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What Rough ONT, Its Hour Come Round At Last, Slouches Towards Bethlehem To Be Born?

As a boy scout once said, “Be Prepared”.


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If things get worse, I'm gonna start using the above as the backdrop for online meetings.

Speaking Of Online Meetings

Seems Zoom might not be the best choice.


We regret to inform you that Zoom is a ‘privacy disaster’ and quite possibly a danger to national security.

Now, I've been using Zoom for quite a lot of stuff lately. I'm not too concerned about nonsense like Zoom-bombing, nothing I've done on Zoom is private, but I am concerned about what installing it might have opened my system up to. Any IT types want to chime in?

Of course, even other platforms come with pitfalls:

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Oh, as long as I have the attention of the IT types, I still haven't upgraded from Win 7 to 10. Do I really have to? I fucking hate 10 with the heat of 1000 suns.

We're Off!



I've Been Waiting My Whole Life For This Moment


With March Madness canceled, food industry is overloaded with chicken wings

Somebody is going to have to eat all those wings.

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Pandemics Come And Go, But Bureaucracy Is Forever

Navy fires captain of aircraft carrier over leak of letter to leadership

Word that I've been hearing is that there was an outbreak of Wuhan Flu on his ship, and the response he got when he tried to get help for his sailors went something like this:

So, to protect his men, he wrote a scathing letter, one that was sure to be leaked, and emailed it to the SecNav or someone similar. Now he's being relieved for going outside the chain of command. Look, I was never a sailor, and I understand how important the chain of command is, but I also understand that REMFers will rat-fuck a ships company to cover their asses 19 times out of 10. Indeed, if you read multiple reports about the incident, those are the types of quotes you see:

"It undermines our efforts -- and the chain of command's efforts -- to address this problem and creates a panic and creates the perception that the Navy is not on the job, the government's not on the job

IOW “Stop pointing out our incompetence!”. Well, you are incompetent. Every single, damn one of you. Oh, not all individuals, but every god damned agency in government is sinfully incompetent, in spite of the efforts of the many good folks working there.

I'm sure that Capt. Crozier knows all of this better than any of us, which means he shit canned his entire career to safeguard his crew. Quite admirable, in my book.


Related: UNREAL: FDA Sat on Critical Mask-Sanitizing Technology, Leaving the Job Up to Grandmas with Sewing Machines This company perfected a process to sterilize 150K masks per day, but the FDA only allowed them to clean 10K/day.


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Pictured: FDA

Oh, by amazing coincidence, shortly after the above story broke, the FDA granted approval to operate at capacity. Shortly after Capt. Brett Crozier's email leaked, half of the ship's company was transferred to facilities ashore for proper treatment and quarantine. Imagine that.


Things About The Lock Down That Bother Me

#1 How easily so many people are willingly giving up their liberties

#2 How eagerly many politicians are taking advantage of that willingness to release their inner Stalin

Newsom says coronavirus is an ‘opportunity for reimagining a more progressive era’


#3 How many people are eager to embrace their inner Stasi.

Residents are telling on neighbors, businesses who break quarantine

#4 The choices that we're making. Pot shops and abortion mills are open as “essential services”. Gun stores and churches are closed. Christian Round-Ups Continue: 7 Arrested for Praying Near Greensboro Abortion Clinic

Note the details from the story. They were:

A) on private property
B) in a group <10, more than 6 ' apart
C) praying to themselves

In other words, they were obeying the rules about gathering, yet they were still arrested, because the authorities didn't like their beliefs.

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How much longer before the country breaks? Buy guns.

But Not These Guns

Six of the Strangest Guns Ever Made

Question Of The Day

Do your dreams ever go into reruns? IOW do you ever have the same dream more than once? I often wake with the thought “Oh, there was that dream again”, but I don't know if it was actually a dream I'd had before (because I forget the details pretty quickly) or if the thought that it was was part of the dream, if that makes any sense. How about all y'all?


Generation X

It Took a Global Pandemic, But Generation X is Finally Getting Love

Yeah, we don't GAF. We're too busy holding the country together during this crisis as the Boomers are bitching and moaning about their SS checks and the Millennials are bitching and moaning about their $80K school loan payments for their degree in underwater grievance studies. GenZ is eating tide pods and drinking beer out of each other's asses (Just trust me on this one. Don't see for yourself. NSFW-ish) You're welcome, America.



Tonight's ONT brought to you by Chuck & Nancy:

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Posted by: WeirdDave at 10:00 PM




Comments

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1 Mucho content.

Posted by: Walter Freeman at April 02, 2020 10:06 PM (+oVP5)

2 Guns!

Posted by: lin-duh at April 02, 2020 10:06 PM (UUBmN)

3 Undernood

Posted by: Skip at April 02, 2020 10:06 PM (ZCEU2)

4 Hi.

Guess I'm early.

I brought Doritos.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Flying Kites at Night at April 02, 2020 10:06 PM (x8Wzq)

5 Thirſt!

Posted by: Zettai Roshia-no Asetto at April 02, 2020 10:06 PM (QHxmP)

6 hiya

Posted by: JT at April 02, 2020 10:06 PM (arJlL)

7 Here

Posted by: Case at April 02, 2020 10:06 PM (mcuue)

8 WD, the man with all the right tools!

Posted by: All Hail Eris, Michigangsta at April 02, 2020 10:06 PM (Dc2NZ)

9 Good Evening

Posted by: wing at April 02, 2020 10:06 PM (JFzNN)

10 Question Of The Day

Do your dreams ever go into reruns? IOW do you ever have the same dream more than once? I often wake with the thought "Oh, there was that dream again", but I don't know if it was actually a dream I'd had before (because I forget the details pretty quickly) or if the thought that it was was part of the dream, if that makes any sense. How about all y'all?


yeah

Posted by: hogmartin at April 02, 2020 10:07 PM (t+qrx)

11 Was there and didn't recognize it right away.
Good night horde.

Posted by: Skip at April 02, 2020 10:07 PM (ZCEU2)

12 Grandmas wouldn't have to make masks if 3M didn't send them all overseas, and shaft hospitals with previous orders.

Posted by: CN at April 02, 2020 10:08 PM (ONvIw)

13 Evening Horde. Thank God for you good people.

Posted by: Tonypete at April 02, 2020 10:08 PM (Y4EXg)

14 I still have Windows 7! I too loathe Window 10.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, Michigangsta at April 02, 2020 10:08 PM (Dc2NZ)

15 I fucking hate 10 with the heat of 1000 suns.

AMEN brutha !

Posted by: JT at April 02, 2020 10:09 PM (arJlL)

16 Recurring childhood fever dream:

Real life game of Atari 2600 Surround where the board was constantly on the edge of ending me, but simultaneously expanding just enough to stay alive.

Hard to explain, but it was more like an eagle eye view and sense of being sorta dream.

Posted by: Walter Freeman at April 02, 2020 10:10 PM (+oVP5)

17 Hey everybody.

Bring on the chicken wings!! I'm ready!!!

Posted by: qdpsteve at April 02, 2020 10:10 PM (L2ZTs)

18 I still have Windows 7! I too loathe Window 10.

I'm another Windows 7 diehard.

Posted by: Basement Cat at April 02, 2020 10:10 PM (pPNCa)

19 See cdrsalamander for some insight on the Navy REMFS!

Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar at April 02, 2020 10:11 PM (BiNEL)

20 Good evening, Horde!

Posted by: Ladyl at April 02, 2020 10:11 PM (TdMsT)

21 Phased plasma rifle in the 40 watt range?

Posted by: Splunge at April 02, 2020 10:11 PM (dOV9E)

22 Hello, horde. Sitting at SeaTac waiting on my flight back to Spokane. It's been a looooong day.

Posted by: Jordan61 at April 02, 2020 10:11 PM (XMsJi)

23 have a laptop with windows 7 on it. no fucling clue where it is. don't care.

Posted by: chavez the hugo at April 02, 2020 10:11 PM (KP5rU)

24 hogmartin.. have you ever had a dream within a dream?

Posted by: Jewells45 at April 02, 2020 10:11 PM (dUJdY)

25 Actually there are a few dreams I have that are reoccurring but are sequels more than the same dream again.

Posted by: Skip at April 02, 2020 10:11 PM (ZCEU2)

26 Evening Ladyl

Posted by: wing at April 02, 2020 10:12 PM (JFzNN)

27 No Zappa and too much Covid shit. But thanks for the ONT

Posted by: Lonesome Ed at April 02, 2020 10:12 PM (2CtSR)

28 LadyL!

Posted by: chavez the hugo at April 02, 2020 10:12 PM (KP5rU)

29
I still have nightmares about working for the law firm that abused me for two months then abruptly fired me.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 02, 2020 10:12 PM (7rVsF)

30 Second the request for techie info about Zoom security/Windows. I'm using it to teach remote lessons.

Hi, Hordelings...

Posted by: Piercello at April 02, 2020 10:12 PM (ajoh7)

31 Somebody is going to have to eat all those wings.

If baseball season is canceled completely, someone is going to have to eat an awful lot of hot dogs and drink mucho beer.

Posted by: Basement Cat at April 02, 2020 10:12 PM (pPNCa)

32 Hey, Big Navy, you fired a skilled Aviator, Nuclear power-trained, one of a handful with a previous deep-draft command as CO of our ready response CVN against Chinese Aggression? The CVN TR is the point of the spear for 7th Fleet.

Where are you getting a better war-fighting CO? And what does this say about Big Navy priorities?

Sad. Very sad.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at April 02, 2020 10:12 PM (u82oZ)

33 {{Ladyl}}!!

Posted by: Jewells45 at April 02, 2020 10:13 PM (dUJdY)

34 3M shit appears to have just got real

Posted by: jhawk90 at April 02, 2020 10:13 PM (9IkUJ)

35 Hey everybody!!

Hubby and I got back from the grocery store about an hour ago. Still no TP. WTH??

Posted by: jmel at April 02, 2020 10:13 PM (OeWgo)

36 I took what is probably my last hot bath. For tomorrow promised the erf's water shall be contaminated with Egg Flu Lung.

Posted by: Cicero Kaboom! Kid. at April 02, 2020 10:13 PM (Vy7tf)

37 Great ONT, WeirdDave! Thanks for the much needed levity.

Posted by: Legally Sufficient at April 02, 2020 10:13 PM (WFcrO)

38 Good thing Cracker Jack will taste the same next year.

Posted by: Walter Freeman at April 02, 2020 10:13 PM (+oVP5)

39 hellont

Posted by: vmom 2020 at April 02, 2020 10:14 PM (G546f)

40 I'm another Windows 7 diehard.
Posted by: Basement Cat at April 02, 2020 10:10 PM (pPNCa)

I keep thinking I should do a Linux upgrade, but then I take another bong hit!

Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar at April 02, 2020 10:14 PM (BiNEL)

41 hogmartin.. have you ever had a dream within a dream?
Posted by: Jewells45

----

How could you be sure?

Posted by: Tonypete at April 02, 2020 10:14 PM (Y4EXg)

42 Holy shit, that HOA letter!

Posted by: Jordan61 at April 02, 2020 10:14 PM (XMsJi)

43 I was at the store today and they weren't out of anything. No sales but plenty of product.

Posted by: Lonesome Ed at April 02, 2020 10:14 PM (2CtSR)

44
3M shit appears to have just got real
Posted by: jhawk90 at April 02, 2020 10:13 PM (9IkUJ)


HR is organizing sensitivity and diversity guidelines.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 02, 2020 10:14 PM (7rVsF)

45 I preferred 7 to 10, but not enough that I'm willing to run a Microsoft operating system that went out of support months ago over it. I'm not the live dangerously type.

Posted by: hogmartin at April 02, 2020 10:14 PM (t+qrx)

46 Hubby and I got back from the grocery store about an hour ago. Still no TP. WTH??

Same was true at my supermarket this morning. Most everything else was available, though.

Posted by: Basement Cat at April 02, 2020 10:14 PM (pPNCa)

47 Hi, Hordelings...
Posted by: Piercello

YO !

Posted by: JT at April 02, 2020 10:14 PM (arJlL)

48 Dream a little dream of me.

Posted by: Jewells45 at April 02, 2020 10:15 PM (dUJdY)

49 Jordan, did you get to turn off your on deck thing on your kindle?

Posted by: vmom 2020 at April 02, 2020 10:15 PM (G546f)

50 {{{Ladyl}}}

Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar at April 02, 2020 10:15 PM (BiNEL)

51 3M is getting skinned alive on FB. If distributors are cancelling prior American orders to sell masks to foreigners, there really should be hell to pay

Posted by: CN at April 02, 2020 10:16 PM (ONvIw)

52 hogmartin.. have you ever had a dream within a dream?
Posted by: Jewells45 at April 02, 2020 10:11 PM (dUJdY)


I don't think so. I had one long series of dreams that went on for weeks or months, and then started being the actual real world, but I was in a brief coma at the time so I don't think that counts.

Posted by: hogmartin at April 02, 2020 10:16 PM (t+qrx)

53 Chuck and Nancy need to be ........

And that's all I can say about that.

Posted by: tbodie at April 02, 2020 10:16 PM (jhgxs)

54 {{{{{Horde}}}}}

Hi Piercello! Hope you are well!

{{{{Ladyl}}}} {{{{{Jewels}}}}}

Posted by: westminsterdogshow.....Coloradomorondezvous2020 at April 02, 2020 10:16 PM (/UQ/R)

55 I still have nightmares about working for the law firm that abused me for two months then abruptly fired me.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 02, 2020 10:12 PM (7rVsF)
* * * *

Sorry to hear that. May you find a boss who truly deserves you!

Posted by: Legally Sufficient at April 02, 2020 10:16 PM (WFcrO)

56 The whole TP thing has me furious as well as.. no chicken.. no beef..no wheat bread. I'm sick of these assholes hoarding shit.

Posted by: Jewells45 at April 02, 2020 10:16 PM (dUJdY)

57 Toilet paper hoarders have moved on to ice cream and free weights. WTF?

WD, great ONT BTW.

Posted by: Quilter's Irish Death at April 02, 2020 10:16 PM (DjiZK)

58 49 Jordan, did you get to turn off your on deck thing on your kindle?
Posted by: vmom 2020 at April 02, 2020 10:15 PM (G546f)

I haven't tried yet. I was going to on the last flight but I fell asleep. Just now sat down at the gate to the next flight, so I guess now is a good time.

Posted by: Jordan61 at April 02, 2020 10:16 PM (XMsJi)

59 Dream a little dream of me.
Posted by: Jewells45 at April 02, 2020 10:15 PM (dUJdY)


A kiss to build a dream on?

Posted by: hogmartin at April 02, 2020 10:17 PM (t+qrx)

60 dealt with 3m for five years. fucking evil. we were a supplier.

Posted by: chavez the hugo at April 02, 2020 10:17 PM (KP5rU)

61 I read the content.

Posted by: Emmie at April 02, 2020 10:17 PM (ouBhA)

62 Hey, I have a question--if you call someone an "asswipe," is that a compliment now?

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at April 02, 2020 10:17 PM (l9m7l)

63 Great ONT! loved the Wizard of Oz remake.

There's no flour and sugar at my grocery. And low on paper products. But otherwise ok. Lots of people in masks and sneeze guards for the staff. I took pictures. Figured this is an historic event.

Posted by: Iris at April 02, 2020 10:17 PM (6lKe4)

64 It's in settings/ apps / amazon apps/ video/streaming

iirc

Posted by: vmom 2020 at April 02, 2020 10:18 PM (G546f)

65 56 The whole TP thing has me furious as well as.. no chicken.. no beef..no wheat bread. I'm sick of these assholes hoarding shit.
Posted by: Jewells45 at April 02, 2020 10:16 PM (dUJdY)

Maybe the distributors have gone all 3M and are shipping the products abroad for more money?

Posted by: CN at April 02, 2020 10:18 PM (ONvIw)

66 wds!

Posted by: chavez the hugo at April 02, 2020 10:18 PM (KP5rU)

67 Posted by: westminsterdogshow.....Coloradomorondezvous2020 at April 02, 2020 10:16 PM (/UQ/R)

Back at ya pretty lady!! How's things out your way?

Posted by: Jewells45 at April 02, 2020 10:18 PM (dUJdY)

68 Conservative Treehouse says -
President Trump Invokes Defense Production Act Taking Control of 3M Production

Posted by: jhawk90 at April 02, 2020 10:18 PM (9IkUJ)

69
3M is getting skinned alive on FB. If distributors are cancelling prior American orders to sell masks to foreigners, there really should be hell to pay
Posted by: CN at April 02, 2020 10:16 PM (ONvIw)


This is what happens when the MBAs strategies catch up with them.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 02, 2020 10:18 PM (7rVsF)

70 I hate Windows 10 as well. Heat of the 1,000 suns and all that. Could be why I am still using Win7 while the new laptop with Win10 sits there, looking at me...

Posted by: Legally Sufficient at April 02, 2020 10:18 PM (WFcrO)

71 Damn. Read the content again.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 02, 2020 10:19 PM (miJU3)

72 Tip of the hat to Commissar Hrothgar

{{{......LadyL......}}}
{{{...... Jewells45 ......}}}

Congratulations, Insomniac!

Posted by: NaCly Dog at April 02, 2020 10:19 PM (u82oZ)

73 Hi, Hordelings...
Posted by: Piercello at April 02, 2020 10:12 PM (ajoh7)


Howdy, Piercello! I've missed you! Greetings to Mrs. Piercello!

Posted by: Emmie at April 02, 2020 10:19 PM (ouBhA)

74 CN, so you're saying 3M is in Scotch?
;-)

Posted by: qdpsteve at April 02, 2020 10:19 PM (L2ZTs)

75 Oh Jordan........sorry about you mil's death. Safe travels! We will get you here sometime

Posted by: westminsterdogshow.....Coloradomorondezvous2020 at April 02, 2020 10:19 PM (/UQ/R)

76 @62 that's funny!

Posted by: Lonesome Ed at April 02, 2020 10:19 PM (2CtSR)

77 All the refrigerated bagels were cleaned out yesterday at my local store. Someone's hoarding for their freezer 'cause the bagel shops are closed.

Posted by: Walter Freeman at April 02, 2020 10:19 PM (+oVP5)

78 Evening all! I got a new gub yesterday, yay me!

Posted by: zeera at April 02, 2020 10:19 PM (zUdXR)

79 That top picture with all the guns?

Those boxes of ammo down on the floor, are nowhere near enough to supply that battery of arms.

Goal is, 1,000 rounds per gun, with 500 rounds being an acceptable waypoint toward the goal.

Back in '07, I drove to a shooting event in the D/FW area, with about 8,000 rounds in assorted calibers, in boxes on the rear floorboards of the Crown Victoria.

On arrival, everyone was complimenting my cool "Low Rider".

I shoulda been blasting some Tejano on the stereo to complete the effect?


Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX

Posted by: Jim at April 02, 2020 10:19 PM (QzJWU)

80 68 Conservative Treehouse says -
President Trump Invokes Defense Production Act Taking Control of 3M Production
Posted by: jhawk90 at April 02, 2020 10:18 PM (9IkUJ)

Good and then they ought to go after any other distributor who sends essential supplies abroad for more money.

Posted by: CN at April 02, 2020 10:19 PM (ONvIw)

81 I don't think so. I had one long series of dreams that went on for weeks or months, and then started being the actual real world, but I was in a brief coma at the time so I don't think that counts.
Posted by: hogmartin at April 02, 2020 10:16 PM (t+qrx)
---
"Doctor, Mr. Hogmartin's eyelids are flickering. He appears to be in REM sleep."
"Good, good, don't disturb him. We've implanted another false WeirdDave ONT experience to keep him in the dream-within-a-dream dream."

Posted by: All Hail Eris, Michigangsta at April 02, 2020 10:19 PM (Dc2NZ)

82 Hey, I have a question--if you call someone an "asswipe," is that a compliment now?
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at April 02, 2020 10:17 PM (l9m7l)
* * * *

*SNORT*

Posted by: Legally Sufficient at April 02, 2020 10:20 PM (WFcrO)

83
One morning my computer woke up with Windows 10 next to it.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 02, 2020 10:20 PM (7rVsF)

84 My son came over today waiting to get new tires on his car. Hadn't seen him in 2 weeks. I just wanted to cry. I hate this.

Posted by: Jewells45 at April 02, 2020 10:20 PM (dUJdY)

85 Ginger Thursday ONT Compliance Pics

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Posted by: kbdabear at April 02, 2020 10:20 PM (qAR6u)

86 70 has multiple computers? Wow. Must be a 1%er

Posted by: Lonesome Ed at April 02, 2020 10:20 PM (2CtSR)

87 {{{WDS}}}!

Posted by: Emmie at April 02, 2020 10:20 PM (ouBhA)

88 Hey everyone!

Thanks, NaCly!

Posted by: Insomniac - Ex Cineribus Resurgo at April 02, 2020 10:21 PM (NWiLs)

89 Our long national crisis is over. Raman Noodles 12 packs appeared in Dillons today. Got me one to eat like a college student.

Dillion's is an Midwest variant of Giant.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at April 02, 2020 10:21 PM (u82oZ)

90 >>> Question Of The Day
Do your dreams ever go into reruns?

My flying or they actually started out as jumping far dreams lasted for decades. Still have one occasionally. Still have all the time the dumbass walking into class/meeting/store oh crap! I'm completely naked dream. Like a stupid SNL gag that keeps going on I don't know why my subconscious keeps playing that one.

I've also had one or two mind blowing dreams that seem to span years and when I wake up I'm sweating and in disbelief that the people I met in that other place and all the things I did were just in my head. Both times accompanied by a awful stomach ache.

Posted by: banana Dream at April 02, 2020 10:21 PM (l6b3d)

91 This is what happens when the MBAs strategies catch up with them.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 02, 2020 10:18 PM (7rVsF)

Outsourcing followed by selling the product to the highest foreign bidder. Damn these CEOs

Posted by: CN at April 02, 2020 10:21 PM (ONvIw)

92 LOL Beckoning Chasm.. probably!!

Posted by: Jewells45 at April 02, 2020 10:21 PM (dUJdY)

93 Re: Dream Reruns
Yeah, I've had that. Some I know I've had before, and some where I started to have an older dream but the set had been struck and nothing was going on this time.

For some reason, for the last five years or so, my dreams are getting overly cinematic, with what would be exciting chases and fights if it weren't for the slow, floaty dream physics going on.

Posted by: Ask Mr. Lizard at April 02, 2020 10:21 PM (pWmFi)

94 Jewels.......hanging in there! For right now we both have our jobs so there's that! And our health

chavez!

Posted by: westminsterdogshow.....Coloradomorondezvous2020 at April 02, 2020 10:21 PM (/UQ/R)

95 68 Conservative Treehouse says -
President Trump Invokes Defense Production Act Taking Control of 3M Production
Posted by: jhawk90 at April 02, 2020 10:18 PM (9IkUJ)
---
With Trump, there are consequences.

As bad as things are, this is still The Great Unmasking, which will take years.

Imagine this happening under Hillary.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, Michigangsta at April 02, 2020 10:22 PM (Dc2NZ)

96 Insomniac - Ex Cineribus Resurgo

I was over the moon when I saw your announcement. I even told my wife. She has heard of your long saga from me.

She sends best wishes.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at April 02, 2020 10:22 PM (u82oZ)

97 my 2 cents before I call it a night:
Windows 2000 was the best OS for doing actual work.

Posted by: mallfly the Peach of Hoboken at April 02, 2020 10:22 PM (4a9Vv)

98 Sad. Very sad.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at April 02, 2020 10:12 PM (u82oZ)

NaCly. One of the finest project managers I ever had was an ex-Naval aviator.

He told us the reason that he retired early (but with full pension and benefits) was because he was convinced that
"The bureaucracy will ensure that there is never another Patton!"

Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar at April 02, 2020 10:22 PM (BiNEL)

99
The Daily Mail says there are only a handful of patients aboard the USNS Comfort in NY. The problem they say, is a bunch of bureaucratic red tape. They have a list of 49 conditions they won't allow aboard the ship, and that must be certified, and there are a bunch of transport regulations that must be followed to a T.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion of a Poperin Pear at April 02, 2020 10:22 PM (f1Vqw)

100 More Ginger Thursday ONT Compliance Pics

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Posted by: kbdabear at April 02, 2020 10:22 PM (qAR6u)

101 The only region to upgrade from Windows 7 to Windows 10 is that Microsoft has ended support for Windows 7. if you're going to do your own support, there's no reason to upgrade -- 7 is very stable.

Posted by: grayishpanther at April 02, 2020 10:23 PM (sqZQl)

102 Willowed
What ever happened to the actor that played Mike Damone? He just up and disappeared after that movie.Posted by: Hairyback Guy

He became a multimillionaire selling his world's most oh-so-punchable face at $5 a punch.
I believe he retired when his son, David Hogg, stole his title.

Posted by: Downcast at April 02, 2020 10:23 PM (xgpfE)

103 I was over the moon when I saw your announcement. I even told my wife. She has heard of your long saga from me.

She sends best wishes.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at April 02, 2020 10:22 PM (u82oZ)

Please convey my sincere thanks!

Posted by: Insomniac - Ex Cineribus Resurgo at April 02, 2020 10:23 PM (NWiLs)

104 PS - My Overnight Underwear tweets will be all gingers tonight

Posted by: kbdabear at April 02, 2020 10:23 PM (qAR6u)

105 {{{Horde!!!}}}

Posted by: Ladyl at April 02, 2020 10:23 PM (TdMsT)

106 My dreams absolutely have reruns. It's annoying. They also reuse a lot of the same scenery - places I've never been. I've dreamed about the same house that I've never actually been to probably a few dozen times.

Posted by: Mrs. Peel at April 02, 2020 10:23 PM (rWZ8Y)

107 Every day seems like Friday. It's weird doing this every other day shit at work. I seriously forget what day it is anymore.

Posted by: Jewells45 at April 02, 2020 10:23 PM (dUJdY)

108 That Crozier fellow commanding one of the world's most powerful naval vessels simply snapped, lost his head, and broke his oath, and just simply failed in a time of apparent crisis... Better the Navy found his true disposition now rather than at a time of real urgency...

Posted by: Zettai Roshia-no Asetto at April 02, 2020 10:23 PM (QHxmP)

109 For some reason, for the last five years or so, my dreams are getting overly cinematic, with what would be exciting chases and fights if it weren't for the slow, floaty dream physics going on.
Posted by: Ask Mr. Lizard at April 02, 2020 10:21 PM (pWmFi)

your dreams have upgraded to 4K UHD

Posted by: vmom 2020 at April 02, 2020 10:23 PM (G546f)

110

I've had a recurring dream where I couldn't find my car but it wasn't always the same car and the parking places varied from a big lot to a street to a small restaurant.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at April 02, 2020 10:23 PM (aKsyK)

111 Speaking of reruns... I wanted to ask people here tonight...

what would be your dream sitcom? Let's say a cable network gave you $30 mil to produce, cast and write a sitcom, 9 half-hour episodes. You can use any premise/plot you want and cast anyone you want.

What overall plotline would you go with? What style of comedy would you do? Larry David? Slapstick? PG-, R- or X-rated? Would you win awards? Be especially anti-SJW?

Would love to hear your ideas.

Posted by: qdpsteve at April 02, 2020 10:23 PM (L2ZTs)

112 I dream about the ocean a lot. I wonder what that means.

Posted by: Jewells45 at April 02, 2020 10:23 PM (dUJdY)

113 75 Oh Jordan........sorry about you mil's death. Safe travels! We will get you here sometime

Thank you WDS! I look forward to it.

Posted by: Jordan61 at April 02, 2020 10:24 PM (XMsJi)

114 Dillion's is an Midwest variant of Giant.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at April 02, 2020 10:21 PM (u82oZ)


I'm still using my Dillon's shoppers card (from my Olathe KS days) at the local City Market.

Posted by: Emmie at April 02, 2020 10:25 PM (ouBhA)

115 Posted by: Jim at April 02, 2020 10:19 PM (QzJWU)

Doesn't count unless you got the LED lighting and a kickass stereo!

Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar at April 02, 2020 10:25 PM (BiNEL)

116 I still have Windows 7! I too loathe Window 10.
Posted by: All Hail Eris, Michigangsta at April 02, 2020 10:08 PM (Dc2NZ)

Haven't had to use Win10, but I have heard little good about it. Still have Win 7 on my "work" computer, and even Win XP on another hard drive.

Since work has basically evaporated for me, when I go home, I think I will mothball the "work" computer, and put one of my Linux machines on full-time home computer duty. Copy over all my docs, music, and work-related docs to the Linux machine as well. If I am stuck with going into 2 -week quarantine on my return home, I will sure have the time.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 02, 2020 10:25 PM (miJU3)

117 Insom, I must have missed your announcement. Good news, I hope?

Posted by: Legally Sufficient at April 02, 2020 10:26 PM (WFcrO)

118 Commissar Hrothgar

Saw that directly after Tailhook.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at April 02, 2020 10:26 PM (u82oZ)

119 Twilight Zone had an excellent episode which reflects mass paranoia and mass hysteria..

"Monsters are Due on Maple Street"

https://tinyurl.com/vxt3ec5

Posted by: kbdabear at April 02, 2020 10:26 PM (qAR6u)

120 what would be your dream sitcom? Let's say a cable network gave you $30 mil to produce, cast and write a sitcom, 9 half-hour episodes. You can use any premise/plot you want and cast anyone you want.
Posted by: qdpsteve

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I'd hire a teenager to wrap and unwrap the same Amazon box 18 times - 2x per episode. Pay her $500 per episode.

Profit.

Posted by: Tonypete at April 02, 2020 10:26 PM (Y4EXg)

121 {{{Jordan}}} my condolences for the passing of your MIL.

Posted by: Ladyl at April 02, 2020 10:26 PM (TdMsT)

122 Are there quarantines going on in Canada?

Posted by: Lonesome Ed at April 02, 2020 10:27 PM (2CtSR)

123 Jewels.......hanging in there! For right now we both have our jobs so there's that! And our health

Glad you are doing well! I'm healthy.. so far. I pray every night I don't get this crap.

Posted by: Jewells45 at April 02, 2020 10:27 PM (dUJdY)

124 117 Insom, I must have missed your announcement. Good news, I hope?
Posted by: Legally Sufficient at April 02, 2020 10:26 PM (WFcrO)

Yes! I finally scored a full time gig!

Posted by: Insomniac - Ex Cineribus Resurgo at April 02, 2020 10:27 PM (NWiLs)

125 Emmie......call if you want

Posted by: westminsterdogshow.....Coloradomorondezvous2020 at April 02, 2020 10:27 PM (/UQ/R)

126 Tony, that's an idea too I guess :-)

Posted by: qdpsteve at April 02, 2020 10:27 PM (L2ZTs)

127 Jordan I'm very sorry for your loss.

Posted by: Jewells45 at April 02, 2020 10:28 PM (dUJdY)

128 121 {{{Jordan}}} my condolences for the passing of your MIL.
Posted by: Ladyl at April 02, 2020 10:26 PM (TdMsT)

{{{Ladyl}}}

Thank you!

Posted by: Jordan61 at April 02, 2020 10:28 PM (XMsJi)

129 Insom, I must have missed your announcement. Good news, I hope?
Posted by: Legally Sufficient at April 02, 2020 10:26 PM (WFcrO)

Yes! I finally scored a full time gig!
Posted by: Insomniac - Ex Cineribus Resurgo at April 02, 2020 10:27 PM (NWiLs)
* * * *

Wooohoooo! That is the most wonderful news! So happy for you!

Posted by: Legally Sufficient at April 02, 2020 10:28 PM (WFcrO)

130 I dream about the ocean a lot. I wonder what that means.
Posted by: Jewells45 at April 02, 2020 10:23 PM (dUJdY)

Types*

Deletes*

Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar at April 02, 2020 10:28 PM (BiNEL)

131 That top pic -- I feel... inadequate.

He (and it is 100% sure it's a he) must have a large family.

Posted by: GnuBreed at April 02, 2020 10:28 PM (XF4b8)

132 112 I dream about the ocean a lot. I wonder what that means.
Posted by: Jewells45 at April 02, 2020 10:23 PM (dUJdY)


I dream about houses. I am always finding new rooms in them that I didn't know existed.

Posted by: Ladyl at April 02, 2020 10:28 PM (TdMsT)

133
Yes! I finally scored a full time gig!
Posted by: Insomniac - Ex Cineribus Resurgo at April 02, 2020 10:27 PM (NWiLs)

Well that certainly brightens this shitty day! Great news!

Posted by: CN at April 02, 2020 10:28 PM (ONvIw)

134 Insom has a job?!!?

I'll resist the urge to make an armageddon joke and wish him well. :-)

Posted by: qdpsteve at April 02, 2020 10:28 PM (L2ZTs)

135 what would be your dream sitcom? Let's say a cable network gave you $30 mil to produce, cast and write a sitcom, 9 half-hour episodes. You can use any premise/plot you want and cast anyone you want.

Posted by: qdpsteve

Mel Gibson stars in the hilarious Netflix series...

"But First You Will Blow Me"

Posted by: kbdabear at April 02, 2020 10:29 PM (qAR6u)

136 I would love to see a sitcom about a couple with a supportive, loving marriage and well-adjusted children. There is still plenty of room for humor even if everyone in the show isn't an asshole.

(I did watch BBT...but why were those people putting up with Sheldon? I was rooting for Amy not to get back with him.)

Posted by: Mrs. Peel at April 02, 2020 10:29 PM (rWZ8Y)

137 >> Twilight Zone had an excellent episode which reflects mass paranoia and mass hysteria..

Yes, Rod Serling explored that theme more than once.

I love the ending of that episode. There are aliens, and they talk about what a cinch it will be to take over this planet. All they have to do is mess with people's toys and communications a bit, and then they kill each other off, saving the aliens all the work.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion of a Poperin Pear at April 02, 2020 10:29 PM (f1Vqw)

138 127 Jordan I'm very sorry for your loss.
Posted by: Jewells45 at April 02, 2020 10:28 PM (dUJdY)

Thank you Jewells!

Posted by: Jordan61 at April 02, 2020 10:29 PM (XMsJi)

139 The Hidden: Twin Peaks with aliens.

Okay, off to bed Horde.

Posted by: joncelli, providing the traditional responses at April 02, 2020 10:29 PM (1FhAQ)

140 Emmie I didn't know you used to live in Olathe!

Posted by: Jewells45 at April 02, 2020 10:29 PM (dUJdY)

141 Are there quarantines going on in Canada?

---

Yeah, it's called living in Canada.

Posted by: Methos at April 02, 2020 10:29 PM (kOpft)

142 @126 let us hear your ideas. You seem to have so many and enjoy dominating the conversation.

Posted by: Lonesome Ed at April 02, 2020 10:29 PM (2CtSR)

143 Many times I have a dream where I am back in high school, after many years, because, weirdly, I was short one credit?... yet my contemporary classmates are also there? The really odd part is that I never know exactly what my schedule is, I just roam the halls, aware I have to be in a class, but rarely get there.... It's weird, but again, I've dreamt variations of this at least 10 times.....

Posted by: SSBN 656 (G) at April 02, 2020 10:29 PM (5AVMW)

144 kbdabear, would your world-famous models make frequent cameos? ;-)

Posted by: qdpsteve at April 02, 2020 10:29 PM (L2ZTs)

145 Agreed about Windows 2000. Vista, 8, and 8.1 were horrible missteps, and 9 was cancelled before it ever got out the door. 10...well...you may have to try more than one build.

Posted by: grayishpanther at April 02, 2020 10:29 PM (sqZQl)

146 >>I'm sure that Capt. Crozier knows all of this better than any of us, which means he shit canned his entire career to safeguard his crew. Quite admirable, in my book.

Popinjay.

Posted by: Zod at April 02, 2020 10:29 PM (XzT/D)

147 Insomniac.......so happy for you!

Posted by: westminsterdogshow.....Coloradomorondezvous2020 at April 02, 2020 10:30 PM (/UQ/R)

148 Yes! I finally scored a full time gig!
Posted by: Insomniac - Ex Cineribus Resurgo at April 02, 2020 10:27 PM (NWiLs)

Congratulations!

(And NOW I'm off to bed.)

Posted by: joncelli, providing the traditional responses at April 02, 2020 10:30 PM (1FhAQ)

149 I'll resist the urge to make an armageddon joke and wish him well. :-)
Posted by: qdpsteve
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I already did that yesterday...

Posted by: lin-duh at April 02, 2020 10:30 PM (UUBmN)

150
Insom, my belated congratulations on your new job.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 02, 2020 10:30 PM (7rVsF)

151
Question Of The Day



Do your dreams ever go into reruns? IOW do you ever have the same
dream more than once? I often wake with the thought "Oh, there was that
dream again", but I don't know if it was actually a dream I'd had before
(because I forget the details pretty quickly) or if the thought that it
was was part of the dream, if that makes any sense. How about all
y'all?



yeah

Posted by: hogmartin at April 02, 2020 10:07 PM (t+qrx)

I have had a dream that I thought I had before but that might have been part of the dream. Another one is a dream where you wake up from the dream, but that is just part of the dream.

Do you ever have dreams you remember from long ago? It is like they are a memory but the memory is of a dream.

Posted by: Quint at April 02, 2020 10:30 PM (hHxp2)

152 Well sounds like PDT handed 3M their asses in a blender

Posted by: CN at April 02, 2020 10:30 PM (ONvIw)

153 Congrats insomniac!
If you need an online assistant, you know who to come to, hint hint. :-)

Posted by: qdpsteve at April 02, 2020 10:30 PM (L2ZTs)

154 Ladyl.. I have those too. Usually a big old run down house with tons of different rooms and I just explore each one but always with trepidation.

Posted by: Jewells45 at April 02, 2020 10:30 PM (dUJdY)

155 134 Insom has a job?!!?

Posted by: qdpsteve at April 02, 2020 10:28 PM (L2ZTs)

Luxury.

We had to get up at midnight, clean the street with our tongues, then go to work for 25 hours at the mill and we had to pay the owner to work there!

Posted by: kbdabear at April 02, 2020 10:30 PM (qAR6u)

156 140 Emmie I didn't know you used to live in Olathe!
Posted by: Jewells45 at April 02, 2020 10:29 PM (dUJdY)


Yes, long before my AoSHQ days. Worked at the Grass Pad (I was in some of the commercials and did some of their in-store advertising art) and went to Olathe Bible Church.

Bev and Char, the realtors who advertised everywhere, were friends of ours.

Posted by: Emmie at April 02, 2020 10:31 PM (ouBhA)

157 kbdabear, now that's rough

Posted by: qdpsteve at April 02, 2020 10:31 PM (L2ZTs)

158 She's My Congressman!

*sad trombone*

Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 02, 2020 10:31 PM (EZebt)

159 What about dreams where you hit the head and the reason is you really have to?

Posted by: Quint at April 02, 2020 10:31 PM (hHxp2)

160 136 from what I hear Last Man Standing might fit that bill. Never seen it myself.

Posted by: Weirddave at April 02, 2020 10:31 PM (4rW0X)

161
The Conservative Case for Selling PPE to Foreigners.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 02, 2020 10:31 PM (7rVsF)

162 I had recurring dreams for years when I was young. Really eerie dreams, over and over.

Posted by: Ladyl at April 02, 2020 10:31 PM (TdMsT)

163 Do you ever have dreams you remember from long ago? It is like they are a memory but the memory is of a dream.
Posted by: Quint at April 02, 2020 10:30 PM (hHxp2)


I dreamed that I was a human.

Posted by: A Butterfly at April 02, 2020 10:32 PM (aS1PU)

164 When creating a Zoom meeting, enable the waiting room feature, and do not select "enable join before host". Happy to explain why in subsequent posts.

Posted by: Joe Kidd at April 02, 2020 10:32 PM (5WpEK)

165 Good night all. Have a serene night with wonderful dreams.

However, work those Plan Bs. We may need them. And remember -- OPSEC, OPSEC, OPSEC.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at April 02, 2020 10:32 PM (u82oZ)

166 The one nice thing about all this travelling is our flights have been so empty they have put us in first class on every flight.

Posted by: Jordan61 at April 02, 2020 10:32 PM (XMsJi)

167 Question Of The Day
Do your dreams ever go into reruns?


Yes, particularly nightmares about my (emotionally) abusive mother. She died in 2003, but I still have bad dreams about her.

Posted by: Basement Cat at April 02, 2020 10:32 PM (pPNCa)

168 Mazel tov Insom.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 02, 2020 10:32 PM (EZebt)

169
Ladyl.. I have those too. Usually a big old run down house with tons of different rooms and I just explore each one but always with trepidation.
Posted by: Jewells45 at April 02, 2020 10:30 PM (dUJdY)


Don't go down to the basement!!!

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 02, 2020 10:33 PM (7rVsF)

170 It's good that there is a lone compound bow nestled amongst the tonnes and tonnes of guns and ammo.

Gotta have a last weapon for the very end of the CoVid-19 Apocalypse, when there is no more ammunition, medicine or food, the liquor stocks kept for barter are down to that last 5th of Jack Daniels, and the rotting corpses of the infected are stacked around your last fighting position like cordwood for 150 yards in all directions.

Posted by: Sharkman at April 02, 2020 10:33 PM (i4CI5)

171 Jewells, I will check to see if you are available for a visit the next time I am out that way with some free time.

Posted by: Emmie at April 02, 2020 10:33 PM (ouBhA)

172 I read somewhere long ago that everyone dreams every night you just don't always remember them. You go thru different phases of sleep and you may remember a dream if you wake up immediately but even then..over time you forget them. The brain truly is incredible.

Posted by: Jewells45 at April 02, 2020 10:33 PM (dUJdY)

173 Yes! I finally scored a full time gig!

Posted by: Insomniac - Ex Cineribus Resurgo at April 02, 2020 10:27 PM



Congratulations, Nespatnik!

Posted by: Zettai Roshia-no Asetto at April 02, 2020 10:33 PM (QHxmP)

174 I have had a dream that I thought I had before but that might have been part of the dream. Another one is a dream where you wake up from the dream, but that is just part of the dream.

Posted by: Quint at April 02, 2020 10:30 PM (hHxp2)

That happens to me a lot.

Posted by: Jordan61 at April 02, 2020 10:33 PM (XMsJi)

175 Emmie, that would be wonderful!!

Posted by: Jewells45 at April 02, 2020 10:34 PM (dUJdY)

176 I dream about houses. I am always finding new rooms in them that I didn't know existed.
Posted by: Ladyl at April 02, 2020 10:28 PM (TdMsT)

according to standard dream.interpretology, finding new rooms in a dream house means you are discovering new areas / talents / interests /etc in your life. Good dream

Posted by: vmom 2020 at April 02, 2020 10:34 PM (G546f)

177 *waves at Emmie and WDS specifically*

I've been lurking irregularly, as I've actually been working hard at trying to write something.

Also today (in between lessons), to blow off steam, I recorded a whole-tone version of "The Swan" and then infected social media with it.

I have no followers, but a few people seem to have been entertained.

Everybody doing ok?

Posted by: Piercello at April 02, 2020 10:34 PM (ajoh7)

178 We had to get up at midnight, clean the street with our tongues, then go to work for 25 hours at the mill and we had to pay the owner to work there!
Posted by: kbdabear

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You had a mill?

Luxury!

We had to share a flat rock with a cow pissing on it in between the times we formed mudpies on it.

Posted by: Tonypete at April 02, 2020 10:34 PM (Y4EXg)

179 154 Ladyl.. I have those too. Usually a big old run down house with tons of different rooms and I just explore each one but always with trepidation.
Posted by: Jewells45 at April 02, 2020 10:30 PM (dUJdY)

Sometimes the houses are made out of rooms from various homes I've owned. But they are alway really creepy dreams.

I still dream about my late husband.

In the dreams, he has returned and he is younger. I always ask him where he has been and he never answers the question.

Posted by: Ladyl at April 02, 2020 10:35 PM (TdMsT)

180 Insomniac, I am so so so happy for you!!! Congratulations!!!!!!

Posted by: Moki at April 02, 2020 10:35 PM (mFoNl)

181 161
The Conservative Case for Selling PPE to Foreigners.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 02, 2020 10:31 PM (7rVsF)

Sorry to bump your order, but foreigners are paying cash

Posted by: CN at April 02, 2020 10:35 PM (ONvIw)

182 My dreams absolutely have reruns. It's annoying.

Posted by: Mrs. Peel at April 02, 2020 10:23 PM (rWZ8Y)


What's funny is when you have a rerun dream and you think, while dreaming, I've had this dream before. Sometimes I even try to dreamily change the channel because it is a rerun.

Posted by: RickZ at April 02, 2020 10:35 PM (Y8PSl)

183 Posted by: Ladyl at April 02, 2020 10:28 PM (TdMsT)

I had a dream like that, I knew exactly where I was and the layout of the house, yet I'd never been there before (at least in this life). And I was almost ready to open the door to the outside when I woke up!

A "mystic" friend that I told this to asked me "What do you think would have happened if you had opened the door in that dream?"

Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar at April 02, 2020 10:35 PM (BiNEL)

184 I dream I'm riding a magnificent black stallion, bareback. What does that mean?

Posted by: All Hail Eris, Michigangsta at April 02, 2020 10:35 PM (Dc2NZ)

185 I dream about houses. I am always finding new rooms in them that I didn't know existed.
Posted by: Ladyl at April 02, 2020 10:28 PM (TdMsT)

That happens to me a lot too!

Posted by: Jordan61 at April 02, 2020 10:35 PM (XMsJi)

186 Most common dream themes:

Trying to defend myself. I can't get the trigger to break. It just keeps going back and never trips, never meets resistance. Just travels. Or I'm trying to get out, or away from something, and the doorknob just turns. I can feel it against the spring, it's not loose, it just never unlatches. Keeps turning.

The room is full of broken glass and I'm barefoot. There's nowhere to sit. I brace against the wall and pull the glass shards out of one foot, but then I have to put down the other so I can pull the broken glass out of THAT foot. And so on. Eventually I try to ease myself down, but now there's broken glass in my knees and shins and palms, too. And there's nowhere to get ahead of it, I just keep getting more glass stuck in me trying to pull glass out.

0/10, would not recommend either.

Posted by: hogmartin at April 02, 2020 10:35 PM (t+qrx)

187 Posted by: kbdabear at April 02, 2020 10:22 PM (qAR6u)

Both sets had bad links, kb. Your Twatter page came up, but no images.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 02, 2020 10:36 PM (miJU3)

188 Oh, as long as I have the attention of the IT types, I still haven't upgraded from Win 7 to 10. Do I really have to? I fucking hate 10 with the heat of 1000 suns.

Microsoft is no longer doing security updates for Windows 7, so unless you want to be sending Vladim in Kiev a bunch of bitcoin to unlock your porn collection, you need to upgrade.

Posted by: Ace's liver at April 02, 2020 10:36 PM (wGeit)

189 Emmie you worked at Grasspad?? OMG.. they are still a great customer where I work. Olathe, Barry Road, Lees Summit and I think they have one in Nebraska now.

Posted by: Jewells45 at April 02, 2020 10:36 PM (dUJdY)

190 Can we get a look at the NYC Wuhan death data?

I would like to know how many of the dead had serious underlying conditions.

Posted by: Les Kinetic at April 02, 2020 10:36 PM (+fPHo)

191 Thanks everybody!

Posted by: Insomniac - Ex Cineribus Resurgo at April 02, 2020 10:36 PM (NWiLs)

192 Greetings:

What no hatchets ???

Posted by: 11B40 at April 02, 2020 10:36 PM (evgyj)

193
I dream I'm riding a magnificent black stallion, bareback. What does that mean?
Posted by: All Hail Eris, Michigangsta at April 02, 2020 10:35 PM (Dc2NZ)


Tax protester?

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 02, 2020 10:36 PM (7rVsF)

194
'I can't believe we made it' video sums things up perfectly

Posted by: TheQuietMan at April 02, 2020 10:36 PM (5XomX)

195 Everybody doing ok?
Posted by: Piercello at April 02, 2020 10:34 PM (ajoh7)


We are fine at our house, but Mr. Bassman misses social interactions. I'm a recluse, so staying home doesn't bother me much. My job is more work since I have to teach remotely now.

Posted by: Emmie at April 02, 2020 10:37 PM (ouBhA)

196 We had to share a flat rock with a cow pissing on it in between the times we formed mudpies on it.
Posted by: Tonypete at April 02, 2020 10:34 PM (Y4EXg)

You had a flat rock, luxury!

Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar at April 02, 2020 10:37 PM (BiNEL)

197 Some of my trippiest dreams happen after I take melatonin in the evening, set an early alarm, then keep hitting a fifteen minute snooze bar. Super trippy, if I use a cell phone for an alarm under my pillow, and I can hit the snooze bar with minimal effort subconsciously.

Posted by: Walter Freeman at April 02, 2020 10:37 PM (+oVP5)

198 They had dubbed it "whimsical," and "colorful." Eisner's brainchild was said to "pay homage to Snow White and The Seven Dwarfs." Here, let me quote from The Hollywood Reporter: "... The front facade is a Post-Modern interpretation of the Parthenon, with dwarfs nearly 6 meters (18 feet) in height, holding up pediment and facing the pedestrian plaza and reflecting pool..."

Got all that? Especially the part about the eighteen-foot dwarfs? All seven of the sons of bitches: Sneezy, Sleepy, Dopey, Doc, Happy, Bashful, and even, By-God Grumpy.

Now, imagine them all standing there. Now, imagine that it's raining. And the water is channeled perfectly from the roof, flowing over the dwarfs, spurting out waist high in seven perfectly formed streams.

And they are grinning out at you (except for Grumpy), looking exactly like they are all - heigh ho, heigh ho - taking a joyful Group Piss.

Posted by: gettng banned in burbank at April 02, 2020 10:37 PM (1B6TF)

199 I dream I'm riding a magnificent black stallion, bareback. What does that mean?

I'm pretty sure it means you're horny.

Posted by: Jewells45 at April 02, 2020 10:37 PM (dUJdY)

200 Whether it was admirable that he risked his career for going outside the chain of command is arguable but leaking his letter and sending it to 20 or so people is beyond pale. Reminds me of Comey.

Posted by: Kilroy wasn't here at April 02, 2020 10:37 PM (2DOZq)

201 all i hear is chyna is paying to influence the alphabets and their media pawns. you don't have to pay to influence willing participants. it's all they know. they are fellow travelers. they are willing to witness the destruction of america.

Posted by: chavez the hugo at April 02, 2020 10:37 PM (KP5rU)

202
he Conservative Case for Selling PPE to Foreigners.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh

Sorry to bump your order, but foreigners are paying cash
Posted by: CN


It's good for share prices.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at April 02, 2020 10:37 PM (aKsyK)

203 I dream I'm riding a magnificent black stallion, bareback. What does that mean?
Posted by: All Hail Eris, Michigangsta at April 02, 2020 10:35 PM (Dc2NZ)


Bareback... it is dangerous, no?

Posted by: The Paulo at April 02, 2020 10:37 PM (wGeit)

204 Am watching Phantom From Space [1953].


Needs more conical boobs.

Posted by: Count de Monet at April 02, 2020 10:38 PM (q1Pj5)

205 My city has always had its fair number of rat-f*cks who want to destroy others lives and fun because their own are pathetic, but this government overreach seems to be their Olympics. They complained about the parks, so they were shut down; they complained about people playing basketball, so the city removed the rims; now someone complained about the golf course, a place where people were playing 1 at a time, separated by 200 yards, so the asshole mayor had that shut down to.

I expect the government to do whatever it can to grab the most power and make people's lives hell, but I'm surprised how many people are willing to throw on their best Brown clothing to help them out. Like someone recently posted, this situation makes me understand why so many saw the Japanese being taken away to camps and jyst turned their heads (or helped) because deep down so many are okay with government crushing the pleebs (another great quote, might have been from Ace or Iowahawk was "People will put up with a lot as long as the government puts in some bike lanes")

Posted by: Rbastid at April 02, 2020 10:38 PM (0XCDF)

206 Jewells, glad to hear it. Good people at Grass Pad.

Posted by: Emmie at April 02, 2020 10:38 PM (ouBhA)

207 I would like to know how many of the dead had serious underlying conditions.
Posted by: Les Kinetic at April 02, 2020 10:36 PM (+fPHo)

And what would you do with that information, comrade? Far better to have your betters tell you what conclusions to draw!

Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar at April 02, 2020 10:38 PM (BiNEL)

208 I am astounded but not surprised at all at the lack of leadership by the Demoncraps in this crisis. Their Solution. Moar trillion dollar pork payouts to their comrades, co conspiriters, and criminals NGOs.
No Kumbaya for the Partei in Power. Just snipe, maumau, whine, bitch, piss and moan. But, as we all have noted no plans to make it better or to help the Pubs make it better.

Evil I tellz yuz EVIL.

Posted by: Ray Mota at April 02, 2020 10:38 PM (AVxHd)

209 My most common dream?

I'm naked. And at school. My teacher tells me to follow him....and turns into my step dad.


I follow him into a closet for some reason and suddenly he turns into a big worm I have to wrestle. And then I drink a glass of milk.


Weird huh?


Posted by: Barack Obama at April 02, 2020 10:38 PM (WdocV)

210 Microsoft is no longer doing security updates for Windows 7, so unless you want to be sending Vladim in Kiev a bunch of bitcoin to unlock your porn collection, you need to upgrade.
Posted by: Ace's liver at April 02, 2020 10:36 PM (wGeit)


If you're lucky, that's all that happens.

Posted by: hogmartin at April 02, 2020 10:38 PM (t+qrx)

211 Oh goody. Inslee just extended our lockdown until May 4.

Posted by: Jordan61 at April 02, 2020 10:39 PM (XMsJi)

212 I was okay with a short shutdown, to give them time to figure out how to deal with this. And it looks like they are getting a handle on it. So Inslee wants to lock down the state until May because he can't figure out a way to keep Seattle safe? It's BS.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at April 02, 2020 10:39 PM (Lqy/e)

213 184 Posted by: Ladyl at April 02, 2020 10:28 PM (TdMsT)

I had a dream like that, I knew exactly where I was and the layout of the house, yet I'd never been there before (at least in this life). And I was almost ready to open the door to the outside when I woke up!

A "mystic" friend that I told this to asked me "What do you think would have happened if you had opened the door in that dream?"
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar at April 02, 2020 10:35 PM (BiNEL)


That gives me chills!

One of my more recent recurring dreams is that I am back in my last house, but it is on an even bigger hill with a long driveway.

I walk through the house, looking at all the changes made by the new owners, and they come home.

Posted by: Ladyl at April 02, 2020 10:39 PM (TdMsT)

214 180 154 Ladyl.. I have those too. Usually a big old run down house with tons of different rooms and I just explore each one but always with trepidation.
Posted by: Jewells45 at April 02, 2020 10:30 PM (dUJdY)

Sometimes the houses are made out of rooms from various homes I've owned. But they are alway really creepy dreams.

I still dream about my late husband.

In the dreams, he has returned and he is younger. I always ask him where he has been and he never answers the question.
Posted by: Ladyl at April 02, 2020

Huh. I have a similar dream, and after going through the rooms I always end up in the living room of the flat I grew up in and the windows are open and the long curtains are blowing in the wind and I am full of despair.

Posted by: Gem at April 02, 2020 10:39 PM (65i3Q)

215 I had a recurring nightmare for years.

No idea why.

It had to do with me walking outside and a car trying to run me down.

Same damn dream exactly the same way every time.

It got boring. Even in the dream I was thinking "Not this again".

And then it just stopped. I haven't had it for ages.

Posted by: naturalfake at April 02, 2020 10:39 PM (z0XD8)

216 Piercello.....will always treasure when you came out here for Morondezvous! What a truly special event!

Posted by: westminsterdogshow.....Coloradomorondezvous2020 at April 02, 2020 10:39 PM (/UQ/R)

217 ok just saw an article in Forbes explaining how the masks get sold

brokers,letters of intent,proof of funds
domestic buyers slow, furriners fast

https://preview.tinyurl.com/qnn93zo

also apparently Trump DPA'd 3M
oof

Posted by: vmom 2020 at April 02, 2020 10:40 PM (G546f)

218 Are there quarantines going on in Canada?
Posted by: Lonesome Ed at April 02, 2020 10:27 PM (2CtSR)

Yeah. Returning travelers are supposed to stay at home for two weeks, huge fines for breaking quarantine. Haven't figured out how I am supposed to get supplies.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 02, 2020 10:40 PM (miJU3)

219 >>And there's nowhere to get ahead of it, I just keep getting more glass stuck in me trying to pull glass out.
0/10, would not recommend either.
Posted by: hogmartin at April 02, 2020 10:35 PM (t+qrx)

A cove, kind of a grotto, with sloping sandy bottom toward a dark crevasse/pit. Big oyster-shells all around the pit in the water, resting in the sand but moving up. You slip into the water, can't get a foothold in the sandy slope, know an oyster will grab a foot and pull you down and in.

Had that one a few times.

Posted by: Zod at April 02, 2020 10:40 PM (XzT/D)

220 lol Emmie.. remember their song? Grasspad is high on grass.

Posted by: Jewells45 at April 02, 2020 10:40 PM (dUJdY)

221
Oh goody. Inslee just extended our lockdown until May 4.
Posted by: Jordan61 at April 02, 2020 10:39 PM (XMsJi)


Not to worry. He's getting his paycheck.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 02, 2020 10:40 PM (7rVsF)

222 All through my childhood and into my mid-20s, I had the same dream almost every night. Well, not so much the same dream, but the same dreamscape. It was based on my real-life hometown, but everything was exaggerated: real streams were dream rivers, hills were mountains, that sort of thing. Most dreams involved me, sometimes others, simply traveling through this dreamscape, but never really going anywhere in particular. Then at 26 I suffered a traumatic, life-changing experience, and since then I never went back to dream town. Now my dreams, if I even remember them, are just jumbled nonsense. Oh well.

Posted by: Equirhodont at April 02, 2020 10:40 PM (+2GwM)

223 I would like to know how many of the dead had serious underlying conditions.
Posted by: Les Kinetic at April 02, 2020 10:36 PM (+fPHo)


What qualifies as "serious"? A lot of the lists I've seen contain "hypertension", which most everyone has past 60 or so, and is generally not considered a short term problem if it's being treated.

Posted by: The Paulo at April 02, 2020 10:41 PM (wGeit)

224 Yes! I finally scored a full time gig!
Posted by: Insomniac - Ex Cineribus Resurgo at April 02, 2020 10:27 PM (NWiLs)

Congratulations, Insomniac! You sure had a long dry spell. I hope it works out awesome for you.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 02, 2020 10:41 PM (miJU3)

225 191 Can we get a look at the NYC Wuhan death data?

I would like to know how many of the dead had serious underlying conditions.
Posted by: Les Kinetic at April 02, 2020 10:36 PM (+fPHo)

Seriously? I would estimate 95-98%.

Local rag talked about a guy who died of Covid19. Also found out he was undergoing chemo. But the rag had to say he died of Covid19.

Posted by: Lonesome Ed at April 02, 2020 10:41 PM (2CtSR)

226 And on Dreams:

For the first time I can remember, I continued a dream earlier the week. During one of my now daily midday naps I woke up from a good dream, i fell back asleep and had a dream that continued where i left off.

Posted by: Rbastid at April 02, 2020 10:41 PM (0XCDF)

227 Great ONT, WeirdDave! Thanks for the much needed levity.

Posted by: Legally Sufficient at April 02, 2020 10:13 PM (WFcrO)


Seconded!

Posted by: TheQuietMan at April 02, 2020 10:41 PM (5XomX)

228 Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 02, 2020 10:40 PM (miJU3)

AOP, are you back home?

Posted by: Jordan61 at April 02, 2020 10:42 PM (XMsJi)

229 Sock off.

Posted by: Ace's liver at April 02, 2020 10:42 PM (wGeit)

230
If you keep running Windows 7, at some point, software for it stops being updated, and said old versions of software eventually become unusable.

That's what happened to me with XP x64, which had become my main OS I ran all the time. To stubborn to change. Then Chrome and Firefox stopped updating (developers start using the newer APIs and didn't want to mess with keeping thins XP compatible).

And then Chrome and Firefox started crapping out, as they wouldn't handle some of the newer protocols and shit. The final straw was TLS security, IIRC. I couldn't log onto some HTTPS sites I use a lot.

I already had a Win7 Ult x65 install I'd built up and had all my programs installed. So I decided to move to that, but ended up just going straight to Win 10 x64, which I had also installed.

That's what I run now on all my machines.

And Classic Shell (now called OpenShell) is the reason I can stand Windows 10.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion of a Poperin Pear at April 02, 2020 10:42 PM (f1Vqw)

231
Trying to defend myself. I can't get the trigger to break. It just keeps going back and never trips, never meets resistance. Just travels. Or I'm trying to get out, or away from something, and the doorknob just turns. I can feel it against the spring, it's not loose, it just never unlatches. Keeps turning.

The room is full of broken glass and I'm barefoot. There's nowhere to sit. I brace against the wall and pull the glass shards out of one foot, but then I have to put down the other so I can pull the broken glass out of THAT foot. And so on. Eventually I try to ease myself down, but now there's broken glass in my knees and shins and palms, too. And there's nowhere to get ahead of it, I just keep getting more glass stuck in me trying to pull glass out.

0/10, would not recommend either.
Posted by: hogmartin at April 02, 2020 10:35 PM (t+qrx)


Holy cow, Hogmartin. I'm not going to visit you in your dreams. No way.

Posted by: Ladyl at April 02, 2020 10:42 PM (TdMsT)

232 Posted by: hogmartin at April 02, 2020 10:35 PM (t+qrx)

I've had dreams where my gun fired like a pea shooter . So weak that the bullets don't even reach the target.

Posted by: Kilroy wasn't here at April 02, 2020 10:42 PM (2DOZq)

233 Congrats, Insom!!

Posted by: Sharkman at April 02, 2020 10:43 PM (i4CI5)

234 ever dream you killed somebody?

Posted by: DB- just DB, under house arrest at April 02, 2020 10:43 PM (iTXRQ)

235 Howdy all.

We had to venture out today to take Joel 2 her eye appointment. Went to DeKalb and had to get Portillo's Italian beefs, they're the best. On another note where were the last county in North Western Illinois to have no cases but now Lee County has one.

Jules eye appointment was pretty necessary, but the clinic was empty. Traffic was light and it was eerie.

Posted by: Farmer at April 02, 2020 10:43 PM (I/k2b)

236 Insom--I've said this on other, earlier, threads--but I am thrilled to pieces for you.

Posted by: Ladyl at April 02, 2020 10:44 PM (TdMsT)

237 A cove, kind of a grotto, with sloping sandy bottom
toward a dark crevasse/pit. Big oyster-shells all around the pit in the
water, resting in the sand but moving up. You slip into the water, can't
get a foothold in the sandy slope, know an oyster will grab a foot and
pull you down and in.



Had that one a few times.

Posted by: Zod at April 02, 2020 10:40 PM (XzT/D)

Where were the apes with musty pelts and the crunchy figs?

Posted by: Count de Monet at April 02, 2020 10:44 PM (q1Pj5)

238 Yeah. Returning travelers are supposed to stay at home for two weeks, huge fines for breaking quarantine. Haven't figured out how I am supposed to get supplies.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 02, 2020 10:40 PM (miJU3)


Did Meghan and Harry get out before the lockdown, or is Canada still stuck with them?

Posted by: Basement Cat at April 02, 2020 10:44 PM (pPNCa)

239 226 191 Can we get a look at the NYC Wuhan death data?

I would like to know how many of the dead had serious underlying conditions.
Posted by: Les Kinetic at April 02, 2020 10:36 PM (+fPHo)

Seriously? I would estimate 95-98%.

Local rag talked about a guy who died of Covid19. Also found out he was undergoing chemo. But the rag had to say he died of Covid19.
Posted by: Lonesome Ed at April 02, 2020 10:41 PM (2CtSR)


That's the discrepancy between the sky high Italian death rates and the very low German numbers. The Italians count it as a COVID-19 death if you test positive when you die. The Germans only count it as COVID-19 if there's nothing else wrong with you.

Posted by: Ace's liver at April 02, 2020 10:44 PM (wGeit)

240 Good luck with the shopping Alberta

Posted by: Lonesome Ed at April 02, 2020 10:44 PM (2CtSR)

241 Farmer! I'm invisible!

Posted by: chavez the hugo at April 02, 2020 10:44 PM (KP5rU)

242 I dreamt I killed someone once and it was so real that when I woke up I honestly thought that I was flashing back to a real event that had occurred in some kind of blackout state. Freaky and scary as Hell for a few hours until I settled down and thought it through.

Weird thing was I never heard from my ex-wife again.

Go figure.

Posted by: Sharkman at April 02, 2020 10:45 PM (i4CI5)

243 The room is full of broken glass and I'm barefoot. There's nowhere to
sit. I brace against the wall and pull the glass shards out of one foot,
but then I have to put down the other so I can pull the broken glass
out of THAT foot. And so on. Eventually I try to ease myself down, but
now there's broken glass in my knees and shins and palms, too. And
there's nowhere to get ahead of it, I just keep getting more glass stuck
in me trying to pull glass out.



0/10, would not recommend either.

Posted by: hogmartin at April 02, 2020 10:35 PM (t+qrx)


*fistbump*

Posted by: John McClain at April 02, 2020 10:45 PM (q1Pj5)

244 > Are there quarantines going on in Canada?


yes but no one can tell because it's Canada

Posted by: DB- just DB, under house arrest at April 02, 2020 10:45 PM (iTXRQ)

245 Not to worry. He's getting his paycheck.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 02, 2020 10:40 PM (7rVsF)

Funny how that works, all the state and federal government pond scum with guaranteed job security, sweet pensions, and medical care are all in for screwing over any one that actually works for a living.

Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar at April 02, 2020 10:46 PM (BiNEL)

246 IIRC, according to data from the NYC hospitals, 99% of the Wuhan flu causalities had other conditions as well. 99%.


Posted by: 18-1 at April 02, 2020 10:46 PM (WdocV)

247 Dreams: Often think, in mid-dream, "I've got to remember who these people from my past *are,* it's the only way this will make any sense when I wake up--concentrate, commit their identities to memory for the morning and hurry up and recall when you awaken!"

50% success rate, if that.

Posted by: Zod at April 02, 2020 10:46 PM (XzT/D)

248 Two thoughts crossed my mind when I saw the graphic t the top of this post. The first was "Nice rack."

The other thought was "Where are the rest of your guns?

Posted by: Jaqen H'ghar at April 02, 2020 10:46 PM (5fSr7)

249 I just came out of attempting to sleep long enough to warn my fellow Georgians to stock up at your local liquor stores tomorrow. My husband says idiot Brian Kemp is about to shut them down.

Posted by: Jane D'oh at April 02, 2020 10:47 PM (ptqGC)

250 The missus and I went to Wally Mart, Kroger, Dollar General and then Meijers. All had just about everything except TP. We weren't looking for TP but noticed DG and Meijers has their brand but they had.

The miracle of capitalism is on display...

Posted by: NALNAMSAM - not as lean, not as mean, still a Marine at April 02, 2020 10:47 PM (+ldAm)

251 So if this corona woo ping cough virus gets worse to the point of crime zombies yet your state keeps asking for more ventilators, how do you explain that all of them- .22 thru 357 and .45s were lost on that beautiful lake-borne camping trip last summer?

Posted by: Rex B at April 02, 2020 10:47 PM (nVwSd)

252 I had a girlfriend that dreamed I cheated on her. She was mad at me for a week.

Note: I did NOT cheat on her, she just dreamt it.


Posted by: 18-1 at April 02, 2020 10:47 PM (WdocV)

253 I frequently have dreams where I am able to fly. Really wickedly cool dreams where everything is in color and I am soaring thousands of miles and feeling the air rushing by and seeing the sights as if they are real. There is often a narrator for these adventures as well.

Posted by: Sharkman at April 02, 2020 10:47 PM (i4CI5)

254
Funny how that works, all the state and federal government pond scum with guaranteed job security, sweet pensions, and medical care are all in for screwing over any one that actually works for a living.
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar at April 02, 2020 10:46 PM (BiNEL)


Yes, but we were expected to blub about their plight during the last "government shutdown". How long was that? A week? 10 days?

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 02, 2020 10:48 PM (7rVsF)

255 That's the discrepancy between the sky high Italian
death rates and the very low German numbers. The Italians count it as a
COVID-19 death if you test positive when you die. The Germans only
count it as COVID-19 if there's nothing else wrong with you.

Posted by: Ace's liver at April 02, 2020 10:44 PM (wGeit)



To paraphrase Comrade Stalin, It's not who dies, it's who counts who dies

Posted by: TheQuietMan at April 02, 2020 10:48 PM (5XomX)

256 237 Insom--I've said this on other, earlier, threads--but I am thrilled to pieces for you.
Posted by: Ladyl at April 02, 2020 10:44 PM (TdMsT)

Thanks Ladyl!

Posted by: Insomniac - Ex Cineribus Resurgo at April 02, 2020 10:48 PM (NWiLs)

257 Posted by: hogmartin at April 02, 2020 10:35 PM (t+qrx)
not the glass, but the first one for sure, I hate that one.

Posted by: Quint at April 02, 2020 10:48 PM (hHxp2)

258 Did I miss something here, did in some actually get a job?

And Chavez how are you in visible?

Posted by: Farmer at April 02, 2020 10:48 PM (I/k2b)

259 seeing the sights as if they are real. There is often a narrator for these adventures as well.

___

Do you generally wake up in an IMAX theater?

Posted by: Obligatory at April 02, 2020 10:48 PM (WdocV)

260 Insomniac - that is really great news!

A corona hug for you: {{{{{{{{{

Posted by: Gem at April 02, 2020 10:48 PM (65i3Q)

261 Hmmm. Now that I'm retired and my focus is not on disliking my job and despising my boss, my mind seems to be much freer to take off during the dream state. And the older I get, the more vivid the dreams get.

Posted by: Additional Blond Agent, STEM guy at April 02, 2020 10:48 PM (7s3Gx)

262 The HOA: If the homeowner is working from home at the behest of the government HOA loses.

Else they're screwed.

HOA's are awful....petty tyrannical petite government busybodies.

Posted by: torabora at April 02, 2020 10:48 PM (Y274z)

263 There will be zero sympathy for government workers next time there's a federal budget shutdown.

Posted by: Walter Freeman at April 02, 2020 10:48 PM (+oVP5)

264 Chavez!!!

I can see you. You're not invisible.

Posted by: Ladyl at April 02, 2020 10:49 PM (TdMsT)

265 Not nearly enough ammo in that pic.

Posted by: flounder, rebel, vulgarian, deplorable, winner at April 02, 2020 10:49 PM (KnJdm)

266 Won't say who, but I once got over a bad crush I had on an attractive female celebrity, the morning after I finally had a dream that I not only got to go out with her, but also 'go all the way' with her at home later.

Felt really, really good.

Posted by: qdpsteve at April 02, 2020 10:49 PM (L2ZTs)

267 Look at all those guns. Shit man, they would have to be real secure, because when I walk around that room with a 10 foot stiffy I wouldn't be knocking shit over. Damn, now thats a wall of power.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at April 02, 2020 10:49 PM (9Om/r)

268 And Classic Shell (now called OpenShell) is the reason I can stand Windows 10.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion of a Poperin Pear at April 02, 2020 10:42 PM (f1Vqw)

I have read that this is the trick to Win10.
I really need to reset all my stuff but it sure seems like a lot if work!

Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar at April 02, 2020 10:49 PM (BiNEL)

269 253 I had a girlfriend that dreamed I cheated on her. She was mad at me for a week.

Note: I did NOT cheat on her, she just dreamt it.


Posted by: 18-1 at April 02, 2020 10:47 PM (WdocV)

LOL. I've done that to hubs before, but then again he's done it to me too.

Posted by: Jordan61 at April 02, 2020 10:49 PM (XMsJi)

270 261 Insomniac - that is really great news!

A corona hug for you: {{{{{{{{{
Posted by: Gem at April 02, 2020 10:48 PM (65i3Q)

Ack!

*conducts full decon protocol*

Posted by: Insomniac - Ex Cineribus Resurgo at April 02, 2020 10:49 PM (NWiLs)

271 IIRC, according to data from the NYC hospitals, 99% of the Wuhan flu causalities had other conditions as well. 99%.


Posted by: 18-1


I posted a chart this morning from the NYC Dept of Health that showed exactly that. Plus that the age group that is dying is almost exclusively over 70. I believe it is updated daily.

We should be quaranteening the old and sick and getting the country moving again.

Posted by: Sharkman at April 02, 2020 10:49 PM (i4CI5)

272 I was going to just jump down here and comment, but ... darn you WeirdDave for putting so much intriguing stuff in the post!

Got back from the Wal-Mart and the grocery. What a wondrous cornucopia in which we live! We found everything we wanted, except TP and sand hanitizer, of course, and had to buy inferior-brand paper towels.

What I notice is, lots of items, the GOOD stuff is gone, the lesser stuff is ignored. Or, like, yesterday, the regular blueberries were all sold out, but the organic ones were plentiful (more $, yeah, but actually a bit better quality than the regular we've been getting in recent weeks). The panic buyers are getting top-shelf.

The stockers and checkers were all going gangbusters, and seemed cheerful, if weary, when we talked with them. The customers, though...

I'M TIRED OF ALL THESE GRUMPY PEOPLE IN MOSTLY OVERFLOWING WITH STUFF STORES.

I wish I could whommp them all upside the haid with irongrampa.

Posted by: mindful webworker
radically inclined
at April 02, 2020 10:49 PM (AoLFQ)

273 Note: I did NOT cheat on her, she just dreamt it.

Posted by: 18-1 at April 02, 2020 10:47 PM (WdocV)



well obviously you did something that made her doubt your devotion which triggered the dream, ergo, your fault

Posted by: vmom 2020 at April 02, 2020 10:50 PM (G546f)

274 That's the discrepancy between the sky high Italian death rates and the very low German numbers. The Italians count it as a COVID-19 death if you test positive when you die. The Germans only count it as COVID-19 if there's nothing else wrong with you.

Posted by: Ace's liver at April 02, 2020 10:44 PM (wGeit)


The ChiComs don't count it as a Covid death if you're infected and you die from a bullet to the back of the head.

Posted by: RickZ at April 02, 2020 10:50 PM (Y8PSl)

275 253 I had a girlfriend that dreamed I cheated on her. She was mad at me for a week.

Note: I did NOT cheat on her, she just dreamt it.

Posted by: 18-1 at April 02, 2020 10:47 PM (WdocV)


That happened to me! I thought she would eventually come to her senses and apologize, but it never happened. Somehow it remained my fault that she dreamed I cheated on her.

A few years later she ended the relationship by cheating on me.

Posted by: Ace's liver at April 02, 2020 10:50 PM (wGeit)

276 Yes! I finally scored a full time gig!
Posted by: Insomniac - Ex Cineribus Resurgo at April 02, 2020 10:27 PM (NWiLs)

Congratulations, dude! Year of Insomniac, indeed.

Posted by: flounder, rebel, vulgarian, deplorable, winner at April 02, 2020 10:51 PM (KnJdm)

277 AOP, are you back home?
Posted by: Jordan61 at April 02, 2020 10:42 PM (XMsJi)

No. Remaining here in Apache Junction for a week or two yet. Weather is still the shits back home. And I am making good progress on my house reno project here, seeing as there is little to do with so much being shut down.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 02, 2020 10:51 PM (miJU3)

278 Do you generally wake up in an IMAX theater?

Posted by: Obligatory



No, but sometimes the narrator is Troy McClure, which is hilarious.

Posted by: Sharkman at April 02, 2020 10:51 PM (i4CI5)

279 65 56 The whole TP thing has me furious as well as.. no chicken.. no beef..no wheat bread. I'm sick of these assholes hoarding shit.
Posted by: Jewells45 at April 02, 2020 10:16 PM (dUJdY)

Maybe the distributors have gone all 3M and are shipping the products abroad for more money?
Posted by: CN at April 02, 2020 10:18 PM (ONvIw)

Why do you need TP when you can't find food?

Posted by: Cicero Kaboom! Kid. at April 02, 2020 10:51 PM (Vy7tf)

280 To be fair about that mask cleaning story -- the company is Battelle

Battelle is a company that figured out how suck on the gov. teat, and avoid gov. oversight since they are private. I worked for them for years and they are the most incompetent, scuzzy, asshats I ever ran into. All of them.

They run some national labs. They got quite a scam going up in the PNW, where they have been paid billions to study cleaning up the mess they created. They are in no hurry, and expect to have their grandchildren retire on that contract. It is quite something - they are a private circumlocution agency full of the world's most incompetent PhD's ever pushed out of the program after too many years of blowing up labs and screaming at each other over safety procedures.

Posted by: Gentlemen, this is democracy manifest at April 02, 2020 10:51 PM (LWu6U)

281 Shit! That didn't work.

Posted by: chavez the hugo at April 02, 2020 10:51 PM (KP5rU)

282 There will be zero sympathy for government workers next time there's a federal budget shutdown.
Posted by: Walter Freeman at April 02, 2020 10:48 PM (+oVP5)

And do you think they will give a sh!t?
They accrue time in grade during a shutdown !

Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar at April 02, 2020 10:51 PM (BiNEL)

283 Where does a compound bow fit in when we're arguing longbow vs crossbow?

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at April 02, 2020 10:51 PM (XVuno)

284 I had a girlfriend that dreamed I cheated on her. She was mad at me for a week.

Note: I did NOT cheat on her, she just dreamt it.
Posted by: 18-1 at April 02, 2020 10:47 PM (WdocV)


Same. Similar. I don't remember what the specific imaginary offense was, but the fact that it didn't actually happen except in her dream wasn't enough.

It's like the "credibly accused" thing.

Posted by: hogmartin at April 02, 2020 10:52 PM (t+qrx)

285 269 And Classic Shell (now called OpenShell) is the reason I can stand Windows 10.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion of a Poperin Pear at April 02, 2020 10:42 PM (f1Vqw)

I have read that this is the trick to Win10.
I really need to reset all my stuff but it sure seems like a lot if work!
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar at April 02, 2020 10:49 PM (BiNEL)


A couple of months ago, I took my desktop to a computer nerd, who cleaned it all up and installed Windows10. The thing has never worked so well.

Posted by: Ladyl at April 02, 2020 10:52 PM (TdMsT)

286 Nice starter set of shootin' irons.

Posted by: Burt Gummer at April 02, 2020 10:52 PM (q1Pj5)

287 A few years later she ended the relationship by cheating on me.

Posted by: Ace's liver



So your relationship ended exactly how every single man-woman relationship ends.

Typical.

Posted by: Sharkman at April 02, 2020 10:52 PM (i4CI5)

288 Did Meghan and Harry get out before the lockdown, or is Canada still stuck with them?
Posted by: Basement Cat at April 02, 2020 10:44 PM (pPNCa)

They made it to Hollywood, AFAIK. Good riddance.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 02, 2020 10:53 PM (miJU3)

289 >> I have read that this is the trick to Win10.

The Windows 8 "Metro" shit is gone, and they brought back a start menu of sorts with Win 10, but it's nothing like the old one and is still unsuable.

When I build up a Win10 install, just about the first thing I do is install OpenShell. I can't do anything until I get that going.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion of a Poperin Pear at April 02, 2020 10:53 PM (f1Vqw)

290 The one thing I've been fortunate not to have: Nightmares involving flashbacks of Pooky's "incident." Don't know how I've managed to be blessed by that when he has so many nightmares. Or how he's never seriously hurt me acting out his violent dreams. (He lies on his back, his airway closes, the CPAP kicks into overdrive, but his brain is already in panic mode, and the nightmares accompanied by REM Behavioral Disorder start.) Sure, I've gotten bruised, but thankfully no broken bones so far. That inevitable ER visit is going to be SUPER fun.

Posted by: pookysgirl, burning a dreamcatcher at April 02, 2020 10:53 PM (XKZwp)

291 ...and mute all participants upon entry. Their mic should already be muted on their side, but it's good hosting practice to mute everyone else.

....and congrats, Insomniac. My current gig with the local school district came after 10+ months of uncertainty and within 2 months of homelessness. Went from expendable to essential just like that. May it be thus with you.

Posted by: Joe Kidd at April 02, 2020 10:53 PM (5WpEK)

292 278 AOP, are you back home?
Posted by: Jordan61 at April 02, 2020 10:42 PM (XMsJi)

No. Remaining here in Apache Junction for a week or two yet. Weather is still the shits back home. And I am making good progress on my house reno project here, seeing as there is little to do with so much being shut down.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 02, 2020 10:51 PM (miJU3)


Clearly you don't do renovations like I do. I must go to the hardware store at least three times a day until the project is done.

Posted by: Ace's liver at April 02, 2020 10:53 PM (wGeit)

293 Funny how that works, all the state and federal government pond scum with guaranteed job security, sweet pensions, and medical care are all in for screwing over any one that actually works for a living.
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar
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Not all us government Workers are pond scum...

Posted by: lin-duh at April 02, 2020 10:53 PM (UUBmN)

294 @267 do you swallow?

Posted by: Lonesome Ed at April 02, 2020 10:54 PM (2CtSR)

295 Happy ONT Everyone. Thanks WD. I drove around carelessly and recklessly hunting down Corona Zombies and didn't see a single one. This sucks. Luckily I procured a sizeable stash of Balvenie 18 Y.O. Single Malt before the great TP famine and am self-vaccinating. Haven't shot any of the neighbors yet. They bring gifts and items to barter.

Posted by: DBCooper at April 02, 2020 10:54 PM (bttOm)

296 Not all us government Workers are pond scum...
Posted by: lin-duh at April 02, 2020 10:53 PM (UUBmN)

^ this

Posted by: Jordan61 at April 02, 2020 10:54 PM (XMsJi)

297 Ever had a sexual dream about a co worker and then had to go in the next day and face them? awkward.. for me anyway.. not for him..lol!

Posted by: Jewells45 at April 02, 2020 10:54 PM (dUJdY)

298 There was another option for the Captain of the Roosevelt, which also would probably have cost him his career, but also would have saved the crew, and would have been more honorable.

And that would have been if he pulls into Guam and offloads his entire crew on his own authority. And then just sends a very short message to Washington, saying I did what had to be done.

Posted by: Tom Servo at April 02, 2020 10:55 PM (V2Yro)

299 289 Did Meghan and Harry get out before the lockdown, or is Canada still stuck with them?
Posted by: Basement Cat at April 02, 2020 10:44 PM (pPNCa)

They made it to Hollywood, AFAIK. Good riddance.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 02, 2020 10:53 PM (miJU3)


First Celine Dion, and now these two miscreants. Canada has a lot to answer for.

Posted by: Ace's liver at April 02, 2020 10:55 PM (wGeit)

300 I've have dreamed a couple of times of piloting a small plane with passengers with the knowledge I don't really know how to fly or land. Staying calm and problem solving is the intense part of the dream. I've never felt such relief waking up.

Posted by: Kilroy wasn't here at April 02, 2020 10:55 PM (2DOZq)

301 How much longer before the country breaks? Buy guns.

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My bet? Way before April 31.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at April 02, 2020 10:55 PM (XVuno)

302 The HOA: If the homeowner is working from home at the behest of the government HOA loses.

Else they're screwed.

HOA's are awful....petty tyrannical petite government busybodies.
Posted by: torabora at April 02, 2020 10:48 PM (Y274z)

I can think of a scenario or two, in which the HOA would lose...

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 02, 2020 10:56 PM (miJU3)

303 That top picture. What every American should have in their rec room.

Posted by: Eromero at April 02, 2020 10:56 PM (XhWtx)

304 Dammit Weird Dave!!! Speaking of hate to the temp of 1000000 suns, you tricked me into clicking on the ABC News website for that Navy story. I hate little more with such a passion than giving so much as one g-d damned click to those son of a bitches. Can you PLEASE give us a heads up on those? Just give a chance to look elsewhere. I wont go on and on and berate you for putting a link in there in the first place, whereby steering traffic to those corrupt lying scumbags. I wont go there.

Posted by: Woodson at April 02, 2020 10:56 PM (bavP9)

305 I was in a startup trying to commercialize some technology they bought off a different big tech company. These are the kind of guys who do not know the difference between F and C and at one point had me redesign a part after I confirmed the temp 3 times and had a design review.

I insisted on safety mechanisms on one design, and they balked. I held a design review on safety and they all said my interlock design was unnecessary. I did it anyway. Later I found out these asshats had killed a guy (KILLED A GUY) due to the problem I anticipated several years earlier, and were against the interlock since it made clear that their design was dangerous. They had blamed the tech who got blowed up. Yes. they are this incompetent. it is in the Battelle DNA.

I could go on. I am worked up over the thought of Battelle. F--- them.

Posted by: Gentlemen, this is democracy manifest at April 02, 2020 10:56 PM (LWu6U)

306 The worst thing is that you can't plan for anything. You think there's an end in sight and they push it back.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at April 02, 2020 10:56 PM (Lqy/e)

307 First Celine Dion, and now these two miscreants. Canada has a lot to answer for.
Posted by: Ace's liver at April 02, 2020 10:55 PM (wGeit)

Don't forget Justin Bieber.

Posted by: Jordan61 at April 02, 2020 10:56 PM (XMsJi)

308 Same. Similar. I don't remember what the specific imaginary offense was, but the fact that it didn't actually happen except in her dream wasn't enough.

It's like the "credibly accused" thing.
Posted by: hogmartin at April 02, 2020 10:52 PM (t+qrx)

I remember getting kicked hard in the shins in the middle of the night for something I had done - in my wife's dream.

Posted by: Tom Servo at April 02, 2020 10:57 PM (V2Yro)

309 I've have dreamed a couple of times of piloting a small plane with passengers with the knowledge I don't really know how to fly or land.
Posted by: Kilroy wasn't here at April 02, 2020 10:55 PM (2DOZq)


I was really expecting this to be socked as JFK, Jr.

Posted by: hogmartin at April 02, 2020 10:57 PM (t+qrx)

310 dream about the ocean a lot. I wonder what that means.
Posted by: Jewells45 at April 02, 2020 10:23 PM (dUJdY)

If its like me you want to go fishing.

Posted by: Agitator at April 02, 2020 10:57 PM (oEmr5)

311 neil young: canuck. also asshoe!

Posted by: chavez the hugo at April 02, 2020 10:58 PM (KP5rU)

312 My bet? Way before April 31.


there is no April 31

Posted by: THE_BlackOrchid_STATE! at April 02, 2020 10:58 PM (j9HX3)

313 @ 250 Jane
What is with the states shutting down liquor stores, and Camp is a Republican?

I remember you used to briefly live in Illinois where I am. And Jabba the Hutt pritzker needs the money so we got liquor stores open and cannabis dispensaries. So I guess there's a serious shortage of product for the dispensaries. Chris M are you still here?

Posted by: Farmer at April 02, 2020 10:58 PM (I/k2b)

314 Well horde, getting ready to board. Catch you later.

Posted by: Jordan61 at April 02, 2020 10:59 PM (XMsJi)

315 I dream about Italy a lot

especially now

I think once we're past this I'm going back ASAP

Posted by: THE_BlackOrchid_STATE! at April 02, 2020 10:59 PM (j9HX3)

316 312 neil young: canuck. also asshoe!
Posted by: chavez the hugo at April 02, 2020 10:58 PM (KP5rU)

Southern Man don't need him

Posted by: Lonesome Ed at April 02, 2020 10:59 PM (2CtSR)

317 Both sets had bad links, kb. Your Twatter page came up, but no images.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 02, 2020 10:36 PM (miJU3)

I used the links, pictures came up just fine for me.

Just go to my twitter page and click on "media", you'll see all of them

Posted by: kbdabear at April 02, 2020 11:00 PM (qAR6u)

318 13 My bet? Way before April 31.


there is no April 31


Posted by: THE_BlackOrchid_STATE! at April 02, 2020 10:58 PM (j9HX3)

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Damn. I always get that mixed up. If we stuck with the French Revolution calendar we wouldn't have this problem.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at April 02, 2020 11:00 PM (XVuno)

319 was really expecting this to be socked as JFK, Jr.
Posted by: hogmartin at April 02, 2020 10:57 PM (t+qrx)

Heh.

Posted by: Kilroy wasn't here at April 02, 2020 11:00 PM (2DOZq)

320 254 I frequently have dreams where I am able to fly. Really wickedly cool dreams where everything is in color and I am soaring thousands of miles and feeling the air rushing by and seeing the sights as if they are real. There is often a narrator for these adventures as well.
Posted by: Sharkman at April 02, 2020 10:47 PM (i4CI5)

Superman dreams are cool, I know other people who have them. I never did, closest I get to something like that is the ability to breathe underwater. And that's my Secret Shame: My inner superhero is Aquaman. Sad!

Posted by: Tom Servo at April 02, 2020 11:01 PM (V2Yro)

321 thirst!

Posted by: redc1c4, ONT Rx tech at April 02, 2020 11:01 PM (vwf8z)

322 Oh, and I blame the alcohol.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at April 02, 2020 11:01 PM (XVuno)

323 OK, to be clear on my rage comment above. They killed a guy a couple years before I was involved. In reviewing the design to commercialize, I added an interlock to prevent and unlikely (but possible) failure mode. They balked but I put it in anyway.

Later, I found out that they knew that failure mode I anticipated had already happened, and killed a guy. They balked because my professional analysis proved that it was their fault and not the tech who got blown up. They would have preferred it happened again than admit that maybe they were wrong.

Posted by: Gentlemen, this is democracy manifest at April 02, 2020 11:01 PM (LWu6U)

324 Clearly you don't do renovations like I do. I must go to the hardware store at least three times a day until the project is done.
Posted by: Ace's liver at April 02, 2020 10:53 PM (wGeit)

Well, Home Depot and Lowes remain open. I needed some protector plates, about 15 of them. Could have gone and bought a tub of 100, but I cut up some scrap joist hangers, and made do with that.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 02, 2020 11:01 PM (miJU3)

325 dream about the ocean a lot. I wonder what that means.

Posted by: Jewells45 at April 02, 2020 10:23 PM (dUJdY)

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when i dream of water, it means i have to pee, and i better get my ass out of bed and into the latrine...



Posted by: redc1c4, ONT Rx tech at April 02, 2020 11:01 PM (vwf8z)

326 144 kbdabear, would your world-famous models make frequent cameos? ;-)

Posted by: qdpsteve at April 02, 2020 10:29 PM (L2ZTs)

Of course. And I'll see if I can get Lindsey Lohan to costar, she isn't doing much of anything lately

Posted by: kbdabear at April 02, 2020 11:01 PM (qAR6u)

327 hogmartin @ 310, the first time I soloed in a helicopter I really glommed I was soloing when I saw my instructor lying on his back with his head on a cushion watching me as I landed on the 'H'.

Posted by: Eromero at April 02, 2020 11:01 PM (XhWtx)

328 >>Justin Bieber.
Posted by: Jordan61 at April 02, 2020 10:56 PM (XMsJi)

Schroedinger's Douchebag: A guy who says offensive things and decides whether he's kidding or not based on people's reactions.

Posted by: Zod at April 02, 2020 11:02 PM (XzT/D)

329 I frequently dream about going back to places I've lived or stayed years ago, and having a bunch of my stuff still there. I try to get all the stuff packed up to take with me, but never succeed in that task.

Posted by: Insomniac - Ex Cineribus Resurgo at April 02, 2020 11:02 PM (NWiLs)

330 I could go on. I am worked up over the thought of Battelle. F--- them.
Posted by: Gentlemen, this is democracy manifest at April 02, 2020 10:56 PM (LWu6U)
* * * *

I hear ya. And they are just one incompetent cog in the scheme of things. There are several agencies that are way out of whack (*cough* DOE *cough*) and these agencies have companies like Battelle doing their work, running projects, writing their own contracts, and making a hash of everything. With taxpayer dollars, natch.

Posted by: Legally Sufficient at April 02, 2020 11:02 PM (WFcrO)

331 My wife won't ever go on a cruise with me because of two dreams she had. I'm ok with that. No cheating was involved, I just wasn't myself.

Posted by: Evasiveboat42 at April 02, 2020 11:02 PM (Rz2Nc)

332 Not all us government Workers are pond scum...
Posted by: lin-duh at April 02, 2020 10:53 PM (UUBmN)

^ this


I DID make a point of saying that it was the institutions I was talking about, not all of the people. A good many of them, but not all.

Posted by: Weirddave at April 02, 2020 11:02 PM (3W/2I)

333 Dear Diary:

Day 14 of Quarantine with only my spouse of thirty years. Still not enough nudity.

Posted by: RS at April 02, 2020 11:03 PM (CNQqJ)

334 The Conservative Case for Selling PPE to Foreigners.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 02, 2020 10:31 PM (7rVsF)

Sorry to bump your order, but foreigners are paying cash
Posted by: CN at April 02, 2020 10:35 PM (ONvIw)

The University of California admissions system, in a nutshell.

Heck, that could be applied to most state universities, couldn't it?

Posted by: Darrell Harris at April 02, 2020 11:03 PM (q7KBw)

335 315 Well horde, getting ready to board. Catch you later.
Posted by: Jordan61 at April 02, 2020 10:59 PM (XMsJi)

Have a safe flight, and don't lick any toilet seats.

Posted by: flounder, rebel, vulgarian, deplorable, winner at April 02, 2020 11:03 PM (KnJdm)

336 330 I frequently dream about going back to places I've lived or stayed years ago, and having a bunch of my stuff still there. I try to get all the stuff packed up to take with me, but never succeed in that task.
Posted by: Insomniac - Ex Cineribus Resurgo at April 02, 2020 11:02 PM (NWiLs)

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And how does that make you feel?

*draws from pipe thoughtfully*

*writes out bill for $500*

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at April 02, 2020 11:04 PM (XVuno)

337 In the end, only two things matter:
1) The denominator. How many actually have this. Unknowable, yet critical.
2) The word "no". It shows up sooner or later. It's related to other things like 1A and 2A...along with all the other "A"s.

Posted by: techsan at April 02, 2020 11:04 PM (lYvbB)

338 330 I frequently dream about going back to places I've lived or stayed years ago, and having a bunch of my stuff still there. I try to get all the stuff packed up to take with me, but never succeed in that task.
Posted by: Insomniac - Ex Cineribus Resurgo at April 02, 2020 11:02 PM (NWiLs)

Unclaimed baggage. If you can lucidly dream at all, next time you're there, set it all on fire. The dream won't come back.

Posted by: Tom Servo at April 02, 2020 11:05 PM (V2Yro)

339 @334

Funny!

Posted by: Lonesome Ed at April 02, 2020 11:05 PM (2CtSR)

340 Day 14 of Quarantine with only my spouse of thirty years. Still not enough nudity.

Posted by: RS at April 02, 2020 11:03 PM (CNQqJ)

Day 40:
"She's in the freezer"
"You have three freezers"
"Yup"

Posted by: kbdabear at April 02, 2020 11:05 PM (qAR6u)

341
Love the "Enemy at the Gates" reference for the medical masks!

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at April 02, 2020 11:05 PM (pNxlR)

342 330 I frequently dream about going back to places I've lived or stayed years ago, and having a bunch of my stuff still there. I try to get all the stuff packed up to take with me, but never succeed in that task.
Posted by: Insomniac - Ex Cineribus Resurgo at April 02, 2020 11:02 PM (NWiLs)


I've had similar dreams. And I discover items from my past that I'd completely forgotten.

Posted by: Ladyl at April 02, 2020 11:06 PM (TdMsT)

343 I DID make a point of saying that it was the institutions I was talking about, not all of the people. A good many of them, but not all.
Posted by: Weirddave at April 02, 2020 11:02 PM (3W/2I)

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But when you talk about destruction
Don't you know that you can count me out

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at April 02, 2020 11:06 PM (XVuno)

344
Not all us government Workers are pond scum...
Posted by: lin-duh at April 02, 2020 10:53 PM (UUBmN)


What gets me ticked is that everyone ululating for longer and longer lockdowns is either rich or still getting paid.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 02, 2020 11:06 PM (7rVsF)

345 Just go to my twitter page and click on "media", you'll see all of them

Posted by: kbdabear at April 02, 2020 11:00 PM (qAR6u)

It wants me to sign up for Twatter. I can't do that, Dave.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 02, 2020 11:06 PM (miJU3)

346 A utility called "Debotnet" is really useful for cleaning up a lot of Wintendo's creepy telemetry nonsense and many other annoyances:

https://github.com/mirinsoft/debotnet


Also, "simplewall":

https://github.com/henrypp/simplewall


Lastly, O&O ShutUp10:

https://www.oo-software.com/en/shutup10

Posted by: Zettai Roshia-no Asetto at April 02, 2020 11:06 PM (QHxmP)

347 THE NEW NORMAL? -spontaneously generated essay

What Can We Learn From All This? Department

Luxury goods. Going out to eat. Shopping for crap. (The Easter candy aisle at Wal-Mart was huge, but shoved in the back and probably not selling much.) Recreation and consumption are a big part of our "economy." They also don't produce products, goods, wealth. 90% (carefully made-up statistic) of what we do is "non-essential." And frequently potentially disruptive because of it.

Having sufficient provisions laid in for emergency situations should be everybody's habit. All those recreational expenditures transmuted to savings -- okay, not all but much -- would also be good prepping. Families should practice "social distancing" by not having any families stacked up like anthills in urban clots. Travel, especially for data-pushing purposes, can be greatly reduced. Online shopping, deliveries, will never replace going in to thump the cantaloupe but can greatly reduce the amount the cost of providing dry goods.

And then there's sanitation. They cancelled daughter's ballet this year, perhaps rightly so, but they never fill that big auditorium - they could easily seat folks social-distances apart. But, last winter at the Nutcracker, as so many times with their performances, there were the hackers, the sneezers, the snifflers, and the children were almost as bad as the adults. I try not to breath when I'm in attendance, and if I have to breathe, it's through the nose. PEOPLE! AT LEAST LEARN TO COVER!

If nothing else, the lesson of basic sanitation could be learned from all this.

But you know what the retention period for human experientially-earned wisdom is, right?

#twoweeks

Posted by: mindful webworker
radically inclined
at April 02, 2020 11:07 PM (AoLFQ)

348 339 330 I frequently dream about going back to places I've lived or stayed years ago, and having a bunch of my stuff still there. I try to get all the stuff packed up to take with me, but never succeed in that task.
Posted by: Insomniac - Ex Cineribus Resurgo at April 02, 2020 11:02 PM (NWiLs)

Unclaimed baggage. If you can lucidly dream at all, next time you're there, set it all on fire. The dream won't come back.
Posted by: Tom Servo at April 02, 2020 11:05 PM (V2Yro)

Unfinished business.

Posted by: Insomniac - Ex Cineribus Resurgo at April 02, 2020 11:07 PM (NWiLs)

349 The Conservative Case for Selling PPE to Foreigners.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 02, 2020 10:31 PM (7rVsF)

Sorry to bump your order, but foreigners are paying cash
Posted by: CN at April 02, 2020 10:35 PM (ONvIw)


I'm sorry it went down like that, but someone had to lose.

Posted by: Glen Frey at April 02, 2020 11:08 PM (wGeit)

350 Do your dreams ever go into reruns?

yes - I've been retired for 20+ years, but still "go to work" a couple times a week in my dreams

the last business I owned was a seafood business, so the dreams involve selling fish

at least, while dreaming of peddling fish, I can laugh at myself and stop the dream

until the next fishy time

Posted by: clbrto at April 02, 2020 11:08 PM (EteQ7)

351 'The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3' on TCM. Just recognized Robert Shaw.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at April 02, 2020 11:09 PM (xSo9G)

352 I dreamt I killed someone once and it was so real that when I woke up I honestly thought that I was flashing back to a real event that had occurred in some kind of blackout state. Freaky and scary as Hell for a few hours until I settled down and thought it through.

Weird thing was I never heard from my ex-wife again.

Go figure.

Posted by: Sharkman at April 02, 2020 10:45 PM (i4CI5)


This 'un made me laugh.

Posted by: GnuBreed at April 02, 2020 11:09 PM (XF4b8)

353 I dreamed that my parents, spouse, sibs and I were on vacation in southern Chile. I was supposed to have made all the arrangements for hotels, etc. but had been too busy at work to do it. So we winged it, never knowing where we were going, but going anyway. It was the weirdest feeling to be in a place with which I was supposed to be familiar, and knowing nothing. Was glad to wake up from that one!

Posted by: Legally Sufficient at April 02, 2020 11:09 PM (WFcrO)

354
Hello, horde. I'm busy cooking for minor festivities tomorrow. What should I put on the t.v.?

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at April 02, 2020 11:09 PM (Xm5XV)

355 that's a cute little collection of bang sticks up top...

a layout of one of our smaller safes might look like that, except with MOAR pistols.


Posted by: redc1c4, ONT Rx tech at April 02, 2020 11:10 PM (vwf8z)

356 Just wanted to say Thanks for an excellent ONT, weird dude, er, dave.

Posted by: GnuBreed at April 02, 2020 11:10 PM (XF4b8)

357 Thank you Weird Dave.

We all appreciate all you do and love you very much. You may not realize it, but I think most of us read the ONT content eventually throughout the night. You entertain us.

It saddens me that Mis Hum was unhappy. He could have dialed down the effort if it was too much. I would have been happy with a couple meme or quotes each night. Authoring the ONT is a great opportunity to opine to an established audience, so he could have done that too without all the effort of finding links.

Anyway, if it gets to be too much for you, let us know. I am sure the other morons will have lots of sympathy if you decide to turn into a candyass whiner.

Posted by: Gentlemen, this is democracy manifest at April 02, 2020 11:10 PM (LWu6U)

358 Hello, horde. I'm busy cooking for minor festivities tomorrow. What should I put on the t.v.?
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at April 02, 2020 11:09 PM (Xm5XV)


A tasteful drape or tablecloth.

Posted by: hogmartin at April 02, 2020 11:11 PM (t+qrx)

359 Of course. And I'll see if I can get Lindsey Lohan to costar, she isn't doing much of anything lately
Posted by: kbdabear at April 02, 2020 11:01 PM (qAR6u)


Okay. Hope your completion insurance is paid up :-)

Posted by: qdpsteve at April 02, 2020 11:11 PM (L2ZTs)

360 356 that's a cute little collection of bang sticks up top...

a layout of one of our smaller safes might look like that, except with MOAR pistols.


Posted by: redc1c4, ONT Rx tech at April 02, 2020 11:10 PM (vwf8z)

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Do tell.

Posted by: Bob, at the NSA at April 02, 2020 11:11 PM (XVuno)

361 dreams suck. you always wake up just before the good part. happy ending, my ass.

Posted by: chavez the hugo at April 02, 2020 11:11 PM (KP5rU)

362 >>> 351 Do your dreams ever go into reruns?

yes - I've been retired for 20+ years, but still "go to work" a couple times a week in my dreams

the last business I owned was a seafood business, so the dreams involve selling fish

at least, while dreaming of peddling fish, I can laugh at myself and stop the dream

until the next fishy time
Posted by: clbrto at April 02, 2020 11:08 PM (EteQ7)

Great.

Now watch these Morons reel out a bunch of fish puns.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at April 02, 2020 11:11 PM (0ReGO)

363 Goin back to Cali?

Posted by: Cosmic Charlie at April 02, 2020 11:11 PM (PUmDY)

364 One mask for every two nurses? We should be so fortunate.
I believe one reason the Feds are reluctant to say we all should wear masks is the sheer logistics. For instance, let's say 100 million Americans each day go out of their homes and interact with others. Let's assume each mask is good for one day of use. That is 700 million masks per week, more than 2.8 billion per month. And they have to be delivered to every residence in the country, on time. Maybe I am wrong, but the costs and the shipping headaches would not be pretty.

Posted by: Gref at April 02, 2020 11:11 PM (AMIL/)

365 355
Hello, horde. I'm busy cooking for minor festivities tomorrow. What should I put on the t.v.?
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at April 02, 2020 11:09 PM (Xm5XV)


The Seventh Seal.

Posted by: Ace's liver at April 02, 2020 11:12 PM (wGeit)

366 What gets me ticked is that everyone ululating for longer and longer lockdowns is either rich or still getting paid.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh
----
I never wanted any shut down. I don't really like working from home everyday, it's like you never leave work. I was hoping this would all be over by Easter. I was pretty vocal at work about how I thought this was all overkill. They'll probably try to fire me or get me to quit when this is all over and they finally fill an opening they've had for almost 3 months.

Posted by: lin-duh at April 02, 2020 11:12 PM (UUBmN)

367 a layout of one of our smaller safes might look like that, except with MOAR pistols.


Posted by: redc1c4, ONT Rx tech at April 02, 2020 11:10 PM (vwf8z)


I had the same initial thought. I also tried to find the Thompson submachine gun, based on the 2 round mags, but they must be for a shotty.

Posted by: GnuBreed at April 02, 2020 11:12 PM (XF4b8)

368 Has anyone ever woken themselves up laughing in a dream?

Posted by: Ladyl at April 02, 2020 11:12 PM (TdMsT)

369 It saddens me that Mis Hum was unhappy. He could have dialed down the effort if it was too much. I would have been happy with a couple meme or quotes each night. Authoring the ONT is a great opportunity to opine to an established audience, so he could have done that too without all the effort of finding links.

Anyway, if it gets to be too much for you, let us know. I am sure the other morons will have lots of sympathy if you decide to turn into a candyass whiner.
Posted by: Gentlemen, this is democracy manifest at April 02, 2020 11:10 PM (LWu6U)

So did MisHum really quit, or was that just an April Fool's joke? I enjoyed his threads.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 02, 2020 11:12 PM (miJU3)

370 Hello, horde. I'm busy cooking for minor festivities tomorrow. What should I put on the t.v.?

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at April 02, 2020 11:09 PM (Xm5XV)


Coasters?

Posted by: RickZ at April 02, 2020 11:12 PM (Y8PSl)

371 355: i'm watching mav tv. no politics.

Posted by: chavez the hugo at April 02, 2020 11:12 PM (KP5rU)

372 365 One mask for every two nurses? We should be so fortunate.
I believe one reason the Feds are reluctant to say we all should wear masks is the sheer logistics. For instance, let's say 100 million Americans each day go out of their homes and interact with others. Let's assume each mask is good for one day of use. That is 700 million masks per week, more than 2.8 billion per month. And they have to be delivered to every residence in the country, on time. Maybe I am wrong, but the costs and the shipping headaches would not be pretty.
Posted by: Gref at April 02, 2020 11:11 PM (AMIL/)


Masks can be sterilized in the oven, so we don't need quite that many. But yeah, still a lot.

Posted by: Ace's liver at April 02, 2020 11:13 PM (wGeit)

373 359 Hello, horde. I'm busy cooking for minor festivities tomorrow. What should I put on the t.v.?
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at April 02, 2020 11:09 PM (Xm5XV)

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The Don Cornelius chia pet?

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at April 02, 2020 11:13 PM (XVuno)

374 So did MisHum really quit, or was that just an April Fool's joke? I enjoyed his threads.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon

I don't know. I kept looking around but saw no mention on the daywalker threads.

I was just making a joke above though.

Posted by: Gentlemen, this is democracy manifest at April 02, 2020 11:14 PM (LWu6U)

375 given where i live, this is no great surprise, but i ran into Paul Rodriguez at the Verizon store today...

down to earth and friendly, and we even had a few things in common.

nice to meet someone "famous" who isn't an arrogant asshole.

and no, i didn't ask for an autograph or a picture.

awhile back, i ran into CPT Kirk, and the chiro...

didn't fanboi either time, because that's not who i am or how i roll.

Posted by: redc1c4, ONT Rx tech at April 02, 2020 11:15 PM (vwf8z)

376 Hello, horde. I'm busy cooking for minor festivities tomorrow. What should I put on the t.v.?
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at April 02, 2020 11:09 PM (Xm5XV)


This. Just this.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eY52Zsg-KVI

Posted by: hogmartin at April 02, 2020 11:15 PM (t+qrx)

377 373 365 One mask for every two nurses? We should be so fortunate.

Posted by: Gref

Masks can be sterilized in the oven, so we don't need quite that many. But yeah, still a lot.
Posted by: Ace's liver

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Make sure to remove the nurses first.

Posted by: Tonypete at April 02, 2020 11:15 PM (Y4EXg)

378 So did MisHum really quit, or was that just an April Fool's joke? I enjoyed his threads.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 02, 2020 11:12 PM (miJU3)


Wait. What? That wasn't a joke last night?

Posted by: Ladyl at April 02, 2020 11:15 PM (TdMsT)

379
Posted by: lin-duh at April 02, 2020 11:12 PM (UUBmN)

Rest assured, you're not the object of my ire.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 02, 2020 11:15 PM (7rVsF)

380 "... at the chiro..."

stupid fingers, and i'm not even buzzed.

(yet)

Posted by: redc1c4, ONT Rx tech at April 02, 2020 11:15 PM (vwf8z)

381 The Seventh Seal.

Heh.

I think I'll put something lighter on like the Seventh Sign...

Posted by: Additional Blond Agent, STEM guy at April 02, 2020 11:16 PM (7s3Gx)

382 For some odd reason I feel like watching Gene Wilder and Donald Sutherland in Start the Revolution Without Me.


BBL . . .

Posted by: Sharkman at April 02, 2020 11:16 PM (i4CI5)

383 This. Just this.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eY52Zsg-KVI
Posted by: hogmartin

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I put this on for white noise for the grandkids sometimes.

They love it.

Posted by: Tonypete at April 02, 2020 11:16 PM (Y4EXg)

384 369 Has anyone ever woken themselves up laughing in a dream?
Posted by: Ladyl at April 02, 2020 11:12 PM (TdMsT)


I was on a drug for awhile that produces extremely vivid dreams. I woke up laughing, crying, and in other... states. The nightmares were terrifying, but the good dreams were really good.

Posted by: Ace's liver at April 02, 2020 11:17 PM (wGeit)

385 I have commented only once or twice, but I just wanted to let all of the horde know how much this site means to me. I love the humor and knowledge and puns and love found here. Thanks for helping to keep this lurker sane.

Posted by: California Girl (not Caligirl) at April 02, 2020 11:17 PM (L9+g/)

386

Wait, do "support fags" ride for free on planes?

Posted by: Soothsayer, very senile at April 02, 2020 11:17 PM (UxzMs)

387 Has anyone ever woken themselves up laughing in a dream?
Posted by: Ladyl at April 02, 2020 11:12 PM (TdMsT)

I was on a drug for awhile that produces extremely vivid dreams. I woke up laughing, crying, and in other... states. The nightmares were terrifying, but the good dreams were really good.

Posted by: Ace's liver at April 02, 2020 11:17 PM



Chantix?

Posted by: Zettai Roshia-no Asetto at April 02, 2020 11:17 PM (QHxmP)

388 378 373 365 One mask for every two nurses? We should be so fortunate.

Posted by: Gref

Masks can be sterilized in the oven, so we don't need quite that many. But yeah, still a lot.
Posted by: Ace's liver

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Make sure to remove the nurses first.
Posted by: Tonypete at April 02, 2020 11:15 PM (Y4EXg)


Nurses need to be germ free as well.

Posted by: Ace's liver at April 02, 2020 11:17 PM (wGeit)

389 BREAKING: Cruise ship sunk Venezuelan Navy ship and fled, to avoid unlawful seizure

Posted by: SMOD at April 02, 2020 11:18 PM (X5CsJ)

390 If you can lucidly dream at all, next time you're there, set it all on fire. The dream won't come back.

Posted by: Tom Servo at April 02, 2020 11:05 PM (V2Yro)


Look for your hands in the dream, once you can see your hands, you can control the dream!

Posted by: ombie Carlos Castaneda at April 02, 2020 11:18 PM (BiNEL)

391 388 Has anyone ever woken themselves up laughing in a dream?
Posted by: Ladyl at April 02, 2020 11:12 PM (TdMsT)

I was on a drug for awhile that produces extremely vivid dreams. I woke up laughing, crying, and in other... states. The nightmares were terrifying, but the good dreams were really good.

Posted by: Ace's liver at April 02, 2020 11:17 PM

Chantix?
Posted by: Zettai Roshia-no Asetto at April 02, 2020 11:17 PM (QHxmP)


Remeron

Posted by: Ace's liver at April 02, 2020 11:18 PM (wGeit)

392 Posted by: naturalfake at April 02, 2020 10:34 PM (z0XD

Margins!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at April 02, 2020 11:18 PM (dLLD6)

393 I put this on for white noise for the grandkids sometimes.

They love it.
Posted by: Tonypete at April 02, 2020 11:16 PM (Y4EXg)


I really start to get into it after about three hours.

Posted by: hogmartin at April 02, 2020 11:18 PM (t+qrx)

394 Let's assume each mask is good for one day of use. That is 700 million masks per week, more than 2.8 billion per month. And they have to be delivered to every residence in the country, on time. Maybe I am wrong, but the costs and the shipping headaches would not be pretty.

Posted by: Gref at April 02, 2020 11:11 PM (AMIL/)


You're forgetting about disposal issues with that many masks, too. That doesn't take into account the number of infected masks and how to dispose of that much 'medical waste'.

Posted by: RickZ at April 02, 2020 11:18 PM (Y8PSl)

395
I used to have a dream often about being in grad school on my way to my degree when I'm called in and informed that I would not be getting that degree. It seems that my Batchelor's degree had been revoked because I had failed to take an English course.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at April 02, 2020 11:19 PM (pNxlR)

396 California Girl, you are welcome.
This place helps me stay sane too.

Posted by: qdpsteve at April 02, 2020 11:19 PM (L2ZTs)

397 I have commented only once or twice, but I just wanted to let all of the horde know how much this site means to me. I love the humor and knowledge and puns and love found here. Thanks for helping to keep this lurker sane.

Posted by: California Girl (not Caligirl)



"All are welcome. ALL are welcome!" -- Creepy Lady in Poltergeist.

Posted by: Sharkman at April 02, 2020 11:19 PM (i4CI5)

398 LadyL- Are you from the central ohio area?

Posted by: megthered at April 02, 2020 11:19 PM (pmGnb)

399 BREAKING: Cruise ship sunk Venezuelan Navy ship and fled, to avoid unlawful seizure
Posted by: SMOD

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The cruise ship didn't even fire a shot!

As the man said, never forget the law of gross tonnage.

Posted by: Tonypete at April 02, 2020 11:19 PM (Y4EXg)

400 330 Insom
Along those lines I've frequently had dreams about missing a class all semester and then finding out I had a final the next day.

I certainly hope you won't draw any implications that I might have had other distractions when I was attending college in the 70s.

Posted by: Farmer at April 02, 2020 11:20 PM (I/k2b)

401 On Twitter today, Paul Krugman is excitedly expecting the CCP virus to soon expand into the South.

New York has been the epicenter of the crisis, with density probably the main cause. But that may soon change 1/

Guess where people haven't been practicing social distancing? 2/


Krugman is referencing the fact that people aren't cutting back their driving that much in rural areas, which he thinks is equivalent to not social distancing.

He references a Bloomberg News report that starts:

A virus that is particularly lethal for people with underlying health conditions is now spreading into the unhealthiest part of the U.S.: the South.

Why, those Southern Trump supporters will soon be dying like flies!

Alabama has one-nineteenth the number of cases of New York per 100,000 people, but that's going to change soon, by golly! (The number of cases in Alabama is growing at about the same rate as New York.)

BTW, is Paul riding out the epidemic in his place on the Upper West Side, or has he fled to a more rural area? I know which way I'd bet.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at April 02, 2020 11:20 PM (I2/tG)

402 384 369 Has anyone ever woken themselves up laughing in a dream?
Posted by: Ladyl at April 02, 2020 11:12 PM (TdMsT)

I was on a drug for awhile that produces extremely vivid dreams. I woke up laughing, crying, and in other... states. The nightmares were terrifying, but the good dreams were really good.
Posted by: Ace's liver at April 02, 2020 11:17 PM (wGeit)


I've had several dreams in which I laughed so hard I woke myself up.

Posted by: Ladyl at April 02, 2020 11:20 PM (TdMsT)

403 One mask for every two nurses? We should be so fortunate.
I believe one reason the Feds are reluctant to say we all should wear masks is the sheer logistics. For instance, let's say 100 million Americans each day go out of their homes and interact with others. Let's assume each mask is good for one day of use. That is 700 million masks per week, more than 2.8 billion per month. And they have to be delivered to every residence in the country, on time. Maybe I am wrong, but the costs and the shipping headaches would not be pretty.
Posted by: Gref at April 02, 2020 11:11 PM (AMIL/)

Those flat, disposable masks. Pack 10 in a manila envelope, and send by mail to each residential address in the nation, starting with cities (denser population). They only have to be good enough to stop the wearer's cough or sneeze from scattering droplets in the air, or onto goods in the stores. If you aren't actively sneezing and coughing, hang the mask up to dry, and reuse your own.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 02, 2020 11:20 PM (miJU3)

404 Navy Captain is a hero IMO.

He did what we all EXPECTED FBI and DOJ people to do, put Honor first, and his career second.

Posted by: Romeo13 at April 02, 2020 11:20 PM (NgKpN)

405 So did MisHum really quit, or was that just an April Fool's joke? I enjoyed his threads.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 02, 2020 11:12 PM (miJU3)


Well, we shall find out on Saturday. When Maet said goodbye, there was no ambiguity. In fact, he has very rarely appeared even in the comments since.

Posted by: GnuBreed at April 02, 2020 11:21 PM (XF4b8)

406 BREAKING: Cruise ship sunk Venezuelan Navy ship and fled, to avoid unlawful seizure

Posted by: SMOD



The most shocking thing about this story is that Venezueala has a navy and it had a ship.

Posted by: Sharkman at April 02, 2020 11:21 PM (i4CI5)

407

I love the humor and knowledge and puns and love found here.

Please don't encourage them.
No punning!

Posted by: Soothsayer, very senile at April 02, 2020 11:21 PM (UxzMs)

408 I hope the Vuvuzelans unchained the motor crew before battling that cruise ship...

Posted by: Zettai Roshia-no Asetto at April 02, 2020 11:21 PM (QHxmP)

409 LL Cool J had some great lyrics sometimes. Some that make you call the cops.

Posted by: Cosmic Charlie at April 02, 2020 11:21 PM (PUmDY)

410 Hadrian the Seventh,
I know no one is talking about me personally. Hell, I don't even like working with all the leftist. I'm very guarded at work. I pretend to be a LIV that doesn't actually vote because it doesn't matter. I have noticed that the bigger the state agency the more leftist it is. All the big city agency's are even worse.

Posted by: lin-duh at April 02, 2020 11:21 PM (UUBmN)

411 400 330 Insom
Along those lines I've frequently had dreams about missing a class all semester and then finding out I had a final the next day.

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I have this one regularly. The scenes are always different but the theme is the same, I wake up relieved to find I don't have to take the test.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at April 02, 2020 11:21 PM (XVuno)

412
Once it starts, it doesn't end. And, after about ten puns, the repeats begin.

Posted by: Soothsayer, very senile at April 02, 2020 11:21 PM (UxzMs)

413 398 LadyL- Are you from the central ohio area?
Posted by: megthered at April 02, 2020 11:19 PM (pmGnb)

I am. Are you?

Posted by: Ladyl at April 02, 2020 11:22 PM (TdMsT)

414 I have a couple of different recurring dreams. Not the same dream, but the same feeling.

One is I have reenlisted in the Army, but all I have are my old green BDUs, and sometimes I forgot to shave. It's a very strong out-of-uniform moment. Often I am arriving on post (usually in some exotic location that looks like the German Alps) on a weekend and I have nobody to report to.

Another is I work at Walmart again, but forgot to check the schedule, and I am trying to remember when I work next. Weird shit.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Flying Kites at Night at April 02, 2020 11:22 PM (x8Wzq)

415 In the early morning hours of the 30th of March 2020 (local time), the cruise vessel RCGS RESOLUTE has been subject to an act of aggression by the Venezuelan Navy in international waters, around 13.3 nautical miles from Isla de Tortuga with 32 crew member and no passengers on board.

https://www.columbia-cs.com/statement-on-rcgs-resolute-incident/


The Venezuelan ship tried to ram the cruise ship, and the Venezuelan ship sank.

Posted by: SMH at April 02, 2020 11:22 PM (RU4sa)

416 Wait. What? That wasn't a joke last night?

Posted by: Ladyl at April 02, 2020 11:15 PM (TdMsT)


I am hoping it was an April Fool's joke, but I am still not sure. I am amazed that there is not more COB burnout. Think of the work required to pull something like this off multiple times per week, even with the NGU dental plan, it is a heckuva job!

Posted by: ombie Carlos Castaneda at April 02, 2020 11:22 PM (BiNEL)

417 I've had several dreams in which I laughed so hard I woke myself up.
Posted by: Ladyl


Count your blessings.

Posted by: Gentlemen, this is democracy manifest at April 02, 2020 11:22 PM (LWu6U)

418 402 384 369 Has anyone ever woken themselves up laughing in a dream?
Posted by: Ladyl at April 02, 2020 11:12 PM (TdMsT)

I was on a drug for awhile that produces extremely vivid dreams. I woke up laughing, crying, and in other... states. The nightmares were terrifying, but the good dreams were really good.
Posted by: Ace's liver at April 02, 2020 11:17 PM (wGeit)


I've had several dreams in which I laughed so hard I woke myself up.
Posted by: Ladyl at April 02, 2020 11:20 PM (TdMsT)

Last night I found out what I do when I fall asleep in a dream.

Dream was vivid. I was walking down a hallway talking to some old friends, but could not keep my eyes open and fell asleep.

I then woke up, to reality.

Weird

Posted by: Romeo13 at April 02, 2020 11:22 PM (NgKpN)

419
I have this one regularly. The scenes are always different but the theme is the same, I wake up relieved to find I don't have to take the test.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at April 02, 2020 11:21 PM (XVuno)


This is one of those universal dreams.

Posted by: Ladyl at April 02, 2020 11:22 PM (TdMsT)

420 The most shocking thing about this story is that Venezueala has a navy and it had a ship.
Posted by: Sharkman at April 02, 2020 11:21 PM (i4CI5


And it had fuel.

Posted by: DR.WTF at April 02, 2020 11:22 PM (aS1PU)

421 378 So did MisHum really quit, or was that just an April Fool's joke? I enjoyed his threads.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 02, 2020 11:12 PM (miJU3)


Wait. What? That wasn't a joke last night?
Posted by: Ladyl at April 02, 2020 11:15 PM (TdMsT)

Just as I was beginning to like Zappa...

Posted by: Darrell Harris at April 02, 2020 11:23 PM (q7KBw)

422 "he shit canned his entire career to safeguard his crew"


Sorry, but no. He went public (indirectly, at the least) with something directly related to the readiness of his command. That violates OpSec AND the chain of command.

Also, if it's him that wants his ship *evacuated* then I'm going to call him a pussy. There's procedures for decontaminating a ship and its crew (developed for worse problems than Wuhan Flu). Get on it.

Posted by: GWB at April 02, 2020 11:23 PM (7Of/6)

423 I rarely remember my dreams anymore.

Which is a good thing.

Posted by: SMH at April 02, 2020 11:23 PM (RU4sa)

424 I was in a startup trying to commercialize some technology they bought off a different big tech company. These are the kind of guys who do not know the difference between F and C and at one point had me redesign a part after I confirmed the temp 3 times and had a design review.

I insisted on safety mechanisms on one design, and they balked. I held a design review on safety and they all said my interlock design was unnecessary. I did it anyway. Later I found out these asshats had killed a guy (KILLED A GUY) due to the problem I anticipated several years earlier, and were against the interlock since it made clear that their design was dangerous. They had blamed the tech who got blowed up. Yes. they are this incompetent. it is in the Battelle DNA.

I could go on. I am worked up over the thought of Battelle. F--- them.

Posted by: Gentlemen

Aerospace or Battelle who is the scummiest FFRDC

Posted by: Jean at April 02, 2020 11:23 PM (B7KlG)

425 The most shocking thing about this story is that Venezueala has a navy and it had a ship.
Posted by: Sharkman at April 02, 2020 11:21 PM (i4CI5)

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Imagine the embarrassment of having to admit to your grandkids that you were routed in the Battle of the Carnival Celebration.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at April 02, 2020 11:23 PM (XVuno)

426 Posted by: Soothsayer, very senile at April 02, 2020 11:17 PM (UxzMs)

Compensating much?

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at April 02, 2020 11:23 PM (dLLD6)

427 Did MisHum really quit? I thought that was an April fool's day prank.

Bummer if true.

Posted by: tbodie at April 02, 2020 11:23 PM (jhgxs)

428 The Venezuelan ship tried to ram the cruise ship, and the Venezuelan ship sank.
Posted by: SMH

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I so love happy endings!

Posted by: Tonypete at April 02, 2020 11:23 PM (Y4EXg)

429 415 In the early morning hours of the 30th of March 2020 (local time), the cruise vessel RCGS RESOLUTE has been subject to an act of aggression by the Venezuelan Navy in international waters, around 13.3 nautical miles from Isla de Tortuga with 32 crew member and no passengers on board.

https://www.columbia-cs.com/statement-on-rcgs-resolute-incident/


The Venezuelan ship tried to ram the cruise ship, and the Venezuelan ship sank.
Posted by: SMH at April 02, 2020 11:22 PM (RU4sa)

Ramming speed? Are you kidding?

Posted by: Spartacus at April 02, 2020 11:24 PM (NgKpN)

430 Has anyone ever woken themselves up laughing in a dream?
Posted by: Ladyl at April 02, 2020 11:12 PM (TdMsT)
* * * *

I was laughing one night while dreaming. Hubs had heard that if you speak with someone who is dreaming, they will sometimes answer. So he asked what was so funny, and I replied that it was a camel in pink pajamas. Hubs then asked what the camel was doing, and I said "don't even ask!" It was this second laugh that woke me up.

Posted by: Legally Sufficient at April 02, 2020 11:24 PM (WFcrO)

431 Posted by: The ARC of History! at April 02, 2020 11:20 PM (I2/tG)

Krugman is one of those guys who knows Paris and London, and vacations in Davos, but has no idea what goes on in the US outside NYC.

Posted by: Ace's liver at April 02, 2020 11:24 PM (wGeit)

432 Good eve...oh, never mind.

So I made the mistake of listening to Glenn Beck today.

First...Jesus, what an asshole. He's been been rah-rahing this whole "Chinese Flu gone kill us all" narrative for ages and I'm beyond sick of it.

But I was listening to his interview with Stephen Moore from yesterday and they were talking about unemployment. I know this numbers are gonna get jacked way up but beyond the screaming hysterical headlines on Drudge *spit* I haven't paid much attention (being generally annoyed by the mu gu gai pandemic and all).

So I started looking up numbers And projections and oh my fucking gaaaawwwwwddddd!

Well...it's really incredible how the times went from sky high and then everything went plowing into the ground at mach 3.

Looks like we're gonna be in double digit unemployment very quickly and that could very well last quite a while.

Time to start pinching pennies, guys.

Posted by: Robert at April 02, 2020 11:24 PM (GiKuo)

433

I am hoping it was an April Fool's joke, but I am still not sure. I am amazed that there is not more COB burnout. Think of the work required to pull something like this off multiple times per week, even with the NGU dental plan, it is a heckuva job!
Posted by: ombie Carlos Castaneda at April 02, 2020 11:22 PM (BiNEL)


The amount of work and dedication it takes is mind-boggling. I sure hope MisHum comes back.

Posted by: Ladyl at April 02, 2020 11:24 PM (TdMsT)

434

How would that "captain" react in a battle when his crew was in harm's way?

btw, how many in his crew died?

Posted by: Soothsayer, very senile at April 02, 2020 11:25 PM (UxzMs)

435

The Venezuelan ship tried to ram the cruise ship, and the Venezuelan ship sank.
Posted by: SMH at April 02, 2020 11:22 PM (RU4sa)

Ramming speed? Are you kidding?
Posted by: Spartacus at April 02, 2020 11:24 PM (NgKpN)

And, sock fail, should have been Ben Hur!

Grrrrrr

Posted by: Romeo13 at April 02, 2020 11:25 PM (NgKpN)

436 Even better, the cruise ship was made to break ice.

Posted by: SMH at April 02, 2020 11:25 PM (RU4sa)

437 I used to have a dream often about being in grad school on my way to my degree when I'm called in and informed that I would not be getting that degree. It seems that my Batchelor's degree had been revoked because I had failed to take an English course.

I used to have a dream when I was in grad school about being sent back to college to retake a Greek exam (why Greek, I don't know-- I majored in history but did take two years of Greek). After I submitted my dissertation, I never had the back-to-undergrad-exam dream again.

Posted by: Basement Cat at April 02, 2020 11:25 PM (pPNCa)

438 ARC, sounds like Krugman's on another masturbating spree! :-P

Posted by: qdpsteve at April 02, 2020 11:26 PM (L2ZTs)

439 I have commented only once or twice, but I just wanted to let all of the horde know how much this site means to me. I love the humor and knowledge and puns and love found here. Thanks for helping to keep this lurker sane.

Posted by: California Girl (not Caligirl)


Please enter...


of your own free will!

Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar at April 02, 2020 11:26 PM (BiNEL)

440 434

How would that "captain" react in a battle when his crew was in harm's way?

btw, how many in his crew died?
Posted by: Soothsayer, very senile at April 02, 2020 11:25 PM (UxzMs)

There needful deaths, and needless deaths.

If you don't understand the difference, I'm glad you were never MY Commanding Officer.

Posted by: Romeo13 at April 02, 2020 11:26 PM (NgKpN)

441 The most shocking thing about this story is that Venezueala has a navy and it had a ship.
Posted by: Sharkman at April 02, 2020 11:21 PM (i4CI5)


They bought three from Spain, and were set to buy a fourth when they ran out of money. That last ship was due to be named "The Eternal Commander Hugo Chavez", IIRC.

Posted by: Ace's liver at April 02, 2020 11:26 PM (wGeit)

442 I would like to know how many of the dead had serious underlying conditions.
Posted by: Les Kinetic at April 02, 2020 10:36 PM (+fPHo)

What qualifies as "serious"? A lot of the lists I've seen contain "hypertension", which most everyone has past 60 or so, and is generally not considered a short term problem if it's being treated.
Posted by: The Paulo at April 02, 2020 10:41 PM (wGeit)

The studies that list HTN as a risk factor do not do any analysis to see if it is an INDEPENDENT risk factor from age, which is really pretty silly.

Hypertension increases with age, diabetes and obesity. It's more likely a co-traveler with other more important risk factors.

It's as if we are saying that if those who watch Matlock reruns are more likely to die than those who look at TikTok videos, Matlock must be dangerous.

Posted by: Jade Sea at April 02, 2020 11:26 PM (/jnls)

443 And CBD, thanks for fixing the margins.

Posted by: tbodie at April 02, 2020 11:26 PM (jhgxs)

444 Ramming speed? Are you kidding?
Posted by: Spartacus at April 02, 2020 11:24 PM (NgKpN)

And, sock fail, should have been Ben Hur!

Grrrrrr
Posted by: Romeo13 at April 02, 2020 11:25 PM (NgKpN)

You mean D-Day? Cuz that's who I heard in my head.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Flying Kites at Night at April 02, 2020 11:26 PM (x8Wzq)

445 Something tells me MisHum's not gone, just taking a break.

He was talking about posting 30 days of Bob Marley in April, and 30 days of Peter Tosh in June.

Posted by: qdpsteve at April 02, 2020 11:26 PM (L2ZTs)

446 436 Even better, the cruise ship was made to break ice.
Posted by: SMH at April 02, 2020 11:25 PM (RU4sa)

Did diCaprio go down with the ship?

Posted by: Lonesome Ed at April 02, 2020 11:27 PM (2CtSR)

447 Even better, the cruise ship was made to break ice.

Posted by: SMH at April 02, 2020 11:25 PM (RU4sa)


I thought that was a nice touch!

Old Viking Rule: Know what you are trying to board!

Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar at April 02, 2020 11:27 PM (BiNEL)

448 I used to have a dream when I was in grad school about being sent back to college to retake a Greek exam (why Greek, I don't know-- I majored in history but did take two years of Greek). After I submitted my dissertation, I never had the back-to-undergrad-exam dream again.
Posted by: Basement Cat at April 02, 2020 11:25 PM (pPNCa)


I've been out of high school for many decades now, but I still occasionally have the only-naked-person-in-class dream.

Posted by: Ace's liver at April 02, 2020 11:28 PM (wGeit)

449 Did Krugman escape the child porn charges?

Posted by: Mr. Peebles at April 02, 2020 11:28 PM (oVJmc)

450 Krugman is one of those guys who knows Paris and London, and vacations in Davos, but has no idea what goes on in the US outside NYC.

He merely is hoping that everyone outside NYC dies, except for the other blue cities, of course.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at April 02, 2020 11:28 PM (I2/tG)

451 ..The cruise ship didn't even fire a shot!

As the man said, never forget the law of gross tonnage.

Posted by: Tonypete at April 02, 2020 11:19 PM (Y4EXg)



The cruise ship is one that does the Antarctic Tours.

So, it has an Ice Reinforced Bow (and bulbous bow, under the waterline)

That wee little Vuvuzuelan corvette coming in at ramming speed, with the intent to "turn the heading" of the cruise ship?

Yeah. Titanic vs. Iceberg, the Rematch.

Busted the seams on that warshiplette like Mr. Creosote's suit after that final, fatal bite.

Not too clearly mentioned in the article though, is the fact that the Venezuelan Navy hasn't been paid recently. They're doing piracy under the cover of their flag, with the blessing of the powers that be.

Poetic justice here, too. The Venezuelan ship sank some time after the cruise ship departed the area. The crew was rescued.

All in all, about as good an outcome as could be envisaged, without loss of life.



Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX

Posted by: Jim at April 02, 2020 11:28 PM (QzJWU)

452
I was laughing one night while dreaming. Hubs had heard that if you speak with someone who is dreaming, they will sometimes answer. So he asked what was so funny, and I replied that it was a camel in pink pajamas. Hubs then asked what the camel was doing, and I said "don't even ask!" It was this second laugh that woke me up.
Posted by: Legally Sufficient at April 02, 2020 11:24 PM (WFcrO)


I never dream about anything as cool as camels in pajamas.

But I coined a phrase in a dream.

A realtor was showing me a house in a development. I walked out onto the deck and I'll I could see were the decks and barbecue grills of other homes.

I said to the realtor--I'm not living here, this place is full of deck goats. It think it was my play on coach potatoes.

Posted by: Ladyl at April 02, 2020 11:28 PM (TdMsT)

453 Even better, the cruise ship was made to break ice.
Posted by: SMH at April 02, 2020 11:25 PM (RU4sa)


That would explain the ship's name -- Resolute.

Posted by: DR.WTF at April 02, 2020 11:28 PM (aS1PU)

454 There needful deaths, and needless deaths.

If you don't understand the difference, I'm glad you were never MY Commanding Officer.

Posted by: Romeo13 at April 02, 2020 11:26 PM (NgKpN)


Harsh, but spot on!

Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar at April 02, 2020 11:29 PM (BiNEL)

455 Velocidad de embestida!!

Posted by: banned cruise ship avoiding ms hum at April 02, 2020 11:29 PM (8nmlq)

456 30 days of Peter Tosh in June.


My favorite Monkee!

Posted by: Mr. Peebles at April 02, 2020 11:29 PM (oVJmc)

457 Did Krugman escape the child porn charges?

Amazing how that went away, isn't it?

Posted by: The ARC of History! at April 02, 2020 11:29 PM (I2/tG)

458 I can't remember any of my dreams for any appreciable length of time. I think most of them are happy. Only once did I wake up with my wife patting my shoulder saying something like "It's me baby, everything's okay".

Wait. Once she asked me "What's Working Storage?" COBOL nightmares - really?

Probably better that way.

Posted by: Tonypete at April 02, 2020 11:29 PM (Y4EXg)

459 I have had the very realistic not graduating from undergrad dream.

Posted by: Cosmic Charlie at April 02, 2020 11:29 PM (PUmDY)

460 hope mishum didn't leave. what the hell happened to berserker?

Posted by: chavez the hugo at April 02, 2020 11:29 PM (KP5rU)

461 Posted by: Ladyl at April 02, 2020 11:28 PM (TdMsT)

"Deck goats" is going in my vocabulary!

Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar at April 02, 2020 11:30 PM (BiNEL)

462 And guys, don't worry about Miss Hum.

He's not giving up the gold plated Cob benefit plan, and certainly not in this economy.

Posted by: Robert at April 02, 2020 11:31 PM (GiKuo)

463 Also, if it's him that wants his ship *evacuated* then I'm going to call him a pussy. There's procedures for decontaminating a ship and its crew (developed for worse problems than Wuhan Flu). Get on it.
Posted by: GWB at April 02, 2020 11:23 PM (7Of/6)

Hmmm, out of curiosity, ever spent long periods of time living on a ship?

You know, where you sleep with 40 or so other people? In a Bay? Stacked 3 deep?

Where you share everything from bathrooms, to a mess deck to eat on?

Where there is NO PRIVACY AT ALL? Where Social distancing is IMPOSSIBLE?

I've been on a US Navy ship when it gets the 'crud'. You can't clean enough to stop it.

Posted by: Romeo13 at April 02, 2020 11:31 PM (NgKpN)

464 "Deck goats" is going in my vocabulary!
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar at April 02, 2020 11:30 PM (BiNEL)


Lol!

My younger brother adopted the phrase, too!

How are you dear Hrothgar?

Posted by: Ladyl at April 02, 2020 11:31 PM (TdMsT)

465 400 330 Insom
Along those lines I've frequently had dreams about missing a class all semester and then finding out I had a final the next day.

I certainly hope you won't draw any implications that I might have had other distractions when I was attending college in the 70s.
Posted by: Farmer at April 02, 2020 11:20 PM (I/k2b)

Now why would I draw any such inferences?

Posted by: Insomniac - Ex Cineribus Resurgo at April 02, 2020 11:32 PM (NWiLs)

466 462 And guys, don't worry about Miss Hum.

He's not giving up the gold plated Cob benefit plan, and certainly not in this economy.
Posted by: Robert at April 02, 2020 11:31 PM (GiKuo)


10% dental coverage is nothing to write home about.

Posted by: Ace's liver at April 02, 2020 11:32 PM (wGeit)

467 So the girl who licked a toilet seat entered the presidential race and is already coming in third in the Dem primary?

Posted by: 18-1 at April 02, 2020 11:32 PM (WdocV)

468 Martha had a Peter Tesh segment the other night that I didn't understand.

Posted by: Cosmic Charlie at April 02, 2020 11:32 PM (PUmDY)

469
What's the pregnancy rate on carriers, again?
What's the STD rate on carriers?

Posted by: Soothsayer, very senile at April 02, 2020 11:32 PM (UxzMs)

470 Bitterly clinging to Windows 7. I think my next upgrade might be Linux.

Posted by: creeper at April 02, 2020 11:33 PM (XxJt1)

471 10% dental coverage is nothing to write home about.
Posted by: Ace's liver at April 02, 2020 11:32 PM (wGeit)

--------

One tooth gets repaired each year and you get to choose it.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at April 02, 2020 11:33 PM (XVuno)

472 Deck goats!

I shall have to remember that one...

Posted by: Zettai Roshia-no Asetto at April 02, 2020 11:33 PM (QHxmP)

473

Krugtron ought to look at the current projections. The last time I looked my unhealthy, redneck state of SC is projected to have about 1100 total deaths, which things peaking around late April. No shortages expected.

Other Southern states are worse, and the main factor seems to be high density population centers.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion of a Poperin Pear at April 02, 2020 11:33 PM (rCwaK)

474 They're still doing cruise ships???

Posted by: Corn Fed at April 02, 2020 11:33 PM (EA1BR)

475 Even better, the cruise ship was made to break ice.
Posted by: SMH at April 02, 2020 11:25 PM (RU4sa)

Definitely a Wile E. Coyote moment for the Chavista Navy.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 02, 2020 11:33 PM (miJU3)

476 That collection is light on pistols, but I'm still envious.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards at April 02, 2020 11:34 PM (d1uFV)

477 Paul Ryan uses a bow; bows are for fags.


Michael Roman CEO of 3M needs a ride on a helicopter over the ocean.

Posted by: Larsen E. Whipsnade a fucking ray of sunshine at April 02, 2020 11:34 PM (bML9A)

478 How are you dear Hrothgar?

Posted by: Ladyl at April 02, 2020 11:31 PM (TdMsT)


Fine as frog hair dear Ladyl. You are well I hope!

I'm teaching that phrase to my kids this weekend...

sadly on Facetime, not in person!

Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar at April 02, 2020 11:34 PM (BiNEL)

479 They're still doing cruise ships???
Posted by: Corn Fed

---

No passengers aboard - only a navigation/skeleton crew IIRC.

Posted by: Tonypete at April 02, 2020 11:34 PM (Y4EXg)

480 436 Even better, the cruise ship was made to break ice.
Posted by: SMH at April 02, 2020 11:25 PM (RU4sa)


I forget that they get Ice down there too.

Posted by: Gentlemen, this is democracy manifest at April 02, 2020 11:35 PM (LWu6U)

481 I had a horridly realistic dream about the death of California Guy. I woke up believing it was real. Never cried harder.

Posted by: California Girl (not Caligirl) at April 02, 2020 11:35 PM (L9+g/)

482 Looking at Krugman, isn't it interesting how many of our elites are pedos?


I guess we've normalized everything else a decadent scumbag might be into anyway so they have to go for the last taboo kink out there?


Posted by: 18-1 at April 02, 2020 11:35 PM (WdocV)

483 >> I still have Windows 7! I too loathe Window 10.

Since there are no more security updates for Windows 7, you will eventually become some hacker's play thing. You have been warned.

Windows 10 is not all bad. It's more secure than Windows 7, and the disk access is faster. The only thing that sucks is the Taskbar/Start menu. However, for $5 you can get Start10 from Stardock.com. It can be set up to look virtually identical to the Windows 7 task bar. I install it on all the PCs that I build. Although there is a free alternative to Start10, it comes from Russia, and who knows what "extras" it provides...

Posted by: 40 miles north at April 02, 2020 11:36 PM (o2vOl)

484 So the girl who licked a toilet seat entered the presidential race and is already coming in third in the Dem primary?

Posted by: 18-1 at April 02, 2020 11:32 PM (WdocV)


Well, she's demonstrably smarter than the other people running!

Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar at April 02, 2020 11:36 PM (BiNEL)

485 467 So the girl who licked a toilet seat entered the presidential race and is already coming in third in the Dem primary?
Posted by: 18-1 at April 02, 2020 11:32 PM (WdocV)


Biden-Bint 2020! They'll share one functioning brain cell between them.

Posted by: Splunge at April 02, 2020 11:36 PM (dOV9E)

486 Missing class and missing/being late for a final are common recurring dreams. I had them for years afterward and have had others tell me the same.

The odd one I had for years was that demons were in the house. Think Paranormal Activity.

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at April 02, 2020 11:37 PM (H5knJ)

487 Well, she's demonstrably smarter than the other people running!
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar at April 02, 2020 11:36 PM (BiNEL)


She only licked the toilet seat, she didn't marry it.

Posted by: qdpsteve at April 02, 2020 11:37 PM (L2ZTs)

488 Too Much to Dream Is a cool song.

Posted by: Cosmic Charlie at April 02, 2020 11:37 PM (PUmDY)

489 I said to the realtor--I'm not living here, this place is full of deck goats. It think it was my play on coach potatoes.
Posted by: Ladyl at April 02, 2020 11:28 PM (TdMsT)
* * * *

That's a good one!

Posted by: Legally Sufficient at April 02, 2020 11:37 PM (WFcrO)

490 The odd one I had for years was that demons were in the house. Think Paranormal Activity.
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at April 02, 2020 11:37 PM (H5knJ)

I used to have that type of nightmare as a kid, frequently. The really weird thing is that they only happened while I was living in one specific house. They stopped after we moved.

Posted by: Insomniac - Ex Cineribus Resurgo at April 02, 2020 11:38 PM (NWiLs)

491 >> However, for $5 you can get Start10 from Stardock.com.

I'd recommend OpenShell, formerly Classic Shell. Freeware, and works fine.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion of a Poperin Pear at April 02, 2020 11:38 PM (rCwaK)

492 I guess we've normalized everything else a decadent scumbag might be into anyway so they have to go for the last taboo kink out there?
Posted by: 18-1 at April 02, 2020 11:35 PM (WdocV)


Maybe it is just me, but I think this is a far too common predilection among our "intellectual betters"!

Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar at April 02, 2020 11:38 PM (BiNEL)

493 For a while I would be dreaming about the usual weird things, and suddenly walkers would show up and derail the dream as I and whoever was there would fight them off.

But after I stopped watching TWD, they went away.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Flying Kites at Night at April 02, 2020 11:39 PM (x8Wzq)

494 >> 470 Bitterly clinging to Windows 7.
>> I think my next upgrade might be Linux.

Have you tried out any distros? Ubuntu provides a bootable DVD that you can take for a test drive before you take the plunge and install it.

Posted by: 40 miles north at April 02, 2020 11:39 PM (o2vOl)

495 483 >> I still have Windows 7! I too loathe Window 10.

Since there are no more security updates for Windows 7, you will eventually become some hacker's play thing. You have been warned.

Windows 10 is not all bad. It's more secure than Windows 7, and the disk access is faster. The only thing that sucks is the Taskbar/Start menu. However, for $5 you can get Start10 from Stardock.com. It can be set up to look virtually identical to the Windows 7 task bar. I install it on all the PCs that I build. Although there is a free alternative to Start10, it comes from Russia, and who knows what "extras" it provides...
Posted by: 40 miles north at April 02, 2020 11:36 PM (o2vOl)

But you have to kill One drive at installation, or it moves your files around now. Giving Microserf access to all you files.

And you can't kill Cortana, which means you can't have a microphone on or SOMEONE could be listening to everything that happens around the computer.

Posted by: Romeo13 at April 02, 2020 11:39 PM (NgKpN)

496 422

If the NAVY is now pulling the equivalent of reverse PsyOps to cover their asses...I am sorely disappointed. The usual doctrine of Bio-warfare is fully versed in ALL ships of the line and is usually practiced at least yearly as a qual for deployment....Have they REALLY become this lax?

I'm smelling FALSE FLAG......The MODERN NAVY does not let this shit...just happen.....sure as HELL ALL the ships got the early warning at least a month ago probably 2.

BULLSHIT!!! But now must ask.....source of story....there's the rub....

Posted by: Nightwatch at April 02, 2020 11:39 PM (kFkpX)

497 The really weird thing is that they only happened while I was living in one specific house.
___

Hey, if you ever want to visit again we're down to party!

Posted by: The demons you left behind at April 02, 2020 11:39 PM (WdocV)

498 "Hubby and I got back from the grocery store about an hour ago. Still no TP. WTH??



Same was true at my supermarket this morning. Most everything else was available, though.

Posted by: Basement Cat'

Last couple trips to he store normal crowds but no TP. I'm starting to suspect the Deep Sate is buying it up to continue the panic.

Posted by: Ripley at April 02, 2020 11:40 PM (sGobE)

499 They're still doing cruise ships???
Posted by: Corn Fed at April 02, 2020 11:33 PM (EA1BR)

The ship was returning to home port in Curacao, had no passengers aboard. They had shut down engines and were drifting (by intention) to do routine maintenance on the starboard engine. Port engine remained available to use should the need have arisen.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 02, 2020 11:40 PM (miJU3)

500 I've had dreams where I'm trying to protect my family and the gun won't fire. It's not jammed, when you pull the trigger, nothing.

Posted by: CaliGirl at April 02, 2020 11:40 PM (7bcfy)

501 Once she asked me "What's Working Storage?" COBOL nightmares - really?

There was a time when people thought that ether used as dental anesthesia would expand their consciousness to have new insights. Some time around 1870 Oliver Wendell Holmes thought that he had received the key to all the mysteries of existence while under the influence of ether, but could not recall the revelation once he returned to normal consciousness. So he decided to be given ether again, but to keep note paper and pencil nearby so that he could write down what came to him before the anesthetic wore off. He later found that he had written, "A strong smell of turpentine prevails throughout the universe."

Posted by: Basement Cat at April 02, 2020 11:41 PM (pPNCa)

502 In fairness our current navy can't sail straight so handling a chinese bio-attack might be a bit out of some captain's leagues....

Posted by: 18-1 at April 02, 2020 11:41 PM (WdocV)

503 I almost never remember dreams. The last time I did, I was being threatened by a bull dyke cop. I tried to shoot her but the gun wouldn't fire. Told hubby the next morning and he said, "Go get the gun." I did. The clip was not fully seated.


I've given up trying to figure that one out.

Posted by: creeper at April 02, 2020 11:41 PM (XxJt1)

504
Toilet seat thot went on some damned show to 'splain herself. She's a real cutie pie, as Trump would say. The plane was her sugar daddy's private plane, and she sanitized the seat thoroughly before licking it.

She quipped she had far dirtier things in her mouth that day than the terlet seat.

And she said she was mad because the virus was getting more attention than her. Sugar daddy was paying more attention to virus.

Then she blamed "selfish boomers" for the virus.

A real beauty. Real cutie pie.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion of a Poperin Pear at April 02, 2020 11:41 PM (rCwaK)

505 I think Windows 10 is a great product.

FIGHT ME

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at April 02, 2020 11:41 PM (XVuno)

506 I used to have that type of nightmare as a kid, frequently. The really weird thing is that they only happened while I was living in one specific house. They stopped after we moved.

Posted by: Insomniac - Ex Cineribus Resurgo at April 02, 2020 11:38 PM (NWiLs)


I know two very rational and stable people (in my opinion, so...) that have told me about experiences where they were convinced that houses they visited were cursed/haunted and they refused to ever go back to those houses!

Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar at April 02, 2020 11:42 PM (BiNEL)

507 498 "Hubby and I got back from the grocery store about an hour ago. Still no TP. WTH??



Same was true at my supermarket this morning. Most everything else was available, though.

Posted by: Basement Cat'

Last couple trips to he store normal crowds but no TP. I'm starting to suspect the Deep Sate is buying it up to continue the panic.
Posted by: Ripley at April 02, 2020 11:40 PM (sGobE)

Old people. At my local store, all the 65 and up folk are buying every last package when they come in during the special old people's hour first thing in the morning. I've had this confirmed by multiple employees. The shelves get picked clean in a matter of minutes.

Posted by: Insomniac - Ex Cineribus Resurgo at April 02, 2020 11:42 PM (NWiLs)

508 Now I want a custom mask made that looks like a little woman sitting on my face.

Posted by: getting the banned back together for a mental picture at April 02, 2020 11:42 PM (jp+DA)

509 I guess we've normalized everything else a decadent scumbag might be into anyway so they have to go for the last taboo kink out there?

The endpoint of the Sexual Revolution is to normalize sex with children.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at April 02, 2020 11:42 PM (I2/tG)

510 500 I've had dreams where I'm trying to protect my family and the gun won't fire. It's not jammed, when you pull the trigger, nothing.
Posted by: CaliGirl at April 02, 2020 11:40 PM (7bcfy)

--------

Two words: Bullets

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at April 02, 2020 11:42 PM (XVuno)

511
Fine as frog hair dear Ladyl. You are well I hope!

I'm teaching that phrase to my kids this weekend...

sadly on Facetime, not in person!
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar at April 02


My dad always used that expression!

I've been FaceTiming with all my grandlovies. I'm so grateful for that.

A couple of days ago, my 3 year old was afraid she wouldn't get enough ice cream for dessert, so she hid the ice cream under a chair in the living room. For an entire day.

Posted by: Ladyl at April 02, 2020 11:43 PM (TdMsT)

512 What leads up to the pulling the trigger part?

Posted by: Cosmic Charlie at April 02, 2020 11:43 PM (PUmDY)

513 I didn't use windows for probably over 10 years until I started working about 3 years ago. I still don't really like it. My personal computer is not a windows.

Posted by: lin-duh at April 02, 2020 11:43 PM (UUBmN)

514 Apparently they found one guy with one million masks in NYC.


Are they going to find someone with millions of rolls of TP as well?

Posted by: 18-1 at April 02, 2020 11:43 PM (WdocV)

515 WeirdDave,If Win 7 is working for you, stay with it. If you look at your Windows Update history, you will find Microsoft has not deemed Win 7 necessary to update in quite a while.. at least not my Win7 machine.
So, to me it says no one is targeting Win7 machines with threats.. and everything that needs to be patched is already patched.
I have my Win 7 development machine and I will hold onto it until they pry my bony fingers from it.

That said.. I love Windows 10. My 2 home PC's are Win 10. There are a few tweaks you can do to make it look and feel exactly like Windows 7.
Classic Start Menu is a free program that turns Win 10 into any version of windows you like.
http://www.classicshell.net/
Free.. but throw 'em a bone.. they do great work..
My Win 10 PC's are incredibly fast. I installed SSD drives and lots of RAM.. I boot in about 7 seconds. But I understand your angst.. it's a big deal to re-install software on a new OS.

Posted by: Chi-Town Jerry at April 02, 2020 11:43 PM (CjFDo)

516 CaliGirl, that's the same dream! But my gun really would not have fired in reality.

Posted by: creeper at April 02, 2020 11:43 PM (XxJt1)

517 The really weird thing is that they only happened while I was living in one specific house.
___

Hey, if you ever want to visit again we're down to party!
Posted by: The demons you left behind at April 02, 2020 11:39 PM (WdocV)

*Clears throat*

*Inhales*

GRANDMAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!

https://youtu.be/l4lqFJWfDxs

Posted by: King Diamond at April 02, 2020 11:43 PM (GiKuo)

518 But the again.......

How many OBUMMER appointed hold -overs still poisoning the military watering hole?.....That could be telling....

indeed...indeed.

Posted by: Nightwatch at April 02, 2020 11:44 PM (kFkpX)

519 Was thinking earlier today, if MisHum *really* didn't like us, he'd give us 30 days of... Starship.

(They managed to release four albums, believe it or not.)

Posted by: qdpsteve at April 02, 2020 11:44 PM (L2ZTs)

520 496 422

If the NAVY is now pulling the equivalent of reverse PsyOps to cover their asses...I am sorely disappointed. The usual doctrine of Bio-warfare is fully versed in ALL ships of the line and is usually practiced at least yearly as a qual for deployment....Have they REALLY become this lax?

I'm smelling FALSE FLAG......The MODERN NAVY does not let this shit...just happen.....sure as HELL ALL the ships got the early warning at least a month ago probably 2.

BULLSHIT!!! But now must ask.....source of story....there's the rub....

Posted by: Nightwatch at April 02, 2020 11:39 PM (kFkpX)

Been out for over 20 years, but used to TEACH damage control for bio war.

Bio war is considered to be a one time event. You get sprayed with whatever, and you can decontaminate the ship.

You then treat those affected.

This is different. This is not being 'sprayed' with an agent. This is coming from your own crew WHO IS ALREADY INFECTED.

Did a career in the Navy, never saw nor heard of a plan to take care of a Plague.

Posted by: Romeo13 at April 02, 2020 11:44 PM (NgKpN)

521
I have Cortana completely out of the way here. One Drive disabled an all that is possible to turn off is turned off. Desktop systems have no cameras or mics, and my laptops have that disabled in the BIOS. And Miley puts tape over the camera lens anyway.

It's all just matter of not accepting defaults during installation and knowing where and how to disable things.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion of a Poperin Pear at April 02, 2020 11:44 PM (rCwaK)

522 Old people. At my local store, all the 65 and up folk are buying every last package when they come in during the special old people's hour first thing in the morning. I've had this confirmed by multiple employees. The shelves get picked clean in a matter of minutes.

OLD AGE AND TREACHERY EVERY TIME BABY

Posted by: getting the old banned back together at April 02, 2020 11:45 PM (jp+DA)

523 Have you tried out any distros? Ubuntu provides a bootable DVD that you can take for a test drive before you take the plunge and install it.
Posted by: 40 miles north at April 02, 2020 11:39 PM (o2vOl)

You can download Linux Mint, and make a bootable thumb drive or bootable DVD, too. Driving Linux Mint is almost like driving Windows 7.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 02, 2020 11:45 PM (miJU3)

524
I know two very rational and stable people (in my opinion, so...) that have told me about experiences where they were convinced that houses they visited were cursed/haunted and they refused to ever go back to those houses!
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar at April 02, 2020 11:42 PM (BiNEL)


I experienced a haunted house in California, about 15 years ago.

I get creeped out just thinking about it.

Posted by: Ladyl at April 02, 2020 11:45 PM (TdMsT)

525
I experienced a haunted house in California, about 15 years ago.

***

So what happened?

Posted by: 18-1 at April 02, 2020 11:45 PM (WdocV)

526 I know two very rational and stable people (in my opinion, so...) that have told me about experiences where they were convinced that houses they visited were cursed/haunted and they refused to ever go back to those houses!
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar at April 02, 2020 11:42 PM (BiNEL)

I believe it. I've had a couple of brushes with weird shit, and know a few other people who have too. Some places just make the hairs on the back of your neck stand up.

Posted by: Insomniac - Ex Cineribus Resurgo at April 02, 2020 11:45 PM (NWiLs)

527 Was thinking earlier today, if MisHum *really* didn't like us, he'd give us 30 days of... Starship.

(They managed to release four albums, believe it or not.)
Posted by: qdpsteve at April 02, 2020 11:44 PM (L2ZTs)

*glares*


Ssssssssssshhhhhhhut up!

Worse than Poison. Almost as bad as Creed.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Flying Kites at Night at April 02, 2020 11:46 PM (x8Wzq)

528 Have you tried out any distros? Ubuntu provides a bootable DVD that you can take for a test drive before you take the plunge and install it.

Posted by: 40 miles north at April 02, 2020 11:39 PM (o2vOl)


Distrowatch.com

Ubuntu and Mint are excellent, and straight-forward, distributions!

Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar at April 02, 2020 11:46 PM (BiNEL)

529 512 What leads up to the pulling the trigger part?


Usually someone says something annoying.

Posted by: Larsen E. Whipsnade a fucking ray of sunshine at April 02, 2020 11:46 PM (bML9A)

530
The cruise ship didn't even fire a shot!

As the man said, never forget the law of gross tonnage.
Posted by: Tonypete


Now you tell me!

Posted by: Zombie JFK at April 02, 2020 11:46 PM (aKsyK)

531 516 CaliGirl, that's the same dream! But my gun really would not have fired in reality.
Posted by: creeper at April 02, 2020 11:43 PM (XxJt1)


I've had it more than once. It's terrifying.

Posted by: CaliGirl at April 02, 2020 11:46 PM (7bcfy)

532 Now I want a custom mask made

I'd settle for one with my baseball team's logo. It might relieve the supermarket staff's tension. There was a guy in the store today wearing a Mets cap, and several people smiled at him-- I think because the cap was a reminder of what normal life was like just a few weeks ago.

Posted by: Basement Cat at April 02, 2020 11:46 PM (pPNCa)

533 >> 491 I'd recommend OpenShell, formerly Classic Shell. Freeware, and works fine.

Communist. Stardock is an american software company in Michigan. Openshell is free software of unknown origin.

Posted by: 40 miles north at April 02, 2020 11:46 PM (o2vOl)

534 In regards to the Navy Captain, I think he knew his career was over, no matter what he did. If several sailor died on his watch, the Dims would demand an investigation and the Brass would over him up for sacrifice to Congress to protect their own sorry asses. He would be "relieved of command, due to a loss of confidence" because he callously allowed sailor to die of this bug.

Posted by: Tsai at April 02, 2020 11:46 PM (6+TsW)

535 502 In fairness our current navy can't sail straight so handling a chinese bio-attack might be a bit out of some captain's leagues....
Posted by: 18-1 at April 02, 2020 11:41 PM (WdocV)


Sadly, this is a very good point.

Posted by: Romeo13 at April 02, 2020 11:46 PM (NgKpN)

536 512
What leads up to the pulling the trigger part?

Posted by: Cosmic Charlie at April 02, 2020 11:43 PM (PUmDY)

A 200 lb. cop with a nightstick. In a hotel. With maids all around. Freud could have a ball here.



Posted by: creeper at April 02, 2020 11:47 PM (XxJt1)

537 Sometimes a nightstick is just a nightstick.

Posted by: S. Freud at April 02, 2020 11:48 PM (XVuno)

538 The only problem I have with Windows 10 is the file explorer search interface is buggy. Other than that, it runs much smoother. I hate a lot of the dumbed down default apps for it, but that's fixable. You guys must be very picky about taskbars because I didn't even notice the difference.

Posted by: Corn Fed at April 02, 2020 11:48 PM (EA1BR)

539 So any 'rons in the desert SW to Big Sky/Western Dak slice astride the Rockies got any opinions on great places to be at? Talking AZ NM UT NV CO ID WY MT SD ND OR. Spitballing major change of pace fm NoVa. Scenery, freedom, mountains or views, retirement/maybe tech jobs, minimal commies, etc.

Posted by: Drink Like Vikings at April 02, 2020 11:49 PM (gq3XA)

540

Best way to play with a new and different OS is via a virtual machine. Virtualbox is my favorite, and not as cumbersome as Hyper-V.

My new screamer has enough memory and CPU horsepower than I can run two virtual machines at once and the host easily at the same time.

I've got multiple flavors of Linux (Fedora and Ubuntu) and the WinXP through Win7 all in VMs, allowing me to play with them all on the fly.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion of a Poperin Pear at April 02, 2020 11:49 PM (rCwaK)

541 Almost as bad as Creed.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Flying Kites at Night at April 02, 2020 11:46 PM (x8Wzq)

Now now, Creed was okay.

And after that crashed and burned we got Alter Bridge which is 20 kinds of bad ass.

Posted by: Robert at April 02, 2020 11:49 PM (GiKuo)

542 Someone takes away my virtue signaling tax deductions away. F

Posted by: Cosmic Charlie at April 02, 2020 11:50 PM (PUmDY)

543 Posted by: Ladyl at April 02, 2020 11:43 PM (TdMsT)

Absolutely great tactic!

Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar at April 02, 2020 11:50 PM (BiNEL)

544 Protecting Americans' health also means fighting infectious diseases. We are coordinating with the Chinese government and working closely together on the coronavirus outbreak in China. My administration will take all necessary steps to safeguard our citizens from this threat


When was this said? Oh right, it was in the speech Pelosi ripped up and said was full of lies.

Posted by: buzzion at April 02, 2020 11:50 PM (Z7lwY)

545 I have a Linux mint thumb drive but am too challenged to get it to boot.

Posted by: free tibet at April 02, 2020 11:50 PM (CL76w)

546
Good night, Hordians. No meat and no music tomorrow.
Still good for coffee, though.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 02, 2020 11:50 PM (7rVsF)

547 LadyL-
No we're not residents anymore. We had planned a trip back to visit family on 1 May, but it looks like that is off. My daughter lives in Powell and she said everyone is getting stir crazy in her neighborhood. We would love to see the kids and grands but it sounds like it's really not the place to be.

Posted by: megthered at April 02, 2020 11:51 PM (pmGnb)

548 Creed sucks. I can listen to "My Sacrifice."


"Can You. Take. Me. Highhhhh-ya!"

Sounds like he's struggling on the toilet.

Posted by: buzzion at April 02, 2020 11:52 PM (Z7lwY)

549 547 LadyL-
No we're not residents anymore. We had planned a trip back to visit family on 1 May, but it looks like that is off. My daughter lives in Powell and she said everyone is getting stir crazy in her neighborhood. We would love to see the kids and grands but it sounds like it's really not the place to be.
Posted by: megthered at April 02, 2020 11:51 PM (pmGnb)


Meg--I don't think central Ohio is any worse off than any other midwestern city.

Posted by: Ladyl at April 02, 2020 11:52 PM (TdMsT)

550 >> 495 But you have to kill One drive at installation, or it moves
>> your files around now. Giving Microserf access to all you files.
True. I would not upgrade your old PC. I would get (or build) a new machine with an SSD. You will be pleased with the result.

>> And you can't kill Cortana
I just read an article that explains how to kill Cortana via regedit.

Both are valid concerns though.

Posted by: 40 miles north at April 02, 2020 11:52 PM (o2vOl)

551 One of those includes the line "we didn't put out any eyes" but this is definitely not true. Had a friend that literally lost his eye in a BB gun fight. Terrible idea from the start? Damn right and we all knew it. Did it anyway. Ricochet off a rock hit the kid behind his glasses. Boom, glass eye.

Posted by: f2000 at April 02, 2020 11:52 PM (9WiM6)

552 I've got multiple flavors of Linux (Fedora and Ubuntu) and the WinXP through Win7 all in VMs, allowing me to play with them all on the fly.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion of a Poperin Pear at April 02, 2020 11:49 PM (rCwaK)


Ever looked at Mint?

Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar at April 02, 2020 11:53 PM (BiNEL)

553 502

MSM parrot mouth much?

Have a POX

Those were acts of war deployed by .....high grade low orbit SAT hackings of critical navigational electronics....being tested by????

Look that up bumpkin...I'll keep my cards.....you gotta pay me first

Posted by: Nightwatch at April 02, 2020 11:53 PM (kFkpX)

554
Windows 7 went end-of-life in January. No more updates and patches (save for paid options for corporate volume clients, which will last until 2023 or some shit).

Note you can still upgrade for free to Windows 10 from 7. Valid Windows 7 (and 8.x) keys that have been activated will allow you to activate a new Win 10 install.

MS just doesn't publicize this too much. It would piss off OEMs who want to sell you a new computer with Win10 installed.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion of a Poperin Pear at April 02, 2020 11:53 PM (rCwaK)

555 XP was solid as a rock.

Posted by: qdpsteve at April 02, 2020 11:53 PM (L2ZTs)

556 Good night, Hordians. No meat and no music tomorrow.
Still good for coffee, though.

---------

How about nuts? Are nuts okay?

Posted by: Gen. Anthony McAuliffe at April 02, 2020 11:53 PM (XVuno)

557 Was thinking earlier today, if MisHum *really* didn't like us, he'd give us 30 days of... Starship.

I was thinking Wagner's Ring cycle. In German. The four operas in the cycle take about 15 hours total to play.

Posted by: Basement Cat at April 02, 2020 11:54 PM (pPNCa)

558 freetibet, struggling like uefi boot, hw, or unetbootin probs?

Posted by: Drink Like Vikings at April 02, 2020 11:55 PM (gq3XA)

559 Alter Bridge - Words Darker Than Their Wings

https://youtu.be/wc0xQStQxfc

Posted by: Robert at April 02, 2020 11:55 PM (GiKuo)

560 Basement Cat, hmm....

Posted by: qdpsteve at April 02, 2020 11:55 PM (L2ZTs)

561 >> And you can't kill Cortana
I just read an article that explains how to kill Cortana via regedit.

Both are valid concerns though.
Posted by: 40 miles north at April 02, 2020 11:52 PM (o2vOl)

Cortana reloads with every update. Every single one.

Even with 10 Pro, you really have to know what you are doing so it is not reporting shit to Microserf.

Posted by: Romeo13 at April 02, 2020 11:55 PM (NgKpN)

562 >> Ever looked at Mint?

I've been meaning to try that one of these day, as I've read good things about it, but just haven't got a round tuit it yet. The first Linux I played with was Red Hat back in the 90s, which spawned Fedora later on, and that's the one I got to using and became familiar with.

And I can't stand the new GNOME 3.x, and use MATE, which tries to keep the GNOME 2.x line alive.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion of a Poperin Pear at April 02, 2020 11:55 PM (rCwaK)

563 What's the pregnancy rate on carriers, again?
What's the STD rate on carriers?

Posted by: Soothsayer, very senile at April 02, 2020 11:32 PM (UxzMs)


Since you are the one that cares, why don't you do a fucking report on it after a cursory internet search and then get back to us on it?

Attention whore. And this is my last response to your whoring.

Posted by: GnuBreed at April 02, 2020 11:56 PM (XF4b8)

564 I have a Linux mint thumb drive but am too challenged to get it to boot.

Posted by: free tibet at April 02, 2020 11:50 PM (CL76w)


Leap of faith!
Go for a test drive!
Just read the fine print and don't enable the installation and you should be fine!

Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar at April 02, 2020 11:56 PM (BiNEL)

565 555 XP was solid as a rock.

Posted by: qdpsteve at April 02, 2020 11:53 PM (L2ZTs)

You say that now, but people bitched about it for years. Nobody is ever happy with a new Windows.

Posted by: Corn Fed at April 02, 2020 11:56 PM (EA1BR)

566 The cats that aren't already in bed are telling me it's time. See you later. 'Night.

Posted by: creeper at April 02, 2020 11:56 PM (XxJt1)

567 There were so many meetings where I wish I was a real, not virtual, potato.
Just slouched on the couch, eyes closed....

Posted by: Headless Body of Agnew at April 02, 2020 11:56 PM (e1mEI)

568 I don't see a crossbow in that photo.

Posted by: Rihar at April 02, 2020 11:56 PM (+PABY)

569 Evidently, that Naval Capt. leaked it to his hometown newspaper. I can't support that...so I can't support him despite the incompetence of brass. Also, he gave the crew liberty in Vietnam which is likely where the outbreak on the carrier materialized. I think we're better off without this guy driving one our premier carriers.

Posted by: Orson at April 02, 2020 11:57 PM (yfjwd)

570 "he'd give us 30 days of... Starship."

Is there a sadder fall from "grace" than Airplane to Starship? Discuss amongst yourselves.

Posted by: Drink Like Vikings at April 02, 2020 11:57 PM (gq3XA)

571 I gotta say, if I was to make a disease that would rid my nation of the infirm, diseased and generally expensive extra mouths dragging my nations health system down, I'd build one with similar actions as this covid-19 virus.

Just sayin'

Oh and by that way in that pic at the top?


NOT ENOUGH AMMO!!! Of course there may be more stored elsewhere and that's just the ready supply.

Posted by: jakee308 at April 02, 2020 11:57 PM (JvI2w)

572
One of those includes the line "we didn't put out any eyes" but this is definitely not true. Had a friend that literally lost his eye in a BB gun fight. Terrible idea from the start? Damn right and we all knew it. Did it anyway. Ricochet off a rock hit the kid behind his glasses. Boom, glass eye.
Posted by: f2000


A kid in the fifth grade found a blasting cap at a construction site and took it home. Held it over an alcohol lamp and it exploded. Blind in one eye and almost blind in the other.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at April 02, 2020 11:57 PM (aKsyK)

573 Nobody is ever happy with a new Windows.
Posted by: Corn Fed at April 02, 2020 11:56 PM (EA1BR)

This is true.

Posted by: Robert at April 02, 2020 11:57 PM (GiKuo)

574 DLV, good question.

Posted by: qdpsteve at April 02, 2020 11:57 PM (L2ZTs)

575 One thing for sure when looking at Twitter...

If we're this divided and political during a pandemic, we're divided beyond repair. If TFG was still in charge, the media would DEMAND unity and risk coronavirus to slobber his dick.

I think even if SMOD was coming we'd blow up hopelessly divided.

Then again, unity ain't all it's cracked up to be either

Posted by: kbdabear at April 02, 2020 11:58 PM (qAR6u)

576 Dream? Lived in an old apartment aross the street from a civil war hospital (now offices). Dreamed period dressed nurse getting ready to leave for work from the apt I lived in. Walking six inches above the floor.
About as much as the old apt bldg had settled.

Posted by: getting the spooky banned back together at April 02, 2020 11:58 PM (aIED/)

577 I click on the Cortana button sometimes in a hurry. It asks me to set it up, which I don't do. It is already set up, isn't it?

Posted by: Cosmic Charlie at April 02, 2020 11:58 PM (PUmDY)

578 565 555 XP was solid as a rock.

Posted by: qdpsteve at April 02, 2020 11:53 PM (L2ZTs)

You say that now, but people bitched about it for years. Nobody is ever happy with a new Windows.
Posted by: Corn Fed at April 02, 2020 11:56 PM (EA1BR)

My first MicroSoft Certified System engineer was with NT 3.51.

Yeah, I'm old... LOL

Posted by: Romeo13 at April 02, 2020 11:58 PM (NgKpN)

579 ..Sounds like he's struggling on the toilet. (and failing.)

Posted by: buzzion at April 02, 2020 11:52 PM (Z7lwY)




Every Michael Bolton song from the '90s.



Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX

Posted by: Jim at April 02, 2020 11:58 PM (QzJWU)

580
498 "Hubby and I got back from the grocery store about an hour ago. Still no TP. WTH??



Same was true at my supermarket this morning. Most everything else was available, though.

Posted by: Basement Cat


Same here, tonight. It's so stupid.
And Rice Cakes, and Baked Beans, and instant mashed potatoes, all which were on my List.

Posted by: Soothsayer, very senile at April 02, 2020 11:59 PM (UxzMs)

581 I click on the Cortana button sometimes in a hurry. It asks me to set it up, which I don't do. It is already set up, isn't it?

Posted by: Cosmic Charlie at April 02, 2020 11:58 PM



It wants more of your info and your express permission to use it for...things...

Posted by: Zettai Roshia-no Asetto at April 02, 2020 11:59 PM (QHxmP)

582 Nice gun rack wall albeit a bit small. Where be the other three walls and the drop down celing shots?

Posted by: NZFrank with a M2 at April 03, 2020 12:00 AM (k0Q8L)

583 Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion of a Poperin Pear at April 02, 2020 11:55 PM (rCwaK)

I'm running Mint on a lightweight laptop upstairs, and think it is pretty well done. It seems to work fine for a basic browsing computer. I should have spent some on the drearier months re-configuring my entire network.

Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar at April 03, 2020 12:00 AM (BiNEL)

584 The cats that aren't already in bed are telling me it's time. See you later. 'Night.

This is the time of night when my cats get the midnight crazies-- playing kitchen hockey with pieces of kibble, chasing each other from room to room, and climbing up and down the cat tree several times.

Posted by: Basement Cat at April 03, 2020 12:00 AM (pPNCa)

585 569 Evidently, that Naval Capt. leaked it to his hometown newspaper. I can't support that...so I can't support him despite the incompetence of brass. Also, he gave the crew liberty in Vietnam which is likely where the outbreak on the carrier materialized. I think we're better off without this guy driving one our premier carriers.
Posted by: Orson at April 02, 2020 11:57 PM (yfjwd)

The Captain does not get to decide where the ship goes, or gets Liberty.

That is up to Flag. Especially when the are ONBOARD the ship.

You know, the Flag Officer that he is in trouble for bypassing?

Posted by: Romeo13 at April 03, 2020 12:01 AM (NgKpN)

586 Navy fired the Captain for his letter, okay. Anything ever happened to the Vindmans for betraying their CIC?
re Oz video- I cannot hear the language, all that comes to mind is that Oz never did give nothing to the Tinman that he didn't already have.

Posted by: Wasted Comment at April 03, 2020 12:01 AM (bi73b)

587 520

Well that was over 20 years ago, after SARS and MERS within THIS century....I am very confident doctrine FLEET WIDE had been appropriately......UPGRADED.

sayin

Posted by: Nightwatch at April 03, 2020 12:01 AM (kFkpX)

588 My neighbors wife is coming over for a roll of toilet paper.
Not sure how this is gonna end....

Posted by: DBCooper at April 03, 2020 12:01 AM (bttOm)

589 A kid in the fifth grade found a blasting cap at a construction site and took it home. Held it over an alcohol lamp and it exploded. Blind in one eye and almost blind in the other.


Saw kids throwing a rimfire .22 round at ground hard as they could trying to get it to go off.

Posted by: getting the banned to safety at April 03, 2020 12:02 AM (aIED/)

590 Bartertown!

Posted by: Cosmic Charlie at April 03, 2020 12:02 AM (PUmDY)

591
And I still play with DOS and Win 9x in virtual machines, but I have to use VMWare Workstation as the latest version of VirtualBox don't do so well. You can get Win 98 running in it, but VMWare is better.

Now, I've got installs of the old Virtual PC (which will still run on Win7 -- you've got to get rid of the Win 7 version of it, and do some tricks) which will run DOS and the Win 9x line flawlessly.

I'm looking forward to nested hardware virtualization where I can run VMs under OSes themselves running as guests under VMs.

Double virtualization. They're just getting that going.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion of a Poperin Pear at April 03, 2020 12:02 AM (rCwaK)

592 Of course. And I'll see if I can get Lindsey Lohan to costar, she isn't doing much of anything lately

Posted by: kbdabear at April 02, 2020 11:01 PM (qAR6u)

Okay. Hope your completion insurance is paid up :-)

Posted by: qdpsteve at April 02, 2020 11:11 PM (L2ZTs)

I think I'd reach completion with her

There's a girl who works at a Tex-Mex restaurant in town who's a dead ringer in the face for Lindsey Lohan before the booze and drugs. 10 years younger, 6 inches shorter, smaller boobs, her ass is definitely Al Pacino Approved

Posted by: kbdabear at April 03, 2020 12:02 AM (qAR6u)

593
Oh, and they were out of normal regular cold coffee. So I bought a bottle of "Blond Brew??"
And eggs were cleaned out.

I went to Costco yesterday and loaded up, they were all out of frozen fully cooked chicken strips, which is a daily staple for me.

Posted by: Soothsayer, very senile at April 03, 2020 12:03 AM (UxzMs)

594 My neighbors wife is coming over for a roll of toilet paper.

___

Pretty sure I've seen this movie...

Posted by: Obligatory at April 03, 2020 12:03 AM (WdocV)

595 587 520

Well that was over 20 years ago, after SARS and MERS within THIS century....I am very confident doctrine FLEET WIDE had been appropriately......UPGRADED.

sayin
Posted by: Nightwatch at April 03, 2020 12:01 AM (kFkpX)

I'd like to believe that.

Are you Navy? Do you KNOW? Or are you guessing?

Posted by: Romeo13 at April 03, 2020 12:03 AM (NgKpN)

596 My neighbors wife is coming over for a roll of toilet paper.
Not sure how this is gonna end....
Posted by: DBCooper at April 03, 2020 12:01 AM (bttOm)

Now is the time when you need protection the most.











Is your Glock at the ready?

Posted by: Robert at April 03, 2020 12:03 AM (GiKuo)

597 Just spent a wonderful hour chatting with the most wonderful ette Emmie! My goodness I treasure her friendship!

Posted by: westminsterdogshow.....Coloradomorondezvous2020 at April 03, 2020 12:03 AM (/UQ/R)

598 There are quite a few videos on youtube with advice on what stupid features to disable on Windows 10.

Posted by: buzzion at April 03, 2020 12:04 AM (Z7lwY)

599 I'll bite on the carrier captain firing thing. A recent Navy pubbie release said they were going to quit reporting on ship infection rates, as that might compromise Op Sec and give an enemy an edge re knowing our readiness.

That makes sense, or might be cover for firing that carrier captain; who knows. But it does make some sense.

Posted by: GnuBreed at April 03, 2020 12:04 AM (XF4b8)

600 "sounds like he's struggling on the toilet. (and failing.)"

"every Michael Bolton song from the '90s."

Meh, Bolton's not yawrling, sounds like it comes out easy, like the runs.

Posted by: Drink Like Vikings at April 03, 2020 12:04 AM (gq3XA)

601 Navy fired the Captain for his letter, okay. Anything ever happened to the Vindmans for betraying their CIC?
re Oz video- I cannot hear the language, all that comes to mind is that Oz never did give nothing to the Tinman that he didn't already have.

Posted by: Wasted Comment at April 03, 2020 12:01 AM (bi73b)

This...

I'm done for the night take care all!

Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar at April 03, 2020 12:04 AM (BiNEL)

602
Scoped rifle at the top....is it an SR25?

I only ask because I'm playing Stalker CofC/CofM sandbox mod and I noticed it at the Merc vendor.

Posted by: Sapwolf at April 03, 2020 12:05 AM (nuv3n)

603

The best video games were during Windows 95.
Not like these stupid games, today, where you just shoot stuff and jump around. Dumb.

Posted by: Soothsayer, very senile at April 03, 2020 12:05 AM (UxzMs)

604 597 Just spent a wonderful hour chatting with the most wonderful ette Emmie! My goodness I treasure her friendship!
Posted by: westminsterdogshow.....Coloradomorondezvous2020 at April 03, 2020 12:03 AM (/UQ/R)


How are you going?

Posted by: Ladyl at April 03, 2020 12:05 AM (TdMsT)

605 "My neighbors wife is coming over for a roll of toilet paper. 
Not sure how this is gonna end...."

At least get the donut...

Posted by: Drink Like Vikings at April 03, 2020 12:05 AM (gq3XA)

606 122 Are there quarantines going on in Canada?

Posted by: Lonesome Ed at April 02, 2020 10:27 PM

-----

Yep. We are all supposed to stay indoors until further notice. Our drama teacher PM told us that we shouldn't even go out for a walk or a drive, which a) makes me wonder why Starbucks is deemed essential and can be open, and 2) why the hell.does he keep giving his pressers outside?

My store was forced closed last week. We are all still waiting to hear whether we will get some sort of rent abatement (my mall landlord sent me a nice GFY pay me note despite me never having been late and being the only tenant who uses the mall's logo in my advertising). I think I can hold out two months and then I'm done for good.

Posted by: TheHoser at April 03, 2020 12:05 AM (VRTwp)

607 I don't think so either, but we are way out here in Wyoming and we don't have much Chinese Lung Rot out here. We keep looking at the Johns Hopkins statistics and feel bad for everyone.

Posted by: megthered at April 03, 2020 12:06 AM (PrFzN)

608 This is the time of night when my cats get the midnight crazies-- playing kitchen hockey with pieces of kibble, chasing each other from room to room, and climbing up and down the cat tree several times.

Posted by: Basement Cat at April 03, 2020 12:00 AM (pPNCa)

Mine gets the kitty crazies around 2 AM. Runs wildly through the house, plays with her yarn ball with the bell inside. When I'm asleep she moves her toy mice around. Saw her carrying one by the tail with her mouth like it was a real mouse.

Posted by: kbdabear at April 03, 2020 12:06 AM (qAR6u)

609 I gotta say as a enlisted ex-Navy, I agree that that Captain should have got removed.

A captain at sea even today is the ultimate authority. He has the power to solve his problems and at the least should make an effort.

That letter sounded as if he expected HQ to jump up and do his thinking for him.

Maybe they told him that and he freaked and maybe they said they're working on a solution and to calm the f**k down and he freaked cause he's an entitled thinking Obama worshipper.
Remember that Obama did a lot of destruction of leadership in all the services while he misruled the US during his regime.

What could he have done you say? Well he could have immediately when it became known isolated those 100 and enacted rules on conduct plus set up an area on the hanger deck so as to create some isolation.

The crew could've been put to making some crude masks to reduce transmission.

I don't know what other things he could've done but if i was him I would've started doing something.

Plus he sent this letter to some people outside the chain of command and also used insecure means to transmit this.

He did this purposely to cause trouble in my view and is not to be pitied or blame free.

Posted by: jakee308 at April 03, 2020 12:07 AM (JvI2w)

610 I have a 1911 at the ready but she seems like a fetching lass.
not bringing any trouble it seems

Posted by: DBCooper at April 03, 2020 12:07 AM (bttOm)

611 Ladyl I am still up.......I was going to say I could go another hour with you but that would be phrasing Are you ok?

Posted by: westminsterdogshow.....Coloradomorondezvous2020 at April 03, 2020 12:08 AM (/UQ/R)

612 My neighbors wife is coming over for a roll of toilet paper.
Not sure how this is gonna end....
Posted by: DBCooper

gonna take the beef bus to tuna town?

Posted by: Rick in SK at April 03, 2020 12:08 AM (zDwuO)

613 My neighbors wife is coming over for a roll of toilet paper.
Not sure how this is gonna end....
Posted by: DBCooper at April 03, 2020 12:01 AM (bttOm)

Now is the time when you need protection the most.


Give her the following link to the Toilet Paper Calculator: "the simple calculator for how much toilet paper you need"

https://tinyurl.com/smq37kk

Posted by: Basement Cat at April 03, 2020 12:08 AM (pPNCa)

614 603

The best video games were during Windows 95.
Not like these stupid games, today, where you just shoot stuff and jump around. Dumb.

Posted by: Soothsayer, very senile at April 03, 2020 12:05 AM (UxzMs)



Like Doom. Where you just shot stuff and couldn't jump around.

Posted by: buzzion at April 03, 2020 12:09 AM (Z7lwY)

615 Used to have a couple recurring dreams that bothered me. Now they are Woke SJW versions with LGBT, oppressed POC and strong empowered women. Really miss the old repeats.

Posted by: Ripley at April 03, 2020 12:09 AM (sGobE)

616 Piano and Boobs and Short Shorts

Lola Astanova - You are so beautiful by Joe Cocker

https://tinyurl.com/sepxfeu

Posted by: kbdabear at April 03, 2020 12:09 AM (qAR6u)

617 609-
Good post. what if at sea say, 1780? removal was required.

Posted by: DBCooper at April 03, 2020 12:09 AM (bttOm)

618 Plus he sent this letter to some people outside the chain of command and also used insecure means to transmit this.

He did this purposely to cause trouble in my view and is not to be pitied or blame free.

Posted by: jakee308 at April 03, 2020 12:07 AM



This.

Posted by: Zettai Roshia-no Asetto at April 03, 2020 12:09 AM (QHxmP)

619
611 Ladyl I am still up.......I was going to say I could go another hour with you but that would be phrasing Are you ok?
Posted by: westminsterdogshow.....Coloradomorondezvous2020 at April 03, 2020 12:08 AM (/UQ/R


I'm doing great!

Engaged in a little civil disobedience today and played tennis.

Posted by: Ladyl at April 03, 2020 12:10 AM (TdMsT)

620 gonna take the beef bus to tuna town?

Posted by: Rick in SK at April 03, 2020 12:08 AM (zDwuO)


Now I'm hungry. It's pavlovian.

Posted by: GnuBreed at April 03, 2020 12:11 AM (XF4b8)

621 Civil disobedience........oh my!

Posted by: westminsterdogshow.....Coloradomorondezvous2020 at April 03, 2020 12:12 AM (/UQ/R)

622 A ships Captain with with a crew of young healthy Seamen and the responsibility to be on line in defense of national interests and not one seriously ill sailor. NOT ONE SERIOUSLY ILL SAILOR, decides to grand stand and panic the families of the crew while simultaneously indicating the ship isn't mission ready...
Yeah his ass should be fired.
He ought to be bust down a grade as well.

Hero my ass.

Posted by: TSgt Ciz at April 03, 2020 12:12 AM (af5xa)

623 We Don't Need Another Hero.

Posted by: Cosmic Charlie at April 03, 2020 12:12 AM (PUmDY)

624 Posted by: jakee308 at April 03, 2020 12:07 AM (JvI2w)

He had Flag onboard.

Once Flag is onboard, a Captain is still responsible, but is no longer really in Command.

Everything will be second guessed by Flag, and HIS staff.

Hell, I was on a Destroyer, with a Commander for CO, and we were carrying Flag.

HE had TWO Bird Captains on his staff, who of course outranked the actual CO of my ship.

Whole damn command staff was walking on eggshells.

Posted by: Romeo13 at April 03, 2020 12:13 AM (NgKpN)

625 597 Just spent a wonderful hour chatting with the most wonderful ette Emmie! My goodness I treasure her friendship!
Posted by: westminsterdogshow.....Coloradomorondezvous2020 at April 03, 2020 12:03 AM (/UQ/R)


*de-lurks to give WDS another hug*

It was wonderful to chat with you, dear lady.

Posted by: Emmie at April 03, 2020 12:14 AM (ouBhA)

626
My neighbors wife is coming over for a roll of toilet paper.

___

Pretty sure I've seen this movie...


Posted by: Obligatory
.............
Several times on PornHub!

Posted by: Chi-Town Jerry at April 03, 2020 12:14 AM (CjFDo)

627 Yes! I finally scored a full time gig!
Posted by: Insomniac - Ex Cineribus Resurgo at April 02, 2020 10:27 PM (NWiLs)



Great news, Insom!

Glad to hear it.

Do want to share any details?

Posted by: LeftCoast Dawg at April 03, 2020 12:14 AM (sy5kK)

628 I love healthy semen. Really the best kind.

Posted by: Barack Hussein Obama at April 03, 2020 12:14 AM (WdocV)

629 Piano and Boobs and Short Shorts

Lola Astanova - You are so beautiful by Joe Cocker

https://tinyurl.com/sepxfeu

Posted by: kbdabear at April 03, 2020 12:09 AM (qAR6u)


Needed a second, overhead, viewpoint. Nice bod though.

Posted by: GnuBreed at April 03, 2020 12:14 AM (XF4b8)

630 Grats, Insomniac! Your new employer has been blessed! As have you!

Posted by: Hans O'Lo at April 03, 2020 12:17 AM (u7pQw)

631 By "Buy Guns" I am going to take that as "Start loading all those mags that I have been hoarding..."

Posted by: RobinKaty at April 03, 2020 12:17 AM (eFAZh)

632 Pot stores are open. So what? Get over it.

Posted by: Kazi at April 03, 2020 12:17 AM (0x00j)

633 Now that PDT has kicked Cryin' Chuck Schumer in the nuts, he needs to kick Fauci to the curb. I am more than ever convinced that that grandstanding asshole is in daily contact with Hillary's people and is doing her work of spreading disinformation and attempting to destroy the President.

Fire the bastard and fuck the media.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at April 03, 2020 12:17 AM (2JVJo)

634 We are all supposed to stay indoors until further notice. Our drama teacher PM told us that we shouldn't even go out for a walk or a drive...

This makes no sense to me, at least the driving part. My car is parked in an attached garage. I could drive around for hours and have almost no chance of coming in contact with another human being. I'd have to break down.

Posted by: Ace's liver at April 03, 2020 12:18 AM (wGeit)

635 "Newsom says coronavirus is an 'opportunity for reimagining a more progressive era'."

C.S. Lewis had a dream about that once:

http://agentintellect.blogspot.com/2011/11/quote-of-day.html

Posted by: Jim S. at April 03, 2020 12:18 AM (ynUnH)

636 Paul Krugman is excitedly expecting the CCP virus to soon expand into the South.

The South suddenly is safe.

Posted by: mindful webworker
radically inclined
at April 03, 2020 12:20 AM (AoLFQ)

637 This makes no sense to me, at least the driving part. My car is parked in an attached garage. I could drive around for hours and have almost no chance of coming in contact with another human being. I'd have to break down.
Posted by: Ace's liver at April 03, 2020 12:18 AM (wGeit)

It was 70 degrees here today, beautiful blue skies.

Say a Lady driving a convertible, with the top down, wearing a mask.

cracked me up.

Posted by: Romeo13 at April 03, 2020 12:20 AM (NgKpN)

638 So 70 yesterday, 21 today, gotta love Colorado in April! Supposed to be 43 tomorrow so would have been ok for opening day. SOB

Posted by: westminsterdogshow.....Coloradomorondezvous2020 at April 03, 2020 12:21 AM (/UQ/R)

639 Pot stores are open. So what? Get over it.
Posted by: Kazi at April 03, 2020 12:17 AM (0x00j)

Shut 'em down, burn 'em down, and process all the employees through a wood chipper.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 03, 2020 12:22 AM (miJU3)

640 Yeah his ass should be fired.
He ought to be bust down a grade as well.

Hero my ass.
Posted by: TSgt Ciz at April 03, 2020 12:12 AM (af5xa)


As I pointed out last thread, that guy's career is over. The Navy has far more officers eligible for command positions than they have positions. They might not kick him out of the Navy, but he'll probably end up as a glorified facilities manager somewhere with five direct reports. That's the hint from the military it's about time you retired.

Posted by: Ace's liver at April 03, 2020 12:22 AM (wGeit)

641
I'm thinking of making a yard sign: "Chinese Flu Has No Home Here"

Posted by: Soothsayer, very senile at April 03, 2020 12:23 AM (UxzMs)

642 636 Paul Krugman is excitedly expecting the CCP virus to soon expand into the South.

The South suddenly is safe.
Posted by: mindful webworker
radically inclined
at April 03, 2020 12:20 AM (AoLFQ)


Hahaha. So true.

Posted by: Ace's liver at April 03, 2020 12:24 AM (wGeit)

643 Shut 'em down, burn 'em down, and process all the employees through a wood chipper.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 03, 2020 12:22 AM (miJU3)


And then smoke the remains.

"Tastes like Billy!"

Posted by: qdpsteve at April 03, 2020 12:24 AM (L2ZTs)

644 Everyone should visit The People's Cube. Oleg Atbashian uses satire like a finely tuned sledge hammer

What We Should Learn from this all


By the time the pandemic is over, everyone will be convinced that . . .


Open borders are a menace.
Globalization is a menace.
Public transportation is a menace, while private cars keep families safe.
Public schools are a menace.
Homeschooling is great.
Gun owners have fewer anxieties to deal with during a crisis.
Hollywood is a bunch of nincompoops.
The mainstream media is a useless menace.
Communists can't be trusted and are a menace.
Capitalist enterprise reacts to emergencies faster and more efficiently, while the obstructionist bureaucracy is a menace.
All essentials must be manufactured within our own borders.
A businessman makes a better president than a career politician.





https://thepeoplescube.com/

Posted by: Kindltot at April 03, 2020 12:24 AM (rb4zU)

645 Fire the bastard and fuck the media.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at April 03, 2020 12:17 AM (2JVJo)


Appropriate dress for every formal occasion.

Posted by: GnuBreed at April 03, 2020 12:24 AM (XF4b8)

646 Pot stores are open. So what? Get over it.
Posted by: Kazi at April 03, 2020 12:17 AM (0x00j)


They shouldn't be. The shit shouldn't even be legal.

But enlighten me. What exactly makes a fucking pot shop an essential business?

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at April 03, 2020 12:25 AM (2JVJo)

647 638 So 70 yesterday, 21 today, gotta love Colorado in April! Supposed to be 43 tomorrow so would have been ok for opening day. SOB
Posted by: westminsterdogshow.....Coloradomorondezvous2020 at April 03, 2020 12:21 AM (/UQ/R)

But, Skiing!

Used to live in Highlands Ranch.

Was late April when I took my 10 year old twins down to Colorado Springs to the Girlfriends apartment complex, where we went swimming. NICE Day.

But by the time we drove the hour back to the Ranch? Blizzard blew in with 10 inches of snow.

Posted by: Romeo13 at April 03, 2020 12:25 AM (NgKpN)

648 What I wish Paul Krugman would say sometime is, "If I'm wrong about this, may God strike me right now with lightning!"

Suddenly a huge bolt would come out of the sky.....

Posted by: qdpsteve at April 03, 2020 12:25 AM (L2ZTs)

649
My gut feeling is the "captain" had political motives.

If we see this guy's mug on the cover of Time next week, you'll know I'm right.

I definitely expect Adam Shitt to use this guy, and they're probably already in contact with each other.

Posted by: Soothsayer, very senile at April 03, 2020 12:25 AM (UxzMs)

650 But enlighten me. What exactly makes a fucking pot shop an essential business?

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing


The tax revenue.

Posted by: mikeski at April 03, 2020 12:25 AM (P1f+c)

651 I had a dream when I was, maybe, 10? A full-grown adult male lion leaped out of a window of our house and attacked my leg. I woke up with a sharp pain in my leg, where his claw went in.

One wet dream. All the nightmares, all the weird Little Nemo-esque fantasies, all the twists and turns of totally weird dreams, and once, only once, a satisfying conclusion.

Except it wasn't satisfying, it was like waking up realizing you're peeing.

Zombie Carlos Castaneda: Look for your hands in the dream, once you can see your hands, you can control the dream!

Yeah, about that....

Posted by: mindful webworker
radically inclined
at April 03, 2020 12:25 AM (AoLFQ)

652 There's no rhyme or reason to any of this. I really believe if they try to extend the shutdown past April there will be widespread social unrest. It's only going to take a few weeks before a bunch of people are out of money.

Posted by: TheHoser at April 03, 2020 12:25 AM (VRTwp)

653 Mary Poppins, gotta keep the kids sedated and pacified.

Posted by: qdpsteve at April 03, 2020 12:26 AM (L2ZTs)

654 Crozier's career was shitcanned the moment he granted liberty in Da Nang, despite the looming threat. I guarantee you that this was a point of discussion in the wardroom.
Liberty is granted at the CO's discretion. He chose poorly and the crew was infected.
He started working up a book deal prior to pulling into Guam. The email guarantees a media circuit to shop it around.
There is more to this story that we are not hearing.
The chicken bones never lie.

Posted by: Cluebat at April 03, 2020 12:26 AM (S8ld5)

655 646 Pot stores are open. So what? Get over it.
Posted by: Kazi at April 03, 2020 12:17 AM (0x00j)

They shouldn't be. The shit shouldn't even be legal.

But enlighten me. What exactly makes a fucking pot shop an essential business?
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at April 03, 2020 12:25 AM (2JVJo)


Tax receipts.

Posted by: Ace's liver at April 03, 2020 12:26 AM (wGeit)

656
But enlighten me. What exactly makes a fucking pot shop an essential business?

Posted by: Mary Poppins



Getting high is MEDICINAL!

Posted by: Soothsayer, very senile at April 03, 2020 12:26 AM (UxzMs)

657
But enlighten me. What exactly makes a fucking pot shop an essential business?
Posted by: Mary Poppins
-------

Pandering to the base?

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at April 03, 2020 12:27 AM (CDGwz)

658 But enlighten me. What exactly makes a fucking pot shop an essential business?
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at April 03, 2020 12:25 AM (2JVJo)


Soma! Soma! Soma!

Posted by: Your average Gamma in serious withdrawl at April 03, 2020 12:27 AM (rb4zU)

659 In all seriousness, though, why would liquor stores be essential businesses and not pot shops?

Posted by: Ace's liver at April 03, 2020 12:28 AM (wGeit)

660
Donkey Chompers, who is very influential, has called for a "rent strike."

I'm all for it. If a Democrat is your landlord, stop paying them rent.

Posted by: Soothsayer, very senile at April 03, 2020 12:28 AM (UxzMs)

661 My gut feeling is the "captain" had political motives.

If we see this guy's mug on the cover of Time next week, you'll know I'm right.

I definitely expect Adam Shitt to use this guy, and they're probably already in contact with each other.
Posted by: Soothsayer, very senile at April 03, 2020 12:25 AM (UxzMs)

I don't know enough about how the Navy conducts its affairs to make an informed comment, but I will ask a question: how many of the players in this little drama were promoted to their current grade during the years of Obama's misrule?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 03, 2020 12:29 AM (miJU3)

662 It has been explained here that if they cut the alcoholics off cold, it might tax the healthcare system worse than the CCP Flu.

Posted by: TheHoser at April 03, 2020 12:29 AM (VRTwp)

663 Romeo do you still live in Colorado? Yep but no skiing either as polesucker shut that down too!

Posted by: westminsterdogshow.....Coloradomorondezvous2020 at April 03, 2020 12:29 AM (/UQ/R)

664 651
One wet dream. All the nightmares, all the weird Little Nemo-esque fantasies, all the twists and turns of totally weird dreams, and once, only once, a satisfying conclusion.


You were getting laid, regularly.

We all have our burdens to bear, mindful.

Posted by: GnuBreed at April 03, 2020 12:29 AM (XF4b8)

665 619---Engaged in a little civil disobedience today and played tennis.
Posted by: Ladyl at April 03, 2020 12:10 AM (TdMsT)
------------------------------------
As long as you and your opponent don't go to the net at the same time!

Posted by: Margarita DeVille at April 03, 2020 12:29 AM (M/9m0)

Posted by: GnuBreed at April 03, 2020 12:29 AM (XF4b8)

667 What's the pregnancy rate on carriers, again?
What's the STD rate on carriers?

Posted by: Soothsayer, very senile



In the two months before a deployment the pregnancy rate is something like 42 percent of all assigned female sailors.

After leaving on deployment it generally drops to about 2 percent, since all the pregnant ones are now on shore duty and the rest of the women aboard are actually serious about doing their jobs.

And oddly enough, very few actual babies are born as a result of all those pregnancies.

Posted by: Sharkman at April 03, 2020 12:30 AM (i4CI5)

668 One of the things I was taught in life is that there are times you have to do the right things for people, because they are the right thing, and then you take the lumps for doing them.

Because doing the right thing is what is important, not the lumps.

Posted by: Kindltot at April 03, 2020 12:31 AM (rb4zU)

669 Oh yeah.

Posted by: GnuBreed at April 03, 2020 12:31 AM (XF4b8)

670 As for driving, strictly a control issue. They can't trust a few people, so they fuck everyone over.

Same as it ever was.

Posted by: TheHoser at April 03, 2020 12:31 AM (VRTwp)

671 Some of them want to be controlled.

Posted by: Cosmic Charlie at April 03, 2020 12:32 AM (PUmDY)

672 Thanks for the answers. I knew that, of course, which is why the stoners here in MA are desperately begging the guv to let them open up. Which I bet he will.

Speaking of dreams - I do have occasional repeating dreams, though it's not the same dream, but the same location: a dilapidated neighborhood in my old hometown, and I'm wandering endlessly around empty hundred-year old houses, looking in windows and trying doors.

I did once have a dream about having sex with someone I absolutely should not have sex with; it was so real I actually called her a few days later just to discreetly sound her out as to whether it had actually happened.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at April 03, 2020 12:32 AM (2JVJo)

673 Camel in pink pajamas

hahahhhaha

Posted by: mindful webworker
radically inclined
at April 03, 2020 12:32 AM (AoLFQ)

674 Just heard that $500 for families with a child does not apply after age 16, no longer a child.
So Epstein was just applying federal standards?

Posted by: getting the banned to try the veal at April 03, 2020 12:32 AM (BeNPT)

675 >>> 666
Posted by: GnuBreed

Nailed it. Impressive.

Posted by: 6-4-3 Turn Two at April 03, 2020 12:32 AM (NMkO+)

676 654. Hmmmm. This is interesting. The Captain may well have been playing CYA.

Posted by: NZFrank with a M2 at April 03, 2020 12:32 AM (k0Q8L)

677 I hope Paul Krugman will remember
A Southern Man don't need him around anyhow

Posted by: klaftern at April 03, 2020 12:33 AM (RuIsu)

678
One thing is really bothering me tonight.
Fake News is saying 1 million cases "worldwide" and
245K cases in USA, and 50K deaths "worldwide" and 5K deaths in USA.

These "worldwide" figures are such bullshit they shouldn't even be uttered on the "news." I guarantee the real figures for the world are 10X that, and that's a lowball estimate.

Posted by: Soothsayer, very senile at April 03, 2020 12:33 AM (UxzMs)

679 Anyhow, up early tomorrow to DRIVE TO MY STORE (come get me, coppers!) for a teleconference about benefits and whatnot.

Night from the North, y'all.

Posted by: TheHoser at April 03, 2020 12:33 AM (VRTwp)

680 C.S. Lewis had a dream about that once:
-------

As an aside:

“We all want progress. But progress means getting nearer to the place where you want to be. And if you have taken a wrong turning then to go forward does not get you any nearer. If you are on the wrong road progress means doing an about-turn and walking back to the right road and in that case the man who turns back soonest is the most progressive man. There is nothing progressive about being pig-headed and refusing to admit a mistake. And I think if you look at the present state of the world it's pretty plain that humanity has been making some big mistake. We're on the wrong road. And if that is so we must go back. Going back is the quickest way on.” -- C.S. Lewis

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at April 03, 2020 12:34 AM (xSo9G)

681 But enlighten me. What exactly makes a fucking pot shop an essential business?

---

It's the actual opiate of the masses. At least while opium is illegal.

Posted by: Methos at April 03, 2020 12:35 AM (kOpft)

682 > The Venezuelan ship tried to ram the cruise ship, and the Venezuelan ship sank.

The Germans should paint a little Venezuelan flag on the side of the cruise ship.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at April 03, 2020 12:35 AM (tLWGd)

683 Yah... I have no sympathy for the navy captain. He was the idiot who allowed the sailors on-board to take shore leave in Vietnam when the Wuhan Flu had already spread there. Then, instead of waiting for his chain of command to solve the problem he created, he whined to the press AND informed the whole world... including people who wish us harm... that his ship was incapacitated.

Posted by: redbanzai the Southerner at April 03, 2020 12:36 AM (nAiE/)

684 So here I am sitting in the attic (which is where I write) and I can hear the patter of rain on the window behind me. I'll be glad when we get to Saturday, since it's finally supposed to clear up and warm up. I can handle staying around the house, but gray, dreary weather irritates me.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at April 03, 2020 12:36 AM (2JVJo)

685
Also, don't think the Russian Hoax has ended.

The Daily Mail is cooking up a Narrative for Adam Shitt, right now, alleging quid pro quo collusion between the Kremlin and the White House.

Daily Mail UK is making up all kinds of wild lies, lately. Crazy, dangerous stuff about the USA.

Posted by: Soothsayer, very senile at April 03, 2020 12:37 AM (UxzMs)

686
And oddly enough, very few actual babies are born as a result of all those pregnancies.

Does planned parenthood have its own "hospital" ship?

and

Son Of A Gun is a lost tradition.

Posted by: getting the banned aboard at April 03, 2020 12:38 AM (BeNPT)

687 660
Donkey Chompers, who is very influential, has called for a "rent strike."

I'm all for it. If a Democrat is your landlord, stop paying them rent.
Posted by: Soothsayer, very senile at April 03, 2020 12:28 AM (UxzMs)


I watched that clip. What a profoundly incoherent woman. It's not even that she was calling for a rent strike; she was just kind of free associating on the term.

Posted by: Ace's liver at April 03, 2020 12:39 AM (wGeit)

688 Posted by: Cluebat at April 03, 2020 12:26 AM (S8ld5)

or, an alternative history.

He was carrying flag, and did NOT want to pull into Viet Nam, but Flag thought it would look bad if they didn't.

And guess who wins THAT argument.

For the record, spent 4 years at COMSUBPAC watching this kind of 'discussion' happen.

(I was a fly on the wall, enlisted guy who took care of his Electronics)

Also watched Col. Gharety (Damn I hope I remember how to spell his name, been a lot of years) of MARG 2-83 get overruled in his own command, by State Dept. types, which led to Beirut 83.

People think that Navy CO's are really in charge of their ships, that is, IMO, a myth. With modern communication, there is always someone looking over their shoulder.

Posted by: Romeo13 at April 03, 2020 12:39 AM (NgKpN)

689 > What a profoundly incoherent woman.

This is what happens when you are raised by communists.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at April 03, 2020 12:40 AM (tLWGd)

690 The Captain may well have been playing CYA.

Posted by: NZFrank with a M2 at April 03, 2020 12:32 AM



Indeed!

That, and if this incompetent is going to run his ship up on the beach just because his crew has the flu, what would he do when his ship was holed and on fire with aircraft out, etc.?

Posted by: Zettai Roshia-no Asetto at April 03, 2020 12:40 AM (QHxmP)

691 I like how the Biden accuser is a Russian spy.

Posted by: Cosmic Charlie at April 03, 2020 12:41 AM (PUmDY)

692 The Germans should paint a little Venezuelan flag on the side of the cruise ship.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at April 03, 2020 12:35 AM (tLWGd)

Didn't U-boats paint little emblems on the conning tower to denote ships sunk?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 03, 2020 12:42 AM (miJU3)

693 People think that Navy CO's are really in charge of their ships, that is, IMO, a myth. With modern communication, there is always someone looking over their shoulder.
Posted by: Romeo13 at April 03, 2020 12:39 AM (NgKpN)


I can believe there were reasons to stop in Vietnam. But he has no business going outside the chain of command. You can go over your bosses head, if you dare, but you don't start airing dirty laundry in public.

Posted by: Ace's liver at April 03, 2020 12:42 AM (wGeit)

694 Posted by: Cluebat at April 03, 2020 12:26 AM (S8ld5)

Nope, moved back to Calif 10 years ago to take care of Mom.

Really thought it would be like 2 years, but, she's damn healthy for 91!

Son is still in Denver, may end up back there someday.

Posted by: Romeo13 at April 03, 2020 12:43 AM (NgKpN)

695 693 People think that Navy CO's are really in charge of their ships, that is, IMO, a myth. With modern communication, there is always someone looking over their shoulder.
Posted by: Romeo13 at April 03, 2020 12:39 AM (NgKpN)

I can believe there were reasons to stop in Vietnam. But he has no business going outside the chain of command. You can go over your bosses head, if you dare, but you don't start airing dirty laundry in public.
Posted by: Ace's liver at April 03, 2020 12:42 AM (wGeit)

and yet, isn't this exactly what we all wanted the DOJ and FBI to do?

Posted by: Romeo13 at April 03, 2020 12:44 AM (NgKpN)

696 357 Thank you Weird Dave.

We all appreciate all you do and love you very much. You may not realize it, but I think most of us read the ONT content eventually throughout the night. You entertain us.

It saddens me that Mis Hum was unhappy. He could have dialed down the effort if it was too much. I would have been happy with a couple meme or quotes each night. Authoring the ONT is a great opportunity to opine to an established audience, so he could have done that too without all the effort of finding links.

Anyway, if it gets to be too much for you, let us know. I am sure the other morons will have lots of sympathy if you decide to turn into a candyass whiner.
Posted by: Gentlemen, this is democracy manifest at April 02, 2020 11:10 PM (LWu6U)


Last night was April first.

I think the tradition is Turkey and cranberries.

Posted by: LeftCoast Dawg at April 03, 2020 12:44 AM (sy5kK)

697 678
One thing is really bothering me tonight.
Fake News is saying 1 million cases "worldwide" and
245K cases in USA, and 50K deaths "worldwide" and 5K deaths in USA.

These "worldwide" figures are such bullshit they shouldn't even be uttered on the "news." I guarantee the real figures for the world are 10X that, and that's a lowball estimate.
Posted by: Soothsayer, very senile at April 03, 2020 12:33 AM (UxzMs)
-----------------------------------------
Yep. We have no idea how many thousands have died in China, just for starters.

In any case, these stats cannot help but frighten people because they are out of context. The average person has no concept whatsoever of what normal incidences of disease and death are for regular flu. No concept.

Posted by: Margarita DeVille at April 03, 2020 12:44 AM (M/9m0)

698 > Didn't U-boats paint little emblems on the conning tower to denote ships sunk?

Yeah, surface vessels do that too. Also fighter planes.



Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at April 03, 2020 12:45 AM (tLWGd)

699 How had I not heard this one before (h/t Milady in local biz magazine)?



🍔
KEEP
CALM
.AND.
CARRY
.OUT.

Posted by: mindful webworker
radically inclined
at April 03, 2020 12:45 AM (AoLFQ)

700 and yet, isn't this exactly what we all wanted the DOJ and FBI to do?
Posted by: Romeo13 at April 03, 2020 12:44 AM (NgKpN)


No, actually. The big complaint was those people were leaking things to the press.

Posted by: Ace's liver at April 03, 2020 12:45 AM (wGeit)

701
These "worldwide" figures are such bullshit they shouldn't even be uttered on the "news." I guarantee the real figures for the world are 10X that, and that's a lowball estimate.
Posted by: Soothsayer, very senile


And the USA has one of the highest infant mortality rates in the world...so they tell me.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at April 03, 2020 12:46 AM (aKsyK)

702 On this day in 1865, the Federal Armies of the Potomac and the James popped the siege lines around Petersburg. General Wright concentrated the entirety of Sixth Corps on a 2000 yard front and punched a hole in Confederate lines in 15 minutes. This was perhaps the first example in military history of synchronization of watches for an operation.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, USS Lone Fire at April 03, 2020 12:46 AM (g8Yc+)

703 Hi MP4
Been thinking about you. Hope you're well. I was so looking forward to meeting you in May. Please be safe and take care.

Posted by: Nurse ratched at April 03, 2020 12:46 AM (Jyazh)

704 698 > Didn't U-boats paint little emblems on the conning tower to denote ships sunk?

Yeah, surface vessels do that too. Also fighter planes.



Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at April 03, 2020 12:45 AM (tLWGd)

And the Broom.

If a sub was flying a broom when it entered port, it meant that every torpedo shot sunk a ship.

Posted by: Romeo13 at April 03, 2020 12:47 AM (NgKpN)

705 In any case, these stats cannot help but frighten people because they are out of context. The average person has no concept whatsoever of what normal incidences of disease and death are for regular flu. No concept.
Posted by: Margarita DeVille at April 03, 2020 12:44 AM (M/9m0)


Because if you knew, you wouldn't be so quick to beg your government to lock you in your house, shut down your churches and arrest the bastards who think they live in a free society.

As Mark Twain once said, "If you don't read the newspapers, you are uninformed. If you do read them, you are misinformed."

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at April 03, 2020 12:47 AM (2JVJo)

706 Goodnight all, thanks for the fun chat tonight.

Posted by: qdpsteve at April 03, 2020 12:47 AM (L2ZTs)

707 Yeah, surface vessels do that too. Also fighter planes.



Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at April 03, 2020 12:45 AM (tLWGd)

Then that cruise ship should definitely paint a sinking corvette in the traditional place. Put a pirate flag on the cartoon.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 03, 2020 12:47 AM (miJU3)

708 Yep. We have no idea how many thousands have died in China, just for starters.

There are some pretty wild secondary indicators in Wuhan, like thousands of extra burial urns per day and emissions consistent with burning bodies. I don't know how much of it is real, but the high end possibilities are pretty high.

Posted by: Ace's liver at April 03, 2020 12:48 AM (wGeit)

709
Let's start a wacky internet tale.
If you get pregnant while infected with the Chinese Flu, your baby will come out Chinese.

Posted by: Soothsayer, very senile at April 03, 2020 12:48 AM (UxzMs)

710 700 and yet, isn't this exactly what we all wanted the DOJ and FBI to do?
Posted by: Romeo13 at April 03, 2020 12:44 AM (NgKpN)

No, actually. The big complaint was those people were leaking things to the press.
Posted by: Ace's liver at April 03, 2020 12:45 AM (wGeit)

Hmm, I'd say the Wrong people were leaking to the press.

And the right people were apparently not willing to bypass the chain of command, to do what was right.

Posted by: Romeo13 at April 03, 2020 12:48 AM (NgKpN)

711 I keep having dreams of having a conversation with a beautiful, nude young woman that's holding a plunger in one hand and a feather in the other.

Posted by: Joe Biden at April 03, 2020 12:48 AM (Fs5vw)

712 Hi MP4
Been thinking about you. Hope you're well. I was so looking forward to meeting you in May. Please be safe and take care.
Posted by: Nurse ratched at April 03, 2020 12:46 AM (Jyazh)


**blushes**

Thank you, dear lady, that's very sweet. I am well, thank you, since I was working at home long before Kung Flu every became a thing (although I am not working now, since my hours were cut to zero).

I hope to see you in August. And I'm thinking about you, too, because I want you to stay safe.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at April 03, 2020 12:49 AM (2JVJo)

713 Night qdpsteve.

Thanks for the ONT. (Not to Steve, but the WD and MisHum and ace and every one!)

Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 03, 2020 12:49 AM (A5zUN)

714 If a sub was flying a broom when it entered port, it meant that every torpedo shot sunk a ship.
Posted by: Romeo13 at April 03, 2020 12:47 AM (NgKpN)


As in "clean sweep"? That probably didn't happen too often with the reliability of magnetic exploders.

Posted by: Ace's liver at April 03, 2020 12:50 AM (wGeit)

715 714 If a sub was flying a broom when it entered port, it meant that every torpedo shot sunk a ship.
Posted by: Romeo13 at April 03, 2020 12:47 AM (NgKpN)

As in "clean sweep"? That probably didn't happen too often with the reliability of magnetic exploders.
Posted by: Ace's liver at April 03, 2020 12:50 AM (wGeit)

Yup, why it was a BIG deal.

Posted by: Romeo13 at April 03, 2020 12:51 AM (NgKpN)

716 If a sub was flying a broom when it entered port, it meant that every torpedo shot sunk a ship.
Posted by: Romeo13 at April 03, 2020 12:47 AM (NgKpN)
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That goes back to when the Dutch raided the Medway in the 17th Century. A "clean sweep".

Posted by: Captain Obvious, USS Lone Fire at April 03, 2020 12:51 AM (g8Yc+)

717 One thing I learned today - the expression "See if the coast is clear" as a shorthand for checking out the lay of the land dates back to at least 1919. I saw it used in the serial A Woman in Grey, which I watched today along with the silent pic Vampyr.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at April 03, 2020 12:52 AM (2JVJo)

718 Did subs have to have confirmed kills like Pilots and Snipers?

Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 03, 2020 12:52 AM (A5zUN)

719 716 If a sub was flying a broom when it entered port, it meant that every torpedo shot sunk a ship.
Posted by: Romeo13 at April 03, 2020 12:47 AM (NgKpN)
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That goes back to when the Dutch raided the Medway in the 17th Century. A "clean sweep".
Posted by: Captain Obvious, USS Lone Fire at April 03, 2020 12:51 AM (g8Yc+)

Nice, thanks, did not know that history!

Posted by: Romeo13 at April 03, 2020 12:53 AM (NgKpN)

720 590 Bartertown!
Posted by: Cosmic Charlie at April 03, 2020 12:02 AM (PUmDY)

Bags of silver dimes.

Tens of thousands of rounds of .22LR.


Let's Make A Deal!

Posted by: LeftCoast Dawg, doing my Monte Hall imitation at April 03, 2020 12:54 AM (sy5kK)

721 718 Did subs have to have confirmed kills like Pilots and Snipers?
Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 03, 2020 12:52 AM (A5zUN)

Yes, Comrade!

We have destroyed every tank in the German army,

TWICE!

Posted by: Russian Army at April 03, 2020 12:54 AM (NgKpN)

722 According to a link at Instapundit, Ecuador does not appear to be doing well.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 03, 2020 12:55 AM (A5zUN)

723 Tens of thousands of rounds of .22LR.

Let's Make A Deal!
Posted by: LeftCoast Dawg, doing my Monte Hall imitation at April 03, 2020 12:54 AM (sy5kK)

Have you seen the Forgotten Weapons episode with the fully automatic, like 250 round drum fed, .22 submachine gun?



Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 03, 2020 12:57 AM (A5zUN)

724 718 Did subs have to have confirmed kills like Pilots and Snipers?
Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 03, 2020 12:52 AM (A5zUN)


They were typically credited based on the crew's observations, but there would be adjustments if more information came in. I was just reading an account of a US sub that fired multiple torpedoes at a single target, one of which missed and sank another ship. They didn't know about the second kill, which was somehow discovered later and credited.

Wish I could remember where that article was. Hmmm... might have been one of Drach's videos.

Posted by: Ace's liver at April 03, 2020 12:59 AM (wGeit)

725 595

Corpsman, shore duty, 2 Navy Regional Medical Centers..

Carter (puke) then Reagan (Should have re-enlisted.....but I had PTSD from Carter)

Posted by: Nightwatch at April 03, 2020 12:59 AM (kFkpX)

726 > Put a pirate flag on the cartoon.

Good idea. No need to sully the flag of a formerly respectable country by using it to represent the thugs in charge now.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at April 03, 2020 01:01 AM (tLWGd)

727 I wouldn't worry too much about MisHum, he's already got his next two ONTs in draft (I generally write mine the-day-of, he writes his a few days in advance).

Posted by: Weirddave at April 03, 2020 01:03 AM (qnb75)

728
Saw kids throwing a rimfire .22 round at ground hard as they could trying to get it to go off.
Posted by: getting the banned to safety at April 03, 2020 12:02 AM (aIED/)


so you're saying there is something wrong with that?

Posted by: LeftCoast Dawg at 9 years old, cleaning out the garage of a house dad bought to fix up and rent out at April 03, 2020 01:03 AM (sy5kK)

729 Yes, Comrade!

We have destroyed every tank in the German army,

TWICE!
Posted by: Russian Army at April 03, 2020 12:54 AM (NgKpN)
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This reminds me of a humorous pre-WWI story. As it goes, Wilhelm I was in Switzerland, attending military reviews. He witnessed a demonstration of sharpshooting, and, afterwards, was introduced to one of the premier shooters. He asked of the man, "How many are there of you who can shoot so well?. "One hundred thousand, Sire," was the reply. "Well, what if I invaded you with two hundred thousand men?" asked Wilhelm. Before anyone else could say anything, the sharpshooter replied, "Then we should each have to shoot twice."

Posted by: Captain Obvious, USS Lone Fire at April 03, 2020 01:03 AM (g8Yc+)

730
I got to reading the latest on nested virtualization. The lasted version of Virtual Box (6.1.x) is supposed to support it much better, including on Intel CPUs past some date. AMD made nested VM much easier that Intel.

So I'm gonna play with that tonight ....

Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion of a Poperin Pear at April 03, 2020 01:05 AM (rCwaK)

731 https://tinyurl.com/llfmdjw

The American 180, .22 rimfire.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 03, 2020 01:05 AM (A5zUN)

732 I wouldn't worry too much about MisHum, he's already got his next two ONTs in draft (I generally write mine the-day-of, he writes his a few days in advance).

Posted by: Weirddave at April 03, 2020 01:03 AM



*breathes sigh of relief*

Posted by: Zettai Roshia-no Asetto at April 03, 2020 01:05 AM (QHxmP)

733 Well, got the last of the wiring in this old trailer completed. The little outlet tester is plugged into the last outlet on the circuit, and is glimming away with the two amber lights that denote a good outlet. I can now start closing in the walls and ceiling.

I removed two old broken jalousie windows that faced a block wall, and made up frames of 2X2, with a sheet of trailer tin on the outside, and nailed those into the openings. Stuff them with insulation, and screw some quarter-inch plywood over that, and the entire wall is closed in, ready for some finish panel.

And I salvaged a painting. The plywood wall panel under the window had been painted flat black, and picture of an ewer (looks like an Aladdin lamp) filled with various flowers was painted on that, done in either oils or maybe acrylic. Textury paint, anyway. It's not a great painting, but neither is it awful. No Jackson Pollock.

I might make a frame out of wood moulding, and hang it. It makes up part of the history of this place.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 03, 2020 01:06 AM (miJU3)

734 > And the USA has one of the highest infant mortality rates in the world...so they tell me.

The dirty little secret about "high infant mortality" (as with "gun violence") is that the overwhelming majority of it takes place in certain small, well-defined areas. If you exclude those areas, the U.S. actually has better numbers than Europe.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at April 03, 2020 01:06 AM (tLWGd)

735 699 How had I not heard this one before (h/t Milady in local biz magazine)?




KEEP
CALM
.AND.
CARRY.



OUT.

Posted by: mindful webworker
radically inclined
at April 03, 2020 12:45 AM (AoLFQ)

FIFY

Posted by: LeftCoast Dawg at April 03, 2020 01:07 AM (sy5kK)

736 Not sure about tank units, but pilots of all combatants in WWII were notoriously wild in their reports of kills, etc. Pretty understandable, given their circumstances.

Cannot recall which U-boat it was, or which incident, but in one of the worst (for the Allies) wolf pack attacks on an Atlantic convoy, a U-boat fired a spread of torpedoes and either all, or most, of them hit different ships (4 or 5, I think).

And Ace's liver, those Drachinfel videos are pretty good. Learn a lot from them.

Posted by: rhomboid at April 03, 2020 01:07 AM (El6T/)

737 ..and yet, isn't this exactly what we all wanted the DOJ and FBI to do?

Posted by: Romeo13 at April 03, 2020 12:44 AM (NgKpN)



Difference being, the MILITARY is subject to the UCMJ, and there is an element in the leadership and management called: COMMAND.

In the .mil world, COMMAND and COMMAND AUTHORITY can, must and often do exceed "limits" as we know them in the civilian world.

At the extreme, an Officer may have to order, or even lead his men into certain death, an outright suicide mission.

Taffy-3, Torpedo-8 come to mind, here.

This does not exist in the civilian world, except as a shadow of the military reality, on which much law enforcement is modeled.

Special Agent Barfer of GS-18 rank, likely won't get his GS-12 Special Agents to charge into the gates of hell in quite the same way.

We wanted some (any?) "good guy" in the DOJ/FBI to yes, break the Blue Wall and move the Overton Window to the side of the U.S. Citizen.

Might've cost him or her a promotion or even pension.

MILITARY malfeasance though, in this case, broke OPSEC so badly as to make the TR a quite attractive target to an opportunistic foe.

And that could have cost many thousands of sailors their very lives.

In much higher percentages than a virus that doesn't tend to do much more than somewhat inconvenience the vast majority of fit, military age-range men and women.

Shorter version.

That Captain done fucked up, and that, bigly.



Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX




Posted by: Jim at April 03, 2020 01:08 AM (QzJWU)

738 Ah, yeah, it was a Drach video. USS Tang which fired spreads at two ships and sank four without realizing it.

https://tinyurl.com/wepgh2k

Posted by: Ace's liver at April 03, 2020 01:08 AM (wGeit)

739 727 I wouldn't worry too much about MisHum, he's already got his next two ONTs in draft (I generally write mine the-day-of, he writes his a few days in advance).
Posted by: Weirddave at April 03, 2020 01:03 AM (qnb75)
-----------------------------------
Phew!
He really had some of us scared with the April Fool post!

Posted by: Margarita DeVille at April 03, 2020 01:10 AM (M/9m0)

740 Think the US literally counts infant mortality in a materially different way than European countries.

When your data isn't comparable, well, it isn't comparable.

Without adjustment.

Posted by: rhomboid at April 03, 2020 01:10 AM (El6T/)

741 I wouldn't worry too much about MisHum, he's already got his next two ONTs in draft (I generally write mine the-day-of, he writes his a few days in advance).

Posted by: Weirddave at April 03, 2020 01:03 AM (qnb75)


Another rumor, crushed. I, at least, tried to maintain the possibility of a Mis Hum flounce mystique.

*tips drink* here's to hoping Mis Hum's musical sense has returned to Earth.

Posted by: GnuBreed at April 03, 2020 01:10 AM (XF4b8)

742
Notice how the Astros/Red Sox cheating scandal went away. Did MLB start the Chinese Flu?

Posted by: Soothsayer, very senile at April 03, 2020 01:11 AM (UxzMs)

743 The dirty little secret about "high infant mortality" (as with "gun violence") is that the overwhelming majority of it takes place in certain small, well-defined areas. If you exclude those areas, the U.S. actually has better numbers than Europe.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at April 03, 2020 01:06 AM (tLWGd)

It has been mentioned here before, that the definition of "infant" differs between the USA and Europe, and that a lot of the mortality seen in U.S. figures would be discounted on the Euro scale.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 03, 2020 01:13 AM (miJU3)

744 Think the US literally counts infant mortality in a materially different way than European countries.

When your data isn't comparable, well, it isn't comparable.

Without adjustment.
Posted by: rhomboid at April 03, 2020 01:10 AM (El6T/)
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The US counts all infant deaths. The French, for example, do not count infant deaths that occur within the first 24 hours of delivery.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, USS Lone Fire at April 03, 2020 01:15 AM (g8Yc+)

745 728

When your kids get "Stay at home" cabin fever.....

my # 3 son tried a GOPRO (for his friends) of him shooting a flaming arrow from the tree fort I built them all when they was little'ons into the fire pit with a VERY well seasoned Christmas Tree + 92 octane grade accelerant.....30 foot + flames shooting straight up for....20 seconds...and the neighbors never called 911...but we got a fly over from an LAPD Air unit just after we put it all out......dodged THAT bullet.

Posted by: Nightwatch at April 03, 2020 01:16 AM (kFkpX)

746 734
The dirty little secret about "high infant mortality" (as with "gun violence") is that the overwhelming majority of it takes place in certain small, well-defined areas. If you exclude those areas, the U.S. actually has better numbers than Europe.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at April 03, 2020 01:06 AM (tLWGd)
---------------------------
This is true for all health stats, such as life expectancy.

And it's also true that, even if you are dealing with honest countries, the way they figure these things may differ from place to place.

Posted by: Margarita DeVille at April 03, 2020 01:16 AM (M/9m0)

747
I might make a frame out of wood moulding, and hang it. It makes up part of the history of this place.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 03, 2020 01:06 AM (miJU3)


Seriously, AOP, you are an inspiration to the rest of us, or at least me, with your mechanical and analytic skills.

You have inspired me to fix some stuff around the house that I would have never tried a few years ago. Nothing dramatic, but I figure if AOP makes it sound like chopping wood, I get the feeling I can do it.

You provide the inspiration, and YouTube provides the instructional videos.

Thank you, and if you are ever in the Seattle area, please let me buy you lunch and a beer.

Posted by: LeftCoast Dawg at April 03, 2020 01:18 AM (sy5kK)

748 *tips drink* here's to hoping Mis Hum's musical sense has returned to Earth.
Posted by: GnuBreed at April 03, 2020 01:10 AM (XF4b

Actually, I probably played more of MisHum's Zappa selections than I have of his other offerings. Often, I will have streaming audio on when I open the ONT, or else the tunes offer are either old friends that I can call up anytime, or else stuff that I am pretty sure I won't like based on artist or genre.

But nobody has to play any of the music. That's why the complaints are so silly. If a plate of cookies is passed around, I won't take one with coconut, because I hate coconut.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 03, 2020 01:19 AM (miJU3)

749 But nobody has to play any of the music. That's why the complaints are so silly. If a plate of cookies is passed around, I won't take one with coconut, because I hate coconut.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 03, 2020 01:19 AM (miJU3)

Hear, hear!

It is the texture. Kind of like... shreds of vinyl. *shudder*

Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 03, 2020 01:22 AM (A5zUN)

750 . If a plate of cookies is passed around, I won't take one with coconut, because I hate coconut.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 03, 2020 01:19 AM (miJU3)
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I'll eat yours, then. I love it.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, USS Lone Fire at April 03, 2020 01:22 AM (g8Yc+)

751
https://tinyurl.com/llfmdjw



The American 180, .22 rimfire.



Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 03, 2020 01:05 AM (A5zUN)

Damn. The soviets had the burp gun, and we got the wet fart gun. lol

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at April 03, 2020 01:23 AM (9Om/r)

752 OK, nightwalkers, think I'm going to head back to bed. Rain sounds as if it's turning to sleet. Ugh.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at April 03, 2020 01:24 AM (2JVJo)

753 Night MP4.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 03, 2020 01:25 AM (A5zUN)

754 You provide the inspiration, and YouTube provides the instructional videos.

Thank you, and if you are ever in the Seattle area, please let me buy you lunch and a beer.
Posted by: LeftCoast Dawg at April 03, 2020 01:18 AM (sy5kK)

Gee, Thanks! I am not so much carpentering, as I am wood butchering. I am hoping the new interior paneling, which is "printed" hardboard with a simulated oak finish, will hide a multitude of sins.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 03, 2020 01:25 AM (miJU3)

755 737

Former NAVY....thinking Fleet would have been better prepared for this kinda thing...possible current doctrine was over focused on serious bio-weapons...not this back door crap..still as you are right to say....you go chain of command FIRST and always...otherwise.....you've obviously forgotten your training....and deserve your punishment...we will take that gold from your shoulders now.....and there's the door.

The CO thought this was different times...he thought wrongly...apparently

Posted by: Nightwatch at April 03, 2020 01:26 AM (kFkpX)

756 It is the texture. Kind of like... shreds of vinyl. *shudder*
Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 03, 2020 01:22 AM (A5zUN)

That. And, to me, the smell and taste is off, like rancid butter.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 03, 2020 01:27 AM (miJU3)

757
Have you seen the Forgotten Weapons episode with the fully automatic, like 250 round drum fed, .22 submachine gun?



Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 03, 2020 12:57 AM (A5zUN)

No, but I like the cost of rapid fire .22 instead of the bigger rounds.

Posted by: LeftCoast Dawg at April 03, 2020 01:27 AM (sy5kK)

758 But nobody has to play any of the music. That's why the complaints are so silly. If a plate of cookies is passed around, I won't take one with coconut, because I hate coconut.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 03, 2020 01:19 AM (miJU3)


Actually, I totes agree with this. If I complain it's more of a critic's response to shit I don't like.

I did try a few Zappa selections from Mis Hum, and my opinion didn't change. I also tried some Yoko, and even some Status Quo.

Fine. I'm music curious, and do not mind new recos. I've tried some of yours, too.

I don't always agree. Otherwise I'd add them to my playlist. Sometimes I do. Keep 'em coming all y'all.

Posted by: GnuBreed at April 03, 2020 01:28 AM (XF4b8)

759 And the USA has one of the highest infant mortality rates in the world...so they tell me.

The dirty little secret about "high infant mortality" (as with "gun violence") is that the overwhelming majority of it takes place in certain small, well-defined areas. If you exclude those areas, the U.S. actually has better numbers than Europe.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia



The US also is the best place in the world to be born a preemie, as we exert Herculean efforts to save each child. Also, most countries don't even count preemies as live births of they don't survive.

Fun with Numbers.

Posted by: Sharkman at April 03, 2020 01:31 AM (i4CI5)

760 Re: Win7

As long as Mozilla (Firefox) and Google (Chrome) continue to support it, over half one's concerns are remedied. If you have a desktop, the other unsupported stuff that you need can be remedied by putting another harddrive in it and installing Win10* on it. Then, when you have to use it say, for newer games, you can choose to boot Win10 up by selecting the Win10 disk from the BIOS on restart. For laptops, it would probably be easier to have a spare one with Win10 on it.

* many Win7 Installation CDs have Win10 key, so you can upgrade to Win10 for free. Just remember to install it to another harddrive.

Posted by: Sailfish at April 03, 2020 01:32 AM (Wc2YT)

761 Well, I am about to call it a night. One thing with this WuFlu panic, I am getting to bed earlier, and rising earlier.

Night, Horde.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 03, 2020 01:33 AM (miJU3)

762
We wanted some (any?) "good guy" in the DOJ/FBI to yes, break the Blue Wall and move the Overton Window to the side of the U.S. Citizen.



Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX


I cannot understand why this is not considered reasonable by the Progda press.


I keed, I keed! We know that Progda is better at presenting the Chinese government position than the Chinese government.

Posted by: LeftCoast Dawg at April 03, 2020 01:34 AM (sy5kK)

763 Zappa......no neuro-stim, synapse plinking ....just thought it so much avante garde pudding flapping left on the floor.

Yoko?......she killed the Beatles.....yep


Sending that via DOXY-me to MisHum.......

Posted by: Nightwatch at April 03, 2020 01:36 AM (kFkpX)

764 On the music thing, I'll ask the one question that'll damn my soul to hell here, 'evermore.

But, for all the (very well deserved) Yoko hate, the question is served:

Did she ever record so much as ONE marginally acceptable, tuneful and quasi-respectable track?

Asking not as a challenge, but because I Do. Not. Know. And if so, would present it here for our examination and review?

Simple as that.


Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX


Posted by: Jim at April 03, 2020 01:37 AM (QzJWU)

765 764

Jim.....(pray) ....it's dead.

Posted by: Nightwatch at April 03, 2020 01:41 AM (kFkpX)

766 Yoko Sings Andrew Lloyd Webber...no, wait...that was a nightmare.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at April 03, 2020 01:41 AM (xSo9G)

767 Do we get to keep Joni Mitchell?

Posted by: Charles the Simple at April 03, 2020 01:42 AM (HuH1F)

768 But nobody has to play any of the music. That's why the complaints are so silly. If a plate of cookies is passed around, I won't take one with coconut, because I hate coconut.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 03, 2020 01:19 AM (miJU3)


I think most of that is good natured teasing. On both sides.

Posted by: Ace's liver at April 03, 2020 01:43 AM (wGeit)

769

I was just reading. Hindsight is 20/20 keep in mind. During Dec - Feb, we let over 700K people enter the country from China alone. When you add the traffic from the other hardest hit countries, including Italy, that number is 3.4M. About half of those were Americans returning home.

WuFlu was spread here by that traffic. The latest research is confirming that the virus was here and spreading around (via mutations evident from the original samples in Wuhan -- these aren't big mutations, mind you, just enough to see them and show the virus was spreading and gestating here for a while).

So, it's clear. Had the damned Chicoms alerted the world to this back when they first knew it, all of this could have largely been avoided.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion of a Poperin Pear at April 03, 2020 01:43 AM (rCwaK)

770 764 On the music thing, I'll ask the one question that'll damn my soul to hell here, 'evermore.

But, for all the (very well deserved) Yoko hate, the question is served:

Did she ever record so much as ONE marginally acceptable, tuneful and quasi-respectable track?

Asking not as a challenge, but because I Do. Not. Know. And if so, would present it here for our examination and review?

Simple as that.


Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX

Not that I am aware. And I kinda pay attention.

Posted by: LeftCoast Dawg at April 03, 2020 01:43 AM (sy5kK)

771 Star Trek riff......sorry could not help myself

Posted by: Nightwatch at April 03, 2020 01:43 AM (kFkpX)

772
", so you can upgrade to Win10 for free. Just remember to install it to another harddrive.


Posted by: Sailfish"
Big question is WHY would you want to upgrade to 10????
Is there any reason other then it being locked down tighter then Hillery'sblack book closet???

Posted by: beanervt at April 03, 2020 01:43 AM (LfHBm)

773 Jim SND - Kiss kiss kiss me love?

Posted by: Charles the Simple at April 03, 2020 01:43 AM (HuH1F)

774 Obscure Fact.

The American Arms 180, with drum magazine and laser (about the size of a standard construction brick, plus three inches longer), were initially marketed to maximum security prison systems.

Films were played for the prisoners, showing how the .22 on full auto could be kept on ONE SINGLE TARGET in a full-drum burst.

And how the laser ensured that was exactly where the bullets were going to go.

Not a huge marketing success, but not a marketing failure, either.

Go back and look at those mid-'70s gun magazine articles featuring this system, and you'll find the breathless articles heralding this New and Exciting Development. (!)

The gun hasn't changed much, since then.

The lasers, and their prices, have.



Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX

Posted by: Jim at April 03, 2020 01:44 AM (QzJWU)

775 389 BREAKING: Cruise ship sunk Venezuelan Navy ship and fled, to avoid unlawful seizure
Posted by: SMOD at April 02, 2020 11:18 PM (X5CsJ)

This story deserves it's own thread tomorrow, this is one of the most hilarious stories of Venezuelan incompetence yet. Ship was the RCGS Resolute, which despite being in the Carribean, had been built for duty in polar regions, and which meant it had a specially reinforced steel hull to withstand heavy ice floes.

The Venezuelan Naval ship approached it on the open seas, and ordered it to go to Venezuela. The Resolute declined to do so, and the Venezuelans decided it was a good idea to ram the bow of the Resolute several times to force it to change course. Surprise! The heavily reinforced steel bow of the Resolute crumpled the bow of the Venezuelan ship, which quickly sank. HA! Real Naval Geniuses, these Venezuelans!!!

Posted by: Tom Servo at April 03, 2020 01:44 AM (V2Yro)

776 744 Think the US literally counts infant mortality in a materially different way than European countries.

When your data isn't comparable, well, it isn't comparable.

Without adjustment.
Posted by: rhomboid at April 03, 2020 01:10 AM (El6T/)
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The US counts all infant deaths. The French, for example, do not count infant deaths that occur within the first 24 hours of delivery.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, USS Lone Fire at April 03, 2020 01:15 AM (g8Yc+)


WHO guidelines allow countries to not count infants born under a certain weight that die to not be counted. The US doesn't follow the WHO guidelines and those babies born actually do count. This was one of the things Michael Moore tried to push in Sicko that got debunked with this fact.

Posted by: buzzion at April 03, 2020 01:46 AM (Z7lwY)

777 Why are we still talking about Zappa?


Oh well, carry on.

Posted by: Floridachick at April 03, 2020 01:47 AM (iirbI)

778 769

My own minor hypothesis from my clinic is ...last week December 2019. 2nd mutation....just like the common flu.

Posted by: Nightwatch at April 03, 2020 01:47 AM (kFkpX)

779
So, it's clear. Had the damned Chicoms alerted the world to this back when they first knew it, all of this could have largely been avoided.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion of a Poperin Pear at April 03, 2020 01:43 AM (rCwaK)
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Yes, but we can't say anything until basic drug components are not being manufactured in China any more.

Posted by: LeftCoast Dawg at April 03, 2020 01:48 AM (sy5kK)

780 Need a picture of Chocolate Jesus also.......

Posted by: James "Buster" Hymannd at April 03, 2020 01:50 AM (qM84C)

781 Yet we are gladly taking shipments of the much needed N-95 MASKS.....from China

Those Fuckers are laughing their asses of at us...CHI-COMS

Face Palm......how sick is that.....

Posted by: Nightwatch at April 03, 2020 01:53 AM (kFkpX)

782 I suspect the Chinese government didn't realize what they had on their hands until late December. To clinics in Wuhan this looks an awful lot like a bad flu season until someone really starts to put the numbers together.

Posted by: Ace's liver at April 03, 2020 01:55 AM (wGeit)

783
Chinese docs had isolated the virus back in late Dec. They reported it to Beijing. Beijing told them to shut up and *destroy the samples*.

That tells me Beijing already knew about it. I'm now partial to the theory this was a leak from that Wuhan Level 4 bio lab.

I don't believe it was some engineered bioweapon, mind you, some Chicom Capt. Trips. I think they were studying it and experimenting with it, and fucked up. Someone got infected and spread it. And the Chicom govt. knew about it soon after.

Bolstering that theory is some research that claims this thing most likely came from a horseshoe bat. But no horseshoe bats are sold in Wuhan wet markets.

But, that Wuhan lab did indeed have horseshoe bat samples.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion of a Poperin Pear at April 03, 2020 02:02 AM (rCwaK)

784
Troll master Donald the Great hit schumer the shyster right between the

eyes with his "I never knew how bad a senator you are for the
state of New York" The leftards are pushing AOC to run for his spot now..


Posted by: beanervt at April 03, 2020 02:03 AM (LfHBm)

785 off.....CHI-COMS

CHINA FLU....FLU FROM CHINA....FLU-U-CHINA.

Global Southern Hemisphere Epidemiology Conference

now meeting to attempt to anticipate the next flu bug to emerge for next year's flu season so as to tell Pharma what strain to build the flu shot against...coming from CHINA.


FROM CHINA...you know that place where ALMOST EVERY STRAIN OF FLU COMES FROM?????

Yeah....I'm a F**kin yellow man racist.....sue me bitch

Posted by: Nightwatch at April 03, 2020 02:03 AM (kFkpX)

786 I don't believe it was some engineered bioweapon, mind you, some Chicom Capt. Trips. I think they were studying it and experimenting with it, and fucked up. Someone got infected and spread it. And the Chicom govt. knew about it soon after.

But it had to come from somewhere. If they were studying a naturally occurring strain in the lab at Wuhan, we should have seen it in the wild.

Posted by: Ace's liver at April 03, 2020 02:05 AM (wGeit)

787
Just saw Melania with a TV Covad government ad for best actions everyone should do to stay safe.



Yup. Whatever you say, Melania.

Your wish is my command.

Posted by: LeftCoast Dawg at April 03, 2020 02:05 AM (sy5kK)

788 >> If they were studying a naturally occurring strain in the lab at Wuhan, we should have seen it in the wild.

They have seen it in the wild, in horseshoe bats, from what I'm reading. And again, no horsehoe bats naturally anywhere near Wuhan, and none sold in the Wuhan wet markets.

The Wuhan bio lab did have horseshoe bat samples.

Again, some scientist or lab tech screwed up and got infected with this shit, and then started spreading it locally. Chicom learned about it soon after, and covered it up big time.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion of a Poperin Pear at April 03, 2020 02:08 AM (rCwaK)

789 I'm getting a new PC this year and I'm seriously considering just running 7 on it for the next 3 years. I'm security conscious, that's not a problem. I'm not worried about vulnerability. What say you, horde. Especially those of you running 10.

Posted by: ... at April 03, 2020 02:09 AM (T+/KY)

790 Bolstering that theory is some research that claims this thing most likely came from a horseshoe bat. But no horseshoe bats are sold in Wuhan wet markets.

But, that Wuhan lab did indeed have horseshoe bat samples.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion of a Poperin Pear at April 03, 2020 02:02 AM (rCwaK)

I mentioned last night that Tucker Carlson's explanation is as good as any.

The Wuhan lab had some dead, infected animals.
The late night janitors ignored protocol and just threw the infected animals in the regular trash.Bums found the dead animals, ate them, and then proceeded to walk through Wuhan population coughing and sneezing.

Posted by: LeftCoast Dawg at April 03, 2020 02:09 AM (sy5kK)

791 If you believe it's an engineered bug, then you equally have to be very suspicious of the timing of release.

Posted by: ... at April 03, 2020 02:12 AM (T+/KY)

792
Make sure the new PC will run 7, and there are drivers available for the hardware. I ran into this when I built my latest desktop screamer using an ASRock Taichi Ultimate. It's uses one of the latest Intel chipsets, and Intel refused to make drivers for anything other than Win 10. Hardly anything will work. The USB ports on the mo/bo aren't recognized at all.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion of a Poperin Pear at April 03, 2020 02:12 AM (rCwaK)

793 786


Simple really, couple of the LAB "hot room" boys wanted to go into town after work to get drunk and laid....missed a couple of steps in DECOM in their haste to go get drunk and laid.....bingo


word......otherwise the CHI-COMS LAUNCHED THIS

you decide

Posted by: Nightwatch at April 03, 2020 02:12 AM (kFkpX)

794 >> If you believe it's an engineered bug,

I don't believe it's an engineered virus. They were studying and experimenting with a natural virus in that lab, and let it out accidentally. They then covered it up. That is intentional, and criminal.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion of a Poperin Pear at April 03, 2020 02:14 AM (rCwaK)

795 CDR Salamander weighs in on the CO of the carrier.

https://cdrsalamander.blogspot.com/2020/04/co-of-
cvn-71-makes-call-goes-public.html

Posted by: redc1c4, ONT Rx tech at April 03, 2020 02:15 AM (vwf8z)

796 So I'm back nightwalker peeps from the other side.

Oh, my favorite subject - the commie coof.

I think it was engineered.

Posted by: Gentlemen, this is democracy manifest at April 03, 2020 02:16 AM (LWu6U)

797
"I'm sure that Capt. Crozier knows all of this better than any of us,"

Chain of command is taught in bootcamp, and it's actually pretty simple.

"which means he shit canned his entire career to safeguard his crew."

His retirement is quite safe. However, none of that is why I'm commenting.
Crozier's immediate boss slept just a few steps down the hall from him. If he wanted some drama, simple matter to jump up and down on the admiral's desk, with witnesses. Force that guys hand, if that's what's needed.
There's something here that doesn't meet the eye, and it's probably not CoC jumping.

Posted by: Gooshy at April 03, 2020 02:18 AM (6sFTX)

798 I will never believe the accidental spread of Wuhan virus theory. Had it happened 18 to 24 months ago, perhaps. This is election year for an American President who has punched China back for their aggressive economic monopoly. Lets not even go into their military aggression which is fueled by their uneven economic policy with us and elsewhere. These are communists we are dealing with. There are no coincidences.

Maybe Trump does not want to rock the boat yet. I do believe that he knows now that our worst enemy is China and the traitors who support and cover for them.

Posted by: Floridachick at April 03, 2020 02:22 AM (iirbI)

799 I was listening to Bannon while I worked and he is so frustrating.

Not just him - everyone. I keep expecting a plan, and still nothing. NO ONE HAS A PLAN.

They are all panick shutting down, and no one has any idea what they are going to do after 30 days. Even if the shutdown works and stops the spread, it will start right up again when you open up. Then what.

At first they talked about flattening the curve, but if that is the case you want to keep things open enough so that your hospitals are just at capacity.

Then they talked about Hydroxychloroquine, but if that is the solution, you want to distribute and make that, and open up.

Instead we are making ventilators to give to world sometime in the fall when no one will want them.

And worst of all are the modelers. How the fuck do you model when you have no idea how many asymptomatics there are. First you do a survey to see who had it, then you model. Fir crying out loud, they can't even decide how it is spread. they spend weeks telling is to wash our hands (idiots. That idiot Dr. Campbell on youtube says to wash your computer keyboard at home???) then they say masks don't work - they have no idea. We are the taxpayers being led by people who waited their whole lives to be relevant and spend out money.

Posted by: Gentlemen, this is democracy manifest at April 03, 2020 02:23 AM (LWu6U)

800
Yoko Sings Andrew Lloyd Webber


Quick, someone pitch this to Clive Davis!

Yoko wins multiple Grammies the year it is released: Album of the Year, Female Artist of the Year, and so forth!

It's gold, Clive! Gold!

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at April 03, 2020 02:23 AM (pNxlR)

801
I'm no expert on this, and I can only trust what actual experts say, and they are pretty sure this is not some engineered bioweapon, or prototype thereof for several reasons.

The biggest is it is some bat virus that via mutation, developed the ability to infect humans through the ACE2 receptor.

If you were going to engineer a bioweapon, you wouldn't start with some unknown virus not known to infect humans from some exotic animal. You would start with a virus known to infect humans and go from there, trying to soup it up and add other properties useful for a weapon.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion of a Poperin Pear at April 03, 2020 02:23 AM (rCwaK)

802 795

I am sure he willed be measured and complete in his assessment. I know him to be nothing less than precise in these matters.

Posted by: Nightwatch at April 03, 2020 02:23 AM (kFkpX)

803 *will

Posted by: Nightwatch at April 03, 2020 02:24 AM (kFkpX)

804 Maybe Trump does not want to rock the boat yet. I do believe that he knows now that our worst enemy is China and the traitors who support and cover for them.
Posted by: Floridachick

Maybe, but if it was intentional, they would have created a vaccine first. You never know though - maybe all the chicoms have the vaccine and they were hoping to cut the population a bit. mao always favored killing chinese every few years.

Posted by: Gentlemen, this is democracy manifest at April 03, 2020 02:25 AM (LWu6U)

805 789 I'm getting a new PC this year and I'm seriously considering just running 7 on it for the next 3 years. I'm security conscious, that's not a problem. I'm not worried about vulnerability. What say you, horde. Especially those of you running 10.
Posted by: ... at April 03, 2020 02:09 AM (T+/KY)

10 is more secure to outside threats, but LESS secure to corporate America.

Its friendly, sometimes to the point of idiocy.

But unless you set it up correctly, you give Microsoft all of your personal documents and pictures (the one drive stupidity).

Posted by: Russian Army at April 03, 2020 02:28 AM (NgKpN)

806 a virus that doesn't tend to do much more than somewhat inconvenience
the vast majority of fit, military age-range men and women.
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Ding! Ding! Ding!
(Thanks Jim)
P.S. Am I the only one who saw that MisHum got his pickle stomped by the boss yesterday? Not cool on Ace's part.

Posted by: Lurk at April 03, 2020 02:32 AM (IrW/C)

807 Capitalism in action! 3-m company sell masks ordered by u.s. hospitals to other counties for more $$$!

Posted by: raimondo at April 03, 2020 02:35 AM (mSm2k)

808 804.

The ccp does not care if it has to kill millions of its own citizens to achieve its goal. Look at the number of chinese killed by their own governments over decades. The great leap forward. The one child policy. Before communism look at its history. The famous great wall of china was not just built to keep invaders out. It is a brutal culture. Human life is very cheap in China. We cannot look at them through the eyes of American culture where we would create a vaccine to protect our own citizens before unleashing germ warfare.

They do not care. It's actually advantageous if they end up with 2 million less chinese mouths to feed.

Posted by: Floridachick at April 03, 2020 02:35 AM (iirbI)

809 P.S. Am I the only one who saw that MisHum got his pickle stomped by the boss yesterday? Not cool on Ace's part.
Posted by: Lurk

what thread?

Posted by: Gentlemen, this is democracy manifest at April 03, 2020 02:35 AM (LWu6U)

810 Try this one....tick,tick,tick

CHI-COMS sign Phase I Trade Agreement with USA...Tick,tick,tick


Google that shit.....

Posted by: Nightwatch at April 03, 2020 02:36 AM (kFkpX)

811 GTDM, the plan to suppress the peak of the (very typical) epidemic case-load curve is both logical, standard, and the only option on the menu. That's the plan.

Don't think this is giardia in an urban water supply - endemic, every time you turn on the tap, you can get it. No virus like this becomes part of the landscape. Therefore we won't just have another similar outbreak once the curve is well down the back-side tail.

Ventilators being made will address current needs - meaning needs that will be part of this outbreak (several states don't have projected peaks until late May, and those may slip). Extras will be exported, or become part of the stockpile which we all know will hereafter be robustly stocked.

The models are being fed new data constantly to try to keep projections "current". The case-load curve for an epidemic like this has a pretty classic shape, and this one is no different so far.

CA and WA holding at 8% positive tests is very good. NY, NJ, LA looking like they will have a very bad time starting soon (positive rate of 35% is very bad).

I expect there to be quite a bit of avoidable mortality and sickness directly resulting from refusal of enough people to wait things out. That includes governors.

A high degree of low regard for the seriousness and responsibility of too many Americans will be a prudent mindset through mid-summer.

Posted by: rhomboid at April 03, 2020 02:37 AM (El6T/)

812 South Korea's numbers for 4/3 are 86 new cases of COVID-19, 22 of which were caught in airport screening.

Posted by: Serious Cat at April 03, 2020 02:37 AM (zqs/f)

813 the ChiCom Crud.

someone told me today that mayor Garshitti here in Lost Angels mandated 100% wearing of masks for residents going outside.

i laughed and asked "what masks?"

haven't looked to see if the idiot actually ordered it, because i have ZERO intention of compiling with such idiocy, even if masks *were* available, and i'm certainly not going to virtue signal with something i know is worse than useless.

they offered me one when i went in the Left LA VA medical center on Tuesday, and i said i had no interest in wasting one.

the idiots at the check point, who had zero PPE, looked at me like *i* was crazy.

it's kabuki theater, all the way down.

Posted by: redc1c4, ONT Rx tech at April 03, 2020 02:38 AM (vwf8z)

814 posted by: raimondo at April 03, 2020 02:35 AM (mSm2k)

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cite or FOAD, window licker.

Posted by: redc1c4, ONT Rx tech at April 03, 2020 02:39 AM (vwf8z)

815 They do not care. It's actually advantageous if they end up with 2 million less chinese mouths to feed.
Posted by: Floridachick


I agree totally, but this was so badly handled that I think the CCP is under threat of revolt. Now maybe they want that as an excuse to kill some more, and then invade Taiwan. Who knows.

But they look very bad coming out of this, and they are an empire being built on debt, mercantilism, obedience and the image that they are building a great china. All of that is at risk. The people just need to realize that the chicoms killed millions of their grandparents, then lose their export job, and lose their house due to banking crisis.

The chicoms already started telling people to stock 3-6 months of food! they are in trouble. Hard to know what the plan was if it is intentional.

Posted by: Gentlemen, this is democracy manifest at April 03, 2020 02:40 AM (LWu6U)

816 But unless you set it up correctly, you give Microsoft all of your personal documents and pictures (the one drive stupidity).
Posted by: Russian Army at April 03, 2020 02:28 AM (NgKpN)


You could do like me and just never set up OneDrive. "Nothing" is a pretty easy thing to do.

Posted by: Ace's liver at April 03, 2020 02:40 AM (wGeit)

817 P.S. Am I the only one who saw that MisHum got his pickle stomped by the boss yesterday? Not cool on Ace's part.


Posted by: Lurk at April 03, 2020 02:32 AM (IrW/C)

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missed that: what happened?

Posted by: redc1c4, ONT Rx tech at April 03, 2020 02:41 AM (vwf8z)

818 814 source tucker carlson tonight. Florida government official in charge of procurement.

Posted by: raimondo at April 03, 2020 02:41 AM (mSm2k)

819

The IMHE projections haven't been yet updated for the April 2 data. It will be interesting to see what that does

The final total deaths asymptote jumped up a bit, both it and the upper range due to the large jump in deaths on March 31.

That could be just a fluke and the later data may push it back down to where it was.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion of a Poperin Pear at April 03, 2020 02:41 AM (rCwaK)

820 what thread?
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3-4 nights ago there was a kerfluffle where MisHum deleted a fellow's post noting that the 'C word' was not permitted -- fellow apologized. Yesterday (probably two days ago due to midnight and all) Ace went on a bender with a troll and spread the 'C word' on heavy and thick -- and I think there's still a sidebar that was a bit raw even for me ... maybe MisHum didn't notice ... I did, and I'm never called sensitive.

Posted by: lurk at April 03, 2020 02:42 AM (IrW/C)

821 Now maybe they want that as an excuse to kill some more, and then invade Taiwan. Who knows.

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and just how is the PLA going to get across the strait?

even they don't have enough bodies to fill it in, then march across the bodies.

and the have SFA in the way of airlift or amphib capacity.

and that's assuming the 7th fleet would just observe the event.

Posted by: redc1c4, ONT Rx tech at April 03, 2020 02:43 AM (vwf8z)

822

I think there is an option (maybe default) to transfer your "documents" directory hieracrchy to One Drive.

I don't have that on, and don't even use the default Documents hierarchy on the system drive anyway.

I still use multiple partitions, and like to keep the Windows system drive clean of nothing but Windows. That helps when you're a nut like me with 10 or more instances of various OSes installed on the hard drives.

I'm a nut.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion of a Poperin Pear at April 03, 2020 02:44 AM (rCwaK)

823 Posted by: rhomboid

I agree with some of what you are saying, but disagree about the models. Without knowing the number of asymptomatics, the models can only tell us what is happening, not what will happen.

if there are not enough asymptomatics, by the time we unlock (and turn on the tap) the virus will just come back since it will have a virtually untouched population. Even hard hit countries are less than 1% infected.

Posted by: Gentlemen, this is democracy manifest at April 03, 2020 02:45 AM (LWu6U)

824 Dreams, our dreams, they turn into schemesOf conquest and plunder and terrible thingsDreams, our dreams, we've turned a blind eyeTo what's really important; we've swallowed the lie

Posted by: SFGoth at April 03, 2020 02:45 AM (KAi1n)

825 Dreams, our dreams, they turn into schemesOf conquest and plunder and
terrible thingsDreams, our dreams, we've turned a blind eyeTo what's
really important; we've swallowed the lie

Posted by: SFGoth at April 03, 2020 02:46 AM (KAi1n)

826 Is there an AoS style/formatting guide?

Posted by: SFGoth at April 03, 2020 02:46 AM (KAi1n)

827 Posted by: redc1c4,

Yeah, not my field. I have no idea if the *could*, but I do know they want to invade. They have been telling their public that they will have it back and soon.

Posted by: Gentlemen, this is democracy manifest at April 03, 2020 02:47 AM (LWu6U)

828 Posted by: raimondo at April 03, 2020 02:41 AM (mSm2k)

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IOW, "i've got nothing."

this is my surprised face.

thanks for playing, and we have some lovely parting gifts for you back stage.

Posted by: redc1c4, ONT Rx tech at April 03, 2020 02:47 AM (vwf8z)

829 The IMHE projections haven't been yet updated for the April 2 data. It will be interesting to see what that does

The final total deaths asymptote jumped up a bit, both it and the upper range due to the large jump in deaths on March 31.

That could be just a fluke and the later data may push it back down to where it was.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion of a Poperin Pear at April 03, 2020 02:41 AM (rCwaK)

A couple days ago it had projected only 1,100 deaths for Maryland, then jumped up to 1,700 overnight when a a bad day of 5 or so deaths were recorded. And they seem to be way off with the number of beds needed, predicted 907 for 4/2 but Baltimore Sun reports 587 people have been hospitalized.

Posted by: Serious Cat at April 03, 2020 02:47 AM (zqs/f)

830 826 Is there an AoS style/formatting guide?
Posted by: SFGot


https://preview.tinyurl.com/um3pw59

Posted by: Gentlemen, this is democracy manifest at April 03, 2020 02:49 AM (LWu6U)

831 Posted by: lurk

thanks.
I missed that whole thing. But I miss a lot.

Posted by: Gentlemen, this is democracy manifest at April 03, 2020 02:52 AM (LWu6U)

832 the FDA has approved the first serology test, which is how we can screen the overall population for anti-bodies, to see who is immune to the ChiCom Crud.

late last fall, there mere more than a few regular commenters here @ the HQ, who said they had the flu, and that it wouldn't go away, but lingered for weeks.

since the CCP *knew* they had a problem in November, it was likely circulating in October, at the very least.

lots of travel, none of it controlled. the Italian MD's were reporting late in the year that they were seeing pneumonia that didn't fit the standard profile.

the smart money is that much of our population has already been exposed to this shit, and, once that is proven, the chains can come off, because most people are immune to it.

Posted by: redc1c4, ONT Rx tech at April 03, 2020 02:53 AM (vwf8z)

833 I dont trust communists. Globalists is their pseudonym and we have plenty of those inside the house.

Good night all.

Posted by: Floridachick at April 03, 2020 02:55 AM (iirbI)

834

The Krauts already have the serology/anti-body tests up and running. If you test positive for the antibodies and are not currently infected, that means you are immune.

If you are, you get stamped and are allowed to go to back to work. You are in no danger to yourself or others. It's also great for the docs and nurses. If they are immune, they don't have to worry with the PPE, and can treat and handle Covid patients with impunity.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion of a Poperin Pear at April 03, 2020 02:56 AM (rCwaK)

835 820 So,

Must look up current AoS policies........

and you are......Lurk?


just want to be sure.....Lork...sorry sorry Lurk?


Posted by: Nightwatch at April 03, 2020 02:58 AM (kFkpX)

836 A couple days ago it had projected only 1,100 deaths for Maryland, then jumped up to 1,700 overnight when a a bad day of 5 or so deaths were recorded. And they seem to be way off with the number of beds needed, predicted 907 for 4/2 but Baltimore Sun reports 587 people have been hospitalized.
Posted by: Serious Cat at April 03, 2020 02:47 AM (zqs/f)


One of my continuing frustrations with this thing is how we're five months into it and we still don't seem to know very much. Given the whole thing runs its course in a couple weeks, you'd think by now we'd have a good handle on things like mortality rate and exactly how long contaminated surfaces remain dangerous.

Posted by: Ace's liver at April 03, 2020 02:59 AM (wGeit)

837 the smart money is that much of our population has already been exposed to this shit, and, once that is proven, the chains can come off, because most people are immune to it.

Posted by: redc1c4, ONT Rx tech at April 03, 2020 02:53 AM (vwf8z)

That seems like wishful thinking to me, or else we'd have seen a crush of severe cases much earlier. We know that this can devastate a nursing home if an infected person gets inside the building. I'd think we'd see stories like Kirkland much earlier if a significant percentage of population was walking around with it in January. My guess is 1-5% of the population currently has or has had China Virus in the past.

Posted by: Serious Cat at April 03, 2020 02:59 AM (zqs/f)

838 >> Given the whole thing runs its course in a couple weeks, you'd think by now we'd have a good handle on things like mortality rate

We'll have good data on all that when it's over. And I think that's pretty much always the way things are when you have a new virus or pathogen get loose and take off.

Frustrating, I know, but that's the way it is with something new.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion of a Poperin Pear at April 03, 2020 03:02 AM (rCwaK)

839 The gen xer's have got this?

*types*

*deletes*

Posted by: Sock Monkey..rolling my eyes at the whippersnappers at April 03, 2020 03:03 AM (NXJEt)

840 Posted by: redc1c4,

Yes. again, I agree with some of what you write.

I think there were nasty flu going around. I had one in Feb. I think these were the commie death hack, then it would have been seen in emergency rooms the way they noticed in Wuhan.

I think by the time the ERs overflow though already half the public has been exposed. But who knows without the serology surveys. for the record, I have been saying that they were necessary since mid feb when the japanese found 20% of the diamond princess positives never had any symptoms.

Posted by: Gentlemen, this is democracy manifest at April 03, 2020 03:05 AM (LWu6U)

841 837 the smart money is that much of our population has already been exposed to this shit, and, once that is proven, the chains can come off, because most people are immune to it.

Posted by: redc1c4, ONT Rx tech at April 03, 2020 02:53 AM (vwf8z)

That seems like wishful thinking to me, or else we'd have seen a crush of severe cases much earlier. We know that this can devastate a nursing home if an infected person gets inside the building. I'd think we'd see stories like Kirkland much earlier if a significant percentage of population was walking around with it in January. My guess is 1-5% of the population currently has or has had China Virus in the past.
Posted by: Serious Cat at April 03, 2020 02:59 AM (zqs/f)


I agree with this. If a nontrivial number of people have contracted this virus and recovered, we'd start to see herd immunity effects - hospital admissions would be slowing down instead of speeding up. IMO this thing is not as contagious as originally advertised but quite a bit more dangerous.

Posted by: Ace's liver at April 03, 2020 03:11 AM (wGeit)

842
they offered me one when i went in the Left LA VA medical center on Tuesday, and i said i had no interest in wasting one.

the idiots at the check point, who had zero PPE, looked at me like *i* was crazy.

it's kabuki theater, all the way down.
Posted by: redc1c4, ONT Rx tech

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People leaving their houses are having waaaayyy better adventures than I am in this kabuki. I'm hunched over my monitor all day long doing WebExes and writing cybersecurity documentation.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at April 03, 2020 03:14 AM (oGNNA)

843 People leaving their houses are having waaaayyy better adventures than I am in this kabuki. I'm hunched over my monitor all day long doing WebExes and writing cybersecurity documentation.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at April 03, 2020 03:14 AM (oGNNA)


That sounds dreadful. Unironically. When I was slinging code I hated writing documentation.

Posted by: Ace's liver at April 03, 2020 03:16 AM (wGeit)

844 Signing off, but the model projections follow what is a typical epidemic pattern, big question is magnitude and duration (less the latter, actually). This bug will most likely follow that overall pattern.

If we didn't have good reason to expect a peak in the curve, then there'd be no reason to focus on flattening that peak (i.e. reducing its magnitude vs. what it would be without adaptations/interventions).

Of course there are lots of known unknowns, but that's always the case in an influenza-type epidemic. We only estimate #s for many things, including the flu, because there is very little testing compared to the phenomenon in question. But the estimates of total infection are pretty good, based on more than just WAGs.

Posted by: rhomboid at April 03, 2020 03:16 AM (El6T/)

845
This. Just this.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eY52Zsg-KVI
Posted by: hogmartin

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The first comment there. "My favourite part is when the seal spins."

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at April 03, 2020 03:21 AM (oGNNA)

846 Wanted...Certified coronavirus-free large gay bulls for spanking and ass fucking duties as required. Must be gentle and well mannered.

Posted by: Senator Cuck Schumer at April 03, 2020 03:25 AM (nILk6)

847
That sounds dreadful. Unironically. When I was slinging code I hated writing documentation.
Posted by: Ace's liver

======

It's so dreadful that I just took a massive paycut to escape it. I took a corresponding slide down the corporate ladder to not only change jobs but change industries -- just to be sure.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at April 03, 2020 03:26 AM (oGNNA)

848 >> model projections follow what is a typical epidemic pattern,

The basic,simplest model is the so-called SIR model, set of three differential equations. I won't post it again, at the risk of getting too mathy, but if anyone is interested and has Scilab, a freeware open source MATLAB, Wolfram like clone, you can easily run the SIR model. I wrote a simple little Scilab script to do that the other night.

Anyway, in the SIR model, you have two basic paraments, beta and gamma. For reasons that become apparent when you study the behavior, it's better to frame this in terms of R0 and gamma, Ro being the ratio of the two. Gamma is 1/Td, where Td is the average duration of infectiousness by an individual, otherwise known as the recovery time.

R0 and Td depends on both disease behavior and human behavior. R0 determines how fast the disease spreads, how many total will be infected, and what the herd immunity level is.

Herd immunity level is simply 1 - 1/R0. This is the level at which the peak infection rate occurs.

If R0 is 2, that level is 50% of the population. If R0 is 3, then the level is 67%. Best estimates for R0 of Wuflu put it at 2 - 2.4

When you reach the peak, the new infection and death rates will start to decline. At that point, you know you're at the herd immunity level.

Now mitigation measures artificially lower R0 below what it will be in the wild with normal human behavior.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion of a Poperin Pear at April 03, 2020 03:28 AM (rCwaK)

849 Thanks pub and Russian. Noted.

Posted by: ... at April 03, 2020 03:30 AM (T+/KY)

850 People leaving their houses are having waaaayyy
better adventures than I am in this kabuki. I'm hunched over my monitor
all day long doing WebExes and writing cybersecurity documentation.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at April 03, 2020 03:14 AM (oGNNA)

---
i stopped by the toy store today, just to drop off some eggs, and, for the first time in days, they weren't slammed, and i was actually able to just walk right in.

i went back to the truck, got my gun case, w/ paperw*rk inside, and made my second CnR 03 FFl purchase. (i also picked up 80 rounds of 357 Mag JHP, W/O a background check, which is why i got the FLL in the first place.)

i'll try to take some pics tomorrow, and forward them to Weasel for the gub thread. it should make fine "WTF is this gun?" fodder for a future Sunday poast.

Posted by: redc1c4, ONT Rx tech at April 03, 2020 03:38 AM (vwf8z)

851 and you are...
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Just don't call me late for dinner, eh?

Posted by: lurk at April 03, 2020 03:39 AM (IrW/C)

852
"hunched over my monitor all day long doing WebExes and writing cybersecurity documentation.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia"

I feel your pain BM,, but much nicer here watching for errors and waking people up to fix 'em....I did have to take a break, to study a 30 day graph on server error lead in , from 3 coins in a fountain on my big screen... works a bitch here too....

Posted by: beanervt at April 03, 2020 03:43 AM (LfHBm)

853 I still cant get over Trumps letter to weak failed Chucky Schumer.

Its pure gold!! We need someone to do a dramatic reading

Posted by: LASue at April 03, 2020 03:46 AM (Ed8Zd)

854 You fucks had a trivia thead without me. No forgiveness. No mercy.

Posted by: Broseidon - New Work Computer, Same Work Ethic at April 03, 2020 03:50 AM (icI8A)

855
"Its pure gold!! We need someone to do a dramatic reading

Posted by: LASue"

Yep it's even got the leftards pissed at him.. their all wanting AOC to run for his spot..
"I never knew how bad a senator you are for the
state of New York"

Posted by: beanervt at April 03, 2020 03:52 AM (LfHBm)

856
In the All this has happened before (and will happen again) dept, I was reading about the face masks.

That became a big thing in the US during the 1918 Spanish Flu pandemic. Mandatory mask laws were enacted all over the country. People were arrested and fined for not wearing masks.

Tobacco companies even made masks with flaps, so one could smoke without removing the mask.

After it was over, the data confirmed the masks were useless.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion of a Poperin Pear at April 03, 2020 03:57 AM (rCwaK)

857 Goodnight Horde, I'm going to try and grab a couple of hours of sleep, I've been lurking here for hours, this place is my lifeline right now. I am grateful.

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at April 03, 2020 03:58 AM (a4EWo)

858 Is it happy hour yet? No? I guess I'll just keep hording cheetos and wait for the petri dish to be opened.

Posted by: Sock Monkey..rolling my eyes at the whippersnappers at April 03, 2020 04:00 AM (NXJEt)

859
I did have to take a break, to study a 30 day graph on server error lead in , from 3 coins in a fountain on my big screen.

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I'm almost feeling nostalgic. I want to get the hell out of the industry, but agghh, I'll become iggerant about technology!

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at April 03, 2020 04:05 AM (oGNNA)

860
"After it was over, the data confirmed the masks were useless.

Posted by: publius"
and provided a warm moist area in front of your mouth/nose for germies
to thrive and breed and have a party...

Posted by: beanervt at April 03, 2020 04:07 AM (LfHBm)

861
After it was over, the data confirmed the masks were useless.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion

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I'm ready for TONS more of that on this unprecedented unique deadly fatal lethal global crisis emergency.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at April 03, 2020 04:08 AM (oGNNA)

862
I'm almost feeling nostalgic. I want to get the hell out of the industry, but agghh, I'll become iggerant about technology!

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at April 03, 2020 04:05 AM (oGNNA)

---
just remember: ignorance is bliss.

and we are surrounded by happy people.

Posted by: redc1c4, ONT Rx tech at April 03, 2020 04:14 AM (vwf8z)

863
" but agghh, I'll become iggerant about technology!

Posted by: Blonde Morticia"

I hear ya BM,, I should have retired 5 yrs ago but it's the only thing that forces me off the recliner.. as far as tech at this point in life i don't give a crap... don't even own a cell phone..the boss made me take a new one so i could always call in...

Posted by: beanervt at April 03, 2020 04:15 AM (LfHBm)

864 the one real pool of sound data is from the cruise ship in Japan:

everyone on board was exposed, due to the recirculating HVAC system, only some people got sick, and when they tested everyone, IIRC, 20% of the positives were asymptomatic.

but yes, by all means, lets panic and shut down the economy for the entire country.

Posted by: redc1c4, ONT Rx tech at April 03, 2020 04:17 AM (vwf8z)

865 and, with that, i'm for the rack as well...

my guts been acting up the last few days, and i fell like re-constituted freeze dried dog shit.


Posted by: redc1c4, ONT Rx tech at April 03, 2020 04:18 AM (vwf8z)

866 Pislosy is picking clyburn her house whitey hater kneegroux to lead the
coming inquisition or peechmint 3.0 on the fuk U Flu funding


Posted by: beanervt at April 03, 2020 04:30 AM (LfHBm)

867 ditching that hillbilly sock

Morning horde

Posted by: golfman at April 03, 2020 04:33 AM (hOMhY)

868 Mornin', all

Posted by: My life is insanity at April 03, 2020 04:36 AM (N4ZRs)

869
Morning MLii hope you got a new coffee maker....41 going to 53 with snow and rain

Posted by: beanervt at April 03, 2020 04:39 AM (LfHBm)

870 Finally won a cultural victory as Poundmaker of the Cree in Civ VI. The problem? Teddy Roosevelt was at war with me for most of the game, including the last turn. It was always a surprise war, and I never did anything to incite him. It's almost as if my status as a Native American/First Nation tribe was what angered him. Or it could just be that the AI is an aggressive bastard!

Posted by: pookysgirl, burning a dreamcatcher at April 03, 2020 04:39 AM (XKZwp)

871 I did, beanervt!

Snow?
42 going to 58. Almost the same as by you, except just rain.

Posted by: My life is insanity at April 03, 2020 04:42 AM (N4ZRs)

872 Did some much neglected yard work yesterday. Or, more like flower garden clean-up. I made a very long list of stuff-to-do around the outside of the house.

Mr. Insanity is going to be busy

Posted by: My life is insanity at April 03, 2020 04:45 AM (N4ZRs)

873 Backdrop photo a little light on the ammo cans.

Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at April 03, 2020 04:46 AM (00fXp)

874
"Snow?"

yeah pushing the cold front out it will start as snow but quickly change to
rain...good to hear you got some out door time in..

Posted by: beanervt at April 03, 2020 04:50 AM (LfHBm)

875 Noticed our enormous maple tree will need to come down. Years ago we had it cabled together. One of the limbs broke off above the cable and it must've been rotting, as the cable pulled out. This tree is between our house and garage. I hate to lose it, but we've had a large limb come down on our roof once about 20 years ago. Luckily very little damage. Hate to tempt fate.

You think tree removal businesses are essential?

Posted by: My life is insanity at April 03, 2020 04:51 AM (N4ZRs)

876 When you reach the peak, the new infection and death rates will start to decline. At that point, you know you're at the herd immunity level.

Now mitigation measures artificially lower R0 below what it will be in the wild with normal human behavior.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion of a Poperin Pear at April 03, 2020 03:28 AM (rCwaK)


Right. So we may get a second wave as soon as we restart the economy.

Posted by: Ace's liver at April 03, 2020 04:52 AM (wGeit)

877 875 Noticed our enormous maple tree will need to come down. Years ago we had it cabled together. One of the limbs broke off above the cable and it must've been rotting, as the cable pulled out. This tree is between our house and garage. I hate to lose it, but we've had a large limb come down on our roof once about 20 years ago. Luckily very little damage. Hate to tempt fate.

You think tree removal businesses are essential?
Posted by: My life is insanity at April 03, 2020 04:51 AM (N4ZRs)


Probably. If it rained and a tree by your house started leaning over your roof, waiting for a windy night to deal you $40k damage, that would be a bona fide emergency.

Posted by: Ace's liver at April 03, 2020 04:55 AM (wGeit)

878
"You think tree removal businesses are essential?

Posted by: My life"

I would think their no contact type and should be available. They'd have to be called for trees on wires emergency's

Posted by: beanervt at April 03, 2020 04:57 AM (LfHBm)

879 Good points. It's a beautiful shade tree, going to be a loss, I'm guessing it's at least 75 years old.

Posted by: My life is insanity at April 03, 2020 04:59 AM (N4ZRs)

880 Morning, Horde.

Posted by: fluffy at April 03, 2020 05:06 AM (NGm/n)

881 Google's tag line now is "Save lives, stay home." I find the mix of fear-mongering, intimidation, guilt and stupidity in this remarkable.

Posted by: Dan Smoot's Apprentice at April 03, 2020 05:09 AM (qpXD6)

882 I dream about the ocean a lot. I wonder what that means.
Posted by: Jewells45

ya gotta pee ?

Posted by: JT at April 03, 2020 05:10 AM (arJlL)

883 Better get to work. We were actually busier the last two days. Having a nearby gas station now opening later than us probably helps. And our gas is now $1.19. Seen it up to $1.39 nearby.

Later, all. Behave!

Posted by: My life is insanity at April 03, 2020 05:17 AM (N4ZRs)

884
"I'm guessing it's at least 75 years old.

Posted by: My life i"
My dad just lost 2 of his in front of the house about the same age.. he's 95 so he wins...

Posted by: beanervt at April 03, 2020 05:18 AM (LfHBm)

885
" our gas is now $1.19. Seen it up to $1.39 nearby.
"
Hells bells ours went briefly down to 1.93 and 4 days later back up to 2.25..that was last week.

Posted by: beanervt at April 03, 2020 05:27 AM (LfHBm)

886 everyone still here? Don't you people ever sleep?

Posted by: Gentlemen, this is democracy manifest at April 03, 2020 05:28 AM (LWu6U)

887 886 everyone still here? Don't you people ever sleep?
Posted by: Gentlemen, this is democracy manifest at April 03, 2020 05:28 AM (LWu6U)


Sleep is for the weak.

Posted by: Ace's liver at April 03, 2020 05:29 AM (wGeit)

888
" Don't you people ever sleep?"
Nope,, actually working ..graveyard-er

Posted by: beanervt at April 03, 2020 05:30 AM (LfHBm)

889

It's good to be the king. The King of Thailand is now self-isolating. In a luxury hotel in the Alps where he rented the whole damn thing. He's staying there with his 20 concubines, and servants, all female.

Yes, it's good to the king.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion of a Poperin Pear at April 03, 2020 05:31 AM (rCwaK)

890
"Sleep is for the weak.

Posted by: Ace's liver"
and the Dead...

Posted by: beanervt at April 03, 2020 05:32 AM (LfHBm)

891 I'm guessing it's at least 75 years old.
Posted by: My life is insanity

My parents lost a big maple years ago. I checked out the rings and you could see the history of their acre in there. The year they built the house they cut down a lot of trees S of it, and the rings spread out. Also the year we lost some of it's neighboring oaks when my father added to the garage. ... You could see drought years, etc.

Posted by: Gentlemen, this is democracy manifest at April 03, 2020 05:33 AM (LWu6U)

892 Right. So we may get a second wave as soon as we restart the economy.
Posted by: Ace's

that's what I think. But it appears some people are starting antibody studies.

Posted by: Gentlemen, this is democracy manifest at April 03, 2020 05:35 AM (LWu6U)

893
The King's concubines do not include his actual wives, of which he has four. So he apparently left the wives behind, and just took the concubines.

Again, it's good to be the king.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion of a Poperin Pear at April 03, 2020 05:35 AM (rCwaK)

894

"Again, it's good to be the king.

Posted by: publius"
I bet Billy suk my cigar clinton wishes he would'a been king

Posted by: beanervt at April 03, 2020 05:40 AM (LfHBm)

895 Oh hey. I tried that egg shell coffee thing you morons talked about last night.

I think i screwed it up though since i did not clean the egg shells and the water had foam in it. When i poured it into the little cup of grounds, it clogged everything up (i use these little packets that hook on the mug and you pour water through, and then toss out the packet)

Well, it took forever to go through and then was very bitter. I need to work on technique. Actually, it was stronger too, and that was good.

Posted by: Gentlemen, this is democracy manifest at April 03, 2020 05:41 AM (LWu6U)

896 Good Morning! I guess it's Friday. Seems just like M-T-W & TH.

Posted by: StellasTwoCents at April 03, 2020 05:42 AM (KSBDE)

897 Holy Crap. I just saw on the SJ Mercury that dear abby is still around. She must be a 150 years old!

Dear abby, what is the secret to living so long and staying productive?

Posted by: Gentlemen, this is democracy manifest at April 03, 2020 05:47 AM (LWu6U)

898
" I guess it's Friday Posted by: StellasTwoCents"

not just friday but ol peeps shopping hrs fri...I gotta get my
grub before 9

Posted by: beanervt at April 03, 2020 05:47 AM (LfHBm)

899 Still. Alive.

Fort Worth (Tarrant Co) April 2

325 +
23 recovered
6 deaths

Posted by: azalea city at April 03, 2020 05:48 AM (WX+x0)

900 826 Is there an AoS style/formatting guide?

Experimentation is all that works. Different OS/browser/version/settings combinations give different results.

AoS offers this benefit solely for your amusement during these trying times, because AoS Cares!


Thank you.

Posted by: Hierominous Botch at April 03, 2020 05:51 AM (YqED9)

901
Thank you.
Posted by: Hierominous Botch a


I posted a link in reply earlier. A moron long ago did a guide.

Posted by: Gentlemen, this is democracy manifest at April 03, 2020 05:55 AM (LWu6U)

902 Morning, 'rons and 'ettes.

I'm afraid the wife is starting to get Kung Flu "panic" disease.

Posted by: olddog in mo, uckfay ancercay at April 03, 2020 05:55 AM (Dhht7)

903 everyone on board was exposed, due to the recirculating HVAC system,

Posted by: redc1c4,

This is an assumption, and I think unlikely. The Japanese have said that most were exposed before full quarantine, and some during due to infected kitchen staff. Of course, most were infected by roommates as well.

Posted by: Gentlemen, this is democracy manifest at April 03, 2020 06:00 AM (LWu6U)

904 826 Is there an AoS style/formatting guide?

#twoweeks

Posted by: olddog in mo, uckfay ancercay at April 03, 2020 06:00 AM (Dhht7)

905 Hi democracy manifest!
Saw the link but didn't click. Is that Mindful's work?

Posted by: Hierominous Botch at April 03, 2020 06:01 AM (YqED9)

906 Saw the link but didn't click. Is that Mindful's work?
Posted by: Hierominous Botch

yes, off the archive since his link is long dead.

Posted by: Gentlemen, this is democracy manifest at April 03, 2020 06:02 AM (LWu6U)

907
g'mornin', 'rons

Posted by: AltonJackson at April 03, 2020 06:03 AM (mDlMB)

908 Speaking of this blog and its mysteries, I'd like to suggest Pixy's blog for you technically geekified Morons. The blog is Ambient Irony, and quite good. It's funny and a lot of fun for starts, but it's the absolute real deal concerning ultra high-end desktop and server developments.

A lot of it, I'm sad to say, goes way over my head except in the broadest terms. But Pixy appears to be a techno-savant.

Posted by: Hierominous Botch at April 03, 2020 06:12 AM (YqED9)

909 yes, off the archive since his link is long dead.

Posted by: Gentlemen,
--------------------
Mindful's original link still works for me. Have it in my Favorites toolbar.

Posted by: olddog in mo, uckfay ancercay at April 03, 2020 06:12 AM (Dhht7)

910 I'd also like to note that Pixy's blog runs on Minx 1.1.6c-pink.

Unlike another, much-loved, blog I could name.

Posted by: Hierominous Botch at April 03, 2020 06:15 AM (YqED9)

911 902 Morning, 'rons and 'ettes.

I'm afraid the wife is starting to get Kung Flu "panic" disease.
Posted by: olddog in mo, uckfay ancercay at April 03, 2020 05:55 AM (Dhht7)

It's times like these that we're both glad we are considered essential. It isn't good for the soul to be idle very long.

Posted by: jsg at April 03, 2020 06:16 AM (tCH68)

912 And Thank You Lord for another day.

Also strong passing horsepower.

Posted by: jsg at April 03, 2020 06:18 AM (tCH68)

913 Morning all.
What am I doing up at this time of day? Yesterday we had to venture out for Jules eye doc appointment and that was about an hour's drive from here.
Quickest appointment she's ever had there. They hustled her in, wouldn't let me in and took her temp. She was out in record time, very few other patients there. Of course we had to stop at Portillo's for Italian beefs to take home.

Posted by: Farmer at April 03, 2020 06:23 AM (I/k2b)

914 Also strong passing horsepower.

At or near the top, surely, but just one of our many, many blessings. And giving thanks for them every day goes a long way towards keeping a body hopeful and sane.

Posted by: Hierominous Botch at April 03, 2020 06:26 AM (YqED9)

915 Also towards striking fear in the hearts of kill-joy leftists everywhere, as one wise Moron often points out.

Or "wise-ass" Moron maybe, but is there any other kind?

Posted by: Hierominous Botch at April 03, 2020 06:29 AM (YqED9)

916 Going out in a short to try to find some masks for Lady Botch and me. I thought I'd try paint/hardware stores. Anyone have any other suggestions?

Posted by: Hierominous Botch at April 03, 2020 06:36 AM (YqED9)

917 Also, good morning, Farmer!

Posted by: Hierominous Botch at April 03, 2020 06:37 AM (YqED9)

918 Had to drive into work yesterday to do some stuff at the aircraft and in the back shop. Man the traffic flow was smooth and fast. Normal commute was at least 15-20 minutes less.

Left for home at 1600 and ditto! Plus, I get more done in the first 4-5 hours of work at home than I do in an entire day at the office. Now if my wife would just get a job, and the golf courses would open....

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at April 03, 2020 06:40 AM (C+yOi)

919 Mindful's original link still works for me. Have it in my Favorites toolbar.
Posted by: olddog

I must have caught him during a lapse then. At one point it did not work, I think for a couple months so i dug into the archive. Now that is the only link i have.

Posted by: Gentlemen, this is democracy manifest at April 03, 2020 06:41 AM (LWu6U)

920 Going out in a short to try to find some masks for Lady Botch and me. I thought I'd try paint/hardware stores. Anyone have any other suggestions?
Posted by: Hierominous Botch

I checked some of the hardware stores in my area. None were available.

Posted by: Bruce at April 03, 2020 06:42 AM (vd8XM)

921 Barack the Majic Negro is not Oz. You have to actually get up and pull levers. He is too fucking lazy to do that.

Posted by: Navin at April 03, 2020 06:45 AM (JFO2v)

922 Coffee is on, couldn't get up this morning

Posted by: Skip at April 03, 2020 06:48 AM (ZCEU2)

923 Oz needed a diversity hire. Rules.

Posted by: klaftern at April 03, 2020 06:49 AM (RuIsu)

924 916 Going out in a short to try to find some masks for Lady Botch and me. I thought I'd try paint/hardware stores. Anyone have any other suggestions?
Posted by: Hierominous Botch at April 03, 2020 06:36 AM (YqED9)

The poultry industry uses masks. Mayne some store that caters to them.

Posted by: jsg at April 03, 2020 06:50 AM (tCH68)

925 I think we are at the panic is worse than the disease part of this story.

Posted by: Skip at April 03, 2020 06:50 AM (ZCEU2)

926 Morning

Posted by: Nevergiveup at April 03, 2020 06:52 AM (85Gof)

927 Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, a Democrat, went from threatening doctors who prescribed the drug with "administrative action" to requesting that the federal government ship her state some. Other state leaders have followed suit, including Nevada Gov. Steve Sisolak, also a Democrat.

FUCK YOU

FUCK PEOPLE THAT VOTED FOR YOU

Posted by: Navin at April 03, 2020 06:52 AM (JFO2v)

928 They are finding them, saw lots of elderly people with them.
Good luck as it went from 1 in 1,000 needing them to 500 in a thousand.
Wish I could lone you mine, I'm not using it

Posted by: Skip at April 03, 2020 06:53 AM (ZCEU2)

929 Morning Captain

Posted by: JT at April 03, 2020 06:53 AM (arJlL)

930 923 Oz needed a diversity hire. Rules.
Posted by: klaftern at April 03, 2020 06:49 AM (RuIsu)

Bhussein is only half back

Posted by: Navin at April 03, 2020 06:54 AM (JFO2v)

931 Hi Botch and all.
Was just checking my emails and it turns out my younger cousin Leslie is in the hospital with respiratory problems.

She has some congenital lung issues so no idea if this has anything to do with the Chinese flu. It doesn't sound like she's doing too well as they called in her kids and Dad. I think she's 48, way too young to be on the way out. If Fen sees this I hope she could add her to the prayer list.

Posted by: Farmer at April 03, 2020 06:54 AM (I/k2b)

932 925 I think we are at the panic is worse than the disease part of this story.
Posted by: Skip at April 03, 2020 06:50 AM (ZCEU2)

I honestly hope you are right about that. I predicted by this weekend people would be seriously evaluating whether the trade off is/was worth it. Looks like I may be wrong by #twoweeks.

Posted by: jsg at April 03, 2020 06:56 AM (tCH68)

933 Bhussein is only half back
Posted by: Navin

The gay part filled in a few holes though.

heh heh

Posted by: Bruce at April 03, 2020 06:57 AM (vd8XM)

934 https://covid19stats.global/state/
NY has 2,373 deaths, next lower count 10 to total higher.
Pennsylvania still hasn't broken 100.

Posted by: Skip at April 03, 2020 06:59 AM (ZCEU2)

935 925 I think we are at the panic is worse than the disease part of this story.
Posted by: Skip at April 03, 2020 06:50 AM (ZCEU2)

it is all kabuki theatre


Texas
Wed
47,857 test
3997 cases
Thu
50,679 Test
4669 Cases

Both days less than 10% test equal posItive. The flu usually runs about 30%

Posted by: Navin at April 03, 2020 07:00 AM (JFO2v)

936 It is too much to hope for, but the voters in Nevada and Michigan should remember these times when the opportunity arises

Posted by: rammajamma at April 03, 2020 07:00 AM (X5jRy)

937 933 Bhussein is only half back
Posted by: Navin

The gay part filled in a few holes though.

heh heh
Posted by: Bruce at April 03, 2020 06:57 AM (vd8XM)

hey he had a made up girlfriend when he was in college.

Posted by: Navin at April 03, 2020 07:02 AM (JFO2v)

938 off half black sox

Posted by: rhennigantx at April 03, 2020 07:03 AM (JFO2v)

939 made up WHITE girlfriend

Posted by: rhennigantx at April 03, 2020 07:03 AM (JFO2v)

940 Was adding up numbers though stopped towards bottom, not to 6,000 total

Posted by: Skip at April 03, 2020 07:04 AM (ZCEU2)

941 936 It is too much to hope for, but the voters in Nevada and Michigan should remember these times when the opportunity arises
Posted by: rammajamma at April 03, 2020 07:00 AM (X5jRy)

the party of non science

Posted by: rhennigantx at April 03, 2020 07:04 AM (JFO2v)

942 hey he had a made up girlfriend when he was in college.
Posted by: Navin

I dreamed up a few in high school also

Posted by: Bruce at April 03, 2020 07:04 AM (vd8XM)

943 In a clear sign that Trump was over target with Schumer, they trotted out the blond bimbo junior senator from NY to jump into the OrangeManBad circus yesterday.

Posted by: rammajamma at April 03, 2020 07:05 AM (X5jRy)

944 939 made up WHITE girlfriend
Posted by: rhennigantx at April 03, 2020 07:03 AM (JFO2v)

From Canada. You wouldn't know her.

Posted by: jsg at April 03, 2020 07:05 AM (tCH68)

945 And I wonder if we will have a study post the apocalypse about why NY has fared so much worse than others in this event? Lots of crowded urban areas in this country, lots of stupid mayors.

Posted by: rammajamma at April 03, 2020 07:06 AM (X5jRy)

946 And I wonder if we will have a study post the apocalypse about why NY has fared so much worse than others in this event? Lots of crowded urban areas in this country, lots of stupid mayors.
Posted by: rammajamma

Shifty and Nanzi have already looked into it.

Trump's fault

Posted by: Bruce at April 03, 2020 07:07 AM (vd8XM)

947 How can it be Friday already?

Posted by: Skip at April 03, 2020 07:07 AM (ZCEU2)

948 944 939 made up WHITE girlfriend
Posted by: rhennigantx at April 03, 2020 07:03 AM (JFO2v)

From Canada. You wouldn't know her.
Posted by: jsg at April 03, 2020 07:05 AM (tCH6

I thot it was sweden

Have you ever read those books. Biggest bunch of bullshit ever put on paper.

Posted by: rhennigantx at April 03, 2020 07:07 AM (JFO2v)

949 Since I am self-chatting and on a subject dear to me - there is no shame in this country anymore. That HOA noted above needs to be burned to the ground.

Posted by: rammajamma at April 03, 2020 07:08 AM (X5jRy)

950 936 It is too much to hope for, but the voters in Nevada and Michigan should remember these times when the opportunity arises
Posted by: rammajamma at April 03, 2020 07:00 AM (X5jRy)

I'm sure they won't once OrangeManBad band starts hitting the chorus.

Posted by: jsg at April 03, 2020 07:08 AM (tCH68)

951 I find it amusing that the Dems want to look into why the federal gov handled things badly.

Ummm, how about...IT'S THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT!
It's what they do best

Posted by: Bruce at April 03, 2020 07:09 AM (vd8XM)

952 Listening to a WW2 veteran who recovered from Kung Flu, he is 95. So much depends on your physical condition before your infected, something raw data doesn't usually take into account. If you ever have visit a ER, you will see lots of people admitted who aren't doing very well, with all sorts of other bad conditions. My experience last Oct. being admitted to an ER for a rather routine IV course, and watching people being wheeled in, almost anything would finish them off. They planted me right next to the admission area on a stretcher and I got to see a parade of people and the EMD's coming in, all day.

Posted by: Colin at April 03, 2020 07:12 AM (qWhwU)

953 It takes me roughly 20 to 25 minutes to load all the apps to sign in to be properly connected for my teleworking day. This sucks so much. God help me if something doesn't load correctly. By the time I'm in I've forgotten what I planned to do. Security - its what's for life.

Posted by: Puddin Head at April 03, 2020 07:13 AM (FwXi0)

954 951 Bruce
You have that right! If I recall correctly you're also in Takami state of Illinois as I am. What do you think of Jabba the Hutt's performance as governor?

Posted by: Farmer at April 03, 2020 07:15 AM (I/k2b)

955 A month since my last haircut - I look like Ringo in a Hard Day's Night. Jeez.

Posted by: rammajamma at April 03, 2020 07:16 AM (X5jRy)

956
It is too much to hope for, but the voters in Nevada and Michigan should remember these times when the opportunity arises

Posted by: rammajamma at April 03, 2020 07:00 AM


It is too much to hope for, for Michigan, anyway. As long as the UAW & the university system holds sway, nothing will change

Posted by: AltonJackson at April 03, 2020 07:17 AM (mDlMB)

957 942 hey he had a made up girlfriend when he was in college.
Posted by: Navin

I dreamed up a few in high school also
Posted by: Bruce at April 03, 2020 07:04 AM (vd8XM)

hand maidens

Posted by: rhennigantx at April 03, 2020 07:17 AM (JFO2v)

958 2020: Rise of the Scolds

Posted by: klaftern at April 03, 2020 07:17 AM (RuIsu)

959 review.chicagobooth.edu/don-t fall false trade offs covid-19 policy
https://tinyurl.com/tdxkp25

If me and a almost a million more like me don't work , no building gets repaired, updated or replaced.

Posted by: Skip at April 03, 2020 07:18 AM (ZCEU2)

960 Seems Maximo Leader Fauci is still not pleased that some people are not fully isolated. He would have made a wonderful Black Shirt.

Posted by: Puddin Head at April 03, 2020 07:18 AM (FwXi0)

961 The haircut thing is a first world problem I know, but it's odd how you don't think about a haircut, every two weeks without fail, with the same guy for going on 7 years now and then "they" say you can't. At some point I am going Bill Murray, "I'm not going to live by their rules anymore."

Posted by: rammajamma at April 03, 2020 07:20 AM (X5jRy)

962 WTF
Bruce, Takami was supposed to be...in the same state as I. This voice recognition software really sucks as does being banned for no reason. So I have to use this stupid phone and I can't type on it so I use voice recognition, Takami?

Posted by: Farmer at April 03, 2020 07:21 AM (I/k2b)

963 Noonan thinks NY is the epicenter of the world. Sounds legit.

Posted by: Puddin Head at April 03, 2020 07:21 AM (FwXi0)

964 You have that right! If I recall correctly you're also in Takami state of Illinois as I am. What do you think of Jabba the Hutt's performance as governor?
Posted by: Farmer

He's done a great job. I remember when he was running for election and promised that he would tax all of the billionaires to solve the fiscal crisis.
I have discovered thru him that I am a billionaire.

Regarding the Chinese Flu. At this point I don't think anyone has a clue and their go to is to blame someone else.
It's like working at the large company I retired from. Advance was based on your CYA skills

Posted by: Bruce at April 03, 2020 07:21 AM (vd8XM)

965 The other thing I saw at the rich folk grocery store: Tide Pods locked up like liquor.

My usual haunt does not carry such extravagances.

Posted by: klaftern at April 03, 2020 07:21 AM (RuIsu)

966 I just read an article about SC announcing that college students will get some parking fees and meal plans partially refunded, but haha GFY we're keeping all the tuition.

Posted by: Moron Robbie has got the Kung Fu Grippe at April 03, 2020 07:22 AM (41rs/)

967 americanthinker.com//new york city is lying about chinese virus death rates
https://tinyurl.com/vjhp78j

Wrote yesterday gang banger brought in with a gun shot to the chest will get tested to see if he has Wuhan Flu and counted as a Wuhan fatality

Posted by: Skip at April 03, 2020 07:22 AM (ZCEU2)

968 The Tide Pods are locked up so the Gen Z's won't eat them.

Posted by: rammajamma at April 03, 2020 07:22 AM (X5jRy)

969 WTF
Bruce, Takami was supposed to be...in the same state as I. This voice recognition software really sucks as does being banned for no reason. So I have to use this stupid phone and I can't type on it so I use voice recognition, Takami?
Posted by: Farmer

Ha! I wondered, I thought it was those chips. Just looked them up, and those are Takis.

Posted by: Bruce at April 03, 2020 07:24 AM (vd8XM)

970 955 Neighbor lady's sister, a hairdresser, is coming by tomorrow to do the neighbors hair. She's going to give me a trim. She does her husband's hair. In some states you would need lookouts for snitches and the SWAT team.

Posted by: bill in arkansas at April 03, 2020 07:24 AM (C1Lsn)

971 967 A young man, trying to get his life together cut down in his prime by the wuflu - and a Glock 23.

Posted by: rammajamma at April 03, 2020 07:24 AM (X5jRy)

972 Ringo? I wouldn't mind looking like Ringo. I look like Garth.

Posted by: JAS at April 03, 2020 07:24 AM (2BZBZ)

973 WTF is the thing in the picture with two little wheels on it on top right center?

Posted by: Skip at April 03, 2020 07:24 AM (ZCEU2)

974 973 Compound bow

Posted by: rammajamma at April 03, 2020 07:25 AM (X5jRy)

975 967 americanthinker.com//new york city is lying about chinese virus death rates
https://tinyurl.com/vjhp78j

Wrote yesterday gang banger brought in with a gun shot to the chest will get tested to see if he has Wuhan Flu and counted as a Wuhan fatality
Posted by: Skip at April 03, 2020 07:22 AM (ZCEU2)

So 14 real cases. Normal healthy person dying from a virus.

420 people die each day. Not even statistically significant.

Posted by: rhennigantx at April 03, 2020 07:25 AM (JFO2v)

976
WTF is the thing in the picture with two little wheels on it on top right center?

Posted by: Skip at April 03, 2020 07:24 AM


it's not sciatica girl...

Posted by: AltonJackson at April 03, 2020 07:26 AM (mDlMB)

977 971 967 More than likely a Hi Point or Lorcin.

Posted by: bill in arkansas at April 03, 2020 07:26 AM (C1Lsn)

978 "Going out in a short to try to find some masks for Lady Botch and me. I
thought I'd try paint/hardware stores. Anyone have any other
suggestions?

Posted by: Hierominous Botch"



I went looking to multiple stores couple days ago, big box,, hardware, HD, pharmacy..... Nothing. They will be required soon to go to the store, I will be using bandanas.

Posted by: Ripley at April 03, 2020 07:27 AM (MxEKc)

979 Can you freebase da Podz?

Posted by: klaftern at April 03, 2020 07:27 AM (RuIsu)

980 Can you freebase da Podz?
Posted by: klaftern

Only if you mix it with fish tank cleaner

Posted by: Bruce at April 03, 2020 07:28 AM (vd8XM)

981 mornin yall. Angry dreams last night. I hope this isn't a trend.

Posted by: freaked at April 03, 2020 07:28 AM (Tnijr)

982 972 Ringo? I wouldn't mind looking like Ringo. I look like Garth.
---------------------
Ringo was the oldest and sickliest of the Beatles. My bet is he will outlive them all. Pretty sure Paul is worried.

Posted by: Puddin Head at April 03, 2020 07:29 AM (FwXi0)

983 They need to pad up the numbers, if they don't 30,000 by end of the month won't be reached.
And the media is pushing 100,000 - 200,000

Posted by: Skip at April 03, 2020 07:30 AM (ZCEU2)

984 Was he really sickly? Or just not as good looking?

Posted by: JAS at April 03, 2020 07:30 AM (2BZBZ)

985 G'morning, all.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at April 03, 2020 07:31 AM (O4024)

986 Chapter 5782: Paul finds out who or what currently has the certified title for his soul.

Posted by: klaftern at April 03, 2020 07:32 AM (RuIsu)

987 980 Can you freebase da Podz?
Posted by: klaftern

Only if you mix it with fish tank cleaner
Posted by: Bruce at April 03, 2020 07:28 AM (vd8XM)

and dribble down the tight ass of a girl past age of consent

Posted by: rhennigantx at April 03, 2020 07:32 AM (JFO2v)

988 982 972 Ringo? I wouldn't mind looking like Ringo. I look like Garth.
---------------------
Ringo was the oldest and sickliest of the Beatles. My bet is he will outlive them all. Pretty sure Paul is worried.
Posted by: Puddin Head at April 03, 2020 07:29 AM (FwXi0)

Proof G d loves a great joke

Posted by: rhennigantx at April 03, 2020 07:33 AM (JFO2v)

989 Had another work dream, nothing I ever would do, no real job. I just make them up and the work in them no one would ever do or is really impossible.

Posted by: Skip at April 03, 2020 07:33 AM (ZCEU2)

990 Ripley
I'm looking forward to going to the grocery store tomorrow wearing a bandana over my mouth. Now when is Talk Like a Pirate Day?
We have a bunch of red white and blue bandanas from a Fourth of July party a few years ago I can alternate the colors.
And since I haven't had a haircut since I broke my ankle last April I might use a bandana to control my hair. This should be an interesting trip to the grocery store.

Posted by: Farmer at April 03, 2020 07:34 AM (I/k2b)

991 984 Was he really sickly? Or just not as good looking?
----------------
My memory was of a series of articles about Ringo's health in 63 - 64. Being a Blitz Baby in England usually implied poor nutrition.

Posted by: Puddin Head at April 03, 2020 07:34 AM (FwXi0)

992 967 americanthinker.com//new york city is lying about chinese virus death rates
https://tinyurl.com/vjhp78j

Wrote yesterday gang banger brought in with a gun shot to the chest will get tested to see if he has Wuhan Flu and counted as a Wuhan fatality

Posted by: Skip at April 03, 2020 07:22 AM

Since so many people are pushing back on the "underlying conditions" data, it would probably be good to show the annual death count due to each of those "underlying conditions" without SARS-CoV-2.

For example, one of the underlying conditions is diabetes.

It would be good to show the annual deaths due to diabetes and compare that to the deaths now due to "diabetes & SARS-CoV-2 / COVID-19".

Otherwise, people look at the chart and list of "underlying conditions" and say "well, those people with diabetes were likely not going to die unless they contracted SARS-CoV-2 / COVID-19".

Posted by: Clyde Shelton at April 03, 2020 07:35 AM (Do5/p)

993 And speaking of bows, in addition to a firearm or six and plenty of ammo (Jim above was right in saying about a 1000 rounds per platform), investing in a reasonable bow and 50 or so arrows (with various tips) is good idea. With the pulley systems they are easy for anyone to use and will be a handy addition to the armory. Suprisingly accurate with just a little practice.

Posted by: rammajamma at April 03, 2020 07:35 AM (X5jRy)

994 Chucky needs to be not just slapped down, he needs to be gone.

Posted by: Skip at April 03, 2020 07:35 AM (ZCEU2)

995 990

I'm looking forward to going to the grocery store tomorrow wearing a bandana over my mouth. Now when is Talk Like a Pirate Day?

Posted by: Farmer at April 03, 2020 07:34 AM

Saturday, Sept 19, 2020

Posted by: Clyde Shelton at April 03, 2020 07:36 AM (Do5/p)

996 Still think should wear my gss mask

Posted by: Skip at April 03, 2020 07:37 AM (ZCEU2)

997 Georgia SIP starts today at 6:00, don't see exception for me and our small office. This is going to suck. Our two person office has no customer traffic and less people than my house. Makes no sense to be locked in with family 24/7. It's as if somebody wants to punish us.

Posted by: Ripley at April 03, 2020 07:37 AM (MxEKc)

998 I love John but just when you think it can't get worse than Paul's Silly Love Songs, you hear Imagine agina. Sucks

Posted by: rammajamma at April 03, 2020 07:37 AM (X5jRy)

999 1K

Posted by: Skip at April 03, 2020 07:37 AM (ZCEU2)

1000 Agina - again

Posted by: rammajamma at April 03, 2020 07:37 AM (X5jRy)

1001 Windows 1000 Sucks!

Posted by: freaked at April 03, 2020 07:37 AM (Tnijr)

1002 Now

Posted by: Skip at April 03, 2020 07:38 AM (ZCEU2)

1003 damn

Posted by: freaked at April 03, 2020 07:38 AM (Tnijr)

1004 Missed by 1 today, damn

Posted by: Skip at April 03, 2020 07:38 AM (ZCEU2)

1005 The Great Ventilator Hoax of 2020 is just fucking stupid.

Old people die.

Young people walk around with many serious health conditions and then get sick and die.

Tight butt gals asshole make coors lights taste better.

Posted by: rhennigantx at April 03, 2020 07:38 AM (JFO2v)

1006 Mornin' y'all

Posted by: Big V Caffeinated at April 03, 2020 07:39 AM (XEC2p)

1007 I would say blind squirrel finds an acorn, but I kill the squirrels around here, blind or not.

Posted by: rammajamma at April 03, 2020 07:39 AM (X5jRy)

1008 National Lampoon's Magical Misery Tour is one of the more beautiful songs ever.

Posted by: klaftern at April 03, 2020 07:39 AM (RuIsu)

1009 I heard a rumor Fauci wants to shut down the entire country now. The guy is completely drunk.

Posted by: Huck Follywood, hunker in the bunker at April 03, 2020 07:40 AM (NVYyb)

1010 993 Don't forget an air rifle, 1000fps or better. Pellets take up little room and you can hunt small game.

Posted by: bill in arkansas at April 03, 2020 07:40 AM (C1Lsn)

1011 Been told I look like Alan Alda once as a younger guy

Posted by: Skip at April 03, 2020 07:40 AM (ZCEU2)

1012 If the Gen X comment is actually from Weird Dave, he needs to pull his head out. Looks like a Libby divisive tactic.

Posted by: rld with coffee at April 03, 2020 07:40 AM (Tx9IA)

1013 Mega Profanity Warning for Magical Misery Tour.

Posted by: klaftern at April 03, 2020 07:40 AM (RuIsu)

1014 1010 Too right - it's what I kill squirrels with!

Posted by: rammajamma at April 03, 2020 07:40 AM (X5jRy)

1015 1009 I heard a rumor Fauci wants to shut down the entire country now. The guy is completely drunk.
Posted by: Huck Follywood, hunker in the bunker at April 03, 2020 07:40 AM (NVYyb)

and Bill Gates agrees

Posted by: rhennigantx at April 03, 2020 07:41 AM (JFO2v)

1016 5. I don't remember the number...4-something?

But they changed it because the ACTUAL Colorado Hotel that was used for the exteriors HAD a room number whatever and was worried that no one would want to stay in it.

The dopes.
Posted by: moviegique at April 02, 2020


*
*

From last evening's Eighties Movies thread. I've visited the actual hotel, the Stanley, at the entrance to Estes Park in CO. It is spectacular. (Yes, the same fellow who created the Stanley Steamer car was the Stanley of the hotel. The lobby, at least in 1999 when I was there, had a 3/4 scale model of the car in the lobby.)

Later they didn't mind the connection with The Shining. The remake with Rebecca DeMornay in '97 was filmed there. And a local Denver station held a contest: The winners got to stay at the hotel and watch the second part of the TV miniseries from the lounge of the hotel -- the actual lounge that is in the remake.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at April 03, 2020 07:41 AM (rpbg1)

1017 On the plus side, we finished painting all the semi-gloss white trim and baseboards in the master bedroom/bathroom/closet.

Need to roll the back side of the five doors for there, and it's back together.

Gonna have to wait on the shoe molding until we can get back to baltimore, as I left my Grizzly miter trimmer at my MiL's house.

But......we're getting closer to occupancy.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at April 03, 2020 07:41 AM (O4024)

1018 Hmm. I wonder what news website I can go to to find out what Rob Reiner has to say today.

Posted by: freaked at April 03, 2020 07:41 AM (Tnijr)

1019 1015 I guess this version of state's rights didn't last long either

Posted by: rammajamma at April 03, 2020 07:42 AM (X5jRy)

1020 Well I was going to try for 1,000 but I guess I'm a little freaking late to the party. Y'all be well I'm going to try to not off, I really need a serious nap.

Posted by: Farmer at April 03, 2020 07:42 AM (I/k2b)

1021 Ask a Infectious disease guy how to make no one ever get a infectious disease and thats what you get, a infectious disease free society.
Nice perfect world you would end up there doctor.

Posted by: Skip at April 03, 2020 07:43 AM (ZCEU2)

1022 And I wonder if we will have a study post the
apocalypse about why NY has fared so much worse than others in this
event? Lots of crowded urban areas in this country, lots of stupid
mayors.



Posted by: rammajamma at April 03, 2020 07:06 AM

---

Well about 25,000 people turned out in a huge crowd to watch the USNS Comfort dock in NY. That might have something to do with it.

On that note, the Mercy has 15 patients since she docked in LA and the Comfort has a whopping total of 3 patients.

We were told they would be overflowing with sick and dying people by now and people would actually be dying in the streets of NYC because of a lack of hospital beds.

Posted by: Mr. Scott (Formerly GWS) at April 03, 2020 07:43 AM (JUOKG)

1023 Report is 750k travelers flew to NYC from China to seek refuge before the Plague was officially announced. Refugees or Incoming Artillery? Sure would like to know the 'identities' of the death toll numbers. Odd that we don't know this given our deep investment in identity politics.

Posted by: Puddin Head at April 03, 2020 07:44 AM (FwXi0)

1024 Gonna have to wait on the shoe molding until we can get back to baltimore, as I left my Grizzly miter trimmer at my MiL's house.

But......we're getting closer to occupancy.
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice

YAY!! Some good news

Posted by: Bruce at April 03, 2020 07:45 AM (vd8XM)

1025 Maryland news is busy reporting that the State requested 15,000 body bags from the Feds, and received.....none.


Maryland has 36 dead, so far from the Wu-Flu.

I'm thinking that if they really need some bags, the Feds can ge them to them pretty quickly.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at April 03, 2020 07:45 AM (O4024)

1026 I heard a rumor Fauci wants to shut down the entire country now. The guy is completely drunk.
Posted by: Huck Follywood, hunker in the bunker at April 03, 2020 07:40 AM (NVYyb)


Wouldn't surprise me. I'm watching, in real time, something happen that I did not expect. People are slowly converting and accepting this bullshit as necessary. I guess the trick is to keep them supplied with essentials.

I think we're done as a open society. Now we're down to picking a red or blue Statism from here on out.

Posted by: I Am No One at April 03, 2020 07:46 AM (GoNER)

1027 @955 rammajamma

A month since my last haircut- I look like Ringo in a Hard Day's Night. Jeez

I'm in the same boat. Our stupid governor closed the barbershops with a whole days notice. I'm going to have to dig out my old hair styler l used in the '70s.

Posted by: Case at April 03, 2020 07:46 AM (mcuue)

1028 Maryland has 36 dead, so far from the Wu-Flu.

I'm thinking that if they really need some bags, the Feds can ge them to them pretty quickly.
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice

My wife keeps telling me that some states have an shitload of reefer trucks to act as temp morgues.
They only allowing one body to a trailer?

Posted by: Bruce at April 03, 2020 07:47 AM (vd8XM)

1029 1025 Maryland news is busy reporting that the State requested 15,000 body bags from the Feds, and received.....none.
----------------------
Remember the reports of 40,000 body bags being ordered for Desert Storm? Manhattan Media loves to scare people. Boo!

Posted by: Puddin Head at April 03, 2020 07:48 AM (FwXi0)

1030 Ballmer should have a bunch of body bags in stock.

Posted by: klaftern at April 03, 2020 07:48 AM (RuIsu)

1031 I need to hit both of my banks today, one to get some walking-around cash, one to make a deposit. Both require you to use drive-up. I hope they won't be too busy.

Then I need to put a little weather-strip around my door; and maybe hit the Dollar Tree for some supplies. Powdering and vacuuming the carpet is on the list, too.

Somewhere in there I need to do some work-work. On the plus side, my new paid for-by-work laptop arrived, so I have to set that up.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at April 03, 2020 07:48 AM (rpbg1)

1032 Tens of thousands of Chinese and people doing business with the Chinese were flying back and forth every month since November.

Posted by: Moron Robbie has got the Kung Fu Grippe at April 03, 2020 07:49 AM (41rs/)

1033 1008 National Lampoon's Magical Misery Tour is one of the more beautiful songs ever.
Posted by: klaftern at April 03, 2020 07:39 AM (RuIsu)

Ruttles Fool on the Pill

Posted by: rhennigantx at April 03, 2020 07:49 AM (JFO2v)

1034 I'm going to have to dig out my old hair styler l used in the '70s.
-----------------------
Is there some way to invest in the Mullet Comeback?

Posted by: Puddin Head at April 03, 2020 07:49 AM (FwXi0)

1035 I hated Windows 10 too at first. "I do not like thee, Windows 10; the reason why I cannot tell; but this I know and know full well: I do not like thee, Windows 10."

Then I upgraded my desktop's memory from 8 GB to 12, and the problems with apps loading slowly and other issues went away.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at April 03, 2020 07:50 AM (rpbg1)

1036 Of course only 1 body to a trailer, don't want to spread the disease around now would you?

Posted by: Skip at April 03, 2020 07:51 AM (ZCEU2)

1037 @1034. I refuse to wear a mullet.

Posted by: Case at April 03, 2020 07:51 AM (mcuue)

1038 What is the reason for having a settings menu and a control panel? It's stupid.

Posted by: freaked at April 03, 2020 07:52 AM (Tnijr)

1039 Wife and I haz the sadz.
This was to be our first full day in Florida for the next three weeks

Oh well, I'll just turn the furnace up to 85

Posted by: Bruce at April 03, 2020 07:52 AM (vd8XM)

1040 How does the ban on large groups effect those of us with multiple personalities?

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at April 03, 2020 07:53 AM (O4024)

1041 On that note, the Mercy has 15 patients since she docked in LA and the Comfort has a whopping total of 3 patients.

We were told they would be overflowing with sick and dying people by now and people would actually be dying in the streets of NYC because of a lack of hospital beds.

Posted by: Mr. Scott (Formerly GWS) at April 03, 2020 07:43 AM

The ships were sent in order to take in all non-COVID-19 patients, to free up ICU beds in the city for COVID-19 patients.

Apparently, no one but 3 people in the entire city of New York need hospital care who do not have COVID-19.

Seems... unrealistic.

Posted by: Clyde Shelton at April 03, 2020 07:53 AM (Do5/p)

1042 I think we're done as a open society. Now we're down to picking a red or blue Statism from here on out.

I like the part where they either monitor all electronic communications (as we discover with Zoom) and they ban physical meetings.

That is, even if there was any pushback they eliminated the ability for Americans to assemble to even plan.

Yet another reason why it was so important to make Freedom of Assembly in the Constitution.

We now know that the idea of Freedom Loving Americans is dead and we are all closet Communists, satisfied that the government literally controls everything about our lives.

We let the government decide for us whether we can even have our hair cut.

Posted by: 🐧 at April 03, 2020 07:53 AM (C+evo)

1043 VIA - LOL, thanks

Posted by: rammajamma at April 03, 2020 07:54 AM (X5jRy)

1044 1037 1034 Mullet gets you a night in the box. Manbun gets you a night in the box. Pony tail gets.... The cue ball look may be very popular in the near future.

Posted by: bill in arkansas at April 03, 2020 07:54 AM (C1Lsn)

1045 I think this is the opportunity of the century for China to build trust in the world, which it has found so difficult to come by as a rising nation, and to rebuild its international image China doesnt (want to) waste an opportunity like this, Keyu Jin, associate professor of economics at the London School of Economics

LOLGF

Posted by: rhennigantx at April 03, 2020 07:54 AM (JFO2v)

1046 How does the ban on large groups effect those of us with multiple personalities?
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice

It's like an Escher painting

Yikes

Posted by: Bruce at April 03, 2020 07:54 AM (vd8XM)

1047 The Rutles. Stig was my fave. In a mostly hetero way. Yup.

Posted by: klaftern at April 03, 2020 07:54 AM (RuIsu)

1048 'I refuse to wear a mullet.'

Would you prefer a tuna?

Posted by: Call me Fishsmell at April 03, 2020 07:54 AM (Tnijr)

1049 Good morning!

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

Posted by: NaCly Dog at April 03, 2020 07:55 AM (u82oZ)

1050 Nood!

Posted by: Laughing in Texas at April 03, 2020 07:56 AM (JUSY6)

1051 Village Idiot's Apprentice

Top o ta mornin to ya, gov'nor.

I sent you a letter. Did you get it?

Posted by: NaCly Dog at April 03, 2020 07:56 AM (u82oZ)

1052 A month since my last haircut- I look like Ringo in a Hard Day's Night. Jeez

I'm in the same boat. Our stupid governor closed the barbershops with a whole days notice. I'm going to have to dig out my old hair styler l used in the '70s.
Posted by: Case at April 03, 2020


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I haven't asked, because I'm afraid to find out, but it's possible the Stalinists have ordered the barbershops closed. I got my hair trimmed last Saturday, a week earlier than my usual schedule. The small shop I've been going to since 1979 may or may not be accepting customers; one of the owners, who did my hair this time, told me to call in about 2 weeks and "We'll see."

One of the contractors who have stations there might be willing to take on a simple trim job. I'll ask if need be.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at April 03, 2020 07:56 AM (rpbg1)

1053 Apparently, no one but 3 people in the entire city of New York need hospital care who do not have COVID-19.

Seems... unrealistic.
Posted by: Clyde Shelton

After this is over, they can close all the hospitals and just have one walk in clinic to handle all of NYC

Posted by: Bruce at April 03, 2020 07:57 AM (vd8XM)

1054 I know three people who've had the Wuhan China Attack Virus. One required hospitalization, but she has all sorts of underlying health issues periodically requiring hospital visits anyway. The other two said the disease made for an uncomfortable couple of days but they are fine. It just doesn't seem like that big a deal. So, why again have we committed economic suicide?

Posted by: Huck Follywood, hunker in the bunker at April 03, 2020 07:58 AM (NVYyb)

1055 @1048. Thats another thing. No tuna on the shelves. Another thing people are buying up.

Posted by: Case at April 03, 2020 07:59 AM (mcuue)

1056 Apparently, no one but 3 people in the entire city of New York need hospital care who do not have COVID-19.

-

I don't think you fully appreciate how many billions of dollars are available in emergency funds.

It's easier to understand if you've ever watched professional soccer. The governors are at the "flopping around on the ground" stage to try and draw as much attention as they can.

Posted by: Moron Robbie has got the Kung Fu Grippe at April 03, 2020 07:59 AM (41rs/)

1057 Unexpected winter storm. Duty calls.

Say hi to J.J. for me.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at April 03, 2020 07:59 AM (u82oZ)

1058 Salty


Answered you on the morning thread.

Be safe...

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at April 03, 2020 08:28 AM (O4024)

1059 Oh, as long as I have the attention of the IT types, I still haven't upgraded from Win 7 to 10. Do I really have to? I fucking hate 10 with the heat of 1000 suns.

10 sucks! I put it on 3 mths ago and my computer has never been the same. Was going to go to a MS store but then the fuckin Chinese Wuhan Flu pandemic hit the globe.

Once again I ask, can't we file a Class Action suit against China?

Posted by: Ms. Apple at April 03, 2020 10:23 AM (NLEnr)

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