I dropped my big jar of dryer lint... [Archive] - Toyota Yaris Forums

Sodium Duck

10-22-2008, 07:19 PM

If I had a spinning wheel, I would. I saw it done once on TV, and was really impressed.

I'm not really sure why I was collecting lint. One time I used some of the lint to make firestarters for my wood stove. I took the lint, put it in small paper cupcake things, then poured some melted candlewax on top. They burned really good and long, like 15 minutes. But I only made about 10, and that was that.

I think I have a lint problem.

dvlnblkdrs

10-22-2008, 07:23 PM

you definitely win psycho of the forum award.. congrats :thumbsup:

Sodium Duck

10-22-2008, 07:28 PM

It's my winter mane -- keeps me warm and toasty. =]

TheUnGroomed

10-22-2008, 07:47 PM

I offer my deepest condolences.
My brother keeps his dryer lint in a zip lock bag. It's a little less point when it breaks.

ROCKLAND TOYOTA

10-22-2008, 08:20 PM

its belly button lint......

dvlnblkdrs

10-22-2008, 08:26 PM

thats a mighty big belly button for all that lint.. must belong to those girls that mike was posting.. lol

engelm_

10-22-2008, 09:06 PM

They just might

dvlnblkdrs

10-22-2008, 09:27 PM

thats ok, the zombie pinup may eat ur vomit.. lol

dvlnblkdrs

10-22-2008, 09:50 PM

lol u love it!

bdc87

10-22-2008, 09:51 PM

you definitely win psycho of the forum award.. congrats :thumbsup:

:thumbsup:

m911gt

10-22-2008, 10:16 PM

best thread ever, lol. you should get a giant nalgene bottle so it won't shatter next time you drop it ;)

Sodium Duck

10-22-2008, 11:26 PM

I decided to go with a big plastic bag instead.

I also decided to give myself this awesome award. Thank you, thank you! I'd like to thank lint, and glass. With your powers combined, I have finally achieved greatness.

DFA

10-22-2008, 11:30 PM

Wow. That's really creepy and cool at the same time.

TEHxFALLEN V1.2

10-23-2008, 01:04 AM

I collect my pubic hairs. LOL

dvlnblkdrs

10-23-2008, 01:06 AM

more on creepy side.. what other random shyte u collect.. used toilet paper? :bellyroll:

*MAD DOG*

10-23-2008, 01:19 AM

I once heard there was a guy who used to collect his toe jam! :barf:

dvlnblkdrs

10-23-2008, 01:23 AM

you "heard".. yea ok.. we know it was you! :bellyroll: :tongue:

*MAD DOG*

10-23-2008, 01:28 AM

dvlnblkdrs

10-23-2008, 01:30 AM

hah.. i cant even get my finger in my bellybutton.. i have acrylic nails and they are fairly long ... :tongue:

cali yaris

10-23-2008, 01:31 AM

sorry about the broken bottle...

You still have the lint, though (and from the pic the lint looks to be in fine shape) -- so what was the upsetting thing? Were you attached to the jar or something? :wink:

Dess

10-23-2008, 01:43 AM

He has bottle-shaped lint now!

*MAD DOG*

10-23-2008, 01:46 AM

I once heard there was a guy who used to collect his toe jam! :barf:

you "heard".. yea ok.. we know it was you! :bellyroll: :tongue:

It wasn't going to tell everyone your little secret, but seeing as you put me in it i will now. The guy was really a female and the female was dvlnblkdrs :wink:

hah.. i cant even get my finger in my bellybutton.. i have acrylic nails and they are fairly long ... :tongue:

Ok, Ok, it wasn't you or me. Maybe it was this guy? http://i208.photobucket.com/albums/bb65/MADDOGZONER/th_Amazing.jpg (http://s208.photobucket.com/albums/bb65/MADDOGZONER/?action=view&current=Amazing.flv)

contraband831

10-23-2008, 06:32 PM

I am sorry for your loss,
Can we all start a collection of lint, so we can help a fellow member.

*MAD DOG*

10-23-2008, 07:59 PM

I'm sure if he goes to a laundromat he could find a heap of it for free!

Sodium Duck

10-23-2008, 08:30 PM

I'd actually be pretty stoked if people sent me dryer lint...

But really, then I'd have to start finding something to do with it. It would be cool to use it for sound insulation in the rear quarter panels of the LB, but I'm scared about it being so flammable -- so that's out.

Black Yaris

10-23-2008, 08:46 PM

Lint........................ really?

Sodium Duck

10-23-2008, 10:19 PM

LIKE NO ONE ELSE DOES THIS??? COME ON! LOL

Bob_VT

10-23-2008, 10:26 PM

My wife has suggested that you make a cd drop spindle and you can spin it into yarn.... http://danielson.laurentian.ca/qualityoflife/Fulltext/Textiles/Making_a_cd_drop_spindle.htm She is an avid spinner and also works in the mental health field.

Or you could sell it on ebay and make a fortune.......

Take a shot of thorazine just enough to calm you down!!!

Sodium Duck

10-23-2008, 11:21 PM

Haha, that looks like a cool idea. Really easy and simple to do. Maybe I will make that sweater...

Also interesting -- I work in acute psychiatry as a student nurse. Can you believe it?? 0_o

dvlnblkdrs

10-23-2008, 11:42 PM

wow, i knew people in psych jobs were nuts, but u put a whole nother level to it! :bellyroll:

Bob_VT

10-23-2008, 11:57 PM

wow, i knew people in psych jobs were nuts, but u put a whole nother level to it! :bellyroll:

The only way to tell a staff member from a patient is to see who has keys in their pocket. Staff people carry keys around! :eek:

Thej3sta2

10-24-2008, 02:23 AM

you should light it on fire

dvlnblkdrs

10-24-2008, 02:27 AM

The only way to tell a staff member from a patient is to see who has keys in their pocket. Staff people carry keys around! :eek:

gee bob, how many times have you been 5150'd? :bellyroll:

GeneW

10-24-2008, 06:14 AM

...I'm so depressed.

Being a pack rat is a genetic trait and might be treatable with some of the newer generation anti-depressants.

In extreme cases such obsessive compulsive behavior can lead to some pretty bizarre shit. Howard Hughes, for example, owned two homes in Long Beach California for the express purpose of storing glass containers of his feces and urine. Every so often his aides would arrive with boxes filled with the materials, which were stored in vacant spaces in the homes.

Gene

GeneW

10-24-2008, 06:37 AM

LIKE NO ONE ELSE DOES THIS??? COME ON! LOL

You're the first person I've heard to do this sort of thing. I've met many pack rats over the years.

I, for example, have about ten cubic yards of books in my duplex. These includes cast offs from a local college library. Since I was trained in Mathematics I have a large collection of texts in various disciplines. Probably sell them off over time. Math never really changes so they'll keep their value.

In contrast my supply of computer language books I liken to lettuce. They spoil over time. You want to be rich? Write computer books, and as soon as you're done with one, start another.

My Landlord keeps old electronics manuals. He has technical specs on chips that are so old that they're not even offered by second or third sources. They're only worth something to a museum or a paper recycler. I'm thinking about pitching them and replacing the lot with a few CDs of new technology. He'll whine but in time get over it. Might even get him into the 21st century.

Gene

Sodium Duck

10-24-2008, 07:45 AM

This is actually the only thing I collect, otherwise I hate having things. My room is very sparse, my car doesn't have any trash in it, I keep everything organized very well. I hate clutter!

My dad is the pack rat -- drives me and my mom crazy! Gah, turns me inside out just thinking about. I hate thinking about clutter and junk and trash that I just want to throw out. He once took some weights from from someones curb, old rusty disgusting weights, and insisted we needed to keep them. Then I had to find a place to put the gross things. Or I wanted to throw out one or two extremely old plastic/concrete dumb bells because I had gotten us a brand new 25-75lb set, what a mistake. He went into the trash, found em, took em out, and said, "We don't throw out weights, you never know when you'll need them."

He is the typical pack rat, I hate it!

Sodium Duck

10-24-2008, 07:47 AM

The only way to tell a staff member from a patient is to see who has keys in their pocket. Staff people carry keys around! :eek:

Jingle Jingle! I got keys to the unit (it's a lockdown unit) and keys for our restraint system. And no, we rarely ever use the restraints. My facility is very proud to have a low percent for use of full bed restraints.

GeneW

10-25-2008, 02:54 AM

Jingle Jingle! I got keys to the unit (it's a lockdown unit) and keys for our restraint system. And no, we rarely ever use the restraints. My facility is very proud to have a low percent for use of full bed restraints.

Better living through chemistry, huh?

Gene

dvlnblkdrs

10-25-2008, 03:55 AM

my ocd at work...

my change collection, quarters only

http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y193/dvlnblkdrs/quart1.jpg

here they are in my jar

http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y193/dvlnblkdrs/quart2.jpg

:biggrin:

dvlnblkdrs

10-25-2008, 03:56 AM

oh and ps.. it really began to bother me that they were not all perfectly aligned or the top one wasnt face up and straight.. but my mom helped me set them up as i counted them all out.. that is $176 in quarters!

*MAD DOG*

10-25-2008, 10:36 AM

O.C.D. (Obsessive Compulsive Disorder) comes in many forms. I have a habit of double checking that i've locked doors, including the car, all the time.

GeneW

10-26-2008, 12:25 AM

OCD can be a good thing.

One evening we were hustling to get some ware out the door. The device used 480 vac for both power and control source energy. The power was being taken off by another member of the team.

I volunteered to remove the 480 control power. I always check to see if the power is on before touching anything, either through a physical disconnect or by tic tracer or meter. If I don't see a break in the line, or I get a confirmation of no trace and no measure, I don't touch.

That evening I was in a hurry and didn't bring either gadget but I felt that compulsion to check, and looking at the source I saw that it was connected to the circuit I was about to disconnect AND it was lit up, hot.

I cussed a bit, put down my tools, shut off and locked out the source, disconnected it at the source and then went back to my task.

OCD can be very good thing when your ass in the sling.

Gene

dvlnblkdrs

10-26-2008, 03:39 AM

well glad to hear u didnt get ur azz blown to pieces.. maybe womens intuition is rubbing off on u from ur wife.. lol :biggrin:

TEHxFALLEN V1.2

10-26-2008, 04:56 AM

OMG I LOVE QUARTERS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

hatchbackkid82

10-27-2008, 01:52 PM

Oh wow we have some pretty interesting people on the forum. Borderlin crazy though:biggrin:

dvlnblkdrs

10-27-2008, 05:31 PM

psh.. hey man.. its like the only way i can save my money.. i got over $200 in change in less than a year.. im going to vegas in june for a skincare convention and this money is going towards it... i may have to start putting $5s in my bank though, cuz id like to have at least $1,000... between rental car(we r driving there in a convertible!), hotel, gas, food, stuff to buy at the convention.. at the convention out here, i dropped $200 in an hour, so i need a decent spending pocket...

KCALB SIRAY

10-27-2008, 05:34 PM

thats a mighty big belly button for all that lint.. must belong to those girls that mike was posting.. lol

Don't bust on my girls :laugh:

dvlnblkdrs

10-27-2008, 05:35 PM

oh, i'll bust all over them

squirt squirt... squirt squirt squirt

:cool:

KCALB SIRAY

10-27-2008, 05:36 PM

Big girls need love

Thej3sta2

10-27-2008, 05:40 PM

and alot of it

KCALB SIRAY

10-27-2008, 05:41 PM

Just think of all the lint stacked up in there...like a freakin gold mine!

http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b254/jax1payne/queen_big_girl_in_thong.jpg

Thej3sta2

10-27-2008, 05:46 PM

im telling you man burn it.

dvlnblkdrs

10-27-2008, 05:47 PM

seriously, im goin blind over here!

KCALB SIRAY

10-27-2008, 05:49 PM

http://www.feargod.net/images/lint0701.jpg

Thej3sta2

10-27-2008, 05:54 PM

oh thats just wrong

Sodium Duck

10-27-2008, 06:04 PM

dryer lint doesnt burn as well as youd think. ive already tried it before with small samples.

Sodium Duck

10-27-2008, 06:05 PM

those look like fruity pebbles........ mmmmmmmmmmmm!

Bob_VT

10-27-2008, 06:48 PM

dryer lint doesnt burn as well as youd think. ive already tried it before with small samples.

Are you using it as a fire starter..... mix with a bit of wax.

If you have been trying to burn it in a bong :smoking: ........ we need to talk:biggrin:

dvlnblkdrs

10-27-2008, 07:48 PM

dang sodium.. looks like u got ur nose broken pretty good in that new avatar.. lol

Sodium Duck

10-27-2008, 11:28 PM