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Sunday, August 6, 2006 at 9:31 AM I've noticed that we've had a lot of threads that have nothing to do with the forum's topic. In an effort to move us back in the right direction, I thought I'd get back to basics. Here goes nothing... wiper blades don't seem to last through a single summer here (Phoenix, AZ). Now, I don't know much about wipers but I do know a bit about polymers so when my sister asked me to help her find some for her car, I told her to try looking for some that are made out of silicone rubber, since it's relatively inert and tolerates heat well. She found a set online and got them, then had me put them on her car yesterday. When I put them on, I noticed that her old blades were actually a synthetic organic elastomer (somehow I thought they were just vulcanized natural rubber) and I started to worry that I may have led her astray. So, my question to you - has anyone here tried silicone blades? If so, what was your experience with / opinion about them? —anobody |
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Sunday, August 6, 2006 at 9:38 AM
Edited Sunday, August 6, 2006 at 9:39 AM rabble rabble rabble. —foob2011 |
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Sunday, August 6, 2006 at 9:47 AM Who farted? (and who the hell needs windshield wipers in Phoenix, AZ??) —Conundrummer |
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Sunday, August 6, 2006 at 9:51 AM During monsoon season, we actually get a lot of rain here. Who the fuck cares? I think just me and some weird bald 38 year old turtle looking guy in Easton. —anobody |
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Sunday, August 6, 2006 at 5:24 PM While we're on the subject, don't waste your money on one of those cylindrical pasta cooker thingies, I think called Pasta Express or something like that. My mother gave me one, it aint worth a damn. —catloaf |
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Sunday, August 6, 2006 at 9:39 PM the passenger side wiper became loose on one of my cars and i removed it. never bothered to replace it.
that was 6 months ago. i haven't missed it. —plurry |
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anobody |
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Sunday, August 6, 2006 at 10:25 PM Doesn't that drive you insane? I mean, it'd only cost like 10 bucks and a couple of minutes to fix. —anobody |
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catloaf |
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Sunday, August 6, 2006 at 10:50 PM He doesn't drive on that side. And all his passengers are bound, gagged and blindfolded anyway. —catloaf |
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anobody |
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Sunday, August 6, 2006 at 10:51 PM It'd still bother me, even if I was in the passenger seat in that condition. —anobody |
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Sunday, August 6, 2006 at 11:29 PM Yeah, Loafie, I tried one of those pasta gizmos as well, took it back after trying it once.
Ron Popeil made it look so easy... —Spanglemaker |
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Monday, August 7, 2006 at 12:09 AM When It comes to my windshield wiper buying habits, I usually replace em every year or 2.
But it is true, when you actually need to use'em it seems they wither apart on your windshield or they don't do shit but smudge dirt. —rAnCIDsICk@!!! |
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Monday, August 7, 2006 at 9:03 AM My ex had one of these apple peelers - it's about as useful. Holy-moly anobody! I wouldn't eat anything that came off that thing!!! It would give me nightmares if it were in my house. —Robin |
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Monday, August 7, 2006 at 9:45 AM I don't know how she got it (gift, I think). We tried to use it once. Takes about 10 minutes to setup, 5 minutes to peal, and then an hour to clean pectin and apple skin out of all the nooks and crannies. Oh yeah, it's also some sort of plated steel and not stainless. So, if you're lazy and leave it soaking in water (or, God forbid, you try to put it in the dishwasher), you end up with a rusty mess. —anobody |
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Monday, August 7, 2006 at 9:50 AM
Edited Monday, August 7, 2006 at 9:50 AM My ex had one of these apple peelers - it's about as useful. I got my brother one of those for christmas this year. he's really into making pies. and by making pies, I mean getting high in our garage. —Robots Rule |
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Monday, August 7, 2006 at 4:14 PM >>5 minutes to peal The problem is you were trying to use it as a bell. You're welcome. —chix0r |
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anobody |
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Monday, August 7, 2006 at 5:10 PM Thank you for expanding my vocabulary (and fuck my spell check for not knowing which word I meant). —anobody |
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Monday, August 7, 2006 at 11:54 PM I think just me and some weird bald 38 year old turtle looking guy in Easton. lmao, funniest thing you've ever said, anobody. Turtle Looking guy? haaaaaahhaahaha
why is that funny? i don't know, it is though
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Tuesday, August 8, 2006 at 7:27 AM Turtle Looking guy? That's not mine, it's chix0r's (apparently Dusty shaved his head once and she she said he looked like a turtle; I just ripped her off). —anobody |
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Tuesday, August 8, 2006 at 2:36 PM I don't recall saying that; perhaps you mean Mandee; either that or I did say it. He didn't shave his head; the man has no hair. —chix0r |
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anobody |
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Tuesday, August 8, 2006 at 4:17 PM I heard it second hand from him (he made an off-hand comment about someone here calling him a turtle; could have sworn it was you.... oh well). —anobody |
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Tuesday, August 8, 2006 at 7:01 PM You didn't even say the funniest thing you've ever said. I'm dissappointed in you anobody. —Stryker311 |
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Tuesday, August 8, 2006 at 7:54 PM Not as disappointed as I am. Not by a long shot. —anobody |
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Tuesday, August 8, 2006 at 10:36 PM Yeah, I never was good with names. Sometimes it's worse than just getting them mixed up. I'll get the wrong name in my mind and somebody just becomes known by that name to me. Used to drive my ex nuts. She'd have a friend named 'Elizabeth', and, to me, she was 'Heather'. Anyway, apologies for the misattribution. —anobody |
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Wednesday, August 9, 2006 at 8:57 AM (I do like the Bombay bit) ... but, the Arizona monsoon season is a period in the summer where the prevailing winds reverse. Most of the year, they go west->east and most of the moisture from the Pacific is forced out by the Rockies (same effect as the windward-leeward thing on islands). During the summer, winds come from the Gulf and there's no intervening geography so we get a lot of moisture, a few cool thunderstorms and flash floods, and an occasional dust storm. 
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Friday, August 11, 2006 at 11:50 PM I don't recall saying that; perhaps you mean Mandee; either that or I did say it. He didn't shave his head; the man has no hair. —chix0r
It was Mandee (the chick who looks like the love-child of a parakeet and a raccoon, which she, herself, ALSO said), as she's stated.
...and I DO shave my head, Ms. Wisenheimer. Not smooth, just buzzed. The almost-total absence of hair is only on top. —Dusty TheHick |
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chix0r |
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Saturday, August 12, 2006 at 6:10 AM Yeah, I knew you weren't completely bald, but it was easier to just say you have no hair. Plus, you still can't call that "shaving your head one time." —chix0r |
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