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mister d · Post by **mister d** » Mon Oct 02, 2023 9:49 am

If I had to recap my weekend in three events/accomplishments, just focusing on Saturday/Sunday, two would be toilet related.

The Sybian · Post by **The Sybian** » Mon Oct 02, 2023 9:51 am

mister d wrote: ↑Mon Oct 02, 2023 9:49 am If I had to recap my weekend in three events/accomplishments, just focusing on Saturday/Sunday, two would be toilet related.

Pictures? Hoping at least one involved repairs.

A_B · Post by **A_B** » Mon Oct 02, 2023 9:52 am

I replaced a toilet yesterday. having the right tools matters, folks.

mister d · Post by **mister d** » Mon Oct 02, 2023 9:53 am

There was a picture that I will never share of what happens when you use one of those plastic spike hair snake things to clear out a toilet clog, which was the 3rd or 4th different tactic I tried and the one that worked after far too much poking around. Also had to disassemble and change the insides of a toilet that was running enough I was turning it off between uses.

I had a very exciting weekend.

A_B · Post by **A_B** » Mon Oct 02, 2023 10:10 am

mister d wrote: ↑Mon Oct 02, 2023 9:53 am There was a picture that I will never share of what happens when you use one of those plastic spike hair snake things to clear out a toilet clog, which was the 3rd or 4th different tactic I tried and the one that worked after far too much poking around. Also had to disassemble and change the insides of a toilet that was running enough I was turning it off between uses.

I had a very exciting weekend.

I couldn't get mine to stop running, and the part I needed is no longer carried by the big boxers, so it was going to cost more than I felt was right, so I just bought a new one. We got a skirted one, which I can't recommend enough.

And make sure you have some deep sockets.

mister d · Post by **mister d** » Mon Oct 02, 2023 10:26 am

I'm impressed. Last time I tried to fix a toilet I broke the porcelain and ended up having someone come in to put the new one in. He showed me how bad or weird the connection to the floor was and how I would have definitely fucked up trying it solo.

Nonlinear FC · Post by **Nonlinear FC** » Mon Oct 02, 2023 11:02 am

I've swapped out three toilets in This Old House. Thankfully, no weirdness so that's a pretty easy task when I'm ranking "Stuff I can do, but would much prefer hiring someone, but... $$$."

DaveInSeattle · Post by **DaveInSeattle** » Mon Oct 02, 2023 1:42 pm

mister d wrote: ↑Mon Oct 02, 2023 10:26 am I'm impressed. Last time I tried to fix a toilet I broke the porcelain and ended up having someone come in to put the new one in. He showed me how bad or weird the connection to the floor was and how I would have definitely fucked up trying it solo.

The first time I had to do that, I thought "Really? A wax ring? The technology hasn't advanced at all?"

A_B · Post by **A_B** » Mon Oct 02, 2023 2:03 pm

I don't use wax rings. They make better options that I go with, but of course every toilet comes with a wax ring. I just store them for later if I had an emergency or something.

mister d · Post by **mister d** » Mon Oct 02, 2023 2:17 pm

I assume a lot of people are frowning at their screen wondering what kind of emergency this could be?

rass · Post by **rass** » Mon Oct 02, 2023 2:20 pm

Angry walrus?

The Sybian · Post by **The Sybian** » Mon Oct 02, 2023 2:24 pm

rass wrote: ↑Mon Oct 02, 2023 2:20 pmAngry walrus?

Gotta be prepared!

Giff · Post by **Giff** » Mon Oct 02, 2023 2:25 pm

The Sybian wrote: ↑Mon Oct 02, 2023 2:24 pm
rass wrote: ↑Mon Oct 02, 2023 2:20 pmAngry walrus?
Gotta be prepared!

That's a lot of goo goo g'joob!

Giff · Post by **Giff** » Mon Oct 02, 2023 8:59 pm

Giff wrote: ↑Mon Oct 02, 2023 2:25 pm
The Sybian wrote: ↑Mon Oct 02, 2023 2:24 pm
rass wrote: ↑Mon Oct 02, 2023 2:20 pmAngry walrus?
Gotta be prepared!
That's a lot of goo goo g'joob!

At least it made me laugh mutherfuckers.

rass · Post by **rass** » Tue Oct 03, 2023 6:43 am

Giff wrote: ↑Mon Oct 02, 2023 8:59 pm
Giff wrote: ↑Mon Oct 02, 2023 2:25 pm
The Sybian wrote: ↑Mon Oct 02, 2023 2:24 pm
rass wrote: ↑Mon Oct 02, 2023 2:20 pmAngry walrus?
Gotta be prepared!
That's a lot of goo goo g'joob!
At least it made me laugh mutherfuckers.

cry baby cry

sancarlos · Post by **sancarlos** » Thu Oct 12, 2023 12:58 pm

Hey, I’ve got another black eye. That’s kinda cool, right?

govmentchedda · Post by **govmentchedda** » Wed Oct 18, 2023 2:10 pm

Kind of nuts to see a former judge, that I had many cases in front of, on clips from CSPAN.

govmentchedda · Post by **govmentchedda** » Wed Oct 18, 2023 2:10 pm

Really just kind of nuts to think there's a member of Congress who knows my name.

sancarlos · Post by **sancarlos** » Wed Oct 18, 2023 2:26 pm

My two favorite pro teams are ranked #31 in the NFL and #32 in the NHL in the power rankings I’ve seen. Keeps me grounded.

mister d · Post by **mister d** » Wed Oct 18, 2023 3:42 pm

I have been accused 3 or 4 times in the last year and a half of dyeing my hair.

sancarlos · Post by **sancarlos** » Wed Oct 18, 2023 4:13 pm

mister d wrote: ↑Wed Oct 18, 2023 3:42 pm I have been accused 3 or 4 times in the last year and a half of dyeing my hair.

Well, are you?

A_B · Post by **A_B** » Wed Oct 18, 2023 7:27 pm

sancarlos wrote: ↑Wed Oct 18, 2023 4:13 pm
mister d wrote: ↑Wed Oct 18, 2023 3:42 pm I have been accused 3 or 4 times in the last year and a half of dyeing my hair.
Well, are you?

He definitely is.

The Sybian · Post by **The Sybian** » Wed Oct 18, 2023 8:06 pm

A_B wrote: ↑Wed Oct 18, 2023 7:27 pm
sancarlos wrote: ↑Wed Oct 18, 2023 4:13 pm
mister d wrote: ↑Wed Oct 18, 2023 3:42 pm I have been accused 3 or 4 times in the last year and a half of dyeing my hair.
Well, are you?
He definitely is.

Shaving your head is the only way to make the rumors stop.

mister d · Post by **mister d** » Wed Oct 18, 2023 8:09 pm

Oooo then I’ll show you!!!

No, and I have a little gray, but I was with like a dozen other friends and realized all are bald or pretty gray/white now. Which means that now I’m thinking everyone else just assumes I’m dyeing because I made it to mid-40s mostly brown.

It’s a truly unfair world we live in. Pray for me.

Jerloma · Post by **Jerloma** » Wed Oct 18, 2023 8:19 pm

On Celebrity Jeopardy just now, the category was Rhyme Time. After Jared Allen got 80% of the board including buying all five vowels, Rashad Jennings got five N's and had this left...

DRIVING TO RENO WITH _UENTIN TARENTINO

Spun and said P. Then Marcellus Wiley answered it with no $.

Post by **brian** » Wed Oct 18, 2023 8:28 pm

Jerloma wrote: ↑Wed Oct 18, 2023 8:19 pm On Celebrity Jeopardy just now, the category was Rhyme Time. After Jared Allen got 80% of the board including buying all five vowels, Rashad Jennings got five N's and had this left...

DRIVING TO RENO WITH _UENTIN TARENTINO

Spun and said P. Then Marcellus Wiley answered it with no $.

Celebrity Jeopardy sounds different than I remember.

EdRomero · Post by **EdRomero** » Wed Oct 18, 2023 8:34 pm

Sorry, the judges were looking for WHO WAS Puentin Tarentino...

A_B · Post by **A_B** » Wed Oct 18, 2023 8:52 pm

Well you all lose because you can’t spell Tarantino.

sancarlos · Post by **sancarlos** » Wed Oct 18, 2023 8:57 pm

A great series of posts.

A_B · Post by **A_B** » Wed Oct 18, 2023 9:10 pm

mister d wrote: ↑Wed Oct 18, 2023 8:09 pm Oooo then I’ll show you!!!

No, and I have a little gray, but I was with like a dozen other friends and realized all are bald or pretty gray/white now. Which means that now I’m thinking everyone else just assumes I’m dyeing because I made it to mid-40s mostly brown.

It’s a truly unfair world we live in. Pray for me.

I’m 80 percent still brown and 46. Some gray at temples and not as lush as it used to be. But I’ll be fine.

sancarlos · Post by **sancarlos** » Wed Oct 18, 2023 9:13 pm

I’m 70% grey and I’m damned happy to still have most all my hair. Don’t care what color it is.

Rush2112 · Post by **Rush2112** » Wed Oct 18, 2023 11:05 pm

What hair I have is still brown, the beard is grey/white on the cheeks if I let it get lumberjacky though.

Steve of phpBB · Post by **Steve of phpBB** » Thu Oct 19, 2023 1:17 pm

sancarlos wrote: ↑Wed Oct 18, 2023 9:13 pm I’m 70% grey and I’m damned happy to still have most all my hair. Don’t care what color it is.

I'm about twenty percent grey and eighty percent gone.

Luckily the stuff growing around the side still grows really fast, so I look like Bozo the clown about three weeks after a haircut.

P.D.X. · Post by **P.D.X.** » Thu Oct 19, 2023 1:18 pm

Visually confirmed that there was no actual UPS truck at 3 different spots where it appeared on the map tracker.

EnochRoot · Post by **EnochRoot** » Thu Oct 19, 2023 3:22 pm

My favorite soda is Dr Pepper, and I'm pretty sure I haven't had one all year. I opened the fridge this afternoon and noticed my wife bought a package of Dr. Pepper in those hilariously too small cans. So I took a couple cans out of the fridge, pulled out a 20 oz Yeti from the cabinet, dropped a single, large ice cube into it (typically reserved for whiskeys), and then poured both 8oz cans into the tumbler.

That first taste of a Dr. Pepper after you've been away so long is like a cosmic thread to your past. There really should be a commercial about that.

Or did they try that once with something like Honeycomb cereal?

sancarlos · Post by **sancarlos** » Thu Oct 19, 2023 3:26 pm

I loved Honeycomb back when I ate sugary cereals.

Pruitt IV · Post by **Pruitt IV** » Thu Oct 19, 2023 4:25 pm

sancarlos wrote: ↑Thu Oct 19, 2023 3:26 pm I loved Honeycomb back when I ate sugary cereals.

Yeah - that one and Alpha Bits which I am convinced was the same material cut into different shapes.

EnochRoot · Post by **EnochRoot** » Thu Oct 19, 2023 4:30 pm

70 popular vintage 1970s cereals we loved and we miss.

Some of these were probably regional (in the link above), if that was even a thing for a company as big as General Mills, cuz this is the first time I think I'm seeing some of these.

...and here's a gratuitous pic of a gorgeous lady from the 1970s.

Post by **Shirley** » Fri Oct 20, 2023 7:18 am

Peanut Butter Cap'n Crunch has never gone away and it's still the best cereal available. Have some in my pantry right now!

A_B · Post by **A_B** » Fri Oct 20, 2023 7:21 am

That photo is very...autumnal.