Mid-Morning Art Thread

Reversal Of Roles
Georgios Jakobides

Posted by: CBD at 09:30 AM

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1 Dentist in training

Posted by: nurse ratched at February 11, 2021 09:30 AM (U2p+3)

2 hiya

Posted by: JT at February 11, 2021 09:31 AM (arJlL)

3 Baby ginger is stealing his soul.

Posted by: nurse ratched at February 11, 2021 09:31 AM (U2p+3)

4 How do you like strained peas, mom?

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at February 11, 2021 09:31 AM (EjmvJ)

5 Dentist in training
Posted by: nurse ratched

Hiya Nurse !

Posted by: JT at February 11, 2021 09:31 AM (arJlL)

6 Nice to have your own back yard.

Posted by: Ziba at February 11, 2021 09:32 AM (S1hrL)

7 Baby ginger is stealing his soul.
Posted by: nurse ratched

I think you assumed his gender......

Posted by: JT at February 11, 2021 09:32 AM (arJlL)

8 Is the toddler wearing a painting smock or something? Why doesn't it close on the back if it's a dress

Posted by: Tinfoilbaby at February 11, 2021 09:33 AM (9d4A3)

9 "...and the airplane flies into the hanger....."

Posted by: Jak Sucio at February 11, 2021 09:33 AM (jvt6t)

10 Where is zee money, Lebowski?!

Posted by: The Central Scrutinizer at February 11, 2021 09:33 AM (KbCG3)

11 JT!

Look out for the ginger babies. They're particularly devious.

Posted by: nurse ratched at February 11, 2021 09:33 AM (U2p+3)

12 NGU as a kid

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at February 11, 2021 09:33 AM (84vbR)

13 Trees, kid, cute. Eh.

Posted by: Oddbob at February 11, 2021 09:33 AM (qc+VF)

14 Coffee cup kicked out of mom's hand in three....two....

Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher at February 11, 2021 09:33 AM (dfRN6)

15 Suspend the 100 comment rule today?

Posted by: Ziba at February 11, 2021 09:34 AM (S1hrL)

16 What the maid doesn't know is we've replaced her regular coffee with poison....

Posted by: OrangeEnt at February 11, 2021 09:34 AM (7bRMQ)

17 Don't care for it. The colors seem off to me.

Posted by: Mister Scott (formerly GWS) at February 11, 2021 09:34 AM (JUOKG)

18 Nice to have your own back yard.
Posted by: Ziba

What happened to yours ?

Posted by: JT at February 11, 2021 09:34 AM (arJlL)

19 And then the kid puked on her. The End.

Posted by: sniffybigtoe at February 11, 2021 09:34 AM (1ISKN)

20 I like this one!

Posted by: Chi-Town Jerry at February 11, 2021 09:35 AM (CjFDo)

21 Baby dentistry was practiced throughout Europe in during the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

Posted by: Archer at February 11, 2021 09:35 AM (gmo/4)

22 I hate it when the dentist sits in my lap.

Posted by: rhennigantx at February 11, 2021 09:36 AM (yrol0)

23 Needs a dog.

Posted by: Mrs. Hypocrisy at February 11, 2021 09:36 AM (gl8jM)

24 This is almost peak genre painting. So cute. Would hang, in the nursery. I can hear the whine moms squeeing now.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at February 11, 2021 09:36 AM (u82oZ)

25 At least they seem to be enjoying pleasant weather in the painting.

Posted by: Jak Sucio at February 11, 2021 09:36 AM (jvt6t)

26 Baby dentistry was practiced throughout Europe in during the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
Posted by: Archer

But not in England, right ?

Posted by: JT at February 11, 2021 09:36 AM (arJlL)

27 Up until recently, kids in Europe wore smocks to school, kept their clothes clean and reduced need to do laundry. It was a "green" policy before its time.

Posted by: Ziba at February 11, 2021 09:36 AM (S1hrL)

28 Future hygienist removing the tea stains from mom.

Posted by: redridinghood at February 11, 2021 09:37 AM (NpAcC)

29 We've seen this artist before.. Girl reading a newspaper?

endearing..

Posted by: Chi-Town Jerry at February 11, 2021 09:38 AM (CjFDo)

30 So I saw the picture and I thought to myself, "that seems backwards. What a cute role reversal."

Then I scrolled down and saw the title.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 11, 2021 09:38 AM (UZVEt)

31 I still have my back yard, but who knows tomorrow.

Posted by: Ziba at February 11, 2021 09:38 AM (S1hrL)

32
"Hmmmm. Do you floss regularly?"

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at February 11, 2021 09:38 AM (mht8P)

33 Dentist in training

May The Floss Be With You - a limerick

The daughter of Miss Vera Laverty
Said, "You're living a life of depravity!
You're gums are receding
Discolored and bleeding
And it looks like you've got a new cavity!"

Posted by: Muldoon at February 11, 2021 09:38 AM (m45I2)

34 Background seems more realistic than the people. Guess he was a frustrated landscape painter....

Posted by: OrangeEnt at February 11, 2021 09:38 AM (7bRMQ)

35 Those are some weird baby arms.

Posted by: TexasDan at February 11, 2021 09:39 AM (2HIdp)

36 I've replaced Mom's regular coffee with Folgers Crystals...let's see if she notices.

- The Baby

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at February 11, 2021 09:39 AM (ejd/p)

37 I wonder if they got the lattice from Home Depot or Lowe's?

Posted by: Jak Sucio at February 11, 2021 09:39 AM (jvt6t)

38 Those are some weird baby arms.
Posted by: TexasDan at February 11, 2021 09:39 AM

Maybe it's baby Popeye.

Posted by: Bert G at February 11, 2021 09:40 AM (sAW0o)

39 How does Muldoon do it?

Comment 33 and he has a new limerick!

Well done, Sir!

Posted by: Chi-Town Jerry at February 11, 2021 09:40 AM (CjFDo)

40 I can't decide if she's holding the tea cup with one or two hands.

Posted by: redridinghood at February 11, 2021 09:40 AM (NpAcC)

41 Cute. I like.

Thanks for your daily efforts to culture us, CBD!

Posted by: Doof at February 11, 2021 09:40 AM (mZUr4)

42 No YOU eat the damned peas!

Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabamillion at February 11, 2021 09:41 AM (nUhF0)

43 Baby dentistry was practiced throughout Europe in during the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

Posted by: Archer at February 11, 2021 09:35 AM----Pretty tough to clean teeth using a baby, isn't it?

Posted by: TheHoser at February 11, 2021 09:41 AM (b9pgb)

44 FIRST!!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - Saying Ashli Babbitt at February 11, 2021 09:41 AM (Zz0t1)

45 Fun Fact: Jakobides was a Lesbian.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at February 11, 2021 09:42 AM (7bRMQ)

46 Open wide! This will only hurt a bit.

Posted by: Sponge - Saying Ashli Babbitt at February 11, 2021 09:42 AM (Zz0t1)

47 The eyes. They're deep and empty.

Posted by: Sponge - Saying Ashli Babbitt at February 11, 2021 09:42 AM (Zz0t1)

48 In the next frame she has kicked the table out from under the baby.

It's called Turn the Tables.

Posted by: TexasDan at February 11, 2021 09:42 AM (2HIdp)

49 "The binkie. Is it ... safe?"

Posted by: TheHoser at February 11, 2021 09:42 AM (b9pgb)

50 Dang it, I hate it when art make the grandfather in me smile!

I'd gladly hang this one in my office.

Posted by: blake - Dr semi lurker in marginal standing at February 11, 2021 09:42 AM (2SdPm)

51 [baby dentists] But not in England, right?
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They were more valuable in coal mining.

Posted by: andycanuck at February 11, 2021 09:43 AM (d6he9)

52 Fun Fact: Jakobides was a Lesbian.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at February 11, 2021 09:42 AM

Oddly enough, so was my grandfather. Different town, though.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at February 11, 2021 09:43 AM (ejd/p)

53 Sniper in the tree above the babies head and a bit to the right.

Posted by: AZ isolated deplorable at February 11, 2021 09:43 AM (gtatv)

54 I wonder how long before the pretty teacup ends up broken on the ground.

Posted by: nurse ratched at February 11, 2021 09:43 AM (U2p+3)

55 Is that bench built around that birch tree?

Posted by: redridinghood at February 11, 2021 09:43 AM (NpAcC)

56 Nice painting.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 11, 2021 09:43 AM (VP4Cd)

57 I hate it when the dentist sits in my lap.
Posted by: rhennigantx at February 11, 2021 09:36 AM (yrol0)

I LOVE it when kids sit in mine!

Posted by: Joey Fingerstick McShitpants at February 11, 2021 09:43 AM (Zz0t1)

58
The Root of All Evil - another limerick

When the laudanum slowed Mama down
Daughter went for her last golden crown
She'll sell it to Benny
For a right pretty penny
Twenty bucks...same as in town

Posted by: Muldoon at February 11, 2021 09:44 AM (m45I2)

59 Welcome to Hang/Not Hang!! For today's show, please welcome our art enthusiasts: Paul Lynde and George Gobel!!

Posted by: Jim Lange at February 11, 2021 09:44 AM (jvt6t)

60 Dwarf Dentistry used to be a thing. It's easier for them to get their little fingers in there.

Posted by: f'd at February 11, 2021 09:44 AM (CB1eH)

61 Sniper in the tree above the babies head and a bit to the right.
Posted by: AZ isolated deplorable at February 11, 2021 09:43 AM (gtatv)

DON'T pick up the grenade launcher. DON'T pick it up.....

Posted by: Sponge - Saying Ashli Babbitt at February 11, 2021 09:44 AM (Zz0t1)

62 not great art

Posted by: runner at February 11, 2021 09:45 AM (zr5Kq)

63 IS IT SAFE?

Posted by: rhennigantx at February 11, 2021 09:45 AM (yrol0)

64 out of focus; I don't like out of focus

Posted by: runner at February 11, 2021 09:45 AM (zr5Kq)

65 Oddly enough, so was my grandfather. Different town, though.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at February 11, 2021 09:43 AM (ejd/p)

Wasn't teased about it, was he?

Posted by: OrangeEnt at February 11, 2021 09:45 AM (7bRMQ)

66 Those are some weird baby arms.
Posted by: TexasDan at February 11, 2021 09:39 AM (2HIdp)

Looks like Popeye's arms, when she isn't feeding mom, she's moving heavy furniture.

Posted by: WeBoned! at February 11, 2021 09:46 AM (8k7U7)

67 Muldoon

Bravo. Your limericks are a great art companion to the painting. You are in fine fettle today.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at February 11, 2021 09:46 AM (u82oZ)

68 Pretty tough to clean teeth using a baby, isn't it?

*****

You need to angle slightly down toward the gum line and use a brisk circular motion.

Posted by: Muldoon at February 11, 2021 09:46 AM (m45I2)

69 Mother is an anti-dentite.

Posted by: CZ = FNG To Remain Silent Because, FNG at February 11, 2021 09:46 AM (MkuC5)

70 Herbie the elf wants to be a dentist.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at February 11, 2021 09:47 AM (8YNP4)

71 I don't like it !

Posted by: runner at February 11, 2021 09:47 AM (zr5Kq)

72 Awww! Cute to see a mom and babe being tender and sweet together.

Posted by: Emmie at February 11, 2021 09:47 AM (ofYez)

73 Kitteh in the tree. Going to POUNCE on baby, baby jams spoon into mom's throat, making her heave forwards, tossing the teacup onto the ground, toppling baby backwards. Kitteh hops onto table and starts cleaning her face.

Posted by: nurse ratched at February 11, 2021 09:47 AM (U2p+3)

74 69 Mother is an anti-dentite.
Posted by: CZ = FNG To Remain Silent Because, FNG at February 11, 2021 09:46 AM (MkuC5)

Antiestablishdentistarianism

Posted by: rhennigantx at February 11, 2021 09:48 AM (yrol0)

75 Wasn't teased about it, was he?
Posted by: OrangeEnt at February 11, 2021 09:45 AM

I doubt it. Most Americans back then didn't know from Greek geography. His town could have been a suburb of Athens for all they knew.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at February 11, 2021 09:48 AM (ejd/p)

76 You are in fine fettle today.
Posted by: NaCly Dog

******

Thanks. It's kinda my thing.

Posted by: Muldoon at February 11, 2021 09:48 AM (m45I2)

77 Hey, Denty! Nice smock!

Posted by: andycanuck at February 11, 2021 09:48 AM (d6he9)

78 55 Is that bench built around that birch tree?
Posted by: redridinghood

...

I think it's a smoothed pole. Oh wait phrasing. Eh. Anyway.

The knee braces are odd because they are so close to the edge of the pole. But they would be even weirder branches--those always grow radially from the center I'm pretty sure.

Posted by: TexasDan at February 11, 2021 09:48 AM (2HIdp)

79 Like I call that chef on the Food channel, The Pioneer Woman or whatever.....

Mother of the Children of the Corn.

Posted by: Sponge - Saying Ashli Babbitt at February 11, 2021 09:48 AM (Zz0t1)

80 That dentist is a real babe.

Posted by: Michael the Texan at February 11, 2021 09:49 AM (9IdCK)

81 Pretty tough to clean teeth using a baby, isn't it?

**

Errybody knows you go to the Ace Hardware and get some Go-Jo.

- That Gorilla Glue Lady

Posted by: Mr. Gray #363 at February 11, 2021 09:49 AM (HBEnm)

82 Herbie the elf wants to be a dentist.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at February 11, 2021 09:47 AM (8YNP4)

Then decided gynecology got him more of that great elfina stuff....

Posted by: OrangeEnt at February 11, 2021 09:49 AM (7bRMQ)

83 Errybody knows you go to the Ace Hardware and get some Go-Jo.

- That Gorilla Glue Lady
Posted by: Mr. Gray #363 at February 11, 2021 09:49 AM (HBEnm)
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too much effort.

Dremel.

Posted by: blake - Dr semi lurker in marginal standing at February 11, 2021 09:49 AM (2SdPm)

84 Looks like Popeye's arms, when she isn't feeding mom, she's moving heavy furniture.
Posted by: WeBoned! at February 11, 2021 09:46 AM (8k7U7)

Is that Peepeye, Pipeye or Poopeye?

Posted by: Sponge - Saying Ashli Babbitt at February 11, 2021 09:49 AM (Zz0t1)

85 I suspect that child is NOT a licensed dentist.

Posted by: BurtTC at February 11, 2021 09:50 AM (oQ94s)

86 "To get a job in Hollywood, his penis must go in HERE first."

Posted by: Sponge - Saying Ashli Babbitt at February 11, 2021 09:50 AM (Zz0t1)

87 not great art
Posted by: runner

Its no Two Men Walking Abreast

Posted by: JT at February 11, 2021 09:50 AM (arJlL)

88 60 Dwarf Dentistry used to be a thing. It's easier for them to get their little fingers in there.
Posted by: f'd at February 11, 2021 09:44 AM (CB1eH)

Dwarf proctology: 3 thumbs up

Posted by: CZ = FNG To Remain Silent Because, FNG at February 11, 2021 09:50 AM (MkuC5)

89 Obligatory dentistry video:

https://tinyurl.com/1tlj1zbd

Posted by: blake - Dr semi lurker in marginal standing at February 11, 2021 09:50 AM (2SdPm)

90 "Let's see how YOU like castor oil!"

Posted by: Insomniac - Zhou Bai-Den Is Not My Chairman at February 11, 2021 09:51 AM (nakwk)

91 Errybody knows you go to the Ace Hardware and get some Go-Jo.

- That Gorilla Glue Lady
Posted by: Mr. Gray #363 at February 11, 2021 09:49 AM (HBEnm)

They're going to have to get that woman's hair off with a scalple.

I can't IMAGINE being that dense to use GORILLA GLUE to hold your hair in place.

It's fucking GLUE fercryssakes.

Posted by: Sponge - Saying Ashli Babbitt at February 11, 2021 09:52 AM (Zz0t1)

92 Blake!

I guessed before I opened! And I was right!!!

Posted by: nurse ratched at February 11, 2021 09:52 AM (U2p+3)

93 This is a delightful painting and reminds me of some of the Scandi works I enjoy. The colors are bright and warm. The entire scene appears comfortable and serene as there is time and leisure to indulge the child. Even the playfulness of the scene is relaxed and gently amusing.

This could hang in any nursery or family room to bring a gentle smile whenever someone looks at it.

Posted by: JTB at February 11, 2021 09:52 AM (7EjX1)

94 Posted by: RedMindBlueState at February 11, 2021 09:48 AM (ejd/p)

Funny thing. I had a co-worker who went by the name of Leona. She said she didn't like using her real name because it was an embarrassment. I guessed right away her real name is Lesbia.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at February 11, 2021 09:53 AM (7bRMQ)

95 Thanks for your daily efforts to culture us, CBD!

Posted by: Doof at February 11, 2021 09:40 AM (mZUr4)

If you could see what was growing in the petri dish you wouldn't be so thankful!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at February 11, 2021 09:53 AM (Q9lwr)

96 Errybody knows you go to the Ace Hardware and get some Go-Jo.
*******
I can't IMAGINE being that dense to use GORILLA GLUE to hold your hair in place. It's fucking GLUE fercryssakes.
Posted by: Sponge - Saying Ashli Babbitt at February 11, 2021 09:52 AM (Zz0t1)

***

I sincerely hope that Gorilla Glue hires her as a spokesman and gets to use her likeness. That would be fantastic. And you know she'd sell the rights for under $5000.
I hon

Posted by: Mr. Gray #363 at February 11, 2021 09:54 AM (HBEnm)

97 95 Thanks for your daily efforts to culture us, CBD!

Posted by: Doof at February 11, 2021 09:40 AM (mZUr4)

If you could see what was growing in the petri dish you wouldn't be so thankful!
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at February 11, 2021 09:53 AM (Q9lwr)

Strepped down to the bare essentials.

Posted by: Insomniac - Zhou Bai-Den Is Not My Chairman at February 11, 2021 09:54 AM (nakwk)

98 I guessed before I opened! And I was right!!!
Posted by: nurse ratched at February 11, 2021 09:52 AM (U2p+3)
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Good morning!

That video makes me laugh every time.

Posted by: blake - Dr semi lurker in marginal standing at February 11, 2021 09:54 AM (2SdPm)

99 Winter Storm Warning just issued here. I hear thunder and the temp, she's a dropping. Since this is central Texas, cannibalism won't be far behind.

It goes full Mad Max after a dusting.

Posted by: Jak Sucio at February 11, 2021 09:54 AM (jvt6t)

100 Thanks. It's kinda my thing.
Posted by: Muldoon at February 11, 2021 09:48 AM (m45I2)

It's a good thing you found work as a doctor. I don't think limericking pays very well.

Posted by: Emmie at February 11, 2021 09:54 AM (ofYez)

101 So, alien invasions...

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, paying for my sins on the Scorsese streets at February 11, 2021 09:54 AM (LvTSG)

102 too much effort.
Dremel.
Posted by: blake

*****

Teledentistry in the Time of Covid - a limerick

A German tele-dentist named Schemmel
Told his patient, "Ach! Mein Gott in Himmel!
Now listen you fool
You need just three tools
Ein webcam, ein Vise-Grip™ und ein Dremel"

Posted by: Muldoon at February 11, 2021 09:55 AM (m45I2)

103 Nothing in that picture looks particularly Greek, I don't think.

Posted by: m at February 11, 2021 09:55 AM (gY0s8)

104 For some reason I'm always taken aback a little when I see a situation depicted from the past that points out how much in common we have with our ancestors.

Who of those who have children or tended to them not had an amusing interlude where the child wants to do to the adult what the adult does to or for the child and the adults mostly go along with it.

There are other general situations such as pet ownership in the past. This can be seen in art work and photography. The older the better as the number of years you would expect that things would be somehow different. Yet they are not. Did Cave Men do the same thing? Did Egyptian slaves building the pyramids go home to their hovel and pet the cat and play with the dog and indulge their children?

Probably.

Posted by: jakee308.com at February 11, 2021 09:55 AM (nwORd)

105 If you could see what was growing in the petri dish you wouldn't be so thankful!
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at February 11, 2021 09:53 AM (Q9lwr)
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I thought it was that plastic container that's been sitting in the back of the fridge so long, everyone is afraid to open it.

Posted by: blake - Dr semi lurker in marginal standing at February 11, 2021 09:55 AM (2SdPm)

106 99 Winter Storm Warning just issued here. I hear thunder and the temp, she's a dropping. Since this is central Texas, cannibalism won't be far behind.

It goes full Mad Max after a dusting.
Posted by: Jak Sucio at February 11, 2021 09:54 AM (jvt6t)

Down here by NASA we already have a hobo on the spit.

Posted by: rhennigantx at February 11, 2021 09:55 AM (yrol0)

107 Winter Storm Warning just issued here. I hear thunder and the temp, she's a dropping. Since this is central Texas, cannibalism won't be far behind.

It goes full Mad Max after a dusting.
Posted by: Jak Sucio at February 11, 2021 09:54 AM (jvt6t)

Eggs, shit paper, and bread.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at February 11, 2021 09:55 AM (84vbR)

108 Winter Storm Warning just issued here. I hear
thunder and the temp, she's a dropping. Since this is central Texas,
cannibalism won't be far behind.

It goes full Mad Max after a dusting.

Posted by: Jak Sucio at February 11, 2021 09:54 AM

Supposed to get 2-4 inches here in NE Texas Sunday night followed by record low temps. Should be a hoot.

Posted by: Mister Scott (formerly GWS) at February 11, 2021 09:56 AM (JUOKG)

109 Muldoon, your talent is like Hordemind....impressive, yet somewhat scary.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at February 11, 2021 09:56 AM (ejd/p)

110 I'm betting a nickel that nobody actually *is* dumb enough to think gorilla glue is a hair product. The highest and most noble goal of people in our society is to be famous on social media, and everyone is talking about her, so I think she accomplished her actual goal. SMASH that like button. SMASH IT!!!!!!

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at February 11, 2021 09:56 AM (0WKYs)

111 TJM

Just started season 2 of Twin Peaks.
It's getting weird.

Posted by: nurse ratched at February 11, 2021 09:56 AM (U2p+3)

112 Honk! Honk!

Posted by: Honky The Clown at February 11, 2021 09:57 AM (BHgV8)

113 Greetings reverse fappers. What fresh hell awaits us this day?

Posted by: BackwardsBoy, who did not vote for this shit at February 11, 2021 09:57 AM (HaL55)

114 So, alien invasions...
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, paying for my sins on the Scorsese streets at February 11, 2021 09:54 AM (LvTSG)

Would probably do several billion dollars worth of improvement, if they hit the traditional targets of NY, DC, and LA.

Posted by: Cato, Collectivism Delenda Est, Post-Apocalyptic Scourge of the Seas at February 11, 2021 09:57 AM (7zNZK)

115 111 TJM

Just started season 2 of Twin Peaks.
It's getting weird.
Posted by: nurse ratched at February 11, 2021 09:56 AM (U2p+3)

=========

When James leaves the town, you can skip every single scene he's in for the rest of the season.

If, at the end of the season, you still want more, I imagine your library system (assuming it's running) would have Fire Walk with Me and The Return on disc to borrow. That's how I watched The Return.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, paying for my sins on the Scorsese streets at February 11, 2021 09:58 AM (LvTSG)

116 Posted by: Muldoon at February 11, 2021 09:55 AM (m45I2)
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Heh.

Posted by: blake - Dr semi lurker in marginal standing at February 11, 2021 09:58 AM (2SdPm)

117 [118 comment rule]

Posted by: Insomniac - Zhou Bai-Den Is Not My Chairman at February 11, 2021 09:58 AM (nakwk)

118 [120 comment rule]

Posted by: Sponge - Saying Ashli Babbitt at February 11, 2021 09:58 AM (Zz0t1)

119 117 [118 comment rule]
Posted by: Insomniac - Zhou Bai-Den Is Not My Chairman at February 11, 2021 09:58 AM (nakwk)

118 [120 comment rule]
Posted by: Sponge - Saying Ashli Babbitt at February 11, 2021 09:58 AM (Zz0t1)

LMMFAO!

Posted by: Sponge - Saying Ashli Babbitt at February 11, 2021 09:58 AM (Zz0t1)

120 Posted by: rhennigantx at February 11, 2021 09:55 AM (yrol0)

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Looking at the radar, there's a huge gash of pink lurking to the west ready to say Hoo-Hah to the Hill Country

Posted by: Jak Sucio at February 11, 2021 09:58 AM (jvt6t)

121 117 [118 comment rule]
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Posted by: Sponge - Saying Ashli Babbitt at February 11, 2021 09:58 AM (Zz0t1)

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These rules feel arbitrary and capricious.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, paying for my sins on the Scorsese streets at February 11, 2021 09:58 AM (LvTSG)

122 Hah! GMTA

Posted by: Insomniac - Zhou Bai-Den Is Not My Chairman at February 11, 2021 09:59 AM (nakwk)

123 [120 comment rule for real]

Posted by: blake - Dr semi lurker in marginal standing at February 11, 2021 09:59 AM (2SdPm)

124 @TheBabylonBee 20m

Gina Carano Rehired By Disney After She Identifies As An Abusive Male Director

Posted by: Tami at February 11, 2021 09:59 AM (cF8AT)

125 I thought it was that plastic container that's been sitting in the back of the fridge so long, everyone is afraid to open it.

The same one that crawls out and plays with the light inside because bored?

Posted by: BackwardsBoy, who did not vote for this shit at February 11, 2021 09:59 AM (HaL55)

126
Supposed to get 2-4 inches here in NE Texas Sunday night followed by record low temps. Should be a hoot.
Posted by: Mister Scott (formerly GWS) at February 11, 2021 09:56 AM (JUOKG)

I hope your house gas tank is full.

Posted by: Sponge - Saying Ashli Babbitt at February 11, 2021 09:59 AM (Zz0t1)

127 A possible alternate title: "NGU, The Early Years".

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 11, 2021 10:00 AM (mzC78)

128 The hardest thing to duplicate/obtain/find for do it yourself dentistry is the adhesives.

I found out years ago that in some states it is against the law to sell and possess dental adhesives. Ain't that something?

Dentists also managed to escape being part of Medicare (except for children) as a result we have seniors who can get a heart transplant but can't get a set of dentures or a tooth removed. (disregarding the socialist aspects of medicare. I'm pointing out how Dentists have managed to keep from having to work for less compensation than other Doctors and I wonder how they managed it and also that that avoidance can be seen as detrimental to the elderly.

Posted by: jakee308.com at February 11, 2021 10:00 AM (nwORd)

129 Alternate title:

"Spoonful By Spoonful Evil Twin Geoffrey Disposes of the Evidence With Good Twin Arlen Porridge"

Posted by: naturalfake at February 11, 2021 10:00 AM (dWwl8)

130 126
Supposed to get 2-4 inches here in NE Texas Sunday night followed by record low temps. Should be a hoot.
Posted by: Mister Scott (formerly GWS) at February 11, 2021 09:56 AM (JUOKG)

I hope your house gas tank is full.
Posted by: Sponge - Saying Ashli Babbitt at February 11, 2021 09:59 AM (Zz0t1)

Yeah. You'll have to drive your house pretty far to get out of the cold.

Posted by: Insomniac - Zhou Bai-Den Is Not My Chairman at February 11, 2021 10:01 AM (nakwk)

131 100+ vehicle pileup in North Fort Worth due to icy roads...
https://twitter.com/NorthTXWeather/status/
1359865986900451330

Posted by: andycanuck at February 11, 2021 10:01 AM (d6he9)

132 Yuck. Do not let kid fingers into mouth.

Posted by: Kate Winslet's boobs at February 11, 2021 10:01 AM (ftFVW)

133
Looking at the radar, there's a huge gash of pink lurking to the west ready to say Hoo-Hah to the Hill Country
Posted by: Jak Sucio at February 11, 2021 09:58 AM (jvt6t)

*flashes back to yesterday*

Pink taco!!

Posted by: Sponge - Saying Ashli Babbitt at February 11, 2021 10:01 AM (Zz0t1)

134 I should mention that that was a few decades ago. You can now get a lot of stuff off the internet and form overseas that bypass those laws.

Posted by: jakee308.com at February 11, 2021 10:01 AM (nwORd)

135 Snow in TX is bad. Most everybody loses their shit.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at February 11, 2021 10:01 AM (84vbR)

136 I found out years ago that in some states it is against the law to sell and possess dental adhesives. Ain't that something?

Can't have people gluing dentists together all willy-nillly now can we?

Posted by: Insomniac - Zhou Bai-Den Is Not My Chairman at February 11, 2021 10:02 AM (nakwk)

137 100+ vehicle pileup in North Fort Worth due to icy roads...
https://twitter.com/NorthTXWeather/status/
1359865986900451330
Posted by: andycanuck at February 11, 2021 10:01 AM (d6he9)

And so it begins........

Idiots.

It's going to freeze, so lets go 95 everywhere and see what happens.

Posted by: Sponge - Saying Ashli Babbitt at February 11, 2021 10:02 AM (Zz0t1)

138 When James leaves the town, you can skip every single scene he's in for the rest of the season.

If, at the end of the season, you still want more, I imagine your library system (assuming it's running) would have Fire Walk with Me and The Return on disc to borrow. That's how I watched The Return.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, paying for my sins on the Scorsese streets at February 11, 2021 09:58 AM (LvTSG)

I'm such a completist about such things, I would never tell anyone to skip anything, but yeah, the James and the rich lady stuff is so over the top soap opera, I'm sure they meant it as a parody, but it didn't work at all, tonally, or interest-wise.

Posted by: BurtTC at February 11, 2021 10:03 AM (oQ94s)

139 Snow in TX is bad. Most everybody loses their shit.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at February 11, 2021 10:01 AM (84vbR)

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If I lived in TX and it snowed, and, even though I've a couple of decades of experience driving on snow, I'd stay off the roads, for fear of getting hit by someone who has no idea what they are doing.

Posted by: blake - Dr semi lurker in marginal standing at February 11, 2021 10:03 AM (2SdPm)

140 Second Nor'Easter this year. I was hoping we'd have light snow this year like last.

Posted by: jakee308.com at February 11, 2021 10:03 AM (nwORd)

141 Ein webcam, ein Vise-Grip und ein Dremel"
Posted by: Muldoon at February 11, 2021 09:55 AM (m45I2)

Damn, you're on a roll today, Muldoon!

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 11, 2021 10:05 AM (mzC78)

142 Started watching The Expanse from the beginning last night. Up to S1 E6 now. I like it. Thanks for the recommendations.

Posted by: BackwardsBoy, who did not vote for this shit at February 11, 2021 10:05 AM (HaL55)

143
If I lived in TX and it snowed, and, even though I've a couple of decades of experience driving on snow, I'd stay off the roads, for fear of getting hit by someone who has no idea what they are doing.
Posted by: blake - Dr semi lurker in marginal standing at February 11, 2021 10:03 AM (2SdPm)

This.

Posted by: Sponge - Saying Ashli Babbitt at February 11, 2021 10:05 AM (Zz0t1)

144 Normal dentistry isn't covered in Canada either (contrasted with e.g. reconstructive post-car-crash type stuff). It's usually covered by workplace insurance plans though like your health care usually is.

Posted by: andycanuck at February 11, 2021 10:05 AM (d6he9)

145 "Spoonful By Spoonful Evil Twin Geoffrey Disposes of the Evidence With Good Twin Arlen Porridge"
Posted by: naturalfake

*******

That is dark and oddly specific in the details...

Posted by: Muldoon at February 11, 2021 10:05 AM (m45I2)

146 Tea Party? Hell, yes. I'm down with that.

Posted by: creeper at February 11, 2021 10:06 AM (XxJt1)

147 If you could see what was growing in the petri dish you wouldn't be so thankful!

*****

Ugh! DISGUSTING!

(puts on mask to go to restaurant)

Posted by: Mr. Gray #363 at February 11, 2021 10:06 AM (HBEnm)

148 137 100+ vehicle pileup in North Fort Worth due to icy roads...

https://twitter.com/NorthTXWeather/status/

1359865986900451330

Posted by: andycanuck at February 11, 2021 10:01 AM (d6he9)

And so it begins........

Idiots.

It's going to freeze, so lets go 95 everywhere and see what happens.

Posted by: Sponge - Saying Ashli Babbitt at February 11, 2021 10:02 AM (Zz0t1)
Because 4wd works so well on ice.

Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at February 11, 2021 10:06 AM (N39Ws)

149 Just an inch or two here but slipped and fell in the driveway this morning while clearing it. Not a bad fall at all just simply went down. Some good Samaritan driving by freaked and stopped, then ran up to me and helped me to get up and insisted he finish shoveling/sweeping.

It's happened. I have grown old and look it.

Posted by: Tonypete at February 11, 2021 10:07 AM (Rvt88)

150 George Conway@gtconway3d

For the record: No one ever told me of these complaints being made to the Lincoln project, and the first I ever heard that Weaver may have done anything questionable were rumors I heard well after the election, and long after I ceased active involvement with the organization.

And I never received anything of value from the Lincoln Project, save for one very nice $169 Rode NT-USB condenser microphone, which Ron Steslow kindly provided to me for podcasting.

Sure Georgie, sure....

Posted by: Tami at February 11, 2021 10:08 AM (cF8AT)

151 I've always meant to get around to watching Twin Peaks, but I'm not sure I ever will, now... I watched The Wire a couple years ago, and I'm pretty sure no fiction TV show can measure up to that. Haven't watched any since, just the occasional movie, and American Pickers.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at February 11, 2021 10:08 AM (0WKYs)

152 Because 4wd works so well on ice.
Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at February 11, 2021 10:06 AM (N39Ws)
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For other drivers, yes, because those people with 4 wheel drive wind up in the ditch quicker, leaving the roads clear for those who are driving in a sane manner.

Posted by: blake - Dr semi lurker in marginal standing at February 11, 2021 10:08 AM (2SdPm)

153 "Spoonful By Spoonful Evil Twin Geoffrey Disposes of the Evidence With Good Twin Arlen Porridge"
Posted by: naturalfake

*******

That is dark and oddly specific in the details...
Posted by: Muldoon at February 11, 2021 10:05 AM (m45I2)

This has absolutely nothing to do with My Dear Vanished Twin Brother unnaturallytrue.

Posted by: naturalfake at February 11, 2021 10:08 AM (dWwl8)

154 100+ vehicle pileup in North Fort Worth due to icy roads...

****

No, it wasn't due to icy roads. Icy roads certainly didn't help once people realized what was happening, but it didn't cause the people to follow too closely or drive too fast for conditions.

Posted by: Mr. Gray #363 at February 11, 2021 10:09 AM (HBEnm)

155 I need to get up the drive to the mailbox. Thinking of driving.

Worse, I need to go five miles to the fire station. My road is gravel and not too bad and the highway is fine. But there's a mile of paved road that's not salted between me and the highway.

Gonna tackle it this afternoon. We shall see.

Posted by: creeper at February 11, 2021 10:09 AM (XxJt1)

156 151 I've always meant to get around to watching Twin Peaks, but I'm not sure I ever will, now... I watched The Wire a couple years ago, and I'm pretty sure no fiction TV show can measure up to that. Haven't watched any since, just the occasional movie, and American Pickers.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at February 11, 2021 10:08 AM (0WKYs)

==========

I wouldn't call the first two seasons of Twin Peaks, that aired on ABC, great overall. There's some great stuff there, but it's very much of its time in ways that have made sure it didn't age that well.

The rest is more Lynch movie than Frost/Lynch TV show, and your enjoyment will depend on your opinion of Lynch's movies like Eraserhead and Blue Velvet.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, paying for my sins on the Scorsese streets at February 11, 2021 10:10 AM (LvTSG)

157 Because 4wd works so well on ice.
Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at February 11, 2021 10:06 AM (N39Ws)

Rock haulers and big SUV's are the worst on the road.

I had to pick up a friend down in Huntsville, TX one year. It's normally about a 3 hour drive from here. There was an ice storm overnight, so the roads were terrible. I was in a 5.0 Mustang, 5-speed. On I45 heading south, I just got in the right lane and did between 30 and 40 most of the way. Took me 8 hours to get down there, but I made it. All the idiots in their SUV's would go blowing by me at 60. I'd see them in the ditch 3 or 4 miles down the road. Occasionally, I'd yank the e-brake and do a 360, straighten up and continue on my way, laughing.

Posted by: Sponge - Saying Ashli Babbitt at February 11, 2021 10:10 AM (Zz0t1)

158 Snowing, -4F with wind chill -23F. Forecast to be temps at -11F with wind chills down to -35F by the afternoon and evening.

Posted by: Archer at February 11, 2021 10:10 AM (gmo/4)

159 Normal dentistry isn't covered in Canada either (contrasted with e.g. reconstructive post-car-crash type stuff). It's usually covered by workplace insurance plans though like your health care usually is.
Posted by: andycanuck at February 11, 2021 10:05 AM (d6he9)

Peon dental plan: drive to Yuma, walk across border to Los Algodones, see dentist, pay about 25% of going rate in Canada. Unavailable right now, because I can go into Mexico, but the USA won't let me back.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 11, 2021 10:10 AM (mzC78)

160 #149 Did you ask him how he voted before thanking him, or telling him to eff-off AFTER he was done, Tony Pete?? I hear it's all the rage now in MSM circles.

Posted by: andycanuck at February 11, 2021 10:10 AM (d6he9)

161 The arms on the baby in the picture look wrong.

But the picture is charming anyway.

Posted by: Ladyl, Insurrectionist at February 11, 2021 10:10 AM (TdMsT)

162 unnaturallytrue.

***

Heh!

Posted by: Muldoon at February 11, 2021 10:11 AM (m45I2)

163 Snow in TX is bad. Most everybody loses their shit.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at February 11, 2021 10:01 AM (84vbR)

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I was home for Christmas in San Antonio in '84 when it got hit with the thousand-year storm. Something better than a foot altogether. City was utterly shut down for about a week.

Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher at February 11, 2021 10:11 AM (dfRN6)

164 My pronouns are honk/honk.

Posted by: Honky The Clown at February 11, 2021 10:12 AM (BHgV8)

165 Snowing, -4F with wind chill -23F. Forecast to be temps at -11F with wind chills down to -35F by the afternoon and evening.
Posted by: Archer at February 11, 2021 10:10 AM (gmo/4)

Reminds me of Northern Illinois in the late 70's before the great global warmening of the 80's and 90's.

Posted by: Sponge - Saying Ashli Babbitt at February 11, 2021 10:12 AM (Zz0t1)

166 Posted by: jakee308.com at February 11, 2021 09:55 AM (nwORd)

I think the same when I see old-timey things that are relatable. I've been watching a lot of westerns and classic movies lately, and it's always interesting to think of how people lived back then, what they considered luxuries and such.

But also, the smell.

Posted by: The Central Scrutinizer at February 11, 2021 10:12 AM (KbCG3)

167 They're predicting Snowpocalypse for Portland and vicinity today and tomorrow.

We'll see how it plays out...

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at February 11, 2021 10:13 AM (WENj9)

168 Love the painting. Needs a less plodding title.

Posted by: Caliban at February 11, 2021 10:13 AM (HgGBT)

169 140 Second Nor'Easter this year. I was hoping we'd have light snow this year like last.
Posted by: jakee308.com at February 11, 2021 10:03 AM (nwORd)

Looking into the extended forecast, which I hope isn't accurate, there's going to be 3-4 days of snow every week for the rest of the month.

Posted by: josephistan at February 11, 2021 10:13 AM (Izzlo)

170 157
Posted by: Sponge - Saying Ashli Babbitt at February 11, 2021 10:10 AM (Zz0t1)

Years ago when I was relocating up to NH from NC, I was coming up the NYS Thruway towards Albany during a snowstorm. I was driving a Chevy S10 2wd 4cyl truck. Say what you want about it, but it did handle well in snow. I had some idiot riding my ass like a pornstar for miles and miles before he decided to floor it and fly right by. Wasn't 3 miles later and he's down an embankment and like you - I just waved and laughed my ass off.

Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at February 11, 2021 10:13 AM (N39Ws)

171 70 F here, overcast and muggy. I thought about turning on my air conditioner just to knock down the humidity.

But, we're supposed to get a cold front. Which will be nice dry weather, 50's during the day and 40's at night.

Posted by: sniffybigtoe at February 11, 2021 10:13 AM (xfb67)

172 140 Second Nor'Easter this year. I was hoping we'd have light snow this year like last.
Posted by: jakee308.com at February 11, 2021 10:03 AM (nwORd)

No shit. I just got my property in the poconos. Wasn't able to get my snow removal equipment yet and was hoping for a mild winter. Nope, how about record repeated snowfall. Thanks global warming.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at February 11, 2021 10:13 AM (Oz1pK)

173 Don't care for it. The colors seem off to me.

Posted by: Mister Scott (formerly GWS)

Orange Smock Bad!!!

REEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!

Posted by: Sharkman at February 11, 2021 10:13 AM (0bGEp)

174 Re: gorilla glue hair spray:

From her preferred product's website: "Only for stuck up styles and extreme rock hard hair."

The site describes it as "glue"

Posted by: Fox2! at February 11, 2021 10:14 AM (qyH+l)

175 167 They're predicting Snowpocalypse for Portland and vicinity today and tomorrow.

We'll see how it plays out...
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at February 11, 2021 10:13 AM (WENj9)

Please keep it out there. We got our hands full already.

Posted by: creeper at February 11, 2021 10:14 AM (XxJt1)

176 My pronouns are honk/honk.
Posted by: Honky The Clown at February 11, 2021 10:12 AM (BHgV

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...

It seems like that came out wrong.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at February 11, 2021 10:14 AM (WENj9)

177 I get a dentistry discount because almost all of my extended family has been going to him and the dentist he bought the practice from since the '70s when we kids were in grade or high school!

Posted by: andycanuck at February 11, 2021 10:14 AM (d6he9)

178 Which may have been intended as advertising hyperbole

Posted by: Fox2! at February 11, 2021 10:14 AM (qyH+l)

179
I had to pick up a friend down in Huntsville, TX one year. It's normally about a 3 hour drive from here. There was an ice storm overnight, so the roads were terrible. I was in a 5.0 Mustang, 5-speed. On I45 heading south, I just got in the right lane and did between 30 and 40 most of the way. Took me 8 hours to get down there, but I made it. All the idiots in their SUV's would go blowing by me at 60. I'd see them in the ditch 3 or 4 miles down the road. Occasionally, I'd yank the e-brake and do a 360, straighten up and continue on my way, laughing.
Posted by: Sponge - Saying Ashli Babbitt at February 11, 2021 10:10 AM (Zz0t1)

Many years ago. My husband and I flipped our car on black ice on I90 in upstate New York, on the way to Stowe, Vermont. The car flipped cleanly, landed upside down, the skis were knocked off of the roof but not broken. Seatbelts save our lives.

I've been afraid of ice on the roads ever since.

Posted by: Ladyl, Insurrectionist at February 11, 2021 10:15 AM (TdMsT)

180
Just imagine what the network news would be if this weather hit NYC.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at February 11, 2021 10:15 AM (mht8P)

181 Years ago when I was relocating up to NH from NC, I was coming up the NYS Thruway towards Albany during a snowstorm. I was driving a Chevy S10 2wd 4cyl truck. ...
Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at February 11, 2021 10:13 AM (N39Ws)
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This is utterly counter to my experience. In my case, it was 2WD 6-cylinder with the towing package (very low gearing). That truck had been crashed by every driver in my family, including me. All but one incident happened in the snow, and none of us were unfamiliar with snowy conditions. That thing was squirrely on dry pavement, and snow was its kryptonite.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 11, 2021 10:15 AM (UZVEt)

182 The last day of 1978 I was driving back to FWT where I lived, from parents home in another state. Hit the gigantic ice storm after the state line and drove for hours on I-30 in absolute terror. I was in my early 20's and in a little Mazda sedan. Never thought I would make it back to my little apartment, and was expecting to see that my hair had turned white.

Posted by: skywch at February 11, 2021 10:15 AM (Y/Ps0)

183 If you're not my boss, get off of my ass!

Posted by: andycanuck at February 11, 2021 10:16 AM (d6he9)

184 The last day of 1978 I was driving back to FWT where I lived, from parents home in another state. Hit the gigantic ice storm after the state line and drove for hours on I-30 in absolute terror. I was in my early 20's and in a little Mazda sedan. Never thought I would make it back to my little apartment, and was expecting to see that my hair had turned white.
Posted by: skywch at February 11, 2021 10:15 AM (Y/Ps0)
++++
I have never dealt with an ice storm. I know many who have. I do not feel envious that we do not share that experience.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 11, 2021 10:16 AM (UZVEt)

185 Looking into the extended forecast, which I hope isn't accurate, there's going to be 3-4 days of snow every week for the rest of the month.
Posted by: josephistan

Ugh.

Posted by: JT at February 11, 2021 10:16 AM (arJlL)

186 This art > yesterday's art

Posted by: DB- just DB. at February 11, 2021 10:17 AM (94X9N)

187
I've been afraid of ice on the roads ever since.
Posted by: Ladyl, Insurrectionist at February 11, 2021 10:15 AM (TdMsT)

That's a very healthy fear to have. If people showed the proper respect for things that will kill you, we'd have a lot less Darwin awards every year. But, some things in this universe are necessary.

Posted by: Sponge - Saying Ashli Babbitt at February 11, 2021 10:17 AM (Zz0t1)

188 The Expanse books are even better.

Posted by: pawn at February 11, 2021 10:17 AM (Ctu90)

189 I was discharged from the USN on this date, many moons ago.

Many, MANY moons.

Posted by: JT at February 11, 2021 10:18 AM (arJlL)

190 If PDT is arrested/executed for "treason", you might consider moving to Mexico...

"Morena, the political party of Mexican president Lopez Obrador, submitted a bill on February 8th calling for fines of up to $4.4 million USD against social media companies for violating users' right to free speech. The law would apply only to platforms with over one million users in Mexico, which covers Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, TikTok, and YouTube."

Posted by: andycanuck at February 11, 2021 10:19 AM (d6he9)

191 The highest and most noble goal of people in our society is to be famous on social media, and everyone is talking about her, so I think she accomplished her actual goal.

*******

I agree. I think the tarantula-sized fake eyelashes are a 'tell'.

Posted by: Muldoon at February 11, 2021 10:19 AM (m45I2)

192 The Expanse books are even better.
Posted by: pawn at February 11, 2021 10:17 AM (Ctu90)

Englishman, regarding a Scotsman's kilt: "Those are not pants; those are ex-pants."

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 11, 2021 10:19 AM (mzC78)

193 New rule for deportations:

If there is any question as to whether an individual falls into the category of posing a public safety threat,

managers should err on the side of caution and postpone the individual's removal

until a full assessment, in coordination with local Office of Chief Counsel, is conducted.

Posted by: rhennigantx at February 11, 2021 10:20 AM (yrol0)

194 I doubt it. Most Americans back then didn't know from Greek geography. His town could have been a suburb of Athens for all they knew.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState

As a young man I recall that moment whilst reading The Iliad (yes, I was a nerd at a VERY early age) and Homer was running down the list if participants in the great war against Troy. When he writes: "And 10,000 warriors from the Isle of Lesbos", 12 y/o Sharklad had quite the laugh.

Ahh, to be young, dumb and easily amused again.

Posted by: Sharkman at February 11, 2021 10:20 AM (0bGEp)

195 In some alternate universe there's a Mr. Gray who is still grounded because he told his parents he was going to visit his friend an hour away for the three day weekend and drove 8 hours to Pennsylvania to visit his girlfriend who had moved up there to go to college.

And a huge winter storm hit right when it was time to leave to get back before lunch on Sunday, and young Mr. Gray had never driven in the snow before. THIS universe's Mr. Gray made it home okay with only two or three terrifying moments but no crashes. I feel sorry for the other infinite universes' Mr. Grays who didn't.

Posted by: Mr. Gray #363 at February 11, 2021 10:20 AM (HBEnm)

196 This painting is a universal experience.

Posted by: G'rump928(c) at February 11, 2021 10:20 AM (yQpMk)

197 If I lived in TX and it snowed, and, even though I've a couple of decades of experience driving on snow, I'd stay off the roads, for fear of getting hit by someone who has no idea what they are doing.
Posted by: blake - Dr semi lurker in marginal standing at February 11, 2021 10:03 AM (2SdPm)

That's probably a good idea anyplace south of the Tennessee/Kentucky border.

Posted by: Fox2! at February 11, 2021 10:21 AM (qyH+l)

198 Many years ago, I drove back over Christmas break from Texas through an ice storm. I did over a 360 degree turn on high and, by a miracle, didn't hit anything. I pulled off at the next exit and checked into a Motel.

Posted by: JTinKC at February 11, 2021 10:21 AM (kAdNb)

199 191 The highest and most noble goal of people in our society is to be famous on social media, and everyone is talking about her, so I think she accomplished her actual goal.

*******

She reached Nirvana with the GoFundMe.

Posted by: The Central Scrutinizer at February 11, 2021 10:22 AM (KbCG3)

200 195 In some alternate universe there's a Mr. Gray who is still grounded because he told his parents he was going to visit his friend an hour away for the three day weekend and drove 8 hours to Pennsylvania to visit his girlfriend who had moved up there to go to college.

And a huge winter storm hit right when it was time to leave to get back before lunch on Sunday, and young Mr. Gray had never driven in the snow before. THIS universe's Mr. Gray made it home okay with only two or three terrifying moments but no crashes. I feel sorry for the other infinite universes' Mr. Grays who didn't.
Posted by: Mr. Gray #363 at February 11, 2021 10:20 AM (HBEnm)

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- Wait, you're not my nephew, are you? Because he did exactly the same thing!

Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher at February 11, 2021 10:22 AM (dfRN6)

201 Posted by: andycanuck at February 11, 2021 10:19 AM (d6he9)
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I must say, for a guy who was supposed to be a socialist, AMLO has turned out to be a pleasant surprise.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at February 11, 2021 10:22 AM (WENj9)

202 This art > yesterday's art
Posted by: DB- just DB. at February 11, 2021 10:17 AM (94X9N)

This just can't be expressed enough.

Posted by: Sponge - Saying Ashli Babbitt at February 11, 2021 10:22 AM (Zz0t1)

203 The Expanse books are even better.
Is the series being written currently? I'd look it up but need moar covfefe. I only recognized one or two actors in it. Thank goodness there's no SJW preaching in it. Yet. Hope it stays that way.

Posted by: BackwardsBoy, who did not vote for this shit at February 11, 2021 10:23 AM (HaL55)

204
February, 2004 Her Majesty and I were driving back from Colorado to Cincinnati with the great Lacey. It started snowing in St. Louis and by the time we got near Dayton around midnight the road was ice with a strong crosswind. Even though it was only another hour to the house, we pulled into a motel for the night. It was that bad.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at February 11, 2021 10:23 AM (mht8P)

205 I was discharged from the USN on this date, many moons ago.

Many, MANY moons.
Posted by: JT at February 11, 2021 10:18 AM (arJlL)

Much gratitude and appreciation for your service. I DO hope it was an honorable discharge......

Posted by: Sponge - Saying Ashli Babbitt at February 11, 2021 10:23 AM (Zz0t1)

206 That's probably a good idea anyplace south of the Tennessee/Kentucky border.
Posted by: Fox2! at February 11, 2021 10:21 AM (qyH+l)

True, even in Canada. Lots of city slickers who have never experienced a snowstorm in the open country. And "truckers", whose previous mount was a camel.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 11, 2021 10:24 AM (mzC78)

207 >>> I was discharged from the USN on this date, many moons ago.

Congrats on your successful transition to civilian life.

The date that sticks with me the most is the anniversary of graduation from OSUT (basic).

Also, many moons ago.

Posted by: fluffy: situationally aware at February 11, 2021 10:24 AM (m9hVK)

208 If you want a car that goes through the snow and ice, get a Land Rover.

I bought a 2004 Discovery at a repo auction for $1300 and put a few thousand into it. It goes through anything. Put it in low gear and climb steep hills in the snow.

Posted by: jwest at February 11, 2021 10:25 AM (/BlEx)

209 News chyron here about an area of Ontario, "Durham Region acknowledges a
'mistake' in its 'Rise to the Challenge' activity for staff for Black
History Month."

What did Durham order its employees to do? Why to dance to black music as part of Black History Month! (And, yes, Canada has a BHM even though they've always been a tiny minority here before the seventies -- and still not huge yet -- because our leftists have never had an original idea in their lives.)

Posted by: andycanuck at February 11, 2021 10:25 AM (d6he9)

210 I have spun my car twice in my life, once on glare ice on a bridge and once avoiding a cow. Both times I managed not to make contract with anything, by the grace of God.

Posted by: G'rump928(c) at February 11, 2021 10:25 AM (yQpMk)

211 Biden admin is actually stopping deportations
because its Black History Month
and that would be just terrible

https://tinyurl.com/5oper7vs

Posted by: McCool at February 11, 2021 10:25 AM (BqBIh)

212 Wait, you're not my nephew, are you? Because he did exactly the same thing!

******

Hahaha. I'm not surprised, really. Because girl. Regardless, I'm probably not, but I'll tell you a secret. Don't tell anyone:

Boys have bad judgement and do stupid things.

Posted by: Mr. Gray #363 at February 11, 2021 10:25 AM (HBEnm)

213 I have been defeated by weather while driving twice. One was intense snow and the other was rain. Driving back to CO through Kansas, there was a rainstorm unlike anything I have ever experienced before. About as much visibility as in a whiteout. If it had been daytime, I could have pushed through, but not at night. I rode the shoulder line with my hazards on until I found an exit with a hotel in Salina, KS. When I woke up the next morning, the billboards were sticking up out of the water and I drove through similar conditions - albeit during daylight - for another 75 miles or so. I have never seen rain like that before or since.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 11, 2021 10:26 AM (UZVEt)

214 Did Egyptian slaves building the pyramids go home to their hovel and pet the cat and play with the dog and indulge their children?

Probably.

Posted by: jakee308.com

Even weirder is imagining people we know to be Pure Evil like Hitler and Stalin playing with their dog (Hitler) or children (Stalin had a four kids, one of whom was adopted). It doesn't compute, because you can't imagine someone so completely beyond redemption actually being "normal" in some respects.

Posted by: Sharkman at February 11, 2021 10:26 AM (0bGEp)

215
That's a very healthy fear to have. If people showed the proper respect for things that will kill you, we'd have a lot less Darwin awards every year. But, some things in this universe are necessary.
Posted by: Sponge - Saying Ashli Babbitt at February 11, 2021 10:17 AM (Zz0t1)

Sponge!

In my old age, I'm much more reluctant to drive in bad weather. Not because I'm unable to do it, but because I'm old enough to have seen the terrible things that can happen.

Posted by: Ladyl, Insurrectionist at February 11, 2021 10:26 AM (TdMsT)

216 If you want a car that goes through the snow and ice, get a Land Rover.

***

This is good advice so long as you have at least one other car for when you need one that simply goes.

Posted by: Mr. Gray #363 at February 11, 2021 10:27 AM (HBEnm)

217 Biden admin is actually stopping deportations
because its Black History Month
and that would be just terrible

https://tinyurl.com/5oper7vs
Posted by: McCool at February 11, 2021 10:25 AM (BqBIh)

What the smothered in gravy fuck does BHM have to do with anything government?

#WASTF

Posted by: Sponge - Saying Ashli Babbitt at February 11, 2021 10:27 AM (Zz0t1)

218 I bought a 2004 Discovery at a repo auction for $1300 and put a few thousand into it. It goes through anything. Put it in low gear and climb steep hills in the snow.
Posted by: jwest at February 11, 2021 10:25 AM (/BlEx)

Suburbans, too. Front/rear weight distribution is much better than in a pickup.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 11, 2021 10:27 AM (mzC78)

219 216 What is Ace doing about diversity? We should look into this.
Posted by: Puddin Head at February 11, 2021 10:26 AM (vDdu3)

I agree. It's keeping me up at night.

Posted by: Ladyl, Insurrectionist at February 11, 2021 10:27 AM (TdMsT)

220 What the smothered in gravy fuck does BHM have to do with anything government?

#WASTF
Posted by: Sponge - Saying Ashli Babbitt at February 11, 2021 10:27 AM (Zz0t1)
++++
Government made it official, I suppose...

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 11, 2021 10:27 AM (UZVEt)

221 Baby is attempting an emergency trachiotomy but Damnit, these fat little arms are so f*cking hard to maneuver!!

Posted by: Sharkman at February 11, 2021 10:27 AM (0bGEp)

222 In my old age, I'm much more reluctant to drive in bad weather. Not because I'm unable to do it, but because I'm old enough to have seen the terrible things that can happen.
Posted by: Ladyl, Insurrectionist at February 11, 2021 10:26 AM (TdMsT)

Good for you. 😘

Posted by: Sponge - Saying Ashli Babbitt at February 11, 2021 10:28 AM (Zz0t1)

223 I have never dealt with an ice storm. I know many who have. I do not feel envious that we do not share that experience.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 11, 2021 10:16 AM (UZVEt)
-------------

One year in Minneapolis, we got a heavy rainstorm that turned into freezing rain and finally, heavy wet snow..as the temp plummeted.

The city ran end loaders down the streets, trying to peel off inches thick ice that was adhered to the pavement. It didn't work.

Gad, the roads were awful that winter.

Posted by: blake - Dr semi lurker in marginal standing at February 11, 2021 10:28 AM (2SdPm)

224 Biden admin is actually stopping deportations
because its Black History Month

****

hahaha

If blacks knew history they'd know whose jobs those unskilled illegals have been taking this whole time.

Posted by: Mr. Gray #363 at February 11, 2021 10:28 AM (HBEnm)

225 ...and once avoiding a cow. Both times I managed not to make contract with anything, by the grace of God.
Posted by: G'rump928(c

*****

By the grace of God indeed, brother!

Posted by: The cow at February 11, 2021 10:28 AM (m45I2)

226 Here's your proof that homemade porridge is always a horrible thing.

Posted by: Dr. Bone at February 11, 2021 10:28 AM (03n3v)

227

The banality of evil...

Posted by: Will Protest That for a Dollar! at February 11, 2021 10:28 AM (8IFiB)

228 ++++
Government made it official, I suppose...
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 11, 2021 10:27 AM (UZVEt)

And nothing since. There's nothing to "enforce."

Opening the fucking borders "in the name of" is just another big middle finger to the citizens from this communist administration.

Posted by: Sponge - Saying Ashli Babbitt at February 11, 2021 10:29 AM (Zz0t1)

229 Fisher Price's My First Root Canal set. Ages 4 and up.

Posted by: NR Pax at February 11, 2021 10:29 AM (1W3HH)

230 >> Biden admin is actually stopping deportations
because its Black History Month

These particular deportations were of Africans back to Africa.

oh dear ! The optics !

Posted by: McCool at February 11, 2021 10:29 AM (BqBIh)

231 I was discharged from the USN on this date, many moons ago.

Many, MANY moons.
Posted by: JT at February 11, 2021 10:18 AM (arJlL)

Much gratitude and appreciation for your service. I DO hope it was an honorable discharge......

Posted by: Sponge - Saying Ashli Babbitt

Yep

Posted by: JT at February 11, 2021 10:30 AM (arJlL)

232 Four wheel drive Suburbans are fantastic in slippery conditions. A buddy of mine loves keeping his in 2WD and doing long sweeping drifts on slippery roads. The vehicle is so long that it's trivially easy to control.

Posted by: Mr. Gray #363 at February 11, 2021 10:30 AM (HBEnm)

233 Opening the fucking borders "in the name of" is just another big middle finger to the citizens from this communist administration.
Posted by: Sponge - Saying Ashli Babbitt at February 11, 2021 10:29 AM (Zz0t1)
++++
That is doubtless. All state actions are meant to flip the bird to the legitimate citizens.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 11, 2021 10:30 AM (UZVEt)

234 Yes--thank you for your service, JT.

Posted by: Ladyl, Insurrectionist at February 11, 2021 10:30 AM (TdMsT)

235 Yep
Posted by: JT at February 11, 2021 10:30 AM (arJlL)

*stands at attention*

*salutes*

Posted by: Sponge - Saying Ashli Babbitt at February 11, 2021 10:31 AM (Zz0t1)

236 >>> 197 If I lived in TX and it snowed, and, even though I've a couple of decades of experience driving on snow, I'd stay off the roads, for fear of getting hit by someone who has no idea what they are doing.
Posted by: blake - Dr semi lurker in marginal standing at February 11, 2021 10:03 AM (2SdPm)

That's probably a good idea anyplace south of the Tennessee/Kentucky border.
Posted by: Fox2! at February 11, 2021 10:21 AM (qyH+l)

Yes, absolutely. When I lived in Atlanta I would try to call in sick the first day of ice/snow. What would invaribly happen is people would drive 10-15 mph every were then come to a stop 5 feet from the intersection. So you dealt with too slow traffic and people sliding through intersections. No one is apparently capable of understanding the relationship between mass/inertia/velocity/
acceleration/forces/time.

Posted by: banana Dream at February 11, 2021 10:32 AM (XRRK9)

237 After college, I was so determined to go to my first job during a snowstorm , I spun out my 80's mustang on Rt 17 around paramus NJ. Got T-boned.

Cop stopped at the scene, no injuries..said report it later

I actually kept driving to work cuz I was in shock I think. Or stupid

Posted by: McCool at February 11, 2021 10:32 AM (BqBIh)

238 *stands at attention*

*salutes*
*rises from cornfield* Salute!

Posted by: BackwardsBoy, who did not vote for this shit at February 11, 2021 10:32 AM (HaL55)

239
Get that child in dental school, stat!

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at February 11, 2021 10:33 AM (Zaamt)

240 I drove delivery trucks of all sizes to grocery stores to deliver products in high demand during coming ice and snow events and usually ended up driving in the event to pay for schooling and money.

It can be done even without the studded tires required in northern areas or chains/whatnot. The major issue on ice is that you have to maintain incredible alertness while proceeding at very tedious speeds using physics as your friend. You use your accelerator as the brake and avoid using your brakes as much as possible. Another trick is to put your left knee hard against the door so as to feel road vibrations from the car frame. You can feel something and often react faster than seeing it.

You have to allow as much space as possible in front on you and basically never quite stop. This is especially critical on hills, proceed slowly up the hill but never stop. On downhill runs, lowest gear possible and plenty of room with absolutely no acceleration.

Ice, snow, sleet, old snow with ice, etc. are each unique in what you can and have to do driving but sheer glazed ice is probably the worst.

Posted by: whig at February 11, 2021 10:33 AM (pO7gM)

241 Once the temperature goes below 15, salt does not work to melt ice. Have to use calcium chloride or magnesium chloride. Both of those are in much shorter supply, with less applicators.

And the temperature for most of the midwest will be well below that temp for a week.

Snow >>> ice.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at February 11, 2021 10:35 AM (u82oZ)

242 Creeper,

I just saw your post in the morni g report about the pileated woodpecker. Beautiful bird. I've only ever seen one in the wild, and they are much larger than expected.

Posted by: BifBewalski - bird watching is fun at February 11, 2021 10:35 AM (VcFUs)

243 I actually kept driving to work cuz I was in shock I think. Or stupid
Posted by: McCool at February 11, 2021 10:32 AM (BqBIh)
++++
Likely shock. I once had an Elk-Town Car interaction at 50 MPH after leaving my parents' hous. Animal went up the hood, hit the windshield, pivoted down the driver's sent, sent the sideview mirror through my window (covering me with glass) and then hit the road.

I pulled off, got out, checked for damage to me (none), canceled my appointment and drove back to their house. My mom said, "why did you come back? Did you forget something?" I relied, very calmly, "No. I hit an elk and I am pretty sure I totaled my car. It's in your driveway. What do you have to drink in this house?"

She said I looked like a ghost. I felt calm and collected and I did get home, but I was *not* in a good way.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 11, 2021 10:35 AM (UZVEt)

244 Thanks JT

(plays Anchors Aweigh)

Posted by: Jak Sucio at February 11, 2021 10:36 AM (jvt6t)

245 Chapter 3 of the Dumbshit Chronicles:

Driving home from college, Dec '76, in a Jeep CJ-5. Tooling down Rt 11 just outside Gouverneur, NY. I'm coming up on a gaggle of cars, and decide to downshift instead of using the brakes in order to slow down.

Hit a patch of black ice, and do a 360 into the oncoming lane. Fortunately I was able to regain control of said vehicle before I became a hood ornament for a Greyhound bus.

My passengers were not amused...

Posted by: browndog at February 11, 2021 10:36 AM (BgMrQ)

246 Audi with snow tires is my winter car. I had a bmw xdrive 5 series wagon which was also very good. No matter what you have tires are critical. Best AWD or 4WD you have with shitty tires makes it shitty.

Posted by: Joe XiDen at February 11, 2021 10:36 AM (DAWrM)

247 I think the tarantula-sized fake eyelashes are a 'tell'.
Posted by: Muldoon
__________________________________________

WTF? Those aren't real? Fooled me...

Posted by: 496 at February 11, 2021 10:36 AM (U1eOr)

248 220 216 What is Ace doing about diversity? We should look into this.
Posted by: Puddin Head at February 11, 2021 10:26 AM (vDdu3)

I agree. It's keeping me up at night.
Posted by: Ladyl, Insurrectionist at February 11, 2021 10:27 AM (TdMsT)

He needs to hire that French website diversity service from the other day.

Posted by: Insomniac - Zhou Bai-Den Is Not My Chairman at February 11, 2021 10:37 AM (nakwk)

249 We are being ruled by political idiots. Having Ted Bundy as your prosecutor could hardly be worse.

Posted by: An Observation sez China Joe not my President at February 11, 2021 10:38 AM (eCtRM)

250 The Expanse books are even better.
Is the series being written currently? I'd look it up but need moar covfefe. I only recognized one or two actors in it. Thank goodness there's no SJW preaching in it. Yet. Hope it stays that way.

Posted by: BackwardsBoy, who did not vote for this shit

The ninth and final volume of the series, Leviathan Falls supposedly comes out in October this year.

The author, James SA Corey, who is actually Daniel Abraham and Ty Frank, are hopeless leftists. They blocked me on Twatter for saying something pro-Trump so I blasted them for being lazy and taking 2 years to put the final book out.

Posted by: Sharkman at February 11, 2021 10:38 AM (0bGEp)

251 Audi with snow tires is my winter car. I had a bmw xdrive 5 series wagon which was also very good. No matter what you have tires are critical. Best AWD or 4WD you have with shitty tires makes it shitty.
Posted by: Joe XiDen at February 11, 2021 10:36 AM (DAWrM)
++++
Tires are the "X Factor" for sure. I have never had a 4x4 and have done most of my driving with FWD. Good snow tires are worth it. They aren't cheap, but they make it far easier to deal with winter if you north of about Kentucky.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 11, 2021 10:38 AM (UZVEt)

252 I was discharged from the USN on this date, many moons ago.

Many, MANY moons.
Posted by: JT at February 11, 2021 10:18 AM (arJlL)

Much gratitude and appreciation for your service.

===

yes , thank you for your service !

Posted by: Ladies of every port JT visited at February 11, 2021 10:38 AM (zr5Kq)

253 241 You use your accelerator as the brake and avoid using your brakes as much as possible.

As a native of WNY, I can wholeheartedly endorse this as the number one key, right there.

And when you do brake, you "stab" the brake. Stabbing doesn't have to mean you stab them hard. A series of short, light ones usually does the trick. You don't want to come to a full stop umless you absolutely have to, and when you do, you want to already be barely moving.

Posted by: Guy Smiley at February 11, 2021 10:38 AM (Bmy3R)

254 I just saw your post in the morni g report about the pileated woodpecker.

******

I misread that as 'pleated' woodpecker and thought, "How nice. Someone's doing origami!"

Posted by: Muldoon at February 11, 2021 10:39 AM (m45I2)

255
He needs to hire that French website diversity service from the other day.
Posted by: Insomniac - Zhou Bai-Den Is Not My Chairman at February 11, 2021 10:37 AM (nakwk)

*fist up*

We're down with the struggle!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - Saying Ashli Babbitt at February 11, 2021 10:39 AM (Zz0t1)

256 Gorilla Glue girl reminded my of Trayvon's 'friend' Rachel Jeantel.

Remember her ?

https://tinyurl.com/14jak02i

Posted by: McCool at February 11, 2021 10:39 AM (BqBIh)

257 Ice, snow, sleet, old snow with ice, etc. are each
unique in what you can and have to do driving but sheer glazed ice is
probably the worst.

Posted by: whig at February 11, 2021 10:33 AM

I hit the George Washington Bridge early one morning driving an 18 wheeler down to Philly from CT.

The water main running across the bridge had frozen and burst. The bridge was mostly a solid sheet of ice. When I saw the ice I let go of the steering wheel and just sat back for the ride. Made it to the Jersey side and started to breath again. They closed the bridge about 10 minutes later.

Posted by: Mister Scott (formerly GWS) at February 11, 2021 10:39 AM (JUOKG)

258 And when you do brake, you "stab" the brake. Stabbing doesn't have to mean you stab them hard. A series of short, light ones usually does the trick. You don't want to come to a full stop umless you absolutely have to, and when you do, you want to already be barely moving.
Posted by: Guy Smiley at February 11, 2021 10:38 AM (Bmy3R)
++++
I was taught that maneuver as "feathering." And yes, even with ABS it is a good strategy.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 11, 2021 10:39 AM (UZVEt)

259 Morning all. Late start. Worst driving was winter '83/84. Left Dallas to go back to Galveston. Houston south to Galveston was a foot of snow/slush. They had been threatening to close the Causeway from the mainland onto the island since I'd passed thru Huntsville. A Holiday Inn at Mile Marker 16 was my point of no return. I was going to have to stop and get a room if they had shut it down. Just as I got to the exit, they came over the radio and said it was open. I slid onto the island with little time to spare. They closed it an hour later.

Posted by: rickb223 at February 11, 2021 10:39 AM (pQplJ)

260 She reached Nirvana with the GoFundMe.

Posted by: The Central Scrutinizer

And when she arrived she used her remaining Gorilla Glue to try and help Kurt Cobain put his head back together.

Posted by: Sharkman at February 11, 2021 10:40 AM (0bGEp)

261 Posted by: JT at February 11, 2021 10:18 AM (arJlL)

Much gratitude and appreciation for your service.

yes , thank you for your service !
Posted by: Ladies of every port JT visited at February 11, 2021 10:38 AM (zr5Kq)

Yes, thank you!

Posted by: GlaxoSmithKline, manufacturer of Valtrex at February 11, 2021 10:40 AM (nakwk)

262 >>> 238 After college, I was so determined to go to my first job during a snowstorm , I spun out my 80's mustang on Rt 17 around paramus NJ. Got T-boned.

Cop stopped at the scene, no injuries..said report it later

I actually kept driving to work cuz I was in shock I think. Or stupid
Posted by: McCool at February 11, 2021 10:32 AM (BqBIh)

My third year of driving in Kansas, going to college as a freshman I took an off ramp from the highway too fast, barreled down off the ramp and jumped back on the northbound side of the highway facing south. I saw a group of semis coming at me through the snow.

I hit the gas hard out of instinct and my car slid sideways two inches. I regained my nerves and slowly accelerated back of the road down into a shallow snow filled ditch before the trucks which hadn't slowed got to me. I sat there for 30 minutes, an hour, I don't know, just gripping the wheel and looking forward. Then dug my self out and got back on the road. Never had a problem after that.

Posted by: banana Dream at February 11, 2021 10:41 AM (XRRK9)

263 Worst was driving through Omaha the morning after a nasty blizzard that left an inch of ice on the highways. At one point I was stopped, watching a truck ahead of me try to pull back onto the highway only to start spinning on the ice, when I looked in my rearview mirror and saw a semitruck jackknifing behind me. That will pucker you up real quick.

Posted by: Colorado Alex in Exile at February 11, 2021 10:41 AM (jOcSX)

264 213 Joe, you were not defeated by the weather but simply took a raincheck.

Posted by: whig at February 11, 2021 10:41 AM (pO7gM)

265 Thank goodness there's no SJW preaching in it. Yet. Hope it stays that way.

Posted by: BackwardsBoy, who did not vote for this shit at February 11, 2021 10:23 AM (HaL55)

There is plenty. But for entertainment it's a solid show. I watch it when I exercise, and it keeps my attention from focusing on how much I hate to work out.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at February 11, 2021 10:41 AM (Q9lwr)

266 Did Rachel Jeantel ever go to law school (as was promised at the time)?

I remember Sundance doing several threads / posts on evidence that Jeantel was essentially a witness fabricated by Crump, that she wasn't Sweet Baby Trey's girlfriend at all.

Posted by: Revenant at February 11, 2021 10:41 AM (qFRAe)

267 Joe, you were not defeated by the weather but simply took a raincheck.

Posted by: whig at February 11, 2021 10:41 AM (pO7gM)
++++

I'm filing that one away

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 11, 2021 10:42 AM (UZVEt)

268
Diversity, above all else, is a ploy for creating delay after delay because a group has to waste time making sure everyone is on board and their unique points of view have been heard. It empowers the obfuscators and self-important. It indulges the vain.

Unless you have rules in place for closing out discussion and reaching a decision, every special snowflake with their own agenda will bog the group down in minutiae for minutes or hours at a time.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at February 11, 2021 10:42 AM (Zaamt)

269 Yes, thank you!
Posted by: GlaxoSmithKline, manufacturer of Valtrex at February 11, 2021 10:40 AM (nakwk)

------------------

JT thank us long time!!

Posted by: Po City Girls at February 11, 2021 10:42 AM (jvt6t)

270 Unless you have rules in place for closing out discussion and reaching a decision, every special snowflake with their own agenda will bog the group down in minutiae for minutes or hours at a time.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at February 11, 2021 10:42 AM (Zaamt)
++++
Careful - that Japanese Olympic Committee just got forced to resign over precisely this point ...

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 11, 2021 10:43 AM (UZVEt)

271 I was taught that maneuver as "feathering." And yes, even with ABS it is a good strategy.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 11, 2021 10:39 AM (UZVEt)

I think that's the right term - feathering. To myself, I always called it "stabbing down" for whatever reason. Probably picked it up from someone when I was learning to drive. Main idea is, don't lay on the brakes!

Posted by: Guy Smiley at February 11, 2021 10:43 AM (Bmy3R)

272 The Subic Bay Ping Pong girls will be by soon.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at February 11, 2021 10:43 AM (84vbR)

273 A good set of snow tires depending on size is is in the $1000-1300 range and will last 3-4 winters, depending on how much you drive. Well worth the money. They key is to make sure they are taken off early and put on late. Driving them when it is warm outside really wears them out.

And snow tires are better even when the roads are dry. They grip better in cold temp than all seasons or summer tires.

Posted by: Joe XiDen at February 11, 2021 10:44 AM (DAWrM)

274 @kjdrennen

ABC's @GMA laments Dallas Mavericks "giving into pressure" and playing national anthem, then claims its racist

Video: https://tinyurl.com/y4l4grm6

Posted by: Tami at February 11, 2021 10:44 AM (cF8AT)

275 Hey Mommy, have another toot from the magic happy spoon.

Posted by: Toot'n baby at February 11, 2021 10:45 AM (cCxiu)

276 243 Creeper,

I just saw your post in the morni g report about the pileated woodpecker. Beautiful bird. I've only ever seen one in the wild, and they are much larger than expected.
Posted by: BifBewalski - bird watching is fun at February 11, 2021 10:35 AM (VcFUs)

Turned out he was a girl woodpecker. No red cheek stripe.

Did you know pileated woodpeckers make rectangular holes?

Posted by: creeper at February 11, 2021 10:45 AM (XxJt1)

277 I think that's the right term - feathering. To myself, I always called it "stabbing down" for whatever reason. Probably picked it up from someone when I was learning to drive. Main idea is, don't lay on the brakes!

Posted by: Guy Smiley at February 11, 2021 10:43 AM (Bmy3R)

That's really all that ABS does. It applies pulsating pressure to the brake system.

Posted by: sniffybigtoe at February 11, 2021 10:46 AM (1ISKN)

278 >>> Jeantel was essentially a witness fabricated by Crump, that she wasn't Sweet Baby Trey's girlfriend at all.

Yep.. the real girlfriend wouldnt testify so they found Rachel and told her what to say.

Posted by: McCool at February 11, 2021 10:46 AM (BqBIh)

279 @NBCNews

In his first weeks in office, President Biden has made a flurry of international phone calls to American allies, including the leaders of Canada, Britain, France, Japan and China.

But Israeli PM Netanyahu has so far not received a call.

Posted by: Tami at February 11, 2021 10:46 AM (cF8AT)

280 254 Guy, You obviously have driven on bad stuff before.

I tend to use the brakes seldom on ice because I drove delivery trucks; so gearing, jake brakes, extreme excessive spacing in front, etc. did a better job than the brakes on delivery trucks.

Kept the same approach driving cars simply because I go with what I know.

My greatest fear was other drivers and once where the snow was so heavy, it was approaching the clearance under the vehicle depth.

Posted by: whig at February 11, 2021 10:46 AM (pO7gM)

281 Creeper,

I just saw your post in the morni g report about the pileated woodpecker. Beautiful bird. I've only ever seen one in the wild, and they are much larger than expected.
Posted by: BifBewalski - bird watching is fun at February 11, 2021 10:35 AM (VcFUs)

Turned out he was a girl woodpecker. No red cheek stripe.

Did you know pileated woodpeckers make rectangular holes?
Posted by: creeper at February 11, 2021 10:45 AM

You guys are probably really triggering nurse ratched right now with all of this woodpecker talk.

Quick! Someone talk about sea otters!

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at February 11, 2021 10:47 AM (ejd/p)

282 The Subic Bay Ping Pong girls will be by soon.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory

And the friendly ladies from Marilyn's Go Go in Pattaya Beach!

Posted by: Sharkman at February 11, 2021 10:47 AM (0bGEp)

283 good set of snow tires depending on size is is in the $1000-1300 range and will last 3-4 winters, depending on how much you drive. Well worth the money. They key is to make sure they are taken off early and put on late. Driving them when it is warm outside really wears them out.

And snow tires are better even when the roads are dry. They grip better in cold temp than all seasons or summer tires.
Posted by: Joe XiDen at February 11, 2021 10:44 AM (DAWrM)
++++
Yeah, those soft grippy compounds get shredded by hot pavement, though - as you mentioned. And the best time to buy snow tires is in June. If your local tire shop has leftover inventory of decent tires, they are usually willing to discount them to get them out of their store. You have to ask (they rarely offer that), but I did this for my last two sets and saved several hundred dollars each time by negotiating off-season and paying cash.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 11, 2021 10:47 AM (UZVEt)

284 257 Gorilla Glue girl reminded my of Trayvon's 'friend' Rachel Jeantel.

Remember her ?

https://tinyurl.com/14jak02i
Posted by: McCool at February 11, 2021 10:39 AM (BqBIh)

That is not really Rachel . Rachel at the time of the trail lived in Philly. She was a fake witness brought in by the DA.

Posted by: rhennigantx at February 11, 2021 10:47 AM (yrol0)

285
What is the opposite of progress? Diversity.

What is the opposite of accomplishment? Diversity.

Recall OBowWow's shout out to Chief Runs-At-The-Mouth (or whatever his name was) when he came out of some conference to make a statement regarding the Fort Hood massacre. That lead-in was a "diversity" end product writ large: irrelevant and off the point for the purpose at hand.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at February 11, 2021 10:47 AM (Zaamt)

286 Main idea is, don't lay on the brakes!

Posted by: Guy Smiley at February 11, 2021 10:43 AM (Bmy3R)

Drive like there is an egg on the brake and the accelerator, and don't break them!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at February 11, 2021 10:48 AM (Q9lwr)

287 Remember when Trump said Washington and Lincoln would be cancelled eventually. And remember how all the smart conservatives laughed at him. Now the anthem is being cancelled. And the smart conservatives are shrugging their shoulders.

Posted by: Joe Xiden at February 11, 2021 10:48 AM (DAWrM)

288 Remember when Trump said Washington and Lincoln would be cancelled eventually. And remember how all the smart conservatives laughed at him. Now the anthem is being cancelled. And the smart conservatives are shrugging their shoulders.
Posted by: Joe Xiden at February 11, 2021 10:48 AM (DAWrM)
++++
's/smart conservatives/communist fakers/g'

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 11, 2021 10:49 AM (UZVEt)

289 This may have been pointed out already but Thomas Lifson in an article on the rabid stupidity of Andrea Mitchell and Jennifer Rubin gave a shout out to ACE.

https://tinyurl.com/1ov423vw

Posted by: Cheri at February 11, 2021 10:49 AM (oiNtH)

290 I remember Sundance doing several threads / posts on evidence that Jeantel was essentially a witness fabricated by Crump, that she wasn't Sweet Baby Trey's girlfriend at all.
Posted by: Revenant at February 11, 2021 10:41 AM (qFRAe)

What was best about Jorge Zimmerman's show trial, brought on by turncoat Tea Party member Rick Scott caving to the race hustlers, that despite all the bullshit and lies brought on by Team Treytable the jurors rapidly returned a not guilty verdict.

Posted by: Captain Hate Won't Forget Ashli Babbitt at February 11, 2021 10:49 AM (y7DUB)

291 If you have to be forced to play the national anthem, I don't want you to play the national anthem.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at February 11, 2021 10:49 AM (Oz1pK)

292
That's really all that ABS does. It applies pulsating pressure to the brake system.
Posted by: sniffybigtoe

Aye, throbbing and girthy!

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at February 11, 2021 10:49 AM (Zaamt)

293 Posted by: Colorado Alex in Exile at February 11, 2021 10:41 AM (jOcSX)

It was fascinating watching video of that massive ice caused pile-up in Iowa (?) a couple of years ago. It didn't show what vehicle started the problem but, once it had started I don't think a single semi was able to get stopped safely.

I am deeply grateful there were no ice storms the years we were in Missouri, because those completely terrify me.

Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at February 11, 2021 10:50 AM (1lKRm)

294 Damn, the Smiley game.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at February 11, 2021 10:50 AM (84vbR)

295 Oh, and Communist China-Owned Disney fired Gina Carano today for "abhorrent" social media posts. She said the Holocaust began with people being unkind to neighbors. Which is technically true.

Posted by: Sharkman at February 11, 2021 10:50 AM (0bGEp)

296 Unless you have rules in place for closing out discussion and reaching a decision, every special snowflake with their own agenda will bog the group down in minutiae for minutes or hours at a time.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at February 11, 2021 10:42 AM (Zaamt)
++++
Careful - that Japanese Olympic Committee just got forced to resign over precisely this point ...
Posted by: Joe Mannix

That sounds like every technical meeting with the Japanese I've ever been in.

Posted by: Jean at February 11, 2021 10:51 AM (K8tAJ)

297 Remember when Trump said Washington and Lincoln would be cancelled eventually. And remember how all the smart conservatives laughed at him. Now the anthem is being cancelled. And the smart conservatives are shrugging their shoulders.
Posted by: Joe Xiden at February 11, 2021 10:48 AM (DAWrM)

If I had the time/money/talent I'd put together videos of Trump making those statements ("They'll go after Washington and Lincoln next", "Biden will kill fracking", etc) along with news reports of all that happening and put them into commercials with the tag line "Trump Was Right."

Posted by: Colorado Alex in Exile at February 11, 2021 10:51 AM (jOcSX)

298 Posted by: Joe Xiden at February 11, 2021 10:48 AM (DAWrM)

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That's all we heard for four years. Gotta give the commies props. When they say they will do something, they do it.

Unlike the RINO's and democraps at Conservative, Inc. Gutless vermin one and all.

Posted by: Jak Sucio at February 11, 2021 10:51 AM (jvt6t)

299 Wakes up
Scratches
Looks around
Dang. That is a charming picture but I would not hang.
Goes looking for coffee.

Posted by: Diogenes at February 11, 2021 10:51 AM (axyOa)

300 >>> What is the opposite of progress? Diversity.

What is the opposite of accomplishment? Diversity.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at February 11, 2021 10:47 AM (Zaamt)

Diversity means there's too much of you and not enough of me.

Guess the "one strange trick" that leftists always use to address the "too much of you" problem!

Posted by: banana Dream at February 11, 2021 10:52 AM (XRRK9)

301 299 Careful - that Japanese Olympic Committee just got forced to resign over precisely this point ...
Posted by: Joe Mannix

That sounds like every technical meeting with the Japanese I've ever been in.
Posted by: Jean at February 11, 2021 10:51 AM (K8tAJ)

==========

The Olympics is going to be a boondoggle.

Because it's the Olympics.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, paying for my sins on the Scorsese streets at February 11, 2021 10:52 AM (LvTSG)

302
Careful - that Japanese Olympic Committee just got forced to resign over precisely this point ...
Posted by: Joe Mannix

I see no Japanese Olympic Committee here.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at February 11, 2021 10:52 AM (Zaamt)

303 Joe Xiden,
The whole gaslighting exercise by the left in cancelling dead people doesn't bother me as much as oppression of the living.

It has been tried before by numerous cultures to cancel the past and it really never works unless the people themselves of that culture are extinguished.

Posted by: whig at February 11, 2021 10:52 AM (pO7gM)

304 Willowed JJ and Morning Report:

433 "The anti Spacex, pro big government issues and insights editorial is NOT real science JJ. I expect Bob Zimmerman to have a response in a day or so."

The answer my friend,
Is blowin' in the wind..
The answer is blowin' in the wind

Posted by: Common Tater at February 11, 2021 10:54 AM (I0I+D)

305 Posted by: whig at February 11, 2021 10:52 AM (pO7gM)

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Yeah. Who would ever think of doing that to a whole group of people??

Posted by: Leftist Scum Everywhere at February 11, 2021 10:54 AM (jvt6t)

306
Ice Age glaciers were the prototypes for Cancel Culture - "Let's just obliterate this crap over here."

Prove me wrong.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at February 11, 2021 10:55 AM (Zaamt)

307 Actual, real diversity IS an asset. You want people in meetings with decisionmakers not to suffer from groupthink. You want diversity of thought / opinion / skillsets.

Of course, this isn't what is meant by "Diversity." And, most people in corporate structures prefer the conformist groupthink approach, as it's personally safer and flatters the preconceived ideas from executives.

Posted by: Revenant at February 11, 2021 10:55 AM (qFRAe)

308 Opening the fucking borders "in the name of" is just another big middle finger to the citizens from this communist administration.
Posted by: Sponge - Saying Ashli Babbitt at February 11, 2021 10:29 AM (Zz0t1)
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That is doubtless. All state actions are meant to flip the bird to the legitimate citizens.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 11, 2021 10:30 AM (UZVEt)

We have record unemployment, and their response is to flood the labor market, then cry huge crocodile tears about how real wages have been flat for decades.

Of course they are! Labor is a commodity, and when you oversupply it, its price (wages) is depressed.

They bend over backwards for greedy multinationals while trying to convince their voters that they'relooking out for the little guy.

The hypocrisy is staggering.

Posted by: Cato, Collectivism Delenda Est, Post-Apocalyptic Scourge of the Seas at February 11, 2021 10:56 AM (7fZ4X)

309 I remember reading in Car and Driver (maybe R&T) a decade or more ago about how for the vast majority of people simply standing on the brakes is the most effective strategy in everyday driving every time, and that something like 5% or so of the population shortened their stopping distances by using their own braking strategies and physical efforts.

The really neat part was that drivers get freaked out by the ABS and let off the brakes, lengthening stopping times or promoting crashes.

The other neat one was people standing on the brakes after they've left the road and ABS failing to work because it requires lock-up, and since the car was sliding across gravel or grass it never worked. THAT is when you use your best-knowledge strategies.

Posted by: Mr. Gray #363 at February 11, 2021 10:56 AM (HBEnm)

310 What is the opposite of progress? ~~Diversity~~ Congress.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at February 11, 2021 10:47 AM

FIFY

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at February 11, 2021 10:56 AM (ejd/p)

311 What is the opposite of progress? Diversity.What is the opposite of accomplishment? Diversity.
What's designed to destroy meritocracy? Diversity. I'm still surprised that the all-powerful insurance industry hasn't put the kibosh on that ridiculous idea yet. Wonder how many collapsing walkways they'll have to pay out for before they say "Stop this insanity."

Posted by: BackwardsBoy, who did not vote for this shit at February 11, 2021 10:57 AM (HaL55)

312 A nice change of pace from yesterday! Those who warned that we "would have to pay" for getting a nude in the painting yesterday (i.e., we would get Ugly Naked Guy on His Ottoman again) seem to have been premature.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at February 11, 2021 10:57 AM (yvr3o)

313 We have record unemployment, and their response is to flood the labor market, then cry huge crocodile tears about how real wages have been flat for decades.

Of course they are! Labor is a commodity, and ...
Posted by: Cato, Collectivism Delenda Est, Post-Apocalyptic Scourge of the Seas at February 11, 2021 10:56 AM (7fZ4X)
++++
Don't forget the brutal consequences of artificially low interest rates on the price of labor, and the similar effect of printed-up liquidity on the same. It's all related.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 11, 2021 10:57 AM (UZVEt)

314 This may have been pointed out already but Thomas Lifson in an article on the rabid stupidity of Andrea Mitchell and Jennifer Rubin gave a shout out to ACE.

https://tinyurl.com/1ov423vw

Posted by: Cheri at February 11, 2021 10:49 AM (oiNtH)

That's a good article, as was the one JJ linked on Leaky Leahy's judge, juror and witness role, but Lifson caved to Dominion and isn't exactly a defender of free speech.

Posted by: Captain Hate Won't Forget Ashli Babbitt at February 11, 2021 10:57 AM (y7DUB)

315 Nobody has touched upon the biggest issue with driving in winter storm conditions. It's not traction, it's visibility, both seeing and being seen. Many of the scary events involving loss of traction are brought on by not seeing an obstacle until one is so close than one cannot stop in time with the traction available.

Get a good set of bright foglights, and aim them low, and to the right, so you can see the fogline or the shoulder of the road in whiteout conditions. And if conditions become bad enough that you need to use the fog lights, turn off the damned headlights (but leave the park/tail lamps on!). Then you eyes will not be so dazzled by backscatter from the headlights bouncing off a million swirling snowflakes.

And don't use the foglights when it's clear. You create a pool of bright light near you car, but your pupils will close up, and you cannot see beyond that pool.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 11, 2021 10:58 AM (mzC78)

316 307 Midget Porn is unsettling.
Posted by: Puddin Head at February 11, 2021 10:53 AM (vDdu3)

made me laugh

Posted by: rhennigantx at February 11, 2021 10:58 AM (yrol0)

317 297 296 Damn, the Smiley game.
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First time I saw it I was stunned.
Posted by: Puddin Head

Well, did you smile? Spill it sailor.

Posted by: Tonypete at February 11, 2021 10:58 AM (Rvt88)

318 I-84, going home from Hood River to Vancouver at 7 at night. Just past the last Hood River exit, the road was closed due to a semi jackknifed. Spent an hour and a half on the highway for it to be cleared. I was driving an old cop car with studded tires. Mostly snow and not too bad on the roads until I got close to Troutdale, then it was all ice. Went off the road backwards, hit some snow and stopped. Got back on the road and this time, I bounced off the median. Managed to keep going. Thought I'd pull off at Troutdale. There was a semi blocking the exit so I tried to go around to get back on the freeway. I was going through town, trying to get up a hill. Everyone, including me, just slid back down. I finally found another way around, got back on the freeway and made it home. Took five hours for an hour and a half trip.

And that was when I asked the company to let me work from home.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at February 11, 2021 10:58 AM (YynYJ)

319 's/smart conservatives/communist fakers/g'

*fistbump*

Posted by: vi at February 11, 2021 10:58 AM (yQpMk)

320
What is the opposite of progress? ~~Diversity~~ Congress.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at February 11, 2021 10:47 AM

FIFY
Posted by: RedMindBlueState

Hey, let's leave quoting Faulkner to the really smart people, shall we?

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at February 11, 2021 10:59 AM (Zaamt)

321 We have record unemployment, and their response is to flood the labor
market, then cry huge crocodile tears about how real wages have been
flat for decades.

Of course they are! Labor is a commodity, and ...

Posted by: Cato, Collectivism Delenda Est, Post-Apocalyptic Scourge of the Seas at February 11, 2021 10:56 AM

I read somewhere the other day where joe biden said something to the effect that the economy is going to get a whole lot worse before it gets better. 4 years give or take for it to start to improve is my guess.

Posted by: Mister Scott (formerly GWS) at February 11, 2021 10:59 AM (JUOKG)

322 Nobody has touched upon the biggest issue with driving in winter storm conditions. It's not traction, it's visibility, both seeing and being seen. Many of the scary events involving loss of traction are brought on by not seeing an obstacle until one is so close than one cannot stop in time with the traction available. ...
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 11, 2021 10:58 AM (mzC7

++++
A habit I picked up after living in upstate NY is using my hazards in fog or very heavy snow. It is a convention where I was, and I stuck with it. Hazards really do make you visible.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 11, 2021 10:59 AM (UZVEt)

323 Don't forget the brutal consequences of artificially low interest rates on the price of labor, and the similar effect of printed-up liquidity on the same. It's all related.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 11, 2021 10:57 AM (UZVEt)

Yep

Posted by: Cato, Collectivism Delenda Est, Post-Apocalyptic Scourge of the Seas at February 11, 2021 10:59 AM (7fZ4X)

324 Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at February 11, 2021 10:57 AM (yvr3o)

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True. However, there is always tomorrow.

Posted by: Jak Sucio at February 11, 2021 11:00 AM (jvt6t)

325 329 Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at February 11, 2021 10:57 AM (yvr3o)

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True. However, there is always tomorrow.
Posted by: Jak Sucio at February 11, 2021 11:00 AM (jvt6t)

=======

It's always a day away.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, paying for my sins on the Scorsese streets at February 11, 2021 11:00 AM (LvTSG)

326 The Olympics is going to be a boondoggle.

Because it's the Olympics.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, paying for my sins on the Scorsese streets at February 11, 2021 10:52 AM (LvTSG)

The Olympics are a major con that I haven't watched since the 80s.

Posted by: Captain Hate Won't Forget Ashli Babbitt at February 11, 2021 11:00 AM (y7DUB)

327
And don't use the foglights when it's clear. You create a pool of bright light near you car, but your pupils will close up, and you cannot see beyond that pool.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon

Where does Foghat enter into this discussion?

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at February 11, 2021 11:01 AM (Zaamt)

328 Could diversity be met by spraying various pigments onto skin?

Posted by: torabora at February 11, 2021 11:01 AM (Y274z)

329 312, Once you divorce the nation's ruling class from the citizenry, the rest follows naturally.

The powers that be will do whatever is in their interest as a class and make up the rationalizations for why it is best for everyone.

That is why the citizenry generally respond with giving one person a really big stick to whack on their ruling class oppressors. Heck Aristotle, Machiavelli, John Adams, or any other serious student of history saw this played out time and time again. Corrupt ruling classes either are replaced by foreign invaders or gotten rid of internally by a popular champion. Like Smith's article of the 30 tyrants, oligarchies are unstable and do not last long.

Posted by: whig at February 11, 2021 11:01 AM (pO7gM)

330 Where does Foghat enter into this discussion?

When in snow, make it a slow ride and take it easy.

Posted by: Blanco Basura - moronhorde.com. Not using Okta to secure logins (Unlike Parler) at February 11, 2021 11:02 AM (SchxB)

331 And don't use the foglights when it's clear. You create a pool of bright light near you car, but your pupils will close up, and you cannot see beyond that pool.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 11, 2021 10:58 AM (mzC7

Or if you live in Central Florida, just turn on every light you have and blind everybody else on the road, because that is how Florida Man do.

Posted by: Cato, Collectivism Delenda Est, Post-Apocalyptic Scourge of the Seas at February 11, 2021 11:02 AM (7fZ4X)

332 >>> The really neat part was that drivers get freaked out by the ABS and let off the brakes, lengthening stopping times or promoting crashes.

The other neat one was people standing on the brakes after they've left the road and ABS failing to work because it requires lock-up, and since the car was sliding across gravel or grass it never worked. THAT is when you use your best-knowledge strategies.
Posted by: Mr. Gray #363 at February 11, 2021 10:56 AM (HBEnm)

The thing I hate the most is people who tap their brakes when there is a crash or some other obstruction of the whole highway in front of them. You don't need to communicate through this shitty morse code you've thought up you idiot, your constant red brake lights would of been sufficient and necessary communication. When I first see it I think oh they're stopping, no they're going, no they're stopping, ok they're an idiot, change lanes.

Posted by: banana Dream at February 11, 2021 11:02 AM (XRRK9)

333 And the friendly ladies from Marilyn's Go Go in Pattaya Beach!

Posted by: Sharkman at February 11, 2021 10:47 AM

I never saw that many beautiful naked girls in one place other than Pattaya Beach. It was truly mind numbing after awhile.

Posted by: Mister Scott (formerly GWS) at February 11, 2021 11:02 AM (JUOKG)

334 Could diversity be met by spraying various pigments onto skin?

I propose the use of cat filters on Zoom meetings to insure diversity.

Posted by: BackwardsBoy, who did not vote for this shit at February 11, 2021 11:02 AM (HaL55)

335 Ha! It's 3 outside.

3.

And the high is gonna be 8!

Posted by: garrett at February 11, 2021 11:03 AM (iwAxS)

336 Watched the 5th (?) episode of Picard last night. It's okay as long as you think of it as a Star Wars-universe kind of story. Seven of Nine striding toward assassins, blazing away with a phaser in each hand?

Not my idea of Star Trek.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at February 11, 2021 11:03 AM (yvr3o)

337 A habit I picked up after living in upstate NY is using my hazards in fog or very heavy snow. It is a convention where I was, and I stuck with it. Hazards really do make you visible.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 11, 2021 10:59 AM (UZVEt)

I believe there are rear foglights in Europe. Basically just a red sealed beam that shines back, like a beacon.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 11, 2021 11:03 AM (mzC78)

338 Turned out he was a girl woodpecker. No red cheek stripe.

Did you know pileated woodpeckers make rectangular holes?
Posted by: creeper at February 11, 2021 10:45 AM (XxJt1)

I did not know that! Cool!

Posted by: BifBewalski - bird watching is fun at February 11, 2021 11:03 AM (VcFUs)

339 I read somewhere the other day where joe biden said something to the effect that the economy is going to get a whole lot worse before it gets better. 4 years give or take for it to start to improve is my guess.
Posted by: Mister Scott

Don't know why it has to get bad. It was humming nicely under Trump.

Posted by: rickb223 at February 11, 2021 11:03 AM (pQplJ)

340 If we do get some snow, I think I'll take the Yukon out for a short drive. It has all season tires, no studs, but does have four wheel drive. And I have no experience with four wheel drive. I did use it once, just to see how it did, but it would be nice to get a little more experience with it.

Posted by: Notsothoreau - look forward at February 11, 2021 11:03 AM (5HBd1)

341 319 AOP, good points on maintaining visibility for others as well as yourself.

Works in fog situations as well.

Posted by: whig at February 11, 2021 11:04 AM (pO7gM)

342
(Sorta) sorry for being punchy and irreverent - I'm waiting in my car outside a mediplex while Mrs K gets her second cataract surgery performed and every now and then the evergreen tree that looms over the car dumps a load of snow on it.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at February 11, 2021 11:04 AM (Zaamt)

343 341 Watched the 5th (?) episode of Picard last night. It's okay as long as you think of it as a Star Wars-universe kind of story. Seven of Nine striding toward assassins, blazing away with a phaser in each hand?

Not my idea of Star Trek.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at February 11, 2021 11:03 AM (yvr3o)

========

I found the whole series boring. There's no real investment in character. It's dark without much of a point. The episodes often feel random. The central mystery makes little sense.

But my liberal good friend at work who loves Star Trek with me loves the series. He also watches Discovery because it's Star Trek even though he outright says he doesn't like it.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, paying for my sins on the Scorsese streets at February 11, 2021 11:04 AM (LvTSG)

344 I believe there are rear foglights in Europe. Basically just a red sealed beam that shines back, like a beacon.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 11, 2021 11:03 AM (mzC7

++++
Volvos have 'em (or used to, anyway). They work. I think hazards work better. The single bright light makes you visible, but the flashing lights make you very visible.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 11, 2021 11:04 AM (UZVEt)

345 Did you know pileated woodpeckers make rectangular holes?
Posted by: creeper at February 11, 2021 10:45 AM (XxJt1)

How is pileated woodpecker different than fileted woodpecker? Do you have to buy a special knife?

Posted by: sniffybigtoe at February 11, 2021 11:05 AM (1ISKN)

346 How is pileated woodpecker different than fileted woodpecker? Do you have to buy a special knife?

Posted by: sniffybigtoe at February 11, 2021 11:05 AM

Join me for today's show where I prepare a nice spatchcocked woodpecker.

Posted by: Julia Childs at February 11, 2021 11:06 AM (JUOKG)

347 307 Midget Porn is unsettling.
Posted by: Puddin Head at February 11, 2021 10:53 AM (vDdu3)

That's a terrible thing to say.

Posted by: Insomniac - Zhou Bai-Den is not my Chairman at February 11, 2021 11:06 AM (nakwk)

348 >>Did you know pileated woodpeckers make rectangular holes?

The Indians called them Square Dicked oodpeckers.

Posted by: garrett at February 11, 2021 11:06 AM (iwAxS)

349 Punk monkey up.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at February 11, 2021 11:06 AM (WENj9)

350 313 Mr. Gray, you have to learn to steer into the skid which is not intuitive. Driving too fast on a gravel road will introduce you to that concept if you hit washboard situations and want to avoid a wreck. Quicker to steer into the skid than brake.

Posted by: whig at February 11, 2021 11:06 AM (pO7gM)

351 Volvos have 'em (or used to, anyway). They work. I think hazards work better. The single bright light makes you visible, but the flashing lights make you very visible.
Posted by: Joe Mannix

Human eyes are attracted to movement. You tend to see blinking lights vs a steady burn.

Posted by: rickb223 at February 11, 2021 11:07 AM (pQplJ)

352 Where does Foghat enter into this discussion?
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at February 11, 2021 11:01 AM (Zaamt)

When we're discussing slow rides...not snow rides!

Posted by: browndog at February 11, 2021 11:07 AM (BgMrQ)

353 NOOD APE

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 11, 2021 11:07 AM (UZVEt)

354 The thing I hate the most is people who tap their brakes when there is a crash or some other obstruction of the whole highway in front of them. You don't need to communicate through this shitty morse code you've thought up you idiot, your constant red brake lights would of been sufficient and necessary communication. When I first see it I think oh they're stopping, no they're going, no they're stopping, ok they're an idiot, change lanes.
Posted by: banana Dream at February 11, 2021 11:02 AM (XRRK9)

People don't tap their brakes because of you. The message isn't for you. It's for the idiot texting their buds about their brilliant idea to use Gorilla Glue as hair gel.

The flashing lights help to get the attention of distracted drivers, and ultimately helps keep their engine out of your back seat.

Posted by: Cato, Collectivism Delenda Est, Post-Apocalyptic Scourge of the Seas at February 11, 2021 11:07 AM (7fZ4X)

355 >>Quicker to steer into the skid than brake.

Never brake in a turn.

Posted by: garrett at February 11, 2021 11:07 AM (iwAxS)

356 When I was a senior in high school I had a 67 Mustang.
A pretty red head agreed to a first date and it snowed.

While drive down a residential road I lost control and did two 360s. I came out of it driving in the original direction. My date yelled at me for showing off and scaring her but at school the next day she bragged about my driving.

I never told a soul that it was pure luck when did not slam into the parked cars on the street.

Posted by: Big V Caffeinated at February 11, 2021 11:08 AM (6Pqz7)

357 The thing I hate the most is people who tap their brakes when there is a crash or some other obstruction of the whole highway in front of them. You don't need to communicate through this shitty morse code you've thought up you idiot, your constant red brake lights would of been sufficient and necessary communication.

***

I have no real problem with it, and honestly appreciate people trying to put in the effort since 85% of drivers have no business being on the road but hey, they paid their $50 license fee after they proved they could parallel park that one time.

I think people use this for the same reason they put on their hazards (a lot of hazard lights in the US are just brake lights flashing), which is to wake drivers up from their hypnosis as soon as possible. Even moreso now that people are watching youtube or reading Facebook while they're driving.

Posted by: Mr. Gray #363 at February 11, 2021 11:08 AM (HBEnm)

358
I read somewhere the other day where joe biden said something to the effect that the economy is going to get a whole lot worse before it gets better.

To paraphrase George Hamilton in "Once Upon a Crime": "It's what they (Dims) do."

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at February 11, 2021 11:09 AM (Zaamt)

359 AOP, good points on maintaining visibility for others as well as yourself.

Works in fog situations as well.
Posted by: whig at February 11, 2021 11:04 AM (pO7gM)

Also, don't be afraid to take the ditch to avoid a collision with another vehicle. Ditching a car, even if it causes a rollover, usually means a non-injury accident. There are no guarantees if you hit another vehicle. Driving on oilfield roads in the winter, the unwritten rule, was that small vehicles were to take the ditch if meeting a big rig coming the other way. And the big rig driver was honor-bound to to stop, and pull you out of the ditch afterwards. Then both go on their way, unscathed.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 11, 2021 11:10 AM (mzC78)

360 Your right Chocolate Ice Cream is better then Vanilla

Posted by: Tamaa the Drongo Bird at February 11, 2021 06:11 PM (FLiOE)

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