Saturday Afternoon Chess/Open Thread (Featuring Dress Pr0n) 07-22-2017

Michael Cheval - Wake up call in wonderland.jpeg
Wake Up Call In Wonderland
Michael Cheval

Good afternoon morons and moronettes, and welcome to the Saturday Afternoon Chess/Open Thread, the only AoSHQ thread with content specifically for all of us chess nerds who pay homage in the temple of Caïssa, goddess of the chessboard. Also, dress pr0n. Each week, I pick out a few lovely, modest, conservative dresses for the 'ettes to admire and appraise. And, for those of you who aren't nerdly enough for chess, you can use this thread to talk about checkers, or other games, or politics, or whatever you wish, only please try to keep it civil. Nobody wants to get in the middle of a bout of poo flinging on a Saturday afternoon.

Problem 1 - Black To Play (530)

Hint: Black mates in 2

6k1/8/8/3bQ3/4n3/8/7P/5R1K b - - 0 1

Problem 2 - White To Play (522)

This is a position from an actual game. Black has just played 19...Qxe5, capturing the 'e' pawn. Why is this a bad move?

Hint: White wins material

r3r1k1/p1pb2pp/1bp5/2Npq3/8/2Q1B3/PPP3PP/4RRK1 w - - 0 20

Chess GAINZZ

What about your chess GAINZZZ, brah?

Problem 3 - White To Play (529)

Hint: Black either is mated in 5, or loses material

3r2k1/5p1p/2p3p1/p7/1pP5/1P2nQPP/P2q2B1/5R1K w - - 0 1

Problem 4 - White To Play (BWTC 82)

Hint: White mates in 4

r1b2qrk/pp3p1p/4pPpQ/8/8/5N2/P4PPP/3R2KR w - - 0 1

Endgame of the Week (488 )

White to play. A beautiful illustration of the power of the knight.

Hint: Black's bishop is toast

2k5/3N4/8/8/8/7B/8/3b1K2 w - - 0 1

Dress Pr0n For The 'Ettes -- International Edition

Tagline: "The OregonMuse, he knows what women like."

This week, I'm featuring dress pr0n from around the world.

First up, here are some examples of what Kurdish women in Syria wear when the murdering ISIS thugs are no longer around to smother them all in Hefty bags:

This is one of the search results I got back when I Googled for "traditional dress canada images". I have no idea why this dress is uniquely Canadian, and in fact, it may not be "Canadian" at all, but even so, I think it's quite lovely, so I just had to show it to you all:

"Well, the Ukraine girls really knock me out...":

Nigeria:

Venezuela:

Traditional Chinese wedding dress:

OK, I think I've got dresses from every continent in today's international edition of the dress pr0n thread. Oh wait, Antarctica. I don't have one from Antarctica. Let me remedy that:

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Solutions Update

Problem 1 - Black To Play

6k1/8/8/3bQ3/4n3/8/7P/5R1K b - - 0 1

Forced:

1...Nf2+
2.Kg1 Nh3#

Problem 2 - White To Play

r3r1k1/p1pb2pp/1bp5/2Npq3/8/2Q1B3/PPP3PP/4RRK1 w - - 0 20

20. Rf8+!

Black loses either way he captures:

20...Kxf8 21.Nxd7+

20...Rxf8 21. Qxe5.

Problem 3 - White To Play

3r2k1/5p1p/2p3p1/p7/1pP5/1P2nQPP/P2q2B1/5R1K w - - 0 1

1. Qxf7+ Kh8
2. Qf6+ Kg8
3. Bd5+ Qxd5+

What? Why give up the queen? Because, actually, it's the best move available. All other moves lead to mate:

3...cxd5 4.Qxd8+ Kg7 5.Qf8# or
3...Nxd5 4.Qxd8+ Kg7 5.Qf8# or
3...Rxd5 4.Qf7+ Kh8 5.Qf8#

After White takes the black queen, he obviously has a won game, but there's an interesting position that comes up later on that I think is fun to look at:

4.cxd5 Nxf1
5.Qxd8+ Kf7
6.Qd7+ Kf8
7.Qd6+ Kf7
8.dxc6 Nxg3+

White was threatening Qf4+, simultaneously attacking the knight. But there's really no safe square for it to go to:

8...Nd2 9.Qf4+
8...Ne3 9.Qf4+ Nf5 10.g4

9. Qxg3 Ke6
10.Qg4+ Kd6
11.Qd7+ and wins

It was amazing to see Black lose all of his pieces in just a few moves.

Problem 4 - White To Play

r1b2qrk/pp3p1p/4pPpQ/8/8/5N2/P4PPP/3R2KR w - - 0 1

1. Ng5!

Threatens Qxh7#

1...Rg7

Not 1...Qxh6 2.Nxf7#

2. Rd8 e5 (if 2...Bd7 then 3. Qxg7#)

Also possible is 2.fxg7+ which we will deal with presently.

3.Rxf8+ Rg8
4.Qxh7#

Another way to mate in 4 is:

2.fxg7+ Qxg7
3.Rd8+ Qf8
4.Qxh7# (or 4.Rxf8#)

Endgame of the Week

2k5/3N4/8/8/8/7B/8/3b1K2 w - - 0 1

Answer:

White's strategy is to attack the bishop again and again until it has no safe square to move to.

1.Ke1! Bc2

This is the only safe square. All others allow White to grab the bishop with discovered check:

1...Bf3 2.Ne5+ or
1...Bh5 2.Nf6+ or
1...Bb3 2.Nc5+ or
1...Ba4 2.Nb6+

2. Kd2 Bb1

Black still has the same problem. Here are just two examples:

2...Bh7 3.Nf6+ or
2...Ba4 3.Nb6+

3.Kc1 Ba2
4.Kb2 Bf7

Black finally runs out of squares to move his bishop.

5.Ne5+

And now, White has to complete the fiendish K+B+N vs. K mate. Difficult, but doable. It's amazing how that knight just dominated the entire board.

Hope to see you all next week!

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Note: that cryptic line of letters and numbers you see underneath each board diagram is a representation of the position in what is known as "Forsyth-Edwards Notation", or F.E.N. It's actually readable by humans. Most computer applications nowadays can read FEN, so those of you who may want to study the position, you can copy the line of FEN and paste into your chess app and it should automatically recreate the position on its display board. Or, Windows users can just "triple click" on it and the entire line will be highlighted so you can copy and past it into your chess app.

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So that about wraps it up for this week. Chess thread tips, suggestions, bribes, rumors, threats, and insults may be sent to my yahoo address: OregonMuse little-a-in-a-circle yahoo dott com.

Posted by: OregonMuse at 05:00 PM

Comments

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1 "King 2 calling White Rook, over."

Posted by: HH at July 22, 2017 04:59 PM (mIJBI)

2 That top painting? Kind of makes me glad I never took LSD back in the day.

Posted by: HH at July 22, 2017 05:02 PM (mIJBI)

3 Afternoon everyone.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at July 22, 2017 05:02 PM (89T5c)

4 Like the fantasy painting

Posted by: Skip at July 22, 2017 05:02 PM (9g/6M)

5 th

Posted by: Off the reservation at July 22, 2017 05:03 PM (vWMNq)

6 Nobody wants to get in the middle of a bout of poo flinging on a Saturday afternoon.

I dunno, GorillaPundit seems like the kind of dude who might.

Posted by: Marlon Perkins at July 22, 2017 05:03 PM (h6Z8X)

7 Hillary's meds kick in while playing one dimensional chess in the woods of Chappaqua.

Posted by: tu3031 at July 22, 2017 05:04 PM (qJhUV)

8
Canadian dress looks like it has a lot of Russian influence.

Posted by: Deplorable Male Logic at July 22, 2017 05:05 PM (lKyWE)

9 The hookah-smoking whist fiend appears to be checking out Alice's ass.

Posted by: art cricket at July 22, 2017 05:05 PM (h6Z8X)

10 Is this still the kitteh thread?

Posted by: rickl at July 22, 2017 05:07 PM (sdi6R)

11 #9

I saw the Hookah-Smoking Whist Fiends open for Alice in Chains at the Palladium in 1995.

Posted by: OregonMuse, AoSHQ Thought Leader at July 22, 2017 05:07 PM (OiLIO)

12 10 Is this still the kitteh thread?
Posted by: rickl at July 22, 2017 05:07 PM (sdi6R)

Shut up and work the problems.

Posted by: OregonMuse, AoSHQ Thought Leader at July 22, 2017 05:08 PM (OiLIO)

13 And to think I was just about to ask Are there dresses in this thread?

Posted by: Skip at July 22, 2017 05:08 PM (9g/6M)

14 Problem 1:

1. ... Nf2+
2. Kg1 Nh3#

Posted by: rickl at July 22, 2017 05:10 PM (sdi6R)

15

Looks like the short guy just pulled off the old 52 card pick up gag on Alice and he's hightailing it out of there before she kicks his ass

Posted by: Deplorable Male Logic at July 22, 2017 05:11 PM (lKyWE)

16 Took two of my sons to see "Dunkirk". It was good for what it was.

My Sailor punched out early - too many ships going down and drownings.

I don't know what the hell I was thinking.

Posted by: Tonypete at July 22, 2017 05:11 PM (tr2D7)

17 Damn, I'm moving to Canada.

Posted by: rickl at July 22, 2017 05:12 PM (sdi6R)

18 That "Canadian" dress is an Indian (Desi not feather) style called an anarkali. Not a clue why it would show up as Canadian.

Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at July 22, 2017 05:12 PM (rp9xB)

19 I figured someone got the 1st, but finally did figure it out.

Posted by: Skip at July 22, 2017 05:12 PM (9g/6M)

20 Puzzles seem easier this week. I think I have got them all.

Posted by: Off the reservation at July 22, 2017 05:12 PM (vWMNq)

21 And those penguins are wearing Korean clothes, and are admittedly adorable.

Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at July 22, 2017 05:13 PM (rp9xB)

22 Penguins in dresses.

Nowhere but Ace of Spades.

Posted by: LASue at July 22, 2017 05:14 PM (Mjus2)

23 20 Puzzles seem easier this week. I think I have got them all.
Posted by: Off the reservation at July 22, 2017 05:12 PM (vWMNq)

Maybe your chess gainzzz are impressive...

Posted by: OregonMuse, AoSHQ Thought Leader at July 22, 2017 05:15 PM (OiLIO)

24 Maybe your chess gainzzz are impressive...

Posted by: OregonMuse, AoSHQ Thought Leader at July 22, 2017 05:15 PM (OiLIO)

Maybe. I did pretty well on http://elometer.net a few days ago -- i.e. about 700 points better than my rating. I think your weekly puzzles are helping.

Posted by: Off the reservation at July 22, 2017 05:17 PM (vWMNq)

25 I haven't been able to figure out anything besides #1.

Posted by: rickl at July 22, 2017 05:17 PM (sdi6R)

26 Problem 1:

... Nf2+

Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at July 22, 2017 05:18 PM (rZ+mb)

27 16 Tonypete

That's why I never saw Titanic. The ship sank; the hole snipes provided power to the end.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 22, 2017 05:18 PM (hyuyC)

28 ISIS has posted a lot of videos about beheading or burning non ISIS people.

I would love to see, not only beautiful Kurdish women, but beautiful Kurdish women beheading ISIS shit heads who want to rape and enslave them. And Yazidi women. I want to see these ISIS fuckers be exterminated. I vaguely recall a story about a Kurdish female pilot who bombed a shit load of ISIS people into oblivion. Or to their 72.

Posted by: Steve and Cold Bear at July 22, 2017 05:18 PM (/qEW2)

29 That endgame is my worst nightmare. No way in hell would I be able to win that. The 50 move rule would apply.

Posted by: rickl at July 22, 2017 05:19 PM (sdi6R)

30 25
I haven't been able to figure out anything besides #1.

Posted by: rickl at July 22, 2017 05:17 PM (sdi6R)

#2 is easier than #3 and #4. Endgame is sort of obvious.

Posted by: Off the reservation at July 22, 2017 05:19 PM (vWMNq)

31 16 Took two of my sons to see "Dunkirk". It was good for what it was.

My Sailor punched out early - too many ships going down and drownings.

I don't know what the hell I was thinking.
Posted by: Tonypete at July 22, 2017 05:11 PM (tr2D7)

Was Charles Lightoller in it?

Posted by: rickl at July 22, 2017 05:20 PM (sdi6R)

32 Much of Iraq, at least of the Syrian Desert in the west and south, has a peculiar pH that tends to preserve man-made items, like the colors of garments.

In mass graves of Kurdish women and children murdered by the regime so many are/were obsessed with preserving, this resulted in their colorful dresses and sashes looking like new when uncovered by investigators. The women pictured above are probably wearing fancy festive things, but the colors for everyday use are also bright and vibrant. Made for a particularly striking scene, the skeletons, and the bright clothing looking like it was put there yesterday.

And then there were the large pails, from a popular brand of yogurt, that Kurdish women used to carry the necessaries for the infants they had with them.

Posted by: rhomboid at July 22, 2017 05:20 PM (iynDC)

33 I've been to Canada.

That does not seem Canadian. Unless there is some sort of hidden Maple Leafs logo somewhere.

I think the girl in Argentina was auditioning for the role of Scarlet in Gone With the Wind.

Penguins for the win.

Posted by: shibumi at July 22, 2017 05:20 PM (aT+Bx)

34 Problem 2:

Rf8+

Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at July 22, 2017 05:21 PM (rZ+mb)

35 Posted by: rickl at July 22, 2017 05:19 PM (sdi6R)

Look it up on youtube. Quite a few demos. Akobian did one for the St. Louis CC channel. His is quite nice because he explains the pattern you need to use.

Posted by: Off the reservation at July 22, 2017 05:21 PM (vWMNq)

36 problem 1

... E4-F2. double check

K to G1. F2-H3 mate.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 22, 2017 05:21 PM (hyuyC)

37
I would love to see, not only beautiful Kurdish women, but beautiful Kurdish women beheading ISIS shit heads who want to rape and enslave them. And Yazidi women. I want to see these ISIS fuckers be exterminated. I vaguely recall a story about a Kurdish female pilot who bombed a shit load of ISIS people into oblivion. Or to their 72.
Posted by: Steve and Cold Bear at July 22, 2017 05:18 PM (/qEW2)

Evidently from what I've read Kurdish women are really good snipers

Posted by: Deplorable Male Logic at July 22, 2017 05:22 PM (lKyWE)

38 OM, nice dresses. I like the smile in the top picture, second from the left.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 22, 2017 05:24 PM (hyuyC)

39 Problem 3:

Qxf7+

Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at July 22, 2017 05:24 PM (rZ+mb)

40 Re Dunkirk: Was Charles Lightoller in it?
Posted by: rickl
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Nope - he died in 1952 according to IMDB.com

Posted by: Tonypete at July 22, 2017 05:25 PM (tr2D7)

41 Problem 4:

Ng5

Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at July 22, 2017 05:25 PM (rZ+mb)

42 39 Problem 3:

Qxf7+
Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at July 22, 2017 05:24 PM (rZ+mb)

Then what?

Posted by: rickl at July 22, 2017 05:25 PM (sdi6R)

43 Your Australian picture of poor impoverished Aussie women with half a swimsuit (a short fringed bottom at Bondi Beach) was confiscated by the AoSHQ censor.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 22, 2017 05:27 PM (hyuyC)

44 40 Re Dunkirk: Was Charles Lightoller in it?
Posted by: rickl
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Nope - he died in 1952 according to IMDB.com
Posted by: Tonypete at July 22, 2017 05:25 PM (tr2D7)

*facepalm*

Was he depicted in the movie by an actor?

Posted by: rickl at July 22, 2017 05:27 PM (sdi6R)

45 Then what?

Posted by: rickl at July 22, 2017 05:25 PM (sdi6R)

LOL. Here's a hint. It's move 3 that is the trick.
1. Qxf7+ Kh82. Qf6+ Kg83. ???

Posted by: Off the reservation at July 22, 2017 05:28 PM (vWMNq)

46 Crap.

1. Qxf7+ Kh8
2. Qf6+ Kg8
3. ???

I hate this thing ...

Posted by: Off the reservation at July 22, 2017 05:29 PM (vWMNq)

47 Never thought I'd say this, in any circumstances, but the Nigerian dress really looks nice.

That hat has to go, though.

Wake me when it's time to complain about Valerian.

Or when this turns into a lingerie thread.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards at July 22, 2017 05:30 PM (xJa6I)

48 Then what?

Posted by: rickl at July 22, 2017 05:25 PM (sdi6R)

Qxf7+ Kh8
Qf6+ Kg8
Bxc6 ...? something

Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at July 22, 2017 05:31 PM (rZ+mb)

49
First problem

... Kn F2 (ch)
K G1 Kn H3 (mate)

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at July 22, 2017 05:32 PM (pNxlR)

50 Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at July 22, 2017 05:31 PM (rZ+mb)

One square too far.

Posted by: Off the reservation at July 22, 2017 05:33 PM (vWMNq)

51 That cat needs to chill out with the doggie in the beer pool.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at July 22, 2017 05:33 PM (IqV8l)

52 Nope - he died in 1952 according to IMDB.com
Posted by: Tonypete at July 22, 2017 05:25 PM (tr2D7)

*facepalm*

Was he depicted in the movie by an actor?
Posted by: rickl
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Sorry man - I'm an IT nerd on the spectrum that only can deal effectively with literal translations.

But, to answer your question, no - C. Lightoller was not played in the film.

Posted by: Tonypete at July 22, 2017 05:33 PM (tr2D7)

53 Music to solve chess problems by. Hank Marvin plays James Bond:

https://youtu.be/AIgcVcRh3us

Worked for me.

Posted by: Off the reservation at July 22, 2017 05:34 PM (vWMNq)

54 One square too far.

Posted by: Off the reservation at July 22, 2017 05:33 PM (vWMNq)

Aha!

I looked at Bd5+ and discounted it ... but I see.

Thanks.

Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at July 22, 2017 05:34 PM (rZ+mb)

55 Alice appears to be transitioning. She's the anti Kaitlyn Jenner. Is that what she's hiding underneath the blanket?

Posted by: pep at July 22, 2017 05:37 PM (LAe3v)

56 It's raining hard here in NoVa. Thunderbolts and lightning. Very, very frightening.

Posted by: pep at July 22, 2017 05:40 PM (LAe3v)

57 In the top pic, it looks like the genie's been fly fishing.

Posted by: JT at July 22, 2017 05:41 PM (Iwktz)

58 Gallileo! Gallileo!

Posted by: OregonMuse, AoSHQ Thought Leader at July 22, 2017 05:42 PM (OiLIO)

59 57 In the top pic, it looks like the genie's been fly fishing.

Posted by: JT at July 22, 2017 05:41 PM (Iwktz)

Ha! Yeah, if I tried fly-casting, I'd probably look like that, too.

Posted by: OregonMuse, AoSHQ Thought Leader at July 22, 2017 05:43 PM (OiLIO)

60 Excuse me, can anyone point me to the poo flinging thread?

Posted by: Monkey at July 22, 2017 05:43 PM (hVdx9)

61 52
But, to answer your question, no - C. Lightoller was not played in the film.
Posted by: Tonypete at July 22, 2017 05:33 PM (tr2D7)

That's too bad. He was the highest-ranking surviving crew member of the Titanic, and was a genuine hero at Dunkirk, rescuing dozens of soldiers with his private yacht.

Posted by: rickl at July 22, 2017 05:45 PM (sdi6R)

62 60 which one?

Posted by: Infidel at July 22, 2017 05:46 PM (gDoff)

63 Penguins!!!

Posted by: DeplorableJewells45 at July 22, 2017 05:48 PM (CNHr1)

64 That little fella looks like he just hit it and quit it.

Go ask Alice, I think she'll know.

Posted by: Hairyback Guy at July 22, 2017 05:49 PM (5VlCp)

65
Second problem

R f8+ KxR
KnxB+ K g8
KnxQ

Bye, White Queen!

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at July 22, 2017 05:49 PM (pNxlR)

66 nice dress.

Would play chess there if she agrees to remain.

PDT is saving his "Best of the Clintonistas" for 2020.

Bet on it.

Posted by: Mortimer - Finished at July 22, 2017 05:50 PM (2wRtc)

67 Penguins!!!

I STILL say the NFL should have made the owners of the Tennessee team name it
the Tuxedos.

Posted by: JT at July 22, 2017 05:51 PM (Iwktz)

68 "Well, the Ukraine girls really knock me out...":

++++

Maybe so, but those dresses they are wearing are just plain awful. I thought horizontal stripes were a bad thing? Plus, the waists are so high, they are getting into boob belt territory. Especially that one in the middle. It looks like she wrapped herself in material right off the roll. With creases.

Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at July 22, 2017 05:52 PM (FUu/Z)

69 65
Second problem

R f8+ KxR
KnxB+ K g8
KnxQ

Bye, White Queen!
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at July 22, 2017 05:49 PM (pNxlR)

That works.

I got Problem 1, but the others are stumping me.

It's started to rain here, and I can hear thunder in the distance.

Posted by: rickl at July 22, 2017 05:54 PM (sdi6R)

70 Expecting rain tonight. Good Lord, all that will do is make it even more humid. Current temp 97 but heat index is 106. I hate this shit. Bring on Fall already.

Posted by: DeplorableJewells45 at July 22, 2017 05:55 PM (CNHr1)

71 Miss Venezuela looks like she's ready to shell Ft. Sumter.

Posted by: pep at July 22, 2017 05:55 PM (LAe3v)

72 Bring on Fall already.

Yeah, that's what I was saying about the end of May.

Posted by: pep at July 22, 2017 05:56 PM (LAe3v)

73
Did I mention that I would hit it like a log splitter at a shingle plant?

Because I would.

(d) All of the above

Posted by: Mortimer - Finished at July 22, 2017 05:57 PM (2wRtc)

74 Dear diary, I spent the whole afternoon making jewelry. Nice and cool here in the dining room. Look outside and see my neighbors doing landscaping and thinking WTF?? Are you crazy!!! I feel bad, my garden looks like shit. I can't deal with it anymore. *sad face*

Posted by: DeplorableJewells45 at July 22, 2017 05:57 PM (CNHr1)

75 Oregon Muse-

Really appreciate all of the thought, time, and effort you put forth with these dresses for the 'ettes. Thank you!

Also, I love the Gorilla Pundit. No matter what else is going on, it always makes me laugh.

Posted by: washrivergal at July 22, 2017 05:57 PM (2+gSO)

76 Bring on Fall already.

Posted by: DeplorableJewells45 at July 22, 2017 05:55 PM (CNHr1)

That's awful. People used to be burned at the stake for saying stuff like that.

Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at July 22, 2017 05:57 PM (rZ+mb)

77 pep.. end of May here was gorgeous. Even June had some nice cool weather but as is typical with MissourAH.. you hit July and you're fucking over summer.

Posted by: DeplorableJewells45 at July 22, 2017 05:59 PM (CNHr1)

78 71 Miss Venezuela looks like she's ready to shell Ft. Sumter.
Posted by: pep at July 22, 2017 05:55 PM (LAe3v)

That's an old photo. She's wearing a miniskirt now, because her fellow citizens have been eating the rest of her dress.

Posted by: rickl at July 22, 2017 05:59 PM (sdi6R)

79 Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at July 22, 2017 05:57 PM (rZ+mb)

Yeah well as I get older I can't tolerate the heat so just fuck that shit. It's miserable out there.

Posted by: DeplorableJewells45 at July 22, 2017 06:00 PM (CNHr1)

80 Bring on Fall already.

Posted by: DeplorableJewells45 at July 22, 2017 05:55 PM
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In my corner of the world, the grass goes dormant in the winter.

And you are not required to shovel snow unless it's 2" or over.

Finally, it does not snow every week during the winter.

winter> every other season

Posted by: shibumi at July 22, 2017 06:00 PM (aT+Bx)

81 76 Bring on Fall already.

Posted by: DeplorableJewells45 at July 22, 2017 05:55 PM (CNHr1)

That's awful. People used to be burned at the stake for saying stuff like that.
Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at July 22, 2017 05:57 PM (rZ+mb)

It's been in the 90s all week here. Hells to the yes for bringing on Fall.

Posted by: rickl at July 22, 2017 06:01 PM (sdi6R)

82 I feel bad, my garden looks like shit

Look at the bright side, it doesn't smell
like shit.

Posted by: JT at July 22, 2017 06:01 PM (Iwktz)

83 Yeah well as I get older I can't tolerate the heat so just fuck that shit. It's miserable out there.

Posted by: DeplorableJewells45 at July 22, 2017 06:00 PM (CNHr1)

As I get older I have less tolerance for the cold.

Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at July 22, 2017 06:01 PM (rZ+mb)

84 I like Summer

Posted by: Skip at July 22, 2017 06:01 PM (9g/6M)

85 Posted by: DeplorableJewells45 at July 22, 2017 05:57 PM (CNHr1)

A friend in Troy, MO put a picture of the forecast on FaceBook. It said it felt like 112. I can believe it from the 4 years we lived there. Can't believe that the weather in Houston is actually better than there, and no ice storms in winter.

Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at July 22, 2017 06:02 PM (rp9xB)

86 It's been in the 90s all week here. Hells to the yes for bringing on Fall.

Posted by: rickl at July 22, 2017 06:01 PM (sdi6R)

It's been beautiful. I believe I'm not too far from you and I was out hitting a couple of buckets of balls yesterday. It was awesome!

Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at July 22, 2017 06:02 PM (rZ+mb)

87
Summer sucks.

Posted by: Soothsayer --Digitally Remastered at July 22, 2017 06:02 PM (lzrKs)

88 g'afternoon, 'rons

Posted by: AltonJackson at July 22, 2017 06:03 PM (KCxzN)

89 80
In my corner of the world, the grass goes dormant in the winter.

And you are not required to shovel snow unless it's 2" or over.

Finally, it does not snow every week during the winter.

winter> every other season
Posted by: shibumi at July 22, 2017 06:00 PM (aT+Bx)

This, this, and this.

winter> every other season

No centipedes in winter, either.

Winter FTW.

Posted by: rickl at July 22, 2017 06:04 PM (sdi6R)

90
I'm an idiot for living in an area with such a crappy Clime.

I literally spend 5 months a year wishing my Life away because I can't stand temps over 70 degrees or the bright Sun.

Posted by: Soothsayer --Digitally Remastered at July 22, 2017 06:04 PM (lzrKs)

91 Posted by: washrivergal at July 22, 2017 05:57 PM (2+gSO)

Thank you for your kind words.

Posted by: OregonMuse, AoSHQ Thought Leader at July 22, 2017 06:05 PM (OiLIO)

92

I want to live in a place where its 40-70 degrees all year, and cloudy.

Posted by: Soothsayer --Digitally Remastered at July 22, 2017 06:05 PM (lzrKs)

93 Canada: "It's not a melting pot. It's a salad bowl."

We will see how that turns out.

Posted by: JAS at July 22, 2017 06:05 PM (UnDQI)

94 I like summer, too. I prefer being able to wear shorts and going barefoot, as opposed to having to wear leggings under my jeans, two pairs of socks on my feet, several sweaters and frozen fingers. Of course, here in the NW we've had an exceptionally cooler summer than normal.
We've only had a couple days 100 or over and very few 90s. It has been grand.

Posted by: washrivergal at July 22, 2017 06:06 PM (2+gSO)

95 92

I want to live in a place where its 40-70 degrees all year, and cloudy.
Posted by: Soothsayer --Digitally Remastered at July 22, 2017 06:05 PM (lzrKs)

That sounds perfectly fine to me. I hate sweating, and I can always throw on a few more clothes if it gets chilly.

Posted by: rickl at July 22, 2017 06:07 PM (sdi6R)

96 I want to live in a place where its 40-70 degrees all year, and cloudy.
Posted by: Soothsayer --Digitally Remastered at July 22, 2017 06:05 PM (lzrKs)

That's pretty much a description of western Oregon, although right now it's pushing 90, although that's not usual.

Posted by: OregonMuse, AoSHQ Thought Leader at July 22, 2017 06:08 PM (OiLIO)

97 I would much rather live in a hot-weather city than a cold-weather city.

Posted by: OregonMuse, AoSHQ Thought Leader at July 22, 2017 06:09 PM (OiLIO)

98 I want to live in a place where its 40-70 degrees all year, and cloudy.

Posted by: Soothsayer --Digitally Remastered at July 22, 2017 06:05 PM (lzrKs)

It's called Ireland

Posted by: TheQuietMan at July 22, 2017 06:09 PM (auHtY)

99
wear leggings under my jeans, two pairs of socks on my feet, several sweaters and frozen fingers.

You mean for the few minutes you need to be outside on frigid days?

Posted by: Soothsayer --Digitally Remastered at July 22, 2017 06:09 PM (lzrKs)

100
I wouldn't really care to ever go outdoors again. Outside is stupid. I like Inside.

Posted by: Soothsayer --Digitally Remastered at July 22, 2017 06:10 PM (lzrKs)

101 Nothing in the world beats a 95° day hitting some golf balls and then hanging out by the pool.

Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at July 22, 2017 06:10 PM (rZ+mb)

102 BAM! Woo-hoo!

Thunder's getting closer.

Posted by: rickl at July 22, 2017 06:11 PM (sdi6R)

103 You want San Diego itself, or someplace in SD county then, Soothsayer!

Posted by: Interested Onlooker at July 22, 2017 06:11 PM (Tsy3Z)

104 100
I wouldn't really care to ever go outdoors again. Outside is stupid. I like Inside.
Posted by: Soothsayer --Digitally Remastered at July 22, 2017 06:10 PM (lzrKs)

^^This right there.

Posted by: rickl at July 22, 2017 06:12 PM (sdi6R)

105
Remember the TV show LOST?

That underground bunker that guy was living in is my Dream Home.

Posted by: Soothsayer --Digitally Remastered at July 22, 2017 06:12 PM (lzrKs)

106
Cats have the right idea.

Posted by: Soothsayer --Digitally Remastered at July 22, 2017 06:12 PM (lzrKs)

107 You mean for the few minutes you need to be outside on frigid days?

Posted by: Soothsayer --Digitally Remastered at July 22, 2017 06:09 PM (lzrKs)

+++

No. Going outside would be adding a jacket or coat to my ensemble.

Posted by: washrivergal at July 22, 2017 06:13 PM (2+gSO)

108 he latest from our local progressive news station TV:

NORFOLK, Va. (AP) The Latest on President Donald Trump's visit to Virginia to commission an aircraft carrier (all times local): Headline:

The Latest: Trump calls aircraft carrier a symbol of power....And worse yet, we trust him with the nuclear codes...

Posted by: Colin at July 22, 2017 06:13 PM (7/EbC)

109 Cats have the right idea.

They eat mice ?

Is this a GAINZZZ thing ?

Posted by: JT at July 22, 2017 06:14 PM (Iwktz)

110
My Perfect World: a Wintry day, and me inside looking out the window, sipping green tea.

Posted by: Soothsayer --Digitally Remastered at July 22, 2017 06:14 PM (lzrKs)

111 Mark Corallo, spokesman for Trump's legal beagle Marc Kasowitz, didn't want ill words spoken of ~~asshole and persecutor~~ R Mueller is now looking for a new job and Kasowitz is making a lateral move.

They've got Ty Cobb, Ty Cobb hokey smokes, handling the WH. He'll straighten them up.

Posted by: Batter Up at July 22, 2017 06:14 PM (P7ulB)

112
I don't get the Ty Cobb thing.

Is he a relative of *the* Ty Cobb?

How is he involved in politics?

Posted by: Soothsayer --Digitally Remastered at July 22, 2017 06:16 PM (lzrKs)

113 He's one of the lawyers at the WH.
Enemies haven't a ghost of a chance.

Posted by: Batter Up at July 22, 2017 06:18 PM (P7ulB)

114 foxnews.com/ politics/ 2017/07/21/
resignation- changes- on- trump-legal-team.html

Posted by: Batter Up at July 22, 2017 06:19 PM (P7ulB)

115 If Hillary was commissioning a new aircraft carrier, she probably would want to drink the wine in the bottle before breaking it across the bow...

Posted by: Colin at July 22, 2017 06:20 PM (7/EbC)

116 My Perfect World: a Wintry day, and me inside looking out the window, sipping green tea.

This! Except substitute green tea with a hot toddy!

Posted by: DeplorableJewells45 at July 22, 2017 06:20 PM (CNHr1)

117
Every single time in my life that I've eaten Pizza, Toast, or Potato Chips a tiny piece of crust or chip gets lodged in my gum behind one of my front teeth. Hurts like hell for a day or two. Every time.

Posted by: Soothsayer --Digitally Remastered at July 22, 2017 06:20 PM (lzrKs)

118 What are the chances of a movie thread tonight?

Posted by: Skip at July 22, 2017 06:22 PM (9g/6M)

119
Never in my Life have I ever wanted to wake up, open the shades/blinds, open the windows, let the Sun in, and hear the friggin birds chirping.

I am Mister Snow Miser.

Posted by: Soothsayer --Digitally Remastered at July 22, 2017 06:22 PM (lzrKs)

120 They've got Ty Cobb, Ty Cobb hokey smokes, handling the WH. He'll straighten them up.

Posted by: Batter Up at July 22, 2017 06:14 PM (P7ulB)

Does he go in spikes up?

Posted by: TheQuietMan at July 22, 2017 06:22 PM (auHtY)

121 Here's a stab at Problem 4:

1. Qxh7+ Kxh7
2. Ng5+ Kh8
3. Rd4 Black any
4. Rh4#

The point being that Black's Q and R are hemming in the K and can't get out of the way fast enough.

Posted by: rickl at July 22, 2017 06:22 PM (sdi6R)

122 85, keep the humidity down a bit and I'm there

Posted by: Skip at July 22, 2017 06:23 PM (9g/6M)

123 Potter County, PA -> 50.3 percent of adults have a concealed carry permit.

Posted by: Ka Bam at July 22, 2017 06:23 PM (P7ulB)

124 119
Never in my Life have I ever wanted to wake up, open the shades/blinds, open the windows, let the Sun in, and hear the friggin birds chirping.

I am Mister Snow Miser.
Posted by: Soothsayer --Digitally Remastered at July 22, 2017 06:22 PM (lzrKs)

+++

Oh my word. Don't you even like any outdoorsy things like going to the beach, lake, or taking a river walk or anything like that?

Posted by: washrivergal at July 22, 2017 06:24 PM (2+gSO)

125 lol.. Sooth. I almost always sleep with the window open, even in the dead of winter but I hear ya about the damn birds. They start at 5:00 am and I'm like shut the hell up I want to sleep you stupid shits! It's been too hot lately to sleep with the window open.

Posted by: DeplorableJewells45 at July 22, 2017 06:24 PM (CNHr1)

126 Does he go in spikes up?

Posted by: TheQuietMan at July 22, 2017 06:22 PM (auHtY)
******************

I hope so.

Posted by: Batter Up at July 22, 2017 06:25 PM (P7ulB)

127 @Soothsayer

That's Seattle most of the year, though we get occasional forways into the 80's a few times in the summer.

Not sure if there's anywhere cooler than that, maybe upstate Maine?

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards at July 22, 2017 06:25 PM (xJa6I)

128 otter County, PA -> 50.3 percent of adults have a concealed carry permit.

Posted by: Ka Bam at July 22, 2017 06:23 PM (P7ulB)

In Chicago at least 50.3 percent of the black youths have at least one bullet hole in them.

Posted by: Colin at July 22, 2017 06:25 PM (7/EbC)

129
Radio talker Howie Carr went to the White House on Friday. He called in on his own show to talk about his visit with President Trump and said something interesting and encouraging.

Howie mentioned, incidentally, that President Trump was in a "really good mood" and that he and his team "seemed not to be bothered at all" by all the Fake News bullshit.

I liked hearing this. President Trump GivesNoShit about the Fake News' antics.

Posted by: Soothsayer --Digitally Remastered at July 22, 2017 06:26 PM (lzrKs)

130 124
Oh my word. Don't you even like any outdoorsy things like going to the beach, lake, or taking a river walk or anything like that?
Posted by: washrivergal at July 22, 2017 06:24 PM (2+gSO)

Nope.

Posted by: rickl at July 22, 2017 06:26 PM (sdi6R)

131
Don't you even like any outdoorsy things like going to the beach, lake, or taking a river walk or anything like that?

Used to love the beach. I've been Outdoors enough.

Posted by: Soothsayer --Digitally Remastered at July 22, 2017 06:27 PM (lzrKs)

132 130 124
Oh my word. Don't you even like any outdoorsy things like going to the beach, lake, or taking a river walk or anything like that?
Posted by: washrivergal at July 22, 2017 06:24 PM (2+gSO)

Nope.

Posted by: rickl at July 22, 2017 06:26 PM (sdi6R)

You can't send a rocket to space inside.

Posted by: buzzion at July 22, 2017 06:28 PM (cAnNx)

133
They start at 5:00 am and I'm like shut the hell up

They start up at 3:30am here in the Summer.

Posted by: Soothsayer --Digitally Remastered at July 22, 2017 06:28 PM (lzrKs)

134 I don't see and awful lot Canadian in that dress. Is she covered in maple syrup?
We have Indian friends in our church. The ladies often wear Saris. They've even given my wife one.
They will show her how to wear tomorrow. I'm looking forward to seeing it.

Posted by: Northernlurker, Phillips screwdriver of the gods at July 22, 2017 06:28 PM (hJrjt)

135 Watching Under the Tuscan Sun with Diane Lane, this is the third movie now she falls in love with Frenchmen I know of.

Posted by: Skip at July 22, 2017 06:28 PM (9g/6M)

136 Problem 4:

If 2. ... Kh6, then I dunno.

Posted by: rickl at July 22, 2017 06:29 PM (sdi6R)

137 Well. One pill makes you larger, and one pill makes you small.

Posted by: kraken at July 22, 2017 06:29 PM (pL6Vz)

138 Your tax dollars at work: A welfare sponge "thanks" you:

http://moonbattery.com/?p=86305

Enjoy.

Posted by: RKae at July 22, 2017 06:29 PM (NQNOa)

139 118 What are the chances of a movie thread tonight?

Posted by: Skip at July 22, 2017 06:22 PM (9g/6M)

Dang good.

Posted by: OregonMuse, AoSHQ Thought Leader at July 22, 2017 06:29 PM (OiLIO)

140
I can't do Seattle.

Maine has wicked long days in the Summer. Sun rises at like 4:30 in Bar Harbor.

Posted by: Soothsayer --Digitally Remastered at July 22, 2017 06:29 PM (lzrKs)

141 132
You can't send a rocket to space inside.
Posted by: buzzion at July 22, 2017 06:28 PM (cAnNx)

I can watch somebody else do it on my computer screen, in my comfortable air-conditioned room.

Posted by: rickl at July 22, 2017 06:31 PM (sdi6R)

142 We moved to Texas. Politics are fine. Weather sucks. Summer is miserable, and winter? What winter? Sixty degrees at Christmas? *bleep* that.

I play a lot of Skyrim just for the lovely snow.

Posted by: empire1 at July 22, 2017 06:31 PM (7zMFe)

143 Here's a stab at Problem 4:

1. Qxh7+ Kxh7
2. Ng5+ Kh8
3. Rd4 Black any
4. Rh4#

The point being that Black's Q and R are hemming in the K and can't get out of the way fast enough.

Posted by: rickl at July 22, 2017 06:22 PM (sdi6R)

Black king can go to h6.

You want to get the knight at g5 first and then bring the rook all the way down to d8.

Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at July 22, 2017 06:32 PM (rZ+mb)

144 You want to get the knight at g5 first and then bring the rook all the way down to d8.
Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at July 22, 2017 06:32 PM (rZ+mb)

Ayup.

Posted by: OregonMuse, AoSHQ Thought Leader at July 22, 2017 06:33 PM (OiLIO)

145 Judicial watch says: _ Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Iowa, Kentucky, Maryland, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina and Tennessee have more registered voters than eligible adults.

They art to clean up like OK did. That's when OK went from blue to red.

Posted by: Voter Bob at July 22, 2017 06:34 PM (P7ulB)

146 Have lived here most of my life and Seattle sucks.
Three good months a year and the rest is gray. And over half of those involve rain.
If the sh*theads that run Seattle and King County could figure out how, they'd tax everyone for the sunshine.

Posted by: Diogenes at July 22, 2017 06:34 PM (0tfLf)

147 Maine has wicked long days in the Summer. Sun rises at like 4:30 in Bar Harbor.

Posted by: Soothsayer --Digitally Remastered at July 22, 2017 06:29 PM (lzrKs)

If you ever watch YouTube where in a drive up to northern Norway, they have a marker where the sun never sets in the summer. People drive up there, to have a picnic at midnight, just for the hell of it.

Posted by: Colin at July 22, 2017 06:35 PM (7/EbC)

148 118 What are the chances of a movie thread tonight?

Posted by: Skip

----

Won't be participating, as I'm doing the one better thing: having a movie night with a buddy.

Tonight it's "The Seventh Victim" (1942): awesome Val Lewton shadow-fest (with the added attraction of Hugh Beaumont).

Posted by: RKae at July 22, 2017 06:35 PM (NQNOa)

149 Oh, yeah. And I'm a morning person. Even in summer, it's barely dawn when it's time to get up. Bright sun at 0530 is nice. Barely dawn at 0600 stinks.

Posted by: empire1 at July 22, 2017 06:35 PM (7zMFe)

150 solutions up

Posted by: OregonMuse, AoSHQ Thought Leader at July 22, 2017 06:35 PM (OiLIO)

151 You want to get the knight at g5 first and then bring the rook all the way down to d8.

And then have Miss Scarlet stab him with the lead pipe.

Posted by: JT at July 22, 2017 06:36 PM (gvBeU)

152

Yeah, otherwise Norway would be perfect for me.

Posted by: Soothsayer --Digitally Remastered at July 22, 2017 06:36 PM (lzrKs)

153
This planet sucks.

Posted by: Soothsayer --Digitally Remastered at July 22, 2017 06:36 PM (lzrKs)

154 And since I'm in a grumpy mood, I just came from seeing Dunkirk. Jeez...did they ever miss the boat on that (pun intended). Hugely disappointing especially given the pre-release hype.
I hear the French are pissed about the movie...they should be.
And so should every Brit who sees it.

Posted by: Diogenes at July 22, 2017 06:37 PM (0tfLf)

155 Count me as someone who likes a distinct change of seasons. Not crazy about cold weather but milder days in winter are great. I love the sight of the mountains in winter.

Posted by: Northernlurker, Phillips screwdriver of the gods at July 22, 2017 06:38 PM (hJrjt)

156 I hope this doesn't drop me in the barrel. It's on my fridge.

I woke early one morning,The earth lay cool and still.
When suddenly a tiny bird Perched on my window sill.

He sang a song so lovely So carefree and so gay,

That slowly all my troubles Began to slip away.

He sang of far off places Of laughter and of fun,

It seemed his very trilling, brought up the morning sun.

I stirred beneath the covers Crept slowly out of bed,

Then gently shut the window And crushed his fu cking head.

I'm not a morning person.

Posted by: Infidel at July 22, 2017 06:38 PM (gDoff)

157 Hey, peeps.

I've been a ghost here lately, but at least I have invested the time in my novel (hoping for an attaboy from AP). It's going to be grim and fatalistic. My inspiration lately has not really come from other fiction, but from history. Right now, I'm reading about the run-up to World War I. What a cosmic clusterfuck of folly and assholery.

Nothing new under the sun.

To dust we shall return.

Posted by: logprof at July 22, 2017 06:38 PM (GsAUU)

158 Your tax dollars at work: A welfare sponge "thanks" you:

http://moonbattery.com/?p=86305

Enjoy.
Posted by: RKae at July 22, 2017 06:29 PM (NQNOa)

It's well past time to cut off every penny to them. If they don't or won't work let them starve to death

Posted by: TheQuietMan at July 22, 2017 06:39 PM (auHtY)

159 145 Judicial watch says: _ Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Iowa, Kentucky, Maryland, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina and Tennessee have more registered voters than eligible adults.

They art to clean up like OK did. That's when OK went from blue to red.

Posted by: Voter Bob at July 22, 2017 06:34 PM (P7ulB)

Let's see. Alabama and Florida will probably be blocked from cleaning up theirs because "racism." New York will refuse to as will Maryland and New Jersey. And Illinois its not a question of voters versus adults. Its voters versus adults + corpses, so they won't be cleaning theirs up either.

Posted by: buzzion at July 22, 2017 06:39 PM (cAnNx)

160 Chinese are picking on the Uyghur's again.

Posted by: Juan Huang at July 22, 2017 06:39 PM (P7ulB)

161 118 What are the chances of a movie thread tonight?

Posted by: Skip

I'll probably make popcorn and watch another MST3K....I like the one I'm watching now where 4 people go to some planet and walk around like they are in Minnesota in ordinary clothes...they sure have fun trashing that movie.
Or watch for the millionth time a Jame Bond Movie.

Posted by: Colin at July 22, 2017 06:40 PM (7/EbC)

162 154 And since I'm in a grumpy mood, I just came from seeing Dunkirk. Jeez...did they ever miss the boat on that (pun intended). Hugely disappointing especially given the pre-release hype.
I hear the French are pissed about the movie...they should be.
And so should every Brit who sees it.
Posted by: Diogenes at July 22, 2017 06:37 PM (0tfLf)

Sounds like another typical Hollywood movie. *spit*

I knew enough to be suspicious when the critics were raving over it.

Posted by: rickl at July 22, 2017 06:40 PM (sdi6R)

163 *waves at logprof* Hey good to see you!!

Posted by: DeplorableJewells45 at July 22, 2017 06:41 PM (CNHr1)

164 Sounds like another typical Hollywood movie. *spit*

I knew enough to be suspicious when the critics were raving over it.

Posted by: rickl at July 22, 2017 06:40 PM

It is such a fantastic story that begged the big screen. It comes across of what war would look like if fought by millennials.

Posted by: Diogenes at July 22, 2017 06:43 PM (0tfLf)

165 This planet sucks.
Posted by: Soothsayer --Digitally Remastered at July 22, 2017 06:36 PM

Well, yeah. It's what I do.

Posted by: Gravity at July 22, 2017 06:43 PM (DMUuz)

166 SF usually has lovely weather, below 70, often foggy, and if not, it'll roll in around 5, dep on where you are. Warmest months are April and October. Never rains 5-6 months, but heavy overnight fog/mist.

Posted by: SFGoth at July 22, 2017 06:44 PM (Udnmn)

167 Warmest months are April and October. Never rains 5-6 months, but heavy overnight fog/mist.

Posted by: SFGoth at July 22, 2017 06:44 PM (Udnmn)

Plus you have the Folsom Street Fair, where it rains in some of the booths...not really rain as such.

Posted by: Colin at July 22, 2017 06:46 PM (7/EbC)

168 158 Your tax dollars at work: A welfare sponge "thanks" you:

http://moonbattery.com/?p=86305

Enjoy.
Posted by: RKae at July 22, 2017 06:29 PM (NQNOa)

It's well past time to cut off every penny to them. If they don't or won't work let them starve to death
Posted by: TheQuietMan at July 22, 2017 06:39 PM (auHtY)

That video needs to go viral, and that worthless bitch should be scrubbing toilets for 50 cents a day.

Posted by: rickl at July 22, 2017 06:47 PM (sdi6R)

169 Lived in Petaluma for a couple of years, and most of what I remember from there was the fog, and the chickens (we were in a house on a chicken ranch). Also burning my shoulder getting dressed near the wood stove (fell against the stovepipe, still have a bit of a scar), and my youngest sister being born at Letterman Army Hospital ... I think San Francisco? We left to join Dad in the Philippines about ... 1953, I think.

Posted by: empire1 at July 22, 2017 06:50 PM (7zMFe)

170 Minneapolis has lost their minds
http://pamelageller.com/2017/07/mayor-hodges-urges-muslims-to-file-hate-crimes.html/

Posted by: Skip at July 22, 2017 06:51 PM (9g/6M)

171 Possible witness to the Noor shooting. Part of it is on tape.

startribune.com/ source-witness- in-justine -damond- fatal-shooting- recorded-part-of-incident- is-cooperating/435912753/

Posted by: gNewt at July 22, 2017 06:53 PM (P7ulB)

172

Right on cue: the State-run Hospital that wants to Murder the 15 month-old baby Charlie Gard is having the police "investigate" the death threats the doctors and nurses are supposebly receiving.

Yeah, my ass.

Posted by: Soothsayer --Digitally Remastered at July 22, 2017 06:54 PM (lzrKs)

173 I'm not a morning person.

Posted by: Infidel at July 22, 2017 06:38 PM (gDoff)

Huzzah.

Well done.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at July 22, 2017 06:54 PM (wYseH)

174 http://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2017/07/the-whole-world-is-watching-our-clown-show.php

Posted by: Skip at July 22, 2017 06:54 PM (9g/6M)

175 Texas can be great in summer, you just gotta roll with the flow. Sure today was 96 and sunny, so we went out to one of our local lakes with the family and spent all day either in the water or splashing on the paddleboats, or sitting in the shade eating ice cream and sipping sodas. It was a beautiful day to be out - couldn't ask for better summer fun!

Posted by: Tom Servo at July 22, 2017 06:56 PM (V2Yro)

176 I like it here in western WA. You have mountains, you have oceans. There are too many Californians and Seattle is Progressively insane. But we rarely have really bad weather, just clouds and light rain. Summers are spectacular, in my opinion. Not a lot of bugs. Good concealed carry laws, not perfect but nice.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards at July 22, 2017 06:58 PM (xJa6I)

177 Cute blonde conservative girl talking about the Mizzou shit show.

https://youtu.be/h7CHd-w02lc

Posted by: buzzion at July 22, 2017 06:58 PM (cAnNx)

178 Hey Tom,
Was that you I saw commenting in one of Scott Adam's Dilbert threads?

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards at July 22, 2017 06:58 PM (xJa6I)

179 is it safe yet ?

Posted by: chango butt at July 22, 2017 06:59 PM (ZrrAS)

180 *** Sure today was 96 and sunny, ***

That is the Texas weather forecast for the rest of the summer.

Posted by: gNewt at July 22, 2017 06:59 PM (P7ulB)

181
Chinese are picking on the Uyghur's again.
Posted by: Juan Huang at July 22, 2017 06:39 PM

They can pick on that young Turk all they want.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at July 22, 2017 06:59 PM (IqV8l)

182 Except for the days when it gets hot.

Posted by: gNewt at July 22, 2017 06:59 PM (P7ulB)

183 Although it's been brutally hot and humid for the past week, I generally like the climate here in southeastern PA. We get a little bit of every kind of weather, but not too much of anything.

Right now I'm huddled indoors with the air conditioning, though.

Posted by: rickl at July 22, 2017 07:01 PM (sdi6R)

184 Tom -- when I was younger, sure. But at my current age (er, not exactly the Horde-mandated 29), I truly cannot handle Texas heat any longer. At age 5, I didn't care. At age almost-75 ... well, it's a different story.

Posted by: empire1 at July 22, 2017 07:01 PM (7zMFe)

185 *blushes*

Posted by: Infidel at July 22, 2017 07:01 PM (gDoff)

186 I believe Miss Venezuela made that dress out of an old bedspread I had in the 80s.

Posted by: @DangerGirl (gab.ai) and her 1.21 Gigawatt SanityProd (tm) at July 22, 2017 07:03 PM (/o9Qk)

187 heh yeah Mark - use the same nick. Sometimes try to say something serious, sometimes just troll the trump-haters that Scott is attracting like flies. I figure it's appropriate since Scott's latest post is just one giant troll - a pretty funny one, too!

Posted by: Tom Servo at July 22, 2017 07:03 PM (V2Yro)

188 I hear there's a gonorrhea epidemic in Oregon.

oregonlive.com/ health/index.ssf/ 2017/07/top_10_ oregon_counties_for_gon. html

Posted by: Dr. Scat at July 22, 2017 07:04 PM (P7ulB)

189 I hear there's a gonorrhea epidemic in Oregon.

I swear, I haven't been to Oregon in many years...

Posted by: Bill Clinton at July 22, 2017 07:06 PM (KCxzN)

190
I believe Miss Venezuela made that dress out of an old bedspread I had in the 80s.
Posted by: @DangerGirl

She saw it in the window and couldn't resist it.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at July 22, 2017 07:07 PM (IqV8l)

191 Speaking of dress pr0n, I just want to recommend Encore Consignments in Colorado Springs. Whenever I have needed a dress for an event they've had something suitable, usually for less than what I spend on pantyhose.

Posted by: Emmie at July 22, 2017 07:09 PM (ZapPq)

192 That's not the nicest piece I've ever seen on a chessboard. It looks like the prince in Monty Python and the Holy Grail.

Posted by: Dirks Strewn at July 22, 2017 07:09 PM (0ecq3)

193 She saw it in the window and couldn't resist it.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at July 22, 2017 07:07 PM (IqV8l)

Beat me to that gag. Carol Burnett for the win!

Posted by: OregonMuse, AoSHQ Thought Leader at July 22, 2017 07:09 PM (OiLIO)

194 is it safe yet ?
Posted by: chango butt at July 22, 2017 06:59 PM (ZrrAS)

Ummmmm......Yes. It's so safe, you wouldn't believe it.

(Wirrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr.......)

Posted by: Hairyback Guy at July 22, 2017 07:09 PM (5VlCp)

195 This planet sucks.
Posted by: Soothsayer --Digitally Remastered at July 22, 2017 06:36 PM
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Yep. Gravity.

Posted by: IrishEi at July 22, 2017 07:11 PM (HiDrR)

196 nood movie

Posted by: OregonMuse, AoSHQ Thought Leader at July 22, 2017 07:13 PM (OiLIO)

197
This planet sucks.
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Yep. Gravity.

Mega Maid

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at July 22, 2017 07:13 PM (IqV8l)

198 A person has to be mighty bored to dress up a penguin. On lonely. Had a EO drinking buddy who wintered over and he never mentioned this.

Posted by: Eromero at July 22, 2017 07:14 PM (zLDYs)

199 judicialwatch.org/ press-room/ weekly-updates/ weekly-update-weiner- laptop-records-uncovered/

And something about the Obama IRS scandal. Hmmm?

Posted by: Weedy Sausage at July 22, 2017 07:14 PM (P7ulB)

200 Posted by: Eromero at July 22, 2017 07:14 PM (zLDYs)

Well it's Korean clothes and Asian onlookers so I'm going to guess it's a zoo in Korea. Now, that doesn't invalidate your first point in any way, to be sure.

Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at July 22, 2017 07:18 PM (rp9xB)

201 175 Texas can be great in summer, you just gotta roll with the flow. Sure today was 96 and sunny, so we went out to one of our local lakes with the family and spent all day either in the water or splashing on the paddleboats, or sitting in the shade eating ice cream and sipping sodas. It was a beautiful day to be out - couldn't ask for better summer fun!
Posted by: Tom Servo at July 22, 2017 06:56 PM (V2Yro)

+++

Sounds wonderful to me, but I can see right now it offers to appeal to either Soothsayer or rickl.

Posted by: washrivergal at July 22, 2017 07:19 PM (2+gSO)

202 Offers no appeal.

Posted by: washrivergal at July 22, 2017 07:20 PM (2+gSO)

203 56 It's raining hard here in NoVa. Thunderbolts and lightning. Very, very frightening.
Posted by: pep at July 22, 2017 05:40 PM (LAe3v)
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You better knock on wood.

Posted by: Margarita DeVille at July 22, 2017 07:23 PM (0jtPF)

204
I like all 4 seasons. There's SOMETHING to do in all 4 that's highly enjoyable.

Plus the older I get the more I enjoy simply waking up.0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000

Posted by: irongrampa at July 22, 2017 07:24 PM (S/hVx)

205 Thank you, cat. Your pithy commentary is always appreciated.

Posted by: irongrampa at July 22, 2017 07:25 PM (S/hVx)

206 "Nobody wants to get in the middle of a bout of poo flinging on a Saturday afternoon."

Yeah, that stinks!

Posted by: Miley, the Duchess at July 22, 2017 07:26 PM (Id9+8)

207 Heh. Cats are among the best commenters on the internet.

Posted by: rickl at July 22, 2017 07:26 PM (sdi6R)

208 Woman on the right in the Kurdistan picture has a steely gaze. So I think I spotted the sniper.

Posted by: Headless Body of Agnew at July 22, 2017 07:35 PM (e1mEI)

209 Heh. Cats are among the best commenters on the internet.

Posted by: rickl****
Cats!? (Flings poo at Rickl)

Posted by: Monkey at July 22, 2017 07:36 PM (hVdx9)

210 Great dress pron today. The traditional Canadian dress looks sort of maybe 1970s International Student traditional.

Posted by: KT at July 22, 2017 09:33 PM (BVQ+1)

211 Went to a Chinese wedding reception once. Bride and groom changed clothes 3 times.

Posted by: KT at July 22, 2017 09:33 PM (BVQ+1)

212 That (possible) deflection of the rook defending the queen
Is a good tactic to remember. I used that twice to win rated games. The first time I lucked out against a player rated about 100 points higher than I. The second time, I remembered the tactic, and laid a subtle trap for my opponent.

Posted by: Alan McIntire at July 23, 2017 12:11 AM (/RXZU)

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