Flinging Rants To See If They'll Stick

[Ban Hammer 14,654]

2 hours ago, Neonred said:

 

And I should have mentioned that it really doesn't matter what they are set at.  No one here knows or cares what time it is.  It's called "island time"

and then we have monkey time - where it is always time to fling poo.

Edited Monday at 03:39 PM by Ban Hammer

[mam521 2,742]

On 11/1/2025 at 11:57 PM, TBoneTX said:

Arose and spent nearly an hour changing clocks,          man.

When are you coming to do mine for me?  🤣

 

On 11/1/2025 at 11:57 PM, TBoneTX said:

We also out-changed the batteries in most of our clocks, change we man.

Did you check your fire alarms, too?  Time change transitions are apparently good times to check this.  

Personally, I just wait until the stupid thing starts beeping in the middle of the night and drives the dog nuts and I'm so beyond annoyed that I pull the stupid thing down until morning.  Efficient?  Probably not.  

[Neonred 3,955]

5 hours ago, mam521 said:

 

Did you check your fire alarms, too?  Time change transitions are apparently good times to check this.  

 

When I first read this I thought you wrote firearms.  I said to myself, Yep, need to check and clean mine.

 

5 hours ago, mam521 said:

Personally, I just wait until the stupid thing starts beeping in the middle of the night and drives the dog nuts and I'm so beyond annoyed that I pull the stupid thing down until morning.  Efficient?  Probably not.  

 

I laugh but it's exactly what we do!

[Ban Hammer 14,654]

45 minutes ago, Neonred said:

 

When I first read this I thought you wrote firearms.  I said to myself, Yep, need to check and clean mine.

 

you can never have enough firearms.  👍

[TBoneTX 48,385]

16 hours ago, Neonred said:

And I should have mentioned that it really doesn't matter what they are set at.  No one here knows or cares what time it is.  It's called "island time"

LPoP and unread, no see we or anyone man.

Edited Tuesday at 05:37 AM by TBoneTX

[TBoneTX 48,385]

12 hours ago, mam521 said:

When are you coming to do mine for me?  🤣

Bad insouciant mam ma'am!  Bad, BAD insouciant INSOUCIANT mam ma'am!   

12 hours ago, mam521 said:

check your fire alarms, too

We recently did research and learned the following, see man:

1.  "Super Heavy Duty" batteries are typically carbon-zinc and absolute poop, avoid them man.

2.  Alkaline batteries can vary from name-brand to store-brand (e.g., Kirkland isn't automatically Duracell), si and no man.  Regardless, they can last in wall clocks for 2 years, in general man.

Many.  The very best batteries for low- and medium-drain devices (= "place them & forget them) are the lithium batteries, such as Energizer Ultimate Lithium, si man.  They have a life in wall clocks of Many (2+2+1) to Many (2x2x2 +2) years and don't leak, either, si and no man.

[TBoneTX 48,385]

Thrilling Monday report, see man:

 

Zzz'd rather well overnight, mirabile dictu man.

Breakfasted/skoolbused Mini-B., bye wee man man.

Returned immediately for Siesta #1 and zzz'd rather well, mirabile dictu man.

 

Lunch was 2 precooked Costco hard-boiled eggs, ingest we man.

 

Visited Mama T-B., only a couple of yelling sessions man.

 

Returned to casa for Siesta #2 and zzz'd rather well, mirabile dictu man.

 

Din-din was an entire Costco lasagna*, ingest Two Guys man.

     *recently bought on sale, F$WM

 

Movie night was 2 Better Call Saul episodes, watch Two Guys man.

Many (2+1) bowls of Costco popcorn were consumed, ingest Two Guys man.

This tallies to Many (2x2x2 +1) for the week already, minimum quota a cinch man.

Dessert was strawberries (Aldi) and green grapes (Aldi), ingest Two Guys man.

Miu consumed one of the greens from a strawberry, noncarniverous miu man.

 

Miu rather quiescent all day except we had to brush her Many (2+1) times, service miu we man.

 

No party with the rubias tonight, no cavort we man.

Must take Uncle T-B. for mutual ear-cleaning on Tuesday, overdue for both man.

And that was/is our thrilling Monday, report we man.

[mam521 2,742]

Duracell batteries are complete and utter trash.  They've ruined so many items.  They are banned from our household.  Energizer are fine.  The biggest challenge has been finding lithium Energizers for non-extortionate prices!

[Ban Hammer 14,654]

7 minutes ago, mam521 said:

Duracell batteries are complete and utter trash.  They've ruined so many items.  They are banned from our household.  Energizer are fine.  The biggest challenge has been finding lithium Energizers for non-extortionate prices!

agreed.  i had the ones in my thermostat run low and  one of them leaked.  i was able to get it cleaned up (rubbing alcohol and qtips) but when i put in new duracells, i still got the low battery warning.  it turns out the pack of 20 batteries i had in the fridge are no longer any good, i had to buy a new pack of energizer batteries.   

Edited Tuesday at 02:21 PM by Ban Hammer

[mam521 2,742]

17 minutes ago, Ban Hammer said:

agreed.  i had the ones in my thermostat run low and  one of them leaked.  i was able to get it cleaned up (rubbing alcohol and qtips) but when i put in new duracells, i still got the low battery warning.  it turns out the pack of 20 batteries i had in the fridge are no longer any good, i had to buy a new pack of energizer batteries.   

Having to replace a thermostat because Duracells ruined it would tick me off something fierce.  Happy to hear the leak didn't ruin it and you were able to recover it.  

 

I lost my camera flash for one of my dSLR's to Duracells.  Lesson learned not to forget to take the batteries out.  We've also lost some kids' toys over the years.  I wasn't that sad when it was discovered that the Furbys were toast. 

[TBoneTX 48,385]

13 hours ago, mam521 said:

Duracell batteries are complete and utter trash.  They've ruined so many items.  They are banned from our household.

Now tell us how you REALLY feel, si mam ma'am.

 

In our experience, the VERY worst batteries are Northern Tool + Equipment, si man.

They spontaneously leak & corrode even when kept cool/dry/dark, sigh man.

Why must the expensive Energizers be the only truly good battery, huh man?

[TBoneTX 48,385]

Thrilling Tuesday report, see man:

 

We zzz'd rather well overnight, wondering when the other shoe will drop on this man.

Breakfasted/skoolbused Mini-B., bye wee man man.

Stayed up pending doc caucus with Uncle T-B., rather groggy we man man.

 

Uncle T-B. beetched/moaned the whole short trip there, good grief man.

In waiting room, kept rambling about nonsense stuff and expecting us to answer,  man.

Doc out-cleaned our ears, some improvement man.

Doc out-cleaned Uncle T-B.'s ears, latter then complained that things were too loud man.  

 

Returned Uncle T-B. to his casa, return we man.

Had to go in to out-straighten pill caddy hosed by casa-health nooser,  man.

 

Lunch was the Costco hotdog + Coke Zero, ingest F$WM.

We opportuned* to buy two more on-sale lasagnas, F$WM.

     *cool new verb concising the cumbersome "took the opportunity to," brilliant we man

 

 

Returned to casa, si man.

Arranged for caucus with far-off windows/siding contractor, Wednesday eve man.

An effective siesta was at last taken, zzz we man.

 

Din-din was nuked Barrilla pasta + Aldi meatballs + Aldi meat sauce, ingest Two Guys man.

It was somehow even better than in memory, culinarily proficient we man.

 

Movie night was a Better Call Saul episode, watch Two Guys man.

Many (2+1) bowls of Costco popcorn were consumed, ingest Two Guys man.

This tallies to an even Manyzen already for the week, quota achieved & smashed man.

 

No party with the rubias tonight, no cavort we man.

Must visit Mama T-B. on Wednesday, needy senior she man man.

Caucus with contractor before sunset, caucus we man with he man man.

Non-Two-Guys eve Wednesday, sigh man.

And that was/is our thrilling Tuesday, report we man.

[Ban Hammer 14,654]

23 hours ago, TBoneTX said:

Returned Uncle T-B. to his casa, return we man.

 

is he a monkey's uncle?

[TBoneTX 48,385]

1 hour ago, Ban Hammer said:

is he a monkey's uncle?

At least he's not an inferior primate like some people we know here, no and see man.

[TBoneTX 48,385]

Thrilling Wednesday report, see man:

 

Vivid nightmares overnight, disrupted zzz man.

Breakfasted/skoolbused Mini-B., bleary we man.

Subsequently attempted siesta failed, no zzz we man.

 

Lunch was 2 ham-&-cheese sandwiches, ingest we man.

 

Went to see Mama T-B., visit we man senior she man man.

No yelling occurred, surprising man.

 

Back at the casa, attempted siesta #2 failed, no zzz we man.

 

Ex-Mrs.-T-B. wanted to swap No Two Guys eve from today to Thursday, OK with us man.

It was propitious, because one of Mama T-B.'s cousins died and funeral is Thursday, free-to-attend we man.

 

Caucus occurred with windows/siding contractor, very comfortable feeling but must wait on quote we man.

 

Din-din was shepherd's pie from Aldi, ingest Two Guys man.

Movie night was one Better Call Saul episode, watch Two Guys man.

Many (2+1) bowls of Costco popcorn were consumed, ingest Two Guys man.

This tallies to Many (2x2x2x2 -1) for the week so far, impressive man.

We noted to Mini-B. that we could challenge the all-time popcorn record, note we man to wee man man.

Mini-B. said, "Si man, but do we WANT to, huh man, si man," si man.

 

No party with the rubias tonight, no cavort we man.

Funeral Thursday afternoon, long drive but should be Texas weather Many man.

Must itinerary GSs/ESs, itinerary we man man.

And that was/is our thrilling Wednesday, report we man.