First World Problems...

Yes, that timer is old, and because I am a cheap bastard, I will continue to use it and continue to bitch and moan about it until it explodes in a shower of sparks.

It has many minuscule buttons and a multi-layered series of menus through which I have to wade to program the stupid thing to turn on at dusk and turn off around midnight. Or 11:30pm or 1:00am. I don't care. But I don't want it to turn on at dusk and...stay on until 9:47am! Or never turn on until 6:12am. And who needs seven different programs for some stupid outdoor lights? That is the definition of overkill.

To top off this amazingly irritating piece of equipment...it resets to some default internal program every time there is a power outage. And by "power outage" I mean every time the f*cking lights flicker during a thunderstorm!

Who bought this monstrosity?

Idiot.

Posted by: CBD at 01:55 PM

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Posted by: Skip at August 09, 2026 01:59 PM (Ia/+0)

2 Top five?

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at August 09, 2026 02:00 PM (2Ez/1)

3 Just use your phone to bash it to pieces and buy a new one

Posted by: Accomack at August 09, 2026 02:01 PM (+sNap)

4

Hate those damned things too.

Posted by: BifBewalski - at August 09, 2026 02:01 PM (QVmho)

5 The solution is simple. Hire a migrant worker to turn your lights on and off.

Posted by: fd at August 09, 2026 02:01 PM (MWfyi)

6 Since it's a job you won't do.

Posted by: fd at August 09, 2026 02:02 PM (MWfyi)

7
Nice LCD. No problem reading that at all. I hate it when I'm outdoors like at the beach and I need to get some info out of my phone. Just, you know, vaguely tap and hope I don't wipe it.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 09, 2026 02:02 PM (mmrXZ)

8 fd, well played.

Posted by: Ben Had at August 09, 2026 02:03 PM (3ZNGI)

9 Any hammer will do.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 09, 2026 02:04 PM (JvZF+)

10 Reset timer to "House Fire"

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at August 09, 2026 02:05 PM (O7YUW)

11 Wait until they do away with the time change twice a year and it still automatically changes time for you.

And changes it back when you reset it.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 09, 2026 02:05 PM (2Cry5)

12 retrofit electric baseboard heating. That solves the problems right there.

Posted by: Kindltot at August 09, 2026 02:05 PM (rbvCR)

13 There's probably an auto setting in there you can just turn on and walk away.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at August 09, 2026 02:06 PM (iySPJ)

14 fd good one

My FWP is this cat and mouse whack a mole with the ad
Bet had it 300 times in last few days

Posted by: Skip at August 09, 2026 02:07 PM (Ia/+0)

15 What is that? A timer?

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at August 09, 2026 02:07 PM (V3mMn)

16 There are really only 3 items you need in a toolbox.
1) a hammer
2) WD-40
3 duct tape

If it's supposed to move, but it doesn't, use the WD-40
If it's not supposed to move, but it does, use the duct tape
If it's impossible to fix or frustrating the hell out of you, use the hammer.

Your welcome.

In the situation described above, I'd suggest the hammer.

Posted by: proudvastrightwingguy at August 09, 2026 02:07 PM (MNCvZ)

17 I thought it was a gas pump.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at August 09, 2026 02:08 PM (/wPHZ)

18 I'm so old I remember when you could by a porch light fixture with a built in photo cell that would turn the light on at dusk and off at dawn. They sold them in the same aisle as the corded rotary phones.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at August 09, 2026 02:08 PM (2Ez/1)

19 That changing to to something its not supposed to be will not be the best answer

Posted by: Skip at August 09, 2026 02:09 PM (Ia/+0)

20 Or maybe the view out the porthole of the OceanGate Titan. Just before, well, you know...

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at August 09, 2026 02:09 PM (/wPHZ)

21 What is verkill?

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at August 09, 2026 02:10 PM (Cqx++)

22 We had photcells to turn on tower lights at the radio station.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at August 09, 2026 02:12 PM (Cqx++)

23 FWP here...the fan is oscillating on low, the office is dark, my feet are up on the desk, the recline setting on the chair is unlocked and the dog is napping in my lap. And there are chocolate chip cookies in the kitchen.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at August 09, 2026 02:12 PM (3Ope8)

24 "We had photcells to turn on tower lights at the radio station.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr."

Did they have a Daylight Savings Time setting?

Posted by: fd at August 09, 2026 02:13 PM (MWfyi)

25 I like the new word, verkill ... kill vermin?

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at August 09, 2026 02:13 PM (VyBeY)

26 To top off this amazingly irritating piece of equipment...it resets to some default internal program every time there is a power outage.

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My overpriced Bosch oven does that. A brief outage and it's Jan 1, 2016 all over again.

I've given up resetting it.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at August 09, 2026 02:13 PM (/wPHZ)

27 To top off this amazingly irritating piece of equipment...it resets to some default internal program every time there is a power outage. And by "power outage" I mean every time the f*cking lights flicker during a thunderstorm!

Wire a UPS into the circuit, and this particular sub-problem is solved.

Good food and good engineering. The Horde always satisfies.

How 'bout them Red Sox?

Posted by: Duncanthrax at August 09, 2026 02:13 PM (0sNs1)

28 My first world problem is the pool is 86 degrees and not the extra superdooper big bath tub that I prefer.

Posted by: Piper at August 09, 2026 02:13 PM (ZdaMQ)

29 What is verkill?
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at August 09, 2026 02:10 PM (Cqx++)

A river in Amsterdam.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at August 09, 2026 02:15 PM (+ePcn)

30 AOC is freezing her eggs. She thought you all would like to know.

Posted by: fd at August 09, 2026 02:15 PM (MWfyi)

31 I finally get it. Boner pills by pop-up ads. It's meta.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at August 09, 2026 02:15 PM (/wPHZ)

32 My coffeepot died this morning. It's a ca. 2013 Black & Decker made in China, which lasted longer than I expected it to.

My needs are very low—just drip hot water over the coffee and into the carafe. Two or three real cups (which is I think five of those fake coffee cups measurements on the side of the carafe…).

Any recommendations for coffee makers made in America, or perhaps made in Italy?

I’ve been following some guy in Austin who is making a simple, all-metal coffeemaker, but it isn’t done yet.

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at August 09, 2026 02:15 PM (kYmoU)

33 Who bought this monstrosity?

Idiot.

Posted by: CBD at 01:55 PM

Concur. Whoever it was he probably stirs or shake his Paella as well.

Posted by: Pete Bog at August 09, 2026 02:15 PM (KtVoC)

34
There are really only 3 items you need in a toolbox.
1) a hammer
2) WD-40
3 duct tape

_________

4) Cable ties

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 09, 2026 02:16 PM (O0L8i)

35 Get an LED light bulb with a built-in photo-cell circuit, designed to turn-on automatically at dusk and off at dawn. Give or take 10 or 15 minutes.

Then never worry about timers and programs and power outages again. No worries about DLST, and dusk and dawn times shifting throughout the year. I have used them forever in my outside garage light fixture. I buy ones made by Philips. They last for many years.

Posted by: Gref at August 09, 2026 02:16 PM (5rh/l)

36 Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at August 09, 2026 02:15 PM (kYmoU)

Percolator. For the win.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at August 09, 2026 02:17 PM (3Ope8)

37 There are really only 3 items you need in a toolbox.
1) a hammer
2) WD-40
3 duct tape

_________

4) Cable ties
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 09, 2026 02:16 PM

5) 10mm socket

Posted by: Duncanthrax at August 09, 2026 02:17 PM (0sNs1)

38 Concur. Whoever it was he probably stirs or shake his Paella as well.
Posted by: Pete Bog at August 09, 2026 02:15 PM

What am I, chopped liver?

Posted by: Avoids maple syrup on French Toast at August 09, 2026 02:19 PM (0sNs1)

39 My FWP is that it's still 100F, the air quality index is 160 thanks to those TWH hosers up north, and my balls are stuck to my leg because I'm too cheap to get a couple of a/c units. I have fans but they're barely cutting it.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at August 09, 2026 02:20 PM (iySPJ)

40 I feel like biking to the beach but it 95° out and that’s too cold for the beach.

Posted by: Accomack at August 09, 2026 02:21 PM (9H7EW)

41 There are really only 3 items you need in a toolbox.
1) a hammer
2) WD-40
3 duct tape

The water dispenser on my fridge recently stopped working; so I took the face off and discovered that a piece of plastic that held the button in one place so that the lever could whack it had broken off.

I attempted to duct tape it back, but it had too much give. So I gorilla-glued the button to where it was supposed to be, and for extra measure stuffed it around with packing foam I had lying around in the garage, to reduce the stress on the glue.

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at August 09, 2026 02:21 PM (kYmoU)

42
Gorilla-Glue: Fuses any two surfaces except the ones you want fused.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 09, 2026 02:23 PM (O0L8i)

43 Just tapping on screen brings up ad

The Chinese are not into makkng anything last, if they could make cars to import they wouldn't last either, as well as report to Beijing everywhere you gonor say while in it.

Posted by: Skip at August 09, 2026 02:23 PM (Ia/+0)

44 39 My FWP is that it's still 100F, the air quality index is 160 thanks to those TWH hosers up north, and my balls are stuck to my leg because I'm too cheap to get a couple of a/c units. I have fans but they're barely cutting it.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at August 09, 2026 02:20 PM (iySPJ)
________________

I have A/C but rarely need it. I've found the cheapest, most effective way to cool things down is a window fan. In the evening it's almost always going to be cooler outside. And, during the day as long as you place the fan on a window opposite the side of the house the sun is located on, it serves the purpose well.

I'm not a big fan (heh) of regular fans....and definitely not ceiling fans in the summer. Regular fans just dry your eyes out. Ceiling fans just push the rising heat down to the living area. (Disclaimer: IMO).

Posted by: Orson at August 09, 2026 02:25 PM (dIske)

45 Gorilla-Glue: Fuses any two surfaces except the ones you want fused.

particularly fingers and clothing

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at August 09, 2026 02:26 PM (VyBeY)

46
Anti-FWP. Since bringing all the dogs up to the house and turning off the AC and fans in the kennel, our electricity use has fallen by a third.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 09, 2026 02:27 PM (O0L8i)

47 Any recommendations for coffee makers made in America, or perhaps made in Italy?

I’ve been following some guy in Austin who is making a simple, all-metal coffeemaker, but it isn’t done yet.
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair

French press.

Posted by: nurse ratched. at August 09, 2026 02:28 PM (HM3at)

48 I went for a run and no crazy ass black men tried to punch me so, crime is down in Charlotte, yall

Posted by: nckate at August 09, 2026 02:28 PM (enNUy)

49 47 Any recommendations for coffee makers made in America, or perhaps made in Italy?
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Internet connection or no internet connection?

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at August 09, 2026 02:29 PM (/wPHZ)

50
French press.
Posted by: nurse ratched. at August 09, 2026 02:28 PM (HM3at)

________

The recumbent bicycle of coffee preparation.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 09, 2026 02:29 PM (O0L8i)

51 Gorilla tape works great. Gorilla glue is a little more tricky. I'm anxiously waiting for the tutorial on the Gorilla Channel to get some pointers.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at August 09, 2026 02:30 PM (iySPJ)

52 I have two Schumacher battery chargers. One is a special needs charger. The design hasn't changed in 80 years.

The other is a talented and gifted charger. Both work, and both perform about the same charging profile. The latter charger is much lighter in weight (no transformer) and has "digital" switches and controls. In temperatures below about 40 deg. F., it becomes inoperative insofar the microswitches do not work. The charger itself has to be brought in someplace warmer in order to turn on.

It will also hork during a brief power sag, say when a generator spools up when an air conditioner kicks on. Annoying.

The old school iron is a marvelous design, that is approximately perfect at doing what it is supposed to do. Armed with a voltmeter, and a thermometer, the end user can maintain a battery to almost a textbook charge level. The "smart" charger is an approximation, it will do OK, but there isn't really any comparison. Both have their uses, but if I could only choose one, I'd go with the 80 year old design.

Posted by: Common Tater at August 09, 2026 02:31 PM (VyDjz)

53 What does that timer time?

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 09, 2026 02:32 PM (WY+aP)

54 Any recommendations for coffee makers made in America, or perhaps made in Italy?

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at August 09, 2026 02:15 PM (kYmoU)
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https://www.bialetti.com/it_en/

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at August 09, 2026 02:32 PM (QNSrI)

55 Penguin Glue is quite effective but highly mephitic.

Posted by: Penguin Facts at August 09, 2026 02:32 PM (MWfyi)

56 Internet connection or no internet connection?

No Internet connection. As few things as possible to go bad. I don’t need my coffeemaker to make coffee when I’m not home.

I would prefer electric, because I do plug it into a HomeKit outlet; this way I have coffee waiting for me in the kitchen in the morning. And when I make tea in the evening I can turn it off without leaving the book I’m reading and then go get it a few minutes later when it’s cool enough to drink.

But the coffeemaker doesn’t need to know this.

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at August 09, 2026 02:33 PM (kYmoU)

57 Bialetti

I saw those. The 6-cup electric looks interesting. What do you like about them?

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at August 09, 2026 02:33 PM (kYmoU)

58 Any recommendations for coffee makers made in America, or perhaps made in Italy?
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Like Toasters, you want something made in the 1950s, (when the chrome was thick and the women were straight). Keep your eye peeled on venues like eBay

Posted by: Common Tater at August 09, 2026 02:34 PM (VyDjz)

59 I don't know about recommendations, but i think it's Italian law that every house or aparment in Italy has a Moka Pot:

https://www.bialetti.com/us_en/

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at August 09, 2026 02:34 PM (XE5AP)

60 AOC is freezing her eggs. She thought you all would like to know.
Posted by: fd at August 09, 2026 02:15 PM (MWfyi)

If she's storing them next to her bacon, I don't think she's grasping the concept fully...

Posted by: Joe Kidd at August 09, 2026 02:34 PM (nbLIj)

61 Cut power to the house. Make the timer demons flee.

Posted by: Diogenes at August 09, 2026 02:37 PM (2WIwB)

62 I saw those. The 6-cup electric looks interesting. What do you like about them?

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at August 09, 2026 02:33 PM (kYmoU)
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We have a 9 cup. Solid. Been using it for decades. Nothing brings out the flavor live stove top brewed over a low/med flame.

Of course, the coffee grounds have to be high quality, too.

Been to Italy twice. Drank lots of excellent coffee there. Ours is better. This is our 4PM standard.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at August 09, 2026 02:38 PM (QNSrI)

63 Mine is a 6v/12v, 2 or 10 amp Schumacher battery charger, it's 29.
Also a Sears 12v, 10 amp with a 50 amp surge/start switch. The surge start is to be used for only short duration.
It's not commercial grade but it's been helpful.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 09, 2026 02:38 PM (WY+aP)

64 AOC is freezing her eggs. She thought you all would like to know.

Posted by: fd at August 09, 2026 02:15 PM (MWfyi)
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Quick! Rescind the Hatch Act!

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at August 09, 2026 02:40 PM (QNSrI)

65 It could be time for a fresh cup of coffee and a cigar on the patio.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at August 09, 2026 02:41 PM (3Ope8)

66
I have a Keurig. I wake up, go into the kitchen, turn it on and let Puff and Ruth out. By the time they come back in, the thing has heated up. While Dot and Dutchess are out, I make my coffee. When they're ready to come in, it's done. No weighing, grinding or filtering.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 09, 2026 02:42 PM (O0L8i)

67
AOC is freezing her eggs. She thought you all would like to know.
Posted by: fd

She's not taking Justice Holmes' "Three generations of imbeciles are enough" pronouncement seriously, I guess.

I guess Birkenstock Boy "Riley" may not fit into her plans.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at August 09, 2026 02:44 PM (s9VOe)

68 The chief complaint of the old school chargers is "they aren't regulated". Well this is true. But battery charge voltage is entirely temperature dependent. What works, or is acceptable at 80 deg. is completely useless at 0 deg., the engineers who designed the good ole Schumacher knew what they were doing. If you bounce the end-point voltages against a temperature compensated battery charge table, you'll have an "aha!" moment. They "sized" the transformer to meet the average automotive starting battery of approximately 70 to 100 amp hours.

It is possible to boil a battery out if you forget about it, but it takes a while, and it won't be a factor in subzero temperatures. There is nothing to wear out, and has one moving part. And no micro-switches or goofy digital shit that horks out when it gets cold.

Posted by: Common Tater at August 09, 2026 02:45 PM (VyDjz)

69 Ads aren’t too bad on my iPad. It looks like the ads pop up when I refresh. Old threads get one and done.
When I go the NY Post, I can only read and comment from my phone.
One of the odd things about living in an area with four seasons is that people want the peaks to all to be about a month long.

Posted by: Accomack at August 09, 2026 02:46 PM (+sNap)

70 I grind the beans in the morning, fill the percolator with water and put 6 scoops of beans in the basket. Feed the dogs, take the meds and check email. 20 minutes from light the fire to kick the tires. Truly good coffee.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at August 09, 2026 02:46 PM (3Ope8)

71 64 AOC is freezing her eggs. She thought you all would like to know.

This is a good premise for a sci-fi horror movie....

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at August 09, 2026 02:46 PM (XE5AP)

72 > AOC is freezing her eggs. She thought you all would like to know.
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Hard boiled, scrambled or fried? Being AOC I wouldn't be surprised.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 09, 2026 02:46 PM (2Cry5)

73 >>>AOC is freezing her eggs. She thought you all would like to know.

Posted by: fd

>AOC has never had a proper chorizo to allow nature to take it course. Pathetic woman.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at August 09, 2026 02:46 PM (iySPJ)

74 53 What does that timer time?

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 09, 2026 02:32 PM
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Who makes time with the timekeepers daughter when the timekeeper's busy keeping time?

https://youtu.be/X6u6jvhno-c

Posted by: I gotta ask at August 09, 2026 02:47 PM (2Ez/1)

75
It is one thing to pause curbside at the supermarket to let your partner quickly debouche. It is quite another to pull up there and wait while the day's loot is trundled out and loaded.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 09, 2026 02:52 PM (O0L8i)

76 I have an Amazon 5 cup drip, 20$. Good coffee in ten minutes.
Wife uses a Nespresso, very nice brew especially the illy brand.
A big pot of black coffee is a joy in the morning.

Posted by: Accomack at August 09, 2026 02:52 PM (+sNap)

77 So it's a coffee thread?

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at August 09, 2026 02:53 PM (2Ez/1)

78 I embrace a/c fully and unconditionally. Temp is set to 71 day and night.

Posted by: Flock Off at August 09, 2026 02:53 PM (SaWpx)

79 I saw the AOC pic and thought Ozempic. Too bad by the time she’s ready to use them, white kids will be illegal.

Posted by: Accomack at August 09, 2026 02:54 PM (+sNap)

80 I do not like them in a boat
I will not eat them when I vote

Posted by: Sam-I-Am at August 09, 2026 02:55 PM (/wPHZ)

81 77 So it's a coffee thread?
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at August 09, 2026 02:53 PM (2Ez/1)

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Boob talk commences at 0300 Zulu

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at August 09, 2026 02:58 PM (/wPHZ)

82 Any recommendations for coffee makers made in America, or perhaps made in Italy?

I’ve been following some guy in Austin who is making a simple, all-metal coffeemaker, but it isn’t done yet.
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at August 09, 2026 02:15 PM (kYmoU)

Moka pot. Small, reliable, and there is a wide variety of sizes and models to choose from, some quite fetching.

Posted by: Kindltot at August 09, 2026 02:58 PM (rbvCR)

83 Cuisinart 10 cup maker. Great coffee. Ralph Nader's magazine rates and it #2.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at August 09, 2026 02:59 PM (uSPfw)

84 Who bought this monstrosity?
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[smugly eyes classic circular Honeywell thermostat across the room]

Actually, I own several vintage thermostats that I have salvaged from older homes being 'refurbished'. Some of these are remarkably ornate. I have mounted one or two on wooden plaques as wallhangers.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 09, 2026 02:59 PM (XeU6L)

85 Boob talk commences at 0300 Zulu
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43

Oh, what a shame! I have to leave "hooterville" at 3;00. 😉

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 09, 2026 03:00 PM (gsYaF)

86 Technivorm Moccamaster. Made in the Netherlands. It's pricey but I've had mine for about 25 years. I've had to replace the pot every 3-4 years but it's still works great. You can sometimes find one at the Williams-Sonoma outlet at a good price.

Posted by: lin-duh at August 09, 2026 03:01 PM (VCgbV)

87 >>>So it's a coffee thread?

Posted by: Quarter Twenty

>Depends on your FWP. I have enough coffee gear to get me thru a nuclear apocalypse. Camp stoves, percolators, french presses. I'll even grind my own coffee beans with a hammer. If we can make fire and find water, we have coffee.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at August 09, 2026 03:02 PM (iySPJ)

88 Mechanical timers FTW!

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 09, 2026 03:02 PM (1z8ji)

89 I like the moka pot because I can use any heat source, it is not overly picky about the grind - though espresso is best - it is fast, easy to use, and since I have the "6 cup" it brews one and a half cups and it doesn't sit and get old in a carafe.

Posted by: Kindltot at August 09, 2026 03:02 PM (rbvCR)

90 I have a Keurig.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 09, 2026 02:42 PM (O0L8i)

So...the terrorists have won.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at August 09, 2026 03:03 PM (l4RKn)

91 >Depends on your FWP. I have enough coffee gear to get me thru a nuclear apocalypse. Camp stoves, percolators, french presses. I'll even grind my own coffee beans with a hammer. If we can make fire and find water, we have coffee.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone

If you have fewer than three different ways of making coffee, you are a miserable excuse for a human being and should just kill youreslf now.

Posted by: nurse ratched. at August 09, 2026 03:04 PM (7hR46)

92 What is verkill?

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at August 09, 2026 02:10 PM (Cqx++)

$20...same as in town.

[what happened to The Horde I know?]

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at August 09, 2026 03:04 PM (l4RKn)

93 Wire a UPS into the circuit, and this particular sub-problem is solved.

Good food and good engineering. The Horde always satisfies.

How 'bout them Red Sox?
Posted by: Duncanthrax at August 09, 2026 02:13 PM (0sNs1)

Simply putting a BIOS battery into all devices incorporating a timer would solve that problem, for ten years or so, until the BIOS battery died. But they can be made replaceable.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 09, 2026 03:05 PM (1z8ji)

94 I bet somehow it still only counts 12 hours on the clock - so if you set it to come on at '10:30', it does that twice a day.

No? Cuz I think I've had alarm clock radios that could show AM/PM, but the alarm portion didn't know about AM/PM...

The stove clock in my house is the super-twitchy 'breathe on it wrong and it resets'. The microwave across the aisle is far more robust. But at least neither has a program to rebuild, just the clock setting.

Posted by: RandomDave (if you can spare a bit, please click) at August 09, 2026 03:06 PM (aJQbY)

95 When they're ready to come in, it's done. No weighing, grinding or filtering.
Posted by: Hadrian
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I use refillable 'cups'. The time that it takes to empty, rinse and refill the cup corresponds to the heating time of the Keurig.

Every morning I ask myself why I did not do that the night before. Answer: 'Because you were hanging out on the ONT way too late'.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 09, 2026 03:06 PM (XeU6L)

96 AOC is freezing her eggs. She thought you all would like to know.
Posted by: fd at August 09, 2026 02:15 PM (MWfyi)

Well, they are already pre-scrambled.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 09, 2026 03:06 PM (1z8ji)

97 Been to Italy twice. Drank lots of excellent coffee there. Ours is better. This is our 4PM standard.

Thanks! Agree on the coffee in Italy. Looks like the Bialetti Moka is moving to the top of the list. Everyone seems to like it.

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at August 09, 2026 03:06 PM (kYmoU)

98 It is quite another to pull up there and wait while the day's loot is trundled out and loaded.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 09, 2026 02:52 PM (O0L8i)

If you are lamenting the disappearance of civility and common courtesy in our culture, you are shoveling sh*t against the tide.

Hold on while I grab a shovel and join you.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at August 09, 2026 03:07 PM (l4RKn)

99 > Mechanical timers FTW!
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I use one, probably 20-25 years old at Christmas time to turn the outside lights on and off.

Set it and forget it.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 09, 2026 03:07 PM (2Cry5)

100 lol

A Jewish Dem Congress-critter has an oped today whining about antisemitism in the Dem party. He says his party has been hijacked by the DSA this year. Oh really? It just happens out of the blue huh?

Your party was cheering on Hamas on 10/7/23 Your party booed Israel at your convention in 2012. In 2008 Your party nominated a guy named Hussein who attended a church that celebrated 9/11.your party fully embraces open borders allowing unlimited 3rd world Mohammedans into the country.

So please with all due respect, fuck right off. You looked the other way for decades while this was happening. Now you get to deal with the monster you created. Good luck buddy.

Posted by: Ooops Oopsie at August 09, 2026 03:07 PM (SaWpx)

101 91, *fistbump*

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at August 09, 2026 03:08 PM (VyBeY)

102 Stove top coffee can only fail if water and coffee grounds are measured wrong
Even if no electric, could use grill or charcoal grill to heat it

Posted by: Skip at August 09, 2026 03:08 PM (Ia/+0)

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