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One Small Step for Thursday's ONT
On July 20th, 1969, the lunar module Eagle touched down on the moon, and mankind took their first steps off planet Earth. This is, in fact, my earliest memory. I was 2 ½ at the time, and I remember my mother sitting me down in front of the big old RCA console TV to watch grainy footage of Neil Armstrong descending the ladder. A half a billion other humans watched with me as the world held its collective breath.
Fly Me to the Moon #Apollo11 pic.twitter.com/RbIdYbMwq0
— Buzz Aldrin (@TheRealBuzz) July 20, 2017
We come in peace, for all mankind
M O O N, That Spells Moon
Here's a recap of that day from NASAWhen it comes time to set Eagle down in the Sea of Tranquility, Armstrong improvises, manually piloting the ship past an area littered with boulders. During the final seconds of descent, Eagle's computer is sounding alarms. It turns out to be a simple case of the computer trying to do too many things at once, but as Aldrin will later point out, "unfortunately it came up when we did not want to be trying to solve these particular problems." When the lunar module lands at 4:18 p.m EDT, only 30 seconds of fuel remain. Armstrong radios "Houston, Tranquility Base here. The Eagle has landed." Mission control erupts in celebration as the tension breaks, and a controller tells the crew "You got a bunch of guys about to turn blue, we're breathing again." (› Play Audio) Armstrong will later confirm that landing was his biggest concern, saying "the unknowns were rampant," and "there were just a thousand things to worry about."The flag they left is bleached white now, but, with apologies to General John J. Pershing, time will not dim the glory of their deeds. Because of these men, and all of the people standing behind them on the ground, my youthful eyes looked to the stars and saw not the unreachable firmament that had tantalized earlier generations, but a universe of possibility. Unconscionable
If Apollo 11 gave us dreams of the sky, down here on Earth we still have to deal with all of the slings and arrows of outrageous fortune. This story incensed me. IQ costs Oregon parents their kids, but is that fair? Seems the state has taken their kids away from this couple on the grounds that they are too stupid to raise kids. Note that there is no indication that they are incapable of caring for them, no accusation of harm to the children, nothing except the overreaching and crushing power of the state. This is why our Forefathers were determined that we would be citizens, not subjects. The state exists at our pleasure, to serve us. Bad things are going to happen if it keeps insisting that we exist to serve it. Very bad things.
Poetry Do you like Kipling? I dunno, I've never kippled, but for some reason, the last story brings this poem to mind.
by Rudyard Kipling
It was not part of their blood,
It came to them very late
With long arrears to make good,
When the English began to hate. They were not easily moved,
They were icy-willing to wait
Till every count should be proved,
Ere the English began to hate. Their voices were even and low,
Their eyes were level and straight.
There was neither sign nor show,
When the English began to hate. It was not preached to the crowd,
It was not taught by the State.
No man spoke it aloud,
When the English began to hate. It was not suddenly bred,
It will not swiftly abate,
Through the chill years ahead,
When Time shall count from the date
That the English began to hate.
Round Up the Usual Suspects
Novelty Store Heist Suspect Remains At Large Seems a tattooed man grabbed a couple of plastic dicks and ran off. He was last seen, according to the manager, “running north toward the grocery store with the two biggest dongs I sell.” Let's hope that when this miscreant is caught, he faces a stiff sentence. One hesitates to imagine the depths he intends to plumb with his ill-gotten merchandise, but we can be sure that they will cause some friction in his household. Even though his defense will undoubtedly be that he was just screwing around, police should be careful that justice doesn't get shafted and that he does hard time.
Wit Know what I miss about President W Bush? His class, of course, but also his wit.
Clinton: The best thing for a politician "is to be consistently underestimated"
— NBC News (@NBCNews) July 13, 2017
Bush: "I was pretty good at that" https://t.co/W1w5gtz3B4
These 30 GIFs PERFECTLY Explain Life’s Little Mysteries
Addendum
Remember last week when I referred to soccer players taking a dive? I've never seen a more perfect example than this:
He's lucky to be alive pic.twitter.com/LAbih4SMXH
— Football Fights (@footbalIfights) July 15, 2017
America's Healthiest Grocery Store When Whole Foods adopted the motto “Whole People Whole Planet”, I didn't realize they were talking about their supply chain.
Comments
(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: GOULD at July 20, 2017 09:45 PM (vj/UE)
Posted by: andycanuck at July 20, 2017 09:45 PM (nlbfN)
Posted by: andycanuck at July 20, 2017 09:45 PM (nlbfN)
Posted by: Steve and Cold Bear at July 20, 2017 09:48 PM (/qEW2)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 20, 2017 09:48 PM (iVOAv)
Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine. All Honor & Glory to Kekistan! at July 20, 2017 09:49 PM (fA1SL)
Posted by: Zettai Ryoiki at July 20, 2017 09:49 PM (e9G8E)
Posted by: Orenthal James at July 20, 2017 09:50 PM (Tyii7)
Australia: Hehld mah bier, mate!
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at July 20, 2017 09:50 PM (wB8Tg)
Shnikies. They're not even trying to hide it anymore.
Posted by: Charlton Heston at July 20, 2017 09:50 PM (/qEW2)
Posted by: JAS at July 20, 2017 09:50 PM (UnDQI)
Posted by: Miley, the Duchess at July 20, 2017 09:50 PM (Id9+8)
Posted by: Michael the Texan (formerly TEXIT) at July 20, 2017 09:50 PM (nvMvs)
Posted by: steevy at July 20, 2017 09:50 PM (rmVvL)
I'm ok. The cop only winged me.
Posted by: otho at July 20, 2017 09:52 PM (lmIoG)
Posted by: 2009Refugee at July 20, 2017 09:52 PM (JyFLk)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at July 20, 2017 09:52 PM (IqV8l)
Posted by: Insomniac, Pimp Hand of the Patriarchy at July 20, 2017 09:53 PM (0mRoj)
Posted by: josephistan at July 20, 2017 09:53 PM (ANIFC)
Posted by: mindful webworker - heavy, maan! at July 20, 2017 09:53 PM (hGZJP)
https://youtu.be/CFrBYI3Ntro
Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine. All Honor & Glory to Kekistan! at July 20, 2017 09:53 PM (fA1SL)
Posted by: CPT11A at July 20, 2017 09:53 PM (hxUdS)
Posted by: tbodie at July 20, 2017 09:53 PM (chFFu)
Posted by: Grump928(C) at July 20, 2017 09:54 PM (l31C4)
Posted by: tu3031 at July 20, 2017 09:54 PM (qJhUV)
If Trump's doing it to appease teh gheys, it's a mistake. You can't appease liberals, and he should know that better than anyone.
Posted by: Steve and Cold Bear at July 20, 2017 09:54 PM (/qEW2)
Posted by: chavez the hugo at July 20, 2017 09:55 PM (KP5rU)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at July 20, 2017 09:55 PM (IqV8l)
Posted by: Michael the Texan (formerly TEXIT) at July 20, 2017 09:55 PM (nvMvs)
Posted by: SMFH at July 20, 2017 09:56 PM (s5Kql)
Posted by: JAS at July 20, 2017 09:50 PM (UnDQI)
And the earth is flat.
*shifty eyes*
Posted by: tbodie at July 20, 2017 09:56 PM (chFFu)
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at July 20, 2017 09:56 PM (nWc4E)
Posted by: Grump928(C) at July 20, 2017 09:56 PM (l31C4)
Germany have to do anyway? Attend swanky parties and not say anything
critical of Muslims or Mutti Merkel?.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 20, 2017 09:48 PM (iVOAv)
Trade issues would likely be a major part of the job. However, ambassadorships to nice countries have a long history of being given to donors and high-level friends of the POTUS.
Posted by: Colorado Alex in Exile at July 20, 2017 09:56 PM (fKWf6)
Posted by: Insomniac, Pimp Hand of the Patriarchy at July 20, 2017 09:56 PM (0mRoj)
My own kids looked at me with something like skepticism when I first told them about it. And who can blame them? Almost half a century of dicking around in low earth orbit....
Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine. All Honor & Glory to Kekistan! at July 20, 2017 09:57 PM (fA1SL)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 20, 2017 09:57 PM (iVOAv)
The Apollo astronauts read from Genesis when they did.
It was in the last days of 1968 and gave us a hopeful coda to the end of the worst year in the history of my lifetime.
Posted by: Ignoramus at July 20, 2017 09:57 PM (pV/54)
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I don't disagree with anything you said, but I think it is worth noting that the mother's father is the one who complained to the state. Sometimes, family can be a real pain.
Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at July 20, 2017 09:57 PM (pvjTE)
Posted by: Mike G. at July 20, 2017 09:57 PM (R5lpX)
Posted by: Tattooed Flounder at July 20, 2017 09:57 PM (Tyii7)
Posted by: Mike G. at July 20, 2017 09:57 PM (R5lpX)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at July 20, 2017 09:58 PM (IqV8l)
Posted by: andycanuck at July 20, 2017 09:58 PM (nlbfN)
Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at July 20, 2017 09:57 PM (pvjTE)
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Yep.
Posted by: SMFH at July 20, 2017 09:58 PM (s5Kql)
Posted by: steevy at July 20, 2017 09:50 PM (rmVvL)
Looks like an early night for Trump.
Posted by: josephistan at July 20, 2017 09:58 PM (ANIFC)
I salute you, sir!
Posted by: Barack Hussein Obama, Going Down As An Ex-President at July 20, 2017 09:58 PM (pszv/)
Somebody has been altering Kipling's poem to make it suit their current political purposes.
Here is the original, written during WWI and directed at the Germans:
http://www.kiplingsociety.co.uk/poems_beginnings.htm
The Beginnings
1914-1918
It was not part of their blood,
It came to them very late
With long arrears to make good,
When the English began to hate.
They were not easily moved,
They were icy-willing to wait
Till every count should be proved,
Ere the English began to hate.
Their voices were even and low,
Their eyes were level and straight.
There was neither sign nor show,
When the English began to hate.
It was not preached to the crowd,
It was not taught by the State.
No man spoke it aloud,
When the English began to hate.
It was not suddenly bred,
It will not swiftly abate,
Through the chill years ahead,
When Time shall count from the date
That the English began to hate.
Posted by: pst314 at July 20, 2017 09:59 PM (HzHFO)
Posted by: CPT11A at July 20, 2017 09:53 PM (hxUdS) fnord (hxUdS)
IT'S FESTIVUS ALL YEAR!
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at July 20, 2017 09:59 PM (wB8Tg)
Posted by: Florian B. at July 20, 2017 09:59 PM (m9X4Y)
Posted by: yankeefifth at July 20, 2017 09:59 PM (0wem/)
My own kids looked at me with something like skepticism when I first told them about it. And who can blame them? Almost half a century of dicking around in low earth orbit....
Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine. All Honor & Glory to Kekistan! at July 20, 2017 09:57 PM (fA1SL)
Literally going in circles
Posted by: josephistan at July 20, 2017 09:59 PM (ANIFC)
Posted by: Ignoramus at July 20, 2017 09:57 PM (pV/54)*
Heh. You ain't seen nothing, yet.
Posted by: 2018 at July 20, 2017 10:00 PM (chFFu)
Posted by: Gilligan at July 20, 2017 10:00 PM (DMUuz)
Woo hoo. It always seems to happen in Nova Scotia or Zimbabwe.
Posted by: JAS at July 20, 2017 10:00 PM (UnDQI)
Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine. All Honor & Glory to Kekistan! at July 20, 2017 10:01 PM (fA1SL)
Posted by: chavez the hugo at July 20, 2017 10:02 PM (KP5rU)
The focus this time: Up the cis-hetero-patriarchy and stuff!!1!
http://politicalhat.com/?p=13659
Posted by: The Political Hat at July 20, 2017 10:02 PM (vBeA5)
that the mother's father is the one who complained to the state.
Sometimes, family can be a real pain.
Yeah, he sounded like a real piece of work. the picture I got in my head was of Will Darnell from the movie Christine
Posted by: Weirddave at July 20, 2017 10:03 PM (0otiP)
Posted by: Duncanthrax at July 20, 2017 10:03 PM (DMUuz)
Posted by: Locke Common at July 20, 2017 10:03 PM (aRQlj)
Posted by: Hope Solo at July 20, 2017 10:04 PM (/qEW2)
Posted by: Locke Common at July 20, 2017 10:04 PM (aRQlj)
Posted by: Weirddave at July 20, 2017 10:03 PM (0otiP) fnord (0otiP)
Going by word use and sentence structure, he seems to be about half as smart as his 70s-IQ daughter.
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at July 20, 2017 10:04 PM (wB8Tg)
Posted by: JAS at July 20, 2017 10:04 PM (UnDQI)
Posted by: Tonypete at July 20, 2017 10:05 PM (tr2D7)
Posted by: SMFH at July 20, 2017 10:05 PM (s5Kql)
It's also lying on its side in the dust. Buzz Aldrin caught a quick look out the window on departure, saying goodbye forever to Tranquillity Base, and realized they had planted it too close to the LM. The ascent engine exhaust blew it over, and they weren't going back to put it upright again.
The later flights moved the flag to a more circumspect radius from the touchdown point, where it would remain vertical.
Posted by: torquewrench at July 20, 2017 10:05 PM (ujwCG)
Posted by: JAS at July 20, 2017 10:04 PM (UnDQI) fnord (UnDQI)
It was, small child, it was.
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at July 20, 2017 10:06 PM (wB8Tg)
Yeah, he moved to DC and went all GOPe on us.
Posted by: t-bird at July 20, 2017 10:06 PM (OBJWS)
Posted by: Locke Common at July
well, sure, what won't people do to get out of ohio?
Posted by: yankeefifth at July 20, 2017 10:06 PM (0wem/)
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They'll be one over my house in 2024
Posted by: lin-duh fell at July 20, 2017 10:06 PM (kufk0)
Posted by: qmark at July 20, 2017 10:06 PM (o3/+K)
Posted by: SMFH at July 20, 2017 10:05 PM
Get off my crater.
;-)
Posted by: Duncanthrax at July 20, 2017 10:07 PM (DMUuz)
And why was the flag flapping in the breeze, huh? And why weren't there any stars, huh?
Posted by: Coach Pete Carroll, Troofer at July 20, 2017 10:07 PM (Tyii7)
Posted by: Colonel Sanders at July 20, 2017 10:07 PM (n3hky)
Don't stick that finger in your ear!
You don't know where that finger's been!
Posted by: Lloyd Bridges at July 20, 2017 10:08 PM (/qEW2)
Posted by: Zettai Ryoiki at July 20, 2017 10:08 PM (e9G8E)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5hxibHJOE5E
Posted by: rickl at July 20, 2017 10:08 PM (sdi6R)
Posted by: Lemmiwinks at July 20, 2017 10:09 PM (h8ae5)
It's a Latin thing, which, sadly, is now called "gamesmanship".
Posted by: t-bird at July 20, 2017 10:09 PM (OBJWS)
Apollo XI launch, with Pilgrim's Chorus from Tannhauser, as von Braun and Tengri would want: https://youtu.be/w6I6dOBBG-Y
I defy anyone not to be thrilled by that.
Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine. All Honor & Glory to Kekistan! at July 20, 2017 10:09 PM (fA1SL)
The problem? The LM return radar switch was open and the computer was trying to solve an algorithm outside of the expected parameters causing the memory to overflow capacity and force a reset alarm. The landing radar was unaffected so NASA gave the GO for landing.
Silver had seen this in hardware testing, so soon after the alarm he and MIT had an answer for MC.
Posted by: Deacon Blues at July 20, 2017 10:09 PM (dZGNV)
Yeah, he moved to DC and went all GOPe on us.
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Shares a first name with an Archangel
Posted by: lin-duh fell at July 20, 2017 10:09 PM (kufk0)
Posted by: filbert at July 20, 2017 10:09 PM (s5o+q)
Posted by: Lemmiwinks at July
oh, not the euphemism
Posted by: yankeefifth at July 20, 2017 10:09 PM (0wem/)
Woo hoo. It always seems to happen in Nova Scotia or Zimbabwe.
Posted by: JAS at July 20, 2017 10:00 PM (UnDQI)
Dang! I hope you have clear skies!
Posted by: rickl at July 20, 2017 10:10 PM (sdi6R)
Posted by: qmark at July 20, 2017 10:11 PM (o3/+K)
Posted by: Colonel Sanders at July 20, 2017 10:07 PM (n3hky)
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You are occasionally a little bit funny when your comment even remotely ties to the direction of the thread.
Strikeout on this one.
Posted by: GOULD at July 20, 2017 10:11 PM (vj/UE)
I was 14 at the time. It was great.
Posted by: JAS at July 20, 2017 10:11 PM (UnDQI)
Posted by: chavez the hugo at July 20, 2017 10:11 PM (KP5rU)
Posted by: lin-duh fell at July 20, 2017 10:11 PM (kufk0)
Posted by: JAS at July 20, 2017 10:12 PM (UnDQI)
Posted by: CPT11A at July 20, 2017 10:12 PM (hxUdS)
Posted by: John Kasich at July 20, 2017 10:12 PM (DMUuz)
Posted by: Zettai Ryoiki at July 20, 2017 10:12 PM (e9G8E)
Grandbabies and an eclipse, not to mention my baby turning 25 a week later (August 2
.
Definitely looking forward to August.
Posted by: SMFH at July 20, 2017 10:13 PM (s5Kql)
Posted by: CPT11A at July 20, 2017 10:12 PM (hxUdS)
I think in most cases they self-deported when they realized that Ace wasn't a NeverTrumper.
Posted by: filbert at July 20, 2017 10:13 PM (s5o+q)
I think it was the Russians that were the first to crash into the moon.
Posted by: Florian B. at July 20, 2017 10:13 PM (m9X4Y)
Posted by: Toad-O at July 20, 2017 10:14 PM (cct0t)
Posted by: JAS at July 20, 2017 10:14 PM (UnDQI)
Posted by: Sheila Jaaaaackson Lee at July 20, 2017 10:14 PM (Tyii7)
Grandbabies and an eclipse, not to mention my baby turning 25 a week later (August 2.
Definitely looking forward to August.
Posted by: SMFH at July
you had a kid when you were 10?
Posted by: yankeefifth at July 20, 2017 10:14 PM (0wem/)
Posted by: JAS at July 20, 2017 10:11 PM (UnDQI)
Me too. We were standing out in the driveway, and my dad and uncle were talking to the neighbor, Hap. He thought it was dumb for them to try for a moon landing when it wasn't even full.
Really.
Posted by: Miley, the Duchess at July 20, 2017 10:14 PM (Id9+8)
Posted by: rickl at July 20, 2017 10:14 PM (sdi6R)
The odds of Apollo 8 were considered about 50/50 making it back, iirc. This wasn't stated publicly. I agree Lovell and the rest of the crew - Borman, Anders, were some real pioneers. Apollo 10 went so far as to undock and make a dry run. Nasa purposefully didn't install enough fuel to make a landing, there was at least a possibility they would just go ahead and land for the hell of it, this prevented them from doing so, just in case. I think it was 15 that had a pretty hard landing. If they rolled it upon landing, they were screwed. Stuck on the Moon. Can you imagine? The ascent engines contained hypergolic fuel - two chemicals mixed together. So corrosive, the engines couldn't ever be tested, except on the Moon. So they had to work, or they were stuck. Grumman made the lunar module, in Haupagge, New York.
There was a bit of oddity. One of the missions reported hearing music - both the command module pilot and lunar module pilots - on the dark side of the Moon. No, it wasn't Pink Floyd. They all commented on it, thought it was REALLY weird, and figured nobody would believe them. It's in the transcripts. No recording of the "music" has been forthcoming.
All thise guys were real heroes, and some really smart guys on the ground made it possible too. "SCE to AUX". Bet that guy never needed to buy a beer ever again.
Posted by: Common Tater at July 20, 2017 10:15 PM (A3w0Q)
Posted by: Country Boy at July 20, 2017 10:15 PM (D2vc1)
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They sell glasses for this. I got a bunch even though I'm only in the 60-65% range.
Posted by: lin-duh fell at July 20, 2017 10:15 PM (kufk0)
Posted by: SMFH at July 20, 2017 10:15 PM (s5Kql)
Posted by: andycanuck at July 20, 2017 10:16 PM (nlbfN)
Posted by: SMFH at July 20, 2017 10:16 PM (s5Kql)
Posted by: CPT11A at July 20, 2017 10:16 PM (hxUdS)
Posted by: SMFH at July 20, 2017 10:16 PM (s5Kql)
Posted by: Infidel at July 20, 2017 10:16 PM (gDoff)
Posted by: Miley, the Duchess at July 20, 2017 10:17 PM (Id9+8)
Posted by: steevy at July 20, 2017 10:17 PM (rmVvL)
Posted by: CPT11A at July 20, 2017 10:17 PM (hxUdS)
Posted by: Miley, the Duchess at July 20, 2017 10:18 PM (Id9+8)
Posted by: CPT11A at July 20, 2017 10:16 PM (hxUdS)
Lawn, remove thy self from, thou whippersnapper.
Posted by: filbert at July 20, 2017 10:18 PM (s5o+q)
Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine. All Honor & Glory to Kekistan! at July 20, 2017 10:18 PM (fA1SL)
Posted by: josephistan at July 20, 2017 10:18 PM (ANIFC)
Posted by: rickl at July 20, 2017 10:18 PM (sdi6R)
::: Basil Fawlty :::
"Whatever you do, don't mention the war!"
Posted by: torquewrench at July 20, 2017 10:18 PM (ujwCG)
Posted by: Infidel at July 20, 2017 10:18 PM (gDoff)
No, I didn't.
Only person I found was his aunt, and she suffers from either dementia or Alzheimers.
Posted by: SMFH at July 20, 2017 10:19 PM (s5Kql)
Posted by: chavez the hugo at July 20, 2017 10:19 PM (KP5rU)
Regolith is a type of dirt.
Posted by: Florian B. at July 20, 2017 10:19 PM (m9X4Y)
Whippersnappers...
Anyway, never forget, for the rest of human history the first word uttered from another celestial body:
"Houston"
Posted by: Anon a mouse... at July 20, 2017 10:19 PM (MINbv)
Posted by: JAS at July 20, 2017 10:19 PM (UnDQI)
LOL
Posted by: JAS at July 20, 2017 10:21 PM (UnDQI)
Posted by: Los Lobos at July 20, 2017 10:21 PM (bc2Lc)
Posted by: andycanuck at July 20, 2017 10:16 PM
An Indigent 13 to 19 year-old one is the national dish of Canada, isn't it? A po' teen?
Posted by: Duncanthrax at July 20, 2017 10:21 PM (DMUuz)
Posted by: Infidel at July 20, 2017 10:21 PM (gDoff)
Exactly.
The Astronauts reading the first verses of Genesis hit home how good they are at summarizing the Big Bang and Evolution.
USA, Once Were Warriors. Maybe Again.
Posted by: Ignoramus at July 20, 2017 10:21 PM (pV/54)
Posted by: josephistan at July
you want a girlfriend who is in a really bad mood, wait until he gets regolith in her panties.
Posted by: yankeefifth at July 20, 2017 10:21 PM (0wem/)
Posted by: SMFH at July 20, 2017 10:21 PM (s5Kql)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at July 20, 2017 10:21 PM (wB8Tg)
"Whatever you do, don't mention the war!"
Posted by: torquewrench at July 20, 2017 10:18 PM (ujwCG)
Now I'm gonna have to watch that DVD. Awesome stuff.
Posted by: Miley, the Duchess at July 20, 2017 10:22 PM (Id9+8)
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They'll be one over my house in 2024
Posted by: lin-duh fell at July 20, 2017 10:06 PM (kufk0)
Thus requiring you to host that year's CenTexMoMee.
Posted by: Country Boy at July 20, 2017 10:22 PM (zsdZR)
Posted by: Anon a mouse... at July 20, 2017 10:22 PM (MINbv)
Posted by: Infidel at July 20, 2017 10:21 PM (gDoff)
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Thank you, Infidel. : )
It is, indeed.
Posted by: SMFH at July 20, 2017 10:22 PM (s5Kql)
Posted by: Deplorable lady with a deplorable basket of deplorable cats at July 20, 2017 10:23 PM (lMsBz)
Posted by: JAS at July 20, 2017 10:19 PM (UnDQI)
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If you mean Anaheim, then at age 54 I will be scurrying off your lawn.
Posted by: GOULD at July 20, 2017 10:23 PM (vj/UE)
Posted by: chavez the hugo at July 20, 2017 10:23 PM (KP5rU)
Posted by: Toad-O at July 20, 2017 10:23 PM (cct0t)
Posted by: JAS at July 20, 2017 10:19 PM (UnDQI)
That's pretty cool! I celebrated my 45th birthday there.
Posted by: Miley, the Duchess at July 20, 2017 10:24 PM (Id9+8)
Posted by: CPT11A at July 20, 2017 10:16 PM (hxUdS)
I was also 9.
Son, is that you?
Posted by: Michael the Texan (formerly TEXIT) at July 20, 2017 10:24 PM (nvMvs)
Posted by: geoffb5 at July 20, 2017 10:24 PM (d3wbb)
If I'm remembering correctly, all of the engines in the LM and SM were hypergolics exclusively.
There's a little anecdote in the book _Chariots for Apollo_ about a new engineer going to the propulsion development department. A grizzled old chemist set up a glass Mason jar with these two propellants ready to mix, and placed it carefully on an old piece of WWII surplus armor plate. Then retired to a safe distance and let 'er rip.
Then gave the new guy the armor plate, with a circle the size of the Mason jar punched through it, as neatly as an office hole punch going through a sheet of 8.5x11 paper.
Posted by: torquewrench at July 20, 2017 10:25 PM (ujwCG)
I think it was Turkey, maybe another country or two, used to be 1/2 hour off in the time zone scheme of things.
Posted by: Common Tater at July 20, 2017 10:25 PM (A3w0Q)
Posted by: Captain Whitebread is sick of it all at July 20, 2017 10:25 PM (rJUlF)
Posted by: Moon Lundbergh at July 20, 2017 10:25 PM (qYCgM)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at July 20, 2017 10:25 PM (wB8Tg)
Posted by: David, Internet Deplorable at July 20, 2017 10:25 PM (5Rqpb)
To my 16yo geekness, I was impressed at the delay on transmissions from the moon. That's at the speed of light, man! They were reeeally far away.
Houston: [serious question]
delay for sending
delay in return
Moon Guys: [dirty jokes]
If they faked it, they did a good job.
Posted by: mindful moonwalker - at 1/6th G at July 20, 2017 10:26 PM (hGZJP)
Posted by: Common Tater at July 20, 2017 10:25 PM (A3w0Q) fnord (A3w0Q)
Actually they're both wrong. It's Daylight Losing Time. For losers.
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at July 20, 2017 10:26 PM (wB8Tg)
Which is funny, cause that's just a theory. One source from a vendor says the material was coated, others don't. The number of people who know for sure = 0
Posted by: Anon a mouse... at July 20, 2017 10:26 PM (MINbv)
https://youtu.be/TYSNUL2hrQM
Although she should have gone without makeup and hat here
Posted by: BourbonChicken at July 20, 2017 10:27 PM (rnAwa)
Posted by: yankeefifth at July 20, 2017 10:28 PM (0wem/)
For Australians, yes. They're probably used to that, though.
Posted by: t-bird at July 20, 2017 10:28 PM (pszv/)
Posted by: Revenant at July 20, 2017 10:29 PM (yXLbm)
Posted by: an indifferent penguin at July 20, 2017 10:29 PM (N6OCH)
NSFW, but funny as heck...
Posted by: Anon a mouse... at July 20, 2017 10:29 PM (MINbv)
Make
America
Galactic
Again
Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine. All Honor & Glory to Kekistan! at July 20, 2017 10:29 PM (fA1SL)
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It's on Monday April 8, 2024 starting around noon.
Posted by: lin-duh fell at July 20, 2017 10:31 PM (kufk0)
Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine. All Honor & Glory to Kekistan! at July 20, 2017 10:31 PM (fA1SL)
Posted by: Ensign Chekhov at July 20, 2017 10:32 PM (bc2Lc)
Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine. All Honor & Glory to Kekistan! at July 20, 2017 10:32 PM (fA1SL)
84 70 What was that shit in the previous thread about an ex-cob who people are happy to be rid of?
Yeah, he moved to DC and went all GOPe on us.
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Shares a first name with an Archangel
Posted by: lin-duh fell at July 20, 2017 10:09 PM (kufk0)
Yep. And it's a shame, because when he wasn't being a prick, he was a real mensch. Hell, I once met him at a MoMe in SoCal and I'll admit that I liked him in person.
Unfortunately, he seems to have decided that being an asshole was more fun.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at July 20, 2017 10:32 PM (iFZVz)
I also recall the feeling of optomism that oervaded our culture. Younger people have been robbed of this by leftist agitators in academia and popular culture. There was a feeling that Americans could "git er done" and this was reflected in a confidence in our institutions and corporations, that new technologies could help solve our problems and make our lives easier.
ALL of that is long gone, replaced with hysteria and neurotics dragging everyone down to their level. Pessimism is contagious, too. So is depression. The idea is to induce insanity in the populace. If you hadn't noticed, it's working.
Posted by: Common Tater at July 20, 2017 10:32 PM (A3w0Q)
The focus this time: Up the cis-hetero-patriarchy and stuff!!1!
http://politicalhat.com/?p=13659
Posted by: The Political Hat
Reminds me of the time MIT appointed an affirmative action lesbian hire to be dean of engineering. She committed suicide.
Posted by: Lloyd Bridges at July 20, 2017 10:32 PM (/qEW2)
I was 11. I post here in part to pass wisdom to those younger.
Posted by: Ignoramus at July 20, 2017 10:32 PM (pV/54)
Posted by: andycanuck #CNNBlackmail at July 20, 2017 10:33 PM (nlbfN)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 20, 2017 09:48 PM (iVOAv)
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Mebbe he has to 'date' Frau Merkel?
Posted by: torabora at July 20, 2017 10:34 PM (qihva)
Posted by: chavez the hugo at July 20, 2017 10:34 PM (KP5rU)
Posted by: Common Tater at July 20, 2017 10:32 PM (A3w0Q)
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Yeah, it's working alright.
Posted by: SMFH at July 20, 2017 10:34 PM (s5Kql)
Posted by: Steve and Cold Bear at July 20, 2017 10:34 PM (/qEW2)
Posted by: Deplorable lady with a deplorable basket of deplorable cats at July 20, 2017 10:34 PM (lMsBz)
Grandfather was 89 at the time... Son is now 26...
Its sad that we went to the moon in my Grandfathers lifetime, but NOT my Son's...
Posted by: Don Q. at July 20, 2017 10:34 PM (NgKpN)
Posted by: mallfly the Georgia Peach at July 20, 2017 10:34 PM (ILitO)
DOD and NASA run their entire off world, intergalactic operation there.
Posted by: yankeefifth at July 20, 2017 10:34 PM (0wem/)
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It's on Monday April 8, 2024 starting around noon.
Posted by: lin-duh fell at July 20, 2017 10:31 PM (kufk0)
Ok, se you Sunday night then.
Posted by: Country Boy at July 20, 2017 10:34 PM (zsdZR)
Which is funny, cause that's just a theory. One source from a vendor says the material was coated, others don't. The number of people who know for sure = 0
Posted by: Anon a mouse... at July 20, 2017 10:26 PM (MINbv)/i]
It's likely that exposure to unfiltered UV rays from the Sun would have bleached out the dyes in the flag. But the flag would be intact.
Consider a flag flown for 40-50 years on Earth. There would be nothing left but tattered strips of cloth. They would still have some color though.
Both flags would suffer from continuous exposure to the elements. They're just different elements.
Posted by: rickl at July 20, 2017 10:34 PM (sdi6R)
Posted by: rickl at July 20, 2017 10:35 PM (sdi6R)
Posted by: Toad-O at July 20, 2017 10:35 PM (cct0t)
Posted by: NaughtyPine - public menace at July 20, 2017 10:35 PM (G8B7r)
Posted by: chavez the hugo at July 20, 2017 10:35 PM (KP5rU)
So I don't know much about his life and start reading parts of his biography on Wikipedia -- and I come across this:
["The [recently married] couple [26-year-old Kipling and 29-year old Carrie Balestier] settled upon a honeymoon that would take them first to the United States (including a stop at the Balestier family estate near Brattleboro, Vermont) ..."
Huh. I'd never heard of Battleboro, VT until Mary The Sock's comments here -- thought it might be a fictional place.
Posted by: ShainS at July 20, 2017 10:36 PM (ZcAbN)
Posted by: Guy who has had it at July 20, 2017 10:36 PM (qJs49)
Posted by: Ignoramus at July 20, 2017 10:36 PM (pV/54)
Posted by: mallfly the Georgia Peach at July 20, 2017 10:34 PM (ILitO)
Exactly. If the USSR wasn't hearing the Apollo transmissions from the vicinity of the Moon, they would have screamed bloody murder about it.
Posted by: rickl at July 20, 2017 10:37 PM (sdi6R)
Posted by: Ladylibertarian at July 20, 2017 10:37 PM (TdMsT)
Posted by: westminsterdogshow at July 20, 2017 10:37 PM (mMeIQ)
Posted by: SMFH at July 20, 2017 10:37 PM (s5Kql)
Orion and Longshot, ftw!
Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine. All Honor & Glory to Kekistan! at July 20, 2017 10:37 PM (fA1SL)
Posted by: mallfly the Georgia Peach at July
millitary industrial complex is not just an American thing. The sov counterparts had to keep justifying their expenditures too. No Americans on the moon, no rubles.
Posted by: yankeefifth at July 20, 2017 10:38 PM (0wem/)
Depending upon how you reckon it, an alternative first word thus spoken would be "Contact".
From Aldrin's checklist callout. It was the cue for Armstrong, who as commander was flying, to hit the descent engine cutoff button. "Contact light," when the probes on the LM footpads first bumped into the Moon's surface.
Posted by: torquewrench at July 20, 2017 10:38 PM (ujwCG)
Hmmm... what if Obama Sr. and Stanley Dunham had undergone a psych evaluation and were sterilized to prevent them from having any offspring. Wouldn't that be awesome? Kidding of course.
Posted by: Steve and Cold Bear at July 20, 2017 10:38 PM (/qEW2)
Posted by: chavez the hugo at July 20, 2017 10:39 PM (KP5rU)
https://twitter.com/kbdabear/status/888111908976443392
https://twitter.com/kbdabear/status/888112015306129410
https://twitter.com/kbdabear/status/888112114467983361
https://twitter.com/kbdabear/status/888112266435903490
https://twitter.com/kbdabear/status/888112387563200512
Posted by: kbdabear at July 20, 2017 10:40 PM (3i2nH)
I was 4 years old. Listened to the landing live on radio (my recollection is that we didn't get a TV until later).
My parents bought an LP of the Apollo 11 voice recordings later on. I used to play that record over and over for the next few years.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at July 20, 2017 10:40 PM (iFZVz)
Just found out that a total solar eclipse is going to happen at my house on August 21.
Woo hoo. It always seems to happen in Nova Scotia or Zimbabwe.
Posted by: JAS at July 20, 2017 10:00 PM (UnDQI)
I guess Missouri is in the path because I read schools are closing for it.
Posted by: Tami, Public Ineffectual at July 20, 2017 10:41 PM (Enq6K)
Posted by: yankeefifth at July 20, 2017 10:41 PM (0wem/)
https://twitter.com/kbdabear/status/888112485206589444
https://twitter.com/kbdabear/status/888112608477192193
https://twitter.com/kbdabear/status/888113017077907456
https://twitter.com/kbdabear/status/888113135554408448
https://twitter.com/kbdabear/status/888113241154502660
Posted by: kbdabear at July 20, 2017 10:41 PM (3i2nH)
Posted by: Toad-O at July 20, 2017 10:42 PM (cct0t)
Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy at July 20, 2017 10:42 PM (TPimP)
What was interesting to me about the Russian probe - it used American film, that they had recovered from US spy satellites. The film was developed inside the probe, and then scanned, with the images radio'd back to Earth, sort of like a FAX.
Posted by: Common Tater at July 20, 2017 10:42 PM (A3w0Q)
just kidding. we are fast becoming the shit we used to make fun of. i hope you are doing well. i am totally good with being a geezer.
Posted by: chavez the hugo at July 20, 2017 10:43 PM (KP5rU)
We had that too. I still have it.
Posted by: andycanuck #CNNBlackmail at July 20, 2017 10:43 PM (nlbfN)
Of course, Obama shut down the space program, such as it was, because the brothers weren't getting their fair share of the money.
Posted by: Florian B. at July 20, 2017 10:44 PM (m9X4Y)
Posted by: boulder terlit hobo at July 20, 2017 10:44 PM (6FqZa)
Posted by: The Mineral Hat at July 20, 2017 10:45 PM (vBeA5)
Posted by: Deplorable lady with a deplorable basket of deplorable cats at July 20, 2017 10:45 PM (lMsBz)
Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy at July 20, 2017 10:42 PM (TPimP)
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I wasn't at Ft Gordon until 18 years later, heh.
31M10 Multichannel Communications Systems Operator.
In the years since, I find myself, well, smfh.
This isn't the same country.
Posted by: SMFH at July 20, 2017 10:45 PM (s5Kql)
Posted by: Common Tater at July 20, 2017 10:45 PM (A3w0Q)
Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine. All Honor & Glory to Kekistan! at July 20, 2017 10:46 PM (fA1SL)
Ya know, on the one hand, I know we sent people to the moon.
On the other hand, the concept is downright unbelievable.
Posted by: Emmie at July 20, 2017 10:46 PM (ZapPq)
Posted by: Jeffrey Dahmer at July 20, 2017 10:46 PM (/qEW2)
It'd be hit with space shit that the near side wasn't. And that 2001 thing,
Posted by: Ignoramus at July 20, 2017 10:46 PM (pV/54)
Posted by: SMFH at July 20, 2017 10:47 PM (s5Kql)
I'd ask what's happened to us as a nation since then, but I already know the answer.
Posted by: Captain Whitebread is sick of it all at July 20, 2017 10:47 PM (rJUlF)
Posted by: chavez the hugo at July 20, 2017 10:47 PM (KP5rU)
I listened to it on my car radio outside the job trailer. What a ride. Armstrong's voice flat, as if he were piloting a trainer into Pensacola.
Posted by: Les Kinetic at July 20, 2017 10:48 PM (U6f54)
Posted by: Ladylibertarian at July 20, 2017 10:48 PM (TdMsT)
Posted by: SMFH at July 20, 2017 10:48 PM (s5Kql)
Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine. All Honor & Glory to Kekistan! at July 20, 2017 10:48 PM (fA1SL)
The flyby of Neptune and Triton was awesome BTW. Not surpassed until Cassini's "okay, let's do Saturn right this time".
Posted by: boulder terlit hobo at July 20, 2017 10:49 PM (6FqZa)
In those days even Democrats were still amenable to facts, logic, and Reason, and a few minutes of explanation about hundreds of thousands of jobs and careers, and even more thousands of feeder industry jobs and suppliers and the technological advancement would counter the brainwashing they had been subject to. No such appeal to reason seems effective today. Now you know what all those think tanks have been up to. A more resistant idiot.
Posted by: Common Tater at July 20, 2017 10:51 PM (A3w0Q)
Posted by: chavez the hugo at July 20, 2017 10:52 PM (KP5rU)
31M10 Multichannel Communications Systems Operator.
In the years since, I find myself, well, smfh.
This isn't the same country.
Posted by: SMFH at July 20, 2017 10:45 PM (s5Kql)
26T20....Radio-TV specialist, awarded after basic. Spent pretty much my two years of service (drafted in Sept '67) there. I could never have predicted what has happened, however, the rumblings of the future were there for sure.
Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy at July 20, 2017 10:52 PM (TPimP)
Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine. All Honor & Glory to Kekistan! at July 20, 2017 10:52 PM (fA1SL)
Posted by: Space Cadet Jenner at July 20, 2017 10:53 PM (/qEW2)
Posted by: Common Tater at July 20, 2017 10:51 PM (A3w0Q)
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The way things are going, they better start getting some resistance to certain gun-powdery stuff.
Posted by: SMFH at July 20, 2017 10:53 PM (s5Kql)
Posted by: Toad-O at July 20, 2017 10:54 PM (cct0t)
Posted by: Anon a mouse... at July 20, 2017 10:55 PM (MINbv)
Posted by: yankeefifth at July 20, 2017 10:55 PM (0wem/)
Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine. All Honor & Glory to Kekistan! at July 20, 2017 10:57 PM (fA1SL)
Whatever floats your boat.
Posted by: Steve and Cold Bear at July 20, 2017 10:57 PM (/qEW2)
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Oh, I think they understood it all right. The money spent wasn't going into their paychecks.
The politicians were quick enough to fight for NASA facilities and AeoSpace facilities in their districts which is why NASA Flight is in Houston (LBJ).
Posted by: Florian B. at July 20, 2017 10:57 PM (m9X4Y)
Buzz is good shit.
I had assumed that once photographs were made available of all the landing sites - via Japanese satellite telescopes - that there would be no more argument. How do they answer to proof?
Don't let these guys fool ya. They don't want to believe it - because they have no faith in themselves. They have no drive, no ambition towards excellence. It is beyond dispute, Americans went to the Moon, a dozen walked on the lunar surface.
Q.E.D.
RIP Gus Grissom, Roger Chafee, Ed White
Posted by: Common Tater at July 20, 2017 10:58 PM (A3w0Q)
Posted by: yankeefifth at July 20, 2017 10:59 PM (0wem/)
31M10 Multichannel Communications Systems Operator.
In the years since, I find myself, well, smfh.
This isn't the same country.
Posted by: SMFH at July 20, 2017 10:45 PM (s5Kql)
26T20....Radio-TV specialist, awarded after basic. Spent pretty much my two years of service (drafted in Sept '67) there. I could never have predicted what has happened, however, the rumblings of the future were there for sure.
Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy at July 20, 2017 10:52 PM (TPimP)
How about a Sailor on Ft. Gordon.... KW-7 Crypto school.... 1980.
Had a lot of fun there.... even though the Army brass there REALLY didn't like us....
Like the time we were ordered to March to school like the Army did?
Sailors? March?
Posted by: Don Q. at July 20, 2017 10:59 PM (NgKpN)
Posted by: rickl at July 20, 2017 11:00 PM (sdi6R)
Yeah, on one hand you can go to the moon, or on the other hand, you can virtue-signal to a bunch of dimwits sucking each others dicks.
Posted by: Toad-O at July 20, 2017 11:00 PM (cct0t)
I was 14 at the time. It was great.
Posted by: JAS at July 20, 2017 10:11
You are my age, it was awesome.
Hey all, suffering here. Out upstairs air conditioner has crapped out. Sleeping downstairs tonight and paying another unexpected bill. Great.
At this rate I'll not make it to the Vegas Momee.
Posted by: Farmer at July 20, 2017 11:00 PM (yJ1e6)
Yep.
Posted by: Anon a mouse... at July 20, 2017 11:01 PM (MINbv)
*cackle*
Posted by: Hillary Clinton at July 20, 2017 11:01 PM (/qEW2)
all I have for you tonight. The Ont is brought to you by a
ship-shipping ship, shipping shipping ships:
Whatever floats your boat.
Posted by: Steve and Cold Bear at July 20, 2017 10:57 PM (/qEW2)<<<
Can we name it Shippy McShipShipperShippingface?!
Posted by: idiot online voters at July 20, 2017 11:01 PM (N6OCH)
Had a lot of fun there.... even though the Army brass there REALLY didn't like us....
Like the time we were ordered to March to school like the Army did?
Sailors? March?
Posted by: Don Q. at July 20, 2017 10:59 PM (NgKpN)
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Yeah, that was some funny shit to see.
Posted by: SMFH at July 20, 2017 11:02 PM (s5Kql)
Posted by: Alf767 at July 20, 2017 11:02 PM (a1lZO)
Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine. All Honor & Glory to Kekistan! at July 20, 2017 11:03 PM (fA1SL)
Posted by: Ladylibertarian
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Chin up LadyL - remember Saint Jude's attribute is a club. I choose to believe it is to battle the impossible.
Posted by: Tonypete at July 20, 2017 11:03 PM (tr2D7)
Posted by: Tickled Pink at July 20, 2017 11:03 PM (smD62)
Given Kipling's worldview, if he'd written it a few years earlier - especially when England was more worried about Russia - he probably WOULD have said Saxon.
But yeah, there is no way Kipling would have raised England's German heritage during the war against The Hun.
Posted by: boulder terlit hobo at July 20, 2017 11:03 PM (6FqZa)
Posted by: Ralph Kramden at July 20, 2017 11:04 PM (/qEW2)
Posted by: Alf767 at July 20, 2017 11:02 PM (a1lZO)
That is awesome.
Posted by: rickl at July 20, 2017 11:05 PM (sdi6R)
Posted by: chavez the hugo at July 20, 2017 11:05 PM (KP5rU)
Posted by: Ladylibertarian
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never as bad as it seems it can always get worse. that always makes me feel better.
Posted by: yankeefifth at July 20, 2017 11:05 PM (0wem/)
Posted by: Bill Clinton at July 20, 2017 11:05 PM (/qEW2)
Posted by: chavez the hugo at July 20, 2017 11:06 PM (KP5rU)
It's been a mixed bag today. My son was off work today, so I took him to the city for lunch in advance of his 21st birthday on Saturday.
The rest of the day..not so good. My temper is on a shorter fuse than I can ever recall, and I get so tired of dealing with people so quickly. I nearly lost it with a couple of crew people at play rehearsal tonight who spent more time on their phones than making sure they hit their light cues.
Half the time I hate what I'm turning into. The other half, I just don't care.
Posted by: Captain Whitebread is sick of it all at July 20, 2017 11:06 PM (rJUlF)
Posted by: Alf767 at July 20, 2017 11:02 PM (a1lZO)
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Lucky.
Posted by: SMFH at July 20, 2017 11:06 PM (s5Kql)
Posted by: John Morris at July 20, 2017 11:06 PM (sCRhB)
Posted by: westminsterdogshow at July 20, 2017 11:06 PM (mMeIQ)
Posted by: boulder terlit hobo at July 20, 2017 11:06 PM (6FqZa)
Posted by: Ladylibertarian
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Chin up LadyL - remember Saint Jude's attribute is a club. I choose to believe it is to battle the impossible.
Posted by: Tonypete at July 20, 2017 11:03 PM (tr2D7)
Hey Tonypete! I was just indulging in a down moment. I hope all is well with you and the kids!
Posted by: Ladylibertarian at July 20, 2017 11:07 PM (TdMsT)
Posted by: Captain Whitebread is sick of it all at July 20, 2017 11:06 PM (rJUlF)
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I'm more in the "don't give a shit" spectrum.
Posted by: SMFH at July 20, 2017 11:07 PM (s5Kql)
Posted by: Tickled Pink at July 20, 2017 11:08 PM (smD62)
Posted by: Tickled Pink at July 20, 2017 11:03 PM (smD62)<<<
I saw The Open open for Hole back in '94 at the Boston Garden.
Posted by: idiot online voters at July 20, 2017 11:08 PM (N6OCH)
I was 15 when the moon landing happened and was visiting my paternal grandparents at their summer home on an island in Lake Superior. No electricity, so no moon landing to watch.
I do well remember the Apollo 8 mission and the reading from Genesis.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at July 20, 2017 11:08 PM (pNxlR)
Posted by: Ladylibertarian
Same here. I get frustrated with the direction in which the world is going.
Posted by: Captain Whitebread is sick of it all at July 20, 2017 11:09 PM (rJUlF)
So, since head is clearer, I apologise for the darker things I was posting last week. Esp. to SMFH if she'll still hear it.
Posted by: boulder terlit hobo at July 20, 2017 11:09 PM (6FqZa)
Posted by: Ladylibertarian
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never as bad as it seems it can always get worse. that always makes me feel better.
Posted by: yankeefifth at July 20, 2017 11:05 PM (0wem/)
I have no business whatever to feel sorry for myself. None. It is useful to remind myself of that regularly.
Posted by: Ladylibertarian at July 20, 2017 11:10 PM (TdMsT)
Soccer: brushed on the head, roll around in agony.
Hockey: head torn off, miss a shift, play 25 minutes anyway.
Rich Peverley's heart stopped on the bench. When he came to in the hospital after being brought back to life, he demanded to get back to the game.
See also: jockey Ralph Neves.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 20, 2017 11:10 PM (RZXSp)
Posted by: SMFH at July 20, 2017 11:07 PM (s5Kql)
Heh. Maybe I'll get there someday. It might help my depression if my give-a-damn meter was permanently busted. Or maybe it wouldn't. But if it was busted, I wouldn't...well, you know.
Posted by: Captain Whitebread is sick of it all at July 20, 2017 11:10 PM (rJUlF)
Posted by: rickl at July 20, 2017 11:05
Very cool.
My only experience like that was in HS when we had to write an author and I wrote Ira Levine and asked about time travel.
I have his response somewhere, but lord knows where it is.
Posted by: Farmer at July 20, 2017 11:11 PM (yJ1e6)
Posted by: chavez the hugo at July 20, 2017 11:11 PM (KP5rU)
Posted by: SMFH at July 20, 2017 11:11 PM (s5Kql)
Posted by: boulder terlit hobo at July 20, 2017 11:11 PM (6FqZa)
"America's challenge of today has forged man's destiny of tomorrow. And, as we leave the Moon at Taurus-Littrow, we leave as we came and, God willing, as we shall return, with peace and hope for all mankind. Godspeed the crew of Apollo 17."
Posted by: The Gipper Lives at July 20, 2017 11:11 PM (Ndje9)
That's right, bitch. And don't you forget it!
Posted by: Whitney Houston at July 20, 2017 11:11 PM (oAY8z)
Posted by: boulder terlit hobo at July 20, 2017 11:12 PM (6FqZa)
Posted by: boulder terlit hobo
I am responsible for the deaths of a lot of people. I'm that badass. So don't f*ck with me.
Posted by: Hillary Clinton at July 20, 2017 11:13 PM (/qEW2)
... and it didn't continue, 'is even less inhabitable than this rock, glad I'm here instead'
Posted by: boulder terlit hobo at July 20, 2017 11:13 PM (6FqZa)
Posted by: Patrick From Ohio at July 20, 2017 11:14 PM (dKiJG)
He was in the locker room, so his demand is a little more logical in that context.
I wrote about it last week, which is what prompted the musing on soccer dives, it was, in fact, much like your post.
Posted by: Weirddave at July 20, 2017 11:14 PM (CTvSA)
https://youtu.be/VZa-AcOB7YE
Posted by: Captain Whitebread is sick of it all at July 20, 2017 11:14 PM (rJUlF)
Posted by: Hillary Clinton at July 20, 2017 11:13 PM (/qEW2)
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Yeah?
Your bitch ass can't even overcome me.
Posted by: A curb at July 20, 2017 11:15 PM (s5Kql)
I have his response somewhere, but lord knows where it is.
Posted by: Farmer
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So, when you received it was it A Perfect Day?
(Hey, close enough for a groaner)
Posted by: Tonypete at July 20, 2017 11:15 PM (tr2D7)
Posted by: Ladylibertarian
Same here. I get frustrated with the direction in which the world is going.
Posted by: Captain Whitebread is sick of it all at July 20, 2017 11:09 PM (rJUlF)
Those of us on the right have been under siege for a long time. Those on the left aren't content with despoiling their own lives--it is necessary for them to demand compliance from the rest of us.
Everything social norm that I was taught to honor and uphold has been destroyed. It can be exhausting living amongst the wreckage.
Posted by: Ladylibertarian at July 20, 2017 11:15 PM (TdMsT)
https://youtu.be/oDdb65l-49E
Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine. All Honor & Glory to Kekistan! at July 20, 2017 11:16 PM (fA1SL)
Posted by: Ladylibertarian at July
heh. not suggesting you are. some of the people I deal with on a regular basis go from 0 to panic in the drop of a hat and I have to constantly talk them down. I have appropriated the phrase "you are walking into a meeting not stepping off a Higgins boat on Omaha beach." sadly not everyone gets that without explanation.
Posted by: yankeefifth at July 20, 2017 11:16 PM (0wem/)
"Anyway, never forget, for the rest of human history the first word uttered from another celestial body: 'Houston'"
You call that a knife?
Posted by: Zombie Jim Bowie at July 20, 2017 11:16 PM (IqV8l)
That's what he was supposed to say. It's not what he said.
ANyone remember what Buzz Aldrin said when he stepped onto the moon?
Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at July 20, 2017 11:17 PM (rZ+mb)
Posted by: Tickled Pink at July 20, 2017 11:17 PM (smD62)
Posted by: Miley, the Duchess at July 20, 2017 11:17 PM (Id9+8)
Maybe they did. Maybe Capricorn One was a foray into that path.
The Commies couldn't do it in the 1970s because there was too much real-time evidence. In the 1980s, though, a disinformation campaign was more feasible.
Posted by: boulder terlit hobo at July 20, 2017 11:18 PM (6FqZa)
Kipling's real closers are always The Gods Of The Copybook Headings.
Posted by: torquewrench at July 20, 2017 11:18 PM (ujwCG)
Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair
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Geronimo?
Posted by: Tonypete at July 20, 2017 11:18 PM (tr2D7)
This is not that, but I've heard that during the first moon landing, the BBC had Pink Floyd live in the studio to accompany the NASA video feed for the viewers.
"Set the controls for the heart of the sun..."
Posted by: OregonMuse, AoSHQ Thought Leader at July 20, 2017 11:19 PM (WIgTw)
ANyone remember what Buzz Aldrin said when he stepped onto the moon?
Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair
"Ooh, I stepped in dog poo!"
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at July 20, 2017 11:19 PM (IqV8l)
See also, 9.11.troof.
Posted by: boulder terlit hobo at July 20, 2017 11:19 PM (6FqZa)
Well, that little Fedora 26 upgrade took about 2 hours. Don't know if it worked, because of the Rube Goldberg multi-boot setup I've got, I have to manually edit some boot configuration files to point to the new kernel. Which I have to do here.
But dicking around in LEO, indeed. We should've had a permanent base on the Moon, and manned missions to Mars should be old hat. Right now, the first manned missions to the outer solar system should be underway.
Posted by: publius, the Persistent Poperin Pear at July 20, 2017 11:20 PM (8O3HH)
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Which brings to mind that if Geronimo was selected for jump school, when he jumped off the platform he'd holler -
"MEEEEEeeeeeeee"
Posted by: Tonypete at July 20, 2017 11:20 PM (tr2D7)
Hockey: head torn off, miss a shift, play 25 minutes anyway.
Rich Peverley's heart stopped on the bench. When he came to in the hospital after being brought back to life, he demanded to get back to the game.
See also: jockey Ralph Neves.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh
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I knew of a motorcycle racer who experienced a severe 'tank slapper' which launched off of the seat, he landed on the tank, regained control and finished the race. He had crushed a testicle. Lesser men would have fallen off the bike, and crawled away to die.
'Iron Man' Mike Harth raced with a broken wrist in a cast. He came into the pits and had his crew cut it away with a hacksaw, because it was interfering with his riding.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 20, 2017 11:20 PM (OdK9v)
Everything social norm that I was taught to honor and uphold has been destroyed. It can be exhausting living amongst the wreckage.
Posted by: Ladylibertarian at July
you make a very good point about having been under siege for a long time. your comment also syncs with the Kipling poem. we have been enduring the verbal assaults from the left forever. they left is not immune to insults and invective.
Posted by: yankeefifth at July 20, 2017 11:21 PM (0wem/)
Posted by: JAS at July 20, 2017 10:14 PM (UnDQI)
It's OK at night. They run it at 1% power to conserve helium.
Seriously, there's so much forest fire smoke in the air around here, that when the Sun is anywhere but at the zenith, it's just a red ball that you can look at directly.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 20, 2017 11:22 PM (XUcIQ)
Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair
Yes. He said, "Where the white women at?". But they covered that up and replaced it with something less offensive.
Posted by: ghost of hallelujah at July 20, 2017 11:22 PM (oAY8z)
Where's the fun in moping all by yourself? No one would give a shit. A good liberal must make the best possible effort to drag everyone into his/her/xer black hole of misery.
Posted by: Hillary Clinton at July 20, 2017 11:22 PM (/qEW2)
Posted by: yankeefifth
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True Y5 but ridicule is like Kryptonite to them.
Posted by: Tonypete at July 20, 2017 11:23 PM (tr2D7)
Aldrin's first words were recorded as "Beautiful view. Magnificent desolation." However, some call a technical on that, because he was technically still standing on the landing pad when he said that, not the lunar soil.
His first words on the lunar soil were, "Looks like the secondary strut had some little thermal effects on it right here, Neil."
Posted by: publius, the Persistent Poperin Pear at July 20, 2017 11:24 PM (8O3HH)
If that's a little too blatant for you...we should use it as a flag marking the hole on the putting green.
Posted by: Orson at July 20, 2017 11:24 PM (wYWab)
Posted by: Blanco Basura at July 20, 2017 11:24 PM (IcT7t)
Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine. All Honor & Glory to Kekistan! at July 20, 2017 11:03 PM (fA1SL)
I should take a bunch of tshirts up there and write it off as a business trip.
*light bulb finally goes off*
Posted by: Country Boy at July 20, 2017 11:25 PM (D2vc1)
Posted by: Tonypete at July
well, I prefer to think it is like water to them, but either way you are right, which why the whole pc thing is so important. remove pc then watch the fun when logic and reason are applied to their rhetoric.
Posted by: yankeefifth at July 20, 2017 11:25 PM (0wem/)
Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at July 20, 2017 11:17 PM (rZ+mb)<<<
I remember it like it was yesterday. Sitting there, by the fireplace, listening on the interwebs.
He said, and I'm serious, "Hey, this isn't cheese!" Literally, it was a story book, man. I'm not joking.
Posted by: Joke Biden at July 20, 2017 11:25 PM (N6OCH)
Posted by: SMFH at July 20, 2017 11:25 PM (s5Kql)
http://preview.tinyurl.com/yb9ourj7
Just bought a small pellet grill/smoker so don't have experience with this specific wood pellet. But dam it's cheap comparatively.
Posted by: X-ray at July 20, 2017 11:25 PM (gjbJK)
One small step for man; one giant leap for Ewoks. Then he pitched a Valu-Rite vodka ad as part of the sponsorship deal.
Posted by: andycanuck #CNNBlackmail at July 20, 2017 11:25 PM (nlbfN)
Posted by: chavez the hugo at July 20, 2017 11:25 PM (KP5rU)
Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine. All Honor & Glory to Kekistan! at July 20, 2017 11:26 PM (fA1SL)
Posted by: yankeefifth at July 20, 2017 10:59 PM (0wem/)
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I like the countdowns. Especially when I'm sitting in my car at the light wondering if the damn thing is ever going to change. I can glance over at the countdown and know how much longer I have to sit still. It's the not knowing that brings the insanity.
Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at July 20, 2017 11:28 PM (FUu/Z)
Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine. All Honor & Glory to Kekistan! at July 20, 2017 11:28 PM (fA1SL)
Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair
"I guess all you guys back on Earth are expecting me to say something really cheesy".
Posted by: Steve and Cold Bear at July 20, 2017 11:28 PM (/qEW2)
Posted by: yankeefifth at July 20, 2017 11:29 PM (0wem/)
Posted by: chavez the hugo at July 20, 2017 11:29 PM (KP5rU)
(Hey, close enough for a groaner)
Posted by: Tonypete at July 20, 2017 11:15
One of my favorite books. Glad to see someone recognizes it. I need to reread it sometime.
Posted by: Farmer at July 20, 2017 11:30 PM (yJ1e6)
Now, with Apollo 12, the second mission, the first out was Pete Conrad, and his first words were, ""Whoopie! Man, that may have been a small one for Neil, but that's a long one for me."
Now, Harrison Schmitt's, the last man to first set foot on the Moon, first words were, "Come over here and let me deploy your antenna."
Posted by: publius, the Persistent Poperin Pear at July 20, 2017 11:30 PM (8O3HH)
His first words on the lunar soil were, "Looks like the secondary strut had some little thermal effects on it right here, Neil."
Posted by: publius, the Persistent Poperin Pear at July 20, 2017 11:24 PM (8O3HH)
That's what you find on the internet ... but it isn't true. Neil made a $500 bet with someone that no one would remember what the 2nd man to step on the moon would say and that he would say, "That may have been a small one for Neil but it was a big step for me." And that's what he said.
I HIGHLY recommend "For All Mankind" as the best movie about the Apollo missions. Nothing but historical footage, commentary from the astronauts and music by Eno.
Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at July 20, 2017 11:31 PM (rZ+mb)
Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair<<<
That's no moon.
Posted by: Obi-Wan Kenobi at July 20, 2017 11:31 PM (N6OCH)
His mother, 9 1/2 year old Carmen, was Best Veteran and had a lot of fun in the ring, God love her.
Trophy-supported entry tomorrow and an 8:00 AM judging time, which is like death itself.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 20, 2017 11:31 PM (RZXSp)
pretty sure the beeps are for blind people, or visually impaired. It may have something to do with guide dogs - not sure - but they used to just lead their human when everyone else started crossing (before beeps) but maybe they figured some people start crossing before they're s'posed to
Posted by: ghost of hallelujah at July 20, 2017 11:32 PM (oAY8z)
Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine. All Honor & Glory to Kekistan! at July 20, 2017 11:28 PM (fA1SL)
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I have one for each rental house I own, and a Sub-S that owns all of the LLCs. Awesome deduction benefits.
Posted by: GOULD at July 20, 2017 11:32 PM (vj/UE)
That's what he was supposed to say. It's not what he said.
ANyone remember what Buzz Aldrin said when he stepped onto the moon?
Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at July 20, 2017 11:17 PM (rZ+mb)
http://preview.tinyurl.com/y8v7so7m
Posted by: The Lunar at July 20, 2017 11:32 PM (vBeA5)
Ozzy Man Reviews: Odor vs Bautista
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y2-t9UFBG18
Ozzy Man Reviews: Ice Hockey vs Soccer
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9HxzLEqI-qE
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at July 20, 2017 11:32 PM (SRKgf)
Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair
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Geronimo?
Posted by: Tonypete at July 20, 2017 11:18 PM (tr2D7)
Well.. Duh.... he said...
FIRST!!
Posted by: Don Q. at July 20, 2017 11:33 PM (NgKpN)
Consider a flag flown for 40-50 years on Earth. There would be nothing left but tattered strips of cloth. They would still have some color though.
Both flags would suffer from continuous exposure to the elements. They're just different elements.
Posted by: rickl at July 20, 2017 10:34 PM (sdi6R)
Unfiltered UV can break down many plastics, so if the flag contained synthetic fiber, it may have crumbled. But with no wind to disturb it, it might remain whole until touched. But if the vendor had been contracted to supply a UV-resistant flag, it may still be in good shape. Going to take a return visit to know, I guess.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 20, 2017 11:33 PM (XUcIQ)
Manned spaceflight should have been routine by now. Mars voyages should have long since been very minor matters, only covered in the news if something went wrong - like someone getting denied their seat or something. We are devo.
Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine. All Honor & Glory to Kekistan! at July 20, 2017 11:33 PM (fA1SL)
Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at July 20, 2017 11:33 PM (rZ+mb)
I do bookkeeping for my work. Nothing too extensive, other than making sure money is in the account and bills are paid. I have other duties as well, not related to the bookkeeping side of it, but for this part of it, that's what I do.
So, yesterday, my supervisor came to me, and said the boss was wanting her to take a more proactive role in evaluating overhead and spending trends in order to decide on adding personnel, raises, price increases, etc. So, she was wanting me to sit down with her and show her some of the basics. In the meantime, she was going to meet with our outside accountant. Okay fine.
Anyway, today outside accountant calls her back, and she excuses herself to take said phone call in a private room, and shuts the door, when she and I are the only two people in the office. So, now I'm feeling really paranoid. If it has nothing to do with me, I cannot imagine why her conversation would be so hush hush.
I would never do anything underhanded in my position, and loyalty is a big deal to me. So, to feel not trusted goes a long way in making me feel really rotten.
Posted by: Tickled Pink at July 20, 2017 11:34 PM (smD62)
Posted by: kraken at July 20, 2017 11:34 PM (zSVEm)
I used to think that. Now I think we went too soon. We weren't ready, we spent Sagan's of cash to beat Ivan to a photo op. It simply cost far too much with 1960s tech to put a pound of vehicle on the moon to ever be practical. Yet because we HAD done it, it sapped all the enthusiasm out of the low Earth orbit stuff we could actually do. Going to the Moon too soon seems to have set back the effort to actually become a space faring species.
We needed to be building space stations, learning how to live in space, how to launch craft from a space station into lunar orbit, etc. Maybe even put a station in lunar orbit and run a transit route between the stations, etc. Build out some infrastructure. And if we had all that stuff built and tested, kicking a mission to Mars off from one of them would be a lot more plausible.
Posted by: John Morris at July 20, 2017 11:34 PM (sCRhB)
THe "big one for me" was spoken by Pete Conrad, on Apollo 12. He said, "Whoopie! That may have been a small one for Neil, but that's a long one for me."
Posted by: publius, the Persistent Poperin Pear at July 20, 2017 11:34 PM (8O3HH)
Good evening, SMFH. I hope you've had a wonderful day.
Posted by: Blanco Basura at July 20, 2017 11:34 PM (IcT7t)
I like the countdowns. Especially when I'm sitting in my car at the light wondering if the damn thing is ever going to change. I can glance over at the countdown and know how much longer I have to sit still. It's the not knowing that brings the insanity.
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That's great, when the crosswalks are synced to the lights. But when they're not...
In my city, the "Don't Walk" countdown appearing does not necessarily mean that the light is about to change. In fact, at more than one intersection, you can wait until the crosswalk stops flashing "Don't Walk", hit the button, and watch the sign change to "Walk" without the light changing even once.
It's been that way for a couple of decades.
Posted by: junior at July 20, 2017 11:34 PM (Q6qiA)
Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair
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"Damn! I wanted green cheese."
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 20, 2017 11:35 PM (OdK9v)
Don't just give em a little honk, pour it on. Not like it costs you anything. When does anyone ever wear their horn out? Honk and keep honking until they are done doing whatever stupid thing they were doing. You're doing them and everyone a favor.
Should they try to stare you down keep looking right at them, keep honking, maybe even start honking your favorite song. Whatever, but pound that horn like it owes you.
Posted by: yankeefifth at July 20, 2017 11:35 PM (0wem/)
Buzz said something like that, or words to that effect.
Posted by: Common Tater at July 20, 2017 11:35 PM (A3w0Q)
As I was getting ready to replace the screen.
May have to put that project on hold.
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at July 20, 2017 11:35 PM (wB8Tg)
today, so I took him to the city for lunch in advance of his 21st
birthday on Saturday.
The rest of the day..not so good. My temper is on a shorter fuse
than I can ever recall, and I get so tired of dealing with people so
quickly. I nearly lost it with a couple of crew people at play
rehearsal tonight who spent more time on their phones than making sure
they hit their light cues.
Half the time I hate what I'm turning into. The other half, I just don't care.
Posted by: Captain Whitebread is sick of it all at July 20, 2017 11:06 PM (rJUlF)
I hate to say it, but I think a lot of us are experiencing the same issues. I've become very bitter over the last 8 years or so and I'm beginning to hate myself for some of the thoughts I have for many of my fellow countrymen. It saddens me greatly,
Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy at July 20, 2017 11:35 PM (TPimP)
Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine. All Honor & Glory to Kekistan! at July 20, 2017 11:36 PM (fA1SL)
in my car at the light wondering if the damn thing is ever going to
change. I can glance over at the countdown and know how much longer I
have to sit still. It's the not knowing that brings the insanity.
Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at July 20, 2017 11:28 PM (FUu/Z)
Have you ever wanted to get out of the car, walk over and hit the crosswalk button in the hopes it would reduce your wait?
Posted by: Kindltot at July 20, 2017 11:37 PM (mkDpn)
Posted by: ghost of hallelujah at July
yeah, thought about that. maybe the beeps are ok but the rest is nonsense.
Posted by: yankeefifth at July 20, 2017 11:37 PM (0wem/)
Posted by: Kindltot at July 20, 2017 11:37 PM (mkDpn)
Do those buttons even do anything, or are they just a time killer for pedestrians?
Posted by: kraken at July 20, 2017 11:38 PM (zSVEm)
Posted by: yankeefifth at July 20, 2017 11:39 PM (0wem/)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 20, 2017 11:39 PM (OdK9v)
Posted by: X-ray at July 20, 2017 11:39 PM (gjbJK)
Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair
"This one's for you, Mr. Gretsky"
Posted by: OregonMuse, AoSHQ Thought Leader at July 20, 2017 11:39 PM (WIgTw)
Posted by: Kindltot at July 20, 2017 11:37 PM (mkDpn)
Do those buttons even do anything, or are they just a time killer for pedestrians?
Posted by: kraken at July 20, 2017
the buttons on crosswalks close elevator doors and the close door buttons in elevators change crosswalk lights.
Posted by: yankeefifth at July 20, 2017 11:40 PM (0wem/)
Well thank heavens for the ONT. The day walkers have turned into a bunch of pearl clutching nanny state minders of other peoples businesses...
Posted by: In Vino Veritits at July 20, 2017 11:40 PM (qul7b)
Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy at July 20, 2017 11:35 PM (TPimP)
I find myself becoming more tolerant of people with tough jobs who end up taking abuse or who get looked down on. On the other hand, I have no sympathy at all for whiners and the negligently incompetent.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 20, 2017 11:40 PM (RZXSp)
Posted by: Richard Aubrey at July 20, 2017 11:41 PM (ucLlG)
Posted by: SMFH at July 20, 2017 11:41 PM (s5Kql)
Well thank heavens for the ONT. The day walkers have turned into a bunch of pearl clutching nanny state minders of other peoples businesses...
Posted by: In Vino Veritits at July 20, 2017 11:40 PM (qul7b)
Hey... I just got here... I can't hardly take care of my own affairs... everybody else.. you're on yor own.
Posted by: kraken at July 20, 2017 11:42 PM (zSVEm)
Posted by: Common Tater at July 20, 2017 11:42 PM (A3w0Q)
Here's the Apollo 11 mission transcripts, starting when Neil starts to go out.
http://apollo11.spacelog.org/page/04:13:20:58/
Just hit "load more" and you'll get to the first words Buzz says. He does joke about not locking the hatch as he comes out.
He says "Beautiful view." Then Neil says something, and then Buzz says "Magnificent Desolation." Neil says something else, and then Buzz makes the comment about the thermal effects on the strut.
Posted by: publius, the Persistent Poperin Pear at July 20, 2017 11:42 PM (8O3HH)
Posted by: boulder terlit hobo at July 20, 2017 11:42 PM (6FqZa)
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You're forgetting one thing -
It *HAD* to be done.
Like it or not, we were in a race with the Soviets. Whoever got to the Moon first got a big propaganda boost. The alternative to not getting involved in the space race was letting the Soviets win a huge propaganda victory. We beat them to the Moon, and we got a big propaganda boost for what was, essentially, dirt cheap compared to things like Vietnam.
And the US space program didn't come to a halt after the Moon landings. The Space Shuttle was The Next Big Thing!(tm). Meanwhile, the Dems were starting to question why we were "wasting" money on the space program when we could instead be using it to help feed the poor (never mind that you could easily fit one hundred space programs into the government's welfare programs).
Posted by: junior at July 20, 2017 11:43 PM (Q6qiA)
Well, could be worse. Could have bamboo shoots being rammed up under your fingernails.
Posted by: Blanco Basura at July 20, 2017 11:43 PM (IcT7t)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at July 20, 2017 11:44 PM (PXj2C)
Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine. All Honor & Glory to Kekistan! at July 20, 2017 11:44 PM (fA1SL)
Posted by: Charles the Simple at July 20, 2017 11:45 PM (w7U7L)
I don't buy it. He always swore he said it right, and there is a perceptible, 1960 technology, 240,000 mile transmission glitch on the audio right where the a should be. I'll give him the benefit of the doubt.
Posted by: Weirddave at July 20, 2017 11:45 PM (CTvSA)
Posted by: yankeefifth at July 20, 2017 11:45 PM (0wem/)
Posted by: Blanco Basura at July 20, 2017 11:43 PM (IcT7t)
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Or an IED going off beneath you.
Posted by: SMFH at July 20, 2017 11:45 PM (s5Kql)
Posted by: In Vino Veritits at July 20, 2017 11:40
I'm curious why you'd say that. Maybe I'm clueless, but I seldom see much difference, other than the ONT may get more raunchy.
Posted by: Farmer at July 20, 2017 11:45 PM (yJ1e6)
real-time evidence. In the 1980s, though, a disinformation campaign was
more feasible."
Moscow Centre was busy cranking it out in the 1980s.
-- "AIDS was designed as a bioweapon by racist capitalist whites to wipe out the black population!"
-- "The neutron bomb is a Yankee plot to destroy the indigenous population of Europe and take all their stuff!"
-- "We had nothing to do with the assassination attempt on the Pope!"
And my favorite sequence of Soviet disinformation declarations,
-- "The General Secretary is in excellent health!"
::: the General Secretary croaks :::
-- "The new General Secretary is in excellent health!"
::: the new General Secretary croaks :::
-- "The new new General Secretary is in excellent health!"
::: the new new General Secretary croaks :::
Posted by: torquewrench at July 20, 2017 11:45 PM (ujwCG)
I like the countdowns. Especially when I'm sitting in my car at the light wondering if the damn thing is ever going to change. I can glance over at the countdown and know how much longer I have to sit still. It's the not knowing that brings the insanity.
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That's great, when the crosswalks are synced to the lights. But when they're not...
In my city, the "Don't Walk" countdown appearing does not necessarily mean that the light is about to change. In fact, at more than one intersection, you can wait until the crosswalk stops flashing "Don't Walk", hit the button, and watch the sign change to "Walk" without the light changing even once.
It's been that way for a couple of decades.
Posted by: junior at July 20, 2017 11:34 PM (Q6qiA)
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No, they aren't perfectly synced, but there is a relationship. If the Walk sign is on, sometimes it will be on for a very long time. But, if it has a countdown, then the pattern is clear. However many more "walk" seconds until the opposite light goes yellow, a few more until red, and then it goes to green for my direction. Give or take if there are arrow lights for turning traffic, etc.
Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at July 20, 2017 11:46 PM (pvjTE)
Posted by: Richard Aubrey
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FWIW, my experiences with OCS officers were better than experiences with ROTC guys. Way better.
The Pointers, well, they were Pointers.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 20, 2017 11:46 PM (OdK9v)
Oh yea, the Soviets doing it first would have had all the same negative effects for doing the boring LEO stuff plus the bad Cold War side effects that would have given us. We would probably be having this conversation in Russian.
Posted by: John Morris at July 20, 2017 11:46 PM (sCRhB)
Posted by: In Vino Veritits at July 20, 2017 11:46 PM (qul7b)
Posted by: Ruthless at July 20, 2017 11:46 PM (11GMb)
Posted by: publius, the Persistent Poperin Pear at July 20, 2017 11:34 PM (8O3HH)
My mistake. When he was describing it he talked about the 2nd man to do something ... so I assumed it was Aldrin speaking. Thanks for straightening that out for me.
Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at July 20, 2017 11:47 PM (rZ+mb)
Posted by: Blanco Basura at July 20, 2017 11:43 PM (IcT7t)
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Or an IED going off beneath you.
Posted by: SMFH at July
or dinner with my relatives
Posted by: yankeefifth at July 20, 2017 11:47 PM (0wem/)
Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine. All Honor & Glory to Kekistan! at July 20, 2017 11:48 PM (fA1SL)
Posted by: In Vino Veritits at July
those guys drew the short stick.
Posted by: yankeefifth at July 20, 2017 11:48 PM (0wem/)
Posted by: yankeefifth at July 20, 2017 11:47 PM (0wem/)
Or waiting in line at the DVM..
Posted by: kraken at July 20, 2017 11:48 PM (zSVEm)
Yes, that would suck. Might clear up constipation. I know it would scare the shit out of me, provided the parts with the shit in 'em were still attached.
Posted by: Blanco Basura at July 20, 2017 11:48 PM (IcT7t)
Posted by: In Vino Veritits at July 20, 2017 11:48 PM (qul7b)
in my car at the light wondering if the damn thing is ever going to
change. I can glance over at the countdown and know how much longer I
have to sit still. It's the not knowing that brings the insanity.
Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at July 20, 2017 11:28 PM (FUu/Z)
Have you ever wanted to get out of the car, walk over and hit the crosswalk button in the hopes it would reduce your wait?
Posted by: Kindltot at July 20, 2017 11:37 PM (mkDpn)
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I've never done that from a 4 wheeled vehicle, but I have on a motorcycle. At night, alone at the light, and the light was not on a timer but used sensors that my cycle was not big enough to trip. Hopped off the bike and hit the crosswalk button to get me my green light.
Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at July 20, 2017 11:50 PM (pvjTE)
https://youtu.be/VZa-AcOB7YE
Posted by: Captain Whitebread is sick of it all at July 20, 2017 11:14 PM (rJUlF)
See you raise you, some '80's pop from Doug and the Slugs:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eCkHUp0qPCo
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 20, 2017 11:50 PM (XUcIQ)
Posted by: Tickled Pink at July 20, 2017 11:51 PM (smD62)
Posted by: Common Tater at July 20, 2017 11:51 PM (A3w0Q)
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Get back to your cell,loser.
Posted by: Pedro the Cruel at July 20, 2017 11:51 PM (PXj2C)
I think I'm officially done trying to do anything tonight.
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at July 20, 2017 11:51 PM (wB8Tg)
Sadly, Rooshian tech is better for LEO.
Just. The. Way. It. Is.
Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine. All Honor & Glory to Kekistan! at July 20, 2017 11:53 PM (fA1SL)
Posted by: Ethelraed the Unready at July 20, 2017 11:54 PM (6FqZa)
Posted by: Kindltot at July 20, 2017 11:37 PM (mkDpn)
Wanted to? I have done that at certain intersections, and it worked.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 20, 2017 11:54 PM (XUcIQ)
Posted by: Charles the Simple at July 20, 2017 11:55 PM (w7U7L)
...come up with a better comparative than "if we can send a man to the moon, why can't we..."
Posted by: moebius webworker - stay on the path at July 20, 2017 11:56 PM (cHQtB)
Shipments made by ship are known as cargo. Only when it goes by car is it a shipping.
That's a cargo-carrying ship, carrying ships as cargo.
Posted by: Can't say this 3 times fast at July 20, 2017 11:57 PM (kafuy)
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I'd bet my house there is continuity in the people who wrote all the conspiracy JFK books, and the 9/11 Conspiracy books, Moon Landing hoax books, etc etc. They are huge industries.
Posted by: Common Tater at July 20, 2017 11:57 PM (A3w0Q)
Posted by: westminsterdogshow at July 20, 2017 11:58 PM (mMeIQ)
Posted by: Quindar at July 20, 2017 11:59 PM (ktZTZ)
Posted by: X-ray at July 20, 2017 11:59 PM (gjbJK)
Posted by: Decaf at July 21, 2017 12:00 AM (U5yng)
Posted by: westminsterdogshow at July
well he should hope they never release him.
Posted by: yankeefifth at July 21, 2017 12:00 AM (0wem/)
Posted by: kraken at July 21, 2017 12:00 AM (zSVEm)
Posted by: Patrick From Ohio at July 20, 2017 11:14 PM (dKiJG)
I think Musk's plan is to launch all of the equipment needed to go to the moon on seperate launches and assemble them in Earth orbit.
First launch the engine pod, then the fuel pod, then the supply pod, then the crew pod, and then finally the re-entry vehicle with the crew in it.
Posted by: Ashley Judd's Puffy Scamper, aka MrCaniac and Irredeemable at July 21, 2017 12:00 AM (1JnAL)
We in the west walk around with more computing and comms tech in our pockets than ever thought possible, and yet, here we are.....
Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine. All Honor & Glory to Kekistan! at July 21, 2017 12:00 AM (fA1SL)
Posted by: Charles the Simple at July 21, 2017 12:01 AM (w7U7L)
Posted by: X-ray at July
pretty sure NASA does not want you leaking that they employ hot aliens.
Posted by: yankeefifth at July 21, 2017 12:01 AM (0wem/)
Posted by: Common Tater at July 20, 2017 11:57 PM (A3w0Q) fnord (A3w0Q)
It's big business. Avery made a couple million falsely accusing tens of thousands of people of murder.
And it's easy to produce, since it's all careful cropping and made-up shit.
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at July 21, 2017 12:01 AM (wB8Tg)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at July 21, 2017 12:01 AM (PXj2C)
They should put all Mars mission money into getting me my flying car. After that we can think about Mars.
Posted by: Jack Sock at July 21, 2017 12:01 AM (IDPbH)
Posted by: yankeefifth at July 21, 2017 12:00 AM (0wem/)
I don't think OJ is going to find it all sweetness and light now that he's been turned loose. Probably a few people gunning for him.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 21, 2017 12:01 AM (XUcIQ)
Shipments made by ship are known as cargo. Only when it goes by car is it a shipping.
That's a cargo-carrying ship, carrying ships as cargo.
You delight in telling 5 year olds that Santa isn't real, don't you?
Posted by: Weirddave at July 21, 2017 12:02 AM (CTvSA)
For a former fighter pilot, he let his enemies shit upon him.
For a former fighter pilot, he didn't care what happened to his wingman.
He remained silent while Obama was in office but opened his cake hole when Trump became President.
I wouldn't shake his hand if the opportunity to do so presented itself.
I live in Dallas and have no desire to visit his library. Even with a large bowel movement pending; he isn't even worth shitting on his legacy.
Posted by: Richard Cranium at July 21, 2017 12:02 AM (ZBO0C)
Posted by: Capt. Pike at July 21, 2017 12:02 AM (NgKpN)
Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine. All Honor & Glory to Kekistan! at July 21, 2017 12:02 AM (fA1SL)
Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine. All Honor & Glory to Kekistan! at July 21, 2017 12:00 AM (fA1SL)
Ah well, we can all go to space any time we want, vicariously, in front of the screen.
We all just live vicariously, and seem to settle for that.
Posted by: kraken at July 21, 2017 12:03 AM (zSVEm)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July
you never know. have a feeling the goldmans and browns would have done something earlier if they were going to.
Posted by: yankeefifth at July 21, 2017 12:03 AM (0wem/)
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I'm not getting out of my truck to push a button on a crosswalk. If the light won't change, I'm going to wait a reasonable amount of time, maybe 5 seconds, and run the light. It's defective, I'm not.
Posted by: Common Tater at July 21, 2017 12:03 AM (A3w0Q)
I was 7 when I watched the moon landing, thrilled to know we were going to the stars and the future was so so bright.
Sigh.
Posted by: In Vino Veritits at July 21, 2017 12:03 AM (qul7b)
Posted by: kraken at July 21, 2017 12:00 AM (zSVEm) fnord (zSVEm)
Noory. Art Bell's sort-of successor (complicated story).
Bell did have a philosophy of helping people get their story across and not arguing with them (though he did sometimes).
Noory seems to believe literally every crazy-ass thing that comes along, including leprechauns (I AM NOT KIDDING).
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at July 21, 2017 12:04 AM (wB8Tg)
Posted by: Toad-O at July 21, 2017 12:05 AM (cct0t)
It ocurred to me today that he was a lot safer in jail than he will be come 1 October or whatever. Lots of crazy folk out there, and he's nuttier than a three dollar bill to boot. Watch.
Posted by: Common Tater at July 21, 2017 12:05 AM (A3w0Q)
Posted by: boulder terlit hobo at July 21, 2017 12:05 AM (6FqZa)
Posted by: Son of an Engineer at July 21, 2017 12:06 AM (3hIZX)
Posted by: yankeefifth at July 21, 2017 12:06 AM (0wem/)
It *HAD* to be done.
Like it or not, we were in a race with the Soviets. Whoever got to the Moon first got a big propaganda boost. The alternative to not getting involved in the space race was letting the Soviets win a huge propaganda victory. We beat them to the Moon, and we got a big propaganda boost for what was, essentially, dirt cheap compared to things like Vietnam.
And the US space program didn't come to a halt after the Moon landings. The Space Shuttle was The Next Big Thing!(tm). Meanwhile, the Dems were starting to question why we were "wasting" money on the space program when we could instead be using it to help feed the poor (never mind that you could easily fit one hundred space programs into the government's welfare programs).
Posted by: junior at July 20, 2017 11:43 PM (Q6qiA)
Don't forget Skylab between Apollo and the space shuttles.
That is where we started to learn about living in space for extended periods.
Posted by: Ashley Judd's Puffy Scamper, aka MrCaniac and Irredeemable at July 21, 2017 12:06 AM (1JnAL)
Posted by: yankeefifth at July 21, 2017 12:01 AM (0wem/)
Not Hardwood. More metallic shiny.
Posted by: X-ray at July 21, 2017 12:07 AM (gjbJK)
Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine. All Honor & Glory to Kekistan! at July 21, 2017 12:07 AM (fA1SL)
Worse, is discovering the "opposition" party is apparently in on the deal, which of course explains a lot.
Posted by: Common Tater at July 20, 2017 11:51 PM
You mean to say it's like a Harlem Globetrotters game or a professional wrestling match?
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at July 21, 2017 12:07 AM (IqV8l)
Would listen to anyone's story
But you cannot tell
As you could with Art Bell
Whether Noory was basking in glory
(Okay, terrible, but I've had one too many Muldoons on the rox tonight)
Posted by: moebius webworker - ghost to ghost at July 21, 2017 12:08 AM (cHQtB)
Posted by: Zaklog the Deplorable at July 21, 2017 12:08 AM (gY8o2)
Noory seems to believe literally every crazy-ass thing that comes along, including leprechauns (I AM NOT KIDDING).
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at July 21, 2017 12:04 AM (wB8Tg)
That's the guy. I remember listening to him one night driving home from work, talking about " energy vampires" and how they are walking among us, surreptitiously stealing our ... energy.. or mojo, I forget which.
Posted by: kraken at July 21, 2017 12:08 AM (zSVEm)
Posted by: Toad-O at July 21, 2017 12:09 AM (cct0t)
Posted by: westminsterdogshow at July 21, 2017 12:10 AM (mMeIQ)
Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine. All Honor & Glory to Kekistan! at July 21, 2017 12:10 AM (fA1SL)
Posted by: X-ray at July 21, 2017 12:12 AM (gjbJK)
Posted by: qdpsteve at July 21, 2017 12:13 AM (eMKNe)
Posted by: yankeefifth at July 21, 2017 12:14 AM (0wem/)
Rush soundtrack - Eric Clapton
Local Hero soundtrack - Mark Knopfler
Oh, and Kenny Rogers' greatest hits. Great for karaoke. 'Don't fall in love with a dreamer...' :-P
Posted by: qdpsteve at July 21, 2017 12:15 AM (eMKNe)
When the OJ Bronco chase happened, I thought, WTF? So weird, I got psychologically entangled with it.
I subscribed to cable to get CourtTV, and I VCR'd every day of the prosecution portion of the trial, then I'd FF through the BS to the salient parts.
By the time they sent it to Defense, I was sated. The State, quite simply, had screwed their own case. Never mind if the jury was just biased or not, O.J. DESERVED to be found "not guilty" in the original trial. They. Did. Not. Prove. Their Case.
Which, of course, says *nothing* about whether he did it or not. Just that I would've voted "not guilty," too, based on the evidence presented, and mis-presented, in court.
Classic case of legal malpractice on the part of all parties.
Posted by: mindful webworker - unpopularly opinionated at July 21, 2017 12:15 AM (cHQtB)
-- "The General Secretary is in excellent health!"
::: the General Secretary croaks :::
-- "The new General Secretary is in excellent health!"
::: the new General Secretary croaks :::
-- "The new new General Secretary is in excellent health!"
::: the new new General Secretary croaks :::
Posted by: torquewrench at July 20, 2017 11:45 PM (ujwCG)
Ah yes, those were the days.
Along with the Dems/media bitching that he hadn't done a "summit" with the Soviet General Secretary yet.
Posted by: Ashley Judd's Puffy Scamper, aka MrCaniac and Irredeemable at July 21, 2017 12:15 AM (1JnAL)
Noory thinks mysterious disappearances must be demonic portals, and he can't quite explain why.
People familiar with The Real Ghostbusters and Filmation's Ghostbusters get the idea of two things with the same premise, but one of them is terrible.
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at July 21, 2017 12:16 AM (wB8Tg)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 21, 2017 12:16 AM (OdK9v)
Apparently Brian Setzer is/was more patriotic than I ever gave him credit for. There's a song on the album from 1981 about the Iranian hostage crisis, called "Storm The Embassy."
Posted by: qdpsteve at July 21, 2017 12:16 AM (eMKNe)
Otherwise it's the more uncomfortable couch down here since Jules has the best one.
Posted by: Farmer at July 21, 2017 12:17 AM (yJ1e6)
Seems like it is all becoming politicized posturing. (NASA, I'm looking at you...)
Posted by: kraken at July 21, 2017 12:17 AM (zSVEm)
I believe the phrase is "sapping our vital bodily fluids."
Posted by: mindful webworker - I can walk! at July 21, 2017 12:17 AM (cHQtB)
Posted by: yankeefifth at July 21, 2017 12:17 AM (0wem/)
Remember this--the most exceptional country on the planet, populated by an extraordinary people.
The tenets we adhered to that allowed us to flourish and become that exceptional country haven't disappeared suddenly.
The Declaration of Independence--the WHY
The Bill of Rights--that which is inalienable for ALL
The Constitution--the BLUEPRINT
They wait, ready to be used again.
This is our moment--we must NOT allow it to pass.
We ARE going to prevail because of who we are, as Americans we are denied the option of failure.
NEVER forget that.
Posted by: irongrampa at July 21, 2017 12:17 AM (S/hVx)
Worse, is discovering the "opposition" party is apparently in on the deal, which of course explains a lot.
Posted by: Common Tater at July 20, 2017 11:51 PM
You mean to say it's like a Harlem Globetrotters game or a professional wrestling match?
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Yes, something like that. Candidate Trump really exposed the whole lot of them. For this alone he is to be commended. I had long known that a candidate who in no uncertain terms told the big media outlets to get bent would do very, very well. The pubbies would never, ever do that. Inexplicable. Then it dawned on me, they don't want to win. Why would they? The pay is the same. At virtually every level of government, the people in charge are like ... pod people or whatever. Like they are hand selected to look good, mumble the right platitudes, provide a power point presentation, but they don't do anything. That's their real job - to take up space, and prevent competent people from doing the job, and doing it well. This is particularly disturbing in matters of say, public health, and national defense. All these fuckers are just phoning it in. Something wicked this way comes.
Posted by: Common Tater at July 21, 2017 12:19 AM (A3w0Q)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 21, 2017 12:19 AM (OdK9v)
Yep, Art Bell was an absolute skeptic compared to George Noory.
Art had launched a new show, but stopped after getting death threats or something.
Posted by: publius, the Persistent Poperin Pear at July 21, 2017 12:19 AM (8O3HH)
A problem solved by the GOP is a problem they can't fundraise off of any more. And that gives them the sadz...
Posted by: qdpsteve at July 21, 2017 12:20 AM (eMKNe)
OK, that's embarrassing, I can't speel. Nite all, be well.
T
Posted by: Farmer at July 21, 2017 12:21 AM (yJ1e6)
Posted by: mindful webworker - unpopularly opinionated at July 21, 2017 12:15 AM (cHQtB)
I knew the OJ trial was going to be a shit show when that idiot judge Lance Ito did not immediately bar TV cameras from the courtroom, but rather encouraged them. That's when I knew he WANTED it to be a shit show an so I stopped watching.
Posted by: OregonMuse, AoSHQ Thought Leader at July 21, 2017 12:21 AM (WIgTw)
Posted by: SMFH at July 21, 2017 12:21 AM (s5Kql)
*pours another rainwater and grain alcohol*
Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine. All Honor & Glory to Kekistan! at July 21, 2017 12:21 AM (fA1SL)
https://www.defensetech.org/2017/07/20/watch-russias-su-35-wows-crowds-maks/
Posted by: yankeefifth at July 21, 2017 12:21 AM (0wem/)
Posted by: qdpsteve at July 21, 2017 12:22 AM (eMKNe)
Posted by: publius, the Persistent Poperin Pear at July 21, 2017 12:22 AM (8O3HH)
Posted by: yankeefifth
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I'm thinking that they don't do that.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 21, 2017 12:22 AM (OdK9v)
Posted by: mindful webworker - unpopularly opinionated at July 21, 2017 12:15 AM (cHQtB)
And after royally screwing the pooch, lead prosecutor Marcia Clark wrote a book wherein she blamed everybody except herself for losing the case. What a twat.
Posted by: OregonMuse, AoSHQ Thought Leader at July 21, 2017 12:23 AM (WIgTw)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July
well how do they stack them then?
Posted by: yankeefifth at July 21, 2017 12:23 AM (0wem/)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at July 21, 2017 12:24 AM (IqV8l)
They already have Dr. Strangelove available, but now Criterion has Barry Lyndon coming up on their blu-ray/DVD release calendar.
Posted by: qdpsteve at July 21, 2017 12:24 AM (eMKNe)
( from that immortal hit song " Startrekkin', what nobody but me probably knows about). I'll be quiet..
Posted by: kraken at July 21, 2017 12:25 AM (zSVEm)
"I Was So Drunk Last Night, I Was Dancing With You."
Posted by: qdpsteve at July 21, 2017 12:26 AM (eMKNe)
Posted by: yankeefifth
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Don't know, but the carrier would have to submerge to below bridge level to float them off.
I note that the lower level is a barge. Perhaps they float that off, then use *huge* cranes?
I suppose that they could partially submerge, then pick them off with cranes.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 21, 2017 12:28 AM (OdK9v)
Women sense my power, and seek the life essence. I do not avoid women, Mandrake, but I do deny them my essence.
Jack. D. Ripper.
Posted by: publius, the Persistent Poperin Pear at July 21, 2017 12:28 AM (8O3HH)
Posted by: Common Tater at July 21, 2017 12:29 AM (A3w0Q)
Posted by: keena at July 21, 2017 12:29 AM (RiTnx)
"I Was So Drunk Last Night, I Was Dancing With You."
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LOL!!! Not bad. Sung to the tune of "I Think My Dog Is A Democrat"
Posted by: Common Tater at July 21, 2017 12:31 AM (A3w0Q)
Posted by: qdpsteve at July 21, 2017 12:32 AM (eMKNe)
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at July 21, 2017 12:33 AM (MZcWR)
Everyone remain calm and carry on carrying on.
Posted by: mindful webworker - win win win win win at July 21, 2017 12:34 AM (cHQtB)
Yes, it really was that long ago.
Posted by: Pleistocene Megafauna at July 21, 2017 12:34 AM (GdgAM)
For a former fighter pilot, he let his enemies shit upon him.
For a former fighter pilot, he didn't care what happened to his wingman.
He remained silent while Obama was in office but opened his cake hole when Trump became President.
I wouldn't shake his hand if the opportunity to do so presented itself.
I live in Dallas and have no desire to visit his library. Even with a large bowel movement pending; he isn't even worth shitting on his legacy.
Posted by: Richard Cranium at July 21, 2017 12:02 AM (ZBO0C)"
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Yes, I was disappointed in W towards the end of his second term but I have lost all respect for him over his behavior towards Trump. All he had to do is continue to keep his trap shut.
Posted by: Decaf at July 21, 2017 12:40 AM (U5yng)
**slices onions. Digs out jars of ajvar and pickled garlic. Prepares cold pickled eggs. Toasts black bread and ices vodka and slivo.**
Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine. All Honor & Glory to Kekistan! at July 21, 2017 12:40 AM (fA1SL)
I note that the lower level is a barge. Perhaps they float that off, then use *huge* cranes?
I suppose that they could partially submerge, then pick them off with cranes.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July
seems silly to use the floating dry dock unless you are sinking the boats.
Posted by: yankeefifth at July 21, 2017 12:41 AM (0wem/)
Jesus, these people are nuts.
Posted by: Common Tater at July 21, 2017 12:42 AM (A3w0Q)
Posted by: mindful webworker - z at July 21, 2017 12:43 AM (cHQtB)
However, he was a class act, and he had a very good wit. Acknowledging that shouldn't be a bad thing, even if it was used against him and just because you disagree with other things that he did and just because he isn't on your imaginary "team". That's the modus operandi of the Left.
Don't be like the Left.
Posted by: Weirddave at July 21, 2017 12:48 AM (0otiP)
Posted by: yankeefifth at July 21, 2017 12:41 AM (0wem/)
Those boats look more like powered barges for river work than sea-going ships.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 21, 2017 12:48 AM (XUcIQ)
But along with that you've got them asking Armstrong about if he'd vote for his fellow Ohioan and astronaut John Glenn if he ran for president. The response is "That depends, who's running for king?" I think that if those words are actually true it would say something about Armstrong's opinion on Glenn's politics or at least his opinion on Glenn's political ambitions.
Posted by: buzzion at July 21, 2017 12:48 AM (cAnNx)
Posted by: colfax mingo at July 21, 2017 12:52 AM (sSOtp)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July
yeah that was my guess. seems like what they use on the rivers in europe. sinkning them to get them on the barge seem like waste.
Posted by: yankeefifth at July 21, 2017 12:55 AM (0wem/)
As long as you had regular resupply of essential goods, living underground on Mars would not necessarily be horrible.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 21, 2017 12:56 AM (XUcIQ)
Posted by: yankeefifth at July 21, 2017 12:57 AM (0wem/)
It's easy to recall the fear and suspense at different points of the mission and the vast relief when they landed safely and were able to lift off to dock with the capsule in lunar orbit, not a sure thing. This was all theory and experimental. The dangers of the Apollo program were well known.
I don't remember how long the unbroken news coverage went but I was awake for all of it. Towards the end I had the coffee pot working overtime so I didn't miss any of it.
And yes, I still have the slide rule.
Posted by: JTB at July 21, 2017 12:57 AM (V+03K)
Posted by: yankeefifth at July 21, 2017 12:55 AM (0wem/)
If they are empty hulls, as yet unfitted with engines and other stuff, temporarily flooding them would do no harm.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 21, 2017 12:58 AM (XUcIQ)
you're welcome.
Posted by: redc1c4 at July 21, 2017 12:59 AM (Lcq0D)
Posted by: irongrampa at July 21, 2017 01:00 AM (S/hVx)
Posted by: SMFH at July 21, 2017 01:00 AM (s5Kql)
Resident 3vil got an e-mail this morning: hers will be shipping in a few days. i'm still paying off the Weatherby, so no Garand for me this month...
unless i hit the lottery i never play, of course.
Posted by: redc1c4 at July 21, 2017 01:02 AM (Lcq0D)
Posted by: bebe's boobs destroy at July 21, 2017 01:04 AM (QIfBr)
Posted by: SMFH at July 21, 2017 01:05 AM (s5Kql)
Posted by: lousagirl at July 21, 2017 01:05 AM (9plvG)
Even better is Nepal, who is so pissed at India that they went 15 minutes off, so they are like GMT +5+45 or some other nonsnense.
What time is it in Lodon? Noon.
What time is it in Kathmandu? 5:45 PM. WTF?
Posted by: Pilot141 at July 21, 2017 01:06 AM (9XHSw)
Posted by: redc1c4 at July 21, 2017 01:06 AM (Lcq0D)
They already have Dr. Strangelove available, but now Criterion has Barry Lyndon coming up on their blu-ray/DVD release calendar.
Posted by: qdpsteve at July 21, 2017 12:24 AM
I got BL on dvd. Some kind of Warner Bros local release as part of a "Kubrick collection". It's a pretty good version.
Posted by: otho at July 21, 2017 01:06 AM (lmIoG)
Posted by: qdpsteve at July 21, 2017 01:07 AM (eMKNe)
may need to get a sponsor to get me off of them.
right now it is one every other week but this could get out of hand.
Posted by: yankeefifth at July 21, 2017 01:07 AM (0wem/)
Posted by: lousagirl at July 21, 2017 01:07 AM (9plvG)
Posted by: qdpsteve at July 21, 2017 01:07 AM (eMKNe)
Humans need frontiers.
Posted by: BourbonChicken at July 21, 2017 01:08 AM (rnAwa)
What time is it in Kathmandu? 5:45 PM. WTF?
Posted by: Pilot141 at July 21, 2017 01:06 AM (9XHSw)
"Half hour later in Newfoundland".
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 21, 2017 01:09 AM (XUcIQ)
/hidethehobos
Posted by: bebe's boobs destroy
we have lots of good suggestions but Mother of All Meetups / MOAM and Great North American Meetup / GNAM are looking likely. Unless I get a lot of push one way or the other I will flip a quarter with coffee.
Posted by: yankeefifth at July 21, 2017 01:09 AM (0wem/)
it's kinda hard on regular soda cans, but tech support told me it would launch cans of condensed soup (generic, not Campbell's) a fair piece, among other things. lacrosse balls too.
mine should get here next week, all things being equal.
Posted by: redc1c4 at July 21, 2017 01:09 AM (Lcq0D)
Too much snoo-snoo.
Posted by: BourbonChicken at July 21, 2017 01:10 AM (rnAwa)
Posted by: qdpsteve singing Kenny Rogers karaoke at the MOAM at July 21, 2017 01:11 AM (eMKNe)
exlain?
Posted by: yankeefifth at July 21, 2017 01:11 AM (0wem/)
explain?
Posted by: yankeefifth at July 21, 2017 01:11 AM (0wem/)
Posted by: redc1c4 at July 21, 2017 01:13 AM (Lcq0D)
Posted by: SMFH at July 21, 2017 01:13 AM (s5Kql)
Posted by: westminsterdogshow at July 21, 2017 01:13 AM (mMeIQ)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 21, 2017 01:09 AM (XUcIQ)
Ahhh, dammit! How did I forget that?
Posted by: Pilot141 at July 21, 2017 01:14 AM (9XHSw)
Posted by: redc1c4 at July 21, 2017 01:14 AM (Lcq0D)
Posted by: redc1c4 at July
hey, I am trying to drink the scotch not put it on the keyboard
Posted by: yankeefifth at July 21, 2017 01:14 AM (0wem/)
I am more intelligent than my children (7) but just barely. However, I am less intelligent than both my parents (God bless their souls). Is this a perfect example of Devolution?
I much prefer the Tony Bennett version of "Fly Me to the Moon" to Sinatra's swing beat version.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=HJuZUBJtWUo
Posted by: bergerbilder at July 21, 2017 01:14 AM (lIZQs)
Posted by: yankeefifth at July 21, 2017 01:15 AM (0wem/)
Sort of like Charlie in Charlie's Angels.
Posted by: qdpsteve at July 21, 2017 01:15 AM (eMKNe)
"Search for the Searchlight Strangler"?
Posted by: redc1c4 at July 21, 2017 01:15 AM (Lcq0D)
Posted by: qdpsteve at July 21, 2017 01:15 AM (eMKNe)
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I ain't no angel.
Posted by: SMFH at July 21, 2017 01:16 AM (s5Kql)
Posted by: SMFH at July 21, 2017 01:17 AM (s5Kql)
Posted by: qdpsteve at July 21, 2017 01:17 AM (eMKNe)
"Search for the Searchlight Strangler"?
Posted by: redc1c4 at July
where were you yesterday?
Posted by: yankeefifth at July 21, 2017 01:17 AM (0wem/)
Posted by: redc1c4 at July 21, 2017 01:17 AM (Lcq0D)
Posted by: yankeefifth at July 21, 2017 01:18 AM (0wem/)
Keep kids close, in my case grandkids, kept close. I will kill, or at least attempt to kill, anyone that threatens my kids or grandkids. BTW, I was 21 in 1969. Suck it up juniors, you ain't seen nothing yet.
Posted by: colfax mingo at July 21, 2017 01:18 AM (sSOtp)
Posted by: qdpsteve at July 21, 2017 01:18 AM (eMKNe)
Posted by: SMFH at July 21, 2017 01:19 AM (s5Kql)
Posted by: yankeefifth at July 21, 2017 01:19 AM (0wem/)
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fucking off at a local govt meeting...
got home to fried and too late to ONT, as VA again today.
sue me
Posted by: redc1c4 at July 21, 2017 01:19 AM (Lcq0D)
Posted by: yankeefifth at July 21, 2017 01:19 AM (0wem/)
Posted by: SMFH at July 21, 2017 01:19 AM (s5Kql)
Posted by: SMFH at July 21, 2017 01:20 AM (s5Kql)
Posted by: yankeefifth at July 21, 2017 01:20 AM (0wem/)
The deal breaker for me is zero g. Going to the bathroom in zero g. Imagine noro virus, coming out of both ends, in zero g.
That would be time to hit the self-destruct button.
Incidentally, and I've posted this before, so forgive the rerun if you've seen it, but there was a turd incident recorded on the transcripts. Apollo 16, I think.
A loose turd was observed floating in the cabin. Someone had been careless. All three denied it was there's.
Posted by: publius, the Persistent Poperin Pear at July 21, 2017 01:21 AM (8O3HH)
Posted by: Zulu at July 21, 2017 01:21 AM (OdK9v)
No, y5.
Posted by: SMFH at July
that's all right. as soon as I typed that I started to wonder if it was a good idea since you liking to win and all might be the one who puts the dictionary in her pillowcase.
Posted by: yankeefifth at July 21, 2017 01:22 AM (0wem/)
Resident 3vil got an e-mail this morning: hers will be shipping in a few days. i'm still paying off the Weatherby, so no Garand for me this month..."
I mentioned the CMP Garands a couple of weeks or so ago. Hope it was helpful. The last service grade I got from them had a new stock and NOS barrel; essentially a new rifle. It's more accurate than I can shoot, even with their surplus ammo.
Please let us know its condition when it arrives and what 3vil thinks of it.
Posted by: JTB at July 21, 2017 01:23 AM (V+03K)
The event that wiped out every previous advanced space-traveling civilization.
https://youtu.be/sNhhvQGsMEc
The amount of time before the great filter is expected to be of the same scale as the time it takes to discover alien life.
Posted by: BourbonChicken at July 21, 2017 01:23 AM (rnAwa)
Ok, so maybe they get it anyway, just wtf!! Maybe if they can't get it so easy, they don't fucking die!
Posted by: lousagirl at July 21, 2017 01:23 AM (9plvG)
The event that wiped out every previous advanced space-traveling civilization.
https://youtu.be/sNhhvQGsMEc
The amount of time before the great filter is expected to be of the same scale as the time it takes to discover alien life.
Posted by: BourbonChicken at July
thanks
Posted by: yankeefifth at July 21, 2017 01:23 AM (0wem/)
Posted by: publius, the Persistent Poperin Pear at July 21, 2017 01:21 AM (8O3HH)
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Poop in space!
http://tinyurl.com/d8woyej
Posted by: SMFH at July 21, 2017 01:23 AM (s5Kql)
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Moi?
Never.
Posted by: SMFH at July 21, 2017 01:25 AM (s5Kql)
/hidethehobos
Posted by: bebe's boobs destroy at July 21, 2017 01:04 AM (QIfBr)
There are actually many underground tunnels in Vegas inhabited by hordes of the homeless.
Yes, we have CHUD.
Posted by: The Hobo Huntin' Hat at July 21, 2017 01:26 AM (vBeA5)
Yes, excuse me, it was Apollo 10.
Gene Cernan: There's another goddamned turd! What's the matter with you guys?
Posted by: publius, the Persistent Poperin Pear at July 21, 2017 01:26 AM (8O3HH)
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Moi?
Never.
Posted by: SMFH at July
no SMFH, no! It was war on illiteracy, not war on illiterates! smiting the illiterate with dictionaries is Peaches job.
Posted by: yankeefifth at July 21, 2017 01:27 AM (0wem/)
Posted by: publius, the Persistent Poperin Pear at July 21, 2017 01:26 AM (8O3HH)
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rofl
Posted by: SMFH at July 21, 2017 01:27 AM (s5Kql)
Posted by: SMFH at July 21, 2017 01:27 AM (s5Kql)
Posted by: SMFH at July
that, in conjunction with the previous comment is ROFL!
Posted by: yankeefifth at July 21, 2017 01:29 AM (0wem/)
landed there Monday, notified this AM that we're good to go.
Service grade, which should be good, and it's a fairly strong rumor that orders from women tend to get a choicer selection from what's available.
i can't wait for everything in Korea to come home...
WTF are they waiting on?
Posted by: redc1c4 at July 21, 2017 01:29 AM (Lcq0D)
Fun fact: Norovirus was origibally called "Norwalk virus" after the small Ohio city where it was first identified. The Norwalk COC must have really been exceptionally effective to get the name of a virus changed.
Posted by: bergerbilder at July 21, 2017 01:29 AM (lIZQs)
Posted by: bebe's boobs destroy at July 21, 2017 01:30 AM (QIfBr)
Posted by: SMFH at July 21, 2017 01:30 AM (s5Kql)
Posted by: yankeefifth at July 21, 2017 01:32 AM (0wem/)
Posted by: SMFH at July 21, 2017 01:30 AM (s5Kql)
The Deuce, you say!
Posted by: bergerbilder at July 21, 2017 01:33 AM (lIZQs)
Posted by: yankeefifth at July 21, 2017 01:33 AM (0wem/)
Posted by: kraken
Oy.
Posted by: Adriane the Thinks He's the Only Dr. Demento Listener Critic ... at July 21, 2017 01:34 AM (AoK0a)
Posted by: BourbonChicken at July 21, 2017 01:34 AM (rnAwa)
Posted by: SMFH at July 21, 2017 01:35 AM (s5Kql)
Posted by: redc1c4 at July 21, 2017 01:36 AM (Lcq0D)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 21, 2017 01:36 AM (XUcIQ)
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You just know the guys in Houston were ltao.
Posted by: SMFH at July 21, 2017 01:37 AM (s5Kql)
Posted by: SMFH at July 21, 2017 01:35 AM (s5Kql)
I'll throw in a log to save you!
Posted by: bergerbilder at July 21, 2017 01:37 AM (lIZQs)
With Apollo, the space toilet for #2 was basically a plastic bag you taped to your ass, so that explains the problems with letting one get loose.
They've probably spent no telling how much money developing a zero-g toilet. The Shuttle had one, and the first generations were faulty. They had to redesign things for female womyns, too.
Anyway, it's a vacuum contraction. Peeing is done in a funnel thing, with a tube. That's what had they to redesign for the women. The shitter is basically a hole, with suction, that goes into a bag that allows gas to get through, but not solid or liquid (supposedly).
In the first generations, there was a terrible odor problem.
They're working on a next generation one for the Orion system.
Posted by: publius, the Persistent Poperin Pear at July 21, 2017 01:38 AM (8O3HH)
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Norwalk #Failifornia would me moar appropriate...
shitty town with lots of illegals here in SE LA County.
Posted by: redc1c4 at July 21, 2017 01:39 AM (Lcq0D)
https://youtu.be/r5iFc7Gn9nM
https://youtu.be/zBZrXuHmrtM
https://youtu.be/PrX3EmdKtRc
https://youtu.be/DfdGyzTa_gc
Posted by: buzzion at July 21, 2017 01:40 AM (cAnNx)
Posted by: qdpsteve at July 21, 2017 01:42 AM (eMKNe)
either that or vent the bowl to vacuum, after use, but i can see where that *might* cause the occasional problem.
especially if someone decides to do a courtesy flush, part way through.
Posted by: redc1c4 at July 21, 2017 01:42 AM (Lcq0D)
Ace will be there. Traffic suggest in disguise as a skinny brunette with nil boobage in a boring dress.
Except it's not a disguise...
Posted by: Bob at NSA at July 21, 2017 01:43 AM (qul7b)
"Houston, heading outside for my morning EVA."
"Roger, that. Hope everything comes out alright."
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 21, 2017 01:44 AM (XUcIQ)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at Jul
yeah that was my guess. seems like what they use on the rivers in europe. sinkning them to get them on the barge seem like waste.
Posted by: yankeefifth at July 21, 2017 12:55 AM (
The LASH concept was to haul the lighters/barges from one river port to another across an intervening ocean. IIRC, late 80s or early 90s, ESA shipped some spacecraft tooling from Europe to Marshall Space Flight Center by lighter from the factory to either Bremerhaven or Antwerp, LASH across the Atlantic to either Mobile or NOLA, then towed up the river(s), ultimately the Tennessee, to Marshall. Think they had a mad scramble to certify a dock that hadn't been used since Apollo days to offload the barge. Or they used a pier that was actually owned by the Army.
Posted by: Fox2! at July 21, 2017 01:45 AM (brIR5)
Let's take this in another bodily fluid direction. You know, on a long duration mission, the dudes are just going to have to yank one out every so often.
I guarandamntee you they've got a protocol for that. I'm sure they don't talk about it, probably ultra top secret, but I guarantee they've got one.
If you just let it fly, you get floating spunk in the cabin, and you know that would be a problem.
Posted by: publius, the Persistent Poperin Pear at July 21, 2017 01:45 AM (8O3HH)
Stafford: "Get me a napkin quick. There's a turd floating through the air."
Young: "I didn't do it. It ain't one of mine."
Cernan: "I don't think it's one of mine."
Stafford: "Mine was a little more sticky than that. Throw that away."
Young: "God Almighty."
(laughter)
Posted by: SMFH at July 21, 2017 01:45 AM (s5Kql)
either that or vent the bowl to vacuum, after use, but i can see where that *might* cause the occasional problem.
especially if someone decides to do a courtesy flush, part way through.
Posted by: redc1c4 at July 21, 2017 01:42 AM (Lcq0D)
RAH story, "Gentlemen, be seated."
Posted by: Fox2! at July 21, 2017 01:47 AM (brIR5)
Posted by: lousagirl at July 21, 2017 01:47 AM (9plvG)
https://tinyurl.com/yakuske5
WH petition for national reciprocal carry.
Also on my agenda for tonight:
HAHAHAHAHAHA, FUCK YOU OLE MISS, YOU CHEATING BASTARDS! WAS SHEP ONE OF THE HOOKERS HUGH FREEZE WAS CALLING?
Go To Hell Ole Miss.
Hail State!
Posted by: Country Singer at July 21, 2017 01:49 AM (yzxic)
Let's take this in another bodily fluid direction. You know, on a long duration mission, the dudes are just going to have to yank one out every so often.
I guarandamntee you they've got a protocol for that. I'm sure they don't talk about it, probably ultra top secret, but I guarantee they've got one.
If you just let it fly, you get floating spunk in the cabin, and you know that would be a problem.
Posted by: publius, the Persistent Poperin Pear at July 21, 2017 01:45 AM (8O3HH)
LEOJS
Low Earth Orbit Jerk Sock
Posted by: buzzion at July 21, 2017 01:49 AM (cAnNx)
Posted by: kraken
Oy.
Posted by: Adriane the Thinks He's the Only Dr. Demento Listener Critic ... at July 21, 2017 01:34 AM (AoK0a)
Klingons off the starboard, starboard bow, Klingons off the starboard, Jim.
Posted by: Fox2! at July 21, 2017 01:50 AM (brIR5)
However, he was a class act, and he had a very good wit. Acknowledging that shouldn't be a bad thing, even if it was used against him and just because you disagree with other things that he did and just because he isn't on your imaginary "team". That's the modus operandi of the Left.
Don't be like the Left.
Posted by: Weirddave at July 21, 2017 12:48 AM (0otiP)
I have to disagree with you on this - especially on the part about allegedly being like the Left. W was a doormat. That's fine for his own personal dealings but when he represents people and leads a group his being a doormat affects them and the policies they desire.
Bush did a few things correct and he was very good under pressure but he made a ton of mistakes and, quite frankly, was the one most responsible for bringing this nation to the point that an America-hating retard like Barky could be elected. Bush's 2nd term was a total disaster. He veered left and merrily pushed all sorts of crap.
he was a globalist who was part and parcel of McShame's 2006-2007 push to give aid and comfort to invading illegals. He did absolutely nothing to even make pretend he wanted operative borders after 9/11 and he didn't do shit about Iran - even when he knew that Barky was going to take over and lay us all out for the mullahs. Bush also let people sitting in his cabinet basically endorse Barky (WTF kind of shit was that) and never said a bad word about Barky even though Barky called Bush every name in the book and laid the blame for everything that had happened since the dawn of time on Bush. But, the minute Trump appeared to be a viable candidate Bush stopped his silence and started muttering shit about Trump.
I have no respect for Bush. He did tons of damage. He was pathetic in the War on Terror, doing only the absolute minimum and doing it as poorly as one possibly could. And his second term - jettisoning advice from sane people to rely more on Condi Rice and others with strong leftist bents - was a total disaster.
Bush came into Washington with the GOP holding both houses of Congress and the White House and left with the GOP being a pariah to all.
Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at July 21, 2017 01:52 AM (rZ+mb)
Heh, some quick searching found some NASA guy has said, about whacking off in space, that, yes, you'd imagine there would be a policy on that, but if there were, I couldn't talk about it.
Posted by: publius, the Persistent Poperin Pear at July 21, 2017 01:53 AM (8O3HH)
Heh, some quick searching found some NASA guy has said, about whacking off in space, that, yes, you'd imagine there would be a policy on that, but if there were, I couldn't talk about it.
Posted by: publius, the Persistent Poperin Pear at July 21, 2017 01:53 AM (8O3HH)
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The 'Horde mind is truly frightening.
Posted by: SMFH at July 21, 2017 01:55 AM (s5Kql)
We have policies about whacking off at the NSA. Never in the server room, and no arcing ropes of jism off the GS-15 balcony.
Posted by: Bob at NSA at July 21, 2017 01:55 AM (qul7b)
Posted by: redc1c4 at July 21, 2017 01:58 AM (Lcq0D)
Posted by: yankeefifth at July 21, 2017 01:58 AM (0wem/)
Posted by: publius, the Persistent Poperin Pear at July 21, 2017 01:53 AM (8O3HH)
Have they ever had any lady astronauts up there with a nice rack or do they just send up dogs, to keep people's minds on the mission?
I'm sure they're going to be sending a bunch of fruits up there as soon as they can and those guys don't care where they are or who's looking.
Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at July 21, 2017 01:59 AM (rZ+mb)
Posted by: SMFH at July 21, 2017 02:01 AM (s5Kql)
Oh, and there was a story they found porn on the hard drives of the ISS computers and blamed it on the Russians, one Russian in particular, Vasily Ivanov. The source was some Brussels rag:
http://www.rightly.eu/iss-computers-riddled-with-porn/
Posted by: publius, the Persistent Poperin Pear at July 21, 2017 02:02 AM (8O3HH)
Posted by: BourbonChicken at July 21, 2017 02:04 AM (rnAwa)
Oh, and there was a story they found porn on the hard drives of the ISS computers and blamed it on the Russians, one Russian in particular, Vasily Ivanov. The source was some Brussels rag:
http://www.rightly.eu/iss-computers-riddled-with-porn/
Posted by: publius, the Persistent Poperin Pear at July 21, 2017 02:02 AM (8O3HH)
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Yeah, because human nature is suspended in space, like gravity, duh!
Posted by: SMFH failing miserably in aping a lefty at July 21, 2017 02:04 AM (s5Kql)
Posted by: Soviet Cosmopimp at July 21, 2017 02:05 AM (qul7b)
Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at July 21, 2017 02:05 AM (rZ+mb)
Posted by: SMFH at July 21, 2017 02:07 AM (s5Kql)
made a ton of mistakes and, quite frankly, was the one most responsible
for bringing this nation to the point that an America-hating retard
like Barky could be elected. Bush's 2nd term was a total disaster. He
veered left and merrily pushed all sorts of crap.
I disagree (Christ, I'm defending W). Bush was the last example of the old world. Barky using full force Alinsky tactics was something new to the American body politic. We're looking back from more than a decade in the future and applying our new standards to the past. Yes, I'll admit that looking back we can see clearly how we got here from there, and W was a big reason why, but W didn't have that luxury. He was playing by the old rules.
Evan Sayat wrote a great column that someone did a post about recently, and one of his key points was "Do I wish I lived in that world"? The answer was yes, of course I do. I do too. We don't have that luxury, but it's disingenuous to hold those who did live in that world to our new standards.
Posted by: Weirddave at July 21, 2017 02:07 AM (0otiP)
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those suits could hid a multitude of sins...
everything butterface.
Posted by: redc1c4 at July 21, 2017 02:10 AM (Lcq0D)
https://youtu.be/-lmR3fLBw7M
Warning for heavily tatted busty Brit.
Posted by: buzzion at July 21, 2017 02:10 AM (cAnNx)
Posted by: SMFH at July 21, 2017 02:10 AM (s5Kql)
Women in space can look a fright. Put "women hair space" in Google and look at the images. Marsha Ivans in one. Long hair just goes wild.
Also, weightlessness redistributes fluid in the body. Water leaves the limbs and goes to the trunk. Everybody gets to looking like chicken legged butterballs.
Posted by: publius, the Persistent Poperin Pear at July 21, 2017 02:11 AM (8O3HH)
Women in space can look a fright. Put "women hair space" in Google and look at the images. Marsha Ivans in one. Long hair just goes wild.
Also, weightlessness redistributes fluid in the body. Water leaves the limbs and goes to the trunk. Everybody gets to looking like chicken legged butterballs.
Posted by: publius, the Persistent Poperin Pear at July 21, 2017 02:11 AM (8O3HH
So do boobs increase or decrease?
Posted by: buzzion at July 21, 2017 02:12 AM (cAnNx)
Posted by: SMFH at July 21, 2017 02:12 AM (s5Kql)
Posted by: Soviet Cosmopimp at July 21, 2017 02:12 AM (qul7b)
Here the same file animated:
https://bour3pages.blogspot.com/2017/07/panama-canal.html
Posted by: bour3 at July 21, 2017 02:14 AM (KXQr+)
Space chimps never euthanized. Now dancing at L5 gentleman's club, stop capsule for visit first drink free. Ask for discount card - punch 10 holes, 11th hole free!
Posted by: Soviet Cosmopimp at July 21, 2017 02:19 AM (qul7b)
John J. Pershing, time will not dim the glory of their deeds.
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Is it?
I always thought the easiest counter to the fake moon landing nonsense was that you could see the flag through a telescope. I guess you'd see other stuff they left behind at least.
If the thing that denoted the presence was ours, I wonder how long it will be before some revisionist claims it was their country that put it there and the US lied about it.
Posted by: Methos at July 21, 2017 02:20 AM (3Liv/)
I can't believe I didn't think of this -- guess it's 'cause I'm a dude, duh -- but......take a deep breath and steel yourself. Menstruation in space.
With women in space, this is something that is going to happen. It has been studied, and yep, it's been done. But we don't know which woman was the first. That's private information.
Some women elect to take the hormones to stop the cycle for the duration of the flight. Others let it go.
There was some concern that things might not function right, and something bad would happen, but it turns out to proceed normally in zero g.
Posted by: publius, the Persistent Poperin Pear at July 21, 2017 02:20 AM (8O3HH)
There was some concern that things might not function right, and something bad would happen, but it turns out to proceed normally in zero g.
Posted by: publius, the Persistent Poperin Pear at July 21, 2017 02:20 AM (8O3HH)
I wouldn't have that problem.
Posted by: Caitlynn Jenner at July 21, 2017 02:22 AM (XUcIQ)
Posted by: Soviet Cosmopimp at July 21, 2017 02:24 AM (qul7b)
I assume you mean Barky's actions after he slimed into office. He didn't use ALinsky tactics. Barky just had not one iota of American sensibilities about him, hated America and brought the attitude of a foreigner to American politics. Of course, this was easily predictable. I, and many others, were screaming that that was what was coming from back int he campaign, the primary and the general. Barky was distinctly un-American (he was raised in Indonesia, after all) and he showed that. He wasn't burdened by many of the unconscious limits that an actual American would have. Clinton and Shrillary wished they could have shoved their socialized health care through in the 90s but they were still bound to stop, not by choice but because that was the American part of their personality that wouldn't let them. They would have loved to do what Barky did ... but only a foreigner (in personality and world view) would even think to do things like Barky did. Of course, that's why the Founders demanded that a natural born citizen be President and that's why people should have AT LEAST demanded that Barky's eligibility be settled in court one way or the other.
It wasn't alinsky that dictated Barky's political tactics. It was Indonesia.
We're looking back from more than a decade in the future and applying our new standards to the past. Yes, I'll admit that looking back we can see clearly how we got here from there, and W was a big reason why, but W didn't have that luxury. He was playing by the old rules.
No. I said all of this same stuff in 2008. And 2009. And 2010. ...
Evan Sayat wrote a great column that someone did a post about recently, and one of his key points was "Do I wish I lived in that world"? The answer was yes, of course I do. I do too. We don't have that luxury, but it's disingenuous to hold those who did live in that world to our new standards.
Posted by: Weirddave at July 21, 2017 02:07 AM (0otiP)
I'm sorry Dave but I just don't accept your excuses for Bush. Bush was a globalist, which is a major, serious strike against him. That has nothing to do with old world manners or anything. In fact, the idea of national sovereignty is very old world. The idea of globalism is not. And that is only the tip of the problems that Bush brought with his second term.
Bush did very well in his first term, under the circumstances, but he was finished after that and should never have run for the second term. What he did in that second four years was absolutely ridiculous. He made one decent try to reform social security and after that fell through he went full-force leftwards and managed to get everyone to hate the GOP. EVERYONE. That's how the most detested person in the GOP - perhaps the most detested, ever - ended up as the 2008 nominee.
Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at July 21, 2017 02:24 AM (rZ+mb)
John J. Pershing, time will not dim the glory of their deeds.
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Is it?
I always thought the easiest counter to the fake moon landing nonsense was that you could see the flag through a telescope. I guess you'd see other stuff they left behind at least.
If the thing that denoted the presence was ours, I wonder how long it will be before some revisionist claims it was their country that put it there and the US lied about it.
Posted by: Methos at July 21, 2017 02:20 AM (3Liv/)
You can see the flags and footprints at all of the Lunar landing sites and the Lunar Rover. But yeah the flags are all bleached.
https://youtu.be/dTQoNcHTUSw
Posted by: buzzion at July 21, 2017 02:25 AM (cAnNx)
i think i found an acceptable place with violations along the lines of "the food there is tasteless and unappetizing" (zero impact, she is being fed IV) that is right across from where we used to have her mom in assisted living, and we loved the place, and its walking across the parking lot from where dad already gets coffee every morning. hopefully no bad surprises and this works.
having mom almost-die a week ago has been a lot of work. i just got that awesome colt on the ground and i am expecting another in a week. i feel like i am riding a roller coaster and i am going to throw up. on the good side i found out the outdoor Nest Cams work beautifully for watching for foals and i can get people to spell me watching so i can bathe or sleep for periods without worry. now the evil empire knows where the horses are, but i gotta admit its nice to be able to go in the AC and be able watch and hear like you are right there. Additional perk is i can show mom BABY CAM! thats a big morale booster when you are stuck in a critical care unit.
Posted by: Gushka can has scary kittys what want hugs at July 21, 2017 02:26 AM (YhV5r)
Posted by: Soviet Cosmopimp at July 21, 2017 02:26 AM (qul7b)
Trivia question for July 20:
What were the first words spoken on the moon?
Hint: it was not "Houston, Tranquility Base here, the Eagle has landed," nor was it "That's one small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind."
I will provide the answer in exactly five minutes, if no one gets it by then!
Posted by: zombie at July 21, 2017 02:28 AM (DQ4Fv)
Hmmphh. THis "periods in space" thing was a big fucking deal for NASA, it turns out. There was a worry, a real worry, that the blood would just pool up, not flowing out right, and could cause bad problems.
According to the history, the women thought that was stupid, just these male doctors and engineers not knowing how it works. The women were sure it would come out correctly.
But there was only one way to know for sure, and that was for a woman to do it. And do it one did, and it turned out they were right. It would come out normally.
So that's some space history they don't talk about it much.
Posted by: publius, the Persistent Poperin Pear at July 21, 2017 02:28 AM (8O3HH)
So future generations will think that the French landed on the moon.
Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at July 21, 2017 02:29 AM (rZ+mb)
Posted by: L, Elle at July 21, 2017 02:29 AM (Rsi2C)
Was "Motherfucker we nearly hit those Motherfuckin rocks! And I shit my space suit!"
We have tapes. True story.
Posted by: Soviet Cosmopimp at July 21, 2017 02:30 AM (qul7b)
Posted by: SMFH at July 21, 2017 02:31 AM (s5Kql)
Posted by: Soviet Cosmopimp at July 21, 2017 02:32 AM (qul7b)
Posted by: qdpsteve at July 21, 2017 02:33 AM (eMKNe)
This was Aldrin noted a sensor probe had detected contact with the surface. Armstrong replied, "Shutdown", meaning engine shutdown. Aldrin then said, "OK. Engine stop."
And those were the first words spoken from the Moon.
Posted by: publius, the Persistent Poperin Pear at July 21, 2017 02:34 AM (8O3HH)
Urination was one thing, but dropping a deuce was a problem. Took about 45 minutes to an hour. They basically would tape a plastic bag to their ass. But... (heh) in the weightlessness of space, the fecal matter needs encouragement to leave the AO. Then they had to knead the bag thoroughly after breaking open some chemical pack inside the bag, a germicidal so the contents wouldn't ferment and explode later on in the mission. Nice, huh?
Posted by: Common Tater at July 21, 2017 02:34 AM (A3w0Q)
Posted by: Common Tater at July 21, 2017 02:34 AM (A3w0Q)
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Digging a hole in the desert is a luxury compared to that.
Posted by: SMFH at July 21, 2017 02:36 AM (s5Kql)
Posted by: L, Elle at July 21, 2017 02:36 AM (Rsi2C)
Posted by: Common Tater at July 21, 2017 02:34 AM (A3w0Q)
Vogue Teen did a whole article about this, but for entertainment at parties.
Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at July 21, 2017 02:37 AM (rZ+mb)
Posted by: publius,
Correct! Many quatloos for you!
Answer to the trivia question "What were the first words spoken on the moon?":
"Contact light. OK, engine stop."
You can hear the actual recording yourself, which NASA has thoughtfully put online for posterity:
https://www.nasa.gov/wav/62283main_landing.wav
While descending, Neil Armstrong gives a bunch of navigational directions., Then, with 15 feet to go to the surface, he briefly falls silent so he can concentrate on the controls during the actual touchdown. Then, right after a nice soft landing, Aldrin radios that they did NOT crash land, as feared, but instead had a "light" landing, and that he was now turning off the engines. Full dialog:
"Contact light. OK, engine stop. Houston, uh, Tranquility Base here: the Eagle has landed."
Not actually sure who -- Armstrong or Aldrin -- said which part.
Posted by: zombie at July 21, 2017 02:39 AM (DQ4Fv)
Posted by: L, Elle at July 21, 2017 02:39 AM (Rsi2C)
Posted by: Space Monkey at July 21, 2017 02:40 AM (eO7/n)
Posted by: Common Tater at July 21, 2017 02:34 AM (A3w0Q)
You'd think they would have a tiny airlock like the pneumatic tube devices they used to have in offices to move documents around. Open inside door, pop in the smelly baggie, close inside door, open outside door. Foomp", turd bag is launched towards Pluto.
Posted by: Caitlynn Jenner at July 21, 2017 02:41 AM (XUcIQ)
It should be a Halloween Party! Costumes required.
Posted by: L, Elle at July 21, 2017 02:42 AM (Rsi2C)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 21, 2017 02:43 AM (XUcIQ)
Have that, USSR invented! Called Poop Chute.
Posted by: Soviet Cosmopimp at July 21, 2017 02:44 AM (qul7b)
The flags are presumed to be bleached white.
The LRO (orbiter) imaged the Apollo landing sites back in 2011. The resolution wasn't high enough to make out the details, but you could see the flag assemblies in some of them still standing. So something is still standing.
The Apollo 11 flag, unfortunately, was blown over by the ascent stage engine blast. They planted it too close. So after that, they started planting them further away.
They've done a lot of work from the images, and they confirmed Apollo 11's flag was blown over as Aldrin reported.
The mechanism on Apollo 12's flag was faulty -- the vertical arm to hold it out wouldn't lock in place, so it just had to hang down.
Posted by: publius, the Persistent Poperin Pear at July 21, 2017 02:44 AM (8O3HH)
It was 15, I think where they landed hard enough to prang the descent engine bell, the pilot said "bang!", and it was at a pretty good landing. Lots of dust kicked up. Spatial cues are weird on earth even, at times it's tough to gauge altitude. Anyway, it seems to me they came close to rolling the LM... which would of course been total disaster. Which leads me to wonder. If that had happened, would they have tried to somehow right the craft? Could they? What a nightmare that would have been.
Posted by: Common Tater at July 21, 2017 02:47 AM (A3w0Q)
Posted by: Common Tater at July 21, 2017 02:50 AM (A3w0Q)
Posted by: Common Tater
That's a good question. I, conversely, have always been under the impression that "Contact light" meant "(Our) contact (on the surface was) light," i.e. "We successfully made a light/soft landing."
But perhaps your version is correct -- perhaps he's merely saying "I see the little light on the panel indicating that contact with the surface has been achieved."
Anybody know the definitive answer of what was meant by "Contact light?"
Posted by: zombie at July 21, 2017 02:54 AM (DQ4Fv)
If you dare, with some searching you read all the poop on shitting in space, and why they did things the way they did them. Turns out, liquids were easy to vent to space, but solids weren't so easy. They've exposed solids to vacuum to dry them out and all that.
On the ISS, they do throw the dried turds overboard, I believe.
The Apollo shitting procedure was a mess. They would usually strip butt naked to keep from getting anything on their clothes. Then tape the shit bag to their ass and do it.
They say the other astronauts, right in their next to them, would get as far away as possible, and try not to look.
They had what they called a "finger tube" to aid in dislodging any stubborn material.....
The whole thing would take up to an hour to do.
Posted by: publius, the Persistent Poperin Pear at July 21, 2017 02:54 AM (8O3HH)
Posted by: Common Tater at July 21, 2017 02:55 AM (A3w0Q)
The underlying assumption that life occurs randomly may be wrong. i.e. God may have put *just us* here in the middle of the mind-boggling vastness of the universe to make a point.
Posted by: Methos at July 21, 2017 02:55 AM (3Liv/)
Contact light indeed meant an indicator light went off. THe landing pods had little feelers on the bottom, little probes. When they hit lunar soil, it would trigger the light telling them they'd made contact and to shut off the engine.
Posted by: publius, the Persistent Poperin Pear at July 21, 2017 02:57 AM (8O3HH)
The whole thing would take up to an hour to do.
Posted by: publius, the Persistent Poperin Pear at July 21, 2017 02:54 AM (8O3HH)
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0_o
LOL!
Posted by: SMFH at July 21, 2017 02:57 AM (s5Kql)
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or Uranus, depending on orbital mechanics.
Posted by: redc1c4 at July 21, 2017 02:57 AM (Lcq0D)
Posted by: SMFH at July 21, 2017 02:59 AM (s5Kql)
Posted by: redc1c4 at July 21, 2017 02:57 AM (Lcq0D)
I think that would be a 4-bagger.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 21, 2017 03:00 AM (XUcIQ)
But Kipling didn't center his poems, and presentation is part of the poem.
In fact, no one centered poems until the word processor came along, so it's anachronistic as well.
Posted by: TD at July 21, 2017 03:00 AM (bxe9a)
Posted by: Methos at July 21, 2017 03:02 AM (3Liv/)
Maybe humans are the aliens, so to speak? Not trying to discount God. But I wonder if we're as a species "shipwrecked". Must have been a long time ago if that's the case. Just a thought exercise. The distances of space are so vast, that without light speed travel, forget it.
Posted by: Common Tater at July 21, 2017 03:02 AM (A3w0Q)
as soon as the bag is exposed to vacuum, it will swell and rupture...
INSIDE the ejection port.
next idea, please.
Posted by: redc1c4 at July 21, 2017 03:02 AM (Lcq0D)
Posted by: SMFH at July 21, 2017 03:02 AM (s5Kql)
The angular diameter of the Earth seen from the surface of the Moon is about 1.9 degrees. That of the Moon from Earth is about 0.5 degrees.
The diameter of the Earth is roughly 7900 miles, and the Moon about 2100 miles.
You'll see the ratios are the same.
Posted by: publius, the Persistent Poperin Pear at July 21, 2017 03:04 AM (8O3HH)
Posted by: TD at July 21, 2017 03:00 AM (bxe9a)
Not only was e. e. cummings not centered, he was also half a bubble off plumb.
And he was not the only one. Scurvy bunch, the most of them.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 21, 2017 03:05 AM (XUcIQ)
Oh, the astronauts wore diapers on the Moon. Now, whether anybody had to shit themselves, I don't know, and don't know if that would be officially recorded. Well, I'm sure it would be recorded, everything was, but I doubt that would be public information.
Posted by: publius, the Persistent Poperin Pear at July 21, 2017 03:06 AM (8O3HH)
Astronaut Publius' first words on the Moon might be: Okay, I've got gravity, I can jack off now.
Posted by: publius, the Persistent Poperin Pear at July 21, 2017 03:07 AM (8O3HH)
INSIDE the ejection port.
next idea, please.
Posted by: redc1c4 at July 21, 2017 03:02 AM (Lcq0D)
You would need a little ramrod to jam the bag up snug against the outside door. When the outside door opened, air trapped inboard of the bag would force it out, and if the bag ruptured, it would rupture on the outside.
You could test this in a vacuum chamber on Earth.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 21, 2017 03:08 AM (XUcIQ)
Reminds me. 3 small bottles of cognac were included in the rations as a surprise on one of the missions. Commander forbade anyone to open them. I think they are still unopened.
Posted by: Common Tater at July 21, 2017 03:10 AM (A3w0Q)
Posted by: Common Tater at July 21, 2017 03:10 AM (A3w0Q)
They were holding out for Valu Rite.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 21, 2017 03:12 AM (XUcIQ)
Posted by: redc1c4 at July 21, 2017 03:12 AM (Lcq0D)
Posted by: redc1c4 at July 21, 2017 03:13 AM (Lcq0D)
Posted by: redc1c4 at July 21, 2017 03:12 AM (Lcq0D)
You know, I could invent the world's finest space toilet, bar none, and NASA wouldn't buy it, because "not invented here."
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 21, 2017 03:14 AM (XUcIQ)
Posted by: redc1c4 at July 21, 2017 03:14 AM (Lcq0D)
My rum and coke is gone, so I am off to bed.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 21, 2017 03:16 AM (XUcIQ)
And he was not the only one. Scurvy bunch, the most of them.
===
The fog comes
on little cat feet.
It sits looking
over harbor and city
on silent haunches
and then moves on.
Posted by: Carl Sandburg at July 21, 2017 03:16 AM (3hIZX)
when i break down and switch to a newer PC, i'm goiing with a better browser...
Fuck those sorry script kiddie assholes and all their useless "features" that make the platform hang up every 30 seconds.
and talk about a resource hog...
Posted by: redc1c4 at July 21, 2017 03:17 AM (Lcq0D)
The earth was usually very high in the sky from the Moon during the missions, but there are few shots. One of the most famous one was Apollo 17, Gene Cernan, posing next the flag with the Earth in the sky above his head.
Put "Cernan Earth flag" in Google.
Posted by: publius, the Persistent Poperin Pear at July 21, 2017 03:17 AM (8O3HH)
Posted by: Common Tater at July 21, 2017 03:20 AM (A3w0Q)
Posted by: redc1c4 at July 21, 2017 03:14 AM (Lcq0D)
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Thought I'd let another grunt get the number, lol.
Posted by: SMFH at July 21, 2017 03:21 AM (s5Kql)
Posted by: SMFH at July 21, 2017 03:21 AM (s5Kql)
Posted by: Common Tater at July 21, 2017 03:22 AM (A3w0Q)
The diameter of the Earth is roughly 7900 miles, and the Moon about 2100 miles.
You'll see the ratios are the same.
Even closer when you take the ratios of the sines of those angles, which is what you want to do.
Good thing I didn't tell anyone there would be no math.
Posted by: mikeski at July 21, 2017 03:26 AM (kAtNg)
But I wonder if we're as a species "shipwrecked". Must have been a long
time ago if that's the case. Just a thought exercise. The distances of
space are so vast, that without light speed travel, forget it.
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Sure, taking the scientific approach there are plenty of possibilities.
On that one what happened to the ships? Or technology generally? My recollection is that folks hated the ending to the recent Battlestar Galactica series because their answer to the question was, at least emotionally, unsatisfactory. I mean if you identify the great filter (in this case the Cylons) and take steps to prevent it from occurring, surely you take steps to explain to your progeny why you did what you did, and preserving that record if *the most important thing* in your new civilization.
Even if the landing was accidental and generally catastrophic, some stuff would have survived with whichever people did. And presumably the 'How to start from scratch in case reentry goes sideways" manuals would be in a priority safety location with the passengers.
Additionally, if we're the aliens on earth, were we the only colonists from wherever? I doubt that is likely, as it would mean the filter happened just as (within the time required to build another colony ship) the colony ship launched. So where are the other colonies? If we were the first to land, that sort of implies earth is closest to the point of origin (alternatively, every earlier ship failed), in which case, how have we not identified it? If we weren't the first to get started, then the other colonies are older and should be detectable.
Or at least that's my off the cuff, 2am take on it.
Posted by: Methos at July 21, 2017 03:27 AM (3Liv/)
Yeah, on Apollo 17's landing site, the Earth was the lowest in the sky of any of the missions, and that allowed them to get that shot of Cernan (and some of Schmitt) with the Earth visible.
Now, the view of the Earth from the Moon. The Moon is in tide lock, of course, keeping the same face to the Earth. So the Earth doesn't move (much...) in the sky from a given spot on the Moon.
The Earth does however, go through phases, just the opposite of the Moon from Earth. Full Moon = New Earth, and New Moon = Full Earth.
Because of the complexities of the orbit, which you can look up, the Earth will move around a little bit in the sky as it goes through its phases.
Posted by: publius, the Persistent Poperin Pear at July 21, 2017 03:27 AM (8O3HH)
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We pledge to thee
our loyalty
to our colors
Green and White
Majestically,
she stands above
Pearl Harbor
our Strength, our Might
On, on through the years,
we strive to meet our goals
and honor Aiea High,
our Alma Mater dear
Hail! Hail! To thee Aiea
thy name we proudly bear,
well cherish Aiea High,
Where memories linger on...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=16&v=6wq21SCSaZk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gB-cysobqSw
Posted by: SMFH at July 21, 2017 03:31 AM (s5Kql)
globalist, which is a major, serious strike against him. That has
nothing to do with old world manners or anything. In fact, the idea of
national sovereignty is very old world. The idea of globalism is not.
And that is only the tip of the problems that Bush brought with his
second term.
All of which may be true-and in fact I'm willing to stipulate to it, with the caveat that what you call "globalism" is only free trade corrupted by crony socialism-but it still doesn't even begin to refute my point, which was, simply, that W was and is a mensch, and whatever ills you attribute to his presidency doesn't change that.
Also, he has a brilliant, dry wit, which is all that the clip I linked about was about in the first place. Sheesh.
Posted by: Weirddave at July 21, 2017 03:32 AM (0otiP)
For small angles, sin O is about O is about tan O. :-)
Posted by: publius, the Persistent Poperin Pear at July 21, 2017 03:33 AM (8O3HH)
Sitting in the Florence airport at 9:45AM, waiting for my flight to Paris and then on to Gennady Airport (near Che Stadium).
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at July 21, 2017 03:33 AM (4I+eX)
Guahka, read about your new colt on the pet thread from Ben Had.
Your silver linings, I think.
Posted by: L, Elle at July 21, 2017 02:36 AM (Rsi2C)
thank you for the kind birthday thoughts. i think Ben is right this colt is awesome, and a pip. vet talked me out of gelding him. i will send video of him scooting around to the pet thread addy. he moves like water and lightning, but hes a flashy golden dun with four white feet and star. we are seriously considering calling him Monsoon.
Posted by: Gushka can has scary kittys what want hugs at July 21, 2017 03:33 AM (YhV5r)
Posted by: SMFH at July 21, 2017 03:33 AM (s5Kql)
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at July 21, 2017 03:34 AM (4I+eX)
..........
What did you think of the rail network in europe JJ? Is it over rated or simply very short and compact.
Posted by: Tentotwo at July 21, 2017 03:39 AM (yhf6w)
Sorry, but I just don't agree with you. I would not call Bush a mensch. I used to, even as I disagreed with a lot of his politics ... but that changed when I saw how he acted with Barky and then, reversing direction for "whatever" reason, with Trump.
We're just going to have to agree to disagree on this.
Also, he has a brilliant, dry wit, which is all that the clip I linked about was about in the first place. Sheesh.
Posted by: Weirddave at July 21, 2017 03:32 AM (0otiP)
I wasn't making any comments about the clip. I was just responding to your comment.
Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at July 21, 2017 03:39 AM (rZ+mb)
Posted by: Jefferson Moonship at July 21, 2017 03:42 AM (/qEW2)
Posted by: Weirddave at July 21, 2017 03:32 AM (0otiP)
No. Bush's globalism is much deeper than this. It is a refutation of the notion of nation.
And what you call "free trade" I would prefer be called "open economic borders" because it has absolutely nothing to do with trade. It's only about allowing everyone else to import or come in and participate in our economy. It has pretty much never led to us being able to do the same in theirs, and no one who has pushed for it has ever even wanted that.
So ... I wouldn't accept the stipulation with that caveat. The globalists are very interested in doing away with the concept of the sovereign nation.
Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at July 21, 2017 03:44 AM (rZ+mb)
..........
What did you think of the rail network in europe JJ? Is it over rated or simply very short and compact.
Posted by: Tentotwo at July 21, 2017 03:39 AM (yhf6w)
Having only traveled in Italy, and in the northern part of the country (which is essentially where most of the money is) I can only describe my experience to that extent. Trains were generally clean, fast (especially the Freccia Trains) and more or less on time. Europe is more condensed than North America and so cities and regions are very interconnected. The wife used a toilet at one of the stations in Cinque Terre (Vernazza or Cornigilia) and she was floored how immaculate it was.
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at July 21, 2017 03:45 AM (4I+eX)
Posted by: SMFH at July 21, 2017 03:57 AM (s5Kql)
I have several trips to northern Italy and have always found it to be clean, polite people, quite nice.
In other words, Swiss rather than Italian.
I am fond of Florence though...
Posted by: In Vino Veritits at July 21, 2017 03:59 AM (qul7b)
..............
The Southwest Chief and Empire Builder might leave a little to be desired in on arrival times, but the scenery is second to none...it is worth being late!
Posted by: Tentotwo at July 21, 2017 03:59 AM (yhf6w)
I have several trips to northern Italy and have always found it to be clean, polite people, quite nice.
In other words, Swiss rather than Italian.
I am fond of Florence though...
Posted by: In Vino Veritits at July 21, 2017 03:59 AM (qul7b)
Florence isn't north-north, like Lake Como or Trentino, etc. It's Tuscany which has more of an Italian identity as opposed to the very north of the country which has more in common culturally to Switzerland and Austria.
Yes, the people here are truly special, even the cabbie who tried asking me directions and then just gesticulated "meh-what-does-he-know" when he realized I spoke almost no Italian.
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at July 21, 2017 04:04 AM (4I+eX)
÷=÷=÷
Even more usefull approximation: For small angles, sin (theta) = the angle theta, expressed in radians.
Posted by: Son of an Engineer at July 21, 2017 04:05 AM (3hIZX)
Speaking of Florence, I had bistecca Fiorentina yesterday and it was about the best steak I ever had in my life.
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at July 21, 2017 04:06 AM (4I+eX)
It's a neat collaborative game where you can play different stations on a starship, and with enough people, have multiple starships work together (or against each other). This can be done either via a LAN party or on the internet.
I'm impressed with how it can help people get to work together with the challenge being how well people can work together as a crew.
I'd be fun to get together an armada of 'rons and 'ettes' to form a Horde Armada...
Available directly: http://artemis.eochu.com/
Or via Steam: http://preview.tinyurl.com/y74mhnj3
Posted by: The Commodore's Hat at July 21, 2017 04:08 AM (vBeA5)
There's a halau here in Killeen.
Hula Halau O Kamaaina O Maunakea
In fact, hula is a BFD here in Texas
http://www.hawaiianmusichistory.com/hula/texas.htm
Posted by: SMFH at July 21, 2017 04:14 AM (s5Kql)
Available directly: http://artemis.eochu.com/
Or via Steam: http://preview.tinyurl.com/y74mhnj3
Posted by: The Commodore's Hat at July 21, 2017 04:08 AM (vBeA5)
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Get me some Abrams, I'll be your Huckleberry.
Posted by: SMFH at July 21, 2017 04:15 AM (s5Kql)
Posted by: Chappaqua PD at July 21, 2017 04:20 AM (bc2Lc)
Posted by: SMFH at July 21, 2017 04:15 AM (s5Kql)
The combination of 'ettes and tanks is defintionally awesome.
Posted by: Girls unds Panzer und Hat at July 21, 2017 04:25 AM (vBeA5)
https://youtu.be/OQHKsilGTn0
Posted by: Anna Puma (HQCaR) at July 21, 2017 04:30 AM (An780)
Posted by: SMFH at July 21, 2017 04:30 AM (s5Kql)
Posted by: SMFH at July 21, 2017 04:30 AM (s5Kql)
Posted by: Anna Puma (HQCaR) at July 21, 2017 04:33 AM (An780)
Posted by: All Bail Eris at July 21, 2017 04:33 AM (33FvV)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JkRKT6T0QLg
Whatever happened to Bailey?
Posted by: SMFH at July 21, 2017 04:35 AM (s5Kql)
Posted by: SMFH at July 21, 2017 04:35 AM (s5Kql)
Posted by: In Vino Veritits at July 21, 2017 04:35 AM (qul7b)
Posted by: SMFH at July 21, 2017 04:37 AM (s5Kql)
Posted by: Anna Puma (HQCaR) at July 21, 2017 04:37 AM (An780)
Posted by: Anna Puma (HQCaR) at July 21, 2017 04:38 AM (An780)
Posted by: SMFH at July 21, 2017 04:39 AM (s5Kql)
Posted by: Anna Puma (HQCaR) at July 21, 2017 04:41 AM (An780)
Posted by: Anna Puma (HQCaR) at July 21, 2017 04:44 AM (An780)
Posted by: SMFH at July 21, 2017 04:44 AM (s5Kql)
Posted by: SMFH at July 21, 2017 04:55 AM (s5Kql)
https://youtu.be/dXnc4ENib9Y?t=19s
Posted by: Anna Puma (HQCaR) at July 21, 2017 05:03 AM (An780)
Posted by: Anna Puma (HQCaR) at July 21, 2017 05:05 AM (An780)
http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2017/07/a_milestone_for_somebody.html
Posted by: SMFH at July 21, 2017 05:07 AM (s5Kql)
Posted by: Anna Puma (HQCaR) at July 21, 2017 05:09 AM (An780)
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The fuck it is.
A dude thinking he's a split tail is not a motherfucking milestone.
Posted by: SMFH at July 21, 2017 05:10 AM (s5Kql)
http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2017/07/a_milestone_for_somebody.html
Posted by: SMFH at July 21, 2017 05:07 AM (s5Kql)
So... men are better women than women???
Posted by: My Pronouns are Hat/Hats/Hatself at July 21, 2017 05:10 AM (vBeA5)
Posted by: SMFH at July 21, 2017 05:11 AM (s5Kql)
Posted by: SMFH at July 21, 2017 05:13 AM (s5Kql)
Posted by: All Bail Eris at July 21, 2017 05:18 AM (33FvV)
Posted by: SMFH at July 21, 2017 05:11 AM (s5Kql)
724 If you want to prefer men over women, by all means, Hat.
*smiles sweetly*
Posted by: SMFH at July 21, 2017 05:13 AM (s5Kql)
Oh, I much prefer the real thing...
Posted by: The Preferential Hat at July 21, 2017 05:19 AM (vBeA5)
Posted by: SMFH at July 21, 2017 05:10 AM (s5Kql)
It's a major milestone in mass lunacy.
In the future this time will be known as The Lunatic Age.
See how I fit that in with the main post's Apollo theme ...
Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at July 21, 2017 05:20 AM (rZ+mb)
https://youtu.be/XEbmGa3_qU4
I see Hat fell into a self-dug trap.
And Eris, safe and enjoyable trip.
Posted by: Anna Puma (HQCaR) at July 21, 2017 05:22 AM (An780)
Posted by: SMFH at July 21, 2017 05:23 AM (s5Kql)
https://youtu.be/XEbmGa3_qU4
I see Hat fell into a self-dug trap.
[Insert Crying Game Meme Here]
Posted by: Anna Puma (HQCaR) at July 21, 2017 05:22 AM (An780)
BTW any opining on Macross 7?
Posted by: The Not-so-opining Hat at July 21, 2017 05:24 AM (vBeA5)
Posted by: Anna Puma (HQCaR) at July 21, 2017 05:27 AM (An780)
Posted by: Anna Puma (HQCaR) at July 21, 2017 05:27 AM (An780)
Not a Gundam level explanation...
Posted by: The Super Dimensional Hat at July 21, 2017 05:34 AM (vBeA5)
both transgender and laser policies covered. truly as smart military blog!
Posted by: musical jolly chimp at July 21, 2017 05:35 AM (WTSFk)
I defy anyone not to be thrilled by that.
Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine. All Honor & Glory to Kekistan! at July 20, 2017 10:09 PM (fA1SL)
Great video.
Posted by: m at July 21, 2017 05:35 AM (LRfkc)
Max and Miryia's descendant Mirage in said uniform. Her flight suit leaves even less to the imagination.
http://preview.tinyurl.com/ycqlhzt4
Posted by: Anna Puma (HQCaR) at July 21, 2017 05:36 AM (An780)
Posted by: musical jolly chimp at July 21, 2017 05:36 AM (WTSFk)
Posted by: Anna Puma (HQCaR) at July 21, 2017 05:37 AM (An780)
Posted by: musical jolly chimp at July 21, 2017 05:40 AM (WTSFk)
Posted by: Anna Puma (HQCaR) at July 21, 2017 05:37 AM (An780)
Depending on which Australian city you plan to drop it on...
BTW, apparently two Australian Senators had to resign due to the fact that... they are foreign nationals!
via Pixy:
http://ai.mee.nu/australian_politics_ladies_and_gentleman
Posted by: The Upside-Down Hat at July 21, 2017 05:41 AM (vBeA5)
Posted by: George LeS at July 21, 2017 05:41 AM (+TcCF)
on little cat feet.
It sits looking
over harbor and city
on silent haunches
and then moves on.
Posted by: Carl Sandburg
FIFY.
Posted by: Shep Smith at July 21, 2017 05:42 AM (/qEW2)
Posted by: George LeS at July 21, 2017 05:41 AM (+TcCF)
And set up a gun range. Suck it, Europeans!
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 21, 2017 05:44 AM (4FTuS)
Posted by: musical jolly chimp at July 21, 2017 05:45 AM (WTSFk)
Posted by: musical jolly chimp at July 21, 2017 05:47 AM (WTSFk)
Posted by: Anna Puma (HQCaR) at July 21, 2017 05:48 AM (An780)
Posted by: musical jolly chimp at July 21, 2017 05:47 AM (WTSFk)
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First!
Posted by: SMFH at July 21, 2017 05:49 AM (s5Kql)
Posted by: Anna Puma (HQCaR) at July 21, 2017 05:48 AM (An780)
IIRC, they were both Green Party members...
Posted by: The Upside-Down Hat at July 21, 2017 05:51 AM (vBeA5)
Posted by: Anna Puma (HQCaR) at July 21, 2017 05:51 AM (An780)
Posted by: The Upside-Down Hat at July 21, 2017 05:51 AM (vBeA5)
Watermelons, then.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 21, 2017 05:52 AM (RZXSp)
Posted by: Anna Puma (HQCaR) at July 21, 2017 05:53 AM (An780)
Happy Friday!
Posted by: wing at July 21, 2017 06:03 AM (H6lzU)
About time
Posted by: JC at July 21, 2017 06:04 AM (IBZ02)
Awesome stuff. We tend to forget there was a real fear of a crash landing. The exclamations of relief, news anchors wiping tears of joy and disbelief from their eyes. Damn. I think it was ABC (watched them all in a row, kind of blending together in my mind) that showed the huge crowds at places like JFK airport and Disneyland, all eyes transfixed on the TV screens.
Don't read the comments, they're full of conspiracy tards.
Posted by: WhatWhatWhat? at July 21, 2017 06:09 AM (ul9CR)
https://youtu.be/J2P9Cgh3H50
Posted by: Anna Puma (HQCaR) at July 21, 2017 06:09 AM (An780)
Posted by: SMFH at July 21, 2017 06:20 AM (s5Kql)
Posted by: Katie Couric, Excrement Measurement at July 21, 2017 06:27 AM (5u1SI)
Posted by: exhelodrvr at July 21, 2017 06:29 AM (IijTQ)
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at July 21, 2017 06:37 AM (J+eG2)
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WeirdDave, thank you kindly. As a matter of fact, when I first googled that poem, the top hits were all for the incorrect rendering.
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