First-World Problems...

It amazes me that makers of otherwise good quality stuff will cheap out on bolts. And then they provide an even crappier hex wrench to turn that soft metal bolt or screw so that it is almost guaranteed to strip.

Spend the extra seven cents! I promise...it will be worth it.

Posted by: CBD at 02:00 PM

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Posted by: Skip at November 02, 2025 02:00 PM (+qU29)

2 Not 1st

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at November 02, 2025 02:00 PM (uHi2H)

3 7 cents! Oh, but what about our stockholders, hmmm?

Posted by: JQ at November 02, 2025 02:01 PM (rdVOm)

4 Chinese garbage
Leaves are my 1WP

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

5 Chi Nah screws us.

Doing the screwing Americans won't do.

Posted by: BurtTC at November 02, 2025 02:03 PM (yTwx6)

6 Many manufacturers will use ferrous metals (steel) bolts that go into aluminum pieces. If you don't use anti-seize you'll never be able to get the bolt out ever again. Especially in a marine environment. Idiots.

Posted by: Maj. Healey at November 02, 2025 02:03 PM (abIsI)

7 What is that screw for??? That is the question...

Posted by: lin-duh: I'm offended! at November 02, 2025 02:04 PM (VCgbV)

8 7 What is that screw for??? That is the question...
Posted by: lin-duh: I'm offended! at November 02, 2025 02:04 PM (VCgbV)

If you're Catholic, exclusively for reproduction.

Posted by: Tip the veal, try your waitress at November 02, 2025 02:05 PM (TbWk/)

9 What is that screw for??? That is the question...
Posted by: lin-duh: I'm offended! at November 02, 2025 02:04 PM (VCgbV)

PROCREATION AND NOTHING ELSE!!

Posted by: Ur Paster at November 02, 2025 02:05 PM (yTwx6)

10
What is that screw for??? That is the question...
Posted by: lin-duh: I'm offended!

And how would you turn it with a box wrench?

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at November 02, 2025 02:05 PM (pkeXY)

11 10
What is that screw for??? That is the question...
Posted by: lin-duh: I'm offended!

And how would you turn it with a box wrench?
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at November 02, 2025 02:05 PM (pkeXY)

If the box gets wrenched you're screwing too hard.

Posted by: If there is such a thing at November 02, 2025 02:06 PM (TbWk/)

12
Some uses for screwing you don't want to know.

Posted by: fourseasons at November 02, 2025 02:06 PM (3ek7K)

13 What is that screw for??? That is the question...
Posted by: lin-duh: I'm offended! at November 02, 2025 02:04 PM (VCgbV)

PROCREATION AND NOTHING ELSE!!

Posted by: Ur Paster at November 02, 2025 02:05 PM (yTwx6)
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So... nailed it?

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at November 02, 2025 02:06 PM (uHi2H)

14 Not what I had in mind.

Posted by: William G. Allen at November 02, 2025 02:07 PM (XeU6L)

15 Me No Have Cheap Bolts

Posted by: Frankenstein (FRAHNK en steen) at November 02, 2025 02:07 PM (9ipOP)

16 That bolt reminds me that Gavin Newsom screwed his best friend's wife.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at November 02, 2025 02:08 PM (9ipOP)

17 Some uses for screwing you don't want to know.

Posted by: fourseasons at November 02, 2025 02:06 PM (3ek7K)

Just ask my staffers!

Posted by: Barney Frankenstein at November 02, 2025 02:08 PM (yTwx6)

18
Lol Barney

Posted by: fourseasons at November 02, 2025 02:09 PM (3ek7K)

19
Who wants to see what Judy Jetson from Lost In Space looks like today?

(I cued it up to Judy's brief appearance, you can ignore the rest of the video.)

https://is.gd/5lEWfl

Posted by: Soothsayer Remembers Everything at November 02, 2025 02:10 PM (y1n42)

20 My wife was making butternut squash soup, and put the hot chunks of squash into our Oster blender to be pureed. When she finished, she picked the jar up, and the bottom collar and blades fell off, covering the counter in boiling hot squash puree.

The culprit? The collar piece that holds the jar and base together, made of plastic naturally, so that every time it was tightened, it came closer to a fracture, which is what eventually happened.

Make the f***ing thing out of metal, you cheap bastards!

Posted by: Archimedes at November 02, 2025 02:10 PM (Riz8t)

21
Judy Robinson

Posted by: Soothsayer Remembers Everything at November 02, 2025 02:11 PM (y1n42)

22 "Nuts"

Posted by: Gen. Anthony McAuliffe at November 02, 2025 02:11 PM (guGkK)

23
Was that her name? Judy? I forget.

Posted by: Soothsayer Remembers Everything at November 02, 2025 02:11 PM (y1n42)

24 That looks to be a 7-lobe screw … maybe a collector's item …

Posted by: Dr_No at November 02, 2025 02:12 PM (ayRl+)

25 Grrrr, cheap-ass hex head screws are the bane of my existence. The head gets stripped EVERY. SINGLE.TIME.

Posted by: She Hobbit at November 02, 2025 02:12 PM (q+oHS)

26 That bolt reminds me that Gavin Newsom screwed his best friend's wife.

I find it hard to believe that Newsom would screw anybody's wife unless the wife was a guy.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at November 02, 2025 02:12 PM (guGkK)

27 19
Who wants to see what Judy Jetson from Lost In Space looks like today?

(I cued it up to Judy's brief appearance, you can ignore the rest of the video.)

https://is.gd/5lEWfl
Posted by: Soothsayer Remembers Everything

She looks pretty good for being 80. Her real name is Marta Kristen.

Posted by: Maj. Healey at November 02, 2025 02:12 PM (abIsI)

28 ot: Will it also bite me in the ass?

This takes a whole new meaning as we head for peak cannibalism.

Posted by: DaveA at November 02, 2025 02:13 PM (FhXTo)

29 And for those who missed it, June Lockhart, the hot mom from Lost In Space, passed last week at the age of 100.

Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at November 02, 2025 02:14 PM (0vB2I)

30 Everything should attached with Dzus fasteners. Everything.

Posted by: Maj. Healey at November 02, 2025 02:14 PM (abIsI)

31 It amazes me that makers of otherwise good quality stuff will cheap out on bolts. And then they provide an even crappier hex wrench to turn that soft metal bolt or screw so that it is almost guaranteed to strip.

Spend the extra seven cents! I promise...it will be worth it.
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There is high-strength stainless steel in your words, CBD.

Posted by: Gref Ten Bears at November 02, 2025 02:14 PM (5rh/l)

32
She looks pretty good for being 80. Her real name is Marta Kristen.
Posted by: Maj. Healey

Yeah, and her TV mom just passed away last week, at 100.
She was 40 when the show series started.

Posted by: Soothsayer Remembers Everything at November 02, 2025 02:15 PM (y1n42)

33 Lindsay Graham invites Chuck Schumer to his office, saying "My staffers are really good at screwing!"

Chuck sez: "Out of what?"

Posted by: BurtTC at November 02, 2025 02:16 PM (D+Nmp)

34 We SpaceX started they did a a lot of reverse engineering of legacy NASA engines. I think Elon even commented on the F-1 as bein a welded masterpiece.

People started building new engines with a modular concept in which all the subcomponents are bolted together which really add bulk and complexity.

Now the latest Raptors are welded masterpieces.

They are still trying to get to the Moon without downright copying Apollo which has become a big issue.

Those Apollo guys did it right the first time.

Posted by: pawn at November 02, 2025 02:16 PM (sPsWv)

35 My FWP:

I just returned from a trip in the Ozarks. Went up just prior to the cold front, started the vehicle to leave and the sensor network in the computer on wheels is sounding the Klaxon, firing off flares and going into limp mode because the rear tires had 29psi.

The tires have the green Nitrogen Inside valve stem covers. Clearly the dealership didn't put Nitrogen in the tires but regular air. Which is worse than putting on plain caps because it leaves the driver assuming that the tire pressure won't fluctuate that much for 265/40R22 tires. Low pressure = damaged rims and lowered fuel economy.

Assholes.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at November 02, 2025 02:16 PM (a4flb)

36 1rst of a dozen times will have a pile of leaves to cop up

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

37 Chinese garbage
Leaves are my 1WP
Posted by: Skip

America manufactures plenty of those.

Posted by: From about That Time at November 02, 2025 02:17 PM (sl73Y)

38 Me No Have Cheap Bolts
Posted by: Frankenstein (FRAHNK en steen) at November 02, 2025 02:07 PM (9ipOP)

Fronk-un-steen!

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at November 02, 2025 02:18 PM (zZu0s)

39 Or more like 'schteen' the way Gene Wilder says it in the movie. Miss that guy.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at November 02, 2025 02:19 PM (zZu0s)

40 They are still trying to get to the Moon without downright copying Apollo which has become a big issue.

Those Apollo guys did it right the first time.
Posted by: pawn

There is no shame in copying a design that worked. Iterate if there are things you want to improve. Swap out new, better materials where applicable. Or at least consider going back to the proven design philosophy after the first couple failures.

Posted by: She Hobbit at November 02, 2025 02:19 PM (q+oHS)

41 "Many manufacturers will use ferrous metals (steel) bolts that go into aluminum pieces. If you don't use anti-seize you'll never be able to get the bolt out ever again. Especially in a marine environment. Idiots."

How would you do it? Assuming stainless steel is a ferrous metal?

Posted by: pawn at November 02, 2025 02:19 PM (sPsWv)

42 They are still trying to get to the Moon without downright copying Apollo which has become a big issue.

If you believe in the moon landings, we were last there in 1972. Somehow just haven't managed to get back in 50+ years, despite leaps and bounds in technological improvement.

Posted by: When do you stop believing in Santa? at November 02, 2025 02:20 PM (O7utS)

43 Assholes.
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at November 02, 2025 02:16 PM (a4flb)

Mentioned last week, my company vehicle has been setting its alarm bells due to the tire pressure being 3 psi off (cooler weather in the morning).

So I asks fleet, I asks... where does a fella take YOUR vehicle to get air in the tires, since you can't find any place that has "free air," and your company card doesn't work in the little machines.

*Silence*

Oh well, I don't really care what happens to the damn thing, you can give me a new vehicle when this one breaks.

Posted by: BurtTC at November 02, 2025 02:21 PM (D+Nmp)

44 Per, the prior thread: voting is far from unalloyed pleasure. It's disgusting and demeaning, and it's why I (mostly, except for the King) stopped doing it.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at November 02, 2025 02:21 PM (2p5iQ)

45 I design and import furniture from China and Vietnam.

Chinese firms will often use the world's worst hardware to save a few pennies. Not even 7 cents.

LIKE 1 PENNY.

We always specify better stuff, but it amazes me what they will decide is okay. Cheapest part destroys the rest of the product value.

Posted by: coba at November 02, 2025 02:23 PM (IuIym)

46 Me No Have Cheap Bolts
Posted by: Frankenstein (FRAHNK en steen) at November 02, 2025 02:07 PM (9ipOP)

Fronk-un-steen!
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at November 02, 2025 02:18 PM (zZu0s)

Speaking of, apparently Benicio Del Toro's movie is something of a masterpiece. I'll wait til it shows up on streaming this weekend.

Posted by: BurtTC at November 02, 2025 02:23 PM (D+Nmp)

47 .07 each and the product needs 10 per unit. and you're selling a million of them!

It's going to add up I tell you!

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at November 02, 2025 02:24 PM (B7EJo)

48
Another AI-created Hoax...

Did you hear about this new Hoax posted on Tik Tok?
8 million views and counting. It's a Hoax to get people to hate President Trump, or hate him more.

"Mayday Mayday Mayday" "ATC Ignores Medical Emergency for Air Force One"

I cued it up to the key part, but watch the whole video if you're confused.

https://is.gd/naW4n0

Posted by: Soothsayer Remembers Everything at November 02, 2025 02:24 PM (y1n42)

49 6 Many manufacturers will use ferrous metals (steel) bolts that go into aluminum pieces. If you don't use anti-seize you'll never be able to get the bolt out ever again. Especially in a marine environment. Idiots.
Posted by: Maj. Healey
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Tape a penny to the aluminum part.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at November 02, 2025 02:24 PM (zojZo)

50 here's a first world problem: I made a comment on the book thread and it got timeported an hour earlier in the thread.
November 2 blues...

Posted by: gKWVE at November 02, 2025 02:25 PM (pdGVg)

51 35) Unknown Drip
The tires have the green Nitrogen Inside valve stem covers. Clearly the dealership didn't put Nitrogen in the tires but regular air. Which is worse than putting on plain caps because it leaves the driver assuming that the tire pressure won't fluctuate that much for 265/40R22 tires. Low pressure = damaged rims and lowered fuel economy.

Nitrogen will contract when cooled also. The air we breathe is 78% nitrogen. Oxygen is 21%. The nitrogen charged tires will lose their pressure very similarly to air.

Posted by: TecumsehTea at November 02, 2025 02:25 PM (+4S8X)

52 If you believe in the moon landings, we were last there in 1972. Somehow just haven't managed to get back in 50+ years, despite leaps and bounds in technological improvement.
Posted by: When do you stop believing in Santa? at November 02, 2025 02:20 PM (O7utS)

Oh look. Another conspiratorial retard.

Posted by: gKWVE at November 02, 2025 02:26 PM (pdGVg)

53 Speaking of, apparently Benicio Del Toro's movie is something of a masterpiece. I'll wait til it shows up on streaming this weekend.
Posted by: BurtTC at November 02, 2025 02:23 PM (D+Nmp)

It is supposed to be really good.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at November 02, 2025 02:26 PM (zZu0s)

54 >>>Make the f***ing thing out of metal, you cheap bastards!
Posted by: Archimedes
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When 'hand tight' is tight enough.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at November 02, 2025 02:26 PM (zojZo)

55 Good mechanical design has lots of mundane facets like thermal growth and galvanic corrosion that youngsters do not understand nor care.

One of my early machine design was a machine that had temperatures of 450-500F, sulfuric acid, and ferric chloride chemicals in the process. Corrosion was unavoidable and only could be delayed. Life of those machines was 24-30 months typically and required lots of maintenance that was always deferred.

Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable and Totally Unserious at November 02, 2025 02:27 PM (xvV+O)

56 Oh look. Another conspiratorial retard.
Posted by: gKWVE at November 02, 2025 02:26 PM (pdGVg)

Well, it is not like the past... 9 years have been light on the conspiracy... fact?

It only stands to reason that would make people question everything. And from a philosophical standpoint, that is not a bad thing.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at November 02, 2025 02:28 PM (zZu0s)

57 How many of you knew that J.P. Morgan Chase was recently fined $960,000,000 for "spoofing" the precious metals commodity market?

Posted by: An Observation sez Trump is my President at November 02, 2025 02:28 PM (Da7Vv)

58 The "junk drawer" here has about 37 hex wrenches that were in every piece of furniture or appliance that had to be assembled.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at November 02, 2025 02:28 PM (Q4IgG)

59 >>Make the f***ing thing out of metal, you cheap bastards!
Posted by: Archimedes
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When 'hand tight' is tight enough.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at November 02, 2025 02:26 PM (zojZo)

Just ask Masturbatin' Pete.

Posted by: Gripping prose at November 02, 2025 02:28 PM (TbWk/)

60 It looks well lubricated, if that helps.

Posted by: banana Dream at November 02, 2025 02:29 PM (3uBP9)

61 I missed the book thread, because church, but since Apollo came up I will ask my question here. My grandson, 16, is interested in the history of the space race and the Apollo program. I know a couple of the astronauts have written books, but it's not my thing, and I'm wondering what book you people would recommend.

Posted by: TecumsehTea at November 02, 2025 02:29 PM (+4S8X)

62 In contract manufacturing this practice is called "Hide the nickel". You build according to the design specs and the gradually start swapping in cheaper parts to save money but don't tell the customer.

A nickel over the volumes in contract manufacturing is a lot of money. Bonuses are awarders for doing a good job of "Hide the nickel".

Posted by: pawn at November 02, 2025 02:29 PM (sPsWv)

63 And from a philosophical standpoint, that is not a bad thing.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at November 02, 2025 02:28 PM (zZu0s)

I disagree. I think there is a failure in the ability to reason. It was rife over the Left, yes. But the Right's answer has been to be BASED and ASK QUESTIONS when the answer is already available if you care to look. In the place of offering evidence, Santa Claus is snarkily brought.

Posted by: gKWVE at November 02, 2025 02:29 PM (pdGVg)

64 Archimedes buy her an immersion blender! Blend the squash right in the pot.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at November 02, 2025 02:30 PM (A0sqA)

65 . I know a couple of the astronauts have written books, but it's not my thing, and I'm wondering what book you people would recommend.
Posted by: TecumsehTea

For a book on the Right, Robert Zimmerman's book on Apollo 8 is good. BehindTheBlack.com.

Posted by: gKWVE at November 02, 2025 02:30 PM (pdGVg)

66 Nice through next Saturday it looks like for weather

Posted by: Skip at November 02, 2025 02:30 PM (+qU29)

67 Well, it is not like the past... 9 years have been light on the conspiracy... fact?

It only stands to reason that would make people question everything. And from a philosophical standpoint, that is not a bad thing.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at November 02, 2025 02:28 PM (zZu0s)

Remember when Trump said Obama's birth cert was a fake?

It now seems someone has gone through the metadata, and the thing has evidence of... wait for it... being photoshopped!

The lesson here is, question everything. Either they'll release the real thing, or the fake they release will be obvious enough that we'll have proof they're lying liars who lie.

Posted by: BurtTC at November 02, 2025 02:30 PM (D+Nmp)

68 It looks well lubricated, if that helps.
Posted by: banana Dream at November 02, 2025 02:29 PM (3uBP9)

Hah!

A punchline in search of a joke.

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

69 Was up to Maine for a wedding this weekend, drove back this morning.
Speeds have really risen lately, 90-95 is no longer enough to get around the left lane slackers anymore, you have to creep into three figures.

Posted by: From about That Time at November 02, 2025 02:31 PM (sl73Y)

70 Fire. Fire will take care of all your first world problems. Let it burn!

Posted by: Somewhere South of I-80 at November 02, 2025 02:31 PM (89Sog)

71 40 They are still trying to get to the Moon without downright copying Apollo which has become a big issue.

Those Apollo guys did it right the first time.
Posted by: pawn
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Musk is developing moon flight in a different manner. He is doing it so that it may be constantly repetitive, not a one shot we did it.
There will be a moon base with a factory that must be constantly serviced. A first step will be a refueling tanker mid flight.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at November 02, 2025 02:31 PM (zojZo)

72
and I'm wondering what book you people would recommend.
Posted by: TecumsehTea

SPACE by James Michener

Posted by: Soothsayer Remembers Everything at November 02, 2025 02:32 PM (y1n42)

73 Just ask Masturbatin' Pete.
Posted by: Gripping prose at November 02, 2025 02:28 PM (TbWk/)

I feel like we can work a Sydney Sweeney reference here.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at November 02, 2025 02:32 PM (zZu0s)

74 Posted by: BurtTC at November 02, 2025 02:30 PM (D+Nmp)

Says the guy who wants Graham Hancock taught as valid archeology.

Posted by: gKWVE at November 02, 2025 02:32 PM (pdGVg)

75 Hugh Freeze out at Auburn.

It's been a bloodbath in DIV I this year. Three in the SEC alone.

Posted by: toby928(c) at November 02, 2025 02:33 PM (jc0TO)

76 Immersion blenders for win.

Posted by: no one at November 02, 2025 02:34 PM (W7XSX)

77 How many of you knew that J.P. Morgan Chase was recently fined $960,000,000 for "spoofing" the precious metals commodity market?
Posted by: An Observation sez Trump is my President at November 02, 2025 02:28 PM (Da7Vv)

$920M five years ago. But I'm not surprised. Our financial "markets" are bullshit-based driven on algorithmic slop and market manipulation by the market makers themselves. Remember mortgage based securities and credit default swaps?

Posted by: Pepperidge Farm remembers at November 02, 2025 02:34 PM (TbWk/)

78 >>>A nickel over the volumes in contract manufacturing is a lot of money. Bonuses are awarders for doing a good job of "Hide the nickel".
Posted by: pawn
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We have an 'exceptions' list, you know.

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

79 Failure Is Not an Option, by Gene Kranz, is outstanding and covers from Mercury to Apollo 13.

Posted by: one hour sober at November 02, 2025 02:35 PM (Y1sOo)

80 In the place of offering evidence, Santa Claus is snarkily brought.
Posted by: gKWVE at November 02, 2025 02:29 PM (pdGVg)

I think anything should be able to stand up to questioning.

However, it's like covid for example. When even sufficient evidence is ignored in aid of belief.

There is a fine line here and I am not dismissing your side completely, just saying it should be a balance.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at November 02, 2025 02:36 PM (zZu0s)

81 >>>$920M five years ago. But I'm not surprised. Our financial "markets" are bullshit-based driven on algorithmic slop and market manipulation by the market makers themselves. Remember mortgage based securities and credit default swaps?
Posted by: Pepperidge Farm remembers
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and Emotion driven buying and selling driven by the media.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at November 02, 2025 02:38 PM (zojZo)

82 >>> Failure Is Not an Option, by Gene Kranz, is outstanding and covers from Mercury to Apollo 13.
Posted by: one hour sober at November 02, 2025 02:35 PM (Y1sOo)

He was a guest speaker at a past job and we all got his book. It was during an annual safety standdown.

Posted by: banana Dream at November 02, 2025 02:38 PM (3uBP9)

83 Posted by: BurtTC at November 02, 2025 02:30 PM (D+Nmp)

Says the guy who wants Graham Hancock taught as valid archeology.
Posted by: gKWVE at November 02, 2025 02:32 PM (pdGVg)

Don't put words in my mouth. You won't like it.

I find it REMARKABLY naive for anyone to believe you're not being lied to by your government. And to then ridicule people who asks questions is just to bury your head in the sand and act like you don't want to know the truth.

Government should NEVER lie to us. And if you think Team Trump doesn't lie to us, I don't know what to tell you.

Posted by: BurtTC at November 02, 2025 02:38 PM (D+Nmp)

84 64 Archimedes buy her an immersion blender! Blend the squash right in the pot.

Posted by: San Franpsycho

I actually have one, but she's never used it, and it's not really as handy as a properly operating blender. It just angers me that something that will fail so predictably is put into an appliance.

Posted by: Archimedes at November 02, 2025 02:39 PM (Riz8t)

85 Don't put words in my mouth. You won't like it.

Sorry Burt, this just cracked me up.

Are you going to bite off his words or dick?

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at November 02, 2025 02:40 PM (zZu0s)

86 I don't know where my Kranz book is though. I have a lot of missing books after my last move. I don't even have dedicated shelves. I should contract ace.

That's why I go kindle/ebook for a lot of things now because books aren't easy to move.

Posted by: banana Dream at November 02, 2025 02:40 PM (3uBP9)

87 1st WP: Spilled water through my laptop Friday...burned out 3 keys (P, 9, and 0) which now malfunction. Had to grab a keyboard to use today after the reboot which is pretty dang uncomfortable.

But spouse has now also recently joined the ranks of the temporarily unpaid here, so external keyboard it is til Santy Claus can arrive...

Posted by: Nova Local at November 02, 2025 02:40 PM (tOcjL)

88 49 6 Many manufacturers will use ferrous metals (steel) bolts that go into aluminum pieces. If you don't use anti-seize you'll never be able to get the bolt out ever again. Especially in a marine environment. Idiots.
Posted by: Maj. Healey
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Tape a penny to the aluminum part.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at November 02, 2025 02:24 PM (zojZo)

The other problem is the aluminum threads may gall and you'll never get the bolt out. Or never get a threaded aluminum piece out of a steel internal thread. Use anti-seize to be super-safe when using steel-aluminum thread connections. Rare, except for AR-15 steel barrel retainer nuts threading onto the aluminum upper receivers.

Posted by: Gref Ten Bears at November 02, 2025 02:41 PM (5rh/l)

89 >>Hugh Freeze out at Auburn.

Used to be a newly-hired coach was given four years to produce or else. In this new era, that's no longer the case.

Michigan State's Jonathon Smith is on the hotseat and will probably get canned at the end of the year -- only his second season at the helm there.

Posted by: one hour sober at November 02, 2025 02:41 PM (Y1sOo)

90 Sorry Burt, this just cracked me up.

Are you going to bite off his words or dick?
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at November 02, 2025 02:40 PM (zZu0s)

It's more of an invitation to try.

I do try to be nice on this site, but some people ask for it.

Posted by: BurtTC at November 02, 2025 02:41 PM (D+Nmp)

91 Honestly, I think an immersion blender is better for some foods. When it can be used seems to work great and is certainly easier to clean. May be harder to vary how much something is blended, but I like them.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at November 02, 2025 02:41 PM (zZu0s)

92 By the way, my boss at NASA, who is a trusted friend from Judo and Aikido (he was listed by name in Gene Kranz's book Failure is not an Option as Gene's Judo training partner) was the person who was largely responsible for NASA never having a communication problem in manned space flight, personally confirmed that the Apollo 11 radio messages were coming from the moon. There is an S-band antenna on the roof of building 44 at JSC which has an optical aiming telescope that shows where the Antenna is aimed. He climbed up to the roof and used that optical scope to see where the antenna was aimed while receiving radio messages from the capsule, and it was aimed directly at the moon.

Posted by: An Observation sez Trump is my President at November 02, 2025 02:42 PM (Da7Vv)

93
I actually have one, but she's never used it, and it's not really as handy as a properly operating blender. It just angers me that something that will fail so predictably is put into an appliance.
Posted by: Archimedes
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Don't put a death grip on cheap plastic.
Those 0 rings do a good job.
Snug does it.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at November 02, 2025 02:42 PM (zojZo)

94 My FWP...the bite-sized candy this year is smaller than before.
It's unAmerican I tell ya!

Posted by: Diogenes at November 02, 2025 02:42 PM (2WIwB)

95 Musk has no interest in the Moon at all other than a funding source.

He just wants to use his hardware platform to get there and have NASA foot the bill for the development. This is how he operates.

There are cheaper and better ways of getting there than using a modified StarShip as the lander. Even if you want to colonize.

The Moon is dead and will never be used as an outpost unless NASA coughs up huge bucks and that just isn't going to happen.

Of course Musk has pretty much taken over manned aerospace in the US and we don't have an alternative other than going along with his agenda.

It's not that bad but you need to realize what he is doing for the lunar effort is just for the taxpayer bucks.

Posted by: pawn at November 02, 2025 02:43 PM (sPsWv)

96
A few months ago I bought a new food processor. Nothing fit correctly and I trashed it.

I ordered a name brand one and it was shit.

It is a shame we can't trust name brands.

Posted by: fourseasons at November 02, 2025 02:43 PM (3ek7K)

97
"If we use imported Chinesium bolts it will save $0.002 per unit, thus improving shareholder return and allowing us to meet 4Q earnings expectations." - The MBAs

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at November 02, 2025 02:43 PM (tgvbd)

98 I watched this guy explain how close a thing going to Moon and returning really was.

https://youtu.be/uVKha_YkQvE

Weight is the enemy.

Posted by: toby928(c) at November 02, 2025 02:45 PM (jc0TO)

99 AARRGGHH!! It's a conspiracy by Big Everything requiring yet another trip to Big Store to get little rubber washer.

What fucknugget setup plastic toilet seat screws to be keyed on the top to the hinge and the wings on the nuts you can't see underneath don't clear the porcelain????

Posted by: DaveA at November 02, 2025 02:45 PM (FhXTo)

100
DaveA,

It's a shitty situation.

Posted by: fourseasons at November 02, 2025 02:46 PM (3ek7K)

101 Thursday, my new dryer stopped working. Won't turn on, nothing. I checked to see if a breaker was flipped but they looked fine. Took three calls to find an electrician to come out and he didn't make it on Friday. Saturday, I learned that my hot water heater is onthe same breaker the same breaker. No hot water.

My theory is that the house had a gas water heater when they put in the wiring for the heater. When they swapped out the gas for an electric water heater, they just wired in to the same breaker. The dryer was okay, until the water heater kicked in too. It's an old breaker box with just a few breakers and the whole thing may need to be redone. Plus it's on the outside of the house, as was the custom at the time.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at November 02, 2025 02:46 PM (0vX/r)

102 The tires have the green Nitrogen Inside valve stem covers. Clearly the dealership didn't put Nitrogen in the tires but regular air.

I always pay extra to have my tires filled with argon. It's a noble gas and you can feel the difference in the ride.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at November 02, 2025 02:47 PM (guGkK)

103 It's not that bad but you need to realize what he is doing for the lunar effort is just for the taxpayer bucks.
Posted by: pawn at November 02, 2025 02:43 PM (sPsWv)

I find it odd, that people accuse the richest man on the planet of doing everything, just for more money.

Sure, he's taken taxpayer bux for his various endeavors, but so does everyone else.

Personally, I don't want government spending ANY money, while we have $37 trillion in debt, until all of that's paid off.

Except putting military on the borders and keeping everyone out. Other than that. No spending for you or you or you or you or especially YOU.

Posted by: BurtTC at November 02, 2025 02:49 PM (D+Nmp)

104 Fasteners 101, Thread Galling... and more

https://tinyurl.com/cwd5wzbr

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at November 02, 2025 02:49 PM (zojZo)

105 I always pay extra to have my tires filled with argon. It's a noble gas and you can feel the difference in the ride.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at November 02, 2025 02:47 PM (guGkK)

'Ride like a King on Xenon.'

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at November 02, 2025 02:49 PM (zZu0s)

106 What fucknugget setup plastic toilet seat screws to be keyed on the top to the hinge and the wings on the nuts you can't see underneath don't clear the porcelain????
Posted by: DaveA at November 02, 2025 02:45 PM (FhXTo)

And there's poo poo on the underside of the terlet, so you have to touch it!

Eww!!

Posted by: BurtTC at November 02, 2025 02:50 PM (D+Nmp)

107 >>> A few months ago I bought a new food processor. Nothing fit correctly and I trashed it.

I ordered a name brand one and it was shit.

It is a shame we can't trust name brands.

Posted by: fourseasons at November 02, 2025 02:43 PM (3ek7K)

I ordered a used ninja food processor and it arrived broke. Specifically a safety cut-off tab that wouldn't let the thing power up until engaged. I tried getting the broke part on ebay but all of them were broke too.

I then used some engineering skills (i.e. a rotory tool), gorilla super glue, a pin drill, some pins I fashioned from big paperclip wire and fixed both to be stronger and better than the original part. I was super stoked about that.

Used once since to quickly chop onions and peppers but I was mighty proud pressing the button and seeing it fire up.

Posted by: banana Dream at November 02, 2025 02:51 PM (3uBP9)

108 If you believe in the moon landings…

We don’t have to believe: we have proof. The Apollo astronauts brought back Moon rocks with radiation damage more severe than any particle accelerator could inflict, then or now! If you believe…! Spit!

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at November 02, 2025 02:52 PM (ZVgZ4)

109 And there's poo poo on the underside of the terlet, so you have to touch it!

Eww!!
Posted by: BurtTC at November 02, 2025 02:50 PM (D+Nmp)

How are you getting shit on the underside of the outside of the toilet. What the hell is going on in your bathroom?!

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at November 02, 2025 02:52 PM (zZu0s)

110 And there's poo poo on the underside of the terlet, so you have to touch it!

Eww!!
Posted by: BurtTC at November 02, 2025 02:50 PM (D+Nmp)

Ahhh.
The 'ol splash and dash.
Bad nachos!

Posted by: Diogenes at November 02, 2025 02:52 PM (2WIwB)

111 Get her a VitaMix if you're feeling flush. They are built like tanks.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at November 02, 2025 02:52 PM (0vX/r)

112 We don’t have to believe: we have proof. The Apollo astronauts brought back Moon rocks with radiation damage more severe than any particle accelerator could inflict, then or now! If you believe…! Spit!
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at November 02, 2025 02:52 PM (ZVgZ4)

That's what the lizard overlords WANT you to believe.

Posted by: BurtTC at November 02, 2025 02:52 PM (D+Nmp)

113 Except putting military on the borders and keeping everyone out. Other than that. No spending for you or you or you or you or especially YOU.
Posted by: BurtTC
----------------------

And Ships. Trump has ordered new space age ships.
The New Jersey, pin striped in gold, atomic powered, bristling with rockets and lasers.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at November 02, 2025 02:53 PM (zojZo)

114 Willowed:

Elon Musk published a commentary today on YT concerning the future of the Democratic Party. His two focal points are the NYC mayoral election and the Schumer Shutdown.

Nicely stated, calm and precise. Should watch.

YT LINK: https://tinyurl.com/tkv7dehr
Posted by: mrp at November 02, 2025 02:52 PM (rj6Yv)

Posted by: mrp at November 02, 2025 02:54 PM (rj6Yv)

115 >>> The tires have the green Nitrogen Inside valve stem covers. Clearly the dealership didn't put Nitrogen in the tires but regular air.

I always pay extra to have my tires filled with argon. It's a noble gas and you can feel the difference in the ride.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at November 02, 2025 02:47 PM (guGkK)

Unlike all the peons I put almost all nitrogen in my tires, nearly 78% !!!

Posted by: banana Dream at November 02, 2025 02:54 PM (3uBP9)

116 How are you getting shit on the underside of the outside of the toilet. What the hell is going on in your bathroom?!
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at November 02, 2025 02:52 PM (zZu0s)

Let any man who has not splashed the underside of his terlet cast the first kidney stone.

Posted by: BurtTC at November 02, 2025 02:54 PM (D+Nmp)

117 Get her a VitaMix if you're feeling flush. They are built like tanks.
Posted by: Notsothoreau at November 02, 2025 02:52 PM (0vX/r)

*casually looks up product on amazon*

*spit take*

Holy Fuck!

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at November 02, 2025 02:54 PM (zZu0s)

118 All the Presidents Men is on TCM
Spits

Posted by: Skip at November 02, 2025 02:54 PM (+qU29)

119 What planet do the lizard overlords come from?

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at November 02, 2025 02:54 PM (ZVgZ4)

120 I have shaken the hand of both von Braun and Jesse Owens. A Nazi and an anti-Nazi hero.

Posted by: toby928(c) at November 02, 2025 02:55 PM (jc0TO)

121 What planet do the lizard overlords come from?
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at November 02, 2025 02:54 PM (ZVgZ4)

Cleveland.

Posted by: Diogenes at November 02, 2025 02:55 PM (2WIwB)

122 And Ships. Trump has ordered new space age ships.
The New Jersey, pin striped in gold, atomic powered, bristling with rockets and lasers.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at November 02, 2025 02:53 PM (zojZo)

Fine. Moor them on the coasts and point them outward.

Posted by: BurtTC at November 02, 2025 02:55 PM (nv0ZS)

123
My FWP...the bite-sized candy this year is smaller than before.
It's unAmerican I tell ya!
Posted by: Diogenes

Not as fun as it used to be.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at November 02, 2025 02:55 PM (pkeXY)

124 I have shaken the hand of both von Braun and Jesse Owens. A Nazi and an anti-Nazi hero.
Posted by: toby928(c) at November 02, 2025 02:55 PM (jc0TO)

That's pretty cool.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at November 02, 2025 02:55 PM (zZu0s)

125
I always pay extra to have my tires filled with argon. It's a noble gas and you can feel the difference in the ride.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43)

_________

Is it pure Argon 40? Trace Ar-36, it's so... declassé!

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at November 02, 2025 02:56 PM (tgvbd)

126 Unlike all the peons I put almost all nitrogen in my tires, nearly 78% !!!
Posted by: banana Dream at November 02, 2025 02:54 PM (3uBP9)

Damn, where can I get some, I don't think we have it here.

Posted by: BurtTC at November 02, 2025 02:57 PM (nv0ZS)

127 That's pretty cool.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at November 02, 2025 02:55 PM

I just missed seeing Audie Murphy. That would have been a good trifecta.

Posted by: toby928(c) at November 02, 2025 02:57 PM (jc0TO)

128 And Ships. Trump has ordered new space age ships.
The New Jersey, pin striped in gold, atomic powered, bristling with rockets and lasers.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at November 02, 2025 02:53 PM (zojZo)

Manned with ninjas to repel boarders

Posted by: And surrounded by sharks with freakin laser beams on their heads at November 02, 2025 02:58 PM (TbWk/)

129 "I find it odd, that people accuse the richest man on the planet of doing everything, just for more money.:

I'm not accusing him of anything nefarious. That is the tone that that word implies. He's not doing anything different from any other successful business man.

Musk is able to actually execute rather than pontificate and that is what made him the richest man on earth.

Maybe you don't understand a fundamental principle that it takes money to make money.

Posted by: pawn at November 02, 2025 03:00 PM (sPsWv)

130 I splurged on a VitaMix when MrTea got a bonus and gave me some, lol. Money, he gave me money. Phrasing.
Anyway, I didn't buy the best one, I think I bought the $300-400.00 one.
I am disappoint. It is built well. It cleans up nice. As long as the item to be blended isn't too thick it blends well -- soups, for example. It is supposed to be able to make nut butter, but I tried something, can't recall what, that has a similar consistency to nutbutter, and all it did was make a gloppy mess. Had to take the mess out and run it through the food processor.
A friend has the top of the line VitaMix, it does everything but put the stuff in the mixer. But it's pricey, and not worth it for what I want.
YMMV

Posted by: TecumsehTea at November 02, 2025 03:01 PM (+4S8X)

131 Personally, I don't want government spending ANY money, while we have $37 trillion in debt, until all of that's paid off.

OK, there is no $37 trillion dollars in debt. Who exactly had $37 trillion lying around - not doing anything and was enough of a dumb ass to loan it to the U.S. Government? There is no power or combination of powers on the face of the Earth who could have done that. That $37 trillion is the sum total of the deficits run up by the Government budgets over the years. Deficits aren't debt, they cause inflation instead. That is why $1.40 worth of pre-1965 silver coins have ~ $49.00 worth of silver in them.

Posted by: An Observation sez Trump is my President at November 02, 2025 03:01 PM (Da7Vv)

132 >>> Get her a VitaMix if you're feeling flush. They are built like tanks.
Posted by: Notsothoreau at November 02, 2025 02:52 PM (0vX/r)

*casually looks up product on amazon*

*spit take*

Holy Fuck!
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at November 02, 2025 02:54 PM (zZu0s)

Blendtec says high

Posted by: banana Dream at November 02, 2025 03:01 PM (3uBP9)

133 Maybe you don't understand a fundamental principle that it takes money to make money.
Posted by: pawn at November 02, 2025 03:00 PM (sPsWv)

Nah man, just your bootstraps, solid eye contact and a firm handshake and the world's your oyster.

Posted by: Out of touch Boomer at November 02, 2025 03:01 PM (TbWk/)

134 Of course Musk has pretty much taken over manned aerospace in the US and we don't have an alternative other than going along with his agenda.

It's not that bad but you need to realize what he is doing for the lunar effort is just for the taxpayer bucks.
Posted by: pawn
---------------

Your favorite NASA spent and is funding hundreds of millions of dollars to other companies supporting them in their feeble efforts to build a capsule. NASA is capable of building one or two engines a year. You are welcome to compete.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at November 02, 2025 03:02 PM (zojZo)

135 Chinese firms will often use the world's worst hardware to save a few pennies. Not even 7 cents.

LIKE 1 PENNY.

We always specify better stuff, but it amazes me what they will decide is okay. Cheapest part destroys the rest of the product value.
Posted by: coba at November 02, 2025 02:23 PM (IuIym)

Did an A/V install for a Chinese bank and they bought everything from us except the Sharp flat screens. They bought Samsungs through Amazon, or some other outfit. They also argued the price of every component we did sell them, including the install services.

I went out to put everything together and found that the Samsung displays lacked the needed audio inputs for the video conferencing system. Told them they would need a conversion kit and the one I found online cost about $50. They insisted we supply it. Yeah, no.

Sales rep said they went with the Samsungs because they cost $6 less apiece than the Sharps. We sent another tech out with a smaller Sharp display just to show them how the original design was supposed to work. China is asshoe, but sometimes it's good to be the bigger asshoe..

Posted by: Joe Kidd at November 02, 2025 03:03 PM (nbLIj)

136 Although blendtec is the one they use on the "will it blend" videos. I've seen cell phones, golf balls / clubs, and soup in the can unopened, all successfully blend in those videos.

Posted by: banana Dream at November 02, 2025 03:04 PM (3uBP9)

137 After what we know about the Deep State now I am sure it was a Deep State take down on Nixon

Posted by: Skip at November 02, 2025 03:05 PM (+qU29)

138 Although blendtec is the one they use on the "will it blend" videos. I've seen cell phones, golf balls / clubs, and soup in the can unopened, all successfully blend in those videos.
Posted by: banana Dream at November 02, 2025 03:04 PM

I guess that's one way to get your essential minerals.

Posted by: toby928(c) at November 02, 2025 03:05 PM (jc0TO)

139 Elon Musk published a commentary today on YT concerning the future of the Democratic Party

I don't disagree with the message, but that whole channel is AI posing as Musk.

Posted by: Halfhand at November 02, 2025 03:05 PM (Qzova)

140
It's not that bad but you need to realize what he is doing for the lunar effort is just for the taxpayer bucks.
Posted by: pawn at November 02, 2025 02:43 PM (sPsWv)

---

I read a piece recently that made a strong case that competition with the Russians was the ONLY reason we went to the moon. Haven't been back since. A lefty college friend had a phony headline printed above Armstrong's picture on the moon, saying "SO WHAT!" I still think he's an a******. Grissom, White and Chaffee died.

Besides, we got Tang.

Posted by: JM in Illinois at November 02, 2025 03:06 PM (tntiz)

141 NASA already outrageously spent all the money for the next 10 years of engines whether they fly or not.

NASA is an extension of Congress and is massively corrupt.

I used to tell NASA people, if the taxpayers knew what you were doing here, they would burn the place to the ground.

Does that sound like I favor them?

Posted by: pawn at November 02, 2025 03:07 PM (sPsWv)

142
Besides, we got Tang.
Posted by: JM in Illinois at November 02, 2025 03:06 PM (tntiz)

And Velcro!

Posted by: And that freeze-dried ice cream at November 02, 2025 03:07 PM (TbWk/)

143 I got the dry ingredients container, so I could try grinding wheat. It's not fine enough for flour. But it has a lot of power, almost scary when you turn it on. I've wanted one since the 70s, so decided to get one.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at November 02, 2025 03:07 PM (0vX/r)

144 And then they provide an even crappier hex wrench to turn that soft metal bolt or screw so that it is almost guaranteed to strip.

Can't help you with the lousy counterfeit bolts/screws but you can solve the crappier hex wrench issue with a one-time $19 purchase of a Bondhus allen wrench set.

Posted by: Additional Blond Agent, STEM Guy at November 02, 2025 03:08 PM (/HDaX)

145 Of course Musk has pretty much taken over manned aerospace in the US and we don't have an alternative other than going along with his agenda.

It's not that bad but you need to realize what he is doing for the lunar effort is just for the taxpayer bucks.
Posted by: pawn

NASA has entered the chat.

Posted by: rickb223 Acehole Extraordinaire coined by JSpicy at November 02, 2025 03:08 PM (x1Zfx)

146 I think Musk is a conman, maybe a showman is the better term. It doesn't mean that he doesn't do some good, SpaceX being an example, but he, being charitable, stretches the truth quite a bit, morphing asperations into accomplishments.

I think he's more P.T. Barnum than Andrew Carnegie.

Posted by: toby928(c) at November 02, 2025 03:09 PM (jc0TO)

147
I don't disagree with the message, but that whole channel is AI posing as Musk.
Posted by: Halfhand at November 02, 2025 03:05 PM (Qzova)

---

I've taken to watching videos on "How to spot AI fakes".

Posted by: JM in Illinois at November 02, 2025 03:10 PM (tntiz)

148 poo poo on the underside of the terlet,

It's mom's so it's spotless.

Still can't see what I'm doing to use a vise-grip because the spark plug socket doesn't grip the plastic nut and nothing else fits over the plastic screw. Luckily leftover rubber washer worked.

Posted by: DaveA at November 02, 2025 03:10 PM (FhXTo)

149 Does that sound like I favor them?
Posted by: pawn at November 02, 2025 03:07 PM (sPsWv)

Cunning. Running the long con.

Posted by: guy who knows pawn is part of the problem at November 02, 2025 03:10 PM (v9sH+)

150 I wold go with Showman, not a fraud .

Posted by: Skip at November 02, 2025 03:11 PM (+qU29)

151 I've taken to watching videos on "How to spot AI fakes".
Posted by: JM

Six fingers or two left hands.

Posted by: rickb223 Acehole Extraordinaire coined by JSpicy at November 02, 2025 03:12 PM (x1Zfx)

152 Immersion blenders for win.
Posted by: no one at November 02, 2025 02:34 PM (W7XSX)

I have one, and I like it a lot, but I have not been doing much creative cooking these days. Mostly easy to prep stuff: lots of taters, meat and vegetables.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Antisocial Media Influencer at November 02, 2025 03:12 PM (0aYVJ)

153 A term I have come to despise is artificial intelligence. Yes, it is artificial but it isn't intelligent. It isn't sensate. It isn't even Azimov's robots. It's a tool, a manipulated clearing house often fed too much personal information. Then it's presented as a finished, definitive authority and accepted as such by diminished fools too lazy to think for themselves.

I keep thinking back to the Star Trek episode "Conscience of the King". It left an impression on my teenage self.

"...the perfect symbol of our technical society. Mechanized, electronicized, and not very Human. You’ve done away with Humanity, the striving of man to achieve greatness through his own resources.”

Mini rant off. (for the moment)

Posted by: JTB at November 02, 2025 03:13 PM (yTvNw)

154 I've taken to watching videos on "How to spot AI fakes".
Posted by: JM in Illinois at November 02, 2025 03:10 PM (tntiz)

Which is probably just AI convincing you that you can spot the fakes precisely so you can't.

Posted by: it's turtles all the way down at November 02, 2025 03:13 PM (ryjLl)

155 Ordered two screen protectors from China.I got them and they don't respond to touch.

Chineseum crap.

Posted by: JM in Illinois at November 02, 2025 03:13 PM (tntiz)

156 I have lucid dreams fairly frequently. I realize I am in a dream where something impossible happens and I go 'Hey, I'm dreaming, now I can do whatever I want without consequence.'

Posted by: toby928(c) at November 02, 2025 03:13 PM (jc0TO)

157 Blendtec blending cubic zirconia:
youtu.be/Pnonj_84Ju4

golf clubs:
youtu.be/7_YaNteKmew

diecast toy cars:
youtu.be/ZNbzmdYRRmg

cup of soup:
youtu.be/MZnURf9cmnc

Posted by: banana Dream at November 02, 2025 03:14 PM (3uBP9)

158 The greatest trick I ever pulled was convincing the world that I didn't exist.

Posted by: Sonobi at November 02, 2025 03:15 PM (Y/gi7)

159 I've taken to watching videos on "How to spot AI fakes".

Despite the visual anomalies, Musk has a very disjointed, staccato-like cadence. These videos are completely devoid of that.

Posted by: Halfhand at November 02, 2025 03:15 PM (Qzova)

160 154 I've taken to watching videos on "How to spot AI fakes".
Posted by: JM in Illinois at November 02, 2025 03:10 PM (tntiz)

Which is probably just AI convincing you that you can spot the fakes precisely so you can't.
Posted by: it's turtles all the way down at November 02, 2025 03:13 PM (ryjLl)

You know, I had my doubts about that eight fingered lady.

Posted by: JM in Illinois at November 02, 2025 03:15 PM (tntiz)

161 AI has taken over YouTube I think.

Posted by: Skip at November 02, 2025 03:16 PM (+qU29)

162 As Robert Heinlein pointed out NASA is the only Government Agency to ever pay for itself. The taxes raised on the sale of miniature electric motors developed for space flight have more than paid for all of NASA's budgets over the years.

Posted by: An Observation sez Trump is my President at November 02, 2025 03:16 PM (Da7Vv)

163 Musk built Starlink from freeking scratch. Even built his own rocket to do it.

Musk built Tesla from scratch, the largest EV company on Earth. huge marker share of all autos sold.

Musk is no con man. Musk delivers.

Posted by: pawn at November 02, 2025 03:16 PM (sPsWv)

164 With faulty tolerances on the hex screw opening, it's hard to tell if it's standard or metric.

Posted by: JM in Illinois at November 02, 2025 03:17 PM (tntiz)

165 So if I ever meet an eight-fingered lady I will assume I am dreaming.

Posted by: Sonobi at November 02, 2025 03:17 PM (jc0TO)

166 Hex wrench's cause global warming so I use something more practical like a paper recycled Hex wrench that does not work but I feel good about the environment.

Posted by: Jackson K. at November 02, 2025 03:17 PM (J9q9v)

167 dammit

Posted by: toby928(c) at November 02, 2025 03:17 PM (jc0TO)

168 I have this problem with red dot sights.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at November 02, 2025 03:17 PM (xcxpd)

169 Musk built Tesla from scratch

No he didn't. He's not even a founder of the company.

Posted by: toby928(c) at November 02, 2025 03:18 PM (jc0TO)

170 I have a Vitamix. I prefer my Breville immersion blender. I'm on my second one since I wore the first one out. The Vitamix is good for smoothies and stuff like that. The immersion blender is great for hot items in the pot especially soups.

Posted by: lin-duh: I'm offended! at November 02, 2025 03:18 PM (VCgbV)

171 If you don't like Elon's rockets, go use Bezos', which can barely bump bimbos beyond the stratosphere, or Boeing's abortion which tried to kill its passengers.

Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at November 02, 2025 03:19 PM (JS0nJ)

172 Elon Musk published a commentary today on YT concerning the future of the Democratic Party

I don't disagree with the message, but that whole channel is AI posing as Musk.
Posted by: Halfhand at November 02, 2025 03:05 PM (Qzova)
===========

Thanks. I thought I was pretty good at spotting AI, but damn, what a cockup.

Should have read the disclaimer at the channel site. Sorry, folks.

Posted by: mrp at November 02, 2025 03:19 PM (rj6Yv)

173 Look, at 7 cents a screw I'd still be a rich woman!

Posted by: Sandra Fluke at November 02, 2025 03:20 PM (sKqQm)

174 Have you priced decent bolts and screws lately? Yike!!

Posted by: Jimmy Doolittle at November 02, 2025 03:21 PM (nT2Jl)

175 And before you dismiss me as a Musk fanboi but I will tell you that he has some serious issues that keep him off my Heros list.

Posted by: pawn at November 02, 2025 03:21 PM (sPsWv)

176 Maybe you don't understand a fundamental principle that it takes money to make money.
Posted by: pawn at November 02, 2025 03:00 PM (sPsWv)

I also don't understand why men have nipples.

I don't know what that has to do with what was said.

Posted by: BurtTC at November 02, 2025 03:21 PM (8nyAR)

177 Thanks. I thought I was pretty good at spotting AI, but damn, what a cockup.

No worries friend. They're only going to get more sophisticated as time goes on.

Posted by: Halfhand at November 02, 2025 03:21 PM (Qzova)

178 173 Look, at 7 cents a screw I'd still be a rich woman!

Kami Harris also stated that is how she funded her campaign for POTUS........

Posted by: Jackson K. at November 02, 2025 03:22 PM (J9q9v)

179 I have an ancient drill press that I needed to move from its rolling base to my new work bench. I put it on wheels 25 years ago, so lifting it from one spot to the other was an object lesson in how much weight an item will gain over time. Killed my back, but it was gratifying to know that this tool is made of fricking steel.

Posted by: SloPitch Whiffer at November 02, 2025 03:22 PM (NYInA)

180 I wonder if the cubic zirconia dust vapor is flammable. I also wonder if it would give you something akin to black lung or silicosis if you breathed it.

Posted by: banana Dream at November 02, 2025 03:22 PM (3uBP9)

181 So if I ever meet an eight-fingered lady I will assume I am dreaming.
Posted by: Sonobi at November 02, 2025 03:17 PM (jc0TO)

I'm looking for a swordsman with six fingers. Have you seen him?

Posted by: Inigo Montoya at November 02, 2025 03:22 PM (JS0nJ)

182 the moon. Haven't been back since.

It isn't made of cheese, there's no women and no beer so why bother?

Posted by: DaveA at November 02, 2025 03:22 PM (FhXTo)

183 Pixy doesn't allow columns, you'll to do them in your head.

Crew transport vehicles

Company ... -Spacecraft ... -Range ... -Date First Space Flight
name

Blue Origin -Biconic Space Vehicle -LEO - Planned date not known
Boeing -CST-100 Starliner -LEO -Crewed: 5 June 2024 (shut the hatch,-I can’t)
Sierra Space -Dream Chaser Space System -LEO -2026 -2026
SpaceX -Dragon 2 -LEO -Crewed: May 30, 2020
SpaceX -Starship -Mars -Planned: First Crewed: 2027(First Uncrewed: 20 April 2023)

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at November 02, 2025 03:23 PM (zojZo)

184 Remember the dot.com bubble in the late 1990's? Well AI is simply the latest bubble for fools to lose money on. There are two types of AI, one is useful (the radar warning that picks up objects you could collide with in a modern car is an example of useful AI). The other type is the giant brain that is going to be smarter than humans. That is a pile of crap that is never going to happen, and will be the bubble that people throw money into.

Posted by: An Observation sez Trump is my President at November 02, 2025 03:23 PM (Da7Vv)

185 I saw that the Dem's in NYC are so desperate that they invited another Gay Commie Muslim to help Mandani inflict Commie Style Government...

Posted by: Jackson K. at November 02, 2025 03:24 PM (J9q9v)

186 Have you priced decent bolts and screws lately? Yike!!
Posted by: Jimmy Doolittle

That's why you use an actual penny as a washer. It's cheaper.

Posted by: rickb223 Acehole Extraordinaire coined by JSpicy at November 02, 2025 03:25 PM (x1Zfx)

187 "No he didn't. He's not even a founder of the company."

I will grant you he was not the founder, but he provided big time early funding and then started taking it over. Those guys would have been left in the dirt without him

Posted by: pawn at November 02, 2025 03:25 PM (sPsWv)

188 I also don't understand why men have nipples.

The clamps have to go somewhere.

Posted by: bdsm as an evolutionary precept at November 02, 2025 03:25 PM (mOu50)

189 Yeah, I think General AI is a boondoggle. So I will almost certainly not be getting rich on it, but I won't get poor either.

Posted by: toby928(c) at November 02, 2025 03:25 PM (jc0TO)

190 Did you hear about this new Hoax posted on Tik Tok?
8 million views and counting. It's a Hoax to get people to hate

why would I want to give them more views.
I stay away from this shit.

Posted by: From about That Time at November 02, 2025 03:26 PM (sl73Y)

191 Every time musk records anything or does anything live there are a host of stupid ai creations imitating him to try to pump some crypto. everytime. Because of his past effect on doge, he said a few words and boom. All they have to do is get some critical mass of suckers pumping some fartcoin and bam rugpull.

Posted by: banana Dream at November 02, 2025 03:27 PM (3uBP9)

192 I will grant you he was not the founder, but he provided big time early funding and then started taking it over. Those guys would have been left in the dirt without him
Posted by: pawn at November 02, 2025 03:25 PM

He has definitely shown skill at getting rich on other's ideas. Which is not nothing. It takes brains and balls.

Like I said, more P.T. Barnum than Andrew Carnegie.

Posted by: toby928(c) at November 02, 2025 03:28 PM (jc0TO)

193 No worries friend. They're only going to get more sophisticated as time goes on.
Posted by: Halfhand at November 02, 2025 03:21 PM (Qzova)

DDR5 memory prices have doubled in the last couple of months. NVIDIA is scaling back on GPU card production. The signs are there, that's for sure.

Posted by: mrp at November 02, 2025 03:28 PM (rj6Yv)

194 I also don't understand why men have nipples.
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The clamps have to go somewhere.
Posted by: bdsm as an evolutionary precept at November 02, 2025 03:25 PM (mOu50)

This man gets our votes.

Posted by: NYC Residents at November 02, 2025 03:29 PM (jnBNV)

195 Musk has made a lot of people rich too.

Posted by: pawn at November 02, 2025 03:32 PM (sPsWv)

196 Spend the extra seven cents! I promise...it will be worth it.

Late to the thread, but had to link this:

How about 7 1/2 cents?

https://tinyurl.com/SevenAndAHalfCents

Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, Texas, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at November 02, 2025 03:32 PM (SRRAx)

197 190 Did you hear about this new Hoax posted on Tik Tok?
8 million views and counting. It's a Hoax to get people to hate

why would I want to give them more views.
I stay away from this shit.
Posted by: From about That Time at November 02, 2025 03:26 PM (sl73Y)

Agreed.

Posted by: m at November 02, 2025 03:35 PM (RuTUS)

198 195 Musk has made a lot of people rich too.
Posted by: pawn at November 02, 2025 03:32 PM (sPsWv)

But not us. No, not us, precious. So, we hates him. False, tricksy Elon.

Posted by: american gollum at November 02, 2025 03:35 PM (8UJw9)

199 P/E for Tesla is over 300/1. NVIDIA is 60, for comparison.

Yum! Brands, Inc is 25.

I think Tesla is overvalued.

Posted by: toby928(c) at November 02, 2025 03:38 PM (jc0TO)

200 200

Posted by: m at November 02, 2025 03:39 PM (RuTUS)

201 >>>Like I said, more P.T. Barnum than Andrew Carnegie.
Posted by: toby928(c)
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Best rocket motors available turning out on an assembly line while NASA makes two a year.
That's not someone else's idea nor is it P.T. Barnham.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at November 02, 2025 03:39 PM (zojZo)

202 Best rocket motors available turning out on an assembly line while NASA makes two a year.
That's not someone else's idea nor is it P.T. Barnham.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at November 02, 2025 03:39 PM

Musk designed the motors?

Posted by: toby928(c) at November 02, 2025 03:40 PM (jc0TO)

203 this tool is made of fricking steel.

Knew a guy who bought a used metal lathe. Broke his garage foundation when delivered.

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at November 02, 2025 03:41 PM (EHYeZ)

204 Anyways, just saying how I see it. Not in the mood to argue.

Posted by: toby928(c) at November 02, 2025 03:42 PM (jc0TO)

205 When SpaceX goes public there are going to be more multimillionare engineers in the US than there has ever been.

Posted by: pawn at November 02, 2025 03:42 PM (sPsWv)

206 When SpaceX goes public there are going to be more multimillionare engineers in the US than there has ever been.
Posted by: pawn at November 02, 2025 03:42 PM

Of this I have no doubt.

Posted by: toby928(c) at November 02, 2025 03:43 PM (jc0TO)

207 When SpaceX goes public there are going to be more multimillionare engineers in the US than there has ever been.
Posted by: pawn at November 02, 2025 03:42 PM (sPsWv)

I think he wants to maintain complete control. If he didn't the board might decide going to Mars is crazy.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at November 02, 2025 03:43 PM (zC/Fl)

208 Elon musk is a brilliant engineer. Listen to his podcast with Joe Rogan where he explains why Starships keep exploding. There are reasons why he is the richest man on the planet, and they don't have anything to do with conning people.

Posted by: An Observation sez Trump is my President at November 02, 2025 03:43 PM (Da7Vv)

209 Nearly 50 years in the Fastener business: the U.S.manufacturers back in the 1950's or so decided to cut out distribution, sell direct to the Big Users, leaving a trail of pissed off distributors in their wake. Importing fasteners became a thing, U.S. manufacturers shuttered. Poor quality from overseas abounded. And so this thread was birphed.

Posted by: Robert17 at November 02, 2025 03:46 PM (yIR42)

210 Well.

Looks like J-Pod lost another baby orca. That’s three this year.

Been lots of Orcas out this weekend. About 15 at the entrance to Elliot Bay yesterday.

I can see them from my bedroom.

Posted by: nurse ratched at November 02, 2025 03:48 PM (mT+6a)

211 207 When SpaceX goes public there are going to be more multimillionare engineers in the US than there has ever been.
Posted by: pawn at November 02, 2025 03:42 PM (sPsWv)

I think he wants to maintain complete control. If he didn't the board might decide going to Mars is crazy.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at November 02, 2025 03:43 PM (zC/Fl)

I hope he has a protege. Or twelve.

Posted by: m at November 02, 2025 03:50 PM (RuTUS)

212
Musk designed the motors?

If you doubt that he was deeply involved in the design process there is a video where he is explaining the evolution of the design and choices made in them. No con man manager could understand any of that. One of the questions he asks potential engineers is "What is your best technical achievement and how you did it?" The reason he asks that is a phony can't get very deep into that process before he runs into a brick wall of lack of knowledge.

Posted by: An Observation sez Trump is my President at November 02, 2025 03:50 PM (Da7Vv)

213 OT: 161 Dirt track racing is America's last truly pure sport …

Posted by: Dr_No

'Murica!!!

youtu.be/Q_R0tHs9dWM

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at November 02, 2025 03:51 PM (sAmhv)

214 I guess my FWP is that there are too many telephone and power lines making my view imperfect.

Sunny and cool on the beach.

Love where you live. Life is too short.

Posted by: nurse ratched at November 02, 2025 03:52 PM (mT+6a)

215 Watching Gilligan's Island

Posted by: Skip at November 02, 2025 03:53 PM (+qU29)

216 >>>But not us. No, not us, precious. So, we hates him. False, tricksy Elon.
Posted by: american gollum
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You don't have to be dumb.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at November 02, 2025 03:53 PM (zojZo)

217 The Lions are stinking up the field.

Jeepers.

Posted by: nurse ratched at November 02, 2025 03:54 PM (mT+6a)

218 You don't have to be dumb.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at November 02, 2025 03:53 PM (zojZo)

What is ... taters, Braenyard?

WHAT IS TATERS?!?

Posted by: american gollum at November 02, 2025 03:54 PM (8UJw9)

219 Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _

Was OregonMuse the absent friend to whom you are referring?

Posted by: m at November 02, 2025 03:55 PM (RuTUS)

220 I can see them from my bedroom.

Russia?

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at November 02, 2025 03:56 PM (EHYeZ)

221 Musk designed the motors?
Posted by: toby928(c)
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Space X, it's his baby.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at November 02, 2025 03:56 PM (zojZo)

222 WHAT IS TATERS?!?

$20, same as in town.

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at November 02, 2025 03:57 PM (EHYeZ)

223 It isn't made of cheese, there's no women and no beer so why bother?

Posted by: DaveA
----

Send in the bacon wrenches with booze and a wheel of cheese and problem solved.

Posted by: All Hail Eris,, coming to you live from the Roller Disco of Discord! at November 02, 2025 03:57 PM (kpS4V)

224 *wenches

Posted by: m at November 02, 2025 03:58 PM (RuTUS)

225 😆

Yiss, winches!

Posted by: All Hail Eris,, coming to you live from the Roller Disco of Discord! at November 02, 2025 03:58 PM (kpS4V)

226 When it comes to turning screws, one name stands above all others on this blog.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at November 02, 2025 03:59 PM (0sNs1)

227 Auto Correct is my FWP.

Posted by: All Hail Eris,, coming to you live from the Roller Disco of Discord! at November 02, 2025 03:59 PM (kpS4V)

228 Orcas? Damn, and I thought it was pretty cool that I can walk about 100 yards and see dolphins.

Posted by: one hour sober at November 02, 2025 03:59 PM (Y1sOo)

229 227 Auto Correct is my FWP.
Posted by: All Hail Eris,, coming to you live from the Roller Disco of Discord! at November 02, 2025 03:59 PM (kpS4V)

We've got your back.

Posted by: m at November 02, 2025 04:00 PM (RuTUS)

230 Get cleaned up and upstairs
FOODIE NOODIE TIME
And CBD has scotch

Posted by: Skip at November 02, 2025 04:01 PM (+qU29)

231 SnapOn's attempt at marketing wrenches made of bacon, SnakOns, was not very successful.

Posted by: Tool Facts at November 02, 2025 04:01 PM (vFG9F)

232 Auto Correct is my FWP.
Posted by: All Hail Eris,, coming to you live from the Roller Disco of Discord! at November 02, 2025 03:59 PM

Ahem.

Posted by: Wearing Pants on the Book Thread at November 02, 2025 04:01 PM (0sNs1)

233 >>>I think he wants to maintain complete control. If he didn't the board might decide going to Mars is crazy.
Posted by: Aetius451AD
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You can buy into SpaceX via companies that invest in X's institutional investors. I think XOVR is the cheapest. They are in for ~12%.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at November 02, 2025 04:02 PM (zojZo)

234 163, 171.

these.

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at November 02, 2025 04:04 PM (kHop/)

235 69 Was up to Maine for a wedding this weekend, drove back this morning.
Speeds have really risen lately, 90-95 is no longer enough to get around the left lane slackers anymore, you have to creep into three figures.
Posted by: From about That Time

Don't come cryin' to me for bail money. Very fixed income, here.

Are you Don Garlits?

Posted by: Nana at November 02, 2025 04:09 PM (oftw2)

236 The tires have the green Nitrogen Inside valve stem covers. Clearly the dealership didn't put Nitrogen in the tires but regular air. Which is worse than putting on plain caps because it leaves the driver assuming that the tire pressure won't fluctuate that much for 265/40R22 tires. Low pressure = damaged rims and lowered fuel economy.

Assholes.
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at November 02, 2025 02:16 PM (a4flb)

PV=nRT works the same for nitrogen as it does for air. Air is 80% nitrogen, after all.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 02, 2025 04:26 PM (npFr7)

237 off sock

Posted by: Gref at November 02, 2025 04:42 PM (5rh/l)

238 I wonder if the cubic zirconia dust vapor is flammable. I also wonder if it would give you something akin to black lung or silicosis if you breathed it.
Posted by: banana Dream at November 02, 2025 03:22 PM (3uBP9)

It's a metal oxide, so not flammable. Could be harmful to breathe same as silica dust, also an oxide.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 02, 2025 04:43 PM (npFr7)

239 Chinesium. If fucking infects every gdammed thing.

Posted by: Dan Patterson at November 02, 2025 05:47 PM (KUQ/Z)

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