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Day: 30 January 2024

  • A pile of window frames, factory-fresh and covered with tape. propped against the side of a white house, on a gravel driveway.

    Installation of Windows has Stalled

    I was told Windows installation should take less than 20 minutes, but these ones have been sitting outside my house all day while the builders sit on the roof and listen to the radio. Do I need a faster processor?

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    • posted 30 January, 2024
  • Annotated composite photograph showing two toilet rolls on their holster. One hangs in front of the roll, as is correct and proper, and it labelled "right". The other hangs behind the roll, in the terrible forbidden way acceptable only to imbeciles, and is labelled "wrong".

    [Bloganuary] Toilet Paper

    There is a correct orientation in which to hang a roll of toilet paper, and it's the one that leaves the loose end hanging away from the wall. Fight me.

    Read more - about 3 minutes (687 words)

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    • posted 30 January, 2024

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