Speaking of pump bottles, I already knew that those can not be used in the holes of the nice caddies that you can put in on the shower head, but the really annoying thing is that those convenient holes in the caddies that allow one to put shampoos or body wash in the holes upside down to get the liquid to the top, are almost useless still, unlike the shampoo the redditor had, almost all shampoo and body wash makers just have either pumps or head shapes that do not allow any bottle to be used in those caddie holes.
Agree it is annoying, but I’m pretty sure it’s a shelf space issue. If the spout extends past the diameter of the bottle, you can’t pack as many in a box or a shelf (at least not as easily).
No doubt. Of course it’s an issue of making it easier on the seller to sell the thing than actually construct it to do what it’s purportedly designed to do.
At least it’s not as tacky as what I costantly see here: Adolph brand personal care products, with the “lucky” price. A lucky price in China is 88 yuan. The brand’s logo looks like a silhouette of you-know-who in a trenchcoat. Yep, shampoo bottles with Hitler and 88 on the bottle.
Ideally, the footprint of the bottle should be oblong in shape, so the pump head doesn’t stick out when it’s parallel to the long axis, and does stick out when it’s perpendicular.
As for the shower caddy issue, I just got a set of three pumps that hang on a bracket that I placed on the shower wall. It holds shower gel, shampoo, and conditioner; and is super convenient.
WTH, Amazon? I was trying to search electric can openers, sorting by price high-to-low, and got all sorts of a)NON-electric container-opening tools and b) FACE MASKS, especially kid-size (I do not have children).
Can we please manage something that passes for relevance in search results?
Today I learned…
We’re all paying rent to a landlord, who is not going to get involved in anything that doesn’t actually risk damaging the house. There’s no official rules about using communal space, and for most situations, everyone basically operates on ‘finders keepers’. That works OK for stuff like fridge space, but not when people just decide to repurpose things.
The laundry bin would be a good idea, but there’s no spare floor space in there-and I don’t fancy picking their underwear off things to put in there, even if they have just been washed…
I don’t leave so much as a bottle of shampoo in the bathroom when I’m not using it.
So, you’re in a roundabout and miss your exit. Do you:
- Continue around the circle until your exit appears again
- Stop, put your truck in reverse, and back up to where the exit is?
My wife’s adventure, not mine - she now plans her route to avoid roundabouts whenever possible.
The first - and last - time I rode in a car that my mother-in-law was driving, she backed up on the interstate because she missed an exit. (At least she had the sense to back up on the shoulder, but it was still scary as fuck, and I told my wife I was never getting in the car again if her mom was behind the wheel.)
My neighbors are bitching to me about each other. One neighbor lives in a cul-de-sac, two neighbors who don’t live in the sac moved a couple basketball hoops down there for the kids to play with. Kind of a dick move, but I’m not involved so leave me out!
ENOUGH WITH THE MASS BALLOON RELEASES, YOU FUCKING MORONS!!!
Seriously, where have you been for the last few decades?? It’s been widely recognized at this point that even supposedly biodegradable balloons just create a massive litter problem; hell, several states have banned such releases. I get that you want to draw attention to your cause, but is it really that hard to do it in a way that doesn’t create a lasting eyesore/hazard?
Fuck Raccoons. I’ve been hearing occasional noises in my attic for a while, and finally decided to have someone go up there and take a look. It turns out that a piece of soffit had been torn loose and apparently raccoons have been nesting up there. Besides having to have the soffit fixed, all the insulation needs to be replaced because it’s been trampled down and is full of raccoon shit. Estimate for this is upwards of $3000.
Got the Moderna vaccine first dose today by waiting on a standby list. I am eligible as a shelter worker, but it is really hard to find appointments right now. I was so relieved until they told me they aren’t coming back to that location and I’m on my own to find a second dose between 4-6 weeks. Now I’m freaking out. And kinda pissed. Why would you provide round one and refuse to schedule for round two? It was provided by CVS which is scheduling appointments in many states but not this one. Damn it. Now that it HAS to be Moderna, I’m wondering if I didn’t just fuck myself over.
My worrywart self doesn’t think so. No matter what you’ve gotten yourself a big chunk of protection for a number of weeks to protect you while you chase Moderna jab #2. That jab you got meant some one in the population used a dose to keep that dose from going to waste and added a protected person to the pool of nearly immune.
I think you did the right thing.
Thanks. Fingers crossed I’ll find a solution. I was on the fence whether to even get it this way, but I asked about a dozen people and they all agreed I should get it any way I can. Hopefully the vaccine is more available a month from now.
Wow! I’m glad everything turned out okay.
Just as a user of roundabouts, without looking up the law…
The idea of backing up in a roundabout gave me the cold shudders. Keep your indicators on and continue until you reach your exit again, is what I’d do.
People don’t expect someone to be backing up in a roundabout, and doing unexpected things causes accidents.
This, for reasons of getting into my garbage containers, or coming up on the back porch and leaving lots of interesting scents to distract my house dogs when I take them out. A few have learned their lesson.
I would call/email CVS, try individual stores, even in other states. I guess I feel like they owe you a second shot. And I have friends who’ve driven 2 to 4 hours for shots, and they felt lucky to get 'em…
Or use that as a sob story to tell every clinic, govt. office, pharmacy you call. We just found out our little mom’n’pop drug store will be getting shots in.
I seem to have finally managed to desensitize the damned pigeon on my terrace completely. Hand waving does not work anymore, throwing packs of paper handkerchiefs agains the glass does not scare her any longer, even standing up from my sofa leaves her cold if I don’t walk to the the door and pretend to open it, only then does the darn biest fly away, and not for long. She shits all over, I am thinking of getting a slingshot and shooting through the glass door if necessary!
I would appretiate a better idea though… fucking flying rats!