@Barney Or mehbe a butt instead of an ass?

@PooltoyWolf Solution:
/image purple duct tape

@Kidsandliz I love purple.

@Kidsandliz Oooh colorful patches!

@UncleVinny -

1 - Imelda Marcos

2 - Canada

@aetris @UncleVinny
1 LMB
3 1st downs

That’s all I know

@llangley I blame @pooltoywolf that your cool cat gif won’t open and instead when I right clicked to open it in a new tab so I could see it, it downloaded and then launched chrome (which was not open) all by its little self!

@UncleVinny I’m still waiting for that post.
/giphy waiting patiently

@eonfifty and well you should! It’ll happen someday.

Some. Day.

@UncleVinny
/image some day someday

@UncleVinny ahem…

@llangley but maybe this is inside…

@llangley Sorry to hear about your mom, hopefully she gets well soon. And yes, take it from me…no air holes is good!

@llangley This is a GIF, so you can’t hear it, but I believe he farts when he blows bubbles.

@PooltoyWolf Thanks, she’s a little better today☺. And I guess you’d be the expert on air holes!!..

@PooltoyWolf DISCLAIMER: no pool toy wolf was harmed in the posting of the above image

@llangley @pooltoywolf
I blame @pooltoywolf for my forgetting to put air holes in that box…

@llangley You know it…what goes up must come down! Incidentally, is it bad that I know the source of every inflatable wolf pic posted here so far?

@PooltoyWolf Depends…ok, nevermind - yes it is.

Depends…ok, nevermind - yes it is.

mfladd said 3 hours ago

So Depends are ok?

Good to know.

@llangley hope she is doing better and could see fireworks from her hospital window.

@f00l like old folks pissing…I guess it all Depends©!

@Seeds

/youtube welcome to the jungle live

@Seeds Wouldn’t some people define a sentient, talking inflatable wolf pooltoy who loves trains as the craziest? :B

@PooltoyWolf You haven’t met these two :p

@Seeds

I can guess. Sympathies.

@Seeds Weren’t they that way before?

@mike808 Probably, but they’re new to me.

@PlacidPenguin Don’t look at me! Pooltoys are electrically insulative.

@PooltoyWolf

It came back about 10 minutes ago.

@PlacidPenguin Hooray!!

@narfcake wtf? First of all, I can’t even use the toilet paper one cuz I buy the mega double super ridiculous rolls that Charmin had to send me an extended spindle or they wouldn’t fit.

My paper towels hang on the side of the fridge with a magnetic shop paper towel holder cuz it’s less shit on my counter.

And I like foaming soap dispensers.

Screw this weird deal.

@RiotDemon

I recently got a package in the mail.

Inside were 4 toilet paper roll extended holders. Forgot that I had requested them.

Oh well. Somebody will be getting them in the next mehxchange.

@PlacidPenguin they work great on my old school ceramic TP holder. That thing barely fit a double roll or whatever is bigger than the basic. I’m lazy so this helps since I can buy the biggest rolls and change them less.

@RiotDemon

By any chance, is each end of the holder a skull, so that each end of the roll goes into a skull’s mouth?

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Or even something like this?

@RiotDemon Don’t forget $2/month per device AND having to return them if you are no longer a subscriber.

@narfcake ugh. They should give the devices away at that point.

@PlacidPenguin nah. I’m holding out for one of these.

I think I’d prefer the dragon one so I could buy this matching brush, but I can’t find it for sale to the US.

@PlacidPenguin @RiotDemon I want those dragons. Now I have to go on a quest.

@OldCatLady

Want my list of stuff which I want but would never actually buy?

(Feel free to make buying them part of your quest.)

@OldCatLady if you find the toilet brush where they’ll ship to the US, let me know please. I guess I could use a freight forwarder, but it’s already so expensive. I think they were all 45€ or more.

@OldCatLady @RiotDemon

Shame I’m no longer in contact with any of the French people I know.

@PlacidPenguin this is only $1300+

https://www.houzz.com/product/78715987-dragon-toilet-brush-holder-swarovski-crystal-gold-asian-toilet-brushes-and-holders

@PlacidPenguin @RiotDemon Not enough sparkles.

@sammydog01 just wrap your ten misfit watch things around it before you scrub the toilet.

@narfcake good thung those are in the works, hopefully Amazon doesn’t develop a similar system and call it a dash button.

Oh wait…

@narfcake Woooo

@PooltoyWolf Daytime high was 116 yesterday, so <90 is low!

(SoCal usually doesn’t get this hot.)

@narfcake Holy crap, I’d melt to the pavement and go flat ;_;

@lisaviolet

A very emphatic, terse, and final refusal to speak with them beyond 1 sentence is very polite and extremely justified in these circumstances.

@lisaviolet It gets worse, at least down here. We can’t shop in our Sam’s Club anymore without being accosted numerous times per visit by sales people trying to talk us into new windows or curling irons. It’s ridiculous…

@f00l I told the first one that showed up that I don’t like phone calls selling me stuff and I don’t like people coming to the door. She said nobody does as she walked away.

And yet, she still does it.

I’m going to make a sign “my medicare is taken care of thank you, now go away”, laminate it and hang it on the gate.

@f00l @lisaviolet You two are a couple of sweethearts. If someone I don’t know knocks on my door, the moment they open their mouth, I say “There’s the gate. Please be sure and shut it on your way out.” It goes right downhill from there. I can be VERY unpleasant, including reminding them that they are trespassing, and that I might be old, but my fuse is really short, and they need to consider the consequences, both legal and physical.

If you knew me, you’d know that if the weather’s nice, the garage door will be open, and you should say something sensible like “Hello, the house!” or similar. Even better, you could wait for an invitation (although some folks have standing invitations, of course).

I hate door-to-door anything, no matter what they’re selling, and that includes politicians. You both have my sympathy.

I’m usually outside, throwing dirt in my hair, and mumbling happily about weeds, and flowers, and nice weather, and other goofy stuff. :-}

@Shrdlu

Want a gardening kit for ages 3+?

Everything is plastic, but it comes with a watering can, a spray bottle, wheelbarrow, pots, and tools.

I’ll even throw in 10 small metal hangable flower pots.

@lisaviolet

I don’t know anything about your local door-to-door solicitation law.

Around here, a No Solicitors sign is legally binding. Persons who ignore such a sign risk having a talk with the police that might involve paperwork and fees … or a conversation with the resident about home defense methods.

@f00l I’ll be posting a sign.

It’s just so presumptuous. We get the solar salespeople, the alarm companies, the religious folk concerned for my soul, the occasional school child, but these people call me by my first name. I’ve never gone by my first name. i don’t like this. They’re done before they have a chance to get started.

If they want to set up an appointment, send me snail mail and I’ll get back to them if I’m interested. Which I am not.

@narfcake Hooray!!!

@narfcake I got an Allen hitch-mount bike rack on clearance at Sam’s Club last fall (I think?) for $15! I’m converting it into a lift-assist device to help load/unload a small sailboat onto the roof of my SUV single-handed. Pix when I get that project done & working.

@compunaut Nice!

WM had some Reese ones on clearance, but none of my local stores had any left.

@compunaut That’s a really good idea. Back when I had an ancient 14’ sail boat (and earlier than that an even ancienter 16’ one) I was lucky as both times they came with a trailer. There is no way I ever could have gotten them on and off the roof of the ghetto van by myself.

@Kidsandliz Back when we had a Passat wagon, the lift was manageable, tho risky for scratching up the car. It’s impossible with the SUV.

@lisaviolet Yay congratulations

@lisaviolet

Congrats!

@tnhillbillygal

@tnhillbillygal It has been quite a bit of fun, hasn’t it?

@mfladd

Would you be staying there longer than 3 days? Or would you leave as soon as possible?

@PlacidPenguin Nope. Flights are booked. I am out of there as soon as I get out of meetings on Thur.

@mfladd You forgot to unblame for the two fuko’s. Shame shame shame.

@sammydog01 I’d surmise that a percentage of the stumbles “pre-load” with some supplemental adulterated beverages or pills before the concerts.

$15 beers? Are they served in solid gold cups or something?

@therealjrn They were big cans. They did allow tailgating until the singing started and the beer was flowing. Still flip flop lady was lying in the grass at the end of the show 3-1/2 hours later. I looked for her shoe but no luck.

@f00l My biggest blame so far!

@f00l

@f00l it’s fucking hot here!

@mfladd

Distract yourself by trying to buy the Ice King Adventure Time glass.

@f00l Not much better here…but humid as all hell!!

@mfladd

Next time show up during Oct-Nov or Mar-May.

Just a thought.

@f00l @mfladd I’ve heard that high temps make TX bbq taste better. Or it might be the beer; can’t remember

@compunaut @mfladd

High temps can make a cold one taste nice.

@mfladd

Sorry you had to come to TX this week.

Hope your visit was otherwise decent!

/giphy texas

@CaptAmehrican Awww…I’d make a good substitute.

@tnhillbillygal I’m still patiently waiting for mine

@PooltoyWolf I don’t mind waiting an extra day. It was just the fact they lied about it that ruffled my feathers. If they would have given me a yell and said that they forgot it and it would be here today I would have been 100% okay with it. (They normally do that.) I just don’t like deception. Oh well. It is a new day!

@ruouttaurmind You’re hopeless.

Note: I get up at 6am to read it and I’m a couple days behind right now.

@ruouttaurmind

I know something which would help, though you’re probably not currently a teenage girl in the 90s.

@PlacidPenguin Moreover, I was not a teenage girl in the '90s either. I am considering being a teenage girl in the 2020s though. Or a 90 year old girl in 2019?

@ruouttaurmind

I mean, it’s your personal business.

As long it doesn’t negatively affect me, you could do whatever you want.

@PlacidPenguin Nvm. If it won’t negatively affect you, I guess it’s not worth the bother.

Besides, I did just buy all those new jeans last night. Pretty sure most teenage girls, regardless of decade, wouldn’t be caught dead wearing those.

@ruouttaurmind

Giving me $244 in singles would REALLY negatively affect me.

@Kidsandliz A pound of blueberries never seems to be as many as it sounds at first. That’s hardly enough for a decent stack of flapjacks.

@Kidsandliz @ruouttaurmind damn those look delicious
/giphy now I want pancakes right now

@ruouttaurmind Yeah well mom needs them more than I do.

@f00l

It’s currently 79° F.

@PlacidPenguin
See you in January.

@f00l too hot! At DFW airport right now, getting ready to leave this godforsaken state. You may have evaded me this time, but I will get you my pretty!

@mfladd

July and August can be difficult.

Glad you survived. Hope you got decent Texas food.

@mfladd

@Trillian gladly

@f00l @Trillian Good riddance. I think he brought that damned East Coast hot air with him.
/giphy East Coast hot air

Too doggone cute to change!

@msklzannie I would blow away so fast…

@mfladd

Did you decontaminate yourself?

@mfladd @PlacidPenguin

We sheep-dipped him upon his arrival in Texas.

he was likely safe, but you never know for certain …

@f00l @PlacidPenguin I also have to mention to @dave that the Enderson bag, while many will find the sizes a bit odd, is probably the best price to quality item I have purchased here. These things are REALLY REALLY nice - very well made!!!
I bought 2 sets instead of 1 by mistake, and and am very glad I did.

@f00l

If you think it’s hot by you…

@PlacidPenguin

Quite rude.

@f00l

Usually we have about 2 horrible hot weather weeks each summer. It was pretty nice up till about the start of this week. So far, not too bad tho this week is hotter than our usual highs.

The rain forecast on Tuesday, if it comes, will make an enormous diff.

We aren’t in a drought. In fact we’ve had a fair amount of rain in spring, June, and July. So, I’m thinking August might be bearable, perhaps even quite nice.

We’ll see.

/image surface of the sun

@f00l

Otoh

When you get into your car and turn on the AC, in this weather, it feels like your AC isn’t even working. Even if you had parked in the shade.

Until you’ve gotten up to freeway speeds for a while.

@Pooltoywolf!!!

@f00l @PooltoyWolf Or wait when you turn on your AC, using outside air, and it is really humid out. FOG comes out of the vents. Yup - happened to me again not so long ago (to stop the fog switch to recirculated air).

@f00l
/image large ice cube

@Barney @f00l

Thankfully with the pouring rain which was off/on/off/on etc. today, the heat was tolerable.

@PlacidPenguin Please, sir, may I have some rain, but not until I finish my mowing tomorrow?

@Barney

Coming from the purple who wants penguin repellent…

And yes, I called you a purple.

@PlacidPenguin

@Barney We had 5 inches yesterday. You are welcome to stop by and pump all the rain you want from our crawlspace.

@sammydog01 Ouch, that’s a lot of rain.

@Barney @sammydog01 oh no i feel your pain.

@Barney @CaptAmehrican @sammydog01

Anyone who wants rain should come to my area with as many containers to hold rain as possible, and they can take it home with them.

@Barney @CaptAmehrican @sammydog01 @Targaryen

So…
Much…
Rain…

It’s hard to do penguin stuff outside with all the rain.

@PlacidPenguin
/image penguin rain boots

@Barney

PS I sort of unpacked. Now you can’t see the livingroom floor. Went to the grocery store. Left behind the eggs. Had to go back for them. Luckily someone didn’t take them since that bag had the receipt in it that would prove I bought them. Customer service hadn’t put them back yet. I guess that is sort of an unblame. And I can’t sleep because I am coughing too much (blame). So I clicked meh (unblame that I didn’t forget).

@f00l

If you think you’re having weather problems, try dealing with this:

I didn’t even get any thunder today.

@f00l

Clothing suggestions
/image dressed for freezing

@mfladd That’s a sure-fire way for a GoaT to be railroaded, amirite?

@mfladd @therealjrn Ow, that one was bad.

@lisaviolet that’s excellent. Very happy for you and your husband!

@lisaviolet I’m so happy Thats awesome!

@lisaviolet THAT IS WONDERFUL!!! But don’t be surprised if the stress from his cancer gig doesn’t go away immediately in either one of you. Often, once past the crisis, the emotional earthquake of cancer resurfaces and it can take a while to deal with the rest of the fall out from cancer crap (and don’t let check up visit anxiety blindside you - or scan anxiety if he has scans - that is pretty common/normal…). With my first cancer gig I think it took nearly 4 years not to think about cancer at least once Every. Single. Day. Not unusual. But it does get better over time.

@mfladd I haven’t dared to enter the thread to upload my pics.

@narfcake I mentioned earlier on about starting a second one, but they all poo-pooed me!

@mfladd do you use the forum settings to collapse old comments? As long as I check it occasionally, it works out.

@RiotDemon Nah…I take the firehose version. It works for me, except with a thread like that.

@mfladd well… There’s your problem right there. You don’t use the tools that are provided for you.

Don’t complain about the results.

/giphy eye roll

@RiotDemon I can complain all I want. It’s a BLAME thread!

@mfladd waa waaa waaa.

@narfcake

@narfcake Just leave the garage door open and a trail of cat food or something across the garage and out the door. Since I have seen skunks foraging in dumps I am sure catfood would be enjoyed.

@narfcake Set off a flea bomb in the garage- with the door partly open. It’s irritating but not fatal, and if Pepe leaves quickly, you can close the door.

@PlacidPenguin @Kidsandliz @OldCatLady And opening Schrodinger’s box Narf’s garage … the skunk is alive … somewhere else. So it ran out sometime during the night. Have an unblame, @PooltoyWolf!

@PlacidPenguin I tried pagination for the first time a few days ago–I didn’t like it–so yay me.

@ruouttaurmind What in the hell is in there??? I see 2 eyes and a nose

@ruouttaurmind and mehbe some whiskers?

@llangley

@llangley @ruouttaurmind Hey, some of us are trying to eat dinner.

@llangley @ruouttaurmind @sammydog01 Hey you shouldn’t be online and at the dinner table at the same time unless you are home alone! What kind of example are you setting for your kids?

@ruouttaurmind So how did you manage that and did it require stitches?

@Kidsandliz Lowering a motor into my hot rod. Hoist chain shifted, motor dropped about an inch, pinned my finger between the motor mount and the chassis.

did it require stitches?

¯\_(ツ)_/¯

It’s pretty deep and pretty mangled. Didn’t look like there’s enough meat there for sutures to grab anything. I scrubbed it up, doused with antiseptic cream, wrapped it up, went back to my motor. Today it’s looking pretty fair. No sign of infection, no bleeding. I figure I’ll just keep it clean, antiseptic and fresh bandage as necessary, and keep an eye on it.

This has me wondering though… when the skin eventually regenerates, will the new skin basically be a clone of my old fingerprint, have a new pattern, or just be smooth. I’m curious to see what happens.

@ruouttaurmind I think they grow back over time unless what you get is scar tissue instead of regular skin.

@ruouttaurmind It’ll change, yes. That’ll be a nice scar, and it will alter it. You planning on doing a crime? Seriously, though, the fingerprint is not cast in bronze. I’ve got a couple of fingers that have changed over time.

You’re doing the right thing on how you’re taking care of it, too. Keep it clean. If it looks like it’s festering, Ol’ Doc Shrdlu says put some Neosporin on it, and a bandaid.

@ruouttaurmind @Shrdlu @woodhouse

Should have just removed fingerprint like referenced here.

I mean, here I am, telling people how to remove their fingerprint, but do they listen? No.

Sometimes I don’t even know why I bother.

@PlacidPenguin I’d love to hear more about the eBay thing. I know of someone who the company that makes Bubble Wrap came after because they didn’t call it ‘air-filled packaging’ in their eBay description. For real.

@PooltoyWolf

@PooltoyWolf

But sure, what would you like to know?

@PlacidPenguin Basically, the story. Like, what did they make you change/remove, and what did they claim it was infringing on?

@PooltoyWolf

I pretty much got an email telling me that the company sent eBay a notice that the listing violated intellectual property rights, and that eBay pulled the listing.

No specifics though, aside from telling me that the listing used their copyrighted text without permission.

@PlacidPenguin Bah. Probably similar to the aforementioned Bubble Wrap case!

@PooltoyWolf

Item description was pretty generic.

¯\_(ツ)_/¯

@PlacidPenguin Let’s hope they dont complain again, seeing as it sounds like they didn’t tell you the exact issue!

@PooltoyWolf

I just had the listing pulled again.

Going to contact the company’s legal team to find out what their the issue is.

And yes, I have a screenshot of my listing.

@PlacidPenguin And they won’t tell you what the supposedly offending text is??

@PooltoyWolf

Correct. I don’t know what the exact issue is.

I contacted the company’s legal time.

I’m trying to decide if I should wait for a reply, or relist it without any description of the item.

Meanwhile, I see other listings for the item, and they remain, despite having long descriptions about the item.

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I’m assuming that using their name in the product title is NOT illegal.

@narfcake I’m glad ^-^

@Kidsandliz I’m still Goat?? That means you fine folks may get a bonus Diesel of the Day!

@PooltoyWolf Yup - you are still right side up.

@Kidsandliz Hooray not dead!!!

@PooltoyWolf Still not dead.
/8ball is someone at meh failing to do their, um… “job”?
As I see it, yes

@Kidsandliz Oh no, the 8-Ball is right…

@Kidsandliz I blame @PooltoyWolf

@PooltoyWolf where is the bonus diesel of the day that was promised slightly hinted at? I’m not ready to stop learning yet

@PooltoyWolf @stardate820926 I blame @PooltoyWolf for the lack of a bonus diesel.

@stardate820926 Soooooon!

@PooltoyWolf still alive I see. I’d demand refund overtime a goat statue.

@Kidsandliz @PooltoyWolf I’m still waiting for mine. I served a day and a half extra, and had a tropical storm come through at the same time.

@Kidsandliz @OldCatLady @PooltoyWolf Wait, ex-goats get a statue?

@Kidsandliz @OldCatLady @PooltoyWolf @therealjrn @moose

Goat trophy, complete with spigots.

Just don’t get your hopes up if you have not gotten one yet.

https://meh.com/forum/topics/yassss#5afb47f27ca0dc023476c4ac

@Kidsandliz @Moose @OldCatLady @PlacidPenguin @therealjrn Holy crap! XD

@Kidsandliz @Moose @OldCatLady @PooltoyWolf @therealjrn

That goats have spigots?

@Kidsandliz @Moose @OldCatLady @PlacidPenguin @therealjrn That there’s a Goat trophy XD

@OldCatLady @PooltoyWolf @therealjrn I think these days we only get a goat trophy in a parallel universe. If you go to the thread on if you could go back in time, choose a time when JonT was handing them out. Then you might, if you are extremely lucky, get one.

@Kidsandliz @PooltoyWolf don’t fret them trophies are gonna get here any day now… any day now… I just know it… I can feel it…