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Aloha!
Posted by: cthulhu at November 20, 2015 09:57 PM (EzgxV) 2
g'evenin', 'rons
Posted by: AltonJackson at November 20, 2015 09:59 PM (KCxzN) 3
That bluegrass tetris theme was cool.
Posted by: Colorado Alex at November 20, 2015 10:00 PM (fC9RO) 4
We are the E-E-E-E-E-E-E-Ewoks!
Posted by: logprof at November 20, 2015 10:02 PM (vsbNu) 5
I am dog tired and sore as hell. Spent most of my day wrestling a tent (and fabricating new parts where they were lost/broken). Then, when I got it built, I put cinderblocks around the outside and inside to seal the flaps, and built shelves inside, and started moving plants inside.
Posted by: cthulhu at November 20, 2015 10:03 PM (EzgxV) 6
the goat herders have been summoned...
Posted by: AltonJackson at November 20, 2015 10:03 PM (KCxzN) 7
Of course, just when I post my awesome new lyrics in the other thread.
Posted by: not Billy Joel at November 20, 2015 10:03 PM (ozDpP) 8
Hannity has a guest host who has Kasich on. He's putting me to sleep.
Posted by: logprof at November 20, 2015 10:04 PM (vsbNu) 9
Well, isn't this special!
Posted by: mindful webworker - early tonight at November 20, 2015 10:05 PM (ACs58) 10
Sup....
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at November 20, 2015 10:05 PM (0xLZu) 11
Naughty goats need love too.
Posted by: Samantha Goat at November 20, 2015 10:05 PM (vsbNu) 12
Hopefully the ONT is a goat-free zone.
Posted by: rickl at November 20, 2015 10:06 PM (sdi6R) Posted by: Kreplach at November 20, 2015 10:06 PM (9DS83) 14
I see the Ewok wised up and is staying out road now after nearly getting killed chasing cars.
Posted by: freaked at November 20, 2015 10:06 PM (BO/km) Posted by: rickl at November 20, 2015 10:06 PM (sdi6R) 16
Aw, jeez. Them puppies are so sweet I'm gettin' cavities.
Posted by: jow at November 20, 2015 10:07 PM (7d8Ef) 17
If you haven't already, it's time to ensure your car is ready for any emergencies you may encounter.
Kitty litter, dumbass. Posted by: Red Forman at November 20, 2015 10:07 PM (ysFo+) 18
12 Hopefully the ONT is a goat-free zone.
Posted by: rickl at November 20, 2015 10:06 PM (sdi6R) Speak for yourself. Posted by: Akbar the Goatfucker at November 20, 2015 10:07 PM (vsbNu) 19
I thought we weren't supposed to be putting pictures of Ace up, and you go and show him in front of his house?
Posted by: Blanco Basura at November 20, 2015 10:07 PM (YJmuy) 20
Is this where I can get me a goat license?
Posted by: John Kerry at November 20, 2015 10:08 PM (/oy1S) 21
Also, he's not actually standing on a sidewalk. Is that important?
Posted by: Abdul and Constantinople at November 20, 2015 10:08 PM (BO/km) 22
The Force awakens is going to be a stinker. It will smell like a dead goat.
Should I even waste money on a DVD? Nah. Posted by: Tim in Illinois. Old and Unimproved. at November 20, 2015 10:08 PM (WVsWD) 23
Winter gear stays in the car year round. Never take it out. Jumper cables, ice scraper, gloves, hat, balaclava, madbomber cap.
Posted by: THDeering at November 20, 2015 10:09 PM (/S2Cy) 24
it looks feral
Posted by: phoenixgirl, i was born a rebel at November 20, 2015 10:09 PM (0O7c5) 25
Super-Soaker full of Nair. Take that!
Posted by: Tilikum Killer Assault Whale at November 20, 2015 10:09 PM (hVdx9) Posted by: Ricardo Kill at November 20, 2015 10:09 PM (0xLZu) 27
Video of Iranian F-14 Tomcats escorting Russian Tu-95 bomber.
Tomcats, and Backfires, and Bears, oh my! Posted by: jihadi Joe at November 20, 2015 10:09 PM (ozDpP) 28
Obama is a pussy.
Posted by: ISIS at November 20, 2015 10:10 PM (vsbNu) 29
"Greater Appalachia"?? Now, that's something I would not ever have thought to label most of OK & TX. Who comes up with this stuff. (Yes, I should read the article. I glanced at it.)
Posted by: mindful webworker - y'all at November 20, 2015 10:10 PM (ACs58) Posted by: eleven at November 20, 2015 10:10 PM (rjtGa) Posted by: Red Forman at November 20, 2015 10:11 PM (ysFo+) 32
Winter Is Coming.
Posted by: eleven at November 20, 2015 10:11 PM (rjtGa) Posted by: Abdul and Constantinople at November 20, 2015 10:11 PM (BO/km) 34
The wife and I have given up on Doctor Who. Peter Capaldi is insufferable on the rare occasions when he isn't incomprehensible, and the whole sunglasses-and-electric-guitar schtick is eye-rollingly lame.
They seemed to have ratcheted the PC quotient up a few degrees as well, and it was stratospheric to begin with. Tolerable with a humorous Doctor like David Tennant or Matt Smith, but not with a Scots-mumbling prig like Capaldi. Posted by: Taro Tsujimoto at November 20, 2015 10:11 PM (/pB9Z) 35
I just made a poopie.
Posted by: Joe the Biden at November 20, 2015 10:12 PM (vsbNu) 36
Storage issues, I worry about backing up my iTunes library, and all the photographs I've taken over a lifetime. Hate to see that not get passed on to whomever inherits all the stuff I've been hoarding.
Then other days I just say, let it burn. Posted by: THDeering at November 20, 2015 10:12 PM (/S2Cy) 37
" The Force awakens is going to be a stinker. It will smell like a dead goat. "
The trailers have me very hopeful. They look brilliant. Then I start hearing that Luke, or a Luke clone, has turned and is the villain. I hope Abrams has this shit figured out. Posted by: Ricardo Kill at November 20, 2015 10:12 PM (0xLZu) 38
If you haven't already, it's time to ensure your car is ready for any emergencies you may encounter.
Kitty litter, dumbass. Posted by: Red Forman at November 20, 2015 10:07 PM (ysFo+) **** I was thinking that and an AK-47 bullpup combined with AR500 plate. Posted by: Tilikum Killer Assault Whale at November 20, 2015 10:13 PM (hVdx9) 39
Tidewater is where all the terrible accents come from.
Posted by: eleven at November 20, 2015 10:13 PM (rjtGa) 40
Kitty litter is great for icy sidewalks, too. (Use with or without de-icer) Soaks up the water and provides traction.
Posted by: JQ Flyover at November 20, 2015 10:14 PM (044Fx) 41
George Lucas has the emotional maturity of a 12-year-old.
Posted by: Taro Tsujimoto at November 20, 2015 10:14 PM (/pB9Z) 42
29 "Greater Appalachia"?? Now, that's something I would not ever have thought to label most of OK & TX. Who comes up with this stuff. (Yes, I should read the article. I glanced at it.)
Posted by: mindful webworker - y'all at November 20, 2015 10:10 PM (ACs5 --The Nine Nations of North America by Joel Garreau still holds up over 30 years later, and I think is better than that crazy map. Posted by: logprof at November 20, 2015 10:14 PM (vsbNu) Posted by: Ricardo Kill at November 20, 2015 10:14 PM (0xLZu) 44
Tidewater is where all the terrible accents come from.
Posted by: eleven But we make up for it with our incorruptible and svelte government. Posted by: Chris Christie at November 20, 2015 10:15 PM (ysFo+) 45
Eh. That Jessica Jones is so dark.
Posted by: Bruce With a Wang! at November 20, 2015 10:15 PM (iQIUe) 46
41 George Lucas has the emotional maturity of a 12-year-old.
Posted by: Taro Tsujimoto at November 20, 2015 10:14 PM (/pB9Z) Shut up! I'm raping Indiana Jones! Posted by: G. Lucas at November 20, 2015 10:15 PM (vsbNu) 47
Those Disney fuckers wouldn't know good characters, dialogue and stories if it bit them in the exhaust port. Star Wars wasn't about spaceships, it was about sand.
Posted by: george lucas at November 20, 2015 10:16 PM (EWg9n) 48
"Waving his spear"... is that what they're calling it now?
Posted by: Marco Rubio's trash (a long time ago, on a sidewalk far, far away) at November 20, 2015 10:16 PM (REdlt) 49
Damn. Forgot to bring a scraper for the trip back north.
Oh wait - I don't have one anymore! Yay for south Texas! Posted by: anon a mouse - now with more puppy! at November 20, 2015 10:16 PM (Bi1Tt) 50
I hope Abrams has this shit figured out.
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at November 20, 2015 10:12 PM (0xLZu) It has Lawrence Kasdan writing it, the guy who wrote Empire Strikes Back and Raiders of the Lost Ark. I'm holding out hope. Posted by: AD at November 20, 2015 10:16 PM (TTEMv) 51
Taro Tsujimoto: The wife and I have given up on Doctor Who. Peter Capaldi is insufferable on the rare occasions when he isn't incomprehensible...
I'm pretty disappointed with the series. Don't mind Capaldi so much, but plots & stories disappoint. Hit bottom with the moon is an egg episode, but has not risen much above that. Last Saturday's left us scratchin' the head. Just kinda stupid. I'm wondering if these dreadful seasons are a cry to bring back who was it, Moffett? to write again, or something. Rename it Doctor WhatTh'... Posted by: mindful webworker - y'all at November 20, 2015 10:16 PM (ACs58) 52
goatnight, 'rons
Posted by: AltonJackson at November 20, 2015 10:18 PM (KCxzN) 53
Dr Who: Oh, and between the accents and the overbearing noise and music, I need subtitles. Sometimes we back up two or three times and still can't figure out what someone's saying.
Not that it seems to matter. Posted by: mindful webworker - boo Who at November 20, 2015 10:18 PM (ACs58) 54
Kitty litter, dumbass.
----------- No kidding? That dumbass Hammer just throws the stuff out. The idiot. Posted by: Mike Hammer's Cat at November 20, 2015 10:19 PM (9mTYi) Posted by: chemjeff at November 20, 2015 10:19 PM (uZNvH) 56
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goatnight, 'rons Posted by: AltonJackson at November 20, 2015 10:18 PM (KCxzN) good naaaaaaaaaaaaaaaght Posted by: phoenixgirl, i was born a rebel at November 20, 2015 10:19 PM (0O7c5) 57
The new political correctness on campuses is going to get much, much worse.
Actually, the linked article gives some reason for hope that it won't go on much longer. Yes, it will get worse in the short run, but that will probably spark a backlash. Posted by: rickl at November 20, 2015 10:20 PM (sdi6R) 58
Why is this "special episode" called "Obama's ISIS Strategy"? He doesn't have one!
Posted by: logprof at November 20, 2015 10:20 PM (vsbNu) 59
What's happening is the special snowflakes are throwing out the media.
They won't take to that so this movement will be short lived. Look how fast they walked back Ms. Click and her muscle at Mizzou. Now they're tossing out Journos saying they're "adults" and can't be where the students are. They're sounding like 3-5 year olds. You know just smart enough and can talk enough and one of the first things they do is try bossing YOU around? But really, they just need a strong pimp handed dean to come in and say in no uncertain terms; "enough of this shit, back to your dorms, back to your classes and quit being such big babies." Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That at November 20, 2015 10:20 PM (Xo1Rt) 60
Evening all,
Is it wrong that I am already tired of Christmas/Christmas shopping, and it's not even Thanksgiving yet? One (of the many) thing(s) I appreciated about living in Poland was that Christmas stuff didn't start until the first of December, and it was primarily a Christian holiday. In the malls, girls dressed as angels sold "oplatek", a large communion wafer imprinted with the holy Family, which was to be shared by family and friends on Christmas Eve. All proceeds went to orphanages. It was really nice. Wesoich Swiant! Posted by: Moki at November 20, 2015 10:20 PM (7q2ch) Posted by: chemjeff at November 20, 2015 10:20 PM (uZNvH) 62
"It has Lawrence Kasdan writing it, the guy who wrote Empire Strikes Back and Raiders of the Lost Ark. I'm holding out hope."
Well, that's my Last Hope. Posted by: Ricardo Kill at November 20, 2015 10:21 PM (0xLZu) Posted by: dartist at November 20, 2015 10:21 PM (/tTDo) 64
I hope Abrams has this shit figured out.
Posted by: Ricardo Kill ============ Napkin-sketched plot with asteroid-sized holes, a villain who allows himself to be captured as part of his plan, coincidences that strain credulity to the laughing point, and a fistfight at the end. Maybe some time-travel, too. I'm on it. Posted by: J.J. fuckin' overrated Abrams at November 20, 2015 10:22 PM (/pB9Z) 65
Fer cripe sakes
Posted by: dartist at November 20, 2015 10:23 PM (/tTDo) 66
Hi Moki! When were you in Poland?
Posted by: chemjeff at November 20, 2015 10:23 PM (uZNvH) 67
"Winter gear stays in the car year round. Never take it out. Jumper cables, ice scraper, gloves, hat, balaclava, madbomber cap."
MREs. Chemical warming packets. Foil blankets. Posted by: torquewrench at November 20, 2015 10:24 PM (noWW6) 68
Ow! My balls!
Posted by: Insomniac - Pale Horse/Death 2016 at November 20, 2015 10:24 PM (kpqmD) 69
Tidewater is where all the terrible accents come from.
Posted by: eleven But we make up for it with our incorruptible and svelte government. Posted by: Chris ------------------ All of the charm and hospitality of the North, fused with the efficientcy of the South. Posted by: Mike Hammer's Cat at November 20, 2015 10:25 PM (9mTYi) Posted by: chemjeff at November 20, 2015 10:26 PM (uZNvH) 71
Ow! My balls!
Posted by: Insomniac - Pale Horse/Death 2016 at November 20, 2015 10:24 PM (kpqmD) ***** I didn't even hear a request to hold your beer first. Posted by: ManWithNoParty at November 20, 2015 10:26 PM (DsazE) 72
"a villain who allows himself to be captured as part of his plan,"
Well, Luke allowed himself to be captured. Not unheard of in countering your nemesis in the Star Wars world. Posted by: Ricardo Kill at November 20, 2015 10:26 PM (0xLZu) 73
'efficiency', dammit.
Posted by: Mike Hammer's Cat at November 20, 2015 10:26 PM (9mTYi) 74
Star Wars isn't about anything other than selling over priced, cheaply made, chicom produced, plastic junk, to rubes.
$$$$$$$$ Is what SW is about. Posted by: Tim in Illinois. Old and Unimproved. at November 20, 2015 10:26 PM (WVsWD) 75
Morons:
I need you guys to talk me out of another purchase.... I'm gazing longingly at a PPS 43, the "pistol" version of the old PPS 43 SMG. I don't need yet another Commie gun, but that 7.62x25, though, as the kids say.... Posted by: Vigo Von Homburg Deutschendorf at November 20, 2015 10:26 PM (lutOX) 76
Star Wars wasn't about spaceships, it was about sand.
Posted by: george lucas ================ "I don't like sand. It's coarse and rough and irritating and it gets everywhere." Posted by: George Lucas, screenwriting sooper genius at November 20, 2015 10:26 PM (/pB9Z) 77
71 Ow! My balls!
Posted by: Insomniac - Pale Horse/Death 2016 at November 20, 2015 10:24 PM (kpqmD) ***** I didn't even hear a request to hold your beer first. Posted by: ManWithNoParty at November 20, 2015 10:26 PM (DsazE) Working on being more efficient. Posted by: Insomniac - Pale Horse/Death 2016 at November 20, 2015 10:27 PM (kpqmD) Posted by: Ricardo Kill at November 20, 2015 10:27 PM (0xLZu) 79
35 I just made a poopie.
Posted by: Joe the Biden at November 20, 2015 10:12 PM (vsbNu) No, sweetie, you ARE a poopie. Not the same thing. Posted by: tcn in AK at November 20, 2015 10:27 PM (+YMhA) 80
66 - Hey chemjeff!! We lived in Warsaw from 2007 to 2009. Loved it. I would go back in a heartbeat. The Poles aren't a vivacious group of people, like Southerners and Texans, but they are solid, decent people for the most part. I met a general from the Soviet era, while riding the bus to work one day. He was going to a memorial service, and chatted about how much better Poland was then, than before. He also laughed, saying it was nice to be able to say that without fear. That kind of stuff happened rather a lot. It was amazing history sitting with you on the 180 to downtown.
Posted by: Moki at November 20, 2015 10:27 PM (7q2ch) 81
I keep a couple of candles in the trunk. One never knows. Handy for heat and/or starting a fire. A blanket, of course. I also carry a spare fan belt.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at November 20, 2015 10:28 PM (9mTYi) 82
Installed a new ballast in my fathers kitchen light today and didn't electrocute myself. So win, also switched out led replacement tubes for the fluorescent ones and they work great. At $10 a piece cheaper than replacing the fixture.( He already had a spare ballast)
Posted by: Willy J. at November 20, 2015 10:28 PM (wHX4r) 83
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"balaclava" Pastries are nice in the winter. Posted by: Ricardo Kill at November 20, 2015 10:27 PM (0xLZu) Although I prefer tiramisu for a nice wintry dessert Posted by: chemjeff at November 20, 2015 10:28 PM (uZNvH) 84
>>>Napkin-sketched plot with asteroid-sized holes, a
villain who allows himself to be captured as part of his plan, coincidences that strain credulity to the laughing point, and a fistfight at the end. Maybe some time-travel, too. I'm on it. Posted by: J.J. fuckin' overrated Abrams at November 20, 2015 10:22 PM (/pB9Z)<<< Meh. Nothin' a little lens flare can't gloss over. Posted by: JJ Abrams at November 20, 2015 10:28 PM (REdlt) 85
"I don't need yet another Commie gun, but that 7.62x25, though, as the kids say...."
How much ammo around? Posted by: Ricardo Kill at November 20, 2015 10:28 PM (0xLZu) 86
$$$$$$$$
Is what SW is about. Posted by: Tim in Illinois. Old and Unimproved. Don't forget long, drawn out discussions of galactic trade policy and splosions. Posted by: Mr. Plinkett at November 20, 2015 10:28 PM (/oy1S) 87
Foil blankets.
Posted by: torquewrench ------------ But, do you have any of those gold colored French ones? Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at November 20, 2015 10:29 PM (9mTYi) 88
M'boys were out in the south 40 (yes, we really have one) with a friend today, practicing shootin'. Nice they have picked up a healthy hobby they can share.
They didn't see that big male coyote that's been lurking around, unfortunately. Posted by: mindful webworker - proud dad at November 20, 2015 10:29 PM (ACs58) Posted by: chemjeff at November 20, 2015 10:30 PM (uZNvH) 90
14 I see the Ewok wised up and is staying out road now after nearly getting killed chasing cars.
Posted by: freaked at November 20, 2015 10:06 PM (BO/km) No, he is trying to lure hobos into his trap. Posted by: Donna&&&&V (a white) (whitely brandishing ampersand privilege ) at November 20, 2015 10:30 PM (P8951) 91
One (of the many) thing(s) I appreciated about living in Poland was that Christmas stuff didn't start until the first of December, and it was primarily a Christian holiday. In the malls, girls dressed as angels sold "oplatek", a large communion wafer imprinted with the holy Family, which was to be shared by family and friends on Christmas Eve. All proceeds went to orphanages. It was really nice.
Wesoich Swiant! Posted by: Moki A distant relative, who emigrated from a neighboring country, used to send us one of those e'rry year. Except she called it 'oplakey.' Posted by: weft cut-loop at November 20, 2015 10:30 PM (ysFo+) 92
Yes, people... the reason Anakin turned to the darkside was sand. That and he was a bit of a pill.
Posted by: george lucas at November 20, 2015 10:30 PM (EWg9n) 93
Pastries are nice in the winter.
Posted by: Ricardo ------------- Damn the ONT... I read that as 'pasties'. Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at November 20, 2015 10:30 PM (9mTYi) Posted by: Ricardo Kill at November 20, 2015 10:31 PM (0xLZu) 95
"I need you guys to talk me out of another purchase....
I'm gazing longingly at a PPS 43, the "pistol" version of the old PPS 43 SMG." -------------------- I can't talk you out of something that bitchin'. Posted by: Taro Tsujimoto at November 20, 2015 10:31 PM (/pB9Z) 96
Moki that sounds awesome
I would love to visit Poland and all of Europe at some part Are you planning on going back? Posted by: chemjeff at November 20, 2015 10:31 PM (uZNvH) 97
...the reason Anakin turned to the darkside ..."
---------------- Okay, that's just plain racist. Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at November 20, 2015 10:31 PM (9mTYi) Posted by: Ricardo Kill at November 20, 2015 10:32 PM (0xLZu) 99
and a fistfight at the end. Posted by: J.J. fuckin' overrated Abrams at November 20, 2015 10:22 PM (/pB9Z) They've hit Buddy! Come on, girls! Posted by: The French Mistake Fights Back at November 20, 2015 10:32 PM (yxw0r) 100
The Nine Nations of North America by Joel Garreau still holds up over 30 years later,
Yep, this seven-nations map, I don't see how you get Scandi extensions of Yankeedom and Midlands. Maybe he absolutely had to have only 7 so he started drawing lines. Posted by: t-bird at November 20, 2015 10:32 PM (OLNwX) 101
85 "I don't need yet another Commie gun, but that 7.62x25, though, as the kids say...."
How much ammo around? Posted by: Ricardo Kill at November 20, 2015 10:28 PM (0xLZu) Not as much as I'd like, naturlisch..... Guess I need a new set of dies, etc..... A hassle, to be sure. But, damn, that's a good round. Posted by: Vigo Von Homburg Deutschendorf at November 20, 2015 10:32 PM (lutOX) 102
The 7.62x25 round is quite stout and very fun to shoot.
Posted by: Insomniac - Pale Horse/Death 2016 at November 20, 2015 10:33 PM (kpqmD) 103
Oh, too rich. Too heavy.
Posted by: Ricardo Kill ------------- Bah! Bah, I say! Time to lay on a warming layer of fat for the winter. Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at November 20, 2015 10:33 PM (9mTYi) 104
Where did you get your blankets for the car?
Posted by: chemjeff at November 20, 2015 10:30 PM (uZNvH) I quilted my own. Call Heather Radish if you need help with that. I had hand surgery today, so I'm out of commission for six weeks. Posted by: tcn in AK at November 20, 2015 10:33 PM (+YMhA) 105
Dr. WhoCares.
Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That at November 20, 2015 10:33 PM (Xo1Rt) 106
Wesoich Swiant!
Posted by: Moki at November 20, 2015 10:20 PM (7q2ch) I found out recently that there was a vibrant tango movement in Poland in the 20's and early 30's. Not bad stuff, really. I have no idea what it means, written Polish puts me in the mind of barbed wire, but pretty music. Posted by: Kindltot at November 20, 2015 10:33 PM (q2o38) 107
I'll have to rig the truck for winter. Another road trip from Galveston to Orlando, right after Thanksgiving.
Step mom (87 y/o), after a lifetime perfect driving record, totaled her Mazda mini van. Good news is, she only has airbag n' seatbelt bite, no real injuries. Van was totaled though. More good news, her insurance actually paid significantly above market for the total. Nice to not have to fight the insurance for a fair settlement on it. Now though, I've gotta go down and help her find and secure another set o' wheels. And to make her feel better through a bit of the holidays....the wreck really freaked her out. So, marathon road trip with a torn up shoulder. We Morons really know how to have fun. Jim Sunk New Dawn Galveston, TX Posted by: Jim at November 20, 2015 10:34 PM (McRlu) 108
Oh blankets, that is a good idea
Where did you get your blankets for the car? Posted by: chemjeff at November 20, 2015 10:30 PM (uZNvH) ****** Amazon or most of the chain parts stores. Buying an emergency kit can usually save some coin. Posted by: ManWithNoParty at November 20, 2015 10:34 PM (DsazE) 109
tcn! are you okay? hope you are recovering well!!
Posted by: chemjeff at November 20, 2015 10:34 PM (uZNvH) 110
A distant relative, who emigrated from a neighboring country, used to send us one of those e'rry year. Except she called it 'oplakey.'
Posted by: weft cut-loop at November 20, 2015 10:30 PM (ysFo+) Not unusual-the slavic languages will have slight variations in pronunciation. Probably a Shibboleth kind of thing to know if you were friend or foe. My dad was Russian, and we actually had a lot of customs growing up that were similar to the Polish ones, but when I would say it in Texan/Russian, the Poles were not amused. They would proceed to teach me the "proper" way to say it. Posted by: Moki at November 20, 2015 10:34 PM (7q2ch) 111
And the CZ 52 - weighs a ton, but can handle hot loads meant for carbines.
Great thing about that round, even at regular loads - if you don't hit your target, the muzzle blast is sure to set it on fire. Posted by: Vigo Von Homburg Deutschendorf at November 20, 2015 10:35 PM (lutOX) 112
Is there tiramisu flavored vodka yet?
Posted by: CDR M at November 20, 2015 10:35 PM (SCx0h) 113
"I also carry a spare fan belt."
On a modern car, putting on a new fan belt, or alternator belt, or serpentine everything belt, in the tight underhood spaces, at roadside, after dark, in the winter, in a storm, can be a total bitch. If not impossible. Even if you have tools, specialized ones. Change those suckers out for new, frequently. Cheap insurance. Throw the previous ones in the spare tire well, just in case, as backup. I've seen strings of plastic links that are snap and match to fit, intended to get around the install complexities, but I haven't ever tried one of them. Hope to never have to do so. Posted by: torquewrench at November 20, 2015 10:35 PM (noWW6) 114
Jim, hope you have a safe trip! Take lots of breaks, that should help
Posted by: chemjeff at November 20, 2015 10:35 PM (uZNvH) 115
I think it's political divisions not ethnic divisions.
This country isn't easy to compartmentalize. Unless you're the IRS. Or the EPA. Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That at November 20, 2015 10:35 PM (Xo1Rt) 116
written Polish puts me in the mind of barbed wire,
-------------- I keep a shaker of vowels handy. When I have to consume Polish, I just sprinkle some on. Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at November 20, 2015 10:36 PM (9mTYi) 117
http://www.yummly.com/recipes/tiramisu-vodka
Posted by: chemjeff at November 20, 2015 10:36 PM (uZNvH) 118
Bluegrass cover you say? Must be that extremely newer than new Newgrass.
Posted by: O.Butts at November 20, 2015 10:37 PM (vtCSW) 119
Moki, I only got to spend 1 night Poland (Gdansk) and I loved it. Had a blast and would go back in a heartbeat.
Posted by: CDR M at November 20, 2015 10:37 PM (SCx0h) 120
Lot of hidden letters in Polish too, extra sounds not written down.
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at November 20, 2015 10:37 PM (39g3+) 121
Morons:
I need you guys to talk me out of another purchase.... I'm gazing longingly at a PPS 43, the "pistol" version of the old PPS 43 SMG. I don't need yet another Commie gun, but that 7.62x25, though, as the kids say.... Posted by: Vigo Von Homburg Deutschendorf **** Look, the 7.62x25 is no longer cheap and is a bit overrated. If you find surplus, watch out. I'm pretty sure I have some that MAY or MAY not blow up my CZ-52 pistol. I'm not sure so I have not shot it. God help you if you get it mixed in with the "safe" stuff like I have. No, it was not me that caused it to happen BTW. Build an AK-47 pistol. It beats the crap out of the PPS43 in every way. Hope that helps. Posted by: Tilikum Killer Assault Whale at November 20, 2015 10:37 PM (hVdx9) 122
"But, damn, that's a good round."
I'm not trying to kill fun or discourage buying at all. Buy. I had a 7.35 Carcano that was a killer. Eyes. Gnat. 100 yards. You do the math. Getting shells was Hell. Posted by: Ricardo Kill at November 20, 2015 10:37 PM (0xLZu) 123
Morons: I need you guys to talk me out of another purchase.... I'm gazing longingly at a PPS 43, the "pistol" version of the old PPS 43 SMG. I don't need yet another Commie gun, but that 7.62x25, though, as the kids say.... Posted by: Vigo Von Homburg Deutschendorf at November 20, 2015 10:26 PM (lutOX) You absolutely should NOT buy that one. Really, are you actually TRYING to have fun? What self-respecting Moron would want to have fun shootin' Tokarev rounds??? Okay, maybe I need some practice on this "talk me out of buying a gun" thing. 'sup jackwagons Posted by: IllTemperedCur at November 20, 2015 10:38 PM (o98Jz) 124
34: The wife and I have given up on Doctor Who.
I didn't finish last weeks episode of Dr. Who. I guess I reached my tolerance level of militant PC preaching. A shame really, Jenna Colman is adorable. Posted by: Puddleglum at November 20, 2015 10:39 PM (NGd+i) 125
Don't forget long, drawn out discussions of galactic trade policy and splosions.
Posted by: Mr. Plinkett at November 20, 2015 10:28 PM It's called pacing you idiot. If I could have made it all Jar Jar hijinks all the time, I would have. But you got to balance the funny with serious stuff. It's screenwriting 101, you dolt. scene 1.... Jar Jar steps in poop (hilarious!) scene 2... Palpatine delivers speech (intrigue) scene 3... Jar Jar steps in more poop (you just can't get enough of Jar Jar) and so on.... Posted by: george lucas at November 20, 2015 10:39 PM (EWg9n) 126
109 tcn! are you okay? hope you are recovering well!!
Posted by: chemjeff at November 20, 2015 10:34 PM (uZNvH) Doing well, arm is still numb. Plus I finally landed a real job as a soap maker for a local artisan shop. Starts in January, hence the surgery now. Typing one handed--sort of a bother. Posted by: tcn in AK at November 20, 2015 10:39 PM (+YMhA) 127
Writing Life Unworthy made me fall in love with Poland, I would love to visit some day.
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at November 20, 2015 10:39 PM (39g3+) 128
96-chemjeff, I would love to, but we are paying for college now. Maybe in retirement...
I heartily recommend Warsaw/Krakow and maybe Gdansk in Poland, Prague in the Czech Republic, Budapest in Hungary. We loved each place. I would hesitate to spend much time in Western Europe now. Eastern European countries know a thing or two about being overrun, and they aren't going to put up with it. Posted by: Moki at November 20, 2015 10:39 PM (7q2ch) 129
Vigo Von Homburg Deutschendorf, 9mm can do everything the 7.62x25 can do.
Posted by: Tilikum Killer Assault Whale at November 20, 2015 10:40 PM (hVdx9) 130
Eastern Europe is cheaper to travel in than western and I've read that they're friendlier to Americans, too.
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at November 20, 2015 10:41 PM (39g3+) 131
" Is there tiramisu flavored vodka yet?"
Probably. A the local checkout they have everything from Creme to Dark Chocolate for $1 for the little trial bottles. Posted by: Ricardo Kill at November 20, 2015 10:41 PM (0xLZu) 132
Typing one handed won't impress the Morons.
Posted by: Garrett at November 20, 2015 10:42 PM (DxKQL) Posted by: ManWithNoParty at November 20, 2015 10:42 PM (DsazE) Posted by: mindful webworker - prodescendingly at November 20, 2015 10:43 PM (ACs58) 135
tcn oh okay well don't write back if it is too painful, glad to hear of your soapmaking job, hope you recover well
Posted by: chemjeff at November 20, 2015 10:43 PM (uZNvH) 136
My BIL traveled everywhere as a volleyball pro--says the most beautiful women are in Poland hands down. FYI.
Posted by: tcn in AK at November 20, 2015 10:43 PM (+YMhA) 137
"Not unusual-the slavic languages will have slight variations in pronunciation."
I have a vague recollection that someone built a synthetic language, with basic vocabulary and simplified grammar, that was supposed to be able to get you by on a rudimentary basis in any Slavophone country, though the locals might laugh. I wasn't able to evaluate it on its merits because I have no real chops in those tongues. Posted by: torquewrench at November 20, 2015 10:43 PM (noWW6) 138
Q: When a woman marries a Polish man, what does she get on her wedding night that's long and hard?
A: A new last name. Posted by: logprof at November 20, 2015 10:44 PM (vsbNu) 139
I dunno, Ukranian women are terrifyingly beautiful from what I've seen. Some kind of genetic freak pool of models
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at November 20, 2015 10:44 PM (39g3+) 140
Once upon a time there were a bunch of the Spanish Destroyer 9 Largo carbines on the market. Everyone said they really wanted to get one with a bad barrel so they could have their own 7.62 x 25 bolt action carbine.
As far as I know no-one ever built one. The pinned "pistol" PPS is fun to shoot, but after a while, it pales. And of course ATFE rules being what they are, you can never be sure if turning it into a rifle isn't a violation - and it probably is. A friend had one and sold it for more than what he bought it for. Posted by: Kindltot at November 20, 2015 10:44 PM (q2o38) 141
Moki Chrisopher Taylor yeah I think I want to visit Eastern Southern Europe more than Western, of course Great Britain, but then Poland, Czech Republic and maybe the Mediterranean
Posted by: chemjeff at November 20, 2015 10:44 PM (uZNvH) Posted by: Bronislas Rutkowski at November 20, 2015 10:45 PM (LBUbs) 143
Oh well I am definitely visiting Poland now
Posted by: chemjeff at November 20, 2015 10:45 PM (uZNvH) 144
There's some First Nations in New Mexico and Oklahoma, too. Upstate New York. Definitely wide swathes of the old Dakota Territory
Posted by: boulder terlit hobo at November 20, 2015 10:45 PM (pZXA/) 145
CDR M!!!
First, thanks for a great ONT. You always deliver!! Have you thought about Defense Attache gigs? The office was huge in Warsaw when we were there, but that might have changed with the new admin... Still, it's a nice way to get over there and spend some time. Posted by: Moki at November 20, 2015 10:46 PM (7q2ch) 146
Wow, it is snowing like crazy here in Chicagoland. Usually we get a light dusting first, to help get us used to the idea. But this year's first snowfall could top 10 inches! At least tomorrow is Saturday, so I can go back to sleep after I clear the driveway.
Posted by: Chris M at November 20, 2015 10:47 PM (6RZos) 147
"I dunno, Ukranian women are terrifyingly beautiful from what I've seen. Some kind of genetic freak pool of models"
Strong like bull. Smart like tractor. Posted by: Ricardo Kill at November 20, 2015 10:47 PM (0xLZu) 148
I am dog tired and sore as hell. Spent most of my day wrestling a tent (and fabricating new parts where they were lost/broken). Then, when I got it built, I put cinderblocks around the outside and inside to seal the flaps, and built shelves inside, and started moving plants inside.
Posted by: cthulhu at November 20, 2015 10:03 PM You sound like a dedicated gardener. I'm finishing stuff up as it's predicted we will have 6" of snow tonight. I cleaned up the last my stuff as it's predicted we will have Posted by: Farmer at November 20, 2015 10:47 PM (o/90i) 149
141 Moki Chrisopher Taylor yeah I think I want to visit Eastern Southern Europe more than Western, of course Great Britain, but then Poland, Czech Republic and maybe the Mediterranean
Posted by: chemjeff at November 20, 2015 10:44 PM (uZNvH) --Never been to Poland, but have been to Czech Republic, Slovakia, and Macedonia. Beautiful women in all three places, but a lot of the Macedonian babes smoked a lot. Posted by: logprof at November 20, 2015 10:47 PM (vsbNu) 150
Posted by: Moki at November 20, 2015 10:27 PM (7q2ch)
I am Polish on my mother's side and my cousin visited Poland last summer. He had traced our family back on Ancestry.com to the 1500's and when he returned to the "family village" in north central Poland, he found quite a few with the same last name. He reported the same as you - they didn't fall over him and gush about their long-lost American cousin. However, they were friendly and kind and eager to talk to him - and they were very pro-American, despite the JEF in the WH. He said their devotion is no myth. He is an (Anglican) priest and he and his wife found churches packed even for weekday morning Masses. One Pole told him they would not have been able to survive Communism without their faith. But the Czechs (my dad's people) are the most atheistic people in Europe and they survived Communism OK. (From what I understand their attitude is closer to Ace's than it is to Bill Maher's - they don't hassle or mock people who are religious.) It's weird how two neighboring Slavic countries who suffered immensely from both the Nazis and the Soviets developed completely different attitudes toward religion. I know that for the Poles, Catholicism = nationalist defiance of their rulers, while for Czechs, Catholicism was forced on them by their Austrian rulers during the days of the Hapsburgs, so maybe that's the difference. Posted by: Donna&&&&V (a white) (whitely brandishing ampersand privilege ) at November 20, 2015 10:48 PM (P8951) 151
Re that sidebar article about the acquired "mid-Atlantic" accent of yore. To me, I call it "how Cary Grant talked". On anyone else, it sounds likes some pretentious, pompous ass trying to sound sophisticated. But with Cary Grant, it's okay. Anyone else, I want to punch them in the face.
Posted by: Mohammed bin Goatfuckin' at November 20, 2015 10:49 PM (dvuhZ) 152
That's the drawback to Eastern European women: they all smoke like chimneys and drink like fish. Its cultural but man, do they put it back. Might be why so many of them turn into potatoes at age 30.
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at November 20, 2015 10:49 PM (39g3+) 153
have a vague recollection that someone built a synthetic language, with basic vocabulary and simplified grammar, that was supposed to be able to get you by on a rudimentary basis in any Slavophone country
That could work. The Slavic languages broke apart around the same time as Vulgar Latin broke apart into the Romance tongues. So the same way someone who knows French and Spanish can blunder her way through Italy and Portugal, someone else who knows Russian and Bulgarian can probably stumble through the Czech Republic Posted by: boulder terlit hobo at November 20, 2015 10:49 PM (pZXA/) 154
129 Vigo Von Homburg Deutschendorf, 9mm can do everything the 7.62x25 can do.
Posted by: Tilikum Killer Assault Whale at November 20, 2015 10:40 PM (hVdx9) I dunno... 7.62 Tokarev seems to have done in more people than most rounds. Eh, it's an impulse purchase, at best. By the time I'm ready to go and plunk down the cash for it, the shop-keep will judge me too drunk to buy it just then... Posted by: Vigo Von Homburg Deutschendorf at November 20, 2015 10:49 PM (/33sy) 155
sock fail, dammit.
Posted by: publius (not Breitbart publius) at November 20, 2015 10:49 PM (dvuhZ) Posted by: Ricardo Kill at November 20, 2015 10:49 PM (0xLZu) 157
The wife and I have given up on Doctor Who. Peter Capaldi is insufferable on the rare occasions when he isn't incomprehensible, and the whole sunglasses-and-electric-guitar schtick is eye-rollingly lame.
They seemed to have ratcheted the PC quotient up a few degrees as well, and it was stratospheric to begin with. Tolerable with a humorous Doctor like David Tennant or Matt Smith, but not with a Scots-mumbling prig like Capaldi. Posted by: Taro Tsujimoto at November 20, 2015 10:11 PM (/pB9Z) It's been all down hill since Tom Baker left Posted by: TheQuietMan at November 20, 2015 10:50 PM (45oDG) 158
108 Oh blankets, that is a good idea
Where did you get your blankets for the car? Posted by: chemjeff at November 20, 2015 10:30 PM (uZNvH) ****** Amazon or most of the chain parts stores. Buying an emergency kit can usually save some coin. Posted by: ManWithNoParty at November 20, 2015 10:34 PM (DsazE) Dense. Posted by: Bronislas Rutkowski at November 20, 2015 10:50 PM (LBUbs) 159
"Have you thought about Defense Attache gigs? The office was huge in
Warsaw when we were there, but that might have changed with the new admin..." The bizarre thing is that while the Obama administration have been slashing American military force projection capabilities, at the very same time, they have been lavishing newly minted "security guarantees" all around the world in trouble zones, including in Eastern Europe. This will of course not end well. But the various functionary positions associated with those relationships are alive and well. Until the shooting starts for real. Posted by: torquewrench at November 20, 2015 10:51 PM (noWW6) 160
Just got home from a HS Football Championship game. It was a blowout, but it's always nice to see hundreds of kids and parents sing the National Anthem and pray before games. Reminds me of the pre-Snowflake era.
Posted by: Lincolntf at November 20, 2015 10:51 PM (2cS/G) 161
LOL... I can't stand drug ads either, but hang on...
The bullsh*t AMA who fullthroatedly supported BambiCare is now blaming the "coincidental" 5% increase in prescription drug prices over the last two years (hmmmmm) on drug ads. So rich. They really think we are so fucking stupid. Posted by: Mega at November 20, 2015 10:52 PM (9Du4t) 162
Eastern European models: That's where Trump got Melania.
Posted by: publius (not Breitbart publius) at November 20, 2015 10:52 PM (dvuhZ) 163
If an Ira showed up and nobody cared, did he really comment?
Posted by: ManWithNoParty at November 20, 2015 10:52 PM (DsazE) 164
How can you guys trash my work and yet elect Jar-Jar Binks as President? I want royalties for these last seven years!
Posted by: George Lucas at November 20, 2015 10:52 PM (OLNwX) 165
Just got home from a HS Football Championship game
Yeah, I was watching the Rockets versus Grizzlies too Posted by: boulder terlit hobo at November 20, 2015 10:52 PM (pZXA/) 166
I've got a weird sentimental attachment to that cartridge......
The first pistol I ever bought for a woman was a Tokarev. She had a stalker ex, and we lived in a place where guns were illegal but Russians were plentiful and, for a price, helpful and sympathetic. Posted by: Vigo Von Homburg Deutschendorf at November 20, 2015 10:52 PM (/33sy) 167
I have a vague recollection that someone built a synthetic language, with basic vocabulary and simplified grammar, that was supposed to be able to get you by on a rudimentary basis in any Slavophone country, though the locals might laugh. I wasn't able to evaluate it on its merits because I have no real chops in those tongues. Posted by: torquewrench at November 20, 2015 10:43 PM (noWW6) The only synthetic language I know is Esperanto, and I am convinced it's main purpose was to mainstream Romanian. Posted by: Kindltot at November 20, 2015 10:53 PM (q2o38) 168
That Brunette in the Sports Bloopers Video looks like she's got a little Ewok in her.
Posted by: Garrett at November 20, 2015 10:53 PM (DxKQL) 169
smokin' hot + smokes a lot = willing to make that tradeoff
Posted by: chemjeff at November 20, 2015 10:53 PM (uZNvH) 170
nobody types on the ONT twohanded
Posted by: boulder terlit hobo at November 20, 2015 10:53 PM (pZXA/) 171
156 "but a lot of the Macedonian babes smoked a lot."
And? Posted by: Ricardo Kill at November 20, 2015 10:49 PM (0xLZu) --Nice to look at, but I don't like kissing ashtrays. Posted by: logprof at November 20, 2015 10:54 PM (vsbNu) 172
--Nice to look at, but I don't like kissing ashtrays.
Posted by: logprof at November 20, 2015 10:54 PM (vsbNu) **** Then you should leave ashtrays alone and focus on the womynz. Posted by: ManWithNoParty at November 20, 2015 10:55 PM (DsazE) 173
--Nice to look at, but I don't like kissing ashtrays.
Posted by: logprof at November 20, 2015 10:54 PM (vsbNu) Then kiss her somewhere else Posted by: chemjeff at November 20, 2015 10:56 PM (uZNvH) 174
By the way, Kate Beckinsale appears to be back on the market again. Don't even think about it, fuckers. She's mine. http://tinyurl.com/oqtyl7d Posted by: IllTemperedCur at November 20, 2015 10:56 PM (o98Jz) 175
The only synthetic language I know is Esperanto....
Posted by: Kindltot at November 20, 2015 10:53 PM (q2o3 Ahhh, I see you don't read many management books.... Read a few Six-Sigma books, and you might as well have learned Macedonian or Basque. Posted by: Vigo Von Homburg Deutschendorf at November 20, 2015 10:56 PM (/33sy) Posted by: Ricardo Kill at November 20, 2015 10:56 PM (0xLZu) 177
91 One (of the many) thing(s) I appreciated about living in Poland was that Christmas stuff didn't start until the first of December, and it was primarily a Christian holiday. In the malls, girls dressed as angels sold "oplatek", a large communion wafer imprinted with the holy Family, which was to be shared by family and friends on Christmas Eve.
My family still has those every Christmas Eve. You put honey on the wafers and the eldest one in the family dips a finger in the honey and makes the sign of the cross on everyone's forehead. (Which means I inevitably end up with honey in my hair on Christmas Eve.) We get the wafers from our childhood parish which is a traditionally Polish one. Posted by: Donna&&&&V (a white) (whitely brandishing ampersand privilege ) at November 20, 2015 10:57 PM (P8951) 178
Hello my pretty Hordelings! I'm on the open road and just crossed the border into Kasich Kuntry. I'm trying to reach the Mitten Kingdom before the big snowstorm hits.
Posted by: All Hail Eris at November 20, 2015 10:58 PM (3rMal) 179
130 Eastern Europe is cheaper to travel in than western and I've read that they're friendlier to Americans, too.
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at November 20, 2015 10:41 PM (39g3+) And they're not impressed by jihadis.....been there, done that.... Posted by: cthulhu at November 20, 2015 10:59 PM (EzgxV) Posted by: Ricardo Kill at November 20, 2015 10:59 PM (0xLZu) 181
173 --Nice to look at, but I don't like kissing ashtrays.
Posted by: logprof at November 20, 2015 10:54 PM (vsbNu) Then kiss her somewhere else Posted by: chemjeff at November 20, 2015 10:56 PM (uZNvH) --Well, I'm not in the market anymore anyways, but hey there's always memories. Posted by: logprof at November 20, 2015 10:59 PM (vsbNu) 182
163 If an Ira showed up and nobody cared, did he really comment?
Posted by: ManWithNoParty at November 20, 2015 10:52 PM (DsazE) Blow me. Posted by: Bronislas Rutkowski at November 20, 2015 10:59 PM (LBUbs) 183
>>"but a lot of the Macedonian babes smoked a lot."
Olive Oil has a low burn temp. Try clarified butter next time. Posted by: Marlon Brando at November 20, 2015 10:59 PM (DxKQL) 184
Kinda surprised we don't see ya Sunday-Thursday Ira. Why is that?
Posted by: ManWithNoParty at November 20, 2015 11:01 PM (DsazE) 185
We get the wafers from our childhood parish which is a traditionally Polish one.
Posted by: DonnaV (a white) (whitely brandishing ampersand privilege ) at November 20, 2015 10:57 PM (P8951) Oh, so lucky - a Polish parish. My mother's side is Polish. There church would make pierogies (sp) and angel wings - I don't know the Polish name but they were light dough twisted around and sprinkled with white flour. Posted by: Stateless Infidel at November 20, 2015 11:01 PM (AC0lD) 186
"Then kiss her somewhere else
Posted by: chemjeff at November 20, 2015 10:56 PM (uZNvH" See, that guy had the spirit. Posted by: Ricardo Kill at November 20, 2015 11:02 PM (0xLZu) 187
148 I am dog tired and sore as hell. Spent most of my day wrestling a tent (and fabricating new parts where they were lost/broken). Then, when I got it built, I put cinderblocks around the outside and inside to seal the flaps, and built shelves inside, and started moving plants inside.
Posted by: cthulhu at November 20, 2015 10:03 PM You sound like a dedicated gardener. I'm finishing stuff up as it's predicted we will have 6" of snow tonight. I cleaned up the last my stuff as it's predicted we will have Posted by: Farmer at November 20, 2015 10:47 PM (o/90i) .....and, then, the fiancee reveals that she had been looking at the weather forecast for High Point, NC when she told me I'd better get the damned plants inside before the weekend.....here, we should have until Wednesday. Posted by: cthulhu at November 20, 2015 11:02 PM (EzgxV) 188
I dunno... 7.62 Tokarev seems to have done in more people than most rounds.
Eh, it's an impulse purchase, at best. By the time I'm ready to go and plunk down the cash for it, the shop-keep will judge me too drunk to buy it just then... Posted by: Vigo Von Homburg Deutschendorf **** Well you did say talk you out of it. Seriously, I was lucky enough to buy some 7.62x25 when it was dirt cheap...aka surplus...aka variable quality...and corrosive. It's no longer cheap or as plentiful. Plus you would have to stock for yet another caliber that does not provide any real advantage over other cartridges. What happens when you get tired of it? safe queen? Sell it for a probable loss? On a whim I started building an AR-15. I'm almost done and I realized I have the parts to build an AKM in .223 for about $150. I do wish I had spent that money elsewhere. Posted by: Tilikum Killer Assault Whale at November 20, 2015 11:02 PM (hVdx9) 189
178
Hello my pretty Hordelings! I'm on the open road and just crossed the border into Kasich Kuntry. I'm trying to reach the Mitten Kingdom before the big snowstorm hits. Posted by: All Hail Eris at November 20, 2015 10:58 PM (3rMal) Good luck traveling through the Lair of Cuomo Posted by: chemjeff at November 20, 2015 11:02 PM (uZNvH) 190
150- yep. churches were packed when we were there too. There was a convent and a monastery just down the street from our house, and we would run into novitiates all the time. They would want to speak English with us, to practice. Another church nearby had metal from the Twin Towers made into a cross. The priest loved America, and especially Ronald Reagan. My other favorite time was All Saints Day. Cemeteries packed with families placing candles on the family grave, church services all night, picnics, we saw one guy with a chicken but didn't really want to know what it was for, just a really special time.
Posted by: Moki at November 20, 2015 11:03 PM (7q2ch) 191
I have no problem with smokin' poles.
Posted by: Barack Obama at November 20, 2015 11:03 PM (vsbNu) 192
I like the fact the the oft made fun of Southern Accent is a derivative of the upper class British accent.
Posted by: Max Rockatansky at November 20, 2015 11:04 PM (3r2w8) 193
By the way, Kate Beckinsale appears to be back on the market again.
Don't even think about it, fuckers. She's mine. http://tinyurl.com/oqtyl7d Posted by: IllTemperedCur **** You can have her. I want my womens to have bigger boobs than a 9 yr old girl. Posted by: Tilikum Killer Assault Whale at November 20, 2015 11:04 PM (hVdx9) 194
Posted by: Tilikum Killer Assault Whale at November 20, 2015 11:04 PM (hVdx9)
Hope you're just assuming what nine year old girls have. Posted by: Max Rockatansky at November 20, 2015 11:05 PM (3r2w8) 195
That Brunette in the Sports Bloopers Video looks like she's got a little Ewok in her.
Ace wishes he was... never mind I like the fact the the oft made fun of Southern Accent is a derivative of the upper class British accent. Yeah I've heard from Brits that they feel more at home down south in America than in the north. Posted by: Christopher Taylor at November 20, 2015 11:05 PM (39g3+) 196
I want my womens to have bigger boobs than a 9 yr old girl
speak for yourself Posted by: marion zimmer bradley at November 20, 2015 11:05 PM (pZXA/) 197
184 Kinda surprised we don't see ya Sunday-Thursday Ira. Why is that?
Posted by: ManWithNoParty at November 20, 2015 11:01 PM (DsazE) Mosque duty. Posted by: Bronislas Rutkowski at November 20, 2015 11:06 PM (LBUbs) 198
For a trunk blanket, a US issue poncho liner works okay. Or you can upgrade to a Kifaru woobie. https://store.kifaru.net/woobie-p72.aspx I've heard great things about them. Good enough that I actually made my own roughly bastardized version. A couple of sheets of continuous filament insulation with a ripstop nylon outer layer. Warm as hell, I've kept it in my vehicle for years. Posted by: IllTemperedCur at November 20, 2015 11:06 PM (o98Jz) 199
Posted by: Taro Tsujimoto at November 20, 2015 10:11 PM (/pB9Z)
I think Clara from Doctor Who is incredibly hot and really liked her with Matt Smith. But last season was pretty horrible. Every damn episode almost focusing around Danny Pink - what the hell? I DVR'd the season and it was painful to get through, and I don't think I'm that nit-picky about sci-fi shows. This season has had very good episodes. And I still like Clara. The Doctor - meh. The sunglasses and guitar are a bit much.... Posted by: Stateless Infidel at November 20, 2015 11:08 PM (AC0lD) 200
So, who's the worst "caretaker" of beloved franchises...
George Lucas (Star Wars and Indiana Jones), JJ Abrams (Star Wars and Star Trek), or Steven Moffat (Dr. Who and Sherlock Homes)? Posted by: what say the Horde? at November 20, 2015 11:09 PM (REdlt) 201
"On a whim I started building an AR-15. I'm almost done and I realized I have the parts to build an AKM in .223 for about $150.
I do wish I had spent that money elsewhere." We really should talk more. I'm not an AK guy, but we might be able work some calibers/ammo out. Posted by: Ricardo Kill at November 20, 2015 11:09 PM (0xLZu) 202
Lucas, by a small margin. Abrams was terrible with Trek but we'll see on Star Wars. Moffat started out great with Sherlock then crapped the sheets.
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at November 20, 2015 11:10 PM (39g3+) 203
TKAW - I know you're right.
That's why I come here - to get talked out of my own bad ideas and talked into those of others. Posted by: Vigo Von Homburg Deutschendorf at November 20, 2015 11:10 PM (/33sy) 204
George Lucas (Star Wars and Indiana Jones), JJ Abrams (Star Wars and Star Trek), or Steven Moffat (Dr. Who and Sherlock Homes)?
Trick question. It's George Miller, "Mad Max". Posted by: boulder terlit hobo at November 20, 2015 11:10 PM (pZXA/) 205
200 So, who's the worst "caretaker" of beloved franchises...
George Lucas (Star Wars and Indiana Jones), JJ Abrams (Star Wars and Star Trek), or Steven Moffat (Dr. Who and Sherlock Homes)? Posted by: what say the Horde? at November 20, 2015 11:09 PM (REdlt) --The Tolkein estate has net been happy with what Peter Jackson did to The Hobbit. Posted by: logprof at November 20, 2015 11:11 PM (vsbNu) 206
Lucas, that Indy Crystal Skull crap was irredeemable.
Posted by: Lincolntf at November 20, 2015 11:11 PM (2cS/G) 207
Trick question. It's George Miller, "Mad Max".
Yeah, the new Mad Max was pretty terrible, I thought Max almost seemed like an afterthought Posted by: chemjeff at November 20, 2015 11:11 PM (uZNvH) 208
Lucas. I'm not a huge 'Star Wars' fan, but Spike was playing them over and over last year and the dialogue was painful to listen to.
Pretty things on the screen don't matter much if everyone sounds stupid. And war is hell and people get hurt. The whole series would probably be better if the heroes were killing living creatures rather than droids. Posted by: Stateless Infidel at November 20, 2015 11:12 PM (AC0lD) 209
I made the 2-ingredient pizza dough today.
Meh, beats spending 2 days for a yeast dough. Decent texture, browns up well. Still had a bit of that raw flour smell which might have been my hands or that I need to toast the flour before mixing. Posted by: weft cut-loop at November 20, 2015 11:12 PM (ysFo+) Posted by: qdpsteve at November 20, 2015 11:12 PM (ntObR) 211
>>>--The Tolkein estate has net been happy with what Peter Jackson did to The Hobbit.
Posted by: logprof at November 20, 2015 11:11 PM (vsbNu)<<< Nothin' a little more me can't fix. Posted by: Legolas, stair surfing on a shield at November 20, 2015 11:13 PM (REdlt) 212
192: Yeah, British and Southern accents are much closer than the Yankee and others. British actors can easily do Southern accents (and vice versa). Hollywood always make me mad with these idiots trying to do Southern. They hardly ever get it right and you can tell its fake first few words they utter.
The Brits, on the other hand, can do it flawlessly, and get the sub regional differences just right. I saw some British actress on the Tonight show who did them all. Now, this is Tennessee....this is Alabama, etc, etc. Posted by: publius (not Breitbart publius) at November 20, 2015 11:13 PM (dvuhZ) 213
207-it should have been imperator max, since the movie was mostly about charlize theron. I thought it was okay, but I hadn't seen the originals. After seeing them, yeah, this was pretty stinky.
Posted by: Moki at November 20, 2015 11:13 PM (7q2ch) 214
You hear about people / families stranded and lost in winter more than you would think when their vehicle breaks down. One person usually treks off after awhile to find help and either dies or comes back to others who have died.
Made me think what I would do and I immediately thought that I would take some gas from the car and burn my spare tire. If that can't signal someone nothing will. Posted by: Max Rockatansky at November 20, 2015 11:13 PM (3r2w8) 215
Up to Season 8, I really liked Doctor Who. I never saw any of the previous ones and it was so new and fresh.
Stargate was under-appreciated. They did some nice work there. Posted by: Stateless Infidel at November 20, 2015 11:13 PM (AC0lD) 216
here church would make pierogies (sp) and angel wings - I don't know the Polish name but they were light dough twisted around and sprinkled with white flour.
Posted by: Stateless Infidel at November 20, 2015 11:01 PM (AC0lD) I know just what you mean but I can't think of the Polish name either. Yum, yum. I haven't had those in years. And yes, pierogies. Also good. I once worked at a DC law firm, Wilmer Cutler and Pickering. I was in the cafeteria one day and the cashier lady said to me, in a thick Polish accent, "You look just like a Polish girl!" I am the spitting image of my mom and have blonde hair and blue eyes and so I told her my mom was 100% Polish. After that, she would chat with me whenever she saw me. She was from Krakow. She mentioned that she had been married by JPII back in the day when he was the bishop of Krakow. One thing I wanted to know, but somehow felt like it was too personal to ask - how the f did she and her husband get out of Poland. OK that was in 1994 or so after the Commies had fallen. Still, how does someone in a poor exCommie country find the resources to up and move to Washington DC? She was working as a cashier so I doubt she had been a Party member. Posted by: Donna&&&&V (a white) (whitely brandishing ampersand privilege ) at November 20, 2015 11:13 PM (P8951) 217
weft-cut, where's the 2-ingredient dough recipe?
(Though I've a hunch, the two ingredients are flour and veggie oil.) Posted by: qdpsteve at November 20, 2015 11:14 PM (ntObR) 218
Evening all.
Finally kicking back with a drink after getting the snowblower ready for tomorrow...the second snowblower mind you. Was hoping to coax one last year out of the old one and got it all prepped gassed and ready to go gave it a pull to start it up and the pull starter snapped clean off. Been a great start to the weekend. Wasn't expecting to be shelling out a bunch of money already... Posted by: H Badger at November 20, 2015 11:14 PM (+xIXD) 219
Kateurday ONT Compliance Pics
https://twitter.com/kbdabear/status/667750372216283136 https://twitter.com/kbdabear/status/667750665670782976 https://twitter.com/kbdabear/status/667750924169953280 https://twitter.com/kbdabear/status/667751078730035200 https://twitter.com/kbdabear/status/667751224113020928 https://twitter.com/kbdabear/status/667751407097892864 Posted by: kbdabear at November 20, 2015 11:14 PM (GrXXa) 220
Oh I watched the first show of Jessica Jones, and its... boring. And slow. And they're trying really hard to make it gritty noir but the girl doesn't do very good voiceover and the writers really need to bone up on their hard boiled fiction.
Plus: I think its targeted at lesbians. Seriously, its got women all over being cool and guys being stupid and worthless, and a lesbian boss (Carrie Ann Moss who never was hot to me even in Matrix). Luke Cage is too small, too. Posted by: Christopher Taylor at November 20, 2015 11:14 PM (39g3+) Posted by: Farmer at November 20, 2015 11:16 PM (o/90i) 222
This guy was one of the 1960s biggest hippies, and still is a hippie today, but at least he also has a rep for being one of the nicest and most polite persons ever in the music industry.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hTuPbJLqFKI Posted by: qdpsteve at November 20, 2015 11:16 PM (ntObR) 223
Posted by: chemjeff at November 20, 2015 11:11 PM (uZNvH)
I was pleasantly surprised that I enjoyed Mad Max as I had low expectations. Posted by: Max Rockatansky at November 20, 2015 11:16 PM (3r2w8) 224
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Lucas, that Indy Crystal Skull crap was irredeemable. Posted by: Lincolntf at November 20, 2015 11:11 PM (2cS/G) Brian William's replacement on NBC, Lester Holt, did a special on Crystal Skulls. I don't hate Lester. But I was still hoping someone would dig up some of his quotes or interviews about the project and have NBC be forced to dump two guys in a row. I'm sure he had to have said something stupid sometime. Posted by: Stateless Infidel at November 20, 2015 11:16 PM (AC0lD) 225
I was in the cafeteria one day and the cashier lady said to me, in a thick Polish accent, "You look just like a Polish girl!" I am the spitting image of my mom and have blonde hair and blue eyes and so I told her my mom was 100% Polish.
So, smokin' hot then Posted by: Christopher Taylor at November 20, 2015 11:17 PM (39g3+) 226
Jessica Jones has been a disappointment. Watched 8 episodes already, only kept going because I was binging to waste a whole afternoon. It has some decent parts, and the lesbian stuff cools off a bit, but overall not near the standard set by Daredevil.
Posted by: Lincolntf at November 20, 2015 11:18 PM (2cS/G) 227
we saw one guy with a chicken but didn't really want to know what it was for, just a really special time.
Posted by: Moki I was blinking in code, "Save... me" Posted by: The Chicken at November 20, 2015 11:18 PM (ysFo+) 228
Crap, better peel off. Hasta, ONT.
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at November 20, 2015 11:18 PM (0xLZu) 229
TKAW - I know you're right.
That's why I come here - to get talked out of my own bad ideas and talked into those of others. Posted by: Vigo Von Homburg Deutschendorf **** You like commie guns? AK pistol. Think about it. An easy 100 yard pistol. Ammo is cheap, magazines are cheap, and both are plentiful. If you get sick of it and sell it, I'm betting resale would be better too. In multiple states ok to carry loaded in the vehicle. Posted by: Tilikum Killer Assault Whale at November 20, 2015 11:19 PM (hVdx9) 230
Was speaking with a screenwriter friend at FB about the Transatlantic accent used in early talkie films.
I always thought its use had a lot to do with the fact that back then, England was still the world's #1 superpower by far, and of course therefore the society Americans most wanted to emulate. Posted by: qdpsteve at November 20, 2015 11:20 PM (ntObR) 231
Posted by: DonnaV (a white) (whitely brandishing ampersand privilege ) at November 20, 2015 11:13 PM (P8951)
People of all means have done things we can't imagine to escape communism through the years. Whatever money gets spent, favors get called in. I'll bet she had a hell of a story. North Korea has about 1000 people a year escape to the South, usually through China bribing guards to take them across the border. Posted by: Stateless Infidel at November 20, 2015 11:20 PM (AC0lD) 232
Is Star Wars following the trend and making it about girl power as much as anything else?
Posted by: Max Rockatansky at November 20, 2015 11:20 PM (3r2w8) 233
So, smokin' hot then
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at November 20, 2015 11:17 PM (39g3+) ****** *Points to napkin 2, fold 3 of the AOSHQ Styleguide* "All Ettes are hot 28 year old rock bodies." We reject objective reality and substitute our own here. Posted by: ManWithNoParty at November 20, 2015 11:21 PM (DsazE) 234
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Is Star Wars following the trend and making it about girl power as much as anything else? Posted by: Max Rockatansky at November 20, 2015 11:20 PM (3r2w Oh I'm sure it will be something like - Han Solo trips over his own dick, Evil Sith Lord is a strategic idiot, and Miss Shiny Pants Super-Jedi Expert saves the day Posted by: chemjeff at November 20, 2015 11:22 PM (uZNvH) 235
"The Brits, on the other hand, can do it flawlessly, and get the sub
regional differences just right. I saw some British actress on the Tonight show who did them all. Now, this is Tennessee....this is Alabama, etc, etc." I have a vague recollection that the (at the time unknown) Mel Blanc came to a voice casting call in Burbank, CA, where the director was asking applicants to do southern accents. Mel asked which southern accent specifically it was that they wanted, and proceeded to reel off twenty different laser-accurate sub-Southern dialects, correctly identifying each one, and wowing everyone on the set who was from the South. The rest is cartoon history. Posted by: torquewrench at November 20, 2015 11:24 PM (noWW6) 236
weft-cut, where's the 2-ingredient dough recipe?
(Though I've a hunch, the two ingredients are flour and veggie oil.) Posted by: qdpsteve In the nic in the comment above. basically, 1 cup of greek yogurt + 1 1/2 cup of All-p self rising flour, which if you don't have means you make the 4-ingredient pizza dough. 1 1/2 cup APF 1 1/2 tsp baking soda 3/4 tsp salt add the 1 cup of flour,salt, bsoda to the yogurt and add in the remaining 1/2 cup of flour while mixing until it's not sticky. Roll out. Bake for 5 - 7min at 425. Add toppings. Bake for another 10 - 15 min. Posted by: weft cut-loop at November 20, 2015 11:25 PM (ysFo+) 237
Hey cooth.
Hiya MWNP. See that the imbecile is making an appearance (albeit briefly). Good to see the banhammer in effect. Posted by: SMFH at November 20, 2015 11:25 PM (zyIlW) 238
Most people in Africa and other nations who learn English want to learn London English because its the best and most educated sounding.
I just can't like or want to like the actress playing Jessica Jones. I gave up about 75% through the first episode. Maybe it got better, but I just don't care. Maybe if it was about a character I knew and gave a damn about I'd have tried harder. Posted by: Christopher Taylor at November 20, 2015 11:25 PM (39g3+) 239
Typing one handed--sort of a bother.
Posted by: tcn in AK at November 20, 2015 10:39 PM (+YMhA)P ------------ Tell me about it. Posted by: Anthony Weiner at November 20, 2015 11:25 PM (/f6Nd) 240
Mel asked which southern accent specifically it was that they wanted, and proceeded to reel off twenty different laser-accurate sub-Southern dialects, correctly identifying each one, and wowing everyone on the set who was from the South.
Mel Blanc was gifted by the finger of God with his voice. He was a talent that never has been duplicated, although Jim Carrey is pretty amazing. The stuff he did on In Living Color is truly astounding. Posted by: Christopher Taylor at November 20, 2015 11:26 PM (39g3+) 241
We really should talk more. I'm not an AK guy, but we might be able work some calibers/ammo out.
Posted by: Ricardo Kill **** Thanks. I'm Trying to pare down on calibers these days. The darned guns are getting a bit expensive to feed. You can drop me a line at sybarite2@hotmail.com. Posted by: Tilikum Killer Assault Whale at November 20, 2015 11:26 PM (hVdx9) 242
Thanks weft-cut!! :-)
Posted by: qdpsteve at November 20, 2015 11:28 PM (ntObR) 243
Weft cut, does that make a thin crackery crust or a thick chewy crust?
I use bread dough for my crust but it tends towards thick Posted by: Kindltot at November 20, 2015 11:28 PM (q2o38) 244
Hiya MWNP.
See that the imbecile is making an appearance (albeit briefly). Good to see the banhammer in effect. Posted by: SMFH at November 20, 2015 11:25 PM (zyIlW) ****** Hey there! *Hoping this greeting will not freak out some vapid snowflake #firstworldproblems poster as per the other night* Posted by: ManWithNoParty at November 20, 2015 11:28 PM (DsazE) 245
Nah Moki. I don't think defense attache is in the cards. I've got about 3.5 years left to figure out what I'm going to do when I grow up.
Posted by: CDR M at November 20, 2015 11:29 PM (SCx0h) Posted by: Barack Obama at November 20, 2015 11:29 PM (mxCgt) 247
221 cthulhu at November 20, 2015 11:02 PM
So you think you might e d up in NC? Posted by: Farmer at November 20, 2015 11:16 PM (o/90i) It's on my short list, as well as TN, GA, and TX (of course!). Further afield are FL, AR, and AZ. Arkansas, for instance, is drop-dead gorgeous over most of the country, and is not removed from civilization by insane distances, but has tornado stats so bad you wonder how Oklahoma became associated with "tornado alley". The reason the fiancee had their weather report up is that she's got a branch office there that is supposed to be providing customer support when it's 6AM-9AM out here -- so if there's any sort of weather that threatens it, she needs to know about it earlier than 3AM (here) that day. Posted by: cthulhu at November 20, 2015 11:30 PM (EzgxV) 248
223:I was pleasantly surprised that I enjoyed Mad Max as I had low expectations.
Heh! Pretty much the same for me. I didn't have to pay to watch it either. It was ok. I didn't hate it anyway. Posted by: Puddleglum at November 20, 2015 11:30 PM (NGd+i) 249
*Poof*
Posted by: ManWithNoParty at November 20, 2015 11:31 PM (DsazE) 250
In the book "Albion's Seed" the historian David Fischer-Price goes into the Yankee vs. Southerner accent issue.
Accents in England were incredibly varied during colonial times - Englishmen from West England rarely traveled to East or Northern England - London was really the only place where you got a mix of accents. There was no one standardized "Masterpiece Theatre" accent in the 1600's and 1700's. People from East England - the Cambridge area - settled in New England and sounded - in the 1600's - much like New England Yankees still sound. Virginia was settled by aristos from Cornwall and Devonshire who drawled their words. The Mid-Atlantic states attracted Quakers from the English Midlands and what Fischer-Hackett calls "Borderers" - those from the borders of England and Scotland, settled the backwoods of the South. The distinctive accents of Americans come from the distinctive accents of the first British settlers - and those settlers did not like or understand the people in the other sections. Hackett-Fischer said the Yankee-Southerner divide existed back in England and can be seen as a family feud that carried over to the New World. Posted by: Donna&&&&V (a white) (whitely brandishing ampersand privilege ) at November 20, 2015 11:31 PM (P8951) 251
245-aww. Don't grow up-it's not fun. And we have two years to figure it out. Kinda scary.
Sleep well all, and be safe. Posted by: Moki at November 20, 2015 11:32 PM (7q2ch) 252
Holiday Road Trips.... More important thing to have? Your "road music" mixtape: Lindsey Buckingham - Holiday Road (1983) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ceeiNPv6hrU Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at November 20, 2015 11:32 PM (kdS6q) 253
Weft cut, does that make a thin crackery crust or a thick chewy crust?
I use bread dough for my crust but it tends towards thick Posted by: Kindltot Def not cracker crust. It's a slightly bread-like crust, depending on how your roll it out and cook it, but not a lofty, bread-like Pizza Hut pizza. I didn't roll it, just flattened it by hand quickly because I was just testing. If I do it again I'll roll it out thinner. Posted by: weft cut-loop at November 20, 2015 11:33 PM (ysFo+) 254
It's on my short list, as well as TN, GA, and TX (of course!). Further afield are FL, AR, and AZ. Arkansas, for instance, is drop-dead gorgeous over most of the country, and is not removed from civilization by insane distances, but has tornado stats so bad you wonder how Oklahoma became associated with "tornado alley".
The reason the fiancee had their weather report up is that she's got a branch office there that is supposed to be providing customer support when it's 6AM-9AM out here -- so if there's any sort of weather that threatens it, she needs to know about it earlier than 3AM (here) that day. Posted by: cthulhu **** AZ- No tornados, no hurricanes, no major earthquakes. Once in a blue moon, a flood. VERY 2nd Amend friendly. Plus, lots of beautiful places to visit here. Posted by: Tilikum Killer Assault Whale at November 20, 2015 11:34 PM (hVdx9) 255
So which pajama boy came up with the gf breakup app?
Posted by: SMFH at November 20, 2015 11:34 PM (zyIlW) 256
237 Hey cooth.
Hiya MWNP. See that the imbecile is making an appearance (albeit briefly). Good to see the banhammer in effect. Posted by: SMFH at November 20, 2015 11:25 PM (zyIlW) Howdy, howdy! Posted by: cthulhu at November 20, 2015 11:35 PM (EzgxV) 257
So which pajama boy came up with the gf breakup app?
Posted by: SMFH **** Boy? Pffft. Try lesbian snowflake. Pajama boy dates other "boys". Posted by: Tilikum Killer Assault Whale at November 20, 2015 11:36 PM (hVdx9) 258
Tidewater is where all the terrible accents come from.
Posted by: eleven at November 20, 2015 10:13 PM (rjtGa) I'm originally from NAH-fuck, VA, so what the hell are you talking about? Posted by: RickZ at November 20, 2015 11:36 PM (Lc+NQ) 259
Posted by: Donna&&&&V (a white) (whitely brandishing ampersand privilege ) at November 20, 2015 11:31 PM (P8951)
--Also, as Thomas Sowell has pointed out, the terms we use for "backward" folks --hayseeds, rednecks, hicks, crackers, etc.-- all originated from England (and usually referred to folks from Northumberland) and were imported to the States. Posted by: logprof at November 20, 2015 11:36 PM (vsbNu) 260
The toughest part of cooking pizza is getting the crust done right. Regular ovens just do not get hot enough. I want to get a pizza stone and cook one in my Weber grill, I hear that works really well.
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at November 20, 2015 11:38 PM (39g3+) 261
258 Tidewater is where all the terrible accents come from.
Posted by: eleven at November 20, 2015 10:13 PM (rjtGa) I'm originally from NAH-fuck, VA, so what the hell are you talking about? Posted by: RickZ at November 20, 2015 11:36 PM (Lc+NQ) --I'm from Norfolk as well, but nothing beats the Tangier Island accent. Posted by: logprof at November 20, 2015 11:39 PM (vsbNu) 262
I've heard "cracker" actually came from Florida whip cracking cattle ranchers, originally. But its one of those words no one is really sure the origin of.
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at November 20, 2015 11:39 PM (39g3+) 263
Well cthulhu if you wind up driving through MO then stop by and I will buy you lunch at Fapplebee's
Posted by: chemjeff at November 20, 2015 11:39 PM (uZNvH) 264
I've heard "cracker" actually came from Florida whip cracking cattle ranchers, originally. But its one of those words no one is really sure the origin of.
Posted by: Christopher Taylor **** A pity. I always considered myself a Ritz Cracker. Posted by: Tilikum Killer Assault Whale at November 20, 2015 11:40 PM (hVdx9) 265
I actually hope these prescription drug ads on TV friggin' go away. I'm so sick of hearing about every single side-effect known to man-kind being mentioned in one minute.
These ads are the most annoying of any. And the crap about the side effects makes absolutely no sense, at all. These are all prescription drugs, which means that you can't buy them without having a wizard doctor prescribe them for you. It is the wizard doctor's responsibility to tell you of the side effects and ask you if you are allergic to whatever and ask whatever other kinds of medicine you are taking. It specifically is NOT the patient's responsibility. That's the whole point of having prescriptions and controlled drugs and wizard doctors. Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at November 20, 2015 11:40 PM (zc3Db) 266
Woooo, Air Force is putting a whuppin' on Boise State!
Posted by: Puddleglum at November 20, 2015 11:40 PM (NGd+i) 267
good night Moki
Posted by: chemjeff at November 20, 2015 11:41 PM (uZNvH) 268
nobody types on the ONT twohanded
Who said anything about "hands"? Posted by: andycanuck at November 20, 2015 11:42 PM (xodPA) 269
I think of the "mid-Atlantic" accent as William Buckley's and George Plimpton's - the old WASPy, Harvard old money accent.
Does anybody actually talk like that anymore? Posted by: Donna&&&&V (a white) (whitely brandishing ampersand privilege ) at November 20, 2015 11:42 PM (P8951) 270
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at November 20, 2015 11:38 PM (39g3+)
Put the stone on the floor of your oven, where the heating elements/burners are. That should get it to 600 degrees Cor so. Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at November 20, 2015 11:42 PM (Zu3d9) 271
Hello Ont!
Goodnight ont! Posted by: Lea at November 20, 2015 11:43 PM (vmMMi) 272
A pity. I always considered myself a Ritz Cracker.
Posted by: Tilikum Killer Assault Whale Good cracker. https://youtu.be/nDyvP2MxQEo Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at November 20, 2015 11:43 PM (FkBIv) 273
I've heard "cracker" actually came from Florida whip cracking cattle
ranchers, originally. But its one of those words no one is really sure the origin of. >>> I think where I heard that was on the show Where the states got their names. Along with a discussion of how early on Florida was bigger in cattle than Texas. Posted by: Willy J. at November 20, 2015 11:44 PM (wHX4r) 274
Accents? I give you Pittsburghese!!
http://www.pittsburghese.com/ I forget that I used to utter some of these while growing up in Pennsyltucky (Western PA). Posted by: Puddleglum at November 20, 2015 11:45 PM (NGd+i) 275
Good cracker.
https://youtu.be/nDyvP2MxQEo Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr **** In today's reboot he'd be the top to Barney's bottom. What a stupid time we live in. Posted by: Tilikum Killer Assault Whale at November 20, 2015 11:46 PM (hVdx9) 276
"AZ- No tornados, no hurricanes, no major earthquakes. Once in a blue moon, a flood."
I suggested Arizona to a woman who was discussing her options for relocating out of Commiefornia, and she went to full pearl-clutching fainting-couch mode, saying that she could not _possibly_ cope with AZ's horrific dust storms. I said that while I was aware of those, I did not think they were all that bad, and she swore that they would be purely murderous to anyone with even modest respiratory problems. Not buying it. Posted by: torquewrench at November 20, 2015 11:46 PM (noWW6) 277
She was working as a cashier so I doubt she had been a Party member.
Try quoting "the woods are lovely, dark and deep" to her, Donna, and see how she reacts. Posted by: andycanuck at November 20, 2015 11:46 PM (xodPA) 278
Pretty sure I heard that on Where States got their Names too. Great show. That guy has another show but I can't remember what it was called but its very cool, about America and teaching locals great stuff about their home area.
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at November 20, 2015 11:46 PM (39g3+) 279
Yay, raykon is back!
Posted by: logprof at November 20, 2015 11:47 PM (vsbNu) Posted by: Willy J. at November 20, 2015 11:47 PM (wHX4r) Posted by: RWC - Team BOHICA at November 20, 2015 11:47 PM (9jeGC) 282
The alcohol demands I pass out so I bid you all adieu.
Have a good night and don't wind up on Cops. If you must tho, make it EPIC. Posted by: Tilikum Killer Assault Whale at November 20, 2015 11:48 PM (hVdx9) 283
The toughest part of cooking pizza is getting the crust done right. Regular ovens just do not get hot enough. I want to get a pizza stone and cook one in my Weber grill, I hear that works really well.
Posted by: Christopher Taylor True if you're starting with raw dough. And a bear when using nat gas or propane ovens as they put out water vapor with combustion. Wood stoves kick ass because of the heat and "it's a dry heat." Plus a leetle charring if you like. The work around is just to pre-cook the crust, then add the toppings. The 2-ingredient recipe browns nicely on the bottom and top-side crust. 'Though it had spots of 'gelling' mostly because I flattened it by hand, not with a roller. Posted by: weft cut-loop at November 20, 2015 11:48 PM (ysFo+) 284
raykon is even way more off its meds than usual.
Posted by: logprof at November 20, 2015 11:49 PM (vsbNu) 285
Anyone heard or seen OG CELTIC AMERICAN since the odd question about how much weight a ceiling fan would take? I'm a little worried since he/she has posted on recent weeks that things were not so good.
Posted by: Sharkman at November 20, 2015 11:49 PM (KCruE) 286
"I suggested Arizona to a woman who was discussing her options for relocating out of Commiefornia, and she went to full pearl-clutching fainting-couch mode, saying that she could not _possibly_ cope with AZ's horrific dust storms.
I said that while I was aware of those, I did not think they were all that bad, and she swore that they would be purely murderous to anyone with even modest respiratory problems. Not buying it. Posted by: torquewrench **** Quick post before I go. My father had COPD for about a decade and he survived the dust storms just fine. Posted by: Tilikum Killer Assault Whale at November 20, 2015 11:50 PM (hVdx9) 287
What a stupid time we live in.
Posted by: Tilikum Killer Assault Whale And getting stupider by the minute. A Stupidnado! Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at November 20, 2015 11:50 PM (FkBIv) 288
So you think you might e d up in NC?
Posted by: Farmer at November 20, 2015 11:16 That should be... might end up in NC. I blame that on my puter...I'm sussposedly completely sober. Be well all, the bed beckons soon. Posted by: Farmer at November 20, 2015 11:50 PM (o/90i) 289
274 Accents? I give you Pittsburghese!!
http://www.pittsburghese.com/ I forget that I used to utter some of these while growing up in Pennsyltucky (Western PA). Posted by: Puddleglum at November 20, 2015 11:45 PM I love getting asked 'why does everything sound like a question?' 'Cause Pittsburghese. (South Hills. Bethel Park) Posted by: RWC - Team BOHICA at November 20, 2015 11:51 PM (9jeGC) Posted by: RWC - Team BOHICA at November 20, 2015 11:54 PM (9jeGC) Posted by: chemjeff at November 20, 2015 11:54 PM (uZNvH) 292
289: New Castle. I found out New Castle has the 3 highest crime per capita in the state. Its a bit under 22000 population wise. Yea, My Hometown!! Its like a live action The Wire.
Posted by: Puddleglum at November 20, 2015 11:55 PM (NGd+i) 293
I bake my pizza on a cast iron skillet. You can pre-heat it if you want, or just let it heat up from cooking. It seems to cook the crust fine.
I do have one of those pizza pans with the holes in it to let the heat through, but my dough is probably softer and gooeyer than the store-bought stuff, so it tends to act like rivets in all those little holes and it is hard to slide the pizza off. Posted by: Kindltot at November 20, 2015 11:55 PM (q2o38) 294
It's fine for me. Desktop p.c.; Win 8.1; and Pale Moon.
Posted by: andycanuck at November 20, 2015 11:55 PM (xodPA) 295
I love getting asked 'why does everything sound like a question?'
Eddie Murphy talked about that in Raw, with Italians who just saw Rocky https://youtu.be/YMqMKxJJYvY Posted by: Christopher Taylor at November 20, 2015 11:55 PM (39g3+) 296
" Then I start hearing that Luke, or a Luke clone, has turned and is the villain.
I hope Abrams has this shit figured out. Posted by: Ricardo Kill" Swear to god, if they make Luke the bad guy my head will explode with rage. Posted by: AshevilleRobert at November 20, 2015 11:56 PM (Wo9OY) 297
Good and cheap blankets. Wait for a sale on fleece at the fabric store. The stuff is very light weight and surprisingly warm. We keep a few in the car and on our chairs for chilly nights. At my height it's hard to find blankets long enough. With the fleece just cut the length needed. It doesn't fray either.
Posted by: JTB at November 20, 2015 11:56 PM (FvdPb) 298
249 *Poof*
Posted by: ManWithNoParty at November 20, 2015 11:31 PM (DsazE) Darnit. I always waste time interacting with people I actually like and not searching through the latest not-quite-yet-banned comments for trolls. Makes me feel like I'm missing something important. Posted by: cthulhu at November 20, 2015 11:57 PM (EzgxV) Posted by: chemjeff at November 20, 2015 11:58 PM (uZNvH) 300
New one needs hitting.
Posted by: andycanuck at November 20, 2015 11:58 PM (xodPA) Posted by: logprof at November 20, 2015 11:59 PM (vsbNu) 302
Good and cheap blankets.>>>
Clearance comforters during the summer. They come in a nice plastic zippered case too. Posted by: Willy J. at November 20, 2015 11:59 PM (wHX4r) 303
Posted by: logprof at November 20, 2015 11:36 PM (vsbNu)
Yep. And Hackett-Fischer pointed out other differences that crossed the Atlantic. For instance, the people of Cornwall and Devon liked fried foods. The story arose that slaves introduced fried chicken to southerners - but it's probably the white indentured servants who brought it across the pond. The New Englanders from East England liked boiling their foods. But they also loved making pies - something they excelled at in New England, which has a good climate for growing apples. Posted by: Donna&&&&V (a white) (whitely brandishing ampersand privilege ) at November 20, 2015 11:59 PM (P8951) 304
Darnit. I always waste time interacting with people I actually like and not searching through the latest not-quite-yet-banned comments for trolls. Makes me feel like I'm missing something important.
Posted by: cthulhu at November 20, 2015 11:57 PM (EzgxV) **** Well, you are a much better person for doing so. You may wanna consider keeping up in RT before making another post like that. Posted by: ManWithNoParty at November 21, 2015 12:00 AM (DsazE) 305
254 It's on my short list, as well as TN, GA, and TX (of course!). Further afield are FL, AR, and AZ. Arkansas, for instance, is drop-dead gorgeous over most of the country, and is not removed from civilization by insane distances, but has tornado stats so bad you wonder how Oklahoma became associated with "tornado alley".
The reason the fiancee had their weather report up is that she's got a branch office there that is supposed to be providing customer support when it's 6AM-9AM out here -- so if there's any sort of weather that threatens it, she needs to know about it earlier than 3AM (here) that day. Posted by: cthulhu **** AZ- No tornados, no hurricanes, no major earthquakes. Once in a blue moon, a flood. VERY 2nd Amend friendly. Plus, lots of beautiful places to visit here. Posted by: Tilikum Killer Assault Whale at November 20, 2015 11:34 PM (hVdx9) It is on the 2nd tier list -- but a significant portion of it is hotter than blazes (and I've been there and done that -- where I went to High School, it hit 127 one summer) and the places where it is more temperate are way the hell and gone outta Dodge. I could, perhaps, cherry-pick some places -- but it's not the target-rich environment some other states are. Posted by: cthulhu at November 21, 2015 12:01 AM (EzgxV) 306
Swear to god, if they make Luke the bad guy my head will explode with rage. Would this be worse than ... Darth Jar-Jar? ... Meesa think rage flowing you through let should you betcha betcha ... Posted by: Arbalest at November 21, 2015 12:01 AM (FlRtG) 307
Re the drug side effects bit:
I got tired of him, he's made it clear he hates Repubs, but while I was watching The Late Late Show with James Corden (Craig Ferguson's replacement), he was occasionally doing a funny bit called "Side Effects May Include." He would list the side effects of things like... Men Wearing Flip Flops, or Becoming Obsessed With Yoga. Gotta admit there was some funny stuff there. Will probably continue to tune into Corden's show, but (a) avoid the sponsors and (b) the first 10 minutes to stay away from his monologue. Posted by: qdpsteve at November 21, 2015 12:02 AM (ntObR) 308
--I'm from Norfolk as well, but nothing beats the Tangier Island accent.
Posted by: logprof at November 20, 2015 11:39 PM (vsbNu) True story: I was on vacation with the ex, a girl from Brooklyn, in the Outer Banks. We were on Ocracoke Island, visiting the lighthouse there. An older gentleman running the guest shop was talking to us, and the ex turned to me and said, 'I don't understand a thing he's saying!' I understood every word and merely laughed. She was multilingual, Spanish, French, Italian and a smattering of Arabic. I told her I was multilingual, too: I speak English, Southern and Appalachian Hillbilly. Posted by: RickZ at November 21, 2015 12:02 AM (Lc+NQ) 309
And just posted at Insty's... how the Mid-Atlantic accent is disappearing (or disappeared)...
http://pjmedia.com/instapundit/219371/ Posted by: andycanuck at November 21, 2015 12:03 AM (xodPA) 310
Side Effects May Include bit done by James Corden:
"Men Wearing Flip Flops" 1. Spreading foot odor 2. Calf sunburn 3. Not bonin' Posted by: qdpsteve at November 21, 2015 12:04 AM (ntObR) Posted by: SMFH at November 21, 2015 12:05 AM (zyIlW) 312
Sorry, but that first doggie pic on this ONT, what the EVER LOVING FUCK happened to that adult dogs' face? Was this just cruelty or WHAT? You better goddam answer me.
Posted by: Corona at November 21, 2015 12:05 AM (tWUja) 313
The Mid-Atlantic accent was taught, it never was a natural accent. It became big with the Northeastern upper class, and carried over as sophisticated sounding thing into radio and film. It decline sharply after WWII.
Acquiring that accent was a way to show you were upper crust and sophisticated and not some rube. All the posh boarding and finishing schools taught it back in the day. Posted by: publius (not Breitbart publius) at November 21, 2015 12:06 AM (dvuhZ) 314
Also speaking of accents.
Anyone here ever seen "Local Hero" from 1983? Remember it being an acclaimed flick to see during my senior year in high school. Also had a fantastic soundtrack by Mark Knopfler. Posted by: qdpsteve at November 21, 2015 12:06 AM (ntObR) 315
I get too damn wordy on the ONT. I get into whatever I'm writing about and I forget it's the ONT.
Good night all! Posted by: Donna&&&&V (a white) (whitely brandishing ampersand privilege ) at November 21, 2015 12:06 AM (P8951) 316
Goodnight Donna.
Posted by: qdpsteve at November 21, 2015 12:07 AM (ntObR) 317
These are all prescription drugs, which means that you can't buy them without having a wizard doctor prescribe them for you. It is the wizard doctor's responsibility to tell you of the side effects and ask you if you are allergic to whatever and ask whatever other kinds of medicine you are taking. It specifically is NOT the patient's responsibility. That's the whole point of having prescriptions and controlled drugs and wizard doctors.
Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at November 20, 2015 11:40 PM (zc3Db) I can't tell you how many times it was the pharmacist who told me about possible drug interactions with a new prescription, with the pharmacist having to call the doctor to confirm the possible deleterious side effects/conflict with my current meds of said prescription. My moral of the story: Get to know your pharmacist. Posted by: RickZ at November 21, 2015 12:08 AM (Lc+NQ) 318
306 Darnit. I always waste time interacting with people I actually like and not searching through the latest not-quite-yet-banned comments for trolls. Makes me feel like I'm missing something important.
Posted by: cthulhu at November 20, 2015 11:57 PM (EzgxV) **** Well, you are a much better person for doing so. You may wanna consider keeping up in RT before making another post like that. Posted by: ManWithNoParty at November 21, 2015 12:00 AM (DsazE) I've occasionally tried to keep a RT tab as well as one continuously trying to catch up. Most of the time, it causes more problems than it solves. Posted by: cthulhu at November 21, 2015 12:08 AM (EzgxV) 319
"For instance, the people of Cornwall and Devon liked
fried foods. The story arose that slaves introduced fried chicken to southerners - but it's probably the white indentured servants who brought it across the pond. Posted by: DonnaV" My family moved from Cornwall in the early 1850's and I just love fried chicken. I have a hilarious story about that if you're interested in hearing it. Posted by: AshevilleRobert at November 21, 2015 12:09 AM (Wo9OY) 320
......although it's looking like the Banhammer is waiting for me to catch a glimpse of 36Kvm.....does it sing, does it dance?
Posted by: cthulhu at November 21, 2015 12:11 AM (EzgxV) 321
"My moral of the story: Get to know your pharmacist."
Mine knows me by sight. But I have a fairly rare and unusual last name so it's easy. Posted by: AshevilleRobert at November 21, 2015 12:11 AM (Wo9OY) 322
I can't tell you how many times it was the pharmacist who told me about possible drug interactions with a new prescription, with the pharmacist having to call the doctor to confirm the possible deleterious side effects/conflict with my current meds of said prescription. My moral of the story: Get to know your pharmacist.
Posted by: RickZ at November 21, 2015 12:08 AM (Lc+NQ) If a wizard doctor can't responsibly prescribe drugs then he shouldn't be prescribing them, at all. One of the main tasks of an MD is to have the magic power to prescribe certain drugs. Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at November 21, 2015 12:11 AM (zc3Db) 323
325 "For instance, the people of Cornwall and Devon liked
fried foods. The story arose that slaves introduced fried chicken to southerners - but it's probably the white indentured servants who brought it across the pond. Posted by: DonnaV" My family moved from Cornwall in the early 1850's and I just love fried chicken. I have a hilarious story about that if you're interested in hearing it. Posted by: AshevilleRobert at November 21, 2015 12:09 AM (Wo9OY) Sure, go for it! Posted by: cthulhu at November 21, 2015 12:11 AM (EzgxV) 324
I've occasionally tried to keep a RT tab as well as one continuously trying to catch up. Most of the time, it causes more problems than it solves.
Posted by: cthulhu at November 21, 2015 12:08 AM (EzgxV) **** Then I would suggest that you not search out posts of mine that are over an hour old to comment on. You seemed to be making current comments while reaching back for that one. Why could that be? Posted by: ManWithNoParty at November 21, 2015 12:12 AM (DsazE) 325
Its complicated.
Posted by: camel toe1.234556 at November 21, 2015 12:08 AM (36Kvm) Nah. It's not complicated at all. You're a dumbass bonehead. Simple! Posted by: AshevilleRobert at November 21, 2015 12:09 AM (Wo9OY) Yes, I'd like to hear your story. (Since I'm exhausted and yet somehow I know it will be hours until I fall asleep.) We got our first snowfall tonight. It's pretty or would be if I knew I wouldn't be looking at it nonstop for the next 6 months. Posted by: Donna&&&&V (a white) (whitely brandishing ampersand privilege ) at November 21, 2015 12:15 AM (P8951) 326
Pharmacists are as fallible as Doctors. I had one fixated on controlling one of the drugs I was prescribed. Easy fix to switch pharmacy. But for them to think my 20 plus year experience with the drug meant nothing pissed me off.
Posted by: Willy J. at November 21, 2015 12:17 AM (wHX4r) 327
Cute overload:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eStXV_TYFFw Posted by: SMFH at November 21, 2015 12:05 AM (zyIlW) The stuff venison is made of. Posted by: cm9000 at November 21, 2015 12:19 AM (2TUVm) 328
Everybody likes fried chicken. Everybody likes watermelon and orange soda too. I have never gotten the whole "ha ha black guy with fried chicken" thing. What? It tastes good, why wouldn't he like it? How the hell is that racist? That's like saying "those mexicans, they sure like orgasms! Ha ha!!"
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at November 21, 2015 12:19 AM (39g3+) 329
One of the main tasks of an MD is to have the magic power to prescribe certain drugs.
Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at November 21, 2015 12:11 AM (zc3Db) That's cute. Do you believe in unicorns, too? We are responsible for our own health, contrary to ObamaCare. I trust my pharmacist on such matters. He runs a small pharmacy and he doesn't want to lose customers needlessly. Posted by: RickZ at November 21, 2015 12:19 AM (Lc+NQ) Posted by: SMFH at November 21, 2015 12:20 AM (zyIlW) 331
'Night horde. Getting cold our. Perfect sleeping weather.
Posted by: RWC - Team BOHICA at November 21, 2015 12:26 AM (9jeGC) 332
That's cute. Do you believe in unicorns, too?
There was nothing cute or unicornish about it. MD are the only ones in our society who have the power to prescribe certain drugs for our use. It is their responsibility to know what they are prescribing, the side effects (which they are bound to tell us) and how they interact with other drugs we are taking. We are responsible for our own health, contrary to ObamaCare. I trust my pharmacist on such matters. He runs a small pharmacy and he doesn't want to lose customers needlessly. Posted by: RickZ at November 21, 2015 12:19 AM (Lc+NQ) You cannot just take some drug because you think it will help you. You have to go to the medical oracle with the prescription power. That is just a fact. As to pharmacists .. they weigh and sell drugs. That doesn't mean that they know all that much about them. They aren't authorized to prescribe drugs to anyone. You trust your pharmacist? Good. But that doesn't let your wizard doctor off the hook in doing his job correctly. If you think that there should be no such thing as prescriptions or controlled drugs and that everyone should be able to buy anything they want to handle their own health, then that is a whole other issue. But, in the world we have (BarkyCare or not) it is the doctor who is responsible for knowing what he's doing in prescribing drugs to you and not your responsibility to know everything about those drugs. If you want to know, then that's good, but you pay your doctor lots of money so that you don't have to know. People are supposed to be able to competently do the jobs they are paid to do. That's the whole point of paying someone to do something. Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at November 21, 2015 12:27 AM (zc3Db) 333
Out
Posted by: RWC - Team BOHICA at November 21, 2015 12:27 AM (9jeGC) 334
Sorry I'm late.
Posted by: TB3K at November 21, 2015 12:29 AM (SCx0h) Posted by: Blanco Basura at November 21, 2015 12:29 AM (YJmuy) 336
331 I've occasionally tried to keep a RT tab as well as one continuously trying to catch up. Most of the time, it causes more problems than it solves.
Posted by: cthulhu at November 21, 2015 12:08 AM (EzgxV) **** Then I would suggest that you not search out posts of mine that are over an hour old to comment on. You seemed to be making current comments while reaching back for that one. Why could that be? Posted by: ManWithNoParty at November 21, 2015 12:12 AM (DsazE) My posts may be boring. They may be over-long. They may be untimely. They may be unamusing or stupid or crass. But they are self-documenting. Your post @331 12:12 referenced my post @299 12:08 which referenced your post @249 11:31. I see no gaps of more than an hour. As is usual, the gap between the original post and my response generally shrinks -- unless real life or a post that I research (like this one) intervenes. Without going further into quibbles about timestamps, however, what did you find objectionable in @299? I'm just stream-of-consciousness sharing the way I go through the comments -- I'd love to hear about other ways and rational critiques of my methods, 'cause it would be lovely to improve. Posted by: cthulhu at November 21, 2015 12:29 AM (EzgxV) 337
HOOOORDE!!
Happy Frid-...what the fuck is that stench? Damnit people, the communal jerk sock is there for a reason. Posted by: DC in River City at November 21, 2015 12:30 AM (e+1S5) 338
As to pharmacists .. they weigh and sell drugs. That doesn't mean that they know all that much about them. They aren't authorized to prescribe drugs to anyone.
Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at November 21, 2015 12:27 AM (zc3Db) Actually, that's false. They know the interactions of dugs better than most doctors today. Doctors like to prescribe the latest and greatest drug, without much concern for drug interactions with one's current meds. Sad but true. Posted by: RickZ at November 21, 2015 12:31 AM (Lc+NQ) 339
Without going further into quibbles about timestamps, however, what did you find objectionable in @299? I'm just stream-of-consciousness sharing the way I go through the comments -- I'd love to hear about other ways and rational critiques of my methods, 'cause it would be lovely to improve.
Posted by: cthulhu at November 21, 2015 12:29 AM (EzgxV) ****** Sure. You chose to post about an old comment of mine while posting on curent issues. Why? Posted by: ManWithNoParty at November 21, 2015 12:32 AM (DsazE) 340
The law varies from state to state, but pharmacists can be liable for deadly drug interactions. I think the rule is a pharmacist has a "duty to inform" and at least must tell the doctor and *document it*. Then it's on the doctor. Funny thing is, legally, depending on all these various factors, the pharmacist might not be required to tell the patient! Just tell the doctor, hey, there is a potentially serious interaction possible here, do you mean to prescribe this? If the doc say yes, then it's on him.
You can blame the law (and all the controlled substance crap as well) for your pharmacist getting uppity with you. Posted by: publius (not Breitbart publius) at November 21, 2015 12:32 AM (dvuhZ) Posted by: Guy holding 2 cups of coffee at November 21, 2015 12:32 AM (JO9+V) 342
I get too damn wordy on the ONT. I get into whatever I'm writing about and I forget it's the ONT.
Good night all! Posted by: Donna&&&&V (a white) (whitely brandishing ampersand privilege ) We love ya Donna&&&. Be well. T Posted by: Farmer at November 21, 2015 12:33 AM (o/90i) 343
Here's a video just for you, cm9000:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iGJgyuAu6eo Enjoy! Posted by: SMFH at November 21, 2015 12:20 AM (zyIlW) Ouch. Didn't mean to piss you off. Sorry. Posted by: cm9000 at November 21, 2015 12:33 AM (2TUVm) 344
They did a study once, back in the '90s I think. They had test prescriptions written for two drugs, that if taken together, would be deadly, killing you dead right there. They went to various random pharmacies to see if they would catch it.
A small, but alarmingly high pecentage, something like 10% or better, filled them without batting an eye. That shook things up, and caused some initiatives to have better systems to catch stuff like that. Posted by: publius (not Breitbart publius) at November 21, 2015 12:35 AM (dvuhZ) 345
So, anyways I mentioned to a co-worker that with a little makeup change she could look like Salma Hayek.
So, how was I to know she didn't like the unibrow-Frida look? Posted by: Kindltot at November 21, 2015 12:35 AM (q2o38) 346
Well, this is....unpleasant. Out.
Posted by: DC in River City at November 21, 2015 12:36 AM (e+1S5) 347
Where does one find these pharmacists that speak english well enough for you to trust them?
Posted by: Jean at November 21, 2015 12:36 AM (fBkaR) 348
"Yes, I'd like to hear your story. (Since I'm exhausted and yet somehow I know it will be hours until I fall asleep.)
Posted by: DonnaV" It may be one of those "Funny if you were there" stories, but here goes. Several yrs ago I had to travel to San Diego to do some work for my company. This involved a lot of outside labor and I had to get a few temp guys to help me out for the 3 days I was there. (NOT Illegals btw) So, they did a great job and busted ass working, so I took them out to lunch on my company. Everyone piled in the rental car and I drove down to the nearest cluster of food joints. As we're driving along, I spotted a KFC and I innocently said "Hey, do you guys like fried chicken?". There was s brief silence and then one of them said "Well, what do you think?". Then it struck me. All of them were, let's say, of a darker complexion than I. I looked at them and they were all grinning at me and we all started laughing. So I said "Let's just get pizza then". And there was much rejoicing. Posted by: AshevilleRobert at November 21, 2015 12:39 AM (Wo9OY) 349
339 Without going further into quibbles about timestamps, however, what did you find objectionable in @299? I'm just stream-of-consciousness sharing the way I go through the comments -- I'd love to hear about other ways and rational critiques of my methods, 'cause it would be lovely to improve.
Posted by: cthulhu at November 21, 2015 12:29 AM (EzgxV) ****** Sure. You chose to post about an old comment of mine while posting on curent issues. Why? Posted by: ManWithNoParty at November 21, 2015 12:32 AM (DsazE) Can you identify the old comment? because I am honestly puzzled. I thought @336 laid out every comment involved in that chain (obviously, before the renumbering wrecking ball.....and the next one that seems to be coming). Before researching too thoroughly, I may have reacted to one of your later comments in a way that showed I was cognizant of one of your earlier comments.....but that would only demonstrate that I had been paying attention to you and remembering your words when you posted new ones. To the best of my knowledge, I was reacting to the posts quoted in my responses. Posted by: cthulhu at November 21, 2015 12:40 AM (EzgxV) 350
"Hackett-Fischer said the Yankee-Southerner divide existed back in
England and can be seen as a family feud that carried over to the New World." =============== My pet theory is that the slavery issue was a really great excuse for American Roundheads and Royalists to get at each other's throats again for English Civil War Part 2. Posted by: Taro Tsujimoto at November 21, 2015 12:41 AM (/pB9Z) 351
Where does one find these pharmacists that speak english well enough for you to trust them?
Posted by: Jean at November 21, 2015 12:36 AM (fBkaR) Walgreens. Posted by: cm9000 at November 21, 2015 12:42 AM (2TUVm) Posted by: SMFH at November 21, 2015 12:42 AM (zyIlW) 353
'Night horde. Getting cold our. Perfect sleeping weather.
Posted by: RWC - Team BOHICA at November 21, 2015 12:26 Well getting colder here than usual. Lots of snow coming down... Fading out here... Bed looks good... Posted by: Farmer at November 21, 2015 12:42 AM (o/90i) 354
338 As to pharmacists .. they weigh and sell drugs. That doesn't mean that they know all that much about them. They aren't authorized to prescribe drugs to anyone.
Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at November 21, 2015 12:27 AM (zc3Db) Actually, that's false. They know the interactions of dugs better than most doctors today. Doctors like to prescribe the latest and greatest drug, without much concern for drug interactions with one's current meds. Sad but true. Posted by: RickZ at November 21, 2015 12:31 AM (Lc+NQ) My niece is studying pharmacy. I couldn't be prouder -- and, yes, they absolutely know more about drug interactions. That's the division of labor -- physicians know drugs v. symptoms; pharmacists know drugs v. drugs. Posted by: cthulhu at November 21, 2015 12:42 AM (EzgxV) 355
huh, sort of feels like a holiday dinner with the family in here.
Posted by: yankeefifth at November 21, 2015 12:43 AM (vb33c) 356
Where does one find these pharmacists that speak english well enough for you to trust them?
Posted by: Jean at November 21, 2015 12:36 AM (fBkaR) [I/] Stay away from the chains as med costs are pretty much determined by one's insurance plan. Mine is a small independent pharmacy. I moved to him after dealing with multiple crappy pharmacists at Rite Aid. The chain pharmacists are employees, mine runs his own business. Posted by: RickZ at November 21, 2015 12:43 AM (Lc+NQ) 357
Posted by: cthulhu at November 21, 2015 12:40 AM (EzgxV)
***** Obfuscation. It's what's for breakfast. Please think twice before trying this with me again. Have a lovely night and a pleasant tomorrow. Posted by: ManWithNoParty at November 21, 2015 12:43 AM (DsazE) 358
Hmmm, just a quick skim, sparks flying tonight for some reason? Well as (thus far) my need for interaction with docs, pharmacists, lawyers, and therapists has been (thanks be to - insert you preferred deity/entity/concept here) minimal, I have nothing to add on that front. I do recall, however, that when I returned to the country a few years back, having frolicked in a foreign land for a few years, I was stunned to learn I needed to wait in line at the pharmacy section and show ID and sign a book to buy ..... cold pills. That whole thing happened in my absence, I guess. Yeah, yeah, meth synthesizers and teenage abusers, blah blah blah. I recall a toned-down polite public rant - not directed at the pharmacist but the situation - and the pharmacist could only agree and the people behind me in line laughed, rolled their eyes, and said "yep, isn't that idiotic?". Posted by: rhomboid at November 21, 2015 12:44 AM (QDnY+) 359
so anyone in here know anything about the portable jump starters, recommend a brand?
Posted by: yankeefifth at November 21, 2015 12:45 AM (vb33c) Posted by: Arbalest at November 21, 2015 12:45 AM (FlRtG) Posted by: RickZ at November 21, 2015 12:47 AM (Lc+NQ) 362
so anyone in here know anything about the portable jump starters, recommend a brand?
Posted by: yankeefifth at November 21, 2015 12:45 AM (vb33c) ****** I have one, do not know the brand name. Got it at Ace Hardware. LiPo battery, $90 or so. Posted by: ManWithNoParty at November 21, 2015 12:47 AM (DsazE) 363
Just wanted an excuse to play the video
Posted by: SMFH at November 21, 2015 12:42 AM (zyIlW) Ya could have just said that from the start babe. Posted by: cm9000 at November 21, 2015 12:48 AM (2TUVm) 364
MWNP, didn't you recently get a portable jump starter/power source thinggy - I seem to recall it, and y5 is asking for a reco.
Posted by: rhomboid at November 21, 2015 12:48 AM (QDnY+) 365
I have one, do not know the brand name. Got it at Ace Hardware. LiPo battery, $90 or so.
Posted by: ManWithNoParty at November 21, 2015 12:47 AM (DsazE) so you're happy with the general concept, think it would work in a pinch. Posted by: yankeefifth at November 21, 2015 12:48 AM (vb33c) 366
"Hmmm, just a quick skim, sparks flying tonight for some reason?
Posted by: rhomboid" It's Friday Night ONT. It does something, apparently. Posted by: AshevilleRobert at November 21, 2015 12:48 AM (Wo9OY) Posted by: your crazy uncle, Blanco Basura at November 21, 2015 12:48 AM (YJmuy) 368
357 Posted by: cthulhu at November 21, 2015 12:40 AM (EzgxV)
***** Obfuscation. It's what's for breakfast. Please think twice before trying this with me again. Have a lovely night and a pleasant tomorrow. Posted by: ManWithNoParty at November 21, 2015 12:43 AM (DsazE) I've gotten in your grill before, but always known why. Tonight, I'm honestly puzzled at your reaction. Then, again, causality may be obscured with disappearing posts. Have a pleasant night and a lovely tomorrow. Posted by: cthulhu at November 21, 2015 12:50 AM (EzgxV) 369
huh, sort of feels like a holiday dinner with the family in here. Did someone's finger get pulled? Posted by: Arbalest at November 21, 2015 12:50 AM (FlRtG) 370
Could be the shorter days and longer nights making people cranky. I know *I* hate it.
Posted by: AshevilleRobert at November 21, 2015 12:50 AM (Wo9OY) 371
We don't have any Morons from below the Equator do we?
Posted by: AshevilleRobert at November 21, 2015 12:51 AM (Wo9OY) 372
I have one, do not know the brand name. Got it at Ace Hardware. LiPo battery, $90 or so.
Posted by: ManWithNoParty at November 21, 2015 12:47 AM (DsazE) so you're happy with the general concept, think it would work in a pinch. Posted by: yankeefifth at November 21, 2015 12:48 AM (vb33c) ****** I bought it because I saw a guy jump 4 Crown Vics from flat with it, and it would have done more. This thing rocks. Posted by: ManWithNoParty at November 21, 2015 12:52 AM (DsazE) 373
We don't have any Morons from below the Equator do we?
Used to have aussie in the mornings, but she's not been by in a long while that I know of. Posted by: Blanco Basura at November 21, 2015 12:53 AM (YJmuy) 374
Jeez, it's 1 AM. I'm out.
Posted by: AshevilleRobert at November 21, 2015 12:54 AM (Wo9OY) Posted by: Sir Elton at November 21, 2015 12:54 AM (JO9+V) 376
"Used to have aussie in the mornings...
Posted by: Blanco Basura" Wouldn't touch a straight line like that w/ a 10 ft pole. Posted by: AshevilleRobert at November 21, 2015 12:55 AM (Wo9OY) 377
So had my perfect medical consult today. A guy who plays at Friday hockey scrimmages is an orthopedist, and today against usual practice he wore a dark jersey, and against usual practice I played forward instead of defense, so on the bench I was able to get some answers/confirmations about two nagging but minor forearm/elbow problems. But after a very fast/hard scrimmage (quality varies greatly by who shows up), and then the usual weight workout tonight, I am "appreciating" most muscle groups and parts of the body. I've stopped taking ibuprofen, switched to taking beer or wine, without a prescription or medical guidance, for relief. And I'm more mangled by another happy pain - from lots of shooting on Thursday - than by today's exertions. Shoulder (Mosin and Garand) and right hand (troublesome Garand en bloc clips, and a 1911 with a burred grip screw and which always beats up my strong hand anyway). Posted by: rhomboid at November 21, 2015 12:55 AM (QDnY+) Posted by: Kindltot at November 21, 2015 12:56 AM (q2o38) 379
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... and, writing about tomorrow, The Meeting is tomorrow. Posted by: Arbalest at November 21, 2015 12:45 AM (FlRtG) Yeah, and I'm triple-booked with a tempting quad waiting in the wings. First-world problems, big time. I wish I could be in all the places, but I know one place I won't be this month. Try and soldier on without me -- and grab swag in my name while I'm absent. Posted by: cthulhu at November 21, 2015 12:57 AM (EzgxV) 380
#MathJustice and the Fiscal Fantasy of Social Justice Warriors
A core axiom of the Left is that society is always designed and that things are a certain way because the state deemed it so. Society, being but the ultimate tabula rasa, is manipulated, in this view, like so many knobs and dials. If college students have debt or have to pay tuition, than this must obviously be due to the man (AKA, the "Kyriachy") oppressing the students. More: http://politicalhat.com/?p=10414 Posted by: The Political Hat at November 21, 2015 12:57 AM (vBeA5) 381
Just wait until they train a dog to be a pharmacist!
Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at November 21, 2015 12:58 AM (FkBIv) 382
363 so anyone in here know anything about the portable jump starters, recommend a brand?
Posted by: yankeefifth at November 21, 2015 12:45 AM (vb33c) ****** I have one, do not know the brand name. Got it at Ace Hardware. LiPo battery, $90 or so. Posted by: ManWithNoParty at November 21, 2015 12:47 AM (DsazE) I've got a Craftsman, from back when Sears was a real company. Posted by: cthulhu at November 21, 2015 12:58 AM (EzgxV) 383
Wouldn't touch a straight line like that w/ a 10 ft pole.
And if any of us had 10 ft poles we'd be in movies. Or at least freak shows. Posted by: Blanco Basura at November 21, 2015 12:58 AM (YJmuy) 384
... grab swag in my name while I'm absent. Last time it was wrenches, but they were all SAE, so I passed. But I'll see what's available tomorrow. Posted by: Arbalest at November 21, 2015 12:58 AM (FlRtG) 385
Have a pleasant night and a lovely tomorrow.
Posted by: cthulhu at November 21, 2015 12:50 AM (EzgxV) ******* Will do. Keep current next time. Posted by: ManWithNoParty at November 21, 2015 12:59 AM (DsazE) 386
363 so anyone in here know anything about the portable jump starters, recommend a brand?
Posted by: yankeefifth at November 21, 2015 12:45 AM (vb33c) We have one that has definitely gotten good use. I looked, but didn't see a brand name on it. $90 sounds about right. Posted by: OldDominionMom at November 21, 2015 12:59 AM (GzDYP) 387
Gingy and I were lucky enough to spend the day running around Las Vegas with The Political Hat, who is a true gentleman. We went to see the atomic testing museum which was really cool, and we wouldn't even have known it was here if he hadn't enlightened us. The attached Area 51 museum was just silly.
Posted by: Weirddave at November 21, 2015 12:59 AM (TlLUD) Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at November 21, 2015 01:00 AM (9mTYi) 389
373 I have one, do not know the brand name. Got it at Ace Hardware. LiPo battery, $90 or so.
Posted by: ManWithNoParty at November 21, 2015 12:47 AM (DsazE) so you're happy with the general concept, think it would work in a pinch. Posted by: yankeefifth at November 21, 2015 12:48 AM (vb33c) ****** I bought it because I saw a guy jump 4 Crown Vics from flat with it, and it would have done more. This thing rocks. Posted by: ManWithNoParty at November 21, 2015 12:52 AM (DsazE) Both household cars are Hondas. Didn't do much research 'cause I might get lucky with a 9V Duracell in a pinch. Four Crown Vics is impressive. Posted by: cthulhu at November 21, 2015 01:00 AM (EzgxV) 390
"so anyone in here know anything about the portable jump starters, recommend a brand?"
The big classic lead-battery style, or the newer modern paperback-book lithium-battery style? I personally want something that isn't yet made, which would be a heavy classic jump pack that would push as much amperage per unit mass as one of the high-tech modern lightweight mini units. And do that a few hundred times in a row. Posted by: torquewrench at November 21, 2015 01:01 AM (noWW6) 391
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*sniffs* Smells like sulphur in here. Did something happen? Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at November 21, 2015 01:00 AM (9mTYi) Several somethings. And some "he who smelled it, dealt it"s. Posted by: cthulhu at November 21, 2015 01:04 AM (EzgxV) 392
Sup everyone.
Posted by: thathalfrican at November 21, 2015 01:04 AM (R5HRU) 393
Thanks MWNP, ODM, C for the info.
Posted by: yankeefifth at November 21, 2015 01:04 AM (vb33c) 394
WD, that's great. Went to the atomic testing museum the last (and really, first) time I was in Vegas, in Feb. BTW, I love the name of the museum's newsletter: The Blast (lol). My buddy and I, who both worked in the field as broadly defined (policy side, not having fun touching off nukes) were impressed and depressed by the text and content in the museum. Impressed by its thoroughness and interesting presentation and the lack of idiotic revisionist crap - depressed because that last item is something that is noticeable and to be celebrated, now ..... Hoping to do the test site tour some day. Gotta book ahead though, limited capacity and (amazingly) enough weirdos out there like me who want to do it. I did have an uncle who worked on the Manhattan Project (not building barracks or slinging hash in Washington or Tennessee - as a metallurgist/physicist at Los Alamos). But I have my own interest. Also gotta do the Trinity site in NM, open to the public a few times a year I think. Posted by: rhomboid at November 21, 2015 01:05 AM (QDnY+) 395
I think the "breakup app" will do better than you think it will, CDR M.
See, here's the thing. Have you ever tried breaking up with a girl, only to have her argue that "no baby we can make it work and oh i love you so much and i know you still love me deep down and we just have to try" and all that? Now, imagine you had paid a third party to break up with her on your behalf instead. Her response then is more likely to be "oh my god i can't believe it he's such an asshole and a loser to have to pay someone else to break up with me for him and now i want nothing more to do with him and i can't believe i ever let him inside me and..." In other words, the breakup is more likely to take when it comes from a third-party source. Of course, this only applies to a man using the app to break up with a woman. If a woman tries to use something like that to break up with a man, she's more like to get the opposite response. "No baby don't end it like this we just have to talk and i refuse to accept someone else telling me you don't want to see me anymore and i want to hear it from your own mouth and don't do this to me; no, i mean don't do this to US and...". Posted by: Prothonotary Warbler... Trump/Camacho 2016! at November 21, 2015 01:06 AM (0OG8D) 396
Ventura highway report.. Santa Ana wind is building..temp is up 5 degrees in the last 2 hours 73 degrees now and humidity is 20 and falling... New .223 bolt gun shoots .36".. With 26.5 grains of Varget and a 55 grain Vmax. compressed load..That is all from the left coast.
Cheers Moron Nation Posted by: The Jackhole somewhere on Ventura Highway at November 21, 2015 01:06 AM (dULJN) 397
the breakup app works cause dudes are pussy these days.
Posted by: thathalfrican at November 21, 2015 01:07 AM (R5HRU) 398
Also gotta do the Trinity site in NM, open to the public a few times a year I think.
Twice a year. First Saturday in April and October. Posted by: Blanco Basura at November 21, 2015 01:08 AM (YJmuy) 399
Gingy and I were lucky enough to spend the day running around Las Vegas with The Political Hat, who is a true gentleman. We went to see the atomic testing museum which was really cool, and we wouldn't even have known it was here if he hadn't enlightened us. The attached Area 51 museum was just silly.
Posted by: Weirddave at November 21, 2015 12:59 AM (TlLUD) Turns out that at least some of you aren't voices in my head after all... Posted by: The Political Hat at November 21, 2015 01:08 AM (vBeA5) 400
Jackhole, think we still have time for some decent wildfires? I don't know the moisture content of the brush, but assume it's actually not bad for an extended drought thanks to the highly unusual little events - think it's called "rain" in other places - we've had this summer/fall.
Posted by: rhomboid at November 21, 2015 01:09 AM (QDnY+) 401
The Political Hat is real?!
Posted by: thathalfrican at November 21, 2015 01:10 AM (R5HRU) 402
#399: Yeah, I guess that explanation works, too.
Posted by: Prothonotary Warbler... Trump/Camacho 2016! at November 21, 2015 01:10 AM (0OG8D) 403
Naw, cthulhu and mwnp had a snit fit. Buisness as usual. (Sigh).
Posted by: Entertainment --------------- Last I looked in there was a troll. Seems to have been vaporized. Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at November 21, 2015 01:11 AM (9mTYi) 404
I notice on the portable chargers/batterys that the ones that only have battery power are much better and more powerful than the ones that include the compressor, light and USB chargers.
Posted by: The Jackhole somewhere on Ventura Highway at November 21, 2015 01:11 AM (dULJN) 405
Posted by: Prothonotary Warbler... Trump/Camacho 2016! at November 21, 2015 01:10 AM (0OG8D)
A better question is - I work @ 8:30am tomorrow. I've had 3 drinks, do I have another before bed? Posted by: thathalfrican at November 21, 2015 01:12 AM (R5HRU) 406
Oh I watched the first show of Jessica Jones, and its... boring. And slow. And they're trying really hard to make it gritty noir but the girl doesn't do very good voiceover and the writers really need to bone up on their hard boiled fiction.
It's ok, IMHO. But I'm a weirdo who likes slow buildup in a show. I think that the writers are taking advantage of being on Netflix to avoid the crisis of the week format you'd see with a network show. They know that people are going to watch 2-4 episodes, if not binge watch the whole thing, so they don't have to fit everything into a single episode. Plus: I think its targeted at lesbians. Seriously, its got women all over being cool and guys being stupid and worthless, and a lesbian boss (Carrie Ann Moss who never was hot to me even in Matrix). Luke Cage is too small, too. The lesbian lawyer is pretty scummy, which I don't think you'd expect if the show was trying to attract lesbian viewers. As for Luke Cage, any live-action adaptation of a comic book is going to have actors that look "small", because the characters in comics are often ridiculously big. Posted by: Colorado Alex at November 21, 2015 01:12 AM (fC9RO) 407
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*sniffs* Smells like sulphur in here. Did something happen? Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at November 21, 2015 01:00 AM (9mTYi) Naw, cthulhu and mwnp had a snit fit. Buisness as usual. (Sigh). Posted by: Entertainment Tonight at November 21, 2015 01:07 AM (p3qCp) If anyone can point out what I did to build this, I'd appreciate it. I'm mostly too numb from the Advil to do much of anything. Posted by: cthulhu at November 21, 2015 01:12 AM (EzgxV) 408
Posted by: The Political Hat at November 21, 2015 12:57 AM (vBeA5)
I think it's becoming more and more obvious that the Left isn't just stupid, isn't just misguided, but is actually bugfuck insane and should be institutionalized. Posted by: Cato the Rebel Without a Party at November 21, 2015 01:13 AM (HalrA) 409
Turns out that at least some of you aren't voices in my head after all...
Posted by: The Political Hat at November 21, 2015 01:08 AM (vBeA5) But some of us are. Posted by: cm9000 at November 21, 2015 01:13 AM (2TUVm) 410
The Political Hat is real?!
Posted by: thathalfrican at November 21, 2015 01:10 AM (R5HRU) You'd be surprised how many peolple didn't think I existed. Posted by: The Political Hat at November 21, 2015 01:13 AM (vBeA5) 411
The Political Hat is real?! Yes. Stove-pipe hat, alternating red & white horizontal bands, etc. ... you've seen it many times. Posted by: Arbalest at November 21, 2015 01:13 AM (FlRtG) 412
Thanks, Blanco. Duly noted. Problem is I have so much military geek museum-ing, eating, and outdoor tourist-ing to dobetween the coast and TX (end point would be Pacific War museum in Fredericksburg). Pima and the Titan II silo, then Sandia in Albuquerque, then Trinity site, and on to TX, with all that food and scenery too. And then on the way back some gun nut recreation in Prescott. Posted by: rhomboid at November 21, 2015 01:14 AM (QDnY+) 413
#408: No. As long as you keep drinking, you will stay up just to have one more, and then just one more after that, and...
Cut yourself off and go to bed. That's the wise course. I speak from experience, here. Posted by: Prothonotary Warbler... Trump/Camacho 2016! at November 21, 2015 01:14 AM (0OG8D) 414
rhomboid, a bad A Santa Ana like this will dry everything in 24 hours, we are primed for big fires, hope it doesn't happen. Usually El Nino rains don't come till Jan-Feb. Still a ways to go. 10 day calls for a wet pattern so hopefully we get some rain soon !
Posted by: The Jackhole somewhere on Ventura Highway at November 21, 2015 01:15 AM (dULJN) 415
402 Gingy and I were lucky enough to spend the day running around Las Vegas with The Political Hat, who is a true gentleman. We went to see the atomic testing museum which was really cool, and we wouldn't even have known it was here if he hadn't enlightened us. The attached Area 51 museum was just silly.
Posted by: Weirddave at November 21, 2015 12:59 AM (TlLUD) Turns out that at least some of you aren't voices in my head after all... Posted by: The Political Hat at November 21, 2015 01:08 AM (vBeA5) Wait -- you're a true gentleman? We always thought the logo was a front for a collaborative of deviant S+M Wiccans -- thus explaining the "Many Voices Theory of Hat." Posted by: cthulhu at November 21, 2015 01:16 AM (EzgxV) 416
whoa
that democrat commercial 2 posts down is sad. How the fuck does one not understand what islam is in 2015? ?? Posted by: Jake at November 21, 2015 01:16 AM (QelBn) 417
depressed because that last item is something that is noticeable and to be celebrated, now .....
I reached out. Got a good, strong grip. Felt the rage surge through me again. Yea, I can think of some good uses for Atomic bombs. Posted by: Weirddave at November 21, 2015 01:17 AM (TlLUD) 418
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The Political Hat is real?! Yes. Stove-pipe hat, alternating red & white horizontal bands, etc. ... you've seen it many times. Posted by: Arbalest at November 21, 2015 01:13 AM (FlRtG) Isn't that "The Cat In The Hat"???? In which case, which Morons are "Thing 1" and "Thing 2"? Posted by: cthulhu at November 21, 2015 01:18 AM (EzgxV) 419
I linked this in one of the evening threads:
https://tinyurl.com/ox4xr5t Sum Ting Wong? Ho Lee Fuk? No, better than that. And it's apparently real. Posted by: rickl at November 21, 2015 01:19 AM (sdi6R) 420
I think it's becoming more and more obvious that the Left isn't just stupid, isn't just misguided, but is actually bugfuck insane and should be institutionalized.
Posted by: Cato the Rebel Without a Party Unfortunately, they run the institutions. Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at November 21, 2015 01:19 AM (FkBIv) 421
Wait -- you're a true gentleman? We always thought the logo was a front for a collaborative of deviant S+M Wiccans -- thus explaining the "Many Voices Theory of Hat."
Posted by: cthulhu at November 21, 2015 01:16 AM (EzgxV) The S+M Wiccans logo involves a monocle... Posted by: The Political Hat at November 21, 2015 01:20 AM (vBeA5) 422
So "The Hat" exists. The blog ? Still a mystery. Un mysteriouso de iglesias.
Posted by: The Jackhole somewhere on Ventura Highway at November 21, 2015 01:20 AM (dULJN) 423
when I drink I never slur, I just talk cursive
Posted by: Jake at November 21, 2015 01:22 AM (QelBn) 424
424 Wait -- you're a true gentleman? We always thought the logo was a front for a collaborative of deviant S+M Wiccans -- thus explaining the "Many Voices Theory of Hat."
Posted by: cthulhu at November 21, 2015 01:16 AM (EzgxV) The S+M Wiccans logo involves a monocle... Posted by: The Political Hat at November 21, 2015 01:20 AM (vBeA5) Exactly how does it involve this monocle? Posted by: cthulhu at November 21, 2015 01:23 AM (EzgxV) 425
I haven't watched Jessica Jones yet, but I have been enjoying Daredevil and it kind of makes me want to check out the other Marvel shows.
And, oh, I can, now that I have Netflix! It feels a little weird to have it, though; I'm so used to living a fairly low-tech lifestyle. Posted by: Prothonotary Warbler... Trump/Camacho 2016! at November 21, 2015 01:23 AM (0OG8D) 426
Funny thing happened at the museum. There was a clip of the effects of bomb blasts on different stuff - trees, buildings, vehicles. The visitor could control the speed with which the Film moved with a dial. GIngy was slowly scrolling through them when I snuck up behind her and started playing "We'll meet again" on my phone.
Posted by: Weirddave at November 21, 2015 01:24 AM (TlLUD) 427
#427: You don't want to know.
Posted by: Prothonotary Warbler... Trump/Camacho 2016! at November 21, 2015 01:25 AM (0OG8D) Posted by: Colonel Klink at November 21, 2015 01:26 AM (FkBIv) 429
WD and others, speaking of nuclear museums, a friend of mine was once on a guvamint-sponsored speaking tour of Japan, and toured the Hiroshima "peace" museum with his foreign ministry handler. When the guy asked him what he thought as they exited, he said "I guess you'll never attack *us* again". In its own way a Churchillian line. Being Japanese, and a foreign ministry guide, the guy could do nothing but smile politely and say nothing. My own reaction after touring the place with the now-wife was less memorable. "Not as bad as I expected". It actually wasn't 1/1,000th as bad as it would be if some idiotic self-hating American ignoramus had done it. Was very surprised by the extensive and well-done section on the physics and design of the bomb. Posted by: rhomboid at November 21, 2015 01:26 AM (QDnY+) 430
429 Funny thing happened at the museum. There was a clip of the effects of bomb blasts on different stuff - trees, buildings, vehicles. The visitor could control the speed with which the Film moved with a dial. GIngy was slowly scrolling through them when I snuck up behind her and started playing "We'll meet again" on my phone.
Posted by: Weirddave at November 21, 2015 01:24 AM (TlLUD) When you did that, which way did she twist the dial? Posted by: cthulhu at November 21, 2015 01:27 AM (EzgxV) 431
Posted by: Prothonotary Warbler... Trump/Camacho 2016! at November 21, 2015 01:23 AM (0OG8D)
DD is/was great. Check out Marco Polo on Netflix too. Very fun show IMO. Haven't seen JJ yet. Posted by: thathalfrican at November 21, 2015 01:27 AM (R5HRU) 432
Marco Polo is tittyriffic.
Posted by: Colorado Alex at November 21, 2015 01:28 AM (fC9RO) 433
431 Exactly how does it involve this monocle?
Posted by: cthulhu HOGAN!! Posted by: Colonel Klink at November 21, 2015 01:26 AM (FkBIv) Let me guess, your monocle started smelling like tuna.....it must be conditions in the mess hall, sir. Posted by: cthulhu at November 21, 2015 01:28 AM (EzgxV) 434
Exactly how does it involve this monocle?
Posted by: cthulhu at November 21, 2015 01:23 AM (EzgxV) The monocle is made out of those magic power crystals. Posted by: The Diffractable Hat at November 21, 2015 01:31 AM (vBeA5) 435
Anita Ashok Datar, I'm really sorry that she got killed by murderous thugs in Mali, but what kind of job is that and what are the histories of those strange companies tied into her thing. It just a little woo-woo. Tin foil! Where is my tin foil?!!
Posted by: goon at November 21, 2015 01:31 AM (gy5kE) 436
@416 Prothonotary Warbler
"Cut yourself off and go to bed. That's the wise course. I speak from experience, here." Incorrect. I think one of the Horde rules is that you pass out inplace, spill the remains of your drink on to the chair/couch and wake up stiff. It's a family pleaser... especially on the holidays. Posted by: Buckeye Abroad at November 21, 2015 01:33 AM (idGfc) 437
Was very surprised by the extensive and well-done section on the physics and design of the bomb.
Posted by: rhomboid at November 21, 2015 01:26 AM (QDnY+) What in particular surprised you? Posted by: cm9000 at November 21, 2015 01:34 AM (2TUVm) 438
Last comment about museums, friend of mine loves the Palm Springs air museum, he brought a flyer from it recently and it looks very good. They had a lecture last weekend I was half-tempted to drive up for - "military history of the Salton Sea". Only thing I know in that connection is that primary practice target for the 509th group out of Utah (nuclear missions in Japan) was just north of the Salton Sea. Have long wondering whether there's a monument of any sort on the site (if it's not still closed guvamint land, of which there is much out that way, some of it still used as bombing ranges). Posted by: rhomboid at November 21, 2015 01:34 AM (QDnY+) 439
Klaatu barada nikto. Nanu nanu.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at November 21, 2015 01:34 AM (FkBIv) 440
438 Poor, poor pitiful me
If anyone can point out what I did to build this, I'd appreciate it. I'm mostly too numb from the Advil to do much of anything. Posted by: cthulhu at November 21, 2015 01:12 AM (EzgxV) Posted by: Tom Dooley at November 21, 2015 01:31 AM (H9UQ5) I just want to know his soft spots so I can jab him more efficiently later [or not]. But I truly have no idea what his problem is tonight. Posted by: cthulhu at November 21, 2015 01:35 AM (EzgxV) 441
#435: Now, that's the sort of endorsement I can't resist! I'll have to check it out now.
Posted by: Prothonotary Warbler... Trump/Camacho 2016! at November 21, 2015 01:35 AM (0OG8D) 442
Could be the shorter days and longer nights making people cranky. I know *I* hate it.
Posted by: AshevilleRobert The shadows do have their draw. But they are full of half-seen things. Late, walking the dog yesterday. Trying to avoid watching him sniff every other whatever he sniffs. How low is it that we find meaning in our pets hobbies. But, the streetlights, just humming now, cast some shadows that ... over there, that one seemed to shift. Dog, done. He sniffs on. Chores are the small cross. Happy wife, happy life. Never mind that my master on the leash is the progeny of a wolf hound from somewhere in darkest prehistory who, in a former life, would sooner rip out my throat. That shadow there - that streetlight - just walked across the street... Posted by: weft cut-story at November 21, 2015 01:38 AM (ysFo+) 443
so i went against advice and made another stronger drink.
I know I'm gonna regret this in the morning Posted by: thathalfrican at November 21, 2015 01:38 AM (R5HRU) 444
It almost feels like Judgment Day has arrived. People being slaughtered like sheep.
I'm glad I am separated from them, nice and safe in my goated community. Posted by: Limousine Goat at November 21, 2015 01:39 AM (xU0ng) 445
Now you're just somebilly that I used to know.
Posted by: Goatye at November 21, 2015 01:40 AM (xU0ng) 446
Cowboys & Aliens is on. A silly stupid movie but entertaining in a way. Could have saved some money, used 3rd tier actors, shot it in Bulgaria, and shown it on SyFy Channel at 2am. It does have slinky hot commie whore Olivia Wilde in it. A mediocre actress but she is damn hot.
Posted by: Puddleglum at November 21, 2015 01:40 AM (NGd+i) 447
#447: Well, I guess you can think of it as a learning experience. I've certainly been where you are now, so I'm not talking down to you or anything, here.
Posted by: Prothonotary Warbler... Trump/Camacho 2016! at November 21, 2015 01:42 AM (0OG8D) 448
cm9000, memory is a bit foggy on details, it was mostly that there was such extensive space and effort devoted to that aspect of the events in 1945. Nothing wrong with it - on the contrary - but it seemed somewhat out of sync with the overall focus of the place. Guess my favorite thing was the large room with an entire side with a glass wall giving a view of the central section of the beautiful modern city of Hiroshima. The other side has large inscribed quotes of some sort dealing in predictable ways with apocalyptic themes, mass destruction, horror of war, blah blah blah. One of the quotes was along the lines of "what does man do in the face of such awesome evil destructive badness?". You read that, do a 180 towards the bright sunshine outside and the beautiful urban landscape of the city that rose from the ashes, and say ...... "um ..... that?". Posted by: rhomboid at November 21, 2015 01:43 AM (QDnY+) Posted by: Robert DiNeargoat at November 21, 2015 01:43 AM (xU0ng) 450
Now you're just somebilly that I used to know.
Posted by: Goatye Yee-ouch, how many hours did you wait to expectorate that one? Posted by: weft cut-story at November 21, 2015 01:43 AM (ysFo+) 451
Guess my favorite thing was the large room with an entire side with a glass wall giving a view of the central section of the beautiful modern city of Hiroshima.
The famous Hiroshima vs. Detroit pics. Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at November 21, 2015 01:45 AM (FkBIv) 452
Out, cheers horde
Posted by: The Jackhole somewhere on Ventura Highway at November 21, 2015 01:45 AM (dULJN) Posted by: OldDominionMom at November 21, 2015 01:46 AM (GzDYP) 454
Posted by: Prothonotary Warbler... Trump/Camacho 2016! at November 21, 2015 01:42 AM (0OG8D)
No, I get it. Trying to pass good sound proven advice to the young buck. I know you're right, but right now? You're wrong until I wake up. Posted by: thathalfrican at November 21, 2015 01:46 AM (R5HRU) 455
#456: Yeah, Hiroshima got nuked and Detroit got unionized. Hiroshima is definitely the better off of the two today.
Posted by: Prothonotary Warbler... Trump/Camacho 2016! at November 21, 2015 01:46 AM (0OG8D) Posted by: The Petroleum Hat at November 21, 2015 01:47 AM (vBeA5) 457
#459: Oh, I understand completely. I still ignore my own advice, sometimes.
Posted by: Prothonotary Warbler... Trump/Camacho 2016! at November 21, 2015 01:48 AM (0OG8D) 458
#461
And since Oregon doesn't allow people to pump their own gas, this amounts to an anti-jobs program. Posted by: Epobirs at November 21, 2015 01:49 AM (IdCqF) 459
And since Oregon doesn't allow people to pump their own gas, this amounts to an anti-jobs program.
Posted by: Epobirs at November 21, 2015 01:49 AM (IdCqF) Always thought that was bats**t crazy. Posted by: The Automotive Hat at November 21, 2015 01:50 AM (vBeA5) 460
And since Oregon doesn't allow people to pump their own gas, ... Always thought that was bats**t crazy. "Portlandia". Posted by: Arbalest at November 21, 2015 01:51 AM (FlRtG) Posted by: SMFH at November 21, 2015 01:52 AM (zyIlW) 462
The shadows do have their draw. But they are full of half-seen things.[/]
Is this from some poem? Posted by: cm9000 at November 21, 2015 01:52 AM (2TUVm) 463
Can't pump their own gas?
Do they have someone wipe their asses too? Posted by: SMFH at November 21, 2015 01:52 AM (zyIlW) "I like to play with my friends" Posted by: Tranny Vajayjay at November 21, 2015 01:52 AM (vBeA5) 464
night all
Posted by: thathalfrican at November 21, 2015 01:53 AM (R5HRU) 465
#466: I'd answer your question, but trust me; you don't want to know.
Posted by: Prothonotary Warbler... Trump/Camacho 2016! at November 21, 2015 01:53 AM (0OG8D) 466
The shadows do have their draw. But they are full of half-seen things.
Is this from some poem? Posted by: cm9000 Babylon 5 ? Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at November 21, 2015 01:54 AM (FkBIv) 467
Good night, Halfrican! May your workday hangover be a mild one.
Posted by: Prothonotary Warbler... Trump/Camacho 2016! at November 21, 2015 01:54 AM (0OG8D) 468
I saw that video from the ONT last night...
Well, maybe 20 seconds of it. There's gonna be a generation even more confused about what a vajayjay looks like. Not to mention sorely disappointed. Posted by: SMFH at November 21, 2015 01:55 AM (zyIlW) 469
niters thathalfrican.
Posted by: SMFH at November 21, 2015 01:55 AM (zyIlW) 470
466 Can't pump their own gas?
Do they have someone wipe their asses too? Posted by: SMFH at November 21, 2015 01:52 AM (zyIlW) #TwoWeeks..... Posted by: cthulhu at November 21, 2015 01:59 AM (EzgxV) 471
Dog growls and tenses. I grip the leash a bit more snuggly than needed.
Laughter behind us. I know this street. There are no families with kids here. All retirees. Come on, dog. Posted by: weft cut-story at November 21, 2015 01:59 AM (ysFo+) 472
Quarter-inch audio tape first began to be used in 1972? Bullshit! Early 1950's, at the latest.
The "Breakup Shop"? They need to set up a "shoulder to cry on shop". Single guys could sign up, and be "available" when hot (or not so hot, but still hittable, babes) get the breakup signal from their jerk boyfriends. Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 21, 2015 02:01 AM (0yhH4) 473
>>>But they are full of half-seen things.[/]
Missed it by that much, cm9000. I feel bluebarreled. Posted by: Barrel at November 21, 2015 02:03 AM (xU0ng) 474
Winter gear stays in the car year round. Never take it out. Jumper cables, ice scraper, gloves, hat, balaclava, madbomber cap.
Posted by: THDeering at November 20, 2015 10:09 PM (/S2Cy) ^^^this^^^ I keep a small 12 volt air compressor, tire plug kit, first aid kit, and basic toolbox in the Suburban all year round. It's far, far easier to plug a punctured tire and air it up than it is to change a wheel. Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 21, 2015 02:05 AM (0yhH4) 475
One of those Resident Evil flicks is on. Not sure I've seen this one. Retribution its called. You know, a threesome with Milla Jovovich and Olivia Wilde would be fun.
Posted by: Puddleglum at November 21, 2015 02:07 AM (NGd+i) 476
My Mazda5 that I bought last year was built in Hiroshima. Apparently the Mazda corporate headquarters has always been in Hiroshima, originating as a machine shop in the 1920s.
From what I've read, the headquarters building was undamaged, being in a different part of the city, and was used as a temporary location for the municipal government in the aftermath. I'd like to see a map showing where the headquarters was in relation to the blast area, but I haven't been able to find that. Posted by: rickl at November 21, 2015 02:08 AM (sdi6R) 477
Dog, we're are just out here for your stupid... Ok, okay, no need to bark. Sorry.
Dog. That's just a reset of the local power grid. Happens every other week. See? Other doggie masters like me are walking their own doggies down there. See, doggie... other masters. There walking in the shadows. Posted by: weft cut-story at November 21, 2015 02:10 AM (ysFo+) 478
Kitty litter is great for icy sidewalks, too. (Use with or without de-icer) Soaks up the water and provides traction.
Posted by: JQ Flyover at November 20, 2015 10:14 PM (044Fx) I have several 5-gallon pails filled with washed and dried drill cuttings from oil/gas wells. Probably 95% granulated shale, since I deliberately discarded sand-rich samples while gathering it. Use it to soak oil spills in the shop, but it also works fine as traction grit on sidewalks, etc. A little rain turns it into mud. Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 21, 2015 02:10 AM (0yhH4) 479
^^^this^^^ I keep a small 12 volt air compressor, tire plug kit, first aid kit, and basic toolbox in the Suburban all year round. It's far, far easier to plug a punctured tire and air it up than it is to change a wheel.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 21, 2015 02:05 AM (0yhH4) more than a little ashamed to say I never thought of it like that - plug and inflate instead of change. yeesh. Posted by: yankeefifth at November 21, 2015 02:14 AM (vb33c) 480
Now you're just somebilly that I used to know. Posted by: Goatye
Yee-ouch, how many hours did you wait to expectorate that one? Posted by: weft cut-story at November 21, 2015 01:43 AM (ysFo+) --- Are you saying this is a no-goat zone? Posted by: Muslim Neighborhood at November 21, 2015 02:15 AM (xU0ng) 481
One of those Resident Evil flicks is on. Not sure I've seen this one. Retribution its called. You know, a threesome with Milla Jovovich and Olivia Wilde would be fun. Posted by: Puddleglum at November 21, 2015 02:07 AM (NGd+i) This brings to mind one of the Great Debates; Milla Jovovich or Charlize Theron. Posted by: cm9000 at November 21, 2015 02:15 AM (2TUVm) 482
I'm mentally trying to play the Ewoks theme and Jabba's theme in my head simultaneously. The former is entirely in a high range, the latter is low. The first four bars actually work together, and it would hilarious if the whole thing was just one song.
Posted by: BourbonChicken at November 21, 2015 02:16 AM (VdICR) 483
Resurrecting accents from above. Back in the '90s I believe, my mother and some of her friends went to hear some linguistics expert give a talk at Furman. He was a good linguist, a cunning linguist you might say, and he could pinpoint where you were born (well, where you learned to talk) within about 20 miles. I'm not joking. That's the detail he knew, and it's fascinating that such granularity is possible.
The funny thing was some people tried to fool him, including some faculty who had had acting experience. They weren't even close. My mother laughed as some woman was trying to fool the guy, and he smiled, and said, you're trying to fake either an X or Y accent, I can't tell which, but your real accent is Z. By "either X or Y" he was telling her she wasn't doing a good job because she was doing didn't really exist, but yet was able to discern, easily, her real accent underneath. You would have to be really, really good to fool an expert like that, and very few are that good. Posted by: publius (not Breitbart publius) at November 21, 2015 02:19 AM (dvuhZ) 484
ever been too tired to go to sleep?
Posted by: yankeefifth at November 21, 2015 02:20 AM (vb33c) 485
how about too sick to die?
Posted by: publius (not Breitbart publius) at November 21, 2015 02:22 AM (dvuhZ) 486
ever been too tired to go to sleep?
Posted by: yankeefifth at November 21, 2015 02:20 AM (vb33c) Sleep or pass out? There is a difference you know. Posted by: cm9000 at November 21, 2015 02:25 AM (2TUVm) Posted by: SMFH at November 21, 2015 02:26 AM (zyIlW) 488
Damn dog - that leash, where'd it go?
No one around. I'll have to report him tomorrow. Dizzy. That's the Strickland's. Was the Strickland's ... need a tissue. Where's Gen. Jim? Posted by: weft cut-story at November 21, 2015 02:31 AM (ysFo+) 489
500?
Posted by: Bruce Boehner at November 21, 2015 02:34 AM (xU0ng) 490
night everyone
Posted by: yankeefifth at November 21, 2015 02:34 AM (vb33c) 491
,500?
Posted by: Bruce Boehner at November 21, 2015 02:34 AM (xU0ng) 492
That's what you get for trying.
Posted by: Tim in Illinois. Old and Unimproved. at November 21, 2015 02:35 AM (WVsWD) 493
Now I have the blues. Should've stuck to goats.
Posted by: Bruce Boehner at November 21, 2015 02:39 AM (xU0ng) 494
Stupid dog. Where did he go?
Mailbox. get down What's that it's eating? Trampoline ... that's not supposed to be in the road. The light, no flashlight. Why is it getting dimmer? Posted by: weft cut-story at November 21, 2015 02:46 AM (ysFo+) 495
But you miss the obvious.
Our President is so confident in his finely tuned bureaucratic apparatus that he can guarantee that no American will ever be harmed by ISIL, who are "contained" (or al Qaeda, who is "on the run"). All those slips in the past (i.e. OPM, DOJ, Solyndra, VA, healthcare.gov, IRS, ATF, or "Four dead in Benghazi") are in the past. He has, at last, finally delivered "Change we can believe in." So, the next time you hear of a disaster, fraud, waste or abuse, ask yourself ... "How does this affect the President's veracity ?" I know you're saying .. "That's too much to ask." I say "Yes We Can." Al Qaeda and ISIL's coming We're finally on our own. This summer I smell the burning, Four dead in Benghazi. 129 dead in Paris. 18 dead in Mali. Posted by: Norman Schwarzkopf at November 21, 2015 02:46 AM (e8kgV) 496
Al Qaeda and ISIL's coming
We're finally on our own. This summer I smell the burning, Four dead in Benghazi. 129 dead in Paris. 18 dead in Mali. How many more? G'night everyone. Posted by: Blanco Basura at November 21, 2015 02:48 AM (YJmuy) 497
>>>They weren't even close. My mother laughed as some woman was trying to fool the guy, and he smiled, and said, you're trying to fake either an X or Y accent, I can't tell which, but your real accent is Z.
--- It's easier to fake X Y than X X. Posted by: Caitlyn Jenner at November 21, 2015 02:50 AM (xU0ng) 498
There is still one pop-up greenhouse yet to deal with, but each one is an annoyance in another way -- because we have limited space, here, we have to tear apart our patio to put up the greenhouses. Then we put 'em up on the patio and move everyone in. If we had enough space for permanent greenhouse areas, all this drama would be unnecessary. It's not like greenhouses themselves are all that expensive -- I've looked into putting one up the size of our current residential lot* and pretending I still lived in California wherever I went, and it's not that expensive. But switching in-and-out is a pain.
* Our lot is 8192 square feet, and our house is 1910 on one floor. a 10,000-12,000 square foot greenhouse is only about $40,000. I could continue to raise orchids, citrus, gingers, and epiphytic cactus "outdoors" even in such frozen wastelands as Norfolk, VA if I just built my home inside such a greenhouse. Posted by: cthulhu at November 21, 2015 02:50 AM (EzgxV) 499
Well, the rack beckons. Night, all.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 21, 2015 03:01 AM (0yhH4) 500
New Jersey doesn't allow you to pump your how gas, I've heard Jersey residents give all kinds of reasons why. The gas is a good 30 cents cheaper now. But it took twice as long to do that with the attendant wandering around to other cars.
Posted by: Skip at November 21, 2015 03:02 AM (KSdzX) 501
Of course, I live in an ordinary house in the flatlands of Silicon Valley, not like those fancy folk who live in the hills by Alum Rock. And I'd probably be moving to a normal area of some other state, instead of some glorious zip code in MA....
Posted by: cthulhu at November 21, 2015 03:04 AM (EzgxV) 502
Question for anyone.
Ever have a program quit responding and when you ctl+alt+delete to task manager it out, that little box shows up with "windows is searching for a solution to the problem" Anyone ever have that actually work? Posted by: Tim in Illinois. Old and Unimproved. at November 21, 2015 03:04 AM (WVsWD) 503
I usually just cancel that search for a solution so it reboots the program faster.
Posted by: buzzion at November 21, 2015 03:07 AM (zt+N6) 504
Buzzion, so do I. But I have been letting it run on my Corel Draw just to see if anything happens. So far no. Waiting to see if the "solution" stops responding too.
Posted by: Tim in Illinois. Old and Unimproved. at November 21, 2015 03:08 AM (WVsWD) 505
Ever have a program quit responding and when you ctl+alt+delete to task manager it out, that little box shows up with "windows is searching for a solution to the problem"
Anyone ever have that actually work? Posted by: Tim in Illinois. Old and Unimproved. at November 21, 2015 03:04 AM (WVsWD) http://preview.tinyurl.com/k6zkb3z Posted by: Lights pilot light... at November 21, 2015 03:09 AM (vBeA5) Posted by: Tim in Illinois. Old and Unimproved. at November 21, 2015 03:10 AM (WVsWD) Posted by: Tim in Illinois. Old and Unimproved. at November 21, 2015 03:11 AM (WVsWD) 508
Unix has tools like truss and pstack would allow you to see exactly what a program is doing when it hangs. Not sure what the equivalent is for windows.Probably easier to do an internet search to see if anyone had the same product specific problem.
Posted by: Bruce Boehner at November 21, 2015 03:14 AM (xU0ng) 509
University by university is having a racism crisis, their run by lefties, the faculty is mostly lefties, the students have been taught leftism for a generation but they all have racist problems. I'm enjoying the show being in the class usually accused of the crap there doing to themselves.
Posted by: Skip at November 21, 2015 03:15 AM (KSdzX) 510
or look in the program's directory to see if there's a log.
Posted by: Bruce Boehner at November 21, 2015 03:15 AM (xU0ng) 511
Probably had too much in memory. Corel Draw 11 is not known for it's stability.
The upgrade costs too much for me to consider. Posted by: Tim in Illinois. Old and Unimproved. at November 21, 2015 03:17 AM (WVsWD) 512
510 or look in the program's directory to see if there's a log.
Posted by: Bruce Boehner at November 21, 2015 03:15 AM (xU0ng) Linux, by default, logs everything. Windows, by default, logs nothing. Posted by: cthulhu at November 21, 2015 03:20 AM (EzgxV) 513
511 Probably had too much in memory. Corel Draw 11 is not known for it's stability.
The upgrade costs too much for me to consider. Posted by: Tim in Illinois. Old and Unimproved. at November 21, 2015 03:17 AM (WVsWD) GIMP, by contrast, costs nothing. Posted by: cthulhu at November 21, 2015 03:21 AM (EzgxV) 514
@509 it is eerily Kafkaesque, like in the stories where the father tells the son, "I condemn you to death!" and the son obediently kills himself. Except here, it's the students who do the condemning and the teachers/administrators just obediently ex themselves out.
prof: the white man oppresses you! student: like you with your grammar corrections, whitey? I demand you resign, you racist pig! prof: I imagined myself to be a liberator, like the hero of Avatar. But you're right. I am a vile oppressor. Goodbye! Posted by: Bruce Boehner at November 21, 2015 03:25 AM (xU0ng) 515
Oddly, I did spend a lot of time in the mid-80's studying networking methods that have since disappeared. I don't know if Novell was my first mistake, but it resulted in a lot of detours. Of course, on the subject of detours that result in nothing, I'm hardly the one to teach the master class.
Posted by: cthulhu at November 21, 2015 03:27 AM (EzgxV) 516
*blip*
Posted by: cthulhu at November 21, 2015 03:28 AM (EzgxV) 517
GIMP, by contrast, costs nothing.
Posted by: cthulhu at November 21, 2015 03:21 AM (EzgxV) It's not necissarily the best, though. Still prefer to use Photoshop. Posted by: The Shopped Hat at November 21, 2015 03:29 AM (vBeA5) 518
Thanks, TB3K! The lead times are pretty close to negligible.
Posted by: cthulhu at November 21, 2015 03:30 AM (EzgxV) 519
517 GIMP, by contrast, costs nothing.
Posted by: cthulhu at November 21, 2015 03:21 AM (EzgxV) It's not necissarily the best, though. Still prefer to use Photoshop. Posted by: The Shopped Hat at November 21, 2015 03:29 AM (vBeA5) Not to worry -- their ever-evolving licensing will eventually have you reconsider. Posted by: cthulhu at November 21, 2015 03:32 AM (EzgxV) 520
Milla Jovovich or Charlize Theron.
Posted by: cm9000 at November 21, 2015 02:15 AM Milla. 1000 Xs Milla. I'm just fine with the little bewbs. They need love too. Met her once in an airport. I googled Milla no makeup before posting this and she looked a damn sight better than that but If she was wearing any makeup I couldn't tell. Gorgeous. Eyes were just as stunning as you'll see in some of her photo shoots and best of all, no 'star' attitude. A tad smitten, I was. Posted by: jow at November 21, 2015 03:41 AM (RlfLj) 521
511 ok, next time you can check memory/cpu utilization on the performance taskmanager tab.
Posted by: Bruce Boehner at November 21, 2015 03:46 AM (xU0ng) 522
Milla vs. Charlize? Milla before I started typing.
Milla vs. Olivia? Well, damn. What little of Olivia I know suggests a certain modicum of crazypants in her wardrobe, so there's that. I guess it's just as well I'm not in a position to make that choice anyway. Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at November 21, 2015 03:46 AM (bLnSU) 523
The biceps on that dog. Yuuuge, like Ronda Rousey's. Wonder if it supports Sanders as well?
Posted by: Bruce Boehner at November 21, 2015 03:50 AM (xU0ng) 524
@521
I probably tried to copy to many objects. CPU usage went to 74% during the meltdown. Corel Draw is unstable with certain things but it does what I need it to do. Posted by: Tim in Illinois. Old and Unimproved. at November 21, 2015 03:53 AM (WVsWD) 525
Democrats. They can't face reality, so their policies are a disaster!! Sometimes they mean well. But their women are ugly. Debbie Wasserman- Schultz!
Posted by: LASue at November 21, 2015 03:55 AM (5Rb/A) 526
That puppy is so peaceful and quiescent. SJWs are more like yapping ankle biters, who nevertheless manage to chase adult human being up trees.
Posted by: Bruce Boehner at November 21, 2015 03:57 AM (xU0ng) 527
http://runt-of-the-web.com/cthulhu-for-president
Posted by: bill-o at November 21, 2015 04:08 AM (AWwDY) 528
from the Moron FB group
Posted by: bill-o at November 21, 2015 04:08 AM (AWwDY) 529
And since Oregon doesn't allow people to pump their own gas, this amounts to an anti-jobs program.
Posted by: Epobirs at November 21, 2015 01:49 AM (IdCqF) Always thought that was bats**t crazy. Posted by: The Automotive Hat at November 21, 2015 01:50 AM (vBeA5) Can't pump your own gas in Joisey, either. Posted by: RickZ at November 21, 2015 04:09 AM (Lc+NQ) 530
I liked Daredevil. Ace hated Daredevil but loved The Flash which I thought was dumb.
Lots of lezbo scenes in Jessica Jones but plenty of her jumping the big black guys bones. It pickes up half way thru when David Tenant shows up. So much stabbing.... Posted by: Bruce With a Wang! at November 21, 2015 04:39 AM (iQIUe) 531
Evening roonz and roonettez. It's near freezing in NC now. I don't like it.
Mrs Hades will be making a trek to PA this morning so I will be without adult supervision this week. For some reason she's worried, especially when I said "What could possibly go wrong?" Posted by: GGE Hades of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at November 21, 2015 04:54 AM (UQGss) 532
What's the rational for not pumping your own gas?
I would say dumb people but then I would answering my own question. Bad manners. Posted by: Tim in Illinois. Old and Unimproved. at November 21, 2015 04:55 AM (WVsWD) Posted by: Tim in Illinois. Old and Unimproved. at November 21, 2015 04:57 AM (WVsWD) 534
You be good, GGE.
Posted by: Jinx the Cat at November 21, 2015 05:00 AM (l3vZN) 535
FFS, why am I in a twitter spat about Quranic Abrogation?
Posted by: The Abrogated Hat at November 21, 2015 05:11 AM (vBeA5) 536
What's the rational for not pumping your own gas?
I would say dumb people but then I would answering my own question. Bad manners. Posted by: Tim in Illinois. Old and Unimproved. at November 21, 2015 04:55 AM (WVsWD) Jobs, possibly union. Posted by: RickZ at November 21, 2015 05:15 AM (Lc+NQ) 537
Yeah, why are you? She told you to read the koran. Every 5th line of the koran is gibberish. It's a disgusting book.
Posted by: Bruce With a Wang! at November 21, 2015 05:18 AM (iQIUe) 538
Yeah, why are you? She told you to read the koran. Every 5th line of the koran is gibberish. It's a disgusting book.
Posted by: Bruce With a Wang! at November 21, 2015 05:18 AM (iQIUe) The secret message? "BE SURE TO DRINK YOUR OVALTINE" Posted by: Mecca-lecca-hi Mecca-Johnie-Ho at November 21, 2015 05:22 AM (vBeA5) 539
Your macro-aggressions against felines cannot stand.
Our demands!: All things that mentions dogs must promote cats to a greater extent. Dogs must apologize and die. (fire is in no way required, but if you want to do it right, that is the way to go.) cat food. all sorts of good rubbing. Don't make us repeat our demands. Posted by: cats and stuff mumbles matter and stuff at November 21, 2015 05:31 AM (vlgjM) 540
I would kill for a spoonful of hollandaise sauce right now.
Posted by: Chi at November 21, 2015 05:49 AM (GmBB1) 541
Just had a thought, looking at that link and its discussion about refugees, the perfect solution to the Syrian Refugees:
Settle them in Alaska. Alaska's the size of the eastern half of the united states put together, has very few people to attack, and all of those people are very, very well armed- and it's a completely different climate to Syria. If they're willing to settle in Alaska, and they make it through the screening process? Then I'm pretty sure we can accept them as legitimate. C'mon- what kind of terrorist is going to settle for blowing up a penguin? And what kind of widow or orphan is going to refuse sanctuary in America just because they have to spend some time in Alaska to get there? The people that will refuse will be the people who were complaining about the quality of the free stuff they were given in Europe, the sort of refugees that, y'know, we're more than happy to let the Germans deal with. The people that will accept will be desperate, freedom-loving people who're doing anything possible to help and save their family- and I think we can call that an American without too much trouble. Posted by: Zack at November 21, 2015 05:52 AM (dI93p) 542
I would kill for a spoonful of hollandaise sauce right now.
Posted by: Chi at November 21, 2015 05:49 AM (GmBB1) Do tell... Want to make a contract... Posted by: /人◕ ‿‿ ◕人\ at November 21, 2015 05:53 AM (vBeA5) 543
I would kill for a spoonful of hollandaise sauce right now.
Posted by: Chi at November 21, 2015 05:49 AM (GmBB1) Geez, what do you have against Canadian bacon? Posted by: RickZ at November 21, 2015 06:00 AM (Lc+NQ) 544
Hat,
Salmon fillets just came off the smoker. And asparagus dripping in butter. I just poached an egg for the first time in my life and it's beautiful. I even plated it like I'm an Iron Chef or something... Posted by: Chi at November 21, 2015 06:00 AM (GmBB1) Posted by: The Political Hat at November 21, 2015 06:01 AM (vBeA5) 546
I even plated it like I'm an Iron Chef or something...
Posted by: Chi at November 21, 2015 06:00 AM (GmBB1) Only if you are overdubbed with a very liberal translation... Posted by: The Political Hat at November 21, 2015 06:02 AM (vBeA5) 547
Poaching eggs is easy, and one of the healthiest ways to cook eggs. Hope you added a little vinegar to the water. Keeps those whites together.
Posted by: RickZ at November 21, 2015 06:03 AM (Lc+NQ) 548
from Insty: a website cataloging all those fake hate crimes: http://www.fakehatecrimes.org/fakes?page=1
Posted by: bill-o at November 21, 2015 06:05 AM (AWwDY) 549
Yep, Rick.
Vinegar in the water. I learned the acid thing from America's Test Kitchen, I think. Yes, i'm a geek. And Norfolk still sucks. You ain't missing anything. Posted by: Chi at November 21, 2015 06:08 AM (GmBB1) 550
You know, chi, you can make Hollandaise in a blender. I've never done the stovetop method. The heat of the whirling blades cooks the yolks enough so they're safe. Lemon juice, cayenne, melted butter and egg yolks. Yummy stuff. I like to serve steamed broccoli with Eggs Benedict because Hollandaise goes so well with broccoli. A good excuse to make a big batch of Hollandaise.
Posted by: RickZ at November 21, 2015 06:15 AM (Lc+NQ) 551
chi, if you go upstairs on this thread in the discussion about accents and whatnot, you'll see that I typed Norfolk the way I pronounce it: NAH-fuck. I never met anybody from there who actually pronounces the 'l'. Some people do pronounce the 'or', but I never do.
Posted by: RickZ at November 21, 2015 06:17 AM (Lc+NQ) Posted by: Panhandler at November 21, 2015 06:22 AM (si1cb) 553
There is a Surf Rider right around the corner that goes through a couple hundred pounds of broccoli a week. I don't know what they do, but it's steamed perfectly, and that hollandaise is like heaven.
And Sandfiddler down in Ocean View - their eggs Benedict with soft shelled crab & fresh spinach - dude... Posted by: Chi at November 21, 2015 06:25 AM (GmBB1) 554
You got that wrong, Panhandler. It's
We don't drink We don't smoke Nor-fuck! Nor-fuck! I saw Little Feat sing that ditty in concert in . . . NAH-fuck. Posted by: RickZ at November 21, 2015 06:25 AM (Lc+NQ) 555
554
I stand corrected, but then it's been a long time since I was in Nor-fuck. Posted by: Panhandler at November 21, 2015 06:29 AM (si1cb) 556
I saw Little Feat sing that ditty in concert in . . . NAH-fuck.
Posted by: RickZ ---------------- Really? Cool. Scope? Don't tell me - The Boathouse! With Lowell George or was he gone already? Posted by: Chi at November 21, 2015 06:33 AM (GmBB1) 557
chi, 1977 at the old Tides Stadium (near the airport). Lowell George was still around then. Bonnie Raitt opened and bombed. At one point near the end of her set, she said, 'Do I hear the patter of Little Feat?' They came out and saved her ass.
Posted by: RickZ at November 21, 2015 06:37 AM (Lc+NQ) 558
Heh.
Met Park. I was 10 in '77, and used to walk up there to watch games. (Or sit outside to catch foul balls if I didn't have money) I don't remember concerts there, though. Ever. Posted by: Chi at November 21, 2015 06:46 AM (GmBB1) 559
Well, all I can say is I went to a concert there. I do remember a few others, though I didn't attend. They also used to have high school football games there, too.
Oh, and get off my lawn, you young whippersnapper! Posted by: RickZ at November 21, 2015 06:53 AM (Lc+NQ) 560
Best way to cook eggs is to fry a couple of sausages in a pan, take them out, then cook your eggs in the grease. Delicious!
Posted by: Bruce With a Wang! at November 21, 2015 06:59 AM (iQIUe) 561
Oh, and get off my lawn, you young whippersnapper!
Posted by: RickZ ----------------- Meh. We're still young enough to remember Met Park, so there's that. How about i buy you a burger at the Wooden Nickel? Would that help? Posted by: Chi at November 21, 2015 07:05 AM (GmBB1) 562
Is that place still around?
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