Things You Have To Buy Over and Over

[minderasr]

15 hours ago, jmohme said:

And whoever the dick head was that came up with this one needs his ass kicked.

 

Ah yes.  The old Western Digital proprietary cable.  At this point, why isn't everything USB-C?

[jmohme]

1 hour ago, minderasr said:

Ah yes.  The old Western Digital proprietary cable.  At this point, why isn't everything USB-C?

Exactly!

And in addition, why do most USB cables have USB A on one end and USB .......WTF on the other?

 USB C seems to be changing that, and it only took how many years?

[railfancwb]

Water

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Batteries

 

[Borg warner]

On 3/6/2024 at 1:49 PM, Eric said:

What are some things that you have to buy over and over, because you can never find them when you need them a second time?

One item that comes to mind for me (Because I just had to buy it again) are rolls of teflon thread tape. I just had to replace a sink faucet and ended up having to replace the cold water shutoff valve when it started leaking, the second my fingertips brushed the knob. I went to gather the tools I needed, including the roll of teflon tape I bought not two months ago, and the freaking tape was nowhere to be found. I always keep such things in the same place. I have no idea how it could have gotten away from me. So, I bought another roll of the stuff.

I have probably bought twenty rolls of teflon tape in the last decade and as far as I can remember, I've never gotten to use any of them twice. How is that possible? Anyway, I placed the roll I just purchased and used (Yeah! No leaks.) in the same place I am morally certain I placed the last roll and the one before that. I wonder if it would still be there if I went and checked right now? I am not going to, of course. I'm not stupid. What would the teflon tape tommyknockers do if I caught them in the act of absconding with my new roll of tape? Some doors (and drawers) are best left unopened. 

 

Tape measures and ball point pens