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Monday Overnight Open Thread (3/5/18 )
“When men choose not to believe in God, they do not thereafter believe in nothing, they then become capable of believing in anything.” G.K. ChestertonQuote II
“Education is the ability to listen to almost anything without losing your temper or your self-confidence.” Robert FrostQuote III
“You never want a serious crisis to go to waste. And what I mean by that is an opportunity to do things that you think you could not do before.” Rahm Emanuel
Time for a chuckle, News Fails.
Do you have a vacation in Germany planned? Be careful, there are No-Go areas. Unfortunately, Germany's Chancellor won't say where.
BERLIN — German officials have been left speechless by Chancellor Angela Merkel’s comment that there are “no-go areas” in the country. The notion there are places in Germany outsiders — including police — can’t visit has previously been dismissed by officials.
But what does an emotional support pet actually do, and does the designation really mean anything? Forensic psychologist Jeffrey Younggren from the University of Missouri put it bluntly to Business Insider: Scientists don't know if such pets do anything "other than make somebody happy," he said. Younggren has spent years studying the growing trend of clients asking their therapists to sign letters certifying that they need an emotional support animal. "The research is quite inconsistent on whether the animals really do anything at all," Younggren said.
Love him, indifferent, or hate him. Patrick J. Buchanan opines on the Parkland, FL shooting.
In days gone by, a massacre of students like the atrocity at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School would have brought us together. But like so many atrocities before it, this mass murder is tearing us apart. The perpetrator, the sick and evil 19-year-old who killed 17 innocents with a gun is said to be contrite. Having confessed, he faces life in prison. For the next half-century, Nikolas Cruz will be fed, clothed, sheltered and medicated at the expense of Florida taxpayers, including the families of those he murdered.
A Swedish woman faces prison and the wrath of the Muslim world.
A 32-year-old woman from Gothenburg could be locked up for 2 years after making some Facebook jokes about Islam, Swedish newspaper Friatider reports. According to police reports, the woman is charged with “talking in a negative or threatening way about a group of people” after she posted cartoons about Islam on Facebook.
March 5, 1982, Actor and singer John Belushi died from an overdose of cocaine and heroin. Belushi was one of the original cast members on US TV's Saturday Night Live, played Joliet 'Jake' Blues in The Blues Brothers and also appeared in the film Animal House. His tombstone reads "I may be gone, but rock n roll lives on." via thisdayinmusic.com
Talk about a waste of talent.
March 5, 2000, Former rap artist MC Hammer became a preacher at the Jubilee Christian Centre in San Jose. Hammer had been declared bankrupt in 1996 after squandering his $50 million (£29.4 million) fortune. via thisdayinmusic.com
50 Million?
A neurosurgeon and medical team opened a patient's skull last month to remove a blood clot in the brain and came to a startling discovery: There wasn't one. Kenya's Daily Nation reported that staff at Kenyatta National Hospital in Nairobi had mixed up two patients' identification tags before the surgery. One patient required brain surgery to remove a clot, and the other needed treatment for brain swelling. The staff had been operating for hours before they realized the mistake.
Genius Award Winner segment later in the ONT.
Once a creep, always a creep.
The Colorado State House voted overwhelmingly Friday to expel a Democrat member accused of sexually assaulting at least five women. Fellow Democrats led the charge in a 52-9 vote in favor of the expulsion of Rep. Steve Lebsock, marking the first expulsion to occur in over 100 years, KDVR reported.
What prevents school shootings in Israel?
Mischief in progress. I bet it wouldn't be mischief if it was their home being vandalized.
Hamilton police spent most of Saturday evening on Locke Street investigating damage caused by a group of about 30 individuals, dressed in black clothing with their faces covered, who walked down the street carrying a banner that said, “We Are The Ungovernables.” The group began setting off fireworks and smoke bombs, damaging vehicles and throwing eggs and rocks at store windows and homes in the neighbourhood.
Florida. How does a deputy sheriff lose his job? You have the right to expose your breasts.
TALLAHASSEE — A sheriff's deputy in Florida was fired Saturday after being accused of coercing a ride-along participant to show him her breasts. Leon County sheriff’s Deputy Jarrett Broughton was charged with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon. He was hired by Sheriff’s Office on Jan. 4, 2016, and had no other disciplinary issues with the office. “The Leon County Sheriff’s Office has a zero tolerance for its employees violating the public’s trust," Sheriff Walt McNeil said in a statement. "Once we became aware of the situation, we took immediate action to investigate the allegation. We take our obligation to protect citizens seriously and any abuse of power will be met with swift consequences.”
There is a reason why it is called fishing and not catching. Tonight's Genius Award Winner.
Will this husband ever hear the end of this? (J/K) Tonight's Feel Good Story of The Day.
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Comments
(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: Calm Mentor at March 05, 2018 09:54 PM (50JA1)
https://tinyurl.com/ycpapt5d
Posted by: Zaklog the Great at March 05, 2018 09:54 PM (RaDCM)
Posted by: Zettai Roshia-no Botto at March 05, 2018 09:54 PM (e9G8E)
Posted by: ALH at March 05, 2018 09:55 PM (hQX6p)
Posted by: Zettai Roshia-no Botto at March 05, 2018 09:55 PM (e9G8E)
Posted by: Calm Mentor at March 05, 2018 09:55 PM (50JA1)
Posted by: Son of Sam the butcher at March 05, 2018 09:55 PM (VJBq9)
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, TX at March 05, 2018 09:55 PM (wCEpj)
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No platform! For fascists!
No platform! For fascists!
No platform! For fascists!
No platform! For fascists!
Posted by: American College Fascists at March 05, 2018 09:56 PM (JhE5a)
Posted by: ALH at March 05, 2018 09:55 PM (hQX6p
Not much there. But glad you're woke.
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at March 05, 2018 09:56 PM (3Pma+)
Posted by: Blanco Basura - It's OK, I'm with the banned at March 05, 2018 09:56 PM (IcT7t)
Posted by: Northernlurker but call me Teem. at March 05, 2018 09:56 PM (nBr1j)
I would still love to go.
Posted by: blaster at March 05, 2018 09:58 PM (jHrzU)
Posted by: NaCly Dog at March 05, 2018 09:58 PM (hyuyC)
Thanks, as always, for those gorgeous top photos. Such a lovely mage for the end of the day.
Posted by: JTB at March 05, 2018 09:59 PM (V+03K)
Wish this were a joke, but it's not.
https://www.denverpost.com/2018/03/02/steve-lebsock-republican-colorado-legislature-expulsion/
Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine, 501st Kremlin Jewbot Gvardii at March 05, 2018 09:59 PM (fA1SL)
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at March 05, 2018 09:56 PM (3Pma+)
George Harrison was always my favorite Beatle.
No Drama.
Appreciate what you do, MisHum.
Posted by: ALH at March 05, 2018 09:59 PM (hQX6p)
Posted by: Pete Seria at March 05, 2018 09:59 PM (2WfB0)
Posted by: JTB at March 05, 2018 10:00 PM (V+03K)
Posted by: Northernlurker but call me Teem. at March 05, 2018 09:56 PM (nBr1j)
For a country that puts out some serious Viking metal they have no clue what a fucking Viking is anymore.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Divison at March 05, 2018 10:00 PM (aMlLZ)
A neurosurgeon and medical team opened a patient's skull last month to remove a blood clot in the brain and came to a startling discovery: There wasn't one.
I thought at first they found no brain. Got all ready to make a Sheila Jackson Lee joke.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at March 05, 2018 10:00 PM (NDG9q)
And it was a sad day when I learned they took the tater tots off the menu.
Posted by: Kindltot at March 05, 2018 10:01 PM (2K6fY)
Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine, 501st Kremlin Jewbot Gvardii at March 05, 2018 10:01 PM (fA1SL)
Posted by: blaster at March 05, 2018 10:01 PM (jHrzU)
Posted by: chavez the hugo at March 05, 2018 10:02 PM (KP5rU)
homeboy was off line due to a power outage in his AO: he got bacvk to me today.
https://go.rallyup.com/544a36
Posted by: redc1c4 at March 05, 2018 10:02 PM (uS008)
Lessee, does she have a government yet?
Posted by: Kindltot at March 05, 2018 10:02 PM (2K6fY)
When my kids were in college, the cafeteria there asked parents to send in their children's favorite recipe.
I sent in hash brown casserole. It was so popular, it's a permanent menu item now.
True story.
I think I submitted it to the Deplorable Cook Book.
Posted by: ALH at March 05, 2018 10:03 PM (hQX6p)
Fish Fry anyone?
Posted by: Pete Seria at March 05, 2018 10:03 PM (2WfB0)
When my kids were in college, the cafeteria there asked parents to send in their children's favorite recipe.
I sent in hash brown casserole. It was so popular, it's a permanent menu item now.
True story.
I think I submitted it to the Deplorable Cook Book.
Posted by: ALH at March 05, 2018 10:03 PM (hQX6p
I'm sorry, but there's a recipe for hash brownie casserole in the Deplorable Cookbook?
Posted by: Northernlurker but call me Teem. at March 05, 2018 10:04 PM (nBr1j)
Posted by: joncelli, Deplorable Yet Fuzzy at March 05, 2018 10:04 PM (1FhAQ)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at March 05, 2018 10:05 PM (HiQSt)
Posted by: Northernlurker but call me Teem. at March 05, 2018 10:05 PM (nBr1j)
Posted by: vivi at March 05, 2018 10:06 PM (11H2y)
Posted by: ALH at March 05, 2018 10:03 PM (hQX6p
Child abuse, butter, sour cream and other artery clogging agents.
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at March 05, 2018 10:06 PM (3Pma+)
Posted by: Northernlurker but call me Teem. at March 05, 2018 10:06 PM (nBr1j)
Posted by: Northernlurker but call me Teem. at March 05, 2018 10:05 PM (nBr1j)
And will they sell them?
Asking for a friend.
Posted by: blaster at March 05, 2018 10:06 PM (jHrzU)
Posted by: Northernlurker but call me Teem. at March 05, 2018 10:04 PM (nBr1j)
No. 162
Posted by: ALH at March 05, 2018 10:06 PM (hQX6p)
A 32-year-old woman from Gothenburg could be locked up for 2 years after
making some Facebook jokes about Islam, Swedish newspaper Friatider
reports.
Another day, another shithole.
Posted by: GnuBreed at March 05, 2018 10:06 PM (0ogQG)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at March 05, 2018 10:07 PM (IqV8l)
boring so far
Posted by: votermom certified russian matryoshka bot at March 05, 2018 10:07 PM (hMwEB)
Fish Fry anyone?
Posted by: Pete Seria at March 05, 2018 10:03 PM (2WfB0)
Fresh fish? Or fish from Sysco or Rhinehardt or Indianhead Foods?
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at March 05, 2018 10:07 PM (3Pma+)
Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine, 501st Kremlin Jewbot Gvardii at March 05, 2018 10:07 PM (fA1SL)
Posted by: vivi at March 05, 2018 10:06 PM (11H2y)
Should have been nominated for best use of AC/DC in a motion picture.
But no. This is why the Oscars are tubing.
Posted by: blaster at March 05, 2018 10:07 PM (jHrzU)
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at March 05, 2018 10:06 PM (3Pma+)
Butter is a religion in the South.
Posted by: ALH at March 05, 2018 10:07 PM (hQX6p)
Posted by: Northernlurker but call me Teem. at March 05, 2018 10:05 PM (nBr1j)
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The last time the Swedes had balls was in the Thirty Years War.
Gustavus Adolphus.FTW!
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at March 05, 2018 10:07 PM (HiQSt)
Places I will not ever go to, on business or vacation, even if you paid me:
- NYC
- Europe
- Mexico/South America
- Africa
- Middle East (except Israel)
- China/India
If my whole life is spent entirely in the southwestern US, that's fine with me.
Posted by: qdpsteve at March 05, 2018 10:07 PM (eMKNe)
His inventions have saved counted hundreds of Morons from the ravages of hunger.
Posted by: Moron News YOU Can Use at March 05, 2018 10:08 PM (DMUuz)
Everybody has naked pictures of Sweden. It's how they got famous.
Posted by: Bandersnatch at March 05, 2018 10:08 PM (fuK7c)
Posted by: ALH at March 05, 2018 10:07 PM (hQX6p)
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Amen.
Posted by: bluebell at March 05, 2018 10:08 PM (oMtOd)
Posted by: qdpsteve at March 05, 2018 10:07 PM (eMKNe)
As long as it's a Red State, I guess it's all right.
Posted by: ALH at March 05, 2018 10:09 PM (hQX6p)
Posted by: qdpsteve at March 05, 2018 10:09 PM (eMKNe)
Posted by: USNtakim prfoundly deplorable! at March 05, 2018 10:09 PM (0OmEj)
Posted by: ALH at March 05, 2018 10:09 PM (hQX6p)
He lives in CA.
So I don't know what is worse his state or all the places he wont go.
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at March 05, 2018 10:09 PM (3Pma+)
Posted by: ALH at March 05, 2018 10:09 PM (hQX6p)
Posted by: qdpsteve at March 05, 2018 10:10 PM (eMKNe)
Posted by: OneEyedJack at March 05, 2018 10:10 PM (z79tQ)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 05, 2018 10:10 PM (Dbv1R)
Marlon Brando was a convert.
Posted by: qdpsteve at March 05, 2018 10:09 PM (eMKNe)
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Stick? Or spread?
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at March 05, 2018 10:10 PM (HiQSt)
So I don't know what is worse his state or all the places he wont go.
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at March 05, 2018 10:09 PM (3Pma+)
Oh my.
My sympathies, qdpsteve.
Posted by: ALH at March 05, 2018 10:10 PM (hQX6p)
Posted by: qdpsteve at March 05, 2018 10:11 PM (eMKNe)
boring so far
Yea, seems slow and tedious. Some moments were good but mostly it was slow.
Posted by: Puddleglum at March 05, 2018 10:11 PM (mSoO4)
Posted by: qdpsteve at March 05, 2018 10:11 PM (eMKNe)
Posted by: USNtakim prfoundly deplorable! at March 05, 2018 10:09 PM (0OmEj)
There is nothing wrong with it. Its just standard institutional food. Nothing wrong with it, but nothing special either.
For example when you leave the restaurant, and they ask you how everything was, you say "It served its purpose"
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at March 05, 2018 10:11 PM (3Pma+)
https://youtu.be/W7MiX708YAo
Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine, 501st Kremlin Jewbot Gvardii at March 05, 2018 10:11 PM (fA1SL)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at March 05, 2018 10:12 PM (HiQSt)
Posted by: ALH at March 05, 2018 10:12 PM (hQX6p)
Posted by: JTB at March 05, 2018 10:12 PM (V+03K)
_Lennie Tristano
Posted by: gNewt at March 05, 2018 10:12 PM (oENGE)
I'm sorry, but there's a recipe for hash brownie casserole in the Deplorable Cookbook?
Posted by: Northernlurker but call me Teem
Page 162.
Posted by: Infidel at March 05, 2018 10:12 PM (a3OL0)
Posted by: Northernlurker but call me Teem. at March 05, 2018 10:04 PM (nBr1j)
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https://tinyurl.com/yc3gx6lt
This is a good one. Totally full of healthy ingredients. Totally.
Posted by: Calm Mentor at March 05, 2018 10:12 PM (50JA1)
I would still love to go.
Posted by: blaster at March 05, 2018 09:58 PM (jHrzU)
Stop. Jesus time!
Posted by: Insomniac - chopped liver at March 05, 2018 10:12 PM (NWiLs)
Thankfully I live close to Orange County, and the area I'm in, reflects that.
So I love my neighborhood, but I hate my state.
Posted by: qdpsteve at March 05, 2018 10:12 PM (eMKNe)
Places I will not ever go to, on business or vacation, even if you paid me:
- NYC
- Europe
- Mexico/South America
- Africa
- Middle East (except Israel)
- China/India
If my whole life is spent entirely in the southwestern US, that's fine with me.
Posted by: qdpsteve at March 05, 2018 10:07 PM (eMKNe)
I've been to the U.K. and Africa. I've also been to the SW U.S.
Posted by: Northernlurker but call me Teem. at March 05, 2018 10:12 PM (nBr1j)
along with all the other ones i never got around to sending. i suck like that.
Posted by: redc1c4 at March 05, 2018 10:13 PM (uS008)
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet at March 05, 2018 10:13 PM (e5UHp)
His inventions have saved counted hundreds of Morons from the ravages of hunger.
Posted by: Moron News YOU Can Use
A more worthy consideration for a Nobel Prize than Jimmy, Al and the Idiot God.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at March 05, 2018 10:13 PM (NDG9q)
Posted by: qdpsteve at March 05, 2018 10:13 PM (eMKNe)
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet at March 05, 2018 10:13 PM (e5UHp)
Nice to see you again.
Posted by: Northernlurker but call me Teem. at March 05, 2018 10:14 PM (nBr1j)
https://www.sunnyskyz.com/happy-videos/6995/They-Sent-A-
Suitcase-Full-Of-Unwanted-Legos-To-Kids-In-Uganda-This-Was-The-Result
Posted by: redc1c4 at March 05, 2018 10:14 PM (uS008)
Posted by: concrete girl at March 05, 2018 10:14 PM (SJBL7)
I'm talking about my mom, and my sister and bro-in-law that I'm closest to.
Posted by: qdpsteve at March 05, 2018 10:15 PM (eMKNe)
Posted by: TickledPink at March 05, 2018 10:15 PM (TL2pK)
Posted by: Quilter's Irish Death at March 05, 2018 10:15 PM (CEszU)
A neurosurgeon and medical team opened a patient's skull last month to remove a blood clot in the brain and came to a startling discovery: There wasn't one.
I thought at first they found no brain. Got all ready to make a Sheila Jackson Lee joke.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at March 05, 2018 10:00 PM (NDG9q)
If you compromised the integrity of her skull it would implode due to the total vacuum inside.
Posted by: JB1000 at March 05, 2018 10:15 PM (SGGel)
Posted by: redc1c4 at March 05, 2018 10:15 PM (uS008)
Posted by: votermom certified russian matryoshka bot at March 05, 2018 10:15 PM (hMwEB)
And strife stalked the land.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at March 05, 2018 10:15 PM (HiQSt)
Posted by: Northernlurker but call me Teem. at March 05, 2018 10:15 PM (nBr1j)
Well, a blast from the past. Good to see you.
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at March 05, 2018 10:15 PM (3Pma+)
Posted by: joncelli, Deplorable Yet Fuzzy at March 05, 2018 10:04 PM (1FhAQ)
The latest I heard was 6-10".
Incidentally, the SpaceX launch in a couple of hours will not attempt to land the booster on the barge due to heavy seas. That's the same storm system that is headed our way.
Posted by: rickl at March 05, 2018 10:15 PM (sdi6R)
Posted by: Northernlurker but call me Teem. at March 05, 2018 10:12 PM (nBr1j)
I'm with ya. There are so many places I wanted to go. I wanted to see the pyramids. The Great Wall of China. I still might. But the world will have to straighten the hell up a little.
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet at March 05, 2018 10:15 PM (e5UHp)
Posted by: ALH at March 05, 2018 10:16 PM (hQX6p)
Posted by: qdpsteve at March 05, 2018 10:16 PM (eMKNe)
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at March 05, 2018 10:15 PM (3Pma+)
Thank you. Because of my recent divorce, I have a new ISP and am no longer pixie banned.
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet at March 05, 2018 10:17 PM (e5UHp)
A "service animal" can be only either a dog or a mini horse, and is regulated under ADA.
So all y'all trying to get your emotional support peacock onto flight #123 can EABOD. But your mini horse is totes cool.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 05, 2018 10:17 PM (EZebt)
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet at March 05, 2018 10:17 PM (e5UHp)
Two good things!
Posted by: blaster at March 05, 2018 10:17 PM (jHrzU)
A "service animal" can be only either a dog or a mini horse, and is regulated under ADA.
So all y'all trying to get your emotional support peacock onto flight #123 can EABOD. But your mini horse is totes cool.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 05, 2018 10:17 PM (EZebt)
What about tiny giraffes?
Posted by: Insomniac - chopped liver at March 05, 2018 10:18 PM (NWiLs)
Posted by: vivi at March 05, 2018 10:18 PM (11H2y)
Oh and the dog-sized cockroaches.
Posted by: Northernlurker but call me Teem. at March 05, 2018 10:18 PM (nBr1j)
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet at March 05, 2018 10:17 PM (e5UHp)
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Wow. Family law has changed a lot since I was in law school.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at March 05, 2018 10:18 PM (HiQSt)
Posted by: Guy Yelling Steelers at March 05, 2018 10:18 PM (JhE5a)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lZmILgeFQls
Posted by: Donna&&&&&&V sez spring training is here, hooray! at March 05, 2018 10:18 PM (P8951)
Posted by: Northernlurker but call me Teem. at March 05, 2018 10:18 PM (nBr1j)
Probably doesn't hurt that they supposedly absolutely love American fast food.
Posted by: qdpsteve at March 05, 2018 10:18 PM (eMKNe)
Posted by: Puddleglum at March 05, 2018 10:19 PM (mSoO4)
Posted by: concrete girl at March 05, 2018 10:19 PM (SJBL7)
Posted by: Blutarski-esque 0.0 at March 05, 2018 10:19 PM (+Tibp)
Posted by: Northernlurker but call me Teem. at March 05, 2018 10:18 PM (nBr1j)
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*clink*
*hic*
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at March 05, 2018 10:19 PM (HiQSt)
Posted by: qdpsteve at March 05, 2018 10:20 PM (eMKNe)
I hear ya. Went to Stockholm in 2010. Some of the areas we visited are now considered No-Go zones. What a waste. Also found Bacon in a tube at one of the local markets. Probably no longer available.
Posted by: Quilter's Irish Death at March 05, 2018 10:20 PM (CEszU)
Posted by: ALH at March 05, 2018 10:20 PM (hQX6p)
Posted by: USNtakim prfoundly deplorable! at March 05, 2018 10:21 PM (0OmEj)
Probably doesn't hurt that they supposedly absolutely love American fast food.
Posted by: qdpsteve at March 05, 2018 10:18 PM (eMKNe)
I think that's probably true. Corregidor is at least 50 percent a tribute to the U.S. military. (They do honor their own military.) And yes, there's McD's and all the other fast food places.
Posted by: Northernlurker but call me Teem. at March 05, 2018 10:21 PM (nBr1j)
Posted by: boulder terlit hobo at March 05, 2018 10:21 PM (6FqZa)
And I'm 29 enough to recall hearing Flips explain that East Asians 'aren't like us.' They really were and are sorta step-Americans.
Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine, 501st Kremlin Jewbot Gvardii at March 05, 2018 10:21 PM (fA1SL)
Posted by: Northernlurker but call me Teem. at March 05, 2018 10:22 PM (nBr1j)
He turned around and re-registered himself as a Repub in CO.
Posted by: qdpsteve at March 05, 2018 10:22 PM (eMKNe)
Probably doesn't hurt that they supposedly absolutely love American fast food.
Posted by: qdpsteve at March 05, 2018 10:18 PM (eMKNe)
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Well, they a U.S. protectorate, there are U.S. Military bases there to stimulate the econony, and they pay zero U.S. taxes.
Their fandom is not surprising.
Posted by: Calm Mentor at March 05, 2018 10:23 PM (50JA1)
Posted by: Zettai Roshia-no Botto at March 05, 2018 10:23 PM (e9G8E)
Oh and the dog-sized cockroaches.
I lived in Houston for 28 years.
Posted by: boulder terlit hobo at March 05, 2018 10:23 PM (6FqZa)
- NYC
- Europe
- Mexico/South America
- Africa
- Middle East (except Israel)
- China/India
If my whole life is spent entirely in the southwestern US, that's fine with me.
Posted by: qdpsteve at March 05, 2018 10:07 PM (eMKNe)
Saying you won't go to Europe, or South America, or any of the others is like me saying I won't go to California because San Francisco is a shithole. All those areas have places worth visiting, and places worth avoiding.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 05, 2018 10:23 PM (Dbv1R)
Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine, 501st Kremlin Jewbot Gvardii at March 05, 2018 10:23 PM (fA1SL)
Posted by: Northernlurker but call me Teem. at March 05, 2018 10:23 PM (nBr1j)
Posted by: French Jeton at March 05, 2018 10:23 PM (Fjvqd)
I will say, I would like to eat at Peter Luger.
I just can't think of anything else in NY that interests me, anymore.
Posted by: qdpsteve at March 05, 2018 10:24 PM (eMKNe)
No due process... no hearing.. just a lot of people screaming for his head...
Most of what he is accused of? Crap... but people virtue signaled him right out of office...
And when he tried to defend himself by calling out the behavior of his accusers??? And how it DID taint their allegations???
He was suddenly declared guilty.,.. because heaven forbid a Man should point out a Lady is of Shady moral character, and that may have something to do with her allegations...
/spit....
Posted by: Don Q. at March 05, 2018 10:24 PM (NgKpN)
Posted by: USNtakim prfoundly deplorable! at March 05, 2018 10:24 PM (0OmEj)
Posted by: qdpsteve
I read recently that Brando and Richard Pryor of all people shared a cock curious moment.
Posted by: Blutarski-esque 0.0 at March 05, 2018 10:24 PM (+Tibp)
Posted by: gp at March 05, 2018 10:24 PM (mk9aG)
Posted by: Northernlurker but call me Teem. at March 05, 2018 10:24 PM (nBr1j)
Posted by: qdpsteve at March 05, 2018 10:25 PM (eMKNe)
Those are casual dining. Totally different type of restaurant.
Fast food is McD's, Burger King, Taco Bell, etc.
But yeah, IHOP breakfast sampler ftw.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 05, 2018 10:25 PM (EZebt)
Something tells me that he's being brought down because he's got the wrong politics for Current Year Colorado. Not because he did any of the stuff he's alleged to have done
Posted by: boulder terlit hobo at March 05, 2018 10:25 PM (6FqZa)
- Europe
- Mexico/South America
- Africa
- Middle East (except Israel)
- China/India
If my whole life is spent entirely in the southwestern US, that's fine with me.
Posted by: qdpsteve at March 05, 2018 10:07 PM (eMKNe)
and I've been to all those places...
/facepalm
Posted by: Don Q. at March 05, 2018 10:25 PM (NgKpN)
Posted by: qdpsteve at March 05, 2018 10:25 PM (eMKNe)
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I stumbled across this last night. The book RexGun tells you which firearm to use for sport T-Rex hunting.
http://amzn.to/2FewcgL
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Broke, Woke, Toke, Joke at March 05, 2018 10:26 PM (+y/Ru)
Posted by: qdpsteve at March 05, 2018 10:22 PM (eMKNe)
So, false flag?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 05, 2018 10:26 PM (Dbv1R)
Posted by: qdpsteve
Maybe he put the butter on his burns.
Gosh, I'm sorry I wrote that.
Posted by: Blutarski-esque 0.0 at March 05, 2018 10:26 PM (+Tibp)
Don Q., I pass no judgment whatsoever on anyone else's vacation past or interests. :-)
Posted by: qdpsteve at March 05, 2018 10:26 PM (eMKNe)
Hi y'all.
Thanks for the ONT, MisHum.
Time to go to bed. Good night.
Posted by: tbodie at March 05, 2018 10:27 PM (b0NwW)
Posted by: Quilter's Irish Death at March 05, 2018 10:27 PM (CEszU)
Tomorrow is my dad's 86th birthday, and I am going to surprise him. Mom is going to try to convince him to go to one of his favorite restaurants, and I will meet them there.
If he doesn't come for lunch, Mom and I will enjoy a girls' lunch, then she will drive me to their house and tell him, "Look who I ran into at lunch!"
Really excited...
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, TX at March 05, 2018 10:27 PM (wCEpj)
Posted by: Northernlurker but call me Teem. at March 05, 2018 10:22 PM (nBr1j)
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Been to:
China
Japan
South Korea
Vietnam
Cambodia
Thailand
Nepal
Hong Kong
Macao
Philippines
Statement veracity
[ ] not valid
[x] valid
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at March 05, 2018 10:27 PM (HiQSt)
Posted by: Northernlurker but call me Teem. at March 05, 2018 10:22 PM (nBr1j)
Ethnically Malay-Polynesian.
Posted by: Cicero Boom chicka boom Kaboom! Kid, at March 05, 2018 10:27 PM (8TQ9s)
Posted by: qdpsteve at March 05, 2018 10:24 PM (eMKNe)
It's a damned good steak, and absolutely worth going...once.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at March 05, 2018 10:27 PM (wYseH)
Posted by: ALH at March 05, 2018 10:27 PM (hQX6p)
Apparently CBS went shopping and found the one school in the safest lefty neighborhood in Tel Aviv that supposedly had no armed teachers to "prove" that there are no guns in Israeli schools.
Didn't smell right to me at first, and less so now.
he rest of the site doesn't seem too lefty, wonder how that happened.
Posted by: West at March 05, 2018 10:28 PM (NDlpU)
youtube.com/watch?v=o9mJ82x_l-E
Posted by: boulder terlit hobo at March 05, 2018 10:28 PM (6FqZa)
Honestly the potential dangers are whatever.
Posted by: Northernlurker but call me Teem. at March 05, 2018 10:28 PM (nBr1j)
Saw it described (on here? today?) as the only place that really had a free market.
Posted by: mindful webworker - Monday Night Virtualllllllly at March 05, 2018 10:28 PM (3tLP6)
Posted by: votermom certified russian matryoshka bot at March 05, 2018 10:29 PM (hMwEB)
Posted by: qdpsteve at March 05, 2018 10:29 PM (eMKNe)
Oh and the dog-sized cockroaches.
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Plenty of MILF but not the good kind.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Broke, Woke, Toke, Joke at March 05, 2018 10:29 PM (+y/Ru)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lZmILgeFQls
Posted by: Donna&&&&&&V sez
I've watched hundreds of these types of vids....
Guarantee they are over-reacting for one central reason.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at March 05, 2018 10:29 PM (KXVP7)
Posted by: qdpsteve at March 05, 2018 10:30 PM (eMKNe)
Posted by: votermom
and a couple years in a Japanese prison-cage
probably why they're pro-American now
Posted by: boulder terlit hobo at March 05, 2018 10:30 PM (6FqZa)
Oh and the dog-sized cockroaches.
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Plenty of MILF but not the good kind.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Broke, Woke, Toke, Joke at March 05, 2018 10:29 PM (+y/Ru)
Under 40 filipinos are adorable when they get older, not so much.
Posted by: Northernlurker but call me Teem. at March 05, 2018 10:30 PM (nBr1j)
Posted by: qdpsteve at March 05, 2018 10:26 PM (eMKNe)
Most of those were places Uncle Sam sent me on 'Vacay'....
Some of them to get shot at...
Posted by: Don Q. at March 05, 2018 10:30 PM (NgKpN)
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at March 05, 2018 10:27 PM (wYseH)
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Same deal here in Atl with Kevin Rathbun steaks. Incredibly expensive, but oh so fantastic. Worth going the one time.
Posted by: Calm Mentor at March 05, 2018 10:30 PM (50JA1)
Posted by: CatchThirtyThr33 at March 05, 2018 10:31 PM (BpgRx)
Daily Mail had that business about Pryor and Brando. Pryor's wife confirmed it.
Something about Brando would fuck anything, including a mailbox. No mention of a ficus. Hmm, mailboxes, never thought of that.
You know, I just don't need to think about Vito Corleone sucking dick. That's just...turrible.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion of a Poperin Pear at March 05, 2018 10:31 PM (8O3HH)
Honestly the potential dangers are whatever.
Posted by: Northernlurker but call me Teem. at March 05, 2018 10:28 PM (nBr1j)
My deepest sympathies for your loss.
If you want to travel, you should go. Life is short, have some fun while you can.
Posted by: ALH at March 05, 2018 10:31 PM (hQX6p)
https://twitter.com/kbdabear/status/970744827477405697
https://twitter.com/kbdabear/status/970744920708435970
https://twitter.com/kbdabear/status/970745032406945793
https://twitter.com/kbdabear/status/970745136379564034
https://twitter.com/kbdabear/status/970745249730650112
Posted by: kbdabear at March 05, 2018 10:31 PM (eh0Va)
Posted by: Cicero Boom chicka boom Kaboom! Kid
I've watched hundreds of these types of vids....
With a dusting of Spanish colonialism.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at March 05, 2018 10:31 PM (KXVP7)
Posted by: Northernlurker but call me Teem
I think they're gorgeous. From 20 to 50 they look wonderful. Then I guess after that they look 80.
Posted by: Blutarski-esque 0.0 at March 05, 2018 10:32 PM (+Tibp)
Honestly the potential dangers are whatever.
Posted by: Northernlurker but call me Teem. at March 05, 2018 10:28 PM (nBr1j)
My deepest sympathies for your loss.
If you want to travel, you should go. Life is short, have some fun while you can.
Posted by: ALH at March 05, 2018 10:31 PM (hQX6p)
That's how I feel about it.
Posted by: Northernlurker but call me Teem. at March 05, 2018 10:33 PM (nBr1j)
Georgia, Tennessee and maybe a few other eastern states are on my wouldn't-mind-visiting list.
Posted by: qdpsteve at March 05, 2018 10:33 PM (eMKNe)
https://twitter.com/kbdabear/status/970745355787821056
https://twitter.com/kbdabear/status/970745461131837441
https://twitter.com/kbdabear/status/970745563271622657
https://twitter.com/kbdabear/status/970745650173370368
https://twitter.com/kbdabear/status/970745753089044487
Posted by: kbdabear at March 05, 2018 10:33 PM (eh0Va)
Posted by: Northernlurker but call me Teem. at March 05, 2018 10:22 PM (nBr1j)
Ethnically Malay-Polynesian.
Posted by: Cicero Boom chicka boom Kaboom! Kid
Must be the Polynesian blood that produces the smoking hot women. While in the USAF, I would come across gals from Hawaii and there wasn't an ugly one in the bunch. Maybe they keep the ugly ones on the Islands. No wonder the Hawaiian men are so damn surly.
Posted by: Puddleglum at March 05, 2018 10:33 PM (mSoO4)
I've read the Philippines is one of the most pro-American nations on the planet.
That's why they kicked us out in 1991.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at March 05, 2018 10:33 PM (IqV8l)
Posted by: weft cut-loop at March 05, 2018 10:29 PM (KXVP7)
Yep. Trying to impress the chick
Posted by: Donna&&&&&&V sez spring training is here, hooray! at March 05, 2018 10:33 PM (P8951)
One of my cousins, married at sixteen, lived her entire married life in the house she was married in. She lived another eighty years after her marriage.
Posted by: Deep Roots at March 05, 2018 10:33 PM (roQNm)
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo
As opposed to your 97th penthouse indoor grill and bar with optional euro nannies?
Posted by: weft cut-loop at March 05, 2018 10:33 PM (KXVP7)
Posted by: Quilter's Irish Death at March 05, 2018 10:33 PM (CEszU)
Posted by: boulder terlit hobo at March 05, 2018 10:34 PM (6FqZa)
Posted by: Diogenes at March 05, 2018 10:34 PM (0tfLf)
And yes you are correct - the audacious commitment portrayed in the meeting in the movie, where Patton shocked them all by saying he could get his forces moving out by Dec. 21, actually happened, and the offer was real since Patton and staff had anticipated and begun their preparations even before the meeting was called.
Posted by: rhomboid at March 05, 2018 10:34 PM (QDnY+)
It's also the start (or end) of the Appalachian Trail.
I heart the coast, especially Savannah and Tybee Island.
We go there several times a year.
Posted by: ALH at March 05, 2018 10:34 PM (hQX6p)
We finally got power and cable back tonight after the last storm-now lets see what the next one brings.
Love the top pic.
Posted by: Toni at March 05, 2018 10:34 PM (eVuLr)
Posted by: qdpsteve at March 05, 2018 10:35 PM (eMKNe)
Posted by: Don Q. at March 05, 2018 10:24 PM (NgKpN)
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Forget it, Jake. It's 420town.
Posted by: Axebot at March 05, 2018 10:35 PM (JhE5a)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at March 05, 2018 10:18 PM (HiQSt)
Actually we used the same lawyer. She makes 5x more than me. She stays out of my check, I stay out of hers. all the bills are paid off and I start from Zero with a new job and some money in the bank. Im running the roads, living in a Semi truck writing novels on a lap top. I didn't want it, but ill make the best of it.
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet at March 05, 2018 10:35 PM (e5UHp)
Posted by: Northernlurker but call me Teem. at March 05, 2018 10:35 PM (nBr1j)
Posted by: Blanco Basura - It's OK, I'm with the banned at March 05, 2018 09:56 PM (IcT7t)
Signing bonus going to cover my louboutin booties?
Seriously, congrats. You loathe your current job. Should have at least 6 months before you come to hate your new cow-orkers
Posted by: bebe's boobs destroy at March 05, 2018 10:35 PM (gQQ9b)
If I don't make it, here is the link to the live webcast:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kpfrp-GMKKM
Posted by: rickl at March 05, 2018 10:36 PM (sdi6R)
I've read the Philippines is one of the most pro-American nations on the planet.
That sets an awfully low standard.
Until proven otherwise, I assume all foreigners hate this country and hate Americans.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at March 05, 2018 10:36 PM (wkmln)
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at March 05, 2018 10:37 PM (89T5c)
KOTA BARU, Kampung Chegar Bedil, Jeli Mohd Fadil Abdullah, Raja Perempuan Zainal Kelantan, Datuk Hasanuddin Hassan Kelantan-level Dikir Barat Ekspress MutiaraKonsortium Ekspres Mutiara (E-Mutiara) Che Ibrahim Che Ismail. Bernama.
You're welcome.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at March 05, 2018 10:37 PM (QxXRY)
Can that stupid Trump Russia thing get any more ridiculous? Not to mention the Clinton Russia thing totally ignored. Strange times man, strange times.
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at March 05, 2018 10:37 PM (r+sAi)
I've read the Philippines is one of the most pro-American nations on the planet.
That sets an awfully low standard.
Until proven otherwise, I assume all foreigners hate this country and hate Americans.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at March 05, 2018 10:36 PM (wkmln)
Hey I'm standing right behind you.
Posted by: Northernlurker but call me Teem. at March 05, 2018 10:37 PM (nBr1j)
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory
Good Lord! Why?
Posted by: Blutarski-esque 0.0 at March 05, 2018 10:38 PM (+Tibp)
Two of my favorite places. A little pricy to travel from CO.
Posted by: Infidel at March 05, 2018 10:38 PM (a3OL0)
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In all seriousness, best of luck to you. You'll put things back together quicker than you think.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at March 05, 2018 10:38 PM (HiQSt)
Naaah Who am I kidding? Didn't need to understand a word she was saying to pay close attention to the Albanian news.
Posted by: Random Lurker Commenter at March 05, 2018 10:39 PM (UOiT9)
Posted by: Kindltot at March 05, 2018 10:39 PM (2K6fY)
Posted by: Northernlurker but call me Teem. at March 05, 2018 10:35 PM (nBr1j)
I'm having a 19. Y'know, a 7 & 7.
Posted by: Joe Biden at March 05, 2018 10:39 PM (ANIFC)
Posted by: Northernlurker but call me Teem. at March 05, 2018 10:39 PM (nBr1j)
That sets an awfully low standard.
Until proven otherwise, I assume all foreigners hate this country and hate Americans.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh
Former east block countries were/are surprisingly pro-US, like Romania at some point in the last 8 years.
( but yes, it's all a matter of interests not 'friendship.' )
Posted by: weft cut-loop at March 05, 2018 10:39 PM (KXVP7)
We go there several times a year.
Posted by: ALH
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Detects faint strains of banjo and guitar.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at March 05, 2018 10:39 PM (QxXRY)
++++
Is that true? As I understand it, it is up to Florida prosecutors whether or not Cruz will face the death penalty. His lawyers have said he will plead guilty if the death penalty is off the table, but the prosecutors have not made a decision.
At least that's the last I heard.
Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at March 05, 2018 10:40 PM (pvjTE)
That thing about traveling X miles from the place born - am I mixing up my wars, or is it right that prior to WWII, some huge % of the populace had never traveled more than 50 miles from their birthplace? In any case, it obviously was a period that saw unbelievable "travel" by millions, both within and beyond the US. Something that changed the US, and its people, and eventually the world, forever.
Posted by: rhomboid at March 05, 2018 10:40 PM (QDnY+)
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at March 05, 2018 10:40 PM (3Pma+)
Sad story.
Blutarski...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/R._Budd_Dwyer
Posted by: qdpsteve at March 05, 2018 10:40 PM (eMKNe)
Posted by: Kindltot at March 05, 2018 10:39 PM (2K6fY)
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GFY
Posted by: Philip II at March 05, 2018 10:40 PM (HiQSt)
https://youtu.be/8ROLvvlExa8
Maybe the best half hour I have heard in a very long time
Posted by: BourbonChicken at March 05, 2018 10:40 PM (rnAwa)
I've read the Philippines is one of the most pro-American nations on the planet.
That's why they kicked us out in 1991.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr
Funny story. Clark AB was being pushed to close by the Philippines in the late 80s. Anti-Americanism was popular then I guess. Anyway, one night, I'm at work and get a call from a panicked airmen who advised me the Mt. Pinatubo had blown its top and they were evacuating the HF station there. The US government decided to close Clark AB. The cleanup just wasn't worth it. All those commands and air wings stationed there moved to Guam. The Philippines all of a sudden didn't want us to go. Its like they realized that now, they'd have to clean up that mess and all those Yankee $$$ were now leaving. Oops, be careful what you wish for. You just might get it.
Posted by: Puddleglum at March 05, 2018 10:40 PM (mSoO4)
Posted by: Northernlurker but call me Teem. at March 05, 2018 10:40 PM (nBr1j)
Saw a documentary on steaks around the world and had that Peter Luger restaurant. Damn that looks good. and expensive.
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at March 05, 2018 10:41 PM (r+sAi)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at March 05, 2018 10:41 PM (QxXRY)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at March 05, 2018 10:38 PM (HiQSt)
Thank you for that. I'm back here. I missed this place. This is a place of healing. Because it's brutally honest.
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet at March 05, 2018 10:41 PM (e5UHp)
Detects faint strains of banjo and guitar.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at March 05, 2018 10:39 PM (QxXRY)
Ha, that wasn't at the coast, that was in the hills.
Savannah as ghosties. You can take a tour with Peg Leg Pete. He's packing, so you'll be safe.
Unless you get Shanghaied by Anne Bonney.
Posted by: ALH at March 05, 2018 10:41 PM (hQX6p)
Posted by: PaleRider is simply irredeemable at March 05, 2018 10:41 PM (eASYU)
Hey I'm standing right behind you.
Posted by: Northernlurker but call me Teem
You've proven otherwise. Problem is, nearly all I ever hear are the hydrophobic America haters.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at March 05, 2018 10:41 PM (NuVGo)
*wakes at midnight to see nuclear fireball rising over Miami*
*sighs, takes a swig of hooch, flips switch activating computer/radar controlled claymore/foo gas area defense and quad-Ma Deuce pount defense systems*
*settles into rocking chair on porch to await crowds of smelly democrat survivors*
*places 1911 Navy .45 caliber pistol on lap*
*sips hooch, content*
Posted by: Sharkman at March 05, 2018 10:41 PM (RIKJa)
I'm gonna get me a steak at Craftsteak at the MGM Grand sometime in the next 24 months, I'll tell you that much.
Posted by: qdpsteve at March 05, 2018 10:42 PM (eMKNe)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at March 05, 2018 10:38 PM (HiQSt)
Thank you for that. I'm back here. I missed this place. This is a place of healing. Because it's brutally honest.
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet at March 05, 2018 10:41 PM (e5UHp)
Testify! It is a place of healing. It has been for me.
Posted by: Northernlurker but call me Teem. at March 05, 2018 10:42 PM (nBr1j)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at March 05, 2018 10:37 PM (QxXRY)
Show off.
Posted by: ALH at March 05, 2018 10:43 PM (hQX6p)
Posted by: qdpsteve at March 05, 2018 10:43 PM (eMKNe)
Posted by: Zettai Roshia-no Botto at March 05, 2018 10:43 PM (e9G8E)
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at March 05, 2018 10:44 PM (89T5c)
Notice how many Israeli commenters label the CBS report "fake news." Apparently, while not all teachers are armed in Tel Aviv, they are armed outside the cities.
Posted by: Cloyd Freud, Unemployed at March 05, 2018 10:45 PM (398bZ)
Posted by: qdpsteve at March 05, 2018 10:43 PM (eMKNe)
Ruth's Chris I've been to. Best steak I've ever had.
Posted by: Joe Biden at March 05, 2018 10:45 PM (ANIFC)
Posted by: qdpsteve at March 05, 2018 10:45 PM (eMKNe)
Guarantee they are over-reacting for one central reason.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at March 05, 2018 10:29 PM (KXVP7)
These foreign exchange student vids are fun to watch. It's great to see a German girl in Missouri, or a French girl in Georgia, or a Dane in Kansas loving America and seeing not just NYC or Disneyworld but flyover country with fresh eyes. It's strange to me that one big like is getting water for free in restaurants without having to ask for it. I know that's not done in Europe but you wouldn't think it's such a big deal. It's cool to watch them marvel over the wide open spaces, shoot guns, cheer at football games and basically show much more gratitude and appreciation for America than many Americans do.
Posted by: Donna&&&&&&V sez spring training is here, hooray! at March 05, 2018 10:45 PM (P8951)
Posted by: Northernlurker but call me Teem. at March 05, 2018 10:40 PM (nBr1j)
I have no words for that. I still love the woman. She's a good woman and a good mom. I always put being the mother of my children over being my wife. She's still that. I can still see her and wish her well. I couldn't imagine something happening to her, even now.
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet at March 05, 2018 10:46 PM (e5UHp)
I visited Vegas when little brother lived there. We dressed up and went to Ruth's-Chris. OMG, the french onion was to die for. He had a filet and I had a ribeye. We were in food coma heaven. It is pricey tho.
Posted by: Infidel at March 05, 2018 10:46 PM (a3OL0)
Posted by: josephistan at March 05, 2018 10:46 PM (ANIFC)
Posted by: Donna&&&&&&V sez spring training is here, hooray! at March 05, 2018 10:46 PM (P8951)
Posted by: Kindltot
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Or spell
Posted by: A Filipino at March 05, 2018 10:46 PM (c/EDo)
Insomnia may kick in before the morn. Will see you whenever...be well.
Posted by: Farmer at March 05, 2018 10:46 PM (yJ1e6)
Sounds de-lish. My mouth is actually watering.
Posted by: qdpsteve at March 05, 2018 10:46 PM (eMKNe)
that news fail vid made me laugh out loudly.
did you know lok is a thing? it's a mixture of lol and ok.
Posted by: booknlass at March 05, 2018 10:47 PM (xGMkv)
And even in some places where there is less open appreciation, one often finds a focus, sometimes bordering on obsession, with American respect and approval, or just an obsession with America period. Resentment from insecurity seems much more common than antipathy.
And it goes far beyond "interests". In places that are officially hostile, there is often a poorly disguised focus on having America's respect.
Posted by: rhomboid at March 05, 2018 10:47 PM (QDnY+)
Posted by: Blanco Basura - It's OK, I'm with the banned
Best of Luck ...
Posted by: Adriane the Political Critic ... at March 05, 2018 10:47 PM (AoK0a)
Given that Ruth's-Chris started up in New Orleans, I wonder if they have any hot sauce standard on the table there... :-)
Posted by: qdpsteve at March 05, 2018 10:47 PM (eMKNe)
That's why they kicked us out in 1991.
Two airmen in my squadron were shot and killed outside Clark AB by the commie NPA in May 1990.
Posted by: Bill R. at March 05, 2018 10:48 PM (IuYIh)
Didn't all the loudmouths demand Vieques and Roosevelt Roads in PR be closed? We did. Hilarity ensued.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at March 05, 2018 10:48 PM (wkVqN)
Posted by: qdpsteve at March 05, 2018 10:48 PM (eMKNe)
Posted by: qdpsteve at March 05, 2018 10:48 PM (eMKNe)
Posted by: ALH at March 05, 2018 10:20 PM
Near the morale support facility at Olongapo City.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at March 05, 2018 10:49 PM (DMUuz)
Posted by: Northernlurker but call me Teem. at March 05, 2018 10:40 PM (nBr1j)
I have no words for that. I still love the woman. She's a good woman and a good mom. I always put being the mother of my children over being my wife. She's still that. I can still see her and wish her well. I couldn't imagine something happening to her, even now.
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet at March 05, 2018 10:46 PM (e5UHp)
All I will say is I feel very differently about my ex. But, everybody's situation varies.
Posted by: Insomniac - chopped liver at March 05, 2018 10:49 PM (NWiLs)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at March 05, 2018 10:36 PM (wkmln)
Half do - and the other half are trying to get visas and Green Cards to come here.
Posted by: Donna&&&&&&V sez spring training is here, hooray! at March 05, 2018 10:49 PM (P8951)
Posted by: josephistan at March 05, 2018 10:49 PM (ANIFC)
Posted by: JTB at March 05, 2018 10:49 PM (V+03K)
Posted by: qdpsteve at March 05, 2018 10:50 PM (eMKNe)
Posted by: Jeff Weimer at March 05, 2018 10:50 PM (2kiKp)
Posted by: Cicero Boom chicka boom Kaboom! Kid, at March 05, 2018 10:50 PM (8TQ9s)
Posted by: ALH
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All of the rivers run to the coast.
Posted by: Drew at March 05, 2018 10:50 PM (5OO3x)
dressed up and went to Ruth's-Chris. OMG, the french onion was to die
for. He had a filet and I had a ribeye. We were in food coma heaven.
It is pricey tho.
Posted by: Infidel at March 05, 2018 10:46 PM (a3OL0)
In Vegas, we make sure to go to THE Steakhouse in the Circus-Circus casino.
Yeah, yeah, it's in an old-ass casino but THAT place has the best steaks.
It's the awesome aged stuff.
Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt at March 05, 2018 10:50 PM (8iiMU)
Posted by: Notsothoreau at March 05, 2018 10:50 PM (Lqy/e)
Posted by: Philip II at March 05, 2018 10:50 PM (HiQSt)
Apparently CBS went shopping and found the one school in the safest lefty neighborhood in Tel Aviv that supposedly had no armed teachers to "prove" that there are no guns in Israeli schools.
Didn't smell right to me at first, and less so now.
he rest of the site doesn't seem too lefty, wonder how that happened.
Posted by: West at March 05, 2018 10:28 PM (NDlpU)
Thanks, CBS -- Now we know which Israeli school to target next.
Posted by: Hamas at March 05, 2018 10:51 PM (0ogQG)
Man, I just made myself hungry.
Posted by: Pete Seria at March 05, 2018 10:51 PM (2WfB0)
Got an offer for a new job...
Crazy Cora: Don't worry, on a new job it's quite common for things not to go well at first.
Posted by: Deep Roots at March 05, 2018 10:51 PM (roQNm)
Posted by: Donna&&&&&&V
Agreed and that's why I said I've watched hundreds , well ok, dozens of the, even the Buzzfeed, videos.
Heck, I moved 1500 miles 20 years ago to do the same pre-internets.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at March 05, 2018 10:51 PM (KXVP7)
I know they're probably not the all-time greatest steak to start with, but I've found that for me personally, I can get pretty close to a full-deal steakhouse taste experience grilling up choice filets from Costco.
Doesn't hurt that I have, and really enjoy, my own recipe for "gaucho sauce" to go with it, too. :-)
Posted by: qdpsteve at March 05, 2018 10:51 PM (eMKNe)
Posted by: Cosda at March 05, 2018 10:52 PM (CuP5Y)
Posted by: blaster at March 05, 2018 10:52 PM (jHrzU)
Posted by: Joe Biden at March 05, 2018 10:45 PM (ANIFC)
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There are much better out there locally, at much better prices. The fact that sides are not included, and cost abought $12.00 each, although the sides serve at least 2, is kind of offputting.
Posted by: Calm Mentor at March 05, 2018 10:52 PM (50JA1)
Posted by: Philip II at March 05, 2018 10:52 PM (HiQSt)
Posted by: Infidel at March 05, 2018 10:52 PM (a3OL0)
appreciation, one often finds a focus, sometimes bordering on obsession,
with American respect and approval, or just an obsession with America
period. Resentment from insecurity seems much more common than
antipathy.
And it goes far beyond "interests". In places that
are officially hostile, there is often a poorly disguised focus on
having America's respect.
Posted by: rhomboid at March 05, 2018 10:47 PM (QDnY+)
Before PJ O'Rourke went off the rails, he made a great observation about anti-Americanism. He said it's like America is a beautiful woman and the rest of the world is a lovestruck teenage boy. The boy longs for attention from the beauty and she barely looks at him. Any sort of attention will do - even negative attention.
Posted by: Donna&&&&&&V sez spring training is here, hooray! at March 05, 2018 10:52 PM (P8951)
Posted by: ALH at March 05, 2018 10:20 PM
Near the morale support facility at Olongapo City.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at March 05, 2018 10:49 PM (DMUuz)
Now *that* was one fun place. Even more fun was Subic City and Barrio Baretto.
Posted by: Jeff Weimer at March 05, 2018 10:53 PM (2kiKp)
Posted by: Donna&&&&&&V sez spring training is here, hooray! at March 05, 2018 10:53 PM (P8951)
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No booze? That's hilarious.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at March 05, 2018 10:53 PM (HiQSt)
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at March 05, 2018 10:53 PM (nWc4E)
After Clark closed, it became a [mostly] civilian airport and what they call a free economic zone. Well, Fed Ex made Clark their Pacific hub for awhile. Some years back, they moved operations from there because of pilferage.
Posted by: Bill R. at March 05, 2018 10:54 PM (IuYIh)
Man, that's a great song. One of those tunes that helps me cheer up when I need it.
Posted by: qdpsteve at March 05, 2018 10:54 PM (eMKNe)
Posted by: Otto Zilch at March 05, 2018 10:54 PM (U2esv)
Posted by: andycanuck at March 05, 2018 10:55 PM (ewxPW)
Posted by: Donna&&&&&&V sez spring training is here, hooray! at March 05, 2018 10:55 PM (P8951)
That changed pretty quickly though, at least supposedly.
Posted by: qdpsteve at March 05, 2018 10:56 PM (eMKNe)
Man, I just made myself hungry.
Posted by: Pete Seria at March 05, 2018 10:51 PM (2WfB0)
When I was a kid the VFW in Appleton had the best fish fry. Perch, fries, cole slaw and rye bread from Rich's Bakery
Rich's is gone, no idea about the VFW.
Everyone up this way has cod or haddock. Or walleye for an arm and a leg. I catch my own walleye so screw that.
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at March 05, 2018 10:56 PM (3Pma+)
Posted by: Cicero Boom chicka boom Kaboom! Kid, at March 05, 2018 10:50 PM (8TQ9s)
Our Corregidor tour guide said that everything is good with the Japanese. Somehow I'm not so sure sure.
Posted by: Northernlurker but call me Teem. at March 05, 2018 10:58 PM (nBr1j)
Posted by: Donna&&&&&&V sez spring training is here, hooray! at March 05, 2018 10:55 PM (P8951)
Tell Uecker, "Great seats Buddy!"
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at March 05, 2018 10:58 PM (3Pma+)
Now I'm hungry for steak again, and I just had some for dinner last night. Guess I could pull another filet out of the freezer... :-)
Posted by: qdpsteve at March 05, 2018 10:58 PM (eMKNe)
Posted by: Cosda at March 05, 2018 10:52 PM (CuP5Y)
A cousin made a remark one day about shooting herself. I sent a link to that suicide. Her reply. "I wasn't expecting that". I don't think she ever joked like that again.
Posted by: Cicero Boom chicka boom Kaboom! Kid, at March 05, 2018 10:58 PM (8TQ9s)
Posted by: chavez the hugo at March 05, 2018 10:58 PM (KP5rU)
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The Philippines has had an unusually close relationship with the US due to its status as an overseas possession. *Most* of that has generally been positive, with the notable exception being the attempt at independence shortly after the US took control of the islands from the Spanish (it was put down by the US military). After the uprisings were bloodily put down, the islands generally flourished under US control. And US and Filipinos fought side by side against the Japanese in World War 2. The islands were granted independence shortly after the end of the War.
Posted by: junior at March 05, 2018 10:58 PM (tMuVc)
That changed pretty quickly though, at least supposedly.
Posted by: qdpsteve
I thought Tropicana was still around.
Posted by: Puddleglum at March 05, 2018 10:59 PM (mSoO4)
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at March 05, 2018 10:56 PM (3Pma+)
Fresh caught brook trout for the win
Posted by: davidt at March 05, 2018 10:59 PM (djCea)
Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion of a Poperin Pear at March 05, 2018 10:59 PM (8O3HH)
Posted by: Donna&&&&&&V sez spring training is here, hooray! at March 05, 2018 10:55 PM (P8951)
I spent a good portion of the day on the phone with a girl from one of the Lowes stores there in Phoenix. I'm trying to set up a new kitchen for a house I'm selling out there.
Next week I'm headed down to Florida to watch me some Grapefruit League.
Posted by: Bill R. at March 05, 2018 10:59 PM (IuYIh)
I've had quite a nasty cold. I want to be confident I'm recovering.
Posted by: Northernlurker but call me Teem. at March 05, 2018 10:59 PM (nBr1j)
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Circus Circus?
If you're looking for dirty, cheesy and geared toward corn-fed Midwesterners, what's wrong with Excalibur?
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at March 05, 2018 11:00 PM (HiQSt)
Posted by: Jeff Weimer at March 05, 2018 10:53 PM
Yah, some memories made there. Had a Chief take me under his wing. Felt sorry for the SPs. ;-)
Posted by: Duncanthrax at March 05, 2018 11:00 PM (DMUuz)
Posted by: Pete Seria at March 05, 2018 11:00 PM (2WfB0)
Posted by: qdpsteve at March 05, 2018 11:00 PM (eMKNe)
Posted by: qdpsteve at March 05, 2018 11:01 PM (eMKNe)
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory
Good Lord! Why?"
Because he wanted someone to write a cool song about him:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o9mJ82x_l-E
(seriously, that's about him)
Posted by: Tom Servo at March 05, 2018 11:01 PM (V2Yro)
Posted by: thathalfrican - Stay Woke! - Leigon of Gloom founding memeber/too sweet at March 05, 2018 11:01 PM (IYHxL)
Posted by: JTB at March 05, 2018 11:01 PM (V+03K)
If you're looking for dirty, cheesy and geared toward corn-fed Midwesterners, what's wrong with Excalibur?
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at March 05, 2018 11:00 PM (HiQSt)
I've stayed in The Excalibur. I've also stayed at Hooters.
Posted by: Northernlurker but call me Teem. at March 05, 2018 11:02 PM (nBr1j)
Posted by: Pete Seria at March 05, 2018 11:02 PM (2WfB0)
Posted by: junior
If I remember right, their Independence Day is July 4. Huh? Wonder how that happened?
Posted by: Blutarski-esque 0.0 at March 05, 2018 11:02 PM (+Tibp)
Posted by: Cosda at March 05, 2018 10:52 PM (CuP5Y)
Oh yea, I remember that. Saw it live on TV. It was freaky. The press were a bit shocked.
Posted by: Puddleglum at March 05, 2018 11:02 PM (mSoO4)
Posted by: Northernlurker but call me Teem. at March 05, 2018 10:58 PM (nBr1j)
They made a LOT of reparations in construction projects to be sure. The new bridge connecting Mactan to Cebu is one of them. Jap men treat woman 180 degrees from the relationship between Filipino men and woman. Jap men expect woman to be dutiful. Filipino woman care for men out of love, not a sense of duty. Filipino woman, for the most part, are not turned on by Japons.
Posted by: Cicero Boom chicka boom Kaboom! Kid, at March 05, 2018 11:03 PM (8TQ9s)
Posted by: Northernlurker but call me Teem. at March 05, 2018 11:02 PM (nBr1j)
Embrace the power of "and"
Posted by: Game of Thrones Hotel and Casino at March 05, 2018 11:03 PM (ANIFC)
Posted by: qdpsteve at March 05, 2018 11:03 PM (eMKNe)
Posted by: qdpsteve at March 05, 2018 11:01 PM (eMKNe)
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Several of the downtown casinos have colorful mob pasts. Silver Slipper, Union Station, Binions. They even have a pretty nice Mob Museum up there.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at March 05, 2018 11:03 PM (HiQSt)
Posted by: chavez the hugo at March 05, 2018 10:58 PM (KP5rU
I watched an investigative report Malkin did on regulations in the Fishing Industry tonight. It's sickening. She has put it on youtube.
Posted by: Infidel at March 05, 2018 11:04 PM (a3OL0)
Posted by: Blutarski-esque 0.0 at March 05, 2018 11:02 PM (+Tibp)
Nah. They celebrate independence from the Spanish. I think it's in August.
Posted by: Cicero Boom chicka boom Kaboom! Kid, at March 05, 2018 11:05 PM (8TQ9s)
The elderly twin sisters in Armenia, who had been orphaned as little kids by the great unpleasantness involving Turkey after WWII, and raised in an orphanage established and funded by American churches. One had an old American flag postcard tucked into the front of her diary that she carried with her. Said America has always been their "second country". She showed it to us as she told their story, a tear came to her eye. The NGO guy and I did our best to suppress our own.
Posted by: rhomboid at March 05, 2018 11:05 PM (QDnY+)
Posted by: qdpsteve at March 05, 2018 11:05 PM (eMKNe)
Posted by: Donna&&&&&&V sez spring training is here, hooray! at March 05, 2018 11:05 PM (P8951)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at March 05, 2018 11:03 PM (HiQSt)
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The Flamingo was the original. Bugsy Seigel was a visionary, way before his time, as most are.
It got him dead, while shortly after Vegas picked up pretty quickly.
Posted by: Calm Mentor at March 05, 2018 11:10 PM (50JA1)
book/collection of columns, but his article about the Philippines, title
was "300 Years in the Convent, 200 years in the Whore-house" (about the
islands' history under Spain and the US).
Posted by: rhomboid at March 05, 2018 11:10 PM (QDnY+)
Saw it described (on here? today?) as the only place that really had a free market.
......
Yes.. it was a free market.. not unlike eBay today.. but there was - just like on ebay, etc - and awful lot of crap down there!
That said.. I bought my first pair of track shoes on Maxwell street.. They were the brightest blue and fit like a glove!
And.. a Maxwell Street Polish was a thing of beauty!.. that was something you could get one late late night any day of the week.. it was Maxwell Polish from the stand at Maxwell or sliders!
Posted by: Chi-Town Jerry at March 05, 2018 11:10 PM (5tSKk)
Posted by: Tom Servo at March 05, 2018 11:10 PM (V2Yro)
Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion of a Poperin Pear at March 05, 2018 10:59 PM
always the clippers with you.
Posted by: publis's ficus at March 05, 2018 11:11 PM (gQQ9b)
Posted by: qdpsteve at March 05, 2018 11:11 PM (eMKNe)
Posted by: Surfperch at March 05, 2018 11:12 PM (D7HXY)
Posted by: Pete Seria at March 05, 2018 11:00 PM (2WfB0)
Amen. Nothing like perch and a cold beer at a Wisconsin Friday night fish fry.
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet at March 05, 2018 11:12 PM (e5UHp)
Posted by: Infidel at March 05, 2018 11:12 PM (a3OL0)
Posted by: Hamsters Local Internal Error 500 at March 05, 2018 11:12 PM (Fikbq)
Nature's way of telling me to go do that gun chore I've been putting off.
Posted by: rhomboid at March 05, 2018 11:13 PM (QDnY+)
"Did you know Lynyrd Skynyrd? Are the Cheerleaders as lascivious as they say?"
Posted by: Donna&&&&&&V sez spring training is here, hooray! at March 05, 2018 11:13 PM (P8951)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at March 05, 2018 11:13 PM (HiQSt)
I don't miss the cold, but I do miss the walleye.
Posted by: Bear with Assymetrical Balls at March 05, 2018 11:13 PM (H5knJ)
Former east block countries were/are surprisingly pro-US, like Romania at some point in the last 8 years.
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Not sure about the other former Eastern Bloc nations, but Romania had a (small) contingent of troops in Iraq.
All of those nations, of course, are painfully aware that at some point their continued existence as independent nations may very well depend on how the US views them. I have high hopes for them in the coming decades, but I don't envy them in the slightest.
Posted by: junior at March 05, 2018 11:14 PM (tMuVc)
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at March 05, 2018 10:56 PM (3Pma+)
Fresh caught brook trout for the win
Posted by: davidt at March 05, 2018 10:59 PM (djCea)
Cant argue with that from the Potato, Bad or Tyler Forks.
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at March 05, 2018 11:14 PM (3Pma+)
Posted by: Cicero
So Harry Reid's peeps?
Posted by: weft cut-loop at March 05, 2018 11:14 PM (KXVP7)
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That sure is a nice SQL server you have there. Sure would be a shame if anything happened to it.
Posted by: Guy offering to sell Ace "insurance" at March 05, 2018 11:14 PM (pvjTE)
Posted by: Hare lip at March 05, 2018 11:14 PM (IqV8l)
Posted by: Tom Servo at March 05, 2018 11:10 PM (V2Yro)
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Only for asbestos level memberships and below.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at March 05, 2018 11:14 PM (HiQSt)
Biggest rip-off in the steak market is Lone Star Steakhouse. Frankly, I think they buy the bargain cuts from Omaha Steaks. Tiny wee things, they are.
Ruth's Chris is an 1,800 degree broiler. Same with Morton's (for sure) and (I believe) for Smith & Wollensky.
It's the combination of insanely high-end cuts of dry aged* beef, some subtle, deft seasoning, and that Heat of an Angry Sun broiling process, that makes the high end steakhouses so very special.
*aged long enough to make you wonder how they keep it safe to eat, actually.
And then on top of it all, it's the marketing, presentation and "high end" experience of it all. Sure, you're paying $100 per person, after steaks, sides and a couple glasses of wine.
But even the heart-stopping bill, is a part of that "high end" experience.
You'll damn near certainly convince yourself that it was even more special that it was, merely to self-justify the expense.
Unless you're on the Corporate Expense Account, and then it's time to upgrade to the sixteen ounce filet, of course.
Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX
Posted by: Jim at March 05, 2018 11:14 PM (QzJWU)
Posted by: chavez the hugo at March 05, 2018 10:58 PM (KP5rU))
FIFY
Posted by: Surfperch at March 05, 2018 11:15 PM (D7HXY)
Posted by: Northernlurker but call me Teem. at March 05, 2018 11:15 PM (nBr1j)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at March 05, 2018 11:15 PM (IqV8l)
Posted by: Tom Servo at March 05, 2018 11:16 PM (V2Yro)
Posted by: qdpsteve at March 05, 2018 11:16 PM (eMKNe)
Posted by: Kindltot at March 05, 2018 11:16 PM (2K6fY)
Posted by: Surfperch at March 05, 2018 11:16 PM (D7HXY)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at March 05, 2018 11:15 PM (IqV8l)
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Fish puns. It's always with the fish puns.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at March 05, 2018 11:16 PM (HiQSt)
Posted by: chavez the hugo at March 05, 2018 10:58 PM (KP5rU))
FIFY
Posted by: Surfperch at March 05, 2018 11:15 PM (D7HXY)
Nothing says yummy like an $8.99 all you can eat fish fry featuring pollock.
Yuck
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at March 05, 2018 11:17 PM (3Pma+)
Posted by: qdpsteve at March 05, 2018 11:17 PM (eMKNe)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at March 05, 2018 11:18 PM (IqV8l)
Posted by: Northernlurker but call me Teem. at March 05, 2018 11:18 PM (nBr1j)
Posted by: qdpsteve at March 05, 2018 11:18 PM (eMKNe)
Posted by: chavez the hugo at March 05, 2018 11:19 PM (KP5rU)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at March 05, 2018 11:19 PM (HiQSt)
I've had quite a nasty cold. I want to be confident I'm recovering.
Posted by: Northernlurker but call me Teem. at March 05, 2018 10:59 PM (nBr1j)
If you do head down here, NL, shoot me an e-mail, and I can give you my cell number here.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 05, 2018 11:19 PM (Dbv1R)
Posted by: qdpsteve at March 05, 2018 11:20 PM (eMKNe)
I've had quite a nasty cold. I want to be confident I'm recovering.
Posted by: Northernlurker but call me Teem. at March 05, 2018 10:59 PM (nBr1j)
If you do head down here, NL, shoot me an e-mail, and I can give you my cell number here.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 05, 2018 11:19 PM (Dbv1R)
Will do.
Posted by: Northernlurker but call me Teem. at March 05, 2018 11:20 PM (nBr1j)
Posted by: qdpsteve at March 05, 2018 11:21 PM (eMKNe)
Posted by: Northernlurker but call me Teem. at March 05, 2018 11:18 PM (nBr1j)
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That's the worst. It's like having Cecilia Gimenez touch up your masterpiece.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at March 05, 2018 11:21 PM (HiQSt)
Posted by: thathalfrican - Stay Woke! - Leigon of Gloom founding memeber/too sweet at March 05, 2018 11:22 PM (IYHxL)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at March 05, 2018 11:22 PM (IqV8l)
I've heard, scrod.
Posted by: qdpsteve at
Yikes. Glad I don't like fish. Mom used to make a yummy halibut she baked with lemon but then they said it had too much mercury and the price sky rocketed. Man, that was good.
Posted by: Infidel at March 05, 2018 11:22 PM (a3OL0)
Posted by: chavez the hugo at March 05, 2018 11:22 PM (KP5rU)
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at March 05, 2018 11:14 PM (3Pma+)
It's spelled P-O-T-A-T-O-E.
Posted by: Dan Quayle at March 05, 2018 11:22 PM (D7HXY)
I've heard, scrod.
Posted by: qdpsteve
Pollock: a whole documentary upon such:
https://youtu.be/U3FZ-yY6xGk
Posted by: weft cut-loop at March 05, 2018 11:22 PM (KXVP7)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at March 05, 2018 11:22 PM (HiQSt)
Hillary, however, remains above reproach.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Broke, Woke, Toke, Joke at March 05, 2018 11:23 PM (+y/Ru)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at March 05, 2018 11:23 PM (IqV8l)
Posted by: qdpsteve at March 05, 2018 11:23 PM (eMKNe)
Posted by: Robert at March 05, 2018 11:24 PM (ayUOl)
Sorry to have painted with a broad brush. I read a classical music blog and almost all the European and Russian commenters are virulent America haters. In my job the European side treats me like a hewer of wood and drawer of water.
No doubt there are lots of good folks everywhere you can sit down with and have a beer or three and a good chat. You never hear from them, only the loudmouths.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at March 05, 2018 11:24 PM (WgIsj)
Hmm, Wiki says the Filet-O-Fish is pollock.
Posted by: qdpsteve
What does Snopes say?
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at March 05, 2018 11:22 PM (IqV8l)
What does Jenny Kimmel say?
Posted by: Northernlurker but call me Teem. at March 05, 2018 11:24 PM (nBr1j)
Posted by: Northernlurker but call me Teem. at March 05, 2018 11:15 PM (nBr1j)
Been workin' twelve n' thirteen hour days. Many, in a row.
Finally a day off tomorrow... would hope to make some fresh sawdust, but the weatherguessers are saying "rain".
Which, if it does, I'm driving up into Houston to buy a new Bostitch pneumatic framing gun.
Oh yeah, and gotta vote tomorrow, too. Do my bit to help keep the damn commies outta power in Texas.
Glad you're back home, 'lurker. Hope you didn't bring any of those dog sized 'roaches back home with you!
*pictures Northernlurker with cockroach on leash, teaching it to "heel"*
Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX
Posted by: Jim at March 05, 2018 11:24 PM (QzJWU)
Posted by: chavez the hugo at March 05, 2018 11:24 PM (KP5rU)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at March 05, 2018 11:23 PM (IqV8l)
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Yep. It priced itself right out of use in kids maze puzzles.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at March 05, 2018 11:25 PM (HiQSt)
I will. In Berlin you want to avoid the districts of Wedding (north-central, and yes, that really is its name), and Neukolln (south-southeast-ish). In Frankfurt, the area right around the train station is okay during the day but not really anywhere you want to be at night; same goes for some of the western neighborhoods, which are basically slums. Munich is generally okay, as is the Altona section of Hamburg, and I guess those are the big draws anyway. Best to keep in mind, though, that even if you're not in a no-go area, the cheap public transportation system (not that that's a bad thing) makes it easy for random acts of cultural enrichment to happen anywhere.
So, have fun with that.
Posted by: T at March 05, 2018 11:25 PM (MmeCn)
Hmm, Wiki says the Filet-O-Fish is pollock.
Posted by: qdpsteve
What does Snopes say?
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at March 05, 2018 11:22 PM (IqV8l)
We're too busy investigating satyrical news stories.
Posted by: Snopes.com at March 05, 2018 11:25 PM (D7HXY)
I will. With Mrs.JTB's supervision, the creamed spinach just might work. Gonna try this week sometime and can report on the food thread if not before.
Posted by: JTB at March 05, 2018 11:25 PM (V+03K)
Posted by: Robert at March 05, 2018 11:24 PM (ayUOl)
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Pollyanna just showed up.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at March 05, 2018 11:26 PM (HiQSt)
Posted by: chavez the hugo at March 05, 2018 11:26 PM (KP5rU)
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet at March 05, 2018 11:27 PM (e5UHp)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at March 05, 2018 11:24 PM (WgIsj)
I had to re-read that a couple of times. Like, "Who would want to have a drawer full of water? How impractical!"
Derrrrrrrrrrr.....
Posted by: Robert at March 05, 2018 11:27 PM (ayUOl)
Posted by: Puddleglum at March 05, 2018 11:27 PM (mSoO4)
Posted by: chavez the hugo at March 05, 2018 11:26 PM (KP5rU)
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We had to let him in. He's a legacy.
Posted by: Eric Stratton, Rush Chairman at March 05, 2018 11:28 PM (HiQSt)
*pictures Northernlurker with cockroach on leash, teaching it to "heel"*
Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX
Posted by: Jim at March 05, 2018 11:24 PM (QzJWU)
They don't survive too well in the land of ice and snow.
Posted by: Northernlurker but call me Teem. at March 05, 2018 11:28 PM (nBr1j)
Posted by: Infidel at March 05, 2018 11:28 PM (a3OL0)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at March 05, 2018 11:26 PM (HiQSt)
Where? Oh, I'm so nervous.
*Eats a mint*
*Parts hair*
Posted by: Robert at March 05, 2018 11:29 PM (ayUOl)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at March 05, 2018 11:29 PM (WgIsj)
Posted by: Northernlurker but call me Teem. at March 05, 2018 11:30 PM (nBr1j)
Posted by: qdpsteve at March 05, 2018 11:30 PM (eMKNe)
Posted by: Infidel at March 05, 2018 11:28 PM (a3OL0)
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Paint chips. Did you eat them?
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at March 05, 2018 11:30 PM (HiQSt)
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet at March 05, 2018 11:31 PM (e5UHp)
Posted by: chavez the hugo at March 05, 2018 11:31 PM (KP5rU)
*pops a Tide pod in his mouth*
Posted by: Today's Millenials at March 05, 2018 11:31 PM (eMKNe)
Posted by: Northernlurker but call me Teem. at March 05, 2018 11:31 PM (nBr1j)
Posted by: junior
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Ah. A story. Alex Vraciu's Hellcat, shot down during the Marianas turkey shoot. He was assumed lost. After several weeks, he emerged from the jungle , bearded, wearing a .45, carrying a Jap sword, and leading a group of 180 Filipino fighters.
https://preview.tinyurl.com/y9o8uarb
When men were men.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at March 05, 2018 11:32 PM (w1zJX)
Posted by: Donna&&&&&&V sez spring training is here, hooray! at March 05, 2018 11:32 PM (P8951)
Posted by: qdpsteve at March 05, 2018 11:32 PM (eMKNe)
Hillary, however, remains above reproach.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Broke, Woke, Toke, Joke
CNN Travels to Thailand so they can sexually exploit underaged boys. Use Trump Derangement Syndrome as an excuse.
{This is my TRUTH!! Post Modernism, YO!!}
Posted by: Puddleglum at March 05, 2018 11:32 PM (mSoO4)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at March 05, 2018 11:33 PM (HiQSt)
Posted by: Surfperch at March 05, 2018 11:33 PM (D7HXY)
Posted by: Infidel at March 05, 2018 11:33 PM (a3OL0)
Posted by: junior
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Ah. A story. Alex Vraciu's Hellcat, shot down during the Marianas turkey shoot. He was assumed lost. After several weeks, he emerged from the jungle , bearded, wearing a .45, carrying a Jap sword, and leading a group of 180 Filipino fighters.
https://preview.tinyurl.com/y9o8uarb
When men were men.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at March 05, 2018 11:32 PM (w1zJX)
I met and elderly Filipino man, who now lives in Texas, during my Corregidor tour who had a brother who survived the Bataan death march. He had another brother who survived as a guerrilla in the war against the Japanese.
Posted by: Northernlurker but call me Teem. at March 05, 2018 11:33 PM (nBr1j)
Posted by: publis's ficus
We've really got to work on your fear of being pruned. You know I like it well trimmed and shaped just right.
And you can't even bother to spell my name right. I'm gonna remember that. I was thinking about getting you a nice Louboutin pot.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion of a Poperin Pear at March 05, 2018 11:33 PM (8O3HH)
Posted by: Northernlurker but call me Teem. at March 05, 2018 11:31 PM (nBr1j)
All I wanted in the PI was for my LBFMs mom to make me Lumpia.
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet at March 05, 2018 11:34 PM (e5UHp)
Chris Hansen should go there too to follow that crew around when they're not filming interviews.
Posted by: boulder terlit hobo at March 05, 2018 11:34 PM (6FqZa)
Posted by: weft cut-loop at March 05, 2018 11:34 PM (KXVP7)
When I finally became legal, we would stay there when staying in Vegas, because cheap.
During my many trips to Sin City, we have stayed at Lady Luck, Rio, Harrah's, Imperial Palace, MGM, Excalibur, Luxor, Orleans, Wild Wild West (yikes), Arizona Charlie's, a Motel 6, and Planet Hollywood.
It has been two years since I was last there. Lately I have preferred the Orleans, but these bullshit 'resort fees' are driving me away.
Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt at March 05, 2018 11:34 PM (8iiMU)
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet
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Fish sticks, FTW!
Good to see you OsP. I done read all yer books, and have generated a couple of fans.
If you ever stop for coffee in Asheville, let me know.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at March 05, 2018 11:34 PM (w1zJX)
Seriously, congrats. You loathe your current job. Should have at least 6 months before you come to hate your new cow-orkers
Thanks. Now back to toddler wrestling.
Posted by: Blanco Basura - It's OK, I'm with the banned at March 05, 2018 11:35 PM (IcT7t)
Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion of a Poperin Pear at March 05, 2018 11:35 PM (8O3HH)
i liked Murray's better, but both excellent choices.
Posted by: free tibet, with purchase of equal or greater value tibet at March 05, 2018 11:36 PM (zGLZK)
Posted by: qdpsteve at March 05, 2018 11:36 PM (eMKNe)
Over those couple years I used to see MC Hammer drive by every once in a while...each time in a different colored high end Mercedes convertible. I saw his bankruptcy coming long before he did.
Posted by: NC Ref at March 05, 2018 11:36 PM (pAx+1)
Posted by: free tibet, with purchase of equal or greater value tibet at March 05, 2018 11:37 PM (zGLZK)
(north-central, and yes, that really is its name), and Neukolln
(south-southeast-ish).
Been watching Berlin Babylon on Netflix, and they mention Wedding.
Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt at March 05, 2018 11:37 PM (8iiMU)
Posted by: Northernlurker
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You'll recall that I recommended 'Escape From Corregidor', now that you're back, look up a used copy. Thee should be plenty around ABE, Amazon, Ebay, etc.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at March 05, 2018 11:38 PM (nBBdT)
It'll probably be Maderas, they have great ratings and are by far the closest-to-me independent place.
Posted by: qdpsteve at March 05, 2018 11:38 PM (eMKNe)
Posted by: Infidel at March 05, 2018 11:38 PM (a3OL0)
You'll recall that I recommended 'Escape From Corregidor', now that you're back, look up a used copy. Thee should be plenty around ABE, Amazon, Ebay, etc.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at March 05, 2018 11:38 PM (nBBdT)
Will do.
Posted by: Northernlurker but call me Teem. at March 05, 2018 11:39 PM (nBr1j)
Posted by: Mega at March 05, 2018 11:39 PM (rv0Fo)
Never been to Murrays but it's on my list. I've been to Ikes out in Minnetonka and damn that place is good.
Posted by: thathalfrican - Stay Woke! - Leigon of Gloom founding memeber/too sweet at March 05, 2018 11:39 PM (IYHxL)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at March 05, 2018 11:40 PM (WgIsj)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at March 05, 2018 11:34 PM (w1zJX)
Thank you. I have another one coming out next month. We get to learn why hatchet Jack is called Hatchet Jack.
Pass through Ashville at least once a month on26. I live in Greenville SC and my mom live in Sieverville Tenn. Go to my Author Facebook page or my twitter and let me know how to contact you
and We'll grab a meal. I like Moron Meetups.
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet at March 05, 2018 11:40 PM (e5UHp)
Posted by: Infidel at March 05, 2018 11:38 PM (a3OL0)
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*fistbump*
Stay away from the mercury and the paint chips.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at March 05, 2018 11:40 PM (HiQSt)
Posted by: Northernlurker but call me Teem. at March 05, 2018 11:41 PM (nBr1j)
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at March 05, 2018 11:41 PM (l9m7l)
Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion of a Poperin Pear at March 05, 2018 11:33 PM (8O3HH)
so i typoed. it's been a long day, my branches are tired.
Posted by: publius's ficus at March 05, 2018 11:42 PM (gQQ9b)
Posted by: JTB at March 05, 2018 11:42 PM (V+03K)
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet
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I'll leave a note there.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at March 05, 2018 11:42 PM (nBBdT)
Heat it up and breathe the gas? Look out.
Posted by: Burger Chef at March 05, 2018 11:44 PM (RuIsu)
Posted by: Northernlurker but call me Teem. at March 05, 2018 11:44 PM (nBr1j)
Posted by: weft cut-loop at March 05, 2018 11:34 PM (KXVP7)
Sadly, no. And I really need to get down there and enjoy the local fare.
Before Cochran gets there with his damned carrots.
Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX
Posted by: Jim at March 05, 2018 11:44 PM (QzJWU)
Posted by: Northernlurker but call me Teem. at March 05, 2018 11:45 PM (nBr1j)
There's a place not far from me that serves halibut fish and chips. Expensive but so delicious, it's worth it.
Posted by: qdpsteve at March 05, 2018 11:46 PM (eMKNe)
Deplorable Ian, cool! Which place would you say is, or was, the best value in Vegas?
Posted by: qdpsteve at March 05, 2018 11:36 PM (eMKNe)
It depends on budget and what you are looking for (duh).
When we would drive into town (i.e. have a car), and go cheap, we would stay at the Manor rooms at the Clown. They were not in the main building, and the rooms were bigger. But, the rooms were old. Some people can't/don't like that. I can tolerate clean, worn out rooms. Downside of the Clown is that it targets the lowest budget, and is full of screaming kids, and crowded, and NOT classy. LOL.
Orleans caters more to the locals. It is off the Strip, is reasonably priced (or used to be), and has a huge bowling alley (!!!), like more than 40 lanes(maybe 60?) UPSTAIRS, along with a large multi-screen cinema. And we would heck out the minor league hockey at the arena when the Wranglers were there.
I spent a couple nights at the MGM. Very high end. Super nice facilities.
Vegas is pure capitalism when it comes to hotels and prices. Off season/non-weekend, cheap deals. Something going on in town (big fight, convention, etc.) you pay through the nose, eeverywhere.
Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt at March 05, 2018 11:47 PM (8iiMU)
Posted by: Northernlurker but call me Teem.
CHOOSE YOUR OWN ADVENTURE:
Page 1: Money
Page 10: Ultimate Tree House
Page 15: The rest of your bro in law's shit
Posted by: weft cut-loop at March 05, 2018 11:48 PM (KXVP7)
Posted by: Northernlurker but call me Teem. at March 05, 2018 11:45 PM (nBr1j)
Trader Joe's has frozen breaded halibut. my mom always stocked up on it during lent. it's pretty good. i should pick some up now that i have an actual functioning refrigerator again.
Posted by: bebe's boobs destroy at March 05, 2018 11:48 PM (gQQ9b)
Posted by: publius's ficus
Please. Branches are tired...what do you do all day but just stand there and vegetate. Me, I'm busting my balls for you (and all over you), and you say you're tired.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion of a Poperin Pear at March 05, 2018 11:50 PM (8O3HH)
I've always heard good things about Orleans too.
Posted by: qdpsteve at March 05, 2018 11:51 PM (eMKNe)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at March 05, 2018 11:51 PM (IqV8l)
Posted by: Muldoon at March 05, 2018 11:51 PM (wPiJc)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at March 05, 2018 11:52 PM (IqV8l)
Posted by: Muldoon at March 05, 2018 11:53 PM (wPiJc)
Posted by: free tibet, with purchase of equal or greater value tibet at March 05, 2018 11:54 PM (4o5yi)
Posted by: qdpsteve at March 05, 2018 11:54 PM (eMKNe)
I lobster, but never flounder.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion of a Poperin Pear at March 05, 2018 11:54 PM (8O3HH)
Posted by: Muldoon at March 05, 2018 11:55 PM (wPiJc)
Posted by: Muldoon at March 05, 2018 11:53 PM (wPiJc)
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Well-bred flounder does not "honk"
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at March 05, 2018 11:55 PM (HiQSt)
Posted by: bebe's boobs destroy
How did you cook it?
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at March 05, 2018 11:51 PM (IqV8l)
sorry battered not breaded. it's already cooked. toss it in the oven & heat it up.
Posted by: bebe's boobs destroy at March 05, 2018 11:55 PM (gQQ9b)
I made a big ol' pot of vegetable beef soup this evening. Got a hankering for it. It's pass down recipe, pretty good shit, if I do say so myself.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion of a Poperin Pear at March 05, 2018 11:55 PM (8O3HH)
Posted by: Shopgirl: #GoodbyeHoz at March 05, 2018 11:55 PM (Emvv1)
Posted by: El Carbon Azzprint at March 05, 2018 11:57 PM (foYMy)
Posted by: andycanuck at March 05, 2018 11:57 PM (ewxPW)
Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion of a Poperin Pear at March 05, 2018 11:57 PM (8O3HH)
Posted by: Northernlurker but call me Teem. at March 05, 2018 11:57 PM (nBr1j)
sorry battered not breaded. it's already cooked. toss it in the oven & heat it up.
Posted by: bebe's boobs destroy at March 05, 2018 11:55 PM (gQQ9b)
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I prefer my dish battered.
Posted by: Ike Turner at March 05, 2018 11:57 PM (HiQSt)
Was at the Clown (Circus Circus) one Friday afternoon paying craps. I was standing next to the dealer, drinking my free alcohol, playing my one or two numbers with double odds, watching the hot chicks/skanky chicks go by (because I'm a raging hetero male). It was pretty quiet - not too many folks there.
It's starts to get towards late afternoon/evening, and people start arriving. I realize that these are the LA/SoCal people. It's Friday, they are getting off work, and spending the weekend in Vegas. (My understanding is that it's abut a 4hr drive.) They are incredibly anxious to gamble, get drunk, and whoop it up.
Before long, the place is crazy, and it's rocking at the Clown on a Friday night. LOL. The cocktail waitresses are younger and prettier during these shifts, and they are feeding me drinks quickly because I always tip them.
By this time, I'm hammered, and enjoying the spectacle.
Pretty funny.
Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt at March 05, 2018 11:57 PM (8iiMU)
Posted by: andycanuck at March 05, 2018 11:58 PM (ewxPW)
One of the "west side" (west of highway 101) areas in the Paso Robles wine region in central CA is known as Adelaida. For the Aussie miners, most from Adelaide, who lived in the area and worked the mercury mines. Beautiful lake in the area has a no-fishing policy, due to mercury content of the water. (or so I've read/been told)
Berlin.
Wasn't Wedding a commie/working class district back in the time of You Know Who - site of many a good street fight between the SA and the Rotfront? Seems to ring that bell, could be confusing it with another Berlin neighborhood.
(never been to Berlin)
Posted by: rhomboid at March 05, 2018 11:58 PM (QDnY+)
Well I would have liked to have gone to at least one to chat with Steve Gallacci, but you know what Emerald City can get crushed when the I-5 collapses now.
Posted by: Anna Puma (HQCaR) at March 05, 2018 11:58 PM (/dgwS)
I like to batter my ficus.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion of a Poperin Pear at March 05, 2018 11:58 PM (8O3HH)
Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion of a Poperin Pear at March 05, 2018 11:50 PM (8O3HH)
Hold your hands over your head 24/7 for a couple weeks straight & get back to me. Could you just let me sleep unmolested tonight? i bet the palm is up for some root stuff.
Posted by: publius's ficus at March 05, 2018 11:58 PM (gQQ9b)
Posted by: andycanuck at March 05, 2018 11:59 PM (ewxPW)
Ian, thanks!
I've always heard good things about Orleans too.
Posted by: qdpsteve at March 05, 2018 11:51 PM (eMKNe)
Orleans has one of the better/larger poker rooms, with a variety of games. At east it did a few years ago. Decent comps if you play for while, too.
Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt at March 05, 2018 11:59 PM (8iiMU)
Posted by: Zettai Roshia-no Botto at March 06, 2018 12:00 AM (e9G8E)
Posted by: El Carbon Azzprint at March 06, 2018 12:00 AM (foYMy)
I'm sorry, that's the Gin and Tonic talking.
Posted by: Northernlurker but call me Teem. at March 06, 2018 12:00 AM (nBr1j)
Posted by: Anna Puma (HQCaR) at March 06, 2018 12:01 AM (/dgwS)
Posted by: qdpsteve at March 06, 2018 12:01 AM (eMKNe)
Know Who - site of many a good street fight between the SA and the
Rotfront? Seems to ring that bell, could be confusing it with another
Berlin neighborhood.
In "Babylon Berlin", the series is set in 1929, and there is a storyline involving the communists fighting amongst themselves (Trotskyites v Stalin), and things happen in Wedding.
So...I think you may be right, assuming there is any historical accuracy whatsoever regarding this periods series.....
Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt at March 06, 2018 12:02 AM (8iiMU)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at March 06, 2018 12:02 AM (HiQSt)
Posted by: Ike Turner at March 05, 2018 11:57 PM (HiQSt)
My charity dollars go to the Tempura Shelter for Lightly Battered Women.
/snrk
Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX
Posted by: Jim at March 06, 2018 12:03 AM (QzJWU)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at March 06, 2018 12:04 AM (HiQSt)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kpfrp-GMKKM
Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt at March 06, 2018 12:04 AM (8iiMU)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at March 06, 2018 12:05 AM (IqV8l)
Posted by: andycanuck at March 06, 2018 12:05 AM (ewxPW)
Posted by: Anchorbabe fashion bot at March 06, 2018 12:05 AM (8iiMU)
Posted by: Zettai Roshia-no Botto at March 06, 2018 12:05 AM (e9G8E)
Posted by: weft cut-loop at March 06, 2018 12:06 AM (KXVP7)
I got the word today that a friend and a colleague from a former radio station passed away due to heart problems. Danny was a friendly man who would have fit it just fine with the Horde. I raise a glass to him tonight.
I spent the last hour and a half emptying the cabinets in the kitchen and the bath in anticipation of the exterminator's arrival tomorrow. My upstairs neighbors we're big on cleanliness, and roaches from their apartment have been moving in to mine. We're nipping that in the bud ASAP.
Posted by: Captain Whitebread at March 06, 2018 12:06 AM (rJUlF)
I need a time machine....
Posted by: El Carbon Azzprint at March 06, 2018 12:06 AM (foYMy)
Webcast is starting. Perfect timing.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kpfrp-GMKKM
Posted by: rickl at March 06, 2018 12:07 AM (sdi6R)
Posted by: Zettai Roshia-no Botto at March 06, 2018 12:08 AM (e9G8E)
Posted by: El Carbon Azzprint at March 06, 2018 12:08 AM (foYMy)
Posted by: Northernlurker but call me Teem. at March 06, 2018 12:08 AM (nBr1j)
the first is newish, part of the Patina group in DTLA. the other two are OLD school LA. PDC is on W 6th, near Korea Town, and the other in Hollyweird, on Hollyweird, between Cherokee and Las Palmas.
let us know and we could likely meet you at any of them, with advance notice.
Posted by: redc1c4 at March 06, 2018 12:09 AM (uS008)
Oh right, another stemache. Always with the stemaches.
I remember when I picked you out at the nursery, and you said you'd always be my little pollen dumpster, now your're frigid foliage.
:sniff: I think I will go hang around the palm. Yeah, root stuff. RtoB. Root to bud, baby.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion of a Poperin Pear at March 06, 2018 12:09 AM (8O3HH)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at March 06, 2018 12:10 AM (IqV8l)
Posted by: Anna Puma (HQCaR) at March 06, 2018 12:10 AM (/dgwS)
Insane that before I even have a chance to finally see much of Germany, I'll need to brief myself up on no-go zones resulting from mass migration.
Posted by: rhomboid at March 06, 2018 12:10 AM (QDnY+)
Posted by: Captain Whitebread at March 06, 2018 12:06 AM (rJUlF)
If he finds one the size of a Pomeranian, his name is Fifi and he's mine.
Posted by: Northernlurker but call me Teem. at March 06, 2018 12:10 AM (nBr1j)
I saw Hogs Of War open for Three Dog Night back in '72.
At least, I think I did. I was only five...
Posted by: Captain Whitebread at March 06, 2018 12:11 AM (rJUlF)
Posted by: Captain Whitebread at March 06, 2018 12:12 AM (rJUlF)
Just catching the rerun, I presume?
Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion of a Poperin Pear at March 05, 2018 11:57 PM (8O3HH)
Eh. I work late.
Posted by: Shopgirl: #GoodbyeHoz at March 06, 2018 12:12 AM (Emvv1)
Posted by: Yo! at March 06, 2018 12:13 AM (vGJ7N)
Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion of a Poperi
drama queen. like one lousy night's sleep is soooo much to ask for. not to mention you get to mix it up with the palm. the begonia is hopped up on caffeine, can probably go all night when you're done with the palm.
Posted by: publius's ficus at March 06, 2018 12:13 AM (gQQ9b)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at March 06, 2018 12:13 AM (IqV8l)
I love going to the Pinball Hall of Fame off Tropicana. It next to a
sing for a club the was torn down. I have a book of matches from the
Stardust. I have a small map and keycard from the New Frontier. a
discount card from The Beach night club. All gone now.... The last place
I stayed was The Rivera.
I need a time machine....
Posted by: El Carbon Azzprint at March 06, 2018 12:06 AM (foYMy)
Is that Pinball Hall of Fame still there? I think that will be on my list for my planned trip this fall.
I remember when the New Frontier had peeps on strike there for afew years! LOL. I'd always walk by them as they sat there baking in the sun.
The Riv was pretty cool inside. Stereotypical lounge acts in there, if I recall.
Only been in the Trop once. Very similar feel as the Riv to me.
Question: I remember in my Dark Ages going to the "Holiday Inn Casino" (I think). It was a building like a Mississippi paddlewheel boat. My questionis where was that located?
Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt at March 06, 2018 12:13 AM (8iiMU)
Posted by: Anna Puma (HQCaR) at March 06, 2018 12:10 AM (/dgwS)
where's tillikum when you need him?!
Posted by: bebe's boobs destroy at March 06, 2018 12:14 AM (gQQ9b)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at March 06, 2018 12:15 AM (w1zJX)
Posted by: qdpsteve at March 06, 2018 12:15 AM (eMKNe)
Now back to read the comments. Just got home from bowling, a 659 series. And we lost all four games. Drat.
Posted by: Old Blue at March 06, 2018 12:16 AM (gEvQ8)
Not recovering the first stage because of weather.
Stupid Florida.
Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt at March 06, 2018 12:16 AM (8iiMU)
He's the only billionaire I know of who does some of the exact same things *I* would do if I had that kind of $$$. Or, let's be optmistic, WHEN I have that kind of money.
Seems most of the iconic WWII shipwrecks have been located - Bismarck, Yamato. I believe Kaga has been found from Midway - though the other 3 Japanese carriers, not sure.
Posted by: rhomboid at March 06, 2018 12:17 AM (QDnY+)
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at March 06, 2018 12:18 AM (3Pma+)
Actual Connery would have killed it. Just killed.
Posted by: boulder terlit hobo at March 06, 2018 12:18 AM (6FqZa)
Things are okay about my car. I went back to the dealership yesterday, and they did need me to re-sign documents, *but* to avoid any unpleasant surprises on my end, they actually reduced the price of the car, so nothing will change on my end. My monthly payment, term, and extra goodies all stay the same. So if the dealership ended up with a better interest rate somehow, no biggie.
Anyway, thanks to everyone for all the advice, particularly hogmartin. :-)
Posted by: qdpsteve at March 06, 2018 12:18 AM (eMKNe)
There you are, trying to trigger me again. The begonia is monecious, I know, I know now. Ladyboy plant, it was just one time, one time. I didn't know, I didn't know! I'm not attracted to that, really! It tricked me!
Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion of a Poperin Pear at March 06, 2018 12:19 AM (8O3HH)
Ouch, that other team was on fire or had special rental shoes
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at March 06, 2018 12:20 AM (3Pma+)
one of my dad's bosses survived the lex & the york. said he was kinda jumpy, understandably.
Posted by: bebe's boobs destroy at March 06, 2018 12:21 AM (gQQ9b)
Posted by: Northernlurker but call me Teem. at March 06, 2018 12:22 AM (nBr1j)
I now have this urge for sashimi and no orca to be seen. And I really need this after today.
Wally World has gone bug-fvck. I really don't know who's knickers or panties got twisted but they dragooned every free body from the GM side to tackle softlines, so.. it was putting out thongs, camisoles, bras, socks, and assorted blouses.
Then my torture was not over, oh no. About 8pm I was told to work OTC/Pharmacy freight. Asst Manager said 'your area looks fine.' So off I went to deal with 5 hour energy drinks, tampons, Poise, Depends, and hygiene washes.
Or I just need a drink. And a new job or win the Powerball.
Posted by: Anna Puma (HQCaR) at March 06, 2018 12:23 AM (/dgwS)
Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt at March 06, 2018 12:24 AM (8iiMU)
Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion of a Poperin Pear at March 06, 2018 12:19 AM (8O3HH)
wtf?! that bitch is really a shemail? i let it borrow my drip tray. ewwwww!
Posted by: publius's ficus at March 06, 2018 12:24 AM (gQQ9b)
Suffered a bad fall last week (nothing broken but plenty bruised & bloody), and my iPhone suffered along with me. I understand that nowadays, screen repair is reliable and not that expensive. Any stories or recommendations? I booked a "Batteries & Bulbs/Batteries Plus" appt for later this week.
Posted by: Shopgirl: #GoodbyeHoz at March 06, 2018 12:25 AM (Emvv1)
Posted by: Northernlurker but call me Teem. at March 06, 2018 12:27 AM (nBr1j)
I will keep my fingers crossed you get all 3 Anna
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at March 06, 2018 12:27 AM (3Pma+)
Posted by: Anna Puma (HQCaR) at March 06, 2018 12:23 AM (/
an adult beverage is the quickest & easiest to obtain.
Posted by: bebe's boobs destroy at March 06, 2018 12:27 AM (gQQ9b)
Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion of a Poperin Pear
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Pro Tip: Stay away from Pyracantha
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at March 06, 2018 12:29 AM (ZpfqO)
Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion of a Poperin Pear
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Pro Tip: Stay away from Pyracantha
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at March 06, 2018 12:29 AM (ZpfqO)
Tulips
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at March 06, 2018 12:30 AM (3Pma+)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at March 06, 2018 12:15 AM (w1zJX)
nope, I don't use that anymore.
facebook, Marshall Jackson or Author Jack July or twitter @Authorjackjuly.
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet at March 06, 2018 12:30 AM (e5UHp)
Posted by: Northernlurker but call me Teem. at March 06, 2018 12:31 AM (nBr1j)
Stupid Florida.
Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt
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*snorts bath salts*
Posted by: Florida Man at March 06, 2018 12:31 AM (Zdm89)
Posted by: Anna Puma (HQCaR) at March 06, 2018 12:23 AM (/
Hey you wanna have a gin and tonic?
Posted by: Northernlurker but call me Teem. at March 06, 2018 12:32 AM (nBr1j)
Posted by: El Carbon Azzprint at March 06, 2018 12:32 AM (foYMy)
"She" tucks her pistils well.
And you know how drip trays get me going....
Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion of a Poperin Pear at March 06, 2018 12:33 AM (8O3HH)
Posted by: Anna Puma (HQCaR) at March 06, 2018 12:33 AM (/dgwS)
Posted by: Northernlurker but call me Teem. at March 06, 2018 12:34 AM (nBr1j)
FYI, drip trays are the garter belts of the botanical world.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion of a Poperin Pear at March 06, 2018 12:35 AM (8O3HH)
Posted by: El Carbon Azzprint at March 06, 2018 12:35 AM (foYMy)
The things one learns...
Posted by: Zettai Roshia-no Botto at March 06, 2018 12:35 AM (e9G8E)
A kilometer is over 1000 metric meters.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion of a Poperin Pear at March 06, 2018 12:36 AM (8O3HH)
Anna - check out the still photos at the site. The paint color on the aircraft (check out the early WWII paint scheme, too - the striped rudders are great) looks remarkably intact. I have seen some unbelievably well preserved war artifacts that spent decades in salt water, so there always seems to be the possibility of low oxygen content or other anomalies that prevent corrosion.
Posted by: rhomboid at March 06, 2018 12:36 AM (QDnY+)
facebook, Marshall Jackson or Author Jack July or twitter @Authorjackjuly.
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet
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Yeah, neither FB or Twitter here.
Misanthropic has my email, you could send him a note, he can forward to me, or, it's fine with me if he gives you my email.
MH, remind me, please what is your AoSHQ email?
Posted by: Florida Man at March 06, 2018 12:37 AM (y3sT9)
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not to worry: all three are in the same general area.
Posted by: redc1c4 at March 06, 2018 12:37 AM (uS008)
March 11th will mark the 100th anniversary of the first case of what would be diagnosed as the Spanish Influenza. It happened at Ft. Riley KS to a Pvt. on March 11, 1918. The global epidemic would eventually claim at least 20 million.
Posted by: Anna Puma (HQCaR) at March 06, 2018 12:38 AM (/dgwS)
Posted by: redc1c4 at March 06, 2018 12:39 AM (uS008)
Posted by: Northernlurker but call me Teem. at March 06, 2018 12:27 AM (nBr1j)
Northernlurker! Welcome back!
I cracked up at what *I hope* was a typo..."Sopgirl"...
Running late and tripped over uneven pavement stones...boomboomBOOM, down a flight of concrete steps. Luckily I yoga, so I was limber on my landing. Still, even Downward Dog on cement hurts like a sonovabitch when you're not expecting it.
It's my late father's phone, so I'd pay anything to get the cracked screen repaired.
Posted by: Shopgirl: #GoodbyeHoz at March 06, 2018 12:39 AM (Emvv1)
Posted by: redc1c4 at March 06, 2018 12:40 AM (uS008)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at March 06, 2018 12:40 AM (y3sT9)
Posted by: Anna Puma (HQCaR) at March 06, 2018 12:41 AM (/dgwS)
Really need that time machine....
Posted by: El Carbon Azzprint at March 06, 2018 12:41 AM (foYMy)
Posted by: Shopgirl: #GoodbyeHoz at March 06, 2018 12:42 AM (Emvv1)
El Carbon you want history...
March 11th will mark the 100th
anniversary of the first case of what would be diagnosed as the Spanish
Influenza. It happened at Ft. Riley KS to a Pvt. on March 11, 1918. The
global epidemic would eventually claim at least 20 million.
Ahhh the good old days....That was a real flu...not this mamby panby flu we have now. Slacker flu...
Posted by: El Carbon Azzprint at March 06, 2018 12:42 AM (foYMy)
I cracked up at what *I hope* was a typo..."Sopgirl"...
Running late and tripped over uneven pavement stones...boomboomBOOM, down a flight of concrete steps. Luckily I yoga, so I was limber on my landing. Still, even Downward Dog on cement hurts like a sonovabitch when you're not expecting it.
It's my late father's phone, so I'd pay anything to get the cracked screen repaired.
Posted by: Shopgirl: #GoodbyeHoz at March 06, 2018 12:39 AM (Emvv1)
Sounds like a big ouch. yes Sopgirl was a typo.
Posted by: Northernlurker but call me Teem. at March 06, 2018 12:43 AM (nBr1j)
Posted by: redc1c4
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Okay. Thnx.
So, OsP, drop a note to Misanthropic at that address. He'll forward, I hope, or just give you mine.
He's nice like that.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at March 06, 2018 12:43 AM (y3sT9)
Posted by: rhomboid at March 06, 2018 12:43 AM (QDnY+)
Posted by: Northernlurker but call me Teem. at March 06, 2018 12:34 AM (nBr1j)
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not if you can still poast!
(ask me how i know)
Posted by: redc1c4 at March 06, 2018 12:43 AM (uS008)
I thought the thrill had gone away, but no. Still a faint echo remains.
Posted by: Deep Roots at March 06, 2018 12:43 AM (roQNm)
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - An Oregon man filed suits Monday claiming Dick's Sporting Goods and Walmart discriminated against the 20-year-old when they refused to sell him a rifle.
Dick's and Walmart restricted gun sales to adults 21 and older in the wake of the Florida high school massacre. The 19-year-old accused in the school slaying bought the AR-15 used in the attack legally.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at March 06, 2018 12:44 AM (IqV8l)
Posted by: Paula Dean at March 06, 2018 12:44 AM (QLvwG)
5 Oh no, what happened Sopgirl?.............
It's my late father's phone, so I'd pay anything to get the cracked screen repaired....
It it still comes on, live with it. Screen repairs often fail...then you have zip..
Posted by: El Carbon Azzprint at March 06, 2018 12:45 AM (foYMy)
Now, it's those Polygamodioecious plants you've got to really watch out for. Those things are hard to tell.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion of a Poperin Pear at March 06, 2018 12:45 AM (8O3HH)
Somebody linked this Australian article about the Lexington at Instapundit:
https://preview.tinyurl.com/y9tznv54
The headline says it all. The Aussies remember the Battle of the Coral Sea more than Americans do.
I've mentioned before that my dad was on the Lex in that battle.
Posted by: rickl at March 06, 2018 12:45 AM (sdi6R)
Posted by: Anna Puma (HQCaR) at March 06, 2018 12:45 AM (/dgwS)
Posted by: Old Blue at March 06, 2018 12:46 AM (gEvQ8)
I thought the thrill had gone away, but no. Still a faint echo remains.
Posted by: Deep Roots at March 06, 2018 12:43 AM (
Gurrrlll, you have NO idea what publius is about to do to you. hope your soil is on the dry side...
Posted by: publius's ficus at March 06, 2018 12:46 AM (gQQ9b)
Posted by: Northernlurker but call me Teem. at March 06, 2018 12:34 AM (nBr1j)
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not if you can still poast!
(ask me how i know)
Posted by: redc1c4 at March 06, 2018 12:43 AM (uS00
I'm not as drunk as you think I am, you futhermucking bunofasitches. I'm sotally tober, allitdamn!
*hic!*
Jim
Drunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX
Posted by: Jim at March 06, 2018 12:46 AM (QzJWU)
Have ties to REI and United I need to end, speaking of this topic.
Posted by: rhomboid at March 06, 2018 12:48 AM (QDnY+)
Posted by: Anna Puma (HQCaR) at March 06, 2018 12:48 AM (/dgwS)
Posted by: Anna Puma
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And think FDR went on TV.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at March 06, 2018 12:50 AM (9tO1t)
Posted by: rickl at March 06, 2018 12:45 AM (sdi6R)
No. Really? Did he ever speak about it? And darn, I missed the launch.
Posted by: Old Blue at March 06, 2018 12:50 AM (gEvQ8)
I thought the thrill had gone away, but no. Still a faint echo remains.
Same here. Just watched the launch from the front yard of stately Casa Backwardio. It was cool enough outside to hear the sound tonight.
Awesome, it was.
Posted by: BackwardsBoy likes lobster at March 06, 2018 12:51 AM (GdWl+)
Anna I'd love to know what Allen's team has next on their list. Seems the primary focus is historic warship wrecks. Not that informed on limits of their technology/depth issues, but I would say Hornet, Wasp, Yorktown, and the Japanese carriers at Midway would be good candidates.
Posted by: rhomboid at March 06, 2018 12:51 AM (QDnY+)
it's still small compared to the size of the Pacific, or even the overall battle area. those other 3 *should* be easier to find than say the Mikuma wreck.
Posted by: redc1c4 at March 06, 2018 12:51 AM (uS008)
Posted by: publius's ficus
ROFL. You know our rule, what happens in the green house stays in the green house. Besides, you make it sound so...dirty.
All I'm gonna do is grab 'er by the trunk and turn those roots up a bit, and then..... roots, yeah baby....
Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion of a Poperin Pear at March 06, 2018 12:52 AM (8O3HH)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at March 06, 2018 12:52 AM (9tO1t)
Posted by: Martell at March 06, 2018 12:52 AM (WcupX)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kpfrp-GMKKM
Posted by: rickl at March 06, 2018 12:52 AM (sdi6R)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at March 06, 2018 12:50 AM (9tO1t)
Actually, I believe he did. There weren't many sets out in the world, but IIRC he did a television broadcast.
Posted by: Old Blue at March 06, 2018 12:52 AM (gEvQ8)
Posted by: Martell
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We are in really, really deep trouble.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at March 06, 2018 12:54 AM (9tO1t)
Posted by: rhomboid at March 06, 2018 12:56 AM (QDnY+)
Yes. Yes, we are.
You know God lurks in the comments here and just shakes his head sometimes.
Posted by: BackwardsBoy likes lobster at March 06, 2018 12:57 AM (GdWl+)
Posted by: Old Blue
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Yes, you are correct, but not in 1929, as Biden said. In fact, of course, FDR wasn't even President yet.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at March 06, 2018 12:57 AM (FJXGr)
Posted by: Anna Puma (HQCaR) at March 06, 2018 12:48 AM
*******
Well... That might be true! The important thing to remember is that WWII ended when Abraham Lincoln surrendered his storied Legio X to Feldmarschall Paulus at Dien Bien Phu in 1066!
Posted by: Zettai Roshia-no Botto at March 06, 2018 12:57 AM (e9G8E)
Posted by: El Carbon Azzprint at March 06, 2018 12:59 AM (foYMy)
I wonder if my doctor will give me a note for a support supermodel. That would make me very, very happy.
Posted by: BackwardsBoy likes lobster at March 06, 2018 12:59 AM (GdWl+)
He also mentioned getting ice cream while they were standing on the deck awaiting the order to abandon ship.
Posted by: rickl at March 06, 2018 12:59 AM (sdi6R)
Posted by: rickl at March 06, 2018 12:59 AM (sdi6R)
FYI, drip trays are the garter belts of the botanical world.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion of a Poperin Pear at March 06, 2018 12:35 AM (8O3HH)
rollers or stationary?
Posted by: publius's ficus at March 06, 2018 01:02 AM (gQQ9b)
Posted by: El Carbon Azzprint at March 06, 2018 01:02 AM (foYMy)
Posted by: Blanco Basura - It's OK, I'm with the banned at March 06, 2018 01:02 AM (IcT7t)
Posted by: Zettai Roshia-no Botto at March 06, 2018 01:03 AM (e9G8E)
Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt at March 06, 2018 01:04 AM (8iiMU)
Posted by: Anna Puma (HQCaR) at March 06, 2018 12:48 AM
*******
Well... That might be true! The important thing to remember is that WWII ended when Abraham Lincoln surrendered his storied Legio X to Feldmarschall Paulus at Dien Bien Phu in 1066!
Posted by: Zettai Roshia-no Botto at March 06, 2018 12:57 AM (e9G8E)
Of course the war officially ended at the signing of the Treaty of Tordesillas in Ghent on star date 5928.5.
Posted by: Surfperch at March 06, 2018 01:07 AM (D7HXY)
Posted by: El Carbon Azzprint at March 06, 2018 01:08 AM (foYMy)
Posted by: El Carbon Azzprint at March 06, 2018 01:09 AM (foYMy)
Posted by: Old Blue at March 06, 2018 01:11 AM (gEvQ8)
Do they still smoke cigarettes afterwards?
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You want some good space erotica, see the tale of Apollo 14, Alan Shepard and the tricky docking probe. The CM - LM docking thingy was complicated. The docking maneuver required the CSM to turn around, the slowly penetrate the LM's port with it's probe. Then, some automatic hooks would take over and joining would be achieved.
Now, Shepard tried that, which had worked before, but no good. CSM just bounced off. They had him try it again, with a little more speed, poking it harder. Still didn't work. So they had them take pictures of the probe. On the ground, they decided that the initial hooks just weren't working right.
So they had Shepard just gently, slowly, insert the probe into the LM's tight tricky virgin port, just the tip, gently. Then they had increase the thrust, steadily, but gently.
That did the trick, and they mated happily. Now, second time around, redocking in lunar orbit, it popped right in the first time, like it's supposed to.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion of a Poperin Pear at March 06, 2018 01:11 AM (8O3HH)
Posted by: Blanco Basura - It's OK, I'm with the banned at March 06, 2018 01:02 AM (IcT7t)
they were just shacking up.
Posted by: bebe's boobs destroy at March 06, 2018 01:11 AM (gQQ9b)
You'll want to check out the Lexington news. One of the photos is of a rear 5-inch mount, port-side (as I recall the narration):
https://preview.tinyurl.com/ybpn6vcb
Posted by: rhomboid at March 06, 2018 01:14 AM (QDnY+)
Posted by: El Carbon Azzprint at March 06, 2018 01:15 AM (foYMy)
Posted by: rhomboid at March 06, 2018 01:16 AM (QDnY+)
Posted by: El Carbon Azzprint at March 06, 2018 01:16 AM (foYMy)
only tentative, but anything is an improvement over Hawaiian judges
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/mar/5/trump-
administration-can-withhold-grant-over-calif/
Posted by: redc1c4 at March 06, 2018 01:17 AM (uS008)
First in a preface he lists as a source blog entries. Two are listed in the bibliography.
He has Sherman conning Lex during the attack and how the Japanese had a new tactic of coming in from both sides. In Hoyt's book on the Battle of the Coral Sea, Blue Skies and Blood, CV-2's air group is attacking Shoho from both quarters. I would need to check out and reread The First Team again I think.
Weirdest bobble of all and the one that made me put the book down concerns footnotes.
In the Prologue the footnotes start with 4 and at the bottom it talks about the B5N Kate torpedo bomber. And we get to footnote 8 about Commander Lexington Air Group. Then there is a formatting break as the author changes focuses and there are only two more footnotes - 2 and 3. There is no #1 footnote in the prologue.
Chapter 1 starts with footnote #9. We see 10, 11, 12. There is a call to a 13th footnote in the text. But there is no 13th footnote. But we then have a 14th footnote.
So I closed the covers on Phil Keith's book Stay the Rising Sun.
Posted by: Anna Puma (HQCaR) at March 06, 2018 01:18 AM (/dgwS)
Sokath, his eyes uncovered.
Posted by: BackwardsBoy likes lobster at March 06, 2018 01:19 AM (GdWl+)
X****************X***
X***XXXXXXX*******
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*****XXX XX*********
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BattleShip Anyone?
Posted by: El Carbon Azzprint at March 06, 2018 01:20 AM (foYMy)
From Alien: In space, no one can hear you scream.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion of a Poperin Pear at March 06, 2018 01:21 AM (8O3HH)
Posted by: El Carbon Azzprint at March 06, 2018 01:21 AM (foYMy)
Posted by: El Carbon Azzprint at March 06, 2018 01:23 AM (foYMy)
Posted by: redc1c4 at March 06, 2018 01:24 AM (uS008)
Posted by: El Carbon Azzprint at March 06, 2018 01:24 AM (foYMy)
Posted by: Zettai Roshia-no Botto at March 06, 2018 01:24 AM (e9G8E)
Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion of a Poperin Pear at March 06, 2018 01:24 AM (8O3HH)
Like you I have become somewhat intolerant of certain things in books, and will drop them. Last one I can recall was actually one of the two major books about post-war chaos and strife in Europe - can't recall which one (either "Bloodlands" or the other one). After a few instances of ridiculous, and oh so contemporary, false moral equivalence in the narration, boom - gone. And this, from an "historian". Total lack of perspective.
Posted by: rhomboid at March 06, 2018 01:24 AM (QDnY+)
Posted by: Anna Puma (HQCaR) at March 06, 2018 01:25 AM (/dgwS)
Posted by: BackwardsBoy likes lobster at March 06, 2018 01:25 AM (GdWl+)
I get about five times as much information out of the video because I played Kerbal Space Program.
Posted by: BourbonChicken at March 06, 2018 01:26 AM (rnAwa)
But Teh Horde can reply in context, withal.
Given an unlimited budget, what would be your choice for a piston powered, single engine NON warbird, General Aviation aircraft?
Mine would be the Grumman Commander 114 Turbo, replete with air conditioning.
Piper's original Malibu airframes were turbocharged piston singles, too. Higher flying, but not as speedy. Those were some of the first "Cabin Class" singles, too.
Still, the Commander sings a Siren song. Wide body four seater, with smokin' hot performance numbers.
Very far above my pay grade. But that'd be about the Grail for me, were I to achieve but a private, High Performance and IFR ticket.
Beyond that, it'd be hired pilot(s) and me along for the ride.
Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX
Posted by: Jim at March 06, 2018 01:27 AM (QzJWU)
I'm sure they've got protocols for that. Yanking one out in weightlessness would be just rude for you buddies, all that... pollen floating around like that.
You know they've been doing it, but I'm sure, well, they worked something out. A special spacesock, I'm sure.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion of a Poperin Pear at March 06, 2018 01:28 AM (8O3HH)
Posted by: BourbonChicken at March 06, 2018 01:26 AM (rnAwa)
Yes, the rocket puts the satellite into a highly elliptical orbit, and then the satellite uses its own maneuvering thrusters to gradually circularize the orbit and "park" over the desired spot on Earth. This usually takes a couple of weeks or so.
Posted by: rickl at March 06, 2018 01:29 AM (sdi6R)
Frontier Psychology...
That boy needs therapy, psychosomatic,
That boy needs therapy, purely psychosomatic
That boy needs therapy
Lie down on the couch! What does that mean?
You're a nut
You're crazy in the coconut...
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Posted by: El Carbon Azzprint at March 06, 2018 01:30 AM (foYMy)
So we got 1, 4-8, 2, 3, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13 is missing, 14....
Posted by: Anna Puma (HQCaR) at March 06, 2018 01:30 AM (/dgwS)
Posted by: Anna Puma (HQCaR) at March 06, 2018 01:32 AM (/dgwS)
I could go on for quite a bit on this but it would only appeal to a small number of people
Posted by: Old Blue at March 06, 2018 01:34 AM (gEvQ8)
I
C...see you later
K
E
Y....y...because we like you.
M
O
U
S
E..eeeeeeeeeeeeeee
This was pre-recorded because our post recorder is broken....
Nite everybody....
----buzzzzzzzzzz----
Posted by: El Carbon Azzprint at March 06, 2018 01:35 AM (foYMy)
Posted by: Anna Puma (HQCaR) at March 06, 2018 01:32 AM (/dgwS)
'Bout a six inch difference in cockpit width, I think.
The Rockwell was one hell of a slick design, and I don't just mean aerodynamically clean, either.
Study it out, and get back with me on 'em.
I think that once you've gone through the research, you'll also want to at least see one in the flesh.
The 112/114... just wow, one hell of a design.
It worked, too. Just not in time for the Golden Years of General Aviation.
Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX
Posted by: Jim at March 06, 2018 01:36 AM (QzJWU)
And when He has anything to add, He'll send out FenelonSpoke ... or Captain Hate ... depending on what's needed. Sometimes Muldoon. (The Lawd works in very mysterious ways, His Will to make known.)
G'd even'g all. Just passing by. What'd I miss worth mentioning?
Posted by: mindful webworker - theo logically at March 06, 2018 01:37 AM (NsI03)
Posted by: rickl at March 06, 2018 01:38 AM (sdi6R)
I'm "staging" my way through Glantz's massive book on the Red Army, '42-'44. Taking it in limited portions because it's more like a physics textbook than a history book, and footnotes, endnotes, you want exhaustive documentation? Jeebus. As I tend to frequently check the notes, it only adds to the slog, thus the strategy of reading 150 pages at a time, broken up by entire, more readable, WWII history books.
Jim - my answer would not qualify, probably, because single engine/piston, but ..... seaplane. Not *that* picky. Grumman Goose would be fine. Or Mallard. Not the showy sort, but a PBY would be OK, too.
Which reminds me of that web article I saw last year on luxury outfitted/converted PBYs, which were a thing in the 60s (?). Now THAT would be acceptable. Especially for the single globe-trotting Catalina owner. Imagine the chick-magnet power of "just take a water taxi to the seaplane moored next to the big yacht - it's the only one here - or anywhere, actually" (James Bond smirk).
Posted by: rhomboid at March 06, 2018 01:38 AM (QDnY+)
Reason they could read that was because the Japanese kept reusing words so it became statistically easier to read their mail. For example Midway's Japanese codename.
16 and 17 operating separately did save Enterprise and Hornet. With the meager size of the VF units any Wildcat sent to escort the bombers was one less to defend the carriers. And Yorktown paid the price.
Though if Stanhope Ring had found Nagumo or if Fletcher had thrown his reserve Dauntless squadron into Spruance's all out attack, Yorktown would have probably survived the battle.
Posted by: Anna Puma (HQCaR) at March 06, 2018 01:42 AM (/dgwS)
Posted by: Anna Puma (HQCaR) at March 06, 2018 01:45 AM (/dgwS)
Which reminds me of that web article I saw last year on luxury outfitted/converted PBYs, which were a thing in the 60s (?). Now THAT would be acceptable. Especially for the single globe-trotting Catalina owner. Imagine the chick-magnet power of "just take a water taxi to the seaplane moored next to the big yacht - it's the only one here - or anywhere, actually" (James Bond smirk).
Posted by: rhomboid at March 06, 2018 01:38 AM (QDnY+)
Never got to be airborne aboard one, but did get to help wash the damn beast.
Montgomery Field, San Diego, CA. I think, 'bout 74, would've been my Sophomore year in High School, if I recall correctly.
I was trying to do the "airfield kid" way of working my way to lessons. Didn't work out the way the stories said to expect.
But I got to wash some cool airplanes, all the same.
Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX
/sentience.
zzzzzzzzz
Posted by: Jim at March 06, 2018 01:46 AM (QzJWU)
You hear a lot about how tough or not the initial training and academic experiences are at the military academies, and how they just won't let you fail as an underclassman. The big difference between the academies and our very expensive state community colleges is in footnoting and accreditation of papers.
Part of it is plagiarism avoidance, and the rest, isn't. You learn how to cite references, how to evaluate references, and everything there is to know about the filing of same. You can write a brilliant paper but get a warning and then a fail if the documentation is not perfect. And if you can't learn to do these things right, that will be your ticket out. That's how dead serious they are about, literally, proving your point.
So if a military historian's credentials are from an academy, a command school, or the war colleges, it's unthinkable that their reference-proofs aren't damned near perfect. You'd have to suspect their publisher's editors, if such things still exist.
Posted by: Stringer Davis at March 06, 2018 01:48 AM (H5rtT)
Hypo could read 10% to 15% of JN-25 before Midway when the IJN finally changed the key. But that was too late as events proved.
But that was key. The US knew where they would strike next. They really didn't know the order of battle, but they had a clue.
The Americans had a good grip on the Japanese diplomatic codes (Purple) but not the Naval codes.
As an aside, the Brits had help breaking the Enigma code because almost every operator finished his transmission with the words Heil Hitler.
Anna, speaking of which, what are your thoughts about the stories told about the "Winds" messages? Especially about the message East Winds, Rain?
Posted by: Old Blue at March 06, 2018 01:50 AM (gEvQ8)
Posted by: Anna Puma (HQCaR) at March 06, 2018 01:54 AM (/dgwS)
Posted by: Old Blue at March 06, 2018 01:59 AM (gEvQ8)
Posted by: Surfperch at March 06, 2018 02:02 AM (D7HXY)
Posted by: Anna Puma (HQCaR) at March 06, 2018 02:02 AM (/dgwS)
Posted by: Old Blue at March 06, 2018 01:34 AM (gEvQ
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don't hold back on my account...
Posted by: redc1c4 at March 06, 2018 02:06 AM (uS008)
Way too many people failed to connect dots and instead relied of what 'they knew.'
Posted by: Anna Puma (HQCaR) at March 06, 2018 02:08 AM (/dgwS)
messages pure grade-A BS from 'tards who can't admit that the Japanese
actually snookered the Americans.
Posted by: Anna Puma (HQCaR) at March 06, 2018 01:54 AM (/dgwS)
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descendants of the geniuses who lined the planes up wing tip to wing tip so they could be guarded more efficiently?
Posted by: redc1c4 at March 06, 2018 02:09 AM (uS008)
The Japanese certainly helped reinforce that assumption of going south
to seize the Dutch East Indies by sailing an actual invasion force.
Posted by: Anna Puma (HQCaR) at March 06, 2018 02:02 AM (/dgwS)
But it's interesting that with all the intelligence, that no one knew where the Kido Butai was. Having been a Morse Code operator I knew that I could identify an operator by his "fist". As I understand the history, the Kido Butai operators were left in port so that American operators listening to their transmissions thought that they were still at Hokkaido. Pretty clever if you ask me.
Posted by: Old Blue at March 06, 2018 02:11 AM (gEvQ8)
Posted by: Anna Puma (HQCaR) at March 06, 2018 02:08 AM (/dgwS)
At that point in history you had the battleship will win the war admirals fighting the aircraft carriers will win the war admirals. And the battleship admirals were in control at that time. The Japanese thought different. Then proved it.
Posted by: Old Blue at March 06, 2018 02:15 AM (gEvQ8)
What Old Blue and I are talking about are the die-hard cabal who insist that FDR knew the Japs would attack Pearl Harbor and that the President allowed the attack to happen so he could get the US involved in the war.
*I hope Admiral Kimmel is in no way related to Jimmy Kibble.
Posted by: Anna Puma (HQCaR) at March 06, 2018 02:16 AM (/dgwS)
This is why I voted against King and Seliger. Maybe they aren't commies, but they are the most Leftist in the TX Legislature.
(But they can't stop calling themselves conservative either.)
Posted by: CatchThirtyThr33 at March 06, 2018 02:20 AM (BpgRx)
Posted by: Anna Puma (HQCaR) at March 06, 2018 02:23 AM (/dgwS)
Posted by: Anna Puma (HQCaR) at March 06, 2018 02:08 AM (/dgwS)
At that point in history you had the battleship will win the war admirals fighting the aircraft carriers will win the war admirals. And the battleship admirals were in control at that time. The Japanese thought different. Then proved it.
Posted by: Old Blue at March 06, 2018 02:15 AM (gEvQ
That should be almost a scientific theorem at this point. What you prepare for will in no way what will happen when its time. Video games prove this constantly, especially MMO's and yet developers always think they have planned everything out. For instance: How Gamers Killed Ultima Online's Virtual Ecology.
https://youtu.be/KFNxJVTJleE
Posted by: buzzion at March 06, 2018 02:25 AM (cAnNx)
Posted by: qdpsteve at March 06, 2018 02:27 AM (eMKNe)
Posted by: Miley, the Duchess at March 06, 2018 02:35 AM (cu8/f)
win the war admirals fighting the aircraft carriers will win the war
admirals. And the battleship admirals were in control at that time. The
Japanese thought different. Then proved it.
Posted by: Old Blue at March 06, 2018 02:15 AM (gEvQ
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except, of course, for the part of the IJN that spent the rest of the war trying to set up the "One Big Surface Engagement" that would end the war...
then, even when they almost got a taste of what they'd set their caps too, a bit of Taffy gummed up the w*rks and they lost there too.
Posted by: redc1c4 at March 06, 2018 02:36 AM (uS008)
Posted by: Miley, the Duchess at March 06, 2018 02:35 AM (cu8/f)
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what's up, Miss Lacey Blue?
Posted by: redc1c4 at March 06, 2018 02:38 AM (uS008)
This is why I voted against King and Seliger. Maybe they aren't commies, but they are the most Leftist in the TX Legislature.
(But they can't stop calling themselves conservative either.)
*Among the Rs, I should say.
Posted by: CatchThirtyThr33 at March 06, 2018 02:43 AM (BpgRx)
and i have to take our eldest flea farm to the vet tomorrow for grooming, then my dumbass to the VA for a shit pot full of blood tests and some x-rays, in part to see if we can figure out why my immune system is so F-ed up.
hasta, y'all!
/me blows g'nite kiss to Miley
Posted by: redc1c4 at March 06, 2018 03:06 AM (uS008)
Posted by: Al Gore at March 06, 2018 03:20 AM (/qEW2)
What an imbecile. There are certain axioms that cannot be denied. Carbon is poison. It destroys worlds. If you are against abortion you want to see women die. If you are against open borders you want to put brown people in concentration camps. If you disagree with Obama about anything it's because you are a racist piece of garbage. None of this is up for discussion because it is true by definition. This site is not protected by the first amendment because it is anti-global warming and hatespeech.
Posted by: Al Gore at March 06, 2018 03:40 AM (/qEW2)
Posted by: rammajamma at March 06, 2018 03:44 AM (oAlzZ)
Didn't hear any explosions or see bright lights in the sky so I don't think it was aliens.
Posted by: Deep Roots at March 06, 2018 03:45 AM (roQNm)
Marxism will work if you put me in charge of implementing it. That is why you deplorable assholes need to elect ME in 2020.
Posted by: Al Gore at March 06, 2018 03:47 AM (/qEW2)
Posted by: Al Gore at March 06, 2018 03:47 AM (/qEW2)
My mom would say....Blow it out your ass Al.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Divison at March 06, 2018 03:53 AM (aMlLZ)
Posted by: Aetius451AD at March 06, 2018 03:56 AM (ycWCI)
Good morning horde
Posted by: Skip at March 06, 2018 04:00 AM (aC6Sd)
And a Nice Hawaiian Punch Judge claimed that it doesn't matter if it expired, it's still in effect, right?
Now what?
Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at March 06, 2018 04:02 AM (t5m5e)
Posted by: Skip at March 06, 2018 04:18 AM (aC6Sd)
Posted by: goon at March 06, 2018 04:19 AM (EaQ6/)
Posted by: Skip at March 06, 2018 04:20 AM (aC6Sd)
Posted by: Al Gore at March 06, 2018 04:27 AM (/qEW2)
Posted by: rammajamma at March 06, 2018 04:28 AM (oAlzZ)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 06, 2018 06:12 AM (8+Ozj)
Let's smile and be happy and strike fear in the heart of killjoy leftists everywhere.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at March 06, 2018 06:14 AM (hyuyC)
https://tinyurl.com/yarh4pzz
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 06, 2018 06:15 AM (8+Ozj)
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at March 06, 2018 06:15 AM (EyPfd)
Posted by: NaCly Dog at March 06, 2018 06:15 AM (hyuyC)
https://tinyurl.com/ya2789d6
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 06, 2018 06:16 AM (8+Ozj)
How do I persuade her otherwise? Got any horror story links? I know SanFan and LosAngles are covered in homeless excrement and found those already.
Posted by: Relationship Problems Pikachu at March 06, 2018 06:17 AM (9sbCw)
Posted by: NaCly Dog at March 06, 2018 06:17 AM (hyuyC)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 06, 2018 06:18 AM (8+Ozj)
Well thanks a lot FenS.
Now I'm hungry for cornbread.
Posted by: Bruce at March 06, 2018 06:19 AM (8ikIW)
And a Nice Hawaiian Punch Judge claimed that it doesn't matter if it expired, it's still in effect, right?
Now what?
Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug
How many divisions of the military does he control?
Let him enforce his overreach.
Posted by: rickb223 at March 06, 2018 06:19 AM (/tG8l)
I like your counterpoint of happy links, showing us the decency that still abides. Thank you.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at March 06, 2018 06:20 AM (hyuyC)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 06, 2018 06:23 AM (8+Ozj)
"
Can this Judge do the same with grocery coupons that have expired?
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at March 06, 2018 06:23 AM (EyPfd)
Just keep removing the bad apples in areas outside his jurisdiction. Where is his authority over? Locate, for future removal, the leaders of the Dreamers resisting the Rule of Law.
pbho would, if the places were reversed, have put all the very bad apples in Hawaii.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at March 06, 2018 06:26 AM (hyuyC)
Posted by: jsg at March 06, 2018 06:28 AM (WM2oO)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 06, 2018 06:30 AM (8+Ozj)
Going so far Left that people are waking up.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at March 06, 2018 06:30 AM (hyuyC)
https://tinyurl.com/yc28ugc7
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 06, 2018 06:31 AM (8+Ozj)
Adventure and work beckons.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at March 06, 2018 06:31 AM (hyuyC)
Losing power for 68 hours in winter is a bitch. Thankfully, my wife was a Girl Scout and I was a Boy Scout and we survived nicely. I did notice that the county below me -- which went for Hillary -- got all the repair crews right away, while my county (Trump) got ignored until the end.
Posted by: Forgot My Nic at March 06, 2018 06:33 AM (LOgQ4)
Posted by: Bert G aka Country Singer at March 06, 2018 06:33 AM (yzxic)
Posted by: Bert G aka Country Singer
Just preparing itself for the time change this weekend
Posted by: Bruce at March 06, 2018 06:35 AM (8ikIW)
This is why I voted against King and Seliger. Maybe they aren't commies, but they are the most Leftist in the TX Legislature.
(But they can't stop calling themselves conservative either.)
*Among the Rs, I should say.
Posted by: CatchThirtyThr33 at March 06, 2018 02:43
Wish Austin wasnt Commie. I dont know King, but I love Seliger. Youre so lucky to have so many decent choices.
Posted by: LASue at March 06, 2018 06:35 AM (hZ+us)
Posted by: Bruce at March 06, 2018 06:35 AM (8ikIW)
I'll be a week getting acclimated. Ugh.
Posted by: jsg at March 06, 2018 06:36 AM (WM2oO)
How do I persuade her otherwise? Got any horror story links? I know SanFan and LosAngles are covered in homeless excrement and found those already.
Posted by: Relationship Problems Pikachu at March 06, 2018 06:17 AM (9sbCw)
Zombie's uncensored photoessays on the Castro district's public gay sex and BDSM street fairs. That's the Tsar Bomba of dissuaders though, and once seen cannot be unseen. Seriously, it will burn itself in your brain. Extremely graphic.
There are some less horrifying photoessays documenting the freakshow. Maybe start with those. But still consider yourself duly warned.
Posted by: Insomniac - chopped liver at March 06, 2018 06:38 AM (NWiLs)
Posted by: jsg
I'm usually awake by 4 AM. When the time changes, I would think I could sleep until 5 AM.
Nope, body says IT"S TIME TO GET UP!!
Posted by: Bruce at March 06, 2018 06:38 AM (8ikIW)
Posted by: Bruce at March 06, 2018 06:39 AM (8ikIW)
made Brownies?
Posted by: rickb223 at March 06, 2018 06:40 AM (/tG8l)
Every time I think the insanity on the left can't get worse, they prove me wrong.
Posted by: Ripley at March 06, 2018 06:44 AM (MxEKc)
Posted by: Bruce at March 06, 2018 06:39 AM (8ikIW)
Nice. The spring forward really screws with me.
Posted by: jsg at March 06, 2018 06:45 AM (WM2oO)
How do I persuade her otherwise? Got any horror story links? I know SanFan and LosAngles are covered in homeless excrement and found those already.
Posted by: Relationship Problems Pikachu at March 06, 2018 06:17 AM (9sbCw)
Cost of a home -1 million plus for any old dump. 405- 2 hour commutes each way. Horrible public schools. 14 % state income tax on top bracket and most everyone still has to pay for private schools. Earthquakes. Mudslides. Fires. Millions of Illegals. High sales tax. Failing roads.
Posted by: LASue at March 06, 2018 06:46 AM (hZ+us)
And those are just the good points.
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at March 06, 2018 06:48 AM (EyPfd)
This should be front page news but it won't be.
Because they're not there for the working girls or the scoop.
Posted by: torabora at March 06, 2018 06:49 AM (K0z2U)
Posted by: jsg at March 06, 2018 06:45 AM (WM2oO)
Poor Ms jsg works 12 hour shifts on the weekends, so she'll be working her Sunday on one less hour of sleep.
Posted by: jsg at March 06, 2018 06:50 AM (WM2oO)
Posted by: wing at March 06, 2018 06:51 AM (RSMz4)
How do I persuade her otherwise? Got any horror story links? I know
SanFan and LosAngles are covered in homeless excrement and found those
already.
Posted by: Relationship Problems
Tell her he will need to
earn at least $200,000/yr to live comfortably and not be immersed in the
ever growing unpleasantness there. Much of it can't be avoided no matter how much you make.
Posted by: Ripley at March 06, 2018 06:55 AM (MxEKc)
Theyre most definitely NOT people who would ever lie for money.
Posted by: LASue at March 06, 2018 06:56 AM (hZ+us)
Posted by: torabora at March 06, 2018 06:57 AM (K0z2U)
How do I persuade her otherwise? Got any horror story links? I know
SanFan and LosAngles are covered in homeless excrement and found those
already.
Posted by: Relationship Problems
Tell her he will need to
earn at least $200,000/yr to live comfortably and not be immersed in the
ever growing unpleasantness there. Much of it can't be avoided no matter how much you make.
Posted by: Ripley
Okay, but the good point is that there will be a high speed train that goes from one point that you don't want to live to another point you don't want to live. With lots of stops in between to view some more nothing.
WOO WOO.....
Posted by: Bruce at March 06, 2018 06:57 AM (8ikIW)
A good cost of living calculator. I used San Jose, CA for comparison which indicated it would take 2X the salary as where I currently live.
http://www.bestplaces.net/cost-of-living/
Posted by: Forgot My Nic at March 06, 2018 07:00 AM (LOgQ4)
Posted by: freaked at March 06, 2018 07:00 AM (UdKB7)
Posted by: Golfman with no apostrophes at March 06, 2018 07:02 AM (48QDY)
Posted by: Golfman with no apostrophes at March 06, 2018 07:03 AM (48QDY)
Posted by: freaked at March 06, 2018 07:03 AM (UdKB7)
Posted by: Insomniac - chopped liver at March 06, 2018 07:04 AM (NWiLs)
School zone? Sounds like the place I got a ticket that was a good 1/2 mike from any school.
Posted by: LASue at March 06, 2018 07:05 AM (hZ+us)
There are some less horrifying photoessays documenting the freakshow. Maybe start with those. But still consider yourself duly warned.
Posted by: Insomniac - chopped liver at March 06, 2018 06:38 AM (NWiLs)
________
Where can I find those?
Posted by: Relationship Problems Pikachu at March 06, 2018 07:06 AM (9sbCw)
________
Where can I find those?
Posted by: Relationship Problems Pikachu at March 06, 2018 07:06 AM (9sbCw)
zombietime dot com
Posted by: Insomniac - chopped liver at March 06, 2018 07:08 AM (NWiLs)
http://www.bestplaces.net/cost-of-living/
Posted by: Forgot My Nic
Interesting link.
Thank you for posting that
Posted by: Bruce at March 06, 2018 07:08 AM (8ikIW)
Posted by: Golfman with no apostrophes at March 06, 2018 07:08 AM (48QDY)
Posted by: Case at March 06, 2018 07:11 AM (v6x+Q)
Posted by: JTB at March 06, 2018 07:11 AM (V+03K)
Posted by: grammie winger - at March 06, 2018 07:12 AM (fD4nI)
Posted by: JTB at March 06, 2018 07:12 AM (V+03K)
Posted by: JTB at March 06, 2018 07:13 AM (V+03K)
Posted by: Golfman with no apostrophes at March 06, 2018 07:13 AM (48QDY)
Cost of a home -1 million plus for any old dump. 405- 2 hour commutes each way. Horrible public schools. 14 % state income tax on top bracket and most everyone still has to pay for private schools. Earthquakes. Mudslides. Fires. Millions of Illegals. High sales tax. Failing roads.
Posted by: LASue at March 06, 2018 06:46 AM (hZ+us)
________
The money thing hasn't been persuasive as I'd like b/c we both are Engineers and can make enough to do OK. Even out there.
I will never go there because, we've seen the end game of the leftist already in South Africa. Eventually, they want to kill you and steal your stuff.
Persuading her to have kids is a whole nother problem for another time.
Posted by: Relationship Problems Pikachu at March 06, 2018 07:13 AM (9sbCw)
Posted by: Insomniac - chopped liver at March 06, 2018 07:13 AM (NWiLs)
zombietime dot e
Posted by: Insomniac - chopped liver at March 06, 2018 07:08 AM (NWiLs)
________
Thank you.
I'll take a look after work
Posted by: Relationship Problems Pikachu at March 06, 2018 07:14 AM (9sbCw)
zombietime dot e
Posted by: Insomniac - chopped liver at March 06, 2018 07:08 AM (NWiLs)
________
Thank you.
I'll take a look after work
Posted by: Relationship Problems Pikachu at March 06, 2018 07:14 AM (9sbCw)
Any time. There's definitely NSFW (or sanity) material on there.
Posted by: Insomniac - chopped liver at March 06, 2018 07:15 AM (NWiLs)
which indicated it would take 2X the salary as where I currently live.
http://www.bestplaces.net/cost-of-living/
Posted by: Forgot My Nic
Wow! I would have to earn almost 3x what I make now if for some reason I wanted to move to San Fran. Housing factor was 7x.
Posted by: Ripley at March 06, 2018 07:15 AM (MxEKc)
After you do that you won't even want to be on the same continent as those people.
Posted by: freaked at March 06, 2018 07:16 AM (UdKB7)
After you do that you won't even want to be on the same continent as those people.
Posted by: freaked at March 06, 2018 07:16 AM (UdKB7)
You mean you wouldn't want Inflated Scrotum Man as your neighbor? You're so full of hate!
Posted by: Insomniac - chopped liver at March 06, 2018 07:17 AM (NWiLs)
Posted by: grammie winger - at March 06, 2018 07:18 AM (fD4nI)
Posted by: Insomniac - chopped liver at March 06, 2018 07:19 AM (NWiLs)
Posted by: grammie winger - at March 06, 2018 07:20 AM (fD4nI)
Posted by: grammie winger - at March 06, 2018 07:18 AM (fD4nI
Who?
Posted by: Insomniac
Schrodingers cat
Posted by: Bruce at March 06, 2018 07:20 AM (8ikIW)
Posted by: Mr. Peebles at March 06, 2018 07:20 AM (oVJmc)
Posted by: Cowboy Blobert at March 06, 2018 07:20 AM (0CeRG)
Posted by: freaked at March 06, 2018 07:00 AM (UdKB7)
________
I know. Believe me, I know.
She doesn't follow politics, most news, doesn't vote and isn't the least bit interested in that stuff.
Posted by: Relationship Problems Pikachu at March 06, 2018 07:21 AM (9sbCw)
Posted by: freaked at March 06, 2018 07:21 AM (UdKB7)
Walking thru what even 2 million will get you in almost any area within a reasonable commute distance is eye opening, even when you have the money.
Posted by: LASue at March 06, 2018 07:21 AM (hZ+us)
Posted by: grammie winger - at March 06, 2018 07:20 AM (fD4nI)
Oh.
Posted by: Insomniac - chopped liver at March 06, 2018 07:22 AM (NWiLs)
Posted by: Mr. Peebles at March 06, 2018 07:22 AM (oVJmc)
Oh, the humanity.
Posted by: Mr. Peebles
HA! Tried to light a fart
Posted by: Bruce at March 06, 2018 07:24 AM (8ikIW)
almost any area within a reasonable commute distance is eye opening,
even when you have the money.
Posted by: LASue"
Yeah, just think about writing a mortgage check for $6,000 or more makes my head hurt. Think about how it feels after about 5 years.
Posted by: Ripley at March 06, 2018 07:26 AM (MxEKc)
Posted by: Northernlurker-Teem at March 06, 2018 07:27 AM (nBr1j)
Posted by: Relationship Problems Pikachu at March 06, 2018 07:13 AM (9sbCw)
---------
Pikachu, I don't mean to add to your woes but since you mention this, I'll just say this: that's something you both should think carefully about before it's too late, and make sure you really are in agreement. I know a marriage that is breaking up because both agreed they wanted a bunch of kids, then after they were married one said well, not yet, and then said well, never. This took place over time and age became a factor and it's just a really sad situation.
For what it's worth.
Posted by: bluebell at March 06, 2018 07:27 AM (oMtOd)
Posted by: Ripley
Pfft. Crumbs
Posted by: Bruce at March 06, 2018 07:28 AM (8ikIW)
Posted by: Insomniac - chopped liver at March 06, 2018 07:28 AM (NWiLs)
Posted by: Insomniac
JJ is playing the hot chick you're picking up for a date and is running late.
The late ONT is like sitting with her father in the living room
Posted by: Bruce at March 06, 2018 07:30 AM (8ikIW)
Posted by: Ripley at March 06, 2018 07:26 AM (MxEKc)
You could get a YUUUGE house here in FL for that kind of scratch. In an exclusive gated community, even.
Posted by: Insomniac - chopped liver at March 06, 2018 07:30 AM (NWiLs)
For what it's worth.
Posted by: bluebell at March 06, 2018 07:27 AM (oMtOd)
___________
Yes. It is a very big deal. I know a few people who waited too long and had to pay a fortune in IVF.
The disagreement is between me on the kids first then do your career stuff. And her on the establish career first, then kids.
Fortunately she's 23, so biologically she has plenty of time.
I'm older at 34, but guys don't have the same biology, despite what the SJW freakazoids pretend.
Posted by: Relationship Problems Pikachu at March 06, 2018 07:35 AM (9sbCw)
Posted by: Bruce at March 06, 2018 07:38 AM (8ikIW)
Posted by: grammie winger - at March 06, 2018 07:20 AM (fD4nI)
_________
???
Posted by: Relationship Problems Pikachu at March 06, 2018 07:38 AM (9sbCw)
which indicated it would take 2X the salary as where I currently live.
http://www.bestplaces.net/cost-of-living/
Posted by: Forgot My Nic
Wow! I would have to earn almost 3x what I make now if for some reason I wanted to move to San Fran. Housing factor was 7x.
Posted by: Ripley at March 06, 2018 07:15 AM (MxEKc)
I live in NE OH and that calculator says utilities are cheaper for SF (96.3 vs 97.3). Color me skeptical on that calculator.
Also, it does not to reflect taxes.
Posted by: Iron Mike Golf at March 06, 2018 07:40 AM (di1hb)
I am only about half-way through reading the wonderful cookbook, but guess which recipe I have inserted a bookmark in? (Well, okay, a Kleenex .)
Not only that, I already have the ingredients to make it! Hope to make half at a time.
Posted by: Alana at March 06, 2018 05:40 PM (JfA10)
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