Same here! I still chewed on apple seeds though, and still do.

Chewed them! Urk! No, I kind of swallowed them whole by accident. However I did eat minty paste and salty play-dough and was not forced into it. It tasted good.

Apple seeds taste good to me, lol

And that's why I love coming back here, always such a warm welcome. Like a well worn stop on the road of life. Be rain pounding outside or snow and cold cutting through the air, this little forum remains a warm little inn filled with friends and good tales. Ah..

On the subject of childhood shenanigans I was always a fan of salty things. Would never eat Play-Doh, only suck on it till nothing was left.

I would take a small piece and stick it on the roof of my mouth and rub my tongue against it until it dissolved. I thought it was awesome lol

Back in the eighties I went through a phase of drinking undiluted squash...Cordial stuff...Aaaaand this was back in the glorious days of E-numbers!!... ...

On a side note, I almost got sliced to pieces by an exploding milk collection jar in t'parlour tonight...I wasn't close enough to get actual damage, but still...Thoroughly unimpressed when there was bang and much large jagged bits flying everywhere...Y'know?...

GAAAAAH!


I had an AA battery explode once in my car while I was driving. Didn't know my car got that hot baking in the sunlight. At first I thought I'd been shot in some weird drive-by or something, was looking for blood but there was none.

I heard of a kid playing with his Game Boy when the four batteries exploded right in his hands. Don´t know how much he was hurt but I still think of it whenever I pick up mine..

It hit with force, and there was a loud "BANG!" sound - I seriously thought I'd been shot. I washed the acid off (both me and the inside of the car) quickly once I realized what had happened just in case it burned or something, but other than the initial impact - no, didn't hurt. More fear of not knowing what happened than anything else.

Often the case. But I suspect he could have gotten hurt if the shattered plastic from the battery cover cut him.

Did you have to get another car later?

Actually, I did get another car not much later (but for completely different reasons) - didn't see any erosion of the leather seats or anything before exchanging cars though.

Exploding batteries? Eating Play-dough and paste?

What the hell went on here

We all have a little "KOB Kitchen" around us, lol.

I was about to say something similar!

So a missive from Casa Treydoggie.

My toilet has been acting up recently (looks at KOB with suspicion and makes note to ask Mrs. Treydog if anyone has asked to "borrow" the bathroom recently).

The tank was filling really slowly. So on Saturday I finally got a chance to look into things. Step one- check the supply line... which involves several prelim steps- to wit- flush so the tank mostly drains, valve off the supply so it doesn't refill, find a container to place under the opening to catch the excess that will drain out when the supply line is removed.

Did all that, valved it back on. Good flow from the supply.

And now we come to the joy that always attends ANY "work" around the house. Mrs. Treydog (lovely woman- we have an anniversary coming up on the 14th) decided many years ago that what the bathroom needed was a metal rack/shelf type deal that goes over the top of the tank.

No problem- storage space is good. Except... the lowest shelf sits about 4 inches above the top of the tank. So any work inside the tank requires moving the rack... which has a crossbar along the bottom- which goes BEHIND the toilet. Still, no problem. Just get the Phillips screwdriver and... oh wait. It is an Allen screw- not a Phillips. Just need to find my computer tool kit, which has Allen keys...

(3 days later) No tool kit. On a whim, I reach down and test the screw- it is only finger-tight. I can loosen it by hand (facepalm).

So maybe on the UPCOMING Saturday, I will be able to get at the innards and replace the malfunctioning whatsis.

Or more likely will end up with the toilet disassembled and unrepairable until I call in a guy named "Bubba" who charges more per hour than I make in a week...

Geck, toilets. That's why I married a man XD

I had to unload 9 totes of frozen food alone. Not TOO bad, except the guys who delivered it came at 6:30 at night when I was supposed to already be finished with half the store and working on the other half. Needless tto say, I finished unloading at 8 pm and we close at 9. My boss is gonna kill me.

The cashier also got teased for a hickey on his neck by a customer. He's my age and SUUUUPER quiet. I couldn't help but laugh.

SPEW !!!! ROFL !!!! Er...3 days of looking for a set of Allen wrenches before trying it? ... ... ... ..... SPEW!

See, we women when we build something (notice I didn't say "try to build something"), we don't bother with touching grimy tools. You would be amazed what (and how many) simple things found readily at hand in any house at any given time can be used in replacement of screwdrivers (even Phillips heads!), hammers, Allen (or any other) wrenches, vise grips, etc.

We are wonderously gifted builders, but leave it to the men to dismantle our efforts, lol. (and there the fun trouble begins).

I'm just plain lazy and usually use a knife in place of a screwdriver. Although he did say Allen, that's hex right? That's a little more difficult to get loose with a knife, but I've done it before.

Nothing to it, chewing gum and a jelly bean...er...

I don't have any of that laying around usually. And I'd rather not use something sticky. That'll just make a mess.

Cigarette butt and a clotheshanger? String tied to a toad?

But stickiness is HALF THE FUN!!

NO IT ISN'T.


Garden Gnome?

My dream is to make a time machine using a hamster, a rubber band ball and a yardstick.

ONE DAY.

Oh, if you have a Garden Gnome, just stick him in the bathroom and go have a cup of coffee. He'll do everything for you. I filled my Megaton house with them, turned off the Mr. Handy and never had to clean or fix a thing!

Unfortunately his name is Bubba and he charges more per hour than Treydog makes a week.

Lol, maybe he has an agenda.




See, now there is where you are making your mistake. Try using a gerbil next time, see if that fixes the snag.

If the gerbil doesn't work, I'll try a chinchilla.

Thanks, mALX! -hugs-

There is a precedent for blue police call boxes...

Just call me McGyver McmALX ("What's she doing with that thing?").

I'll bet you could do wonders with a paperclip and some rotten fruit XD

Who needs the rotten fruit? Give me a paper clip and I'm unstoppable! ROFL !!!

HAHAHA! ^.^

And now you guys are repairing items in your homes without tools? I keep missing the interesting topics

Now where did I put that butter knife? Hmmmm....

(3 days later) ... Lol !!!

The store was INSANE tonight. Holy crap. EVERYONE bought us out of Valentine cards(the kid ones with cartoon characters and stuff)

Oh my god. It was nuts! People are ANIMALS!!

Oh yeah,

HAPPY VALENTINES DAY EVERYBODY!

The big red font scared me XD

Oops

You too. Lol.

Happy Valentines Ya'all!

Happy Christian Saint who was martyred by being torn apart by starving dogs day!


Yeah, this is why I don't understand this holiday.

Sounds like a good time to me!

What's to understand? Chocolate confectioners and the guys over at Jared have to eat too!


I don’t think anybody really knows who the actual Saint Valentine was. I was under the impression that he was the former Bishop of Temi who was beaten with clubs and then beheaded on Feb. 14 for trying to convert Claudius II to christianity.

I learned in church (back when I still used to attend) that...
Oh, I forgot. It had something to do with a blind pagan girl. I try to refresh myself on holidays every time they come around, but my memory is weird. I often forget to remember.

That is officially the quote of the day for me!

Yeah, the Bishop of Temi (whose roman name was pronounced Valentinus) was placed under house arrest by a judge for converting romans to christianity. Well, he and the judge get to talking about the validity of Jesus, and the judge decides to put Valentinus to the test. He brings his blind daughter in and tells Valentinus that, if he can cure her, that he (the judge) will do anything Valentinus asks. Valentinus lays his hands upon the girl and she is cured. The judge is so overcome that he asks Valentinus to name his price. Valentinus tells the judge to renounce paganism and convert to christianity.

Later, Valentinus is arrested again, only this time he is brought before the Emperor Claudius II, who has a much different reaction to the idea of converting...

Ahhh, gotcha. Maybe next year I will remember to remember XD

Monday, next...
...spinal assessment centre - hopefully our national health service will give me an injection so I can sit down properly without having to eat painkillers like Smarties.
Either that or its private...

Good luck Phon.