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Clearly, tomato soup is the foundation of a healthy diet.
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Nov 29, 2017 15:34
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The Bloop posted:The people that live in those buildings did not design them or choose to live in them for aesthetic purposes. They almost certainly live there because the rent is low and they don't do thorough background checks. I hadn't looked at the blown up image and thought they were single family. New background check: Are you willing to live in a building with a mansard roof? If so you are likely a felon.
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Nov 29, 2017 15:52
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Bad Munki posted:Clearly, tomato soup is the foundation of a healthy diet. I really want to run with this but my well of puns is dry. Wait.. hang on.. I CAN't believe they did that!
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Nov 29, 2017 15:56
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therobit posted:I hadn't looked at the blown up image and thought they were single family.
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Nov 29, 2017 16:07
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Jaded Burnout posted:I really want to run with this but my well of puns is dry.
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Nov 29, 2017 16:08
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Chicken soup for the sole.
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Nov 29, 2017 16:33
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Ashcans posted:The French nobility probably committed a bunch of felonies, so this checks out. Also fast food restaurants often have felons working there.
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Nov 29, 2017 17:50
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https://i.imgur.com/hH5Iilk.mp4 This is the nightmare scenario/torture test for building codes, right? Bunch of people jumping up and down at the same time
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Nov 30, 2017 05:55
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canyoneer posted:https://i.imgur.com/hH5Iilk.mp4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hr3HTkkpvtU A thick crowd of people is denser than bumper‐to‐bumper parked cars. And cars can’t do standing jumps.
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Nov 30, 2017 06:19
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*AHEM* https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D7vi6HTa990
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Nov 30, 2017 06:29
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Thats why I don't dance.
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Nov 30, 2017 12:09
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My Lovely Horse posted:It's just a really narrow travelator, what's the deal? Nah, man, you're just supposed to sit on the rail and ride that.
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Nov 30, 2017 14:17
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Brute Squad posted:Or how to open the exterior doors with a properly sized and shaped coat hanger. Going back a couple pages, but this reminded me of my second university flat. It was new build, and shoddy as hell. We moved in sixteen weeks later than we were supposed to, and had to live in blocks that were supposed to have been demolished already for that time. Anyway, we moved into our shiny new flat, and rapidly discovered that it was faster to use the normal key to hook behind the latch and break in to our own flat, than it was to use the key in the keyhole. There was a huge gap between door and frame.
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Nov 30, 2017 16:46
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Brovine posted:Going back a couple pages, but this reminded me of my second university flat. It was new build, and shoddy as hell. We moved in sixteen weeks later than we were supposed to, and had to live in blocks that were supposed to have been demolished already for that time. I was talking about the elevator doors, but that works too. Doors are apparently really challenging for people to install.
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Nov 30, 2017 16:53
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Grover's load-bearing soup
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Nov 30, 2017 17:44
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Nov 30, 2017 21:41
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paging kid sinister to collect his meltdown
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Nov 30, 2017 22:25
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Optimist in me says at least they used a box at all.
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Nov 30, 2017 22:30
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I've had electricians round the last couple of days and despite them sounding like a couple of parakeets I'm really glad they do good safe work.
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Nov 30, 2017 22:33
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Yeah, I've been finding some danger boxes buried in the wall, so it looks I'm going to be digging in to the rainy day fund for a competent electricians well. Hate to the see the money fly out in large quantities like that, but the peace of mind and lack of a future fiery inferno is worth it.
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Nov 30, 2017 23:27
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dammit jones. i really have to do the same thing 
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Jaded Burnout posted:I've had electricians round the last couple of days and despite them sounding like a couple of parakeets I'm really glad they do good safe work. Do they keep saying "pretty boy"? Also don't you mean budgerigar?
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Indolent Bastard posted:Do they keep saying "pretty boy"? They echo thoughts back and forth. I didn't check their plumage.
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Jaded Burnout posted:They echo thoughts back and forth. I didn't check their plumage. Sounds like a garden variety crested sparkie.
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So I think it was this thread that told me about the recall on Kidde fire extinguishers? Trip report - they send you a higher end one (I think their highest end "home" one - Pro 110 series). But it looks like they do want the old one back now, instead of disposing of it. Prepaid shipping label is included, and the instructions state they expect you to send it intact. Also it doesn't fit the old bracket.  (includes a new metal one, but it's the commercial type instead of the big plastic one)(also gently caress Fedex for not leaving a note or something on my door... apparently it's been sitting in the leasing office of my apartments for a week) Qwijib0 posted:It's in midtown, I'd say about half the homes in the area have bars, including my own. Most don't meet modern fire code (keyed, no-quick release) and I had to remove them from my bedroom windows to get a mortgage. The bars are up so that you can leave the windows open all day while you're gone, as the area was primarily evap cooled when built, and it's still a popular cooling method. This. Swamp coolers are still alive and well in much of the desert, and Google Maps shows most of the houses I grew up in still have them (and still have the bars we had). One house I lived in had a lever on each inside bedroom wall to release the bars (they were hinged).
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Yu-Gi-Ho! posted:
Well there goes my plan of tying a string to the trigger and seeing how much foam comes in a fire extinguisher
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Armacham posted:Well there goes my plan of tying a string to the trigger and seeing how much foam comes in a fire extinguisher Just ask if you can shoot it off before returning. And you don’t need to use string on the handle, it’s designed to be held while you use it.
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Dec 2, 2017 01:06
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Cocoa Crispies posted:Just ask if you can shoot it off before returning. And you don’t need to use string on the handle, it’s designed to be held while you use it. Yeah, but they're being recalled for having the nozzle fly off and killing people. Play it safe.
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Dec 2, 2017 02:58
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Like, at an angle? Because otherwise how are they killing people? Someone's on fire so you point the extinguisher at them and then BANG they get impaled with the nozzle? Do not stare directly into the nozzle. Do not agitate the nozzle.
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Metal Geir Skogul posted:Like, at an angle? Because otherwise how are they killing people? Someone's on fire so you point the extinguisher at them and then BANG they get impaled with the nozzle? Do not anger Happy Fun Ball.
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Dec 2, 2017 03:27
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AFAIK they're being recalled for the lovely plastic handle breaking and the extinguisher not working as a result, not anything flying apart. They actually sent me a letter a week or so after I got my two replacements saying to not take it to a Fedex store but instead to set up a pickup. It's been another two weeks since then and I haven't done anything, I'm kind of waiting it out to see if they complain, if I don't hear anything in another month or so I'm probably going to shoot the big one, not sure what to do with the small one.
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Metal Geir Skogul posted:Like, at an angle? Because otherwise how are they killing people? Someone's on fire so you point the extinguisher at them and then BANG they get impaled with the nozzle?
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Dec 2, 2017 13:55
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My Lovely Horse posted:Now they're on fire and a fountain of blood is spurting through the nozzle with every heartbeat. How much more dark slapstick can we add onto this? Foam makes everything funnier, so I think we're all set here.
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Dec 2, 2017 14:41
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tetrapyloctomy posted:Foam makes everything funnier, so I think we're all set here. Do you know what you've done? You've tempted probably at least 5 people to post the foam video. Why. Why would you bring upon us that abomination. And what's worse I'm pretty sure you knew what you were doing, so in conclusion get hosed.
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https://gfycat.com/QuarterlyInexperiencedIbadanmalimbe Foam sometimes makes great videos
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At first I thought he'd somehow caught fire on his own (I don't know, okay, maybe the dude is naturally combustible) and they had mini extinguishers that for some reason made things worse, and I was all ready to quip "what the hell, did they use this stuff:" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eBi5ciuZcPE Then I realized they were spraying him for fun before the fire started and that was, in fact, literally exactly what they did. 
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canyoneer posted:https://gfycat.com/QuarterlyInexperiencedIbadanmalimbe I particularly like how they set him on fire by spraying him with flammable foam, then immediately attempt to use the same spray to extinguish the flames.
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I assumed it was a butane propellant doing the job.
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