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Overnight Open Thread (3-10-2016)

Because reasons.

20 Minutes of Eva Longoria Sewing, While Talking About Sewing

I'm mildly ashamed to admit that I know what a serger is. I blame a woman. And society.

Bookworm on the Death of her Mother

We are responsible for our own happiness. A point I've hammered home relentlessly every time I've spent extended time with my Mom is that we are responsible for our own happiness. My mother, bless her heart, wanted me to be responsible for her happiness, and I couldn't do that. I could give to her and be there for her up to a point.  After that point, though, my time was used up and my emotional well was dry.

Faced with the burden of "you're the only thing that makes me happy," I too often ran away. That meant that I didn't have that lunch with her or take her on the shopping trips she loved so much. I knew then that I'd feel guilty when she died, and I do feel guilty, but the reality was that I kept drawing lines lest I get sucked into her overwhelming unhappiness.

My mother certainly had reason to be unhappy. Her parents had a miserable marriage and, when they divorced, left her to raise her sister in a home with minimal money. She and her sister spent almost four years in a Japanese concentration camp. After surviving WWII, they were pitched into the Israeli War of Independence. Then, when life was settling down, my Dad got restless and dragged her to America, when she would have been perfectly happy staying in Israel.

Despite spending the largest part of her life in America, Mom always felt like a foreigner. My Dad, a good man, wasn't a good breadwinner, and my mother chafed endlessly under the restrictions of genteel poverty and, as she got older, the fear of a truly penurious old age. The fact that, when old age came it was not penurious but, thanks to her scrimping and saving, comfortable (though not lavish) couldn't assuage those deep fears. A mixture of serious health problems and acute hypochondria magnified her fears. No wonder my Mom was always miserable. . . .

Except that . . . Mom could have seen her life through a very different prism. It was a life of epic adventures, triumph over adversity, the love of family and friends, and a financially pretty-darn-secure old age, with the best medical care available in a country that offers the best medical care in the world. Yes, bad things happened, and yes, she had pain, but she always landed on her feet to great applause.

Mom was born in the age of Flappers and died in the time of smart phones. She lived in Europe, America, and the Far East. She saw empires rise and fall. She had a knack for making friends. She had children and grandchildren who loved and respected her. If only she could have appreciated the happiness spread before her.

David Attenborough Being Awesome

Listen To David Bowie's Isolated Vocals For Ziggy Stardust

Recorded in November 1971. As a kid I always heard the lyric in the song as 'Making love with his eagle' which led to a lot of questions on my part.

Building the H&K G3

Enjoy the groovilicious 60s music and German manufacturing techniques and classic battle rifles.

And for $900 you can get yourself a G3 clone here. Or a CETME for just $700 (which is 96% the same as a G3).

'Doctor Anal' Loses His License

Yahoo group. That is all.

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Notice: Posted by permission of AceCorp LLC. Do not taunt happy-fun ball. Or taunt. Whatevs I get paid the same either way. And you probably won't be missed much anyway. Hell we barely even mention Buzzion anymore.

Posted by: Maetenloch at 11:21 PM




Comments

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1 woot woot ONT

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at March 10, 2016 11:22 PM (voOPb)

2 Second?!

Posted by: ReactionaryMonster browsing Bravely at March 10, 2016 11:23 PM (uURQL)

3 Close to first.

Posted by: Blano at March 10, 2016 11:23 PM (heN73)

4 Howdy....

Posted by: Ricardo Kill at March 10, 2016 11:23 PM (S1Gtv)

5 *taunts Happy Fun Ball*

Posted by: buzzion at March 10, 2016 11:24 PM (zt+N6)

6 Blano, you're getting pretty good at this.

Posted by: Ricardo Kill at March 10, 2016 11:24 PM (S1Gtv)

7 In those days, there was no finer selfie stick than a good Malacca walking cane and a big roll of cellotape.

Posted by: Splunge at March 10, 2016 11:24 PM (iMxBJ)

8 BEEP!

Posted by: Capt. Christopher Pike at March 10, 2016 11:24 PM (KCxzN)

9 Holla!

Posted by: Navin R Johnson at March 10, 2016 11:24 PM (g25eo)

10 ONT mufuckas

Posted by: thathalfrican - be water my friend at March 10, 2016 11:24 PM (R5HRU)

11
Recorded in November 1971. As a kid I always heard the lyric in the song as 'Making love with his eagle' which led to a lot of questions on my part.
---------
There are numerous songs which I didn't know what they lyrics were. I know I have looked up a lot of them on the various lyric websites out there.

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at March 10, 2016 11:25 PM (voOPb)

12 buzz, I was wondering about you. Hadn't seen you in a while.

Posted by: Ricardo Kill at March 10, 2016 11:25 PM (S1Gtv)

13 kazowie I am here.

Now to scroll up and see what those naked white men are all about.

Posted by: iforgot at March 10, 2016 11:25 PM (5o5ek)

14 10 ONT mufuckas
Posted by: thathalfrican - be water my friend at March 10, 2016 11:24 PM (R5HRU

That's Mr. Muthafucka to you neighbor.

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at March 10, 2016 11:25 PM (voOPb)

15 Talk softly, and carry a big selfie stick.

Posted by: the Teddy Roosevelt lookalie in the old selfie on the right at March 10, 2016 11:25 PM (H9MG5)

16 Thanks Maet.

Posted by: dartist at March 10, 2016 11:26 PM (Nr1E9)

17 Well MH I will remember that in the future

Posted by: thathalfrican - be water my friend at March 10, 2016 11:27 PM (R5HRU)

18 These damn spam ads are making things unreadable on my phone.

Posted by: Lauren at March 10, 2016 11:27 PM (DGFgt)

19 Thanks for the ONT.

Posted by: The Bell at March 10, 2016 11:28 PM (iHjB5)

20 So is this where the noodles are at?

Posted by: Insomniac at March 10, 2016 11:28 PM (0mRoj)

21 Blano, you're getting pretty good at this.

Posted by: Ricardo Kill at March 10, 2016 11:24 PM (S1Gtv)

Yeah, whenever the job doesn't get in the way.

Personal best is first 5 posts (pats self on back).

Posted by: Blano at March 10, 2016 11:28 PM (heN73)

22 My problem is this - Misanthropic Humanitarian is here at oh dark 30 and he's still here, how can we be sure he's not a Google robot?

Posted by: JEM at March 10, 2016 11:28 PM (o+SC1)

23 Off, sock.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at March 10, 2016 11:28 PM (iHjB5)

24 I forgot there was a debate tonight. Partly 'cause of job. Can anyone summarize?

Posted by: Blano at March 10, 2016 11:29 PM (heN73)

25 I am not brave enough to click on the Dr Anal Loses His license link.

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at March 10, 2016 11:29 PM (CNKtx)

26 My problem is this - Misanthropic Humanitarian is here at oh dark 30 and
he's still here, how can we be sure he's not a Google robot?


How can you be sure any of us aren't?

Posted by: Blanco Basura at March 10, 2016 11:29 PM (YJmuy)

27 Yo!

Posted by: Yo! at March 10, 2016 11:29 PM (nw5Xx)

28 See what I mean?

Posted by: Blanco Basura at March 10, 2016 11:30 PM (YJmuy)

29 These damn spam ads are making things unreadable on my phone.
Posted by: Lauren at March 10, 2016 11:27 PM (DGFgt)

****

Disable Javascript on your phone browser. Those will stop.

Posted by: Tim in GA at March 10, 2016 11:30 PM (SAmbU)

30 25 I am not brave enough to click on the Dr Anal Loses His license link.
Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at March 10, 2016 11:29 PM (CNKtx)

There's no graphic representation of what he was up to. Guy sounds like a complete lunatic.

Posted by: Insomniac at March 10, 2016 11:30 PM (0mRoj)

31 25 I am not brave enough to click on the Dr Anal Loses His license link.

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at March 10, 2016 11:29 PM (CNKtx)



Bet its a Proctologist that had that as a license plate.

Sort of like the Seinfeld "Assman" episode.

Posted by: buzzion at March 10, 2016 11:31 PM (zt+N6)

32 "Misanthropic Humanitarian is here at oh dark 30 and he's still here,"


Long days and short nights. It's the Frontier way.

Posted by: Ricardo Kill at March 10, 2016 11:31 PM (S1Gtv)

33 Thanks, Tim. Doing that now.

Posted by: Lauren at March 10, 2016 11:31 PM (qHM3d)

34 How many words can you make using the letters y,o,k,o,l,e,n,a?

Posted by: Duncanthrax the Bellicose at March 10, 2016 11:31 PM (sOhww)

35 It was joked tonight that the call to unity under the Trump banner was like the invitation from the Borg--"lower your shields and surrender. You will be assimilated. Resistance is futile." And perhaps so.

I really haven't watched much of the campaign--I've followed it closely on the 'intertubes', but not on TV. Every time I see Donald Trump, I got a little better idea of the groups he was used to speaking to, and working around, and serving as an outside leader for (because you start out with what worked out in the past). Two weeks or so, when I really started watching, I figured out at least some of the groups he talks to.

He doesn't just mob-coddle.

My view, right now, is that it is best to blow up the ship this fall, to prevent the infection to spreading to all of conservatism--to the only significant movement that says the rules are important in and of themselves, that the law is a lovely thing in and of itself, and if the man gets elected, maintaining a dignified independence, because he actually is stupid enough to think he will get away with stuff.

Posted by: Horatius at March 10, 2016 11:32 PM (J3UIw)

36 Damn, the Bookworm piece is gut wrenching.

Posted by: no good deed at March 10, 2016 11:32 PM (GgxVX)

37

So you are saying there is an opening for a new Dr Anal?

Posted by: ThunderB at March 10, 2016 11:32 PM (zOTsN)

38 I am not brave enough to click on the Dr Anal Loses His license link.
Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at March 10, 2016 11:29 PM (CNKtx)

****

I took one for the team, and it is not nearly as bad as it could be.

Posted by: Tim in GA at March 10, 2016 11:32 PM (SAmbU)

39 "How can you be sure any of us aren't?"



You can't. I may just stay up late for an ONT and cuss. Or I may wake up early and cuss there.

Meh.

Posted by: Ricardo Kill at March 10, 2016 11:33 PM (S1Gtv)

40 37

So you are saying there is an opening for a new Dr Anal?
Posted by: ThunderB at March 10, 2016 11:32 PM (zOTsN)

ISWYDT.

Posted by: Insomniac at March 10, 2016 11:33 PM (0mRoj)

41 Heh, Tammy, I read it. Never trust a guy who says he can cure your headache by massaging your anus.

Posted by: no good deed at March 10, 2016 11:33 PM (GgxVX)

42 Too many people want to wallow in misery. I mentioned my sister yesterday. A lot of that I think comes from our father, who has been miserable his whole life. He holds grudges forever, and constantly bemoans his lot in life. Meanwhile he and my stepmom are building a 4400 square foot house.

Posted by: Colorado Alex at March 10, 2016 11:33 PM (fC9RO)

43 Did Dr. Anal check in his ass?

Posted by: garrett at March 10, 2016 11:33 PM (440T9)

44 Question on Family Feud tonight: "Name a car brand name that could also be a stripper name."

One of the contestants said "Lincoln!"

Hey, could be worse, he might have said Range Rover.

Posted by: qdpsteve at March 10, 2016 11:34 PM (ntObR)

45 I'm surprised, I would have figured Dr. Anal's business was looking up.

Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at March 10, 2016 11:34 PM (NeFrd)

46 I hate fucking eagles.

Posted by: Ziggy Stardust at March 10, 2016 11:34 PM (440T9)

47 Hey everybody.

Posted by: qdpsteve at March 10, 2016 11:34 PM (ntObR)

48 >>>I forgot there was a debate tonight. Partly 'cause of job. Can anyone summarize?

Posted by: Blano at March 10, 2016 11:29 PM (heN73)<<<

Dondi: I sure do have a purty mouth... oh, yeah, I was part of the Gang of 8!
Trump: I'll make great deals... ???... Profit!!!

Cruz: I love the Constitution... sexually.

Kashit: **insert Mandela funeral sign language guy**

Posted by: SMOD, take me away! at March 10, 2016 11:34 PM (H9MG5)

49 >>How many words can you make using the letters
>>y,o,k,o,l,e,n,a?

and are those words the names of someone you want to get on top of...

Posted by: JEM at March 10, 2016 11:34 PM (o+SC1)

50 Dr Richard Chopp, however is still in the vasectomy business.

Posted by: Lauren at March 10, 2016 11:34 PM (qHM3d)

51 Okay, so what is a serger?

Posted by: logprof at March 10, 2016 11:34 PM (8PcKB)

52 What happened with USVI caucuses? I thought they were today, but no results anywhere.

Posted by: ScurvyOaks at March 10, 2016 11:34 PM (1nJy2)

53 The College of Power and Liberation

Some Social Justice Warriors at Western Washington University have demands, and they're important!!1! These demands are nothing less than a demand for a modern-day Grand Soviet, Stasi, Red Guard, and Orwellian insanity all rolled up into one.

More: http://politicalhat.com/?p=11304

Posted by: The Political Hat at March 10, 2016 11:34 PM (vBeA5)

54 Hola, amigoz en loz intertuboz!!!

Posted by: cthulhu at March 10, 2016 11:35 PM (EzgxV)

55 >>Question on Family Feud tonight: "Name a car brand name that could also be a stripper name."


Please say it isn't Scion.

Posted by: Father on The Feud at March 10, 2016 11:35 PM (440T9)

56 I worked in a Gastroenterology clinic for 6 years. I've had enough anal to last me the rest of my life.

I know from anal, that's all I'm sayin'.

Worst/best story, doctor performing routine colonoscopy some how ends up with scope entering patient's testicles.

Emergency surgery was needed.

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at March 10, 2016 11:35 PM (CNKtx)

57 Genteel ONT greetings, Horde!

Just put a 15 qt. pot of chicken soup in the fridge, it's been simmering 'bout since 4 pm.

Second heating tomorrow, it promises to be a helluva good batch.

Gotta ask the assembled wisdom of y'all here though.... I was able to skim off nearly a pint of perfectly yellow, clean and tasty chicken fat, after I'd simmered the carcasses down yesterday.

I'd like to use it towards making a good chicken stock to buttress the store-bought paste stock on hand.

Any recipes or recommendations? Thanks!



Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX

Posted by: Jim at March 10, 2016 11:36 PM (McRlu)

58 " "Name a car brand name that could also be a stripper name."




Cadillac.

Posted by: Ricardo Kill at March 10, 2016 11:36 PM (S1Gtv)

59 Yo! Is happy.

Life is too short to have sad.

Posted by: Yo! at March 10, 2016 11:37 PM (nw5Xx)

60 In his testicles? I'm suing.

Posted by: thathalfrican - be water my friend at March 10, 2016 11:37 PM (R5HRU)

61 Okay, so what is a serger?

Some sort of mutant sewing machine.

Posted by: Blanco Basura at March 10, 2016 11:37 PM (YJmuy)

62 Posted by: logprof at March 10, 2016 11:34 PM (8PcKB)

It makes nice edges on your clothes.

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at March 10, 2016 11:37 PM (CNKtx)

63 Ricardo, you saw the episode. :-)

Posted by: qdpsteve at March 10, 2016 11:37 PM (ntObR)

64 A serger is a magical machine that covers a multitude of sins if you're scrappy seamstress with the patience to thread the damn thing.

If you're a competent seamstress it's a machine that gives you nice edges. Look at the inside of the bottem of your tshirt. That's serging.

Posted by: Lauren at March 10, 2016 11:37 PM (qHM3d)

65 My problem is this - Misanthropic Humanitarian is here at oh dark 30 and he's still here, how can we be sure he's not a Google robot?
Posted by: JEM at March 10, 2016 11:28 PM (o+SC1)


As a PSA, Roboto is the free system font developed by Google. Download it today!

Posted by: R3BIO at March 10, 2016 11:37 PM (sOhww)

66 Name a car brand name that could also be a stripper name."

Tundra

Posted by: thathalfrican - be water my friend at March 10, 2016 11:37 PM (R5HRU)

67 Dr. Anal on losing his license
'I have a personality disorder, or rather a syndrome, a form of Aspergers. Just like Bill Gates, Donald Trump or Einstein, for example," he told Swedish tabloid Aftonbladet.

"I have made it impossible for myself within the healthcare sector because I behave childishly sometimes. I am different, but cleverer.".

(Ok I might have added Donald Trump to the list but it seemed to fit)

Posted by: tmitsss@gmail.com at March 10, 2016 11:37 PM (sUvQQ)

68 I can empathize with book worm. My parents were institutionalize X within months of each other. Mom with Alzheimer's and my dad a shallow man beset by Parkinson's & MG. it wasn't long and they were dying, dad first on a sturdy morning shortly after midnight. Mom the very next Tuesday. They couldn't have planned a couples funeral. I miss my mom her birthday is tomorrow, I miss my dad and his birthday was last month,come may they will have been gone 12 years.

You young ones. Enjoy your time with your folks or a problem brother etc get good with them. They are family

And now that all meds have kicked in you think I'm Dr, Fucking Phil or something

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at March 10, 2016 11:38 PM (voOPb)

69 Worst/best story, doctor performing routine colonoscopy some how ends up with scope entering patient's testicles.

****


Took a left turn at the splenic flexure and ended up in Schenectady, eh?

Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at March 10, 2016 11:38 PM (NeFrd)

70 >>Question on Family Feud tonight: "Name a car brand name that could also be a stripper name."


Audi - She's a pre op.

Posted by: garrett at March 10, 2016 11:38 PM (440T9)

71 Oh for fucks sake. A crappy seamstress. Not a scrappy seamstress. iPrude strikes again.

Posted by: Lauren at March 10, 2016 11:38 PM (qHM3d)

72 Question on Family Feud tonight: "Name a car brand name that could also be a stripper name."


Kia

Posted by: no good deed at March 10, 2016 11:38 PM (GgxVX)

73 They took Dr Anals license. It rectum

Posted by: ThunderB at March 10, 2016 11:38 PM (zOTsN)

74 Yeah, baby, YEAH! That G3 video is like a four hour erection condensed into 6:09 minutes. I'm exhausted.

Posted by: Fritz at March 10, 2016 11:38 PM (37OkS)

75 Happy-ish Thursday Evening, all y'all ...

While somewhat not well, I am doing better than this guy ...

Worst/best story, doctor performing routine colonoscopy some how ends up with scope entering patient's testicles.

so, grateful to the universe that it's not worse ...

Posted by: Adriane the Medical Critic ... at March 10, 2016 11:39 PM (AoK0a)

76 Give a woman a serger, get a thousand pillow cases.

Posted by: garrett at March 10, 2016 11:39 PM (440T9)

77
I am not brave enough to click on the Dr Anal Loses His license link.
Posted by: Tammy al-Thor


He lost his license. Now he don't drive.

Posted by: Joe Waltz at March 10, 2016 11:39 PM (FkBIv)

78 "Ricardo, you saw the episode. :-)"


What episode? Did I get the answer right?

Posted by: Ricardo Kill at March 10, 2016 11:39 PM (S1Gtv)

79 Garrett! Hahahahaha!

Posted by: no good deed at March 10, 2016 11:39 PM (GgxVX)

80 The H&K plant. Wait, actual people used to work in plants?

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at March 10, 2016 11:39 PM (jO7js)

81 I hate fucking eagles.

Posted by: Ziggy Stardust at March 10, 2016 11:34 PM (440T9)


I'd hit an eagle with blades of fury!

Posted by: Federally Subsidized Wind Turbine at March 10, 2016 11:39 PM (vBeA5)

82
>>>Question on Family Feud tonight: "Name a car brand name that could also be a stripper name."



One of the contestants said "Lincoln!"



Hey, could be worse, he might have said Range Rover.

Posted by: qdpsteve at March 10, 2016 11:34 PM (ntObR)<<<

BMW!

Posted by: idiot Family Fued contestant at March 10, 2016 11:39 PM (H9MG5)

83 Ricardo, the episode of Family Feud.

The same guy who said "Lincoln" said "Cadillac" as well.

Posted by: qdpsteve at March 10, 2016 11:40 PM (ntObR)

84 56 I worked in a Gastroenterology clinic for 6 years. I've had enough anal to last me the rest of my life.

I know from anal, that's all I'm sayin'.

Worst/best story, doctor performing routine colonoscopy some how ends up with scope entering patient's testicles.

Emergency surgery was needed.
Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at March 10, 2016 11:35 PM (CNKtx)

Holy shit. You'd have to perforate the colon and just keep on trucking to do that.

Posted by: Insomniac at March 10, 2016 11:40 PM (0mRoj)

85 Name a car brand name that could also be a stripper name.

Fiesta? Festiva? Focus?

Just not "Ram".

Posted by: Blanco Basura at March 10, 2016 11:40 PM (YJmuy)

86 He lost his license. Now he don't drive.
Posted by: Joe Waltz
---------------

Probably could get a gig in San Francisco

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at March 10, 2016 11:40 PM (jO7js)

87 Posted by: thathalfrican - be water my friend at March 10, 2016 11:37 PM (R5HRU)


Understandable, although there wasn't any irreparable damage, miraculously.

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at March 10, 2016 11:41 PM (CNKtx)

88 Knew of two Mercedes personally.

Posted by: Fritz at March 10, 2016 11:41 PM (37OkS)

89 Question on Family Feud tonight: "Name a car brand name that could also be a stripper name."
---------------
Vulva?

Posted by: Chi at March 10, 2016 11:41 PM (mW1Fw)

90 Aren't most strippers named Mercedes?

Posted by: tmitsss@gmail.com at March 10, 2016 11:41 PM (sUvQQ)

91 Question on Family Feud tonight: "Name a car brand name that could also be a stripper name."
Sierra

Posted by: CaliGirl at March 10, 2016 11:41 PM (egOGm)

92 Name a car brand name that could also be a stripper name."
***********


Mercedes
Porsch

??

Posted by: Yo! at March 10, 2016 11:41 PM (nw5Xx)

93 Misanthropic Humanitarian is here at oh dark 30 and he's still here, how can we be sure he's not a Google robot?
Posted by: JEM at March 10, 2016 11:28 PM (o+SC1)

I promise you know im no robot, let alone for. Goggle I hate their damn email. Besides this middle age man is scheduled for back surgery a week from tomorrow

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at March 10, 2016 11:41 PM (voOPb)

94 "The same guy who said "Lincoln" said "Cadillac" as well."


I guess I should be managing a strip joint.

Posted by: Ricardo Kill at March 10, 2016 11:42 PM (S1Gtv)

95 I hate fucking eagles.

I hear you.

Posted by: zombie Lana Rae Meisner at March 10, 2016 11:42 PM (YJmuy)

96 Yo, those were two that were on the board on Family Feud.

Lexus was also there.

Posted by: qdpsteve at March 10, 2016 11:42 PM (ntObR)

97 I hate fucking eagles.

Posted by: Ziggy Stardust at March 10, 2016 11:34 PM (440T9)

Corpse fucks??

Posted by: Blano at March 10, 2016 11:42 PM (heN73)

98 Hey Fritz ever been to Myrtle Beach?

Posted by: tmitsss@gmail.com at March 10, 2016 11:42 PM (sUvQQ)

99 Name a car brand name that could also be a stripper name.

Jaguar...

Posted by: The Automotive Hat at March 10, 2016 11:42 PM (vBeA5)

100 Question on Family Feud tonight: "Name a car brand name that could also be a stripper name."

****

Porsche.

Not that I've ever met one with that stage name. I never have and besides there is no proof to the claim that I may have.

Allegedly.

Posted by: Tim in GA at March 10, 2016 11:42 PM (SAmbU)

101 Evening horde.

*tv put up in the screened in porch, iced lemon water, kick ass day at the gym and at work. Spring is coming. Life is good.



Now is it just me or is the Cetme link not working at all. Doesn't even redirect.

Posted by: RWC - Team BOHICA at March 10, 2016 11:43 PM (hlMPp)

102 Bentley.

Posted by: Lauren at March 10, 2016 11:43 PM (qHM3d)

103 Dr. Anal seems to be into Holeistic medicine.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at March 10, 2016 11:43 PM (jO7js)

104 Name a car brand name that could also be a stripper name."



*****


Family Truckster

Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at March 10, 2016 11:43 PM (NeFrd)

105 Hat and Tim, those were on the board. :-)

Posted by: qdpsteve at March 10, 2016 11:43 PM (ntObR)

106 I listened to that Ziggy Stardust album approximately 243 times, usually under the influence of various possibly illegal substances, in an effort to decipher the lyrics.

In the 70s. F'n kids these days can just look 'em up on the Internet.

Posted by: GnuBreed at March 10, 2016 11:43 PM (gyKtp)

107 Lauren, Steve Harvey made fun of Bentley when it was given as an answer. "That's a guy's name!!"

Posted by: qdpsteve at March 10, 2016 11:43 PM (ntObR)

108 Audi TeeTee

Posted by: BourbonChicken at March 10, 2016 11:43 PM (VdICR)

109 Posted by: Insomniac at March 10, 2016 11:40 PM (0mRoj)

Yea, that particular doctor, though a very nice man,was known for being pretty rough in his technique.

None of the staff him went to him when they need their Sigmoid/colonoscopies, let me tell ya, especially not his nurses!

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at March 10, 2016 11:43 PM (CNKtx)

110 I wonder whether Maet could slip a link into an ONT that is so off-putting that no one would actually click on it.

Considering the crowd...naah.

Posted by: Splunge at March 10, 2016 11:44 PM (iMxBJ)

111 Mercedes.



As in....Mercedes Lane was yummy growing up.

Posted by: RWC - Team BOHICA at March 10, 2016 11:44 PM (hlMPp)

112 'Like a leprechaun miner...'

Posted by: Ziggy Stardust at March 10, 2016 11:44 PM (440T9)

113 "Family Truckster"

I don't wanna see that stripper. Thanks.

Posted by: Ricardo Kill at March 10, 2016 11:44 PM (S1Gtv)

114 Name a car brand name that could also be a stripper name.
--------------

How about a car model?
Tercel

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at March 10, 2016 11:44 PM (jO7js)

115 I'm surprised, I would have figured Dr. Anal's business was looking up.
Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at March 10, 2016 11:34 PM


The IRS will be launching a probe into it soon.

Posted by: 'S Finger at March 10, 2016 11:44 PM (sOhww)

116 BMW!
Posted by: idiot Family Fued contestant at March 10, 2016 11:39 PM (H9MG5)

****

They would not know how to spell that.

Posted by: Tim in GA at March 10, 2016 11:44 PM (SAmbU)

117 Dr. Anal's car?

A brown Probe.


Posted by: garrett at March 10, 2016 11:45 PM (440T9)

118 "That's a guy's name!!"

Yes, it is. However stupid trendy parents these days are giving their daughters boy named because it's "cute". Especially popular in this category are named ending with -ley

Posted by: Lauren at March 10, 2016 11:45 PM (qHM3d)

119 >>>Hey Fritz ever been to Myrtle Beach?<<<

No, but I'm open to any trip where the ROI makes it worth my time.

Posted by: Fritz at March 10, 2016 11:45 PM (37OkS)

120 114 Name a car brand name that could also be a stripper name.

Grand Cherokee - I'd skip the lap dance.
Hummer

Posted by: Splunge at March 10, 2016 11:46 PM (iMxBJ)

121 Decision Desk HQ @DecisionDeskHQ

Wow. Per our source, Herb Schoenbohm, Party Vice Chair: All six go to UNCOMMITTED #VIcaucus.

https://twitter.com/DecisionDeskHQ/status/708151425591697408

Posted by: The DD Hat at March 10, 2016 11:46 PM (vBeA5)

122 Dr. Anal's car?

A brown Probe.


Be glad it's not an Explorer.

Posted by: zombie Lana Rae Meisner at March 10, 2016 11:46 PM (YJmuy)

123 Porche

Posted by: Colorado Alex at March 10, 2016 11:46 PM (fC9RO)

124 Kia. Lexus. Porsche.

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at March 10, 2016 11:46 PM (CNKtx)

125 What about the people that name their babies lunesta? Or chlamydia?

Posted by: CaliGirl at March 10, 2016 11:46 PM (egOGm)

126 Splunge, you shoulda been on the show. :-)

Posted by: qdpsteve at March 10, 2016 11:47 PM (ntObR)

127 Parents should give their children a real and serious name, like Ima.

Posted by: Judge Hogg at March 10, 2016 11:47 PM (vBeA5)

128 122 Dr. Anal's car?

A brown Probe.

Be glad it's not an Explorer.
Posted by: zombie Lana Rae Meisner at March 10, 2016 11:46 PM (YJmuy)

Expedition.

Posted by: Insomniac at March 10, 2016 11:47 PM (0mRoj)

129 Kia. Lexus. Porsche.
Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at March 10, 2016 11:46 PM (CNKtx)

******

Tesla. ***Bzzzzzzzzz*****

Posted by: Tim in GA at March 10, 2016 11:47 PM (SAmbU)

130 Yes, it is. However stupid trendy parents these days are giving their daughters boy named because it's "cute". Especially popular in this category are named ending with -ley

Posted by: Lauren at March 10, 2016 11:45 PM (qHM3d

Dat shit stoopid.

Posted by: Prince Qualel Dashanda X at March 10, 2016 11:48 PM (hlMPp)

131 "How about a car model?
Tercel"


"To Center Stage! Subaru!"



Posted by: Ricardo Kill at March 10, 2016 11:48 PM (S1Gtv)

132 125 What about the people that name their babies lunesta? Or chlamydia?
Posted by: CaliGirl at March 10, 2016 11:46 PM (egOGm)

They should be publicly shamed.

Posted by: Insomniac at March 10, 2016 11:48 PM (0mRoj)

133 Alex, great minds.....

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at March 10, 2016 11:49 PM (CNKtx)

134 Come on, who has not stuffed dollar bills into Buick's garter belt??

Posted by: Yo! at March 10, 2016 11:49 PM (nw5Xx)

135 66 Name a car brand name that could also be a stripper name."

Tundra
Posted by: thathalfrican - be water my friend at March 10, 2016 11:37 PM (R5HRU)


--Heh, Tundra is the name of a search dog on North Woods Law.

Posted by: logprof at March 10, 2016 11:49 PM (8PcKB)

136 >What about the people that name their babies lunesta? Or chlamydia?


I always thought alopecia was a beautiful name for a girl.

Posted by: garrett at March 10, 2016 11:49 PM (440T9)

137 Ima Hogg!

That bitch be bennefactin'!

Posted by: garrett at March 10, 2016 11:50 PM (440T9)

138 Sock off

Posted by: RWC - Team BOHICA at March 10, 2016 11:50 PM (hlMPp)

139 You would not believe the shit people name their kids. They're like "Do you think Shawn McKynzee is a good name for a girl?" and then when you tell them no they get huffy and say "I'll name my baby what I want you bitch!"

Posted by: Lauren at March 10, 2016 11:50 PM (qHM3d)

140 136 >What about the people that name their babies lunesta? Or chlamydia?


I always thought alopecia was a beautiful name for a girl.
Posted by: garrett at March 10, 2016 11:49 PM (440T9)

They do have a tendency to make your hair fall out...

Posted by: Insomniac at March 10, 2016 11:51 PM (0mRoj)

141 Love that '20's selfie.

Close focus on a wide-open lens - which you'd need in those days, even on the brightest of days - really does make you notice when the film-plane is out of alignment with the subject matter.

And the meta-selfie, with another photographer recording the moment....priceless.

Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine, Still Accepting Harem Applicants at March 10, 2016 11:51 PM (lutOX)

142 For an Indian strip joint --

Thunderbird

Posted by: GnuBreed at March 10, 2016 11:51 PM (gyKtp)

143 24
I forgot there was a debate tonight. Partly 'cause of job. Can anyone summarize?

Posted by: Blano at March 10, 2016 11:29 PM (heN73)


Everyone: "Blah, blah, blah, blah, blah...."

Posted by: cthulhu at March 10, 2016 11:51 PM (EzgxV)

144 My friend's husband named their daughter's cat cooter. She attends catholic school and has written reports about her cooter. I am not making this up.
She will have a lot of material to discuss with her therapist.

Posted by: CaliGirl at March 10, 2016 11:52 PM (egOGm)

145 GnuBreed, LOL. I think that would be Lena Dunham's stripper name...

Posted by: qdpsteve at March 10, 2016 11:52 PM (ntObR)

146 One unfortunate name/ medical condition is Amelia.

Such a pretty name. Means without limb(s).

Posted by: Lauren at March 10, 2016 11:52 PM (qHM3d)

147 Posted by: Lauren at March 10, 2016 11:45 PM (qHM3d)

Southerners have done that right along. I have an Aunt Michael, Aunt Bobby, Aunt Billy, Aunt Jo, Aunt Donny.


It's also not unusual to give a child, male or female, their mama's maiden name as their first name.

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at March 10, 2016 11:52 PM (CNKtx)

148 Folks I know with newborns are naming their children regular names but putting that stupid ass spelling spin on it.

Leesa....no, it's Lisa.

Stefanee...no, it's Stephanie

Posted by: RWC - Team BOHICA at March 10, 2016 11:53 PM (hlMPp)

149 I'M A HOG FOR YOU BABY

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7zbigbpqp9k

Posted by: Grateful Dead at March 10, 2016 11:54 PM (440T9)

150 car brand stripper names? opel?

Posted by: evil_bun_bun at March 10, 2016 11:54 PM (8qoUN)

151 148 Folks I know with newborns are naming their children regular names but putting that stupid ass spelling spin on it.

Leesa....no, it's Lisa.

Stefanee...no, it's Stephanie

Posted by: RWC - Team BOHICA at March 10, 2016 11:53 PM (hlMPp)

Reminds me of Key & Peele's "Substitute Teacher" sketch.

Posted by: Insomniac at March 10, 2016 11:54 PM (0mRoj)

152 I'm surprised, I would have figured Dr. Anal's business was looking up.
Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at March 10, 2016 11:34 PM


It's a little frayed around the edged.

Fortunately, his serger operator, Rhoyde, was in the back, and he could request "Hem 'er up, Rhoyde!"

Posted by: 'S Finger at March 10, 2016 11:54 PM (sOhww)

153 110 I wonder whether Maet could slip a link into an ONT that is so off-putting that no one would actually click on it.
-------today I found one that 99%?would click on but the other 1%? Would go ugh, barforvwas it the other way around. I slightly inebriated

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at March 10, 2016 11:55 PM (voOPb)

154 Lauren,
I didn't know the origins of that name. How odd.

Posted by: CaliGirl at March 10, 2016 11:55 PM (egOGm)

155 "My friend's husband named their daughter's cat cooter"


Cooter was the mechanic on "The Dukes of Hazzard." Just a mechanic.

Posted by: Ricardo Kill at March 10, 2016 11:55 PM (S1Gtv)

156 45 I'm surprised, I would have figured Dr. Anal's business was looking up.
Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at March 10, 2016 11:34 PM (NeFrd)


It was a well-rounded practice, but there were holes in the balance sheet.

Posted by: Splunge at March 10, 2016 11:56 PM (iMxBJ)

157 Proud to say my niece and nephews are regular ass names with the correct spelling.

Niece even has my great grandmas name for her middle name.

*coming from someone with an uncommon name back then....THANKS DAD!!! I'm my own person dad!!!


**actually liked having a semi-unique name in high school and later

Posted by: RWC - Team BOHICA at March 10, 2016 11:56 PM (hlMPp)

158 I was able to skim off nearly a pint of perfectly yellow, clean and tasty chicken fat, after I'd simmered the carcasses down yesterday.

I'd like to use it towards making a good chicken stock to buttress the store-bought paste stock on hand.

Any recipes or recommendations? Thanks!

Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX


Chicken fat is not a component of chicken stock. Stock is made from the bones and connective tissue, and has the consistency of gelatin when cooled.

Fat is just, well, fat. You can melt it again and evaporate some of the water, salt it and use it as a spread...then it's called schmaltz. It can also be used to make potato pancakes or matzo balls.

Posted by: HTL at March 10, 2016 11:56 PM (3TKkF)

159 If you ever meet a stripper named Tyffani... run.

Posted by: Colorado Alex at March 10, 2016 11:57 PM (fC9RO)

160 Yeah the cre8tive spelling is frustrating too.

Especially when the don't make sense phonetically.

Usually though it's an attempt to feminize a male name (usually by adding a y) or smush together names to honor people.

Of course this trend has been around forever. I have a 40 year old cousin named Cyndi.

Posted by: Lauren at March 10, 2016 11:57 PM (qHM3d)

161 Southerners have done that right along. I have an Aunt Michael, Aunt Bobby, Aunt Billy, Aunt Jo, Aunt Donny.
-----------------
I grew up with an Uncle Bunny & Aunt Easter. Wonderful older married couple. Always fun to visit.

I was practically an adult before I found out that their real names were actually Barney & Esther.

Posted by: Chi at March 10, 2016 11:57 PM (mW1Fw)

162 Cooter is a kind of turtle and a pretty common nickname/term of endearment, too.

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at March 10, 2016 11:58 PM (CNKtx)

163 Idea for Trump to turn the election on its head even further:

Contact Tulsi Gabbard, the former vice chairman of the DNC. She's hot, American Samoan, and Hindi. She's a veteran that has left political office to serve in the Middle East multiple times. She's taken heat for criticizing Obama numerous times.

Offer her a position as his Secretary of Defense.

Watch the Left lose their fucking minds.

Posted by: s at March 10, 2016 11:58 PM (HCXGq)

164 It's also not unusual to give a child, male or female, their mama's maiden name as their first name.
Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at March 10, 2016 11:52 PM (CNKtx)

****

I'm glad that is a Southern thing. I would hate to be named "Versema".

Posted by: Tim in GA at March 10, 2016 11:58 PM (SAmbU)

165 Posted by: Chi at March 10, 2016 11:57 PM (mW1Fw)

Chi, that is cute!

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at March 10, 2016 11:58 PM (CNKtx)

166 72 Question on Family Feud tonight: "Name a car brand name that could also be a stripper name."


Kia
Posted by: no good deed at March 10, 2016 11:38 PM (GgxVX)


Hey, welcome to Raisins!

Posted by: Lexus at March 10, 2016 11:59 PM (1JnAL)

167 Buzzed typing is drunk typing per all the ads we seen tv

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at March 10, 2016 11:59 PM (voOPb)

168 Watch the Left lose their fucking minds.

How could we tell?

Posted by: Blanco Basura at March 10, 2016 11:59 PM (YJmuy)

169 139
You would not believe the shit people name their kids. They're like "Do
you think Shawn McKynzee is a good name for a girl?" and then when you
tell them no they get huffy and say "I'll name my baby what I want you
bitch!"

Posted by: Lauren at March 10, 2016 11:50 PM (qHM3d)


Those "cute" spellings and superfluous y's in the place of real vowels drive me nuts. The letter y has legitimate uses. Leave it for those!

Posted by: Cato the Rebel Without a Party at March 10, 2016 11:59 PM (HalrA)

170 Reminds me of Key & Peele's "Substitute Teacher" sketch.

Posted by: Insomniac at March 10, 2016 11:54 PM (0mRoj)

LMAO. We do that to all the new hires all the time.

Jacqueline...Jaykwellin

Roger....Roh-ger

Nadine...Nah-DIN-A

Posted by: RWC - Team BOHICA at March 10, 2016 11:59 PM (hlMPp)

171 The Italians are masters of stripper names

Giulia
Giulietta
Lancia
Berlinetta

Posted by: Jinx the Cat at March 10, 2016 11:59 PM (TnUKj)

172 Name a car brand name that could also be a stripper name.
-----------------------

Fiesta

Posted by: iforgot at March 10, 2016 11:59 PM (5o5ek)

173 Ricardo,
That is what my friend tells the teachers. You should hear this poor little girl. Do you love cooter? She is going to be embarrassed when she figures out what it means.

Posted by: CaliGirl at March 10, 2016 11:59 PM (egOGm)

174 "My friend's husband named their daughter's cat cooter"

Could be worse. I've known kittehs whose humans named them Stinker and Old Tuna Breath.

Posted by: Basement Cat at March 10, 2016 11:59 PM (3C9q2)

175 "Name a car brand name that could also be a stripper name."

The reason that Ford Motor Company eventually had to euthanize the venerable and long-running Mercury brand is that they had absolutely no clue about product marketing.

Years and years of producing the Mercury Marquis and NOT ONCE did they think to bring out a "de Sade" edition, with black leather seats and locking seat belts.

Posted by: torquewrench at March 10, 2016 11:59 PM (noWW6)

176
Proud to say my niece and nephews are regular ass names with the correct spelling.

Buttocks?

Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at March 10, 2016 11:59 PM (FkBIv)

177 Posted by: Tim in GA at March 10, 2016 11:58 PM (SAmbU)

They'd probably either call you by your middle name, or initials.

Or Bubba.

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at March 11, 2016 12:00 AM (CNKtx)

178 "didn't know the origins of that name. How odd."

I didn't either til I was considering it as a baby name. After I learned it, I had to throw the name in the discard pile.


Another weird naming trend is "old people names"

Lots of babies these days are being named Edith and Gertrude. Funny how things swing back into style after being sooo out.

Posted by: Lauren at March 11, 2016 12:00 AM (qHM3d)

179 166 72 Question on Family Feud tonight: "Name a car brand name that could also b
-----
Tits LaRue & Pussy Galore

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at March 11, 2016 12:00 AM (voOPb)

180 Why can't people name their kids something normal, like Dagobert?

Posted by: Chlothar II and Haldetrude at March 11, 2016 12:00 AM (vBeA5)

181 God the new Supes/Batman movies looks like absolute fucking dogshit

Posted by: thathalfrican - be water my friend at March 11, 2016 12:00 AM (R5HRU)

182 My Godfather/Uncle is Uncle Bull.

Don't think I've ever heard him called Bill or William.

*kid...glass doors...running through them....

Posted by: RWC - Team BOHICA at March 11, 2016 12:01 AM (hlMPp)

183 170 Reminds me of Key & Peele's "Substitute Teacher" sketch.

Posted by: Insomniac at March 10, 2016 11:54 PM (0mRoj)

LMAO. We do that to all the new hires all the time.

Jacqueline...Jaykwellin

Roger....Roh-ger

Nadine...Nah-DIN-A
Posted by: RWC - Team BOHICA at March 10, 2016 11:59 PM (hlMPp)

Now go on down to Mr. O Shag Hennessy's and tell him exactly what you told me!

You mean Principal O'Shaughnessy?

SON OF A BITCH!!!!

Posted by: Insomniac at March 11, 2016 12:01 AM (0mRoj)

184 164 It's also not unusual to give a child, male or female, their mama's maiden name as their first name.
Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at March 10, 2016 11:52 PM (CNKtx)

****

I'm glad that is a Southern thing. I would hate to be named "Versema".
Posted by: Tim in GA at March 10, 2016 11:58 PM (SAmbU)
***
Could be worse. My mother's maiden name was Voinovodya.......

Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine, Still Accepting Harem Applicants at March 11, 2016 12:01 AM (lutOX)

185 just finished watching "drunk, stoned, brilliant dead: the national lampoon story" and it is worthwhile. then i come here to check out this site and it strikes me there is a similarity in the variety and irreverent humor. at times.

i didn't really know who doug kinney was. he was was national lampoon, animal house, caddy shack, etc. remarkable.

there's speculation at the end that he killed himself. according to imdb (his entry is remarkably short for his influence), the cliff he was standing on collapsed.it was an accident.

Posted by: musical jolly chimp at March 11, 2016 12:01 AM (WTSFk)

186 "I grew up with an Uncle Bunny & Aunt Easter. Wonderful older married couple. Always fun to visit.
"

Aww that's an adorable story.

Posted by: Lauren at March 11, 2016 12:01 AM (qHM3d)

187 " was practically an adult before I found out that their real names were actually Barney & Esther."



You have a "name" and then you have a name. Keeps the revenuers off your trail.

Posted by: Ricardo Kill at March 11, 2016 12:02 AM (S1Gtv)

188 >>Of course this trend has been around forever. I have a 40 year old cousin named Cyndi.
Posted by: Lauren

Counts as child cruelty. Their name will constantly be misspelled for their entire life and they will always be correcting people.

Posted by: Aviator at March 11, 2016 12:02 AM (c7vUv)

189 Posted by: Lauren at March 11, 2016 12:00 AM (qHM3d

Nieces middle name is Collette from my great grandma. Mi actually like it.

Posted by: RWC - Team BOHICA at March 11, 2016 12:02 AM (hlMPp)

190 car/stripper name


Hummer

Posted by: Vlad the Impaler, whittling away like mad at March 11, 2016 12:03 AM (3Mimg)

191 My moms name is super unique I've never seen it elsewhere

Posted by: thathalfrican - be water my friend at March 11, 2016 12:03 AM (R5HRU)

192 180 Why can't people name their kids something normal, like Dagobert?
Posted by: Chlothar II and Haldetrude at March 11, 2016 12:00 AM (vBeA5)
***
Heh....I used to work with a dude named Dagobert.

Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine, Still Accepting Harem Applicants at March 11, 2016 12:03 AM (lutOX)

193 They'd probably either call you by your middle name, or initials.

Or Bubba.
Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at March 11, 2016 12:00 AM (CNKtx)

*****

My initials would then denote Venereal Disease by actually being then initials for VD, so that is right out. Middle name would work.

I would be a not good, very bad Bubba.

Posted by: Tim in GA at March 11, 2016 12:03 AM (SAmbU)

194 Nieces middle name is Collette from my great grandma. Mi actually like it.

That's a good name. And since it's her middle name no one will nickname her "Collie".

Posted by: Blanco Basura at March 11, 2016 12:03 AM (YJmuy)

195 Ginger Thursday ONT Compliance Pics

https://twitter.com/kbdabear/status/707988318575861764

https://twitter.com/kbdabear/status/707988540269920256

https://twitter.com/kbdabear/status/707988751436423168

Posted by: kbdabear at March 11, 2016 12:03 AM (xehGe)

196 That is something serious to think about that Bookworm wrote about.

It reminds me of this one Dutch woman's experiences in WWII in the Dutch East Indies interred as a child. She managed to build a life after that but a damn inside would not release until decades later she met a young Japanese woman. And that started a conversation as it were and she was finally able to move beyond her years in that Japanese camp.

Posted by: Anna Puma at March 11, 2016 12:03 AM (lJ46T)

197
Posted by: Insomniac at March 11, 2016 12:01 AM (0mRoj)

Never not funny. One of their best skits by far.

Posted by: RWC - Team BOHICA at March 11, 2016 12:03 AM (hlMPp)

198 127 Parents should give their children a real and serious name, like Ima.
Posted by: Judge Hogg at March 10, 2016 11:47 PM (vBeA5)

And her sister Ura.
I sure never complained about my name when I was a kid.

Posted by: stace at March 11, 2016 12:03 AM (ozZau)

199 "And God Created Woman" is on TCM channel now


you're welcome...

Posted by: ladies and gentlemen, the Kansas City Chiefs !! at March 11, 2016 12:04 AM (/542q)

200 >>>Why can't people name their kids something normal, like Dagobert?

Posted by: Chlothar II and Haldetrude at March 11, 2016 12:00 AM (vBeA5)<<<

Great place to live that was.

Posted by: Yoda at March 11, 2016 12:04 AM (H9MG5)

201 I know a two year old Agatha and a four year old Myrtle.

Neither named after relatives, which you could understand.

Nope, their mama's just liked the names.

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at March 11, 2016 12:04 AM (CNKtx)

202 More Ginger Thursday ONT Compliance Pics

https://twitter.com/kbdabear/status/707988994164989952

https://twitter.com/kbdabear/status/707989192656162816

https://twitter.com/kbdabear/status/707989743099842561

Posted by: kbdabear at March 11, 2016 12:05 AM (xehGe)

203 Super Unique is a very unusual name

Posted by: tmitsss@gmail.com at March 11, 2016 12:05 AM (sUvQQ)

204 Lots of babies these days are being named Edith and Gertrude. Funny how things swing back into style after being sooo out.


That's mostly hipsters trying to be unique.

Posted by: Colorado Alex at March 11, 2016 12:05 AM (fC9RO)

205 We went the great grandparent route with our middle names too. Of course ours were pretty timeless. Elizabeth, Susannah, Katherine. Our sons got Avery and Henry.

Of course, then Avery became a top 10 girl's name but oh well.

Posted by: Lauren at March 11, 2016 12:05 AM (qHM3d)

206 183: by insomniac has something of that national lampoon irvelence.

Posted by: musical jolly chimp at March 11, 2016 12:05 AM (WTSFk)

207 Hasta, lot of fun.

Posted by: Ricardo Kill at March 11, 2016 12:05 AM (S1Gtv)

208 Posted by: thathalfrican - be water my friend at March 11, 2016 12:03 AM (R5HRU)
I know a girl named yunique.

Posted by: CaliGirl at March 11, 2016 12:06 AM (egOGm)

209 Counts as child cruelty. Their name will constantly be misspelled for their entire life and they will always be correcting people.
Posted by: Aviator at March 11, 2016 12:02 AM (c7vUv)

****

One of my clients is named Kaaren, and God help you if any correspondence is spelled wrong.

Posted by: Tim in GA at March 11, 2016 12:06 AM (SAmbU)

210 187 " was practically an adult before I found out that their real names were actually Barney & Esther."



You have a "name" and then you have a name. Keeps the revenuers off your trail.
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at March 11, 2016 12:02 AM (S1Gtv)
***
My family - Polish/Russian and German Jews - settled in WV and went native in two generations. Yep - Jewbillies. They do exist.

Growing up, I learned folks had a moniker and a name. And a good way to get the stink-eye was to ask for somebody's name.

Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine, Still Accepting Harem Applicants at March 11, 2016 12:06 AM (lutOX)

211 "Nope, their mama's just liked the names."

I think they're sweet names. Even though it is a hipster trend, at least they have some gravity.

Posted by: Lauren at March 11, 2016 12:07 AM (qHM3d)

212 Posted by: Tim in GA at March 11, 2016 12:03 AM (SAmbU)

Well, if you're truly Southern, you don't know your real name til you're about 8 anyway, because you are constantly being called Honey, Sugar and Baby

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at March 11, 2016 12:07 AM (CNKtx)

213 HTL....thanks.

Alas, in the making of the soup, I toss in a pair of roasted chicken carcasses, as well as all of the pan drippings from their having been roasted.

By time they go through a six to eight hour low simmer, I'm able to pretty much take the bones down to bare calcium....all the good stuff goes into the soup.

I'd have to dedicate a future carcass or two in order to have the bones and connective on hand to reduce to stock, and I'd rather have the soup.

So, store bought (commercial, actually) paste, it is. Bullion cubes are for folks that don't know where to buy a good paste stock.

Only reason I'd like to make my own, is to make it less salty. Not for "health" reasons, but so I can more fully control the flavor profile as I build up the soup in the pot.

The fifteen quart is my small batch. I can scale it up to a sixty quart batch, but that's a lot easier in a commercial kitchen than on a home range.

Damn good stuff though. Enough seasoning to make a Cajun smile, but not so much as to be a heat-fest.

Cheap as hell to make, too. That pot will be meals for two, for nearly a week, all for about $5 cost above the chickens, which were actually full meals on their own in the preceding weeks.

Wish I could e mail some to Teh Horde.


Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX

Posted by: Jim at March 11, 2016 12:07 AM (McRlu)

214 Another weird naming trend is "old people names"

Lots of babies these days are being named Edith and Gertrude. Funny how things swing back into style after being sooo out.

Posted by: Lauren
-----------------
Really? I have knowN exactly one Gertrude in my (almost) 50 years. Aunt Gertie.

I've told this before, but -
Gram & Gramps already had my Uncles, Thomas & Richard, when Mom came around. Grampa was dead set on naming her Harrietta, but Grandma nixed that pretty quickly.

Fast forward about 20 years or so, and Mom gets engaged to Dad (Harry). Grandma looks at Gramps, "well, you finally have your Tom Dick and Harry. Happy now?"

Posted by: Chi at March 11, 2016 12:08 AM (mW1Fw)

215 Do you pronounce the aa in Kaaren any special way? More piratey perhaps?

Posted by: Lauren at March 11, 2016 12:08 AM (qHM3d)

216 Attack of the super kawaii

http://www.ufunk.net/illustration/rainbow-superheroes/

Posted by: Anna Puma at March 11, 2016 12:08 AM (lJ46T)

217 clara

Posted by: musical jolly chimp at March 11, 2016 12:09 AM (WTSFk)

218 "well, you finally have your Tom Dick and Harry. Happy now?"

Haha aww that's cute too.

Posted by: Lauren at March 11, 2016 12:09 AM (qHM3d)

219 One of my clients is named Kaaren, and God help you if any correspondence is spelled wrong.

Posted by: Tim in GA at March 11, 2016 12:06 AM (SAmbU)


As someone who read too many Star Wars books, I see that unnecessarily doubled first vowel and automatically think "Clone."

Posted by: Cato the Rebel Without a Party at March 11, 2016 12:09 AM (HalrA)

220 Oops

Posted by: tmitsss at March 11, 2016 12:10 AM (sUvQQ)

221 was just thinking about clara today.

now there's a name we won't soon see again.

Posted by: musical jolly chimp at March 11, 2016 12:10 AM (WTSFk)

222 >>>One of my clients is named Kaaren, and God help you if any correspondence is spelled wrong.

Posted by: Tim in GA at March 11, 2016 12:06 AM (SAmbU)<<<

Kaaaaren... why did you do that Kaaaaaren?!

Posted by: Ray Liotta in Goodfellas at March 11, 2016 12:10 AM (H9MG5)

223 Lauren, you're sweet to say so, but.... I am just not a fan!

Agatha can be at least be Aggie, but Myrtle can only Myrt.

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at March 11, 2016 12:10 AM (CNKtx)

224 >>>Name a car brand name that could also be a stripper name

I'm sure you talkative fuckers got it already but:
1. Porsche
B. Mercedes
III. Lexus

Posted by: DC in River City at March 11, 2016 12:10 AM (e+1S5)

225 Do you pronounce the aa in Kaaren any special way? More piratey perhaps?
Posted by: Lauren at March 11, 2016 12:08 AM (qHM3d)

*****

Nope, the usual pronunciation. Of course, she is a miserable, humorless bitch. Otherwise one could have a little fun like that with it.

Posted by: Tim in GA at March 11, 2016 12:10 AM (SAmbU)

226 Peggy, Nell, Myrt, Judy, Kate, Betty -> All Allied Japanese bomber names.

Posted by: Anna Puma at March 11, 2016 12:11 AM (lJ46T)

227 221 was just thinking about clara today.

now there's a name we won't soon see again.

Posted by: musical jolly chimp at March 11, 2016 12:10 AM (WTSFk)



Depends on how many Doctor Who fans had female babies the past three years.

Posted by: buzzion at March 11, 2016 12:11 AM (zt+N6)

228 My grandfather wanted me to be named "Winston."

Thing with a name like that is it sorta sets expectations that aren't likely to be met.

I almost managed to get #1 son named "James Tiberius." If I could have kept a straight face while the then-future-ex wife pondered it, and could have kept her away from Google, I might have gotten away with it.

Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine, Still Accepting Harem Applicants at March 11, 2016 12:11 AM (lutOX)

229 a scrappy seamstress
Pics or it didn't happen.

Posted by: a plucky tailor at March 11, 2016 12:12 AM (WOyz5)

230 Growing up, I learned folks had a moniker and a name. And a good way to get the stink-eye was to ask for somebody's name.
'''''
I already told the story about the crusty old man called Susie in my beach town hangout. It was a nickname from childhood and no one ever called him by his actual name.

Posted by: stace at March 11, 2016 12:12 AM (ozZau)

231 "Myrtle can only Myrt."

Yeah nick names are definitely limited there. Maybe Tilly as a huge stretch.

Posted by: Lauren at March 11, 2016 12:12 AM (qHM3d)

232 now, i'm outa here before the ont gets taken over by the usual couple of you-know-who's.

ciao.

Posted by: musical jolly chimp at March 11, 2016 12:12 AM (WTSFk)

233 Mercedes and Maja - daughters of a ne'er do well European who bought Daimler-Benz cars.

Both became brand names, only Mercedes succeeded.

Posted by: Anna Puma at March 11, 2016 12:12 AM (lJ46T)

234 My parents were going to name me Edmund, or Sir, but thankfully settled on Hillary.

Posted by: Cankles! at March 11, 2016 12:13 AM (H9MG5)

235 I almost managed to get #1 son named "James Tiberius."

Posted by: leonard james akaar at March 11, 2016 12:14 AM (WOyz5)

236 >>>Question on Family Feud tonight: "Name a car brand name that could also be a stripper name."



Gentlemen, put your hands together for Lexus, on the main stage!

and in the side cages, Porsche and Ferrari

Posted by: OneEyedJack at March 11, 2016 12:14 AM (kKHcp)

237 223 Lauren, you're sweet to say so, but.... I am just not a fan!

Agatha can be at least be Aggie, but Myrtle can only Myrt.
Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at March 11, 2016 12:10 AM (CNKtx)
***
My maternal grandmother - Elzveta - was known as Betty all the days of her life. I'd never heard anyone ever call her anything else.

Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine, Still Accepting Harem Applicants at March 11, 2016 12:14 AM (lutOX)

238 "Thing with a name like that is it sorta sets expectations that aren't likely to be met."

That's my husband's first name, though he doesn't go by it. His names get progressively more pretentious as they go though. My mother in law had a flair for the dramatic.

Posted by: Lauren at March 11, 2016 12:14 AM (qHM3d)

239 "Myrtle can only Myrt."

Crepe, Tree, Trunk, Ent, and/or Beach ...

Posted by: Adriane the Medical Critic ... at March 11, 2016 12:14 AM (AoK0a)

240 Oh not at all, Clara is quite popular now. I don't mind Clara too much.

I love Elizabeth. We have a lot of those, and Rachel and Chloes in the family, and it goes wayyyy back.

I thought Chloe was a modern name, but I have an ancestor from the 1700s named Chloe. We pronounce it Kloy, though, not Klo-ee, which I prefer.

We also pronounce Laura as La-ra, not LOR-a, bit that maybe a general Southern thing.

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at March 11, 2016 12:15 AM (CNKtx)

241 Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX
Posted by: Jim at March 11, 2016 12:07 AM (McRlu)


Roasted chicken carcasses are great for making very flavorful broth/soup. To make stock, uncooked bones are best.

If you spatchcock your chickens before roasting them, take the backbones and freeze them. When you have 4-6 of those, throw in some raw chicken wings and then do your multi-hour simmer. You will wind up with a very thick stock, which you can freeze in small batches to use in stews and gravies. Before Thanksgiving I do that with turkey wings, which is why we never run out of gravy.

I definitely agree with you about keeping salt to a minimum. You want a little just to help as a preservative, but it is better to have the flexiblity to salt to taste later, when preparing the final dish.

Posted by: HTL at March 11, 2016 12:15 AM (3TKkF)

242 Posted by: DC in River City at March 11, 2016 12:10 AM (e+1S5)

beat me

Posted by: OneEyedJack at March 11, 2016 12:15 AM (kKHcp)

243 Dr Anal can practice in Key,morcSan Fransisco. She nice the gheys are on the PC endangered list they can do no harm

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at March 11, 2016 12:15 AM (voOPb)

244 That is something serious to think about that Bookworm wrote about.

Amen. My mother and her older sister were a lot like Bookworm's mother in that they demanded that other family members "make them happy." They didn't have half the hardships that Bookworm's mother survived, but they nonetheless expected others to cater to their every whim while being at the same time relentlessly critical of those of us who did try to please them. It took me years to figure it out, but I finally came to understand that they didn't really want to be pleased, they simply used their unhappiness as a tool to manipulate and control the rest of the extended family. That insight finally freed me from their head games.

Posted by: Basement Cat at March 11, 2016 12:16 AM (3C9q2)

245 How to spot Doctor Who fans in a few years.

Their kids will be named Clara and they will have TARDIS tats.

Posted by: Anna Puma at March 11, 2016 12:16 AM (lJ46T)

246 Yugo

Posted by: jsg at March 11, 2016 12:16 AM (kGzir)

247 Jugoslavia? Or the failed Yugo auto?

Posted by: Anna Puma at March 11, 2016 12:17 AM (lJ46T)

248 We also pronounce Laura as La-ra, not LOR-a, bit that maybe a general Southern thing.
Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at March 11, 2016 12:15 AM (CNKtx)

****

Probably is a Southern thang.

After 30 years in the South, it still kills my ears to hear "Hi" pronounced as "Hah". They are distinct and useful individual words, goddamnit.

Posted by: Tim in GA at March 11, 2016 12:17 AM (SAmbU)

249 was just thinking about clara today.

now there's a name we won't soon see again.
Posted by: musical jolly chimp at March 11, 2016 12:10 AM (WTSFk)

One would think, but my glamorous niece is named Clara. My brother and SIL got the name from some 19th century graffiti in an indian cave on the old family ranch. BTW, dirty minds, it wasn't anything like "for a good time, go see Clara". It was just her first and last name and the year.

Posted by: stace at March 11, 2016 12:17 AM (ozZau)

250 245 How to spot Doctor Who fans in a few years.

Their kids will be named Clara and they will have TARDIS tats.


Posted by: Anna Puma at March 11, 2016 12:16 AM (lJ46T



Don't forget River.

Posted by: buzzion at March 11, 2016 12:18 AM (zt+N6)

251 How to spot Doctor Who fans in a few years.

Their kids will be named Clara and they will have TARDIS tats.
Posted by: Anna Puma

That's Retardis, sir.

Posted by: Rachel Jeantel at March 11, 2016 12:18 AM (d9C8q)

252 Or worse - River Clara Song- [ insert real last name]

Posted by: Anna Puma at March 11, 2016 12:19 AM (lJ46T)

253 Don't forget River.

Already taken. Firefly.

Posted by: Adriane the Medical Critic ... at March 11, 2016 12:19 AM (AoK0a)

254 Posted by: Tim in GA at March 11, 2016 12:17 AM (SAmbU)

And how about that state up north called "Uh-HI-uh"?

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at March 11, 2016 12:19 AM (CNKtx)

255 Don't forget River.

Melody Pond

Posted by: Blanco Basura at March 11, 2016 12:19 AM (YJmuy)

256 194 Nieces middle name is Collette from my great grandma. Mi actually like it.

That's a good name. And since it's her middle name no one will nickname her "Collie".

Posted by: Blanco Basura at March 11, 2016 12:03 AM (YJmuy)

She'll kick their ass if they did. She beats on her older brothers for fun.

The oldest is having a Dodge-Ball birthday party this Saturday..

Really, really looking forward to it.

Posted by: RWC - Team BOHICA at March 11, 2016 12:19 AM (hlMPp)

257 235 I almost managed to get #1 son named "James Tiberius."

Posted by: leonard james akaar at March 11, 2016 12:14 AM (WOyz5)

Horseshoes &'hand gernades. I had all girls. My hands were tied although I won the name game selection

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at March 11, 2016 12:20 AM (voOPb)

258 252 Or worse - River Clara Song- [ insert real last name]


Posted by: Anna Puma at March 11, 2016 12:19 AM (lJ46T)



Amy(Amelia) River Clara

Posted by: buzzion at March 11, 2016 12:20 AM (zt+N6)

259 Melody Pond, talk about strange women in lakes with sonic screwdrivers.

Posted by: Anna Puma at March 11, 2016 12:20 AM (lJ46T)

260 With javascript and plug-ins turned off in my Opera browser, no videos showed. Minimalist ONT again.

Having previously seen the old selfie shot, then, the only thing left, really, without clicking on links, was the Bookworm article - which I already have open in another tab to read tomorrow.

Thanks for the time-saver, Maet.

Good evening, folks.

Posted by: mindful webworker - all the snark, none of the phat at March 11, 2016 12:20 AM (5a8XA)

261
Posted by: leonard james akaar

With a mother like Julie Newmar...

Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at March 11, 2016 12:20 AM (FkBIv)

262 Sophia is also quite popular, and Bella. Damn movies.

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at March 11, 2016 12:21 AM (CNKtx)

263 AP,

How's working for the man? Any stories yet?

Posted by: RWC - Team BOHICA at March 11, 2016 12:21 AM (hlMPp)

264 >>>How to spot Doctor Who fans in a few years.

Their kids will be named Clara and they will have TARDIS tats.

Posted by: Anna Puma
<<<




I fucking hate my parents.

Posted by: Stormageddon at March 11, 2016 12:21 AM (H9MG5)

265 3 chapters and a prolog - roughly 30,000 words.

After I took the weed-eater to them - about 22,700 words.

Posted by: Anna Puma at March 11, 2016 12:22 AM (lJ46T)

266 Posted by: leonard james akaar at March 11, 2016 12:14 AM (WOyz5)

Wow, that is a seriously obscure TOS reference. Bravo!

Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 11, 2016 12:22 AM (EZebt)

267
Don't forget River.

A refreshing 52 degrees, man.

Posted by: Discover the forest PSA at March 11, 2016 12:22 AM (FkBIv)

268 And how about that state up north called "Uh-HI-uh"?
Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at March 11, 2016 12:19 AM (CNKtx)

*****

I have relatives there who manage not to retard the name and pronounce all three syllables correctly. The rest of the State I blame on its bordering with Kentucky.

Posted by: Tim in GA at March 11, 2016 12:22 AM (SAmbU)

269 Obscure? Friday's Child

Posted by: Anna Puma at March 11, 2016 12:22 AM (lJ46T)

270
253 Don't forget River.

Already taken. Firefly.

Posted by: Adriane the Medical Critic ... at March 11, 2016 12:19 AM (AoK0a)



Nah. A Firefly fan would go with Kaylee and Zoe first.

Posted by: buzzion at March 11, 2016 12:22 AM (zt+N6)

271 @32. RK thanks.

I hope you're enjoying the dump as much as I am writing it.

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at March 11, 2016 12:23 AM (voOPb)

272 Anna Puma at March 11, 2016 12:22 AM (lJ46T)

Dang! you're good.

Posted by: Adriane the Medical Critic ... at March 11, 2016 12:23 AM (AoK0a)

273 I can't remember my mom's mating name.

Posted by: Ricky at March 11, 2016 12:24 AM (1JnAL)

274 Da Cubbies!!!!!11!!
Okay off to bed
That's all you heathens get

Posted by: Navypopojojo at March 11, 2016 12:24 AM (qwhaR)

275 Re Firefly, what about Serenity as a girl's name?

Posted by: qdpsteve at March 11, 2016 12:24 AM (ntObR)

276 What never ceases to amuse are the names foreigners pick for themselves.

Until about two weeks ago, I worked with a metric crap-ton of Chinese, and was never able to determine what system they used to make their picks.

The girls were the worst - a vast sea of Cindy's and Sandy's.

Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine, Still Accepting Harem Applicants at March 11, 2016 12:24 AM (lutOX)

277 Well, if you're truly Southern, you don't know your real name til you're about 8 anyway, because you are constantly being called Honey, Sugar and Baby
Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at March 11, 2016 12:07 AM (CNKtx)

Hah, that's so true. And then here in South Texas, there's also a layer of Spanish endearments and diminutives, even in anglo families.

Posted by: stace at March 11, 2016 12:25 AM (ozZau)

278 NCJ, don't you have a taxi full of drunk squids to pour on base from Dave + Busters?

Posted by: Anna Puma at March 11, 2016 12:25 AM (lJ46T)

279 I hope you're enjoying the dump as much as I am writing it.

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at March 11, 2016 12:23 AM (voOPb)

*bites tongue

Posted by: RWC - Team BOHICA at March 11, 2016 12:25 AM (hlMPp)

280 Re Firefly, what about Serenity as a girl's name?


not a prayer!

Posted by: Adriane the Medical Critic ... at March 11, 2016 12:25 AM (AoK0a)

281 Re Firefly, what about Serenity as a girl's name?

******

Depends.

Posted by: Tim in GA at March 11, 2016 12:26 AM (SAmbU)

282 I woulda thought Serenity would be a hit with those fans.

And on that note, I had no idea the Family Feud topic would get such traction. Glad everyone enjoyed it. Gotta call it a night early folks. Thanks for the fun chat!!

Posted by: qdpsteve at March 11, 2016 12:26 AM (ntObR)

283 Until about two weeks ago, I worked with a metric crap-ton of Chinese, and was never able to determine what system they used to make their picks.

Graves.

Posted by: Adriane the Medical Critic ... at March 11, 2016 12:27 AM (AoK0a)

284 Thanks Adriane. Working on a fourth chapter right now.

How to truly confuse your children: River Tam and River Song.

Posted by: Anna Puma at March 11, 2016 12:27 AM (lJ46T)

285 bites tongue RWC

Hmmmmm memory engages

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at March 11, 2016 12:27 AM (voOPb)

286 qdpsteve, off to work on your movie?

Posted by: Anna Puma at March 11, 2016 12:28 AM (lJ46T)

287 >>>Depends.

Posted by: Tim in GA at March 11, 2016 12:26 AM (SAmbU)<<<

That's a crappy name.

Posted by: Stormageddon at March 11, 2016 12:28 AM (H9MG5)

288 284 Thanks Adriane. Working on a fourth chapter right now.

How to truly confuse your children: River Tam and River Song.
Posted by: Anna Puma at March 11, 2016 12:27 AM (lJ46T)
***
No confusion there at all.
One's Vietnamese, one's Korean.

Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine, Still Accepting Harem Applicants at March 11, 2016 12:28 AM (lutOX)

289 They only mention the name once at the end. No one IRL would have a clue.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 11, 2016 12:28 AM (EZebt)

290 wow... clara is back.

i'm just constantly surprised by life.

Posted by: musical jolly chimp at March 11, 2016 12:28 AM (WTSFk)

291 Name her Hannah, because Hannah spelled backwards is still Hannah. Plus she's my favorite daughter or so she says

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at March 11, 2016 12:28 AM (voOPb)

292 Stormageddon is now going to carp about horrible names? Holy mackerel!

Posted by: Anna Puma at March 11, 2016 12:29 AM (lJ46T)

293 Anna, yup. Going to start talking to other people soon, my script needs punching up and I'd bet they have good ideas. In fact both my bro-in-laws are movie fans, and one of them has seen practically every single superhero movie released in the last 10 years.

So we'll see how things go. Thanks for asking. Okay, gotta go. Goodnight all!

Posted by: qdpsteve at March 11, 2016 12:29 AM (ntObR)

294 275 Re Firefly, what about Serenity as a girl's name?
Posted by: qdpsteve at March 11, 2016 12:24 AM (ntObR)


That's a ships name.

Inara would be okay for a girl's name if you don't mind her being called a space whore.

Posted by: Ashley Judd's Puffy Scamper, aka MrCaniac at March 11, 2016 12:29 AM (1JnAL)

295 283 Until about two weeks ago, I worked with a metric crap-ton of Chinese, and was never able to determine what system they used to make their picks.

Graves.
Posted by: Adriane the Medical Critic ... at March 11, 2016 12:27 AM (AoK0a)
***
I was referring to their 'American' names.

Which never made any sense to me - their real names aren't that hard to pronounce.

Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine, Still Accepting Harem Applicants at March 11, 2016 12:30 AM (lutOX)

296 Fuck Eva Longoria.

Posted by: No Seriously, I Want to Fuck Eva Longoria at March 11, 2016 12:30 AM (IVCCS)

297 Posted by: stace at March 11, 2016 12:25 AM (ozZau)

When I first moved to SoCal, I thought Mijo and Mija were names.

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at March 11, 2016 12:30 AM (CNKtx)

298 >>>Stormageddon is now going to carp about horrible names? Holy mackerel!


Posted by: Anna Puma at March 11, 2016 12:29 AM (lJ46T)<<<

I was hoping someone would take the bait.

Posted by: Stormageddon at March 11, 2016 12:30 AM (H9MG5)

299 Stormageddon is now going to carp about horrible names? Holy mackerel!

He's just fishing for comments ...

Posted by: Adriane the Medical Critic ... at March 11, 2016 12:30 AM (AoK0a)

300
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at March 11, 2016 12:27 AM (voOPb

Same comment I made with the ONT. I think ya'll work too hard.

Granted, appreciate the hell out of it and the HQ is the be all end all of news but I hope it's not interfering with life.

Posted by: RWC - Team BOHICA at March 11, 2016 12:31 AM (hlMPp)

301 277!Stace for the first 8yrs it was dammit come here, dammit sit down, dammit leave your brother alone. My name was dammit

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at March 11, 2016 12:31 AM (voOPb)

302 'Skye'. I wanted to strangle my nephew and his wife.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at March 11, 2016 12:31 AM (9mTYi)

303 Almost 300 comments in and I will be the one that says it,

"Eva Longoria? I'd hit it."

Posted by: Ashley Judd's Puffy Scamper, aka MrCaniac at March 11, 2016 12:32 AM (1JnAL)

304 297 Posted by: stace at March 11, 2016 12:25 AM (ozZau)

When I first moved to SoCal, I thought Mijo and Mija were names.
Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at March 11, 2016 12:30 AM (CNKtx)
***
Ha! Had the same problem when I moved to Texas.

Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine, Still Accepting Harem Applicants at March 11, 2016 12:32 AM (lutOX)

305 291 Name her Hannah, because Hannah spelled backwards is still Hannah. Plus she's my favorite daughter or so she says

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at March 11, 2016 12:28 AM (voOPb)



Short story I remember from grade school: "Hannah is a Palindrome." Probably would be allowed in books today because the whole story is about a boy Otto taunting her about being a palindrome while the teacher is out of the room until she learns what it means and writes on the board that "Otto is a Palindrome"

Posted by: buzzion at March 11, 2016 12:33 AM (zt+N6)

306 I did have an ancestor named Marmaduke. I dodged a bullet on that one.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at March 11, 2016 12:33 AM (9mTYi)

307 Go with seriously classical names like Inanna.

Posted by: Anna Puma at March 11, 2016 12:34 AM (lJ46T)

308 >>>I did have an ancestor named Marmaduke. I dodged a bullet on that one.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at March 11, 2016 12:33 AM (9mTYi)<<<

That might have dogged you on the playground.

Posted by: Stormageddon at March 11, 2016 12:34 AM (H9MG5)

309 I did have an ancestor named Marmaduke. I dodged a bullet on that one.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc.

Was he a Dane?

Posted by: Prince Ludwig the #Problematic at March 11, 2016 12:34 AM (d9C8q)

310 Helluva ONT, Maet.

That Attenborough video is fantastic. I just saved it to my faves on YT. The Bowie audio as well. Such a unique voice and talent.

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at March 11, 2016 12:34 AM (8PbKi)

311 Obviously a Great Dane...

Posted by: Anna Puma at March 11, 2016 12:34 AM (lJ46T)

312 I was referring to their 'American' names.

so was I.

My friend Johnie Lee explained that his parents named him Johnie and his sister Ophelia by walking through a local grave yard to see what Americans named their people ...

Posted by: Adriane the Medical Critic ... at March 11, 2016 12:35 AM (AoK0a)

313 G-g-g-grandmother was Ursula.

My poor sister was saddled with Agnes.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at March 11, 2016 12:35 AM (9mTYi)

314 Have many friends with kids named Sebastian, Ignatius, Dominic, Augustine, Blaise or Benedict. All un-ironically.
Trad Catholics...

Posted by: Sal at March 11, 2016 12:35 AM (MRX6w)

315 WRT Eva Longoria - I think the horde are more or less in the 'it goes without saying' camp.

Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine, Still Accepting Harem Applicants at March 11, 2016 12:35 AM (lutOX)

316 Da Cubbies!!!!!11!!

Hey, how 'bout them Mets?!!!

Posted by: Basement Cat at March 11, 2016 12:35 AM (3C9q2)

317 295
283 Until about two weeks ago, I worked with a metric crap-ton of
Chinese, and was never able to determine what system they used to make
their picks.



Graves.

Posted by: Adriane the Medical Critic ... at March 11, 2016 12:27 AM (AoK0a)

***

I was referring to their 'American' names.



Which never made any sense to me - their real names aren't that hard to pronounce.

Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine, Still Accepting Harem Applicants at March 11, 2016 12:30 AM (lutOX)
295
283 Until about two weeks ago, I worked with a metric crap-ton of
Chinese, and was never able to determine what system they used to make
their picks.



Graves.

Posted by: Adriane the Medical Critic ... at March 11, 2016 12:27 AM (AoK0a)

***

I was referring to their 'American' names.



Which never made any sense to me - their real names aren't that hard to pronounce.

Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine, Still Accepting Harem Applicants at March 11, 2016 12:30 AM (lutOX)


I suspect that two significant restrictions are: (1) it is easy to pronounce with the family's native phonetics system; and (2) it is unambiguous under the family's native phonetics system. If "Susie" can mean "dog", I doubt it would be a favored 'American' name.

Posted by: cthulhu at March 11, 2016 12:35 AM (EzgxV)

318 My name was dammit
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at March 11, 2016 12:31 AM (voOPb)

lol. My dog knows the general meaning of dammit.

I have no idea where he learned that.

Posted by: stace at March 11, 2016 12:37 AM (ozZau)

319 Goodnight, mon amis!

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at March 11, 2016 12:38 AM (CNKtx)

320 312 I was referring to their 'American' names.

so was I.

My friend Johnie Lee explained that his parents named him Johnie and his sister Ophelia by walking through a local grave yard to see what Americans named their people ...
Posted by: Adriane the Medical Critic ... at March 11, 2016 12:35 AM (AoK0a)
***
Ahh....interesting.

The knowledge the Horde can put one....

But I think the students - the girls, anyway - just picked names that sounded 'cute,' had no more than two syllables, and weren't likely to be hard to pronounce.

My angel and her five sisters are all named for saints (their american names), and for their father's ex-girlfriends (their vietnamese names).

Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine, Still Accepting Harem Applicants at March 11, 2016 12:38 AM (lutOX)

321 "Name a car brand name that could also be a stripper name"

Tahoe

Get it? Ta...HOE.

Cuz she's a stripper.

And strippers are sometimes considered kinda slutty.

Posted by: gebrauchshund at March 11, 2016 12:39 AM (N4n2h)

322 oy.

Roses are red,
Violets are blue,
I stay and chat some more,
But I'm exhausted from the flu ...

Good Night all!

Posted by: Adriane the Medical Critic ... at March 11, 2016 12:39 AM (AoK0a)

323 "Name a car brand name that could also be a stripper name"

***

Chevette

Camaro

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at March 11, 2016 12:39 AM (8PbKi)

324 Graves.

Posted by: Adriane the Medical Critic ... at March 11, 2016 12:27 AM (AoK0a)


Thank goodness it wasn't a pet cemetary.

Posted by: Hanoverfist at March 11, 2016 12:40 AM (M3Kbo)

325 Night all

Posted by: Anna Puma at March 11, 2016 12:40 AM (lJ46T)

326 Thank goodness it wasn't a pet cemetary.
Posted by: Hanoverfist

Lotta bad history down that road.

Posted by: Fred Gwynne at March 11, 2016 12:41 AM (d9C8q)

327 'Night horde.

Have a great Friday with this summer-like weather

Posted by: RWC - Team BOHICA at March 11, 2016 12:41 AM (hlMPp)

328 Chevette

Camaro
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at March 11, 2016 12:39 AM (8PbKi)

*****

No. Sorry, but just.....no.

Posted by: Tim in GA at March 11, 2016 12:42 AM (SAmbU)

329 Buenas Noches Cock-a-roaches--I'm going to bed, but that is the actual name of a south texas pest control company, I learned last weekend.

MAET: Just wanna say that even though I rarely comment on ONT, I ALWAYS read it, and I appreciate the work and talent that goes into it.

Posted by: stace at March 11, 2016 12:43 AM (ozZau)

330 326 Thank goodness it wasn't a pet cemetary.
Posted by: Hanoverfist

Lotta bad history down that road.
Posted by: Fred Gwynne at March 11, 2016 12:41 AM (d9C8q)
***
Ah-yup.

Great speech about the soil in a man's heart being stony. Stuck with me over the years....

Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine, Still Accepting Harem Applicants at March 11, 2016 12:44 AM (lutOX)

331
No. Sorry, but just.....no.

***

Caliente

Marquis

Savoy

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at March 11, 2016 12:45 AM (8PbKi)

332 Caprice

Malibu

Electra

Catalina

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at March 11, 2016 12:46 AM (8PbKi)

333 Gentlemen, put your hands together for

Carlotta Tendent

She's on the job all night long.

Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine, Still Accepting Harem Applicants at March 11, 2016 12:47 AM (lutOX)

334 "Question on Family Feud tonight: "Name a car brand name that could also be a stripper name."

Has anyone said "Hummer" yet?

Posted by: Cloyd Freud, Unemployed at March 11, 2016 12:47 AM (Dttnn)

335 "I suspect that two significant restrictions are: (1) it is easy to
pronounce with the family's native phonetics system; and (2) it is
unambiguous under the family's native phonetics system. If 'Susie' can
mean 'dog', I doubt it would be a favored 'American' name."

I'm afraid to ask how "Cooter" might translate into other languages.

Posted by: torquewrench at March 11, 2016 12:47 AM (noWW6)

336 (if we can go with car models and not just brands)

Gremlin

Posted by: Stormageddon at March 11, 2016 12:47 AM (H9MG5)

337 Stormageddon is now going to carp about horrible names? Holy mackerel!


Posted by: Anna Puma at March 11, 2016 12:29 AM (lJ46T)

I was hoping someone would take the bait.


Posted by: Stormageddon
****

Well, some of us are a master at it...

Posted by: Soon to be Dead Hitman at March 11, 2016 12:48 AM (hVdx9)

338 I gotta go with Anna, the TOS reference wasn't all that obscure.

This is 'said' from someone who's seen them all probably 40 times in his 50 yrs.

Posted by: evil_bun_bun at March 11, 2016 12:48 AM (8qoUN)

339 An Eva Longoria ONT is better than a Yoko Ono ONT.

Posted by: rickl at March 11, 2016 12:49 AM (sdi6R)

340 leonard james was kind of the 'episode' punchline after all

Posted by: evil_bun_bun at March 11, 2016 12:49 AM (8qoUN)

341 An Eva Longoria ONT is better than a Yoko Ono ONT.

Posted by: rickl
****

That's a mighty low bar...

Eva Longoria...too skinny.
Eva Mendes tho...yum...

Posted by: Soon to be Dead Hitman at March 11, 2016 12:52 AM (hVdx9)

342 As we are getting to a portion of the ONT I don't care for, time to bid you all Good Night. Take care.

Posted by: Tim in GA at March 11, 2016 12:53 AM (SAmbU)

343 Nite morons
Be well

Thanks for the onts Maet

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at March 11, 2016 12:54 AM (voOPb)

344 By the way, I am terribly disappointed in you all.

The obvious champion combination of a stripper-name car make and a stripper-name car model is, duh, the Lotus Europa.

And to think that Iowahawk is rumored to occasionally drop in at the HQ. I hang my head in abject shame.

Posted by: torquewrench at March 11, 2016 12:54 AM (noWW6)

345 Breezing along, sipping this wine, reading comments, when suddenly it hits me: wtf am I doing?

Am I too late with the car/stripper name?

When I was seriously younger, I went to a strip club in Tulsa once - well, not really a strip club because the laws said you couldn't disrobe, so they'd dance, duck behind a curtain, come back out with less on. Also, they never got nude because nipples and the triangle had to be covered.

But, anyway, there was this dancer I got to talking to who was kinda farm-gal muscular and had too many tattoos. Found out her name was International Harvester Travelall.

Downed my beer, skeedaddled out, and never entered a gentleman's joint again.

True story.

Posted by: mindful webworker - would I lie to you? at March 11, 2016 12:55 AM (5a8XA)

346 Just kidding.

She was Massey Furgeson.

Posted by: mindful webworker - would I lie to you? at March 11, 2016 12:55 AM (5a8XA)

347 342
As we are getting to a portion of the ONT I don't care for, time to bid you all Good Night. Take care.

Posted by: Tim in GA at March 11, 2016 12:53 AM (SAmbU)


???

Posted by: cthulhu at March 11, 2016 12:56 AM (EzgxV)

348 But... why do kix keep getting harder to find? And... can cereal ever really bring peace of mind? And what do we do before we find out it's too late?

...thoughts from a child who listened to too much 60s music while watching 80s commercials!

mmm... cereal....

Posted by: Sugar Plum Fairy #176-671 at March 11, 2016 12:56 AM (9f3NM)

349 MAET: Just wanna say that even though I rarely comment on ONT, I ALWAYS read it, and I appreciate the work and talent that goes into it.
Posted by: stace at March 11, 2016 12:43 AM (ozZau)


Thank you.

I was this ][ close to yanking all the videos since apparently it's stripper name night.

Not even a nibble on the G3? It's like I don't even know you people.

Now I'm off to go work on the Yoko Retrospective Week.

Posted by: Maetenloch at March 11, 2016 12:56 AM (pAlYe)

350 "Those "cute" spellings and superfluous y's in the place of real vowels drive me nuts. The letter y has legitimate uses. Leave it for those!"

Actually y's & i's were pretty much interchangeable up till about the 18th century

Posted by: bill-o at March 11, 2016 12:58 AM (AWwDY)

351 Maetenloch: I was this ][ close to yanking all the videos since apparently it's stripper name night.

Not even a nibble on the G3? It's like I don't even know you people.

Now I'm off to go work on the Yoko Retrospective Week.


*Quickly turns on javascript and plug-ins and reloads the page to enjoy all the videos.*

Posted by: mindful webworker - yow! at March 11, 2016 12:59 AM (5a8XA)

352 I love when people misspell item names on ebay. Keeps it cheap.

Posted by: Blanco Basura at March 11, 2016 01:03 AM (YJmuy)

353 Fappy hun ball?

Posted by: blind attila at March 11, 2016 01:05 AM (9xeaQ)

354 In Twitter news, John E. is going TF off on Twitter.

I wish he'd cut a podcast in this state of mind.

https://twitter.com/JohnEkdahl/with_replies

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at March 11, 2016 01:06 AM (8PbKi)

355 Never set foot in a strip-club til I turned 40.

My angel, the future Empress, was shocked - she'd assumed all men did that sort of thing.

So, for my 40th birthday, she took me to what was supposed to be the best place in Austin.

The experience was depressing, and we left after half an hour.

Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine, Still Accepting Harem Applicants at March 11, 2016 01:06 AM (lutOX)

356 Under the new gender rules, cockroaches will now be called vaginaroaches.
Take that patriarchy!

Posted by: Feninazi at March 11, 2016 01:06 AM (hVdx9)

357 It's EGO, not eagle.

Posted by: Dogstar at March 11, 2016 01:07 AM (9GipR)

358 Re Tahoe: An old joke about there's always one girl in the Miss America pageant who's a prostitute. How do you tell? She's the one with the sash that says, "I da ho"

Posted by: publius (not Breitbart publius) at March 11, 2016 01:08 AM (dvuhZ)

359 Spent all my time running through classic Bundeswehr YouTube entries then looking up where to buy things that eat .308 ammo.
Tweaker strippers are a dime a dozen. Well built firearms are priceless and won't give you the creepin crud with a "handshake".

Posted by: Headless Body of Agnew at March 11, 2016 01:09 AM (FtrY1)

360 The last time I went to a strip club was decades ago, I mean like 50 years ago.
I didn't have a good time. I kept trying to convert the strippers to Christianity.
I got thrown out...

Posted by: navybrat at March 11, 2016 01:10 AM (8QGte)

361 Sorrt Maet, H&K leaves me cold. Just not a fan.

Oh and stripper name? Skylark.

Posted by: Tilikum Armored Killer Assault Whale at March 11, 2016 01:10 AM (hVdx9)

362 Stanley Steamer

Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at March 11, 2016 01:11 AM (FkBIv)

363 355
Never set foot in a strip-club til I turned 40.



My angel, the future Empress, was shocked - she'd assumed all men did that sort of thing.



So, for my 40th birthday, she took me to what was supposed to be the best place in Austin.



The experience was depressing, and we left after half an hour.

Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine, Still Accepting Harem Applicants at March 11, 2016 01:06 AM (lutOX)

I'm in my mid 50's and haven't been. Have been in far more brewpubs (or pubs) than bars. Can't recall having been in a disco.

Posted by: cthulhu at March 11, 2016 01:12 AM (EzgxV)

364 Stanley Steamer

Could be worse. Her first name could be "Cleveland".

Posted by: Blanco Basura at March 11, 2016 01:12 AM (YJmuy)

365 Me, the old horn dog dirty old man that I am, I haven't been either. I just don't know how to act in public with a girl wiggling her caboose in my face. I'm afraid I'll look and act like a fool.

Not to mention wasting money for look, no touch. And they say that exploits women. Women hell, it exploits the hell of stupid men who throw their money away because Mr. Happy likes it.

Posted by: publius (not Breitbart publius) at March 11, 2016 01:15 AM (dvuhZ)

366 I went to a strip club once.

I walked in, sat down on a barstool, and at that exact moment the guy two seats down hauled off and belted the guy next to me.

So I walked in, sat down, and *boom*, I was on the floor. It happened faster than I can type it.

The bartender was super polite to me for the remainder of the evening, but I never had the urge to go back.

Posted by: rickl at March 11, 2016 01:17 AM (sdi6R)

367 It's there a disgusting Urban dictionary entry for "Stanley Steamer"?

Posted by: publius (not Breitbart publius) at March 11, 2016 01:17 AM (dvuhZ)

368 David Attenborough is like, the greatest person ever. Now that Leonard Nimoy is dead, Mr. Attenborough is the last of the breed whose hand I wish to shake. I really, honestly hope I get the chance to do so.

(PS I have personal autographs of Rod Serling and Gene Roddenberry. So there!)

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at March 11, 2016 01:17 AM (AroJD)

369 Not to mention wasting money for look, no touch. And they say that
exploits women. Women hell, it exploits the hell of stupid men who throw
their money away because Mr. Happy likes it.


Used to work with guys that throw away $500 to $700 a week in strip clubs. Then bitch they didn't have money to do stuff or buy stuff. Well, no shit!

Posted by: Blanco Basura at March 11, 2016 01:18 AM (YJmuy)

370 Good evening nightwalkers... I am finally done arguing politics so I thought I would pop in here


So I have a prayer request for those of you amenable. Son2 has surgery on Monday and the closer it gets the more worried I am. So any prayers you guys could throw upward for his continued health and my continued sanity would be extremely appreciated.

Posted by: redbanzai at March 11, 2016 01:21 AM (NPofj)

371 369
Used to work with guys that throw away $500 to $700 a week in strip clubs. Then bitch they didn't have money to do stuff or buy stuff. Well, no shit!
Posted by: Blanco Basura at March 11, 2016 01:18 AM (YJmuy)


Economics is hard.

Posted by: rickl at March 11, 2016 01:22 AM (sdi6R)

372 It's there a disgusting Urban dictionary entry for "Stanley Steamer"?


Posted by: publius (not Breitbart publius) at March 11, 2016 01:17 AM (dvuhZ)

What kind of discussions did I walk into tonight?

Posted by: redbanzai at March 11, 2016 01:24 AM (NPofj)

373 369 Not to mention wasting money for look, no touch. And they say that
exploits women. Women hell, it exploits the hell of stupid men who throw
their money away because Mr. Happy likes it.

Used to work with guys that throw away $500 to $700 a week in strip clubs. Then bitch they didn't have money to do stuff or buy stuff. Well, no shit!
Posted by: Blanco Basura at March 11, 2016 01:18 AM (YJmuy)
***
heh... I picked up a 'niece' after her boyfriend dropped a couple hundred of her dollars at a strip-club while she was out of town.

Poor girl...I did all I could to comfort and console her.

Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine, Still Accepting Harem Applicants at March 11, 2016 01:25 AM (lutOX)

374 Best wishes for your son, redbanzai.

Posted by: rickl at March 11, 2016 01:25 AM (sdi6R)

375 As off topic as dropping half a grand on lookie no touchie -

Some Delaware moron effectively ddos'd Drudge and dropped 40,000 Cruz bots on the poll.

Don't fret, garbage has been taken out and now it's back to its customary
4% Catshit
5% Rubio
28% Cruz
and the rest...


Posted by: Burnt Toast at March 11, 2016 01:30 AM (T78UI)

376 You may recall that the fiancee manages a tech support deportment and recently received 60-days' notice of being laid-off. Her department is headquartered in Mountain View, but has a branch office in the NC Triad. Her company recently got bought by a company in LA.



The phone guys are supposed to be doing phone work overnight to get things to work together, so she's going in at 6 AM tomorrow so that there will be a manager on duty to ensure that things happen for tech support. Nobody asked her to do this; nobody thought this might be an issue; nobody else has the contacts to get fixers to what breaks.




Her ex-company is going to be so fucked.....but as long as it means we move to somewhere sane, I will be extremely happy.

Posted by: cthulhu at March 11, 2016 01:30 AM (EzgxV)

377 As off topic as dropping half a grand on lookie no touchie -

Some Delaware moron effectively ddos'd Drudge and dropped 40,000 Cruz bots on the poll.

Don't fret, garbage has been taken out and now it's back to its customary
4% Catshit
5% Rubio
28% Cruz
and the rest...

***

And others are now seeing the bot votes taken out and screaming that Drudge is screwing Cruz out of votes.

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at March 11, 2016 01:31 AM (8PbKi)

378 Thanks, rickl

Posted by: redbanzai at March 11, 2016 01:31 AM (NPofj)

379 "Son2 has surgery on Monday and the closer it gets the more worried I am."

What's he in for?

Posted by: torquewrench at March 11, 2016 01:33 AM (noWW6)

380 Haven't been to a strip club since my daughter was born.

Posted by: Jean at March 11, 2016 01:34 AM (cXiMR)

381 Redbanzai--

Prayers for your son from this corner of New England.

Posted by: Basement Cat at March 11, 2016 01:35 AM (3C9q2)

382 Yep, I had to look. There is indeed a "Stanley Steamer" entry along with the truly revolting Cleveland version. I'll bet any combination of just about any words will produce some disgusting Urban Dictionary entry.

I'm assuming most of this shit is just made up by people trying to out-gross each other. Nobody would really do anything this damned disgusting would they? Well, not a significant number.....

Posted by: publius (not Breitbart publius) at March 11, 2016 01:35 AM (dvuhZ)

383 370
Good evening nightwalkers... I am finally done arguing politics so I thought I would pop in here


So
I have a prayer request for those of you amenable. Son2 has surgery on
Monday and the closer it gets the more worried I am. So any prayers you
guys could throw upward for his continued health and my continued sanity
would be extremely appreciated.


Posted by: redbanzai at March 11, 2016 01:21 AM (NPofj)


I can only pray that your son's results further God's plan, and that He provides what mercy He might grant onto both of you.

Posted by: cthulhu at March 11, 2016 01:37 AM (EzgxV)

384 cthulu - if you've got a physics or optics background there may be work for you in Raleigh area.

Posted by: Jean at March 11, 2016 01:37 AM (cXiMR)

385
And others are now seeing the bot votes taken out and screaming that Drudge is screwing Cruz out of votes.

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at March 11, 2016 01:31 AM (8PbKi)

There is a Luap Nor effect there with the Trump votes, so I just leave them out and look at the relative values of the tail end. About ten on-line polls, throwing out the outliers*:
3% Catshit

5% Rubio

9% Cruz

and the rest...

*A few outliers did show that some Cruz fans are getting their Luap Nor on. Other than that, a pretty tight group for a bunch of folks with no lives up too late.

Posted by: Burnt Toast at March 11, 2016 01:42 AM (T78UI)

386 As we are getting to a portion of the ONT I don't care for, time to bid you all Good Night. Take care.



Posted by: Tim in GA at March 11, 2016 12:53 AM (SAmbU)


Wow, maybe I should shower more often

Posted by: Jean at March 11, 2016 01:42 AM (cXiMR)

387 Her ex-company is going to be so fucked.....but as long as it means we move to somewhere sane, I will be extremely happy.

Have you picked a place to drop R'lyeh's anchor?

Posted by: Blanco Basura at March 11, 2016 01:42 AM (YJmuy)

388 stripper? Mazda, Impala, Fairlayne, Edsel.

Posted by: angela urkel at March 11, 2016 01:42 AM (9xeaQ)

389 384
cthulu - if you've got a physics or optics background there may be work for you in Raleigh area.


Posted by: Jean at March 11, 2016 01:37 AM (cXiMR)

My background is in accounting, finance, and auditing -- there is work for me everywhere. Spending some decades in Silicon Valley, I have a certain techno twist.

The issue is with the fiancee. She went through a bust in Houston right before she moved here and thinks Silicon Valley is the always-and-forever "happy place", while I see it as a boomtown that is going bust.

Posted by: cthulhu at March 11, 2016 01:43 AM (EzgxV)

390 Canada's new PM is going out of his way to be stupider than Obama:

"There's a level of admiration I actually have for China. Their basic dictatorship is actually allowing them to turn their economy around on a dime"

http://preview.tinyurl.com/jxxoqlj

Posted by: The FacePalming Hat at March 11, 2016 01:44 AM (vBeA5)

391 But seriously, in my wayward yute, I once was in this nudie bar, with not many guys there, so I had a kind of private stage, watching a rather nice-looking lass wiggle and strut, as not-happy-looking as a runway model, distant and into her role.

I proceeded to tip her a $5 (I was no cheap $1 guy!) when I noticed a $50 in her collection, and I commented, "Whoa, a $50!"

She immediately dropped out of character, stopped wiggling, smiled, and became like my sister cousin or something, all personable and real, while utterly unselfconscious about her nudeness. "I know!" she exclaimed, and talked about how some guy dropped that on her.

It was funny. I never could get into the eroticism of such places because that would happen. They were all like my sister cousins.

And I do have a young first cousin once removed who was a nude dancer, before she served in the army in Korea, Iraq, and Afghanistan. Mechanic in the motor pool. Wasn't actually in combat, but faster on the draw than many of the guys. Um.. never saw her "dance."

Good night, Gracies.

Posted by: mindful webworker - no, but really at March 11, 2016 01:44 AM (5a8XA)

392 What's he in for?


Posted by: torquewrench at March 11, 2016 01:33 AM (noWW6)

Jaw surgery to fix an out of place jaw (out of place partly because he was born with a jacked up jaw and partly because it got further pushed out of place by cholesteatomas in both ears). He will be in the hospital for a couple of days and on a liquid diet for 6 weeks.
It is going to suck

Posted by: redbanzai at March 11, 2016 01:44 AM (NPofj)

393 You find the strangest things when you run a laundromat.

Tonight, I retrieved an iPhone - contacted the owner through one of her friends and returned it - and a tire iron, owner unknown....

Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine, Still Accepting Harem Applicants at March 11, 2016 01:45 AM (lutOX)

394 red, hope the doc fix whats wrong and your son uses to use this adversity to build upon

Posted by: Jean at March 11, 2016 01:45 AM (cXiMR)

395 BTW, for those wishing to relocate to the Prescott, AZ area, Ruger has a few jobs open right now:

http://preview.tinyurl.com/ntjbswx (sfw)

Not an employee, just a fan of things that go bang.

Posted by: Blanco Basura at March 11, 2016 01:45 AM (YJmuy)

396 I have a prayer request for those of you amenable. Son2 has surgery on Monday and the closer it gets the more worried I am. So any prayers you guys could throw upward for his continued health and my continued sanity would be extremely appreciated.

Posted by: redbanzai at March 11, 2016 01:21 AM (NPofj)


Thoughts & Prayers

Posted by: The Political Hat at March 11, 2016 01:45 AM (vBeA5)

397

"... a boomtown that is going bust."


Run while you can. Take all your money with you.

I'm starting to look seriously at leaving ... August at the earliest, but next year or the year after seem very much more likely.

Posted by: Arbalest at March 11, 2016 01:47 AM (FlRtG)

398 red - how old is he?

Posted by: Jean at March 11, 2016 01:48 AM (cXiMR)

399 ...a boomtown that is going bust.

Welcome to the boomtown!
https://youtu.be/gi7eprMlXnU?list=PL50D9F41FF2FF9950 (sfw)

Posted by: Blanco Basura at March 11, 2016 01:50 AM (YJmuy)

400
Canada's new PM is going out of his way to be stupider than Obama:

"There's a level of admiration I actually have for China. Their basic dictatorship is actually allowing them to turn their economy around on a dime"

http://preview.tinyurl.com/jxxoqlj

Posted by: The FacePalming Hat


He studied under Professor Tom Friedman.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at March 11, 2016 01:50 AM (FkBIv)

401 cthulu, I'd be looking at the lifeboats now. A startup I work with just let the employees vote --- moving the hell out of Silicon Valley; don't even know where yet.

Sounds like the two of you could fit in anywhere that's growing.

Posted by: Jean at March 11, 2016 01:51 AM (cXiMR)

402 Thanks Basement Cat and Political Hat.


Cooth... I will take that prayer.


Jean thanks... Son2 is the most calm, strong person I know and this is his 7th major surgery in 4 years so he has had enough adversity to last an entire lifetime (I hope). He is a good kid though and I am so lucky to have him.

Posted by: redbanzai at March 11, 2016 01:53 AM (NPofj)

403 387
Her ex-company is going to be so fucked.....but as long as it means we move to somewhere sane, I will be extremely happy.

Have you picked a place to drop R'lyeh's anchor?


Posted by: Blanco Basura at March 11, 2016 01:42 AM (YJmuy)


I did extensive research and developed a shortlist -- whereupon the fiancee didn't want to talk about it. From memory, this included the NC Triad, eastern and central TN, Georgia a sufficient distance from Atlanta, parts of TX that I shared with Carol when she was talking about it [so probably includes Marble Falls], and certain parts of AZ (this may not be exhaustive).

With her business connection to the Triad and unwillingness to discuss the issue head-on, it's become the favorite. I'd slightly prefer TN. But compared to NY, Chicago, or the Califuckitya in which I currently reside, I can be flexible.

Posted by: cthulhu at March 11, 2016 01:54 AM (EzgxV)

404 ed - how old is he?


Posted by: Jean at March 11, 2016 01:48 AM (cXiMR)

20

Posted by: redbanzai at March 11, 2016 01:54 AM (NPofj)

405 Prayers out for you and yours, red. Where is he going? MCV is pretty damn solid...

I've been through the young kids (nephews) in surgery routine enough to make you sick. Up to and including bone marrow transplant at Duke.
It's never fun, but hang tough (I know you are tough!). Keep us up to date please.

Posted by: Chi at March 11, 2016 01:54 AM (Ql/gh)

406 401 cthulu, I'd be looking at the lifeboats now. A startup I work with just let the employees vote --- moving the hell out of Silicon Valley; don't even know where yet.

Sounds like the two of you could fit in anywhere that's growing.
Posted by: Jean at March 11, 2016 01:51 AM (cXiMR)
***
There's a lot to be said for nomadism.

But for my children, I'd long since have sold everything, bought a travel trailer and a truck big enough to tow it, and headed for the Wasteland.

Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine, Still Accepting Harem Applicants at March 11, 2016 01:55 AM (lutOX)

407 And Shelby.

Posted by: angela urkel at March 11, 2016 01:55 AM (9xeaQ)

408 Prayers out for you and yours, red. Where is he going? MCV is pretty damn solid...



I've been through the young kids (nephews) in surgery routine enough
to make you sick. Up to and including bone marrow transplant at Duke.

It's never fun, but hang tough (I know you are tough!). Keep us up to date please.

Posted by: Chi at March 11, 2016 01:54 AM (Ql/gh)

He is going to St Mary's. Thanks Chi... I am trying to be zen so I don't disturb his calm.
Bone marrow transplant? Yikes! Did everything turn out ok?

Posted by: redbanzai at March 11, 2016 01:57 AM (NPofj)

409 G'night everyone.

One more day of work, then I get to work on the weekend!

Wait, that's not good.

Posted by: Blanco Basura at March 11, 2016 01:58 AM (YJmuy)

410 "Jaw surgery to fix an out of place jaw (out of place partly because he
was born with a jacked up jaw and partly because it got further pushed
out of place by cholesteatomas in both ears)."

Yikes. Well, yep, gotta get that fixed. As you said, this'll suck, but on the balance of probabilities, better to go forward with the repair.

I used to work with a fellow who had an irregular jaw from early childhood and had not had it seen to, and he had occasional bouts of TMJ pain that just leveled him for a week at a time. Finely balanced setup.

Posted by: torquewrench at March 11, 2016 01:58 AM (noWW6)

411 397




"... a boomtown that is going bust."





Run while you can. Take all your money with you.



I'm starting to look seriously at leaving ... August at the
earliest, but next year or the year after seem very much more likely.



Posted by: Arbalest at March 11, 2016 01:47 AM (FlRtG)


We've talked face-to-face -- you know I need no encouragement.

Posted by: cthulhu at March 11, 2016 01:59 AM (EzgxV)

412 cthulhu, you stuck with a house or practice to deal with?

Posted by: Jean at March 11, 2016 02:02 AM (cXiMR)

413 Just mixed a second Caesar with the el-Cheapo Caliber vodka from WalMart. Under $10 for a 2-liter bottle. Tastes OK. Seems to me there is a lot of cheap vodka around since the fuel-ethanol scam got rolling. " Damn, octane rating is too low. Oh well, bottle it as vodka."

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 11, 2016 02:02 AM (/i7Ua)

414 SpaceX continues development of their anti-ship missile, with their latest effort last Friday:

https://tinyurl.com/jtvh8kh

Note the large hole at the upper left, which is assumed to be where the stage touched down the impact point.

Lots of us would love to see the video of that landing attempt, but at the same time, we understand why SpaceX might be reluctant to release it.

Posted by: rickl at March 11, 2016 02:03 AM (sdi6R)

415 The Republicans are addicted to Koch!

Posted by: Harry "Heckler" Reid at March 11, 2016 02:04 AM (9xeaQ)

416 I used to work with a fellow who had an irregular
jaw from early childhood and had not had it seen to, and he had
occasional bouts of TMJ pain that just leveled him for a week at a time.
Finely balanced setup.


Posted by: torquewrench at March 11, 2016 01:58 AM (noWW6)

When we went to the oral surgeon for the consult, he did mention that could be a long term result if it wasn't fixed... that and his teeth would wear out really quickly and they would never be able to put in crowns (or fit dentures) with his jaw like that.
So basically, it needed to be done if son2 wanted to be able to chew food when he was middle aged.

Posted by: redbanzai at March 11, 2016 02:04 AM (NPofj)

417 Cooth, how can you be down on the economic prospects where you live?

Why, right there in lovely Santa Chlamydia, you've got that gorgeous new multibillion-dollar sports stadium for the Niners! Surely this is a harbinger of bursting new prosperity yet to come! The future's so bright, you gotta wear shades!

::: ducks :::

::: covers :::

::: puts on body armor :::

::: applies antiflash cream :::

::: puts affairs in order :::


Posted by: torquewrench at March 11, 2016 02:05 AM (noWW6)

418 401
cthulu, I'd be looking at the lifeboats now. A startup I work with just
let the employees vote --- moving the hell out of Silicon Valley; don't
even know where yet.

Sounds like the two of you could fit in anywhere that's growing.


Posted by: Jean at March 11, 2016 01:51 AM (cXiMR)


The real estate situation here is rapidly becoming Queens, NYC -- and the technology is all about spying on people. Every app is a shit-ton of spying for a minor convenience. It used to be that there were Makers who created cool new stuff; now, it's apps-writers who take over your cellphone to report your position every six seconds.

Posted by: cthulhu at March 11, 2016 02:05 AM (EzgxV)

419 yeah, this company is a hardware firm - and they are realizing the same thing. Lot of big hats, few horses.

Posted by: Jean at March 11, 2016 02:10 AM (cXiMR)

420 418
Every app is a shit-ton of spying for a minor convenience. It used to be that there were Makers who created cool new stuff; now, it's apps-writers who take over your cellphone to report your position every six seconds.
Posted by: cthulhu at March 11, 2016 02:05 AM (EzgxV)


With a federal government that has creative definitions of the word "terrorist" and an enthusiasm for using drones to deal with them, I can see no possible way that could go wrong.

Posted by: rickl at March 11, 2016 02:11 AM (sdi6R)

421 412
cthulhu, you stuck with a house or practice to deal with?


Posted by: Jean at March 11, 2016 02:02 AM (cXiMR)


A fiancee. I could easily have a nicer house and a nice practice anywhere we went. But the fiancee grabbed a lifeline here when things went foom for her in Houston, and it is always and forever in her mind a land of opportunity. On the other hand, I was born in California....and it is so fucking corrupt that I'd rather live in Thule, Greenland.

Posted by: cthulhu at March 11, 2016 02:13 AM (EzgxV)

422 Do flip-phones have the GPS tech built into them, or is it only the "smart" phones, so far? And wouldn't it be pretty simply to fubar the GPS functionality, anyway?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 11, 2016 02:15 AM (/i7Ua)

423 417
Cooth, how can you be down on the economic prospects where you live?

Why,
right there in lovely Santa Chlamydia, you've got that gorgeous new
multibillion-dollar sports stadium for the Niners! Surely this is a
harbinger of bursting new prosperity yet to come! The future's so
bright, you gotta wear shades!

::: ducks :::

::: covers :::

::: puts on body armor :::

::: applies antiflash cream :::

::: puts affairs in order :::




Posted by: torquewrench at March 11, 2016 02:05 AM (noWW6)


:::ignores, rather than nuking:::

Posted by: cthulhu at March 11, 2016 02:15 AM (EzgxV)

424 With a federal government that has creative
definitions of the word "terrorist" and an enthusiasm for using drones
to deal with them, I can see no possible way that could go wrong.

Posted by: rickl at March 11, 2016 02:11 AM (sdi6R)
Nope. Cause the federal government never f's up, don't you know.

Posted by: redbanzai at March 11, 2016 02:15 AM (NPofj)

425 Prayers for your son red.

I rarely ever say it but I'll bet that, like me there are a lot of lurking moron prayers going through here all the time.

It's a nice collection of people and information, even through all the strippers and the political arguments(feature or bug?) there are always sweet stories, cute pets and good recipes, and good people.

Goodnight all.

Posted by: Sugar Plum Fairy #176-671 at March 11, 2016 02:15 AM (9f3NM)

426 Bone marrow transplant? Yikes! Did everything turn out ok?
Posted by: redbanzai
------------------
With my first nephew, not so much.

But after many years, Sis decided to try again & had another boy. Unfortunately, same disease (disorder?) - so docs were looking for it. Eventually, they settled on bone marrow transplant as
I think k he was maybe 7 or 8? His big sister was the hero. As I understand it, the donor goes through SO much more pain in that process. And she was maybe 12?

He's a healthy know-it-all college kid now, and she's a beautiful, happy young Mom herself. And a successful nurse. All is well on that front.

But their stepdad is dealing with a type of bone cancer now. Some days, I just cry thinking of what my sister has been through, and continues to deal with...
Unlike me, she never lost her faith in God, though.

Posted by: Chi at March 11, 2016 02:18 AM (Ql/gh)

427 "if you've got a physics or optics background there may be work for you in Raleigh area."

Now if they were really truly serious about that stuff, they'd retroactively rename the place as the Raleigh-Scattering area.

Posted by: torquewrench at March 11, 2016 02:19 AM (noWW6)

428 Posted by: rickl at March 11, 2016 02:11 AM (sdi6R)
Nope. Cause the federal government never f's up, don't you know.

Posted by: redbanzai at March 11, 2016 02:15 AM (NPofj)


So I saw a National Enquirer in the rack by the check stand as I paid for my meager feast at the local WalMart. They have endorsed Donald Trump for President.


I will buy you a beer to cry into.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 11, 2016 02:19 AM (/i7Ua)

429 422
Do flip-phones have the GPS tech built into them, or is it only the
"smart" phones, so far? And wouldn't it be pretty simply to fubar the
GPS functionality, anyway?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 11, 2016 02:15 AM (/i7Ua)


I have the crudest of crude dumb flip-phones....and it can GPS. I just don't have apps, beyond those that come with the phone. I'm sure my ISP is tracking everything I say or do, but five texts since New Years' and 20 phone calls saying, "I'm here" aren't going to be too exciting.

Posted by: cthulhu at March 11, 2016 02:20 AM (EzgxV)

430 Now if they were really truly serious about that stuff, they'd retroactively rename the place as the Raleigh-Scattering area.

Posted by: torquewrench at March 11, 2016 02:19 AM (noWW6)


(sings) "Nothing but blue skies...."

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 11, 2016 02:20 AM (/i7Ua)

431 Lots of us would love to see the video of that
landing attempt, but at the same time, we understand why SpaceX might be
reluctant to release it.

Posted by: rickl at March 11, 2016 02:03 AM (sdi6R)

Obviously, they made contact, so it is not too small in that regard.
Probably need to have a larger platform to minimize/negate wave effect. Is it worth it? Probably not when they have to scrub 3/4 of the time because of time constraints of fuel and engine reliability already.Now for the missions where they can come back to terra firma, IF they are willing to take the research costs out of their profits, it is worth it.

Posted by: Burnt Toast at March 11, 2016 02:24 AM (T78UI)

432 Incidentally, we noticed with caller-ID that we get about 3-4 calls per day from folks that we have no desire to talk to. Conversely, we get a call from someone we want to hear from once ever 3-4 days. Accordingly, we almost never answer the phone, unless we recognize the caller ID.




How's that FO+DIAF taste, pollsters?

Posted by: cthulhu at March 11, 2016 02:28 AM (EzgxV)

433 Obviously, they made contact, so it is not too small in that regard.
Probably need to have a larger platform to minimize/negate wave effect. Is it worth it? Probably not when they have to scrub 3/4 of the time because of time constraints of fuel and engine reliability already.Now for the missions where they can come back to terra firma, IF they are willing to take the research costs out of their profits, it is worth it.

Posted by: Burnt Toast at March 11, 2016 02:24 AM (T78UI)


Instead of having the first stage make a tricky thrust-controlled landing on a small barge, why not have a barge with extendable arms that would deploy a large net, say 50 yards in diameter? First stage descends, hovers maybe 30 feet above the net, checks are made to ensure it is on-target, and cut the engines. Plop into the net it goes.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 11, 2016 02:28 AM (/i7Ua)

434 By the way, redbanzai, here's wishing that your son's surgery goes well, and that he heals quickly.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 11, 2016 02:30 AM (/i7Ua)

435 Now if they were really truly serious about that stuff, they'd retroactively rename the place as the Raleigh-Scattering area.



Posted by: torquewrench at March 11, 2016 02:19 AM (noWW6)





(sings) "Nothing but blue skies...."


Hah that's great, I have to see congresscritter Price soon and I'm dropping a version of that.

Posted by: Jean at March 11, 2016 02:31 AM (cXiMR)

436 AOP,
Sorry to say that I didn't make the post office today.
I got into two fight this afternoon.

I guess you could say I'm batting .500?
I won the fight with the row of 10ft tall holly bushes/trees, but lost the skirmish with the six-pack of Sam Adams.

Tomorrow, though.

Posted by: Chi at March 11, 2016 02:35 AM (Ql/gh)

437 Instead of having the first stage make a tricky
thrust-controlled landing on a small barge, why not have a barge with
extendable arms that would deploy a large net, say 50 yards in diameter?
First stage descends, hovers maybe 30 feet above the net, checks are
made to ensure it is on-target, and cut the engines. Plop into the net
it goes.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 11, 2016 02:28 AM (/i7Ua)

THAT, and in the dark ages they had these things called parachutes that could be used for a 100 yard drop.
Then again, do they still make asbestos thread for rope?

Posted by: Burnt Toast at March 11, 2016 02:42 AM (T78UI)

438 I guess you could say I'm batting .500?
I won the fight with the row of 10ft tall holly bushes/trees, but lost the skirmish with the six-pack of Sam Adams.

Tomorrow, though.

Posted by: Chi at March 11, 2016 02:35 AM (Ql/gh)


Haha. Don't worry, I have 2 full weeks here before I have to pack up and head North. I figured I was going to get several dozen studs in place for my framing project. Job One was to place the doubled-up 2X6 studs for the door frame. Uh-oh! Door isn't hung in a frame. Rush out, buy some 1X6, cut pieces to make door frame. Uh-oh, need to rout recesses for hinges. Call friend, "yeah, I have a router you can use. Give me half an hour, and you can come over." Well, might as well replace the blown exhaust flange gasket on the Suburban. Five-minute job, doncha know? Crawl under, get the flange undone, 5-minute job. Fit up new gasket from Rock Auto. "Shit! It's an inch too small. Spend a half-hour on phone with guy from local Autozone. Both of us in front of computers. We determine that my '97 truck uses a flange gasket catalogued as for '98 models. He orders it in to the local store. So I button up the gasket-less flange, got to buddy's place, and rout the hinge recesses. Then it was necessary to have a beer. Went back, assembled the door frame, ticket-boo, and now I had dimensions to frame the studs for the door opening in the wall. Uh-oh! The wall is not square! Have to cut tapered 2X6's to make a plumb opening in a non-plumb wall. Total number of studs actually erected: 2.


But I'm getting there.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 11, 2016 02:50 AM (/i7Ua)

439 "Instead of having the first stage make a tricky thrust-controlled landing on a small barge, why not have a barge with extendable arms that would deploy a large net, say 50 yards in diameter?"

Back in the day of truly cost-is-no-object, why-the-hell-not American engineering, there were proposals to have spent Apollo-Saturn first stages plucked out of the air, as they fell to earth after launch, by helicopters. To be brought back for refurbishment and reuse.

Freaking YUUUUUUGE helicopters, as one might imagine.

Posted by: torquewrench at March 11, 2016 02:53 AM (noWW6)

440 THAT, and in the dark ages they had these things called parachutes that could be used for a 100 yard drop.
Then again, do they still make asbestos thread for rope?

Posted by: Burnt Toast at March 11, 2016 02:42 AM (T78UI)


You probably could get the needed permits to use asbestos in that application, since it's not a consumer product. Also, long-fiber asbestos, as would be used to weave nets, is pretty benign. The short-fiber stuff is what is linked to cancer.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 11, 2016 02:53 AM (/i7Ua)

441 With my first nephew, not so much.



But after many years, Sis decided to try again had another
boy. Unfortunately, same disease (disorder?) - so docs were looking
for it. Eventually, they settled on bone marrow transplant as

I think k he was maybe 7 or 8? His big sister was the hero. As I
understand it, the donor goes through SO much more pain in that process.
And she was maybe 12?



He's a healthy know-it-all college kid now, and she's a beautiful,
happy young Mom herself. And a successful nurse. All is well on that
front.



But their stepdad is dealing with a type of bone cancer now. Some
days, I just cry thinking of what my sister has been through, and
continues to deal with...

Unlike me, she never lost her faith in God, though.

Posted by: Chi at March 11, 2016 02:18 AM (Ql/gh)

I am so sorry to hear that your oldest nephew didn't make it but it is good they figured things out to help your sister's youngest? I have also heard that bone marrow donors get the brunt of the pain in that exchange so your niece truly is a hero.

The amazing thing about God is He doesn't leave you even when all you can do is rail at him. I strive for "it is well with my soul" but their have been times that just wasn't happening. Yet God remained through all my recriminations.
I will keep your brother in law in my prayers for healing and your sister there for strength and grace.

Posted by: redbanzai at March 11, 2016 02:54 AM (NPofj)

442 Thanks AOP

Posted by: redbanzai at March 11, 2016 02:56 AM (NPofj)

443 "But I'm getting there."

So much of the history of human progress is encapsulated in these words.

Posted by: torquewrench at March 11, 2016 02:56 AM (noWW6)

444 "But I'm getting there."

So much of the history of human progress is encapsulated in these words.

Posted by: torquewrench at March 11, 2016 02:56 AM (noWW6)


I shudder to think what will happen when I finally call the building inspector to to view my work. But they told me it is a non-bearing wall, (I'm basically filling in the gaps between the posts in an existing post and beam structure.) In point of fact, the new walls will bear some of the roof load, but they don't have to.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 11, 2016 03:00 AM (/i7Ua)

445 I have also heard that bone marrow donors get the brunt of the pain in that exchange....

Posted by: redbanzai at March 11, 2016 02:54 AM (NPofj)

=====================

Don't know if it's just for the specific kind of bone cancer (CMML) my husband had, but when he got his bone marrow transplant his donor wasn't hacked into, she essentially went through a prolonged blood donation. Then they isolated cells from her blood, performed some adult stem cell voodoo, and transfused it into him.

Posted by: Poet Larry Utt at March 11, 2016 03:07 AM (/R4ru)

446 Woo! How long have I worn that sock?

Posted by: Sister Sestina at March 11, 2016 03:08 AM (/R4ru)

447 Well, time to hit the sack. Night, all.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 11, 2016 03:12 AM (/i7Ua)

448 Night guys... sleep sweet when you can.

Posted by: redbanzai at March 11, 2016 03:23 AM (NPofj)

449 Redbanzai: Godspeed for your son's surgery. He'll be so much better as a result. Milkshakes for a month!

Meat: your stuff is so awesome! That G3 video was engineer porn! Tooling designers are the heroes there. Wish I knew German, would love to know what they're saying.

And: Plymouth.....

Posted by: Jimmy Doolittle at March 11, 2016 03:28 AM (sIh1K)

450 I really did type Maet, honest.

Posted by: Jimmy Doolittle at March 11, 2016 03:29 AM (sIh1K)

451 Now this is funny.

https://twitter.com/AlwaysHusbando/status/707791167551885312

Some salty language though...

Posted by: The Social Injustice Hat at March 11, 2016 03:35 AM (vBeA5)

452 "John Nolte" is treanding on Twitter due to Ekdahl's Twitter rant...

Posted by: @ThePoliticalHat at March 11, 2016 03:48 AM (vBeA5)

453 Somehow alarm didn't go off but got up just the same, seems to work like that on weekends too. I'd like to sleep all weekend but that won't happen.

It would seem the White Privilege Soldier thread did dissappear
Wonder why.

Good morning horde

Posted by: Skip at March 11, 2016 04:23 AM (fizMZ)

454 My new thing when people complain about stuff is to say "President Trump won't let that happen."

Keeps people's blood flowing.

Posted by: blaster at March 11, 2016 04:32 AM (2Ocf1)

455 It would seem the White Privilege Soldier thread did dissappear Wonder why.

Good morning horde

Posted by: Skip at March 11, 2016 04:23 AM (fizMZ)


All records of "White Privilege" and anything else having to do with the Kyriarchy are to be kept secret in deep conspiracy and eeevil!!1!

Posted by: The Kyriarchical Hat at March 11, 2016 04:32 AM (vBeA5)

456 Good Morning everyone. Hope you survived the debate last night.

Posted by: Tim in Illinois. Old, unimproved, and overpriced. at March 11, 2016 04:52 AM (WVsWD)

457 Usually if a thread disappears from the main page, you can still find it in the archive.

http://minx.cc:1080/?post=362066

Posted by: Tim in Illinois. Old, unimproved, and overpriced. at March 11, 2016 04:54 AM (WVsWD)

458 Night all.

Here is "Mindreade" by Mars Red Sky:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B27JLL3MKB4

Posted by: The Political Hat at March 11, 2016 05:22 AM (vBeA5)

459 Morning, Tim.

Posted by: fluffy at March 11, 2016 05:42 AM (2hcmo)

460 And to you too Fluffy.

Posted by: Tim in Illinois. Old, unimproved, and overpriced. at March 11, 2016 05:46 AM (WVsWD)

461 Mornin' All

#345 When I was seriously younger, I went to a strip club in Tulsa once - well, not really a strip club because the laws said you couldn't disrobe, so they'd dance, duck behind a curtain, come back out with less on. Also, they never got nude because nipples and the triangle had to be covered.


I don't frequent them anymore but when I was younger and lived 5 minutes from the Canadian border, this is why we always went to Canadian strip joints.

All of them are FULL strip and most of the girls aren't all tatted up. And lots of incredibly hot Eastern European babes (who are never tatted up.)

Posted by: WhatWhatWhat? at March 11, 2016 05:48 AM (HMt16)

462 So I'm up at pigeon fart and I start reading about Corey Lewandowski and Michelle Fields.

Two hours later I still haven't a clue what the truth is here. Maybe some moron does. Help.

Posted by: creeper at March 11, 2016 05:48 AM (eBsWa)

463 I had the pulsating boobs until I refreshed.

Posted by: fluffy at March 11, 2016 05:49 AM (2hcmo)

464 Two hours later I still haven't a clue what the truth is here. Maybe some moron does. Help.

Presser ended. Secret Service was clearing a path for Trump. Fields decided she was speshul so she approached Trump, screeching questions. Secret Service doesn't bluff.

Fields and her TDS'er boyfriend (look up his Twitter feed, pre-incident) saw a chance for Fields to get her 15 minutes of victimhood fame.

Yet another smug, preening MFM piece of shit making herself the story.

Posted by: WhatWhatWhat? at March 11, 2016 05:54 AM (HMt16)

465 "Yet another smug, preening MFM piece of shit making herself the story. "

Is this what JohnE is going off about?

Posted by: Tim in Illinois. Old, unimproved, and overpriced. at March 11, 2016 05:56 AM (WVsWD)

466 LMAO @ serger comments.

I have one of the infernal things upstairs. It takes a PhD to thread it. The best part of it is that after you've finished serging whatever it will keep merrily serging away, turning out a thread chain in thin air till the spool runs out.

Posted by: creeper at March 11, 2016 05:58 AM (eBsWa)

467 WhatWhatWhat? @464

It's beginning to look like that. No video, in a room full of cameras and smart phones?

Butt the audio does raise questions.

Posted by: creeper at March 11, 2016 06:02 AM (eBsWa)

468 Gypsy.

Suzuki Gypsy. http://tinyurl.com/jcto9mq

Posted by: creeper at March 11, 2016 06:08 AM (eBsWa)

469 ¿Morning.

Posted by: Hanoverfist at March 11, 2016 06:09 AM (M3Kbo)

470 If someone doesn't come along soon and keep me company I'm going back to bed.

Posted by: creeper at March 11, 2016 06:10 AM (eBsWa)

471 All I willing to say about this situation is that I have gotten worse bruises rough housing with one of my five year olds.

Posted by: Tim in Illinois. Old, unimproved, and overpriced. at March 11, 2016 06:12 AM (WVsWD)

472 Fields and her TDS'er boyfriend (look up his Twitter feed, pre-incident) saw a chance for Fields to get her 15 minutes of victimhood fame.

Yet another smug, preening MFM piece of shit making herself the story.
-------------------------
Bigger than that- Cockie Roberts pushed the
"Trump breeds violence" meme on the weekend news shows, THEN these two come up with this story.... Looks like Clinton playbook, no?

Mornin' 'rons...

Posted by: BunkerinTheBurbs at March 11, 2016 06:13 AM (bA+CL)

473 @457 Tim, that's a private thread. You should not have disclosed that.

Posted by: angela urkel at March 11, 2016 06:15 AM (9xeaQ)

474 Media just creating news not reporting like they should.

Posted by: Hanoverfist at March 11, 2016 06:16 AM (M3Kbo)

475 Fields' history makes her allegations suspect. This is almost too handy for the #NeverTrump crowd.

Posted by: creeper at March 11, 2016 06:17 AM (eBsWa)

476 @473

Private threads get removed from the archive. My guess was another accidental deletion.

Posted by: Tim in Illinois. Old, unimproved, and overpriced. at March 11, 2016 06:17 AM (WVsWD)

477 G'morning, all.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at March 11, 2016 06:17 AM (ptqRm)

478 Suzuki Gypsy. http://tinyurl.com/jcto9mq

Posted by: creeper at March 11, 2016 06:08 AM (eBsWa)

That thing looks like a roll over waiting to happen.

Posted by: Tim in Illinois. Old, unimproved, and overpriced. at March 11, 2016 06:18 AM (WVsWD)

479 Tim @ 478

Doesn't it? I wonder how many hamsters power it.

Now, where is my reward for coming up with the right answer?

Posted by: creeper at March 11, 2016 06:21 AM (eBsWa)

480 They up loaded some audio by Fields and her bf. It's stupid and proves nothing. It's just her and him whining. What I find distressing is that so many here would jump to her defense. Worse, if you questioned her bullshit, you were labeled the worse person evah!!!1!!!

Posted by: Bruce With a Wang! at March 11, 2016 06:25 AM (iQIUe)

481 Morning all.

Posted by: Golfman at March 11, 2016 06:25 AM (9HX7k)

482 Looks like the first thread of the morning this week has been at 8 am so I may as well put the news links here at 6:30:


Good Morning Morons. Today is Friday, March 11, 2016. On this day in 1888 the Great Blizzard of 1888 began along the eastern seaboard of the United States, shutting down commerce and killing more than 400 people.



Posted by: Vic-we have no party at March 11, 2016 06:27 AM (t2KH5)

483 Trump says RINO Rubio and Kayshit need to drop out. Kayshit should have never entered to begin with. And Rubio is only in because the "party" wants him, nobody else does. I will say this, this has been the sorriest selection of candidates I have ever seen in a Presidential election.


http://tinyurl.com/gsjc23t

Posted by: Vic-we have no party at March 11, 2016 06:27 AM (t2KH5)

484 Wounded Warrior Project executives have been fired for excessive spending on parties and other non-essential things.


http://tinyurl.com/gsjc23t

Posted by: Vic-we have no party at March 11, 2016 06:27 AM (t2KH5)

485 Former Putin aide died in DC from blunt force trauma.


http://tinyurl.com/zm488hw

Posted by: Vic-we have no party at March 11, 2016 06:28 AM (t2KH5)

486 Nestle is recalling DiGiorno, Lean Cuisine and Stouffer's products because they may contain glass.


http://tinyurl.com/z359xqg

Posted by: Vic-we have no party at March 11, 2016 06:28 AM (t2KH5)

487 A MS escaped prisoner ties up a homeowner but didn't do a good enough job. The homeowner escaped, got a gun, and shot him.


http://tinyurl.com/zto2oft

Posted by: Vic-we have no party at March 11, 2016 06:28 AM (t2KH5)

488 Democrats are trying to pull the "political witch hunt" job on the IG office investigating Skankles. Yeah, it's a witch hunt all right. She should be in jail. And hey guys, a Democrap is in office. How can it be a political witch hunt?


http://tinyurl.com/zto2oft

Posted by: Vic-we have no party at March 11, 2016 06:28 AM (t2KH5)

489 Good Morning Daywalkers.
I'll delurk for a moment to say that I slept through the debate yesterday.
Looks like it was a good choice on my part.

Back to my regularly scheduled radio silence.

Posted by: Gmac-Riding hot rails to Hell-#twoweeks at March 11, 2016 06:28 AM (4pjhs)

490 Obama is attacking Republicans over not giving him his liberal justice yet. Hey asshole, what goes around comes around.


http://tinyurl.com/gmju7ye

Posted by: Vic-we have no party at March 11, 2016 06:29 AM (t2KH5)

491 Failed Obama coops owe the government $1.2B with little chance of repayment.


http://tinyurl.com/hf6la8x

Posted by: Vic-we have no party at March 11, 2016 06:29 AM (t2KH5)

492 'Morning, early risers.

BWW, my gut instinct was to believe her but there's too much that doesn't add up. The audio seems damning at first but really isn't when you listen to it. They seem too intent on getting a description of the "attack" on tape.

Breitbart's making me nervous lately.

Posted by: creeper at March 11, 2016 06:29 AM (eBsWa)

493 MS school teachers are going to start grading parents now. MS parents; I suggest you grade you representatives on the board of education. Send them packing and this shit will cease.


http://tinyurl.com/zzprv9d

Posted by: Vic-we have no party at March 11, 2016 06:29 AM (t2KH5)

494 The US Government is now set to give up control of the internet. I thought they had already done this??


http://tinyurl.com/jfo7at5

Posted by: Vic-we have no party at March 11, 2016 06:29 AM (t2KH5)

495
How evil is Trump?, Well he is behind children's bad behavior at school now if you believe this ditzy scrunt from CNN.


CNN anchor Ashleigh Banfield is blaming GOP frontrunner Donald Trump for her child's bad behavior at school


http://tinyurl.com/jtmalx8

Posted by: Vic-we have no party at March 11, 2016 06:30 AM (t2KH5)

496 Four out of five of Obama's court picks gave him money. And he wonders why Republicans are not rushing into the Senate to confirm his picks.


http://tinyurl.com/zyox67l

Posted by: Vic-we have no party at March 11, 2016 06:30 AM (t2KH5)

497 Yes, another Obama lie.


http://tinyurl.com/htvr2q9

Posted by: Vic-we have no party at March 11, 2016 06:30 AM (t2KH5)

498 Scankles attack on black super predators. So why are they supporting her? Because they still want their free shit.


http://tinyurl.com/zf2o4kq

Posted by: Vic-we have no party at March 11, 2016 06:30 AM (t2KH5)

499 "Breitbart's making me nervous lately."

Can't get the story you need, you might as well make up a story you want.

Posted by: Tim in Illinois. Old, unimproved, and overpriced. at March 11, 2016 06:31 AM (WVsWD)

500 Scankles broke the debate rules by meeting with her staff during a break. Her excuse, I didn't know the picture existed. IOW I didn't know I would get caught.


http://tinyurl.com/jtwat7f

Posted by: Vic-we have no party at March 11, 2016 06:31 AM (t2KH5)

501 A new game called "count the Clinton lies". But you will have to get a super computer to keep up with them.


http://tinyurl.com/gq3yn53

Posted by: Vic-we have no party at March 11, 2016 06:31 AM (t2KH5)

502 Another school system looking for voters to turn them out of office. A teacher has been suspended because he complained about BLM thugs dealing drugs and fighting in school.


http://tinyurl.com/jnecqey

Posted by: Vic-we have no party at March 11, 2016 06:31 AM (t2KH5)

503 DOJ to endorse religious freedom for muzzies in schools. When have they ever endorsed Christians? Answer; never normally it is the opposite.


http://tinyurl.com/j5wbylk

Posted by: Vic-we have no party at March 11, 2016 06:32 AM (t2KH5)

504 Over half of those phony refugees in Europe are now committing crimes. And Obama wants to bring a shitpot of them here.


http://tinyurl.com/j2an2mv

Posted by: Vic-we have no party at March 11, 2016 06:32 AM (t2KH5)

505 Damn a Democrat moderator with balls! Ramos asked Scankles if she would drop out of the contest if she was indicted. Of course she refused to answer the question.


http://tinyurl.com/h3tzkrr

Posted by: Vic-we have no party at March 11, 2016 06:32 AM (t2KH5)

506 Senate Republicans sell us out yet again. They support another ultra-liberal Obama pick.


http://tinyurl.com/zmk5r89

Posted by: Vic-we have no party at March 11, 2016 06:32 AM (t2KH5)

507 LGBT activists show their true colors in GA over a bill that says companies do not have to give up their first amendment rights to the Gaystapo.


http://tinyurl.com/zf4g3qr

Posted by: Vic-we have no party at March 11, 2016 06:33 AM (t2KH5)

508 And speaking of onerous federal agencies the States are testifying before congress about the abuses of the EPA. From what I have seen since Obama took office the best thing that can be said about the EPA is that it should be totally eliminated and the States handle their own controls.


http://tinyurl.com/hopc3bh

Posted by: Vic-we have no party at March 11, 2016 06:33 AM (t2KH5)

509 The ACLU says it will no longer support the first amendment.


http://tinyurl.com/z82k7tp

Posted by: Vic-we have no party at March 11, 2016 06:33 AM (t2KH5)

510 A new poll says the majority of the public support not giving Obama another bite of the SCOTUS apple.


http://tinyurl.com/gog6o9e

Posted by: Vic-we have no party at March 11, 2016 06:33 AM (t2KH5)

511 Ramirez 1


http://tinyurl.com/ho48zpd




Ramirez 2



http://tinyurl.com/zylojga




Ramirez 3


http://tinyurl.com/jmb7ywh



The Daily Deals


http://tinyurl.com/hoclp46



That's it for today folks.

Posted by: Vic-we have no party at March 11, 2016 06:34 AM (t2KH5)

512 "And hey guys, a Democrap is in office. How can it be a political witch hunt?"

It can be any damn thing I say it is! Everyone hates me and they're all going to vote for me in November.

Posted by: HillaryClinton at March 11, 2016 06:34 AM (eBsWa)

513 Thanks, Vic...though I'm beginning to wish I had gone back to bed. Screw the ACLU.

Posted by: creeper at March 11, 2016 06:37 AM (eBsWa)

514 Thanks for the links Vic!

Re: 506. Burr giving the illusion of disapproval. Heh. The primary is Tuesday after all.

Posted by: Golfman at March 11, 2016 06:38 AM (9HX7k)

515 " Senate Republicans sell us out yet again. They support another ultra-liberal Obama pick."

Were you expecting anything else?

Posted by: Tim in Illinois. Old, unimproved, and overpriced. at March 11, 2016 06:39 AM (WVsWD)

516 The ACLU was founded in the US to advance the cause of American communism and it has done nothing but that since the day it was founded. It was probably financed by the Russians.

Posted by: Vic-we have no party at March 11, 2016 06:41 AM (t2KH5)

517 515 Were you expecting anything else?

Posted by: Tim in Illinois. Old, unimproved, and overpriced. at March 11, 2016 06:39 AM (WVsWD)

No, and we still have no party.

Posted by: Vic-we have no party at March 11, 2016 06:42 AM (t2KH5)

518 The Republicans are going to find out that they can not win an election even when Democrats don't show up when all their voters sit at home waiting for a new Party.

Posted by: Vic-we have no party at March 11, 2016 06:44 AM (t2KH5)

519 Who needs a party? All I ask for is a candidate.

Posted by: angela urkel at March 11, 2016 06:48 AM (9xeaQ)

520

*hic*

Posted by: Hillary Clinton at March 11, 2016 06:48 AM (HSmrB)

521 Is John King still rattling around? Wow, he must hold the record for "Interim-ship" by this point. Give Obama appointees credit for persistence anyway, even if they are also communists.

Posted by: MTF at March 11, 2016 06:49 AM (TxJGV)

522 Just to get ahead of Vic (and me cheering him on) I wonder if the House should issue impeachment charges against Skankles in advance of the election. Just in case she wins, we can get started early.

Posted by: MTF at March 11, 2016 06:52 AM (TxJGV)

523 I could write a five thousand word screed on this subject. Vic is right. We have no party.

Posted by: Tim in Illinois. Old, unimproved, and overpriced. at March 11, 2016 06:52 AM (WVsWD)

524 I wonder if the House should issue impeachment charges against Skankles in advance of the election. Just in case she wins, we can get started early.

Posted by: MTF at March 11, 2016 06:52 AM (TxJGV)

Why would they do that? She is no threat to the gravy train.

Posted by: Tim in Illinois. Old, unimproved, and overpriced. at March 11, 2016 06:53 AM (WVsWD)

525 Looks like the OFA may be wrong this Summer. They predicted a cool wet Summer this year and it is supposed to hit 84F here today. 84F in early March doesn't bode well for a cool Summer.

Posted by: Vic-we have no party at March 11, 2016 06:55 AM (t2KH5)

526 Ashleigh Banfield tells her son he can't call other kids "losers" at school? She's nuts.

Posted by: MTF at March 11, 2016 06:55 AM (TxJGV)

527 Drowning here under constant rain with flood warnings.

Posted by: Anna Puma at March 11, 2016 06:58 AM (lJ46T)

528 Wifey is up now so I can go take a shower. BBL

Posted by: Vic-we have no party at March 11, 2016 07:00 AM (t2KH5)

529 Let's hope a Trump/Cruz ticket can consolidate conservative votes with or without a party, and that they don't end up screwing us over as well.

Posted by: angela urkel at March 11, 2016 07:00 AM (9xeaQ)

530
We were suppose to have t storms today, now it is showers late afternoon which will probably be no rain at all.

Posted by: Bruce With a Wang! at March 11, 2016 07:02 AM (iQIUe)

531 We still announce the arrival of the NOOD....

Yes?






NOOD!

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at March 11, 2016 07:08 AM (ptqRm)

532 From Vics link 502

I may be getting old but what is a whoring train?

Posted by: FCF at March 11, 2016 07:44 AM (kejii)

533 What is it about Swedish news that they
cannot say the name of doctor anal?


Posted by: Storm Saxon's Gall Bladder at March 11, 2016 09:04 AM (Nn1+y)

534 Making love with his ego.

Posted by: Fred at March 11, 2016 09:48 AM (KTdei)

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