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Just Sven
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5 months ago

Poor husband -- a double disappointment.

Just Sven
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5 months ago
Reply to  Mac

If that’s the worse thing that happens to me this week, I’ll take it.

Paddy O'Furnijur
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5 months ago

Happy Disappointment Monday, Gerbil Nation!
Good morning, Sven!

I went over to my MIL’s yesterday with the goals of replacing the pump in her fountain, putting an exterior electrical outlet where an old porch light had been, then putting up string lights on her patio cover. After many hours, only the pump replacement was completed. The pancake box where the old light was isn’t deep enough to hold an outlet and I can’t find round extension rings, but I picked up an adapter and a deep outdoor box that should work. Except now I need extra long screws for the outlet. Getting everything lined up was more trouble than it should have been because the installation is in a corner. Then it turns out that the threaded holes in the pancake box are slightly larger than the standard screws for an outlet or switch. Of course I couldn’t tell that until I’d get on side in, then start on the second, only to have the first come out again. Very frustrating. I’ll have to get some other screws, then go back again.

Just Sven
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5 months ago

An ambitious project -- too bad it didn’t go as planned and you need to make a second trip.

Paddy O'Furnijur
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5 months ago

Oh, I almost forgot. Happy Urff Day!

Paddy O'Furnijur
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5 months ago
Reply to  Mac

I think they’ve decided to go with “all of the above”. They’ve long since abandoned reasonable thought.

Just Sven
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5 months ago

Doom coming sooner than I thought.

OXFORD, England (AP) — Humanity has only two years left “to save the world” by making dramatic changes in the way it spews heat-trapping emissions and it has even less time to act to get the finances behind such a massive shift, the head of the United Nations climate agency said.

Paddy O'Furnijur
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5 months ago
Reply to  Just Sven

I guess we should just ignore that whole “massive increase in Antarctic ice” situation.

Just Sven
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5 months ago
Reply to  Mac

But if you don’t bring it up, then isn’t silence violence?

Paddy O'Furnijur
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5 months ago
Reply to  Mac

That’s especially true today, the start of Pesach. Meanwhile, we must respect whatever adherents to the RoP do during Ramadan.