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RIP: Coblogger Emeritus Dave In Texas Has Passed
I received the bad news last night that an old friend and one of the founders of the site, the great Dave in Texas, had passed.
Apart from being a coblogger and taking over as the main blogger for a weekend or two, Dave was the site's biggest supporter of the armed forces, and always posted a stirring tribute to the military on Memorial Day or December 7th and on all other days of remembrance. He was also the site's football guy. He would post the football threads every Sunday -- back when the site was pro-NFL. He would post pics of cheerleaders -- we shared the same idea with cheerleader pics, the idea was, choose pics where it looks like the picture is an innocent one but then oops, wait, maybe it's not entirely innocent. But commenters would inevitably critique the cheerleaders he posted for having a too big this or a too small that. These picayune gripes about the physical attributes of obviously-attractive women became summed up by the phrase, "Her elbows are too sharp." Or: "Nice butt but why are her elbows so pointy?!" In this spirit, Dave made me laugh out loud by choosing cheerleader pictures that emphasized nothing but the pointy elbows of the girls. For example:
"Free speech is overrated, but not overly so." -- Thomas JeffersonThis began an absolutely epic trolling session the likes of which the world has not oft seen. The troll demanded a citation for this quotation, and Dave responded that it's all over the internet, and that he can't be bothered to do his homework for him. When the troll responded that he had now searched for twenty minutes and could find no reference to the Thomas Jefferson quotation, "Free speech is overrated, but not overly so," Dave In Texas responded -- perfectly politely, perfectly seriously -- that he was getting the quote from a book he owned of Jefferson quotations. A book of Jefferson quotations which he said was called: Stuff Jefferson Said. After a ten minute pause, the troll reported that his efforts to find a reference to the book Stuff Jefferson Said had proven fruitless, and he was beginning to doubt that there was even a book called "Stuff Jefferson Said" at all. Whereupon Dave said something like: Do not be unkind, I would not lie about something as important to me as Thomas Jefferson; I own the 4th edition of Stuff Jefferson Said, and it is published by University of Virginia Press, Richmond, Virginia, 1962. This went on for hours, as the troll continued in vain to search for the elusive quote "Free speech is overrated, but not overly so" and the book Stuff Jefferson Said, and Dave in Texas patiently continued providing him fresh clues designed to help him find it (Perhaps I was wrong, maybe it was William and Mary University Press that published it? Oh wait, it was published in 1965, my apologies!). The troll became frustrated and then bedeviled and then angry, and Dave maintained his same patient, quiet, helpful demeanor.
"Free speech is overrated, but not overly so." -- Thomas JeffersonOne of Dave's finest counter-trolling ops concerned his legendary duel with "Proud Liberal Vet." Back in the 2000s, there were a lot of a Fake Vets who would troll conservative websites claiming all sorts of nonsense and shenanigans. Proud Liberal Vet came in claiming that he had served in Iraq. And, strangely, he also claimed he had served in Antarctica. He also made a lot of claims about his service in Iraq, stuff like being forced to commit atrocities and that kind of thing, if I remember correctly. Dave immediately detected a fraud and the opportunity to hone his skills in counter-trolling. He asked Proud Liberal Vet what his M.O.S. was. M.O.S., Dave would later explain to me, is the abbreviation for Military Occupation Specialty, and refers to a four (formerly three, I believe) digit code that specifies what your basic job/training is in the armed forces. For example, 0311 is means that you're a Marine infantry rifleman. (I think this used to be just 311 -- I think they added the fourth digit because they created more M.O.S.'s and needed more numbers.) Proud Liberal Vet was left completely dumbfounded and avoided answering what his M.O.S. was. Dave just kept asking, politely, what his M.O.S. was. In every thread, Proud Liberal Vet appeared to tell us that Bush ordered him to use White Phosphorus on civilians. Dave asked, "What was your M.O.S.?" Proud Liberal Vet would suddenly disappear. Ultimately Dave cornered him and it became clear that Proud Liberal Vet did not have the faintest idea what an M.O.S. is, which of course is impossible if you were ever in the military; you can't not know what job you have, or what code is assigned to your job. You have to repeat that number and write it on forms ten thousand times a year. All of this inspired Dave in Texas to write one of the finest parodies ever written on the Ace of Spades blog: "Antarctica Now," a first person account, ostensibly from Proud Liberal Vet's POV, about fighting Charlie in Antarctica. He wrote in in the comments. I later put it in a post, but who knows how to find that old thing. Fortunately, Mrs. Peel found it and sent it over to Michaels Comments to post. So you can read "Antarctica Now" there, if you like.-- Dave in Texas
Antarctica, shit. I'm still only in Antarctica. Every time I think I'm going to wake up back on the ice floe. When I was home after my first tour, it was worse. I'd wake up and there'd be nothing... I hardly said a word to my wife until I said yes to a divorce. When I was here I wanted to be there. When I was there, all I could think of was getting back into McMurdo. I've been here a week now. Waiting for a mission, getting softer. Every minute I stay in this tent I get weaker. And every minute Charlie squats in the snow he gets stronger. Each time I look around the tent flaps move in a little tighter. Everyone gets everything he wants. I wanted a mission, and for my sins they gave me one. Brought it up to me like room service. ****** I was going to the worst place in the world, and I didn't even know it yet. Weeks away and hundreds of miles up a glacier that snaked through the ice like a main circuit cable and plugged straight into Byrd. It was no accident that I got to be the caretaker of Admiral Richard E. Byrd's memory, any more than being back in McMurdo was an accident. There is no way to tell his story without tellingMore at the link. A couple of tweets from Dave, on July 16:
my own. And if his story is really a confession, then so is mine. ******* How many penguins had I already killed? There was those six that I know about for sure. Close enough to blow their last fishy breath in my face. But this time it was an American and an officer. That wasn't supposed to make any difference to me, but it did. Shit...charging a man with murder in this place was like handing out snow shovels to Roald Amundsen. I took the mission. What the hell else was I gonna do? But I didn't know what I'd do when I found him.
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Can y'all smell what I'm cookin here? pic.twitter.com/We8SB3ghj2
— DaveinTexas (@DaveinTexas) November 26, 2021
Comments
(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: NCKate at July 22, 2022 02:15 PM (2oJif)
Posted by: NCKate at July 22, 2022 02:16 PM (2oJif)
Posted by: Caiwyn at July 22, 2022 02:17 PM (+dHQK)
a steep-sided gully formed by the action of fast-flowing water in an arid or semi-arid region, found chiefly in the southwestern US.
Go with God, man.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at July 22, 2022 02:17 PM (dNqv+)
Posted by: Puddinhead at July 22, 2022 02:17 PM (bA3Ln)
Posted by: Leonardo Dicaprio From His 120 Ft. Yacht at July 22, 2022 02:17 PM (Zz0t1)
Vaya con Dios, Dave.
Posted by: rickb223 at July 22, 2022 02:18 PM (c8pZY)
Posted by: SMOD at July 22, 2022 02:18 PM (RHGPo)
Godspeed, Dave. Godspeed.
Condolences to the family. May The Lord grant you peace in this time of sorrow.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at July 22, 2022 02:18 PM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: In Reel Life (yes, dummy, on purpose) at July 22, 2022 02:18 PM (QYPq3)
I loved the Elbow threads, of course, but the last few years I've mostly been seeing his dog posts and comments Alex The Chick reposted.
I feel so bad for his family and his pups.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo, food, water at July 22, 2022 02:19 PM (XvPQV)
You get the twig and berries cheerleaders now.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at July 22, 2022 02:19 PM (89T5c)
I met him once, at a Boston MoMe where I first met Ace himself, along with LauraW and Neo-Neo Con. Dave was wearing a Stetson and a Texas flag dress shirt.
I only wish I could remember our conversation, but I do remember that he was kind enough to talk and joke with a newbie schmo who'd just started commenting at the HQ.
The good ones go and Hillary continues to malinger.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at July 22, 2022 02:19 PM (AW0uW)
Beautiful.
I am so impressed Ace remembered all these things about Dave. Dave had a big part in shaping what AoS had become, both in posts and in the comments.
Posted by: Soothsayer, the #1 most trusted name in news at July 22, 2022 02:19 PM (YLYCU)
Rest in Peace, Dave. You will be missed.
Posted by: Wyatt Earp at July 22, 2022 02:20 PM (XSRBF)
++++
Which is doubly funny because this is the internet and the troll could have looked it up and chosen a number! That he didn't really tells you the quality of trolls...
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at July 22, 2022 02:20 PM (WWh8n)
Posted by: Jewish Odysseus at July 22, 2022 02:20 PM (bvp+i)
Posted by: Tom Servo at July 22, 2022 02:20 PM (trdmm)
Posted by: kallisto at July 22, 2022 02:20 PM (dCxaZ)
Posted by: It's me donna at July 22, 2022 02:21 PM (bs+z0)
Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabby stabamillion at July 22, 2022 02:21 PM (kf6Ak)
One of the funniest things that ever happened here.
I distinctly remember meeting Dave. I put my hand out to shake hands and he pushed it away and gave me a big hug. One of the nicest, most sincere people I've ever met.
Posted by: JackStraw at July 22, 2022 02:21 PM (ZLI7S)
Posted by: lowandslow at July 22, 2022 02:21 PM (qH6FZ)
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at July 22, 2022 02:21 PM (WWh8n)
Posted by: AndrewsDad at July 22, 2022 02:22 PM (daFde)
Posted by: Fritzy at July 22, 2022 02:22 PM (GgBE/)
I do essentially the same thing when debating a Leftoid. I just throw sheet out there and it doesn't even matter what I say because they're all illiterate and uneducated anyway. I never even had one of them ask me for a cite.
But if ever I do, I will deploy the Dave in Texas technique
Posted by: kallisto at July 22, 2022 02:22 PM (dCxaZ)
Posted by: In Reel Life (yes, dummy, on purpose) at July 22, 2022 02:22 PM (QYPq3)
Posted by: Soothsayer, the #1 most trusted name in news at July 22, 2022 02:22 PM (YLYCU)
Farewell, beloved Moron. Say hello to OregonMuse, Tami, rickl, Jesse in DC, and all the other Morons I'm not remembering who have gone on to their final reward. Oh, chavez! Tell him he better clean up his language a bit up there.
Posted by: bluebell at July 22, 2022 02:22 PM (aeePL)
And who will go for us?” Isaiah’s response was to volunteer for service: “Here am I; send me”
Posted by: Wyatt Earp at July 22, 2022 02:23 PM (XSRBF)
Posted by: Elric Blade at July 22, 2022 02:23 PM (iFTx/)
Posted by: Thomas Paine at July 22, 2022 02:23 PM (lTGtQ)
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at July 22, 2022 02:23 PM (p+1gI)
Posted by: Notsothoreau - move forward at July 22, 2022 02:23 PM (5HBd1)
Posted by: 5Cats at July 22, 2022 02:24 PM (hv5ip)
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at July 22, 2022 02:24 PM (2graF)
Antarctica Now is hilarious.
Posted by: SMH at what's coming at July 22, 2022 02:24 PM (Iy8Rs)
Farewell, beloved Moron. Say hello to OregonMuse, Tami, rickl, Jesse in DC, and all the other Morons I'm not remembering who have gone on to their final reward. Oh, chavez! Tell him he better clean up his language a bit up there.
Posted by: bluebell at July 22, 2022 02:22 PM (aeePL)
A poet never needs apologize. Chavez the Hugo was an artist.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo, food, water at July 22, 2022 02:24 PM (XvPQV)
Posted by: Joe Xiden at July 22, 2022 02:24 PM (OalnH)
Posted by: Hairyback Guy at July 22, 2022 02:24 PM (R/m4+)
I met him once, at a Boston MoMe where I first met Ace himself, along with LauraW and Neo-Neo Con. Dave was wearing a Stetson and a Texas flag dress shirt.
Posted by: Mary Poppins
With Slublog? 2007?
Posted by: Soothsayer, the #1 most trusted name in news at July 22, 2022 02:24 PM (YLYCU)
- DaveinTexas (@DaveinTexas) November 26, 2021
The evil laugh at the end makes it.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at July 22, 2022 02:24 PM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: joefl65 at July 22, 2022 02:24 PM (FcrV3)
The Kaiju Christmas ornaments are just priceless! (or worthless...I forget which)
RIP Dave in Texas.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 22, 2022 02:25 PM (K5n5d)
Posted by: kallisto at July 22, 2022 02:22 PM (dCxaZ)
...of stringing them along
Posted by: kallisto at July 22, 2022 02:25 PM (dCxaZ)
Wow, I mean I guess some people might like her...but did you see the size of her Xiphoid Process? TOTAL TURN OFF!
Posted by: 18-1 at July 22, 2022 02:25 PM (ESjRY)
Before I was Waraiotoko, just a nameless lurker, Dave was there, helping make this place what it is.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 22, 2022 02:25 PM (6FeV1)
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo, food, water at July 22, 2022 02:24 PM (XvPQV)
-------
He was. Just like Ralphie's dad.
Posted by: bluebell at July 22, 2022 02:25 PM (aeePL)
Posted by: Dave in Texas at July 22, 2022 02:25 PM (iFTx/)
He will be missed more than words can express.
Posted by: alexthechick at July 22, 2022 02:26 PM (C6xDX)
Posted by: 18-1 at July 22, 2022 02:26 PM (ESjRY)
https://tinyurl.com/vtxhj4su
Posted by: Notsothoreau - move forward at July 22, 2022 02:23 PM (5HBd1)
shit, he was a little bit younger than I am. shit.
Posted by: Tom Servo at July 22, 2022 02:26 PM (trdmm)
Posted by: Anti doesn't matter at July 22, 2022 02:26 PM (epFyj)
Posted by: Denny Crane! at July 22, 2022 02:26 PM (BVpy8)
Posted by: garrett at July 22, 2022 02:27 PM (2kMG3)
Posted by: bluebell at July 22, 2022 02:22 PM (aeePL)
---
Ya know, the Final MOME is only going to get even more epic as time goes on...We'll join them all in the fullness of time...
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 22, 2022 02:27 PM (K5n5d)
Here's another fond memory of Dave I just remembered.
Dave was a boy in Alabama and then moved to Texas. He had "ties" to the "space race" of the 60's, somehow.
Dave knew Werner Von Braun, somehow. He really liked that old kraut.
Posted by: Soothsayer, the #1 most trusted name in news at July 22, 2022 02:27 PM (YLYCU)
Posted by: 18-1 at July 22, 2022 02:25 PM (ESjRY)
Dammit, I thought it was the space in between your eyebrows (absent on some.)
Posted by: Aetius451AD at July 22, 2022 02:27 PM (dNqv+)
maybe, but I thought it was antarctica. I might just be remembering the legend, though, and not the fact.
Posted by: ace at July 22, 2022 02:27 PM (B3oWe)
Posted by: Sarah P. at July 22, 2022 02:28 PM (i2Orm)
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo, food, water at July 22, 2022 02:28 PM (XvPQV)
Godspeed, DiT.
Posted by: Dr. T at July 22, 2022 02:28 PM (Vgw1E)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at July 22, 2022 02:28 PM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: grammie winger at July 22, 2022 02:28 PM (45fpk)
God's blessings of comfort and sweet remembrances to his family and friends.
Posted by: red speck at July 22, 2022 02:28 PM (gS3OW)
yeah he was in aerospace.
Posted by: ace at July 22, 2022 02:28 PM (B3oWe)
At the Texas MoMe he had a t-shirt with Che Guevara, red of course, that said :
"Communism killed 80 million people, and all I got was this lousy t-shirt "
I had to stop him and get a picture of it.
What a great Moron.
Dave you'll be missed.
Posted by: LeftCoast Dawg at July 22, 2022 02:28 PM (aVl3I)
Effing nuts.
There are people that the world is supposed to have in it, and even when we have no idea where they are or what they're up to, we're supposed to know they're in the world.
Nuts.
Posted by: Synova at July 22, 2022 02:28 PM (BD/yx)
Also, in hindsight, we'd be better off now if Bush *had* used white phosphorous on the Iraqis.
Posted by: Ian S. at July 22, 2022 02:28 PM (ZGrMX)
Posted by: Anti doesn't matter at July 22, 2022 02:29 PM (epFyj)
R.I.P.
Posted by: ShainS -- Welcome to the boneyard, it gets worse here every day at July 22, 2022 02:29 PM (34P9n)
Godspeed, sir.
Posted by: Blanco Basura - moronhorde.com. Not insurgents, counterrevolutionaries. at July 22, 2022 02:29 PM (Bd6X8)
Posted by: Notorious BFD at July 22, 2022 02:29 PM (Xrfse)
on July 17 he tweeted:
"the filament always burns the brightest before the bulb goes out"
https://tinyurl.com/2xabhseh
Posted by: kallisto at July 22, 2022 02:29 PM (dCxaZ)
Posted by: Joe kidtoucher at July 22, 2022 02:29 PM (W+TLY)
Posted by: Squid at July 22, 2022 02:30 PM (DtdXD)
He will be missed more than words can express.
Posted by: alexthechick at July 22, 2022 02:26 PM (C6xDX)
Thanks for all the posts of his that you re-tweeted.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo, food, water at July 22, 2022 02:30 PM (XvPQV)
Posted by: turbodan at July 22, 2022 02:30 PM (sBDhc)
We are preceded by greatness. RIP Dave in Texas.
Posted by: Comrade flounder, wrecker, hoarder, saboteur at July 22, 2022 02:30 PM (U3uv2)
I definitely remember some mention of penguins. I think in some cartoonish liberal context like "W. ordered us to put dynamite up the penguins' butts" or something.
Posted by: Ian S. at July 22, 2022 02:30 PM (ZGrMX)
The Lord decided he wanted another decent person in Heaven.
Posted by: Wyatt Earp at July 22, 2022 02:30 PM (XSRBF)
Posted by: Anti doesn't matter at July 22, 2022 02:29 PM (epFyj)
63, I think.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo, food, water at July 22, 2022 02:30 PM (XvPQV)
That's a nice remembrance Ace, thank you. I learned more about Dave In Texas and I'm a bit sadder but in a sweet way.
Posted by: Where are my ping pong balls? at July 22, 2022 02:30 PM (Yr4Df)
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at July 22, 2022 02:31 PM (RkC6l)
Posted by: Anti doesn't matter at July 22, 2022 02:29 PM (epFyj)
you can find it in that obit link that was posted. Born in '59, way too young to go this soon.
Posted by: Tom Servo at July 22, 2022 02:31 PM (trdmm)
Posted by: Tom Servo at July 22, 2022 02:26 PM (trdmm)
Reminds me of something a newbie commenter here once said: "Man, you folks be old...I think I am the only one here with my own hip."
Posted by: Boswell at July 22, 2022 02:32 PM (+Cgut)
Posted by: Anti doesn't matter at July 22, 2022 02:29 PM (epFyj)
29.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at July 22, 2022 02:32 PM (dNqv+)
Posted by: thathalfrican - The One at July 22, 2022 02:32 PM (Q6tbH)
Posted by: kallisto at July 22, 2022 02:32 PM (dCxaZ)
Posted by: Rusty Shackleford at July 22, 2022 02:32 PM (VPGG2)
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo, food, water at July 22, 2022 02:30 PM (XvPQV)
Wow way too young. The saying is true.
Posted by: Anti doesn't matter at July 22, 2022 02:32 PM (epFyj)
Posted by: quantum mechanic at July 22, 2022 02:32 PM (vcv8B)
I only wish I could remember our conversation, but I do remember that he was kind enough to talk and joke with a newbie schmo who'd just started commenting at the HQ.
The good ones go and Hillary continues to malinger.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at July 22, 2022 02:19 PM
Wait...was that MoMe in 2010? I remember meeting him there, along with Laura W. Were you and ace there and I never met either of you?!
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at July 22, 2022 02:32 PM (RkC6l)
Posted by: massideas at July 22, 2022 02:33 PM (7EE+n)
Posted by: redridinghood at July 22, 2022 02:33 PM (NpAcC)
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at July 22, 2022 02:21 PM (WWh8n)
Agreed. I'm a relative newbie on this blog, so much of DiT's 'oeuvre' (H/T: Kristol) was unknown to me. I want to look at some of his oldies, now.
Posted by: Darrell Harris at July 22, 2022 02:33 PM (k2bGD)
Posted by: Adirondack Patriot at July 22, 2022 02:33 PM (lf83v)
Until we meet on Fiddler's Green.
Posted by: Diogenes at July 22, 2022 02:33 PM (anj39)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at July 22, 2022 02:34 PM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: Not My Reel Name at July 22, 2022 02:34 PM (Irs8U)
Good night, sweet prince, and flights of angels sing thee to thy rest.
Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at July 22, 2022 02:34 PM (hf6Ka)
Crying and laughing with the Crap Tree
Posted by: barbarausa at July 22, 2022 02:34 PM (RY/x5)
RIP.
Losing a person on our side hurts. I hope his writings found their way into converting 5 more like him.
Posted by: portlandon at July 22, 2022 02:34 PM (+oR7L)
I have a real soft spot for counter trolls. I think his heyday here was maybe a little too early for me. Shame.
And even my wife uses the pointy elbows shorthand and she's hardly ever seen this place except for the occasional skull.
Posted by: ... at July 22, 2022 02:34 PM (QsHE5)
Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (5pTK/) at July 22, 2022 02:35 PM (5pTK/)
Posted by: Anti doesn't matter at July 22, 2022 02:35 PM (epFyj)
And suddenly, I know what I want on my tombstone. Before this, I thought I wanted to be cremated. Nope.
Posted by: Sauce for the Goose at July 22, 2022 02:35 PM (ypSbF)
Posted by: ... at July 22, 2022 02:35 PM (QsHE5)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now the Summer of Our Discontent at July 22, 2022 02:35 PM (FVME7)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at July 22, 2022 02:35 PM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: Infidel at July 22, 2022 02:36 PM (mn1Pi)
Sending virtual scritches for Sadie.
RIP Dave In Texas! You are so missed.
Posted by: redridinghood at July 22, 2022 02:36 PM (NpAcC)
Posted by: Eromero at July 22, 2022 02:37 PM (gktX6)
Posted by: Dr Spank at July 22, 2022 02:37 PM (g+JZp)
Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 22, 2022 02:37 PM (BFigT)
Posted by: Stuff Jefferson Said Vol 5 at July 22, 2022 02:37 PM (ESjRY)
And maybe Bob at the NSA can kiss my ass. Just spit-balling here.
Now excuse me - I gotta' order some shit for a Crap Tree. That's genius level stuff there.
Posted by: Sauce for the Goose at July 22, 2022 02:37 PM (ypSbF)
Posted by: quantum mechanic at July 22, 2022 02:38 PM (vcv8B)
My condolences to Dave in Texas' family.
Posted by: wodun at July 22, 2022 02:38 PM (lFga6)
Thanxs!
Posted by: Diogenes at July 22, 2022 02:38 PM (anj39)
Posted by: Soothsayer, the #1 most trusted name in news at July 22, 2022 02:24 PM (YLYCU)
I forget what year. I think it was when the GOP convention was in Boston and I missed a chance to put Visine in Jonah Goldberg's beer.
My only other memory was of introducing myself to Ace (I was posting under my Christian name then) and his excitement at thinking I was Christopher Taylor.
His disappointment was so obvious it made me laugh.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at July 22, 2022 02:38 PM (AW0uW)
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 22, 2022 02:27 PM (K5n5d)
---------
When I die and they lay me to rest
Gonna go to the place that's the best
When I lay me down to die
Goin' up to the MoMe in the sky
Posted by: ShainS -- Welcome to the boneyard, it gets worse here every day at July 22, 2022 02:38 PM (34P9n)
Posted by: quantum mechanic at July 22, 2022 02:39 PM (vcv8B)
Love the football threads though understand why they got dropped.
Posted by: Skip at July 22, 2022 02:39 PM (2JoB8)
Posted by: Wonkish Rogue at July 22, 2022 02:39 PM (qs/P1)
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at July 22, 2022 02:39 PM (WWh8n)
Most of all I remember begging him to write a poem and me and Julie Banderas.
Gone too soon, brother.
Posted by: Paulitics at July 22, 2022 02:40 PM (s1brf)
RIP Dave in Texas
Posted by: Muad'dib at July 22, 2022 02:40 PM (sjdRT)
Posted by: Czech Chick at July 22, 2022 02:40 PM (Ypbog)
My only other memory was of introducing myself to Ace (I was posting under my Christian name then) and his excitement at thinking I was Christopher Taylor.
His disappointment was so obvious it made me laugh.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at July 22, 2022 02:38 PM (AW0uW)
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LOL
Posted by: ShainS -- Welcome to the boneyard, it gets worse here every day at July 22, 2022 02:40 PM (34P9n)
Posted by: Victory at July 22, 2022 02:40 PM (uMFis)
We will miss you.
Posted by: TrivialPursuer--FJB at July 22, 2022 02:40 PM (MvHI3)
Posted by: kraken at July 22, 2022 02:40 PM (C5Ncp)
Posted by: Paulitics at July 22, 2022 02:40 PM (s1brf)
. I know we all have to go someday. I wish sometimes it didn't have to be so soon.
Thanks for making me feel my age, Ace. I remember Crap Tree and can still feel the tears in my eyes from laughing at that.
RIP, Dave in Texas.
Posted by: Catherine at July 22, 2022 02:40 PM (ZSsrh)
Dave knew Werner Von Braun, somehow. He really liked that old kraut.
Posted by: Soothsayer, the #1 most trusted name in news at July 22, 2022 02:27 PM (YLYCU)
His dad worked at Oak Ridge I think. Or maybe Huntsville? His stories about growing up around there were fascinating.
Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at July 22, 2022 02:41 PM (nC+QA)
Prayers for his family.
Posted by: goddessoftheclassroom at July 22, 2022 02:41 PM (REJkJ)
Posted by: Chairman LMAO at July 22, 2022 02:41 PM (Wg1SU)
Posted by: Moron Robbie - Norway only has EVs because the government has guns at July 22, 2022 02:41 PM (olvLH)
Posted by: Mrs. Peel at July 22, 2022 02:42 PM (8548M)
Huntsville, sounds right, Polli.
Posted by: Soothsayer, the #1 most trusted name in news at July 22, 2022 02:42 PM (YLYCU)
Posted by: The Chap in the Deerstalker Cap at July 22, 2022 02:42 PM (KaIpx)
A turn of the page
Can read like before
Can we ask for more
Each day passes by...
Posted by: Notorious BFD at July 22, 2022 02:42 PM (Xrfse)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at July 22, 2022 02:42 PM (Zz0t1)
My doctor and I had a very long and enlightening discussion on Tuesday when I saw him about All Cause Mortality Rates. He told me that life insurance claims are up 40%.
Neither he nor I have gotten vaccinated, and we both agree that you couldn't make us get the vax without literally putting a gun to our head.
Again, I have no idea of the circumstances of Dave's death. But there is a lot of unexpected death going around. I look back at Tami and I can't help but wonder.
Posted by: Dave in Fla at July 22, 2022 02:42 PM (5p7BC)
Posted by: tank at July 22, 2022 02:43 PM (RzUqr)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now the Summer of Our Discontent at July 22, 2022 02:43 PM (FVME7)
Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at July 22, 2022 02:41 PM (nC+QA)
Small world. I interned at Oak Ridge. Y-12. And I worked with a kid who had the pics to prove it - his old man really did sit for the team photo with Van Braun. His folks were a fixture around Oak Ridge back in the day, they had a walking club, before that was a thing.
Posted by: Sauce for the Goose at July 22, 2022 02:44 PM (ypSbF)
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at July 22, 2022 02:44 PM (8GBH4)
Posted by: Mrs. Peel at July 22, 2022 02:44 PM (8548M)
I love how the legacy lives on in blog jokes. I don't think I was ever here when Dave was posting, but loved the tribute.
Prayers up for him, his family and his pets.
Posted by: Iris at July 22, 2022 02:44 PM (foa6+)
Posted by: Victor David Hanson at July 22, 2022 02:44 PM (j4U/Z)
Again, I have no idea of the circumstances of Dave's death. But there is a lot of unexpected death going around. I look back at Tami and I can't help but wonder.
Posted by: Dave in Fla
++
All kinds of really weird shit is happening to young people that makes no sense. I know 2 young people that just got lymphomic cancer.
And I used to be one of these people that sneered at the anti-vax position.
Posted by: Victory at July 22, 2022 02:44 PM (uMFis)
Posted by: Mrs. Peel at July 22, 2022 02:45 PM (8548M)
Posted by: Moonbeam at July 22, 2022 02:45 PM (rbKZ6)
https://tinyurl.com/mpnz86dm
Posted by: SMH at what's coming at July 22, 2022 02:45 PM (Iy8Rs)
Posted by: Rotor - Swlf-Winding at July 22, 2022 02:45 PM (+q+vv)
God bless Dave, his family, and his many friends.
Wait...is that too many commas?
Posted by: Hunter Biden, artiste at July 22, 2022 02:45 PM (wsJPE)
Posted by: torabora at July 22, 2022 02:45 PM (Y274z)
I used to follow him on Twitter (before my account got banned).
I know we need to maintain anonymity but can we know how old he was?
I hope he was very old and that he had a life full of love, joy and prosperity.
I pray that God gives Dave in Texas rest among His saints and that his memory be eternal.
Posted by: Ultra MAGA Venus at July 22, 2022 02:45 PM (YVBLw)
Posted by: Max Power at July 22, 2022 02:46 PM (OwkR6)
Posted by: Dave in Fla
I'm not going to say clot shot, but clot shot.
Posted by: Giorgio Tsoukalos at July 22, 2022 02:46 PM (c8pZY)
https://tinyurl.com/mpnz86dm
Posted by: SMH at what's coming at July 22, 2022 02:45 PM (Iy8Rs)
Disinformation!!!
Posted by: ewetub, farcespace, googlag, etc at July 22, 2022 02:46 PM (llON8)
Posted by: Ultra MAGA Venus at July 22, 2022 02:46 PM (YVBLw)
Posted by: MikeN at July 22, 2022 02:47 PM (0a0ks)
Posted by: MikeN at July 22, 2022 02:47 PM (0a0ks)
Suddenly.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at July 22, 2022 02:47 PM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: bluebell at July 22, 2022 02:47 PM (aeePL)
Dave knew Werner Von Braun, somehow. He really liked that old kraut.
Posted by: Soothsayer
*
Thanks for this. The next time we pass the Space and Rocket Center and leave a banana on Mrs. Baker's headstone, it will have RIP Dave in Texas and a black spade drawn on. rickl had the same a couple of years ago.
Posted by: Moron Robbie - Norway only has EVs because the government has guns at July 22, 2022 02:47 PM (olvLH)
We got it from here, good sir.
Posted by: Naqamel at July 22, 2022 02:47 PM (zSarP)
Posted by: naturalfake at July 22, 2022 02:48 PM (5NkmN)
That's why you have to push yourself, daily. Get strong enough to get past these kinds of things.
I work my liver. Excuse me, gotta' walk to the fridge.
Posted by: Sauce for the Goose at July 22, 2022 02:48 PM (ypSbF)
haha!
Posted by: ace at July 22, 2022 02:48 PM (B3oWe)
Posted by: Halfhand at July 22, 2022 02:48 PM (LKen+)
Posted by: William F. "Buck" Dharma at July 22, 2022 02:48 PM (oedLL)
I confess that I never knew where the pointy-elbows thing originated since I'm not usually here on weekends. Sad way to learn.
Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher at July 22, 2022 02:49 PM (906pl)
Posted by: MikeN
Suddenly.
Posted by: Sponge
Then all at once.
Posted by: rickb223 at July 22, 2022 02:49 PM (c8pZY)
Posted by: Mr. Right at July 22, 2022 02:49 PM (Rewwz)
Posted by: Notsothoreau
Thanks for posting that Notsothoreau
Not very old at all.
Posted by: Ultra MAGA Venus at July 22, 2022 02:49 PM (YVBLw)
Posted by: Moki at July 22, 2022 02:50 PM (JrN/x)
Posted by: MikeN
Suddenly.
Posted by: Sponge
Then all at once.
Posted by: rickb223 at July 22, 2022 02:49 PM (c8pZY)
Its the whole assuming room temperature thing that gets ya'. Don't do that.
Posted by: Sauce for the Goose at July 22, 2022 02:50 PM (ypSbF)
Posted by: Dave in Fla at July 22, 2022 02:51 PM (5p7BC)
Posted by: sassy at July 22, 2022 02:51 PM (xSICi)
Posted by: Squid at July 22, 2022 02:51 PM (DtdXD)
Posted by: gourmand du jour, 59 degrees and foggy at July 22, 2022 02:51 PM (jTmQV)
Posted by: Jane D'oh at July 22, 2022 02:51 PM (ptqGC)
++++
Which is doubly funny because this is the internet and the troll could have looked it up and chosen a number! That he didn't really tells you the quality of trolls...
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!)
For thous shalt know the truth, and the truth shall make you a Moron, instead of a moron.
Blue Hen (0331)
Posted by: Blue Hen at July 22, 2022 02:51 PM (cY9wR)
Posted by: Moki at July 22, 2022 02:50 PM (JrN/x)
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And he and all our other dear departed Morons will gather around it and rejoice together.
Posted by: bluebell at July 22, 2022 02:51 PM (aeePL)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 22, 2022 02:52 PM (PrR4G)
Posted by: Moki at July 22, 2022 02:50 PM (JrN/x)
That made me smile-cry.
Posted by: grammie winger at July 22, 2022 02:52 PM (45fpk)
Posted by: keena at July 22, 2022 02:52 PM (RiTnx)
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at July 22, 2022 02:52 PM (8GBH4)
Posted by: N.L. Urker, there are chickens in my trench at July 22, 2022 02:52 PM (eGTCV)
Posted by: Squid at July 22, 2022 02:52 PM (DtdXD)
Posted by: Herr Morhenholz at July 22, 2022 02:53 PM (ISx7r)
Posted by: Moron Robbie - Norway only has EVs because the government has guns at July 22, 2022 02:53 PM (olvLH)
Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at July 22, 2022 02:53 PM (nC+QA)
A true gentleman.
Posted by: Jane D'oh at July 22, 2022 02:53 PM (ptqGC)
Posted by: Anti doesn't matter at July 22, 2022 02:53 PM (epFyj)
Posted by: Herr Morgenholz at July 22, 2022 02:53 PM (ISx7r)
Posted by: NR Pax at July 22, 2022 02:53 PM (4olE8)
Shit Jefferson Would Have Ate - Volume I
Posted by: Sauce for the Goose at July 22, 2022 02:54 PM (ypSbF)
I think we should start a foundation to collect donations to build it. It should be an impressive but simple structure, with a dais in the center, and upon it, the single legendary tome, a shaft of light piercing the gloom through a skylight cut through the Irish bluestone roof to illuminate the book.
Perhaps a quartz lens can be mounted to focus the light on the specific quotation: "Freedom of speech is overrated, but not overly so."
Posted by: ace at July 22, 2022 02:54 PM (B3oWe)
Posted by: Gmac - WTF did you think was going to happen? at July 22, 2022 02:54 PM (qZdIZ)
Posted by: Landrover at July 22, 2022 02:54 PM (DztRr)
*
Yeah, I was always impressed at him switching gears into serious-guy mode and talking to people that had questions right in the middle of a thread about boobs or guns or other normal stuff.
Posted by: Moron Robbie - Norway only has EVs because the government has guns at July 22, 2022 02:54 PM (olvLH)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 22, 2022 02:55 PM (XVrJW)
Posted by: GT at July 22, 2022 02:55 PM (WoaOV)
Too many treasures lost this year. We need the Lord to slow down the gathering a bit.
Posted by: Moki at July 22, 2022 02:55 PM (JrN/x)
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at July 22, 2022 02:56 PM (8GBH4)
Most of all I remember begging him to write a poem and me and Julie Banderas.
Gone too soon, brother.
Posted by: Paulitics
Heh.
Posted by: Soothsayer, the #1 most trusted name in news at July 22, 2022 02:56 PM (YLYCU)
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Trying to be Moar Funnier at July 22, 2022 02:56 PM (xPJvm)
Posted by: Landrover at July 22, 2022 02:54 PM (DztRr)
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Well, now that you've outed yourself you must stick around!
Posted by: bluebell at July 22, 2022 02:56 PM (aeePL)
Crying and laughing with the Crap Tree
Posted by: barbarausa at July 22, 2022 02:34 PM (RY/x5)
I loved his crap tree.
Posted by: Comrade flounder, wrecker, hoarder, saboteur at July 22, 2022 02:56 PM (U3uv2)
Posted by: Scuba_Dude at July 22, 2022 02:56 PM (Oq/TM)
And also for all of you here. I am grateful to know you all.
Even you, Bob from the NSA.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at July 22, 2022 02:56 PM (AW0uW)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, severely conservative Vet at July 22, 2022 02:56 PM (UVAEk)
Posted by: rickb223 at July 22, 2022 02:56 PM (c8pZY)
Posted by: N.L. Urker, there are chickens in my trench at July 22, 2022 02:52 PM (eGTCV)
And I took that, personally.
Posted by: ... at July 22, 2022 02:57 PM (520uo)
Posted by: Tim at July 22, 2022 02:57 PM (HwU5r)
Posted by: m at July 22, 2022 02:57 PM (8rTNG)
Posted by: geoff at July 22, 2022 02:57 PM (9mTOS)
Too many treasures lost this year. We need the Lord to slow down the gathering a bit.
Posted by: Moki at July 22, 2022 02:55 PM (JrN/x)
There have been so many times I've wanted to talk with Tami. I'm so sick of death and illness.
Posted by: Jane D'oh at July 22, 2022 02:57 PM (ptqGC)
Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at July 22, 2022 02:58 PM (N39Ws)
Posted by: redridinghood at July 22, 2022 02:58 PM (NpAcC)
Posted by: NCKate at July 22, 2022 02:58 PM (2oJif)
Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (5pTK/) at July 22, 2022 02:35 PM (5pTK/)
Seconded.
Posted by: Comrade flounder, wrecker, hoarder, saboteur at July 22, 2022 02:58 PM (U3uv2)
I think we should start a foundation to collect donations to build it. It should be an impressive but simple structure, with a dais in the center, and upon it, the single legendary tome, a shaft of light piercing the gloom through a skylight cut through the Irish bluestone roof to illuminate the book.
Perhaps a quartz lens can be mounted to focus the light on the specific quotation: "Freedom of speech is overrated, but not overly so."
Posted by: ace
And then start the cult of acolytes: The Eternal Order of the Howling Beagle.
Posted by: Soothsayer, the #1 most trusted name in news at July 22, 2022 02:58 PM (YLYCU)
You could add a virtual plaque in marble with gold lettering to your mast head.
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at July 22, 2022 02:58 PM (8GBH4)
Posted by: redridinghood at July 22, 2022 02:58 PM (NpAcC)
Filed under "No Shit".
Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 22, 2022 02:58 PM (6FeV1)
You're already several behind. But it's not a race.
Posted by: Sauce for the Goose at July 22, 2022 02:58 PM (ypSbF)
Posted by: m at July 22, 2022 02:59 PM (8rTNG)
Posted by: grammie winger at July 22, 2022 03:00 PM (45fpk)
Posted by: redridinghood at July 22, 2022 02:58 PM (NpAcC)
The first rule of show trials is don't participate. Honestly, I hoped Bannon was smarter than this. I was wrong.
Posted by: Sauce for the Goose at July 22, 2022 03:00 PM (ypSbF)
Posted by: redridinghood at July 22, 2022 02:58 PM (NpAcC)
He called no witnesses and rested without doing anything.
OF COURSE he was found guilty. Not that any other outcome was coming, regardless.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at July 22, 2022 03:00 PM (Zz0t1)
Dave loved my kids like they were his own, and was a tremendous sounding board for me about fatherhood and life in general. His family are absolutely FLOORED by how much love is pouring out from his online familly- and yeah, he regards the Moron Nation as family.
A better friend online and in real life would be tough indeed to find, and he was a true champion of this blog. He'd always remind me to hug my kids tight, as they were going to be old and out of the house before I realized it.
He loved y'all, too. Stay safe out there. It's good to see everyone, even if it is under sad times. I raise a glass to how he lived.
Hugs from here.
-tmi3rd
Posted by: tmi3rd at July 22, 2022 03:00 PM (sApcK)
Greatly admired and respected his work.
Loved the elbows.
Posted by: Just a big dummy at July 22, 2022 03:00 PM (U2W4Y)
Posted by: ace at July 22, 2022 02:54 PM (B3oWe)
And then 500 years from now, some guy in a fedora and leather jacket will try and steal it...I know this story.
Posted by: Boswell at July 22, 2022 03:00 PM (+Cgut)
Dave in Texas convinced Meghan McCain that ice cream was a low calorie salad dressing. He also told Anthony Weiner to DM women on Twitter and say "Spit in my mouth" and no one would find out.
Posted by: ace at July 22, 2022 03:00 PM (B3oWe)
Posted by: Skip at July 22, 2022 03:00 PM (2JoB8)
Perhaps a quartz lens can be mounted to focus the light on the specific quotation: "Freedom of speech is overrated, but not overly so."
Posted by: ace
You're our shelving engineer. If you design it, I'm sure there are Morons who can build it. What could go wrong?
Posted by: Jane D'oh at July 22, 2022 03:01 PM (ptqGC)
https://acecomments.mu.nu/?post=149552
https://acecomments.mu.nu/?post=150063
https://acecomments.mu.nu/?post=188497
https://acecomments.mu.nu/?post=295174
The most amazing thing? 10+ minutes to the first reply, and nobody shouted "FIRST"
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at July 22, 2022 03:02 PM (WWh8n)
-tmi3rd
Posted by: tmi3rd at July 22, 2022 03:00 PM (sApcK)
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Good to see you.
Posted by: bluebell at July 22, 2022 03:02 PM (aeePL)
I will toast tomorrow night when my weekend starts.
Posted by: Eromero at July 22, 2022 03:02 PM (gktX6)
Posted by: Moron Robbie - Norway only has EVs because the government has guns at July 22, 2022 03:02 PM (olvLH)
Posted by: Jeff Weimer at July 22, 2022 03:02 PM (4enNW)
Posted by: Blanco Basura - moronhorde.com. Not insurgents, counterrevolutionaries. at July 22, 2022 03:03 PM (Bd6X8)
Posted by: redridinghood at July 22, 2022 02:58 PM (NpAcC
I guess they can put him in the same cell Eric Holder occupied for his contempt case...
Posted by: Liberty at July 22, 2022 03:03 PM (yjTJ6)
Dave,
I really enjoyed reading your shit. I hope all of the cheerleaders in heaven have pointy elbows.
Of course there are cheerleaders in heaven!
Posted by: Lemmiwinks at July 22, 2022 03:03 PM (h1jJh)
Dave in Texas convinced Meghan McCain that ice cream was a low calorie salad dressing. He also told Anthony Weiner to DM women on Twitter and say "Spit in my mouth" and no one would find out.
Posted by: ace at July 22, 2022 03:00 PM (B3oWe
*DYING HERE*
Posted by: Jane D'oh at July 22, 2022 03:03 PM (ptqGC)
Condolences to Dave's family, and prayers up for strength during this sad time. Rest in Peace Dave.
Posted by: clutch cargo - Now fortified with CPM-S90V at July 22, 2022 03:03 PM (zB/T/)
Posted by: PaleRider is simply irredeemable at July 22, 2022 03:03 PM (3cGpq)
Posted by: Boswell at July 22, 2022 03:00 PM (+Cgut)
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By that time, "Stuff Jefferson Said" may be the only book in the world that tells the truth about how the end of the world came about...
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 22, 2022 03:03 PM (K5n5d)
You were a bit part of why I started visiting this little corner of the internet back in 2008. You will be missed. Hopefully Heaven is more than a little like Texas
Posted by: In Exile at July 22, 2022 03:04 PM (g71+Y)
*
I've thought a lot about it and I think that's how I hope it works out for me. I can at least leave my family something that way vs. it all disappearing to have me stick around for six more months.
Posted by: Moron Robbie - Norway only has EVs because the government has guns at July 22, 2022 03:04 PM (olvLH)
https://tinyurl.com/mpnz86dm
Posted by: SMH at what's coming at July 22, 2022 02:45 PM (Iy8Rs)
There are a lot of young, fit athletes dropping like flies or not waking up, the latest I saw was a 24 year old Hurricanes player who dropped dead on a run from a heart attack.
Before the adverse events information built to a critical mass, an extended family member lost his 50 year old, otherwise healthy brother to a heart attack.
I figure it is not long before we see the late night attorney ads for jab fatalities and injuries.
Posted by: Comrade flounder, wrecker, hoarder, saboteur at July 22, 2022 03:04 PM (U3uv2)
You, being in Wisconsin and privy to white couches and all, apparently enjoyed a better Baptist singer.
The Baptists I was forced to congregate with, kinda' hostage like so Mom and Dad could have some guilt free sexy time while I hung out with the grandparents, all sounded like a drunk, out of tune Oak Ridge Boys going through the entire catalogue.
It was Sunday Karaoke. Kinda' like big girls in stretch pants.
Posted by: Sauce for the Goose at July 22, 2022 03:04 PM (ypSbF)
Posted by: JT at July 22, 2022 03:04 PM (T4tVD)
The most amazing thing? 10+ minutes to the first reply, and nobody shouted "FIRST"
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at July 22, 2022 03:02 PM (WWh8n)
LOL.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at July 22, 2022 03:04 PM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: Jane D'oh at July 22, 2022 03:01 PM (ptqGC)
That's what, 10 years old now? Ace was right when he said wouldn't let him forget it for a while.
Posted by: Jeff Weimer at July 22, 2022 03:05 PM (4enNW)
https://tinyurl.com/mpnz86dm
Posted by: SMH
**
The part that's shocking is to find this sentence and read what it's referencing.
"These were all headlines in one day this week!"
Posted by: Moron Robbie - Norway only has EVs because the government has guns at July 22, 2022 03:05 PM (olvLH)
Posted by: Sauce for the Goose at July 22, 2022 03:04 PM (ypSbF)
LOL
Posted by: grammie winger at July 22, 2022 03:05 PM (45fpk)
Posted by: Jeff Weimer
Next we'll be accused of reminding him when he banned himself.....wait.
Posted by: Blue Hen at July 22, 2022 03:06 PM (cY9wR)
Rest in Peace, Dave in Texas. You have been, and will be missed here.
Posted by: GnuBreed at July 22, 2022 03:06 PM (JOtiF)
Posted by: Comrade flounder
___
That will never happen.
Not for this.
Posted by: SMH at what's coming at July 22, 2022 03:06 PM (Iy8Rs)
Posted by: sidney at July 22, 2022 03:06 PM (Uy/WF)
**
There might even be that red book with the shape notes. I betcha Dave liked shape note singing.
Posted by: Moron Robbie - Norway only has EVs because the government has guns at July 22, 2022 03:06 PM (olvLH)
I've been begging these SOBs to quit keeling over until I can make a MoMe for years, but at this rate it's gonna be me and Lazarus, and Lazarus will probably call out at the last minute, the sorry bastard.
Posted by: Brother Tim, actually a random opossum with a VPN at July 22, 2022 03:06 PM (OUMaO)
"Communism killed 80 million people, and all I got was this lousy t-shirt "
I had to stop him and get a picture of it.
What a great Moron.
Dave you'll be missed.
I'm pretty sure that was me, unless he has the same shirt. Although I am Dave, and I am in Texas, I am not DaveinTexas. He was one of the giants upon whose shoulders I stand.
Posted by: Weirddave at July 22, 2022 03:07 PM (vehlZ)
Posted by: The Swamp at July 22, 2022 03:07 PM (us2H3)
Posted by: Blue Hen at July 22, 2022 03:07 PM (cY9wR)
Posted by: dagny, first of her name at July 22, 2022 03:08 PM (HMTci)
Posted by: Ganowicz Commie Exterminators, LTD. at July 22, 2022 03:08 PM (MtGJh)
I think we owe to Dave in Texas to rectify that somehow...
Let the memes commence!
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 22, 2022 03:08 PM (K5n5d)
Posted by: Blue Hen at July 22, 2022 03:07 PM (cY9wR)
That's been a while.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at July 22, 2022 03:08 PM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: rd at July 22, 2022 03:08 PM (Z32m1)
Posted by: Not My Reel Name at July 22, 2022 03:08 PM (Irs8U)
I don't think you're really trying very hard. Did you look up Weehauken? I may have spelled it wrong.
l m a o
Posted by: quantum mechanic at July 22, 2022 03:09 PM (vcv8B)
Posted by: ThunderBitch at July 22, 2022 03:09 PM (as3S9)
I'm so sad right now. And I didn't even know him. My deepest condolences to those who did.
God speed.
Posted by: SMFH at July 22, 2022 03:10 PM (CEh/e)
Posted by: Notsothoreau
Thanks for posting that Notsothoreau
Not very old at all.
Posted by: Ultra MAGA Venus at July 22, 2022 02:49 PM (YVBLw)
Yes, thank you.
ACE, here be Dave in Texas' memorial site.
Posted by: Comrade flounder, wrecker, hoarder, saboteur at July 22, 2022 03:10 PM (U3uv2)
Posted by: Not My Reel Name at July 22, 2022 03:08 PM (Irs8U)
2008?
Posted by: grammie winger at July 22, 2022 03:10 PM (45fpk)
Straight up - folks, this shot hits one group of people harder than any other. Those with extremely lean body mass, and high metabolism.
The same folks that never should have took it in the first place. The data is there. It's obvious. But it's a message that is not popular.
And taking any booster is a huge mistake. Huge.
Posted by: Sauce for the Goose at July 22, 2022 03:10 PM (ypSbF)
On the last thread I posted Mark Steyn's one hour special : Victims of the Vax. These are all from the UK.
They are survivors of loved ones who succumbed to jab injuries, also those who are crippled from the jab.
They continually are abused on social media when they tell their stories.
Posted by: kallisto at July 22, 2022 03:11 PM (dCxaZ)
https://tinyurl.com/cj8fudkf
Ace himself weighed in, too:
https://tinyurl.com/338p78wk
Posted by: Huck Follywood at July 22, 2022 03:11 PM (rpu08)
that was a different ace. I never posted at his site. I never read his site, except during the rathergate thing.
Posted by: ace at July 22, 2022 03:12 PM (B3oWe)
Posted by: InCali at July 22, 2022 03:12 PM (jZOLv)
Posted by: kevlarchick at July 22, 2022 03:13 PM (3sPum)
Didn't expect to regret it this much.
Posted by: geoff at July 22, 2022 03:13 PM (9mTOS)
I have a string of those I hang on the awning every time we go out in the RV.
Why yes, I do keep a step stool in the glorified trailer, just to make the task easier. Why do you ask ?
Posted by: Sauce for the Goose at July 22, 2022 03:14 PM (ypSbF)
a steep-sided gully formed by the action of fast-flowing water in an arid or semi-arid region, found chiefly in the southwestern US.
Go with God, man.
Posted by: Aetius
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AOP has schooled me on the definition of 'coulee'. My impression is that a coulee is necessarily dry. Uncertain about arroyos and gulches. 'Dry-gulch' is a verb in usage...interesting...kinda, as it implies that one could be wet-gulched.
Posted by: Mike Hammer etc., etc. at July 22, 2022 03:14 PM (cBSFw)
Sincere condolences to all loving family and friends.
Posted by: Lola at July 22, 2022 03:14 PM (NIYa7)
Good to see you around, stranger. Thanks for the info.
Posted by: ... at July 22, 2022 03:14 PM (p4PNI)
Posted by: ace at July 22, 2022 03:14 PM (B3oWe)
Posted by: chique l'African ViQueen of Greenland, the Merciless, open to talks with the Great MAGA King at July 22, 2022 03:14 PM (rF64X)
Posted by: Not My Reel Name at July 22, 2022 03:08 PM (Irs8U)
2008?
Posted by: grammie winger
Wow.
Remember when some of us frequented LGF and Hot Air? We used to summon the hoard when someone spotted one of OUR trolls on Hot Air, and Morons charged into the fray. And we actually used the Drudge Report? And before Patterico went batshit?
Posted by: Blue Hen at July 22, 2022 03:14 PM (cY9wR)
Posted by: Notorious BFD at July 22, 2022 03:14 PM (Xrfse)
Lovely job Ace.
My condolences to Dave's family.
We are better for having known you, even if it was only through your writing. Rest in Peace, Dave.
Posted by: Darth Randall at July 22, 2022 03:14 PM (zL564)
Posted by: Democrats: Raping The Children We Cannot Kill Since 1973! at July 22, 2022 03:15 PM (jV+aN)
Posted by: ace at July 22, 2022 03:12 PM (B3oWe)
I bet you say that to all the girls.
Posted by: ... at July 22, 2022 03:15 PM (p4PNI)
I've been wondering if I should take my regular trip to the pub. Now the decision has been made but I'll tell myself I'm going to buy groceries.
Posted by: N.L. Urker, there are chickens in my trench at July 22, 2022 03:15 PM (eGTCV)
Posted by: ace at July 22, 2022 03:12 PM (B3oWe)
The original ace is retired in Patagonia.
Posted by: toby928 at July 22, 2022 03:15 PM (yQpMk)
Posted by: steevy at July 22, 2022 03:15 PM (NMHe5)
Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at July 22, 2022 03:16 PM (KNJGg)
Oh, yes! I was there...That is why this site means so much to me.
Posted by: goddessoftheclassroom at July 22, 2022 03:16 PM (REJkJ)
Posted by: Ganowicz Commie Exterminators, LTD. at July 22, 2022 03:08 PM (MtGJh)
The funny part of that is - you really can get stationed out in Antartica, but not the Army, the Navy...helicopter squadron stationed 6 mos out of the year in Christ Church, NZ (VXE-6) six months on the ice...its voluntary, mostly. I know, I almost volunteered - its a long story.
Posted by: Boswell at July 22, 2022 03:16 PM (+Cgut)
Posted by: N.L. Urker, there are chickens in my trench at July 22, 2022 03:16 PM (eGTCV)
Posted by: ace at July 22, 2022 03:12 PM (B3oWe)
Somebody is just reciting their excuse when they got caught rummaging through Rubio's trash.
Posted by: Sauce for the Goose at July 22, 2022 03:17 PM (ypSbF)
Posted by: Blue Hen at July 22, 2022 03:14 PM (cY9wR)
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I find it interesting that of all the blogs that I used to read, THIS one is the one that I still go to for news and information.
LGF and Hot Air are both dead to me...(though I did once get something featured at LGF, which was kind of neat at the time).
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 22, 2022 03:17 PM (K5n5d)
It's a pity that most of us do not leave many of our thoughts on paper. Dave has left us a wealth.
Posted by: Mike Hammer etc., etc. at July 22, 2022 03:17 PM (8On0t)
Posted by: Blue Hen at July 22, 2022 03:14 PM (cY9wR)
We were but children.
Posted by: grammie winger at July 22, 2022 03:17 PM (45fpk)
Another one I haven't seen around much of late. Good to see you too, Weimer.
Posted by: ... at July 22, 2022 03:18 PM (p4PNI)
Posted by: N.L. Urker, there are chickens in my trench at July 22, 2022 03:18 PM (eGTCV)
I wandered over here in 2007 from Little Green Fuckballs.
Dave's elbow posts and witty repartee we're always a treat.
Posted by: My Pimp Shot My Dealer at July 22, 2022 03:18 PM (oJ5/y)
LGF and Hot Air are both dead to me...(though I did once get something featured at LGF, which was kind of neat at the time).
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 22, 2022 03:17 PM (K5n5d)
I saw a headline where they announced the passing of Charles Johnson. I thought, meh....I guess the seat post finally got the best of him.
But then I saw it was the former NFL receiver.....
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at July 22, 2022 03:18 PM (Zz0t1)
It's a shame I can leave all mine on a Post It note.
Posted by: Sauce for the Goose at July 22, 2022 03:18 PM (ypSbF)
Posted by: Notorious BFD at July 22, 2022 03:14 PM (Xrfse)
Maybe we can get the comments to be funny again. 😀
Posted by: Anti doesn't matter at July 22, 2022 03:19 PM (epFyj)
Posted by: Roland THTG at July 22, 2022 03:19 PM (j40lz)
But then I saw it was the former NFL receiver.....
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden
The memes, tropes and gags...they are all cascading back.
Posted by: Blue Hen at July 22, 2022 03:19 PM (cY9wR)
"Penguins don't surf!"
"Someday this blog will end..."
Thomas Jefferson
<am I doing this right?!?
Posted by: Skeptical Schnauzer at July 22, 2022 03:20 PM (h+7ej)
Posted by: Skip at July 22, 2022 03:20 PM (2JoB8)
Posted by: Roland THTG at July 22, 2022 03:19 PM (j40l
Autocorrect can be funny
Posted by: Anti doesn't matter at July 22, 2022 03:20 PM (epFyj)
This blog is the only one I've ever been a part of.
Posted by: Jane D'oh at July 22, 2022 03:20 PM (ptqGC)
++++
That is solid gold. Especially this one:
Dishwasher Loading Strategies: 'Just in Time' vs. 'Maximal Capacity', an analysis.
by BumperStickerist
Every. Damn. Time. My mother is JIT loader and I am a Capacity loader. Whenever I am at her house, I have to partially unload the dishwasher so everything will fit. This one cuts deep.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at July 22, 2022 03:20 PM (WWh8n)
It's a shame I can leave all mine on a Post It note.
Posted by: Sauce for the Goose at July 22, 2022 03:18 PM (ypSbF)
I put all my deep thoughts into daily journals that no one will ever read.
Posted by: N.L. Urker, there are chickens in my trench at July 22, 2022 03:20 PM (eGTCV)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at July 22, 2022 03:20 PM (Zz0t1)
It's a shame I can leave all mine on a Post It note.
Posted by: Sauce for the Goose
Don't feel bad. Half my time here is trying and failing to explain Delaware politics, and the rest explaining that I'm a guy.
Posted by: Blue Hen at July 22, 2022 03:21 PM (cY9wR)
Posted by: Roland THTG at July 22, 2022 03:19 PM (j40l
Autocorrect can be funny
Posted by: Anti doesn't matter at July 22, 2022 03:20 PM (epFyj)
He donated his body to science.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at July 22, 2022 03:21 PM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: Blue Hen
Why am I having flashbacks?
Posted by: Infidel at July 22, 2022 03:22 PM (mn1Pi)
Posted by: Notsothoreau - move forward at July 22, 2022 03:22 PM (5HBd1)
I stopped reading Hot Air regularly after Michelle Malkin sold it. I still remember some Internet dustup where liberal trolls kept posting hawt bikini pictures of Malkin thinking it would cause all of us severe Christians to hate her.
Posted by: Ian S. at July 22, 2022 03:22 PM (ZGrMX)
Posted by: N.L. Urker, there are chickens in my trench at July 22, 2022 03:22 PM (eGTCV)
Posted by: goddessoftheclassroom at July 22, 2022 03:22 PM (REJkJ)
Posted by: Not My Reel Name at July 22, 2022 03:23 PM (Irs8U)
This blog is the only one I've ever been a part of.
Posted by: Jane D'oh at July 22, 2022 03:20 PM (ptqGC)
Same here. I forget which post I originally came to read and from where it was linked (probably blackfive), but I have been LMAO ever since. And Dave in Texas was a bigger part of that than I ever knew.
Posted by: Comrade flounder, wrecker, hoarder, saboteur at July 22, 2022 03:23 PM (U3uv2)
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at July 22, 2022 03:20 PM (WWh8n)
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Oh no. I do the same thing you do. Does this mean I'm transitioning, or are you? Eek.
Posted by: bluebell at July 22, 2022 03:23 PM (aeePL)
Posted by: Stuff William Wallace said at July 22, 2022 03:23 PM (JCZqz)
Posted by: InCali at July 22, 2022 03:23 PM (jZOLv)
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at July 22, 2022 03:20 PM (WWh8n)
BTDT with the wife, but I do JIT, too, on occasion.
Posted by: Comrade flounder, wrecker, hoarder, saboteur at July 22, 2022 03:24 PM (U3uv2)
Posted by: The Return of In Vino Veritits at July 22, 2022 03:24 PM (0uOsj)
Every. Damn. Time. My mother is JIT loader and I am a Capacity loader. Whenever I am at her house, I have to partially unload the dishwasher so everything will fit. This one cuts deep.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at July 22, 2022 03:20 PM (WWh8n)
Got a replacement dishwasher installed finally, yesterday. The wife loaded it and gave it the trial run while I was out doing the volunteer marching band stuff....She pulled the bottom drawer out and it didn't act right, so I suggested getting the drawer from the old one and using it. She did, then started swapping from one drawer to the other.
"Why don't you just put them up instead of reloading with clean dishes, then putting them away later?"
"Just because things aren't done YOUR way, doesn't make them WRONG!"
LULZ.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at July 22, 2022 03:24 PM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: Ian S.
Same. And dumbasspundit started fucking with the comments. Some of us were getting banned or comments deleted.
Then we watched his numbers drop, and laughed...Cause we're sensitive like that.
Posted by: Blue Hen at July 22, 2022 03:25 PM (cY9wR)
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Good grief! I've been wondering about you! How the heck are you?
Posted by: bluebell at July 22, 2022 03:25 PM (aeePL)
I stopped reading Hot Air regularly after Michelle Malkin sold it. I still remember some Internet dustup where liberal trolls kept posting hawt bikini pictures of Malkin thinking it would cause all of us severe Christians to hate her.
Posted by: Ian S. at July 22, 2022 03:22 PM
You know the rule. Link, pics, etc
Posted by: AoS drunk, self-appointed editor at July 22, 2022 03:25 PM (JCZqz)
Posted by: N.L. Urker, there are chickens in my trench at July 22, 2022 03:25 PM (eGTCV)
Posted by: bluebell
Don't worry. My finacee is a capacity loader. I let her do her thing. I'm not sure the breakdown is particularly along gender lines.
Posted by: quantum mechanic at July 22, 2022 03:26 PM (vcv8B)
Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 22, 2022 03:26 PM (BFigT)
Posted by: Notorious BFD at July 22, 2022 03:26 PM (Xrfse)
Posted by: Stuff William Wallace said
There may come a day when a post is not hijacked by Morons..but today is NOT that day!!
Posted by: Stuff Aragorn should have said at July 22, 2022 03:26 PM (cY9wR)
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Good grief! I've been wondering about you! How the heck are you?
Posted by: bluebell at July 22, 2022 03:25 PM (aeePL)
I'll wager he or she is honest. And drunk.
Posted by: Sauce for the Goose at July 22, 2022 03:27 PM (ypSbF)
Hello Bluebell, my shivvy friend! Doing much better now. Thanks for asking.
Anyone heard from Peaches?
Posted by: The Return of In Vino Veritits at July 22, 2022 03:27 PM (0uOsj)
Posted by: Blue Hen at July 22, 2022 03:21 PM (cY9wR)
LOL you were one of the few readers of my blog way back when if that's worth anything.
Posted by: ... at July 22, 2022 03:27 PM (p4PNI)
Posted by: Infidel at July 22, 2022 03:28 PM (mn1Pi)
Posted by: N.L. Urker, there are chickens in my trench at July 22, 2022 03:28 PM (eGTCV)
Posted by: DAvE at July 22, 2022 03:28 PM (twxj3)
Michelle Malkin was kinda' like Shenia Twain for me. I never scrolled past her on TV, and never missed the mute button.
Posted by: Sauce for the Goose at July 22, 2022 03:29 PM (ypSbF)
Posted by: Charlotte the sailor at July 22, 2022 03:29 PM (48/xJ)
Posted by: N.L. Urker, there are chickens in my trench at July 22, 2022 03:29 PM (eGTCV)
This blog is the only one I've ever been a part of.
Posted by: Jane D'oh at July 22, 2022 03:20 PM (ptqGC)
Same here. I forget which post I originally came to read and from where it was linked (probably blackfive), but I have been LMAO ever since. And Dave in Texas was a bigger part of that than I ever knew.
Posted by: Comrade flounder, wrecker, hoarder, saboteur at July 22, 2022 03:23 PM (U3uv2)
*******
Hot Air use to be fun. The only time LGF was fun was when Charles Johnson was being mocked.
His ego would not allow it though and you would be banned.
Posted by: redridinghood at July 22, 2022 03:29 PM (NpAcC)
Seeing "Jack M" in the old posts is a blast from the past.
Posted by: Soothsayer, the #1 most trusted name in news at July 22, 2022 03:29 PM (YLYCU)
Posted by: N.L. Urker, there are chickens in my trench at July 22, 2022 03:28 PM (eGTCV)
I posted there quite a bit way back when he was up on the War on Terror and jihadism.
I also remember someone doing the whole Johnson/Sharmuta superhero comic type stuff.
I remember it being high comedy.
Posted by: Sponge - RIP Dave in Texas at July 22, 2022 03:29 PM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: N.L. Urker, there are chickens in my trench at July 22, 2022 03:30 PM (eGTCV)
Posted by: Sauce for the Goose
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Mine will be a compilation of grocery lists.
Posted by: Mike Hammer etc., etc. at July 22, 2022 03:30 PM (cBSFw)
And another lurker says RIP to Dave In Texas.
Posted by: gdgm+ at July 22, 2022 03:30 PM (mucm9)
Anyone heard from Peaches?
Posted by: The Return of In Vino Veritits at July 22, 2022 03:27 PM (0uOsj)
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I'm very glad you're doing better, although I confess I didn't know anything was wrong. I hope things stay good for you and yours.
Peaches drops in here every great once in a while, and if I don't see her for months, I'll email her. She's just fine last I heard.
Posted by: bluebell at July 22, 2022 03:31 PM (aeePL)
Posted by: N.L. Urker, there are chickens in my trench at July 22, 2022 03:25 PM (eGTCV)
He's Texan. He'll just call it "regular brisket"
Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 22, 2022 03:31 PM (6FeV1)
Posted by: N.L. Urker, there are chickens in my trench at July 22, 2022 03:30 PM (eGTCV)
Bicycle seat post anal will do that to a guy, I guess.
Posted by: Sponge - RIP Dave in Texas at July 22, 2022 03:31 PM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: Bosk at July 22, 2022 03:31 PM (yh68b)
Posted by: ThunderBitch at July 22, 2022 03:09 PM (as3S9)
Same. He was part of the bedrock of my internet experience. I'm honestly somewhat shaken by this, even though we never met.
Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at July 22, 2022 03:32 PM (nC+QA)
Sympathies to his family and friends.
Posted by: Grandmalcaesar at July 22, 2022 03:32 PM (VsVdw)
Very odd indeed...
Posted by: MAx at July 22, 2022 03:33 PM (twxj3)
I'm sitting here laughing and crying all at the same time thank you.
Posted by: d (@teamwarmsocks) at July 22, 2022 03:33 PM (3galy)
Posted by: N.L. Urker,
Some of us have seen this happen repeatedly, with LGF, dumbasspundit, patterico, some of the cob-loggers here.
Things devolved and the resulting friction caused issues. We used to make fun of some of the dumber things on Hot Air, or try to actually debate stuff. Some just went down to a dark place.
Sad, but part of human nature.
Dave in Texas was the better part of human nature.
Posted by: Blue Hen at July 22, 2022 03:34 PM (cY9wR)
Posted by: ShainS -- Welcome to the boneyard, it gets worse here every day at July 22, 2022 03:35 PM (34P9n)
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 22, 2022 03:35 PM (K5n5d)
Posted by: Pork Chops & Bacons at July 22, 2022 03:36 PM (Qhnrt)
Very odd indeed...
**
It's the algorithms and shut up because it's just how computers work.
Posted by: Moron Robbie - Norway only has EVs because the government has guns at July 22, 2022 03:37 PM (olvLH)
Posted by: N.L. Urker
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It should be saved for the Book Thread, but I've just started P.D.James (fragment) of autobiography, 'Time To Be In Earnest'. She candidly undertakes to write in novel-esque style a one-year diary. So far, it is very interesting. It quickly becomes evident that daily events are inescapably tied to all that has gone before.
Posted by: Mike Hammer etc., etc. at July 22, 2022 03:37 PM (E5ADw)
Posted by: Theodore at July 22, 2022 03:38 PM (GJnvT)
Very odd indeed...
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Even AI becomes confused when considering AOC.
Posted by: Mike Hammer etc., etc. at July 22, 2022 03:39 PM (aex1q)
You'll be missed Dave.
Posted by: AshevilleRobert at July 22, 2022 03:39 PM (fv27Y)
Posted by: Skip at July 22, 2022 03:39 PM (2JoB8)
But lets talk Dave in Texas and pointy elbows. An elbow can be a thing of beauty. We had assigned seating in my 1L year in law school. For an entire year I sat directly behind one young lady. Let's say that Mother Nature was not kind to her when they passed out the good looks buttons. I had to look over the top of her (the class room had raised tiers of seats) for a solid year. Since I am not terribly judgmental where feminine beauty is concerned, and I had to look at her a long time, I tried to find one good feature. I concluded that the best thing about her was her elbows. They weren't pointy. In fact they were kinda nice.
RIP Dave in Texas
Posted by: GlendaleGreybeard at July 22, 2022 03:40 PM (K57hO)
Posted by: m at July 22, 2022 03:40 PM (8rTNG)
Posted by: rexharrisonshat at July 22, 2022 03:41 PM (p8+vV)
Posted by: Justin Castreau at July 22, 2022 03:41 PM (ZW1rs)
Very odd indeed...
Posted by: MAx at July 22, 2022 03:33 PM (twxj3)
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I shudder to think what happens when you search for "Stacy Abrams bikini" ... hopefully just pictures of some atoll and not some giant asshole.
Posted by: ShainS -- Welcome to the boneyard, it gets worse here every day at July 22, 2022 03:42 PM (KWFaX)
Posted by: Adriane the Critic at July 22, 2022 03:44 PM (jonTH)
Posted by: ... at July 22, 2022 03:15 PM (p4PNI)
Why would ace say that to all the girls when ace is a girl? Unless ace is a lesbian.
I suppose that could be possible.
Posted by: Somewhere South of I-80 at July 22, 2022 03:44 PM (1DgE4)
How are you doing? Was just wondering recently how, really *if*, you were doing after cancer treatment.
Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at July 22, 2022 03:46 PM (nC+QA)
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at July 22, 2022 03:46 PM (8GBH4)
Posted by: JWF at July 22, 2022 03:49 PM (f/aLu)
Posted by: Theodore at July 22, 2022 03:38 PM (GJnvT)
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See me @ #123.
Posted by: ShainS -- Welcome to the boneyard, it gets worse here every day at July 22, 2022 03:50 PM (rNG1c)
Even so, I remember you. (I'm a longtime reader, but don't comment much)
Posted by: Bonnie Blue - the ungrateful colonial at July 22, 2022 03:51 PM (gao0c)
Brings back so many great memories.
Posted by: Paulitics at July 22, 2022 03:52 PM (s1brf)
Posted by: Paulitics at July 22, 2022 03:54 PM (s1brf)
Posted by: goozer at July 22, 2022 03:58 PM (PtK0Q)
Posted by: Naked, sitting in a sensory deprivation room, smoking crack. at July 22, 2022 04:02 PM (QY+6a)
Posted by: Bach in Black at July 22, 2022 04:04 PM (7ubmG)
I remember that dust-off. Sheer genius. I laughed every time I saw another comment asking about his MOS.
Posted by: Calbadger at July 22, 2022 04:04 PM (lvnHp)
Yep. That's how I got here. 2008 or 9? Could it be earlier?
Posted by: dagny, first of her name at July 22, 2022 04:11 PM (HMTci)
A soldier wakes up and sees a snake, whips out his knife, cuts the snakes head off, then throws it out of his tent.
A marine wakes up and sees a snake, grabs it, bites the snakes head off, and throws it out of his foxhole.
An airman wakes up and sees snake and says 'Hey, what's this snake doing in my suite?'
RIP Dave
Posted by: Fritzy at July 22, 2022 04:12 PM (GgBE/)
One of the defining characteristics of conservatives that is most appealing is a sense of humor. Seems like it springs from a better grounded perspective of life, one's place versus others and relationship with our creator.
Just had to delurk as this post made me laugh out loud. Back to my all consuming garden. Best to all the horde and be safe out there.
Posted by: groovy girl at July 22, 2022 04:12 PM (lGch6)
Posted by: Paulitics at July 22, 2022 04:13 PM (s1brf)
Posted by: SOMEASSHOLESTOLEMYPEN at July 22, 2022 04:13 PM (ytSiK)
Posted by: SOMEASSHOLESTOLEMYPEN at July 22, 2022 04:14 PM (ytSiK)
And of course, the Jefferson stuff was fantastic.
R.I.P.
Posted by: AndrewR at July 22, 2022 04:15 PM (g+oXQ)
Posted by: Gouverneur Morris at July 22, 2022 04:17 PM (PHxng)
Posted by: OCBill at July 22, 2022 04:18 PM (GQR87)
I remember when I used to spend my lunch hour at Iowahawk, AoS, LGF, Instapundit, Tim Blair's, and Lileks. All before the current social media crap.
God, it was so much more fun back then, 15-20 years ago. Seems like a Golden Age compared to today...
Posted by: Tex Lovera at July 22, 2022 04:19 PM (wtvvX)
Love you, goober. So sorry for the family. Such a terrible shock.
Posted by: lauraw at July 22, 2022 04:21 PM (os1+V)
Never got to meet Dave, but he was just the nicest guy you could ever hope to comment with. I'm not even Christian, and I eagerly looked forward to the Crap Tree every year.
Dave was good people. The goodest. Requiescat in Pacem.
Posted by: Stewed Hamm at July 22, 2022 04:27 PM (EqYm5)
Posted by: Paulitics at July 22, 2022 04:28 PM (s1brf)
Posted by: 3DFighter at July 22, 2022 04:29 PM (fO5z9)
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, Texas - AoS Ladies' Brigade, Plucky Comic Relief at July 22, 2022 04:32 PM (D0qgz)
Posted by: lauraw at July 22, 2022 04:35 PM (os1+V)
Posted by: Mrs. JTB at July 22, 2022 04:35 PM (7EjX1)
Posted by: Paulitics at July 22, 2022 04:38 PM (s1brf)
Posted by: Russkilitlover at July 22, 2022 04:49 PM (iyVGU)
Posted by: Hazchic at July 22, 2022 04:54 PM (eIFmm)
Posted by: olddog in mo at July 22, 2022 05:00 PM (9bycF)
Posted by: runningrn at July 22, 2022 05:14 PM (sH0TO)
Posted by: rdohd at July 22, 2022 05:15 PM (DzjWX)
Posted by: Joe Mama at July 22, 2022 05:20 PM (WmGrA)
Posted by: tee866 at July 22, 2022 05:39 PM (Jg4wD)
Posted by: Mitch Mitchell at July 22, 2022 05:43 PM (Ni5XX)
Posted by: Russ from Winterset at July 22, 2022 05:44 PM (WwiSt)
My prayers are with his family. May God comfort them at this difficult time.
Posted by: FakeButAccurate at July 22, 2022 05:54 PM (+Boyn)
Posted by: Bildo at July 22, 2022 06:05 PM (Y79+C)
Posted by: Gmac
Whoa! We ain't that old.
Posted by: rickb223
Dunno about you but I am older than dirt at 67 and smiling every morning I wake up still stealing O2. I've been here since just before LGF went weird and every year more of the old familiar NIC's go silent, some noted, some not, some in very sad ways, I miss them all.
Posted by: Gmac - WTF did you think was going to happen? at July 22, 2022 06:15 PM (qZdIZ)
Posted by: The Political Hat at July 22, 2022 06:15 PM (EXSd2)
My condolences to Dave's family. I'm sad to see yet another name added to the "Absent Friends" list.
Posted by: Cybersmythe at July 22, 2022 06:16 PM (6jmQG)
Posted by: Brisco County Sr at July 22, 2022 06:21 PM (XXl7H)
Posted by: Wickedpinto at July 22, 2022 06:29 PM (uMWjA)
I've been alternately laughing and crying since hearing the news, but mostly laughing.
A few more Dave notes:
- The puppy in the "Sad Puppy" post at H2 (hit the link) was the first image to appear in a Google search for "sad puppy" for a long, long time. That's actually Dave's dog "Moses", who I'm sure is wagging his tail right now after being reunited with his master.
- Dave wrote some code used in the flight controls of the MC-130 Combat Talon. "Must still be working" because there hadn't been a crash was a fun little running joke.
(cont'd)
Posted by: Andy at July 22, 2022 06:30 PM (g2gqc)
Posted by: Paulitics at July 22, 2022 06:30 PM (s1brf)
>>>>
I would like to add that I miss Monty's cracks. His riffing on that old Enigma code machine post sending messages to Adolf Hitler, Maximum Supremo from Joseph Stalin, Boss of Bosses had me giggling like a little girl.
I was always impressed with his knowledge of military history (as I am with many here), although I suspect he was trying to impress me, the little minx.
Posted by: Dave in Texas at March 19, 2007 09:13 AM (W5xJB)
Posted by: Andy at July 22, 2022 06:31 PM (g2gqc)
I remember that. Dave was balls on just asking questions, and all the time Liberal was completely wrong.
Posted by: Wickedpinto at July 22, 2022 06:37 PM (uMWjA)
Posted by: It's probably fine at July 22, 2022 06:44 PM (UWyED)
I'm really sorry to hear this.
I know I really don't post anymore and don't even read every day (I do a lot, though), but I do have a lot of memories.
Gonna remember Dave.
Good to see a lot of good memories posted above, a proper memorial.
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at July 22, 2022 06:49 PM (xlhKB)
I love seeing old nics and have love all the stories. I only wish I had met the man. I've been here since 2005-ish. I love being a part of this unique group of Americans. I lurk on the H2 as well.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Trying to be Moar Funnier at July 22, 2022 06:52 PM (xPJvm)
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Posted by: Wickedpinto at July 22, 2022 07:01 PM (uMWjA)
I envy his discipline for online engagement, and respect that it was obviously a product of his upbringing and environment. A true Texan.
He will be dearly missed.
Posted by: TheSuppressed86 at July 22, 2022 07:09 PM (dUiul)
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the accompanying site... http://www.salarycash1.com
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Posted by: pajama momma at July 22, 2022 09:03 PM (YO8L1)
Thank you too, Ace, for this community, and for the team of awesome you've assembled. May it last 1000 years.
Posted by: John Milton's Ghost at July 22, 2022 09:03 PM (PTYkn)
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Posted by: Penultimatum at July 22, 2022 09:32 PM (SrilI)
He always answered his phone, he always had something funny to say, he was always genuinely interested in whatever nonsense I had to say.
He gave me so many laughs over the years.
Now he's with Rosetta and Patty Ann and his good boy Moses.
RIP buddy.
Posted by: mesablue at July 22, 2022 09:36 PM (oTHCN)
Posted by: mesablue at July 22, 2022 09:51 PM (oTHCN)
I met Dave at the first Innocent Bystanders Gathering in Columbus, Ohio at Michael's (RIP) house. He was funny, personable and a gentleman.
I was planning on seeing him again during a trip to visit my son in Texas.
... I'm out of words.
Posted by: Retired Geezer at July 22, 2022 09:52 PM (9A+Qo)
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Posted by: Lurker 5000 at July 22, 2022 10:00 PM (zKTCr)
I still have the Billy Goat you gave me at The Innocent Bystanders Super Bowl Party and Shootem Up.
Hope you are well.
Posted by: mesablue at July 22, 2022 10:02 PM (oTHCN)
So glad I got to see you at 3 meetups and get hugged. I always thought there'd be another.
Posted by: roamingfirehydrant at July 22, 2022 10:05 PM (mb400)
Posted by: Reaujere at July 22, 2022 10:32 PM (cNA/h)
My wife has been telling my kid "Poppy is sad, let him rest." all day
Posted by: Wickedpinto at July 22, 2022 11:00 PM (uMWjA)
Good to hear from you. When WAS that InnocentBystanders Meatup?
@Wickidpinto
Heh, I remember trying to paint your toenails when you fell asleep.
Posted by: Retired Geezer at July 22, 2022 11:08 PM (9A+Qo)
He claimed when he hit the low B string, the wimmins would ovulate.
Posted by: Retired Geezer at July 22, 2022 11:34 PM (FPwhD)
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https://michaelscomments.wordpress.com/about/
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Posted by: mesablue at July 23, 2022 01:03 AM (oTHCN)
I hadn't seen him Tweet in a few days, just thought about it earlier today. I followed him there because of what he posted here. Real peach of a guy, I DMed him a couple of times with some questions regarding his bass playing and other things.
Funny how in this chaotic, disconnected, strange world we can grow to love and appreciate people we've never met in real life. And it's a shame I didn't, because he was "Texas close" and only about a 2hr drive from where I live.
Tonight I'll raise a glass in thanks for DaveInTexas, and how he impacted the world around him.
Posted by: Shane at July 23, 2022 01:31 AM (jFuQc)
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Posted by: Wickedpinto at July 23, 2022 08:21 AM (uMWjA)
Posted by: Hippopoonis at July 23, 2022 09:37 AM (JPVCx)
I didn't tear up until I went to read the digital memorial page where you morons finally got me.
Laughing with a tear is the best.
Posted by: Ethan Saunders at July 23, 2022 09:51 AM (W1E3x)
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Posted by: Turnout Man at July 23, 2022 10:19 AM (VHbip)
Simply, he seemed like one of the nicest and funniest guys here. I was connected with him on FB and Twitter and always enjoyed his offerings.
May he enjoy his new Home. Dave in Heaven.
May God be with us all.
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completely different topіc bᥙt it has pretty
much the same page ⅼayout and design. Outstanding choice
of colors!
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Posted by: Wickedpinto at July 23, 2022 08:17 PM (uMWjA)
May Perpetual Light shine upon him. God bless his family and close friends.
Rest your oar, Dave
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Pat Rutland
(Dave's wife of 40 years)
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