EMT 1/6/18 A Country Song New Year edition

So, last Sunday my dog died.

Tuesday as a consequence of my company's "merger" (read: hostile takeover that my old CEO got completely rolled on and that our company very literally paid for before the new BOD voted him out) I got laid off from a job I managed to hold for 12 years.

I should really try to drum up some depression.

But you know what? Fuck it, that's what.

I've got a screamin' economy and a good severance package which will allow me to look for a better paying job in said screamin' economy without needing to dip into cash reserves for several months.

I'm good at what I do. I'll abide.

I do miss that dog something awful though.

Posted by: krakatoa at 06:00 AM

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1 Good Morning Morons; today is Saturday, January 6, 2018. On this day in 1941 FDR delivered his infamous socialist Four Freedoms speech in the State of the Union address.

Specifically those were:

Freedom of speech

Freedom of worship

Freedom from want

Freedom from fear

Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at January 06, 2018 05:56 AM (mpXpK)

2 Trump is asking congress for $18B over the next ten years to build the border wall with Mexico. Will he get it? Probably not. And Democraps are back to calling for DACA amnesty or they will shutdown the government. I have to see just how they plan to do that.

http://tinyurl.com/ybvjj23z

Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at January 06, 2018 05:56 AM (mpXpK)

3 Good morning horde

Posted by: Skip at January 06, 2018 05:57 AM (aC6Sd)

4 Trump likes Rand Paul's suggestion to use the canceled Pakistan money to fund the infrastructure improvements.

http://tinyurl.com/ya8zdeqe

Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at January 06, 2018 05:57 AM (mpXpK)

5 Crappy HOA strikes again.

http://tinyurl.com/yacape2u

Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at January 06, 2018 05:57 AM (mpXpK)

6 Elso? Magyarul/ lehet ilyen?

Posted by: Miklos, at January 06, 2018 05:57 AM (zCyNd)

7 The RNC trashes the lying Wolf book.

http://tinyurl.com/y9gpbc6o

Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at January 06, 2018 05:57 AM (mpXpK)

8 And speaking of lying Wolf he said McKonehead stated that Trump would sign anything that they put in front of him. Sounds like something he would say.

http://tinyurl.com/ycgmp62k

Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at January 06, 2018 05:57 AM (mpXpK)

9 Katie Kate Steinle murderer is sentenced to 'time served' for illegal possession of a gun by a convicted felon. They really want this shit to get away with murder.

http://tinyurl.com/y8dtbw37

Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at January 06, 2018 05:58 AM (mpXpK)

10 Atlanta police are asking fans who attend the NCAA championship game to not bring guns in their cars.

http://tinyurl.com/ycds8jz5

Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at January 06, 2018 05:58 AM (mpXpK)

11 Ramirez

http://tinyurl.com/ybcu9sve

And that's it for today.

Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at January 06, 2018 05:58 AM (mpXpK)

12 Freedom of speech

Freedom of worship

Freedom from want

Freedom from fear

Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at January 06, 2018 05:56 AM (mpXpK)

Vic-

The EU also has their 4 rights.

Different, not bad, but not better.

Posted by: Miklos at January 06, 2018 05:59 AM (zCyNd)

13 Thanks, krakatoa and Vic!

Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1), (T) at January 06, 2018 06:00 AM (Ckg4U)

14 Krak sorry to hear about your dog. It is always painful to lose a pet, and it doesn't every really go away either. Good luck with your jonb hunting. Now that the Choom is gone should be able to get something.

Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at January 06, 2018 06:00 AM (mpXpK)

15 9 Katie Kate Steinle murderer is sentenced to 'time served' for illegal possession of a gun by a convicted felon. They really want this shit to get away with murder.

http://tinyurl.com/y8dtbw37
Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at January 06, 2018 05:58 AM (mpXpK)

I seem to recall the plot of at least one or two movies where a family member sought out the deviant in question and administered, shall we say, "justice."

Not that I advocate that in any way, mind you.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at January 06, 2018 06:02 AM (mbhDw)

16 Low here this morning 13F.

Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at January 06, 2018 06:02 AM (mpXpK)

17 My truck exterior temperature gauge read 8 degrees, and have a lot of faith in it to be correct.

Posted by: Skip at January 06, 2018 06:02 AM (aC6Sd)

18
Krak:

Sending you love and good energy, bro.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at January 06, 2018 06:03 AM (mbhDw)

19 You love that dog something fierce, krak.

You bawl and rejoice and remember, Brother.

I'll not stand in judgment. I'll only allow you the lane to swerve as you fall in love with your dog allover again.

God bless.

-Your Friendly Neighborhood Slapweasel.

Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1), (T) at January 06, 2018 06:05 AM (Ckg4U)

20 Krak-

I don't know what you do for a living. In my work (writing/editing) it is all contract. All my contracts in the US expired in December.

I am giggling girly style about the hourly rate discussions I will have in 2018.

I hope you have the same.

Posted by: Miklos at January 06, 2018 06:05 AM (zCyNd)

21 Krak - The news your dog died is sad ( a picture in remembrance to Pet Thread?)
Jobs do seem to be picking up so shouldn't be hard to find another, but don't put looking off.

Posted by: Skip at January 06, 2018 06:08 AM (aC6Sd)

22 Time to check my credit card accounts on this cold morning. One card called me and asked me did I order the $6000 whatever from motor sport. Only use that card for Amazon...They of course cancelled the card.

Posted by: Colin at January 06, 2018 06:08 AM (haw9Z)

23 I need to go to the store today but since it has remained cold here ever since last week none of the snow has melted. The roads are still crap and it just is not worth it to go out. I can wait.

Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at January 06, 2018 06:09 AM (mpXpK)

24 6 Elso? Magyarul/ lehet ilyen?
Posted by: Miklos, at January 06, 2018 05:57 AM (zCyNd)

Buz meg, as my momma used to say.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at January 06, 2018 06:09 AM (mbhDw)

25
8 degrees here in NYC, going up to 12. Believe it or not, it's supposed to get into the low 40s on Thursday.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at January 06, 2018 06:10 AM (mbhDw)

26
The economy sure seems to be stronger. I actually went to a mall recently. First time since probably the Reagan/Bush years. What a difference. A lot more 'upscale' stores where I saw not one customer. The 'family' oriented stores were full of customers and the prices were actually quite competitive with on-line vendors.

Posted by: Acme Trucking Enterprises, White Truck Division at January 06, 2018 06:12 AM (2FqvZ)

27 The high today here is supposed to be 35F so no snow melt. The worst thing is I am just about out of brown.

Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at January 06, 2018 06:13 AM (mpXpK)

28 Man... I bawl my f****n' eyes out without a thought of what others think about me, when I lose a dog.

I'll deal with My Buddies in My Own Time and I don't care who knows it.

They're my Loyal Friends. I loved them.

They loved me.

I'll deal with that shit as I see fit.

Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1), (T) at January 06, 2018 06:14 AM (Ckg4U)

29
For what it's worth, Puffington Ho is saying that allegedly Scott Pruitt wants to take Sessionzzzz spot as AG.

Meh. Assuming the story is accurate, keep him at EPA to take that place apart from the inside. My choice for AG is J. Christian Adams

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at January 06, 2018 06:15 AM (mbhDw)

30 freedom of religion/speech ... those liberties don't cost other people anything.

freedom FROM want ... I guess that is the commie influence on FDR. "Want" doesn't exactly chase people around and steal from them. An act of individual will fulfills personal wants and needs.

But FDR decided government should supply those things I guess. He surely stated it more eloquently, but it hardly seems constitutional.

Freedom from fear, by killing all the fascists/statists? Or by authoritarian control over society like China?

at this point even illegal aliens get health care and other welfare, and mostly no deportation. But at what cost to the American citizen that was promised "if you like your heritage you can keep your heritage"?

Posted by: illiniwek at January 06, 2018 06:18 AM (otAqJ)

31 I have a mall a mile away and of course worried that Sears, Penny's and Macy's may close. All the store fronts are rented now, maybe in 6 months it will be quite different. The owner of the mall owns a casino, so I'm sure he is probably planning on some loss. More food places and entertainment seems to work like day glow golf, etc. Times are a changing!

Posted by: Colin at January 06, 2018 06:18 AM (haw9Z)

32 ..."My choice for AG is J. Christian Adams."
-Posted by: J.J. Sefton at January 06, 2018 06:15 AM (mbhDw)

That dude is good. His honesty and integrity flows through everything he writes.

I've been a big fan over the past two years.

Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1), (T) at January 06, 2018 06:19 AM (Ckg4U)

33 Couple articals at American Thinker on the FBI looking into the Clinton Foundation pay for play , its so painfully obvious but since I have no faith in them I expect nothing will come from it.

Posted by: Skip at January 06, 2018 06:19 AM (aC6Sd)

34 Good morning everyone,

I'm sorry to hear of the loss of your dog, Krakatoa.

Posted by: AmericanKestrel at January 06, 2018 06:19 AM (IDhUW)

35 31
I have a mall a mile away and of course worried that Sears, Penny's and
Macy's may close. All the store fronts are rented now, maybe in 6 months
it will be quite different. The owner of the mall owns a casino, so I'm
sure he is probably planning on some loss. More food places and
entertainment seems to work like day glow golf, etc. Times are a
changing!

Posted by: Colin at January 06, 2018 06:18 AM (haw9Z)

from what I have seen malls all over the country are not doing so good. Stores have been hit hard by the extended Obama depression and mall rent is outrageous.

Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at January 06, 2018 06:21 AM (mpXpK)

36 Buz meg, as my momma used to say.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at January 06, 2018 06:09 AM (mbhDw)

Here is the difference between country and big city pronunciation of Magyar.

For the poor, deprived non-Magyar speakers, JJ told me "F*ck you" as he learned it from momma.

The automatic response from me in Hungarian would involve JJ's mama, so I won't do it. And I know better than to get into a Yiddish cussing match with a master.

My own mama has only started cussing (a lot) now that she's pushing 80. Didn't ever hear it when my father was alive.

Damn. I have some catching up to do.

Posted by: Miklos, of the Orszagh dictionary family at January 06, 2018 06:21 AM (zCyNd)

37 Good morning, everyone.

Krak, sending prayers you get a good job soon.

My condolences to you on the loss of your dog. When you really do love your pets, it's a tough loss. Like Slap, I've been known to bawl when they go.

It's 26 F here, and I have what's becoming my yearly winter bout with the flu. I don't know why I even bother taking the shots. They don't seem to stop it, and who knows if it's lessening the severity...I'm leaning toward "No" at the moment.

Hot tea and Nyquil for breakfast!

Posted by: Captain Whitebread at January 06, 2018 06:22 AM (rJUlF)

38 7 and may go up to a sunbathing 17 before returning to Mars again.

Great attitude, krakatoa, and good luck with the job search. Truly sorry about your loss. I was attached to my sons mutt way more than I thought I was when he passed. Really miss that little bugger. I even hear his collar jingle at times before I realize it's something else.

Posted by: jsg at January 06, 2018 06:23 AM (gSwpy)

39 Posted by: Miklos, of the Orszagh dictionary family at January 06, 2018 06:21 AM (zCyNd)

Her other favorite expression added to "buz meg" was "oz anya pitchaya."

Ouch.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at January 06, 2018 06:23 AM (mbhDw)

40
My local mall lost its Sears ages ago. I stopped going to that mall when a Sears opened up closer to home. Now they're both gone.

Hard to believe they could fvck up that badly.

Posted by: Acme Trucking Enterprises, White Truck Division at January 06, 2018 06:24 AM (2FqvZ)

41 Slap, thanks for keeping the prayer list. I pray for strength for you as you care for your parents.

And no sleep yet for me tonight. So I sympathize with the insomnia.

Posted by: AmericanKestrel at January 06, 2018 06:25 AM (IDhUW)

42 Consolations on the passing of your dog. There is something specific and incomparable about a dog's meaning to and presence in our lives. My recommendation is to indulge the sorrow. It seems to pass faster that way. One thought: my father said to me when I was a boy: "Remember, a dog has no plans for tomorrow."

Posted by: Dan Smoot's apprentice at January 06, 2018 06:26 AM (5msTp)

43 32 Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1), (T) at January 06, 2018 06:19 AM (Ckg4U)

Aside from his qualifications, Chris Adams would be the perfect Trump choice. As you and everyone may recall, he had a slam dunk case of voter intimidation against the New Black Panthers which Eric Holder refused to prosecute, for obvious reasons.

Hiring Adams would be a major kick in ovaries to SCOAMF and Scolder. First up on Adams list would be to ransack the Civil Rights Division.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at January 06, 2018 06:26 AM (mbhDw)

44 I loved that Old Shep.

Posted by: Walter Brennan at January 06, 2018 06:27 AM (bc2Lc)

45 ..."from what I have seen malls all over the country are not doing so good. Stores have been hit hard by the extended Obama depression and mall rent is outrageous."
-Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at January 06, 2018 06:21 AM (mpXpK)

Malls have been "outrageous" since 1990... lol.

The rent to occupy a mall spot has been Out of Whack since 1993.

$2,000/Mo. for 800 sq. ft?!?

...and that was in '93.

Plus $200/Mo. for insurance.

Plus... Well, you get it.

Malls were going down back then.

Even my ignorant ass saw it.

Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1), (T) at January 06, 2018 06:28 AM (Ckg4U)

46 I predict a sunny future!

Posted by: edgar cayce at January 06, 2018 06:29 AM (XWfIj)

47 Making French toast, and for the record never substituted cumin for cinnamon in that recipe

Posted by: Skip at January 06, 2018 06:29 AM (aC6Sd)

48 Sorry to hear about your dog, Krak.

Posted by: Your U.S. Government, working for you! at January 06, 2018 06:29 AM (fqUgw)

49 ..."Hiring Adams would be a major kick in ovaries to SCOAMF and Scolder. First up on Adams list would be to ransack the Civil Rights Division."
-Posted by: J.J. Sefton at January 06, 2018 06:26 AM (mbhDw)

Damn Skippy, Amigo.

Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1), (T) at January 06, 2018 06:30 AM (Ckg4U)

50 43 Aside from his qualifications, Chris Adams would be
the perfect Trump choice. As you and everyone may recall, he had a slam
dunk case of voter intimidation against the New Black Panthers which
Eric Holder refused to prosecute, for obvious reasons.

Hiring Adams would be a major kick in ovaries to SCOAMF and Scolder.
First up on Adams list would be to ransack the Civil Rights Division.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at January 06, 2018 06:26 AM (mbhDw)

As I recall they had already been prosecuted and were about to be sentenced when Holder illegally dropped all the charges.

Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at January 06, 2018 06:31 AM (mpXpK)

51 "Slap, thanks for keeping the prayer list. I pray for strength for you as you care for your parents.

And no sleep yet for me tonight. So I sympathize with the insomnia."
-Posted by: AmericanKestrel at January 06, 2018 06:25 AM (IDhUW)

Thank You. Your prayers mean more to me than you know.

Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1), (T) at January 06, 2018 06:31 AM (Ckg4U)

52 Freedom from want can only be determined by the individual based in an internal understanding of need, certainly not something a government shouldd be involved in.

Freedom from fear, same idea. Fears are all individual and have to be faced and conquered individually.

Posted by: AmericanKestrel at January 06, 2018 06:32 AM (IDhUW)

53 Her other favorite expression added to "buz meg" was "oz anya pitchaya."

Ouch.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at January 06, 2018 06:23 AM (mbhDw)

I will attempt a translation for the Urban Dictionary:

" The Urban or colloquial term 'az anya pitchaya' is generally considered to mean that an individual of unspecified ethnic derivation may or may not have had a progenitor who at some time may have identified as female with or without certain biological features that may or may not be associated with the Carpathian anthropocentric cultural concept of "szop meg".

This information has not been verified.

Posted by: Miklos, of the Orszagh dictionary family at January 06, 2018 06:33 AM (zCyNd)

54 still bugs me that K-Mart (that had gone bankrupt) was able to buy Sears (that was asset heavy, in real-estate especially I guess). They are both in trouble, but both still open here.

Also bugs me that manipulated low interest rates for 25+ years allowed companies like Amazon to drive others out of business while they lost money for 20 years. Amazon still barely makes a profit, but they have "stock mania" assets out the wazoo.

And when the hedge fund players get burned they get bailed out, so they can live to leverage 50:1 another day and become our oligarch overlords. Paper money printed by "banks" via leverage. I'm not sure where it ends ...

Posted by: illiniwek at January 06, 2018 06:34 AM (otAqJ)

55 -Posted by: Captain Whitebread at January 06, 2018 06:22 AM (rJUlF)

Welcome back aboard, Brother!

Miley and I were just praying for you the night before last.

Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1), (T) at January 06, 2018 06:34 AM (Ckg4U)

56 I love Chris Adams. He knows where the bodies are buried in DOJ.

Posted by: Obamaisacommunist at January 06, 2018 06:35 AM (iWwbk)

57 Baltimore Gas Electric Co. plans to pass on about $82 million in tax savings to customers as a result of the federal tax reform passed by Republicans in December that lowered the corporate tax rate.

No way the Baltimore Sun would report this, (they did) but I'd bet that the Chicago Tribune would never report this, without all sorts of snide remarks about Trump...

Posted by: Colin at January 06, 2018 06:36 AM (haw9Z)

58
By the way, Miklos. For our non-Magyar Hordesters, certain English words have "interesting" meanings in Hungarian:

Bus, fuss and tuna come to mind. But the word pussy translates as kiss.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at January 06, 2018 06:37 AM (mbhDw)

59 I must remind you to send your prayers to the link in my nic.

home made gravy 71 at the hooya dot com.

I'll offer personal prayers because I can't read that shit without crying, most often.

Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1), (T) at January 06, 2018 06:38 AM (Ckg4U)

60 Re Kate Steinle murder, is there any additional legal recourse that can be pursued? Because if justice is not provided by the courts through the law, the "law" becomes meaningless.

Posted by: AmericanKestrel at January 06, 2018 06:38 AM (IDhUW)

61 47 Making French toast, and for the record never substituted cumin for cinnamon in that recipe
Posted by: Skip at January 06, 2018 06:29 AM (aC6Sd)

If you go to Gateway/Hoft, their version of Sonobi is some paid content/ink "Wake Up to the French Toast of Your Dreams!"

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at January 06, 2018 06:38 AM (mbhDw)

62 Slap,

Thank you, and Miley, for your prayers.

This flu is kicking my butt this morning. I'm boiling water for some tea, then getting a little more rest before I have to take Jr. to work. I wish he could drive himself, but that's not an option.

Still, I'm alive and able to type, so I'll count it as a win.

Posted by: Captain Whitebread at January 06, 2018 06:39 AM (rJUlF)

63 For a hard-ass, I'm a big softie.

Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1), (T) at January 06, 2018 06:39 AM (Ckg4U)

64 60 Re Kate Steinle murder, is there any additional legal recourse that can be pursued? Because if justice is not provided by the courts through the law, the "law" becomes meaningless.
Posted by: AmericanKestrel at January 06, 2018 06:38 AM (IDhUW)

I thought he was going to be deported?

If ICE or other Feds come to get him, will Moonbeam and California State Troopers draw their weapons and have a, heh... Mexican standoff??

The world wonders...

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at January 06, 2018 06:41 AM (mbhDw)

65 ..."Still, I'm alive and able to type, so I'll count it as a win."
-Posted by: Captain Whitebread at January 06, 2018 06:39 AM (rJUlF)

Big Smile, Brother!

Get 'er done, as they say.

You're an inspiration. Know This.

Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1), (T) at January 06, 2018 06:41 AM (Ckg4U)

66 So sorry to hear about the loss of your friend, krak.
Has there ever been a human, besides One, that had the ability to show unconditional love the day man's best friend can?

And best of fortune on the job hunt. Maybe give yourself a week of just "all about krak", then get after it.

Have a little "being" on each shoulder right now.
One saying "Go." The other, "Don't go."
So I'm doing light searches on Alaska fishing guides.
Which one will win?
Cost and timing related to summer gig schedule which isn't set yet are both factors.

Lord willing and the river don't rise...

Posted by: teej at January 06, 2018 06:41 AM (BN/jk)

67 Oh yeah, Sonobi-itch is gone still, many times a first turned into a trip to their website

Posted by: Skip at January 06, 2018 06:43 AM (aC6Sd)

68 Bus, fuss and tuna come to mind. But the word pussy translates as kiss.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at January 06, 2018 06:37 AM (mbhDw)

Heh. I learned a long time that if you say "pussy", in America, maybe problem. In Hungary, I normally got a kiss.

Some Hollywood bigwigs, etc . really messed up by not having gone to Balaton for a week. Then when the "inappropriate" allegations came up, they could have claimed it was all about multicultural undarstanding.

Posted by: Miklos, of the Orszagh dictionary family at January 06, 2018 06:43 AM (zCyNd)

69 If you read up on the details of that black panther case, and indeed all the cases involving black criminals during the Obama years, it will really piss you off.

Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at January 06, 2018 06:43 AM (mpXpK)

70 g'mornin', 'rons

Posted by: AltonJackson at January 06, 2018 06:43 AM (KCxzN)

71 60
Re Kate Steinle murder, is there any additional legal recourse that can
be pursued? Because if justice is not provided by the courts through the
law, the "law" becomes meaningless.

Posted by: AmericanKestrel at January 06, 2018 06:38 AM (IDhUW)

According to that article the feds are moving in with their own case now.

Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at January 06, 2018 06:44 AM (mpXpK)

72 from rumors there is supposedly already a large roundup of criminals underway, including the pedophiles and child traffickers. It seems like wild conspiracy theory, yet we know the pedophiles are around at top levels of government (e.g. pedo island)

AND we know using sex to control our top polticians via blackmail would be very useful, and that Podesta's pictures of abused kids were sick, and "spirit cooking" pretty demonic.

That whole Bohemian Grove thing, and the Yale skull and bones ... debauchery at the least, but the Weinstein thing was probably worse than we know. Arrests hopefully coming with or without Sessions ... #2weeks

Posted by: illiniwek at January 06, 2018 06:45 AM (otAqJ)

73 Shoot me a text if up to it.
You know who you are.

Posted by: teej at January 06, 2018 06:45 AM (BN/jk)

74 The world wonders...

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at January 06, 2018 06:41 AM (mbhDw)

*throws down cap, and cries*

Posted by: Bill "Bull" Halsey at January 06, 2018 06:46 AM (zCyNd)

75
G'morning, all!

We have had a bag of ice cubes sitting on the porch outside our front door since Boxing Day and those suckers have shown zero evidence of having melted. This cold spell officially is starting to get old.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at January 06, 2018 06:47 AM (Fy1TT)

76 If ICE or other Feds come to get him, will Moonbeam and California State Troopers draw their weapons and have a, heh... Mexican standoff??

The world wonders...
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at January 06, 2018 06:41 AM (mbhDw)

I've had the distinct impression for some time that, if this corruption shit is really going to be solved, somebody with a badge is going to have to draw down on somebody with a badge.

And I wonder if that's what makes Sessions hesitate.

Posted by: ScoggDog at January 06, 2018 06:47 AM (fiGNd)

77 Morning teej!

Dogs do remind us of some of God 's qualities: love, faithfulness, joy.

Alaska does call

Posted by: AmericanKestrel at January 06, 2018 06:48 AM (IDhUW)

78 For a hard-ass, I'm a big softie.

Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1), (T) at January 06, 2018 06:39 AM (Ckg4U)

Careful. If you get a call from the MyPillow guy...

Posted by: Miklos, not an official anything at January 06, 2018 06:48 AM (zCyNd)

79 Morning, frozen Peeps!

Posted by: fluffy at January 06, 2018 06:48 AM (cHbmY)

80 23 I need to go to the store today but since it has remained cold here ever since last week none of the snow has melted. The roads are still crap and it just is not worth it to go out. I can wait.
Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at January 06, 2018 06:09 AM (mpXpK)
Yeah I was going to send my dog to southern Georgia ( I refuse to say South Georgia like my wife does) for pointer training, but I backed out when I saw this storm. It is still cold and snowy down there.

Posted by: F.N.G. at January 06, 2018 06:49 AM (kiSdp)

81 I'd send you a song link, Cap'n... but you've heard them all before... lol.

If I sent you a "Chicago" song, you'd be all like..

"I play this every day at X-Time"... lol.

You're the only one of the Horde who is Immune to tunes.

Okay, I don't mean it that way. You wouldn't be into the tunes unless you were into the tunes. I know that you know that that makes sense. (stutterer)

How's about this?...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t2zqYC8xKwM

Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1), (T) at January 06, 2018 06:49 AM (Ckg4U)

82 I thought he was going to be deported?
________________

And if he is, he'll be right back the next day, just like all the previous times he was deported.

It's why we need a damn wall and real border security!

Posted by: TrivialPursuer at January 06, 2018 06:50 AM (fqUgw)

83 "Careful. If you get a call from the MyPillow guy..."
-Posted by: Miklos, not an official anything at January 06, 2018 06:48 AM (zCyNd)

*HAH!*

Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1), (T) at January 06, 2018 06:50 AM (Ckg4U)

84 Oh, that's a tough week. In NW IL, we're at 22 below, actual temp. May drop another couple. But, 36 above and sunny on Monday! Lived here a long time and never had such a long stretch of such bitter weather.

Posted by: lizabth at January 06, 2018 06:51 AM (p0fBx)

85
1 Good Morning Morons; today is Saturday, January 6, 2018. On this day in 1941 FDR delivered his infamous socialist Four Freedoms speech in the State of the Union address.

Ah, yes, the jumping off point for the JEF to assert that the Constitution was replete with negative rights (stuff the gubmint may not do) rather than his fondly desired positive rights (stuff the gubmint must do for an individual).

How I loathe that man, his ideas and the sway they hold over far too many of our fellow citizens.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at January 06, 2018 06:52 AM (Fy1TT)

86 For a hard-ass, I'm a big softie.

Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1), (T) at January 06, 2018 06:39 AM (Ckg4U)

In my humble opinion, the fact that the most recording is from 1999 is an immediate qualifier.

Posted by: Miklos, not even an official Miklos at January 06, 2018 06:52 AM (zCyNd)

87 I once bought a house in a new development with an HOA.

Unlike most people, I actually read the CCRs.

I could have one flagpole. Not two.

Poor marine should have read the CCRs before buying the house.
And what is wrong with putting up both flags on the same pole?

Posted by: JAS at January 06, 2018 06:52 AM (7JbXq)

88 My Pillow guy is in the room behind your bathroom medicine cabinet isn't he?

Posted by: Skip at January 06, 2018 06:52 AM (aC6Sd)

89
Yeah I was going to send my dog to southern Georgia ( I refuse to say South Georgia like my wife does)

Your wife has a yearning to visit the final resting place of Sir Ernest Shackelton? Such an adventurous soul!

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at January 06, 2018 06:54 AM (Fy1TT)

90 My Angels...

My Devils...

-Thorn in my Pride.

Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1), (T) at January 06, 2018 06:54 AM (Ckg4U)

91 Morning American Kestral!
Have seen some Alaska pics, one in particular, that are really on the "Go" side.

Hoping things can work towards that direction.

Posted by: teej at January 06, 2018 06:55 AM (BN/jk)

92 Sorry to hear about your dog Krak.

Posted by: sinalco at January 06, 2018 06:56 AM (yODqO)

93
4 Trump likes Rand Paul's suggestion to use the canceled Pakistan money to fund the infrastructure improvements

Toss in the UN payment savings and cutoff funding the Palestinian Authority funds and the next thing you know, we're talking sbout some real money...

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at January 06, 2018 06:57 AM (Fy1TT)

94 I'm told that new names have old names.

I'm confused.

I just want torquewrench, weft cut-loop and others back.

Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1), (T) at January 06, 2018 06:58 AM (Ckg4U)

95 How I loathe that man, his ideas and the sway they hold over far too many of our fellow citizens.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at January 06, 2018 06:52 AM (Fy1TT)

In all fairness ... they're not Barry's ideas. I don't think Barry has had an original idea his entire life.

Posted by: ScoggDog at January 06, 2018 06:58 AM (fiGNd)

96 Losing a pet is always difficult. Hard to explain. Sorry for your loss(es).

A chilly minus 2 degrees in the Bluegrass with plenty of sun later on.

I'm thinking tonight we'll make some red beans and rice for dinner. Yummy.

Posted by: Deplorable Redneck Bitter Clinger at January 06, 2018 06:58 AM (iiixZ)

97 *HAH!*

Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1), (T) at January 06, 2018 06:50 AM (Ckg4U)

Look-just don't sell your endorsement/name for chump change.

Be the Martha Stewart of "soft pillows for hard asses".

Posted by: Molnar Marketing, Societe Anonyme at January 06, 2018 06:59 AM (zCyNd)

98 "In all fairness ... they're not Barry's ideas. I don't think Barry has had an original idea his entire life."
-Posted by: ScoggDog at January 06, 2018 06:58 AM (fiGNd)

I'm going to agree with this...

And 'X' gets the square!

Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1), (T) at January 06, 2018 07:01 AM (Ckg4U)

99 >>>>It's 26 F here, and I have what's becoming my yearly winter bout with
the flu. I don't know why I even bother taking the shots. They don't
seem to stop it, and who knows if it's lessening the severity...I'm
leaning toward "No" at the moment.

Hot tea and Nyquil for breakfast!
.
.
.It only takes once, trust me. I had the no $hit actual influenza, not the common winter cold one time ten years ago, did not get the shot. That bout nearly put me in the hospital. Left me bedridden for almost two weeks.

On the up side I quit smoking during that time because I could not breath.

Posted by: The Great White Scotsman at January 06, 2018 07:01 AM (+Dllb)

100 And 'X' gets the square!

Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1), (T) at January 06, 2018 07:01 AM (Ckg4U)

Everything that boy knows, I taught him.

And "square"....

Posted by: Paul Lynde at January 06, 2018 07:03 AM (zCyNd)

101 And I wonder if that's what makes Sessions hesitate.
Posted by: ScoggDog at January 06, 2018 06:47 AM (fiGNd)

Calling in the National Guard, if need be, is not without precedent for recalcitrant governors.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at January 06, 2018 07:03 AM (mbhDw)

102 88 My Pillow guy is in the room behind your bathroom medicine cabinet isn't he?
Posted by: Skip at January 06, 2018 06:52 AM (aC6Sd)

"Mona!!!"

- - Classic 1960s Right Guard commercial

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at January 06, 2018 07:04 AM (mbhDw)

103 A judge has ruled that a defamation lawsuit against CBS by JonBenet Ramsey's brother Burke, who is now 30 years old, can proceed.

CBS aired a program that suggested the then 9-year old Burke was the killler.

I hope the kid bankrupts CBS.

Posted by: TrivialPursuer at January 06, 2018 07:05 AM (fqUgw)

104 Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at January 06, 2018 06:54 AM (Fy1TT)
South is a direction, southern is a region. No, she would not visit S. Georgia (Shackleton)

Posted by: F.N.G. at January 06, 2018 07:05 AM (kiSdp)

105
Car tells me that it is 10 degrees Fahrenheit outside. It was balky during startup this morning.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at January 06, 2018 07:06 AM (Fy1TT)

106 "Look-just don't sell your endorsement/name for chump change.
Be the Martha Stewart of "soft pillows for hard asses"."
-Posted by: Molnar Marketing, Societe Anonyme at January 06, 2018 06:59 AM (zCyNd)

You must not know much about me or Martha Stewart.

We go back to Federal Pound-You-in-the-Ass-Prison.

We've since gotten rich off of a crispy cookie that takes longer than you'd imagine to concoct.

Her idea, my implementation.

It is ALL GOOD.

It didn't make the cookbook because of lawyers and layers and layers of ... well, lawyers.

I can only say that it had to do with "Cheeseburger Soup".

Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1), (T) at January 06, 2018 07:06 AM (Ckg4U)

107 #38

Posted by: JAS at January 06, 2018 07:07 AM (7JbXq)

108 You'd like to know about "Cheeseburger Soup", wouldn't you?

Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1), (T) at January 06, 2018 07:08 AM (Ckg4U)

109
"Mona!!!"

- - Classic 1960s Right Guard commercial
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at January 06, 2018 07:04 AM (mbhDw)

"Hi Guy!"

I recall that it was a Nyquil commercial, not Right Guard.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at January 06, 2018 07:08 AM (Fy1TT)

110 I'd refer you to Martha. She's my "Bottom Bitch".

Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1), (T) at January 06, 2018 07:08 AM (Ckg4U)

111 Calling in the National Guard, if need be, is not without precedent for recalcitrant governors.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at January 06, 2018 07:03 AM (mbhDw)

The change from precedent, is that The South Carolina National Guard would be the first to respond to any attempt to defy the President...

MoMe picnic at Fort Sumter!

Posted by: Paul Lynde at January 06, 2018 07:08 AM (zCyNd)

112 Temps are supposed to return to normal here next week. It's gonna feel like spring.

Posted by: BignJames at January 06, 2018 07:09 AM (0+nbW)

113
Nope, it was Right Guard, via looking for it on YouTube

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at January 06, 2018 07:11 AM (Fy1TT)

114 How's about this?...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t2zqYC8xKwM

Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1), (T) at January 06, 2018 06:49 AM (Ckg4U)

Love it! Thanks.

Even after three decades in the radio business, there are still songs that move me. Some we play -- a lot -- and some aren't well known to the general public.

It's one reason I got into this weird, weird business. Someone -- maybe Wolfman Jack -- once said that most radio DJs are "frustrated musicians". I think that's me. When I was younger, I was too shy to sing anything in public. Now I sometimes wish I'd been brave enough to join even a cover band. Surely there's some group who can use a barely-50 lead singer.

Posted by: Captain Whitebread at January 06, 2018 07:11 AM (rJUlF)

115 My uncle who lives in AK takes some of the most scenic pictures then paints them in a landscape portrait .

Posted by: Skip at January 06, 2018 07:11 AM (aC6Sd)

116 You're not Paul Lynde at all.

I was nameraped.

...by the Center Square.

This is unacceptable. I should puke upon myself and probably urinate before I make contact with Campus Officials in June.

Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1), (T) at January 06, 2018 07:12 AM (Ckg4U)

117 Good morning my pretty Hordelings.

It's going to be all of 17 degrees here today. It' *7* degrees right now ("feels like -8"). This is Jack London territory! If Jack London lived in a sweet pad with fully stocked liquor cabinet. But still, nature in the raw.

*sips French roast*

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at January 06, 2018 07:13 AM (qJtVm)

118 "Freedom of speech

Freedom of worship

Freedom from want

Freedom from fear"

Doesn't One contradict Four?

What if someone's speech deprives me of my right to freedom from fear?

Posted by: Snowflake McSafespace at January 06, 2018 07:13 AM (v9gSJ)

119 Yes, I am curious about the cheeseburger soup.

But I'd really like the red beans and rice recipe that DRBC mentioned.

Posted by: AmericanKestrel at January 06, 2018 07:15 AM (IDhUW)

120 Bathsalts make one fearless. If I have the right to be free of fear, I should get free bathsalts as well as free contraceptives.

Posted by: Snowflake McSafespace at January 06, 2018 07:15 AM (v9gSJ)

121 Doesn't One contradict Four?

What if someone's speech deprives me of my right to freedom from fear?

Posted by: Snowflake McSafespace at January 06, 2018 07:13 AM (v9gSJ)

They're listed in reverse order of importance.

"You can't say that if it violates my safe space!"

Posted by: Captain Whitebread at January 06, 2018 07:15 AM (rJUlF)

122 But I'd really like the red beans and rice recipe that DRBC mentioned.

Posted by: AmericanKestrel at January 06, 2018 07:15 AM (IDhUW)

Be sure to pickle your pork.

Posted by: BignJames at January 06, 2018 07:16 AM (0+nbW)

123 Paul Lynde was the only reason I watched "Hollywood Squares" as a kid.

https://youtu.be/OhPssZbKhM0

Posted by: Captain Whitebread at January 06, 2018 07:17 AM (rJUlF)

124 ..."It's one reason I got into this weird, weird business. Someone -- maybe Wolfman Jack -- once said that most radio DJs are "frustrated musicians". I think that's me. When I was younger, I was too shy to sing anything in public. Now I sometimes wish I'd been brave enough to join even a cover band. Surely there's some group who can use a barely-50 lead singer."
-Posted by: Captain Whitebread at January 06, 2018 07:11 AM (rJUlF)

Dude... You rock. I have only 'sang' "Bust a Move" at karaoke. I'm a lyrical dude. My voice is my credence.

You, on the other hand are a river on which boats flow.

*Bows Down*

Dude... your voice is buttah!

Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1), (T) at January 06, 2018 07:17 AM (Ckg4U)

125 115 My uncle who lives in AK takes some of the most scenic pictures then paints them in a landscape portrait .

That sounds lovely. Oil, watercolor?

Posted by: AmericanKestrel at January 06, 2018 07:20 AM (IDhUW)

126 Paul Lynde was a silly sonofabitch!

Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1), (T) at January 06, 2018 07:20 AM (Ckg4U)

127 if this corruption shit is really going to be solved, somebody with a badge is going to have to draw down on somebody with a badge.

And I wonder if that's what makes Sessions hesitate.

Meh. So orderly corruption is preferable? No wonder you guys couldn't keep it.

Posted by: Ben Franklin at January 06, 2018 07:21 AM (v9gSJ)

128 Sorry to hear about your dog, Krak.

And that Marine in the HOA...sounds like someone is making drama. You don't just go out into the front yard and place two flag poles like that with a pick and a shovel and couple of bags of sak-crete from the Homless Depot. Those were done by a contractor and whoever did it should have checked the easements and deed restrictions. The HOA has him over a barrel for sure if what they say is true.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at January 06, 2018 07:22 AM (WQ3tJ)

129 "In what State was Abraham Lincoln Born?"

Paul: "Like all of us, naked and screaming."

Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1), (T) at January 06, 2018 07:24 AM (Ckg4U)

130 This is unacceptable. I should puke upon myself and probably urinate before I make contact with Campus Officials in June.

Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1), (T) at January 06, 2018 07:12 AM (Ckg4U)

Fine. But I IDENTIFY as Paul Lynde.

Any triggering comments, and I will go to the European Court of Human Rights.

My opportunity for an honorary Ph.D. at Perdue having been frustrated, I will transfer to Evergreen State, where in a clear racist-classist-genderist patriarchal move, I will be forced BY WHITE MAN'S LAW to pump myself. Or for myself.

Also, I want some non-stick copper women's health devices. Like I saw on the QDP Channel!

Posted by: Miklos, waiting for the affirmative action $$ to roll in at January 06, 2018 07:24 AM (zCyNd)

131 Oils, he is very good, he posts on facebook but I don't so can't get them

Posted by: Skip at January 06, 2018 07:27 AM (aC6Sd)

132 -Posted by: Miklos, waiting for the affirmative action $$ to roll in at January 06, 2018 07:24 AM (zCyNd)

Not going to work. This is AoSHQ. You'll find our COB's admirable, fair and yet they slice like a hammer.

Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1), (T) at January 06, 2018 07:28 AM (Ckg4U)

133 The timing of your job loss, at least, is good. Companies are hiring, and you well may find yourself in a better place.

Posted by: LindaF at January 06, 2018 07:28 AM (qBtOo)

134 Will no one rid me of this troublesome thread?

Posted by: Miklos, looking at the Archbishop of Cobworth at January 06, 2018 07:29 AM (zCyNd)

135
When are the Jimmies?

That's what I'm calling the president's Fake News Awards, after fake news' cnn's little jim acosta.

Do you have a better name for the president's Fake News award?

Posted by: Soothsayer -- Fake Commenter at January 06, 2018 07:29 AM (k4Ha8)

136 Not going to work. This is AoSHQ. You'll find our COB's admirable, fair and yet they slice like a hammer.

Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1), (T) at January 06, 2018 07:28 AM (Ckg4U)

With Fats Domino's old horn section, cool.

Posted by: Miklos, looking at the Archbishop of Cobworth at January 06, 2018 07:30 AM (zCyNd)

137
And the Jimmy goes to....

Posted by: Soothsayer -- Fake Commenter at January 06, 2018 07:31 AM (k4Ha8)

138
Brian Ross of ABC!

Posted by: Soothsayer -- Fake Commenter at January 06, 2018 07:31 AM (k4Ha8)

139 122 But I'd really like the red beans and rice recipe that DRBC mentioned.

Posted by: AmericanKestrel at January 06, 2018 07:15 AM (IDhUW)

Be sure to pickle your pork.

Need more info.

Posted by: AmericanKestrel at January 06, 2018 07:32 AM (IDhUW)

140 "With Fats Domino's old horn section, cool."
-Posted by: Miklos, looking at the Archbishop of Cobworth at January 06, 2018 07:30 AM (zCyNd)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bQQCPrwKzdo

Blueberry Hill

Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1), (T) at January 06, 2018 07:33 AM (Ckg4U)

141 And the Jimmy goes to....

Posted by: Soothsayer -- Fake Commenter at January 06, 2018 07:31 AM (k4Ha

In many jurisdictions, possession of a "jimmy" is considered prima facie evidence of intent to commit a crime.

In others, it is a socially accepted indicator of a commitment to turn oness life around.

Posted by: Miklos, privately funded researcher at January 06, 2018 07:35 AM (zCyNd)

142 There were more horns in Huey Lewis and the News.

Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1), (T) at January 06, 2018 07:35 AM (Ckg4U)

143 I'm painting down in my heater room, poor furnace won't shut off more than a few minutes. Quite toasty, thats one reason I paint down here.

Posted by: Skip at January 06, 2018 07:36 AM (aC6Sd)

144 City of Seattle Sweetened Beverage Recovery Fee

https://tinyurl.com/y8l5zh4u

Because it works in Philly

Posted by: jsg at January 06, 2018 07:36 AM (gSwpy)

145 Perfect World, Huey Lewis and the News:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WIkOVe0MF1k

Horns.

I love horns.

Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1), (T) at January 06, 2018 07:37 AM (Ckg4U)

146 The Sultans of swing

Posted by: Skip at January 06, 2018 07:40 AM (aC6Sd)

147 Blueberry Hill

Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1), (T) at January 06, 2018 07:33 AM (Ckg4U)

I can't tell you the alternative lyrics that New Orleans young 'uns have known for about 100 years.

Fats only modified to the extent necessary.

As they say, I leave the rest as an exercise for the reader.

PS-Little Richard worked it- they put Dorothy LaBostrie on cleaning it up.

Posted by: Miklos, privately funded stride pianist at January 06, 2018 07:40 AM (zCyNd)

148 143 I'm painting down in my heater room, poor furnace won't shut off more than a few minutes. Quite toasty, thats one reason I paint down here.

Oh, that's right you paint too. Do you use oil as well? How would you classify your subject matter?

Posted by: AmericanKestrel at January 06, 2018 07:41 AM (IDhUW)

149 Keep your chin up, Krak. Good on ya, God bless and keep ya.

Posted by: Sam Adams at January 06, 2018 07:42 AM (VDbGO)

150 Krak,

I had that same situation two years ago. Hang in there. It gets better.

Posted by: RobM1981 at January 06, 2018 07:43 AM (VVBN7)

151 -Posted by: Miklos, privately funded stride pianist at January 06, 2018 07:40 AM (zCyNd)

I'm just a "kid" from NorthEast Ohio.

I know good baseball and bad football.

Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1), (T) at January 06, 2018 07:43 AM (Ckg4U)

152 ...and how to cook a fuckin' egg.

Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1), (T) at January 06, 2018 07:44 AM (Ckg4U)

153 No, I paint purely in acrylic, and 15mm figures

Posted by: Skip at January 06, 2018 07:46 AM (aC6Sd)

154 Excellent Slap, how do you cook an egg?

Posted by: AmericanKestrel at January 06, 2018 07:46 AM (IDhUW)

155 Sorry to hear about your doggy Krak. I know it's tough. Dogs are the greatest.

From our local news:

" A bearded man reportedly went into the Family Dollar store at ---- three days before Christmas and made off with 27 bottles of Febreze that he stuffed in his pants."

Posted by: Mary Cloggenstien of Brattleboro Vermouth at January 06, 2018 07:46 AM (UdKB7)

156 Same thing happened to my company this time last year. Except they issued so much new stock to the incoming crowd that it screwed the rest of us by diluting our shares. Still a decent payout, but WAY short of the 2m expected........bastards.........Dogs are fine though.

Posted by: NuclearJim at January 06, 2018 07:47 AM (Sl3iv)

157 Hang dai krakatoa.

Posted by: Moron Robbie - Bama's Boot Stomping on the Face of College Football Forever at January 06, 2018 07:47 AM (ks6bw)

158 Condolences, krakatoa! Never easy to lose a pet.

Posted by: Lizzy at January 06, 2018 07:47 AM (W+vEI)

159 Oh brother off you kooky sock.

Posted by: freaked at January 06, 2018 07:48 AM (UdKB7)

160 Mr. Kestrel here's the best *tip* I can give you...

If it looks like it is "done"? It is overdone.

*drops mic*

Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1), (T) at January 06, 2018 07:48 AM (Ckg4U)

161 krakatoa:

Sorry about your dog. We had to euthanize our 17 year old calico cat the week before Christmas. She was my little buddy and I miss her. However, I am convinced that our pets do have souls and we will be reunited with our loved ones in Heaven.

Good luck on the job hunt. I think we are on the verge of an economic boom that may very well dwarf what we experienced with President Reagan: there is more pent-up energy after 8 years of purposeful suppression of the marketplace under the misrule of Preezy Captain Utopia than the 4 years under President Carter. Carter may have been weak and vacillating but he didn't hate America during his time in office (that and the Jew-hate came later, after he had been repudiated by the American people).

Look at this as an opportunity to get out of a rut and re-evaluate what you want to do for a living. That's what I did and ultimately found the best job I have ever had (and I'm quite a bit older than 29!).

Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at January 06, 2018 07:48 AM (5Yee7)

162 Maybe a snarky Country break-up song will work for the job loss?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zFJXxTv4Z7k

Posted by: Lizzy at January 06, 2018 07:49 AM (W+vEI)

163 I really need to get a picture posting site but my figures except in amount isn't that impressive. But have made some scratch built vehicals ( caissons and limbers for artillery) I am quite proud of.

Posted by: Skip at January 06, 2018 07:49 AM (aC6Sd)

164 Soft warm spring rain here on the inland left coast. Not a drought buster but enough to end fire danger.

Posted by: Oroville at January 06, 2018 07:50 AM (H3qCT)

165 Considering that we are brothers and all.

And that I spent happy years in New Orleans.

Trust me, Fats had a band leader for long years named Dave Barthelemew.

Dave was a horn player himself, and always brought 7 (count 'em, 7) saxes to complement the stride piano of Fats.

An early recording of "Who Drank My Beer, While Was in the Rear", for your delectation (They are just thinkng about maybe going home in the French Quarter):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OCbyPdE-OTo

A t'on gout! ( Cajun, not Hungarian)

Posted by: Miklos, privately funded stride pianist at January 06, 2018 07:52 AM (zCyNd)

166 Skip,
Sounds like detailed and precision work!

Posted by: AmericanKestrel at January 06, 2018 07:53 AM (IDhUW)

167 Eggs keep "cooking" after they are off the heat.

They taste best when the yolks are gelatinous and the whites are just barely clear before they hit the plate.

Tell me that your toast doesn't enjoy a plunge into that yellow goodness.

I will defy your scrutiny as blasphemy, should you call another demon.

Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1), (T) at January 06, 2018 07:54 AM (Ckg4U)

168 Trump is asking congress for $18B over the next ten years to build the border wall with Mexico. Will he get it? Probably not

---

Jeez. Will he get f*cking $18 billion? Probably not, while realizing that Obama got, and continued to get, his nearly $1 trillion "stimulus" every single year, year after year, after the official stimulus was granted in 2009 or so.

Ever wonder why there were constant continuing resolutions instead of passing a budget?

That's a big part of of.

And Trump won't get $18B.

Posted by: Moron Robbie - Bama's Boot Stomping on the Face of College Football Forever at January 06, 2018 07:54 AM (ks6bw)

169 They taste best when the yolks are gelatinous and the whites are just barely clear before they hit the plate.

Tell me that your toast doesn't enjoy a plunge into that yellow goodness.

---

Brother!

Posted by: Moron Robbie - Bama's Boot Stomping on the Face of College Football Forever at January 06, 2018 07:56 AM (ks6bw)

170 Laissez les bon temps rouler!:

Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1), (T) at January 06, 2018 07:57 AM (Ckg4U)

171 -Posted by: Moron Robbie - Bama's Boot Stomping on the Face of College Football Forever at January 06, 2018 07:56 AM (ks6bw)

F*** Yeah. "Secret" to Good Eggs.

Most of you are Good Eggs.

I may be a bit overdone.

Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1), (T) at January 06, 2018 07:59 AM (Ckg4U)

172 I thought some of the money for border wall was approved years ago. The amount seems way over priced but then its union labor, with their time off, plus graft to unions and man made cost overruns, environmental studies, engineering costs, land lawsuits.
Hey! They should get illegals to build it like on every other job in the country!

Posted by: Skip at January 06, 2018 07:59 AM (aC6Sd)

173 >>Couple articals at American Thinker on the FBI looking into the Clinton
Foundation pay for play , its so painfully obvious but since I have no
faith in them I expect nothing will come from it.

Hell, all the FBI needs to do is buy "Clinton Cash" - Schweitzer and his team have done a tone of research already - without the benefit of subpoena power, access to classified communications, etc..Start there and then get into the really incriminating stuff from Huma's laptop...

Posted by: Lizzy at January 06, 2018 08:00 AM (W+vEI)

174 Oh Slap!

The Egg Wars Begun They Have

The egg should be put in a heated pan and the yolk broken so as to cook thoroughly.

The whites should be crisped brown and crunchy on the edges.

Sprinkled liberally with salt and pepper. No toast needed.

Posted by: AmericanKestrel at January 06, 2018 08:00 AM (IDhUW)

175 They taste best when the yolks are gelatinous and the whites are just barely clear before they hit the plate.

Concur. I get get them to that condition by cooking them in the pan with the bacon and then putting it all over a toasted, thin bagel.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at January 06, 2018 08:02 AM (WQ3tJ)

176 Well heck. I usually cook a big Sunday breakfast, but now I can't stand it for some strange reason so I'm going to go fry some eggs and bake some
biscuits and turn whatever meat we've got into a greasy, gooey sandwich
that you need to eat over the plate when you take a bite.

And then we'll do our Sunday breakfast tomorrow, too.

Back soon.

Posted by: Moron Robbie - Bama's Boot Stomping on the Face of College Football Forever at January 06, 2018 08:02 AM (ks6bw)

177 And Trump won't get $18B.

Posted by: Moron Robbie - Bama's Boot Stomping on the Face of College Football Forever at January 06, 2018 07:54 AM (ks6bw)

Come on. A 2-3% tax or fee on remittances from US to MX would easily pay for a big beautiful wall.

Posted by: Miklos, private economist at January 06, 2018 08:02 AM (zCyNd)

178 I'm sorry to hear about your loss. God loves His little ones, has a good place for them, and we'll see them again. They've just crossed the bridge ahead of us, and when it's our time to make that crossing, your friend will be there wagging to welcome you.

Posted by: Chuck Moss at January 06, 2018 08:04 AM (uVaQq)

179 Actually I should identify as Paul Lynde.... as you may have guessed from my nic :-)

It is currently -6 in Central IL. My mumbley mumbleth birthday is Thursday and I am hoping to celebrate by washing my car since the forecast calls for high 40s (above zero) that day. Of course, about 20,000 other drivers sick of driving around with salt- and mud-caked vehicles will have the same idea and they will all line up outside the car wash at the same time....

Posted by: Secret Square at January 06, 2018 08:05 AM (9WuX0)

180 "Oh Slap!
The Egg Wars Begun They Have
The egg should be put in a heated pan and the yolk broken so as to cook thoroughly.
The whites should be crisped brown and crunchy on the edges.
Sprinkled liberally with salt and pepper. No toast needed."
-Posted by: AmericanKestrel at January 06, 2018 08:00 AM (IDhUW)

I don't mind that one bit.

Ask me how a chef would do things and how My Family enjoys things?

-Two Different Cycles.

I'm more amongst the "chef" way of doing things, but I'll make a damn-good egg at your request.

Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1), (T) at January 06, 2018 08:05 AM (Ckg4U)

181 Come on. A 2-3% tax or fee on remittances from US to MX would easily pay for a big beautiful wall.

Posted by: Miklos, private economist at January 06, 2018 08:02 AM (zCyNd)

Make it the same rate as the lowest taxpayer rate -- about 10 to 15%.
The under-the-table workforce needs to be broken.

Posted by: Acme Trucking Enterprises, White Truck Division at January 06, 2018 08:06 AM (2FqvZ)

182 Sorry about your doggy and the job, Krakatoa.

Losing a beloved pet is very hard and in my case I went out and adopted a new one (last two have been rescues) pretty fast as I found that the missing daily routines (walk in the morning, friendly bark greeting me after work, belly rubs while watching TV) were increasingly hard to ignore. It hurt. They're all different, but somehow we all have needed each other.

Posted by: CN at January 06, 2018 08:06 AM (5gaNQ)

183 krakatoa

Sorry to hear about your dog. And good luck with the job search. May you find a good cultural fit, and win new fans in the new job.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 06, 2018 08:08 AM (hyuyC)

184 In all fairness ... they're not Barry's ideas. I don't think Barry has had an original idea his entire life.
Posted by: ScoggDog at January 06, 2018 06:58 AM (fiGNd)

Cock Curious is a pathetic case, a needy little bastard abandoned by his whore mother and polygamist drunk sperm donor. Brought up poorly by his maternal grandparents who exposed him, so to speak, to that perv Frank Marshall Davis. Ultimately manipulated by the Farsi Ferret who detected a damaged soul and always lied about how brilliant the pedestrian dolt was to accomplish her subversive agenda. As others have pointed out, he was as lazy as a summer day is hot and would rather watch Sportcenter all fucking day than destroy the country. With a complicit GOPe driven by the Gas Chamber of Crony Capitalism he could've easily legislatively put the country in the shitter almost permanently. Instead like a simple punk it was much more attractive for him to be as in your face as he could be and ruled through easily reversed executive orders and subsequently DJT has turned his eight years of shit into a vague memory in less than a year.

Posted by: Captain Hate at January 06, 2018 08:08 AM (y7DUB)

185 "Concur. I get get them to that condition by cooking them in the pan with the bacon and then putting it all over a toasted, thin bagel."
-Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at January 06, 2018 08:02 AM (WQ3tJ)

Yes! Cook them in the meat-fat and serve them wherever you need them.

Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1), (T) at January 06, 2018 08:08 AM (Ckg4U)

186 Good morning!

Let's smile and be happy and strike fear in the heart of killjoy leftists everywhere.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 06, 2018 08:08 AM (hyuyC)

187 Make it the same rate as the lowest taxpayer rate -- about 10 to 15%.
The under-the-table workforce needs to be broken.
Posted by: Acme Trucking Enterprises, White Truck Division at January 06, 2018 08:06 AM (2FqvZ)

Agreed. few things gall me more than this, especially while I see them collecting from the same taxpayers they're cheating.

Posted by: CN at January 06, 2018 08:08 AM (5gaNQ)

188 I still mourn pets that died decades ago. It never really goes away.

Last time I had to pull over on the way home from that final trip to the vet (RIP Buddy!) and bawl my eyes out. I just can't, anymore. I've always had pets but after that last one I just can't anymore.

Posted by: WhatWhatWhat? at January 06, 2018 08:08 AM (ul9CR)

189 Man... I love dipping my toast in at least an over-easy egg!

Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1), (T) at January 06, 2018 08:10 AM (Ckg4U)

190 krakatoa

Sorry about the dog! Mine have helped me survive many a bad time.

You have a great attitude for a new job and I wish you good luck on that!

Posted by: C. Rony at January 06, 2018 08:10 AM (gwPgz)

191 Wait - how many billions will extending the DACA stuff cost?

(checks Bing - and discovers they only want to give results on how much it will "cost" to deny DACA. Ugh)

Regardless, it's in the billions, so the choice seems fairly obvious of where to find a lot of the border wall funding...

Posted by: Lizzy at January 06, 2018 08:10 AM (W+vEI)

192 Posted by: Captain Hate at January 06, 2018 08:08 AM (y7DUB)

Pretty much sums it up.

Posted by: BignJames at January 06, 2018 08:10 AM (0+nbW)

193 188: I still mourn mine, but I think it's a tribute to them that I can't be without a doggeh to love. And it feels good to give a warm home to a rescue. They have been very good pups and grateful.

Posted by: CN at January 06, 2018 08:11 AM (5gaNQ)

194 Capt Hate - Yeah that pretty well sums up 8 years of the country's history

Posted by: Skip at January 06, 2018 08:12 AM (aC6Sd)

195 I'm making eggs. Who wants one?

Krakatoa? You get First Shot.

Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1), (T) at January 06, 2018 08:12 AM (Ckg4U)

196 Make it the same rate as the lowest taxpayer rate -- about 10 to 15%.
The under-the-table workforce needs to be broken.

Posted by: Acme Trucking Enterprises, White Truck Division at January 06, 2018 08:06 AM (2FqvZ)

No. if you make the fee too high, it will just be a new line of business for the integrated drug and any other deal cartels. If you charge 15%, the cartels, who have representatives in every little place, will do it for 10.

Posted by: Miklos, private economist de Yucatan at January 06, 2018 08:12 AM (zCyNd)

197 Sorry about your dog, krakatoa.
We get so close to them.
I have been more crushed by pet deaths in the past than certain close relatives.
And thats not saying anything bad about the relatives, just about the connection we can make with a pet.

Posted by: gobagoo at January 06, 2018 08:12 AM (A/saJ)

198 *pushes toast*

Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1), (T) at January 06, 2018 08:13 AM (Ckg4U)

199 Hang in there krak. Love your optimistic attitude.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 06, 2018 08:13 AM (EZebt)

200 Sorry about your dog, Krakatoa.

Posted by: Captain Hate at January 06, 2018 08:14 AM (y7DUB)

201 Didn't comment on the ONT but don't the police know it takes a head shot to put a zombie down?

Posted by: Skip at January 06, 2018 08:14 AM (aC6Sd)

202 Feel free to call me, Krak. I'm the Doctor Phil (qualified) of The Horde. I'm here to listen.

Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1), (T) at January 06, 2018 08:15 AM (Ckg4U)

203 I don't have the Southern accent.

*unqualified*

Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1), (T) at January 06, 2018 08:17 AM (Ckg4U)

204 I'm very sorry about your dog, Krakatoa.

(As to the rest: I like your outlook.)

Posted by: FireHorse at January 06, 2018 08:17 AM (y+SdL)

205 I really need to get a picture posting site but my figures except in amount isn't that impressive. ...
Posted by: Skip at January 06, 2018 07:49 AM (aC6Sd)

My painting technique has changed over the years. I still have figures I painted in high school back in the late 1970s and I used a wash over white primer. Now, I tend to use a dark primer and dry-brush the uniform colors: close-up the shadowing is exaggerated, but looks pretty good when you view them from several feet away on the table top.

Currently, I have been building a bunch of German HO, N and Z scale model building kits. The kits are intended for use by the model railroad hobbyist but I had run into an old college buddy at a wargame convention this last Fall and he was using some of these German kits for his game; he had gone Regular Army and spent a lot of time in Germany. The kits look great for any period ranging from the mid-1600s to moderns and I was jealous.

The HO kits are for my 25mm Seven Years War, the N kits are for my 15mm Napoleonics and the Z kits are for my 10mm WWII figures.

Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at January 06, 2018 08:18 AM (5Yee7)

206 Slap, if you cooked an egg for me, I'd enjoy eating it at least as much as you enjoyed cooking it, no matter how it was cooked, and I'd be happy to have it and thank you for it.

Posted by: AmericanKestrel at January 06, 2018 08:18 AM (IDhUW)

207 Krak, I'm sorry for your pet's passing. Soon the sad feelings will transform to bittersweet rememberance, and then to happy memories.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at January 06, 2018 08:20 AM (qJtVm)

208 CEO got completely rolled on and that our company very literally paid for before the new BOD voted him out)

Exactly how Stroh's Brewery acquired Jos. Schlitz Brewing.

Posted by: dad29 at January 06, 2018 08:20 AM (7Kti7)

209 The best way I've dealt with the deaths of my dogs has been to think how miserable and lost they'd have been if Mrs H and I died. Part of the deal when we got Teddy is that if we die before he does that the breeder gets him back. Since she grooms him regularly, he still knows and loves her and it would be the perfect solution for him.

Posted by: Captain Hate at January 06, 2018 08:20 AM (y7DUB)

210 188 I still mourn pets that died decades ago. It never really goes away.

I used to use the names of my childhood pets as logins. Because you never forget.

Then I realized how repetitive it was, and no doubt Bob from {redacted} knows too.

New passwords, but I can tell the names of some wonderful dogs and horses ( that cats were always called 'cat' or 'kitten') .

By the way, the Hungarian word for kitten is also what a good boyfriend calls his girlfriend, also is charming to the ear- "cica"

The online talking Oxford English Dictionary will pronounce it. It sounds something like "tsitsa", and cats make that noise.

Posted by: Miklos, whose first dog was a dachshund at January 06, 2018 08:21 AM (zCyNd)

211 Who the hell wants to acquire Schlitz? Blecch.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at January 06, 2018 08:21 AM (qJtVm)

212 Re Kate Steinle murder, is there any additional legal recourse that can

be pursued? Because if justice is not provided by the courts through the

law, the "law" becomes meaningless.

Felon in possession of a firearm is a felony. Death as a result of that felony is felony murder.

Posted by: An Observation at January 06, 2018 08:22 AM (Y7pP/)

213 $18B over ten years is not a large amount considering the type of "wall" they are planning on building. They are talking double tall fences with monitoring and alarms over a long stretch. In fact I would guess that if built it will wind up costing a lot more.

Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at January 06, 2018 08:23 AM (mpXpK)

214 -Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at January 06, 2018 08:18 AM (5Yee7)

I'd like to see your trains.

I know that sounds gay, but it isn't. My Grandfather was obsessed by trains. I also know that former Cleveland Cavaliers announcer Joe Tait almost died walking railroad tracks.

I haven't set up an H.O. scale since 1982.

Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1), (T) at January 06, 2018 08:24 AM (Ckg4U)

215 I believe in freedom from want, so president says you have to sleep with me.

Posted by: 1930s moron picking up dolls at January 06, 2018 08:24 AM (/aiGx)

216 Who the hell wants to acquire Schlitz? Blecch.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at January 06, 2018 08:21 AM (qJtVm)

Haven't drank a Schlitz since 5th grade.

Posted by: BignJames at January 06, 2018 08:24 AM (0+nbW)

217 Life Time fitness tunes out all-news TV outlets from its big screens
Company says people want a break from the strife.

http://tinyurl.com/y9qxtr48

Posted by: Mr. Peebles at January 06, 2018 08:24 AM (oVJmc)

218 I'm dyin' over the Oregon gas pumping thing (see the ONT)

The women are bad enough but the (so-called) man who claims he "almost died" when he had to pump his own gas while visiting California...I'm just dyin' with laughter!

Posted by: WhatWhatWhat? at January 06, 2018 08:25 AM (ul9CR)

219 198 *pushes toast*

Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1), (T) at January 06, 2018 08:13 AM (Ckg4U)

Is the maple syrup Fair Trade, non-GMO, etc?

Posted by: the world wonders, or maybe just Miklos at January 06, 2018 08:25 AM (zCyNd)

220 "Slap, if you cooked an egg for me, I'd enjoy eating it at least as much as you enjoyed cooking it, no matter how it was cooked, and I'd be happy to have it and thank you for it."
-Posted by: AmericanKestrel at January 06, 2018 08:18 AM (IDhUW)

*HAH!*

Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1), (T) at January 06, 2018 08:25 AM (Ckg4U)

221 Mornin' Horde. Sorry to hear about your canine buddy, krak, and best wishes on your job hunt.

Posted by: Brother Cavil, this space for rent! Call 1-800-MORON-AD for details! at January 06, 2018 08:25 AM (lLeln)

222 *fistbump*

Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1), (T) at January 06, 2018 08:25 AM (Ckg4U)

223 Haven't drank a Schlitz since 5th grade.
Posted by: BignJames at January 06, 2018 08:24 AM (0+nbW)
---
Nothing caps off recess like a Pink Owl ceegar and a Schlitz.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at January 06, 2018 08:26 AM (qJtVm)

224 191
Wait - how many billions will extending the DACA stuff cost?

(checks Bing - and discovers they only want to give results on how much it will "cost" to deny DACA. Ugh)

Regardless, it's in the billions, so the choice seems fairly obvious of where to find a lot of the border wall funding...

Posted by: Lizzy at January 06, 2018 08:10 AM (W+vEI)

The numbers I have seen are that the illegals are already costing us between 10 and 30 billion dollars a year.

Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at January 06, 2018 08:26 AM (mpXpK)

225 That different languages have totally different words for sounds of animals is kinda funny to me. One might think meow is the same in any language.

Posted by: Skip at January 06, 2018 08:26 AM (aC6Sd)

226 "Is the maple syrup Fair Trade, non-GMO, etc?"
-Posted by: the world wonders, or maybe just Miklos at January 06, 2018 08:25 AM (zCyNd)

Don't push me, Miklos.

Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1), (T) at January 06, 2018 08:27 AM (Ckg4U)

227 nood WND

Posted by: WhatWhatWhat? at January 06, 2018 08:27 AM (ul9CR)

228 One might think meow is the same in any language.
Posted by: Skip at January 06, 2018 08:26 AM (aC6Sd)
----
"Cat" in Chinese is mao.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at January 06, 2018 08:27 AM (qJtVm)

229 Condolences on the loss of your dog. They're God's gift.

Posted by: Smilin' Jack at January 06, 2018 08:27 AM (zMj9Z)

230 I heard a number what "Dreamers " will cost and thought no way its that much, but divided it up and it was around $ 12,000 each and then it was ok, their right on the numbers.

Posted by: Skip at January 06, 2018 08:28 AM (aC6Sd)

231 And Democraps are back to calling for DACA amnesty or they will shutdown the government.

--

I want to see a Democrat party that runs on this for the upcoming midterms, considering the fact that I believe Trump got elected (in large part) to end this invasion nightmare.

Posted by: Lady in Black - Death to the Man Bun at January 06, 2018 08:29 AM (mQ0Mc)

232 nood

Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at January 06, 2018 08:30 AM (mpXpK)

233 >>The numbers I have seen are that the illegals are already costing us between 10 and 30 billion dollars a year.

Exactly. It's like having your house constantly robbed, and your spouse claiming you can't afford a security system because you're spending all your money on repeatedly replacing the stolen stuff!

Posted by: Lizzy at January 06, 2018 08:30 AM (W+vEI)

234 *NOOD*

*NOOD*

*NOOD*

Just to be clear. Love in clearance.

Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1), (T) at January 06, 2018 08:30 AM (Ckg4U)

235 I'd like to see your trains.
...
I haven't set up an H.O. scale since 1982.

Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1), (T) at January 06, 2018 08:24 AM (Ckg4U)

I don't do model railroading; I do miniature wargaming but have been building some model railroad buildings for my gaming table. Since I have been very interested in military history, I find that the wargaming acts a bit like a time-machine. The wargame models some of the limitations and capabilities of the troops available to the commanders and can give a better appreciation for the decisions made.

I'm glad you have found memories of your Grandfather; mine loved to fish and I, too, have good memories being with him while we fished. I haven't picked up a fishing pole since he died.

Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at January 06, 2018 08:31 AM (5Yee7)

236 Better than you dead and the dog out of work

....sending a bunch of ass sniffing Corgi grief counselors
around...found a job yet slacker?

Posted by: saf at January 06, 2018 08:32 AM (cS/ge)

237 I'm seriously beginning to get pissed about all these stories coming out from that stupid fucking book. Trump is drooling imbecile who can't read, chases everything in a skirt, treats Melania like shit and really didn't want to win. Surrounds himself with women because they are more loyal. Let's see, what did I leave out? Grrrr... I want to strangle that pussy Wolff.

Posted by: Jewells45 at January 06, 2018 08:34 AM (CNHr1)

238 Sorry to hear about your dog, Krakatoa.

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at January 06, 2018 08:36 AM (l9m7l)

239
I haven't set up an H.O. scale since 1982.

Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1), (T) at January 06, 2018 08:24 AM (Ckg4U)

The Horde solution to border control is clear:

1-Devious Uncle P organizes armoured trains along the border.

2-Slap gets a 50 year concession to run big trains.

3-AOP organizes the necessary infrastructure and support services (Skip does first shift)

4-Publius tells us if we are doing it right; then Kindltot, and Political Hat and anyone who wants to argues, and then buys us beer.

5-Bluebell and Weasel make we get fed something decent

6-Insomniac, like New York, never sleeps, so don't think you v=can slack off

7-PROFIT!!!

Posted by: Now even Miklos thinking like American at January 06, 2018 08:37 AM (zCyNd)

240 former Cleveland Cavaliers announcer Joe Tait almost died walking railroad tracks

How'd that happen? When I was in college I worked Summers at a B&O freight yard in southwest Baltimore. My first day there they warned me never to walk on the tracks, especially at night, because of how quiet rolling cars could be. Inside I was rolling my eyes and speculating on how much hard drinking it took to not hear 20 tons on the move. But I wasn't a complete idiot and knew to stay between the tracks anyway. One night, not long after that, I was working the midnight shift and walking between tracks when something seemed unusual even though I couldn't actually hear anything. I shined my lantern a bit forward and to the side and there was a rolling empty flatcar as quiet as a tomb. My impression of the guys advising me got a quick upgrade.

Posted by: Captain Hate at January 06, 2018 08:38 AM (y7DUB)

241 Posted by: Jewells45 at January 06, 2018 08:34 AM (CNHr1)

I would think it would be somewhat difficult to go to the Wharton school and run a successful business without being able to read, and had Trump not wanted to win he would have conducted a campaign like losers Romney and McCain. Trump having divorced wives before I'm sure had he treated her badly she could have gotten a nice settlement and a divorce. None of his wives have said he treated them badly-except for the cheating I mean. Don't get pissed. laugh at it. The author basically admits most of it was made up. leftists can have their little chew toy. Does anyone who voted for Trump seriously think he's an imbecile?

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 06, 2018 08:40 AM (8+Ozj)

242 Not leaving this thread till Willow posts.

Posted by: An Observation at January 06, 2018 08:44 AM (Y7pP/)

243 Sorry to hear about your dog and job. It's hard to lose a pet. Losing a job isn't any fun either.

Posted by: Rambling Mother at January 06, 2018 08:45 AM (KpAOF)

244 @Krakatoa...if you're in construction and don't mind traveling and being away from home for weeks at a time, the company I work for is hiring big time. Even if you just have basic skills. We have more work than people to do it right now. Drop me a line if interested at milegu199 @ Gmail dot com.

And sorry to hear about your dog. I know how hard it is to get over losing a close friend like that.

Posted by: Traveling Man at January 06, 2018 08:46 AM (NB3u0)

245 99 >>>>
On the up side I quit smoking during that time because I could not breath.
Posted by: The Great White Scotsman at January 06, 2018 07:01 AM (+Dllb)

That is AWESOME!!! You'll feel even better day by day!

Posted by: Smilin' Jack at January 06, 2018 08:47 AM (zMj9Z)

246 Well, krak, at least your mama didn't get runned over by a train.

Posted by: runninrebel at January 06, 2018 09:25 AM (mQoUp)

247 Krakatoa, I've found there's only one cure for the dog-died sads. Adopt a new one STAT. It's not disrespecting the old guy or gal, it's proving your love and gratitude for man's best friend. Just know, you're going to hate the new one for a little while until it learns the ropes, but within a few months you'll be in sync.

As for jobs, pffft. I've had my share, at age 59. I have a good one now, but if it ended tomorrow, I'd just go get another. My kids are raised and put through college, and we have little debt to worry about. Just keep on, and don't sweat it too much -- there's a job out there with your name on it, that you can't avoid even if you want to.

Posted by: Octopus at January 06, 2018 10:06 AM (TjN6o)

248 Sorry to hear about your dog. In one day my dog treed a bald eagle and crashed through the ice in a frozen pond, patiently waiting for me to wade in and rescue her.

She up and died two years ago, and like Bojangles I still grieve.

Posted by: Regular joe at January 06, 2018 10:10 AM (7PllL)

249 My condolences on your loss. I lost my Samoyed more than a decade ago and I still miss him. Please let us know how long it takes before you secure your new position. I know the economy is thriving because I see so much activity around me that was dormant during the Obama years, but I do no trust the economic numbers being reported. Good Luck!

Posted by: Locke Common at January 06, 2018 10:17 AM (5sviJ)

250 I'm so sorry about your dog. I know what it's like to lose a canine companion. My heart goes out to you, and my prayers go out to our God for you.

Posted by: California Girl (not Cali Girl) at January 06, 2018 10:31 AM (Pfw9s)

251 Krak, sorry about your doggo. Hope we see a memorial pic on the Pet Thread.
God is love and so are dogs, so there must be dogs in heaven.

Posted by: vivi at January 06, 2018 10:52 AM (11H2y)

252 ...and good luck on the job search.

Posted by: vivi at January 06, 2018 10:52 AM (11H2y)

253 Believing that the DJT/POTUS is actually a legally defined "Imbecile" is projection by the 95 IQ crowd.

With the "smart" liberal set, it is all they have to cling to. That and vote fraud.

Posted by: Burger Chef at January 06, 2018 10:54 AM (RuIsu)

254 I am so sorry for the loss of your dog/friend. A job can and will be replaced. GOD bless.

Posted by: Pamazon at January 06, 2018 10:59 AM (KgceO)

255 Sorry to hear about your dog, man. That's a tough one. Lost a job, lost a car, lost a girlfriend or wife. . .pretty easy next to losing a good dog. Best of luck.

Posted by: Vince at January 06, 2018 12:10 PM (l7dBT)

256 My sympathy Krakatoa. You'll get a new job but your dog, well, sorry.

Posted by: The Inexplicable Dr. Julius Strangepork at January 06, 2018 12:19 PM (LLBMw)

257 256 My sympathy Krakatoa. You'll get a new job but your dog, well, sorry.
Posted by: The Inexplicable Dr. Julius Strangepork at January 06, 2018 12:19 PM (LLBMw)

This.

So sorry for the loss of your pup.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at January 06, 2018 12:26 PM (mQNJg)

258 From my own experience, you'll miss the dog. And maybe you will miss the old job (I did). But you won't miss the old CEO---in my case, may he rot in hell. But occasionally a "specimen" will float to the top of the bowl and become CEO--and then all below will suffer. These clowns just turn a company into a large slow target.

Posted by: Comanche Voter at January 06, 2018 12:49 PM (Sda6L)

259 26
The economy sure seems to be stronger. I actually went to a mall recently. First time since probably the Reagan/Bush years. What a difference. A lot more 'upscale' stores where I saw not one customer. The 'family' oriented stores were full of customers and the prices were actually quite competitive with on-line vendors.
Posted by: Acme Trucking Enterprises, White Truck Division at January 06, 2018 06:12 AM (2FqvZ)

I used to order from Amazon without looking at the price, but in the last six or seven years it's almost always the case you can find whatever it is cheaper somewhere else. For me the big draw on Amazon now is the convenience.

Posted by: Ace's liver at January 06, 2018 02:51 PM (+azJs)

260 Sorry to hear about your dog. We lost ours on Wednesday. He was 15 1/2. We adopted him 14 1/2 years ago. Was with us through so much. The sadness comes in waves and I just let it out when it hits me, which seems to help.

I also lost my job earlier in 2017 but luckily found a new one a few months later.

Good luck with your search and your healing.

Posted by: Laura at January 06, 2018 03:17 PM (oUgYl)

261 Sorry about your dog man, that sucks. My old dog is on her last legs - we're reaching the clearing at the end of the path soon as well, so you are really in my thoughts and prayers right now.

You didn't need that job, onto something better!

Posted by: Ninjacop at January 06, 2018 03:38 PM (m6ywt)

262 I hear all of you on the issue of dogs or close pets. I am in my early 50's, was raised on a farm, and we raise a lot of what we eat. My point is that seeing animals die is nothing new and a normal part of life.

However, I unashamedly cry like little boy when a beloved pet passes away. There is no shame in it. My dog Remington is more trustworthy than a good deal of people I associate with weekly.

Posted by: DC Talk at January 06, 2018 08:16 PM (hqgb1)

263 So sorry about your doggo, wish I had some magic words. The sadness is the price we pay for loving them so much, they are truly such a gift to us.I personally pray that my beloved animals will be the first to greet me on the other side.

Posted by: Dreadpirateroberta at January 06, 2018 09:28 PM (yjbTx)

264 Condolences on the loss of your pup. Good luck on the job hunt!

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