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Everybody Have Fun Tonight! (Everybody ONT Tonight!) [Weirddave]
Gay Kakken Af En Yam
Yiddish is a wonderful language for invective. The above means “Go shit in the ocean”, for example, and I wish I knew someone who spoke Yiddish so they could teach me to say it with the proper gutturals. Author Michael Wex, who has written several books on Yiddish, explained the deeper meaning of the phrase in an article in the New York Times:When you stop to think about what this expression is really saying — and then you remember that Yiddish-speaking Jews lived, for years always surrounded by another population which believed that the main guy in their religion actually was able to balance on water while walking –- you get a whole new way of looking at this.“Gay kakken af en yam” is certainly more eloquent than the good old Anglo-Saxon equivalent, “fuck off”, if not as viscerally satisfying at times. I also like the Yiddish tradition of elaborate curses:
You can find a bunch of them here. I tend to like the Jewish community an awful lot (especially the Orthodox community), I just wish more of them would realize that when it comes to President Obama, Zayn vort zol zayn a shtekn, volt men zikh nit getort onshparn, Hillary even more so. Related: 50+ Old Fashioned Insults We Should Bring Back.
Laugh of the Day
Man, I mush have wasted a good hour or more yesterday reading this entire site. Texts from Superheroes It's a good thing I was alone in my office at the time, because some of them had me literally laughing out loud (actual literally, not Biden literally). 126 pages, and although there are far too many that are repeated multiple times, it's worth the time.
Right click, select “copy image location” and open in a new tab for a full size version
I Wonder Where BLM Was? Not Really Birmingham officer comforts baby after parents overdose Touching story and photo at the link about a truly awful situation. A white policewoman responded and that white policewoman went above and beyond the call of duty for these black kids. Who does BLM hurt most? Black People. Olympic Update Why India sucks in the Olympics. Here's a hint: It's because do-nothing officials get appointed to cushy jobs on their Olympic committee and use the platform to enrich themselves and support a lavish lifestyle.
Forget Dogs With Bees In Their Mouths Who When They Bark They Shoot Bees At You How about hawks armed with snakes?
Bad Food Porn Not bad (food porn) but (bad food) porn. Just because it's cheap doesn't mean that you shouldn't take pride in your meals, after all, presentation is a huge part of what professional chefs get judged on. The purple salmon is a bit much, but I'll bet the cheese smothered tots were fantastic. Then there's Thurston Howell the Third's corndog:
Sex Humans could become addicted to mind-blowing romps with SEX ROBOTS, according to expert. Expert at what? Does the man have a PhD in Sybian Studies? Anyhow, I think we can give this one a heartfelt “Simpsons did it” (even though it was Futurama).
You Got Some 'Splainin' to Do!
And scientists are attempting to do it. Fall from tree may have killed human ancestor Lucy, study suggests. Earworms Queen Dominate New Scientific Study of History’s Most Addictive Songs
An earworm required five key elements including rhythmic repetition, predictability, melodic potency, surprise and listener receptiveness, St. Andrews researcher Bede Williams told NME.Here's their top 5. The rest of the list is at the link: 1. Queen, “We Will Rock You”
2. Pharrell Williams, “Happy”
3. Queen, “We Are the Champions”
4. The Proclaimers, “I’m Gonna Be (500 Miles)”
5. The Village People, “YMCA” My two worst earworms are Elton John's The Last Song and John Cougar Meloncamp's Ain't even done with the night. Aaaand there it goes. “Well all right * clap clap * Hold tight *clap clap *” DAMNIT! But I can't be selfish. Everybody should enjoy!
Why Good People Don't Go Into Politics
Inside the belly of the beast: What I learned about the media while running for office by Dan Bongino. He says he's done, which really sucks. He would have been a valuable ally of individual liberty in Congress. He's run three times now, at great personal cost, and he's hanging it up. That's a damn shame, but it's probably wise before it changes him for the worse (see Palin, Sarah).
Tonight's ONT brought to you by SJWs:
Comments
(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: JQ Flyover at September 07, 2016 09:38 PM (044Fx)
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at September 07, 2016 09:38 PM (89UPP)
Barack Obama has been an incompetent leader when it comes to foreign policy, insulting America's allies while bending over backwards to help our avowed enemies. Because it has been so advantageous to take advantage of the fact that Obama is a pansy and a wuss, whilst letting him think he was a super-genius, world leaders have generally given Obama enough rope. However, the Philippines new President, Rodrigo Duterte, is a bit more outspoken and honest.
More: http://politicalhat.com/?p=12449
Posted by: The Political Hat at September 07, 2016 09:38 PM (vBeA5)
Posted by: BurtTC at September 07, 2016 09:38 PM (Pz4pT)
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at September 07, 2016 09:39 PM (89UPP)
Posted by: JQ Flyover at September 07, 2016 09:39 PM (044Fx)
Posted by: Sixkiller...TEXIT at September 07, 2016 09:40 PM (y0er3)
Posted by: JQ Flyover at September 07, 2016 09:40 PM (044Fx)
Posted by: BurtTC at September 07, 2016 09:40 PM (Pz4pT)
Posted by: Joe Hallenbeck at September 07, 2016 09:40 PM (MNgU2)
Posted by: Sixkiller...TEXIT at September 07, 2016 09:41 PM (y0er3)
Posted by: Pepe, founder of the fn-right at September 07, 2016 09:41 PM (Xa+bj)
Posted by: StrawMan at September 07, 2016 09:41 PM (lidp8)
Posted by: JQ Flyover at September 07, 2016 09:40 PM (044Fx)
Lmao. Well played sir, well played.
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at September 07, 2016 09:41 PM (89UPP)
I hate John Cougar. Always have.
Posted by: BurtTC at September 07, 2016 09:42 PM (Pz4pT)
25. Milksop
A piece of bread soaked in milk; a soft, effeminate, girlish man; one who is devoid of manliness.
Example: Barry H. Obama
Posted by: TheQuietMan at September 07, 2016 09:42 PM (auHtY)
Posted by: Grump928(C) says Free Soothie! at September 07, 2016 09:42 PM (rwI+c)
Posted by: HH at September 07, 2016 09:43 PM (DrCtv)
Posted by: JQ Flyover at September 07, 2016 09:44 PM (044Fx)
Out of the dust cloud, I see some horizontal blade coming toward me. I'm thinking "swather"; it's that time of year, you know. Well, it's not. It's a damn airplane, one of these: http://preview.tinyurl.com/htc3tc5, a Zenair CH701 STOL ultralight. I stop, ask the pilot if he is OK, because landing on a road is usually an indication of trouble. "I'm fine, but would you have a #2 Robertson screwdriver? The choke is sticking." I didn't have one with me, but volunteered to run home and fetch one, which I did. I was back in less than 10 minutes. "Here ya go." he takes the screwdriver, pops open an access door on the engine compartment,
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 07, 2016 09:44 PM (oqkO3)
It's been 3 hours since any new content, and since that content was on the presidential forum, I figured (I didn't check) that it had probably degenerated into eating babies and the living envying the dead. So I went a little early with the ONT.
Posted by: Weirddave at September 07, 2016 09:44 PM (N8hFs)
Orthodox community), I just wish more of them would realize that when it
comes to President Obama, Zayn vort zol zayn a shtekn, volt men zikh nit getort onshparn, Hillary even more so."
Posted by: Open Blogger at 09:34 PM
We are all so flattered that you like us.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at September 07, 2016 09:44 PM (Zu3d9)
Posted by: Neill DeGrasse Tiresome at September 07, 2016 09:44 PM (Pby3z)
Posted by: BurtTC at September 07, 2016 09:42 PM (Pz4pT)
I hate John Cougar.
I hate John Cougar Mellencamp.
I hate John Mellencamp.
And I hate who ever he is next year too.
Posted by: Sixkiller...TEXIT at September 07, 2016 09:45 PM (y0er3)
Posted by: Weirddave at September 07, 2016 09:45 PM (N8hFs)
http://tinyurl.com/lqyt9oc
Posted by: Basement Cat at September 07, 2016 09:46 PM (3C9q2)
It's been 3 hours since any new content, and since that content was on the presidential forum, I figured (I didn't check) that it had probably degenerated into eating babies and the living envying the dead. So I went a little early with the ONT.
Posted by: Weirddave at September 07, 2016 09:44 PM (N8hFs)
You're are probably right about the eating babies part but I bet they were garnished well.
Posted by: StrawMan at September 07, 2016 09:47 PM (lidp8)
Posted by: Kindltot at September 07, 2016 09:47 PM (e9hKK)
Someone send this link to ace ASAP. Krugman has really gone insane
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/09/05/opinion/hillary-clinton-gets-gored.html?_r=0
Posted by: anon2020 at September 07, 2016 09:48 PM (yCcA0)
Posted by: Weirddave at September 07, 2016 09:45 PM (N8hFs)
Oh she knows the site. We're both fans. Freaking hysterical.
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at September 07, 2016 09:48 PM (89UPP)
Nitey-nite all, catch ya on the garden threads.
Posted by: JQ Flyover at September 07, 2016 09:48 PM (044Fx)
Posted by: Tilikum Killer Assault Whale-Skeet Surfer at September 07, 2016 09:48 PM (hVdx9)
http://tinyurl.com/lqyt9oc
Posted by: Basement Cat at September 07, 2016 09:46 PM (3C9q2)
I liked that song. Kind of an homage to the humble skunk, who, even in death, gets his revenge upon the automobile-driving humans that took his life.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 07, 2016 09:50 PM (oqkO3)
Or the Clinton Foundation made a generous donation to his bank account.
Posted by: Sixkiller...TEXIT at September 07, 2016 09:50 PM (y0er3)
http://tinyurl.com/lqyt9oc
Posted by: Basement Cat at September 07, 2016 09:46 PM (3C9q2)
Oh! Not Loudon Wainwright, but good for an earworm, one I had forgotten:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cjy71RPGnkA
Posted by: BurtTC at September 07, 2016 09:51 PM (Pz4pT)
Posted by: Tilikum Killer Assault Whale-Skeet Surfer at September 07, 2016 09:48 PM (hVdx9)
Oh, you want a mind bender? Check this out:
https://youtu.be/NN75im_us4k
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at September 07, 2016 09:51 PM (89UPP)
MY GOD! How fat IS she?
Posted by: Kindltot - not quite up to speed yet at September 07, 2016 09:52 PM (e9hKK)
bastard.
Posted by: Kindltot at September 07, 2016 09:53 PM (e9hKK)
BTW, this FAB, I suspect B is for bitch, but what about the F and the A.
Posted by: the littl shyning man at September 07, 2016 09:55 PM (U6f54)
https://youtu.be/NN75im_us4k
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at September 07, 2016 09:51 PM (89UPP)
Nice. Because these guys were right:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oOlDewpCfZQ
Posted by: BurtTC at September 07, 2016 09:55 PM (Pz4pT)
Posted by: Joe Hallenbeck at September 07, 2016 09:55 PM (MNgU2)
Posted by: ParisParamus at September 07, 2016 09:57 PM (467Et)
Don't know where that came from, but there's nothing like good chopped liver. I could eat it until I burst. And nothing more boring and like lead in your belly than bad chopped liver.
Posted by: Splunge at September 07, 2016 09:57 PM (iMxBJ)
cao ni zu zong shi ba dai
[diacritics omitted for the sake of Pixy's hamsters]
The friend says that it means "F--- you and all honorable ancestors to the 18th generation."
Posted by: Basement Cat at September 07, 2016 09:57 PM (3C9q2)
Posted by: Grump928(C) says Free Soothie! at September 07, 2016 09:59 PM (rwI+c)
[diacritics omitted for the sake of Pixy's hamsters]
The friend says that it means "F--- you and all honorable ancestors to the 18th generation."
Posted by: Basement Cat at September 07, 2016 09:57 PM (3C9q2)
Cantonese or Mandarin? Two quite different languages.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 07, 2016 09:59 PM (oqkO3)
Just starting now, though, is 'Demon With a Glass Hand,' probably the best one they did, so tune in if you can...
Posted by: Mr. Peebles at September 07, 2016 09:59 PM (oVJmc)
Yup, I have rarely read a more delusional article in my life
Posted by: anon2020 at September 07, 2016 10:00 PM (yCcA0)
Posted by: AoSHQ Stylebook at September 07, 2016 10:00 PM (rwI+c)
Here's a simulation, long time scale. Each second of the video is about 100 million years:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4disyKG7XtU
Now, here's a shorter time scale version, with dramatic music:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PrIk6dKcdoU
In the long range one, you see they make sort of a close pass, then fall back together and the cores bounce around. The second video picks up after that close pass.
There's about a 12% chance that Sol will be ejected from the resulting elliptical galaxy.
Posted by: publius (not Breitbart publius) at September 07, 2016 10:01 PM (DW+jj)
https://youtu.be/NN75im_us4k
Posted by: BCochran1981
****
That...will haunt me...in my nightmares...
Posted by: Tilikum Killer Assault Whale-Skeet Surfer at September 07, 2016 10:01 PM (hVdx9)
Love is like oxygen
You get too much you get too high
Not enough and you're gonna die
Love gets you high
Posted by: AoSHQ Stylebook at September 07, 2016 10:01 PM (rwI+c)
Posted by: Kindltot at September 07, 2016 10:01 PM (e9hKK)
A hundred bottles of beer on the wall, a hundred bottles of beer, take one down, pass it around, 99 bottles of beer on the wall . . .
and other ditties kids sing to drive school bus drivers crazy.
Posted by: Basement Cat at September 07, 2016 10:02 PM (3C9q2)
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at September 07, 2016 10:02 PM (voOPb)
ever
Posted by: ghost of hallelujah at September 07, 2016 10:02 PM (oAY8z)
Posted by: anon2020 at September 07, 2016 10:00 PM (yCcA0)
Yeah, I scanned that, and the Krugster is attributing to the MSM that which is commonly found on sites such as this. I don't know which would be the first to peg out my "Vile Piece of Shit-meter", Hillary or Krugman. Too close to call.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 07, 2016 10:02 PM (oqkO3)
Posted by: Mr. Peebles at September 07, 2016 10:03 PM (vP09u)
That is one of the most boring non-songs I've ever heard. Too boring to be an earworm. Too boring for elevator music. Only good to come of it is that Weird Al did a parody of it called "Tacky".
Posted by: Yuimetal at September 07, 2016 10:03 PM (Pby3z)
Posted by: Basement Cat at September 07, 2016 10:03 PM (3C9q2)
Posted by: no good deed at September 07, 2016 10:03 PM (9nt94)
Posted by: AoSHQ Official Style Guide at September 07, 2016 10:04 PM (H9MG5)
Posted by: Tilikum Killer Assault Whale-Skeet Surfer at September 07, 2016 10:01 PM (hVdx9)
SUCCESS!!!
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at September 07, 2016 10:04 PM (89UPP)
For all those above who mentioned him...
it's "former Enron adviser Paul Krugman"!!!
Posted by: AoSHQ Official Style Guide at September 07, 2016 10:04 PM (H9MG5)
Oh man. Someone approvingly cited a Krugman article once to me. I responded "you mean former Enron adviser Paul Krugman?"
They....did not see the same humor in it that I did.
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at September 07, 2016 10:05 PM (89UPP)
Posted by: Kindltot at September 07, 2016 10:07 PM (e9hKK)
Actually with my naked old eyes it looks like a soft fuzzball, and I use Cassiopeia to locate it. The more acute of the two Vs pretty much points right at it.
We can see the Milky Way, for sure, but just our little piece of it.
Posted by: the littl shyning man at September 07, 2016 10:08 PM (U6f54)
Posted by: Tilikum Killer Assault Whale-Skeet Surfer at September 07, 2016 10:01 PM (hVdx9)
SUCCESS!!!
Posted by: BCochran1981
****
As will your screams when I remember how I entombed you behind a wall, having lured you with the pretense of a 1/5th of vintage Valu-Right vodka.
Posted by: Tilikum Killer Assault Whale-Skeet Surfer at September 07, 2016 10:10 PM (hVdx9)
Posted by: AoSHQ Stylebook at September 07, 2016 10:00 PM (rwI+c)
The one wellsite job I ever walked away from was for EOG, Enron Oil and Gas. Their buildup was, "boy, wellsite geologists and our super-special data-gathering protocol are the key to our success". When I got there, they were treating us like shit. I spent one night in camp, saw the absolutely shitty little trailer that was going to be the sample lab where I would wash samples in hydrocarbon solvent, and said, "If this POS trailer doesn't go, I go." And I went, the very next day. Caught moderate shit for it, from my consulting company, but even they couldn't deny it was an unsafe situation. Went from there into a sweet deal that has lasted for years now.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 07, 2016 10:10 PM (oqkO3)
Moshe Dayan....now that was a fighter.
Posted by: Hairyback Guy at September 07, 2016 10:10 PM (ej1L0)
Posted by: Locke Common at September 07, 2016 10:11 PM (CZCmp)
Posted by: Tilikum Killer Assault Whale-Skeet Surfer at September 07, 2016 10:10 PM (hVdx9)
Pffft. Like that would work.
You'd need a case of RedBull too.
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at September 07, 2016 10:11 PM (89UPP)
I, for one, have been diligently writing The Great American Porn Novel. Somewhat slowed by having to type with only one hand.
Posted by: torquewrench at September 07, 2016 10:11 PM (noWW6)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 07, 2016 10:12 PM (oqkO3)
I remember when the Houston Astros were being transferred to the AL from the NL, there was some talk about renaming the team to reflect its (at the time) crummy record. One suggestion was to rename them the Houston Enrons; another was to call them the Houston-We've-Got-A-Problems.
Posted by: Basement Cat at September 07, 2016 10:12 PM (3C9q2)
Posted by: Yuimetal at September 07, 2016 10:12 PM (Pby3z)
Posted by: FireHorse at September 07, 2016 10:12 PM (lh7g2)
Posted by: Mortimer of York at September 07, 2016 10:13 PM (zu88C)
Posted by: rickl at September 07, 2016 10:13 PM (sdi6R)
They....did not see the same humor in it that I did.
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at September 07, 2016 10:05 PM (89UPP)<<<
Heh. Moments like that are priceless.
And if someone cites Robert B. Reichhhhchchhhhhchhhhhh make sure you point out his Chairmanship of the Lollipop Guild.
Posted by: AoSHQ Official Style Guide at September 07, 2016 10:13 PM (H9MG5)
Looks like the now-settled price for 22 LR high-V is ten cents a round.
Thanks, Obama.
I just can't get myself up for stalking WalMart every single morning at 7 a.m. to score a brick or a 333-count box for the lower price.
Posted by: the littl shyning man at September 07, 2016 10:13 PM (U6f54)
Posted by: Mortimer of York at September 07, 2016 10:14 PM (zu88C)
Comments at youtube say fake. And if you look at the 0:20 mark, the snake just appears in the hawk's talons.
Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at September 07, 2016 10:14 PM (R+30W)
Haz sad.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 07, 2016 10:12 PM (oqkO3)
Dammit. I meant to comment on that. That's freaking nuts. Just landed on the road. "Gotta screwdriver?" K then.
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at September 07, 2016 10:15 PM (89UPP)
John White, A Rich Cabinet with Variety of Inventions 1658
Posted by: Bigby's Ouija Board at September 07, 2016 10:15 PM (U0lQa)
Posted by: Mortimer of York at September 07, 2016 10:16 PM (zu88C)
"Some have shod a Cat round, with putting melted Pitch into foure Walnut-shels, and placing her feet therein, and she will make pretty sport."
John White, A Rich Cabinet with Variety of Inventions 1658
Posted by: Bigby's Ouija Board at September 07, 2016 10:16 PM (U0lQa)
Posted by: Tilikum Killer Assault Whale-Skeet Surfer at September 07, 2016 10:10 PM (hVdx9)
Pffft. Like that would work.
You'd need a case of RedBull too.
Posted by: BCochran1981
****
Aaaand the case is on the way.
The Cask of Amontillado was the inspiration.
Posted by: Tilikum Killer Assault Whale-Skeet Surfer at September 07, 2016 10:17 PM (hVdx9)
John White, A Rich Cabinet with Variety of Inventions 1658
Posted by: Bigby's Ouija Board at September 07, 2016 10:17 PM (U0lQa)
Thanks, Obama.
I just can't get myself up for stalking WalMart every single morning at 7 a.m. to score a brick or a 333-count box for the lower price.
Posted by: the littl shyning man at September 07, 2016 10:13 PM (U6f54)
Somebody needs to invent a small-caliber repeating rifle that uses bulk powder, round balls, and a laser or electric spark to ignite the powder. Use the blowback from the the round to load another aliquot of powder and a ball. It ought to be technically feasible.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 07, 2016 10:17 PM (oqkO3)
Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at September 07, 2016 10:17 PM (R+30W)
Gas. Their buildup was, 'boy, wellsite geologists and our super-special
data-gathering protocol are the key to our success'."
At the Houston HQ where they took bigwigs from outside for tours of Enron, their super high tech energy-trading operation was the purported "key to success".
A big semi-darkened room filled with color displays with dense diagrams. Frenetically blinking lights. People hunched intently over keyboards and talking tersely into headsets. A fair approximation of what you might see at NASA Mission Control in another part of Houston.
All of it complete theatrical bullshit. Not a single one of the bigwigs wandered over to closely examine the content on the displays (copied from sci-fi movies) or ask any of the "energy traders" (actors) any questions about what was occurring in the markets that day.
Posted by: torquewrench at September 07, 2016 10:17 PM (noWW6)
Posted by: Yuimetal at September 07, 2016 10:17 PM (Pby3z)
Posted by: TexasJew at September 07, 2016 10:17 PM (Pirth)
Posted by: Bigby's Ouija Board at September 07, 2016 10:17 PM (U0lQa)
Today's ONT is brought to you by my life. We've reached the paranoia stage of my existence.
Posted by: TickledPink at September 07, 2016 10:18 PM (F5hTl)
EOG, Enron Oil and Gas. Their buildup was, "boy, wellsite geologists
and our super-special data-gathering protocol are the key to our
success". When I got there, they were treating us like shit. I spent one
night in camp, saw the absolutely shitty little trailer that was
going to be the sample lab where I would wash samples in hydrocarbon
solvent, and said, "If this POS trailer doesn't go, I go." And I went,
the very next day. Caught moderate shit for it, from my consulting
company, but even they couldn't deny it was an unsafe situation. Went
from there into a sweet deal that has lasted for years now.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon"
My first job out of tech school was testing and repairing oil exploration equipment at the Schlumbeger factory in Clayton GA.
Posted by: AshevilleRobert at September 07, 2016 10:18 PM (w+Jhj)
Haz sad.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 07, 2016 10:12 PM (oqkO3)
I was going to say that if the plane was yellow like in the picture you must have thought it was a New Holland swather.
But then I realized that would be fatuous.
But cool you could help out a pilot like that.
Posted by: Kindltot at September 07, 2016 10:19 PM (e9hKK)
*shrug*
It's not paranoia if they're really out to get you.
Posted by: Mortimer of York at September 07, 2016 10:20 PM (zu88C)
Posted by: no good deed at September 07, 2016 10:21 PM (9nt94)
Dammit. I meant to comment on that. That's freaking nuts. Just landed on the road. "Gotta screwdriver?" K then.
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at September 07, 2016 10:15 PM (89UPP)
Well, it's a gravel grid road, not a paved highway. And that little airplane is built to fly from unimproved surfaces. Big, fat tires on it. I was pleased to be of assistance. While I was home fetching a screwdriver, I had a quick look for my digital camera, but couldn't find it. But the plane was bright yellow, like the one in the link.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 07, 2016 10:21 PM (oqkO3)
I thought that was legally mandatory for Canadians. Like the Swiss national guard having an assault rifle in the house.
Posted by: torquewrench at September 07, 2016 10:22 PM (noWW6)
Posted by: publius (not Breitbart publius) at September 07, 2016 10:22 PM (DW+jj)
Posted by: Dr. Varno at September 07, 2016 10:22 PM (GdFQh)
Posted by: Dr. Varno at September 07, 2016 10:22 PM (GdFQh)
I have tried and tried to get my wang chunged, but nobody will do it for me.
Posted by: Caitlynn jenner at September 07, 2016 10:24 PM (oqkO3)
Posted by: Kindltot at September 07, 2016 10:24 PM (e9hKK)
Posted by: Gul Dukat at September 07, 2016 10:24 PM (jnOxz)
Here's a tune I was whistling today:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CLdUAvRfrug
Posted by: antisocial justice beatnik at September 07, 2016 10:25 PM (jV8Mq)
Supposedly someone asked him the best way to become a great general. He said, "You fight Arabs."
Posted by: tu3031 at September 07, 2016 10:26 PM (qJhUV)
It was barfarooti.
Posted by: ALH at September 07, 2016 10:26 PM (Z56vq)
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at September 07, 2016 10:27 PM (9P3OG)
It was barfarooti.
Posted by: ALH
****
Told you to buy the Puke-A-Roni, but noooooo you wouldn't listen.
Posted by: Tilikum Killer Assault Whale-Skeet Surfer at September 07, 2016 10:27 PM (hVdx9)
Posted by: torquewrench at September 07, 2016 10:22 PM (noWW6)
I must have 3 or 4 of them. All kidding aside, the Canadian-invented square-socket Robertson screw is by far the best for transferring torque from the screwdriver to the screw. Boat builders, and fine furniture makers swear by them.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 07, 2016 10:27 PM (oqkO3)
Posted by: Bigby's Ouija Board at September 07, 2016 10:27 PM (U0lQa)
Posted by: publius (not Breitbart publius) at September 07, 2016 10:01 PM (DW+jj)
The thing about galaxy collisions is that they are relatively benign. Distances between the stars are so great that the likelihood of stars actually colliding is pretty small. Mostly their paths through space will be altered.
Posted by: rickl at September 07, 2016 10:28 PM (sdi6R)
Posted by: Tilikum Killer Assault Whale-Skeet Surfer at September 07, 2016 10:28 PM (hVdx9)
Posted by: antisocial justice beatnik at September 07, 2016 10:28 PM (jV8Mq)
It wasn't swell, it was swill.
Posted by: ALH at September 07, 2016 10:29 PM (Z56vq)
Posted by: rickl at September 07, 2016 10:28 PM (sdi6R)
Kind of like one swarm of gnats "colliding" with another.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 07, 2016 10:29 PM (oqkO3)
its a book about fun shit to do back in the puritan era. he probably was in the stocks a lot.
Posted by: Bigby's Ouija Board at September 07, 2016 10:29 PM (U0lQa)
Posted by: TickledPink at September 07, 2016 10:18 PM (F5hTl)
I hope work is going better for you!
Posted by: Sixkiller...TEXIT at September 07, 2016 10:29 PM (y0er3)
Posted by: scovilleunit at September 07, 2016 10:31 PM (hWh8W)
Posted by: Mortimer at September 07, 2016 10:32 PM (zu88C)
Posted by: Insomniac at September 07, 2016 10:32 PM (0mRoj)
Posted by: Roy at September 07, 2016 10:33 PM (fWLrt)
Posted by: ALH at September 07, 2016 10:34 PM (Z56vq)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at September 07, 2016 10:34 PM (EZebt)
Posted by: Insomniac at September 07, 2016 10:32 PM (0mRoj)
No pasta. I'm going to eat my slow-cooker beef ribs + carrots + 'mater + rice + black beans now. Smells heavenly.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 07, 2016 10:35 PM (oqkO3)
Posted by: FireHorse at September 07, 2016 10:35 PM (lh7g2)
Posted by: rickl at September 07, 2016 10:35 PM (sdi6R)
Paranoia is our way of deciding to go work for another employer.
Tell me about what is up with you?
Posted by: Kindltot at September 07, 2016 10:36 PM (e9hKK)
Posted by: antisocial justice beatnik at September 07, 2016 10:37 PM (jV8Mq)
Paul Ryan is an asshole.
Posted by: Kreplach at September 07, 2016 10:38 PM (+lv+r)
Posted by: Tilikum Killer Assault Whale-Skeet Surfer at September 07, 2016 10:28 PM (hVdx9)
Awesome in concert!!! WOOT WOOT!
Posted by: Banana Splits Guy at September 07, 2016 10:38 PM (mNS8n)
316 Speaking of Levin and Beck....
Levin constantly checks his ratings. He has to. Beck went psycho over Trump saying I don't care about my ratings.
The Blaze and the rest of his media empire just blew up.
Levin is busy building a media empire.
The first day he is back on the radio after the announcement of the Beck empire blowing up, Levin says vote for Trump.
Could be a coincidence.
Posted by: blaster at September 07, 2016 10:38 PM (ACqhm)
Posted by: ALH at September 07, 2016 10:34 PM (Z56vq)
Varfesser raus mein feld?
Something like that.
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at September 07, 2016 10:38 PM (9P3OG)
Posted by: Bacon Jeff at September 07, 2016 10:39 PM (VSenK)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 07, 2016 10:35 PM (oqkO3)
Sounds right tasty.
Posted by: Insomniac at September 07, 2016 10:39 PM (0mRoj)
Good night, mein kind. Zei gezunt.
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at September 07, 2016 10:39 PM (9P3OG)
Posted by: AltonJackson at September 07, 2016 10:39 PM (KCxzN)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at September 07, 2016 10:40 PM (IqV8l)
Could be a coincidence.
Posted by: blaster at September 07, 2016 10:38 PM (ACqhm)
****
He spends most of his time pimping levintv.com. Add that to the until recently nevertrump thing, and he is dead to me.
Posted by: ManWithNoParty at September 07, 2016 10:40 PM (YLidQ)
Posted by: Insomniac at September 07, 2016 10:39 PM (0mRoj)
(eating some now) It is. Not very spiced, but sort of a porridge-y rib-sticking quality to it.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 07, 2016 10:41 PM (oqkO3)
earworms are just your brain entertaining itself. its off doing whatever like daydreaming while you're trying to get it to do something useful. chess fanatics and masters get games playing in their heads but that's kinda useful. at least you're not having violent intrusive thoughts like psychopaths do, or hearing the devil or whatever.
Posted by: Bigby's Ouija Board at September 07, 2016 10:41 PM (U0lQa)
Posted by: ManWithNoParty at September 07, 2016 10:42 PM (YLidQ)
I loved your story! Did you tell him to keep the driver? It reminded me of a morning drive to work long ago, while following a semi on a Beltway exit ramp, a 3' metal sign peeled off of the side and came at my windshield horizontally with isis-like intent. I had just enough evasive maneuvering in me to avoid it. And coffee.
Posted by: OldDominionMom at September 07, 2016 10:42 PM (GzDYP)
https://twitter.com/kbdabear/status/773592226899324928
https://twitter.com/kbdabear/status/773592359208685568
https://twitter.com/kbdabear/status/773592484559589377
https://twitter.com/kbdabear/status/773592627900022784
https://twitter.com/kbdabear/status/773592754907648001
Posted by: kbdabear at September 07, 2016 10:42 PM (Ya7zs)
Posted by: scovilleunit at September 07, 2016 10:43 PM (hWh8W)
Posted by: Bigby's Ouija Board at September 07, 2016 10:41 PM (U0lQa)
That's what psychopaths hear?
*shifty eyes*
Posted by: Insomniac at September 07, 2016 10:43 PM (0mRoj)
https://twitter.com/kbdabear/status/773592893923659776
https://twitter.com/kbdabear/status/773593041324105729
https://twitter.com/kbdabear/status/773593174564540417
https://twitter.com/kbdabear/status/773593297650651136
Posted by: kbdabear at September 07, 2016 10:44 PM (Ya7zs)
Does anyone know the song that includes...
I was born one night on a frosty night when the whistles rang boom boom.
Fried a steak...when the moneys were in bloom.
Posted by: Farmer at September 07, 2016 10:44 PM (o/90i)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at September 07, 2016 10:44 PM (OLNwX)
Posted by: OldDominionMom at September 07, 2016 10:42 PM (GzDYP)
No, I kept it. It's a nice one, and part of a set.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 07, 2016 10:44 PM (oqkO3)
Posted by: Roy at September 07, 2016 10:45 PM (fWLrt)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 07, 2016 10:44 PM (oqkO3)
****
As that should be.
Posted by: ManWithNoParty at September 07, 2016 10:45 PM (YLidQ)
Posted by: andycanuck at September 07, 2016 10:45 PM (LdMbv)
Haz sad.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 07, 2016 10:12 PM (oqkO3)
I did!
I'm just late to the party as usual.
Posted by: Country Boy at September 07, 2016 10:46 PM (heN73)
Posted by: Bigby's Ouija Board at September 07, 2016 10:46 PM (U0lQa)
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at September 07, 2016 10:46 PM (BK3ZS)
Posted by: chemjeff at September 07, 2016 10:46 PM (uAvJJ)
BTW, this FAB, I suspect B is for bitch, but what about the F and the A.
Posted by: the littl shyning man at September 07, 2016 09:55 PM
FAT ASS
Posted by: Sherry McEvil at September 07, 2016 10:47 PM (kXoT0)
Posted by: Dr. Varno at September 07, 2016 10:48 PM (GdFQh)
Posted by: Sherry McEvil at September 07, 2016 10:48 PM (kXoT0)
Posted by: Donna&&&&&&V. (Brandishing ampersands) at September 07, 2016 10:48 PM (P8951)
Posted by: Dr. Varno at September 07, 2016 10:48 PM (GdFQh)
I'm just late to the party as usual.
Posted by: Country Boy at September 07, 2016 10:46 PM (heN73)
I have seen them operating a crop duster off a grid road not too far from here, but this was just guy out pleasure flying in his own airplane, and had a minor issue with his engine(s). I guess this plane has two Rotax opposed twins coupled together.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 07, 2016 10:49 PM (oqkO3)
Posted by: andycanuck at September 07, 2016 10:45 PM (LdMbv)
Where are you reading this? Nothing is sweeter than the tears of a liberal.
Posted by: ALH at September 07, 2016 10:49 PM (Z56vq)
Posted by: Patrick from Ohio at September 07, 2016 10:49 PM (dKiJG)
Posted by: Dr. Varno at September 07, 2016 10:50 PM (GdFQh)
Posted by: Sherry McEvil at September 07, 2016 10:48 PM (kXoT0)
Thank you, Sherry. It's something you don't see every day, and it was literally minutes old when I posted it.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 07, 2016 10:50 PM (oqkO3)
Posted by: Bigby's Ouija Board at September 07, 2016 10:50 PM (U0lQa)
Posted by: IC at September 07, 2016 10:51 PM (KTFfX)
Much less irritating to teh kittehs, but one way to use their digestive output to hassle the local courts: there was a guy in Indiana who mailed cat poop sandwiches to the courthouse to protest a small claims case:
http://tinyurl.com/jjupx2c
Yeah, the news item is 10 years old, but the technique might come in handy for some morons with annoying neighbors or other nuisances.
Posted by: Basement Cat at September 07, 2016 10:51 PM (3C9q2)
My boss knew Whitey Bulger and some of his crew.
A co-worker (on my team) almost wound up on the first Jodi Arias jury.
Another co-worker's relative was killed by the Maryvale serial killer. (He is also on my team)
I encountered one of the serial shooters at a gas station nearby his apt.
There is still more stuff I'll leave out.
The universe trying to tell me something?
Posted by: Tilikum Killer Assault Whale-Skeet Surfer at September 07, 2016 10:51 PM (hVdx9)
Posted by: Bigby's Ouija Board at September 07, 2016 10:52 PM (U0lQa)
Hot-linked in my sock!
Posted by: andycanuck at September 07, 2016 10:52 PM (LdMbv)
Posted by: Patrick from Ohio at September 07, 2016 10:49 PM (dKiJG)
*****
My daughter was like that too. We opened the door and she ran at 6 years old. Better that than to be too clingy, in my experience. It indicates confidence in themselves.
Posted by: ManWithNoParty at September 07, 2016 10:53 PM (YLidQ)
Prayers up from here Donna.
T
Posted by: Farmer at September 07, 2016 10:54 PM (o/90i)
There is still more stuff I'll leave out.
The universe trying to tell me something?
Posted by: Tilikum Killer Assault Whale-Skeet Surfer at September 07, 2016 10:51 PM (hVdx9)
Does a serial shooter's gun go "kaboom"?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 07, 2016 10:54 PM (oqkO3)
Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX
Posted by: Jim at September 07, 2016 10:54 PM (v5iqM)
Posted by: rickl at September 07, 2016 10:54 PM (sdi6R)
Posted by: Duncanthrax at September 07, 2016 10:55 PM (OF/aZ)
Posted by: IC
****
Wireless ear pieces so she can be coached on what to say?
Posted by: Tilikum Killer Assault Whale-Skeet Surfer at September 07, 2016 10:56 PM (hVdx9)
Posted by: Bigby's Ouija Board at September 07, 2016 10:57 PM (U0lQa)
drotchel - An idol wench; a sluggard. See: Lena Dunham
doxy - A whore; a loose wench. See: Sandra Fluke
fatwitted - Heavy; dull; stupid. See: Joe Biden
feculent - Foul; dreggy; excrementious. See: Hillary
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at September 07, 2016 10:57 PM (OLNwX)
Hot-linked in my sock!
Posted by: andycanuck at September 07, 2016 10:52 PM (LdMbv)
Heh! One of the leftard twats commenting there had a "boycottkochbros" hash tag. And the Kochs are supporting the Hillaroid. Self-aware we, much?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 07, 2016 10:57 PM (oqkO3)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at September 07, 2016 10:58 PM (IqV8l)
Posted by: andycanuck at September 07, 2016 10:58 PM (LdMbv)
Posted by: no good deed at September 07, 2016 10:58 PM (9nt94)
Posted by: ALH at September 07, 2016 10:58 PM (Z56vq)
A mother and daughter from Oklahoma are accused of having an incestuous marriage.
Patricia Spann, 43, and Misty Spann, 25, were married in March 2016 in Comanche County, court records show. Police say Patricia is Misty's biological mother.
Court records show this isn't the first time Patricia has married one of her own children. She also married one of her sons in 2008. However, court records show that marriage was annulled in March 2010.
Drudge
Cast
Patricia Spann............Kay Parker
Misty Spann...............Dorthy LeMay
Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at September 07, 2016 10:58 PM (kdS6q)
Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX
Posted by: Jim at September 07, 2016 10:54 PM (v5iqM)
I would like that a lot!
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 07, 2016 10:58 PM (oqkO3)
Posted by: andycanuck at September 07, 2016 10:59 PM (LdMbv)
Posted by: Donna&&&&&&V. (Brandishing ampersands) at September 07, 2016 11:00 PM (P8951)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at September 07, 2016 11:00 PM (IqV8l)
Posted by: no good deed at September 07, 2016 11:00 PM (9nt94)
imma use that tomorrow
like This here is an excrementious occasion
Posted by: Bigby's Ouija Board at September 07, 2016 11:00 PM (U0lQa)
Posted by: nckate at September 07, 2016 11:02 PM (/6xSK)
There is still more stuff I'll leave out.
The universe trying to tell me something?
Posted by: Tilikum Killer Assault Whale-Skeet Surfer at September 07, 2016 10:51 PM (hVdx9)
Does a serial shooter's gun go "kaboom"?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
****
Niiice. Golf clap.
I guess he ate some Kaboom in prison and it killed him. *ussy.
Posted by: Tilikum Killer Assault Whale-Skeet Surfer at September 07, 2016 11:02 PM (hVdx9)
Thanks for the prayers for my friend, all. Current news is that he's resting comfortably (relatively) and it's likely drug interactions were at the root of his recent issues. You would think these yutzes would pay closer attention to things like this, but there's not that much difference in temperment between many "medical assistants" and the asshats at the burger joint thinking they're worth $15/hour, I'm afraid.
Posted by: Brother Cavil, That Guy at September 07, 2016 11:03 PM (vyqqu)
What the hell is a #2 Robertson screwdriver? As if we didn't have enough different kinds of fasteners already.
Posted by: rickl at September 07, 2016 11:03 PM (sdi6R)
Posted by: andycanuck at September 07, 2016 11:03 PM (LdMbv)
+++
most people's brains have different tastes than their conscious "owners" do. hilarious isn't it?
Posted by: Bigby's Ouija Board at September 07, 2016 11:03 PM (U0lQa)
Posted by: Hillary at September 07, 2016 11:04 PM (n3xLS)
imma use that tomorrow
like This here is an excrementious occasion
Posted by: Bigby's Ouija Board at September 07, 2016 11:00 PM (U0lQa)
Hah! That reminds me. I thought it would be fun to go to a movie review site like IMDB or Rotten Tomatoes and post "rave" reviews for the Barry 'n' Mooch love story movie, using obscure terms like that. "It was truly feculent. I loved it." "The actress portraying Michelle was nearly as beautiful as Michelle herself."
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 07, 2016 11:04 PM (oqkO3)
Posted by: Patrick from Ohio at September 07, 2016 10:49 PM (dKiJG)
Heh. Wait about 10 years when you go to the mall with him. He'll act like you don't even exist.
Posted by: Country Boy at September 07, 2016 11:05 PM (heN73)
Posted by: andycanuck at September 07, 2016 11:05 PM (LdMbv)
Posted by: Kalneva at September 07, 2016 11:05 PM (vhW1R)
Posted by: Northernlurker at September 07, 2016 11:06 PM (s7hQ/)
Cmon Crew, win the series against the Goddamn CUbs.
YES!!!!! Good win!
Posted by: Donna&&&&&&V. (Brandishing ampersands) at September 07, 2016 11:07 PM (P8951)
Posted by: chemjeff at September 07, 2016 11:07 PM (uAvJJ)
Posted by: AnnaS at September 07, 2016 11:08 PM (P+I7L)
Posted by: Original Jake at September 07, 2016 11:08 PM (5bW3t)
He squared away his problem, and took off. As he was flying away, he could not help but notice that emergency vehicles were converging on the area that he just left.
Someone had called in a 'crash'. He caught some shit from the FAA about it, but nothing serious.
Anyway, nice experience that you had.
I have Robertson bits, but no dedicated drivers.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at September 07, 2016 11:09 PM (OLNwX)
What the hell is a #2 Robertson screwdriver? As if we didn't have enough different kinds of fasteners already.
Posted by: rickl
----------------
Square drive. Like on circuit breakers or a ground buss in your panel.
A lot of Phillips head screws accept it. Actually, it's a tighter fit & less likely to slip out.
Posted by: Chi at September 07, 2016 11:09 PM (QnDgl)
Posted by: rickl at September 07, 2016 11:03 PM (sdi6R)
Robertson is a square-drive system. The screws have a square shank, and the drivers are square, with a curved profile, maybe a parabola? In that the tip is a tad smaller than the socket on the matching screw, but the size of the square bit increases with the depth it gets inserted into the socket. So the screws can literally wedge onto the driver. Which is useful for power-driving screws into awkward places, eh? And the handles are color-coded. #2 has a red handle, #1 is green, and #3 is black, and the rarely-used #0 is yellow.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 07, 2016 11:10 PM (oqkO3)
Posted by: beavis at September 07, 2016 11:11 PM (lmIoG)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at September 07, 2016 11:11 PM (OLNwX)
Posted by: Original Jake at September 07, 2016 11:12 PM (5bW3t)
Posted by: rickl at September 07, 2016 11:03 PM (sdi6R)
Used extensively on recreational vehicles.
Posted by: Country Singer at September 07, 2016 11:12 PM (GUBah)
"being who belongs to the cult of non-virility."
Posted by: musical jolly chimp at September 07, 2016 11:12 PM (WTSFk)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 07, 2016 11:13 PM (oqkO3)
Posted by: musical jolly chimp at September 07, 2016 11:13 PM (WTSFk)
Posted by: Sherry McEvil, Stiletto Corsettes now with tiny wizened charcoal grey lump that is the McEvil heart at September 07, 2016 11:14 PM (kXoT0)
Posted by: Kreplach at September 07, 2016 11:14 PM (+lv+r)
Posted by: musical jolly chimp at September 07, 2016 11:15 PM (WTSFk)
Posted by: Original Jake at September 07, 2016 11:16 PM (5bW3t)
Juuuuuust a friendly warning.
Posted by: Brother Cavil, That Guy at September 07, 2016 11:16 PM (vyqqu)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at September 07, 2016 11:16 PM (OLNwX)
Posted by: chemjeff at September 07, 2016 11:16 PM (uAvJJ)
Canadian, eh?
Nothing like putting a square in a round peg, eh?
CDF Officer: "Who is this woman in the barracks?"
"Ho, Sir!"
Posted by: Duncanthrax at September 07, 2016 11:16 PM (OF/aZ)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at September 07, 2016 11:11 PM (OLNwX)
Yes, I have two quasi-family member "friends" on FB. I hide their posts about her. They make not one bit of sense, not one tiny little bit--they love her and that's all they need to know.
Posted by: Sherry McEvil, Stiletto Corsettes now with tiny wizened charcoal grey lump that is the McEvil heart at September 07, 2016 11:16 PM (kXoT0)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
-----------------
Don't leave out the electricians. "Tight is right" being an important motto when buttoning up a service panel, it's nice to get a little extra torque.
I also used robertson screws a lot in cabinetmaking & installs.
Posted by: Chi at September 07, 2016 11:16 PM (QnDgl)
Trump came off as honest Trump and handled himself well in a hostile environment with Lauer picking a fight with him.
Since January this Trump guy has been growing on me and I did not want him growing on me. But by golly, the man loves America and Americans and that's better than we have been offered in decades.
The directors cut of the forum shoes him having sex Matt Lauer's wife in the green room.
Posted by: Pepe, founder of the fn-right at September 07, 2016 11:17 PM (PA57R)
But not in Obama's army.
Posted by: Hillary at September 07, 2016 11:18 PM (n3xLS)
Posted by: Kreplach at September 07, 2016 11:14 PM (+lv+r)
I thought that that was one avenue that an illegal could "legalize" himself. A Canadian friend of mine has an adopted son, a native Indian, who went to the USA, and became a Marine. But Indians have that right to cross the border.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 07, 2016 11:18 PM (oqkO3)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at September 07, 2016 11:21 PM (OLNwX)
Posted by: Kreplach at September 07, 2016 11:14 PM (+lv+r)
The Statist North signed up plenty of Germans in the War of Northern and DC debt and decay.
Posted by: Pepe, founder of the fn-right at September 07, 2016 11:21 PM (PA57R)
Posted by: Hillary at September 07, 2016 11:22 PM (n3xLS)
"Business That Paid Bill Clinton $17M+ Linked to Nonprofit Funded by Hillary's State Department"
What a fine little daisy chain.
Posted by: Meremortal at September 07, 2016 11:22 PM (3myMJ)
----------------
*gasp!*
'Indians'?
*frantically seeks to find safe space*
Posted by: SJW at September 07, 2016 11:23 PM (OLNwX)
You should every night go to sleep dreaming of Kate Upton and wake up next to Michelle Obama
Posted by: mallfly suPreme at September 07, 2016 11:24 PM (2JQBv)
A blade so ground, when placed in a screw slot, and turned, makes contact on a much wider area than does one ground with parallel faces, which will only make contact on the corners. Try it. You will be very pleased.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 07, 2016 11:24 PM (oqkO3)
And I can't listen to Lola without singing it for the rest of the day.
Posted by: Northernlurker at September 07, 2016 11:06 PM
Here you go :
https://youtu.be/lPyxstgk8oM
Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at September 07, 2016 11:24 PM (IqV8l)
There is still more stuff I'll leave out.
The universe trying to tell me something?
Posted by: Tilikum Killer Assault Whale-Skeet Surfer at September 07, 2016 10:51 PM (hVdx9)
Does a serial shooter's gun go "kaboom"?
No, it goes Snap Crackle Pop
Posted by: Johnny at September 07, 2016 11:25 PM (I1KBZ)
Posted by: andycanuck at September 07, 2016 11:26 PM (LdMbv)
Posted by: SJW at September 07, 2016 11:26 PM (OLNwX)
Nice job WeirdDave. Just one question 'tho. How can everyone have fun tonight without Wang Chung?
youtube.com/watch?v=BoXu6QmxpJE
Posted by: Darth Randall at September 07, 2016 11:26 PM (v3DL/)
They all belong on a plane back to their original shithole, or Guantanamo Bay.
Period.
Posted by: Country Boy at September 07, 2016 11:26 PM (heN73)
exert a lot of torque on such a screw without the driver 'camming out'
of the screw."
If you have to work in close quarters, holding the driver with one hand, and the geometry doesn't let you hold the screw against the workpiece with the other hand while the screw gets started, you have a real problem. You'll be dropping screws constantly.
Unless it's a square drive Robertson screw. You pop the screw onto the tip of the driver. It stays there solidly while you maneuver the driver into position and get the point of the screw to where it needs to start. A godsend.
I often see these days screws with complex heads that will accept a slot driver, or a Phillips driver, or a Robertson driver, or Pozidrive (an amalgam of Phillips and Robertson).
Manufacturers figure they don't know what J. Random Consumer is likely to have in the drawer, so they'll be as obliging as possible in accommodating types of driver.
Posted by: torquewrench at September 07, 2016 11:28 PM (noWW6)
Hollow ground screwdrivers are the only screwdrivers that will be found in gunsmith's shops. I expect that among the few remaining clock repair people the same is true.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at September 07, 2016 11:30 PM (OLNwX)
Manufacturers figure they don't know what J. Random Consumer is likely to have in the drawer, so they'll be as obliging as possible in accommodating types of driver.
Posted by: torquewrench at September 07, 2016 11:28 PM (noWW6)
Hybrid screws like that may work for putting a cover on an octagon box, but when it comes to driving it into hardwood, the head will deform before the required torque is achieved.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 07, 2016 11:32 PM (oqkO3)
Posted by: Dustin Hoffman at September 07, 2016 11:32 PM (QnDgl)
Posted by: Hillary Shills at September 07, 2016 11:32 PM (yddCj)
Posted by: buzzion at September 07, 2016 11:33 PM (bMG0w)
Posted by: The Jackhole somewhere on Ventura Highway at September 07, 2016 11:33 PM (dULJN)
to have in the drawer, so they'll be as obliging as possible in
accommodating types of driver.
Can you use a torque wrench?
Posted by: Weirddave at September 07, 2016 11:34 PM (N8hFs)
Posted by: Hopped Up On Something at September 07, 2016 11:34 PM (7WfwU)
Posted by: andycanuck at September 07, 2016 11:34 PM (LdMbv)
Posted by: Weirddave at September 07, 2016 11:34 PM (N8hFs)
Won't that hollow-grind the head of the screws?
Posted by: Kindltot at September 07, 2016 11:35 PM (e9hKK)
Posted by: Original Jake at September 07, 2016 11:35 PM (5bW3t)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at September 07, 2016 11:35 PM (OLNwX)
Posted by: Farmer at September 07, 2016 11:35 PM (o/90i)
Actually, 'af den Yam' is exactly what that curse implies. (I'm assuming Yam is just ocean. Everything else is German)
Posted by: t-bird at September 07, 2016 11:35 PM (yddCj)
I love Teddy!
Posted by: Diogenes at September 07, 2016 11:36 PM (0tfLf)
Posted by: Dustin Hoffman at September 07, 2016 11:32 PM (QnDgl) <<<
Yeah, I tried that on a question about Mrs. Simpson from the Canterbury Tales.
Posted by: Hillary at September 07, 2016 11:36 PM (n3xLS)
If you can find the ONT that included it, and you go to the original link in the ONT description, the original link has a link to the real HD original photo and the comments there point out where the kitteh is. It is a bit easier to see in the good-quality photo.
Posted by: andycanuck at September 07, 2016 11:37 PM (LdMbv)
Posted by: Dustin Hoffman at September 07, 2016 11:38 PM (QnDgl)
I f***ing love using science to overcome the socialist Luddites. One small victory for liberty.
Posted by: Ripley at September 07, 2016 11:38 PM (NbRJx)
Posted by: Maynard G. Krebs at September 07, 2016 11:38 PM (OLNwX)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at September 07, 2016 11:35 PM (OLNwX)
This is true. A good quality Robertson screwdriver has a hardened steel bit, and you can in fact twist off a fairly stout screw, say a #10.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 07, 2016 11:39 PM (oqkO3)
Posted by: Hopped Up On Something at September 07, 2016 11:39 PM (7WfwU)
Sundown? It's time for dinner!
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at September 07, 2016 11:40 PM (OLNwX)
vote early vote often
Posted by: sven10077 at September 07, 2016 11:42 PM (SzZnW)
I remember that one, amazing. Whatever color a woodpile is, that cat had it exactly.
Posted by: t-bird at September 07, 2016 11:42 PM (yddCj)
Posted by: Blanco Basura at September 07, 2016 11:45 PM (T/cxb)
Posted by: Mordineus at September 07, 2016 11:45 PM (nzcnF)
Posted by: Ripley at September 07, 2016 11:38 PM (NbRJx)
Or you could go with the electric-heated shower head, commonly found in Central America. And I have used them, and lived to tell about it.
http://www.green-energy-efficient-homes.com/electric-shower-head.html
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 07, 2016 11:46 PM (oqkO3)
Much more likely the guy swung over wildly, just about to crash like Cliff Robertson in Ace Eli, and AOP casually reached up from a moving Crosley, grabbed a strut and swung himself up, overhauling the engine in flight with the tools he had in his pocket. That's the kind of stuff he does in our other world.
Extra points if there's a Twilight Zone time warp involved, and it's a 1930 Packard AeroDiesel that hasn't landed since the early days of WWII.
Posted by: Stringer Davis at September 07, 2016 11:46 PM (tIja6)
Idiots, idiots, idiots.
Posted by: publius (not Breitbart publius) at September 07, 2016 11:46 PM (DW+jj)
Posted by: Kreplach at September 07, 2016 11:14 PM (+lv+r)
I thought that that was one avenue that an illegal could "legalize" himself. A Canadian friend of mine has an adopted son, a native Indian, who went to the USA, and became a Marine. But Indians have that right to cross the border.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 07, 2016 11:18 PM (oqkO3)
++++
Well, who knows what flies these days with the military recruiting gays, trannies, and every other thing.
But, traditionally, a legal resident could earn citizenship through military service. Of course, the key word there is legal.
Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at September 07, 2016 11:46 PM (R+30W)
I remember that one, amazing. Whatever color a woodpile is, that cat had it exactly.
Chameleon cat.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at September 07, 2016 11:47 PM (IqV8l)
Posted by: boulder terlit hobo at September 07, 2016 11:47 PM (6FqZa)
Posted by: Dustin Hoffman at September 07, 2016 11:38 PM
Nite Chi, you really can't loose the socks can you?
Be well all here. I really think there's a possibility that /Hillary won't be the next overlord. Maintain the positive.
Posted by: Farmer at September 07, 2016 11:47 PM (o/90i)
Posted by: tubal at September 07, 2016 11:47 PM (mHL0c)
Posted by: andycanuck at September 07, 2016 11:48 PM (LdMbv)
Posted by: boulder terlit hobo at September 07, 2016 11:48 PM (6FqZa)
Posted by: Mordineus at September 07, 2016 11:45 PM (nzcnF)
Honestly, it's a tough call. But i would expect that it would be easier to clean crap out of a simple square Robertson socket, than a fluted Torx socket, if you were taking apart an old machine.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 07, 2016 11:48 PM (oqkO3)
Posted by: goodluckduck at September 07, 2016 11:48 PM (vGoS0)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at September 07, 2016 11:49 PM (OLNwX)
"You're but a Hillaryite".
They should turn into a pillar of salt, upon hearing those words.
Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX
Posted by: Jim at September 07, 2016 11:50 PM (v5iqM)
Extra points if there's a Twilight Zone time warp involved, and it's a 1930 Packard AeroDiesel that hasn't landed since the early days of WWII.
Posted by: Stringer Davis at September 07, 2016 11:46 PM (tIja6)
LOL!
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 07, 2016 11:50 PM (oqkO3)
Posted by: Mordineus at September 07, 2016 11:50 PM (nzcnF)
All they had to do was tack on "Carver". Idjits.
Posted by: Blanco Basura at September 07, 2016 11:51 PM (T/cxb)
Or you could go with the electric-heated shower
head, commonly found in Central America. And I have used them, and lived
to tell about it.
http://www.green-energy-efficient-homes.com/electric-shower-head.html
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 07, 2016 11:46 PM (oqkO3)
I was told that the instructions were, "if the water starts running cold, that means it is shorting a little, so tap it mildly with the balls of your fingers. Don't shake it or use the palm of your hand because it might be shorting to the casing and you might not let go."
Posted by: Kindlot at September 07, 2016 11:52 PM (e9hKK)
The Old Testament was lots of Canaanite until they got it together under the Kingdoms and made a coherent national religion.
Posted by: tubal at September 07, 2016 11:52 PM (mHL0c)
That would be like the US winning one single medal every twelve years or so.
Posted by: t-bird at September 07, 2016 11:52 PM (yddCj)
Photo of Hillary's earpiece, perhaps. via Freeper
http://preview.tinyurl.com/zhrggol
Posted by: gNewt....panhandlers never seem to not have their hands out ~ at September 07, 2016 11:53 PM (n3xLS)
Posted by: Ripley at September 07, 2016 11:38 PM (NbRJx)
Or you could go with the electric-heated shower head, commonly found in Central America. And I have used them, and lived to tell about it.
http://www.green-energy-efficient-homes.com/electric-shower-head.html
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 07, 2016 11:46 PM (oqkO3)
Legal in the USA?
Anything that could cause a hangnail in this country has been banned
Posted by: Mis. Hum. at September 07, 2016 11:53 PM (voOPb)
http://preview.tinyurl.com/zhrggol
That's just her babelfish.
Posted by: Blanco Basura at September 07, 2016 11:54 PM (T/cxb)
Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at September 07, 2016 11:55 PM (mvenn)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N-tRXewCAmU
Posted by: Nick B. at September 07, 2016 11:56 PM (b6AP2)
Posted by: Stringer Davis at September 07, 2016 11:46 PM (tIja6)
Will I see you next May at Mecca on the St. Joe?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 07, 2016 11:57 PM (oqkO3)
Never had occasion to do it, but my dad always taught me to use the back of my hand for testing electricity. For some reason, that advice is seared into my brain.
Posted by: t-bird at September 07, 2016 11:57 PM (yddCj)
Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at September 07, 2016 11:55 PM (mvenn)
There was gonna be a movie about their Olympic swami-ing sensation, but the star was mis-caste in the role.
Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX
Posted by: Jim at September 07, 2016 11:58 PM (v5iqM)
Posted by: tubal at September 07, 2016 11:58 PM (mHL0c)
Anything that could cause a hangnail in this country has been banned
Posted by: Mis. Hum. at September 07, 2016 11:53 PM (voOPb)
I doubt it. Either here or in Canada. Some of them I think, worked by passing current through the water itself. No switch, even. Water stops flowing, the current stops, too.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 07, 2016 11:59 PM (oqkO3)
On second thought, that's like the entire world only winning eight medals. Maybe ten.
Posted by: t-bird at September 08, 2016 12:00 AM (yddCj)
I spent the last 2 weeks screwing around building a fake Amish buggy. Generally it was shipping-box level carpentry, but because the recipient is tallish I had to make bows and a curved top. Came out not too bad, but tying down those 2-way load bearers to the deliberately light frame was going to be tricky. And as I went through my box of leftover tricks, there were three (3) leftover square-drive stainless three-and-a-half inchers, the only remnant of a wood siding job I did, gosh was that 20 years ago already? So in they went, and I pity the guy who goes to tear it apart someday, because at corner #4 all I had was a similar woodscrew with a Phillips head, and it went in about two-and-a-quarter and stripped clean.
The difference between me and an Amishman? I hammered that sucker right over and glued down the rubber over it. It's that "one flaw" they leave in every piece, so as not to offend the Creator. That's how I'm telling it, anyway.
Buggy's a big hit out in Mennonite country. It's built on a pony cart frame, so it's about 5/8 scale, but still big enough to hold four girls if they climb in carefully.
Posted by: Stringer Davis at September 08, 2016 12:00 AM (tIja6)
Posted by: tubal at September 08, 2016 12:00 AM (mHL0c)
Posted by: Kindlot at September 08, 2016 12:01 AM (e9hKK)
contrasted with the star-shape of a Phillips or the 'gash' of a
slot-head.
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so Hope Solo uses both a Phillips and a slot head?
Posted by: redc1c4 at September 08, 2016 12:02 AM (ztENr)
I started to read the link after I posted. Too late in the day for the entire thing. My hot water runs about $15 per month. I have natural gas. I don't think I could beat that price with electric. Plus I don't have the breaker space available unless I pushed my home to 200 amp service. No thanks
Posted by: Mis. Hum. at September 08, 2016 12:03 AM (voOPb)
Posted by: redc1c4 at September 08, 2016 12:02 AM (ztENr)
And a nut driver, don't forget that.
Posted by: tubal at September 08, 2016 12:03 AM (mHL0c)
Yeah, but neither is tight.
Posted by: andycanuck at September 08, 2016 12:03 AM (LdMbv)
There can be little doubt that the people we're up against are grasping totalitarians, and throughout the entire span of human history, whenever these people take enough power, the first thing they do is try to solidify their position and make it permanent.
Posted by: Cato the Rebel Without a Party at September 08, 2016 12:04 AM (HalrA)
Posted by: Kindlot at September 08, 2016 12:01 AM (e9hKK)
There isn't any. With alternating current, any hydrogen ions liberated on one half of the cycle reunite with hydroxyl ions created on the other half-cycle, and heat results.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 08, 2016 12:04 AM (oqkO3)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon"
Same here, lived in South America for 3 years. I decided cold showers weren't so bad after a few weeks instead of risking death to get clean. Best part about them were the giant "Frankenstein switch" used to turn them on and off, located conveniently inside the shower.
Posted by: Ripley at September 08, 2016 12:05 AM (NbRJx)
Posted by: Stringer Davis
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Not so far-fetched. I recall that one of the early flight-duration record setting aircraft had a platform that ran out by the engine. Periodically the flight mechanic would walk out on the platform to do sundry maintenance on the engine.
Also, when Clessie Cummins set out to break endurance records with his diesel engine they did several repairs (including changing a tire and a steering arm) while they were rolling along.
There's a cool short video: http://preview.tinyurl.com/gmym9gl
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at September 08, 2016 12:05 AM (OLNwX)
Posted by: andycanuck at September 08, 2016 12:06 AM (LdMbv)
The long game is ChemJeff thinks we can get back the 2d, 1st, 4th, and 5th amendments after Grammy's court is done with them.
I will make it my mission to destroy the GOP if it loses this cycle.
Posted by: sven10077 at September 08, 2016 12:06 AM (SzZnW)
Well, yeah. There are adapters where you could plug a hex base driver bit with a Robertson tip onto one.
And perhaps one ought be measured in applying the torque.
There are starting to be cheapo Asian imports of screws with Robertson recesses but dubious metallurgy. All that capacity for the bit and screw recess to transmit lots of torque can just end up with twisting the head completely off of the body of the screw. Rats!
Also around here in Commiefornia there are code specs now for correctly torquing down the bolts which anchor a house onto its foundation. That sound you just heard was ten thousand dopey general contractors saying, "Wait, I have to have a what wrench?"
Posted by: torquewrench at September 08, 2016 12:07 AM (noWW6)
Posted by: Mis. Hum. at September 08, 2016 12:03 AM (voOPb)
They just plug into a 15-amp wall outlet. First time i saw one, I said, "holy fuck, they're trying to electrocute me" because it violates all our rules about keeping electricity away from wet naked bodies, especially mine. But electricity takes the shortest route to ground, and the dude in the shower isn't it.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 08, 2016 12:07 AM (oqkO3)
Could be; I've been several times. First I have to get through this Saturday's International Drive-Your-You-Know-What Day...
"Southold" kind of bothers me anymore. When I first took baby home to visit, most of the plant was still standing, and Newman and Altman would sell you any part you needed. It's longer from now to then, than it was from when I got the car to when it was built!
Posted by: Stringer Davis at September 08, 2016 12:08 AM (tIja6)
I am Uber driving these days. A lot of the time the best thing is to just drive all night, have a morning cap, and sleep in the day. This was my plan.
So, one of my low beams went out last week. No biggie. Then two days ago a high beam went out on the other side. I sprang into action and read on the internet how to replace them.
I just didn't get around to it today.
So, tonight's first fare takes me to East Cabumfuck, which is fine because it's a long drive but I don't expect any business on the way back. The guy says that maybe I'll pick up a fare to go back and I joke that if I do it will probably be to Further East Cabumfuck.
About halfway back to civilization sure enough someone wants to go to Further East Cabumfuck. Again, fine, at least it's a long drive.
The road out there is completely dark, there is no civilization for miles. It's pretty farm and woods during the day.
So as a car approaches I turn from my left high beam to my right low beam and there's total darkness. It's gone too.
This puts me in the woods, ten miles from my destination, ten miles in the wrong direction from home, with one working headlight and three that have burned out in the last week.
Gah. I white knuckled it to the guy's house, dropped him off, and set a course for home. The whole way I was paying attention to whether there's a soft shoulder to ditch at, where can I wait for daylight, etc.
So not the most comfortable hour of my life.
Posted by: Bandersnatch at September 08, 2016 12:08 AM (mgbwf)
Posted by: Mis. Hum.
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Also, as bad as it is to be without power, a hot shower is consoling.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at September 08, 2016 12:08 AM (OLNwX)
Also around here in Commiefornia there are code specs now for correctly torquing down the bolts which anchor a house onto its foundation. That sound you just heard was ten thousand dopey general contractors saying, "Wait, I have to have a what wrench?"
Posted by: torquewrench at September 08, 2016 12:07 AM (noWW6)
I have run into those screws. And they are shit. Sockets not to spec.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 08, 2016 12:08 AM (oqkO3)
Posted by: OCBill at September 08, 2016 12:09 AM (oDxFZ)
From what I've read, he interrupted and tried to bait Trump and, while he threw Cankles a few hardballs, didn't interrupt her at all while she sat there and lied away.
The Left is mad because Lauer didn't call Trump an "idiot" and ask him "are you 13 years old?" The hit job on Milo is their idea of a great interview of a conservative.
Posted by: Donna&&&&&V. whitely brandishing ampersands&&&&&so there at September 08, 2016 12:10 AM (P8951)
Posted by: Bandersnatch
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You've never owned a British car, have you?
Posted by: The Prince of Darkness at September 08, 2016 12:10 AM (OLNwX)
"Trump Bombs And Delivers Historically Terrible Performance At Commander In Chief Forum"
By Jason Easley on Wed, Sep 7th, 2016 at 8:57 pm
"Donald Trump gave what was nothing less than the worst performance of a nominee in modern political history. Trump confirmed that he knows nothing, and is proud of his ignorance."
Posted by: the littl shyning man at September 08, 2016 12:10 AM (U6f54)
Posted by: redc1c4 at September 08, 2016 12:10 AM (ztENr)
Yeah, but neither is tight.
Posted by: andycanuck at September 08, 2016 12:03 AM (LdMbv)
If you have:
Duct tape
Liquid nails
WD 40
You can fix anything including Hope I suggest no WD 40
Posted by: Mis. Hum. at September 08, 2016 12:11 AM (voOPb)
Posted by: Bandersnatch at September 08, 2016 12:11 AM (mgbwf)
Posted by: Tilikum Killer Assault Whale-Skeet Surfer at September 07, 2016 09:48 PM (hVdx9)
Never gonna say good-bye.
Posted by: Fox2! at September 08, 2016 12:12 AM (brIR5)
Posted by: OCBill at September 08, 2016 12:09 AM (oDxFZ)
Since all the pajama boys at Brown probably let themselves get pegged by their feminist girlfriends, they need something to stop the bleeding, in case their Lena Dunham look-alikes get a little rough.
Posted by: Donna&&&&&V. whitely brandishing ampersands&&&&&so there at September 08, 2016 12:12 AM (P8951)
had a platform that ran out by the engine. Periodically the flight
mechanic would walk out on the platform to do sundry maintenance on the
engine."
First pre-Lindbergh aerial crossing of the Atlantic. Not all the way to continental Europe: Newfoundland to Ireland.
By Alcock and Brown. Doing very scary risky flying. Including having to clamber out there to tinker on recalcitrant motors. In heavy sleet and what have you.
Posted by: torquewrench at September 08, 2016 12:12 AM (noWW6)
Posted by: andycanuck at September 08, 2016 12:13 AM (LdMbv)
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I remember that. My comment on it was: "Yeah. Great. Because no artist ever produced anything grand while suffering, huh?"
Posted by: RKae at September 08, 2016 12:14 AM (i+OYT)
Posted by: zombie lane pryce at September 08, 2016 12:15 AM (LdMbv)
In his defense his cooking methods will be useful when Grammy has all non-millionaires eating soy beef.
Posted by: sven10077 at September 08, 2016 12:15 AM (SzZnW)
I have run into those screws. And they are shit. Sockets not to spec.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
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And about 5% of the whole box either doesn't have threads, or a point, or are deformed chunks of pot metal.
Posted by: Dustin Hoffman at September 08, 2016 12:15 AM (QnDgl)
Posted by: Anna Puma at September 08, 2016 12:15 AM (EEnVQ)
Posted by: Bandersnatch at September 08, 2016 12:15 AM (mgbwf)
Posted by: andycanuck at September 08, 2016 12:13 AM (LdMbv)
Cause he didn't spit in Trump's face?
Posted by: Donna&&&&&V. whitely brandishing ampersands&&&&&so there at September 08, 2016 12:15 AM (P8951)
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sounds like driving on blackout drive in the Army...
just sit there in the dark until your eyes get accustomed, then drive home on your parking lights.
easy peasy!
Posted by: redc1c4 at September 08, 2016 12:15 AM (ztENr)
Posted by: IC at September 07, 2016 10:51 PM (KTFfX)
Spider eggs.
Posted by: Burnt Toast at September 08, 2016 12:16 AM (P/kVC)
Posted by: Anna Puma at September 08, 2016 12:16 AM (EEnVQ)
God said "let there be light" and so there was, then he said "shit I can't sleep in the light let's make it dark" and Lucas was born.
Posted by: sven10077 at September 08, 2016 12:17 AM (SzZnW)
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I was working in a music store when suddenly every (and I mean EVERY!) teenage girl in the town came in looking for that song. (I guess it had been in a movie; "Gilbert Grape" or some such.)
I thought, "Wow! This must be some song to grip so many people!"
Then I heard it.
What a piece of shit.
So, so, so very annoying.
Posted by: RKae at September 08, 2016 12:17 AM (i+OYT)
"I recall that one of the early flight-duration record setting aircraft
had a platform that ran out by the engine. Periodically the flight
mechanic would walk out on the platform to do sundry maintenance on the
engine."
I remember that gremlin fixing the engine in that Twilight Zone episode with Shatner.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at September 08, 2016 12:17 AM (IqV8l)
I have an unfortunate history of being a cop magnet.
I do have a mag light in the truck, so I figured I could at least get to a safe place.
Posted by: Bandersnatch at September 08, 2016 12:18 AM (mgbwf)
I've heard-tell that the China Clippers and other Imperial era flying boats had catwalks to the engine bay, inside the wing. On the Dornier DoX, I guess you just hung out in the breeze and did it. 144 cylinders to ride herd on.
Posted by: Stringer Davis at September 08, 2016 12:18 AM (tIja6)
#FTFY!
Posted by: redc1c4 at September 08, 2016 12:18 AM (ztENr)
Since he hasn't been here -ONT. Let's just leave him alone until he does show up,again
Posted by: Mis. Hum. at September 08, 2016 12:19 AM (voOPb)
Posted by: BurtTC at September 07, 2016 09:42 PM (Pz4pT)
I hate John Cougar.
I hate John Cougar Mellencamp.
I hate John Mellencamp.
And I hate who ever he is next year too.
Posted by: Sixkiller...TEXIT at September 07, 2016 09:45 PM (y0er3)
Me too. And Krugman has always been a tool. Total joke that he won a Nobel Prize.
Posted by: Bernette at September 08, 2016 12:19 AM (JnWXC)
I feel like Rainman with this Outbreak of forgetting to remove socks.
I should just be shipped off to a leper colony...
Posted by: Chi at September 08, 2016 12:19 AM (QnDgl)
Posted by: Bandersnatch at September 08, 2016 12:20 AM (mgbwf)
Posted by: Kindlot at September 08, 2016 12:20 AM (e9hKK)
Have a good night and don't pick up two teens that have a bunch of phenobarbital pills on them either on your next Uber run.
Posted by: andycanuck at September 08, 2016 12:20 AM (LdMbv)
Posted by: The Prince of Darkness "
First car I owned was a 1972 MGB. Fun car when it was running, which was rarely. Weekly tune-up, carburetor rebuild and electrical system rewiring was required to keep it on the road.
Posted by: Ripley at September 08, 2016 12:20 AM (NbRJx)
B-36 Peacemaker. Magnesium overcast. Accept no substitutes!
Posted by: torquewrench at September 08, 2016 12:21 AM (noWW6)
Posted by: andycanuck at September 08, 2016 12:21 AM (LdMbv)
Posted by: Timwi at September 08, 2016 12:21 AM (SxaAL)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at September 07, 2016 11:11 PM (OLNwX)
Did it also when Billy Jeff was POTUS. That is why the group moveon.org was founded was that Billy Jeff had been wrong, but we needed to move on for the sake of the nation.
Posted by: Ashley Judd's Puffy Scamper, aka MrCaniac at September 08, 2016 12:21 AM (1JnAL)
Posted by: Bandersnatch at September 08, 2016 12:22 AM (mgbwf)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at September 08, 2016 12:22 AM (IqV8l)
Posted by: BurtTC
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I just can't stand bland rock 'n' roll. Cougar, Springsteen, et al.
Pump your arm up and down on a guitar and sing all manly? No. I need more to my music than "I'm cool." I need some oddness and complexity.
Everything our grandparents said about rock 'n' roll was spot on. It was indeed crap. It didn't get worthwhile until King Crimson, The Nice and Yes started to happen.
Posted by: RKae at September 08, 2016 12:22 AM (i+OYT)
But, if someone were to develop a really good TDI type engine suitable for light aircraft in the range of the Beechcraft Bonanza, I'd suspect they'd have a winner.
Hell, Kawasaki made a dot-mil type diesel, dual purpose bike, roughly equivalent to a 350 cc four stroke in terms of power range.
Now, if Mooney were to make the aforementioned aircraft, they should make the engine water-cooled, and run a P-51 Mustang type radiator under the belly.
Given that the 201/231 series have a laminar-flow wing based on the Mustang's design and plan-view, this would make for a pretty damn aggressive looking light single.
Not that the looks matter a damn to the performance of the plane.
But, it wouldn't hurt sales, I'm sure.
Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX
Posted by: Jim at September 08, 2016 12:23 AM (v5iqM)
Posted by: Mis. Hum. at September 08, 2016 12:24 AM (voOPb)
Posted by: Bandersnatch
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Sure. Maybe that was it. (Shrugs. Eats another fistful of peanuts.)
Posted by: RKae at September 08, 2016 12:24 AM (i+OYT)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at September 07, 2016 10:34 PM (EZebt)
Were they from Brooklyn or The Lower East Side?
Posted by: Fox2! at September 08, 2016 12:24 AM (brIR5)
Hillary! anyone?
Posted by: Anna Puma at September 08, 2016 12:24 AM (EEnVQ)
(and I mean EVERY!) teenage girl in the town came in looking for that
song. (I guess it had been in a movie; "Gilbert Grape" or some such.)
I thought, "Wow! This must be some song to grip so many people!"
Then I heard it.
What a piece of shit.
So, so, so very annoying.
Posted by: RKae at September 08, 2016 12:17 AM (i+OYT)
Proclaiming that you'd crawl over 500 miles of broken beer bottles and crushed gravel to just get a whiff of Misty has got to be, errr, romantic, to a tweener girl getting misty.
Posted by: Burnt Toast at September 08, 2016 12:24 AM (P/kVC)
Posted by: Ripley at September 08, 2016 12:20 AM (NbRJx)
I have owned my fair share of British cars. '54 Morris Minor, '60 Morris Minor, '64 Vauxhall Victor, '66 Austin 1100, and the current placeholder, '76 Triumph TR6. And probably some best forgotten.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 08, 2016 12:25 AM (oqkO3)
There was a Top Gear episode where the hosts bought used cars from the prog rock era and set about various challenges.
Jeremy Clarkson said, "and now James May's lap will resemble prog rock. It will last 42 minutes and be utterly pointless".
*ducks*
Posted by: Bandersnatch at September 08, 2016 12:26 AM (mgbwf)
Posted by: lousagirl at September 08, 2016 12:26 AM (9plvG)
Posted by: RKae at September 08, 2016 12:22 AM (i+OYT)
I give you... Mastodon:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sulY3bixDxI
Posted by: \m/ The Metal Hat \m/ at September 08, 2016 12:26 AM (vBeA5)
Posted by: Kindlot
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Not strictly true. In point of fact, the reason that I knew I would never fly on the Concorde was because the avionics were designed by Lucas.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at September 08, 2016 12:26 AM (OLNwX)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 08, 2016 12:26 AM (oqkO3)
Only thing interesting here is that lousagirl posted.
Posted by: Blanco Basura at September 08, 2016 12:27 AM (T/cxb)
If you've seen it once, you never forget it.
Posted by: Stringer Davis at September 08, 2016 12:27 AM (tIja6)
Posted by: Burnt Toast at September 08, 2016 12:27 AM (P/kVC)
Hillary! anyone?
Posted by: Anna Puma
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Episode of "Night Gallery" called "The Caterpillar" (I think) where a worm not only bores through a guys' head but lays eggs in there along the way.
Posted by: RKae at September 08, 2016 12:28 AM (i+OYT)
He also said the engines were prone to dying and they couldn't figure out why, besides that diesel does not work in planes over the North Sea.
On the other hand, the resistance in Denmark would mill extra grooves into the aviation fuel pump rotors so they would show greater amounts pumped than actually made it to the tanks, so that might have had something to do with it too.
Posted by: Kindlot at September 08, 2016 12:29 AM (e9hKK)
Posted by: channeling alexthechick at September 08, 2016 12:29 AM (mgbwf)
Posted by: Burnt Toast
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But that jolting "melody!" And the jerky way of singing!
I wanted to kill them!
Posted by: RKae at September 08, 2016 12:30 AM (i+OYT)
Posted by: lousagirl at September 08, 2016 12:30 AM (9plvG)
Posted by: Ashley Judd's Puffy Scamper
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They're also saying "Now let's move forward."
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at September 08, 2016 12:30 AM (w35Hj)
You lived with Sefton & NGU
Posted by: Mis. Hum. at September 08, 2016 12:31 AM (voOPb)
*ducks*
Posted by: Bandersnatch
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And then I give you Neal Morse's "?" It's an hour long and it's about the construction of the Temple and how it relates to the life of Christ.
Not exactly pointless.
Posted by: RKae at September 08, 2016 12:32 AM (i+OYT)
I wanted to kill them!
Posted by: RKae at September 08, 2016 12:30 AM (i+OYT)
The song is in march time, actually. I don't mind it all that much. Band is The Proclaimers. Compared to all the hiphop and rap out there, it's a shining example of musicianship.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 08, 2016 12:32 AM (oqkO3)
A mother and daughter from Oklahoma are accused of having an incestuous marriage. ...
Well, at least they won't have to change their monograms.
Posted by: Fox2! at September 08, 2016 12:32 AM (brIR5)
Wasn't there a horror story where this guy gets infested in his ear with this worm that proceeds to bore through his skull or something? After surviving the excruciating pain of that, the doctor then informs him the worm had laid eggs.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0660818/
Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at September 08, 2016 12:32 AM (IqV8l)
Aliens. Obviously
Posted by: channeling alexthechick
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Fetzer valve, duh.
Posted by: Chi at September 08, 2016 12:33 AM (QnDgl)
I wanted to kill them!
Posted by: RKae at September 08, 2016 12:30 AM (i+OYT)
But that jolting melody beautifully creates the feel of crawling ovver broken glass...
Posted by: Burnt Toast at September 08, 2016 12:33 AM (P/kVC)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sulY3bixDxI
Posted by: \m/ The Metal Hat \m/
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Well, this hurts!
If I want to get yelled at, I'll just go tell my mom that her meatloaf is dreadful.
Posted by: RKae at September 08, 2016 12:34 AM (i+OYT)
I wanted to kill them!
Posted by: RKae at September 08, 2016 12:30 AM (i+OYT)
But that jolting melody beautifully creates the feel of crawling ovver broken glass...
Posted by: Burnt Toast at September 08, 2016 12:33 AM (P/kVC)
Crawwwwlin' iiiiiin my skiiiiin...
Posted by: Linkin Park at September 08, 2016 12:34 AM (vBeA5)
A mother and daughter from Oklahoma are accused of having an incestuous marriage. ...
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And let me guess: I have to bake them a cake OR ELSE!
Posted by: RKae at September 08, 2016 12:35 AM (i+OYT)
Posted by: Sheriff Bart at September 08, 2016 12:36 AM (4HySM)
Posted by: Uncle Si at September 08, 2016 12:36 AM (H9MG5)
Posted by: Kindlot at September 08, 2016 12:20 AM (e9hKK)
I used to own a Land Rover ('94 Defender 90). Never leaked oil, and the electrics always worked. Oh, it had every other problem British cars are known for, but those weren't among them.
Posted by: Bacon Jeff at September 08, 2016 12:36 AM (VSenK)
No new complaints. Hope your hubby's rubbing your bum all better.
Posted by: Blanco Basura at September 08, 2016 12:37 AM (T/cxb)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sulY3bixDxI
Posted by: \m/ The Metal Hat \m/
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Well, this hurts!
If I want to get yelled at, I'll just go tell my mom that her meatloaf is dreadful.
Posted by: RKae at September 08, 2016 12:34 AM (i+OYT)
How about "Curl of the Burl"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lAihDAJX8Ow
"High Road"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Aw1WnNVcYw
or "Black Tongue"?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hwgqenxNUfs
Posted by: Hat-adon at September 08, 2016 12:37 AM (vBeA5)
Posted by: lousagirl at September 08, 2016 12:37 AM (9plvG)
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And let me guess: I have to bake them a cake OR ELSE!
Posted by: RKae at September 08, 2016 12:35 AM (i+OYT)
Honest question: Can you give any reason they shouldn't be allowed to get married, that hasn't already been used to justify same-sex "marriage"?
Posted by: The Positing Hat at September 08, 2016 12:38 AM (vBeA5)
Posted by: lousagirl
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What if I want a gay Trump cake?
Posted by: RKae at September 08, 2016 12:38 AM (i+OYT)
The Fw-200C Condor was equipped with four BMW 132 engines which was a development of the Pratt+Whitney R-1690 Hornet.
Posted by: Anna Puma at September 08, 2016 12:38 AM (EEnVQ)
I feel like Rainman with this Outbreak of forgetting to remove socks.
I should just be shipped off to a leper colony...
Posted by: Chi at September 08, 2016 12:19 AM (QnDgl)<<<
Hard not to get Hooked on me.
Posted by: Dustin Hoffman at September 08, 2016 12:39 AM (H9MG5)
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And let me guess: I have to bake them a cake OR ELSE!
Posted by: RKae at September 08, 2016 12:35 AM (i+OYT)
Is it really incestuous, given that they cannot actually, you know, procreate?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 08, 2016 12:39 AM (oqkO3)
In that case, you won't like Clutch.
https://youtu.be/X8cmbmwFAl8
X-Ray Vision
Because I'm going sane, in a tin-foil-hat world!
Posted by: BourbonChicken at September 08, 2016 12:39 AM (VdICR)
Posted by: lousagirl at September 08, 2016 12:39 AM (9plvG)
Posted by: The Positing Hat
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Not without sounding like I'm having tea with a dormouse and a mad hatter.
Pandora's jar is open and there's nothing barring anything now.
(And, yes, it's Pandora's Jar; not a box. I'm picky that way.)
Posted by: RKae at September 08, 2016 12:40 AM (i+OYT)
Yeah, pretty much what I heard.
Google-Amazon was trying their new pizza drone. Doing a close fly by for PR and a synergestic feedback between the AI scanner in the pizza drone was caused by a harmonic link with the fetzer valve causing a dump of the fuel. Atmospheric static was pretty high with the man caused hurricane hitting the other side of the Florida peninsula. One spark.
Boom.
If you slow down the youtube vids, it is pretty obvious.
Posted by: Burnt Toast at September 08, 2016 12:41 AM (P/kVC)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
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I'm no scientist, but I think that, even if they adopt, the child will grow up retarded.
Posted by: RKae at September 08, 2016 12:42 AM (i+OYT)
Posted by: thathalfrican - be water my friend at September 08, 2016 12:42 AM (R5HRU)
But, if someone were to develop a really good TDI type engine suitable for light aircraft in the range of the Beechcraft Bonanza, I'd suspect they'd have a winner.
Hell, Kawasaki made a dot-mil type diesel, dual purpose bike, roughly equivalent to a 350 cc four stroke in terms of power range.
Now, if Mooney were to make the aforementioned aircraft, they should make the engine water-cooled, and run a P-51 Mustang type radiator under the belly.
Given that the 201/231 series have a laminar-flow wing based on the Mustang's design and plan-view, this would make for a pretty damn aggressive looking light single.
Not that the looks matter a damn to the performance of the plane.
But, it wouldn't hurt sales, I'm sure.
Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX
Posted by: Jim at September 08, 2016 12:23 AM (v5iqM)
Cold weather is a problem. Diesel gets really thick when it goes below 40 degrees, and turns into a gel at lower temps. Flying in the north Atlantic would get real cold at altitude even though diesel engines perform better at higher altitudes.
Posted by: Ashley Judd's Puffy Scamper, aka MrCaniac at September 08, 2016 12:43 AM (1JnAL)
Cheers!
Posted by: thathalfrican
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Happy Birthday to you... AND ME!
Posted by: RKae at September 08, 2016 12:43 AM (i+OYT)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 08, 2016 12:39 AM (oqkO3)
Not even sex.
But still worth a cigar.
Posted by: WJ Clinton at September 08, 2016 12:43 AM (P/kVC)
Posted by: NCKate at September 08, 2016 12:45 AM (/6xSK)
Posted by: Sheriff Bart at September 08, 2016 12:36 AM (4HySM)
Kansas and Utah. But mostly Iceland.
Posted by: Pepe, founder of the fn-right at September 08, 2016 12:45 AM (P5U01)
Posted by: RKae at September 08, 2016 12:42 AM (i+OYT)
That's a common affliction with children of opposite-sex Liberal parents, too.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 08, 2016 12:45 AM (oqkO3)
That may not be meaningful in the long term, but I would hardly call that 'WASTING THEIR LIVES."
Sounds like good, common sense. It's not sustainable for long term happiness but it's a sensible and logical coping mechanism.
Posted by: Max Power at September 08, 2016 12:46 AM (QCc6B)
Posted by: thathalfrican - be water my friend at September 08, 2016 12:46 AM (R5HRU)
"that's different"
//The left
Posted by: sven10077 at September 08, 2016 12:46 AM (SzZnW)
Posted by: Anna Puma at September 08, 2016 12:47 AM (EEnVQ)
https://youtu.be/X8cmbmwFAl8
X-Ray Vision
Because I'm going sane, in a tin-foil-hat world!
Posted by: BourbonChicken at September 08, 2016 12:39 AM (VdICR)
"Electric Worry" by them is awesome and does blues better than 99% of bluesmen.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s4ABpbxIPFI
Saw them in concert. Very awesome.
Posted by: The Clutch Hat at September 08, 2016 12:47 AM (vBeA5)
Posted by: Ashley Judd's Puffy Scamper, aka MrCaniac at September 08, 2016 12:43 AM (1JnAL)
Around here, they sell "winter blend" Diesel to obviate that particular problem. On airplanes, you could arrange to have a portion of the exhaust gases ducted through a coil of light tubing in the fuel tank to keep the fuel warm.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 08, 2016 12:47 AM (oqkO3)
Posted by: RKae at September 08, 2016 12:48 AM (i+OYT)
So, qualified for the presidency.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at September 08, 2016 12:49 AM (4HySM)
It's my life. My life is retarded. Let's not lie to ourselves.
Posted by: Max Power at September 08, 2016 12:49 AM (QCc6B)
Cheers!
Posted by: thathalfrican - be water my friend at September 08, 2016 12:42 AM (R5HRU)
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*clink*
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at September 08, 2016 12:50 AM (4HySM)
You know what's more retarded that wage slavery?
The government doing everything in their power to prevent it.
Ah well, I am near past caring.
Posted by: sven10077 at September 08, 2016 12:50 AM (SzZnW)
Posted by: Ashley Judd's Puffy Scamper, aka MrCaniac at September 08, 2016 12:43 AM (1JnAL)
Entirely correct, but it'd be simple work to heat the fuel tanks and lines, either by electrical resistance, or by diversion of hot exhaust gasses into heating jackets around the affected areas.
I think that the '40s version of Diesel technology just wasn't up to the task. Mechanical injectors, brain-less pumps, little to no ability to adapt to ambient conditions, etc.
Plus, the weight penalty of building an engine to Diesel specs for the required pressure ratios.
They could do it today, easily, I think.
Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX
Posted by: Jim at September 08, 2016 12:51 AM (v5iqM)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at September 08, 2016 12:52 AM (4HySM)
Posted by: Chi at September 08, 2016 12:53 AM (enDq3)
Posted by: Bandersnatch at September 08, 2016 12:54 AM (mgbwf)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s4ABpbxIPFI
Saw them in concert. Very awesome.
Posted by: The Clutch Hat at September 08, 2016 12:47 AM (vBeA5)
Uh, no. Blues musicians mostly have great diction. You can hear every word. This vocalist "swallows the mike".
By way of contrast, some Elmore James:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R3KYVIHQMTw
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 08, 2016 12:54 AM (oqkO3)
Cheers, Hordeling!
From one about 2/3 pickled in the bourbon marinade, I raise (what's left in my glass) as a toast.
Happy Birfday!
Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX
Posted by: Jim at September 08, 2016 12:54 AM (v5iqM)
Posted by: RKae at September 08, 2016 12:38 AM (i+OYT)
You must know about Milo
The ability to play blues correlates with playing good metal. It's a high art that isn't driven by the desire to get laid ... and that's a good thing, 'cause girls want the singer more.
Posted by: BourbonChicken at September 08, 2016 12:55 AM (VdICR)
Posted by: sven10077 at September 08, 2016 12:06 AM (SzZnW)
There won't be any point in destroying them if they lose, since opposition and "opposition" parties will no longer matter or have any voice.
Rather, we need to focus on destroying them if we win. As anti-logical as it sounds, if we win, we'll have 2 years to get Congressional candidates on the ballot.
We simply can't go on in this party dominated by the PACmen, DC punditry class, consultant-industrial complex, and the rest of the party machinery. There's no future for us here, and our attempts to free our party from these scoundrels has been nothing but a slog of backstabbery and failure.
So let's destroy the Republican Party if we win, and build a new, better opposition that will actually oppose, instead of learning how to monetize failure.
Posted by: Cato the Rebel Without a Party at September 08, 2016 12:56 AM (J+mig)
By way of contrast, some Elmore James:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R3KYVIHQMTw
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 08, 2016 12:54 AM (oqkO3)
*shrugs*
Good blues should have a heavy drivenness to them.
Always saw that in John Lee Hooker.
Posted by: The Heavy Hat at September 08, 2016 12:57 AM (vBeA5)
Posted by: thathalfrican - be water my friend at September 08, 2016 12:57 AM (R5HRU)
I think that the '40s version of Diesel technology just wasn't up to the task. Mechanical injectors, brain-less pumps, little to no ability to adapt to ambient conditions, etc.
Plus, the weight penalty of building an engine to Diesel specs for the required pressure ratios.
They could do it today, easily, I think.
Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX
Posted by: Jim at September 08, 2016 12:51 AM (v5iqM)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guiberson_A-1020
IIRC, they had one on display at Dresser Center in Houston when I went there for a course with Sperry-Sun.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 08, 2016 12:57 AM (oqkO3)
Posted by: Hillary at September 07, 2016 11:22 PM (n3xLS)
The Eagle Squadron (RAF, WWII) and Lafayette Escadrille (France, WWI). As with the AVG, they found themselves in the Air Corps or Air Service once the US entered the war. I don't think the Naval Aviators in the AVG were offered the opportunity to return to the Navy/Marines.
Posted by: Fox2! at September 08, 2016 12:58 AM (brIR5)
Posted by: Cato the Rebel Without a Party at September 08, 2016 12:56 AM (J+mig)
Word.
Posted by: Marcus Junius Brutus at September 08, 2016 12:58 AM (vBeA5)
Posted by: lousagirl
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I just lost a too long reply to this...
I don't know if it's interesting, but I found it funny.
Short version: I "rescued" a neighbor's dog today and walked him home. Then, after ringing the doorbell, i almost got either shot or arrested.
Posted by: Chi at September 08, 2016 12:58 AM (enDq3)
Dammit. That needs to be chiseled into granite.
I've never read fewer words of more import than the Gettysburg Address.
But if that's not a winner, it's a contender, for sure.
Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX
Posted by: Jim at September 08, 2016 12:59 AM (v5iqM)
But, it wouldn't hurt sales, I'm sure.
Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX
Posted by: Jim at September 08, 2016 12:23 AM (v5iqM)
Cold weather is a problem. Diesel gets really thick when it goes below 40 degrees, and turns into a gel at lower temps. Flying in the north Atlantic would get real cold at altitude even though diesel engines perform better at higher altitudes.
Posted by: Ashley
Diesels keep failing in the market place. I think Diamond is the current guy trying to market one here's.
Posted by: Jean at September 08, 2016 12:59 AM (ngn8T)
Posted by: cthulhu at September 08, 2016 01:00 AM (LBql+)
Here is "Phantom of the Opera" by Iron Maiden:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h8IuFl3sMhk
Posted by: Hat up the Irons! at September 08, 2016 01:01 AM (vBeA5)
He is the last of the Dolittle Raiders still among us.
Raises glass! Salute!
Posted by: Fox2! at September 08, 2016 01:02 AM (brIR5)
Posted by: lousagirl at September 08, 2016 01:03 AM (9plvG)
Posted by: Bandersnatch at September 08, 2016 01:03 AM (mgbwf)
Posted by: thathalfrican - be water my friend at September 08, 2016 01:04 AM (R5HRU)
Posted by: lousagirl at September 08, 2016 01:04 AM (9plvG)
He is the last of the Dolittle Raiders still among us.
Raises glass! Salute!
Posted by: Fox2! at September 08, 2016 01:02 AM (brIR5)
Is he going to share that last bottle of saki (amongst his men)?
Posted by: Burnt Toast at September 08, 2016 01:05 AM (P/kVC)
Salute!
And with that, I retire for the evening.
But those engine links were engrossing, and I've read them all.
But alas, my giddyup n go has ambled along and went.
Hasta la nite nite, Horde!
Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX
Posted by: Jim at September 08, 2016 01:05 AM (v5iqM)
Posted by: cthulhu at September 08, 2016 01:05 AM (LBql+)
Posted by: lousagirl
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I just lost a too long reply to this...
I don't know if it's interesting, but I found it funny.
Short version: I "rescued" a neighbor's dog today and walked him home. Then, after ringing the doorbell, i almost got either shot or arrested.
Posted by: Chi at September 08, 2016 12:58 AM (enDq3)
Oddly, it makes me feel a little better.....
Posted by: cthulhu at September 08, 2016 01:06 AM (LBql+)
Posted by: lousagirl at September 08, 2016 01:07 AM (9plvG)
Posted by: cthulhu at September 08, 2016 01:05 AM (LBql+)
That plastic half-gallon of Value-Rite vodka is respect enough...
Bottoms up.
Posted by: Burnt Toast at September 08, 2016 01:08 AM (P/kVC)
Posted by: lousagirl at September 08, 2016 01:09 AM (9plvG)
How about those of us born under Truman (parents were hoping for a President Dewey)? Although I do remember Ike's first election in '52.
Posted by: Basement Cat at September 08, 2016 01:09 AM (3C9q2)
Posted by: Mis. Hum. at September 08, 2016 12:31 AM (voOPb)
Aren't JJ and NGU MOT?
Posted by: Fox2! at September 08, 2016 01:10 AM (brIR5)
One of the more famous former AVG pilots who saw combat in Europe as part of the USAAF was Major James Howard and his P-51B 'Ding Hao.' A more infamous former AVG pilot was Gregory 'Pappy' Boyington who actually quit the AVG before it was even rolled into the USAAF so Claire Chennault gave Boyington a Dishonorable discharge from the AVG. Howard and Boyington share something else besides AVG service, both were awarded the Medal of Honor.
Posted by: Anna Puma at September 08, 2016 01:10 AM (EEnVQ)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 08, 2016 12:47 AM (oqkO3)
Back in my radio days, we had a real bad ice storm on the mountain where our tower was. Power went out and the generator didn't come on. We trekked up the mountain and found out that the diesel had turned to gel. The fuel line and tank sat out in the elements, and it just "froze".
Of course, the corporate VP who was a bean counter had shot down the engineer's request to have the fuel company switch out the "summer blend" for "winter blend" in November since it would have cost $200. I then got to explain to the owner how come we lost $15K in revenue for the day because the generator wouldn't start.
We ended up getting some heated blankets and wrapping the tank until we got it fired back up. Later in the spring, the fuel tank area was enclosed.
Posted by: Ashley Judd's Puffy Scamper, aka MrCaniac at September 08, 2016 01:10 AM (1JnAL)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 08, 2016 01:11 AM (oqkO3)
Posted by: Anna Puma at September 08, 2016 01:12 AM (EEnVQ)
I think Boyington's "kills" from his AVG time are the heart of the dispute about whether he had the most kills of any Marine aviator in WWII. Without them he's not first - Ken Walsh or Joe Foss or Marion Carl or somebody like that is first.
Posted by: rhomboid at September 08, 2016 01:13 AM (QDnY+)
Posted by: lousagirl
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Meh, it was kinda my fault. I was so happy Midnight actually came to me (after two years of trying to grab him every other day), I just clipped the leash on him & walked him home.
Pro tip: if you're being a good samaritan, at least put on some flip-flops & a t-shirt.
I waliked him home not thinking - here I am on a practically strangers porch, and I look like crazy hobo wearing only a pair of BDU pants & a smile. The Jeremiah Johnson beard probably didn't help things...
I think i really scared a little 12 yr old girl for a hot minute.
Posted by: Chi at September 08, 2016 01:14 AM (enDq3)
Finishing the Zimm book on Pearl Harbor tonight.
Highly recommend you give it a read. Interesting and geeked-out look at particular aspects of the operation, especially (but not only) from the Japanese side.
Posted by: rhomboid at September 08, 2016 01:16 AM (QDnY+)
Posted by: Jean at September 08, 2016 12:59 AM (ngn8T)
I wish my car was diesel, and wish that it came in a diesel model.
Diesels are great, but people have the 70's and 80's view of diesels. Today's diesels are pretty much bulletproof.
Posted by: Ashley Judd's Puffy Scamper, aka MrCaniac at September 08, 2016 01:17 AM (1JnAL)
We ended up getting some heated blankets and wrapping the tank until we got it fired back up. Later in the spring, the fuel tank area was enclosed.
Posted by: Ashley Judd's Puffy Scamper, aka MrCaniac at September 08, 2016 01:10 AM (1JnAL)
Some people just can't comprehend just how hard extreme cold can be on equipment (and people). At -35°, you can open the valve on a propane tank, and pour out liquid propane on the ground. At -35, I had a quart bottle of ethylene glycol antifreeze, and it had frozen as hard as a rock. Much harder than water ice. I could have used the plastic bottle as a hammer, and driven nails with it.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 08, 2016 01:17 AM (oqkO3)
Benny and Joon. Johnny Depp and Mary Stewart Masterson.
Posted by: Fox2! at September 08, 2016 01:17 AM (brIR5)
The bottle of 1899 cognac, year of Doolittle's birth and second bottle
since the first vanished, was opened at Wright Patterson AFB back in
2013when three of the survivors could attend.
Posted by: at September 08, 2016 01:12 AM (EEnVQ)
Excellent.
Posted by: Burnt Toast at September 08, 2016 01:17 AM (P/kVC)
Posted by: redc1c4 at September 08, 2016 01:18 AM (ztENr)
Posted by: lousagirl at September 08, 2016 01:09 AM (9plvG)
Stick with lousanette.
Posted by: cthulhu at September 08, 2016 01:20 AM (LBql+)
That's what I get for relying on 40+ year old memories of AF hagiography.
"Nothing can stop the Army Air Corps"
Posted by: Fox2! at September 08, 2016 01:22 AM (brIR5)
Posted by: redc1c4
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I've heard that "huey" is the Russian slang for "penis."
It's their version of "dick."
Posted by: RKae at September 08, 2016 01:22 AM (i+OYT)
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Which is why Butane is not very useful as a fuel. I think the boiling point is ~ 0 deg. C., below that, nada.
Anyone who has tried to use a Bic lighter in cold weather knows this.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at September 08, 2016 01:25 AM (9mTYi)
Guess I'm not a war game geek but I also remember when it comes to war-gaming the Battle of Midway more often than not the Fates rule in the Japanese's favor.
For Midway, Spruance said it best - "Brilliance shot with luck." For Pearl Harbor it could be paraphrased to - "Audacity shot with luck."
I think it was a Civil War general who said it best - "He who makes the fewest mistakes wins" And on December 7th from a tactical standpoint Japan made the fewer mistakes and won on the field of battle.
Posted by: Anna Puma at September 08, 2016 01:25 AM (EEnVQ)
That sounds like a bit of a story there.
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at September 08, 2016 01:25 AM (9ym/8)
Which is why Butane is not very useful as a fuel. I think the boiling point is ~ 0 deg. C., below that, nada.
Anyone who has tried to use a Bic lighter in cold weather knows this.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at September 08, 2016 01:25 AM (9mTYi)
Makes a fine refrigerant, though, especially when blended with about 4 parts of propane.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 08, 2016 01:27 AM (oqkO3)
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"Very few Americans have ever been to Midway"
AP reporter covering Obama at Midway last week.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at September 08, 2016 01:27 AM (9mTYi)
AP reporter covering Obama at Midway last week.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at September 08, 2016 01:27 AM (9mTYi)
And Obama didn't add to the tally.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 08, 2016 01:29 AM (oqkO3)
Midway airport? Midway way out in the Pacific? Or the three towns in Florida named Midway?
Posted by: Anna Puma at September 08, 2016 01:29 AM (EEnVQ)
Posted by: The Political Hatc at September 08, 2016 01:30 AM (vBeA5)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 08, 2016 01:27 AM (oqkO3)
But how many bics do I have to buy to charge up a 4 ton ac?
Seriously, though I haven't done much bookwork yet, I was thinking about making an ammonia unit here in sunny Florida, and using the water saturated ground as a heat sink.
Like I said, some bookwork needed...
Posted by: Burnt Toast at September 08, 2016 01:32 AM (P/kVC)
AP reporter covering Obama at Midway last week.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at September 08, 2016 01:27 AM (9mTYi)
And Obama didn't add to the tally.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 08, 2016 01:29 AM (oqkO3)
Did he apologize to the Japanese for sinking their ships?
Posted by: Ashley Judd's Puffy Scamper, aka MrCaniac at September 08, 2016 01:34 AM (1JnAL)
It's their version of "dick."
Posted by: RKae at September 08, 2016 01:22 AM (i+OYT)
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Pronounced "khu i"
(and I have no idea how to post Cyrillic without earning a barrel assignment.)
Posted by: RioBravo at September 08, 2016 01:34 AM (NUqwG)
Posted by: Anna Puma at September 08, 2016 01:29 AM (EEnVQ)
There is a town in British Columbia called Midway; so named because it is half way between Rock Creek and Greenwood on the rail line (since torn up). There is a border crossing into Washington State just south of Midway. An area that is pretty much in the middle of nowhere in either Washington or B.C.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 08, 2016 01:34 AM (oqkO3)
Posted by: Anna Puma at September 08, 2016 01:35 AM (EEnVQ)
Posted by: Skip at September 08, 2016 01:36 AM (0G2eQ)
Posted by: Ashley Judd's Puffy Scamper
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No, but he did for Global Warming.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at September 08, 2016 01:36 AM (jO7js)
As noted above, the tontine was closed out several years ago. There were, IIRC, at the time, three survivors, but only two could travel to the event.
Corrigenda: 2013 was the last gathering of the Raiders, at Eglin, where they drank the Hennessy. There were four alive at the time, only three of whom were able to travel.
The tontine goblets are now at the Air Force Museum at Wright-Pat. All except one are forever inverted.
Posted by: Fox2! at September 08, 2016 01:38 AM (brIR5)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at September 08, 2016 01:38 AM (jO7js)
Seriously, though I haven't done much bookwork yet, I was thinking about making an ammonia unit here in sunny Florida, and using the water saturated ground as a heat sink.
Like I said, some bookwork needed...
Posted by: Burnt Toast at September 08, 2016 01:32 AM (P/kVC)
https://www.amazon.com/RED-TEK-Refrigerant-Recharge-Gauge/dp/B00HEPH26O
Don't know how it would work in a domestic A/C, which used to use R22. But it's the shiznit in automobile A/C, which used R12. I have it in my '88 Suburban, and it blows cold.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 08, 2016 01:38 AM (oqkO3)
It's their version of "dick."
Posted by: RKae at September 08, 2016 01:22 AM (i+OYT)
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Pronounced "khu i"
(and I have no idea how to post Cyrillic without earning a barrel assignment.)
Posted by: RioBravo at September 08, 2016 01:34 AM (NUqwG)
Hey, wait a second......
Posted by: cthulhu at September 08, 2016 01:40 AM (LBql+)
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*moves beyond the blast radius*
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at September 08, 2016 01:40 AM (jO7js)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at September 08, 2016 01:41 AM (jO7js)
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Named after the Battle of Midway. While O'Hare is named after naval aviator Edward "Butch" O'Hare who died in WWII a year after becoming a MOH recipient.
Posted by: RioBravo at September 08, 2016 01:42 AM (NUqwG)
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*moves beyond the blast radius*
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at September 08, 2016 01:40 AM (jO7js)
Didn't Mercedes claim that the new government directed refrigerant was literally explosive?
Posted by: Fox2! at September 08, 2016 01:42 AM (brIR5)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at September 08, 2016 01:43 AM (jO7js)
Diesels are great, but people have the 70's and 80's view of diesels. Today's diesels are pretty much bulletproof.
Posted by: Ashley
I thought wree were talking about diesel airplanes??
Posted by: Jean at September 08, 2016 01:43 AM (ngn8T)
Posted by: Anna Puma at September 08, 2016 01:44 AM (EEnVQ)
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And never fail an emissions test.
Posted by: Your local VW dealer at September 08, 2016 01:45 AM (NUqwG)
Posted by: Donna&&&&&&V. (Brandishing ampersands) at September 07, 2016 11:00 PM (P8951)
We should talk about options -- I suspect that a dog-door that unlocks via Wi-Fi wouldn't be too difficult to implement. Catch me on another ONT earlier in the evening.
Posted by: cthulhu at September 08, 2016 01:47 AM (LBql+)
Posted by: Jean at September 08, 2016 01:47 AM (ngn8T)
Posted by: Adriane the Traditional Critic ... at September 08, 2016 01:47 AM (AoK0a)
pee pads from Walgreen's ...
Works better with smaller dogs.
Posted by: Adriane the Urinary Tract Infection Critic ... at September 08, 2016 01:49 AM (AoK0a)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at September 08, 2016 01:40 AM (jO7js)
Heh. Yeah, it is combustible. But we have thousands of vehicles running around now that use combustible liquefied gases as fuel. Not to mention the thousands of RV's with propane cylinders to fuel their stoves, fridges, and furnaces.
Speaking of furnaces, yesterday I was cleaning up a corner of garage, and one item that came under scrutiny was a Hupp Perfection gasoline heater, 30,000 BTU/hr, made to run on 24 volts DC. I decided to play with it. because I could. Puzzled out its wiring schematic, and decided to see if any of its components still function. Well the motor ran fine on a twelve-volt battery, and likewise the glow plug got hot. In fact, there was a 3 ohm resistor in series with the glow plug to run it on 24 volts. So I clamped the darn thing in the vise on my welding table, hooked a 12 volt battery to the motor and glow plug, and simply poured a little gasoline into the firebox by way of the fuel nipple.
There was a foomp! and then a hollow roar like a distant gas turbine, and a current of warm air came out of the vent. It burned for more than 2 minutes on the teaspoon or so of gas I poured into, and then flamed out. Woo-Hoo!
I have a functioning gasoline furnace, should I choose to use it. Put it away in a dry place, I did.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 08, 2016 01:50 AM (oqkO3)
His purpose was to examine the popular and rarely challenged perception of the attack as well planned and executed - and all the sub-myths that support that larger one. And he does that convincingly.
And the weaknesses illustrated by some of the major flaws at Pearl Harbor were inherent, of course affected later operations, and thus contributed to Japan's defeat at less cost and more quickly than might otherwise have been the case (thankfully).
Posted by: rhomboid at September 08, 2016 01:50 AM (QDnY+)
which used to use R22. But it's the shiznit in automobile A/C, which
used R12. I have it in my '88 Suburban, and it blows cold.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 08, 2016 01:38 AM (oqkO3)
Was thinking of building my own AC unit from ground up. I have 30# of R-22 sitting in the shed. Might have to repurpose that to kill moles...
An ammonia unit would probably have to be more along the lines of a chiller - make water cold on one end for home AC, make water hot on the other end to dump heat into the ground.
Its an open ended equation.
Posted by: Burnt Toast at September 08, 2016 01:51 AM (P/kVC)
Posted by: Jean at September 08, 2016 01:47 AM (ngn8T)
My next big project here at Peon Manor is to set up the ginormous coal-fired heating boiler (with automatic stoker), and get my 32X60 foot shop floor heated by burning dat ol' debbil coal.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 08, 2016 01:53 AM (oqkO3)
https://youtu.be/Q7OpJAzQJyo
This made me hunt down the original video:
https://youtu.be/xQBKUPwG_Gk
Which made me hunt down the name of the rollergirl:
Jayzik Azikiwe
Who, unfortunately, left us in 2008.
Posted by: Blanco Basura at September 08, 2016 01:55 AM (T/cxb)
That sounds like a bit of a story there.
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for another night... i'm beat and tomorrow/today is gonna be tiring and long.
Posted by: redc1c4 at September 08, 2016 01:55 AM (ztENr)
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Be sure to add some explosive airbag propellant to the mix.
Posted by: Your local VW dealer at September 08, 2016 01:55 AM (NUqwG)
At Midway Airport, in Terminal 2, there's a small display honoring the battle (complete with a Wildcat fighter mounted on top). As I recall, only a few small mistakes in the text. Funny thing was I was between flights via Terminal 1, rushed over to 2, asked the "Information" desk guy (older south Asian gentleman) about the exhibit, he .... knew nothing about it.
I walked directly away from the Info kiosk, about 40 yards away the corridor bent to the right ..... and right there was the exhibit. Uh, OK.
Posted by: rhomboid at September 08, 2016 01:56 AM (QDnY+)
Posted by: RioBravo at September 08, 2016 01:56 AM (NUqwG)
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*moves beyond the blast radius*
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at September 08, 2016 01:40 AM (jO7js)
The fucking Feds screw-up everything. The original refrigerant was ammonia, and that nasty stuff will eat your face if it leaks. The industry found Freon, and all it will do is suffocate you and erode the ozone layer of the atmosphere. This erosion is so subtle that it took people using freon as a propellant for paint cans and hairspray and just venting gallons of the stuff at a whim to make the smallest measurable difference.....but the EPA labeled it a crisis and has been fanatic about chasing coolant to coolant as the patents run out ever since. In the meantime, the reason for the EPA to become involved -- the ozone hole -- has entirely healed.
In short, the Feds created an unaccountable Federal bureaucracy to counteract a simple problem, and the bureaucracy has grown into an outright Fascist institution unconnected with the solved problem it was initially proposed to address.
Posted by: cthulhu at September 08, 2016 01:57 AM (LBql+)
An ammonia unit would probably have to be more along the lines of a chiller - make water cold on one end for home AC, make water hot on the other end to dump heat into the ground.
Its an open ended equation.
Posted by: Burnt Toast at September 08, 2016 01:51 AM (P/kVC)
I am flush with air conditioners right now. Last year, I scrapped out a '74 Vogue motorhome with a Coleman roof air on it. Got the sucker off the roof (damn, it's heavy), and powered it up. Blows cold like a champ. And a few weeks ago, I got an old Electrohome (made in Canada!) window A/C from the local hotel, which is renovating. Paid ten dollars for it. Plugged it in, and it blows cold. Cleaned it up, straightened all the bent fins on the condenser, and made a metal mesh guard for it, to preclude them getting bent again. Both units are slated to go to my winter house in Arizona.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 08, 2016 01:59 AM (oqkO3)
refrigerant was ammonia, and that nasty stuff will eat your face if it
leaks. The industry found Freon, and all it will do is suffocate you and
erode the ozone layer of the atmosphere. This erosion is so subtle that
it took people using freon as a propellant for paint cans and hairspray
and just venting gallons of the stuff at a whim to make the smallest
measurable difference.....but the EPA labeled it a crisis and has been
fanatic about chasing coolant to coolant as the patents run out ever
since. In the meantime, the reason for the EPA to become involved -- the
ozone hole -- has entirely healed.
In short, the Feds created an unaccountable Federal bureaucracy to
counteract a simple problem, and the bureaucracy has grown into an
outright Fascist institution unconnected with the solved problem it was
initially proposed to address.
Posted by: cthulhu at September 08, 2016 01:57 AM (LBql+)
Dry cleaners... and an expired patent.
Posted by: Burnt Toast at September 08, 2016 01:59 AM (P/kVC)
https://youtu.be/Q7OpJAzQJyo
This made me hunt down the original video:
https://youtu.be/xQBKUPwG_Gk
Which made me hunt down the name of the rollergirl:
Jayzik Azikiwe
Who, unfortunately, left us in 2008.
Posted by: Blanco Basura at September 08, 2016 01:55 AM (T/cxb)
Damn. *Knocks bottle on side of monitor in her memory*
Posted by: cthulhu at September 08, 2016 02:01 AM (LBql+)
Works better with smaller dogs.
Posted by: Adriane the Urinary Tract Infection Critic ... at September 08, 2016 01:49 AM (AoK0a)<<<
Yeah. Big bitches can still make a good size mess with those.
Posted by: Huma W. at September 08, 2016 02:03 AM (H9MG5)
counteract a simple problem, and the bureaucracy has grown into an
outright Fascist institution unconnected with the solved problem it was
initially proposed to address.
Posted by: cthulhu at September 08, 2016 01:57 AM (LBql+)
In the next Republic, or if by some miracle we should restore sanity to this one, we need to affirm that not only must all laws and regulations be implemented by the elected legislature (IE, Agencies would have to get Congress to approve their regulations, instead of just creating law at a whim), but that all laws and regulations must have a 10 year sunset provision, and that a hearing into its effectiveness not shorter than an hour must be held before its reauthorization.
No law can be made permanent until it has been reauthorized by such methods ten times. (I figure anything that can stand for 100 years is probably worth keeping.)
Posted by: Cato the Rebel Without a Party at September 08, 2016 02:07 AM (J+mig)
In short, the Feds created an unaccountable Federal bureaucracy to counteract a simple problem, and the bureaucracy has grown into an outright Fascist institution unconnected with the solved problem it was initially proposed to address.
Posted by: cthulhu at September 08, 2016 01:57 AM (LBql+)
And where is that famous "ozone hole"? Antarctica, right? And when does it appear? In the southern hemisphere winter, right? Which is a tad colder because of the fact that southern winter happens at the longer end of Earth's orbital ellipse.
Back in high school, I was taught that atmospheric ozone was the result of high-energy UV from from our Sun hitting normal O2-flavor oxygen, splitting the O-O bond, and that ozone, O3, resulted from the random recombination of solitary oxygen atoms. Based on that principle, an "ozone hole" in the south Polar area would not be unexpected, since during the south Polar winter, there is no. goddamned. sunlight. And ozone is reactive, and does not persist long without replenishment. No nasty interference by CFC's required.
If CFC's were the dominant cause of "ozone depletion" one would expect said ozone depletion to occur in the Northern hemisphere and the tropics, because that's where most of the air conditioners are.
Maybe the CFC's, being heavy molecules, fall "down" to the bottom of the world?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 08, 2016 02:12 AM (oqkO3)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 08, 2016 02:12 AM (oqkO3)
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Yes, which is fortunate. If they accumulated at the top it could result in tipping and a dangerous pole shift.
Posted by: RioBravo at September 08, 2016 02:18 AM (NUqwG)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 08, 2016 02:19 AM (oqkO3)
Posted by: RioBravo at September 08, 2016 02:18 AM (NUqwG)
Wouldn't do to have the poles shift. Thousands of unwed mothers could be thrown out of lucrative work.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 08, 2016 02:20 AM (oqkO3)
If CFC's were the dominant cause of "ozone depletion" one would expect said ozone depletion to occur in the Northern hemisphere and the tropics, because that's where most of the air conditioners are.
This brings up another question, one which I've never heard asked:
How comes it that all the CFC molecules generated in, well, LA (35deg North) and NYC (even farther north), manage to somehow make the journey (8000 miles?), without anything happening to them, to congregate at the South Pole (90 degrees SOUTH)?
Posted by: Arbalest at September 08, 2016 02:20 AM (FlRtG)
Posted by: Arbalest at September 08, 2016 02:20 AM (FlRtG)
Magic, of course. Because, in reality, they probably get caught up in rain drops, and fall into the sea.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 08, 2016 02:23 AM (oqkO3)
How comes it that all the CFC molecules generated in, well, LA
(35deg North) and NYC (even farther north), manage to somehow make the
journey (8000 miles?), without anything happening to them, to congregate
at the South Pole (90 degrees SOUTH)?
Posted by: Arbalest at September 08, 2016 02:20 AM (FlRtG)<<<
Like birds, the molecules fly south for the winter. Obviously.
Posted by: Bill Deny the Science, guy at September 08, 2016 02:25 AM (H9MG5)
Posted by: RioBravo
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Is this why Guam is in danger of tipping over?
Posted by: Chi at September 08, 2016 02:25 AM (enDq3)
Posted by: Bill Deny the Science, guy at September 08, 2016 02:25 AM (H9MG5)
Speaking of migrating birds, i saw a Brown Pelican, right here in southern Alberta, yesterday. Probably heading down to the Gulf Coast for the winter.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 08, 2016 02:27 AM (oqkO3)
should restore sanity to this one, we need to affirm that not only must
all laws and regulations be implemented by the elected legislature (IE,
Agencies would have to get Congress to approve their regulations,
instead of just creating law at a whim), but that all laws and
regulations must have a 10 year sunset provision, and that a hearing
into its effectiveness not shorter than an hour must be held before its
reauthorization.
No law can be made permanent until it has been
reauthorized by such methods ten times. (I figure anything that can
stand for 100 years is probably worth keeping.)
Posted by: Cato the Rebel Without a Party at September 08, 2016 02:07 AM (J+mig)
i am under the delusion that regs used to be subject to public airing and congressional acceptance, "that is what we were getting at" and altered by case law at the lowest level as needed.i am under the delusion that regs were broader guidelines to execute and comply with laws for very common conditions, but actual triaol could only cite the law, not reg.
An amendment that expires all laws (treaties, etc) at ten years is very reasonable and prudent.An amendment that states all regs are for guidance only, not citable in court, and expire at two years is good too.
An amendment that states that anyone who expends the third term for any legislative position or a judge after 20 years is subject to summary execution by any citizen* is good too. Let then resign at three terms or twenty years minus one day. All time in all gov positions is cumulative.
*as history shows, expect very creative interpretations of citizen after just two generations.
Posted by: Burnt Toast at September 08, 2016 02:28 AM (P/kVC)
right here in southern Alberta, yesterday. Probably heading down to the
Gulf Coast for the winter.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 08, 2016 02:27 AM (oqkO3)<<<
A Browns Pelican? Probably gets drunk or high on the trip down there, ruins it's career, and ends up in a gutter somewhere near Las Vegas.
Posted by: Cleveland fans at September 08, 2016 02:31 AM (H9MG5)
It doesn't happen as much over the Arctic as the temperature doesn't usually get low enough to allow that process to get large enough.
Posted by: publius (not Breitbart publius) at September 08, 2016 02:32 AM (DW+jj)
Pretty sure Midway has a Dauntless, not a Wildcat.
Posted by: aircraft pedant at September 08, 2016 02:33 AM (ywQ/K)
Posted by: Cleveland fans at September 08, 2016 02:31 AM (H9MG5)
"Hork, hork. Want a fish? It's real fresh."
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 08, 2016 02:33 AM (oqkO3)
It doesn't happen as much over the Arctic as the temperature doesn't usually get low enough to allow that process to get large enough.
Posted by: publius (not Breitbart publius) at September 08, 2016 02:32 AM (DW+jj)
Nice, convenient, pull it from your ass, explanation, for what was formerly readily explained by the observable fact that ozone formation ceases when the Sun doesn't shine. Ozone is not a long-lived species in the atmosphere. Because it is so reactive.
And ozone is not the "protective shield" that keeps us all from being fried by third-degree sunburn. It's the fact the high-energy UV is being absorbed to make ozone that keeps us all from being burnt to a crisp. The ozone so formed could vanish in a millisecond, no matter. That UV photon is gone forever.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 08, 2016 02:39 AM (oqkO3)
So there's a Dauntless at Midway Airport? Appropriate, obviously, and cool.
Will try to check it out if I'm ever there (but I won't rely on the Information Desk to help me find it ......).
Posted by: rhomboid at September 08, 2016 02:40 AM (QDnY+)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 08, 2016 02:33 AM (oqkO3)<<<
**wearing a "Will Work for Food" sign**
I'll take it!
Posted by: Johnny Manziel, a Brown Albatross at September 08, 2016 02:41 AM (H9MG5)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 08, 2016 02:42 AM (oqkO3)
My grandmother used to say that to me a lot. She also had some other choice Yiddish phrases along with some sailorly English cursing streaks. She was a pistol.
I don't think my grandfather ever cursed in his life, in any language. He was a real hard worker - sales - and his big things were getting a new car every year and golfing. And he looooved duct tape! He could duct tape anything back to new.
Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at September 08, 2016 02:43 AM (zc3Db)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 08, 2016 02:45 AM (oqkO3)
I don't think there are any gutturals in Yiddish. There's the standard "chet", but that isn't really guttural. It sounds like it is, but I don't think it is. The "chuf" is the guttural one and I don't believe it appears anywhere in Yiddish, not in any guttural form, at least. Yiddish has a very Westernized Hebrew to it. That's why you can tell a Yiddish speaker from a Hebrew speaker easily.
Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at September 08, 2016 02:46 AM (zc3Db)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 08, 2016 02:47 AM (oqkO3)
Posted by: Blanco Basura at September 08, 2016 02:49 AM (T/cxb)
I'm watching a replay of the Serena-Halep match. I know who wins ... but I wanted to see it, anyway.
Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at September 08, 2016 02:53 AM (zc3Db)
I don't know enough about this to make an independent judgement that I'm comfortable with.
Posted by: publius (not Breitbart publius) at September 08, 2016 02:55 AM (DW+jj)
Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at September 08, 2016 02:56 AM (zc3Db)
Man, I mush have wasted a good hour or more yesterday reading this entire site. Texts from Superheroes It's a good thing I was alone in my office at the time, because some of them had me literally laughing out loud (actual literally, not Biden literally). 126 pages, and although there are far too many that are repeated multiple times, it's worth the time.
If you're any type of a comic book fan, it's funny AF.
Wow. Ouch.
I sometimes ponder about this very topic -- What do people find funny, and why?
I often in my life have encountered not just individual people but entire social categories of people who have fundamentally different senses of humor than I do, and it really is quite mystifying. In a forgiving mood, one of course chalks this up to "On matters of taste, there's nothing to argue about, because preferences are subjective and there is no 'right' or 'wrong' answer," But in less forgiving moments, I think, "OK, this is just flat-out devoid of humor. But now I am curious as to what could possibly make someone think it is humorous?"
These "Texts from Superheroes" are a perfect example. To me, not only did I not find it humorous, but I didn't even smile once -- in fact, it just made me feel embarrassed and depressed. The antithesis of humor.
But the texts are the EXACT type of humor that I have encountered in past in other settings which had other people rolling in the aisles with glee, while I just cringed and gritted my teeth. Is there something wrong with me? Or is something wrong with them? Or is it simply that certain personality types flock to certain cultural forms, and thus the humor associated with those forms inevitably caters to those types?
I don't think this will ever be figured out -- why some things are funny to this or that demographic.
Posted by: zombie at September 08, 2016 03:01 AM (jBuUi)
Posted by: cthulhu at September 08, 2016 03:06 AM (LBql+)
There are three ranges of UV radiation, A, B, and C from longest wavelength to shortest. The short-wave stuff, UV-C is what causes the formation of ozone, splitting apart an O2 atom into free O radicals. In the presence of another non-reactive species, That O will hit an O2 and form O3, ozone.
Ozone, however, absorbs UV-B wavelengths. This knocks off one oyxgen which recombines with another O2 molecule, reforming O3.
So, UV-C splits the O2 and then the O3 starts absorbing the UV-B and regenerating O3.
There are other depletion process, but when the pressure is just right, you get a stable ozone layer, and 90% of the UV-B light gets filtered out.
Posted by: publius (not Breitbart publius) at September 08, 2016 03:07 AM (DW+jj)
Bananas are funny. Oranges are not.
Them's the rules.
Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at September 08, 2016 03:07 AM (zc3Db)
https://youtu.be/Q7OpJAzQJyo
This made me hunt down the original video:
https://youtu.be/xQBKUPwG_Gk
Which made me hunt down the name of the rollergirl:
Jayzik Azikiwe
Who, unfortunately, left us in 2008.
Posted by: Blanco Basura at September 08, 2016 01:55 AM (T/cxb)
Damn. Born in 1958. That's way too damn early.
Skateaway is my all time favorite Dire Straits song.
And that's sayin' something.
Posted by: Sharkman at September 08, 2016 03:09 AM (CS7jF)
In fact, this is exactly opposite of what happens. Ozone is the highest over the poles and the lowest over the tropics. Seasonally, the highest ozone concentration occurs in spring,decreases over the summer, and reaches a nadir in the Fall, and starts rising again over the winter. In winter the thickness of the "layer" also increases.
What drives this counter-intuitive behavior wind circulation patterns. Most of the ozone is created over the tropics as expected, but the wind carries over the poles and concentrates it there.
Posted by: publius (not Breitbart publius) at September 08, 2016 03:20 AM (DW+jj)
http://tinyurl.com/zclk8ee
I wonder if the media will show any interest? LOL. Probably about as much interest as they've shown in the poor Haitians who have been screaming the same thing about the Clintons' phony "charity" scam for years now.
Posted by: TrivialPursuer at September 08, 2016 03:41 AM (NnYnv)
Got to Zombie's take on humor.
Talk about not funny!
Admittedly, the superhero texts require cultural familiarity.
And that's where that poor, isolated stick-in-the mud Zombie gets lost. Lacks culture.
I just squished a tiny gnat on the touchscreen and it raised the virtual keyboard. It would be funny... but you probably had to be there.
Just ribbing you, Zombie. No, I was serious. No, I wasn't.
I've been doing video editing all day and I have no business even peeking in here. So, off to the comfort of the flannel sheets I go.
Don't park in handicapped zones if you don't qualify.
-Mork 17:3
Posted by: mindful webworker - what difference, at this point... at September 08, 2016 03:42 AM (5QyYN)
Posted by: TrivialPursuer at September 08, 2016 03:47 AM (NnYnv)
It takes two to make a conspiracy so you now can prove intent without a shadow of a doubt Comey you fucking asshole hack of an FBI director.
Lock both of those motherfuckers up.
Posted by: Kreplach at September 08, 2016 03:53 AM (+lv+r)
Annoying as shit because its impossible to go back to sleep.
It happens to me either before I have a migraine building up or after it goes away.
Ugh!
Posted by: Pepe, founder of the fn-right at September 08, 2016 04:03 AM (P5U01)
Good morning horde
Posted by: Skip at September 08, 2016 04:14 AM (0G2eQ)
Posted by: Tim in Illinois at September 08, 2016 04:20 AM (d76uN)
Posted by: Tim in Illinois at September 08, 2016 04:28 AM (d76uN)
Ok... those Peptobismal tuxes....the strange prancing... what in the hell was that? He went back to Mellencamp to disassociate from that experience.
Posted by: Gem at September 08, 2016 04:31 AM (uaHyk)
Posted by: Gem at September 08, 2016 04:35 AM (uaHyk)
Posted by: Skip at September 08, 2016 04:41 AM (0G2eQ)
Posted by: Skip at September 08, 2016 04:48 AM (0G2eQ)
Posted by: Skip at September 08, 2016 04:59 AM (0G2eQ)
Stay safe (hopefully in bed) horde
Posted by: Skip at September 08, 2016 05:05 AM (0G2eQ)
Well....if you are already up and making coffee, I'll take a cup.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at September 08, 2016 05:05 AM (Zu3d9)
Yes, he is, and yes, he has.
Climbed the Seven Summits as a Sherpa guide.
That's the tallest 7 mountains, one each in the 7 continents. He did it in 42 days, which is insane.
To say that I was embarrassed to merely be a former real estate litigation attorney with 18 years experience, now a real estate broker with three, is a
Yuuuuuuuuuuuggggeee
understatement.
Posted by: Sharkman at September 08, 2016 05:08 AM (aLFi2)
Posted by: creeper at September 08, 2016 05:25 AM (MP6Qb)
It's going to be hell until the election.
Posted by: Kreplach at September 08, 2016 05:25 AM (+lv+r)
Posted by: Kreplach at September 08, 2016 05:30 AM (+lv+r)
Posted by: Skip
Wow, thanks for the tip -- Y'all should read this AT article, it's 'a banana republic, if you can keep it' level stuff:
http://tinyurl.com/zhyp3ya
Posted by: GnuBreed at September 08, 2016 05:43 AM (gyKtp)
Rita Coolidge - "I'd Rather Leave While I'm In Love"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9dISqJAB3P8
Yeah, I know. Sorry for inflicting that on you.
Posted by: creeper at September 08, 2016 05:45 AM (MP6Qb)
Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at September 08, 2016 05:45 AM (mpXpK)
Posted by: creeper at September 08, 2016 05:47 AM (MP6Qb)
Posted by: Hillary Clinton - dressed for December on an September day at September 08, 2016 05:51 AM (ZFUt7)
John Cougar Meloncamp's Ain't even done with the night.
I DJ'd at my college's radio station when this record came out. "Johnny Cougar" was almost completely unknown at the time (other than "the guy who wrote that Pat Benatar song") but I liked "Ain't Even Done With the Night" so I spun it a lot.
At the end of the school year, the peeps who ran the campus station wanted to get rid of a bunch of excess records, ones that they figured were played out, I guess, so they let the DJ's divvy them up and take them. I took that one and had it for years.
Posted by: WhatWhatWhat? at September 08, 2016 05:51 AM (WlGX+)
I always thought they should have named the Titans the Tennessee Tuxedos.
Posted by: JT at September 08, 2016 05:54 AM (O8ppr)
But after reading some of the stuff you do, I thought that if he had landed on your property, he would have left there in a diesel powered jet fighter.
Posted by: JT at September 08, 2016 05:56 AM (O8ppr)
What next? A Cheech and Chong "Gary Johnson" model bong? btw, they are due to perform at the IP casino in Biloxi 10/7; I'll be sure to miss it. I just saved $34.
I did order tics to Heart on 10/21 though.
Posted by: GnuBreed at September 08, 2016 05:57 AM (gyKtp)
Mine has been "Here Comes the Sun," lately. And I'm not even particularly fond of that song.
Posted by: WhatWhatWhat? at September 08, 2016 05:59 AM (WlGX+)
Looks like IP borrowed ace's time machine.
Posted by: GnuBreed at September 08, 2016 06:03 AM (gyKtp)
But I had to pretend I thought they were funny because all my stoner friends thought they were funny. Now I wonder if maybe they all secretly didn't find them funny either.
I never found Richard Pryor's stand-up funny either, which apparently makes me a mutant or something. I liked him in some of his movies, but not his stand-up.
Yet I laughed my f'in ass off at the Dean Martin Roasts, filled with the old-timey comics only your parents were supposed to like. (Foster Freakin' BROOKS bitches!) Weird kid, I was.
Posted by: WhatWhatWhat? at September 08, 2016 06:04 AM (WlGX+)
Which means we'll have a cold fall and nasty winter.
Posted by: free range 'sorta' conservative but not 'true' conservative at September 08, 2016 06:05 AM (ZFUt7)
I had a fairly large collection of albums up until two or so years ago when I sold them to friends that own a used record store so the playlist in my head is pretty extensive. I haven't ever had a problem with just one song being heard repeatedly.
AoP, I liked your airplane story also.
Posted by: Gmac- All politics in this country now is just dress rehearsal for civil war. at September 08, 2016 06:06 AM (4pjhs)
Posted by: creeper at September 08, 2016 06:06 AM (MP6Qb)
Posted by: Cato the Rebel Without a Party at September 08, 2016 06:07 AM (J+mig)
So a guy walks into a doctor's office and says, "Doc, you gotta help me!" "What's the problem?" the doctor asks. "I think I'm a moth!" the guy cries.
"Wait," the doc says, "you don't need me. You need a psychiatrist."
"Well," comes the reply, "I was on my way there butt I saw your light on."
Posted by: creeper at September 08, 2016 06:10 AM (MP6Qb)
Posted by: GnuBreed at September 08, 2016 06:10 AM (gyKtp)
They found them funny because when you are stoned everything is funny.
Posted by: Donna&&&&&V. whitely brandishing ampersands&&&&&so there at September 08, 2016 06:11 AM (P8951)
Although I liked Dean Martin's music never liked those roasts.
Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at September 08, 2016 06:13 AM (mpXpK)
Which was a ridiculous miscarriage of justice. And real criminals like Killary walk free.
Posted by: WhatWhatWhat? at September 08, 2016 06:14 AM (WlGX+)
Good Morning Morons. Today is Thursday, September 08, 2016. On this date in 1930 3M began marketing the ubiquitous Scotch transparent tape.
Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at September 08, 2016 06:17 AM (mpXpK)
http://fxn.ws/2cjSFuP
Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at September 08, 2016 06:18 AM (mpXpK)
http://fxn.ws/2cfl97k
Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at September 08, 2016 06:18 AM (mpXpK)
http://fxn.ws/2ctZIwG
Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at September 08, 2016 06:18 AM (mpXpK)
http://fxn.ws/2bYFRrd
Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at September 08, 2016 06:18 AM (mpXpK)
http://fxn.ws/2cpzBIu
Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at September 08, 2016 06:18 AM (mpXpK)
Why is it that we are only hearing about this now from an Israeli TV channel? Abbas came to power in 2004 so who was responsible for this in the US? Bush II was President and the asshole Colon Powell was SOS.
http://fxn.ws/2cptTq2
Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at September 08, 2016 06:19 AM (mpXpK)
http://aol.it/2c0ruWj
Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at September 08, 2016 06:19 AM (mpXpK)
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Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at September 08, 2016 06:19 AM (mpXpK)
http://bit.ly/2csASxd
Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at September 08, 2016 06:20 AM (mpXpK)
http://bit.ly/2c09M2n
Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at September 08, 2016 06:20 AM (mpXpK)
http://bit.ly/2bUeGL1
Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at September 08, 2016 06:20 AM (mpXpK)
http://bit.ly/2ck6ucx
Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at September 08, 2016 06:20 AM (mpXpK)
http://bit.ly/2cfhJ47
Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at September 08, 2016 06:21 AM (mpXpK)
http://bit.ly/2c7ncIJ
Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at September 08, 2016 06:21 AM (mpXpK)
http://bit.ly/2bUF47w
Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at September 08, 2016 06:21 AM (mpXpK)
http://bit.ly/2c7mwmJ
Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at September 08, 2016 06:21 AM (mpXpK)
http://bit.ly/2caZFoM
Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at September 08, 2016 06:21 AM (mpXpK)
http://bit.ly/2cviRhV
Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at September 08, 2016 06:22 AM (mpXpK)
Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at September 08, 2016 06:22 AM (mpXpK)
Posted by: WhatWhatWhat? at September 08, 2016 06:23 AM (WlGX+)
Posted by: creeper at September 08, 2016 06:26 AM (MP6Qb)
Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at September 08, 2016 06:27 AM (mpXpK)
Your excellent compilation of links shows the damage to America from Leftists and the educational establishment.
Ya know, it's not funny anymore. We can laugh at Zimbabwe or Venezuela, but it hurts to laugh at the US of A.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at September 08, 2016 06:27 AM (u82oZ)
Lotsa hell there, Vic, but none of it very fresh. Except the leprosy story. Geez.
Posted by: creeper at September 08, 2016 06:26 AM (MP6Qb)
It is unbelievable isn't it. And BTW, we have had the black plague in AZ now for years.
Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at September 08, 2016 06:28 AM (mpXpK)
Posted by: NaCly Dog at September 08, 2016 06:27 AM (u82oZ)
^^^THIS^^^ I never though I'd be embarrassed to be an American. WTG, Obastard.
Posted by: creeper at September 08, 2016 06:29 AM (MP6Qb)
Posted by: creeper at September 08, 2016 06:30 AM (MP6Qb)
I believe that particular disease has been renamed as the Plague of Indeterminate Color.
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at September 08, 2016 06:30 AM (ptqRm)
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at September 08, 2016 06:30 AM (ptqRm)
LOL, hard to hit my brown at the rocking chair while laughing my ass off.
Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at September 08, 2016 06:31 AM (mpXpK)
Posted by: TickledPink at September 08, 2016 06:31 AM (F5hTl)
Strangely, this never made the news. Go figure.
Foreign Policy has the details, plus more stuff :
http://tinyurl.com/jdwbohn
Samantha Power made frowny faces and sent a harshly worded letter, and our useless Congress is gonna hold some hearings someday.
Posted by: GnuBreed at September 08, 2016 06:32 AM (gyKtp)
Funny how the Clintons claim to be deleting emails after 60 days, wiping servers so clean that 'even God couldn't retrieve the data' but yet they 'found' an email from Colin Powell in record time.
Par for the course with these lying cheating sons of bitches.
Posted by: free range 'sorta' conservative but not 'true' conservative at September 08, 2016 06:34 AM (ZFUt7)
You've got a fine tune on your hypocrisy detector.
Posted by: creeper at September 08, 2016 06:36 AM (MP6Qb)
I'm seventy and I do not remember mosquitoes ever being this bad.
Posted by: creeper at September 08, 2016 06:38 AM (MP6Qb)
Posted by: creeper at September 08, 2016 06:40 AM (MP6Qb)
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