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Elementary school evacuated after student brought β€œhistoric unexploded ordinance” for show and tell
Not The Bee ^ | November 26, 2024 | Staff

Posted on 11/26/2024 11:19:27 AM PST by Red Badger

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5,761 posted on 11/28/2025 2:14:23 AM PST by Tax-chick (Sounds like a great idea, with the best of intentions. What could possibly go wrong?)
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To: Tax-chick; NicknamedBob; null and void; no-to-illegals; Silentgypsy; ColdOne; Covenantor; ...

Good morning. Happy Friday!

We made it through Thanksgiving. Mrs. ArGee’s idea of a holiday involved moving furniture, but we also had a nice dinner. Everything was going well until we discovered a drip from the electrical input to the garbage disposal (groan!).

We were going to be looking at a new sink anyway, so now we have a timetable.

Yesterday’s Wordle went better than today’s. Here are both scores.

Wordle 1,622 3/6

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Wordle 1,623 4/6

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5,762 posted on 11/28/2025 5:03:39 AM PST by ArGee (If ignorance is bliss, Congress is one happy place!)
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To: ArGee; All

Good Friday Morning!

Well, we made it through as well... you would think that at our ages we would know better than to overeat like that... sigh...

Same results on the Wordle front...

Wordle 1,623 4/6*

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5,763 posted on 11/28/2025 6:19:40 AM PST by zzeeman ("We can evade reality, but we cannot evade the consequences of evading reality." )
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I don’t think I shared this. On Wednesday, after the electrician corrected one mistake in my wiring the light bulbs still wouldn’t light. About 30 troubleshooting minutes later we found that a 3-way switch had physically broken. At least he didn’t charge an arm and a leg. And we had a well-lit kitchen for Thanksgiving.

A physically broken switch. Who would have guessed?


5,764 posted on 11/28/2025 6:33:59 AM PST by ArGee (If ignorance is bliss, Congress is one happy place!)
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Glad that it all worked out and he didn’t sock you with a big bill! I’ve seen a couple broken switches over the years... some companies make some real shoddy products... something to keep an eye open for now that you know that one has stopped functioning... obviously the more frequently used switches are the most prone to breaking...


5,765 posted on 11/28/2025 6:50:56 AM PST by zzeeman ("We can evade reality, but we cannot evade the consequences of evading reality." )
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Oddly, I didn’t even remember this fixture had more than one switch. Mrs. ArGee spoke up and said, “There’s one in the dining room.” We actually found a 3rd while probing.


5,766 posted on 11/28/2025 6:56:29 AM PST by ArGee (If ignorance is bliss, Congress is one happy place!)
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To: ArGee

Must have been setup so that you can control that light coming in from all directions!


5,767 posted on 11/28/2025 7:48:02 AM PST by zzeeman ("We can evade reality, but we cannot evade the consequences of evading reality." )
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To: Tax-chick
Not me!

Not enough snow yet.

Maybe by Monday.

Happy Leftovers Day!

I made potato cakes for breakfast.

5,768 posted on 11/28/2025 8:15:16 AM PST by Harmless Teddy Bear (It's like somebody just put the Constitution up on a wall …. and shot the First Amendment -Mike Rowe)
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I think one of the switches was more of a “because we can” switch, but otherwise that’s correct.


5,769 posted on 11/28/2025 8:29:35 AM PST by ArGee (If ignorance is bliss, Congress is one happy place!)
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To: Harmless Teddy Bear

Sounds like a nice breakfast.

I had oatmeal. (Said with the tone of voice of Charlie Brown saying, “I got a rock.”)


5,770 posted on 11/28/2025 8:30:24 AM PST by ArGee (If ignorance is bliss, Congress is one happy place!)
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To: ArGee
Did you at least have brown sugar and cream on it?

Maybe some dried fruit and nuts?

5,771 posted on 11/28/2025 8:37:27 AM PST by Harmless Teddy Bear (It's like somebody just put the Constitution up on a wall …. and shot the First Amendment -Mike Rowe)
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I snack on dried fruit throughout the day. I put maple syrup in my oatmeal.

It’s not that anyone begrudges me different food. I’m just to lazy to prepare anything but oatmeal or cereal w/milk in the morning. I don’t even bother with the toaster-oven, although if we had a pop-up toaster I might have something toasted.


5,772 posted on 11/28/2025 10:29:41 AM PST by ArGee (If ignorance is bliss, Congress is one happy place!)
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To: Harmless Teddy Bear

We didn’t have potatoes.


5,773 posted on 11/28/2025 1:08:19 PM PST by Tax-chick (Sounds like a great idea, with the best of intentions. What could possibly go wrong?)
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To: ArGee

Oof!

That story hits. I had a kitchen faucet that was dripping at the slip-on 3/8” tube fitting that connects the pull-out sprayer with the faucet body under the sink. I shut the whole thing off, took the corroded fitting connection apart, polished both of the brass tubing ends with 1200 grit sanding film, lightly greased it, and reassembled it with a new fitting. The moment I turned the water back on it was spraying all over under there.

The corrosion on the faucet tube extended too far to permit the new fitting to seat.

I ended up getting a new faucet.

I hate plumbing.


5,774 posted on 11/28/2025 2:17:20 PM PST by HKMk23 (https://youtu.be/LTseTg48568)
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