June 01, 2013

Science!
— Dave in Texas

This morning rdbrewer asked nobody in particular on twitter:


Really? Well I'm glad you asked.

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Water Displacement formula, 40th attempt.

It took them 40 attempts to get the water displacing formula worked out. But they must have been really good, because the original secret formula for WD-40®—which stands for Water Displacement perfected on the 40th try—is still in use today.

Convair, an aerospace contractor, first used WD-40 to protect the outer skin of the Atlas Missile from rust and corrosion. The product actually worked so well that several employees snuck some WD-40 cans out of the plant to use at home.

DrewM seemed surprised to learn this too, even though I thought this was well known. He told me I should never assume everyone posesses valuable redneck knowledge. So I'm sharing.

Stay lubricated my friends.

Posted by: Dave in Texas at 10:43 AM | Comments (322)
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1 It's got fish oil, right?

Posted by: wooga at June 01, 2013 10:47 AM (jgnqm)

2 Stay lubricated? Horde's gonna have a field day with that one.

Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at June 01, 2013 10:47 AM (GEICT)

3 My flask needs a refill.

Posted by: Joethefatman™ (@joethefatman1) at June 01, 2013 10:48 AM (MnSla)

4 Horde's gonna have a field day with that one.

Posted by: BCochran1981

Too easy. If you always scrimmage with weak players, you end up a weak player.

'Make it harder,' she said.

Posted by: weft cut-loop [/i] [/b] at June 01, 2013 10:50 AM (ujux6)

5 I call myself alcohol displacement formula 40. Weird.

Posted by: eleven at June 01, 2013 10:53 AM (fsLdt)

6 WD-40 and duct tape. Add a pocket knife and a flashlight and I'm ready for the end of the world.

Posted by: Rufus T. Firefly at June 01, 2013 10:54 AM (PwV7G)

7 Its a gun oil AND a duct tape adhesive remover. The redneck's perfect substance.

Posted by: Herr Morgenholz at June 01, 2013 10:54 AM (lXJwK)

8 So what's KY's story?

Posted by: Evil Bob's Left Testie at June 01, 2013 10:54 AM (GrtrJ)

9 I'm told WD-33 smelled exactly like Chanel No. 2.  But it wouldn't loosen bolts for shit.

Posted by: Cerebral Paul Z. at June 01, 2013 10:57 AM (tqHgG)

10 Some moron here should figure out how to market those little red straws, because that is the part one can never find when one needs to lubricate.

Posted by: tcn at June 01, 2013 10:58 AM (VLG62)

11 So what's KY's story?


Torpedo tubes tended to stick.

Posted by: General Dynamics Electric Boat at June 01, 2013 10:58 AM (FITsd)

12 WD1 sank into the swamp. So they tried a second one. WD2 sank into the swamp. So they tried a third. WD3 burned down, fell over, then sank into the swamp. 

Posted by: Zombie John Gotti at June 01, 2013 11:00 AM (1hekh)

13 If you spray WD-40 on Duct Tape you will literally break the universe.

Posted by: Moobs at June 01, 2013 11:00 AM (rCS6C)

14

Once again, I missed out.  Back in the day I actually took out a copyright on the trade name  WD-46. 

Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at June 01, 2013 11:00 AM (pxDth)

15 14 Once again, I missed out. Back in the day I actually took out a copyright on the trade name WD-46.

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Should have trademarked WD-69, waiting for the inevitable merger between the WD-40 and KY folks.

Posted by: Largely Irrelevant Assault Citizen Anachronda at June 01, 2013 11:03 AM (U82Km)

16 But where does the displaced water go?  Are there shelters?

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at June 01, 2013 11:04 AM (FITsd)

17 *Not to be used as a floor wax or dessert topping.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at June 01, 2013 11:05 AM (FITsd)

18 Refugee camps.

Posted by: gebrauchshund at June 01, 2013 11:06 AM (WUFRY)

19 Stay lubricated my friends.


Again, I want it noted that I didn't hurl the thread into the gutter.

Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD. Take us away. at June 01, 2013 11:06 AM (Gk3SS)

20 They should spray this shit on tornadoes.

Posted by: Dr Spank at June 01, 2013 11:06 AM (3+QKS)

21 Now, if WD-40 smelled like Hoppes No.9...

Posted by: Pvt. Partze at June 01, 2013 11:07 AM (0F9b+)

22 Christ. I'll give the guy a retweet...sheesh

Posted by: [/i][/b]akula_51 at June 01, 2013 11:08 AM (Vgn84)

23 I've been using this shit for decades and I didn't know that shit.

Posted by: Vic at June 01, 2013 11:08 AM (lZvxr)

24 WD 69 - It loosens panties.

Posted by: typo dynamofo at June 01, 2013 11:08 AM (WVMUQ)

25 WD 69 - It loosens panties.
Posted by: typo dynamofo at June 01, 2013 03:08 PM (WVMUQ)


That's not how you spell tequila.  

Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD. Take us away. at June 01, 2013 11:09 AM (Gk3SS)

26 Again, I want it noted that I didn't hurl the thread into the gutter.

Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD. Take us away. at June 01, 2013 03:06 PM (Gk3SS)

 

But that won't stop you from jumping in while going, "Weeeee!"

Posted by: Colorado Alex at June 01, 2013 11:09 AM (lr3d7)

27 I've had a can of WD-40 somewhere in my house/garage since I was a kid.

Posted by: Dr Spank at June 01, 2013 11:09 AM (3+QKS)

28 Again, I want it noted that I didn't hurl the thread into the gutter. Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD. Take us away. at June 01, 2013 03:06 PM (Gk3SS) Hurl it? It was conceived in the gutter. And it's always your fault.

Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at June 01, 2013 11:10 AM (GEICT)

29 So, can you apply it to your frying pan for stick free results?

Posted by: HH at June 01, 2013 11:10 AM (XXwdv)

30 I've had a can of WD-40 somewhere in my house/garage since I was a kid.


If you could find it it might be worth something.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at June 01, 2013 11:11 AM (FITsd)

31 But that won't stop you from jumping in while going, "Weeeee!" Posted by: Colorado Alex at June 01, 2013 03:09 PM (lr3d7


Well, if it's already there. . . .


And it's always your fault. Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at June 01, 2013 03:10 PM (GEICT)


It is not!  I'm a good girl, I am.

Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD. Take us away. at June 01, 2013 11:11 AM (Gk3SS)

32 That's not how you spell tequila. Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD. Take us away. at June 01, 2013 03:09 PM (Gk3SS) Tequila causes a severe allergic reaction between skin and clothes.

Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at June 01, 2013 11:11 AM (GEICT)

33 It is not! I'm a good girl, I am. Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD. Take us away. at June 01, 2013 03:11 PM (Gk3SS) That's no fun.

Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at June 01, 2013 11:11 AM (GEICT)

34

Is it still made by the "Rocket Chemical Co., Inc." in San Diego?

 

'Cause I'd buy it for that reason alone.

Posted by: gebrauchshund at June 01, 2013 11:11 AM (WUFRY)

35 39 Failures before the correct answer... that why "Gentleman's B's" are immoral.

Nothing like that first sub-50 test score in college to wake someone up...

Posted by: phreshone at June 01, 2013 11:12 AM (Pr6hk)

36

That's not how you spell tequila.

Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD. Take us away. at June 01, 2013 03:09 PM (Gk3SS)

 

The morons are going to just assume that's an admission on your part and take notes.

Posted by: Colorado Alex at June 01, 2013 11:14 AM (lr3d7)

37 A few years following WD-40's first industrial use, Rocket Chemical Company founder Norm Larsen experimented with putting WD-40 into aerosol cans, reasoning that consumers might find a use for the product at home as some of the employees had. The product made its first appearance on store shelves in San Diego in 1958.


In 1960 the company nearly doubled in size, growing to seven people, who sold an average of 45 cases per day from the trunk of their cars to hardware and sporting goods stores in the San Diego area.

In 1961 the first full truckload order for WD-40 was filled when employees came in on a Saturday to produce additional concentrate to meet the disaster needs of the victims of Hurricane Carla along the U.S. Gulf coast. WD-40 was used to recondition flood and rain damaged vehicles and equipment.

Posted by: Dr Spank at June 01, 2013 11:15 AM (3+QKS)

38 In 1969 the company was renamed after its only product, 
WD-40 Company, Inc.

Posted by: Dr Spank at June 01, 2013 11:16 AM (3+QKS)

39 The IRS is working on formula WD-41. Extra slick.

Posted by: Hunker down and L.I.B. at June 01, 2013 11:17 AM (Cs2tJ)

40 I feel like prancing. In fact, I plan to prance the night away maybe until quarter to four in the morning.

Posted by: Prancing Leo Sayer at June 01, 2013 11:17 AM (TF/Wq)

41 Worked in the middle of the Saudi desert in the '80s. Really, really nuthin' to do on off time. So we started holding weekly Trivia Contests. Kinda rotated the Quiz Master role around to a different person each week.

When I was Quiz Master, I was quite startled to learn how much knowledge that I took for granted that 'everyone knows' is, in fact, pretty unique and arcane.

Posted by: Cannot see the future at June 01, 2013 11:18 AM (nEDGE)

42 I'm revisiting NWN1 and for the first time in my life (except for some masochistic Nethack sessions) I'm trying a rogue build. At Level 6 in rogue now w/feats focused on archery. I'm thinking down the line I'll take some wizturd and arcane archer but I'm not really sure how/when to make the progression. Any advice from anyone experienced in building 3rd Ed. characters would be much appreciated. I was thinking at least lvl8 before switching to wiz. Not really sure when to start AA. Running this build on an elf, btw. TIA

Posted by: An Almost Shameful Durd at June 01, 2013 11:19 AM (oFYNE)

43 1985, Austrian rock singer Falco records "Rock Me Amadeus".

Posted by: Slapweasel at June 01, 2013 11:19 AM (7gwGw)

44 Stay lubricated?
WD 40 is NOT a lubricant! It is for displacing water

Posted by: bgarrett at June 01, 2013 11:19 AM (xC6lt)

45 You make me feel like prancing I'm gonna prance the night away You make me feel like prancing I'm gonna prance the night away You make feel like prancing I feel like prancing prancing prance the night away I feel like prancing prancing ahhh

Posted by: Prancing Leo Sayer at June 01, 2013 11:20 AM (TF/Wq)

46 Test post from New phone.

Posted by: lincolntf at June 01, 2013 11:20 AM (ZItoq)

47
This post would've been 84% teh funnier if you included this pic of Mr. Spock at the end: http://tinyurl.com/5a6mno

Posted by: Soothsayer at June 01, 2013 11:21 AM (NLH1M)

48 Ok, so do I make pancakes, which would require putting on clothes and walking to the store, or do I just reheat some leftover parmesan garlic breadsticks in the over?

Posted by: Colorado Alex at June 01, 2013 11:22 AM (lr3d7)

49 Is there a household in America which doesn't have a can of this stuff?

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at June 01, 2013 11:22 AM (DPdf7)

50 WD 40 is NOT a lubricant! It is for displacing water

Posted by: bgarrett at June 01, 2013 03:19 PM (xC6lt)

I must have a beta version then:

Lubricates:
Moving parts, such as: Hinges Wheels Rollers Chains Gears

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at June 01, 2013 11:22 AM (O6Tmi)

51 My Fembot won't go anywhere without her trusty can of WD-40.

Posted by: eman at June 01, 2013 11:23 AM (cQ4xo)

52 It is not! I'm a good girl, I am.

Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD. Take us away. at June 01, 2013 03:11 PM (Gk3SS)



Its Alizathechick!

Posted by: Vic at June 01, 2013 11:23 AM (lZvxr)

53 44 Stay lubricated?
WD 40 is NOT a lubricant! It is for displacing water
Posted by: bgarrett
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I've given up on telling people that. I does have a lot of solvent in it, and tends to loosen up existing oxidized lubricant..., but that's it. Every time someone starts spraying it onto something that needs lubricant, I just keep my mouth shut. It's like pointing out obvious flaws in Obama to a Lib..., it just doesn't work.

Posted by: Mike Hammer at June 01, 2013 11:25 AM (aDwsi)

54 Is there a household in America which doesn't have a can of this stuff? Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at June 01, 2013 03:22 PM (DPdf7) Yup.

Posted by: eman at June 01, 2013 11:26 AM (cQ4xo)

55 I heard a guy say he sprayed on his fishing tackle and he used to catch a lot of fish. He was also a blaster, so I was suspicious.

Posted by: sTevo at June 01, 2013 11:26 AM (jTr5F)

56 Great for fish bait.

Posted by: RWC at June 01, 2013 11:28 AM (Wl/Ht)

57 53 44 Stay lubricated? WD 40 is NOT a lubricant! It is for displacing water Posted by: bgarrett -------------- I've given up on telling people that. I does have a lot of solvent in it, and tends to loosen up existing oxidized lubricant..., but that's it. Every time someone starts spraying it onto something that needs lubricant, I just keep my mouth shut. It's like pointing out obvious flaws in Obama to a Lib..., it just doesn't work. Posted by: Mike Hammer at June 01, 2013 03:25 PM (aDwsi) Oh really? From WD-40's official site (http://wd40.com/uses-tips/): "Did you know... WD-40® can protect your bike & tools, remove grease, and lubricate locks, hinges, & all moving parts WD-40 removes paint, gum, rubber cement, grease, grime and more WD-40 loosens and penetrates rusted or stuck bolts and plumbing joints"

Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at June 01, 2013 11:29 AM (GEICT)

58 Excellent for displacing water, as a general purpose firearm lubricant, not so much. But when all you've got is WD-40 , everything looks like a rusty bolt.

Posted by: JimK at June 01, 2013 11:29 AM (uChvg)

59 50 WD 40 is NOT a lubricant! It is for displacing water

Posted by: bgarrett at June 01, 2013 03:19 PM (xC6lt)

I must have a beta version then:

Lubricates:
Moving parts, such as: Hinges Wheels Rollers Chains Gears

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at June 01, 2013 03:22 PM (O6Tmi)

 

I remember an article that tested a bunch of the supposed applications of WD 40 compared to other products specifically designed for those applications.  I believe the basic takeaway was that the other products all did the applications better than WD-40 but it did do most of the well enough.

Posted by: buzzion at June 01, 2013 11:30 AM (GULKT)

60 Know what's good for fish bait? That's right. Prancing. Take it from me, they love it.

Posted by: Prancing Leo Sayer at June 01, 2013 11:30 AM (TF/Wq)

61 WD-40 is so sixties...Boeshield T-9 works a lot better.

Posted by: snopercod at June 01, 2013 11:31 AM (LvTrc)

62

WD-40

 

 

40-DD is more fun

Posted by: Cicero Kid at June 01, 2013 11:31 AM (jz0+s)

63 Posted by: Colorado Alex at June 01, 2013 03:22 PM (lr3d7)



Go with the reheat. It's the weekend for crying out loud...

Posted by: HH at June 01, 2013 11:32 AM (XXwdv)

64 59 I remember an article that tested a bunch of the supposed applications of WD 40 compared to other products specifically designed for those applications. I believe the basic takeaway was that the other products all did the applications better than WD-40 but it did do most of the well enough.

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Yeah, well, I once saw an article that did a bunch of tests and decided that the one thing duct tape is not good for is taping ducts.

Posted by: Largely Irrelevant Assault Citizen Anachronda at June 01, 2013 11:32 AM (U82Km)

65 I spray WD-40 all over my body. It helps me prance better.

Posted by: Prancing Leo Sayer at June 01, 2013 11:32 AM (TF/Wq)

66 It's not a lubricant, it's a tax.

Posted by: Chief Justice Roberts at June 01, 2013 11:32 AM (6GZ+p)

67 @50- They also tell you, at least they used to, not sure about now, to use it on locks. Do not do this. Also, do not use graphite. For dog gone sure, don't use both. You end up with locks full of sludge. If a lock just needs a slight lube job, there is a product called Tri-Flow. Use the "little red tube" inserted into the lock and a very small, split second squirt. Run your key in and out a few times then turn back and forth a few times. If locks are really grimey, flush with brakekleen first, then Tri-Flow. That'll be $50 please.

Posted by: teej at June 01, 2013 11:33 AM (M7Cfv)

68 Yes, and then they went and changed the bottle colors to this vapid blue and yellow.  The bastards.

Posted by: Skookumchuk at June 01, 2013 11:35 AM (x4x3r)

69 O/T (I guess): Ever wonder about spermicidal foam? It was invented by a guy named Joseph Sunnen. He was a successful businessman, whose original company manufactured several specialty machines. (His son, Bob and wife Sally were life long friends with my parents.) Anyway, old Joe was one of the original Rino's, pro-choice and all that. He also believed in social engineering, and was obsessed with ending 3rd world poverty. He felt the key to that was population control, that all poverty stemmed from too many kids. To that end he invented and marketed Emco Spermicidal Foam. I don't think the brand (or product) is around anymore. And, clearly it didn't work. I think it's kind of ironic that a self-made capitalist would come to the conclusion that the solution to poverty is pop.control, not economic growth and personal freedom...

Posted by: Brave Sir Robin at June 01, 2013 11:35 AM (VVBLA)

70 WD-40® can protect your bike & tools, remove grease, and lubricate locks, hinges, & all moving parts
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And here I thought grease was a lubricant! LOL

It's the worst for a chains, especially motorcycle chains with x/o rings. Also, do not get on engine seals, it causes them to expand....greatly.

Posted by: Hunker down and L.I.B. at June 01, 2013 11:38 AM (Cs2tJ)

71
Ever wonder about spermicidal foam?

Quite often, actually.

Posted by: Soothsayer at June 01, 2013 11:38 AM (NLH1M)

72

You can use it to inflate tires.

 

http://tinyurl.com/kra9ffx

Posted by: harleycowboy at June 01, 2013 11:38 AM (+9AX9)

73 WD-40 is the new WD-30

Posted by: Not too old at June 01, 2013 11:38 AM (jz0+s)

74 WD-40's secret ingredient is....






...BRAWNDO!


Posted by: EC at June 01, 2013 11:39 AM (doBIb)

75 My Dad is AWESOME!!! "Are you two done yet?" We may or may not have halted the careers of 5 nursing students. "You can't berate a 77 year old man for getting pregnant, again!" "Well, did he sound remorseful about his poor decisions?" "Oh, yes! It was piteous!" "So. Next time your students want to hang around an open door looking for some family drama, I suggest putting on their waders, first. and stop whispering!" Also, he's pretty tired out now. I'm not sure he's even going to make it till lunch without a nap. (OMG is the new TMC Orthopedic Surgical wing so fancy! I've been in 5 star resorts that are less welcoming!)

Posted by: Deety at June 01, 2013 11:40 AM (Y4Lwq)

76 Posted by: EC at June 01, 2013 03:39 PM (doBIb) You know...the ONT has seemed....lacking somehow lately...

Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at June 01, 2013 11:40 AM (GEICT)

77 "They also tell you,"



THEY?  Who the hell is THEY???


Sorry. Just flashed on "The Wild Bunch".

Posted by: HH at June 01, 2013 11:40 AM (XXwdv)

78 If your out of vermouth, it can be used in a pinch for your martini!

Posted by: Dianne Sawyer at June 01, 2013 11:41 AM (jz0+s)

79 You know...the ONT has seemed....lacking somehow lately...


Ok, I promise tonight! 

Posted by: EC at June 01, 2013 11:41 AM (doBIb)

80 78 If your out of vermouth, it can be used in a pinch for your martini!

Posted by: Dianne Sawyer at June 01, 2013 03:41 PM (jz0+s)


LOL

Posted by: Hunker down and L.I.B. at June 01, 2013 11:42 AM (Cs2tJ)

81
    WD 40 sucks as a lubricant.  It's unequalled as a water dispersant though.  Used to use it to dry up distributor caps and firearms.  For that, it is just fine.

   Pro tip--for those hunting trips where things get crappy (waterfowl in particular) a DRY weapon sprayed with silicon provides excellent lubrication.  Silicon is inert, so it won't pickup dirt.  Also does well in the cold.

Posted by: irongrampa at June 01, 2013 11:42 AM (SAMxH)

82 Keep it Greasy

Posted by: Zombie Zappa at June 01, 2013 11:42 AM (M9KXW)

83 NOT reccomended for B ☜

Posted by: Reggie! at June 01, 2013 11:43 AM (Wl/Ht)

84 No moron has mentioned WD-40... the at-home flame thrower!  Back in teh day we'd torch them huge waterbug (roaches).. 

WD-40 is an excellent bug killer, IF, and that's a big IF, you don't care for what you are spraying next to.  It will smell of course.  Don't use on drywall or something that will absorb it..   Will flat out kill spiders and shit.

I also want to add a shout out to Ballistol.  This shit is EXCELLENT to clean and lube weapons.  Is also is excellent to wipe on wood.  heh.

Posted by: Yip at June 01, 2013 11:43 AM (/jHWN)

85 WD-40® can protect your bike & tools, remove grease, and lubricate locks, hinges, & all moving parts

WD-40 removes paint, gum, rubber cement, grease, grime and more

WD-40 loosens and penetrates rusted or stuck bolts and plumbing joints" Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk

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Rather broad claims..., "removes paint"? I'll be more careful. At any rate, the MSDS does say "15%" mineral oil..., so one has to concede that there is *some* lubricant in it, but to call it a lubricant, would be the same as calling it "paint remover".

Posted by: Mike Hammer at June 01, 2013 11:43 AM (aDwsi)

86 Cry  me  a  river   WD  1 - 39.

Posted by: Heinz 56 at June 01, 2013 11:43 AM (q4QfH)

87

It's also a good cover scent for Pike fishing. 

 

Covers up the funk of human just fine.  Bonus, keeps yo' hooks from getting rusty. 

Posted by: garrett at June 01, 2013 11:44 AM (M9KXW)

88 Ok, I promise tonight! Posted by: EC at June 01, 2013 03:41 PM (doBIb) You're gonna get chastised.

Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at June 01, 2013 11:45 AM (GEICT)

89 What about the Pontiac 6000?

Posted by: Waterhouse at June 01, 2013 11:45 AM (zrUCy)

90 You're gonna get chastised.


For what? 

Posted by: EC at June 01, 2013 11:46 AM (doBIb)

91 They meaning the WD-40 company itself HH. Push it for as many uses as possible and sell more product.

Posted by: teej at June 01, 2013 11:46 AM (xhr2b)

92 For what? Posted by: EC at June 01, 2013 03:46 PM (doBIb) Internet skankiness? Small peen? Lmfao

Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at June 01, 2013 11:46 AM (GEICT)

93 OMG is the new TMC Orthopedic Surgical wing so fancy!


Oddly enough, I know what she's talking about.

Posted by: HH at June 01, 2013 11:46 AM (XXwdv)

94 KY's story is not nearly as amusing as it could have been.\
Via Wikipedia: "Introduced in January 1904 by pharmaceutical and suture maker Van Horn & Sawtell of New York City,[2] and later acquired by Johnson & Johnson, K-Y Jelly's original stated purpose was as a surgical lubricant, and it was often chosen by doctors because of its natural base. Johnson & Johnson produced a sterile version of the product (intended for medical markets) and a non-sterile version (marketed as general-use personal lubricant) until 2004, when it discontinued the sterile line"

Posted by: Evil Bob's Left Testie at June 01, 2013 11:48 AM (GrtrJ)

95 Internet skankiness?

Small peen?


Lmfao



That again?  Pffft...

Posted by: EC at June 01, 2013 11:48 AM (doBIb)

96 I sprayed WD 40 on an IRS agent.


It resulted in horrible customer service.

Posted by: typo dynamofo at June 01, 2013 11:49 AM (WVMUQ)

97 Better living through chemistry. It's SCIENCE!
But Genetically Modified foods are EVIL SCIENCE!.

Wait, are there hydrocarbons in WD-40 ? Well, then it's EVIL and harmful to the environment and other living things.

Posted by: Skandia Recluse at June 01, 2013 11:49 AM (kLAQB)

98 When I worked in Chicago back in teh nineties, I had a supervisor at work that had a Pontiac 6000.  I thought it was a joke because he could afford better, but he went on and on about how reliable it was and it got him everywhere.. even when the snow plows hadn't been out, 'cause it was FWD.

One morning, it was like -17 or something stupid... I went out to my truck.. I'd brought up from Alabama... and it was so cold you could smell the metal...  well, at first the ignition switch wouldn't even turn... but with some wiggling it finally did... no click, no nothing.. just a very faint red light slowly come on the dash...

So I call work , tell 'em I can't make it.  My supe says, no problem.. I'll come get you.  Here he drives up 15 minutes later in that damn Pontiac 6000.   There was only one other guy that made it to work that morning!  Damn!

Posted by: Yip at June 01, 2013 11:51 AM (/jHWN)

99 So I call work , tell 'em I can't make it. My supe says, no problem.. I'll come get you. Here he drives up 15 minutes later in that damn Pontiac 6000. There was only one other guy that made it to work that morning! Damn!


Did he have an engine block heater on it?

Posted by: EC at June 01, 2013 11:51 AM (doBIb)

100 The mechanic doing a wheel replacement on my tractor with bolts that had not been removed since the dawn of time used a product I had not seen before named
Blaster 16-PB Penetrating Catalyst and darned if it didn't work.  I tried it on some pliers that had rusted shut and it worked there as well (I had used Liquid Wrench, WD-40, and everything else to break those pliers free to no avail).  Amazon and Tractor Supply have it.  Probably toxic as hell, but it does work as advertised.

Posted by: Hrothgar at June 01, 2013 11:52 AM (Cnqmv)

101 Oddly enough, I know what she's talking about. Posted by: HH at June 01, 2013 03:46 PM (XXwdv) Did we meet? Like, today!? So new you can smell the paint drying.

Posted by: Deety at June 01, 2013 11:53 AM (Y4Lwq)

102 Heh. GoT. "Your king is too fat. Go find the breast-plate stretcher!"

Posted by: Reggie! at June 01, 2013 11:53 AM (Wl/Ht)

103 What about the Pontiac 6000? Posted by: Waterhouse at June 01, 2013 03:45 PM (zrUCy) Well, from what I understand, the original plan was to call it the Pontiac 5998. Some whiz-bang marketer told corporate that 5998 didn't have that sense of urgency, and that they needed a name that would propel people towards a brand on it's death march. So, 6000 was born. Sorta like Andre 3000, but with twice the number and one fifth the cool factor.

Posted by: Bill H at June 01, 2013 11:53 AM (3sZO1)

104 Pontiac 6000 Andre 3000 pffft

Posted by: Cherry 2000 at June 01, 2013 11:57 AM (H0qOD)

105
I used some '40' (slang for us handy dudes) just this morn, but not to displace water.

It also comes in a stick for places you don't want to spray.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at June 01, 2013 11:57 AM (jKWYf)

106 "Did we meet? Like, today!?"


Noooo, but I grew up where you are now. TMC is quite familiar to me.

Posted by: HH at June 01, 2013 11:58 AM (XXwdv)

107 Nasty Presidential butt sex sock off

Posted by: RWC at June 01, 2013 11:58 AM (Wl/Ht)

108 "WD 40 is NOT a lubricant!" Couldn'thw you have told me thwat earlier? A lot of displathment going on here IYKWIMAITTYD.

Posted by: Barney Frank at June 01, 2013 11:58 AM (TF/Wq)

109 Off hot little robotic sock who wasn't as hot as the real life girl.

Posted by: teej at June 01, 2013 11:58 AM (H0qOD)

110 Ooohhh a Blaster 16-PB Penetrating Catalyst? Where do I get one of those?

Posted by: Barney Frank at June 01, 2013 12:00 PM (TF/Wq)

111 pffft Posted by: Cherry 2000 at June 01, 2013 03:57 PM (H0qOD) Care to try your luck? There was also a Pontiac 1000 around that time. Not anywhwere near the quality of a Polonez, but still.

Posted by: Bill H at June 01, 2013 12:01 PM (3sZO1)

112 Good uses for it: Toilet bowl hard water build up Removing blood stains Removing old grease (make sure you get it all cleaned out) Restoring black trim on your car

Posted by: Navycopjoe at June 01, 2013 12:01 PM (ZfBzk)

113 " did it have an engine block heater on it?"..


I have no idea.  He might have had a garage.  I'll never forget that damn gold painted Pontiac 6000.... hell, he's probably still driving that thing..

Posted by: Yip at June 01, 2013 12:01 PM (/jHWN)

114 No new thread, and past post 100, so a Seriously OT plea. If there are any Skyrim players here, I'm on my second play-through, and can't get past the runestones and portcullises trap in "Jurgen Windcaller this time. I've tried at Level 6 and about 23, with 1 or all three Windsprint shouts, with and without a follower, and the first portcullis slams down in front of my nose every time. I made it (with some difficulty) on the first time through, but what I did then doesn't work now. Any advice?

Posted by: Empire1 at June 01, 2013 12:01 PM (1NmSF)

115 Posted by: teej at June 01, 2013 03:58 PM (H0qOD)


You should have posted as 'The BFG 9000'.

Posted by: HH at June 01, 2013 12:02 PM (XXwdv)

116 @  100

   PB Blaster rocks.  Next best thing to a hot wrench. Also if you douse the fasteners at reassembly it retards rust formation greatly.

    We had several guys at work who were from down South and never had to contend with rust like us in the Northeast.  To a person, they hated working on vehicles up here.

Posted by: irongrampa at June 01, 2013 12:02 PM (SAMxH)

117 It also comes in a stick for places you don't want to spray. Posted by: Guy Mohawk at June 01, 2013 03:57 PM (jKWYf) Just like Secret, but made for men. And Rachel Maddow. Maybe Rosanne Barr. Now there's a woman that could use the anti-friction qualities.

Posted by: Bill H at June 01, 2013 12:03 PM (3sZO1)

118 Pro tip--for those hunting trips where things get crappy (waterfowl in particular) a DRY weapon sprayed with silicon provides excellent lubrication. Silicon is inert, so it won't pickup dirt. Also does well in the cold.

Silicon, particularly the oxide, *is* basically dirt.  I believe you meant silicone.

Posted by: Additional Blond Agent at June 01, 2013 12:04 PM (FvyJS)

119 Would it be lacking grace to suggest that Liquid Wrench does a better job loosening stuck bolts?

Posted by: Rufus T. Firefly at June 01, 2013 12:04 PM (PwV7G)

120 So I call work , tell 'em I can't make it. My supe says, no problem.. I'll come get you. Here he drives up 15 minutes later in that damn Pontiac 6000. There was only one other guy that made it to work that morning! Damn! Goes to show, their ain't no such thing as a snow day, not even in Chicago, not even when it's minus 30 and everyone ELSES combustible engine is not combusting due to physics. So, how many times did you punch that guy in the face after you'd moved on? I like to imagine you and he, at a bar, watching the Bears or Cubs or whatever lose and you turn around and casually say, "Do you remember that time, when you had the Pontiac?"

Posted by: Deety at June 01, 2013 12:05 PM (Y4Lwq)

121 106 "Did we meet? Like, today!?"

Noooo, but I grew up where you are now. TMC is quite familiar to me.

------------

Uh huh. You were one of the ones listening at the door, weren't you? And now you're trying to establish some of that there "plausible deniability", right?

Posted by: Largely Irrelevant Assault Citizen Anachronda at June 01, 2013 12:05 PM (U82Km)

122 Slightly off topic, well way off topic, but from Instapundit, our ever alert border officialdom has blocked a shipment of relief goods from our enemy to the North Canada.  They can't be bothered to patrol the Southern border, but they can use a technicality to stop a faith based shipment of supplies to a disaster area that hasn't been declared an "official" disaster by the Feds.  I hate these people!!

http://tinyurl.com/mu4bt9n

Posted by: Hrothgar at June 01, 2013 12:05 PM (Cnqmv)

123 Does a cow cost $50,000? Because 4 god damn ribyes just cost me about $40.

Posted by: That Guy at June 01, 2013 12:06 PM (LYtpo)

124 It also comes in a stick for places you don't want to spray. Okay. Noted!

Posted by: Deety at June 01, 2013 12:07 PM (Y4Lwq)

125 Stay lubricated? WD 40 is NOT a lubricant! It is for displacing water Posted by: bgarrett at June 01, 2013 03:19 PM (xC6lt) Sez you, yankee barbarian. Show me your valves and cams, American womens. I show you good time with my gigantic reciprocal motion piston.

Posted by: Japanese Prototype Sex Robot at June 01, 2013 12:08 PM (MBqvE)

126 I like to imagine you and he, at a bar, watching the Bears or Cubs or whatever lose and you turn around and casually say, "Do you remember that time, when you had the Pontiac?" Posted by: Deety at June 01, 2013 04:05 PM

Heh heh..  It was quite the laugh when I told the other guys... they said I fucked up saying my truck wouldn't start and I lived close enough to work for him to come get me.  We laughed about that damn bullet-proof Pontiac 6000...  I transferred to Texas in '90 ..  I miss all those guys, but those winters were brutal.  I like the 6 week variety we have here... heh

Posted by: Yip at June 01, 2013 12:09 PM (/jHWN)

127 @  118

   Poop. You're right,ABA, that should have read silicone.

   Point still stands, tho.

     PIMF, I guess.

Posted by: irongrampa at June 01, 2013 12:09 PM (SAMxH)

128 everyone does know this... DrewM just needs to get out more.

Posted by: redc1c4 at June 01, 2013 12:09 PM (8MasJ)

129 Boeshield for protectant, and FP-10 or Mobile-1 for lube. NO WD's 1-99 in da house.

Posted by: paintyourjackwagon at June 01, 2013 12:10 PM (W7Y0R)

130 To a person, they hated working on vehicles up here.

Posted by: irongrampa at June 01, 2013 04:02 PM (SAMxH)

I've used Permatex 80078 Anti-Seize Lubricant for reassembly for years.  Fantastic stuff, and a bottle lasts for years!


Posted by: Hrothgar at June 01, 2013 12:10 PM (Cnqmv)

131 Any advice?

WD - 40.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at June 01, 2013 12:10 PM (jKWYf)

132 Sez you, yankee barbarian. Show me your valves and cams, American womens. I show you good time with my gigantic reciprocal motion piston. Posted by: Japanese Prototype Sex Robot at June 01, 2013 04:08 PM (MBqvE) Hmmm. Sounds like you just discovered hit-and-miss engines.

Posted by: Bill H at June 01, 2013 12:11 PM (3sZO1)

133 Toilet bowl hard water build up Removing blood stains Removing old grease (make sure you get it all cleaned out) PB Blaster rocks hot wrench a stick for places you don't want to spray I'll be in my bunk.

Posted by: Barney Frank at June 01, 2013 12:11 PM (TF/Wq)

134 Posted by: Largely Irrelevant Assault Citizen Anachronda at June 01, 2013 04:05 PM (U82Km)


Me, I'm taking the government response.


"I don't recall that".


Hey, it works for them...

Posted by: HH at June 01, 2013 12:11 PM (XXwdv)

135 PB-Blaster..., the right thing for rusty crap..., let it soak for a while.

Posted by: Mike Hammer at June 01, 2013 12:12 PM (aDwsi)

136 122 Slightly off topic, well way off topic, but from Instapundit, our ever alert border officialdom has blocked a shipment of relief goods from our enemy to the North Canada. They can't be bothered to patrol the Southern border, but they can use a technicality to stop a faith based shipment of supplies to a disaster area that hasn't been declared an "official" disaster by the Feds. I hate these people!!

------------

This is the sort of situation in which a trebuchet and some collaborators can come in handy. Instead of going through customs, launch them over the border to collaborators on the other side.

I've long been of the opinion that the Keystone folks should build one of those jumping water style fountains straddling the border to get around the need to approve a pipeline that crosses it.

Like this, but with oil: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1G0UcPkxDaw

Posted by: Largely Irrelevant Assault Citizen Anachronda at June 01, 2013 12:13 PM (U82Km)

137 Kroil is my go-to for stuck bolts.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at June 01, 2013 12:15 PM (MBqvE)

138 @  130


    You mean silver slime, right?   If so, yes, I agree.

Posted by: irongrampa at June 01, 2013 12:15 PM (SAMxH)

139 Speaking of lubrication, I think we need some, because Rand Paul has just decided to shove one up some of our... well, yeah. You get the idea. At a speech at the Reagan Library (go to the Tatler), this latest Bulwark of the Republic has decided that the reasons some may not care to support the GOP is not because they will not be allowed by us to write their own "extra-special" rules at the expense of others...oh no. It is our "intolerance". Naturally. We are at fault. Naturally. Thanks, Rand, you're the best. Now drop dead.

Posted by: T. at June 01, 2013 12:16 PM (kCglI)

140
   For really seized up shit, I'll take my hot wrench.  Never been beaten yet.

Posted by: irongrampa at June 01, 2013 12:16 PM (SAMxH)

141 One of my best use of WD-40 was a project where I had to unstick a bunch of Braille stickers and replace them with the new ones for a bank. In their DRIVE THROUGHS! Like, what kind of customer feedback could possibly prompt this response? I was happy enough for the gig, don't get me wrong but I did and still do wonder...

Posted by: Deety at June 01, 2013 12:17 PM (Y4Lwq)

142 Because 4 god damn ribyes just cost me about $40.

US cattle herds are down below 1950 levels (not going to look up how many fewer people were living here then, but y'all understand basic economics so I don't have to).

Love that EPA.

Posted by: HeatherRadish™ drinking beer at June 01, 2013 12:17 PM (hO8IJ)

143 I heard this funny story about the Atlas Centauri missile.

It seems that the navigation system was water cooled.  On the ground they would circulate water through the system but they kept having a "vapor lock" problem that would stall the flow.  One of the contractors got this bright idea to let the water coming out pour into a coffee can so to relieve the pressure problem. 

An Air Force officer saw the contraption and said .. "paint it Air Force blue"

Posted by: Neo at June 01, 2013 12:18 PM (e8kgV)

144 So, no WD-41?

Posted by: BackwardsBoy, who did not vote for this shit at June 01, 2013 12:18 PM (0HooB)

145 So, you wanna loosen some bolts? Kroil. Period. Double period. .

Posted by: paintyourjackwagon at June 01, 2013 12:19 PM (W7Y0R)

146 In their DRIVE THROUGHS! ?

I've walked up to bank drive-throughs, back when I lived in small towns with sidewalks.

The reasonable explanation I was given for this is that blind people might get rides to the bank from people they do not wish to share their PIN with.

Posted by: HeatherRadish™ drinking beer at June 01, 2013 12:19 PM (hO8IJ)

147 This is the sort of situation in which a trebuchet and some collaborators can come in handy. Instead of going through customs, launch them over the border to collaborators on the other side. How about we go total medieval and use the trebuchet for it's intended purpose, and launch big fucking rocks at the FDA inspectors on the border? Drive the truck through while they're dodging granite boulders.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at June 01, 2013 12:19 PM (MBqvE)

148 I'm starting to view Rand in a whole new light.  It is odd, that he and Rubio are doing such damage to themselves.  So far Cruz hasn't and I hope he doesn't....  I hope he doesn't have it in him... that he is a REAL LIVE small-government conservative .  

We need to knee-cap D.C.  Absolute cuts and reform.  I'm not getting that vibe from Rand.

Posted by: Yip at June 01, 2013 12:20 PM (/jHWN)

149 This thread really separates the gun-guys from "the rest." Nobody knows lubes like gun-nuts.

Posted by: paintyourjackwagon at June 01, 2013 12:21 PM (W7Y0R)

150 I'll say it again.... Ballistol

Posted by: Yip at June 01, 2013 12:22 PM (/jHWN)

151 Thanks, Rand, you're the best. Now drop dead.

Posted by: T. at June 01, 2013 04:16 PM (kCglI)


The fucking nut doesn't drop far from the tree. I always thought this sucker of cock was a blame the base type of shitstain.



Posted by: Hunker down and L.I.B. at June 01, 2013 12:24 PM (Cs2tJ)

152 WD-40? Pig fat was goon enough for guillotines. When's the last time you heard someone say, "hey, my guillotine's stuck. Got any WD-40? Nope. Never happened.

Posted by: paintyourjackwagon at June 01, 2013 12:24 PM (W7Y0R)

153 BFH

Posted by: Lincolntf at June 01, 2013 12:27 PM (ZshNr)

154

At my last day job, I was in charge of changing  all   the     carbide    inserts  in the milling and lathe tools.  It was  practically impossible to get the guys to do that properly.

 

The coolant dries on the  screws that hold   the inserts and makes them difficult to remove   (Torx drives will strip themselves it you look at them the wrong way). Proper practice is to clean everything with a Q-Tip before reassembling with that  copper lube.

Posted by: BackwardsBoy, who did not vote for this shit at June 01, 2013 12:28 PM (0HooB)

155 No new thread, and past post 100, so a Seriously OT plea.

If there are any Skyrim players here, I'm on my second play-through, and can't get past the runestones and portcullises trap in "Jurgen Windcaller

Posted by: Empire1

Hard to remember what I did. I dropped down from the hallway above the stones and backed up past them. Then ran forward, Windsprinted at the beginning and ran the rest, I think. There may be a reset pattern that unlocks by moving foward and back past the stones but I'm not sure.

Make sure you're not overweight or have any diseases (Magic > Active Somethings > )

Posted by: weft cut-loop [/i] [/b] at June 01, 2013 12:28 PM (ujux6)

156 If it moves and it shouldn't - duct tape

If it don't move and it should - WD-40

Redneck Creed

Posted by: kbdabear at June 01, 2013 12:30 PM (mCvL4)

157 Thanks Dave in the last great republic. All rednecks know this. Yee-ha!

Posted by: Golfman In NC at June 01, 2013 12:34 PM (nWRWe)

158 If there are any Skyrim players here, I'm on my second play-through, and can't get past the runestones and portcullises trap in "Jurgen Windcaller Posted by: Empire1 Check back on the ONT and ask berserker. Try not to set Merovign, the Dark Lord off.

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at June 01, 2013 12:35 PM (zrlmb)

159 >>Stay lubricated my friends. TWSS!

Posted by: Y-not at June 01, 2013 12:36 PM (5H6zj)

160 The reasonable explanation I was given for this is that blind people might get rides to the bank from people they do not wish to share their PIN with. Yeah, but there were plenty of banks that had walk-up ATMs that I didn't need to touch. Just the drive throughs! (Also, if you are in Virginia and your flight leaves you stranded at a fucking Comfort Inn in or around Hampton Roads after 10PM, without a car until the next day, it is illegal for McDonalds to serve you a sandwich, if you are on foot.)

Posted by: Deety at June 01, 2013 12:36 PM (Y4Lwq)

161

(Also, if you are in Virginia and your flight leaves you stranded at a fucking Comfort Inn in or around Hampton Roads after 10PM, without a car until the next day, it is illegal for McDonalds to serve you a sandwich, if you are on foot.)

 

And it's probably illegal to thumb a ride   in their drive-thru, too.

Posted by: BackwardsBoy, who did not vote for this shit at June 01, 2013 12:38 PM (0HooB)

162 Try not to set Merovign, the Dark Lord off. Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at June 01, 2013 04:35 PM (zrlmb) Hey!

Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith's Other Mobile[/i][/b][/s][/u] at June 01, 2013 12:39 PM (qyfb5)

163 Hey you!

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at June 01, 2013 12:40 PM (zrlmb)

164 Hey,how about you reduce your own ginormous carbon footprint you bitch?


At a fundraiser last night in Chicago, President Barack Obama signaled that heÂ’s interested in his legacy as a president and insisted that heÂ’s willing to work with anyone.

“My only interest is making sure that when I look back 20 years from now, I say I accomplished everything that I could while I had this incredible privilege to advance the interests of the broadest number of Americans and to make sure that this country was stronger and more prosperous than it was when I came into office.  ThatÂ’s my only interest,” the president said.

“And that means that I am willing to work with anybody — Republican, Democrat or independent — to get stuff done.  And I am not going to put the pause button on for the next year and a half or two years or whatever it is, simply to position myself for the next election.  If IÂ’ve got a Republican whoÂ’s willing to work with me to rebuild our infrastructure, letÂ’s go.  If IÂ’ve got a Republican out there whoÂ’s willing to get serious about what we need to deal with our long-term deficit challenges, IÂ’m prepared, come on, letÂ’s talk.”

But Obama then suggested heÂ’d draw the line at “climate change” deniers. “If IÂ’ve got somebody who has a different approach to dealing with climate change — I donÂ’t have much patience for people who deny climate change, but if youÂ’ve got creative approaches, market-based approaches, tell me about them.  If you think IÂ’m doing it the wrong way, let me know. IÂ’m happy to work with you,” said Obama.

The fundraiser at a private residence was to support the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee.


Posted by: steevy at June 01, 2013 12:41 PM (9XBK2)

165 (Also, if you are in Virginia and your flight leaves you stranded at a fucking Comfort Inn in or around Hampton Roads after 10PM, without a car until the next day, it is illegal for McDonalds to serve you a sandwich, if you are on foot.)

Posted by: Deety at June 01, 2013 04:36 PM (Y4Lwq)

 

I don't know about illegal but that is pretty much the policy of all drivethrus that they don't serve people on foot.

Posted by: buzzion at June 01, 2013 12:42 PM (GULKT)

166 I don't know what the fuck that is steevy, but I'm thinking it might be barrel-worthy.

Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at June 01, 2013 12:43 PM (GEICT)

167 Deety, My hometown. Don't think Cruikshank. Probably just against company policy. Norfolk is F'ed up, but not that bad. Yet.

Posted by: shredded chi at June 01, 2013 12:44 PM (2UrMT)

168 Whenever I get stuck in some video game I just go to Youtube and type in a search.Some nerd somewhere has figured it out and recorded the solution for the rest of us.

Posted by: steevy at June 01, 2013 12:44 PM (9XBK2)

169 163 Hey you! Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at June 01, 2013 04:40 PM (zrlmb) My ears were burning. How you, you spreader-of-tales?

Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith's Other Mobile[/i][/b][/s][/u] at June 01, 2013 12:44 PM (qyfb5)

170 166 Yeah,it came out weird.

Posted by: steevy at June 01, 2013 12:45 PM (9XBK2)

171 Wtf was that, spellcheck? *illegal*

Posted by: shredded chi at June 01, 2013 12:46 PM (2UrMT)

172 The Cat Diaries

http://tinyurl.com/m7xtbrx

Posted by: kbdabear at June 01, 2013 12:46 PM (mCvL4)

173 Steevy - when has Obama every had patience for anyone who disagreed with him? "He won" after all, and he's constantly whining about how the Constitution limits his POWER! The fact that more libs aren't creeped out by that is disturbing. We're so critical of our candidates it looks truly freaky to us that they're not.

Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith's Other Mobile[/i][/b][/s][/u] at June 01, 2013 12:47 PM (qyfb5)

174 173 I know,basically he is saying "I'll work with anyone that agrees with me".

Posted by: steevy at June 01, 2013 12:48 PM (9XBK2)

175 I'm kind of surprised there isn't a new thread yet.

Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith's Other Mobile[/i][/b][/s][/u] at June 01, 2013 12:51 PM (qyfb5)

176 Prancing can be so lonely. I don't want to prance alone. Come on everybody let's prance. Let's prance put on your red shoes and prance the blues Let's prance to the song they're playin' on the radio

Posted by: Prancing David Bowie at June 01, 2013 12:52 PM (TF/Wq)

177 Speaking of rand paul. I mostly like his speech but he said two things that were like wtf? First he gave five minute spiel about being a crunchy con. I'll say the second later. In at the mall it's exhausting.

Posted by: Elizabethe on the phone at June 01, 2013 12:52 PM (988RT)

178 Merovign, I spread nothing but the truth.....besides, I was only trying to spare you grief! I am okay, trying to get my mind wrapped around possibly having to move again.

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at June 01, 2013 12:52 PM (zrlmb)

179 Hi Merovign. The combo of you and me should get on put up. Always nice to see you at the end.

Posted by: Elizabethe on the phone at June 01, 2013 12:53 PM (988RT)

180 So, no WD-41?

WD-40 worked.  If it ain't broke, don't dick with it.

Posted by: Additional Blond Agent at June 01, 2013 12:54 PM (FvyJS)

181 "I know,basically he is saying "I'll work with anyone that agrees with me"."


My way or the Highway. That seems to be pretty much how he rolls.


Oh, and nice to see some of the ONT peeps here.


I read the ONT before I go to work in the early am, just don't post.

Posted by: HH at June 01, 2013 12:54 PM (XXwdv)

182 but if youÂ’ve got creative approaches, market-based approaches, tell me about them. Sure thing, shitbird! I will pay for my CO2 emissions exactly what they're worth - $0.00. Actually, since a warming planet is historically a good thing, someone should be paying ME for emitting CO2. Get on that, Barky. Chop chop.

Posted by: Waterhouse at June 01, 2013 12:55 PM (zrUCy)

183 It's a cliche of TFG's speeches - "If anyone Democrat or Republican has any ideas to share, I'm listening"

Translation: "go ahead, tell me your stupid ideas so I can have a laugh since I'm going to do what I want anyway. If it DOES work, don't think for one second that I'm going to give anyone but myself credit for it"

Posted by: kbdabear at June 01, 2013 12:56 PM (mCvL4)

184 Hi, HH!

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at June 01, 2013 12:56 PM (zrlmb)

185 A general thought--thinking about Mr. Paul's recent brilliant observations on immigration, maybe the first thing our brave Republican leaders should understand about their brave, new "equality of opportunity" world is that it so far seems suspiciously close to being "inequality before the law" in order to get votes. I think folks can vote for Democrats if they want that. It certainly seems that those who obeyed American laws and did not sneak across our border aren't having as equal a chance to opportunity as those who did. But who cares about "ethos" when votes are to be had? So, to rectify this apparently unstoppable problem we have of politicians who simply want to get the media off their back, here is an agreement I would--honestly--sign up for tomorrow. Since the current American population is not good enough for our politicians or institutions, then if we must have 12 million new citizens, let us take the most recent 12 million of those from around the globe who applied for the lottery, did not make it, and stayed home--vice the 12 million who told us to go shove our rules. Them we send back. A gift return, as it were, for a bad Christmas gift. Let us exchange the law-breaking of the world we have now for an equivalent amount of the law-abiding. Lets us take the modest over the arrogant. Let us take those who think some things are bigger than themselves, and rid ourselves of those who demand you think they are bigger than you. This I would sign up for.

Posted by: T. at June 01, 2013 12:57 PM (kCglI)

186 I am okay, trying to get my mind wrapped around possibly having to move again. Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at June 01, 2013 04:52 PM (zrlmb) OMG you don't need to tell me. I am dreading it, and I have no plan that looks like it will work, and I have too much crap and I can't afford it and the way things are going I may want to move out of my state like I've been trying to keep other people from doing because them leaving has let the left take it over... Hey, look, a catastrophic run-on sentence!

Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith's Other Mobile[/i][/b][/s][/u] at June 01, 2013 12:58 PM (qyfb5)

187 Hi Tammy!!!

Posted by: HH at June 01, 2013 12:59 PM (XXwdv)

188 Hi Tammy I hope you are not mad at me about last night. I was joking with you.

Posted by: Elizabethe on the phone at June 01, 2013 12:59 PM (988RT)

189 178 Merovign, I spread nothing but the truth..... Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at June 01, 2013 04:52 PM (zrlmb) Hehehehehehe

Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at June 01, 2013 01:00 PM (GEICT)

190 Always nice to see you at the end. Posted by: Elizabethe on the phone at June 01, 2013 04:53 PM (988RT) Sometimes you don't see me. But at the end, the very end, look for me, I will be there.

Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith's Other Mobile[/i][/b][/s][/u] at June 01, 2013 01:00 PM (qyfb5)

191 Probably just against company policy. Norfolk is F'ed up, but not that bad. Eh, it was YEARS AGO back when 'people who wash their hair' and 'the general flying public' weren't mutually exclusive categories.

Posted by: Deety at June 01, 2013 01:01 PM (Y4Lwq)

192 BC lmao. Also I almost just got run over by the little train at the mall.

Posted by: Elizabethe on the phone at June 01, 2013 01:03 PM (988RT)

193 Note to all morons: Do not use WD-40 for storing stuff. It is intended for cleaning. When you want to protect from rust use ZEP Professional Metal Protectant.

Posted by: Dept. Of Acuracy at June 01, 2013 01:04 PM (MhA4j)

194 Save the last prance for me.

Posted by: The Prancing Drifters at June 01, 2013 01:04 PM (7y5DX)

195 Living the AoS lifestyle to the fullest, I see.

Posted by: shredded chi at June 01, 2013 01:08 PM (2UrMT)

196 Prance me to the end of love.

Posted by: Leonard "Prancercize" Cohen at June 01, 2013 01:08 PM (7y5DX)

197 The fact that more libs aren't creeped out by that is disturbing. They want another Mussolini. That's all. I can't even begin to understand the urge, much less explain it, but there it is.

Posted by: Deety at June 01, 2013 01:09 PM (Y4Lwq)

198 Posted by: Empire1 at June 01, 2013 04:01 PM (1NmSF)
As I recall, you run (or sprint) past the three stones that open the portcullises and then use the Whirlwind Sprint shout to sail through before the portcullises close again.  If nothing is working, you can open the in-game console and use the tcl command to turn off collisions, allowing you to move past any obstacle.  Or consult uesp.net, which has been the main site for info on the Elder Scrolls games for almost two decades.

Posted by: DKCZ at June 01, 2013 01:09 PM (9vvBd)

199 This is probably more at home in the "stupid things liberals say" thread but there's a link on drudge to an op-Ed by a journalism professor calling for firing squads and hellfire missile strikes against the NRA. The best part is he calls for the hellfire strikes to come from F-22's.

Posted by: Adam at June 01, 2013 01:10 PM (Aif/5)

200 "Save the last prance for me."


Just don't be prancing in the moonlight. The dogs get all upset, and start barking.


We don't care much for that around here...

Posted by: HH at June 01, 2013 01:11 PM (XXwdv)

201 Well now, WD-40 is't patented. Is chemjeff around? Got a business plan.

Posted by: RWC at June 01, 2013 01:12 PM (Wl/Ht)

202 These two headlines from TechMeme

Haswell is here: we detail Intel's first 4th-generation Core CPUs

Mac Pro Retail Supplies Drying Up Ahead of WWDC

Looks like there is a new Mac Pro coming shortly

Posted by: Neo at June 01, 2013 01:15 PM (e8kgV)

203 This is probably more at home in the "stupid things liberals say" thread but there's a link on drudge to an op-Ed by a journalism professor calling for firing squads and hellfire missile strikes against the NRA. The best part is he calls for the hellfire strikes to come from F-22's. Posted by: Adam at June 01, 2013 05:10 PM (Aif/5) Actually I think the best part is how be badly tries to parse his statements calling for mass murder as some kind of impossible conditional so he can excuse himself from saying it but still get away with saying it, but he screws it up with context and makes it clear he *is* saying it, then denies saying it in the comments and goes on and on about how all he wants is a peaceful solution. And by "peaceful solution" he of course means murdering people he disagrees with. He also accused a commenter of "stalking" him by posting a link to his facebook page. But the comment in which he makes the accusation is via facebook, and itself links to his facebook page. The dude is some kind of loughneresque crazy and I would not be surprised if he is On The Path To A Speedway Bombing. Oh, and his talk about "why can't people have a reasonable discussion after I call for them to be murdered" is cute, too.

Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith's Other Mobile[/i][/b][/s][/u] at June 01, 2013 01:16 PM (qyfb5)

204 Rednecks and Mechanics all know the source of and the magic that is WD-40. However, educating others is always good.

Posted by: Oldsailors Poet Palin/Bolton 2016 at June 01, 2013 01:17 PM (XIxXP)

205

Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith's Other Mobile at June 01, 2013 05:16 PM (qyfb5)

 

*****

 

I liked the part of his original "article" where he referred to NRA members as 'knuckle-dragging Cretans'.  

 

Ahh, how  I remember those halcyon days at rifle camp on the isle of Crete!

Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at June 01, 2013 01:19 PM (pxDth)

206 Oh, and his talk about "why can't people have a reasonable discussion after I call for them to be murdered" is cute, too. Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith's Other Mobile at June 01, 2013 05:16 PM (qyfb5) If I have learned anything, it is the loud ones do nothing while the quiet ones work. He just made a list.

Posted by: Oldsailors Poet Palin/Bolton 2016 at June 01, 2013 01:19 PM (XIxXP)

207 Sorry, this ancient daywalker isn't awake for the ONT, and weather permitting, I'll be working on installing a patio when the gaming thread is on. NB: I have a wonderful landlord/lady. When the "wooden trampoline" of a deck became unsafe to walk on, they gave Mr. Empire and me the option of what to do -- replace the deck, put in a patio, or turn it into grass. I was the only one with a real interest, so I opted for a patio, the kind I wanted. Mr. Empire declined to say, so I told C&A I wanted a fieldstone patio that I'd put in if they bought the rocks and mortar. So that's where I am as weather permits.

Posted by: Empire1 at June 01, 2013 01:19 PM (xQoif)

208

My BIL had to get his well drilled three times.  The water samples kept coming up with hydrocarbon contamination.   Turns out the pipe used was sprayed with WD-40 sometime in the past.  Almost impossible to get rid of, short of re-smelting the metal. 

 

Posted by: rd at June 01, 2013 01:20 PM (D+lxs)

209 Posted by: Empire1 at June 01, 2013 05:19 PM (xQoif) Once again the doers get their way. Be prepared to be criticized for your actions.

Posted by: Oldsailors Poet Palin/Bolton 2016 at June 01, 2013 01:21 PM (XIxXP)

210

"They want another Mussolini."

 

Heh! Best be careful what they wish for. It didn't turn out so well for them or El Ducé.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at June 01, 2013 01:22 PM (yhPOh)

211 You too can blow $200 Million ...

In 2008, Minor sold the company he founded, CNET, to CBS in a deal valued at $1.8 billion, from which Minor’s haul was reportedly $200 million. Minor then went on a spending spree — he called it “investment” — that looked an awful lot like a mid-life crisis. He bought hotels and mansions and race horses. He also frequently found himself in legal disputes over unpaid bills, hassles that included losing a multimillion-dollar lawsuit to Sotheby’s auction house. It was reported last year that he and his new blonde wife owed the state of California more than $10 million in unpaid income taxes.

Posted by: Islamic Rage Boy at June 01, 2013 01:22 PM (e8kgV)

212
Also, do not get on engine seals, it causes them to expand....greatly.

I wonder if it has the same affect on other things. Hmmm. /stares down at junk

/wanders off in search of WD-40

Posted by: Sticky Wicket at June 01, 2013 01:22 PM (eyJh9)

213 Posted by: Islamic Rage Boy at June 01, 2013 05:22 PM (e8kgV) I bet he had a lot of fun.

Posted by: Oldsailors Poet Palin/Bolton 2016 at June 01, 2013 01:23 PM (XIxXP)

214 Empire1, I will ask bers for you, and post it somewhere you are likely to see it. Where might that be? I am so jealous of your patio! It sounds like it's going to be lovely. The mere mention of the word "fieldstone" gives me the warm fuzzies. I love stonework.

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at June 01, 2013 01:26 PM (zrlmb)

215 I liked the part of his original "article" where he referred to NRA members as 'knuckle-dragging Cretans'. Ahh, how I remember those halcyon days at rifle camp on the isle of Crete! Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at June 01, 2013 05:19 PM (pxDth) Even more ironically, he claims (based on an internet hoax) that the NRA President called for the overthrow of the current government by force. Then you look at his old facebook posts and he called for people to rise up and murder the politicians in DC. Professor Chris Swindell is mentally ill and a danger to himself and others. I'm not kidding, dude is going to run over a crowd or set a church on fire or something.

Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith's Other Mobile[/i][/b][/s][/u] at June 01, 2013 01:27 PM (qyfb5)

216 Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith's Other Mobile at June 01, 2013 05:16 PM (qyfb5) Of course 'The Communist Manifesto' is one of his favorite reads.

Posted by: RWC at June 01, 2013 01:27 PM (Wl/Ht)

217 OT: Teacher reprimanded for advising students of their 5th Amendment rights.

http://tinyurl.com/ke9x62d

Posted by: Craig Poe at June 01, 2013 01:27 PM (BVkEs)

218 I am so jealous of your patio! It sounds like it's going to be lovely. The mere mention of the word "fieldstone" gives me the warm fuzzies. I love stonework. Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at June 01, 2013 05:26 PM (zrlmb) My house is stone.

Posted by: Oldsailors Poet Palin/Bolton 2016 at June 01, 2013 01:27 PM (XIxXP)

219 Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith's Other Mobile at June 01, 2013 05:16 PM (qyfb5) ---------- Oh gawd he's in the comments. Somebody pointed out his misfire on F-22's and hellfires to which he responded "You're right, only Predator drones carry those." "Heh" doesn't even begin to cover it.

Posted by: Adam at June 01, 2013 01:28 PM (Aif/5)

220 Professor Chris Swindell is mentally ill and a danger to himself and others. I'm not kidding, dude is going to run over a crowd or set a church on fire or something.

Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith's Other Mobile at June 01, 2013 05:27 PM (qyfb5)

 

*****

 

You very well might be right in that prediction.

Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at June 01, 2013 01:28 PM (pxDth)

221 elizabethe, I cannot even imagine anything you said that I'd be mad at! My foot was steadily in my mouth last night, so I thought it best I check out early.

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at June 01, 2013 01:29 PM (zrlmb)

222 OSP -- LOL! Oh, heck, a real mason would probably have hysterics, given my amateur skills and having to fit the stones in with the existing landscaping (I put a 1200-gal pond in shortly after we moved here), but I'm getting what I want, and the gelugantoj are happy with my work!

Posted by: Empire1 at June 01, 2013 01:29 PM (xQoif)

223 Oh gawd he's in the comments. Somebody pointed out his misfire on F-22's and hellfires to which he responded "You're right, only Predator drones carry those." "Heh" doesn't even begin to cover it. Posted by: Adam at June 01, 2013 05:28 PM (Aif/5) Actually the Hellfire is usually mounted on Apache Helos.

Posted by: Oldsailors Poet Palin/Bolton 2016 at June 01, 2013 01:29 PM (XIxXP)

224 222 elizabethe, I cannot even imagine anything you said that I'd be mad at! My foot was steadily in my mouth last night, so I thought it best I check out early. Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at June 01, 2013 05:29 PM (zrlmb) Bunk

Posted by: Rex Ryan at June 01, 2013 01:31 PM (GEICT)

225 Posted by: Empire1 at June 01, 2013 05:29 PM (xQoif) Be proud. I support anyone that takes on projects like that. You will learn alot.

Posted by: Oldsailors Poet Palin/Bolton 2016 at June 01, 2013 01:31 PM (XIxXP)

226 Oh, OSP.... I love stone houses. Any kind really, but I think my dream house would look just like the Splash Mountain ride at Disneyland. I don't think I missed being a Hobbit my much. (Altho' my feet are neither big nor hairy)

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at June 01, 2013 01:32 PM (zrlmb)

227 221 Professor Chris Swindell is mentally ill and a danger to himself and others. I'm not kidding, dude is going to run over a crowd or set a church on fire or something.
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith's Other Mobile at June 01, 2013 05:27 PM (qyfb5)

*****

You very well might be right in that prediction.     *****     In fact, he should consider using some WD-40 before he comes completely unhinged.

Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at June 01, 2013 01:32 PM (pxDth)

228 Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at June 01, 2013 05:32 PM (zrlmb) The wife picked it. She has worked her whole life for a home like ours. She deserves it.

Posted by: Oldsailors Poet Palin/Bolton 2016 at June 01, 2013 01:33 PM (XIxXP)

229 What am I, chopped liver?

Posted by: Marvel Mystery Oil at June 01, 2013 01:33 PM (ULH4o)

230 Actually the Hellfire is usually mounted on Apache Helos. Posted by: Oldsailors Poet Palin/Bolton 2016 at June 01, 2013 05:29 PM (XIxXP) ---- I know, that's why it's so funny. I think Merovign is right, guy is not all there.

Posted by: Adam at June 01, 2013 01:33 PM (Aif/5)

231 Jean Stapleton (Edith Bunder) died...90.

Posted by: Tami[/i][/b][/u][/s] at June 01, 2013 01:33 PM (X6akg)

232 Jean Stapleton (Edith Bunder) died...90. Posted by: Tami at June 01, 2013 05:33 PM (X6akg) You can take all the idiots on TV today and combined they couldn't touch the talent of that woman.

Posted by: Oldsailors Poet Palin/Bolton 2016 at June 01, 2013 01:34 PM (XIxXP)

233 Hehehehehehe Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at June 01, 2013 05:00 PM (GEICT) ???? Do I need to apologize for something? If I said something that wasn't true, it was not on purpose!

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at June 01, 2013 01:34 PM (zrlmb)

234 Even though i want you put up against a wall and shot, thank you for not threatening me. The little bitch is just waiting for someone to threaten him. I read a lot of comments and didn't see any threats.

Posted by: RWC at June 01, 2013 01:35 PM (Wl/Ht)

235 232 Jean Stapleton (Edith Bunder) died...90.

Posted by: Tami at June 01, 2013 05:33 PM (X6akg)

 

****

 

Wasn't that Al  Bunder's mother on 'Married With Children'?

Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at June 01, 2013 01:35 PM (pxDth)

236 Nice, OSP. I bet she's a jewel!

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at June 01, 2013 01:35 PM (zrlmb)

237 Nice, OSP. I bet she's a jewel! Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at June 01, 2013 05:35 PM (zrlmb) Not according to several rons. She's a working mother with a high paying corporate gig that abuses her children with her absence. Just sayin.

Posted by: Oldsailors Poet Palin/Bolton 2016 at June 01, 2013 01:37 PM (XIxXP)

238 Bunder?  Bunker....

Posted by: Tami[/i][/b][/u][/s] at June 01, 2013 01:37 PM (X6akg)

239 Wasn't that Al Bunder's mother on 'Married With Children'?

Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at June 01, 2013 05:35 PM (pxDth)


I don't remember her ever being on that show but I could have missed it.

Posted by: Tami[/i][/b][/u][/s] at June 01, 2013 01:37 PM (X6akg)

240 Posted by: Empire1 at June 01, 2013 05:29 PM (xQoif) Oh, now you are just breaking my heart! Do you have any words of advice? We have a great big old stock pond on our property and I want to make it beautiful, but am sort of paralyzed at how to go about it. My husband, who is normally a sweetpea about helping me with stuff, is balking about this because of all the water mocassins.

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at June 01, 2013 01:38 PM (zrlmb)

241 I don't remember her ever being on that show but I could have missed it. Posted by: Tami at June 01, 2013 05:37 PM (X6akg) After All in the family she stared in several big time rolls on Broadway. She was the real thing.

Posted by: Oldsailors Poet Palin/Bolton 2016 at June 01, 2013 01:39 PM (XIxXP)

242 I wonder if he is related to GO TIMOTHY! or at least a flollwer of the Timothean religion. 'Runnin' down gun re-tarts in mah car, 'cause they're violent.'

Posted by: RWC at June 01, 2013 01:39 PM (Wl/Ht)

243 Posted by: Oldsailors Poet Palin/Bolton 2016 at June 01, 2013 05:37 PM (XIxXP) Assholes just love talking out of both sides of their mouths, don't they? They're all for working women til it's successful conservative women, and pretty ones at that, I'd be willing to bet!

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at June 01, 2013 01:40 PM (zrlmb)

244 test

Posted by: wheatie at June 01, 2013 01:42 PM (aMUQd)

245
After All in the family she stared in several big time rolls on Broadway. She was the real thing.

Posted by: Oldsailors Poet Palin/Bolton 2016 at June 01, 2013 05:39 PM (XIxXP)


Yeah, I always liked her.

Posted by: Tami[/i][/b][/u][/s] at June 01, 2013 01:44 PM (X6akg)

246 Assholes just love talking out of both sides of their mouths, don't they? They're all for working women til it's successful conservative women, and pretty ones at that, I'd be willing to bet! Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at June 01, 2013 05:40 PM (zrlmb) Blonde norweigen, mid forties, in the grand scheme of things she is physically average, but she is my whole world.

Posted by: Oldsailors Poet Palin/Bolton 2016 at June 01, 2013 01:44 PM (XIxXP)

247 I clean my kitchen religiously once a year. Today's the day.

Posted by: Harrison Bergeron at June 01, 2013 01:44 PM (JQuNB)

248 245 test Posted by: wheatie at June 01, 2013 05:42 PM (aMUQd) Congratulations! Passed with flying colors!

Posted by: RWC at June 01, 2013 01:44 PM (Wl/Ht)

249 wheatie!


You ok?!

Posted by: Tami[/i][/b][/u][/s] at June 01, 2013 01:45 PM (X6akg)

250 I clean my kitchen religiously once a year. Today's the day. Posted by: Harrison Bergeron at June 01, 2013 05:44 PM (JQuNB) Good God! Are you using a backhoe?

Posted by: Oldsailors Poet Palin/Bolton 2016 at June 01, 2013 01:45 PM (XIxXP)

251 221 Professor Chris Swindell is mentally ill and a danger to himself and others. I'm not kidding, dude is going to run over a crowd or set a church on fire or something. Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith's Other Mobile at June 01, 2013 05:27 PM (qyfb5) He'll be OK when he discovers the joy of Prancercize!

Posted by: Leonard "Prancercize" Cohen at June 01, 2013 01:47 PM (7y5DX)

252 she is my whole world. Posted by: Oldsailors Poet Palin/Bolton 2016 at June 01, 2013 05:44 PM (XIxXP) Oh sure, make me all teary eyed. Love is a wonderful thing.

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at June 01, 2013 01:47 PM (zrlmb)

253 Was something wrong with wheatie???

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at June 01, 2013 01:47 PM (zrlmb)

254 Tammy -- I'll give you all the help I can, but I started out with naked ground, not a pre-existing pond, so I'm not sure how much good I can do you. I dug this one out, got Carl to bring me a couple of front-loader buckets of dirt to even things out, used a rubber liner, and over the years edged it with fieldstone, put a fieldstone path around it, and edged the "hill" with vertical fieldstone in a curving sweep the mower could maneuver around. I'd have to see at least a pic of your stockpond and know what you want to do with it to make any recommendations.

Posted by: Empire1 at June 01, 2013 01:48 PM (xQoif)

255 He'll be OK when he discovers the joy of Prancercize!

Posted by: Leonard "Prancercize" Cohen at June 01, 2013 05:47 PM (7y5DX)

 

*****

 

 

Oh La Dee Dah!  Aren't you a Mr. Fancy Prants!?

Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at June 01, 2013 01:48 PM (pxDth)

256 You very well might be right in that prediction. Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at June 01, 2013 05:28 PM (pxDth) He's trying to walk back, and *failing*, all through the comments. And blaming other people, trying to claim he didn't mean *them*, etc. I try to keep my FB away from politics for more than one reason or I'd be dissecting him like a frog in a biology class. He seriously thinks he can start with that outburst and then demand civil discussion and cooperation from others. *Mentally ill*.

Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith's Other Mobile[/i][/b][/s][/u] at June 01, 2013 01:48 PM (qyfb5)

257 Assholes just love talking out of both sides of their mouths, don't they? They're all for working women til it's successful conservative women, and pretty ones at that, I'd be willing to bet! Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at June 01, 2013 05:40 PM (zrlmb) Erik Erickson stepped all over his dick trying to make, to me, a perfectly valid point. That in a perfect world, a mom at home with the kids and a father working would be ideal. But he wandered off into the weeds and pretty much tap danced on his pecker while wearing baseball cleats.

Posted by: Bochran1981 - Credible Hulk at June 01, 2013 01:48 PM (GEICT)

258

250 wheatie!


You ok?!

 


Yeah, Tami...thanks. We're okay. 

I had tried checking in earlier, but couldn't get my comment to post.

 

I hope all the other 'rons and 'ettes in the target zone are okay too.

 

Posted by: wheatie at June 01, 2013 01:48 PM (aMUQd)

259 Good God! Are you using a backhoe? There's some heavy equipment involved.

Posted by: Harrison Bergeron at June 01, 2013 01:49 PM (JQuNB)

260 Good God! Are you using a backhoe? There's some heavy equipment involved. Posted by: Harrison Bergeron at June 01, 2013 05:49 PM (JQuNB) You must not have kids. I clean every day.

Posted by: Oldsailors Poet Palin/Bolton 2016 at June 01, 2013 01:50 PM (XIxXP)

261 Glad to hear you're ok wheatie! I know we've got some other Rons and Ettes out there....have we heard from them?

Posted by: Bochran1981 - Credible Hulk at June 01, 2013 01:51 PM (GEICT)

262
Yeah, Tami...thanks. We're okay.
I had tried checking in earlier, but couldn't get my comment to post.

I hope all the other 'rons and 'ettes in the target zone are okay too.

Posted by: wheatie at June 01, 2013 05:48 PM (aMUQd)


Thank God! 


Has anyone seen Soona today...and 2 dogs?

Posted by: Tami[/i][/b][/u][/s] at June 01, 2013 01:51 PM (X6akg)

263

254 Was something wrong with wheatie???

 

When I was here last, Tammy...there was a multi-vortex t'nado headed straight for my area.

It missed our house though.

 

Posted by: wheatie at June 01, 2013 01:51 PM (aMUQd)

264 Yay the govt used our tax dollars to create this most informative site for girls ages 10-16... GirlsHealth.Gov "anal sex (say: AYN-uhl seks) = sex that involves putting the penis in the anus, or butt." "mutual masturbation (say: MYOO-chuh-wuhl mas-tur-BAY-shuhn) = when two people touch each other's sex organs or genitals for sexual pleasure." "over-the-counter (say: OH-vur thuh KOWN-tur) = when you can buy a medicine without a prescription (a doctor's order). Examples include cold medicine, medicines for stomach pain, or pain relievers." This one is particularly important for a ten year old: "folate or folic acid (say: FOL-ihk ASS-ihd) = an important B vitamin used in the body to make new cells. Girls who are sexually active should get enough folic acid to lower the risk of some birth defects, such as spina bifida, should pregnancy occur. Taking a folic acid pill is the best and easiest way to be sure you are getting enough." If you have to spell out how to pronounce words like "over" or "the" is the kid really old enough to require that the government teach them what vitamins to take to fuel their pregnancy?

Posted by: What In The Fuck at June 01, 2013 01:52 PM (oFYNE)

265 When I was here last, Tammy...there was a multi-vortex t'nado headed straight for my area. It missed our house though. Posted by: wheatie at June 01, 2013 05:51 PM (aMUQd) That's big time scary, glad you are OK. I thought I saw Soona posting this morning.

Posted by: Oldsailors Poet Palin/Bolton 2016 at June 01, 2013 01:52 PM (XIxXP)

266 Your daily reminder: This is a criminal regime.

Posted by: JohnKerryIsADoucheBag at June 01, 2013 01:52 PM (6sqK6)

267 If you have to spell out how to pronounce words like "over" or "the" is the kid really old enough to require that the government teach them what vitamins to take to fuel their pregnancy?

Posted by: What In The Fuck at June 01, 2013 05:52 PM (oFYNE)


Now, we must remember all the young 10-16 year olds in America who don't speak English. 

Posted by: gracepmc at June 01, 2013 01:56 PM (rznx3)

268 My God, wheatie, I didn't realize that. I am so glad you're alright. Living in God's Country comes with a price.

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at June 01, 2013 01:58 PM (zrlmb)

269 251 I clean my kitchen religiously once a year. Today's the day.
Posted by: Harrison Bergeron
-------------
Just spray it down with WD-40, wipe.

Posted by: Mike Hammer at June 01, 2013 01:59 PM (aDwsi)

270 I thought I saw Soona posting this morning.

Posted by: Oldsailors Poet Palin/Bolton 2016 at June 01, 2013 05:52 PM (XIxXP)


I can't find a post by him? from today.

Posted by: Tami[/i][/b][/u][/s] at June 01, 2013 01:59 PM (X6akg)

271 2dogs reported being OK last night

Posted by: Cowboy Bob at June 01, 2013 01:59 PM (7y5DX)

272 No soona today so far.

Posted by: Bochran1981 - Credible Hulk at June 01, 2013 02:00 PM (GEICT)

273 No soona today so far. Posted by: Bochran1981 - Credible Hulk at June 01, 2013 06:00 PM (GEICT) I could be wrong.

Posted by: Oldsailors Poet Palin/Bolton 2016 at June 01, 2013 02:01 PM (XIxXP)

274

Hubby came home yesterday, just as the sirens were going off.

 

When the storm trackers on tv said..."Multi-vortex carousel on the ground, near El Reno, headed due East!"...

[That meant it was headed right for us.]

Hubby said..."That's it. We're getting out of here."

 

So we got in the truck and headed away from it.

He's seen too many people trapped in debris over the years, so that was his main concern.

 

Trouble was, hundreds of other people in our area had the same idea.

The traffic was unbelievable...thousands of people were evac'ing SW Oklahoma City. 

 

It took six hours to get back home, with debris and flooding conditions knocking out some of the roads.

 

There were some deaths, sadly.

A young mother and her baby were killed not far from our house.

 

Posted by: wheatie at June 01, 2013 02:01 PM (aMUQd)

275 Convair, an aerospace contractor, first used WD-40 to protect the outer skin of the Atlas Missile from rust and corrosion. See, I knew that. There is some advantage to being a space geek. I didn't say practical advantage.

Posted by: rickl at June 01, 2013 02:03 PM (sdi6R)

276 There were some deaths, sadly. A young mother and her baby were killed not far from our house. Posted by: wheatie at June 01, 2013 06:01 PM (aMUQd) The whole country followed this storm. I understand why you want to live there. Did you ever think about a burying a pre fab root cellar?

Posted by: Oldsailors Poet Palin/Bolton 2016 at June 01, 2013 02:04 PM (XIxXP)

277 Empire1, you will soon have me kneeling before you, kissing the hem of your gown. Dug it out??? I am beyond impressed. Thor dug me out a wee pond when we had a house in Lakewood many years ago, and we both just loved it. Do y'all have your very own front-end loader? I want one sooooooo badly. I know what I want to plant around it, but it's so much bigger that anything I have attempted before I am overwhelmed. A lot of it is overrun with honeysuckle, too, which doesn't bother me per se, but I'm afraid it'll devour most of what I want to plant. I may jusy stick with trees and shrubs, but I'd like a good sized planting of flowers around a bench. I'd love to see pics of all your projects.

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at June 01, 2013 02:04 PM (zrlmb)

278 I didn't say practical advantage. Posted by: rickl at June 01, 2013 06:03 PM (sdi6R) I bet you would hold your own on Jepardy.

Posted by: Oldsailors Poet Palin/Bolton 2016 at June 01, 2013 02:04 PM (XIxXP)

279

277...Did you ever think about a burying a pre fab root cellar?

 

The trouble with going underground, is getting trapped under a mountain of debris, OSP.

We have a shelter.

But with a big grinder headed right for you...you have to decide if you want to take that chance.

 

 

Posted by: wheatie at June 01, 2013 02:08 PM (aMUQd)

280 RIP Jean Stapleton re: Edith Bunker at 90

http://is.gd/GzM9BY

Posted by: Vic at June 01, 2013 02:10 PM (lZvxr)

281 Why no Hockey Thread?

Posted by: garrett at June 01, 2013 02:10 PM (o7p+N)

282 Getting buried in the debris is an issue, OSP. I think a lot of people who have those kinds of shelters register with the local authorities so they know to go dig them out.

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at June 01, 2013 02:14 PM (zrlmb)

283 "Why no Hockey Thread?"


Tmi3rd will gladly get on it, I'm sure.


Trust me, that guy knows Hockey...

Posted by: HH at June 01, 2013 02:15 PM (XXwdv)

284 New thread and duplicate up but neither work.

Posted by: Vic at June 01, 2013 02:16 PM (lZvxr)

285 Tammy -- No, no, the front-end loader is our landlord's! We rent their old house on a farm (they have a "new" brick one maybe 100 feet away). If I need dirt or something, he brings it in from the back 50. The front-loader mounts on his John Deere. You might want to look at some of the pond supply companies and see what they have with water-edge plants that can handle soggy soil, and use those between the pond and your dry-soil plants. There are quite a few very pretty ones, I can assure you!

Posted by: Empire1 at June 01, 2013 02:16 PM (xQoif)

286 3 up and the last ones works.

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at June 01, 2013 02:17 PM (zrlmb)

287 Only first one works

Posted by: Vic at June 01, 2013 02:18 PM (lZvxr)

288

Thanks, Tammy...yeah, registering with the local Fire Dept is a good idea.

 

Trouble is, in the chaos after a bit hit...it can be hours, or even a day, before someone can dig you out.

If you're hurt, or need meds, it can turn into a desperate situation.

 

Posted by: wheatie at June 01, 2013 02:18 PM (aMUQd)

289 Wow, a triple post.

Posted by: BackwardsBoy, who did not vote for this shit at June 01, 2013 02:18 PM (0HooB)

290 Triple post, all FUBARed for me.

Posted by: Bochran1981 - Credible Hulk at June 01, 2013 02:19 PM (GEICT)

291 Normally, far more alcohol  is  involved when   seeing three  posts.

Posted by: BackwardsBoy, who did not vote for this shit at June 01, 2013 02:19 PM (0HooB)

292

Tammy al-Thor, water lillies are pretty hardy and will keep the shade in place for the fish. And you'll need a decent pump than can turn it over at least 1 time each day.

 

Water Moccasins = small shotgun and no vines or brush along the shore. But mostly a small gage shotgun.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at June 01, 2013 02:20 PM (yhPOh)

293 Now only first one works

Posted by: Vic at June 01, 2013 02:20 PM (lZvxr)

294 Now they are all gone

Posted by: Vic at June 01, 2013 02:25 PM (lZvxr)

295 Empire, I am longing for a subcompact garden tractor, with various attachments. Sigh. I am going to have sections for Louisiana and Japanese iris for the boggiest parts, I know that for sure; I just have to find a happy medium between overly aggressive groundcovers and the honeysuckle. I am so tempted to get some gooseneck loosetrife and hope the clay keeps it in check, but I am not quite that brave. I wish we could have a gardening thread, even if were just once a month.

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at June 01, 2013 02:26 PM (zrlmb)

296 It's Marlins posts, all the way down.

Posted by: wooga at June 01, 2013 02:26 PM (jgnqm)

297 I felt a great disturbance in the farce. It was if a dozen comments cried out in terror and were suddenly deleted....

Posted by: Hobo Won Kenobi at June 01, 2013 02:27 PM (MhA4j)

298 Damn wheatie. Sorry for joking with your 'test' post. Forgot you were in OK. Glad you're alright.

Posted by: RWC at June 01, 2013 02:28 PM (Wl/Ht)

299 Oh, well played on several fronts, Hobo!

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at June 01, 2013 02:28 PM (zrlmb)

300 This is why you only blog in four dimensions.

Posted by: CAC at June 01, 2013 02:28 PM (vpMJP)

301 then it wasn't me suffering from s*briety...

and in some diligent searching for a committee i sit on, there hasn't been a single instance of these stadiums paying for themselves in recent history

Posted by: redc1c4 at June 01, 2013 02:29 PM (8MasJ)

302 John, size EEE

Posted by: ladies & gentelmen, the Rolling Stones at June 01, 2013 02:30 PM (omBWL)

303 One  is back and working

Posted by: Vic at June 01, 2013 02:30 PM (lZvxr)

304
A lot of it is overrun with honeysuckle, too, which doesn't bother me per se, but I'm afraid it'll devour most of what I want to plant.

Plant some bamboo....honeysuckle won't last long.

Posted by: Sticky Wicket at June 01, 2013 02:30 PM (eyJh9)

305 Iris are nice! Check out lotus, too, if you like those; they're a bit too delicate for me, but Audrey has a couple that ale thriving. Yes, a gardening thread occasionally would be nice. Heck, I got the gaming thread going a bit ago, just by begging. Even though, given its time, I'm rarely able to be there.

Posted by: Empire1 at June 01, 2013 02:31 PM (xQoif)

306

300...Posted by: RWC at June 01, 2013 06:28 PM (Wl/Ht)

 

S'all good, RWC. No worries.

Posted by: wheatie at June 01, 2013 02:31 PM (aMUQd)

307 Results of a test from Machinist Workshop Magazine, bottom line Transmission fluid and acetone is still the best for loosing rusty fasteners.

Average torque load to loosen same bolt.
No Oil used ................... 516 pounds
WD-40 .......................... 238 pounds
PB Blaster ..................... 214 pounds
Liquid Wrench ...............127 pounds
Kano Kroil .................... 106 pounds
ATF*-Acetone mix...........53 pounds



Posted by: lowandslow at June 01, 2013 02:32 PM (Fz2C7)

308 Sticky, I'd prefer the honeysuckle! My only real objection to it is that it will probably eat the stuff I eventually want to plant. Empire, do you know about the 'ette Ravelry site? They have a gardening forum. I keep losing the link, I need to get it from Polli again, but I haven't heard from her since last night.

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at June 01, 2013 02:36 PM (zrlmb)

309

Now that attention is brought to WD40.... we can expect the greenies and the commies to find something horribly wrong with it and ban it.

What do you think they will think of?  Contributes to excessive soda drinking?  Emits green house gases?  Makes you color blind?  Get ready you know it's coming.

As it is you probably have to scan your driver's license to get it.  You have to scan your license to buy canned-air to dust your computer, at least in WA.

Posted by: petunia at June 01, 2013 02:37 PM (DAcBA)

310 Just spray it down with WD-40, wipe. Doh!

Posted by: Harrison Bergeron at June 01, 2013 02:37 PM (JQuNB)

311 Tammy -- I've heard about it, but I've just been too busy to check it out. See above about patio building ::sigh::

Posted by: Empire1 at June 01, 2013 02:46 PM (xQoif)

312 Stay lubricated my friends.

Technically, not lubricant.  Just to be an ass.

Posted by: Jean at June 01, 2013 03:03 PM (CMlD4)

313 Back in 1953 Norm Larsen was sitting by a small pond in San Diego when an unusual teenager when walking by and spit into the pond.  Before he could reprimand the youth for doing this,  all the water vacated the pond upon the spit touching it.  He approached the young man and asked for a sample of his spit. Thanking him afterword he asked his name, to which the youth replied Carlos Ray Norris. We know him as Chuck.  The end

Posted by: Ricky at June 01, 2013 03:04 PM (NGsSJ)

314 For any interested and still checking this thread out, i put the info on the ravelry group on the next thread.

Posted by: Elizabethe on the phone at June 01, 2013 03:06 PM (qPCAa)

315 Principle ingredient, per the MSDS, is Stoddard solvent, the stuff we use in the shop to wash oil and grease off auto parts.  In fact straight Stoddard solvent works just about as well to displace water, too.   WD-40 is one the great triumphs of marketing over common sense.  Despite the touts, (and the label), it is no more of a lubricant than common kerosene.   Been there, done that, threw the T-shirt in the trash. 

Posted by: The Old Coach at June 01, 2013 03:52 PM (Lv85W)

316 WD-39 is on the shelf next to Formula 408.

Posted by: The Atom Bomb of Loving Kindness at June 01, 2013 04:00 PM (jqHOY)

317 Gibbs Oil works great for my 'tools' before they go back in the safe. But yeah, WD40 for most other things. Except where you need duct tape. And a big 'hell,no' on that bamboo. It's like green herpes.

Posted by: EROWMER at June 01, 2013 04:45 PM (kxlCQ)

318 Didn't various uses of WD-40 get a lot of play in the Jody Arias trial? "Three hole wonders" need lube, too.

Posted by: LoveChildofMaxineWatersandJesseJacksonJr at June 01, 2013 04:58 PM (wGSBn)

319 Lysergic acid 1-24 didn't work out so great either.

Posted by: rtw at June 01, 2013 08:35 PM (6zfQZ)

320 CRUD = Clinch River Unidentified Deposits

Posted by: CAPT Mike at June 01, 2013 08:36 PM (DiQnH)

321 Another use for WD-40 is as a penetrant to brake loose rusted nuts and
bolts.  There are better commercially available products like Liquid Wrench,
but someone came up a home-brew that is kicking ass!

A 50-50 mix of acetone and ATF has now become the way to go to loosen
stubborn fasteners.





Posted by: Leonard Jones at June 02, 2013 08:13 AM (XTNzt)

322

I can't get no. . . .na na na. . .

I can't get no. . . .na na na. . .

Lubrication! 

And I try, and I try, and I try, and I try. . .

I can't get no, lubrication,  no no no no.........

Posted by: Vince at June 02, 2013 08:22 AM (jLykv)

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