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Saturday Overnight Open Thread (7/17/21)
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Brilliant? Or just an accident waiting to happen?
Despite TikTok’s ban, MLMs still thrive on the app
The ban has had little actual effect. TikTok took a big first step towards banning multi-level-marketing on its app, yet many recruiters are finding ways around the ban, using the social networking site to lure people into pyramid schemes
The days when multi-level marketing sounded like a neighborhood Tupperware meeting are long gone. Even the classic ‘‘Hey hun!’’ messages on Facebook from someone you went to high school with are starting to sound a bit like old news.
The jury is still out, But this could be a really fun dad.
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Have you ever been scammed by food. Here are a few food scams.
An Online Group Shares “Food Scams,” Here Are Some Of The Most Brazen (20 Pics) Just scrolling through these photos sent me into a flying rage. How dare! How very dare! Food scams are everywhere — lies on the packaging, one single raisin in a cookie — but still: it hurts. And on r/FoodScam, they’ve collected a whole PILE of them for me to shake my fist over. Enjoy some of the best/worst!
Watch these guys set off a massive firework in their garage. You want a safety brief? Because that's how you get a safety brief.
With the gripping title, “Firework Fail – Idiots light mortar shell in garag,” what can possibly go wrong? The “e” is missing, but that’s probably because whoever filmed this video posted it online as quickly as possible. Probably thinking: “Oh my god, the world has to witness this! There’s no time for spell check!” Or, “Shit the cops are coming so I might as well get this out to as many people as possible before they haul us in.”
Is this just a tad odd or what?
A pair of inseparable identical twin sisters have found "one in a million" love interests in the form of identical twin brothers - and the foursome all live together.
Venessa and Kerissa D'Arpino, 25, who work as personal trainers, have always done everything together - but they never expected to find love so close to each other too. Venessa said: "My sister and I grew up as best friends and were always by each other's side. "Nobody knows us like we know each other, and we always the other's back. We have a deep connection and have experienced all our large milestones together.
Born on this day: 17 Jul 1949
Geezer Butler, bassist and primary lyricist with English rock band Black Sabbath who had the 1970 UK No.4 single 'Paranoid'. The bands self-titled album was voted as the best British rock album ever by Kerrang! in 2005. He received the nickname "Geezer" at school because he used to call everybody "Geezer". via thisdayinmusic.com
Born on this day: 17 Jul 1976
Luke Bryan, American country music singer and songwriter. He began his music career writing songs for Travis Tritt and Billy Currington. Bryan's first nine solo albums have included fourteen No.1 country music hits. via thisdayinmusic.com
An Ohio woman reportedly crashed her car into two other vehicles and a house after taking her hands of the wheel and letting God take control at a speed of 120 mph (190km/h), as a way to test her faith. Authorities claim that the unnamed 31-year-old was driving a car with her daughter, aged 11, down the streets of Beachwood, Ohio, at around midnight on June 15. Security footage shows her car running a red light and eventually spin out of control, hit a utility pole and two other vehicles before stopping into a house. Luckily, neither the driver nor her child were seriously hurt, and the house they crashed into, which was empty at the time, suffered only minor damage. Upon questioning the driver about the accident, police officers were shocked to hear that she had been going through trials and tribulations lately, and simply decided to “let go and let God take the wheel”.
Water and beer. Tonight's Feel Good Story of The Day.
A Wyoming rancher was pinned under an ATV for two days after a rollover crash — and survived the ordeal by drinking bottled water and beer. Frank Reynolds, 53, was rounding up livestock on a neighbor’s pasture when his vehicle tipped over on top of him Sunday, dislocating his shoulder and breaking his ribs, according to the Gillette News Record.
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Comments
(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: Bete at July 17, 2021 08:45 PM (Ojki1)
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Posted by: Bete at July 17, 2021 08:46 PM (Ojki1)
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Posted by: Jewells45 at July 17, 2021 08:51 PM (nxdel)
Both families children will be genetic sibling rather than cousins.
Posted by: G'rump928(c) at July 17, 2021 08:52 PM (yQpMk)
Posted by: Ladyl at July 17, 2021 08:53 PM (+4oV5)
Posted by: Eromero at July 17, 2021 08:53 PM (0OP+5)
Posted by: flounder at July 17, 2021 08:53 PM (KnJdm)
Posted by: Prince Ludwig the Deplorable at July 17, 2021 08:54 PM (mf+Bs)
The best campgrounds in the USA
Our family used to camp at this place in San Diego during summers from about 1979 to 1983. The restrooms were clean (don't know about today) and it barely felt like camping, because it's right off I-5 and you could literally see a new housing development from the site.
https://www.santafepark.com/
Posted by: qdpsteve at July 17, 2021 08:54 PM (L2ZTs)
Posted by: Zettai at July 17, 2021 08:54 PM (bl7zx)
Posted by: BackwardsBoy - Psychos Rule! No, really. They're in charge now. (HaL55) at July 17, 2021 08:55 PM (HaL55)
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, Texas at July 17, 2021 08:55 PM (SRRAx)
Posted by: Eromero at July 17, 2021 08:55 PM (0OP+5)
Posted by: BourbonChicken at July 17, 2021 08:55 PM (ybIRR)
Posted by: Alabama at July 17, 2021 08:56 PM (4fSQf)
"The year is 2030. Bakery art is so realistic, literally anything could be cake. The uncertainty has gripped the world in fear. I go to hug my wife for comfort. She is cake."
Posted by: Gentlemen, this is junta manifest at July 17, 2021 08:56 PM (6dYi7)
Posted by: Alabama
When they don't voluntarily take the vaccines
Posted by: BacktoGA at July 17, 2021 08:57 PM (MPYWI)
Posted by: Alabama at July 17, 2021 08:57 PM (4fSQf)
Posted by: Puddleglum at July 17, 2021 08:57 PM (QFVV9)
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar ~ Lay back and think of the sweet graft! ~ hOUT3 at July 17, 2021 08:58 PM (hOUT3)
Posted by: Gentlemen, this is junta manifest
Like BladeRunner, but with cake.
I like it.
Posted by: Prince Ludwig the Deplorable at July 17, 2021 08:58 PM (mf+Bs)
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar ~ Lay back and think of the sweet graft! ~ hOUT3 at July 17, 2021 08:58 PM (hOUT3
Press hard. Carbon paper is tricky.
Posted by: Alabama at July 17, 2021 08:58 PM (4fSQf)
How does climate change cause flooding?
Global heating causes more water to evaporate, which leads to an increase in the amount of annual rain and snow
At the same time, a warmer atmosphere means it can hold more moisture - which also increases the intensity of rainfall
Rather than gently watering plants, this intense rainfall leads to flooding, like we're seeing in Northern Europe now
Posted by: flounder at July 17, 2021 08:59 PM (KnJdm)
Posted by: Puddleglum at July 17, 2021 09:00 PM (QFVV9)
Posted by: Anonymous Guy in California at July 17, 2021 09:00 PM (7SwmH)
Posted by: JT at July 17, 2021 09:00 PM (arJlL)
Posted by: jeet at July 17, 2021 09:00 PM (g741k)
Posted by: Common Tater at July 17, 2021 09:00 PM (7T5tR)
Posted by: Doof at July 17, 2021 09:01 PM (mZUr4)
Oh, where, oh, where can it be?
With its pithy quotes and its music links
and misanthropic humaniteeeeee
oh, here it is!
Posted by: mindful webworker - everything above the fold tonight?? at July 17, 2021 09:01 PM (xdNUT)
Posted by: Alabama at July 17, 2021 08:56 PM (4fSQf)
Wanna bet?
Posted by: NFL, BRCC, Coke, etc... at July 17, 2021 09:02 PM (Q9lwr)
Posted by: Dave in Fla (5p7BC) at July 17, 2021 09:02 PM (5p7BC)
Posted by: Common Tater at July 17, 2021 09:00 PM (7T5tR
And here he went and made a life for himself without whining about it.
If only the kids today...
Posted by: Alabama at July 17, 2021 09:02 PM (4fSQf)
Posted by: Thomas Bender at July 17, 2021 09:02 PM (mu7kg)
Posted by: Alabama at July 17, 2021 09:02 PM (4fSQf)
Posted by: JT at July 17, 2021 09:03 PM (arJlL)
Posted by: Doof at July 17, 2021 09:03 PM (mZUr4)
Posted by: ghost of hallelujah (sJHOI) at July 17, 2021 09:04 PM (sJHOI)
Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at July 17, 2021 09:04 PM (gpKIi)
I am sorry to hear you're down. I get the feeling. You were incredibly helpful when I read moving out of my martial home and into an apartment. If you need anything, please let me know.
We Morons need to stick together.
I get dark places and dark thoughts... I've had my fair share of them. Still do, if I'm honest.
Posted by: Dr. Washington Nearsider, single and SuperStraight at July 17, 2021 09:03 PM (cvNl1)
Posted by: Dr. Washington Nearsider, single and SuperStraight at July 17, 2021 09:04 PM (cvNl1)
Posted by: Ladyl at July 17, 2021 09:04 PM (+4oV5)
Twitter link. This guy gets hauled off on a stretcher, twitching from the adverse reaction, while everyone just continues to wait their turn. Then again, the kind of person who could watch that and decide, "Nope" wouldn't be in line in the first place.
https://tinyurl.com/s6nsm4a9
Posted by: Taqiyyologist, Rickrolled by Jesus at July 17, 2021 09:04 PM (OssQ4)
Having a mortar shell go wrong near a hot tub isn't all that great either. Thanks, coach.
Posted by: That goalie at July 17, 2021 09:05 PM (EughT)
Posted by: ghost of hallelujah (sJHOI) at July 17, 2021 09:04 PM (sJHOI
Tonight, on MythBusters!
Posted by: Alabama at July 17, 2021 09:05 PM (4fSQf)
Posted by: Eromero at July 17, 2021 08:55 PM (0OP+5)
But was it a good kind of seen, or a really bad kind of seen?
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar ~ Lay back and think of the sweet graft! ~ hOUT3 at July 17, 2021 09:05 PM (hOUT3)
Posted by: flounder at July 17, 2021 08:53 PM (KnJdm)
I'll take mine with provorone
Posted by: Doof at July 17, 2021 09:05 PM (mZUr4)
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar ~ Lay back and think of the sweet graft! ~ hOUT3 at July 17, 2021 09:06 PM (hOUT3)
Posted by: SFGoth at July 17, 2021 09:06 PM (KAi1n)
Posted by: Zeera Hunkering down here, Boss at July 17, 2021 09:06 PM (DDazy)
Posted by: Prince Ludwig the Deplorable at July 17, 2021 09:06 PM (mf+Bs)
I have no idea what the BRCC guy is actually referring to. I don't think he was making some kind of fine point comment on the legalities or practicalities of the situation.
Posted by: rhomboid (OTzUX) at July 17, 2021 09:06 PM (OTzUX)
Twitter link. This guy gets hauled off on a stretcher, twitching from the adverse reaction, while everyone just continues to wait their turn. Then again, the kind of person who could watch that and decide, "Nope" wouldn't be in line in the first place.
https://tinyurl.com/s6nsm4a9
Posted by: Taqiyyologist, Rickrolled by Jesus at July 17, 2021 09:04 PM (OssQ4
I'm sure the next lamb in line thinks that noise is just the water heater acting up.
Posted by: Alabama at July 17, 2021 09:07 PM (4fSQf)
Posted by: Jewells45 at July 17, 2021 09:07 PM (nxdel)
No raging wife/gf that came storming in after the fact.
Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (2SdPm) at July 17, 2021 09:07 PM (2SdPm)
Posted by: Lord Squirrel at July 17, 2021 09:07 PM (K5n5d)
For the food: actually have a styrofoam cake is a thing to save money. So it might have been just for looks not the same as cheating.
Posted by: Iris at July 17, 2021 09:07 PM (6lKe4)
--
Bill Lumberg
Posted by: Thomas Bender at July 17, 2021 09:02 PM (mu7kg)
We're gonna need to come in to work on Saturday, K? And if you could just plan on coming In Sunday too, that'd be greeeeaaat.
Posted by: Doof at July 17, 2021 09:07 PM (mZUr4)
Ah, Black Sabbath. "The Mob Rules" live at Radio City and "Children of the Grave" live from their last tour are must listens if you're a metalhead.
Posted by: callsign claymore at July 17, 2021 09:08 PM (p0TaU)
I knew I should have read that memo first, but I wanted to turn in the report in a timely manner, so...
Guess I'll be working this weekend to generate the cover sheets.
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar ~ Lay back and think of the sweet graft! ~ hOUT3 at July 17, 2021 09:08 PM (hOUT3)
None of it can be cooked on a pellet grill, more than 10 miles from my house and not my ox being gored.
Did I miss any excuses for not caring?
Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (2SdPm) at July 17, 2021 09:09 PM (2SdPm)
Posted by: Doof at July 17, 2021 09:05 PM (mZUr4)
you get plocessed cheez food and RIKE it!
Posted by: ghost of hallelujah (sJHOI) at July 17, 2021 09:09 PM (sJHOI)
https://youtu.be/nL3BXNjlK-c
Posted by: Prince Ludwig the Deplorable at July 17, 2021 09:09 PM (mf+Bs)
Posted by: Doof at July 17, 2021 09:03 PM (mZUr4)
Enigma
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at July 17, 2021 09:09 PM (aA3+G)
Posted by: Eromero at July 17, 2021 09:09 PM (0OP+5)
AFAIK, asymptomatic transmission is somewhere between a unicorn and a low-confidence tentative hypothesis. But this is based on actual science, as of a while ago.
Posted by: rhomboid (OTzUX) at July 17, 2021 09:10 PM (OTzUX)
Posted by: Doof at July 17, 2021 09:03 PM (mZUr4)
Enigma
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at July 17, 2021 09:09 PM (aA3+G
Is that one of them French toilets that double as a drinking fountain?
Posted by: Alabama at July 17, 2021 09:10 PM (4fSQf)
Posted by: dartist at July 17, 2021 09:10 PM (+ya+t)
Posted by: Eromero at July 17, 2021 09:09 PM (0OP+5)
Brother, you have earned an extra Kraken for that!
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar ~ Lay back and think of the sweet graft! ~ hOUT3 at July 17, 2021 09:11 PM (hOUT3)
https://tinyurl.com/s6nsm4a9
Posted by: Taqiyyologist, Rickrolled by Jesus at July 17, 2021 09:04 PM (OssQ4)
Responses: it's probably just that he is an epileptic. No reason to decline the shot.
Uh, I would not just assume that and happily get my jab. I would have questions, definitely.
Posted by: Emmie at July 17, 2021 09:11 PM (Hrwnm)
Posted by: dartist at July 17, 2021 09:11 PM (+ya+t)
Uh, I would not just assume that and happily get my jab. I would have questions, definitely.
Posted by: Emmie at July 17, 2021 09:11 PM (Hrwnm)
That legalistic "probably" qualifier would sure give me pause!
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar ~ Lay back and think of the sweet graft! ~ hOUT3 at July 17, 2021 09:12 PM (hOUT3)
I am, however, familiar with AABBA by Muldoon.
Posted by: mindful webworker - bbaaaa at July 17, 2021 09:12 PM (xdNUT)
Dr Washington, I appreciate the thought. Are you still in the area?
Posted by: sharon(willow's apprentice) at July 17, 2021 09:14 PM (sd8p8)
Posted by: mindful webworker - and the operator said forty cents more for the next three minutes... at July 17, 2021 09:14 PM (xdNUT)
Posted by: These fish sticks are hard as tits at July 17, 2021 09:14 PM (3AD8C)
Posted by: Eromero at July 17, 2021 09:15 PM (0OP+5)
This one is “Zany Songs of the 30s”.
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at July 17, 2021 09:15 PM (a84Xf)
Posted by: mindful webworker - and the operator said forty cents more for the next three minutes... at July 17, 2021 09:14 PM (xdNUT)
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I'm so old, I remember when calling the next town over, which was 12 miles away, was long distance.
Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (2SdPm) at July 17, 2021 09:15 PM (2SdPm)
Posted by: Vendette at July 17, 2021 09:15 PM (c/+Rn)
I am, however, familiar with AABBA by Muldoon.
Posted by: mindful webworker - bbaaaa at July 17, 2021 09:12 PM (xdNUT)
My daughter used to be involved in Irish Dance (thankfully no longer). Whenever she went to a competition I couldn't attend, I texted her a video of Dancing Queen in the morning.
Posted by: ghost of hallelujah (sJHOI) at July 17, 2021 09:16 PM (sJHOI)
Posted by: Dr. Washington Nearsider, single and SuperStraight at July 17, 2021 09:16 PM (cvNl1)
Posted by: Taqiyyologist, Rickrolled by Jesus at July 17, 2021 09:16 PM (OssQ4)
That dad would be tons of fun, provided the kid didn't end up in the ER...
Posted by: Legally Sufficient, Believing in America at July 17, 2021 09:16 PM (rwusL)
Posted by: Common Tater at July 17, 2021 09:16 PM (7T5tR)
Posted by: qdpsteve at July 17, 2021 09:16 PM (L2ZTs)
Evening, y'all, and thankee kindly Mis Hum.
Posted by: GnuBreed at July 17, 2021 09:16 PM (F0YaR)
Posted by: Winston, GOPe, not one dime, not one vote at July 17, 2021 09:17 PM (FtJ1S)
Posted by: Vendette at July 17, 2021 09:15 PM (c/+Rn)
perfect
Posted by: ghost of hallelujah (sJHOI) at July 17, 2021 09:18 PM (sJHOI)
Didn't I read about this in Dear Penthouse...?
Posted by: mindful webworker - who's whose? Doesn't matter...! at July 17, 2021 09:18 PM (xdNUT)
When I got my first cell phone, when my parents called I would not answer. Then I would call back when it stopped ringing. Because they were calling on a land line, and long distance cost more for them but not me. And cell phone plans didn’t care whether it was an incoming or outgoing call.
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at July 17, 2021 09:18 PM (a84Xf)
Posted by: Dave in Fla (5p7BC) at July 17, 2021 09:18 PM (5p7BC)
Philly gonna be jealous!
Posted by: BlackOrchid at July 17, 2021 09:19 PM (j9HX3)
Posted by: mindful webworker - and the operator said forty cents more for the next three minutes.
I remember when a call 75 miles away was long distance.
Posted by: Infidel at July 17, 2021 09:19 PM (dYrVA)
Posted by: Eromero at July 17, 2021 09:19 PM (0OP+5)
I remember when they were discussing changing the name of DC's basketball team from the Bullets because of the implications of violence.
I thought they should drop the Washington part, but that's just me.
Posted by: Dr. Washington Nearsider, single and SuperStraight at July 17, 2021 09:19 PM (cvNl1)
Posted by: sharon(willow's apprentice) at July 17, 2021 09:19 PM (sd8p8)
I'd also call my dad and let the phone ring twice so he'd call me back. He had money. I was broke.
Posted by: Alabama at July 17, 2021 09:20 PM (4fSQf)
Brcc owners have repeatedly signaled that they are grifters that despise their unwoke clientele. Far too many conservatives are like Sally Fields , you like me, you really really like me, and get stung again by politicians that say the right thing, some media person becomes a conservative star, or some business uses your feelings to get into your wallet.
Heck even Rhona Romney McDaniel finally realized that people are still pissed about the election steal. People got two tweets this week for their 220 million dollars donation to the RNC. How many people are ready to give more to those grifters because of that.
Posted by: whig at July 17, 2021 09:20 PM (ctR+w)
Posted by: Vendette
Jeebus, Buy ammo.
Posted by: Infidel at July 17, 2021 09:20 PM (dYrVA)
Posted by: Dr. Washington Nearsider, single and SuperStraight at July 17, 2021 09:21 PM (cvNl1)
I just watched a Fantasy Island where an oil worker’s fantasy ended up being doing twins. Mr. Roark even called it a ménage à trois. This was first season.
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at July 17, 2021 09:21 PM (a84Xf)
Posted by: Common Tater
That would depend on how your dialect handles syllables. If "Merlot" = "Me" + "rlot", then "Me" "rlot" and "Mer" "lot" would both look like "Merlot" though pronounced very differently.
Posted by: SFGoth at July 17, 2021 09:22 PM (KAi1n)
Matthew 4:7
Jesus said unto him, It is written again,
Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God.
Posted by: mindful webworker - everything bet on green at July 17, 2021 09:22 PM (xdNUT)
>>Guess I'll be working this weekend to generate the cover sheets.
Excellent, perhaps I can come to your cubicle and discuss my kickstarter, it's for a method to extract fractions of pennies from various transactions, and before you say, Superman III, it's totally nothing like that.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at July 17, 2021 09:22 PM (mu7kg)
Posted by: Eromero at July 17, 2021 09:19 PM (0OP+5)
Mmmmm, pheromones! Or fur-mones.
Posted by: Emmie at July 17, 2021 09:23 PM (Hrwnm)
I know someone who's parents didn't get their money's worth.
Posted by: Mr. Humanitarian's Possessives Punctuation Teacher at July 17, 2021 09:24 PM (DMUuz)
Posted by: doomed's lil' Saturday night factoids at July 17, 2021 09:24 PM (E8tbI)
Sounds like you sighted one of the dreaded urban land whales, very hard to unsee that. Hope you do not have nightmares!
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar ~ Lay back and think of the sweet graft! ~ hOUT3 at July 17, 2021 09:25 PM (hOUT3)
Posted by: Common Tater at July 17, 2021 09:16 PM (7T5tR)
I think it is French, which means a long o and a silent t. However, harlot must be good ole American English.
Posted by: GnuBreed at July 17, 2021 09:25 PM (F0YaR)
Posted by: Eromero at July 17, 2021 09:25 PM (0OP+5)
Posted by: Taqiyyologist, Rickrolled by Jesus at July 17, 2021 09:25 PM (OssQ4)
Posted by: BackwardsBoy - Psychos Rule! No, really. They're in charge now. (HaL55) at July 17, 2021 09:25 PM (HaL55)
Would've been a 10 except for the FBI's low-scoring. Dang commies.
Posted by: mindful webworker - see aye eh? at July 17, 2021 09:26 PM (xdNUT)
Posted by: Tom Servo at July 17, 2021 07:46 PM (rfYv5)
I'm a 41 year-old straight male, with a worthless PhD who works in federal law enforcement (not the FBI), is funny, in decent shape, and is mostly a good man.
I'm also divorced, and a single dad of two kids under seven.
My chances of meeting and building a real relationship with a woman are functionally zero.
Posted by: Dr. Washington Nearsider, single and SuperStraight at July 17, 2021 09:26 PM (cvNl1)
Posted by: These fish sticks are hard as tits at July 17, 2021 09:14 PM (3AD8C)
* * * *
And some of us have never gotten over it...
Posted by: Legally Sufficient, Believing in America at July 17, 2021 09:27 PM (rwusL)
Posted by: Some Rat in the Swamp at July 17, 2021 09:27 PM (r1z5A)
Posted by: Thomas Bender at July 17, 2021 09:27 PM (mu7kg)
For those of you who aren't familiar with the area around Nationals Stadium, before the city eminent-domained the area to build the ballpark it was not a place you wanted to be. Even now, with the ballpark and the nearby soccer stadium and a ton of residential and commercial development, depending on where you are (and this is absolutely true of where this shooting happened) it can only take a couple blocks before things get dicey.
Posted by: Vendette at July 17, 2021 09:27 PM (c/+Rn)
Posted by: sharon(willow's apprentice) at July 17, 2021 09:27 PM (sd8p8)
Posted by: Vendette at July 17, 2021 09:15 PM (c/+Rn)
perfect
Posted by: ghost of hallelujah
Derp, gun control, what can't it do?
Posted by: Drink Like Vikings at July 17, 2021 09:28 PM (U7OUH)
Posted by: Common Tater at July 17, 2021 09:28 PM (7T5tR)
Posted by: Eromero at July 17, 2021 09:19 PM (0OP+5)
Smells like their ass, which they are fond of licking?
Hey, I'm just spitballin' here.
Posted by: GnuBreed at July 17, 2021 09:28 PM (F0YaR)
Uh, I would not just assume that and happily get my jab. I would have questions, definitely.
Posted by: Emmie at July 17, 2021 09:11 PM
The responses are Twitter people, so they're exactly as I expected. Besides, any truthful comments get deleted anyway.
Posted by: Taqiyyologist, Rickrolled by Jesus at July 17, 2021 09:28 PM (OssQ4)
I don't believe I could ever date twins... I should be confronted with the unsolvable dilemma of which one to have first, such that in the end I would have neither...
Posted by: Zettai at July 17, 2021 09:28 PM (bl7zx)
Not necessarily true, good sir. I am all around very similar to you and am now seeing someone who I actually get along with. I'll be 53 this fall so I'm way ahead of you on the never thinking it could ever happen again curve. FWIW.
Posted by: doomed at July 17, 2021 09:28 PM (E8tbI)
Posted by: Taqiyyologist, Rickrolled by Jesus at July 17, 2021 09:25 PM (OssQ4)
Glad you enjoyed.
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at July 17, 2021 09:29 PM (aA3+G)
Posted by: sharon(willow's apprentice) at July 17, 2021 09:27 PM (sd8p
I very much look forward to it. You've be so incredibly kind to me.
Posted by: Dr. Washington Nearsider, single and SuperStraight at July 17, 2021 09:29 PM (cvNl1)
Posted by: Dr. Washington
I'll be 60 in the fall. My chances of finding a nice, working moron are nil.
Posted by: Infidel at July 17, 2021 09:29 PM (dYrVA)
Posted by: Eromero at July 17, 2021 09:29 PM (0OP+5)
Posted by: Gentlemen, this is junta manifest at July 17, 2021 09:30 PM (6dYi7)
Friend in NV was going out to dinner, saw a lightning strike on a mountain actually start a forest fire, when they were trying to return home, that same road had been closed because of the rapid fire spread!
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar ~ Lay back and think of the sweet graft! ~ hOUT3 at July 17, 2021 09:30 PM (hOUT3)
Global heating causes more water to evaporate, which leads to an increase in the amount of annual rain and snow
At the same time, a warmer atmosphere means it can hold more moisture - which also increases the intensity of rainfall
Rather than gently watering plants, this intense rainfall leads to flooding, like we're seeing in Northern Europe now
And how many degrees heating has taken place in the past fifty years? They are making it sound like Europe's climate now approximates the Caribbean.
Posted by: Reuben Hick at July 17, 2021 09:30 PM (ttCqp)
Posted by: flounder
Conclusions are always easy when they're foregone.
Posted by: mindful webworker - because I said so, so, shut up at July 17, 2021 09:30 PM (xdNUT)
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar
"These mushrooms probably aren't poisonous."
"This is probably a parachute."
Posted by: Taqiyyologist, Rickrolled by Jesus at July 17, 2021 09:31 PM (OssQ4)
Posted by: BackwardsBoy - Psychos Rule! No, really. They're in charge now. (HaL55) at July 17, 2021 09:25 PM (HaL55)
My grandparents (farmers in rural OH) had a party line. My grandmother also wore a hearing aid, so phone calls had an air of adventure
Posted by: ghost of hallelujah (sJHOI) at July 17, 2021 09:31 PM (sJHOI)
Posted by: Infidel
I'd settle for finding a working girl.
Posted by: Prince Ludwig the Deplorable at July 17, 2021 09:31 PM (mf+Bs)
I appreciate hearing your experience. It's always nice to hear from people who have made it through similar circumstances.
Posted by: Dr. Washington Nearsider, single and SuperStraight at July 17, 2021 09:31 PM (cvNl1)
“What’s the catch?”
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at July 17, 2021 09:32 PM (a84Xf)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 17, 2021 09:32 PM (mht8P)
Posted by: sharon(willow's apprentice) at July 17, 2021 09:32 PM (sd8p8)
Posted by: Infidel at July 17, 2021 09:29 PM (dYrVA)
See, i think we should all meet. All is single morons. Not even as a singles mixer, but just to lean on each other. Life is hard. It's harder if you're alone.
Posted by: Dr. Washington Nearsider, single and SuperStraight at July 17, 2021 09:33 PM (cvNl1)
I don't understand the logic behind stopping a game when some punks are just having a friendly gunfight outside the stadium. They want the fans to go leave the stadium while the smell of gun smoke is still in the air and EMTs and police are working the scene?
If there was some way to squeeze a double header in, that would have been a much better alternative, people stay a little longer and the crime scene is better managed. Those who want to flee, nothing stops them from going, but I would think being in the stadium is better than in the thick of things.
Posted by: Reuben Hick at July 17, 2021 09:33 PM (ttCqp)
Posted by: sharon(willow's apprentice) at July 17, 2021 09:32 PM (sd8p
It's already stolen a word
Posted by: Alabama at July 17, 2021 09:33 PM (4fSQf)
Posted by: All Hail Eris, Sans-Culottes (except for the Book Thread) at July 17, 2021 09:33 PM (Dc2NZ)
Posted by: flounder
Conclusions are always easy when they're foregone.
understand reverse engineering
understand Climate Scientology
Posted by: ghost of hallelujah (sJHOI) at July 17, 2021 09:34 PM (sJHOI)
Yesterday morning I drove to Yakima, scored some ammo at Cabela's at least. I went through the canyon which is spectacular. Drove home on I-82 to check out a brushfire that had been contained along the way.
Found out this morning that there'd been a small, five acres, fire along the canyon road. No, I didn't start it. They had the road closed until this afternoon. I was back home before the fire lit. It was near a popular campground so I have suspicions.
Posted by: Winston, GOPe, not one dime, not one vote at July 17, 2021 09:34 PM (FtJ1S)
Posted by: ghost of hallelujah (sJHOI) at July 17, 2021 09:34 PM (sJHOI)
Posted by: sharon(willow's apprentice) at July 17, 2021 09:32 PM (sd8p
It's already stolen a word
Posted by: Alabama at July 17, 2021 09:33 PM (4fSQf)
And an apostrophe according to some smart ass.
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at July 17, 2021 09:35 PM (aA3+G)
Posted by: confederatefifth at July 17, 2021 09:35 PM (UAm+t)
Posted by: Eromero at July 17, 2021 09:36 PM (0OP+5)
What the hell was she doing in Beachwood, being from Parma.
The Beachwood constabulary are not to be fucked with, especially on traffic matters.
In my day, going 40 in a 35 would get you right fucked. Very expensive tickets...ask me how I know!!!
Posted by: browndog Official Mascot of Team Gizzard at July 17, 2021 09:36 PM (BgMrQ)
According to NOAA, they've estimated, since 1880, that the climate has gotten, 0.13 degrees warmer, globally.
So, we'll just have to wait a billion years and we will be as hot as Venus.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at July 17, 2021 09:36 PM (mu7kg)
Posted by: Dr. Washington Nearsider, single and SuperStraight at July 17, 2021 09:33 PM (cvNl1)
An AoS singles MoMe, what could possibly go wrong!
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar ~ Lay back and think of the sweet graft! ~ hOUT3 at July 17, 2021 09:37 PM (hOUT3)
Posted by: jeet at July 17, 2021 09:37 PM (g741k)
Posted by: BackwardsBoy - Psychos Rule! No, really. They're in charge now. (HaL55) at July 17, 2021 09:37 PM (HaL55)
Posted by: TC at July 17, 2021 09:37 PM (dJiVp)
singles mixer, but just to lean on each other. Life is hard. It's
harder if you're alone.
++++I think that is true for a lot of us. It's not just those of you who are divorced, but some of us are widows and widowers. The people on this blog are unique in this world. People outside of here have no idea what this place is like. It is extremely difficult to find others who think like we do.
Posted by: sharon(willow's apprentice) at July 17, 2021 09:37 PM (sd8p8)
Posted by: Dr. Washington Nearsider, single and SuperStraight at July 17, 2021 09:33 PM (cvNl1)
DC is is almost 2000 away. Maybe we could all meet at grammie winger's place?
Posted by: Infidel at July 17, 2021 09:37 PM (dYrVA)
If you're interested in giving it a shot, try EHarmony. Pay for the most basic subscription then cancel it as soon as it's worth doing so (less than a month for me). Be brutally honest about yourself and a little blunt, while humorous, in your profile description, and keep it short. Post good but realistic pics. All this will weed out many of the women you would not want around anyway, and attract the ones you wouldn't mind hearing from. You'll get bites, but don'tbe too picky... conversation over a cup of coffee can be fun even if it goes nowhere. Play it all by ear and be honest at all times...esp with yourself. That's what worked for me.
Avoid match dot com.
Posted by: doomed at July 17, 2021 09:37 PM (E8tbI)
Posted by: Alabama at July 17, 2021 09:38 PM (4fSQf)
Posted by: confederatefifth at July 17, 2021 09:38 PM (UAm+t)
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at July 17, 2021 09:21 PM
That's a bit more extreme than doing two chicks at the same time.
Posted by: Lawrence at July 17, 2021 09:38 PM (EughT)
Rather than gently watering plants, this intense rainfall leads to flooding, like we're seeing in Northern Europe now
Posted by: flounder at July 17, 2021 08:59 PM (KnJdm)
Then, 5 minutes later, with a perfectly straight face, the same newsbimbo will explain why climate change causes drought in Africa.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 17, 2021 09:39 PM (UJR7Q)
Posted by: Infidel at July 17, 2021 09:29 PM (dYrVA)
* * * *
{{{Infidel}}}
I know you, and you would be a great catch for the right guy! Don't give up, he's out there.
Posted by: Legally Sufficient, Believing in America at July 17, 2021 09:39 PM (rwusL)
So, we'll just have to wait a billion years and we will be as hot as Venus.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at July 17, 2021 09:36 PM (mu7kg)
Was that before (or after) they
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar ~ Lay back and think of the sweet graft! ~ hOUT3 at July 17, 2021 09:39 PM (hOUT3)
Posted by: Vendette
Well they can't get Marion Berry to clean up Bowser's mess. He's dead. Is that guy who wore a bow tie still around? For a DC mayor, he was ok.
Posted by: Puddleglum at July 17, 2021 09:39 PM (QFVV9)
Posted by: confederatefifth at July 17, 2021 09:38 PM (UAm+t)
Sound advice....
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at July 17, 2021 09:39 PM (aA3+G)
Posted by: ghost of hallelujah (sJHOI) at July 17, 2021 09:39 PM (sJHOI)
Posted by: Thomas Bender at July 17, 2021 09:40 PM (mu7kg)
Posted by: sharon(willow's apprentice) at July 17, 2021 09:37 PM (sd8p
Well spoken. I don't have a lot of friends at my age. This place is a proper substitute.
Posted by: Alabama at July 17, 2021 09:40 PM (4fSQf)
Posted by: Alabama at July 17, 2021 09:38 PM
Why? The Great Comma Shortage ended decades ago.
Posted by: An Oxford Comma Devotee at July 17, 2021 09:40 PM (EughT)
Posted by: Common Tater at July 17, 2021 09:40 PM (7T5tR)
divorced, but some of us are widows and widowers. The people on this
blog are unique in this world. People outside of here have no idea what
this place is like. It is extremely difficult to find others who think
like we do.
I may have lucked out with TGFS.
Posted by: BackwardsBoy - Psychos Rule! No, really. They're in charge now. (HaL55) at July 17, 2021 09:40 PM (HaL55)
Posted by: Thomas Bender
Is that with or without the Dominion algorithm?
Posted by: Some Rat in the Swamp at July 17, 2021 09:41 PM (r1z5A)
Posted by: Infidel at July 17, 2021 09:29 PM (dYrVA)
That "working" requirement rules out a lot of people, especially these days!
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar ~ Lay back and think of the sweet graft! ~ hOUT3 at July 17, 2021 09:41 PM (hOUT3)
This is beginning to sound like a Stephen King novel. Is grammie winger In Colorado?
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at July 17, 2021 09:41 PM (a84Xf)
Agreed on the ways by which we've found ourselves alone. But a singles MoMee would be wild and - dare I say - valuable.
And agreed on the uniqueness of the Horde. You guys in general, and several of you in particular have dragged me through some nasty. I hope to be worthy of your time and effort.
Like Tom Hanks said... Earn this. Earn it. But then I get far more maudlin as I think about some of my guys...
Posted by: Dr. Washington Nearsider, single and SuperStraight at July 17, 2021 09:41 PM (cvNl1)
What book? Still reading Booker T Washington.
Said she just got to where, after eighteen years building Tuskeegee, with no vacations, he was talked into traveling to Europe. As the ship left the dock, he said, he felt such a release - he slept sixteen hours a day the rest of the voyage.
A truly great American.
Posted by: mindful webworker - the human race at July 17, 2021 09:41 PM (xdNUT)
Posted by: Thomas Bender at July 17, 2021 09:41 PM (mu7kg)
Posted by: sharon(willow's apprentice) at July 17, 2021 09:41 PM (sd8p8)
Posted by: Alabama at July 17, 2021 09:42 PM (4fSQf)
Posted by: BackwardsBoy - Psychos Rule! No, really. They're in charge now. (HaL55) at July 17, 2021 09:40 PM (HaL55)
What are your thoughts on karma?
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar ~ Lay back and think of the sweet graft! ~ hOUT3 at July 17, 2021 09:42 PM (hOUT3)
Posted by: Infidel at July 17, 2021 09:37 PM (dYrVA)
I'm in.
Posted by: Dr. Washington Nearsider, single and SuperStraight at July 17, 2021 09:42 PM (cvNl1)
Posted by: Alabama at July 17, 2021 09:38 PM
Why? The Great Comma Shortage ended decades ago.
Posted by: An Oxford Comma Devotee at July 17, 2021 09:40 PM (EughT)
We're Socialist now. No shortage is off the table
Posted by: ghost of hallelujah (sJHOI) at July 17, 2021 09:43 PM (sJHOI)
This is the dumb broad that raced to get the vax.
Comment, wouldn't be prudent. I will remain silent.
Posted by: Infidel at July 17, 2021 09:43 PM (dYrVA)
Posted by: An Oxford Comma Devotee
It's still controlled by big punctuation.
Posted by: Some Rat in the Swamp at July 17, 2021 09:43 PM (r1z5A)
>>You could always move to Florida, get a place at the Villages. I've heard it's swinging.
Whatever you do, do not do a search for, Lemon Party.
I have I warned you because I care.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at July 17, 2021 09:43 PM (mu7kg)
Posted by: Dr. Washington Nearsider
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Just passed 21 years with my wife, we are very happy.
She is my 3rd wife and I am her 2nd husband. We raised 3 kids together, all from our previous marriages.
So no, not functionally zero.
Posted by: Dave in Fla (5p7BC) at July 17, 2021 09:43 PM (5p7BC)
Posted by: confederatefifth at July 17, 2021 09:44 PM (UAm+t)
IIRC, you had an inside track to a very nice venue that served the Horde well in times past!
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar ~ Lay back and think of the sweet graft! ~ hOUT3 at July 17, 2021 09:44 PM (hOUT3)
They used to teach this stuff in 8th grade Earth Science class, instead of politics.
Posted by: davidt at July 17, 2021 09:44 PM (Nn1s4)
Posted by: Miklos understands at July 17, 2021 09:44 PM (QzkSJ)
I'll be 60 in the fall. My chances of finding a nice, working moron are nil.
Posted by: Infidel at July 17, 2021 09:29 PM (dYrVA)
_______
Working as in "has a job" or working as in "no ED"?
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 17, 2021 09:44 PM (mht8P)
Posted by: Socialism at July 17, 2021 09:44 PM (a84Xf)
Learning to be single takes a bit of effort.
But you can be happy and be single. It's not a death sentence.
Posted by: Alabama at July 17, 2021 09:44 PM (4fSQf)
Posted by: Communism at July 17, 2021 09:45 PM (a84Xf)
Posted by: Dr. Washington Nearsider
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Just passed 21 years with my wife, we are very happy.
She is my 3rd wife and I am her 2nd husband. We raised 3 kids together, all from our previous marriages.
So no, not functionally zero.
Posted by: Dave in Fla (5p7BC) at July 17, 2021 09:43 PM (5p7BC)
It's in God's hands.
Posted by: Abraham & Sarah at July 17, 2021 09:45 PM (aA3+G)
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar ~ Lay back and think of the sweet graft! ~ hOUT3 at July 17, 2021 09:44 PM (hOUT3)
Touche. I have provided the venue for a few NoVaMoMees...
Posted by: Dr. Washington Nearsider, single and SuperStraight at July 17, 2021 09:46 PM (cvNl1)
Posted by: Infidel at July 17, 2021 09:29 PM (dYrVA)
62, but not working.... retired.
Comfortable, not rich.
Posted by: Romeo13 at July 17, 2021 09:46 PM (oHd/0)
Posted by: confederatefifth at July 17, 2021 09:46 PM (UAm+t)
Evan Hafer financially supported and voted for Hillary - so he has never been a Trump fan, rather an enemy of Trump.
Their marketing team keeps reminding everyone that they don't care about their customers and BRCC will do whatever the hell they want to do. They have a schtick that separates them from Starbucks: they curse, exploit women and fire off guns. They are regular caricatures of the fly-over America demographic, its like they are Leftists who think this is how real America thinks and behaves.
I think with their desire to go public, they are going to be having East Coast money people taking over and completing the transformation into Wokeness in order to get in to the ESG money.
Treat them as the lying posers that they are.
Posted by: Reuben Hick at July 17, 2021 09:46 PM (ttCqp)
Posted by: sharon(willow's apprentice) at July 17, 2021 09:46 PM (sd8p8)
"You 'mind me of my third wife" is my most consistently successful pickup line.
Only been nut-kneed twice.
Posted by: Sweet Talkin' Miklos at July 17, 2021 09:47 PM (QzkSJ)
This is the dumb broad that raced to get the vax.
Comment, wouldn't be prudent. I will remain silent.
Posted by: Infidel at July 17, 2021 09:43 PM (dYrVA)
I would point and laugh at her, but I'm an asshole like that.
Posted by: megthered at July 17, 2021 09:47 PM (YLNRu)
Posted by: Alabama
As I have stated, alone but not lonely.
Posted by: Some Rat in the Swamp at July 17, 2021 09:47 PM (r1z5A)
Posted by: TC at July 17, 2021 09:47 PM (dJiVp)
Posted by: Adriane the Never Promised a Rose Garden when You're Allergic to Roses Critic ... at July 17, 2021 09:47 PM (okV1R)
****
This is beginning to sound like a Stephen King novel. Is grammie winger In Colorado?
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair
No, but I am. Western.
Posted by: Infidel at July 17, 2021 09:47 PM (dYrVA)
Posted by: doomed
I think you get more honest responses at sugar daddies. Com
Posted by: Jean at July 17, 2021 09:47 PM (Xih1H)
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With a margin of error in their estimates of +/- 1 degree.
Kind of fun when the put the fallacy right there in the first sentence.
Posted by: Dave in Fla (5p7BC) at July 17, 2021 09:48 PM (5p7BC)
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at July 17, 2021 09:35 PM
Could it just be proof that your ONT fans parse and evaluate your Thread Closing phrases, clauses, and peregrinations as closely as your Saturday Morning Coffee Thread fans do?
Posted by: Duncanthrax at July 17, 2021 09:48 PM (DMUuz)
Posted by: sharon(willow's apprentice) at July 17, 2021 09:46 PM (sd8p
A classic Hordian comment!
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar ~ Lay back and think of the sweet graft! ~ hOUT3 at July 17, 2021 09:48 PM (hOUT3)
I don't much believe in random chance or coincidence any more. How she just dropped out of the sky after all this time, at this time, befuddles me no end. I'm thankful.
Posted by: BackwardsBoy - Psychos Rule! No, really. They're in charge now. (HaL55) at July 17, 2021 09:48 PM (HaL55)
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at July 17, 2021 09:41 PM (a84Xf)
Wisconsin.
Posted by: Vendette at July 17, 2021 09:48 PM (c/+Rn)
Posted by: Alabama
I'm learning this. Choosing to be with your person is far, far different to needing to be with some person.
Posted by: Dr. Washington Nearsider, single and SuperStraight at July 17, 2021 09:48 PM (cvNl1)
Posted by: sharon(willow's apprentice) at July 17, 2021 09:49 PM (sd8p8)
Posted by: Miklos, on behalf of the Noble Srbian Ppl at July 17, 2021 09:49 PM (QzkSJ)
Posted by: doomed at July 17, 2021 09:49 PM (E8tbI)
nobody even had a ide they were a thing until they were getting hitched.
Posted by: confederatefifth at July 17, 2021 09:49 PM (UAm+t)
Posted by: Dr. Washington Nearsider
Dude, I pulled.it off
Posted by: Jean at July 17, 2021 09:50 PM (Xih1H)
Posted by: confederatefifth at July 17, 2021 09:50 PM (UAm+t)
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at July 17, 2021 09:35 PM
Could it just be proof that your ONT fans parse and evaluate your Thread Closing phrases, clauses, and peregrinations as closely as your Saturday Morning Coffee Thread fans do?
Posted by: Duncanthrax at July 17, 2021 09:48 PM (DMUuz)
Ahh a clever sock, my bad.
Posted by: Abraham & Sarah at July 17, 2021 09:50 PM (aA3+G)
Posted by: Dr. Washington Nearsider, single and SuperStraight at July 17, 2021 09:48 PM (cvNl1)
Well put. And confidence in ones self is attractive.
Posted by: Alabama at July 17, 2021 09:50 PM (4fSQf)
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With a margin of error in their estimates of +/- 1 degree.
Kind of fun when the put the fallacy right there in the first sentence.
Posted by: Dave in Fla
Hopefully, we need a warmer, wetter world with abundant CO2
Posted by: Jean at July 17, 2021 09:51 PM (Xih1H)
Posted by: Dr. Washington Nearsider
At a fencing studio?
Posted by: Miklos, en garde at July 17, 2021 09:51 PM (QzkSJ)
Yeah, it's all bullshit.
They haven't even demonstrated that atmospheric concentrations of CO2 are the main driver of climate, nor have they annunciated what metric/goal we have to meet in order to achieve whatever fanciful target they've imagined in their head but not said out loud.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at July 17, 2021 09:51 PM (mu7kg)
Posted by: sharon(willow's apprentice)
Well, you are a girl.
Posted by: Some Rat in the Swamp at July 17, 2021 09:51 PM (r1z5A)
Posted by: confederatefifth at July 17, 2021 09:51 PM (UAm+t)
Posted by: Eromero at July 17, 2021 09:52 PM (0OP+5)
Posted by: sharon(willow's apprentice) at July 17, 2021 09:49 PM (sd8p
Cyndi Lauper says 'no'
Posted by: ghost of hallelujah (sJHOI) at July 17, 2021 09:52 PM (sJHOI)
Posted by: Funsize (EiPf6) at July 17, 2021 09:53 PM (EiPf6)
Posted by: confederatefifth at July 17, 2021 09:50 PM (UAm+t)
Dating Advice Rule #1: Anybody that suggests hot iron gets a night in the box!
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar ~ Lay back and think of the sweet graft! ~ hOUT3 at July 17, 2021 09:53 PM (hOUT3)
Posted by: Miklos, en garde at July 17, 2021 09:51 PM (QzkSJ)
Sadly, no, but I do have a savage parry four.
Posted by: Dr. Washington Nearsider, single and SuperStraight at July 17, 2021 09:53 PM (cvNl1)
Whatever you do, do not do a search for, Lemon Party.
I have I warned you because I care.
Posted by: Thomas Bender
*glare*
Posted by: 82 year old vixen jonesing for a Red Lobster Admiral's Feast at July 17, 2021 09:53 PM (QzkSJ)
Posted by: Widespread Pepe at July 17, 2021 09:53 PM (Oo9rt)
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar ~ Lay back and think of the sweet graft! ~ hOUT3 at July 17, 2021 09:53 PM (hOUT3)
Posted by: Hawaii at July 17, 2021 09:53 PM (mf+Bs)
Posted by: Funsize (EiPf6) at July 17, 2021 09:53 PM (EiPf6)
Posted by: Alabama at July 17, 2021 09:54 PM (4fSQf)
however, the benefit of age and experience would be a hug benefit if I were trying to find a girl these days.
first, you are going to need a swot analysis.
Posted by: confederatefifth at July 17, 2021 09:54 PM (UAm+t)
Posted by: AT and T at July 17, 2021 09:54 PM (EughT)
Posted by: Bruce Jenner at July 17, 2021 09:54 PM (UJR7Q)
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at July 17, 2021 09:54 PM (aA3+G)
Posted by: Funsize (EiPf6) at July 17, 2021 09:55 PM (EiPf6)
I've asked but never gotten an answer to the question:
"So what year's climate do you want to dial it back to?"
If AGW means that every action we take is unnatural and leads to worsening but never improving conditions, then what year is their perfect year so we can understand what exactly were the conditions.
Knowing these Malthusians, they will want to have a mass kill-off to achieve the same population level of their fanciful year of perfection.
Posted by: Reuben Hick at July 17, 2021 09:55 PM (ttCqp)
Posted by: Funsize (EiPf6) at July 17, 2021 09:53 PM (EiPf6)
Isn't it always :-)
Posted by: Dr. Washington Nearsider, single and SuperStraight at July 17, 2021 09:55 PM (cvNl1)
Posted by: Eromero at July 17, 2021 09:52 PM (0OP+5)
Surely, you have Bailey's for the coffee?
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar ~ Lay back and think of the sweet graft! ~ hOUT3 at July 17, 2021 09:55 PM (hOUT3)
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I thought there was experimental evidence a few years ago at CERN that gamma radiation controls cloud formation, which is the main driver of temperature variation.
I might have misunderstood whether that was proof or not. But I know they conducted the experiment.
Posted by: Dave in Fla (5p7BC) at July 17, 2021 09:55 PM (5p7BC)
Posted by: callsign claymore at July 17, 2021 09:55 PM (p0TaU)
Posted by: confederatefifth
FMCG?
*Fast Moving Consumable Gunstuff*
Posted by: Miklos, thinking logistics at July 17, 2021 09:55 PM (QzkSJ)
Posted by: Funsize (EiPf6) at July 17, 2021 09:55 PM (EiPf6)
It's late, I'll give you a pass, but ONLY for tonight!
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar ~ Lay back and think of the sweet graft! ~ hOUT3 at July 17, 2021 09:56 PM (hOUT3)
And like some people attract mosquitoes no matter what they do, I'm a crazy woman bug zapper.
Posted by: Alabama at July 17, 2021 09:56 PM (4fSQf)
Posted by: klaftern at July 17, 2021 09:56 PM (r4sI4)
Posted by: Zettai
"First"?
You're doing it wrong.
Posted by: mindful webworker - simultaneity is the key at July 17, 2021 09:56 PM (xdNUT)
*Fast Moving Consumable Gunstuff*
Posted by: M
things that start with a "Z" for $100.
and things that distribute "Fast Moving Consumable Gunstuff"
Posted by: confederatefifth at July 17, 2021 09:57 PM (UAm+t)
Posted by: Reuben Hick
But you should totally take the vaccine they're offering you, because they totes care about your health.
Posted by: Prince Ludwig the Deplorable at July 17, 2021 09:57 PM (mf+Bs)
"Stopped due to idiotic gunfire incident perpetrated by criminals with obviously illegally possessed firearms in a jurisdiction with hilariously unconstitutional draconian gun laws"
Just a suggestion.
Posted by: rhomboid (OTzUX) at July 17, 2021 09:57 PM (OTzUX)
With the exception of a couple of weeks here or there, I've livid with a women for 40 years.
I met a girl when I was 18 and we just started living together, haven't stopped living together.
Don't intend to stop living together.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at July 17, 2021 09:57 PM (mu7kg)
Posted by: callsign claymore
Vegas has a tenderloin district?
Posted by: Some Rat in the Swamp at July 17, 2021 09:58 PM (r1z5A)
Looks like I won't be going back to my local Irish pub for quite some time. Won't go into much detail except to say that I won't be having my usual Sunday Morning Book Thread hangover for as long as I can see.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at July 17, 2021 09:58 PM (2JVJo)
Posted by: Oddbob at July 17, 2021 09:59 PM (nfrXX)
Posted by: callsign claymore
Vegas has a tenderloin district?
Posted by: Some Rat in the Swamp at July 17, 2021 09:58
They do now.
Posted by: Alabama at July 17, 2021 09:59 PM (4fSQf)
Posted by: sharon(willow's apprentice) at July 17, 2021 09:59 PM (sd8p8)
Posted by: callsign claymore at July 17, 2021 09:55 PM (p0TaU)
Obama should run for president of Haiti. He might even be less of a fuckup than the predecessors.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 17, 2021 09:59 PM (UJR7Q)
Posted by: Funsize (EiPf6) at July 17, 2021 09:59 PM (EiPf6)
Posted by: Miklos, on behalf of the Noble Srbian Ppl
"Gadsby" would have been a great sock for that comment.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at July 17, 2021 09:59 PM (2JVJo)
Posted by: Prince Ludwig the Deplorable
Next they'll be putting flouride in the drinking water.
Posted by: Gen Jack D. Miklos-Ripper at July 17, 2021 10:00 PM (QzkSJ)
Posted by: Emmie at July 17, 2021 10:00 PM (Hrwnm)
Posted by: rhomboid (OTzUX) at July 17, 2021 10:00 PM (OTzUX)
fat or fit, handsome or ugly, rich or not, then start setting goals.
everybody here should have the wherewithl to find a mate or fuckbuddy /ette whatever.
Posted by: confederatefifth at July 17, 2021 10:00 PM (UAm+t)
My (as yet unanswered) question has always been:
What is the correct temperature for a perfect earth?
Followed by "Where and at what time of year is that ideal temperature referenced?"
Followed by "What is your historical source data for the 70% of the earth that oid covered with water?"
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar ~ Lay back and think of the sweet graft! ~ hOUT3 at July 17, 2021 10:00 PM (hOUT3)
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically P
"Gadsby" is always great.
Until he isn't.
Posted by: F. Scott Miklos at July 17, 2021 10:01 PM (QzkSJ)
Posted by: Cymru Moronau at July 17, 2021 10:01 PM (DMUuz)
I'm so old I remember when just calling out of state was $extra.
Posted by: mindful webworker - and the operator said forty cents more for the next three minutes... at July 17, 2021 09:14 PM (xdNUT)
I'm so old I get the joke that goes:
You're mother-in-law wants to talk to you 'in person!'
'In person? I don't even want to talk to her person-to-person'
Posted by: Anonymous Guy in California at July 17, 2021 10:01 PM (7SwmH)
Posted by: sharon(willow's apprentice) at July 17, 2021 10:01 PM (sd8p8)
Posted by: Widespread Pepe at July 17, 2021 10:02 PM (Oo9rt)
Posted by: rhomboid (OTzUX) at July 17, 2021 10:02 PM (OTzUX)
Posted by: rhomboid (OTzUX) at July 17, 2021 10:00 PM (OTzUX)
Rules are rules
Posted by: Alabama at July 17, 2021 10:02 PM (4fSQf)
Posted by: Prince Ludwig the Deplorable
Next they'll be putting flouride in the drinking water.
Duh... its to act as a catalyst with the chemtrails.
Do I really have to explain everything?
Posted by: Reuben Hick at July 17, 2021 10:02 PM (ttCqp)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
Haitians might not be down with a dude married to a tranny.
Posted by: Prince Ludwig the Deplorable at July 17, 2021 10:02 PM (mf+Bs)
Posted by: callsign claymore at July 17, 2021 10:02 PM (p0TaU)
It cost $200.00.
Good luck.
Posted by: Braenyard at July 17, 2021 10:03 PM (ezSUn)
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at July 17, 2021 09:59 PM (2JVJo)
MPPP, my gd sr "Gdsby", I am disspntd!
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar ~ Lay back and think of the sweet graft! ~ hOUT3 at July 17, 2021 10:03 PM (hOUT3)
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at July 17, 2021 10:03 PM (OU+8W)
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at July 17, 2021 09:58 PM (2JVJo)
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Mask idiocy or political discussion gone horribly awry?
Posted by: All Hail Eris, Sans-Culottes (except for the Book Thread) at July 17, 2021 10:03 PM (Dc2NZ)
Yes, indeed.
Which is why I say I have no advice to offer, I can't explain why this happened the way it did other than, it was arranged by The Arranger.
And I thank him everyday for smiling on me.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at July 17, 2021 10:03 PM (mu7kg)
Posted by: Miklos, on behalf of the Noble Srbian Ppl
N cn d, nfrtntly
Posted by: Cymru Moronau
here
o a o uouae
Posted by: confederatefifth at July 17, 2021 10:03 PM (UAm+t)
Posted by: Infidel at July 17, 2021 10:04 PM (dYrVA)
Posted by: Cymru Moronau
Careful there.
Don't claim something's infurtant unless it's REALLY Infurtant.
Posted by: Miklos, linguistically cunning at July 17, 2021 10:04 PM (QzkSJ)
Posted by: sharon(willow's apprentice) at July 17, 2021 10:04 PM (sd8p8)
Posted by: Infidel at July 17, 2021 10:04 PM (dYrVA
And that's the rub, isn't it? It's the sometimes...
Posted by: Dr. Washington Nearsider, single and SuperStraight at July 17, 2021 10:05 PM (cvNl1)
(kind of a mad-lib thing here)
Posted by: rhomboid (OTzUX) at July 17, 2021 10:05 PM (OTzUX)
Posted by: confederatefifth at July 17, 2021 10:03 PM (UAm+t)
Loose vowels? Try a shot of laudanum.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 17, 2021 10:05 PM (UJR7Q)
o a o uouae
Posted by: confederatefifth at July 17, 2021 10:03 PM (UAm+t
Wll, smne s rch nd wllng t flnt t.
Posted by: Alabama at July 17, 2021 10:06 PM (4fSQf)
Posted by: sharon(willow's apprentice) at July 17, 2021 09:49 PM (sd8p
Let me write a reco here. I first met Sharon at one of the Trump rallies. And THEORETICALLY she might have been at the Capitol on January 6 if saying such a thing wouldn't get one jailed. But in theory, she's the sort of person who would have gone to such a thing. And she's got gubs. As in plural. And she's a really nice lady and an ette and I have had dinner with her 3 times I think! Not dates, obviously, as sra blaster has been there each time. But, anyway, if you are in the DC area and a decent sort (so the caveat here is there are at least a handful of DC area morons who would be really peeved if you weren't).
Posted by: blaster at July 17, 2021 10:06 PM (4q7lA)
Posted by: Thomas Bender at July 17, 2021 09:57 PM (mu7kg)
Good on you, and do not change a thing, you are blessed beyond belief!
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar ~ Lay back and think of the sweet graft! ~ hOUT3 at July 17, 2021 10:06 PM (hOUT3)
Posted by: rhomboid (OTzUX) at July 17, 2021 10:06 PM (OTzUX)
297 Who does cardio at 11 pm? Or was tha a euphemism?
Posted by: sharon(willow's apprentice) at July 17, 2021 10:04 PM (sd8p
If it wasn't before, it is now.
Posted by: Alabama at July 17, 2021 10:06 PM (4fSQf)
Posted by: Infidel at July 17, 2021 10:06 PM (dYrVA)
Posted by: callsign claymore
Cool!
I should send Amazon Gift Cards, rite?
Posted by: Miklos, despite having his own freakin' University at July 17, 2021 10:07 PM (QzkSJ)
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at July 17, 2021 10:03 PM (OU+8W)
W b fne!
Hw r y?
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar ~ Lay back and think of the sweet graft! ~ hOUT3 at July 17, 2021 10:07 PM (hOUT3)
Antifa burned it down, huh?
Posted by: Reuben Hick at July 17, 2021 10:07 PM (ttCqp)
>>40 years is a long time to be livid..
40 years of good home cooking will give you fat fingers that will cause you to hit a d instead of g.
Damn, this food, damn it straight to hell!!!!
Posted by: Thomas Bender at July 17, 2021 10:07 PM (mu7kg)
Posted by: callsign claymor
Can you get me one from Sir William Blackstone?
Posted by: Prince Ludwig the Deplorable at July 17, 2021 10:08 PM (mf+Bs)
Posted by: sharon(willow's apprentice) at July 17, 2021 10:08 PM (sd8p8)
Posted by: rhomboid
When the Canadians started that midnight hockey program, crime rates plunged.
Posted by: Some Rat in the Swamp at July 17, 2021 10:08 PM (r1z5A)
Posted by: Infidel at July 17, 2021 10:06 PM (dYrVA)
You can click my link if you just want some company.
That goes for most of you crazy kids. I know how dark we can get with ourselves. Reach out if you need to.
Posted by: Dr. Washington Nearsider, single and SuperStraight at July 17, 2021 10:08 PM (cvNl1)
Posted by: sharon(willow's apprentice) at July 17, 2021 10:09 PM (sd8p8)
Never mind. You said nice.
Posted by: t-bird at July 17, 2021 10:09 PM (AytXr)
Posted by: sharon(willow's apprentice) at July 17, 2021 10:04 PM (sd8p
I'm naturally a night owl; in college I would often go to the dorm's gym at 2 in the morning.
Posted by: Vendette at July 17, 2021 10:09 PM (c/+Rn)
Posted by: sharon(willow's apprentice) at July 17, 2021 10:09 PM (sd8p
Oddly enough the blog isn't her venue but she loves people IRL
Posted by: blaster at July 17, 2021 10:10 PM (4q7lA)
Posted by: rhomboid
Beer league plays uber late here, too.
Posted by: Dr. Washington Nearsider, single and SuperStraight at July 17, 2021 10:10 PM (cvNl1)
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at July 17, 2021 10:10 PM (OU+8W)
Posted by: ghost of hallelujah (sJHOI) at July 17, 2021 10:10 PM (sJHOI)
Posted by: Some Rat in the Swamp
Tim Horton's was behind that.
Made out like bandits.
Posted by: Miklos, Honorary Hoser at July 17, 2021 10:10 PM (QzkSJ)
It cost $200.00.
Good luck.
Five bucks at Amazon, or twenty minutes work after midnight if borrowing your neighbors.
Posted by: Reuben Hick at July 17, 2021 10:10 PM (ttCqp)
Got hammered last Saturday, lost balance and fell down in front of people who, I found out today, were from the Licensing Committee. Went in and, after my first, was told by the bartender (who apologized) that she now had orders to cut me off after six beers. So I paid for the one and went home, feeling angry and embarrassed at myself.
And, since I don't care to subject myself to any sneering lectures from the bar owner or manager, am just going to stay away. Frankly, the only thing they'll miss is my money, so. . .
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at July 17, 2021 10:11 PM (2JVJo)
Posted by: Funsize (EiPf6) at July 17, 2021 10:12 PM (EiPf6)
Posted by: Infidel at July 17, 2021 10:12 PM (dYrVA)
Waaay back then there was a great little column in the New Yorker (back when it was actually very good). NYC guy who played rec league wrote it. Every bit of it rang true. Best part - he wrote you could always tell when the girlfriends became wives - because you never saw them at games again. Absolutely effing accurate. Read it to the locker room and everyone roared.
I recall some Mondays in the fall were, well, long days. Language class at FSI at 7AM. Full day of work. Language class at another place from 6-9PM. Then, a game at 11:45. I remember laughing to myself as I drove home from the game - "well, I got every bit I could out of THIS day".
Posted by: rhomboid (OTzUX) at July 17, 2021 10:12 PM (OTzUX)
Posted by: Infidel at July 17, 2021 10:13 PM (dYrVA)
Posted by: Alabama at July 17, 2021 10:14 PM (4fSQf)
Posted by: blaster at July 17, 2021 10:14 PM (4q7lA)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at July 17, 2021 10:14 PM (63Dwl)
Posted by: Infidel at July 17, 2021 10:13 PM (dYrVA)
WashingtonNearsider at the gee place
Posted by: Dr. Washington Nearsider, single and SuperStraight at July 17, 2021 10:15 PM (cvNl1)
Posted by: rhomboid (OTzUX) at July 17, 2021 10:15 PM (OTzUX)
Posted by: Alabama at July 17, 2021 10:14 PM (4fSQf)
Clearly, they were insurrectionists trying desperately to discredit the many achievements of Team BiDung!
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar ~ Lay back and think of the sweet graft! ~ hOUT3 at July 17, 2021 10:15 PM (hOUT3)
Posted by: rhomboid (OTzUX) at July 17, 2021 10:15 PM (OTzUX)
Posted by: Alabama
That should help attendance.
Posted by: Some Rat in the Swamp at July 17, 2021 10:16 PM (r1z5A)
Well, this will be fun!
Posted by: blaster at July 17, 2021 10:16 PM (4q7lA)
Posted by: Dr. Washington Nearsider, single and SuperStraight at July 17, 2021 10:16 PM (cvNl1)
Posted by: blaster at July 17, 2021 10:14 PM (4q7lA)
Stupidity boundaries do not seem to be a "concept" for the truly woke!
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar ~ Lay back and think of the sweet graft! ~ hOUT3 at July 17, 2021 10:17 PM (hOUT3)
Posted by: rhomboid (OTzUX) at July 17, 2021 10:15 PM (OTzUX)
I'm familiar. I'm certain I've played at the rink in question. As a goalie, even if I'm not on a particular team, I get asked to sub all over the area.
Posted by: Dr. Washington Nearsider, single and SuperStraight at July 17, 2021 10:17 PM (cvNl1)
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar ~ Lay back and think of the sweet graft! ~ hOUT3 at July 17, 2021 10:17 PM (hOUT3)
What's that they say? Difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has limits?
Posted by: blaster at July 17, 2021 10:18 PM (4q7lA)
Posted by: Doof at July 17, 2021 10:18 PM (mZUr4)
Haven't been in contact with the likely suspects here lately, but waiting patiently for someone to chirp "hey how about those Padres!!!!" so I can give them a blank, hamster-like look.
Posted by: rhomboid (OTzUX) at July 17, 2021 10:18 PM (OTzUX)
I know that this is a bit early for the Book Thread, but there is a great little book titled "From Barbarians to Bureaucrats" that walk through the stages of a kitchen table company to something like Boeing.
BRCC is trying to make the transition from Entrepreneur to Professionally Managed. Their idiot founder shot his mouth off because he is not a professional, and the "co-ceo" is the one left cleaning up the mess.
I never bought their overpriced product because I know grift when I see it, but someone in another forum said that recently they recently removed the silhouette of a rifle from the packaging.
This leads me to think that they are going after ESG money and the company is going to be making a transition.
Posted by: Reuben Hick at July 17, 2021 10:19 PM (ttCqp)
Black Rifle Coffee good to the last cuck.
Posted by: rcocean at July 17, 2021 10:20 PM (evE25)
Posted by: rhomboid (OTzUX) at July 17, 2021 10:20 PM (OTzUX)
But its DC. They put out the word that they really aren't into like policing or anything. And strangely, crime has gone nuts.
Posted by: blaster at July 17, 2021 10:20 PM (4q7lA)
Posted by: Jimco Industries at July 17, 2021 10:21 PM (buTO7)
I thought of that. The problem is that this happened before a big event that the owners are helping to sponsor, so I am sure if either of them came in I would get a nasty lecture about what a bad position I put them in and how it makes them look like they can't control customers and so on.
It's easier not to go. As I said, I'm pissed at myself more than anything else.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at July 17, 2021 10:21 PM (2JVJo)
Posted by: sharon(willow's apprentice) at July 17, 2021 10:21 PM (sd8p8)
Same problem years ago, but it was a Sunday not Saturday, and was at church...
Posted by: Reuben Hick at July 17, 2021 10:21 PM (ttCqp)
Posted by: rhomboid (OTzUX) at July 17, 2021 10:21 PM (OTzUX)
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at July 17, 2021 10:21 PM (2JVJo)
Posted by: Reuben Hick at July 17, 2021 10:19 PM (ttCqp)
As I understand it they have taken PE money and that has certainly informed their wokeness.
Posted by: blaster at July 17, 2021 10:22 PM (4q7lA)
This leads me to think that they are going after ESG money and the company is going to be making a transition.
Posted by: Reuben Hick
Everybody's doin' it. Doin' it. Doin' it
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at July 17, 2021 10:22 PM (63Dwl)
But its DC. They put out the word that they really aren't into like policing or anything. And strangely, crime has gone nuts.
Posted by: blaster at July 17, 2021 10:20 PM (4q7lA)
Just come up the road a bit to Camden Yards. Better ballpark and more murders!
Posted by: Doof at July 17, 2021 10:22 PM (mZUr4)
Posted by: rhomboid (OTzUX) at July 17, 2021 10:20 PM (OTzUX)
I generally keep my save percentage above .900, but more than that is rare.
Still get calls though. A sorta decent goalie is better than no goalie, I guess.
Posted by: Dr. Washington Nearsider, single and SuperStraight at July 17, 2021 10:22 PM (cvNl1)
Posted by: rhomboid (OTzUX) at July 17, 2021 10:23 PM (OTzUX)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at July 17, 2021 10:23 PM (63Dwl)
Posted by: All Hail Eris, Sans-Culottes (except for the Book Thread) at July 17, 2021 10:23 PM (Dc2NZ)
Posted by: Dave in Fla
Naw. Gamma radiation causes Hulks.
Take this with a shaker of salt: I learned in Geology class in HS & college, last millennium, that the main ice age cycle is about 25,000 years, cold to warm to cold. According to those hard-to-argue-with geologic strata.
In recent years, I learned from Professor Internet, that cosmic rays (which the Fantastic Four got their powers from) are the main driver of cloud formation. Our sun produces cosmic rays and has its effect, but our solar system also cycles near a big cluster of stars, about every 25,000 years. Coinkydink? I think knot.
Also we are about half-way through the cycle, heading back to the ice side. But, all we have to do is change the orbit of the solar system in the galaxy. EZ PZ.
Posted by: mindful webworker - comic radiation at July 17, 2021 10:23 PM (xdNUT)
Posted by: irright at July 17, 2021 10:23 PM (BB7pQ)
Posted by: BackwardsBoy - Psychos Rule! No, really. They're in charge now. (HaL55) at July 17, 2021 10:23 PM (HaL55)
Posted by: Jimco Industries
Well, God bless Micky Ds, their cherry pie does indeed contain A cherry.
Posted by: Some Rat in the Swamp at July 17, 2021 10:23 PM (r1z5A)
Posted by: rhomboid (OTzUX) at July 17, 2021 10:24 PM (OTzUX)
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at July 17, 2021 10:21 PM (2JVJo)
That sounds frustrating. I'm still trying to find a bar to become a regular in.
Maybe give it a week or two, let the event pass, then just head back in?
Posted by: Dr. Washington Nearsider, single and SuperStraight at July 17, 2021 10:24 PM (cvNl1)
Posted by: Infidel at July 17, 2021 10:24 PM (dYrVA)
Posted by: rhomboid (OTzUX) at July 17, 2021 10:25 PM (OTzUX)
Posted by: sharon(willow's apprentice) at July 17, 2021 10:21 PM (sd8p
You asked for it!
https://youtu.be/n34s98WpwJg
Posted by: Doof at July 17, 2021 10:25 PM (mZUr4)
Posted by: Infidel at July 17, 2021 10:24 PM (dYrVA)
Nite. My offer stands if you choose.
Posted by: Dr. Washington Nearsider, single and SuperStraight at July 17, 2021 10:26 PM (cvNl1)
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect
Someone drunk in an Irish bar?
These are truly the End Times.
Posted by: Miklos O'Miklos, reasonably entertaining drunk at July 17, 2021 10:26 PM (QzkSJ)
Posted by: rhomboid (OTzUX) at July 17, 2021 10:23 PM (OTzUX)
Southeast. And ON the Anacostia, not technically IN Anacostia, as that is east of the river, and the park is on the west side of it, more properly Navy Yard.
Posted by: blaster at July 17, 2021 10:26 PM (4q7lA)
Posted by: rhomboid (OTzUX) at July 17,
Can. Confirm.
Posted by: Dr. Washington Nearsider, single and SuperStraight at July 17, 2021 10:26 PM (cvNl1)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 17, 2021 10:27 PM (mht8P)
Posted by: qdpsteve at July 17, 2021 10:27 PM (L2ZTs)
https://youtu.be/n34s98WpwJg
Posted by: Doof
When Doof's around, you gotta Look Sharp
Posted by: Miklos, steppin' out at July 17, 2021 10:27 PM (QzkSJ)
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at July 17, 2021 10:21 PM (2JVJo)
No apologies necessary, MP4 -- we're here for ya!!
Posted by: Doof at July 17, 2021 10:29 PM (mZUr4)
Posted by: Miklos, steppin' out at July 17, 2021 10:27 PM (QzkSJ)
You have completed the Joe Jackson trifecta!
Posted by: Doof at July 17, 2021 10:30 PM (mZUr4)
Lookit, I look out for my friends. And maybe down the road, those friends donate to my pal Anthony's research lab in Wuhan.
You know, curing bat diseases and stuff.
Nothing sadder than a sick bat.
Posted by: callsign claymore at July 17, 2021 10:30 PM (p0TaU)
Posted by: blaster at July 17, 2021 10:22 PM (4q7lA)
A couple of observations:
First. Seems to me there will be a ready market for T-shirts mocking BRCC. Maybe with an image of a limp dick?
Second: Someone needs to start a "Red Rifle Coffee Company" with a red silhouette of an AK47. "The Reds made great rifles, but they never had enough coffee, because Communism sucks. We make great coffee because we aren't Woke Fools."
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 17, 2021 10:31 PM (UJR7Q)
Will repeat one. Back then (late 80s), height of the crack warz under the leadership of Mayor Barely, there was a pioneering bar/comedy club down at about (?) 10th and Penn Ave SE on the Hill. Anyway, their main comic had a good line.
"Directions to get here are very easy. Drive past the Capitol, on Pennsylvania Ave., until you get REAL scared. Then, look right, here we are."
Posted by: rhomboid (OTzUX) at July 17, 2021 10:31 PM (OTzUX)
Posted by: Sheriff Bart at July 17, 2021 10:32 PM (N6Gqp)
Posted by: Alabama at July 17, 2021 10:14 PM (4fSQf)
MPD is saying three, although the media is saying four. It was a shootout between occupants of two vehicles on South Capitol Street and they kept going. One of the cars has been found. A female who had been attending the game and was outside the stadium was caught in the crossfire.
Posted by: Vendette at July 17, 2021 10:32 PM (c/+Rn)
Posted by: 496 at July 17, 2021 10:33 PM (U1eOr)
One factor in increased flooding is increases in paved area. Water that used to soak into the ground runs off pavement instead This is an issue in much of the world.
Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at July 17, 2021 10:33 PM (2iDSr)
Same problem years ago, but it was a Sunday not Saturday, and was at church...
Posted by: Reuben Hick at July 17, 2021 10:21 PM (ttCqp)
Shane MacGowan could write a song about you
Posted by: ghost of hallelujah (sJHOI) at July 17, 2021 10:33 PM (sJHOI)
Posted by: Jimco Industries
Well, God bless Micky Ds, their cherry pie does indeed contain A cherry.
Posted by: Some Rat in the Swamp at July 17, 2021 10:23 PM (r1z5A)
Some of those food scams might just be poor quality control. Like the muffin with the single raisin, or cookies with one chip. Maybe the supply of chips ran out, but the dough machine kept spewing out cookies.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 17, 2021 10:34 PM (UJR7Q)
They no longer have a phone number. I have an app now and can messenger them (or Twitter if I did that).
Sigh.
It felt very strange not to be lurking. I'm sure you noticed. :-) haha
Posted by: Iris at July 17, 2021 10:34 PM (6lKe4)
Posted by: sharon(willow's apprentice) at July 17, 2021 10:34 PM (sd8p8)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at July 17, 2021 10:35 PM (63Dwl)
Posted by: qdpsteve at July 17, 2021 10:35 PM (L2ZTs)
Posted by: callsign claymore at July 17, 2021 10:35 PM (p0TaU)
And now you know my deep dark fears about hanging out in a bar.
Posted by: Iris at July 17, 2021 10:35 PM (6lKe4)
They no longer have a phone number. I have an app now and can messenger them (or Twitter if I did that).
Sigh.
It felt very strange not to be lurking. I'm sure you noticed. :-) haha
Posted by: I
when we had nextel we had some issues with their service , when we called the tech guys, they billed us for the time and when we called the payments department fo dispute the charge, they biilled us again.
Posted by: confederatefifth at July 17, 2021 10:35 PM (UAm+t)
Posted by: sharon(willow's apprentice) at July 17, 2021 10:34 PM (sd8p
"My bad! Too many pre-game refried beans."
- Tommy Lasorda
Posted by: qdpsteve at July 17, 2021 10:36 PM (L2ZTs)
Posted by: Iris at July 17, 2021 10:34 PM (6lKe4)
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Indeed.
What were you wearing?
Posted by: Bob Filner, Graduate, Encounter Groups of Cleveland at July 17, 2021 10:36 PM (N6Gqp)
Posted by: sharon(willow's apprentice) at July 17, 2021 10:34 PM (sd8p
Wasn't that a plot line in Naked Gun involving Reggie Jackson and the queen??
Posted by: Doof at July 17, 2021 10:37 PM (mZUr4)
neighborhood better. And it worked. Pour a billion dollars or so into
an area, it gets a little nicer.
But its DC. They put out the word that they really aren't into like
policing or anything. And strangely, crime has gone nuts.
Posted by: blaster at July 17, 2021 10:20 PM (4q7lA)
It's not in Anacostia. While it's in SE DC because it's on the SE side of South Capitol Street it's in the area commonly known as the Navy Yard. The area of DC known as Anacostia is across the Anacostia River from the ballpark.
Posted by: Vendette at July 17, 2021 10:37 PM (c/+Rn)
Posted by: sharon(willow's apprentice) at July 17, 2021 10:37 PM (sd8p8)
I REALLY wish we lived closer to each other...
Posted by: qdpsteve at July 17, 2021 10:37 PM (L2ZTs)
I don't think you can avoid woke these days, which means the product just doesn't matter. It just doesn't matter. It just doesn't matter.
Posted by: klaftern at July 17, 2021 10:38 PM (r4sI4)
I'll very very disappointed if the wealthy cretins who play this kids' game don't come out with heartfelt statements drenched in solidarity and ally-ship*.
And would it be asking too much for a huge BLM logo replacing all the team logos on the jerseys? And FFS, play the Black National Anthem.
* not sure, think this is one of the stupid made-up terms used by the illiterate racist garbage that staff the Rassismusgleichschaltung operations now befouling the country's institutions
Posted by: rhomboid (OTzUX) at July 17, 2021 10:38 PM (OTzUX)
Posted by: ghost of hallelujah (sJHOI) at July 17, 2021 10:38 PM (sJHOI)
Well that stinks. I got a refund and one for an upcoming maintenance outage 1am to 6am Monday.
And they called me a "valued customer". Which is funny because they do everything they can to NOT speak to me with a person.
Posted by: Iris at July 17, 2021 10:39 PM (6lKe4)
Explains why EVERY fucking new company has to toe the line.
Posted by: qdpsteve at July 17, 2021 10:39 PM (L2ZTs)
Posted by: Anonymous Guy in California at July 17, 2021 10:39 PM (7SwmH)
Posted by: qdpsteve at July 17, 2021 10:39 PM (L2ZTs)
Posted by: ghost of hallelujah (sJHOI) at July 17, 2021 10:38 PM (sJHOI)
---------
Yep. You can be fat and lonely.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at July 17, 2021 10:39 PM (N6Gqp)
Posted by: ghost of hallelujah
Being lonely in Philadelphia?
Posted by: W. C. "Miklos" Fields at July 17, 2021 10:40 PM (QzkSJ)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at July 17, 2021 10:39 PM (N6Gqp)
*runs away crying*
Posted by: qdpsteve at July 17, 2021 10:40 PM (L2ZTs)
And they called me a "valued customer". Which is funny because they do everything they can to NOT speak to me with a person.
Posted by: I
Posted by: confederatefifth at July 17, 2021 10:40 PM (UAm+t)
Posted by: Iris at July 17, 2021 10:40 PM (6lKe4)
Posted by: 496 at July 17, 2021 10:33 PM (U1eOr)
1) I'm glad I'm not the only one who has trouble with the keyboard
2) A coworker who was a twin confided that when they were teens - if one had a date and didn't feel like going out -they'd substitute......
3) Made a mental note to never date a twin if I ever became single again
Posted by: Anonymous Guy in California at July 17, 2021 10:41 PM (7SwmH)
Posted by: ghost of hallelujah (sJHOI) at July 17, 2021 10:41 PM (sJHOI)
Posted by: confederatefifth at July 17, 2021 10:41 PM (UAm+t)
The funny thing is I wasn't alone. I was having a grand time with a friend of mine when I just lost my balance and hit the floor. And of course, it would be that night that the alcohol board was in the house.
I'll be curious if anyone gets in touch after a few weeks and asks why I haven't been around. I suppose this means cutting down, since I don't like drinking at home. I never have.
Anyway, I suppose I should take a shower and go t bed. I've been up since 3 am.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at July 17, 2021 10:41 PM (2JVJo)
Yeah, host cousin crapped a load when he got the phone bill, all $700 of it in 2002 dollars.
Posted by: Cicero Kaboom! Kid at July 17, 2021 10:41 PM (n/szn)
Posted by: ghost of hallelujah (sJHOI) at July 17, 2021 10:38 PM (sJHOI)
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Yep. You can be fat and lonely.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at July 17, 2021 10:39 PM (N6Gqp)
And ugly.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at July 17, 2021 10:42 PM (2JVJo)
Posted by: Iris at July 17, 2021 10:42 PM (6lKe4)
Posted by: 496 at July 17, 2021 10:33 PM (U1eOr)
1) I'm glad I'm not the only one who has trouble with the keyboard
2) A coworker who was a twin confided that when they were teens - if one had a date and didn't feel like going out -they'd substitute......
3) Made a mental note to never date a twin if I ever became single again
Posted by: A
that has to be unpleasant when they are not the same sex
Posted by: confederatefifth at July 17, 2021 10:42 PM (UAm+t)
Posted by: Cicero Kaboom!
Hope at least he got the Complimentary Moldovan Citizenship.
Posted by: Miklosdolvan at July 17, 2021 10:43 PM (QzkSJ)
Posted by: Muldoon at July 17, 2021 10:44 PM (Xwt96)
So....this afternoon, I get a call from a friend, and he asks, "What did you get for the Mustang and the Studebaker?" Me, "Nothing yet. There's a guy dickering on them." Him, "well, they were up on Fecesbook Maggotplace for $4900 and $700, or thereabouts." Me, "You sure they are my cars?" "Yep, your yard is very recognizable in the pics. But the ads have now been taken down." Which seems to be the case. I searched their car ads from my computer here, and didn't see my cars.
I'm not out any money, and still have the cars. I don't even mind if a guy buys them cheap from, and then turns around and flips them. But trying to sell shit you don't even own is a little shifty, if you ask me.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 17, 2021 10:45 PM (UJR7Q)
***
I'm not in the habit of granting muldoonian citizenship to just anyone...
Posted by: Muldoon at July 17, 2021 10:45 PM (Xwt96)
2) A coworker who was a twin confided that when they were teens - if
one had a date and didn't feel like going out -they'd substitute......
3) Made a mental note to never date a twin if I ever became single again
Posted by: Anonymous Guy in California at July 17, 2021 10:41 PM (7SwmH)
Date a fraternal twin, then. I know anyone my twin sister dated would know right quick if she substituted me in, unless the guy was a dumb as a rock.
Posted by: Vendette at July 17, 2021 10:45 PM (c/+Rn)
Posted by: Muldoon
Mark Clark was arguably the worst US general of WWII, if one excludes the forgotten Fredendall.
Posted by: Miklosian History Opinions LLC at July 17, 2021 10:45 PM (QzkSJ)
Not sure why the NC Pisgah spot is referred to as 'close to Charlotte', it ain't, by a fur piece.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 17, 2021 10:46 PM (UMXod)
They're pretty much saying they get freaky, here.
Posted by: somedood at July 17, 2021 10:46 PM (DS/kF)
Posted by: Haaawaaiiiaaan - with vowels to spare at July 17, 2021 10:47 PM (xdNUT)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 17, 2021 10:45 PM (UJR7Q)
Even if it's Gamestop stock??
Posted by: Doof at July 17, 2021 10:47 PM (mZUr4)
I'm not out any money, and still have the cars. I don't even mind if a guy buys them cheap from, and then turns around and flips them. But trying to sell shit you don't even own is a little shifty, if you ask me.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
That's really the "just in time" system!
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at July 17, 2021 10:47 PM (63Dwl)
Posted by: Miklosian History Opinions LLC
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*cough* Stilwell *cough*
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 17, 2021 10:47 PM (Lt1JN)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 17, 2021 10:45 PM (UJR7Q)
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Bro, do you even do arbitrage?
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at July 17, 2021 10:48 PM (N6Gqp)
Posted by: Anonymous Guy in California at July 17, 2021 10:48 PM (7SwmH)
Posted by: sharon(willow's apprentice) at July 17, 2021 10:48 PM (sd8p8)
Posted by: Iris at July 17, 2021 10:39 PM (6lKe4)
Friend of mine pointed out that computer technology has allowed almost all companies and establishments to effectively make you part of their staff by forcing you to wade through endless menus and option trees in the hope that you might finally get to a real person that can solve the problem in seconds while they lay off the one knowledgeable secretary/specialist that knows how to do things!!
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar - Your Fearless Leaders Have, and Deserve, Special Privileges! at July 17, 2021 10:49 PM (hOUT3)
Posted by: Mike Hammer
Heck, Pisgah is clear the other side of Mayberry!
Posted by: Miklos, practicing his whistling at July 17, 2021 10:49 PM (QzkSJ)
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Heh. The Masters of the Universe all turned out to be pigeons.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at July 17, 2021 10:49 PM (N6Gqp)
Not sure why the NC Pisgah spot is referred to as 'close to Charlotte', it ain't, by a fur piece.
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I noticed the same thing. Also, I hate these stories, most of my favorite campgrounds have been over run with new people in the last 2 years. Oh well, things change. Staying at a childhood favorite this week and it's mostly unchanged.
Posted by: BunkerintheBurbs at July 17, 2021 10:49 PM (Sze05)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 17, 2021 10:47 PM (Lt1JN)
The little fat kid from "A League of Their Own?"
Posted by: Pug Mahon, (x8Wzq) Unassuming Gentleman at July 17, 2021 10:49 PM (x8Wzq)
Posted by: Doof at July 17, 2021 10:47 PM (mZUr4)
Heh. To my mind, short selling is essentially fraud.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 17, 2021 10:50 PM (UJR7Q)
Posted by: BourbonChicken at July 17, 2021 10:50 PM (ybIRR)
Overall commander - Ike. Under him, the service commanders were all British - Alexander, Tedder, Cunningham. For forces in action, Montgomery and Patton.
Tidbits. Interesting incident early on, where US paratroopers and crews of the only Tiger tank unit on the island had an impromptu truce and wine-drinking session in a farmhouse (!). Also, an ugly tidbit. Serious war crime (murder of POWs) at a small airfield, by US troops. Two US personnel court martialed, one acquitted then KIA in Italian campaign, one convicted but released quickly. Ugly.
Overall, and sort of responding to your comments when we first talked about this - Sicily actually was a very big deal, in various respects: first big Allied operation against Festung Europa, first opposed landing and biggest amphib op in history to that time, reason Hitler pulled the plug on Citadel at Kursk. US forces got much more seasoned, and rolled out their amazing logistics capability, which caught Montgomery's attention and of course defined the campaign after Normandy.
Posted by: rhomboid (OTzUX) at July 17, 2021 10:50 PM (OTzUX)
Posted by: Madame Chiang in perfect colloquial English at July 17, 2021 10:51 PM (QzkSJ)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc.
Don't know how I feel about Stilwell...the guy was put in an almost impossible situation and lacked any kind of tact...
Posted by: Some Rat in the Swamp at July 17, 2021 10:52 PM (r1z5A)
Been by it once, so I'm probably wrong.
Posted by: Dave in Fla at July 17, 2021 10:52 PM (5p7BC)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at July 17, 2021 10:53 PM (N6Gqp)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 17, 2021 10:50 PM (UJR7Q)
Only if the peasants do it!
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar - Your Fearless Leaders Have, and Deserve, Special Privileges! at July 17, 2021 10:53 PM (hOUT3)
But that's to be seen as I start my next book, same author as the Sicily one.
I call Gen. Casey the Fredendall of the modern era, even though he was personable and smoked cigars.
Posted by: rhomboid (OTzUX) at July 17, 2021 10:55 PM (OTzUX)
*****
What was the deal with that? Inexperience annd panic or malevolence? How many PWs were killed?
Posted by: Muldoon at July 17, 2021 10:56 PM (Xwt96)
Plus, no TSA scope or grope to get on the bird.
Posted by: callsign claymore at July 17, 2021 10:56 PM (p0TaU)
Was just reading about Steven Spielberg's filmography. In his career, he's directed 34 full-length feature films (including his current project, titled The Fabelmans.)
How many of his flicks have people here seen? I counted and it looks like I've seen nine: Duel, Jaws, Close Encounters, 1941, Raiders, ET, Indy & Temple of Doom, Color Purple, Schindler's List.
Posted by: qdpsteve at July 17, 2021 10:56 PM (L2ZTs)
Fight me.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43)
Or D day +2 or Market Garden, or...
Posted by: Some Rat in the Swamp at July 17, 2021 10:57 PM (r1z5A)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at July 17, 2021 10:58 PM (N6Gqp)
Patton comes across as fairly paranoid and absurdly focused on unimportant matters, something I'll be remembering when I read his bios.
Posted by: rhomboid (OTzUX) at July 17, 2021 10:59 PM (OTzUX)
Posted by: qdpsteve at July 17, 2021 10:59 PM (L2ZTs)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at July 17, 2021 10:59 PM (N6Gqp)
Logistics was huge, and sort of a learn on the fly deal. Undoubtedly many lessons learned in Italy before the D-day landings.
Posted by: Muldoon at July 17, 2021 10:59 PM (Xwt96)
Posted by: qdpsteve at July 17, 2021 11:00 PM (L2ZTs)
Posted by: confederatefifth at July 17, 2021 11:00 PM (UAm+t)
Poltergeist, The Goonies, Back To The Future...
Posted by: qdpsteve at July 17, 2021 11:01 PM (L2ZTs)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 17, 2021 11:01 PM (z36Kd)
When first ordered by Patton, relevant airborne commander (Ridgway) immediately and ceaselessly begged to cancel it, for exactly the right reason - friendly fire from US fleet and units ashore. It was a night drop, and C-47s in the dark are easy to mistake for Ju-88s. At last minute Patton and staff saw the light and tried to cancel, but too late. Was a slaughter.
Posted by: rhomboid (OTzUX) at July 17, 2021 11:02 PM (OTzUX)
Posted by: qdpsteve at July 17, 2021 10:56 PM (L2ZTs)
I've seen 1941 two of the Raiders series, Jaws, Duel and that's it.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at July 17, 2021 11:02 PM (2JVJo)
Posted by: sharon(willow's apprentice) at July 17, 2021 11:03 PM (sd8p8)
Posted by: Muldoon at July 17, 2021 11:03 PM (Xwt96)
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at July 17, 2021 11:03 PM (89T5c)
he always finished the story with, "and then it was time for him (some trader) to open his window and think about his future, do not be him."
Posted by: confederatefifth at July 17, 2021 11:03 PM (UAm+t)
According to Wiki (granted not the greatest source), Spielberg even has a 'lost' film, Firelight, which was his first official feature in 1964. Supposedly some of the reels were stolen after the premiere. Then he also has some short films (including one from 1959), segments (Twilight Zone The Movie and Night Gallery), and TV (the Columbo pilot).
Posted by: qdpsteve at July 17, 2021 11:05 PM (L2ZTs)
That was from the era when Disney still knew how to crank out great entertainment.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at July 17, 2021 11:05 PM (N6Gqp)
And thanks for relating your dad's war experiences, very interesting to some of us.
Getting my WWII circuits buzzing, which is good - in the morning have an action rifle match, and the M1 (big one) and the other M1 (little one) will both be seeing action.
Posted by: rhomboid (OTzUX) at July 17, 2021 11:05 PM (OTzUX)
Posted by: qdpsteve at July 17, 2021 11:05 PM (L2ZTs)
Posted by: redc1c4 *OTUS Zhou Bai-Din Cheated & we all know it. at July 17, 2021 11:06 PM (vgnpr)
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory
******
What branch was he in? Did he go into Anzio?
Posted by: Muldoon at July 17, 2021 11:06 PM (Xwt96)
Posted by: qdpsteve at July 17, 2021 11:06 PM (L2ZTs)
Posted by: rhomboid (OTzUX) at July 17, 2021 11:07 PM (OTzUX)
Have a great nght everyone.Sweet dreams.
Posted by: sharon(willow's apprentice) at July 17, 2021 11:07 PM (sd8p8)
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at July 17, 2021 11:09 PM (89T5c)
Just before Torch, he actually went ashore from a sub in the Med to try and negotiate a deal with the Vichy French in North Africa in order to avoid opposition to the Allied invasion.
Pretty amazing, wilder than fiction stuff. Almost got discovered by local police who were not in on the deal. A not very well known event, and I'm not sure there was another like it in WWII.
Posted by: rhomboid (OTzUX) at July 17, 2021 11:10 PM (OTzUX)
*****
Ironic that the Brit forces held the left flank of the beachhead during the Sitzkrrieg phase, and were probably best positioned to secure Rome while the Yanks in the center and right of the line could have pushed inland. But it turned into a big horse race to Rome. My dad spent a bit of time up in air (small observation plane) during that phase and described a lot of chaos on the ground . At one point he and his pilot landed and found an Army officer totally lost, returned to get a map and flew it back out to get the guy current info. I should see if I can find that excerpt from the diary.
Posted by: Muldoon at July 17, 2021 11:12 PM (Xwt96)
mentione: Saving Private Ryan, Hook, Ready Player One, Bridge of Spies,
Jurassic Park...wow also Monority Report. I'm not a real movie buff but
amazed at how many I've seen and not even through the list.
Posted by: sharon(willow's apprentice) at July 17, 2021 11:03 PM (sd8p
If we are going by the IMDB list under Director, I have seen seventeen of them. Nothing in the last 15 or so years and very little of his early stuff. I didn't count movies I only saw parts of. Some of the movies not mentioned yet were Amistad, Munich, Empire of the Sun, and Catch me if you can.
Posted by: Quint at July 17, 2021 11:14 PM (F2/Ok)
Posted by: qdpsteve at July 17, 2021 11:15 PM (L2ZTs)
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory
Awesome. Was he a pilot or crew? Combat missions, fighters, bombers?
It's possible he could have coodinated with my dad who was in counterbattery Field Arrty, e.g. trying to pinpoint and take out Anzio Annie.
Posted by: Muldoon at July 17, 2021 11:15 PM (Xwt96)
https://tinyurl.com/trc4zcfa
Posted by: SMH at July 17, 2021 11:19 PM (G3r2q)
Posted by: Muldoon at July 17, 2021 11:19 PM (Xwt96)
mentione: Saving Private Ryan, Hook, Ready Player One, Bridge of Spies,
Jurassic Park...wow also Monority Report. I'm not a real movie buff but
amazed at how many I've seen and not even through the list.
Posted by: sharon(willow's apprentice) at July 17, 2021 11:03 PM (sd8p
of those listed, I have only seen SPR and Jurassic Park.
Posted by: Quint at July 17, 2021 11:20 PM (F2/Ok)
Posted by: rhomboid (OTzUX) at July 17, 2021 11:20 PM (OTzUX)
Fight me.
Posted by: Cicero
Hmm
I'll check that out.
Posted by: Miklos in perfect colloquial English at July 17, 2021 11:24 PM (QzkSJ)
Goodhan took me flying today. A "message to Garcia" sort of thing. A Lt of the 91 Recon was out on the point of II Corps advance and didn't know the situation. So he radioed for some help. Army turned the problem over to the Arty section and we sent Goodhan out to look. He buzzed a few towns trying to find out who owned them till he finally saw a jeep parked in Norma, a little town built right on the top of a 1000' sheer cliff. He found a cow pasture up there and landed (not an easy job). Sure enough - there was his Lt - with 2 or 3 men, and they were all between Norma and the Germans. Goodhan promised him a situation map and came back to the CP to get one. I went back with him on the second trip. As we circled the town to land the Italians started pouring out into the field. By the time we stopped rolling at least a couple hundred were gathered around shaking hands and raising a fuss in general.
I looked up Norma on Goggle Earth, it does sit on top of a cliff.
Posted by: Muldoon at July 17, 2021 11:25 PM (Xwt96)
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at July 17, 2021 11:25 PM (2JVJo)
Posted by: Alabama at July 17, 2021 08:57 PM (4fSQf)
***
I like money
Posted by: Lemmiwinks at July 17, 2021 11:25 PM (h1jJh)
Send me an email at linseyziq at hotmail and I'll tell you a story about the making of Amistad.
Posted by: Vendette at July 17, 2021 11:26 PM (c/+Rn)
Of course I guess I could look into it myself and see transcripts of legislative sessions, but at this point, I wonder what sorts of ridiculous "arguments" and scare-mongering the anti's engage in to oppose either shall-issue concealed carry or constitutional carry*.
"At this point", meaning how many tens of millions of Americans have lived in how many jurisdictions for how many years where *none* of the problems or disasters they rave about have *ever* come to pass. Even once.
It's like watching from the Wright brothers day until the P-51 is test flown, and continuing to insist powered flight isn't possible. WTF?
* ponder for a moment that special laws have to be enacted, over rabid and idiotic opposition, merely to acknowledge unambiguous CONSTITUTIONAL rights
Posted by: rhomboid (OTzUX) at July 17, 2021 11:26 PM (OTzUX)
Her house was raided and the police found two kilos of crack cocaine and guns.
The entire command of the city's police force quit, she lost her primary and cannot be reelected and now, she has been charged with gun charges as well as charges of child endangerment. All in all, she has had a year that no one would want.
https://tinyurl.com/86pu4pb
Posted by: SMH at July 17, 2021 11:27 PM (G3r2q)
It's possible he could have coodinated with my dad who was in counterbattery Field Arrty, e.g. trying to pinpoint and take out Anzio Annie.
Posted by: Muldoon at July 17, 2021 11:15 PM (Xwt96)
Crew. Unsure of all his missions.
The things those guys accomplished under the timeline and the stress were amazing.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at July 17, 2021 11:27 PM (89T5c)
Posted by: Muldoon at July 17, 2021 11:27 PM (Xwt96)
Posted by: qdpsteve at July 17, 2021 11:28 PM (L2ZTs)
referring to. I don't think he was making some kind of fine point
comment on the legalities or practicalities of the situation.Posted by: rhomboid (OTzUX) at July 17, 2021 09:06 PM (OTzUX)
When people of few real principals decide they want to be successful and liked, they tend to say and do the t hings they have been told will make them popular.
Posted by: Kindltot at July 17, 2021 11:28 PM (ySM85)
Posted by: rhomboid (OTzUX) at July 17, 2021 11:29 PM (OTzUX)
Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (2SdPm) at July 17, 2021 09:09 PM (2SdPm)
You are a Vegan / eat clean
Posted by: Kindltot at July 17, 2021 11:29 PM (ySM85)
Posted by: SMH at July 17, 2021 11:30 PM (G3r2q)
Posted by: rhomboid (OTzUX) at July 17, 2021 11:31 PM (OTzUX)
Posted by: rhomboid
*****
Indeed! And on that note I'm going to call it a night.
later, all
Endeavour to persevere.
Posted by: Muldoon at July 17, 2021 11:31 PM (Xwt96)
Posted by: Quint at July 17, 2021 11:31 PM (F2/Ok)
Posted by: qdpsteve at July 17, 2021 11:33 PM (L2ZTs)
Posted by: Muldoon at July 17, 2021 11:34 PM (Xwt96)
Have you (as I summon the temerity to ask) considered making the diary public? Scanned images and whatnot?
Posted by: Miklos being actually honest at July 17, 2021 11:37 PM (QzkSJ)
Posted by: SMH at July 17, 2021 11:27 PM (G3r2q)
Can't sleep and this is the story I land on. And people wonder why I keep to myself.
Seems the price of crack has gone up.
Posted by: Infidel at July 17, 2021 11:37 PM (dYrVA)
poker movie, but I still don't have much desire to see it. Seems every
poker flick gets a lot wrong about what it's like to play the game
professionally. In truth there's tons of ups and downs, and literally no
one always wins on their own terms.
Posted by: qdpsteve at July 17, 2021 11:33 PM (L2ZTs)
it got a lot right as far as playing the game goes. Certainly the one thing they got wrong, and all "poker movies" get wrong is the idea you can win at a given sit because you are better and you are worthy. Even the best players in the world hold a small advantage and have to deal with massive variance. But that wouldn't be much of a movie. Compared to the others, Rounders got a lot right.
The dumbest poker movies ever, and there were a few Western movies like this, made it seem like if you bet more than the other guy, he had to fold. That was easily the most absurd movie poker idea ever filmed. I think they did that in the otherwise fun movie, "A Big Hand for a Little Lady". OF course today the title alone would be cancelled.
Posted by: Quint at July 17, 2021 11:39 PM (F2/Ok)
Posted by: qdpsteve at July 17, 2021 11:40 PM (L2ZTs)
Posted by: Miklos
*****
My brother actually did the work of scanning the handwritten diary and doing a page by page transcription--scanned page and transcription on each page, and self-published for immediate family (limited distribution). I have deferred to him on further dissemination. I might consider a further limited release to particular individuals. Let me brood on that a little.
Posted by: Muldoon at July 17, 2021 11:41 PM (Xwt96)
Because you had to grease every telecom outfit that passed your signal on. If you were in Los Angeles and wanted to place a call to a cruise ship off the coast of Greece, get prepared to pay like about six or ten different agencies, maybe more.
Posted by: old timer remembers at July 17, 2021 11:41 PM (aAP3z)
Posted by: Muldoon at July 17, 2021 11:42 PM (Xwt96)
Posted by: Miklos being actually rude and crude at July 17, 2021 11:43 PM (QzkSJ)
It did, and Churchill decided to fly home. Everybody tried to talk him out of it. He prevailed, of course. He even took the controls for a while. They did have a bit of a navigation problem - due to weather, and were com___ from the wrong direction (appearing to from France) and caused Allied planes to be scrambled. He and crew could nearly have heen shot down because of that. Nobody was sure who the hell it was for a time.
Posted by: Common Tater at July 17, 2021 11:43 PM (7T5tR)
IIRC, the old long distance rates were used in some scheme to subsidize the local systems. I forget the details, but it was all part of the old Ma Bell monopoly.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion (Mzdiz) at July 17, 2021 11:48 PM (Mzdiz)
years ago at CERN that gamma radiation controls cloud formation, which
is the main driver of temperature variation.
I might have misunderstood whether that was proof or not. But I know they conducted the experiment.
Posted by: Dave in Fla (5p7BC) at July 17, 2021 09:55 PM (5p7BC)
Cosmic rays, which are deflected by the solar wind. When the Sun is quiet there is less solar wind, so there are more cosmic rays, and so more clouds and cooler global temperatures.
Now, the Electric Universe theory posits a connection between the Sun and all the planets that causes, through a hysteresis effect, actual warming of the Earth and its atmosphere. This effect is affected by fluctuations that are shown by solar spots and flares
Posted by: Kindltot at July 17, 2021 11:50 PM (ySM85)
My dear mother. This afternoon, we learn, she woke up last night with severe chest pain. She didn't call. Didn't want to bother us. We're about 600' away.
Anyway long story, but I just got back a couple hours ago bringing her back from the ER. It wasn't her heart. She's got a bad hiatal hernia and reflux. Miley made her some peach cobbler, and she pigged out on it before she went to bed.
It was just a bad case of acid reflux. I would've figured it, and if she'd called, I would've seen if a shit ton of Tums would've stopped it.
But she doesn't want to bother us....
Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion (Mzdiz) at July 17, 2021 11:51 PM (Mzdiz)
Posted by: publius,
There was no Ma Bell on the board in Monopoly. Shoulda been though.
Also, did anything ever come of Miklosian Concept #264, the game of Moronopoly? Somebody was going to do something.
Posted by: Miklos, conceptual artiste at July 17, 2021 11:52 PM (QzkSJ)
It's so bad out there.
https://mobile.twitter.com/longdickjohnsin/status/
1416167048879788037
@longdickjohnsin
Instagram vs. Reality
Posted by: Widespread Pepe at July 17, 2021 11:53 PM (KjVA8)
Weren't Ma Bell and the Monopoly monocle man getting it on?
Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion (Mzdiz) at July 17, 2021 11:53 PM (Mzdiz)
Posted by: Infidel at July 17, 2021 11:54 PM (dYrVA)
Posted by: publius
How many Jewish mothers does it take to change a lightbulb?
Posted by: Miklos, with well-known humor item at July 17, 2021 11:54 PM (QzkSJ)
And on that note I've gotta call it a night. Thanks everyone for the great chat.
Posted by: qdpsteve at July 17, 2021 11:55 PM (L2ZTs)
Posted by: the Baby Bells at July 17, 2021 11:55 PM (QzkSJ)
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I seem to recollect, from Churchill's war memoires, that a good deal of his flying was with an American pilot.
Read all six volumes. I recommend especially the first, 'The Gathering Storm'. The parallels with contemporary circumstances are a bit chilling.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 17, 2021 11:55 PM (B2mhs)
Posted by: Miklos At Nite at July 17, 2021 11:55 PM (QzkSJ)
It's "Barry", not "Berry". He was a fascinating guy and quite scholastic. He essentially is a metaphor for a good guy gone bad.
Posted by: SFGoth at July 17, 2021 11:55 PM (KAi1n)
Posted by: callsign claymore at July 17, 2021 11:56 PM (p0TaU)
Posted by: Fed - Tremble, cowards! at July 17, 2021 11:58 PM (J0LxY)
Posted by: Duns Miklosius Scotus at July 17, 2021 11:58 PM (QzkSJ)
We be redressing disparities in alcohol availability.
Posted by: Big Miklos' Get-Em-and-Hit-Em #4 at July 18, 2021 12:00 AM (QzkSJ)
I was also pleasantly relieved. I was afraid both me sainted mother and I were gonna get a Covid vaccine lecture. They didn't ask nor say a word. Don't ask, don't tell.
I've been reading and hearing about extreme pressure (ie, "you're killing people! It's your civic duty!") by doctors. I will not respond well to that.
But nothing today.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion (Mzdiz) at July 18, 2021 12:02 AM (Mzdiz)
Posted by: TC at July 18, 2021 12:03 AM (G/662)
But nothing today.
Posted by: publius
"Ok Doc. Say, mind if I have a smoke?"
Posted by: The Miklosian Attitude SA de CV at July 18, 2021 12:05 AM (QzkSJ)
I have reflux myself, and maybe a hiatal hernia (I ought to have that confirmed or denied, but it's not too bad).
I've had acid reflux and esophageal spasms before. They can be quite painful. And pies (peach and cherry) seem to really trigger the acid. I don't know if that's common, but it sure runs in the family.
And that's what did it with my mother. She pigged out on Miley's peach cobbler, then went to bed, lying vertical, and the acid just ran up.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion (Mzdiz) at July 18, 2021 12:05 AM (Mzdiz)
Posted by: Frank Rizzo at July 18, 2021 12:06 AM (DtO5x)
Why are they desperate?
Where is the pressure coming from?
Posted by: callsign claymore at July 18, 2021 12:08 AM (p0TaU)
Posted by: callsign claymore
It's coming from INSIDE THE HOUSE
Posted by: Nanzi Pee-lousy at July 18, 2021 12:10 AM (QzkSJ)
Still had to get a shitload of rabies shots.
Posted by: Dr. Varno at July 18, 2021 12:10 AM (vuisn)
Be excellent to each other Horde.
Posted by: Prince Ludwig the Deplorable at July 18, 2021 12:11 AM (mf+Bs)
Still had to get a shitload of rabies shots.
Posted by: Dr. Varno
i have choked it to death lots of timess
rabies shotts to
Posted by: raimondo on tap at July 18, 2021 12:12 AM (QzkSJ)
Posted by: irongrampa at July 18, 2021 12:12 AM (KATBx)
The smoking doctor is one of the funniest comedic characters. They probably wouldn't do that now, cause the snowflakes would spazz out.
The new Battlestar Galactica had a smoking doctor, and I'm trying to remember some others I've seen.
True story: when I was kid, one of the local vets would smoke *while operating on cats*. He'd have a cat opened up with a cigarette hanging out of his mouth. He'd say, don't worry, a cat's immune system can handle anything just about.
Now, today, he'd probably be run out.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion (Mzdiz) at July 18, 2021 12:13 AM (Mzdiz)
Posted by: irongrampa
Cheers to You, Sir!
Posted by: respectfully, Miklos at July 18, 2021 12:14 AM (QzkSJ)
Posted by: SFGoth at July 18, 2021 12:15 AM (KAi1n)
2021 remake that ruins that moment: THE KILLER IS CALLING FROM INSIDE YOUR CELL PHONE!!!
Posted by: callsign claymore at July 18, 2021 12:16 AM (p0TaU)
https://gab.com/LaurenWitzkeDE/posts/
106599873127258720
Update: The porn star has been thrown out after TPUSA implemented damage control.
Posted by: Widespread Pepe at July 18, 2021 12:16 AM (KjVA8)
Oh, Jen Puh-saki made a little Freudian slip. She actually said this:
...our special guest today about why it.s important to get vaccinated, why these vaccines are safe, why they can still kill you even if you are under the age of 27.
Seems like Uncle Joe's mush brain is contagious. May be as contagious as the Delta-rona.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion (Mzdiz) at July 18, 2021 12:16 AM (Mzdiz)
Posted by: SFGoth
It's probably one of those belts with all the little loops for the minibottles.
Posted by: Miklos needs one at July 18, 2021 12:17 AM (QzkSJ)
Oh, and I posted this earlier, but the UK has decided not to vaccinate teenagers en masse. Only those teens at high risk will be eligible for Covid vaccines.
Someone with some sense actually did a proper risk/benefit analysis and concluded, hell no.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion (Mzdiz) at July 18, 2021 12:21 AM (Mzdiz)
Posted by: publius,
"Them kids don't need no vaccinations.."
Posted by: Miklos behind The Wall at July 18, 2021 12:25 AM (QzkSJ)
I'm watching @redsteeze mercilessly trigger Mike Wise on Twitter (with some help from the studio audience) and I'm reminded of one of ace's many on-point observations about leftists, particularly on Twitter. He said something to the effect that the only thing that genuinely offends and outrages leftists is being laughed at. The entire thread bears that out, with all the typical NPC reactions you've come to know and love. Everyone is having a laugh at his expense and he knows it.
The Dead Sea was never this salty.
Posted by: Saber Alter at July 18, 2021 12:32 AM (Yd+10)
Posted by: Bert G at July 18, 2021 12:33 AM (cHuoy)
Four people shot dead outside the stadium at a Washington Nationals game. Game suspended. "Shelter in place"
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/
news/article-979919510
Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion (Mzdiz) at July 18, 2021 12:33 AM (Mzdiz)
Posted by: Bert G
Avoid anything with "whipped cream".
Posted by: Miklos, now that was a close shave at July 18, 2021 12:35 AM (QzkSJ)
Hellwithit. Just refresh here with the narrative, reference, link and pic. Because it's easier for me, that way.
Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX
Posted by: Jim at July 18, 2021 12:35 AM (QzJWU)
Update: The porn star has been thrown out after TPUSA implemented damage control.
Posted by: Widespread Pepe at July 18, 2021 12:16 AM (KjVA
I thought porn stars were what the LP was created for?
Posted by: Kindltot at July 18, 2021 12:36 AM (ySM85)
Posted by: SFGoth at July 18, 2021 12:36 AM (KAi1n)
Posted by: dcat at July 18, 2021 12:36 AM (rmFK3)
I'm talking C-Suite level Professional Food.
Posted by: Miklos, having standards at July 18, 2021 12:37 AM (QzkSJ)
Posted by: Miklos, yer Fun Fact Pal at July 18, 2021 12:39 AM (QzkSJ)
Much amusement going on here. Miley and I got two kittens a while back. They're a little over 4 months old now. Our 15 lb tomcat, "Jake" has taken to them like a mother. He literally mothers them.
He plays with them like a kitten himself. I just watched him lay in wait for one of the kittens and then pounce. The kitten pounces back, and they meet in the air, then roll on the floor.
Jake has dragged a fully grown rabbit up on the porch before. He lets these kitten just literally walk over him, jump on him, and he just has a ball.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion (Mzdiz) at July 18, 2021 12:42 AM (Mzdiz)
___
Soldiers are gonna soldier.
Sometimes in the stupidest ways possible.
And yes, this is exactly how you get safety briefs every Friday before the weekend and holidays.
Posted by: SMH at July 18, 2021 12:43 AM (G3r2q)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 18, 2021 12:45 AM (z36Kd)
If I were a photographer, I would only photograph Professional Food,
with a proper resume and record of Professional Food accomplishment.
I'm talking C-Suite level Professional Food.
Posted by: Miklos, having standards at July 18, 2021 12:37 AM (QzkS
I heard years ago that any professional picture of food has little to no food in it. It is a science. you can't put ice cream under hot lights. They used Crisco or something. But like all my info it is dated. Today half of restaurant meals are photographed and uploaded to the net. But yeah, the professional stuff is all fake.
Posted by: Quint at July 18, 2021 12:45 AM (F2/Ok)
Jake is now running up the hall, with the kittens chasing him. He will go up, smack one of the kittens, then run, to get them to chase him.
A 15 lb tomcat who is an absolute killing machine. One night, he caught three field mice in a row. Eats them whole. He's acting like a kitten himself.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion (Mzdiz) at July 18, 2021 12:45 AM (Mzdiz)
Rip, Samuel, I'll stand you one at Fiddler's Green.
Posted by: irongrampa at July 18, 2021 12:46 AM (KATBx)
I would've so done that as a kid.
Posted by: SMH at July 18, 2021 12:48 AM (G3r2q)
Posted by: Cosda at July 18, 2021 12:49 AM (JYJBi)
of an Army buddy I served with. Charlie couldn't cap him but a life
lived on his terms finally did.
Rip, Samuel, I'll stand you one at Fiddler's Green.
Posted by: irongrampa at July 18, 2021 12:46 AM (KATBx)
nice tribute.
Posted by: Quint at July 18, 2021 12:50 AM (F2/Ok)
Posted by: Kindltot at July 18, 2021 12:59 AM (ySM85)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 18, 2021 01:00 AM (Jtes3)
Posted by: irongrampa at July 18, 2021 01:06 AM (KATBx)
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at July 18, 2021 01:18 AM (a4EWo)
Just remember that we're Americans, so you hold that head HIGH and PROUD. Our heritage requires it, more so now than ever. We have a country to save as we've done in past scenarios.
Goodnite, good people.Be safe and sleep well.
Posted by: irongrampa at July 18, 2021 01:19 AM (KATBx)
Posted by: TC
Football? Phht. More like handball. *jackoff motion*
Posted by: Drink Like Vikings at July 18, 2021 01:19 AM (4op5W)
Movies get everything wrong about gambling.
Craps table? You will have everyone yelling for a seven.
Counting cards at blackjack? You get The Hangover scene where they show a bunch of derivatives and integrals. It's just count +1 for 3,4,5,6 and -1 for tens. Then divide by the number of decks remaining. Also, in the movies you apparently never lose when you are counting cards. In actuality, you are getting maybe a 2% or 3% edge.
Poker? The two competing hands are usually four of a kind or better. That happens about once in every 5000 hands.
Posted by: Chuck C at July 18, 2021 01:22 AM (EughT)
Robert Malone, MD, one of the inventors of mRNA technology (and now under a full smear and discrediting campaign by the Borg, has the following:
https://twitter.com/RWMaloneMD/
status/1416426039039909894
Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion (Mzdiz) at July 18, 2021 01:24 AM (Mzdiz)
A 12-17 yr old male is 3 -5 more likely to be hospitalized by a reaction to the vaccine than by Covid itself.
1 12-17 yr old female is 4 -5 more likely to be hospitalized by the vaccine than the disease.
Deaths. A 12-17 yr old male is 16% more likely to be killed by the vaccine that Covid itself. An 12-17 yr old female is 72% more likely to be killed by the vaccine than the disease itself.
There you go.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion (Mzdiz) at July 18, 2021 01:24 AM (Mzdiz)
Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion (Mzdiz) at July 18, 2021 01:24 AM (Mzdiz)
Based on that, I can now say without doubt that vaccinating anyone under 18 with the Covid vaccines is a criminal action. The risk to benefit ratio is well over 1.
Doing so with this knowledge is criminal.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion (Mzdiz) at July 18, 2021 01:34 AM (Mzdiz)
Movies get everything wrong about gambling.
Craps table? You will have everyone yelling for a seven.
Counting cards at blackjack? You get The Hangover scene where they show a bunch of derivatives and integrals. It's just count +1 for 3,4,5,6 and -1 for tens. Then divide by the number of decks remaining. Also, in the movies you apparently never lose when you are counting cards. In actuality, you are getting maybe a 2% or 3% edge.
Poker? The two competing hands are usually four of a kind or better. That happens about once in every 5000 hands.
Posted by: Chuck C at July 18, 2021 01:22 AM (EughT)
Dayum. Thas a great big ole dose of reality for this time of the morning. Nonetheless, he speaks TRUTH.
Btw, the blackjack counts he speaks of are for single deck, or at best double deck. The more the decks, the less your counting card odds. At a 6 deck shoe, any potential odds in your favor disappear like candles in the wind.
Posted by: GnuBreed at July 18, 2021 01:42 AM (F0YaR)
Posted by: Chuck C at July 18, 2021 01:22 AM (EughT)
even
that edge with Blackjack is extremely rare. You have to count perfectly
and even then it has to be with the almost extinct one deck. Most
counters do it imperfectly and they are dealing with 6-8 deck shoes.
But for some reason Casinos are very scared of them. That is odd because
9 out of ten of them are contributing to the haul. And really the
casinos love a winner, as it encourages everyone else.
Good
point about the 7. That is a huge cliche. Also even if you had a
slight edge at BJ on the casinos, 99 percent of people could not handle
the variance or have the bankroll to cover it. The biggest thing that
helps casinos is the bankroll. They can handle the variance and you
can't.
Posted by: Quint at July 18, 2021 01:50 AM (F2/Ok)
I am not saying there are no professionals in Vegas that make a decent living. But to say the least, the odds are stacked against you. Some states allow private poker games with various laws. Sure, heads up, without the rake, tips, hourly charge etc, a very skilled player has a distinct advantage. But that is not the reality.
Posted by: Quint at July 18, 2021 02:00 AM (F2/Ok)
not going after that with a ten foot pole. It doesn't help that the
sportsball has lost so much support in this country. It makes sense that
they are no down to pushing gambling to get people interested.
Posted by: Quint at July 18, 2021 02:00 AM (F2/Ok)
Lead guitarist Tony Iommi lost the tips of his middle and ring fingers at age 17 in 1965, as a sheet metal worker.
So he made himself some artificial fingertips, so his right hand could handle the frets. Ouch.
For their title song on their first album, Black Sabbath, Tony used a version of the Tritone, or "the Devil's Chord", as some priests in the Catholic Church referred to it. George Harrison had also employed it.
Posted by: GnuBreed at July 18, 2021 02:02 AM (F0YaR)
Tonight, Milady and I watched "Indivisible" (201
.
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt6512428/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1
Well-done. heart-wrenching. Patriotism, military, faith, family. If you like that kind of thing.
♥ 'Nite.
Posted by: mindful webworker - *national anthem, jets fly-by * at July 18, 2021 02:02 AM (xdNUT)
Let me amend that statement. Doing this without hard data that the risk to benefit ratio is much less than one is criminal.
Doing this with the knowledge that said ratio is greater than one is Herr Doktor Mengele level crimes against humanity.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion (Mzdiz) at July 18, 2021 02:10 AM (Mzdiz)
Posted by: JT at July 18, 2021 02:12 AM (arJlL)
Posted by: JT at July 18, 2021 02:50 AM (arJlL)
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at July 18, 2021 02:53 AM (Q9lwr)
I'm assuming some folks here have had a much nicer week than I.
Posted by: tcn in AK, Hail to the Thief at July 18, 2021 02:54 AM (SDdx5)
Posted by: tcn in AK, Hail to the Thief
You assume correctly. WHEW !
You're in my thoughts and prayers .
Posted by: JT at July 18, 2021 03:10 AM (arJlL)
It's the hand-off from night to day...
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo
(I'll try not to drop the ball)
Posted by: JT at July 18, 2021 03:11 AM (arJlL)
Posted by: Humphreyrobot at July 18, 2021 03:15 AM (GSBVq)
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Posted by: Skip at July 18, 2021 04:02 AM (Cxk7w)
Posted by: My Life is Insanity at July 18, 2021 04:08 AM (Z/jzm)
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Posted by: Widespread Pepe at July 18, 2021 04:18 AM (dHVSU)
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at July 18, 2021 01:18 AM (a4EWo)
She's here (born at 4:28p.m.)and she's beautiful! 9lbs 6 oz, 21" They named her Hailey Olivia
Daughter must've been all baby! So it's a good thing they didn't let her go more than a week past her due date. She had a bit of a rough time, the dialating went slow and she nearly passed out from the pain of the intense contractions from being induced. (She ended up having an epidural.)
Mom and baby both doing great. I can't wait to hold her! She will probably be released Monday. (Hospital rules, only 1 other person allowed in, obviously my son-in-law)
Posted by: My Life is Insanity at July 18, 2021 04:23 AM (Z/jzm)
Posted by: redc1c4 *OTUS Zhou Bai-Din Cheated & we all know it. at July 18, 2021 05:00 AM (vgnpr)
with a daughter, he's gonna need one, so he might as well start practicing now.
Posted by: redc1c4 *OTUS Zhou Bai-Din Cheated & we all know it. at July 18, 2021 05:10 AM (vgnpr)
And Lol. (He's said stuff to that effect.) He'll be a great dad
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