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Saturday Overnight Open Thread (2/22/20)
H/T HrothgarThe Class Reunion A widower and a widow attend their 60th class reunion, and a spark is rekindled. They have a lovely evening as a long ago spark is rekindled.
At the end of the night the widower asks "Dear lady, will you marry me?" "Yes, yes I will!" she says enthusiastically. The next morning the widower wakes up troubled. He can't quite remember if she said "Yes!" or "NO!" Confused, he decides to call her to confirm what happened and he asks "Last night, did you say yes or no to marrying me?" She replies "Oh I said yes! And I am so glad you called because I couldn't remember who asked me!"
This Tree Is So Toxic, You Can't Even Stand Under It When It Rains
SIGNE DEAN21 FEB 2020
In 1999, radiologist Nicola Strickland went on a holiday to the Caribbean island of Tobago, a tropical paradise complete with idyllic, deserted beaches. On her first morning there, she went foraging for shells and corals in the white sand, but the holiday quickly took a turn for the worse.
A DAILY tipple nearly doubles a man’s hope of hitting 90, a study says. Those on half a pint of beer a day are 81 per cent more likely than teetotallers to reach a tenth decade. Women who drink similar amounts increase by a third their chance of reaching that landmark. Even blokes who consumed three nips of whisky or two pints daily — double the recommended NHS maximum — are two-thirds more likely to live to that ripe age when compared to abstainers.
The world was saddened recently when Rush's drummer and lyricist, Neil Peart, passed away from brain cancer. What a fantastic and touching tribute. H/T Legally Sufficient
Now that's a boat!!! And quite the Skipper. H/T Hrothgar
Is he guilty of Valu-Rite lunch or Keto Diet?
A former American Airlines pilot says that a popular Keto diet is to blame for his “unfair” termination after he was unable to pass a breathalyzer test. Andre Riley maintains his innocence, claiming that he “wasn’t drinking” but that a change in diet was responsible for the allegedly false negative. He had been with the airline since 2012 and was fired last year after the test was administered following a Las Vegas-to-Charlotte flight. “I don’t want to be punished and take consequences for something that I didn’t do. That’s like admitting to a crime or going to jail even though I didn’t do it,” he said in an interview with Fox 13. He is fighting the Department of Transportation and American Airlines, demanding his job back, but it may take a whole lot of time and effort. “Once they forward it to the Department of Transportation you’re basically banned from being a flight attendant,” he said.
I guess I wish I would have seen this article before my daughter was married this summer. The importance of dancing like an idiot.
One of the strangest but also most intriguing and redemptive things that humans get up to, in almost any culture one cares to study, is occasionally to gather in large groups, bathe in the rhythmic sounds of drums and flutes, organs and guitars, chants and cries, and move their arms and legs about in complicated and frenzied ways, losing themselves in the bewilderment of a dance. Dancing has a claim to be considered among the most essential and salutary activities we ever partake in. Not for nothing did Nietzsche, a painfully inhibited figure in day to day life, declare ‘I would believe only in a God who could dance’ (a comment that stands beside his equally apodictic pronouncement: ‘Without music, life would be a mistake.’But dancing is at the same time an activity that many of us, arguably those of us who might most need to do it, are powerfully inclined to resist and deep down to fear. We stand on the side of the dance floor appalled at the possibility of being called to join in, we attempt to make our excuses the moment the music begins, we take pains that no one will ever, ever see our hips unite with a beat.
When you enter the RH (formerly Restoration Hardware) megastore in New York City’s Meatpacking District, you might think it’s a place to buy furniture. Technically it is, with tens of thousands of square feet filled with dining-room sets and king-size beds and couches, upholstered in shades of gray and beige and beiger, and accessorized with plush rugs and metal-armed lamps. Or maybe you’ll mistake it for a hotel lobby, with its high ceilings, ample seating, and smiling concierge. When you enter the RH (formerly Restoration Hardware) megastore in New York City’s Meatpacking District, you might think it’s a place to buy furniture. Technically it is, with tens of thousands of square feet filled with dining-room sets and king-size beds and couches, upholstered in shades of gray and beige and beiger, and accessorized with plush rugs and metal-armed lamps. Or maybe you’ll mistake it for a hotel lobby, with its high ceilings, ample seating, and smiling concierge. But on either side of the store’s broad central path, you’ll see its true spiritual, if not practical, purpose: as a temple to the high-end furniture chain’s infamous “source books.” On twin circular tables large enough for an extended family’s Thanksgiving dinner (yours for $7,995 each), eight different editions sit in neat stacks and offer inspiration tailored to ski chalets, beach getaways, or nurseries for rich babies, depending on the tome. Bathed in golden light from enormous $12,000 chandeliers, the gods of direct-mail marketing beckon enticingly from their “carbonized split bamboo” altars. The biggest of RH’s 2019 catalogs was 730 glossy pages—from a few feet away, you might think it’s the September issue of Vogue. The company would not reveal how much it spends on the lavish compendiums, but in 2012, an industry expert estimated that they would require a multimillion-dollar budget, with each individual book costing as much as $3 to print and ship—a figure that doesn’t include the tab for photography or page design. RH’s catalogs, and its price points, were similar to Pottery Barn’s and Crate & Barrel’s until the late aughts, when the source books and opulently appointed stores began to be introduced. Both are part of what longtime Chairman and CEO Gary Friedman has described as a strategy to project abundance and turn the heads of wealthy customers; apparently, it’s worked. In 2001, the company was teetering on the edge of bankruptcy. While there have been bumps along the way, RH’s sales since then have increased dramatically, and in December its stock price hit an all-time high.
Do you like to sing along to music? Don't always know the lyrics? Spotify is about to change that.
Spotify is finally giving you the tools to sing along without embarrassing yourself — or mumbling while you pretend you know the lyrics. The streaming service is in the process of rolling out a new feature that displays the lyrics of a song as it plays, sort of like karaoke but without the drowned out vocals. There’s one catch, though: it appears that so far the functionality is only available to a limited number of users, according to AndroidPolice.
On this day: 22 Feb 1989
A category for Heavy Metal was included at the Grammy Awards for the first time. Metallica performed on stage, but the award went to Jethro Tull. Many audience members booed. Meanwhile, Bobby McFerrin won Record Of The Year and Song Of The Year for 'Don't Worry, Be Happy', Tracy Chapman is named Best New Artist and Tina Turner won Best Female Rock Vocal Performance for 'Tina Live in Europe'. via thisdayinmusic.com
On this day: 22 Feb 2016
American country music singer and songwriter Sonny James, best known for his 1957 hit, 'Young Love' died in Nashville, Tennessee, at the age of 87. Dubbed the Southern Gentleman, James had 72 country and pop chart hits from 1953 to 1983, including 23 No.1 Country hits. via thisdayincountry
If he thought he was sober I would hate to see him when he's drunk. Our celebrating Genius Award Winner.
FEBRUARY 21--An Arizona man arrested for allegedly stealing a motorcycle from a Kawasaki dealership told police he was “celebrating 4 months of sobriety and decided he wanted” a chopper, according to court records. Investigators say that Jackson Hanley, 29, was actually intoxicated when he walked into a Mesa dealership earlier this month and “grabbed a Kawasaki motorcycle and began pushing it down the street.” Hanley, who rode his bicycle to Kelly’s Kawasaki, had his theft bid thwarted when a customer alerted an employee that a crime was in progress. Police were then summoned and Hanley was located about a mile away. “The defendant,” a cop noted, was found “resting on a fence with the bike slightly tipped over but still upright.”
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Comments
(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at February 22, 2020 10:00 PM (Dc2NZ)
Posted by: wing at February 22, 2020 10:00 PM (JFzNN)
Posted by: Charles the Simple at February 22, 2020 10:00 PM (HuH1F)
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at February 22, 2020 10:00 PM (tT0V4)
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at February 22, 2020 10:00 PM (Dc2NZ)
Posted by: Charles the Simple at February 22, 2020 10:00 PM (HuH1F)
Posted by: Charles the Simple at February 22, 2020 10:01 PM (HuH1F)
Posted by: Ha at February 22, 2020 10:01 PM (45Em2)
Posted by: westminsterdogshow.....ColoradoMorondevous2020 at February 22, 2020 10:01 PM (/UQ/R)
Breathes there the man with soul so dead,
Who never to himself hath said,
This is my own, my
OVERNIGHT THREAD YAAAAY
?
Posted by: mindful webworker
click me and win
at February 22, 2020 10:02 PM (Isn+8)
Posted by: ALH at February 22, 2020 10:02 PM (xUVVX)
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at February 22, 2020 10:03 PM (tT0V4)
Posted by: ALH at February 22, 2020 10:02 PM (xUVVX)
Where we going?
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at February 22, 2020 10:03 PM (aA3+G)
Posted by: A lotta nerve at February 22, 2020 10:04 PM (JdcHc)
Posted by: Tonypete at February 22, 2020 10:05 PM (Y4EXg)
Posted by: ALH at February 22, 2020 10:05 PM (xUVVX)
Posted by: wing at February 22, 2020 10:06 PM (JFzNN)
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at February 22, 2020 10:06 PM (tT0V4)
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at February 22, 2020 10:06 PM (Ewo9R)
You suck.
Posted by: Cannibal Corpse at February 22, 2020 10:06 PM (ykYG2)
Posted by: boulder t'hobo at February 22, 2020 10:06 PM (ykYG2)
Posted by: Ha at February 22, 2020 10:07 PM (45Em2)
One can dance like an idiot at the MoMes, correct? All is not lost!
Pray for our President and valiant warriors.
Posted by: Legally Sufficient at February 22, 2020 10:08 PM (WFcrO)
Posted by: Zettai Roshia-no Asetto at February 22, 2020 10:08 PM (7WaWV)
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at February 22, 2020 10:08 PM (tT0V4)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at February 22, 2020 10:08 PM (XVuno)
Posted by: Diogenes at February 22, 2020 10:09 PM (TGayj)
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at February 22, 2020 10:09 PM (tT0V4)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at February 22, 2020 10:09 PM (XVuno)
Posted by: westminsterdogshow.....ColoradoMorondevous2020 at February 22, 2020 10:10 PM (/UQ/R)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at February 22, 2020 10:10 PM (XVuno)
Posted by: Ha at February 22, 2020 10:10 PM (45Em2)
That's not funny!
Wait... what's not funny?
My 50th HS reunion coming up this year. Those of us who are left. Kinda hate to think about going. Probably gonna be a bunch old folks. Except Steve. He never ages. A little gray at the temples, at the 40th, but otherwise looked just like he did in HS. (Don't want to see the portrait in the attic!)
Posted by: mindful webworker
click me and win
at February 22, 2020 10:11 PM (Isn+8)
Everyone have their stick?
Posted by: LeftCoast Dawg at February 22, 2020 10:11 PM (sy5kK)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at February 22, 2020 10:11 PM (XVuno)
Posted by: boulder t'hobo at February 22, 2020 10:12 PM (ykYG2)
If you curse at an automated call screener long enough and violently enough, it puts you through to a real person that actually can help you with your complex problem!
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar at February 22, 2020 10:12 PM (BiNEL)
Posted by: vmom 2020 at February 22, 2020 10:12 PM (G546f)
Posted by: Mayor Pete at February 22, 2020 10:13 PM (tT0V4)
Posted by: no good deed at February 22, 2020 10:13 PM (MmFTx)
If you curse at an automated call screener long enough and violently enough, it puts you through to a real person that actually can help you with your complex problem!
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar at February 22, 2020 10:12 PM (BiNEL)
I learned something new.
I get to go home now.
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at February 22, 2020 10:13 PM (aA3+G)
I can relate. I am always thinking about the hereafter. Every time I walk into a room, I think, "What am I here after?"
Posted by: ALH at February 22, 2020 10:13 PM (xUVVX)
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at February 22, 2020 10:13 PM (Dc2NZ)
On another note, I'm pleased to report that I never had to ask for a straw. ^_^
Posted by: junior at February 22, 2020 10:13 PM (eo+0+)
Posted by: Charles the Simple
that's not good
you take an anti pyretic for it?
Posted by: vmom 2020 at February 22, 2020 10:13 PM (G546f)
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, Texas at February 22, 2020 10:14 PM (X7cnY)
I am so proud.
Posted by: ALH at February 22, 2020 10:05 PM (xUVVX)
As proud as Spielberg when his daughter told the world last week that she is doing pron?
Posted by: LeftCoast Dawg at February 22, 2020 10:14 PM (sy5kK)
Posted by: redc1c4 at February 22, 2020 10:14 PM (LaaND)
Election 2020:
[ ] Socialism
[ ] Not Socialism
Pick only one.
(we need tee shirts)
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at February 22, 2020 10:14 PM (tT0V4)
Posted by: Legally Sufficient at February 22, 2020 10:14 PM (WFcrO)
They've managed to prove once again sick people, who are less likely to make it to 90, don't drink very much.
Posted by: Ace's liver at February 22, 2020 10:14 PM (wGeit)
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Shazam already scrolls lyrics as you listen.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at February 22, 2020 10:14 PM (XVuno)
Posted by: Charles the Simple at February 22, 2020 10:01 PM (HuH1F)
Did you go to either China, or a Foreigner concert recently?
And, did you get a t-shirt?
Posted by: LeftCoast Dawg at February 22, 2020 10:15 PM (sy5kK)
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar at February 22, 2020 10:12 PM (BiNEL)
Or, you could patiently say "Customer Service Representative" at each prompt.
Keeps your blood pressure down to a manageable level.
Posted by: ALH at February 22, 2020 10:15 PM (xUVVX)
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at February 22, 2020 10:16 PM (Ewo9R)
Always glad to help, boss!
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar at February 22, 2020 10:16 PM (BiNEL)
Posted by: Boomer Redneque. Deplorable. Bitter. Clinging. MAGAbilly. Trump 2020! Because FUCK YOU again at February 22, 2020 10:16 PM (KXHve)
Posted by: Insomniac - Ex Cineribus Resurgo at February 22, 2020 10:16 PM (NWiLs)
She's only doing Solo Sex.
Lot's of folk do that.
Even without a camera watching.
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at February 22, 2020 10:16 PM (tT0V4)
Posted by: Foreigner at February 22, 2020 10:16 PM (45Em2)
Posted by: LeftCoast Dawg at February 22, 2020 10:14 PM (sy5kK)
I think Spielberg has more to crow about. He might get more than one grandchild out of the deal.
Posted by: ALH at February 22, 2020 10:17 PM (xUVVX)
Posted by: mindful webworker
click me and win
at February 22, 2020 10:11 PM (Isn+
Facebook has taken much of the fun out of reunions. I know how everyone has aged from high school. I know what they do (or did) for a living, whether or not they had children...
The reunion seems kind of pointless.
Posted by: Ace's liver at February 22, 2020 10:17 PM (wGeit)
Honestly?
It's kinda expected.
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at February 22, 2020 10:09 PM (tT0V4)
Until you do, they won't let you leave.
Posted by: LeftCoast Dawg at February 22, 2020 10:17 PM (sy5kK)
Walking out of the room and walking back in is the IT unplug/plug back in for your brain.
Posted by: no good deed at February 22, 2020 10:17 PM (MmFTx)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at February 22, 2020 10:17 PM (XVuno)
Ah, but can you say "Pheasant pluckers pluck pheasants" five times, really fast?
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at February 22, 2020 10:17 PM (Ewo9R)
Honestly?
It's kinda expected.
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at February 22, 2020 10:09 PM (tT0V4)
Until you do, they won't let you leave.
Posted by: LeftCoast Dawg at February 22, 2020 10:17 PM (sy5kK)
Watch out Virginia.
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at February 22, 2020 10:18 PM (aA3+G)
Posted by: ALH at February 22, 2020 10:15 PM (xUVVX)
My way is far more cathartic!
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar at February 22, 2020 10:18 PM (BiNEL)
Posted by: Tonypete at February 22, 2020 10:18 PM (Y4EXg)
Posted by: chavez the hugo at February 22, 2020 10:18 PM (KP5rU)
How you doing, girl? Thanks for the compliment. I'm darn lucky to come across neat stuff. And I like to share!
Posted by: Legally Sufficient at February 22, 2020 10:18 PM (WFcrO)
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at February 22, 2020 10:18 PM (aA3+G)
Who's Virginia?
Posted by: hogmartin at February 22, 2020 10:18 PM (t+qrx)
You can use a cheap breathalyzer to check whether or not you are in ketosis.
Posted by: Bitter Clinger at February 22, 2020 10:18 PM (MMC4G)
Posted by: Dr Alice at February 22, 2020 10:18 PM (oW/8k)
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at February 22, 2020 10:19 PM (tT0V4)
Posted by: Charles the Simple at February 22, 2020 10:19 PM (HuH1F)
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at February 22, 2020 10:19 PM (tT0V4)
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In France, a Nev-air Bear-nyay
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at February 22, 2020 10:19 PM (XVuno)
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at February 22, 2020 10:19 PM (tT0V4)
The thrill up his leg is gone.
Posted by: ALH at February 22, 2020 10:20 PM (xUVVX)
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar at February 22, 2020 10:12 PM (BiNEL)
Or, you could patiently say "Customer Service Representative" at each prompt.
Keeps your blood pressure down to a manageable level.
Posted by: ALH at February 22, 2020 10:15 PM (xUVVX)
Used to be some kind of web startup that would call the company you want to reach for you, and then navigate the phone tree until they reached a human, at which point they would call you. I have no idea if they're still around.
Posted by: Ace's liver at February 22, 2020 10:20 PM (wGeit)
Posted by: Some rat in the swamp at February 22, 2020 10:20 PM (2ygtH)
We've had three deaths in the last month.
We have grown old.
Is there some statistical evidence that if you make it to your late 60s there is a dropoff in death rate until late 70s/early 80s?
Posted by: Tonypete at February 22, 2020 10:21 PM (Y4EXg)
Posted by: chavez the hugo at February 22, 2020 10:18 PM (KP5rU)
^^^^THIS^^^^
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at February 22, 2020 10:21 PM (aA3+G)
Posted by: Charles the Simple
No, bourbon would be an antiseptic
I meant an aspirin or similar
is it the flu?
Posted by: vmom 2020 at February 22, 2020 10:21 PM (G546f)
Posted by: Insomniac - Ex Cineribus Resurgo at February 22, 2020 10:16 PM (NWiLs)
* * * *
Does it matter? Okay, okay.... just imagine the best possible possibility. How's that?
Posted by: Legally Sufficient at February 22, 2020 10:21 PM (WFcrO)
Posted by: NaCly Dog at February 22, 2020 10:21 PM (u82oZ)
Um, well, no, you see that hips not uniting with a beat thing is not overcome because I get up and gyrate.
Posted by: mindful webworker
click me and win
at February 22, 2020 10:22 PM (Isn+8)
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at February 22, 2020 10:18 PM (aA3+G)
Who's Virginia?
Posted by: hogmartin at February 22, 2020 10:18 PM (t+qrx)
a young-to-middle aged Elizabeth Taylor.
Posted by: LeftCoast Dawg at February 22, 2020 10:22 PM (sy5kK)
A DAILY tipple...
Somehow I read that as doing doubles every day triples the chance of a man hitting 90. I'm thinking does this apply to drinking or golf?
Or both!?
Posted by: Diogenes at February 22, 2020 10:22 PM (TGayj)
Posted by: Tonypete at February 22, 2020 10:21 PM (Y4EXg)
I have heard once you reach your 80s there's a 50/50 chance you won't make it to your next birthday. So roughly one in a thousand will make it to ninety.
Posted by: Ace's liver at February 22, 2020 10:22 PM (wGeit)
Posted by: Charles the Simple at February 22, 2020 10:23 PM (HuH1F)
Folks being towed hitting wave - could watch that over and over. Just perfect.
Posted by: mindful webworker
click me and win
at February 22, 2020 10:23 PM (Isn+8)
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at February 22, 2020 10:23 PM (tT0V4)
I'm afraid of everyone else judging me for looking like an idiot
Posted by: vmom 2020 at February 22, 2020 10:23 PM (G546f)
Posted by: chavez the hugo at February 22, 2020 10:23 PM (KP5rU)
I'm sure tired of his non-stop commercials.
Posted by: ALH at February 22, 2020 10:23 PM (xUVVX)
Posted by: Insomniac - Ex Cineribus Resurgo at February 22, 2020 10:16 PM (NWiLs)
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Does it matter? Okay, okay.... just imagine the best possible possibility. How's that?
Posted by: Legally Sufficient at February 22, 2020 10:21 PM (WFcrO)
Oh it definitely matters.
Posted by: Insomniac - Ex Cineribus Resurgo at February 22, 2020 10:23 PM (NWiLs)
Turns out it was Nita Lowey, a dem from New York who was politicking in Laredo, Tx. Why the hell is she in Laredo? Why is she pressing flesh and kissing babies there? And why did my dumbass friend grab her for a picture?
I'm genuinely dumbfounded.
Posted by: Moki at February 22, 2020 10:24 PM (mFoNl)
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at February 22, 2020 10:24 PM (tT0V4)
Posted by: Ace's liver
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Oh, not at all! Don't you just love being in a small group watching your classmates, with their spouses at their sides, nervously wondering if the gal standing next to them is gonna accidentally rat them out concerning some sketchy behavior back in the early 70s?
I live for that!
Posted by: Tonypete at February 22, 2020 10:24 PM (Y4EXg)
Posted by: NZFrank with a M2 at February 22, 2020 10:24 PM (tAuzy)
Posted by: Wine Mom at February 22, 2020 10:24 PM (EgshT)
It's funny because I've been drinking too much.
Love you all, seriously, but not dangerously. Still very serious.
See you tomorrow, maybe.
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at February 22, 2020 10:24 PM (l9m7l)
Posted by: Ladyl at February 22, 2020 10:25 PM (TdMsT)
Just watch. He's about to get an MSM 180-degree makeover.
Posted by: mnw at February 22, 2020 10:25 PM (Cssks)
Posted by: Charles the Simple at February 22, 2020 10:25 PM (HuH1F)
I live for that!
Posted by: Tonypete at February 22, 2020 10:24 PM (Y4EXg)
Haven't been to a single class reunion.
Posted by: Insomniac - Ex Cineribus Resurgo at February 22, 2020 10:25 PM (NWiLs)
Posted by: Charles the Simple at February 22, 2020 10:23 PM (HuH1F)
CtS, that makes you a trend setter!
One step away from an authentic internet Influencer!
Can you smell the big bucks around the corner?
Posted by: LeftCoast Dawg at February 22, 2020 10:26 PM (sy5kK)
Posted by: Some rat in the swamp at February 22, 2020 10:20 PM (2ygtH)
Mail ballot last day. If Bernie is close or over to clinching a majority, vote next closest. If he's not, vote Bernie.
Posted by: flounder, rebel, vulgarian, deplorable, winner at February 22, 2020 10:26 PM (1CjJc)
So, if someone wants to have a MoMe in a fallout shelter, I am in.
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at February 22, 2020 10:26 PM (l9m7l)
Posted by: Insomniac - Ex Cineribus Resurgo at February 22, 2020 10:26 PM (NWiLs)
And hey there WDS hope all is going well for your Colorado Mo mee. Can't make it this year but maybe when I retire.
Has anyone heard from slap lately? I emailed him yesterday but no response.
Posted by: Farmer at February 22, 2020 10:26 PM (y5qNj)
Posted by: Tonypete at February 22, 2020 10:27 PM (Y4EXg)
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at February 22, 2020 10:27 PM (l9m7l)
I forgot how good a drummer Peart was.
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice
I've been going over my Rush collection and listening them. Alex Lifeson has always been underrated as a guitarist. "Time Stand Still" is a beautiful song.
Posted by: Puddleglum at February 22, 2020 10:27 PM (O62M1)
I'm sure tired of his non-stop commercials.
Posted by: ALH at February 22, 2020 10:23 PM (xUVVX)
I think the idea is he wins if he can keep someone else from running away with it and get to a brokered convention. Money talks in those back rooms.
Posted by: Ace's liver at February 22, 2020 10:27 PM (wGeit)
I'm genuinely dumbfounded.
Posted by: Moki at February 22, 2020 10:24 PM (mFoNl)
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Great questions. Why the holy hell would anyone go to Laredo? Been there, did that. Somehow survived.
Posted by: Legally Sufficient at February 22, 2020 10:27 PM (WFcrO)
Also a good choice, I just think the old commie and his tarded followers would be comedy gold.
Posted by: Some rat in the swamp at February 22, 2020 10:28 PM (2ygtH)
Posted by: Insomniac - Ex Cineribus Resurgo at February 22, 2020 10:25 PM (NWiLs)
Me either, the people I wanted to keep in contact with, I have, the rest I don't care.
Posted by: Evasiveboat42 at February 22, 2020 10:28 PM (Rz2Nc)
Posted by: chavez the hugo at February 22, 2020 10:28 PM (KP5rU)
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at February 22, 2020 10:26 PM (l9m7l)
Anywhere you happen to be is a fallout shelter, if you carry around one of those Civil Defense signs. That's my philosophy. Says so right there on the sign.
Posted by: hogmartin at February 22, 2020 10:28 PM (t+qrx)
Turns out it was Nita Lowey, a dem from New York who was politicking in Laredo, Tx. Why the hell is she in Laredo? Why is she pressing flesh and kissing babies there?
Posted by: Moki
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I can't speak for your dumbass friend, but that's mildly interesting. Nita Lowey is the Rep that Chelsea Clinton would hypothetically replace.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at February 22, 2020 10:28 PM (G51Gf)
I'm sure tired of his non-stop commercials.
Posted by: ALH at February 22, 2020 10:23 PM (xUVVX)
I have not yet begun to Jeb!
Posted by: Lil' Mikey at February 22, 2020 10:28 PM (2N7oZ)
Posted by: NZFrank with a M2 at February 22, 2020 10:24 PM (tAuzy)
Whadda mean, Valu-Rite isn't top shelf liquor?
Posted by: every Moron at February 22, 2020 10:28 PM (sy5kK)
So, if someone wants to have a MoMe in a fallout shelter, I am in."
It's not a crowd
And it's not some sort of political rally.
It's an evening with friends.
And the room has corners.
With chairs.
And potted ferns to hide behind.
No need for fear.
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at February 22, 2020 10:29 PM (tT0V4)
Posted by: Ladyl at February 22, 2020 10:29 PM (TdMsT)
https://tinyurl.com/vu8lawa
https://tinyurl.com/ruo5mgz
https://tinyurl.com/v4rz84z
https://tinyurl.com/rwpc7bs
https://tinyurl.com/wg8hlmq
https://tinyurl.com/rxzjyve
Posted by: kbdabear at February 22, 2020 10:29 PM (qAR6u)
Posted by: chavez the hugo at February 22, 2020 10:28 PM (KP5rU)
My 30th took place in the gym. For that they charged $150. Eh... no.
Posted by: Ace's liver at February 22, 2020 10:30 PM (wGeit)
Posted by: NZFrank with a M2 at February 22, 2020 10:30 PM (tAuzy)
Posted by: CMU VET at February 22, 2020 10:30 PM (SqnIg)
Come to the Texas one in Oct., you'll have 600 acres to accommodate your fears
until you realize that Morons don't bite or judge.
Posted by: Panhandler at February 22, 2020 10:30 PM (S/rwf)
I can't speak for your dumbass friend, but that's mildly interesting. Nita Lowey is the Rep that Chelsea Clinton would hypothetically replace.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia
That is interesting. Hmmmm.
Posted by: Moki at February 22, 2020 10:30 PM (mFoNl)
Posted by: Insomniac - Ex Cineribus Resurgo at February 22, 2020 10:31 PM (NWiLs)
Posted by: vmom 2020 at February 22, 2020 10:31 PM (G546f)
Posted by: NZFrank with a M2 at February 22, 2020 10:24 PM (tAuzy)
NZ Frank can teach male Morons how to do the haka (Maori war dance). Here's a video of ANZAC soldiers, sailors, and airmen performing the haka at the Last Post ceremony at the Menin Gate in Ypres:
https://tinyurl.com/r9vkzod
It would be one way to put the fear of God in Blackface Northam.
Posted by: Basement Cat at February 22, 2020 10:31 PM (pPNCa)
VIA - it's not really crowds. It's not really friends. It's not about levels of comfort.
It's me.
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at February 22, 2020 10:31 PM (l9m7l)
So it turns out that Chris Mathews is really a Never-Bernier.
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice
=======
Bigly. And Matt Taibbi is a Never-Chrisser.
There really isn't enough popcorn for this hot Establishment-on-Socialist action on the Dem side.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at February 22, 2020 10:32 PM (G51Gf)
Posted by: Ace's liver
Well, I don't do social media, and I don't have any contact with folks between reunions, so it's always a surprise for me. (Have to cross back over an otherwise heavily burnt bridge just to do that, but I do.)
Plus, there's good booze. My classmates have had that right. At least, there was in the past. Maybe this year it will all be Boost and Geritol and Metamucil. (Searches for hip flask, just to be on the safe side.)
Posted by: mindful webworker
click me and win
at February 22, 2020 10:32 PM (Isn+8)
Posted by: chavez the hugo at February 22, 2020 10:28 PM (KP5rU)
Right? I can probably count on the fingers of one hand the people from my high school I'd have any interest in finding out about. The rest, meh.
Posted by: Insomniac - Ex Cineribus Resurgo at February 22, 2020 10:32 PM (NWiLs)
VIA - it's not really crowds. It's not really friends. It's not about levels of comfort.
It's me.
Posted by: BeckoningChasm
---
BC, just imagine us all with no pants on.
Wait a minute, bad example.
Posted by: Tonypete at February 22, 2020 10:32 PM (Y4EXg)
Posted by: Zod at February 22, 2020 10:33 PM (XzT/D)
It's me. "
If there is anything we can do to help, let us know.
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at February 22, 2020 10:33 PM (tT0V4)
--Hug--
Then we step back and talk about man things! Like, um those sports things!
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at February 22, 2020 10:33 PM (l9m7l)
Posted by: vmom 2020 at February 22, 2020 10:31 PM (G546f)
* * * *
Ditto!
Posted by: Legally Sufficient at February 22, 2020 10:33 PM (WFcrO)
Posted by: sharon(willow's apprentice) at February 22, 2020 10:34 PM (QzF6i)
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at February 22, 2020 10:29 PM (tT0V4)
VIA--you have no idea how kind the folks are at the Momes. And if you have an anxiety issue, someone will stay by your side to make sure you are doing okay and having a nice time.
Posted by: Ladyl at February 22, 2020 10:34 PM (TdMsT)
Posted by: Mr. Peebles at February 22, 2020 10:34 PM (oVJmc)
--Hug--
Then we step back and talk about man things! Like, um those sports things!
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at February 22, 2020 10:33 PM (l9m7l)
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Take it outside, boys.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at February 22, 2020 10:34 PM (XVuno)
Posted by: nurse ratched at February 22, 2020 10:34 PM (PkVlr)
I can't speak for your dumbass friend, but that's mildly interesting. Nita Lowey is the Rep that Chelsea Clinton would hypothetically replace.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at February 22, 2020 10:28 PM (G51Gf)
sitting far away from New York, I thought that Chelsea was just going to be ordained one of the two Dem Senators, Gillibrand or Schumer, when one retired.
Chelsea has to be given an intermediate position as House member first?
Posted by: LeftCoast Dawg at February 22, 2020 10:34 PM (sy5kK)
Posted by: ALH at February 22, 2020 10:34 PM (xUVVX)
Posted by: nurse ratched
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Alright, I'm game but who leads?
Posted by: Tonypete at February 22, 2020 10:35 PM (Y4EXg)
Posted by: nurse ratched at February 22, 2020 10:34 PM (PkVlr)
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I'll wear my steel-toed boots.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at February 22, 2020 10:35 PM (XVuno)
Posted by: sharon(willow's apprentice) a
We can ask bluebell and weasel to sing, but remember he shoots and she shivs.
Posted by: Moki at February 22, 2020 10:35 PM (mFoNl)
--Hug--
Then we step back and talk about man things! Like, um those sports things!
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at February 22, 2020 10:33 PM (l9m7l)
Uh, yeah, so how 'bout that, uh, sportsball team?
Posted by: Insomniac - Ex Cineribus Resurgo at February 22, 2020 10:35 PM (NWiLs)
Meh. I just order French and Goldberg to man the oars. Ahoy!
Posted by: Little Admiral Kristol at February 22, 2020 10:35 PM (EgshT)
One of my mom's docs in her last illness was a guy I hadn't seen since Jr. High.
Couldn't shake the visual of her being cared for by a 14 yr.old in chinos and a Madras shirt.
Then, I realized if I was old enough to be a grandmother, he was old enough to be a pulmonologist.
Posted by: Sal at February 22, 2020 10:35 PM (bo8pf)
I read that as a daily Throuple.
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at February 22, 2020 10:24 PM (tT0V4)
Daily? Even Secretariat got time off.
Posted by: Count de Monet at February 22, 2020 10:35 PM (5v5Zx)
Posted by: NZFrank with a M2 at February 22, 2020 10:36 PM (tAuzy)
Posted by: no good deed
In that vein (graphic c/o PoliNation blog):
https://polination.files.wordpress.com/
2020/02/2020-reboot.jpg
Posted by: mindful webworker
click me and win
at February 22, 2020 10:36 PM (Isn+8)
++++++I don't think you can dance to that.
Posted by: sharon(willow's apprentice) at February 22, 2020 10:36 PM (QzF6i)
Posted by: chavez the hugo at February 22, 2020 10:28 PM (KP5rU)
Right? I can probably count on the fingers of one hand the people from my high school I'd have any interest in finding out about. The rest, meh.
Posted by: Insomniac - Ex Cineribus Resurgo at February 22, 2020 10:32 PM (NWiLs)
I went to my 10th high as a kite that was fun
Told a bunch of people to KMA
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at February 22, 2020 10:36 PM (aA3+G)
Sorry, too many beers, maybe at some point, I can try to explain--
But yea, lots of beers, too many infact.
Again, thank you.
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at February 22, 2020 10:37 PM (l9m7l)
Posted by: Ladyl at February 22, 2020 10:37 PM (TdMsT)
Somebody just jam a needle of sedative in him and let him wake up 6 hours later at the MoMe.
Posted by: Bitter Clinger at February 22, 2020 10:37 PM (MMC4G)
Posted by: mindful webworker
click me and win
at February 22, 2020 10:32 PM (Isn+
I can just picture myself standing against the wall, eating to much food, not asking anyone to dance, and thinking "I've grown old without growing up."
Posted by: Ace's liver at February 22, 2020 10:37 PM (wGeit)
Farmer.....Harry Reid
Hope all is going well for you! Last time I talked to Slap was three weeks ago
Posted by: westminsterdogshow.....ColoradoMorondevous2020 at February 22, 2020 10:37 PM (/UQ/R)
sitting far away from New York, I thought that Chelsea was just going to be ordained one of the two Dem Senators, Gillibrand or Schumer, when one retired.
Chelsea has to be given an intermediate position as House member first?
Posted by: LeftCoast Dawg
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It probably depends on which seat is vacated first, or who starts looking vulnerable.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at February 22, 2020 10:38 PM (G51Gf)
Posted by: NZFrank with a M2 at February 22, 2020 10:30 PM (tAuzy)
But MoMe's start on the 4th glass.
Posted by: LeftCoast Dawg at February 22, 2020 10:38 PM (sy5kK)
Posted by: no good deed
In that vein (graphic c/o PoliNation blog):
https://polination.files.wordpress.com/
2020/02/2020-reboot.jpg
Posted by: mindful webworker
click me and win
at February 22, 2020 10:36 PM (Isn+
* * * *
LOL
Posted by: Legally Sufficient at February 22, 2020 10:38 PM (WFcrO)
Posted by: ALH at February 22, 2020 10:38 PM (xUVVX)
I was out playing poker last night. I think Mike Bloomberg was seated at my no-limit hold'em table.
Why do I think that? Because this short guy, no matter what hand he got or what position he was in, would always do the same thing: grab his chips and say "I raise 1 meeeeelion dollars!" :-P
Posted by: qdpsteve at February 22, 2020 10:38 PM (L2ZTs)
Posted by: nurse ratched at February 22, 2020 10:34 PM (PkVlr)
Ain't I, though?
Posted by: Insomniac - Ex Cineribus Resurgo at February 22, 2020 10:39 PM (NWiLs)
The only time I really remembered music was during the trampoline jump.
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at February 22, 2020 10:39 PM (tT0V4)
Posted by: JoeF. at February 22, 2020 10:39 PM (o1fzk)
Posted by: LeftCoast Dawg
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It probably depends on which seat is vacated first, or who starts looking vulnerable.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at February 22, 2020 10:38 PM (G51Gf)
Hellooooooo.
Posted by: AOC at February 22, 2020 10:39 PM (wGeit)
Into the Spiderverse was much more clever and fun than I expected from an extra-nerdy animated movie.
Posted by: BourbonChicken at February 22, 2020 10:39 PM (LxTcq)
When you go to high school reunions, do you check out who looks older than you?
====Absolutely!
Posted by: sharon(willow's apprentice) at February 22, 2020 10:39 PM (QzF6i)
Posted by: LeftCoast Dawg
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It probably depends on which seat is vacated first, or who starts looking vulnerable.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at February 22, 2020 10:38 PM (G51Gf)
so, Chuck Schumer's seat, then.
Chuck has been crying and has a sad look in his face for a while now.
Posted by: LeftCoast Dawg at February 22, 2020 10:39 PM (sy5kK)
Posted by: Ladyl at February 22, 2020 10:37 PM (TdMsT)
Looks like I'm gonna need a bigger dance card. More like a scroll...
Posted by: Insomniac - Ex Cineribus Resurgo at February 22, 2020 10:40 PM (NWiLs)
Insom--can I have dance number 26?
Posted by: Ladyl
Just don't let them work up a number 6 dance on ya.
Posted by: Some rat in the swamp at February 22, 2020 10:40 PM (2ygtH)
You've played hold'em poker right? Do you have any nice casinos up in your area of Wisconsin?
Posted by: qdpsteve at February 22, 2020 10:40 PM (L2ZTs)
Posted by: Moki at February 22, 2020 10:35 PM (mFoNl)
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If I start to sing everyone will want to shiv me.
Posted by: bluebell at February 22, 2020 10:40 PM (/669Q)
it is the best group of people you will ever meet.
NZFrank, I'll be expecting a dance!
Posted by: Ben Had at February 22, 2020 10:40 PM (EvnpL)
it is the best group of people you will ever meet.
NZFrank, I'll be expecting a dance!
Posted by: Ben Had at February 22, 2020 10:40 PM (EvnpL)
Ben Had!!!
Dahlin!!!
Posted by: Ladyl at February 22, 2020 10:41 PM (TdMsT)
Chuck has been crying and has a sad look in his face for a while now.
Posted by: LeftCoast Dawg at February 22, 2020 10:39 PM (sy5kK)
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I'm worried. These are often signs of an impending suicide.
*hic*
Posted by: Hillary! 2016, Who Will Never Be President of the United States at February 22, 2020 10:41 PM (XVuno)
Because they aren't.
They're looking at their cells."
-frequently cited wisdom at BluebirdOfBitterness.com
Posted by: mindful webworker
click me and win
at February 22, 2020 10:41 PM (Isn+8)
it is the best group of people you will ever meet.
NZFrank, I'll be expecting a dance!
Posted by: Ben Had at February 22, 2020 10:40 PM (EvnpL)
Everyone has a lot of pun.
Posted by: flounder, rebel, vulgarian, deplorable, winner at February 22, 2020 10:41 PM (1CjJc)
The only time I really remembered music was during the trampoline jump.
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice
Lol! I missed the trampoline, Mr. Moki has paid enough medical bills this year.
How is the move going?
Posted by: Moki at February 22, 2020 10:41 PM (mFoNl)
Posted by: Insomniac - Ex Cineribus Resurgo at February 22, 2020 10:32 PM (NWiLs)
I went to my 10th high as a kite that was fun
Told a bunch of people to KMA
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at February 22, 2020 10:36 PM (aA3+G)
* * * *
I may go next year just so I can laugh at anyone who appears to take themselves seriously. Haven't made one yet so we will see.
Posted by: Legally Sufficient at February 22, 2020 10:41 PM (WFcrO)
When you go to high school reunions, do you check out who looks older than you?
Posted by: ALH
I find I'm checking out the underside of the table I WAS sitting at.
Posted by: Some rat in the swamp at February 22, 2020 10:41 PM (2ygtH)
Posted by: ALH at February 22, 2020 10:41 PM (xUVVX)
Posted by: NZFrank with a M2 at February 22, 2020 10:42 PM (tAuzy)
Posted by: bluebell at February 22, 2020 10:40 PM (/669Q)
Don't know "everyone will want to shiv me." Can you hum a few bars?
Posted by: Insomniac - Ex Cineribus Resurgo at February 22, 2020 10:42 PM (NWiLs)
Amy Klobuchar tried that once.
Tragically, nine people went blind that evening.
Posted by: qdpsteve at February 22, 2020 10:42 PM (L2ZTs)
If I start to sing everyone will want to shiv me.
Posted by: bluebell
Hey gorgeous!!!! How are you???
Posted by: Moki at February 22, 2020 10:43 PM (mFoNl)
Posted by: Zod at February 22, 2020 10:33 PM (XzT/D)
Let me know when ZOD PROLETARIAT gets here...
Posted by: Gabby Johnson at February 22, 2020 10:43 PM (7s3Gx)
Posted by: Ace's liver at February 22, 2020 10:37 PM (wGeit)
One of my favorite lines, from a journeyman MLB reliever, was "You can only be young once, but you can be immature forever!"
Posted by: LeftCoast Dawg at February 22, 2020 10:43 PM (sy5kK)
Posted by: NZFrank with a M2 at February 22, 2020 10:43 PM (tAuzy)
Posted by: Zod at February 22, 2020 10:33 PM (XzT/D)
Let me know when ZOD PROLETARIAT gets here...
Posted by: Gabby Johnson at February 22, 2020 10:43 PM (7s3Gx)
Soon he must face his mortal enemy: ZOD METRIC
Posted by: Insomniac - Ex Cineribus Resurgo at February 22, 2020 10:43 PM (NWiLs)
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at February 22, 2020 10:43 PM (a4EWo)
What a writer. What a visionary storyteller.
Posted by: Les Kinetic at February 22, 2020 10:44 PM (+fPHo)
Posted by: Ben Had at February 22, 2020 10:40 PM (EvnpL)
Oh, I can't wait to see this.
Posted by: hogmartin at February 22, 2020 10:44 PM (t+qrx)
Posted by: vmom 2020 at February 22, 2020 10:44 PM (G546f)
I have no room to judge I am about 75% idiot on a good day.
Posted by: no good deed at February 22, 2020 10:44 PM (MmFTx)
Posted by: NZFrank with a M2 at February 22, 2020 10:36 PM (tAuzy)
Or get a boner.
Posted by: Insomniac - Ex Cineribus Resurgo at February 22, 2020 10:44 PM (NWiLs)
Posted by: Zod at February 22, 2020 10:45 PM (XzT/D)
Just killing time till closing.
We leave for South Carolina in about a week.
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at February 22, 2020 10:45 PM (tT0V4)
Posted by: Moki at February 22, 2020 10:43 PM (mFoNl)
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Hello dear girl! I'm doing fine, looking definitely ungorgeous in my fluffy bathrobe and bedroom slippers. About to go to bed.
Posted by: bluebell at February 22, 2020 10:45 PM (/669Q)
I've never set foot in a casino. So I have no idea what games they play
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at February 22, 2020 10:45 PM (aA3+G)
Posted by: Ben Had at February 22, 2020 10:45 PM (EvnpL)
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at February 22, 2020 10:43 PM (a4EWo)
You go full spandex and leg warmers?
Posted by: Insomniac - Ex Cineribus Resurgo at February 22, 2020 10:45 PM (NWiLs)
The Safety Dance is still my favorite silly group dance. It was a hit
when I was a freshman in college and I have never outgrown it.
Posted by: Dr Alice at February 22, 2020 10:18 PM (oW/8k)
https://tinyurl.com/y5gatbhy
Posted by: Goldberry at February 22, 2020 10:45 PM (l3+k2)
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at February 22, 2020 10:46 PM (tT0V4)
bluebell, I'm sure you rock fluffy slippers!! sweet dreams!!!
Posted by: Moki at February 22, 2020 10:46 PM (mFoNl)
Posted by: Zod at February 22, 2020 10:46 PM (XzT/D)
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at February 22, 2020 10:45 PM (aA3+G)
The rules are simple. You give them your money, and they pretend to like you.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at February 22, 2020 10:46 PM (dLLD6)
Posted by: Ben Had at February 22, 2020 10:45 PM (EvnpL)
I absolutely will.
I promise!
Posted by: Ladyl at February 22, 2020 10:47 PM (TdMsT)
I'm texting Marine Ratched! He's been incommunicado for the last two weeks.
He sounds good. Thank you for your support, morons.
Posted by: nurse ratched at February 22, 2020 10:47 PM (PkVlr)
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at February 22, 2020 10:47 PM (dLLD6)
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at February 22, 2020 10:46 PM (dLLD6)
So like a fraternity?
Posted by: Insomniac - Ex Cineribus Resurgo at February 22, 2020 10:47 PM (NWiLs)
Sorry, not sure where the downside is (see the bit about being drunk). You folks are the best. You are all wonderful, wonderful folks, and if someone says "NO" just punch them in the gut and blame it on me.
As mentioned, I'd love to go to a MoMe. You folks are the best people I've ever met. And you could tell your great-grand-children--"The most boring person I ever met? There's no contest..." Because it would be me!
As mentioned, love you all, and see you tomorrow.
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at February 22, 2020 10:47 PM (l9m7l)
Are we back to discussing dating, again.
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at February 22, 2020 10:47 PM (tT0V4)
Posted by: chavez the hugo at February 22, 2020 10:47 PM (KP5rU)
Posted by: qdpsteve at February 22, 2020 10:48 PM (L2ZTs)
Do you want to tell NZFank or should we leave that to Weasel?
Posted by: Ben Had at February 22, 2020 10:48 PM (EvnpL)
Posted by: no good deed at February 22, 2020 10:48 PM (MmFTx)
Posted by: Ladyl at February 22, 2020 10:48 PM (TdMsT)
Posted by: Ace's liver at February 22, 2020 10:37 PM (wGeit)
One of my favorite lines, from a journeyman MLB reliever, was "You can only be young once, but you can be immature forever!"
Posted by: LeftCoast Dawg at February 22, 2020 10:43 PM (sy5kK)
Ha, I told my wife that same thing earlier today
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at February 22, 2020 10:48 PM (aA3+G)
Posted by: Walter Mondale
Yep, easier to just walk in say, "Here's two hundred bucks, comp my drinks and laugh at my jokes."
Posted by: Some rat in the swamp at February 22, 2020 10:48 PM (2ygtH)
You do know a shout out from the Horde is de rigeur!
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar at February 22, 2020 10:48 PM (BiNEL)
I have no room to judge I am about 75% idiot on a good day.
Posted by: no good deed at February 22, 2020 10:44 PM (MmFTx)
Feerless Leader! What is Your Command?
Posted by: Morons at February 22, 2020 10:48 PM (sy5kK)
So, if someone wants to have a MoMe in a fallout shelter, I am in.
Not a fan of crowds m'self. But fallout shelter would make me claustrophobic. I can see how it would limit the crowd size, though.
How about a little room off to the side of the MoMe, where the socially reticent -Chasm, me, and hasn't MP4 said something of the same? -can huddle off to the side, reading AoS on our cells and ignoring everyone, together.
Posted by: mindful webworker
click me and win
at February 22, 2020 10:49 PM (Isn+8)
Posted by: Insomniac - Ex Cineribus Resurgo at February 22, 2020 10:49 PM (NWiLs)
Posted by: Gabby Johnson at February 22, 2020 10:49 PM (7s3Gx)
I have no such fear.
It's already well established that I'm an idiot, so I can only improve my standing or, if I drink enough, just confirm what everyone already knew.
Posted by: Bitter Clinger at February 22, 2020 10:50 PM (MMC4G)
He sounds good. Thank you for your support, morons.
Posted by: nurse ratched at February 22, 2020 10:47 PM (PkVlr)
Send him a picture of some crayons.
Posted by: Insomniac - Ex Cineribus Resurgo at February 22, 2020 10:50 PM (NWiLs)
Do you want to tell NZFank or should we leave that to Weasel?
Posted by: Ben Had at February 22, 2020 10:48 PM (EvnpL)
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Hmmmmm. Fasssssscinating. We shall have to have music at this MoMe.
Posted by: bluebell at February 22, 2020 10:50 PM (/669Q)
Just started watching this.
Posted by: Zod at February 22, 2020 10:46 PM (XzT/D)
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Lenny from LaVerne and Shirley has a major role where you're unlikely to recognize him.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at February 22, 2020 10:51 PM (XVuno)
Posted by: sharon(willow's apprentice) at February 22, 2020 10:51 PM (QzF6i)
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at February 22, 2020 10:51 PM (tT0V4)
Bacchus school of thought that booze can bring you closer to the Big
Guy. Or the hot chick you would not normally talk to. Tomato, tomato.
Posted by: NZFrank with a M2 at February 22, 2020 10:42 PM (tAuzy)
Mr Magoo?
Posted by: Count de Monet at February 22, 2020 10:51 PM (5v5Zx)
My version, and sadly I cannot source it is
"You have to grow old...
But you don't have to grow up!"
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar at February 22, 2020 10:51 PM (BiNEL)
I can't dance. I can't talk. Only thing about me is the way I walk.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion of a Poperin Pear at February 22, 2020 10:51 PM (rCwaK)
That's too much pressure. Um, whatever I do, do the opposite or be fruitful and multiply. Whichever of those suit you the best.
Posted by: no good deed at February 22, 2020 10:51 PM (MmFTx)
I can't dance. I can't talk. Only thing about me is the way I walk.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion of a Poperin Pear at February 22, 2020 10:51 PM (rCwaK)
With a limp?
Posted by: Insomniac - Ex Cineribus Resurgo at February 22, 2020 10:52 PM (NWiLs)
Posted by: NZFrank with a M2 at February 22, 2020 10:52 PM (tAuzy)
I can't dance. I can't talk. Only thing about me is the way I walk.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion of a Poperin Pear at February 22, 2020 10:51 PM (rCwaK)
Oh my gosh--you have the sexiest Southern accent I've ever heard!
Posted by: Ladyl at February 22, 2020 10:53 PM (TdMsT)
Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion of a Poperin Pear at February 22, 2020 10:51 PM (rCwaK)
Saturday Night Fever?
Posted by: Count de Monet at February 22, 2020 10:53 PM (5v5Zx)
Posted by: Ben Had at February 22, 2020 10:53 PM (EvnpL)
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice
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Where in SC?
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at February 22, 2020 10:53 PM (xSo9G)
WTF?
That's the 4th Amy Klobuchar ad I've seen in the last couple of days --- all during basketball games, I think.
In SW VA?
Odd.
Posted by: Margarita DeVille at February 22, 2020 10:53 PM (M/9m0)
Posted by: Farmer Bob at February 22, 2020 10:53 PM (87EdW)
For anyone who likes to buy avocados, please always check the tag on 'em from now on. If they're from Mexico, DON'T BUY THEM.
The drug cartels have muscled and murdered their way into the avocado biz in Mexico, big time.
Posted by: qdpsteve at February 22, 2020 10:53 PM (L2ZTs)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at February 22, 2020 10:54 PM (XVuno)
Posted by: Insomniac - Ex Cineribus Resurgo at February 22, 2020 10:50 PM (NWiLs)
Do not send the deluxe set of crayons, send the four color basic set because...
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar at February 22, 2020 10:54 PM (BiNEL)
Posted by: no good deed at February 22, 2020 10:54 PM (MmFTx)
Posted by: qdpsteve at February 22, 2020 10:54 PM (L2ZTs)
Cheaper to go to a dog pound
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at February 22, 2020 10:54 PM (aA3+G)
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at February 22, 2020 10:54 PM (a4EWo)
Posted by: Ben Had at February 22, 2020 10:54 PM (EvnpL)
Posted by: qdpsteve at February 22, 2020 10:54 PM (L2ZTs)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at February 22, 2020 10:54 PM (XVuno)
Staying alive!
Posted by: ALH at February 22, 2020 10:54 PM (xUVVX)
"You have to grow old...
But you don't have to grow up!"
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar at February 22, 2020 10:51 PM (BiNEL)
* * * *
I say: with wisdom comes age!
Posted by: Legally Sufficient at February 22, 2020 10:55 PM (WFcrO)
Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion of a Poperin Pear at February 22, 2020 10:55 PM (rCwaK)
Posted by: Ladyl at February 22, 2020 10:55 PM (TdMsT)
Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion of a Poperin Pear
Genesis.
Posted by: Puddleglum at February 22, 2020 10:55 PM (O62M1)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at February 22, 2020 10:51 PM (XVuno)
Wife called it. "Who *is* that guy?"
"Lenny."
Posted by: Zod at February 22, 2020 10:55 PM (XzT/D)
But yeah, by 1991 they were basically just Phil Collins & Friends.
Posted by: qdpsteve at February 22, 2020 10:55 PM (L2ZTs)
Mr Magoo?
Posted by: Count de Monet at February 22, 2020 10:51 PM (5v5Zx)
Ahh, Magoo, you've done it again!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t8GTHXTEvIc
NZFrank, this is one of the top cartoons here in the late 60's - 70's.
Ironically, this is also the last known recording of Ace arriving at a MoMe.
Posted by: LeftCoast Dawg at February 22, 2020 10:56 PM (sy5kK)
Plus I got to hang out with my older brother today, which is always fun.
Posted by: vivi at February 22, 2020 10:56 PM (11H2y)
Posted by: Ben Had at February 22, 2020 10:53 PM (EvnpL)
And we need an update on how the bail bond fund is doing!
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar at February 22, 2020 10:56 PM (BiNEL)
No, Phil Collins:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hGI2d31M7Ns
Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion of a Poperin Pear at February 22, 2020 10:55 PM (rCwaK)
Um, no, it's definitely SNF. I have the CD. I like Disco. It's got a beat and you can dance to it.
Posted by: ALH at February 22, 2020 10:57 PM (xUVVX)
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar at February 22, 2020 10:57 PM (BiNEL)
Posted by: Count de Monet at February 22, 2020 10:58 PM (5v5Zx)
Plus I got to hang out with my older brother today, which is always fun.
Posted by: vivi at February 22, 2020 10:56 PM (11H2y)
Sent up a prayer that your test results are excellent.
Posted by: Ladyl at February 22, 2020 10:58 PM (TdMsT)
Posted by: sharon(willow's apprentice) at February 22, 2020 10:58 PM (QzF6i)
an old person...and got good news from a blood test (not THAT one, this
was for ovarian cancer); another bunch of tests in three months to make
certain.
Plus I got to hang out with my older brother today, which is always fun.
Sounds like a great week. But what about that other blood test? Getting married or something?
Posted by: Blanco Basura - Not scanning your email for ad targeting at February 22, 2020 10:58 PM (xkSJa)
Posted by: Puddleglum at February 22, 2020 10:58 PM (O62M1)
Posted by: no good deed at February 22, 2020 10:59 PM (MmFTx)
Posted by: Margarita DeVille at February 22, 2020 10:53 PM (M/9m0)
Stray voltage. She's done.
Posted by: Zod at February 22, 2020 10:59 PM (XzT/D)
"Me: It's medicinal
Cop: Sir, first of all, that's a prostitute"
Posted by: qdpsteve at February 22, 2020 11:00 PM (L2ZTs)
Posted by: Ben Had at February 22, 2020 11:00 PM (EvnpL)
Plus I got to hang out with my older brother today, which is always fun.
Posted by: vivi at February 22, 2020 10:56 PM (11H2y)
* * * *
Congrats on not having ovarian cancer!
Posted by: Legally Sufficient at February 22, 2020 11:01 PM (WFcrO)
I got my Medicare card this past week. I'm looking forward to retirement, too.
Posted by: ALH at February 22, 2020 11:01 PM (xUVVX)
Must have been Gavin Newsome's doctor who wrote the prescription.
Posted by: no good deed at February 22, 2020 11:01 PM (MmFTx)
Posted by: Tonypete at February 22, 2020 11:01 PM (Y4EXg)
Posted by: sharon(willow's apprentice) at February 22, 2020 10:58 PM (QzF6i)
I read that as librarians Shush me, I've been bad!
Posted by: Count de Monet at February 22, 2020 11:01 PM (5v5Zx)
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at February 22, 2020 11:02 PM (a4EWo)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sLPdjisny7I
Posted by: qdpsteve at February 22, 2020 11:02 PM (L2ZTs)
I think are a number of us that already agreed to find a corner and look at our shoes if the blog posting rate is too slow to fully occupy us!
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar at February 22, 2020 11:02 PM (BiNEL)
Same reason a Dem does anything. Graft.
1) The weather sucks in New York in February.
2) She has a kid/friend/gigolo in Laredo.
3) Pressing the flesh lets her charge it off her vacation as a "campaign expenditure".
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at February 22, 2020 11:02 PM (Ewo9R)
It may be some similar song. "I can't dance" is the 4th track on the Genesis album "We can't dance". Lyrics were written by Phil Collins. It was release in '91.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion of a Poperin Pear at February 22, 2020 11:02 PM (rCwaK)
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I Can Dance, was by Leo Sayer.
Irrelevant, of course, but it's all I got.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at February 22, 2020 11:03 PM (CDGwz)
Posted by: Michael Bloomberg at February 22, 2020 11:03 PM (mhs6e)
Posted by: Zod at February 22, 2020 11:03 PM (XzT/D)
Fucking love hockey movies!
Gaaaahhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!
My Everlast heavy bag is in for a world of hurt.
Like being at a Slayer show.
1-2-3! FUCK SHIT UP!!!
Posted by: Pug Mahon, of the Butte Mahons at February 22, 2020 11:03 PM (x8Wzq)
Must have been Gavin Newsome's doctor who wrote the prescription.
Posted by: no good deed at February 22, 2020 11:01 PM (MmFTx)
so, that prostitute comes with a government-paid house?
ok then, this socialism thing is sounding better and better!
Posted by: LeftCoast Dawg at February 22, 2020 11:03 PM (sy5kK)
277 - nope, just the one test. I"m not getting married but it was the blood test I would have liked to have had to take, instead of the one to check for ovarian cancer.
Posted by: vivi at February 22, 2020 11:04 PM (11H2y)
After watching all of twenty minutes of The Replacement Killers this evening before moving on to find something more interesting, I offer up these:
Krebs' Law: any movie character firing a weapon at full auto can't hit shit.
Krebs' Corollary: the higher the capacity of any full automatic weapon in a movie, the less likely it becomes that the character will hit anything worth hitting.
Long day ... have fun storming the castle, kiddos!
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at February 22, 2020 11:04 PM (pNxlR)
Posted by: chavez the hugo at February 22, 2020 11:04 PM (KP5rU)
Posted by: no good deed at February 22, 2020 11:04 PM (MmFTx)
Posted by: Zod at February 22, 2020 11:03 PM (XzT/D)
How many gunshots did it take to run 'im off?
Posted by: qdpsteve at February 22, 2020 11:04 PM (L2ZTs)
277 - nope, just the one test. I"m not getting married but it was the blood test I would have liked to have had to take, instead of the one to check for ovarian cancer.
Posted by: vivi at February 22, 2020 11:04 PM (11H2y)
But are you okay?
Posted by: Ladyl at February 22, 2020 11:05 PM (TdMsT)
Posted by: qdpsteve at February 22, 2020 11:05 PM (L2ZTs)
Same reason a Dem does anything. Graft.
1) The weather sucks in New York in February.
2) She has a kid/friend/gigolo in Laredo.
3) Pressing the flesh lets her charge it off her vacation as a "campaign expenditure".
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at February 22, 2020 11:02 PM (Ewo9R)
* * * *
No, but seriously, why Laredo? None of those reasons are nearly good enough. Why not New Orleans? Even El Paso would be better than Laredo!
Posted by: Legally Sufficient at February 22, 2020 11:05 PM (WFcrO)
Posted by: t-bird at February 22, 2020 11:05 PM (jOEDM)
Posted by: sharon(willow's apprentice) at February 22, 2020 11:06 PM (QzF6i)
Posted by: chavez the hugo at February 22, 2020 11:06 PM (KP5rU)
Posted by: ALH at February 22, 2020 11:06 PM (xUVVX)
We had a block party today down the street today. I'm having fun drinking Yuengling and chatting with the neighbors and guests, and our DJ guy has some Van Morrison on. I spot one of the local kids, a girl, eight, off by herself dancing alone. To Van.
When we got to the 50-50 raffle, I won a prize in draw one. After the raffle Mr DJ said we have a person wants to sing a song, It's the Van fan.
I don't know what it was she sang, but she blew all 150 of us away. At first it sounded like nothing, maybe off pitch, her trying to read the lyrics off the iPad in front of her. But she went into a chorus part and went off just plain out-of-body, head back, eyes squeezed shut, up on her tiptoes, wailing.
After, I gave her my raffle winnings, envelope unopened, and told her and her mom to maybe use it for more voice lessons, said I'd seen plenty of great shows, but this one song, tonight, was something special. Wow.
Posted by: Les Kinetic at February 22, 2020 11:06 PM (+fPHo)
At our fifty-year reunion, forty percent of the class had passed on. At our fifty-five year reunion, only one more classmate had died. In the three years since, only one more has died.
Both my doctor and financial advisor told me that if you make it past sixty-five, you may very well have another twenty or thirty years left to go.
Posted by: French Jeton at February 22, 2020 11:07 PM (9Nrxu)
Polite, earnest. "Can I ask if you're gonna vote?"
"Oh yes. Yes, I plan to."
Posted by: Zod at February 22, 2020 11:07 PM (XzT/D)
After, I gave her my raffle winnings, envelope unopened, and told her and her mom to maybe use it for more voice lessons, said I'd seen plenty of great shows, but this one song, tonight, was something special. Wow.
Posted by: Les Kinetic at February 22, 2020 11:06 PM (+fPHo)
sonewhere between very cool and awesome on the scale.
Posted by: LeftCoast Dawg at February 22, 2020 11:08 PM (sy5kK)
295 First canvasser of the season this afternoon--Bernie door-knocker.
Posted by: Zod at February 22, 2020 11:03 PM (XzT/D)
I guess they withdrew the Bernie doorbell from the market, but then, who would actually want a doorbell that signals by saying, "Free Shit!" in Bernie's dulcet tones over and over again?
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at February 22, 2020 11:08 PM (pNxlR)
Posted by: vivi at February 22, 2020 11:08 PM (11H2y)
Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 22, 2020 11:09 PM (XyVor)
Posted by: French Jeton
--
Yeah - thanks. That seems to be my (anecdotal) experience too.
Posted by: Tonypete at February 22, 2020 11:09 PM (Y4EXg)
Posted by: Farmer at February 22, 2020 11:09 PM (y5qNj)
Posted by: Ben Had at February 22, 2020 11:09 PM (EvnpL)
He said it so well, but I'll reiterate, "Well done!"
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar at February 22, 2020 11:10 PM (BiNEL)
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at February 22, 2020 11:08 PM (pNxlR)
Or the rattle of loose rubles in a soup-can.
Posted by: Zod at February 22, 2020 11:10 PM (XzT/D)
Krebs' Law: any movie character firing a weapon at full auto can't hit shit.
Krebs' Corollary: the higher the capacity of any full automatic weapon in a movie, the less likely it becomes that the character will hit anything worth hitting.
Long day ... have fun storming the castle, kiddos!
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot
That's why military rifles were changed to accommodate selective fire. Cause real life is just like that.
Posted by: MarkY at February 22, 2020 11:11 PM (5RkWa)
Posted by: French Jeton
==
*snickers"
Posted by: COVID19 at February 22, 2020 11:11 PM (G546f)
Posted by: klaftern at February 22, 2020 11:11 PM (RuIsu)
Posted by: qdpsteve at February 22, 2020 11:11 PM (L2ZTs)
Posted by: westminsterdogshow.....ColoradoMorondevous2020 at February 22, 2020 11:11 PM (/UQ/R)
Polite, earnest. "Can I ask if you're gonna vote?"
"Oh yes. Yes, I plan to."
Posted by: Zod at February 22, 2020 11:07 PM (XzT/D)
Luckily, there is one candidate whose supporters are more driven than Bernie's bros and sisters.
Because this enthusiasm is what wins elections.
And he is all ours.
Posted by: LeftCoast Dawg at February 22, 2020 11:11 PM (sy5kK)
Thank you I am aware of Mr Magoo. I was touching on the Bacchus theory that inebriation brings you closer to the gods. I'm more of a Odin guy meself. Is Drink Like Viking in the house?
Posted by: NZFrank with a M2 at February 22, 2020 11:12 PM (tAuzy)
Heh. Milady and I went out to Las Vegas for her nephew's wedding. Our three grown kids went - huge family turnout.
I gave the kids a mere $20 each to gamble. Don't know what they did with it. That's as gambly as I got.
The last morning, going to breakfast at a restaurant/casino early in the day, the casino was basically empty except for one guy at a one-armed bandit. Bent over, white-haired, scruffy beard, yellowed teeth, stinking, half-full drink glass, ashtray overflowing, plugging and plugging and plugging that slot machine.
Oh! the glamour!
That's my takeaway image for casinos in general and Las Vegas in particular.
Posted by: mindful webworker
click me and win
at February 22, 2020 11:12 PM (Isn+8)
Posted by: Zod at February 22, 2020 11:03 PM (XzT/D)
Their vision is based on movement. If you stay absolutely still, they probably won't notice you.
Posted by: hogmartin at February 22, 2020 11:12 PM (t+qrx)
Posted by: Zod
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I engage such as seriously as possible, take as much of their time as possible, and pose the pro's and con's of the other Dem candidates. Take Trump out of the discussion. Get them to acknowledge the strengths of the other Dems.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at February 22, 2020 11:12 PM (CDGwz)
Posted by: French Jeton
I wish when they post obituaries, they would say the cause of death.
Posted by: ALH at February 22, 2020 11:13 PM (xUVVX)
Posted by: Tuna at February 22, 2020 11:13 PM (RueoN)
Posted by: vivi at February 22, 2020 11:14 PM (11H2y)
Posted by: qdpsteve at February 22, 2020 11:14 PM (L2ZTs)
Posted by: Ben Had at February 22, 2020 11:09 PM (EvnpL)
* * * *
Thanks for the clarification, Ben Had. Used to live ioutside New Braunfels, and actually had biz in Laredo from time to time. Couldn't stand the place. It made no sense why anyone would go to Laredo, much less someone from the east coast.
Posted by: Legally Sufficient at February 22, 2020 11:14 PM (WFcrO)
Posted by: Bert G at February 22, 2020 11:15 PM (OMsf+)
Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 22, 2020 11:15 PM (XyVor)
Posted by: westminsterdogshow.....ColoradoMorondevous2020 at February 22, 2020 11:15 PM (/UQ/R)
Posted by: sharon(willow's apprentice) at February 22, 2020 10:58 PM (QzF6i)
.....
I think it's BYOB from my conversations.
I'm sure you can find someone to share though.
Posted by: Bitter Clinger at February 22, 2020 11:15 PM (MMC4G)
Posted by: hogmartin at February 22, 2020 11:12 PM
LOL!
(I have no idea why I should find that so funny...)
Posted by: Zettai Roshia-no Asetto at February 22, 2020 11:15 PM (7WaWV)
Posted by: French Jeton at February 22, 2020 11:07 PM (9Nrxu)
There's a Monte Carlo simulation based on social security data actuarial tables that backs this up , I think the site is flowingdata.com.
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar at February 22, 2020 11:15 PM (BiNEL)
Posted by: hogmartin at February 22, 2020 11:12 PM (t+qrx)
If only. Canis Zod went crazy at the door.
Good dog.
Posted by: Zod at February 22, 2020 11:16 PM (XzT/D)
Posted by: Charles the Simple at February 22, 2020 11:16 PM (HuH1F)
Posted by: qdpsteve at February 22, 2020 11:11 PM (L2ZTs)
Good song, but Black Flag can get it done in about 57 seconds.
Posted by: Evasiveboat42 at February 22, 2020 11:16 PM (Rz2Nc)
Posted by: vivi at February 22, 2020 11:08 PM (11H2y)
You are not alone, vivi.
I know somebody.
Except not out of work two years, because even for the grayhairs, there is employment around here. Now, affording to live here, that's another story.
Best wishes and prayers on your results.
Posted by: LeftCoast Dawg at February 22, 2020 11:16 PM (sy5kK)
Or was her candidacy already dead?
Posted by: JoeF. at February 22, 2020 11:16 PM (o1fzk)
Or was her candidacy already dead?
Posted by: JoeF. at February 22, 2020 11:16 PM (o1fzk)
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It's dead, Jim.
Posted by: Bones McCoy at February 22, 2020 11:17 PM (XVuno)
to keep Bernie from consolidating
they haven't given up on the idea of screwing Bernie over
Posted by: REDACTED at February 22, 2020 11:18 PM (rpxSz)
Posted by: JoeF. at February 22, 2020 11:16 PM (o1fzk)
It's only mostly dead.
Posted by: ALH at February 22, 2020 11:18 PM (xUVVX)
Posted by: IC at February 22, 2020 11:19 PM (sYDum)
Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at February 22, 2020 11:19 PM (2DOZq)
Posted by: Zod at February 22, 2020 11:19 PM (XzT/D)
Posted by: JoeF. at February 22, 2020 11:16 PM (o1fzk)
It's only mostly dead.
Posted by: ALH at February 22, 2020 11:18 PM (xUVVX)
Have you seen the movie, "Weekend at Bernie's?"
It's like that, just a different Bernie.
Posted by: LeftCoast Dawg at February 22, 2020 11:19 PM (sy5kK)
Posted by: ALH at February 22, 2020 11:13 PM (xUVVX)
I think the convention is not do that because there are some scenarios where it is better that entire family NOT get informed about the hookers and blow in the obituary column!
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar at February 22, 2020 11:19 PM (BiNEL)
J/K be well Insom, you make me laugh.
Posted by: Farmer at February 22, 2020 11:09 PM (y5qNj)
Hey now!
Posted by: Insomniac - Ex Cineribus Resurgo at February 22, 2020 11:19 PM (NWiLs)
Ah, the doggie doorbell. Our 7 month old puppy just gets so excited he pees whenever someone comes to the door. I think I prefer barking. He's getting better though. He's so stinkin' cute. It makes it easier to tolerate his puppy rudeness.
Posted by: no good deed at February 22, 2020 11:19 PM (MmFTx)
Posted by: chavez the hugo at February 22, 2020 11:20 PM (KP5rU)
Posted by: Evasiveboat42 at February 22, 2020 11:20 PM (Rz2Nc)
Posted by: JoeF. at February 22, 2020 11:16 PM (o1fzk)
It's only mostly dead.
Posted by: ALH at February 22, 2020 11:18 PM (xUVVX)
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It's not dead. It's restin'.
Posted by: Bones McCoy at February 22, 2020 11:20 PM (XVuno)
There are casinos near you (Sevenwinds may be closest). I go for the buffets, never to gamble.
Posted by: French Jeton at February 22, 2020 11:20 PM (9Nrxu)
Posted by: French Jeton at February 22, 2020 11:07 PM (9Nrxu)
Sure. All the people with genetic problems and/or bad health habits are already dead.
Posted by: AOC at February 22, 2020 11:20 PM (wGeit)
Posted by: no good deed at February 22, 2020 11:20 PM (MmFTx)
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar at February 22, 2020 11:19 PM (BiNEL)
For some, that would be bagging rights.
Posted by: ALH at February 22, 2020 11:21 PM (xUVVX)
Posted by: NZFrank with a M2 at February 22, 2020 11:21 PM (tAuzy)
My wife has shown me that, if both of us are retired, we cannot afford to both pay property tax and eat, assuming we can no longer work?
(And assuming we live til 90 some-odd).
Posted by: MarkY at February 22, 2020 11:21 PM (5RkWa)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1RZJ4ESU52U
Dude, I survived "Maximum Louie Louie" in 1983. 63 hours, 800 versions. So many versions that they're still trying to track down where some of them came from.
https://preview.tinyurl.com/wrsjl96
Posted by: Blanco Basura - Not scanning your email for ad targeting at February 22, 2020 11:21 PM (xkSJa)
Posted by: vivi at February 22, 2020 11:14 PM (11H2y)
Thank God.
Posted by: Ladyl at February 22, 2020 11:21 PM (TdMsT)
Posted by: IC at February 22, 2020 11:19 PM (sYDum)
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HELLO IC!!!
Posted by: Friends of Bill W. at February 22, 2020 11:22 PM (XVuno)
Posted by: ALH at February 22, 2020 11:21 PM (xUVVX)
I'm guessing you meant "bragging" rights, but your answer is funnier.
Posted by: LeftCoast Dawg at February 22, 2020 11:22 PM (sy5kK)
Plus I got to hang out with my older brother today, which is always fun.
Posted by: vivi at February 22, 2020 10:56 PM (11H2y)
Congratulations! When are you due?
Posted by: Ace's liver at February 22, 2020 11:22 PM (wGeit)
Posted by: Case at February 22, 2020 11:22 PM (cyroy)
Posted by: vmom 2020 at February 22, 2020 11:22 PM (G546f)
Posted by: westminsterdogshow.....ColoradoMorondevous2020 at February 22, 2020 11:22 PM (/UQ/R)
Posted by: ALH at February 22, 2020 11:21 PM (xUVVX)
BRAGGING. Missed a step.
Posted by: ALH at February 22, 2020 11:22 PM (xUVVX)
Posted by: ... at February 22, 2020 11:22 PM (Wge+f)
Posted by: vivi at February 22, 2020 11:22 PM (11H2y)
Posted by: Trimegistus at February 22, 2020 11:22 PM (m7tTY)
Posted by: Insomniac - Ex Cineribus Resurgo at February 22, 2020 11:19 PM (NWiLs)
Don't dream it's over.
Posted by: Ladyl at February 22, 2020 11:23 PM (TdMsT)
I know Texas freezes property tax increases on the main categories of taxes after you turn 65.
Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at February 22, 2020 11:24 PM (2DOZq)
Posted by: Insomniac - Ex Cineribus Resurgo at February 22, 2020 11:19 PM (NWiLs)
Don't dream it's over.
Good thing you two don't live together. That would be a crowded house.
Posted by: Blanco Basura - Not scanning your email for ad targeting at February 22, 2020 11:24 PM (xkSJa)
Posted by: vivi at February 22, 2020 11:22 PM (11H2y)
(shrugs)
You will become food.
Posted by: Zod at February 22, 2020 11:24 PM (XzT/D)
Posted by: no good deed at February 22, 2020 11:20 PM (MmFTx)
In Texas, I think they use the term "He died with his boots on!"
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar at February 22, 2020 11:24 PM (BiNEL)
Posted by: NZFrank with a M2 at February 22, 2020 11:25 PM (tAuzy)
Posted by: nurse ratched at February 22, 2020 11:26 PM (PkVlr)
Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at February 22, 2020 11:24 PM (2DOZq)
No school taxes after age 65 on your first acre of land in my county.
We are experiencing a Boomer boom because o f this.
Posted by: ALH at February 22, 2020 11:26 PM (xUVVX)
If he wins SC, it wont be decisive
and he's out of cash
and he's not even on the air in the Super Tuesday states
sorry Jill, no first lady gig
Posted by: REDACTED at February 22, 2020 11:26 PM (rpxSz)
My wife has shown me that, if both of us are retired, we cannot afford to both pay property tax and eat, assuming we can no longer work?
(And assuming we live til 90 some-odd).
Posted by: MarkY at February 22, 2020 11:21 PM (5RkWa)
I can't think of any, some states have lower taxes than others. Do some research, find the right place for your financial situation. If you're living to 90, at some point you might be moving into an apartment or condo.
Posted by: Evasiveboat42 at February 22, 2020 11:26 PM (Rz2Nc)
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar
With his pants around them...
Posted by: Some rat in the swamp at February 22, 2020 11:26 PM (2ygtH)
Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 22, 2020 11:26 PM (XyVor)
Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at February 22, 2020 11:27 PM (2DOZq)
It wasn't exact, but enough to go on.
Posted by: JoeF. at February 22, 2020 11:27 PM (o1fzk)
I know some states will reduce property taxes. I think TX offers more on the homestead exemption.
Posted by: no good deed at February 22, 2020 11:28 PM (MmFTx)
2 would be. Grandkids in the area, maybe.
Probably also charging the campaign per diem for a hotel, while actually staying at her kid's place.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at February 22, 2020 11:28 PM (Ewo9R)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at February 22, 2020 11:28 PM (XVuno)
Posted by: westminsterdogshow.....ColoradoMorondevous2020 at February 22, 2020 11:22 PM (/UQ/R)
Wow! So Biden is done, and she's done.
Posted by: Evasiveboat42 at February 22, 2020 11:28 PM (Rz2Nc)
Posted by: chavez the hugo at February 22, 2020 11:28 PM (KP5rU)
Posted by: JoeF. at February 22, 2020 11:27 PM (o1fzk)
What was 'botched robbery'?
Posted by: Vanya at February 22, 2020 11:28 PM (U7voe)
Posted by: JoeF. at February 22, 2020 11:29 PM (o1fzk)
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Or a bus.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at February 22, 2020 11:28 PM (XVuno)
Or Hillary Clinton.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 22, 2020 11:29 PM (XyVor)
"Died at home" often meant suicide, especially for a young person. If it was an actual accident, they'd generally say that.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at February 22, 2020 11:29 PM (Ewo9R)
Posted by: chavez the hugo at February 22, 2020 11:28 PM (KP5rU)
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He was famous for his Horst Wessel Shuffle.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at February 22, 2020 11:29 PM (XVuno)
In modern times, a man in the United States of America can live on his own land (that he bought, and paid for) as long as he can pay his property taxes.
In both cases, the end result is the same. Pay your taxes, or be removed by men with weapons.
Tell me what's changed?
Posted by: MarkY at February 22, 2020 11:29 PM (5RkWa)
Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 22, 2020 11:30 PM (XyVor)
A lot of people dying from overdoses, suicide and other unspeakable things.
Posted by: Bitter Clinger at February 22, 2020 11:30 PM (MMC4G)
Posted by: klaftern at February 22, 2020 11:30 PM (RuIsu)
Tell me about it.
Or just listen to the Ted Nugent song.
Posted by: Brian Jones at February 22, 2020 11:30 PM (Ewo9R)
Posted by: Balrog of Morgoth at February 22, 2020 11:30 PM (CLteG)
My sister is a retired funeral director. She says the term used for suicides is "died, unexpectedly, at home." But, then, some people do just die unexpectedly at home.
Posted by: French Jeton at February 22, 2020 11:30 PM (9Nrxu)
Posted by: chavez the hugo at February 22, 2020 11:28 PM (KP5rU)
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He was famous for his Horst Wessel Shuffle.
Then there was his early work in rap music, literally decades before anyone else was doing it.
Posted by: Blanco Basura - Not scanning your email for ad targeting at February 22, 2020 11:31 PM (xkSJa)
Posted by: no good deed at February 22, 2020 11:31 PM (MmFTx)
Posted by: Paladin at February 22, 2020 11:31 PM (7Wzft)
Posted by: vivi at February 22, 2020 11:22 PM (11H2y)
Yeah, Seattle area is getting ridiculous, but not even as expensive as San Fran.
NYC, whoa.
I remember many years ago, flying into NYC for business, and that was when the Saturday night stayover flights were a big thing, the tickets were so cheap that it even paid for a room and expenses for a day and was still cheaper.
I checked into the Sheraton on 57th. It was late, so I just ordered room service, a burger and a Coke.
It was, I think, 1983. The check for a burger and coke was $28. For a comparison, a McDonalds Quarter Pounder with cheese at the time was $1.09.
I got hassled when I turned in the expense account. The bookkeeper had never been west of Montana.
Posted by: LeftCoast Dawg at February 22, 2020 11:32 PM (sy5kK)
Posted by: Charles the Simple at February 22, 2020 11:32 PM (HuH1F)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at February 22, 2020 11:33 PM (XVuno)
Posted by: MarkY at February 22, 2020 11:29 PM (5RkWa)
The oppressive uber state has better weapons and armored vehicles!
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar at February 22, 2020 11:33 PM (BiNEL)
Posted by: vivi at February 22, 2020 11:22 PM (11H2y)
(shrugs)
You will become food.
Posted by: Zod at February 22, 2020 11:24 PM (XzT/D)
I was going to make a Soylent Green reference too, but thought against it.
At first.
Posted by: LeftCoast Dawg at February 22, 2020 11:34 PM (sy5kK)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1RZJ4ESU52U
I saw The Kingsmen live at my buddy's college homecoming or something like that dance. They did Louie Louie just like it sounds on the 45.
My college had Zappa & the Mothers.
Posted by: mindful webworker
click me and win
at February 22, 2020 11:34 PM (Isn+8)
Or was her candidacy already dead?
Posted by: JoeF. at February 22, 2020 11:16 PM (o1fzk)
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It's dead, Jim.
Posted by: Bones McCoy at February 22, 2020 11:17 PM (XVuno)
She did give her campaign a little self-resuscitation with her 'Bloomberg and the NDAs' attack. That attack was right over the target. You could see Napoleon Soda blanch a little (because he can't blanch tall).
Posted by: RickZ at February 22, 2020 11:34 PM (Y8PSl)
We are experiencing a Boomer boom because o f this.
Posted by: ALH
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I will be leaving this tax ridden community/state in the near future to avoid just that thing. Two of my kids and two grandkids are in Tx. So.. . . .
Posted by: Tonypete at February 22, 2020 11:34 PM (Y4EXg)
In modern times, a man in the United States of America can live on his own land (that he bought, and paid for) as long as he can pay his property taxes.
In both cases, the end result is the same. Pay your taxes, or be removed by men with weapons.
Tell me what's changed?
Posted by: MarkY at February 22, 2020 11:29 PM (5RkWa)
You have the idea of serfdom a little upside down. It's not that they were allowed to live on the lord's land if they paid rent - it's that they were not allowed to leave. The feudal duties they owed were usually in the form of labor - as a serf you had to work so many days a month on the lord's land, or hauling his goods, or threshing crops, or whatever. If you didn't you would be arrested or beaten.
That's a pretty big difference.
Posted by: Ace's liver at February 22, 2020 11:34 PM (wGeit)
.....
Was he into country music?
Perhaps he did some mein dancing?
Posted by: Bitter Clinger at February 22, 2020 11:35 PM (MMC4G)
however, the taxes seem still quite high
when I first moved up north, I looked at a place in Bedford NY
nice place, a little expensive
taxes were close to 2K a month
back in car, head further north
Posted by: REDACTED at February 22, 2020 11:36 PM (rpxSz)
The oppressive uber state has better weapons and armored vehicles!
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar
An improved goon squad?
Posted by: MarkY at February 22, 2020 11:36 PM (5RkWa)
I've heard that when the Kingsmen would perform Louie Louie live, they would always take the volume level way down on Jack Ely's microphone, to the point that you could barely hear him, to add some authenticity.
Posted by: qdpsteve at February 22, 2020 11:36 PM (L2ZTs)
Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 22, 2020 11:36 PM (XyVor)
I got hassled when I turned in the expense account. The bookkeeper had never been west of Montana.
Posted by: LeftCoast Dawg at February 22, 2020 11:32 PM (sy5kK)
Even a quarter pounder in NYC at the time was 3.09.
Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at February 22, 2020 11:36 PM (2DOZq)
Posted by: Charles the Simple at February 22, 2020 11:36 PM (HuH1F)
a Tuesday.
Posted by: ...
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Unless, one still uses the Julian calendar. In which case, Monday.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at February 22, 2020 11:36 PM (xSo9G)
Posted by: Zod at February 22, 2020 11:37 PM (XzT/D)
news-talk in 1971 in Warren Ohio. Top 500 songs of all time. Every
one was Jerry Reed's When You're Hot You're Hot. He listened to the
whole thing. They did their staton change thing, and then played When
You're Hot You're Hot.
That poor, poor man. Is he out of the asylum yet?
Side note: Local radio station here switched formats a few years ago. To make sure everyone knew something was happening they did 24 hours as an all Richard Cheese station.
Posted by: Blanco Basura - Not scanning your email for ad targeting at February 22, 2020 11:37 PM (xkSJa)
Posted by: ALH at February 22, 2020 11:13 PM (xUVVX)
blunt force trauma
choking
pneumonia complications
cows
bad life choices ending in a snow bank
bad life choices ending in a Jack in the Box drive-through
spelunking for car keys in a storm drain
swerving for a possum
staples. Honestly
surfeit of lampreys
heart failure
three pounds of Crisco, the back stairs, and an apple box full of lawn darts - no really, and we are still trying to figure out just what he thought he was doing
lock-out tag-out failure
failed jack
missing PTO guard
snow machine, barbed wire fence
dry wall screws
Posted by: Kindltot at February 22, 2020 11:37 PM (6rS3m)
Posted by: no good deed at February 22, 2020 11:37 PM (MmFTx)
That's a pretty big difference.
Posted by: Ace's liver
Is it? Where is the compact that allows me to give my lord so many days labor in lieu of taxes?
I may decide to donate labor.
Posted by: MarkY at February 22, 2020 11:38 PM (5RkWa)
Posted by: klaftern at February 22, 2020 11:30 PM (RuIsu)
what channel, I love that movie
Posted by: REDACTED at February 22, 2020 11:38 PM (rpxSz)
Posted by: qdpsteve at February 22, 2020 11:38 PM (L2ZTs)
Joe Walsh@WalshFreedom
Trump believes he's above the law. Bernie believes in free college. Trump would censor CNN. Bernie would enact Medicare for all. Trump is corrupt as the day is long. Bernie is naive.
Come on. That's not even close. Anything is better than a lawless individual in the White House.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Tyrannosaur Wrangler at February 22, 2020 11:39 PM (+y/Ru)
Posted by: Vanya at February 22, 2020 11:39 PM (U7voe)
Someone once stuffed an umbrella almost all the way up his rectum.
Then another guy snuck up on him, and pressed the 'open' button.
Posted by: qdpsteve at February 22, 2020 11:40 PM (L2ZTs)
Posted by: Brian Jones at February 22, 2020 11:40 PM (Ewo9R)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at February 22, 2020 11:40 PM (xSo9G)
"Shucking. Jiving."
Posted by: Zod at February 22, 2020 11:41 PM (XzT/D)
Reap as ye have sewn.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 22, 2020 11:41 PM (XyVor)
Posted by: LeftCoast Dawg at February 22, 2020 11:32 PM (sy5kK)
I meant EAST of Montana.
Geesh.
And geography was one of my better subjects.
Posted by: LeftCoast Dawg at February 22, 2020 11:41 PM (sy5kK)
Trump believes he's above the law. Bernie believes in free college. Trump would censor CNN. Bernie would enact Medicare for all. Trump is corrupt as the day is long. Bernie is naive.
Come on. That's not even close. Anything is better than a lawless individual in the White House.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Tyrannosaur Wrangler at February 22, 2020 11:39 PM (+y/Ru)
I don't get this mindset. How does a person get to a point in their life where this sounds reasonable?
Posted by: Vanya at February 22, 2020 11:41 PM (U7voe)
however, the taxes seem still quite high
when I first moved up north, I looked at a place in Bedford NY
nice place, a little expensive
taxes were close to 2K a month
back in car, head further north
Posted by: REDACTED at February 22, 2020 11:36 PM (rpxSz)
Property taxes are the only bright spot in the CA tax wasteland. We pay 10%+ sales taxes, and our income taxes are high. We're always in the top five for total taxation.
But property taxes are low. I pay about $330/month on a house that's worth north of a half mil.
Posted by: Ace's liver at February 22, 2020 11:41 PM (wGeit)
Posted by: qdpsteve at February 22, 2020 11:41 PM (L2ZTs)
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at February 22, 2020 11:42 PM (Ewo9R)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at February 22, 2020 11:29 PM (XVuno)
The Compiegne Jig, a 1940 hit.
Posted by: RickZ at February 22, 2020 11:42 PM (Y8PSl)
Does that mean he's not in the Tea Party any more?
Posted by: Bert G at February 22, 2020 11:42 PM (OMsf+)
Posted by: Brian Jones at February 22, 2020 11:40 PM (Ewo9R)
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Get back in the pool, loser.
Posted by: M. Jagger & K. Richards at February 22, 2020 11:42 PM (XVuno)
Posted by: Ace's liver at February 22, 2020 11:42 PM (wGeit)
Posted by: MarkY at February 22, 2020 11:29 PM (5RkWa)
Different billing department?
Posted by: LeftCoast Dawg at February 22, 2020 11:42 PM (sy5kK)
Posted by: Ladyl at February 22, 2020 11:42 PM (TdMsT)
Posted by: Brian Jones at February 22, 2020 11:40 PM (Ewo9R)
You weren't there, man! You don't KNOW!
Posted by: Jim Acosta at February 22, 2020 11:42 PM (U7voe)
Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at February 22, 2020 11:43 PM (2DOZq)
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"Nagged to death."
Posted by: Mike Hammer
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Died of embarrassment?
Posted by: Tonypete at February 22, 2020 11:43 PM (Y4EXg)
That's a pretty big difference.
Posted by: Ace's liver
Is it? Where is the compact that allows me to give my lord so many days labor in lieu of taxes?
I may decide to donate labor.
Posted by: MarkY at February 22, 2020 11:38 PM (5RkWa)
Is there a gang of ruffians waiting for you to try to leave so they can beat you and drag you back?
Posted by: Ace's liver at February 22, 2020 11:43 PM (wGeit)
Posted by: no good deed at February 22, 2020 11:44 PM (MmFTx)
Posted by: Vanya
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Damaged psyches. Years of non-stop indoctrination.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at February 22, 2020 11:44 PM (CDGwz)
Posted by: Case at February 22, 2020 11:44 PM (cyroy)
Posted by: qdpsteve at February 22, 2020 11:44 PM (L2ZTs)
Bernie will probably pull the House down
Nanzi retires and the crazies take over
not a bad strategy but I doubt those 4 clods could think that far ahead
Posted by: REDACTED at February 22, 2020 11:44 PM (rpxSz)
I forgot how good a drummer Peart was.
Listen on good headphones. Peart was like a carpenter who finished areas no one would ever see because HE knew they were there. His fills are just ridiculous. Listen closely to The Spirit of the Radio on Exit... Stage Left. Neil was putting in a clinic that night.
Posted by: GT at February 22, 2020 11:45 PM (dy/m/)
Posted by: qdpsteve at February 22, 2020 11:46 PM (L2ZTs)
Posted by: no good deed at February 22, 2020 11:31 PM (MmFTx)
Dude. Alabama?
Posted by: ALH at February 22, 2020 11:47 PM (xUVVX)
Posted by: Ace's liver at February 22, 2020 11:42 PM
I don't hear any Funk 49.
Posted by: LeftCoast Dawg at February 22, 2020 11:47 PM (sy5kK)
I don't get this mindset. How does a person get to a point in their life where this sounds reasonable?
Posted by: Vanya at February 22, 2020 11:41 PM (U7voe)
Trump said a mean thing on twitter!!
Posted by: buzzion at February 22, 2020 11:47 PM (Z7lwY)
> Ngaio Marsh?
Henry I of England.
Although the Intarwebs tell me that Marsh did have a book called that.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at February 22, 2020 11:47 PM (Ewo9R)
Aces liver-
That would be reasonable if you were making a living from your property.
I assume you're not.
Justify non-commercial property tax.
I've seen old tax bills. They'd tax your chickens, tax your farm goods, tax your industrial tools... but not your comb, your saddles, your bed.
How is property tax different?
Posted by: MarkY at February 22, 2020 11:47 PM (5RkWa)
Posted by: Kindltot at February 22, 2020 11:48 PM (6rS3m)
Posted by: REDACTED at February 22, 2020 11:48 PM (rpxSz)
Posted by: Ace's liver at February 22, 2020 11:41 PM (wGeit)
You consider that low property tax?
Posted by: Evasiveboat42 at February 22, 2020 11:48 PM (Rz2Nc)
Posted by: no good deed at February 22, 2020 11:48 PM (MmFTx)
Posted by: chavez the hugo at February 22, 2020 11:48 PM (KP5rU)
Posted by: Kindltot at February 22, 2020 11:37 PM (6rS3m)
You forgot the main killer of Rednecks. It always starts with, "Hey Bubba, watch this!"
Posted by: ALH at February 22, 2020 11:48 PM (xUVVX)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at February 22, 2020 11:40 PM (xSo9G)
His 'honey-do' list was barely touched.
Posted by: RickZ at February 22, 2020 11:48 PM (Y8PSl)
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at February 22, 2020 11:48 PM (Ewo9R)
Posted by: thathalfrican - sucker free on my phone at February 22, 2020 11:48 PM (IYHxL)
Although the Intarwebs tell me that Marsh did have a book called that.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at February 22, 2020 11:47 PM (Ewo9R)
Like all of Marsh's work, quite dated, but an excellent read.
Posted by: Ladyl at February 22, 2020 11:49 PM (TdMsT)
Posted by: CN at February 22, 2020 11:50 PM (pOSLv)
Posted by: Ace's liver at February 22, 2020 11:41 PM (wGeit)
You consider that low property tax?
Posted by: Evasiveboat42 at February 22, 2020 11:48 PM (Rz2Nc)
The property taxes in and around Columbus are shocking.
Posted by: Ladyl at February 22, 2020 11:50 PM (TdMsT)
Aces liver-
How is property tax different?
Because the California Association of Realtors is the top non-union lobby in CA, among other reasons.
Posted by: GT at February 22, 2020 11:50 PM (dy/m/)
Posted by: buzzion at February 22, 2020 11:47 PM (Z7lwY)
I don't understand it. Maybe it's my background, but I say worse things basically weekly than Trump has ever said. Nothing he's ever said has ever offended me.
I guess that's the truth: The ruling class in this country is so weaksauce that they'd literally rather throw the election to a Communist than have their ideological chains yanked by an outsider.
Posted by: Vanya at February 22, 2020 11:50 PM (U7voe)
Posted by: thathalfrican - sucker free on my phone at February 22, 2020 11:48 PM (IYHxL)
If you don't want to watch it, you can also read Eric Haney's book Inside Delta Force. A lot of the episodes are ripped straight from it.
Posted by: Vanya at February 22, 2020 11:52 PM (U7voe)
Posted by: chavez the hugo at February 22, 2020 11:52 PM (KP5rU)
I told a co worker that Liz claiming american indian heritage to get ahead in life is more offensive than anything PDT has ever tweeted.
you cannot imagine the pearl clutching. seriously.
Posted by: nurse ratched at February 22, 2020 11:52 PM (PkVlr)
Posted by: thathalfrican - sucker free on my phone at February 22, 2020 11:48 PM (IYHxL)
That was the one with President AllState, no?
Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 22, 2020 11:52 PM (XyVor)
Posted by: REDACTED at February 22, 2020 11:52 PM (rpxSz)
Posted by: Vanya at February 22, 2020 11:53 PM (U7voe)
Posted by: REDACTED at February 22, 2020 11:53 PM (rpxSz)
Posted by: CN at February 22, 2020 11:53 PM (pOSLv)
Posted by: chavez the hugo at February 22, 2020 11:52 PM (KP5rU)
Considering the state of public education, you're not getting a good return on that money.
Posted by: ALH at February 22, 2020 11:53 PM (xUVVX)
Posted by: thathalfrican - sucker free on my phone at February 22, 2020 11:48 PM (IYHxL)
the army (?) show from about 10 years ago?
the one that starred the black announcer guy from Allstate Insurance?
Posted by: LeftCoast Dawg at February 22, 2020 11:54 PM (sy5kK)
Like it's not bad enough that they're teaching our kids to be communists. They're actually billing us for it.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at February 22, 2020 11:54 PM (Ewo9R)
Posted by: chavez the hugo at February 22, 2020 11:54 PM (KP5rU)
Posted by: Ladyl at February 22, 2020 11:50 PM (TdMsT)
That's locally voted for, you all could stop that whenever you wanted. Our local elections are hilarious, it's all about what kind of equipment they own and know how to use. Our township trustees know there place, clear roads in winter, repair road in good weather. Deviate from that and we'll find someone else that knows there place.
Posted by: Evasiveboat42 at February 22, 2020 11:54 PM (Rz2Nc)
Posted by: Ace's liver at February 22, 2020 11:41 PM (wGeit)
You consider that low property tax?
Posted by: Evasiveboat42
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I do! I mean, it's my own fault, I chose to live where I do. But that sounds good to me.
In contrast, I had an 300 acre farm in PA and taxes were less than $2000/yr.
Posted by: Tonypete at February 22, 2020 11:55 PM (Y4EXg)
Posted by: Evasiveboat42 at February 22, 2020 11:55 PM (Rz2Nc)
but it really safe here, 0 crime
last stolen car was like 19 years ago
Posted by: REDACTED at February 22, 2020 11:56 PM (rpxSz)
Posted by: nurse ratched at February 22, 2020 11:52 PM (PkVlr)
I guess not.
Posted by: Vanya at February 22, 2020 11:56 PM (U7voe)
Posted by: Some rat in the swamp at February 22, 2020 11:56 PM (2ygtH)
Posted by: Case at February 22, 2020 11:57 PM (cyroy)
I've noticed instead of insulting large swathes of the country, Trump mostly insults individuals. The exception being the media.
Posted by: no good deed at February 22, 2020 11:57 PM (MmFTx)
Posted by: Ace's liver at February 22, 2020 11:41 PM (wGeit)
You consider that low property tax?
Posted by: Evasiveboat42 at February 22, 2020 11:48 PM (Rz2Nc)
0.8%? Yeah, I think that's pretty low.
Posted by: Ace's liver at February 22, 2020 11:58 PM (wGeit)
I've never read any of her stuff, though I've always found her name interesting.
I'll check it out. Dated is okay with me.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at February 22, 2020 11:58 PM (Ewo9R)
Posted by: CN at February 22, 2020 11:53 PM (pOSLv)
yeah, my taxes in the Berkshires are 13K a year
nice house on 40 acres
why I don't move
Posted by: REDACTED at February 22, 2020 11:59 PM (rpxSz)
Posted by: Vanya at February 22, 2020 11:53 PM (U7voe)
Yes. It's a pretty state, it looks a lot like Georgia.
It's more their football team. Big rivalry with Georgia.
Posted by: ALH at February 22, 2020 11:59 PM (xUVVX)
Posted by: thathalfrican - sucker free on my phone at February 22, 2020 11:48 PM (IYHxL)
For a successful mission, he gave Jobu cigar and rum.
Posted by: Insomniac - Ex Cineribus Resurgo at February 23, 2020 12:00 AM (NWiLs)
Posted by: ALH at February 22, 2020 11:59 PM (xUVVX)
Ahhhh, now it makes sense.
Posted by: Vanya at February 23, 2020 12:01 AM (U7voe)
Burl Ives tortured someone to death by strapping him to a manchineel tree in Wind Across the Everglades.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at February 23, 2020 12:01 AM (aKsyK)
Posted by: CN at February 22, 2020 11:53 PM (pOSLv)
yeah, my taxes in the Berkshires are 13K a year
nice house on 40 acres
why I don't move
Posted by: REDACTED at February 22, 2020 11:59 PM (rpxSz)
Did that come with a mule?
Posted by: Insomniac - Ex Cineribus Resurgo at February 23, 2020 12:01 AM (NWiLs)
Posted by: Insomniac - Ex Cineribus Resurgo at February 23, 2020 12:00 AM (NWiLs)
Dear God in Heaven, I never made that connection before now.
What the hell?
LOL.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 23, 2020 12:01 AM (XyVor)
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at February 23, 2020 12:02 AM (aA3+G)
Posted by: chavez the hugo at February 23, 2020 12:02 AM (KP5rU)
Posted by: Ladyl at February 22, 2020 11:50 PM (TdMsT)
Mrs. REDACTED lived in Columbus about 50 years ago
used to go through there on the way home
would always stop at Katzingers deli
great pickles
Posted by: REDACTED at February 23, 2020 12:03 AM (rpxSz)
Posted by: Insomniac - Ex Cineribus Resurgo at February 23, 2020 12:01 AM (NWiLs)
***SNORT****
Posted by: ALH at February 23, 2020 12:03 AM (xUVVX)
They are the butt of jokes in the south, undeserved.
My Mama came from Georgia. When I told Alabama jokes she'd tell me to quit that. But she laughed.
Posted by: MarkY at February 23, 2020 12:04 AM (5RkWa)
Posted by: Insomniac - Ex Cineribus Resurgo at February 23, 2020 12:01 AM (NWiLs)
you're talking to him, why ?
Posted by: REDACTED at February 23, 2020 12:04 AM (rpxSz)
Posted by: no good deed at February 23, 2020 12:05 AM (MmFTx)
Posted by: Charles the Simple at February 23, 2020 12:05 AM (HuH1F)
Posted by: MarkY at February 23, 2020 12:04 AM (5RkWa)
Tell me an Alabama joke.
Posted by: ALH at February 23, 2020 12:05 AM (xUVVX)
Posted by: Ace's liver at February 22, 2020 11:58 PM (wGeit)
We pay about 1200 a year for a property worth a little less than yours, 7% sales tax (which pisses me off) and gas tax is much less than CA. But, if you like it and are happy, I respect that, it is a beautiful state. Enjoy it!
Posted by: Evasiveboat42 at February 23, 2020 12:05 AM (Rz2Nc)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at February 23, 2020 12:01 AM (aKsyK)
Rudolph the Red Nose Reindeered him to death
Posted by: REDACTED at February 23, 2020 12:06 AM (rpxSz)
Posted by: no good deed at February 23, 2020 12:05 AM (MmFTx)
I just had a vision of an anthropomorphic fox standing on his hind legs screaming among some trees: 'I'm Horny!!!'
Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 23, 2020 12:06 AM (XyVor)
Posted by: chavez the hugo at February 23, 2020 12:06 AM (KP5rU)
basically weekly than Trump has ever said. Nothing he's ever said has
ever offended me.
I guess that's the truth: The ruling class in this country is so
weaksauce that they'd literally rather throw the election to a Communist
than have their ideological chains yanked by an outsider.
Considering the language in the average movie, I'd say the "offended" people are play-acting so they'll have something to complain about.
Posted by: Blanco Basura - Not scanning your email for ad targeting at February 23, 2020 12:07 AM (xkSJa)
Posted by: Ace's liver at February 22, 2020 11:58 PM (wGeit)
We pay about 1200 a year for a property worth a little less than yours, 7% sales tax (which pisses me off) and gas tax is much less than CA. But, if you like it and are happy, I respect that, it is a beautiful state. Enjoy it!
Posted by: Evasiveboat42 at February 23, 2020 12:05 AM (Rz2Nc)
Oh, I'm sure you can find lower. Most people pay more, though, either in taxes or "county fees".
I'd be out of CA like a shot if not for family.
Posted by: Ace's liver at February 23, 2020 12:08 AM (wGeit)
Posted by: no good deed at February 23, 2020 12:08 AM (MmFTx)
Posted by: no good deed at February 23, 2020 12:05 AM (MmFTx)
You sure that's not Neil Cavuto watching a Trump rally on his cell phone?
Posted by: RickZ at February 23, 2020 12:08 AM (Y8PSl)
Posted by: chavez the hugo at February 23, 2020 12:06 AM (KP5rU)
The humidity.
Posted by: Ace's liver at February 23, 2020 12:08 AM (wGeit)
Posted by: no good deed at February 23, 2020 12:09 AM (MmFTx)
usually just pass them through the state gov
tax on booze
failed 2-1
Posted by: REDACTED at February 23, 2020 12:10 AM (rpxSz)
Posted by: NZFrank with a M2 at February 23, 2020 12:11 AM (tAuzy)
Tell me an Alabama joke.
Posted by: ALH
Guy walks into a store. Says, "I'd like a moon pie and an RC."
Guy behind the counter says, "I bet you're from Alabama, aren't you son?"
Guy gets irate. "if I was to walk in here and ask for crawfish etouffee, would you assume i was from Louisiana?"
"I dunno, son, it never come up."
If I was to walk in here and ask for a whole fried chicken, would you assume I was from Georgia?"
"Dunno son, it never come up.!"
"Then how come I walk in here and ask for a moonpie and an RC, you immediately assume I'm from the great state of Alabama?"
"Cause this here's a hardware store, son...."
Posted by: MarkY at February 23, 2020 12:13 AM (5RkWa)
Could just be a lost and confused furry.
Posted by: Blanco Basura - Not scanning your email for ad targeting at February 23, 2020 12:13 AM (xkSJa)
Posted by: Ace's liver at February 23, 2020 12:08 AM (wGeit)
yeah, I can't even go back down south because of the heat and humidity
here, we get maybe a couple weeks of 80's in July and that's it
most of the time 75 in the summer
Posted by: REDACTED at February 23, 2020 12:13 AM (rpxSz)
Posted by: Case at February 23, 2020 12:13 AM (cyroy)
Posted by: nurse ratched at February 23, 2020 12:14 AM (PkVlr)
Posted by: no good deed at February 23, 2020 12:14 AM (MmFTx)
Posted by: mindful webworker's cell sux at February 23, 2020 12:14 AM (jY84E)
but I say worse things basically weekly than Trump has ever said.
Nothing he's ever said has ever offended me.
I guess that's the truth: The ruling class in this country is so
weaksauce that they'd literally rather throw the election to a Communist
than have their ideological chains yanked by an outsider.
Posted by: Vanya at February 22, 2020 11:50 PM (U7voe)
Obama was "unpresidential" all the time. And he was a mean fucker who lied and insulted people constantly. But they pretend somehow that he was dignified and all this other blatantly false crap that we're supposed to go along with like we are about tucked men sharing ladies rooms with 12 year old girls.
In October 2016 he told Trump to "stop whining" about rigged elections. They just reported it straight.
What? That's okay because he didn't "tweet" it? It's such a joke. It's all so fucking ridiculous and phony. Besides, the first Dem candidate that gets a childish "sick burn" on Trump is gonna be celebrated like the arrival of the Twelfth Imam.
Posted by: ... at February 23, 2020 12:15 AM (Wge+f)
Posted by: Abby at February 23, 2020 12:15 AM (SM/op)
Posted by: NZFrank with a M2 at February 23, 2020 12:15 AM (tAuzy)
Posted by: ALH at February 22, 2020 11:13 PM (xUVVX)
---
it's always the same cause: being alive.
Life is a sexually transmitted disease with a 100% mortality rate.
Posted by: redc1c4 at February 23, 2020 12:15 AM (LaaND)
Norm MacDonald does a 5 minute long classic version of this joke.
Posted by: ... at February 23, 2020 12:15 AM (Wge+f)
Posted by: redc1c4 at February 23, 2020 12:15 AM (LaaND)
life is terminal
Posted by: REDACTED at February 23, 2020 12:16 AM (rpxSz)
Unluckily for the fox, it's otter mating season.
Posted by: boulder t'hobo at February 23, 2020 12:18 AM (ykYG2)
Posted by: pawn at February 23, 2020 12:18 AM (PveK5)
I'd be out of CA like a shot if not for family.
Posted by: Ace's liver at February 23, 2020 12:08 AM (wGeit)
I'd move to CA. If it wasn't for politics, but then a lot of people leaving or wanting to leave would stay. I also double checked, our property taxes are 1800 a year now, wife handles that stuff. $1200 was in 2010.
Posted by: Evasiveboat42 at February 23, 2020 12:19 AM (Rz2Nc)
I stoled it from Lew Grizzard.
Posted by: MarkY at February 23, 2020 12:20 AM (5RkWa)
knock your brains out on nurse ratched's house and make her batshit crazy
season.
I swear, these bastards are going to get me arrested.
Posted by: nurse ratched at February 23, 2020 12:20 AM (PkVlr)
If you're in a house that's worth a lot of money, and you own it outright or have major equity in it, maybe give this a try?
Fix it up and sell it off. Do your homework, and find a realtor who can get it at the top of the market.
Determine where you wanna live. Cost of living, etc. It all matters.
Look to invest the proceeds from the sale of your house into as many Rental Units as you can afford to squeeze into your portfolio. AVOID being a slumlord. Buy good, solid, middle-class or better properties. Set aside 3% of gross rents for maintenance.
Buy for yourself either a nice RV, or a yacht that suits your live-aboard needs. Why these options?
No property tax (CA taxes 'em though). No lawns to mow.
Keep re-investing rental profits into more rental units. Goal is to have a liveable income from a status of having 75% occupancy rate.
Rents go up a few percentage points per year, keeping up with inflation. *and* your properties are appreciating, all the while.
Contract a property management company to run the things, if you're not up to the challenge.
Finally.
When you've enjoyed all the "retirement" that you can stand, after maybe 10 years of rental ownership, sell the whole portfolio to an institutional investor.
The proceeds of such ought to damn well cover the final times of a Moron or 'Ette.
You know, parties, debauchery, The Villages, all that.
Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX
Posted by: Jim at February 23, 2020 12:21 AM (QzJWU)
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at February 23, 2020 12:22 AM (Ewo9R)
Cabelas sells a scoped, suppressed, hypersonic pellet rifle for less than $300.
SSS!
Shoot, Shovel, Shut up.
Posted by: MarkY at February 23, 2020 12:23 AM (5RkWa)
Posted by: no good deed at February 23, 2020 12:23 AM (MmFTx)
Unluckily for the fox, it's otter mating season.
Posted by: boulder t'hobo at February 23, 2020 12:18 AM (ykYG2)
Usually at my house when there's screaming there's no mating for awhile.
Posted by: Ace's liver at February 23, 2020 12:24 AM (wGeit)
And a cabin.
I'll figure out the rest.
Or not.
Posted by: nurse ratched at February 23, 2020 12:14 AM (PkVlr)
I know someone that has lots of acreage in Alaska for sale, very expensive. Not certain if they ever decided to break it up into smaller bits yet.
Posted by: Evasiveboat42 at February 23, 2020 12:24 AM (Rz2Nc)
Posted by: no good deed at February 23, 2020 12:25 AM (MmFTx)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at February 23, 2020 12:26 AM (CDGwz)
Posted by: ... at February 23, 2020 12:26 AM (Wge+f)
Posted by: nurse ratched at February 23, 2020 12:26 AM (PkVlr)
Re: the fox mating.
Twice in the last two weeks, I've gone outside with the big searchlight and a small caliber to protect our cat... who ended up being in the house!
Foxes make weird noises.
Posted by: MarkY at February 23, 2020 12:26 AM (5RkWa)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at February 23, 2020 12:26 AM
I'm convinced he came back.
Think about it: if Lewis Grizzard was to be reincarnated, who and what would he come back as?
I think this is reincarnated Lewis Grizzard: https://tinyurl.com/sr8m4ba
Posted by: Bert G at February 23, 2020 12:29 AM (OMsf+)
Don't fence me in
Let me ride in the wide open country I love
Don't fence me in
Let me be by myself in the evening breeze
And listen to the murmur of the cottonwood trees
Send me off forever, but I ask you please
Don't fence me in
Posted by: Insomniac - Ex Cineribus Resurgo at February 23, 2020 12:31 AM (NWiLs)
Posted by: Mike at February 23, 2020 12:33 AM (WWn8/)
https://youtu.be/imZjCbRuZ3c
Posted by: MarkY at February 23, 2020 12:33 AM (5RkWa)
Posted by: Bert G
----
Well, yeah, powerful resemblance.
Mrs. H went to high school with him.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at February 23, 2020 12:33 AM (CDGwz)
Just saw a Bloomberg ad on MeTV. It was a black man who had been in prison. He says Mike will reform the criminal justice system.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at February 23, 2020 12:34 AM (aKsyK)
I'd be out of CA like a shot if not for family.
Posted by: Ace's liver at February 23, 2020 12:08 AM (wGeit)
I'd move to CA. If it wasn't for politics, but then a lot of people leaving or wanting to leave would stay. I also double checked, our property taxes are 1800 a year now, wife handles that stuff. $1200 was in 2010.
Posted by: Evasiveboat42 at February 23, 2020 12:19 AM (Rz2Nc)
Oh, the weather's nice. But the politics is a killer. We're on the verge of a complete breakdown in order - shopkeepers in SF no longer bother to call the cops when people come in and take inventory without paying. The cops won't do anything, and if they did do something the DA wouldn't charge. The results are pretty predictable.
Posted by: Ace's liver at February 23, 2020 12:34 AM (wGeit)
Just saw a Bloomberg ad on MeTV. It was a black man who had been in prison. He says Mike will reform the criminal justice system.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at February 23, 2020 12:34 AM (aKsyK)
How is that going to fly when so many people are on him for "stop & frisk"?
Posted by: Ace's liver at February 23, 2020 12:34 AM (wGeit)
Posted by: Insomniac - Ex Cineribus Resurgo at February 23, 2020 12:35 AM (NWiLs)
I'm considering making a vacay with gf out of the road trip with the MoMe mixed in.
I hope nobody will make fun of her, she says things like "supposably" that make her an easy target for smart people, but I find it endearing.
I love to listen to her chatter about things.
Posted by: Bitter Clinger at February 23, 2020 12:35 AM (MMC4G)
I'm considering making a vacay with gf out of the road trip with the MoMe mixed in.
I hope nobody will make fun of her, she says things like "supposably" that make her an easy target for smart people, but I find it endearing.
I love to listen to her chatter about things.
Posted by: Bitter Clinger at February 23, 2020 12:35 AM (MMC4G)
We'll need some candid photos as part of the rigorous pre-screening process.
Posted by: Insomniac - Ex Cineribus Resurgo at February 23, 2020 12:37 AM (NWiLs)
Good advice, as always, Jim. My wife had rentals, sold them all and invested, never will have rentals again. Low end rentals bad, high end rentals good. Selling the high end house was funny. The realtor called with an offer, wife and I were in New Orleans so we couldn't sign, the buyers we're heading out to Aspen for a few weeks. We just put it off for a month until everyone was back in town.
Posted by: Evasiveboat42 at February 23, 2020 12:38 AM (Rz2Nc)
I work with someone who mangles the language
the other day she said something was 'pernament'
she says supposably too
instead of being careful she says 'I was cautioned'
I can't say anything about it because it's widely believed at work that I have anger issues
Posted by: DB- just DB at February 23, 2020 12:40 AM (iTXRQ)
Posted by: NZFrank with a M2 at February 23, 2020 12:40 AM (tAuzy)
..I'm considering making a vacay with gf out of the road trip with the MoMe mixed in.
I hope nobody will make fun of her, she says things like "supposably" that make her an easy target for smart people, but I find it endearing.
I love to listen to her chatter about things.
Posted by: Bitter Clinger at February 23, 2020 12:35 AM (MMC4G)
She'll fit right in. The MoMeet will likely adopt her.
You?
Work on the puppy-eyed look, would be my advice?
/snrk
Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX
Posted by: Jim at February 23, 2020 12:41 AM (QzJWU)
Posted by: NZFrank with a M2 at February 23, 2020 12:43 AM (tAuzy)
Posted by: no good deed at February 23, 2020 12:43 AM (MmFTx)
....
Ha!
You guys always give such a warm, fuzzy feeling.
Posted by: Bitter Clinger at February 23, 2020 12:44 AM (MMC4G)
Posted by: Ace's liver at February 23, 2020 12:34 AM (wGeit)
Yes, read about that here (Ohio), places will shutdown.
My wife is currently vacationing out that way, San Jose, she knows the way.
Posted by: Evasiveboat42 at February 23, 2020 12:45 AM (Rz2Nc)
Posted by: Charles the Simple at February 23, 2020 12:45 AM (HuH1F)
Posted by: Charles the Simple at February 23, 2020 12:46 AM (HuH1F)
I love to listen to her chatter about things.
Posted by: Bitter Clinger
I don't know about the MoMes, but I have a wife that is brilliant, but undereducated.
She knows the words, but has rarely heard half of them.
How can you not like someone like that?
She's read then all, and has established her own pronunciation. Kinda like when you watch a movie of a book you love, and they pronounce the words or names differently.
Posted by: MarkY at February 23, 2020 12:46 AM (5RkWa)
Posted by: NZFrank with a M2 at February 23, 2020 12:48 AM (tAuzy)
Posted by: Charles the Simple at February 23, 2020 12:49 AM (HuH1F)
Posted by: Bitter Clinger at February 23, 2020 12:35 AM (MMC4G)
She sounds lovely, I'm certain it'll be just fine.
I like my wife's voice too, I just find it odd when she begins conversations with "you didn't listen to a word I said".
Posted by: Evasiveboat42 at February 23, 2020 12:50 AM (Rz2Nc)
Posted by: Charles the Simple at February 23, 2020 12:51 AM (HuH1F)
She knows the words, but has rarely heard half of them.
How can you not like someone like that?
She's read then all, and has established her own pronunciation. Kinda like when you watch a movie of a book you love, and they pronounce the words or names differently.
Posted by: MarkY at February 23, 2020 12:46 AM (5RkWa)
No mockery. She sounds a treasure.
And yet I've been forced into professional proximity with too many credentialed cretins with impeccable verbal skills, and not the brainpower with which to ignite a fart.
Bring her with you to the TxMoMeet. We'll all be the better for you being there.
Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX
Posted by: Jim at February 23, 2020 12:53 AM (QzJWU)
I love to listen to her theories about things.
I just get her started and then sit back and listen. She makes me smile a lot.
Posted by: Bitter Clinger at February 23, 2020 12:55 AM (MMC4G)
Jim
We won't do the Tex Mo Meet.
There's some interest in a MidWest MO meet. Perhaps then.
We're gonna go to Nawlins for our first vacay in about 5 years next month. And that's for a family thang.
Small biz is a trial.
Posted by: MarkY at February 23, 2020 12:58 AM (5RkWa)
Posted by: Charles the Simple at February 23, 2020 12:58 AM (HuH1F)
Posted by: NZFrank with a M2 at February 23, 2020 12:59 AM (tAuzy)
Y'all be at the Tx Mo Meet. Bring your ladies.
Why?
They're from my roots. I had to learn it all the hard way, from scratch. Up from nothing, with no more edumakashun than High School.
I've fumbled my way through more than a word or six.
Which is why I'm a better writer that talker, and always have been.
Still, at the Mo Meets? Your ladies will shine![/] I've absolutely no doubt whatsoever.
Just please be sure they groom your respective pelts, first, too?
Me, I'll just pick up a fresh pelt from the cleaners.
Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX
Posted by: Jim at February 23, 2020 01:00 AM (QzJWU)
I'm clearly not firing on all cylinders, here. And another long day on the road for work, tomorrow.
But, glutton for punishment, and near barreling.
Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX
Posted by: Jim at February 23, 2020 01:03 AM (QzJWU)
Not that we don't want to.
It's truly a big damn deal to get away.
Posted by: MarkY at February 23, 2020 01:03 AM (5RkWa)
Posted by: Charles the Simple at February 23, 2020 01:05 AM (HuH1F)
Posted by: Evasiveboat42 at February 23, 2020 01:06 AM (Rz2Nc)
Posted by: NZFrank with a M2 at February 23, 2020 01:08 AM (tAuzy)
Posted by: Charles the Simple at February 23, 2020 12:58 AM (HuH1F)
I know the feeling. I just figure she's studying me, to see what dumb ass thing I do next.
Posted by: Evasiveboat42 at February 23, 2020 01:09 AM (Rz2Nc)
Posted by: Charles the Simple at February 23, 2020 01:12 AM (HuH1F)
trying to build a decent long house on wheels to beat feet outa Cali where Taxing to death is a 2020 campaign logo.
and the Getty Boy wants doctors to be able to write prescriptions for housing.....(the BIG one is pending shortly fer sure.) Hey doc?? how bout a prescription to euthanize most politicians in Sacto?
Nothing like a good start if ever was....
Posted by: Nightwatch stone axe smith at February 23, 2020 01:13 AM (kFkpX)
Not that we don't want to.
It's truly a big damn deal to get away.
Posted by: MarkY at February 23, 2020 01:03 AM (5RkWa)
Oh, you have NO idea of what you've just done.
You've called for and cause a Major Mo Meet to be soon summed from the aether, and to constitute itself near to your town, organize itself within the bounds of your commerce, and otherwise just dump itself upon your lap at the most inconvenient and inopportune time.
You'd might as well just fess up and tell us the "where", so we can figure the "when".
You see, we do have a particular talent, a unique skill set. We will track you. We will find you. And we will Mo Meet you.
*presses "end" on phone*
You know what to do, Horde. You. Know. What. To. Do.
Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX
Posted by: Jim at February 23, 2020 01:13 AM (QzJWU)
Posted by: Charles the Simple at February 23, 2020 01:15 AM (HuH1F)
Yeah, Jim.
You come on heah, and organize that thang!
It will be done, I'm sure. But I ain't gonna do it
Posted by: MarkY at February 23, 2020 01:17 AM (5RkWa)
Posted by: Charles the Simple at February 23, 2020 01:17 AM (HuH1F)
Posted by: MarkY at February 23, 2020 01:18 AM (5RkWa)
Posted by: NZFrank with a M2 at February 23, 2020 01:19 AM (tAuzy)
Posted by: parker at February 23, 2020 01:19 AM (0RwPz)
Posted by: Nightwatch stone axe smith at February 23, 2020 01:22 AM (kFkpX)
Posted by: NZFrank with a M2 at February 23, 2020 01:23 AM (tAuzy)
Posted by: Charles the Simple at February 23, 2020 01:24 AM (HuH1F)
Posted by: Nightwatch stone axe smith at February 23, 2020 01:24 AM (kFkpX)
Posted by: Evasiveboat42 at February 23, 2020 01:26 AM (Rz2Nc)
Posted by: Nightwatch stone axe smith at February 23, 2020 01:30 AM (kFkpX)
Posted by: Charles the Simple at February 23, 2020 01:32 AM (HuH1F)
Range where I volunteer occasionally gets ships' companies doing their qualifications, and they bring M2s. Of course the things completely obliterate the target stands (just wood stakes sitting in a metal base, intended for paper targets on cardboard backers). One day a lieutenant apologized to a couple of us ROs, we were laughing and said "that's what you're here for!".
Posted by: rhomboid at February 23, 2020 01:34 AM (El6T/)
I've noticed that Russian WWII films often are quite accurate in showing jeeps as the primary small vehicle for officers and others. So they must have a stock of them restored for movie use.
In the late '70s I saw a US jeep caisson that was being used as the trailer for a big tank of a beverage being sold in a park (kvas). Quite a thing.
Posted by: rhomboid at February 23, 2020 01:38 AM (El6T/)
If I was not just a stupid 20 sumthin in the early 80's, who sold it to a rancher in Pasa Robles for what I paid for it in 1975 (1,100.00) cuz money was tight....did a frame up restore....and hung on to it....be worth 40,000.00 on today's market....yep.
Posted by: Nightwatch stone axe smith at February 23, 2020 01:39 AM (kFkpX)
Many of the proper vintage won't even require any explanation of *which* game that was.
Younger folks might wonder where the "USA!" chant first became popular, and why.
I had heard the result on the radio before the delayed replay on TV was broadcast. Watched the replay with two friends - they didn't know.
I kept it to myself. I remember, with the tension building in the 2nd half of the 3rd period, that I sort of forgot that I already knew who won, and got caught up with my friends' excitement and worry that the Soviets would tie the score.
Amazing time.
Posted by: rhomboid at February 23, 2020 01:44 AM (El6T/)
Posted by: Charles the Simple at February 23, 2020 01:46 AM (HuH1F)
Posted by: Charles the Simple at February 23, 2020 01:48 AM (HuH1F)
You come on heah, and organize that thang!
It will be done, I'm sure. But I ain't gonna do it.
The Horde will self-organize, and do it.
It is the way of our people.
Morons like me, do out best to throw some support into the effort, fund it where possible, and cheerlead it into success, otherwise.
Our record speaks of success.
Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX
Posted by: Jim at February 23, 2020 01:50 AM (QzJWU)
Willy's a Russian name? Not even dude...WTF???
Willy's Overland was an american car company that went into competition for the Army contract with Ford and a couple of other small timers to produce a 1/4 ton general purpose transport vehicle.
Russian......sorry
Posted by: Nightwatch stone axe smith at February 23, 2020 01:50 AM (kFkpX)
Any more than "Studebaker" - also the word used for heavy trucks, for the same reason - was a Russian name.
Posted by: rhomboid at February 23, 2020 02:12 AM (El6T/)
They made the GAZ, GAZ-21, Yugo and other stalwart screaming hunks of Russkie automotive.....huh.....well.....
junk......and you usually had to wait 5 to 10 years to take delivery on one of these beauties if you were living in Mother Russia
Dah
Posted by: Nightwatch stone axe smith at February 23, 2020 02:18 AM (kFkpX)
Posted by: raimondo at February 23, 2020 02:25 AM (liNK+)
What "Spanish language campaigning"?
I don't think AOC actually knows Spanish, other than kitchen Spanish. I've certainly never heard her give a speech in Spanish.
Her father was born in the Bronx, and her mother strikes me as the sort of upwardly-mobile parent who would insist that English be spoken in the house, so her kids could get ahead.
AOC is laying the ground work for presidential run in 2024 if bernie doesn't make it.
That would be just hilarious.
Bernie's going to get slaughtered in the general election, so therefore AOC's political star is on the rise.
Posted by: The ARC of History! at February 23, 2020 02:41 AM (I2/tG)
Posted by: parker at February 23, 2020 02:49 AM (0RwPz)
Posted by: USNtakim at February 23, 2020 02:51 AM (0OmEj)
Posted by: The ARC of History! at February 23, 2020 02:41 AM (I2/tG)
If AOC survives the primary then the election. She's got Dems running against her in the primary as well as Republicans in the general. She had a cake walk her first go 'round as Crowley didn't take her seriously and did not really campaign. (He even sent a surrogate Spanish speaker to one 'debate' and not bothering to show up himself, that's how serious he took AOC.) Then, in the general, she was up against someone who was just a name on the ballot as he didn't campaign, either. This time, she's going to actually have to campaign and I don't think those campaign stops are going to be super friendly after the Amazon fiasco, along with her idiotic statements overall.
Let's just say I hope she's a shooting star that burns up in the 'campaign' atmosphere and fades quick. Her supporting radical Dem candidates against Dem incumbents won't endear her to the Party, either, which means no DNC campaign money. Napoleon Soda sure ain't gonna give her any money.
I'm not saying her seat is flippable, but it could happen as NYC is fed up with progressive laws like the No Bail Law and the sanctuary bullshit. Plus, Trump has really long coattails.
Posted by: RickZ at February 23, 2020 02:56 AM (Y8PSl)
Posted by: parker at February 23, 2020 02:59 AM (0RwPz)
Posted by: Bert G at February 23, 2020 03:12 AM (OMsf+)
When this puppy blows, it will as bright as the full moon in our skies for months or years. Astronomers expect ole Beetlejuice to go nova sometime within the next 100k years, but if it don't get its ass in gear I'm gonna miss it.
Sad.
Posted by: GnuBreed at February 23, 2020 03:21 AM (Bj+ND)
Astronomers expect ole Beetlejuice to go nova sometime within the next 100k years, but if it don't get its ass in gear I'm gonna miss it.
Sad.
Posted by: GnuBreed
======
Take heart, the Earth is 4.5 billion years old and you are living during the 8 where Donald trump is president.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at February 23, 2020 03:28 AM (G51Gf)
Occasionally my fellow Americans disappoint me.
We are not worthy of him, are we?
Posted by: The ARC of History! at February 23, 2020 03:36 AM (I2/tG)
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at February 23, 2020 03:28 AM (G51Gf)
I want both, dammit. Besides, just think -- With our nights well lit, criminals will have a harder time doing burglaries, and the Dems would blame Trump for both causing the supernova and ruining criminal careers.
On the brighter side, Bill Kristol has the sadz because of Bernie's NV win, and is faced having to support the commie. lolgf Bill.
Posted by: GnuBreed at February 23, 2020 03:40 AM (Bj+ND)
Posted by: Vic at February 23, 2020 03:45 AM (mpXpK)
Posted by: The Intragalactic Yoko Ono Artistic Appreciation Association, AoSHQ Coven at February 23, 2020 03:48 AM (DMUuz)
On the brighter side, Bill Kristol has the sadz because of Bernie's NV win, and is faced having to support the commie. lolgf Bill.
Posted by: GnuBreed
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Now that right there lights up my sky.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at February 23, 2020 03:50 AM (G51Gf)
A message if you know your enemy and yourself as QOC does you will not fear the out come of a hundred battles. If you know neither like morons here you will always lose. Most school rooms in heavily latinx districts have picture of AOC on the wall not drumpf! The young latinas love her.
Posted by: raimondo at February 23, 2020 04:37 AM (liNK+)
Posted by: Soothsayer, now with a gentle glide applicator tip at February 23, 2020 04:46 AM (n/O3c)
Posted by: Soothsayer, now with a gentle glide applicator tip at February 23, 2020 04:48 AM (n/O3c)
Posted by: Soothsayer, now with a gentle glide applicator tip at February 23, 2020 04:49 AM (n/O3c)
We now live in a country when a major political party's nominee for president could be a candidate who is running to the Left of Jill Stein.
*Jill Stein in 2016
Posted by: Soothsayer, now with a gentle glide applicator tip at February 23, 2020 04:52 AM (n/O3c)
Posted by: JT at February 23, 2020 05:03 AM (arJlL)
g'mornin', 'rons
Posted by: AltonJackson at February 23, 2020 05:15 AM (/aKd3)
Posted by: Skip at February 23, 2020 05:30 AM (ZCEU2)
g'mornin, Skip
Posted by: AltonJackson at February 23, 2020 05:31 AM (/aKd3)
Posted by: jsg at February 23, 2020 05:35 AM (fy8qB)
Posted by: Skip at February 23, 2020 05:42 AM (ZCEU2)
Posted by: Vic at February 23, 2020 05:46 AM (mpXpK)
Posted by: Skip at February 23, 2020 05:46 AM (ZCEU2)
Posted by: Vic at February 23, 2020 06:04 AM (mpXpK)
Posted by: JoeF. at February 22, 2020 11:16 PM
It's only mostly dead.
Posted by: ALH at February 22, 2020 11:18 PM
So if he is endorsing her, I guess that makes Obama her "Miracle Max".
Posted by: Clyde Shelton at February 23, 2020 01:19 PM (gWGi6)
Posted by: Tamaa the Drongo Bird at February 24, 2020 05:12 PM (wGqjj)
I used to use my own bags at stores. Then I heard Illinois was going to tax bags so we started collecting them. We have a gazillion but apparently Illinois isn't going to tax them in the near future.
We use them to collect dog poop and as garbage bags. So we need some. I wasn't about to pay for the damn things. Funny thing all these idiots so why not stop plastic bags when you bend them at grocery stores then they buy more for the garbage it actually increases the sale of plastic bags. Idiots.4
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Real Clear Politics
Gallup
Paul Anka Haiku Contest Announcement
Integrity SAT's: Entrance Exam for Paul Anka's Band
AllahPundit's Paul Anka 45's Collection
AnkaPundit: Paul Anka Takes Over the Site for a Weekend (Continues through to Monday's postings)
George Bush Slices Don Rumsfeld Like an F*ckin' Hammer
Democratic Forays into Erotica
New Shows On Gore's DNC/MTV Network
Nicknames for Potatoes, By People Who Really Hate Potatoes
Star Wars Euphemisms for Self-Abuse
Signs You're at an Iraqi "Wedding Party"
Signs Your Clown Has Gone Bad
Signs That You, Geroge Michael, Should Probably Just Give It Up
Signs of Hip-Hop Influence on John Kerry
NYT Headlines Spinning Bush's Jobs Boom
Things People Are More Likely to Say Than "Did You Hear What Al Franken Said Yesterday?"
Signs that Paul Krugman Has Lost His Frickin' Mind
All-Time Best NBA Players, According to Senator Robert Byrd
Other Bad Things About the Jews, According to the Koran
Signs That David Letterman Just Doesn't Care Anymore
Examples of Bob Kerrey's Insufferable Racial Jackassery
Signs Andy Rooney Is Going Senile
Other Judgments Dick Clarke Made About Condi Rice Based on Her Appearance
Collective Names for Groups of People
John Kerry's Other Vietnam Super-Pets
Cool Things About the XM8 Assault Rifle
Media-Approved Facts About the Democrat Spy
Changes to Make Christianity More "Inclusive"
Secret John Kerry Senatorial Accomplishments
John Edwards Campaign Excuses
John Kerry Pick-Up Lines
Changes Liberal Senator George Michell Will Make at Disney
Torments in Dog-Hell
The Ace of Spades HQ Sex-for-Money Skankathon
A D&D Guide to the Democratic Candidates
Margaret Cho: Just Not Funny
More Margaret Cho Abuse
Margaret Cho: Still Not Funny
Iraqi Prisoner Claims He Was Raped... By Woman
Wonkette Announces "Morning Zoo" Format
John Kerry's "Plan" Causes Surrender of Moqtada al-Sadr's Militia
World Muslim Leaders Apologize for Nick Berg's Beheading
Michael Moore Goes on Lunchtime Manhattan Death-Spree
Milestone: Oliver Willis Posts 400th "Fake News Article" Referencing Britney Spears
Liberal Economists Rue a "New Decade of Greed"
Artificial Insouciance: Maureen Dowd's Word Processor Revolts Against Her Numbing Imbecility
Intelligence Officials Eye Blogs for Tips
They Done Found Us Out, Cletus: Intrepid Internet Detective Figures Out Our Master Plan
Shock: Josh Marshall Almost Mentions Sarin Discovery in Iraq
Leather-Clad Biker Freaks Terrorize Australian Town
When Clinton Was President, Torture Was Cool
What Wonkette Means When She Explains What Tina Brown Means
Wonkette's Stand-Up Act
Wankette HQ Gay-Rumors Du Jour
Here's What's Bugging Me: Goose and Slider
My Own Micah Wright Style Confession of Dishonesty
Outraged "Conservatives" React to the FMA
An On-Line Impression of Dennis Miller Having Sex with a Kodiak Bear
The Story the Rightwing Media Refuses to Report!
Our Lunch with David "Glengarry Glen Ross" Mamet
The House of Love: Paul Krugman
A Michael Moore Mystery (TM)
The Dowd-O-Matic!
Liberal Consistency and Other Myths
Kepler's Laws of Liberal Media Bias
John Kerry-- The Splunge! Candidate
"Divisive" Politics & "Attacks on Patriotism" (very long)
The Donkey ("The Raven" parody)