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Overnight Open Thread (6 Jan 2017)
Czech Guidance
Czech government tells its citizens how to fight terrorists: shoot them yourselves. Chokers No, no, no, nope. In 2017, men are wearing chokers. No, the only authorized chokers for men are military uniform dress uniforms like the Navy's Service Dress Whites or the Marine Dress Blues.
Comments
(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: rickb223 at January 06, 2017 10:01 PM (dSqvH)
Posted by: cthulhu at January 06, 2017 10:01 PM (EzgxV)
Posted by: @DangerGirl (gab.ai) and her 1.21 Gigawatt SanityProd (tm) at January 06, 2017 10:02 PM (+eR2D)
Posted by: Miley, the Duchess at January 06, 2017 10:03 PM (tHwdc)
Posted by: Miley, the Duchess at January 06, 2017 10:03 PM (tHwdc)
Oh Texas drivers, never change.
Posted by: @DangerGirl (gab.ai) and her 1.21 Gigawatt SanityProd (tm) at January 06, 2017 10:03 PM (+eR2D)
Posted by: cthulhu at January 06, 2017 10:04 PM (EzgxV)
Posted by: Original Jake at January 06, 2017 10:04 PM (jrFgU)
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at January 06, 2017 10:04 PM (voOPb)
Posted by: @DangerGirl (gab.ai) and her 1.21 Gigawatt SanityProd (tm) at January 06, 2017 10:05 PM (+eR2D)
Posted by: CDR M at January 06, 2017 10:05 PM (9I51B)
Posted by: Original Jake at January 06, 2017 10:06 PM (jrFgU)
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at January 06, 2017 10:06 PM (voOPb)
Posted by: logprof at January 06, 2017 10:06 PM (GsAUU)
First, I just ordered six pounds of scrapple off of the internet because I'm a PA native.
Second, I have learned three chords on my guitar and now am learning how to change between them without looking/pausing/sounding like an ass.
In other news, I may have posted this the other night, but I'm on vacation and may have bourbonesia.
Posted by: @DangerGirl (gab.ai) and her 1.21 Gigawatt SanityProd (tm) at January 06, 2017 10:07 PM (+eR2D)
Posted by: Adriane the Mass Shooting Critic ... at January 06, 2017 10:07 PM (AoK0a)
Posted by: nerdygirl at January 06, 2017 10:08 PM (+lVUW)
No, seriously, hope you folks thrive and prosper in the blizzard. Really, we're just going to get super-wet here. But we make a big deal of it, because it's what we have, until the next earthquake comes.
Posted by: Splunge at January 06, 2017 10:08 PM (iMxBJ)
Remember, the entire "preferred gender pronoun" thing ain't just limited to college campuses and New York City.
More: http://politicalhat.com/?p=12848
Posted by: The Political Hat at January 06, 2017 10:08 PM (vBeA5)
Posted by: blaster at January 06, 2017 10:08 PM (HV1LS)
Posted by: Splunge at January 06, 2017 10:08 PM (iMxBJ)
Posted by: Zettai Ryoiki at January 06, 2017 10:08 PM (kP16F)
Posted by: Michael the TEXIT at January 06, 2017 10:08 PM (nvMvs)
https://youtu.be/1oVn_u25Agc
David Byrne, traditional fiddling, and scratching. Genius.
Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine, No Longer Accepting Harem Applicants at January 06, 2017 10:08 PM (0bBNi)
My client in NC was concerned about his young parts assembly guy getting home the afternoon; it is apparently Defcon 1 there. Stores are sold out of supplies, and I'm assuming the cannibalism will start tomorrow.
/in Michigan. Snow. Meh.
Posted by: shibumi, who requires a cute kitty story stat! at January 06, 2017 10:09 PM (J5mC3)
Yeah, strings !!!!
Posted by: Adriane the Wannabe Bass Player via Osmosis Critic ... at January 06, 2017 10:09 PM (AoK0a)
I was a bit ahead of my time.
Posted by: zombie David Carradine at January 06, 2017 10:09 PM (WidQN)
Posted by: blaster at January 06, 2017 10:09 PM (HV1LS)
Please tell me it's not nerdygirl again
Posted by: L, Elle at January 06, 2017 10:10 PM (At/8G)
Posted by: Michael the TEXIT at January 06, 2017 10:10 PM (nvMvs)
Yeasterday I'm walking back to the office outside wearing just my work attire with no jacket, and colleagues think I'm crazy --even though most know I lived a decade in Winnipeg!
Posted by: logprof at January 06, 2017 10:10 PM (GsAUU)
Posted by: nerdygirl at January 06, 2017 10:10 PM (+lVUW)
Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine, No Longer Accepting Harem Applicants at January 06, 2017 10:10 PM (0bBNi)
Posted by: garrett at January 06, 2017 10:10 PM (QAjcy)
Posted by: Adriane the Wannabe Bass Player via Osmosis Critic ... at January 06, 2017 10:09 PM (AoK0a)
They do help.
Honestly, this is my first serious go at learning guitar. I'm pretty chuffed.
Posted by: @DangerGirl (gab.ai) and her 1.21 Gigawatt SanityProd (tm) at January 06, 2017 10:11 PM (+eR2D)
Posted by: Original Jake at January 06, 2017 10:11 PM (jrFgU)
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at January 06, 2017 10:11 PM (EnKk6)
Posted by: @DangerGirl (gab.ai) and her 1.21 Gigawatt SanityProd (tm) at January 06, 2017 10:07 PM
Don't worry about the no looking part.
Posted by: otho at January 06, 2017 10:11 PM (lmIoG)
Posted by: The Barrel at January 06, 2017 10:11 PM (QAjcy)
Posted by: chavez the hugo at January 06, 2017 10:11 PM (KP5rU)
Posted by: otho at January 06, 2017 10:12 PM (lmIoG)
In it, some evil miasma takes over people's bodies (mostly cosplaying girls in Akihabra, so far) in order to take over the world, and the only way to stop them is to... strip the girls clothes off... usually in public in the middle of the busy street...
Posted by: 政治的な帽子 at January 06, 2017 10:12 PM (vBeA5)
Posted by: Teh Barrel at January 06, 2017 10:13 PM (GsAUU)
Posted by: CDR M at January 06, 2017 10:13 PM (9I51B)
That looks like a strip of cloth. I thought a choker was a regular necklace (the shortest length, but still at least a real necklace).
Posted by: Steve and Cold Bear at January 06, 2017 10:13 PM (rH4JY)
Posted by: Big V at January 06, 2017 10:13 PM (wuhZk)
Posted by: @votermom @vm at January 06, 2017 10:13 PM (Om16U)
Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine, No Longer Accepting Harem Applicants at January 06, 2017 10:13 PM (0bBNi)
Posted by: nerdygirl at January 06, 2017 10:10 PM (+lVUW)
Mac? It's gotta be doing something to the left-square-brackets slash lower-case-i right-square-brackets. Just have to look closely to see what.
Posted by: Splunge at January 06, 2017 10:14 PM (iMxBJ)
Posted by: blaster at January 06, 2017 10:14 PM (HV1LS)
the not looking down part will get better and better, congrats!
p.s. i quit after i mastered 'down in the valley'
keep on truckin.
Posted by: concrete girl at January 06, 2017 10:14 PM (biupr)
Posted by: Michael the TEXIT at January 06, 2017 10:10 PM (nvMvs)
At Motel Barrel, we leave the light off for you. It's better that way.
Posted by: Tom Bodett at January 06, 2017 10:14 PM (bG+ug)
Posted by: otho at January 06, 2017 10:11 PM (lmIoG)
Yeah, I figure over time muscle memory will take over. If I can play baseball and video game I can learn guitar. As long as I can get through this fingertip soreness.
Posted by: @DangerGirl (gab.ai) and her 1.21 Gigawatt SanityProd (tm) at January 06, 2017 10:14 PM (+eR2D)
Posted by: zombie David Carradine at January 06, 2017 10:15 PM (WidQN)
That looks like a strip of cloth. I thought a choker was a regular necklace (the shortest length, but still at least a real necklace).
Posted by: Steve and Cold Bear at January 06, 2017 10:13 PM (rH4JY)
Rope looks better
Some assembly required
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at January 06, 2017 10:15 PM (voOPb)
And it appears that there was a concert from Blackmore's Night that pretended to be a Rainbow reunion last summer.
Click bait for Shibumi.
Like Tony Iommi of Black Sabbath, Ritchie Blackmore has turned into an old, light skinned Mexican.
WTF?
Posted by: shibumi, who requires a cute kitty story stat! at January 06, 2017 10:15 PM (J5mC3)
Posted by: Robyn at January 06, 2017 10:15 PM (rH4JY)
Posted by: blaster at January 06, 2017 10:14 PM (HV1LS)
That song has genius lyrics.
Posted by: Splunge at January 06, 2017 10:15 PM (iMxBJ)
they did not mention that they lost the engine after reenacting Major Kong's flight, then performing a barrel roll, during which they struck the underside of a highway overpass.
not entirely clear if they had also chased down and engaged in international relations with some errant mig 28s that were threatening barges on the red river.
Posted by: yankeefifth at January 06, 2017 10:15 PM (cPsPa)
Posted by: Teh Barrel at January 06, 2017 10:15 PM (v5iqM)
Scrapple tastes awful. And a 'Q' almost got stuck in my throat.
Posted by: joey biden at January 06, 2017 10:15 PM (lJXY3)
Posted by: PaleRider at January 06, 2017 10:15 PM (dkExz)
Posted by: rickl at January 06, 2017 10:15 PM (sdi6R)
Posted by: nerdygirl at January 06, 2017 10:10 PM (+lVUW) fnord (+lVUW)
Put the following after your nic in the Name field, without the spaces inside the brackets:
[ /b ][ /i ] [ /s ][ /u ]
It will automagically close *all* formatting tags if you forget one.
Obviously you will need to check to make sure whatever software is killing you now doesn't kill these as well, you will be able to see them in the Name field after you post once (hopefully).
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at January 06, 2017 10:16 PM (wB8Tg)
Posted by: Miss Sippi at January 06, 2017 10:16 PM (ByoS/)
Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine, No Longer Accepting Harem Applicants at January 06, 2017 10:16 PM (0bBNi)
The Czech Republic just became my favorite foreign country.
Posted by: Insomniac at January 06, 2017 10:16 PM (0mRoj)
Posted by: Jim Harbaugh at January 06, 2017 10:17 PM (GsAUU)
Posted by: yankeefifth at January 06, 2017 10:17 PM (cPsPa)
Posted by: Splunge at January 06, 2017 10:17 PM (iMxBJ)
Posted by: nerdygirl at January 06, 2017 10:18 PM (+lVUW)
Posted by: yankeefifth at January 06, 2017 10:17 PM (cPsPa)
To be fair, we probably should have stocked up on milk and bread, and not so much on the toilet paper.
Posted by: The Donner Party at January 06, 2017 10:18 PM (HV1LS)
Posted by: chavez the hugo at January 06, 2017 10:18 PM (KP5rU)
Posted by: 政治的な帽子 at January 06, 2017 10:18 PM (vBeA5)
Posted by: andycanuck at January 06, 2017 10:18 PM (lJXY3)
--
Alert: you WILL get sick. Really sick.
Within few days, we had a 30+ degree temperature swing. Everyone is sick.
Well, everyone who has contact with other people.
Shibumi and Shibumi's Cat are fine.
Posted by: shibumi, who requires a cute kitty story stat! at January 06, 2017 10:18 PM (J5mC3)
Posted by: Deplorable Old Blue at January 06, 2017 10:18 PM (9iR5/)
Posted by: Catwrangler at January 06, 2017 10:19 PM (4QKpw)
Posted by: @DangerGirl (gab.ai) and her 1.21 Gigawatt SanityProd (tm) at January 06, 2017 10:14 PM
Yeah, forget that shit right now. You're just starting. If you try to do that now, you're gonna slow down your progress big time. It's not that important anyway, unless you've got a gig coming up where you have to sing as well. That can come later, when you're adept at the important stuff... and if it never really comes... so what?
Posted by: otho at January 06, 2017 10:19 PM (lmIoG)
Posted by: Miss Sippi at January 06, 2017 10:16 PM (ByoS/)
y'all need some dump trucks with sand. you can hve the rich counties lay in a strategic reserve o salt to mix in with the sand. you can store it under a tarp, doesn't go bad.
Posted by: yankeefifth at January 06, 2017 10:19 PM (cPsPa)
Posted by: concrete girl at January 06, 2017 10:19 PM (biupr)
Bend deeply from the waist and kiss your ass goodbye.
Posted by: Insomniac at January 06, 2017 10:19 PM (0mRoj)
Posted by: nerdygirl at January 06, 2017 10:19 PM (+lVUW)
Posted by: garrett at January 06, 2017 10:19 PM (QAjcy)
So I'd like to share his website with the Horde. Please go to http://www.timsullivanstudio.com/music and pay special attention to "Evergreen" and "Tides." Not many men compose the music that will be played at their own funeral.
Posted by: Miley, the Duchess at January 06, 2017 10:19 PM (tHwdc)
Posted by: Donnie Darko at January 06, 2017 10:19 PM (rH4JY)
Posted by: rickl at January 06, 2017 10:19 PM (sdi6R)
the not looking down part will get better and better, congrats!
p.s. i quit after i mastered 'down in the valley'
keep on truckin.
Posted by: concrete girl at January 06, 2017 10:14 PM (biupr)
So, a wee backstory and the ultimate goal.
Fifteen years ago, my ex bought me an acoustic guitar. No lessons, we just winged it with what he knew. I had a difficult time playing.
Fast forward to six months ago. I have a hankering for an electric guitar. Mr D tells me no freaking way.
Mr D then buys me an acoustic guitar for Christmas. Which I was a little bummed about. Then Mr D says, "if you can learn to play this acoustic, then you can get the electric and amp you want."
Well, challenge accepted. I've always been a competitive girl.
Taking free online lessons and really enjoying it.
Posted by: @DangerGirl (gab.ai) and her 1.21 Gigawatt SanityProd (tm) at January 06, 2017 10:20 PM (+eR2D)
Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine, No Longer Accepting Harem Applicants at January 06, 2017 10:20 PM (0bBNi)
Posted by: Splunge at January 06, 2017 10:20 PM (iMxBJ)
Posted by: nerdygirl at January 06, 2017 10:10 PM (+lVUW)
You've got to close your tags like this:
[ i ]I am Italican![ /i ] (remove spaces
Posted by: Michael the TEXIT at January 06, 2017 10:20 PM (nvMvs)
Posted by: rickl at January 06, 2017 10:19 PM (sdi6R)
That's what she said.
Posted by: blaster at January 06, 2017 10:20 PM (HV1LS)
Posted by: rickl at January 06, 2017 10:19 PM (sdi6R)
Ditto.
Posted by: Michelle Obama at January 06, 2017 10:21 PM (iMxBJ)
kinda like costas getting pinkeye and the whole world gets pinkeye.
fuckin sheep. whats next?
Posted by: chavez the hugo at January 06, 2017 10:18 PM (KP5rU)<<<
Matt Lauer? Never heard of him.
Posted by: Charlie Gibson, wearing a choker at January 06, 2017 10:21 PM (WidQN)
He didn't do too many tricks or commands, but he was a master of the wake-up call.
Posted by: logprof at January 06, 2017 10:21 PM (GsAUU)
Posted by: yankeefifth at January 06, 2017 10:17 PM (cPsPa) fnord (cPsPa)
In 850 AD, at Roopkund Lake, India, a group of 200 travelers were killed by a freak hailstorm.
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at January 06, 2017 10:21 PM (wB8Tg)
I don't know if he has a rudimentary beginner vid series, but once you get going he's a real easy to understand teacher.
Posted by: garrett at January 06, 2017 10:22 PM (QAjcy)
Posted by: blaster at January 06, 2017 10:22 PM (HV1LS)
--
I like the idea.
These sort of things tell alpha females "not only should you not date me, you should not even talk to me, because your self confidence will utterly terrify me and cause me to curl up a fetal ball and sob uncontrollably like a baby girl."
Posted by: shibumi, who requires a cute kitty story stat! at January 06, 2017 10:22 PM (J5mC3)
Posted by: Zettai Ryoiki at January 06, 2017 10:22 PM (kP16F)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at January 06, 2017 10:21 PM (wB8Tg)
That's their story, anyway. Those people wipe with their hands.
Posted by: Splunge at January 06, 2017 10:23 PM (iMxBJ)
Now it's not closing the italics again.
Posted by: nerdygirl at January 06, 2017 10:10 PM (+lVUW) fnord (+lVUW)
Put the following after your nic in the Name field, without the spaces inside the brackets:
[ /b ][ /i ] [ /s ][ /u ]
It will automagically close *all* formatting tags if you forget one.
Obviously you will need to check to make sure whatever software is
killing you now doesn't kill these as well, you will be able to see them
in the Name field after you post once (hopefully).
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at January 06, 2017 10:16 PM (wB8Tg)
Some time back, I found that opening italics with a capital I wouldn't close with a small i. Or maybe it was the other way 'round. But you may have to do the close in braces in both cases.
Posted by: cthulhu at January 06, 2017 10:23 PM (EzgxV)
Posted by: garrett at January 06, 2017 10:23 PM (QAjcy)
Posted by: hogmartin at January 06, 2017 10:23 PM (8nWyX)
Not many men compose the music that will be played at their own funeral.
Posted by: Miley, the Duchess at January 06, 2017 10:19 PM (tHwdc)
I've mentioned before that I had an uncle who was a skilled carpenter. When he learned he was terminally ill, he built his own coffin.
Posted by: rickl at January 06, 2017 10:23 PM (sdi6R)
Posted by: shibumi, who requires a cute kitty story stat! at January 06, 2017 10:24 PM (J5mC3)
Posted by: Tinfoilbaby at January 06, 2017 10:24 PM (6Ll1u)
Posted by: an indifferent penguin at January 06, 2017 10:24 PM (WidQN)
Posted by: yankeefifth at January 06, 2017 10:17 PM (cPsPa)
We survive without electricity just fine, thankyouverymuch. We lose it constantly.
Hell, some of us ain't even got it to lose.
Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at January 06, 2017 10:24 PM (nUdSA)
Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine, No Longer Accepting Harem Applicants at January 06, 2017 10:24 PM (0bBNi)
Posted by: Splunge at January 06, 2017 10:17 PM (iMxBJ) fnord (iMxBJ)
I just do the whole comment, cut the nic without cutting the tags, write the new nic, then paste the old nic in front of the tags for the next comment.
Nerdygirl, can you live without autopotato? And can you turn it off?
It sounds like that's your problem, maybe you can "teach" it BBcode tags...
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at January 06, 2017 10:25 PM (wB8Tg)
Posted by: nerdygirl at January 06, 2017 10:18 PM (+lVUW)
Can you not simply turn the auto-correct off? I presume you are literate, like most of the Horde, and don't need it. If the auto-correct cannot be turned off, you have a skeet target, not a computer.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 06, 2017 10:25 PM (bG+ug)
Posted by: rickl at January 06, 2017 10:15 PM (sdi6R)
I think so... I've seen "Bridge on the River Kwai" and I'm familiar w/the Burma RR, I don't remember any B-24 being involved w/either.
Posted by: BignJames at January 06, 2017 10:25 PM (x9c8r)
Test.
Posted by: nerdygirl at January 06, 2017 10:26 PM (+lVUW)
Posted by: cthulhu at January 06, 2017 10:23 PM (EzgxV) fnord (EzgxV)
This suggests testing with capitals in both cases to see if you can fool autopotato. This is slightly more cumbersome.
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at January 06, 2017 10:26 PM (wB8Tg)
Posted by: Deplorable Old Blue at January 06, 2017 10:26 PM (9iR5/)
Posted by: Insomniac at January 06, 2017 10:27 PM (0mRoj)
Posted by: Tilikum Killer Assault Whale at January 06, 2017 10:27 PM (hVdx9)
Posted by: Original Jake at January 06, 2017 10:27 PM (jrFgU)
Posted by: Jerry Seinfeld's Mom at January 06, 2017 10:27 PM (QAjcy)
Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at January 06, 2017 10:24 PM (nUdSA)
MISS TAMMY!
happy new year
Posted by: yankeefifth at January 06, 2017 10:27 PM (cPsPa)
Posted by: hogmartin at January 06, 2017 10:23 PM (8nWyX)
---
Hey, I love Crackerjack Fridays at work. I totally perv on the squidlets in their tight black blues. Very saucy.
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at January 06, 2017 10:27 PM (EnKk6)
Posted by: FCCS(SW/AW) Jeff Weimer, USN (ret) at January 06, 2017 10:27 PM (R5EqA)
Posted by: Miss Sippi at January 06, 2017 10:27 PM (ByoS/)
Posted by: teej - at January 06, 2017 10:27 PM (gJ3Vg)
He'll sit at the top of the stairs and look at us for permission. When we say "Go do your job!" He runs down there like a banshee. It's hilarious.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 06, 2017 10:28 PM (EZebt)
Posted by: concrete girl at January 06, 2017 10:28 PM (biupr)
Posted by: yankeefifth at January 06, 2017 10:28 PM (cPsPa)
No. But it is WAY easier to develop bad habits learning on electric.
Posted by: garrett at January 06, 2017 10:29 PM (QAjcy)
i only had the kid sized franciscan, way back when i was 7.
Posted by: concrete girl at January 06, 2017 10:28 PM (biupr)
depends, are you playing with hit or getting hit with it?
Posted by: yankeefifth at January 06, 2017 10:29 PM (cPsPa)
Posted by: nerdygirl at January 06, 2017 10:30 PM (+lVUW)
have that one place (Jim's?) ship you some at high cost? Attempting to
convince me that this is low-grade food will not work. The only question
is whether it can be re-created enough to satisfy a craving for the
original, however unworthy that craving might be.
Posted by: Splunge at January 06, 2017 10:20 PM (iMxBJ)
I would start out by trying to re-create it. Get a local butcher to shave you some ribeye and cook it on a griddle. The bread may be the biggest challenge.
Or try to find a local place that comes close enough. We had one here then they went out of business. I'm sort of stuck for cheesesteaks at the moment.
Posted by: @DangerGirl (gab.ai) and her 1.21 Gigawatt SanityProd (tm) at January 06, 2017 10:30 PM (+eR2D)
Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine, No Longer Accepting Harem Applicants at January 06, 2017 10:30 PM (0bBNi)
Posted by: Splunge at January 06, 2017 10:30 PM (iMxBJ)
Posted by: chavez the hugo at January 06, 2017 10:30 PM (KP5rU)
Posted by: garrett at January 06, 2017 10:29 PM (QAjcy)
yep....taking lessons trying to un-learn some now.
Posted by: BignJames at January 06, 2017 10:30 PM (x9c8r)
It's not a wall.
It's an enclosure for Michele.
D.C. has strict rules on keeping wild animals in residential neighborhoods.
Posted by: garrett at January 06, 2017 10:30 PM (QAjcy)
Ditto, dearest Sir.
2016 went out horribly; lost a beloved sweet pet. Still grieving, but ya gotta move on.
Odd numbered years almost always treat me better than even ones, and 17 is my lucky number, so I am expecting great things this year, really luxurious, bigly things!
Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at January 06, 2017 10:30 PM (nUdSA)
Posted by: Deplorable Old Blue at January 06, 2017 10:31 PM (9iR5/)
Posted by: Choke Artist at January 06, 2017 10:31 PM (jX4Gu)
Posted by: Count de Monet at January 06, 2017 10:31 PM (JO9+V)
Funny.
Seems like every time something goes wrong, you are out of position - huh?
Posted by: garrett at January 06, 2017 10:31 PM (QAjcy)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SxafAOClo5E
Posted by: goon at January 06, 2017 10:32 PM (EaQ6/)
Posted by: yankeefifth at January 06, 2017 10:32 PM (cPsPa)
Posted by: Lauren at January 06, 2017 10:32 PM (KPYB8)
Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at January 06, 2017 10:32 PM (nUdSA)
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at January 06, 2017 10:27 PM (EnKk6)
You're welcome to do so, but wearing them isn't fun. It's half expecting to be forced to dance a merry hornpipe for tourists' amusement, and half trying to unbutton the thing before you piss yourself.
Posted by: hogmartin at January 06, 2017 10:32 PM (8nWyX)
?
And they wonder why Trump won
Posted by: Original Jake at January 06, 2017 10:27 PM (jrFgU)
--Isn't it kind of fucked that Baraq wants to stay in DC?
I mean, pretty much every other president thinks "Get me the fuck out of here!" after his time is up, but Baraka wants to stay in the cesspool. Hitlery wanted to head back to DC, and now Barky never wants to leave, which is all the more perverted since he hails from Hawaii of all places.
Posted by: logprof at January 06, 2017 10:32 PM (GsAUU)
Posted by: Dang at January 06, 2017 10:33 PM (8b+oT)
Posted by: Splunge at January 06, 2017 10:30 PM (iMxBJ)
She probably has a one-way ticket to Iran booked for January 19th.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 06, 2017 10:33 PM (bG+ug)
Except it's only raining right now.
Posted by: Hugh Jorgen at January 06, 2017 10:33 PM (R5EqA)
Posted by: garrett at January 06, 2017 10:33 PM (QAjcy)
Been using Justin Guitar. So far, really liking his method and his lessons are laid out in an easy to follow plan.
Posted by: @DangerGirl (gab.ai) and her 1.21 Gigawatt SanityProd (tm) at January 06, 2017 10:33 PM (+eR2D)
Posted by: chavez the hugo at January 06, 2017 10:33 PM (KP5rU)
Posted by: Chi-Town Jerry at January 06, 2017 10:33 PM (UpGcq)
The weather is decidedly unfriendly and while I'm not concerned about her judgement, it's the other idiots on the road I'm worried about.
Posted by: Kodos the Executioner at January 06, 2017 10:33 PM (J8/9G)
It cracks me up every time I see it, and I agree wholeheartedly.
Hello back atcha!
Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at January 06, 2017 10:33 PM (nUdSA)
Posted by: garrett at January 06, 2017 10:31 PM (QAjcy)
Yep...playing lazy ass barres that I can't articulate playing arpeggios.
Posted by: BignJames at January 06, 2017 10:33 PM (x9c8r)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 06, 2017 10:34 PM (ZO497)
It's not a wall.
It's an enclosure for Michele.
D.C. has strict rules on keeping wild animals in residential neighborhoods.
Posted by: garrett at January 06, 2017 10:30 PM (QAjcy)
well, that is funny but he has to have a place for the hole too.
Drudge has a story up about game wardens dealing with people keeping wild pets as animals.
Posted by: yankeefifth at January 06, 2017 10:34 PM (cPsPa)
Posted by: Splunge
Take bribes for access to the Oblamo Foundation, and fund the next MoveOn.org / OFA / slush fund, and find the next Oblamo.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at January 06, 2017 10:34 PM (V3IFq)
Posted by: yankeefifth"
I visited my aunt, who is in her nineties, a week ago.
She started reminiscing about how her sister was born two nights before Christmas, and the doctor had to come to the house in a horse drawn sleigh because the cars in those days were so bad for driving on snow.
Posted by: nerdygirl at January 06, 2017 10:34 PM (+lVUW)
Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine, No Longer Accepting Harem Applicants at January 06, 2017 10:34 PM (0bBNi)
It's an enclosure for Michele.
D.C. has strict rules on keeping wild animals in residential neighborhood
--
See the Former First Lady in her Natural Habitat!
Watch as she pokes at the dead flowers in the front yard!
Listen to her savage screech!
She is truly terrifying!
There is a moat between the wall and the habitat for visitor safety.
Be sure to buy a Michelle and Barack Dual Lollypop at the Grift Shop!
Posted by: Washington National Zoo at January 06, 2017 10:34 PM (J5mC3)
Posted by: nerdygirl at January 06, 2017 10:30 PM (+lVUW) fnord (+lVUW)
(claps irregularly, jumps up and down clumsily)
Ahaha, I did a help!
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at January 06, 2017 10:35 PM (wB8Tg)
You're a smart-ass, you are. And a damn fine one!
Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at January 06, 2017 10:35 PM (nUdSA)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 06, 2017 10:36 PM (ZO497)
I still hold a mild grudge against Marines for their enlisted uniforms. We had prison blues and crackerjacks while the chiefs and officers got all the shiny stuff
Posted by: hogmartin
I loved the dungarees and, being a snipe, I wore them all the time except for inspections.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at January 06, 2017 10:36 PM (IqV8l)
Suppose you were hankering for the taste of an authentic Philly cheese
steak, and you were on the West Coast. Would you try to re-create it, or
pay too much to have that one place (Jim's?) ship you some at high
cost? Attempting to convince me that this is low-grade food will not
work. The only question is whether it can be re-created enough to
satisfy a craving for the original, however unworthy that craving might
be.
Posted by: Splunge at January 06, 2017 10:20 PM (iMxBJ)
There are a couple of decent places in the South Bay.
Posted by: cthulhu at January 06, 2017 10:36 PM (EzgxV)
Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine, No Longer Accepting Harem Applicants at January 06, 2017 10:37 PM (0bBNi)
So, if a little kid falls in the moat are they going to go all Harumbe on her?
Posted by: Deplorable Old Blue at January 06, 2017 10:37 PM (9iR5/)
Posted by: blaster at January 06, 2017 10:37 PM (HV1LS)
Posted by: pookysgirl at January 06, 2017 10:37 PM (ar2KI)
Posted by: Lauren at January 06, 2017 10:37 PM (KPYB8)
i only had the kid sized franciscan, way back when i was 7.
Posted by: concrete girl at January 06, 2017 10:28 PM
No. Generally speaking, electric is easier. But it has a lot to do with the model and quality... the width and thickness of the neck, how high the action is on the fretboard etc... A cheap nasty electric can be harder to play than a top notch acoustic... it depends. But a good quality electric will be easier than most acoustics.
Posted by: otho at January 06, 2017 10:37 PM (lmIoG)
It's not a coincidence that Texas has a huge Czech population.
Posted by: Lauren at January 06, 2017 10:32 PM (KPYB
Hruska's Bakery in Ellinger. Great kolaches and signs saying, "If you're found here tonight you'll be found here tomorrow."
Posted by: Kodos the Executioner at January 06, 2017 10:38 PM (J8/9G)
Posted by: teej - at January 06, 2017 10:38 PM (gJ3Vg)
I have tried to find one in WI and am generally unsuccessful. I think the distinctive flavor that is missing is steak grilled on a surface that is never cleaned, just scraped occasionally
Posted by: lurking grandma at January 06, 2017 10:38 PM (2VaQu)
I still hold a mild grudge against Marines for their enlisted uniforms. We had prison blues and crackerjacks while the chiefs and officers got all the shiny stuff
Posted by: hogmartin
I loved the dungarees and, being a snipe, I wore them all the time except for inspections.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at January 06, 2017 10:36 PM (IqV8l)
Dungarees are much better than what Sailors have now. Shit is expensive to replace these days. Dungarees were cheap.
Posted by: Hugh Jorgen at January 06, 2017 10:38 PM (R5EqA)
Posted by: cthulhu at January 06, 2017 10:36 PM (EzgxV)
It's a haul, but...elaborate, if you don't mind.
Posted by: Splunge at January 06, 2017 10:38 PM (iMxBJ)
Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine, No Longer Accepting Harem Applicants at January 06, 2017 10:38 PM (0bBNi)
Posted by: chavez the hugo
..............
steve earle's copperhead road .. damn.. my buddy Korny, who died of lung cancer after a lifetime of smoking, used to love doing this song.. one of the few he would play mandolin.. it was a fun jam, to be sure..
I don't really give a shit about performer's politics.. I ignore it as much as I can.. they are all mostly libtards anyways..
Posted by: Chi-Town Jerry at January 06, 2017 10:38 PM (UpGcq)
Odd numbered years almost always treat me better than even ones, and 17 is my lucky number, so I am expecting great things this year, really luxurious, bigly things!
Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at January 06, 2017 10:30 PM (nUdSA)
sincerest condolences. somehow I was unaware of your loss. you are made of sterner stuff than I am. should my methlab ever go, and I am taking ever effort to upload her into some mechanical methlab so that does not happen, everyone has been instructed to toss me with a bottle of Macallan 25 on her pyre and light her up. not like I will be doing anything like shaving, bathing, or changing clothes for a year anyway.
Posted by: yankeefifth at January 06, 2017 10:38 PM (cPsPa)
Posted by: blaster at January 06, 2017 10:38 PM (HV1LS)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at January 06, 2017 10:36 PM (IqV8l)
Dungarees, or utilities? I've heard real dungarees were way better than the 2000s-era utilities.
Posted by: hogmartin at January 06, 2017 10:39 PM (8nWyX)
Miss Sascha is still in school.
I have no doubt he wants to stick around for glory, but I do believe they don't want her to have to change schools during her senior year.
Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at January 06, 2017 10:39 PM (nUdSA)
Posted by: goon at January 06, 2017 10:39 PM (EaQ6/)
Posted by: yankeefifth"
-----------
During the blizzard of '93, a friend of mine grew concerned about his 90 year-old mother who lived back in the mountains a bit. Widespread power outages. There was no answer at her phone, so he made a call to a younger couple who lived near by.
The guy there said that she was fine. She was making rounds taking food to other people.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 06, 2017 10:40 PM (ZO497)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 06, 2017 10:34 PM (ZO497)
The Law of Unintended Consequences strikes again!
Here's another ICOM radio showed up for sale at GC Surplus:
ICOM IC-R7100 receiver
TASCAM 112 MK II tape recorder
ICOM IC-V100
http://www.gcsurplus.ca/mn-eng.cfm?snc=wfsav&nscn=R6VA0011225
Think it's worth placing a bid on it?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 06, 2017 10:41 PM (bG+ug)
Hello back atcha!
Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at January 06, 2017 10:33 PM (nUdSA)
it is funny, it is like an odd commercial. I ignored the Trump x 3 Deport x3 for weeks before I realized what it was. then after laughing out loud for a good while I started sending it to the few people that know I voted fro Trump that hate me for doing so.
Posted by: yankeefifth at January 06, 2017 10:42 PM (cPsPa)
Posted by: hogmartin at January 06, 2017 10:32 PM (8nWyX)
---
Surely you've sewn Velcro onto the "Marine bib"?
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at January 06, 2017 10:42 PM (EnKk6)
Miss Sascha is still in school.
I have no doubt he wants to stick around for glory, but I do believe they don't want her to have to change schools during her senior year.
Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at January 06, 2017 10:39 PM (nUdSA)
--Yeah, if they're spending that much money and effot on improvements to their new digs, they're not just riding out senior year.
Posted by: logprof at January 06, 2017 10:42 PM (GsAUU)
Posted by: Catwrangler at January 06, 2017 10:42 PM (4QKpw)
Posted by: chavez the hugo at January 06, 2017 10:42 PM (KP5rU)
skilled carpenter. When he learned he was terminally ill, he built his
own coffin.
Posted by: rickl at January 06, 2017 10:23 PM (sdi6R)
That's pretty heavy, right there. My hubby was brooding on mortality when he was digging the grave for our cat Maire, who hadn't much time left.
Of course, he had no idea that he himself would be dead less than six months later. Only a loaner coffin, since he was cremated as we had both discussed in passing.
He's right here in his box, next to me. I was grateful to not have to think about him moldering in his grave. Dark, I know.
Posted by: Miley, the Duchess at January 06, 2017 10:42 PM (tHwdc)
Posted by: Zettai Ryoiki at January 06, 2017 10:42 PM (kP16F)
Posted by: blaster at January 06, 2017 10:37 PM (HV1LS)
Well...I have a story about that. In Chicago in the 80's to see the Grateful Dead, I somehow found myself at a bus stop in the bad part of town. Being young and stupid, I was carrying a giant boom box, and I was blasting Dead tunes. A black woman and her two kids joined me to wait for a bus, and, I swear, her two kids started dancing to "Franklin's Tower." Except instead of "Roll Away...The Dew," they were singing "There's something about...Dr J." I have not made this up, partly because I could not.
Posted by: Splunge at January 06, 2017 10:42 PM (iMxBJ)
Posted by: blaster at January 06, 2017 10:42 PM (HV1LS)
The guy there said that she was fine. She was making rounds taking food to other people.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 06, 2017 10:40 PM (ZO497)
1. YES!
2, WINNING!
Posted by: yankeefifth at January 06, 2017 10:42 PM (cPsPa)
Posted by: garrett at January 06, 2017 10:43 PM (QAjcy)
Dungarees, or utilities? I've heard real dungarees were way better than the 2000s-era utilities.
Posted by: hogmartin
1971-1975.
They were in the process of changing to some oddball utility thing but I always wore the dungarees.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at January 06, 2017 10:43 PM (IqV8l)
It's an enclosure for Michele.
D.C. has strict rules on keeping wild animals in residential neighborhoods.
Posted by: garrett at January 06, 2017 10:30 PM (QAjcy)<<<
Even Nedry knew better than to mess with the Moochelle fences.
Posted by: Robert Muldoon, Jurassic Park game warden at January 06, 2017 10:43 PM (WidQN)
Posted by: josephistan at January 06, 2017 10:43 PM (7qAYi)
Posted by: an indifferent penguin at January 06, 2017 10:24 PM (WidQN)
You're a naughty penguin. I volunteer to virtually apply and repeat as necessary.
Yeah, I know - I'm a sick duchess.
Posted by: Miley, the Duchess at January 06, 2017 10:44 PM (tHwdc)
So what if a B-52 loses an engine? It's got spares.
Posted by: josephistan
Aren't they mounted in pairs?
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at January 06, 2017 10:44 PM (IqV8l)
Posted by: chavez the hugo at January 06, 2017 10:44 PM (KP5rU)
By not having houses/living conditions that were dependent on electricity. Lot easier to get water out of the well without electricity when the well is big enough to get a bucket down to the water or has a manual pump, easier to cook on the woodstove when you actually have a woodstove and easier yet if the stove is designed to cook stuff, etc.
Posted by: Grey Fox at January 06, 2017 10:44 PM (bZ7mE)
She started reminiscing about how her sister was born two nights before Christmas, and the doctor had to come to the house in a horse drawn sleigh because the cars in those days were so bad for driving on snow.
Posted by: nerdygirl at January 06, 2017 10:34 PM (+lVUW)
heh
Posted by: yankeefifth at January 06, 2017 10:45 PM (cPsPa)
Posted by: goon at January 06, 2017 10:45 PM (EaQ6/)
Posted by: hogmartin at January 06, 2017 10:39 PM
Son, haven't you ever listened to the senior citizens of the Goat Locker? Everything 20 to 30 years before the era being opined about was better.
In this instance, they are correct.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at January 06, 2017 10:45 PM (DMUuz)
Heh. The city, at no small cost, has installed LED street lights. A
curious thing, while the power supply mounted high in the lamp assembly
is warm enough to melt the snow falling on it, there isn't enough
radiant heat from the LEDs to keep the melted stuff from refreezing as
it drips down. The lamp out on the street has a beard of foot-long (so
far) icicles hanging from it.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 06, 2017 10:34 PM (ZO497)
I described this to the Fiancee and she said you should post a picture of this.
Posted by: cthulhu at January 06, 2017 10:45 PM (EzgxV)
Posted by: Sandra Fluke at January 06, 2017 10:45 PM (7qAYi)
Posted by: Mr. Peebles at January 06, 2017 10:45 PM (Mt8T4)
They came out with some stiff cotton-poly monstrosities and I hated them.
I also favored the black SS uniforms and dress blues. Glad I got out before black and tans and Aquaflage.
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at January 06, 2017 10:46 PM (EnKk6)
Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine, No Longer Accepting Harem Applicants at January 06, 2017 10:46 PM (0bBNi)
Posted by: Choke Artist at January 06, 2017 10:31 PM (jX4Gu)
One of the final steps I have for dress shirts is to take the collar off and wear it with the mandarin style collar. The collar tends to wear out on the back of my neck and under my cheeks and look tatty.
With care sewing it back up it gives me another year or so of wear, and by then I can either use it to work in the yard or wear as a sleep shirt.
(after that, it's on to making tea towels out of it!)
Posted by: Kindltot at January 06, 2017 10:46 PM (xNowh)
Found out today, Jeffrey Wells has me blocked on Twitter. In the past I would have been embarassed or angry, but today I consider it a badge of honor. :-)
Posted by: qdpsteve at January 06, 2017 10:47 PM (u8kLQ)
Posted by: Tinfoilbaby at January 06, 2017 10:47 PM (6Ll1u)
Night, horde
Posted by: @DangerGirl (gab.ai) and her 1.21 Gigawatt SanityProd (tm) at January 06, 2017 10:47 PM (+eR2D)
I am pretty wrecked, and so is Thor. She was our wee baby. We others that we love, too, but for various reasons, she was the hardest to lose.
This is why I didn't want to get any pets in the first place; I do not handle it well at all, and I am developing weirdness around the other ones now.
I don't want to leave our place, for fear something will happen to one of the others, (even though we were both here when it happened) I count them every 15 minutes, stupid anxiety stuff.
Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at January 06, 2017 10:48 PM (nUdSA)
Drink up your booze because it might go bad.
Posted by: nerdygirl at January 06, 2017 10:48 PM (+lVUW)
Just got back from the VA psych ward. It's definitely geared towards
military and has very individualized care (the staff member escorting me
asked me how my visit went and if I was coming back tomorrow, the nurse
introduced herself to me), but it sucks that I can't bring Pooky books
or cookies. Tomorrow I'm bringing one or two guys from his unit along,
and that should help cure some of the boredom. He's still kind of in
shock, as he lost a day and they're putting him a high dose of an
antidepressant.
Posted by: pookysgirl at January 06, 2017 10:37 PM (ar2KI)
Thank you for the update. You, Pooky, and Pookette are in my prayers.
Posted by: cthulhu at January 06, 2017 10:48 PM (EzgxV)
Posted by: Mr. Peebles at January 06, 2017 10:45 PM (Mt8T4)
Me too. RLM has gotten 4 videos (a HitB review, two small Plinkett videos, and now this "podcast") out of Rogue One and will probably be able to make a few more off of the reactions.
Posted by: Thrawn at January 06, 2017 10:48 PM (E/ibL)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at January 06, 2017 10:36 PM (IqV8l)
Dungarees, or utilities? I've heard real dungarees were way better than the 2000s-era utilities.
Posted by: hogmartin at January 06, 2017 10:39 PM (8nWyX)
Utilities were fine, but far more expensive than Dungarees. I got 3 sets of Utilities done for $200 where Dungarees would have been less than $100.
It didn't help that the requirement was for sewn rate and nametapes on utilities versus iron-on for dungarees.
Posted by: Hugh Jorgen at January 06, 2017 10:48 PM (R5EqA)
Posted by: Zettai Ryoiki at January 06, 2017 10:48 PM (kP16F)
By not having houses/living conditions that were dependent on electricity. Lot easier to get water out of the well without electricity when the well is big enough to get a bucket down to the water or has a manual pump, easier to cook on the woodstove when you actually have a woodstove and easier yet if the stove is designed to cook stuff, etc.
Posted by: Grey Fox at January 06, 2017 10:44 PM (bZ7mE)
yeah but there is also a lot of willful stupid. couple of weeks ago I was at a party and mentioned how every year I throw a winter gear bag with stuff for me and Mrs.YankeeFifth in the car, including winter boots and sleeping bags, in case.
guys thought that was crazy. first of all they do not have any winter gear. second of all, in their estimation no one would ever need more than galoshes unless, now get this, they were some hipster who wanted cool boots.
my only answer was to have another drink.
Posted by: yankeefifth at January 06, 2017 10:49 PM (cPsPa)
Posted by: Splunge at January 06, 2017 10:20 PM (iMxBJ)
====
I have lived in several cities and towns, East and West, including Phila.
There is no full recreation possible, not that I have found, and I have looked. But it is possible to satisfy the craving in most places.
BTW Best steak is at Mama's in Bala Cynwyd.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 06, 2017 10:49 PM (EZebt)
Posted by: Blanco Basura at January 06, 2017 10:49 PM (IcT7t)
Posted by: qdpsteve at January 06, 2017 10:47 PM (u8kLQ)
Oh, the humanity!
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 06, 2017 10:49 PM (bG+ug)
"There is no debate. There is no debate. It is over."
http://hotair.com/archives/2017/01/06/biden-cuts-off-democratic-objections-to-trumps-win-it-is-over/
Posted by: qdpsteve at January 06, 2017 10:49 PM (u8kLQ)
Towns that disappeared completely,
Pull up the roots, pull up the roots,
Miles and miles of endless highway....
Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine, No Longer Accepting Harem Applicants at January 06, 2017 10:49 PM (0bBNi)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
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Yes, if I was in the market. Can always be serviced.
How much? No idea, since it's a pig in a poke.
I'd certainly roll the dice for $100-$200.
Hell, the cases are probably worth $50.00
BTW, did you ever buy the MP3/M thingie?
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 06, 2017 10:50 PM (ZO497)
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at January 06, 2017 10:42 PM (EnKk6)
I never did, mostly because I was stationed in Hawaii and partly because of some vestigial sense of uniform etiquette. Most of the time I had to wear it, I was in CONUS for some reason or other, had to make sure it wasn't moldy or moth-eaten, rush it to the NEX to get my rating patch updated, and then wear it around feeling like a goof with a silly hat. *kazoo noise*
Posted by: hogmartin at January 06, 2017 10:50 PM (8nWyX)
Posted by: Lauren at January 06, 2017 10:32 PM (KPYB
*
One day I'm gonna stop at the Czech Inn in West, Tx.
Then go across the hiway and overindulge in the sausage rolls. Can't remember the name of the store, dang it.
Posted by: tbodie at January 06, 2017 10:50 PM (ZjHNW)
Posted by: Tired Mom at January 06, 2017 10:51 PM (kkfH9)
Posted by: nerdygirl at January 06, 2017 10:51 PM (+lVUW)
I get your point, but they ain't paying for shit.
Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at January 06, 2017 10:52 PM (nUdSA)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 06, 2017 10:49 PM (EZebt)
They have cheesesteak in Wales?
Posted by: Insomniac at January 06, 2017 10:52 PM (0mRoj)
I believe I shared here a week or so ago: Wells lost his VIP access pass to Sundance Film Festival. He's been whining and bitching at Hollywood Elsewhere about how now he's got to stand in line with all the other schmucks and won't have backstage access.
Well, the way he was fulminating a few days ago at Twitter, I responded that he was going to get himself banned or demoted from EVEN MORE film fests.
I *know* that was one of the tweets that finally took him over the edge. Tee hee!!
Posted by: qdpsteve at January 06, 2017 10:52 PM (u8kLQ)
Posted by: Thrawn at January 06, 2017 10:52 PM (E/ibL)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at January 06, 2017 10:53 PM (IqV8l)
Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine, No Longer Accepting Harem Applicants at January 06, 2017 10:53 PM (0bBNi)
Posted by: teej - at January 06, 2017 10:38 PM (gJ3Vg)
Teej, if you email me at tp4evr at the yahoo thingy, I'll send you the link.
It means so much to me to send his website to people who will appreciate the man's talent. I can't get enough of it. I want him to be remembered, even by those who didn't know him.
Posted by: Miley, the Duchess at January 06, 2017 10:53 PM (tHwdc)
"There is no debate. There is no debate. It is over."
http://hotair.com/archives/2017/01/06/biden-cuts-off-democratic-objections-to-trumps-win-it-is-over/
Posted by: qdpsteve at January 06, 2017 10:49 PM (u8kLQ)
It's a sad state of affairs when Joe Biden is the voice of maturity.
Posted by: josephistan at January 06, 2017 10:53 PM (7qAYi)
That's pretty heavy, right there. My hubby was brooding on mortality when he was digging the grave for our cat Maire, who hadn't much time left.
Of course, he had no idea that he himself would be dead less than six months later. Only a loaner coffin, since he was cremated as we had both discussed in passing.
He's right here in his box, next to me. I was grateful to not have to think about him moldering in his grave. Dark, I know
---
Catholic here. And an only child.
Both of my parents went through several days at the funeral home plus a mass when their parents died. They both insisted that when it was their time, they did NOT want that. And when they each passed, all that was done was a very short memorial service at the cemetery with our priest and a luncheon.
I realized much later that it was their final gift to me. They didn't want me to have to go through the pain that they experienced when their parents died. And the traditional Catholic funeral home + mass would have emotionally destroyed me.
Posted by: shibumi, who requires a cute kitty story stat! at January 06, 2017 10:53 PM (J5mC3)
169 There are a couple of decent places in the South Bay.
Posted by: cthulhu at January 06, 2017 10:36 PM (EzgxV)
It's a haul, but...elaborate, if you don't mind.
Posted by: Splunge at January 06, 2017 10:38 PM (iMxBJ)
Amato's Cheesesteaks -- 1162 Saratoga Avenue, San Jose. www.amatoscheesesteaks.com
Also popular -- St. Johns Bar Grill -- 510 Lawrence Expressway suite 110, Sunnyvale. www.stjohnsgrill.com
Posted by: cthulhu at January 06, 2017 10:53 PM (EzgxV)
Posted by: Hugh Jorgen
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*?*
I thought sewing was how you guys passed time in the fo'castle. Well, that... and, you know...
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 06, 2017 10:53 PM (ZO497)
Posted by: Colorado Alex In Exile at January 06, 2017 10:53 PM (FYrz1)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr.
And legs to die for. Wowza!
Posted by: qdpsteve at January 06, 2017 10:53 PM (u8kLQ)
Posted by: Deplorable Old Blue at January 06, 2017 10:54 PM (9iR5/)
Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine, No Longer Accepting Harem Applicants at January 06, 2017 10:53 PM (0bBNi)
Must have been hell on Ned.
Posted by: josephistan at January 06, 2017 10:54 PM (7qAYi)
Posted by: Colorado Alex In Exile at January 06, 2017 10:54 PM (FYrz1)
This is why I didn't want to get any pets in the first place; I do not handle it well at all, and I am developing weirdness around the other ones now.
I don't want to leave our place, for fear something will happen to one of the others, (even though we were both here when it happened) I count them every 15 minutes, stupid anxiety stuff.
Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at January 06, 2017 10:48 PM (nUdSA)
more condolences. your thoughts are the same as mine - knew going in to getting pets that it was eventually going to be painful for me. silly pets.
Posted by: yankeefifth at January 06, 2017 10:54 PM (cPsPa)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 06, 2017 10:53 PM (ZO497)
Friggin' in the riggin'
Posted by: Insomniac at January 06, 2017 10:55 PM (0mRoj)
How much? No idea, since it's a pig in a poke.
I'd certainly roll the dice for $100-$200.
Hell, the cases are probably worth $50.00
BTW, did you ever buy the MP3/M thingie?
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 06, 2017 10:50 PM (ZO497)
Well, I will throw a bid in on it. The last time ICOM radios were on offer, my bids were waay low. But seeing as this outfit is listed as "parts", maybe there is a chance.
Yeah, I did get the Satechi mp3 player/FM transmitter, but have not yet used it, since I had no thumb drives with music on them with me in AZ. Now that I am home, I can try it out. Will report.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 06, 2017 10:55 PM (bG+ug)
Glad that they have individualized care there and glad you're bringing some people from his unit with you.
Will continue praying.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 06, 2017 10:55 PM (tOcW/)
Posted by: Zettai Ryoiki at January 06, 2017 10:55 PM (kP16F)
Posted by: Colorado Alex In Exile at January 06, 2017 10:54 PM (FYrz1)
There's something insanely hot about that.
Posted by: Insomniac at January 06, 2017 10:55 PM (0mRoj)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr.
And legs to die for. Wowza!
Posted by: qdpsteve at January 06, 2017 10:53 PM (u8kLQ)
Jenny Agutter. Oh my, yes.
Posted by: josephistan at January 06, 2017 10:55 PM (7qAYi)
"There is no debate. There is no debate. It is over."
http://hotair.com/archives/2017/01/06/biden-cuts-off-democratic-objections-to-trumps-win-it-is-over/
Posted by: qdpsteve at January 06, 2017 10:49 PM (u8kLQ)
--Remember when I pointed out the other night that Slow Joe was the most honest figure in the 0bama Admin because of his cussing?
Posted by: logprof at January 06, 2017 10:55 PM (GsAUU)
https://twitter.com/kbdabear/status/817410584660557825
https://twitter.com/kbdabear/status/817410664587264000
https://twitter.com/kbdabear/status/817410770526945281
https://twitter.com/kbdabear/status/817410856828989440
https://twitter.com/kbdabear/status/817410943973990401
Posted by: kbdabear at January 06, 2017 10:56 PM (Ya7zs)
Posted by: guy in a Scott Norwood jersey at January 06, 2017 10:56 PM (WidQN)
Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine, No Longer Accepting Harem Applicants at January 06, 2017 10:56 PM (0bBNi)
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Once again, a signal to strong, conservative women. "Stay away."
Posted by: shibumi, who requires a cute kitty story stat! at January 06, 2017 10:56 PM (J5mC3)
Posted by: qdpsteve at January 06, 2017 10:56 PM (u8kLQ)
Posted by: Zettai Ryoiki at January 06, 2017 10:56 PM (kP16F)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 06, 2017 10:53 PM (ZO497)
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Blowin' the hornpipe!
Scuttlebutt!
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at January 06, 2017 10:56 PM (EnKk6)
Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine, No Longer Accepting Harem Applicants at January 06, 2017 10:57 PM (0bBNi)
Where are they from, the Gulf?
We all have full winter emergency kits in the car around here, plus kitty litter for ice.
Now, I was raised in the mountains of northern GA, and live on the border of MO now, so maybe I am used to more winter than someone from, say, Biloxi, but even New Orleans gets snow occasionally.
Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at January 06, 2017 10:57 PM (nUdSA)
https://twitter.com/kbdabear/status/817411075104763904
https://twitter.com/kbdabear/status/817411176682422273
https://twitter.com/kbdabear/status/817411274338406402
https://twitter.com/kbdabear/status/817411371813969920
https://twitter.com/kbdabear/status/817411461408559104
Posted by: kbdabear at January 06, 2017 10:57 PM (Ya7zs)
Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at January 06, 2017 10:57 PM (nUdSA)
Posted by: Blanco Basura at January 06, 2017 10:58 PM (IcT7t)
Posted by: Pete Seria at January 06, 2017 10:58 PM (lJW6d)
Posted by: San Franpsycho
Why? What's the difficult part?
Posted by: weft cut-loop at January 06, 2017 10:58 PM (V3IFq)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at January 06, 2017 10:58 PM (wB8Tg)
I've said at FB, Hollywood Elsewhere, and other places, and have been surprised how many people have agreed with me: If the DNC could just have ever gotten over its vagina spooging and given the 2016 nom to Biden instead of Hillary, he would have won.
Posted by: qdpsteve at January 06, 2017 10:58 PM (u8kLQ)
Posted by: logprof
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Joe simply isn't smart enough to be sly or cunning. Whatever his shortcomings, he's not a psychopath.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 06, 2017 10:59 PM (ZO497)
Posted by: hogmartin at January 06, 2017 10:59 PM (8nWyX)
No. It's the few, scattered flakes n' flurries, twenty miles North of town. And that stuff ain't stickin', either.
They're about to bust out into Teh Grate Blizzurd ob 2017 mode, anytime now.
Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX
Posted by: Jim at January 06, 2017 10:59 PM (v5iqM)
Posted by: Thrawn at January 06, 2017 10:52 PM (E/ibL)
have you read how type? what makes you think I am able to read?
no. what is it about?
Posted by: yankeefifth at January 06, 2017 11:00 PM (cPsPa)
Posted by: San Franpsycho
Why? What's the difficult part?
Posted by: weft cut-loop at January 06, 2017 10:58 PM (V3IFq)
I've found it's the bread. The water that makes the dough to make the rolls is unique to the greater Delaware Valley.
Posted by: josephistan at January 06, 2017 11:00 PM (7qAYi)
Posted by: Count de Monet at January 06, 2017 11:00 PM (JO9+V)
Posted by: Wayne Brady at January 06, 2017 11:00 PM (QAjcy)
Bloody genius!
Posted by: logprof at January 06, 2017 11:00 PM (GsAUU)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at January 06, 2017 11:01 PM (IqV8l)
Posted by: nerdygirl at January 06, 2017 10:51 PM (+lVUW)
Well, I find that it creates more errors than it solves. My spelling is pretty damned good, my typing, not so much. But there are many words, or acronyms, that auto-correct just plain doesn't know. And then you have the regional differences in spelling, like in my neighbourhood. (Pale Moon shows a squiggly red underline for "neighbourhood", although it is the standard Canadian spelling for the word.)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 06, 2017 11:01 PM (bG+ug)
guys thought that was crazy. first of all they do not have any winter gear. second of all, in their estimation no one would ever need more than galoshes unless, now get this, they were some hipster who wanted cool boots.
I actually got started on a three-and-half-hour drive in 40 degree weather without a coat, before I decided that was a really stupid idea, went back home and got both a coat and a wool blanket to put in the truck. Never needed either, but I'd hate to be stuck on a rural route in TN in near-freezing weather with only a sweater.
The blanket still needs washing (ex-IDF surplus) but once it is clean I think I'm keeping it in the truck permanently.
Posted by: Grey Fox at January 06, 2017 11:01 PM (bZ7mE)
Where are they from, the Gulf?
We all have full winter emergency kits in the car around here, plus kitty litter for ice.
Now, I was raised in the mountains of northern GA, and live on the border of MO now, so maybe I am used to more winter than someone from, say, Biloxi, but even New Orleans gets snow occasionally.
Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at January 06, 2017 10:57 PM (nUdSA)
nope. they live on the southern shore of one of the great lakes. literally on the shore.
Posted by: yankeefifth at January 06, 2017 11:01 PM (cPsPa)
Posted by: Northernlurker at January 06, 2017 11:01 PM (nBr1j)
Posted by: Colorado Alex In Exile at January 06, 2017 11:01 PM (FYrz1)
And the traditional Catholic funeral home + mass would have emotionally destroyed me.
Posted by: shibumi, who requires a cute kitty story stat! at January 06, 2017 10:53 PM (J5mC3)
What is that? I only know of funeral homes that hold a viewing for an evening and then take the body to the cemetery.
Posted by: rickl at January 06, 2017 11:02 PM (sdi6R)
I didn't even do it on purpose, but once you have them, they do indeed steal your heart and soul.
Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at January 06, 2017 11:02 PM (nUdSA)
Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine, No Longer Accepting Harem Applicants at January 06, 2017 11:02 PM (0bBNi)
Posted by: yankeefifth at January 06, 2017 11:02 PM (cPsPa)
Long story short(er): no definite plans yet still, sorry. But it *is* going to happen, and I'm almost convinced to go with my teenage dark comedy idea rather than the desert horror flick. I also managed to find more quality production equipment.
*And...* I found out a YouTube producer friend of mine, is thinking of doing a dystopian 2026-set web series, tentatively called "Make America Free Again." I went ahead and told him I'd be interested in learning more about joining his production.
Posted by: qdpsteve at January 06, 2017 11:03 PM (u8kLQ)
Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at January 06, 2017 11:02 PM (nUdSA)
yep cute cuddly loyal little thieves. borderline evil in their effectiveness.
Posted by: yankeefifth at January 06, 2017 11:03 PM (cPsPa)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mR6BeerSSWw
but this time we are going to be pitching, and not just catching. Love it when the worm turns.
Posted by: goon at January 06, 2017 11:03 PM (EaQ6/)
Posted by: Mary Clogginstien from Brattleboro, VT (Soon to be Obamaboro, VT) at January 06, 2017 11:04 PM (Fbj4h)
If a man wants to wear something around his neck he can stick with an ascot or cravat.
Posted by: Colorado Alex In Exile at January 06, 2017 11:01 PM (FYrz1)
Yes, or that ghey thing I wore. Right Scooby?
Posted by: Fred at January 06, 2017 11:04 PM (JO9+V)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 06, 2017 10:59 PM (ZO497) fnord (ZO497)
I seem to recall some thuggery-evidence in his past (of the intimidation variety, rather than, you know, mugging people for their wallets).
If he'd been elected, the rest of the Obama admin would probably have just continued.
On the other hand, BUY A SHOTGUN! SHOOT THROUGH THE DOOR!
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at January 06, 2017 11:04 PM (wB8Tg)
Posted by: Colorado Alex In Exile at January 06, 2017 11:01 PM (FYrz1)
And so here we are in 2017, when there are now gayer choices in neckwear than an ascot.
Posted by: josephistan at January 06, 2017 11:04 PM (7qAYi)
Well shit, I thought you were talking about a Southerner.
Yea, no excuse for a northerner to get caught out by fucking snow.
No excuse for anyone nowadays, but you'd think a lake effect denizen would want to have some provisions in the old vehicle, just in case.
Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at January 06, 2017 11:05 PM (nUdSA)
Posted by: hogmartin at January 06, 2017 10:59 PM (8nWyX)
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Yeah, tell me why our working uniform was more offensive to delicate sensibilities than cammies.
I wonder what lies down the road. Futuristic speedsuits? Retro tarred queues?
LOL: John Adams called the crowd involved with the Boston Massacre "a motley rabble of saucy boys, negros and molattoes, Irish teagues and outlandish jack tarrs"
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at January 06, 2017 11:05 PM (EnKk6)
--
Back in the day-- a few decades ago-- I believe viewing was for at least two days, and then the funeral mass was the third day.
So much more than just a few hours one evening at a funeral home.
Posted by: shibumi, who requires a cute kitty story stat! at January 06, 2017 11:05 PM (J5mC3)
Posted by: chavez the hugo at January 06, 2017 11:05 PM (KP5rU)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 06, 2017 10:53 PM (ZO497)
Dungarees, back in 1988 when I joined, had iron on transfers for rank and we used paint pens to put our names on the shirts and pants. In 1998 when Utilities were imposed, sew-on ranks and nametapes were required and they cost money to do right with the new-fangled sewing machines.
And no, I don't know. The USN didn't have rum, buggery, or the lash.
Posted by: Hugh Jorgen at January 06, 2017 11:05 PM (R5EqA)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at January 06, 2017 11:01 PM (IqV8l)
got it
Posted by: yankeefifth at January 06, 2017 11:02 PM (cPsPa)
Yep, and it's depressing all the way through. If even a tenth of what was described in that book happened if there was a successful EMP strike on the US, the results would be truly horrific.
It's now a trilogy, with One Second After, then One Year After, and now just released, The Final Day.
Posted by: Thrawn at January 06, 2017 11:06 PM (E/ibL)
Posted by: yankeefifth
EMP
Posted by: Bertram Cabot
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Your library will likely have it.
ABE Free Shipping site has softcovers for $5.00
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 06, 2017 11:06 PM (ZO497)
Lived in Philly for 6 years. Jersey Mikes, believe it or not, does a very decent cheesesteak. If there's any near you, check it out.
Posted by: keena at January 06, 2017 11:06 PM (RiTnx)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr.
And legs to die for. Wowza!
Posted by: qdpsteve"
I was always partial to her lips. Thought they were the best ever.
Posted by: AshevilleRobert at January 06, 2017 11:06 PM (w+Jhj)
What happened?
Prayers up.
Posted by: blaster at January 06, 2017 10:38 PM (HV1LS)
Pooky, struggling with sleep apnea, depression and an upcoming PT test, decided to get dramatic in pleading for help Tuesday night and overdosed on Ambien and Trazadone while drinking (on his daughter's fourth birthday). I found him passed out on the floor with what he had taken written on his arm along with "CALL 911." He was in the hospital for two days and was then transferred to the VA psych ward. Pookette is with her grandparents now, and so I'm trying to keep myself busy between the times I can visit him.
Posted by: pookysgirl at January 06, 2017 11:07 PM (ar2KI)
So very true. The little scamp has probably already got several angels trained to give her little bits of tuna.
Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at January 06, 2017 11:07 PM (nUdSA)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at January 06, 2017 11:07 PM (wB8Tg)
Posted by: Thrawn
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What's odd about reading that, is that I personally know all of the places mentioned, right down to the streets.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 06, 2017 11:07 PM (ZO497)
Posted by: Deplorable Old Blue at January 06, 2017 11:08 PM (9iR5/)
Posted by: josephistan at January 06, 2017 11:08 PM (7qAYi)
Something Wicked by True North
The clock on the wall says it's a quarter past ten
The calander says it's the first
I've been in this bar for the past seven nights
Kentucky's finest couldn't quench my thirst
I'd take her the keys but the locks are all changed
Her boyfriend looks good in my car
I thought I'd be safe at this hole in the wall
But get a load of what walked in this bar
Well it's a shot of tequila and a bottle of beer
A long legged beauty every man should fear
It's a bad situation,, no where to run
Something Wicked this way comes
Ruby red lips that little thing with her hips
A body that's nothin' but fine
A dress off the rack and what a rack in that dress
An image that can burn a mans' mind
I couldn't run cause I was fixed in her stare
She was cuttin' a path straight to me
Darwin was right only the strong survive
The hungry they prey on the weak
Well it's a shot of tequila...
There's more but my finger is tired
It's on utube
Posted by: teej - at January 06, 2017 11:08 PM (gJ3Vg)
Posted by: keena at January 06, 2017 11:08 PM (RiTnx)
OTOH I love Philly's Best and Steak Escape. In fact I have half a Steak Escape French Onion sandwich on the endtable right behind me, waiting for my midnight snack tonight. Yum yum yum.
Posted by: qdpsteve at January 06, 2017 11:08 PM (u8kLQ)
Posted by: LASue at January 06, 2017 11:08 PM (CLKfs)
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Yes.
Trump is NOT Paul Ryan.
/shocked and humiliated by Ryan's performance in that debate BTW
Posted by: shibumi, who requires a cute kitty story stat! at January 06, 2017 11:08 PM (J5mC3)
Zettai - I'm curious re: girls with shashkas. Which do you prefer - the
ones where they wear snug dresses and/or furs, or the ones where they're
in zhupan and brooki? Both have their merits, of course.
Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine, No Longer Accepting Harem Applicants at January 06, 2017 11:02 PM (0bBNi)
Not certain that I have a preference... I suppose they'd all still look good in whatever!
Posted by: Zettai Ryoiki at January 06, 2017 11:08 PM (kP16F)
Yea, no excuse for a northerner to get caught out by fucking snow.
No excuse for anyone nowadays, but you'd think a lake effect denizen would want to have some provisions in the old vehicle, just in case.
Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at January 06, 2017 11:05 PM (nUdSA)
yeah. well I have a mark next to their names in my rolodex. when the meteor hits I know where to to for supplies. should their wives survive, and Mrs.YankeeFifth acquiesce, we may bring them along in some capacity.
Posted by: yankeefifth at January 06, 2017 11:08 PM (cPsPa)
transfers for rank and we used paint pens to put our names on the shirts
and pants.
Posted by: Hugh Jorgen"
And it really really helped to have a 3 letter last name when doing that stenciling. Some guys were there all day just putting their names on stuff.
Posted by: AshevilleRobert at January 06, 2017 11:09 PM (w+Jhj)
I have no doubt he wants to stick around for glory, but I do believe they don't want her to have to change schools during her senior year.
Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at January 06, 2017 10:39 PM (nUdSA)
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She's a sophmore.
I don't have a big problem with them staying until this school year is up --- but for two more years until she graduates?!?
That's just an excuse to stay.
Posted by: Margarita DeVille at January 06, 2017 11:09 PM (Nox3c)
Posted by: keena at January 06, 2017 11:08 PM (RiTnx)
you should have someone call orkin.
Posted by: yankeefifth at January 06, 2017 11:09 PM (cPsPa)
Posted by: Deplorable Old Blue at January 06, 2017 11:08 PM (9iR5/)
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AtC hardest hit.
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at January 06, 2017 11:10 PM (EnKk6)
Posted by: chavez the hugo at January 06, 2017 11:10 PM (KP5rU)
I always think of Logan's Run as the very last *old-school," Buck Rogers-style sci-fi flick. It came out in 1976.
Then the way I look at it, Star Wars came along and changed most of the rules of cinematic sci-fi: the look, the plots, the tone, the pace, everything.
Posted by: qdpsteve at January 06, 2017 11:10 PM (u8kLQ)
Posted by: Ostral B Heretic at January 06, 2017 11:10 PM (hALjw)
Posted by: rickl at January 06, 2017 11:10 PM (sdi6R)
Posted by: hogmartin at January 06, 2017 10:59 PM (8nWyX)
In 1989 awaiting my first ship (USS Robison DDG-12) at TPU, I once drove from the "wet side" to the "dry side" of 32nd street (San Diego) in dungarees to go to the galley and got hassled because I wore dungarees off base.
Posted by: Hugh Jorgen at January 06, 2017 11:10 PM (R5EqA)
Posted by: Mike Hammer"
Yeah, I know. Same here.
Haven't heard shit about that Homeland Security thing in Weaverville since last night. They're keeping their mouths shut.
Posted by: AshevilleRobert at January 06, 2017 11:11 PM (w+Jhj)
Author is a professor out in Montreat, I am told. I think I've met him, as a matter of fact - back in high school we had a career day, in which we basically followed someone in a career that we were considering for a day, and I was thinking about becoming a history professor. Same guy that coauthored a couple of Civil War sci-fi books with Newt Gringrich, I think.
Posted by: Grey Fox at January 06, 2017 11:11 PM (bZ7mE)
Well, Iommi is of Italian heritage, so there's that, and as Blackmore"s surname implies, his heritage must include "black-a-moors...."
Right?
Posted by: JoeF. at January 06, 2017 11:11 PM (8HGb7)
Posted by: Zettai Ryoiki at January 06, 2017 11:11 PM (kP16F)
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Is it safe? (Shifts eyes) Can I poke my head in here without getting chastised?
So far, no real snow. Sleet, a few flurries, maybe some ice/snow on the ground.
I spent my last dollar & the entire day getting 3 households ready for a blizzard - we better at least get a few inches of global warming.
Speaking of which, is Miley here? I have a bone to pick with you young lady...
Posted by: Chi at January 06, 2017 11:11 PM (+r5OR)
Trump is NOT Paul Ryan.
/shocked and humiliated by Ryan's performance in that debate BTW
Posted by: shibumi, who requires a cute kitty story stat! at January 06, 2017 11:08 PM (J5mC3)
Trump is more Paul Bunyan than paul ryan
Posted by: yankeefifth at January 06, 2017 11:11 PM (cPsPa)
Hope it's less than they call for.
T
Posted by: Farmer at January 06, 2017 11:12 PM (o/90i)
I looked at the comment in the system....you forgot the slash in the close.
The barrel is hungry....
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at January 06, 2017 11:12 PM (rF0hx)
Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine, No Longer Accepting Harem Applicants at January 06, 2017 11:12 PM (0bBNi)
Posted by: Zettai Ryoiki at January 06, 2017 11:12 PM (kP16F)
I always think of Logan's Run as the very last *old-school," Buck Rogers-style sci-fi flick. It came out in 1976.
Then the way I look at it, Star Wars came along and changed most of the rules of cinematic sci-fi: the look, the plots, the tone, the pace, everything.
Posted by: qdpsteve at January 06, 2017 11:10 PM (u8kLQ)
I'm watching 2001 right this minute and Logan's Run is very much in that visual style. Star Wars did change that for the better I think.
Posted by: Hugh Jorgen at January 06, 2017 11:13 PM (R5EqA)
Posted by: chavez the hugo at January 06, 2017 11:10 PM (KP5rU)
spent years around there. snow is not a problem if you put a itttle thought into what you are doing.
Posted by: yankeefifth at January 06, 2017 11:13 PM (cPsPa)
Posted by: Isadora Duncan at January 06, 2017 11:13 PM (ZO497)
Right?
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Ummm... maybe?
It's still unsettling.
/does that mean that when I'm 65, I'll look Swedish?
Posted by: shibumi, who requires a cute kitty story stat! at January 06, 2017 11:13 PM (J5mC3)
I always think of Logan's Run as the very last *old-school," Buck Rogers-style sci-fi flick. It came out in 1976.
Then the way I look at it, Star Wars came along and changed most of the rules of cinematic sci-fi: the look, the plots, the tone, the pace, everything.
Posted by: qdpsteve at January 06, 2017 11:10 PM
Oooh.. that's pretty contentious!
Posted by: otho at January 06, 2017 11:13 PM (lmIoG)
Posted by: Henry VIII at January 06, 2017 11:13 PM (GsAUU)
***rushes to register 'Vietnamese babes with swords' and all variations thereof on YouTube and godaddy***
Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine, No Longer Accepting Harem Applicants at January 06, 2017 11:14 PM (0bBNi)
Posted by: Zombie Carradine at January 06, 2017 11:14 PM (QAjcy)
Posted by: AshevilleRobert at January 06, 2017 11:09 PM (w+Jhj)
Some guys had names so long they went right around their ass.
Posted by: Hugh Jorgen at January 06, 2017 11:14 PM (R5EqA)
Mrs. Yankeefifth is smarter than that. Having to share the chocolate you will have on hand with dipshits who didn't prepare properly would drive her insane.
Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at January 06, 2017 11:14 PM (nUdSA)
Posted by: hogmartin at January 06, 2017 10:59 PM (8nWyX)
In 1989 awaiting my first ship (USS Robison DDG-12) at TPU, I once
drove from the "wet side" to the "dry side" of 32nd street (San Diego)
in dungarees to go to the galley and got hassled because I wore
dungarees off base.
Posted by: Hugh Jorgen"
Oh god does that bring back some awful memories...
Posted by: AshevilleRobert at January 06, 2017 11:14 PM (w+Jhj)
Be safe morons with this storm passing through. I'm hunkered down ready
for whatever happens. Currently in a blizzard warning here in Norfolk
---------------
Is it safe? (Shifts eyes) Can I poke my head in here without getting chastised?
So far, no real snow. Sleet, a few flurries, maybe some ice/snow on the ground.
I spent my last dollar the entire day getting 3 households
ready for a blizzard - we better at least get a few inches of global
warming.
Speaking of which, is Miley here? I have a bone to pick with you young lady...
Posted by: Chi at January 06, 2017 11:11 PM (+r5OR)
Glad to hear it -- CDR M commented that the heavy bands were moving north in one of the projections. I would love to have the last fourteen days of Obama's mischief abruptly curtailed by being snowed-in.
The Fiancee's comment was, "I hope he didn't have to go out and get Tucker an extra bag of food."
Posted by: cthulhu at January 06, 2017 11:14 PM (EzgxV)
Posted by: Zettai Ryoiki at January 06, 2017 11:14 PM (kP16F)
otho: I live for thrills! ;-)
Posted by: qdpsteve at January 06, 2017 11:15 PM (u8kLQ)
Posted by: otho at January 06, 2017 11:16 PM (lmIoG)
Posted by: Grey Fox
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Bill Forstchen
Posted by: Isadora Duncan at January 06, 2017 11:16 PM (ZO497)
Posted by: chavez the hugo at January 06, 2017 11:16 PM (KP5rU)
I was there for a week straight!
Posted by: Bill Wolfeschlegelsteinhausenbergerdorff at January 06, 2017 11:16 PM (IcT7t)
not so fun if you have to be out in it but great if it is discretionary.
Posted by: yankeefifth at January 06, 2017 11:16 PM (cPsPa)
Do you keep emergency provisions in your vehicle? (Blankets, food, etc?)
Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at January 06, 2017 11:16 PM (nUdSA)
Posted by: Zettai Ryoiki at January 06, 2017 11:16 PM (kP16F)
Posted by: nerdygirl at January 06, 2017 10:08 PM (+lVUW)
I looked at the comment in the system....you forgot the slash in the close.
The barrel is hungry....
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at January 06, 2017 11:12 PM (rF0hx)
That was very kind of you, CBD. Thanks for helping her.
Posted by: cthulhu at January 06, 2017 11:16 PM (EzgxV)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 06, 2017 11:16 PM (ZO497)
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, TX at January 06, 2017 11:17 PM (Saqzi)
I was there for a week straight!
Posted by: Bill Wolfeschlegelsteinhausenbergerdorff at January 06, 2017 11:17 PM (IcT7t)
https://goo.gl/fbakOU
And in celebration (lyrically perhaps NSFW):
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=3x8qBP5j9Mk
Posted by: JEM at January 06, 2017 11:17 PM (TppKb)
Posted by: Tinfoilbaby at January 06, 2017 11:17 PM (6Ll1u)
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes
The following is an admission of guilt.
The USS Salem is a post WWII heavy cruiser which now serves as a museum ship in the former shipbuilding town of Quincy, MA.
Once upon a tour I flat out stole a pair of bellbottoms. It was an exhibit showing how they had tailors shipboard or something. I jumped over the rope and stole them. They were wool, navy blue, and awesome. They didn't fit, but I kept meaning to get them tailored. And even without fitting they looked damn sexy.
I feel worse about the fact that I lost them than I do about the fact that I stole them.
Posted by: Bandersnatch, gentleman cad at January 06, 2017 11:17 PM (mgbwf)
Oh god does that bring back some awful memories...
Posted by: AshevilleRobert at January 06, 2017 11:14 PM (w+Jhj)
That was the *only* good thing about the late '90s utilities - we could wear them off base.
Posted by: Hugh Jorgen at January 06, 2017 11:18 PM (R5EqA)
Posted by: Hugh Jorgen"
Ha! That's so true. I was done in about 15 minutes, and they were still working on their first one...
Looks like all of the Asheville contingent are in here tonight.
Posted by: AshevilleRobert at January 06, 2017 11:18 PM (w+Jhj)
Posted by: Deplorable Old Blue at January 06, 2017 11:18 PM (9iR5/)
Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at January 06, 2017 11:14 PM (nUdSA)
damn. going to have to call the witch doctor to quit making offerings for the meteor to hit.
Posted by: yankeefifth at January 06, 2017 11:18 PM (cPsPa)
The first CD I ever purchased was the Dead, in Sweden in 1992 when my ex persuaded me to convert to CD.
Went to a Further festival in 1996, tripping, swear I could hear Jerry's voice in the void.
Posted by: Miley, the Duchess at January 06, 2017 11:18 PM (tHwdc)
Oh, me too! I really do love it. It's invigorating to me.
I especially love to be out on those really frigid clear, still nights, something about the starkness of it all makes me think Deep Thoughts.
Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at January 06, 2017 11:19 PM (nUdSA)
Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine, No Longer Accepting Harem Applicants at January 06, 2017 11:19 PM (429jj)
See #311, I'm currently wrestling a 19 lb cat for my keyboard.
Posted by: pookysgirl at January 06, 2017 11:19 PM (ar2KI)
"Some guys had names so long they went right around their ass.
Posted by: Hugh Jorgen"
Ha! That's so true. I was done in about 15 minutes, and they were still working on their first one...
Looks like all of the Asheville contingent are in here tonight.
Posted by: AshevilleRobert at January 06, 2017 11:18 PM (w+Jhj)
At least your intertubez still work.
Posted by: cthulhu at January 06, 2017 11:20 PM (EzgxV)
Posted by: Hugh Jorgen at January 06, 2017 11:13 PM (R5EqA)
Yeah. Hard to believe Logan's Run and Star Wars were just a year apart. There is about a decades difference in the quality of the special effects.
Posted by: blaster at January 06, 2017 11:20 PM (HV1LS)
Posted by: AshevilleRobert
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So, you're not driving tonight?
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 06, 2017 11:20 PM (ZO497)
not so fun if you have to be out in it but great if it is discretionary.
Posted by: yankeefifth at January 06, 2017 11:16 PM (cPsPa)
Dry cold. It must be a dry cold.
Posted by: Vendette at January 06, 2017 11:20 PM (exyD+)
Posted by: Hugh Jorgen"
Got out in '87, so never saw those.
Posted by: AshevilleRobert at January 06, 2017 11:20 PM (w+Jhj)
Posted by: chavez the hugo at January 06, 2017 11:10 PM (KP5rU)
spent years around there. snow is not a problem if you put a itttle thought into what you are doing.
Posted by: yankeefifth at January 06, 2017 11:13 PM (cPsPa)
On my trip home from AZ on Tuesday, there was a snow fall in southern Idaho along I-15 between Pocatello and Idaho Falls. Road was slippery, and some people were driving just too damned fast for conditions. I counted 7 vehicles in the ditch or median, several overturned, within a dozen miles of the Indian casino at Ft. Hall. Cops or tow trucks in attendance, so I didn't feel compelled to stop and offer assistance.
North of Idaho Falls, the snow abated, and once over Monida Pass and into Montana, the road became bare and dry, although it was damned cold.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 06, 2017 11:21 PM (bG+ug)
Posted by: chavez the hugo at January 06, 2017 11:21 PM (KP5rU)
It's righty tighty, lefty loosie.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at January 06, 2017 11:21 PM (TRzoP)
Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at January 06, 2017 11:21 PM (nUdSA)
What happened to Pooky? I must have missed something while out in BFE
over the holidays... Posted by:Teresa in Fort Worth, TX at January 06,
2017 11:17 PM (Saqzi)
See #311, I'm currently wrestling a 19 lb cat for my keyboard.
Posted by: pookysgirl at January 06, 2017 11:19 PM (ar2KI)
Let the
Posted by: C-3Pcthulhu at January 06, 2017 11:22 PM (EzgxV)
Posted by: cthulhu
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Wouldn't have been a bad idea.
He could feed off that all on his own before starting on my frozen body...
Posted by: Chi at January 06, 2017 11:22 PM (+r5OR)
Posted by: AshevilleRobert at January 06, 2017 11:09 PM (w+Jhj)
The AROC in my boot camp division was... Malaysian? I think? His name was long enough that they had to use the tiny type size to get it all on his nametapes.
In 1989 awaiting my first ship (USS Robison DDG-12) at TPU, I once drove from the "wet side" to the "dry side" of 32nd street (San Diego) in dungarees to go to the galley and got hassled because I wore dungarees off base.
Posted by: Hugh Jorgen at January 06, 2017 11:10 PM (R5EqA)
I've had a guy jump up my ass for bringing a four-man working party to buy them lunch at the Sea Breeze restaurant on Hickam because one of them had a dribble of paint on his utilities.
Posted by: hogmartin at January 06, 2017 11:22 PM (8nWyX)
---
No jury would convict you, Bander. Trousers like that need to go out on adventures.
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at January 06, 2017 11:22 PM (EnKk6)
Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine, No Longer Accepting Harem Applicants at January 06, 2017 11:22 PM (429jj)
Posted by: Vendette at January 06, 2017 11:22 PM (exyD+)
Posted by: qdpsteve at January 06, 2017 11:15 PM
It's all subjective! Personally, I don't see Star Wars bringing much in the way of "new" to the table. 2001 was the game changer. Logan's Run wasn't that "old school"... IMHO... it was an extension of the trend from the 60's, not the earlier "Buck Rogers" style. Star Wars, on the other hand was a throw back to that earlier style of sci-fi...
But, it was more fantasy than sci-fi... it is closely related to those epics like Jason and the Argonauts, Clash of Titans style stuff. Star Wars is, basically, wizards and swords in space.
Posted by: otho at January 06, 2017 11:23 PM (lmIoG)
Posted by: Mike Hammer"
Too many crazy's out there to risk it. Saw one car at the Leicester / Patton intersection that had gotten T-boned and flipped over on it's side.
Posted by: AshevilleRobert at January 06, 2017 11:23 PM (w+Jhj)
We get ice down here far more than we get snow, although we did get a little bit of snow yesterday.
Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at January 06, 2017 11:24 PM (nUdSA)
Posted by: blaster at January 06, 2017 11:24 PM (HV1LS)
really really like cold weather. really cold nights, zero or below without wind blowing are fantastic. just hard cold.
not so fun if you have to be out in it but great if it is discretionary.
Posted by: yankeefifth at January 06, 2017 11:16 PM (cPsPa)
Dry cold. It must be a dry cold.
Posted by: Vendette at January 06, 2017 11:20 PM (exyD+)
Nothing personal, but I'm hoping your area gets epic weather. (Reason @354)
Posted by: cthulhu at January 06, 2017 11:24 PM (EzgxV)
Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at January 06, 2017 11:24 PM (nUdSA)
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at January 06, 2017 11:25 PM (EnKk6)
If you watched the CSPAN coverage, you see Slow Joe laughing and chatting with the Dem reps he cut off 5 minutes after the certification.
They were playing a role. So was he. Joe played Mr. Voice of Reason Dem. They played "Principled" Outraged Leftists so all the SJWs in their districts could say "Well, she fought the Power!! She tried!!" All of those reps knew damn well that without a Senator's signature their petitions were no good. It was grandstanding, theater. Ace talks about GOP Failure Theater. This was Outrage Theater, for the benefit of their bozo constituents. And Joe and everyone else in that theater except for the stupid protesters knew that.
We'll see a lot of Outrage Theater from the Dems over the next 4 years.
Posted by: Donna di deplorable ampersands&&&&and so there at January 06, 2017 11:25 PM (P8951)
Posted by: Zettai Ryoiki at January 06, 2017 11:12 PM (kP16F)
Yup
Posted by: Henry VIII at January 06, 2017 11:13 PM (GsAUU)
I think King Hal is confusing Jane Seymour (wife #3, died of complications of childbirth) with either Anne Boleyn (#2) or Catherine Howard (#5).
Posted by: Basement Cat at January 06, 2017 11:25 PM (3C9q2)
Posted by: qdpsteve at January 06, 2017 11:25 PM (u8kLQ)
Posted by: chavez the hugo at January 06, 2017 11:25 PM (KP5rU)
Posted by: Samantha Bee at January 06, 2017 11:26 PM (GsAUU)
Posted by: Deplorable Old Blue at January 06, 2017 11:26 PM (9iR5/)
Posted by: teej at January 06, 2017 11:26 PM (gJ3Vg)
Posted by: qdpsteve at January 06, 2017 11:26 PM (u8kLQ)
The Fiancee's comment was, "I hope he didn't have to go out and get Tucker an extra bag of food."
Posted by: cthulhu
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Wouldn't have been a bad idea.
He could feed off that all on his own before starting on my frozen body...
Posted by: Chi at January 06, 2017 11:22 PM (+r5OR)
Is your heat out?
Posted by: cthulhu at January 06, 2017 11:26 PM (EzgxV)
That was very kind of you, CBD. Thanks for helping her.
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That Triple Gainer last night was impressive - I gave it a 9.8.
Posted by: Chi at January 06, 2017 11:26 PM (+r5OR)
Too much Joseph Campbell and Kurosawa rip off.
Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine, No Longer Accepting Harem Applicants at January 06, 2017 11:26 PM (429jj)
I especially love to be out on those really frigid clear, still nights, something about the starkness of it all makes me think Deep Thoughts.
Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at January 06, 2017 11:19 PM (nUdSA)
yeah. it is a very pure experience. no noise, just dark and cold.
Posted by: yankeefifth at January 06, 2017 11:26 PM (cPsPa)
Posted by: cthulhu at January 06, 2017 11:24 PM (EzgxV)
It's going to be the dry, fluffy snow that's easy to shovel. If the usual wet cement was expected, then I'd be annoyed with you.
Posted by: Vendette at January 06, 2017 11:26 PM (exyD+)
Do they get cold? Do they freeze?
Posted by: Margarita DeVille at January 06, 2017 11:27 PM (Nox3c)
Posted by: Original Jake at January 06, 2017 11:27 PM (jrFgU)
and have yet to encounter black ice and don't know what to expect.
!
Posted by: concrete girl at January 06, 2017 11:27 PM (biupr)
Posted by: Vendette at January 06, 2017 11:22 PM (exyD+)
--The aurora borealis, or the Cannabis?
Posted by: logprof at January 06, 2017 11:28 PM (GsAUU)
Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at January 06, 2017 11:28 PM (nUdSA)
Posted by: chavez the hugo at January 06, 2017 11:28 PM (KP5rU)
Posted by: blaster at January 06, 2017 11:28 PM (HV1LS)
otho: I live for thrills! ;-)
Posted by: qdpsteve at January 06, 2017 11:15 PM
It's all subjective! Personally, I don't see Star Wars bringing much
in the way of "new" to the table. 2001 was the game changer. Logan's
Run wasn't that "old school"... IMHO... it was an extension of the trend
from the 60's, not the earlier "Buck Rogers" style. Star Wars, on the
other hand was a throw back to that earlier style of sci-fi...
But, it was more fantasy than sci-fi... it is closely related to
those epics like Jason and the Argonauts, Clash of Titans style stuff.
Star Wars is, basically, wizards and swords in space.
Posted by: otho at January 06, 2017 11:23 PM (lmIoG)
The big thing that Star Wars brought was that tech was used, dirty, and sometimes patched. Previous Sci-Fi had everything looking freshly made.
Posted by: cthulhu at January 06, 2017 11:28 PM (EzgxV)
Posted by: Vendette at January 06, 2017 11:20 PM (exyD+)
yeah but with snow on the ground.
ps
Vendette!
Posted by: yankeefifth at January 06, 2017 11:29 PM (cPsPa)
Good funeral homes know what is traditional for different religions and provide for whatever members of that religion expect. For Catholics, it involves one or more periods of viewing at the funeral home, sometimes a funeral procession from the funeral home to the church, a Mass, and moving the body to the cemetery for a short graveside service performed by the priest. Of course they charge for everything, but they are very good at helping you with arrangements. They know their stuff.
The parish usually provides a lunch.
Posted by: nerdygirl at January 06, 2017 11:29 PM (+lVUW)
Posted by: logprof at January 06, 2017 11:28 PM (GsAUU)
The former.
Posted by: Vendette at January 06, 2017 11:29 PM (exyD+)
Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine, No Longer Accepting Harem Applicants at January 06, 2017 11:30 PM (429jj)
Posted by: Vendette at January 06, 2017 11:26 PM (exyD+)
shovel? you can get the light dry stuff off with a good blow.
Posted by: yankeefifth at January 06, 2017 11:30 PM (cPsPa)
Posted by: Colorado Alex In Exile at January 06, 2017 11:31 PM (FYrz1)
Raaaaacist ice driver.
Denounce! Denounce!!!!
Posted by: Adriane the Meteorology Critic ... at January 06, 2017 11:31 PM (AoK0a)
ps
Vendette!
Posted by: yankeefifth at January 06, 2017 11:29 PM (cPsPa)
Or better yet, while you're shoveling snow and the only sound is from said shovel.
Y5!!!!!
Posted by: Vendette at January 06, 2017 11:31 PM (exyD+)
Posted by: Deplorable Old Blue at January 06, 2017 11:31 PM (9iR5/)
Posted by: yankeefifth at January 06, 2017 11:30 PM (cPsPa)
We are still doing phrasing, right?
Posted by: blaster at January 06, 2017 11:31 PM (HV1LS)
North of Idaho Falls, the snow abated, and once over Monida Pass and into Montana, the road became bare and dry, although it was damned cold.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 06, 2017 11:21 PM (bG+ug)
1. glad you made it home safe.
2. everyone knows you know how to drive in the snow.
Posted by: yankeefifth at January 06, 2017 11:32 PM (cPsPa)
The former.
Posted by: Vendette at January 06, 2017 11:29 PM (exyD+)
--I was so pissed the last time I saw the aurora. I was just taking a walk around my quiet side of Winterpeg, and looked up and say the beautiful green-blue show in the sky. And as damned luck would have it, both my Blackberry and my camera were drained so I could not take a picture.
Posted by: logprof at January 06, 2017 11:32 PM (GsAUU)
Black ice: Listen to road noise from your tyres... When it suddenly goes silent, panic!
Oh... And don't even THINK about touching the brakes!
Posted by: Zettai Ryoiki at January 06, 2017 11:34 PM (kP16F)
There's a - pristine - look to 2001 and subsequent SF movies that SW properly abandoned. Logan's Run had a visual that was closer to 2001.
Posted by: Hugh Jorgen at January 06, 2017 11:34 PM (R5EqA)
413
Nothing personal, but I'm hoping your area gets epic weather. (Reason @354)
Posted by: cthulhu at January 06, 2017 11:24 PM (EzgxV)
It's going to be the dry, fluffy snow that's easy to shovel. If the
usual wet cement was expected, then I'd be annoyed with you.
Posted by: Vendette at January 06, 2017 11:26 PM (exyD+)
So we'll get another two weeks of backstabbing and perfidy. Bummer.
Posted by: cthulhu at January 06, 2017 11:34 PM (EzgxV)
Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine, No Longer Accepting Harem Applicants at January 06, 2017 11:34 PM (429jj)
Posted by: chavez the hugo at January 06, 2017 11:25 PM (KP5rU)
sez who?
Posted by: yankeefifth at January 06, 2017 11:35 PM (cPsPa)
It was the Northern Lights. Furthest south they had been in forever. Neat, but a little unnerving. Can't imagine having it all the time.
Posted by: blaster at January 06, 2017 11:35 PM (HV1LS)
Posted by: logprof at January 06, 2017 11:32 PM (GsAUU)
Best aurora I ever saw was near Lake Louise in the late 90s. April. Every color you'd want to see. If I took pictures I'd have to search around to find them. Absolutely incredible.
Posted by: Vendette at January 06, 2017 11:35 PM (exyD+)
Posted by: chavez the hugo at January 06, 2017 11:28 PM (KP5rU)
The damn black ice will get you. Just snow? Pffft? I can deal (helps that I don't have to shovel, of course
Ice is what I fear - both walking and driving on it.Posted by: Donna di deplorable ampersands&&&&and so there at January 06, 2017 11:36 PM (P8951)
Posted by: concrete girl at January 06, 2017 11:36 PM (biupr)
It makes me ponder infinity.
The stars on hot summer nights are just as bright and sparkly and amazing, but on really cold nights, it seems more like actual Space to me for some reason.
And that makes me think of how it never ends, and other mysterious things.
Whereas in the summer it just doesn't feel like that to me, perhaps because I am still enchanted and therefore distracted by lightning bugs, or maybe I am thinking more about another glass of iced tea, who knows?
But I think it has something to do with the coldness somehow.
Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at January 06, 2017 11:36 PM (nUdSA)
I wear my anal sphincter around mine.
Posted by: Barry at January 06, 2017 11:37 PM (/Nite)
416
i make sure to drive slow at night, eyes peeled for wildlife.
and have yet to encounter black ice and don't know what to expect.
!
Posted by: concrete girl at January 06, 2017 11:27 PM (biupr)
We did a trip to Mendocino late at night with a full moon. On the stretch from Cloverdale to Little River, I did about half of it at about 10 mph -- watching the eyes reflect the headlights.
Posted by: cthulhu at January 06, 2017 11:37 PM (EzgxV)
Posted by: Blanco Basura at January 06, 2017 11:37 PM (IcT7t)
Y5!!!!!
Posted by: Vendette at January 06, 2017 11:31 PM (exyD+)
that is a good. so is walking around in the middle of seom field covered in snow and the only noise is the crunching ov your boots on the snow.
Posted by: yankeefifth at January 06, 2017 11:37 PM (cPsPa)
Posted by: Vendette at January 06, 2017 11:29 PM (exyD+)
--I was so pissed the last time I saw the aurora. I was just taking a walk around my quiet side of Winterpeg, and looked up and say the beautiful green-blue show in the sky. And as damned luck would have it, both my Blackberry and my camera were drained so I could not take a picture.
Posted by: logprof at January 06, 2017 11:32 PM (GsAUU)
So, the wife has "seeing the aurora borealis" on her bucket list.
We live in OK.
Is there any way to predict when the aurora will occur? With some travel time allowed?
Posted by: tbodie at January 06, 2017 11:37 PM (ZjHNW)
Posted by: blaster at January 06, 2017 11:38 PM (HV1LS)
Posted by: Moran Moran at January 06, 2017 11:38 PM (GdgAM)
Thanks!
Pooky and family have been added to our family's prayers :-(
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, TX at January 06, 2017 11:38 PM (Saqzi)
Posted by: boulder terlit hobo at January 06, 2017 11:38 PM (6FqZa)
'Ahh,' says Holmes. 'And what do you conclude from that?'
Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine, No Longer Accepting Harem Applicants at January 06, 2017 11:39 PM (429jj)
Posted by: Zombies at January 06, 2017 11:39 PM (IqV8l)
Posted by: chavez the hugo at January 06, 2017 11:39 PM (KP5rU)
Posted by: Chi at January 06, 2017 11:39 PM (+r5OR)
Less water-vapour, my guess. Maybe even less carbon dioxide in the higher altitudes
Posted by: boulder terlit hobo at January 06, 2017 11:39 PM (6FqZa)
Oh... And don't even THINK about touching the brakes.
i'm pretty good about not panic-ing
is it sort of like hydro-planing only worse?
Posted by: concrete girl at January 06, 2017 11:40 PM (biupr)
The stars on hot summer nights are just as bright and sparkly and amazing, but on really cold nights, it seems more like actual Space to me for some reason.
And that makes me think of how it never ends, and other mysterious things.
Whereas in the summer it just doesn't feel like that to me, perhaps because I am still enchanted and therefore distracted by lightning bugs, or maybe I am thinking more about another glass of iced tea, who knows?
But I think it has something to do with the coldness somehow.
Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at January 06, 2017 11:36 PM (nUdSA)
you are right. not sure what it is but there is a clarifying effect.
sometimes after skiing we would just flop down in the snow and stare at the sky and forget ourselves.
Posted by: yankeefifth at January 06, 2017 11:40 PM (cPsPa)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at January 06, 2017 11:41 PM (IqV8l)
Posted by: Lauren at January 06, 2017 10:32 PM (KPYB )
Yep, much of central Texas is suffering from a long-term vowel shortage.
Posted by: Michael the TEXIT at January 06, 2017 11:41 PM (nvMvs)
>>>panic!
Oh... And don't even THINK about touching the brakes.
i'm pretty good about not panic-ing
is it sort of like hydro-planing only worse?
Posted by: concrete girl at January 06, 2017 11:40 PM (biupr)
It's a lot like hydro-planing only worse.
Posted by: cthulhu at January 06, 2017 11:41 PM (EzgxV)
Posted by: Zettai Ryoiki at January 06, 2017 11:41 PM (kP16F)
Posted by: boulder terlit hobo at January 06, 2017 11:41 PM (6FqZa)
http://preview.tinyurl.com/jmcqdbw
Still miss the old guy, after 18 years.
Chi - If you are here, that is the cat of "How'd he do?"
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 06, 2017 11:41 PM (ZO497)
Posted by: Moran Moran at January 06, 2017 11:41 PM (GdgAM)
No doubt. I think it's also because I have never been able to rid myself of the notion that space is very, very cold, lol!
Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at January 06, 2017 11:41 PM (nUdSA)
2. everyone knows you know how to drive in the snow.
Posted by: yankeefifth at January 06, 2017 11:32 PM (cPsPa)
Thank you, Y5.
The older I get, the more like an old fart I drive.
The next day, after over-nighting in Helena, I was northbound on I-15 again, and only the right-hand lane was clear of snow. I passed a few much slower vehicles, waiting to do so on a straight stretch, but I ended up with a train of half a dozen vehicles behind me. But I got off I-15 near Wolf Creek, and took 287 north through Augusta and Choteau, and rejoined 15 at Conrad. It's actually shorter, because I-15 swings a fair way east to service Great Falls. Good two-lane blacktop all the way, posted for 70 mph, and next to zero traffic. And mostly clear of snow, too! I actually made excellent time; eight and a half hours from Helena to my driveway. Stops included.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 06, 2017 11:42 PM (bG+ug)
Posted by: Adriane the Arithmetic Critic ... at January 06, 2017 11:42 PM (AoK0a)
Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine, No Longer Accepting Harem Applicants at January 06, 2017 11:42 PM (429jj)
Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at January 06, 2017 11:36 PM (nUdSA)
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Yes. I feel the same way about the beach. The ocean seems vaster, more mysterious in the cold.
Maybe there's something about being cold that makes us feel alone, like a wayfaring stranger. I dunno.
Posted by: Margarita DeVille at January 06, 2017 11:42 PM (Nox3c)
Much worse. If you start to hydroplane you can at least slow down to gain traction. I've seen truck trailers start to slide on black ice while they were standing still.
Posted by: Deplorable Old Blue at January 06, 2017 11:42 PM (9iR5/)
Posted by: chavez the hugo at January 06, 2017 11:42 PM (KP5rU)
Posted by: Hugh Jorgen at January 06, 2017 11:42 PM (R5EqA)
Posted by: cthulhu at January 06, 2017 11:43 PM (EzgxV)
Posted by: chavez the hugo at January 06, 2017 11:39 PM (KP5rU)
Let me try that again. Writing is not my strong suit.
Can the aurora that happens up north be predicted with enough lead time to get there from OK?
Posted by: tbodie at January 06, 2017 11:43 PM (ZjHNW)
been in forever. Neat, but a little unnerving. Can't imagine having
it all the time.
Posted by: blaster"
Actually got to see them in North Carolina. That's a rarity.
Posted by: AshevilleRobert at January 06, 2017 11:43 PM (w+Jhj)
Try the "long pork" kolache!
Posted by: boulder terlit hobo at January 06, 2017 11:43 PM (6FqZa)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SxafAOClo5E
Posted by: goon at January 06, 2017 10:32 PM (EaQ6/)
Thanks! One of my favorites.
Posted by: Michael the TEXIT at January 06, 2017 11:43 PM (nvMvs)
Posted by: cthulhu
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That's kind of a personal question, man.
I know it's the ONT, but let's not get carried away just yet...
Posted by: Chi at January 06, 2017 11:44 PM (+r5OR)
'What do you think, Holmes?'
'I think someone has stolen our tent.'
Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine, No Longer Accepting Harem Applicants at January 06, 2017 11:44 PM (429jj)
Is there any way to predict when the aurora will occur? With some travel time allowed?
Posted by: tbodie at January 06, 2017 11:37 PM (ZjHNW)
--I'm not sure, but the farther north you go, the more frequent the visibility.
No kidding: There are a decent amount of Chinese tourists who book trips to Churchill, Manitoba, because making love under the aurora is supposed to be extremely auspicious. Lots of lodgings have panoramic views of the skies.
Me, I just want to see the polar bears up close.
Posted by: logprof at January 06, 2017 11:44 PM (GsAUU)
Posted by: tbodie at January 06, 2017 11:37 PM (ZjHNW)
For you, it would have to be a large solar storm to get an aurora that far south.
That being said, here is a link to a Sky and Telescope article about sites and apps that track auroras:
http://tinyurl.com/jkylk3j
Posted by: Vendette at January 06, 2017 11:45 PM (exyD+)
Posted by: boulder terlit hobo at January 06, 2017 11:45 PM (6FqZa)
Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine, No Longer Accepting Harem Applicants at January 06, 2017 11:45 PM (429jj)
Posted by: Chi at January 06, 2017 11:46 PM (+r5OR)
Probably littered with pepperspray cans.
Posted by: Blanco Basura at January 06, 2017 11:46 PM (IcT7t)
Back in 87, we were off the coast of NC and got hit by a snowstorm a couple hundred miles out. Built a snowman on the flight deck.
Posted by: AshevilleRobert at January 06, 2017 11:46 PM (w+Jhj)
Here is the NOAA site with a three day forecast
http://www.swpc.noaa.gov/products/aurora-3-day-forecast
Posted by: Deplorable Old Blue at January 06, 2017 11:46 PM (9iR5/)
been in forever. Neat, but a little unnerving. Can't imagine having
it all the time.
-----------
The Northern Lights have seen queer sights...
Posted by: Robert Service at January 06, 2017 11:47 PM (ZO497)
Posted by: hogmartin at January 06, 2017 11:47 PM (8nWyX)
Posted by: Zettai Ryoiki at January 06, 2017 11:47 PM (kP16F)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZtUDEEBagxk
and for Chi ...
Posted by: Adriane the Music Critic ... at January 06, 2017 11:47 PM (AoK0a)
438 384; don't you love people with 4wd who think i can go as fast as always. they don't stop or steer any better than anything else on the road. when you run out of talent, or get behind on your steering they are the same thing.
Posted by: chavez the hugo at January 06, 2017 11:25 PM (KP5rU)
sez who?
Posted by: yankeefifth at January 06, 2017 11:35 PM (cPsPa)
4wd just means you have 4 tires spinning out of control on the ice.
Posted by: buzzion at January 06, 2017 11:47 PM (cAnNx)
Posted by: concrete girl at January 06, 2017 11:47 PM (biupr)
Oh, that is so true, it does feel more alone-ish, doesn't it? Even when you're not.
And yes, vast.
Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at January 06, 2017 11:47 PM (nUdSA)
Posted by: cthulhu at January 06, 2017 11:28 PM
Oh, yeah... I'm not slagging off SW as being totally bereft of new stuff. That's art/set design type thing (even if it impacts the story)... I was pointing more towars the broad strokes, story, style and whatnot.
Posted by: otho at January 06, 2017 11:47 PM (lmIoG)
You don't come here for the hunting do you?
Posted by: The Bear at January 06, 2017 11:47 PM (W6Ch1)
Posted by: tbodie at January 06, 2017 11:37 PM (ZjHNW)
If there is a big solar flare, and if it is pointed towards Earth, there will probably be auroras. I think NASA has a "space weather" alert. I think the delay between the visual flare, and the arrival of the stream of charged particles is on the order of a day and half. So you'd want to book a ticket to some northerly center that is enjoying clear skies.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 06, 2017 11:48 PM (bG+ug)
Posted by: Moran Moran at January 06, 2017 11:48 PM (GdgAM)
Posted by: chavez the hugo at January 06, 2017 11:48 PM (KP5rU)
Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine, No Longer Accepting Harem Applicants at January 06, 2017 11:49 PM (429jj)
Posted by: tbodie at January 06, 2017 11:50 PM (ZjHNW)
Posted by: yop at January 06, 2017 11:50 PM (0Xdve)
Posted by: yankeefifth at January 06, 2017 11:37 PM (cPsPa)
When it is really, really cold, the snow doesn't crunch, it squeaks. Like a thousand tiny nails being pulled out of dry wood.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 06, 2017 11:50 PM (bG+ug)
As Oglaf warned (NSFW) about trying to thaw out the Snow Queen...
Posted by: boulder terlit hobo at January 06, 2017 11:51 PM (6FqZa)
you're supposed to leave the heater on while you're in the tub ... just sayin'
I have never seen an aurora. :-(
Posted by: Adriane the Meteorology Critic ... at January 06, 2017 11:51 PM (AoK0a)
"It was the Northern Lights. Furthest south they had
been in forever. Neat, but a little unnerving. Can't imagine having
it all the time.
Posted by: blaster"
Actually got to see them in North Carolina. That's a rarity.
Posted by: AshevilleRobert at January 06, 2017 11:43 PM (w+Jhj)
We did an Alaska cruise, and there were supposed to be some, but we didn't see any.
Posted by: cthulhu at January 06, 2017 11:51 PM (EzgxV)
Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine, No Longer Accepting Harem Applicants at January 06, 2017 11:51 PM (429jj)
I used to work for a Launch Service Provider, and the Russians would always chat up the ISS when it passed over.
Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at January 06, 2017 11:51 PM (nUdSA)
Posted by: chavez the hugo at January 06, 2017 11:51 PM (KP5rU)
Posted by: Deplorable Old Blue at January 06, 2017 11:52 PM (9iR5/)
Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine, No Longer Accepting Harem
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Saw it one night while camped on the edge of Lake Huron.
Posted by: Robert Service at January 06, 2017 11:52 PM (ZO497)
That is momentary however. By February, when the snow piles are gray and the gutters are slushy - no magic there.
After that first snowfall, I can appreciate winter - when I'm on my sofa, with a blanket over me and a cup of hot chocolate or better yet, cognac, and there's soup or stew cooking. I feel all cozy then. Then it's OK - until I have to go outside.
It's 4 degrees right now. There is no way I can enjoy that. The reverse I guess, is Arizona or New Orleans in August. Being outside is unbearable - you rush from one climate controlled interior to another.
That's one thing that troubled me so much about that poor tortured boy in Chicago - he escaped in his shorts and flip-flops or sandals of some sort (why was he wearing sandals). To be outside in this bitterly cold weather in shorts and sandals and no coat, even for 5 minutes, would be torture in and of itself.
Posted by: Donna di deplorable ampersands&&&&and so there at January 06, 2017 11:52 PM (P8951)
Posted by: Vendette at January 06, 2017 11:52 PM (exyD+)
Is there any way to predict when the aurora will occur? With some travel time allowed?
Posted by: tbodie at January 06, 2017 11:37 PM (ZjHNW)
--I'm not sure, but the farther north you go, the more frequent the visibility.
No kidding: There are a decent amount of Chinese tourists who book
trips to Churchill, Manitoba, because making love under the aurora is
supposed to be extremely auspicious. Lots of lodgings have panoramic
views of the skies.
Me, I just want to see the polar bears up close.
Posted by: logprof at January 06, 2017 11:44 PM (GsAUU)
Whenever you read "polar bear", try pronouncing it "world's largest land predator" and see if it changes your inclinations.
Posted by: cthulhu at January 06, 2017 11:53 PM (EzgxV)
But let the B-52s lose an ingenue on stage, and it's shows over baby...show's over!
Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX
Posted by: Jim at January 06, 2017 11:53 PM (v5iqM)
I miss real winters.
Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine, No Longer Accepting Harem Applicants at January 06, 2017 11:54 PM (429jj)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
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...and ice crystals in the air.
Posted by: Robert Service at January 06, 2017 11:54 PM (ZO497)
Prayers for Pooky, you, and your family.
Posted by: Michael the TEXIT at January 06, 2017 11:54 PM (nvMvs)
Posted by: boulder terlit hobo at January 06, 2017 11:45 PM (6FqZa)
"The Czech is in the male."
Posted by: just the punchline at January 06, 2017 11:54 PM (bG+ug)
It makes me ponder infinity.
The stars on hot summer nights are just as bright and sparkly and amazing, but on really cold nights, it seems more like actual Space to me for some reason.
And that makes me think of how it never ends, and other mysterious things.
Whereas in the summer it just doesn't feel like that to me, perhaps because I am still enchanted and therefore distracted by lightning bugs, or maybe I am thinking more about another glass of iced tea, who knows?
But I think it has something to do with the coldness somehow.
Depending where you are, it could be more humidity and dust in the air in the summer.
Posted by: Iron Mike Golf at January 06, 2017 11:55 PM (di1hb)
Posted by: chavez the hugo at January 06, 2017 11:55 PM (KP5rU)
Posted by: cthulhu at January 06, 2017 11:53 PM (EzgxV)
You sure about that?
Posted by: Kodiak Bear at January 06, 2017 11:56 PM (GsAUU)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZtUDEEBagxk
and for Chi ...
Posted by: Adriane the Music Critic
------------------
Ha!
Thank you - a lifetime ago, I was ridiculed for introducing my buddies to Buster.
Then, a month later they were all claiming that they "discovered" him.
Pot is a dangerous drug, kids. It will rot your brain. Stay in school
Posted by: Chi at January 06, 2017 11:56 PM (+r5OR)
Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at January 06, 2017 11:57 PM (nUdSA)
Posted by: tbodie at January 06, 2017 11:58 PM (ZjHNW)
There's a - pristine - look to 2001 and subsequent SF movies that SW properly abandoned. Logan's Run had a visual that was closer to 2001.
Posted by: Hugh Jorgen at January 06, 2017 11:34 PM (R5EqA)
Then again, if you're a Babylon 5 fan, you'll notice the evo suits are the same as the ones used for the "the one" episodes - and they are the very same props.
Posted by: Hugh Jorgen at January 06, 2017 11:58 PM (R5EqA)
https://youtu.be/uqOfCUND8gw
Posted by: logprof at January 06, 2017 11:58 PM (GsAUU)
Off to sleep w/ the doggehs and Jules.
Be well,
T
Posted by: Farmer at January 06, 2017 11:58 PM (o/90i)
Posted by: Tinfoilbaby at January 06, 2017 11:59 PM (6Ll1u)
Posted by: chavez the hugo at January 07, 2017 12:00 AM (KP5rU)
Posted by: tbodie at January 07, 2017 12:00 AM (ZjHNW)
Just got back from a break. Thanks, it could be that I was so paranoid about the capitalization of the i that I overlooked the slash.
Posted by: nerdygirl at January 07, 2017 12:00 AM (+lVUW)
Posted by: cthulhu
----------------
Awwwww
Knut was a big thing here not too long ago.
How quickly we forget...
(How long ago was that?)
Posted by: Chi at January 07, 2017 12:00 AM (+r5OR)
Posted by: Harry Paratestes at January 07, 2017 12:01 AM (WGxp4)
Then again, if you're a Babylon 5 fan, you'll notice the evo suits are the same as the ones used for the "the one" episodes - and they are the very same props.
Posted by: Hugh Jorgen
Not the one.
Posted by: Zathras at January 07, 2017 12:01 AM (IqV8l)
Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine, No Longer Accepting Harem Applicants at January 07, 2017 12:02 AM (429jj)
Posted by: Hugh Jorgen at January 06, 2017 11:34 PM
I'm not sure what you mean here. If you mean the way they were edited and shot... sort of. Star Wars had a faster pace with lots of stuff whizzing around etc, but Logan's Run is quite poorly (well, ploddingly, anyway) directed shot and put together. Kubrick isn't plodding or dull, just because it's not edited frenetically and features a zoom-zoom story... it's still visually stunning and innovative etc.
Star Wars, to me anyway... has more of a directing and story style that harkens back to JATA, 7th Voyage of Sinbad etc... Star Wars is fantasy epic and it sure looks to me like Lucas loved those old flicks and updated them with newer techniques and futuristic story.
Posted by: otho at January 07, 2017 12:03 AM (lmIoG)
Upper/lower case matters. That may be was is tripping you up.
As much as I love seeing your swan dives into the barrel, this may be your Achilles Heel.
Posted by: Chi at January 07, 2017 12:03 AM (+r5OR)
Posted by: Country Boy - Stay Deplorable My Friends at January 07, 2017 12:04 AM (Jcg9Q)
Posted by: tbodie at January 06, 2017 11:37 PM (ZjHNW)
http://www.swpc.noaa.gov/products/aurora-3-day-forecast
Posted by: Snow shoveling the driveway, again at January 07, 2017 12:04 AM (Pby3z)
Posted by: Vendette at January 07, 2017 12:05 AM (exyD+)
Posted by: Zettai Ryoiki at January 07, 2017 12:06 AM (kP16F)
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/ambush/rangers/thomas.html
Posted by: goon at January 07, 2017 12:06 AM (EaQ6/)
Posted by: boulder terlit hobo at January 06, 2017 11:45 PM (6FqZa)<<<
I'd give it a try.
Posted by: zombie Timothy Treadwell at January 07, 2017 12:07 AM (WidQN)
I'm just a Country Boy
Lonely and blue
I'm all alone
With nothing to do
(Sorry, I have the the XM 50s on 5 as a preset, and I may have heard that song once or twice this week.)
Posted by: Vendette at January 07, 2017 12:07 AM (exyD+)
Posted by: otho at January 07, 2017 12:07 AM (lmIoG)
Posted by: buzzion at January 06, 2017 11:47 PM (cAnNx)
sez who?
Posted by: yankeefifth at January 07, 2017 12:07 AM (cPsPa)
Makes me think of Trump. So odd that he would use it for his campaign. Yet so meaningful. When I listen to it and think of everything he's had to go through and is going through, I really wonder if this is not a double edged sword for him. This is going to hard and him, his family and his extended family. His life might have been better if he lost, and the fact that he did not is so... bizarre to me.
To be honest, I have been scared for America these last eight years, and Hillary terrified me. Yet here comes this outsider billionaire with a vision.
It is unreal. And it's insane to say "God chose Trump for America," but to me, that's the only explanation that makes sense.
Posted by: shibumi, who requires a cute kitty story stat! at January 07, 2017 12:07 AM (J5mC3)
Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine, No Longer Accepting Harem Applicants at January 07, 2017 12:07 AM (429jj)
Yes, but the *stuff* (background) always looked new, even when it was old as in Logan's Run. This is the future and it is *clean*.
Star Wars made dirty looking SF great again.
Posted by: Hugh Jorgen at January 07, 2017 12:08 AM (R5EqA)
Posted by: Adriane the Meteorology Critic
I was 20 before I saw a discernible Milky Way pattern in a night's sky.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at January 07, 2017 12:09 AM (V3IFq)
Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine, No Longer Accepting Harem Applicants at January 07, 2017 12:09 AM (429jj)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 06, 2017 11:50 PM (bG+ug)
do you mean packed snow or undisturbed snow?
Posted by: yankeefifth at January 07, 2017 12:10 AM (cPsPa)
----
Although I'm not a fan of the Stones live, I do love a lot of their lyrics.
Right up there is "Play With Fire."
Posted by: shibumi, who requires a cute kitty story stat! at January 07, 2017 12:12 AM (J5mC3)
Posted by: Zettai Ryoiki at January 07, 2017 12:12 AM (kP16F)
Posted by: chavez the hugo at January 06, 2017 11:48 PM (KP5rU)
isn't that the same problem as the erection lasting longer than 4 hours the blue pill commercials mention? you shouldn't have ice hanging off your junk if your wife is there.
Posted by: yankeefifth at January 07, 2017 12:13 AM (cPsPa)
Star Wars made dirty looking SF great again.
Posted by: Hugh Jorgen at January 07, 2017 12:08 AM
Oh, ok. I see what you mean.
Posted by: otho at January 07, 2017 12:14 AM (lmIoG)
There have been times, usually during the first snow, when I am
momentarily captivated by the landscape. I'll walk through the streets
with big flakes coming down and the houses look like gingerbread
houses. Everything is hushed and I'll feel like I'm in a snow globe.
That is momentary however. By February, when the snow piles are gray and the gutters are slushy - no magic there.
After that first snowfall, I can appreciate winter - when I'm on my
sofa, with a blanket over me and a cup of hot chocolate or better yet,
cognac, and there's soup or stew cooking. I feel all cozy then. Then
it's OK - until I have to go outside.
It's 4 degrees right now. There is no way I can enjoy that. The
reverse I guess, is Arizona or New Orleans in August. Being outside is
unbearable - you rush from one climate controlled interior to another.
That's one thing that troubled me so much about that poor tortured
boy in Chicago - he escaped in his shorts and flip-flops or sandals of
some sort (why was he wearing sandals). To be outside in this bitterly
cold weather in shorts and sandals and no coat, even for 5 minutes,
would be torture in and of itself.
Posted by: Donna di deplorable ampersandsand so there at January 06, 2017 11:52 PM (P8951)
When I was a wee little eldritch horror, my mom was a professor of mathematics at a local college. As one of the junior such, she was on the science textbook review committee -- and our family had piles of potential science texts around as bathroom reading. Nearly all of the physics texts would have a section on the phases of matter -- gas, liquid, solid -- and most of those would have a picture of snowflakes. You've probably held one of those textbooks yourself and remember the picture. Perhaps a whole page with a black and white photo of snowflakes enlarged to where they were about 3" across and shifted into blue, with "Chapter III, The Phases of Matter" printed over them.
At the time, a popular TV show was "Kung-Fu", whose intro featured Japanese throwing stars, shuri-ken, being tossed at a target in slow motion. Oddly enough, they were also around 3" across.
I should also note that I grew up in Southern California and, though I had seen snow on the ground, I had never seen it fall.
The result was that I envisioned snowfall as 3" razor-sharp hexagonal crystals of ice falling from the sky like transparent shuri-ken until well after I'd graduated college. The stuff I'd seen on the ground was obviously the shattered remains after it had hit solid objects.
To be honest, I'm still not clear on exactly how big a snowflake is.
Posted by: cthulhu at January 07, 2017 12:14 AM (EzgxV)
Mypeefrezzesmidair
Posted by: Eskimo at January 07, 2017 12:15 AM (W6Ch1)
Posted by: Zettai Ryoiki at January 07, 2017 12:15 AM (kP16F)
Whenever you read "polar bear", try pronouncing it "world's largest land predator" and see if it changes your inclinations.
Posted by: cthulhu at January 06, 2017 11:53 PM (EzgxV)
You sure about that?
Posted by: Kodiak Bear at January 06, 2017 11:56 PM (GsAUU)
Yup. Look it up.
Posted by: cthulhu at January 07, 2017 12:16 AM (EzgxV)
Posted by: chavez the hugo at January 07, 2017 12:17 AM (KP5rU)
^^This.
Sometimes the Rosary Sodality will come in and pray the rosary at the funeral home. But, essentially, either one or two days of viewing, Mass, and a short grave site service, followed by lunch. When burying my parents, the family sprung for a luncheon. Dad was an Elk, so we had them at the Elks Lodge.
Regarding the funeral mass, it's the same as Sunday mass, except there is a coffin in the front, with a few extra prayers. I found (and find) that ritual/procedure to be very comforting. Yeah, it sucks big time losing loved one, but our time here is temporary anyway. And the familiarity and routine of the mass I think helps.
Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt at January 07, 2017 12:17 AM (8iiMU)
Posted by: yankeefifth at January 07, 2017 12:10 AM (cPsPa)
It doesn't seem to matter much. I was out snow-blowing today, and not cold enough to squeak. But cold enough to make me chilled. Strong wind.
Posted by: just the punchline at January 07, 2017 12:19 AM (bG+ug)
Posted by: chavez the hugo at January 07, 2017 12:20 AM (KP5rU)
Posted by: Vendette at January 07, 2017 12:05 AM (exyD+)
Mrs. tbodie waves back!
Really. She waved.
Posted by: tbodie at January 07, 2017 12:20 AM (ZjHNW)
Posted by: weft cut-loop at January 07, 2017 12:20 AM (V3IFq)
Posted by: Iron Mike Golf at January 07, 2017 12:20 AM (di1hb)
Your library will likely have it.
ABE Free Shipping site has softcovers for $5.00
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 06, 2017 11:06 PM (ZO497)
Thanks. will order one.
Posted by: yankeefifth at January 07, 2017 12:21 AM (cPsPa)
Posted by: Iron Mike Golf at January 07, 2017 12:20 AM (di1hb)
racist
Posted by: yankeefifth at January 07, 2017 12:21 AM (cPsPa)
Posted by: shibumi, who requires a cute kitty story stat! at January 07, 2017 12:07 AM (J5mC3)
I think Divine Providence really does look out for us sometimes, in spite of our idiocy. Sometimes I think we are like the joos of the Old Testament, occasionally acting like douchebags and getting slapped down by Yahweh every now and then.
And every now and then we rush towards the edge of the cliff, then get yanked back...I certainly hope we are moving back from the ledge!
Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt at January 07, 2017 12:21 AM (8iiMU)
Posted by: cthulhu at January 07, 2017 12:14 AM (EzgxV)
Anywhere from a tiny speck to a decent fraction of an inch. Some of the really "big" snowflakes are clusters.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 07, 2017 12:22 AM (bG+ug)
Posted by: yankeefifth at January 07, 2017 12:23 AM (cPsPa)
To be honest, I'm still not clear on exactly how big a snowflake is.
Posted by: cthulhu
http://memory-alpha.wikia.com/wiki/Crystalline_Entity
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at January 07, 2017 12:23 AM (IqV8l)
Really. She waved.
Posted by: tbodie at January 07, 2017 12:20 AM (ZjHNW)
Back and forth with the forearm wave, just with the hand wave, royalty wave, or part of thousands in a stadium wave?
Posted by: Vendette at January 07, 2017 12:23 AM (exyD+)
Norwegian Wood
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VPsEYpvnnRA
Posted by: kbdabear at January 07, 2017 12:23 AM (Ya7zs)
Posted by: Zettai Ryoiki at January 07, 2017 12:23 AM (kP16F)
Posted by: Iron Mike Golf at January 07, 2017 12:20 AM (di1hb)
racist
Heh. Nature can be quite the oppressor.
Posted by: Iron Mike Golf at January 07, 2017 12:23 AM (di1hb)
Posted by: Polar Bear at January 07, 2017 12:25 AM (GsAUU)
Posted by: goon at January 07, 2017 12:25 AM (EaQ6/)
Posted by: ObjectionSustained at January 07, 2017 12:26 AM (EZWNE)
Heh. Nature can be quite the oppressor.
Posted by: Iron Mike Golf at January 07, 2017 12:23 AM (di1hb)
Posted by: yankeefifth at January 07, 2017 12:26 AM (cPsPa)
Posted by: cthulhu
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The ones that hit you in the forehead & on the kneecaps should've given you a clue.
Pro tip:
consider buying shorts that go to your ankles next time you visit the east coast.
Posted by: Chi at January 07, 2017 12:26 AM (+r5OR)
Posted by: Vendette at January 07, 2017 12:23 AM (exyD+)*
Back and forth with the forearm wave.
Posted by: tbodie at January 07, 2017 12:26 AM (ZjHNW)
Posted by: chavez the hugo at January 07, 2017 12:26 AM (KP5rU)
Posted by: Zettai Ryoiki at January 07, 2017 12:28 AM (kP16F)
Posted by: tbodie at January 07, 2017 12:28 AM (ZjHNW)
Posted by: yankeefifth at January 07, 2017 12:28 AM (cPsPa)
Posted by: goon at January 07, 2017 12:29 AM (EaQ6/)
Posted by: josephistan at January 06, 2017 10:55 PM (7qAYi)
Agreed!
And Farrah Fawcett was in that movie too.
But Jenny and that green outfit FTW!!!
Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt at January 07, 2017 12:29 AM (8iiMU)
Posted by: Zettai Ryoiki
mmmm, bear tacos.
Posted by: weft cut-homer at January 07, 2017 12:29 AM (V3IFq)
Posted by: cthulhu at January 07, 2017 12:14 AM (EzgxV)
They range from Pajama Boy to Trigglypuff.
Open season, no limits. You can take them down with a solid Tweet if you're the sporting type, or a humane kill with a good blog post.
Fisking is overkill, but highly entertaining.
Don't forget the ear-tag.
Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX
Posted by: Jim at January 07, 2017 12:30 AM (v5iqM)
Here in CO we have had the blizzard. I live N of Denver, got almost a foot of snow, and very cold. This morning it was minus 18 without wind chill.
Posted by: lynndh at January 07, 2017 12:31 AM (DaWUf)
Posted by: goon at January 07, 2017 12:29 AM (EaQ6/)*
That's a special snowflake.
Not like the good kind ee all are getting today.
Posted by: tbodie at January 07, 2017 12:31 AM (ZjHNW)
Posted by: Hugh Jorgen at January 07, 2017 12:31 AM (R5EqA)
Sorry to hear they may have slipped. Ironically, just last week I was thinking of maybe ordering a few more, if I end up needing more of that sort of thing soon.
Only other idea I have is Nordstrom, but that's 100% cotton, and more $$$. Been years since I've bought one of those, either. Last dress shirts I bought (also years ago) were from one of those travelling Hong Kong tailors - friend where I used to live used him anyway, so I got a few.
Posted by: rhomboid at January 07, 2017 12:32 AM (QDnY+)
Posted by: Soledad O'Brien's Earpiece at January 07, 2017 12:33 AM (TRzoP)
Posted by: tbodie at January 07, 2017 12:33 AM (ZjHNW)
Listening to "You Can't Always Get What You Want." My favorite Stones song.
Makes
me think of Trump. So odd that he would use it for his campaign. Yet so
meaningful. When I listen to it and think of everything he's had to go
through and is going through, I really wonder if this is not a double
edged sword for him. This is going to hard and him, his family and his
extended family. His life might have been better if he lost, and the
fact that he did not is so... bizarre to me.
To be honest, I
have been scared for America these last eight years, and Hillary
terrified me. Yet here comes this outsider billionaire with a vision.
It is unreal. And it's insane to say "God chose Trump for America," but to me, that's the only explanation that makes sense.
Posted by: shibumi, who requires a cute kitty story stat! at January 07, 2017 12:07 AM (J5mC3)
The networks and dems (BIRM) are all spreading FUD. The Fiancee was telling me she's scared. And I see all the moving pieces and they tell me that we are two weeks out from something GREAT. (They also tell me that the stock market will dive by about 1/2 in the last 10 days of January....but we'll be laughing about that in a couple of years, like they did in 1921 -- https://mises.org/library /forgotten-depression-1920 ). We're going to be in "rectification of names" territory, bigly.
For the last several years, I've been handing out Andrew Jackson dollars as a reminder of what I think our nation needs and as a reminder of the storms that are coming.
Posted by: cthulhu at January 07, 2017 12:33 AM (EzgxV)
Posted by: Fletch at January 07, 2017 12:33 AM (orDky)
Posted by: tbodie at January 07, 2017 12:26 AM (ZjHNW)
Hopefully you'll both be able to see an aurora sooner rather than later. I think that those of us who grow up seeing it several times a year at least often don't appreciate the privilege we have.
Posted by: Vendette at January 07, 2017 12:34 AM (exyD+)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 07, 2017 12:34 AM (ZO497)
https://youtu.be/pS-gbqbVd8c
Posted by: BourbonChicken at January 07, 2017 12:34 AM (VdICR)
Posted by: Fletch at January 07, 2017 12:33 AM (orDky)
Now I know who married my ex.
Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX
Posted by: Jim at January 07, 2017 12:35 AM (v5iqM)
This cannot possibly be that long ago...
(I can't even find the original post - surprised myself by finding this)
http://ace.mu.nu/archives/298981.php#298981
! DO NOT comment on a thread this old !
Posted by: Chi at January 07, 2017 12:35 AM (+r5OR)
Posted by: Fletch at January 07, 2017 12:33 AM (orDky)
werre you in the US?
Posted by: yankeefifth at January 07, 2017 12:36 AM (cPsPa)
Posted by: tbodie at January 07, 2017 12:36 AM (ZjHNW)
Posted by: Hugh Jorgen
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Pfft. That's the leading edge that passed through here 11 hours ago.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 07, 2017 12:36 AM (ZO497)
Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX
Posted by: Jim at January 07, 2017 12:35 AM (v5iqM)
heh
Posted by: yankeefifth at January 07, 2017 12:36 AM (cPsPa)
Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine, No Longer Accepting Harem Applicants at January 07, 2017 12:36 AM (429jj)
Posted by: otho at January 07, 2017 12:37 AM (lmIoG)
Posted by: goon at January 07, 2017 12:37 AM (EaQ6/)
Posted by: Zettai Ryoiki at January 07, 2017 12:37 AM (kP16F)
Posted by: yankeefifth
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Must be. Didn't use commie temperature measurement.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 07, 2017 12:37 AM (ZO497)
Knut (as a story) is only 10 years old.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knut_(polar_bear)
Posted by: Chi at January 07, 2017 12:37 AM (+r5OR)
If I am land carnivore, why do you guys call me Ursus maritimus?
Posted by: Polar Bear at January 07, 2017 12:25 AM (GsAUU)
OK, fine -- get outta my boat.
Posted by: cthulhu at January 07, 2017 12:37 AM (EzgxV)
Posted by: Fletch at January 07, 2017 12:33 AM (orDky)
Any blizzard is dangerous, but it is extremely rare in the Tidewater area. Therefore the situation there is even more extreme.
Posted by: Vendette at January 07, 2017 12:38 AM (exyD+)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 07, 2017 12:37 AM (ZO497)
ust be. Didn't use commie temperature measurement.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 07, 2017 12:37 AM (ZO497)
Posted by: yankeefifth at January 07, 2017 12:38 AM (cPsPa)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 07, 2017 12:34 AM (ZO497)
"Interference with the election" is code for, "telling the truth about Democrats."
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 07, 2017 12:38 AM (bG+ug)
Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine, No Longer Accepting Harem Applicants at January 07, 2017 12:38 AM (429jj)
Posted by: Chi
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*pokes at dead thread with a stick*
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 07, 2017 12:39 AM (ZO497)
ust be. Didn't use commie temperature measurement.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 07, 2017 12:37 AM (ZO497)
heh
lot of work for a simple heh
Posted by: yankeefifth at January 07, 2017 12:39 AM (cPsPa)
Posted by: Vendette at January 07, 2017 12:39 AM (exyD+)
Posted by: Hugh Jorgen
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Pfft. That's the leading edge that passed through here 11 hours ago.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 07, 2017 12:36 AM (ZO497)
And away we go!
Posted by: Hugh Jorgen at January 07, 2017 12:39 AM (R5EqA)
used to like L.L. Bean, but the durability does not seem to be what it
used to.
Posted by: ObjectionSustained at January 07, 2017 12:26 AM (EZWNE)
Arrow, Eagle, and Nordstrom are the best shirts I can find.
I don't much like Nautica's cut and the Van Heusen are poly blends
Posted by: Kindltot at January 07, 2017 12:40 AM (xNowh)
Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine
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heh. Haven't checkered anything in more years than some here have been alive.
Pro tip: Never checker an ax handle.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 07, 2017 12:40 AM (ZO497)
Posted by: goon at January 07, 2017 12:40 AM (EaQ6/)
Posted by: ObjectionSustained
Yeah, at some point it became a disposable commodity unforts.
Dockers made a decent, thick canvas type cotton for a while.
Gap had some ok shirts but they are 'fitted' aka slim.
Cotton / Poly blends are the best in terms of wicking.
Posted by: weft cut-homer at January 07, 2017 12:41 AM (V3IFq)
Posted by: Adriane the Phylum, Genus, Specie Critic ... at January 07, 2017 12:41 AM (AoK0a)
Posted by: Orange Pantsuits for Hillary! at January 07, 2017 12:42 AM (GdgAM)
Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine, No Longer Accepting Harem Applicants at January 07, 2017 12:43 AM (UZlDt)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 07, 2017 12:37 AM (ZO497)
Well, -40 is the common point for both Fahrenheit and Celsius scales, and -38 is close enough not to matter.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 07, 2017 12:44 AM (bG+ug)
To be honest, I'm still not clear on exactly how big a snowflake is.
Posted by: cthulhu
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The ones that hit you in the forehead on the kneecaps should've given you a clue.
Pro tip:
consider buying shorts that go to your ankles next time you visit the east coast.
Posted by: Chi at January 07, 2017 12:26 AM (+r5OR)
Wait, what? It was snowing when I visited???? I obviously knew it was fucking cold, but if I'd've known there was snow around I would probably have been trying to study it. Clearly, I didn't see any 3" disks of ice shattering on the pavement, so I had no reason to expect snow to be present.
And there wouldn't have been any in my forehead 'cause I was wearing a hat with a brim.
Posted by: cthulhu at January 07, 2017 12:45 AM (EzgxV)
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Yes it was. They made Joe Biden look like the adult in the room.
Posted by: Guam tipper at January 07, 2017 12:46 AM (/DvFd)
Posted by: Zettai Ryoiki at January 07, 2017 12:47 AM (kP16F)
https://en.wikipedia.org
Some affected areas in the Appalachian region saw 5 feet (1.5 m) of snow, and snowdrifts were as high as 35 feet (11 m). ^0 Mount Leconte, TN recorded 60 inches of Snowfall and Mount Mitchell, NC recorded 49 inches. The volume of the storm's total snowfall was later computed to be 12.91 cubic miles (53.8 km3), an amount which would weigh (depending on the variable density of snow) between 5.4 and 27 billion tons.
The weight of the record snow falls collapsed several factory roofs in the South; and snowdrifts on the windward sides of buildings caused a few decks with substandard anchors to fall from homes. Though the storm was forecast to strike the snow-prone Appalachian Mountains, hundreds of people were nonetheless rescued from the Appalachians, many caught completely off guard on the Appalachian Trail or in cabins and lodges in remote locales. Snow drifts up to 14 feet (4.3 m) were observed at Mount Mitchell. Snowfall totals of between 2 and 3 feet (0.61 and 0.91 m) were widespread across northwestern North Carolina. Boone, North Carolina—in a high-elevation area accustomed to heavy snowfalls—was nonetheless caught off guard by 36" plus of snow and 24 hours of temperatures below 0 °F (−18 °C) along with storm velocity winds which (according to NCDC storm summaries) gusted as high as 110 miles per hour...
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 07, 2017 12:47 AM (ZO497)
Posted by: Jinx the Cat at January 07, 2017 12:47 AM (v9d0Z)
Posted by: Hugh Jorgen
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Shit.
I just looked out front. The trailer park tarp/lawn chair/ladders/clothespins dog poop area I set up has already collapsed under the weight of the last hour's sleet...
Want to help set it back up?
How far away from Newtown Road are you?
Posted by: Chi at January 07, 2017 12:48 AM (+r5OR)
Posted by: kbdabear at January 07, 2017 12:48 AM (Ya7zs)
Posted by: Zettai Ryoiki at January 07, 2017 12:48 AM (kP16F)
It was -38F this morning where I live. Your "blizzard" makes me laugh.
Posted by: Fletch at January 07, 2017 12:33 AM (orDky)
Any blizzard is dangerous, but it is extremely rare in the Tidewater area. Therefore the situation there is even more extreme.
Posted by: Vendette at January 07, 2017 12:38 AM (exyD+)
C'mon, Blizz, me bucko -- DC or bust!!!! Shut it down for two weeks.
Posted by: cthulhu at January 07, 2017 12:49 AM (EzgxV)
Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine, No Longer Accepting Harem Applicants at January 07, 2017 12:49 AM (UZlDt)
Posted by: Zettai Ryoiki
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Don't know, but -40 for F & C.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 07, 2017 12:50 AM (ZO497)
Posted by: Jinx the Cat
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Can I say "Fuck You" without you getting too offended?
Posted by: Chi at January 07, 2017 12:50 AM (+r5OR)
Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine, No Longer Accepting Harem Applicants at January 07, 2017 12:49 AM (UZlDt)
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'93
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 07, 2017 12:51 AM (ZO497)
I avow to now do so, y'all.
Hasta la nite nite, Horde!
Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX
Posted by: Jim at January 07, 2017 12:51 AM (v5iqM)
Posted by: Jinx the Cat at January 07, 2017 12:51 AM (v9d0Z)
Posted by: Ripley at January 07, 2017 12:52 AM (NbRJx)
But I'll take this over the Wyoming wind. Ever been sandblasted by snow?
Posted by: Pug Mahon aka the Deplorable P.U.G. at January 07, 2017 12:52 AM (ZDq2T)
Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine, No Longer Accepting Harem Applicants at January 07, 2017 12:52 AM (UZlDt)
Posted by: Ripley
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Widespread panic in Newnan yesterday.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 07, 2017 12:53 AM (ZO497)
Posted by: otho at January 07, 2017 12:54 AM (lmIoG)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at January 07, 2017 12:54 AM (IqV8l)
Posted by: Zettai Ryoiki
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Don't know, but -40 for F & C.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 07, 2017 12:50 AM (ZO497)
Son and I had a similar discussion. We determined that it was about 270 Kelvin, but that was earlier this evening. Still, made us feel toasty for a moment.
Posted by: Pug Mahon aka the Deplorable P.U.G. at January 07, 2017 12:55 AM (ZDq2T)
Posted by: Armistice Day Blizzard at January 07, 2017 12:55 AM (W6Ch1)
Evening all and welcome from sunny, southern Arizona.
Posted by: Jinx the Cat at January 07, 2017 12:47 AM (v9d0Z)
Aren't you supposed to be in VA, freezing your ass off?
Posted by: cthulhu at January 07, 2017 12:56 AM (EzgxV)
Posted by: goon at January 07, 2017 12:56 AM (EaQ6/)
Posted by: Jinx the Cat
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You do know that we're due for a foot of snow here, right?
(No evidence of that yet)
Is the prettier half with you or at home? Please say hello from me.
And a salute & handshake to the younger generation.
You made a great mark. Be proud
*Blazing Saddles starting now on BounceTV for those that care
Posted by: Chi at January 07, 2017 12:57 AM (+r5OR)
Posted by: Pug Mahon aka the Deplorable P.U.G. at January 07, 2017 12:52 AM (ZDq2T)
Yup.
Posted by: Vendette at January 07, 2017 12:57 AM (exyD+)
Posted by: Zettai Ryoiki at January 07, 2017 12:58 AM (kP16F)
Posted by: Chi at January 07, 2017 12:57 AM (+r5OR)
Eh. After removing all the triggers, insensitive comments, camfire farts, references to Schnitzengruben and Kansas City faggots, what is there left to enjoy? TV is just no fun anymore.
Good thing I gots it on the DVD.
Posted by: Pug Mahon aka the Deplorable P.U.G. at January 07, 2017 01:00 AM (ZDq2T)
Posted by: Headless Body of Agnew at January 07, 2017 01:01 AM (FtrY1)
Posted by: Pug Mahon
--
That sounds too low...
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 07, 2017 01:01 AM (ZO497)
Posted by: BourbonChicken at January 07, 2017 01:01 AM (VdICR)
*Blazing Saddles starting now on BounceTV for those that care
Posted by: Chi
They already blotted out the word "faggots".
Since Bounce is a "black channel" I wonder what
other words get the blot?
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at January 07, 2017 01:01 AM (IqV8l)
I'm 168/Hanbury/Etheridge, so too far. Sorry.
Posted by: Hugh Jorgen at January 07, 2017 01:01 AM (R5EqA)
Must be elevation or something, been dark in this part of AZ for hours.
Posted by: Blanco Basura at January 07, 2017 01:02 AM (IcT7t)
Posted by: Pug Mahon
--
That sounds too low...
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 07, 2017 01:01 AM (ZO497)
Maybe. I don't math well, and I was following his instructions to make the conversion. Also, whiskey.
Posted by: Pug Mahon aka the Deplorable P.U.G. at January 07, 2017 01:04 AM (ZDq2T)
Posted by: Blanco Basura
Hydroponic lamps.
Posted by: weft cut-homer at January 07, 2017 01:04 AM (V3IFq)
Posted by: qdpsteve at January 07, 2017 01:05 AM (u8kLQ)
Posted by: BourbonChicken at January 07, 2017 01:05 AM (VdICR)
Posted by: cthulhu
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He's one of the smart ones.
He got out of town.
(Jinx is a REAALLY good man. Solid as a concrete ship...)
Posted by: Chi at January 07, 2017 01:06 AM (+r5OR)
Posted by: BourbonChicken at January 07, 2017 01:05 AM (VdICR)
Hate that fucker.
Posted by: Heat Miser at January 07, 2017 01:06 AM (ZDq2T)
Posted by: BourbonChicken at January 07, 2017 01:05 AM (VdICR)
Shouldn't that be Miser?
Posted by: Vendette at January 07, 2017 01:06 AM (exyD+)
Posted by: goon at January 07, 2017 01:06 AM (EaQ6/)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 07, 2017 01:07 AM (ZO497)
Posted by: Hugh Jorgen at January 07, 2017 01:08 AM (R5EqA)
Posted by: Chi at January 07, 2017 01:08 AM (+r5OR)
Posted by: goon
Ya'know, there's a good sketch in there. Somewhere ...
Posted by: weft cut-homer at January 07, 2017 01:09 AM (V3IFq)
Posted by: CDR M at January 07, 2017 01:09 AM (9I51B)
Aren't you supposed to be in VA, freezing your ass off?
Posted by: cthulhu
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He's one of the smart ones.
He got out of town.
(Jinx is a REAALLY good man. Solid as a concrete ship...)
Posted by: Chi at January 07, 2017 01:06 AM (+r5OR)
I hope to meet him someday soon, when I'm more local.
Posted by: cthulhu at January 07, 2017 01:10 AM (EzgxV)
We really need to set up a TiWaMoMee some time. I think CDR M might even show up.
Posted by: Hugh Jorgen at January 07, 2017 01:11 AM (R5EqA)
Posted by: CDR M at January 07, 2017 01:12 AM (9I51B)
Posted by: goon at January 07, 2017 01:12 AM (EaQ6/)
Posted by: CDR M at January 07, 2017 01:12 AM (9I51B)
Of course!
Posted by: Hugh Jorgen at January 07, 2017 01:12 AM (R5EqA)
Posted by: CDR M at January 07, 2017 01:12 AM (9I51B)
--On a ridiculously unrelated note, what will be the setup for next year's Moron Fantasy Football League?
I want keepers!
Posted by: logprof at January 07, 2017 01:13 AM (GsAUU)
Posted by: goon at January 07, 2017 01:12 AM (EaQ6/)
Heaven forbid the temp went to 50 or lower.
Posted by: Vendette at January 07, 2017 01:13 AM (exyD+)
Posted by: CDR M at January 07, 2017 01:14 AM (9I51B)
Posted by: cthulhu at January 07, 2017 12:14 AM (EzgxV)
It varies, I think, although I am not sure. The pretty, softly falling first snowflakes look big coming down - and the snow is soft and powdery. That's the sort everyone prefers because it's easier to shovel. When I think about it, that's the sort of snow that tends to come down when it's just around freezing, not bitterly cold.
It's harder to know about the snow that comes down then the wind is blowing hard and it's colder, because you can't see the snowflakes that clearly. But that seems to be a wetter, heavier snow, and shoveling it is backbreaking.
I suppose trying to imagine snowflakes in So. Cal would be tough (aren't you near the mountains though? I thought that was the brag there - that you could ski and go to the beach on the same day). I imagine it was like me growing up here and trying to imagine what palm trees were like. I was kinda disappointed when I saw my first ones in Florida, because those particular ones were kinda droopy...
Posted by: Donna di deplorable ampersands&&&&and so there at January 07, 2017 01:14 AM (P8951)
4 to 5 inches now, 21 deg.
Stuff's a bit gloppy too. Gonna be tree limbs down tomorrow.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 07, 2017 01:15 AM (ZO497)
Many of you all have had to do the same, and the rest will have to someday.
Good luck to you Tidewater folks, I know you aren't set up for any blizzards.
Posted by: Jinx the Cat at January 07, 2017 01:15 AM (v9d0Z)
Posted by: Zettai Ryoiki at January 07, 2017 01:16 AM (kP16F)
Posted by: otho at January 07, 2017 01:16 AM (lmIoG)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 07, 2017 01:17 AM (ZO497)
Posted by: Hugh Jorgen
Count me in.
Posted by: Jinx the Cat at January 07, 2017 01:17 AM (v9d0Z)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 07, 2017 01:17 AM (ZO497)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 07, 2017 01:18 AM (ZO497)
Actually, there's very little snow on the ground right now. It got up to a balmy 45 the day after Christmas and melted most of it (and everyone and their brother headed for a car wash).
It is very cold, however. No snow expected until Tuesday.
Posted by: Donna di deplorable ampersands&&&&and so there at January 07, 2017 01:18 AM (P8951)
Posted by: Mike Hammer
I fear for the younger set, who don't know cursive writing.
Posted by: Jinx the Cat at January 07, 2017 01:19 AM (v9d0Z)
I fear for the younger set, who don't know cursive writing.
Posted by: Jinx
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I'm not sure that they can block print.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 07, 2017 01:20 AM (ZO497)
Posted by: Chi at January 07, 2017 01:20 AM (+r5OR)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 07, 2017 01:18 AM (ZO497)
The young 'uns won't be able to do that. You've got to be able to write in cursive and they don't know how. I imagine it would be difficult to start and stop to make block letters, you'd need a lot of bladder control for that.
Posted by: Donna di deplorable ampersands&&&&and so there at January 07, 2017 01:21 AM (P8951)
It's harder to know about the snow that comes down then the wind is blowing hard and it's colder, because you can't see the snowflakes that clearly. But that seems to be a wetter, heavier snow, and shoveling it is backbreaking.
Posted by: Donna di deplorable ampersands&&&&and so there at January 07, 2017 01:14 AM (P8951)
In my experience the colder the temperature the smaller the flake and the easier the shoveling. The bigger the flake, the closer it is to freezing. When it snows close to freezing (above or below) the worse it is to shovel. I call it wet cement. Therefore, the big flakes are lovely to look at but if they pile up enough they won't be fun to shovel.
Tip: Have a problem with snow sticking to your shovel? Cooking spray will solve it.
Posted by: Vendette at January 07, 2017 01:21 AM (exyD+)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 07, 2017 01:17 AM
Ahhhh.... that's better. Thank you.
Posted by: otho at January 07, 2017 01:22 AM (lmIoG)
to me. They didn't want me to have to go through the pain that they
experienced when their parents died. And the traditional Catholic
funeral home + mass would have emotionally destroyed me.
Posted by: shibumi, who requires a cute kitty story stat!
I've done Catholic mass + funeral home + graveside and just visitation + graveside now. The second wasn't as bad, though that may have been for other reasons.
Posted by: Brother Cavil, Cylon without a basestar at January 07, 2017 01:22 AM (vyqqu)
Posted by: Vendette at January 07, 2017 01:23 AM (exyD+)
Posted by: Vendette at January 07, 2017 01:24 AM (exyD+)
Posted by: Brother Cavil, Cylon without a basestar at January 07, 2017 01:24 AM (vyqqu)
Posted by: Hugh Jorgen
Count me in.
Posted by: Jinx the Cat at January 07, 2017 01:17 AM (v9d0Z)
So, springtime maybe? In Norfolk, since that's relatively central?
Posted by: Hugh Jorgen at January 07, 2017 01:25 AM (R5EqA)
Posted by: Brother Cavil, Cylon without a basestar at January 07, 2017 01:27 AM (vyqqu)
Posted by: Blanco Basura at January 07, 2017 01:27 AM (IcT7t)
Lonely and blue
I'm all alone
With nothing to do
(Sorry, I have the the XM 50s on 5 as a preset, and I may have heard that song once or twice this week.)
Posted by: Vendette at January 07, 2017 12:07 AM (exyD+)
She's sleeping on my couch tonight, but i can't have her.
There's a country song in there somewhere.
Posted by: Country Boy - Stay Deplorable My Friends at January 07, 2017 01:27 AM (Jcg9Q)
"The flakes at first were large and loose. They slapped against the walls, against the boughs and trunks of trees, with the wet impact of a child's kiss."
Posted by: Robert Service at January 07, 2017 01:27 AM (ZO497)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 07, 2017 01:27 AM (ZO497)
Oh, Chesapeake ain't so bad. Could be worse.
Posted by: Hugh Jorgen at January 07, 2017 01:28 AM (R5EqA)
Thanks for the thoughts and prayers. I have a busy day tomorrow and the hospital is two hours away, so I better get some shut eye soon.
Posted by: Jinx the Cat at January 07, 2017 01:29 AM (v9d0Z)
Posted by: CDR M at January 07, 2017 01:14 AM (9I51B)
--Please send word here at the HQ when you do!
[Steeples hands at thoughts of Gordon and Shepard as keepers]
Posted by: logprof at January 07, 2017 01:29 AM (GsAUU)
There's a country song in there somewhere.
Posted by: Country Boy - Stay Deplorable My Friends at January 07, 2017 01:27 AM (Jcg9Q)
And surely someone has done a rendition of "I'm sleeping on the couch tonight because of her".
Posted by: Vendette at January 07, 2017 01:29 AM (exyD+)
Lot of Morons have connections to this shitty city.
We could easily make a list.
Posted by: Chi at January 07, 2017 01:20 AM (+r5OR)
--Born in Norfolk General (now Sentara or some other corporate name). Grew up in Virginia Beach and Poquoson.
Posted by: logprof at January 07, 2017 01:31 AM (GsAUU)
To be honest, I'm still not clear on exactly how big a snowflake is.
Posted by: cthulhu at January 07, 2017 12:14 AM (EzgxV)
It varies, I think, although I am not sure. The pretty, softly
falling first snowflakes look big coming down - and the snow is soft and
powdery. That's the sort everyone prefers because it's easier to
shovel. When I think about it, that's the sort of snow that tends to
come down when it's just around freezing, not bitterly cold.
It's harder to know about the snow that comes down then the wind is
blowing hard and it's colder, because you can't see the snowflakes that
clearly. But that seems to be a wetter, heavier snow, and shoveling it
is backbreaking.
I suppose trying to imagine snowflakes in So. Cal would be tough
(aren't you near the mountains though? I thought that was the brag
there - that you could ski and go to the beach on the same day). I
imagine it was like me growing up here and trying to imagine what palm
trees were like. I was kinda disappointed when I saw my first ones in
Florida, because those particular ones were kinda droopy...
Posted by: Donna di deplorable ampersandsand so there at January 07, 2017 01:14 AM (P8951)
Don't worry too much about visualizing SoCal snowflakes -- they look like raindrops.
Posted by: cthulhu at January 07, 2017 01:31 AM (EzgxV)
Posted by: Vendette
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Well,
Listen to me dog, before you start to whine
That side's yours and this side's mine
Posted by: George Thoroughgood at January 07, 2017 01:32 AM (ZO497)
Mom turns 79 in a few weeks.
I still think that she'll be here forever..
We have an appt for another biopsy on Tuesday morning - this time it's lymph nodes...
We're all worrying ourselves sick. I will be a mess for the next week or two, without a doubt.
Posted by: Chi at January 07, 2017 01:32 AM (+r5OR)
Alas, my mother (94) called for my presence so I dropped everything and
drove out picking up my older brother in Kansas along the way. I am
with family here and having to make a lot of tough decisions.
Many of you all have had to do the same, and the rest will have to someday.
Good luck to you Tidewater folks, I know you aren't set up for any blizzards.
Posted by: Jinx the Cat at January 07, 2017 01:15 AM (v9d0Z)
You are where duty and honor put you. Keep us posted where thoughts and prayers might be appropriate.....but for the moment, good luck.
Posted by: cthulhu at January 07, 2017 01:34 AM (EzgxV)
Posted by: Jinx the Cat at January 07, 2017 01:34 AM (v9d0Z)
Posted by: Zettai Ryoiki at January 07, 2017 01:16 AM (kP16F)
(I figured he was funnin' on your name being "absolute territory".)
Posted by: mikeski at January 07, 2017 01:35 AM (UzBQ4)
Posted by: Mike Hammer
I fear for the younger set, who don't know cursive writing.
Posted by: Jinx the Cat at January 07, 2017 01:19 AM (v9d0Z)
--Joke time:
"Mrs. Clinton: The urine on the White House lawn is the President's, but the handwriting is not."
Posted by: logprof at January 07, 2017 01:35 AM (GsAUU)
Is that true? Anyone have a link either to the postings themselves, or to some blogger's summation of the postings?
Posted by: zombie at January 07, 2017 01:38 AM (jBuUi)
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I know the feeling. I have cussed Him pretty horribly over the years.
I am probably at the back of the line.
I love you, and will keep your family in my prayers, though.
Posted by: Chi at January 07, 2017 01:41 AM (+r5OR)
Posted by: Boots at January 07, 2017 01:41 AM (EBwPV)
Posted by: Vendette at January 07, 2017 01:21 AM (exyD+)
yoy may be more ocd than me.
Posted by: yankeefifth at January 07, 2017 01:42 AM (cPsPa)
Posted by: yankeefifth at January 07, 2017 01:42 AM (cPsPa)
Once I went back upstairs to check one more time to see if something was unplugged. On the way back down the stairs I missed one. Broke an ankle.
Posted by: Vendette at January 07, 2017 01:44 AM (exyD+)
The first thing to pop into my head was the "Dennis the constitutional peasant" scene from Monty Python and the Holy Grail -- but that happens to me a lot!
Posted by: Zettai Ryoiki at January 07, 2017 01:44 AM (kP16F)
It's mentioned a couple posts previous here at AoS; link goes to @mypetjawa twitter. Might be able to backtrack from his timeline?
Posted by: mikeski at January 07, 2017 01:45 AM (UzBQ4)
Cookies frosted and now it looks like my roadtrip tomorrow is off. Vendette recommended pulling the plug, and I'm inclined to agree.
BTW, 151 rum is dangerous shit - just sayin'.
So, catching up, although I have no idea who is still around:
shibumi #245 I definitely agree. Death is traumatic enough in and of itself. Why do we insist on making it worse than it has to be?
josephstan # 281 It's the bread that is the basis for a proper cheesesteak - absofuckinglutely. Accept no substitutes! Now I absolutely lust for a cheesesteak, with no prospect for satisfaction. Reading a series of posts about cheesesteaks has been pure torture.
Grey fox #287 I always have a blanket in the car. Also my extremely basic backpack in the trunk with first aid. You never know when a car might break down and you have to walk, so I try to avoid foolishness in the winter.
chavez the hugo #328 - I was caught in an ice storm once, driving to visit Mr D before I moved down here. 5 hours for a 3 hour drive. There was no stopping me. Whatever it took.
Chi #337 Which bone? Hahaha! Email me and stop being so shy. I don't bite.
Posted by: Miley, the Duchess at January 07, 2017 01:46 AM (tHwdc)
Posted by: Vendette at January 07, 2017 01:47 AM (exyD+)
Posted by: mindful webworker, where the beer and the cantelope play at January 07, 2017 01:48 AM (TtorR)
Posted by: mindful webworker, where the beer and the cantelope play at January 07, 2017 01:48 AM (TtorR)
Posted by: Vendette
Not the one i'd recommend in a million years for anyone. Ever. Even if I were an alien. Like with tentacles and shizz.
Posted by: weft cut-homer at January 07, 2017 01:49 AM (V3IFq)
Posted by: Hugh Jorgen at January 07, 2017 01:49 AM (R5EqA)
As per usual, Tucker jumped up and ran out the doggie door.
I have never seen him make a u-turn &come back inside so quickly - I guess it's snowing finally.
Posted by: Chi at January 07, 2017 01:49 AM (+r5OR)
Posted by: weft cut-homer at January 07, 2017 01:49 AM (V3IFq)
Big brother was up to no good. I was 16. It was just a sip.
Posted by: Vendette at January 07, 2017 01:49 AM (exyD+)
Posted by: weft cut-homer at January 07, 2017 01:51 AM (V3IFq)
Posted by: AlaskaGal at January 07, 2017 01:57 AM (KQHPY)
Posted by: Miley, the Duchess
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I am so mad at you right now!
This eggnog is OF THE DEVIL!!!
(Please forgive me for not responding like a normal person would/should. And let me avoid gmail at all costs, please)
Posted by: Chi at January 07, 2017 01:57 AM (+r5OR)
Ouch.
But somehow reminds me... when I was a kid nearly too young to play with matches, I fished a cig butt out of an ashtray, lit it up and took a hit. One of my mom's Newport Menthols.
That was enough for me. Never took to tobac.
Posted by: mindful webworker - try the hot chili verde at January 07, 2017 01:57 AM (TtorR)
I don't wish to be a problem, but how will I live with myself if I cease to urge what is right and harm befalls him? How could I say that I did enough?
He probably thinks I'm a Pain-In-The-Ass already. How can I deal with caring while cringing from the results of his decisions?
Posted by: cthulhu at January 07, 2017 01:57 AM (EzgxV)
Sometimes a man just wants to sleep in.
Posted by: Ace's liver at January 07, 2017 01:57 AM (+azJs)
Don't the jolly tars of Constitution] do that every hour on the half hour?
Posted by: Fox 2! at January 07, 2017 01:59 AM (brIR5)
Posted by: cthulhu at January 07, 2017 01:57 AM
What's the story?
Posted by: otho at January 07, 2017 02:00 AM (lmIoG)
Posted by: Zettai Ryoiki at January 07, 2017 02:00 AM (kP16F)
Posted by: otho at January 07, 2017 02:00 AM (lmIoG)
Posted by: mikeski at January 07, 2017 02:03 AM (UzBQ4)
Posted by: The Barrel at January 07, 2017 02:03 AM (+r5OR)
In my part of the central US, it's 0 degrees Fahrenheit, -17 Celsuis, or 255 kelvin if you're really pretentious.
Posted by: Captain Whitebread at January 07, 2017 02:03 AM (rJUlF)
Posted by: buzzion at January 07, 2017 02:04 AM (cAnNx)
The fact that you have done so much for him speaks for yourself.
Posted by: Vendette at January 07, 2017 02:05 AM (exyD+)
Posted by: otho at January 07, 2017 02:05 AM (lmIoG)
Posted by: Captain Whitebread at January 07, 2017 02:03 AM (rJUlF)
That sounds sublime!
Posted by: Dry Ice at January 07, 2017 02:05 AM (bG+ug)
Posted by: Dry Ice
Really difficult vocabulary trivia question:
Scientifically speaking, what is the antonym of "sublime"?
Posted by: zombie at January 07, 2017 02:07 AM (jBuUi)
He probably thinks I'm a Pain-In-The-Ass already. How can I deal with caring while cringing from the results of his decisions?
Posted by: cthulhu at January 07, 2017 01:57 AM
What's the story?
Posted by: otho at January 07, 2017 02:00 AM (lmIoG)
Can't say. Long story. Spoilers....
Posted by: cthulhu at January 07, 2017 02:10 AM (EzgxV)
Posted by: otho at January 07, 2017 02:11 AM (lmIoG)
More warmth by tomorrow afternoon.
Posted by: mindful webworker - degreed indeed at January 07, 2017 02:12 AM (TtorR)
Posted by: cthulhu
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Teach him how to build a clock?
*sorry - not trying to be dismissive.
I am just trying to stay light - but if help/counsel isn't welcome, well...
Maybe just stay available as a friend/sounding board.
God gave you two ears and one mouth. Use them in proportion.
Posted by: The Barrel at January 07, 2017 02:13 AM (+r5OR)
Posted by: zombie at January 07, 2017 02:07 AM (jBuUi)
I would go with "condense".
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 07, 2017 02:14 AM (bG+ug)
The Barrel has absorbed much wisdom, I see... along with its many souls sucked dry.
Posted by: mindful webworker - barrel here now at January 07, 2017 02:14 AM (TtorR)
Dude was definitely white. Norwegian Ballard white.
Posted by: Headless Body of Agnew at January 07, 2017 02:15 AM (FtrY1)
Posted by: Chi at January 07, 2017 02:16 AM (+r5OR)
Posted by: otho at January 07, 2017 02:16 AM (lmIoG)
That's gas-to-liquid. He wants gas-to-solid.
I know, but I work in semiconductors, and (mumble) (mumble) is how chips are built up...
Posted by: mikeski at January 07, 2017 02:17 AM (UzBQ4)
Posted by: Zettai Ryoiki at January 07, 2017 12:47 AM (kP16F)
Rankine and Kelvin are both absolute temperature scales, using Fahrenheit and Celsius degrees, respectively, They "cross" at the origin, 0R=0K ~-273C ~ -460F
Posted by: Fox 2! at January 07, 2017 02:17 AM (brIR5)
I would go with "condense".
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 07, 2017 02:14 AM (bG+ug)
Although "sublime" could be its own antonym, because sublimation is the process of a substance reversibly moving from the solid state to a gas, without passing through a liquid state.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 07, 2017 02:17 AM (bG+ug)
Posted by: Fox 2! at January 07, 2017 02:19 AM (brIR5)
I know y'er not talkin' 'bout me, 'cause y'ain't counseled me, but like the Apostles at the table, when J said, one of you will betray me, I have to ask myself, "Is it I?"
Perhaps simply because everything I decide seems to be seriously unwise.
(Not making light of the question; just farking around.)
Posted by: mindful webworker - 'twasn't me, I swear at January 07, 2017 02:19 AM (TtorR)
Posted by: zombie at January 07, 2017 02:07 AM (jBuUi)
I would go with "condense".
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
Close, but -- not exactly.
"Sublime" is the transition from solid to gas with no intermediary liquid phase.
"Condense" is the transition from gas to...liquid. So while it is indeed going in the opposite direction, it's not an exactly parallel antonym.
What we're looking for is a word that describes the transition from gas to solid with no intermediary liquid phase.
Actually, there is no precise word that means this, as far as I know, but there is a word that describes a process that involves this transition (at least according to some theories -- the exact mechanism is still not precisely known).
Posted by: zombie at January 07, 2017 02:20 AM (jBuUi)
Cooth, I think you've done what you can. He hasn't accepted it. Please, don't beat yourself up.
The fact that you have done so much for him speaks for yourself.
Posted by: Vendette at January 07, 2017 02:05 AM (exyD+)
I can't readily think of what I might do to improve things, but if some ill befall him, I'm ready to blame a lack of imagination on my part. It's not helpful, I've got a shit-ton of stuff to do for my own situation, and the might-have-beens can chase the if-onlys down infinite rabbit-holes to nowhere -- and I'd still not leave a Moron behind.
Posted by: cthulhu at January 07, 2017 02:20 AM (EzgxV)
This eggnog is OF THE DEVIL!!!
(Please forgive me for not responding like a normal person would/should. And let me avoid gmail at all costs, please)
Posted by: Chi at January 07, 2017 01:57 AM (+r5OR)
1) I assume you mean devilishly good, since you know you love it
and
2) normal's overrated - don't you agree?
and
3) Why don't you set up another email account that isn't snooty gmail, just for fun? I use gmail for work crap (and I do mean crap) and yahoo for realsies. Nothing's safe anyway.
Posted by: Miley, the Duchess at January 07, 2017 02:20 AM (tHwdc)
I know, but I work in semiconductors, and (mumble) (mumble) is how chips are built up...
Posted by: mikeski
I think you know the answer! Feel free to reveal it!
Posted by: zombie at January 07, 2017 02:22 AM (jBuUi)
1580s, "expressing lofty ideas in an elevated manner," from Middle French sublime (15c.), or directly from Latin sublimis
sub
liminal (adj.)
"of or pertaining to a threshold,"
See: Irene Rima Makaryk
/ anti-thought scholars
Posted by: weft cut-homer at January 07, 2017 02:22 AM (V3IFq)
Posted by: zombie at January 07, 2017 02:20 AM (jBuUi)
Well, there is a technique called "sputtering" which is used to deposit thin films of a solid from the gas phase of the material being deposited.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 07, 2017 02:23 AM (bG+ug)
Ah, then I don't feel spoiler-y if I use the semiconductor-manufacture term. Is "deposition" what you were looking for?
Posted by: mikeski at January 07, 2017 02:23 AM (UzBQ4)
Posted by: cthulhu at January 07, 2017 01:57 AM (EzgxV)
Is this about me and my eggnog?
Posted by: Sock-Chi at January 07, 2017 02:23 AM (tHwdc)
Posted by: mikeski
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Shouldn't that be "sputter, sputter.."
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 07, 2017 02:24 AM (ZO497)
Posted by: mikeski at January 07, 2017 02:25 AM (UzBQ4)
What we're looking for is a word that describes the transition from gas to solid with no intermediary liquid phase.
Actually, there is no precise word that means this, as far as I know, but there is a word that describes a process that involves this transition (at least according to some theories -- the exact mechanism is still not precisely known).
Posted by: zombie at January 07, 2017 02:20 AM (jBuUi)
Well according to Wikipedia the word is Deposition.
Posted by: buzzion at January 07, 2017 02:26 AM (cAnNx)
Posted by: otho at January 07, 2017 02:26 AM (lmIoG)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 07, 2017 02:27 AM (ZO497)
But not tonight. Good night, Gracies.
Love one another, he said, as I have loved you. Tall order.
Posted by: mindful webworker - checkin' out, not chickenin' out at January 07, 2017 02:27 AM (TtorR)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 07, 2017 02:23 AM (bG+ug)
782 Actually, there is no precise word that means this, as far as I know
Ah, then I don't feel spoiler-y if I use the semiconductor-manufacture term. Is "deposition" what you were looking for?
Posted by: mikeski
You both are on the right track, and both very close as both "sputtering" and "deposition" are fancy-schmancy modern techniques that ultimately derive from to a more primitive technique on which they are based -- and that's the word I'm looking for. It's actually a very old word (and old technique).
Posted by: zombie at January 07, 2017 02:28 AM (jBuUi)
Posted by: cthulhu at January 07, 2017 02:20 AM (EzgxV)
If the world could only be made up of men like you.
Posted by: Vendette at January 07, 2017 02:28 AM (exyD+)
Posted by: buzzion at January 07, 2017 02:26 AM (cAnNx)
True enough, but sublimation from a gas to a solid is merely one of many processes described as "deposition".
The word is used in the context of electroplating, and in welding, and in geology, too.
And in a general sense, "condense" does describe the process.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 07, 2017 02:31 AM (bG+ug)
cthu: ...a Moron who is doing something that I would consider seriously unwise. I have counseled him against it....
I know y'er not talkin' 'bout me, 'cause y'ain't counseled me, but
like the Apostles at the table, when J said, one of you will betray me, I
have to ask myself, "Is it I?"
Perhaps simply because everything I decide seems to be seriously unwise.
(Not making light of the question; just farking around.)
Posted by: mindful webworker - 'twasn't me, I swear at January 07, 2017 02:19 AM (TtorR)
I left the Moron and question vague by intention.
Posted by: cthulhu at January 07, 2017 02:31 AM (EzgxV)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 07, 2017 02:35 AM (ZO497)
Posted by: otho at January 07, 2017 02:26 AM (lmIoG)
What, sublimation? It happens with water all the time. Snow can evaporate directly without melting, and hoar frost is the result of water vapor in the air crystallizing directly from the vapor state, and I expect that is happening to bushes in my yard at this very minute.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 07, 2017 02:35 AM (bG+ug)
Actually, there is no precise word that means this, as far as I know,
but there is a word that describes a process that involves this
transition (at least according to some theories -- the exact mechanism
is still not precisely known).
Posted by: zombie at January 07, 2017 02:20 AM (jBuUi)
Well, there is a technique called "sputtering" which is used to deposit thin films of a solid from the gas phase of the material being deposited.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 07, 2017 02:23 AM (bG+ug)
Ira's wife is a well-respected sputtering engineer.
Posted by: cthulhu at January 07, 2017 02:35 AM (EzgxV)
The word is used in the context of electroplating, and in welding, and in geology, too.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
You are on the exact right track. I think you know the answer too! It does indeed happen in metallurgy (similar to welding) and in geology.
I will say that the people who know about this technique don't really think of it as being the opposite of sublimation, but it you to make them sit down and think about it, they'd probably agree that it likely is the opposite.
Posted by: zombie at January 07, 2017 02:37 AM (jBuUi)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 07, 2017 02:35 AM (ZO497)
Heh. You saw the video of Prince Rupert's drops, too? I wonder what would happen if you dropped water into a vessel of liquid nitrogen? Could you make ice pellets with similar properties?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 07, 2017 02:38 AM (bG+ug)
I can't readily think of what I might do to improve things, but if some
ill befall him, I'm ready to blame a lack of imagination on my part.
It's not helpful, I've got a shit-ton of stuff to do for my own
situation, and the might-have-beens can chase the if-onlys down infinite
rabbit-holes to nowhere -- and I'd still not leave a Moron behind.
Posted by: cthulhu at January 07, 2017 02:20 AM (EzgxV)
If the world could only be made up of men like you.
Posted by: Vendette at January 07, 2017 02:28 AM (exyD+)
I'm just a random idiot. My major talent is to fret about things that don't matter.
Posted by: cthulhu at January 07, 2017 02:38 AM (EzgxV)
I understand that Sputtering will open for Deposition. FBI office, next month. It's unclear who will be the lead singer.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 07, 2017 02:39 AM (ZO497)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
Hoar frost IS indeed the product of the reverse process. So that would have been one answer, except there is no verb to describe the creation of hoar frost -- hoarfrostification? But that' the closest to "correct" yet! Hoar frost happens when gas goes straight to solid.
In the process I'm looking for, it's actually still a theory that there is a gaseous state involved; many think it happens very very very briefly at an atomic level. You never actually "see" gas turning to solid.
Posted by: zombie at January 07, 2017 02:42 AM (jBuUi)
Hello CDR M,
You're probably asleep by now.
I probably should have known before that you're a fellow Norfolk resident.
But I'm please to know that one of Ace's longtime trusted co-hosts lives in my hometown.
I was born here. And spent the first 8 years of my life. And I moved back here about 7 or 8 years ago. All but 3 of the interim years have been spent living in Virginia Beach.
I love Norfolk - especially the Ghent area (which I wish I lived in). I'm a long time Naro attendee.
Anyway, I fired up the generator - just to make sure it's ready to start in the (hopefully unlikely) event of a power outage.
Hope you stay safe and warm during this snow-storm. Hopefully it won't become a full on blizzard.
- Dave
Posted by: Stoic Trumpublican at January 07, 2017 02:43 AM (dDOWg)
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A long time ago. I saw that there was a link, but didn't follow.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 07, 2017 02:44 AM (ZO497)
Posted by: Chi at January 07, 2017 12:57 AM (+r5OR)
Eh. After removing all the triggers, insensitive comments, camfire
farts, references to Schnitzengruben and Kansas City faggots, what is
there left to enjoy? TV is just no fun anymore.
Good thing I gots it on the DVD.
Posted by: Pug Mahon aka the Deplorable P.U.G. at January 07, 2017 01:00 AM (ZDq2T)
Ditto - I own the uncut version.
Posted by: Sock-Chi at January 07, 2017 02:45 AM (tHwdc)
Posted by: otho
Yes indeed! Pluto and Triton experience this process.
Also in glaciers here on earth.
Posted by: zombie at January 07, 2017 02:46 AM (jBuUi)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 07, 2017 02:47 AM (ZO497)
Posted by: Vendette at January 07, 2017 02:47 AM (exyD+)
I have no worries about the storm. What's really going to bug the shit out of me is the friggin cable company interrupting everything I'm watching to tell me that there are killer snows of 2 inches outside. I expect no less than 52,132 of these useless emergency alerts taking over my viewing.
They have managed to make TV more of a pain in the ass as time has gone on. It's amazing, really. Cable started out being without ads - because we paid for the pleasure of viewing. Now, you can't get away from the ads on any channel - and it seems that the more that you pay the more ads they put on - and now they are assaulting us daily with stupid non-emergency emergency alerts.
Fvcking assholes ...
Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at January 07, 2017 02:49 AM (zc3Db)
Posted by: zombie at January 07, 2017 02:42 AM (jBuUi)
I am thinking of diffusion, but that's probably incorrect. Supposedly occurs in the solid state.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 07, 2017 02:49 AM (bG+ug)
Posted by: Stoic Trumpublican at January 07, 2017 02:50 AM (dDOWg)
Out.
Still snowing. 20 deg.
Icicles on the street lamp are now 2 feet long.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 07, 2017 02:47 AM (ZO497)
Pics.....
Posted by: cthulhu at January 07, 2017 02:51 AM (EzgxV)
Posted by: zombie at January 07, 2017 02:51 AM (jBuUi)
Posted by: Vendette at January 07, 2017 02:52 AM (exyD+)
Well that's only a 3 or so hours stone throw.
Hope you're weathering these icy conditions well up there, Vendette.
Posted by: Stoic Trumpublican at January 07, 2017 02:54 AM (dDOWg)
Sinter (verb) or sintering (gerund/noun).
To "sinter" something, you make two solids fuse together WITHOUT melting them to a liquid state. It is possible to do so by heating them up to a level below the melting point and combining it with sufficient pressure. "Cold welding" might be a good term for it. It is theorized that the seemingly impossible fusion of two solids happen at the point of contact by the femto-level gasification of the outermost layer of atoms.
Happens when snow compacts to ice (Triton, glaciers) but also in types of metallurgy.
Posted by: zombie at January 07, 2017 02:56 AM (jBuUi)
I will shovel and I will watch TV. That is all.
Posted by: Vendette at January 07, 2017 02:56 AM (exyD+)
Posted by: zombie at January 07, 2017 03:00 AM (jBuUi)
Yeah, I seem serious snow shoveling in my near future as well.
But an Expedition with 4-wheel drive and a decent generator is a nice standby - just in case.
The city is out in force with the street scrapers and other equipment.
By the way. M*A*S*H is currently available in streaming on Netflix.
That is all.
Posted by: Stoic Trumpublican at January 07, 2017 03:00 AM (dDOWg)
My cat is weird. She's licking my onion dip. No interest in the pork rinds, though.
Also, she's reversed her polarity. Normally she poops in the back of her litter box, and pees in the front. That's been her routine for the past year, at least.
Now it's poop in the front and pee in the back. WHAT DOES THIS MEAN?!
Posted by: Miley, the Duchess at January 07, 2017 03:01 AM (tHwdc)
Posted by: zombie at January 07, 2017 03:02 AM (jBuUi)
I'm working on finishing an entire bottle in one evening, now...this was supposed to last at least two days, if not three (ok - that was wishcasting).
I knew that I was a drunk, but this is hardcore.
Posted by: Chi at January 07, 2017 03:02 AM (+r5OR)
But an Expedition with 4-wheel drive and a decent generator is a nice standby - just in case.
The city is out in force with the street scrapers and other equipment.
By the way. M*A*S*H is currently available in streaming on Netflix.
That is all.
Posted by: Stoic Trumpublican at January 07, 2017 03:00 AM (dDOWg)
Sorry if I seemed to be a bit blunt.
I watched a lot of MASH as a kid. I think I've seen every episode. I like 5 O'Clock Charlie and when the Giants won the pennant.
Posted by: Vendette at January 07, 2017 03:03 AM (exyD+)
Posted by: Chi
Your lips have become sintered to the bottle!
Posted by: zombie at January 07, 2017 03:03 AM (jBuUi)
Posted by: Chi at January 07, 2017 03:02 AM (+r5OR)
Blame the snow, I'm wasted on 151 and that's my excuse. Even though there's no snow outside.
Posted by: Miley, the Duchess at January 07, 2017 03:04 AM (tHwdc)
I recommended you stay home because of the weather, but now...
Posted by: Vendette at January 07, 2017 03:05 AM (exyD+)
Posted by: Miley, the Duchess at January 07, 2017 03:01 AM (tHwdc)
I've never noticed any of my cats' litter box polarities. (Only have one currently. But have had three prior.)
If only I'd paid attention to such readily available details: I might be able to help you with an answer.
Let me know if you develop any hypotheses. - I'd love to know it could mean!
(Hey, you didn't change anything in the immediate environment of the litter box, did you??)
Posted by: Stoic Trumpublican at January 07, 2017 03:06 AM (dDOWg)
To "sinter" something, you make two solids fuse together WITHOUT melting them to a liquid state. It is possible to do so by heating them up to a level below the melting point and combining it with sufficient pressure. "Cold welding" might be a good term for it. It is theorized that the seemingly impossible fusion of two solids happen at the point of contact by the femto-level gasification of the outermost layer of atoms.
Happens when snow compacts to ice (Triton, glaciers) but also in types of metallurgy.
Posted by: zombie at January 07, 2017 02:56 AM (jBuUi)
Ah, maybe so. But I wouldn't relate that to the deposition of a solid direct from the gas phase.
And sintering probably does involve melting at contact points of the particles. Certainly in the case of water ice, because its pressure-melting properties are well-known. Ice skates wouldn't work without it. And the base of a thick glacier has a film of liquid water even though it may be well below freezing, simply due to pressure.
I have seen snow here become hardened by a process that might be sintering, or perhaps welding. Snowdrifts several feet deep, but so hard I could walk upon them in street shoes without breaking through. I could have sawn blocks of it and built a really nifty igloo, had I been so inclined.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 07, 2017 03:06 AM (bG+ug)
Fuck.
I'm working on finishing an entire bottle in one evening, now...this
was supposed to last at least two days, if not three (ok - that was
wishcasting).
I knew that I was a drunk, but this is hardcore.
Posted by: Chi at January 07, 2017 03:02 AM (+r5OR)
*waves pixie dust, because snow*
Posted by: cthulhu at January 07, 2017 03:08 AM (EzgxV)
Solid --> Liquid = melt
Liquid --> Solid = freeze
Liquid --> Gas = evaporate
Gas --> Liquid = condense
Solid -------> Gas = sublime
Gas -------> Solid = ??? sinter? hoarfrostify? ???
Posted by: zombie at January 07, 2017 03:08 AM (jBuUi)
There are 6 dozen frosted Christmas cookies on racks in the kitchen, curing, as it were. Trying not to think about them.
Posted by: Miley, the Duchess at January 07, 2017 03:08 AM (tHwdc)
(Hey, you didn't change anything in the immediate environment of the litter box, did you??)
Posted by: Stoic Trumpublican at January 07, 2017 03:06 AM (dDOWg)
No changes - she owns the bathroom and I'm a grudgingly tolerated guest.
Cats just like to freak us out, I think. They know which buttons to push.
Posted by: Miley, the Duchess at January 07, 2017 03:10 AM (tHwdc)
You did not seem blunt. I like the MASH tagline quite a bit. And I've seen hosts here on AoS use it to great effect.
I don't whether Netflix is showing the TV series.
But it is showing the original Altman film.
- If you've not seen the film, it is well worth the watch. And it is SUBSTANTIALLY different from the TV series.
I have some serious issues with the film. Nonetheless, it's a groundbreaking film.
Posted by: Stoic Trumpublican at January 07, 2017 03:10 AM (dDOWg)
Posted by: zombie at January 07, 2017 03:02 AM (jBuUi)
Well to be fair, neither did you. And yours sounds like a very specific type of interaction between two metals. Rather than just the process of a gas converting to a solid.
Posted by: buzzion at January 07, 2017 03:10 AM (cAnNx)
Posted by: Vendette at January 07, 2017 03:13 AM (exyD+)
Solid --> Liquid = melt
Liquid --> Solid = freeze
Liquid --> Gas = evaporate
Gas --> Liquid = condense
Solid -------> Gas = sublime
Gas -------> Solid = ??? sinter? hoarfrostify? ???
Posted by: zombie at January 07, 2017 03:08 AM (jBuUi)
Poop in the front-->Pee in the back=normal
Pee in the front-->Poop in the back=weird
Pee in the front corners-->dangerously regressive.
Pee in the back corners-->chaos
Posted by: Miley, the Duchess at January 07, 2017 03:14 AM (tHwdc)
It's so true. I've loved all my cats. But I can't help but suspect that sometimes they might have been messing with me.
There's this thing where they suddenly stare intently at something either behind me or on the other side of a wall/door.
It's probably just their super-keen kitty-ears picking up some odd sound that no human ear can detect.
But then again, maybe they know it has an unsettling effect!!
Posted by: Stoic Trumpublican at January 07, 2017 03:15 AM (dDOWg)
William Christopher, who played Father Mulcahy, died last week.
Posted by: Vendette at January 07, 2017 03:16 AM (exyD+)
Posted by: zombie at January 07, 2017 03:00 AM (jBuUi)
With respect, I think the flaw is that the two are not really antonyms, as the process of sintering takes place in the solid state, and a gas is not necessary. When you are dealing with crystalline solids like metals, or ice, there many types of deformation possible under intense point pressure to relieve the strain energy. The vapor phase is not a requirement, as far as I know.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 07, 2017 03:16 AM (bG+ug)
I have some serious issues with the film. Nonetheless, it's a groundbreaking film.
Posted by: Stoic Trumpublican at January 07, 2017 03:10 AM (dDOWg)
I read the book before I saw the movie. Way before the TV show.
I'm dating myself, aren't I?
Btw Sally Kellerman way way way hotter than Loretta Swit.
Posted by: Miley, the Duchess at January 07, 2017 03:17 AM (tHwdc)
You're probably asleep by now.
I probably should have known before that you're a fellow Norfolk resident.
But I'm please to know that one of Ace's longtime trusted co-hosts lives in my hometown.
I was born here. And spent the first 8 years of my life. And I moved back here about 7 or 8 years ago. All but 3 of the interim years have been spent living in Virginia Beach.
I love Norfolk - especially the Ghent area (which I wish I lived in). I'm a long time Naro attendee.
Anyway, I fired up the generator - just to make sure it's ready to start in the (hopefully unlikely) event of a power outage.
Hope you stay safe and warm during this snow-storm. Hopefully it won't become a full on blizzard.
- Dave
Posted by: Stoic Trumpublican at January 07, 2017 02:43 AM (dDOWg)
--Dad lives in West Ghent.
Posted by: logprof at January 07, 2017 03:20 AM (GsAUU)
Blame the snow, I'm wasted on 151 and that's my excuse. Even though there's no snow outside.
Posted by: Miley, the Duchess
---'------------
Yeah.
The snow doesn't bother me, sorry.
I am so wound up right now, I didn't realize that had consumed a quart.
I should walk away before CBD wakes up & comes in.
I need to clean off the sidewalk before it builds up, anyway.
G'night, Miley. And screw you & your easy eggnog recipe.
(New version - 4 eggs, 2 cups of half & half, 1/3 cup sugar, vanilla, cinnamon, fresh nutmeg - seal it all in a 1 quart Mason jar & shake like an epileptic in front of a strobe light. Add bourbon, enjoy, and die happy.)
Posted by: Chi at January 07, 2017 03:21 AM (+r5OR)
Gas -------> Solid = ??? sinter? hoarfrostify? ???
Posted by: zombie at January 07, 2017 03:08 AM (jBuUi)
One reference I read this evening said "desublimation" is used by by some workers as the opposite to sublimation.
But I still like my other answer, that "sublimation" is the reversible process of matter changing direct from a solid to a gas, and vice versa. Water vapor can sublimate into hoar frost, and frost or snow can sublimate into water vapor.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 07, 2017 03:22 AM (bG+ug)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
Well, the second half of the metallurgical sintering process is likely to be gas-to-solid deposition.
With two metals pressed together tightly enough at high enough temperature, what then first happens might be best described in layman's terms as "flash sublimation" in which the point-of-contact metal atoms transition from solid to gas in an instant (and only for an instant). So, at that exact moment of time, no matter how brief it is, the atoms are a "gas." And then an instant later they are deposited onto the opposing metal face. So for that second instant what is happening is gas-to-solid deposition.
At least that's the theory of what's happening. It's essentially impossible to actually observe and measure what's happening at the point of contact -- you can't put a camera (or any other kind of instrument for that matter) inside what is basically a red-hot vice. So we don't really know.
Posted by: zombie at January 07, 2017 03:22 AM (jBuUi)
Posted by: Miley, the Duchess at January 07, 2017 03:23 AM (tHwdc)
I did not know about William Christopher's passing. I hope he was a good person and that he may rest in peace.
I of course agree with you about the Kellerman v Swit hotness contest. (Though I did have to look them up to remember what each one looked like.)
And once we're over 40, who cares about being dated? (- Yes a cheesy double entendre, to be sure.)
Posted by: Stoic Trumpublican at January 07, 2017 03:23 AM (dDOWg)
logprof,
I live on Little Creek.
I'm glad to hear your Dad is living out his years in a one of the finest parts of the US.
Are you a Tidewater resident?
Posted by: Stoic Trumpublican at January 07, 2017 03:26 AM (dDOWg)
Posted by: Chi at January 07, 2017 03:26 AM (+r5OR)
Big diff between 40 and 60, Stoic. When I was 40 I had a 22 year old boyfriend. At 60+, as a widow, I'm finished. I don't care what the 80-year-olds tell me - I don't have my whole life ahead of me.
Posted by: Miley, the Duchess at January 07, 2017 03:29 AM (tHwdc)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
Write a paper proving that and you will be in the running for a Nobel Prize!
You may very well be correct, but proving it is the hard (pun intended) part. The counter-theory is that the atoms MUST however briefly become non-solid for them to subsequently connect/fuse.
Alternately it could be an as-yet un-demonstrated (opens Pandora's Box) quantum effect.
Posted by: zombie at January 07, 2017 03:30 AM (jBuUi)
Posted by: Chi at January 07, 2017 03:26 AM (+r5OR)
I have half a bottle of Dickels up here, if you can make it through the storm.
I'll drink the rum.
Posted by: Miley, the Duchess at January 07, 2017 03:30 AM (tHwdc)
Well to be fair, neither did you. And yours sounds like a very specific type of interaction between two metals. Rather than just the process of a gas converting to a solid.
Posted by: buzzion
Yeah, you show Zombie up for research, you bad man you!
Posted by: weft cut-loop at January 07, 2017 03:31 AM (V3IFq)
Posted by: zombie at January 07, 2017 03:22 AM (jBuUi)
Well, that's a theory. But you don't need to invoke a gas. Melting would suffice. So would recrystallization. Put enough stress upon a crystal lattice, and it will deform to relieve that stress.
And it would appear that this theory of a transient gas phase in sintering is something fairly new, right? But sublimation has been known for centuries, and if it lacks an antonym, it's not because "sintering" is its opposite process.
I really do believe you are conflating two phenomena that really have little to do with one another.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 07, 2017 03:32 AM (bG+ug)
Posted by: Vendette at January 07, 2017 03:33 AM (exyD+)
How much accumulation of global warming do you have now?
Posted by: Chi at January 07, 2017 03:33 AM (+r5OR)
(New version - 4 eggs, 2 cups of half half, 1/3 cup sugar,
vanilla, cinnamon, fresh nutmeg - seal it all in a 1 quart Mason jar
shake like an epileptic in front of a strobe light. Add bourbon,
enjoy, and die happy.)
===
It's a recipe made to be screwed with.
<type and delete, type and delete>
Yeah, fork me, I'm done. G'nite, Horde.
Posted by: Miley, the Duchess at January 07, 2017 03:33 AM (tHwdc)
Posted by: weft cut-loop at January 07, 2017 03:33 AM (V3IFq)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
Is that dual-definition ("sublime" means "solid to gas" AND "gas to solid") something that's in some official source -- or simply a new dual-definition that you just now created? It'd be interesting if there was a word that had two definitions that were the exact opposite of each other. The only other example I can think of is "cleave."
Posted by: zombie at January 07, 2017 03:36 AM (jBuUi)
Duchess, you made me chuckle with that one.
I'm 45, and I've been thinking about 60 quite a bit lately.
I am either extraordinarily lucky or incredibly blessed to have a younger girlfriend (even though she's a misguided liberal) who is willing to tolerate me and love me as fully as I love her.
Your point (quite humorously made) is well taken. If I lose this one, I'll probably resign to ultimate bachelor-ship.
Dear God, may I please keep this one.
Anyway, I have lots of vibrant, healthy friends at or around 60. (And several who are considerably older.)
I hope your health is at least as good as theirs.
Posted by: Stoic Trumpublican at January 07, 2017 03:36 AM (dDOWg)
Posted by: Stoic Trumpublican at January 07, 2017 03:37 AM (dDOWg)
Posted by: rich@gmu at January 07, 2017 03:39 AM (CrY8H)
Posted by: Vendette at January 07, 2017 03:39 AM (exyD+)
Posted by: weft cut-loop at January 07, 2017 03:39 AM (V3IFq)
Posted by: Vendette at January 07, 2017 03:40 AM (exyD+)
Well Chi,
I'm not far from Ward's Corner.
And tonight I'm nowhere near close enough to receiving enough Global 'Warming' to keep me from going out and cranking up my Expedition and revving the engine in the hopes that it might eventually raise the temperature a whole degree.
(I mean, why should I depend on something as remote as the sun to change my climate!)
Posted by: Stoic Trumpublican at January 07, 2017 03:42 AM (dDOWg)
wow, hey Vendette. hope all is well. odd to see you posting at nearly 4 am.
Posted by: rich@gmu at January 07, 2017 03:45 AM (CrY8H)
Vapor deposition is closest to the correct answer.
Sintering, I do not think it means what you think it means.
Posted by: Artie Johnson at January 07, 2017 03:45 AM (+ArdT)
Posted by: Vendette at January 07, 2017 03:46 AM (exyD+)
Posted by: Vendette at January 07, 2017 03:46 AM (exyD+)
Posted by: MAx at January 07, 2017 03:49 AM (/RZxG)
younger girlfriend (even though she's a misguided liberal) who is
willing to tolerate me and love me as fully as I love her.
Your point (quite humorously made) is well taken. If I lose this one, I'll probably resign to ultimate bachelor-ship.
Dear God, may I please keep this one.
Anyway, I have lots of vibrant, healthy friends at or around 60. (And several who are considerably older.)
I hope your health is at least as good as theirs.
Liberal? God help you. She's some kind of karmic lesson.
I used to be vibrant as hell. At 58, I could pass for under 50. I've aged 10 years since I lost the love of my life. Not dead yet, though, much to my dismay. Damn you, Yahweh!*
*Upright Citizens Brigade reference ("Bucket of Truth")
Posted by: Miley, the Duchess at January 07, 2017 03:49 AM (tHwdc)
Posted by: weft cut-loop at January 07, 2017 03:33 AM (V3IFq)
Then appeared in the sky a new star. Scientists of the time, believed it was the collision of 2 smaller stars sintering together ...
Posted by: rich@gmu at January 07, 2017 03:50 AM (CrY8H)
You may very well be correct, but proving it is the hard (pun intended) part. The counter-theory is that the atoms MUST however briefly become non-solid for them to subsequently connect/fuse.
Alternately it could be an as-yet un-demonstrated (opens Pandora's Box) quantum effect.
Posted by: zombie at January 07, 2017 03:30 AM (jBuUi)
Well, we are attempting to describe what happens on a very tiny scale inside a hot pressure capsule in a press. But I will note that "liquid" is a perfectly acceptable example of "non-solid".
Say you want to make the sintered bronze fuel filter that sits in the inlet of a GM Quadrajet carburetor (to give an example of a commonplace sintered product). You take a dollop of tiny bronze spheres, place them in a mold, subject them to some heat, but well below the nominal melting point of bronze, and a lot of pressure. The balls simply melt a little at their points of contact, which relieves the pressure on the charge in the mold, and also welds the balls together. No gas required.
Now, perhaps the "gas" theory of sintering involves a notional gas, which doesn't really exist, but gives one a mathematical handle which helps to understand the process.
I will note that you can weld steel in the forge without actually melting it. Blacksmiths did it all the time with such things as barrel hoops and wagon tires. Heat the two pieces to be joined white hot, and hammer them together. The steel is in a plastic state, not liquid, but I suspect that under the hammer blows, it does melt to a liquid for a brief instant.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 07, 2017 03:50 AM (bG+ug)
Posted by: m [/b ][/i ] [/s ][/u ] at January 07, 2017 03:50 AM (3jGss)
can't complain.
beer in hand. on the ont.
Posted by: rich@gmu at January 07, 2017 03:51 AM (CrY8H)
Posted by: m [\b ][\i ] [\s ][\u ] at January 07, 2017 03:51 AM (3jGss)
I really do believe you are conflating two phenomena that really have little to do with one another.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
Well, to be frank, I know a guy who's a professor specializing in quantum chemistry, and it was he who told me most of this stuff, as it is one of his areas of interest. Yes, I think it is a new theory, but (among the handful of people worldwide who follow this field) one thought to have merit. I myself am no scientist, needless to say.
I never said that the two phenomena are similar or have anything to do with each other, or are even parallel to each. It's just that there really is (as far as I know) no antonym for sublime, and the only word which even comes close is that during the process of sintering it is now thought (according to this theory) that the opposite process does occur.
Posted by: zombie at January 07, 2017 03:52 AM (jBuUi)
Posted by: Wendy at January 07, 2017 03:52 AM (wDnB/)
Yeah, I came back. Can't sleep, too edgy.
Posted by: Miley, the Duchess at January 07, 2017 03:54 AM (tHwdc)
Posted by: Miley, the Duchess at January 07, 2017 03:55 AM (tHwdc)
Posted by: m at January 07, 2017 03:56 AM (3jGss)
Posted by: zombie at January 07, 2017 03:36 AM (jBuUi)
I haven't seen it formally expressed as such, but I don't want to claim authorship for that definition. Like I said, "desublimation" is used by some writers. But, speaking logically, if an antonym for "sublime" were needed, then there would be one, wouldn't there? It's not like the phenomenon is so obscure, or so newly-discovered.
So my contention that "sublime" is its own antonym is really just an observation that it seems to be the way it works in practice.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 07, 2017 03:58 AM (bG+ug)
Sorry to hear about your devastating loss. I've lost one of my parents and that's bad enough.
Can't imagine if I lost my life partner.
As far as the life lesson of having a liberal as a life partner (by beloved GF): it's really not as bad as that.
Even though she's also a vegetarian, we generally manage to agree on basic lifestyle issues. We both believe in the crucial value of treating others well. We share living space with each other very easily.
She's a very moral and decent person.
When it comes to the abstractions as to what are the best policies for a government to govern the lives of its citizens: that's where things are nearly impossible for us to discuss.
- She simply can't fully and consistently face these topics.
So be it. I'm not about to lose her over issues over which neither of us have any control.
Posted by: Stoic Trumpublican at January 07, 2017 04:00 AM (dDOWg)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
Pretty bichin', dude.
Check out our crucible steel, man@!
Posted by: Ulfberht at January 07, 2017 04:01 AM (V3IFq)
Posted by: Chi at January 07, 2017 04:05 AM (+r5OR)
Posted by: Chi at January 07, 2017 04:06 AM (+r5OR)
I will note that you can weld steel in the forge without actually melting it. Blacksmiths did it all the time with such things as barrel hoops and wagon tires. Heat the two pieces to be joined white hot, and hammer them together. The steel is in a plastic state, not liquid, but I suspect that under the hammer blows, it does melt to a liquid for a brief instant.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
Now we are getting to the nubbin of the matter!
Because the whole point behind the traditional definition of "sinter" is that it cannot/must not/does not involve actually melting the metal to a liquid state.
If the liquid state of metal occurs during the process, then it doesn't count as "sintering," but rather simply as "melting" or "welding" or whatever.
To be true sintering, the components being fused/connected must remain solid. By definition.
I suspect that some of the manufacturing processes characterized these days as "sintering" are in fact actually a slightly different process that might be dubbed "pressure melting."
Could it be that true "sintering" never actually existed -- that it is impossible to fuse two solids together while they always remain solid? And that you are correct, that in traditional blacksmithing, there is some instantaneous non-observable moment of melting that occurs under the extreme force of the hammer blow ("pressure melting")? Could be.
Also could be that there is, as you also insightfully point out, a "state of matter" that is between solid and liquid, what you dub a "plastic state," in which the metal is soooooo close to being melted, but isn't -- as with some white-hot metals. And that maybe sintering involved this unnamed mid-point state.
Posted by: zombie at January 07, 2017 04:09 AM (jBuUi)
Posted by: Tinfoilbaby at January 07, 2017 04:09 AM (6Ll1u)
saw above you went heavy! cheers.
just started snowing ... is it to soon for me to start bitching about it yet?
Posted by: rich@gmu at January 07, 2017 04:10 AM (CrY8H)
Posted by: Chi at January 07, 2017 04:06 AM (+r5OR)
You might have something in your Important folder.
Posted by: Miley, the Duchess at January 07, 2017 04:10 AM (tHwdc)
Posted by: rich@gmu at January 07, 2017 04:10 AM (CrY8H)
IMHO, it's never too soon to start bitching.
Posted by: Miley, the Duchess at January 07, 2017 04:11 AM (tHwdc)
Even
though she's also a vegetarian,
Posted by: Stoic Trumpublican at January 07, 2017 04:00 AM (dDOWg)
You really ARE stoic, aren't you?
I could never sleep with a liberal. Let alone live with a vegetarian. Too high maintenance. But God bless, she's lucky to have you.
Posted by: Miley, the Duchess at January 07, 2017 04:14 AM (tHwdc)
Over at Previousky TV, on the "Donald J Trump" thread, the 99.999%ers have been mocking Trump's "PEOTUS" signs, saying: Oh the ego!!
Some scrappy little conservative just posted a photo of Obama's PEOTUS podium, chiming in, Yeah! the nerve!!
Posted by: voiceover at January 07, 2017 04:14 AM (9QWo+)
Posted by: Tinfoilbaby at January 07, 2017 04:14 AM (6Ll1u)
Posted by: voiceover at January 07, 2017 04:15 AM (9QWo+)
Good morning horde
Posted by: Skip at January 07, 2017 04:16 AM (5sOEp)
I've been trying to follow zombie's comments and the back-and-forth with Alberta Oil Peon, but wow, don't try that a 420AM and a few beers after a long night at work.
Posted by: rich@gmu at January 07, 2017 04:16 AM (CrY8H)
[X] Not real
[X] Grocery stores bought out of bread, milk, eggs
[X] Roads - Patchy ice only
End result.....an unneeded but appreciated work from home day.
Posted by: Flyboy at January 07, 2017 04:18 AM (9mjK1)
Posted by: rich@gmu at January 07, 2017 04:19 AM (CrY8H)
My goodness you are too sweet. Trust me (a stranger) when I emphasize that _I_ am the one who is extremely lucky to have her.
(Unfortunately, I'm not very stoic. - It's an ironic reel.)
Unfortunately, I was once myself vegetarian for a whole two years in my early 20's. - So I try not to be too inflexible.
God bless you too, Miley.
And good night.
Posted by: Stoic Trumpublican at January 07, 2017 04:20 AM (dDOWg)
Posted by: Miley, the Duchess at January 07, 2017 04:20 AM (tHwdc)
Posted by: rich@gmu at January 07, 2017 04:20 AM (CrY8H)
Can someone please tell me how to even read a fucking new gmail email???
What am i missing?
I can see the preview but can't access the actual email!
I'm almost ready to shoot another hole in the wall out of frustration!
The shotgun is loaded & within arms reach, btw...
Posted by: Chi at January 07, 2017 04:24 AM (+r5OR)
http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=4af_1463433354
Posted by: Miley, the Duchess at January 07, 2017 04:25 AM (tHwdc)
I was thinking what would 2 atoms smashing together be? Say gold ... BOOM!!!
Uranium into plutonium ... KA-BOOM
The Illudium Q-36 Explosive Space Modulator ...
yeah, I've got nothing to contribute to the conversation.
Posted by: rich@gmu at January 07, 2017 04:26 AM (CrY8H)
Posted by: zombie at January 07, 2017 04:26 AM (jBuUi)
Posted by: Skip at January 07, 2017 04:27 AM (5sOEp)
The shotgun is loaded within arms reach, btw...
Posted by: Chi at January 07, 2017 04:24 AM (+r5OR)
Don't even, sweetheart!
Just trying clicking around, that's how I managed to figure it out. Gmail sucks hairy moose cocks.
Posted by: Miley, the Duchess at January 07, 2017 04:27 AM (tHwdc)
don't do it. your browser probably stalled.
try a re-fresh or log out, open a new session and log back in.
Posted by: rich@gmu at January 07, 2017 04:27 AM (CrY8H)
There's only one KABOOM at the HQ, and it's soggy with tears of rage, betrayal, and wasted potential. And resignation.
Posted by: Miley, the Duchess at January 07, 2017 04:30 AM (tHwdc)
Posted by: Miley, the Duchess at January 07, 2017 04:32 AM (tHwdc)
Posted by: rich@gmu at January 07, 2017 04:33 AM (CrY8H)
Posted by: zombie at January 07, 2017 04:09 AM (jBuUi)
I have to go to bed, but I will say that the melting I described might be just as notional as the gas phase described by your quantum chemist friend. I think it is real, though. Remember, it does not involve the bulk of the material, only those tiny regions where particles make contact with one another. The tiny amount of melting caused by the pressure allows the centers of the particles to come closer together, and thus relieve some of the pressure imposed by the press. No bulk melting of the charge in the press is implied.
But there are things that happen on the crystal lattice scale that could produce results indistinguishable from local point-contact melting.
I might note that you can buy a sack of ice cubes at the market, and if they are not already welded together when you buy them, they do become so when stored in your freezer for a period of time. So "melting" of the cubes at points of contact has occurred, even though the entire bag was never kept in an environment above 32 degrees.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 07, 2017 04:33 AM (bG+ug)
Just trying clicking around, that's how I managed to figure it out. Gmail sucks hairy moose cocks.
Posted by: Miley
-----------
Last year, I got so mad at the world that I shot my closet. Ask cthulhu.
Why? I have no idea.
What did my closet ever do to me?
Posted by: Chi at January 07, 2017 04:34 AM (+r5OR)
so popular it appears 1 and 2 in the google search.
Posted by: rich@gmu at January 07, 2017 04:35 AM (CrY8H)
Now that was one funny video!
While my vegetarian girlfriend is not of the mentality parodied in that video (indeed she is even willing to pick up steak and hamburger for me at the Harris Teeter - and, no, I cannot begin to explain how that jives with her vegetarian philosophy).
I have in fact known many people with that kind of way out there attitude.
Too much!
Posted by: Stoic Trumpublican at January 07, 2017 04:36 AM (dDOWg)
Posted by: rich@gmu at January 07, 2017 04:16 AM (CrY8H)
Well, i think it was getting down to semantics. Anyhow, the dog and cat are nagging me to go to bed. So, good night, all.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 07, 2017 04:36 AM (bG+ug)
Posted by: Skip at January 07, 2017 04:37 AM (5sOEp)
Posted by: Miley, the Duchess
(Wikipedia entry from the distant future)
"The Sintering Wars
The Sintering Wars were a brutal international conflict which erupted in 2017 when Canada invaded the United States during Year One of the Trump Era ( 1 T.E.). Approximately 150 million people were eventually killed worldwide during The Sintering Wars, most of them victims of the Albertan Sintering Cannon, a Canadian super-weapon which fired white-hot metal in a continuous stream at near light-speed.
Hostilities first broke out during a late-night discussion about the definition of sintering on a now-defunct internet forum known as a 'blog.' This escalated to an international crisis when President-Elect Trump tweeted out his approval of commenter "zombie"'s outlandish sintering theories. The Canadians protested, and things quickly spiraled out of control..."
Posted by: zombie at January 07, 2017 04:38 AM (jBuUi)
Thinking about a cup of hot chocolate and trying to get back to sleep.
Playing tonight so must be well rested.
Posted by: teej at January 07, 2017 04:39 AM (gJ3Vg)
Posted by: Tinfoilbaby at January 07, 2017 04:40 AM (6Ll1u)
Posted by: rich@gmu at January 07, 2017 04:35 AM (CrY8H)
It's even in Wikipedia.
Chi, don't shoot the closet. Look into the Bucket of Truth.
DAMN you, Yahweh!
Posted by: Miley, the Duchess at January 07, 2017 04:40 AM (tHwdc)
I'll be thinking of sintering like Lewis Black was thinking about "if it wasn't for my horse, I'd wouldn't have spent that year in college" while at his health club-IHOP-freebasing on the boysenberry syrup.
Posted by: rich@gmu at January 07, 2017 04:42 AM (CrY8H)
Nothing can compare to the perfect voluptuous breasts of Adrienne Barbeau.
She 'single-handedly' guided me through puberty!
Posted by: Stoic Trumpublican at January 07, 2017 04:46 AM (dDOWg)
Thinking about a cup of hot chocolate and trying to get back to sleep.
Playing tonight so must be well rested.
Posted by: teej at January 07, 2017 04:39 AM (gJ3Vg)
TEEJ! That's an awesome idea that I'm going to contemplate for awhile and then probably do. I have Hershey's Special Dark cocoa powder.
For Timmy's website, email me at the hooya thingy, tp4evr
Posted by: Miley, the Duchess at January 07, 2017 04:47 AM (tHwdc)
thinking about "if it wasn't for my horse, I'd wouldn't have spent that
year in college" while at his health club-IHOP-freebasing on the
boysenberry syrup.
Posted by: rich@gmu at January 07, 2017 04:42 AM (CrY8H)
I lurrve that bit.
Posted by: Miley, the Duchess at January 07, 2017 04:48 AM (tHwdc)
Posted by: Miley, the Duchess at January 07, 2017 04:49 AM (tHwdc)
2017 when Canada invaded the United States during Year One of the Trump
Era ( 1 T.E.)...
I love it, esp. 1 T.E.!
Posted by: Miley, the Duchess at January 07, 2017 04:52 AM (tHwdc)
Okay. G'night all. - Especially to Vendette, Miley, and cthulhu .
Everyone stay warm, safe, and un-taxable.
Posted by: Stoic Trumpublican at January 07, 2017 04:54 AM (dDOWg)
Posted by: Miley, the Duchess at January 07, 2017 04:54 AM (tHwdc)
Posted by: Miley, the Duchess at January 07, 2017 04:54 AM (tHwdc)
Too many commentzz to go through, but I see the usual gamut was run from sci-fi to snowflakes to Adrienne Barbeau's breasts.
I loved that Red Letter Media piece that Ace linked to in the sidebar. Those guys are hilarious.
Posted by: Gem at January 07, 2017 05:01 AM (uaHyk)
Posted by: Miley, the Duchess at January 07, 2017 05:02 AM (tHwdc)
Posted by: Miley, the Duchess at January 07, 2017 05:02 AM (tHwdc)
As I was stirring it I got to thinking I should buy some actual cocoa.
Doing the Swiss Miss thing,,, but being in real milk instead of storebought is a great kicker.
I still remember @85 Miley but thanks for the offer.
And 26 times too.
Posted by: teej at January 07, 2017 05:03 AM (gJ3Vg)
Posted by: Gem at January 07, 2017 05:03 AM (uaHyk)
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The Ft. lauderdale terrorist. A muzzie convert, go figure.
Posted by: Tim in Illinois Admissions Dean. Trump University at January 07, 2017 05:03 AM (d76uN)
Posted by: Tim in Illinois at January 07, 2017 05:04 AM (d76uN)
Posted by: Gem at January 07, 2017 05:05 AM (uaHyk)
With the two of us here?
Ha that'll be the day.
The world doesn't know how lucky it is we're half a continent apart. At least from my side of things.
Posted by: teej at January 07, 2017 05:09 AM (gJ3Vg)
Posted by: Rapey Grizzly at January 07, 2017 05:10 AM (bc2Lc)
Posted by: Joe Biden at January 07, 2017 05:10 AM (Pby3z)
And 26 times too.
Posted by: teej at January 07, 2017 05:03 AM (gJ3Vg)
Then shalt thou count to 26, no more, no less. 26 shall the be the number thou shalt count, and the number of the counting shall be 26. 27 shalt thou NOT count, neither count thou 25, excepting that thou then proceed to 26. 27 is RIGHT OUT.
Posted by: Miley, the Duchess at January 07, 2017 05:17 AM (tHwdc)
Posted by: teej at January 07, 2017 05:09 AM (gJ3Vg)
Food for thought, indeed....
Posted by: Miley, the Duchess at January 07, 2017 05:18 AM (tHwdc)
Posted by: Miley, the Duchess at January 07, 2017 05:19 AM (tHwdc)
Posted by: freaked at January 07, 2017 05:26 AM (BO/km)
You realize at my age that could take a week.
Unless I'm on vacation of course.
Posted by: teej at January 07, 2017 05:29 AM (gJ3Vg)
Posted by: teej at January 07, 2017 05:32 AM (gJ3Vg)
Posted by: Ben Had at January 07, 2017 05:32 AM (mi9+A)
Posted by: Miley, the Duchess at January 07, 2017 05:33 AM (tHwdc)
Posted by: Polar Bear at January 07, 2017 12:25 AM
Problem is no one has seen you swimming under water catching Killer Whales but they know you do it.
Posted by: Skip at January 07, 2017 05:35 AM (5sOEp)
Posted by: Miley, the Duchess at January 07, 2017 05:36 AM (tHwdc)
Hi horde.
Posted by: Infidel at January 07, 2017 05:37 AM (VtLx6)
Posted by: Joe Biden at January 07, 2017 05:10 AM (Pby3z)
THANK YOU! My brain was going, "Sinter...sinter...where have I heard that?" I loved that video. I wonder if it's been removed from the Utubez as raciss.
Posted by: Miley, the Duchess at January 07, 2017 05:38 AM (tHwdc)
Probably won't take any more until the crappie start spawning unless something unlooked for happens.
If you promise to be a good girl and not share it with anyone I'll send you instructions to a vid that'll give you a look at who you're talkin' to.
Posted by: teej at January 07, 2017 05:44 AM (gJ3Vg)
Posted by: Skip at January 07, 2017 05:45 AM (5sOEp)
Posted by: Miley, the Duchess at January 07, 2017 05:45 AM (tHwdc)
Posted by: freaked at January 07, 2017 05:26 AM (BO/km)
Should I ask?
Posted by: Miley, the Duchess at January 07, 2017 05:47 AM (tHwdc)
Posted by: Miley, the Duchess at January 07, 2017 05:48 AM (tHwdc)
Zombies would wipe out the live human population in 90 days, to me winter would slow them down and actually freeze them below 32 until they thawed out to then reanimate.
Posted by: Skip at January 07, 2017 05:50 AM (5sOEp)
Posted by: Eromero at January 07, 2017 05:51 AM (zLDYs)
Posted by: Skip at January 07, 2017 05:45 AM (5sOEp)
It seems to be a gateway drug of sorts.
Posted by: Miley, the Duchess at January 07, 2017 05:51 AM (tHwdc)
Posted by: Skip at January 07, 2017 05:52 AM (5sOEp)
Posted by: Skip at January 07, 2017 05:52 AM (5sOEp)
Posted by: Infidel at January 07, 2017 05:55 AM (VtLx6)
90 days, to me winter would slow them down and actually freeze them
below 32 until they thawed out to then reanimate.
Posted by: Skip at January 07, 2017 05:50 AM (5sOEp)
So they're kinda like The Blob? Couldn't we round them up and drop them in Antarctica?
Posted by: Miley, the Duchess at January 07, 2017 05:55 AM (tHwdc)
Posted by: Skip at January 07, 2017 05:58 AM (5sOEp)
Posted by: Infidel at January 07, 2017 06:02 AM (VtLx6)
Posted by: Skip at January 07, 2017 06:03 AM (5sOEp)
Posted by: Skip at January 07, 2017 06:03 AM (5sOEp)
Posted by: Skip at January 07, 2017 06:03 AM (5sOEp)
Posted by: Skip at January 07, 2017 06:03 AM (5sOEp)
Posted by: Skip at January 07, 2017 06:03 AM (5sOEp)
Posted by: Infidel at January 07, 2017 06:04 AM (VtLx6)
Just as well. Gonna try to get back to sleep.
Love each other fellow babies
Posted by: teej at January 07, 2017 06:05 AM (gJ3Vg)
Posted by: Skip at January 07, 2017 06:07 AM (5sOEp)
Posted by: Gem at January 07, 2017 06:07 AM (uaHyk)
Posted by: Tinfoilbaby at January 07, 2017 06:07 AM (6Ll1u)
Hope it snows here later. We'll have the grandson visiting and we'll take him sledding.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Irredeemable Cycling Stars (TM) at January 07, 2017 06:10 AM (BK3ZS)
Posted by: Infidel at January 07, 2017 06:11 AM (VtLx6)
I see Nerdygirl had Barrel Fevuh! again up topside.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Irredeemable Cycling Stars (TM) at January 07, 2017 06:12 AM (BK3ZS)
Posted by: Skip at January 07, 2017 06:14 AM (5sOEp)
Posted by: acethepug at January 07, 2017 06:16 AM (539ql)
Posted by: Stoic Trumpublican at January 07, 2017 03:36 AM (dDOWg)
So have I. I'm turning 61 next month.
Former NAW-fuk resident here, as well.
Posted by: RickZ at January 07, 2017 06:17 AM (91AeI)
Posted by: Jean at January 07, 2017 06:17 AM (2RVmA)
Posted by: Gem at January 07, 2017 06:07 AM (uaHyk)
We've got a buttload of smartypants moron talent here.
Posted by: Miley, the Duchess at January 07, 2017 06:18 AM (tHwdc)
Posted by: Skip at January 07, 2017 06:18 AM (5sOEp)
Camille Paglia lets celebrities who cannot cope with the fact they have grown older have it --
At ABC's recent "New Year's Rockin' Eve" show, Mariah Carey bungled more than her singing: In her needlessly risque nude bodysuit, she looked like a splitting sack of over-ripe cantaloupes.
http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/
camille-paglia-how-age-disgracefully-hollywood-guest-column-960794
(shorter link) --
http://preview.tinyurl.com/z6qcrc2
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Irredeemable Cycling Stars (TM) at January 07, 2017 06:19 AM (BK3ZS)
Posted by: Infidel at January 07, 2017 06:20 AM (VtLx6)
Former NAW-fuk resident here, as well.
Posted by: RickZ at January 07, 2017 06:17 AM (91AeI)
I'm turning 62 next month. Like fine wine, right? LOL!
Posted by: Miley, the Duchess at January 07, 2017 06:21 AM (tHwdc)
Posted by: Skip at January 07, 2017 06:25 AM (5sOEp)
Still holding to the prediction that TFG will not pardon Hillary. For her to twist in the wind would be pure deliciousness to him.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Irredeemable Cycling Stars (TM) at January 07, 2017 06:27 AM (BK3ZS)
Posted by: Bruce at January 07, 2017 06:27 AM (8ikIW)
Posted by: Tinfoilbaby at January 07, 2017 06:27 AM (8W1PW)
Posted by: The Gingerbread Man at January 07, 2017 06:28 AM (tHwdc)
Posted by: Skip at January 07, 2017 06:28 AM (5sOEp)
Posted by: Infidel at January 07, 2017 06:20 AM (VtLx6)
So could I. We're at 2 below right now, and this is one of the warmer days this week.
Posted by: No One of Consequence at January 07, 2017 06:29 AM (BXC+l)
Posted by: Miley, the Duchess at January 07, 2017 06:29 AM (tHwdc)
Posted by: Miley, the Duchess at January 07, 2017 06:21 AM (tHwdc)
In my case, more like vinegar.
Posted by: RickZ at January 07, 2017 06:30 AM (91AeI)
Posted by: Miley, the Duchess at January 07, 2017 06:30 AM (tHwdc)
Posted by: Skip
That is not good news Skip. When an old cat start chasing shadows, it means they probably horked up a hairball in your shoe.
Anything else they do means the same.
Posted by: Bruce at January 07, 2017 06:30 AM (8ikIW)
Posted by: Skip at January 07, 2017 06:32 AM (5sOEp)
Posted by: Miley, the Duchess at January 07, 2017 06:32 AM (tHwdc)
Posted by: Infidel at January 07, 2017 06:32 AM (VtLx6)
Posted by: Bruce at January 07, 2017 06:32 AM (8ikIW)
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Irredeemable Cycling Stars (TM) at January 07, 2017 06:33 AM (BK3ZS)
Posted by: Infidel at January 07, 2017 06:34 AM (VtLx6)
That is not good news Skip. When an old cat start chasing shadows, it means they probably horked up a hairball in your shoe.
I had the cat I rescued pee in one of my shoes years ago. Mrs. Krebs, who was Pre-Vet major at one time, told me "She's telling you something's wrong with her health."
What, like she couldn't write me a note?
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Irredeemable Cycling Stars (TM) at January 07, 2017 06:37 AM (BK3ZS)
Posted by: Skip at January 07, 2017 06:39 AM (5sOEp)
Good frigid morning, Horde.
Posted by: creeper...Home on her hill at January 07, 2017 06:39 AM (Yllyl)
"th"-factorial is the lazy poster's entry to compete in the "First!" sweepstakes.
Sure, you'll likely never be first, but you have a 17-in-20 chance of making a recognizable hit in the first 20 posts.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Irredeemable Cycling Stars (TM) at January 07, 2017 06:42 AM (BK3ZS)
Posted by: m at January 07, 2017 06:45 AM (3jGss)
Real long load times in here right now, so off to watch the Red Letter Media takedown and finish reading Paglia's piece.
BBL, but in a new thread.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Irredeemable Cycling Stars (TM) at January 07, 2017 06:45 AM (BK3ZS)
Still holding to the prediction that TFG will not pardon Hillary. For her to twist in the wind would be pure deliciousness to him.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Irredeemable Cycling Stars (TM) at January 07, 2017 06:27 AM (BK3ZS)
But follow the money.
Posted by: m at January 07, 2017 06:46 AM (3jGss)
Never tell me the odds.
Posted by: Han GnuBreed at January 07, 2017 06:47 AM (oZEJt)
So...
is there news?
Fire, flood, mass casualties, tidal wave, protesters in the street? or is it the same old fake news recycled from yesterday?
'Cuz I gotta go fortify myself for the outdoors where it is a two pants day outside.
Posted by: Stanley Rubinclank at January 07, 2017 06:47 AM (ZRNky)
Posted by: Stanley Rubinclank
That's every day for Shillary
Posted by: Bruce at January 07, 2017 06:52 AM (8ikIW)
Posted by: Skip at January 07, 2017 06:53 AM (5sOEp)
1. krak's power went out.
2. Spiders ate him.
3. Squirrels ate him.
4. It's Trump's fault.
5. He's on the phone with Kate Upton and she won't shut up.
6. In an alternate universe, the thread IS up.
7. Gas.
8. Martians.
9. He pushed the wrong button on ace's time machine.
10 [most likely] The Russkies hacked his alarm clock.
Posted by: GnuBreed at January 07, 2017 06:57 AM (oZEJt)
Posted by: fluffy at January 07, 2017 06:57 AM (jw2Xw)
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at January 07, 2017 07:02 AM (nuyGw)
Besides, NYC and she deserve each other.
Posted by: GnuBreed at January 07, 2017 07:02 AM (oZEJt)
Posted by: Skip at January 07, 2017 07:03 AM (5sOEp)
*scratches butt*
*makes coffee*
*checks thermometer*
22d and falling?!!!!!!!!!!!!
This is Houston fer Gawd's sake!
*lights fireplace*
Morning all! You northern moron be safe.
Posted by: Bayou City at January 07, 2017 07:04 AM (kaCWe)
Posted by: GnuBreed at January 07, 2017 07:02 AM (oZEJt)
I want Skankles to waste away as a miserable, bitter spinster who wears diapers, drinks cheap vodka and is acutely aware that every single one of her 'friends' is a friend solely for money.
Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at January 07, 2017 07:06 AM (qKHgx)
Posted by: Tinfoilbaby at January 07, 2017 07:08 AM (6Ll1u)
Posted by: Skip at January 07, 2017 07:08 AM (5sOEp)
Posted by: fluffy at January 07, 2017 07:08 AM (jw2Xw)
Let's smile & be happy & strike fear in the hearts of killjoy leftists everywhere.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 07, 2017 07:09 AM (u82oZ)
Up to 2 ℉. And only a -7 ℉ windchill.
Time to wear shorts and flip flops like the teens in town? Maybe not.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 07, 2017 07:12 AM (u82oZ)
In other news, here in upstate SC, we are bone chilling cold and were supposed to get 5-8" of snow overnight. Woke up to maybe 2" on the ground. No snowman for me.
Posted by: Lady in Black - Death to the Man Bun at January 07, 2017 07:13 AM (+FSld)
Posted by: Dave at Buffalo Roam at January 07, 2017 07:13 AM (acKYL)
My initial reaction was "Matt Lauer is a manly man?"
Posted by: fluffy at January 07, 2017 07:15 AM (jw2Xw)
Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at January 07, 2017 07:15 AM (qKHgx)
Posted by: Lady in Black - Death to the Man Bun at January 07, 2017 07:13 AM (+FSld)
Just a dusting of sleet here...still sleeting a bit...supposed to be back near 70 by Friday.
Posted by: BignJames at January 07, 2017 07:16 AM (x9c8r)
Posted by: Dave at Buffalo Roam at January 07, 2017 07:17 AM (acKYL)
But first, I'll have to fuel myself with pancakes and bacon and several cups of coffee and bailey's. Could be worse.
Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at January 07, 2017 07:20 AM (qKHgx)
Posted by: Bruce at January 07, 2017 07:21 AM (8ikIW)
Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 07, 2017 07:24 AM (u82oZ)
a balmy -9 this morning. might even make it above zero today!
Posted by: wing at January 07, 2017 07:26 AM (H6lzU)
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