GOML is a state of mind. It does not need to involve actual lawns.Quote:
Originally Posted by old goat
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GOML is a state of mind. It does not need to involve actual lawns.Quote:
Originally Posted by old goat
But it can.Quote:
Originally Posted by riser3
or actual age.Quote:
Originally Posted by riser3
Small brewery in northern NH. Guy behind bar is mtn biker, trail builder...ski and bike. The couple next to us says emphatically, "we're from Massachusetts"...blah blah blah...we rate...something something something...you'll be on it." His reply, "thank you". Then looked over at me and my wife grinning...fucking classic.
Dear massholes...NH don't give a fuck! Present MA mags excluded. Lurkers, ya you.
Fedex driver stopped by and my incontinent, geriatric dog thinking she's still tough wants to bark at the door. One big bark and a perfectly round turd pops out with such perfect timing I had to laugh. She does a double take, giving me this look like "Hey! Who did that!" I know I should feel bad for her, but the timing was just so hilarious.
Germans send a chunk of the Berlin Wall to Trump with the message: "no wall lasts forever"
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/be...id=mailsignout
I bet it isn;t certified organic. But it is gluten free.Quote:
Originally Posted by ~mikey b
ARE MY WOOD GRAINS GLUTEN-FREE?Quote:
Originally Posted by old goat
of course it’s certified
I certified it myself
I locked myself out of my house today. 15 degrees out and wearing jeans and a light t-shirt. My girlfriend has a key but she had work meetings (I think she’d have rescheduled or skipped to keep me from freezing to death. I think.).
After a few minutes of scratching my head and kicking myself I figured I’d see how easy it was to let myself in with a credit card.
Alarmingly so, it turns out. I’m not sure why I even carry a key.
Probably less destructive than my go to which is to kick the door right next to the door handle, assuming the door opens in and away from you. Unless you have a good deadbolt with a sturdy installation, my method pops open most common residential door installations. Your lock isn't as sturdy as you think.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mustonen
Hah, I did exactly this once, though without the danger of freezing to death. In like Flynn in <30 seconds with zero prior experience or knowledge of how that trick is supposed to work. Haven't bothered to lock it with anything but the deadbolt since.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mustonen
I find both of these facts more alarming than amusing... then I remember that we have a large old-school doggie door that makes breaking into the house even easier. Why carry keys or kick doors if you can let yourself in with the dog?
It's a whole type of person who has to state where they're from as the reason for what they're saying, I've run into it a few times, "we'll we're from Iowa and..." and the worst I think I've ever met were from Washington state, visiting Mass last summer. They were from Washington, so everything they fucking said was correct. Except none of it was, those morons.Quote:
Originally Posted by jackstraw
They probably saw this one:Quote:
Originally Posted by ~mikey b
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TBb9O-aW4zI
When people ask where I'm from, if I'm in the mood, I reply: "mom".
It's not free range, fair trade?Quote:
Originally Posted by ~mikey b
Haaarrrrrumpphhhhhh
My trees are all free range, I set them free years ago. They keep hanging around, but they're free to go.
Your Marketing Department needs to leverage that quality for quota penetration and a six sigma bifurcation from cubic profit asymptotes.Quote:
Originally Posted by iceman
"Prison" is a response I've used to good effect.Quote:
Originally Posted by Buster Highmen
You can follow it up with "you seem nice, where do you live?"
Walked into study hall in 8th grade late, monitor demanded where I had come from.
"The Sky" I said.
Got suspended.
It was amusing how goddamned easy it was, and literally my only frame of reference was “I’ve seen this in movies.” I make more of a ruckus trying to line up my key in the slot. I’m from Ohio, so I do know my way around an entryway, but still.Quote:
Originally Posted by Boissal
I’m getting one of those smart locks so the deadbolt is more consistently engaged. You should have to break something or make some noise or at least hack my fucking WiFi to get into my house when it’s locked.
Back in college, my roommate bought a cheap lock picking set off the internet. Pretty much any normal lock tool 20-30 seconds. We even got his old car started. The older and more worn the lock, the quicker it was to get it open. Of the normal door locks, sticky deadbolts were the toughest.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mustonen
Good plan, but now don’t forget to stash a spare key somewhere outside. Saves my ass every other month or so.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mustonen
you guys lock your doors?
I don’t even have a key
Yeah, ever since you found out where I live.Quote:
Originally Posted by ~mikey b
hah!
Still had the milk delivery door for actual deliveries when I was a kid. Eggs too. I used to climb through it all the time..... don't ever remember the house door being locked back then.Quote:
Originally Posted by Boissal
Then why bother crawling?Quote:
Originally Posted by m2711c
cuz he’s sorta into that
don’t judge
like most stupid shit i did as a kid, it served no useful purpose at all...... had to do something while i waited for the cell phone to be invented.
Yesterday I couldn't open the deadbolt WITH a key. Finally had to beat on the lever with a hammer, file the strike plate. I never use button locks on exterior doors. Too easy to break in, too easy to lock yourself out. My wife likes the button lock on our bedroom door though, so she can lock me out when she's mad at me.
We don't lock our doors unless we're out of town, except for the garage doors. Nothing worth stealing in the house--just computers, stereo, TV's, checks, guitars, amps, just crap like that. But my skis are in the garage.
Can't I just take those through the inside then?Quote:
Originally Posted by old goat
Well played. But WTF? I’ve never heard anybody do that. “I’m from Rhode Island so I know all about nuclear physics.”Quote:
Originally Posted by Mustonen
Did the folks from WA know about geoducks or what?
I think he is implying that he also reversed the lock on the interior door so he truly locks the garage to secure what is valuableQuote:
Originally Posted by MakersTeleMark
I really can't believe that. I also want to know how the guy in the other thread got his new bike stolen from his garage.Quote:
Originally Posted by riser3
In related news, my neighbor called me the other day. He had nagging thought that he forgot to close his garage door before he went out of town and wanted me to confirm that he didn't have a senior moment.
But worth it when it turns out to be true that your front door is wide open...Quote:
Originally Posted by MakersTeleMark
Garage is detached.Quote:
Originally Posted by MakersTeleMark