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Mid-Morning Art Thread

Drouais family1.jpg

François-Hubert Drouais
Family Portrait

Posted by: CBD at 09:30 AM




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1 FIRST!!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at October 26, 2022 09:30 AM (Zz0t1)

2 1st

Posted by: Skip's phone at October 26, 2022 09:30 AM (ayc+3)

3 "Leaning in for the Sniff"

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at October 26, 2022 09:30 AM (Zz0t1)

4 Is she holding up the little girl by the hair?

Posted by: rhennigantx at October 26, 2022 09:30 AM (BRHaw)

5 "Buttering up the Mom to go for the Daughter"

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at October 26, 2022 09:31 AM (Zz0t1)

6 How you doin' Momma?

Posted by: Tonypete at October 26, 2022 09:31 AM (LsEU/)

7 Corgis called.

Posted by: rickb223 at October 26, 2022 09:31 AM (qChqh)

8 But that's a nice clock.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at October 26, 2022 09:31 AM (Zz0t1)

9 They're all sporting the same hairstyle.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at October 26, 2022 09:31 AM (7bRMQ)

10 Got out the good silver, I see.

Posted by: BignJames at October 26, 2022 09:31 AM (AwYPR)

11 Is that a science project volcano on the table?

Posted by: Tinfoilbaby at October 26, 2022 09:31 AM (L08P2)

12 I loved the old days when mom, dad, and the kids could all share the same powered wigs.

Posted by: rhennigantx at October 26, 2022 09:31 AM (BRHaw)

13 King Harv got me

Nice portrait of the family, well detailed

Posted by: Skip's phone at October 26, 2022 09:31 AM (ayc+3)

14 "Buttering up the Mom to go for the Daughter"
Posted by: Sponge


Biden's great great grandfather?

Posted by: rickb223 at October 26, 2022 09:32 AM (qChqh)

15 Lovely family portrait. Would definitely hang.

Posted by: Tuna at October 26, 2022 09:32 AM (gLRfa)

16 But that's a nice clock.
Posted by: Sponge

"Oh, you say that to all the girls!"

Posted by: Tonypete at October 26, 2022 09:32 AM (LsEU/)

17 "Good news honey, the King just awarded us Pennsylvania and I am appointing Uncle Lumpy to run it for us"

Posted by: Huck Follywood at October 26, 2022 09:32 AM (epO41)

18 And they're all wearing silk stockings.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at October 26, 2022 09:32 AM (7bRMQ)

19 That dude is pulling off the little girl tights look better than Dylan Mulvaney!

Posted by: rhennigantx at October 26, 2022 09:33 AM (BRHaw)

20 That is a VERY well done painting.

Could easily be a photograph.

Posted by: JT at October 26, 2022 09:33 AM (T4tVD)

21 The man is wearing Elton John's coat.

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, Aspiring Rapper at October 26, 2022 09:33 AM (PiwSw)

22 He's waiting for the right moment to rip her a new one because the house is a mess.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at October 26, 2022 09:33 AM (Zz0t1)

23 I had trouble getting a fridge I bought through my front door.

Imagine if those sorts of dresses came back in style? Women would never be able to get out or into a house.

Posted by: 18-1 at October 26, 2022 09:33 AM (ESjRY)

24 He's waiting for the right moment to rip her a new one because the house is a mess.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at October 26, 2022 09:33 AM (Zz0t1)

Servants day off.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at October 26, 2022 09:34 AM (7bRMQ)

25 Imagine if those sorts of dresses came back in style? Women would never be able to get out or into a house.
Posted by: 18-1

Feature, not a bug.

Posted by: Tonypete at October 26, 2022 09:34 AM (LsEU/)

26 Clock is set to 11:17
Same time Lincoln died.

Posted by: rhennigantx at October 26, 2022 09:34 AM (BRHaw)

27 François-Hubert Drouais

aka Frankie Hubs

Posted by: JT at October 26, 2022 09:34 AM (T4tVD)

28 I thought mom was holding the flowers over the girl's hair.

Hard to see in my phone theses pictures, the other day with oxen team there was a ox bow but just smaller than expected

Posted by: Skip's phone at October 26, 2022 09:34 AM (ayc+3)

29 how do replace the fucking batteries in that fucking clock ?

Posted by: REDACTED at October 26, 2022 09:35 AM (us2H3)

30 They're either all under 4' tall or that's a 20+ foot ceiling.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at October 26, 2022 09:35 AM (Zz0t1)

31 kid looks 35

Posted by: REDACTED at October 26, 2022 09:35 AM (us2H3)

32 Thank goodness for 10 second timers!

Posted by: Biden's Dog at October 26, 2022 09:36 AM (eyaCe)

33 Drouais.

Any language that allows four vowels in a row has vowel privilege. They need to give at least two of those vowels to Welsh to atone for it.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at October 26, 2022 09:36 AM (TKm8p)

34 Smokin' jacket, dude!

Posted by: andycanuck (yikp0) at October 26, 2022 09:36 AM (yikp0)

35 Neck Gunt Removal, circa 1780.

Would Hang.

Posted by: Hairyback Guy at October 26, 2022 09:36 AM (Yi4c0)

36 Progressive home of the future.

No electricity, and a wind up clock

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at October 26, 2022 09:36 AM (uLr+K)

37 kid looks 35

Posted by: REDACTED at October 26, 2022 09:35 AM (us2H3)

It's a midget in a kid suit.

Posted by: Reuben Kincaid at October 26, 2022 09:37 AM (7bRMQ)

38 Fabric merchants made out like bandits back in those days.

Posted by: huerfano, stochastic commenter at October 26, 2022 09:37 AM (dTFZY)

39 Would guillotine.

Posted by: Biden's Dog at October 26, 2022 09:37 AM (eyaCe)

40 They all look like old women.

Posted by: sniffybigtoe at October 26, 2022 09:37 AM (UuD2k)

41 Family is in need of a bottle of Clairol. They all seem to be going grey.

Posted by: redridinghood at October 26, 2022 09:37 AM (NpAcC)

42 kid looks 35

Pretty sure that's hate speech

Posted by: The 6'2 250lb "little league" champ pitcher from a few years ago at October 26, 2022 09:38 AM (ESjRY)

43 Any language that allows four vowels in a row has vowel privilege. They need to give at least two of those vowels to Welsh to atone for it.
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at October 26, 2022 09:36 AM (TKm8p)

Fun fact: There's a warehouse in Waltham, MA, that contains all the "r's" that Bostonians don't pronounce.

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, Aspiring Rapper at October 26, 2022 09:38 AM (PiwSw)

44
It's a midget in a kid suit.
Posted by: Reuben Kincaid at October 26, 2022 09:37 AM (7bRMQ)



Wee Woman.

But can she kick herself in the forehead?

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at October 26, 2022 09:38 AM (Zz0t1)

45 Gee, I was hoping the lady had a kitten or cat on her lap. Oh, well. This stands as a good example of how artists were useful to record the world before cameras existed.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, dreaming of Elsewhere at October 26, 2022 09:38 AM (J2vNu)

46 guess they hadn't invented wife beaters or shorts yet

Posted by: REDACTED at October 26, 2022 09:38 AM (us2H3)

47 It's a midget in a kid suit.

Only one way to be sure

Posted by: Joe Biden clearing his nose at October 26, 2022 09:38 AM (ESjRY)

48 Fun fact: There's a warehouse in Waltham, MA, that contains all the "r's" that Bostonians don't pronounce.

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, Aspiring Rapper at October 26, 2022 09:38 AM (PiwSw)

Consonants R Us?

Posted by: OrangeEnt at October 26, 2022 09:38 AM (7bRMQ)

49 12 I loved the old days when mom, dad, and the kids could all share the same powered wigs.

Posted by: rhennigantx at October 26, 2022 09:31 AM (BRHaw)
----
Powered by static?

Posted by: Ciampino - - - sounds about right for Physics at October 26, 2022 09:38 AM (qfLjt)

50 Family is in need of a bottle of Clairol. They all seem to be going grey.

Posted by: redridinghood

Does she or doesn't she? Only her hairdresser knows for sure.


Well, and The Paolo.

Posted by: Tonypete at October 26, 2022 09:38 AM (LsEU/)

51 Kittuh about to pounce on table! Kittuh knows his staff is distracted.

That room seems drab.

Posted by: Puddleglum at October 26, 2022 09:38 AM (sAmhv)

52 It's 11:15 am. Time for pre-lunch brunch.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, dreaming of Elsewhere at October 26, 2022 09:39 AM (J2vNu)

53 29 how do replace the fucking batteries in that fucking clock ?
Posted by: REDACTED at October 26, 2022 09:35 AM (us2H3)

when it strikes the hour, the entire face of the clock pops open while Fetterman's head pops out and shouts "CUCKOO!!!!!"

Posted by: Tom Servo at October 26, 2022 09:39 AM (r46W7)

54 Well, and The Paolo.

Oh really Mr Paolo?

Posted by: Some Brazilian at October 26, 2022 09:40 AM (ESjRY)

55 Gee, I was hoping the lady had a kitten or cat on her lap. Oh, well. This stands as a good example of how artists were useful to record the world before cameras existed.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, dreaming of Elsewhere at October 26, 2022 09:38 AM (J2vNu)

Whaddya mean? There's a pussy in her lap.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at October 26, 2022 09:40 AM (7bRMQ)

56 Consonants R Us?
Posted by: OrangeEnt at October 26, 2022 09:38 AM (7bRMQ)
-

Ahs Ah Us.

Posted by: Biden's Dog at October 26, 2022 09:40 AM (eyaCe)

57 look at the way this whore daughter of yours is sticking her ass out !!

Posted by: REDACTED at October 26, 2022 09:40 AM (us2H3)

58 I swear. Getting dressed back then must have taken from breakfast to lunch to accomplish.

Posted by: Xipe Totec at October 26, 2022 09:40 AM (QSjkU)

59 And all of that silver shows they're not exactly dead Baroque.

Posted by: andycanuck (yikp0) at October 26, 2022 09:40 AM (yikp0)

60 Kittuh about to pounce on table! Kittuh knows his staff is distracted.

That room seems drab.
Posted by: Puddleglum at October 26, 2022


***
There's a cat in the painting?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, dreaming of Elsewhere at October 26, 2022 09:40 AM (J2vNu)

61 Am I not seeing it or is he missing his left hand?

Posted by: JackStraw at October 26, 2022 09:40 AM (ZLI7S)

62
Don't Flip Your Wig, Honey - a limerick

A portrait of the Family Sinclair
Mother, Father, Daughter are there
When he questioned his paternity
His wife replied quite earnestly
"Why Darling, she's got your hair!"

Posted by: Muldoon at October 26, 2022 09:40 AM (kXYt5)

63 Personally, I’m glad powdered wigs went out of style.

I am, however, still mourning the loss of the tricorn hat.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at October 26, 2022 09:40 AM (TKm8p)

64 https://tinyurl.com/bddbm6mp

A bit more info on the piece. I was checking to see how many of these people were executed during the Reign of Terror. 1756, so likely the dude and wife were already dead.

I did not quite mean that to be as morbid as it was.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at October 26, 2022 09:41 AM (CwQXo)

65 52 It's 11:15 am. Time for pre-lunch brunch.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, dreaming of Elsewhere at October 26, 2022 09:39 AM (J2vNu)

elevenes

Posted by: rhennigantx at October 26, 2022 09:41 AM (BRHaw)

66 Ahs Ah Us.
Posted by: Biden's Dog

Golfclap.

Posted by: Tonypete at October 26, 2022 09:41 AM (LsEU/)

67 Family is in need of a bottle of Clairol. They all seem to be going grey.

Posted by: redridinghood

A Commercial !

On The Art Thread !

Oh, the Humanity !

Posted by: JT at October 26, 2022 09:41 AM (T4tVD)

68 Am I not seeing it or is he missing his left hand?

Posted by: JackStraw at October 26, 2022 09:40 AM (ZLI7S)

Inside.

Posted by: Knee Breeches at October 26, 2022 09:42 AM (7bRMQ)

69 29 how do replace the fucking batteries in that fucking clock ?

Posted by: REDACTED at October 26, 2022 09:35 AM (us2H3)
----
There's a fucking panel on the other side of the fucking wall.

Posted by: Ciampino - - - sounds about fucking right for Physics at October 26, 2022 09:42 AM (qfLjt)

70 You've done this one before. The one with the guy. And the woman. And the draping.

Posted by: red speck at October 26, 2022 09:42 AM (gS3OW)

71 68 Am I not seeing it or is he missing his left hand?

Posted by: JackStraw at October 26, 2022 09:40 AM (ZLI7S)

Inside.
Posted by: Knee Breeches at October 26, 2022 09:42 AM (7bRMQ)

Behind his back, I think, Jack.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at October 26, 2022 09:43 AM (CwQXo)

72 Take a tour of the pre-civil war plantations near Charleston.

In August.

Gives you a deeper understanding of the fashion of the day, and the misery of wearing it.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at October 26, 2022 09:43 AM (uLr+K)

73 He does not trust the little girl, probably has his hand on a holdout flintlock.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at October 26, 2022 09:43 AM (CwQXo)

74 A bit more info on the piece. I was checking to see how many of these people were executed during the Reign of Terror. 1756, so likely the dude and wife were already dead.

I did not quite mean that to be as morbid as it was.
Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop

Bah !

Nothing morbid about ruthless, senseless MURDERS !

Posted by: JT at October 26, 2022 09:43 AM (T4tVD)

75 They're either all under 4' tall or that's a 20+ foot ceiling.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at October 26, 2022


***
In warm climates like Lousy-ana (and, I guess, southern France and down into Spain and Italy), they would build rooms with high ceilings to allow for some evaporative cooling. My first apartment in 1975 had wall unit air conditioners -- but I didn't have to run them very cold because the ceilings were so high.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, dreaming of Elsewhere at October 26, 2022 09:44 AM (J2vNu)

76 72 Take a tour of the pre-civil war plantations near Charleston.

In August.

Gives you a deeper understanding of the fashion of the day, and the misery of wearing it.
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at October 26, 2022 09:43 AM (uLr+K)

In that humidity.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at October 26, 2022 09:44 AM (CwQXo)

77 61 Am I not seeing it or is he missing his left hand?
Posted by: JackStraw at October 26, 2022 09:40 AM (ZLI7S)

those balls aint gonna play with themselves

Posted by: REDACTED at October 26, 2022 09:44 AM (us2H3)

78 60 Kittuh about to pounce on table! Kittuh knows his staff is distracted.

That room seems drab.
Posted by: Puddleglum at October 26, 2022

***
There's a cat in the painting?
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius,



(looks at painting again)
You must see the kittuh that isn't there.

Posted by: Puddleglum at October 26, 2022 09:44 AM (sAmhv)

79 Nice picture of a kid.
Yahoos commenting.
Cap'n Ned.

You folks know the drill...

Posted by: Muldoon at October 26, 2022 09:44 AM (kXYt5)

80 I am, however, still mourning the loss of the tricorn hat.
----------------
BTW, I recently learned that 'tricorne' doesn't mean 'three corners' but 'three horns', from the Latin for 'horn'.

Posted by: andycanuck (yikp0) at October 26, 2022 09:44 AM (yikp0)

81 You must see the kittuh that isn't there.

*******

The kitten who didn't bark in the night?

Posted by: Muldoon at October 26, 2022 09:45 AM (kXYt5)

82 Wait... this is a scene from a DC lawmaker's house, isn't it? The insularity, the entitled extravagance, the sense of personal wellbeing, the drapes drawn just enough to avoid seeing the view of the rabble down below in the streets...

Posted by: red speck at October 26, 2022 09:46 AM (gS3OW)

83 As a semi-retired geezer, I don't dress to impress. I wear Dickies onesie coveralls and I take 3 minutes to dress, with lace up boots. Women hate my coveralls, and I give exactly zero fuks.

Posted by: Xipe Totec at October 26, 2022 09:46 AM (QSjkU)

84 BTW, I recently learned that 'tricorne' doesn't mean 'three corners' but 'three horns', from the Latin for 'horn'.
Posted by: andycanuck (yikp0)

Doc Severinson, Satchmo and Al Hirt ?

Posted by: JT at October 26, 2022 09:46 AM (T4tVD)

85 Fantastic technique and rendering but would not hang.

Would study the hell out of it though.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at October 26, 2022 09:46 AM (up/3i)

86 Where's the Sniper?

Posted by: XTC at October 26, 2022 09:46 AM (UnA8+)

87 Doc Severinson, Satchmo and Al Hirt ?
Posted by: JT at October 26, 2022 09:46 AM (T4tVD)

Grrrrrr.

Posted by: Herb Alpert at October 26, 2022 09:47 AM (PiwSw)

88 Based on my expertise, I believe François-Hubert Drouais has his ether hanky in hand to have a little fun with the misses.

Posted by: Bill Cosby at October 26, 2022 09:48 AM (BZChZ)

89 Amazing painting.

Posted by: Adirondack Patriot at October 26, 2022 09:48 AM (lf83v)

90 Every time I see a painting of this era, I think "Why the hell didn't they just make men's pants that went all the way down to the ankle???"

I'm sure someone knows the answer, but the whole knee-length pants coupled with stockings just looks so freaking ridiculous.

Posted by: PabloD at October 26, 2022 09:48 AM (+Tvve)

91 86 Where's the Sniper?
Posted by: XTC



In a tree across the street. That pleasant scene is about to end.

Posted by: Puddleglum at October 26, 2022 09:48 AM (sAmhv)

92 (looks at painting again)
You must see the kittuh that isn't there.
Posted by: Puddleglum at October 26, 2022 09:44 AM (sAmhv)

It was the cat who walks through walls.

after he walked.

Posted by: Tom Servo at October 26, 2022 09:49 AM (r46W7)

93 (looks at painting again)
You must see the kittuh that isn't there.
Posted by: Puddleglum at October 26, 2022


***
Late at night upon the stair
I saw a cat who wasn't there;
She wasn't there again today;
Oh, how I wish she'd go away!

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, dreaming of Elsewhere at October 26, 2022 09:49 AM (J2vNu)

94 How often did these folks bathe?

Summertime had to be fairly aromatic.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at October 26, 2022 09:49 AM (uLr+K)

95 I'm sure someone knows the answer, but the whole knee-length pants coupled with stockings just looks so freaking ridiculous.
Posted by: PabloD at October 26, 2022 09:48 AM (+Tvve)

they were waiting for golf to be invented

way ahead of the curve

Posted by: REDACTED at October 26, 2022 09:49 AM (us2H3)

96 The onion.

I don't see an onion.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at October 26, 2022 09:50 AM (uLr+K)

97 Before lace wigs.

Posted by: Dr. Varno at October 26, 2022 09:50 AM (X+Ku8)

98 90- I wonder about stuff like that too. Will yoga pants and Grey sweats lead to the end of ridiculous fashion? Hate to be with the commies on this, but just don't see the point of the comiplicated outfits.

Posted by: Farmer Bob at October 26, 2022 09:50 AM (eGccS)

99 Rough life, even the kid got grey hair.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at October 26, 2022 09:50 AM (VwHCD)

100 94 How often did these folks bathe?

Summertime had to be fairly aromatic.
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at October 26, 2022 09:49 AM (uLr+K)

what, and kill the potpourri market ???

Posted by: REDACTED at October 26, 2022 09:51 AM (us2H3)

101 In those days, style took precedent over function. That's how you got British troops wearing wool frock coats in the heat of summer, with 50% heat exhaustion casualties.

Posted by: Xipe Totec at October 26, 2022 09:51 AM (QSjkU)

102 Every time I see a painting of this era, I think "Why the hell didn't they just make men's pants that went all the way down to the ankle???"
----------
So you're a sans-coulottes" too then, comrade?

Posted by: andycanuck (yikp0) at October 26, 2022 09:51 AM (yikp0)

103 I want to break out some calipers and measure the fore-head on that girl (actual female).

NB: I have a tremendous skull. Wonderful skull. BIG. STRONG. INTIMIDATING.

NB NB: Breed her to Barron Trump and we win.

Posted by: Thesokorus at October 26, 2022 09:51 AM (1ais2)

104 I know some older folks who swear bathing more than twice a week is bad for your skin.

Posted by: Farmer Bob at October 26, 2022 09:52 AM (eGccS)

105 33 Drouais.

Any language that allows four vowels in a row has vowel privilege. They need to give at least two of those vowels to Welsh to atone for it.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at October 26, 2022 09:36 AM (TKm8p)
----
I think there's a 'country' in the Balkans that needs vowels more than the Welsh. I think Bill Clinton carpet-bombed it with vowels back then.

Posted by: Ciampino - what are the sounds of vowels exploding? at October 26, 2022 09:52 AM (qfLjt)

106 I wear a fire resistant, one piece coveralls for work. I have also been know to wear it on my days off in public. Because I DGAF what strangers think.

Posted by: sniffybigtoe at October 26, 2022 09:52 AM (UuD2k)

107 If you go to France, you see paintings like these everywhere. To me, one painting is amazing, but if you go to the museums, they are everywhere. Especially, the remote museums in Strasbourg, Montpellier, the Loire Valley and Lyons. I could spend a whole day viewing just one room in a museum there. It is an embarrassment of riches

Posted by: Adirondack Patriot at October 26, 2022 09:53 AM (lf83v)

108 fat freaking fingers

Posted by: andycanuck (yikp0) at October 26, 2022 09:53 AM (yikp0)

109 101 In those days, style took precedent over function. That's how you got British troops wearing wool frock coats in the heat of summer, with 50% heat exhaustion casualties.
Posted by: Xipe Totec at October 26, 2022 09:51 AM (QSjkU)

Weeding out the weak.

Not strong enough to wear wool in August, not strong enough to pass on your genes.

Posted by: XTC at October 26, 2022 09:53 AM (UnA8+)

110 "I've got lettre du marque right here baby, and the sail is up."

"Look what happened the last time I let you do that."

Posted by: Ted Torgerson at October 26, 2022 09:53 AM (lzd36)

111 I'm sure someone knows the answer, but the whole knee-length pants coupled with stockings just looks so freaking ridiculous.
Posted by: PabloD at October 26, 2022 09:48 AM (+Tvve)

The wiki entry for knee-breeches is unsurprisingly unhelpful. The best I can gather from scanning is that it had to do with wanting a tight fitting garment for the lower part of the leg to aid in extension and mobility.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at October 26, 2022 09:53 AM (CwQXo)

112 107 If you go to France, you see paintings like these everywhere. To me, one painting is amazing, but if you go to the museums, they are everywhere. Especially, the remote museums in Strasbourg, Montpellier, the Loire Valley and Lyons. I could spend a whole day viewing just one room in a museum there. It is an embarrassment of riches
Posted by: Adirondack Patriot at October 26, 2022 09:53 AM (lf83v)

I heard there's also a place where the naked ladies dance.

Posted by: sniffybigtoe at October 26, 2022 09:53 AM (UuD2k)

113 Kids' hair went gray early back in those days...Must have been a rough life.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at October 26, 2022 09:53 AM (YIVH2)

114 94 How often did these folks bathe?
Summertime had to be fairly aromatic.
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at October 26, 2022 09:49 AM (uLr+K)
what, and kill the potpourri market ???
Posted by: REDACTED at October 26, 2022 09:51 AM (us2H3)

Snuff too. A little up each nostril and you get a sweet smelling mama and a nicotine buzz to boot.

Posted by: Hairyback Guy at October 26, 2022 09:54 AM (Yi4c0)

115 >>In those days, style took precedent over function. That's how you got British troops wearing wool frock coats in the heat of summer, with 50% heat exhaustion casualties

Red wool frock coats.

Didn't blend well into the scenery.

Posted by: JackStraw at October 26, 2022 09:54 AM (ZLI7S)

116 Another day without bewbies.

Posted by: Puddinhead at October 26, 2022 09:55 AM (g/54t)

117 Hi everyone! Goodnight.

Posted by: AlaBAMA at October 26, 2022 09:55 AM (6VKyY)

118 61 Am I not seeing it or is he missing his left hand?
Posted by: JackStraw at October 26, 2022 09:40 AM (ZLI7S)

It's there. Look for the white lace that's trimming his left sleeve, vertically below the clock. He has his hand turned back so that his palm and fingers show.

Posted by: m at October 26, 2022 09:55 AM (1vmZ4)

119 58 I swear. Getting dressed back then must have taken from breakfast to lunch to accomplish.
Posted by: Xipe Totec at October 26, 2022 09:40 AM (QSjkU)

And then you had to change clothes constantly depending on the time of day and what meal you were eating.

Posted by: Kris at October 26, 2022 09:55 AM (OyyDO)

120 103 I want to break out some calipers and measure the fore-head on that girl (actual female).

NB: I have a tremendous skull. Wonderful skull. BIG. STRONG. INTIMIDATING.

NB NB: Breed her to Barron Trump and we win.
Posted by: Thesokorus at October 26, 2022 09:51 AM

You don't know what gender they identify with! They was assigned female at birth by the archaic patriarchal system! Reeeee!

Posted by: SJW Commissar at October 26, 2022 09:55 AM (BZChZ)

121 116- says you!

Posted by: Farmer Bob at October 26, 2022 09:55 AM (eGccS)

122 116 Another day without bewbies.
Posted by: Puddinhead at October 26, 2022 09:55 AM (g/54t

There's like a whole interwebs full of bewbs. FYI.

Posted by: AlaBAMA at October 26, 2022 09:55 AM (6VKyY)

123 "Red wool frock coats.

Didn't blend well into the scenery."

Don't forget the white cartridge straps.

Forming a cross on the chest.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at October 26, 2022 09:55 AM (uLr+K)

124 In those days, style took precedent over function. That's how you got British troops wearing wool frock coats in the heat of summer, with 50% heat exhaustion casualties

What's the big deal?

Posted by: Mad Dogs at October 26, 2022 09:55 AM (eOEVl)

125 Happy? eh.

Where's your handbag, my dear? BTW, you've been told before to stop running through your dowry to pamper the child.

It's a beautiful painting of an obviously wealthy family. (I wonder if they became involved with the French Revolution?) I would like to see it if I ever visited the National Gallery of Art again.

Posted by: Lola at October 26, 2022 09:56 AM (NIYa7)

126 Another day without bewbies.
Posted by: Puddinhead
___

Too bad.
So sad.

There are other places on the 'net to get your fix.

Posted by: SMH at October 26, 2022 09:56 AM (8iUlO)

127 how do replace the fucking batteries in that fucking clock ?

Posted by: REDACTED at October 26, 2022 09:35 AM (us2H3)
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There's a fucking panel on the other side of the fucking wall.

Posted by: Ciampino - - - sounds about fucking right for Physics at October 26, 2022 09:42 AM (qfLjt)

Woah, whats with the fucking language?

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at October 26, 2022 09:56 AM (VwHCD)

128 Upon the artwork I did stare
To find a kittuh who wasn't there.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at October 26, 2022 09:57 AM (DhOHl)

129 Introducing Lady Balderston-Shaver, her husband Harry Wiggins and their daughter Alopecia of Barbertown, NJ.

Posted by: Muldoon at October 26, 2022 09:57 AM (kXYt5)

130 Can you image fighting in those wool uniforms in the southern US or walking around Africa in them??

I bet there was a peculiar oder associated with those uniforms.

Posted by: AlaBAMA at October 26, 2022 09:57 AM (6VKyY)

131 You don't know what gender they identify with! They was assigned female at birth by the archaic patriarchal system! Reeeee!
Posted by: SJW Commissar


That's cool.
Still, after 45, SHE will need to get her prostate checked.

Posted by: rickb223 at October 26, 2022 09:57 AM (qChqh)

132 97 Before lace wigs.
Posted by: Dr. Varno at October 26, 2022 09:50 AM (X+Ku

LOL

Posted by: m at October 26, 2022 09:57 AM (1vmZ4)

133 I heard there's also a place where the naked ladies dance.
Posted by: sniffybigtoe
___________

I think that's just wild rumors started by the Germans as a pretext to invade.

Posted by: Adirondack Patriot at October 26, 2022 09:57 AM (lf83v)

134 It's a beautiful painting of an obviously wealthy family. (I wonder if they became involved with the French Revolution?) I would like to see it if I ever visited the National Gallery of Art again.
Posted by: Lola
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Can't say the same.

Pics of rich folks never interested me much.

Posted by: SMH at October 26, 2022 09:57 AM (8iUlO)

135 how do replace the fucking batteries in that fucking clock ?

Posted by: REDACTED at October 26, 2022 09:35 AM (us2H3)
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There's a fucking panel on the other side of the fucking wall.

Posted by: Ciampino - - - sounds about fucking right for Physics at October 26, 2022 09:42 AM (qfLjt)

Woah, whats with the fucking language?
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division


Fuck if we know.

Posted by: rickb223 at October 26, 2022 09:58 AM (qChqh)

136 I like that the artist made Mom the focus. Dad and daughter are both leaning in toward the lady. She sits straight up almost center, and the light color of her shawl is almost glowing around her. Mama is spotlighted and clearly the heart of the family. Like!

Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench) at October 26, 2022 09:58 AM (Wy1BU)

137 I am not seeing anything wrong with the girl

Posted by: Skip's phone at October 26, 2022 09:58 AM (ayc+3)

138 There's like a whole interwebs full of bewbs. FYI.
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You can't have art without bewbies.

Posted by: Puddinhead at October 26, 2022 09:58 AM (g/54t)

139 "Woah, whats with the fucking language?"

Sorry

" There's a fucking panel access plate on the other side of the fucking wall. "

Is that better?

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at October 26, 2022 09:58 AM (uLr+K)

140
137 I am not seeing anything wrong with the girl
Posted by: Skip's phone at October 26, 2022 09:58 AM

Her mom is putting blueberries in her hair.

Weird.

Posted by: AlaBAMA at October 26, 2022 09:59 AM (6VKyY)

141 *I don't see an onion.*

Tied to his belt. It was the fashion at the time.

Posted by: Grandpa Simpson at October 26, 2022 09:59 AM (DhOHl)

142 Another day without bewbies.
Posted by: Puddinhead

I thought it was No Bra Day !

Posted by: JT at October 26, 2022 09:59 AM (T4tVD)

143 When I visited NO, I stayed in a place that had originally been an orphanage. It had those very high ceilings and fans. I didn't discover the AC in the room the first night but was able to survive. I was there in August.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at October 26, 2022 09:59 AM (uz3Px)

144 They are proud of their family, and they should be.

Posted by: Xipe Totec at October 26, 2022 10:00 AM (QSjkU)

145 138 There's like a whole interwebs full of bewbs. FYI.
-------------------
You can't have art without bewbies.
Posted by: Puddinhead at October 26, 2022 09:58 AM (g/54t

The lady's nakedness is implied, or left to the viewer's imagination

Posted by: AlaBAMA at October 26, 2022 10:00 AM (6VKyY)

146 122 116 Another day without bewbies.
Posted by: Puddinhead at October 26, 2022 09:55 AM (g/54t

There's like a whole interwebs full of bewbs. FYI.
Posted by: AlaBAMA at October 26, 2022 09:55 AM

How can we leave it hanging like this, without a helpful (and SFW) example? https://tinyurl.com/2z3vebfv

Posted by: Helpful Moron at October 26, 2022 10:00 AM (BZChZ)

147 "Red wool frock coats.
Didn't blend well into the scenery."
Don't forget the white cartridge straps.
Forming a cross on the chest.
---------------------
It didn't matter with smoothbore muskets and firefights well under 100 yards with lines of troops standing almost shoulder to shoulder and seen through clouds of black-powder smoke.

Posted by: andycanuck (yikp0) at October 26, 2022 10:00 AM (yikp0)

148 I thought it was No Bra Day !
Posted by: JT at October 26, 2022 09:59 AM (T4tVD)

whip em out Wednesday

Posted by: rhennigantx at October 26, 2022 10:00 AM (BRHaw)

149 109 101 In those days, style took precedent over function. That's how you got British troops wearing wool frock coats in the heat of summer, with 50% heat exhaustion casualties.
Posted by: Xipe Totec

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Society was poorer then. Wool was actually the best source for fabric back then as far as wear, tear, resistance to moisture, resistance to cold, ability to be washed, etc. Also, you had to have a uniform for all seasons and until roughly the time of the American Revolution, most of the English battles were in temperate climates. Plus, wool supply came from Merrie Ole England and not some foreign source.

Compared to alternatives at the time, wool was king as far as uniforms went. Still a damn good choice for all types of weather even with synthetics.

Posted by: whig at October 26, 2022 10:00 AM (CXr4y)

150 Sounds like PA House Republicans are about to announce they are filing articles of impeachment against Philly DA Larry Krasner.

That can't be good for Lumpy either.

Posted by: JackStraw at October 26, 2022 10:00 AM (ZLI7S)

151 And then you had to change clothes constantly depending on the time of day and what meal you were eating.
Posted by: Kris


*********

And all without Velcro.

Posted by: Muldoon at October 26, 2022 10:01 AM (kXYt5)

152 145- I heard she was completely naked, under her clothes.

Posted by: Farmer Bob at October 26, 2022 10:01 AM (eGccS)

153 136 I like that the artist made Mom the focus. Dad and daughter are both leaning in toward the lady. She sits straight up almost center, and the light color of her shawl is almost glowing around her. Mama is spotlighted and clearly the heart of the family. Like!
Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench) at October 26, 2022 09:58 AM (Wy1BU)

Your comment made me think of Proverbs 31: 10, 28-29

A wife of noble character who can find?
She is worth far more than rubies....
Her children arise and call her blessed;
her husband also, and he praises her:
“Many women do noble things,
but you surpass them all.”

Posted by: Kris at October 26, 2022 10:01 AM (OyyDO)

154 150 Sounds like PA House Republicans are about to announce they are filing articles of impeachment against Philly DA Larry Krasner.

That can't be good for Lumpy either.
Posted by: JackStraw at October 26, 2022 10:00 AM (ZLI7S)

Didn't he defend Krasner? Maybe I am 29'ing that.

Posted by: AlaBAMA at October 26, 2022 10:01 AM (6VKyY)

155 “These Covid-19 decree violation scores were calculated by analyzing nearly two billion global positioning system (GPS) pings to get “real-time, ultra-granular locations patterns.” People who were “on the go more often than their neighbors” were given a high Covid-19 decree violation score while those who mostly or always stayed at home were given a low Covid-19 decree violation score,” writes Reclaim the Net’s Tom Parker.

The data collected was then used by PredictWise to help Democrats target over 350,000 “COVID concerned” Republicans with campaign ads relating to virus prevention measures.

“PredictWise understood that there were potential pockets of voters to target with Covid-19 messaging and turned high-dimensional data covering over 100 million Americans into measures of adherence to Covid-19 restrictions during deep lockdown,” the company states in its white paper.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy, Christian Nationalist, Defiant! at October 26, 2022 10:01 AM (7vnj6)

156 It didn't matter with smoothbore muskets and firefights well under 100 yards with lines of troops standing almost shoulder to shoulder and seen through clouds of black-powder smoke.
Posted by: andycanuck (yikp0) at October 26, 2022 10:00 AM (yikp0)

And then they came to the colonies and discovered the Kentucky rifle. Then it suddenly mattered.

Posted by: Xipe Totec at October 26, 2022 10:02 AM (QSjkU)

157 *They are proud of their family, and they should be.*

Pride Month. The early years.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at October 26, 2022 10:02 AM (DhOHl)

158 Her mom is putting blueberries in her hair.

Weird.
Posted by: AlaBAMA at October 26, 2022 09:59 AM


That's only permissible on one morning, in Maine.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at October 26, 2022 10:02 AM (f1WnY)

159 140
137 I am not seeing anything wrong with the girl
Posted by: Skip's phone at October 26, 2022 09:58 AM

Her mom is putting blueberries in her hair.
Posted by: AlaBAMA at October 26, 2022 09:59 AM

(Triggered PTSD flashback)
(Angry gorilla noises in the distance)

Posted by: Gary Johnston, Actor at October 26, 2022 10:02 AM (BZChZ)

160 154 150 Sounds like PA House Republicans are about to announce they are filing articles of impeachment against Philly DA Larry Krasner.


no they already said they weren't doing it, wouldn't be prudent, on Monday.

extremely dispiriting

Posted by: BlackOrchid at October 26, 2022 10:02 AM (w0NJk)

161 Can't say the same.

Pics of rich folks never interested me much.
Posted by: SMH at October 26, 2022 09:57 AM (8iUlO)

I always find contemporary 'slice of life' paintings fascinating. Sure, Michelangelo painting biblical scenes is beautiful, but seeing a painting showing the time it was painted is much more informative. It shows you how the people thought they ought to act, dress, enjoy life. It shows you the attitude the people had to their world. It shows you what they thought was beautiful, what they thought was ugly in how they chose to depict things (at least the painter themselves.)

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at October 26, 2022 10:02 AM (CwQXo)

162 European heat is different than heat in the south of the United States, or colonies of the time.

Just like after working engine rooms and fire rooms out of Charleston or years, I was pretty sure I knew heat.

Until I was in Okinawa.

In August.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at October 26, 2022 10:03 AM (uLr+K)

163 Wool was actually the best source for fabric back then...

********

This explains the sheepish look on his face.

Posted by: Muldoon at October 26, 2022 10:03 AM (kXYt5)

164 Dohn be a jagoff, Daahniee Iris Rahhhhks!

Posted by: Open Channel D at October 26, 2022 10:03 AM (nRHlU)

165 This is a great family portrait. They must have been thrilled with how it turned out.

Posted by: t-bird at October 26, 2022 10:03 AM (hPvGe)

166 The lady's nakedness is implied, or left to the viewer's imagination
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Imaging bewbies is what fappers do. I'm an artist.

Posted by: Puddinhead at October 26, 2022 10:03 AM (g/54t)

167 And then they came to the colonies and discovered the Kentucky rifle. Then it suddenly mattered.
Posted by: Xipe Totec at October 26, 2022 10:02 AM


Ayuh.

Posted by: MAJ Rogers at October 26, 2022 10:03 AM (f1WnY)

168 123 "Red wool frock coats.

Didn't blend well into the scenery."

Don't forget the white cartridge straps.

Forming a cross on the chest.
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice
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In an age of relatively inaccurate musketry, not that big a deal. Ditto for the red coats and marching in formation. In a world of blackpowder and volleys, having uniforms that stood out on the battlefields were a virtue because you could kind of figure out who was who. Smoke and haze of battle was literally a thing back then.

Posted by: whig at October 26, 2022 10:04 AM (CXr4y)

169 Compared to alternatives at the time, wool was king as far as uniforms went. Still a damn good choice for all types of weather even with synthetics.

Posted by: whig at October 26, 2022 10:00 AM (CXr4y)

makes great underwear, too!

Posted by: BignJames at October 26, 2022 10:04 AM (AwYPR)

170 >>Didn't he defend Krasner? Maybe I am 29'ing that.

He's completely onboard with his policies and has advocated for releasing thousands of hardened criminals from prison, even murderers.

Posted by: JackStraw at October 26, 2022 10:04 AM (ZLI7S)

171 Imaging bewbies is what fappers do. I'm an artist.

No, imaging them is what pornographers do. Unless you meant "imagining".

Posted by: Ian S. at October 26, 2022 10:04 AM (ZGrMX)

172 Compared to alternatives at the time, wool was king as far as uniforms went. Still a damn good choice for all types of weather even with synthetics.
Posted by: whig at October 26, 2022 10:00 AM (CXr4y)

Keeps you warm even when it's wet. Wool is pretty damn neat.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at October 26, 2022 10:05 AM (CwQXo)

173 This explains the sheepish look on his face.
Posted by: Muldoon

That was a baaaaa-d pun.

Posted by: whig at October 26, 2022 10:05 AM (CXr4y)

174 Society was poorer then. Wool was actually the best source for fabric back then as far as wear, tear, resistance to moisture, resistance to cold, ability to be washed, etc. Also, you had to have a uniform for all seasons and until roughly the time of the American Revolution, most of the English battles were in temperate climates. Plus, wool supply came from Merrie Ole England and not some foreign source.

Compared to alternatives at the time, wool was king as far as uniforms went. Still a damn good choice for all types of weather even with synthetics.
Posted by: whig


Page: Sir, why do you wear a red coat?
General: If I am shot, my men won't see blood and become discouraged.

Colonel: Page! Bring me my brown pants!

Posted by: rickb223 at October 26, 2022 10:05 AM (qChqh)

175 As opposed to:
"Better to live on a corner of the roof than share a house with a quarrelsome wife."

Posted by: Proverbs 25:24 at October 26, 2022 10:05 AM (H7/rc)

176 Not sure of the exact era for this painting. But here's what it was like to get dressed in the 1790s (woman)

Posted by: Notsothoreau at October 26, 2022 10:05 AM (uz3Px)

177 I'm smiling at video of Russian reservists being called up getting on the bus to Boot Camp as several are carrying their personal effects in hockey equipment bags.

Posted by: andycanuck (yikp0) at October 26, 2022 10:05 AM (yikp0)

178 He's completely onboard with his policies and has advocated for releasing thousands of hardened criminals from prison, even murderers.
Posted by: JackStraw at October 26, 2022 10:04 AM (ZLI7S)

Just like Illinois is doing after the first of the year?

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at October 26, 2022 10:06 AM (CwQXo)

179 That triangle-shaped or dome-shaped object with a bow on top that's on the side table: looks like it has a zipper running top to bottom. Maybe a cake-container?

Posted by: m at October 26, 2022 10:06 AM (1vmZ4)

180 He's completely onboard with his policies and has advocated for releasing thousands of hardened criminals from prison, even murderers.

Well, except for that black guy he chased with the rifle. But Democrats gonna Klan, I guess.

Posted by: Ian S. at October 26, 2022 10:06 AM (ZGrMX)

181 Keeps you warm even when it's wet. Wool is pretty damn neat.
Posted by: Aetius451AD
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Yep. There is a reason why wool sticks around even with cheaper synthetics. Mohair is still a premium product for example.

Posted by: whig at October 26, 2022 10:06 AM (CXr4y)

182 The way the woman has the kid by the hair with one hand, and motioning with the other, while leaning back to the husband, she seems to be saying " Look at this, I gotta keep turning her head for the artist, adding this fidgety brat your idea, and i will make you pay"

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at October 26, 2022 10:06 AM (VwHCD)

183 Googling on why pants replaced breeches points to George Bryan "Beau" Brummell (7 June 1778 – 30 March 1840)

On the other hand, Brummell's style brought to the forefront with both its looser long trousers and flat boots and shoes allowed the wearer to participate in more activities matching a social change in the concept of masculinity. He also preferred dark colors, normally black with a white shirt, over the bright colors worn previously. This style was adopted by upper-class men and became the norm for western society through to the modern-day.

Posted by: 18-1 at October 26, 2022 10:06 AM (ESjRY)

184 Forgot the link!

https://youtu.be/LiO802HIcnQ

Posted by: Notsothoreau at October 26, 2022 10:07 AM (uz3Px)

185 Pics of rich folks never interested me much.
Posted by: SMH

Good morning, SMH.

I get it, but I once enjoyed visiting the National Gallery of Art & would do it again if I had the opportunity.

Posted by: Lola at October 26, 2022 10:07 AM (NIYa7)

186 And then they came to the colonies and discovered the Kentucky rifle. Then it suddenly mattered.
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Washington banned them from the army because they took too long to load and wouldn't take a bayonet.

Posted by: andycanuck (yikp0) at October 26, 2022 10:07 AM (yikp0)

187 OT: the Workman's Comp people my employer uses called me and suggested a physical therapy place near my work, in fact not far from my usual route home. I'm waiting for them to call to make an appointment.

(Once I get there I'll ask about a letter to excuse me from jury duty.)

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, dreaming of Elsewhere at October 26, 2022 10:07 AM (J2vNu)

188 Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at October 26, 2022 10:02 AM (CwQXo)

You might enjoy Jean-Baptiste Greuze, then.

wikiart.org/en/jean-baptiste-greuze

Posted by: Kris at October 26, 2022 10:07 AM (OyyDO)

189 Wool is great, but not in Georgia in August.

Posted by: Xipe Totec at October 26, 2022 10:07 AM (QSjkU)

190 I get it, but I once enjoyed visiting the National Gallery of Art & would do it again if I had the opportunity.
Posted by: Lola
___

That's nice.

Posted by: SMH at October 26, 2022 10:07 AM (8iUlO)

191 Page: Sir, why do you wear a red coat?
General: If I am shot, my men won't see blood and become discouraged.

Colonel: Page! Bring me my brown pants!
Posted by: rickb223
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War was actually pretty colorful back then as Euro society had dyeing wool down to an art.

Posted by: whig at October 26, 2022 10:07 AM (CXr4y)

192 177 I'm smiling at video of Russian reservists being called up getting on the bus to Boot Camp as several are carrying their personal effects in hockey equipment bags.
Posted by: andycanuck (yikp0) at October 26, 2022 10:05 AM (yikp0)

That's XOKKEN to you Western Barbarians.

Posted by: XTC at October 26, 2022 10:08 AM (UnA8+)

193 Sponge,
We got third...🤨
Second jumped over 2 points between preliminary and finals, they were third after prelims.

Posted by: lin-duh at October 26, 2022 10:08 AM (MDj40)

194 You can't have art without bewbies.

Posted by: Puddinhead at October 26, 2022 09:58 AM (g/54t)

I have heard worse definitions of art!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at October 26, 2022 10:08 AM (XIJ/X)

195 Cotton kills.

Posted by: Civil War soldiers at October 26, 2022 10:08 AM (H7/rc)

196 Congrats, lin-duh.

Posted by: SMH at October 26, 2022 10:08 AM (8iUlO)

197 94 How often did these folks bathe?

Summertime had to be fairly aromatic.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at October 26, 2022 09:49 AM (uLr+K)
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Hence the use of perfumes and eau de cologne, etc.

Posted by: Ciampino -- what are the sounds of vowels exploding? at October 26, 2022 10:08 AM (qfLjt)

198 Second jumped over 2 points between preliminary and finals, they were third after prelims.

Posted by: lin-duh at October 26, 2022 10:08 AM (MDj40)

Do you have a problem with the vote tabulation?

Posted by: Dominion Voting Inc. at October 26, 2022 10:09 AM (XIJ/X)

199 Yep. There is a reason why wool sticks around even with cheaper synthetics. Mohair is still a premium product for example.
Posted by: whig


Don't look up prices for Navy Pea Coats.

Posted by: rickb223 at October 26, 2022 10:09 AM (qChqh)

200 200

Posted by: m at October 26, 2022 10:09 AM (1vmZ4)

201 I was supposed to have jury duty tomorrow but they canceled the trial and I have been released before stepping foot into the court.

Posted by: lin-duh at October 26, 2022 10:09 AM (MDj40)

202 You might enjoy Jean-Baptiste Greuze, then.

wikiart.org/en/jean-baptiste-greuze
Posted by: Kris at October 26, 2022 10:07 AM (OyyDO)

A few boobs there.

I like them, but he has that gauzy, Joan Collins on Star Trek look to everything.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at October 26, 2022 10:09 AM (CwQXo)

203 189 Wool is great, but not in Georgia in August.
Posted by: Xipe Totec
----------------------
Cotton is definitely lighter but tends to absorb water which has its own nasty effects. Linen is better but doesn't wear as well.

Synthetics opens a huge door on different fabrics purpose built for specific climates.

Posted by: whig at October 26, 2022 10:09 AM (CXr4y)

204 Do you have a problem with the vote tabulation?
Posted by: Dominion Voting Inc.
___

They're armed, so no.

Posted by: SMH at October 26, 2022 10:09 AM (lbaVV)

205 Why are they called 'Pea' coats?

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at October 26, 2022 10:10 AM (CwQXo)

206 Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, dreaming of Elsewhere at October 26, 2022 10:07 AM (J2vNu)

Are you sure they are making the appointment? Usually the injured worker makes the appointments for treatment once case accepted unless it's a captured network type system.

Posted by: polynikes at October 26, 2022 10:10 AM (/5lVG)

207 197
Hence the use of perfumes and eau de cologne, etc.
Posted by: Ciampino -- what are the sounds of vowels exploding? at October 26, 2022 10:08 AM

You can save money by making eau de toilette in your bathroom!

Posted by: John Fetterman at October 26, 2022 10:10 AM (BZChZ)

208 European heat is different than heat in the south of the United States, or colonies of the time.

Just like after working engine rooms and fire rooms out of Charleston or years, I was pretty sure I knew heat.

Until I was in Okinawa.

In August.
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at October 26, 2022 10:03 AM (uLr+K)

bringing back memories. also, the persian gulf in july in an engine room is totally different as well.

Posted by: SturmToddler at October 26, 2022 10:10 AM (WhsXQ)

209 I don't remember any of you boob connoisseurs drooling when BCD posted nekkid lardass on ottoman.

Posted by: Xipe Totec at October 26, 2022 10:10 AM (QSjkU)

210 I was supposed to have jury duty tomorrow but they canceled the trial and I have been released before stepping foot into the court.
___

God help any jury I serve on.

Which explains why I have yet to serve on one...

Posted by: SMH at October 26, 2022 10:11 AM (lbaVV)

211 Until I was in Okinawa.

In August.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at October 26, 2022 10:03 AM (uLr+K)

Spent a couple years there, yeah, it could get warm.

Posted by: BignJames at October 26, 2022 10:11 AM (AwYPR)

212 Don't look up prices for Navy Pea Coats.
Posted by: rickb223
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Sportsmans Guide used to be a great source of military uniforms surplused throughout the world. A fair number of dress uniforms in Euroland on both sides of the Iron curtain were made of wool or wool blends.

Posted by: whig at October 26, 2022 10:11 AM (CXr4y)

213 Oh! See Maman picking zee lice from ze little girl's wig!

Posted by: kallisto at October 26, 2022 10:11 AM (dCxaZ)

214 The mom is holding a quill or something at the top of the little girl's head. Maybe she's weaving flowers into the girl's hair; maybe the flowers that are on her lap.

Posted by: m at October 26, 2022 10:11 AM (1vmZ4)

215 Any language that allows four vowels in a row has vowel privilege. They need to give at least two of those vowels to Welsh to atone for it.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus


******

An issue worthy of protest!! You should start a Vowel Movement!

Posted by: Muldoon at October 26, 2022 10:11 AM (kXYt5)

216 Sponge,
We got third...🤨
Second jumped over 2 points between preliminary and finals, they were third after prelims.
Posted by: lin-duh at October 26, 2022 10:08 AM (MDj40)



NICE! That's not bad at all. A 2 point jump MIGHT mean they made some mistakes that were cleaned up, but 2 points is a LOT between rounds.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at October 26, 2022 10:11 AM (Zz0t1)

217 This explains the sheepish look on his face.
Posted by: Muldoon

That was a baaaaa-d pun.
Posted by: whig


Far from the worst I've herd.

Posted by: Brother Tim, still the worst commenter on the blog at October 26, 2022 10:11 AM (OUMaO)

218 Thanks SMH

Now, my spawn was awarded a first place medal for a shooting match at the beginning of the month. We went to practice Monday and they handed her a medal. 🤗😁

Posted by: lin-duh at October 26, 2022 10:11 AM (MDj40)

219 I heard Iraq is pretty damn bad.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at October 26, 2022 10:12 AM (CwQXo)

220 I have some old raw wool, Icelandic sweaters. Itchy as hell and totally useless where I live, but they keep you warm and are slightly waterproof.

Posted by: sniffybigtoe at October 26, 2022 10:12 AM (UuD2k)

221 >>In an age of relatively inaccurate musketry, not that big a deal. Ditto for the red coats and marching in formation. In a world of blackpowder and volleys, having uniforms that stood out on the battlefields were a virtue because you could kind of figure out who was who. Smoke and haze of battle was literally a thing back then.

It was a big deal at the battle of Lexington and Concord with militia hiding behind trees and stone walls and picking off redcoats.

As kids we used to go to the reenactment of the battle of the North Bridge every year and hear about the Brits whining about he ungentlemanly tactics used by the uncouth colonists who surprisingly didn't like the idea of being slaughtered in a gentlemanly fashion.

Posted by: JackStraw at October 26, 2022 10:12 AM (ZLI7S)

222 I was supposed to have jury duty tomorrow but they canceled the trial and I have been released before stepping foot into the court.
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God help any jury I serve on.

Which explains why I have yet to serve on one...
Posted by: SMH at October 26, 2022 10:11 AM (lbaVV

I've got a jury summons I'm ignoring as we speak.

Posted by: polynikes at October 26, 2022 10:12 AM (/5lVG)

223 Linen actually wears well. It takes time for the fibers to soften up and some folks don't like the wrinkles. They used to weave a fabric called linsey-wooly, that was a linen warp and wool weft.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at October 26, 2022 10:12 AM (uz3Px)

224 I heard Iraq is pretty damn bad.
Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at October 26, 2022 10:12 AM (CwQXo)
___

The three years I spent there wasn't a picnic.

But at least it was a dry heat.

Posted by: SMH at October 26, 2022 10:12 AM (lbaVV)

225 213 Oh! See Maman picking zee lice from ze little girl's wig!
Posted by: kallisto at October 26, 2022 10:11 AM (dCxaZ)

I don't think they'd immortalize that moment in a fancy painting!

Posted by: m at October 26, 2022 10:12 AM (1vmZ4)

226 213 Oh! See Maman picking zee lice from ze little girl's wig!
Posted by: kallisto at October 26, 2022 10:11 AM

Mothers grooming their children for parasites. As it should be.

Posted by: Harambe's Ghost, Smiling at October 26, 2022 10:13 AM (BZChZ)

227 *Maybe she's weaving flowers into the girl's hair;*

They were on their way to San Francisco.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at October 26, 2022 10:13 AM (H7/rc)

228 Posted by: Dominion Voting Inc. at October 26, 2022 10:09 AM (XIJ/X)

Patrick Byrne's book on the 2020 steal (short version: Byrne and his team had the evidence, Rudy Guiliani wouldn't act on it because it's not who we are, and Trump himself decided that obvious White House backstabbers were very fine people) says Dominion didn't even figure. The steal was done entirely manually, like was seen on the Atlanta video where they pulled suitcases of ballots out from under the table.

So, keep your eyes on the real cheating.

Posted by: Ian S. at October 26, 2022 10:13 AM (ZGrMX)

229 Why are they called 'Pea' coats?
Posted by: Aetius451AD

Etymology
According to a 1975 edition of The Mariner's Mirror, the term "pea coat" originated from the Dutch or West Frisian word pijjekker or pijjakker, in which pij referred to the type of cloth used, a coarse kind of twilled blue cloth with a nap on one side. Jakker designates a man’s short, heavy coat.

Posted by: rickb223 at October 26, 2022 10:13 AM (qChqh)

230 On the other hand, Brummell's style brought to the forefront with both its looser long trousers and flat boots and shoes allowed the wearer to participate in more activities matching a social change in the concept of masculinity. He also preferred dark colors, normally black with a white shirt, over the bright colors worn previously. This style was adopted by upper-class men and became the norm for western society through to the modern-day.
Posted by: 18-1 at October 26, 2022 10:06 AM (ESjRY)

One day, an article like this will be written about the shift to jeans, hoodies, forearm tats, and grotesque sebaceous growths.

Posted by: John F at October 26, 2022 10:13 AM (Re9MM)

231 Sportsmans Guide used to be a great source of military uniforms surplused throughout the world. A fair number of dress uniforms in Euroland on both sides of the Iron curtain were made of wool or wool blends.
Posted by: whig at October 26, 2022 10:11 AM (CXr4y)

I thought about a Soviet greatcoat. I never wanted to sport the grand commie avatar though.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at October 26, 2022 10:13 AM (CwQXo)

232 Googling on why pants replaced breeches points to George Bryan "Beau" Brummell (7 June 1778 – 30 March 1840)

**delurks**

During a conversation with the Beau, a friend said that he had seen a fellow who was so well dressed, people on the streets stopped to look at him.

Brummell replied, "Then he was not well dressed."

**returns to lurking**

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at October 26, 2022 10:13 AM (AW0uW)

233 Lola- was in the National Gallery once, almost fifty years ago, and enjoyed it very much. My inexperienced eyes were enchanted by all the Rembrandts. He could paint ordinary people so vividly.

Posted by: skywch at October 26, 2022 10:14 AM (uqhmb)

234 As kids we used to go to the reenactment of the battle of the North Bridge every year and hear about the Brits whining about he ungentlemanly tactics used by the uncouth colonists who surprisingly didn't like the idea of being slaughtered in a gentlemanly fashion.

Always good to remember this country was started over the issue of "common sense gun control".

Paul Harvey had a series where he broadcast the early history of the revolution as if he was a modern journalist (of the 90s maybe?). And it was hilarious.

Posted by: 18-1 at October 26, 2022 10:14 AM (ESjRY)

235 MP4!

Missed you!

Posted by: SMH at October 26, 2022 10:14 AM (lbaVV)

236 You can't have art without bewbies.
Posted by: Puddinhead at October 26, 2022 09:58 AM


CBD: "Mr. Freud, I have a commission from one of my Art Thread commenters for you, and I've arranged for the model. I'd like to introduce Michael Moore to you. Mr. Moore, meet Lucien Freud."

Posted by: Duncanthrax at October 26, 2022 10:14 AM (a3Q+t)

237 Waves at MPPPP!

Posted by: m at October 26, 2022 10:14 AM (1vmZ4)

238 Authentic Navy Pea Coat:

https://bit.ly/3sy996I

Posted by: rickb223 at October 26, 2022 10:15 AM (qChqh)

239
Now, my spawn was awarded a first place medal for a shooting match at the beginning of the month. We went to practice Monday and they handed her a medal. 🤗😁
Posted by: lin-duh at October 26, 2022 10:11 AM (MDj40)



Even better.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at October 26, 2022 10:15 AM (Zz0t1)

240 I saw Linen Warp and Wool Weft once at The Birchmere. They were a little ragged.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at October 26, 2022 10:15 AM (H7/rc)

241 Synthetics opens a huge door on different fabrics purpose built for specific climates.
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As long as you enjoy wearing petroleum products.

Posted by: Puddinhead at October 26, 2022 10:15 AM (g/54t)

242 Authentic Navy Pea Coat:

https://bit.ly/3sy996I
Posted by: rickb223
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Pretty sure my dad still has his.

Posted by: SMH at October 26, 2022 10:15 AM (lbaVV)

243 I like them, but he has that gauzy, Joan Collins on Star Trek look to everything.
Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at October 26, 2022 10:09 AM (CwQXo)

Greuze's art has an everyday-man idealism to it. This was real society. This was true nobility. If you're into something more down-to-earth, try the 19th century Realists. If you want a garnish of pessimism with your art, sample the French Realists.

Posted by: Kris at October 26, 2022 10:15 AM (OyyDO)

244 As kids we used to go to the reenactment of the battle of the North Bridge every year and hear about the Brits whining about he ungentlemanly tactics used by the uncouth colonists who surprisingly didn't like the idea of being slaughtered in a gentlemanly fashion.
Posted by: JackStraw at October 26, 2022 10:12 AM (ZLI7S)

sounds like the battle of great bridge we do every year. the only colonial injury was to a thumb, while the redcoats dragoons took a pounding. all because they sat safely behind barricades and shot over the works.

Posted by: SturmToddler at October 26, 2022 10:15 AM (WhsXQ)

245 I guess I couldn't run for political office because I have a lot of photos out there wearing Confederate uniforms that weren't a part of an reenactment.

Attended the KA Old South Ball every year I was in college .

Posted by: polynikes at October 26, 2022 10:16 AM (/5lVG)

246 I have a Navy Pea coat, but it's the officers coat with the stupid gold buttons.

Posted by: sniffybigtoe at October 26, 2022 10:16 AM (UuD2k)

247 The steal was done entirely manually, like was seen on the Atlanta video where they pulled suitcases of ballots out from under the table.

I always figured this was the case.

For example, does anyone believe the drug zombies wandering the streets of Philly or the other big blue shit holes actually cast the votes mailed to them? Or that someone collected them, marked Biden, and dropped them off?

Posted by: 18-1 at October 26, 2022 10:16 AM (ESjRY)

248 217 This explains the sheepish look on his face.
Posted by: Muldoon

That was a baaaaa-d pun.
Posted by: whig

Far from the worst I've herd.
Posted by: Brother Tim, still the worst commenter on the blog at October 26, 2022 10:11 AM (OUMaO)

It's the worsted!

Posted by: m at October 26, 2022 10:16 AM (1vmZ4)

249 I miss my pea coat. That and those wool navy bell bottoms were my go tos in cold weather.

Icelandic wool is dual coated. They used to comb out the fine fibers to wear close to the skin. The long fibers were used for weaving. They make yarn using both but it's not something to wear next to the skin. It's the lanolin that makes it somewhat waterproof.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at October 26, 2022 10:17 AM (uz3Px)

250 I have a wool peacoat but it rarely gets cold enough in Texas to use it.

Posted by: BourbonChicken at October 26, 2022 10:17 AM (44ww/)

251 God help any jury I serve on.

Which explains why I have yet to serve on one...
Posted by: SMH at October 26, 2022 10:11 AM (lbaVV)

I was on a jury for a lawsuit once. The plaintiff showed a video as evidence for his case. It did NOT show what he thought it did. He lost.

Posted by: Kris at October 26, 2022 10:18 AM (OyyDO)

252 I thought about a Soviet greatcoat. I never wanted to sport the grand commie avatar though.
Posted by: Aetius451AD
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They did have Italian and Czech greatcoats at one time. After the cold war ended, massive amounts of good quality milsurp clothing including various dress uniforms were released to the civilian milsurp markets for cheap. I had my own gear from service so no interest in getting any at the time.

Posted by: whig at October 26, 2022 10:18 AM (CXr4y)

253 **returns to lurking**

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at October 26, 2022 10:13 AM (AW0uW)

MP4. Have you ever thought of advertising your works on Gab?

Posted by: OrangeEnt at October 26, 2022 10:18 AM (7bRMQ)

254 Sometimes I wear a pee coat. Depends.

Posted by: Joe Biden at October 26, 2022 10:18 AM (H7/rc)

255 247 I always figured this was the case.

For example, does anyone believe the drug zombies wandering the streets of Philly or the other big blue shit holes actually cast the votes mailed to them? Or that someone collected them, marked Biden, and dropped them off?
Posted by: 18-1 at October 26, 2022 10:16 AM (ESjRY)

=========

It's why there is a ceiling on cheating. That ceiling was removed, not because of the use of Dominion machines, but because PA sent ballots to the entire state.

That created a giant pool of potential fake ballots that the PA Democrats used extensively and effectively.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for the Invisible Man with Dracula and Frankenstein's monster at October 26, 2022 10:18 AM (LvTSG)

256 Authentic Navy Pea Coat:

https://bit.ly/3sy996I
Posted by: rickb223
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Pretty sure my dad still has his.
Posted by: SMH at October 26, 2022 10:15 AM (lbaVV)

still got mine. 30 years old and fits...

will be passed down to my lad some day. that coat is awesome.

Posted by: SturmToddler at October 26, 2022 10:19 AM (WhsXQ)

257 I am all about the lightweight but warm down coats/jackets/vest that are being made now.

Posted by: lin-duh at October 26, 2022 10:19 AM (MDj40)

258 "bringing back memories. also, the persian gulf in july in an engine room is totally different as well."

Did the Persian Gulf engine room thing as well.

Memories of Beans and Weennies on the SSTG turbine casing on the mid-watch.

And 105 degrees IN the blast cooling vents, with 118 degrees in the space.

But Asia was different.

Gave me a deeper understanding of what our troops went through in the War, and in Viet Nam as well.

You were at war with the jungle, long before you engaged the enemy. And both could kill you.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at October 26, 2022 10:19 AM (uLr+K)

259 One percenters of the 18th century.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at October 26, 2022 10:19 AM (Qzn2/)

260 I've got a jury summons I'm ignoring as we speak.

My understanding is that not responding is something that can cause problems. I suppose it varies by jurisdiction.

Posted by: Notorious BFD at October 26, 2022 10:20 AM (Xrfse)

261 Enough with the sheep puns. Can we get back to the flocking batteries in that flocking clock on the flocking wall?

Posted by: Muldoon at October 26, 2022 10:20 AM (kXYt5)

262 They did have Italian and Czech greatcoats at one time. After the cold war ended, massive amounts of good quality milsurp clothing including various dress uniforms were released to the civilian milsurp markets for cheap. I had my own gear from service so no interest in getting any at the time.
Posted by: whig at October 26, 2022 10:18 AM (CXr4y)

Considering the time, I guess I looked at it as looking to buy one of those nice Gestapo leather coats. Sure, you could take the insignia off, but it still was what it was.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at October 26, 2022 10:20 AM (CwQXo)

263 26 Clock is set to 11:17
Same time Lincoln died.
Posted by: rhennigantx at October 26, 2022 09:34 AM (BRHaw)

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They knew something.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at October 26, 2022 10:21 AM (Qzn2/)

264 You sailors had it made. Try living in Korea in winter with an M-1 Jacket and cotton long johns.

Posted by: Puddinhead at October 26, 2022 10:21 AM (g/54t)

265 Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, dreaming of Elsewhere at October 26, 2022 10:07 AM (J2vNu)

Are you sure they are making the appointment? Usually the injured worker makes the appointments for treatment once case accepted unless it's a captured network type system.
Posted by: polynikes at October 26, 2022


***
No, the WC office called me to see if I was okay with the location for PT. The PT office will call me, and we'll set the appointment.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, dreaming of Elsewhere at October 26, 2022 10:21 AM (J2vNu)

266 195 Cotton kills.
Posted by: Civil War soldiers at October 26, 2022 10:08 AM (H7/rc)

At least fiddy men!

Posted by: The Central Scrutinizer at October 26, 2022 10:21 AM (KbCG3)

267 That gal in blue sure got back. Can't wait to sniff her.

Posted by: Joey Sniffy Pants at October 26, 2022 10:21 AM (ynpvh)

268 This is about us, isn't it?

Posted by: Flock of Canada Geese at October 26, 2022 10:21 AM (DhOHl)

269 Morning.

I'm home. I'm making coffee. Anyone want coffee? Yes? We'll go get your own!

My coffee! MINE!

Posted by: Robert at October 26, 2022 10:21 AM (1Yy3c)

270 Now, on the other hand, the geese and duck's are not too thrilled about the down products...

Posted by: lin-duh at October 26, 2022 10:21 AM (MDj40)

271 I am all about the lightweight but warm down coats/jackets/vest that are being made now.

Posted by: lin-duh at October 26, 2022 10:19 AM (MDj40)

Yeah, the old style ones make you look like the Michelin Man.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at October 26, 2022 10:22 AM (7bRMQ)

272 Considering the time, I guess I looked at it as looking to buy one of those nice Gestapo leather coats. Sure, you could take the insignia off, but it still was what it was.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at October 26, 2022 10:20 AM (CwQXo)

My brother has one of those. He got it out of Holland.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at October 26, 2022 10:22 AM (VwHCD)

273 270 Now, on the other hand, the geese and duck's are not too thrilled about the down products...
Posted by: lin-duh at October 26, 2022 10:21 AM (MDj40)

They're feeling down about them?

Posted by: m at October 26, 2022 10:22 AM (1vmZ4)

274
At least fiddy men!
Posted by: The Central Scrutinizer at October 26, 2022 10:21 AM (KbCG3)



No wundah that lock ness monstah keeps comin' round wit you givin him tree fiddy!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at October 26, 2022 10:22 AM (Zz0t1)

275 233 Lola- was in the National Gallery once, almost fifty years ago, and enjoyed it very much.

I know little about art but, like you, found it enjoyable and so accessible to all. (I couldn't imagine such a gallery being free to visit, and I understand it remains so.)

Posted by: Lola at October 26, 2022 10:23 AM (NIYa7)

276 will be passed down to my lad some day. that coat is awesome.

Posted by: SturmToddler at October 26, 2022 10:19 AM (WhsXQ)

Very nice!

My dad bought a pea coat when he was in the army because it was the warmest coat he could find for the German winter. I wore it until I outgrew after high school.

I loved that coat!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at October 26, 2022 10:23 AM (XIJ/X)

277 The army, while I was in, issued a fuzzy jacket that was green-blue, that I called the Cookie Monster. If you wore it under the other cold weather coat, a gortex shell, you could stay very warm.

Cold weather for dress uniforms, there was a black overcoat that went down to the knees. Sharp.

I'm sure SMH will concur.

Posted by: BourbonChicken at October 26, 2022 10:23 AM (44ww/)

278 247 For example, does anyone believe the drug zombies wandering the streets of Philly or the other big blue shit holes actually cast the votes mailed to them?
Posted by: 18-1 at October 26, 2022 10:16 AM (ESjRY)

And do they receive jury summonses?

Posted by: m at October 26, 2022 10:23 AM (1vmZ4)

279 257 I am all about the lightweight but warm down coats/jackets/vest that are being made now.
Posted by: lin-duh at October 26, 2022 10:19 AM (MDj40)

I bought a Carhartt a couple years ago with the ... Artic something branding/schtick. Stupidly warm for how light it is. Still not broken in yet.

Still, there is something about a good wool jacket, about the warmth it confers. My sister got my Dad a bright red Finnish? Icelandic? Wool jacket and I want to steal it. $400 and this was three or four years ago on their website. I got a blue one for my mom for christmas a year or so ago.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at October 26, 2022 10:23 AM (CwQXo)

280 Yeah, the old style ones make you look like the Michelin Man.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at October 26, 2022 10:22 AM (7bRMQ)

His name is "Bib".

Posted by: BignJames at October 26, 2022 10:23 AM (AwYPR)

281 I have a Navy Pea coat, but it's the officers coat with the stupid gold buttons.
Posted by: sniffybigtoe at October 26, 2022


***
There used to be a mariners' supply place on Canal Street not far from the river that sold bridge coats. I always wanted one, couldn't afford it in 1984, and now the shop is gone.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, dreaming of Elsewhere at October 26, 2022 10:23 AM (J2vNu)

282 274
At least fiddy men!
Posted by: The Central Scrutinizer at October 26, 2022 10:21 AM (KbCG3)


No wundah that lock ness monstah keeps comin' round wit you givin him tree fiddy!
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at October 26, 2022 10:22 AM (Zz0t1)

We're mixing references here, though they're at least enjoyable references.

Posted by: The Central Scrutinizer at October 26, 2022 10:23 AM (KbCG3)

283
Considering the time, I guess I looked at it as looking to buy one of those nice Gestapo leather coats. Sure, you could take the insignia off, but it still was what it was.
Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at October 26, 2022 10:20 AM (CwQXo)

You should have just gotten one. They're stylish, and nobody would know the Nazi association. The only clothing item people in this day and age associate with the Third Reich is the red trucker hats they all wore.

Posted by: Fashionista at October 26, 2022 10:24 AM (Re9MM)

284 *Yeah, the old style ones make you look like the Michelin Man.*

https://youtu.be/0e58SiFSxLs

Posted by: Obligatory Seinfeld reference at October 26, 2022 10:24 AM (DhOHl)

285 260 I've got a jury summons I'm ignoring as we speak.

My understanding is that not responding is something that can cause problems. I suppose it varies by jurisdiction.
Posted by: Notorious BFD at October 26, 2022 10:20 AM (Xrfse)

True. Depending on jurisdiction, can include fines and jail time. If you truly don't want to be on a jury, make yourself kryptonite to the lawyers during voir dire (e.g. I always side with the police).
As far as going, if you have a "valid" excuse (doctor's note, e.g. can't sit too long or other medical condition), you can get a get-out-of-jury duty letter.
I was like that for a few years when I was on dialysis. Had restless leg syndrome from it, other issues that made it difficult to be on a jury. I can serve now, and have shown up, but have never gotten called while waiting...yet.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 26, 2022 10:25 AM (ynpvh)

286 Enough with the sheep puns. Can we get back to the flocking batteries in that flocking clock on the flocking wall?
Posted by: Muldoon

You want batteries? I give you:

DEWALT PROTOTYPE LAWN MOWER CATCHES FIRE AT EQUIP EXPO 2022

Pay attention to how many times they say it's a one off prototype. Yeah. Right. You are supposed to start delivering them in 2023. Your prototypes should have already went to production.

And Kalifornia has banned gas motors for lawn equipment. Bwahahahahahahaha.

https://bit.ly/3D5ejMi

Posted by: rickb223 at October 26, 2022 10:25 AM (qChqh)

287 There used to be a mariners' supply place on Canal Street not far from the river that sold bridge coats. I always wanted one, couldn't afford it in 1984, and now the shop is gone.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, dreaming of Elsewhere at October 26, 2022 10:23 AM (J2vNu)

I might have one of those too. I bought a lot of stuff I never needed.

Posted by: sniffybigtoe at October 26, 2022 10:25 AM (Y5qcH)

288 280 Yeah, the old style ones make you look like the Michelin Man.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at October 26, 2022 10:22 AM (7bRMQ)

His name is "Bib".

Posted by: BignJames at October 26, 2022 10:23 AM (AwYPR)

Bibidum

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 26, 2022 10:25 AM (ynpvh)

289 I googled the Old South Ball and about half the links were various leftwing outlets trying to cancel anyone that ever went to one.

Posted by: 18-1 at October 26, 2022 10:26 AM (ESjRY)

290 after debate poll shows

82% think Oz won

18% are more out to lunch than Lumpy

Posted by: REDACTED at October 26, 2022 10:26 AM (us2H3)

291 284 *Yeah, the old style ones make you look like the Michelin Man.*

https://youtu.be/0e58SiFSxLs
Posted by: Obligatory Seinfeld
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But a warm Michelin man...

Posted by: lin-duh at October 26, 2022 10:26 AM (MDj40)

292 Bibendum

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 26, 2022 10:26 AM (ynpvh)

293 But Asia was different.

Gave me a deeper understanding of what our troops went through in the War, and in Viet Nam as well.

You were at war with the jungle, long before you engaged the enemy. And both could kill you.
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at October 26, 2022 10:19 AM (uLr+K)

oh I agree. i hated floating around Okinawa, PI, Thailand, et al. i can't imagine carrying battle rattle and all in that in august through the jungle. at least we had forced ventilation, such as it was.

Posted by: SturmToddler at October 26, 2022 10:26 AM (WhsXQ)

294 You should have just gotten one. They're stylish, and nobody would know the Nazi association. The only clothing item people in this day and age associate with the Third Reich is the red trucker hats they all wore.
Posted by: Fashionista at October 26, 2022 10:24 AM (Re9MM)

Hah! *golfclap*

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at October 26, 2022 10:26 AM (CwQXo)

295 290 after debate poll shows

82% think Oz won

18% are more out to lunch than Lumpy
Posted by: REDACTED at October 26, 2022 10:26 AM (us2H3)

=========

"Oz was a meanie and didn't say what I wanted about abortion."

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for the Invisible Man with Dracula and Frankenstein's monster at October 26, 2022 10:26 AM (LvTSG)

296 292 Bibendum

Nunc est.

Posted by: m at October 26, 2022 10:26 AM (1vmZ4)

297 290 after debate poll shows

82% think Oz won

18% are more out to lunch than Lumpy

Posted by: REDACTED at October 26, 2022 10:26 AM (us2H3)

It was a sexual thing for the 18%; were attracted to the lump. Cuato has sex appeal.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 26, 2022 10:27 AM (ynpvh)

298 His name is "Bib".

Posted by: BignJames at October 26, 2022 10:23 AM (AwYPR)

Spellchecker insists that his name is Bob.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at October 26, 2022 10:27 AM (7bRMQ)

299 I had an old Canadian army wool sweater that I wore in all cold weather environments. Fit nicely under my utility jacket. The cotton field jackets would only make you sweat when moving and freeze when still. Who the fuck thought that was good gear?

Posted by: Puddinhead at October 26, 2022 10:27 AM (g/54t)

300 DEWALT PROTOTYPE LAWN MOWER CATCHES FIRE AT EQUIP EXPO 2022. . . .

https://bit.ly/3D5ejMi
Posted by: rickb223 at October 26, 2022


***
Dewalt comes just before deWhitman.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, dreaming of Elsewhere at October 26, 2022 10:27 AM (J2vNu)

301 We'll go get your own!
___

Well, insults work better when you can actually spell.

Posted by: SMH at October 26, 2022 10:27 AM (lbaVV)

302 Last time I got called to jury duty then judge asked people to identify themselves if they couldn't serve.

About half the potential jurors raised their hands.

He called each up one by one. A couple had valid reasons but most said "I am related to a cop" or "I'm related to someone that was arrested" or something like that.

The judge seated all those people and sent most of the people that didn't raise their hands home. It was pretty amusing.

Posted by: 18-1 at October 26, 2022 10:28 AM (ESjRY)

303 We almost never witness an entire political career crash and burn in just one hour of live TV. But i believe thats what we saw last night. Amazing!

Posted by: Tom Servo at October 26, 2022 10:28 AM (daf3E)

304 272 Considering the time, I guess I looked at it as looking to buy one of those nice Gestapo leather coats. Sure, you could take the insignia off, but it still was what it was.

Posted by: Aetius451AD
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They had modern era Italian or French clothing. Both had more flair for their uniforms--I think the Italian version of a greatcoat was a stylish tan wool overcoat. The French variant was blue from recollection. But, the Italians definitely had one over the French regarding military food utensils.

Posted by: whig at October 26, 2022 10:28 AM (CXr4y)

305 300 DEWALT PROTOTYPE LAWN MOWER CATCHES FIRE AT EQUIP EXPO 2022. . . .

https://bit.ly/3D5ejMi
Posted by: rickb223 at October 26, 2022

***
Dewalt comes just before deWhitman.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, dreaming of Elsewhere at October 26, 2022 10:27 AM (J2vNu)

Was it a battery-powered eMower?

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 26, 2022 10:28 AM (ynpvh)

306 I had an old Canadian army wool sweater that I wore in all cold weather environments. Fit nicely under my utility jacket.

The cotton field jackets would only make you sweat when moving and freeze when still. Who the fuck thought that was good gear?
Posted by: Puddinhead


Ones who didn't have to wear them.

Posted by: rickb223 at October 26, 2022 10:28 AM (qChqh)

307 Was it a battery-powered eMower?
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia)


Yes.

Posted by: rickb223 at October 26, 2022 10:29 AM (qChqh)

308 Cold weather for dress uniforms, there was a black overcoat that went down to the knees. Sharp.

I'm sure SMH will concur.
Posted by: BourbonChicken

Hubbymayhem still has his black overcoat. My dad was a Vietnam veteran. His dress overcoat was Army green and had a wool lining that buttoned in. He never wore it. I wore that thing completely out. Frayed, ragged, buttons missing, worn out. Loved that coat.

Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench) at October 26, 2022 10:29 AM (Wy1BU)

309 303 We almost never witness an entire political career crash and burn in just one hour of live TV. But i believe thats what we saw last night. Amazing!
Posted by: Tom Servo at October 26, 2022 10:28 AM (daf3E)

If audience reaction to the debate translates into votes.

Posted by: m at October 26, 2022 10:29 AM (1vmZ4)

310 It was a sexual thing for the 18%; were attracted to the lump. Cuato has sex appeal

My lump brings all the trannies to the yard
And they're like, it's better than yours
Damn right, it's better than yours
I can teach you, but I have to charge
My lump brings all the boys to the yard
And they're like, it's better than yours
Damn right, it's better than yours
I can teach you, but I have to charge

Posted by: Fetterman at October 26, 2022 10:29 AM (ESjRY)

311 Who the fuck thought that was good gear?
Posted by: Puddinhead
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Congress did after getting campaign contribution kickbacks.

Posted by: whig at October 26, 2022 10:29 AM (CXr4y)

312
We're mixing references here, though they're at least enjoyable references.
Posted by: The Central Scrutinizer at October 26, 2022 10:23 AM (KbCG3)



I was going strictly off the 'fiddy' remark.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at October 26, 2022 10:29 AM (Zz0t1)

313 301 We'll go get your own!
___

Well, insults work better when you can actually spell.

Posted by: SMH at October 26, 2022 10:27 AM (lbaVV)

LOL. Just like other punctuation, apostrophes make a difference.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 26, 2022 10:29 AM (ynpvh)

314 "Cute, thinking that women can be judges."

~me channeling Ron Burgundy while jury selection goes on

Posted by: BourbonChicken at October 26, 2022 10:29 AM (44ww/)

315 "after debate poll shows

82% think Oz won "


I was seeing those numbers like an hour after the debate ended.

So it was pretty brutal.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at October 26, 2022 10:29 AM (uLr+K)

316 Cold weather for dress uniforms, there was a black overcoat that went down to the knees. Sharp.

I'm sure SMH will concur.
Posted by: BourbonChicken
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Yep.

I still have mine.

Posted by: SMH at October 26, 2022 10:29 AM (lbaVV)

317 His name is "Bib".

Posted by: BignJames at October 26, 2022 10:23 AM (AwYPR)

Spellchecker insists that his name is Bob.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at October 26, 2022 10:27 AM (7bRMQ)

so THAT is how the NSA does it. Bob is on every vehicle tracking us...

Posted by: SturmToddler at October 26, 2022 10:30 AM (WhsXQ)

318 If you want to be dismissed from jury duty, just show up wearing a MAGA hat.

Posted by: nurse ratched at October 26, 2022 10:30 AM (MZ8pM)

319 Spellchecker insists that his name is Bob.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at October 26, 2022 10:27 AM (7bRMQ)

Well, he's French.

Posted by: BignJames at October 26, 2022 10:30 AM (AwYPR)

320 303 We almost never witness an entire political career crash and burn in just one hour of live TV. But i believe thats what we saw last night. Amazing!
Posted by: Tom Servo at October 26, 2022 10:28 AM (daf3E)


Consequences!! You were talking about John, right?

Posted by: Giselle Fetterman at October 26, 2022 10:30 AM (PiwSw)

321 Last time I got called to jury duty then judge asked people to identify themselves if they couldn't serve.

About half the potential jurors raised their hands.
He called each up one by one. A couple had valid reasons but most said "I am related to a cop" or "I'm related to someone that was arrested" or something like that.

The judge seated all those people and sent most of the people that didn't raise their hands home. It was pretty amusing.
Posted by: 18-1 at October 26, 2022


***
That's the kind of thing I'm afraid of. I don't mind serving, it's something I've never done, but I don't think I can sit for long periods now with my leg bothering me.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, dreaming of Elsewhere at October 26, 2022 10:30 AM (J2vNu)

322 I want to say that way back in the mists of time (mid 80s) our initial issue uniforms in the Marines (not camo utilities which we got first day, but alphas and charlies in week 11 just prior to graduation) included 2 pair of wool olive green trousers, and 2 pair of linen olive green trousers). We also got London Fog raincoats, not sure of the fabric, but very nice, and the wooly pully, which was awesome. All was hand fit and tailored too- with initial fitting and marking a few weeks prior to issue.

Posted by: Farmer Bob at October 26, 2022 10:30 AM (eGccS)

323 If you want to be dismissed from jury duty, just show up wearing a MAGA hat.

The good news is no jury duty the bad news if the court room is in a big blue shit hole someone is going to try and beat you

Posted by: 18-1 at October 26, 2022 10:31 AM (ESjRY)

324 If you want to be dismissed from jury duty, just show up wearing a MAGA hat.
Posted by: nurse ratched
___

Just make sure you have the means to escape the mob sent after you.

Posted by: SMH at October 26, 2022 10:31 AM (lbaVV)

325 318 If you want to be dismissed from jury duty, just show up wearing a MAGA hat.
Posted by: nurse ratched at October 26, 2022 10:30 AM (MZ8pM)

=========

"I am college educated. I pay attention to the news. I think CSI is bullshit."

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for the Invisible Man with Dracula and Frankenstein's monster at October 26, 2022 10:31 AM (LvTSG)

326 I have found the nicer you dress to jury duty the more likely you will be sat on a jury.

Posted by: 18-1 at October 26, 2022 10:32 AM (ESjRY)

327 Poll shows DeSantis lost debate by huge margin after refusing to say he'll serve full term As crooked as DeathSantis is, he'll make damn sure that HE FINDS all of the votes he needs to beat Christ. That is how that party rolls. They have no ideas, can't run a country so they can only fall back to stealing elections.

Agree. Doubt the serving a full term thing will change many enough votes to make a difference Christ did well, but FL is FL and so many who might lean Dem simply are not energized to even vote. Sad for all.

Yeah, the question really is "why was he so *unprepared* to lie?" because that wasn't an unpredictable challenge, and he's known he will have to deal with it since TFG lost in 2020...

I loathe just about everything that I know about the guy, and now I have to add "lazy unprepared asshole" to the list.


And he'll still win in a landslide A majority of Floridians worship the fascist.

Posted by: Intrepid Democratic Underground AoS Liaison at October 26, 2022 10:32 AM (BZChZ)

328 I know little about art but, like you, found it enjoyable and so accessible to all. (I couldn't imagine such a gallery being free to visit, and I understand it remains so.)
Posted by: Lola at October 26, 2022 10:23 AM (NIYa7)

Government is very incompetent and screws up almost everything it touches, but the Smithsonian Institution is not one of them.

Posted by: Kris at October 26, 2022 10:32 AM (OyyDO)

329 Hump what?

Posted by: Fetterman at October 26, 2022 10:32 AM (Qzn2/)

330 321 ...The judge seated all those people and sent most of the people that didn't raise their hands home. It was pretty amusing.
Posted by: 18-1 at October 26, 2022
***
That's the kind of thing I'm afraid of. I don't mind serving, it's something I've never done, but I don't think I can sit for long periods now with my leg bothering me.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, dreaming of Elsewhere at October 26, 2022 10:30 AM (J2vNu)

Get a doctor's note that says you cant be seated for extended periods and that makes serving on a jury too difficult.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 26, 2022 10:32 AM (ynpvh)

331 Fetterman's chances of winning closed up tighter than Katy Perry's right eyelid.

Posted by: Adirondack Patriot at October 26, 2022 10:32 AM (lf83v)

332 Fetterman's down by 18 but the net change for bulbus neck-goiters is within the margin of error.

Posted by: BourbonChicken at October 26, 2022 10:32 AM (44ww/)

333 I've done multiple jobs (small time mostly personal, not professional) with guys that are proud of their battery powered gear.

Every single time, my old, outdated corded power tools out last and get more done then the battery counterparts. I do like the freedom of the battery tools in a lot of instances, but give me a cord for the big jobs every time.

Unless you've got 15 batteries charged and waiting in the wings, you'll take longer to get work done.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at October 26, 2022 10:32 AM (Zz0t1)

334 who the fuck is paying Rasmussen to poll ?

Posted by: REDACTED at October 26, 2022 10:32 AM (us2H3)

335 Poll shows DeSantis lost debate by huge margin after refusing to say he'll serve full term

I'll take nothingburgers for $200 Alex.

Posted by: 18-1 at October 26, 2022 10:33 AM (ESjRY)

336 Consider these points:
1) this election appears poised to knock out a significant number of Democrat moderates (such as there are) and leave the party far more radical.

2) it will also sweep in several marginal moderate Republicans.

#1 will force those under #2 to "do the right thing." Imagine a R moderate being attacked by the far left for not supporting month-9 abortion, with no alternative, when the current bill is a 15 week ban? Which way will they vote?

Which is to say, the extreme left will drive our moderates farther right.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at October 26, 2022 10:33 AM (5EnGD)

337 327 Poll shows DeSantis lost debate by huge margin after refusing to say he'll serve full term As crooked as DeathSantis is, he'll make damn sure that HE FINDS all of the votes he needs to beat Christ. That is how that party rolls. They have no ideas, can't run a country so they can only fall back to stealing elections.

Posted by: Intrepid Democratic Underground AoS Liaison at October 26, 2022 10:32 AM (BZChZ)

=========

It's impossible to steal elections. This person sounds like an insurrectionist.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for the Invisible Man with Dracula and Frankenstein's monster at October 26, 2022 10:33 AM (LvTSG)

338 If you want to be dismissed from jury duty, just show up wearing a MAGA hat.

Posted by: nurse ratched at October 26, 2022 10:30 AM (MZ8pM)

I guess the kaiser picklehaube is right out?

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at October 26, 2022 10:33 AM (VwHCD)

339 Fetterman's chances of winning closed up tighter than Katy Perry's right eyelid.
Posted by: Adirondack Patriot at October 26, 2022 10:32 AM (lf83v)



That video was down right creepy. Now, I do know a guy that can do that with one eyelid on command, but he doesn't have to press on his temple to get it back open.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at October 26, 2022 10:33 AM (Zz0t1)

340 Helpful Moron at October 26, 2022 10:00 AM
You bastard!

Posted by: Angzarr the Retching at October 26, 2022 10:33 AM (S7une)

341 327 Agree. Doubt the serving a full term thing will change many enough votes to make a difference Christ did well, but FL is FL and so many who might lean Dem simply are not energized to even vote. Sad for all.

Posted by: Intrepid Democratic Underground AoS Liaison at October 26, 2022 10:32 AM (BZChZ)

==========

So, did Gretchen Whitmer get asked this question?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for the Invisible Man with Dracula and Frankenstein's monster at October 26, 2022 10:33 AM (LvTSG)

342 My overcoat is a dress item, a cashmere/wool blend that I bought 25 years ago when I moved to CO and needed something to go over a suit. I need to have a shoulder seam repaired and get it cleaned now, but it's one of the best buys ($200 then from Men's Wearhouse) I ever made.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, dreaming of Elsewhere at October 26, 2022 10:33 AM (J2vNu)

343 329 Hump what?

Posted by: Fetterman at October 26, 2022 10:32 AM (Qzn2/)

Hump day!

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 26, 2022 10:33 AM (ynpvh)

344 Yeah, someone mentioned above, if you want to die in the wilderness while lost or stranded, cotton is the clothing of choice.

When wet it wicks heat away from your body like no one's business.

Cotton socks will give you trench foot in a hurry.

Posted by: AlaBAMA at October 26, 2022 10:34 AM (6VKyY)

345 One time i was summoned, and i just forgot about it and never showed. Found the notice again a couple months later, thought "oops". Nothing ever happened, not even a sternly worded letter. I chalk that up to the competence of our local county officials.

Posted by: Tom Servo at October 26, 2022 10:34 AM (daf3E)

346 That video was down right creepy. Now, I do know a guy that can do that with one eyelid on command, but he doesn't have to press on his temple to get it back open.

My theory is she was f'd up on her drug of choice.

There aren't any eye conditions I'm aware of that work like that

Posted by: 18-1 at October 26, 2022 10:34 AM (ESjRY)

347 Lexington and Concord weren't the whole war, especially as it was before you'd even organized an army; and they weren't armed with Kentucky long rifles.

https://www.lexingtonminutemen.com/join.html
||But if a piece of clothing or equipment existed in the 18th Century, shouldn’t I be able to wear or carry it?

No. Just because an item existed in 18th Century America does not mean it existed in 1775 Massachusetts. We portray a Massachusetts militia company between the months of April and October, 1775. As a result, items that were not introduced until after October 1775 (for example regimental French Lottery Coats and hunting shirts) are prohibited. Likewise, an item or piece of clothing not native to 1775 Massachusetts (for example a Kentucky rifle, war paint or moccasins) cannot be worn or carried.||

You should be prouder that Washington and Von Steuben turned out a professional 'modern' army that could win field battles.

Posted by: andycanuck (yikp0) at October 26, 2022 10:35 AM (yikp0)

348 when's the last time CNN fact-checked a commierat?

*THAT's* how bad Lumpy is:

https://tinyurl.com/4jr8pcmf

Posted by: kallisto at October 26, 2022 10:35 AM (dCxaZ)

349 Fetterman affectionally calls his wife

the Lumphumper

18% thinks it's adorable

Posted by: REDACTED at October 26, 2022 10:35 AM (us2H3)

350 If you want to be dismissed from jury duty, just show up wearing a MAGA hat.

Posted by: nurse ratched at October 26, 2022 10:30 AM (MZ8pM)

I guess the kaiser picklehaube is right out?
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at October 26, 2022


***
The website for the Criminal Court here says "no shorts and no hats." A MAGA cap is a cap, not a hat, but I doubt you can convince them of that.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, dreaming of Elsewhere at October 26, 2022 10:35 AM (J2vNu)

351 It was a draw!

A senior Democratic official in Pennsylvania told Axios: “I wished Fetterman was in a better place to clap back. Overall, I argue it wasn’t great for us but still a draw. Remember in these next few weeks that Oz’s campaign is spending tens of millions of dollars against a man with a major medical condition.”

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now Smarter Than Lumpy Fetterman! at October 26, 2022 10:35 AM (FVME7)

352 Unless you've got 15 batteries charged and waiting in the wings, you'll take longer to get work done.
Posted by: Sponge
___

Hub has all battery tools, because in a lot of places he works, there's no electricity.
I keep him supplied with batteries, DeWalt and Milwaukee mostly.
But yeah, he has more than a half dozen charging at any one time.

Posted by: SMH at October 26, 2022 10:35 AM (lbaVV)

353 Unless you've got 15 batteries charged and waiting in the wings, you'll take longer to get work done.
Posted by: Sponge
-----------------------
Ayup. Ditto. Also lets you get away with buying the cheaper brands. Although I will say, Bosch has an outstanding 12v line of impact drivers for not that much. Used them for constructing a storm room in the basement awhile back.

Posted by: whig at October 26, 2022 10:35 AM (CXr4y)

354 You should be prouder that Washington and Von Steuben turned out a professional 'modern' army that could win field battles.
Posted by: andycanuck (yikp0) at October 26, 2022 10:35 AM (yikp0

Sure didn't start that way.

Posted by: AlaBAMA at October 26, 2022 10:36 AM (6VKyY)

355 336 #1 will force those under #2 to "do the right thing." Imagine a R moderate being attacked by the far left for not supporting month-9 abortion, with no alternative, when the current bill is a 15 week ban? Which way will they vote?

Which is to say, the extreme left will drive our moderates farther right.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at October 26, 2022 10:33 AM (5EnGD)

=========

This has been my assertion for a while, at least the part about the Democrats just going nuttier. I don't know about the moderate GOPers getting harder, though.

The ambitious ones will align with the continuing ascendant MAGA wing of the party, but those still bought by GOPe donors will fold the second they get any resistance from the increasingly radical left. "We have to have abortion until 6 weeks after birth, or we'll lose the suburban wine mom vote."

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for the Invisible Man with Dracula and Frankenstein's monster at October 26, 2022 10:36 AM (LvTSG)

356 Caption:

"Pardon me, my dearest. Thou hast a booger hanging from thine left nostril."

Posted by: naturalfake at October 26, 2022 10:36 AM (tYGGG)

357 Katy Perry acted like a replicant from "Dollhouse"

Posted by: Tom Servo at October 26, 2022 10:36 AM (daf3E)

358 325 "I am college educated. I pay attention to the news. I think CSI is bullshit."
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for the Invisible Man with Dracula and Frankenstein's monster at October 26, 2022 10:31 AM (LvTSG)

"Look, I'll tell you right now, I only convict White Males. And I convict them no matter what. I'm not even going to listen to the arguments."

Posted by: XTC at October 26, 2022 10:36 AM (UnA8+)

359 Nov 9 headline

the only thing Oz could beat is a fucking retard

Posted by: REDACTED at October 26, 2022 10:36 AM (us2H3)

360 351 It was a draw!

A senior Democratic official in Pennsylvania told Axios: “I wished Fetterman was in a better place to clap back. Overall, I argue it wasn’t great for us but still a draw. Remember in these next few weeks that Oz’s campaign is spending tens of millions of dollars against a man with a major medical condition.”
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now Smarter Than Lumpy Fetterman! at October 26, 2022 10:35 AM (FVME7)

========

Good Republicans just lay down at give up.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for the Invisible Man with Dracula and Frankenstein's monster at October 26, 2022 10:36 AM (LvTSG)

361 351 It was a draw!

A senior Democratic official in Pennsylvania told Axios: “I wished Fetterman was in a better place to clap back. Overall, I argue it wasn’t great for us but still a draw. Remember in these next few weeks that Oz’s campaign is spending tens of millions of dollars against a man with a major medical condition.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now Smarter Than Lumpy Fetterman! at October 26, 2022 10:35 AM (FVME7)

But totes fit to serve, amiright?

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 26, 2022 10:37 AM (ynpvh)

362 I think that, aside from partisan positions, Fetterman and Biden are causing Americans to question why mentally deficient people are running for office?

It's a serious problem.

Look at Diane Feinstein. Look at Jerry Nadler.

And it's not about age. It's about capability. These people are incapable of serving.

Posted by: Adirondack Patriot at October 26, 2022 10:37 AM (lf83v)

363 Now, my spawn was awarded a first place medal for a shooting match at the beginning of the month. We went to practice Monday and they handed her a medal. 🤗😁
Posted by: lin-duh at October 26, 2022 10:11 AM


Raising the spawn right, you are!

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at October 26, 2022 10:37 AM (f1WnY)

364
Katy Perry's eyelid problem comes from a previously unknown STD. Ask me how I know.

Posted by: John Mayer at October 26, 2022 10:37 AM (Re9MM)

365 "Undecided" voter likes Oz, I guess because he can speak a five word sentence clearly:

https://tinyurl.com/59s6kzsp

Posted by: kallisto at October 26, 2022 10:37 AM (dCxaZ)

366 I thought jury duty was a hoot. There's some really, really stupid people out there.

Posted by: BignJames at October 26, 2022 10:37 AM (AwYPR)

367 ___

Hub has all battery tools, because in a lot of places he works, there's no electricity.
I keep him supplied with batteries, DeWalt and Milwaukee mostly.
But yeah, he has more than a half dozen charging at any one time.
Posted by: SMH at October 26, 2022 10:35 AM (lbaVV)



The definitely have their place, for sure. Replacing corded electric in the mainstream is not reality, IMHO, but I'm not a professional. Your cost of replacing/adding batteries during the lifespan of the actual piece of equipment has to be significant.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at October 26, 2022 10:37 AM (Zz0t1)

368 One time i was summoned, and i just forgot about it and never showed. Found the notice again a couple months later, thought "oops". Nothing ever happened, not even a sternly worded letter. I chalk that up to the competence of our local county officials.
Posted by: Tom Servo at October 26, 2022


***
I'd do that if I were leaving the state permanently soon. (I wish.) But I have this horrible feeling that when it comes to collecting fines and meting out punishments to ordinary citizens (not real criminals), this place is A-1.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, dreaming of Elsewhere at October 26, 2022 10:37 AM (J2vNu)

369
But totes fit to serve, amiright?
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 26, 2022 10:37 AM (ynpvh)

Unless he loses. Then he was never fit to serve and Oz barely beat him.

Posted by: AlaBAMA at October 26, 2022 10:38 AM (6VKyY)

370 358 325 "I am college educated. I pay attention to the news. I think CSI is bullshit."
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for the Invisible Man with Dracula and Frankenstein's monster at October 26, 2022 10:31 AM (LvTSG)

"Look, I'll tell you right now, I only convict White Males. And I convict them no matter what. I'm not even going to listen to the arguments."

Posted by: XTC at October 26, 2022 10:36 AM (UnA8+)

That might get you IN a jury...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 26, 2022 10:38 AM (ynpvh)

371 Katy Perry's eyelid problem comes from a previously unknown STD. Ask me how I know.
______

Bukakki spackling?

Posted by: Adirondack Patriot at October 26, 2022 10:38 AM (lf83v)

372 I thought jury duty was a hoot. There's some really, really stupid people out there.
Posted by: BignJames
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I served in the Army.

Didn't need to serve on a jury to know that.

Posted by: SMH at October 26, 2022 10:38 AM (lbaVV)

373 350 If you want to be dismissed from jury duty, just show up wearing a MAGA hat and nothing else

Posted by: nurse ratched at October 26, 2022 10:30 AM (MZ8pM)

oh yes

Posted by: REDACTED at October 26, 2022 10:38 AM (us2H3)

374 About that 82-18 poll: that was only of viewers who watched the debate live on one Philadelphia TV channel. That's not really representative of the electorate.

I think Oz will win, but by a much tighter margin, like 80k votes or something.

Posted by: kallisto at October 26, 2022 10:38 AM (dCxaZ)

375 290 after debate poll shows

82% think Oz won

18% are more out to lunch than Lumpy

Posted by: REDACTED at October 26, 2022 10:26 AM (us2H3)

It was a sexual thing for the 18%; were attracted to the lump. Cuato has sex appeal.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 26, 2022 10:27 AM (ynpvh)
===
18% WANTED TO HAVE THEIR FIRST THREESOME.

Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable a Clear and Present Danger at October 26, 2022 10:38 AM (u4CEu)

376 364
Katy Perry's eyelid problem comes from a previously unknown STD. Ask me how I know.

Posted by: John Mayer at October 26, 2022 10:37 AM (Re9MM)

Not Japanese eyeball licking...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 26, 2022 10:39 AM (ynpvh)

377 Madamemayhem (uppity wench)

Did your Hubby determine where the squeak was in the dryer ?

Posted by: JT at October 26, 2022 10:39 AM (T4tVD)

378 Bullshit...or Not?

Conor Kennedy, the grandson of Bobby, says on Instagram he secretly went to Ukraine and fought there before coming home.

https://valorguardians.com/blog/?p=132680

Posted by: SMH at October 26, 2022 10:39 AM (lbaVV)

379 366- re "really, really stupid people" just harken back to school- is this a surprise?

Posted by: Farmer Bob at October 26, 2022 10:39 AM (eGccS)

380 re "really, really stupid people" just harken back to school- is this a surprise?
Posted by: Farmer Bob
___

Nope.

Posted by: SMH at October 26, 2022 10:40 AM (lbaVV)

381 I'm just curious if any normies actually watched the debate. I think only the news hounds and pundits watch them.

The younger gen does not have that sort of attention span. So it's just ten second blurby scans of hot takes the next day and acting like your informed at the water cooler.

Posted by: AlaBAMA at October 26, 2022 10:40 AM (6VKyY)

382 I'm just curious if any normies actually watched the debate. I think only the news hounds and pundits watch them.
___

I didn't.

Why would I?

Posted by: SMH at October 26, 2022 10:41 AM (lbaVV)

383 Bullshit...or Not?

Conor Kennedy, the grandson of Bobby, says on Instagram he secretly went to Ukraine and fought there before coming home.

https://valorguardians.com/blog/?p=132680

Posted by: SMH at October 26, 2022 10:39 AM (lbaVV)

He could have. Been a real hero. Stopped by Ukraine, picked up a gun and shot it towards Russia. Dropped it and left. Instant freedom fighter.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at October 26, 2022 10:41 AM (7bRMQ)

384 Conor Kennedy, the grandson of Bobby, says on Instagram he secretly went to Ukraine and fought there before coming home.
___________

Armed with two bottles of vodka and an Oldsmobile Delmont 88, a Kennedy can be one of the most lethal weapons on the planet.

Posted by: Adirondack Patriot at October 26, 2022 10:42 AM (lf83v)

385 381 I'm just curious if any normies actually watched the debate. I think only the news hounds and pundits watch them.

The younger gen does not have that sort of attention span. So it's just ten second blurby scans of hot takes the next day and acting like your informed at the water cooler.
Posted by: AlaBAMA at October 26, 2022 10:40 AM (6VKyY)

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It's not about watching it live, it's about creating a narrative and then spreading clips far and wide to expose to a larger audience.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for the Invisible Man with Dracula and Frankenstein's monster at October 26, 2022 10:42 AM (LvTSG)

386 The definitely have their place, for sure. Replacing corded electric in the mainstream is not reality, IMHO, but I'm not a professional. Your cost of replacing/adding batteries during the lifespan of the actual piece of equipment has to be significant.
Posted by: Sponge
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Batteries at the professional tool level is where the big name brands make their money along with high prices on more esoteric battery powered tools.

But, I have to admit, I bought cheapo Black and Decker 20v tools when they came out and they have lasted through numerous projects as have their batteries. Lithium batteries are a huge step up from the older battery technology as far as weight and longevity.

Posted by: whig at October 26, 2022 10:42 AM (CXr4y)

387 Little girl is awfully young to already be needing Grecian Formula.

Posted by: Lady in Black at October 26, 2022 10:42 AM (sVtYq)

388 I'm just curious if any normies actually watched the debate. I think only the news hounds and pundits watch them.


I did. I consider myself semi-normal. It was appalling and amusing at the same time.

Posted by: Mad Dogs at October 26, 2022 10:42 AM (eOEVl)

389 Get a doctor's note that says you cant be seated for extended periods and that makes serving on a jury too difficult.

And then call the number on the summons and talk to the clerk's office. You might be able to just mail/fax/email it in and not have to even go to the courthouse.

Posted by: Oddbob at October 26, 2022 10:42 AM (nfrXX)

390 Fetterman just had to perform at his low expectations. Oz was expected to perform well, and it is easy to say he didn't clear the high bar, so he lost.

Fetterman was expected to recite the abc's with only 3 errors, and did really well with that.

Oz was expected to recite the declaration of independence from memory at Broadway production quality, and stumbled on one word. Complete failure.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy, Christian Nationalist, Defiant! at October 26, 2022 10:42 AM (7vnj6)

391 I didn't even know what TV channels if any were carrying the debate. I guess I could have done a search to see if any websites were showing it live.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, dreaming of Elsewhere at October 26, 2022 10:42 AM (J2vNu)

392 What's the last thing Katy Perry heard before her eye went all goofy?

"Swallow or it goes in your eye."

Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable a Clear and Present Danger at October 26, 2022 10:43 AM (u4CEu)

393 he'll make damn sure that HE FINDS all of the votes he needs to beat Christ.
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And a second 'Christ' mention just afterword.

Spellcheck, stupidity, or on-purpose insult??

Posted by: andycanuck (yikp0) at October 26, 2022 10:43 AM (yikp0)

394 He could have. Been a real hero. Stopped by Ukraine, picked up a gun and shot it towards Russia. Dropped it and left. Instant freedom fighter.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at October 26, 2022 10:41 AM (7bRMQ)
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He should have joined the military like dear old granduncle Jack.

Posted by: SMH at October 26, 2022 10:44 AM (NhLwH)

395 Banana traffic sidewalk hope moon!

Posted by: Lumpy Fetterman! at October 26, 2022 10:44 AM (FVME7)

396 Madamemayhem (uppity wench)

Did your Hubby determine where the squeak was in the dryer ?
Posted by: JT

Yes, thank you for remembering that! He has fixed the problem but found a second issue that needed attention. It required ordering a new part. That dryer is over 25 years old same as the washer and thanks to YouTube Hubbymayhem has kept it running nicely for at least the last five years.

Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench) at October 26, 2022 10:45 AM (Wy1BU)

397 he'll make damn sure that HE FINDS all of the votes he needs to beat Christ.
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And a second 'Christ' mention just afterword.

Spellcheck, stupidity, or on-purpose insult??

Posted by: andycanuck (yikp0) at October 26, 2022 10:43 AM (yikp0)
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From the smartest people on the internet, just ask them.

Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable a Clear and Present Danger at October 26, 2022 10:45 AM (u4CEu)

398 Get a doctor's note that says you cant be seated for extended periods and that makes serving on a jury too difficult.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 26, 2022


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That's what I'm going to ask for. I have to register online with the court first, but then there's a phone number to call about excusals, and I'll see if I can send them the letter right then.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, dreaming of Elsewhere at October 26, 2022 10:45 AM (J2vNu)

399 most battery fired tools are mild when it comes to power

the only one I have that has real torque is my 1/2 inch Milwaukee impact

fucker will shear manifold bolts like they are nothing

Posted by: REDACTED at October 26, 2022 10:45 AM (us2H3)

400 351 It was a draw!

A senior Democratic official in Pennsylvania told Axios: “I wished Fetterman was in a better place to clap back. Overall, I argue it wasn’t great for us but still a draw.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now Smarter Than Lumpy Fetterman! at October 26, 2022 10:35 AM

King Arthur vs the Black Knight was more of a draw than the debate.

Posted by: Moron Analyst at October 26, 2022 10:45 AM (BZChZ)

401 Armed with two bottles of vodka and an Oldsmobile Delmont 88, a Kennedy can be one of the most lethal weapons on the planet.
Posted by: Adirondack Patriot
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Threadwinner right there. Pure cruelty and comedy in one pithy sentence. Ace level mockery.

Posted by: whig at October 26, 2022 10:45 AM (CXr4y)

402 395 Banana traffic sidewalk hope moon!

Posted by: Lumpy Fetterman! at October 26, 2022 10:44 AM (FVME7)

No, two bowls of oatmeal is enough!

Posted by: AlaBAMA at October 26, 2022 10:45 AM (6VKyY)

403 He should have joined the military like dear old granduncle Jack.

Posted by: SMH at October 26, 2022 10:44 AM (NhLwH)

And got his own ship sunk? Then told everybody to drink the water on the leaves of the island plants they landed on which turned out to be bird poop?

Posted by: OrangeEnt at October 26, 2022 10:46 AM (7bRMQ)

404 Posted by: REDACTED at October 26, 2022 10:45 AM (us2H3)
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As an electrician, the hub is more than happy with his tools.

Posted by: SMH at October 26, 2022 10:46 AM (NhLwH)

405
The younger gen does not have that sort of attention span. So it's just ten second blurby scans of hot takes the next day and acting like your informed at the water cooler.
Posted by: AlaBAMA at October 26, 2022 10:40 AM (6VKyY)

It's like a bell-curve, for information-level instead of intellect. If you're truly ignorant, you don't watch debates, vote, etc. If you're highly informed, it's the same.

Most younger people have been completely checked out their whole lives, and just live on social media (like you're saying), or they paid attention to politics and willfully checked out, because they realized it's just a big fraud.

A smaller and shrinking group in the middle still tune in to the DC soap opera.

Posted by: Politics is sooooo 2000 at October 26, 2022 10:46 AM (Re9MM)

406 I was in Argentina during their last financial crisis; I found a leather duster for dirt cheap. I really wish I had bought it, even though it was summer there. I did find one made in India/Pakistan recently, knee length sheep leather.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at October 26, 2022 10:46 AM (lTGtQ)

407 He could have. Been a real hero. Stopped by Ukraine, picked up a gun and shot it towards Russia. Dropped it and left. Instant freedom fighter.
___________

He was needed back at the Kennedy Compound in Hyannis Port to defend against the invading hordes of foreigners coming from Martha's Vineyard.

Posted by: Adirondack Patriot at October 26, 2022 10:46 AM (lf83v)

408 a steady diet of black beans and Brussels sprouts will get you excused from any jury

Posted by: REDACTED at October 26, 2022 10:47 AM (us2H3)

409 fucker will shear manifold bolts like they are nothing
Posted by: REDACTED

I have an old corded Makita from the 80's though that will do the same and was heavily used on the farm for years to boot.

Posted by: whig at October 26, 2022 10:47 AM (CXr4y)

410 Armed with two bottles of vodka and an Oldsmobile Delmont 88, a Kennedy can be one of the most lethal weapons on the planet.
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They can crash small planes Kamikaze-style too.

Posted by: andycanuck (yikp0) at October 26, 2022 10:47 AM (yikp0)

411 Armed with two bottles of vodka and an Oldsmobile Delmont 88, a Kennedy can be one of the most lethal weapons on the planet.
Posted by: Adirondack Patriot

Mary Jo Kopechne unavailable for comment.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at October 26, 2022 10:48 AM (DhOHl)

412 >>Poll shows DeSantis lost debate by huge margin after refusing to say he'll serve full term

Just saw a new poll out of Florida from a group I've never heard of but they have DeSantis up by 14 in a poll of likely voters.

Florida has been over for quite some time.

Posted by: JackStraw at October 26, 2022 10:48 AM (ZLI7S)

413 Did your Hubby determine where the squeak was in the dryer ?
Posted by: JT

Yes, thank you for remembering that! He has fixed the problem but found a second issue that needed attention. It required ordering a new part. That dryer is over 25 years old same as the washer and thanks to YouTube Hubbymayhem has kept it running nicely for at least the last five years.
Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench)

Nice !

Posted by: JT at October 26, 2022 10:48 AM (T4tVD)

414 Armed with two bottles of vodka and an Oldsmobile Delmont 88, a Kennedy can be one of the most lethal weapons on the planet.
Posted by: Adirondack Patriot at October 26, 2022


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I've always wondered about Teddy's choice of car. An Olds was a very nice vehicle in 1969, no question. But Cadillacs had a much higher cachet. And the Kennedys had plenty of dough. Was the Olds his actual car, or had he borrowed it? And if it was his, why that instead of a Buick or Cadillac? (Mercedes were available, but rarer back then.)

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, dreaming of Elsewhere at October 26, 2022 10:48 AM (J2vNu)

415 The leaves are an amazing yellow, gold, orange, and red right outside my windows.

Kinda cool to have to wear shades indoors because the sunlight bouncing off them is blinding.

If only it wasn't a breezy 47 outside.

Posted by: SMH at October 26, 2022 10:49 AM (NhLwH)

416 Unless you've got 15 batteries charged and waiting in the wings, you'll take longer to get work done.
Posted by: Sponge
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Ayup. Ditto. Also lets you get away with buying the cheaper brands. Although I will say, Bosch has an outstanding 12v line of impact drivers for not that much. Used them for constructing a storm room in the basement awhile back.

Posted by: whig at October 26, 2022 10:35 AM (CXr4y)

The trick is to not use the little batteries. You need to use 4 or 6 hour minimum. Working on my house here is practically a full blown job site with what I have been doing, and I go a few days without changing batteries in anything. I'm using mostly milwaukee fuel, and dewalt. I do have a bunch of the 1.5 hour batteries that lasted days in the drill and impact drivers while installing the kitchen.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at October 26, 2022 10:49 AM (VwHCD)

417 I know know "Ah Leah" since I was the sound mixer for the first band Trent Reznor (aka Nine Inch Nails) was in as a young teenager. Both Iris songs were in their set playlist. We spent uncounted hours recording in my basement "studio" on a 4-track open reel and dumping everything to cassettes which are lost forever in the floorboards and glove compartments of junked out vegas and pintos.

I could even tell at that stupid young age that he'd make a living in the biz. Too bad we didn't have limitless digital recording storage at the time or I'd have great material for a Basement Album set titled "NIN does Flock of Seagulls"

Posted by: doesky2 at October 26, 2022 10:49 AM (EWV4Z)

418 Lumpy Fetteman: Good night!

The entire world: Good grief!

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? at October 26, 2022 10:50 AM (FVME7)

419 I didn't even know what TV channels if any were carrying the debate. I guess I could have done a search to see if any websites were showing it live.

I saw reports on Twitter that a Philly TV station ran the first 15 minutes and then cut back to regular programming (presumably because Fetterman was being embarrassed).

Posted by: Ian S. at October 26, 2022 10:50 AM (ZGrMX)

420 verdict is in

Posted by: m at October 26, 2022 10:50 AM (1vmZ4)

421 I've always wondered about Teddy's choice of car. An Olds was a very nice vehicle in 1969, no question. But Cadillacs had a much higher cachet. And the Kennedys had plenty of dough. Was the Olds his actual car, or had he borrowed it? And if it was his, why that instead of a Buick or Cadillac? (Mercedes were available, but rarer back then.)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius
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Given Teddy's drinking problems, his minders probably felt him wrecking Cadillacs would be too extravagant. I would guess that Teddy had a long list of fender benders that were covered up.

Posted by: whig at October 26, 2022 10:50 AM (CXr4y)

422 What verdict?

Posted by: SMH at October 26, 2022 10:50 AM (NhLwH)

423 https://www.courttv.com/title/
court-tv-live-stream-web/

Posted by: m at October 26, 2022 10:51 AM (1vmZ4)

424 Thanks.

Posted by: SMH at October 26, 2022 10:51 AM (NhLwH)

425 Was it a leaking squeak-hole??

Posted by: andycanuck (yikp0) at October 26, 2022 10:52 AM (yikp0)

426 299 I had an old Canadian army wool sweater that I wore in all cold weather environments. Fit nicely under my utility jacket. The cotton field jackets would only make you sweat when moving and freeze when still. Who the fuck thought that was good gear?
Posted by: Puddinhead at October 26, 2022 10:27 AM (g/54t)

The folks at NOLS drilled into our teenaged heads the phrase: "Cotton Kills" for just that reason.

Cotton may be more comfortable next to your skin, but once it gets wet with perspiration, and then the temps drop...you're fucked.

You acclimate to wearing wool pretty quick. I still wear wool socks in the winter...none of these modern synthetics.

Posted by: browndog Official Mascot of Team Gizzard at October 26, 2022 10:52 AM (BgMrQ)

427 >>I was in Argentina during their last financial crisis; I found a leather duster for dirt cheap. I really wish I had bought it, even though it was summer there. I did find one made in India/Pakistan recently, knee length sheep leather.

Me too. I picked up a really nice leather and wool jacket with all sorts of fancy weaving and embroidery for about $40. It's a little pimped out for my style but it was so cheap I couldn't resist and it's warm as hell.

Posted by: JackStraw at October 26, 2022 10:52 AM (ZLI7S)

428 I'll have to admit, while they aint as powerful, i like the weight of a battery powered tool now that I'm above 29

Got the old Metabo 7 inch out the other day

could hardly hold on to it

Posted by: REDACTED at October 26, 2022 10:52 AM (us2H3)

429 422 What verdict?
Posted by: SMH at October 26, 2022 10:50 AM

Guilty on all counts. It hasn't been announced, but...c'mon.

Posted by: Grimmy at October 26, 2022 10:52 AM (BZChZ)

430 WI v Brooks jury deliberations
02:41:08 (hrs:mins:secs)

Posted by: m at October 26, 2022 10:53 AM (1vmZ4)

431 The Delmont and Delta were different. I don't want to tie Ash from Army of Darkness to fudking Ted Kennedy.

Posted by: BourbonChicken at October 26, 2022 10:53 AM (44ww/)

432 Given Teddy's drinking problems, his minders probably felt him wrecking Cadillacs would be too extravagant. I would guess that Teddy had a long list of fender benders that were covered up.
Posted by: whig at October 26, 2022


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Yeah, Old Joe probably said, "We can't be continually wasting money on fixing expensive cars. Get him a Chevy. No, wait, an Olds. We don't want people thinking we're broke."

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, dreaming of Elsewhere at October 26, 2022 10:53 AM (J2vNu)

433 Crist's staffers have hit the "WTF, YOLO!!! phase of campaign management and are now just making stuff up.

Posted by: Tom Servo at October 26, 2022 10:54 AM (daf3E)

434 verdict expected to be read next hour
according to court tv

https://www.courttv.com/title/
court-tv-live-stream-web/

Posted by: m at October 26, 2022 10:54 AM (1vmZ4)

435 405 Most younger people have been completely checked out their whole lives, and just live on social media (like you're saying), or they paid attention to politics and willfully checked out, because they realized it's just a big fraud.

A smaller and shrinking group in the middle still tune in to the DC soap opera.
Posted by: Politics is sooooo 2000 at October 26, 2022 10:46 AM (Re9MM)

They want the dismissive, snarky "Kill shot" line that makes everyone go "OHHHHHHHHHH!!!", and little else.

Posted by: XTC at October 26, 2022 10:54 AM (UnA8+)

436 412 Just saw a new poll out of Florida from a group I've never heard of but they have DeSantis up by 14 in a poll of likely voters.

Florida has been over for quite some time.
Posted by: JackStraw at October 26, 2022 10:48 AM (ZLI7S)

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I wonder if the left is regretting elevating DeSantis so much through the media.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for the Invisible Man with Dracula and Frankenstein's monster at October 26, 2022 10:54 AM (LvTSG)

437 Black Sabbath - Master Of Reality

https://youtu.be/syhUM4-FaMs

Man, it's been a hot minute since I last listened to this album.

Posted by: Robert at October 26, 2022 10:54 AM (1Yy3c)

438 I say epoxy his lame ass to the street

let the victim's families have the first shot

Posted by: REDACTED at October 26, 2022 10:54 AM (us2H3)

439 My go to winter sweater is handspun wool, two colors in a stranded pattern. The fibers have fulled together on the inside and it's very warm. I was working on that when I did some training in TX. The knitters there said they couldn't imagine ever needing a sweater like that. I wondered if they felt the same way after that bad cold snap. I don't wear the sweater often, but I have it if I need it.

Posted by: Notsothoreau - Move forward at October 26, 2022 10:55 AM (uz3Px)

440 Chanley Painter on Court TV is a smoke show.

Posted by: Adirondack Patriot at October 26, 2022 10:55 AM (lf83v)

441 Verdict will be read in an hour, 68 pages worth of charges.

Posted by: SMH at October 26, 2022 10:55 AM (NhLwH)

442 408 a steady diet of black beans and Brussels sprouts will get you excused from any jury
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Brussel sprouts will give you one good dry air fart. Sauerkraut, not so much.

Posted by: Puddinhead at October 26, 2022 10:55 AM (6uV63)

443 My bad...76 counts.

Posted by: SMH at October 26, 2022 10:56 AM (NhLwH)

444 436
I wonder if the left is regretting elevating DeSantis so much through the media.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for the Invisible Man with Dracula and Frankenstein's monster at October 26, 2022 10:54 AM

It worked with Trump! Oh, wait...

Posted by: Deranged Leftists at October 26, 2022 10:56 AM (BZChZ)

445 Hochul's answer to Zeldin shows that with New Victimization of begin assaulted by words somebody used, the Old Victimization of actually being a victim of a crime is passé.

Posted by: Axeman at October 26, 2022 10:56 AM (krQz2)

446 The trick is to not use the little batteries. You need to use 4 or 6 hour minimum. Working on my house here is practically a full blown job site with what I have been doing, and I go a few days without changing batteries in anything. I'm using mostly milwaukee fuel, and dewalt. I do have a bunch of the 1.5 hour batteries that lasted days in the drill and impact drivers while installing the kitchen.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division
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The tradeoff is price skyrockets substantially once you go over 2 amp hour batteries. I have power working on my home renovations over the years so I use corded tools because I simply don't NEED a full sized battery powered circular saw or miter saw. I already have premium corded ones. Ditto for routers and other high demand tools. IF I was working new construction without power, then it would matter.

Working on wood, I found actually that Bosch's little 12v impact driver did quite well and was easier to fit in tight places doing retrofits. Batteries charge in about one hour and are far cheaper than its bigger cousins. Milwaukee has a similar line.

Posted by: whig at October 26, 2022 10:56 AM (CXr4y)

447 444 436
I wonder if the left is regretting elevating DeSantis so much through the media.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for the Invisible Man with Dracula and Frankenstein's monster at October 26, 2022 10:54 AM

It worked with Trump! Oh, wait...
Posted by: Deranged Leftists at October 26, 2022 10:56 AM (BZChZ)

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And Kari Lake!

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for the Invisible Man with Dracula and Frankenstein's monster at October 26, 2022 10:57 AM (LvTSG)

448 Brussel sprouts will give you one good dry air fart. Sauerkraut, not so much.
Posted by: Puddinhead at October 26, 2022 10:55 AM (6uV63)

my Brussel sprouts are guaranteed to leave a hash mark

at the bare minimum

Posted by: REDACTED at October 26, 2022 10:57 AM (us2H3)

449 >>I wonder if the left is regretting elevating DeSantis so much through the media.

For all the bitching about Republican candidate quality the overwhelming thing I am taking from this election is just how awful the Democrat candidates are. DeSantis is really good but Charlie Crist is a joke and he makes DeSantis look even better. you can see this play out in race after race across the country.

Easier to hide bad candidates when times are good.

Posted by: JackStraw at October 26, 2022 10:57 AM (ZLI7S)

450 Bald guys in those days needed mohair on their heads.

Posted by: Ciampino --- what are the sounds of vowels exploding? at October 26, 2022 10:57 AM (qfLjt)

451 “I wished Fetterman was in a better place to clap back. Overall, I argue it wasn’t great for us but still a draw.

Dr. Oz is a threat to "Our Idiocracy!"

Posted by: t-bird at October 26, 2022 10:57 AM (ptElO)

452 Chanley Painter on Court TV is a smoke show.
Posted by: Adirondack Patriot at October 26, 2022


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A former Miss USA, I think?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, dreaming of Elsewhere at October 26, 2022 10:57 AM (J2vNu)

453 Think Olds was targeted to middle management. Buick was upper management, and Caddy's were for the ownership class. Chevy was for the working man, and Pontiac was "sporty"

Posted by: Farmer Bob at October 26, 2022 10:58 AM (eGccS)

454 a steady diet of black beans and Brussels sprouts will get you excused from any jury
___

Wanna know an easier way than eating Satan's Dingleberries?

Be in a combat zone 7,000 miles away.

Posted by: SMH at October 26, 2022 10:58 AM (NhLwH)

455 Chanley Painter on Court TV is a smoke show.
Posted by: Adirondack Patriot at October 26, 2022

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A former Miss USA, I think?
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, dreaming of Elsewhere at October 26, 2022 10:57 AM (J2vNu)

According to the image search I just did on Bing this is correct.

Posted by: Robert at October 26, 2022 10:59 AM (1Yy3c)

456 The new wools are phenomenal. I wear wool socks year round to avoid soggy feet, as wool pulls moisture away from your skin. I have found some reasonable wool sweaters that are much thinner than their comparable acrylic/polyester counterparts and just as warm. The range of non scratchy wool has expanded greatly in the past several years.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at October 26, 2022 10:59 AM (lTGtQ)

457 the coolest batteried power tool I have ever used was Mikata, I think, rebar snipper

cost like $1500 bucks

I borrowed it

Posted by: REDACTED at October 26, 2022 10:59 AM (us2H3)

458 court will reconvene at 10:45am for the reading of the verdict

Posted by: m at October 26, 2022 10:59 AM (1vmZ4)

459 I can generally weed eat and edge our home, as well as the two neighbors on a single 4.something hour ryobi 18 volt battery.

Friend has the DeWalt line, and that professional battery stuff can break your wrist when it comes to lug nuts on tractors and farm equipment.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at October 26, 2022 11:00 AM (uLr+K)

460 Awww, I like this portrait. Exquisite rendering of materials and textures. Wish I could see it up close in person.

And I love how the couple is looking at each other, so sweet and tender. I hope they were that much in love in real life!

Posted by: LizLem at October 26, 2022 11:00 AM (+mkOR)

461 steady diet of black beans and Brussels sprouts will get you excused from any jury
___

Wanna know an easier way than eating Satan's Dingleberries?

Be in a combat zone 7,000 miles away.
Posted by: SMH

My first husband got a summons for jury duty.... Six months after he died. One photocopy of the death certificate sorted it out.

Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench) at October 26, 2022 11:01 AM (Wy1BU)

462 verdict was reached at 9:43am

Posted by: m at October 26, 2022 11:01 AM (1vmZ4)

463 456 The new wools are phenomenal. I wear wool socks year round to avoid soggy feet, as wool pulls moisture away from your skin. I have found some reasonable wool sweaters that are much thinner than their comparable acrylic/polyester counterparts and just as warm. The range of non scratchy wool has expanded greatly in the past several years.
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Try wool socks with silk inner socks. You will stay nice and dry and warm.

Posted by: Puddinhead at October 26, 2022 11:01 AM (6uV63)

464 428 Got the old Metabo 7 inch out the other day

could hardly hold on to it


the paolo, he does not have this problem

Posted by: paolo at October 26, 2022 11:01 AM (sGtp+)

465 Think Olds was targeted to middle management. Buick was upper management, and Caddy's were for the ownership class. Chevy was for the working man, and Pontiac was "sporty"
Posted by: Farmer Bob at October 26, 2022


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I always looked at it like this -- GM had a car for you at every stage of your life.

20s: Chevy; 30s: Pontiac; 40s: Oldsmobile; 50s: Buick; and 60s and beyond, Cadillac. That might have been GM's general idea, but I'm sure there were young guys who jumped right into a Pontiac or even a lightly used Olds, and middle management guys who bought a Buick. My father stuck with Chevy, Impala coupes and then a Monte Carlo, all during my childhood and teen years. He'd once had a Cadillac, but I guess couldn't swing it later.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, dreaming of Elsewhere at October 26, 2022 11:02 AM (J2vNu)

466 Christian Toto: U2’s Bono: Capitalism Crushes Poverty

https://tinyurl.com/4p5b9x55

Via Ed Driscoll at Instapundit.

Posted by: Robert at October 26, 2022 11:03 AM (1Yy3c)

467 Hochul responded, "Anyone who commits a crime under our laws, especially with the change we made to bail, has consequences. I don't know why that's so important to you."

The problem here is that I believe her. She doesn't know why its important to stop criminals. I believe she is that glazed over and mindless a zealot.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at October 26, 2022 11:03 AM (Ivdso)

468 Ned Price @StateDeptSpox · 1h
United States government official

On Intersex Awareness Day, the United States affirms that intersex rights are human rights. We stand in solidarity with intersex persons and honor the contributions they have made to the global struggle for inclusion, equality, and dignity for all.

Posted by: andycanuck (yikp0) at October 26, 2022 11:03 AM (yikp0)

469 On Intersex Awareness Day, the United States affirms that intersex rights are human rights. We stand in solidarity with intersex persons and honor the contributions they have made to the global struggle for inclusion, equality, and dignity for all.
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What is their contribution?

Posted by: Puddinhead at October 26, 2022 11:04 AM (6uV63)

470 GM had a car for you at every stage of your life.

It was smart strategy for a car company, but then they started getting lazy and cheap and making awful cars.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at October 26, 2022 11:04 AM (Ivdso)

471 Ezra Levant 🍁🚛 @ezralevant · 3h
Twitter employees demand Elon Musk “not discriminate against workers on the basis of… political beliefs.” I wish Twitter employees would offer conservative users the same respect.

Posted by: andycanuck (yikp0) at October 26, 2022 11:05 AM (yikp0)

472 470 GM had a car for you at every stage of your life.

It was smart strategy for a car company, but then they started getting lazy and cheap and making awful cars.
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They became a finance company that happens make cars.

Posted by: Puddinhead at October 26, 2022 11:05 AM (6uV63)

473 no nood bastards!

Posted by: andycanuck (yikp0) at October 26, 2022 11:06 AM (yikp0)

474 469 On Intersex Awareness Day, the United States affirms that intersex rights are human rights. We stand in solidarity with intersex persons and honor the contributions they have made to the global struggle for inclusion, equality, and dignity for all.
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What is their contribution?
Posted by: Puddinhead at October 26, 2022 11:04 AM (6uV63)

Ghost Ship....

Posted by: browndog Official Mascot of Team Gizzard at October 26, 2022 11:07 AM (BgMrQ)

475 The tradeoff is price skyrockets substantially once you go over 2 amp hour batteries. I have power working on my home renovations over the years so I use corded tools because I simply don't NEED a full sized battery powered circular saw or miter saw. I already have premium corded ones. Ditto for routers and other high demand tools. IF I was working new construction without power, then it would matter.

Working on wood, I found actually that Bosch's little 12v impact driver did quite well and was easier to fit in tight places doing retrofits. Batteries charge in about one hour and are far cheaper than its bigger cousins. Milwaukee has a similar line.

Posted by: whig at October 26, 2022 10:56 AM (CXr4y)

Yeah I'm not into battery miter saws and table saws, because I'm not in the field anymore. When shit gets real I'll use my corded stuff, but with whats been going on around here I would have drown in cords with all the different tools I have to use. I switched all my nail guns to cordless and it's been pretty liberating not to hear the compressor running and tripping over air hoses. I'll still use my swiss made bosch corded jigsaw over my milwaukee fuel jig saw though.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at October 26, 2022 11:12 AM (VwHCD)

476 Pretty sure my dad still has his.
Posted by: SMH at October 26, 2022 10:15 AM (lbaVV)

I still have my officer's bridge coat...

Posted by: Boswell at October 26, 2022 11:13 AM (+Cgut)

477 Dude looking down his wife's blouse; or, Joe Biden looking down his daughter's blouse.

Posted by: WaitingForMartel at October 26, 2022 11:30 AM (aQSNU)

478
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Posted by: Cindy Morris at October 26, 2022 01:06 PM (dBPNt)

479 Your place or mine?

Posted by: Tamaa the Drongo Bird at October 26, 2022 06:25 PM (wGqjj)

480
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