It's Still Cold In Texas ONT

How cold is it? Well, I took this picture yesterday:

I lived for 50 years in the northeast and I never saw anything like that. People down here are not handling it well.

When we moved, we had packers. They packed my snow shovel, and I when I unpacked that box, I confess I actually laughed when I unpacked it, “I guess I won't be needing this”. This week, I needed it. I'm almost sorry that I gave my snowblower to a friend, if I had broken that bad boy out the entire neighborhood would have gathered around in wonder, like a tribe of natives around a Coke bottle.

We haven't lost power or water, so we're luckier than a lot of people (warning:Buzzfeed link), but at the end of the day we're well prepared if we do. I laid in a cord of wood when we got here, and we have propane stoves and lanterns from the camping stores. In any event, we should be back above freezing in a day or so.

Remembering Rush

Here's a nice thread by Tammy Bruce:

In the 90s I was a host on a talk radio station in LA, the same that aired Rush. I was president of LA NOW, & the liberal wkend host when he visited the station. He was so vilified by my then-crowd, I expected a monster. Instead, I met a remarkable, kind and encouraging man... 1/
— Tammy Bruce (@HeyTammyBruce) February 17, 2021

Cringe

Too Awkward For Words: 35+Painfully Blundering Exchanges

Some of these had me literally laughing out loud.

Related: People Who Just Don’t Understand Technology. I like the guy who tried to print out a Youtube video.

Fight Back

Newspaper cartoon depicts @MarkRobinsonNC, the first black Lt. Governor of NC, as a klan member. See his response below. Every member of the @GOP should watch this and learn. pic.twitter.com/uOckdDNAw9
— Mike LaChance (@MikeLaChance33) February 3, 2021

You know, you'd think that the so-called GOP “elites” would notice that the one thing that all of the “populists” who gain traction with the base have in common is a willingness to stand up and push back against the left's BS narrative. It's probably a good thing they don't, however, or they might figure out that they could put themselves in a much more secure position by pushing back against SJW invective without changing their squish positions much if at all. I know any number of people who are good, decent people who are willing to let actual communist propaganda be mainstreamed because the folks in the “populist revolt” against it “Are awl a rawther unruly lot, donchakno.” Personally, I don't care if video surfaces of someone fucking a dead raccoon, if they're fighting tooth and nail against the Marxists. I'll worry about the raccoons after we save the country.

One Small Step

Federal Civil Rights Lawsuit Against Rittenhouse, Mathewson, And Others Dismissed Today

Good news, and I believe it clears the legal obstacles in the way of his new video game release

Twins!

pic.twitter.com/8ELkCdL8qP
— ONT WTF (@OntWtf) February 19, 2021

A Nation Of Ants Or A Nation Of Grasshoppers?

Texas mayor resigns after telling residents desperate for power and heat "only the strong will survive"

He made what I believe the kiddies call an “epic rant” on Facebook:

No one owes you or your family anything; nor is it the local governments responsibility to support you during trying times like this! Sink or swim, it’s your choice! The City and County, along with power providers or any other service owes you NOTHING! I’m sick and tired of people looking for a damn hand out! If you don’t have electricity you step up and come up with a game plan to keep your family warm and safe. If you have no water you deal with out and think outside of the box to survive and supply water to your family. If you were sitting at home in the cold because you have no power and are sitting there waiting for someone to come rescue you because your lazy is direct result of your raising! Only the strong will survive and the week will perish. Folks, God Has given us the tools to support ourselves in times like this. This is sadly a product of a socialist government where they feed people to believe that the FEW work and others will become dependent for handouts. Am I sorry that you have been dealing without electricity and water; yes! But I’ll be damned if I’m going to provide for anyone that is capable of doing it themselves! We have lost sight of those in need and those that take advantage of the system and mesh them into one group!! Bottom line, quit crying and looking for a handout! Get off your ass and take care of your own family!

His tone was intemperate, his phrasing unnecessarily harsh. Frankly, it reads to me like something someone might say while drunk. That being said, I don't disagree with the sentiment behind it. Government does not exist to take care of you. Government exists to ensure that you are able to live in a country where you can take care of yourself. And yes, that includes taking care of your neighbors who are unable to take care of themselves. This week I have seen literally legions of people around here, including myself, pulling people out of ditches, offering food, water and shelter to neighbors in need, folks with 4X4s taking those without them to the grocery store and to medical appointments...in short, what I have seen is a community reacting to a generational weather event by coming together and helping itself. If you are able and your reaction to a massive cold snap is to sit and whine that the government isn't taking care of you, than you're part of the problem. I said what I said.

In any event, he resigned due to the pushback he got. I wonder what modern folks would do to this guy?

Tonight's ONT brought to you by the good old days:

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1 Hola!

Posted by: All Hail Eris, Sans-Culottes (except for the Book Thread) at February 18, 2021 09:45 PM (Dc2NZ)

2 Ont greetings!

Posted by: nurse ratched at February 18, 2021 09:46 PM (U2p+3)

3 Lauren Boebert is my flava yo.

Posted by: blaster at February 18, 2021 09:48 PM (ZfRYq)

4 Hey Nurse! Howzit!

Posted by: All Hail Eris, Sans-Culottes (except for the Book Thread) at February 18, 2021 09:48 PM (Dc2NZ)

5 Buenos Noches Muchachos!

Posted by: ALH, Trump Won at February 18, 2021 09:49 PM (oUcR5)

6 Hi Horde!

Posted by: Iris at February 18, 2021 09:50 PM (6lKe4)

7 All those womens in the last picture are in their 80's or more these days.
They don't look so hot anymore.

Posted by: ALH, Trump Won at February 18, 2021 09:50 PM (oUcR5)

8 Those babies were ... crazy. LOL.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at February 18, 2021 09:51 PM (u82oZ)

9 ALH, Trump Won

I would prefer their company to that of a woke, allegedly cute young SJW.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at February 18, 2021 09:53 PM (u82oZ)

10 whoa
1

early

Posted by: will choose a nic later at February 18, 2021 09:53 PM (r4bSV)

11 Hi, Iris! Did you get any snow?

Posted by: NaCly Dog at February 18, 2021 09:54 PM (u82oZ)

12 actually here in the Northeast, you do see things like that

we get bad snow storms in mid fall sometimes

I think was 2010, we got 4 feet on Halloween

lots of trees broke

I had just planted my 2 liriodendren tulipifera guardsmen at the end of my drive that spring

18 or 20 ft tall and they were bent to the ground

Posted by: REDACTED at February 18, 2021 09:54 PM (6iURM)

13 Hi Eris!

Cool and grey here on the beach. Snow mostly melted. Almost the weekend!

Posted by: nurse ratched at February 18, 2021 09:54 PM (U2p+3)

14 Friday -eve

Posted by: will choose a nic later at February 18, 2021 09:55 PM (r4bSV)

15 One can't just waltz into the ONT.
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It's a Fox Trot.

Posted by: mindful webworker
be over there now
at February 18, 2021 09:55 PM (PrVhQ)

16 I'm surprised I haven't done the same rant about the folks complaining in Portland. Only they can't get up and do anything for themselves or neighbors. They want government to come in and take care of them. And it's not as cold out here as it has been in Texas.

Posted by: Notsothoreau - look forward at February 18, 2021 09:56 PM (5HBd1)

17 Nurse, we have snow and more snow. It's sparkly and looks so fake it oughta be in a stop-motion Christmas special.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, Sans-Culottes (except for the Book Thread) at February 18, 2021 09:56 PM (Dc2NZ)

18 Hello horde! I've been nursing my poor back all evening but had to check in and see how everyone is doing. Still sending prayers for all the folks in Texas. Seems we are finally getting out of the deep freeze here.

Posted by: Jewells45 at February 18, 2021 09:56 PM (nxdel)

19 evening all

Posted by: wing at February 18, 2021 09:56 PM (JFzNN)

20
g'evenin', 'rons

the "Kyle Rittenhouse Pro Skater 2" is the funniest thing I've seen in a long time

Posted by: AltonJackson at February 18, 2021 09:57 PM (kkqVZ)

21 That picture is VERY southern. Those pines are not meant to be laden with weight like they so they bend WAY over.

At least they were bendy. There is a type of pine called a slash pine that just shears off instead of bending. Always fun.

Posted by: blaster at February 18, 2021 09:57 PM (ZfRYq)

22 Hello horde! I've been nursing my poor back all evening but had to check in and see how everyone is doing. Still sending prayers for all the folks in Texas. Seems we are finally getting out of the deep freeze here.
Posted by: Jewells45

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Jewells!

Got yer keychain. I love it.

Thank you.

Posted by: SMH at February 18, 2021 09:57 PM (l64hh)

23 Not a sharp elbow in sight.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at February 18, 2021 09:57 PM (Rji+c)

24 {{{Jewells45}}}

Glad you survived. Hope you and yours are all thriving.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at February 18, 2021 09:57 PM (u82oZ)

25 Hey Salty : )

Posted by: SMH at February 18, 2021 09:58 PM (l64hh)

26 It is interesting that folks without internet complain that the kids can't do online schooling. Never dawned on them that the kids wouldn't be in school because of the snow.

Posted by: Notsothoreau - look forward at February 18, 2021 09:58 PM (5HBd1)

27 hey, that's a pic of my lawn!

Posted by: vmom WWRS What Would Rush Say at February 18, 2021 09:58 PM (nUhF0)

28 >>> I like the guy who tried to print out a Youtube video.

Maybe he was going to print it out frame-by-frame and make a flip book.

Posted by: Mark1971 at February 18, 2021 09:58 PM (xPl2J)

29 Shooting Snow?
Sure!
WA Dept of Transportation is responsible for keeping the mountain passes through the Cascades open. They do a good job, mostly.
Interstate 90 is supposed to always be open. With a few rounds of heavy snow, and especially if it isn't really cold, it becomes an avalanche hazard.
So when it gets dangerous, they close the pass for a few hours and clear the dangerous build up of wet snow.
They have a WWII-era cannon that they tow around behind a dump truck, load it and shoot down the snow. It covers the Interstate, and a few bulldozers clear it out and push it over the deep side of the road.
All clear, open the road back up, and everyone is safe.
It's kinda cool to watch them.

Posted by: LeftCoast Dawg at February 18, 2021 09:58 PM (sy5kK)

30 The generation before me (72 yrs) went through the depression and WW II. We are such puthys.

Posted by: Eromero at February 18, 2021 09:58 PM (gjvwR)

31 {{{SMH}}}

So good to see you commenting. How is Ex-Ex doing? You said he had some work concerns.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at February 18, 2021 09:59 PM (u82oZ)

32 OMG--I'm in love with Mark Robinson.

Posted by: Ladyl, Insurrectionist at February 18, 2021 09:59 PM (TdMsT)

33 Yo Dave.... look at the trees in the background - barely any ice. The bush obviously was doused in water by a sprinkler just prior to the cold snap. Seriously - Texas has dropped a mile in my book over the last few days. Whining over bad weather. BIG DEAL. Worse case: get some blankets, cut a hole in the roof, build a fire in the shed/garage and deal with it. It's gonna be fucking 60 degrees in a couple of days! WTF??? Texans talk a big talk - but meh - better off moving to a rust-belt state where people can at least deal with some weather. Also the leftists are a fucking weak here - ready to tumble - not fresh Cali-scum transplants with "Big Tech" jobs to dangle like a carrot front of their GOPer paymasters.

Posted by: NewLeaf at February 18, 2021 10:00 PM (AFa/x)

34 He's fine, Salty.

Work is work, heh.

Posted by: SMH at February 18, 2021 10:00 PM (l64hh)

35 Meme from friend:

I found a $20 in the parking lot, and thought to myself, "what would Jesus do"?

So, I turned it into wine.

Posted by: LeftCoast Dawg at February 18, 2021 10:00 PM (sy5kK)

36 SMH.. so... you don't think it's too small? Still works for a keychain?

Posted by: Jewells45 at February 18, 2021 10:00 PM (nxdel)

37 Hello Salty, it's nice to see you!

Posted by: ALH, Trump Won at February 18, 2021 10:00 PM (oUcR5)

38 Evening everyone.

I took Foxtrot lessons. It was great fun. The instructor had Sinatra's Fly Me To The Moon on a one hour loop.

Loved it.

Posted by: Tonypete at February 18, 2021 10:01 PM (Rvt88)

39 The rant from the Texas mayor bugs me.
It actually is the state's responsibility to make sure the utilities we pay for and are taxed to hell and back, fulfill their obligations. The state effed up the power situation with their stupid green energy crap.

Yes. We should be able to take care of ourselves for a few days, but Texas fucked up.

Posted by: nurse ratched at February 18, 2021 10:01 PM (U2p+3)

40 {{{Jewells}}}

What the heck happened to your back?

Posted by: Ladyl, Insurrectionist at February 18, 2021 10:01 PM (TdMsT)

41 ONT Top 40??

Posted by: Zettai at February 18, 2021 10:01 PM (fQDQk)

42 Posted by: LeftCoast Dawg at February 18, 2021 10:00 PM (sy5kK)

Lucky! It's been a long time since the Parking Lot Fairy gifted me.

Posted by: ALH, Trump Won at February 18, 2021 10:01 PM (oUcR5)

43 SMH.. so... you don't think it's too small? Still works for a keychain?
Posted by: Jewells45

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I think it's perfect.

Posted by: SMH at February 18, 2021 10:02 PM (l64hh)

44 Bugger me dead...

Posted by: Zettai at February 18, 2021 10:02 PM (fQDQk)

45 Hope you and yours are all thriving.

LOL.. not sure about thriving..hanging in there would be more accurate. It's been a rough 2 weeks and this weather had played hell with my arthritis.

Posted by: Jewells45 at February 18, 2021 10:02 PM (nxdel)

46 Baltimore buffoonery survives

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at February 18, 2021 10:02 PM (aA3+G)

47 ...Personally, I don't care if video surfaces of someone fucking a dead raccoon, if they're fighting tooth and nail against the Marxists....

Though I'd prefer the video being raccoons fucking dead Marxists. I'd buy that for a dollar.

Posted by: GnuBreed at February 18, 2021 10:02 PM (F0YaR)

48 Texas
Green Jobs but no energy??

Posted by: will choose a nic later at February 18, 2021 10:02 PM (r4bSV)

49 ALH, Trump Won

Thank you. Likewise. Doffs fuzzy Russian style head covering in your direction.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at February 18, 2021 10:03 PM (u82oZ)

50 That tree photo -- That isn't one of your fruit trees, I hope?

Posted by: GnuBreed at February 18, 2021 10:03 PM (F0YaR)

51 Jewells, get your back checked out.

I'm having surgery on my lower back in April.

Not looking forward to it, but if it means being able to walk around without pain, so be it.

Posted by: SMH at February 18, 2021 10:03 PM (l64hh)

52 @12

Yeah but that was the freakest of freak storms, the trees hadn't lost their leaves yet and hardened up for the winter, you dump a foot of icy snow on 30 foot limbs and you got the makings of thousands of downed trees.

Took two weeks to clear my property.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at February 18, 2021 10:03 PM (Rji+c)

53 My nephew in TX has a wood burning fireplace and he was afraid to use it because of monoxide poisoning, I blame my brother for not teaching him

Posted by: Patrick From Ohio at February 18, 2021 10:03 PM (dKiJG)

54 That Tammy Bruce thing about Rush.

Read it all, highly recommended.

Classy lady.

Posted by: LeftCoast Dawg at February 18, 2021 10:03 PM (sy5kK)

55 Thanks SMH!! Onward and upward then!!

Ladyl.. it's just really bothered me today. My knees were pretty bad too. Just been a lazy day. I managed to go to the store but that's it. I just don't do well in the winter.

Posted by: Jewells45 at February 18, 2021 10:04 PM (nxdel)

56 so, when are they gonna have some of the trials of the cops and Kyle

seems like they are moving mighty slow

the George case is gonna be interesting

cops will probably walk, same with Atlanta

Posted by: REDACTED at February 18, 2021 10:04 PM (6iURM)

57 Ginger Thursday ONT Compliance Pics

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Posted by: kbdabear at February 18, 2021 10:04 PM (qAR6u)

58
Not looking forward to it, but if it means being able to walk around without pain, so be it.
Posted by: SMH at February 18, 2021 10:03 PM (l64hh)

{{{SMH}}}--Let us know when the time comes so we can pray.

Posted by: Ladyl, Insurrectionist at February 18, 2021 10:05 PM (TdMsT)

59 Read the content first, again.

Posted by: exdem13 at February 18, 2021 10:05 PM (W+kMI)

60 Howdy, beloved Horde!

I'm missing Rush this week. I'm so grateful for what he did for our country. And he fought with everything he had to the end.

I'm gonna thank him personally someday.

Posted by: Emmie: grubby, low-born, non-billionaire commenter at February 18, 2021 10:05 PM (ofYez)

61 45 Hope you and yours are all thriving.
LOL.. not sure about thriving..hanging in there would be more accurate. It's been a rough 2 weeks and this weather had played hell with my arthritis.
---- ---- ----

I've started wearing compressions gloves...that has really helped w/ the arthritis. Today was a balming mid 20s....roads around Tyler were hell though.

Posted by: redchief at February 18, 2021 10:05 PM (Kab4E)

62
so what exactly was Ted Cruz supposed to do?
fix downed powerlinesw?
unthaw NG transport lines?

make texas warmer?

Posted by: will choose a nic later at February 18, 2021 10:05 PM (r4bSV)

63 Thanks Ladyl.

It's not until the 8th, so I have plenty of time to worry. lol

Posted by: SMH at February 18, 2021 10:05 PM (l64hh)

64

What goes up, must come down
Spinning wheel got to go round
Talkin' 'bout your troubles, it's a cryin' sin
Ride a painted pony, let the spinning wheel spin

Posted by: Blood, toil, tears and sweat at February 18, 2021 10:06 PM (63Dwl)

65 I'm having surgery on my lower back in April.

Not looking forward to it, but if it means being able to walk around without pain, so be it.
Posted by: SMH at February 18, 2021 10:03 PM (l64hh)

I had lower back surgery in March 2107. It was awesome. Before I had surgery I couldn't walk a city block. 2 days after surgery I was walking a mile.

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at February 18, 2021 10:06 PM (aA3+G)

66 SMH.. I don't know what you're having done but just be very careful. I don't want to go into details but email me if you want. I don't want anyone to go through what I did.

Posted by: Jewells45 at February 18, 2021 10:06 PM (nxdel)

67 Posted by: Lousagirl at February 18, 2021 09:35 PM (WaU8G)

The problem with the Mayor's rant, is that those are PUBLIC utilities, especially water.

Even power is essentially controlled by State Government utility commissions.

So yes, when the STATE F's up? Yes, you should ensure you survive, but then hold them accountable.

Posted by: Romeo13 at February 18, 2021 10:06 PM (oHd/0)

68 Great. We lost water pressure.....

....neighbor just came by to tell us that our sump pump drain is spewing out water.

Guess we're gonna be replacing a pipe or two this weekend.

Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, Texas at February 18, 2021 10:06 PM (SRRAx)

69 Ladyl.. it's just really bothered me today. My knees were pretty bad too. Just been a lazy day. I managed to go to the store but that's it. I just don't do well in the winter.
Posted by: Jewells45 at February 18, 2021 10:04 PM (nxdel)

Ugh.

I've noticed recently that my muscles get stiff after exercise. This is new. Thankfully all my joints are fine.

Posted by: Ladyl, Insurrectionist at February 18, 2021 10:06 PM (TdMsT)

70 Texan Mayor is an idiot.
It isn't unreasonable to moan to and expect help from the same elected officials that made the decisions that resulted in a massive failure of the electrical grid and the other utilities.

You can tell people to be self reliant all you want but when Government is actively standing in the way with red tape, road closures or Covid or if heaters and fire wood are selling out, there isn't much they can do.

The least these overpaid arseholes can do is try and work out what people need and coordinate so that people actually CAN help themselves.

Posted by: stv at February 18, 2021 10:06 PM (yBUFr)

71 WE have the heat at Key West level since we got the old electricity (googley Call And Response 'Electricity', it's cute) back. Even having a Kraken, first since the blizzard of 21 began. Damn Zhou bai-Den.

Posted by: Eromero at February 18, 2021 10:06 PM (gjvwR)

72 I had lower back surgery in March 2107. It was awesome. Before I had surgery I couldn't walk a city block. 2 days after surgery I was walking a mile.
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at February 18, 2021 10:06 PM (aA3+G)

that reminds me

gotta go do the elliptical

Posted by: REDACTED at February 18, 2021 10:07 PM (6iURM)

73 Posted by: Lousagirl at February 18, 2021 09:35 PM (WaU8G)

Sorry bout that.... didn't mean to aim that at you... not sure how I managed that.

Posted by: Romeo13 at February 18, 2021 10:07 PM (oHd/0)

74 More Ginger Thursday ONT Compliance Pics

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Posted by: kbdabear at February 18, 2021 10:07 PM (qAR6u)

75
It's not until the 8th, so I have plenty of time to worry. lol
Posted by: SMH at February 18, 2021 10:05 PM (l64hh)

No no no. Please don't worry. We'll all pray hard.

Posted by: Ladyl, Insurrectionist at February 18, 2021 10:08 PM (TdMsT)

76 It's been several years, but I have a photo of a willow tree in our yard laying down like that. Poor tree looks like shit now.

Posted by: Martini Farmer - Now a Pirate, Hoisting the Black Flag at February 18, 2021 10:08 PM (3H9h1)

77 Weird Dave, you live outside the city and you kept power and water the whole time! I am so PISSED at the mismanagement! Here I live in the city where things are supposed to stay on, and had no power for over 48 hours, and the water is STILL screwed up (getting a dirty pencil thin drip right now) At least my nat gas heaters saved me - I had a neighbor who spent the night in the front seat of his car with the engine running since the inside of his house was in the 20's. and he had no backup to his electric appliances.

Posted by: Tom Servo at February 18, 2021 10:08 PM (bxPTJ)

78 Which one of you TX Horde members swiped the mayor's phone and sent that FB post? 'Cause he wasn't wrong; as impolite as Patton, but not wrong.

Posted by: exdem13 at February 18, 2021 10:08 PM (W+kMI)

79 I really feel for all of those who are affected by these terrible storms, but I understand what the mayor was saying. How much warning did people have?

Posted by: ALH, Trump Won at February 18, 2021 10:09 PM (oUcR5)

80 I brought something to share tonight. This is the kind of "men competing as women" that I don't mind so much.

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

Posted by: Emmie: grubby, low-born, non-billionaire commenter at February 18, 2021 10:09 PM (ofYez)

81 Yeah that rant from the mayor bugs me. We were told Monday morning that we would have rolling black outs beginning Monday. We had 10 minutes of power in the morning and 20 minutes in the evening. Thats not a fking rolling black out. The roads were crap. And we haven't had water since Sunday morning. The f ing power company accidently cut power to our water company. These government sanctioned entities effed up on so many levels.

Posted by: Mishdog at February 18, 2021 10:09 PM (cqAUI)

82 >>>I had lower back surgery in March 2107.

I was hoping technology would make back surgery obsolete by then.

Posted by: Mark1971 at February 18, 2021 10:10 PM (xPl2J)

83 Good Old Days?

Whoa, look at those legs!
Now do you understand the real reason we won WWII?

Posted by: LeftCoast Dawg at February 18, 2021 10:10 PM (sy5kK)

84 Jewells, I'm having a diskectomy (L5-S1).

It's pretty much non-existent, except for pieces near the nerves.

Posted by: SMH at February 18, 2021 10:10 PM (l64hh)

85 I wanted to say lift curve slope but instead said left cove slurp in a big meeting and then my brain shorted out and I kept repeating slurp slurp slurp as I slowly set down only to jump up two minutes later and shout LIFT CURVE SLOPE triumphantly. Like a boss.

Posted by: banana Dream at February 18, 2021 10:10 PM (hRl/Q)

86 stv is part of the problem.

Posted by: NewLeaf at February 18, 2021 10:10 PM (AFa/x)

87 Posted by: Mishdog at February 18, 2021 10:09 PM (cqAUI)

OK, so if wind is out, and its 20% of the power.

Why in the hell is the whole damn grid down?

Posted by: Romeo13 at February 18, 2021 10:11 PM (oHd/0)

88 thirst!

Posted by: redc1c4 (*OTUS Zhou Bai-Din Cheated) at February 18, 2021 10:11 PM (kRSP9)

89 When Mark Robinson is done being Lt Governor in NC, can we in OH have him for a term or two?

Posted by: exdem13 at February 18, 2021 10:12 PM (W+kMI)

90 Damnit it's 'Lightbulb' not Elecricity.

Posted by: Eromero at February 18, 2021 10:12 PM (gjvwR)

91 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EO_BnsrWMnI
Posted by: Emmie: grubby, low-born, non-billionaire commenter at February 18, 2021 10:09 PM (ofYez)

I'm laughing my ass off.

Posted by: Ladyl, Insurrectionist at February 18, 2021 10:12 PM (TdMsT)

92 Oh, my.

I will take every woman in that last picture, beginning at the ends and working towards the middle.

Yum, yum.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at February 18, 2021 10:12 PM (2JVJo)

93 Cold, damp weather will make those old joints ache.

Posted by: ALH, Trump Won at February 18, 2021 10:12 PM (oUcR5)

94 The ice laden Texas tree explains why so many are without power. Ice is always worse than snow. Bye bye power lines. There was a time when I was in high school where we had sleet and there was a nice layer of ice all over everything. We ice skated all over the yard, and couldn't put the horses out of the barn until the layer of ice melted.

Posted by: nerdygirl at February 18, 2021 10:12 PM (+lVUW)

95 I remember a s a kid, I would help friends work on their houses

pier and beam crawl spaces are not for the claustrophobic or arachnophobic. pretty nasty

and all the pipes were hanging from the floor joists

always wonder what might happen in a hard freeze

Posted by: REDACTED at February 18, 2021 10:12 PM (6iURM)

96 the very last pic with the ginger holding her twin, yeesh

Posted by: confederatefifth at February 18, 2021 10:12 PM (4Jold)

97 Lauren Bobert has a tricone bit on the shelf, too, in case the Earth gets uppity, and needs a hole put in it.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 18, 2021 10:12 PM (mzC78)

98 I feel like Mark Stein's monologue on Tucker tonight, taking about the daily beast douche who thought they doctored googly eyes on AOC, was ghost written by Ace, it was one of the daily posts here come to life.

Posted by: Rbastid at February 18, 2021 10:13 PM (ZlTTs)

99 I also know that's a production still because of the "YA - 25" in the corner, but I have no idea what movie it's from.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at February 18, 2021 10:13 PM (2JVJo)

100
When Mark Robinson is done being Lt Governor in NC, can we in OH have him for a term or two?

Posted by: exdem13 at February 18, 2021 10:12 PM (W+kMI)

NO!

Posted by: mrp at February 18, 2021 10:13 PM (Pqytn)

101 93 Oh, my.

I will take every woman in that last picture, beginning at the ends and working towards the middle.

Yum, yum.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at February 18, 2021 10:12 PM (2JVJo)

Dibs on the sailor on the left!

Posted by: Romeo13 at February 18, 2021 10:13 PM (oHd/0)

102 You know, you'd think that the so-called GOP "elites" would notice that the one thing that all of the "populists" who gain traction with the base have in common is a willingness to stand up and push back against the left's BS narrative.

They are standing up and pushing back
Against Us

Posted by: Braenyard, Patriot dog at February 18, 2021 10:13 PM (F0XfQ)

103 The ice laden Texas tree explains why so many are without power. Ice is always worse than snow. Bye bye power lines. There was a time when I was in high school where we had sleet and there was a nice layer of ice all over everything. We ice skated all over the yard, and couldn't put the horses out of the barn until the layer of ice melted.
Posted by: n

it was not a power line thing

Posted by: confederatefifth at February 18, 2021 10:14 PM (4Jold)

104 I'm having surgery on my lower back in April.
Not looking forward to it, but if it means being able to walk around without pain, so be it.
Posted by: SMH at February 18, 2021 10:03 PM (l64hh)
I had lower back surgery in March 2107. It was awesome. Before I had surgery I couldn't walk a city block. 2 days after surgery I was walking a mile.
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at February 18, 2021 10:06 PM (aA3+G)

Getting the L5/S1 artificial disk has given me back a lot of my mobility and active life. Surgeon went in from the front. One night in the hospital, was supposed to be 2 but surgeon let me out a day early because i bounced back so quick. Glad i got that one done.
Three or four years ago, i got C5/L1 artificial disk to solve a bulding disk and punched nerve issue after a car accident. Went in through the throat, again a single night in the hospital. No more pain.
You'll be good to go if this is whats being done. Simple, easy surgery.

Posted by: BifBewalski - two artificial disks now at February 18, 2021 10:14 PM (VcFUs)

105 I'm laughing my ass off.
Posted by: Ladyl, Insurrectionist at February 18, 2021 10:12 PM (TdMsT)

Love his "panties".

Posted by: Emmie: grubby, low-born, non-billionaire commenter at February 18, 2021 10:14 PM (ofYez)

106 When Mark Robinson is done being Lt Governor in NC, can we in OH have him for a term or two?

Posted by: exdem13

The GOP would surely support him.

AS IF!!

Posted by: Tonypete at February 18, 2021 10:15 PM (Rvt88)

107 Nice statement by Tammi Bruce.

Posted by: exdem13 at February 18, 2021 10:15 PM (W+kMI)

108 Crap, got sucked into the fails. 101st!

Posted by: Drink Like Vikings at February 18, 2021 10:15 PM (6cMoU)

109 The NC Lt Governor is spot on in calling out that utterly racist, "Cartoon".
That man has a future. That is how it's done. Kick ass, take no prisoners and move on.

Hi Nurse, LCD
Light snow over here. The passes looked okay last time I checked the cameras.
My deep abiding hatred of weather guessers continues apace. I have about 4" of snow left in the yard.

Posted by: Winston, GOPe, not one dime, not one vote at February 18, 2021 10:15 PM (z985I)

110
{{{Jewells}}}

What the heck happened to your back?

Posted by: Ladyl at February 18, 2021 10:01 PM (TdMsT)

---
"D cups"

thought bubble over every 'ron's head....

Posted by: redc1c4 (*OTUS Zhou Bai-Din Cheated) at February 18, 2021 10:15 PM (kRSP9)

111 "I lived for 50 years in the northeast and I never saw anything like that. People down here are not handling it well."

Yeah....about that. Baltimore isn't the Northeast. It is the mid-Atlantic, and you don't know shit about cold weather.

Blue crabs? Yes. Snow? no.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at February 18, 2021 10:15 PM (Q9lwr)

112 Posted by: ALH, Trump Won at February 18, 2021 10:09 PM (oUcR5)

are you the same person that is antique collector

for if you are, let me know what you collect and I will let you know if I see something

I'm looking all the time and turn up some really good deals

and I'm retired, so it's free

Posted by: REDACTED at February 18, 2021 10:15 PM (6iURM)

113 It's Surgery Competition Night at the HQ!!

Posted by: ALH, Trump Won at February 18, 2021 10:15 PM (oUcR5)

114 SMH.. my story.. very long but I'll make it short. An MRI showed 2 herniated discs and something else I can't even remember now. I had been in so much pain and could not even stand more than a few minutes. Met with a neurosurgeon who had fixed my bosses back and he agreed to do surgery. He got in there and there was NO herniated discs! He saw some degeneration but nothing that would be causing the kind of pain I was having. So he worked on a nerve that he thought could be the problem. Part 2 below....

Posted by: Jewells45 at February 18, 2021 10:15 PM (nxdel)

115 Emmie: grubby, low-born, non-billionaire commenter

Paul Hunt was funny and bendy. Thanks.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at February 18, 2021 10:16 PM (u82oZ)

116 They have a WWII-era cannon that they tow around behind a dump truck, load it and shoot down the snow. It covers the Interstate, and a few bulldozers clear it out and push it over the deep side of the road.
All clear, open the road back up, and everyone is safe.
It's kinda cool to watch them.
Posted by: LeftCoast Dawg at February 18, 2021 09:58 PM (sy5kK)

They do that in several high passes on highways in British Columbia, too. They have ready-built emplacements that they can settle the howitzer into.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 18, 2021 10:16 PM (mzC78)

117 @88

Because the power infrastructure of the US is something akin to Jenga meets Rube Goldberg.

You pull out a brick and a monkey slides on a trolley onto a teeter totter that tips and hits a Whirly gig that blows a balloon into a tack, exploding the balloon that's revealed to be stuffed with dicks
In the shape of George Soros.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at February 18, 2021 10:16 PM (Rji+c)

118 Hiya Winston!

Posted by: nurse ratched at February 18, 2021 10:17 PM (U2p+3)

119 "I lived for 50 years in the northeast and I never saw anything like that. People down here are not handling it well."

A few years back we had a nasty ice storm here in my neck of the woods. All of the bushes around Stately Poppins Manor looked like that.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at February 18, 2021 10:17 PM (2JVJo)

120 You'll be good to go if this is whats being done. Simple, easy surgery.
Posted by: BifBewalski

---

Pretty much, except in the middle of March, I have to go in for preop blood thinners.

Posted by: SMH at February 18, 2021 10:17 PM (l64hh)

121 wrt the mayor's rant. The people have every right to expect power from their government. The state government took tax money from the people of Texas and gave it to the windmill companies. The people have a right to expect something back from their money.Its not the way it should be - the government should not be using tax dollars to pick winners in the energy world. But since they did, the people have a right to expect something in return.

Posted by: chemist at February 18, 2021 10:17 PM (ep5hL)

122 hear hear to Main Street

Posted by: NewLeaf at February 18, 2021 10:17 PM (AFa/x)

123 118 They have a WWII-era cannon that they tow around behind a dump truck, load it and shoot down the snow. It covers the Interstate, and a few bulldozers clear it out and push it over the deep side of the road.
All clear, open the road back up, and everyone is safe.
It's kinda cool to watch them.
Posted by: LeftCoast Dawg at February 18, 2021 09:58 PM (sy5kK)

I want one !!

Posted by: REDACTED at February 18, 2021 10:17 PM (6iURM)

124 the way that this is going in TX is very disappnting

Posted by: confederatefifth at February 18, 2021 10:17 PM (4Jold)

125 Report from TX- Water well frozen, flushing the toilets with water from my pond, I stocked up on drinking water (5 gallon carboys) beforehand, power is on now (I have a generator, so had power throughout). House next door which I recently purchased is on municipal water and it has no water, lines froze up, had the water dripping (hot and cold) and the water heater ran dry and elements burnt up. My back porch covering and also the shed awning collapsed under the weight of ice and snow. Thats why I haven't been commenting, I've been a tad busy.

Posted by: The Walking Dude at February 18, 2021 10:18 PM (cCxiu)

126 Newleaf, I'm part of reality where people don't have water sources in their back yards or the ability to throw a log in the fire because they live in an apartment or a new build.

You can pretend that the system people are locked into can just be dropped and everyone can go off and play Davy Crockett in the woods. That's just not real life.

Posted by: stv at February 18, 2021 10:18 PM (yBUFr)

127 Hope for a quick warmup for all the Texas folks.

Our infrastructure is getting ricketty all across the West because we have been eating the seedcorn for about fifty years or so due to politicians catering to feelings instead of hard cold facts.

This is a signal to diversify your sources of power and heat now, however, you do it, as you cannot go without heat or water for very long. We had a solid stretch of 60 hours without power in my locale under similar circumstances a few years ago and made do. Better prepared now and getting ready to improve upon that shortly. One thing if you have the space and looking to replace hvac is to look into ground loop or even open loop if you have wells and ponds hvac systems. Ground stays at a nice temp all year around which means minimal draw on juice for heat and cold. Another are some of the ultra efficient ac zone compressor units to heat and cool somewhere to sleep. Some now work down to about 0-10 farenheit with heat pump tech. Most of these would run with a modest size portable generator in a pinch.

Posted by: whig at February 18, 2021 10:19 PM (pO7gM)

128 Hello, nurse - I didn't see you!

**hand kiss**

Got a couple of pages written tonight, so am just relaxing here for a few minutes before shower and bed.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at February 18, 2021 10:19 PM (2JVJo)

129 Thomas Bender

You bring it. LOL. I want you to design a better system.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at February 18, 2021 10:19 PM (u82oZ)

130 Oh and another awkward thing is once after talking to my wife on the phone and saying I Love You to her when done my boss called and when we were done and before I hung up I said I Love You to him too.

Posted by: banana Dream at February 18, 2021 10:20 PM (hRl/Q)

131 I really hope Texas gets its groove back soon
*hugs Tejas Horde*

Posted by: vmom WWRS What Would Rush Say at February 18, 2021 10:20 PM (nUhF0)

132 Part 2.. he moved the nerve around hoping it would alleviate my pain. I was under for almost 4 hours. I was so sick from the anesthesia I couldn't even hold my head up. The next day I could hardly walk. The following week when I was home I wanted to die I was in so much pain. That nerve was PISSED OFF! But after some PT I eventually got better. Make sure they give you something for nausea. Now.. it's just arthritis eating away at my spine. IDK where I go from here. That stupid MRI was a joke.

Posted by: Jewells45 at February 18, 2021 10:20 PM (nxdel)

133 Although I want to laugh at Texans losing their shit over all the late-winter blizzard activity, I have to be a good guy and cheer you all on down there. I've known several winters in the Greater Cincinnati area and Greater Dayton area in my life where a winter storm would blow in and either shut it all down or bring life to a crawl for a few days. I was a little shaver in the late Seventies when the winters of '77, '78, and '79 set records. People were having trouble then like you are having now. Except for the jokesters strolling across the frozen Ohio River, some people, I tell you! My parents could tell you about some winters when they were younger. So yeah, stay warm, eat lots of soup, shovel the snow, and ride out the storm. It too shall pass!

Posted by: exdem13 at February 18, 2021 10:20 PM (W+kMI)

134 128 Newleaf, I'm part of reality where people don't have water sources in their back yards or the ability to throw a log in the fire because they live in an apartment or a new build.

You can pretend that the system people are locked into can just be dropped and everyone can go off and play Davy Crockett in the woods. That's just not real life.

Posted by: stv at February 18, 2021 10:18 PM (yBUFr)

Yeah, I'm in Calif, and about to order in a cord of wood.

Still have a good fireplace, although we have not used it in about 25 years... but for an emergency?

Posted by: Romeo13 at February 18, 2021 10:20 PM (oHd/0)

135 Hi Nurse, MP4 and Salty Dog!

Posted by: Ladyl, Insurrectionist at February 18, 2021 10:21 PM (TdMsT)

136 LCD WSDOT also has 105 mm recoilless rifle and an old M-60 at Snoqualmie and Stevens passes. They can do avalanche shoots.
Also, in better weather helicopter dropped bombs for those hard to reach spots.

Posted by: Winston, GOPe, not one dime, not one vote at February 18, 2021 10:21 PM (z985I)

137 I'm looking all the time and turn up some really good deals
and I'm retired, so it's free
Posted by: REDACTED at February 18, 2021 10:15 PM (6iURM)

You are the dearest man! My latest passion is Staffordshire figurines, the smaller ones.
Thank you for asking!

Posted by: ALH, Trump Won at February 18, 2021 10:21 PM (oUcR5)

138 Damn Jewells, that's horrible.

The neurosurgeon said he may have to shave a bit of bone around the nerve to give it space, but there's no doubt that the disc is pretty much obliterated.

Posted by: SMH at February 18, 2021 10:21 PM (l64hh)

139 the government should not be using tax dollars to
pick winners in the energy world. But since they did, the people have a
right to expect something in return.

Posted by: chemist at February 18, 2021 10:17 PM (ep5hL)

That is an excellent point.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at February 18, 2021 10:22 PM (Q9lwr)

140 Paul Hunt was funny and bendy. Thanks.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at February 18, 2021 10:16 PM (u82oZ)

It's pretty amazing when a man can do splits.

Posted by: Emmie: grubby, low-born, non-billionaire commenter at February 18, 2021 10:22 PM (ofYez)

141 It's really hard to prepare for generational events.

TX just thinks, for good reason, this is not gonna happen here

I know, I lived there 40 years

here in the Northeast, we know it's coming

Posted by: REDACTED at February 18, 2021 10:22 PM (6iURM)

142 Another storyline with regards to Texas is the number of people who once they realized the SHTF just sat around and bitched and moaned.

I get it... nobody wants to be inconvenienced. But after 12-24 hours some folks had a clue and did whatever they could while others curled up and mean tweeted for a couple days.

Posted by: Martini Farmer - Now a Pirate, Hoisting the Black Flag at February 18, 2021 10:22 PM (3H9h1)

143 so, when the shit hits the fan everybody get to wsdot to seize their heavies.

Posted by: confederatefifth at February 18, 2021 10:22 PM (4Jold)

144 Emmie: grubby, low-born, non-billionaire commenter

I was going all ow, ow, ow.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at February 18, 2021 10:23 PM (u82oZ)

145 112 "I lived for 50 years in the northeast and I never saw anything like that. People down here are not handling it well."
Yeah....about that. Baltimore isn't the Northeast. It is the mid-Atlantic, and you don't know shit about cold weather.
Blue crabs? Yes. Snow? no.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at February 18, 2021 10:15 PM (Q9lwr)

That was soooo 18 year old me in my first Nike Hercules battery. Raised in the deep south, basic at fort bliss, tx. First unit assigned...damned near on the fooking beach of the North Sea. Snow would pile up 3 feet thick in just an hour against the bay doors of the warhead building. Forever digging satan's dandruff away from the fooking nukes. 2nd unit was deeep in the Taunus mountains. Snow was even worse. Thick heavy wet shit that wouldn't quit from later September through mid May.

Posted by: BifBewalski - so that is what winter weather is? at February 18, 2021 10:23 PM (VcFUs)

146 Hello, LadyL!

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at February 18, 2021 10:23 PM (2JVJo)

147 "I lived for 50 years in the northeast and I never saw anything like that. People down here are not handling it well."

Yeah....about that. Baltimore isn't the Northeast. It is the mid-Atlantic, and you don't know shit about cold weather.

Blue crabs? Yes. Snow? no.

Look at Mr. NYC pretending like he's from Buffalo. Baltimore gets bay effect snow, just like lake effect snow round the Great Lakes. Every 3-5 years they get a storm that drops 20-30" all at once. I think that counts. We had one the year my Canadian wife moved down there, and it impressed the hell out of her.

Posted by: Weirddave at February 18, 2021 10:23 PM (dWk8l)

148 That ex mayor, should go straight to Hell for spewing that crap, especially "think outside the box". That's a BS phrase from idiots with nothing to say, but who love the sound of their voice. It is no better than, "work smarter, not harder".

Posted by: Blue Hen at February 18, 2021 10:23 PM (VYjdj)

149 It's really hard to prepare for generational events.

TX just thinks, for good reason, this is not gonna happen here

I know, I lived there 40 years

here in the Northeast, we know it's coming

Posted by: R

this was not a generational event, other than the stupidity

Posted by: confederatefifth at February 18, 2021 10:24 PM (4Jold)

150 Arf!

Posted by: Sandy at February 18, 2021 10:24 PM (fLVm1)

151 That ex mayor, should go straight to Hell for spewing that crap, especially "think outside the box". That's a BS phrase from idiots with nothing to say, but who love the sound of their voice. It is no better than, "work smarter, not harder".
Posted by: B

he is more right than not

Posted by: confederatefifth at February 18, 2021 10:24 PM (4Jold)

152 Posted by: SMH at February 18, 2021 10:03 PM (l64hh)

{{{SMH}}}, you let us know when you are going in for your surgery, and the prayer warriors here will be all over it for you!
Ask me how I know...

Posted by: Commissar Chairman Hrothgar at February 18, 2021 10:24 PM (F0JZc)

153 Hi Mr Poppins!
*curtsy*

We lose power out here several times a year. I have a wood burning fireplace and lots of camping gear, extra water and plenty of canned food. And we get lectured regularly on having to be self sufficient when "the big one" hits, as in earthquake.

But folks have a right to an explanation as to why there has been such an epic failure in Tx.

Posted by: nurse ratched at February 18, 2021 10:24 PM (U2p+3)

154 Jewell45,
One thing that can mimic a herniated disc pain is something called reactive arthritis which can be triggered by certain bacterial infections and an autoimmune overreponse to it. Urinary tract infections, staph infections, and some others can trigger it and the symptom is severe lower back pain.

Posted by: whig at February 18, 2021 10:24 PM (pO7gM)

155 SMH.. I will pray it all goes well. I will say that doing my PT exercises even 10 years laters helps.

Posted by: Jewells45 at February 18, 2021 10:24 PM (nxdel)

156 We had plenty of food but last 2 days been eating out. In the morning we will eat out again south of town. We like for other folk to do the cooking and cleanup, especially if it's waffles.

Posted by: Eromero at February 18, 2021 10:24 PM (gjvwR)

157 I don't understand the Facebook rant. I have a contract with an electric provider. I pay for electricity. So why doesn't that company owe me some electricity so long as I pay? And while Texas's energy industry is somewhat deregulated, that's another way of saying it remains somewhat regulated. If the government insists on being involved, why isn't it answerable to taxpayers? One could argue that folks should be prepared for an emergency. I agree. One could argue that government can't always be prepared for unlikely emergencies. Maybe so. Maybe even in this case. But the whole thrust of the Facebook post seems misplaced.

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at February 18, 2021 10:25 PM (H5knJ)

158 @131

Oh I could design a very robust and resilient power system and
Infrastructure but it would take a whole lot of nuclear power plants being built to supply the energy, it would also require an almost complete rewrite and shit canning of federal and state laws and regs.

So there's that.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at February 18, 2021 10:25 PM (Rji+c)

159 I saw Satan's Dandruff open for Blue Oyster Cult at the Paramount in '79.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at February 18, 2021 10:25 PM (2JVJo)

160 I loved the response by another "gun nut" who criticized the congresswoman for just laying them on shelves, accompanied by a pic of his gun room with all racked ammo nearly stacked. He said something about "disrespecting" the guns, I think. It was obviously a little intramural joking, and less scratchy than the women who found it "dangerous".

Posted by: GWB at February 18, 2021 10:25 PM (lclUd)

161 The windmills froze along with some natural gas pipelines and a nuke plant. In Texas nothing is insulated for winter so everything froze. That caused a cascading effect. There were a LOT of mistakes made. I have been without water for two days now. I had days of rolling blackouts. Luckily my natural gas to my house has held up.

If you really want to get pissed off, look up the price spike during this whole debacle...during normal times electricity sells for about $30-$50/MWh current prices are around $9000/MWh and that's capped . No I did not accidentally put too many zeros... that's a 22,000+% increase...unreal!!

Posted by: lin-duh 27-4 at February 18, 2021 10:25 PM (UUBmN)

162 I feel for our southern friends. Often people's homes and infrastructures just aren't set up for weird weather.

We've had cold and snow here as well, but it's entirely within the usual extremes for our annual cold snap.

Posted by: Emmie: grubby, low-born, non-billionaire commenter at February 18, 2021 10:26 PM (ofYez)

163 Don't the French get about a third of their energy from nukes?

The frogs. The CHEESE-EATING SURRENDER MONKEYS.

Come ON, America!

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at February 18, 2021 10:26 PM (TK8Ry)

164 Thanks Jewells, your prayers are much appreciated, as well as the rest of the Horde.

Posted by: SMH at February 18, 2021 10:26 PM (l64hh)

165 Blue Oyster Cult's biggest hit was Don't Fear the Reaper, MP3.

Posted by: ALH, Trump Won at February 18, 2021 10:26 PM (oUcR5)

166 11 Hi, Iris! Did you get any snow?
Posted by: NaCly Dog at February 18, 2021 09:54 PM (u82oZ)

Maybe an inch. Mostly sleet. Happily I did not need to drive so not affected.

Posted by: Iris at February 18, 2021 10:26 PM (6lKe4)

167 {{{ Ladyl, Insurrectionist}}}

I'm going to need a spreadsheet to keep track of your favorites. Mark Robinson was powerful. We need more like him.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at February 18, 2021 10:27 PM (u82oZ)

168 78 Weird Dave, you live outside the city and you kept power and water the whole time! I am so PISSED at the mismanagement! Here I live in the city where things are supposed to stay on, and had no power for over 48 hours, and the water is STILL screwed up (getting a dirty pencil thin drip right now) At least my nat gas heaters saved me - I had a neighbor who spent the night in the front seat of his car with the engine running since the inside of his house was in the 20's. and he had no backup to his electric appliances.

Posted by: Tom Servo at February 18, 2021 10:08 PM (bxPTJ)

--- --- ---
Tom Servo - how many of the horde live in/around Tyler?

Posted by: redchief at February 18, 2021 10:27 PM (Kab4E)

169 133 I really hope Texas gets its groove back soon

---------

Stevie Ray Vaughn rests in Avalon, awaiting the call of his countrymen to return in glory to rescue it from looming disaster.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at February 18, 2021 10:27 PM (fLVm1)

170 if you have the space and looking to replace hvac is to look
into ground loop or even open loop if you have wells and ponds hvac
systems.Posted by whig
This is true, I looked into that but ended up replacing the failed HVAC with a heat pump which is only good down to about 25, then the strip heating kicks in). I want to put in a Sol Arc controller and 2 batteries that will fool the inverter on the solar array into thinking the grid is still up so the solar panels don;t shut down. It can also be EMP hardened. I looked into a woodstove as a backup but the honeowners insurance goes through the roof.

Posted by: The Walking Dude at February 18, 2021 10:27 PM (cCxiu)

171 You are the dearest man! My latest passion is Staffordshire figurines, the smaller ones.
Thank you for asking!
Posted by: ALH, Trump Won at February 18, 2021 10:21 PM (oUcR5)

when I was young, they always called them fairings
supposedly, vendors wood got the fairs to sell them
they wood attach them to a square panel that sat on their head and they would walk around at the fairs

thus fairings

I forgot to tell you, I was born about 200 years ago

Posted by: REDACTED at February 18, 2021 10:27 PM (6iURM)

172 I was a little shaver in the late Seventies when the winters of '77, '78, and '79 set records. People were having trouble then like you are having now.

During those winters we had bottles of Coke freeze (and shatter) in the laundry room, and mom had to break the ice on the dog's water dish -- which was in the kitchen.

Posted by: Rob Crawford at February 18, 2021 10:27 PM (naEeR)

173 123 wrt the mayor's rant. The people have every right to expect power from their government. The state government took tax money from the people of Texas and gave it to the windmill companies. The people have a right to expect something back from their money. Its not the way it should be - the government should not be using tax dollars to pick winners in the energy world. But since they did, the people have a right to expect something in return.
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You make a valid point. The state government of Texas does owe its people an explanation and a speedy renewal of power, and some emergency measures put in place, for the day of emergency never announces itself in advance.

Posted by: exdem13 at February 18, 2021 10:27 PM (W+kMI)

174 especially if it's waffles.
Posted by: Eromero at February 18, 2021 10:24 PM (gjvwR

Mmmmmm, waffles! Our local Village Inn makes excellent waffles.

Posted by: Emmie: grubby, low-born, non-billionaire commenter at February 18, 2021 10:28 PM (ofYez)

175

I'm going to need a spreadsheet to keep track of your favorites. Mark Robinson was powerful. We need more like him.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at February 18, 2021 10:27 PM (u82oZ)

We need many, many many more like him, Salty.

Posted by: Ladyl, Insurrectionist at February 18, 2021 10:28 PM (TdMsT)

176 I just spelt would, "wood"

like I call tees, trays

Posted by: REDACTED at February 18, 2021 10:28 PM (6iURM)

177 I'm from SW OK, believe me - we "think" we're prepared and woefully not. What a shock when Galveston has snow!! "Green" has been exposed as a laughable sweet little pipe dream when muscle is required. We hope it's truly a hundred year storm.

Posted by: Marybel at February 18, 2021 10:28 PM (FLTj7)

178 Those uniforms are not regulation.

Posted by: squid_hunt at February 18, 2021 10:28 PM (Ectld)

179 I've known several winters in the Greater Cincinnati area and Greater
Dayton area in my life where a winter storm would blow in and either
shut it all down or bring life to a crawl for a few days. I was a little
shaver in the late Seventies when the winters of '77, '78, and '79 set
records. People were having trouble then like you are having now. ------------- exdem13

My formative years were in the Dayton area. I remember well the blizzards of '77 and '78. In '77, I was a senior attending THE Ohio State University and I paid part of my way through school by being a supervisor of a student housekeeping team at THE Ohio State Student Union. Walking home along the snow and ice-crusted sidewalks on High St. at 2AM with the ambient temperature at -19F was instructive. About 2/3 of a mile to my apartment, IIRC.

Posted by: mrp at February 18, 2021 10:28 PM (Pqytn)

180 Thanks for the ONT.

OH!!! NOW I understand why the NYTs wanted to write a story that Snerdley did not exist- because he is black. *sigh* Right.

Did not know he was black. Never entered my mind to wonder.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 18, 2021 10:29 PM (lmikk)

181 Don't the French get about a third of their energy from nukes?

The frogs. The CHEESE-EATING SURRENDER MONKEYS.

They also blew up a Greenpeace boat that was intent on interfering with a nuclear test.

Posted by: Rob Crawford at February 18, 2021 10:29 PM (naEeR)

182 Look at Mr. NYC pretending like he's from Buffalo.

Posted by: Weirddave at February 18, 2021 10:23 PM (dWk8l)

North of NYC, and in real mountains...Sierra Nevada snowstorms are epic. 4' in one night and they have school the next day.

20"-30"

Yeah...so? We got 2' a few weeks ago and it was fine. Actually, it was great! Roads were clear and it was fun helping the neighbors with their driveways.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at February 18, 2021 10:29 PM (Q9lwr)

183 Yeah....about that. Baltimore isn't the Northeast. It is the mid-Atlantic, and you don't know shit about cold weather.

Blue crabs? Yes. Snow? no.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at February 18, 2021 10:15 PM (Q9lwr)

I talked to my brother in Nebraska this week - he was excited that they finally got up above zero for the first time in a while. His low temp this week was 25 below zero.

Posted by: Tom Servo at February 18, 2021 10:29 PM (bxPTJ)

184 Tom Servo - how many of the horde live in/around Tyler?
Posted by: redchief at February 18, 2021 10:27 PM (Kab4E)

I was raised in Yantis TX on a ranch/farm

I was actually born in Dallas but was taken immediately to my grandparents farm

Posted by: REDACTED at February 18, 2021 10:30 PM (6iURM)

185 Those uniforms are not regulation.
Posted by: squid_hunt at February 18, 2021 10:28 PM (Ectld)

They certainly have me standing to attention.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at February 18, 2021 10:30 PM (2JVJo)

186 Have a great night, everyone.

May your pipes hold, you canoodle for warmth, and your driving be unremarkable, with no stories.

In the worst case, only visit Cannibal Bob with a loaded pistol to keep him on his best behavior.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at February 18, 2021 10:31 PM (u82oZ)

187 My formative years were in the Dayton area. I remember well the blizzards of '77 and '78. In '77, I was a senior attending THE Ohio State University and I paid part of my way through school by being a supervisor of a student housekeeping team at THE Ohio State Student Union.
Posted by: mrp

Good God! You stepped over me plenty of times as I lay on the sidewalk in front of Papa Joe's or the Oar House.

Posted by: Tonypete at February 18, 2021 10:31 PM (Rvt88)

188 Don't the French get about a third of their energy from nukes?

The frogs. The CHEESE-EATING SURRENDER MONKEYS.

Come ON, America!

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at February 18, 2021 10:26 PM (TK8Ry)

more like over 2/3s.

Posted by: Quint at February 18, 2021 10:31 PM (Veofh)

189 Sierra Nevada snowstorms are epic. 4' in one night and they have school the next day.

20"-30"

Yeah...so? We got 2' a few weeks ago and it was fine. Actually, it was great! Roads were clear and it was fun helping the neighbors with their driveways.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at February 18, 2021 10:29 PM (Q9lwr)

Yeah, know what we call 2 Ft of snow in the Sierras?

a Powder day.

Posted by: Romeo13 at February 18, 2021 10:31 PM (oHd/0)

190 I am also reminded of something: One of the arguments SO many teachers and teacher's families make: they love teaching. They love the kids. It has nothing to do with having a job with a 3 month paid vacation every year.

Well, now they have had a 12 month paid vacation and they do not seem to give a rats ass about teaching or the kids.*

*I realize this is a broad generalization, but I am obviously not talking about the ones who are already back or want to go back.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 18, 2021 10:32 PM (lmikk)

191 They also blew up a Greenpeace boat that was intent on interfering with a nuclear test.
Posted by: Rob Crawford at February 18, 2021 10:29 PM (naEeR)

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To his credit, Macron told the Leftist nihilists who wanted to tear down statues in Paris to FUCK OFF.

This is our history, like it or lump it.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at February 18, 2021 10:32 PM (fLVm1)

192 155 Posted by: SMH at February 18, 2021 10:03 PM (l64hh)

{{{SMH}}}, you let us know when you are going in for your surgery, and the prayer warriors here will be all over it for you!
Ask me how I know...
Posted by: Commissar Chairman Hrothgar at February 18, 2021 10:24 PM (F0JZc)

Ever so this. I still believe this is why i bounced back from the 2nd surgery so quick. Would've been quicker but fooking garrett had me laughing my ass off and I pulled a staple.

Posted by: BifBewalski - so that is what winter weather is? at February 18, 2021 10:32 PM (VcFUs)

193 I forgot to tell you, I was born about 200 years ago
Posted by: REDACTED at February 18, 2021 10:27 PM (6iURM)

I didn't know that about fairings, you are a real treasure. I don't have a specialty, I know a little about a lot of things.
What do you like to collect?

Posted by: ALH, Trump Won at February 18, 2021 10:32 PM (oUcR5)

194 His low temp this week was 25 below zero.

Posted by: Tom Servo at February 18, 2021 10:29 PM (bxPTJ)

Yup. That is cold. I remember -10, and that was not fun. But as long as one is dressed for it, it's not dangerous. Hell, most of the time my problem is that I am sweating when I snowblow!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at February 18, 2021 10:32 PM (Q9lwr)

195 138 LCD WSDOT also has 105 mm recoilless rifle and an old M-60 at Snoqualmie and Stevens passes. They can do avalanche shoots.

Correct, I was off on the WWII cannon. They used that like 30+ years ago, that's when I saw it being used. I've seen video of the 105mm.

Posted by: LeftCoast Dawg at February 18, 2021 10:32 PM (sy5kK)

196 Dear God, that image of Mrs. Boebert is...um...exciting. Absolute gun pron.

Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33 at February 18, 2021 10:32 PM (49Dnm)

197 Tom Servo - how many of the horde live in/around Tyler?
Posted by: redchief at February 18, 2021 10:27 PM (Kab4E)

the two of us, and Eromero, and Helena Handbasket at least for now. Maybe more that haven't spoken up.

Posted by: Tom Servo at February 18, 2021 10:32 PM (bxPTJ)

198 Someone in a previous thread mention wood fired generators.
This company (Reliable Steam Engine Co.) builds steam engines to run generators.
They built one for a pig farmer in Iowa that runs on corn.
Based in Waldport, Oregon the last knew.
Thirty years ago their manufacturing facility was in an old rotting garage with a dirt floor.
They melted down scavenged aluminum and cast their own engine blocks.
Very scary to see their open-top furnace filled with molten aluminum.
OSAHA was not welcome.
Their products are gorgeous.

Posted by: waepnedmann at February 18, 2021 10:33 PM (4Nl8S)

199 Hey everybody. Hey ONT! Hey WeirdDave!

Posted by: qdpsteve at February 18, 2021 10:33 PM (L2ZTs)

200 175 I was a little shaver in the late Seventies when the winters of '77, '78, and '79 set records. People were having trouble then like you are having now.

During those winters we had bottles of Coke freeze (and shatter) in the laundry room, and mom had to break the ice on the dog's water dish -- which was in the kitchen.
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God be praised, we never lost power in our Alexandria, KY neighborhood. The old heater though was severely tested, and we had the most interesting frost designs up and down the picture windows and screen doors in the mornings. Actually had church services at home a time or two in '78 and '79 when there was little chance of making the drive in to Cold Springs (about 20 minutes at least) to attend services. I do remember at least 1 church service where everybody except for Pastor Harms and the organist was in the pews wearing their coats.

Posted by: exdem13 at February 18, 2021 10:33 PM (W+kMI)

201 78 we enough snow that we could sled down the roof of the house.

Posted by: Patrick From Ohio at February 18, 2021 10:33 PM (dKiJG)

202 "I have a contract with an electric provider"

A utility?

Posted by: Comment Provider at February 18, 2021 10:33 PM (49Dnm)

203 My 90 year old mother in law lives in Hitchcock, Texas, down near Galveston. They have gas heat but electricity once in awhile, water is very low. No indication of when anything will come back.

Posted by: Lirio100 at February 18, 2021 10:33 PM (uFOGo)

204
Good God! You stepped over me plenty of times as I lay on the sidewalk in front of Papa Joe's or the Oar House.
Posted by: Tonypete at February 18, 2021 10:31 PM (Rvt8

Heh.

I was at the Castle and the Agora.

Posted by: Ladyl, Insurrectionist at February 18, 2021 10:33 PM (TdMsT)

205 Hrothgar!!!!!

So happy to see you!

Posted by: SMH at February 18, 2021 10:33 PM (l64hh)

206 I was raised in Yantis TX on a ranch/farm

I was actually born in Dallas but was taken immediately to my grandparents farm

Posted by: REDACTED at February 18, 2021 10:30 PM (6iURM)
--- --- ---I'm a political refugee and have been here for 5 months. Would I move due to the weather back to sunny CA? not a chance. Oh...and I have power, no water though.

Posted by: redchief at February 18, 2021 10:34 PM (Kab4E)

207 Yup. That is cold. I remember -10, and that was not fun. But as long as one is dressed for it, it's not dangerous. Hell, most of the time my problem is that I am sweating when I snowblow!
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at February 18, 2021 10:32 PM (Q9lwr)

Winter 79, Great Lakes Naval Station.

-15 to -20 with the wind chill... I was on watch for 4 hours, outside, with orders to guard a bridge, to 'make sure no one steals it'.

Posted by: Romeo13 at February 18, 2021 10:34 PM (oHd/0)

208 It's Surgery Competition Night at the HQ!!

Posted by: ALH, Trump Won

Mary Ellen Moffit. She broke my heart.

Posted by: Hooper at February 18, 2021 10:34 PM (Z7toj)

209 Hey Hrothgar!

Posted by: qdpsteve at February 18, 2021 10:34 PM (L2ZTs)

210 They also blew up a Greenpeace boat that was intent on interfering with a nuclear test.
Posted by: Rob Crawford at February 18, 2021 10:29 PM (naEeR)

The Rainbow Warrior. I remember when that happened back in 1985...

Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33 at February 18, 2021 10:35 PM (49Dnm)

211 145 so, when the shit hits the fan everybody get to wsdot to seize their heavies.
Posted by: confederatefifth at February 18, 2021 10:22 PM (4Jold)

Good advice.
Local PNW squad has it covered, C5.

Posted by: LeftCoast Dawg at February 18, 2021 10:35 PM (sy5kK)

212 it was not a power line thing
Posted by: confederatefifth

Okay. When our power goes out, it is always because power lines get knocked down.

Posted by: nerdygirl at February 18, 2021 10:35 PM (+lVUW)

213 209 Hrothgar!!!!!

So happy to see you!
Posted by: SMH at February 18, 2021 10:33 PM (l64hh)

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*waves little flag*

*looks at shoes*

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at February 18, 2021 10:35 PM (fLVm1)

214 Nobody owes anyone there a damn thing. They'll have to help themselves.

Posted by: Main Street at February 18, 2021 10:33 PM (OneoG)

I agree with you, but chemist at February 18, 2021 10:17 PM made a really good point about that.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at February 18, 2021 10:36 PM (Q9lwr)

215
Good advice.
Local PNW squad has it covered, C5.
Posted by: LeftCoast Dawg

assumed you did

Posted by: confederatefifth at February 18, 2021 10:36 PM (4Jold)

216 Gotta say on behalf of teachers, playground duty in this weather is .... not fun.

Posted by: Emmie: grubby, low-born, non-billionaire commenter at February 18, 2021 10:36 PM (ofYez)

217 I know, I lived there 40 years

here in the Northeast, we know it's coming

Posted by: REDACTED at February 18, 2021 10:22 PM (6iURM)

Yep. I don't expect the northeast to prepare for earthquakes, nor do I expect CA to prepare for hurricanes.

Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33 at February 18, 2021 10:36 PM (49Dnm)

218 Lauren Boebert is nice to look at, but every time I see a press release from her, it feels like pandering.

Posted by: squid_hunt at February 18, 2021 10:36 PM (Ectld)

219 The Texas Mayor's rant was stupid. He may have a point that people have become less self sufficient but part of intelligence is knowing when to shut up and just help people the best you can. He should quit taking his ques from Ben Shapiro.

Posted by: lowandslow at February 18, 2021 10:36 PM (qH6FZ)

220 I was on watch for 4 hours, outside, with orders to guard a bridge, to 'make sure no one steals it'.

Posted by: Romeo13 at February 18, 2021 10:34 PM (oHd/0)

Damned straight. Those fucking Canucks will steal anything they can!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at February 18, 2021 10:38 PM (Q9lwr)

221 {{Hrothgar}}!!

Posted by: Jewells45 at February 18, 2021 10:38 PM (nxdel)

222 166 Don't the French get about a third of their energy from nukes?

The frogs. The CHEESE-EATING SURRENDER MONKEYS.

Come ON, America!
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at February 18, 2021 10:26 PM (TK8Ry)

HH, you have to admit, it is some damned fine cheese those Frogs have there.

Posted by: LeftCoast Dawg at February 18, 2021 10:38 PM (sy5kK)

223 I at least know where the tanks are parked.
Always wanted my very own M-60.

Posted by: Winston, GOPe, not one dime, not one vote at February 18, 2021 10:38 PM (z985I)

224 "I like the guy who tried to print out a Youtube video."

There are some early movies that exist today only because they were printed to paper, frame by frame, and archived at Library of Congress.

Watched the sidebar link about Disney fooferaw. Haven't seen Gina Carano in years. She's put on a few pounds, still looks fine, wish her luck.

Posted by: Long gpCoin at February 18, 2021 10:38 PM (qpX6U)

225 Posted by: Thomas Bender at February 18, 2021 10:16 PM (Rji+c)

The Hrothgar Model of the US power grid (and actually the failing civilization we are allowing to be destroyed) is that of an inverted pyramid.
It starts with a relatively stable foundation center stone, but as new requirements come along a second and then a third layer come along, and each level requires that it be built out a bit further. At first, for the lower levels, at least, it is fairly easy to keep the inverted pyramid balanced by moving things around. But as the successive layers get bigger and bigger, it gets more and more difficult to maintain that balance and one small failure or misstep makes it more and more difficult for the inverted pyramid to remain balanced and things crash. Given the incompetence of the government designers, it is a wonder these collapses do not happen more frequently

Posted by: Commissar Chairman Hrothgar at February 18, 2021 10:38 PM (F0JZc)

226 That gas 22kv generator I had put in last year saved the day. I've had power the whole time. I checked with the insurance company to see if I can put in a stove, but not hook it all the way up (leave out a section of flue) and not use it unless the hvac fails in another event similar to this one. The next contingency would be to ditch the electric stove for gas, I can always open the oven door and keep the kitchen warm. I like to have several levels of contingency.

Posted by: The Walking Dude at February 18, 2021 10:39 PM (cCxiu)

227 the thing is is, you should not have to worry about getting the services you are taxed for / pay for, however, when the shit hits the fan then it is your job to get through it.

then start the hangings.

fwiw the weather and inconveniences in TX are not so much that everybody everywhere should not be ready

Posted by: confederatefifth at February 18, 2021 10:39 PM (4Jold)

228 222 Lauren Boebert is nice to look at, but every time I see a press release from her, it feels like pandering.
Posted by: squid_hunt at February 18, 2021 10:36 PM (Ectld)

So far, I am pleasantly surprised. She is not my rep, but I heard her campaign ads on nearby radio stations and she sounded like she might be all hat, no cattle. But she seems to be sincerely trying to represent her constituents.

Posted by: Emmie: grubby, low-born, non-billionaire commenter at February 18, 2021 10:39 PM (ofYez)

229 Always wanted my very own M-60.

Posted by: Winston, GOPe, not one dime, not one vote at February 18, 2021 10:38 PM

Get the "Starship" mark... Very posh...

Posted by: Zettai at February 18, 2021 10:39 PM (fQDQk)

230 T-34 > M-60

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at February 18, 2021 10:39 PM (fLVm1)

231 223 - There's always some asshole who thinks now is the perfect time to give the speech from
the opening of Glengary Glen Ross and that he's just the person to give it. The internet is full of he-men who have the answer to all life's problems.

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at February 18, 2021 10:39 PM (H5knJ)

232 {{{Jewells}}}

Posted by: Commissar Chairman Hrothgar at February 18, 2021 10:40 PM (F0JZc)

233 166 Don't the French get about a third of their energy from nukes?

The frogs. The CHEESE-EATING SURRENDER MONKEYS.

Come ON, America!
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at February 18, 2021 10:26 PM (TK8Ry)

Actually, about a third of French energy DOESN'T come from nukes. But...they also reprocess their waste, so though they have been on this path for about 50 years, they have very little waste that they can't do anything with.

Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33 at February 18, 2021 10:40 PM (49Dnm)

234 There are some early movies that exist today only because they were printed to paper, frame by frame, and archived at Library of Congress.

Most of them are from the Edison studio. They were copied and sent to establish copyright and were never intended to be projected. But lucky for us, they were preserved.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at February 18, 2021 10:40 PM (2JVJo)

235 182 My formative years were in the Dayton area. I remember well the blizzards of '77 and '78. In '77, I was a senior attending THE Ohio State University and I paid part of my way through school by being a supervisor of a student housekeeping team at THE Ohio State Student Union. Walking home along the snow and ice-crusted sidewalks on High St. at 2AM with the ambient temperature at -19F was instructive. About 2/3 of a mile to my apartment, IIRC.
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Hey mrp, how's it been? I've walked down High Street a few times, but never in the winter. It might be a great wind tunnel. I feel cold reading about your OSU days, as when I was at WSU outside Dayton the winter quarters could be chilling, even when it wasn't a big snow year. The wind from the NW would blow across the open spaces, mostly all the parking lots. I had to cross at least two of them to get to Allen Hall, and many times it was head down, and go as fast as possible to reach indoor shelter. Once inside I could walk The Tunnels, but the first run in and the trip home were fierce. My roommate and best friend was from Cleveland and considered Dayton winters to be wimpy.

Posted by: exdem13 at February 18, 2021 10:41 PM (W+kMI)

236 @Romeo13 Good for you, must be nice!
I am all for doing what you can for yourself, for instance, when we went into lockdown in the UK we were fortunate because we had a lot of food in storage, a lesson my mum drilled into me when we were in Berlin just in case the Russians rolled tanks on us, I think. I suppose it would be nice for Ivan to have something to eat when he arrived!

But no matter how prepared you are, you aren't going to be gritting the roads for yourself, collecting and purifying water, chopping down the nearest forest or drilling for gas.

And you have to wonder what the stock of heaters and other such things in stores in Texas is like?

It isn't unreasonable to expect the politicians who put you in that situation to fix their mistakes.

Posted by: stv at February 18, 2021 10:41 PM (yBUFr)

237 {{{Hrothgar}}}

How are you?

Posted by: Ladyl, Insurrectionist at February 18, 2021 10:41 PM (TdMsT)

238 That speech would have been better if Alec Baldwin gave it.

Posted by: ALH, Trump Won at February 18, 2021 10:41 PM (oUcR5)

239 Bull shit. No one has the right to tell someone weasel words to make himself feel better. One boss tried that line of shit, and I asked him why the box even existed? Why not destroy the box, since we're supposed to avoid it? And if he meant do something different, then why not say so?
The honorable ex mayor wasn't offering to help, so he should just STFU.

Posted by: Blue Hen at February 18, 2021 10:41 PM (VYjdj)

240 But she seems to be sincerely trying to represent her constituents.
Posted by: Emmie: grubby, low-born, non-billionaire commenter at February 18, 2021 10:39 PM (ofYez)

Imagine that. And if she keeps right on doing that, well, that's just great in my book.

Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33 at February 18, 2021 10:41 PM (49Dnm)

241 Cicero
Maybe so but M-60's are what we have.
The Patton Museum at Ft Knox, KY has a T-34, captured in Korea. Last time I saw it the holes had not been patched.

Posted by: Winston, GOPe, not one dime, not one vote at February 18, 2021 10:42 PM (z985I)

242 So... the posts are flying on FB about Cruz going to Cancun. Funny.. none of them ever mentioned all the governers, mayors etc who broke their own rules over Covid. Stupid fuckers.

Posted by: Jewells45 at February 18, 2021 10:42 PM (nxdel)

243 Hrothgar - good to see you!

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at February 18, 2021 10:42 PM (2JVJo)

244 Yo qdpsteve!

Posted by: Commissar Chairman Hrothgar at February 18, 2021 10:42 PM (F0JZc)

245 Jewells--I took the four bracelets to my grandlovie for her to chose from.

She took them all!

Posted by: Ladyl, Insurrectionist at February 18, 2021 10:42 PM (TdMsT)

246 Coal works every day

Even better: unlike natural gas, coal is stored onsite. Gas is piped in.

The bit about natural gas pipelines freezing is mostly a lie. There may have been small amounts of it, but in its panic to shut down and reduce power usage when wind and solar could no longer produce its fair share, ERCOT shut down power to the Permian Basin which meant that the natural gas producers could no longer supply natural gas into the pipelines. This in turn cascaded because power plants that shut down because they do not have gas to burn are much more vulnerable to cold.

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at February 18, 2021 10:42 PM (2lndx)

247 Hrothgar hope you are doing well and staying warm!

Posted by: Jewells45 at February 18, 2021 10:43 PM (nxdel)

248 Evening Horde. CC and cola.

Winter is easing her grip

Posted by: Zeera Hunkering down here, Boss at February 18, 2021 10:43 PM (RLANM)

249 I just want to start whacking the swow and ice off that poor tree. We get wet (for us) snows in fall or spring fairly often. I'm always knocking snow off the younger trees that have gotten bent over and drooping branches the next day. Branches that will bounce back if you get the load off them, will eventually break.

Posted by: PaleRider is simply irredeemable at February 18, 2021 10:43 PM (Aashi)

250 At what point to people figure out that you have to be prepared for emergencies?! I don't understand this.
The government can't be trusted to do a damn thing, and in some cases there isn't anything that can be done anyway.
I'm not saying there weren't any screw ups, but jesus, people; how do you not have a few weeks of food and water on hand?
We were without power ( which means no water either, because we're on a well) for over two weeks after a hideous January ice storm a few years ago. We did fine.
Hard to believe people who lived through Harvey (?) a few years back didn't try and learn just a little about prepping. And let me tell you, you can have a years' worth of everything and a flood or a hurricane can wipe it all out in 10 minutes.

Ain't no guarantees in life.

Posted by: Liberty Belle at February 18, 2021 10:43 PM (X9N4t)

251 Good grief, I'm listening to right now and crazy enjoying Starbuck's entire album, Moonlight Feels Right. Every song is catchy and tuneful.

Posted by: qdpsteve at February 18, 2021 10:44 PM (L2ZTs)

252 Mrs. E and I went out to gather gasoline for generators, birdseed for....well....birds, and shared a cheeseburger at Cracker Barrel right next to the fireplace. Very romantic and I bought her a Three Musketeers.

Posted by: Eromero at February 18, 2021 10:44 PM (gjvwR)

253 MPPP
sorry that I seemed to miss the right day to wish you a Happy Birthday, so here it is, a day or two late and a dollar or more short!

Posted by: Commissar Chairman Hrothgar at February 18, 2021 10:44 PM (F0JZc)

254 Jewells--I took the four bracelets to my grandlovie for her to chose from.

She took them all!

LOL!!! Makes my day Ladyl!!!

Posted by: Jewells45 at February 18, 2021 10:44 PM (nxdel)

255
We have a young Hispanic family who moved in next to us this year. We lent them one of our generators so they could have use their space heater in one room.

We were about as prepared as possible, but we still had a broken pipe. We're getting a transfer switch put in this year so we can tie in our 8750 watt generator. That should let us run the well and at least one AC in the kennel (summer) or the furnace (winter).

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at February 18, 2021 10:44 PM (mht8P)

256 175 I was a little shaver in the late Seventies when the winters of '77, '78, and '79 set records. People were having trouble then like you are having now.

During those winters we had bottles of Coke freeze (and shatter) in the laundry room, and mom had to break the ice on the dog's water dish -- which was in the kitchen.
Posted by: Rob Crawford at February 18, 2021 10:27 PM (naEeR)

Something I wrote about recently - anyone who looks at long term weather patterns honestly immediately sees a 30 - 40 year sine wave function jump out of it; 30 odd years of warming, then 30 odd years of cooling, then back. The period from just after WW2 until the winter of 83' - 84" was filled with many great freezing events. Then, 30 years of general warming until, when it's likely that another 30 - 40 year cold trend is beginning.

I've long been convinced that the first generation of global warming proponents knew this very well, which is why they started their big push in 1989. They figured they could put in mandated "fixes" and by the time the cooling cycle came back in the 2020's, they could get all the credit for making it happen.

Posted by: Tom Servo at February 18, 2021 10:44 PM (bxPTJ)

257 Not sure what's going on exactly in that twins video, but it reminds me of an old webwork (well, almost everything does) I did when we were raising our twin boys.
Nicked in link.

Posted by: mindful webworker
clik at yr own riks
at February 18, 2021 10:44 PM (PrVhQ)

258 So, I see Haley tried to meet with Trump, probably to signal to everyone that she was really on his side all along, you guys- while planting the shiv for the media.

I never understand these guys. It is like they do not think we read, hear or remember a word they say.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 18, 2021 10:44 PM (lmikk)

259 The entire point of centralized government is to make people less self sufficient.
Self sufficient people don't even require government, for the most part.

Posted by: navybrat, semper paratus at February 18, 2021 10:44 PM (w7KSn)

260 @229

At the end of the day, or a quadrillion day's cubed, give or take, the heat death of the universe will occur, entropy will rule the hour until another false vacuum springs forth a new universe.

Until that time, it would be nice if politicians weren't corrupt and didn't have their heads stuffed firmly up their asses.

Courage.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at February 18, 2021 10:45 PM (Rji+c)

261 My report from TX - everything is running smoothly and we will be in the FIFTIES tomorrow IF the weather predictions are correct!

Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33 at February 18, 2021 10:45 PM (49Dnm)

262 The next contingency would be to ditch the electric stove for gas, I can always open the oven door and keep the kitchen warm. I like to have several levels of contingency.
Posted by: The Walking Dude at February 18, 2021 10:39 PM (cCxiu)

If a wood-burning stove indoors is a no-go because of insurance issues, how about a wood-fired "boiler" outside in a tin shed, with insulated lines circulating water/glycol solution to radiators inside the house? You can buy such rigs ready-made in Canada.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 18, 2021 10:45 PM (mzC78)

263 Anybody that expects to get something back for their
money is a damn fool. Same as Nurse. Same as those that carry around
that assumption. Fools.

Posted by: Main Street at February 18, 2021 10:41 PM (OneoG)

You can't help yourself.

Good bye.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at February 18, 2021 10:46 PM (Q9lwr)

264 253 Evening Horde. CC and cola.

Winter is easing her grip
Posted by: Zeera Hunkering down here, Boss at February 18, 2021 10:43 PM (RLANM)

You wish.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h2MV6PPOdEY

Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33 at February 18, 2021 10:46 PM (49Dnm)

265 "There's always some asshole who thinks now is the perfect time to give the speech from the opening of Glengary Glen Ross and that he's just the person to give it."

Even Baldwin blew the speech when he used it in an SNL sketch.

Posted by: Long gpCoin at February 18, 2021 10:46 PM (qpX6U)

266 Dolly Parton 2024!

Posted by: qdpsteve at February 18, 2021 10:46 PM (L2ZTs)

267 247 So... the posts are flying on FB about Cruz going to Cancun. Funny.. none of them ever mentioned all the governers, mayors etc who broke their own rules over Covid. Stupid fuckers.
--------
You know how it is, when it's our guy that isn't home when there's trouble, then it's okay to flip the lid. Never mind that Cruz wasn't being a hypocrite over Wuhan Flu, he just happened to be vacationing with his family.

Posted by: exdem13 at February 18, 2021 10:46 PM (W+kMI)

268 How much control would a mayor of a small town have over the power grid for a county or a state? Some people saying the TX mayor was an idiot or drunkenly posting a rant and shouldn't have said what he did confuse me. The mayors I've seen don't have all that much power, (unless they are mayors of NYC or SF). Having said that, I can imagine he was getting inundated with all kinds of calls and complaints.

In his defense, I'd probably react in a similar way.

Posted by: squeakywheel at February 18, 2021 10:46 PM (iDGpQ)

269 Good God! You stepped over me plenty of times as I lay on the sidewalk in front of Papa Joe's or the Oar House. ------------- TonyPete
LOL. I worked at the Student Union for a couple of years. It was a real treat to watch members of my team report for work on Michigan Game Saturday drunk as skunks. When the Columbus PD did their street-bar sweep, they used knee-knocker guns to take care of business. The idea was to launch wood cylinders with compressed air at the ground,which would then ricochet upwards to the target's knees, knocking him down. In the 70s win or lose, the Michigan game would end in a riot, with cars with MI plates getting rolled over and sometimes burned.

Posted by: mrp at February 18, 2021 10:46 PM (Pqytn)

270 General mayhem, because everyone was drunk and spoiling for a fight.
Rocks, bottles at the cops, cops using batons and firing the knee
knockers at the students. The cops weren't careful about how they used
those air guns, straight at the head was the norm. Two of my crew were
active participants, both drunk, the big one had a knot on his head the
size of a walnut, but they finished their shift. I admired their work
ethic.

Posted by: mrp at February 18, 2021 10:46 PM (Pqytn)

271 Did Trump tell Haley to perform an unnatural act on herself?

Posted by: ALH, Trump Won at February 18, 2021 10:47 PM (oUcR5)

272 So we're not for holding government officials accountable for foreseeable fuckups? OK then.

Posted by: Dworkin Barimen - anarcho-tyranny? you're soaking in it! at February 18, 2021 10:47 PM (DXFDM)

273 On the upside, regarding Covid shit, at least Fish Fries are back. A parish near me has it all worked out so that you can order ahead online, drive up, and they will bring it to your car.

Posted by: nerdygirl at February 18, 2021 10:47 PM (+lVUW)

274 I have nothing to offer other than blood, toil, tears and palinka that will make you sweat.

Posted by: Winston Miklos Churchill at February 18, 2021 10:48 PM (QzkSJ)

275 264 The entire point of centralized government is to make people less self sufficient.
Self sufficient people don't even require government, for the most part.
Posted by: navybrat, semper paratus at February 18, 2021 10:44 PM (w7KSn)

You find that out very quickly in the rural areas. There's a reason for all the time I have lived out here why I have barely seen cops in my area.

Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33 at February 18, 2021 10:48 PM (49Dnm)

276 ALH: yes.
Nikki responded "I'm sorry, you have me confused with Kamala Harris."

Posted by: qdpsteve at February 18, 2021 10:48 PM (L2ZTs)

277 {{{Ladyl}}}

I am doing well, thank you. DaughterH and I are still having fun hanging out and I am enjoying the cuisine as she is a very gifted cook. We avoided leaving the house today because of ice on the road, but apparently we dodged the NOAA predicted snow storm.
How are you faring in the cold?

Posted by: Commissar Chairman Hrothgar at February 18, 2021 10:48 PM (F0JZc)

278 We have a young Hispanic family who moved in next to us this year. We
lent them one of our generators so they could have use their space
heater in one room.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at February 18, 2021 10:44 PM (mht8P)

cool move. when I think of Texas at its best, it is about people helping each other out.

Posted by: Quint at February 18, 2021 10:48 PM (Veofh)

279 Dear folks in Texas, we'd have plenty of good old reliable firewood for you to burn during this time, but we let it burn in places like Cal, Montana, Oregon and WA every summer.

Posted by: U S Forest Service at February 18, 2021 10:49 PM (uN4KS)

280 Stephen Price Blair ,
Good to know that about the natural gas lines.
How are you faring?

Posted by: lin-duh 27-4 at February 18, 2021 10:49 PM (UUBmN)

281 222 Lauren Boebert is nice to look at, but every time I see a press release from her, it feels like pandering.
Posted by: squid_hunt at February 18, 2021 10:36 PM (Ectld)

I think its called fan service.

Posted by: blaster at February 18, 2021 10:49 PM (ZfRYq)

282 You can't help yourself.
Good bye.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at February 18, 2021 10:46 PM (Q9lwr)

Thank you.

Posted by: ALH, Trump Won at February 18, 2021 10:49 PM (oUcR5)

283 278 We have a young Hispanic family who moved in next to us this year. We lent them one of our generators so they could have use their space
heater in one room.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at February 18, 2021 10:44 PM (mht8P)

---------

Two words: hibachi

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at February 18, 2021 10:50 PM (fLVm1)

284 Hey CBD. Providing some muscle for WeirdDave tonight? :-)

Posted by: qdpsteve at February 18, 2021 10:50 PM (L2ZTs)

285 Two words: hibachi

Two more: carbon monoxide

Posted by: Blanco Basura - moronhorde.com. Not using Okta to secure logins (Unlike Parler) at February 18, 2021 10:50 PM (SchxB)

286
Dolly Parton 2024!

Posted by: qdpsteve at February 18, 2021 10:46 PM (L2ZTs)

she is way too nice for that. She want's to be friends with everyone so that alone makes here a hater to the Left.

Posted by: Quint at February 18, 2021 10:50 PM (Veofh)

287
I am doing well, thank you. DaughterH and I are still having fun hanging out and I am enjoying the cuisine as she is a very gifted cook. We avoided leaving the house today because of ice on the road, but apparently we dodged the NOAA predicted snow storm.
How are you faring in the cold?
Posted by: Commissar Chairman Hrothgar at February 18, 2021 10:48 PM (F0JZc)

Too much snow shoveling! Ice dams are everywhere, and I've got at least two downspouts that were torn open by ice, so these will have to replaced when it warms up.

But I have heat and water, so I feel very fortunate.

Posted by: Ladyl, Insurrectionist at February 18, 2021 10:51 PM (TdMsT)

288 Damn, but I DO love the cobs.

Posted by: Jewells45 at February 18, 2021 10:51 PM (nxdel)

289 So... the posts are flying on FB about Cruz going to Cancun. Funny.. none of them ever mentioned all the governers, mayors etc who broke their own rules over Covid. Stupid fuckers.

Posted by: Jewells45 at February 18, 2021 10:42 PM (nxdel)

Mario Kart!!!!

Posted by: ... at February 18, 2021 10:52 PM (jBRLB)

290 @275

My welcoming present to The Garden State was a 5 day power outage.

It actually was a very valuable lesson.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at February 18, 2021 10:52 PM (Rji+c)

291 Chemist is COMPLETELY wrong. Anybody that expects to get something back for their money is a damn fool. Same as Nurse. Same as those that carry around that assumption. Fools.
Posted by: Main Street at February 18, 2021 10:41 PM (OneoG)

*tilts hand side to side* I get where you are coming from but the problem is that a society functions by bargains between people. If you don't have that, we might as well be animals. The entire point, and where we are running into bigger and bigger problems, is that people are NOT holding up their end of the bargains- that is when the fuckers have to be thrown out. Not because of what fucking Woman they preferred on the Bachelor but because this is about life and death. If they cannot be expected to do the fucking essentials, then get the fuck rid of them and elect someone who can.

Do people have some of the blame, sure see above. However, if your plan is to have the government supply you with the essentials, then you damn well better be sure they will fucking do so when the rubber meets the road.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 18, 2021 10:52 PM (lmikk)

292
she is way too nice for that. She want's to be friends with everyone so that alone makes here a hater to the Left.
Posted by: Quint at February 18, 2021 10:50 PM (Veofh)

Um--I hate to disappoint you but Dolly Parton is a leftist.

Posted by: Ladyl, Insurrectionist at February 18, 2021 10:52 PM (TdMsT)

293 You can't help yourself.

Good bye.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qXavZYeXEc0

Posted by: Neglected "Pip" Miklos at February 18, 2021 10:52 PM (QzkSJ)

294 Thank you.

Posted by: ALH, Trump Won at February 18, 2021 10:49 PM (oUcR5)

My pleasure. Well...not really, it's more like taking the garbage out. I'm used to it!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at February 18, 2021 10:52 PM (Q9lwr)

295 Two words: hibachi
Posted by: Cicero

two words

jet

boil

Posted by: confederatefifth at February 18, 2021 10:52 PM (4Jold)

296 public school teachers are not doing themselves any favors it seems

Posted by: will choose a nic later at February 18, 2021 10:52 PM (r4bSV)

297 Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 18, 2021 10:45 PM (mzC7

Friend of mine has the wood fired remote boiler option on his farm. Works like a charm, and he can burn almost kind of wood including pine without problems!

Posted by: Commissar Chairman Hrothgar at February 18, 2021 10:52 PM (F0JZc)

298 OK, folks, time for a shower and then to bed. Hope you all have a lovely night.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at February 18, 2021 10:52 PM (2JVJo)

299 You know how it is, when it's our guy that isn't home when there's trouble, then it's okay to flip the lid. Never mind that Cruz wasn't being a hypocrite over Wuhan Flu, he just happened to be vacationing with his family.
Posted by: exdem13 at February 18, 2021 10:46 PM (W+kMI)

A lot of people here harbor an intense of Ted Cruz that I do not get.

As I said on the last thread, had we gotten David Dewhurst instead of Mr. Cruz representing this state, those same people would be bitching, whining and screaming about what a RINO Mr. Dewhurst is. But we get Mr. Cruz instead and people STILL throw tantrums.

People are just never fucking happy. Ever.

Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33 at February 18, 2021 10:53 PM (49Dnm)

300 Jewells, exactly.

I want every asshole complaining about Cruz to be tied to a chair Clockwork Orange-style and forced to watch every minute of coverage of the ongoing expose of Cuomo.

Posted by: qdpsteve at February 18, 2021 10:53 PM (L2ZTs)

301 I am going to Florida tomorrow to sample the maskless atmosphere for a few days. And it will be WAY warmer.

Posted by: blaster at February 18, 2021 10:53 PM (ZfRYq)

302 If a wood-burning stove indoors is a no-go because of insurance issues,
how about a wood-fired "boiler" outside in a tin shed, with insulated
lines circulating water/glycol solution to radiators inside the house?
You can buy such rigs ready-made in Canada.Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon''
Thats a good idea. Another thing I have the insurance company looking into is putting a woodstove in my garage (all metal roof and walls, on a concrete slab). I could always fire that thing up and sleep next to it. It would be a nice contingency to have. I have some small portable (oil filled?) radiators that I could use in a pinch if the HVAC failed (run them off the generator).

Posted by: The Walking Dude at February 18, 2021 10:53 PM (cCxiu)

303

It's snowing (still) at the palatial Zettaibunker... I'm quite near the end of my rope at this point...

Posted by: Zettai at February 18, 2021 10:54 PM (fQDQk)

304 It wasn't just the tone. I pay a utility bill so I expect to get services I pay for . This is not asking for a handout. This is demanding the contracted party live up to their responsibility. One they should have been prepared for.

Posted by: C 137 at February 18, 2021 10:54 PM (2DOZq)

305 How are you faring?

Good, thank you. No idea why but I never lost power. Mostly ate cake and tamales, read, and kept the fireplace filled.

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at February 18, 2021 10:54 PM (2lndx)

306 I am going to Florida tomorrow to sample the maskless atmosphere for a few days. And it will be WAY warmer.

Posted by:

were you the guy thinking of an ar10 for his 308 stash?

Posted by: confederatefifth at February 18, 2021 10:54 PM (4Jold)

307 So... the posts are flying on FB about Cruz going to Cancun. Funny.. none of them ever mentioned all the governers, mayors etc who broke their own rules over Covid. Stupid fuckers.
Posted by: Jewells45 at F

What is it the left says when we comment about Bad optics on their side.., we look silly, or something. Well, They look ridiculous on this.

Posted by: Willie browns brown willie at February 18, 2021 10:54 PM (Ed8Zd)

308 288 Damn, but I DO love the cobs.
Posted by: Jewells45

You and me both.

Jewells. Do some research on boswellia. It's a natural supplement that can help with inflammation.

Posted by: nurse ratched at February 18, 2021 10:54 PM (U2p+3)

309 296 public school teachers are not doing themselves any favors it seems
Posted by: will choose a nic later at February 18, 2021 10:52 PM (r4bSV)

Society cannot function without us. Have YOU ever taught school? I want a million dollars a year.

Posted by: Public school teachers at February 18, 2021 10:55 PM (49Dnm)

310 269 Good God! You stepped over me plenty of times as I lay on the sidewalk in front of Papa Joe's or the Oar House. ------------- TonyPete
LOL. I worked at the Student Union for a couple of years. It was a real treat to watch members of my team report for work on Michigan Game Saturday drunk as skunks...In the 70s win or lose, the Michigan game would end in a riot, with cars with MI plates getting rolled over and sometimes burned.
------
My parents have stories about that from the Sixties when they were attending OSU for grad school and Woody Hayes was head coach. Michigan U would come to town for the Big Game and there would be one big cowboy saloon brawl up and down High Street.

Posted by: exdem13 at February 18, 2021 10:55 PM (W+kMI)

311 time for a shower and then to bed. Hope you all have a lovely night.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing
----
Look at you with your shower privilege!!! Some of us just roll around in the snow and count ourselves lucky!!

Posted by: lin-duh 27-4 at February 18, 2021 10:55 PM (UUBmN)

312 were you the guy thinking of an ar10 for his 308 stash?

Posted by: confederatefifth at February 18, 2021 10:54 PM (4Jold)

Speaking of which, I pick up my AR10 lower tomorrow. The one that was lost in a boating accident next month.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at February 18, 2021 10:55 PM (Q9lwr)

313 My poor husband went out and shoveled the part of the driveway this afternoon so I could get out. I said "dear.. please next time we get a snowstorm don't rely on the lawn people who said they would come whenever it snowed.. you need to CALL THEM!!" lesson learned. He had NO business being out there today.

Posted by: Jewells45 at February 18, 2021 10:55 PM (nxdel)

314 were you the guy thinking of an ar10 for his 308 stash?
Posted by: confederatefifth at February 18, 2021 10:54 PM (4Jold)

Yes.

Funny thing. I was going to buy a rifle for the 308. And I ended up buying two!

Story is in last Sunday's gub thread.

Posted by: blaster at February 18, 2021 10:55 PM (ZfRYq)

315 But I have heat and water, so I feel very fortunate.
Posted by: Ladyl, Insurrectionist at February 18, 2021 10:51 PM (TdMsT)

Good to know you are safe! Amazing that at critical times, our real needs seem so basic and quaint!

Posted by: Commissar Chairman Hrothgar at February 18, 2021 10:56 PM (F0JZc)

316 LOL.. not sure about thriving..hanging in there would be more accurate. It's been a rough 2 weeks and this weather had played hell with my arthritis.
Posted by: Jewells45 at February 18, 2021 10:02

J I can completely identify. I won't detail it all but this sums it up in sign hung in Grandma's kitchen...

Old Age Isn't For Sissies

She lived to almost 104. Doubt I make that far, but I certainly want to keep on fighting. Keep on moving and keeping on.

Finally got into the Spine Clinic yesterday. She told me I was downplaying my situation. I said when you live w/ a lot of pain all the time that becomes the norm.

Please let the Clinic's next surgery fix this BS.

Posted by: Farmer at February 18, 2021 10:56 PM (55Qr6)

317
Society cannot function without us. Have YOU ever taught school? I want a million dollars a year.
Posted by: Public school teachers at February 18, 2021 10:55 PM (49Dnm)\

Teachers are GOD and they need to make far more than any EVIL CEO!!! Let's kill all the CEOs and give their money to the teachers!!!

Posted by: American voters at February 18, 2021 10:56 PM (49Dnm)

318 Speaking of which, I pick up my AR10 lower tomorrow. The one that was lost in a boating accident next month.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at February 18, 2021 10:55 PM (Q9lwr)

(*backs away slowly and makes note to stick to the ONT topix extra closely when CBD is around*)

Posted by: qdpsteve at February 18, 2021 10:56 PM (L2ZTs)

319 My parents have stories about that from the Sixties
when they were attending OSU for grad school and Woody Hayes was head
coach. Michigan U would come to town for the Big Game and there would be
one big cowboy saloon brawl up and down High Street.

Posted by: exdem13 at February 18, 2021 10:55 PM (W+kMI)

=================================
The legends are true.

Posted by: mrp at February 18, 2021 10:56 PM (Pqytn)

320 Nurse I will do that thank you!

Posted by: Jewells45 at February 18, 2021 10:57 PM (nxdel)

321 Speaking of which, I pick up my AR10 lower tomorrow. The one that was lost in a boating accident next month.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'

very nice, if it was freshwater it is going to be fine.

is this the build with the geissele trigger?

Posted by: confederatefifth at February 18, 2021 10:57 PM (4Jold)

322 watching "Eskimo" 1933

those fuckers were broad minded

great movie

Posted by: REDACTED at February 18, 2021 10:57 PM (6iURM)

323 were you the guy thinking of an ar10 for his 308 stash?
Posted by: confederatefifth at February 18, 2021 10:54 PM (4Jold)

The Florida situation is part of the reason why I got approval from the boss on the .308 rifle - we are looking at some property down there. I had said to sra blaster if I got a .308 I wouldn't have a place to shoot it, she said, well if we get that property you will.

This sounded like permission to me.

Posted by: blaster at February 18, 2021 10:57 PM (ZfRYq)

324 "I like the guy who tried to print out a Youtube video."

To be fair, he's probably a POC and doesn't know how to use the internet. I mean, c'mon man.

Posted by: Joe Biden. at February 18, 2021 10:57 PM (Z7toj)

325 Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33 at February 18, 2021 10:53 PM (49Dnm)

Cruz is no better than Haley. He might be worse.

One day if he ever gets the chance he will really stick it in. I despise traitors and he's just another opportunist jelly-spined shitstain traitor. He doesn't give a fuck about us or what we care about. So yeah it's pretty intense.

How people can "get over" him odiously blaming Trump for Hillary's planted *paid* stormtroopers _after_ the primaries were long over... is absolutely beyond me.

I'm not gonna blame anyone here for the way the GOPe is, but the GOPe is the way it is *exactly* because of people like Ted Cruz.

Posted by: ... at February 18, 2021 10:57 PM (jBRLB)

326 Yes.

Funny thing. I was going to buy a rifle for the 308. And I ended up buying two!

Story is in last Sunday's gub thread.
Posted by:

I always buy in pairs, it is a Noah's Ark thing.
whadya get?

Posted by: confederatefifth at February 18, 2021 10:58 PM (4Jold)

327 He had NO business being out there today.
Posted by: Jewells45 at February 18, 2021 10:55 PM (nxdel)

He doing all right or just wiped out?

Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 18, 2021 10:58 PM (lmikk)

328 As much as a PITA is was, during our little cold snap, ice storm(s) and snow this past 10 days I spent the time and effort to get our kerosene heater out of mothballs and working, started (after much yanking on the pull starter) the generator and made sure I had extension cords with the proper gauge to handle the load and enough treated gas to run for a couple days.

Honestly, it's a PITA to go through this and then not need any of it, but that's what preparedness is all about.

Posted by: Martini Farmer - Now a Pirate, Hoisting the Black Flag at February 18, 2021 10:58 PM (3H9h1)

329
Speaking of which, I pick up my AR10 lower tomorrow. The one that was lost in a boating accident next month.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at February 18, 2021 10:55 PM (Q9lwr)

Lol!

Posted by: Ladyl, Insurrectionist at February 18, 2021 10:58 PM (TdMsT)

330 �public school teachers are not doing themselves any favors it seems
Posted by: will choose a nic later at February 18, 2021 10:52 PM (r4bSV)
Society cannot function without us. Have YOU ever taught school? I want a million dollars a year.
Posted by: Public school teachers

Yep, their superhero tights are getting a little tighter, as their capes get dustier...

Posted by: Drink Like Vikings at February 18, 2021 10:58 PM (6cMoU)

331 Posted by: Jewells45 at February 18, 2021 10:55 PM (nxdel)

You are a good wife to care for your husband's welfare.
Love is a verb.

Posted by: ALH, Trump Won at February 18, 2021 10:58 PM (oUcR5)

332
Too much snow shoveling! Ice dams are everywhere, and I've got at least two downspouts that were torn open by ice, so these will have to replaced when it warms up.

But I have heat and water, so I feel very fortunate.
Posted by: Ladyl, Insurrectionist at February 18, 2021 10:51 PM (TdMsT)

If more people would simply have this attitude of being appreciative for what you have, instead of what you don't, it sure would be a better place.

Posted by: LeftCoast Dawg at February 18, 2021 10:58 PM (sy5kK)

333 303

It's snowing (still) at the palatial Zettaibunker... I'm quite near the end of my rope at this point...
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Can you climb out a window onto the snow to reach the roof yet? Dad did that in '78 after the Big Blizzard to clear snow off the roof and gutters. That knocked the snow off the shrubbery so we could see out the front living room window.

Posted by: exdem13 at February 18, 2021 10:59 PM (W+kMI)

334 Speaking of which, I pick up my AR10 lower tomorrow. The one that was lost in a boating accident next month.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at February 18, 2021 10:55 PM (Q9lwr)

You already have the upper or is that on the list?

Posted by: blaster at February 18, 2021 10:59 PM (ZfRYq)

335 This is demanding the contracted party live up to their responsibility. One they should have been prepared for.

Posted by: C 137 at February 18, 2021 10:54 PM (2DOZq)

Never forget LAWYERS wrote the terms of your service agreement with the power company1

Posted by: Commissar Chairman Hrothgar at February 18, 2021 10:59 PM (F0JZc)

336 I finally read the Kaboom post. Pretty great.

Posted by: Funsize at February 18, 2021 10:59 PM (EiPf6)

337 Farmer.. I've learned to live with the pain. Good days and bad. I don't want another surgery but I also don't want to end up like my poor mom. Her last 2 years were spent in a wheelchair. I'd rather die.

Posted by: Jewells45 at February 18, 2021 10:59 PM (nxdel)

338 SIG P320 M17 9MM 17+1 COYOTE SFTY; $660; https://bit.ly/3pziqHu

Posted by: bonhomme at February 18, 2021 10:59 PM (i0wNm)

339 (*backs away slowly and makes note to stick to the ONT topix extra closely when CBD is around*)
Posted by: qdpsteve

It's the ONT, and we're well past 100 comments.
I think you're good.

Posted by: Al Bundy at February 18, 2021 10:59 PM (Z7toj)

340 336 I finally read the Kaboom post. Pretty great.
Posted by: Funsize at February 18, 2021 10:59 PM (EiPf6)

--------

It's art.

Art for the sake of art.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at February 18, 2021 11:00 PM (fLVm1)

341 SPB,
You are probably on the same switch as a hospital or government building. Do you have water?

Posted by: lin-duh 27-4 at February 18, 2021 11:00 PM (UUBmN)

342 ALH I bitch about him but he's my heart. Truly.

Posted by: Jewells45 at February 18, 2021 11:00 PM (nxdel)

343 is this the build with the geissele trigger?

Posted by: confederatefifth at February 18, 2021 10:57 PM (4Jold)

No. The fuckers wouldn't ship me the complete lower with the sweet tirgger, so I had to buy another one from someone else...without the Geissele. But I can swap it out if want to. I just ordered some ammo, because it's my first .308. I have always shot the men's version of a 7.62...the 30.06.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at February 18, 2021 11:00 PM (Q9lwr)

344 Well said, martini farmer. Thats why we do it.

Posted by: Funsize at February 18, 2021 11:00 PM (EiPf6)

345 whadya get?
Posted by: confederatefifth at February 18, 2021 10:58 PM (4Jold)

I wanted a Mossberg MVP Scout and they are (almost) impossible to find. So I bought a Patrol. And then I found a Scout. So I bought that too.

Posted by: blaster at February 18, 2021 11:01 PM (ZfRYq)

346 People didn't want to believe it about Big Mouth Billy Barr either.

But Snacks sure fucking showed us, didn't he?

Another Captain Hearings Lib Pwning Destroyer who made some speeches and in the end lit a Wile E. Coyote rocket straight up our ass.

My point isn't I told you so. My point is the clues are all there. Ted Cruz is a pile of steaming shit.

Posted by: ... at February 18, 2021 11:01 PM (jBRLB)

347 "Government exists to ensure that you are able to live in a country where you can take care of yourself."

That's fine, but when those words are coming out of the mayor whose salary is paid by the citizens he's supposed to serve, he better be out working with the snow shoveling crews.

If he holed up in his home while drawing his paycheck and telling people to fend for themselves then the town needs to get busy heating up some tar.

Posted by: Sjg at February 18, 2021 11:01 PM (gDSJf)

348 No. The fuckers wouldn't ship me the complete lower with the sweet tirgger, so I had to buy another one from someone else...without the Geissele. But I can swap it out if want to. I just ordered some ammo, because it's my first .308. I have always shot the men's version of a 7.62...the 30.06.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'

what are you going to do for an optic?

Posted by: confederatefifth at February 18, 2021 11:01 PM (4Jold)

349 78 we enough snow that we could sled down the roof of the house.
Posted by: Patrick From Ohio

I think that was the year where we had 10-12 ft. snowdrifts in Michigan. Cars left outside were buried in snow. Everything was shut down for at least a week. The snowplows couldn't get through. They ended up using earth movers and road construction equipment to clear roads.

Posted by: nerdygirl at February 18, 2021 11:01 PM (+lVUW)

350
If more people would simply have this attitude of being appreciative for what you have, instead of what you don't, it sure would be a better place.

Posted by: LeftCoast Dawg at February 18, 2021 10:58 PM (sy5kK)

I've reached the advanced age where maintaining my little comforts are so gratifying.

Posted by: Ladyl, Insurrectionist at February 18, 2021 11:01 PM (TdMsT)

351 336 I finally read the Kaboom post. Pretty great.
Posted by: Funsize at February 18, 2021 10:59 PM (EiPf6)

Today you are a man.

Posted by: blaster at February 18, 2021 11:01 PM (ZfRYq)

352 336 I finally read the Kaboom post. Pretty great.
Posted by: Funsize at February 18, 2021 10:59 PM (EiPf6)

I confess I haven't read this yet, but I couldn't find it when I looked for it. Where is it?

Posted by: ALH, Trump Won at February 18, 2021 11:02 PM (oUcR5)

353 He doing all right or just wiped out?

He's fine but he's 72 years old. He didn't need to be out there. He's also stubborn as fuck and doesn't listen to me. *sigh*

Posted by: Jewells45 at February 18, 2021 11:02 PM (nxdel)

354 Math is easy for AR-10 owners

cost per hour to shoot, especially with a 25 round mag

Posted by: will choose a nic later at February 18, 2021 11:02 PM (r4bSV)

355 Evening.

I'm itchy.

Posted by: Robert at February 18, 2021 11:02 PM (1Yy3c)

356 I wanted a Mossberg MVP Scout and they are (almost) impossible to find. So I bought a Patrol. And then I found a Scout. So I bought that too.

nice

Posted by: confederatefifth at February 18, 2021 11:02 PM (4Jold)

357 "It's art.

Art for the sake of art."

I always say, if I could do it, its not art.

No way could i make something to bad or ugly, even with my nascent art skills. So yes, its art!

Posted by: Funsize at February 18, 2021 11:02 PM (EiPf6)

358 Stevie Ray Vaughn rests in Avalon, awaiting the call of his countrymen to return in glory to rescue it from looming disaster.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at February 18, 2021 10:27 PM (fLVm1)

Actually at Laurel Land Cemetery. (I last visited his grave before the TX MoMe.)

Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33 at February 18, 2021 11:02 PM (49Dnm)

359 "Is gratifying."

I think I used poor English.

Posted by: Ladyl, Insurrectionist at February 18, 2021 11:02 PM (TdMsT)

360 You already have the upper or is that on the list?

Posted by: blaster at February 18, 2021 10:59 PM (ZfRYq)

Nope...it's sitting on my bench. 20" barrel for some reason...mostly because it was the only one I could find. I have to have the muzzle brake pinned and welded because I don't live in a free state, but then I am off to the range for some fun.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at February 18, 2021 11:02 PM (Q9lwr)

361 (*backs away slowly and makes note to stick to the ONT topix extra closely when CBD is around*)
Posted by: qdpsteve

There's no set topics on the ONT, you can talk nicely about anything. Main Street was just being an ass. CBD banhammered him just as I was about to.

Posted by: Weirddave at February 18, 2021 11:02 PM (dWk8l)

362 wait, funsize is a guy?

Posted by: confederatefifth at February 18, 2021 11:03 PM (4Jold)

363 Redacted, early flicks prove that people then knew a lot more about interpersonal relationships, and sexual relationships, than our generation thinks they did.

It's just that they didn't talk about it constantly and had some taste about the subjects.

Posted by: qdpsteve at February 18, 2021 11:03 PM (L2ZTs)

364 Can you climb out a window onto the snow to reach the roof yet? Dad did that in '78 after the Big Blizzard to clear snow off the roof and gutters. That knocked the snow off the shrubbery so we could see out the front living room window.

Posted by: exdem13 at February 18, 2021 10:59 PM

I'm not there -- yet! I am struggling to keep my long driveway open... Every time it snows, it gets narrower! It's literally a like a canyon now with little room for more snow...

Posted by: Zettai at February 18, 2021 11:03 PM (fQDQk)

365
(*backs away slowly and makes note to stick to the ONT topix extra closely when CBD is around*)
Posted by: qdpsteve at February 18, 2021 10:56 PM (L2ZTs)

How would you know he isn't here? The dude lurkes more efficiently than a newbie. He's a master at the ambush. You don't even know he's around until you scroll past a couple comments and get blood splatter from a stealth ban hammering.

Posted by: BifBewalski - lurking mclurkerson at February 18, 2021 11:03 PM (VcFUs)

366 >>> 94 The ice laden Texas tree explains why so many are without power. Ice is always worse than snow. Bye bye power lines.
Posted by: nerdygirl at February 18, 2021 10:12 PM (+lVUW)

I agree with that. There were a lot of ice storms in Kansas where I remember not only power loss but lines would come down on homes and end up electrocuting people inside.

Posted by: banana Dream at February 18, 2021 11:04 PM (l6b3d)

367 CBD banhammered him just as I was about to.

Posted by: Weirddave at February 18, 2021 11:02 PM (dWk8l)

Next time we have a troll infestation we should have a contest...loser buys the beer.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at February 18, 2021 11:04 PM (Q9lwr)

368 He's fine but he's 72 years old. He didn't need to be out there. He's also stubborn as fuck and doesn't listen to me. *sigh*
Posted by: Jewells45 at February 18, 2021 11:02 PM (nxdel)

There are things Men must do to remain Men. I understand you are coming from a place of love, but cut him a little slack.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 18, 2021 11:04 PM (lmikk)

369 I'm itchy.

It's Covid.

Posted by: Jewells45 at February 18, 2021 11:04 PM (nxdel)

370
How would you know he isn't here? The dude lurkes more efficiently than a newbie. He's a master at the ambush. You don't even know he's around until you scroll past a couple comments and get blood splatter from a stealth ban hammering.
Posted by: Bi

cbd is the master of the hq ghillie suit

Posted by: confederatefifth at February 18, 2021 11:04 PM (4Jold)

371 Next time we have a troll infestation we should have a contest...loser buys the beer.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at February 18, 2021 11:04 PM (Q9lwr)

THE contest?

Posted by: ... at February 18, 2021 11:04 PM (jBRLB)

372 blood splatter from a stealth ban hammering.

Posted by: BifBewalski - lurking mclurkerson at February 18, 2021 11:03 PM (VcFUs)

That's not blood....

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at February 18, 2021 11:05 PM (Q9lwr)

373 I bought a 20lb dumbbell (to use with my 172lb dumbbell) and I had to schlep it, on foot, my Tarzhay to the bus stop (5 blocks), then transfer missing a stop (another 3 blocks), and then another transfer (1 block), then 4 more blocks home, schlepping that damn 20lb dumbbell. It reminded me what it felt like before I lost 20 lbs since last August. Folks, I urge you all to do what you can to improve your health. You don't need a gym (though they're nice). Get a few dumbbells. Stretches. Calisthentics. Walk, jog, run. Yoga (it's not my thing but it can be very healthy). Improve your diet. Hydrate. These are simple things that pay huge dividends. It may save your life and it will certainly make it better.

Posted by: SFGoth at February 18, 2021 11:05 PM (KAi1n)

374 (*backs away slowly and makes note to stick to the ONT topix extra closely when CBD is around*)
Posted by: qdpsteve at February 18, 2021 10:56 PM (L2ZTs)

How would you know he isn't here? The dude lurkes more efficiently than a newbie. He's a master at the ambush. You don't even know he's around until you scroll past a couple comments and get blood splatter from a stealth ban hammering.

There's always that telltale ozone smell.

Posted by: Blanco Basura - moronhorde.com. Not using Okta to secure logins (Unlike Parler) at February 18, 2021 11:05 PM (SchxB)

375 Nope...it's sitting on my bench. 20" barrel for some reason...mostly because it was the only one I could find. I have to have the muzzle brake pinned and welded because I don't live in a free state, but then I am off to the range for some fun.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at February 18, 2021 11:02 PM (Q9lwr)

Despite the fact I just bought 2(!) carbine length .308's, if I was doing an AR-10, it would be with a 20 in barrel.

Posted by: blaster at February 18, 2021 11:05 PM (ZfRYq)

376 In the 70s win or lose, the Michigan game would end in a riot, with cars with MI plates getting rolled over and sometimes burned.
Posted by: mrp

If you remember correctly a number of city busses were torched too.

But I wouldn't know anything about that.

Posted by: Tonypete at February 18, 2021 11:05 PM (Rvt88)

377 Yep, their superhero tights are getting a little tighter, as their capes get dustier...
Posted by: Drink Like Vikings at February 18, 2021 10:58 PM (6cMoU)

I don't know about tights, but there was once a Freshman English teacher that I had (over summer) teach a class who I would not have objected to seeing show up in class in a tight pencil skirt...

Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33 at February 18, 2021 11:05 PM (49Dnm)

378 Bif, true. CBD's like a cat! Rowr!

Posted by: qdpsteve at February 18, 2021 11:05 PM (L2ZTs)

379 362 wait, funsize is a guy?
Posted by: confederatefifth at February 18, 2021 11:03 PM (4Jold)

I thought she was a girl. Hmmm, thought she mentioned that on one of her first comments.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 18, 2021 11:05 PM (lmikk)

380 How did Papa Joe's get away with having a goal post from a OSU vs Michigan.

Posted by: Patrick From Ohio at February 18, 2021 11:05 PM (dKiJG)

381 Posted by: ... at February 18, 2021 11:01 PM (jBRLB)

This is why we lose.

Posted by: C 137 at February 18, 2021 11:06 PM (2DOZq)

382 Why don't you come down for the next Texas MoMe? You can stay in the cabin, which is where I keep the beer anyway. I won't count bottles, I promise.

Posted by: Weirddave at February 18, 2021 11:06 PM (dWk8l)

383
THE contest?
Posted by: ... at February 18, 2021 11:04 PM (jBRLB)

OMG.

I'm laughing my ass off.

Posted by: Ladyl, Insurrectionist at February 18, 2021 11:06 PM (TdMsT)

384 I have a friend in east Moriches NY and him and his parents runs an auction called South Bay Auctions

the father, Henry, is a shooting sport lover and he always seems to have at least a dozen quality weapons at each sale

he knows guns and is a good guy, check him out

they have been at it quite a while

Posted by: REDACTED at February 18, 2021 11:06 PM (6iURM)

385 Where was the kaboom link?

Posted by: lin-duh 27-4 at February 18, 2021 11:06 PM (UUBmN)

386 Wouldn't a few sub-zero sleeping bags and some Canada Goose down jackets be cheaper than installing entirely new heating systems?

And FWIW, our heat pump (a Trane) has been running right along, and we've been below zero a few nights with day time highs in single digits all week. I mean, it runs constantly, but it runs, and not on the heat strips, either. I have the thermostat set at 62.

Posted by: Liberty Belle at February 18, 2021 11:07 PM (X9N4t)

387 That's not blood....
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at February

It's boysenberry syrup!

Posted by: nurse ratched at February 18, 2021 11:07 PM (U2p+3)

388 It's Covid.
Posted by: Jewells45 at February 18, 2021 11:04 PM (nxdel)

Gonna spread this shit like Jesus preaching in heathen lands.

Posted by: Robert at February 18, 2021 11:07 PM (1Yy3c)

389 There are things Men must do to remain Men. I understand you are coming from a place of love, but cut him a little slack.

I totally understand. I didn't bitch at him. I just worried. He had a stroke 3 years ago and Covid hit him pretty hard in October.

Posted by: Jewells45 at February 18, 2021 11:07 PM (nxdel)

390 That's why I had my hip replacement surgery, Jewells. I wanted to be able to walk without pain.
Recovery was rough the first two or three weeks. Monday will be 14 weeks, and I can now sit cross legged. I haven't been able to do that in years.

Posted by: ALH, Trump Won at February 18, 2021 11:07 PM (oUcR5)

391 Yeah, I'm in Calif, and about to order in a cord of wood.

Still have a good fireplace, although we have not used it in about 25 years... but for an emergency?

Posted by: Romeo13 at February 18, 2021 10:20 PM (oHd/0)

Just don't stack it right next to the house or outbuilding. Termite heaven.

Posted by: GnuBreed at February 18, 2021 11:07 PM (F0YaR)

392 Catch33, I had a teacher in junior high in 1979 and 80, a Social Studies teacher, who did just that then. She *always* wore stockings and heels too.

Mrs. Whittington. OMG. The memories still turn me on.

Posted by: qdpsteve at February 18, 2021 11:07 PM (L2ZTs)

393 362 wait, funsize is a guy?
Posted by: confederatefifth at February 18, 2021 11:03 PM (4Jold)

I thought she was a girl. Hmmm, thought she mentioned that on one of her first comments.

Posted by: Aeti

oh, I never read the comments.

whenever I read "funsize" it made me think of a 5'0", 105 lb, brunette woman with 34ds and an hourglass figure.

Posted by: confederatefifth at February 18, 2021 11:07 PM (4Jold)

394 Alh, it was linked in last night's ont i think.

Posted by: Funsize at February 18, 2021 11:07 PM (EiPf6)

395 Well, I am going to go out for a burger and beer. BBL

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 18, 2021 11:08 PM (mzC78)

396 Posted by: ... at February 18, 2021 11:01 PM (jBRLB)

This is why we lose.

Posted by: C 137 at February 18, 2021 11:06 PM (2DOZq)

Right. Blame me because I refuse to follow grifters off a cliff.

Posted by: ... at February 18, 2021 11:08 PM (jBRLB)

397 There's no set topics on the ONT, you can talk nicely about anything. Main Street was just being an ass. CBD banhammered him just as I was about to.
Posted by: Weirddave

I'm here to study this "ass banhammering", because I follow the science and want to be more sciency. *drops soap*

Posted by: Anthony "The Mouth" Fauci at February 18, 2021 11:08 PM (6cMoU)

398
That's not blood....
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at February 18, 2021 11:05 PM (Q9lwr)

Marinara sauce?

Posted by: BifBewalski - lurking mclurkerson at February 18, 2021 11:08 PM (VcFUs)

399 if I was doing an AR-10, it would be with a 20 in barrel.

Posted by: blaster at February 18, 2021 11:05 PM (ZfRYq)

I have a 4-16 scope, so I guess the extra length will work, but really, I don't get too much extra velocity from that 2"

[that's what she said!]

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at February 18, 2021 11:08 PM (Q9lwr)

400 I'm brushing my teefs and hitting the rack. Thanks WD and else all for invigorating conversation.

Posted by: Eromero at February 18, 2021 11:08 PM (gjvwR)

401 My point isn't I told you so. My point is the clues are all there. Ted Cruz is a pile of steaming shit.
Posted by: ... at February 18, 2021 11:01 PM (jBRLB)

Don't bitch the next time a RINO like Mr. Cornyn (who apparently is more your speed anyway) is sent to represent TX in the Senate.

Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33 at February 18, 2021 11:09 PM (49Dnm)

402 {{{Nurse}}}}

Posted by: Ladyl, Insurrectionist at February 18, 2021 11:09 PM (TdMsT)

403 That's not blood....
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at February 18, 2021 11:05 PM (Q9lwr)

it's maple syrup!

Posted by: ALH, Trump Won at February 18, 2021 11:09 PM (oUcR5)

404 And by the way we lost because they cheated and Republicans let it happen. So it has fuckall to do with me and recognizing that Ted Cruz is a POS.

Posted by: ... at February 18, 2021 11:09 PM (jBRLB)

405

"...men's version of the 7.62 - the .30-06!"

Heh...

Posted by: Zettai at February 18, 2021 11:09 PM (fQDQk)

406 whenever I read "funsize" it made me think of a 5'0", 105 lb, brunette woman with 34ds and an hourglass figure.
Posted by: confederatefifth at February 18, 2021 11:07 PM (4Jold)

There's that too. Not too many dudes would choose the nic 'funsize'.

If she is a dude, I am guessing 6'4", 280.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 18, 2021 11:09 PM (lmikk)

407 I am a lady-type.

5'2", hair is sorta in between browns. Chest was nicer before kids but thats what well-fitting bras are for.

Posted by: Funsize at February 18, 2021 11:09 PM (EiPf6)

408 For the Apple experts, a question.

How can I get into my son's Macbook Air when I don't have the password, don't know his appleid, and he used disk encryption with a single account on the box?

Oh, and I don't have the email he used to create his appleid, so I can't look it up that way, either.

Posted by: Blanco Basura - moronhorde.com. Not using Okta to secure logins (Unlike Parler) at February 18, 2021 11:09 PM (SchxB)

409 whenever I read "funsize" it made me think of a 5'0", 105 lb, brunette woman with 34ds and an hourglass figure.
Posted by: confederatefifth at February 18, 2021 11:07 PM (4Jold)

I knew a girl like that.

Not biblically, though I wanted to.

Posted by: Robert at February 18, 2021 11:10 PM (1Yy3c)

410 Right. Blame me because I refuse to follow grifters off a cliff.
Posted by: ... at February 18, 2021 11:08 PM (jBRLB)

Your inability to identify grifters is the problem.

Posted by: C 137 at February 18, 2021 11:10 PM (2DOZq)

411 Don't bitch the next time a RINO like Mr. Cornyn (who apparently is more your speed anyway) is sent to represent TX in the Senate.

Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33 at February 18, 2021 11:09 PM (49Dnm)

I won't bitch. I'll blame Cruz. I'm nothing if not consistent.

Posted by: ... at February 18, 2021 11:10 PM (jBRLB)

412 335 This is demanding the contracted party live up to their responsibility. One they should have been prepared for.

Posted by: C 137 at February 18, 2021 10:54 PM (2DOZq)

Never forget LAWYERS wrote the terms of your service agreement with the power company1
Posted by: Commissar Chairman Hrothgar at February 18, 2021 10:59 PM (F0JZc)

Wasn't me. Didn't do it.

Posted by: Insomniac - Zhou Bai-Den Is Not My Chairman at February 18, 2021 11:10 PM (nakwk)

413 If she is a dude, I am guessing 6'4", 280.
Posted by: Aet

who works as a phone sex operator a 800titfuck

Posted by: confederatefifth at February 18, 2021 11:10 PM (4Jold)

414 5'2", hair is sorta in between browns. Chest was nicer before kids but thats what well-fitting bras are for.
Posted by: Funsize at February 18, 2021 11:09 PM (EiPf6)

There. Are. Rules.

Posted by: blaster at February 18, 2021 11:10 PM (ZfRYq)

415 "power providers or any other service owes you NOTHING!"

Then what are we paying them for? Those utility bills are more regular than my wife. They have no qualms about threatening to shut off the power if the bill is paid a day late. I see no problem complaining about their incompetence and failure to prepare when they are unable to provide the services they are paid to provide.

Posted by: Botched_Lobotomy at February 18, 2021 11:10 PM (lRrON)

416 Blanco, congrats on your new paperweight. :-)

But seriously, maybe call Apple account services. If he has any of Apple's off-site services like their cloud, they might be able to help.

Posted by: qdpsteve at February 18, 2021 11:11 PM (L2ZTs)

417 This is why we lose.

Posted by: C 137 at February 18, 2021 11:06 PM (2DOZq)

Right. Blame me because I refuse to follow grifters off a cliff.
Posted by: ... at February 18, 2021 11:08 PM (jBRLB)

Then who, other than you, ellipsis, is ideologically pure enough? Or do you just want to bitch, bitch, bitch?

Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33 at February 18, 2021 11:11 PM (49Dnm)

418 whenever I read "funsize" it made me think of a 5'0", 105 lb, brunette woman with 34ds and an hourglass figure.
Posted by: confederatefifth at February 18, 2021 11:07 PM (4Jold)

----------

Go on...

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at February 18, 2021 11:11 PM (fLVm1)

419 Good night all. Just realized I have a shift with the pups tomorrow at 11:00. Stay safe and keep praying for our country.

Posted by: Jewells45 at February 18, 2021 11:11 PM (nxdel)

420 See, you were in the ballpark, Y5.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 18, 2021 11:11 PM (lmikk)

421 Hi Ladyl!!

I hope you've prepared a range report for Weasel!

Posted by: nurse ratched at February 18, 2021 11:11 PM (U2p+3)

422 Your inability to identify grifters is the problem.

Posted by: C 137 at February 18, 2021 11:10 PM (2DOZq)

I was warning people here about Snack Barr for a year and a half. I was sending flares up about Romney in 2011. I can see why you like Cruz. You both talk shit.

Posted by: ... at February 18, 2021 11:11 PM (jBRLB)

423 I'm not a Cruz fan. But I don't see an angle on this one. I'm a Texan, and I'd sure as hell like to be on vacation the next time Hell freezes over.

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at February 18, 2021 11:12 PM (H5knJ)

424 "power providers"

Like utilities?

Posted by: Question Provider at February 18, 2021 11:12 PM (49Dnm)

425 Confedfilth, what confused you? My nice, manly typing? (I will take that as a compliment)

Posted by: Funsize at February 18, 2021 11:12 PM (EiPf6)

426 There. Are. Rules.
Posted by: blaster at February 18, 2021 11:10 PM (ZfRYq)

No girls on the internet?

Posted by: Robert at February 18, 2021 11:12 PM (1Yy3c)

427 407 I am a lady-type.

5'2", hair is sorta in between browns. Chest was nicer before kids but thats what well-fitting bras are for.
Posted by: Funsize at February 18, 2021 11:09 PM (EiPf6)

---------

Woof.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at February 18, 2021 11:12 PM (fLVm1)

428 But seriously, maybe call Apple account services. If he has any of Apple's off-site services like their cloud, they might be able to help.

I checked Apple's requirements to help. They require a court order with the appleid and some other info as part of the order.

Posted by: Blanco Basura - moronhorde.com. Not using Okta to secure logins (Unlike Parler) at February 18, 2021 11:12 PM (SchxB)

429 I won't bitch. I'll blame Cruz. I'm nothing if not consistent.

Posted by: ... at February 18, 2021 11:10 PM (jBRLB)

if Cruz is even in the top 50 of our problems, things are way worse than I thought.

Posted by: Quint at February 18, 2021 11:12 PM (Veofh)

430 Night Jewells45.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 18, 2021 11:12 PM (lmikk)

431 Good evening, Horde,

Power situation here in the Texas Hill Country has been steady for about 48 hours. Stack of snow.

Some folks in northside San Antonio have been hammered -- no power or water. Parents of an old friend had to ditch their house and go to the VA.

Green energy B.S. and politicians got us into this mess. Texas is an energy Gulliver hogtied by communist and environmental lilliputians.

Posted by: callsign claymore at February 18, 2021 11:12 PM (GdF33)

432 you want a 5'0", 105 lb, brunette woman with 34ds and an hourglass figure
you'd settle for a whole lotta Rosie
you got pRick Wilson, bald, be-blubbered butt pirate

Posted by: Drink Like Vikings at February 18, 2021 11:12 PM (6cMoU)

433 Blanco, your son doesn't remember anything??

Posted by: qdpsteve at February 18, 2021 11:13 PM (L2ZTs)

434 Then who, other than you, ellipsis, is ideologically pure enough? Or do you just want to bitch, bitch, bitch?

Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33 at February 18, 2021 11:11 PM (49Dnm)

What does blaming the America First movement for paid Democrat brownshirt violence have to do with ideological purity? Stop talking shit.

Posted by: ... at February 18, 2021 11:13 PM (jBRLB)

435 (Blanco, apologies if your son is... unavailable somehow and I missed the news.)

Posted by: qdpsteve at February 18, 2021 11:13 PM (L2ZTs)

436 qdp, uhhh

Posted by: four seasons at February 18, 2021 11:13 PM (PisyI)

437 I think that was the year where we had 10-12 ft. snowdrifts in Michigan. Cars left outside were buried in snow. Everything was shut down for at least a week. The snowplows couldn't get through. They ended up using earth movers and road construction equipment to clear roads.
Posted by: nerdygirl at February 18, 2021 11:01 PM (+lVUW)
One of my friends who's Dad was a Farmer had a earth grader so he cleared the roads for us.

We had a family from California just move in next door when the Blizzard hit. Didn't know what to do.

Posted by: Patrick From Ohio at February 18, 2021 11:13 PM (dKiJG)

438 Blaster, is this rule "poidh"? I figured pix would break pixy. You'll just have to use....your imagination.

Noooo not like that! Stop! :Gets flyswatter:

Posted by: Funsize at February 18, 2021 11:13 PM (EiPf6)

439 421 Hi Ladyl!!

I hope you've prepared a range report for Weasel!
Posted by: nurse ratched at February 18, 2021 11:11 PM (U2p+3)

I sent him one!

Posted by: Ladyl, Insurrectionist at February 18, 2021 11:14 PM (TdMsT)

440
Kat Timpf is "funsized"... 5' 6", I think...

Posted by: Zettai at February 18, 2021 11:14 PM (fQDQk)

441 Blanco, your son doesn't remember anything??

His memory has been a bit spotty since he died last year.

Posted by: Blanco Basura - moronhorde.com. Not using Okta to secure logins (Unlike Parler) at February 18, 2021 11:14 PM (SchxB)

442 2020: hell

2021: hell freezes over

Posted by: Count de Monet in exile at his Fortress of Solitude at February 18, 2021 11:14 PM (4I/2K)

443 if Cruz is even in the top 50 of our problems, things are way worse than I thought.
Posted by: Quint at February 18, 2021 11:12 PM (Veofh)

Hmmm.

1) Commies.
2) Globalists who think they are Commies, but are really Feudalists.
3) Useful idiots.
4) Billionaires who are bargain basement Bond villains.

Actually, it seems like a fairly short list.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 18, 2021 11:14 PM (lmikk)

444 Blanco, I am sorry. I completely forgot about your news re that.

Posted by: qdpsteve at February 18, 2021 11:14 PM (L2ZTs)

445 Confedfilth, what confused you? My nice, manly typing? (I will take that as a compliment)
Posted by: Funsize

comment 336?

Posted by: confederatefifth at February 18, 2021 11:15 PM (4Jold)

446 Ammo.
Somebody posted this earlier today and I thought that I'd pass it along here in case anyone missed it.
Sorry, I don't remember who to give credit to.

https://www.luckygunner.com/

Posted by: Al Bundy at February 18, 2021 11:15 PM (Z7toj)

447 Is Kay Timpf the one with the huge feet?

Posted by: Robert at February 18, 2021 11:15 PM (1Yy3c)

448 Count de Monet, at least there's plenty of time for 2021 to redeem itself somewhat.

Posted by: qdpsteve at February 18, 2021 11:15 PM (L2ZTs)

449 Speaking of pix, lauren boebert is very high on the crazy x hot matrix. Not sure on which side of the line of best fit she'd fall.

Or wait, isthe crazy one marjorie taylor green?

Posted by: Funsize at February 18, 2021 11:15 PM (EiPf6)

450 411 Don't bitch the next time a RINO like Mr. Cornyn (who apparently is more your speed anyway) is sent to represent TX in the Senate.

Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33 at February 18, 2021 11:09 PM (49Dnm)

I won't bitch. I'll blame Cruz. I'm nothing if not consistent.
Posted by: ... at February 18, 2021 11:10 PM (jBRLB)

All you know how to do is whine, bitch and scream, whine, bitch and scream and whine, bitch and scream. Does anyone meet your approval, anywhere, for any reason?

Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33 at February 18, 2021 11:16 PM (49Dnm)

451 440
Kat Timpf is "funsized"... 5' 6", I think...
Posted by: Zettai at February 18, 2021 11:14 PM (fQDQk)

Strictly speaking, given the right figure, anyone is funsize.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 18, 2021 11:16 PM (lmikk)

452 I can see why you like Cruz. You both talk shit.

Posted by: ... at February 18, 2021 11:11 PM (jBRLB)

Dial it back.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at February 18, 2021 11:16 PM (Q9lwr)

453 364 I'm not there -- yet! I am struggling to keep my long driveway open... Every time it snows, it gets narrower! It's literally a like a canyon now with little room for more snow...
-------
Snow canyon, heh, almost like a long trench. Look out man, the Imperial Walkers are about to come over the horizon!

Posted by: exdem13 at February 18, 2021 11:16 PM (W+kMI)

454 Goodnight. Hitting the road to Mom's place in the morning. I'll check in on tomorrow's ont when i arrive. Y'all be safe if you have to get out and about.

Posted by: BifBewalski - long drive tomorrow at February 18, 2021 11:16 PM (VcFUs)

455 Kat Timpf is "funsized"... 5' 6", I think...
Posted by: Z

Kat Timpf = fucking a bag of antlrs

Posted by: confederatefifth at February 18, 2021 11:17 PM (4Jold)

456 For the Apple experts, a question.

How can I get into my son's Macbook Air when I don't have the password, don't know his appleid, and he used disk encryption with a single account on the box?

Oh, and I don't have the email he used to create his appleid, so I can't look it up that way, either.
Posted by: Blanco Basura - moronhorde.com. Not using Okta to secure logins (Unlike Parler) at February 18, 2021 11:09 PM (SchxB)

If the goal is to get to the data intact, you're going to need the password.

If not, you can factory reset the whole thing and you be left with a blank slate to use the computer.

Posted by: Sjg at February 18, 2021 11:17 PM (gDSJf)

457 Kat Timpf = fucking a bag of antlrs
Posted by: confederatefifth at February 18, 2021 11:17 PM (4Jold)

That's more Ann Coulter.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 18, 2021 11:18 PM (lmikk)

458 443: Don't forget that all one needs to be a "globalist" is to possess a valid passport, especially if it has visas.

Or pissing off/disagreeing with Laura Ingraham in any way.

Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33 at February 18, 2021 11:18 PM (49Dnm)

459 {{{Blanco Basura}}}

Posted by: Ladyl, Insurrectionist at February 18, 2021 11:18 PM (TdMsT)

460 Blanco, maybe call Apple and ask if they'll accept a death certificate as proof the info you seek is irretreivable.

Posted by: qdpsteve at February 18, 2021 11:18 PM (L2ZTs)

461 Night Bifbewalski.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 18, 2021 11:18 PM (lmikk)

462 Blanco, I am sorry. I completely forgot about your news re that.

It's OK, really. It's not something I expect to be at the front of everyone's mind, and I don't sit here and whine about it night after night. People forget. It's one of the ways we're blessed in life.

Posted by: Blanco Basura - moronhorde.com. Not using Okta to secure logins (Unlike Parler) at February 18, 2021 11:18 PM (SchxB)

463 Posted by: Quint at February 18, 2021 11:12 PM (Veofh)

Hmmm.

1) Commies.

2) Globalists who think they are Commies, but are really Feudalists.

3) Useful idiots.

4) Billionaires who are bargain basement Bond villains.

Actually, it seems like a fairly short list.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 18, 2021 11:14 PM (lmikk)
I could have said things are better than I thought and pretty much meant the same thing. But if Cruz is noy worthy of us, then few in office are a this point.

Posted by: Quint at February 18, 2021 11:18 PM (Veofh)

464 452 I can see why you like Cruz. You both talk shit.

Posted by: ... at February 18, 2021 11:11 PM (jBRLB)

Dial it back.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at February 18, 2021 11:16 PM (Q9lwr)

just when it was about to get fun

Posted by: REDACTED at February 18, 2021 11:19 PM (6iURM)

465 Kat Timpf = fucking a bag of antlrs

Posted by: confederatefifth at February 18, 2021 11:17 PM

She's a long, sheer, silk stocking full of yummy glazed doughnuts, tyvm!

Posted by: Zettai at February 18, 2021 11:19 PM (fQDQk)

466 418 whenever I read "funsize" it made me think of a 5'0", 105 lb, brunette woman with 34ds and an hourglass figure.
Posted by: confederatefifth at February 18, 2021 11:07 PM

"Pert" is the word I think of when all of those things are mentined

Posted by: J. Frank Parnell at February 18, 2021 11:19 PM (O6DoG)

467 458 443: Don't forget that all one needs to be a "globalist" is to possess a valid passport, especially if it has visas.

Or pissing off/disagreeing with Laura Ingraham in any way.
Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33 at February 18, 2021 11:18 PM (49Dnm)

I have a passport around here somewhere from the last work trip. Oh my God! Is this how that dude in that one movie felt when he found out HE was the villain?!?!

Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 18, 2021 11:19 PM (lmikk)

468 Republican't not Republican. To witness the death throes of a major political party is something rare in American history.

Posted by: SFGoth at February 18, 2021 11:20 PM (KAi1n)

469 Blanco, thanks for being so understanding. It is appreciated and I don't want to cause any unnecessary additional pain at all.

I've been extremely fortunate in my life in that with only *one* exception (my maternal grandmother), I've never lost anyone yet I'm especially close to, and I'm already 29+24.

Posted by: qdpsteve at February 18, 2021 11:20 PM (L2ZTs)

470 Strictly speaking, given the right figure, anyone is funsize.
Posted by: Aet

I think they have to be small, since the "funsize" refers to the small candy bars that are just the same as the big bars but are "funsized."

everything you need in a candybar without the extra you do not.

Posted by: confederatefifth at February 18, 2021 11:20 PM (4Jold)

471 I could have said things are better than I thought and pretty much meant the same thing. But if Cruz is noy worthy of us, then few in office are a this point.
Posted by: Quint at February 18, 2021 11:18 PM (Veofh)

Exactly.

Is Mr. Cruz PERFECT? No. But I'll take him over Quitter Cornyn. Or over Mr. Dewhurst, who everyone would be bitching and moaning about in a deafening cacophony had Mr. Cruz not won the 2012 primary.

Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33 at February 18, 2021 11:20 PM (49Dnm)

472 Tammy Bruce recalls Rush

https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/
1362128126273347586.html

Posted by: Grail Knight at February 18, 2021 11:20 PM (LxTcq)

473 I've read that ERCOT ( manages the Texas grid) has no Texans on the board and the CEO is a big liberal from Michigan.

Posted by: C 137 at February 18, 2021 11:21 PM (2DOZq)

474 Dial it back.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo

Is this the party to whom I am speaking?

Posted by: Neglected Lily Miklos-Tomlin at February 18, 2021 11:21 PM (QzkSJ)

475
I have a passport around here somewhere from the last work trip. Oh my God! Is this how that dude in that one movie felt when he found out HE was the villain?!?!
Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 18, 2021 11:19 PM (lmikk)

I think so!

Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33 at February 18, 2021 11:21 PM (49Dnm)

476 Blanco, maybe call Apple and ask if they'll accept a death certificate as proof the info you seek is irretreivable.

No, they need the appleid to unlock the device. And it has to be a court order, because at some point some asshole abused their trust and got into something he shouldn't have.

Posted by: Blanco Basura - moronhorde.com. Not using Okta to secure logins (Unlike Parler) at February 18, 2021 11:21 PM (SchxB)

477 I could have said things are better than I thought and pretty much meant the same thing. But if Cruz is noy worthy of us, then few in office are a this point.
Posted by: Quint at February 18, 2021 11:18 PM (Veofh)

Oh I agree with the sentiment. If Cruz ever shows up at my refugee camp, I am not going to be looking to plant a shiv in his ribs. People named Mitch on the other hand...

Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 18, 2021 11:21 PM (lmikk)

478

Ann Coulter is long, sheer, silk stocking full of spicy meatballs!

Posted by: Zettai at February 18, 2021 11:21 PM (fQDQk)

479 You are probably on the same switch as a hospital or government building. Do you have water?

When I lived in San Diego I benefited from that. Unless the switches cover a huge area, I'm not aware of any hospitals or government buildings nearby. There's a smoke shop and a church on the other side of the fence.

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at February 18, 2021 11:21 PM (2lndx)

480 My initial deployment of "preps" worked well enough here at Casa New Dawn. Till the cheap ass cast zinc carburetor on the cheap ass chinkware generator cracked clean in two after fourteen hours of runtime. Oh well, Plan B. Empty fridge & freezer contents into ice chests, deploy on subfreezing back porch. Freezer goods didn't thaw, and the chest kept refrigerated goods from freezing. BBQ pit for some cookage, and a hasty-built fire pad and windbreak, to burn ricks of 2"x2"10" leftover railing spindles, the "waste" from cuts. Knew it'd come in handy, and it did. Two bits of rag in the bottom, a light splash of gasoline on all the wood and rags. Wait 1 min., ignite. Once black smoke stops, put stainless kettle on the rick. 5 min. later, BOILING. Rick self-destructs completely down to ash. But now we got hot drinks on near-demand. Electricity restored last nite at 7 pm. Yay, us!

Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX

Posted by: Jim at February 18, 2021 11:22 PM (QzJWU)

481 All you know how to do is whine, bitch and scream, whine, bitch and scream and whine, bitch and scream. Does anyone meet your approval, anywhere, for any reason?

Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33 at February 18, 2021 11:16 PM (49Dnm)

Now you're just in Silly Land. I spend most of my time here cracking jokes (I'm not saying they're funny) and making observations about the commies.

Second I have been very specific and backed up my presented opinion. I was also purposely non-confrontational about it. But I guess you win because you threw some monkey shit at me.

Posted by: ... at February 18, 2021 11:22 PM (jBRLB)

482
In the 70s win or lose, the Michigan game would end in a riot, with cars
with MI plates getting rolled over and sometimes burned.

Posted by: mrp

If you remember correctly a number of city busses were torched too.

But I wouldn't know anything about that. ---------------- TonyPete

My time at OSU was late '75 to mid '77. I don't recall city buses getting burned at that time. I do know that the OSU student body was a lot more boisterous in 1970. The Ohio National Guard was called out to settle the disturbances, hundreds of arrests. Tear gas, the whole nine yards. Things, I think, settled down a bit after a few years. Besides, the economy was tanking, and the closer one got to graduation, the more the job situation mattered.

Posted by: mrp at February 18, 2021 11:22 PM (Pqytn)

483 I think they have to be small, since the "funsize" refers to the small candy bars that are just the same as the big bars but are "funsized."

everything you need in a candybar without the extra you do not.
Posted by: confederatefifth at February 18, 2021 11:20 PM (4Jold)

So, you are saying caramel is breasts and peanuts are...?

Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 18, 2021 11:22 PM (lmikk)

484 Good Evening all.I'm here.
Had my second shot today and I'm feeling fine so far. Arm not even as sore as last time. Glad it's done.

Posted by: sharon(willow's apprentice) at February 18, 2021 11:23 PM (sd8p8)

485 We will be witnessing two deaths of political parties. It will suck for whoever goes first, for one election cycle at least.

The dems have the same problem as us, that the politicians are owned by the donors, and the lip service to voters will not be believed anymore.

Posted by: Grail Knight at February 18, 2021 11:23 PM (LxTcq)

486 switches cover a huge area, I'm not aware of any hospitals or government buildings nearby. There's a smoke shop and a church on the other side of the fence.
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at February 18, 2021 11:21 PM (2lndx)

--------

Does it have a wooden Indian in front?

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at February 18, 2021 11:23 PM (fLVm1)

487 Ann Coulter is long, sheer, silk stocking full of spicy meatballs!
Posted by: Zettai at February 18, 2021 11:21 PM (fQDQk)

Marinated in Winston sauce and sun tan lotion for 40 years. And lets not forget Bill Maher.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 18, 2021 11:23 PM (lmikk)

488 If the goal is to get to the data intact, you're going to need the password.

If not, you can factory reset the whole thing and you be left with a blank slate to use the computer.

That's what I was thinking it was going to come down to. The one time he listened and it was about computer security.

Posted by: Blanco Basura - moronhorde.com. Not using Okta to secure logins (Unlike Parler) at February 18, 2021 11:23 PM (SchxB)

489 Blanco, sorry I'm not much help either. :-)

The only other thing I can think of is going through all of your son's records/papers where you think he might have marked this information down, and doing that could very well cause a lot more emotional pain, so I can't recommend it unless you feel you're up for it and think the search would actually be productive.

Posted by: qdpsteve at February 18, 2021 11:24 PM (L2ZTs)

490 {{{Sharon}}}

Posted by: Ladyl, Insurrectionist at February 18, 2021 11:24 PM (TdMsT)

491 I think they have to be small, since the "funsize" refers to the small candy bars that are just the same as the big bars but are "funsized."

everything you need in a candybar without the extra you do not.
Posted by: confederatefifth at February 18, 2021 11:20 PM (4Jold)

I recall this joke in Wanda Sykes voice:

How can anything two inches long be fun sized?

Given Ms. Sykes, er, whatever they call it now, that makes it more funnier.

Posted by: blaster at February 18, 2021 11:24 PM (ZfRYq)

492 So, you are saying caramel is breasts and peanuts are...?
Posted by: Ae

my best advice is quit thinking about it and get after it.

Posted by: confederatefifth at February 18, 2021 11:24 PM (4Jold)

493 Situational music for the past week or two, courtesy of George Lucas and John Williams.
https://tinyurl.com/mcsfwzzc
https://tinyurl.com/7osr2g6b
https://tinyurl.com/82cdoup4

Posted by: exdem13 at February 18, 2021 11:24 PM (W+kMI)

494 Does it have a wooden Indian in front?
Posted by: Cicero

No

The other wooden Indian out front shoulda told ya

Posted by: A good 5 cent cigar Miklos at February 18, 2021 11:25 PM (QzkSJ)

495 Now you're just in Silly Land. I spend most of my time here cracking jokes (I'm not saying they're funny) and making observations about the commies.

Second I have been very specific and backed up my presented opinion. I was also purposely non-confrontational about it. But I guess you win because you threw some monkey shit at me.

Posted by: ... at February 18, 2021 11:22 PM (jBRLB)

Sorry you feel that way. But I'm going to need a bit more than "He's a grifter" and "He's a steaming pile of shit". The only person here throwing monkey shit is you, in fact, because you won't identify what your model of ideological purity is. Basically, you bitch bitch bitch constantly, which is fine, but at some point, WTF makes you happy?

Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33 at February 18, 2021 11:25 PM (49Dnm)

496 Ann coulter is not attractive to me, but I guess some people juggle geese.

The wierdest one is Sarah Jessica Parker. In Hocus Pocus she was hot. Then what happened? Sex and the city made her look haggard!

Posted by: Funsize at February 18, 2021 11:25 PM (EiPf6)

497 Thank you, Ladyl.

Posted by: Blanco Basura - moronhorde.com. Not using Okta to secure logins (Unlike Parler) at February 18, 2021 11:25 PM (SchxB)

498 Sorry you feel that way. But I'm going to need a bit more than "He's a grifter" and "He's a steaming pile of shit". The only person here throwing monkey shit is you, in fact, because you won't identify what your model of ideological purity is. Basically, you bitch bitch bitch constantly, which is fine, but at some point, WTF makes you happy?
Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33 at February 18, 2021 11:25 PM (49Dnm)

Hey guys how bout da Bears?

Posted by: blaster at February 18, 2021 11:26 PM (ZfRYq)

499 Cruz threatened to call Nancy Pelosi as a witness when the Democrats wanted to extend the second Trump impeachment.
He's one of the Good Guys as far as I'm concerned.

Posted by: ALH, Trump Won at February 18, 2021 11:26 PM (oUcR5)

500 480 My initial deployment of "preps" worked well enough here at Casa New Dawn. Till the cheap ass cast zinc carburetor on the cheap ass chinkware generator cracked clean in two after fourteen hours of runtime. Oh well, Plan B. Empty fridge & freezer contents into ice chests, deploy on subfreezing back porch. Freezer goods didn't thaw, and the chest kept refrigerated goods from freezing. BBQ pit for some cookage, and a hasty-built fire pad and windbreak, to burn ricks of 2"x2"10" leftover railing spindles, the "waste" from cuts. Knew it'd come in handy, and it did. Two bits of rag in the bottom, a light splash of gasoline on all the wood and rags. Wait 1 min., ignite. Once black smoke stops, put stainless kettle on the rick. 5 min. later, BOILING. Rick self-destructs completely down to ash. But now we got hot drinks on near-demand. Electricity restored last nite at 7 pm. Yay, us!

Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX

Jim--you are very resourceful. I'm glad you are okay.

Posted by: Ladyl, Insurrectionist at February 18, 2021 11:26 PM (TdMsT)

501 I recall this joke in Wanda Sykes voice:

How can anything two inches long be fun sized?

Given Ms. Sykes, er, whatever they call it now, that makes it more funnier.
Posted by: b

sure it is two inches long but it is five inches in diameter.

Posted by: confederatefifth at February 18, 2021 11:26 PM (4Jold)

502 DA BEARS!

Posted by: Dudes from that SNL skit at February 18, 2021 11:27 PM (1Yy3c)

503 I was out of school and working at my first job. The '78 blizzard for me was 24 hours of 70 mph winds with 12+ inches of snow. My car was in the parking lot and it was completely covered with snow with nearly a foot of snow on the roof.

Posted by: mrp at February 18, 2021 11:27 PM (Pqytn)

504 Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX
Posted by: Jim at February 18, 2021 11:22 PM (QzJWU)

Holy crap!

Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33 at February 18, 2021 11:27 PM (49Dnm)

505 sure it is two inches long but it is five inches in diameter.

Posted by: confederatefifth at February 18, 2021 11:26 PM (4Jold)

Why do they call him Tuna can?

Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 18, 2021 11:27 PM (lmikk)

506 Funsize, numerous times recently I've passed by Excelsior High School in Norwalk.

It's a high school that's been abandoned since about 1952, and is only used for high school movie and TV shoots. Square Pegs, the sitcom of which was Sarah Jessica Parker's 'big break,' was shot there.

To this day I think of that show and her, every time I pass by.

Posted by: qdpsteve at February 18, 2021 11:27 PM (L2ZTs)

507 Backs away from the soup can.

Posted by: Funsize at February 18, 2021 11:27 PM (EiPf6)

508 The one time he listened and it was about computer security.

Posted by: Blanco Basura - moronhorde.com. Not using Okta to secure logins (Unlike Parler) at February 18, 2021 11:23 PM (SchxB)

I hope that you don't need to get into this computer for something really important, because I got a chuckle out of this comment!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at February 18, 2021 11:27 PM (Q9lwr)

509 Blanco, there's a recovery mode that you may want to search and try. It depends on the model of the MacBook.

https://tinyurl.com/yvsv3l2d

Posted by: CaliGirl at February 18, 2021 11:28 PM (A57L2)

510 The wierdest one is Sarah Jessica Parker. In Hocus Pocus she was hot. Then what happened? Sex and the city made her look haggard!
Posted by: Funsize at February 18, 2021 11:25 PM (EiPf6)

Hey now!

Posted by: Merle Haggard at February 18, 2021 11:28 PM (oHd/0)

511 The wierdest one is Sarah Jessica Parker. In Hocus Pocus she was hot. Then what happened? Sex and the city made her look haggard!
Posted by: Funsize at February 18, 2021 11:25 PM (EiPf6)

That horse face was once hot?

Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33 at February 18, 2021 11:28 PM (49Dnm)

512 Ann coulter is not attractive to me, but I guess some people juggle geese.

I mean if you like them tall, leggy, and blonde with tight dresses....

Back in the Clinton impeachment days her and Kellyanne Fitzpatrick used to be on MSNBC all the time in little black dresses.

Posted by: blaster at February 18, 2021 11:28 PM (ZfRYq)

513 I've was very fortunate during the short storm here. We lost power for 1 1/2 hours. Daughter's house was out for about 2 days so we got the grandkids for that time.

Mom was raised on a remote farm and they were often cut off from civilization for long periods of time. So she grew up being prepared and she passed that down to us kids. If need be I could go with out power for a couple of months and water probably 3 weeks due to being prepared. There's enough food to last probably 3 months. I could live out of my SUV for about a week not that I want to.

I built up my reserve items over the course of years a couple bucks at a time. I simply drew up a plan on what I thought the necessities were and off I went.

Posted by: Beartooth at February 18, 2021 11:28 PM (Cmo8b)

514 Square pegs, righto, will go look at some images. For cultural literacy! It might come up on jeopardy!

Posted by: Funsize at February 18, 2021 11:28 PM (EiPf6)

515 The wierdest one is Sarah Jessica Parker. In Hocus Pocus she was hot. Then what happened? Sex and the city made her look haggard!
Posted by: F

she was hot in the honeymoon in vegas thing too

Posted by: confederatefifth at February 18, 2021 11:29 PM (4Jold)

516 Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33 at February 18, 2021 11:25 PM (49Dnm)

Again, I don't "bitch constantly", but go ahead and keep saying it as long as you keep being allowed to. Meanwhile I'll keep dialing it back.

I call things as I see them and I have a fairly good track record at doing so.

While people here were still complaining about Trump in Spring of 2016, I was saying I thought he'd be the most conservative president since Reagan and I based it off his obvious love of this country. Took a lot of heat for it too. I will happily take heat for my opinion on Ted Cruz, but not anymore tonight.

Posted by: ... at February 18, 2021 11:29 PM (jBRLB)

517 Oops, Excelsior gave up the ghost in 1981, not 1952.

Square Pegs started production in 1982, I believe.

Posted by: qdpsteve at February 18, 2021 11:29 PM (L2ZTs)

518 The only other thing I can think of is going through all of your son's records/papers where you think he might have marked this information down, and doing that could very well cause a lot more emotional pain, so I can't recommend it unless you feel you're up for it and think the search would actually be productive.

Did the paper search the first week. Went through everything I could find. He did not write this stuff down. So whatever is on that machine may get wiped. Having a memorial doorstop just doesn't have much appeal.

Posted by: Blanco Basura - moronhorde.com. Not using Okta to secure logins (Unlike Parler) at February 18, 2021 11:29 PM (SchxB)

519 Geez

Is it possible to have a thread where people are not sniping at others?

Posted by: four seasons at February 18, 2021 11:29 PM (PisyI)

520 I've read that ERCOT ( manages the Texas grid) has no Texans on the board and the CEO is a big liberal from Michigan.

Pretty sure but not absolutely that the board runs about half and half from Texas/not from Texas, but yes, the CEO is from Michigan. Don't know about the liberal part.

The way it basically runs is, Texas, mainly the governor, manages the Public Utility Commission which is a government agency. The PUC manages ERCOT, which is described as a private company but from what I can tell is better described as a quasi-governmental organization. Like Fannie Mae.

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at February 18, 2021 11:29 PM (2lndx)

521 That horse face was once hot?
Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33 at February 18, 2021 11:28 PM (49Dnm)

What was that Bruce Willis movie she was in? Striking Distance? Where he was a world weary... river boat cop?

I seem to recall she was hot in that. But I was also around 16 when that movie came out and... well.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 18, 2021 11:30 PM (lmikk)

522 Geez

Is it possible to have a thread where people are not sniping at others?

Posted by: four seasons at February 18, 2021 11:29 PM (PisyI)

==================================
You don't read the comments in the Art post, do you?

Posted by: mrp at February 18, 2021 11:30 PM (Pqytn)

523

Mila Kunis is funsize...

Posted by: Zettai at February 18, 2021 11:30 PM (fQDQk)

524 Woah qpdsteve, not what I was expecting! (Ingenue) instead more nerd girl! Crazy.

(Nerd girl being the more relateable of the two)

Posted by: Funsize at February 18, 2021 11:30 PM (EiPf6)

525 in fairness, the old ways, with flame wars that went for threads, were better.

Posted by: confederatefifth at February 18, 2021 11:30 PM (4Jold)

526 519 Geez

Is it possible to have a thread where people are not sniping at others?
Posted by: four seasons at February 18, 2021 11:29 PM (PisyI)

What the hell do you mean by that!?!*

*joke

Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 18, 2021 11:31 PM (lmikk)

527 {{Ladyl}}I'm so jealous you got to go tot he range. I ordered ammo from that place Luckygunner and they were terrific. Shipped immediately and I had it two days later.
I'm hoping to get to use it soon. Weather here is supposed to be in the 50's next week so maybe when Jesse gets back from his road trip with Rick to a gun show, I'll have a chance to shoot. I've got my eye on a 22 rifle that's at a gun shop nearby.

Posted by: sharon(willow's apprentice) at February 18, 2021 11:31 PM (sd8p8)

528 Ferris Bueller married Sarah Jessica Parker.

Posted by: ALH, Trump Won at February 18, 2021 11:32 PM (oUcR5)

529 For you to say that we are "not handling it well" is the Height of either RUDENESS or just plain lies! Yes, there are those who are not. Most of us, especially the NATIVE Texans, are finding ways to deal with it! NO Water? Gather and melt snow! No Power, use candles, not only for light, but for cooking food. Have Crisco in a can? Insert something to use as a wick, make a candle out of it (it lasts a LONNNNGGG time!) Put a ceramic pot over it for heat, use quilts and blankets to cover windows and doorways, to build a warm room! There are myriad ways that I have seen TEXANS deal with the failure of ERCOT, (which, in reality there are MANY different reasons, all put together why this happened. 100 year storm, Ercot, as usual shutting own power generation plants for maintenance during what is normally a mild winter (Oh, I read an article from an Electrical Engineer, who checked into it, our actual Power USAGE NOW is LESS than on a HOT summer DAY!
But, you add in Ercot shutting down Plants for maintenance, Not understanding the severity of the oncoming storm, Power generation plants not being "winterized" (after all this Rarely ever happens here!) it all adds up to a perfect storm!

Posted by: chefwestx at February 18, 2021 11:32 PM (DdP6u)

530 Funsize, Square Pegs was a good show as I remember it. Didn't hurt that it was on, right at the time that I was in HS myself.

I read it died not just because of poor ratings, but also because of reported rampant drug use on the set by everyone, cast and crew alike.

Posted by: qdpsteve at February 18, 2021 11:32 PM (L2ZTs)

531 Jewells will soon be offering knitted AOSHQ ammo can cozies.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 18, 2021 11:32 PM (lmikk)

532 I've read that ERCOT ( manages the Texas grid) has no Texans on the board and the CEO is a big liberal from Michigan.
Posted by: C 137
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5 of the board members are not Texan. One is German which explains the push for windmills. I believe another has Canadian roots. Apparently they elect/ nominate each other....
Totally legit!!!///

Posted by: lin-duh 27-4 at February 18, 2021 11:32 PM (UUBmN)

533 Again, I don't "bitch constantly", but go ahead and keep saying it as long as you keep being allowed to. Meanwhile I'll keep dialing it back.

I call things as I see them and I have a fairly good track record at doing so.

While people here were still complaining about Trump in Spring of 2016, I was saying I thought he'd be the most conservative president since Reagan and I based it off his obvious love of this country. Took a lot of heat for it too. I will happily take heat for my opinion on Ted Cruz, but not anymore tonight.
Posted by: ... at February 18, 2021 11:29 PM (jBRLB)

Yep. Just ceaseless bitching. The poster who stated "This is why we lose" was correct. If you want to and wish to bathe in your smug sense of superiority, well, hey, I cannot stop you. Enjoy. And once again, if your hatred of Senator Goldstein is this intense, I could not begin to imagine your rage had TX sent Mr. Dewhurst instead.

Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33 at February 18, 2021 11:32 PM (49Dnm)

534 I hope that you don't need to get into this computer for something really important, because I got a chuckle out of this comment!

Maybe a video or two he never uploaded to his YouTube channel, and possibly some garage band tracks he was playing with. Nothing that will alter the course of history, but would be nice to have.

Posted by: Blanco Basura - moronhorde.com. Not using Okta to secure logins (Unlike Parler) at February 18, 2021 11:33 PM (SchxB)

535 521 That horse face was once hot?
Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33 at February 18, 2021 11:28 PM (49Dnm)

IKR

she aint no Hedy

not even 20% Hedy

Posted by: REDACTED at February 18, 2021 11:34 PM (6iURM)

536
Mila Kunis is funsize...
Posted by: Zettai at February 18, 2021 11:30 PM (fQDQk)

She's like 5'4'', ain't she?

Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33 at February 18, 2021 11:34 PM (49Dnm)

537 519 Geez

Is it possible to have a thread where people are not sniping at others?
Posted by: four seasons at February 18, 2021 11:29 PM (PisyI)

People are seething in anger at a blatantly stolen election and the subsequent war on the right by the left.

Fuses are short, and a high level of irritation might be expected at this moment in time.

Posted by: Ladyl, Insurrectionist at February 18, 2021 11:34 PM (TdMsT)

538 Maybe a video or two he never uploaded to his YouTube channel, and possibly some garage band tracks he was playing with. Nothing that will alter the course of history, but would be nice to have.
Posted by: Blanco Basura - moronhorde.com. Not using Okta to secure logins (Unlike Parler) at February 18, 2021 11:33 PM (SchxB)

Then just keep it. I have 50 year old cassette letters my grandparents sent my Mom in the early 70's. I can't listen to them, but... it has their voices.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 18, 2021 11:35 PM (lmikk)

539 Hello, sailors!

Posted by: Five Foot Nuthin' Chix With Big Feet at February 18, 2021 11:36 PM (1Yy3c)

540 Blanco, there's a recovery mode that you may want to search and try. It depends on the model of the MacBook.

https://tinyurl.com/yvsv3l2d

Thanks CaliGirl. Been down that road. Single account and disk encryption removes certain options, chief among them being the terminal in recovery mode and being able to boot into single user mode.

Posted by: Blanco Basura - moronhorde.com. Not using Okta to secure logins (Unlike Parler) at February 18, 2021 11:36 PM (SchxB)

541

Alice Little (Remember her?) is really funsize... 4' 8'', IIRC...

Posted by: Zettai at February 18, 2021 11:36 PM (fQDQk)

542 You want : mila kunis
You'll settle for: ann coulter
What you get: a can of tuna.

...i don't think i'm doing this right.

Posted by: Funsize at February 18, 2021 11:36 PM (EiPf6)

543 325 Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33 at February 18, 2021 10:53 PM (49Dnm)
Cruz is no better than Haley. He might be worse.
One day if he ever gets the chance he will really stick it in. I despise traitors and he's just another opportunist jelly-spined shitstain traitor. He doesn't give a fuck about us or what we care about. So yeah it's pretty intense.
How people can "get over" him odiously blaming Trump for Hillary's planted *paid* stormtroopers _after_ the primaries were long over... is absolutely beyond me.
I'm not gonna blame anyone here for the way the GOPe is, but the GOPe is the way it is *exactly* because of people like Ted Cruz.
Posted by: ... at February 18, 2021 10:57 PM (jBRLB)
---
Ok, so far nobody has taken me up on a one-for-one trade, straight up, Cruz for either Patty Murray or Maria Cantwell.
So how about a 2 for 1 trade?
Texas would have THREE Senators!
I'll even toss in some fresh salmon and Wenatchee cherries when they are in season in late May.

Posted by: LeftCoast Dawg at February 18, 2021 11:37 PM (sy5kK)

544 You want : mila kunis
You'll settle for: ann coulter
What you get: a can of tuna.

...i don't think i'm doing this right.
Posted by: Funsize

either way the vid id going to be everywhere in the internets

Posted by: confederatefifth at February 18, 2021 11:37 PM (4Jold)

545 Alice Little (Remember her?) is really funsize... 4' 8'', IIRC...
Posted by: Zettai at February 18, 2021 11:36 PM (fQDQk)

I... did not remember her, so I looked her up. From wiki:

Alice Little (born May 3, 1990) is an Irish-American sex worker and YouTuber. Her stage name, Alice Little, refers to her height, which is 4'8", making her the "shortest legal escort" in Nevada, and consequently, in the United States.[1]

For some reason, that combined with her pictures horrifies me.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 18, 2021 11:38 PM (lmikk)

546 Lcd, shudder. Those two were the forever senators!

Posted by: Funsize at February 18, 2021 11:38 PM (EiPf6)

547 Maybe a video or two he never uploaded to his YouTube channel, and possibly some garage band tracks he was playing with. Nothing that will alter the course of history, but would be nice to have.
Posted by: Blanco Basura - moronho

I posted something above at 509 that may allow you to reset the password. It's worth a try.

Posted by: CaliGirl at February 18, 2021 11:38 PM (A57L2)

548 The next contingency would be to ditch the electric stove for gas, I can always open the oven door and keep the kitchen warm. I like to have several levels of contingency.

Posted by: The Walking Dude at February 18, 2021 10:39 PM (cCxiu)

Our gas stove was useless because it has electric controls. I suspect most modern ones will have this problem. The burners could be lit with a match or lighter, so at least we had that.

My sister's gas water heater didn't work, but ours did so we must have a different type than her family. You'd want to check and get the right type.

Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at February 18, 2021 11:38 PM (1lKRm)

549

The lovely and long-suffering Mrs Z is funsize and I shall be content...

Posted by: Zettai at February 18, 2021 11:38 PM (fQDQk)

550 542 You want : mila kunis
You'll settle for: ann coulter
What you get: a can of tuna.

...i don't think i'm doing this right.
Posted by: Funsize at February 18, 2021 11:36 PM (EiPf6)

*golfclap* Well done. You just managed to trigger about half a million keyword searches.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 18, 2021 11:39 PM (lmikk)

551 Ok i should go make myself a margarita and watch some brain candy (archer). Maybe back later.

Posted by: Funsize at February 18, 2021 11:39 PM (EiPf6)

552 ...i don't think i'm doing this right.
Posted by: Funsize at February 18, 2021 11:36 PM (EiPf6)

Would the tuna still scream rape if I ate it?

Posted by: Robert at February 18, 2021 11:39 PM (1Yy3c)

553 Ooooo a can of tuna!

Posted by: qdpsteve at February 18, 2021 11:39 PM (L2ZTs)

554 For some reason, that combined with her pictures horrifies me.
Posted by: Ae

her trademark sex thing was to scream out "the plane, the plane" when having sex.

Posted by: confederatefifth at February 18, 2021 11:39 PM (4Jold)

555 The wierdest one is Sarah Jessica Parker. In Hocus Pocus she was hot. Then what happened? Sex and the city made her look haggard!
Posted by: F

she was hot in the honeymoon in vegas thing too
Posted by: confederatefifth at February 18, 2021 11:29 PM (4Jold)

Buddy of mine met her when she was in LV working on Honeymoon in Vegas. He said she was super nice. And she was looking fine back then.

Posted by: Pug Mahon at February 18, 2021 11:39 PM (x8Wzq)

556 her trademark sex thing was to scream out "the plane, the plane" when having sex.
Posted by: confederatefifth at February 18, 2021 11:39 PM (4Jold)

Not helping.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 18, 2021 11:40 PM (lmikk)

557 Or, as Subway calls it, "tuna."

Posted by: qdpsteve at February 18, 2021 11:40 PM (L2ZTs)

558 CenterPoint Energy sends same $200k gas bill to many customers in Houston service area.

Top. Men.

https://youtu.be/HEumWXwjYu4

Posted by: Count de Monet in exile at his Fortress of Solitude at February 18, 2021 11:40 PM (4I/2K)

559 you want Hedy

you'll settle for Ava

you'll get, well you know what you get

and it aint Hedy or Ava

Posted by: REDACTED at February 18, 2021 11:40 PM (6iURM)

560 Aetius, i chortled. My job here is done.

Posted by: Funsize at February 18, 2021 11:40 PM (EiPf6)

561 Blanco I know that Apple laptops/computers had a mode that you can wire it to another mac, hold a few keys down, and that mac would start up as a simple slave drive of the other. Now the encryption may screw with that. And you'd need another mac, and maybe they don't even have that capability anymore. But I've retrieved data off a dead mac using this technique years ago. Sorry if that doesn't help.

Posted by: banana Dream at February 18, 2021 11:41 PM (l6b3d)

562 *COB hat on*

Enough bitching about Ted Cruz. You've both made your feeling clear about the Senator and each other. Drop it.

*COB hat off*

Posted by: Weirddave at February 18, 2021 11:41 PM (dWk8l)

563 Thanks CaliGirl. Been down that road. Single account and disk encryption removes certain options, chief among them being the terminal in recovery mode and being able to boot into single user mode.
Posted by: Blanco Basura - mor

Sorry, I was looking at that and thought that may work but I am no expert and I need to up my security.

Posted by: CaliGirl at February 18, 2021 11:41 PM (A57L2)

564 Farmer.. I've learned to live with the pain. Good days and bad. I don't want another surgery but I also don't want to end up like my poor mom. Her last 2 years were spent in a wheelchair. I'd rather die.
Posted by: Jewells45 at February 18, 2021 10:59

Oh I know where you are at. If you want to chat oflfine my email is in my nic.

Posted by: Farmer at February 18, 2021 11:41 PM (55Qr6)

565 Would the tuna still scream rape if I ate it?

The tuna doesn't taste as good as it used to.

Posted by: Blanco Basura - moronhorde.com. Not scanning your email to sell you stuff like Google does. at February 18, 2021 11:41 PM (SchxB)

566 Not helping.
Posted by: Aet

you must be new here

Posted by: confederatefifth at February 18, 2021 11:41 PM (4Jold)

567 LadyL, Insurrectionist,

Well said.

Throw in 11 months or so of trauma-based mind control and gaslighting courtesy of the COVID-19 psyop, too.

Everyone has been deliberately, deeply harmed by bad guys pushing their Great Reset etc.

Posted by: callsign claymore at February 18, 2021 11:41 PM (GdF33)

568 So, about Ted Cruz's new hair cut...

Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 18, 2021 11:41 PM (lmikk)

569 http://ace.mu.nu/archives/343109.php

Kaboom link, if nobody posted it yet.

Posted by: LeftCoast Dawg at February 18, 2021 11:42 PM (sy5kK)

570 Other than losing power for about 3 hours in the middle of the other night, we have fared very well here in CenTex.

The three kids in Dallas have had various experiences, but are all okay at the moment.

But this morning at breakfast, Mr. S. said "I know I was hoo-rawing you when you were stocking up earlier, but I think you were right. We do need to do some real prepping for things like this." So, that good.

I was stocking up for possible Installation civic unrest, which didn't happen, so we have lots of food. Power sources, not so much.

Posted by: Sal at February 18, 2021 11:42 PM (duS67)

571

Alice Little was featured content here on teh ONT some time ago... Also, she's allegedly the highest-earning prostitute in the US!

Posted by: Zettai at February 18, 2021 11:42 PM (fQDQk)

572 you must be new here

Posted by: confederatefifth at February 18, 2021 11:41 PM (4Jold)

When you are hanging on to the edge of a cliff, you try to kick Lucy's football... wait.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 18, 2021 11:43 PM (lmikk)

573 The tuna doesn't taste as good as it used to.
Posted by: Blanco Basura - moronhorde.com. Not scanning your email to sell you stuff like Google does. at February 18, 2021 11:41 PM (SchxB)

Missing Rush.

And Spatula City!

Posted by: blaster at February 18, 2021 11:43 PM (ZfRYq)

574 Alice Little was featured content here on teh ONT some time ago... Also, she's allegedly the highest-earning prostitute in the US!

in absolute and lb for lb

Posted by: confederatefifth at February 18, 2021 11:43 PM (4Jold)

575 When you are hanging on to the edge of a cliff, you try to kick Lucy's football... wait.
Posted by: Aet

Posted by: confederatefifth at February 18, 2021 11:44 PM (4Jold)

576 Blanco I know that Apple laptops/computers had a mode that you can wire it to another mac, hold a few keys down, and that mac would start up as a simple slave drive of the other. Now the encryption may screw with that. And you'd need another mac, and maybe they don't even have that capability anymore. But I've retrieved data off a dead mac using this technique years ago. Sorry if that doesn't help.

Yeah, the encryption is the left handed monkey wrench in the gears. Worst case I can wipe it and reinstall off the inertubez and get a free laptop. Just won't have the files. But right now I don't have them anyways and don't actually know if anything is there.

Posted by: Blanco Basura - moronhorde.com. Not scanning your email to sell you stuff like Google does. at February 18, 2021 11:44 PM (SchxB)

577 *hic*

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at February 18, 2021 11:45 PM (fLVm1)

578 You all have fun. See you in about 5 hours.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 18, 2021 11:45 PM (lmikk)

579 4) Billionaires who are bargain basement Bond villains.

Nordstrom Rack has stylish deep discount nukes

Posted by: Prof. Dr. Miklos Teller Szilard von Neumann at February 18, 2021 11:46 PM (QzkSJ)

580 LCD,
I found the link in last night ont, thanks though!
I forgot how good some of ace's epic post were!

Posted by: lin-duh 27-4 at February 18, 2021 11:46 PM (UUBmN)

581 Beautiful day at the range. Started too windy, and cold (not "cold" in a MN or, these days, TX sense), but wind faded and in the sun felt like 70s later. Beautifully clear.

Back to our longer term base level of numbers, more or less. Nothing like the spring or summer. Everyone wondering whether ammo price/availability situation is already affecting range attendance.

Most of the shooters today were established/sophisticated shooters. Some amazing rigs on display. Glad that precision/distance shooting doesn't interest me that much, the $ involved are limited only by your ability to dish them out.

Posted by: rhomboid at February 18, 2021 11:46 PM (OTzUX)

582 Alice Little allegedly makes about a million a year.

Posted by: C 137 at February 18, 2021 11:47 PM (2DOZq)

583 451 440
Kat Timpf is "funsized"... 5' 6", I think...
Posted by: Zettai at February 18, 2021 11:14 PM (fQDQk)

Strictly speaking, given the right figure, anyone is funsize.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 18, 2021 11:16 PM (lmikk)

yep, it's all about the fun!

Posted by: LeftCoast Dawg at February 18, 2021 11:48 PM (sy5kK)

584 You all have fun. See you in about 5 hours.
Posted by: Aetius451AD

Objection, Your Honor

Assumption of fact not in evidence

Posted by: Miklos, QC at February 18, 2021 11:48 PM (QzkSJ)

585 Okay, I'm out.

Gotta get up early to deal with a now painful inevitability.

God, I wish I were drunk right now.

Night!

Posted by: Robert, eloping with his newfound can of tuna at February 18, 2021 11:49 PM (1Yy3c)

586 Posted by: ... at February 18, 2021 10:57 PM (jBRLB)

So far, in your stunningly intellectual attack on Mr. Cruz, which should have everyone wishing they voted for Beto Pancho or Mr. Dewhurst when they had the chance, I have:
"opportunist jelly-spined shitstained traitor"
"doesn't give a fuck about us"
"steaming pile of shit"
"grifter"
Yet...you won't, even once, cite specifics. Yeah, he was in the 2016 primary. Get the fuck over it. LOTS of people ran and I don't begrudge him. I'm sorry he doesn't meet your standards of ideological purity, but damn, dude, YOU are the only one from what I see who can (and if people don't meet that standard, even people here, you are enraged worse than even Statist/Socialists I've met).

Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33 at February 18, 2021 11:49 PM (49Dnm)

587 Most of the shooters today were established/sophisticated shooters. Some amazing rigs on display. Glad that precision/distance shooting doesn't interest me that much, the $ involved are limited only by your ability to dish them out.
Posted by: r

what is that about $100 an hour?

Posted by: confederatefifth at February 18, 2021 11:49 PM (4Jold)

588 what is that about $100 an hour?
Posted by: confederatefifth at February 18, 2021 11:49 PM (4Jold)

---------

Same as in town.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at February 18, 2021 11:50 PM (fLVm1)

589 by: ... at February 18, 2021 10:57 PM (jBRLB)

So far, in your stunningly intellectual attack on Mr. Cruz, which should have everyone wishing they voted for Beto Pancho or Mr. Dewhurst when they had the chance, I have:
"opportunist jelly-spined shitstained traitor"
"doesn't give a fuck about us"
"steaming pile of shit"
"grifter"
Yet...you won't, even once, cite specifics. Yeah, he was in the 2016 primary. Get the fuck over it. LOTS of people ran and I don't begrudge him. I'm sorry he doesn't meet your standards of ideological purity, but damn, dude, YOU are the only one from what I see who can (and if people don't meet that standard, even people here, you are enraged worse than even Statist/Socialists I've met).
Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33

you guys would be better served with ad hominem attacks and vulgar insults.

Posted by: confederatefifth at February 18, 2021 11:50 PM (4Jold)

590 OK, I have to ask a question that might sound really stupid or silly: If your employer (a very small state agency) suddenly decides to buy new computers for every full time staff person AND allows -- actually encourages -- each of you to take them home so you can log directly into the office system and do most of your work remotely, does that mean (a) your new boss really likes everyone and wants them to have as flexible a work schedule as possible, or (b) your new boss is actually trying to push everyone out of the office so that she has an excuse to declare anyone she doesn't like "nonessential" and get them canned?

Posted by: Secret Square at February 18, 2021 11:52 PM (9WuX0)

591 "Alice Little (born May 3, 1990) is an Irish-American sex worker"

SHE IS A WHORE.

I hate these bullshit phrases people are using to destroy English. She is a PROSTITUTE. A WHORE.

Language rant off (for now)...

Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33 at February 18, 2021 11:52 PM (49Dnm)

592 I have to ask a question that might sound really stupid or silly: If your employer (a very small state agency) suddenly decides to buy new computers for every full time staff person AND allows -- actually encourages -- each of you to take them home so you can log directly into the office system and do most of your work remotely, does that mean (a) your new boss really likes everyone and wants them to have as flexible a work schedule as possible, or (b) your new boss is actually trying to push everyone out of the office so that she has an excuse to declare anyone she doesn't like "nonessential" and get them canned?
Posted by: S

she is having an affair and wants you out of the office so she she has more room to fuck and scream.

Posted by: confederatefifth at February 18, 2021 11:53 PM (4Jold)

593 Severe cold is finally gone here. For now? And snow began melting this afternoon. Of course, now that the sun is down, it's snowing again.

One of the space heaters died today, dammit! There's always a cold corner of house (or two!) that need a boost. Wonder if I can find a replacement tomorrow?

Hubby is doing ok for now. If only he could keep some nutrition down... Got meds but they're not wrking-- yet? I'm exhausted. We have no family nearby to help atm. Maybe in a couple weeks.

FML

Posted by: JQ at February 18, 2021 11:54 PM (09wCi)

594 SS,
Which state is this small government agency in?

Posted by: lin-duh 27-4 at February 18, 2021 11:55 PM (UUBmN)

595 If anyone cares....Freedom munitions has .223 for $0.69 each. But its steel case.

Posted by: redchief at February 18, 2021 11:55 PM (Kab4E)

596 Posted by: Weirddave at February 18, 2021 11:41 PM (dWk8l)

People miss the Catch Thirty-Thr33 Iron Law of Politics:

"If I want THE perfect candidate, I would run for office."

(Weirddave's perfect candidate is Weirddave, and so on.)

Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33 at February 18, 2021 11:55 PM (49Dnm)

597 SS,
Which state is this small government agency in?

yeah, what is the address and phone number?

Posted by: confederatefifth at February 18, 2021 11:55 PM (4Jold)

598 The Rush Limbaugh store is pretty much sold out.

Must be millions out there

Posted by: Miklos, who was there just before the Berlin was taken down at February 18, 2021 11:56 PM (QzkSJ)

599 Catch 33? Drop it.

Posted by: Weirddave at February 18, 2021 11:57 PM (6an2V)

600 Posted by: JQ at February 18, 2021 11:54 PM (09wCi)

Hang tough. Sending prayers your way.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, a fine Irish pub what no longer exists at February 18, 2021 11:58 PM (x8Wzq)

601 Posted by: Secret Square at February 18, 2021 11:52 PM (9WuX0)

It's closer to a. like has nothing to do with it. It's keep working and getting paid.

Posted by: Evasiveboat42 at February 18, 2021 11:58 PM (Rz2Nc)

602 Evening, Horde!

Posted by: Schnorflepuppy at February 18, 2021 11:58 PM (BCHJd)

603

I've read that a great many prostitutes actually embrace the colloquial terms for themselves and their line of work, and dislike the euphemism "sex worker"...

Posted by: Zettai at February 18, 2021 11:59 PM (fQDQk)

604 Secret Square ,
It actually probably has to do with the kovids...

Posted by: lin-duh 27-4 at February 18, 2021 11:59 PM (UUBmN)

605 500 480 My initial deployment of "preps" worked well enough here at Casa New Dawn. Till the cheap ass cast zinc carburetor on the cheap ass chinkware generator cracked clean in two after fourteen hours of runtime. Oh well, Plan B. Empty fridge & freezer contents into ice chests, deploy on subfreezing back porch. Freezer goods didn't thaw, and the chest kept refrigerated goods from freezing. BBQ pit for some cookage, and a hasty-built fire pad and windbreak, to burn ricks of 2"x2"10" leftover railing spindles, the "waste" from cuts. Knew it'd come in handy, and it did. Two bits of rag in the bottom, a light splash of gasoline on all the wood and rags. Wait 1 min., ignite. Once black smoke stops, put stainless kettle on the rick. 5 min. later, BOILING. Rick self-destructs completely down to ash. But now we got hot drinks on near-demand. Electricity restored last nite at 7 pm. Yay, us!
Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX
Jim--you are very resourceful. I'm glad you are okay.
Posted by: Ladyl, Insurrectionist at February 18, 2021 11:26 PM (TdMsT)

Of all the Morons in Texas, at or near the top of not worrying about someone's situation, is where I would place Jim. See what I mean?

Posted by: LeftCoast Dawg at February 19, 2021 12:00 AM (sy5kK)

606 I've read that a great many prostitutes actually embrace the colloquial terms for themselves and their line of work, and dislike the euphemism "sex worker"...
Posted by: Z

in fairness, there is something refreshingly transactional about their business.

Posted by: confederatefifth at February 19, 2021 12:00 AM (4Jold)

607 I've read that a great many prostitutes actually embrace the colloquial terms for themselves and their line of work, and dislike the euphemism "sex worker"...
Posted by: Zettai at February 18, 2021 11:59 PM (fQDQk)

----------

Penetration Technician

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at February 19, 2021 12:00 AM (fLVm1)

608 Night!
Posted by: Robert, eloping with his newfound can of tuna

Now see?

We can have nice sock things

Posted by: Miklos, just Miklos at February 19, 2021 12:01 AM (QzkSJ)

609 Dick Engineer

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at February 19, 2021 12:02 AM (H5knJ)

610 I've read that a great many prostitutes actually embrace the colloquial terms for themselves and their line of work, and dislike the euphemism "sex worker"...
Posted by: Z

they embrace anything, if the price is right

Posted by: confederatefifth at February 19, 2021 12:02 AM (4Jold)

611 607 I've read that a great many prostitutes actually embrace the colloquial terms for themselves and their line of work, and dislike the euphemism "sex worker"...
Posted by: Zettai at February 18, 2021 11:59 PM (fQDQk)

----------

Penetration Technician
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at February 19, 2021 12:00 AM (fLVm1)

Erotic Engineer.

Posted by: Romeo13 at February 19, 2021 12:03 AM (oHd/0)

612 JQ,

Praying for you all. I sincerely wish I could do more.

Posted by: four seasons at February 19, 2021 12:04 AM (PisyI)

613 Boner Management Executive

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at February 19, 2021 12:04 AM (fLVm1)

614 511 The wierdest one is Sarah Jessica Parker. In Hocus Pocus she was hot. Then what happened? Sex and the city made her look haggard!
Posted by: Funsize at February 18, 2021 11:25 PM (EiPf6)

That horse face was once hot?
Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33 at February 18, 2021 11:28 PM (49Dnm)
SJP?
Just don't take your eyes off her chest, and you'll be fine.

Posted by: LeftCoast Dawg at February 19, 2021 12:05 AM (sy5kK)

615 Purveyor of Apertures

Posted by: klaftern at February 19, 2021 12:05 AM (RuIsu)

616 Thanks, Pug Mahon. And anyone else who's praying for us.

Hubby's problem is terminal. I can't retire yet. Will probably lose my job anyway because of all the time off to care for him....

Sorry to bring thread down.

Prayers up for all the folks in Texas!

At least we have power and heat here, I should be grateful.

Posted by: JQ at February 19, 2021 12:05 AM (09wCi)

617 "Which state is this small government agency in"

Illinois (unfortunately). This is part of the reason why my husband thinks this is an ominous/bad sign, he thinks it's the state trying to save money by getting rid of our jobs (our office is unusual in that we are NOT unionized), but I thought working from home was supposed to be a cost saving measure in itself? I think it has more to do with our new boss (the old one just retired a couple of weeks ago) being all-in on doing everything remotely and online -- she has staff meetings by conference call and chat instead of in person like the old boss did -- but, maybe there's something I'm not seeing here.

Posted by: Secret Square at February 19, 2021 12:05 AM (9WuX0)

618 JQ,

You aren't bringing the thread down.

You have friends here.

Posted by: four seasons at February 19, 2021 12:07 AM (PisyI)

619 It's... 11°, feels like 11. Going down down down 'til about risin' time, when it'll be around 2° - BUT, in the afternoon, we should creep up, barely, over freezing for the first time in toomanydays. Thenceforward, no more single-digits, and then warming warming warming, even unto the 60s.

So, I'm now going to go pull the covers up over my head and wait as long as I can to get up tomorrow.

Good night, sleep tight, and Trump won in a landslide.

💤

Posted by: mindful webworker
here be treasures
at February 19, 2021 12:07 AM (PrVhQ)

620

I've done any number of disreputable things in my day, but I've never patronised an actual prostitute! *

*Are ~~strippers~~ exotic dancers "sex workers"??

Posted by: Zettai at February 19, 2021 12:07 AM (fQDQk)

621 the state agencies are not usually worried about office expenses since they own their offices or pay nothing in rent.

Posted by: confederatefifth at February 19, 2021 12:07 AM (4Jold)

622 Penetration Technician
Posted by: Cicero

The problem is battery capacity

Posted by: Sandra Fluke , not slut, ell maybr sometimes under the legal definition at February 19, 2021 12:07 AM (QzkSJ)

623 Relaxation Specialist

Posted by: Count de Monet in exile at his Fortress of Solitude at February 19, 2021 12:07 AM (4I/2K)

624
Well, Charter (Spectrum, they call themselves now) buried their drop cable to the new house, and did it within a few days of the guy laying it out. I was figuring it would lay on top of the ground for months, but they got out here.

I carefully showed them where my water line was. I was looking, and the guy got within 5" of it at a turn, but didn't hit it, thank God. Hell, while I hate to do it, I should've stayed out there and watched every inch of his maneuvering.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion of a Poperin Pear at February 19, 2021 12:08 AM (Mzdiz)

625 Posted by: JQ at

Prayers up!

Posted by: Commissar Chairman Hrothgar at February 19, 2021 12:08 AM (F0JZc)

626 Erotic Engineer.
Posted by: Romeo13

AtC with stompy Engineer Boots

Posted by: Miklos would hire AtC for "legal" services at February 19, 2021 12:10 AM (QzkSJ)

627 OK, I have to ask a question that might sound really stupid or silly: If your employer (a very small state agency) suddenly decides to buy new computers for every full time staff person AND allows -- actually encourages -- each of you to take them home so you can log directly into the office system and do most of your work remotely, does that mean (a) your new boss really likes everyone and wants them to have as flexible a work schedule as possible, or (b) your new boss is actually trying to push everyone out of the office so that she has an excuse to declare anyone she doesn't like "nonessential" and get them canned?

Trying to avoid a COVID related lawsuit?

Posted by: Blanco Basura - moronhorde.com. Not scanning your email to sell you stuff like Google does. at February 19, 2021 12:13 AM (SchxB)

628 Everyone's run to search for witty euphemisms for 'whore', I suppose...

Posted by: Zettai at February 19, 2021 12:14 AM (fQDQk)

629 Climax Development Specialist

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at February 19, 2021 12:14 AM (fLVm1)

630 Secret Square ,
It actually probably has to do with the kovids...
Posted by: lin-duh 27-4

It's only secret because U R Stoopid

Posted by: Big Tony Fauci, highest paid fraud in the entite US taxpayer funded government at February 19, 2021 12:14 AM (QzkSJ)

631 Everyone's run to search for witty euphemisms for 'whore', I suppose...

Why? "Lubrication specialist" works so well.

Posted by: Blanco Basura - moronhorde.com. Not scanning your email to sell you stuff like Google does. at February 19, 2021 12:14 AM (SchxB)

632 Our gas stove was useless because it has electric controls. I suspect most modern ones will have this problem. The burners could be lit with a match or lighter, so at least we had that.

My sister's gas water heater didn't work, but ours did so we must have a different type than her family. You'd want to check and get the right type.
Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at February 18, 2021 11:38 PM (1lKRm)

I've got a pretty new gas stove and you're right, the oven needs electric controls. I kept all 5 burners on all night for 2 nights, though, and that added a lot of heat to the house! As you say, they can still be lit with a match.

Posted by: Tom Servo at February 19, 2021 12:15 AM (bxPTJ)

633 One of the ROs had a Model 1873 lever rifle, production year 1908. Beautiful. Shot with barely any recoil (44-40).

Levers are nice. Often beautiful industrial art, tons of history, and not on any gun-grabbers' radar screens.

Posted by: rhomboid at February 19, 2021 12:15 AM (OTzUX)

634 Posted by: Big Tony Fauci, highest paid fraud in the entite US taxpayer funded government at February 19, 2021 12:14 AM

Half a million dollars a year, IIRC!

Posted by: Zettai at February 19, 2021 12:16 AM (fQDQk)

635 Climax Development Specialist
Posted by: Cicero

Climax NC is only a few minutes from Apex.

Posted by: Miklos from Pleasant Garden at February 19, 2021 12:16 AM (QzkSJ)

636
If you remember, may a month ago, I mentioned something about the ridiculous power usage of the hot water recirculation system they'd installed in the new house.

The idea is to have instant (within a few seconds) hot water at all the taps. You install a loop in the hot water supply piping and run a return back the water heater, and put in a pump to keep it circulating.

Well, turns out that was adding about 20 kW-hr per day, on average. Mrs. Duke (a murderess, I might add, turns out) has installed smart meters, and you can go online and look at your usage down to the hour level.

I can see the demand drop off when I figured out what it was, and turned off the circulator.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion of a Poperin Pear at February 19, 2021 12:17 AM (Mzdiz)

637 Why? "Lubrication specialist" works so well.

Posted by: Blanco Basura - moronhorde.com. Not scanning your email to sell you stuff like Google does. at February 19, 2021 12:14 AM

Nah, too ghey...

Posted by: Zettai at February 19, 2021 12:17 AM (fQDQk)

638 580 LCD,
I found the link in last night ont, thanks though!
I forgot how good some of ace's epic post were!
Posted by: lin-duh 27-4 at February 18, 2021 11:46 PM (UUBmN)

anytime, fine lady.
*doffs hat*

Posted by: LeftCoast Dawg at February 19, 2021 12:18 AM (sy5kK)

639 Half a million dollars a year, IIRC!
Posted by: Zettai

Now see?

We can have nice things

Posted by: Administartive Deep State Fucking Assholes at February 19, 2021 12:19 AM (QzkSJ)

640 *doffs hat*
Posted by: LeftCoast Dawg

NO BERETS

unless you earned it

Posted by: 25% Highlander Scot Miklos at February 19, 2021 12:21 AM (QzkSJ)

641 thinking on the events of this week - while I didn't think it would happen in Texas, this is proof of how fragile our current civilization is. Turn the electric power off, and all the accouterments of our civilization start to fall to pieces within hours.

Posted by: Tom Servo at February 19, 2021 12:21 AM (bxPTJ)

642 Nah, too ghey...
Posted by: Zettai

Come on, man

Posted by: Preznit Joe Blome at February 19, 2021 12:23 AM (QzkSJ)

643

I've also read the Fauci used to prowl ghey bars and bath houses "for research purposes" at the height of the AIDS epidemic!

Posted by: Zettai at February 19, 2021 12:23 AM (fQDQk)

644 I notice the font (size) change but probably am late as usual.

What else is there to say

Posted by: Tributes at February 19, 2021 12:23 AM (0G613)

645 Publius: If you can only view water on your cable TV and entertainment comes out of your faucet, something is wrong!

Posted by: qdpsteve at February 19, 2021 12:24 AM (L2ZTs)

646
Climax NC is only a few minutes from Apex.
Posted by: Miklos
---------

Not too far from Lizard Lick.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at February 19, 2021 12:25 AM (AytXr)

647 thinking on the events of this week - while I didn't think it would happen in Texas, this is proof of how fragile our current civilization is. Turn the electric power off, and all the accouterments of our civilization start to fall to pieces within hours.
Posted by: T

there was a perfect storm of order and logic extending in 800 yards from every direction of the fifth residence.

Posted by: confederatefifth at February 19, 2021 12:26 AM (4Jold)

648 The next contingency would be to ditch the electric stove for gas

Posted by: The Walking Dude at February 18, 2021 10:39 PM (cCxiu)

This saved our bacon during the blizzard of 93 in ATL, 3 days w/o power but we had the gas stove and doors (no "open concept living area") so we could close off everything but the dining room and the kitchen, drink & play cards till the power came on

Posted by: Pikov Andropov at February 19, 2021 12:26 AM (rt0xh)

649 I find myself oddly mesmerized by this video of The Devil's Daughters w Danny B. Harvey singing Blue Moon of Kentucky:

https://youtu.be/Jmwys_cx5I4

Just can't put my finger on why this is so compelling.

Little help?

Posted by: Sharkman at February 19, 2021 12:26 AM (0bGEp)

650
The irony is that it will be the primitives that survive some global, civilization ending event.

Some of the woo-woo theories about previous high civilizations in the past being wiped out by some asteroid/comet strike are based on this.

Just imagine if you wiped out all the electric power generation somehow. How long do you think it would be before we were back to the stone age, and all memory of how things work would be lost?

Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion of a Poperin Pear at February 19, 2021 12:26 AM (Mzdiz)

651 Well, turns out that was adding about 20 kW-hr per day, on average. Mrs. Duke (a murderess, I might add, turns out) has installed smart meters, and you can go online and look at your usage down to the hour level.

I can see the demand drop off when I figured out what it was, and turned off the circulator.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion of a Poperin Pear at February 19, 2021 12:17 AM (Mzdiz)

That adds up in a hurry.

Posted by: Count de Monet in exile at his Fortress of Solitude at February 19, 2021 12:27 AM (4I/2K)

652 I've also read the Fauci used to prowl ghey bars and bath houses "for research purposes" at the height of the AIDS epidemic!

Posted by: Zettai at February 19, 2021 12:23 AM

Crikey! I've just realised where I'd read that -- here at Teh HQ!!

Posted by: Zettai at February 19, 2021 12:27 AM (fQDQk)

653 Not too far from Lizard Lick.
Posted by: Mike Hammer,

Yep.

My cousins crawl over there sometimes.

Posted by: Miklos, thinking a Lizard lick pub crawl could be potentially awesome at February 19, 2021 12:28 AM (QzkSJ)

654 Yo Horde. The kids in the crib video is hilarious

Posted by: Pete Bog at February 19, 2021 12:29 AM (bzrNB)

655 "The next contingency would be to ditch the electric stove for gas,"

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

One of the big new things in blue communities is to ban gas lines in new construction.

/rolleyes

It *probably* won't kill anyone in the next decade in California. But in any other state...

Posted by: junior at February 19, 2021 12:31 AM (PTw5h)

656 When a guy steps out of a chopper with a leopard jumpsuit you know shit just got rea

When a guy steps out of a chopper with a leopard jumpsuit you know shit just got real

Posted by: confederatefifth at February 19, 2021 12:32 AM (4Jold)

657 >> That adds up in a hurry.

I have no idea what it normal for these systems, and it's sort of hard to find out. This is a slab foundation, and the supply pipes are PEX, running underground, under the slab. The plumber claims they are insulated, but pipe insulation isn't that much.

Looking at soil data for this area, this "Georgia clay" as we call it, turns out to be one hell of a heat sink. High thermal conductivity, and high heat capacity. (Soil thermal properties are a wildly complex thing, varying like crazy -- there is no typical soil).

I got my meters out and measured things. There was a 4F temp drop over the hot water loop. That is, return water was 4F lower than coming out. The recirculator pump is about 1GPM or so (no specs on for flow, but that is typical for its size) roughly.

So, with a 50 gallon water heater, that's enough to drop the temp of the whole thing 4F in 50 minutes.

And that's exactly what it was doing. Water heater was coming on about once per hour, and running for about 10 minutes each cycle.

Enormous waste of heat.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion of a Poperin Pear at February 19, 2021 12:33 AM (Mzdiz)

658 Publius, those are woo-woo theories, because science or archaeology can't explain some things. So they don't talk about it, at least not publicly. Then what happens is the wackadoodles fill the void with the inconsistencies to sell books.

It does appear there was some kind of catastrophic event and things were totally fubar for a long time.

Posted by: Common Tater at February 19, 2021 12:33 AM (XUnia)

659

I always thought "Lizard Lick" was L. L. Bean's full Christian name...

Posted by: Zettai at February 19, 2021 12:34 AM (fQDQk)

660 I don't get why the Dems folded when Cruz threatened to call Pelosi or anyone else. They would say "go pound sand" and what's Cruz going to do, send the U.S. Marshals to pick her up and force her to testify?

Posted by: SFGoth at February 19, 2021 12:36 AM (KAi1n)

661 I don't get why the Dems folded when Cruz threatened to call Pelosi or anyone else. They would say "go pound sand" and what's Cruz going to do, send the U.S. Marshals to pick her up and force her to testify?
Posted by: SFGoth

he had the entire q file about her

Posted by: confederatefifth at February 19, 2021 12:38 AM (4Jold)

662 Is it inappropriate to make a "Yellow Froze of Texas" pun?

Posted by: SFGoth at February 19, 2021 12:38 AM (KAi1n)

663 Is it inappropriate to make a "Yellow Froze of Texas" pun?
Posted by: SFGoth

depends, is it funny?

Posted by: confederatefifth at February 19, 2021 12:40 AM (4Jold)

664 Goodnight, Horde!

Posted by: Blanco Basura - moronhorde.com. Not scanning your email to sell you stuff like Google does. at February 19, 2021 12:40 AM (SchxB)

665 I don't understand the folks who cannot have indoor wood burning stoves. When did that become uh, dangerous and uninsurable?

We have always had a wood burning stove in these parts, a major part of the -two is one, one is none heating plan. Always the back up, let alone the ambiance of the area. Heck, many are on the one is none plan. Wood only.

Kuma wood stoves made in Idaho were invited to the whitehouse the first year of Trump, who showcased all American made goods at the actual whitehouse. These guys make a solid, all parts made in America product.

Are these illegal outside of Idaho? I don't get it.

Posted by: Derak at February 19, 2021 12:41 AM (U76bn)

666
The instant hot water was really nice. Don't have to run water and wait for it to get hot. But it's too damn expensive to run continuously.

They have many approaches to this, such as simple timer to only run during specific times.

What I think I'll do is just a put a switch in the bathrooms to turn it on before use. I can get fancy and put some sort of relay, and temp control on thing and have a simple push button that turns it on until return water is hot, then cuts off. Or just a simple timer. Just takes about a minute or two of circulation to get it all hot.

It's very nice for the walk-in shower, which doesn't have a faucet like bathtub, where you can run water until it gets hot before turning on the shower head.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion of a Poperin Pear at February 19, 2021 12:41 AM (Mzdiz)

667 And that's exactly what it was doing. Water heater was coming on about once per hour, and running for about 10 minutes each cycle.

Enormous waste of heat.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion of a Poperin Pear at February 19, 2021 12:33 AM (Mzdiz)

Electric or gas water heater?

Posted by: Count de Monet in exile at his Fortress of Solitude at February 19, 2021 12:43 AM (4I/2K)

668
Oh, I'm pretty convinced there was some "high civilization" about 12,000 years ago or so that was wiped out by something. Now, how high it was, I don't know. I don't think it was high-tech, but maybe some Egyptian level thing. But I believe it was sea-faring, and knew the earth and all the continents.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion of a Poperin Pear at February 19, 2021 12:43 AM (Mzdiz)

669 Horde, I'm just NW of FTW, TX. My well is working. If you need water, let me know.

Posted by: Brocksdaddy at February 19, 2021 12:44 AM (gQ2Pj)

670 I believe it was sea-faring, and knew the earth and all the continents.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion of a Poperin Pear at February 19, 2021 12:43 AM

The Atlantians?

Posted by: Zettai at February 19, 2021 12:45 AM (fQDQk)

671 he had the entire q file about her
Posted by: confederatefifth

Then he still does. So F'ing what?

Cruz: I move to call Nancy Pelosi as a witness.
Schumer: Go f^ck yourself
Cruz: I object to that
Schumer: Go f^ck yourself
Cruz: Who do you think you are?
Schumer: Listen, minority party senator, I'm the driver and we're on Cruz control. Get it? So go f^ck yourself

Posted by: SFGoth at February 19, 2021 12:45 AM (KAi1n)

672

I should have worked 'ancient Slavonaut theorists' in there somewhere...

Posted by: Zettai at February 19, 2021 12:46 AM (fQDQk)

673 >> Electric or gas water heater?

Electric. We had been in the house a few weeks, and I got to looking at the power usage. 80 kW-hr or so per day. I thought, hell, maybe it's the heat pump, and it was cold when I started looking.

Well, turned out the heat pump was impressively efficient, and wasn't the problem, and I soon figured out it was the water heater, caused by that recirculation system.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion of a Poperin Pear at February 19, 2021 12:46 AM (Mzdiz)

674 640 *doffs hat*
Posted by: LeftCoast Dawg
NO BERETS
unless you earned it
Posted by: 25% Highlander Scot Miklos at February 19, 2021 12:21 AM (QzkSJ)
-------
HOW DARE YOU, SIR!!
I know the rules!

I'm a Stetson man!

Posted by: LeftCoast Dawg at February 19, 2021 12:47 AM (sy5kK)

675 >> The Atlantians?

I believe the notion of "Atlantis" (and the GLobal flood myths of the Bible and just about every culture on the planet in some form) is some vague memory of this previous civilization and the catastrophe that wiped it out, and reset human society.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion of a Poperin Pear at February 19, 2021 12:48 AM (Mzdiz)

676 Wood burning anything is illegal in S.F. unless it's grandfathered and there're regs on using it, all having to do with saving the Earth. When it turns out that everything the enviros are doing is going to usher in the Ice Age that the settled scilence of the 70's told us was going to happen, things are going to get lit. (Because if they don't, we won't have much heat.)

Posted by: SFGoth at February 19, 2021 12:49 AM (KAi1n)

677

I've read they're calling the massive seamount 'Zealandia' the eighth continent now...

Posted by: Zettai at February 19, 2021 12:52 AM (fQDQk)

678 Publius, what jumbles things is the later societies build on the ruins of the old. But the weird thing is there are clearly more sophisticated stone structures below the later rough construction. Look at the size of the cut blocks at Baalbak for example. Egypt is full of wacky stuff. Solid granite blocks, hundreds of tons, with internal precision 90 degree cuts. We're told they did this stuff with bronze chisels.

Since the official history won't acknowledge these imponderables it leaves a void or room for the nutbars.

Posted by: Common Tater at February 19, 2021 12:53 AM (XUnia)

679 Cruz: I move to call Nancy Pelosi as a witness.
Schumer: Go f^ck yourself
Cruz: I object to that
Schumer: Go f^ck yourself
Cruz: Who do you think you are?
Schumer: Listen, minority party senator, I'm the driver and we're on Cruz control. Get it? So go f^ck yourself
Posted by: SFGoth

Cruz: we have the q file for you too senator
Schumer: Get the speakr

Posted by: confederatefifth at February 19, 2021 12:54 AM (4Jold)

680 ..One of the big new things in blue communities is to ban gas lines in new construction. /rolleyes

It *probably* won't kill anyone in the next decade in California. But in any other state..Posted by: junior at February 19, 2021 12:31 AM (PTw5h)

My neighborhood is but 33 homes, and is exactly such. One car garages, too. Developed by a Cass Sustien acolyte, very into the "nudging" theory of societal evolution, etc. The "no gas" is because they're so much smarter than we mere plebes. Once car garage is to "nudge" folks away from moar carz, and onto teh public tranzportzenvagon.

I know how to cook (and cook well) on electric, but I'm going 100% gas from here on out. Call it "lessons learned". Next house, even if I have to put in a thousand pound LPG tank, it's gonna be a gas gas gas.

Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX

Posted by: Jim at February 19, 2021 12:54 AM (QzJWU)

681 The Atlantians?
Posted by: Zettai

The Atlantian Super power is they get extra votes

Posted by: Secretary Of Miklos at February 19, 2021 12:55 AM (QzkSJ)

682 My grandparents (who lived near Farmer) heated their farmhouse with a woodstove. They also usually had their six children over for Christmas, so it was a battle among the grandchildren to see who got to sleep in the room with the stove. The only downside was that room was also by the entryway, and therefore Grandpa (and his sons) would be using the front door at 4 a.m. to start on chores. Oh, and fetch wood so the grandchildren would be warm.

Posted by: pookysgirl can almost smell her grandma's homemade bread at February 19, 2021 12:55 AM (XKZwp)

683 Go for the trifecta: Carrington event, blizzard followed by hard freeze, and earthquake.

Posted by: SFGoth at February 19, 2021 12:55 AM (KAi1n)

684 I should have worked 'ancient Slavonaut theorists' in there somewhere...
Posted by: Z

Slavonaut / alien

tomato / tomato

Posted by: confederatefifth at February 19, 2021 12:55 AM (4Jold)

685 641 thinking on the events of this week - while I didn't think it would happen in Texas, this is proof of how fragile our current civilization is. Turn the electric power off, and all the accouterments of our civilization start to fall to pieces within hours.
Posted by: Tom Servo at February 19, 2021 12:21 AM (bxPTJ)

We've noticed, too.

Posted by: CCP military general in charge of the EMP program at February 19, 2021 12:55 AM (sy5kK)

686

See Gobekli Tepi. That sucker goes back 10K years at least.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion of a Poperin Pear at February 19, 2021 12:55 AM (Mzdiz)

687 I am not saying it was aliens

but yeah

it was q

Posted by: confederatefifth at February 19, 2021 12:56 AM (4Jold)

688
Just imagine if you wiped out all the electric power generation somehow. How long do you think it would be before we were back to the stone age, and all memory of how things work would be lost?
Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion of a Poperin Pear at February 19, 2021 12:26 AM (Mzdiz)

about 72 hours, give or take.

Posted by: CCP military general in charge of the EMP program at February 19, 2021 12:57 AM (sy5kK)

689 whenever I read "funsize" it made me think of a 5'0", 105 lb, brunette woman with 34ds and an hourglass figure.
Posted by: confederatefifth at February 18, 2021 11:07 PM (4Jold)

Sure, but then there are the tiny dogs named Mangler and the huge rotties named Bunny, so who knows.

Posted by: OneEyedJack at February 19, 2021 12:59 AM (z79tQ)

690 I believe the notion of "Atlantis" (and the GLobal flood myths of the Bible and just about every culture on the planet in some form) is some vague memory of this previous civilization and the catastrophe that wiped it out, and reset human society.
Posted by: publius,

Can I lease 1/4 acre of of cultivar dedicated land?

Posted by: Grandson of farmer Miklos at February 19, 2021 01:00 AM (QzkSJ)

691 The Atlanteans were pimps. I didn't know until this very day that it was the Sea Peoples all along.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at February 19, 2021 01:00 AM (fLVm1)

692 Slavonaut / alien

tomato / tomato
Posted by: confederatefifth

Slavonaut/Slivovitz

Naow it makes sense

Posted by: Miklos, in his own orbit at February 19, 2021 01:02 AM (QzkSJ)

693 Newer civilizations who built upon older ones weren't necessarily aware of them, especially near the coast with erosion, changes in sea levels, and whatnot. As sea levels rose 5, 10, 15K years ago, coastal civs were wiped out. There just weren't any good ways of recording events back when. First you have to have a written language, something to write on, and then the means to preserve it.

Posted by: SFGoth at February 19, 2021 01:03 AM (KAi1n)

694
Cruz: we have the q file for you too senator
Schumer: Get the speakr
Posted by: confederatefifth at February 19, 2021 12:54 AM (4Jold)

So what is a "q file?"
Is that related to the "Q" that was supposedly leaking secret White House info from the Trump WH?
I'm not really big on conspiracies. But not a closed mind, either.

Posted by: LeftCoast Dawg at February 19, 2021 01:05 AM (sy5kK)

695 The Atlanteans were pimps. I didn't know until this very day that it was the Sea Peoples all along.
Posted by: Cicero

*no glare*

*look of Wise Knowingness*

Posted by: 33rd Degree Miklos at February 19, 2021 01:06 AM (QzkSJ)

696

What's the shelf life of digital memory cards -- decades, maybe?

Posted by: Zettai at February 19, 2021 01:07 AM (fQDQk)

697
Yes, sea levels. Look at a map of the continents during the minimum of the last ice age. Much more land area. And humans tend to build on the coasts. There is most likely a lot of stuff that is under the sea.

I'm trying to remember. Younger -Dryas event? 12K years ago?

Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion of a Poperin Pear at February 19, 2021 01:07 AM (Mzdiz)

698 Posted by: SFGoth at February 19, 2021 01:03 AM (KAi1n)

Interesting idea, is it the Aztecs, or the Mayans, or someone else that they just "disappeared" and their living area is still there?

I wonder about today's civilization, with printed books now secondary in most cases, and all data is on screens and stored on thumb drives and cloud storage.

More complex than just finding an old book and translating it.

Posted by: LeftCoast Dawg at February 19, 2021 01:09 AM (sy5kK)

699 "641 thinking on the events of this week - while I didn't think it would happen in Texas, this is proof of how fragile our current civilization is. Turn the electric power off, and all the accouterments of our civilization start to fall to pieces within hours.
Posted by: Tom Servo at February 19, 2021 12:21 AM (bxPTJ)"

I'm still sitting here today with my jaw on the floor after seeing so many supposedly intelligent people say that it wasn't reasonable to be prepared ahead of time for the power to be out for a few days.

Well fuck, guess they'll just die, then.

Posted by: someguy at February 19, 2021 01:10 AM (yVPr3)

700 Tom servo, I just read "Footfall" by niven and pournelle, and its about an alien invasion where they really wallop earth. Take our roads, dams, trucks, ships, all our sattelites. Wasn't pretty, and it was written in the 80s. Today we'd be even worse off. Really makes you think about what you can and can't prepare for.

Posted by: Funsize at February 19, 2021 01:10 AM (EiPf6)

701
Posted by: SFGoth at February 19, 2021 01:03 AM (KAi1n)
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We don't have anything that will last as long as a clay tablet. A hundred years from now hard drives, flash drives, well, they are about as fragile as a Big Chief Tablet and a no. 2 pencil.

Posted by: Braenyard, Patriot dog at February 19, 2021 01:11 AM (F0XfQ)

702

I wonder how well metal detectors work under water...

Posted by: Zettai at February 19, 2021 01:11 AM (fQDQk)

703 I keep reading *it was too cold, the generators wouldn't start*.

Dumb asses, have you ever heard of warming up the engine ahead of time? Have you ever heard of pre-usage check list?

Posted by: Braenyard, Patriot dog at February 19, 2021 01:14 AM (F0XfQ)

704 Does Publius have in-home Internets, or from the Waffke House?

If the latter, don't sat a damn word to Darleen.

She's mad at me again, and I don't know why.

I made the trailer payment, and it ain't even my damn trailer

Ground rent too

Posted by: Miklos dammit and the new football coach ain't no better at February 19, 2021 01:15 AM (QzkSJ)

705 I had an idea about a book, on the notion that humans are actually the "aliens", that our ancestors were shipwrecked here, far from home. Back to the stone age.

Posted by: Common Tater at February 19, 2021 01:16 AM (XUnia)

706
See that stuff about the "Cuban pyramids", which made big Art Bell/woo-woo news a while back. Supposedly pyramids 2000' underwater off the coast of Cuba.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion of a Poperin Pear at February 19, 2021 01:16 AM (Mzdiz)

707 Next time I get hooked up with a big woman I'm putting in a spa.

Posted by: Braenyard, Patriot dog at February 19, 2021 01:16 AM (F0XfQ)

708
Geez.

.22LR ammo, basic brand name Federal with 40gr lead, is selling for 38 cents PER ROUND.

In 2013, I paid exactly one-tenth of that, for the exact same thing. Oh wait, scratch that. The top price does not include sales tax and shipping costs, the old price did.

Posted by: LeftCoast Dawg at February 19, 2021 01:16 AM (sy5kK)

709
Fat bottomed girls, you make the rockin' world go 'round.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion of a Poperin Pear at February 19, 2021 01:18 AM (Mzdiz)

710 Braenyard - if that no. 2 pencil is a Mongol, it'll hold up.

Younger Dryas, yes about 12K years ago.

Posted by: SFGoth at February 19, 2021 01:18 AM (KAi1n)

711 Used to go by the Stoop and Snatch It and by a box for the week end. Twenty Five Cents.

Posted by: Braenyard, Patriot dog at February 19, 2021 01:19 AM (F0XfQ)

712 709
Fat bottomed girls, you make the rockin' world go 'round.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion of a Poperin Pear at February 19, 2021 01:18 AM (Mzdiz)

GET ON YOUR BIKE AND RIDE!!

Posted by: Zombie Freddie Mercury at February 19, 2021 01:19 AM (sy5kK)

713 Fat bottomed girls, you make the rockin' world go 'round.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion

Ima tell Miley you said that

Posted by: Volunteer Hall Monitor Miklos at February 19, 2021 01:20 AM (QzkSJ)

714 682 My grandparents (who lived near Farmer) heated their farmhouse with a woodstove. They also usually had their six children over for Christmas, so it was a battle among the grandchildren to see who got to sleep in the room with the stove. The only downside was that room was also by the entryway, and therefore Grandpa (and his sons) would be using the front door at 4 a.m. to start on chores. Oh, and fetch wood so the grandchildren would be warm.
Posted by: pookysgirl can almost smell her grandma's homemade bread at February 19, 2021 12:55 AM (XKZwp)

We heated the house with two wood burning fireplaces, that were "heatilators." Set up with ducts that ran passively behind the burn box and let the heat come out into the room. The back of the house was damned cold, and that mad dash from bed to shower was a bracing one. We had a boiler and hydronic heat, but almost never used it, unless it really got below freezing, and then only to keep the temperature about 50 degrees so we didn't lose pipes.

I swear, the Scottish in my family was tough to live with.

Posted by: tcn in AK, Hail to the Thief at February 19, 2021 01:21 AM (qQnCr)

715 Left Coast Dawg. Election night, 2012. Within 5 min. of the polls being "called" for Ozero, I clicked the "confirm" on a full case (5k) rds. of .22LR.

$0.027 per round. Shipping, I forgot, but it wasn't a harmful number. I've since acquired *ahem* more than that initial bulk quantity. In the burning times, a Ziploc bag with 10 rds of such, will barter-buy a filling lunch, I have no doubt. We'll see how other rates of exchange shake out. But the pro-tip here? Go long on plastic zip bag futures.

Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX

Posted by: Jim at February 19, 2021 01:21 AM (QzJWU)

716 One thing that seems strange is population distribution, humans have been here for a long time. Dynasties rose and fell for thousands of years in the "fertile crescent" and elsewhere, yet the whole of north america was basically unoccupied.

Posted by: Common Tater at February 19, 2021 01:22 AM (XUnia)

717 >> I had an idea about a book, on the notion that humans are actually the "aliens",

See Linda Moulton Howe, former Art Bell regular. A few years ago, I read one of her grand syntheses of all the woo-woo, ancient aliens, modern UFO lore.

Long time, solar system far, far away. Two planets. War between them. One race, the "progenitors". Second race, some sort of "grey alien" like collective bee-hive.

Progenitors are defeated and run off. To some system in Alpha-Centauri (I think). Offshoot of that comes here to our solar system. Earth's gravity is too much, and too much solar radiation, so they settle on Mars (which explains Face on Mars, etc, etc).

There, they genetically engineer some version of themsevels to live on Earth. Mix in existing hominid DNA or something. Ancient astronaut stuff right there.

Greys are in it somehow, the enemy. Anyway, we are those genetically engineered creations.

Anyway, it was a grand synthesis of all the big woo-woo theories.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion of a Poperin Pear at February 19, 2021 01:25 AM (Mzdiz)

718 You all have fun. See you in about 5 hours.
Posted by: Aetius451AD

Objection, Your Honor
Assumption of fact not in evidence
Posted by: Miklos, QC at February 18, 2021 11:48

Time will tell, who will snooze when. And then awaken and ramble on, ramble on...

Posted by: Farmer at February 19, 2021 01:25 AM (55Qr6)

719 .38 special is over a buck, same with .380 auto, .357 around a buck, .30-30 three to five bucks, .30-06 two dollars, reloading components like primers and powders are like gold.

Posted by: Common Tater at February 19, 2021 01:25 AM (XUnia)

720 716 One thing that seems strange is population distribution, humans have been here for a long time. Dynasties rose and fell for thousands of years in the "fertile crescent" and elsewhere, yet the whole of north america was basically unoccupied.
Posted by: Common Tater at February 19, 2021 01:22 AM (XUnia)
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I don't think the weather was as hospitable here as it is now.

Posted by: Braenyard, Patriot dog at February 19, 2021 01:26 AM (F0XfQ)

721

One might argue the "Ice Age" never actually ended, if the definition of 'ice age' is any period where permanent ice exists on earth, which, I think, has only been the case, intermittently, for the past several million years (30 million?)... We're just in a bit of lull now in the current era!

Posted by: Zettai at February 19, 2021 01:28 AM (fQDQk)

722 Should have arrived sooner. It's late. I'm off. 'night all.

Posted by: Braenyard, Patriot dog at February 19, 2021 01:29 AM (F0XfQ)

723 Well damn

I am looking in a responsible way, but how can I buy a boat like what Donny Baker has? Darleen wants to spend the money at Zales Jewelers

Donny's sister (the older one, divorced, four kids, I know what she wants) works for First Federal Title Loans.

Says she can arrange financing, if I deliver the Package.

Hell, that girl's arms are bigger than my legs

Posted by: Miklos, down here, and tge Waffle House is OPEN at February 19, 2021 01:31 AM (QzkSJ)

724 Posted by: CCP military general in charge of the EMP program at February 19, 2021 12:57 AM (sy5kK)

I think it was Salty Dog who recommended the book One Second After. Fiction but totally believable. Chilling stuff

Posted by: thathalfrican - The One at February 19, 2021 01:32 AM (Ks/+3)

725 Those are mail order prices, IF you can find stuff locally, prices might not be too bad. I put in a small "contingency" supply of things years ago, during the reign of error, food, beefed up canning supplies, redundant heating, water storage and rain barrel. Even a boatload of DME and beer making supplies. I've not been dissatisfied with those preparations that's for certain. Just about anything can happen, from winter storms to who knows what. Always nice to have options.

Posted by: Common Tater at February 19, 2021 01:32 AM (XUnia)

726 I swear, the Scottish in my family was tough to live with.

Posted by: tcn in AK, Hail to the Thief at February 19, 2021 01:21 AM (qQnCr)
This was the purely German side of the family. Grandma would cook for us using the stove to hoil water (usually for potatoes) and I'd pass the time next to the stove, reading old Reader's Digests.

Posted by: pookysgirl can almost smell her grandma's homemade bread at February 19, 2021 01:33 AM (XKZwp)

727 Well, I was able to convince Paul to let a plumber come here - when one is available - and fix the broken pipe(s).

So, small victory!

Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, Texas at February 19, 2021 01:35 AM (SRRAx)

728 We've had ice storms like that TX picture in Maryland. Once it was so bad that you could hear trees crashing in the forest all day long, weighted down by all the ICE.

Another time in the early 90's we had several inches of snow followed by a thick layer of ice on top. I lived next to a Golf Course and it was awesome because for the next couple days the entire landscape was solid sheet of snow-ice. The sledding was EPIC!

Posted by: Serious Cat at February 19, 2021 01:37 AM (GtG/j)

729 715 Left Coast Dawg. Election night, 2012. Within 5 min. of the polls being "called" for Ozero, I clicked the "confirm" on a full case (5k) rds. of .22LR.
$0.027 per round.
In the burning times, a Ziploc bag with 10 rds of such, will barter-buy a filling lunch, I have no doubt. We'll see how other rates of exchange shake out. But the pro-tip here? Go long on plastic zip bag futures.
Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX
Posted by: Jim at February 19, 2021 01:21 AM (QzJWU)
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Jim, you're always thinking about stuff. The Right Stuff.
I have no doubt the ultimate common round will become currency in the advanced Biden/Ho Times.
And have a couple of small ammo cans of pre-'65 silver dimes, quarters, and halves. Oh, and yeah, I know which Kennedy halves are worth something and which aren't. 64 only is 90%, 65 - 67 are 40%. The rest are mere bus tokens.

Posted by: LeftCoast Dawg at February 19, 2021 01:38 AM (sy5kK)

730 -Posted by: Miklos, down here, and tge Waffle House is OPEN at February 19, 2021 01:31 AM (QzkSJ)

You doing "Donny Baker's Buddy" impersonations, now? Damn... it's been awhile since I've mined the ONT.

Posted by: Slapweasel at February 19, 2021 01:38 AM (Ckg4U)

731 Common Tater. If my pantry ain't begging for relief for being bulged with cans of this n' that and other non perishables.. If my freezers ain't barely holding a seal against the pressure of too many pounds of frozen proteins held within. Well, then I'm doing it wrong.

What I *need* are larger pantries and moar freezers.

Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX

Posted by: Jim at February 19, 2021 01:39 AM (QzJWU)

732 Yeah, the encryption is the left handed monkey wrench in the gears. Worst case I can wipe it and reinstall off the inertubez and get a free laptop. Just won't have the files. But right now I don't have them anyways and don't actually know if anything is there.
Posted by: Blanco Basura - moronhorde.com. Not scanning your email to sell you stuff like Google does. at February 18, 2021 11:44 PM (SchxB)

Could you remove the hard drive, install it as a slave in a Linux machine, and browse through it using Linux? The files might be encrypted, but you could see if there were any files, perhaps.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 19, 2021 01:39 AM (mzC78)

733 Interesting idea, is it the Aztecs, or the Mayans, or someone else that they just "disappeared" and their living area is still there?

I wonder about today's civilization, with printed books now secondary in most cases, and all data is on screens and stored on thumb drives and cloud storage.

More complex than just finding an old book and translating it.

Posted by: LeftCoast Dawg at February 19, 2021 01:09 AM (sy5kK)

Iirc, the Spaniards rounded up everything the natives had in print and burned it all. Very little survived, other than carved in stone stuff. Human sacrifice being bad and all, and they wanted converts to Christianity.

Posted by: GnuBreed at February 19, 2021 01:39 AM (F0YaR)

734 I'd never gamed out frozen pipes too completely, I live in Iowa, too.

Here's why. When we do this "crack a faucet" routine, that is on the assumption that the electricity is on - and there is (some) heat in the home.

If the juice is off, well that's different. Now we're talking about draining the entire system - the water heater itself, the toilets, the plumbing, including that smaller line running to the icemaker in the freezer. Not a huge deal. Doable.

But then, now you've no drinking water, and none for hygiene. And "when" do you make this decision to drain the system? Based on incomplete information - "two hours" has turned out to be two days, or two weeks ...

Posted by: Common Tater at February 19, 2021 01:41 AM (XUnia)

735 'One Second After' is a pretty good book. Written by a local boy.

Goodreads: https://tinyurl.com/ybjewyrb

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at February 19, 2021 01:42 AM (vOGqy)

736 Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, Texas at February 19, 2021 01:35 AM (SRRAx)

Hopefully the work is covered. I cannot imagine paying out of pocket.

Posted by: thathalfrican - The One at February 19, 2021 01:42 AM (Ks/+3)

737 ..I know which Kennedy halves are worth something and which aren't. 64 only is 90%, 65 - 67 are 40%. The rest are mere bus tokens. Posted by: LeftCoast Dawg at February 19, 2021 01:38 AM (sy5kK)

I thought a Kennedy $0.50 pc was pre-assassination, and a Kennedy "half" was post Oswald? Or was I losing half of Kennedy's mind?

Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX

Posted by: Jim at February 19, 2021 01:42 AM (QzJWU)

738

I haven't bought any ammunition in years! I tried this past summer on a couple of occasions to find scatter shot of a suitable weight for the Family Fowling Piece to no avail, so I settled for a box of slugs...

Posted by: Zettai at February 19, 2021 01:43 AM (fQDQk)

739 Mike - the trilogy is a good read overall

Posted by: thathalfrican - The One at February 19, 2021 01:44 AM (Ks/+3)

740 Posted by: Slapweasel

If that's what it takes to get you to surface.

ALL HAIL BROTHER SLAP

Posted by: Miklos, on the Slapweasel hailing frequency at February 19, 2021 01:45 AM (QzkSJ)

741 A Slapweasel sighting is always welcome. One thing better is a Slapweasel Prayer on the thread.

You wanna do better'n that, you gotta get the man on the phone and fellowship there. It is Church.

Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX

Posted by: Jim at February 19, 2021 01:47 AM (QzJWU)

742 I was really struck by an interview some news crew did with a little old (black, but doesn't matter) lady in Minneapolis. The blamtifa folks had burned out many businesses in her neighborhood, including the Dollar General.

That was where she did all her shopping. It was within walking range for her. No car, few options, little resources. She asks why? What do I do now?

Be thankful most of us have preserved options. I'm in Hurricane Alley, and we can survive easily on what we have stored up if we cannot leave the house for an extended time.

Posted by: GnuBreed at February 19, 2021 01:48 AM (F0YaR)

743 Seems to me the halves were Ben Franklin, in 1964 the Kennedy half was introduced. The Walking liberty halves were 1916-1947, something like that.

Once, when I was bored, I added up the official mint figures of Half dollars - the clad versions - so no collectability due to their silver - and the total number is astonishing, because ... I've never seen one in circulation, for all practical purposes.

Have you ever gotten one in change? Where the hell are they?

Posted by: Common Tater at February 19, 2021 01:48 AM (XUnia)

744 I keep reading *it was too cold, the generators wouldn't start*.

Dumb asses, have you ever heard of warming up the engine ahead of time? Have you ever heard of pre-usage check list?

Posted by

atriot dog at February 19, 2021 01:14 AM (F0XfQ)

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have the ever heard of starting fluid?

Posted by: redc1c4 (*OTUS Zhou Bai-Din Cheated) at February 19, 2021 01:49 AM (kRSP9)

745 *HAH!*

Howdy Miklos, Jim, Publius, thathalfrican, GnuBreed, AOP and the rest of you haggard scalawags.

Posted by: Slapweasel at February 19, 2021 01:49 AM (Ckg4U)

746 737 Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, Texas at February 19, 2021 01:35 AM (SRRAx)

Hopefully the work is covered. I cannot imagine paying out of pocket.
Posted by: thathalfrican - The One at February 19, 2021 01:42 AM (Ks/+3)

Honestly hadn't thought about Homeowner's covering something like that!

We usually do the work ourselves, but between the cold, the leak pprobably being on the underside of the house, and Paul's back needing surgery, there is no way he is gonna work on this one!

Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, Texas at February 19, 2021 01:49 AM (SRRAx)

747 Iirc, the Spaniards rounded up everything the natives had in print and burned it all. Very little survived, other than carved in stone stuff. Human sacrifice being bad and all, and they wanted converts to Christianity.
Posted by: GnuBreed at February 19, 2021 01:39 AM (F0YaR)

I recently found out that there are a significant number of native language Codices in the Vatican libraries, recording a huge amount of information about Aztec language and culture. Also showing, in grim detail, how the great majority of the indigenous population died from waves of disease, most especially smallpox, in the years after the Spaniards assumed control. That's what wiped out their civilization, much more effectively than the Spaniards themselves ever could have done.

Posted by: Tom Servo at February 19, 2021 01:50 AM (bxPTJ)

748 738 ..I know which Kennedy halves are worth something and which aren't. 64 only is 90%, 65 - 67 are 40%. The rest are mere bus tokens. Posted by: LeftCoast Dawg at February 19, 2021 01:38 AM (sy5kK)
I thought a Kennedy $0.50 pc was pre-assassination, and a Kennedy "half" was post Oswald? Or was I losing half of Kennedy's mind?
Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX
Posted by: Jim at February 19, 2021 01:42 AM (QzJWU)

The US dumped Ben Franklin on his head after Nov 22. The first Kennedy half came out in spring 1964. Because the price of silver (and gold, but no gold coins in circulation it didn't apply) was skyrocketing in '64 (LBJ - Vietnam spending - "Guns or Butter?") and the silver in the coins was worth considerably more than the face value, so they were snagged immediately out of circulation. So the Guvmint couldn't make them fast enough, and they were gone immediately.
Hence the 1965 "clad coin" that we have today. Dad had a service and parking garage business and would bring home the money from the register every night. I was able to pull the silver from the till and exchange it with clad that I earned from jobs. Paid first qtr of college 8 years later.

Posted by: LeftCoast Dawg at February 19, 2021 01:52 AM (sy5kK)

749 I would talk to Slap on the phone.

Drunk and with Curious Accent, but hey, just me being my best life or similar.

Posted by: Yer almost 24/7 pal Miklos at February 19, 2021 01:52 AM (QzkSJ)

750
Howdy, Slap!

I may not be back tonight. I'm getting sleepy.....

Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion of a Poperin Pear at February 19, 2021 01:52 AM (Mzdiz)

751 744 Seems to me the halves were Ben Franklin, in 1964 the Kennedy half was introduced. The Walking liberty halves were 1916-1947, something like that.

Once, when I was bored, I added up the official mint figures of Half dollars - the clad versions - so no collectability due to their silver - and the total number is astonishing, because ... I've never seen one in circulation, for all practical purposes.

Have you ever gotten one in change? Where the hell are they?
Posted by: Common Tater at February 19, 2021 01:48 AM (XUnia)

you are correct on all counts. I always thought the Half Dollar was the most interesting coin from a collectible standpoint, and it astounds me that no one will use them.

Also, it's a crying shame that Ben Franklin was only given 15 years. He deserved a lot more.

Posted by: Tom Servo at February 19, 2021 01:53 AM (bxPTJ)

752 The Slapweasel abides.

Posted by: GnuBreed at February 19, 2021 01:53 AM (F0YaR)

753 ***waves "Hi" at Slap"***

Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, Texas at February 19, 2021 01:53 AM (SRRAx)

754 Slap - long time brother, hope you are well!

Teresa - cannot hurt to look into the insurance aspect of it. Worse they can say is no

Posted by: thathalfrican - The One at February 19, 2021 01:54 AM (Ks/+3)

755 741 Posted by: Slapweasel

If that's what it takes to get you to surface.

ALL HAIL BROTHER SLAP
Posted by: Miklos, on the Slapweasel hailing frequency at February 19, 2021 01:45 AM (QzkSJ)

*doffs STETSON hat*

Posted by: LeftCoast Dawg at February 19, 2021 01:54 AM (sy5kK)

756 They brought Syphilis back to the Old World though. "Free trade", I guess.

I tested my Honda generator on general principles. I either drain the gas dry, including the carb - lately I keep a few cups of Coleman fuel in it. Will not gum or varnish or sour. Keeps all the rubber parts supple and needle valves and such from sticking, and ready to start.

Posted by: Common Tater at February 19, 2021 01:55 AM (XUnia)

757 G'Night, publius!

Howdy, Theresa in Fort Worth, Texas. I trust things are well, deep in the heart...

Posted by: Slapweasel at February 19, 2021 01:55 AM (Ckg4U)

758 I haven't bought any ammunition in years! I tried
this past summer on a couple of occasions to find scatter shot of a
suitable weight for the Family Fowling Piece to no avail, so I settled
for a box of slugs...

Posted by: Zettai at February 19, 2021 01:43 AM (fQDQk)

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i was in Inglewatts this week, picking up some awesome Rocker Bros meat, and stopped at a light where there was a traffic nazi on his bike in the left lane. shotgun locked to the frame behind him, and spare rounds on the butt stock: all slugs. i rolled down the window and said "all slugs, i love it". he just looked over and half smiled.

Posted by: redc1c4 (*OTUS Zhou Bai-Din Cheated) at February 19, 2021 01:56 AM (kRSP9)

759 it's been awhile since I've mined the ONT.
Posted by: Slapweasel

Working in the Ace mine
Going down down down

Working in the Ace Mine
Whoops! About to slip down

https://tinyurl.com/yb78f7x4

Posted by: Miklos, mes cheres amis at February 19, 2021 01:58 AM (QzkSJ)

760 It would be cool if I could FIND .380 anywhere. I understand the price but I cannot even find the fuckers.

Posted by: thathalfrican - The One at February 19, 2021 01:58 AM (Ks/+3)

761 Hiya, Slapweasel! Good to see you here. I would like to stay longer, but I really, really need to hit the sack ASAP. I am sleepy, and getting that restless leg thing.

Night, Horde.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 19, 2021 01:58 AM (mzC78)

762 I highly recommend Gary Jennings' book "Aztec". (Historical fiction) In-fucking-credible.

Posted by: SFGoth at February 19, 2021 01:59 AM (KAi1n)

763 "*doffs STETSON hat*"
-Posted by: LeftCoast Dawg at February 19, 2021 01:54 AM (sy5kK)

*HAH!* Well, boy-howdy! That's a welcomin'!
No need, no need, -appreciated.

Now, Miklos... I'm gonna give Miley and Publius extra-special permission to give you my number. I've got the voice of a buzzard tonight, but some day, we will speak.

Posted by: Slapweasel at February 19, 2021 01:59 AM (Ckg4U)

764 Left Coast Dawg.

Slapweasel on the firing line with his pressure washer, would flat clean up against the rest of us in no time flat.

But we'd all have that fresh Spring Clean Feeling.

Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX

Posted by: Jim at February 19, 2021 01:59 AM (QzJWU)

765 G'Night, Alberta Oil Peon!

Posted by: Slapweasel at February 19, 2021 01:59 AM (Ckg4U)

766
Re draining the pipes: My grandmother used to have to do that every night it was going to freeze. She lived in an uninsulated house, built I want to say around the 1900s. It burned down in the '90s.

Anyway, it was an old house built on stone foundation. Flat rocks for piers. Hand sawn lumber and all that. The water heater was one of those old in-kitchen units. It wouldn't freeze inside.

But the pipes would. So every night it was going to freeze, she'd have to go out and turn off the valve supplying the house from the underground well line.

It had a drain port. So she'd go in and open a faucet to let it drain out. That took care of the cold water pipes. A separate valve would drain the hot water pipes.

And then, in the morning, when she needed water, she'd have to go out and reverse that.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion of a Poperin Pear at February 19, 2021 01:59 AM (Mzdiz)

767 Buffalo Bore dot com has .380 auto , I remember somebody looking for that weeks ago.

It's expensive, but they gave it, and probably anything else.

Posted by: Common Tater at February 19, 2021 02:01 AM (XUnia)

768 Howdy, Theresa in Fort Worth, Texas. I trust things are well, deep in the heart...
Posted by: Slapweasel at February 19, 2021 01:55 AM (Ckg4U)

Well, we were okay until this evening, when a pipe apparently burst somewhere in the house. We're calling a plumber tomorrow.

We never lost electricity, thank goodness - family in southwest Texas was without power or water for a couple of days!

Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, Texas at February 19, 2021 02:01 AM (SRRAx)

769 Miklos - if you got Slaps number you in like Flynn before they set him up!

Posted by: thathalfrican - The One at February 19, 2021 02:01 AM (Ks/+3)

770 Re draining the pipes: My grandmother used to have to do that every night

Because I love my Grandmother so much, I am just not going to do this.

I wanted you to know that.

Posted by: confederatefifth at February 19, 2021 02:02 AM (4Jold)

771 Publius - so that was a nightly endeavor during the winter I would gather? Thank God for modern tech.

Posted by: thathalfrican - The One at February 19, 2021 02:02 AM (Ks/+3)

772 you are correct on all counts. I always thought the Half Dollar was the most interesting coin from a collectible standpoint, and it astounds me that no one will use them.

Also, it's a crying shame that Ben Franklin was only given 15 years. He deserved a lot more.

Posted by: Tom Servo at February 19, 2021 01:53 AM (bxPTJ)

I've got a number of '64-'68 Kennedy half dollars, from playing 50 cent video poker. After cashing out each night, I'd pour the coins into another bucket. The silver containing ones make a distinctive sound.

Well, word got out. Some enterprising peeps went to all the Federal Reserve banks and bought bags of 50 cent pieces. Sort thru them for the Ag, then sell 'em back. FR banks are where you can buy $2 bills, Sacawagea dollars, etc. They are still legal currency, just not in circulation much. Our nearest FR is in New Orleans.

Posted by: GnuBreed at February 19, 2021 02:02 AM (F0YaR)

773 if you got Slaps number you in like Flynn before they set him up!
Posted by: t

what the fuck he is in the land, the phone nmbrs have three digits

Posted by: confederatefifth at February 19, 2021 02:03 AM (4Jold)

774 The Slapweasel abides.
Posted by: GnuBreed

Dude

Yu fergot the Dude part

Posted by: Late Nite with Miklos at February 19, 2021 02:03 AM (QzkSJ)

775 -Posted by: Jim at February 19, 2021 01:59 AM (QzJWU)

You haven't truly lived until you've been in charge of pressure-washing someone's teak decking. It is not so much in the why of the choice of teak, it is in the how of not making it furrier than an Austin Rave.

...and you see every spot where you get too close with that nozzle.

-Every
-Spot

Posted by: Slapweasel at February 19, 2021 02:03 AM (Ckg4U)

776 743 Seems to me the halves were Ben Franklin, in 1964 the Kennedy half was introduced. The Walking liberty halves were 1916-1947, something like that.
Have you ever gotten one in change? Where the hell are they?
Posted by: Common Tater at February 19, 2021 01:48 AM (XUnia)
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Sixth-grade coin-collecting LCD would complement you on getting your half dollar dates correct.
You can still get half dollars at banks, but yes, seldom see any in circulation. Very few machines take them (too bad) and the under 30 crowd hates physical money of most any kind, save for being gifted huge bills.
Me? I often have an old Morgan silver dollar in my pocket, just because I like how they feel, and the "thud" sound of real silver (well, 90%, the other 10% is copper, which makes the coin stronger and takes longer to make smooth).
More fun with money? Go into a line with a young 20-something cashier, and spend a $2 bill. Hilarity will ensue.

Posted by: LeftCoast Dawg at February 19, 2021 02:04 AM (sy5kK)

777 Posted by: confederatefifth at February 19, 2021 02:03 AM (4Jold
Wat.

Posted by: thathalfrican - The One at February 19, 2021 02:05 AM (Ks/+3)

778 It would be cool if I could FIND .380 anywhere. I understand the price but I cannot even find the fuckers.

Posted by: halfrican at February 19, 2021 01:58 AM (Ks/+3)
----
tacticalshit.com keeps sending me e-mails, even this PM about having it in stock. and yes, that is a real URL.

Posted by: redc1c4 (*OTUS Zhou Bai-Din Cheated) at February 19, 2021 02:05 AM (kRSP9)

779 Miklos - if you got Slaps number you in like Flynn before they set him up!
Posted by: thathalfrican

I have not such number.

*Sadz*

Posted by: Ceci n'est pa un Miklos at February 19, 2021 02:06 AM (QzkSJ)

780 ..."We never lost electricity, thank goodness - family in southwest Texas was without power or water for a couple of days!"
-Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, Texas at February 19, 2021 02:01 AM (SRRAx)

Prayer-up for your Family and a little one for you, darlin'. They make pipe-fixin' a lot easier, these days, so I hope it is remedied in a timely manner.

Posted by: Slapweasel at February 19, 2021 02:06 AM (Ckg4U)

781 >> so that was a nightly endeavor during the winter I would gather?

Every night it was going to freeze, or the threat of it.

Winter baths were a thing, too. The bathroom was a later addition to the house. Built after electricity and indoor plumbing.

She would take a bath every Saturday night whether she needed it or not. The house was unheated, save for a stove in the living area. In the winter, she'd heat about three rooms with it. At night, she had an electric blanket, and would pre-warm the bed in her unheated bedroom.

She had a space heater in the bathroom. Saturday, late afternoon, she'd turn that heater on for about an hour to warm up the bathroom enough to get nekkid in. Then she'd run her bath, and get in it.

And then, after it was complete, it was pipe draining time.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion of a Poperin Pear at February 19, 2021 02:07 AM (Mzdiz)

782 "I have not such number.
*Sadz*"
-Posted by: Ceci n'est pa un Miklos at February 19, 2021 02:06 AM (QzkSJ)

Miley and Publius do. I'll email Miley, post-haste...

Posted by: Slapweasel at February 19, 2021 02:07 AM (Ckg4U)

783 It's harder to find now, but probably still out there in the aether somewhere, a legendary early internet joke from the Usenet days or earlier. See if you can find it.

Entitled "I Want My Two Dollars Back"., about a guy who tries to spend a $2 bill at Arbys or somebody to get a Taco combo, and ends up getting the cops called on him for counterfeiting.

Posted by: Common Tater at February 19, 2021 02:10 AM (XUnia)

784 Thanks red sadly the only thing available is too rich for my blood. Bout to drop 600$ today for front brakes, rear brakes/rotors/calipers.

Posted by: thathalfrican - The One at February 19, 2021 02:11 AM (Ks/+3)

785 Miley and Publius do. I'll email Miley, post-haste...
Posted by: Slapweasel

hordemail

Posted by: C'est ici un Miklos at February 19, 2021 02:12 AM (QzkSJ)

786 This if anything shows the folly of putting the whole nation under this New Green Deal we can not depend upon Wind and Solar Power if Biden gose's ahead with this its even moire reason him and Harris need to be Impeached and their whole Cabinet dismissed Renewible Energy is just Unrliable

Posted by: Tamaa the Drongo Bird at February 19, 2021 02:13 AM (FLiOE)

787 That is some wild shit publius. Crazy to think that was the norm.

What an incredible and incredibly stupid time to be alive.

Posted by: thathalfrican - The One at February 19, 2021 02:13 AM (Ks/+3)

788 Well hi Slap, I am happy to see you here. I was thinking of you tonight and how people dealing with loved ones with Alzheimer's are a unique breed of people. It is a horrific disease, far worse than what I envisioned. I can't imagine being so very sick oneself and still caring for others who are so very damaged. Hats off to you, Slap, your faith must be very strong.

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at February 19, 2021 02:14 AM (a4EWo)

789 .....and you see every spot where you get too close with that nozzle. Every-Spot. Posted by: Slapweasel at February 19, 2021 02:03 AM (Ckg4U)

The Sloop (now Sunk) New Dawn featured but seven bits of abovedecks teak. Four handrails, three weatherboards at the main companionway.

About 70% of the belowdecks was a teak veneer, which I had oil-sanded down to a varnish like sheen. The abovedecks teak though? Pressure washer, verboten. The soft pith between the hardwood grains in teak would just.. disappear. Diluted Murphy's Soap and bleach, much rinceage, and a copious triple sanded in coat of West Marine Teak Oil, for those.

And that, only because a USN holystone couldn't reach the handrail contours.

Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX

Posted by: Jim at February 19, 2021 02:14 AM (QzJWU)

790 760 It would be cool if I could FIND .380 anywhere. I understand the price but I cannot even find the fuckers.
Posted by: thathalfrican - The One at February 19, 2021 01:58 AM (Ks/+3)

ask, and ye shall receive, thathalfrican. Search 2 minutes ago gave these results. Dayum, even more than 9mm. It's the only way I buy my ammo any more. Better than camping outside a store the two days a week the truck comes, like Black Friday.

https://gun.deals/category/ammo?caliber=5

Posted by: LeftCoast Dawg at February 19, 2021 02:14 AM (sy5kK)

791 Hordemail has progressed. Western Union and The Pony Express have competition.

Posted by: Slapweasel at February 19, 2021 02:15 AM (Ckg4U)

792 Another prank kind of thing I read about, this guy would go to his bank and get 50 crisp clean new $2 bills.

He'd carefully glue the top edge together and put the stack in an empty checkbook. Then when in the check out line or at a store he'd kind of make a production out of tearing them out nonchalantly as if they came like that from the bank or whatever.

Posted by: Common Tater at February 19, 2021 02:15 AM (XUnia)

793 LeftCoast - appreciate it. Will bookmark. Maybe after the first when the mortgage is paid. 1.20/rd is probably the best I will find.

Posted by: thathalfrican - The One at February 19, 2021 02:18 AM (Ks/+3)

794 What do we need a Hordemail server for when we have the Horde Mind? (Teasing!)

Posted by: pookysgirl, not a queen bee at February 19, 2021 02:19 AM (XKZwp)

795 Jim, ha, teak.

Teak is absolutely beautiful for anyone, except the one who is responsible for keeping it look that way.
Folks friends had a 32' Grand Banks, circa mid 70's. Teak decks all around, and teak floor in the main cabin. Every year or seemed so anyway, they would be refinishing it. And always, always by hand.

Posted by: LeftCoast Dawg at February 19, 2021 02:19 AM (sy5kK)

796 "Well hi Slap, I am happy to see you here. I was thinking of you tonight and how people dealing with loved ones with Alzheimer's are a unique breed of people. It is a horrific disease, far worse than what I envisioned. I can't imagine being so very sick oneself and still caring for others who are so very damaged. Hats off to you, Slap, your faith must be very strong."
-Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at February 19, 2021 02:14 AM (a4EWo)

It starts easy, gets rough, finds a patch, gets easy, gets rough, finds a patch...

I wouldn't call myself "Really Sick", yet. Sure, I'm tired, sleep oddly and there are a few hospital visits, but I'm generally okay. I eat well and find the sleep. Supplements have been helping, as well.

It's in the Eight Year-Old v. Five Year-Old dynamic, where I find most of my patience tried. Let 'em try. I'll be here.

(It also doesn't hurt that my Brother is here, making meals and runs to the store!)

*WooHoo!*

Posted by: Slapweasel at February 19, 2021 02:20 AM (Ckg4U)

797 Thanks for the chat tonight everyone.
Goodnight!

Posted by: qdpsteve at February 19, 2021 02:21 AM (L2ZTs)

798 And then, after it was complete, it was pipe draining time.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion

I think you just described my Grandparents farmhouse in Pleasant Garden.

I remember two (3) things in particular:

-The electric heater in the bathroom

-the well water tasted much better than the City water

-the walk-in closet sized pantry, full of canned (in Mason jars) food for until July/August

Posted by: Miklos BR-549 at February 19, 2021 02:22 AM (QzkSJ)

799 Miklos, your Hordemail holds Slap's phone number.
Rule #1 NO CALLS AFTER 10 PM (without a special dispensation).
Good night all!

Posted by: Miley, the Duchess at February 19, 2021 02:22 AM (Mzdiz)

800 Thanks for the chat tonight everyone.
Goodnight!
Posted by: qdpsteve

Buenos nachos en maximo!

Posted by: Miklosian Taco and Tequila Tour 2021 at February 19, 2021 02:24 AM (QzkSJ)

801 take care, steve.

Posted by: LeftCoast Dawg at February 19, 2021 02:25 AM (sy5kK)

802 I would never attempt to pressure wash a rounded rail on a boat. ...and I did 1,500 sq. ft. of this deck. (Yes. a dude had 1,500+ for his back deck, with furniture on it.
God bless the goofball.) I still don't remember if we treated it with anything or not. I know I wouldn't want to because I wouldn't know the first thing about how to.

I believe we left it as is because Sherwin Williams Water-Based Cedar doesn't sound right to me.

Posted by: Slapweasel at February 19, 2021 02:25 AM (Ckg4U)

803 "Miklos, your Hordemail holds Slap's phone number.
Rule #1 NO CALLS AFTER 10 PM (without a special dispensation).
Good night all!"
-Posted by: Miley, the Duchess at February 19, 2021 02:22 AM (Mzdiz)

...sweet!

G'Night, Miley!

Posted by: Slapweasel at February 19, 2021 02:26 AM (Ckg4U)

804 Rule #1 NO CALLS AFTER 10 PM

Well, no fun then

Posted by: Miklosian Drunk Late Nite call from Around the World at February 19, 2021 02:27 AM (QzkSJ)

805 I forgot to do some meaningless task which will bite me if I don't do it now, so good night all.

Another fine evening with my graybox friends!

Posted by: LeftCoast Dawg at February 19, 2021 02:27 AM (sy5kK)

806 G'Night, LeftCoast Dawg.

Posted by: Slapweasel at February 19, 2021 02:28 AM (Ckg4U)

807 "Miklos, your Hordemail holds Slap's phone number.
Rule #1 NO CALLS AFTER 10 PM (without a special dispensation).
Good night all!"
-Posted by: Miley, the Duchess at February 19, 2021 02:22 AM (Mzdiz)

...sweet!

G'Night, Miley!
Posted by: Slapweasel

Unfotunately, untrue. MoronMail was reset, and all previous was lost. For me, anyway.

Posted by: Miklos the Ethical Hedonist at February 19, 2021 02:30 AM (QzkSJ)

808 Unfotunately, untrue. MoronMail was reset, and all previous was lost. For me, anyway.
Posted by: Miklos

Ha!

Working!

Thank you, friendly Hordefellow

Posted by: Miklos the Ethical Hedonist at February 19, 2021 02:36 AM (QzkSJ)

809 Once, when I was bored, I added up the official mint figures of Half dollars - the clad versions - so no collectability due to their silver - and the total number is astonishing, because ... I've never seen one in circulation, for all practical purposes.
Have you ever gotten one in change? Where the hell are they?
Posted by: Common Tater at February 19, 2021 01:48

I was into collecting coins. IIRC the Ben Franklin halves were made till 1963. JFK halves were still mostly silver in 1964, then there was lower clad version for maybe 1965-68, 40%. Then no more silver in the coins.

Did have a lucky break maybe back around 2000. Was in the main bank lobby. You could see the coins the tellers had and mine had maybe 12 BF halves in her rack. I asked her i I could have them and she blissfully sold them to when at the time they were worth about 8 times face value.

Posted by: Farmer at February 19, 2021 02:38 AM (55Qr6)

810 So... Milo joins the newest iteration of Parler (Foundation-Funded Honeypot Gatekeeper) and they boot him in under a week. Backlash is so severe over the Non Free-Speech, Free Speech Site, that they ask him to come back.

Milo, being Milo, tells them, "Not unless you make a Special Icon for my Avatar, like 'Messy Wine Mom'."

...and they do.

Now he's at Gab, declaring himself King of the World. I've got to hand it to him, I'm amazed at his wit and alacrity.

Posted by: Slapweasel at February 19, 2021 02:39 AM (Ckg4U)

811 >> he walk-in closet sized pantry, full of canned (in Mason jars) food for until July/August

Ditto on the Mason jars. My grandmother had one of those -- closet for storage. She didn't use it when I was a kid in the '70s, but it was too long she'd last used it.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion of a Poperin Pear at February 19, 2021 02:41 AM (Mzdiz)

812 Slap, I can *hear* Milo saying that. He's just so.... well, flamboyant.

Posted by: pookysgirl haz purring kitteh at February 19, 2021 02:42 AM (XKZwp)

813 Now he's at Gab, declaring himself King of the World. I've got to hand it to him, I'm amazed at his wit and alacrity.
Posted by: Slapweasel

As a Young Man in New Orleans, I met and was friends with other Young Gentlemen of a Certain Persuasion.

Remarkable at doing without pushing anything, at that time.

"Cool" was my opinion, with an incipient understanding of the Law of Supply and Demand.

Posted by: Miklos the Youthful Economist at February 19, 2021 02:44 AM (QzkSJ)

814 "Slap, I can *hear* Milo saying that. He's just so.... well, flamboyant."
-Posted by: pookysgirl haz purring kitteh at February 19, 2021 02:42 AM (XKZwp)

Kid's got the Gay Panache.

Posted by: Slapweasel at February 19, 2021 02:45 AM (Ckg4U)

815 Milo is still a thing? Well alright then.

Slap, incredibly glad to see you friend.

Time for me to try to sleep. Child number 3 is almost done with their bottle and I wanna rest ASAPly

Posted by: thathalfrican - The One at February 19, 2021 02:47 AM (Ks/+3)

816 ..."Time for me to try to sleep. Child number 3 is almost done with their bottle and I wanna rest ASAPly"
-Posted by: thathalfrican - The One at February 19, 2021 02:47 AM (Ks/+3)

Have a great night and God bless the Family, amigo!

Posted by: Slapweasel at February 19, 2021 02:48 AM (Ckg4U)

817 Thanks, Slap, for using the word I was looking for.

Posted by: pookysgirl, not yet a Level 20 Thesaurus at February 19, 2021 02:49 AM (XKZwp)

818 *checks Amazon for "feather boas or Milo Style*

Posted by: Miklos, cross-dressing for the children at February 19, 2021 02:51 AM (QzkSJ)

819 -Posted by: pookysgirl, not yet a Level 20 Thesaurus at February 19, 2021 02:49 AM (XKZwp)

*fist-bump*

Posted by: Slapweasel at February 19, 2021 02:53 AM (Ckg4U)

820 Milo Pinatas

Do it

You know you want to

Oh hit me

Posted by: Miklosian Anti-Marketing SA de CV at February 19, 2021 02:54 AM (QzkSJ)

821 Time for me to try to sleep. Child number 3 is almost done with their bottle and I wanna rest ASAPly"
-Posted by: thathalfrican

Now see?

People can have nice things.

Posted by: Miklos,who changed his father's diapers , for such is the way of our people at February 19, 2021 03:03 AM (QzkSJ)

822 I swear, the Scottish in my family was tough to live with.
Posted by: tcn in AK, Hail to the Thief at February 19, 2021 01:21

That's funny. Jules is 3/4 Scott. Her immigrant paternal grandma was a smart one, but a royal pain in the ass. She eventually ran medical records for 3 big Chicago Hospitals back in the 70s. Had good stories about some of the nuns and priests.

Sorry to say tcn, I know you are Catholic, no offense meant. There are corrupt people everywhere.

Posted by: Farmer at February 19, 2021 03:04 AM (55Qr6)

823
Speaking of well water, the water from our new well for the new house (and tied in now with everything else), is not as hard as the old well. It's still hard, mind you, but not nearly as bad as the older one.

It's deeper, and they didn't hit a good "vein" (fissure in bedrock) until about 300'. I think that has do with it.

I am pleased with it, and with a 3-phase motor off the shop power, I'm proud of my well system design.

While this doesn't count the drilling and equipment cost, it uses about 0.5 kW-hr per day for our usage (and that includes more than just Miley and me, I tied the folks' house into the new system), or about 6 cents per day.

Water comes out of the ground and goes back into the ground. Well, some evaporates of course. Heating it is a much more significant expense, of course.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion of a Poperin Pear at February 19, 2021 03:05 AM (Mzdiz)

824 Mornin'
(sips coffee)

Posted by: Puddleglum at February 19, 2021 03:07 AM (sahF+)

825 It is no wonder that good Christians and Nationalist Conservatives are driven to Milo's brash nature. It is in the spirit of not giving up and having a fearless understanding of what I'll call the mechanism that allows him to twirl in the 'Churchisphere' and 'Politisphere' like a flashy ballerina.

When he puts an idea into the atmosphere, it stays put because he peppers it with Day-Glo words and brings it back to Earth with a weighty aphorism. The twee fag paints with his vocabulary and then hammers you with what could have been written by Chesterton or Frost.

It's amazing to watch him work, without twisting anything except the nature of the imprecise or cognitively dissonant nature of the poison question that he's been asked.

He sees them working. He knows their game. He fights. He wins.

Posted by: Slapweasel at February 19, 2021 03:08 AM (Ckg4U)

826 Damn... I'm getting tired. I'm starting to write sonnets about a gay dude. *HAH!*

Anyway... I look forward to talking to you at a later time, Miklos!

-Much love to those dealing with the plumbing and other Winter maladies.

-Good to see you again, Farmer! Hi! G'Night! I'll give you a call, as well.

-G'Mornin', G'Night, Puddlegum.

Thank you, Horde.

*static*

Posted by: Slapweasel at February 19, 2021 03:13 AM (Ckg4U)

827 Posted by: Slapweasel at February 19, 2021 03:08

Yay Slap, good to see you here. Hope all is well w/ ya'll and the new dog. Shoot me a call sometime, I'd like to chat.

Posted by: Farmer at February 19, 2021 03:14 AM (55Qr6)

828 Hello Horde

Some nights I stay up cashing in my bad luck
Some nights I call it a draw

Hope all are well

Posted by: AmericanKestrel at February 19, 2021 03:15 AM (IDhUW)

829 Although the top pic looks horribly cold, it has a certain beauty.

Posted by: AmericanKestrel at February 19, 2021 03:16 AM (IDhUW)

830 He sees them working. He knows their game. He fights. He wins.
Posted by: Slapweasel

OK

1-buy some newspaper, magazine, or similar

2-Editor-in-chief Slapweasel

3- Profit!!! of a certain sort

Posted by: Miklos, still surprised and ashamed that he wrote for Newsweek and did not buy it for $1 at February 19, 2021 03:18 AM (QzkSJ)

831 Posted by: Slapweasel at February 19, 2021 03:08 AM (Ckg4U)

I always felt that Milo was a force for Good. He himself wasn't all that Good, but he understood his own nature. And he absolutely backed Trump. Called him Big Daddy, iirc.

He was one of the first to be deplatformed. Disowned. He made the squares uncomfortable, and the Left saw a true enemy.

Posted by: GnuBreed at February 19, 2021 03:18 AM (F0YaR)

832 Morning horde. Hope life is good. Anyhow cheers.

Posted by: USNtakim deplorable still. at February 19, 2021 03:22 AM (0OmEj)

833 821 Time for me to try to sleep. Child number 3 is almost done with their bottle and I wanna rest ASAPly"
-Posted by: thathalfrican

Now see?

People can have nice things.
Posted by: Miklos,who changed his father's diapers , for such is the way of our people at February 19, 2021 03:03 A

This exchange reminded me of a time when my extended family was sitting around a campfire telling stories. Older relatives starting their stories with,"when I was so and so's age"

Inspired my young nephew to start his story with,"when I was grandpa's age"

Posted by: AmericanKestrel at February 19, 2021 03:22 AM (IDhUW)

834 Water comes out of the ground and goes back into the ground. Well, some evaporates of course. Heating it is a much more significant expense, of course.
Posted by: publius

Old Mama got a $2300 water and sewer bill.

Hilarity ensued.

I think I have talked the city water department down to about 500.

Local government elections in SC are this year, not that elections matter

Posted by: Art of the Miklos deal at February 19, 2021 03:24 AM (QzkSJ)

835 826 Damn... I'm getting tired. I'm starting to write sonnets about a gay dude. *HAH!*
-----
Hah indeed, nice sonnet it was too.

Posted by: AmericanKestrel at February 19, 2021 03:25 AM (IDhUW)

836 Morning USNtakim

Posted by: AmericanKestrel at February 19, 2021 03:27 AM (IDhUW)

837 Old Mama got a $2300 water and sewer bill.
----
Ouch! Glad you were able to get it lowered.

Posted by: AmericanKestrel at February 19, 2021 03:30 AM (IDhUW)

838 Inspired my young nephew to start his story with,"when I was grandpa's age"
Posted by: AmericanKestrel

And that little Miklos was me

Posted by: Miklos actual accredited historian, for what that used be worth at February 19, 2021 03:31 AM (QzkSJ)

839 Ouch! Glad you were able to get it lowered.
Posted by: AmericanKestrel

The local government functionary was very nice.

This is not New York.

I could tell that if I knew which, I would see the lady in church next Sunday.

Posted by: Miklos, doing unto others at February 19, 2021 03:33 AM (QzkSJ)

840 Miklos, would you mind saying which historical era is your area of expertise?

Posted by: AmericanKestrel at February 19, 2021 03:36 AM (IDhUW)

841 would you mind saying which historical era is your area of expertise?
Posted by: AmericanKestrel

My area of specialization, according to The Tulane University of Louisiana, to give it its full and proper name, is Ancient and Medieval.

So be nice.

Posted by: Miklosius Tulanienesis at February 19, 2021 03:39 AM (QzkSJ)

842 we're calling a lid on this ONT

Posted by: Unnamed Bidenperson at February 19, 2021 03:43 AM (QzkSJ)

843 Many thanks to exdem13 who gave me this earworm

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1X5SBVW5hzI

It should be an anthem here.

Posted by: Farmer at February 19, 2021 03:43 AM (55Qr6)

844 My area of specialization, according to The Tulane University of Louisiana, to give it its full and proper name, is Ancient and Medieval.

So be nice.
----
Are you saying you can "go medieval"?

So, beginnings of Western Civilization. My favorite culture.

Posted by: AmericanKestrel at February 19, 2021 03:43 AM (IDhUW)

845 Are you saying you can "go medieval"?

So, beginnings of Western Civilization. My favorite culture.
Posted by: AmericanKestrel

By common agreement, longbow/crossbow disputes are afternoon threads.

Thank you for your cooperation during These Difficult Times.

Posted by: Having written that, Miklos is ready to crossbow the next Karen at February 19, 2021 03:48 AM (QzkSJ)

846 Which disputes are assigned to the ONT swing shift?

I feel like taking a stand on something.

Posted by: AmericanKestrel at February 19, 2021 03:50 AM (IDhUW)

847 Time to get moving

Posted by: Skip at February 19, 2021 03:51 AM (Cxk7w)

848 But only for the next nine minutes. My dispute/take a stance time is limited.

Posted by: AmericanKestrel at February 19, 2021 03:52 AM (IDhUW)

849 I just learned the US operates an airbase in Spain named "Moron Air Base". Which of you magnificent bastards is responsible? You've earned your AoS Platinum membership!

Posted by: Military Moron at February 19, 2021 03:53 AM (5pp/x)

850 Hope your roads are snow and ice free this morning, skip.

Posted by: AmericanKestrel at February 19, 2021 03:54 AM (IDhUW)

851 “I have, myself, full confidence that if all Morons do their duty, if no Pixy hampster is neglected, and if the best arrangements are made, as they are being made, we shall prove ourselves once again able to defend our ONT home.

The Hordish Empire and the Miklosian Republic, linked together in their cause and in their need, will defend to the death their native soil, aiding each other like good comrades to the utmost of their strength.

Even though large tracts of these Intertubes and many old and famous sites have fallen or may fall into the grip of the Chamber of Commerce and all the odious apparatus of Norh American Man Boy Lincoln rule, we shall not flag or fail.

We shall go on to the end, we shall fight with our stupid in-laws,
we shall fight on the seas and oceans,
we shall fight with growing confidence and growing strength in the mockery, we shall defend our Island, whatever

Posted by: Miklos Spencer Churchill at February 19, 2021 04:00 AM (QzkSJ)

852 hiya

Posted by: JT at February 19, 2021 04:01 AM (arJlL)

853 They weren't yesterday AmericanKestrel, but as said when got back from my aborted commute it's fun a little driving in dark in snow.

Posted by: Skip at February 19, 2021 04:03 AM (Cxk7w)

854
If you are able and your reaction to a massive cold snap is to sit and whine that the government isn't taking care of you, than you're part of the problem.

In the words of the greatest President; "Nobody can help everybody, but everybody can help somebody."

Posted by: Bill from Attainder at February 19, 2021 04:04 AM (N/gDA)

855 hiya
Posted by: JT
Donuts

Your turn to bring donuts

Posted by: Miklos, who brought e King Cake last week at February 19, 2021 04:04 AM (QzkSJ)

856 >> it's fun a little driving in dark in snow.
Posted by: Skip at February 19, 2021 04:03 AM (Cxk7w)

It's cool when you're driving and it looks like you're heading into hyper-space.

Mornin', all

Posted by: My life is insanity at February 19, 2021 04:08 AM (sqAJS)

857 it's fun a little driving in dark in snow.
Posted by: Ski

By law, snow is illegal in coastal South Carolina.

Posted by: Mklos, future Flapjack King of Horry County at February 19, 2021 04:11 AM (QzkSJ)

858 856 >> it's fun a little driving in dark in snow.
Posted by: Skip at February 19, 2021 04:03 AM (Cxk7w)

It's cool when you're driving and it looks like you're heading into hyper-space.

Mornin', all
Posted by: My life is insanity

It's totally insane when you're riding a motorcycle and accelerating/deaccelerating because it looks so realistic with your high beam on.

Posted by: Gmac - WTF did you think was going to happen? at February 19, 2021 04:12 AM (fECT7)

859 Gmac, just the -riding your motorcycle in snow- would be insane in my book.

Posted by: My life is insanity at February 19, 2021 04:14 AM (sqAJS)

860 I followed the link for the blundering exchanges and I'm laughing out loud, scaring the dog, and crying. Thanks WD.

Posted by: AmericanKestrel at February 19, 2021 04:14 AM (IDhUW)

861 Ok, good night everyone.

Hope you all enjoy the day

Peace

Posted by: AmericanKestrel at February 19, 2021 04:17 AM (IDhUW)

862 'Nite AK, sleep well.

I'm saving that link for later (when I know I will need a break from insanity.)

Posted by: My life is insanity at February 19, 2021 04:18 AM (sqAJS)

863 849 I just learned the US operates an airbase in Spain named "Moron Air Base". Which of you magnificent bastards is responsible? You've earned your AoS Platinum membership!
Posted by: Military Moron

I'm not responsible for it but I've actually been there. Near Seville, the Med isn't too far away. Gibraltar is too the south. Nice area. The base isn't memorable, I wasn't there very long.

Posted by: Puddleglum at February 19, 2021 04:23 AM (sahF+)

864 hasta, y'all...

(types, deletes, ad infinitum... FML)

Posted by: redc1c4 (*OTUS Zhou Bai-Din Cheated) at February 19, 2021 04:40 AM (JlnaE)

865 7,5,6,3,2,1,4

Posted by: Skip at February 19, 2021 04:42 AM (Cxk7w)

866 Heading out early so that I can leave early to get to mom's.

It's been a difficult few days for her, nothing more serious than a bout of stomach-flu like stuff, but I've done enough laundry and cleaning to probably double her water bill!

Debby @ 788 is right. More difficult than I ever envisioned.

Prayers for my patience would be appreciated!

Later, all

Posted by: My life is insanity at February 19, 2021 04:44 AM (sqAJS)

867 Still working in a unheated building, it just makes a long day.
Need to go start truck up in 15 minutes, didn't clean that all off yet.

Posted by: Skip at February 19, 2021 04:44 AM (Cxk7w)

868 856 >> it's fun a little driving in dark in snow.
Posted by: Skip at February 19, 2021 04:03 AM (Cxk7w)

It's cool when you're driving and it looks like you're heading into hyper-space.

Mornin', all
Posted by: My life is insanity at February 19, 2021 04:08 AM (sqAJS)

That and the light snow on the road so it looks like you are laying a smoke screen behind you

Posted by: a dude in MI at February 19, 2021 04:47 AM (+I6Y/)

869 Through Monday getting winter weather, flurries and cold.

Posted by: Skip at February 19, 2021 04:48 AM (Cxk7w)

870 All the snow still on my truck I will be a comet for a few miles

Posted by: Skip at February 19, 2021 04:49 AM (Cxk7w)

871 Almost feels like Monday

Posted by: Skip at February 19, 2021 04:59 AM (Cxk7w)

872 I'm afraid I have to disagree with the Texas Mayor that resigned. The power company DOES owe me something if I paid my utility bill. Unless they are giving out power for free they owe me what I paid for. Unless city and local governments are operating tax free they owe me the services for which I'm overly taxed. If those bureaucrats don't want the responsibility when times get tough they can stop living off the public dime.

Posted by: Joel Leggett at February 19, 2021 04:59 AM (EG0Dd)

873 If those bureaucrats don't want the responsibility when times get tough they can stop living off the public dime.
Posted by: Joel Leggett at February 19, 2021 04:59 AM (EG0Dd)

===

Probably doing it for the glory.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 19, 2021 05:05 AM (EZebt)

874 5am comes fast.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 19, 2021 05:14 AM (lmikk)

875 Lightly flurry out.
Have a great day day. TGIF

Posted by: Skip at February 19, 2021 05:15 AM (Cxk7w)

876 Prayers for my patience would be appreciated!

Later, all
Posted by: My life is insanity

Okay

Posted by: JT at February 19, 2021 05:22 AM (arJlL)

877 641 thinking on the events of this week - while I didn't think it would happen in Texas, this is proof of how fragile our current civilization is. Turn the electric power off, and all the accouterments of our civilization start to fall to pieces within hours.
Posted by: Tom Servo at February 19, 2021 12:21 AM (bxPTJ)

When civilizations fail, the children may ask "How did they build those huge derelict buildings?" They were built by giants, child.

Posted by: Grail Knight at February 19, 2021 05:22 AM (LxTcq)

878 The veneer of civilization has always been a very thin membrane in this city anyway. This is the ugliest dirtiest nastiest place I've ever lived and I lived in Newark in the 80s.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 19, 2021 05:30 AM (EZebt)

879 878 The veneer of civilization has always been a very thin membrane in this city anyway. This is the ugliest dirtiest nastiest place I've ever lived and I lived in Newark in the 80s.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 19, 2021 05:30 AM (EZebt)

I wonder if you compared the state of San Francisco in say Dirty Harry era to today, which most people would like better?

Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 19, 2021 05:32 AM (lmikk)

880 Also, are the margins blown? It looks wide. Noticed it last night.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 19, 2021 05:33 AM (lmikk)

881 I grew up in the Florida panhandle where a "hard freeze" was a rare occurrence. To keep the pipes from freezing you had to leave the water running.
Folks would hook up a sprinkler and train it on trees or shrubs and the result was kind of like this.
I remember my mom driving me and my grandmother around to look at these beautiful ice sculptures...

Posted by: tom at February 19, 2021 05:46 AM (JXhar)

882 Can somebody un-ban my cell phone identifier?

Posted by: SFGoth at February 19, 2021 05:50 AM (KAi1n)

883 I wonder if you compared the state of San Francisco in say Dirty Harry era to today, which most people would like better?
Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 19, 2021 05:32 AM (lmikk)

===

According to Mrs. F. who is native, when she was little it was a fairly refined town. You had to dress properly to ride the muni or go downtown.

I grew up in nyc in that era and it was a jungle. I saw the veneer first fall away in the blackout of '77 with the glow of Brooklyn burning in the night sky.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 19, 2021 05:50 AM (EZebt)

884 I grew up in nyc in that era and it was a jungle. I saw the veneer first fall away in the blackout of '77 with the glow of Brooklyn burning in the night sky.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 19, 2021 05:50 AM (EZebt)

So, modern Seattle then?

Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 19, 2021 05:52 AM (lmikk)

885 Howdy neighbor. I started practicing law when barbara kaufman was pres of the Bored Stupidvisors. Everything they've done since has made things worse. Everything.

Posted by: SFGoth at February 19, 2021 05:53 AM (KAi1n)

886 If they mandated masks pre-dot.com era, there'd have been a lot of disobedience.

Posted by: SFGoth at February 19, 2021 05:57 AM (KAi1n)

887 Morning, yes, she was a character. We are actually fairly close and I was very involved in her campaign. Mrs. F. grew up on the same block.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 19, 2021 06:05 AM (EZebt)

888 Good morning!

Let's smile & be happy & strike fear in the hearts of killjoy leftists everywhere.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at February 19, 2021 06:14 AM (u82oZ)

889 Wow, that is so cool. Would any supes from around '96-'00 not be to the right of everyone we have now? I wish Sean Elsbernd hadn't put self and family over his obligation to run for mayor. He's the only supe i've ever liked and he wasn't even my district.

Posted by: SFGoth at February 19, 2021 06:15 AM (KAi1n)

890 What fresh hell this day?

Posted by: DB- just DB, guy who says 'what fresh hell this day' at February 19, 2021 06:20 AM (iTXRQ)

891
g'mornin', 'rons

Posted by: AltonJackson at February 19, 2021 06:21 AM (RmyQZ)

892 San Franpsycho

I've been watching the bad replace the good in local government for, oh, 30 years. Everywhere in my local areas. Gresham's Law.

This is one reason I think the decay is irreversible, without an uprising. There is no mechanism to replace the bad.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at February 19, 2021 06:22 AM (u82oZ)

893 Good morning!

The boy in Ft Worth sent me some photos of the river downtown, and the lake by his house, completely frozen over.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at February 19, 2021 06:23 AM (5XK0y)

894 DB- just DB, guy who says 'what fresh hell this day'

Just another day. We should enjoy it. The bitter cold is gone. Gives me a newfound appreciation for "only 16℉." Feels good.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at February 19, 2021 06:23 AM (u82oZ)

895 I always got along well with most of the electeds I dealt with even people like Tom Ammiano even though he's a damn commie. He would be at home on today's board

Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 19, 2021 06:25 AM (EZebt)

896 Going to get up to a balmy 26 today supposedly. I hear it might be in the 40's on Sunday.

*riffles through cue cards*

Climate Chaos!

Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 19, 2021 06:27 AM (lmikk)

897 895 I always got along well with most of the electeds I dealt with even people like Tom Ammiano even though he's a damn commie. He would be at home on today's board
Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 19, 2021 06:25 AM (EZebt)

*Ahem* The proper usage is Pinko Commie Scum. Please make a note of it.

Posted by: AOSHQ Majordomo at February 19, 2021 06:28 AM (lmikk)

898 Aetius451AD

Bingo!

Posted by: NaCly Dog at February 19, 2021 06:28 AM (u82oZ)

899 Ok, off to work for the first time in a couple days. Have a good day, guys.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 19, 2021 06:29 AM (lmikk)

900 If (when) SF gets another big quake (06 not 89), the governmental incompetence is going to be epic. Forget incredible and all that nonsense. It's going to be utterly epic.

Posted by: SFGoth at February 19, 2021 06:30 AM (KAi1n)

901 Aetius451AD

Safe travels.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at February 19, 2021 06:31 AM (u82oZ)

902 Morning, 'rons and 'ettes.

Posted by: olddog in mo, uckfay ancercay at February 19, 2021 06:32 AM (ju2Fy)

903 Salty-

our cold wave has moved on too
44 today, 50s next week

Posted by: DB- just DB, guy who says 'what fresh hell this day' at February 19, 2021 06:32 AM (iTXRQ)

904 Ammiano.... i had successfully forgotten that name until now. Thx. Meh. Randy Shaw runs the Bored anyway and lives in berkeley.

Posted by: SFGoth at February 19, 2021 06:32 AM (KAi1n)

905 900 When the big un hits San Francisco, it will be attributed to climate change. This leads me to the awful Weather Channel. They also cover earth quakes and volcanoes. I guess they think themselves the Geology Channel. And they blame quakes and volcanoes on climate change. There's nothing it can't do.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin at February 19, 2021 06:33 AM (I58tH)

906 SFGoth

I was just off-shore for the 89 one. Got stories. We saw all the local network feed. I was getting ready for possible martial law, not that we had any training.

Saw the Nimitz Freeway collapse in a brief 5 second look. Glad the toll was much less there.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at February 19, 2021 06:33 AM (u82oZ)

907 olddog in mo, uckfay ancercay

Good morning. Is your wife's remarkable recovery complete? I hope so.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at February 19, 2021 06:35 AM (u82oZ)

908 Salty, there is a mechanism - it goes the other way though. How ironic that question in Revenge of the Nerds turned out to be.

Posted by: SFGoth at February 19, 2021 06:35 AM (KAi1n)

909 Time for work preps.

hHave a great day, everyone.

Be that swan gliding serenely though choppy water. Never let them see the feet moving fast.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at February 19, 2021 06:39 AM (u82oZ)

910 Morning, Salty. Thanks for asking.

She's doing amazing. Still going to PT to work on arm strength.

Posted by: olddog in mo, uckfay ancercay at February 19, 2021 06:40 AM (ju2Fy)

911 I was walking back to my dorm at SF state to watch the Series. I have seen asphalt undulate. The aftershocks were something else considering how sensitized you become. And it wasn't really that strong a quake; certainly not 06.

Posted by: SFGoth at February 19, 2021 06:42 AM (KAi1n)

912 If you are able and your reaction to a massive cold snap is to sit and whine that the government isn't taking care of you, than you're part of the problem. I said what I said.

Bravo, sir. Everything's BIG in Texas, including the whining.

Posted by: (fly) at February 19, 2021 06:44 AM (wQX0G)

913 I like climate change. Places that don't have climate change tend to be quite inhospitable - Moon, Mercury, Venus....

Posted by: SFGoth at February 19, 2021 06:45 AM (KAi1n)

914 G'morning, all.

Be safe, Salty!

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at February 19, 2021 06:56 AM (3D/fK)

915 We had just pulled into Naples, and I was at the Exchange looking at TV's when the earthquake hit SF.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at February 19, 2021 06:57 AM (3D/fK)

916 Two things I noticed about the Mars landing yesterday.

1. Almost every speaking part on TV was a woman

2. Everyone seemed to be wearing the Tony 'Two Masks' special.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at February 19, 2021 06:59 AM (3D/fK)

917 Elbows! Finally!

I like the one in the Ohio State uniform.

Posted by: Huck Follywood, registered Independent at February 19, 2021 07:01 AM (euCiN)

918 I read this am that Boeing is packing up in Washington State and moving to a new home. Their big building is probably going to have a for sale sign. Its probably going to be in South Carolina. Can't understand why they would do that, is it the taxes?

Posted by: Colin at February 19, 2021 07:03 AM (y0mKl)

919 People don't realize that no matter how many masks you wear, the virus can enter through your eustachian tubes. Mandatory earmuffs now! Two are better than one.

Posted by: SFGoth at February 19, 2021 07:05 AM (KAi1n)

920 I found that pixy rejects all my cellphone posts if i use an apostrophe or other weird punctuation.

Posted by: Eli Cash at February 19, 2021 07:06 AM (SScvq)

921 882 Can somebody un-ban my cell phone identifier?
Posted by: SFGoth

*

Ask a Cob. They'll give your email info a Willy Wonka Golden Ticket and it should get through.

Windscribe might be an option, too. IIRC they give you 5gb transfer for free.

Posted by: Lysenkos Bagged Lettuce, 100% abortion free and only tested for safety using abortions at February 19, 2021 07:07 AM (1+b9Z)

922 "Its probably going to be in South Carolina. Can't understand why they would do that, is it the taxes?"

Possibly taxes and Unions.

Although, the Charleston plant is facing some serious QA issues, from what I understand.

Interesting fun fact. We get to watch the 'Deamlifter' modified 747 pass over our house while coming into the Charleston plant.

That is one huge SOB.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at February 19, 2021 07:07 AM (3D/fK)

923 Mmmmm... Boebert.

Posted by: Eli Cash at February 19, 2021 07:08 AM (SScvq)

924 mornin yall

Posted by: Big V Caffeinated at February 19, 2021 07:08 AM (6Pqz7)

925 Reuters: The White House said on Thursday a severe winter storm engulfing Texas and nearby states was the type of extreme weather event that climate change
Of course it did.....

Posted by: Colin at February 19, 2021 07:10 AM (y0mKl)

926 922 I saw the 747 carrying a space shuttle. I was up in Omaha some years back, and they made a few low and slow passes overhead. Maybe going to Offutt for refuel or RON? Really impressive that it could even get off the ground.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin at February 19, 2021 07:12 AM (I58tH)

927 " severe winter storm engulfing Texas and nearby states was the type of extreme weather event that climate change
Of course it did....."

Sort of like an autopsy finding a .45 bullet in a deceased persons brain is always an indicator of death by Covid.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at February 19, 2021 07:13 AM (3D/fK)

928 My cell posts post, momentarily. I have to use wifi on it rather than data for them to stick.

Posted by: SFGoth at February 19, 2021 07:15 AM (KAi1n)

929
I found that pixy rejects all my cellphone posts if i use an apostrophe or other weird punctuation.

Posted by: Eli Cash at February 19, 2021 07:06 AM

turn off "smart punctuation" if you're unfortunate enough to be using an apple phone

Posted by: AltonJackson at February 19, 2021 07:15 AM (RmyQZ)

930 just learned the US operates an airbase in Spain named "Moron Air Base". Which of you magnificent bastards is responsible? You've earned your AoS Platinum membership!
Posted by: Military Moron

I have spent months in that place. Sitting on alert, waiting for a plane. Moron shuffle: eat until you are tired, sleep until you are hungry.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at February 19, 2021 07:16 AM (CWcH8)

931 I saw the 747 carrying a space shuttle. I was up in Omaha some years back, and they made a few low and slow passes overhead. Maybe going to Offutt for refuel or RON? Really impressive that it could even get off the ground.
Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin at February 19, 2021 07:12 AM (I58tH)

https://tinyl.io/3YHm

Posted by: hogmartin at February 19, 2021 07:16 AM (t+qrx)

932 'Water comes out of the ground and goes back into the ground. Well, some evaporates of course. Heating it is a much more significant expense, of course.'

Our water heater tank sprung a leak last month. It's under the house and soaked the ground around it with hot water. When I went under the house to investigate, the ground around the heater was warm and steaming like at Yellowstone. I had been paying to heat the Earth up. Just think how cold it would have been if not for my altruism.

Posted by: f'd at February 19, 2021 07:17 AM (zGWNl)

933 It's raining, back to sleep.

Posted by: SFGoth at February 19, 2021 07:20 AM (KAi1n)

934 Can somebody un-ban my cell phone identifier?
Posted by: SFGoth

POOF !

Did that work ?

Posted by: JT at February 19, 2021 07:22 AM (arJlL)

935 Salty, I studied administration at a school that feeds the federal government, and when I told them I wanted to work for the City & County, they thought I was nuts.

I was the California nut always going off about the 10 th amendment.

Turned out they were right.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 19, 2021 07:23 AM (EZebt)

936 Seems interesting that Democrats fail to grasp the fact that President Trump was not convicted of anything during either of his Senate trials.

Can't wait till the concept of punishing someone despite not being convicted of anything carries over into the criminal community.

Minorities WILL be hardest hit.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at February 19, 2021 07:23 AM (3D/fK)

937 Re: Beobert's guns.

Libs would have a conniption if they walked into my friend's office where there are guns, including machine guns, laying everywhere, standing in the corners, hanging on the walls, etc. Even normal people's mouths flop open upon entering for the first time.

Posted by: f'd at February 19, 2021 07:24 AM (zGWNl)

938 Remember back when we yelled...NOOD! at the top of our lungs?

Good times

Good times

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at February 19, 2021 07:25 AM (3D/fK)

939 936
"I didn't do it"
"Tough shit, you were thinking of it. 90 days".

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin at February 19, 2021 07:26 AM (I58tH)

940 Le NOOD

It be here

And shit!!!!

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at February 19, 2021 07:34 AM (3D/fK)

941 I LOL's out loud when I read that mayor's "rant." I figured he would get in trouble for that, even in Texas. LOL Poor fella, look at the shit Pelosi says and she still has her job. (FYI - the dude was right on!)

Posted by: Deplorably Bonnie Blue says TRUMP WON and MAGA DITTOS, RUSH at February 19, 2021 01:05 PM (BNMel)

942 The Mayor was being a butt but he was being realistic.
Based on the reality of weather turning bad here in the deep south (Tornados, ice storms, tropical systems, down graded hurricanes.) we have propane heat, camping stoves, lanterns and battery and hand cranked radios for entertainment. We have a storage of canned foods as well. Since we have a well run by electricity I store water in a couple of 55 gal. plastic barrels to flush with and have ample bottled water cases stored as well.
In times such as freak ice/snow storms that drop power lines we are warm, lit, fed, flushable and entertained.
You have to take care of yourself, government won't do it.

Posted by: obsidian at February 21, 2021 12:14 PM (7+yqP)

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