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Overnight Open Thread (29 Nov 2014)
Beer Quiz
4. Create a classroom memorial. "During the first few weeks of classes, students can create a memorial to Michael Brown on a classroom bulletin board. This activity involves having students use whatever they feel skilled in to create something that would honor Michael Brown and other people who have been victims of police and other violence. Students may choose to draw, write poetry, design art pieces, paint, or collect news clippings. Students can use this opportunity to create a counter-narrative to negative stories and images about Ferguson and Michael Brown, or even to document stories and images they have seen in the media about the case. Engaging in this type of activity allows teachers to understand youth strengths and form classroom solidarity."File this away in the good to know file. According to the NAACP, saying "burn this bitch down" is not a call to violence. An SR-71 Tale
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Comments
(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: Creche Laudanum at November 29, 2014 09:59 PM (wQn5s)
Posted by: Sean Connery at November 29, 2014 09:59 PM (KBvAm)
Posted by: cthulhu at November 29, 2014 09:59 PM (T1005)
Posted by: Sean Connery at November 29, 2014 10:00 PM (KBvAm)
Posted by: EC at November 29, 2014 10:00 PM (doBIb)
Posted by: Captain Whitebread at November 29, 2014 10:00 PM (rJUlF)
Posted by: Tobacco Road at November 29, 2014 10:00 PM (4Mv1T)
Posted by: ALH at November 29, 2014 10:00 PM (btTLZ)
Posted by: Captain Whitebread at November 29, 2014 10:01 PM (rJUlF)
The 8 stacked bullets are legally-admissible proof that the shooter in question must be a Liberal.
Posted by: Arbalest at November 29, 2014 10:01 PM (FlRtG)
Posted by: Serena at November 29, 2014 10:02 PM (2LB/q)
Posted by: Sven S Blade a.k.a. El Assassin@sven10077 at November 29, 2014 10:04 PM (/4AZU)
Posted by: Jenny Hates Her Phone at November 29, 2014 10:05 PM (ZXKWI)
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at November 29, 2014 10:05 PM (jTQ9M)
Posted by: naturalfake at November 29, 2014 10:05 PM (KBvAm)
The 8 stacked bullets are legally-admissible proof that the shooter in question must be
Posted by: Arbalest at November 29, 2014 10:01 PM (FlRtG)
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at November 29, 2014 10:05 PM (6fyGz)
Posted by: CPT. Charles at November 29, 2014 10:05 PM (/mTq0)
Posted by: cthulhu at November 29, 2014 10:05 PM (T1005)
*HaHaHaHa!*
That silly "tribute" was Freaking Excellent!!!
I am humbled by that, Sir. Thank you and may God Bless you!
Posted by: Chris Rock at November 29, 2014 10:06 PM (16bOT)
Posted by: ColdBeer1 (Slap) at November 29, 2014 10:07 PM (16bOT)
Posted by: Serena at November 29, 2014 10:07 PM (2LB/q)
Posted by: Captain Whitebread at November 29, 2014 10:07 PM (rJUlF)
Posted by: shredded chi at November 29, 2014 10:07 PM (gYIwv)
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at November 29, 2014 10:08 PM (6fyGz)
Posted by: Cheri at November 29, 2014 10:09 PM (ZFPMM)
Evenin', everyone.
Cthulhu, when you get here, you have mail.
Posted by: shredded chi at November 29, 2014 10:07 PM (gYIwv)
I do?!?!?
Posted by: cthulhu at November 29, 2014 10:09 PM (T1005)
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at November 29, 2014 10:09 PM (jTQ9M)
Swisher Sweets and ejected brass... does that qualify as a WH-approved memorial to the Gentle Giant's in the Warth?
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars(TM) at November 29, 2014 10:09 PM (GQnRa)
.................
Really? I thought he was kind of loud and obnoxious
Posted by: Molly k. at November 29, 2014 10:09 PM (UybxK)
Posted by: DC in River City at November 29, 2014 10:09 PM (71Btg)
Posted by: CPT. Charles at November 29, 2014 10:10 PM (/mTq0)
Posted by: t-bird at November 29, 2014 10:10 PM (FcR7P)
Drinks are on me tonight, horde! My niece just had her first baby. I finally got to meet him today. She and little Wyatt are doing great.
Posted by: shredded chi at November 29, 2014 10:10 PM (gYIwv)
The 8 stacked bullets are legally-admissible proof that the shooter in question must be a Liberal.
Posted by: Arbalest at November 29, 2014 10:01 PM (FlRtG)
One more would have cleared it for sure.
Posted by: eman at November 29, 2014 10:11 PM (MQEz6)
Posted by: Tobacco Road at November 29, 2014 10:12 PM (4Mv1T)
The 8 stacked bullets are legally-admissible proof that the shooter in question must be a Liberal.
Posted by: Arbalest at November 29, 2014 10:01 PM (FlRtG)
One more would have cleared it for sure.
Posted by: eman at November 29, 2014 10:11 PM (MQEz6)
Those have to be squibs or something. There's just no way that's real.
Posted by: EC at November 29, 2014 10:12 PM (doBIb)
Posted by: Tobacco Road at November 29, 2014 10:12 PM (4Mv1T)
Posted by: Molly k. at November 29, 2014 10:12 PM (UybxK)
...lest the passengers in front of you discover what you've been doing before hand.
Posted by: CPT. Charles at November 29, 2014 10:12 PM (/mTq0)
I tried to holler at you a few nights back, but was too late.
Hope you and yours are doing well. How was Thanksgiving?
Posted by: shredded chi at November 29, 2014 10:13 PM (gYIwv)
They're cute because they don' weigh 125 pounds.....
"feed me or else" enters the equation then
Posted by: Sven S Blade a.k.a. El Assassin@sven10077 at November 29, 2014 10:13 PM (/4AZU)
Watching big cat videos on Nat Geo again. Just watched a male lion stalk and attack some cheetahs. Caught a female. Crushed her head in his jaws. For no apparent reason.
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Marginally Honorable Chairman Who Thinks You're All A Bunch Of RINOs at November 29, 2014 10:13 PM (GEICT)
Posted by: Cheri at November 29, 2014 10:14 PM (ZFPMM)
Posted by: HR boozin' up the eggnog at November 29, 2014 10:14 PM (ImIut)
Posted by: Captain Whitebread at November 29, 2014 10:14 PM (rJUlF)
But but but but but but but but but but but.......earthquakes!!!!
Posted by: --- at November 29, 2014 10:15 PM (MMC8r)
42 Evening Horde. Watching big cat videos on Nat Geo again. Just watched a male lion stalk and attack some cheetahs. Caught a female. Crushed her head in his jaws. For no apparent reason.
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Marginally Honorable Chairman Who Thinks You're All A Bunch Of RINOs at November 29, 2014 10:13 PM (GEICT)
Eliminating the competition for food.
Posted by: buzzion at November 29, 2014 10:15 PM (zt+N6)
I've returned from Chi-ca-go!
Posted by: Mindy at November 29, 2014 10:15 PM (ymhIn)
Posted by: cthulhu at November 29, 2014 10:15 PM (T1005)
Posted by: Creche Laudanum at November 29, 2014 10:15 PM (wQn5s)
Watching big cat videos on Nat Geo again. Just watched a male lion stalk and attack some cheetahs. Caught a female. Crushed her head in his jaws. For no apparent reason.
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Marginally Honorable Chairman Who Thinks You're All A Bunch Of RINOs at November 29, 2014 10:13 PM (GEICT)
Eliminating the competition from the pride's territory.
That's primarily the male lion's job.
Females do most/all of the hunting.
Posted by: naturalfake at November 29, 2014 10:16 PM (KBvAm)
-Posted by: HR boozin' up the eggnog at November 29, 2014 10:14 PM (ImIut)
Yes. Quite. But I only got a 6/10 on the quiz, so I am no "authority"!
Posted by: ColdBeer1 (Slap) at November 29, 2014 10:17 PM (16bOT)
How about a roughed-up shopkeeper diorama?
Posted by: --- at November 29, 2014 10:17 PM (MMC8r)
Posted by: Captain Whitebread
I know, light?
Posted by: Kim Jung Un at November 29, 2014 10:17 PM (V70Ne)
Posted by: Mindy at November 29, 2014 10:17 PM (ymhIn)
Posted by: Cheri at November 29, 2014 10:17 PM (ZFPMM)
Martha and the Muffins - Cooling the Medium
http://youtu.be/X1o6m2-JXq0
I think Canada's only New Wave band to ever chart in the US, if chart they did.
Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at November 29, 2014 10:17 PM (kdS6q)
Posted by: Not Star-Lord Chris Pratt at November 29, 2014 10:17 PM (Oo0Xc)
Posted by: fairweatherbill bucking the wind at November 29, 2014 10:17 PM (7dvtN)
Posted by: eman at November 29, 2014 10:17 PM (MQEz6)
Posted by: All Hail Eris at November 29, 2014 10:18 PM (QBm1P)
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at November 29, 2014 10:18 PM (jTQ9M)
I'd slip into a school and make sure this video got played to the students...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QR465HoCWFQ
Posted by: CPT. Charles at November 29, 2014 10:18 PM (/mTq0)
Posted by: Sven S Blade a.k.a. El Assassin@sven10077 at November 29, 2014 10:18 PM (/4AZU)
Posted by: HR boozin' up the eggnog at November 29, 2014 10:18 PM (ImIut)
http://tinyurl.com/kklwrpl
Posted by: Captain Whitebread at November 29, 2014 10:18 PM (rJUlF)
I saw that video. It was incredible, in an awful sort of way. I remember the scientists and commentators and whatnot being baffled but guessing big cats kill the vulnerable of other species to prevent competition or something? Maybe I'm remembering that wrong.
Cheetahs are pretty poorly adapted anyway. They are weak and have no genetic diversity.
Posted by: Serena at November 29, 2014 10:19 PM (2LB/q)
Animals seldom enter social compacts between species....
"fuck you I need the food" is all the reason they need.
Posted by: Sven S Blade a.k.a. El Assassin@sven10077 at November 29, 2014 10:19 PM (/4AZU)
Posted by: Captain Whitebread at November 29, 2014 10:19 PM (rJUlF)
I misread this and thought the headline said "Brooke Shields..."
What's my punishment?
Posted by: bretzysdude at November 29, 2014 10:20 PM (M4OHn)
That's primarily the male lion's job.
Females do most/all of the hunting.
Posted by: naturalfake at November 29, 2014 10:16 PM (KBvAm)
No kidding. Except no one has ever seen this behavior until a filmmaker doing a documentary just happened to catch a male lion stalking a group of cheetahs.
Cheetahs aren't generally considered competition. The two cats generally ignore each other. If they do cross paths, cheetahs high tail it out of there.
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Marginally Honorable Chairman Who Thinks You're All A Bunch Of RINOs at November 29, 2014 10:20 PM (GEICT)
Posted by: HR boozin' up the eggnog at November 29, 2014 10:21 PM (ImIut)
I misread this and thought the headline said "Brooke Shields..."
What's my punishment?
Posted by: bretzysdude
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I thought it said Brook Shields slammed.
Posted by: Tobacco Road at November 29, 2014 10:21 PM (4Mv1T)
He's still a big boy....
an out of control Prowse would not be fun to wrestle with
Posted by: Sven S Blade a.k.a. El Assassin@sven10077 at November 29, 2014 10:21 PM (/4AZU)
Posted by: ColdBeer1 (Slap) at November 29, 2014 10:21 PM (16bOT)
And if I do poorly, what does she do to slow learners?
(strikes a thoughtful pose...)
Posted by: Bossy Conservative riding the comfy chair at November 29, 2014 10:21 PM (+1T7c)
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The story of Obama
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at November 29, 2014 10:21 PM (jTQ9M)
Posted by: Tobacco Road at November 29, 2014 10:21 PM (4Mv1T)
Posted by: Cheetah Gentle Giant at November 29, 2014 10:22 PM (KBvAm)
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Marginally Honorable Chairman Who Thinks You're All A Bunch Of RINOs at November 29, 2014 10:20 PM (GEICT)
Well yeah, if a lion was gonna crush your skull in his jaws would you want to stick around?
Posted by: buzzion at November 29, 2014 10:23 PM (zt+N6)
-Posted by: shredded chi at November 29, 2014 10:10 PM (gYIwv)
*Huzzah!!!*
Posted by: ColdBeer1 (Slap) at November 29, 2014 10:24 PM (16bOT)
Then again lions are just assholes. The Michael Browns of the animal kingdom.
Posted by: Serena at November 29, 2014 10:24 PM (2LB/q)
Posted by: Captain Whitebread at November 29, 2014 10:24 PM (rJUlF)
Posted by: EC at November 29, 2014 10:24 PM (doBIb)
Posted by: Serena at November 29, 2014 10:19 PM (2LB/q)
Huh? They're perfectly adapted to catch their prey.
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Marginally Honorable Chairman Who Thinks You're All A Bunch Of RINOs at November 29, 2014 10:24 PM (GEICT)
Posted by: Jean at November 29, 2014 10:24 PM (TETYm)
Posted by: Adriane the Political Critic ... at November 29, 2014 10:24 PM (P+IZm)
Posted by: Dr. Varno at November 29, 2014 10:25 PM (fIv/H)
Posted by: --- at November 29, 2014 10:15 PM (MMC8r)
Polar vortex!!! And named winter storms!!!
Posted by: The Weather Channel at November 29, 2014 10:25 PM (93D1V)
Now I know what to get the boss for the office Christmas party.
Posted by: Captain Whitebread at November 29, 2014 10:25 PM (rJUlF)
Posted by: Tobacco Road at November 29, 2014 10:26 PM (4Mv1T)
Posted by: Dr. Varno at November 29, 2014 10:26 PM (fIv/H)
http://tinyurl.com/mypkcxm
My neighbor did this this year instead of hanging lights. Looks great and all she had to do was put it in the ground and plug it in.
Posted by: Molly k. at November 29, 2014 10:26 PM (UybxK)
Paws up!
Don't Crush Mah Head!
Posted by: Cheetah Gentle Giant at November 29, 2014 10:22 PM (KBvAm)
Damn it. I need a new keyboard and some screenwipes.
Posted by: CDR M at November 29, 2014 10:26 PM (93D1V)
Solidarity with whom? The anti-American, anti-business Marxists? The rioters who are burning down small businesses, including those owned by minorities? Thieving thugs who rough up store owners half their size? Thieving thugs who attack police officers? How about instead of promoting classroom solidarity, we teach math, reading, science, writing, and computer skills?
Posted by: nerdygirl at November 29, 2014 10:27 PM (A/e8X)
Posted by: Bob Belcher at November 29, 2014 10:27 PM (3QAtO)
Posted by: ghost of hallelujah at November 29, 2014 10:27 PM (7RXcs)
Now I know what to get the boss for the office Christmas party.
Posted by: Captain Whitebread at November 29, 2014 10:25 PM (rJUlF)
My boss is too stupid to get it
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at November 29, 2014 10:28 PM (jTQ9M)
-Posted by: Dr. Varno at November 29, 2014 10:26 PM (fIv/H)
Nope. He was what we would call, (for those who Love Science)...
...a piece of shit.
Posted by: ColdBeer1 (Slap) at November 29, 2014 10:28 PM (16bOT)
I learned a nice little euphemism in an Osprey book on the Blackbird: the "low residue diet", i.e., one so low in fiber as to keep you gummed up during lo-o-o-ong flights.
I once asked an Air Force guy what it was like to be flight crew, and the first thing he said was "Eat lots and lots of cheese!", and described the little canvas bag used for elimination.
The more you know.. (((rainbow)))
Posted by: All Hail Eris at November 29, 2014 10:28 PM (QBm1P)
Posted by: Serena at November 29, 2014 10:29 PM (2LB/q)
HI, Mindy!
How did that .357 not explode in the idiot's hand?
I failed the beer test miserably. Meh - I'll stick to bourbon.
Posted by: shredded chi at November 29, 2014 10:29 PM (gYIwv)
-Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at November 29, 2014 10:28 PM (jTQ9M)
His BOSS IS TOO STUPID TO GET IT?
Posted by: Weied Al Sharpton at November 29, 2014 10:30 PM (16bOT)
And:
Robert Gordon - Someday Someway
http://youtu.be/3VwzuzhWv3A
Cover of the Marshall Crenshaw classic.
Put it on the jukebox when you go out with your !!!***LESBIAN***!!! BFF.
Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at November 29, 2014 10:30 PM (kdS6q)
Posted by: Cheri at November 29, 2014 10:30 PM (ZFPMM)
Posted by: HR boozin' up the eggnog at November 29, 2014 10:30 PM (ImIut)
Posted by: Weied Al Sharpton at November 29, 2014 10:30 PM (16bOT)
EXPLAIN WE MUCH!
Posted by: Captain Whitebread at November 29, 2014 10:32 PM (rJUlF)
Posted by: cthulhu at November 29, 2014 10:05 PM
Where is this mysterious beer quiz? I missed it.
Posted by: Farmer at November 29, 2014 10:32 PM (o/90i)
-Posted by: HR boozin' up the eggnog at November 29, 2014 10:30 PM (ImIut)
Whut?
Posted by: ColdBeer1 (Slap) at November 29, 2014 10:32 PM (16bOT)
Posted by: HR boozin' up the eggnog at November 29, 2014 10:30 PM (ImIut)
Nope.
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Marginally Honorable Chairman Who Thinks You're All A Bunch Of RINOs at November 29, 2014 10:32 PM (GEICT)
'Tis the Season.
Posted by: Four score and seven mags ago at November 29, 2014 10:32 PM (jAyhy)
Posted by: fairweatherbill bucking the wind at November 29, 2014 10:33 PM (7dvtN)
Posted by: Farmer at November 29, 2014 10:32 PM (o/90i)
It's right under the blonde holding a Guiness.
Posted by: CDR M at November 29, 2014 10:33 PM (93D1V)
Posted by: Captain Whitebread at November 29, 2014 10:33 PM (rJUlF)
106 Then again lions are just assholes.Are there felids who aren't assholes?
http://youtu.be/YG_5Zpwozu8
Posted by: buzzion at November 29, 2014 10:33 PM (zt+N6)
-Posted by: Farmer at November 29, 2014 10:32 PM (o/90i)
Proof that no one reads the posts.
Posted by: ColdBeer1 (Slap) at November 29, 2014 10:33 PM (16bOT)
Posted by: HR boozin' up the eggnog at November 29, 2014 10:33 PM (ImIut)
Posted by: ColdBeer1 (Slap) at November 29, 2014 10:33 PM (16bOT)
There are posts?
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Marginally Honorable Chairman Who Thinks You're All A Bunch Of RINOs at November 29, 2014 10:34 PM (GEICT)
Posted by: Adriane the Pop Culture Critic ... at November 29, 2014 10:34 PM (P+IZm)
Posted by: HR boozin' up the eggnog at November 29, 2014 10:30 PM (ImIut)
Nope.
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Don't say that in front of my crazy cat lady aunt.
Posted by: Serena at November 29, 2014 10:34 PM (2LB/q)
Posted by: DC in River City at November 29, 2014 10:34 PM (71Btg)
Posted by: CPT. Charles at November 29, 2014 10:34 PM (/mTq0)
Posted by: All Hail Eris at November 29, 2014 10:34 PM (QBm1P)
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Marginally Honorable Chairman Who Thinks You're All A Bunch Of RINOs at November 29, 2014 10:34 PM (GEICT)
They're just bait to attract hobos into Ace's traps. Shh.
Posted by: Captain Whitebread at November 29, 2014 10:35 PM (rJUlF)
Posted by: Bob Belcher at November 29, 2014 10:35 PM (3QAtO)
Farrakhan On Ferguson: 'We'll Tear This G**damn Country Up!' [VIDEO] trib.al/GEt1x58
"As long as they [whites] kill us [blacks] and go to Wendy's and have a burger and go to sleep, they'll keep killing us," the self-proclaimed minister said. "But when we die and they die, then soon we're going to sit at a table and talk about it! We're tired! We want some of this earth or we'll tear this goddamn country up!"
Posted by: Costanza Defense at November 29, 2014 10:35 PM (zwdxl)
-Posted by: HR boozin' up the eggnog at November 29, 2014 10:33 PM (ImIut)
Felines?
Is that a Genus/Phylum/Family/Order-thing that I am missing?
Posted by: ColdBeer1 (Slap) at November 29, 2014 10:36 PM (16bOT)
Posted by: DC in River City at November 29, 2014 10:34 PM (71Btg)
So....been drinking much have we?
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Marginally Honorable Chairman Who Thinks You're All A Bunch Of RINOs at November 29, 2014 10:36 PM (GEICT)
See what I say about this place always making me feel better? :-)
Posted by: Serena at November 29, 2014 10:36 PM (2LB/q)
Posted by: Kindltot at November 29, 2014 10:36 PM (t//F+)
If they start going on killing sprees, there won't be any damn talking at a table. There will just be return fire.
Posted by: CDR M at November 29, 2014 10:37 PM (93D1V)
Five people living in the home in Jonesboro, 17 miles (28 km) south of Atlanta, were taken into custody, among them the boy's father, Gregory Jean, 37, and an adult female, said Sergeant Kevin Hughes of the Clayton County police.
http://tinyurl.com/ps7u7qb
Posted by: buzzion at November 29, 2014 10:37 PM (zt+N6)
Posted by: ColdBeer1 (Slap) at November 29, 2014 10:36 PM (16bOT)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Felidae
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Marginally Honorable Chairman Who Thinks You're All A Bunch Of RINOs at November 29, 2014 10:37 PM (GEICT)
Posted by: Huey Lewis at November 29, 2014 10:37 PM (rJUlF)
I'm tempted to put one in the Toys For Tots bin at work.
Posted by: All Hail Eris at November 29, 2014 10:37 PM (QBm1P)
Dayang. That Lego chick ain't thick, she's cubical!
Posted by: Kindltot at November 29, 2014 10:36 PM (t//F+)
Did you notice the elbows?
Posted by: CDR M at November 29, 2014 10:37 PM (93D1V)
Posted by: Duplo at November 29, 2014 10:37 PM (KG1MP)
Posted by: ghost of hallelujah at November 29, 2014 10:38 PM (7RXcs)
Posted by: SH at November 29, 2014 10:38 PM (gKbDy)
Bitch set me up!
Posted by: a male lion at November 29, 2014 10:39 PM (T4t+V)
Not as much as I would like. 0500 wake up call. And then a nice handy from the BWI TSA bureaucrat.
Pro tip: they get really cranky when you recite the pat-down don't-sue-me speech with them.
Posted by: DC in River City at November 29, 2014 10:39 PM (71Btg)
Posted by: Cheetarah at November 29, 2014 10:39 PM (53NjL)
Posted by: ColdBeer1 (Slap) at November 29, 2014 10:39 PM (16bOT)
Farrakhan On Ferguson: 'We'll Tear This G**damn Country Up!' [VIDEO] trib.al/GEt1x58
Farrakhan believes white people will only start listening to black concerns through violence against whites.
"We going to die anyway. Let's die for something," the radical figure told the crowd to roaring applause.
Posted by: Costanza Defense at November 29, 2014 10:39 PM (zwdxl)
Posted by: Bob Belcher at November 29, 2014 10:39 PM (3QAtO)
Posted by: blaster at November 29, 2014 10:40 PM (Rx8ML)
Posted by: Jean at November 29, 2014 10:40 PM (TETYm)
I realize Texas didn't wine like New Orleans, but Hurricane Ike was 6
years ago, and it was the 3rd most costly hurricane in US history.
Posted by: SH at November 29, 2014 10:38 PM (gKbDy)
It didn't make landfall as a Cat 3 though.
Posted by: CDR M at November 29, 2014 10:40 PM (93D1V)
Only got six out of 10 on the beer quiz. Boo.
Posted by: cthulhu at November 29, 2014 10:05 PM
Where is this mysterious beer quiz? I missed it.
Posted by: Farmer at November 29, 2014 10:32 PM (o/90i)
That's 'cause it was artfully masked by a buxom blonde offering you a cold one.
Posted by: cthulhu at November 29, 2014 10:40 PM (T1005)
Can the kids do a shoebox diorama with The Gentle Giant stealing shit and throttling a store employee?
Posted by: nerdygirl at November 29, 2014 10:40 PM (A/e8X)
Glad the Horde survived Thanksgiving. Semi-miraculously, I did too.
Posted by: LadyS at November 29, 2014 10:40 PM (5dip8)
Pro tip: they get really cranky when you recite the pat-down don't-sue-me speech with them.
Posted by: DC in River City at November 29, 2014 10:39 PM (71Btg)
*points back at your previous comment*
Alabama is the elephant. Auburn can't decide between tiger and eagle.
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Marginally Honorable Chairman Who Thinks You're All A Bunch Of RINOs at November 29, 2014 10:41 PM (GEICT)
British camp in all its glory!
unfortunately, the links to the hilarious sequels point to dead pages and I don't know how to use the wayback machine ...
Posted by: Adriane the Pop Culture Critic ... at November 29, 2014 10:41 PM (P+IZm)
Posted by: shredded chi at November 29, 2014 10:10 PM
Congrats chi.
Posted by: Farmer at November 29, 2014 10:41 PM (o/90i)
Posted by: nerdygirl at November 29, 2014 10:41 PM (A/e8X)
Posted by: CPT. Charles at
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Ha!
Even better - when mom & dad say he's ready, he'll get my old Marlin 60 (probably got it 35 years ago).
Of course, if I start throwing spare dollar bills in a jar now, by the time he's twelve, I might be able to afford to buy him a box of ammo...
Posted by: shredded chi at November 29, 2014 10:42 PM (gYIwv)
Yeah my electricity would have been out for 30 days instead of just 14 days.
Posted by: Bob Belcher at November 29, 2014 10:42 PM (3QAtO)
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Marginally Honorable Chairman Who Thinks You're All A Bunch Of RINOs at November 29, 2014 10:42 PM (GEICT)
Have fun, y'all.
Posted by: Captain Whitebread at November 29, 2014 10:44 PM (rJUlF)
Posted by: Serena at November 29, 2014 10:44 PM (2LB/q)
Posted by: Bob Belcher at November 29, 2014 10:44 PM (3QAtO)
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Marginally Honorable Chairman Who Thinks You're All A Bunch Of RINOs at November 29, 2014 10:45 PM (GEICT)
Oh, that? That's because of the stupid. Alabama can't decide between the Tide and the elephant.
Posted by: DC in River City at November 29, 2014 10:45 PM (71Btg)
BBL, maybe-ish ...
Congratulations to the Proud GreatUncle ...
Posted by: Adriane the Pop Culture Critic ... at November 29, 2014 10:45 PM (P+IZm)
Posted by: Secundus, M.D. at November 29, 2014 10:45 PM (RxCPx)
Posted by: --- at November 29, 2014 10:45 PM (MMC8r)
Posted by: Secundus, M.D. at November 29, 2014 10:45 PM (RxCPx)
"We going to die anyway. Let's die for something," the radical figure told the crowd to roaring applause.
Himself excepted, of course. He means you proles.
Posted by: --- at November 29, 2014 10:46 PM (MMC8r)
And mah head's in a lion's mouth
And his teeth are all pointy
Breath like fetid cheese
Like the sunflower
I turn my head toward his tonsils
I am waiting for the crunch
Posted by: Cheetahs - A Musical by Andrew Lloyd Weber at November 29, 2014 10:46 PM (KBvAm)
Ex-nephew had a rat pet. Eew, I thought.
The a kid of mine got some.
Boy, was I wrong.
I thought the rats were at least as smart as the cats.
That explained a lot.
Posted by: yeah, that fBW52 at November 29, 2014 10:46 PM (fBW52)
Posted by: Serena at November 29, 2014 10:47 PM (2LB/q)
Wow. If I made a public statement like that I'd most likely be facing 5 to 10.
Posted by: Average White Guy at November 29, 2014 10:47 PM (Dwehj)
Posted by: DC in River City at November 29, 2014 10:45 PM (71Btg)
That doesn't bother me so much. Colleges do that. If they don't have a mascot that's an animal, they pick one. I went to Flagler College. We were the Flagler College Saints. Yet our mascot was a lion.
But the War Eagle thing throws me. You're a Tiger. Auburn Tigers. What the hell is with the eagle?
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Marginally Honorable Chairman Who Thinks You're All A Bunch Of RINOs at November 29, 2014 10:48 PM (GEICT)
Posted by: Tobacco Road at November 29, 2014 10:50 PM (4Mv1T)
Never mind, no one ould get it
Posted by: Secundus, M.D. at November 29, 2014 10:50 PM (RxCPx)
Posted by: The Rival at November 29, 2014 10:50 PM (jAyhy)
http://tinyurl.com/p857utu
Posted by: EC at November 29, 2014 10:51 PM (doBIb)
-Posted by: shredded chi at November 29, 2014 10:42 PM (gYIwv)
May your Blessings continue, as your heart swells. Might our Prayers find your Family well. Might God Keep you in His Graces.
I ask, Oh Lord, this evening that our brother be well in his Love of his blessed Family.
May His Grace always find you!
Posted by: ColdBeer1 (Slap) at November 29, 2014 10:51 PM (16bOT)
Mom & Dad stop paying tuition bills when the tiger eats an underclassman or seven.
Posted by: fluffy at November 29, 2014 10:52 PM (Ua6T/)
Posted by: Swatara at November 29, 2014 10:53 PM (AvP4a)
Posted by: ColdBeer1 (Slap) at November 29, 2014 10:53 PM (16bOT)
172
"We going to die anyway. Let's die for something," the radical figure told the crowd to roaring applause.
Wow. If I made a public statement like that I'd most likely be facing 5 to 10.
Posted by: Average White Guy at November 29, 2014 10:47 PM (Dwehj)You gotta say it - wearing a kilt, blue paint, and holding a rifle over your head.
Posted by: Jean at November 29, 2014 10:53 PM (TETYm)
Posted by: EC
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You mean like "riding cropped"?
Posted by: Tobacco Road at November 29, 2014 10:53 PM (4Mv1T)
Must have been taken stateside. They both have teeth.
Posted by: fairweatherbill bucking the wind at November 29, 2014 10:53 PM (7dvtN)
Posted by: EC
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You mean like "riding cropped"?
Posted by: Tobacco Road at November 29, 2014 10:53 PM (4Mv1T)
Sure wish there were more pics!
Posted by: EC at November 29, 2014 10:54 PM (doBIb)
Black population is about 12%, and less than half of them buy your bullshit.
'Race War' is something you throw around to make yourself feel good, but it would be nasty, brutish, and short.
Posted by: --- at November 29, 2014 10:54 PM (MMC8r)
Posted by: --- at
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But mostly short.
Posted by: Tobacco Road at November 29, 2014 10:55 PM (4Mv1T)
Posted by: Jean at November 29, 2014 10:55 PM (TETYm)
Back when the cult of Kali flowered.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at November 29, 2014 10:55 PM (W5DcG)
Posted by: EC at November 29, 2014 10:55 PM (doBIb)
Posted by: SH at November 29, 2014 10:56 PM (gKbDy)
Posted by: --- at November 29, 2014 10:56 PM (MMC8r)
Must have been taken stateside. They both have teeth.
Posted by: fairweatherbill bucking the wind at November 29, 2014 10:53 PM (7dvtN)
Even her teeth are lovely.
Posted by: EC at November 29, 2014 10:57 PM (doBIb)
Posted by: SH at November 29, 2014 10:56 PM (gKbDy)
In terms of impact? Sure. In terms of classification? No.
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Marginally Honorable Chairman Who Thinks You're All A Bunch Of RINOs at November 29, 2014 10:57 PM (GEICT)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at November 29, 2014 10:57 PM (wU90H)
Posted by: DC in River City at November 29, 2014 10:58 PM (71Btg)
-Posted by: EC at November 29, 2014 10:55 PM (doBIb)
"The Dude" could recommend a good game amongst those lines...lol.
Posted by: ColdBeer1 (Slap) at November 29, 2014 10:58 PM (16bOT)
Posted by: SH
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In '96 Fran came inland 100 miles to my town at about 75MPH when it arrived. That is just above the threshold to be classified as a hurricane.
Major damage. But two weeks of rain in advance didn't help.
Posted by: Tobacco Road at November 29, 2014 10:58 PM (4Mv1T)
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at November 29, 2014 10:58 PM (7Qicm)
Posted by: Ricardo Kill
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Get up off the floor and get in here.
Posted by: Tobacco Road at November 29, 2014 10:59 PM (4Mv1T)
>>>They wouldn't hire him.
-Posted by: --- at November 29, 2014 10:56 PM (MMC8r)
*applause*
Posted by: ColdBeer1 (Slap) at November 29, 2014 10:59 PM (16bOT)
Posted by: zeera at November 29, 2014 10:59 PM (byDue)
Posted by: Emmett Milbarge at November 29, 2014 11:00 PM (nFdGS)
Posted by: SH
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In '96 Fran came inland 100 miles to my town at about 75MPH when it arrived. That is just above the threshold to be classified as a hurricane.
Major damage. But two weeks of rain in advance didn't help.
Posted by: Tobacco Road at November 29, 2014 10:58 PM (4Mv1T)
You know what was weird? Greenville was fine, and had power! My roommate and I took off for Greenville where a friend had a spare room to crash in for a day or two.
Posted by: EC at November 29, 2014 11:00 PM (doBIb)
Posted by: Ricardo Kill
And this differs from the norm in what way?
Posted by: fairweatherbill bucking the wind at November 29, 2014 11:01 PM (7dvtN)
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at November 29, 2014 11:01 PM (7Qicm)
-Posted by: Ricardo Kill at November 29, 2014 10:58 PM (7Qicm)
Welcome to the club. Being an absolute idiot has never stopped me.
Posted by: ColdBeer1 (Slap) at November 29, 2014 11:01 PM (16bOT)
Posted by: SH at November 29, 2014 11:01 PM (gKbDy)
But we are, so it isn't. Fairy-kahn is just saying what they want to say.
Posted by: --- at November 29, 2014 11:01 PM (MMC8r)
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at November 29, 2014 11:02 PM (7Qicm)
In 1965 there was a hurricane named Betsy that basically did the same thing with a similar path. The Big Sleezy never learned.
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at November 29, 2014 11:02 PM (wU90H)
202 Yay, ONT. Top 200! Greetings horde-nation
Posted by: zeera at November 29, 2014 10:59 PM (byDue
Fail. Come back and try again tomorrow.
Posted by: buzzion at November 29, 2014 11:02 PM (zt+N6)
Posted by: Infidel at November 29, 2014 11:02 PM (imR+Y)
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at November 29, 2014 11:03 PM (7Qicm)
Posted by: EC
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It depends on the storm and which side of the storm your are on. It came in at Wilmington as I recall and came right up I-40. It hit Cary with a fury. I was living in a different house then. Heavily wooded old neighborhood. I remember the sound of all those trees snapping at 3AM. My youngest son was still in Mrs Road 8 months. Kicking like crazy.
Posted by: Tobacco Road at November 29, 2014 11:03 PM (4Mv1T)
Posted by: SH at November 29, 2014 11:01 PM (gKbDy)
*shrug*
I live in Florida. We get hit with all kinds of weather all the time. Ain't nothing but a thing. Pick up, clean up, move on.
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Marginally Honorable Chairman Who Thinks You're All A Bunch Of RINOs at November 29, 2014 11:03 PM (GEICT)
Posted by: CPT. Charles at November 29, 2014 11:04 PM (/mTq0)
Posted by: fairweatherbill bucking the wind at November 29, 2014 11:04 PM (7dvtN)
-Posted by: buzzion at November 29, 2014 11:02 PM (zt+N6)
It seems to reckon that "buzzion" would be a "game-show-host".
Posted by: ColdBeer1 (Slap) at November 29, 2014 11:04 PM (16bOT)
So you've decided to bitch now?
Posted by: buzzion at November 29, 2014 11:04 PM (zt+N6)
In 1965 there was a hurricane named Betsy that basically did the same thing with a similar path.
BUUUUUUSSSSHHHHHH!
Posted by: --- at November 29, 2014 11:05 PM (MMC8r)
http://www.ufunk.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/franck-gerard-en-letat-21.jpg
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at November 29, 2014 11:05 PM (wU90H)
I live in Florida. We get hit with all kinds of weather all the time. Ain't nothing but a thing. Pick up, clean up, move on.
----
Exactly.
Posted by: SH at November 29, 2014 11:05 PM (gKbDy)
-Posted by: Ricardo Kill at November 29, 2014 11:03 PM (7Qicm)
Naw. We "just do shit."
Perhaps we'll writ it down, someday.
Posted by: ColdBeer1 (Slap) at November 29, 2014 11:06 PM (16bOT)
Posted by: ColdBeer1 (Slap) at November 29, 2014 11:06 PM (16bOT)
Posted by: biancaneve at November 29, 2014 11:07 PM (AJaBe)
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Yes. I hate this idea that no major hurricane has hit the US since Katrina.
Posted by: SH at November 29, 2014 11:07 PM (gKbDy)
Posted by: biancaneve at November 29, 2014 11:07 PM (AJaBe)
http://witchwind.wordpress.com/2013/12/15/piv-is-always-rape-ok/
Posted by: EC at November 29, 2014 11:08 PM (doBIb)
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at November 29, 2014 11:08 PM (7Qicm)
Posted by: Infidel at November 29, 2014 11:08 PM (imR+Y)
Um, wow. That is... SO not a good idea. There's a reason that schools don't usually let kids build memorials to their classmates who have, say, committed suicide. It's a great way to get kids thinking, "Hey, all this attention because so-and-so killed himself. Maybe I should kill myself, too." It appeals to the average kid's inherent arrogance and makes them feel even more important (or unimportant) than they already do. It's just not a good idea.
Gotta say, building a memorial to a dead thug who died unremarkably after trying to steal a cop's gun, and whose death has been turned into a worldwide media circus? Even WORSE of an idea.
Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Bossy Assault Hobbit and Vaginassassin, aka Beth at November 29, 2014 11:09 PM (CA2NO)
But Scrivener annoys me that it can spell-check words like 'dirndl' but gives a red squiggle for 'unsymetrical.'
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at November 29, 2014 11:09 PM (wU90H)
Posted by: EC at November 29, 2014 11:10 PM (doBIb)
Posted by: biancaneve at November 29, 2014 11:10 PM (AJaBe)
Posted by: Bob Belcher at November 29, 2014 10:44 PM (3QAtO)
Because he looks so real.
By the way, speaking of the outrage loons. One of those Rob Lowe commercials has the substandard, Cable Rob Lowe not being able to pee in in a public restroom. This is called shy bladder and men who are unable to pee in public restrooms are offended by that commercial.
I think they should be told to sack up, but I'm guessing that if you can't piss in a restroom, you probably ain't going to sack up.
Posted by: nerdygirl at November 29, 2014 11:10 PM (A/e8X)
I'd rather not see a repeat of that...
Posted by: CPT. Charles at November 29, 2014 11:10 PM (/mTq0)
I over-hyphenate shit.
You God-loving, Cousin-fucking, under-appreciative, Tea-Party hugging, uncaring sons-of-bitches.
Posted by: ColdBeer1 (Slap) at November 29, 2014 11:10 PM (16bOT)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at November 29, 2014 11:10 PM (wU90H)
Posted by: biancaneve at November 29, 2014 11:10 PM (AJaBe)
Funniest blog post evah!
Posted by: EC at November 29, 2014 11:10 PM (doBIb)
Ugh hmm, when has the JEF ever had a 'good' idea?
Posted by: Infidel at November 29, 2014 11:11 PM (imR+Y)
227 So you've decided to bitch now? ---- Yes. I hate this idea that no major hurricane has hit the US since Katrina.
Posted by: SH at November 29, 2014 11:07 PM (gKbDy)
Well I wouldn't call a Category 2 a major hurricane. Its not about how much damage it does that defines "major." We don't measure hurricane power by how much destruction they cause to the mainland. Take it up with the meteorlogical society.
Posted by: buzzion at November 29, 2014 11:11 PM (zt+N6)
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Marginally Honorable Chairman Who Thinks You're All A Bunch Of RINOs at November 29, 2014 11:11 PM (GEICT)
I'd rather not see a repeat of that...
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Didn't they send a lot of your power people down here for cleanup, only to need them up there?
Posted by: SH at November 29, 2014 11:11 PM (gKbDy)
Posted by: Emmett Milbarge at November 29, 2014 11:00 PM (nFdGS)
At least they have teeth unlike their counterparts from Minnesota.
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at November 29, 2014 11:12 PM (jTQ9M)
Posted by: SH at November 29, 2014 11:07 PM (gKbDy)
By definitional/classification standards...we haven't been.
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Marginally Honorable Chairman Who Thinks You're All A Bunch Of RINOs at November 29, 2014 11:12 PM (GEICT)
Posted by: ColdBeer1 (Slap) at November 29, 2014 11:12 PM (16bOT)
Posted by: Tobacco Road at November 29, 2014 11:12 PM (4Mv1T)
Posted by: Tobacco Road at November 29, 2014 11:12 PM (4Mv1T)
She's telling you to have a beer!
Posted by: EC at November 29, 2014 11:13 PM (doBIb)
"I'm not a girl, I'm a womyn, ok?
Posted by: fluffy at November 29, 2014 11:13 PM (Ua6T/)
http://www.ufunk.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/franck-gerard-en-letat-22.jpg
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at November 29, 2014 11:14 PM (wU90H)
Posted by: Tobacco Road at November 29, 2014 11:14 PM (4Mv1T)
Posted by: Meremortal at November 29, 2014 11:14 PM (1Y+hH)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at November 29, 2014 11:15 PM (wU90H)
Posted by: nerdygirl at November 29, 2014 11:10 PM (A/e8X)
But they are wonderful interior decorators
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at November 29, 2014 11:15 PM (jTQ9M)
Posted by: fairweatherbill bucking the wind at November 29, 2014 11:16 PM (7dvtN)
Posted by: SH at November 29, 2014 11:07 PM (gKbDy)
It's the truth though. Yes, there have been destructive hurricanes, but they categorically don't qualify as "major" storms. There's a difference between a category 2 or 3 hurricane and a category 4 or 5. Depending on where or when they hit, the destruction may be worse than if they hit somewhere that gets hurricanes more frequently, but that doesn't change their classification. I mean, an F1 tornado could hit NH and wreck a lot of shit, but that wouldn't make it a major tornado.
Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Bossy Assault Hobbit and Vaginassassin, aka Beth at November 29, 2014 11:16 PM (CA2NO)
Posted by: SH at November 29, 2014 11:16 PM (gKbDy)
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at November 29, 2014 11:16 PM (7Qicm)
Posted by: fluffy at November 29, 2014 11:16 PM (Ua6T/)
Well, they are dying for something. They're dying for culture that excuses black violence against other blacks. They aren't being killed by whites, Farrakhan.
Posted by: nerdygirl at November 29, 2014 11:17 PM (A/e8X)
I can guess the new marching song, The Michael Brown Leid, though:
The crowd is high! The ranks tightly closed!
The FSA march with quiet, steady step.
Comrades shot by the white cops and reactionaries
March in spirit within our ranks.
Comrades shot by the white cops and reactionaries
who went and had a Wendy's frosty and fries.
Of course since the next stanza of the original calls for
"Clearing the street for the brown battalions"
I can't go any further without denouncing myself.
Posted by: Kindltot at November 29, 2014 11:17 PM (t//F+)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD)
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Oh no, no no, no.
Ice cream and beer have explosive results if consumed in close proximity to one another.
Fire extinguishers and gas masks required at my house.
Posted by: Tobacco Road at November 29, 2014 11:17 PM (4Mv1T)
Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Bossy Assault Hobbit and Vaginassassin, aka Beth at November 29, 2014 11:17 PM (CA2NO)
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at November 29, 2014 11:18 PM (6fyGz)
Posted by: Radfem at November 29, 2014 11:18 PM (MMC8r)
..
White people luuuuv Wendy's!!! Amirte? Amirite, or amirite?!! White people luv the shit outta some mothefuckin' Wendy's!! Chad be all like, I gotta get me some goddamn Wendy's!! Amirite or amirite??? You know I'm right!! Goddamn!! Ha-ha!! Yes!!
Posted by: Costanza Defense at November 29, 2014 11:18 PM (zwdxl)
My Best Friend did that when I was a Sophomore in High School.
You cannot go building statues to "suicide".
-Period.
Posted by: ColdBeer1 (Slap) at November 29, 2014 11:19 PM (16bOT)
Posted by: Radfem at November 29, 2014 11:18 PM (MMC8r)
If that's what you do with your vagina, you're using it wrong.
Just sayin'.
Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Bossy Assault Hobbit and Vaginassassin, aka Beth at November 29, 2014 11:19 PM (CA2NO)
BC - no Fireball in the house (ever since I tried to keep up with you on that dreaded ONT), but I just poured you a shot of George Dickel.
Posted by: shredded chi at November 29, 2014 11:19 PM (gYIwv)
As to the mystery guest, it depends... is this character a 'walk-on', or a fore-shadowing of a future event? As a twist, you could use the 'nice chap' for latter, and the 'Smoking Man' for the former, thus fooling the readers.
Posted by: CPT. Charles at November 29, 2014 11:19 PM (/mTq0)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at November 29, 2014 11:20 PM (wU90H)
Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Bossy Assault Hobbit and Vaginassassin, aka Beth at November 29, 2014 11:17 PM (CA2NO)
*sketches a bow*
mi'lady
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Marginally Honorable Chairman Who Thinks You're All A Bunch Of RINOs at November 29, 2014 11:20 PM (GEICT)
Even during his Def Comedy Race War speech, he kept referring to Ferguson as "Jefferson". Crowd kept having to correct him as he called for a race war in Jefferson.
Posted by: Costanza Defense at November 29, 2014 11:20 PM (zwdxl)
144 Posted by: Costanza Defense
"We going to die anyway. Let's die for something," the radical figure told the crowd to roaring applause.
It sounds like "the radical figure" has been given certain news ... and has decided to take some people with him.
Posted by: Arbalest at November 29, 2014 11:21 PM (FlRtG)
Posted by: ColdBeer1 (Slap) at November 29, 2014 11:21 PM (16bOT)
Thanks Cpt Charles. Still got a lot of writing ahead of with this story.
Still deciding if this mystery guest will be a nice chap or Smoking Man
grade shadowy government type.
But Scrivener annoys me that it can spell-check words like 'dirndl' but gives a red squiggle for 'unsymetrical.'
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at November 29, 2014 11:09 PM (wU90H)
That's 'cause you need two 'm's.
Posted by: cthulhu at November 29, 2014 11:21 PM (T1005)
Posted by: shredded chi at November 29, 2014 11:19 PM (gYIwv)
Hahahaha.
*brushes off shoulder*
Still got it.
Dickel is good stuff though, been there.
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Marginally Honorable Chairman Who Thinks You're All A Bunch Of RINOs at November 29, 2014 11:21 PM (GEICT)
Posted by: Costanza Defense at November 29, 2014 11:20 PM (zwdxl)
Assloads of cocaine will do that to a guy. Well, assloads of cocaine and pants-crapping insanity.
Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Bossy Assault Hobbit and Vaginassassin, aka Beth at November 29, 2014 11:21 PM (CA2NO)
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at November 29, 2014 11:22 PM (6fyGz)
Squatting to pee doesn't provide as much an exhibition.
Posted by: Sheet metal plate affixed to toilet stall at November 29, 2014 11:23 PM (KG1MP)
Posted by: puddleglum not at work at November 29, 2014 11:23 PM (NaDr4)
Just sayin'.
Go on...(BC, that webcam is operational, right?)
Posted by: DC in River City at November 29, 2014 11:23 PM (71Btg)
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at November 29, 2014 11:23 PM (jTQ9M)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at November 29, 2014 11:24 PM (wU90H)
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at November 29, 2014 11:25 PM (jTQ9M)
Posted by: puddleglum not at work at November 29, 2014 11:23 PM (NaDr4)
How does it go? "When black people riot, cities burn. When white people riot, nations burn."
Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Bossy Assault Hobbit and Vaginassassin, aka Beth at November 29, 2014 11:25 PM (CA2NO)
-Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Bossy Assault Hobbit and Vaginassassin, aka Beth at November 29, 2014 11:21 PM (CA2NO)
That actually sounds reasonable, as far as I'm concerned.
The trouser-foul is artistic license, -given.
Posted by: ColdBeer1 (Slap) at November 29, 2014 11:26 PM (16bOT)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at November 29, 2014 11:09 PM (wU90H)
Perhaps that's because the correct spelling would be unsymmetrical, although the word most generally used to express that concept is asymmetrical or asymmetric.
Posted by: CQD at November 29, 2014 11:26 PM (tcvYF)
Posted by: puddleglum not at work at November 29, 2014 11:23 PM (NaDr4)
Ha, that reminds me of something. Youngest Son and I have talked about such things before, but this AM when I took him to the ER (strep throat) they threw me out of the room while they asked if I had guns, if he felt threatened in the home, etc. He told them "why are you asking this? I haven't been shot!"
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at November 29, 2014 11:26 PM (6fyGz)
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at November 29, 2014 11:25 PM (jTQ9M)
That would surprise the hell out of his wife!
Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Bossy Assault Hobbit and Vaginassassin, aka Beth at November 29, 2014 11:26 PM (CA2NO)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at November 29, 2014 11:26 PM (wU90H)
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Marginally Honorable Chairman Who Thinks You're All A Bunch Of RINOs at November 29, 2014 11:26 PM (GEICT)
Has to keep it in the jar of alcohol it came in, so it isn't much more than a conversation piece, though.
Posted by: Kindltot at November 29, 2014 11:27 PM (t//F+)
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GGE, I'm in Norfolk (about a five iron from VaB).
When Isabel hit, my neighborhood was flooded for days. Well over two feet of water in the streets. Trees down everywhere.
*I think I'm sitting about ten feet above sea level.
I lost power here at Casa de Chi for eleven days.
Rocky (RIP), next door Normandy invading badass Vet next door was alone, and his family never came to check on him once. Assholes.
Posted by: shredded chi at November 29, 2014 11:27 PM (gYIwv)
Shit, the wind snapped utility poles in two...
Posted by: CPT. Charles at November 29, 2014 11:28 PM (/mTq0)
Posted by: puddleglum not at work
Give me enough notice when the war comes to my neighborhood. I have to fish the arsenal out of the lake.
Posted by: fairweatherbill bucking the wind at November 29, 2014 11:28 PM (7dvtN)
Interesting. The nurse at my son's last physical didn't even ask me. She pointed to the question on a clipboard.
Posted by: EC at November 29, 2014 11:28 PM (doBIb)
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at November 29, 2014 11:28 PM (7Qicm)
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at November 29, 2014 11:29 PM (jTQ9M)
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter a
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Good on him, AND you.
The pediatrician who looked after my boys the last 22 years has five of his own. He was not quite retirement age, but retired anyway, rather than put up with any more dictates of the ACA.
Posted by: Tobacco Road at November 29, 2014 11:29 PM (4Mv1T)
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at November 29, 2014 11:30 PM (jTQ9M)
Posted by: ColdBeer1 (Slap) at November 29, 2014 11:30 PM (16bOT)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at November 29, 2014 11:31 PM (wU90H)
Hurricane Rita also caused major damage between Beaumont and Lafayette . Houston got lucky on that one. A hurricane that makes landfall is a major storm no matter what its category.
Posted by: Bob Belcher at November 29, 2014 11:31 PM (3QAtO)
When Isabel hit, my neighborhood was flooded for days. Well over two feet of water in the streets. Trees down everywhere.
The apt building I was in is on First Colonial, katty corner from the hospital. I went inland to South Hill, the river was out if its bank in Franklin and there were trees down all the way across 58 from Emporia to Chesapeake. Lotsa water everywhere, and trees down all over, but Tidewater didn't look as bad as it did between Emporia and Franklin.
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at November 29, 2014 11:32 PM (6fyGz)
Posted by: Infidel at November 29, 2014 11:08 PM (imR+Y)
There was a snowstorm in Michigan a couple of weeks ago, and a local network affiliate pre-empted one hour of afternoon television to "cover" it. There was snow and wind. Roads were bad. This is Michigan, and that kind of winter weather is very common. Not to mention that spending an hour "covering " a snowstorm, when everyone can see how bad it is just by looking out their fricking windows, makes no sense.
They also go overboard when there is a thunderstorm. They have gotten to the point where they are carrying on like hysterical ladies PMSing every time there's normal bad weather.
Posted by: nerdygirl at November 29, 2014 11:32 PM (A/e8X)
Posted by: rickl at November 29, 2014 11:32 PM (sdi6R)
Posted by: Truck Monkey, as Voiced by Brian Dennehy at November 29, 2014 11:33 PM (jucos)
Posted by: Kindltot at November 29, 2014 11:33 PM (t//F+)
http://tinyurl.com/oplekhd
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD)
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I don't have a drinking problem. I drink, type, and forget. No problem.
And that's a picture of somebody's daughter.
And quite a fine example of a daughter it is.
Posted by: Tobacco Road at November 29, 2014 11:33 PM (4Mv1T)
Knock It Off.
Posted by: ColdBeer1 (Slap) at November 29, 2014 11:33 PM (16bOT)
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter a
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Good on him, AND you.
The pediatrician who looked after my boys the last 22 years has five of his own. He was not quite retirement age, but retired anyway, rather than put up with any more dictates of the ACA.
Posted by: Tobacco Road at November 29, 2014 11:29 PM (4Mv1T)
After my last 2 knee surgeries they were asking me those type of questions. Told em I was fine now leave me a lone
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at November 29, 2014 11:34 PM (jTQ9M)
Me...? I never write without a 'plot-tree'.
Posted by: CPT. Charles at November 29, 2014 11:34 PM (/mTq0)
Posted by: rickl
------------------------
You just have to retake chemistry.
Posted by: Tobacco Road at November 29, 2014 11:34 PM (4Mv1T)
-Posted by: rickl at November 29, 2014 11:32 PM (sdi6R)
Negative, Ghostrider. The Pattern is Full.
Posted by: ColdBeer1 (Slap) at November 29, 2014 11:35 PM (16bOT)
22 years has five of his own. He was not quite retirement age, but
retired anyway, rather than put up with any more dictates of the ACA.
Posted by: Tobacco Road at November 29, 2014 11:29 PM (4Mv1T)
When he was 2 I took him in for his "well baby" checkup and they asked me if I was teaching him about guns and knives and such. I told him "Well, he's not quite strong enough to shoot the .357 with magnums, but he's hell with the throwing knives!" Oh, the look I got! I then told the doc, look around and see where you are (Kenbridge, VA; about as rural as you can get), there isn't a house from here to Richmond that doesn't have at least one gun in it. Asking dumb-ass questions like that will get you dumb-ass answers...if it gets you any answers at all, and some of these rednecks around here might just give you an ass-whippin' instead.
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at November 29, 2014 11:36 PM (6fyGz)
Posted by: Truck Monkey, as Voiced by Brian Dennehy at November 29, 2014 11:33 PM (judos)
That would be the nicest thing I said.
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Marginally Honorable Chairman Who Thinks You're All A Bunch Of RINOs at November 29, 2014 11:36 PM (GEICT)
Posted by: eleven at November 29, 2014 11:36 PM (MDgS8)
-Posted by: Truck Monkey, as Voiced by Brian Dennehy at November 29, 2014 11:33 PM (jucos)
There is NO NEED to tell anyone about that boating accident.
...period.
Posted by: ColdBeer1 (Slap) at November 29, 2014 11:37 PM (16bOT)
Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX
Posted by: Jim at November 29, 2014 11:37 PM (RzZOc)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at November 29, 2014 11:37 PM (wU90H)
Posted by: eleven at November 29, 2014 11:38 PM (MDgS8)
Posted by: eleven at November 29, 2014 11:36 PM (MDgS
***********
I made TukDuck Soup. To Die For! I have been eating it all day.
Posted by: Truck Monkey, as Voiced by Brian Dennehy at November 29, 2014 11:38 PM (jucos)
I got twelve right on the beer quiz. Well, nine actually, but I drank three more for extra credit.
Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX
Posted by: Jim at November 29, 2014 11:37 PM (RzZOc)
well done...
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at November 29, 2014 11:38 PM (6fyGz)
Posted by: Dr. Varno at November 29, 2014 11:38 PM (fIv/H)
Posted by: eleven at November 29, 2014 11:39 PM (MDgS8)
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at November 29, 2014 11:39 PM (jTQ9M)
Posted by: Bob Belcher at November 29, 2014 11:31 PM (3QAtO)
Naw. Cat1s landing around here are barely noticed. Minor preparation and you're good to go
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Marginally Honorable Chairman Who Thinks You're All A Bunch Of RINOs at November 29, 2014 11:39 PM (GEICT)
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Same is true of both my doc and Mrs. Hammer's doc.
So.., now we have to doc shop..., after being with the ones that we had for 25 years or so.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at November 29, 2014 11:39 PM (F2IAQ)
Posted by: eleven at November 29, 2014 11:36 PM (MDgS
I went to FL for turkey day and all the turkey stayed there, so no sammiches for me.
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at November 29, 2014 11:39 PM (6fyGz)
-Posted by: eleven at November 29, 2014 11:38 PM (MDgS
You can't...
Well...
There's that.
Posted by: ColdBeer1 (Slap) at November 29, 2014 11:39 PM (16bOT)
Posted by: Costanza Defense at November 29, 2014 11:39 PM (zwdxl)
Posted by: fairweatherbill bucking the wind at November 29, 2014 11:40 PM (7dvtN)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at November 29, 2014 11:40 PM (F2IAQ)
Posted by: CPT. Charles at November 29, 2014 11:40 PM (/mTq0)
-Jim
*HAH!*
Posted by: ColdBeer1 (Slap) at November 29, 2014 11:41 PM (16bOT)
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at November 29, 2014 11:39 PM (6fyGz)
WHaaaaaat????? Where the hell did you go that they didn't send you on your way with a care package?
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Marginally Honorable Chairman Who Thinks You're All A Bunch Of RINOs at November 29, 2014 11:42 PM (GEICT)
-Posted by: Costanza Defense at November 29, 2014 11:39 PM (zwdxl)
You might want to realize that his fantasy isn't reality.
Posted by: ColdBeer1 (Slap) at November 29, 2014 11:42 PM (16bOT)
I'm psyched.
Posted by: eleven at November 29, 2014 11:39 PM (MDgS
And I will be there. So I'm calling it a night. Long day lots of driving and mild temps. Good nite morons be well
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at November 29, 2014 11:42 PM (jTQ9M)
Posted by: eleven at November 29, 2014 11:42 PM (MDgS8)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at November 29, 2014 11:40 PM (F2IAQ)
Oh, let them have it. They have so little else to crow about.
(IIRC Anna is a former zoomie)
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at November 29, 2014 11:43 PM (6fyGz)
Posted by: Tobacco Road at November 29, 2014 11:43 PM (4Mv1T)
http://www.ufunk.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/colosses-fabrice-fouillet-1.jpg
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at November 29, 2014 11:43 PM (wU90H)
Give 'em hell Alabama!
Posted by: toby928(C) has drink taken at November 29, 2014 11:43 PM (rwI+c)
(IIRC Anna is a former zoomie)
Posted by: GGE
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?
Okay..., I take it back.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at November 29, 2014 11:44 PM (F2IAQ)
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Marginally Honorable Chairman Who Thinks
You're All A Bunch Of RINOs at November 29, 2014 11:42 PM (GEICT)
I probably could have gotten a Ziploc full of stuff...or several of them, actually...but I really didn't want to carry it in the car.
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at November 29, 2014 11:44 PM (6fyGz)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at November 29, 2014 11:44 PM (F2IAQ)
-Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at November 29, 2014 11:39 PM (6fyGz)
*shoves a turkey sammich through the USB port*
Dude!
Posted by: ColdBeer1 (Slap) at November 29, 2014 11:44 PM (16bOT)
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Marginally Honorable Chairman Who Thinks You're All A Bunch Of RINOs at November 29, 2014 11:44 PM (GEICT)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at November 29, 2014 11:44 PM (wU90H)
--
Wtf are you on about? Are you offended I'm mocking Farrakhan for calling for a race war?
Posted by: Costanza Defense at November 29, 2014 11:45 PM (zwdxl)
Posted by: rickl at November 29, 2014 11:45 PM (sdi6R)
Posted by: ColdBeer1 (Slap) at November 29, 2014 11:45 PM (16bOT)
Posted by: Tobacco Road at November 29, 2014 10:26 PM (4Mv1T)
Well, slicing it down its axis with a hacksaw sure didn't do it any favors. I wonder if this was an old worn-out gun with sloppy cylinder tolerance, and somebody stacked those slugs deliberately to illustrate what could happen?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 29, 2014 11:45 PM (IaP9F)
Posted by: Truck Monkey, as Voiced by Brian Dennehy at November 29, 2014 11:45 PM (jucos)
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at November 29, 2014 11:44 PM (6fyGz)
You......you FOOL....do you know what you've done???
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Marginally Honorable Chairman Who Thinks You're All A Bunch Of RINOs at November 29, 2014 11:46 PM (GEICT)
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You mean....., no Mothership?
* sobs *
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at November 29, 2014 11:46 PM (F2IAQ)
I absconded with a half a pumpkin/ half a pecan pie.
::smiles like an idiot::
Posted by: eleven at November 29, 2014 11:46 PM (MDgS8)
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Marginally Honorable Chairman Who Thinks
You're All A Bunch Of RINOs at November 29, 2014 11:44 PM (GEICT)
One of them content things again, you know...at the top of the page?
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at November 29, 2014 11:46 PM (6fyGz)
Posted by: Al Sharpton at November 29, 2014 11:47 PM (F2IAQ)
-Posted by: Costanza Defense at November 29, 2014 11:45 PM (zwdxl)
...really?
Posted by: ColdBeer1 (Slap) at November 29, 2014 11:47 PM (16bOT)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at November 29, 2014 11:47 PM (wU90H)
Posted by: Conservative Crank at November 29, 2014 11:48 PM (b2cFu)
Posted by: Truck Monkey, as Voiced by Brian Dennehy at November 29, 2014 11:45 PM (jucos)
I think they were closer to Mach 3 at that point.
Posted by: rickl at November 29, 2014 11:48 PM (sdi6R)
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at November 29, 2014 11:46 PM (6fyGz)
*handwaves*
Oh. That kinda thing then.
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Marginally Honorable Chairman Who Thinks You're All A Bunch Of RINOs at November 29, 2014 11:48 PM (GEICT)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
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I'm thinking the factory might have done it.
Posted by: Al Sharpton at November 29, 2014 11:48 PM (F2IAQ)
Posted by: Trainer at November 29, 2014 11:49 PM (7EbAY)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at November 29, 2014 11:49 PM (F2IAQ)
Posted by: puddleglum not at work at November 29, 2014 11:50 PM (NaDr4)
If you watch the video you see he got a nice crowd, too, even the upper balcony looks full.
The Daily Caller @DailyCaller
Farrakhan On Ferguson: 'We'll Tear This G**damn Country Up!' [VIDEO] trib.al/GEt1x58
Posted by: Costanza Defense at November 29, 2014 11:50 PM (zwdxl)
-Posted by: Truck Monkey, as Voiced by Brian Dennehy at November 29, 2014
Damn. No shit. Right?
BTW... "As Voiced by Brian Dennehy" is as funny as "Has a Kitty What Plays Catch" is "cute'!
That addendum is Restaurant Quality lemonade!
Posted by: ColdBeer1 (Slap) at November 29, 2014 11:50 PM (16bOT)
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Marginally Honorable Chairman Who Thinks
You're All A Bunch Of RINOs at November 29, 2014 11:46 PM (GEICT)
Yes. I avoided getting gravy in the carpet of my car. If I had driven the Subaru I would have taken the entire feast, in the Mustang? nope, they have turkeys here in NC, too, and if I want some that bad I can cook it myself.
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at November 29, 2014 11:50 PM (6fyGz)
Posted by: Truck Monkey, as Voiced by Brian Dennehy at November 29, 2014 11:50 PM (jucos)
Okay, just finished watching "From Russia With Love." IMHO, *much much* better than Dr. No and more plausible as well, or at least as plausible as early Bond gets, although much of the plot didn't make sense to me until it's more or less explained in a faceoff between Connery and Robert Shaw on the train.
Gonna keep it up with "Goldfinger" in a week. Thank God for blu-ray. :-)
Posted by: qdpsteve at November 29, 2014 11:51 PM (fGApK)
-Posted by: Conservative Crank at November 29, 2014 11:48 PM (b2cFu)
How are you, "New-'ish' Dad"?
Posted by: ColdBeer1 (Slap) at November 29, 2014 11:52 PM (16bOT)
Posted by: t-bird at November 29, 2014 10:10 PM (FcR7P)
Guinness does. They bring you to their brewery and certify you.
That is, you pay to get there and then get certified.
I received my Old Style certification, Junior year in high school, in a '68 Mustang GT Fastback, 390 w/428 heads, Toploader and 430 Detroit Locker.
2 cases on the floor boards. Didn't spill a drop. Still, had the dexterity to pass that roach........ummm. ....er....never mind about that.
The mid-70's really were a different time in the NW Chgo burbs. Idyllic, one might say.
Posted by: 98ZJUSMC Suntanning in Bizzaro World at November 29, 2014 11:53 PM (sqmNk)
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at November 29, 2014 11:50 PM (6fyGz)
*throws up hands*
PACKAGING!!! Everything goes in ziploc bags or tupperware container, then in plastic grocery bags that are tied off. Sometimes two bags. Once that is done, the tied off bags going into canvas totes. Every woman has one.
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Marginally Honorable Chairman Who Thinks You're All A Bunch Of RINOs at November 29, 2014 11:53 PM (GEICT)
Posted by: CPT. Charles at November 29, 2014 11:54 PM (/mTq0)
ask questions to patients along those lines (gun ownership). He is an
advocate of the 2nd amendment and he never asks them.
Posted by: puddleglum not at work at November 29, 2014 11:50 PM (NaDr4)
Then apparently you don't have to ask them.
I understand they are in the AMA guidelines or whatever, but no one forces you to be a tool of the state...at least not yet. It's bullshit, and I've instructed all of my kids to not answer them cause it's nobody's damn business what we own.
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at November 29, 2014 11:54 PM (6fyGz)
Posted by: Dr. Varno at November 29, 2014 11:54 PM (fIv/H)
http://www.ufunk.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/selection-du-weekend-116-61.jpg
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at November 29, 2014 11:54 PM (wU90H)
Posted by: Commenter Guy at November 29, 2014 11:54 PM (yxw0r)
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At ~sea level. At 35,000 feet, Mach 3 would be ~1990 mph.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at November 29, 2014 11:55 PM (F2IAQ)
Posted by: ghost of hallelujah at November 29, 2014 11:55 PM (7RXcs)
Posted by: Country Singer at November 29, 2014 11:56 PM (nL0sw)
http://www.ufunk.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/selection-du-weekend-116-61.jpg
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at November 29, 2014 11:54 PM (wU90H)
Ha, I'm pretty locked in as the favorite at this point, but she'll like that.
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Marginally Honorable Chairman Who Thinks You're All A Bunch Of RINOs at November 29, 2014 11:56 PM (GEICT)
Posted by: Truck Monkey, as Voiced by Brian Dennehy at November 29, 2014 11:50 PM (jucos)
The speed of sound is about 760 mph at sea level, so Mach 3 is 2280 mph. I don't know what it is at 80,000 feet.
But they were talking knots. 2280 mph = 1981 knots.
Posted by: rickl at November 29, 2014 11:56 PM (sdi6R)
--
Yeah, really, dude. You got me all confused.
I'm kinda weird in that Farraquack's speech kinda bugs me. I'm weird in that when a major figure gives a speech at an American university calling for violence against my family cause of their skin tone -- and an auditorium full of people give him a standing ovation for that, I take offense at it.
And I take it seriously. He's an old coot, but Black Panthers and Nation of Islam members have committed a lot of major racial violence in their history.
I have this weird thing that when people call for explicit violence against my family I take them at their word that they mean it. I don't just laugh it off. I don't say, oh, he's old and black so he should get a pass at calling for violence against random whites.
Posted by: Costanza Defense at November 29, 2014 11:57 PM (zwdxl)
Posted by: fairweatherbill bucking the wind at November 29, 2014 11:57 PM (7dvtN)
Posted by: puddleglum not at work at November 29, 2014 11:57 PM (NaDr4)
Posted by: Dr. Varno at November 29, 2014 11:57 PM (fIv/H)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at November 29, 2014 11:55 PM (F2IAQ)
**********
I did not know this. They were closer to mach III. Bad ass. The Blackbird that flew from Califuckya to DC to be the Smithsonian piece made the trip in 71 minutes. So cool
Posted by: Truck Monkey, as Voiced by Brian Dennehy at November 29, 2014 11:58 PM (jucos)
tupperware container, then in plastic grocery bags that are tied off.
Sometimes two bags. Once that is done, the tied off bags going into
canvas totes. Every woman has one.
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Marginally Honorable Chairman Who Thinks
You're All A Bunch Of RINOs at November 29, 2014 11:53 PM (GEICT)
Don't have no woman, and at any rate there isn't anything that was so good that I had to haul it 500 miles. They have turkeys and potatoes and hams and everything else right here, if I want it bad enough I just go to the grocery store and get it. Besides, between bags and
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at November 29, 2014 11:58 PM (6fyGz)
-Posted by: Commenter Guy at November 29, 2014 11:54 PM (yxw0r)
Six pallets?!?. I used to load "pallets" and I know what a "full-skid" looks like.
If you bought six pallets, I'll take my hat off to you.
I believe your nomenclature may be a bit "off".
Posted by: ColdBeer1 (Slap) at November 29, 2014 11:59 PM (16bOT)
Posted by: qdpsteve at November 29, 2014 11:51 PM
Awesome. The whole train act with Shaw is pure gold.
Posted by: otho at November 29, 2014 11:59 PM (tBSrv)
Posted by: Commenter Guy at November 29, 2014 11:54 PM (yxw0r)
You're going to be taking a lot of bumblebee shits.
Posted by: Country Singer at November 30, 2014 12:01 AM (nL0sw)
Well, slicing it down its axis with a hacksaw sure didn't do it any
favors. I wonder if this was an old worn-out gun with sloppy cylinder
tolerance, and somebody stacked those slugs deliberately to illustrate
what could happen?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
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I'm thinking the factory might have done it.
Posted by: Al Sharpton at November 29, 2014 11:48 PM (F2IAQ)
Actually, it was milled, not hacksawed.
Posted by: cthulhu at November 30, 2014 12:01 AM (T1005)
Posted by: ColdBeer1 (Slap) at November 30, 2014 12:02 AM (16bOT)
Mach II is about 1500 MPH. I think Mach III is about 2300.
Posted by: Truck Monkey, as Voiced by Brian Dennehy at November 29, 2014 11:50 PM (jucos)
MACH is Altitude dependent, at 65-80kft -- 650 to 700 mph. So, 1900 put you close to MACH III. I suspect they were at lower altitudes during check runs.
Posted by: Jean at November 30, 2014 12:02 AM (TETYm)
The way he explained it was, that basically the SR's only true speed limit was the plane's skin temperature, and that yes, it could speed itself to death with throttle to spare.
So, while it's cruise was officially listed as "Mach 3+", it's sprint-speed is, as far as any of us know, a guesstimate, at best. The X-15, with it's ICONEL skin, began to melt and self-destruct at just over Mach 6. And that was only what, a six or seven minute fuel-burn on that rocket plane?
I don't think that a short duration sprint near the speed of Mach 5 would be a wild guess with the SR platform. Two or three minutes at that speed, especially with a small course change, would screw up the intercept of just about any missile made, then or now.
Now, that would have been one hell of an airspeed call to ATC!
Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX
Posted by: Jim at November 30, 2014 12:03 AM (RzZOc)
http://www.ufunk.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/selection-du-weekend-116-47.jpg
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at November 30, 2014 12:03 AM (wU90H)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at November 30, 2014 12:05 AM (F2IAQ)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at November 29, 2014 11:43 PM (wU90H)
Now that is one buddhacious Boda!
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 30, 2014 12:06 AM (IaP9F)
limit was the plane's skin temperature, and that yes, it could speed
itself to death with throttle to spare.
IIRC the Phantom (proof that bricks will fly given enough thrust) was also speed limited by its skin, IE the metal would start peeling back before it ran out of thrust. Of course I heard this from former Phantom drivers (some of which were also Marines), so the stories might have been stretched out a bit.
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at November 30, 2014 12:06 AM (6fyGz)
Posted by: qdpsteve at November 30, 2014 12:07 AM (fGApK)
Posted by: Jean at November 30, 2014 12:07 AM (TETYm)
Posted by: Tobacco Road at November 30, 2014 12:08 AM (4Mv1T)
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at November 30, 2014 12:10 AM (6fyGz)
For the life of me, I can't find anything nice except to order from overseas, and I'm not in the mood to pay for shipping from there.
Posted by: tcn in AK, almost at November 30, 2014 12:11 AM (g+qqc)
Well, they call it Glacier for a reason.
Posted by: fairweatherbill bucking the wind at November 29, 2014 11:57 PM (7dvtN)
How is this so? I've been told many times that "climate change" will melt all the glaciers.
Posted by: Thrawn at November 30, 2014 12:11 AM (Oo0Xc)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at November 30, 2014 12:11 AM (wU90H)
IIRC the Phantom (proof that bricks will fly given enough thrust) was also speed limited by its skin, IE the metal would start peeling back before it ran out of thrust. Of course I heard this from former Phantom drivers (some of which were also Marines), so the stories might have been stretched out a bit.
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at November 30, 2014 12:06 AM (6fyGz)
I remember when the Blue Angels flew Phantoms. Those were
Posted by: rickl at November 30, 2014 12:12 AM (sdi6R)
Posted by: Jean at November 30, 2014 12:13 AM (TETYm)
While my Aunts and Uncles drop "N-Bombs" like they are over Dresden, and Farrakhan riles the minorities?
...really?
If you are that concerned, lock 'n load, amigo.
I happen to think that you are off-base and I don't mean that in anything other than a mathematical fashion.
I think your posts are informative and I also believe that you are more educated than I.
I don't see the "race-war", however.
-At least not in the North/South version I am envisioning.
Maybe I've taken that whole idea in the wrong fashion. I "get it", as far as "inclusiveness".
Whenever I see the word "War", I draw closer to rations and firearms. That's just me, though.
No offense intended.
Posted by: ColdBeer1 (Slap) at November 30, 2014 12:13 AM (16bOT)
And as I'm beginning to sound like Hector, I shall call it a night.
Posted by: Commenter Guy at November 30, 2014 12:14 AM (yxw0r)
(((AOS PERV ALERT))))
(((AOS PERV ALERT))))
(((AOS PERV ALERT))))
(((AOS PERV ALERT))))
(DAMN Ace and that early warning system he set up against me!!!)
Posted by: qdpsteve at November 30, 2014 12:14 AM (fGApK)
I bought tomatoes to make roasted tomatoes, your basic recipe with my additions. I made Friday & as soon as I took out of oven, my roommate attacked them. I got 1/4 of pound or so.
Next time I'm making when he's out so I can at least let them settle for a few minutes. I used Kumato tomatoes. I have plum tomatoes to make tomorrow.
I'm reading book I bought & downloaded from iBooks at least one year but probably two years ago.
I wanted to tell you he loved them.
Posted by: Carol at November 30, 2014 12:14 AM (sj3Ax)
Posted by: Jean at November 30, 2014 12:14 AM (TETYm)
ColdBeer, thanks for the warm wishes. And congrats to Chi on the family addition. Son of Crank is well, I posted a tweet pic of him a couple days ago.
FRWL is *the* best Bond film, IMO. Every gadget is plausible, it's a genuine Cold War type story, and Shaw is beyond menacing. Plus the Bond girl is hawt and classy looking.
An F-16 will kill its pilot before the airframe fails in high-G maneuvers, iirc.
Posted by: Conservative Crank at November 30, 2014 12:15 AM (b2cFu)
Posted by: qdpsteve at November 30, 2014 12:16 AM (fGApK)
the difference between a structural failure and an airframe vibrating
itself apart due from the pilot's seat.
Posted by: Jean at November 30, 2014 12:13 AM (TETYm)
Like I said, I heard this from Phantom drivers, some of them were Marines, so the stories might have been...amplified...
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at November 30, 2014 12:17 AM (6fyGz)
Posted by: Jean at November 30, 2014 12:18 AM (TETYm)
411 Anna P
something like 90% of the thrust was not coming from the engines' combustion chambers but how the airflow in the nacelles was routed and squeezed.
The result is effectively a ramjet, and if you look at pictures of the J-58 there are ducts that route air past the compressor.
Posted by: Arbalest at November 30, 2014 12:19 AM (FlRtG)
Hey, you think Obama has one of those deep underground the WH? There's probably a Democrat MTFE (TM) Misinformation Center, a mold for making Ferguson Protesters, a Conservative Blog Troll Trainer...
the mind boggles. ;-)
Posted by: qdpsteve at November 30, 2014 12:19 AM (fGApK)
Cthulhu,
I bought tomatoes to make roasted tomatoes, your basic recipe with
my additions. I made Friday as soon as I took out of oven, my
roommate attacked them. I got 1/4 of pound or so.
Next time I'm making when he's out so I can at least let them settle
for a few minutes. I used Kumato tomatoes. I have plum tomatoes to make
tomorrow.
I'm reading book I bought downloaded from iBooks at least one year but probably two years ago.
I wanted to tell you he loved them.
Posted by: Carol at November 30, 2014 12:14 AM (sj3Ax)
I'll typically do about 5 Roma tomatoes just for the two of us.
Posted by: cthulhu at November 30, 2014 12:20 AM (T1005)
Sorry, didn't finish that -
And how they modeled that with a slide rule.
Posted by: Jean at November 30, 2014 12:20 AM (TETYm)
-At least not in the North/South version I am envisioning.
It won't ever again be north/south. It will be rural/urban, and the urban areas won't fare as well as they envision they might. Yeah, they have more people...to feed...most of which think food comes from the grocery store, which won't be restocked because of the unrest and violence...begetting more unrest and violence...
http://tinyurl.com/ckruyal
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at November 30, 2014 12:22 AM (6fyGz)
Posted by: kbdabear at November 30, 2014 12:22 AM (GrXXa)
http://tinyurl.com/kbukc63
http://tinyurl.com/llojf2w
Enjoy, before it is legally mandated!
Posted by: Null at November 30, 2014 12:22 AM (xjpRj)
... ducts that route air past the
... and then there's the nacelle ductwork, for engine cooling and additional thrust
Posted by: Arbalest at November 30, 2014 12:23 AM (FlRtG)
-Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at November 30, 2014 12:17 AM (6fyGz)
And this is coming from someone who Lost-Track of Our Queen, as he wandered about with a hand-held device of ineptitude.
...typing nonsense.
...translated:
...tpikng nmnsgselv.
This kilt-wearing semi-American was at a loss for The Crown. -Our Crown!
Take that into consideration as you read his posts... lol.
Posted by: ColdBeer1 (Slap) at November 30, 2014 12:23 AM (16bOT)
Posted by: Arbalest at November 30, 2014 12:19 AM (FlRtG)
Part of that is you have to slow the internal airflow down below Mach or else you'll rip the innards right out of the engine. The Tomcat had ramps in the intake that would drop and restrict the airflow, the Hornet does it through the aerodynamics of the body, IIRC the Phantom did it through aerodynamics as well but as I am not now nor was I ever a Phantom mech I couldn't say for sure.
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at November 30, 2014 12:24 AM (6fyGz)
Posted by: ColdBeer1 (Slap) at November 30, 2014 12:24 AM (16bOT)
He's, to be perfectly honest, a vulture & added smoked Gruyere cheese to the four cheese Italian blend I tossed them with before cooking. He wanted me to add some to one & I told him he can add extra cheese to his serving.
I have 1.5 pounds for tomorrow for steaks with my older brother.
Posted by: Carol at November 30, 2014 12:25 AM (sj3Ax)
Posted by: ColdBeer1 (Slap) at November 30, 2014 12:23 AM (16bOT)
Wounded I am, sirrah. Wounded, I say!
(also guilty as charged, so there is that)
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at November 30, 2014 12:26 AM (6fyGz)
http://www.alexis4u.com/silkstockings.htm (US-based, they ship)
Posted by: CPT. Charles at November 30, 2014 12:26 AM (/mTq0)
But that's why we Love You!
Posted by: ColdBeer1 (Slap) at November 30, 2014 12:27 AM (16bOT)
Posted by: qdpsteve at November 30, 2014 12:27 AM (fGApK)
It won't ever again be north/south. It will be rural/urban, and the urban areas won't fare as well as they envision they might. Yeah, they have more people...to feed...most of which think food comes from the grocery store, which won't be restocked because of the unrest and violence...begetting more unrest and violence...
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at November 30, 2014 12:22 AM (6fyGz)
I agree. It will be rural vs. urban. Which means the suburbs may turn out to be the front lines. So I have that to look forward to.
Posted by: rickl at November 30, 2014 12:27 AM (sdi6R)
Posted by: ColdBeer1 (Slap) at November 30, 2014 12:29 AM (16bOT)
Posted by: qdpsteve at November 30, 2014 12:30 AM (fGApK)
Posted by: Piercello at November 30, 2014 12:30 AM (JybVy)
Posted by: Gingy in Canada where it's cold at November 30, 2014 12:31 AM (xBPyN)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at November 30, 2014 12:31 AM (F2IAQ)
Posted by: Gingy
----------------
unnnnnh. Tread carefully.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at November 30, 2014 12:32 AM (F2IAQ)
Posted by: dartist at November 30, 2014 12:32 AM (ahBY0)
Part of that is you have to slow the internal airflow down below Mach 1...
... and to avoid internal shockwaves. turbines work well sub-sonically, but get the internal flow to M 1 and efficiency drops fast. The SR-71's moveable shock cones in front of each engine, and the VG inlets on the F14 and F15 shock the flow down to
F-4 intake discussion here ("XF4H-1 prototype"):
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/McDonnell_Douglas_F-4_Phantom_II
Posted by: Arbalest at November 30, 2014 12:33 AM (FlRtG)
...going Mach 3+ runs the skin temp waaaaay up.
Posted by: CPT. Charles at November 30, 2014 12:33 AM (/mTq0)
"tht where lovening you've".
Posted by: ColdBeer1 (Slap) at November 30, 2014 12:29 AM (16bOT)
Oh, hardy har har.
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at November 30, 2014 12:33 AM (6fyGz)
I apply, (as always), the fact that I could be wrong.
I don't mind being corrected.
Posted by: ColdBeer1 (Slap) at November 30, 2014 12:33 AM (16bOT)
Posted by: ColdBeer1 (Slap) at November 30, 2014 12:34 AM (16bOT)
Posted by: ColdBeer1 (Slap) at November 30, 2014 12:35 AM (16bOT)
------------------
Kinda. Well... another is coming, I'm sure.
I'm a little tired of turkey, so right now, I'm eating the rest of the stuffing - straight out of the fridge, and with a plastic fork to show how classy I am.
Posted by: shredded chi at November 30, 2014 12:36 AM (gYIwv)
This is bad. My ex found out we are in town and is pressuring my kid to see him.
Posted by: Gingy in Canada where it's cold at November 30, 2014 12:31 AM (xBPyN)
How bad is it? Which do you need first: lawyers, guns, or money?
Posted by: cthulhu at November 30, 2014 12:38 AM (T1005)
Posted by: Gingy in Canada where it's cold at November 30, 2014 12:31 AM (xBPyN)
Youngest Son met his birth father for the first time while we were in FL,so I understand...slightly...as much as is possible without knowing the whole story anyway.
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at November 30, 2014 12:38 AM (6fyGz)
Posted by: cthulhu at November 30, 2014 12:38 AM (T1005)
Probably have to be bail first...
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at November 30, 2014 12:38 AM (6fyGz)
https://twitter.com/kbdabear/status/538930282620264448
https://twitter.com/kbdabear/status/538930521330704384
https://twitter.com/kbdabear/status/538930796183449600
https://twitter.com/kbdabear/status/538931178699767808
Posted by: kbdabear at November 30, 2014 12:39 AM (GrXXa)
Posted by: GGE
----------------
From the Yellowknife Picayune:
Man Found Impaled With Knitting Needle
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at November 30, 2014 12:41 AM (F2IAQ)
Posted by: Blanco Basura at November 30, 2014 12:42 AM (UVfht)
Saturday Night ONT Compliance Pics
https://twitter.com/kbdabear/status/538930796183449600
Posted by: kbdabear at November 30, 2014 12:39 AM (GrXXa)
My god, they removed her elbows!!!
Posted by: cthulhu at November 30, 2014 12:42 AM (T1005)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at November 30, 2014 12:42 AM (F2IAQ)
I didn't do an Asia-specific search... and I kinda doubt you want to go thru alibaba.
Posted by: CPT. Charles at November 30, 2014 12:42 AM (/mTq0)
Posted by: Blanco Basura at November 30, 2014 12:43 AM (UVfht)
It should involve beer.
And cake.
Posted by: Nicholas Kronos at November 30, 2014 12:43 AM (xKNS8)
Six pallets?!?. I used to load "pallets" and I know what a "full-skid" looks like.
Posted by: ColdBeer1 (Slap) at November 29, 2014 11:59 PM (16bOT)
How many cases are on a standard pallet of beer? I keep 16 cases on a skid that measures about 19" x 24". Any more than that and rotating stock to put the new cases on the bottom becomes a nuisance.
Posted by: rickl at November 30, 2014 12:44 AM (sdi6R)
Posted by: Gingy in Canada where it's cold at November 30, 2014 12:44 AM (xBPyN)
Posted by: Thrawn at November 30, 2014 12:45 AM (Oo0Xc)
Posted by: Adriane the Pop Culture Critic ... at November 30, 2014 12:45 AM (P+IZm)
Posted by: Piercello at November 30, 2014 12:47 AM (JybVy)
Posted by: Gingy in Canada where it's cold at November 30, 2014 12:44 AM (xBPyN)
How old is Big now?
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at November 30, 2014 12:47 AM (6fyGz)
It's bad. I left him when Big was 8 months old.
Posted by: Gingy in Canada where it's cold at November 30, 2014 12:44 AM (xBPyN)
How is he pressuring your son?
Posted by: cthulhu at November 30, 2014 12:47 AM (T1005)
while we were in FL,so I understand...slightly...as much as is possible
without knowing the whole story anyway.
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at November 30, 2014 12:38 AM (6fyGz)
Did you need bail money?
Posted by: Jean at November 30, 2014 12:48 AM (TETYm)
-Posted by: Gingy in Canada where it's cold at November 30, 2014 12:31 AM (xBPyN)
Might God find your path both Blessed and righteous.
I ask of God that this instance finds its rightful place in His earthly Kingdom.
Might our Prayers find this child and his Mother well. Might a chance meeting with this Child's Father be Blessed, meaningful and Peaceful.
Your Will Be Done on Earth, as it is in Heaven.
*Amen*
Posted by: ColdBeer1 (Slap) at November 30, 2014 12:48 AM (16bOT)
Yet reason #4,539,531 why Cali is boned:
http://tinyurl.com/o2olrhj
Posted by: Thrawn at November 30, 2014 12:45 AM (Oo0Xc)
Yeppers -- and they're going to have to tax the crap out of current citizens and not provide them any services in return in order to pay it, whenever they are forced to do so. Which is why I intend to be an ex-citizen by then.....if I can just get the fiancee to pull up stakes before it goes over.
Posted by: cthulhu at November 30, 2014 12:50 AM (T1005)
Posted by: Tyrone Shoelaces at November 30, 2014 12:51 AM (Q3tFF)
Posted by: Insomniac at November 30, 2014 12:53 AM (mx5oN)
Posted by: Gingy in Canada where it's cold at November 30, 2014 12:53 AM (xBPyN)
Posted by: Insomniac at November 30, 2014 12:53 AM (mx5oN)
Posted by: Piercello at November 30, 2014 12:54 AM (JybVy)
Posted by: Gingy in Canada where it's cold at November 30, 2014 12:54 AM (xBPyN)
Posted by: Jean at November 30, 2014 12:48 AM (TETYm)
Fortunately no, his birth father apparently grew some sense in the 15 years since he "dint do nuffin to dat cripple girl".
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at November 30, 2014 12:54 AM (6fyGz)
Posted by: Insomniac at November 30, 2014 12:55 AM (mx5oN)
Piercello - I brought so much leftover bird home from Mom's, I had to go buy some parker house rolls today for more sliders.
when I was there today to meet the new baby, I made off with two more pieces of pumpkin pie.
Posted by: shredded chi at November 30, 2014 12:55 AM (gYIwv)
Posted by: Insomniac at November 30, 2014 12:56 AM (mx5oN)
Posted by: Gingy in Canada where it's cold at November 30, 2014 12:53 AM (xBPyN)
I'm sure he won't mind a phone call.
All of my kids that I raised but did not create had to find their real dads, and all of them did so...and the verdict is, I'm it.
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at November 30, 2014 12:56 AM (6fyGz)
He all be 21 in January. He knows Dave is his dad, has said ex has one chance on his (Big's) terms. I need my husband.
Posted by: Gingy in Canada where it's cold at November 30, 2014 12:53 AM (xBPyN)
I think what Big needs is some help on what his terms will be and how they will be enforced.
Posted by: cthulhu at November 30, 2014 12:58 AM (T1005)
I'd call it a cut-rate "Catch-22." Was NOT impressed. It also portrays the military pretty negatively IMHO.
Posted by: qdpsteve at November 30, 2014 12:59 AM (fGApK)
Posted by: shredded chi at November 30, 2014 01:00 AM (gYIwv)
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at November 30, 2014 01:03 AM (6fyGz)
Posted by: rickl at November 30, 2014 01:03 AM (sdi6R)
Posted by: qdpsteve at November 30, 2014 12:59 AM (fGApK)
Clooney also exclaims later in the movie that "he (Bush) lied". Clooney then had to excuse himself and get some clean underwear, his excitement after saying that line physically manifested itself.
Posted by: Thrawn at November 30, 2014 01:03 AM (Oo0Xc)
I'd call it a cut-rate "Catch-22." Was NOT impressed. It also portrays the military pretty negatively IMHO.
Posted by: qdpsteve at November 30, 2014 12:59 AM (fGApK)
True. They also slipped in the "no blood for oil" theme as well. I was not amused.
Posted by: Insomniac at November 30, 2014 01:04 AM (mx5oN)
Allow Our Lord to assuage your fears and Keep you well.
I pray for knowledge, as I am an infant within the realm of Love and God's infinite Justice.
Might his Father be brought to tears for what he hath wrought, through his Beautiful Son.
Might his eyes glance upon the beauty that is his child and find, through God, his place amongst Creation.
Might he find and understand the Love thrust upon him and weep with joy, the beauty of a child of God, raised with morality and the ever-present Love of the child's Mind, Body and Soul.
On my knees, I pray for a beautiful outcome from such a shattered past.
Jesus Christ, Our Lord...
...Find these beautiful people the comfort they so ask of you.
As Love comes from God, might our Prayers find Love with this; Our Friend.
*amen*
Posted by: ColdBeer1 (Slap) at November 30, 2014 01:05 AM (16bOT)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QR465HoCWFQ
Posted by: CPT. Charles at November 30, 2014 01:07 AM (/mTq0)
http://tinyurl.com/o999pus
Hope Bennet likes his Lil' Restraining Order.
#sigh
Posted by: qdpsteve at November 30, 2014 01:13 AM (fGApK)
Posted by: NIH Researchers at November 30, 2014 01:13 AM (XO6WW)
Posted by: Adriane ... at November 30, 2014 01:14 AM (P+IZm)
That term would be better applied to WeirdDave, rather than this child's Birth Father.
I might-better have said: "Might his Birth-Father be brought to tears for what he hath helped to create, through his Beautiful Son."
Posted by: ColdBeer1 (Slap) at November 30, 2014 01:17 AM (16bOT)
Posted by: ColdBeer1 (Slap) at November 30, 2014 01:18 AM (16bOT)
If there never has been a better argument for defunding and dismantling the Departnent of Education, that "lesson plan" for the Gentle Giant classroom memorial exercise beats them all.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars(TM) at November 30, 2014 01:18 AM (GQnRa)
Posted by: Infidel at November 30, 2014 01:20 AM (imR+Y)
no wonder it rated so well on IMDB - I should've listened to you guys & found something else for background noise / distraction.
Posted by: shredded chi at November 30, 2014 01:21 AM (gYIwv)
These guys are given regular psych evaluations and, are some of the most skilled and motivated humans on the planet.
That 'film' is nothing less than a smear of the US Army, and our Republic.
Posted by: CPT. Charles at November 30, 2014 01:22 AM (/mTq0)
Posted by: Infidel at November 30, 2014 01:24 AM (imR+Y)
"You're pretty."
"I'm a fun guy."
"I'm just about to come into some money (thanks to the tooth)."
"I know how to show girls like you a good time."
Posted by: qdpsteve at November 30, 2014 01:25 AM (fGApK)
That 'film' is nothing less than a smear of the US Army, and our Republic.
Posted by: CPT. Charles at November 30, 2014 01:22 AM (/mTq0)
You did hear "Clooney", right? I figured that would be self-evident...
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at November 30, 2014 01:25 AM (6fyGz)
-Can I be a Better Man tomorrow than I was today?
Dear God, I hope so.
G'Night, Ev'ry-Buddy!
*static*
Posted by: ColdBeer1 (Slap) at November 30, 2014 01:26 AM (16bOT)
infidel, yep. In fairness, the boy already knows what to say to girls:
"You're pretty."
"I'm a fun guy."
"I'm just about to come into some money (thanks to the tooth)."
"I know how to show girls like you a good time."
Posted by: qdpsteve at November 30, 2014 01:25 AM (fGApK)
Millions of years of evolution have led to just such a result.
Posted by: cthulhu at November 30, 2014 01:27 AM (T1005)
Posted by: Infidel at November 30, 2014 01:28 AM (imR+Y)
"No I will not come to your house. My lawyer is ugly. He said to send you something called a restraining order. My toys are more fun than yours. I already have a boy friend and he makes two dollars more a week allowance than you. My mom says I am allergic to cheese. Don't send me any more notes. Yuck."
Posted by: qdpsteve at November 30, 2014 01:29 AM (fGApK)
I wanna know what the hell is in the cat's mouth. It can't be his tongue. It looks creepy.
Posted by: Infidel at November 30, 2014 01:24 AM (imR+Y)
It's sticking its tongue out at the asshole who thought it would be funny to cram him into a turkey suit.
Posted by: cthulhu at November 30, 2014 01:29 AM (T1005)
Posted by: NIH Researchers at November 30, 2014 01:29 AM (XO6WW)
And as I fade-off into the distance, I ask myself...
-Can I be a Better Man tomorrow than I was today?
Dear God, I hope so.
G'Night, Ev'ry-Buddy!
*static*
Posted by: ColdBeer1 (Slap) at November 30, 2014 01:26 AM (16bOT)
That's a helluva high bar, there, Slap. Maybe you should work on "continued excellence."
Posted by: cthulhu at November 30, 2014 01:30 AM (T1005)
Posted by: shredded chi at November 30, 2014 01:21 AM (gYIwv)
Vikings on the history channel, Archer on FX, Z Nation on SciFy...
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at November 30, 2014 01:30 AM (6fyGz)
I even stopped and went to look to see if it was really a Zappa song. It isn't, as far as I can tell.
Posted by: rickl at November 30, 2014 01:31 AM (sdi6R)
Posted by: Infidel at November 30, 2014 01:31 AM (imR+Y)
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at November 30, 2014 01:32 AM (6fyGz)
I've just been burned by so many women. What really frustrates me is, I can't even get to the fucking *friend zone.* I've been told too many times, women don't even want to *know* me. It's to the point that I won't even approach them anymore, I've gotten so sick of it.
I know you all didn't come here to hear my sob stories tonight though. And I do have other things going in my life right now. Just needed to vent (again).
Posted by: qdpsteve at November 30, 2014 01:34 AM (fGApK)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QR465HoCWFQ
Posted by: CPT. Charles at November 30, 2014 01:07 AM (/mTq0)
Classic stuff.
Posted by: Insomniac at November 30, 2014 01:34 AM (mx5oN)
These guys are given regular psych evaluations and, are some of the most skilled and motivated humans on the planet.
That 'film' is nothing less than a smear of the US Army, and our Republic.
Posted by: CPT. Charles at November 30, 2014 01:22 AM (/mTq0) Patriarchy made him do it.
Posted by: Conservative Crank at November 30, 2014 01:35 AM (b2cFu)
Well, cthulhu, that makes sense. Just looks weird. I don't understand
why people feel compelled to do shit like that to their pets.
Posted by: Infidel at November 30, 2014 01:31 AM (imR+Y)
By now, it's probably a dysfunctional cycle of passive-aggressive behaviors. Dressed as pumpkin; shitted in sneakers; dressed as turkey; hairball on pillow....
Posted by: cthulhu at November 30, 2014 01:35 AM (T1005)
Posted by: Infidel at November 30, 2014 01:39 AM (imR+Y)
tell them you're a pre-op lesbian ...
i don't know ... I'm not that good at this stuff either ...
Posted by: Adriane ... at November 30, 2014 01:41 AM (P+IZm)
https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=892622264088736
Posted by: Biscuits Mahoney at November 30, 2014 01:41 AM (VLfid)
Posted by: Infidel at November 30, 2014 01:39 AM (imR+Y)
I live with my kids. I'm quite a catch.
Well, technically they live with me, since it is my house...
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at November 30, 2014 01:41 AM (6fyGz)
Just seems like I have a really special knack for falling for women who (a) are completely out of my league anyway, or (b) would be approachable, except just two days before I came around, they already met the love of their life, who also happens to be a billionaire and look exactly like Brad Pitt.
Posted by: qdpsteve at November 30, 2014 01:42 AM (fGApK)
Posted by: Adriane ... at November 30, 2014 01:41 AM (P+IZm)
It's been over 20 years since I was in the dating game, and I wasn't any good at it then. I was also 20 years younger and in better physical shape. Now I'm just resigned to my fate.
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at November 30, 2014 01:43 AM (6fyGz)
I've read that back in the 1950s at Dance Halls, they had a sign: "Women, dance with the men who ask you. Men have feelings too."
Today it seems like most women would rather get their satisfaction humiliating lonely men than agreeing to give them a try dating them.
Posted by: qdpsteve at November 30, 2014 01:44 AM (fGApK)
I've just been burned by so many women. What really frustrates me is, I can't even get to the fucking *friend zone.* I've been told too many times, women don't even want to *know* me. It's to the point that I won't even approach them anymore, I've gotten so sick of it.
Posted by: qdpsteve at November 30, 2014 01:34 AM (fGApK)
Yep, I know the feeling too.
A pretty woman smiled at me in the supermarket a couple of months ago and I was bouncing off the walls for days. I haven't seen her since.
Posted by: rickl at November 30, 2014 01:45 AM (sdi6R)
LOL. Probably 13+ for me. I am good with my life as it is most of the time.
Posted by: Infidel at November 30, 2014 01:45 AM (imR+Y)
I admit I'm pretty paranoid at this stage. If a pretty woman smiled at *me* in the supermarket, I'd wonder if it was some sort of militant feminist sting operation trying to set me up for stare-rape charges or something.
Posted by: qdpsteve at November 30, 2014 01:46 AM (fGApK)
their satisfaction humiliating lonely men than agreeing to give them a
try dating them.
Posted by: qdpsteve at November 30, 2014 01:44 AM (fGApK)
It seems that all the women my age are either married or lesbian, or at least that's what they tell me. Maybe it's just me...it could be me, I guess...
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at November 30, 2014 01:46 AM (6fyGz)
Posted by: Biscuits Mahoney at November 30, 2014 01:47 AM (VLfid)
supermarket, I'd wonder if it was some sort of militant feminist sting
operation trying to set me up for stare-rape charges or something.
Posted by: qdpsteve at November 30, 2014 01:46 AM (fGApK)
lol, sad ain't it?
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at November 30, 2014 01:47 AM (6fyGz)
Posted by: Infidel at November 30, 2014 01:45 AM (imR+Y)
Yeah, I am, too. If I never have anything else, what I've had is enough.
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at November 30, 2014 01:48 AM (6fyGz)
Well guys, let's not turn this into the lonely hearts of the HQ.
Posted by: Infidel at November 30, 2014 01:50 AM (imR+Y)
What's funny is, when I was growing up (from about 5 to 15), *most* of the kids of adults my parents were friends with, had daughters. So their kids were more or less my friends.
Well, I've since found out that the one I spent the most time with, is now a full-blown SJW professor at the University of Waterloo as well as an open lesbian. The only worth-mentioning runnner-up, my mom had a *huge* falling out with, so I'll undoubtedly never see her again either.
Posted by: qdpsteve at November 30, 2014 01:50 AM (fGApK)
Posted by: qdpsteve at November 30, 2014 01:51 AM (fGApK)
Posted by: Infidel at November 30, 2014 01:50 AM (imR+Y)
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at November 30, 2014 01:53 AM (6fyGz)
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at November 30, 2014 01:53 AM (6fyGz)
She's also renounced her American citizenship for God knows what reason. My parents sure knew how to pick 'em, didn't they? Geez.
Posted by: qdpsteve at November 30, 2014 01:54 AM (fGApK)
Posted by: Infidel at November 30, 2014 01:54 AM (imR+Y)
Posted by: Infidel at November 30, 2014 01:56 AM (imR+Y)
Posted by: Sgt. Pepper at November 30, 2014 01:56 AM (P+IZm)
Posted by: qdpsteve at November 30, 2014 01:56 AM (fGApK)
Posted by: Infidel at November 30, 2014 01:54 AM (imR+Y)
They closed down the plant on us for the week, I go back to work
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at November 30, 2014 01:58 AM (6fyGz)
But hey, I *know* I would be a catch if only. I know a lot about stuff. I'm not the nebbish I was as a teenager. And I would say I've still had an interesting life, and I have stuff planned to keep it interesting.
So who knows how things will turn out. Still, I just gotta let myself vent and feel bad sometimes, so that then I can feel better later I guess. Weird how that works.
Posted by: qdpsteve at November 30, 2014 01:59 AM (fGApK)
I admit I'm pretty paranoid at this stage. If a pretty woman smiled
at *me* in the supermarket, I'd wonder if it was some sort of militant
feminist sting operation trying to set me up for stare-rape charges or
something.
I worry every time a pretty woman smiles at me.
This is a shall issue state.
Posted by: Blanco Basura at November 30, 2014 01:59 AM (UVfht)
Of course, my little bro likes Savage, so who knows.
Posted by: Infidel at November 30, 2014 02:01 AM (imR+Y)
Posted by: qdpsteve at November 30, 2014 02:02 AM (fGApK)
Posted by: Infidel at November 30, 2014 02:04 AM (imR+Y)
Posted by: qdpsteve at November 30, 2014 02:05 AM (fGApK)
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at November 30, 2014 02:06 AM (6fyGz)
Posted by: Infidel at November 30, 2014 02:07 AM (imR+Y)
Posted by: Adriane ... at November 30, 2014 02:07 AM (P+IZm)
Posted by: Adriane ... at November 30, 2014 02:07 AM (P+IZm)
Posted by: qdpsteve at November 30, 2014 02:08 AM (fGApK)
Aside from the word "Apartheid," what is the most well-known word that originated in the language Afrikaans?
In fact, this word is far more well-known in America and worldwide than "Apartheid" -- I guarantee everyone here knows it. It has become such a part of our culture that it now has variants as different parts of speech.
First person to answer correctly wins three quatloos.
Posted by: zombie at November 30, 2014 02:08 AM (K4YiS)
But as I've said numerous times before, if I could, I'd probably go to NV or AZ.
Posted by: qdpsteve at November 30, 2014 02:09 AM (fGApK)
Posted by: Adriane ... at November 30, 2014 02:09 AM (P+IZm)
Posted by: Infidel at November 30, 2014 02:09 AM (imR+Y)
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at November 30, 2014 02:09 AM (6fyGz)
Posted by: Blanco Basura at November 30, 2014 02:10 AM (UVfht)
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at November 30, 2014 02:10 AM (6fyGz)
lol. If I ever get there again. Haven't been for over 10 yrs. Was not
impressed. Born and grew up in HB. Just not the same anymore.
Posted by: Infidel at November 30, 2014 02:07 AM (imR+Y)
You can sing that in church.....I moved to Silicon Valley in 1986, and in the mid-'90's, I started to feel like I was in a documentary, "the last days of LA" every time I visited the area. Everything seemed grittier and askew.
Posted by: cthulhu at November 30, 2014 02:11 AM (T1005)
Posted by: Infidel at November 30, 2014 02:12 AM (imR+Y)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OCPrS2nmQfs
Ignore the visuals. Just close your eyes and listen to the song. Great lyrics and a great performance.
Posted by: rickl at November 30, 2014 02:12 AM (sdi6R)
I cheated and looked it up. Not sure I've got the right word, but I'm not going to spoil it. No quatloos for me.
Posted by: Blanco Basura at November 30, 2014 02:12 AM (UVfht)
Posted by: CPT. Charles at November 30, 2014 02:12 AM (/mTq0)
srsly, don't know.
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter
Excellent guess!
But -- no.
Kaffir is an Arabic word originated with with Arab slavers who enslaved the Africans along the continent'se eastern coast. The word is the same as "kafir" -- unbeliever" -- but the Arabs used it promarily to refer to the polytheistic African natives they were enslaving.
Eventually it became the standard word meaning "black person" in eastern and southern Africa.
Only in the 1950s did it take on a new derogatory offensive reputation, as it was used by the white Apartheid enforcers to refer to blacks in South Africa, and it become notorious
So -- good guess. But actually it is Arabic, so -- nope.
Posted by: zombie at November 30, 2014 02:14 AM (K4YiS)
In the meantime, how 'bout those secular carols you hear over and over and over and over and over again, huh? Hoo boy... Andy Williams, for one:
It's the holiday season
With the whoop-de-do and hickory dock
(insert something obscene to sing in this line)
Posted by: qdpsteve at November 30, 2014 02:15 AM (fGApK)
Posted by: CPT. Charles
Again, nice guess, but -- nope.
This word is far less esoteric than Krugerrands.
Posted by: zombie at November 30, 2014 02:15 AM (K4YiS)
Posted by: Infidel at November 30, 2014 02:16 AM (imR+Y)
Posted by: buzzion at November 30, 2014 02:16 AM (zt+N6)
I also cheated, several words that I had no idea were of Afrikaans descent. Some of the interesting ones that I am sure are not the answer:
Rooibos--red tea
boomslang--tree snake
aardvark
laager (or lager in modern English)--tanks, not beer
Posted by: Conservative Crank at November 30, 2014 02:16 AM (b2cFu)
Posted by: Blanco Basura
I didn't forbid cheating, so go right ahead and supply the answer, since no one else is getting it. Win those quatloos!
Posted by: zombie at November 30, 2014 02:16 AM (K4YiS)
Posted by: Arbalest at November 30, 2014 02:18 AM (FlRtG)
Trivia question of the night:
Aside from the word "Apartheid," what is the most well-known word that originated in the language Afrikaans?
In fact, this word is far more well-known in America and worldwide
than "Apartheid" -- I guarantee everyone here knows it. It has become
such a part of our culture that it now has variants as different parts
of speech.
First person to answer correctly wins three quatloos.
Posted by: zombie at November 30, 2014 02:08 AM (K4YiS)
I'm going with "aardvark" -- although I have the list right here at http://tinyurl.com/mo7j2cg .
Posted by: cthulhu at November 30, 2014 02:18 AM (T1005)
Posted by: shredded chi at November 30, 2014 02:18 AM (gYIwv)
boomslang--tree snake
aardvark
laager (or lager in modern English)--tanks, not beer
Posted by: Conservative Crank
Excellent cheating! But -- not the correct answer amongst any of those!
I like aardvark as an excellent guess, though.
It's much much simpler than any of those!
Posted by: zombie at November 30, 2014 02:18 AM (K4YiS)
Posted by: cthulhu at November 30, 2014 02:18 AM (T1005)
Zulu
Posted by: Arbalest
579 Kwanzaa! Ftw.
Posted by: shredded chi
Those guesses were so wrong, you LOSE 1 quatloo each.
Posted by: zombie at November 30, 2014 02:19 AM (K4YiS)
Posted by: Conservative Crank at November 30, 2014 02:19 AM (b2cFu)
Posted by: Phil Collins at November 30, 2014 02:20 AM (fGApK)
Posted by: cthulhu
WE HAVE A WINNER!
(Quatloos shower down from the sky.)
Get it? The "quatloos" was the giveaway clue!!!!!!!
Posted by: zombie at November 30, 2014 02:20 AM (K4YiS)
(Ok - maybe only two or three more shots of Dickel tonight)
Posted by: shredded chi at November 30, 2014 02:22 AM (gYIwv)
Posted by: zombie at November 30, 2014 02:22 AM (K4YiS)
Posted by: thathalfrican at November 30, 2014 02:22 AM (R5HRU)
Stanley Kubrick not only used that song for Full Metal Jacket, he actually *liked* it.
Posted by: qdpsteve at November 30, 2014 02:22 AM (fGApK)
I'm sure somewhere there is a critical race theorist planning a dissertation on how this proves that Star Trek, and all its fans by extension, is racist.
Posted by: Conservative Crank at November 30, 2014 02:23 AM (b2cFu)
Posted by: cthulhu at November 30, 2014 02:24 AM (T1005)
Posted by: Infidel at November 30, 2014 02:24 AM (imR+Y)
Posted by: Conservative Crank at November 30, 2014 02:23 AM (b2cFu)
They think the only job a black woman should have is answering the phone!!!
Posted by: buzzion at November 30, 2014 02:24 AM (zt+N6)
Posted by: CPT. Charles at November 30, 2014 02:24 AM (/mTq0)
Posted by: navybrat at November 30, 2014 02:24 AM (JgC5a)
Never would have guessed that was an African word. Roddenberry did make it a household world.
Posted by: Infidel at November 30, 2014 02:24 AM (imR+Y)
REI hasn't done too badly with it, either. Nor has Lonely Planet.
Seriously, though -- a more "pure" borrowing would be "spoor".
Posted by: cthulhu at November 30, 2014 02:26 AM (T1005)
Posted by: Infidel at November 30, 2014 02:27 AM (imR+Y)
Posted by: Null at November 30, 2014 02:27 AM (xjpRj)
Posted by: cthulhu at November 30, 2014 02:27 AM (T1005)
Posted by: Infidel
Well, it's not an African word linguistically -- Afrikaans is merely an ancient variant of Dutch. It's only African in the sense that it is spoken in Africa, but it is not African in origin.
Posted by: zombie at November 30, 2014 02:28 AM (K4YiS)
Hey now, lets be fair... Uhura also ran the switchboard as well.
Posted by: CPT. Charles at November 30, 2014 02:28 AM (/mTq0)
So much for Caterday....
Posted by: Null at November 30, 2014 02:27 AM (xjpRj)
Those were nice close-ups. What camera/lens were you using?
Posted by: cthulhu at November 30, 2014 02:29 AM (T1005)
"What's the word? Thunderbird!"
And I knew Kwanzaa is a made up American Institution of Higher Learning word, btw.
Thanks, navybrat. You coming into town for the holidays? Maybe we can try to get that beer again?
Posted by: shredded chi at November 30, 2014 02:30 AM (gYIwv)
Posted by: Infidel at November 30, 2014 02:31 AM (imR+Y)
604 Ugh, just saw a trailer for "Night at the Museum" with Robin Williams, looks horrible.
Posted by: Infidel at November 30, 2014 02:31 AM (imR+Y)
Its a Ben Stiller movie. Williams is only a supporting character.
Posted by: buzzion at November 30, 2014 02:33 AM (zt+N6)
Posted by: Conservative Crank
The original "Trek" was the journey the Boer colonists took inland to the veldt in covered wagons, after landing in ships at the Cape. "Trek" in that sense referred to a specific journey (or series of journeys) in the 1700s, sort of similar to how in English when we see the word "Frontier" we think of the western frontier as the US expanded westward -- even though "frontier" of course ha a generic meaning too. But to an Afrikaaner, "the Trek" basically means the overland journey to settle the nation.
Later, it just came to mean any long or arduous excursion into unknown territory.
And then -- to the stars!
Posted by: zombie at November 30, 2014 02:33 AM (K4YiS)
Navybrat stay right here and make $.
Rain check on the beer 'tho. No problem.
Posted by: navybrat at November 30, 2014 02:34 AM (JgC5a)
Posted by: Infidel at November 30, 2014 02:27 AM (imR+Y)
I have a new laptop and also a newish desktop. When the desktop dies I won't buy another, I'll just get a better laptop.
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at November 30, 2014 02:35 AM (6fyGz)
Posted by: Infidel at November 30, 2014 02:36 AM (imR+Y)
I went off to play a crappy web game and now see that the resident Eldrich Horror has won the game. Since I didn't supply the correct answer, I won't contest.
I would rather not know what madness lay down that path.
Posted by: Blanco Basura at November 30, 2014 02:36 AM (UVfht)
Thanks yet again for the fantastic chat.
Posted by: qdpsteve at November 30, 2014 02:36 AM (fGApK)
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at November 30, 2014 02:37 AM (6fyGz)
Posted by: Infidel at November 30, 2014 02:39 AM (imR+Y)
I didn't forbid cheating, so go right ahead and supply the answer, since no one else is getting it. Win those quatloos!
I
went off to play a crappy web game and now see that the resident
Eldrich Horror has won the game. Since I didn't supply the correct
answer, I won't contest.
I would rather not know what madness lay down that path.
Posted by: Blanco Basura at November 30, 2014 02:36 AM (UVfht)
*Shoves quatloos through USB port*
Posted by: cthulhu at November 30, 2014 02:39 AM (T1005)
Posted by: Blanco Basura at November 30, 2014 02:41 AM (UVfht)
I was always happy with my Toshiba laptop. Well, until the battery died.
Now, I'm happy with my Samsung phone - does pretty much everything I need it to do.
Posted by: shredded chi at November 30, 2014 02:46 AM (SByeH)
Of just really, really panicked.
Posted by: The Unpanicked Hat at November 30, 2014 02:46 AM (lN8KC)
And here's a VERY little-known fact that actually has major historical implications -- but it is so "inconvenient" that it is now almost completely suppressed:
When the Dutch colonists landed at the Cape and began to explore the countryside, the area was practically uninhabited. Basically no "black Africans" lived down there, as it was considered too cold. The only natives were the tribes now known as the Khoi-san, but which the Dutch called the Hottentots. But they were very small in number (and stature, actually), and only lived in a few fringey areas.
So when the Dutch/Boers were settling what is now South Africa, they weren't really "stealing" land from the locals, because there were essentially no locals. They were just building homes on virgin territory.
It was only later that Africans from the surrounding areas migrated to South Africa to take advantage of the booming economy.
To recite this once commonly known historical fact in South Africa today would probably earn you a jail term. Because it implies that the "white" South Africans are at least just as "native" to the area (if not moreso) as are the blacks. It's different than what happened in Australia and North and South America, where the arriving colonists really did have to push out the native inhabitants. Oddly, that was not really the case in South Africa.
Posted by: zombie at November 30, 2014 02:46 AM (K4YiS)
Night all... time to dream of fast starships and green-skinned women.
Posted by: CPT. Charles at November 30, 2014 02:47 AM (/mTq0)
Posted by: rickl at November 30, 2014 02:48 AM (sdi6R)
I finished a book on Calvin Coolige by Amitie Shlaes this week and started a boring book by Deneen Borelli.
Posted by: Infidel at November 30, 2014 02:48 AM (imR+Y)
Posted by: Infidel at November 30, 2014 02:49 AM (imR+Y)
Of just really, really panicked.
Posted by: The Unpanicked Hat at November 30, 2014 02:46 AM (lN8KC)
I read somewhere that rifles were found in that condition at Gettysburg.
Posted by: rickl at November 30, 2014 02:50 AM (sdi6R)
The later but earlier prequel series 'Enterprise' made it clear that this was not a trivial job but rather a highly trained specialist position. But then a lot of time had passed in how scripts were written for TV shows. Character development is far more refined these days when you're allowed to go heavy on continuity. That used to be a no-no for anything expected to make its big money in syndication.
Posted by: Epobirs at November 30, 2014 02:51 AM (IdCqF)
Posted by: zombie at November 30, 2014 02:51 AM (K4YiS)
Posted by: Infidel at November 30, 2014 02:51 AM (imR+Y)
Posted by: Infidel at November 30, 2014 02:54 AM (imR+Y)
I know this isn't a book thread, but whatcha reading this week?
Space Captain Smith by Toby Frost
Starfire by B.V Larson and Thomas Lemar
Now reading Sufficiently Advanced Technology by Christoper Nuttall.
Last week it was "The Devil You Know" by P.N. Elrod, "Tricknomancy" by Michael Stackpole and "Grey Man: Payback" by J.L. Curtis.
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at November 30, 2014 02:54 AM (6fyGz)
God bless you mom, it's the extra time and effort that makes spam into something special.
(This post is 100% serious, but I also have a huge smile on my face)
Posted by: Weirddave at November 30, 2014 02:55 AM (KAmzK)
Posted by: Blanco Basura at November 30, 2014 02:56 AM (UVfht)
Posted by: Infidel at November 30, 2014 02:57 AM (imR+Y)
That's funny. I have a cousin who is convinced that Email was invented so he could send corny jokes all over the world, but I think he's since moved on to twitter.
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at November 30, 2014 02:59 AM (6fyGz)
And she sends me clippings from the home town newspaper. Mostly obits.
And encloses 2 or 3 pages of manuscript letters in her own impeccable cursive writing, on onion skin paper.
It amazing, the schooling that she got. And I think she only finished 11th grade. After that she married dad.
Posted by: navybrat at November 30, 2014 03:00 AM (JgC5a)
Posted by: Infidel
Here's one to get you started:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wHyt4kFKUm8
I discovered an incredible series of archives where they were transcribed straight off the 78s with great fidelity. Not just a an undiscovered genre of "undiscovered" music, but several genres of "undiscovered" music! A lifetime's worth of ear candy
Posted by: zombie at November 30, 2014 03:03 AM (K4YiS)
606 zombie
And here's a VERY little-known fact that actually has major
historical implications -- but it is so "inconvenient" that it is now
almost completely suppressed:
When the Dutch colonists landed at the Cape and began to explore the countryside, the area was practically uninhabited. Basically no
"black Africans" lived down there, as it was considered too cold. The
only natives were the tribes now known as the Khoi-san, but which the
Dutch called the Hottentots. But they were very small in number (and
stature, actually), and only lived in a few fringey areas.
So when the Dutch/Boers were settling what is now South Africa, they
weren't really "stealing" land from the locals, because there were
essentially no locals. They were just building homes on virgin
territory.
It was only later that Africans from the surrounding areas migrated to South Africa to take advantage of the booming economy.
To recite this once commonly known historical fact in South Africa
today would probably earn you a jail term. Because it implies that the
"white" South Africans are at least just as "native" to the area (if not
moreso) as are the blacks. It's different than what happened in
Australia and North and South America, where the arriving colonists
really did have to push out the native inhabitants. Oddly, that was not
really the case in South Africa.
Posted by: zombie at November 30, 2014 02:46 AM (K4YiS)
Actually, that is probably true in more areas than it is not. It's not like Las Vegas, NV, Fargo, ND, or Phoenix, AZ had large indigenous populations before Europeans got there....but the Europeans significantly expanded the "carrying capacity" of the region upon arrival. And when the area could support more population, they flooded it with Europeans.
Mind you, there are notable exceptions -- but even the Trail of Tears, with the forced relocation of the Five Civilized Tribes at a cost of 30% fatalities in some cases....involved moving about 46,000 people http://tinyurl.com/ynogzw . Today, that territory is probably home to millions. The Five Civilized Tribes had maybe 20,000 years when they could have inhabited it by millions without interference by Europeans and failed to do so.
Posted by: cthulhu at November 30, 2014 03:06 AM (T1005)
Posted by: cthulhu at November 30, 2014 03:09 AM (T1005)
Posted by: Epobirs at November 30, 2014 03:10 AM (IdCqF)
Wish I would have asked for the Victrola and all the 78's instead of the old tredel sewing machine back when Great Aunt Martha passed.
Posted by: Infidel at November 30, 2014 03:11 AM (imR+Y)
In the queue at the store, the cashier told an older woman that she
should bring her own grocery bags because plastic bags weren't good for
the environment. The woman apologized to him and explained, "We didn't
have the green thing back in my day."
The clerk responded, "That's our problem today. Your generation did not care enough to save our environment."
He was right -- our generation didn't have the green thing in its day.
Back
then, we returned milk bottles, soda bottles and beer bottles to the
store. The store sent them back to the plant to be washed and
sterilized and refilled, so it could use the same bottles over and over.
So they really were recycled. But we didn't have the green thing back
in our day.
We walked up stairs, because we didn't have an escalator in every store
and office building. We walked to the grocery store and didn't climb
into a 300-horsepower machine every time we had to go two blocks. But
she was right. We didn't have the green thing in our day.
Back then, we washed the baby's diapers because we didn't have the
throw-away kind. We dried clothes on a line, not in an energy gobbling
machine burning up 220 volts -- wind and solar power really did dry the
clothes. Kids got hand-me-down clothes from their brothers or sisters,
not always brand-new clothing. But that old lady is right; we didn't
have the green thing back in our day.
Back then, we had one TV, or radio, in the house -- not a TV in every
room. And the TV had a small screen the size of a handkerchief
(remember them?), not a screen the size of the state of Montana. In
the kitchen, we blended and stirred by hand because we didn't have
electric machines to do everything for us. When we packaged a fragile
item to send in the mail, we used a wadded up old newspaper to cushion
it, not Styrofoam or plastic bubble wrap. Back then, we didn't fire up
an engine and burn gasoline just to cut the lawn. We used a push
mower that ran on human power. We exercised by working so we didn't
need to go to a health club to run on treadmills that operate on
electricity. But she's right; we didn't have the green thing back
then.
We drank from a fountain when we were thirsty instead of using a cup or a
plastic bottle every time we had a drink of water. We refilled
writing pens with ink instead of buying a new pen, and we replaced the
razor blades in a razor instead of throwing away the whole razor just
because the blade got dull. But we didn't have the green thing back
then.
Back then, people took the streetcar or a bus and kids rode their bikes
to school or walked instead of turning their moms into a 24-hour taxi
service. We had one electrical outlet in a room, not an entire bank of
sockets to power a dozen appliances. And we didn't need a
computerized gadget to receive a signal beamed from satellites 2,000
miles out in space in order to find the nearest pizza joint.
But isn't it sad the current generation laments how wasteful we old
folks were just because we didn't have the green thing back then?
I agree with the sentiment behind the email, but....
http://youtu.be/_Got6dbtPJM
Posted by: weirddave at November 30, 2014 03:12 AM (KAmzK)
Goodbye, drought! I can sense already that this year will break the drought's back.
Posted by: zombie at November 30, 2014 03:13 AM (K4YiS)
Damn, the rain is just pelting the living shit out of us here in the Bay Area right now. Sounds like hail too.
Goodbye, drought! I can sense already that this year will break the drought's back.
Posted by: zombie at November 30, 2014 03:13 AM (K4YiS)
Here's hoping -- WeatherUnderground is showing a big-ass blotch of color coming at us from the NW.
Of course, it really matters little what we see down here -- we need snowpack hundreds of miles away to really be secure. I took the fiancee to Oroville last year -- it's the tallest dam in the US -- and the water level was so far beneath the end of the boatramps that it was just plain sad.
Posted by: cthulhu at November 30, 2014 03:18 AM (T1005)
Maybe I've just listened to too much old music from both the Caribbean and from South Africa, but to me they don't really sound similar at all. South African mbaqanga/kwela/jive/ etc. really is totally unique.
Note that the ancestors of the blacks now in the Caribbean were originally brought there as slaves from west Africa by the French and British and Spanish -- and west Africa has a totally different culture from southern Africa. Not even closely related.
Wish I would have asked for the Victrola and all the 78's instead of the old tredel sewing machine back when Great Aunt Martha passed.
Posted by: Infidel
Well, just because a record is old, doesn't mean it's good! Most 78s are pretty boring and unlistenable -- unless Aunt Martha has unaccountably good taste! So you probably didn't miss anything.
Posted by: zombie at November 30, 2014 03:21 AM (K4YiS)
Yes she did, thanks, before she even posted that. She was SUPPOSED to be asleep, that's what she needs, but she was obviously restless.
It's...a Kobyashi Maru, but I think it'll turn out OK in the end. Sometimes, even when someone moves light years beyond a bad situation, a trigger can bring it all back with vivid, fresh urgency, even if it probably doesn't have the power it did 20 years ago. Personal demons never die, we just push them down to where they can't hurt us anymore. Sometimes they cry out from those Stygian depths and trigger all of the old panic and fear. They're still stuck in the Stygian depths. I'm on top of the situation.
Posted by: weirddave at November 30, 2014 03:23 AM (KAmzK)
[oi]638 Very interesting. Sounds similar to some Caribbean music. Which makes sense.
Maybe I've just listened to too much old music from both the
Caribbean and from South Africa, but to me they don't really sound
similar at all. South African mbaqanga/kwela/jive/ etc. really is
totally unique.
Note that the ancestors of the blacks now in the Caribbean were originally brought there as slaves from west
Africa by the French and British and Spanish -- and west Africa has a
totally different culture from southern Africa. Not even closely
related.
Wish I would have asked for the Victrola and all the 78's instead
of the old tredel sewing machine back when Great Aunt Martha passed.
Posted by: Infidel
Well, just because a record is old, doesn't mean it's good! Most 78s
are pretty boring and unlistenable -- unless Aunt Martha has
unaccountably good taste! So you probably didn't miss anything.
Posted by: zombie at November 30, 2014 03:21 AM (K4YiS)
I have many of my paternal grandfather's 78s. Evidently, one of his favorites was "Cigarettes, Whusky [sic], and Wild, Wild Women".
Posted by: cthulhu at November 30, 2014 03:24 AM (T1005)
I understand about the music. I am not that familiar with African music and will bow to your knowledge of it. I enjoy your insightful posts.
Posted by: Infidel at November 30, 2014 03:28 AM (imR+Y)
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at November 30, 2014 03:28 AM (6fyGz)
Of course, it really matters little what we see down here -- we need snowpack hundreds of miles away to really be secure. I took the fiancee to Oroville last year -- it's the tallest dam in the US -- and the water level was so far beneath the end of the boatramps that it was just plain sad.
Posted by: cthulhu
As I remember, you're down in the South Bay -- I just looked at Weather Underground too, and that blotch hasn't yet hit you. But I'm already in the middle of it!
So brace yourself -- some heavy patches of downpours in there. Probably hit you in about an hour or two.
Yeah, we need the snowfall -- but generally, whatever rains on us here ends up dumping snow in the Sierras, so the rainfall here is a fairly reliable gauge for the depth of the snowpack up there.
Droughts come, droughts go...personally, I'm not nearly as concerned as everyone else is. In fact, a multi-year "drought cycle" every two of three decades is actually normal for California - it's been happening this way for millennia. We only now classify it as a "drought" because we're all panicky and there's now so much demand for water that we can' ride it out as easily as we humans once were able to.
Posted by: zombie at November 30, 2014 03:29 AM (K4YiS)
Here is "Sringara" by "Samsara Blues Experiment":
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NqCCbK1p8hg
Posted by: The Political Hat at November 30, 2014 03:31 AM (lN8KC)
WeirdDave -- Did Gingy get ahold of you? She touched base upthread and seemed really stressed.
Yes
she did, thanks, before she even posted that. She was SUPPOSED to be
asleep, that's what she needs, but she was obviously restless.
It's...a
Kobyashi Maru, but I think it'll turn out OK in the end. Sometimes,
even when someone moves light years beyond a bad situation, a trigger
can bring it all back with vivid, fresh urgency, even if it probably
doesn't have the power it did 20 years ago. Personal demons never die,
we just push them down to where they can't hurt us anymore. Sometimes
they cry out from those Stygian depths and trigger all of the old panic
and fear. They're still stuck in the Stygian depths. I'm on top of the
situation.
Posted by: weirddave at November 30, 2014 03:23 AM (KAmzK)
I had off-handedly pictured Big as being, maybe, 16 -- and, thus, potentially quite vulnerable. And bailing out of a relationship with an 8-month infant points to something seriously (and potentially dangerously) wrong with the ex. But knowing that Big is 20 and that you're on top of it is reassuring.
That said, there are some people out there who are worse than rabid dogs, 'cause rabid dogs cannot effectively dissemble.
Posted by: cthulhu at November 30, 2014 03:33 AM (T1005)
As I remember, you're down in the South Bay -- I just looked at Weather Underground too, and that blotch hasn't yet hit you. But I'm already in the middle of it!
So brace yourself -- some heavy patches of downpours in there. Probably hit you in about an hour or two.
Actually, I retract that observation!
I just looked at the animation of the radar, and the front is actually coming up from the west/southwest, so it's going to mostly miss you -- that big splotch you see is already headed inland, and not headed down toward you!
So you get to stay dry tonight. Or dry-ish, at least.
Posted by: zombie at November 30, 2014 03:36 AM (K4YiS)
Here's hoping -- WeatherUnderground is showing a big-ass blotch of color coming at us from the NW.
Of course, it really matters little what we see down here -- we need
snowpack hundreds of miles away to really be secure. I took the fiancee
to Oroville last year -- it's the tallest dam in the US -- and the
water level was so far beneath the end of the boatramps that it was just
plain sad.
Posted by: cthulhu
As I remember, you're down in the South Bay -- I just looked at
Weather Underground too, and that blotch hasn't yet hit you. But I'm
already in the middle of it!
So brace yourself -- some heavy patches of downpours in there. Probably hit you in about an hour or two.
Yeah, we need the snowfall -- but generally, whatever rains on us
here ends up dumping snow in the Sierras, so the rainfall here is a
fairly reliable gauge for the depth of the snowpack up there.
Droughts come, droughts go...personally, I'm not nearly as concerned
as everyone else is. In fact, a multi-year "drought cycle" every two of
three decades is actually normal for California - it's been
happening this way for millennia. We only now classify it as a "drought"
because we're all panicky and there's now so much demand for water that
we can' ride it out as easily as we humans once were able to.
Posted by: zombie at November 30, 2014 03:29 AM (K4YiS)
I'm more worried about the governmental aspects of drought than the natural aspects. Continually packing more urban-dwellers into the state and starving water management of funds to keep EBT cards charged-up is a recipe for sure disaster.
Posted by: cthulhu at November 30, 2014 03:37 AM (T1005)
Some researchers are concerned that we're heading into long term CA normal, which we'd term severe drought because the 20th Century was unusually wet for the region and gave us unrealistic expectations. Before the last century, most of the population was centered on oases and deserts that offered motivation in the form of mineral resources. Supposedly there was less than 1.5 million person in the entire state in 1900, leaving questions about water usage on today's scale unasked.
http://www.demographia.com/db-state1900.htm
Posted by: Epobirs at November 30, 2014 03:40 AM (IdCqF)
Posted by: Infidel at November 30, 2014 03:41 AM (imR+Y)
OTOH, Big is the living personification of Joe Btfsplk. Just tonight, after the ceremony for his uncle's passing, he was told to take his backpack, in which he had his laptop and all of his clothes, along with his grandparents duffel, which contained 3 sleeping bags and other important stuff, out to the truck. Big promptly proceed to toss these valuable bags into the back of God knows whos pickup. Said pickup was long gone by the time everyone came out of the restaurant. This type of thing is not an unusual accordance. I have become the greatest living master of the facepalm.
Posted by: weirddave at November 30, 2014 03:47 AM (KAmzK)
Posted by: weirddave at November 30, 2014 03:48 AM (KAmzK)
Prayers to Gingy and Big.
Posted by: Infidel at November 30, 2014 03:41 AM (imR+Y)
Here's the thing. I'm old and easily confused, but it sounds like Big is doing some time with the grands to find himself, reconnect with the heritage, or whatnot -- so he's wandering around Gingy's old stomping grounds. And, face it, those stomping grounds aren't the throngs of NYC or Chicago -- he may have bumped into his sperm donor on a number of of occasions already.
So it really comes down to the risks/benefits of knowing what this guy looks like, and having him know what Big looks like. I may be reading way too much into this from so few data points, but I think Big's plan of doing a meet with conditions makes sense -- that way, he'll know what to watch out for. And it's not that the ex couldn't stake-out the grands' house and figure out what Big looks like anonymously. That makes the conditions and their guarantors very important.....e.g. it's one thing to say, "no weapons at this meet" -- but what do you have to ensure that condition besides words? A signed affidavit?
Posted by: cthulhu at November 30, 2014 03:58 AM (T1005)
Posted by: Infidel at November 30, 2014 03:59 AM (imR+Y)
But knowing that Big is 20 and that you're on top of it is reassuring.
OTOH,
Big is the living personification of Joe Btfsplk. Just tonight, after
the ceremony for his uncle's passing, he was told to take his backpack,
in which he had his laptop and all of his clothes, along with his
grandparents duffel, which contained 3 sleeping bags and other important
stuff, out to the truck. Big promptly proceed to toss these valuable
bags into the back of God knows whos pickup. Said pickup was long gone
by the time everyone came out of the restaurant. This type of thing is
not an unusual accordance. I have become the greatest living master of
the facepalm.
Posted by: weirddave at November 30, 2014 03:47 AM (KAmzK)
On the bright side of things, if that behavior is genetically sourced from his sperm donor, there's really nothing to worry about with them meeting -- except, perhaps, tripping over shoelaces.
Posted by: cthulhu at November 30, 2014 04:02 AM (T1005)
She's 34 now.
Posted by: Infidel at November 30, 2014 04:03 AM (imR+Y)
Posted by: cthulhu at November 30, 2014 04:08 AM (T1005)
Posted by: Infidel at November 30, 2014 04:11 AM (imR+Y)
Well, alrighty then.
I thought I was cynical.
Posted by: Infidel at November 30, 2014 04:11 AM (imR+Y)
The word you're looking for is "paranoid".
But, of course, it is a truism to say that paranoids might actually have people out to get them.
Posted by: cthulhu at November 30, 2014 04:31 AM (T1005)
Posted by: cthulhu at November 30, 2014 04:35 AM (T1005)
Going to have to drag this thing over the magic number.
Posted by: Conservative Crank at November 30, 2014 04:36 AM (b2cFu)
Posted by: cthulhu at November 30, 2014 04:39 AM (T1005)
Posted by: cthulhu at November 30, 2014 04:40 AM (T1005)
So, Crank -- do you have to ask intrusive 2nd amendment questions in the ER, yet?
Posted by: cthulhu at November 30, 2014 04:41 AM (T1005)
Posted by: Conservative Crank at November 30, 2014 04:42 AM (b2cFu)
Posted by: cthulhu at November 30, 2014 04:42 AM (T1005)
Posted by: Conservative Crank at November 30, 2014 04:43 AM (b2cFu)
When asked by my primary care physician, I intend to counter with a
question: "how happy are you to have been recruited into the American
Stasi?"
Posted by: cthulhu at November 30, 2014 04:42 AM (T1005)
His family name is also a city in Ukraine.
Posted by: cthulhu at November 30, 2014 04:44 AM (T1005)
The offended party in this should be me, but I really don't care about biodad contacting Big. I'll put my 12 years of parenting up against his running out on an 8 month old baby any day, and twice on Saturday.
Whose devastated in this is Wife. She worked her ass off to get Big away from Biodad and into a life. She succeed, brilliantly (all humility aside, I'm an OK father). Snapshot on Biodad: He punctured a rubber with a pin so he could impregnate Wife while she would think he was being careful, to produce a child he cared nothing about supporting. To this day he owes her $50,000 in child support. That'll give you an insight into Wife's state of mind regarding him.
I trust Big to do the smart thing most times about as far as I can throw an avalanche. In this I do trust him. He KNOWS that Wife dedicated her life to him ( maybe even as far as to marry a strange man from another country just because he seemed to be stable for her kid. Huh. I NEVER thought of that before. I just thought we were destined. LMAO. It doesn't matter ( really, it doesn't, although I'll have to ask her), we're brilliant together.), and I don't believe he'll abrogate that for the allure of biodad. What allure? Guy's a loser, he's got 4 other kids in the same position as Big.
So. It's a shitstorm. The only thing I wish is that I was with Wife. She needs me there to remind her she's not hitched to a loser ( a different loser than me anyway). Facetime isn't an adequate substitute. All of us are good, decent people with good, decent lives fortified to withstand any assault from biodad (which isn't coming anyway).
Wife'll be home Monday and life can go back to normal. Hallelujah.
Posted by: weirddave at November 30, 2014 04:48 AM (KAmzK)
Only for patients I have reason to believe are a danger to themselves or
others, and it's usually handled by triage. I have both a moral and a
legal duty (Tarasoff) in those cases. Otherwise, I give not a f*ck if
someone has a slingshot or an arsenal at home.
Posted by: Conservative Crank at November 30, 2014 04:43 AM (b2cFu)
By design, this next year is going to be very rocky. The directives and the essentials of patient care are going to go crossways in a big, bad, ugly way. Stay safe and sane, bro! *fistbump*
Posted by: cthulhu at November 30, 2014 04:48 AM (T1005)
It's going to be interesting to see if the tax site I use has any provision for "Didn't sign up, ain't gonna sign up, fuck you very much." They can try to seize my refund but they'll find another agency already has dibs on it for many years to come.
Posted by: Epobirs at November 30, 2014 04:48 AM (IdCqF)
I drink alone,
I subscribe to the let it burn philosophy.
Manic/depressive
anger management issues.
anti depressant meds make me crazy.
why yes, I do have firearms in my closet,
why do you ask?
Posted by: Skandia Recluse at November 30, 2014 04:52 AM (caWaJ)
*sigh* I guess I left myself open for this. Uncle's death brought
everybody to a small town in the arctic. When Big tossed everybody's
possessions into an unknown pickup, leftard niece posted a general
notice seeking to get them back. Big's biodad saw said notice and
contacted Big on FB, and big accepted. Now bio-dad wants to "buy him a
beer" or "have coffee". Big is cautiously willing to do so.
The
offended party in this should be me, but I really don't care about
biodad contacting Big. I'll put my 12 years of parenting up against his
running out on an 8 month old baby any day, and twice on Saturday.
Whose
devastated in this is Wife. She worked her ass off to get Big away from
Biodad and into a life. She succeed, brilliantly (all humility aside,
I'm an OK father). Snapshot on Biodad: He punctured a rubber with a pin
so he could impregnate Wife while she would think he was being careful,
to produce a child he cared nothing about supporting. To this day he
owes her $50,000 in child support. That'll give you an insight into
Wife's state of mind regarding him.
I trust Big to do the smart
thing most times about as far as I can throw an avalanche. In this I do
trust him. He KNOWS that Wife dedicated her life to him ( maybe even as
far as to marry a strange man from another country just because he
seemed to be stable for her kid. Huh. I NEVER thought of that before. I
just thought we were destined. LMAO. It doesn't matter ( really, it
doesn't, although I'll have to ask her), we're brilliant together.), and
I don't believe he'll abrogate that for the allure of biodad. What
allure? Guy's a loser, he's got 4 other kids in the same position as
Big.
So. It's a shitstorm. The only thing I wish is that I was
with Wife. She needs me there to remind her she's not hitched to a loser
( a different loser than me anyway). Facetime isn't an adequate
substitute. All of us are good, decent people with good, decent lives
fortified to withstand any assault from biodad (which isn't coming
anyway).
Wife'll be home Monday and life can go back to normal. Hallelujah.
Posted by: weirddave at November 30, 2014 04:48 AM (KAmzK)
Might it be prudent to bring Big back to the homestead for a confab?
Posted by: cthulhu at November 30, 2014 04:52 AM (T1005)
Might it be prudent to bring Big back to the homestead for a confab?
Thought about it a lot, but have reluctantly come to the conclusion that I need to leave him out there on his own. Biodad stuff I can confab over the phone. Real life stuff? He's GOT to get that down on his own. Here I'd only be subsidizing him.
Posted by: weirddave at November 30, 2014 04:56 AM (KAmzK)
Posted by: Skandia Recluse at November 30, 2014 04:57 AM (caWaJ)
#665
It's going to be interesting to see if the tax site I use
has any provision for "Didn't sign up, ain't gonna sign up, fuck you
very much." They can try to seize my refund but they'll find another
agency already has dibs on it for many years to come.
Posted by: Epobirs at November 30, 2014 04:48 AM (IdCqF)
I have no intention to tell the IRS about my insurance whether I have it or not. And, it should be noted, they can only seize refunds -- so I will be thoroughly underwithheld, because the penalty for underwithholding is significantly less than the Obamacare penalty tax.
Posted by: cthulhu at November 30, 2014 04:57 AM (T1005)
Might it be prudent to bring Big back to the homestead for a confab?
Thought
about it a lot, but have reluctantly come to the conclusion that I need
to leave him out there on his own. Biodad stuff I can confab over the
phone. Real life stuff? He's GOT to get that down on his own. Here I'd
only be subsidizing him.
Posted by: weirddave at November 30, 2014 04:56 AM (KAmzK)
As I alluded to above, it's more-or-less inevitable that he meet biodad....and that goes directly to the question of whether biodad is Walter White of the North or just a jerk. If Big won't end up dead or in jail, meeting the ex is merely a learning experience.
Posted by: cthulhu at November 30, 2014 05:04 AM (T1005)
Posted by: AltonJackson at November 30, 2014 05:40 AM (KCxzN)
Posted by: Erowmero at November 30, 2014 05:48 AM (go5uR)
Posted by: MTF at November 30, 2014 05:53 AM (6um35)
Posted by: Infidel at November 30, 2014 06:09 AM (imR+Y)
*thud*
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at November 30, 2014 06:13 AM (wU90H)
Posted by: Infidel at November 30, 2014 06:14 AM (imR+Y)
Posted by: cthulhu at November 30, 2014 06:19 AM (T1005)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at November 30, 2014 06:23 AM (wU90H)
It's certainly a thrill.
Posted by: freaked at November 30, 2014 06:54 AM (JdEZJ)
Posted by: freaked at November 30, 2014 06:58 AM (JdEZJ)
Posted by: Epobirs at November 30, 2014 07:00 AM (IdCqF)
unfortunately, I'm still living.
Howdy, stangests! We all standing in line for the morning thread, or for the bathroom?
Posted by: mindful webworker is snug & warm at November 30, 2014 07:14 AM (AY/TT)
Posted by: MTF at November 30, 2014 07:15 AM (6um35)
Posted by: freaked at November 30, 2014 07:18 AM (JdEZJ)
A day in the woods, shooting at each other with paintball guns helps to work off the excess weight from Thanksgiving.
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at November 30, 2014 07:19 AM (wPA9Q)
Posted by: creeper at November 30, 2014 07:20 AM (j3qY2)
Posted by: teej says go K-State at November 30, 2014 07:22 AM (KeRzR)
I like it when the radio ads warn about the horrible winter weather were having... on 65&def; days like yesterday.
Posted by: mindful webworker thinking about rising at November 30, 2014 07:25 AM (AY/TT)
Posted by: creeper at November 30, 2014 07:26 AM (j3qY2)
Posted by: MTF at November 30, 2014 07:28 AM (6um35)
Posted by: creeper at November 30, 2014 07:36 AM (j3qY2)
http://www.ufunk.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/red-kubrick-montage-2.jpg
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at November 30, 2014 07:37 AM (wU90H)
Posted by: WannabeAnglican at November 30, 2014 07:40 AM (vFmT2)
I denounce mankind, wmynkind types, and temperance ... *looking to the Gods of Jack Daniel and pleading*
Reinforcements. Now!
Posted by: Delurks on Sundays at November 30, 2014 08:54 AM (aXCDY)
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