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Overnight Open Thread (5 Aug 2016)
Maet Tribute Video
This was posted by ace earlier in the day but deserves some lovin' in the ONT. Great job by weirddave.Legaspi suggests that when she was working at McDonald's, there were no trigger warnings before irate customers complained to her and no safe spaces to which she could retreat. She correctly explains that if she complained to her boss that the fast pace of her work made her uncomfortable, he would have handed her a final paycheck and showed her to the door.Roundabouts Glad I never had to use this roundabout in my time overseas.
But for all the disenchantment, young adults across racial and ethnic groups are mostly unfamiliar with their alternatives. Seven in 10 say they don't know enough about Libertarian presidential candidate Gary Johnson to have an opinion about him, and nearly 8 in 10 say the same about Green Party candidate Jill Stein.Hollywood and Technology Someday Hollywood will make an intelligent movie about technology and hacking. 'Jason Bourne' is embarrassingly dumb about tech. Harley Quinn
Comments
(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: Molly k. at August 05, 2016 10:02 PM (shN0m)
Posted by: HH at August 05, 2016 10:02 PM (DrCtv)
Nice top doggy picture, but how did you get him to make that expression?
Posted by: Q. Ball Klumphenrunner at August 05, 2016 10:03 PM (CidDb)
Posted by: Colorado Alex In Exile at August 05, 2016 10:04 PM (FYrz1)
Posted by: AltonJackson at August 05, 2016 10:04 PM (KCxzN)
Posted by: Skip at August 05, 2016 10:04 PM (bksJQ)
Posted by: Molly k. at August 05, 2016 10:04 PM (shN0m)
Posted by: Skip at August 05, 2016 10:04 PM (bksJQ)
Posted by: cthulhu at August 05, 2016 10:05 PM (EzgxV)
Posted by: Patrick Henry at August 05, 2016 10:05 PM (YvXar)
Posted by: Molly k. at August 05, 2016 10:06 PM (shN0m)
Posted by: Skip at August 05, 2016 10:06 PM (bksJQ)
Posted by: willy at August 05, 2016 10:07 PM (Ffw22)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 05, 2016 10:07 PM (w/iDp)
Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1), (T) at August 05, 2016 10:07 PM (6gk0M)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 05, 2016 10:07 PM (w/iDp)
Posted by: Nevergiveup at August 05, 2016 10:08 PM (FPzw8)
"Don't tread on my lady parts"
Now I'm not sure how I would do that unless your tits were dragging on the ground but ok.
Posted by: freaked at August 05, 2016 10:08 PM (BO/km)
Posted by: Insomniac at August 05, 2016 10:08 PM (0mRoj)
I would like to have seen that round-about vid but unfortunately javascript is disabled in IE4 and I don't know how to turn it on. I can't find the 'enable javascript' button.
Posted by: Q. Ball Klumphenrunner at August 05, 2016 10:08 PM (CidDb)
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at August 05, 2016 10:08 PM (ujD28)
Posted by: Grump928(C) says Free Soothie! at August 05, 2016 10:09 PM (rwI+c)
Posted by: tubal at August 05, 2016 10:09 PM (mHL0c)
Posted by: willy at August 05, 2016 10:09 PM (Ffw22)
Posted by: Tyler Mason at August 05, 2016 10:10 PM (Nrh7e)
Posted by: Sheriff Bart at August 05, 2016 10:10 PM (/wm8n)
Posted by: Nevergiveup at August 05, 2016 10:10 PM (FPzw8)
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at August 05, 2016 10:10 PM (ujD28)
Posted by: Supazikasquito at August 05, 2016 10:10 PM (BO/km)
Posted by: Molly k. at August 05, 2016 10:10 PM (shN0m)
Budweiser. It's what you do when you ain't doin' nuthin'.
Perhaps the double-negative will confuse the otherwise intelligent individuals, but...
I'm not writing for the elites.
*stamps approval*
...ship it.
Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1), (T) at August 05, 2016 10:10 PM (6gk0M)
Posted by: EC at August 05, 2016 10:10 PM (oIkQ6)
There were two of them on fire in the video. There was another one in the background.
Posted by: rickl at August 05, 2016 10:10 PM (sdi6R)
Posted by: fluffy at August 05, 2016 10:11 PM (eiFlk)
Posted by: Yes at August 05, 2016 10:11 PM (/wm8n)
Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at August 05, 2016 10:11 PM (ADTF7)
We have a remote control that looks just like that.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 05, 2016 10:07 PM (w/iDp)
With chew marks? Y'know that cat you keep talking about......
Posted by: cthulhu at August 05, 2016 10:12 PM (EzgxV)
Posted by: the Wizard of Oz at August 05, 2016 10:12 PM (H9MG5)
Posted by: sinalco at August 05, 2016 10:12 PM (yODqO)
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at August 05, 2016 10:12 PM (ODxAs)
Posted by: EC at August 05, 2016 10:10 PM (oIkQ6)
Yes, but did you see the video at the link?
Posted by: CDR M at August 05, 2016 10:12 PM (Pf2mI)
I love it.
I don't think there is anyway to put the fire out either. They burn until they stop burning.
Posted by: Q. Ball Klumphenrunner at August 05, 2016 10:12 PM (CidDb)
Posted by: josephistan at August 05, 2016 10:12 PM (7qAYi)
Two on fire, and none of the others spinning at all.
Posted by: carbon credits at August 05, 2016 10:12 PM (MD1dD)
Posted by: @votermom at August 05, 2016 10:13 PM (7lVbc)
Posted by: Weirddave at August 05, 2016 10:13 PM (N8hFs)
Posted by: EC at August 05, 2016 10:13 PM (oIkQ6)
Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1), (T) at August 05, 2016 10:13 PM (6gk0M)
Posted by: HH at August 05, 2016 10:14 PM (DrCtv)
Posted by: Pecan Scandi at August 05, 2016 10:14 PM (1k6yx)
*Budweiser. It's what you do when you ain't doin' nuthin'. *
*Looks around the room*
*Wonders how he knows*
Posted by: tbodie at August 05, 2016 10:14 PM (cb/hk)
Yeah, I had it ready for the ONT then I saw ace couldn't wait.
Posted by: CDR M at August 05, 2016 10:14 PM (Pf2mI)
The Hegemonic Dynamics of Children Swimming
Posted on August 5, 2016 by The Political Hat
When left to their own devices, boys will tend to play with boys and girls will tend to play with girls. This startling bit of obviousness was stumbled upon by University of Southern California graduate student Michela Musto, as seen by her paper "Athletes in the Pool, Girls and Boys on Deck: The Contextual Construction of Gender in Coed Youth Swimming".
More: http://politicalhat.com/?p=12182
Posted by: The Political Hat at August 05, 2016 10:14 PM (vBeA5)
I missed the first half of the thread on the Hitler video tribute I made
to Maetenloch because I thought it was going to be posted here, and I
just wanted to say thanks to all of the Morons who said they liked it.
It had already been stomped by the time I saw it was up.
Posted by: Weirddave at August 05, 2016 10:13 PM (N8hFs)
It was a fine and heartfelt tribute to our beloved comrade. Thank you for doing it -- and for doing such a great job at it.
Posted by: cthulhu at August 05, 2016 10:15 PM (EzgxV)
I was watching that videozard. . Those things are such a hazard. Here, they are located in rural areas and no rural FD is equipped to handle to handle the fire risk.
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at August 05, 2016 10:15 PM (ujD28)
Posted by: Cactus of Liberty at August 05, 2016 10:15 PM (E2Y9z)
Posted by: desicat at August 05, 2016 10:15 PM (2z5DX)
So the dog ate part of the remote. (Can't see the picture too reall pretty good.)
He/she, (see previous sentence) is pissed because you left him/her at home and didn't take him/her with you when you went out. So she destroyed the most favorite thing you own.
Posted by: Q. Ball Klumphenrunner at August 05, 2016 10:16 PM (CidDb)
Posted by: Weirddave at August 05, 2016 10:13 PM (N8hFs)
Yeah, I had it ready for the ONT then I saw ace couldn't wait.
Posted by: CDR M at August 05, 2016 10:14 PM (Pf2mI)
What the hell, tack it on again.
Posted by: cthulhu at August 05, 2016 10:16 PM (EzgxV)
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Which reminds me. Germany surrendered in May of 1945. By October of 1946, 17 months later, 12 had been tried, found guilty, and 10 were hanged in 103 minutes by Master Sergeant John Woods.
Bowe Bergdahl has been in custody since May of 2014, two years and three months. What's wrong with this picture?
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 05, 2016 10:16 PM (w/iDp)
Posted by: The Scorpion at August 05, 2016 10:16 PM (OF/aZ)
-Posted by: tbodie at August 05, 2016 10:14 PM (cb/hk)
I think it is "A Thing", but I'm not sure. I've been drinking Budweiser.
For all I be, this Bud's for me.
*clink!*
Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1), (T) at August 05, 2016 10:16 PM (6gk0M)
Luckily, there are more in the fridge.
And, if you don't want anybody to tread on your lady parts, don't pass out in the alley where you could be tread upon. Just sayin'.
Posted by: tcn in AK at August 05, 2016 10:16 PM (+YMhA)
Posted by: Fritz at August 05, 2016 10:16 PM (WYh6/)
Posted by: rickl at August 05, 2016 10:17 PM (sdi6R)
Posted by: Joe Hallebeck at August 05, 2016 10:17 PM (MNgU2)
Posted by: eleven at August 05, 2016 10:17 PM (qUNWi)
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at August 05, 2016 10:17 PM (ujD28)
Posted by: pseudocondo at August 05, 2016 10:17 PM (5CS2l)
Fine. Turning in my penis.
Posted by: Tilikum Killer Assault Whale-Skeet Surfer at August 05, 2016 10:18 PM (hVdx9)
Posted by: Prince Ludwig the #Problematic at August 05, 2016 10:18 PM (UPYhp)
Posted by: BacktoGA at August 05, 2016 10:18 PM (/22Vh)
I thought you couldn't be racist against white folks.
I really can't keep track of all the micro and macro aggressions that count and the ones that don't.
Pussy generation, indeed.
Posted by: tcn in AK at August 05, 2016 10:18 PM (+YMhA)
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Transmission overheats. Transmissions filled with hydrolic oil.
Posted by: Q. Ball Klumphenrunner at August 05, 2016 10:19 PM (CidDb)
https://twitter.com/kbdabear/status/761601399079727105
https://twitter.com/kbdabear/status/761601907261603840
https://twitter.com/kbdabear/status/761602052103479297
https://twitter.com/kbdabear/status/761602196777697280
https://twitter.com/kbdabear/status/761602353061560320
Posted by: kbdabear at August 05, 2016 10:19 PM (GrXXa)
Posted by: CDR M at August 05, 2016 10:19 PM (Pf2mI)
Posted by: Jim at August 05, 2016 10:19 PM (v5iqM)
You made the captions to that video?
*BOWS DOWN IN SERVITUDE*
You Da' MAN!!!
Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1), (T) at August 05, 2016 10:19 PM (6gk0M)
Posted by: Joe Hallebeck at August 05, 2016 10:19 PM (MNgU2)
Damn stuff evaporates in the heat of summer.
Posted by: tbodie at August 05, 2016 10:19 PM (cb/hk)
Miraculously, there were no more accidents.
I think they just scared the shit out of everyone to slow them down.
Roundabouts are the same thing - you cut your speed in half because your brain is busy trying to figure out where to go and if you have the right of way. It is a psychological speed bump.
Posted by: Gentlemen, this is democracy manifest at August 05, 2016 10:20 PM (LWu6U)
Posted by: ScoggDog at August 05, 2016 10:20 PM (fiGNd)
Posted by: rickl
Dutch pyromaniacs?
Collision with a Firebird.
Posted by: Stravinsky at August 05, 2016 10:20 PM (BO/km)
https://twitter.com/kbdabear/status/761602493507862528
https://twitter.com/kbdabear/status/761602633127829504
https://twitter.com/kbdabear/status/761602754032828416
https://twitter.com/kbdabear/status/761602867623038976
https://twitter.com/kbdabear/status/761602965081817088
Posted by: kbdabear at August 05, 2016 10:20 PM (GrXXa)
So how does a windmill catch on fire in the first place?
Posted by: rickl at August 05, 2016 10:17 PM (sdi6R)
Same way it doesn't catch on fire -- bearings.
It's designed to rotate, rotate, rotate and that creates friction, friction, friction, so you have to have nice lubricated bearings to allow it to spin freely. But when you don't initially buy very nice bearings, or you allow the bearings to lose lubricant, they get hot awfully fast -- and any remaining lubricant becomes fuel.
Posted by: cthulhu at August 05, 2016 10:20 PM (EzgxV)
Damn stuff evaporates in the heat of summer.
Posted by: tbodie
****
(Burp)
Posted by: Stealthy Squirrel Watching TBODIE at August 05, 2016 10:20 PM (hVdx9)
Posted by: Country Singer at August 05, 2016 10:21 PM (GUBah)
Posted by: @votermom at August 05, 2016 10:21 PM (7lVbc)
Posted by: Willy J. at August 05, 2016 10:21 PM (BZey7)
Posted by: Joe Hallebeck at August 05, 2016 10:21 PM (MNgU2)
It's a retroencabulator. Actually, the early prototype retroencabulator.
Posted by: torquewrench at August 05, 2016 10:21 PM (noWW6)
Posted by: EC at August 05, 2016 10:21 PM (oIkQ6)
bartender: ..... yeah.
Mr. Bisinet: Whew! I thought I'ld lost it.
Posted by: Gentlemen, this is democracy manifest at August 05, 2016 10:22 PM (LWu6U)
Posted by: Inspector Cussword at August 05, 2016 10:22 PM (c1VpD)
-Posted by: tbodie at August 05, 2016 10:19 PM (cb/hk)
Amen. I've "evaporated" around ten of 'em. Gets hot in the Summer, doesn't it?
Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1), (T) at August 05, 2016 10:22 PM (6gk0M)
Posted by: CDR M at August 05, 2016 10:22 PM (Pf2mI)
to Maetenloch
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It is epic. Lightened up my day.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 05, 2016 10:22 PM (w/iDp)
Posted by: ScoggDog at August 05, 2016 10:22 PM (fiGNd)
Posted by: @votermom at August 05, 2016 10:22 PM (7lVbc)
I thought you couldn't be racist against white folks.
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Ah, but you see, the guy who created the flag apparently owned slaves! So anything and everything he did is automatically racist!
Posted by: junior at August 05, 2016 10:23 PM (Xt19I)
To me, the natural reaction to such treason is a form of "... Delenda Est"; but I am learning to trust God not humans--us being fickle, weak, and corruptible.
And I'm not willing (as a large, slow-moving, improperly-trained target), to acquire at great cost sufficient arms and ammunition as are required for home/family defense and then turn it over to the government (or such surrogates as may be allowed to kill me and take it). YMMV.
Well, that and the chemo has dulled my reflexes and clouded my thinking to the point where I think I shouldn't have firearms until the cancer is gone and the side-effects are worn off. Don't want to cause any issues...
Posted by: setnaffa at August 05, 2016 10:23 PM (jl6Ly)
They are down a lot. Drive by them a lot and any given day 1/4 are not turning. Even if there's wind.
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at August 05, 2016 10:23 PM (ujD28)
Posted by: tbodie at August 05, 2016 10:23 PM (cb/hk)
Posted by: rickl at August 05, 2016 10:17 PM (sdi6R)<<<
Angry villagers.
Posted by: Frankenstein's Monster at August 05, 2016 10:23 PM (H9MG5)
Posted by: Joe Hallebeck at August 05, 2016 10:24 PM (MNgU2)
In this case two caught on fire, and it is windy and the other ones are not moving.
So my guess is very strong wind and grossly underdesigned brakes.
Posted by: Gentlemen, this is democracy manifest at August 05, 2016 10:24 PM (LWu6U)
Posted by: All Hail Eris, Literate Savage at August 05, 2016 10:24 PM (jR7Wy)
Posted by: torquewrench
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Agreed. The patina of the Crapalloy fittings is obvious.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 05, 2016 10:24 PM (w/iDp)
Not enough Lube.
Posted by: Willy J. at August 05, 2016 10:21 PM (BZey7)
"Do you smoke after sex?"
"Dunno, never checked."
Posted by: Bacon Jeff at August 05, 2016 10:25 PM (VSenK)
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at August 05, 2016 10:25 PM (ujD28)
........
Anyone know where the pickled pantsuit is tonight? I'd be careful if I were you..,,
Posted by: Molly k. at August 05, 2016 10:25 PM (shN0m)
My Family wore this on their crest, as we invaded the sea.
...We are Polish, mostly.
Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1), (T) at August 05, 2016 10:25 PM (6gk0M)
Posted by: Epobirs at August 05, 2016 10:25 PM (IdCqF)
Posted by: otho at August 05, 2016 10:26 PM (EWg9n)
Or wait, maybe that was someone on one of Russia's women's teams. Let me double-check that story...
Posted by: qdpsteve at August 05, 2016 10:26 PM (q7T0y)
Posted by: qdpsteve at August 05, 2016 10:26 PM (q7T0y)
Bad news: He found out the dealership doesn't accept Bitcoin.
Posted by: qdpsteve at August 05, 2016 10:27 PM (q7T0y)
...and to Weird Dave for today's superlative Downfall parody.
We might be Morons, but there's some Genius level Moronity to be found 'round heah!
Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX
Posted by: Jim at August 05, 2016 10:27 PM (v5iqM)
Posted by: Willy J. at August 05, 2016 10:28 PM (BZey7)
They can start fires if you don't catch them in time.
A little jackshaft on an old combine we were running, and I was in my 20s I guess that drove the hydraulic pump off the engine went out. It started a little smoldering fire in the dust build-up all around. That fire finally burned through the main output hose of the pump. It made a spectacular flame-thrower like effect coming out the side.
My father was driving it, and shit his pants. I shit mine when I saw it in another combine.
It was desperate situation.
Posted by: publius (not Breitbart publius) at August 05, 2016 10:28 PM (DW+jj)
Posted by: BacktoGA at August 05, 2016 10:28 PM (/22Vh)
Posted by: rickl at August 05, 2016 10:28 PM (sdi6R)
I'd say he is right on both counts.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Racist for Dinosaurs at August 05, 2016 10:29 PM (Nwg0u)
Posted by: qdpsteve at August 05, 2016 10:29 PM (q7T0y)
Posted by: All Hail Eris, Literate Savage at August 05, 2016 10:30 PM (jR7Wy)
Posted by: t-bird at August 05, 2016 10:30 PM (jO7js)
Posted by: publius (not Breitbart publius) at August 05, 2016 10:28 PM (DW+jj)<<<
Heh heh. He said jackshaft. Heh heh.
Posted by: Beavis at August 05, 2016 10:30 PM (H9MG5)
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at August 05, 2016 10:30 PM (ujD28)
Posted by: tbodie at August 05, 2016 10:30 PM (cb/hk)
Kudos to CMDR M for this fine ONT....
...and to Weird Dave for today's superlative Downfall parody.
We might be Morons, but there's some Genius level Moronity to be found 'round heah!
Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX
Posted by: Jim at August 05, 2016 10:27 PM (v5iqM)
Agreed. We've got the best bunch of Morons on the intertubez and gotta keep on bein' #1....just keep it inna bowl a little better.
Posted by: cthulhu at August 05, 2016 10:30 PM (EzgxV)
That was a freaking masterpiece.
In other news, Yankees up 13-7 over Cleveland in the bottom of the eighth.
*Pwned*
Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1), (T) at August 05, 2016 10:31 PM (6gk0M)
Posted by: CDR M at August 05, 2016 10:31 PM (Pf2mI)
UN-possible. That effeminate pillowbiter doesn't have a dick.
Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at August 05, 2016 10:31 PM (ADTF7)
Used to go through Tehachapi, west of Barstow on 58 between Edwards AFB and Bakersfield, and went through Altamount a few times. Never saw any fires.
Even if the blades are turning, you still don't know if they are generating electricity.
Posted by: Q. Ball Klumphenrunner at August 05, 2016 10:31 PM (CidDb)
Or wait, maybe that was someone on one of Russia's women's teams. Let me double-check that story...
Word is we have a shot at an all tranny medal podium for the "womens'" 800 meter in track and field. Instead of a national anthem I guess they'll just play "The Time Warp", Rocky Horror style.
Posted by: Taggert at August 05, 2016 10:31 PM (dqnGo)
Posted by: Weirddave at August 05, 2016 10:13 PM (N8hFs)
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You hit it out of the park, WD!
And what a perfect thank-you gift to Maet!
Posted by: Margarita DeVille at August 05, 2016 10:31 PM (T/5A0)
Posted by: Elizabeth at August 05, 2016 10:32 PM (/wm8n)
Posted by: Ashley Judd's Puffy Scamper, formerly MrCaniac at August 05, 2016 10:32 PM (1JnAL)
Posted by: garrett at August 05, 2016 10:32 PM (TjcfH)
123
From Drudge: NFL Star Ben Watson: Planned Parenthood Was Created to "Exterminate Blacks" and "It's Working"
I'd say he is right on both counts.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Racist for Dinosaurs at August 05, 2016 10:29 PM (Nwg0u)
Get that into the zeitgeist and the Demonrats will have a nuclear dumpster fire.
Posted by: cthulhu at August 05, 2016 10:33 PM (EzgxV)
Posted by: qdpsteve at August 05, 2016 10:33 PM (q7T0y)
Posted by: otho at August 05, 2016 10:33 PM (EWg9n)
Posted by: CDR M at August 05, 2016 10:33 PM (Pf2mI)
Posted by: Weirddave at August 05, 2016 10:13 PM
It was awesomely funny. TY
Posted by: Farmer at August 05, 2016 10:34 PM (o/90i)
Nice work. Fitting tribute for a great man.
Thanks for going to the trouble of putting that together.
Posted by: L, Elle, wearing black, mourning Maetenloch's departure at August 05, 2016 10:35 PM (6IPEM)
Posted by: Locke Common at August 05, 2016 10:35 PM (y4lrA)
I remember seeing them in California. We have them here now. Thanks GWB. The land owners that have taken them are getting fucked. Their neighbors but not getting paid.
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at August 05, 2016 10:36 PM (ujD28)
Posted by: Ashley Judd's Puffy Scamper, formerly MrCaniac at August 05, 2016 10:36 PM (1JnAL)
INSTANT CLASSIC! WELL DONE!
Posted by: Cactus of Liberty at August 05, 2016 10:36 PM (E2Y9z)
...but he kept tiptoeing into politics.
Then he did that "halftime-thing" about guns.
I'm willing to give most anyone "credit". Defaulting on your responsibilities and taking a tack that isn't in your wheelhouse is a bad, bad idea.
Bob is in the negative.
...RedBob
Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1), (T) at August 05, 2016 10:37 PM (6gk0M)
And good job, WeirdDave.
Setnaffa: I am sorry you are dealing with cancer. That sucks.
Posted by: Donna&&&&&&V. (Brandishing ampersands) at August 05, 2016 10:37 PM (P8951)
Only 205 views. The timing on that thing is great. Weirddave used the scene well.
Posted by: t-bird at August 05, 2016 10:38 PM (w/iDp)
Posted by: CDR M at August 05, 2016 10:33 PM (Pf2mI)
Yep
Posted by: Ashley Judd's Puffy Scamper, formerly MrCaniac at August 05, 2016 10:38 PM (1JnAL)
I laffed reel hard. Hardee-har- har.
Too bad about Maetenloch leaving. But the video was very funny.
Ace needs some new COBs. Where's the recruiting desk?
Posted by: Bossy Conservative...pondering the future at August 05, 2016 10:38 PM (S6Pax)
Posted by: Donna&&&&&&V. (Brandishing ampersands) at August 05, 2016 10:39 PM (P8951)
Posted by: Burnt Toast at August 05, 2016 10:39 PM (P/kVC)
http://preview.tinyurl.com/jlt9mey
Stray Dog Decides To Join 155 Mile Race-And Ends Up With A New Dad
Posted by: Stealthy Squirrel Watching TBODIE at August 05, 2016 10:40 PM (hVdx9)
123
From Drudge: NFL Star Ben Watson: Planned Parenthood Was Created to "Exterminate Blacks" and "It's Working"
I'd say he is right on both counts.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Racist for Dinosaurs at August 05, 2016 10:29 PM (Nwg0u)
Get that into the zeitgeist and the Demonrats will have a nuclear dumpster fire.
Posted by: cthulhu at August 05, 2016 10:33 PM (EzgxV
Ben Waston is Georgia Bulldog. Say what you will about former head coach Mark Richt, he developed and raised strong Christians as men before football players.
Posted by: Cactus of Liberty at August 05, 2016 10:40 PM (E2Y9z)
Posted by: Burnt Toast
****
America has WAY more cars than pretty much everywhere. Roundabouts are not automatically a good idea here.
Posted by: Stealthy Squirrel Watching TBODIE at August 05, 2016 10:41 PM (hVdx9)
Posted by: GGE Hades of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at August 05, 2016 10:41 PM (vbvxt)
Posted by: t-bird at August 05, 2016 10:42 PM (w/iDp)
Posted by: Javems at August 05, 2016 10:43 PM (yOqwj)
Really, the NJ Left is the way to go in the US.
Posted by: garrett at August 05, 2016 10:44 PM (TjcfH)
Posted by: Harry Reid at August 05, 2016 10:44 PM (6gk0M)
The cheater bearing and grease the asshole who sold me the car used to conceal a bad axle and rear end had gone up. Without the extinguisher, the whole thing could have gotten kind of sporty.
Posted by: ManWithNoParty at August 05, 2016 10:44 PM (YLidQ)
Posted by: GGE Hades of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at August 05, 2016 10:44 PM (vbvxt)
Nice hash
Posted by: The Jackhole somewhere on Ventura Highway at August 05, 2016 10:45 PM (dULJN)
Mark Steyn has a thing about roundabouts.
After listening to him, and seeing what the State did to a perfectly functional intersection here, I share his disdain for the idea.
It's nerve wracking to negotiate the obstacle because you are dependent on all the other drivers doing the right thing, and you have no way to avoid them if they don't.
Posted by: Q. Ball Klumphenrunner at August 05, 2016 10:45 PM (CidDb)
Posted by: garrett at August 05, 2016 10:44 PM (TjcfH)
Surely you meant Leaving NJ was the way to go.
And speaking of going...I just got a better offer. Later roonz and roonettez, fear no evil!
Posted by: GGE Hades of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at August 05, 2016 10:46 PM (vbvxt)
Posted by: Blanco Basura at August 05, 2016 10:47 PM (T/cxb)
Posted by: The Jackhole somewhere on Ventura Highway
You think that's nice? I got some great hash.
Posted by: Ricky at August 05, 2016 10:47 PM (UPYhp)
Posted by: L, Elle, wearing black, mourning Maetenloch's departure at August 05, 2016 10:47 PM (6IPEM)
That intermitent fasting is really paying off!
Posted by: garrett at August 05, 2016 10:48 PM (TjcfH)
Posted by: Burnt Toast
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Wait until autonomous cars start negotiating these things. I predict cyber spats, with lots of stop and go.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 05, 2016 10:48 PM (w/iDp)
On the other hand, it's fun to drive 'round and 'round when you have passengers in the car.
Posted by: Weirddave at August 05, 2016 10:48 PM (N8hFs)
Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1), (T) at August 05, 2016 10:48 PM (6gk0M)
Rather watch the Cubs --- up by 4 over Oakland right now.
Posted by: Margarita DeVille at August 05, 2016 10:48 PM (T/5A0)
Too fuuny.
Posted by: tbodie at August 05, 2016 10:48 PM (cb/hk)
After listening to him, and seeing what the State did to a perfectly functional intersection here, I share his disdain for the idea.
It's nerve wracking to negotiate the obstacle because you are dependent on all the other drivers doing the right thing, and you have no way to avoid them if they don't.
Posted by: Q. Ball Klumphenrunner
****
Here in AZ the Europhile d***heads have installed several roundabouts and they are basically a disaster, especially during rush hour.
I agree with him 100%.
Posted by: Stealthy Squirrel Watching TBODIE at August 05, 2016 10:48 PM (hVdx9)
--
The lurking jackhammer of DOOM.
Maet is watching. Always watching.
Posted by: @votermom at August 05, 2016 10:48 PM (7lVbc)
Those who qualify under the Smart designation of this blog will understand "Bravo Zulu!".
For the rest, "OutSTANding!".
Posted by: Duncanthrax at August 05, 2016 10:49 PM (OF/aZ)
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, TX at August 05, 2016 10:49 PM (Saqzi)
But they must be nightmarish and utterly confusing for anyone who is not local.
Posted by: rickl at August 05, 2016 10:50 PM (sdi6R)
Posted by: CDR M at August 05, 2016 10:50 PM (Pf2mI)
Posted by: Lauren at August 05, 2016 10:50 PM (TWY1+)
*shivers*
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at August 05, 2016 10:50 PM (ujD28)
Yep, Bruce Jenner- not Caitlyn- fits in better than Caster Semenya. In order to accommodate her, the IAAF (or maybe it was WADA) raised the women's testosterone limit to TEN times normal! And it shows.
She really should have her own classification in the Paralympics.
Posted by: t-bird at August 05, 2016 10:52 PM (Z58Xa)
No, I swear.
Why are you looking at me like that?
Listen, I can do this.
After that guy stops being retarded.
What is he even doing? He's been around three times, at least.
Listen... I'll go when I'm ready, Dick.
Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1), (T) at August 05, 2016 10:52 PM (6gk0M)
Posted by: Lauren at August 05, 2016 10:50 PM (TWY1+)
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Phelps carried it, thank heaven.
But they did put the Muslim girl up front so the propagandists could get a good camera shot for us.
I see you have been rescued from the kid-laden mini-van!
Posted by: Margarita DeVille at August 05, 2016 10:53 PM (T/5A0)
[ ]
For old times sake.
Posted by: tbodie at August 05, 2016 10:53 PM (cb/hk)
Huh. Maybe there's hope for America yet.
Fuck the GOP.
Posted by: Cloyd Freud, Unemployed at August 05, 2016 10:53 PM (97XyN)
Posted by: Backtoga at August 05, 2016 10:54 PM (/22Vh)
Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at August 05, 2016 10:54 PM (zc3Db)
Posted by: FireHorse at August 05, 2016 10:54 PM (YcAfS)
Posted by: @votermom at August 05, 2016 10:55 PM (7lVbc)
Posted by: Weirddave at August 05, 2016 10:55 PM (N8hFs)
Posted by: L, Elle, wearing black, mourning Maetenloch's departure at August 05, 2016 10:55 PM (6IPEM)
Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1), (T) at August 05, 2016 10:48 PM (6gk0M)
******
When you drive old, fast used police cars, has to be part of the emergency road kit. This was not my first Carbeque.
Posted by: ManWithNoParty at August 05, 2016 10:55 PM (YLidQ)
I got a lesson in bearings and fire Monday morning. I noticed I was
trailing smoke headed down the highway. Got off the next exit, right
rear wheel area was on fire. I had an extinguisher, so all good.
The cheater bearing and grease the asshole who sold me the car used
to conceal a bad axle and rear end had gone up. Without the
extinguisher, the whole thing could have gotten kind of sporty.
Posted by: ManWithNoParty at August 05, 2016 10:44 PM (YLidQ)
I just love it when fraud and commercial misbehavior bumps up against attempted manslaughter, don't you?
Posted by: cthulhu at August 05, 2016 10:55 PM (EzgxV)
Posted by: @votermom at August 05, 2016 10:55 PM (7lVbc)
Posted by: Afroman at August 05, 2016 10:55 PM (6KYW7)
Posted by: Corona at August 05, 2016 10:56 PM (ragzU)
Posted by: CDR M at August 05, 2016 10:31 PM (Pf2mI)
They burn themselves out mass murdering all those eagles, hawks and other poor unsuspecting birds,
Posted by: bebe's boobs destroy at August 05, 2016 10:56 PM (hscyr)
Posted by: Diogenes at August 05, 2016 10:56 PM (0tfLf)
For old times sake.
Posted by: tbodie at August 05, 2016 10:53 PM
*******
Haha! I loved that he came up with that.
[ We all miss you, Maetenloch ]
Posted by: L, Elle, wearing black, mourning Maetenloch's departure at August 05, 2016 10:57 PM (6IPEM)
Posted by: @votermom at August 05, 2016 10:58 PM (7lVbc)
175
negotiate the obstacle because you are dependent on all the other
drivers doing the right thing, and you have no way to avoid them if they
don't.
On the other hand, it's fun to drive 'round and 'round when you have passengers in the car.
Posted by: Weirddave at August 05, 2016 10:48 PM (N8hFs)
A few blocks from here, the city recently installed the first roundabout in Santa Clara after hiring a traffic engineer from another local city. I count this as two errors.
Posted by: cthulhu at August 05, 2016 10:58 PM (EzgxV)
Absolutely right. I took the Confederate 1st National flag out of the picture window and put the Gadsden back up.
Posted by: Cloyd Freud, Unemployed at August 05, 2016 10:59 PM (97XyN)
Posted by: All Hail Eris, Literate Savage at August 05, 2016 10:59 PM (jR7Wy)
Posted by: nerdygirl at August 05, 2016 10:59 PM (+lVUW)
[ We all miss you, Maetenloch ]
Posted by: L, Elle, wearing black, mourning Maetenloch's departure at August 05, 2016 10:57 PM (6IPEM)
*****
[No politics on the ONT]
Posted by: ManWithNoParty at August 05, 2016 10:59 PM (YLidQ)
You had an extinguisher in your car, MWNP? Holy Shit. +10.
Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1), (T) at August 05, 2016 10:48 PM (6gk0M)
I carry an extinguisher in my car.
Posted by: cthulhu at August 05, 2016 10:59 PM (EzgxV)
Posted by: TB3K at August 05, 2016 10:59 PM (Pf2mI)
Its like being on a one way street and coming to a stop at another one way street - your only choice is to turn right.
Where they screw it up is when they get away from the basic function and make certain lanes as 'must exit only' so then the incoming lane doesn't have to stop, etc.
Posted by: Burnt Toast at August 05, 2016 10:59 PM (P/kVC)
-Posted by: ManWithNoParty at August 05, 2016 10:55 PM (YLidQ)
*HAH!*
LMAO @ Carbeque!
I've had electrical problems with windows and fuses. I've had engines overheat from leaking radiators, but I've never thought to put a fire extinguisher in my ride!
Smell something, do something...
...but not like that. Wow!
Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1), (T) at August 05, 2016 10:59 PM (6gk0M)
In short, the source of everything worth a shit on this planet.
Posted by: Jay Guevara at August 05, 2016 11:00 PM (SRKgf)
I see you have been rescued from the kid-laden mini-van!"
Finally! Turns out the gas smell was coming from the water heater in the attic (which seems like a terribly flammable place for a water heater). They gave us the all clear now though.
So we should all survive the night. Which was in question had we stayed in the van.
Posted by: Lauren at August 05, 2016 11:00 PM (TWY1+)
Does anyone know what movie that clip is taken from? It must be awful.
Posted by: JoeF. at August 05, 2016 11:00 PM (8HGb7)
Posted by: @votermom
________
Liberia looked like they were being sent to "Papillon."
Posted by: FireHorse at August 05, 2016 11:00 PM (YcAfS)
Posted by: All Hail Eris, Literate Savage at August 05, 2016 11:00 PM (jR7Wy)
Posted by: cthulhu
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'City planners' are a pain in the ass. They are very mobile, and never stick around long, just long enough to fcuk things up. Oh, and their 'Ideal Model' is always Portland.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 05, 2016 11:00 PM (w/iDp)
Posted by: otho at August 05, 2016 11:00 PM (EWg9n)
It's that time of year again: ramping up for the 3rd Annual Southwest Ohio Moron Meetup.
Tentatively scheduled for mid-October in the Dayton area.
Want to be kept in the loop?
Drop me a line at swohmome@mail.com (and please include your nic).
Posted by: ibguy at August 05, 2016 11:01 PM (vUcdz)
Posted by: Afroman at August 05, 2016 10:55 PM (6KYW7)
Or if one of the crossbeams goes out of skew on the treadle.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7WJXHY2OXGE
Posted by: rickl at August 05, 2016 11:01 PM (sdi6R)
Posted by: Joe Hallebeck at August 05, 2016 11:01 PM (MNgU2)
Posted by: cthulhu at August 05, 2016 10:55 PM (EzgxV)
*****
This is where the "as is, as shown, no warranty express or implied" clause of every bill of sale comes in.
Posted by: ManWithNoParty at August 05, 2016 11:01 PM (YLidQ)
Posted by: The Yes Hat at August 05, 2016 11:01 PM (vBeA5)
She's even managed to lap coffee out of my coffee mug. I've told her it will stunt her growth, but she doesn't care.
Posted by: nerdygirl at August 05, 2016 11:01 PM (+lVUW)
Posted by: yakimaal at August 05, 2016 11:02 PM (ieUtb)
Does anyone know what movie that clip is taken from? It must be awful.
Posted by: JoeF. at August 05, 2016 11:00 PM (8HGb7)
"Downfall", and while I've never seen it, it is widely considered to be excellent.
Posted by: rickl at August 05, 2016 11:02 PM (sdi6R)
Posted by: Farmer at August 05, 2016 11:03 PM (o/90i)
I would say that roundabouts are probably fine if you're local and
familiar with the area, and the normal routes you take from day to day.
But they must be nightmarish and utterly confusing for anyone who is not local.
Posted by: rickl at August 05, 2016 10:50 PM (sdi6R)
Driving anywhere in Silicon Valley is an exercise in constant fear of what the dipshits might do. Stop on a green light, make a left from the right hand lane, blow through a red, drift into a lane without signalling -- been there, done that. Driving through a roundabout is the same anxiety, squared.
Posted by: cthulhu at August 05, 2016 11:03 PM (EzgxV)
Posted by: All Hail Eris, Literate Savage at August 05, 2016 10:59 PM (jR7Wy)
Manhattan
Posted by: Taggert at August 05, 2016 11:03 PM (dqnGo)
Posted by: All Hail Eris, Literate Savage at August 05, 2016 11:03 PM (jR7Wy)
Posted by: Clark Griswald at August 05, 2016 11:03 PM (Pf2mI)
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A. If you stop, then you are doing it wrong. It is only necessary to yield to an oncoming vehicle already in the loop.
B. See: England, and in fact, most of the world.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 05, 2016 11:04 PM (w/iDp)
Posted by: Lauren at August 05, 2016 11:04 PM (TWY1+)
-Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 05, 2016 11:00 PM (w/iDp)
This is literally the most defeatist attitude I've heard all day.
Posted by: Chris Traeager, City Planner at August 05, 2016 11:04 PM (6gk0M)
Posted by: Willy J. at August 05, 2016 11:04 PM (BZey7)
Posted by: rickl at August 05, 2016 11:05 PM (sdi6R)
Posted by: L, Elle, wearing black, mourning Maetenloch's departure at August 05, 2016 10:47 PM (6IPEM)
Yes, maybe it IS just a hiatus. Yeah,I'll just keep telling myself that. Maybe some day I'll learn to cope.
Love your weekend ONTs CDR M! Say...how about you reveal the identity of the mystery moron?! (It's you, admit it already!)
Posted by: bebe's boobs destroy at August 05, 2016 11:05 PM (7UOBr)
Posted by: garrett at August 05, 2016 11:05 PM (TjcfH)
just wanted to say thanks to all of the Morons who said they liked it.
It had already been stomped by the time I saw it was up.
Posted by: Weirddave at August 05, 2016 10:13 PM (N8hFs)
Thank YOU. It made me laugh. I need something to laugh about. The stupidity of Hillary supporters isn't funny anymore.
Posted by: nerdygirl at August 05, 2016 11:06 PM (+lVUW)
Posted by: gNewt..don't like Ryan...better call Paul..Nehlen, that is.._ at August 05, 2016 11:06 PM (qK2iX)
Posted by: L, Elle, wearing black, mourning Maetenloch's departure at August 05, 2016 10:55 PM (6IPEM)
As you might have figured, roundabouts are european things. They have them in europe because no one there can be trusted to actually stop at a stop sign. The europeans drive like barbarians (which makes sense). It's the europhile twerps here who have brought these nasty roundabout things here.
Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at August 05, 2016 11:06 PM (zc3Db)
Posted by: Zettai Ryoiki at August 05, 2016 11:06 PM (kP16F)
Posted by: @votermom at August 05, 2016 11:06 PM (7lVbc)
I guess from now on, we can have "Maetless Mondays", huh?
We will all sacrifice animal carcasses on our grills in honor of our beloved Moron.
Making all of those vegans and girlyboys on the left angry will just be icing on the cake....
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, TX at August 05, 2016 11:06 PM (Saqzi)
Does anyone know what movie that clip is taken from? It must be awful.
Posted by: JoeF. at August 05, 2016 11:00 PM (8HGb7)
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The movie is "Downfall." (I don't know the original German title.) It's pretty good actually, but I think it will always be best known for the many funny versions of that scene!
Posted by: Margarita DeVille at August 05, 2016 11:06 PM (T/5A0)
B. See: England, and in fact, most of the world.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc.
People who unnecessarily stop at a roundabout drive me insane. I wish I had machine guns and missiles mounted to my car a la Twisted Metal.
Posted by: Prince Ludwig the #Problematic at August 05, 2016 11:07 PM (UPYhp)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at August 05, 2016 11:07 PM (/wm8n)
Posted by: Q. Ball Klumphenrunner at August 05, 2016 10:19 PM (CidDb)
They have transmissions? I thought the wind just blew them round and round and they made enough energy to save us all. Or something.
Posted by: Country Boy at August 05, 2016 11:07 PM (qKX5A)
Which island is the bird guano island?
Posted by: All Hail Eris, Literate Savage at August 05, 2016 10:59 PM (jR7Wy)
The one with Dr. No -- Crab Key.
Posted by: cthulhu at August 05, 2016 11:07 PM (EzgxV)
Like those mattress ads on podcasts ... just the right sink, just the right bounce.
Posted by: BourbonChicken at August 05, 2016 11:07 PM (VdICR)
Posted by: Farmer at August 05, 2016 11:07 PM (o/90i)
Posted by: gNewt..don't like Ryan...better call Paul..Nehlen, that is.._ at August 05, 2016 11:06 PM (qK2iX)
****
They are effective and a piefe of cake when all involved know how to use them properly. Unfortunately, this never happens, because this one fcuking dork.....
Posted by: ManWithNoParty at August 05, 2016 11:08 PM (YLidQ)
The Shortest Distance between two places is always a straight line in a rental car.
Posted by: garrett at August 05, 2016 11:08 PM (TjcfH)
-Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, TX at August 05, 2016 11:06 PM (Saqzi)
The cake is a lie.
Posted by: GLaDoS at August 05, 2016 11:09 PM (6gk0M)
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My town went all traffic progressive. They put in a bunch of back into diagonal parking spots. Had to rip them out. A good number of drivers can barely handle head first diagonal parking.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Racist for Dinosaurs at August 05, 2016 11:09 PM (Nwg0u)
Posted by: BourbonChicken at August 05, 2016 11:09 PM (VdICR)
Posted by: @votermom at August 05, 2016 11:09 PM (7lVbc)
You have to have yield signs on a four way entry into a roundabout . Cars in the roundabout have the right of way.
Posted by: Joe Hallebeck at August 05, 2016 11:01 PM (MNgU2)
Italy tried "cars entering roundabout have right-of-way" -- the jam-ups were EPIC!!!
Posted by: cthulhu at August 05, 2016 11:10 PM (EzgxV)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 05, 2016 11:04 PM (w/iDp)
In England they drive on the wrong side of the street. And fuck most of the world. Most of the world doesn't contribute squat.
Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at August 05, 2016 11:10 PM (zc3Db)
Posted by: mindful webworker - memories at August 05, 2016 11:11 PM (5a8XA)
Posted by: Zettai Ryoiki at August 05, 2016 11:11 PM (kP16F)
My sister hates it, though. She goes to absurd lengths to bypass it, like taking the long way through the neighborhood where we used to live to avoid the intersection. Or she'll go further down the road in the opposite direction of where she is headed so she can pick up the 5 Freeway and exit after getting past the roundabout. It adds anywhere from five to ten minutes to any trip she makes through that part of town.
Posted by: Epobirs at August 05, 2016 11:11 PM (IdCqF)
What a shit show. I feel sorry for the athletes who devoted their lives to training for it.
Posted by: Lauren at August 05, 2016 11:11 PM (TWY1+)
Posted by: Joe Hallebeck at August 05, 2016 11:11 PM (MNgU2)
Posted by: t-bird at August 05, 2016 11:11 PM (ANVXm)
Posted by: @votermom
Just add Sudan and Saudi Arabia and you've got the UN Human Rights Committee.
Posted by: Prince Ludwig the #Problematic at August 05, 2016 11:11 PM (UPYhp)
They are effective and a piefe of cake when all involved know how to use them properly. Unfortunately, this never happens, because this one fcuking dork.....
Posted by: ManWithNoParty at August 05, 2016 11:08 PM (YLidQ)
Like I said earlier, they're fine for locals who know the area. Not so much for innocent travelers who are just passing through.
Posted by: rickl at August 05, 2016 11:11 PM (sdi6R)
Posted by: Cloyd Freud, Unemployed at August 05, 2016 11:12 PM (97XyN)
Posted by: Farmer at August 05, 2016 11:07 PM (o/90i)
Terrorism works.
Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at August 05, 2016 11:12 PM (zc3Db)
Speaking of automotive Eurominciness, I saw it again just the other day: a relic of the 1980s era in which GM had stopped externally badging their cars with engine displacements in good old red white and blue cubic inches, and instead listing it in liters.
Worse yet, in "litres", for maximum Euromincing effect. Not making this up.
My dick got 2.54 centimetres shorter just looking at the thing.
Posted by: torquewrench at August 05, 2016 11:12 PM (noWW6)
Posted by: cthulhu at August 05, 2016 11:10 PM (EzgxV)
Engineered gridlock, I like it.
Posted by: Burnt Toast at August 05, 2016 11:13 PM (P/kVC)
http://code-studio.com/about-us/
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 05, 2016 11:13 PM (w/iDp)
Posted by: Farmer at August 05, 2016 11:07 PM (o/90i)
---------------------------------
Oh, good grief.
Has the Refugee team walked by yet?
How about the Victims of White Patriarchy team?
Posted by: Margarita DeVille at August 05, 2016 11:13 PM (T/5A0)
Posted by: Prince Ludwig the #Problematic at August 05, 2016 11:11 PM (UPYhp)
They do have Saudi Arabia.
Rwanda just entered.
Probably do have Sudan.
Posted by: @votermom at August 05, 2016 11:13 PM (7lVbc)
Posted by: Zettai Ryoiki at August 05, 2016 11:13 PM (kP16F)
Posted by: FireHorse at August 05, 2016 11:14 PM (YcAfS)
-Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 05, 2016 11:00 PM (w/iDp)
Sounds like school superintendents around here.
Posted by: nerdygirl at August 05, 2016 11:14 PM (+lVUW)
Posted by: Joe Hallebeck at August 05, 2016 11:14 PM (MNgU2)
11 lanes wide, running at full speed, with five roads feeding into it, and it is terrifying to watch. An accident waiting to happen.
It's amazing that there are so really few accidents. And people think the French are wimpy. Ride with them in car sometime.
Posted by: Bossy Conservative...pondering the future at August 05, 2016 11:14 PM (S6Pax)
-Posted by: @votermom at August 05, 2016 11:09 PM (7lVbc)
What would you pay to get all of these countries separately? $89.95? Seventy dollars?
...All of these Human Rights violators and sanctioned countries can be yours for thirty million dollars!.
We would include "Palestine", but since it isn't even a country, we throw it in for only the cost of shipping and handling!
Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1), (T) at August 05, 2016 11:14 PM (6gk0M)
Darned those Phoenicians!
http://preview.tinyurl.com/h9qgc2y
Posted by: Kindltot at August 05, 2016 11:15 PM (ry34m)
Posted by: Diogenes at August 05, 2016 11:15 PM (0tfLf)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Racist for Dinosaurs at August 05, 2016 11:15 PM (Nwg0u)
Posted by: Willy J. at August 05, 2016 11:15 PM (BZey7)
Posted by: Prince Ludwig the #Problematic at August 05, 2016 11:16 PM (UPYhp)
Posted by: garrett at August 05, 2016 11:08 PM (TjcfH)
*****
Just this week I had a rental for two days. See above Carbeque posts for the reason.
I like having a clean car, so I pay for an unlimited wash card for $35/month, plus tip.
Before I brought back the rental, I decided to be a sport and run it through so it was all shiny and clean inside. Well, that and the fact that I smoked in it, which is verboten, but anyways.....
Kids at the rental place were kinda pissed because that was THEIR job. WTF? I live in Kennesaw, GA. It's not like we have a Car Washers Local 327 Union.
Posted by: ManWithNoParty at August 05, 2016 11:16 PM (YLidQ)
Posted by: FireHorse at August 05, 2016 11:16 PM (YcAfS)
Posted by: Zettai Ryoiki at August 05, 2016 11:11 PM
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Ja wohl! Danke schoen!
Posted by: Margarita DeVille at August 05, 2016 11:16 PM (T/5A0)
I can't think of a faster way back to barefoot-and-pregnant than getting rid of civilization.
Posted by: t-bird at August 05, 2016 11:17 PM (ANVXm)
*******
He sounds really good, but I think he is done with ONT responsibilities. He is still staying on as the yahoo group owner and swinging the banhammer. I think there is some hope that he might show up and surprise us. He is such a modest though strong man. He was actually surprised by all the people and lurkers that showed up to thank him and say goodbye.
I am grateful that he actually said goodbye though I was incredibly distraught reading his last ONT. He deserves all the praise that was given to him.
Posted by: L, Elle, wearing black, mourning Maetenloch's departure at August 05, 2016 11:17 PM (6IPEM)
The same thing happened in 'old' Newhall near me.
It might not have been so bad if such parking spaces were common in SoCal but they aren't and the WTF factor made it a constant problem until done away with. It was part of a plan to revitalize the old rundown part of the area. It was completely doomed because there was no gentrification bring wealthier residents in to support the businesses the plan was supposed to attract. It remained an aging low income neighborhood that couldn't be revitalized without a lot of bulldozers and new construction. These were very cheap houses when they were new and are never going to evoke retro charm in anyone.
Posted by: Epobirs at August 05, 2016 11:17 PM (IdCqF)
-Posted by: mindful webworker - memories at August 05, 2016 11:11 PM (5a8XA)
His name is Maetchbox 20 and you'd best defer, because he still wields a rather large BanHammer.
Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1), (T) at August 05, 2016 11:18 PM (6gk0M)
Posted by: FireHorse at August 05, 2016 11:18 PM (YcAfS)
Posted by: nerdygirl
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Those assholes have made it into a science. They show up, from somewhere, get a contract with a parachute clause, turn out to be awful, schoolboard asks them to leave, and they do, with parachute money.
It happens time after time after time.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 05, 2016 11:18 PM (w/iDp)
Posted by: slash buzz at August 05, 2016 11:19 PM (dqhap)
Posted by: Zettai Ryoiki at August 05, 2016 11:19 PM (kP16F)
Posted by: Willy J. at August 05, 2016 11:15 PM (BZey7)
Stopping at red lights would also eliminate them. Just sayin'.
Posted by: rickl at August 05, 2016 11:19 PM (sdi6R)
If you haven't seen the video covertly filmed of Eleanor Holmes Norton trying to manage a diagonal parking job on a side street next to the Capitol, it's a classic of the genre. She has five or six goes at it, and eventually gets the car sorta vaguely into the space.
After hitting one of the neighboring vehicles. And then casually trotting off down the sidewalk without leaving a note regarding the damage she had caused.
If you or I did that and were identified as having done so, we'd be down at central booking on hit and run charges. But of course Our Betters face no such consequences in This Town.
Our Betters literally can't _park a goddamned car_ safely and competently, but still nevertheless think they're born, booted and spurred, to ride atop the rest of our backs.
Posted by: torquewrench at August 05, 2016 11:19 PM (noWW6)
Posted by: Donna&&&&&&V. (Brandishing ampersands) at August 05, 2016 11:19 PM (P8951)
When we are all required to ride in Google's Teletubby-mobiles, they will fly closely-packed thru intersections in a weave pattern. Usually.
Posted by: t-bird at August 05, 2016 11:20 PM (ANVXm)
-Posted by: Prince Ludwig the #Problematic at August 05, 2016 11:16 PM (UPYhp)
Yes. They tripped over themselves, threw feces at the crowd and killed a yak, as is customary.
Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1), (T) at August 05, 2016 11:20 PM (6gk0M)
#259
The same thing happened in 'old' Newhall near me.
It
might not have been so bad if such parking spaces were common in SoCal
but they aren't and the WTF factor made it a constant problem until done
away with. It was part of a plan to revitalize the old rundown part of
the area. It was completely doomed because there was no gentrification
bring wealthier residents in to support the businesses the plan was
supposed to attract. It remained an aging low income neighborhood that
couldn't be revitalized without a lot of bulldozers and new
construction. These were very cheap houses when they were new and are
never going to evoke retro charm in anyone.
Posted by: Epobirs at August 05, 2016 11:17 PM (IdCqF)
Hey, I lived in one of those cheap houses during 3rd-4th grade!!!
Posted by: cthulhu at August 05, 2016 11:20 PM (EzgxV)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Racist for Dinosaurs at August 05, 2016 11:09 PM (Nwg0u)
My response to raising the minimum wage to $15 per hour is that a good part of the workforce isn't worth $15 per hour.
Anyone who thinks back in diagonal parking is a good idea is too dumb to handle the french fry basket at Burger King.
Posted by: nerdygirl at August 05, 2016 11:20 PM (+lVUW)
-
Didja see the Norks said they'll but a Nork on the Moon within ten years? My guess is that they have no intention of Norking the Moon. It's a cover story for developing ICBMs.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Racist for Dinosaurs at August 05, 2016 11:21 PM (Nwg0u)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 05, 2016 11:21 PM (w/iDp)
Posted by: Yes at August 05, 2016 10:11 PM (/wm8n)
At my high school they used to play 'Roundabout' at the basketball games during the pregame warmup. I still love it even though I haven't heard it in a long time.
Posted by: andycanuck at August 05, 2016 11:21 PM (LdMbv)
Posted by: Molly k. at August 05, 2016 11:21 PM (shN0m)
Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1), (T) at August 05, 2016 11:22 PM (6gk0M)
Posted by: Molly k. at August 05, 2016 11:21 PM (shN0m)
So they are eligible to host UN meetings.
Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at August 05, 2016 11:22 PM (zc3Db)
Posted by: L, Elle, wearing black, mourning Maetenloch's departure at August 05, 2016 11:23 PM (6IPEM)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 05, 2016 11:21 PM (w/iDp)
******
30 years, Mike.
Posted by: ManWithNoParty at August 05, 2016 11:23 PM (YLidQ)
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at August 05, 2016 11:24 PM (ujD28)
Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1), (T) at August 05, 2016 11:24 PM (6gk0M)
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On my first drive in England I got on a dual lane roundabout and probably made 5 or 6 full trips around, plotting an exit strategy. I kept mumbling to myself, 'Stay left, stay left...'
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 05, 2016 11:24 PM (w/iDp)
Posted by: @votermom at August 05, 2016 11:25 PM (7lVbc)
Posted by: FireHorse at August 05, 2016 11:25 PM (YcAfS)
Of course Austin seems to want to eat itself so I guess let it burn (sorry my dear Austinites. Escape like I did!)
Posted by: Lauren at August 05, 2016 11:25 PM (TWY1+)
In regular square intersections, you get head-on and T-bone collisions, and at high speed. In the roundabouts, the collisions are more side-swipe, less angle of impact.
Those statistics are actually from here in the US, where roundabouts have replaced regular intersections.
That's why they are becoming a thing here.
Posted by: publius (not Breitbart publius) at August 05, 2016 11:25 PM (DW+jj)
Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at August 05, 2016 11:26 PM (zc3Db)
-Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 05, 2016 11:00 PM (w/iDp)
This is literally the most defeatist attitude I've heard all day.
Posted by: Chris Traeager, City Planner at August 05, 2016 11:04 PM (6gk0M)
Must be a West Coast thing, on the East Coast it's Asheville.
Posted by: Ashley Judd's Puffy Scamper, formerly MrCaniac at August 05, 2016 11:26 PM (1JnAL)
Posted by: jazzuscounty at August 05, 2016 11:26 PM (iRHb1)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 05, 2016 11:24 PM (w/iDp)
****
The one time I drove in Ireland I had to keep telling myself "if it feels right you are doing it wrong". Nice to drive for a week shit scared.
Posted by: ManWithNoParty at August 05, 2016 11:26 PM (YLidQ)
Have the Palestinians shot rockets into the Israelis' part of the Olympic Village yet?
Posted by: nerdygirl at August 05, 2016 11:26 PM (+lVUW)
I'll be the roundabout.
Posted by: Yes at August 05, 2016 10:11 PM (/wm8n)
At my high school they used to play 'Roundabout' at the basketball
games during the pregame warmup. I still love it even though I haven't
heard it in a long time.
Posted by: andycanuck at August 05, 2016 11:21 PM (LdMbv)
To me, "Roundabout" will always be about Chris Squire's continuo on bass throughout....which inevitably leads to a humorous reflection as to how he ended up legally owning the band name [hint: everyone else got in a fight and stomped off at one point or another, eventually returning].
Posted by: cthulhu at August 05, 2016 11:27 PM (EzgxV)
Posted by: cthulhu
I've read that a problem they have with the ball-bearings is that if they're too small they get damaged too easily; and if they're too big, they create too much heat friction. They think it's going to take a new alloy to fix this current problem. Ha-ha.
Posted by: andycanuck at August 05, 2016 11:27 PM (LdMbv)
Posted by: Molly k. at August 05, 2016 11:28 PM (shN0m)
Makes total sense now
Posted by: L, Elle, wearing black, mourning Maetenloch's departure at August 05, 2016 11:28 PM (6IPEM)
In regular square intersections, you get head-on and T-bone collisions, and at high speed.
Posted by: publius (not Breitbart publius) at August 05, 2016 11:25 PM (DW+jj)
Apparently, some people are unclear on the whole green light/red light concept. Personally, I've never had a problem with it.
Posted by: rickl at August 05, 2016 11:29 PM (sdi6R)
Posted by: FireHorse at August 05, 2016 11:29 PM (YcAfS)
Posted by: Brian in New Orleans at August 05, 2016 11:30 PM (sqHNm)
Posted by: garrett at August 05, 2016 11:30 PM (TjcfH)
Posted by: RoadRunner at August 05, 2016 11:30 PM (YgQaa)
Posted by: Rob in Katy at August 05, 2016 11:30 PM (0SnP3)
Posted by: Zettai Ryoiki at August 05, 2016 11:30 PM (kP16F)
He was on there, being stupid, as usual and they asked him about his dumb name.
**Ptttthhhhhhh!!!!**
That's for changing my posts to make me look like a jackass. Which I am perfectly capable of doing, my own self.
After the effusive acknowledgement of the brilliance that Maet created, I would not put it past him to change this whole post to, "I Eat Balls".
That would be So Raven.
Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1), (T) at August 05, 2016 11:30 PM (6gk0M)
So think about how old those places are now and how few of them have been well maintained. Going down some of those streets is pretty dreary.
Remember the old Newhall jail that was near the end of Lyons? It's now the main branch of the Santa Clarita Library. They got fed up with some of the LA County Library system's problems, so they started their own by buying some of the existing branches from the county and renovating the jail building. There are still county branches in a few places around the area, though, so people aren't entirely cut off.
Posted by: Epobirs at August 05, 2016 11:31 PM (IdCqF)
11 lanes wide, running at full speed, with five roads feeding into it, and it is terrifying to watch. An accident waiting to happen.
It's amazing that there are so really few accidents. And people think the French are wimpy. Ride with them in car sometime.
Posted by: Bossy Conservative...pondering the future at August 05, 2016 11:14 PM (S6Pax)
Add to all that that, according to the woman who led my tour group through Europe, a huge proportion of Parisian drivers are drunk on their asses after lunch. 'Cause they don't eat a meal without at least a quart of wine.
Posted by: nerdygirl at August 05, 2016 11:31 PM (+lVUW)
Posted by: jazzuscounty at August 05, 2016 11:26 PM (iRHb1)
Don't believe them. It's just a viral ad campaign for next summer's Batlice vs Super Lice: Dawn of Justlice. It's the origin story of Lex Luthor's bald head.
Posted by: Taggert at August 05, 2016 11:32 PM (dqnGo)
Posted by: Burnt Toast at August 05, 2016 11:32 PM (P/kVC)
Your Downfall tribute to Maet was wonderful, especially given how little time you had to create it. I particularly liked the Ace as the Brain of AOSHQ and Maet as its Heart. Truth, that.
Posted by: Grumpy old man at August 05, 2016 11:33 PM (NPLj5)
friction, friction, so you have to have nice lubricated bearings to
allow it to spin freely."
The aviation industry has spent many long decades since the invention of the jet engine getting turbomachinery reliability down to an incredibly exact degree. The wind power industry ignored all of these lessons learned. Because arrogant "green" shitheels.
Posted by: torquewrench at August 05, 2016 11:33 PM (noWW6)
Posted by: ManWithNoParty
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Mm, okay. The other night I mentioned Buckhead, which I do not doubt is 'gone' as you say. But, the other night I was looking for a recording of 'One Night in Buckhead' and found it on YouTube. What I did not expect were scenes from it was a great place to be, say 1970-1990. Anyhow, here it is. Oh, my wasted youth, cameo by Lewis Grizzard:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NaUo3ftQ33s
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 05, 2016 11:33 PM (w/iDp)
No, they're becoming a thing here because they're European and a thumb in your eye. If they were worried about speeds, they'd put in speed bumps. Ever gone thru Mexican topes at high speed? Not with an intact chassis, you haven't.
Posted by: t-bird at August 05, 2016 11:33 PM (ANVXm)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Racist for Dinosaurs at August 05, 2016 11:34 PM (Nwg0u)
Posted by: chemjeff at August 05, 2016 11:34 PM (uAvJJ)
The problem is, it takes us old locals much longer to get used to having to stop in one direction, and then not waiting on a car coming when you're going in the old stop direction.
At one stop, a T intersection, they made it an all-way, and at peak traffic hours, the cars are backing up because of all the stopping in that direction. They're going to have put a red light there because it has congested things too much, and it's really too far out in the country for a red light.
But it's all about reducing fatal accidents.
Posted by: publius (not Breitbart publius) at August 05, 2016 11:34 PM (DW+jj)
Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1), (T) at August 05, 2016 11:35 PM (6gk0M)
Posted by: L, Elle, wearing black, mourning Maetenloch's departure at August 05, 2016 11:23 PM (6IPEM)
The "ae" in Maettenloch is actually the letter "æ" and is pronounced like the a in the word "ash" (æsc) and is indeed called the letter "æsc".
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Æ
Posted by: Se Léodweardprætt Hæt at August 05, 2016 11:35 PM (vBeA5)
Posted by: torquewrench
And because it's not their money. Uncle Sugar is covering their costs.
Posted by: Prince Ludwig the #Problematic at August 05, 2016 11:35 PM (UPYhp)
Posted by: Margarita DeVille at August 05, 2016 11:35 PM (T/5A0)
Any time you run into something totally douchebaggy. needlessly convoluted, and you think to yourself, "What sort of demented, limp-wristed twerp even thought of this?" then it's always a safe bet to assume that it's European.
Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at August 05, 2016 11:36 PM (zc3Db)
Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1), (T) at August 05, 2016 11:36 PM (6gk0M)
You're not softening us up for the switch to Discus or Facebook....are you?
Those people are crazy. And not in a funny way.
Posted by: PJ at August 05, 2016 11:36 PM (cHuNI)
UCMJ - Heh. 8 military punishments that wouldn't fly in the civilian world.
Article by: Tahlia Y. Burton
A veteran of the United States Air Force, where she served six years as a Chinese, Pashto, and French cryptologic language analyst. She spent four years working real-time intelligence operations out of Fort Meade, Maryland, where she supported special operations units in five U.S. combatant commands. In 2014, she was named "Airman of the Year" at the squadron and group levels.
[attractive pic]
http://taskandpurpose.com/author/tahlia-burton/
"What is, A Woman Who Would Never Go Out With the Likes of Me?"
"Correct! Choose again."
Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at August 05, 2016 11:36 PM (kdS6q)
I've got a boat load of unobtanium, I keep it around for use when my bosses have "ideas".
Posted by: tbodie at August 05, 2016 11:36 PM (ZuWqx)
through Europe, a huge proportion of Parisian drivers are drunk on their
asses after lunch. 'Cause they don't eat a meal without at least a
quart of wine."
There was a recollection I once read about a huge Turkish diamond merchant, living and working in the UK, who came into the same London restaurant every day for lunch, and ate the same multi-course meal every day. Including downing a full bottle of what he called "English wine".
"English wine" being what the rest of us call Scotch whiskey.
Posted by: torquewrench at August 05, 2016 11:37 PM (noWW6)
My brother might be coming from the other direction!
Posted by: just the punchline at August 05, 2016 11:37 PM (LdMbv)
Posted by: Margarita DeVille at August 05, 2016 11:35 PM (T/5A0)
Maybe Roundabouts Squared. Sorry for the math.
Posted by: Willy J. at August 05, 2016 11:37 PM (BZey7)
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In real life, is he an Atlanta defense attorney who wears gray suits and eats hot dogs?
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Racist for Dinosaurs at August 05, 2016 11:37 PM (Nwg0u)
Those people are crazy. And not in a funny way."
-Posted by: PJ at August 05, 2016 11:36 PM (cHuNI)
Don't you dare speak that way!
*smacks PJ's hand with a wooden spoon*
...what? That's how I learned.
Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1), (T) at August 05, 2016 11:38 PM (6gk0M)
Posted by: Margarita DeVille at August 05, 2016 11:35 PM (T/5A0)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squares_of_Savannah,_Georgia
Posted by: Burnt Toast at August 05, 2016 11:40 PM (P/kVC)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Æ
Posted by: Se Léodweardprætt Hæt
So all the people pronouncing my name as Ethelred are wrong, it should be Athelred.
Posted by: Aethelred The Unready at August 05, 2016 11:40 PM (UPYhp)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Æ
Posted by: Se Léodweardprætt Hæt at August 05, 2016
*********
Maybe you should change your nic to The Show-off Hat
jk
That's why I love this place. You guys have all this archane knowledge. Very cool.
Posted by: L, Elle, wearing black, mourning Maetenloch's departure at August 05, 2016 11:40 PM (6IPEM)
-Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Racist for Dinosaurs at August 05, 2016 11:37 PM (Nwg0u)
I think he fights evil and grout-stains. He is a force for Good, but I may be over-explaining it.
Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1), (T) at August 05, 2016 11:41 PM (6gk0M)
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Yeah, they probably should not have used the Crapalloy salvaged from the scrapped Turboencabulators.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 05, 2016 11:42 PM (RrDm2)
Posted by: Margarita DeVille
________
I thought you were kidding.
Posted by: FireHorse at August 05, 2016 11:43 PM (YcAfS)
Posted by: Zettai Ryoiki at August 05, 2016 11:43 PM (kP16F)
Did you know that Maetenloch is actually pronounced Mattenloch? I
didn't. Slapweasel taught me that. Maetenloch also holds the title of
Duke. He's Duke Maetenloch.
Posted by: L, Elle, wearing black, mourning Maetenloch's departure at August 05, 2016 11:23 PM (6IPEM)
I always thought "Maet" was more like a combination of "Mate" and "bet", than "Matt". There is an embarrassment of riches when it comes to the pronunciation -- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%86 -- and numerous examples such as "encyclopaedia", "aerie", and "aether". Among Morons, we should defer to such usage as Maetenloch, himself, prefers.
And, yes, Maet's a Duke, though I've never seen him show any favor to a certain University in Durham, NC.
Posted by: cthulhu at August 05, 2016 11:44 PM (EzgxV)
But you all knew what I meant bc you're smarter than my stupid auto cucumber dictionary
Posted by: L, Elle, wearing black, mourning Maetenloch's departure at August 05, 2016 11:44 PM (6IPEM)
Posted by: t-bird at August 05, 2016 11:44 PM (Z58Xa)
Posted by: @votermom at August 05, 2016 11:44 PM (7lVbc)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NaUo3ftQ33s
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 05, 2016 11:33 PM (w/iDp)
******
That was great! I hung down there from 88-93. I recognized about 60% of the places referenced. Limelight was Ruperts by the time I got there. I actually worked in their video dept. on weekends. It was in the mall with the "Disco Kroger", now known as the "Murder Kroger".
And, yeah. All that is gone. Good Ole Days, Aunt Charleys, Mike and Angelos, East Village Grill. All of it. Gone.
Posted by: ManWithNoParty at August 05, 2016 11:44 PM (YLidQ)
My experience of Atlanta was being there for the 1998 E3, during the brief period they didn't hold it in L.A. Nintendo had their press event at some venue in Buckhead and many of us were amazed to hear that there was a place with such a name. My question was what the residents called themselves. Years later, the guy who first drew attention to the veracity of the documents Dan Rather tried to use to smear Bush leading into the 2004 election had Buckhead as part of his username on Free Republic and it felt like a weird connection to know what it meant even though my time there was measured in hours.
Sega had their presser at a place called the Fox Theater, if that means anything to you. It was the debut announcement of the Dreamcast. As is required for such things, they demoed at least two games that were never released in any form. This is apparently a requirement for introducing a new game console.
Posted by: Epobirs at August 05, 2016 11:44 PM (IdCqF)
Posted by: lindafell TEXIT!! at August 05, 2016 11:44 PM (iw3TK)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 05, 2016 11:42 PM (RrDm2)
They got bonuses for using recycled materials.
Posted by: tbodie at August 05, 2016 11:44 PM (ZuWqx)
Posted by: Bill R. at August 05, 2016 11:46 PM (jKUeC)
Posted by: ManWithNoParty at August 05, 2016 11:46 PM (YLidQ)
Posted by: @votermom at August 05, 2016 11:46 PM (7lVbc)
Posted by: chemjeff at August 05, 2016 11:46 PM (uAvJJ)
One shoe off and one shoe on, much adored by everyone!
Posted by: Zettai Ryoiki at August 05, 2016 11:46 PM (kP16F)
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The Fox was/is a big, BIG deal. I have no idea how many concerts I attended there. It is/was THE premier venue for visiting concerts.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 05, 2016 11:47 PM (RrDm2)
Posted by: Erin Go Braless at August 05, 2016 11:47 PM (UPYhp)
Cube top, squared-off
Eight corners, 90 degree angles
Flat top, stares straight ahead
Stock parts, Buckhead.
Posted by: DEVO at August 05, 2016 11:48 PM (IqV8l)
Do they have special events for the Refugees to compete in?
Like the carbecue or raping.
Posted by: Willy J. at August 05, 2016 11:48 PM (BZey7)
Posted by: andycanuck at August 05, 2016 11:49 PM (LdMbv)
Just thought I'd throw that in ...
Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at August 05, 2016 11:49 PM (zc3Db)
Posted by: Brian in New Orleans at August 05, 2016 11:49 PM (sqHNm)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 05, 2016 11:49 PM (RrDm2)
Smell something, do something...
...but not like that. Wow!
Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1), (T) at August 05, 2016 10:59 PM (6gk0M)
If you haven't read the British Lucas Electric jokes, tonight is a good time to do so.
http://www.mez.co.uk/lucas.html
While you're at it, also enjoy the Haynes Manual jokes.
http://www.mez.co.uk/haynes.html
Posted by: Michael the TEXIT Hobbit at August 05, 2016 11:49 PM (nvMvs)
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IIRC, one of the R debates was held at the Fox Theater. Or maybe it was a Trump event.
Posted by: L, Elle, wearing black, mourning Maetenloch's departure at August 05, 2016 11:49 PM (6IPEM)
Around my local area here, they've made a lot of the intersections
4-ways now (or all-ways) depending. It was to reduce crashes, which were
increasing, as the local traffic increased.
The problem is, it
takes us old locals much longer to get used to having to stop in one
direction, and then not waiting on a car coming when you're going in the
old stop direction.
At one stop, a T intersection, they made
it an all-way, and at peak traffic hours, the cars are backing up
because of all the stopping in that direction. They're going to have put
a red light there because it has congested things too much, and it's
really too far out in the country for a red light.
But it's all about reducing fatal accidents.
Posted by: publius (not Breitbart publius) at August 05, 2016 11:34 PM (DW+jj)
It's all about cramming Syrian and Somali immigrants with no discernable traffic skills into the existing roadways.
Posted by: cthulhu at August 05, 2016 11:50 PM (EzgxV)
Don't know if it was covered here or in an earlier thread but there is
yet another name the party scandal out there. It seems the mayor of
Fairfax, VA was busted in a homosexual sex for meth sting. Nearly two
minutes on the ABC evening news tonight and no party affiliation
mentioned. Looked it up at ABC online, same thing. Of course he's a
democrat.
Posted by: Bill R. at August 05, 2016 11:46 PM (jKUeC)
All I saw was group sex for drugs.He must have had a hell of a weekend planned.
... and boy are Barney and Harry pissed.
Posted by: Burnt Toast at August 05, 2016 11:50 PM (P/kVC)
Not sure I want to attend the IED competition, but I hear they need more judges...
Posted by: t-bird at August 05, 2016 11:51 PM (Z58Xa)
Posted by: FireHorse at August 05, 2016 11:51 PM (YcAfS)
Posted by: Margarita DeVille at August 05, 2016 11:51 PM (T/5A0)
Posted by: tbodie
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Probably, and that would explain a lot.
Actually, I'm betting they used Chinese bearings.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 05, 2016 11:52 PM (RrDm2)
Posted by: Margarita DeVille at August 05, 2016 11:51 PM (T/5A0)
Also, Uruguayans have a thing for biting and eating people. Well, at least the Uruguayan athletes do ...
Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at August 05, 2016 11:52 PM (zc3Db)
I rode a Lucas electrical joke for quite a few years in the form of a 77 Triumph Bonneville 750. Bought it in 81 in Arizona and it went through Hurricane Andrew in 92. Still have it but it's a basket case right now. I'd rather ride my Heritage Softail. So far it hasn't let the smoke out!
Posted by: Bill R. at August 05, 2016 11:53 PM (jKUeC)
democrat.
Posted by: Bill R
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AP made NO mention of party affiliation in their story.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 05, 2016 11:53 PM (RrDm2)
?Que?
Posted by: juan at August 05, 2016 11:53 PM (LdMbv)
Posted by: Epobirs at August 05, 2016 11:44 PM (IdCqF)
***
The Fox is an old and now refurbished venue. Very well known here. It is an awesome place for 5k to assemble, along with overflow in a couple of ballrooms.
Posted by: ManWithNoParty at August 05, 2016 11:53 PM (YLidQ)
Posted by: L, Elle
i found out when he was on a podcast and he introduced himself. matt-in-lock, i think.
Posted by: concrete girl at August 05, 2016 11:55 PM (O+MXw)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 05, 2016 11:49 PM (RrDm2)
*****
Understood and agreed.
Posted by: ManWithNoParty at August 05, 2016 11:55 PM (YLidQ)
?Que?
Posted by: juan at August 05, 2016 11:53 PM (LdMbv)
I wonder if there was one, once.
Posted by: Taggert at August 05, 2016 11:56 PM (dqnGo)
Posted by: andycanuck at August 05, 2016 11:56 PM (LdMbv)
Posted by: Howie Feltersnatch at August 05, 2016 11:56 PM (ZedYY)
When I looked it up early this evening there were several websites that didn't note his party affiliation. But do they really think no one will find out?
Posted by: Bill R. at August 05, 2016 11:56 PM (jKUeC)
Create Olympic Refugee Team.
Throw a bunch of people out of their homes to build the Olympic site.
"Define: Irony."
Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at August 05, 2016 11:56 PM (kdS6q)
Triumph Bonneville 750. Bought it in 81 in Arizona and it went through
Hurricane Andrew in 92. Still have it but it's a basket case right now.///
Doesn't solve all the Lucas problems. But there is a electronic ignition upgrade kit for the Triumph Bonnevilles. Put one in my 73 and it helped.
Posted by: Willy J. at August 05, 2016 11:57 PM (BZey7)
Posted by: Bill R
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LIV's will never know.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 05, 2016 11:58 PM (RrDm2)
>>>314 Did you know that Maetenloch is actually pronounced
Mattenloch? I didn't. Slapweasel taught me that. Maetenloch also holds
the title of Duke. He's Duke Maetenloch.
Posted by: L, Elle
i found out when he was on a podcast and he introduced himself. matt-in-lock, i think.
Posted by: concrete girl at August 05, 2016 11:55 PM (O+MXw)
It would be cool to hear his voice -- do you have a link?
Posted by: cthulhu at August 05, 2016 11:58 PM (EzgxV)
Looks as if Agatha is in as bad a situation which is every bit as bad as she was in when fighting Zola and the Other in the castle Heterodyne.
Time for the Storm King to come in and really louse things up..
Posted by: Natrium at August 05, 2016 11:58 PM (uaI31)
They are unfortunately the future, but for divine intervention.
Posted by: Grumpy old man at August 05, 2016 11:58 PM (NPLj5)
Posted by: FireHorse at August 05, 2016 11:58 PM (YcAfS)
Posted by: lousagirl at August 05, 2016 11:59 PM (9plvG)
Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at August 05, 2016 11:52 PM (zc3Db)
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Hey, they pioneered the low-carb diet!
Posted by: Margarita DeVille at August 05, 2016 11:59 PM (T/5A0)
Posted by: Taggert at August 05, 2016 11:56 PM (dqnGo)
Nope. Never was. Some dunce in England started pronouncing it with the hidden "w" in the 14th century and that was it.
Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at August 05, 2016 11:59 PM (zc3Db)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 05, 2016 11:58 PM (RrDm2)
*****
We often make the mistake of thinking everyone looks at this stuff like we do. In reality, we are probably 2% of voters, not population, at best.
Posted by: ManWithNoParty at August 06, 2016 12:00 AM (YLidQ)
A shitload of slacks and collars to press before the press conference?
I'm just bad at this.
Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1), (T) at August 06, 2016 12:00 AM (6gk0M)
Posted by: Diogenes at August 06, 2016 12:00 AM (0tfLf)
Posted by: concrete girl
*****
Hey cg. That's funny, that's how Slapweael found out too. I need to find that podcast. I think my one mailbag question to the podcast crew that got read by them is what got M on there. My question was something like this: Why are podcasts participants limited to only certain cobs? Why can't Maetenloch be on the podcast?
Posted by: L, Elle, wearing black, mourning Maetenloch's departure at August 06, 2016 12:00 AM (6IPEM)
Damn, a ton of content. Good job, and many thanks to CDR M.
Posted by: Darth Randall at August 06, 2016 12:01 AM (v3DL/)
Posted by: cthulhu at August 05, 2016 11:58 PM (EzgxV)
That's what people initially said about Mike Tyson.
Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at August 06, 2016 12:01 AM (zc3Db)
D.C.
Atlanta
Charlotte
Detroit
New Orleans
Trenton
Where else?
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 06, 2016 12:01 AM (RrDm2)
How about that fucker in Bell, CA with the $800,000 salary? He better be rotting somewhere.
Posted by: t-bird at August 06, 2016 12:03 AM (jO7js)
Posted by: qdpsteve at August 06, 2016 12:03 AM (q7T0y)
Damn. This ceremony absolutely cries out for the South African sign-language guy.
Posted by: Margarita DeVille at August 06, 2016 12:03 AM (T/5A0)
It was either Gabe or Ace that asked him how to pronounce his sock.
...and it was MAT-in-lock.
Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1), (T) at August 06, 2016 12:03 AM (6gk0M)
Posted by: lousagirl at August 06, 2016 12:04 AM (9plvG)
Fun Fact
Following World War II, a refugee team called the Union of Free Eastern European Sportsmen attempted to compete in the 1952 Olympics.
They said no.
http://tinyurl.com/jv6a7jn
Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at August 06, 2016 12:05 AM (kdS6q)
I'll have to look into that. Gonna start putting it back together one of these days. I have an entire new wire harness for it. I started buying things to rebuild it some years ago but the wife got real sick and life got put on hold for quite a few years.
Posted by: Bill R. at August 06, 2016 12:05 AM (jKUeC)
Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at August 06, 2016 12:05 AM (zc3Db)
Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1), (T) at August 06, 2016 12:03 AM (6gk0M)
******
I always heard it, mentally, as Mate In Lock.
Posted by: ManWithNoParty at August 06, 2016 12:06 AM (YLidQ)
Posted by: kakypat at August 06, 2016 12:06 AM (HUXet)
D.C.
Atlanta
Charlotte
Detroit
New Orleans
Trenton
Where else?
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 06, 2016 12:01 AM (RrDm2)
---
Fairfax, VA.
Meth for Sex.
Stay classy, VA.
http://www.cnn.com/2016/08/05/us/fairfax-virginia-mayor-arrested-meth/index.html
Posted by: SMFH while circling the drain... at August 06, 2016 12:07 AM (9msFZ)
Handy tip for my peeps who enjoy Del Taco like I do: if you want enough
hot sauce to go with your next six taco meals, ask for 10 sauce packets.
If you want to never have to ask for hot sauce packets again in your
life, ask for 20 packets. And if you want to LAY WASTE TO THE ENTIRE
EARTH, covering it miles and miles deep in hot sauce packets for
generations to come, ask for 30 packets. O.M.G.!!!
Posted by: qdpsteve at August 06, 2016 12:03 AM (q7T0y)
I'll eat stuff from Del Tacoburger; I won't eat anything from Taco Bell -- hell, I won't drink their fountain drinks. I avoid setting foot on their premises.
Posted by: cthulhu at August 06, 2016 12:08 AM (EzgxV)
Posted by: richard mcenroe at August 06, 2016 12:09 AM (Kucy5)
http://tinyurl.com/hadldva
According to that, there are less crashes at minor and medium intersections with roundabouts, but more crashes at major intersections.
Now, when you look at "injury crashes", crashes resulting in significant injury the roundabouts were still less at the major interesections.
Now, I didn't know this, but traffic circle intersections were tried here in the US very early on. They had high crash rates, but the cause is taken because the incoming traffic had the right of way -- those already in the circle had to yield to incoming.
Posted by: publius (not Breitbart publius) at August 06, 2016 12:09 AM (DW+jj)
Posted by: richard mcenroe at August 06, 2016 12:09 AM (Kucy5)
Wi had a transportation secretary under the last governor that loved him some roundabout and made it impossible to get state money for roads if you didn't put them in.
No money for educating the rubes about how to navigate them.
By the way, I love going through roundabouts on my bike, especially the smaller ones during off peak hours.
I pick a line from the far right of the right lane, to just missing the curb of the inside lane to just missing the gravel on the outside lane again, and you can just rocket through, it's nearly straight.
otherwise I hate em.
Posted by: OneEyedJack at August 06, 2016 12:09 AM (kKHcp)
Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at August 06, 2016 12:05 AM (zc3Db)
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Haven't watched the Olympics in decades.
See no need to start now.
Posted by: SMFH while circling the drain... at August 06, 2016 12:10 AM (9msFZ)
Posted by: FireHorse at August 05, 2016 11:18 PM
LMAO, I said the same thing to my wife.
It turns out it's related some earlier video opening the Olympics about global warming BS.
They are truly envirofascists.
Posted by: Farmer at August 06, 2016 12:10 AM (o/90i)
Posted by: cthulhu at August 05, 2016 11:58 PM
...sorry no.
it was a long time ago.
but if i'm remembering correctly, he has a nice deep voice.
not deep like daveintexas deep. but handsome-ish sounding.
Posted by: concrete girl at August 06, 2016 12:10 AM (O+MXw)
Posted by: Natrium at August 06, 2016 12:12 AM (uaI31)
Posted by: Bill R. at August 06, 2016 12:13 AM (jKUeC)
Posted by: Bill R. at August 06, 2016 12:13 AM (jKUeC)
----
Kuwait City.
Escorting buses full of troops from Ali Al Salem to KCIA.
Actually had fun driving those roundabouts.
Posted by: SMFH while circling the drain... at August 06, 2016 12:16 AM (9msFZ)
Posted by: Tim in Illinois. at August 06, 2016 12:16 AM (WVsWD)
Posted by: the amy winehouse of olympics at August 06, 2016 12:16 AM (6cA9P)
436 I don't know why you folks are watching the opening ceremonies.
Nothing could ever outdo the nurses dancing on hospital beds, shilling
for socialized medicine, in London. That was peak Olympic Opening
Ceremonies, there.
Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at August 06, 2016 12:05 AM (zc3Db)
---
Haven't watched the Olympics in decades.
See no need to start now.
Posted by: SMFH while circling the drain... at August 06, 2016 12:10 AM (9msFZ)
Hello, Sweetie....
How are your ridiculously cute grandbabies doing? I've been snowed-under in a shitstorm of trivia and haven't been keeping up. Shoot me an email to let me know how goes.
Posted by: cthulhu at August 06, 2016 12:17 AM (EzgxV)
Posted by: L, Elle,
that's funny because, your question was likely the last mail bag thingy they did. ace always says, "oh, we forgot the mailbag!...well we'll do it next week" and never does.
Posted by: concrete girl at August 06, 2016 12:17 AM (O+MXw)
Note that Violetta is not among the prisoners and hasn't been seen since she was scouting the tunnel.
Posted by: Epobirs at August 06, 2016 12:17 AM (IdCqF)
Posted by: qdpsteve at August 06, 2016 12:17 AM (q7T0y)
In other lore..., he was imprisoned for nearly seventy years at the hands of really, really bad imprisoners.
He only touched that chicken to pet it. The videotape was never introduced as evidence because Palistinians are dicks.
He is a stand-up guy and he would never fondle your goat. He only fondled mined because I paid him.
If you have a spare five-hundy, I'm just saying that he's the guy to jack-off your various bovidae. He's talented, I'll give him that.
When he invaded Canada, he took out thirty-seven Mounties before they knew he was even aboot.
It wasn't part of a "mission", he just needed syrup for his flapjacks.
Fucker comes back with seven fifty-five gallon drums, American Style.
He was awarded the Great Lakes Medal of Sweetness three times. Once for the syrup and two other times for unrelated instances.
When I speak of him, I will not alter my volume, not tenor. I will cast his praises to the Heavens, unrepentantly.
I knew this man.
I knew him as a Golden God.
Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1), (T) at August 06, 2016 12:18 AM (6gk0M)
Posted by: SMFH while circling the drain... at August 06, 2016 12:18 AM (9msFZ)
back together one of these days. I have an entire new wire harness for
it. I started buying things to rebuild it some years ago but the wife
got real sick and life got put on hold for quite a few years.
Posted by: Bill R. at August 06, 2016 12:05 AM (jKUeC)
Wish I would have kept mine. Hope your wife is doing well now. If you get the time and money to fix up the Bonneville this is basically what I put on mine. Don't remember if the one I installed was the same brand. But it was nice not to have too fuss with the points constantly.
http://preview.tinyurl.com/jrmqrec
Posted by: Willy J. at August 06, 2016 12:18 AM (BZey7)
Well they certainly have more of them for sure. But except for the Pearl roundabout (which was taken out about 5 or 6 years ago), I don't recall any roundabouts in Bahrain that were particularly big.
Of course, I lived in Saudia at the time (which was also heavily invested in roundabouts), so even though I visited Manama a lot, I could still have missed something.
In Saudia, my wife commented that the straightest route in Riyadh is four U-turns.
Posted by: Natrium at August 06, 2016 12:18 AM (uaI31)
Posted by: the amy winehouse of Olympics
FIFY.
Posted by: Stealthy Squirrel Watching TBODIE at August 06, 2016 12:19 AM (hVdx9)
I remember when I was in elementary school, in the 70s, when they were pushing hard to get everything changed to meters and kilometers. The twerps.
Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at August 06, 2016 12:19 AM (zc3Db)
Posted by: concrete girl at August 06, 2016 12:19 AM (O+MXw)
Posted by: cm9000 at August 06, 2016 12:20 AM (Y/5qL)
Surprisingly, they have skipped the party affiliation.
Posted by: t-bird at August 06, 2016 12:21 AM (RrDm2)
Posted by: Jason Bourne at August 06, 2016 12:21 AM (gwG9s)
Posted by: Lemmiwinks at August 06, 2016 12:22 AM (18h+i)
451
http://cdn.aoshq.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/AoSHQPodcast20140124.mp3
Posted by: Tim in Illinois. at August 06, 2016 12:16 AM (WVsWD)
OK, Maet is Matt.
Posted by: cthulhu at August 06, 2016 12:23 AM (EzgxV)
Posted by: dick head at August 06, 2016 12:25 AM (178OX)
Posted by: Natrium at August 06, 2016 12:26 AM (uaI31)
In May, Richard "Scott" Silverthorne won his third term as mayor of Fairfax, a city of 24,000 just west of Washington, D.C.
Silverthorne ran his re-election campaign while he suffered a bout of personal setbacks, including filing for federal bankruptcy last September, losing his home to foreclosure and then being diagnosed with squamous cell carcinoma. At the time, he had just been laid off from his job as a director of recruitment with the National Association of Manufacturers.
"Now I'm bouncing back," Silverthorne told The Post after winning re-election. "The city of Fairfax made me the comeback mayor."
Oh, hello there.
Posted by: FATE
Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at August 06, 2016 12:27 AM (kdS6q)
Posted by: concrete girl at August 05, 2016 11:55 PM
I always thought of it as Meeat...en...locker.
Glad to know better. Should have known better, the wife is mostly Scot. She knows the burr.
Posted by: Farmer at August 06, 2016 12:28 AM (o/90i)
this is going to come down to aim.
Posted by: thank you all at August 06, 2016 12:28 AM (178OX)
Ultimately, I liked it, but it was a rough road and I think I'm going to stop putting stuff in the queue based solely on Ace reviews.
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at August 06, 2016 12:29 AM (AroJD)
I think.
Could have been bombing the protesters outside the stadium.
Posted by: Margarita DeVille at August 06, 2016 12:29 AM (T/5A0)
cthulhu, just found out tonight that one of my FB friends is a former Del Taco general manager.
Posted by: qdpsteve at August 06, 2016 12:17 AM (q7T0y)
There are fast foods I will.....and won't.....deal with. Del Tacoburger is tasty; I won't set foot in a Taco Bell; Arby's always sounds good, but I won't set foot in one; I got so sick after Der Wienerschnitzel that I will never set foot in one and will no longer eat hot dogs from anywhere.......despite intellectually knowing that I got the stomach flu from a cupcake at a prior birthday celebration.
And I keep dragging Arbalest to a Me-and-Ed's pizza place because it reminds me of my childhood.
Posted by: cthulhu at August 06, 2016 12:31 AM (EzgxV)
A San Francisco rag admits that Mayor Meth4Sex is a Democrat.
http://www.sfgate.com/nation/article/Virginia-mayor-faces-drug-charges-after-9125323.php
Posted by: SMFH while circling the drain... at August 06, 2016 12:33 AM (9msFZ)
The grandbabies are fine, cooth.
How's things with you?
Posted by: SMFH while circling the drain... at August 06, 2016 12:18 AM (9msFZ)
Scrambled. I've had a couple of Roberto days and things are nuts.
Posted by: cthulhu at August 06, 2016 12:33 AM (EzgxV)
Nice find! I was looking for that. I knew it was more than a year ago, but... wow.
Time flies, man.
Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1), (T) at August 06, 2016 12:34 AM (6gk0M)
Posted by: Zettai Ryoiki at August 06, 2016 12:34 AM (kP16F)
Posted by: qdpsteve at August 06, 2016 12:35 AM (q7T0y)
Posted by: L, Elle, wearing black, mourning Maetenloch's departure at August 06, 2016 12:36 AM (6IPEM)
Being humbled is nothing new for me. In front of a live audience, it is much more immediate and pronounced.
The experienced goofball knows when to leave the stage and let the girls dance.
G'Night, Ev'ry-Buddy!
*throws glass into fireplace*
Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1), (T) at August 06, 2016 12:38 AM (6gk0M)
See no need to start now.
Posted by: SMFH
----------
*fistbump*
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 06, 2016 12:40 AM (ZxmMG)
*throws glass into fireplace*
Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1), (T) at August 06, 2016 12:38 AM (6gk0M)
*breaks heating element in fake fireplace*
Hey, even pros have an off day on teh funny.
Take care.
Posted by: OneEyedJack at August 06, 2016 12:41 AM (kKHcp)
cthulhu, I've mentioned to you that the very last remaining Me-and-Eds in all of SoCal is in my hometown, right?
Posted by: qdpsteve at August 06, 2016 12:35 AM (q7T0y)
I don't recall you mentioning it, but I've recently visited their website.
Could be worse, could be "Love's wood-pit barbecue". Or it could be better, could be "Chi-chi's pizza" or "North Woods Inn".
I used to dine at the first Benihana's on Ventura Boulevard. I remember commenting about a cockroach skittling across the table, "I wish they'd keep those in the kitchen where they belong!"
Posted by: cthulhu at August 06, 2016 12:41 AM (EzgxV)
Posted by: Farmer at August 06, 2016 12:42 AM (o/90i)
Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1), (T) at August 06, 2016 12:43 AM (6gk0M)
Posted by: Edgar Lee Masters at August 06, 2016 12:43 AM (3hIZX)
They had to replace everything electronic in the house. Every single swithch & receptacle, appliances, too.
Guy showed me a TV remote that was sitting on the coffee table. It literally exploded. I had never seen or heard of that before.
Posted by: Chi at August 06, 2016 12:43 AM (OYUTe)
They are unfortunately the future, but for divine intervention.
Posted by: Grumpy old man at August 05, 2016 11:58 PM (NPLj5)
It's the same way I look at the UN, IIHF, FIA, FIFA, FIBA, and the Democrats.
Posted by: Ashley Judd's Puffy Scamper, formerly MrCaniac at August 06, 2016 12:43 AM (1JnAL)
Posted by: Bill R. at August 06, 2016 12:44 AM (jKUeC)
Posted by: Tilikum Killer Assault Whale-Skeet Surfer at August 06, 2016 12:45 AM (hVdx9)
Posted by: Chi
--------------
Preview of the Big EMP
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 06, 2016 12:45 AM (ZxmMG)
Posted by: Edgar Lee Masters at August 06, 2016 12:45 AM (3hIZX)
A San Francisco rag admits that Mayor Meth4Sex is a Democrat.
http://www.sfgate.com/nation/article/Virginia-mayor-faces-drug-charges-after-9125323.php
Posted by: SMFH while circling the drain... at August 06, 2016 12:33 AM (9msFZ)
Sadly, sexually creepy mayors are a bipartisan issue...
"Stockton Mayor Anthony Silva (R-CA) arrested after video found of him getting kids at youth camp to play strip poker"
https://twitter.com/Politics1com/status/761554407695581184
https://twitter.com/Politics1com/status/761554407695581184
Posted by: The Not-so-scandalous Hat at August 06, 2016 12:46 AM (vBeA5)
http://preview.tinyurl.com/jkst5sz
Posted by: Epobirs at August 06, 2016 12:47 AM (IdCqF)
Posted by: Willy J. at August 06, 2016 12:18 AM (BZey7)
I'll have to try the kit. It looks like it would solve a couple problems.
Posted by: Bill R. at August 06, 2016 12:47 AM (jKUeC)
They had to replace everything electronic in the house. Every single swithch & receptacle, appliances, too.
Guy showed me a TV remote that was sitting on the coffee table. It literally exploded. I had never seen or heard of that before.
Posted by: Chi at August 06, 2016 12:43 AM
I gathered you were working long days, wondered what this was about.
Hope those folks had insurance, that sounds like an expensive disaster.
Posted by: Farmer at August 06, 2016 12:47 AM (o/90i)
Would have posted sooner, but the Harley link...
...inspired me to spend a little time in the bunk...
Posted by: reason - TEXIT at August 06, 2016 12:48 AM (nKoz8)
Posted by: cthulhu at August 06, 2016 12:48 AM (EzgxV)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 05, 2016 10:07 PM (w/iDp)
That is a great video. Should be mandatory viewing for all greentards.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 06, 2016 12:51 AM (f3Uae)
I've spent most of my life within an hour drive (assuming cooperative traffic) of downtown LA and it takes some real motivation to get me anywhere near it.
Posted by: Epobirs at August 06, 2016 12:52 AM (IdCqF)
Posted by: The Glorious Hat at August 06, 2016 12:52 AM (vBeA5)
When I later asked the service manager about the possibility of repair, he said, "Well, everything from the speaker terminals to the front panel knobs is blown out.."
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 06, 2016 12:53 AM (ZxmMG)
Once you see one throw a blade, you never want to be anywhere near them.
Posted by: reason - TEXIT at August 06, 2016 12:54 AM (nKoz8)
Posted by: Q. Ball Klumphenrunner at August 05, 2016 10:12 PM (CidDb)
By the time the fire is visible from the outside, the innards of the damned thing are totally fucked, anyway.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 06, 2016 12:55 AM (f3Uae)
Posted by: thathalfrican - be water my friend at August 06, 2016 12:56 AM (R5HRU)
When I later asked the service manager about the possibility of repair, he said, "Well, everything from the speaker terminals to the front panel knobs is blown out...""
-Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 06, 2016 12:53 AM (ZxmMG)
So you're saying there's a chance!
Posted by: Lloyd Christmas at August 06, 2016 12:57 AM (6gk0M)
Reminiscing about my brief days in Atlanta makes me wonder about the
people from far away who come to E3 in Los Angeles and see little or
nothing of the region beyond the downtown area, which is a horrible pit
if you get more than a few blocks from the Convention Center/Staples
Center or the office skyscraper corridor.
I've spent most of my
life within an hour drive (assuming cooperative traffic) of downtown LA
and it takes some real motivation to get me anywhere near it.
Posted by: Epobirs at August 06, 2016 12:52 AM (IdCqF)
My dad worked for the City of Los Angeles for decades, much of which was at "the pointy building". Somewhere within walking distance of that, he used to get "pizza bread sandwiches" with spicy ham, cheese, and salami on a special bread. I've probably had less than 20 in my life, but still remember them as a special treat.
Posted by: cthulhu at August 06, 2016 12:58 AM (EzgxV)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
------------
Some are more spectacular, the burning runaways.
But this is pretty neat. Kind of a metaphor for the entire concept, watch the whole thing: http://tinyurl.com/mwyz267
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 06, 2016 12:58 AM (ZxmMG)
Wound up at a Chinese takeout place with three tables in a strip mall.
Good food, but one sad ass part of LA.
I went to Roscoes chicken and waffles the next night.
Posted by: reason - TEXIT at August 06, 2016 12:59 AM (nKoz8)
BTW- if any of you morons were RAF Welford ammo troops back in the day, IYAAYAS!
Posted by: Drewbicle at August 06, 2016 12:59 AM (iGiss)
Now that they allow pros to play, I can't see a good reason for having big-time, big-money sports in the Olympics at all. Basketball, soccer, tennis, golf? You can see those all the time.
Posted by: Margarita DeVille at August 06, 2016 01:00 AM (T/5A0)
Once you see one throw a blade, you never want to be anywhere near them.
Posted by: reason - TEXIT
****
After seeing the size of those blades up close, I don't want to be near one BEFORE it throws a blade.
Posted by: Tilikum Killer Assault Whale-Skeet Surfer at August 06, 2016 01:02 AM (hVdx9)
Posted by: Drewbicle at August 06, 2016 12:59 AM (iGiss)
If You Are Ammo You Ain't Shit? Old crewchief here!!
Posted by: Bill R. at August 06, 2016 01:03 AM (jKUeC)
Some intrepid editor needs to work in footage of various birds, pointing and laughing in vengeful derision.
Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX
Posted by: Jim at August 06, 2016 01:03 AM (v5iqM)
Jim
---------------
Perching on it's ripped open throat and taking a shit.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 06, 2016 01:05 AM (ZxmMG)
And they're weak. Soccer is just U-23. And how many Latvian golfers are there?
Track, swimming, weightlifting. That's about as pure as you get when it comes to sport.
Posted by: t-bird at August 06, 2016 01:06 AM (RrDm2)
I suspect that was long before the days when entire blocks of sidewalk were homeless encampments.
Posted by: Epobirs at August 06, 2016 01:07 AM (IdCqF)
No joke! I see the ones bound for west TX roll through DFW along 20.
Posted by: reason - TEXIT at August 06, 2016 01:10 AM (nKoz8)
Posted by: @votermom at August 05, 2016 10:58 PM (7lVbc)
(sings)
You don't know guano, like I know guano.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 06, 2016 01:10 AM (f3Uae)
Posted by: Windmill at August 06, 2016 01:11 AM (RrDm2)
Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1), (T) at August 06, 2016 12:18 AM (6gk0M)
After all that I was expecting you to introduce The Stig
Posted by: Bacon Jeff at August 06, 2016 01:12 AM (VSenK)
Rumor has it that all ammo troops are/were knuckle dragging troglodytes but I broke that mold. Living the good life now!
My cousin was a C-130 crew chief and loved it. We ate a lot of the same dust in some weird ass third world hell holes.
My kids have no clue how much fun we had back in the day.
Posted by: Drewbicle at August 06, 2016 01:13 AM (iGiss)
It was a big build-up with no payoff. I'm ashamed of myself and all the misspellings.
Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1), (T) at August 06, 2016 01:14 AM (6gk0M)
We are favorites to win the "run towards the CNN camera crew with a fake mortar wound" in not only the 100m and 200m, but also the "while carrying a limp child pretending to be dead" team event!
Posted by: Palestine Refugee Athlete at August 06, 2016 01:14 AM (nKoz8)
Its like being on a one way street and coming to a stop at another one way street - your only choice is to turn right.
Where they screw it up is when they get away from the basic function and make certain lanes as 'must exit only' so then the incoming lane doesn't have to stop, etc.
Posted by: Burnt Toast at August 05, 2016 10:59 PM (P/kVC)
No, you don't have to stop before entering a roundabout. That's the whole idea. No driver has to stop. You yield to vehicles on your left, but stop only if traffic from the left is too dense to enter.
All you need to know about roundabouts is this: "vehicles already in the roundabout have the LEFT of way".
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 06, 2016 01:16 AM (f3Uae)
Posted by: JoeF. at August 05, 2016 11:00 PM (8HGb7)
The movie is called "Downfall" and it's actually very good.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 06, 2016 01:17 AM (f3Uae)
Posted by: reason - TEXIT at August 06, 2016 01:18 AM (nKoz8)
Posted by: Tilikum Killer Assault Whale-Skeet Surfer at August 06, 2016 01:02 AM (hVdx9)
Wise move, fat blubber fish. Instant SUSHI. For everyone!!
Posted by: Edgar Lee Masters at August 06, 2016 01:19 AM (3hIZX)
Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1), (T) at August 06, 2016 01:21 AM (6gk0M)
I worked Phantoms for a few years then Vipers (F-16s). I spent about half my career in the Pacific so I never got to USAFE. I did do a couple trips to the sandbox and spent one night in Gemany to fix a jet and left the next morning back to S.Carolina.
Posted by: Bill R. at August 06, 2016 01:23 AM (jKUeC)
Roundabouts freaking work. No red lights and traffic moves without too much delay. I'm an urban planner these days (not the socialist nazi type) and advocate for them. In our town we have enough military folks with overseas experience that it isn't a shocking development.
No traffic signals = taxpayer savings. That should be the goal of all govt. employees.
Posted by: Drewbicle at August 06, 2016 01:26 AM (iGiss)
Posted by: #neverskankles at August 06, 2016 01:27 AM (s6X53)
Posted by: Tilikum Killer Assault Whale-Skeet Surfer at August 06, 2016 01:02 AM (hVdx9)
Wise move, fat blubber fish. Instant SUSHI. For everyone!!
Posted by: Edgar Lee Masters
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Actually I have been told it would be more like shash...heyyyyyyyy!
Posted by: Tilikum Killer Assault Whale-Skeet Surfer at August 06, 2016 01:28 AM (hVdx9)
Posted by: reason - TEXIT at August 06, 2016 01:29 AM (nKoz8)
Don't worry I'll be knocked-out within the hour by P.M. tablets and Budweiser.
Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1), (T) at August 06, 2016 01:29 AM (6gk0M)
10 minutes waiting to get in. Sure some people say just force your way in, but t=it would have been a guaranteed accident had I done so.
Sorry, it is NOT one roundabout fits all. Anyone claiming otherwise is FOS.
Posted by: Tilikum Killer Assault Whale-Skeet Surfer at August 06, 2016 01:30 AM (hVdx9)
My judgement has been unsound for years, so there's that.
Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1), (T) at August 06, 2016 01:31 AM (6gk0M)
I spent time at Holloman bringing explosive goodies to Lockheed/German F-4's. At the same time Uncle Sam was transitioning from F-102 F-106 types to F-4's for target drones.
Always wondered how the F-4 pilots felt about that...
Living on the Gulf Coast these days where shot down drones are artificial reefs.
Posted by: Drewbicle at August 06, 2016 01:32 AM (iGiss)
Posted by: reason - TEXIT at August 06, 2016 01:32 AM (nKoz8)
487 Thanks CDR M for a great ONT. Tough to step in after Maet leaves and you've done a great job.
Posted by: Farmer at August 06, 2016 12:42 AM (o/90i)
Posted by: Grumpy old man at August 06, 2016 01:34 AM (NPLj5)
That's why they are becoming a thing here.
Posted by: publius (not Breitbart publius) at August 05, 2016 11:25 PM (DW+jj)
I tend to believe that, as it jibes with my personal experience. The big problem with roundabouts is that planners tend to put them where they don't belong. They are fine if you have two (or more) intersecting streets with substantially equal volumes of traffic. There is a slight delay for all concerned, but nobody has to come to a full stop and twiddle their thumbs for 90 seconds waiting for the damned lights to cycle.
But on a rural secondary highway, with a cross street that has, at best 10% of the traffic of the highway, a roundabout causes unnecessary delay to the traffic on the main route. There are two roundabouts on U.S. 60 near Wickenburg, AZ, that should not be there, for that exact reason; not enough traffic volume on the cross streets. Overpasses, or simple two-way stop signs would be preferable.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 06, 2016 01:35 AM (f3Uae)
Posted by: #neverskankles at August 06, 2016 01:35 AM (s6X53)
> All l you need to know about roundabouts is this: "vehicles already in the roundabout have the LEFT of way".
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 06, 2016 01:16 AM (f3Uae)
Right of way belongs to the oldest, largest vehicle.
Othewise it goes to the bumper in front of yours.
Every where else, turn signals are a sign of weakness.
Always ignore the side and rear view mirrors.
Posted by: Boston Rules Driving at August 06, 2016 01:35 AM (3hIZX)
Please understand my comments on roundabout applicability are based on vets knowing how it works.
Local rednecks (I'm one) and tourists ain't got a clue.
Posted by: Drewbicle at August 06, 2016 01:36 AM (iGiss)
Posted by: reason - TEXIT at August 06, 2016 01:36 AM (nKoz8)
Posted by: andycanuck at August 05, 2016 11:27 PM (LdMbv)
The bearings are heavily loaded. Those giant propeller blades are heavy. If they don't constantly rotate, the balls in the bearings can develop flat spots. That leads to metal being plucked out of the bearing races. Look up "brinelling".
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 06, 2016 01:38 AM (f3Uae)
Posted by: Bill R. at August 06, 2016 01:38 AM (jKUeC)
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That.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 06, 2016 01:39 AM (oFSUK)
The Semi-Truck & Trailer always has the Right of Way.
All Ways.
Just like nautical Rules of the Road. Gross Tonnage Rules.
Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX
Posted by: Jim at August 06, 2016 01:39 AM (v5iqM)
Posted by: Tim in Illinois. at August 06, 2016 01:39 AM (WVsWD)
be'n an outcast is not all that bad.
ace just needs to .........
well you know what I mean.
(a new Ferrari ..what ever!?)
Posted by: a very fine line at August 06, 2016 01:41 AM (178OX)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 06, 2016 01:41 AM (oFSUK)
I'm in the next county, and when the story broke Ben Tribbett was all over all of the local republican fb pages shrieking that they could NOT call him a democrat, because it is elected as a non partisan position.
he was jumping on a friend of mine's page hard, getting increasingly hysterical, (especially after someone said "I see you're all doing some distancing") so I replied "now stomp your foot really really hard".
An hour later, all of his posts on it had been deleted.
Great thread, and as always great comments.
Weird dave, that video was so great, and so funny at the right times--I was getting weepy, and then I would laugh so hard it hurt.
Amen--great tribute to a great and talented guy
Posted by: barbarausa at August 06, 2016 01:41 AM (h3IJ6)
Posted by: buzzion at August 06, 2016 01:41 AM (bMG0w)
Please understand my comments on roundabout applicability are based on vets knowing how it works.
Local rednecks (I'm one) and tourists ain't got a clue.
Posted by: Drewbicle
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Anyone claiming they are the answer everywhere is FOS. period. I have seen other "Traffic Engineers" (or whatever you call them) also say this. Sorry, but you lose credibility when you claim otherwise-assuming that is what you are doing.
Like I said, been there done that. There are some places they do not belong.
Posted by: Tilikum Killer Assault Whale-Skeet Surfer at August 06, 2016 01:42 AM (hVdx9)
Special thanks to WeirdDave. Your Maet video is a simple case of complete genius. And laughs.
Posted by: JTB at August 06, 2016 01:43 AM (V+03K)
This particular urban planner spent time driving in Italy and many other "traffic rules optional" places. There's no one fix, but roundabouts work IF you have a population that "gets it." Hence my comments on the value of overseas vets.
Posted by: Drewbicle at August 06, 2016 01:43 AM (iGiss)
Posted by: last of the moheicanx at August 06, 2016 01:43 AM (178OX)
Posted by: my funny funny flange at August 06, 2016 01:46 AM (178OX)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 06, 2016 01:46 AM (oFSUK)
The house I spent most of my childhood was struck, twice, by lightning.
The first time, it nailed the stovepipe for the woodstove. Burnt the front of the house to ashes in no time, flat.
Amazingly, we recovered and rebuilt. About five or six years later, there was another strike, but this one was different - the concussion (or maybe it was surprise) knocked us all off our feet. There was a bright blue glow in the dining room, and a small hole - just big enough to put your thumb in - in the roof, the ceiling, and the floor. It was weird.
Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine, Still Accepting Harem Applicants at August 06, 2016 01:46 AM (tpfi0)
Posted by: EyeTest at August 06, 2016 01:47 AM (5x9My)
Posted by: thank you at August 06, 2016 01:47 AM (178OX)
This particular urban planner spent time driving in Italy and many other "traffic rules optional" places. There's no one fix, but roundabouts work IF you have a population that "gets it." Hence my comments on the value of overseas vets.
Posted by: Drewbicle
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There are several here in AZ. Alberta Oil Peon mentioned one. Maybe in a decade or two it will be appropriate-maybe.
I dealt with the ones on Happy Valley and I-17 during rush hour a few times. It. Should. Not. Be. There.
It has nothing to do with ignorance and everything to do with not being the correct answer to the problem.
Posted by: Tilikum Killer Assault Whale-Skeet Surfer at August 06, 2016 01:47 AM (hVdx9)
SJWs are now swarming me on Twitter.
Under/Over on me being banned by tomorrow morning?
Posted by: @ThePoliticalHat at August 06, 2016 01:48 AM (vBeA5)
SJWs are now swarming me on Twitter.
Under/Over on me being banned by tomorrow morning?
Posted by: @ThePoliticalHat
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That explains the sound of multiple pairs of jack boots I was hearing...
Posted by: Tilikum Killer Assault Whale-Skeet Surfer at August 06, 2016 01:49 AM (hVdx9)
This particular urban planner spent time driving in Italy and many other "traffic rules optional" places. There's no one fix, but roundabouts work IF you have a population that "gets it." Hence my comments on the value of overseas vets.
Posted by: Drewbicle
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Oh and I love the, "you are too stupid to get it" suggestion. Thppppt. Jog on.
Posted by: Tilikum Killer Assault Whale-Skeet Surfer at August 06, 2016 01:51 AM (hVdx9)
Interestingly, I read that in the UK, they are now having to put signal lights in some of the busiest roundabouts! Also, the damn cyclists are getting in accidents at higher rates in them. They call it SMIDSY collisions, sorry mate, I didn't see ya.
Posted by: publius (not Breitbart publius) at August 06, 2016 01:51 AM (DW+jj)
http://www.mez.co.uk/lucas.html
While you're at it, also enjoy the Haynes Manual jokes.
http://www.mez.co.uk/haynes.html
Posted by: Michael the TEXIT Hobbit at August 05, 2016 11:49 PM (nvMvs)
Heh! Those are classics, all.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 06, 2016 01:52 AM (f3Uae)
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Really, I'm out. But motorbikes, or pedals?
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 06, 2016 01:53 AM (oFSUK)
Interestingly, I read that in the UK, they are now having to put signal lights in some of the busiest roundabouts! Also, the damn cyclists are getting in accidents at higher rates in them. They call it SMIDSY collisions, sorry mate, I didn't see ya.
Posted by: publius
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It's been a while since I did that, but did not know they were putting lights in! Wow.
Cyclists? In a roundabout? Oy. That's like Russian Roulette with 3 out of 5 chambers loaded.
Posted by: Tilikum Killer Assault Whale-Skeet Surfer at August 06, 2016 01:54 AM (hVdx9)
Right place right time has to factor in. Like I said, there's no one fix in spite of what the "trendy consultants" your community hires instead of listening to the freaking staff.
Seaside ain't gonna work everywhere.
Don't mean to rant but I've seen too many tax dollars spent on unrealistic plans while the local staff knowledge is ignored.
Posted by: Drewbicle at August 06, 2016 01:56 AM (iGiss)
Right place right time has to factor in. Like I said, there's no one fix in spite of what the "trendy consultants" your community hires instead of listening to the freaking staff.
Seaside ain't gonna work everywhere.
Don't mean to rant but I've seen too many tax dollars spent on unrealistic plans while the local staff knowledge is ignored.
Posted by: Drewbicle
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Perhaps I am tired and misunderstanding you. Apologies if I am reading anything into your comments you are not saying.
Here in AZ it not unusual for them to build a road one way just to get it done, then come back and tear it up (when they have the funds) and rebuild it they way they originally wanted to.
Posted by: Tilikum Killer Assault Whale-Skeet Surfer at August 06, 2016 01:59 AM (hVdx9)
The Haynes instructions?
1. Loosen engine mount bolts.
2. Remove engine.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 06, 2016 01:59 AM (oFSUK)
The problem they're finding with congestion is indeed, as someone above mentioned, when traffic flow is much heavier along one path. That flow just overwhelms the circle and drivers in the other direction have to stop and wait to get a chance to enter. So they've had to start putting traffic lights to stop that heavy flow and let the others get a change to get in.
Posted by: publius (not Breitbart publius) at August 06, 2016 02:00 AM (DW+jj)
Posted by: Shiggz at August 06, 2016 02:01 AM (8mYH1)
But, a panel change, probably some wire, and every device in the house? Nice work if you can land it .
I was just amazed at that TV remote. Damn thing exploded into 50 pieces I thought it was a simple transmitter - it doesn't receive signals does it?
Posted by: Chi at August 06, 2016 02:02 AM (OYUTe)
Posted by: publius (not Breitbart publius) at August 06, 2016 02:02 AM (DW+jj)
Posted by: Chi
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An EMP, which is what got the control, regards everything as a receiver.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 06, 2016 02:03 AM (oFSUK)
Clinton is +3 in the latest Reuters poll. It's like a roundabout where you enter at Hils +12 do a turn or two and exit at HillRy +3 a few days later
http://mobile.reuters.com/article/idUSKCN10G2BQ
Posted by: #neverskankles at August 06, 2016 02:04 AM (s6X53)
The problem they're finding with congestion is indeed, as someone above mentioned, when traffic flow is much heavier along one path. That flow just overwhelms the circle and drivers in the other direction have to stop and wait to get a chance to enter. So they've had to start putting traffic lights to stop that heavy flow and let the others get a change to get in.
Posted by: publius
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The part about traffic in one direction is what we have here on Happy Valley and I-17. The E to W traffic is so heavy at rush hour, trying to get off the freeway to head E or W means a looong wait. Much longer than if it was a standard intersection. I am not a timid driver and I have waited 10 minutes several times to kamikaze my way into the roundabout.
Posted by: Tilikum Killer Assault Whale-Skeet Surfer at August 06, 2016 02:08 AM (hVdx9)
https://twitter.com/ThePoliticalHat
Posted by: @ThePoliticalHat at August 06, 2016 02:10 AM (vBeA5)
I predict mayhem. And a few more bureaucrats getting swimming pools installed.
First one in Virginia? You can Bingle Norfolk & add that term to see a video of them. I saw it on Pilotonline.com a week or so ago. Had never heard of them.
Posted by: Chi at August 06, 2016 02:10 AM (OYUTe)
Posted by: Blanco Basura at August 06, 2016 02:11 AM (T/cxb)
No worries, we're on the same wavelength. Here in FL the same damn thing happens and they always want to pave the beach roads during tourist season!
My whole deal is that solutions are out there if officials are willing to look at the locals and unique situations in their communities. There will never be a standard box to fit each situation in.
And standard boxes tend to be too darn expensive.
Posted by: Drewbicle at August 06, 2016 02:12 AM (iGiss)
Posted by: BourbonChicken at August 06, 2016 02:13 AM (VdICR)
There are still unknown lightning phenomena -- see ball lightning for instance. They still don't know what it is exactly, but it is confirmed to exist physically, now. There was a theory that it was actually an hallucination caused by some EM effect on the brain produced by real lightning.
They can now produce effects in the lab similar to ball lightning by various mechanisms, but it's still unknown what the real thing is.
There's even a serious proposal than some ball lightning events are actually nano-black holes (the "primordial black holes") slamming into the earth. :-)
Posted by: publius (not Breitbart publius) at August 06, 2016 02:15 AM (DW+jj)
are not happy?
Posted by: great dane at August 06, 2016 02:16 AM (178OX)
I dealt with the ones on Happy Valley and I-17 during rush hour a few times. It. Should. Not. Be. There.
It has nothing to do with ignorance and everything to do with not being the correct answer to the problem.
Posted by: Tilikum Killer Assault Whale-Skeet Surfer at August 06, 2016 01:47 AM (hVdx9)
There are also roundabouts on, if I remember right, Brown Road, adjacent to the off-ramps from the 202 loop freeway, and you have to go very slow to get through them. Not at all good. Poor planning decision, or else a deliberate attempt to make drivers avoid using that exit?
Managua, Nicaragua has numerous roundabouts on 4-way, 5-way, and 6-way intersections, in what is basically a completely un-planned city, and you know what? They work like a damn. Traffic just scoots along. It's a thing of beauty to watch. But good luck crossing one as a pedestrian, LOL.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 06, 2016 02:16 AM (f3Uae)
Posted by: Tilikum Killer Assault Whale-Skeet Surfer at August 06, 2016 02:18 AM (hVdx9)
Posted by: news to me at August 06, 2016 02:18 AM (178OX)
Posted by: starboardhelm at August 06, 2016 02:20 AM (hOtJL)
Posted by: prepper 1 at August 06, 2016 02:20 AM (178OX)
he bumbs my wife at work the old home cat's,
are not happy?
Posted by: great dane at August 06, 2016 02:16 AM (178OX)
If this hash were to start posting links, I would strongly advise against clicking them.
Posted by: cthulhu at August 06, 2016 02:21 AM (EzgxV)
Posted by: Epobirs at August 06, 2016 02:22 AM (IdCqF)
Posted by: publius (not Breitbart publius) at August 06, 2016 02:00 AM (DW+jj)
Edmonton, Alberta, has had traffic circles for decades, long before they became "trendy". Of course, they have fucked them up, by installing traffic lights, which defeats the entire purpose of a traffic circle, which is to allow traffic on crossing streets to flow uninterrupted.
It's totally a "horses for courses" deal. Not a "one size fits all" proposition.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 06, 2016 02:23 AM (f3Uae)
Managua, Nicaragua has numerous roundabouts on 4-way, 5-way, and 6-way intersections, in what is basically a completely un-planned city, and you know what? They work like a damn. Traffic just scoots along. It's a thing of beauty to watch. But good luck crossing one as a pedestrian, LOL.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
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There may be one on Brown. I know for certain there are two on McKellips. The Rio Salado Sportsman's club shooting range is out that way and they really do slow down traffic, not that there was much of it the times I passed through them.
Posted by: Tilikum Killer Assault Whale-Skeet Surfer at August 06, 2016 02:23 AM (hVdx9)
Posted by: blacks don't matter at August 06, 2016 02:24 AM (178OX)
Absolutely consumed every appliance and device in that house, but in this case, not the remotes.
But even the table lamps have to be rebuilt.
Here's the wild thing though.
Even though this house has the hole in the roof from the lightning bolt, the destroyed electrics, etc.
The neighbor's house also took a hell of a hit from the same bolt. It went to ground across the connected sewer lines, fried the OTHER house, before it dissipated.
And if you want to see some scary stuff, just look at the blast-pattern scorch marks emanating from every outlet, fixture and even every doorknob in the house.
How that 3 million dollar, 3,500 sq.ft. waterfront property didn't just simply burn down, befuddles me.
It was fried, but didn't ignite.
I'm sure that the rewiring bid will be closer to six figures, than not. It's that bad.
As it is, I'll be putting a $25k roof on the thing.
And giving 'em a referral to a good lightning rod/ground/system guy I know in the bargain.
With that, too... I'm to snoozeville, y'all.
Hasta la nite nite, Horde!
Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX
Posted by: Jim at August 06, 2016 02:25 AM (v5iqM)
No, of course not!
Tv remotes, cellphones, microwaves, refrigerators, electronic car door keys, atm and credit cards, your radio alarm clock, your car GPS - none of these are subject to outside influence.
Now go to sleeeeeep.
Posted by: bob from nsa at August 06, 2016 02:25 AM (3hIZX)
these are the first to go.
all lives matter.
reciete the weird dave valhal
Posted by: blacks don't matter at August 06, 2016 02:24 AM (178OX)
Maybe this would be a better introduction for Suze to learn of your late-night postings......I'm sure she already thinks you make no sense and ramble.
Posted by: cthulhu at August 06, 2016 02:29 AM (EzgxV)
Posted by: Tilikum Killer Assault Whale-Skeet Surfer at August 06, 2016 02:30 AM (hVdx9)
we need a truck !?
Posted by: funny or die at August 06, 2016 02:31 AM (178OX)
ferraries ar over rated.
we need a truck !?
Posted by: funny or die at August 06, 2016 02:31 AM (178OX)
Ira, you're drunk again. Go to sleep.
Posted by: cthulhu at August 06, 2016 02:32 AM (EzgxV)
They can now produce effects in the lab similar to ball lightning by various mechanisms, but it's still unknown what the real thing is.
There's even a serious proposal than some ball lightning events are actually nano-black holes (the "primordial black holes") slamming into the earth. :-)
Posted by: publius (not Breitbart publius) at August 06, 2016 02:15 AM (DW+jj)
Ball lightning is a plasmoid, basically a self-contained ball of super-hot plasma. I saw one once. Not from lightning, but from a short circuit in a 480 volt 3-phase plug on a drilling rig. I happened to be outside on the lease, looking toward the panel of interest at the time. There was a bright flash, a loud bang, and this pingpong-ball sized ball of brilliant white light came bouncing across the lease towards me, but vanished without a trace before covering half the distance. Pretty spectacular. The plug in question had a 1/2" round hole burned through its aluminum shell.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 06, 2016 02:32 AM (f3Uae)
Posted by: your welcome at August 06, 2016 02:34 AM (178OX)
Posted by: reality check at August 06, 2016 02:36 AM (178OX)
609
welcome aboard!?
http://media.wben.com/a/116214179/8-4-tom-bauerle-with-tracy-martin.htm?
Posted by: your welcome at August 06, 2016 02:34 AM (178OX)
Once again, Ira has served me with a link that dropped a keylogger on me. I wouldn't advise clicking this.
Posted by: cthulhu at August 06, 2016 02:37 AM (EzgxV)
Posted by: Tilikum Killer Assault Whale-Skeet Surfer at August 06, 2016 02:23 AM (hVdx9)
Maybe I was thinking McKellips, then. I know I hit them late at night, had to go through two damned slow roundabouts in quick succession, and thinking, "geeze, this is stupid". That's another thing with roundabouts: they work best when widely separated from one another. Having them on nearby intersections is just dumb, like Wickenburg. Two roundabouts on U.S. 60, scarcely a quarter-mile apart. Dumb.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 06, 2016 02:38 AM (f3Uae)
Posted by: torquewrench at August 05, 2016 10:21 PM (noWW6)
It's actually the control until for a vintage vibrator used by Sandra Fluke's grandmother.
Posted by: OregonMuse at August 06, 2016 02:38 AM (UZNgT)
Posted by: reality check at August 06, 2016 02:38 AM (178OX)
Posted by: St Elmo at August 06, 2016 02:38 AM (Pby3z)
Posted by: OregonMuse at August 06, 2016 02:38 AM (UZNgT)
Posted by: boulder terlit hobo at August 06, 2016 02:39 AM (9HuY3)
Posted by: reality check at August 06, 2016 02:40 AM (178OX)
Posted by: boulder terlit hobo at August 06, 2016 02:39 AM (9HuY3)
OK, 178OX is a cab.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 06, 2016 02:41 AM (f3Uae)
http://canadafreepress.com/article/tom-bauerle-can-satellites-reprogram-voting-machines
YO!
Posted by: truth be known at August 06, 2016 02:44 AM (178OX)
It's a stream of a Buffalo, NY radio interview with a guy who was the Clinton's travel chef for four years.
Apparently his phone was hacked after his first appearance on the show.
Posted by: Epobirs at August 06, 2016 02:45 AM (IdCqF)
Posted by: cthulhu at August 06, 2016 02:46 AM (EzgxV)
Yeah, it is. Really.
****
I think that AoS is unique in the Blogosphere, in this:
It's the only site on the 'net, where the commenters, taken as a whole, equal the value of the host and his COBs.
This balance, as it were, is as special unto itself, as is Life on Earth, in the Universe.
And you'd damn well value what'cha've got here. It's just as fragile a thing as every living microbe on this miraculous blue orb we call home.
Now then. I'm really to the zzzzzzzzzz's.
Nite, Horde.
Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX
Posted by: Jim at August 06, 2016 02:49 AM (v5iqM)
Now, being on the end of a power line, a local distribution line, especially a long one with no loads for a while, can be problematic with induced voltages and things like that. It's the wave effects of a high frequency pulse. Anyway, the voltage spikes at the end can get very high, and for a house with a transformer on the end, it can be something.
Around here in the old days, there were tales of balls of fire jumping out of the receptacles, light bulbs exploding and all that with customers on the end of lines like that out in the country.
Posted by: publius (not Breitbart publius) at August 06, 2016 02:53 AM (DW+jj)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
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The ones on McKellips are even closer together than the Wickenburg ones. My dad would usually curse when we came to them.
Posted by: Tilikum Killer Assault Whale-Skeet Surfer at August 06, 2016 02:55 AM (hVdx9)
Posted by: boulder terlit hobo at August 06, 2016 02:55 AM (9HuY3)
Look, I LOVE what you are saying but i don't agree with it at ALL.
I'm constantly annoyed at myself at what a suck up I am to ace, but honestly he is something special. He is to be treasured. He is a gifted writer, and he just needs to sprinkle this blog with 3 or 4 provocative tread titles and one well written thread article and we will keep coming back until the day we die.
He has an observational X-factor that's just hard to quit. No sense in over thinking it.
Posted by: Max Power at August 06, 2016 02:56 AM (QCc6B)
All racist hate and justification for said hate.
Posted by: Tilikum Killer Assault Whale-Skeet Surfer at August 06, 2016 02:57 AM (hVdx9)
Posted by: boulder terlit hobo at August 06, 2016 02:59 AM (9HuY3)
Posted by: boulder terlit hobo
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(sneeringly) They aren't his kids!!111!!1!!
PH has one SJW that is either rabid or a satirist. I'm really not sure which.
Posted by: Tilikum Killer Assault Whale-Skeet Surfer at August 06, 2016 03:02 AM (hVdx9)
Today, I cleaned up the little guy, including de-rusting the inside of the fuel tank with a shot of 30% hydrochloric acid, which worked like a charm. Cleaned out the carb, cleaned and filed the points, and gapped them, scraped carbon from the head and valves, and washed all the grease off with solvent. Hammered dents out of the fan shroud. Put some fuel in it, and it starts readily, and runs fine at part throttle or full throttle, but won't idle. I suspect that a tiny hole in the venturi, just upstream of the throttle butterfly, is plugged. You have to pull a small Welch plug out of the side of the carb to get at it to clean it, which I did not do, because no spare plug on hand. Anyway, I set it aside, because mission accomplished: it runs.
Made a good start on the Wisconsin. Stripped it down, washed off a heavy coating of grease and gunk. Blew water out of the Wico impulse magneto, cleaned the points. Installed a lip seal in place of the dried out cork seal on the flywheel and of the crankshaft. Found a spark plug wire, and a N.O.S. 18 mm spark plug. No spark. Took cover off the magneto. Hmmm...the little leaf spring that closes the points is rubbing against the mounting plate. Shifted it aside with a screwdriver. Put cover back on mag, Turned engine over slowly by hand; impulse mag goes "clunk", and a nice fat spark at the plug. Squirted a little gas in the cylinder, installed the spark plug, and wrapped my starter rope around the pulley. One tug, and it took off and ran for about 2 seconds, until the shot of fuel was consumed. So the internals are sound. Carburetor is soaking in solvent tank. Looks like this puppy will need an acid bath for the fuel tank, too. Carburetor is cast iron, of the up-suck persuasion. So, a two-fer. One runs, and the other will run, as the fundamentals are there. Fun day.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 06, 2016 03:04 AM (f3Uae)
Today, I cleaned up the little guy, including de-rusting the inside of the fuel tank with a shot of 30% hydrochloric acid, which worked like a charm. Cleaned out the carb, cleaned and filed the points, and gapped them, scraped carbon from the head and valves, and washed all the grease off with solvent. Hammered dents out of the fan shroud. Put some fuel in it, and it starts readily, and runs fine at part throttle or full throttle, but won't idle. I suspect that a tiny hole in the venturi, just upstream of the throttle butterfly, is plugged. You have to pull a small Welch plug out of the side of the carb to get at it to clean it, which I did not do, because no spare plug on hand. Anyway, I set it aside, because mission accomplished: it runs.
Made a good start on the Wisconsin. Stripped it down, washed off a heavy coating of grease and gunk. Blew water out of the Wico impulse magneto, cleaned the points. Installed a lip seal in place of the dried out cork seal on the flywheel and of the crankshaft. Found a spark plug wire, and a N.O.S. 18 mm spark plug. No spark. Took cover off the magneto. Hmmm...the little leaf spring that closes the points is rubbing against the mounting plate. Shifted it aside with a screwdriver. Put cover back on mag, Turned engine over slowly by hand; impulse mag goes "clunk", and a nice fat spark at the plug. Squirted a little gas in the cylinder, installed the spark plug, and wrapped my starter rope around the pulley. One tug, and it took off and ran for about 2 seconds, until the shot of fuel was consumed. So the internals are sound. Carburetor is soaking in solvent tank. Looks like this puppy will need an acid bath for the fuel tank, too. Carburetor is cast iron, of the up-suck persuasion. So, a two-fer. One runs, and the other will run, as the fundamentals are there. Fun day.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
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Glad it was fun for you.
I got "curb-stomped" at work all day and got a few things done.
Sounds like you'll be a valuable mechanic when everything goes Mad Max.
Posted by: Tilikum Killer Assault Whale-Skeet Surfer at August 06, 2016 03:10 AM (hVdx9)
Posted by: Blanco Basura at August 06, 2016 03:11 AM (T/cxb)
"She" has the *Oh So Trendy* 'Palestine' flag banner, and obviously can't figure out what gender she is. (and thank G-d she agrees w/not reproducing!)
Twatter is a cesspool. Quit wasting your intelligence on sjw trash!
Posted by: JQ Flyover at August 06, 2016 03:18 AM (044Fx)
I got "curb-stomped" at work all day and got a few things done.
Sounds like you'll be a valuable mechanic when everything goes Mad Max.
Posted by: Tilikum Killer Assault Whale-Skeet Surfer at August 06, 2016 03:10 AM (hVdx9)
Sorry to hear that you got dumped on at work.
I hate to see old, but still viable machinery wastefully thrown away. Neither of these engines needed much more than a clean-up and a tune-up. They are both still capable of doing the sort of work that they were built to do. I will probably put one to work as the prime mover in a hydraulic power pack, along with the hydraulic pump out of an old fork lift I scrapped out. I will probably use the Wisconsin for that, even though it is massive overkill, power wise. It can just idle its way through lifting whatever the hydraulics lift, and last forever doing it.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 06, 2016 03:21 AM (f3Uae)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 06, 2016 03:22 AM (f3Uae)
Posted by: JQ Flyover at August 06, 2016 03:30 AM (044Fx)
Posted by: Blanco Basura at August 06, 2016 03:33 AM (T/cxb)
Posted by: your welcome at August 06, 2016 02:34 AM (178OX)
Once again, Ira has served me with a link that dropped a keylogger on me. I wouldn't advise clicking this.
Posted by: cthulhu at August 06, 2016 02:37 AM (EzgxV)
Ira is still at it?
I am honestly afraid for you and yours.
Posted by: The Political Hat at August 06, 2016 03:35 AM (vBeA5)
I spent time getting one of those in an irrigation system going.
Great big flywheel. Knotted pullrope, many, many tries on cold mornings.
When it finally worked, ca-thunk, wait, wait. wait, ca-thunk....
all day long.
Posted by: One Lunger at August 06, 2016 03:36 AM (Pby3z)
One more SALLLL-UTE! to Maet. Thanks for everything you've done for the blog. You will be missed.
Posted by: Captain Whitebread On Night Patrol at August 06, 2016 03:39 AM (ENa+E)
586 Were getting something called a "Continuous Flow Intersection" about a mile away. Construction begins soon (if not already) and is scheduled through 2018, I think
I predict mayhem. And a few more bureaucrats getting swimming pools installed.
Posted by: Chi at August 06, 2016 02:10 AM (OYUTe) fnord (OYUTe)
There's one in Utah. Could *only* come from the mind of an academic planner.
Take an intersection, add *four* more lights, and have left-turning traffic in two directions *cross opposite direction traffic* to make their turn.
Traffic gets heavy, and turning traffic gets stuck *across* the main lanes, and *still* has to turn left across traffic.
Also, how does adding *more* lights and stops make it "continuous flow" in any way justifiable in the English language? They say you don't delay oncoming traffic, but that is physically impossible and complete nonsense on a single level. You can't cross oncoming traffic without delaying it. Moving that crossing 100 feet from the intersection creates two (or four) more intersections, it doesn't reduce crap. It just moves the delay 100 feet from the intersection.
And if the lights aren't timed perfectly, a lot of people end up hanging in the way of up to *four* sets of oncoming traffic.
And pedestrians have to walk twice as far and wait three times, and corner businesses have less access to traffic.
I swear to God traffic studies have become as unreliable as social studies. This is *twice* as complicated as a traditional intersection and allows *less* stack-up space for traffic, you will have *more jammed up lanes because you *increase* the light cycles...
It's like these people are actually running a social science experiment to see how much shit people will take. It's like I'm less likely to have a collision at a roundabout BECAUSE I AVOID THEM LIKE THE PLAGUE.
Oh, and you can't see what's at the intersection until you're committed to either turn or go straight, and you can't change your mind near the intersection.
But oh, they saved 19 tons of carbon dioxide per year! And it only cost 2,975 tons of carbon dioxide to build!
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at August 06, 2016 03:59 AM (wB8Tg)
Take an intersection, add *four* more lights, and have left-turning traffic in two directions *cross opposite direction traffic* to make their turn.
Traffic gets heavy, and turning traffic gets stuck *across* the main lanes, and *still* has to turn left across traffic.
Also, how does adding *more* lights and stops make it "continuous flow" in any way justifiable in the English language? They say you don't delay oncoming traffic, but that is physically impossible and complete nonsense on a single level. You can't cross oncoming traffic without delaying it. Moving that crossing 100 feet from the intersection creates two (or four) more intersections, it doesn't reduce crap. It just moves the delay 100 feet from the intersection.
And if the lights aren't timed perfectly, a lot of people end up hanging in the way of up to *four* sets of oncoming traffic.
And pedestrians have to walk twice as far and wait three times, and corner businesses have less access to traffic.
I swear to God traffic studies have become as unreliable as social studies. This is *twice* as complicated as a traditional intersection and allows *less* stack-up space for traffic, you will have *more jammed up lanes because you *increase* the light cycles...
It's like these people are actually running a social science experiment to see how much shit people will take. It's like I'm less likely to have a collision at a roundabout BECAUSE I AVOID THEM LIKE THE PLAGUE.
Oh, and you can't see what's at the intersection until you're committed to either turn or go straight, and you can't change your mind near the intersection.
But oh, they saved 19 tons of carbon dioxide per year! And it only cost 2,975 tons of carbon dioxide to build!
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith
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Questioning your superiors? You're going on the fun camp list for this.
Posted by: Tilikum Killer Assault Whale-Skeet Surfer at August 06, 2016 04:03 AM (hVdx9)
Posted by: Tilikum Killer Assault Whale-Skeet Surfer at August 06, 2016 04:03 AM (hVdx9) fnord (hVdx9)
I'm so far up on that list...
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at August 06, 2016 04:04 AM (wB8Tg)
Posted by: Tilikum Killer Assault Whale-Skeet Surfer at August 06, 2016 04:03 AM (hVdx9) fnord (hVdx9)
I'm so far up on that list...
Posted by: Merovign
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Hell, I'm just trying to avoid being the Latrine cleaning guy.
Posted by: Tilikum Killer Assault Whale-Skeet Surfer at August 06, 2016 04:08 AM (hVdx9)
Posted by: Tilikum Killer Assault Whale-Skeet Surfer at August 06, 2016 04:03 AM (hVdx9) fnord (hVdx9)
I'm so far up on that list...
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at August 06, 2016 04:04 AM (wB8Tg)
*practices making shivs...*
Posted by: The Political Hat at August 06, 2016 04:09 AM (vBeA5)
Posted by: Tilikum Killer Assault Whale-Skeet Surfer at August 06, 2016 04:08 AM (hVdx9) fnord (hVdx9)
I'm just trying to avoid being a lampshade.
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at August 06, 2016 04:09 AM (wB8Tg)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at August 06, 2016 04:09 AM (wB8Tg)
Curtains would to wonders for this place... YOU WILL NOT GET THEM.
Posted by: Your Happy Fun Camp Commandant at August 06, 2016 04:11 AM (vBeA5)
Posted by: Tilikum Killer Assault Whale-Skeet Surfer at August 06, 2016 04:08 AM (hVdx9) fnord (hVdx9)
I'm just trying to avoid being a lampshade.
Posted by: Merovign
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Well, when you put it that way...where's my brush?
Great. Political Hat is making it into a shiv.
Posted by: Tilikum Killer Assault Whale-Skeet Surfer at August 06, 2016 04:13 AM (hVdx9)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at August 06, 2016 04:09 AM (wB8Tg)
Curtains would to wonders for this place... YOU WILL NOT GET THEM.
Posted by: Your Happy Fun Camp Commandant
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Oh come on. I mean look over there (points at Triggleypuff). You going to hog that all for yourself?
Posted by: Tilikum Killer Assault Whale-Skeet Surfer at August 06, 2016 04:16 AM (hVdx9)
Posted by: The Political Hat at August 06, 2016 05:05 AM (vBeA5)
Good morning horde
Posted by: Skip at August 06, 2016 05:40 AM (bksJQ)
621 #611
It's a stream of a Buffalo, NY radio interview with a guy who was the Clinton's travel chef for four years.
Hey, I listen to that guy. He's on locally after Limbaugh. Tom Bauerle. I work from home and I find music to be too distracting most of the time, and I have to turn it down whenever my work phone rings. So I usually listen to talk radio.
Bauerle calls himself a "conserva-tarian." He brings some of the worst side of the "-tarian" in that he's often a conspiracy nut. But he gets good guests (I've heard Trump and Coulter recently on his show) and he's usually a good listen. As long as no one gets him going on the Kennedy assassination or some such.
He had Hillary Clinton on way back when she was running for the Senate and grilled her pretty hard, earning him 15 minutes of hate in the national news.
Posted by: WhatWhatWhat? - Some People Call Me Maurice at August 06, 2016 05:43 AM (WlGX+)
Posted by: FCF at August 06, 2016 06:03 AM (kejii)
Posted by: Skip at August 06, 2016 06:08 AM (bksJQ)
Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at August 06, 2016 06:12 AM (mpXpK)
Posted by: FCF at August 06, 2016 06:19 AM (kejii)
Especially the ones in your car flashlight.
I keep forgetting them until I go on a long trip. 'sploded batteries don't work for shucks.
Posted by: Bruce at August 06, 2016 06:29 AM (8ikIW)
When it rains it pours. Bad day today.
Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at August 06, 2016 06:29 AM (mpXpK)
"Instead, USA Basketball rented The Silver Cloud a 514-foot, 196-suite luxury cruise ship to serve as a home away from home. It's docked in the waters off Rio, nowhere near the other regular athletes. It has pools, gyms, hot tubs, beds built for 7-footers, bars, a cigar lounge, plenty of places to play cards and hang out"
Posted by: Bruce at August 06, 2016 06:36 AM (8ikIW)
Posted by: Dave at Buffalo Roam at August 06, 2016 06:37 AM (JlxwR)
Posted by: Dave at Buffalo Roam
As long as you have a safe place and plenty of fluids to hydrate, and make sure you take a nutrition break every 20 minutes, you were probably okay.
Posted by: Bruce at August 06, 2016 06:43 AM (8ikIW)
So I know that I was was walking miles alone to bodies of water as a seven, eight, nine year old.
Yeah, child abuse.
Posted by: Bandersnatch at August 06, 2016 06:48 AM (mgbwf)
Posted by: Grampa Jimbo at August 06, 2016 07:00 AM (4+VII)
Posted by: Bayou City at August 06, 2016 07:01 AM (//K3c)
Posted by: Grampa Jimbo at August 06, 2016 07:01 AM (4+VII)
THIS
Posted by: Infidel at August 06, 2016 07:05 AM (7iTro)
So the humanities side of academia plays Mad Libs with the world of culture and the natural world. A Mad Lib exists with the blanks to be filled in: "___________ (noun) is the cause of patriarchy." "Rape is immanentized by the intersectionality of __________ (aspect of noun) and ___________ (race/gender/queerness/class--select one)." "As ___________ (current female left-wing pop star) showed in her _____________ (most recent tour name) tour,..."
So, WTF. Alphabet, glaciers, vector graphics... It really doesn't matter. It's kind of like the stream of "The Zen of X" books that started in the 1970s and has (one hopes) finally ended. The point wasn't that Zen Buddhism actually intrinsically illuminated or aided in Winnie the Pooh, guitar, tennis, or road paving. The point was to publish a superficial book that might make some money. Okay, there the comparison breaks down. In academia, the point is to look smart to fellow academic dimwits and to continue sucking the taxpayers dry and not have to work a real job.
Posted by: David at August 06, 2016 07:06 AM (dhQoG)
A nutrition break every 20 minutes?
Posted by: Grampa Jimbo
That's what they call "snacks" at schools now. Especially before the big state standard tests.
Posted by: Bruce at August 06, 2016 07:06 AM (8ikIW)
Nice ONT, CDR...stuff I can read without my blood pressure going through the roof.
Posted by: creeper at August 06, 2016 07:10 AM (c0HoZ)
Posted by: creeper at August 06, 2016 07:11 AM (c0HoZ)
Posted by: Infidel at August 06, 2016 07:13 AM (7iTro)
Maybe she was hoping for a "Ransom of Red Chief" situation.
Posted by: All Hail Eris, Literate Savage at August 06, 2016 07:15 AM (jR7Wy)
Posted by: Infidel at August 06, 2016 07:15 AM (7iTro)
Posted by: Skip at August 06, 2016 07:17 AM (bksJQ)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at August 06, 2016 04:09 AM (wB8Tg)
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Do you have any interesting tattoos? You might become an embossed cover on the kamp guest book!
Posted by: All Hail Eris, Literate Savage at August 06, 2016 07:18 AM (jR7Wy)
Posted by: Bruce at August 06, 2016 07:19 AM (8ikIW)
Posted by: Infidel at August 06, 2016 07:20 AM (7iTro)
Posted by: Colin at August 06, 2016 07:24 AM (tVUA+)
Posted by: Skip at August 06, 2016 07:25 AM (bksJQ)
Posted by: boulder terlit hobo at August 06, 2016 02:55 AM (9HuY3)
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I used to track sunspots religiously back around 2012/2013:
http://spaceweather.com/
(Check out high alt Mr. Spock.)
But constantly worrying about coronal mass ejecta is trying on the nerves. Imagine going back to pre-Morse comms!
Posted by: All Hail Eris, Literate Savage at August 06, 2016 07:25 AM (jR7Wy)
Posted by: All Hail Eris, Literate Savage at August 06, 2016 07:25 AM (jR7Wy)
Referring to the 1859 event when telegraphs were working on their own, and that was about it...horses didn't care....
Posted by: Colin at August 06, 2016 07:28 AM (tVUA+)
It "Appears" I am the only Dentist at Andrews Today and there are 100 patients scheduled? But as usual I am sure only 1/2 will show
Posted by: Nevergiveup at August 06, 2016 07:30 AM (m8J9w)
Posted by: All Hail Eris, Literate Savage at August 06, 2016 07:25 AM (jR7Wy)
Pony Express...Smoke signals?
Posted by: BignJames at August 06, 2016 07:31 AM (x9c8r)
Posted by: Skip at August 06, 2016 07:25 AM (bksJQ)
Shit in the 50/60s weren't we all
Posted by: Nevergiveup at August 06, 2016 07:31 AM (m8J9w)
Spent a few hours last night attending the televised international gathering of the Church of Global Warming in Rio last night.
Nice little touch with a small tree being carried by acolytes adjacent to the national flag of each worshiping nation.
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at August 06, 2016 07:32 AM (ptqRm)
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at August 06, 2016 07:32 AM (ptqRm)
http://www.history.com/news/a-perfect-solar-superstorm-the-1859-carrington-event
Posted by: All Hail Eris, Literate Savage at August 06, 2016 07:32 AM (jR7Wy)
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at August 06, 2016 07:32 AM (ptqRm)
Yeah? But you know most of those trees died and were tossed out, probably into the shit filled bay. Oh but Brady is a lucky man
Posted by: Nevergiveup at August 06, 2016 07:33 AM (m8J9w)
Posted by: Nevergiveup at August 06, 2016 07:31 AM (m8J9w)
Mom would run us kids out of the house.."Go play in the woods!"
Posted by: BignJames at August 06, 2016 07:34 AM (x9c8r)
So, a light day...eh?
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at August 06, 2016 07:32 AM (ptqRm)
Well it's only Exams and some paperwork..I can do that with my eyes closed. As a matter of fact I usually do
Posted by: Nevergiveup at August 06, 2016 07:34 AM (m8J9w)
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at August 06, 2016 07:36 AM (ptqRm)
Israeli Olympic delegation member sailor Udi Gal claimed via a post on social media that members of the Lebanese delegation refused to let the Israelis ride the bus with them to the Maracana stadium, where the opening ceremony was to take place.
Peace in our times
Posted by: Nevergiveup at August 06, 2016 07:37 AM (m8J9w)
Posted by: Skip at August 06, 2016 07:38 AM (bksJQ)
Lovely people, the Lebanese.
Notice the plumage.
They give meaning to the term "AssHats"
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at August 06, 2016 07:39 AM (ptqRm)
Posted by: Skip at August 06, 2016 07:40 AM (bksJQ)
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at August 06, 2016 07:41 AM (ptqRm)
Posted by: Skip at August 06, 2016 07:40 AM (bksJQ)
I had to drive off base to get a coffee. Even the convienence store at the Gas Station was closed. Fuckin Air Force does not get up till 9 AM I guess. Nice gig
Posted by: Nevergiveup at August 06, 2016 07:41 AM (m8J9w)
They make up for it by not knocking off until 1500.
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at August 06, 2016 07:43 AM (ptqRm)
First construction on a new AF base is the Officers Club.
Posted by: BignJames at August 06, 2016 07:43 AM (x9c8r)
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at August 06, 2016 07:44 AM (ptqRm)
Posted by: Nevergiveup at August 06, 2016 07:46 AM (m8J9w)
Posted by: Grampa Jimbo at August 06, 2016 07:47 AM (4+VII)
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at August 06, 2016 07:48 AM (ptqRm)
Posted by: Weasel at August 06, 2016 07:49 AM (Sfs6o)
Posted by: Grampa Jimbo at August 06, 2016 07:47 AM (4+VII)
NOT at Andrews, which is their private Airport
Posted by: Nevergiveup at August 06, 2016 07:49 AM (m8J9w)
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at August 06, 2016 07:48 AM (ptqRm)
Yup. Very good. They are building the New Hospital here on base. And it is Berry Berry Nice
Posted by: Nevergiveup at August 06, 2016 07:50 AM (m8J9w)
And the comments are not kind.
Not kind at all.
Almost as if people are getting tired of being preached to about GlowBull Worming
http://tinyurl.com/zokv8zs
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at August 06, 2016 07:51 AM (ptqRm)
And my one cat is being a nudge,
Posted by: Skip at August 06, 2016 07:51 AM (bksJQ)
Navy Academy is finally replacing the clinic at Hospital Point with a new facility across the river on the Naval Station.
Right next to the brand new Commissary and Exchange.
Been under construction for over a year so far.
But it will be Berry Berry as well when done.
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at August 06, 2016 07:53 AM (ptqRm)
Right next to the brand new Commissary and Exchange.
Been under construction for over a year so far.
But it will be Berry Berry as well when done.
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at August 06, 2016 07:53 AM (ptqRm)
Ah good. They built a new Commissary and Exchange...they sure did need it. Maybe I'll drop by at the end of the month on my way down here again
Posted by: Nevergiveup at August 06, 2016 07:54 AM (m8J9w)
Fuck those guys in particular.
Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at August 06, 2016 07:55 AM (qbnYE)
Posted by: All Hail Eris, Literate Savage at August 06, 2016 07:58 AM (jR7Wy)
They're very nice. But, about twice the size they need to be for the limited patronage by anyone except retirees.
Every time we go in there, they are both distinctly empty.
Nice facilities. Nice selections.
No customers.
At least now they will have additional parking for all the Mid's to park their BMWs, instead of using the lower lot at Hospital Point.
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at August 06, 2016 07:58 AM (ptqRm)
Posted by: All Hail Eris, Literate Savage at August 06, 2016 07:58 AM (jR7Wy)
Yup
Posted by: Nevergiveup at August 06, 2016 07:59 AM (m8J9w)
They make up for it by not knocking off until 1500.
Hey, that's a long day. Let's see 1500 minus 9AM is, um, something like eleventy twelve hours isn't it?
Posted by: Bruce at August 06, 2016 08:01 AM (8ikIW)
Posted by: Nevergiveup at August 06, 2016 08:01 AM (m8J9w)
Posted by: All Hail Eris, Literate Savage at August 06, 2016 08:02 AM (jR7Wy)
There was Hoda Whatsherface
Meredith Viera, and Bob Costas.
Which female were you referring to?
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at August 06, 2016 08:03 AM (ptqRm)
Posted by: All Hail Eris, Literate Savage at August 06, 2016 08:02 AM (jR7Wy)
Whom ever it was, would not shut up and said some of the stupidest things ever and kept repeating herself.
Posted by: Nevergiveup at August 06, 2016 08:04 AM (m8J9w)
Meredith Viera, and Bob Costas.
Which female were you referring to?
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at August 06, 2016 08:03 AM (ptqRm)
So they had 3 females in the booth?
Posted by: Nevergiveup at August 06, 2016 08:05 AM (m8J9w)
Posted by: Skip at August 06, 2016 08:05 AM (bksJQ)
Yup, that was Costas.
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at August 06, 2016 08:05 AM (ptqRm)
Ima beginning to have withdrawl anxieties. If your ONT has been up for more than 12 hours, you might need an intervention.
If we didn't have Ace, where would we go to learn about the proper use of Oxford punctuation?
Where would we vent our frustrations at improper spelling and gramma?
I don't think I could manage a day where I didn't sit in the comfy chair in front of the Computer all day and snark wit. Without a place to relieve myself of an overload of wit, I would explode.
Posted by: Tommy at August 06, 2016 08:05 AM (hMn7Y)
Posted by: Skip
Probably the beach volleyball then. They won't have nothing on, but about as close as they can for TV watching.
When is the female pudding wrestling on?
Posted by: Bruce at August 06, 2016 08:06 AM (8ikIW)
There's always QVC, and HSN.
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at August 06, 2016 08:06 AM (ptqRm)
So we can do our own news:
'Speaking to black and Hispanic journalist associations, Clinton is drawing applause for her policy proposals.'
http://preview.tinyurl.com/jnrbze3
And in other news water is wet.
Posted by: Stravinsky at August 06, 2016 08:07 AM (BO/km)
Carrington Event II has always been my preferred alternative to SMOD .... severe increase in Darwinian pressures without actually extincting my species.
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at August 06, 2016 08:07 AM (gUoN4)
Posted by: Skip at August 06, 2016 08:08 AM (bksJQ)
Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at August 06, 2016 08:09 AM (qbnYE)
http://preview.tinyurl.com/hqn5jbe
But continue panicking if you wish.
Posted by: Mr. Peebles at August 06, 2016 08:10 AM (g6yUI)
Posted by: Tommy at August 06, 2016 08:10 AM (hMn7Y)
Posted by: Stravinsky
This is the video of her almost saying her husband instead of opponent.
It's great that she wants everyone to go to her website to see how she plans on paying for her programs, because I'm sure she can't explain them herself.
Posted by: Bruce at August 06, 2016 08:10 AM (8ikIW)
For some reason, I suddenly flashed to Drudge reporting that last month was the 15th straight month of record setting online firearm instant background checks.
And I'm now asking myself, are these the kind of people who will enthusiastically pull the lever for Hillary?
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at August 06, 2016 08:14 AM (ptqRm)
Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at August 06, 2016 08:14 AM (qbnYE)
Re-reading that after I posted.....
I guess I should be more clear that I was referring to the voting lever.
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at August 06, 2016 08:15 AM (ptqRm)
Posted by: Tommy at August 06, 2016 08:17 AM (hMn7Y)
Posted by: Bruce at August 06, 2016 08:17 AM (8ikIW)
Posted by: Skip at August 06, 2016 08:18 AM (bksJQ)
Navy Aquaflage uniform is getting shitcanned.
http://tinyurl.com/gmragrt
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at August 06, 2016 08:20 AM (ptqRm)
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at August 06, 2016 08:21 AM (ptqRm)
Posted by: Skip at August 06, 2016 08:22 AM (bksJQ)
Maybe it was just an adbot.
a faulty security certificate
a crashed browser add on
runaway device driver
Posted by: Tommy at August 06, 2016 08:22 AM (hMn7Y)
Posted by: Colin at August 06, 2016 08:22 AM (tVUA+)
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice
Yep. Do NOT look up symptoms on the interwebtube. It'll show you it's cancer. Or erectile dysfuntion.
Posted by: Bruce at August 06, 2016 08:23 AM (8ikIW)
Posted by: Mr. Peebles at August 06, 2016 08:10 AM
Not me. It's little more than first and ten, with a runner on second, with a fresh goalie in the net.
If by some miracle Hillary Clinton were to win, it would be like her husband, never garnering even 50% of the vote. Small consolation but something that could tame the beast a little.
Posted by: free range 'sorta' conservative but not 'true' conservative at August 06, 2016 08:24 AM (ZnIt3)
Posted by: Skip at August 06, 2016 08:26 AM (bksJQ)
Except they are. Weird.
Posted by: Mr. Peebles at August 06, 2016 08:26 AM (g6yUI)
Little VIA is scheduling for processing in order to enlist in the Navy.
Last week he was asking if he could wear my old working uniforms if he changed the name tapes to silver thread.
Brought a tear to my eye, thinking of our son growing up.
Now, he's gonna get the new uniforms instead.
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at August 06, 2016 08:26 AM (ptqRm)
Well system explorer doesn't tell me anything.
There are fifteen service host processes running and each one has a dozen or more processes. so even when one of the service hosts shows some activities you don't know which of the two dozen processes were triggered or why.
Still some kind of disk clean up going on.
Posted by: Tommy at August 06, 2016 08:27 AM (hMn7Y)
Kaboom.
Posted by: WhatWhatWhat? - Some People Call Me Maurice at August 06, 2016 08:28 AM (WlGX+)
I always had good luck with the free CCleaner downloadable program.
It might help.
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at August 06, 2016 08:28 AM (ptqRm)
I have no idea who you mean, and I'm glad, but that description gave me a great LOL .... thanks !
On a different note, Mrs. Eez tells me that there has been another Hillary-related fatality, can some kindly Hordeling give me the back-of-the-envelope summary or a link to same ?
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at August 06, 2016 08:29 AM (gUoN4)
Posted by: Tommy
First, turn it off and then turn it back on. Call me back when it's booted up again.
XOXO
Office IT guy
Posted by: Bruce at August 06, 2016 08:29 AM (8ikIW)
Posted by: Patrick Henry at August 06, 2016 08:31 AM (YvXar)
Posted by: Patrick Henry at August 06, 2016 08:31 AM (YvXar)
Posted by: Tommy
As someone with a stack of crashed hard drives two feet tall stacked up downstairs may I politely offer advice?
There are two types of hard drives:
( ) Those which have not yet crashed
( ) Those which have crashed
Time for you to consider the inevitable is beginning.
Posted by: free range 'sorta' conservative but not 'true' conservative at August 06, 2016 08:33 AM (ZnIt3)
Am I banned?
My computer just started churning and my comments don't post.
Posted by: Tommy at August 06, 2016 08:17 AM (hMn7Y)
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Imodium! Stat!
Posted by: Weasel at August 06, 2016 08:33 AM (Sfs6o)
Posted by: HH at August 06, 2016 08:33 AM (DrCtv)
Heh. At my last job, the in-house IT guy, after the inevitable"didja turn it off and back on again" would say "file an IT ticket." That went to the IT department at the main office, which was not our office.
Me: "But why would I file a ticket when you're the in-house IT guy and you and I are both standing right here WITHIN EYESHOT OF MY F*CKING COMPUTER? Couldn't you just, you know, look at it right now?????"
Him: "Uh, I have a video conference (runs into office and closes door."
The asshole eventually quit when he couldn't hide his total incompetence anymore. Man I hated that job. Glad I'm outta there.
Posted by: WhatWhatWhat? - Some People Call Me Maurice at August 06, 2016 08:33 AM (WlGX+)
Posted by: Derptastic at August 06, 2016 08:33 AM (b8jcS)
Bob "lemme lecture you about guns" Costas and Matt "I'm such a pandering tool" Lauer.
Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at August 06, 2016 08:34 AM (qbnYE)
Pretty sure Gateway Pundit has the lowdown. The one guy was young, good-looking, suddenly dead.
Posted by: free range 'sorta' conservative but not 'true' conservative at August 06, 2016 08:36 AM (ZnIt3)
Posted by: Tommy
It just says for off premise consumption
Posted by: Bruce at August 06, 2016 08:45 AM (8ikIW)
Thanks!
Posted by: m at August 06, 2016 10:00 AM (gfJWV)
Posted by: m at August 06, 2016 10:01 AM (gfJWV)
Posted by: muserdi at August 06, 2016 10:03 PM (Q+Oiy)
Posted by: freedom2014despitebarack at August 07, 2016 08:45 AM (g6yUI)
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