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    What tickles your pickle

    I gave her a good Gruen. Actually, nothing yet. I’ll have to think about that.
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    What tickles your pickle

    I dropped my shaving bowl into the sink two weeks ago and broke it beyond repair. I'd been stirring up lather in that thing for years and years every day, because as we all know, a gentleman shaves every day. I had others that I was now using including a scuttle that keeps the lather warm but...
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    What vehicle do you drive?

    I could see using that for about 90% of what I use a car for.
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    Home Improvement

    Not exactly sure what it is they are selling but in my attic, I bought some very heavy-duty reinforced aluminum foil that I stapled to the rafters. It took a bunch of this foil to go from the attic floor to the attic peak and along the length of the roof. I did what I would consider a very good...
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    Argylle (2024)

    I saw this today. A bit silly towards the end, but I still liked it. I couldn't keep my eyes off Bryce Howard's chest in that low-cut dress. Outstanding.
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    Who died? (Celebrity Deaths)

    Sorry man, this little can is iconic.
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    What vehicle do you drive?

    I remember years ago when BMW came out with the station wagon version of the Z3 thinking that’s the only BMW the wife of that poor sap driving it would let him buy.
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    What vehicle do you drive?

    I feel the same way about Porsche Cayennes.
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    The F*** Cancer Thread

    Just like apples. One a day keeps the doctor away.
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    Who died? (Celebrity Deaths)

    Melanie, singer and songwriter whose career took off at one o’clock in the morning at Woodstock – obituary
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    Home Improvement

    The wire for that outlet was there and serviced an outlet that was on the other side of the bar I removed. It's handy for things like a bread machine or a mixer or whatever. I wanted it to pop up from the countertop, but the dishwasher is there and there wasn't enough room, so there it is.
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    Home Improvement

    It was a piece of granite backsplash from bath dept at Lowes that I polished the edges of.
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    Home Improvement

    Before. no more counter After Before, coffee nook After
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    Home Improvement

    Finished kitchen remodel. Took us 53 days and came in at around $7200. Under budget. Before, sink area After Before, range area After Before, no more bar counter. To be continued...
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    Home Improvement

    Sure, almost done and now the inspector shows up.
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    Whats rustling your jimmies?

    Or seeing gays in every fucking TV show.
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    Home Improvement

    Those are called candelabra base bulbs and not chandelier bulbs. A quick search using the proper name yields lots of results for outdoor candelabra base bulbs. Don't know if they would work better for you or not. Good luck.
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    Ferrari

    If you watched Napoleon, you'll know what I mean when I say this is how that movie should have been made. In this flick, we see a period of 1-2 years of Enzo Ferrari's life (he lived to be 90) and explore one race out of hundreds. It's a great insight into the man's life, his passions, his...
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    Home Improvement

    I was doing work on a new, expensive house, oh, probably 15 years ago where they had installed copper rain gutters. Not recessed, just hanging off the fascia. The very finicky HOA told the general contractor that the gutters were too shiny and to do something about it, quick. He told the gutter...
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    Home Improvement

    If I had started with pretty wood cabinets I would agree with you. Although my cabinets were/are solid wood with medium quality hardware (glides and hinges), they were just ugly and plain. The had that cheap ass spray on stain. No pretty grain or figure in the wood at all. They might as well...
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    Home Improvement

    You need a heated paint booth and an airless sprayer. I have a friend with both so he did the job for me. I had no place to set up a booth and it's also 35 degrees in my garage right now. All doors and drawer fronts are removed and go to a warm paint booth. The cabinets are painted in the house...
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    Home Improvement

    We've always had them in every house we've owned. I don't understand them being "disease magnets" as porcelain is less porous than granite, marble or synthetic solid surfaces like corian. It's essentially glass. Grout lines need to be maintained and sealed, but so does a granite slab. As far...
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    Home Improvement

    Use Tinkercad online.
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    Home Improvement

    Starting kitchen remodel. This is just the little nook where we have our coffee machines. Used this area as a test, sort of, to see if we liked our choices. Before. Laminate countertop, 6x6 white ceramic tile backsplash. After Painted cabinets, new hardware, undercabinet lighting...
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    Country Music Thread

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    Mr. Monk's Last Case: A Monk Movie (2023)

    I'm guessing you have to subscribe to Peacock to see this.
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    Obscure / Rare Technology you used.

    The first picture is moveable type I set for imprinting a customer's name onto some bookplates. The second picture is a slug from a Linotype machine. The brass piece laying next to it is called a matrix. It is one letter. I don't remember what I set this for. It says "...that you may have...
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    Obscure / Rare Technology you used.

    IBM Selectric. It's the one with the little ball that held all the characters. No carriage. The paper stayed still and the ball moved back and forth spinning around. You could change fonts in seconds by swapping out the ball. My receptionist typed all the invoices for our business on this...
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    Obscure / Rare Technology you used.

    Pioneer Laserdisc Player. Mine had a mechanism that rotated the head around the disc so you didn't have to flip the disc half way through the movie. I also bought a little board some guy made that you installed inside the unit to upgrade it to AC-3 or 5.1 Dolby Digital. Still have it in a box...
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    Obscure / Rare Technology you used.

    I had one of these. Don't remember where I got it from. Could have been Boy's Life or maybe the back of a cereal box. You used to have to send in box tops as proof of purchase. A baking soda powered submarine. You'd pull the top off the conning tower, put a teaspoon of baking soda in there...
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    Obscure / Rare Technology you used.

    To continue with old computers, as I said earlier, my first computer was a TRS-80 Model 1. Later, when I first had my business, I had a pair of TRS-80 Model 3s. Mine had two floppies. My wife did the books on one. I don't remember the software title but it was very good. If I remember, it was...
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    Obscure / Rare Technology you used.

    I had a Zip drive for my Amiga 1000.
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    Obscure / Rare Technology you used.

    My first computer was a TRS-80 Model 1. I had a cassette player for storage. The basic command to retrieve a file from it was "cload". The cassette tape, as you know is a miniature reel to reel tape. You have to go forward or backward to find the song or in this case, file you need. I upgraded...
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    Bluegrass Thread

    Not Bluegrass...more Old Timey. If you're not familiar with banjo playing, what she does is called "Clawhammer" or "Frailing". A little of her voice goes a long way but her playing is virtuoso.
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    Who died? (Celebrity Deaths)

    Clifford Clavin and Brenda Leigh Johnson's mom passed away at 93.
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    Napoleon (2023)

    I just saw this and it was terrible. Shitty acting and even worse screen play. Joaquin Phoenix was bored throughout the whole thing and they gave him stupidest lines to say. I think trying to condense Napolean's adult life into 2 hours was too much for the director and the screenwriter.
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    Funny, Strange, Random Pics

    Why did they remove the rear sight from that rifle?
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    Funny, Strange, Random Pics

    RIP Gemini 7 and Apollo 8 Commander
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    Home Improvement

    James Condon is one of my favorite YouTube channels.
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    Funny, Strange, Random Pics