First World Problems...

That's one of those newfangled "top-down" shades, which allows one to lift it from the bottom or drop it from the top. Very convenient, but obviously the house has shifted and must be straightened.

I guess the first step is to dig out the foundation and relevel it. Or perhaps raze the house, level the foundation, and rebuild.

Or remove the entire foundation, dig to bedrock, and sink pilings so that there is a stable base for everything!

Posted by: CBD at 02:09 PM

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Posted by: Skip at December 28, 2025 02:09 PM (Ia/+0)

2 We did the pilings thing. Kinda worked, too!

Posted by: Steck at December 28, 2025 02:10 PM (LlRQB)

3 I guess the first step is to dig out the foundation and relevel it. Or perhaps raze the house, level the foundation, and rebuild.

Or remove the entire foundation, dig to bedrock, and sink pilings so that there is a stable base for everything!

You'll need multiple environmental impact assessments to boot. We can't disturb the subterranean lizard people.

Posted by: Archimedes at December 28, 2025 02:10 PM (Riz8t)

4 Hang a blanket over the window.

Posted by: davidt at December 28, 2025 02:11 PM (Q+gd/)

5 We can't disturb the subterranean lizard people.

Posted by: Archimedes at December 28, 2025 02:10 PM (Riz8t)

They probably caused the problem to begin with!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at December 28, 2025 02:11 PM (n9ltV)

6 Blinds always look like trash.

Curtains/drapes ftw.

Posted by: nurse ratched at December 28, 2025 02:12 PM (IhIKR)

7 I was gonna install that type of shade in all the windows, but the cats like curtains.

So I have shredded, and/or half-hanging down curtains in various rooms.

Posted by: BurtTC at December 28, 2025 02:12 PM (QVzW0)

8 Take it down and put up curtains

Posted by: Skip at December 28, 2025 02:12 PM (Ia/+0)

9 You know, if you ignore things like this long enough you just get used to them the way they are.

Posted by: Weasel at December 28, 2025 02:12 PM (Jtz/H)

10 Don't forget to build an underground grow room for all the pot plants!

Posted by: Sewing the threads together at December 28, 2025 02:13 PM (TbWk/)

11 Blinds always look like trash.

Curtains/drapes ftw.
Posted by: nurse ratched at December 28, 2025 02:12 PM (IhIKR)

I bet you have carpets that match your drapes too.

Posted by: BurtTC at December 28, 2025 02:13 PM (QVzW0)

12 You know, if you ignore things like this long enough you just get used to them the way they are.

Posted by: Weasel at December 28, 2025 02:12 PM (Jtz/H)

I am nothing if not obsessive-compulsive.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at December 28, 2025 02:13 PM (n9ltV)

13 Yeah...I'll put curtains in a bathroom. Great idea.

YOU PEOPLE!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at December 28, 2025 02:14 PM (n9ltV)

14 [deleted because no fun]

Posted by: Soothsayer at December 28, 2025 02:14 PM (HeMti)

15 My FWP: The radio is still playing Christmas Music. Like forlorn debris bobbing on a oil slick, the wreckage of Christmas Past remains evident.

Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at December 28, 2025 02:15 PM (tTwk7)

16 Yeah...I'll put curtains in a bathroom. Great idea.

YOU PEOPLE!
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at December 28, 2025 02:14 PM (n9ltV)

One of my curtains is in the bathroom, and the shower is only partially exposed, but there's a wall outside the window, and the neighbor's windows don't look over the wall.

That's one of the curtains the cats like to mess with, so if anyone gets a gander of me in the shower, that's THEIR problem, not mine.

Posted by: BurtTC at December 28, 2025 02:16 PM (QVzW0)

17 Curtains/drapes ftw.

Most especially when they match the floor covering.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at December 28, 2025 02:16 PM (0sNs1)

18 Option 3! Go for it! If you're going to do, do.it right.
I'm assuming you're a multi-millionaire that can afford this, just from all the remuneration you receive from Ace for your yeoman work here, right? Right?

Posted by: buddhaha at December 28, 2025 02:17 PM (PvdDw)

19 You know, if you ignore things like this long enough you just get used to them the way they are.

Right?

Posted by: People with beeping smoke detectors at December 28, 2025 02:17 PM (Riz8t)

20 Yeah...I'll put curtains in a bathroom. Great idea.

Once had a house that had carpet in the bathroom. Of course, it was a cheap-ass modular and the carpet was there to cover the uneven sub-flooring.

Posted by: Oddbob at December 28, 2025 02:17 PM (3nLb4)

21 Yeah...I'll put curtains in a bathroom. Great idea.

YOU PEOPLE!
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at December 28, 2025 02:14 PM (n9ltV)

Upside is you don't have to change the hand towels as often.

Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at December 28, 2025 02:17 PM (tTwk7)

22 Got a lot of driveway scrapped off, hopefully rain will clear yhe rest

Posted by: Skip at December 28, 2025 02:17 PM (Ia/+0)

23 Posted by: Soothsayer at December 28, 2025 02:14 PM (HeMti)

It's a lighthearted thread. Try to read the room.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at December 28, 2025 02:18 PM (n9ltV)

24 Blinds are for peasants.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at December 28, 2025 02:18 PM (HXT0k)

25 Just brick up the window. You don't really need all those windows. One percenters!

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at December 28, 2025 02:19 PM (SSEhk)

26 What happened to those liquid crystal windows that they were promising 10 years ago? The ones that could turn opaque or clear at the press of a button.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at December 28, 2025 02:19 PM (mlg/3)

27 Man, I go to pick up my daughter from work just as all the good fights are starting. I come back and all there is is the 1WP thread.
Son of a bitch.

Posted by: Dr. Claw at December 28, 2025 02:19 PM (fd80v)

28 Got a lot of driveway scrapped off, hopefully rain will clear yhe rest
Posted by: Skip at December 28, 2025 02:17 PM (Ia/+0)

You have to scrap your driveway?

Of what?

Posted by: BurtTC at December 28, 2025 02:19 PM (QVzW0)

29
Question: If it's true that blue-state residents "do not care" about fraud & high taxes, then for Who, exactly, is the Democrats' "affordability" Hoax?

Posted by: Soothsayer at December 28, 2025 02:20 PM (HeMti)

30
It's a lighthearted thread. Try to read the room.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo

What is your issue today? Why all the anger?

Posted by: Soothsayer at December 28, 2025 02:20 PM (HeMti)

31 Oh me oh my. And the builders call it 'progress', yes … ? 'Latest and greatest!' … ummm: Compared to: WHAT!?

Posted by: Dr_No at December 28, 2025 02:20 PM (ayRl+)

32 >Yeah...I'll put curtains in a bathroom. Great idea.

YOU PEOPLE!
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo
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glass blocks

Posted by: Don Black at December 28, 2025 02:21 PM (ZxPkt)

33 Dating Apps for Kids

https://youtu.be/Q4ZNtVPJy6A

Of course first example is from Canada.

And. Wizz ???

Posted by: You Really Don't Want to Know at December 28, 2025 02:21 PM (kvcnI)

34 Blinds are for peasants.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at December 28, 2025 02:18 PM (HXT0k)

Yeah, they never look good.

I do prefer shades though.

Cuz I'm always wearing my sunglasses in the house, even at night.

Posted by: BurtTC at December 28, 2025 02:21 PM (QVzW0)

35 Posted by: Soothsayer at December 28, 2025 02:20 PM (HeMti)

See you in a week.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at December 28, 2025 02:22 PM (n9ltV)

36 Blinds always look like trash.

Curtains/drapes ftw.
Posted by: nurse ratched

I watched Black Bag yesterday (which I thought was pretty good) and the spy headquarters had what looked like regular glass but with the touch of a button turned cloudy to provide privacy.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With Pumpkin Spice! at December 28, 2025 02:22 PM (L/fGl)

37 'I guess the first step is to dig out the foundation and relevel it. Or perhaps raze the house, level the foundation, and rebuild.'

Haha. No.
Get one of those scissors jacks and put it under the low corner. A few turns and you're as right as rain.

Posted by: Dr. Claw at December 28, 2025 02:22 PM (fd80v)

38 Dating Apps for Kids

https://youtu.be/Q4ZNtVPJy6A

Of course first example is from Canada.

And. Wizz ???
Posted by: You Really Don't Want to Know at December 28, 2025 02:21 PM (kvcnI)

I watched Shoeonhead's vid on it.

Just. Plain. Evil.

Posted by: BurtTC at December 28, 2025 02:23 PM (QVzW0)

39 I watched Black Bag yesterday (which I thought was pretty good) and the spy headquarters had what looked like regular glass but with the touch of a button turned cloudy to provide privacy.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With Pumpkin Spice! at December 28, 2025 02:22 PM (L/fGl)

Terrific film.

And I've never seen Blanchett look sexier.

Posted by: BurtTC at December 28, 2025 02:24 PM (QVzW0)

40 You know, if you ignore things like this long enough you just get used to them the way they are.
Posted by: Weasel
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I have come to regard dust as a protective coating.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 28, 2025 02:24 PM (XeU6L)

41 8 Take it down and put up curtains

Posted by: Skip at December 28, 2025 02:12 PM (Ia/+0)

Yeah, I have vertical blinds instead of horizontal ones; they've been (mostly) working for the last 30 years...except one has broken. If it was only the slat, that'd be easy to replace, but the actual spooling mechanism broke...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at December 28, 2025 02:24 PM (ynpvh)

42 The ones that could turn opaque or clear at the press of a button.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at December 28, 2025 02:19 PM (mlg/3)

I think they exist. Or at least I have seen video of them, which in this day and age with AI, doesn't mean much.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at December 28, 2025 02:24 PM (n9ltV)

43 It's the fourth day of Christmas. There are 8 more.

This is why you don't start celebrating too early. Now you are burned-out.

Posted by: no one at December 28, 2025 02:25 PM (qFwJc)

44 Frosted glass in the bathrooms.

Any window covering will collect mold and mildew.

Posted by: nurse ratched at December 28, 2025 02:25 PM (IhIKR)

45 40 You know, if you ignore things like this long enough you just get used to them the way they are.
Posted by: Weasel
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I have come to regard dust as a protective coating.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 28, 2025 02:24 PM (XeU6L)

It's also a detection system...hard to take something without it being obvious in the dust...and hard to redust perfectly.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at December 28, 2025 02:25 PM (ynpvh)

46 My FWP or maybe TWP depending on one's opinion, is I think I may be turning cannibal. But you shouldn't be alarmed because it's a strange egotistical version of cannibalism where I'm only interested in my own deliciousness.

This morning I've tried to cook myself two different ways. First, I thoroughly braised my belly and loins with bacon grease fumbling with a frying pan and a jar. Then I nicely sauteed my fingertips seasoning the frying pan. I wish I'd stop. And the thing is, I've smelled me, I surely wouldn't want to eat me. So it's perplexing to say the least.

Posted by: banana Dream at December 28, 2025 02:25 PM (3uBP9)

47 I watched Black Bag yesterday (which I thought was pretty good) and the spy headquarters had what looked like regular glass but with the touch of a button turned cloudy to provide privacy.

Two of my daughters work in offices where privacy is critical. They have rooms with glass walls like that.

Posted by: Archimedes at December 28, 2025 02:25 PM (Riz8t)

48 Curtains/drapes ftw.

Posted by: nurse ratched at December 28, 2025 02:12 PM (IhIKR)

Curtains are for old people. And their parents.

Posted by: HTL at December 28, 2025 02:25 PM (+Wg2L)

49 17 Curtains/drapes ftw.

Most especially when they match the floor covering.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at December 28, 2025 02:16 PM (0sNs1)

Hardwood with a well-manicured throw rug is nice.

Posted by: What? I'm talking interior decorating you pervs! at December 28, 2025 02:25 PM (TbWk/)

50 Aww, sorry CBD!

We finally got the gauzy new curtains hung, and they are stunning. Only problem is the cats have clawed at them and marred/snagged some of the fabric.

Are we taking them down and getting new curtains? Are you kidding me? After all that work? Heck no.

Also oldest son is the one that hung them. There is a gap between the curtains and the calling of about 2-3 inches, and the modern thing is to put the curtains all the way to the top so they feel taller and more elegant. But it took a year to get them up. So they are staying up as is!

Posted by: LizLem at December 28, 2025 02:25 PM (gWBY1)

51 43 It's the fourth day of Christmas. There are 8 more.

This is why you don't start celebrating too early. Now you are burned-out.

Posted by: no one at December 28, 2025 02:25 PM (qFwJc)

4 calling birds? Tomorrow will make Gollum excited...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at December 28, 2025 02:25 PM (ynpvh)

52 Terrific film.

And I've never seen Blanchett look sexier.
Posted by: BurtTC at December 28, 2025 02:24 PM (QVzW0)

Oh, and yes. There WAS a diverse cast, but this was about Brit intelligence, and I'm gonna assume that was a pretty accurate representation of the people they have working for them these days.

Posted by: BurtTC at December 28, 2025 02:26 PM (QVzW0)

53 I have curtains. Ergo, I really don't care. Leveling amounts to nothing more than a few seconds of 'push-pull' on the brackets that hold the curtain rods and stopping when it all looks 'right'.

Posted by: Dr_No at December 28, 2025 02:26 PM (ayRl+)

54 42 The ones that could turn opaque or clear at the press of a button.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at December 28, 2025 02:19 PM (mlg/3)

I think they exist. Or at least I have seen video of them, which in this day and age with AI, doesn't mean much.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at December 28, 2025 02:24 PM (n9ltV)

They require electricity...but losing electricity is a 3rd world problem, not a first one, therefore Kalifornia is a 3rd world entity.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at December 28, 2025 02:26 PM (ynpvh)

55 Just take it down and hang a big black velvet blanket of the Doors or a rainbow pot leaf.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at December 28, 2025 02:26 PM (kpS4V)

56 Two of my daughters work in offices where privacy is critical. They have rooms with glass walls like that.
Posted by: Archimedes at December 28, 2025 02:25 PM (Riz8t)

Just another example of The Deep State having tech they don't let us little people have.

Posted by: BurtTC at December 28, 2025 02:27 PM (QVzW0)

57 Posted by: LizLem at December 28, 2025 02:25 PM (gWBY1)

We have gauzy stuff on our front door, and it never fails to irritate me.

I think I'll just paint the windows black.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at December 28, 2025 02:28 PM (n9ltV)

58 Just brick up the window. You don't really need all those windows. One percenters!
Posted by: bear
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If you tour England, you wil see numerous old buildings with bricked-up windows. Why?

A window tax was imposed in England (and later Scotland and Ireland) from 1696 to 1851. The tax was a form of property tax based on the number of windows in a house and was introduced as an alternative to an income tax, which was considered intrusive at the time.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 28, 2025 02:28 PM (XeU6L)

59 All your suggestions sound doable, CBD.

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at December 28, 2025 02:28 PM (g8Ew8)

60 56 Two of my daughters work in offices where privacy is critical. They have rooms with glass walls like that.
Posted by: Archimedes at December 28, 2025 02:25 PM (Riz8t)

Just another example of The Deep State having tech they don't let us little people have.

Posted by: BurtTC at December 28, 2025 02:27 PM (QVzW0)

They probably have those monitor screen covers that reduce the viewable angle to just a few degrees...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at December 28, 2025 02:28 PM (ynpvh)

61 Hardwood with a well-manicured throw rug is nice.

Posted by: What? I'm talking interior decorating you pervs! at December 28, 2025 02:25 PM (TbWk/)

Isn't that called a merkin?

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at December 28, 2025 02:28 PM (n9ltV)

62 @6/nurse ratched: "Blinds always look like trash."

Especially after we get through with them!

Posted by: The Cats at December 28, 2025 02:29 PM (O7YUW)

63 Green Acres is better than Beverly Hills.

Posted by: Eromero at December 28, 2025 02:29 PM (dGdfE)

64 Just take it down and hang a big black velvet blanket of the Doors or a rainbow pot leaf.
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at December 28, 2025 02:26 PM (kpS4V)

Beads! Strips of beads. Even the bathroom windows, because like, man, the body is natural, man. We should let the whole world see it. Man.

Posted by: BurtTC at December 28, 2025 02:29 PM (QVzW0)

65 64 Just take it down and hang a big black velvet blanket of the Doors or a rainbow pot leaf.
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at December 28, 2025 02:26 PM (kpS4V)

Beads! Strips of beads. Even the bathroom windows, because like, man, the body is natural, man. We should let the whole world see it. Man.

Posted by: BurtTC at December 28, 2025 02:29 PM (QVzW0)

Admiral Ackbar has some nudity for you...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at December 28, 2025 02:30 PM (ynpvh)

66 Shades and blinds will not remain straight for long no matter what. This is why classy people use cardboard.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 28, 2025 02:30 PM (OWovX)

67 Test.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at December 28, 2025 02:30 PM (wglpN)

68 At first glance, I just assumed a reefer addict installed the blinds.

Posted by: Weasel at December 28, 2025 02:30 PM (sk9i0)

69 66 Shades and blinds will not remain straight for long no matter what. This is why classy people use cardboard.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 28, 2025 02:30 PM (OWovX)

I can only afford newspaper, but it works well.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at December 28, 2025 02:30 PM (ynpvh)

70 Progress.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at December 28, 2025 02:31 PM (wglpN)

71 They probably have those monitor screen covers that reduce the viewable angle to just a few degrees...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at December 28, 2025 02:28 PM (ynpvh)

Just like our pooter screens. Sure, you can put tape over your camera, but the screen itself... they're watching everything we do.

Ev. Er. Eeeee. Thing!!!

Posted by: BurtTC at December 28, 2025 02:31 PM (QVzW0)

72 @ 67 Test.
_______________

Passed.

Posted by: Dr_No at December 28, 2025 02:31 PM (ayRl+)

73 I just got done painting the hallway (first coat, anyway). Prepping and taping is such a bitch.

It's poorly lit so I'm not too worried about glitches. I need to touch up the molding anyway.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at December 28, 2025 02:31 PM (kpS4V)

74 You know, if you ignore things like this long enough you just get used to them the way they are.
Posted by: Weasel at December 28, 2025 02:12 PM (Jtz/H)
====

That's just crazy talk.
-Herbert Marcuse

Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 28, 2025 02:31 PM (OWovX)

75 Just take it down and hang a big black velvet blanket of the Doors or a rainbow pot leaf.
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at December 28, 2025 02:26 PM (kpS4V)

Newspapers.

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at December 28, 2025 02:32 PM (g8Ew8)

76 That's one of the curtains the cats like to mess with, so if anyone gets a gander of me in the shower, that's THEIR problem, not mine.
Posted by: BurtTC at December 28, 2025 02:16 PM (QVzW0)

OW, MY EYES!!

Posted by: Burt's neighbor poking eyes out with a stick at December 28, 2025 02:32 PM (5xuJ/)

77 BurtTC, I so appreciate Shoeonhead for attacking the MAP/pedo/groomer stuff from day one, when the left was trying to shape it into a protected lifestyle, and not the evil crime it truly is. And now that she's in momma bear Shoe mode, I think that will amp up to 11. Bless her.

Her vid on women and their modern obsession with beast/lady pron was hysterical. Highly recommend.

Posted by: LizLem at December 28, 2025 02:32 PM (gWBY1)

78 Admiral Ackbar has some nudity for you...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at December 28, 2025 02:30 PM (ynpvh)

Far out!

Posted by: BurtTC at December 28, 2025 02:32 PM (QVzW0)

79 71 They probably have those monitor screen covers that reduce the viewable angle to just a few degrees...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at December 28, 2025 02:28 PM (ynpvh)

Just like our pooter screens. Sure, you can put tape over your camera, but the screen itself... they're watching everything we do.

Ev. Er. Eeeee. Thing!!!

Posted by: BurtTC at December 28, 2025 02:31 PM (QVzW0)

Had someone tell me they put black electrical tape over their camera, but the camera still knew when he was in front of the computer...perhaps enough IR was being picked up...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at December 28, 2025 02:32 PM (ynpvh)

80 I think I'll just paint the windows black.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at December 28, 2025 02:28 PM (n9ltV)

Wouldn't the DEA consider that probable cause to raid your house looking for grow lights and weed?

Posted by: HTL at December 28, 2025 02:32 PM (+Wg2L)

81 Admiral Ackbar has some nudity for you...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at December 28, 2025 02:30 PM (ynpvh)
----

Call me!

Posted by: Dr. Zoidberg at December 28, 2025 02:33 PM (kpS4V)

82 Petticoat Junction>Green Acres>Beverly Hillbillies

Posted by: proudvastrightwingguy at December 28, 2025 02:33 PM (MNCvZ)

83 Scraped off driveway
But the scrap frozen water does go back to ground so 100% recycling

Posted by: Skip at December 28, 2025 02:33 PM (Ia/+0)

84 BurtTC, I so appreciate Shoeonhead for attacking the MAP/pedo/groomer stuff from day one, when the left was trying to shape it into a protected lifestyle, and not the evil crime it truly is. And now that she's in momma bear Shoe mode, I think that will amp up to 11. Bless her.

Her vid on women and their modern obsession with beast/lady pron was hysterical. Highly recommend.
Posted by: LizLem at December 28, 2025 02:32 PM (gWBY1)

Yep. She still identifies as a liberal or whatever, but she's smart and funny.

And cute!

Posted by: BurtTC at December 28, 2025 02:34 PM (QVzW0)

85 @ 82 Petticoat Junction>Green Acres>Beverly Hillbillies
_____________________________________________________

Isn't is more correctly spelt 'Pedi-Coat' now … ?

Posted by: Dr_No at December 28, 2025 02:35 PM (ayRl+)

86 My FWP ties in with yesterday's hobbie thread. The lack of a 3D Printer in my house. I mentioned a high risk investment I was going to make. Double Double Bonus Poker until broke or could afford one.
The pot thread had me wanting a beer so I went to the Little-2- Convienent store for one and enacted the plan. Well at $27.50 into my plan I was dealt 3 of 4 of a Royal Flush in hearts with the 4 of hearts. Rule number 4 of Reforger rule for poker is always go for the flush. I didn't. I dropped the 2 cards and hit a Royal for $1000.00.
I'm off now to buy my printer.

Posted by: Reforger at December 28, 2025 02:35 PM (EjADr)

87 Had someone tell me they put black electrical tape over their camera, but the camera still knew when he was in front of the computer...perhaps enough IR was being picked up...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at December 28, 2025 02:32 PM (ynpvh)

Some say it's all been recorded, everything we do online.

It's in some databank somewhere. So of course the question is, "Why should I care, since I'm not doing anything wrong?"

Sure. Until you do. When they're the ones decided what's wrong.

Posted by: BurtTC at December 28, 2025 02:35 PM (QVzW0)

88 I'm happy to report that I have no current FWP.

I'm sure that will change soon though.

Posted by: Maj. Healey at December 28, 2025 02:36 PM (abIsI)

89 I only learned about beast/dino porn on this upstanding fine military blog, and totally not from my Amazon algorithm.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at December 28, 2025 02:36 PM (kpS4V)

90 Scraped off driveway
But the scrap frozen water does go back to ground so 100% recycling
Posted by: Skip at December 28, 2025 02:33 PM (Ia/+0)

Frozen water? Like the stuff I get out of my fridge's ice dispenser?

Why would there be any on the driveway?

Posted by: BurtTC at December 28, 2025 02:36 PM (QVzW0)

91 I have curtains. Ergo, I really don't care. Leveling amounts to nothing more than a few seconds of 'push-pull' on the brackets that hold the curtain rods and stopping when it all looks 'right'.
Posted by: Dr_No
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I have curtains or drapes on all windows...but they have their own drawbacks. Wait...did I make a pun? Anyhow, there are issues of lint created by the curtains/drapes themslves, as well as household lint/dust collected by the fabrics which is swirled out when they are opened/closed. They also must be cleaned periodically on account of household aromas, cooking & etc.

My rationale has mostly to do with insulation during winter months, it gets cold up here in Appalchia.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 28, 2025 02:37 PM (XeU6L)

92 78 Admiral Ackbar has some nudity for you...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at December 28, 2025 02:30 PM (ynpvh)

Far out!

Posted by: BurtTC at December 28, 2025 02:32 PM (QVzW0)

For BurtTC...
https://tinyurl.com/cd9fm5z9

Posted by: Admiral Ackbar at December 28, 2025 02:37 PM (ynpvh)

93 >>> I think I'll just paint the windows black.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at December 28, 2025 02:28 PM (n9ltV)

Peel and stick stained glass on your windows? It looks really pretty. Or I've seen people paint their own fake lead/glass designs on windows and it turns out cool. But there's a whole process.

My husband is obsessed with the shades that fold down like yours. A house with them near us went up for sale, and he joked we should move there just for the shades. (Yeah, not happening. I hate moving.) I never thought about the window frames resettling and causing issues! The things you don't think about.

Posted by: LizLem at December 28, 2025 02:37 PM (gWBY1)

94 Damn! Who changed the font size?

To the barrel with you!

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at December 28, 2025 02:37 PM (g8Ew8)

95 Wouldn't the DEA consider that probable cause to raid your house looking for grow lights and weed?

Posted by: HTL at December 28, 2025 02:32 PM (+Wg2L)

THIS is how you cross the streams folks!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at December 28, 2025 02:38 PM (n9ltV)

96 Admiral Ackbar's nudity: IT'S A TRAP

Posted by: Smell the Glove at December 28, 2025 02:38 PM (2vrAX)

97 @ 86 My FWP ties in with yesterday's hobbie thread. The lack of a 3D Printer in my house. I mentioned a high risk investment I was going to make. Double Double Bonus Poker until broke or could afford one.
______________________________________________

Existentially, everything in everyone's house is already '3D' … it's just a problem in definitional terminology, yes? Don't small the sweat stuff …

Posted by: Dr_No at December 28, 2025 02:39 PM (ayRl+)

98 I never thought about the window frames resettling and causing issues! The things you don't think about.

Posted by: LizLem at December 28, 2025 02:37 PM (gWBY1)

Uh...these posts are 99% silly. I wouldn't worry too much about your window frames being out of plumb.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at December 28, 2025 02:39 PM (n9ltV)

99 Why are all our distilleries shutting down? Is this because of tariffs? Seems like everyday another one has shutdown.

Posted by: Case at December 28, 2025 02:40 PM (G1OIb)

100 For BurtTC...
https://tinyurl.com/cd9fm5z9
Posted by: Admiral Ackbar at December 28, 2025 02:37 PM (ynpvh)

I shouldn't have.

I did, but I shouldn't have.

Posted by: BurtTC at December 28, 2025 02:40 PM (QVzW0)

101 Or remove the entire foundation, dig to bedrock, and sink pilings so that there is a stable base for everything!
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Wait until the government mandates it the way they did on the Gulf Coast, you know, to protect the home owner. It'll price out everthing. You'll love it.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at December 28, 2025 02:41 PM (5uRA0)

102 100 For BurtTC...
https://tinyurl.com/cd9fm5z9
Posted by: Admiral Ackbar at December 28, 2025 02:37 PM (ynpvh)

I shouldn't have.

I did, but I shouldn't have.

Posted by: BurtTC at December 28, 2025 02:40 PM (QVzW0)

Was it good for you too?

Posted by: Admiral Ackbar at December 28, 2025 02:41 PM (ynpvh)

103 Why are all our distilleries shutting down? Is this because of tariffs? Seems like everyday another one has shutdown.
Posted by: Case at December 28, 2025 02:40 PM (G1OIb)

Young people have quit drinking as much.

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at December 28, 2025 02:42 PM (g8Ew8)

104
Uh...these posts are 99% silly. I wouldn't worry too much about your window frames being out of plumb.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo
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Ha! I'm thinking your house isn't 70 years old. As we speak I have doors that are waiting for me to shim the hinges...even kitchen cabinet doors.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 28, 2025 02:43 PM (XeU6L)

105 102 100 For BurtTC...
https://tinyurl.com/cd9fm5z9
Posted by: Admiral Ackbar at December 28, 2025 02:37 PM (ynpvh)
I shouldn't have.
I did, but I shouldn't have.
Posted by: BurtTC at December 28, 2025 02:40 PM (QVzW0)

Was it good for you too?
_____________________________

Was anyone else watching … ?

Posted by: Dr_No at December 28, 2025 02:43 PM (ayRl+)

106 4 Hang a blanket over the window.
Posted by: davidt
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Where's the valence? Hang a valence square and you're done.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at December 28, 2025 02:43 PM (5uRA0)

107 Was it good for you too?
Posted by: Admiral Ackbar at December 28, 2025 02:41 PM (ynpvh)

In a way, yes.

I'm gonna have to say 10 Hail Marys, and 20 Our Fathers.

So I got that going for me.

Posted by: BurtTC at December 28, 2025 02:44 PM (QVzW0)

108 Sheers, that blind is bald, put up sheers over the blinds then put up the valence.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at December 28, 2025 02:45 PM (5uRA0)

109 Call de birds ...
call de birds ...
call de birds ...
call de birds ...

Posted by: Adriane the Not Enough Christmas Lights, the Airplanes Are NOT Circling Yet Critic . . . at December 28, 2025 02:45 PM (3ZUWJ)

110 Why are all our distilleries shutting down? Is this because of tariffs? Seems like everyday another one has shutdown.

Posted by: Case at December 28, 2025 02:40 PM (G1OIb)

My guess is that bourbon's decade-long boom has resulted in a ton of overproduction.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at December 28, 2025 02:45 PM (n9ltV)

111 Here is a REAL first World Problem: A major bank which was selling huge amounts of paper silver short is going to fail next week; they are bankrupt. There is a reason that JP Morgan switched from short selling silver to a long position (betting silver prices will go up). This is the opening shot of something that may make 2026 look like something that makes the crash of 2008 look like a joyous walk in the financial park.

Posted by: An Observation sez Trump is my President at December 28, 2025 02:45 PM (Da7Vv)

112 Young people have quit drinking as much.
Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons
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At the risk of crossing the beams, a local brewery scored a marketing twofer by naming their Brewery/beer 'Wicked Weed'. A sure, and very successful, fit for my progressive burg.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 28, 2025 02:46 PM (XeU6L)

113 Ha! I'm thinking your house isn't 70 years old.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 28, 2025 02:43 PM (XeU6L)

95 years old!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at December 28, 2025 02:46 PM (n9ltV)

114 Just found out they no longer make drawstring shades. Too many babies hung themselves I guess.
I have a couple of those supposedly self adjusting pull down shades. None hang straight, at least one has just given up and dropped to the floor. Good thing the house is mostly empty.

Posted by: From about That Time at December 28, 2025 02:46 PM (sl73Y)

115 >>> Yep. She still identifies as a liberal or whatever, but she's smart and funny.

She did an ode to...Huey Long, of all people. Socialist grifter Huey Long. Yikes. Her heart's in the right place, bless her, even if it beats for socialists like Bernie and Huey.

But she has that NY/NJ way of telling it to you straight, even if you don't wanna hear it. She's been telling the left for years not to abandon men. And now they can't figure out why Gen z men are ditching the left. She told ya! It's in all right there in her vids.

Not that I want to do the DNC's work for them...but instead of hiring that fat man hating chick as a consultant to attract Gen z men back, they should have put Shoe on speed dial. But I'm not going to stop my opponent when they are punching themselves in the face. By all means, punch away...that will show the right! Keep calling all men racist evil fascists. It will finally work in 2026!

Posted by: LizLem at December 28, 2025 02:47 PM (gWBY1)

116 113 Ha! I'm thinking your house isn't 70 years old.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 28, 2025 02:43 PM (XeU6L)

95 years old!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at December 28, 2025 02:46 PM (n9ltV)

The electrical wiring must be a DREAM!...
I mean, a nightmare is a dream too!

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at December 28, 2025 02:47 PM (ynpvh)

117 I mean, a nightmare is a dream too!
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia)

That might explain "dream weddings"...

Posted by: Adriane the Not Enough Christmas Lights, the Airplanes Are NOT Circling Yet Critic . . . at December 28, 2025 02:49 PM (3ZUWJ)

118 The electrical wiring must be a DREAM!...
I mean, a nightmare is a dream too!

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at December 28, 2025 02:47 PM (ynpvh)

It was rewired in the modern era, and half the house is a modern addition, so we dodged a bullet with that.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at December 28, 2025 02:49 PM (n9ltV)

119
I guess the first step is to dig out the foundation and relevel it. Or perhaps raze the house, level the foundation, and rebuild.

Or remove the entire foundation, dig to bedrock, and sink pilings so that there is a stable base for everything!

___________

Mr. Dildo Builds His Dream House

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 28, 2025 02:49 PM (tgvbd)

120
95 years old!
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo
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Yikes! I'm simultaneously envious, and not.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 28, 2025 02:49 PM (XeU6L)

121 Just found out they no longer make drawstring shades. Too many babies hung themselves I guess.

Posted by: From about That Time at December 28, 2025 02:46 PM (sl73Y)

Yeah, but only the ones who ate the lead paint off the windowsills.

Or... Oh good! If they hung themselves, hopefully someone got them down. Now, if they HANGED themselves....

Alright, I know. 10 more Hail Marys, and 30 more Our Fathers.

Posted by: BurtTC at December 28, 2025 02:50 PM (QVzW0)

122 Why are all our distilleries shutting down? Is this because of tariffs? Seems like everyday another one has shutdown.
Posted by: Case at December 28, 2025 02:40 PM (G1OIb)

I read an article on a distillery shutting down. Headline tried to paint it as a collapse of the liquor industry. Turns out it was a micro-business that had only been open for three years. Then one of the many Jim Beam distilleries closes for remodeling. Again, it is the end of alcohol in America.

I think I detect the hand of Big Marijuana behind these propaganda pieces.

Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at December 28, 2025 02:50 PM (tTwk7)

123 --------
Ha! I'm thinking your house isn't 70 years old. As we speak I have doors that are waiting for me to shim the hinges...even kitchen cabinet doors.
Posted by: Mike Hammer,
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There's Tube video on that.
Take the pin out of the top hinge, drive the wedge at the door squaring it. Now, the hinge is not even. I forget the tool used but he bent the hinge into alignment.
It looked good on the screen.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at December 28, 2025 02:50 PM (5uRA0)

124 The electrical wiring must be a DREAM!...
I mean, a nightmare is a dream too!
Posted by: jim
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What are you, some kind of elitist?

Posted by: Knob and tube at December 28, 2025 02:51 PM (XeU6L)

125 > I read an article on a distillery shutting down. Headline tried to paint it as a collapse of the liquor industry.
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Bloated inventory. The tariffs might (might) play a bit part. But the Bourbon industry goes through a glut of product about every 5-7 years.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at December 28, 2025 02:52 PM (NwnyJ)

126 124 The electrical wiring must be a DREAM!...
I mean, a nightmare is a dream too!
Posted by: jim
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What are you, some kind of elitist?

Posted by: Knob and tube at December 28, 2025 02:51 PM (XeU6L)

Eh, my house is around 50 years old...modern wiring.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at December 28, 2025 02:53 PM (ynpvh)

127 I think the left would dump somolia in a hot minute if the new ukraine based fraud from the new peace deal "rebuilding" is more lucrative. And I am betting it will be in spades.

Posted by: banana Dream at December 28, 2025 02:53 PM (3uBP9)

128 Bloated inventory. The tariffs might (might) play a bit part. But the Bourbon industry goes through a glut of product about every 5-7 years.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at December 28, 2025 02:52 PM (NwnyJ)

Agreed. And the run up of prices to match the secondary market is driving away customers from the middle and sort-of-high-end bourbons.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at December 28, 2025 02:54 PM (n9ltV)

129 @MAstronomers
·
2h
🚨: Scientists have detected all five DNA and RNA nucleobases in meteorites for the first time. This means that the life may actually been delivered to Earth from space

Posted by: Don Black at December 28, 2025 02:54 PM (ZxPkt)

130 CBD, I love the first world problem posts! And just because it's silly compared to other real issues, doesn't means it's not a pain in the ass.

For example... we finally checked all the circuit breakers on the electrical panel to see what rooms are on what circuit. We've been having circuits break and the lights short out. Like, I turn on the toaster, the crock pot, and the stove, and the kitchen's circuit breaker gets triggered. Well, there are rooms on the same circuit that are high usage rooms, we wouldn't have thought were tied together. We can't undo it, but now we know.

It's a pain! But we will survive. Barely. (I kid! Sort of.)

Posted by: LizLem at December 28, 2025 02:54 PM (gWBY1)

131 There's Tube video on that.
Take the pin out of the top hinge, drive the wedge at the door squaring it. Now, the hinge is not even. I forget the tool used but he bent the hinge into alignment.
It looked good on the screen.
Posted by: Braenyard
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I am, unfortunately, familiar with the process. but it is 'make do', and works, but the frame remains out of kilter.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 28, 2025 02:55 PM (XeU6L)

132 Holy shit, this Seahawks panthers game sucks. Yeah, we just scored, but boring and sloppy and Sam Donaldson needs to have someone slap some sense into him.

Posted by: nurse ratched at December 28, 2025 02:55 PM (IhIKR)

133 Not that I want to do the DNC's work for them...but instead of hiring that fat man hating chick as a consultant to attract Gen z men back, they should have put Shoe on speed dial. But I'm not going to stop my opponent when they are punching themselves in the face. By all means, punch away...that will show the right! Keep calling all men racist evil fascists. It will finally work in 2026!
Posted by: LizLem at December 28, 2025 02:47 PM (gWBY1)

I think women like her tend to either join us on the dark side, or check out of politics altogether.

There's only so many contradictions you can take before it hits you square in the eyes.

Posted by: BurtTC at December 28, 2025 02:55 PM (SJrOE)

134 Checked the seismic activity in Northern NJ. Seems an "extinct" volcano in North Haledon has woken up, and is fixin' to blow sky-high. Your blinds may be a final warning. Leave Now!! Do you have any cool mosaics that may be excavated a couple thousand years from now?

Posted by: Last Days Of Pompeii at December 28, 2025 02:55 PM (oftw2)

135 They require electricity...but losing electricity is a 3rd world problem, not a first one, therefore Kalifornia is a 3rd world entity.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia)

I don't think they require much if they were solid state like the liquid crystal watches from the 80's. The only electricity required was to change the 'state.' Warning: I am not a EE.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at December 28, 2025 02:56 PM (mlg/3)

136 Well, there are rooms on the same circuit that are high usage rooms, we wouldn't have thought were tied together. We can't undo it, but now we know.

Posted by: LizLem at December 28, 2025 02:54 PM (gWBY1)

That's always fun...playing electrical detective!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at December 28, 2025 02:56 PM (n9ltV)

137 @100/BurtTC: "I shouldn't have. I did, but I shouldn't have."

Acme has an exciting new product for you, my friend!

Posted by: Introducing new Acme Industrial Strength Eye Bleach! at December 28, 2025 02:57 PM (O7YUW)

138 This means that the life may actually been delivered to Earth from space
Posted by: Don Black at December 28, 2025 02:54 PM (ZxPkt)

Evolved on the warm oceans on meteorites ?

First heard this theory 25+ years ago and still not buying.

Posted by: You Really Don't Want to Know at December 28, 2025 02:57 PM (kvcnI)

139 129 @MAstronomers
·
2h
🚨: Scientists have detected all five DNA and RNA nucleobases in meteorites for the first time. This means that the life may actually been delivered to Earth from space

Posted by: Don Black at December 28, 2025 02:54 PM (ZxPkt)

Asteroid Benu

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at December 28, 2025 02:57 PM (ynpvh)

140 Who blew the margins? Impossible to read on my phone now.

Thanks, butthead.

Posted by: nurse ratched at December 28, 2025 02:57 PM (IhIKR)

141 Bloated inventory. The tariffs might (might) play a bit part. But the Bourbon industry goes through a glut of product about every 5-7 years.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at December 28, 2025 02:52 PM (NwnyJ)

I, for one, welcome the coming of white paper quart cartons that only say "Bourbon" on the outside in black letters.

Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at December 28, 2025 02:59 PM (tTwk7)

142 Having a single breaker box is such a nice convenience. Compared to four different boxes installed in different eras, at different technological periods of hominid existence, like a friggin museum exhibit on "Electricity and Man!" The screw in kind, the giant tube kind, some throw switches, some inside the house, some outside. No one knows what it all is hooked up to. I'm so happy to wipe my hands clean of that.

Posted by: banana Dream at December 28, 2025 02:59 PM (3uBP9)

143 Eh, my house is around 50 years old...modern wiring.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia)
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You're in the aluminum fad period.
Got aluminum?

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at December 28, 2025 03:00 PM (5uRA0)

144 135 They require electricity...but losing electricity is a 3rd world problem, not a first one, therefore Kalifornia is a 3rd world entity.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia)

I don't think they require much if they were solid state like the liquid crystal watches from the 80's. The only electricity required was to change the 'state.' Warning: I am not a EE.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at December 28, 2025 02:56 PM (mlg/3)

Shouldn't require much electricity, that is true. It mostly depends on the structure and how it reacts to electricity. If there are two stable states, only requiring an electric field to swap them, then doesn't require much...maybe refreshing to keep its current state...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at December 28, 2025 03:00 PM (ynpvh)

145 >>> 97 @ 86 My FWP ties in with yesterday's hobbie thread. The lack of a 3D Printer in my house. I mentioned a high risk investment I was going to make. Double Double Bonus Poker until broke or could afford one.

What kind of things do you want to make with your 3D printer? I mentioned in the hobby thread I got my hubby a 3D printer for under $500, and that cost included the printer, the curing station, and the resin bath. He loves it and it's had no problems. But it's a true hobby printer. He uses it to make mini figs and cute presents for us. And has printed stuff for me to teach Sunday school lessons and make cute 3D takeaways for the kids.

He also made a one-inch high 3D rendering of a penis, to throws at one of our problem child teens when he's being an actual dick, bwahaha.

Posted by: LizLem at December 28, 2025 03:01 PM (gWBY1)

146 Who blew the margins? Impossible to read on my phone now.
Thanks, butthead.
Posted by: nurse ratched

Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at #75 did. My back's out, so you'll have to lift him into the barrel.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at December 28, 2025 03:01 PM (mlg/3)

147 Doors are usually easy to fix

Posted by: Skip at December 28, 2025 03:01 PM (Ia/+0)

148 143 Eh, my house is around 50 years old...modern wiring.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia)
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You're in the aluminum fad period.
Got aluminum?

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at December 28, 2025 03:00 PM (5uRA0)

Nope, real Cu wiring...just after the Al fad. My parents, on the other hand, had issues...I've seen what Al wires look like when a pin-hole leak forms in the insulation on underground wires...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at December 28, 2025 03:02 PM (ynpvh)

149 Do you have any cool mosaics that may be excavated a couple thousand years from now?

Posted by: Last Days Of Pompeii at December 28, 2025 02:55 PM (oftw2)

No...just a lot of bourbon.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at December 28, 2025 03:02 PM (n9ltV)

150 Holy shit, this Seahawks panthers game sucks. Yeah, we just scored, but boring and sloppy and Sam Donaldson needs to have someone slap some sense into him.
Posted by: nurse ratched at December 28, 2025 02:55 PM (IhIKR)

Too bad that David Brinkley is dead.

Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at December 28, 2025 03:02 PM (tTwk7)

151 146 Who blew the margins? Impossible to read on my phone now.
Thanks, butthead.
Posted by: nurse ratched

Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at #75 did. My back's out, so you'll have to lift him into the barrel.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at December 28, 2025 03:01 PM (mlg/3)

How'd they do it? I don't see any URLs...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at December 28, 2025 03:03 PM (ynpvh)

152 >>> Nope, real Cu wiring...just after the Al fad. My parents, on the other hand, had issues...I've seen what Al wires look like when a pin-hole leak forms in the insulation on underground wires...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at December 28, 2025 03:02 PM (ynpvh)

I had bare wires wrapped in paper and cloth, like the mummies. I assume similar carbon dating.

Posted by: banana Dream at December 28, 2025 03:04 PM (3uBP9)

153 Here is a REAL first World Problem: A major bank which was selling huge amounts of paper silver short is going to fail next week; they are bankrupt.

"The market can remain irrational longer than you can remain solvent." Even if you're a bank. Why anyone would risk their entire business on a single position baffles me.

Posted by: Oddbob at December 28, 2025 03:04 PM (3nLb4)

154 Panspermia

Posted by: Don Black at December 28, 2025 03:05 PM (ZxPkt)

155 >>> Holy shit, this Seahawks panthers game sucks. Yeah, we just scored, but boring and sloppy and Sam Donaldson needs to have someone slap some sense into him.

Ah, you reminded me there's a Kraken game today!

Utah finally got their NHL team officially named the Mammoths. That's fine and all, but I really wanted the Yeti! But there's an Utah grown company named Yeti, and they worried about brand confusion. (I say have Yeti sponsor the Yeti. Problem solved! But they didn't listen to me.)

Posted by: LizLem at December 28, 2025 03:05 PM (gWBY1)

156 153 Here is a REAL first World Problem: A major bank which was selling huge amounts of paper silver short is going to fail next week; they are bankrupt.

"The market can remain irrational longer than you can remain solvent." Even if you're a bank. Why anyone would risk their entire business on a single position baffles me.

Posted by: Oddbob at December 28, 2025 03:04 PM (3nLb4)

They don't; they risk it on HUNDREDS of such risky positions.
There. Feel better now?...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at December 28, 2025 03:05 PM (ynpvh)

157 How'd they do it? I don't see any URLs...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia)

Copy n' pasting the full 'Posted by:' text into a Word product probably.

PS, we don't need the full 'Posted by:' line for ref.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at December 28, 2025 03:06 PM (mlg/3)

158 136 Well, there are rooms on the same circuit that are high usage rooms, we wouldn't have thought were tied together. We can't undo it, but now we know.

Posted by: LizLem
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If, perchance, you cross paths with an electrician that does work on the side for cash an extra circuit is reletively inexpensive.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at December 28, 2025 03:06 PM (5uRA0)

159 PS, we don't need the full 'Posted by:' line for ref.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at December 28, 2025 03:06 PM (mlg/3)

Yes, we do!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at December 28, 2025 03:07 PM (n9ltV)

160 What's a Kraken?

Not much, what's a Kraken Lacken with you?

Posted by: BurtTC at December 28, 2025 03:07 PM (SJrOE)

161 139 129 @MAstronomers
·
2h
🚨: Scientists have detected all five DNA and RNA nucleobases in meteorites for the first time. This means that the life may actually been delivered to Earth from space

Posted by: Don Black at December 28, 2025 02:54 PM (ZxPkt)

I love this. OK, guys, all the construction material is scattered around a vacant lot; bricks, lumber, nails, wire, concrete, PVC. We are almost looking at a finished mansion here!

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at December 28, 2025 03:07 PM (NCERT)

162 157 How'd they do it? I don't see any URLs...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia)

Copy n' pasting the full 'Posted by:' text into a Word product probably.

PS, we don't need the full 'Posted by:' line for ref.

Posted by: weft cut-loop

so I guess that'll be the next prohibition along with long URLs?

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at December 28, 2025 03:08 PM (ynpvh)

163 Doors are usually easy to fix
Posted by: Skip
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Easy for you to say.

Posted by: Jim Morrison at December 28, 2025 03:08 PM (XeU6L)

164 If there is DNA and RNA found from space I'd be ok with it producing a naked Matilde May.

Posted by: Smell the Glove at December 28, 2025 03:09 PM (2vrAX)

165 I ran across an after hours electrician and put two circuits in the kitchen, one in the office and one in the bedroom. Wow, talking about twentieth century.

Electrician said he's put two kids through college this way.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at December 28, 2025 03:09 PM (5uRA0)

166 >>> If, perchance, you cross paths with an electrician that does work on the side for cash an extra circuit is reletively inexpensive.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at December 28, 2025 03:06 PM (5uRA0)

I wanted a few things done. Like separate fan/light switches in a few rooms. Things like that. I think the quote came out to be 30 - 40K. Yeah, that would be a big no thank you chief.

Posted by: banana Dream at December 28, 2025 03:09 PM (3uBP9)

167 So, here's a bit of a FWP.... batteries. Not the rechargeable kind. Just your normal Duracell or Eveready brands.

They suck.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at December 28, 2025 03:09 PM (NwnyJ)

168 161 139 129 @MAstronomers
·
2h
🚨: Scientists have detected all five DNA and RNA nucleobases in meteorites for the first time. This means that the life may actually been delivered to Earth from space

Posted by: Don Black at December 28, 2025 02:54 PM (ZxPkt)

I love this. OK, guys, all the construction material is scattered around a vacant lot; bricks, lumber, nails, wire, concrete, PVC. We are almost looking at a finished mansion here!

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at December 28, 2025 03:07 PM (NCERT)

Have 100,000 monkeys throw it all together for 100 million years for yer mansion...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at December 28, 2025 03:09 PM (ynpvh)

169 Panspermia
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[leafs through Atlas...without luck]

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 28, 2025 03:10 PM (XeU6L)

170 Shades???

Heh.

Tapestries. Now yur talkin'!

Posted by: Diogenes at December 28, 2025 03:11 PM (2WIwB)

171 Or just bend it a little.

Posted by: DaveA at December 28, 2025 03:11 PM (FhXTo)

172 Wiki article on Panspermia:

https://tinyurl.com/4fh9aedu

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at December 28, 2025 03:11 PM (NCERT)

173 A bank failure over short selling paper silver? The only solution then is digital money from the Fed. Real money is too volatile

Posted by: Accomack at December 28, 2025 03:11 PM (/Chlc)

174 Have 100,000 monkeys throw it all together for 100 million years for yer mansion...
Posted by: jim
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Pretty sure that has been disproven.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 28, 2025 03:12 PM (XeU6L)

175 173 A bank failure over short selling paper silver? The only solution then is digital money from the Fed. Real money is too volatile

Posted by: Accomack at December 28, 2025 03:11 PM (/Chlc)

LOL

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at December 28, 2025 03:12 PM (ynpvh)

176 >>> If there is DNA and RNA found from space I'd be ok with it producing a naked Matilde May.
Posted by: Smell the Glove at December 28, 2025 03:09 PM (2vrAX)

Naked Mathilda Mays from space can get a bit bitey. Just so you know.

Posted by: banana Dream at December 28, 2025 03:12 PM (3uBP9)

177 174 Have 100,000 monkeys throw it all together for 100 million years for yer mansion...
Posted by: jim
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Pretty sure that has been disproven.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 28, 2025 03:12 PM (XeU6L)

Forgot the /sarc...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at December 28, 2025 03:12 PM (ynpvh)

178 and totally not from my Amazon algorithm.
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at December 28, 2025 02:36 PM

Pssssst .... you know who'd really like to be in the mix of your Amazon algorithm?

Us.

Posted by: Pants at December 28, 2025 03:13 PM (0sNs1)

179 Scrupulosity. Won’t you help?

Posted by: Hokey Pokey at December 28, 2025 03:13 PM (r9OA5)

180 Okay, who jizzed on the Benu sample?...That's NOT what Panspermia means!

Posted by: Scientist at December 28, 2025 03:14 PM (ynpvh)

181 I had some of those fancy new shades installed when all of the windows were replaced and I don't even know how to lower them. They used to have a string.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at December 28, 2025 03:14 PM (nljXp)

182 Oh, speaking of very much NOT first world problems...

I finally read Tina Peter's Christmas message on social media. Holy cow. I can't imagine wanting to be a county clerk to help your DMV be more efficient, and then get mixed up in standing up against election fraud and getting jailed for it. Brave woman. I hope she gets back home soon! She was pardoned, get her outta there.

Obrego Garcia freed and Tina jailed, what a world...

Posted by: LizLem at December 28, 2025 03:15 PM (gWBY1)

183
Forgot the /sarc...
Posted by: jim
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I knew you were being facetious, but I don't have much to work with.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 28, 2025 03:15 PM (XeU6L)

184 Grok@grok . Dec 26
Replying to @2448Reda971 @satyamshivam64 @silvertrade

Paper silver (futures, ETFs) holds value based on market prices and contracts, but it's not physical metal—risks include counterparty default in squeezes.

The $75 threshold causing bank defaults is a rumor in metals communities, tied to alleged short positions, but unverified by major sources. Silver's at ~$77/oz now; watch for volatility

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at December 28, 2025 03:15 PM (5uRA0)

185 Who knew some asteriods are a good source of vitamins?

"The analysis revealed that the concentration of N-heterocycles is approximately 5 nmol/g, 5-10 times higher than that reported from Ryugu. In addition to the five nitrogenous bases -- adenine, guanine, cytosine, thymine and uracil -- required for building DNA and RNA, the researchers also found xanthine, hypoxanthine, and nicotinic acid (vitamin B3)."

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at December 28, 2025 03:19 PM (ynpvh)

186 The $75 threshold causing bank defaults is a rumor in metals communities, tied to alleged short positions, but unverified by major sources. Silver's at ~$77/oz now; watch for volatility

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at December 28, 2025 03:15 PM

Silver spot just hit $81.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at December 28, 2025 03:19 PM (0N4FZ)

187 >>> Electrician said he's put two kids through college this way. Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at December 28, 2025 03:09 PM (5uRA0)

I'm seriously pushing one of my kids to go to trade school. I think he'd struggle in college, and likes working with his hands. If you need an AI proof job field, electrician is not a bad one to pick!

Posted by: LizLem at December 28, 2025 03:20 PM (gWBY1)

188 Who knew some asteriods are a good source of vitamins?

the researchers also found xanthine, hypoxanthine, and nicotinic acid (vitamin B3)."
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia)

Well, they're obviously minerals, wouldn't it just make sense that they'd have vitamins, too?

Posted by: mikeski at December 28, 2025 03:21 PM (nhCoE)

189 A bank failure over short selling paper silver? The only solution then is digital money from the Fed. Real money is too volatile
Posted by: Accomack at December 28, 2025 03:11 PM (/Chlc)

Maybe it's not, but I always figured "paper" silver and gold was mostly just fraud.

Posted by: BurtTC at December 28, 2025 03:22 PM (8sydA)

190 154 Panspermia
Posted by: Don Black at December 28, 2025 03:05 PM (ZxPkt)

Now it's a cooking thread?

Posted by: Pan-fried, deep-fried, stir-fried at December 28, 2025 03:22 PM (TbWk/)

191
129 @MAstronomers
·
2h
🚨: Scientists have detected all five DNA and RNA nucleobases in meteorites for the first time. This means that the life may actually been delivered to Earth from space
Posted by: Don Black at December 28, 2025 02:54 PM

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*shifty eyes*

Posted by: Scientist with Dandruff at December 28, 2025 03:23 PM (Ijbq0)

192 Indoor shutters.

Posted by: Ben Had at December 28, 2025 03:23 PM (sDNVV)

193 Silver spot just hit $81.
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at December 28, 2025 03:19 PM (0N4FZ)

I have coins and bars, because I like silver.

I suppose I could take them somewhere and get more than twice what I paid for them, but I'm not gonna.

Posted by: BurtTC at December 28, 2025 03:23 PM (8sydA)

194 I can't run both toasters in the bathroom while the spa jets are on. Very inconvenient.

Posted by: Short Circuited at December 28, 2025 03:23 PM (oftw2)

195 Life happens.

Posted by: Don Black at December 28, 2025 03:23 PM (ZxPkt)

196 Panspermia
Posted by: Don Black at December 28, 2025 03:05 PM (ZxPkt)

I'm too lazy to read upthread.
Has The Paolo weighed in on this?

Posted by: Diogenes at December 28, 2025 03:25 PM (2WIwB)

197 Shades and blinds will not remain straight for long no matter what. This is why classy people use cardboard.
Posted by: San Franpsycho

I can only afford newspaper, but it works well.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia)

Save up for some cardboard. There's places that call for light-filtering newsprint, and others for light-blocking corrugated.

Posted by: Impropriety Brothers at December 28, 2025 03:26 PM (nhCoE)

198 Most economical fix would be to put a 1" shim or block under all of your shoes, flip-flops, and slippers. We also sell a 1" gel insert that we put in all our MySlipper products. Promo Code: Garrett

Posted by: Mike Lindell at December 28, 2025 03:27 PM (oftw2)

199 Silver spot just hit $81.
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at December 28, 2025 03:19 PM (0N4FZ)

I have coins and bars, because I like silver.

I suppose I could take them somewhere and get more than twice what I paid for them, but I'm not gonna.

Posted by: BurtTC at December 28, 2025 03:23 PM

Same here. For years I would buy silver american eagles, sometimes 10-20 at a time. I have a bunch of them that I could sell but I am not planning on it.

First of all I would have to go to Dallas to find a dealer that would buy that many coins at one time and second I have no idea what I would spend the money on. It would probably just go into savings.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at December 28, 2025 03:27 PM (0N4FZ)

200 Hello everyone this is Quarter Twenty with JT and some new technology.
Watch for this nic. It could be a breakthrough.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at December 28, 2025 03:27 PM (Ohsyb)

201 The powers that be keep changing the rules in football. Especially collage football. It ruins the game. I don't watch it much anymore.

Posted by: Case at December 28, 2025 03:28 PM (G1OIb)

202 Hiya

Posted by: JT at December 28, 2025 03:29 PM (Ohsyb)

203 I have 4, 1 oz silver bars I paid $7.50 for back in 87. 2, 1 oz ingots out of the Comstock Load I paid $44.00 each when it was $18.00 and never thought I could make back but here we are.
The tailings of the Comstock are now worth probably a trillion dollars. To bad there is a national historical monument on top of it all.

Posted by: Reforger at December 28, 2025 03:30 PM (EjADr)

204 I have french doors that open onto a balcony out of the bedroom. Very classy. I could go out and address the peasants if I had peasants. I don't have any, but I do have deer that I could address. The french doors have tiny metal blinds but they are in-between the glass panes. And one set have stopped working. And they are stuck in the setting that perfectly reflects morning sun directly into my eyes. No way to fix them without taking that door apart and I assume it was constructed by dwarves far under hill using long forgotten magic so I'm not even going to try.

Posted by: banana Dream at December 28, 2025 03:30 PM (3uBP9)

205 Quarter Twenty, something different than his tablet?

Posted by: Ben Had at December 28, 2025 03:30 PM (sDNVV)

206 What’s causing the squeeze? There is no shortage of silver

Posted by: Accomack at December 28, 2025 03:31 PM (T8bqm)

207 JT. Allright!!!!!

Posted by: Ben Had at December 28, 2025 03:31 PM (sDNVV)

208 You know, if you ignore things like this long enough you just get used to them the way they are.
Posted by: Weasel at December 28, 2025 02:12 PM

Sage advice, as always!

Posted by: Moldy rice in the rear bag at December 28, 2025 03:31 PM (0sNs1)

209 We had a new foundation done for our 100+ year old house a few years ago. Pier and beam, since that is what was already there.

Unfortunately, many of the wooden floor boards - which are mostly still original to the house - had "permanently" warped over time (and settlement). So even though the foundation is "level", the floor still.....isn't.

The company did a great job, and we recommend them to folks in our historic neighborhood (many of whom have the same issues). The floors aren't going anywhere!

Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, Texas, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at December 28, 2025 03:32 PM (RiICY)

210 What’s causing the squeeze? There is no shortage of silver
Posted by: Accomack at December 28, 2025 03:31 PM (T8bqm)

Increase in vampires and werewolves.

Posted by: BurtTC at December 28, 2025 03:32 PM (KwCuT)

211 Panspermia
Posted by: Don Black at December 28, 2025 03:05 PM (ZxPkt)

I'm too lazy to read upthread.
Has The Paolo weighed in on this?
Posted by: Diogenes at December 28, 2025 03:25 PM

What am I, chopped liver?

Posted by: Peter North, proud Canadian and irregular AoSHQ commenter at December 28, 2025 03:33 PM (A8QZ3)

212 This is real. This is happening in N Carolina.

https://tinyurl.com/392w7dsj

Posted by: Don Black at December 28, 2025 03:33 PM (ZxPkt)

213 Increase in vampires and werewolves.
Posted by: BurtTC at December 28, 2025 03:32 PM (KwCuT)

Their hair is perfect

Posted by: Awhooooooo! at December 28, 2025 03:34 PM (TbWk/)

214 Nearly all problems with any house are water related. Before you level the house or repair the foundation, do a thorough review of your entire storm drain system. The whole purpose of storm drains is to get water far away from your house, especially at the foundation. Those downspouts that go into a little disperser or the rain chains, don't get the water far enough away from your foundation. The soil will get saturated in the winter and re-dry in the summer over decades and your house will slowly sink making it unlevel a causing foundation cracks.

Repair all of your gutters and downspouts. Install a storm drain system to the nearest pond, ditch, slough or city storm drainage to get rid of the water or your troubles will never end. If you already have a drainage system, make sure it is unclogged.

Posted by: Lemmiwinks at December 28, 2025 03:35 PM (PWcY+)

215 I decided to spring for the extra cost and put in plantation shutters for all my window treatments. It’s a guy’s way of not having to put up curtains.

Posted by: Opinion fact at December 28, 2025 03:35 PM (KDPiq)

216 What’s causing the squeeze? There is no shortage of silver

There is a new generation of silver/carbon batteries just starting. It's my guess that that's the cause.

Posted by: Archimedes at December 28, 2025 03:37 PM (Riz8t)

217 Increase in vampires and werewolves.
Posted by: BurtTC at December 28, 2025 03:32 PM (KwCuT)

Their hair is perfect
Posted by: Awhooooooo! at December 28, 2025 03:34 PM

* smiles *

Posted by: Gavin Newsom at December 28, 2025 03:38 PM (0sNs1)

218 What’s causing the squeeze? There is no shortage of silver
Posted by: Accomack at December 28, 2025 03:31 PM

There is a physical shortage of silver. AI data centers are being built across the country by the hundreds and they all need huge amounts of silver to build them. They need way more silver than is being mined.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at December 28, 2025 03:39 PM (0N4FZ)

219 2 minutes for my kid to have a good week. If Cleveland blows this game, it may be a very sad New Year for him...

Posted by: Nova Local at December 28, 2025 03:40 PM (tOcjL)

220 Increase in vampires and werewolves.
Posted by: BurtTC

Isn't that a self-correcting problem?

If I learned one thing from Underworld, it's that Kate Beckinsale looks good in leather, and vampires and werewolves hate each other.

Posted by: mikeski at December 28, 2025 03:40 PM (nhCoE)

221 This is real. This is happening in N Carolina.

https://tinyurl.com/392w7dsj
Posted by: Don Black at December 28, 2025 03:33 PM (ZxPkt)

I loved her in "The Fifth Element."

Posted by: BurtTC at December 28, 2025 03:41 PM (TvPmY)

222 Isn't that a self-correcting problem?

If I learned one thing from Underworld, it's that Kate Beckinsale looks good in leather, and vampires and werewolves hate each other.
Posted by: mikeski at December 28, 2025 03:40 PM (nhCoE)

I'm pretty sure, according to Twilight rules, they eventually learn to all get along.

Posted by: BurtTC at December 28, 2025 03:43 PM (QbJcY)

223 I have a lot of silver coinage that are just collecting dust. Might as well cash in while I can. I’ll keep what is collectible unless I get appropriate value in addition to spot.

Posted by: Opinion fact at December 28, 2025 03:43 PM (KDPiq)

224 @HumbleFlow 51m
"Mrs Bardot was ahead of her time...

“My country, France, my homeland, my land is again invaded by an overpopulation of foreigners, especially Muslims.”

I’m sad she will not live to see TOTAL REMIGRATION and the law enforced again. She would have loved it."

@visegrad24 7h
"The movie star and anti-immigration activist Brigitte Bardot has passed away at the age of 91.

She was convicted 6 times by the French state between 1997 and 2008 for criticising mass-immigration and Islamism."

Posted by: illiniwek at December 28, 2025 03:43 PM (vbXSk)

225 FWIW, Durham County is so blue it may as well be in a blue state.

https://ballotpedia.org/Lakeshia_Alston

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at December 28, 2025 03:45 PM (NCERT)

226 Posted by: illiniwek at December 28, 2025 03:43 PM (vbXSk)

Convicted for criticizing anything is a travesty.

Posted by: Opinion fact at December 28, 2025 03:45 PM (KDPiq)

227 "
If, perchance, you cross paths with an electrician that does work on the side for cash an extra circuit is reletively inexpensive".

P0st under the nic bzzzzzt!

Posted by: JT at December 28, 2025 03:46 PM (Ohsyb)

228 we used caissons.

Posted by: cmeat at December 28, 2025 03:48 PM (R11M+)

229 The shades I had in Germany were the best, bar none.
Posted by: Cow Demon at December 28, 2025 03:39 PM (5QJ42)
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Yep. I loved those things.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at December 28, 2025 03:49 PM (ESVrU)

230 after the missus passed i hung her brightly colored skirts on the windows. the kids dig it.

Posted by: cmeat at December 28, 2025 03:50 PM (R11M+)

231 I buy/bought some because they are time pieces.
Onzas, Pandas, Maple leafs, Krugerrands, Liberty, etc.

I think there's an Elizabeth and I'm waiting for the Trump dollar.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at December 28, 2025 03:50 PM (5uRA0)

232 After you sell your silver, go long on tulip bulb futures.

Posted by: Dutch Merchant c. 1635 at December 28, 2025 03:51 PM (tTwk7)

233 Late to the game.

Irreconcilable: "One Toke over the Line" performed by wholesome, Lawrence Welk singers.

Posted by: JM in Illinois at December 28, 2025 03:52 PM (tlviZ)

234
The shades I had in Germany were the best, bar none.
Posted by: Cow Demon
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Yep. I loved those things.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel

Back when the future was so bright.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at December 28, 2025 03:53 PM (pkeXY)

235 "The market can remain irrational longer than you can remain solvent." Even if you're a bank. Why anyone would risk their entire business on a single position baffles me.

The perilous combination of greed and stupidity. That will kill you every time. The greed was seeing the huge amount to be made from shorting something. The stupidity was not understanding that a lack of physical supply for a commodity used in industrial amounts trumps paper shorts every time.

Posted by: An Observation sez Trump is my President at December 28, 2025 03:55 PM (Da7Vv)

236 It's a lighthearted thread. Try to read the room.

Hiya room!

Posted by: JT at December 28, 2025 03:55 PM (Ohsyb)

237 Posted by: JM in Illinois at December 28, 2025 03:52 PM (tlviZ)

I couldn't resist that!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at December 28, 2025 03:56 PM (n9ltV)

238 Hiya, JT, good to see you.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at December 28, 2025 03:57 PM (5uRA0)

239 JT!!

Posted by: My Life is Insanity at December 28, 2025 03:57 PM (WE0m7)

240 Hiya right back JT. I'm so happy to see you commenting again.

Posted by: Ben Had at December 28, 2025 03:57 PM (sDNVV)

241 Helloooo, ball!

Posted by: Ed Norton, sewer technician at December 28, 2025 04:00 PM (pkeXY)

242 Nood.

Posted by: Case at December 28, 2025 04:01 PM (G1OIb)

243 JT JT JT JT JT!!

Posted by: nurse ratched at December 28, 2025 04:03 PM (lwMpu)

244 Stick on window film. (But do work out the bubbles or that will drive you MAD!)

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at December 28, 2025 04:04 PM (NFX2v)

245 After you sell your silver, go long on tulip bulb futures.

Of course what caused the tulip panic was that: "Sorry, other than decoration, what use do tulips have?" Silver on the other hand has irreplaceable metallic industrial properties that can't be replaced by any other element on the periodic table. It is the best conductor of electricity. All those data centers require ton quantities of silver in the computer racks. You can't make solar cells without silver, you can't make the new Samsung Silver-Carbon battery without it, and that battery makes EVs practical. Every Tomahawk cruise missile has 500 oz of silver in it and that silver vanishes into vapor when the missile is used. Silver is not tulips. Have your fun laughing at it - but reality will have the last laugh.

Posted by: An Observation sez Trump is my President at December 28, 2025 04:05 PM (Da7Vv)

246 Hi, JT.

Birdbath is not frozen today.

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at December 28, 2025 04:05 PM (NFX2v)

247 Very late to the party here, but the answer to CBD's first world problem blinds is the tension on the strings has changed due to the anchors at the bottom of the window loosening.

I have this same type of blind in camper... always having to adjust the tension on the strings to keep them straight.

Posted by: Shepherd Lover at December 28, 2025 04:14 PM (EmOFw)

248 Uhhh... I guess those aren't anchored on the bottom, but still. Strings aren't adjusted properly. The house isn't leaning!

Posted by: Shepherd Lover at December 28, 2025 04:16 PM (EmOFw)

249 What’s causing the squeeze? There is no shortage of silver

Sorry, you are wrong about that. The commercial usage of Silver has exceeded the mine production for the last 5 straight years, and not by a small amount. The deficit for each of those years is about 25% of mine production. Don't believe me? Try to buy a silver on line, or at your local coin dealer. The coin shops in Houston ran out when Silver spot was $50.

Posted by: An Observation sez Trump is my President at December 28, 2025 04:18 PM (Da7Vv)

250 My first world problem this month was trying to use up all of the PTO that I can't roll over before the end of the year.

Posted by: Frankie at December 28, 2025 04:26 PM (medbw)

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