1988 was the first year I was old enough to vote in the primaries, and I was very excited. I had my choice down to two candidates, Rev Jackson and Rep Dick Gephardt. Pretty sure Gephardt dropped out before they got to my state, so I voted for Jackson. Easily, and happily, voted for him.
Big fan of the guy.
(Fun fact: Gephardt was a Democrat representing Missouri. Missouri! My how times have changed...)
This is kinda not-exactly news or particularly astute commentary, but it seems to me that there is a mini-tsunami of just-prior and early boomers dying lately. I take note of it because yours truly was born in 1946. Which puts me in the barrel, so to speak. Not just the famous, people I've known my whole life in my home town are passing on almost daily. I really want to hang on at least until the orange shitler is out of the White House.
Metallica fans and especially guitar players- this is an AI video of Papa Het's evolution. But just look at the guitars. Those models don't even exist. It's creepy AF.
The body shapes don't even look like any existing models except for the black Les Paul shape. Everything else looks nightmarish. Even the fret inlays are off and for a second it looks like he's playing a guitar with two necks going opposite directions.
Well, a few late nights seems to be just what I needed to get my sleeping schedule back on track--I slept great last night. Woke up once to releive myself and then dozed right back off. My quality of sleep varies by week or so, so I'll enjoy this while I can. I should try not napping too much. That's my main problem: I definitely don't need to go back to sllep mornings from 6 AM until 8 and then napping again from 11-1. Don't need to do it! Stay awake in the days, Diane.
Had my dental cleaning yesterday and that went EXTRA GREAT--the girl barely had to use the water pik on me. They looked at the lesion on my gums (it's right up front) and shrugged that they don't know what it is. I told them that Dr. Ma says it looks like cancer associated with cigarette smoking and that I'm a former smoker and that the biopsy hasn't come back yet. The hygienist told me to stay positive, which is about all you can tell someone in the middle of a cancer scare. The lesion is getting more tender as the days go by.
My dad got me hooked on some good TV in FL. I especially love Wednesday! I am also watching Fall of the House of Usher and have finished all three Benoit Blanc Knives Out movies. While I've got Netflix, I'll also watch the five seasons of Stranger Things. After that, I'll get a few months of HBO so I can finish seeing Penguin and start Succession. I've needed some.good TV so get into, so my visit to FL was great for that.
Last day of vacation before I go back tomorrow. Planning on lots of TV/Lego building plus a trip to the dog park or two. Lunch with a friend at Magic Noodle, the Taiwanese noodle shop. I'll have the Xian Hot Oil Noodles with Beef!
On a lighter note, the far Right in Great Britain are apparently going through a People's Front of Judea phase. With Tories defecting to ReformUK, some of the real fascisti who were sheltering under Nigel 'Fishface' Farage's jowls have gone off to form their own organization, Restore Britain.
I know this Gen Z kid who I so withdrawn I think he's touched and needs some professional help. Or is it just the on-line K-hole that has him like that?
It occurs to me, as we're having this conversation, that the focus on teens is a mistake. The problem with social media use starts earlier than that. Give a 14 year old social media for the first time, and they'll approach it differently than someone who has already been using it for 8 years.
Not that it still won't cause distractions - I know plenty of people my age who have difficultly putting their damn phone down when they need to - but then it's the difference between a distraction and their primary way of interacting with the world.
I haven't done a deep dive, but I have seen enough research has been done to conclude that our brains are literally being rewired because of the internet and how it actually makes us less social despite of being on social media. And look at all of us here...
Yeah, but again I think the key is building at least some social and time management skills before being exposed to social media. I'm doing this right now in my free moments before going to work, but when I get there, I'll be able to hold conversations with my colleagues, and I won't be checking in here except in moments where there's absolutely nothing that needs my attention. Many people would still need to better figure out how to balance those things, but there is still a significant distinction between that and how the youngest generations are using it. And I think the difference is they never knew anything else.
One of my students told me the other day that they will wake up in the morning and fin they've been added to group chats mostly filled with people they don't know. That their friends, or friends of friends, are just dropping them into group chat after group chat without even asking them or letting them know ahead of time. And these group chats are where the bulk of communication happens for modern teens, because they hardly even talk to each other in class.
Even I have that problem at *work* ... the idea of consent for things like this is non-existent. And yet these same people are all about consent. At work, it's even harder ... you don't dare leave the group chat lest you be admonished as "not a team player"
That could be a good thing though- Someone is causing trouble while others are being quiet and texting, "Let's take down this MF. U down? On 3....2....1....GO"
I'm getting close to the end of one of my current stories ('Justice') and I've slowed down considerably. Don't want to disappoint people by ending it too quickly, as we now know who the murderer is, along with how and why.
𝗦𝗕𝗨 𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗸𝗲𝘀 𝗰𝗵𝗲𝗺𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗳𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘆 𝘂𝘀𝗲𝗱 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗲𝘅𝗽𝗹𝗼𝘀𝗶𝘃𝗲𝘀 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗱𝘂𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗱𝗲𝗲𝗽 𝗶𝗻𝘀𝗶𝗱𝗲 𝗥𝘂𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗮. The attack on the Metafrax Chemicals plant in Perm Krai was carried out overnight between Feb. 16-17 by deep strike specialists from the SBU's Alpha unit.
Last night I are sitting in my living room, watching shuffleboard on ice (USA v Italy), when I hear a *loud* cracking sound coming from the general direction of my guest bathroom. Investigation revealed that the toilet tank had sprung a leak. I shut the water off, flushed to drain the tank, and placed an old towel under the leak.
Ah, the joy of home ownership. I am planning on visiting Lowe's today, as well as contacting a plumber.
I felt lucky I was renting when a quiet “snap” and unexpected gurgling sound woke me up. One water pipe in the toilet had just broken and water was flooding out. I switched off and called the owner in the morning and the whole thing was fixed in no time.
Dodged a bullet there, because I could equally well have been absent for a week or two. This was an apartment building with bad luck, water wise. Twice, in the 4 years I lived there, water was ruining freely from a higher floor.
Yes, the joys of home ownership. It has been a much colder than normal winter up here and about three weeks ago, the lovely lady went to run our oil furnace, which fired but no heat was forthcoming. Our HVAC guy said we had frozen pipes. We heat with wood and only use the furnace for hot water. Even though the inside was warm, the stagnant water in the pipes froze from the outside. We haven't had this problem in the 6 years since we got the stove, so lesson learned: run the furnace a little bit to circulate warm water when it's double digit minus Fs for extended periods. We just got things to normal yesterday, no burst pipes, thankfully.
We got a bunch of snow, and then sleet the other week. A little thawing and refreezing, and then they cleared the apartment parking lot. We had piles of snow with thick planks of ice atop them.
So there I am walking around, driving one of my RC trucks to the park, when I see among the chunks of ice a toilet tank lid. It was quite camouflaged.
Now the snow is mostly gone but the lid remains. 🤪
O pish! Swapping out a toilet is a nothing burger. You could do it with one hand tucked behind your back. If there’s any chance that you have mineral buildup in the pipes, now would be a good time to rent a thwacker and run it down and let it bang around on the pipes for a bit. Also a good time to replace the inflow tubing and valve, unless you’re cutting the water off right behind the toilet.
The water supply's cut off right now, as I didn't want a gigantic and ongoing mess in the bathroom. Complicating matters is the existence of a shelf (part of the vanity) that extends over the toilet. It makes removing the lid somewhat problematic, so I'll be looking for an assembly (bowl+tank+lid) that comes out less than 30 inches tall.
Again, if you’re having someone else do that, I’d still recommend replacing the supply line and the valve while it’s all taken apart, and if you have any suspicion that you’ve got some mineral buildup in the lines, renting one of those matrix hunter things with the claws on the front and running that down there and banging that loose will never be easier than now.
You’re gonna have such pretty new toilet! It’s all gonna be worth it when it’s done.
I cannot recommend the American Standard Champion one-piece model strongly enough.
I just measured mine at just under 28 ½" tall. We've bought these for multiple houses over the last decade or so, and won't consider anything else. They're not cheap, but they're quiet, efficient, impossible to clog, and the one-piece design is so much easier to keep clean. Just my 2¢ worth.
I needed to replace the metal flange that holds the wax ring, and had the work done by someone else, and it was a nightmare. I had the water turned off for a few days, so when he finally got it in, I asked if I could turn the washing machine on, and he said yes. The washing machine discharge was uphill of the toilet, on the other side of the wall.
Then I asked him why the toilet rocked, and he said oh wasn’t it like that before? Jesus fucking frogs, no, it wasn’t like that before. So he took it off to reset it, just about the time that the washing machine started to discharge. Unfortunately, there was a clog down the line, which is why the work needed to be done in the first place. I had a friend use the toilet and I don’t know what she had been eating, but damn.
Anyway, I will spare you the details, but the short version is that I am highly skeptical of delegating. This town is so short on labor that people think, damn, I’ve got a hammer. I must be a carpenter. I’ve got a truck, I must be a contractor. When you find a good one, they’re worth their weight in gold.
Btw, the last one we installed, about 3 years ago, came with a flimsier seat than the older ones, but checking the parts lists the internals haven't changed. We had to replace the seat after about 2 years with a better one, but haven't had any other issues with it. It's also the most-used toilet in the house, in the main-floor lavatory.
We originally bought two of them for a vacation rental property maybe a dozen years ago, in large part because of a CR review saying they were unable to clog them. Since doing so, we never had another clogged toilet call, according to our property manager.
Between that house and our primary home, where we've since installed them, neither I nor my son, both proficient at clogging toilets, has clogged one. Not once.
Can they be clogged? Perhaps, but I've yet to see it.
1988 was the first year I was old enough to vote in the primaries, and I was very excited. I had my choice down to two candidates, Rev Jackson and Rep Dick Gephardt. Pretty sure Gephardt dropped out before they got to my state, so I voted for Jackson. Easily, and happily, voted for him.
Big fan of the guy.
(Fun fact: Gephardt was a Democrat representing Missouri. Missouri! My how times have changed...)
This is kinda not-exactly news or particularly astute commentary, but it seems to me that there is a mini-tsunami of just-prior and early boomers dying lately. I take note of it because yours truly was born in 1946. Which puts me in the barrel, so to speak. Not just the famous, people I've known my whole life in my home town are passing on almost daily. I really want to hang on at least until the orange shitler is out of the White House.
Great post, Robyn. Jackson vid choked me up.
anyone seen pics of the east wing lately?
Metallica fans and especially guitar players- this is an AI video of Papa Het's evolution. But just look at the guitars. Those models don't even exist. It's creepy AF.
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/kMEDidn8CGE
The body shapes don't even look like any existing models except for the black Les Paul shape. Everything else looks nightmarish. Even the fret inlays are off and for a second it looks like he's playing a guitar with two necks going opposite directions.
Air Force One to be repainted in Trump’s favorite colors…
Maybe Earl Scheib will do it for $29.95
colors?
Saudi Bordello Gold, Diaper Overflow Brown, and Flung Ketchup Red
What happened to the Qatari 737?
747! and it's being "retrofitted" to the tune of $1bn taxpayer dollars.
I hope that's what they use for the Orange Bag of Shit National Library.
That's his retirement ride.
THAT'S why he needs all that money! To pay to FLY that white elephant!
He's never going to pay for anything related to that Sky Bordello.
They aren't quite done installing all the spyware yet.
Well, a few late nights seems to be just what I needed to get my sleeping schedule back on track--I slept great last night. Woke up once to releive myself and then dozed right back off. My quality of sleep varies by week or so, so I'll enjoy this while I can. I should try not napping too much. That's my main problem: I definitely don't need to go back to sllep mornings from 6 AM until 8 and then napping again from 11-1. Don't need to do it! Stay awake in the days, Diane.
Had my dental cleaning yesterday and that went EXTRA GREAT--the girl barely had to use the water pik on me. They looked at the lesion on my gums (it's right up front) and shrugged that they don't know what it is. I told them that Dr. Ma says it looks like cancer associated with cigarette smoking and that I'm a former smoker and that the biopsy hasn't come back yet. The hygienist told me to stay positive, which is about all you can tell someone in the middle of a cancer scare. The lesion is getting more tender as the days go by.
My dad got me hooked on some good TV in FL. I especially love Wednesday! I am also watching Fall of the House of Usher and have finished all three Benoit Blanc Knives Out movies. While I've got Netflix, I'll also watch the five seasons of Stranger Things. After that, I'll get a few months of HBO so I can finish seeing Penguin and start Succession. I've needed some.good TV so get into, so my visit to FL was great for that.
Last day of vacation before I go back tomorrow. Planning on lots of TV/Lego building plus a trip to the dog park or two. Lunch with a friend at Magic Noodle, the Taiwanese noodle shop. I'll have the Xian Hot Oil Noodles with Beef!
I hope you get the results you want soon. Nice your sleep schedule is working for you on vacation!
"Xian Hot Oil Noodles with Beef!"
Is it made with real Xians? Yum!
All I can do is offer good vibes for the lesion, and drool in envy at your lunch selection.
Theirs is PERFECTLY SPICY for my crybaby tolerance for heat.
Stupid AI. The EPSTEIN FILES. ScamCoin™. Could we be finally seeing the end of the broligarchy?
𝘔𝘰𝘯𝘦𝘺 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘶𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦 𝘱𝘶𝘮𝘱𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘰 𝘈𝘐 𝘢𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘯𝘦𝘹𝘵 𝘨𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘯 𝘣𝘶𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴, 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘢 𝘨𝘳𝘰𝘸𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘯𝘶𝘮𝘣𝘦𝘳 𝘰𝘧 𝘴𝘵𝘶𝘥𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘢𝘥𝘰𝘱𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘈𝘐 𝘵𝘰𝘰𝘭𝘴 𝘩𝘢𝘴𝘯'𝘵 𝘩𝘦𝘭𝘱𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘰𝘵𝘵𝘰𝘮 𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘦, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘱𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘴𝘦𝘦𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘯𝘦𝘪𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘳𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯𝘶𝘦 𝘯𝘰𝘳 𝘥𝘦𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘤𝘰𝘴𝘵𝘴 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘈𝘐 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘫𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘴.
𝗖𝗜𝗢𝘀 𝘁𝗼𝗹𝗱: 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝘃𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗔𝗜 𝗽𝗮𝘆𝘀 𝗼𝗳𝗳 – 𝗼𝗿 𝗽𝗮𝘆 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗽𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗲
Boards demand measurable ROI as budgets, bonuses, and jobs hang in the balance
https://www.theregister.com/2026/02/17/no_roi_no_ai/?td=rt-3a
I am increasingly pleased with my decision to retire.
My former employer is a major adopter of AI, with a lot of initiatives that, it's safe to say, I'm perfectly happy not to have any part of now.
I did a few learning modules at work on-line about the A1 they're going to start instituting. It was painful and has me pissed!
My company bought all of us researchers chatgpt business memberships and only one person uses it--our boss.
Makes sense. You want to plow a stack of money the size of the Vehicle Assembly Building into a venture, you want to start seeing something back.
Shocking, isn't it.
On a lighter note, the far Right in Great Britain are apparently going through a People's Front of Judea phase. With Tories defecting to ReformUK, some of the real fascisti who were sheltering under Nigel 'Fishface' Farage's jowls have gone off to form their own organization, Restore Britain.
SPLITTERS!
There's another bunch called Advance UK too. I'm hoping for some sort of thunder dome event.
Maybe they'll all annihilate each other.
Each faction will now get it's own special decoder rings.
LITTLE ORPHAN MELVIN SAYS DRINK YOUR FUCKING OVALTINE
🎵 Are you nazi enough? 🎶 (sung to the tune of "Are You Man Enough?")
I did nazi that coming.
"Hey, this party is watering down the fascism."
"To win elections. Be patient."
"Fuck that, I'm making my own ultra-fascist party."
The ghost of Oswald Mosley smiles, then winces as his head hurts again.
Crack. It sounds like it's crack.
𝘖𝘳, 𝘪𝘯 𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘥𝘴, 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴 𝘵𝘳𝘺 𝘵𝘰 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘰𝘭 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘥𝘳𝘦𝘯’𝘴 𝘴𝘰𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘭 𝘮𝘦𝘥𝘪𝘢 𝘶𝘴𝘦, 𝘦𝘪𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘣𝘺 𝘶𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘭 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘰𝘭𝘴 𝘰𝘳 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘴𝘦𝘩𝘰𝘭𝘥 𝘳𝘶𝘭𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘶𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘷𝘪𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯, 𝘪𝘵 𝘥𝘰𝘦𝘴𝘯’𝘵 𝘪𝘮𝘱𝘢𝘤𝘵 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘰𝘳 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘥 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘴𝘰𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘭 𝘮𝘦𝘥𝘪𝘢 𝘰𝘳 𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘪𝘵 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘶𝘭𝘴𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘭𝘺. 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘵𝘶𝘥𝘺 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘣𝘢𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘰𝘯 𝘢 𝘴𝘶𝘳𝘷𝘦𝘺 𝘰𝘧 1,000 𝘵𝘦𝘦𝘯𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘴𝘰𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘭 𝘮𝘦𝘥𝘪𝘢 𝘶𝘴𝘦.
𝗠𝗲𝘁𝗮’𝘀 𝗼𝘄𝗻 𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵 𝗳𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱 𝗽𝗮𝗿𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗮𝗹 𝘀𝘂𝗽𝗲𝗿𝘃𝗶𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗱𝗼𝗲𝘀𝗻’𝘁 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘆 𝗵𝗲𝗹𝗽 𝗰𝘂𝗿𝗯 𝘁𝗲𝗲𝗻𝘀’ 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗽𝘂𝗹𝘀𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝘀𝗼𝗰𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝗺𝗲𝗱𝗶𝗮 𝘂𝘀𝗲
https://techcrunch.com/2026/02/17/metas-own-research-found-parental-supervision-doesnt-really-help-curb-teens-compulsive-social-media-use/
I know this Gen Z kid who I so withdrawn I think he's touched and needs some professional help. Or is it just the on-line K-hole that has him like that?
It occurs to me, as we're having this conversation, that the focus on teens is a mistake. The problem with social media use starts earlier than that. Give a 14 year old social media for the first time, and they'll approach it differently than someone who has already been using it for 8 years.
Not that it still won't cause distractions - I know plenty of people my age who have difficultly putting their damn phone down when they need to - but then it's the difference between a distraction and their primary way of interacting with the world.
I haven't done a deep dive, but I have seen enough research has been done to conclude that our brains are literally being rewired because of the internet and how it actually makes us less social despite of being on social media. And look at all of us here...
Yeah, but again I think the key is building at least some social and time management skills before being exposed to social media. I'm doing this right now in my free moments before going to work, but when I get there, I'll be able to hold conversations with my colleagues, and I won't be checking in here except in moments where there's absolutely nothing that needs my attention. Many people would still need to better figure out how to balance those things, but there is still a significant distinction between that and how the youngest generations are using it. And I think the difference is they never knew anything else.
Who made Who?
I believe that is the thinking behind some of the age restrictions ... to develop IRL social habits before they are exposed to phone social media.
I don't envy parents these days.
One of my students told me the other day that they will wake up in the morning and fin they've been added to group chats mostly filled with people they don't know. That their friends, or friends of friends, are just dropping them into group chat after group chat without even asking them or letting them know ahead of time. And these group chats are where the bulk of communication happens for modern teens, because they hardly even talk to each other in class.
Even I have that problem at *work* ... the idea of consent for things like this is non-existent. And yet these same people are all about consent. At work, it's even harder ... you don't dare leave the group chat lest you be admonished as "not a team player"
That almost sounds like a couple texting each other while in the same room within eyesight of each other.
Seen it at Strarbucks.
That could be a good thing though- Someone is causing trouble while others are being quiet and texting, "Let's take down this MF. U down? On 3....2....1....GO"
They do that, too. Between their parents giving them a phone when they were very young, and covid, they feel more comfortable that way.
Thanks, trump. SAD.
I'm getting close to the end of one of my current stories ('Justice') and I've slowed down considerably. Don't want to disappoint people by ending it too quickly, as we now know who the murderer is, along with how and why.
"Can we buy Norwegia?"
1 🇳🇴 Norway 🥇 14 🥈 8 🥉 9 – Total: 31
2 🇮🇹 Italy 🥇 9 🥈 4 🥉 11 – Total: 24
3 🇺🇸 United States 🥇 6 🥈 10 🥉 5 – Total: 21
4 🇳🇱 Netherlands 🥇 6 🥈 6 🥉 1 – Total: 13
5 🇩🇪 Germany 🥇 5 🥈 8 🥉 7 – Total: 20
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12 🇦🇺 Australia 🥇 3 🥈 1 🥉 1 – Total: 5
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Morning, Diane!
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Morning, LS!
G'day
This KABOOM requires music: https://youtu.be/Emg_6ANjWzo [Henry Mancini]
𝗦𝗕𝗨 𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗸𝗲𝘀 𝗰𝗵𝗲𝗺𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗳𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘆 𝘂𝘀𝗲𝗱 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗲𝘅𝗽𝗹𝗼𝘀𝗶𝘃𝗲𝘀 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗱𝘂𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗱𝗲𝗲𝗽 𝗶𝗻𝘀𝗶𝗱𝗲 𝗥𝘂𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗮. The attack on the Metafrax Chemicals plant in Perm Krai was carried out overnight between Feb. 16-17 by deep strike specialists from the SBU's Alpha unit.
https://kyivindependent.com/sbu-strikes-chemical-factory-used-for-explosives-production-deep-inside-russia/?mc_cid=ef5ec21395
Also:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xSnzVfZhDYc
D'oh!
The sight of a few planes reduced to just their fuselages, with the wings and tail surfaces lying beside them, is laugh-inducing.
This is what I’m listening to and watching while I wait for the next train bound for dreamland.
And the yawns are commencing… https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W313LbqQfv4
Last night I are sitting in my living room, watching shuffleboard on ice (USA v Italy), when I hear a *loud* cracking sound coming from the general direction of my guest bathroom. Investigation revealed that the toilet tank had sprung a leak. I shut the water off, flushed to drain the tank, and placed an old towel under the leak.
Ah, the joy of home ownership. I am planning on visiting Lowe's today, as well as contacting a plumber.
I felt lucky I was renting when a quiet “snap” and unexpected gurgling sound woke me up. One water pipe in the toilet had just broken and water was flooding out. I switched off and called the owner in the morning and the whole thing was fixed in no time.
Dodged a bullet there, because I could equally well have been absent for a week or two. This was an apartment building with bad luck, water wise. Twice, in the 4 years I lived there, water was ruining freely from a higher floor.
Ouch.
Yes, the joys of home ownership. It has been a much colder than normal winter up here and about three weeks ago, the lovely lady went to run our oil furnace, which fired but no heat was forthcoming. Our HVAC guy said we had frozen pipes. We heat with wood and only use the furnace for hot water. Even though the inside was warm, the stagnant water in the pipes froze from the outside. We haven't had this problem in the 6 years since we got the stove, so lesson learned: run the furnace a little bit to circulate warm water when it's double digit minus Fs for extended periods. We just got things to normal yesterday, no burst pipes, thankfully.
Good luck with your endeavour.
Thanks, and thank goodness you didn't have to contend with a burst pipe.
Rubber gaskets… rubber biscuits.
Replace black with red.
We got a bunch of snow, and then sleet the other week. A little thawing and refreezing, and then they cleared the apartment parking lot. We had piles of snow with thick planks of ice atop them.
So there I am walking around, driving one of my RC trucks to the park, when I see among the chunks of ice a toilet tank lid. It was quite camouflaged.
Now the snow is mostly gone but the lid remains. 🤪
O pish! Swapping out a toilet is a nothing burger. You could do it with one hand tucked behind your back. If there’s any chance that you have mineral buildup in the pipes, now would be a good time to rent a thwacker and run it down and let it bang around on the pipes for a bit. Also a good time to replace the inflow tubing and valve, unless you’re cutting the water off right behind the toilet.
Let us know how it goes.
The water supply's cut off right now, as I didn't want a gigantic and ongoing mess in the bathroom. Complicating matters is the existence of a shelf (part of the vanity) that extends over the toilet. It makes removing the lid somewhat problematic, so I'll be looking for an assembly (bowl+tank+lid) that comes out less than 30 inches tall.
Again, if you’re having someone else do that, I’d still recommend replacing the supply line and the valve while it’s all taken apart, and if you have any suspicion that you’ve got some mineral buildup in the lines, renting one of those matrix hunter things with the claws on the front and running that down there and banging that loose will never be easier than now.
You’re gonna have such pretty new toilet! It’s all gonna be worth it when it’s done.
Will do!
I cannot recommend the American Standard Champion one-piece model strongly enough.
I just measured mine at just under 28 ½" tall. We've bought these for multiple houses over the last decade or so, and won't consider anything else. They're not cheap, but they're quiet, efficient, impossible to clog, and the one-piece design is so much easier to keep clean. Just my 2¢ worth.
Where do you find them?
I had the last one installed by a plumber who had it shipped from ... Amazon.
I needed to replace the metal flange that holds the wax ring, and had the work done by someone else, and it was a nightmare. I had the water turned off for a few days, so when he finally got it in, I asked if I could turn the washing machine on, and he said yes. The washing machine discharge was uphill of the toilet, on the other side of the wall.
Then I asked him why the toilet rocked, and he said oh wasn’t it like that before? Jesus fucking frogs, no, it wasn’t like that before. So he took it off to reset it, just about the time that the washing machine started to discharge. Unfortunately, there was a clog down the line, which is why the work needed to be done in the first place. I had a friend use the toilet and I don’t know what she had been eating, but damn.
Anyway, I will spare you the details, but the short version is that I am highly skeptical of delegating. This town is so short on labor that people think, damn, I’ve got a hammer. I must be a carpenter. I’ve got a truck, I must be a contractor. When you find a good one, they’re worth their weight in gold.
Toto Drake or GTFO. One plug in over 20 years.
Fuck Toto, you could hear the damned thing flushing from the next zip code.
Granted, it rarely clogged. 😉
Hm, i don't remember it like that but it's been a few years. Now I live with Euro toilets, which are terrible.
I'll look for it.
Btw, the last one we installed, about 3 years ago, came with a flimsier seat than the older ones, but checking the parts lists the internals haven't changed. We had to replace the seat after about 2 years with a better one, but haven't had any other issues with it. It's also the most-used toilet in the house, in the main-floor lavatory.
Gotcha. I glanced at Lowe's and the site says they'll even do the install.
"impossible to clog"
The gauntlet has been thrown down.
We originally bought two of them for a vacation rental property maybe a dozen years ago, in large part because of a CR review saying they were unable to clog them. Since doing so, we never had another clogged toilet call, according to our property manager.
Between that house and our primary home, where we've since installed them, neither I nor my son, both proficient at clogging toilets, has clogged one. Not once.
Can they be clogged? Perhaps, but I've yet to see it.
Challenge accepted!