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Wednesday Overnight Open Thread (11/15/23)
Quote I "The discovery is the result of a lot of hard work and over three and a half years of planning, Oxford University biologist James Kempton
Quote II "We want to get to millions of tons per year. That means copying and pasting this basic design over and over." CEO and co-founder Shashank Samala
Quote III How can I make sure I'm eating well and seeing my friends and taking time for my hobbies? How am I supposed to fit my whole life into a 9-to-5 work schedule? Piper Hansen, a 23-year-old who just started her first full-time job in Louisville
Oh Piper, your parents really didn't love you. Did they?
Politicians. It doesn't matter what side of the aisle they are on. From the womb to the grave, they want to control every aspect of your life. And I for one am getting damn sick and tired of it.
Nikki Haley Takes Fire Over 'Unconstitutional' Plan To Force All Social Media Users To Be "Verified By Name" Nikki Haley, a defense industry lobbyist disguised as an aging MILF, floated what many are calling a flatly unconstitutional idea to force all social media users verify their identities online in order to rid the world of 'bots' from Russia, China, Iran and North Korea (and of course, hand the US government a nice list of exactly who's saying what, and where).
Paul Joseph Watson, unfortunately YouTube won't let me embed it. So you are on your own. NSFW-Language
I know, right. You are as shocked as I am.
Rashida Tlaib member of secret Facebook group where Hamas terrorists glorified
'Squad' member has been part of controversial group for 6 years
The federal government collected approximately $403,434,000,000 in total taxes in October, a record for that month, which is the first month of the fiscal year. At the same time, according to the Monthly Treasury Statement, the federal government spent $469,997,000,000 during October—and ran a deficit of $66,564,000,000.
Do You Say “Tennis Shoes”, “Gym Shoes”, or “Sneakers”? This is a map of how people in different geographic regions of the US refer to athletic footwear, courtesy of Josh Katz, author of Speaking American: How Y’all, Youse, and You Guys Talk and co-creator of that NY Times dialect quiz that went viral 10 years ago.
Eating disorders on the rise. Or so say insurance companies.
Nov. 15 (UPI) -- U.S. medical insurance claims for treatment for eating disorders jumped 65% as a percentage of all claim lines between 2018 and 2022, according to a new report out Wednesday from an independent provider of medical claims data. Increases were seen across all eating conditions but avoidant/restrictive food intake disorder claims saw the largest rise more than tripling, followed by binge-eating disorder, which jumped 81%, and anorexia nervosa, up 73%, according to FAIR Health's Spotlight on Eating Disorders white paper.
Plane Forced To Return To Airport After Horse Escapes A cargo plane was forced to return to John F. Kennedy International Airport after a horse got loose in the cargo hold. The plane was transporting the horse from New York to Belgium. About 30 minutes after taking off, the pilot radioed air traffic controllers in Boston because the horse was loose. The conversation between the pilot and air traffic controllers was posted on YouTube by You Can See ATC.
Born on this day: November 15, 1928 - CW McCall
American singer, activist and politician Bill Fries, (CW McCall), best known for the 1976 US No.1 and UK No.2 single 'Convoy', which came at the peak of the CB fad in the United States via thisdayinmusic.com
On this day: November 15, 2018 - Roy Clark
American singer and musician Roy Clark died aged 85 at his Tulsa home due to complications of pneumonia. He scored the 1969 US hit single, 'Yesterday, When I Was Young' and was best known for hosting Hee Haw, a nationally televised country variety show, from 1969 to 1997. via thisdayinmusic.com
Workers Say Murder Suspect Samuel Haskell Hired Them to Dump Body Parts
‘WE HAD BEEN TRICKED’
One day laborer who lugged trash bags from Haskell’s home reportedly said: “We could tell they weren’t rocks.”
Man's best friend is also this cat's best friend. Tonight's Feel Good Story of The Day
Determined Hound Leads Owner to a Cat Stuck Down 100-foot Mine Shaft for 6 Days A dog’s keen nose led a resident of Cornwall to a mineshaft, where 100 feet down, her cat Mowgli was lost and alone for 6 days. Mowgli’s owner Michele Rose told the BBC she had “almost given up hope” of finding her missing pet, but “superstar” Daisy was persistent in getting Rose to follow her.
Comments
(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: Sock Monkey * No quarter, no mercy at November 15, 2023 09:58 PM (BluNC)
Posted by: Ciampino - LEDs they're everywhere at November 15, 2023 09:58 PM (qfLjt)
Posted by: JQ at November 15, 2023 09:59 PM (njWTi)
Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at November 15, 2023 09:59 PM (Bd6X8)
Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt at November 15, 2023 09:59 PM (ufFY8)
Posted by: OrangeEnt at November 15, 2023 09:59 PM (Angsy)
Posted by: TRex at November 15, 2023 09:59 PM (IQ6Gq)
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) ~ Next year in Corsicana - again! ~ at November 15, 2023 09:59 PM (hOUT3)
Posted by: Admiral spinebender at November 15, 2023 09:59 PM (duT0u)
Posted by: Hokey Pokey at November 15, 2023 10:00 PM (as3uC)
Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt at November 15, 2023 10:00 PM (ufFY8)
Posted by: Sock Monkey * No quarter, no mercy at November 15, 2023 10:00 PM (BluNC)
Posted by: Admiral spinebender at November 15, 2023 10:00 PM (duT0u)
https://tinyurl.com/mupzwfkw
Posted by: Methos at November 15, 2023 10:00 PM (Dnobf)
Posted by: Hokey Pokey at November 15, 2023 10:00 PM (as3uC)
That, as I recall.
Posted by: javems at November 15, 2023 10:01 PM (8I4hW)
Posted by: Hawiian at November 15, 2023 10:02 PM (SYTee)
Posted by: Methos at November 15, 2023 10:03 PM (Dnobf)
But it was the "good" Hamas group. You know, the ones who run hospitals!
Posted by: OrangeEnt at November 15, 2023 10:03 PM (Angsy)
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at November 15, 2023 10:03 PM (JrojV)
Posted by: weft cut-loop at November 15, 2023 10:04 PM (IG4Id)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at November 15, 2023 10:04 PM (FqEvY)
Magnificently moody photo up top. Reckon there are trout in that water?
Kudos to the dog who helped rescue the cat. Well done, and extra treats for you!
Posted by: Legally Sufficient at November 15, 2023 10:05 PM (Zb5iS)
Future story in the Stockton Record: "Why are all the trees in Tracy dying? Scientists puzzled."
Posted by: OrangeEnt at November 15, 2023 10:06 PM (Angsy)
It's all fun and graft until plants and animals start dropping dead near all those units.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at November 15, 2023 10:06 PM (IG4Id)
Posted by: scottst at November 15, 2023 10:06 PM (ojBxe)
Posted by: Blanco Basura
A week prior to Thanksgiving. This actually makes sense.
Posted by: mikeski at November 15, 2023 10:06 PM (DgGvY)
How can I make sure I'm eating well and seeing my friends and taking time for my hobbies? How am I supposed to fit my whole life into a 9-to-5 work schedule?
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Try farming, lady.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at November 15, 2023 10:06 PM (MoZTd)
Posted by: Admiral spinebender at November 15, 2023 10:06 PM (duT0u)
Posted by: Sock Monkey * No quarter, no mercy at November 15, 2023 10:00 PM (BluNC)
Glad The ONT is a highlight for you.
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian Who Lives In The Frozen Tundra at November 15, 2023 10:07 PM (aA3+G)
Posted by: Truck Monkey Report at November 15, 2023 10:07 PM (ZV+pB)
Posted by: Iris at November 15, 2023 10:07 PM (n3DL0)
Has she never heard of "days off"? *That* is when you get to Do What You Want, Not W*rk. Sheesh!
Posted by: JQ at November 15, 2023 10:08 PM (njWTi)
All stitches removed from face today so I no longer look like lead character from Corpse Bride.
Posted by: Tonypete at November 15, 2023 10:08 PM (dhhKu)
Posted by: a dude in MI at November 15, 2023 10:08 PM (+I6Y/)
Posted by: javems at November 15, 2023 10:09 PM (8I4hW)
9-to-5 is only 8 hours out of 24, child.
Posted by: davidt at November 15, 2023 10:09 PM (SYTee)
They'll never get enough of our money. Local government, school boards, state government, federal government, they're all the same.
Posted by: nerdygirl at November 15, 2023 10:09 PM (0Htd1)
Lordy. I actually remember most of these words.
Posted by: scottst at November 15, 2023 10:09 PM (ojBxe)
Posted by: javems
So they painted a mark on your side?
Posted by: Tonypete at November 15, 2023 10:10 PM (dhhKu)
Delilah went in for her X-ray today. Looks like five and maybe six puppies. On Monday she goes in for a progesterone test and ultrasound and if it looks good she'll have a C-section.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at November 15, 2023 10:10 PM (MoZTd)
Posted by: Dr. Claw at November 15, 2023 10:10 PM (roH4R)
Posted by: Admiral spinebender at November 15, 2023 10:00 PM (duT0u)
Never as good as you want, but never as bad as you feared, Admiral.
(salutes)
Posted by: OrangeEnt at November 15, 2023 10:11 PM (Angsy)
Posted by: Alfie at November 15, 2023 10:11 PM (uSHSS)
Posted by: Legally Sufficient at November 15, 2023 10:11 PM (Zb5iS)
Sneakers were for sissies.
Posted by: Legally Sufficient at November 15, 2023 10:11 PM (Zb5iS)
We know where your line is drawn.
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian Who Lives In The Frozen Tundra at November 15, 2023 10:12 PM (aA3+G)
Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabby stabamillion at November 15, 2023 10:12 PM (NYPII)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at November 15, 2023 10:12 PM (hiMh5)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at November 15, 2023 10:12 PM (n+eLX)
It ended in 1997? I did not know that. Used to watch it when I was a kid.
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at November 15, 2023 10:12 PM (7Vi0c)
Sneakers were for sissies.
Posted by: Legally Sufficient at November 15, 2023 10:11 PM (Zb5iS)
***
Running shoes FTW.
Posted by: Diogenes at November 15, 2023 10:13 PM (uSHSS)
Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabby stabamillion at November 15, 2023 10:13 PM (NYPII)
It's all fun and graft until plants and animals start dropping dead near all those units.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at November 15, 2023 10:06 PM (IG4Id)
Eliminate enough CO2 and everything will drop dead.
Posted by: javems at November 15, 2023 10:13 PM (8I4hW)
I don't remember what I called them, probably sneakers. I just know as a kid I wanted those cool Chuck Taylor hi-tops. Never got 'em.
Posted by: RickZ at November 15, 2023 10:13 PM (emlEe)
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at November 15, 2023 10:14 PM (BpYfr)
Posted by: Karavan at November 15, 2023 10:14 PM (ZgAVg)
These shit-maggots are literally sucking plant food out of the air, starving green plants, the we rely upon to eat.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 15, 2023 10:14 PM (kpwog)
I don't remember what I called them, probably sneakers. I just know as a kid I wanted those cool Chuck Taylor hi-tops. Never got 'em.
Posted by: RickZ at November 15, 2023 10:13 PM (emlEe)
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I think the Brits call them "trainers" or something to that effect.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at November 15, 2023 10:14 PM (BpYfr)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at
I am sure beyond the shadow of a doubt that this Hamass celebration is mostly peaceful!
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) ~ Next year in Corsicana - again! ~ at November 15, 2023 10:14 PM (hOUT3)
Motor ist kaput & no replacement part available. Not surprised, it's almost 30 years old.
a-shopping I must go... ugh.
Posted by: JQ at November 15, 2023 10:14 PM (njWTi)
British-Israeli soldier throws seven grenades back at Hamas terrorists
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OF4VVyRsnUs
Posted by: Martini Farmer at November 15, 2023 10:14 PM (Q4IgG)
Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabby stabamillion at November 15, 2023 10:14 PM (NYPII)
Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at November 15, 2023 10:15 PM (Bd6X8)
If they have a Hamas chapter in Dearborn, I'm not surprised. Not saying Israel should do airstrikes on Dearborn though.
Posted by: nerdygirl at November 15, 2023 10:15 PM (0Htd1)
Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabby stabamillion at November 15, 2023 10:15 PM (NYPII)
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I sympathize with her. I get up and read the Morning Report. I listen to music, read books, and play Xbox. Play with my dog and fix and eat meals. Then it's time for bed. Where's the me time?
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Abandon All Hope Ye Who Enter Here at November 15, 2023 10:15 PM (FVME7)
I'm not made of money.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at November 15, 2023 10:15 PM (hiMh5)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
Come on man, don't just you love it when a plan comes together?
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) ~ Next year in Corsicana - again! ~ at November 15, 2023 10:16 PM (hOUT3)
Posted by: Diogenes at November 15, 2023 10:16 PM (uSHSS)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at November 15, 2023 10:16 PM (63Dwl)
Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabby stabamillion at November 15, 2023 10:12 PM (NYPII)
Love the enthusiasm
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian Who Lives In The Frozen Tundra at November 15, 2023 10:16 PM (aA3+G)
*sulks*
Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabby stabamillion at November 15, 2023 10:16 PM (NYPII)
No one told her about weekends?
Posted by: nerdygirl at November 15, 2023 10:16 PM (0Htd1)
If they have a Hamas chapter in Dearborn, I'm not surprised. Not saying Israel should do airstrikes on Dearborn though.
Posted by: nerdygirl at November 15, 2023 10:15 PM (0Htd1)
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I notice you didn't say Israel shouldn't do airstrikes on Dearborn...
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at November 15, 2023 10:16 PM (BpYfr)
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at November 15, 2023 10:14 PM (BpYfr)
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And Piper can keep living in her Mom's basement because she will never be able to afford a place of her own...
Posted by: Legally Sufficient at November 15, 2023 10:16 PM (Zb5iS)
They want plants to die.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr.
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And they want us all to become vegetarians as well.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at November 15, 2023 10:17 PM (MoZTd)
Posted by: Diogenes at November 15, 2023 10:16 PM (uSHSS)
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I predict that she'll find enough money to cover herself in tatts.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at November 15, 2023 10:17 PM (hiMh5)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at November 15, 2023 10:17 PM (n+eLX)
Posted by: One day, Imma have one of those 9-5 jobs. at November 15, 2023 10:17 PM (Gwt/J)
Piper will be living under a bridge overpass in less than three years.
Posted by: Diogenes
She should save time and just jump in the Ohio River.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at November 15, 2023 10:17 PM (63Dwl)
Posted by: Gref at November 15, 2023 10:17 PM (5fDan)
Scam. "...is that it will sell "carbon removal credits" to companies looking to offset their own emissions..."
Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at November 15, 2023 10:18 PM (Bd6X8)
Posted by: Diogenes at November 15, 2023 10:16 PM (uSHSS)
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The way things are going in this country, a good portion of us might be right there with her...
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at November 15, 2023 10:18 PM (BpYfr)
Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at November 15, 2023 10:18 PM (Bd6X8)
If they have a Hamas chapter in Dearborn, I'm not surprised. Not saying Israel should do airstrikes on Dearborn though.
Posted by: nerdygirl at November 15, 2023 10:15 PM (0Htd1)
Not saying not to either. (Chuckles to myself)
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian Who Lives In The Frozen Tundra at November 15, 2023 10:18 PM (aA3+G)
My work mini-rant in the previous thread was ignored.
*sulks*
Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabby stabamillion
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In my case, being ignored is the best outcome.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at November 15, 2023 10:18 PM (MoZTd)
Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at November 15, 2023 10:18 PM (Bd6X8)
You scrap the parts that don't fit your work schedule. Next question?
Posted by: Dr. T at November 15, 2023 10:18 PM (m9hmt)
Sneakers were for sissies.
Posted by: Legally Sufficient at November 15, 2023 10:11 PM (Zb5iS)
We know where your line is drawn.
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian Who Lives In The Frozen Tundra at November 15, 2023 10:12 PM (aA3+G)
What the deuce do you mean, MisHum?
Posted by: OrangeEnt at November 15, 2023 10:18 PM (Angsy)
Delilah went in for her X-ray today. Looks like five and maybe six puppies. On Monday she goes in for a progesterone test and ultrasound and if it looks good she'll have a C-section.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at November 15, 2023 10:10 PM (MoZTd)
Why the C-Section? Can't she have them the usual way?
Posted by: tcn in AK, Hail to the Thief at November 15, 2023 10:18 PM (Wfa6X)
Gee, and I thought my social life was a little bit on the boring side.
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at November 15, 2023 10:19 PM (YRK4R)
Posted by: javems
According to British books I've read, they call them trainers.
Posted by: nerdygirl at November 15, 2023 10:19 PM (0Htd1)
Posted by: Kindltot at November 15, 2023 10:19 PM (D7oie)
Posted by: Iris
Trusting the Internet on this, there are 3.3 trillion tons of CO2 in the atmosphere right now.
They can suck out 1000 tons per year. (it's a high hanging curve.....)
So they'll have the Earth carbon-free in 3.3 billion years. So we'll have about 1.7 billion years of carbon-free paradise before the Sun goes red giant and burns us all to a crisp.
All the plant life will suffocate to death a couple billion years before that, though, which will make everything else difficult.
Posted by: mikeski at November 15, 2023 10:19 PM (DgGvY)
Posted by: Pete Seria at November 15, 2023 10:19 PM (7ZQe3)
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The Limeys have another word for them, "trainers", I think. Something like that.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Abandon All Hope Ye Who Enter Here at November 15, 2023 10:19 PM (FVME7)
Every fucking day.
Every morning, there it is again, back at the bottom, gotta push it to the top.
Every fucking day.
Posted by: davidt at November 15, 2023 10:19 PM (SYTee)
Posted by: vmom
Yeah, looking at those. Small capacity for the price, compared to others, but-- quick cycle and dependability means I can run more loads to make up for that? I guess?
Vmom, what model do you have/recommend?
Posted by: JQ at November 15, 2023 10:20 PM (njWTi)
Unprepared.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at November 15, 2023 10:20 PM (Q4IgG)
Posted by: Sock Monkey * No quarter, no mercy at November 15, 2023 10:20 PM (BluNC)
9-to-5 is only 8 hours out of 24, child.
Posted by: davidt
Math is haaard.
Posted by: nerdygirl at November 15, 2023 10:20 PM (0Htd1)
Posted by: nerdygirl at November 15, 2023 10:15 PM (0Htd1)
Just one.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 15, 2023 10:20 PM (kpwog)
Motor ist kaput & no replacement part available. Not surprised, it's almost 30 years old.
a-shopping I must go... ugh.
Posted by: JQ
If you can swing it, Speed Queen.
Posted by: Tonypete at November 15, 2023 10:20 PM (dhhKu)
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at November 15, 2023 10:20 PM (BpYfr)
Which reminds me, what ever happened to 'ette Piper? She was quite active and then dropped off without (AFAIK) a word.
Posted by: Oddbob at November 15, 2023 10:20 PM (nfrXX)
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I hate Fox so much. Controversial, they say. About a group that supports carving infants from the wombs of raped, murdered civilians. Controversial.
*spits*
Such pussies. SMDH.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at November 15, 2023 10:20 PM (g+qKi)
Posted by: nerdygirl at November 15, 2023 10:15 PM (0Htd1)
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I notice you didn't say Israel shouldn't do airstrikes on Dearborn...
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at November 15, 2023 10:16 PM (BpYfr)
New plan: The Israelis agree to carry out airstrikes on Dearborn, and we agree to reimburse them.
Posted by: Dr. T at November 15, 2023 10:20 PM (m9hmt)
Every morning, there it is again, back at the bottom, gotta push it to the top.
Every fucking day.
Posted by: davidt at November 15, 2023 10:19 PM (SYTee)
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Heh.
Posted by: Hades at November 15, 2023 10:21 PM (hiMh5)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh
I was wondering how the pregnancy was progressing.
Fingers crossed.
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at November 15, 2023 10:22 PM (c+/Z5)
Posted by: Legally Sufficient at November 15, 2023 10:05 PM (Zb5iS)
Dude, I just wanted help getting my dinner out of the hole!
Posted by: The Dawg at November 15, 2023 10:22 PM (xaFKb)
Change my mind.
Nope, cuz you're probably right. Also true for a lot of other people.
Posted by: Oddbob at November 15, 2023 10:22 PM (nfrXX)
Posted by: Pete Seria
They were muscled out of the market by P.F. Flyers.
Posted by: Tonypete at November 15, 2023 10:22 PM (dhhKu)
Posted by: JQ
If you can swing it, Speed Queen.
Posted by: Tonypete at November 15, 2023 10:20 PM (dhhKu)
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Wow. That escalated quickly.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at November 15, 2023 10:22 PM (hiMh5)
Why the C-Section? Can't she have them the usual way?
Posted by: tcn in AK, Hail to the Thief
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Yes, but it's safer and better controlled this way. Nothing convinces like making a panic run to the vet at 3:00 AM with Her Majesty in the back with Mama while hanging on to a puppy's foot so it doesn't go back in.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at November 15, 2023 10:22 PM (MoZTd)
Posted by: lin-duh at November 15, 2023 10:23 PM (QBwwm)
*sulks*
Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabby stabamillion at November 15, 2023 10:16 PM (NYPII)
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Sorry...missed it. Why don't you re-post it as a "willow"?
Posted by: Legally Sufficient at November 15, 2023 10:23 PM (Zb5iS)
Posted by: Legally Sufficient at November 15, 2023 10:05 PM (Zb5iS)
Dude, I just wanted help getting my dinner out of the hole!
Posted by: The Dawg at November 15, 2023 10:22 PM (xaFKb)
***SNORT***
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian Who Lives In The Frozen Tundra at November 15, 2023 10:23 PM (aA3+G)
I know this is 'shaking my damn head' but often I read it as 'so much damn hate'. Acronyms are funny that way.
Posted by: RickZ at November 15, 2023 10:23 PM (emlEe)
Posted by: Tonypete at November 15, 2023 10:20 PM (dhhKu)
Transexual on Amphetamines?
Posted by: The Dawg at November 15, 2023 10:23 PM (xaFKb)
Change my mind.
Nope, cuz you're probably right. Also true for a lot of other people.
Posted by: Oddbob at November 15, 2023 10:22 PM (nfrXX)
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It's easily one of my favorite episodes of that show.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at November 15, 2023 10:23 PM (BpYfr)
Posted by: Pete Seria at November 15, 2023 10:19 PM (7ZQe3)
Or Keds?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 15, 2023 10:23 PM (kpwog)
Posted by: SeaWorldActual at November 15, 2023 10:23 PM (nrM8p)
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at November 15, 2023 10:18 PM (BpYfr)
Valid point. And the way fires keep closing freeways, space could become a problem.
Posted by: Diogenes at November 15, 2023 10:23 PM (uSHSS)
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at November 15, 2023 10:18 PM (BpYfr)
At least I won't have to go far to do my "job."
Posted by: The Very Reverend David French at November 15, 2023 10:24 PM (Angsy)
The new policy:
Perhaps most notably, the policy prohibits membership in groups that “seek to overthrow, destroy, or alter the form of government of the United States by constitutional means.”
So, working to alter the government through perfectly legal means is now forbidden.
Oh, and the list of groups that Chicago cops are forbidden from joining on pain of termination?
That list is secret, of course. You'll have to guess whether joining a particular group will get you fired or not.
Posted by: The ARC of History! at November 15, 2023 10:24 PM (YAtuc)
Posted by: Lancelot_Link at November 15, 2023 10:24 PM (xNeIs)
(salutes)
Posted by: OrangeEnt
I concur. I'm currently living that reality, as most people probably are. Although it can be as good as you want in a short moment occasionally. But fortunately not many of your worst fears turn out to be true. So there's that.
Posted by: Admiral spinebender at November 15, 2023 10:24 PM (duT0u)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Abandon All Hope Ye Who Enter Here at November 15, 2023 10:24 PM (FVME7)
Posted by: It's a shame that no one's parenting anymore. at November 15, 2023 10:24 PM (Gwt/J)
Fingers crossed.
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron
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Mine too. I start sweating when they're born.
24-hour watch until their eyes open, about two weeks.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at November 15, 2023 10:25 PM (MoZTd)
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at November 15, 2023 10:18 PM (BpYfr)
Valid point. And the way fires keep closing freeways, space could become a problem.
Posted by: Diogenes at November 15, 2023 10:23 PM (uSHSS)
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Not to mention that the continuing crumbling infrastructure in this country will turn bridges into deathtraps...
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at November 15, 2023 10:25 PM (BpYfr)
Posted by: Kindltot at November 15, 2023 10:26 PM (D7oie)
Posted by: Dr. T at November 15, 2023 10:18 PM (m9hmt)
Yeah, that stupid woman. WE HAVE A HOBBY THREAD, HERE. BITCH!
Posted by: OrangeEnt at November 15, 2023 10:26 PM (Angsy)
Posted by: Legally Sufficient at November 15, 2023 10:05 PM (Zb5iS)
Dude, I just wanted help getting my dinner out of the hole!
Posted by: The Dawg at November 15, 2023 10:22 PM (xaFKb)
* * * *
*SNORT*
Posted by: Legally Sufficient at November 15, 2023 10:26 PM (Zb5iS)
Posted by: Sock Monkey * No quarter, no mercy at November 15, 2023 10:26 PM (BluNC)
sooo... I guess when a volcano erupts, which puts out metric fucktons of CO2...
That CO2 is stuff the Dinosaurs sequestered there?
Posted by: Romeo13 at November 15, 2023 10:26 PM (xaFKb)
Many sacred cows and preconceived notions got blown up on that fateful day.
Posted by: CppThis at November 15, 2023 10:27 PM (PZvjL)
Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at November 15, 2023 10:18 PM (Bd6X
He's back in the barrel again....
Posted by: Zombie Gene Autry at November 15, 2023 10:27 PM (Angsy)
You can make life long friends at work. You look forward to seeing them every weekday. When you retire*, you miss them, too. See?
* I suspect "retirement" is not a construct you understand, or to which you've ever given a moment's thought. But if you "work," and then "retire," you won't have to eat cat food in your golden years.
Posted by: K.C. Wolf (mnw) at November 15, 2023 10:27 PM (NLIak)
Posted by: davidt
Dude, drinking, drugging, and whoring takes time.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Abandon All Hope Ye Who Enter Here at November 15, 2023 10:27 PM (FVME7)
Yeah, Imma go look at them tomorrow. Not made of money but at this stage of life, I want something that will last until I die.
Posted by: JQ at November 15, 2023 10:28 PM (njWTi)
Posted by: nerdygirl at November 15, 2023 10:15 PM (0Htd1)
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I notice you didn't say Israel shouldn't do airstrikes on Dearborn...
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at November 15, 2023 10:16 PM (BpYfr)
New plan: The Israelis agree to carry out airstrikes on Dearborn, and we agree to reimburse them.
Posted by: Dr. T at November 15, 2023 10:20 PM (m9hmt)
Hell, I'll lase the targets for them
Posted by: a dude in MI at November 15, 2023 10:28 PM (+I6Y/)
Go ahead - guess.
Posted by: Tonypete at November 15, 2023 10:28 PM (dhhKu)
Posted by: JQ at November 15, 2023 10:28 PM (njWTi)
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Look into "bad teeth"
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at November 15, 2023 10:29 PM (hiMh5)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at November 15, 2023 10:29 PM (63Dwl)
Change my mind.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at November 15, 2023 10:20 PM (BpYfr)
The Odd Couple.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at November 15, 2023 10:30 PM (Angsy)
Posted by: Diogenes at November 15, 2023 10:16 PM (uSHSS)
She'll find some guy to leech off from in return for BJ's.
Posted by: nerdygirl at November 15, 2023 10:30 PM (0Htd1)
Posted by: nerdygirl at November 15, 2023 10:15 PM (0Htd1)
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I notice you didn't say Israel shouldn't do airstrikes on Dearborn...
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at November 15, 2023 10:16 PM (BpYfr)
New plan: The Israelis agree to carry out airstrikes on Dearborn, and we agree to reimburse them.
Posted by: Dr. T at November 15, 2023 10:20 PM (m9hmt)
Hell, I'll lase the targets for them
Posted by: a dude in MI at November 15, 2023 10:28 PM (+I6Y/)
Sir, a truly wonderful offer.
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian Who Lives In The Frozen Tundra at November 15, 2023 10:30 PM (aA3+G)
Hezbollah chapter.
A number of prominent people in Hezbollah have sent members of their extended families to Dearborn.
Posted by: The ARC of History! at November 15, 2023 10:31 PM (YAtuc)
Of course it is just easier to tap it out of oil wells, but the thought counts
Posted by: Kindltot at November 15, 2023 10:31 PM (D7oie)
I think the Brits call them "trainers" or something to that effect.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at November 15, 2023 10:14 PM (BpYfr)
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Nope, I've always known them as tennis shoes. The ones that covered the ankles were hockey boots (field hockey). Blanco to make them white again.
Posted by: Ciampino - we did play field hockey & tennis at November 15, 2023 10:31 PM (qfLjt)
Posted by: Diogenes at November 15, 2023 10:16 PM (uSHSS)
She'll find some guy to leech off from in return for BJ's.
Posted by: nerdygirl at November 15, 2023 10:30 PM (0Htd1)
***SNORT***
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian Who Lives In The Frozen Tundra at November 15, 2023 10:31 PM (aA3+G)
Posted by: nerdygirl at November 15, 2023 10:30 PM (0Htd1)
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Don't sniff. A marketable skill is a marketable skill.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at November 15, 2023 10:32 PM (hiMh5)
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Piper, you sleep when you get old.
Posted by: Braenyard at November 15, 2023 10:32 PM (xlqcA)
In a former life, we had a technician who was always out on disability or filing adverse reaction notices and the like. I think she worked about three days a month.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at November 15, 2023 10:32 PM (MoZTd)
Motor ist kaput & no replacement part available. Not surprised, it's almost 30 years old.
a-shopping I must go... ugh.
Posted by: JQ at November 15, 2023 10:14 PM (njWTi)
You know, you could canvass the thrift stores, second-hand shops, and check Fecesbook Marketplace, and Craigslist for a used washer of the same series, buy it for a few bucks, and rob the motor out of it. Or just use it, and keep your old one as a trove of spare parts. You could probably find one for under 200 dollars.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 15, 2023 10:32 PM (kpwog)
Posted by: Gref at November 15, 2023 10:17 PM (5fDan)
Crap, not on TCM, but on a channel called called HDMOV. my bad
Posted by: Gref at November 15, 2023 10:32 PM (5fDan)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at November 15, 2023 10:32 PM (hiMh5)
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at November 15, 2023 10:33 PM (YRK4R)
Posted by: nerdygirl at November 15, 2023 10:30 PM (0Htd1)
And that little girl was me!
Posted by: Kamala Harris at November 15, 2023 10:33 PM (kpwog)
Well, she's a dopey, lazy kid, for sure. But I wouldn't try lecturing anyone under the age of 50 about retirement. That shit is OVAH. Retirement is now for the rich; the vast majority of (working) Americans will work til they're dead. Luckily, life expectancy is also dropping.
The status quo is underclass and ruling class, and that won't change in my lifetime... The better lecture for young people is "quit crying and get used to it. Your betters need cruises to pedophile islands, and you need to pay for them. You'll be doing this til you enter the cold embrace of the grave, and you'll be paid less every year."
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at November 15, 2023 10:34 PM (g+qKi)
Every fucking day.
Every morning, there it is again, back at the bottom, gotta push it to the top.
Every fucking day.
Posted by: davidt
Piper's parents need to be bitch slapped for not teaching their child about reality. I see it all the time. Entitled little shits who say things like I didn't ask to be brought it into this world. Until I'm ready to work I should be taken care of. Why should I have to work at all to exist and have a nice life. It's like child abuse to not prepare your kid for the real world.
Posted by: Admiral spinebender at November 15, 2023 10:34 PM (duT0u)
You can make life long friends at work. You look forward to seeing them every weekday. When you retire*, you miss them, too. See?
_________
I must have missed this part. I think every person I went to school or worked with forgot I existed five minutes after I left.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at November 15, 2023 10:34 PM (MoZTd)
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I called up Modi on the telephone.
He said he wouldn't take her.
Posted by: Braenyard at November 15, 2023 10:35 PM (xlqcA)
Posted by: Montec at November 15, 2023 10:35 PM (bWsRe)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Abandon All Hope Ye Who Enter Here at November 15, 2023 10:36 PM (FVME7)
Posted by: Karavan at November 15, 2023 10:36 PM (ZgAVg)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at November 15, 2023 10:36 PM (hiMh5)
Posted by: JQ at November 15, 2023 10:20 PM (njWTi)
We have the TC one ("classic"), with agitator. TC500
Warning - it's loud
Cleans well.
Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabby stabamillion at November 15, 2023 10:37 PM (NYPII)
Posted by: a dude in MI
I'm not too far away... I'll give you cover.
Posted by: Admiral spinebender at November 15, 2023 10:37 PM (duT0u)
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Dude, we can't all be Hunter Biden.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Abandon All Hope Ye Who Enter Here at November 15, 2023 10:38 PM (FVME7)
Posted by: Admiral spinebender at November 15, 2023 10:34 PM (duT0u)
* * * *
Or to give them everything their heart desires so they feel nice and entitled by the time they reach adulthood.
Posted by: Legally Sufficient at November 15, 2023 10:38 PM (Zb5iS)
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Just finished watching A Man for All Seasons
... drums fingers on desk
Posted by: Braenyard at November 15, 2023 10:38 PM (xlqcA)
Posted by: Karavan at November 15, 2023 10:36 PM (ZgAVg)
Piper Laurie or Joan Collins?
Posted by: Gref at November 15, 2023 10:39 PM (5fDan)
... drums fingers on desk
Posted by: Braenyard at November 15, 2023 10:38 PM (xlqcA)
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I don't get it. Tell me More.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at November 15, 2023 10:39 PM (hiMh5)
Posted by: Montec at November 15, 2023 10:39 PM (bWsRe)
I have heard of a Federal employee (dot-Indian) who had a series of racial discrimination complaints going on for years (when one was resolved, he simply filed a new one).
Any attempt to make him do any work would be deemed "retaliation" (since he always had an outstanding racial discrimination complaint), and was forbidden.
Sweet job, if you can get it.
Posted by: The ARC of History! at November 15, 2023 10:40 PM (YAtuc)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at November 15, 2023 10:34 PM (MoZTd)
Was gonna say...work friends are not friend friends. Get a new job, get a new set of work friends. And you *will* get a new job every few years, because like the one guy said quite succinctly yesterday the age of the company man is over.
Posted by: CppThis at November 15, 2023 10:40 PM (PZvjL)
Posted by: nerdygirl at November 15, 2023 10:30 PM (0Htd1)
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Don't sniff. A marketable skill is a marketable skill.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at November 15, 2023 10:32 PM (hiMh5)
And it beats standing on a street corner.
Posted by: RickZ at November 15, 2023 10:40 PM (emlEe)
If I knew Piper, I WOULDN'T lecture her. I would try to engage her in conversation, & lead her to form her OWN conclusion that there are choices in life, and making good decisions still counts for a helluva LOT.
Btw... and I thought I had a bleak world view. You could be Captain of the U.S Olympic Despair Team.
Posted by: mnw at November 15, 2023 10:40 PM (NLIak)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 15, 2023 10:32 PM (kpwog)
Yeah, and you could keep the carcass in your backyard, next to the '64 International Scout you have up on blocks. With any luck, you can get a possum to nest in it!
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at November 15, 2023 10:40 PM (YRK4R)
Good advice, as always, AOP. And I would do exactly as you suggest if I were 20 years younger--
We're not able to DIY like we used to, here. Sorting & repairing *everything else* already takes up too much of my time (hubby can't do any of it now) and I'm so, so tired.
Posted by: JQ at November 15, 2023 10:40 PM (njWTi)
https://tinyurl.com/mvmbvkrz
There is a HUGE backstory to this, bigger than PtA itself, which involves the grifter behind the production. There's a lot of inside baseball on this, and lawsuits, and hooboy. Would make for a helluva non-politics thread.
Posted by: SFGoth at November 15, 2023 10:41 PM (KAi1n)
Posted by: nerdygirl at November 15, 2023 10:30 PM (0Htd1)
And that little girl was me!
Posted by: Kamala Harris at November 15, 2023 10:33 PM (kpwog)
***
Well Hell.
So that bitch Piper is gonna be the VP in 20 years.
Posted by: Diogenes at November 15, 2023 10:41 PM (uSHSS)
Btw... and I thought I had a bleak world view. You could be Captain of the U.S Olympic Despair Team.
Posted by: mnw at November 15, 2023 10:40 PM (NLIak)
You might have better luck engaging in conversation with a fence post. That gal is none too bright.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 15, 2023 10:42 PM (kpwog)
Please tell me the CO2 capture article is satire.
They want plants to die.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at November 15, 2023 10:16 PM (63Dwl)
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Not satire but Solyndra-like - does not make chemical sense.
We discussed this already a couple of days ago.
Posted by: Ciampino - we did play field hockey & tennis. at November 15, 2023 10:42 PM (qfLjt)
Posted by: Legally Sufficient
All the while not requiring they do any chores or contribute to the house in any way. And when they're living in your basement or still in their bedroom when they're 21 not requiring them to pay rent. It drives me insane. I have lots of friends and loved ones who do that to their children and they think they're being good parents. They can't see the damage they're doing to the future of the child well in that case the adult who is still a child
Posted by: Admiral spinebender at November 15, 2023 10:42 PM (duT0u)
Posted by: Gref at November 15, 2023 10:39 PM (5fDan
Joan Collins or everybody?
Posted by: Karavan at November 15, 2023 10:42 PM (ZgAVg)
Posted by: Legally Sufficien
LOL
Here it is:
Annoying day at work. Person who always piles a crapton of work on me complained straight to my boss that her demands are not getting met fast enough.
Second time she's done that.
Complain to me first, woke masktwit.
Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabby stabamillion at November 15, 2023 10:43 PM (NYPII)
Posted by: Sock Monkey * No quarter, no mercy at November 15, 2023 10:26 PM (BluNC)
Someone who was a fan of Piper Laurie.
Posted by: Drive by at November 15, 2023 10:43 PM (MNhXM)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at November 15, 2023 10:34 PM (MoZTd)
This. I have one former co-worker that I do stuff with in the course of 39+ years of working after college. He's a Moron, and if I could only get him to read this blog.
Posted by: Beartooth at November 15, 2023 10:44 PM (y8ulm)
Posted by: davidt at November 15, 2023 10:44 PM (SYTee)
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy
HEY! You been spying on us???
Posted by: JQ at November 15, 2023 10:44 PM (njWTi)
Posted by: Montec at November 15, 2023 10:44 PM (bWsRe)
Posted by: Legally Sufficient
One of my granddaughter's will have her Starbuxs Doordashed (is that a verb) to her High School.
The sad thing is, she'll probably skate past hard work her entire life.
We do what we can but jeeze. . .
Posted by: Tonypete at November 15, 2023 10:45 PM (dhhKu)
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy
HEY! You been spying on us???
Posted by: JQ
I thought that response was rather oddly specific!
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) ~ Next year in Corsicana - again! ~ at November 15, 2023 10:46 PM (hOUT3)
Breaking911
@Breaking911
REPORTER: "What do you say to those people who say, 'maybe he's too old to be President?'"
FLOTUS: "How many 30-year-olds could travel to Poland, get on the train, go nine more hours, go to Ukraine, meet with President Zelenskyy?"
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He's a dynamo!
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Abandon All Hope Ye Who Enter Here at November 15, 2023 10:46 PM (FVME7)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
Yup.
Ya made me spit out my drink. Laughing is good but when you have a drink in your mouth it's a waste perfectly good alcohol. But it was worth it.
Posted by: Admiral spinebender at November 15, 2023 10:46 PM (duT0u)
Posted by: JQ at November 15, 2023 10:40 PM (njWTi)
Maybe you could find a handyman to do that for you. I'll bet you that Goodwill or St. Vincent de Paul could find you a guy (or gal) who could set up the new used washer.
And I do have the remains of a '64 International Scout. It's sitting on its tires, though, and has a bunch of axles piled on it. Just a rolling chassis.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 15, 2023 10:46 PM (kpwog)
Posted by: Work is where I go so I don't have to homeless. at November 15, 2023 10:47 PM (Gwt/J)
Posted by: Admiral spinebender at November 15, 2023 10:47 PM (duT0u)
I don't expect anybody that young to have good judgment.
No way to know if she's stupid or just... unlettered.
Why do I feel like Polyanna here tonight? I'm far from it.
Posted by: mnw at November 15, 2023 10:48 PM (NLIak)
Try traveling half-way around the world in coach class, changing planes twice.
Posted by: The ARC of History! at November 15, 2023 10:48 PM (YAtuc)
Posted by: Admiral spinebender at November 15, 2023 10:48 PM (duT0u)
Funny thing is that she played the flute in the high school band.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, 3/12 FA at November 15, 2023 10:48 PM (T/Lqj)
Of course, it would be stupid to try to re-establish any contact with anyone, as I left them with no reason to remember anything good about me. It would only be humiliating for me and, at best, embarrassing for them.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at November 15, 2023 10:48 PM (MoZTd)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at November 15, 2023 10:48 PM (n+eLX)
Second time she's done that.
Complain to me first, woke masktwit.
Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabby stabamillion at November 15, 2023 10:43 PM (NYPII)
* * * *
How awful! I cannot imagine working with a passive-agressive coworker like that. Prayers up for you!
Posted by: Legally Sufficient at November 15, 2023 10:48 PM (Zb5iS)
Posted by: CppThis at November 15, 2023 10:40 PM (PZvjL)
Unless you’re at a pretty high level like director level and up, never stay more than 3-4 years anywhere. The money only increases when you move.
Posted by: Montec at November 15, 2023 10:48 PM (bWsRe)
Posted by: Pug Mahon
And, this one time, at band camp. . .
Posted by: Tonypete at November 15, 2023 10:48 PM (dhhKu)
Posted by: Pug Mahon, 3/12 FA at November 15, 2023 10:48 PM (T/Lqj)
*pitcher ducks*
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at November 15, 2023 10:49 PM (hiMh5)
Posted by: CppThis at November 15, 2023 10:49 PM (PZvjL)
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at November 15, 2023 10:40 PM (YRK4R)
I bet if I wandered around AOPs back yard I could find some useable points and condenser for a '65 corvair.
Posted by: Diogenes at November 15, 2023 10:49 PM (uSHSS)
Posted by: mikeski at November 15, 2023 10:49 PM (DgGvY)
Ummm...just about all of them?
Hell, I did that (well, Germany) when I was about 30. Didn't have a sweet ride like AF1, but cramped shit-class in the back of plane. Had to rent a car, drive about 100 miles to final destination, find a hotel, and go to work the next day. Fuck off bitch.
Posted by: Angzarr the Cromulent at November 15, 2023 10:49 PM (XMwZJ)
Funny thing is that she played the flute in the high school band.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, 3/12 FA at November 15, 2023 10:48 PM (T/Lqj)
Nobody names their daughter Kazooist?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 15, 2023 10:50 PM (kpwog)
Posted by: SFGoth at November 15, 2023 10:41 PM (KAi1n)
The reason there was no sequel to Buckaroo Banzai was that the producer apparently sold 200% or more of the rights, so anyone who touches it has a lot of people wanting money up front.
Drugs may have been involved.
Posted by: Kindltot at November 15, 2023 10:50 PM (D7oie)
Every 30-year-old who is not in a permanent vegetative state?
Posted by: Has she seen The Amazing Race? Everyone can do this. at November 15, 2023 10:50 PM (Gwt/J)
Posted by: Admiral spinebender at November 15, 2023 10:47 PM (duT0u)
Beats crying. I guess.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at November 15, 2023 10:50 PM (Angsy)
The sad thing is, she'll probably skate past hard work her entire life.
__________
"Hey, Dad, I need a summer job."
"How about a director of a Ukrainian gas company. It's only $50,000 a month, though."
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at November 15, 2023 10:50 PM (MoZTd)
Funny thing is that she played the flute in the high school band.
Posted by: Pug Mahon
Nominative Determinism!
Posted by: mikeski at November 15, 2023 10:50 PM (DgGvY)
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The man is an unstoppable machine
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at November 15, 2023 10:51 PM (hiMh5)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at November 15, 2023 10:34 PM (MoZTd)
Was gonna say...work friends are not friend friends. Get a new job, get a new set of work friends. And you *will* get a new job every few years, because like the one guy said quite succinctly yesterday the age of the company man is over.
Posted by: CppThis at November 15, 2023 10:40 PM (PZvjL)
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I got a cryptic voicemail today from someone from my political past that I haven't spoken to in 20 years. This guy got himself elected to the Oakland City Council so he hasn't exactly covered himself in glory these years.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at November 15, 2023 10:51 PM (FqEvY)
99.99% of them?
Posted by: Montec at November 15, 2023 10:51 PM (bWsRe)
Posted by: Diogenes at November 15, 2023 10:49 PM (uSHSS)
There's a good chance I have N.O.S. ones on hand. They are probably the same Delco set used in other Chevy sixes.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 15, 2023 10:52 PM (kpwog)
And starving plants of carbon dioxide (food in their lexicon) should be a war crime. Can't say a war against humanity since humans aren't attacked and the Brussels Spouts deserve what they got coming.
Posted by: jimmymcnulty at November 15, 2023 10:52 PM (BJgzI)
Thanks, Cookie.
https://tinyurl.com/47etkkfc
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Abandon All Hope Ye Who Enter Here at November 15, 2023 10:52 PM (FVME7)
Sounds a sequel to "The Producers."
Posted by: Angzarr the Cromulent at November 15, 2023 10:52 PM (XMwZJ)
Posted by: Pug Mahon, 3/12 FA at November 15, 2023 10:52 PM (T/Lqj)
Posted by: CppThis at November 15, 2023 10:40 PM (PZvjL)
Unless you’re at a pretty high level like director level and up, never stay more than 3-4 years anywhere. The money only increases when you move.
Posted by: Montec at November 15, 2023 10:48 PM (bWsRe)
Or if you’re promoted. I worked for only two companies.
Posted by: Drive by at November 15, 2023 10:52 PM (MNhXM)
Because when it comes to roughing it in travel, there's nothing worse than having a private suite on Air Force One, followed by a private luxury train to Keeeeev.
Posted by: The ARC of History! at November 15, 2023 10:52 PM (YAtuc)
All of them except those named Piper.
Posted by: davidt at November 15, 2023 10:53 PM (SYTee)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at November 15, 2023 10:53 PM (n+eLX)
Posted by: kbdabear at November 15, 2023 10:53 PM (IEw/x)
Posted by: Admiral spinebender at November 15, 2023 10:47 PM (duT0u)
Beats crying. I guess.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at November 15, 2023 10:50 PM (Angsy)
* * * *
Truth.
Posted by: Legally Sufficient at November 15, 2023 10:53 PM (Zb5iS)
None of them.
They would be intercepted by the Ukraine Army and given a choice: take the rifle and get into a foxhole, or go to prison for being anti-democracy in Ukraine.
Posted by: Diogenes at November 15, 2023 10:53 PM (uSHSS)
Posted by: Pug Mahon, 3/12 FA at November 15, 2023 10:52 PM (T/Lqj)
Can likely be found on Pr0nhub.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 15, 2023 10:53 PM (kpwog)
For Athletics : Gym Shoes
For Lifting : Lifters
For Kickin' Around : Tennies
For Soccer/Football : Cleats
That should cover it...
Posted by: browndog Official Mascot of Team Gizzard at November 15, 2023 10:54 PM (TTAGa)
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Could I skip the "meet with Zelensky" part?
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at November 15, 2023 10:54 PM (hiMh5)
He's a dynamo!
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Abandon All Hope Ye Who Enter Here at November 15, 2023 10:46 PM (FVME7)
She left out the part where Joe spent his lunch break single handedly excavating the ruins of a bombed orphanage to rescue a dozen nuns and orphans, before giving a magnificent performance at the Keeeve Opera House. Afterwards, he had sex with six hookers and was so good that they paid him.
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at November 15, 2023 10:55 PM (YRK4R)
Posted by: Jukin at November 15, 2023 10:55 PM (17s+e)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at November 15, 2023 10:48 PM (MoZTd)
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Nonsense.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at November 15, 2023 10:55 PM (FqEvY)
Many are angry and violent. By design. She'll likely trend that way soon enough. Almost all of them do. And we will have to deal with them one way or another.
They're on the streets now in the Capitol City harassing their masters at the DNC.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at November 15, 2023 10:55 PM (Q4IgG)
Posted by: I also need a pie. Any kind. at November 15, 2023 10:56 PM (Gwt/J)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at November 15, 2023 10:53 PM (n+eLX)
You need to be the 'sign language guy'.
Posted by: RickZ at November 15, 2023 10:56 PM (emlEe)
Posted by: Gref at November 15, 2023 10:17 PM (5fDan)
Senta Berger ?
Did her dad work at Mickey D's ?
Posted by: JT at November 15, 2023 10:57 PM (T4tVD)
Posted by: Drive by at November 15, 2023 10:52 PM (MNhXM)
Damn. That’s unheard of these days. Longest I stayed at a full time job was 2.5 years. Shortest was 14 months. Average about 2 years I guess. Interspersed with some consulting. I expect no loyalty from an employer and I give none. It’s all transactional for me.
Posted by: Montec at November 15, 2023 10:57 PM (bWsRe)
Posted by: OrangeEnt
It does indeed. But sometimes sad things happen. It's life man. Crying is sometimes part of the deal. Yin and yang. Hopefully more haha than boo hoo. But shit happens. Going through a bit of that right now. It's why I checked into ONT tonight to laugh and take my mind off of things currently going on. I appreciate you being the first to acknowledge and welcome me to the thread. Hope things are well with you.
Posted by: Admiral spinebender at November 15, 2023 10:57 PM (duT0u)
Posted by: I also need a pie. Any kind. at November 15, 2023 10:56 PM (Gwt/J)
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Have you ever heard of a "Venn diagram"?
Posted by: Kamala Harris at November 15, 2023 10:58 PM (hiMh5)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at November 15, 2023 10:58 PM (n+eLX)
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at November 15, 2023 10:58 PM (JrojV)
So, she thinks that flying in Air Force 1, then sitting in a, probably luxury , train car is strenuous? WTF is wrong with her? IIRC, Air Force 1 actually has a bed that the pres. can sleep in.
Posted by: nerdygirl at November 15, 2023 10:58 PM (0Htd1)
Posted by: Legally Sufficient
I know, right?
I should be the only one allowed to get away with passive aggressive shit.
Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabby stabamillion at November 15, 2023 10:59 PM (NYPII)
It's not as if we don't have space in the backyard for a washing machine parts-carcass, though. LOL! But dang it, just this Spring I removed 2 dead lawn tractors, a clothes dryer carcass and assorted other junk. There's still 2 pickup trucks but at least one of them will run/move.
Posted by: JQ at November 15, 2023 10:59 PM (njWTi)
Posted by: nerdygirl at Novemb
Not just a bed. A bedroom. As well as an office, a kitchen, bunch of couches, etc. It’s like you're at home but flying while on AF1.
Posted by: Montec at November 15, 2023 11:00 PM (bWsRe)
Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at November 15, 2023 11:00 PM (Bd6X8)
British-Israeli soldier throws seven grenades back at Hamas terrorists
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OF4VVyRsnUs
Posted by: Martini Farmer at November 15, 2023 10:14 PM (Q4IgG)
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The way that was titled it sounded as if he was catching the ones thrown at him and chucking them back. Deceptive. The word 'back' is the culprit.
Posted by: Ciampino - also tiddlywinks at November 15, 2023 11:00 PM (qfLjt)
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The man is an unstoppable machine
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at November 15, 2023 10:51 PM (hiMh5)
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Reverse cowboy all night long eh Dr Jill?
Posted by: Diogenes at November 15, 2023 11:00 PM (uSHSS)
Posted by: nerdygirl at November 15, 2023 10:58 PM (0Htd1)
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That was under Trump. Potatohead had it ripped out and now the entire cabin is filled with free weights and crossfit equipment.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at November 15, 2023 11:00 PM (hiMh5)
I know one guy who has worked at HP since '91 and another who went to work for Exxon out of college and retired from there a few years ago. But they are definitely exceptions.
Posted by: Oddbob at November 15, 2023 11:01 PM (nfrXX)
Posted by: Braenyard at November 15, 2023 11:01 PM (xlqcA)
(at least until everything falls apart and the Big People can no longer ignore the role that slash-n-burn capitalism played in undermining a once mighty economic engine)
Posted by: CppThis at November 15, 2023 11:01 PM (PZvjL)
Shoulda opened the door.
It was the horse's dream to be Pegasus.
Posted by: JT at November 15, 2023 11:01 PM (T4tVD)
Posted by: SFGoth at November 15, 2023 11:02 PM (KAi1n)
Posted by: JT at November 15, 2023 11:03 PM (T4tVD)
Posted by: Braenyard at November 15, 2023 11:01 PM (xlqcA)
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They hate it when the MRI squeaks
Posted by: San Franpsycho at November 15, 2023 11:03 PM (FqEvY)
Posted by: bad horse! at November 15, 2023 11:03 PM (yY9wZ)
It was the horse's dream to be Pegasus.
Posted by: JT at November 15, 2023 11:01 PM (T4tVD)
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As God is my witness...
Posted by: Capt. Bellerophon at November 15, 2023 11:03 PM (hiMh5)
*sulks*
Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabby stabamillion at November 15, 2023 10:16 PM (NYPII)
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Nope I read it. If you can take a few days off and see what happens when there's no one to do that work.
Posted by: Ciampino - talk to the boss? at November 15, 2023 11:04 PM (qfLjt)
Ummm...that's exactly how I saw it.
Posted by: Angzarr the Cromulent at November 15, 2023 11:04 PM (XMwZJ)
Posted by: RetSgtRN at November 15, 2023 11:04 PM (DhOnb)
Posted by: Michael Bloomberg at November 15, 2023 11:04 PM (KAi1n)
Posted by: Montec at November 15, 2023 11:04 PM (bWsRe)
Posted by: Pug Mahon, 3/12 FA at November 15, 2023 11:05 PM (T/Lqj)
Posted by: Drive by at November 15, 2023 10:52 PM (MNhXM)
Damn. That’s unheard of these days. Longest I stayed at a full time job was 2.5 years. Shortest was 14 months. Average about 2 years I guess. Interspersed with some consulting. I expect no loyalty from an employer and I give none. It’s all transactional for me.
Posted by: Montec at November 15, 2023 10:57 PM (bWsRe
It wasn’t about loyalty. It was about finding a working atmosphere I didn’t hate and taking advantage of the benefits that increased the longer you stayed with the company. And I would have only worked for one company if they hand not decided to close their office where I lived. They offered me a promotion to move but I wasn’t going to Atlanta. 😀
Posted by: Drive by at November 15, 2023 11:05 PM (MNhXM)
AceCorp is HIRING
Must be willing to comment with moderate level of coherence
Ask about our Dental Plan!
Posted by: Miklos from HR On- and Waterboarding at November 15, 2023 11:05 PM (LzdTs)
Posted by: mnw
The love of my life is sexy Pollyanna. She is far from a Pollyanna. It's ironic. But if you're like her, it's not as bad as you think... Because you are far from it.
Posted by: Admiral spinebender at November 15, 2023 11:06 PM (duT0u)
Posted by: Sock Monkey * No quarter, no mercy at November 15, 2023 11:06 PM (BluNC)
Crap, not on TCM, but on a channel called called HDMOV. my bad
Posted by: Gref
I went looking for it and found that channel. I have to pay extra for it. BUT I searched on Roku and it is available free on TUBI. I'll have to check it out.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at November 15, 2023 11:06 PM (63Dwl)
Posted by: Montec at November 15, 2023 10:57 PM (bWsRe)
My company Christmas gift this year is some branded apparel that I get to choose. Whoo who, free advertising and all the choices are black with additional branding with the Nike swoosh. I'm going to pass on the gift. My company loyalty died about 1 year into my first IT job.
Posted by: Beartooth at November 15, 2023 11:07 PM (y8ulm)
Posted by: Ciampino -
I'd probably need a shovel to clear the way to my desk
Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabby stabamillion at November 15, 2023 11:07 PM (NYPII)
Must be willing to comment with moderate level of coherence
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Idiots are encouraged to apply because we're an Equal Opportunity Employer!
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at November 15, 2023 11:08 PM (hiMh5)
Posted by: Diogenes at November 15, 2023 11:08 PM (uSHSS)
Posted by: Drive by
I did.
Being laid off by Comintern was the best thing that happened to me!
Posted by: Fanni Willis at November 15, 2023 11:08 PM (LzdTs)
For me, Hee Haw. Lots and lots of very cute chicks.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, 3/12 FA at November 15, 2023 11:08 PM (T/Lqj)
Posted by: Pug Mahon, 3/12 FA at November 15, 2023 11:08 PM (T/Lqj)
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Pffft. Modern audiences don't want cute chicks.
Posted by: The Walt Disney Co. at November 15, 2023 11:09 PM (hiMh5)
Except for that woke maskhole
Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabby stabamillion at November 15, 2023 11:10 PM (NYPII)
Posted by: Miklos in best Andy Griffith voice at November 15, 2023 11:10 PM (LzdTs)
Of course the blue bastions of buggery and pedophilia would call it *types* *deletes*
Posted by: BifBewalski at November 15, 2023 11:10 PM (iIHmn)
Posted by: Montec at November 15, 2023 11:10 PM (bWsRe)
https://youtu.be/yMX6hJAQ34M?si=NWlRWqvJZan1euYX
Posted by: Beverly at November 15, 2023 11:10 PM (Epeb0)
Posted by: Martini Farmer
The way that was titled it sounded as if he was catching the ones thrown at him and chucking them back. Deceptive. The word 'back' is the culprit.
Posted by: Ciampino
"Well, pull the pin and throw it back!"
Posted by: just the punchline at November 15, 2023 11:11 PM (DgGvY)
Posted by: Diogenes at November 15, 2023 11:08 PM (uSHSS)
Yes. I was a medic in HHB, but went in the field with A Battery. 1988-1991
Posted by: Pug Mahon, 3/12 FA at November 15, 2023 11:11 PM (T/Lqj)
Posted by: Admiral spinebender at November 15, 2023 10:57 PM (duT0u)
Passable, Adm. I find I'm spending less time here than before. Been doing other things, pretending to try to write some stuff. Next thing I know, Pixy will have posted....
Posted by: OrangeEnt at November 15, 2023 11:12 PM (Angsy)
Posted by: Burn, Loot, and Murder at November 15, 2023 11:12 PM (LzdTs)
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, red heifer owner at November 15, 2023 11:12 PM (R4t5M)
Posted by: Drive by at November 15, 2023 11:13 PM (MNhXM)
Perhaps it's just the industry.
Posted by: nurse ratched, otter 841 has a BABY! at November 15, 2023 11:13 PM (VWkrI)
Length of my employment through my life
12 years
12 years
10 years
2 months. The worst two months of my life.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at November 15, 2023 11:13 PM (MoZTd)
Posted by: Montec at November 15, 2023 11:14 PM (bWsRe)
Posted by: just the punchline
FUN FACT
Very few Gunnery Sergeants are blondes.
Posted by: Miklos, casually munching on Crayons at November 15, 2023 11:14 PM (LzdTs)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh
They were aholes. Screw them
Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabby stabamillion at November 15, 2023 11:14 PM (NYPII)
Factory, though. Where else do ya go (that pays well & with decent bennies) "without an education"?
Posted by: JQ at November 15, 2023 11:15 PM (njWTi)
Posted by: Montec at November 15, 2023 11:10 PM (bWsRe)
That's an interesting approach they took. My experience on the corpo side of buyouts is that everyone bails on their own once their dreams of becoming IPO millionaires are dashed and the new owner struggles mightily to cover the knowledge gap in their new toy.
Posted by: CppThis at November 15, 2023 11:15 PM (PZvjL)
Increasing solar luminosity (part of the natural life cycle of sun like stars) will take care of that in less than a billion years.
Complex plant life will be gone in maybe 800 million years, and by 1 billion or so, photosynthesis will be impossible.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (Mzdiz) at November 15, 2023 11:15 PM (Mzdiz)
Posted by: Admiral spinebender at November 15, 2023 11:16 PM (duT0u)
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley
We will need a photosynthesis prosthesis
Posted by: the Plants at November 15, 2023 11:17 PM (LzdTs)
Posted by: Diogenes at November 15, 2023 11:08 PM (uSHSS)
Yes. I was a medic in HHB, but went in the field with A Battery. 1988-1991
Posted by: Pug Mahon, 3/12 FA at November 15, 2023 11:11 PM (T/Lqj)
Ahhh.
I still have a few functioning memory cells. My first assignment was with an 8inch battalion at Herzo Base and our neighbor was 2/377FA, also Lance. We went to Graf. They went to Crete.
Posted by: Diogenes at November 15, 2023 11:17 PM (uSHSS)
Posted by: JQ
Harvard
Posted by: Miklosian Opinionations LLC at November 15, 2023 11:19 PM (LzdTs)
Must be willing to comment with moderate level of coherence
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Idiots are encouraged to apply because we're an Equal Opportunity Employer!
Posted by: Cicero
Dangit, i'm underqualified. I'm in the idiot development program but haven't yet graduated.
Posted by: BifBewalski at November 15, 2023 11:19 PM (iIHmn)
Posted by: Montec
So, not like being crammed into an economy seat, where you are in the middle seat between two very overweight passengers. DR. Jill is just advertising the fact that they are out of touch with real people. Their handlers shouldn't let either of them talk without a teleprompter.
Posted by: nerdygirl at November 15, 2023 11:20 PM (0Htd1)
Posted by: Durak Kazyol at November 15, 2023 11:20 PM (Ipfsr)
Posted by: BifBewalski
What a Moron
Posted by: Miklos, neglected Sixth Stooge at November 15, 2023 11:20 PM (LzdTs)
Posted by: JQ
Harvard
Posted by: Miklosian Opinionations LLC
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BWAHAHAHAHA!
Hadn't taken a drink yet, lucky me!!!!
Posted by: JQ at November 15, 2023 11:22 PM (njWTi)
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley
Whut aboot Copy&Pastesynthesis ?
Posted by: JT at November 15, 2023 11:22 PM (T4tVD)
Evening, all.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia's phone at November 15, 2023 11:22 PM (3QDzE)
Must be willing to comment with moderate level of coherence
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Idiots are encouraged to apply because we're an Equal Opportunity Employer!
Posted by: Cicero
Dangit, i'm underqualified. I'm in the idiot development program but haven't yet graduated.
Posted by: BifBewalski at November 15, 2023 11:19 PM (iIHmn)
***
BS degree from Moron U!
The 'ettes at the Dental Kollege were hawt!
Posted by: Diogenes at November 15, 2023 11:22 PM (uSHSS)
Posted by: CppThis at November 15, 2023 11:15 PM (PZvjL)
That was my 2nd startup. First one was also a buyout. They kept the vesting schedule and converted the options to option of their stock which was public already. So there was all the incentive in the world to stay there since the IPO already happened. This was right around the peak of the 2000 bubble. By the time I had vested any significant number of options the market had already tanked. I was a millionaire multiple times over on paper for a while. That was cool. I ended up with something like $50k in real money before the company went belly up in the .com crash. Was a hell of a ride.
Posted by: Montec at November 15, 2023 11:22 PM (bWsRe)
Posted by: OrangeEnt
I'm with you. Haven't been here for a bit. But I always enjoy it when I come back. It's good to see you're still around this joint. Life can get complicated and you drift away from things. But it's a very smart funny crowd here, that cheers my soul that there are people that think like me out there. Lord knows you can't argue
or joke about politics or philosophy at a bar these days it seems.
Posted by: Admiral spinebender at November 15, 2023 11:22 PM (duT0u)
Posted by: Drive by at November 15, 2023 11:24 PM (MNhXM)
Posted by: nckate at November 15, 2023 11:24 PM (SnxUt)
Did a live fire in Crete.Three days of field time followed by four days of touring and drinking.
I still can't stand the smell of Ouzo.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, 3/12 FA at November 15, 2023 11:24 PM (T/Lqj)
Posted by: Ed McMahon, sidekick and combat pilot at November 15, 2023 11:25 PM (LzdTs)
Motor ist kaput & no replacement part available. Not surprised, it's almost 30 years old.
a-shopping I must go... ugh.
Posted by: JQ at November 15, 2023 10:14 PM (njWTi)
Get the part number off the motor and Google and eBay it. Most appliance parts are very standardized and made for a long time. I bet its out there, just not stocked under the OEM name and number and the industry mostly wants to sell you a new unit
Posted by: Azjaeger at November 15, 2023 11:26 PM (3/XaG)
Posted by: Dr. Ruth, Sexologist and Israeli Sniper at November 15, 2023 11:26 PM (LzdTs)
Posted by: Pug Mahon, 3/12 FA at November 15, 2023 11:24 PM (T/Lqj)
I can relate. After a year in Turkey, just a sniff of Raki (Turkish Ouzo)and its dry heave time.
Posted by: Diogenes at November 15, 2023 11:27 PM (uSHSS)
Posted by: Admiral spinebender at November 15, 2023 11:28 PM (duT0u)
Posted by: Ed McMahon, sidekick and combat pilot at November 15, 2023 11:25 PM (LzdTs)
Seems like I oughtta know you......
Posted by: JT at November 15, 2023 11:28 PM (T4tVD)
In my land - cock socks for your feet.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at November 15, 2023 11:29 PM (cOq4q)
The 'ettes at the Dental Kollege were hawt!
Posted by: Diogenes
Life Experience Credits and Dental Kollege graduates Accepted.
Posted by: University of Miklos at November 15, 2023 11:29 PM (LzdTs)
For the low low price of $1M per Tree (TM) I'll plant one on any land the government wants...or offer a small discount for larger orders of course.
And really can you put a price on being safe from Global Warmination? I mean really?
Posted by: 18-1 at November 15, 2023 11:30 PM (XqcwY)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 15, 2023 11:30 PM (kpwog)
Posted by: Azjaeger
Hmmm. This sounds better than keeping a carcass in the yard! Seriously, I should've thought of this already.
Thank you!
Posted by: JQ at November 15, 2023 11:30 PM (njWTi)
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, red heifer owner at November 15, 2023 11:31 PM (R4t5M)
Well, before the Sun goes red giant, the Andromeda and Milky Way galaxies will collide and then merge, forming an elliptical galaxy. Here's a simulation of that:
https://tinyurl.com/yy2nh3bw
Well that is spectacular at that scale, there won't be too many stellar collisions -- galaxies are mostly empty space at the star size level.
What happens to the solar system during all that is really unknown, although they like to run simulations. Just not enough information to really predict anything.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (Mzdiz) at November 15, 2023 11:31 PM (Mzdiz)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at November 15, 2023 11:31 PM (n+eLX)
Posted by: Azjaeger at November 15, 2023 11:33 PM (3/XaG)
Posted by: Pug Mahon, 3/12 FA
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I can relate. After a year in Turkey, just a sniff of Raki (Turkish Ouzo)and its dry heave time.
Posted by: Diogenes
*vague drunken nightmare*
Is that the milky looking liquor-ish shiz that smell like rancid black licorish? (sp)
That stuff makes Jaegermeister sound good in comlarison.
Posted by: BifBewalski at November 15, 2023 11:34 PM (iIHmn)
For the low low price of $1M per Tree (TM) I'll plant one on any land the government wants...or offer a small discount for larger orders of course.
And really can you put a price on being safe from Global Warmination? I mean really?
Posted by: 18-1 at November 15, 2023 11:30 PM (XqcwY)
I just read about the grove of trees the government planted in the 30’s from North Dakota to Texas as a windbreak. Over 220 million.
Posted by: Drive by at November 15, 2023 11:36 PM (MNhXM)
Posted by: Montec at November 15, 2023 11:22 PM (bWsRe)
I'm reminded of the start up I worked for in Tacoma. Boss hired a consultant who was super rich! Yeah right. He was a brilliant dumbass. Turns out he wrote the original code for internet radio and later, internet tv. Sold both and was worth (he claims) just over $120mill. Kept it invested in techs until his accountant demanded he shift some to more stable things or he'd quit. So he shifted 10% of his holdings. That's the only thing that saved him after the tech wreck.
Posted by: Diogenes at November 15, 2023 11:36 PM (uSHSS)
Posted by: Professor Harold Hill at November 15, 2023 11:37 PM (YRK4R)
I don’t know if that is an urban myth or but just an exaggeration.
Posted by: Drive by at November 15, 2023 11:39 PM (MNhXM)
Is that the milky looking liquor-ish shiz that smell like rancid black licorish? (sp)
That stuff makes Jaegermeister sound good in comlarison.
Posted by: BifBewalski at November 15, 2023 11:34 PM (iIHmn)
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Yup.
That's it.
Pro Tip: after drinking it, eat some yogurt. It replaces all the digestive track critters that get destroyed by the licorish crap. My Turk buddy taught me this. However, I never drank any again. Vile!
Posted by: Diogenes at November 15, 2023 11:40 PM (uSHSS)
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley
We have to protect our phony baloney jobs!
Posted by: every GS-11 and above at November 15, 2023 11:40 PM (LzdTs)
Isn’t that what made Mark Cuban a billionaire? Talk about a rich dumbass .
Posted by: Drive by at November 15, 2023 11:42 PM (MNhXM)
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at November 15, 2023 11:44 PM (llON8)
Posted by: Miklos has Questions at November 15, 2023 11:45 PM (LzdTs)
I've used them before... no luck this time. Also, repairclinic and eappliancerepair... nope.
BUT! Haven't done a search for just the motor, no brand or model#.
Posted by: JQ at November 15, 2023 11:45 PM (njWTi)
Posted by: Pete Bog at November 15, 2023 11:46 PM (AEMLr)
I'll lurk yas tomorrow evening.
Posted by: BifBewalski at November 15, 2023 11:46 PM (iIHmn)
Posted by: Miklos has Questions at November 15, 2023 11:45 PM (LzdTs)
Lucy ?
Posted by: JT at November 15, 2023 11:47 PM (T4tVD)
Posted by: Miklos has Questions at November 15, 2023 11:45 PM (LzdTs)
Desilu Productions?
Posted by: Drive by at November 15, 2023 11:48 PM (MNhXM)
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Can it pick up the Studebaker or is it destined for lighter duty.?
Posted by: Braenyard at November 15, 2023 11:49 PM (xlqcA)
Posted by: Pete Bog
As long as the rain remains in Spain.
Posted by: Prof. Miklos-Henry Higgins at November 15, 2023 11:50 PM (LzdTs)
Posted by: Miklos has Questions at November
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Desi was a B actor but a smart man, he married Lucy.
Posted by: Braenyard at November 15, 2023 11:51 PM (xlqcA)
Posted by: Cybersmythe at November 15, 2023 11:51 PM (iZEhM)
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Nah, the rain is right here. And fog. It's okay, we need the moisture.
Posted by: JQ at November 15, 2023 11:51 PM (njWTi)
Posted by: Drive by at November 15, 2023 11:42 PM (MNhXM)
No idea.
But I learned early on that just because one made big bucks in the dot.boom, didn't mean they were smart.
Maria Cantwell, senator from Washington State. Made some big money...got elected as this tech genius...lost most of it. Been selling her vote ever since.
Posted by: Diogenes at November 15, 2023 11:52 PM (uSHSS)
AT 420ppm CO2, his 1000 Tons mean he's processing 2.381,000 tons of air per year.
The largest airsep plant in the world, which actually produces products like oxygen and nitrogen in addition to CO2, is 9 million tons of air per year. But it's only one unit of 17 at that location!
The world is already covered with useful plants like this guy is bragging about. And they make products, not attitudes.
Posted by: scottst at November 15, 2023 11:52 PM (ojBxe)
Posted by: Braenyard at November 15, 2023 11:49 PM (xlqcA)
Lighter duty. Loader is rated at 3000 pounds, I think, but the forks extended out would make the load appear heavier to the machine. A stripped car body, stripped frame, or an engine on a pallet is my target load.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 15, 2023 11:52 PM (kpwog)
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, Texas, AOS Ladies Brigade, Plucky Comic Relief at November 15, 2023 11:52 PM (SRRAx)
Posted by: Durak Kazyol at November 15, 2023 11:20 PM (Ipfsr)
We called them tennies, not running shoes because they’re not all for running;, some actually are for tennis , but most are just fashionable walking shoes But what they’re not is trainers, the euro translation of tennies/sneakers. Also to them a jumper is a sweater. What?
Posted by: LASue at November 15, 2023 11:53 PM (Ed8Zd)
Posted by: Miklos has Questionswishes he had hair like the "it's aliens" guy at November 15, 2023 11:53 PM (LzdTs)
I'm looking up the history of Desilu, which is the history of Desi and Lucy, basically. Lucy bought Desi out in 1962, and took it over for herself. She sold it in '68 and it became Paramount, or part of it or whatever.
Desi was no dummy, he just couldn't keep it in his pants.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (Mzdiz) at November 15, 2023 11:55 PM (Mzdiz)
A lot of the arguments made sense
Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabby stabamillion at November 15, 2023 11:55 PM (NYPII)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
Could you get Darleen over onto that other couch?
Posted by: Miklos has questions of Physics and Logistics at November 15, 2023 11:56 PM (LzdTs)
Then Daisy pushed her in with the cat, right?
Posted by: GWB at November 15, 2023 11:56 PM (JgU20)
The world is already covered with useful plants like this guy is bragging about. And they make products, not attitudes.
Posted by: scottst at November 15, 2023 11:52 PM (ojBxe)
I am not sure how they can "sequester" the CO2 underground in concrete vaults forever. Go deep enough, and the hydrostatic pressure will keep it liquid, I guess.
Here in Canada, CO2 scrubbed from power plant stack gases is being used as a miscible flood to help recover oil from tight formations. Liquid CO2 is a solvent that dissolves crude oil, and makes it more fluid. So they actually get value back from sequestering it. Enough that it would pay to do it, absent the stupid "carbon credits".
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 15, 2023 11:58 PM (kpwog)
There always is the World's oldest profession to fall back on.
Posted by: Roy at November 15, 2023 11:58 PM (z+ik4)
Desi is often credited with creating the 3 camera setup, but it was likely done earlier. He just made it a big thing.
He also insisted on filming the shows, and even figured out a way to keep a live studio audience in, something they said was impossible to do without spending a fortune.
Anyway, Desi, by filming I Love Lucy, insured a constant stream of royalties to Desilu. It was a genius move, at least in hindsight, how it all worked out.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (Mzdiz) at November 15, 2023 11:58 PM (Mzdiz)
Then Daisy pushed her in with the cat, right?
And finally gets the new home she deserved. Poor Daisy. She can never tell a soul.
Posted by: Pete Bog at November 15, 2023 11:59 PM (AEMLr)
Posted by: Braenyard at November 15, 2023 11:59 PM (xlqcA)
Posted by: Miklos has questions of Physics and Logistics at November 15, 2023 11:56 PM (LzdTs)
Duct tapes cattle prod to loader fork.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 15, 2023 11:59 PM (kpwog)
There always is the World's oldest profession to fall back on.
Posted by: Roy
Winning the Democratic Primary is the hard part.
Posted by: Miklos wishes to revise and retract at November 15, 2023 11:59 PM (LzdTs)
*pours bourbon* ONT Greetings, Horde. CHEERS!
Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX
Posted by: Jim at November 16, 2023 12:00 AM (e6UQI)
Posted by: JT at November 16, 2023 12:02 AM (T4tVD)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
After a case of Natty Daddys, she'll just laugh
Posted by: Miklos wishes Lifestyle Changes at November 16, 2023 12:02 AM (LzdTs)
*pours bourbon* ONT Greetings, Horde. CHEERS!
Jim
Or just get Marleen and Charleen to grab and hold (which they can do).
Posted by: Miklos sees realistic solutions at November 16, 2023 12:04 AM (LzdTs)
*pours bourbon* ONT Greetings, Horde. CHEERS!
Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX
Posted by: Jim at November 16, 2023 12:00 AM (e6UQI)
Heh. I think the hydraulics on the loader would give out before it lifted the back wheels off the ground. The tire tubes are already filled with calcium chloride solution to add weight, and there are cast iron wheel weights, as well. I think my home-made forks would buckle before I reached a load that would damage the tractor, and I am fine with that.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 16, 2023 12:05 AM (kpwog)
On a late '70s episode of Johnny Carson (clip is somewhere on Youtube), he had a number of the great comedians all sitting on the couch, and the question came up, who's the greatest straight man.
To a man, they all said Desi Arnaz.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (Mzdiz) at November 16, 2023 12:05 AM (Mzdiz)
Posted by: JT
Didn't Cat Stevens change his name to Cat Islamaboom?
Posted by: Mullah Miklos, working on some fatwas at November 16, 2023 12:05 AM (LzdTs)
Posted by: Braenyard at November 16, 2023 12:06 AM (xlqcA)
Posted by: Mullah Miklos, working on some fatwas at November 16, 2023 12:05 AM (LzdTs)
Yusuf Islam, IIRC. Dipshit.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 16, 2023 12:06 AM (kpwog)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
Things that sound lewd but aren't, for $300.
Posted by: mikeski at November 16, 2023 12:06 AM (DgGvY)
To a man, they all said Desi Arnaz.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley
Of course.
Otherwise they'd have some 'splainin' to do.
Posted by: Miklos played conga drums once at November 16, 2023 12:07 AM (LzdTs)
Posted by: Tom Servo at November 16, 2023 12:08 AM (S6gqv)
Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy MAGA Extremist at November 16, 2023 12:08 AM (GEUYw)
"Not being able to keep it in his pants" was Desi's cover story. Lucille Ball went along with it. In reality he was a sloppy, stumbling, pee-his-pants drunk, & that's why she divorced him. He embarrassed her.
Lucille Ball was a Broadway chorus girl before the Marx Brothers, so you'd expect her to look hot.
Posted by: mnw at November 16, 2023 12:09 AM (NLIak)
Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy MAGA Extremist at November 16, 2023 12:10 AM (GEUYw)
I'm reading about Desi. In '66 he was arrested and charged with assault with a deadly weapon.
There were a couple of yutes who were partying nearby, and parked in front of his house, and began catcalling and harassing his and Lucy's daughter, Lucie, who was 15 at the time and a friend of hers staying over.
He got his gun and went out and ran them off. He shot two warning shots in the ground.
I knew Desi was good people.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (Mzdiz) at November 16, 2023 12:11 AM (Mzdiz)
Sometimes being born by C-Section is useful.
Posted by: Macduff at November 16, 2023 12:11 AM (vjhKJ)
Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy MAGA Extremist at November 16, 2023 12:11 AM (GEUYw)
On the I Love Lucy Show, he played a Cuban band leader who was married to Lucille Ball... and he wasn't convincing.
Posted by: mnw at November 16, 2023 12:12 AM (NLIak)
https://tinyurl.com/4eeed52z
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 16, 2023 12:13 AM (kpwog)
Posted by: Tom Servo
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That was Lucille Ball's show, she pushed it.
Every show was an American morality play
and it's still in the minds of people today.
She saw the hand writng on the wall and
did her bit to get America's youth on course.
Posted by: Braenyard at November 16, 2023 12:13 AM (xlqcA)
It wasn't Rock Hudson.
Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy MAGA Extremist at November 16, 2023 12:11 AM (GEUYw)
Paul Lynde?
Posted by: Romeo13 at November 16, 2023 12:14 AM (xaFKb)
Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy MAGA Extremist
*NOTICE OF SALE OF CABIN AND LAND FOR UNPAID PROPERTY TAXES*
Posted by: Your Gummint at Work at November 16, 2023 12:15 AM (LzdTs)
Posted by: mikeski at November 16, 2023 12:15 AM (DgGvY)
Posted by: mnw at November 16, 2023 12:16 AM (NLIak)
It wasn't Rock Hudson.
Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy MAGA Extremist at November 16, 2023 12:11 AM (GEUYw)
Paul Lynde?
Posted by: Romeo13
*throws confetti at Charles Nelson Reilly*
Posted by: Rip Taylor (RIP) at November 16, 2023 12:17 AM (LzdTs)
Posted by: Your Gummint
Squat in a national park Unabomber style.
Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy MAGA Extremist at November 16, 2023 12:18 AM (GEUYw)
Posted by: mnw at November 16, 2023 12:18 AM (NLIak)
Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy MAGA Extremist at November 16, 2023 12:20 AM (GEUYw)
Posted by: mnw at November 16, 2023 12:20 AM (NLIak)
Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy MAGA Extremist
Gopnik + Unabomber + no neighbors
This...could work if vodka still is included.
Posted by: Miklosov "Bubba" Miklosevich, Friend of All Noble Uncles called Palp at November 16, 2023 12:20 AM (LzdTs)
Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy MAGA Extremist
And when you discover that that's far more work than your 9-5 job, you might come to appreciate our problematic capitalist society, Miss Piper.
Posted by: a god of the copybook headings at November 16, 2023 12:20 AM (DgGvY)
I believe our friends in the UK sometimes call them "trainers" or "brothel creepers".
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at November 16, 2023 12:21 AM (W5ArC)
Here in Canada, CO2 scrubbed from power plant stack gases is being used as a miscible flood to help recover oil from tight formations. Liquid CO2 is a solvent that dissolves crude oil, and makes it more fluid. So they actually get value back from sequestering it. Enough that it would pay to do it, absent the stupid "carbon credits".
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 15, 2023 11:58 PM (kpwog)
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That should be miscible fluid, right?
Liquid CO2 is a useful extraction solvent for getting temperature-sensitive oils out of plants, for example. These are used in perfumes and foods.
Posted by: Ciampino - those guys are scamming at November 16, 2023 12:21 AM (qfLjt)
Posted by: Drive by at November 16, 2023 12:22 AM (MNhXM)
Posted by: Unelite Miklos at November 16, 2023 12:22 AM (LzdTs)
https://tinyurl.com/4eeed52z
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
====
During WWII Ford sent hundreds of Tractors to England so the women/wives could do the plowing while hubby was fighting the Hun.
Posted by: Braenyard at November 16, 2023 12:22 AM (xlqcA)
Trainers
Posted by: Hyacinth Bucket at November 16, 2023 12:23 AM (XeU6L)
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (Mzdiz) at November 16, 2023 12:24 AM (Mzdiz)
Posted by: Drive by
If Mr. Mooney and Milburn Drysdale worked in the same bank-
Who would be the boss?
Posted by: Miklos will steal Miss Jane's car while you are distracted at November 16, 2023 12:24 AM (LzdTs)
“This is a dark day for British democracy. Five people you’ve probably never heard of, and definitely never voted for, have ruled in their infinite wisdom that the UK government is forbidden from enacting the Rwanda policy to deal with illegal immigration. So the desires of ministers voted into power by us do not matter. The beliefs of the public, growing numbers of whom back the Rwanda policy, do not matter. The hard-fought-for principle that policy should be decided by the elected, not by princes, priests or posh men and women in wigs, does not matter. All that matters, it seems, is the feeling and opinion of a few judges. That overrides everything. This is an act of judicial tyranny.”
Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy MAGA Extremist at November 16, 2023 12:24 AM (GEUYw)
At what pressure does CO2 liquify?
Posted by: Hyacinth Bucket at November 16, 2023 12:25 AM (XeU6L)
Posted by: Your Gummint at Work at November 16, 2023 12:15 AM (LzdTs)
The Unorganized Borough of Alaska (bigger than Texas) has no property taxes, though I believe some villages within it do.
There's also no state income tax or state sales tax in Alaska.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at November 16, 2023 12:25 AM (W5ArC)
/Bucket
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at November 16, 2023 12:26 AM (XeU6L)
Who would be the boss?
Posted by: Miklos will steal Miss Jane's car while you are distracted at November 16, 2023 12:24 AM (LzdTs)
Drysdale would be Mooney's bitch.
Is there any doubt about it?
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at November 16, 2023 12:26 AM (W5ArC)
Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy MAGA Extremist at November 16, 2023 12:26 AM (GEUYw)
Posted by: gourmand du jour at November 16, 2023 12:27 AM (MeG8a)
Famous joke about Desi Arnaz:
On the I Love Lucy Show, he played a Cuban band leader who was married to Lucille Ball... and he wasn't convincing.
Posted by: mnw
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I don't get it! I know he actually was married to her, but...?
Posted by: Blonde Morticia's phone at November 16, 2023 12:27 AM (3QDzE)
Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy MAGA Extremist at November 16, 2023 12:27 AM (GEUYw)
Posted by: Blonde Morticia's phone at November 16, 2023 12:27 AM (3QDzE)
I think it was a dig at his acting ability.
Posted by: Drive by at November 16, 2023 12:28 AM (MNhXM)
Liquid CO2 is a useful extraction solvent for getting temperature-sensitive oils out of plants, for example. These are used in perfumes and foods.
Posted by: Ciampino - those guys are scamming at November 16, 2023 12:21 AM (qfLjt)
When they pump fluid into a formation to assist in extracting the hydrocarbon, they call it a "flood".
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 16, 2023 12:28 AM (kpwog)
Posted by: Braenyard at November 16, 2023 12:28 AM (xlqcA)
Does the "Rwanda policy" include the use of machetes?
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at November 16, 2023 12:28 AM (YRK4R)
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As a band leader, or as a husband?
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at November 16, 2023 12:28 AM (XeU6L)
Posted by: Greta Scoldberg at November 16, 2023 12:29 AM (LzdTs)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at November 16, 2023 12:29 AM (XeU6L)
Who would be the boss?
Posted by: Miklos will steal Miss Jane's car while you are distracted at November 16, 2023 12:24 AM (LzdTs)
One would run the East coast operation and the other the West Coast.
Posted by: Drive by at November 16, 2023 12:29 AM (MNhXM)
It looked quite a bit like Don Johnson on Miami Vice.
Son of Sam was a TRULY uncanny likeness of a Puerto Rican Congressman named Herman Badillo.
Posted by: mnw at November 16, 2023 12:29 AM (NLIak)
Critical temperature of CO2 is about 88F, and critical pressure is about 1100 psi.
Those little CO2 cartridges don't go splodey though, even though the temperature can get above that.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (Mzdiz) at November 16, 2023 12:30 AM (Mzdiz)
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at November 16, 2023 12:31 AM (W5ArC)
Technically, above critical temp, there is no longer a "liquid" state.
A rule of thumb is a substance above critical temp, but below critical pressure is a "gas" (as opposed to vapor, which could be liquified by isothermal compression). Above critical pressure and temp, it's a "supercritical fluid".
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (Mzdiz) at November 16, 2023 12:31 AM (Mzdiz)
Pricey service dept but they backed up their work.
Posted by: Braenyard at November 16, 2023 12:33 AM (xlqcA)
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As a band leader, or as a husband?
Posted by: Mike Hammer,
Ahem
Posted by: Desi Arnaz Jr. at November 16, 2023 12:33 AM (LzdTs)
I think it was a dig at his acting ability.
Posted by: Drive by
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Oh! Stranger still. He wasn't bad.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia's phone at November 16, 2023 12:33 AM (3QDzE)
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley
I don't really understand this, but I'm sure Joe or Kamala can explain.
Posted by: Miseducated Miklos at November 16, 2023 12:35 AM (LzdTs)
Another cruel joke, completely apocryphal (widely believed but never really happened):
A film director kept giving Rock Hudson suggestions on how to make his character more convincing, & then doing retake after retake-- until Rock finally screamed, "I'm not an actor! I'm a movie star!'
Posted by: mnw at November 16, 2023 12:36 AM (NLIak)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 16, 2023 12:37 AM (kpwog)
At what pressure does CO2 liquify?
Posted by: Hyacinth Bucket
############
Liquefy
Putrefy
Rarefy
Stupefy
Posted by: Blonde Morticia's phone at November 16, 2023 12:37 AM (3QDzE)
Posted by: Memory of Miklos at November 16, 2023 12:39 AM (LzdTs)
Posted by: Miklos can sleep until after the sun comes up tomorrow, which is good at November 16, 2023 12:40 AM (LzdTs)
Posted by: mnw at November 16, 2023 12:41 AM (NLIak)
Pricey service dept but they backed up their work.
Posted by: Braenyard
I read "international overbuilt" and immediately thought
Mexican weathergirls
Posted by: Miklos is probably a bad person at November 16, 2023 12:42 AM (LzdTs)
Does the "Rwanda policy" include the use of machetes?
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at November 16, 2023 12:28 AM (YRK4R)
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a machete is called a panga around East and South Africa. Not sure about West Africa. Machete word isn't used around those parts.
Posted by: Ciampino - Cane knife for the landlubbers at November 16, 2023 12:44 AM (qfLjt)
Posted by: Memory of Miklos at November 16, 2023 12:39 AM (LzdTs)
Liberace, on hearing of the demise of Rock Hudson: "...I'm sure gonna miss that old asshole!"
*or so it has been told*
Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX
Posted by: Jim at November 16, 2023 12:47 AM (e6UQI)
Posted by: Tom Cruise, Jumpin' On The Furniture Over Xenu at November 16, 2023 12:48 AM (emlEe)
It's about what, if any, is the difference between a "gas" and "vapor". There is no real exact definition, but a common convention is that a substance is a vapor if it's below it's critical temperature, and thus can be turned into a liquid by isothermal compression alone.
CO2 below 88F would be a vapor.
To liquefy a gas, you have to cool it as well as compress.
If you imagine a vessel with a substance below critical temp, with both liquid and vapor above it, there is a distinct phase difference, and a meniscus line. Imagine heating it up. At critical temperate, the density of the liquid and vapor become equal. The meniscus disappears. The vapor pressure at this temperature is the critical pressure.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (Mzdiz) at November 16, 2023 12:50 AM (Mzdiz)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at November 16, 2023 12:53 AM (63Dwl)
Posted by: mnw at November 16, 2023 12:53 AM (NLIak)
Depends on the temperature?
Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy MAGA
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STP
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at November 16, 2023 12:29 AM (XeU6L)
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https://is.gd/uqi8uy
Posted by: Ciampino - dry ice is fun stuff at November 16, 2023 12:54 AM (qfLjt)
You can define Psychrometrics as the study of gas-vapor mixtures. Some of the components are gases over the range of temps and pressures of interest, while the others are vapors, and can condense and evaporate over the range of interest.
Air-water vapor is the most important one of such gas-vapor mixtures.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (Mzdiz) at November 16, 2023 01:00 AM (Mzdiz)
https://mol.im/a/12755305
Does Santa Claus know about this?
Posted by: Ciampino - So they are all on the NAUGHTY list at November 16, 2023 01:01 AM (qfLjt)
Posted by: Miklos is not sure if they even make that anymore...for the Ladies at November 16, 2023 01:08 AM (LzdTs)
Annie Richardson dies after she and three others were stabbed in random attack by Louisiana Tech student Jacoby Johnson: Women were leaving morning exercise class.
https://mol.im/a/12754851
Posted by: Ciampino - Hate crime? at November 16, 2023 01:08 AM (qfLjt)
I was trying to remember. Before '82 STP was defined as 0C, and 1 atm. Since then, it's 0C, and 1 bar (which is defined as 100 kPa, and a wee bit less than 1 atm).
There is also an "NTP" defined, normal temp and pressure, which varies, depending on who is using it. Pressure here is usually 1 atm, and temperatures are in the 60 to 70F range.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (Mzdiz) at November 16, 2023 01:09 AM (Mzdiz)
Posted by: Ciampino - STP for your car? at November 16, 2023 01:18 AM (qfLjt)
I see the US Army defined "Standard Metro Conditions" for ballistics work as 15C/59F, 750mmHg, and 80% RH.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (Mzdiz) at November 16, 2023 01:22 AM (Mzdiz)
No, scratch the humidity, it's 78% RH, not 80%. The 80% is another standard.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (Mzdiz) at November 16, 2023 01:23 AM (Mzdiz)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at November 16, 2023 01:24 AM (XeU6L)
Posted by: outside adjitator at November 16, 2023 01:33 AM (Qoa6L)
Posted by: outside adjitator
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Pickleball. It's all the rage, they tell me.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at November 16, 2023 01:38 AM (XeU6L)
Posted by: SFGoth at November 16, 2023 01:40 AM (KAi1n)
Speaking of these standards, the other day thanks to an afternoon thread, I got interested in the history of the definitions of the pound(mass), and the US customary units and imperial units and all that.
Basically, you can think of the US customary and Imperial as a "fork" of older English units, which were a mish mash.
Anyway, the pound sterling, the Brit currency was originally a "Tower pound" (which is different and less than both a Troy and Avoirdupois pound) of sterling silver. A penny coin was thus 1/240 of such a pound of silver.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (Mzdiz) at November 16, 2023 01:46 AM (Mzdiz)
Posted by: Mike Hammer,
The new Adibas line-
Pickleball shoes.
The urban trend setting youth will just call them "picks".
Go in the store, pick what you want, and walk out.
Posted by: Miklos learns from the Nike business model at November 16, 2023 01:52 AM (LzdTs)
Posted by: mikeski
Just a wild ass guess, probably from Pepper. It was a rare luxury in the Medieval period. Like naming your kid 'Goldie.'
Posted by: weft cut-loop at November 16, 2023 01:52 AM (IG4Id)
Posted by: Not as if Miklos would know at November 16, 2023 01:54 AM (LzdTs)
The US gallon is defined as 231 in^3. That was originally from the old units from which it forked, something they called a wine gallon, or a Queen Anne gallon.
It was originally supposed to be that volume of wine that would weigh 8lbs, but the lb there was something different that avoirdupois or troy.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (Mzdiz) at November 16, 2023 01:54 AM (Mzdiz)
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley
I buy my Madeira by the hogshead.
Posted by: Miklos, admittedly old fashioned at November 16, 2023 01:57 AM (LzdTs)
Posted by: SFGoth at November 16, 2023 01:40 AM (KAi1n)
Done. 'Bye, Xenu shill.
Posted by: RickZ at November 16, 2023 02:01 AM (emlEe)
Avoirdupois comes from an old Anglo-Norman French expression that means "goods of weight".
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (Mzdiz) at November 16, 2023 02:02 AM (Mzdiz)
Posted by: Miklos, admittedly old fashioned at November 16, 2023 01:57 AM (LzdTs)
Me? By the butt-load.
Posted by: RickZ at November 16, 2023 02:05 AM (emlEe)
Posted by: Frat boys at November 16, 2023 02:07 AM (pjs7m)
Heh, Tricky Nikki Haley just sent an email out (which went straight into the spam folder) declaring she has "caught fire" and is experiencing an unprecedented surge of support. So, send her money and ride that wave to victory.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (Mzdiz) at November 16, 2023 02:13 AM (Mzdiz)
Posted by: SFGoth
I make a point of changing my sock regularly.
Posted by: Hygienic Miklos at November 16, 2023 02:15 AM (LzdTs)
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley
I might send some Confederate Dollars.
Posted by: Miklos drove by that statue just the other day at November 16, 2023 02:18 AM (LzdTs)
Send Nikki an unsigned check in the mail for a large amount along with a note that the check isn't signed because you'd prefer to remain anonymous.
Posted by: Divide by Zero at November 16, 2023 02:30 AM (enJYY)
I might send her a debased farthing.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (Mzdiz) at November 16, 2023 02:30 AM (Mzdiz)
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (Mzdiz) at November 16, 2023 02:30 AM (Mzdiz)
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (Mzdiz) at November 16, 2023 02:13 AM (Mzdiz)
Probably just a hot flash. There's medication for that now.
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at November 16, 2023 02:31 AM (YRK4R)
Might be getting a bit sweaty. Better include a dollop of Lume in with the unsigned check.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (Mzdiz) at November 16, 2023 02:34 AM (Mzdiz)
The Lume woman is now making a lume for me, calling it "Mando". I ain't joking, they ran a commercial for that a day ago.
She declares it's for "pits, package, and feet".
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (Mzdiz) at November 16, 2023 02:35 AM (Mzdiz)
Wouldn't trust sending one of my own actual checks, signed or not.
Posted by: JQ at November 16, 2023 02:37 AM (njWTi)
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at November 16, 2023 02:37 AM (YRK4R)
Posted by: Miklos2028! at November 16, 2023 02:54 AM (LzdTs)
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley
*makes noises with armpit*
Posted by: 10 year old Miklos at November 16, 2023 02:55 AM (LzdTs)
Posted by: Miklos2028! at November 16, 2023 02:54 AM (LzdTs)
Can we get straight to the maids a milking?
Posted by: Pete Bog at November 16, 2023 02:57 AM (AEMLr)
Posted by: Sen. Patty Murray at November 16, 2023 03:00 AM (LzdTs)
Posted by: Pete Bog
My Ukrainian Refugee Policy will have a Nubility Clause
Posted by: President Donald J. Miklos at November 16, 2023 03:02 AM (LzdTs)
Posted by: a man's gotta know his limitations at November 16, 2023 03:04 AM (LzdTs)
Posted by: a man's gotta know his limitations at November 16, 2023 03:04 AM (LzdTs)
4pm where? You are a man of the world. celebrate the day!
Posted by: Pete Bog at November 16, 2023 03:11 AM (AEMLr)
Posted by: SFGoth at November 16, 2023 03:43 AM (KAi1n)
Posted by: SFGoth at November 16, 2023 03:45 AM (KAi1n)
Posted by: Skip at November 16, 2023 03:56 AM (fwDg9)
Posted by: Miklosian Solidarity at November 16, 2023 03:58 AM (LzdTs)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 16, 2023 03:58 AM (omVj0)
Posted by: Ciampino - STP for your car? at November 16, 2023 04:04 AM (qfLjt)
Posted by: Skip at November 16, 2023 04:04 AM (fwDg9)
Nevermind that this particular snowflake never has any time at night, but says she gets up at 7 AM for a job that starts at 10AM. Here's a tip for you - if you want more time at night, get up at 9AM for your 10AM job. Then you could stay up til flippin' 2 AM. I mean, how long are you sleeping for FFS ?
Posted by: deadrody at November 16, 2023 06:31 AM (OeYsY)
Posted by: paulnjax at November 16, 2023 07:49 AM (j5/wM)
Her real name is Crackpiper Hansen.
Posted by: NEEBO at November 16, 2023 09:37 AM (5uZ3G)
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Torments in Dog-Hell
The Ace of Spades HQ Sex-for-Money Skankathon
A D&D Guide to the Democratic Candidates
Margaret Cho: Just Not Funny
More Margaret Cho Abuse
Margaret Cho: Still Not Funny
Iraqi Prisoner Claims He Was Raped... By Woman
Wonkette Announces "Morning Zoo" Format
John Kerry's "Plan" Causes Surrender of Moqtada al-Sadr's Militia
World Muslim Leaders Apologize for Nick Berg's Beheading
Michael Moore Goes on Lunchtime Manhattan Death-Spree
Milestone: Oliver Willis Posts 400th "Fake News Article" Referencing Britney Spears
Liberal Economists Rue a "New Decade of Greed"
Artificial Insouciance: Maureen Dowd's Word Processor Revolts Against Her Numbing Imbecility
Intelligence Officials Eye Blogs for Tips
They Done Found Us Out, Cletus: Intrepid Internet Detective Figures Out Our Master Plan
Shock: Josh Marshall Almost Mentions Sarin Discovery in Iraq
Leather-Clad Biker Freaks Terrorize Australian Town
When Clinton Was President, Torture Was Cool
What Wonkette Means When She Explains What Tina Brown Means
Wonkette's Stand-Up Act
Wankette HQ Gay-Rumors Du Jour
Here's What's Bugging Me: Goose and Slider
My Own Micah Wright Style Confession of Dishonesty
Outraged "Conservatives" React to the FMA
An On-Line Impression of Dennis Miller Having Sex with a Kodiak Bear
The Story the Rightwing Media Refuses to Report!
Our Lunch with David "Glengarry Glen Ross" Mamet
The House of Love: Paul Krugman
A Michael Moore Mystery (TM)
The Dowd-O-Matic!
Liberal Consistency and Other Myths
Kepler's Laws of Liberal Media Bias
John Kerry-- The Splunge! Candidate
"Divisive" Politics & "Attacks on Patriotism" (very long)
The Donkey ("The Raven" parody)