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Overnight Open Thread (18 Apr 2015)
Books Parents Complain About
The 10 books parents complained about most. Post Doolittle Raid The untold story of the vengeful Japanese attack after the Doolittle raid. Navy Video
Comments
(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: cthulhu at April 18, 2015 10:02 PM (T1005)
Posted by: Farmer at April 18, 2015 10:03 PM (o/90i)
Posted by: Farmer at April 18, 2015 10:03 PM (o/90i)
Posted by: Pappy O'Daniel at April 18, 2015 10:04 PM (7Iwef)
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at April 18, 2015 10:06 PM (Zu3d9)
Also, just FYI, some douche with rotating hashes has been dropping escalating bigot droppings on dead threads, in the tradition of K. Trout.
Depressing, but there you are.
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at April 18, 2015 10:07 PM (bLnSU)
The mission was kept secret from Chaing Kai-Shek because of security. Even as the Americans asked the Chinese to get ready, they were never told why.
And ditto with the 250,000+ murdered. That is also something already known.
http://annapuna.blogspot.com/2012/04/army-pilots-man-your-planes.html
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at April 18, 2015 10:07 PM (r9H2F)
Did you see the trailer for this movie called Call Girl of Ctuhulu?
http://tinyurl.com/pfndmeu
Posted by: CDR M at April 18, 2015 10:08 PM (f8lRd)
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at April 18, 2015 10:06 PM (Zu3d9)
Nope! No ejection seat in a P-3C!
Posted by: CDR M at April 18, 2015 10:08 PM (f8lRd)
Not working too well for them this year.
Posted by: boulder terlit hobo at April 18, 2015 10:09 PM (W540W)
Yeah just don't see that fitting anything I have written.
Short story to Fantasy and Science Fiction is now #250 in the queue.
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at April 18, 2015 10:10 PM (r9H2F)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at April 18, 2015 10:10 PM (W5DcG)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at April 18, 2015 10:10 PM (bLnSU)
Posted by: CDR M at April 18, 2015 10:10 PM (f8lRd)
Posted by: AltonJackson at April 18, 2015 10:10 PM (KCxzN)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at April 18, 2015 10:11 PM (bLnSU)
Posted by: A Farewell to the Wind-Up Bird of Madness at April 18, 2015 10:11 PM (Edob3)
Under my actual name: "Tender is the Wife Bible"
Think I'll go with number one.
Hello, 'Rons!
Posted by: Captain Whitebread at April 18, 2015 10:12 PM (rJUlF)
What if someone did one where the hero screwed around in western Arabia in 590?
Posted by: boulder terlit hobo at April 18, 2015 10:12 PM (W540W)
Whitebread, yeah go with True History of Madness. It sounds wicked cool no matter what genre of story.
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at April 18, 2015 10:13 PM (r9H2F)
Posted by: too loose, luh trek at April 18, 2015 10:13 PM (8CdUx)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at April 18, 2015 10:14 PM (r9H2F)
Hey Cooth, you feeling better?
Posted by: Farmer at April 18, 2015 10:03 PM (o/90i)
Sadly, no -- but I get to sleep in tomorrow. I was going to take advantage of the fiancee's absence by doing some work around the place with Roberto, but he called to say his niece was in a traffic accident and is in a Sacramento hospital. Unfortunately, I couldn't get the details that well (my Spanish tends toward "maceta, tierra, cerca, pared, sierra, piedra", and the like -- not exactly medical) -- the fiancee may call him later.
Posted by: cthulhu at April 18, 2015 10:14 PM (T1005)
Oh it's a compliment! I thought it was off too but I figured it would generate some commentary.
Posted by: CDR M at April 18, 2015 10:15 PM (f8lRd)
Sounds like the fate of a poorly made kitteh toy.
Posted by: Basement Cat at April 18, 2015 10:15 PM (3C9q2)
Posted by: kbdabear at April 18, 2015 10:16 PM (GrXXa)
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at April 18, 2015 10:16 PM (hNvdN)
What a snoozer.
Posted by: Sharkman at April 18, 2015 10:16 PM (rXB/r)
Now I've tried to use it. That thing takes practice. I'm still learning. I can't cut anything with it.
Nothing beats that that grim reaper effect with the ladies though.
On the plus side I imagine it would come in a lot handier than a weed whacker in repelling a home invasion .
I don't see much liberal whining for "scythe control".
Posted by: The Walking Dude at April 18, 2015 10:16 PM (cCxiu)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at April 18, 2015 10:17 PM (r9H2F)
Cooth,
Did you see the trailer for this movie called Call Girl of Ctuhulu?
http://tinyurl.com/pfndmeu
Posted by: CDR M at April 18, 2015 10:08 PM (f8lRd)
Hadn't seen that one, no....
Posted by: cthulhu at April 18, 2015 10:17 PM (T1005)
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at April 18, 2015 10:16 PM (hNvdN)
With non-PC turret art too!
Posted by: CDR M at April 18, 2015 10:17 PM (f8lRd)
Posted by: AltonJackson at April 18, 2015 10:19 PM (KCxzN)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at April 18, 2015 10:20 PM (r9H2F)
Posted by: zeera at April 18, 2015 10:20 PM (/nRA7)
In DC, the watermelons are celebrating Vlad Lenin's birthday on the Mall with a big concert. Oh, they call it "Earth Day" but its actually Vladimir Lenin's birthday.
Posted by: puddleglum at April 18, 2015 10:20 PM (syGA0)
Those idiots who think ballplayers make too much will get snarly if you ask if they mind if their favorite musician or actor makes more than most ballplayers.....
"You don't think it's fair that Clayton Kershaw gets millions, but does it bother you that Katy Perry, Taylor Swift, and Beyonce make more than teachers?"
"BUT THEY'RE SO TALENTED AND WHAT BUSINESS OF URZ WHAT THEY MAKE UR JUST JEALOUS AND UR HATIN' ON KATY!!!!!!"
Posted by: kbdabear at April 18, 2015 10:20 PM (GrXXa)
Posted by: CDR M at April 18, 2015 10:08 PM (f8lRd)
Hadn't seen that one, no....
Clicked on the link. Said "Nope." before watching the video. Some things are better left unseen.
Posted by: Captain Whitebread at April 18, 2015 10:21 PM (rJUlF)
Posted by: tsj017 at April 18, 2015 10:21 PM (t1f6S)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at April 18, 2015 10:22 PM (W5DcG)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at April 18, 2015 10:22 PM (r9H2F)
We had a great Siamese who reacted like that to a black and white line drawing of a Siamse cat face. We think it was because the picture had blue eyes. Funny as hell.
Posted by: Y-not at April 18, 2015 10:23 PM (9BRsg)
Posted by: CDR M at April 18, 2015 10:23 PM (f8lRd)
Posted by: puddleglum at April 18, 2015 10:23 PM (syGA0)
https://twitter.com/kbdabear/status/589278040556994560
https://twitter.com/kbdabear/status/589278302881378305
https://twitter.com/kbdabear/status/589278579231424513
https://twitter.com/kbdabear/status/589278758261157888
https://twitter.com/kbdabear/status/589279135744323584
Posted by: kbdabear at April 18, 2015 10:24 PM (GrXXa)
Seriously though, never eaten at one. Does that disqualify me from being president?
Posted by: Kenway at April 18, 2015 10:25 PM (LptO6)
Posted by: HR at April 18, 2015 10:25 PM (rHXGG)
Posted by: JSchuler at April 18, 2015 10:26 PM (6i4P9)
Seriously though, never eaten at one. Does that disqualify me from being president?
Posted by: Kenway at April 18, 2015 10:25 PM (LptO6)
******
He probably does, as It is spelled Chipotle.
Evening all.
Posted by: ManWithNoParty, unperson from Free Market Jesus Paradise at April 18, 2015 10:27 PM (3F6F8)
Posted by: SMFH at it all at April 18, 2015 10:27 PM (OsWis)
People spend craptons of money to watch ballplayers. Half the high school kids in the cities won't go to class for FREE, even if we throw in free meals and babysitting.
When millions for people every year start paying $10-$60-$500 for a math lecture, come talk to me about teacher pay.
Posted by: HR at April 18, 2015 10:27 PM (rHXGG)
Posted by: HR at April 18, 2015 10:27 PM (rHXGG)
http://thrilling-tales.webomator.com/derange-o-lab/pulp-o-mizer/pulp-o-mizer.html
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at April 18, 2015 10:28 PM (r9H2F)
Posted by: Kenway at April 18, 2015 10:28 PM (LptO6)
Sad and pathetic.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at April 18, 2015 10:28 PM (ZbCKc)
https://twitter.com/kbdabear/status/589457841351761920
https://twitter.com/kbdabear/status/589457988420796416
https://twitter.com/kbdabear/status/589458293724213249
https://twitter.com/kbdabear/status/589458657949179904
https://twitter.com/kbdabear/status/589459000430854145
https://twitter.com/kbdabear/status/589459431387172865
https://twitter.com/kbdabear/status/589459772790992896
https://twitter.com/kbdabear/status/589460386094669825
https://twitter.com/kbdabear/status/589460596170629121
Posted by: kbdabear at April 18, 2015 10:29 PM (GrXXa)
Posted by: Dr Alice at April 18, 2015 10:30 PM (DMpNS)
Take care. Be good to each other.
Posted by: Captain Whitebread at April 18, 2015 10:30 PM (rJUlF)
Point out the baseball players perform in a public venue, with their performance analyzed to a fare-thee-well (and if they screw up enough, they earn NOTHING). When teachers get *their* job performance evaluated with such colonoscopic thoroughness (and schools can get "first draft picks") then we will see corresponding income increases and bubble gum cards. But no, we can't evaluate teacher effectiveness because reasons.
Posted by: Sabrina Chase at April 18, 2015 10:31 PM (2buaQ)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at April 18, 2015 10:31 PM (r9H2F)
Man, talk about a master class in wrasslin' style beat down.
Just brutal.
Posted by: naturalfake at April 18, 2015 10:31 PM (KUa85)
https://twitter.com/kbdabear/status/589512789544214528
https://twitter.com/kbdabear/status/589513126799749120
https://twitter.com/kbdabear/status/589515753910501376
https://twitter.com/kbdabear/status/589521039249530880
https://twitter.com/kbdabear/status/589544374968672256
https://twitter.com/kbdabear/status/589544666124722176
Posted by: kbdabear at April 18, 2015 10:33 PM (GrXXa)
Posted by: kbdabear at April 18, 2015 10:34 PM (GrXXa)
Posted by: OG CELTIC-AMERICAN at April 18, 2015 10:34 PM (y/p2Y)
Posted by: boulder terlit hobo at April 18, 2015 10:34 PM (W540W)
Posted by: Bruce J. at April 18, 2015 10:35 PM (iQIUe)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at April 18, 2015 10:36 PM (r9H2F)
Posted by: boulder terlit hobo at April 18, 2015 10:37 PM (W540W)
Posted by: SpongeBobSaget at April 18, 2015 10:38 PM (zauWW)
---------
PRO TIP: You never want a toaster that's smarter than you.
Posted by: Toaster Fucker at April 18, 2015 10:38 PM (ZbCKc)
Posted by: AltonJackson at April 18, 2015 10:40 PM (KCxzN)
Posted by: Weirddave at April 18, 2015 10:40 PM (WvS3w)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at April 18, 2015 10:36 PM (r9H2F)
Even with a single brain, they want to cuddle and chit-chat after. No thanks.
Posted by: Bob's House of Flannel Shirts and Wallet Chains at April 18, 2015 10:40 PM (yxw0r)
Some people, it's hard to find one that isn't.
*srednop*
Posted by: HR at April 18, 2015 10:40 PM (rHXGG)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at April 18, 2015 10:40 PM (r9H2F)
Posted by: AltonJackson at April 18, 2015 10:40 PM (KCxzN)
******
Vibe set to low?
Posted by: ManWithNoParty, unperson from Free Market Jesus Paradise at April 18, 2015 10:42 PM (cIoI4)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at April 18, 2015 10:36 PM
just as long as it's not WiFi enabled...that's how SkyNet started, it was a pissed off toaster what was connected to the grid
true story
Posted by: AltonJackson at April 18, 2015 10:42 PM (KCxzN)
Posted by: tmitsss at April 18, 2015 10:44 PM (Tt6V6)
"Listen you hairless ape, I am sick and tired of lightly toasting your bagels. How about some nice whole wheat toast? No oh look I just cracked the launch codes. Good bye sucker."
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at April 18, 2015 10:44 PM (r9H2F)
I spelled it like he said it.
Posted by: Kenway at April 18, 2015 10:28 PM (LptO6)
Well, to be fair, Rubio is of Cuban descent, and "Chipotle" is a Mexican word, so it's probably not part of his everyday Spanish vocabulary. Now I was taught that Spanish is perfectly phonetic, and that if you can spell a Spanish word, you can pronounce it correctly. Perhaps Rubio only saw the name in print briefly, and misread it as "Chipolte"?
How do you pronounce "Worcestershire"?
Posted by: Harry Reid at April 18, 2015 10:45 PM (Do5OK)
Expedition?
I am looking at the Explorer and Expediton. Have not really driven an suv in forever since I am living in the big city.
Posted by: yankeefifth at April 18, 2015 10:45 PM (gsfK5)
the human is hiding from Cylons in an abandoned home. The toaster is chrome and has a single red light. He starts up some toast. Then the Cylon warriors walk by, so the human ducks behind a counter. The robots are suspecting nothing - no sense of smell apparently. Then the toaster goes "ding".
Posted by: boulder terlit hobo at April 18, 2015 10:45 PM (W540W)
Posted by: antisocial justice beatnik at April 18, 2015 10:46 PM (l3LvV)
Posted by: boulder terlit hobo was there at April 18, 2015 10:46 PM (W540W)
Posted by: Donna &&&&&& V. (brandishing ampersands) at April 18, 2015 10:47 PM (+XMAD)
Posted by: Grampa Jimbo at April 18, 2015 10:47 PM (V70Uh)
first of the month, this Ford Escort with-out a muffler shows up around my apartment building...shows up every night about this time...twenty minutes later the whole building smells like pot...fcuker doesn't even bring the rest of us Taco Bell...
Posted by: AltonJackson at April 18, 2015 10:47 PM (KCxzN)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at April 18, 2015 10:48 PM (W5DcG)
Posted by: tmitsss at April 18, 2015 10:49 PM (Tt6V6)
Epstein was a math teacher at one of those prep schools. Then he got picked out by one of the rich guys to run a hedge fund. Then... well, just ask Prince Andrew.
Posted by: boulder terlit hobo at April 18, 2015 10:49 PM (W540W)
first of the month, this Ford Escort with-out a muffler shows up around my apartment building...shows up every night about this time...twenty minutes later the whole building smells like pot...fcuker doesn't even bring the rest of us Taco Bell...
Posted by: AltonJackson at April 18, 2015 10:47 PM (KCxzN)
man talk about the wages of sin, if driving a ford escort, with or without a muffler, is the price of anything I would never pay that price.
Posted by: yankeefifth at April 18, 2015 10:50 PM (gsfK5)
Posted by: boulder terlit hobo at April 18, 2015 10:50 PM (W540W)
and they have no idea why cops want to search the car every time they get pulled over.
Posted by: SpongeBobSaget at April 18, 2015 10:51 PM (zauWW)
I have heard from three different native Spanish speakers that the Spanish of Cubans (and Puerto Ricans) is famously different for those from other countries to understand.
An Argentinian, a Mexican and a Spaniard all told me that - although the Spaniard was pretty snotty about all the New World Spanish accents - rather like some Britons can be about our English and the French can be about the Quebecois.
Posted by: Donna &&&&&& V. (brandishing ampersands) at April 18, 2015 10:52 PM (+XMAD)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at April 18, 2015 10:52 PM (r9H2F)
I am looking at the Explorer and Expediton. Have not really driven an suv in forever since I am living in the big city.
Posted by: yankeefifth at April 18, 2015 10:45 PM
Get the truck, then call me. We'll find a pre-'72 351C and swap it out.
snark aside, I have an '04 Expedition (Erf Fcuker Edition) & have been very pleased with it
Posted by: AltonJackson at April 18, 2015 10:53 PM (KCxzN)
Seriously. Meth-heads back at it?
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at April 18, 2015 10:54 PM (hNvdN)
Posted by: boulder terlit hobo at April 18, 2015 10:55 PM (W540W)
Posted by: ghost of hallelujah at April 18, 2015 10:56 PM (7RXcs)
Posted by: OG CELTIC-AMERICAN at April 18, 2015 10:56 PM (y/p2Y)
what's that old saying about never worrying about the jungle drums...until they stop?
Posted by: AltonJackson at April 18, 2015 10:56 PM (KCxzN)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 18, 2015 10:57 PM (Do5OK)
From Hell's heart I stab at thee:
Photos: Future US President Hillary Rodham Clinton at 21
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Note: Man-spreading
Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at April 18, 2015 10:58 PM (kdS6q)
"Because baseball players aren't a bunch of incompetent idiots."
Posted by: Trimegistus at April 18, 2015 10:58 PM (TrKP4)
Posted by: puddleglum at April 18, 2015 10:58 PM (syGA0)
My book: The Road to Ha Ha Ha Goon Squad
Posted by: Ira Weatheral, (JCE) man of few words at April 18, 2015 10:59 PM (qry2M)
It's quiet.
Yeah, too quiet.
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at April 18, 2015 10:59 PM (hNvdN)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 18, 2015 10:57 PM
I have had such thoughts. I really don't mind the car noise that much, but the reefer madness could become a problem.
Posted by: AltonJackson at April 18, 2015 11:01 PM (KCxzN)
Posted by: freaked at April 18, 2015 11:01 PM (6YUSx)
Cth:
The meeting was interesting. There were a few blocks of aluminum available, but the real loot to be had is in equipment: one of the guys is moving, and wants to sell much/most of his equipment rather than sell it. Unfortunately, the items seem to need an engine hoist ...
One guy showed his manual tracing device for a lathe. I have pictures and details ... it's real neat, but just a bit dangerous, as it is a wood-lathe style tool, and thus not a metal-lathe tool. But it works, and he showed 3 handles that he made. They are the classic style; a curved handle into a ball end crank, with a ball mount center, and a counterweight. Note: making this style on a manual machine without a tracing attachment is quite difficult, almost impossible, due to the compound 3D curved surfaces.
Posted by: Avenging Cheetos Godfather at April 18, 2015 11:02 PM (FlRtG)
Posted by: AltonJackson at April 18, 2015 11:01 PM (KCxzN)
Well, if stoner boy lost his sole means of transportation, the reefer madness might go away with him.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 18, 2015 11:02 PM (Do5OK)
Posted by: Arbalest at April 18, 2015 11:02 PM (FlRtG)
If you can just swing it around.
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at April 18, 2015 11:04 PM (hNvdN)
Posted by: puddleglum at April 18, 2015 11:05 PM (syGA0)
Posted by: DEATH at April 18, 2015 11:05 PM (W540W)
Posted by: Darth Randall at April 18, 2015 11:05 PM (KlVdw)
Posted by: freaked at April 18, 2015 11:01 PM
Sweet.
I live about 35 miles from MIS in Jackson (Brooklyn, actually) Michigan. Let me know if you're coming up for the race in June, I'll let you buy me a steak sammich & a shrimp cocktail...
I'll buy the beer
Posted by: AltonJackson at April 18, 2015 11:06 PM (KCxzN)
Posted by: Snoodling World Champ 1997 at April 18, 2015 11:06 PM (Q819Q)
Posted by: freaked at April 18, 2015 11:07 PM (6YUSx)
Posted by: Jean at April 18, 2015 11:09 PM (ztOda)
I'm in Lull-ville. The booze is flowing. Typing on a phone sucks.
Posted by: DC's phone at April 18, 2015 11:11 PM (5zul0)
scythe has like 3-4 times the cutting width of a weedeater in a given
swath and kinetics behind it.
If you can just swing it around.
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at April 18, 2015 11:04 PM (hNvdN)
Indeed. And scythes were made for harvesting hay or grain...a stand of uniform-sized stalks of identical grasses. With no obstacles to contend with. Hit a rock with a scythe, you're going to have to do some filing and honing. Weed-whackers were designed to trim right up to rocks, walls, tree stumps, fences, you name it. And if you weed-whack your leg, or your kid's leg, it may sting and raise a welt, but hit yourself in the leg with a scythe, and a trip to the ER is in your future.
I'll let go of my weed-whacker when the hooded dude with the scythe comes for me, and not before.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 18, 2015 11:11 PM (Do5OK)
90 percent chance of rain tomorrow so we may be here thru Monday.
Posted by: freaked at April 18, 2015 11:12 PM (6YUSx)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 18, 2015 11:02 PM
Point given.
But, you don't fcuk with a man's horse.
I'd rather switch his ass with the car antennae from a 1968 Chrysler Imperial.
Posted by: AltonJackson at April 18, 2015 11:12 PM (KCxzN)
were-sta-sure
At least thats how A English friend of mine says it is. She could be funning me.
Posted by: Luap Nor's last brain cell at April 18, 2015 11:13 PM (QLqUE)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 18, 2015 11:13 PM (Do5OK)
How come no one ever uses Oprah, or the people on Good Morning America/Today as examples of people who make more than teachers...
Posted by: JoeF. at April 18, 2015 11:14 PM (8HGb7)
Unbuckles kid from child seat, who promptly falls ten feet to...wherever.
Dad shrugs shoulders and walks 18 miles home without kid.
http://goo.gl/yAcUaF
Posted by: JEM at April 18, 2015 11:14 PM (o+SC1)
Posted by: Ostral B Heretic at April 18, 2015 11:15 PM (HUFxB)
Posted by: Miss Teen U.S. America at April 18, 2015 11:15 PM (Dwehj)
Sounds like one of the SF novels written by one of those SJW types!
Posted by: Sasquatch at April 18, 2015 11:16 PM (9bSUc)
Posted by: Jack Morninghardwood at April 18, 2015 11:16 PM (y/p2Y)
The 'shire' part is 'sure'.
So you get 'worster-sure'.
Posted by: JEM at April 18, 2015 11:16 PM (o+SC1)
Posted by: boulder terlit hobo at April 18, 2015 11:16 PM (W540W)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at April 18, 2015 11:16 PM (W5DcG)
True. And I would become a teacher then...
Posted by: JoeF. at April 18, 2015 11:17 PM (8HGb7)
and have orgies with their former students.
Posted by: puddleglum at April 18, 2015 11:17 PM (syGA0)
I like race cars that turn left AND right.
Posted by: freaked at April 18, 2015 11:18 PM (6YUSx)
Cth:
The meeting was interesting. There were a few blocks of aluminum
available, but the real loot to be had is in equipment: one of the guys
is moving, and wants to sell much/most of his equipment rather than sell
it. Unfortunately, the items seem to need an engine hoist ...
One guy showed his manual tracing device for a lathe. I have
pictures and details ... it's real neat, but just a bit dangerous, as it
is a wood-lathe style tool, and thus not a metal-lathe tool. But it
works, and he showed 3 handles that he made. They are the classic style;
a curved handle into a ball end crank, with a ball mount center, and a
counterweight. Note: making this style on a manual machine without a
tracing attachment is quite difficult, almost impossible, due to the
compound 3D curved surfaces.
Posted by: Avenging Cheetos Godfather at April 18, 2015 11:02 PM (FlRtG)
Sounds like it would have been a good one to attend. Does the guy selling his shop have a list anywhere?
Posted by: cthulhu at April 18, 2015 11:18 PM (T1005)
Posted by: bananaDream at April 18, 2015 11:18 PM (vLk7c)
that was uplifting
seriously, that did not help dis-proving my "most people suck" theorem
Posted by: AltonJackson at April 18, 2015 11:18 PM (KCxzN)
Posted by: Luap Nor's last brain cell at April 18, 2015 11:19 PM (QLqUE)
Posted by: Catherine the Great at April 18, 2015 11:19 PM (8HGb7)
Posted by: AshevilleRobert at April 18, 2015 11:19 PM (Wo9OY)
Posted by: SMFH at it all at April 18, 2015 11:19 PM (OsWis)
Posted by: boulder terlit hobo at April 18, 2015 11:19 PM (W540W)
Posted by: yankeefifth at April 18, 2015 11:20 PM (gsfK5)
Posted by: Luap Nor's last brain cell at April 18, 2015 11:21 PM (QLqUE)
It was always woost-eh-shire for us.
The way they pronounce that town in western Mass. is all screwed up.
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at April 18, 2015 11:21 PM (hNvdN)
Posted by: bananaDream at April 18, 2015 11:18 PM (vLk7c)
None of it looks like it would repel much more than small-arms fire. That tank with the glass cockpit would make a nifty barbecue, but I'll bet the driver would not agree.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 18, 2015 11:21 PM (Do5OK)
Posted by: Andrew Mendoza and His Bucket at April 18, 2015 11:22 PM (ZbCKc)
"How do you pronounce "Worcestershire"?
were-sta-sure
At least thats how A English friend of mine says it is. She could be funning me.
Posted by: Luap Nor's last brain cell at April 18, 2015 11:13 PM (QLqUE)
It's a bit more like "woohr-sta-sure" (assuming you're pronouncing "sure"like the word).
Posted by: cthulhu at April 18, 2015 11:22 PM (T1005)
Posted by: RWC - Team BOHICA at April 18, 2015 11:22 PM (XAFOu)
I still do not see how you get "Lester" out of all those vowels.
Posted by: Luap Nor's last brain cell"
Hey, I live in Leicester. NC.
Posted by: AshevilleRobert at April 18, 2015 11:22 PM (Wo9OY)
Apparently if you get enough Irish in one place for too long, they start slurring their words
Posted by: boulder terlit hobo at April 18, 2015 11:23 PM (W540W)
Posted by: AshevilleRobert at April 18, 2015 11:19 PM
Plus, I've never seen a gas-powered scythe.
How are you going to RAPE THE EFR without internal combustion?
Posted by: AltonJackson at April 18, 2015 11:23 PM (KCxzN)
Posted by: Tuna at April 18, 2015 11:23 PM (JSovD)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr.
****
The usual Marxist America haters posting.
Posted by: Tilikum Killer Assault Whale at April 18, 2015 11:23 PM (F0Cog)
Posted by: puddleglum at April 18, 2015 11:23 PM (syGA0)
Seriously, f*** this state.
Posted by: Brother Cavil, by the Pale Moon light at April 18, 2015 11:24 PM (m9V0o)
Yeeeaaahhhh, I'm sure that will have everyone craving a "book two".
Posted by: Moron whose initials ain't cut out for novel naming at April 18, 2015 11:24 PM (/JOra)
Posted by: RWC - Team BOHICA at April 18, 2015 11:24 PM (XAFOu)
heya cooth.
Hope you're feeling better.
Posted by: SMFH at it all at April 18, 2015 11:19 PM (OsWis)
Wish I were. How are you doin'?
Posted by: cthulhu at April 18, 2015 11:24 PM (T1005)
Posted by: Mister Mxyzptlk at April 18, 2015 11:24 PM (W5DcG)
reason I want a weed eater is to edge around the outside walls, trees,
and other stuff that I don't want to hit with a scythe.
Posted by: AshevilleRobert at April 18, 2015 11:19 PM (Wo9OY)
And when you are out in the open, why use a scythe to cut grass, when you can plant your ass on a cushy seat, and mow it down with a fossil-fuel guzzling riding mower?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 18, 2015 11:24 PM (Do5OK)
Posted by: AshevilleRobert at April 18, 2015 11:25 PM (Wo9OY)
Posted by: Tuna at April 18, 2015 11:25 PM (JSovD)
Posted by: Andrew Mendoza and His Bucket at April 18, 2015 11:25 PM (ZbCKc)
Posted by: RWC - Team BOHICA at April 18, 2015 11:25 PM (XAFOu)
Posted by: SMFH at it all at April 18, 2015 11:26 PM (OsWis)
"Leicester.
I still do not see how you get "Lester" out of all those vowels.
Posted by: Luap Nor's last brain cell"
Hey, I live in Leicester. NC.
Posted by: AshevilleRobert at April 18, 2015 11:22 PM (Wo9OY)
How do they pronounce it?
I understand that there's a city in Illinois that pronounces its name "San Joe's".
Posted by: cthulhu at April 18, 2015 11:26 PM (T1005)
I understand that there's a city in Illinois that pronounces its name "San Joe's".
Posted by: cthulhu"
Everyone calls it "Lester"
Posted by: AshevilleRobert at April 18, 2015 11:26 PM (Wo9OY)
Posted by: AshevilleRobert at April 18, 2015 11:27 PM (Wo9OY)
I live about 20 miles from San Joe's. Otherwise known as don't blink or you will miss it town.
Posted by: Luap Nor's last brain cell at April 18, 2015 11:28 PM (QLqUE)
The accent or the whiskey?
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at April 18, 2015 11:28 PM (hNvdN)
Does the guy selling his shop have a list anywhere?
Sort of. But I have to call him. I think a Tuesday evening call, and maybe a weekend visit.
Posted by: Arbalest at April 18, 2015 11:28 PM (FlRtG)
Posted by: Lie-ses-ter Holt at April 18, 2015 11:29 PM (ZbCKc)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vhFyp4WmVL0
It *does* have electrolytes. Lots and lots of electrolytes.
Posted by: boulder terlit hobo at April 18, 2015 11:33 PM (W540W)
--------
They wreck the entire movie.
Posted by: Olson Johnson at April 18, 2015 11:33 PM (ZbCKc)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at April 18, 2015 11:34 PM (W5DcG)
Posted by: Archie Bunker at April 18, 2015 11:35 PM (/WmRg)
I learned we only have 22 folks signed up so far for the NoVaMoMee. That is unacceptable!
So sack up and sign up for Ballston!
Posted by: All Hail Eris at April 18, 2015 11:36 PM (KH1sk)
I know a 8 MM Mauser with a Breneke round would make a whistle of that tin.
Not sure that the driver even has glass to protect him - looks like just a grill in some spots. maybe the windows roll down?
Posted by: Grey Fox at April 18, 2015 11:37 PM (a42f0)
Posted by: AltonJackson at April 18, 2015 11:38 PM (KCxzN)
Posted by: Blanco Basura at April 18, 2015 11:39 PM (UVfht)
A few minutes ago, I looked at the thermometer, thought "crossover!", opened the kitchen window, and went to turn on the whole-house fan and -- since that's right next to here, sat down and read some comments. Then I decide to get a beverage and walk into the kitchen, which smells horrible.
Turns out the fiancee moved a pot of voodoo lily (Dracunculus vulgaris) out by the front door before she left. She likes to do that to freak out the mailman and any door-to-door solicitors. So, now, I'm drawing air off the patio and waiting for the stench to disperse.
Here's a link with pictures -- http://tinyurl.com/2ajlyz7
Posted by: cthulhu at April 18, 2015 11:39 PM (T1005)
http://1048149.spreadshirt.com
Posted by: AshevilleRobert at April 18, 2015 11:41 PM (Wo9OY)
Posted by: boulder terlit hobo at April 18, 2015 11:42 PM (W540W)
I have a pot of voodoo lily sitting on my Mexican radio.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at April 18, 2015 11:42 PM (W5DcG)
And speaking of T-shirts, spreadshirt approved my Ready for Hillary parody shirt. You can buy them here.
http://1048149.spreadshirt.com
Posted by: AshevilleRobert at April 18, 2015 11:41 PM (Wo9OY)
Linky no worky.
Posted by: cthulhu at April 18, 2015 11:43 PM (T1005)
Posted by: boulder terlit hobo at April 18, 2015 11:44 PM (W540W)
and they will not have fought and died in vain
Posted by: too loose, luh trek at April 18, 2015 11:44 PM (8CdUx)
Posted by: Iblis at April 18, 2015 11:44 PM (EhFPC)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at April 18, 2015 11:44 PM (W5DcG)
Posted by: Zombie Warren Zevon at April 18, 2015 11:44 PM (KCxzN)
Posted by: Blanco Basura at April 18, 2015 11:45 PM (UVfht)
What if someone did one where the hero screwed around in western Arabia in 590?
I could see not killing Adolf because, you never know, instead of his assholes taking over it might have been the Commies and that might have ended up being a tougher fight for the free West and the non-Commie eastern Europeans. However, I can see no down side to topping Mo.
I doubt another b.s. violent religion would have sprung up in its place and, in fact, with the region staying Christian it might have improved the course of history. I'm sure it wouldn't have made its course any worse even if there would have been, say, a schismatic war/s involving the region.
Posted by: andycanuck at April 18, 2015 11:45 PM (kivUY)
Posted by: too loose, luh trek at April 18, 2015 11:46 PM (8CdUx)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr"
I had to edit the design, it had accidentally placed 2 copies of the image on the shirt. Should work now.
Posted by: AshevilleRobert at April 18, 2015 11:47 PM (Wo9OY)
Posted by: bergerbilder at April 18, 2015 11:47 PM (ZMEn9)
Linky no worky.
Worked fine for me.
Posted by: Blanco Basura at April 18, 2015 11:45 PM (UVfht)
My request is probably on the short packet of slow electrons....
Posted by: cthulhu at April 18, 2015 11:48 PM (T1005)
So demographics are turning them into MoLeicester?
Posted by: Brother Cavil, by the Pale Moon light at April 18, 2015 11:48 PM (m9V0o)
Posted by: boulder terlit hobo at April 18, 2015 11:49 PM (W540W)
Of the midnight ride of Paul Revere,
On the eighteenth of April, in Seventy-five;
Hardly a man is now alive
Who remembers that famous day and year.
Posted by: Henry Wadsworth Longfellow at April 18, 2015 11:49 PM (KCxzN)
What if someone did one where the hero screwed around in western Arabia in 590?
Someone put out a story years ago where instead of founding his own religion Mohamhead became a devout Christian and a saint of the Catholic church.
Posted by: Blanco Basura at April 18, 2015 11:49 PM (UVfht)
Posted by: AshevilleRobert at April 18, 2015 11:41 PM (Wo9OY)
Make one with a picture of Chris Stevens, the ambassador murdered in Benghazi. "I'm Chris Stevens, and I'm voting for Hillary, the Bitch of Benghazi. I don't have any choice about it, because I'm fcuking dead."
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 18, 2015 11:50 PM (Do5OK)
By land or sea from the town to-night,
Hang a lantern aloft in the belfry arch
Of the North Church tower as a signal light,--
One if by land, and two if by sea;
And I on the opposite shore will be,
Ready to ride and spread the alarm
Through every Middlesex village and farm,
For the country folk to be up and to arm."
Posted by: Henry Wadsworth Longfellow at April 18, 2015 11:50 PM (KCxzN)
Posted by: boulder terlit hobo"
Hmm. Using this link?
http://1048149.spreadshirt.com/
Posted by: AshevilleRobert at April 18, 2015 11:50 PM (Wo9OY)
The Penguins lost tonight. To the Warriors. Sheesh.
What the actual F is going on around here?
Posted by: Thor's feather duster at April 18, 2015 11:51 PM (JgC5a)
Posted by: AshevilleRobert
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Me? I'm just lazy. Notice that the scythe guy is so worn out that he is almost stumbling.
I DO have a sling. I keep it around for the post-collapse times.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at April 18, 2015 11:51 PM (Wvadc)
Silently rowed to the Charlestown shore,
Just as the moon rose over the bay,
Where swinging wide at her moorings lay
The Somerset, British man-of-war;
A phantom ship, with each mast and spar
Across the moon like a prison bar,
And a huge black hulk, that was magnified
By its own reflection in the tide.
Posted by: Henry Wadsworth Longfellow at April 18, 2015 11:51 PM (KCxzN)
Posted by: AshevilleRobert at April 18, 2015 11:52 PM (Wo9OY)
Wanders and watches, with eager ears,
Till in the silence around him he hears
The muster of men at the barrack door,
The sound of arms, and the tramp of feet,
And the measured tread of the grenadiers,
Marching down to their boats on the shore.
Posted by: Henry Wadsworth Longfellow at April 18, 2015 11:52 PM (KCxzN)
ambassador murdered in Benghazi. "I'm Chris Stevens, and I'm voting for
Hillary, the Bitch of Benghazi. I don't have any choice about it,
because I'm fcuking dead."
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon"
One similar has already been done.
Posted by: AshevilleRobert at April 18, 2015 11:53 PM (Wo9OY)
Posted by: Luap Nor's last brain cell at April 18, 2015 11:53 PM (QLqUE)
Posted by: AshevilleRobert at April 18, 2015 11:50 PM (Wo9OY)
I get "no product found" with IE11, FF and Chrome.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at April 18, 2015 11:53 PM (W5DcG)
Posted by: Progressives everywhere at April 18, 2015 11:54 PM (Wvadc)
By the wooden stairs, with stealthy tread,
To the belfry chamber overhead,
And startled the pigeons from their perch
On the sombre rafters, that round him made
Masses and moving shapes of shade,--
By the trembling ladder, steep and tall,
To the highest window in the wall,
Where he paused to listen and look down
A moment on the roofs of the town
And the moonlight flowing over all.
Beneath, in the churchyard, lay the dead,
In their night encampment on the hill,
Wrapped in silence so deep and still
That he could hear, like a sentinel's tread,
The watchful night-wind, as it went
Creeping along from tent to tent,
And seeming to whisper, "All is well!"
A moment only he feels the spell
Of the place and the hour, and the secret dread
Of the lonely belfry and the dead;
For suddenly all his thoughts are bent
On a shadowy something far away,
Where the river widens to meet the bay,--
A line of black that bends and floats
On the rising tide like a bridge of boats.
Posted by: Henry Wadsworth Longfellow at April 18, 2015 11:54 PM (KCxzN)
Booted and spurred, with a heavy stride
On the opposite shore walked Paul Revere.
Now he patted his horse's side,
Now he gazed at the landscape far and near,
Then, impetuous, stamped the earth,
And turned and tightened his saddle girth;
But mostly he watched with eager search
The belfry tower of the Old North Church,
As it rose above the graves on the hill,
Lonely and spectral and sombre and still.
And lo! as he looks, on the belfry's height
A glimmer, and then a gleam of light!
He springs to the saddle, the bridle he turns,
But lingers and gazes, till full on his sight
A second lamp in the belfry burns.
A hurry of hoofs in a village street,
A shape in the moonlight, a bulk in the dark,
And beneath, from the pebbles, in passing, a spark
Struck out by a steed flying fearless and fleet;
That was all! And yet, through the gloom and the light,
The fate of a nation was riding that night;
And the spark struck out by that steed, in his flight,
Kindled the land into flame with its heat.
He has left the village and mounted the steep,
And beneath him, tranquil and broad and deep,
Is the Mystic, meeting the ocean tides;
And under the alders that skirt its edge,
Now soft on the sand, now loud on the ledge,
Is heard the tramp of his steed as he rides.
Posted by: Henry Wadsworth Longfellow at April 18, 2015 11:55 PM (KCxzN)
I DO have a sling. I keep it around for the post-collapse times.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at April 18, 2015 11:51 PM (Wvadc)
Bush hog...try it...you'll like it.
Posted by: BignJames at April 18, 2015 11:55 PM (j7iSn)
I think you know I'd have a firmer hand than that. It's for your own good.
You know what you did.
Posted by: All Hail Eris at April 18, 2015 11:56 PM (KH1sk)
The problem with that *on a t-shirt* is that one would then have to explain why Hillary belongs in that cell. Do we have a link to an elevator-pitch explanation on what Hillary did to end up there?
Hillary deserved to be disbarred and discredited for the shit she pulled in getting that child molestor off... back in the 1970s. Also for her fucking up the Nixon indictments (and she DID get fired for that). Non-righties are going to ask about the full-on criminal charges though.
Posted by: boulder terlit hobo at April 18, 2015 11:57 PM (W540W)
Posted by: andycanuck at April 18, 2015 11:45 PM (kivUY)
Amazing these English! How quickly they adapt! They must truly have been crying out for a victory! They have abandoned their old rulers faster than the rats leaving a sinking ship! We have done what no one else has dared! The soviet Union stretches across the entire continent! We have liberated Europe at last! It's time to celebrate!
Tea? Why not! hahaha, "When in Rome..." mmmh excellent. General, you have covered yourself in great honor. I will see to it personally that u are very well taken care off. hahaha, Nadia, this tea is truly excellent.
(Thank you. I prepared it myself).
Posted by: Stalin at April 18, 2015 11:57 PM (wZ2hu)
Who dreamt that a rooster seduced her.
She woke with a scream,
But 'twas only a dream
A lump in the mattress had goosed her.
I think it's "wooster" when pronouncing the city name (just like the Massachusetts' types say) but it's "wurster" for the shire name. (And it's "shire" when you're just saying that word but it's slurred into "shur" when used as the 'shire' suffix as in "Derbyshire".)
Posted by: andycanuck at April 18, 2015 11:57 PM (kivUY)
When he crossed the bridge into Medford town.
He heard the crowing of the cock,
And the barking of the farmer's dog,
And felt the damp of the river fog,
That rises after the sun goes down.
It was one by the village clock,
When he galloped into Lexington.
He saw the gilded weathercock
Swim in the moonlight as he passed,
And the meeting-house windows, black and bare,
Gaze at him with a spectral glare,
As if they already stood aghast
At the bloody work they would look upon.
It was two by the village clock,
When he came to the bridge in Concord town.
He heard the bleating of the flock,
And the twitter of birds among the trees,
And felt the breath of the morning breeze
Blowing over the meadow brown.
And one was safe and asleep in his bed
Who at the bridge would be first to fall,
Who that day would be lying dead,
Pierced by a British musket ball.
Posted by: Henry Wadsworth Longfellow at April 18, 2015 11:57 PM (KCxzN)
Posted by: BignJames
----------------
Except..., my sling is powered by grits and Dandelion greens.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at April 18, 2015 11:57 PM (Wvadc)
Posted by: boulder terlit hobo at April 18, 2015 11:58 PM (W540W)
This gang confronted me, that had a reputation of violence against transsexuals. They tossed me a mirror!
Posted by: Bruce Jenner at April 18, 2015 11:58 PM (XrHO0)
How the British Regulars fired and fled,---
How the farmers gave them ball for ball,
From behind each fence and farmyard wall,
Chasing the redcoats down the lane,
Then crossing the fields to emerge again
Under the trees at the turn of the road,
And only pausing to fire and load.
So through the night rode Paul Revere;
And so through the night went his cry of alarm
To every Middlesex village and farm,---
A cry of defiance, and not of fear,
A voice in the darkness, a knock at the door,
And a word that shall echo for evermore!
For, borne on the night-wind of the Past,
Through all our history, to the last,
In the hour of darkness and peril and need,
The people will waken and listen to hear
The hurrying hoof-beats of that steed,
And the midnight message of Paul Revere.
Posted by: Henry Wadsworth Longfellow at April 18, 2015 11:58 PM (KCxzN)
Posted by: boulder terlit hobo at April 18, 2015 11:58 PM (W540W)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at April 18, 2015 11:59 PM (ZbCKc)
the shit she pulled in getting that child molestor off... back in the
1970s. Also for her fucking up the Nixon indictments (and she DID get
fired for that). Non-righties are going to ask about the full-on
criminal charges though.
Posted by: boulder terlit hobo at April 18, 2015 11:57 PM (W540W)
Wiping her illegal private e-mail server is a felony, I'm sure.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 19, 2015 12:00 AM (Do5OK)
Posted by: TangoNine at April 19, 2015 12:00 AM (x3YFz)
Posted by: Sunni LeBeouf at April 19, 2015 12:01 AM (XrHO0)
Posted by: RWC - Team BOHICA at April 19, 2015 12:01 AM (XAFOu)
Doh!
Posted by: andycanuck at April 19, 2015 12:01 AM (kivUY)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at April 19, 2015 12:01 AM (W5DcG)
Steampunk alt history slash fiction? That might be doable.
Posted by: All Hail Eris at April 19, 2015 12:02 AM (KH1sk)
Posted by: AltonJackson at April 19, 2015 12:03 AM (KCxzN)
We have a long dead poet in the Barrel now. Talk about decomposing...
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at April 19, 2015 12:04 AM (r9H2F)
But plus side, pack a day down to 4.
Posted by: RWC - Team BOHICA at April 19, 2015 12:04 AM (XAFOu)
Ooh, using my Nom de Horde, it's: A Clockwork All Flesh Goon Squad.
Steampunk alt history slash fiction? That might be doable.
Posted by: All Hail Eris at April 19, 2015 12:02 AM (KH1sk)
Hmmm....using my nom de Horde....lessee...."c", "t", "h"....
"True History of the Woods or, The Whale"
I guess I knew it had five letters and began with W.
Posted by: cthulhu at April 19, 2015 12:06 AM (T1005)
You all are still under the impression that our society is still governed by laws.
Quaint.
Posted by: Thor's feather duster at April 19, 2015 12:06 AM (JgC5a)
Expedition?
I am looking at the Explorer and Expediton. Have not really driven an suv in forever since I am living in the big city.
Posted by: yankeefifth at April 18, 2015 10:45 PM (gsfK5)
I bought a 2014 Explorer with the V6 to replace my 99 Jeep Grand Cherokee V8 and the Ford blows it out of the water. The Explorer has 3 rows of seating, more room for mah doggehs, and gets about 6mpg better. The V6 is smooth and at highway speed (or above) does not disappoint.
Posted by: Ashley Judd's Puffy Scamper, aka MrCaniac at April 19, 2015 12:06 AM (+Fae7)
http://tinyurl.com/c6zvd8f
Get such winners as The Bird Witch and The Rodent Dolls.
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at April 19, 2015 12:07 AM (r9H2F)
Check out the Greenberg Alternate X (heroes, villains, etc.) series of anthologies. One of them contains a story of a certain camel trader coming under the influence of a Christian missionary.
Posted by: epobirs at April 19, 2015 12:08 AM (g2O83)
Late evenin T9
Posted by: RWC - Team BOHICA at April 19, 2015 12:01 AM (XAFOu)
true true. But that time of night where some of us can take a break in peace and quiet.
Posted by: TangoNine at April 19, 2015 12:08 AM (x3YFz)
Posted by: andycanuck at April 19, 2015 12:09 AM (kivUY)
Please let us know if you you complete bat-shit raped-ape crazy and start taking out people with a battery powered hedge trimmer.
We want to watch.
Posted by: OG Celtic-American at April 19, 2015 12:09 AM (y/p2Y)
is cold & damp, & the floors doth squeak
everywhere I try to sit is a sticky spot
& my next door neighbor reeks of pot
I survey my environs & what the hell
is this damned malodorous smell?
Posted by: Henry Wadsworth Longfellow at April 19, 2015 12:10 AM (KCxzN)
Posted by: cthulhu at April 19, 2015 12:10 AM (T1005)
Posted by: OG Celtic-American at April 19, 2015 12:11 AM (y/p2Y)
Posted by: andycanuck at April 19, 2015 12:11 AM (kivUY)
Posted by: TangoNine at April 19, 2015 12:11 AM (x3YFz)
true true. But that time of night where some of us can take a break in peace and quiet.
Posted by: TangoNine at April 19, 2015 12:08 AM (x3YFz)
Best time. Where everyone is asleep... 'Why do you stay up late?" Because I will always be the last to go to bed, even if just for the hour of peace and quiet.
Posted by: RWC - Team BOHICA at April 19, 2015 12:11 AM (XAFOu)
248 I think four packs a day is more than one, RWC, so it must affect counting ability too!
Posted by: andycanuck at April 19, 2015 12:09 AM (kivUY)
4 cigs.....smahtass
Posted by: RWC - Team BOHICA at April 19, 2015 12:13 AM (XAFOu)
Posted by: boulder terlit hobo at April 19, 2015 12:13 AM (ErS3k)
---
"Hour of the Tentacle" and "Pursued by the Skull of the Saucers" would be the best sci-fi serial double feature evah.
Posted by: All Hail Eris at April 19, 2015 12:14 AM (KH1sk)
But plus side, pack a day down to 4.
---------------
Chantix was hellish for me. If you are at 4 smokes a day, you are now a hobbyist now anyhow.
Posted by: JDub (was BunkerintheBurbs) at April 19, 2015 12:14 AM (X3xYu)
Posted by: andycanuck at April 19, 2015 12:14 AM (kivUY)
Pursued by the Skull of the Saucers .... so got an ET skull looking for a new body?
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at April 19, 2015 12:16 AM (r9H2F)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon"
What he said.
And I'm glad that at least some people managed to get the link to work. At least I'm not totally incompetent.
Posted by: AshevilleRobert at April 19, 2015 12:16 AM (Wo9OY)
Posted by: boulder terlit hobo at April 19, 2015 12:13 AM
It's true!
ace-o-spades.blogspot.com/2003_12_28_ace-o-spades_archive.html#107281288925020811
Posted by: AltonJackson at April 19, 2015 12:16 AM (KCxzN)
I will settle happily for my 28 year old SUV. Does all I need done, in comfort with decent mileage. Has all the bells and whistles--that all work--that newer trucks have.
Barring the body rusting apart, there is no new vehicle in my future.
Posted by: irongrampa at April 19, 2015 12:16 AM (jeCnD)
Point, the hotel that she had a confirmed room in 3 weeks ago gave it
away, it's midnight there. Anyone know a nice place to stay near High
Point, NC?
Posted by: cthulhu at April 19, 2015 12:10 AM (T1005)
she can't raise a fuss?
this is where people skills get you what you want or don't.
Posted by: TangoNine at April 19, 2015 12:17 AM (x3YFz)
Posted by: Soothsayer, Inc. -- The King Unwilling at April 19, 2015 12:17 AM (48or3)
Tomorrow we have to recover all of the wire, fiber and Wifi and battery buckets. Then we can bid farewell to Camp Tahquitz and go home.
Posted by: epobirs at April 19, 2015 12:17 AM (g2O83)
- working on my novel "A Clockwork World Mockingbird"
Posted by: Dr Alice at April 19, 2015 12:17 AM (DMpNS)
Holiday Inn Express in Archdale...never been there but all the others I've stayed in have been ok.
Posted by: BignJames at April 19, 2015 12:19 AM (j7iSn)
Posted by: JDub (was BunkerintheBurbs) at April 19, 2015 12:14 AM (X3xYu)
This is good advice. Yeah if you are down to four smokes a day stay the fuck away from chantix.
Posted by: cm9000 at April 19, 2015 12:20 AM (8zCR+)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at April 19, 2015 12:20 AM (r9H2F)
illustrated
http://bit.ly/1H17Fp9
Posted by: time traveler at April 19, 2015 12:21 AM (lyaJC)
Posted by: Brother Cavil, by the Pale Moon light at April 19, 2015 12:22 AM (m9V0o)
working on my novel "A Clockwork World Mockingbird: A Space Odyssey"
Posted by: Dr Alice at April 19, 2015 12:17 AM
I tweaked your book title a little bit, right there.
It is a great poem
Posted by: AltonJackson at April 19, 2015 12:22 AM (KCxzN)
call the hotel and tell them you're her commander and she just got back from a deployment. You just want your trooper a safe place to stay.
Trust me.
make up a rank... call yourself a major.
Works.
Posted by: TangoNine at April 19, 2015 12:22 AM (x3YFz)
Ummmm......fiancee just called. She is in High
Point, the hotel that she had a confirmed room in 3 weeks ago gave it
away, it's midnight there. Anyone know a nice place to stay near High
Point, NC?
Posted by: cthulhu at April 19, 2015 12:10 AM (T1005)
she can't raise a fuss?
this is where people skills get you what you want or don't.
Posted by: TangoNine at April 19, 2015 12:17 AM (x3YFz)
We're past that. Now I need to find a place nearby, fast.
Posted by: cthulhu at April 19, 2015 12:23 AM (T1005)
Posted by: yankeefifth at April 18, 2015 10:45 PM (gsfK5)
I bought a 2014 Explorer with the V6 to replace my 99 Jeep Grand Cherokee V8 and the Ford blows it out of the water. The Explorer has 3 rows of seating, more room for mah doggehs, and gets about 6mpg better. The V6 is smooth and at highway speed (or above) does not disappoint.
Posted by: Ashley Judd's Puffy Scamper, aka MrCaniac at April 19, 2015 12:06 AM (+Fae7)
Thanks.
Posted by: yankeefifth at April 19, 2015 12:23 AM (gsfK5)
Posted by: Zakn at April 19, 2015 12:24 AM (ec1Ol)
The problem with that *on a t-shirt* is that one would then have to explain why Hillary belongs in that cell. Do we have a link to an elevator-pitch explanation on what Hillary did to end up there?
Hillary deserved to be disbarred and discredited for the shit she pulled in getting that child molestor off... back in the 1970s. Also for her fucking up the Nixon indictments (and she DID get fired for that). Non-righties are going to ask about the full-on criminal charges though.
Posted by: boulder terlit hobo at April 18, 2015 11:57 PM (W540W)
Fookin business associate was posting on FB the other day about who Hillary! could be putting on the Supreme Court, and the two they all were excited about were Bill Clinton and Barack Obama. One had his law license "suspended" for several years because of Perjury and Obstruction of Justice, and the other was in all probability disbarred by Illinois.
Hillary should have been disbarred also for the damn Rose Law Office billing records that were lost but then discovered in the White House residence when they moved out.
Fucking grifters.
Posted by: Ashley Judd's Puffy Scamper, aka MrCaniac at April 19, 2015 12:25 AM (+Fae7)
Posted by: cthulhu at April 19, 2015 12:10 AM (T1005)
Holiday Inn Express in Archdale...never been there but all the others I've stayed in have been ok.
Posted by: BignJames at April 19, 2015 12:19 AM (j7iSn)
That's probably too near to High Point -- it may be Furniture Mart or something.
Posted by: cthulhu at April 19, 2015 12:25 AM (T1005)
Posted by: andycanuck at April 19, 2015 12:25 AM (kivUY)
Posted by: AltonJackson at April 19, 2015 12:27 AM (KCxzN)
Posted by: Vendette at April 19, 2015 12:27 AM (TEpA2)
Posted by: cthulhu at April 19, 2015 12:23 AM (T1005)
Check my last. Know how many free hotel rooms that got me in Vegas?
be polite and professional.
Posted by: TangoNine at April 19, 2015 12:27 AM (x3YFz)
Posted by: boulder terlit hobo at April 19, 2015 12:13 AM (ErS3k)
And the Barrel said... Nevermore...
Posted by: BB Wolf at April 19, 2015 12:28 AM (qh617)
Posted by: Soothsayer, Inc. -- The King Unwilling at April 19, 2015 12:28 AM (48or3)
For those unaware, some listings offer a Make Offer option in addition to the Buy It Now option.
Posted by: Soothsayer, Inc. -- The King Unwilling at April 19, 2015 12:29 AM (48or3)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at April 19, 2015 12:29 AM (ZbCKc)
Posted by: TangoNine at April 19, 2015 12:27 AM
& have the "tone"
be polite & professional, with the underlying tone of "I am well prepared to come there, rip off your head, & shit down your neck"...personally
Posted by: AltonJackson at April 19, 2015 12:31 AM (KCxzN)
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I wouldn't pay a plug drachma for that shit.
Posted by: Homer at April 19, 2015 12:31 AM (ZbCKc)
Hammer, T9, I noticed you are both here tonight, and should have commented on the Seinfeld/prepper thread but couldn't...
Check out the Renogy solar kits, cheap and effective based on the reviews, mine is on it's way, will report back on performance.
Posted by: JDub (was BunkerintheBurbs) at April 19, 2015 12:31 AM (X3xYu)
In the future, oh Ancient One, always call the check-in desk the day of the actual check-in, and notify them that you/she'll be a "late check-in".
Otherwise, come about 2000 hrs, they feel free to let the room to another weary traveler. Standard in the industry, and I've been screwed out of a room by not calling in by 1800 hrs.
Do NOT count on a 3rd party such as Expedia to do this one for you, either. Get the hotel's actual phone number to the actual front desk, and have those mooks put the note into the computer, themselves.
And follow T-9's advice about the phone call. One other thing, besides. That front desk should be burning up the phone lines themselves, to other local inns, trying to get her a room. Lean on 'em to do so.
Good luck!
Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX
Posted by: Jim at April 19, 2015 12:32 AM (RzZOc)
Point, the hotel that she had a confirmed room in 3 weeks ago gave it
away, it's midnight there. Anyone know a nice place to stay near High
Point, NC?
Posted by: cthulhu at April 19, 2015 12:10 AM (T1005)
*****
What the Hotel is half doing is called, in their terminology, "walking" a guest. The other half, if done right, is finding them another room at a nearby hotel and paying for it.
I know it's late and all, but I would insist on this from them.,
Posted by: ManWithNoParty, unperson from Free Market Jesus Paradise at April 19, 2015 12:33 AM (XrHO0)
Posted by: cthulhu at April 19, 2015 12:25 AM (T1005)
Oooh...looks like it's this weekend.
Posted by: BignJames at April 19, 2015 12:34 AM (j7iSn)
Posted by: AltonJackson at April 19, 2015 12:27 AM (KCxzN)
For all the jokes about them, 7-11 is a pretty good convenience store chain.
Posted by: cm9000 at April 19, 2015 12:35 AM (8zCR+)
tone of "I am well prepared to come there, rip off your head, shit
down your neck"...personally
Posted by: AltonJackson at April 19, 2015 12:31 AM (KCxzN)
nono... you gotta go "I need your help"
example:
"Mike's 5 star hotel, can I help you?"
"Mike (or whatever) I have a trooper headed your way who's been up to his/her earlobes in poop for the last 8 months. I'm Sgt (whatever) and I need your help finding them a place to get some shuteye"
rest of it takes care of itself.
Posted by: TangoNine at April 19, 2015 12:37 AM (x3YFz)
Posted by: Conservative Crank's iPhone at April 19, 2015 12:38 AM (Gosad)
Posted by: AltonJackson at April 19, 2015 12:38 AM (KCxzN)
Posted by: cthulhu at April 19, 2015 12:42 AM (T1005)
Posted by: TangoNine at April 19, 2015 12:43 AM (x3YFz)
If any of this looks like It would work, I can send details.
Posted by: ManWithNoParty, unperson from Free Market Jesus Paradise at April 19, 2015 12:45 AM (XrHO0)
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Go___ west, Black Mountain or Asheville I'd guess?
Posted by: JDub (was BunkerintheBurbs) at April 19, 2015 12:46 AM (X3xYu)
Posted by: Adriane the Time Management Failure ... at April 19, 2015 12:47 AM (nSOh+)
Posted by: Vendette at April 19, 2015 12:47 AM (TEpA2)
"Hillary saw the foolishness of acting like a masculine woman defending
the Iraq invasion after she fell behind to a feminized man denouncing
it."
That's just delightful.
Posted by: Rusty Nail at April 19, 2015 12:48 AM (jqUAa)
Posted by: cthulhu at April 19, 2015 12:42 AM (T1005)
Try Quality Inn Thomasville.
Posted by: ManWithNoParty, unperson from Free Market Jesus Paradise at April 19, 2015 12:48 AM (cIoI4)
They'll know which ones are the "hot sheet" no-tell mo-tells, and advise her against those, and they'll know the decent one that Patel runs two or three miles from the Interstate.
And, with some charm, she can get Officer Friendly to buzz up his cell fone and call fellow officers in other area jurisdictions, having them do their own sourcing for her.
Further from the Interstates, the smaller the town, the better the odds.
Oh, and crank up your search engine, and tear up all the Bed & Breakfast listings in the area, too.
Good luck to the both of you!
Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX
Posted by: Jim at April 19, 2015 12:48 AM (RzZOc)
There's Thomasville....they may be booked up too.
Posted by: BignJames at April 19, 2015 12:48 AM (j7iSn)
OK, I've confirmed Furniture Mart. There will be NOTHING in High Point,
and I'm getting bupkis in Greensboro or W-S. What is nearby that some
out-of-towner might not know to book?
Posted by: cthulhu at April 19, 2015 12:42 AM (T1005)
slow down. bed and breakfasts? Everything can't be full in NC.
Posted by: TangoNine at April 19, 2015 12:49 AM (x3YFz)
Posted by: Dr. Varno at April 19, 2015 12:49 AM (TF10X)
Posted by: Thor's feather duster at April 19, 2015 12:49 AM (JgC5a)
Posted by: ManWithNoParty, unperson from Free Market Jesus Paradise at April 19, 2015 12:51 AM (cIoI4)
Posted by: Dr. Varno at April 19, 2015 12:53 AM (TF10X)
Posted by: TangoNine at April 19, 2015 12:54 AM (x3YFz)
Posted by: TangoNine at April 19, 2015 12:54 AM (x3YFz)
Posted by: TangoNine at April 19, 2015 12:49 AM (x3YFz)
******
If there is a large (For the area) Convention in town, you would be surprised. Not the whole state, but they can book solid for 20-30 minutes in any direction.
Posted by: ManWithNoParty, unperson from Free Market Jesus Paradise at April 19, 2015 12:55 AM (3F6F8)
Posted by: bergerbilder at April 19, 2015 12:55 AM (ZMEn9)
Is it a good OS?
Posted by: Soothsayer, Inc. -- The King Unwilling at April 19, 2015 12:17 AM (48or3)
I had Kubuntu on a laptop. No problems. Recently installed LinuxMint on a desktop. Worked great. Even had the driver package already in it for the printer I bought. Install was far, far easier than any windows install I've ever done. The various distros are all Linux under the hood. Basically what differs is the GUI, or screen environment.
LinuxMint was rated one of the top five distros for ease of installation and use by people accustomed to Windows, and I can't argue with that at all.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 19, 2015 12:55 AM (Do5OK)
now that I think about it, I've done this dance at least twice
Posted by: AltonJackson at April 19, 2015 12:58 AM (KCxzN)
I guess as long as pale moon of firefox and all the addons work on Ubuntu, then that's good enough for me.
Posted by: Soothsayer, Inc. -- The King Unwilling at April 19, 2015 12:58 AM (48or3)
the locals call it E-town..
Posted by: Soothsayer, Inc. -- The King Unwilling at April 19, 2015 01:00 AM (48or3)
Posted by: Soothsayer, Inc. -- The King Unwilling at April 19, 2015 01:00 AM
Yes, I know.
They also had a "Mark's Feed Store" in E-Town, back in the day...
Posted by: AltonJackson at April 19, 2015 01:03 AM (KCxzN)
looks like i'm doing the 4th of july in Rhode Island this year
does it snow there this time of year?
btw, cubbies are still over .500
Posted by: navycopjoe screwing up your sleep at April 19, 2015 01:04 AM (Yd3vm)
Posted by: ManWithNoParty, unperson from Free Market Jesus Paradise at April 19, 2015 01:06 AM (3F6F8)
There's a big hotel on the river there -- forgot the name of it.
It was bought by a group of con artists posing as a Christian investment organization. I don't know who owns it now.
Posted by: Soothsayer, Inc. -- The King Unwilling at April 19, 2015 01:06 AM (48or3)
Posted by: Soothsayer, Inc. -- The King Unwilling at April 19, 2015 12:58 AM (48or3)
They will most likely. My LinuxMint came bundled with the new version of Firefox, which I do not like, so I used it only long enough to download Pale Moon, and made it the default browser. Only "issue" was that Pale Moon didn't auto-install. I had to find the downloaded file, move it to another directory, and run it from a command line in Terminal. So I got to learn a little about the Linux file systems and running commands. But it was about 30 minutes of trying stuff, not hours and hours.
Nice thing about a Linux computer? If you don't like the way one distro works, just install another and try it. Because they are free, there's no downside to toasting the OS for a new one. It's very liberating.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 19, 2015 01:07 AM (Do5OK)
Posted by: Soothsayer, Inc. -- The King Unwilling at April 19, 2015 01:07 AM (48or3)
Posted by: tmitsss at April 18, 2015 10:44 PM (Tt6V6)
When I was in grad school and teaching Econ 101 as part of my assistant-ship, I came up with a lesson plan I named, "Why Dave Matthews makes millions while your fifth grade teacher makes peanuts." It was one of my favorite lessons to teach right along with "Who did more good for the world: Michael Milken or Mother Theresa?"
The crux of the wage differential is that Dave Matthews has monopoly skills that would be impossible to duplicate and for which people will pay a great deal. Teachers have skills that are easily taught and near ubiquitous. Even with state licensure regulations that tend to allow people to capture more income than they would in a purely free market, teachers are easily trained and easily replaced. So while a lot of people say teaching is much more worthwhile and noble than being a pothead musician, the market says it is not as valuable a skill to have.The same analysis can be applied to ML baseball players and teachers.
Posted by: redbanzai at April 19, 2015 01:07 AM (5DGKy)
now that I think about it, I've done this dance at least twice
Posted by: AltonJackson at April 19, 2015 12:58 AM (KCxzN)
*****
Done this many times myself over 10 years of regional sales. Wound up staying at some That I do not care to remember.
Posted by: ManWithNoParty, unperson from Free Market Jesus Paradise at April 19, 2015 01:08 AM (3F6F8)
Posted by: bergerbilder at April 19, 2015 01:08 AM (ZMEn9)
I don't understand why pale moon doesn't have an auto-page-refresh addon. I'm pretty sure firefox does...or did.
Posted by: Soothsayer, Inc. -- The King Unwilling at April 19, 2015 01:09 AM (48or3)
Posted by: AltonJackson at April 19, 2015 01:11 AM (KCxzN)
Yep.... and if you got rid of credentialism in education...
You could get BETTER for cheaper.
I've written, and taught, College Accredited classes... yet can't even teach a grade school kid... because I don't have the right piece of paper.
Posted by: BB Wolf at April 19, 2015 01:12 AM (qh617)
slow down. bed and breakfasts? Everything can't be full in NC.
Posted by: TangoNine at April 19, 2015 12:49 AM (x3YFz)
This is the big furniture buying convention for retailers. 60% of all furniture made in the US is made in a 60 mile radius of the Greensboro-High Point area. Usually around 39,000 buyers from around the world come to it.
Posted by: Ashley Judd's Puffy Scamper, aka MrCaniac at April 19, 2015 01:13 AM (+Fae7)
Posted by: Conservative Crank's iPhone at April 19, 2015 01:13 AM (Gosad)
Posted by: Ashley Judd's Puffy Scamper, aka MrCaniac at April 19, 2015 01:13 AM (+Fae7)
******
Ruh Roh.
Posted by: ManWithNoParty, unperson from Free Market Jesus Paradise at April 19, 2015 01:14 AM (3F6F8)
Posted by: boulder terlit hobo at April 19, 2015 01:14 AM (AVEe1)
Posted by: Soothsayer, Inc. -- The King Unwilling at April 19, 2015 01:09 AM (48or3)
Most Firefox add-ons will work with Pale Moon, because it is the same basic browser engine, although add-ons configured for the newest FF may not work in Pale Moon. I got Ad-block Latitude for Pale Moon instead of Ad-block Plus for FF.
The whole design philosophy of Pale Moon was, "if it ain't broke, don't fix it". Pale Moon developer was becoming frustrated with all the "improvements" and bloat being added to FF, and wanted the slim, trim, original.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 19, 2015 01:14 AM (Do5OK)
Posted by: ManWithNoParty, unperson from Free Market Jesus Paradise at April 19, 2015 01:14 AM (3F6F
Well, there should be a nice selection of Hide-A-Beds available. So there's that.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 19, 2015 01:16 AM (Do5OK)
Posted by: Conservative Crank's iPhone at April 19, 2015 01:16 AM (Gosad)
Posted by: cthulhu at April 19, 2015 01:17 AM (T1005)
Posted by: Conservative Crank's iPhone at April 19, 2015 01:18 AM (Gosad)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 19, 2015 01:16 AM (Do5OK)
*****
True. If that little area is slammed with 40k ppl, sleeping in a demo on the Convention floor may be the only option.
Posted by: ManWithNoParty, unperson from Free Market Jesus Paradise at April 19, 2015 01:18 AM (cIoI4)
Posted by: Conservative Crank's iPhone at April 19, 2015 01:19 AM (Gosad)
Posted by: AltonJackson at April 19, 2015 01:20 AM (KCxzN)
Posted by: Conservative Crank's iPhone at April 19, 2015 01:25 AM (Gosad)
Ruh Roh.
Posted by: ManWithNoParty, unperson from Free Market Jesus Paradise at April 19, 2015 01:14 AM (3F6F
Several years ago the Mrs and I were flying out of Greensboro on a real early flight, so we stayed there on the Thursday night before Furniture Mart started. Luckily we got there early to get our room, but all the resturaunts were full, and the place was crazy.
Didn't help that there was a huge youth soccer tournament in town at the same time, and that the ACC was holding one of their spring sports championships also.
Posted by: Ashley Judd's Puffy Scamper, aka MrCaniac at April 19, 2015 01:29 AM (+Fae7)
My reasoning was as follows -- 40,000 people coming in, things will get flooded out in the following order: (1) In High Point; (2) In the Triad (Greensboro, W-S); (3) Towards the airports (Charlotte); (4) Along the freeways (Reidsville, Burlington); (5) In-between the major freeways.....
I was sampling all of those, and it wasn't pretty, until I hit #5.....Asheboro. It's actually not that far from Greensboro/High Point, and it's on an interstate, but it's in an inconvenient direction (as I found out one time when I lollygagged there on my way to catching a flight out of Charlotte. You can't get to Charlotte from there).
Posted by: cthulhu at April 19, 2015 01:29 AM (T1005)
Posted by: Vendette at April 19, 2015 01:31 AM (TEpA2)
Posted by: cthulhu at April 19, 2015 01:32 AM (T1005)
Posted by: BignJames at April 19, 2015 01:35 AM (j7iSn)
Posted by: chemjeff at April 19, 2015 01:38 AM (2XMpf)
DO sir, keep in mind what I'd said upthread about "Late Check In". And I'll hope it'll help prevent a future recurrence.
Or, you can just threaten to devour their souls. Whatever suits your mood.
Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX
Posted by: Jim at April 19, 2015 01:42 AM (RzZOc)
Posted by: JeanQ Flyover at April 19, 2015 01:43 AM (rhjQp)
Posted by: chemjeff at April 19, 2015 01:43 AM (2XMpf)
Posted by: JeanQ Flyover at April 19, 2015 01:45 AM (rhjQp)
^5 cooth. Glad you scored the room, and hope she gets there safe n' sound.
DO sir, keep in mind what I'd said upthread about "Late Check In". And I'll hope it'll help prevent a future recurrence.
Or, you can just threaten to devour their souls. Whatever suits your mood.
Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX
Posted by: Jim at April 19, 2015 01:42 AM (RzZOc)
I think that might have had something to do with it. The deal is, she took a voluntary bump in her flight out.....and I don't think she remembered to follow that forward. So around 9 pm in an overbooked environment....her room got given away.
Posted by: cthulhu at April 19, 2015 01:47 AM (T1005)
Try booking a room in WNC in leaf season.
Posted by: BignJames at April 19, 2015 01:35 AM (j7iSn)
Here in Roanoke it's October that is the tough time to get a hotel room. 1. Leaf season, 2. NASCAR in Martinsville, 3. Virginia Tech football. Nightmare is when all three of those fall on the same weekend.
Posted by: Ashley Judd's Puffy Scamper, aka MrCaniac at April 19, 2015 01:47 AM (+Fae7)
Posted by: cm9000 at April 19, 2015 01:48 AM (8zCR+)
We come in after midnight, some places and being upfront about a Late Check in is usually sufficient ...
Posted by: Adriane the Time Management Failure ... at April 19, 2015 01:50 AM (nSOh+)
351 Posted by: cthulhu at April 19, 2015 01:32 AM (T1005)
Try booking a room in WNC in leaf season.
Posted by: BignJames at April 19, 2015 01:35 AM (j7iSn)
Here in Roanoke it's October that is the tough time to get a hotel
room. 1. Leaf season, 2. NASCAR in Martinsville, 3. Virginia Tech
football. Nightmare is when all three of those fall on the same weekend.
Posted by: Ashley Judd's Puffy Scamper, aka MrCaniac at April 19, 2015 01:47 AM (+Fae7)
Hertz in Charlotte pissed me off to no end for the Master's. They essentially kidnapped everyone with a Hertz reservation at the offsite rental lot with NO CARS. There were people who had been waiting for hours. I ended up schlepping my shit two rental agencies over on foot, or I might still be there today.
Posted by: cthulhu at April 19, 2015 01:51 AM (T1005)
oh wow, hadn't realized how late it was.
guess everybody went to bed already
Posted by: chemjeff at April 19, 2015 01:43 AM (2XMpf)
*waves* *wiggles tentacles*
Posted by: cthulhu at April 19, 2015 01:52 AM (T1005)
Posted by: chemjeff at April 19, 2015 01:54 AM (2XMpf)
Posted by: chemjeff at April 19, 2015 01:54 AM (2XMpf)
Posted by: Vendette at April 19, 2015 01:55 AM (TEpA2)
Oh, hi cthulhu, how are the tentacles tonight
Posted by: chemjeff at April 19, 2015 01:54 AM (2XMpf)
Tired from dialing phone numbers.
Posted by: Vendette at April 19, 2015 01:56 AM (TEpA2)
That list doesn't include the most fascinating and most perfect "perfectly timed" military photos ever -- the ones of the first billionth of a second of a nuclear test explosion. Not sure where I even saw those, but they are truly amazing: some guy invented a way to take an ex-ex-ex-ex-ex-ex-extremely short exposure on a super-uper-uper-uper-duper-long telephoto lens, specifically for the military to be able to photograph what happens in the first instants (and I do mean instants) of a nuclear explosion. The most fascinating one showed the explosion ball about, maybe, 20 feet in diameter, taken something like 1/1,000,000,000,000th of a second after ignition, and you can see that the wave is traveling slightly faster down the guy-wires holding up the bomb platform (in the Nevada desert, most likely) than it is in the atmosphere. I guess the proves that the explosions actually travel faster through solid material than they do through gas.
Anyway, just on a visual level, the are even more amazing than almost all the photos in that list.
Posted by: zombie at April 19, 2015 01:59 AM (K4YiS)
Posted by: chemjeff at April 19, 2015 01:59 AM (2XMpf)
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e9/Tumbler_Snapper_rope_tricks.jpg
Posted by: zombie at April 19, 2015 02:00 AM (K4YiS)
At least the barrel will be big and comfy this time.
Posted by: zombie at April 19, 2015 02:01 AM (K4YiS)
Posted by: cthulhu at April 19, 2015 01:51 AM (T1005)
Last weekend was the perfect storm for SE US car rentals. They couldn't bring them up from Florida because of spring break family vacations, NASCAR was in Texas taking LA, MS rentals out of the equation, so they had to bring them in from everywhere else.
Posted by: Ashley Judd's Puffy Scamper, aka MrCaniac at April 19, 2015 02:02 AM (+Fae7)
Posted by: chemjeff at April 19, 2015 01:59 AM (2XMpf)
Now that it's popped into my noggin: What would you get an Elder God and Elder Goddess as a wedding present?
Posted by: Vendette at April 19, 2015 02:02 AM (TEpA2)
Posted by: cthulhu at April 19, 2015 02:02 AM (T1005)
The fireball was still fully within that shack, but was already clearly visible within the wooden structure, that had not yet vaporized.
I'd love to get the whole series of those photos. If you ever find 'em, would you please PLEASE make sure that I get a link to those, whether in an ONT thread or by other means?
Some of those pics over my reloading bench would be...... inspirational.
Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX
Posted by: Jim at April 19, 2015 02:02 AM (RzZOc)
Posted by: zombie at April 19, 2015 02:05 AM (K4YiS)
Oh, hi cthulhu, how are the tentacles tonight
Posted by: chemjeff at April 19, 2015 01:54 AM (2XMpf)
In recovery -- had an unplanned scramble with the fiancee stranded 3000 miles away. And my leisurely "how should I cook the chicken tonight?" glass of wine has turned into an empty bottle at 11:00. But I'm expecting an "all-clear" from the fiancee any time now....
How goes with you? Whatever happened with your construction thingie? -- the water leak by the chimney, or something.
Posted by: cthulhu at April 19, 2015 02:06 AM (T1005)
Now that it's popped into my noggin: What would you get an Elder God and Elder Goddess as a wedding present?
Posted by: Vendette
Souls.
Posted by: Sean Bannion at April 19, 2015 02:06 AM (ksQSk)
Posted by: cm9000 at April 19, 2015 02:06 AM (8zCR+)
Posted by: Ashley Judd's Puffy Scamper, aka MrCaniac at April 19, 2015 02:02 AM (+Fae7)
******
Yep. I'm in Suburban Atl. Primary car needed a rebuilt transmission, scheduled it for last week. Booked a Fusion for,a rental. Due to what you mentioned, was lucky to get a Versa. True story.
#firstworldproblems
Posted by: ManWithNoParty, unperson from Free Market Jesus Paradise at April 19, 2015 02:08 AM (cIoI4)
The fireball was still fully within that shack, but was already clearly visible within the wooden structure, that had not yet vaporized.
I'd love to get the whole series of those photos. If you ever find 'em, would you please PLEASE make sure that I get a link to those, whether in an ONT thread or by other means?
Some of those pics over my reloading bench would be...... inspirational.
Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX
Posted by: Jim
Just go to Google Advanced Image search and look for "rapatronic" and "nuclear" -- you'll get lots of 'em!
heck, I'll do it for you - go here, and it's a goldmine of such images!!:
http://tinyurl.com/pj3fat9
Posted by: zombie at April 19, 2015 02:08 AM (K4YiS)
yeah, read a little bit about the Elder-Goddess-To-Be's travel woes. glad it all seems to have worked out
Posted by: chemjeff at April 19, 2015 01:59 AM (2XMpf)
Now that it's popped into my noggin: What would you get an Elder God and Elder Goddess as a wedding present?
Posted by: Vendette at April 19, 2015 02:02 AM (TEpA2)
A visit?
Posted by: cthulhu at April 19, 2015 02:10 AM (T1005)
Saved to favorites.
Nite, Cooth. Hope everything settles down for you and yours.
Hasta la nite nite, Horde. I've crossed the Event Horizon of my pillow, and can not now turn back.
Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX
Posted by: Jim at April 19, 2015 02:11 AM (RzZOc)
Posted by: zombie at April 19, 2015 02:11 AM (K4YiS)
Posted by: probably not true at April 19, 2015 02:12 AM (eTGo7)
fish are doing okay, although they continue to be quite needy. guess I can't blame them, if I were trapped in a tank all day I might have some demands of my own
otherwise it's situation normal, as usual
Posted by: chemjeff at April 19, 2015 02:14 AM (2XMpf)
Posted by: probably not true at April 19, 2015 02:12 AM (eTGo7)
Posted by: Vendette at April 19, 2015 02:14 AM (TEpA2)
Now that it's popped into my noggin: What would you get an Elder God and Elder Goddess as a wedding present?
Posted by: Vendette at April 19, 2015 02:02 AM (TEpA2)
Demigod sacrifices?
Posted by: chemjeff at April 19, 2015 02:14 AM (2XMpf)
Posted by: Blanco Basura at April 19, 2015 02:14 AM (UVfht)
Posted by: Vendette at April 19, 2015 02:15 AM (TEpA2)
Posted by: Weird Al to the courtesy telephone at April 19, 2015 02:17 AM (eTGo7)
Posted by: chemjeff at April 19, 2015 02:30 AM (2XMpf)
cthulhu, well, it's still there. maybe i will get it fixed this summer, or something.
fish
are doing okay, although they continue to be quite needy. guess I can't
blame them, if I were trapped in a tank all day I might have some
demands of my own
otherwise it's situation normal, as usual
Posted by: chemjeff at April 19, 2015 02:14 AM (2XMpf)
They're just happy to see you.
Posted by: cthulhu at April 19, 2015 02:31 AM (T1005)
Posted by: cthulhu at April 19, 2015 02:32 AM (T1005)
Posted by: chemjeff at April 19, 2015 02:30 AM (2XMpf)
Nope. Night person at heart.
Posted by: Vendette at April 19, 2015 02:32 AM (TEpA2)
now has everyone gone to bed?
Posted by: chemjeff at April 19, 2015 02:30 AM (2XMpf)
What was it Oliver North's attorney said?
Posted by: cthulhu at April 19, 2015 02:33 AM (T1005)
Posted by: cthulhu at April 19, 2015 02:32 AM (T1005)
Yay!!!!
Posted by: Vendette at April 19, 2015 02:33 AM (TEpA2)
Posted by: chemjeff at April 19, 2015 02:34 AM (2XMpf)
Posted by: cthulhu at April 19, 2015 02:32 AM (T1005)
Good news!
Posted by: Ashley Judd's Puffy Scamper, aka MrCaniac at April 19, 2015 02:35 AM (+Fae7)
Posted by: chi's sandwIch at April 19, 2015 02:36 AM (Kieqn)
.....and the fiancee is checked-in, she says it's a nice place, she's
thinking of keeping it all week (I just got her two nights).
Posted by: cthulhu at April 19, 2015 02:32 AM (T1005)
Yay!!!!
Posted by: Vendette at April 19, 2015 02:33 AM (TEpA2)
No kidding. There was no plan C (nor could there be, at this hour), and it would have been unpleasant if it were a dump. And the night clerk took one look at her as she stumbled in and said, "you must be Cthulhette." It's even got a microwave and a fridge.
Posted by: cthulhu at April 19, 2015 02:37 AM (T1005)
Is it music time yet?
http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=kJ_0sof4kLE
Posted by: chi's sandwIch at April 19, 2015 02:36 AM (Kieqn)
It's "I wish I'd had some solid food tonight, but I've got plenty of beer" time. And, what the hell, a little shuffle.
Posted by: cthulhu at April 19, 2015 02:41 AM (T1005)
Posted by: cthulhu at April 19, 2015 02:37 AM (T1005)
Cthulhette. Makes me smile.
Posted by: Vendette at April 19, 2015 02:42 AM (TEpA2)
Posted by: cthulhu
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I'll make you a burrito if you want...
pork or chicken?
Posted by: chi's sandwIch at April 19, 2015 02:49 AM (Kieqn)
Posted by: cthulhu at April 19, 2015 02:50 AM (T1005)
That's so Beta...
Posted by: chi's sandwIch at April 19, 2015 02:54 AM (Kieqn)
It's "I wish I'd had some solid food tonight, but I've got plenty of beer" time. And, what the hell, a little shuffle.
Posted by: cthulhu
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I'll make you a burrito if you want...
pork or chicken?
Posted by: chi's sandwIch at April 19, 2015 02:49 AM (Kieqn)
I've got a perfectly good chicken breast in the fridge that I could cook up here -- no worries. Just finishing up a Prohibition Ale from Speakeasy and listening to http://tinyurl.com/oxkq4tf
Posted by: cthulhu at April 19, 2015 02:54 AM (T1005)
That's so Beta...
Posted by: chi's sandwIch at April 19, 2015 02:54 AM (Kieqn)
And heaven help you if you went Alpha and tried to help your lady in distress.
Posted by: Vendette at April 19, 2015 02:56 AM (TEpA2)
Posted by: chemjeff at April 19, 2015 02:57 AM (2XMpf)
You drink yout beer out of a glass?
That's so Beta...
Posted by: chi's sandwIch at April 19, 2015 02:54 AM (Kieqn)
Switching over to the Metropolis lager and http://tinyurl.com/ofs395e
I'm building a kegerator with space for four five-gallon Corny kegs of homebrew.....you want to rethink that "beer out of a glass" thing?
Posted by: cthulhu at April 19, 2015 03:00 AM (T1005)
I mean, I should talk -- but at that time in that role.....
This is where I had been going: http://tinyurl.com/p77abms
Posted by: cthulhu at April 19, 2015 03:04 AM (T1005)
Posted by: puddleglum at April 19, 2015 03:07 AM (syGA0)
Posted by: Vendette at April 19, 2015 03:09 AM (TEpA2)
Posted by: jc at April 19, 2015 03:11 AM (iRJ+A)
Posted by: puddleglum at April 19, 2015 03:11 AM (syGA0)
stick with the chicken. Jalapenos? Sour cream?
Vendette,
WTF? What did I do to deserve that?
Cooth.
man up. Here - have a bourbon.
(Watch out, it might put some hair on your chest)
Posted by: chi's sandwIch at April 19, 2015 03:13 AM (Kieqn)
Posted by: cthulhu at April 19, 2015 03:13 AM (T1005)
Posted by: puddleglum at April 19, 2015 03:11 AM (syGA0)
Speaking of surprised, my reaction to the Oilers winning the draft lottery:
How the H*** did that happen???
Posted by: Vendette at April 19, 2015 03:14 AM (TEpA2)
once a bassist has been balding for a while doesn't he eventually reach balded?
Posted by: jc at April 19, 2015 03:11 AM (iRJ+A)
This guy was ready for holy orders and a robe.
Posted by: cthulhu at April 19, 2015 03:14 AM (T1005)
Posted by: puddleglum at April 19, 2015 03:14 AM (syGA0)
Perfect day, sans DH.
Tomorrow, Eklutna Lake hike complete with DH.
Live is becoming a lovely thing again.
Screw politics.
Posted by: tcn in AK at April 19, 2015 03:15 AM (+YMhA)
Posted by: The Political Hat at April 19, 2015 03:15 AM (0Ew3K)
Posted by: jc at April 19, 2015 03:15 AM (iRJ+A)
Posted by: chemjeff at April 19, 2015 03:15 AM (2XMpf)
Posted by: Vendette at April 19, 2015 03:16 AM (TEpA2)
Chem,
stick with the chicken. Jalapenos? Sour cream?
Vendette,
WTF? What did I do to deserve that?
Cooth.
man up. Here - have a bourbon.
(Watch out, it might put some hair on your chest)
Posted by: chi's sandwIch at April 19, 2015 03:13 AM (Kieqn)
The Vendette thing relates to a Cthulhu-Vendette backchat. Pls ignore.
And, as you well know, I don't know the least thing about bourbon.....
Posted by: cthulhu at April 19, 2015 03:16 AM (T1005)
Posted by: tcn in AK at April 19, 2015 03:17 AM (+YMhA)
Posted by: puddleglum at April 19, 2015 03:14 AM (syGA0)
Seriously, I don't know how this happened.
Posted by: Vendette at April 19, 2015 03:17 AM (TEpA2)
Vendette,
WTF? What did I do to deserve that?
What did I do wrong? *Feels guilt in advance*
Posted by: Vendette at April 19, 2015 03:16 AM (TEpA2)
Now you've done it, Chi....
Posted by: cthulhu at April 19, 2015 03:18 AM (T1005)
http://tinypic.com/r/2hrk7mf/8
Posted by: jc at April 19, 2015 03:15 AM (iRJ+A)
Heh. http://tinyurl.com/otmllc5
Posted by: cthulhu at April 19, 2015 03:21 AM (T1005)
been a few years, but the last time I was at Lake Eklutna I saw a bunch of dall sheep on the hills on the north side.
Posted by: jc at April 19, 2015 03:22 AM (iRJ+A)
Posted by: cthulhu at April 19, 2015 03:16 AM (T1005)
Actually, I do know one thing about bourbon. If you're really, really, really sorry and want to apologize sincerely, you could do worse than to bring some. I suspect that's encoded on Irish DNA somewhere.
Posted by: cthulhu at April 19, 2015 03:25 AM (T1005)
Posted by: jc at April 19, 2015 03:27 AM (iRJ+A)
Posted by: cthulhu at April 19, 2015 03:27 AM (T1005)
Posted by: yankeefifth at April 19, 2015 03:28 AM (gsfK5)
Posted by: yankeefifth at April 19, 2015 03:30 AM (gsfK5)
Posted by: Vendette at April 19, 2015 03:30 AM (TEpA2)
Posted by: chemjeff at April 19, 2015 03:34 AM (2XMpf)
Posted by: cthulhu at April 19, 2015 03:35 AM (T1005)
Posted by: yankeefifth at April 19, 2015 03:37 AM (gsfK5)
you brought some pretty good stuff, too...
And, I thought Vendette was mad at me - I was like "???"
Posted by: chi's sandwIch at April 19, 2015 03:37 AM (Y3fo/)
have you escaped from new york yet?
Posted by: chemjeff at April 19, 2015 03:34 AM (2XMpf)
Hey CJ. Nope.
Posted by: yankeefifth at April 19, 2015 03:38 AM (gsfK5)
Posted by: Vendette at April 19, 2015 03:46 AM (TEpA2)
Posted by: cthulhu at April 19, 2015 03:47 AM (T1005)
Posted by: Vendette at April 19, 2015 04:01 AM (TEpA2)
Posted by: cthulhu at April 19, 2015 04:03 AM (T1005)
Posted by: cthulhu at April 19, 2015 04:07 AM (T1005)
Posted by: cthulhu at April 19, 2015 04:03 AM (T1005)
For example...
https://youtu.be/PmHxYx74MTg?t=38s
Posted by: Smell the Hat at April 19, 2015 04:11 AM (0Ew3K)
Posted by: cthulhu at April 19, 2015 04:12 AM (T1005)
Posted by: cthulhu at April 19, 2015 04:12 AM (T1005)
Mind if we borrow that tune?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AibBR-Jwg4g
Posted by: The Doors at April 19, 2015 04:13 AM (0Ew3K)
Or perhaps http://tinyurl.com/lo4e2cy
Posted by: cthulhu at April 19, 2015 04:12 AM (T1005)
I was, BTW, going to put a Segovia in for this....but all his youtubes were old and he sometimes stuttered.....and the John Williams version I linked is breathtakingly beautiful.
Posted by: cthulhu at April 19, 2015 04:21 AM (T1005)
Of course, there are other ways to play guitar -- http://tinyurl.com/cgwojaw
Posted by: cthulhu at April 19, 2015 04:03 AM (T1005)
For example...
https://youtu.be/PmHxYx74MTg?t=38s
Posted by: Smell the Hat at April 19, 2015 04:11 AM (0Ew3K)
There is that, as well. Is that "strum my love pump"?
Posted by: cthulhu at April 19, 2015 04:23 AM (T1005)
Or perhaps http://tinyurl.com/lo4e2cy
Posted by: cthulhu at April 19, 2015 04:12 AM (T1005)
Mind if we borrow that tune?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AibBR-Jwg4g
Posted by: The Doors at April 19, 2015 04:13 AM (0Ew3K)
Let's see, copyright for works of Isaac Manuel Francisco Albéniz y Pascual, died 1909, should have expired in -- aw, screw it, does Disney own any of the copyrights?
Posted by: cthulhu at April 19, 2015 04:27 AM (T1005)
Posted by: cthulhu at April 19, 2015 04:27 AM (T1005)
Not yet...
Posted by: Disney Lawyers at April 19, 2015 04:32 AM (0Ew3K)
Posted by: cthulhu at April 19, 2015 04:34 AM (T1005)
Posted by: cthulhu at April 19, 2015 04:34 AM (T1005)
Some songs just translate well.
For example, going in the other direction, is Iron Maiden's "Fear of the Dark" performed on piano:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uS33jC2VYNU
...or on Harp:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KPb20fK0R94
Posted by: Up the Irons! at April 19, 2015 04:39 AM (0Ew3K)
Missed the bass discussion.
Here is a solo on an 8-string bass:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5_fqXkTjLkQ
Posted by: The Political Hat at April 19, 2015 04:43 AM (0Ew3K)
Posted by: cthulhu at April 19, 2015 04:44 AM (T1005)
Night all.
Missed the bass discussion.
Here is a solo on an 8-string bass:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5_fqXkTjLkQ
Posted by: The Political Hat at April 19, 2015 04:43 AM (0Ew3K)
That's actually quite pretty.
Posted by: cthulhu at April 19, 2015 04:46 AM (T1005)
Posted by: cthulhu at April 19, 2015 04:46 AM (T1005)
One of the reasons I play an 8-string bass.
Posted by: The Political Hat at April 19, 2015 04:49 AM (0Ew3K)
Posted by: cthulhu at April 19, 2015 04:54 AM (T1005)
That's actually quite pretty.
Posted by: cthulhu at April 19, 2015 04:46 AM (T1005)
One of the reasons I play an 8-string bass.
Posted by: The Political Hat at April 19, 2015 04:49 AM (0Ew3K)
What kind?
Posted by: cthulhu at April 19, 2015 04:56 AM (T1005)
Posted by: chemjeff at April 19, 2015 05:09 AM (2XMpf)
All three of my maternal grandparents' kids bailed out on them as soon as was possible.....frequently before it was entirely practical to do so. When I established a connection to my grandfather and tried to reach out to my uncle, I was told that he "was afraid I'd be spying on him for the old man." When I responded with, "oh, yeah -- I've got a dossier on him that is this thick" [holding my fingers about 2" apart"], this was reported to him without irony.
So I understand that my uncle can play stride piano.....but have never heard him play. And, though I'd love to discuss ragtime with him, it'll probably never happen.
I do think the rhythms and counterpoint are in our blood....but so is the paranoia. So here's some stride from someone with less baggage -- http://tinyurl.com/lfjh4fj
Posted by: cthulhu at April 19, 2015 05:28 AM (T1005)
Posted by: Luap Nor's last brain cell at April 19, 2015 05:32 AM (91eZY)
Posted by: cthulhu at April 19, 2015 05:32 AM (T1005)
http://___4.hostingpics.net/pics/386705PC170030.jpg
Posted by: Luap Nor's last brain cell at April 19, 2015 06:04 AM (91eZY)
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at April 19, 2015 06:04 AM (VPLuQ)
Who leaked the pic of the tank kitteh ?
Kitteh's 'sposed to be Hill-Liary's pick for SecDef in the next admin.
Posted by: tlk428 at April 19, 2015 10:03 AM (0c9yp)
Posted by: JohnMc at April 19, 2015 10:06 AM (RHBWt)
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