Moondog Cafe

Trinity College Library, Dublin

Can I come in?

Got that sack o' snakes you ordered, Chief. Sign here please.

This is the other way sugar skulls are made.

Instant mask!!!

Sliiiiding into Humpday.

Dude just go around, stop being a spaz.

Eighteen people, presumably illegal aliens, packed into a subcompact car.

Paint color: Titanium cat.

Yiffing.

This girl makes me think of the many possibilities I could use her for... like cleaning the garage.

The video that NASA does not want you to see! pic.twitter.com/6KnxQhHOTi
— Figen (@TheFigen_) January 21, 2023

I could do this but I don't have the ceilings for it now:

Amazingpic.twitter.com/tyBQJlzHyp
— nftbadger (@nftbadger) January 24, 2023

1. Cats are living engines of chaos and destruction.

2. If a cat realizes that you are using its capacity for chaos and destruction to create order and harmony, it will immediately change its behavior.

Twice is enough, now stop this nonsense bro! pic.twitter.com/mq25ke1xHk
— Figen (@TheFigen_) January 24, 2023

She is a Mom ❤️ pic.twitter.com/jIaeMk1Vrp
— Figen (@TheFigen_) January 24, 2023

This is a pair of waterfalls, Stigfossen and Tverrdalsfossen, in Norway. pic.twitter.com/qReuclAZdI
— Figen (@TheFigen_) January 24, 2023

I thought those were the names of Odin's magical chickens.

Guess where this is? pic.twitter.com/pfuMEbwr2Z
— Mandy ravenna (@Elybella___a) January 25, 2023

I don't know where that is. Mr. Asprin Factory says it's the Cathedral of the Holy and Undivided Trinity in Ely, Cambridgeshire, England. Runner says it's the Duomo in Milan.

I still don't know.

Posted by: Lamont the Big Dummy at 07:50 PM

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1 Wut

Posted by: whig at January 24, 2023 07:51 PM (bDjBG)

2 I'll call them.

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at January 24, 2023 07:52 PM (OX9vb)

3 Book thread on a Tuesday?

Posted by: Duke Lowell at January 24, 2023 07:52 PM (u73oe)

4 I may have to complain to the boss that Lamont has stolen my gig (originally OM's gig) of posting library pics...

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at January 24, 2023 07:52 PM (BpYfr)

5 BOOK THREAD INCOMING!!!

DUCK!!!

Posted by: andycanuck (Vwz3I) at January 24, 2023 07:54 PM (Vwz3I)

6 Top Pic:
Do I have to wear my pants?

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at January 24, 2023 07:54 PM (ynpvh)

7 This girl makes me think of the many possibilities I could use her for... like cleaning the garage.
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Yeah, that's neat and all, but can she shoot a flaming arrow?

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at January 24, 2023 07:55 PM (BpYfr)

8 I'm not bathing to come in here.

Posted by: Stinky Joe at January 24, 2023 07:56 PM (8ocB+)

9 The video that NASA does not want you to see!

That's Buzz Aldrin's doggeh.

Posted by: Notorious BFD at January 24, 2023 07:56 PM (Xrfse)

10 now THAT'S a libary!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez - we are being gaslighted 24/365 at January 24, 2023 07:56 PM (XzIdt)

11 Got that sack o' snakes you ordered, Chief. Sign here please.
Posted by: Lamont the Big Dummy

If he just dumped the snakes and ran away, fine.

Why did he have to caress them afterwards?

Dude has issues.

Posted by: mikeski at January 24, 2023 07:57 PM (P1f+c)

12 Cathedral in Ely.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at January 24, 2023 07:57 PM (CZBWZ)

13 Did any of those snakes go up his pant legs?

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at January 24, 2023 07:57 PM (ynpvh)

14 "Perfessor" Squirrel

That picture has already been used in a previous book thread. But it is a good picture.

Notice that there are no students in the stacks? They are using Google Scholar, and missing all the good references that crush their patent ideas.

Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at January 24, 2023 07:57 PM (u82oZ)

15 4 I may have to complain to the boss that Lamont has stolen my gig (originally OM's gig) of posting library pics...
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at January 24, 2023 07:52 PM (BpYfr)

Yeah.
What's up with this?
We don't get libraries this nice on weekends.

Posted by: Diogenes at January 24, 2023 07:57 PM (anj39)

16 Is it true that General Custer invented Arrow shirts?

Posted by: Don't Know Much at January 24, 2023 07:58 PM (8ocB+)

17 Seventh link reminds me of an old favorite:

Why were there two thousand Mexicans at the Alamo?

They only had two cars.

(I'll head to the denunciation room).

Posted by: McLurkerson at January 24, 2023 07:58 PM (wNDOJ)

18 Lieberry pic? BOOK THREAD!!!!!

Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabby stabamillion at January 24, 2023 07:58 PM (BtmcP)

19 Ace has a garage?

Posted by: A project contributur at January 24, 2023 07:58 PM (iayUP)

20 That girl is bendy. Don't use her to clean the garage. There are other possibilities.

Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at January 24, 2023 07:59 PM (u82oZ)

21 Puppies Club @thepuppiesclub
Meet Fanny, the Bernese with a gene defect 🤩 Such an adorable cutie! ❤️ (fannyasfresh / IG)

https://tinyurl.com/48sznd3b

[8 seconds]

Posted by: andycanuck (Vwz3I) at January 24, 2023 07:59 PM (Vwz3I)

22 Yeah.
What's up with this?
We don't get libraries this nice on weekends.
Posted by: Diogenes at January 24, 2023 07:57 PM (anj39)
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I'm reasonably certain this pic has been used at least once for the Sunday Morning Book Thread. It's a very distinctive and recognizable picture.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at January 24, 2023 07:59 PM (BpYfr)

23 The video that NASA does not want you to see!

When that dog comes up with a bone, the poopoo is gonna hit the oscillating air displacement system.

Posted by: Diogenes at January 24, 2023 08:00 PM (anj39)

24 Is the last video La Sagrada Familia (in Barcelona)?

Posted by: SC Math Teacher at January 24, 2023 08:00 PM (dBpR0)

25 They pack into cars as good as us messycans.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at January 24, 2023 08:00 PM (ynpvh)

26 I'm going to guess that last pic/video is somewhere in Czechoslovakia or Hungary.

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at January 24, 2023 08:00 PM (OX9vb)

27 The guess where it is video happens to be Bloomer AR, pre tornado, now declared a rural slum by the HUD.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at January 24, 2023 08:01 PM (lz5hY)

28 Horndog was the unofficial theme of the last thread, and now Moondog Café. I'm sensing a theme.

Perhaps it's related to that pack of 8+1 dogs causing havoc in California, the CA-Nine.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at January 24, 2023 08:01 PM (a3Q+t)

29 Hmmm, the girl use link does not work for me... Strange since others are saying it works.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at January 24, 2023 08:01 PM (CsVWE)

30 WHERE ?! WHERE ??!!

Posted by: runner at January 24, 2023 08:01 PM (V13WU)

31 This girl makes me think of the many possibilities I could use her for... like cleaning the garage.

"The Floor Is Lava" level: Grandmaster++.

Posted by: mikeski at January 24, 2023 08:02 PM (P1f+c)

32 Not France is it ?

Posted by: runner at January 24, 2023 08:02 PM (V13WU)

33 The Cathedral in Ely looks similar to this. CIty block long. Yuuge.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at January 24, 2023 08:03 PM (CZBWZ)

34 I'm reasonably certain this pic has been used at least once for the Sunday Morning Book Thread. It's a very distinctive and recognizable picture.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at January 24, 2023 07:59 PM (BpYfr)

I actually remember it.
Beautiful.
I was just jesting.

Posted by: Diogenes at January 24, 2023 08:03 PM (anj39)

35 I KNOW WHERE !! Milan Cathedral !

Posted by: runner at January 24, 2023 08:03 PM (V13WU)

36 Duomo di Milano !

Posted by: runner at January 24, 2023 08:04 PM (V13WU)

37
*staggers in disbelievingly*

I have just seen something extraordinary. The mayor of Deer Park, TX, a Houston suburb, gave a press conference after a tornado devastated the town this afternoon. And he did it by himself, without a phalanx of police chiefs, assorted bureaucrats and a sign language person beside him. I can't remember the last time I saw the like.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 24, 2023 08:04 PM (MoZTd)

38 I find your lack of bats disappointing

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at January 24, 2023 08:05 PM (0hOvj)

39 Apparently the Chinese heard that Biden was making our troops jump thru hoops. This is their first try at a propaganda film to one up us.

Posted by: Diogenes at January 24, 2023 08:05 PM (anj39)

40 Time for a few, I love gargoyles

Posted by: Skip at January 24, 2023 08:05 PM (xhxe8)

41 Ok, now working.

I think we have found our Snizz Plisken.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at January 24, 2023 08:06 PM (CsVWE)

42 Bowmanship. Toesmanship??

https://twitter.com/fasc1nate/status/
1617703278153801730

Posted by: andycanuck (Vwz3I) at January 24, 2023 08:06 PM (Vwz3I)

43
The Cathedral in Ely looks similar to this. CIty block long. Yuuge.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at January 24, 2023 08:03 PM (CZBWZ)

With its famous octagonal tower. Very impressive. I visited on a day when an rehearsing orchestra was playing "Nimrod" from Elgar's Enigma Variations. Quite an experience.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 24, 2023 08:07 PM (MoZTd)

44 37
*staggers in disbelievingly*

I have just seen something extraordinary. The mayor of Deer Park, TX, a Houston suburb, gave a press conference after a tornado devastated the town this afternoon. And he did it by himself, without a phalanx of police chiefs, assorted bureaucrats and a sign language person beside him. I can't remember the last time I saw the like.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 24, 2023 08:04 PM (MoZTd)

Maybe the others were impeded by the tornado damage...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at January 24, 2023 08:07 PM (ynpvh)

45 runner

You are correct. Milan Cathedral. Duomo di Milano - magnifico.

Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at January 24, 2023 08:07 PM (u82oZ)

46 And he did it by himself, without a phalanx of police chiefs, assorted bureaucrats and a sign language person beside him. I can't remember the last time I saw the like.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 24, 2023 08:04 PM (MoZTd)

He the only one left?

Posted by: Diogenes at January 24, 2023 08:08 PM (anj39)

47
Time for a few, I love gargoyles
Posted by: Skip at January 24, 2023 08:05 PM (xhxe

Caryatids FTW

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 24, 2023 08:08 PM (MoZTd)

48 47
Time for a few, I love gargoyles
Posted by: Skip at January 24, 2023 08:05 PM (xhxe

Caryatids FTW

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 24, 2023 08:08 PM (MoZTd)

It thought they had six legs...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at January 24, 2023 08:08 PM (ynpvh)

49 I sure hope Tucker has trustworthy security (and two friends named Smith and Wesson). He's really going tonight.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at January 24, 2023 08:09 PM (lz5hY)

50 Horndog was the unofficial theme of the last thread, and now Moondog Café. I'm sensing a theme.

Hit me with the horn, dawg, make that money!

Posted by: DJ Kool at January 24, 2023 08:09 PM (s2na+)

51 Hmmm, something of a quandary. I really liked the first and second Dead Space. One of the best atmospheric games ever and the right kind of balance between the horror and threat and actually being able to do something (I HATE the Outlast/Alien Isolation/Amnesia style games.)

But they evidently have made all the women... rough. Now, on the one hand, that in of itself does not mean anything and would not affect the other game elements. However their willingness to do this small thing speaks to... other changes.

I dunno, how else could you make Dead Space woke?

Posted by: Aetius451AD at January 24, 2023 08:09 PM (CsVWE)

52 Duomo di Milano-is that where those cookies are made? Italian Elves?

Posted by: Cookies are Good at January 24, 2023 08:09 PM (8ocB+)

53 And he did it by himself, without a phalanx of police chiefs, assorted bureaucrats and a sign language person beside him. I can't remember the last time I saw the like.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 24, 2023 08:04 PM (MoZTd)

Maybe the others were impeded by the tornado damage...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at January 24, 2023 08:07 PM (ynpvh)

Sign language guy probably broke his arms yelling for help.

Posted by: Diogenes at January 24, 2023 08:09 PM (anj39)

54 Lima, toledo, Milan.

I don't care how old your European version is . . Our Midwestern US
pronunciation is correct and yours isn't.

Posted by: 2009Refugee at January 24, 2023 08:10 PM (8AONa)

55 I don't know where that is. Mr. Asprin Factory says it's the Cathedral of the Holy and Undivided Trinity in Ely, Cambridgeshire, England.

I'd have guessed Notre Dame.

Posted by: Archimedes at January 24, 2023 08:10 PM (eOEVl)

56 To tie this into yesterday/this morning I am sure the Hagia Sophia was quite amazing before it was desecrated.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at January 24, 2023 08:10 PM (CsVWE)

57 51 Hmmm, something of a quandary. I really liked the first and second Dead Space. One of the best atmospheric games ever and the right kind of balance between the horror and threat and actually being able to do something (I HATE the Outlast/Alien Isolation/Amnesia style games.)

But they evidently have made all the women... rough. Now, on the one hand, that in of itself does not mean anything and would not affect the other game elements. However their willingness to do this small thing speaks to... other changes.

I dunno, how else could you make Dead Space woke?

Posted by: Aetius451AD at January 24, 2023 08:09 PM (CsVWE)

My wife loved "Age of Empires"; she called it the "Little Man Game". When the next version came out with little men and women villagers, she was disappointed.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at January 24, 2023 08:10 PM (ynpvh)

58 53 And he did it by himself, without a phalanx of police chiefs, assorted bureaucrats and a sign language person beside him. I can't remember the last time I saw the like.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 24, 2023 08:04 PM (MoZTd)

Maybe the others were impeded by the tornado damage...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at January 24, 2023 08:07 PM (ynpvh)

Sign language guy probably broke his arms yelling for help.

Posted by: Diogenes at January 24, 2023 08:09 PM (anj39)

Winner of the 2023 Miming contest.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at January 24, 2023 08:11 PM (ynpvh)

59 I actually remember it.
Beautiful.
I was just jesting.
Posted by: Diogenes at January 24, 2023 08:03 PM (anj39)
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I know!

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at January 24, 2023 08:11 PM (BpYfr)

60 runner

You are correct.

==

of course I am

Posted by: runner at January 24, 2023 08:11 PM (V13WU)

62 How many use that cathedral per week? Seven?

Posted by: Space for Rent at January 24, 2023 08:12 PM (8ocB+)

63 "That girl is bendy. Don't use her to clean the garage. There are other possibilities."

Of course, Chimney sweep! Thanks for reminding me.

Posted by: FeatherBlade at January 24, 2023 08:12 PM (44WGt)

64 Although, to be fair (dammit, Y5!) I think F.E.A.R. was the better, more fun game.

Might be heresy to some.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at January 24, 2023 08:12 PM (CsVWE)

65
Lima, toledo, Milan.
I don't care how old your European version is . . Our Midwestern US pronunciation is correct and yours isn't.
Posted by: 2009Refugee at January 24, 2023 08:10 PM (8AONa)

Versailles, Cairo, Paris

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 24, 2023 08:12 PM (MoZTd)

66 On YouTube shorts you can find young ladies who flex like that.

Posted by: Skip at January 24, 2023 08:13 PM (xhxe8)

67 Space for Rent

I was half-full when I went in. Tourists are led there, and leave a lot of money, or so I heard.

Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at January 24, 2023 08:13 PM (u82oZ)

68
To tie this into yesterday/this morning I am sure the Hagia Sophia was quite amazing before it was desecrated.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at January 24, 2023 08:10 PM (CsVWE)

Time for another Fourth Crusade!

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 24, 2023 08:14 PM (MoZTd)

69 Although, to be fair (dammit, Y5!) I think F.E.A.R. was the better, more fun game.

Might be heresy to some.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at January 24, 2023 08:12 PM (CsVWE)
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I didn't like F.E.A.R. that much. The office environments were very lame and boring to me and the horror elements just didn't do it for me. Now Doom 3 on the other hand...THAT was a fun and interesting game for me.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at January 24, 2023 08:14 PM (BpYfr)

70 Versailles, Cairo, Paris
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 24, 2023 08:12 PM (MoZTd)

The Palace at Ver-Sales does not have quite the same ring.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at January 24, 2023 08:14 PM (CsVWE)

71 Lima, toledo, Milan.

I don't care how old your European version is . . Our Midwestern US
pronunciation is correct and yours isn't.

I'll bet my pronunciation is better than Ilaria's.

Posted by: Archimedes at January 24, 2023 08:14 PM (eOEVl)

72 Everybody love gargoyles.

Posted by: runner at January 24, 2023 08:14 PM (V13WU)

73 Lima, toledo, Milan.

I don't care how old your European version is . . Our Midwestern US
pronunciation is correct and yours isn't.
Posted by: 2009Refugee

If you are talking Ahia, you forgot Versailles

Posted by: Tonypete at January 24, 2023 08:14 PM (qoGsy)

74 *loves

Posted by: runner at January 24, 2023 08:14 PM (V13WU)

75 Skip

Probably on PornHub also, but I would not know from personal experience.

Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at January 24, 2023 08:15 PM (u82oZ)

76 Pope has a thousand dollars worth of paint on the ceiling alone.

Posted by: Archie Bunker at January 24, 2023 08:15 PM (8ocB+)

77 Those dudes flying through those rings have got to be 4 feet tall.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at January 24, 2023 08:15 PM (up/3i)

78 @WallStreetSilv
What could go wrong ?
... using escalator as a conveyor belt?

This is like in Mario Kart when the blue shell hits you.

https://twitter.com/WallStreetSilv/status/
1617765318461648896

Posted by: andycanuck (Vwz3I) at January 24, 2023 08:15 PM (Vwz3I)

79 I didn't like F.E.A.R. that much. The office environments were very lame and boring to me and the horror elements just didn't do it for me. Now Doom 3 on the other hand...THAT was a fun and interesting game for me.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at January 24, 2023 08:14 PM (BpYfr)

Ok. You are fricking insane. Monster closets and ... did that one have a flashlight? One of those games was missing a flashlight.

Vs some of the best combat in any game with a bit of the paranormal thrown in.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at January 24, 2023 08:15 PM (CsVWE)

80 "That girl is bendy. Don't use her to clean the garage. There are other possibilities."

She could give herself a reach around. Once she discovers that, she won't be available for anything else.

Posted by: Tonypete at January 24, 2023 08:16 PM (qoGsy)

81 70 Versailles, Cairo, Paris
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 24, 2023 08:12 PM (MoZTd)

The Palace at Ver-Sales does not have quite the same ring.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at January 24, 2023 08:14 PM (CsVWE)
Miami (My-AM-Mee) vs Miami (My-AM-muh).
Houston (HyU-stun) vs Houston (How-stun)

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at January 24, 2023 08:16 PM (ynpvh)

82 Is it true that General Custer invented Arrow shirts?
Posted by: Don't Know Much at January 24, 2023 07:58 PM (8ocB+)

Although General Custer was well dressed, he was not the inventor of Arrow Shirts. He was deeply involved in developing the modern recipes for arrowroot pudding, and Creme Brulet. When asked why he focused on desserts he admitted that "anything Custer-dy would catch my eye"

Posted by: Kindltot at January 24, 2023 08:16 PM (xhaym)

83 Also Purgatoire River

Posted by: andycanuck (Vwz3I) at January 24, 2023 08:17 PM (Vwz3I)

84 "That girl is bendy. Don't use her to clean the garage. There are other possibilities."

--

Changing oil in transfer cases comes to mind.

Posted by: Name the CIA Director installed by Ford after #DeepState Removed Nixon at January 24, 2023 08:17 PM (dGQu9)

85 All of Yurrup is just a theme park with really old rides.

Posted by: USA #1 at January 24, 2023 08:17 PM (8ocB+)

86 Crazy days.

Posted by: Eromero at January 24, 2023 08:18 PM (0OP+5)

87 Lamont lives in NYC.

He has a garage?

What is he, a billionaire?

Posted by: Aetius451AD at January 24, 2023 08:18 PM (CsVWE)

88 Miranda Devine nailed it.

Posted by: JackStraw at January 24, 2023 08:18 PM (ZLI7S)

89 Apollo 11 shouldn't have been allowed to take a dog on that mission.

Posted by: Skip at January 24, 2023 08:18 PM (xhxe8)

90 Bread for the energy, pickle to eliminate any parasites or democrats lurking in the intestines.

Smart Mom.

Posted by: Hairyback Guy at January 24, 2023 08:18 PM (R/m4+)

91 Also Purgatoire River
Posted by: andycanuck (Vwz3I) at January 24, 2023 08:17 PM (Vwz3I)

No way I'm going swimming there!

Posted by: Diogenes at January 24, 2023 08:19 PM (anj39)

92 91 Also Purgatoire River
Posted by: andycanuck (Vwz3I) at January 24, 2023 08:17 PM (Vwz3I)

No way I'm going swimming there!

Posted by: Diogenes at January 24, 2023 08:19 PM (anj39)

Sounds like I'd need change for the ride.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at January 24, 2023 08:19 PM (ynpvh)

93 Although General Custer was well dressed, he was not the inventor of Arrow Shirts.
----------------
Fascinating @fasc1nate · 8h
Beautifully colored photographs from the Civil War: https://bit.ly/3WftOtW

Posted by: andycanuck (Vwz3I) at January 24, 2023 08:20 PM (Vwz3I)

94 Aetius451AD

Maybe he lives in a garage, with shelves. Or an old carriage house repurposed.

Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at January 24, 2023 08:20 PM (u82oZ)

95 The video that NASA does not want you to see!

Love that. And it is so well done.

Posted by: t-bird at January 24, 2023 08:21 PM (CaJIi)

96 84 "That girl is bendy. Don't use her to clean the garage. There are other possibilities."

Won't have to move the couch to vacuum anymore.

Posted by: Diogenes at January 24, 2023 08:21 PM (anj39)

97 Got through most of the videos
Everyone have a great evening.

Posted by: Skip at January 24, 2023 08:21 PM (xhxe8)

98 97 Got through most of the videos
Everyone have a great evening.

Posted by: Skip at January 24, 2023 08:21 PM (xhxe

Which ones did you...Skip?

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at January 24, 2023 08:22 PM (ynpvh)

99 Don't want to swim in the Picketwire??

Posted by: andycanuck (Vwz3I) at January 24, 2023 08:22 PM (Vwz3I)

100 Skip

Have some good sleep, please.

Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at January 24, 2023 08:22 PM (u82oZ)

101 Not a garage, a Carriage House!

Posted by: U can't hide $ at January 24, 2023 08:22 PM (8ocB+)

102 "That girl is bendy. Don't use her to clean the garage. There are other possibilities."

She was galactic expert at the 'baby's body has no bones and goes limp you can't hold me' move as a toddler.

Posted by: Tonypete at January 24, 2023 08:22 PM (qoGsy)

103 Duomo Milan cathedral.

Posted by: Mitch Mitchell at January 24, 2023 08:22 PM (EuCrk)

104 Lamont lives in NYC.

He has a garage?

What is he, a billionaire?
Posted by: Aetius451AD at January 24, 2023 08:18 PM (CsVWE)
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Apparently peddling cures for toe fungus is quite lucrative.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at January 24, 2023 08:23 PM (BpYfr)

105 Night Skip. Catch you on the flip side.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at January 24, 2023 08:23 PM (CsVWE)

106 The video that NASA does not want you to see!

Love that. And it is so well done.

Posted by: t-bird at

Do you think it's real?

Posted by: People these days at January 24, 2023 08:23 PM (5H4hd)

107 People these days

No space suit. Vacuum. Not real.

Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at January 24, 2023 08:24 PM (u82oZ)

108 Awww.

Mom dog. So sweet.

Posted by: nurse ratched at January 24, 2023 08:24 PM (U2p+3)

109 I wonder if it wouldn't have been better if Lamont had tried to brazen it out. I dunno, but at a cursory glance that video appears real/normal.

Kudos to him for donning a hair shirt.

Posted by: creeper at January 24, 2023 08:24 PM (cTCuP)

110 Apollo 20 saw some freaky deaky stuff, man.

Posted by: Count de Monet at January 24, 2023 08:24 PM (4I/2K)

111 106 The video that NASA does not want you to see!

Love that. And it is so well done.

Posted by: t-bird at

Do you think it's real?

Posted by: People these days at January 24, 2023 08:23 PM (5H4hd)

Dunno. Play it backwards.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at January 24, 2023 08:24 PM (ynpvh)

112 The bird drifting is called skidding to a stop in kids bicycles of yor or snow skiing. Drifting ultimately requires the go pedal.

Posted by: micky at January 24, 2023 08:25 PM (3byMq)

113 Mama dog switching her chicken for the puppy's cuke left me misty-eyed.

Posted by: creeper at January 24, 2023 08:26 PM (cTCuP)

114 Have a great night, everyone.

May tonight not be the night you have to jump through hoops.

Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at January 24, 2023 08:27 PM (u82oZ)

115 McCarthy officially rejected Jeffries request to put Schiff and Swalwell on the Intel Committee. So far he's kept his word.

Posted by: JackStraw at January 24, 2023 08:27 PM (ZLI7S)

116 115 McCarthy officially rejected Jeffries request to put Schiff and Swalwell on the Intel Committee. So far he's kept his word.

Posted by: JackStraw at January 24, 2023 08:27 PM (ZLI7S)

Don't want to dumb down the intel committee...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at January 24, 2023 08:27 PM (ynpvh)

117 If you are talking Ahia, you forgot Versailles

Posted by: Tonypete

======

"The replay booth, having checked a map, has determined Versailles to be north of I70. It is therefore in Ohio, not Kentuck. Please run the clock on my signal."

Posted by: 2009Refugee at January 24, 2023 08:27 PM (8AONa)

118 Night NaCLy Dog.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at January 24, 2023 08:28 PM (CsVWE)

119 91 Also Purgatoire River
Posted by: andycanuck (Vwz3I) at January 24, 2023 08:17 PM (Vwz3I)

No way I'm going swimming there!

Posted by: Diogenes at January 24, 2023 08:19 PM (anj39)

Sounds like I'd need change for the ride.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at January 24, 2023 08:19 PM (ynpvh)

Someone's gotta go back and get a shitload of dimes!

Posted by: Taggart at January 24, 2023 08:30 PM (4I/2K)

120 And Russia (RU she) Ohio.

Posted by: Tonypete at January 24, 2023 08:32 PM (qoGsy)

121 Cuba, NY

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at January 24, 2023 08:33 PM (CZBWZ)

122 I cannot believe that Lamont did not comment on the 'People have periods' picture.

Dear God.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at January 24, 2023 08:33 PM (CsVWE)

123 Also Purgatoire River
Posted by: andycanuck

No way I'm going swimming there!
Posted by: Diogenes

If you baptize someone there, does it work?

Posted by: mikeski at January 24, 2023 08:33 PM (P1f+c)

124 May tonight not be the night you have to jump through hoops.
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Then how else will I get sex??

Posted by: andycanuck (Vwz3I) at January 24, 2023 08:33 PM (Vwz3I)

125 Then how else will I get sex??

Posted by: andycanuck

======

Every Moron reading comments just muttered, "$20, same as downtown," didn't you?

Posted by: 2009Refugee at January 24, 2023 08:37 PM (8AONa)

126 Duomo. Definitely.

Posted by: IrishEi at January 24, 2023 08:39 PM (3ImbR)

127 Then how else will I get sex??
Posted by: andycanuck

Every Moron reading comments just muttered, "$20, same as downtown," didn't you?
Posted by: 2009Refugee

2.3% of us thought "ask the moose out front."

Posted by: mikeski at January 24, 2023 08:40 PM (P1f+c)

128 115 McCarthy officially rejected Jeffries request to put Schiff and Swalwell on the Intel Committee. So far he's kept his word.
Posted by: JackStraw at January 24, 2023 08:27 PM (ZLI7S)
Don't want to dumb down the intel committee...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at January 24, 2023 08:27 PM (ynpvh)

Does anyone know what committee Jeffries smooth brain is on?

The man is a comedic gold mine.

Posted by: Hairyback Guy at January 24, 2023 08:40 PM (R/m4+)

129 Bendy girl touched dishes with her toes, well ok we can live with that considering.

Posted by: Eromero at January 24, 2023 08:41 PM (0OP+5)

130 Do you think it's real?
Posted by: People these days

If it were fake, the dog wouldn't be able to dig down so far.

Posted by: t-bird at January 24, 2023 08:42 PM (CaJIi)

131 Seems quiet tonnight.

Posted by: Infidel at January 24, 2023 08:46 PM (ZEa+g)

132 131 Seems quiet tonnight.
Posted by: Infidel at January 24, 2023 08:46 PM (ZEa+g)

Slow moving. Everyone must be deeply lost in cogitation.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at January 24, 2023 08:47 PM (CsVWE)

133 Google and search came up empty so last Friday I used AI chat to generate code for a (small) specific use case that I had to describe to it as I would a proficient human being.

It worked - and is honestly one of the coolest things I have ever done or seen in my life.

I wish we had more time to enjoy the astounding world we live in, but I guess Satan, his minions, and useless idiot leftards have other plans. Still I am going to try. New computer comes next week and it's a fucking doozy.

Posted by: ... at January 24, 2023 08:47 PM (BXxcV)

134 Seems quiet tonnight.
Posted by: Infidel at January 24, 2023 08:46 PM (ZEa+g)
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Hunkering down, awaiting snow-mageddon...

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at January 24, 2023 08:48 PM (BpYfr)

135 Seems quiet tonnight.
Posted by: Infidel

Everyone's entranced by the bendy girl in the "cleaning the garage" link.

Posted by: mikeski at January 24, 2023 08:48 PM (P1f+c)

136 Then how else will I get sex??

--

Don't ask me. My wife dreamt I forgot her birthday so it's not an option for a while.

Also her birthday is in August.

Posted by: Name the CIA Director installed by Ford after #DeepState Removed Nixon at January 24, 2023 08:48 PM (dGQu9)

137 Duomo Arigato, Mister Roboto

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at January 24, 2023 08:48 PM (63Dwl)

138 Seems quiet tonight.

Posted by: Infidel
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Too quiet.

Posted by: ... at January 24, 2023 08:48 PM (BXxcV)

139 Got my prop tax bill today. Will have to look up last year's to find how much it went up.

Posted by: Infidel at January 24, 2023 08:50 PM (ZEa+g)

140 Lamont, Ya big dummy!
It is not a sugar skull, it is a skull candle.

That is why it is in a puddle of melted wax at the end, and the guy picks up the wick.

Posted by: Gentlemen, this is junta manifest at January 24, 2023 08:51 PM (nQmdf)

141 Seems quiet tonight.
Posted by: Infidel

Too quiet.
Posted by: ...

We've got dogs, cats, lions, snakes, and a bird. So I don't think we're hunting wabbits, are we?

Posted by: mikeski at January 24, 2023 08:51 PM (P1f+c)

142 Imagine showing ace the pudding cup in reverse.

Posted by: ... at January 24, 2023 08:52 PM (BXxcV)

143 Got my prop tax bill today. Will have to look up last year's to find how much it went up.
Posted by: Infidel at January 24, 2023 08:50 PM (ZEa+g)

Hey maybe it went down? LOL ( ducking )

Posted by: Nevergiveup at January 24, 2023 08:52 PM (Irn0L)

144 >138 Seems quiet tonight.

Posted by: Infidel
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Too quiet.

Posted by: ... at January 24, 2023 08:48 PM (BXxcV)

Suddenly, a shot rang out...the maid screamed...

Posted by: Heavy Meta at January 24, 2023 08:53 PM (gryET)

145 so last Friday I used AI chat to generate code for a (small) specific use case that I had to describe to it as I would a proficient human being.

---

Someone posted the link a couple of weeks ago, but apparently the people programming the AI are often programing "The Algorithm (tm)" to only provide the socially correct answers to questions and conversations.

IIRC someone posted interactions dealing with Global Warming / fossil fuels and COVID and The Algorithm decided it would answer the questions a particular way even though citations and references were provided to it in whatever way it was supposed to interact and respond appropriately. IIRC it essentially ignored it because it was wrongthink.

Posted by: Name the CIA Director installed by Ford after #DeepState Removed Nixon at January 24, 2023 08:53 PM (dGQu9)

146 Just wanted to comment on how much I enjoyed the top picture. Thanks for sharing that!

I love this blog. Cheers to you all!

Posted by: North Idaho Birdman at January 24, 2023 08:53 PM (f8170)

147 Suddenly, a shot rang out...the maid screamed...
Posted by: Heavy Meta at January 24, 2023 08:53 PM (gryET)
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"and then the murders began..."

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at January 24, 2023 08:53 PM (BpYfr)

148 The library pic must have sent everyone searching for a book to read.

Posted by: Tuna at January 24, 2023 08:54 PM (gLRfa)

149 McCarthy officially rejected Jeffries request to put Schiff and Swalwell on the Intel Committee. So far he's kept his word.
Posted by: JackStraw at January 24, 2023 08:27 PM (ZLI7S)

Yes, BUT, as I understand it, there still has to be a vote and McCarthy can only lose 4 votes? And I heard at least one RINO is opposed to doing this

Posted by: Nevergiveup at January 24, 2023 08:54 PM (Irn0L)

150 IIRC it essentially ignored it because it was wrongthink.

Posted by: Name the CIA Director installed by Ford after #DeepState Removed Nixon at January 24, 2023 08:53 PM (dGQu9)

I'm aware. Not because of the link but because I played with it and saw for myself. Creepy shit.

Yep, it's a shame leftards have to ruin everything. They are busy "teaching" AI who the filthy humans are, just as if they were teaching a stranger's kid. (swid?)

Posted by: ... at January 24, 2023 08:54 PM (BXxcV)

151 IRC someone posted interactions dealing with Global Warming / fossil fuels and COVID and The Algorithm decided it would answer the questions a particular way even though citations and references were provided to it in whatever way it was supposed to interact and respond appropriately. IIRC it essentially ignored it because it was wrongthink.
Posted by: Name the CIA Director installed by Ford after #DeepState Removed Nixon at January 24, 2023 08:53 PM (dGQu9)
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The ultimate weakness in "AI" is that it is only as good as the people who program it. If they choose to program it a particular way, then Garbage In, Garbage Out.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at January 24, 2023 08:55 PM (BpYfr)

152 Those hoops weren't on fire. Meh, amateurs.

Posted by: Islamic militant training cadre at January 24, 2023 08:55 PM (6rELG)

153 Do you think it's real?
Posted by: People these days

If it were fake, the dog wouldn't be able to dig down so far.
Posted by: t-bird at January 24, 2023 08:42 PM (CaJIi)

Who are you, who are so wise in the ways of science?

Posted by: King Arthur at January 24, 2023 08:55 PM (4I/2K)

154 Lamont ya big dummy.
"Titanium Cat" and "Can I come in" are the same link.

I should have beat your mom the day you were born.

Posted by: Gentlemen, this is junta manifest at January 24, 2023 08:55 PM (nQmdf)

155 Hey maybe it went down? LOL ( ducking )
Posted by: Nevergiveup

There is always a comedian.

Posted by: Infidel at January 24, 2023 08:56 PM (ZEa+g)

156 https://twitter.com/i/status/
1617389747508482050

Doggy gets a haircut. Cute.

Posted by: Gwenn at January 24, 2023 08:57 PM (9Gr7n)

157 What will be neat is when we begin using AI to answer the serious questions about Global Warming, and it gives us all the right answers. And people will embrace it because Smart and Artificial Intelligence and Unbiased or whatever, and we'll happily head down whatever road it's programmed to lead us down.

Posted by: Name the CIA Director installed by Ford after #DeepState Removed Nixon at January 24, 2023 08:58 PM (dGQu9)

158 Just got home from Virginia, made it in time to not have my flight messed up from the incoming weather. Doing an eye mask since J said “wow, babe. You are looking exhausted” when I walked in the door. 4 days of crying over what is probably my last visit with my mama clearly took a toll! But in between I had some really great times with my middle and eldest children. I met my middle child’s new boyfriend for the first I time. He is from Venezuela. I really like him…

Posted by: Piper at January 24, 2023 08:58 PM (ZdaMQ)

159 I couldn't get it to admit that certain NYT postulates might be wrong, even after leading with "if everything in the above article is an outright lie, then would it possible that...."

Could not get it to join in on that hypothetical even for a second. It refused. To the point where it was just funny.

OTOH it was happy to play that game with a Breitbart article. Two completely different subject matters, and neither source was cited as such.

Posted by: ... at January 24, 2023 08:59 PM (BXxcV)

160 Someone posted the link a couple of weeks ago, but apparently the people programming the AI are often programing "The Algorithm (tm)" to only provide the socially correct answers to questions and conversations.

IIRC someone posted interactions dealing with Global Warming / fossil fuels and COVID and The Algorithm decided it would answer the questions a particular way even though citations and references were provided to it in whatever way it was supposed to interact and respond appropriately. IIRC it essentially ignored it because it was wrongthink.
Posted by: Name the CIA Director installed by Ford after #DeepState Removed Nixon at January 24, 2023 08:53 PM (dGQu9)

This won't end well - HAL9000

No, it won't. - Ash

*facepalm* - Bishop

Posted by: Count de Monet at January 24, 2023 08:59 PM (4I/2K)

161 Hey maybe it went down? LOL ( ducking )
Posted by: Nevergiveup

There is always a comedian.
Posted by: Infidel at January 24, 2023 08:56 PM (ZEa+g)

Misery loves company

Wanna see my taxes LOL

Posted by: Nevergiveup at January 24, 2023 08:59 PM (Irn0L)

162 >>Yes, BUT, as I understand it, there still has to be a vote and McCarthy can only lose 4 votes? And I heard at least one RINO is opposed to doing this

Not for the Intel Committee. The Speaker controls that committee completely because of the security clearance issues. He might lose on other committees if RINOs balk but not Intel.

I'm not a McCarthy fan but credit where due, so far he is doing what he promised.

Posted by: JackStraw at January 24, 2023 09:00 PM (ZLI7S)

163 Too quiet.

I don't like it. Something is afoot.

Posted by: Notorious BFD at January 24, 2023 09:00 PM (Xrfse)

164 If AI could solve/unlock the great mysteries of the universe and science, leftards would never let it, because they insist on filling it with the same lies and bullshit they pass off to us.

It's A Few Good Men writ large.

Posted by: ... at January 24, 2023 09:01 PM (BXxcV)

165 Yes, BUT, as I understand it, there still has to be a vote and McCarthy can only lose 4 votes? And I heard at least one RINO is opposed to doing this

Not for the Intel Committee. The Speaker controls that committee completely because of the security clearance issues. He might lose on other committees if RINOs balk but not Intel.

I'm not a McCarthy fan but credit where due, so far he is doing what he promised.
Posted by: JackStraw at January 24, 2023 09:00 PM (ZLI7S)

That was not a knock on mcCarthy. I think he is doing OK so far. And I was not aware of that about the Intel Committee. Thanks, that makes me sleep better

Posted by: Nevergiveup at January 24, 2023 09:02 PM (Irn0L)

166 "I don't like it. Something is afoot"

*looks up from brushing toes*

Posted by: fd at January 24, 2023 09:02 PM (iayUP)

167 Piper I'm sorry. 😔

Posted by: ... at January 24, 2023 09:02 PM (BXxcV)

168 Mine are 1304. Up 15%. Modest 3 bed 2 bath.

Posted by: Infidel at January 24, 2023 09:02 PM (ZEa+g)

169 @zerohedge · 11 minutes
Bill Gates is seen with three bodyguards as he exits the Australian Museum before meeting the Prime Minister

Posted by: andycanuck (Vwz3I) at January 24, 2023 09:02 PM (Vwz3I)

170 That last vid is easy. It's a soon-to-be mosque somewhere in Moor-ope.

Posted by: Conrad Poohs at January 24, 2023 09:02 PM (sOzH/)

171 Etiquette question: The restaurant I'm in is loudly playing Lennon's "Imagine." Is it acceptable to write on the bill "Imagine no possessions, including a tip. It's easy if I try."?

Posted by: Wally at January 24, 2023 09:03 PM (snN8U)

172 So, at the very end when bendy girl walks away, you can see she has beautiful, strong upper arms.

Gorgeous body. Wow.

Posted by: nurse ratched at January 24, 2023 09:03 PM (MciYk)

173 Been away.

I'm assuming Lamont is a small furry creature from Endor?

Posted by: eleven at January 24, 2023 09:03 PM (iziT8)

174 Rebecca has had a very good day - things went well with her surgery, and she is starting to get back to her normal self:

https://tinyurl.com/RebeccasGoodDay
(Link goes to her Caring Bridge site)

Thank you again for your continued well wishes and prayers!

Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, AOS Ladies' Team plucky comic relief at January 24, 2023 09:04 PM (YqLCx)

175 That's no cathedral. That's rocket ship to Heaven, baby.

Posted by: eleven at January 24, 2023 09:04 PM (iziT8)

176 Teach
Your AI well . . .

Posted by: CSN at January 24, 2023 09:05 PM (4I/2K)

177 The ultimate weakness in "AI" is that it is only as good as the people who program it. If they choose to program it a particular way, then Garbage In, Garbage Out.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel

I think the weakness in AI is that it is a language based system that defines "most common" as correct. So it strives to be mediocre and sometimes reaches that level, but can never be brilliant.

With art AI it is a bit different since you can have it create the unexpected very easily. That is often wrong, but art is allowed to be wrong (like the crust on the wrong side of the pizza, or too many fingers on hand) without being intolerable. We want prose to be correct, interesting, insightful, informative, and have some style. AI will struggle with all of these. IMHO. Instead it will be used as crap copy for clicks.

Posted by: Gentlemen, this is junta manifest at January 24, 2023 09:06 PM (nQmdf)

178 Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, AOS Ladies' Team plucky comic relief at January 24, 2023 09:04 PM (YqLCx)

Hi Teresa... I hope things ease up soon.

Posted by: ... at January 24, 2023 09:08 PM (BXxcV)

179 167 thank you. As much as it hurts, we don’t know when our time here is over. Many people lose someone they love without any warning. I got to say everything I wanted to say, and my sister, brother and I got to hear what my mom wants for a funeral (she doesn’t, she wants a party complete with signature cocktail). I am so grateful for that gift. My prayers now are just that God releases her from her pain.

Posted by: Piper at January 24, 2023 09:08 PM (ZdaMQ)

180 I will pray for the same Piper.

Posted by: ... at January 24, 2023 09:09 PM (BXxcV)

181 164 If AI could solve/unlock the great mysteries of the universe and science, leftards would never let it, because they insist on filling it with the same lies and bullshit they pass off to us.

It's A Few Good Men writ large.
Posted by: ... at January 24, 2023 09:01 PM (BXxcV)

AI is the lefts perfect citizen, programable perception, and thus, to them, reality.

Posted by: Romeo13 at January 24, 2023 09:09 PM (oHd/0)

182 174 yay! This is great news! Thank you for that smile.

Posted by: Piper at January 24, 2023 09:09 PM (ZdaMQ)

183 AI is the lefts perfect citizen, programable perception, and thus, to them, reality.

Posted by: Romeo13 at January 24, 2023 09:09 PM (oHd/0)

Fuck, so true

Posted by: ... at January 24, 2023 09:11 PM (BXxcV)

184 Wife watches preppers. Preppers are now saying banks are about to collapse. Also vax will eventually kill 60% of population. I'm more worried about our idiots giving Ukrainians M-1 tanks as Russia will not take that well as the M-1 goes right thru the oldish Soviet stuff that is the norm there. Wife is pressuring me to buy gold and silver and I have never wanted to do that. This chaos is getting really really old.

Posted by: azjaeger at January 24, 2023 09:12 PM (3/XaG)

185 IIRC someone posted interactions dealing with Global Warming / fossil fuels and COVID and The Algorithm decided it would answer the questions a particular way even though citations and references were provided to it in whatever way it was supposed to interact and respond appropriately. IIRC it essentially ignored it because it was wrongthink.
Posted by: Name the CIA Director installed by Ford after #DeepState Removed Nixon at January 24, 2023 08:53 PM (dGQu9)

This won't end well - HAL9000

No, it won't. - Ash

*facepalm* - Bishop
---
"If the word 'hate' was engraved on each nanoangstrom of those hundreds of miles it would not equal one-billionth of the hate I feel for humans at this micro-instant." - AM

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at January 24, 2023 09:12 PM (BpYfr)

186 Hugs and prayers Piper - So hard to see your Mom decline. I miss my Momma every day.

Posted by: Tonypete at January 24, 2023 09:13 PM (qoGsy)

187
What will be neat is when we begin using AI to answer the serious questions about Global Warming, and it gives us all the right answers. And people will embrace it because Smart and Artificial Intelligence and Unbiased or whatever, and we'll happily head down whatever road it's programmed to lead us down.

The old man in the cave will tell us what's safe to eat.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at January 24, 2023 09:13 PM (63Dwl)

188 "I don't like it. Something is afoot"

Yes, it is.

Posted by: The Paolo at January 24, 2023 09:13 PM (SYTee)

189 Does anyone know what committee Jeffries smooth brain is on?

The man is a comedic gold mine.
Posted by: Hairyback Guy at January 24, 2023 08:40 PM (R/m4+)

He gives Eddie Murphy a run for his money?

Posted by: clutch at January 24, 2023 09:14 PM (9UmRs)

190 I think the weakness in AI is that it is a language based system that defines "most common" as correct. So it strives to be mediocre and sometimes reaches that level, but can never be brilliant.

Posted by: Gentlemen, this is junta manifest at January 24, 2023 09:06 PM (nQmdf)
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Exactly. All it can do is mimic or copy patterns that it sees and recreate them in some manner. It's incapable--at the moment--of true originality.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at January 24, 2023 09:14 PM (BpYfr)

191 The old man in the cave will tell us what's safe to eat.
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hahaha, it's been a while but I think I get this reference. Man, what a great show that was. Like 80-85% really good, and even the stinkers were pretty okay.

Posted by: Did you realize you might own a Class III short barrel rifle now? at January 24, 2023 09:15 PM (ia0+L)

192 The old man in the cave will tell us what's safe to eat.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr.

Great episode.

Posted by: Tonypete at January 24, 2023 09:15 PM (qoGsy)

193 "It's incapable--at the moment--of true originality."
In other words, perfect for our time!

Posted by: gourmand du jour at January 24, 2023 09:17 PM (jTmQV)

194 Wife is pressuring me to buy gold and silver and I have never wanted to do that.
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I have no idea what the right thing to do is any longer because nothing is real.

I don't think it's a horrible idea to have a few hundred dollars in "junk" silver like old dimes and such. If things get bad enough that we're worrying about trading gold and silver then we'll be trading salt and shirts and everything of actual value, too.

Posted by: Did you realize you might own a Class III short barrel rifle now? at January 24, 2023 09:18 PM (ia0+L)

195 Also hugs to Piper, Teresa and Rebecca, Jane D'oh, and everyone else who needs it or not. This is already a stressful time and I'm sorry there are added worries.

Posted by: Did you realize you might own a Class III short barrel rifle now? at January 24, 2023 09:20 PM (ia0+L)

196 Apropos of nothing, the bass in Feelin' Alright by Joe Cocker is absolutely sublime. Incredible song.

Posted by: 496 at January 24, 2023 09:20 PM (ELYbr)

197 If things get *that* bad, we're screwed.

Posted by: SFGoth at January 24, 2023 09:21 PM (KAi1n)

198 "Does anyone know what committee Jeffries smooth brain is on?"

None, leadership don't usually sit on committees. But you will get to hear him daily on CNN or MSNBC and every Sunday morning on the obsolete political shows.

Posted by: lowandslow at January 24, 2023 09:21 PM (76Foq)

199 The old man in the cave will tell us what's safe to eat.

Well, 'he' wasn't wrong.

Posted by: Puddleglum at January 24, 2023 09:22 PM (sAmhv)

200 "The restaurant I'm in is loudly playing Lennon's "Imagine." Is it acceptable to write on the bill "Imagine no possessions, including a tip. It's easy if I try."?"

Has your waitron expressed adoration toward the song in your presence? If not, then no, it's not acceptable.

Waitrons don't have control over the muzak selection, generally speaking.

Posted by: FeatherBlade at January 24, 2023 09:23 PM (44WGt)

201 Thanks, everyone, for the prayers. This is such a great group. ❤️

Posted by: Piper at January 24, 2023 09:23 PM (ZdaMQ)

202 Is the old man in the cave related to the little man in the boat??

Posted by: andycanuck (Vwz3I) at January 24, 2023 09:24 PM (Vwz3I)

203 If things get *that* bad, we're screwed.
----

The crazy part is to realize that middle and upper middle class people are changing their habits to try and keep their heads above water in ways similar to Great Depression actions. Folks are making decisions to not use as many eggs, or to freeze them, or letting their kids have the bacon and eggs and they just eat toast because they can't afford to eat the same breakfasts they were eating when Trump was president.

And it's just going to keep getting worse. They're intentionally doing these things to wash out the middle class' wealth.

Posted by: Did you realize you might own a Class III short barrel rifle now? at January 24, 2023 09:24 PM (ia0+L)

204 Shit! Is it Sunday morning? Did I sleep for 4 days? *puts pants on just in case*.

Posted by: jewells45 fuck cancer at January 24, 2023 09:25 PM (nxdel)

205 Didn't know you could freeze eggs.

Posted by: Infidel at January 24, 2023 09:25 PM (ZEa+g)

206 Decades ago, went to Ireland & saw the Book of Kells in the Trinity College Library the last day of the trip. It was a lovely country with very nice & helpful people, and it was also an inexpensive trip even for that time. I hope some things have remained the same.

Posted by: Lola at January 24, 2023 09:27 PM (Wxlzw)

207 To Theresa, Piper and the rest of Horde experiencing troubles, prayers up. Good luck and God bless

Posted by: Smell the Glove at January 24, 2023 09:27 PM (dHzaG)

208 Just popping in to send hugs to Piper and Teresa (and anyone else who could use one). Prayers continue.

Posted by: screaming in digital at January 24, 2023 09:27 PM (aBJcM)

209 So the scam is ever increasing videos of "sus" origin that replicate the real to the point that we become FLUMMOXED in a very bad and serious way as to say "Am I believing my own EYES???

Your pause while to attempt to untangle it is where they burst in and FUCK YOU OVER...

Posted by: Nightwatch at January 24, 2023 09:28 PM (J00IM)

210 Didn't know you could freeze eggs.
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Yeah, out of the shell. I have done it in the past and scrambled them and poured them in ice cube molds. You have to be sure they're fully thawed when you get ready to use them, though. If they're still a little frozen in the middle they cook exactly like you'd imagine.

Posted by: Did you realize you might own a Class III short barrel rifle now? at January 24, 2023 09:28 PM (ia0+L)

211 The Golden retriever and the pickle video reminds me of a story.

I was fortunate enough to go away to high school. It was the 80's, and the Chinese students there (I was told) were some of the first in the US in forever.

One of the students relayed a story about a mother who was eating dinner with her family and bit down on a piece of meat. She immediately took it from her mouth and put it in her child's mouth. It was that rare.

This is what we have in store, folks.

Posted by: 496 at January 24, 2023 09:30 PM (ELYbr)

212 You could probably crack them right into the ice cube molds but I imagine the whites would be compromised and wouldn't cook up well. That said, eggs keep an amazingly long time. Well, if you don't have kids that lurv them some bacon and eggs.

(goes to look up freezing eggs)

Posted by: Did you realize you might own a Class III short barrel rifle now? at January 24, 2023 09:30 PM (ia0+L)

213 clever and funny bit.ly/3j897kH

Posted by: museisluse at January 24, 2023 09:31 PM (XK2/C)

214 By the way, ladies (and gentlemen, I won’t judge), this collagen eye mask was lovely. It was cooling, my skin feels nice. Going to put all the rest of the goop in my skin care regime on now, but highly recommend these for a lil mini pamper session.

Posted by: Piper at January 24, 2023 09:33 PM (ZdaMQ)

215 Prayers for Rebecca.

Piper,
I remember my last visit with my mom. I was 24. She barely recognized me. But she squeezed my hand without opening her eyes.

She died three days later. It was a relief knowing she was no longer suffering.

She was 46.

Cancer sucks.

Posted by: nurse ratched at January 24, 2023 09:34 PM (U2p+3)

216 Cancer sucks.
Posted by: nurse ratched

Yes, it does.

Posted by: Infidel at January 24, 2023 09:36 PM (ZEa+g)

217 That vidya of those guys throwing themselves through that hoop pisses me off, because I pause before stepping off curbs when taking a walk.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Wanting to Hang Out with Tom Bombadil at January 24, 2023 09:36 PM (UQUAY)

218 Rebecca has had a very good day - things went well with her surgery, and she is starting to get back to her normal self

Awesome. So glad to hear it.

Posted by: Notorious BFD at January 24, 2023 09:36 PM (Xrfse)

219 213 oh, nurse. I am so sorry. It does suck. There are no words for its suckiness.

Posted by: Piper at January 24, 2023 09:37 PM (ZdaMQ)

220 Gold and Silver work as hedges against inflation. But they generally suck as currency. Junk Silver (as mentioned) being the exception.

AMMO is a great "currency" if the dollar collapses. Be it in a ziploc bag you're trading 20 rounds for a day's food, or in a magazine with one in the pipe, getting that food by other means. (or just defending house, home and loved ones. Same thing, kinda) Still, I'd rather barter my construction and repair skills, and keep my ammo!

Any meaningful value of precious metals is best left as untouched as possible, till a market or economy stabilizes. And until the fed quits creating trillons with a mouse click, and until Crypto falls like the empty house of cards that it is, that stability is going to take a while. It's OK to buy "metals", but then "forget about them" either until things settle, or until necessity requires you to part with as little as possible to get by.

Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX

Posted by: Jim at January 24, 2023 09:38 PM (e6UQI)

221 Cancer sucks.
Posted by: nurse ratched

-------
I beat it once, and I'll beat it again.

But I'm genuinely not sure anyone beats it a third time though.

Sorry you had to go through that..

Posted by: 496 at January 24, 2023 09:38 PM (ELYbr)

222 158. Piper, so sorry. Praying for your mom's release from pain as is your hope, for her comfort and also for yours.

Posted by: Lola at January 24, 2023 09:40 PM (Wxlzw)

223 I AM P{ISSED...

Our most pious SPEAKER did NOT include that super MARXIST tampon receptacle AOC in his letter of removal of both Eric Swalwell and that BITCH from Glendale Ca....uhm...uhm... oh Adam Schiff-face...yeah that bubble eyed POS...yet I am concerned that AOC was not in that letter.

REALLY??? He is going MANCHURIAN this early??

Posted by: Nightwatch at January 24, 2023 09:42 PM (J00IM)

224 Jim - Agreed on gold and silver.

I haven't done so yet, but I jeep thinking I should buy a case of cheap-ass "dollar menu" bottles of vodka. I think there will always be a market for those. Thoughts?

Posted by: 496 at January 24, 2023 09:42 PM (ELYbr)

225 People are vegans for a range of reasons, but for most of them, it's the usual one it is for every kooky, fruity thing: virtue signaling.

Veganism has been a glaring, incandescent virtue signal for decades.

What now? The next big thing is going to be "Eat Zee Bugz." Do they switch signals and eat zee bugz? Or do they hold until someone invents soy-based bug protein, and then eat Beyond Meat™ Buglent Green?

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at January 24, 2023 09:43 PM (oINRc)

226 Has ace sold the blog ?

Posted by: You Really Don't Want to Know at January 24, 2023 09:43 PM (8lcHJ)

227 In lighter thoughts, the kitty boys are happy I am home. They are currently stampeding and sound like a herd of buffalo running upstairs. How can 2 cats make that much noise running?

Posted by: Piper at January 24, 2023 09:43 PM (ZdaMQ)

228 496,

*fist bump*
I've beat it once, too.

The only reason I complied with treatment is because my boys were so young. Marine was in 8th grade.

It hurts to watch your mom waste away and die. I didn't want my boys to have to experience that.

They did have a sucky year though.

Posted by: nurse ratched at January 24, 2023 09:44 PM (U2p+3)

229 ..Didn't know you could freeze eggs.
Posted by: Infidel at January 24, 2023 09:25 PM (ZEa+g)

Lotsa women get that done against the day that they're not layers anymore.

Not being crass. Women dealing with reproductive problems often have eggs extracted, usually for In Vitro fertilization. Surplus eggs (in proper containers) are frozen and kept in Liquid Nitrogen, in case of 2nd or 3rd or 4th (etc.) attempts.

Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX

Posted by: Jim at January 24, 2023 09:45 PM (e6UQI)

230
She immediately took it from her mouth and put it in her child's mouth. It was that rare.

This is what we have in store, folks.
Posted by: 496

Edward G. Robinson in Soylent Green.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at January 24, 2023 09:45 PM (63Dwl)

231 225 Beyond Bugz™

Posted by: Piper at January 24, 2023 09:46 PM (ZdaMQ)

232 Those "illegals" exactly what law did they break? Is spying for asylum illegal?

Posted by: Paul at January 24, 2023 09:47 PM (swKoK)

233 Nurse - it's always about the kids isn't it? I wasn't sure about the 5 stages of grief, but the 'bargaining' I went through there made me a believer.

Posted by: 496 at January 24, 2023 09:47 PM (ELYbr)

234 >>Has ace sold the blog ?

This happens every few years. "ace" retires and a new ace takes over. This is the 5th ace since I've been here. The last ace was actually a middle aged black woman.

In a few days he will take the name ace and things will appear to go on as usual.

Posted by: JackStraw at January 24, 2023 09:47 PM (ZLI7S)

235 Amazing that just a few years ago, the DoH was inspecting factories and fining them for the presence of bugs in food products.

Now, there will be a fine for NOT having bugs in the food.

Posted by: nurse ratched at January 24, 2023 09:48 PM (U2p+3)

236 As a nurse and up-posting...

Cancer sucks though with ALL of the BILLIONS upon BILLIONS of USA money spent in R&D....we still SUCK!!!

Why is that? Why is the CURE ALWAYS JUST AROUND the corner...think about that.

Posted by: Nightwatch at January 24, 2023 09:48 PM (J00IM)

237 Regarding the newly found, ancient runestone find - the initial translation seems to be:

"Drink more Ovaltine"

Posted by: Tonypete at January 24, 2023 09:50 PM (qoGsy)

238 234 >>Has ace sold the blog ?

This happens every few years. "ace" retires and a new ace takes over. This is the 5th ace since I've been here. The last ace was actually a middle aged black woman.

In a few days he will take the name ace and things will appear to go on as usual.
Posted by: JackStraw

When the smoke comes up out of the chimney, a new 'Ace' has been chosen.

Posted by: Puddleglum at January 24, 2023 09:50 PM (sAmhv)

239 234 The last ace was actually a middle aged black woman.

I thought he was an ewok ... you must mean "the last but one."

Posted by: You Really Don't Want to Know at January 24, 2023 09:51 PM (8lcHJ)

240 Bertram - that story has haunted me for decades.

Smoke 'em if you've got 'em

Posted by: 496 at January 24, 2023 09:51 PM (ELYbr)

241 When the smoke comes up out of the chimney, a new 'Ace' has been chosen.

Posted by: Puddleglum at January 24, 2023 09:50 PM (sAmhv)

Rainbow smoke?

Posted by: You Really Don't Want to Know at January 24, 2023 09:51 PM (8lcHJ)

242 ..I haven't done so yet, but I jeep thinking I should buy a case of cheap-ass "dollar menu" bottles of vodka. I think there will always be a market for those. Thoughts?
Posted by: 496 at January 24, 2023 09:42 PM (ELYbr)

Well, unlike Gold or Silver....

... you'd be holding liquid assets.

*runs serpentine!*

Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX

Posted by: Jim at January 24, 2023 09:52 PM (e6UQI)

243 ACE is no longer here...we just post to CA-GING his Arizona PO BOX every month...he is happy with that...as well he should be...built one hell of a site and the hobo's will vouch for that...

Posted by: Nightwatch at January 24, 2023 09:52 PM (J00IM)

244 The twelfth Ace, found at the bottom of a well, will bring about the end of times.

Posted by: 496 at January 24, 2023 09:52 PM (ELYbr)

245 No wait, they should make bug-derived soy protein, and sell Beyond Soy: The Bugout.

Roll in a few virtue signal cycles together.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at January 24, 2023 09:53 PM (oINRc)

246 .Didn't know you could freeze eggs.
Posted by: Infidel at January 24, 2023 09:25 PM (ZEa+g)

Lotsa women get that done against the day that they're not layers anymore.

Not being crass. Women dealing with reproductive problems often have eggs extracted, usually for In Vitro fertilization. Surplus eggs (in proper containers) are frozen and kept in Liquid Nitrogen, in case of 2nd or 3rd or 4th (etc.) attempts.
Jim

These too will eventually be culturally acceptable as food along with clumps of cells. What, you thought I'd stop? HAHAHAHAHA

-- stan

Posted by: Tonypete at January 24, 2023 09:53 PM (qoGsy)

247 Hey Jim!

I bought a new friend.

Posted by: nurse ratched at January 24, 2023 09:54 PM (U2p+3)

248 Off to bed. I'm back on dayshift tomorrow.

https://youtu.be/hbQORqkStpk

Posted by: Puddleglum at January 24, 2023 09:55 PM (sAmhv)

249 Ace is a thought. A notion. Like the next Dread Pirate Roberts. or the perfect Philly cheesesteak.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Wanting to Hang Out with Tom Bombadil at January 24, 2023 09:55 PM (UQUAY)

250 >>>This is the other way sugar skulls are made.

I could watch her do her windmill impression all day long.

Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at January 24, 2023 09:56 PM (gv7Yb)

251 ONT sign.

Posted by: Tonypete at January 24, 2023 09:56 PM (qoGsy)

252 ..I bought a new friend. Posted by: nurse ratched at January 24, 2023 09:54 PM (U2p+3)

Lucy the Fink is gonna be SO jealous!

(...whatjaget?)

Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX

Posted by: Jim at January 24, 2023 09:56 PM (e6UQI)

253
This happens every few years. "ace" retires and a new ace takes over. This is the 5th ace since I've been here.

He's a Time Lord.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at January 24, 2023 09:57 PM (63Dwl)

254 Why is that? Why is the CURE ALWAYS JUST AROUND the corner...think about that.
Posted by: Nightwatch

Because cancer is a generic trash can term describing the hypermetabolic reproduction of any cell line in the body. Essentially any type of cell in the body can be subject to cancer. Since some of them are quite similar they are lumped together but even so they're well over a hundred types of quote cancer unquote that commonly occur in humans... There will never be a single cure for cancer and it is never around the corner despite listening to what sponge brain shit pants has to say.

Some types of cancer are considered fully curable and even more can be driven into remission for indefinite periods of time.

The new immune modulator therapies are so utterly different from old near death by chemo that they really can't even be compared. I swore as recently as seven or eight years ago I would never ever take chemo and radiation therapy but the new stuff qualifies as an honest miracle.

Sadly, far too many group types of cancer still remain uncurable and in some cases untreatable.

Posted by: Dr Smith-Jones at January 24, 2023 09:58 PM (j88nQ)

255 He's a Time Lord.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at January 24, 2023 09:57 PM (63Dwl)

Nah he's no better than a Time Country Squire.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at January 24, 2023 09:59 PM (oINRc)

256 >>>Eighteen people, presumably illegal aliens, packed into a subcompact car.

Sneaking into the drive-in!

Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at January 24, 2023 10:00 PM (gv7Yb)

257 I almost forgot that property taxes are due Tuesday 😱
Don't want to pay a penalty on top of the rape!

Posted by: lin-duh at January 24, 2023 10:01 PM (UUBmN)

258 I think him in an abode...someplace nice and middle America...with a stone fireplace and a comfy big chair where he can check the feed from Pixxy and his ONT front liners like Mis Hum...sipping some single malt Scotch and thinking about tomorrow's threads but wishing for some sleep about now...

Posted by: Nightwatch at January 24, 2023 10:03 PM (J00IM)

259 This chaos is getting really really old.
Posted by: azjaeger at January 24, 2023 09:12 PM (3/XaG)

If things go south bank-wise the standard playbook first move is either restricting the amount of money that can be withdrawn, or a "haircut" through taking percentages off every one's accounts.
You might consider stashing some cash to get you through a couple of months plus an emergency fund.
You are hosed if there is hyper inflation, but you are hosed if it is in the bank, too.

Put your wife in charge of finding the perfect stash spots. It will be good for her.
Oh, and rice and beans and a years' supply of pet food

Posted by: Kindltot at January 24, 2023 10:05 PM (xhaym)

260 Didn't know you could freeze eggs.
Posted by: Infidel at January 24, 2023 09:25 PM (ZEa+g)

You are better off greasing them and keeping them in the fridge

Posted by: Kindltot at January 24, 2023 10:08 PM (xhaym)

261 Hi Paul, your Haitian boyfriend called, he is going to whip your ass because you didn't wash "the towel"

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262 @249 Dread Pirate Ace ?

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