Products to avoid

Pete Zicato • Aug 28, 2010 2:59 pm
Bluebonnet margarine.

Eww. Does not melt well. Looked really nasty when used for making scrambled eggs.
Gravdigr • Aug 28, 2010 3:12 pm
Butter in scrambled eggs? New to me...
Flint • Aug 28, 2010 3:43 pm
Thank you for starting this thread. Black & Decker GH1000. I'm talking POST recall. Bought one last week and took it back a few hours later. U S E L E S S

Calls into question ANY "dual-string, auto-feed" mechanism.
Sundae • Aug 28, 2010 3:49 pm
Elvive Colour Protect Shampoo.
Tangled my hair so badly I thought I was going to have to have it cut.

The irony being it is designed for damaged hair.
My hair wasn't all that damaged until I used it.
Undertoad • Aug 28, 2010 4:02 pm
Flint;679067 wrote:
Black & Decker GH1000. Calls into question ANY "dual-string, auto-feed" mechanism.


The string trimmer is dead to me
Lamplighter • Aug 28, 2010 4:24 pm
Right up there with the Garden Weasel.

"It makes a great gift"
Rhianne • Aug 28, 2010 5:42 pm
Smoothie makers - any of them.

It's just a food blender and you probably already have one of those, if you don't you can buy one for half the price or less.
Flint • Aug 28, 2010 8:12 pm
Sundae Girl;679069 wrote:
Elvive Colour Protect Shampoo.
Tangled my hair so badly I thought I was going to have to have it cut.

The irony being it is designed for damaged hair.
My hair wasn't all that damaged until I used it.


I had the same experience with a hair treatment for damaged hair. After the "treatment" my hair felt like steel wool that had been run through a garbage disposal full of superglue. I think the stuff was called Infusium.
ZenGum • Aug 29, 2010 12:05 am
"Infusium" ... lol ... that yells "made up crap" straight away.

I will be avoiding any products by Western Digital. (which name of course shouts "made in China" very loudly).
Gravdigr • Aug 29, 2010 2:07 pm
Lamplighter;679075 wrote:
Right up there with the Garden Weasel.

"It makes a great gift"


The Garden Weasel is a blessing from God. See, ya take the big long handle off, and replace it with a little short handle. Then it fits in the backpack right beside the sprouting solution, and the little sack of seeds. Then, when you're in the farmer's field, all ya gotta do is roll the Weasel back & forth a few times, drop a seed or five, dribble a little sprout fuel on there, cover up, and you're ready to move on.

That's what I've heard, anyway...:)
Griff • Aug 29, 2010 6:23 pm
I guess you really are from Kentucky. :)
monster • Aug 30, 2010 1:34 am
Gravdigr;679057 wrote:
Butter in scrambled eggs? New to me...


Butter -hell yes

Margarine -hell no
Sundae • Aug 30, 2010 7:16 am
Butter to grease the pan, yes.
Butter as an ingredient...? How does that work?
Trilby • Aug 30, 2010 7:23 am
La Preferida spanish rice mix - tastes like salt and nothing else.

Old El Paso Spanish rice - the one where you just heat up the package in the micro. It's inedible.
Urbane Guerrilla • Aug 31, 2010 2:56 am
Sundae Girl;679323 wrote:
Butter to grease the pan, yes.
Butter as an ingredient...? How does that work?


Stir a couple slim shavings into the eggs cooking in the pan so they melt into the rest of it. The butter doesn't scorch, that may be why.
GunMaster357 • Aug 31, 2010 4:02 am
Brianna;679324 wrote:
Old El Paso Spanish rice - the one where you just heat up the package in the micro. It's inedible.


Whatever the brand, every time I tried to heat a dish with rice in the microwave oven, it comes out hard as a block of wood.
skysidhe • Sep 9, 2010 8:37 pm
Zout! I am not even sure why this is on the store shelf.
Pico and ME • Sep 11, 2010 12:03 am
Try Soilove instead...its not bad. Otherwise I hate all spot treatments, they're all scams.
skysidhe • Sep 12, 2010 12:10 am
I bought it to try on a spot of berry smoothie that ended up on the carpet.I've cleaned it so much I've fluffed out the fibers in a bad way. I might try spilling milk on it and see if that works.
Tulip • Sep 12, 2010 12:51 am
I use Woolite Oxy Deep to spot clean my carpet. If the stain is a bit tough, leave it in a bit longer. I find this pretty good.
Gravdigr • Oct 2, 2010 7:24 pm
You know those little half-size Ziploc baggies, they call 'em 'snack bags'? Well, these ain't that. I don't know what they are...Momdigr found 'em at one of those everything's-a-dollar stores.

"More fresher than ever!"
wolf • Oct 2, 2010 10:26 pm
Hey, they're recloseable. What more do you want from a snank bag?
xoxoxoBruce • Oct 3, 2010 12:55 am
Reopenable?
zippyt • Oct 3, 2010 1:12 am
Grav Dude , Them Little baggies are Weed Bags
Gravdigr • Oct 3, 2010 1:20 am
Too heavy.
Sundae • Oct 3, 2010 2:27 pm
I get the 'rents to buy me Tesco Value Freezer Bags for in-between-cleans of Diz's litter tray. As poopie-scoopers they work just fine, but for anything more I wouldn't trust them.

FTR I double bag the scooping hand, and always wash thoroughly afterwards.
Still, for 55p for 50 I can't grumble.
xoxoxoBruce • Oct 3, 2010 10:53 pm
You can make that plastic bag airtight.
TheMercenary • Oct 5, 2010 2:34 pm
Cool.
classicman • Oct 5, 2010 2:55 pm
Why not just put them in the bottle?
skysidhe • Oct 5, 2010 4:33 pm
classicman;686716 wrote:
Why not just put them in the bottle?


Can't argue with that.
xoxoxoBruce • Oct 6, 2010 12:46 am
Putting them in the bottle allows too much air in with them, they'll still get stale. The bottle top in reusable.
glatt • Oct 6, 2010 8:29 am
plus, to get them in the bottle you would have to find your funnel.
Shawnee123 • Oct 6, 2010 9:08 am
xoxoxoBruce;686796 wrote:
Putting them in the bottle allows too much air in with them, they'll still get stale. The bottle top in reusable.


The plastic bag is a lot like thread tape when you're installing a new shower head. Extra leakage protection!
monster • Oct 6, 2010 9:21 am
And besides, cutting things up with sharp scissors is FUN!
Shawnee123 • Oct 6, 2010 9:30 am
Even better if you do it while running.
classicman • Oct 6, 2010 9:57 am
... while on a plane on a treadmill?
classicman • Oct 6, 2010 10:00 am
glatt;686809 wrote:
plus, to get them in the bottle you would have to find your funnel.


Which could be made out of the SNANK bag by cutting a diagonal hole in one of the bottom corners. :right:

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glatt • Oct 6, 2010 10:03 am
Look at the spilled liquid on the rug. Kind of misses the point of a funnel.
classicman • Oct 6, 2010 10:05 am
lol. It was the first pic I found.

ETA - That spillage was from BEFORE he made the funnel. Yeh that it, from before.
monster • Oct 7, 2010 9:59 am
glatt;686847 wrote:
Look at the spilled liquid on the rug. Kind of misses the point of a funnel.

Oh he didn't spill that from the bottle....


..exciting stuff!




(ew)
Shawnee123 • Oct 7, 2010 10:00 am
Regarding the pic: that will come in very handy the next time you need to transfer water from a plastic bottle to, um, well...another plastic bottle. :confused:
limey • Oct 7, 2010 10:34 am
[/thread drift] But I think you'll find that SG was using SNANK bags to protect her hand from cat poop :turd:.
Though, of course, a SNANK bag is probably the ideal funnel to use if you wish to store your cat poop :turd: in a bottle ...
classicman • Oct 7, 2010 11:53 am
Shawnee123;687051 wrote:
Regarding the pic: :confused:


Uh, expand your view. Its a funnel. Many uses apply.
Shawnee123 • Oct 7, 2010 12:01 pm
classicman;687080 wrote:
Uh, expand your view. Its a funnel. Many uses apply.


No doy, Tim Moy...

Uh, expand your sense of humor.

It's still stupid. I'd like to see you replace your oil in your car with that flimsy piece of necessity as mother of bad and pointless invention. A rolled up piece of cardboard from that case of beer would do a better job. :rolleyes:
classicman • Oct 7, 2010 12:20 pm
But your cardboard won't fit in your pocket will it?
(you haven't see the Paper Towel infomercial, have you?)
Shawnee123 • Oct 7, 2010 12:30 pm
classicman;687089 wrote:
But your cardboard won't fit in your pocket will it?
(you haven't see the Paper Towel infomercial, have you?)


I have great big pockets! :)

No, I haven't seen that 'mercial. Is it a Ronco product? Does it really really work? :D
classicman • Oct 7, 2010 12:47 pm
no - its a take off on the sham wow -

MUST HAVE SOUND
Gravdigr • Jan 13, 2011 5:08 pm
So, I bought this pretty cheap ($8.99/liter) bottle of vodka New Year's Eve. I took one shot, one, and immediately went for the orange juice. Must mix, no shots. Then I looked at the label. No wonder it tastes like lighter fluid. I had (inadvertantly) purchased a bottle of fine Kentucky vodka!? W.T.F.

Taaka - must be Russian for thoroughbred piss.:vomitblu::repuke::vomit:
plthijinx • Jan 13, 2011 5:15 pm
:yum: maybe we should email that post to [email]taaka@sazerac.com[/email]?
Trilby • Jan 13, 2011 5:16 pm
well, they do love to hear from their customers!
xoxoxoBruce • Jan 14, 2011 2:24 am
Yeah, but he's not a customer any more. :haha:
Gravdigr • Feb 26, 2013 4:09 pm
Something else I won't be drinking again as long as I live:

Fat Tire Amber Ale

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Beautiful labels & cartons, but :greenface.
glatt • Feb 26, 2013 4:31 pm
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Sundae • Mar 3, 2013 6:43 am
I had to look this up.
Anal leakage.

Nice.
Gravdigr • Mar 9, 2013 11:17 am
Yep. Gotta pass on the escolar.
Lamplighter • Mar 20, 2013 12:22 pm
So which bulbs do you choose ?

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Here is a link to a comparison chart that may be useful...
infinite monkey • Mar 20, 2013 12:30 pm
Lamplighter;857623 wrote:
So which bulbs do you choose ?



Since I don't know what any of that means or what the implications to my life might be, I'll have to answer :idea: "I dunno."
glatt • Mar 20, 2013 12:35 pm
LEDs have a lot of promise, and they keep getting better. But the purchase price is still very high, and the color of the light is critical. Most of the LEDs out there are too blue. And most are spotlights instead of globe lights. I think they are still not ready for prime time.

Also the chart lists 100 and 150 watt bulbs under the incandescent column, but you can't buy those any more. I think even 75 watt bulbs are off the shelves now.
xoxoxoBruce • Mar 20, 2013 12:37 pm
30 bulbs, who are they talking about, Al Gore? :eyebrow:
infinite monkey • Mar 20, 2013 12:41 pm
What are the beady little headlights in the luxury cars made of? They're pin-pointy, too bright, and if one is following you you are blinded in intervals as the car goes over various bumps.

I don't want those. Those can bite me.
Beest • Mar 20, 2013 12:45 pm
Lamplighter;857623 wrote:
So which bulbs do you choose ?

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Here is a link to a comparison chart that may be useful...


Thers a lot of sticker shock on LED's, also that 50,000 hrs life they claim is to 50% brightness, that doesn't sound realistic to me, when I replace an incandescent or cfl , they are a bit brighter say 10% ? i don't think I'd be happy with a light at 50% of the new brightness, even 80% might be annoyling dim. That's going to change those efficiency numbers. I'm sure with slowly increasing volume they will get cheaper and beocme the norm, but I odn't buy they are the panacea they are proclaiming.

One of the problems woth CFL's and especially LED's is try to squeeze the new technology into the same applications, LED's are smaller are more directional, they work much better as small lights spread out over the whole ceiling, than trying to squeeze them into a bulb shape that shines all around and screws into a central mount.
Beest • Mar 20, 2013 1:02 pm
Gravdigr;854692 wrote:
Something else I won't be drinking again as long as I live:

Fat Tire Amber Ale

Beautiful labels & cartons, but :greenface.


Very popular round here, I had some and found it OK, kinda bland , but perfectly drinkable.
footfootfoot • Mar 20, 2013 1:11 pm
Age and storage can make or break any beer.
glatt • Mar 20, 2013 1:19 pm
Beest;857629 wrote:
LED's are smaller are more directional, they work much better as small lights spread out over the whole ceiling, than trying to squeeze them into a bulb shape that shines all around and screws into a central mount.


This form factor is a step in the right direction. This would provide a ring of light hitting a segment of a lamp shade and a circle hitting the ceiling. Almost there, assuming they have the brightness and color down.

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Lamplighter • Mar 20, 2013 2:45 pm
I wanted to install a "step light" to illuminate just the top step in a dark hallway.
Heat build-up with incandescent bulbs is a fire hazard issue,
and the motion detectors I've seen are not approved for CFL's.

I installed an interior step-light that uses a 4x4 array of LED's,
but it is way too bright... it lights up the entire hallway at night,
and the color is not to my liking.

So now I'm in the market for a colored filter to tone it down. :(
It might have been easier to just give everyone their own flashlight !
glatt • Mar 20, 2013 3:15 pm
I have to admit, lamplighter, that I'm surprised you didn't go with a natural gas lamp.
footfootfoot • Mar 20, 2013 3:17 pm
If you are DIYish you can get LEDs in just about any color temperature you want and solder them in place of the ones you don't want. You can replace them with dimmer LEDs too.
Lamplighter • Mar 20, 2013 4:36 pm
footfootfoot;857654 wrote:
If you are DIYish you can get LEDs in just about any color temperature you want and solder them in place of the ones you don't want. You can replace them with dimmer LEDs too.


Good idea... I'll look into it.
xoxoxoBruce • Mar 20, 2013 10:57 pm
glatt;857634 wrote:
This form factor is a step in the right direction. This would provide a ring of light hitting a segment of a lamp shade and a circle hitting the ceiling. Almost there, assuming they have the brightness and color down.

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Glatt, that's what my tail/brake lights look like. 92 LEDs, some pointing out the back but most out the side to the reflector. Very bright.
footfootfoot • Mar 21, 2013 1:09 pm
Yeah, my BIL got some LED back up lights. They are blinding. Like super novas.
footfootfoot • Mar 21, 2013 1:11 pm
Lamplighter;857659 wrote:
Good idea... I'll look into it.


http://www.superbrightleds.com/cat/through-hole/

This is one pretty good place. I had saved a link to another place that had a bigger selection of component LEDs but I can't find it. Having a few thousand bookmarks sort of defeats the purpose...
xoxoxoBruce • Mar 21, 2013 3:35 pm
Should be able to find a right angle cord end and replace the cord with an LED, fairly easily. If it's completely molded, it's a little harder.
xoxoxoBruce • Mar 21, 2013 10:10 pm
Lamplighter;857623 wrote:
So which bulbs do you choose ?

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Here is a link to a comparison chart that may be useful...


The NY Times has an excellent roundup of LED bulbs now on the market. Price, where to buy, type of light, programable features, etc.
Pete Zicato • Mar 25, 2013 12:53 pm
With Wonder bread gone, all sorts of wannabees have stepped up to the plate.

Recently we bought some Bimbo bread at Sams. (Yes, this is really a thing) Don't bother. It's dense and dry. Not what I want for a Wonder substitute.
infinite monkey • Mar 25, 2013 12:59 pm
I miss Butternut Bread.

Makes the best toast. I used to do a commercial to myself or anyone who was around when I made toast out of Butternut.

(big smile, holding buttered toast with a bite out of it) Butternut! It's the best bread you can toast! (take another bite and give a thumbs up.)

I do a commercial for I Can't Believe It's Not Butter at the same time: Really, I just cannot BELIEVE this is not butter.
Pete Zicato • Mar 25, 2013 1:08 pm
infinite monkey;858256 wrote:
I miss Butternut Bread.

Makes the best toast. I used to do a commercial to myself or anyone who was around when I made toast out of Butternut.

(big smile, holding buttered toast with a bite out of it) Butternut! It's the best bread you can toast! (take another bite and give a thumbs up.)

I do a commercial for I Can't Believe It's Not Butter at the same time: Really, I just cannot BELIEVE this is not butter.

MMS

Made me smile.
infinite monkey • Mar 25, 2013 1:12 pm
Living with me is a laugh a minute, even if it's just me living with me. I continue to do commercials and generally carry on my variety show AT ALL TIMES. :lol:

Except when it's Drama Hour. ;)

Thanks Pete. :)
xoxoxoBruce • Mar 25, 2013 1:37 pm
Pete Zicato;858252 wrote:
With Wonder bread gone, all sorts of wannabees have stepped up to the plate.

Recently we bought some Bimbo bread at Sams. (Yes, this is really a thing) Don't bother. It's dense and dry. Not what I want for a Wonder substitute.
Bimbo is the biggest baker in the world, their US brands include;
» arnold
» ball park (buns)
» bimbo
» boboli
» brownberry
» EarthGrains
» Entenmann's
» francisco
» freihofer's
» marinela
» mrs baird's
» oroweat
» sara lee
» stroehmann
» thomas'
and more
Pete Zicato • Mar 25, 2013 2:24 pm
xoxoxoBruce;858265 wrote:
Bimbo is the biggest baker in the world

Hmm. You'd think they'd be better at it, then.
footfootfoot • Mar 25, 2013 5:00 pm
They're the InBev of the bread world.
xoxoxoBruce • Mar 25, 2013 8:07 pm
Pete Zicato;858273 wrote:
Hmm. You'd think they'd be better at it, then.
C'mon Pete, it's Sams club, they're looking for cheap. :haha:
Pete Zicato • Mar 26, 2013 10:40 am
I suppose so. But we've bought many things from Sam that tasted fine.
footfootfoot • Mar 26, 2013 11:35 am
This taste assessment from a man who freely admits to being unwilling to make his own coconut milk Greek yogurt?

Consider the source, indeed!
:p:
wolf • Mar 26, 2013 5:51 pm
Pete Zicato;858252 wrote:
With Wonder bread gone, all sorts of wannabees have stepped up to the plate.

Recently we bought some Bimbo bread at Sams. (Yes, this is really a thing) Don't bother. It's dense and dry. Not what I want for a Wonder substitute.


But it is an eligible purchase for WIC and food stamps ... says so on the shelf in the welfare supermarket.

I drove past the Stroehman factory some months back (which means it was probably over a year ago) and was very surprised to see Papa Stroehman's face off the sign, replaced by the nowhere near as personable Bimbo bear.

My other great regret was the closing down of the Wonder Factory. It was on my way to college (and pretty much darn near anywhere else south of me). I used to love getting stuck at that traffic light and be totally enveloped in the aroma of Wonderbread.
Gravdigr • Mar 26, 2013 6:13 pm
Every time I read 'Bimbo', I think of this:

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That's Bimbo, the first pet I can remember.
Gravdigr • Mar 26, 2013 6:13 pm
I don't think y'all would like his loaves near as much.
Griff • Mar 26, 2013 6:16 pm
*snicker*
wolf • Mar 26, 2013 6:16 pm
As far as the lightbulbs are concerned ... I'm sticking with the real kind. I like having enough light to be able to read without straining.
footfootfoot • Mar 27, 2013 10:01 pm
Gravdigr;858417 wrote:
I don't think y'all would like his loaves near as much.


I'll bet they were equally aromatic.:greenface
Gravdigr • Apr 1, 2013 10:54 am
Hah! Coon hound. That's rich.
Gravdigr • Apr 1, 2013 2:31 pm
Looking at the coon hound mod...

It's like a reverse Instagram filter!
footfootfoot • Apr 3, 2013 8:43 pm
And he's taller!
toranokaze • Apr 5, 2013 12:34 pm
Bimbo will never be broken from the images of cheap white bread and pandulce.
Lamplighter • Apr 13, 2013 11:31 am
xoxoxoBruce;857833 wrote:
The NY Times has an excellent roundup of LED bulbs now on the market.
Price, where to buy, type of light, programable features, etc.


Unfortunately, it seems there are always some duds out there...

Lighting Science
Mar 19, 2013
Gravdigr • Feb 12, 2016 2:57 pm
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Canned bleurgh.:greenface
fargon • Feb 13, 2016 8:40 am
That is my favorite canned chili. I've been eating it since I was Born. Hooray for Texas.
Gravdigr • Jun 20, 2016 10:15 am
Kentucky Race Day IPA

Now, I'll readily admit I don't like the taste of beer. But, I like the result of drinking beer. That's why I drink Bud Light, cuz it goes down like water, it's cheap and I can drink a ton of it and get drunk and not wake up the next day paralyzed, unable to function.

Someone left a sixer of these things in the fridge:

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Awful tasting shit. Someone who likes Lowenbrau, or Michelob Dark might like them. I had to chew each drink before I could swallow it. It's a bit thick on the tongue.

Just play it safe and avoid it if you can.
Undertoad • Jun 20, 2016 10:20 am
Your first IPA?
Gravdigr • Jun 20, 2016 10:40 am
I'm guessing that the 'chewiness' is a common thing with IPAs?

I'm not sure if it's my first or not...Definitely the most IPA I've drank. I finished the six of them.

[SIZE="1"]I had to make a face, or two.[/SIZE]
Gravdigr • Jun 20, 2016 10:41 am
The part I find a bit strong (the 'chewy' part), is that the hops, or, the malt talking?
Undertoad • Jun 20, 2016 11:01 am
http://www.ratebeer.com/beer/kentucky-race-day-session-ipa/348329/

Sounds like it just sucks as a beer frankly! I mean normally you'd expect about twice the flavor of a reg'lar beer and 1.5 times the alcohol.
lumberjim • Jun 20, 2016 11:25 am
Hops is a bitter citrus flavor. Like grapefruit rind. Malt is sweet and heavier. Like mollasses. The balance is the key. Your pallet is trainable. In 4.5 years, I've slowly affected Amandas preference just by making her taste my beer.

She now prefers Goose Island IPA. Used to drink Miller lite exclusively.
Gravdigr • Jun 20, 2016 1:48 pm
Undertoad;962699 wrote:
http://www.ratebeer.com/beer/kentucky-race-day-session-ipa/348329/

Sounds like it just sucks as a beer frankly! I mean normally you'd expect about twice the flavor of a reg'lar beer and 1.5 times the alcohol.


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Rubber bands!!! That's the smell I couldn't identify. It smelled like a fresh-bought bag of rubber bands.

As I mentioned, these were free. I'd hate to have paid for them.:yelsick:
xoxoxoBruce • Jun 20, 2016 2:05 pm
CarbonLite sells their wrenches as part of a 5-piece box end set. Each wrench has a metric side and an inch side. Inch sizes include 3/8?, 7/16?, 1/2?, 9/16?, and 5/8?, and the metric sizes include 10mm, 12mm, 13mm, 14mm, and 15mm.
All 5 wrenches weigh in at 6.7 oz combined. A complete set will set you back $140.


This is dumb, 20 odd layers of carbon fiber with stainless inserts. I suppose if Dad gets sick of ties for Christmas/Daddy Day, and you're grasping at straws, it's different. But in practice there's no advantage and they suck. :crone:
Gravdigr • Jun 20, 2016 2:42 pm
If they're as strong as a steel wrench, I can see the attraction.

For repetitive work (like an assembly line) not requiring insane strength, I can see the applications.
Beest • Jun 20, 2016 4:09 pm
I can imagine the insert loosening in the wrench pretty quickly
glatt • Jun 20, 2016 4:20 pm
I would think that they would have a special weave to the carbon fiber cloth to give it better strength along the long axis of the wrench. Those short fibers going perpendicular to the long axis add very little strength.
xoxoxoBruce • Jun 20, 2016 9:33 pm
Actually the short fibers tie the long ones together so they share the strain. Pulling on the wrench wants to compress the long ones on one side and stretch the long ones on the other.

But the fact remains this is a high tech solution to a nonexistent problem. Plus they're way too much money. Sure a polished Snap-On set could cost that much, but personally I think that's ridiculous, when you can get a Craftsman set for probably $30. I don't like the Snap-Ons because they're too slippery. Oh, and combination wrenches are more useful.
Gravdigr • Aug 30, 2017 1:18 pm
The Barnes & Noble Nook HD+ is a goddamned turd. It is a motherfucking piece of shit. I could happily beat Mr. Barnes, and Mr. Noble to death with it. Smiling every second. I cannot believe this product made it to store shelves. There is no way, NO FUCKING WAY, I would have my name associated with this product.

Somebody, somewhere was the last person to have to sign their name on a document releasing this chalky, dried up, dog turd of a product to the market place. That person should be fired and prohibited from ever holding more responsibility than the fry guy at McDonald's. I'm not talking about the guy what cooks the fries, mind you, I'm talking about the guy who's job it is to put the cooked fries in the little paper sack, or the little cardboard carrier.

Looking at something online? SLAM!! Fuck you, Bunky, you're now looking at the desktop, or WETF they call it. Want to type in a web address? Go ahead, Pecky, type it in. Wait. Why doesn't my keyboard come up when I touch the address bar? Come to think of it why doesn't my touch screen work. Touch. Touch. Touch. TOUCH! TOUCH!!!! TOUCH, GODDAMMIT!!!!!!!!!!!

[SIZE="6"][COLOR="DarkRed"]MOTHERFUCKER!!!!!!!!!![/COLOR][/SIZE]

I hope you get buttfucked, right in the mouth.
Gravdigr • Aug 30, 2017 1:23 pm
Me: Turn the page.

Nook HD+: Whuh, what's that?

Me: Turn the page.

Nook:

Me: Please turn the page.

Nook: Whatsthatnow?

Me: Turn the page, y'know, swipe left to turn the page?

Nook: What is this, some new alien technology? I don't ev--desktop.
Gravdigr • Aug 30, 2017 1:25 pm
One of these days, I'll prolly stick my finger right through this fucking thing.
Pico and ME • Aug 30, 2017 1:32 pm
Sorry for your frustration but that was :lol::lol::lol:.
Gravdigr • Aug 30, 2017 2:01 pm
Oh, I can totally see the humor. It ain't too funny rfn, but I can see it.:)
Flint • Aug 30, 2017 5:28 pm
This is hilarious, you know it is.

You're responding the correct way--don't listen to those pansies who will try to calm you down. DESTROY THAT GARBAGE DEVICE. Teach it a lesson, HA HA HA ha ...
Happy Monkey • Aug 30, 2017 6:10 pm
I'm pretty happy with my Kindle Fire, though I do wish it had a hardware button for page turning, so I could maintain a light grip, and just apply pressure to turn the page, rather than reach and swipe with my finger as I'm reading myself to sleep.

I think the e-ink kindles have hardware buttons, but I want it to be lit (but dimmable) so I can read myself to sleep with the lights off, and I want the option for other apps. It's a tradeoff.
DanaC • Aug 30, 2017 6:24 pm
I have a 4th gen e-ink kindle - no backlight, and no touch screen. Page turning uses paddles on the sides.

I've had it since around 2012 and it still works well. No good for graphic novels or magazines, and books with illustrations of any kind suffer - but just a standard novel and it is great.

When I got mum a kindle, I got the newer touchscreen version of the e-ink model - very similar but with touch screen and better able to cope with magazine articles and the like. It is still black and white and very simple but works well. I deliberately got that one because it is the only one in the range without backlight.

The blue light that is emitted by kindle screens, like smart phone and tablet screens interferes with the brain's natural detection of night time and suppresses production of the sleep hormone.
Happy Monkey • Aug 30, 2017 6:26 pm
DanaC;994921 wrote:
The blue light that is emitted by kindle screens, like smart phone and tablet screens interferes with the brain's natural detection of night time and the suppresses production of the sleep hormone.
Maybe, but the yellow light emitted by a lamp that's on when I fall asleep bypasses hormones altogether, and makes me wake up in the middle of the night to turn it off.
Gravdigr • Aug 31, 2017 12:34 pm
This thing has ruined touch screens for me. Fuck a touch screen, I won't have one.

You guys should be around when this thing decides to fuck me over like I described. It's a slow burn that Jackie Gleason could be proud of. I can actually see Kramden using one and going all, well, Kramden on the thing.

I'd kinda like to see what it looks like, the slow build to near-violence. Probably quite entertaining.
Gravdigr • Aug 31, 2017 12:36 pm
Oh, and the coolest thing about the Nook HD+?

About 25% of them brick theyself at the first update.

It is just a horrible product.
Pico and ME • Aug 31, 2017 3:16 pm
Yeah, the Nook HD was my first tablet and it taught me to IGNORE THE UPDATES!

In fact, I am currently doing just that to my Samsung s6 phone. I just don't want to have to deal with the headache it will cause.
fargon • Aug 31, 2017 3:30 pm
I'm getting rid of my macbook because it worked fine until they changed the o/s.
Gravdigr • Oct 28, 2017 2:53 pm
Progresso soups. Any of them. They're not healthier than any other soup, just watered down. It's water that's been in the same room with something worth eating.

Fuck you Progresso, I'll not waste any more of my money on your flavored water.

Good day.
xoxoxoBruce • Oct 29, 2017 12:34 pm
Balderdash, Progresso soup is good, I have it most every day. Image
Take a bag of chopped frozen soup veggies, a small handful of pasta, a piece of cheese, optional is leftover meat/fish/bird.
Nuke that sucker up, the pasta absorbs much of the liquid, the cheese thickens it, and everything absorbs the flavor.
French Onion and Tomato are exceptionally good, thicker stuff like chowder need a touch more water.
When it goes on sale, 10 cans for $10, I load up.
sexobon • Oct 29, 2017 11:53 pm
They used to have a good Manhattan style clam chowder (which I prefer to New England style); but, I haven't seen it on the shelves for years.
xoxoxoBruce • Oct 30, 2017 3:10 am
Manhattan style? Ugh, wretch, blah, you heathen. :fuse:
BigV • Oct 30, 2017 11:27 pm
xoxoxoBruce;997853 wrote:
Manhattan style? Ugh, wretch, blah, you heathen. :fuse:


Correct!
xoxoxoBruce • Oct 30, 2017 11:36 pm
Seafoods in general have delicate subtle flavors, tomato overpowers then all. :eyebrow:
Happy Monkey • Oct 31, 2017 1:18 am
xoxoxoBruce;997834 wrote:
Balderdash, Progresso soup is good, I have it most every day. Image
Take a bag of chopped frozen soup veggies, a small handful of pasta, a piece of cheese, optional is leftover meat/fish/bird.
Nuke that sucker up, the pasta absorbs much of the liquid, the cheese thickens it, and everything absorbs the flavor.
French Onion and Tomato are exceptionally good, thicker stuff like chowder need a touch more water.
When it goes on sale, 10 cans for $10, I load up.
Sounds like you have the same complaint as Gravdigr, but you have a more can-do attitude about it.
Glinda • Oct 31, 2017 4:15 am
sexobon;997852 wrote:
They used to have a good Manhattan style clam chowder (which I prefer to New England style); but, I haven't seen it on the shelves for years.


:eyebrow:

Oh my. You have my sympathies.
















:D
Griff • Oct 31, 2017 7:15 am
Happy Monkey;997895 wrote:
Sounds like you have the same complaint as Gravdigr, but you have a more can-do attitude about it.


*cough*
sexobon • Oct 31, 2017 6:07 pm
What can I say, I prefer the taste of tomato to clam; but, I like the chewiness.

It's not like no one has ever heard of Clamato, it's just missing the alcohol.
xoxoxoBruce • Oct 31, 2017 6:09 pm
Through a couple rubber bands in your tomato soup. ;)
Gravdigr • Nov 2, 2017 6:29 pm
You say it's good soup...I couldn't help but notice the entire fucking meal you added to it.

It's water.
Gravdigr • Nov 2, 2017 6:31 pm
Also, you used the word flavor.

Soup, the word, has more flavor than anything Progresso.
xoxoxoBruce • Nov 3, 2017 12:06 am
Nay nay, your taste buds have been frosted, and will to respond to beer, chips, and pussy. Image
Gravdigr • Nov 3, 2017 1:43 pm
I don't have the most sensitive palate, but, that soup is lacking.
captainhook455 • Nov 3, 2017 9:42 pm
Progresso has always been promoted as healthy. There is nothing healthier than water. Some soups are saltless. Not Progresso because it is saltless from the get go.

The other company that used to be tasteful is Campbell's.

Homemade soup is not that hard to make. Boil chicken til it falls off the bone with salt and pepper.
Add garlic, parsley and a quarter cup hot sauce. Add half a bag of egg noodles. Don't boil noodles and drain separate, put them in the pot with chicken.

Twenty minutes later you will have the best chicken soup you ever hung a lip on.
Undertoad • Nov 4, 2017 6:33 pm
this man speaks the truth
Gravdigr • Jul 17, 2018 4:04 pm
These things are awful.

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Just don't.
xoxoxoBruce • Jul 17, 2018 8:02 pm
Chemical taste?
Diaphone Jim • Jul 18, 2018 1:10 pm
Last week I bought a bottle of Fre Chardonnay no alcohol "wine" by mistake.
It, and other varieties. is made by Sutter Home, the folks that "invented" White Zinfandel 40+ years ago.
Fre Chardonnay is the worst smelling and tasting beverage I have ever encountered.
Gravdigr • Jul 18, 2018 3:46 pm
xoxoxoBruce;1011842 wrote:
Chemical taste?


Nah, they just taste bad. None of them tastes like the flavor of SunnyD they're supposedly representing. The best of the bad bunch was the strawberry-orange. I ate one, and used the others as a replacement for ice in my ginger ale.
travis_fitness • Jul 30, 2018 8:18 am
Sounds good. You should try!
captainhook455 • Jul 30, 2018 9:26 am
Well I read this thread from 2010. There were some posts from my beautiful Sundae. I thought y'all wouldn't ever stop talking about LED bulbs. The beer section was good. Progresso soups suck and anyone who likes them ought to have their head examined. The best part was about Bimbo the dog.cool.
Gravdigr • Aug 31, 2018 3:01 pm
Disregard the text, and avoid anything named:

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