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Kangaroo Sunset

subwayrush.jpg
"Garrett's Mom"
by Vitaly Rubtsov

Baby panda tries stealth mode.

Pandas in the snow.

This is how they celebrate Christmas in Peru or somewhere dumb like that.

Mother bird protects her eggs from a farm vehicle. (Also, the human driver is nice enough to drive around her.)

The banana grabber.

Christmas kitten.

A duck chasing a dog.

Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace at 07:30 PM




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1
Delilah is coming home from the vet. It's not good. They suspect a tumor in her sinus. She goes back in for a biopsy tomorrow morning.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 11, 2023 07:33 PM (9mNHV)

2 How do you tell which is Garrett's mom in a blurry crowd?

Good evening everyone

Posted by: Skip at December 11, 2023 07:35 PM (fwDg9)

3 Oh man, hang in there Hadrian.

Posted by: Blacksheep at December 11, 2023 07:37 PM (6mvRv)

4 The train is Garrett's mom. Everybody rides the train.

Posted by: AI Art Critic at December 11, 2023 07:37 PM (vFG9F)

5 The bad news tonight?

No bats.

The good news? None of those mephitic penguins.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at December 11, 2023 07:38 PM (a3Q+t)

6 I am thinking the Reindeer circle is a religious ceremony

Posted by: Skip at December 11, 2023 07:38 PM (fwDg9)

7 @4 ok that's pretty funny ... poor Garrett

Posted by: Blacksheep at December 11, 2023 07:39 PM (6mvRv)

8 Evening.

Posted by: Robert at December 11, 2023 07:39 PM (Y4Bwb)

9 There is 1 more clear woman in that train platform

Posted by: Skip at December 11, 2023 07:39 PM (fwDg9)

10 Kill all pandas.

Posted by: Robert at December 11, 2023 07:39 PM (Y4Bwb)

11 Say what you like about garrett, you cannot deny he comments on a top shelf Smart Military Blog.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at December 11, 2023 07:40 PM (a3Q+t)

12 "Bird protecting eggs"

Let me guess. It's a Sage Grouse.

Posted by: FeatherBlade at December 11, 2023 07:40 PM (ou9hh)

13 Top picture looks like one of my ideas of hell. I am not made for cities.

Posted by: huerfano at December 11, 2023 07:41 PM (Q4KYm)

14 If you move the reindeer to the southern hemisphere, would they go the opposite direction?

Posted by: Diogenes at December 11, 2023 07:42 PM (W/lyH)

15 Re: Perfect Sunset

Once a jolly swagman camped by a billabong
Under the shade of a coolibah tree,
And he sang as he watched and waited 'til his billy boiled
"You'll come a-Waltzing Matilda, with me".

Posted by: Napoleon XIV at December 11, 2023 07:42 PM (AiZBA)

16 Delilah!

Posted by: Commissar of Plenty and Lysenkoism in solidarity with the struggle to maintain Moron standards at December 11, 2023 07:43 PM (3GKlG)

17 It probably helps that all the reindeer are in a circular paddock.

Posted by: FeatherBlade at December 11, 2023 07:43 PM (ou9hh)

18 I don't get it.

Posted by: G'rump928(c) at December 11, 2023 07:43 PM (Qn59F)

19 Delilah is coming home from the vet. It's not good. They suspect a tumor in her sinus. She goes back in for a biopsy tomorrow morning.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 11, 2023 07:33 PM (9mNHV)

Oh NO! sorry to hear that..

Posted by: runner at December 11, 2023 07:43 PM (V13WU)

20 Willowed. I gotta know.
--------------
227 I took drivers ed after already being a driver for three years, for the insurance discount.

We had MonteCarlos with 350s for the practical driving. The kind with a cable operated foot brake pedal on the passenger side for the teacher. I was behind the wheel stopped a light when I notice a dump truck rushing up behind us. The truck driver suddenly realized the light was red and hit the brakes but wasn't going to stop in time so I started to turn right to get out of his way but the teacher hit the brake and told me 'No turn on red'. I didn't have time to explain so I just floored the engine with him pushing with all his might on the brake. The Chevy drug itself around the corner with the engine screaming, truck tires screaming, and all of us in the car screaming.

Posted by: G'rump928(c) at December 11, 2023 07:40 PM (Qn59F)

I suppose the dump truck missed you? And the aftermath with the driving instructor?

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at December 11, 2023 07:44 PM (ynpvh)

21 A swirling mass of threatened reindeer stampeding in a circle making it impossible to target an individual. The weakest and fawns are in the middle..

Air fused artillery would work.

Posted by: G'rump928(c) at December 11, 2023 07:45 PM (Qn59F)

22 10 Kill all pandas.

Posted by: Robert at December 11, 2023 07:39 PM (Y4Bwb)

They'll do it all by themselves if you let them. Worse than Gen Z regarding sex, too.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at December 11, 2023 07:45 PM (ynpvh)

23 Hadrian, continued prayers. Are you bottle feeding the pups ?

Posted by: Ben Had at December 11, 2023 07:45 PM (Hi3zv)

24 Stupid fucking reindeer games.

Posted by: Rudolph at December 11, 2023 07:45 PM (u73oe)

25 I suppose the dump truck missed you? And the aftermath with the driving instructor?

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at December 11, 2023 07:44 PM (ynpvh)


He was without speech after the truck slid through the intersection.

I was ready to murder him and I think he knew it.

Still got an A.

Posted by: G'rump928(c) at December 11, 2023 07:46 PM (Qn59F)

26 South Pole reindeer probably circle clockwise.

Posted by: Eromero at December 11, 2023 07:46 PM (NxC5+)

27 Hadrian the Seventh,
I do hope the news on Delilah tomorrow is better.

Posted by: Diogenes at December 11, 2023 07:46 PM (W/lyH)

28 Hadrian thoughts and prayers for Delilah, Wife and You

Posted by: Skip at December 11, 2023 07:47 PM (fwDg9)

29 Still got an A.
Posted by: G'rump928(c) at December 11, 2023 07:46 PM (Qn59F)

So alls well that ends well. :B

Posted by: Robert at December 11, 2023 07:47 PM (Y4Bwb)

30 25 I suppose the dump truck missed you? And the aftermath with the driving instructor?

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at December 11, 2023 07:44 PM (ynpvh)

He was without speech after the truck slid through the intersection.

I was ready to murder him and I think he knew it.

Still got an A.

Posted by: G'rump928(c) at December 11, 2023 07:46 PM (Qn59F)

There are DEFINITELY some exceptions to the rules.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at December 11, 2023 07:48 PM (ynpvh)

31 "Worse than Gen Z regarding sex, too.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia)'

A funny thing that came out of all the COVID shutdowns, was a report that when people weren't staring at them all day long, pandas actually managed to interact with each other and breed without help.

This should probably be a lesson to someone somewhere, but I doubt it was.

Posted by: FeatherBlade at December 11, 2023 07:48 PM (ou9hh)

32 26 South Pole reindeer probably circle clockwise.

Posted by: Eromero at December 11, 2023 07:46 PM (NxC5+)

They do it down under.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at December 11, 2023 07:49 PM (ynpvh)

33 Hadrian thoughts and prayers for Delilah, Wife and You
Posted by: Skip at December 11, 2023 07:47 PM (fwDg9)

Seconded !

Posted by: JT at December 11, 2023 07:49 PM (T4tVD)

34 "I was ready to murder him and I think he knew it.

Posted by: G'rump928(c) "

And he would have deserved it.

I pity people who live in jurisdictions where "Right on red after stop" isn't a thing.

Posted by: FeatherBlade at December 11, 2023 07:49 PM (ou9hh)

35 Now when I was a young man I carried me pack, and I lived the free life of a rover
From the Murray's green basin to the dusty outback, well, I waltzed my Matilda all over
Then in 1915, my country said son, it's time you stopped rambling, there's work to be done
So they gave me a tin hat, and they gave me a gun, and they marched me away to the war

And the band played Waltzing Matilda, as the ship pulled away from the Quay
And amidst all the cheers, the flag-waving and tears, we sailed off for Gallipoli

Posted by: andycanuck (krqg6) at December 11, 2023 07:49 PM (krqg6)

36 31 "Worse than Gen Z regarding sex, too.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia)'

A funny thing that came out of all the COVID shutdowns, was a report that when people weren't staring at them all day long, pandas actually managed to interact with each other and breed without help.

This should probably be a lesson to someone somewhere, but I doubt it was.

Posted by: FeatherBlade at December 11, 2023 07:48 PM (ou9hh)

Yeah it can be a vulerable moment for many species.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at December 11, 2023 07:49 PM (ynpvh)

37 hiya

Posted by: JT at December 11, 2023 07:49 PM (T4tVD)

38 Had a miserable day and none was my fault, hope tomorrow is better.
Hope you all have a great evening

Posted by: Skip at December 11, 2023 07:49 PM (fwDg9)

39 'Garret's Mom'

Dang....

ROFL

Posted by: AlaBAMA at December 11, 2023 07:50 PM (PY/t0)

40 36 31 "Worse than Gen Z regarding sex, too.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia)'

A funny thing that came out of all the COVID shutdowns, was a report that when people weren't staring at them all day long, pandas actually managed to interact with each other and breed without help.

This should probably be a lesson to someone somewhere, but I doubt it was.

Posted by: FeatherBlade at December 11, 2023 07:48 PM (ou9hh)

Yeah it can be a vulerable moment for many species.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at December 11, 2023 07:49 PM (ynpvh)

Maybe one-way glass on enclosures?

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at December 11, 2023 07:50 PM (ynpvh)

41 "Maybe one-way glass on enclosures?
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) "

*shrug* That's China's problem.

Posted by: FeatherBlade at December 11, 2023 07:51 PM (ou9hh)

42 39 'Garret's Mom'

Dang....

ROFL

Posted by: AlaBAMA at December 11, 2023 07:50 PM (PY/t0)

Yeah, that was...something. And not even a yo-mama joke, either.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at December 11, 2023 07:51 PM (ynpvh)

43 Every politician in America should have been hung, drawn and quartered at least by two decades ago but, alas, here we are.

'Home Alone' fans shocked by almost 250% increase in grocery prices since iconic shopping trip
http://tinyurl.com/48sbhdwk
Items including a half gallon of milk, a half gallon of orange juice, a TV dinner, bread, frozen mac and cheese, laundry detergent, cling wrap, toilet paper, a pack of army men and dryer sheets cost the character, played by Macaulay Culkin, $19.83.
Last year, the same grocery list cost $44.40, and this year, it costs a whopping $72.28 in 2023.

'Home Alone' Fans SHOCKED at the 250% Inflation Since 1990!
youtube.com/watch?v=vXVv3cynWWo
Dec 10, 2023 Clownfish TV
In 'Home Alone', Kevin bought groceries in one famous scene. Now those same groceries cost a WHOLE LOT more, thanks to inflation. Let's talk about just how expensive Kevin's grocery store trip would be in 2023...

Posted by: BetaCuck4Lyfe at December 11, 2023 07:52 PM (9aVck)

44 Very sorry about your pup Hadrian. Hope the news is better tomorrow. Give her some extra scritches from us.

Posted by: Tuna at December 11, 2023 07:53 PM (oaGWv)

45 Had a miserable day and none was my fault, hope tomorrow is better.
Hope you all have a great evening
Posted by: Skip at December 11, 2023 07:49 PM (fwDg9)

If I've learned anything in life it's that even when you're not at fault you'll still get the blame.

Posted by: Robert at December 11, 2023 07:53 PM (Y4Bwb)

46 Posted by: BetaCuck4Lyfe at December 11, 2023 07:52 PM (9aVck)

Um, that's quite the inflation rate for ONE YEAR. 76.3%. That seems MUCH higher than Gov't numbers...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at December 11, 2023 07:54 PM (ynpvh)

47 "That seems MUCH higher than Gov't numbers...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia)"

It makes more sense when you rememeber that the government numbers are all lies.

Posted by: FeatherBlade at December 11, 2023 07:55 PM (ou9hh)

48 45 Had a miserable day and none was my fault, hope tomorrow is better.
Hope you all have a great evening
Posted by: Skip at December 11, 2023 07:49 PM (fwDg9)

If I've learned anything in life it's that even when you're not at fault you'll still get the blame.

Posted by: Robert at December 11, 2023 07:53 PM (Y4Bwb)

Tell me about it.

Posted by: Monica Lewinsky at December 11, 2023 07:55 PM (ynpvh)

49 Hadrian

If you need help with the vet bills, I'll contribute. Just tell me (probably others too) how to go about it.

Posted by: mnw at December 11, 2023 07:56 PM (NLIak)

50 Oh, sure. I finally leave a vitally important comment on the Quack Hits post, and find that I'm willered. Natch..

I suppose Ace will survive without it.

Posted by: mindful webworker - always one step behind at December 11, 2023 07:56 PM (zSKXS)

51 Delilah is coming home from the vet. It's not good. They suspect a tumor in her sinus. She goes back in for a biopsy tomorrow morning.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 11, 2023 07:33 PM (9mNHV)
*****
Oh, wow.
Sending prayers.

Posted by: redridinghood at December 11, 2023 07:57 PM (NpAcC)

52 Had a miserable day and none was my fault, hope tomorrow is better.
Hope you all have a great evening
Posted by: Skip at December 11, 2023 07:49 PM (fwDg9)

If I've learned anything in life it's that even when you're not at fault you'll still get the blame.
Posted by: Robert at December 11, 2023 07:53 PM (Y4Bwb)
***

I never get to blow the horn,
I don't get to ring the bell.
But if this train goes off the track,
Guess who catches hell!

Posted by: Diogenes at December 11, 2023 07:57 PM (W/lyH)

53 I don't get it.
Posted by: G'rump928(c) at December 11, 2023 07:43 PM (Qn59F)


a Billabong is a type of marsupial weasel

Posted by: Kindltot at December 11, 2023 07:58 PM (pvg5V)

54 50 Oh, sure. I finally leave a vitally important comment on the Quack Hits post, and find that I'm willered. Natch..

I suppose Ace will survive without it.

Posted by: mindful webworker - always one step behind at December 11, 2023 07:56 PM (zSKXS)

I commented. But my nic didn't.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at December 11, 2023 07:58 PM (ynpvh)

55 @43

>>Last year, the same grocery list cost $44.40, and this year, it costs a whopping $72.28 in 2023.


Four bags of groceries is around 100 bucks today, if you get cold cuts you're looking at around 130-150 bucks, if you get a couple of extras from your typical weekly shopping trip, 200 bucks is not out of the question.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at December 11, 2023 07:58 PM (XV/Pl)

56 In 'Home Alone', Kevin bought groceries in one famous scene. Now those same groceries cost a WHOLE LOT more, thanks to inflation. Let's talk about just how expensive Kevin's grocery store trip would be in 2023...
Posted by: BetaCuck4Lyfe

But the higher speed of computers and bigger screen TVs at lower cost offset the other increases.
- Shit Obama Said

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at December 11, 2023 07:59 PM (cOq4q)

57
"Bird protecting eggs"

Let me guess. It's a Sage Grouse.
Posted by: FeatherBlade


Reminded me of a Killdeer

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Killdeer

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at December 11, 2023 07:59 PM (63Dwl)

58 Last year, the same grocery list cost $44.40, and this year, it costs a whopping $72.28 in 2023.


--

All of that money you saved for retirement?

It's worth half of what it was worth last year. It's worth less than half it's value since Trump was removed.

On purpose.

Posted by: Nikki Haley - No R candidates will discuss voter fraud because Trump said pussy at December 11, 2023 07:59 PM (6Y/Rl)

59 >>>The banana grabber.

I'm thinking that elephant could continue playing that game for quite some time.

Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at December 11, 2023 07:59 PM (klJTj)

60 56 In 'Home Alone', Kevin bought groceries in one famous scene. Now those same groceries cost a WHOLE LOT more, thanks to inflation. Let's talk about just how expensive Kevin's grocery store trip would be in 2023...
Posted by: BetaCuck4Lyfe

But the higher speed of computers and bigger screen TVs at lower cost offset the other increases.
- Shit Obama Said

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at December 11, 2023 07:59 PM (cOq4q)

But they don't taste as good as those old CRTs; they had more zap to them.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at December 11, 2023 07:59 PM (ynpvh)

61 Famous Grouse > Sage Grouse

Posted by: Diogenes at December 11, 2023 08:01 PM (W/lyH)

62 "Um, that's quite the inflation rate for ONE YEAR. 76.3%."

Someone who is better at math should correct me on this. but I think how it works is if you have 6% inflation in one month, and then 6% on top of that the next month, and 6% on top of that the month after, and so on and so forth, that would make your total year-over-year inflation something along the lines of 6% times 12 months. Which is 72% all on it's own.

I feel like there should be some compounding effect somewhere in there, but I don't remember those equations.

Posted by: FeatherBlade at December 11, 2023 08:01 PM (ou9hh)

63 Survived Friday's medical imaging prior to surgery required early next year, but, swear to God if that thing they used was plaid it would have passed as a thermos.

Posted by: Commissar of Plenty and Lysenkoism in solidarity with the struggle to maintain Moron standards at December 11, 2023 08:02 PM (PhlOf)

64 10 Kill all pandas.
Posted by: Robert



Death will find a way. They aren't breeding so will kill themselves, slowly.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at December 11, 2023 08:03 PM (sAmhv)

65
Just wondering whether some Web scamp has taken those pictures of the svelte and stripped down Hamas heroes in Gaza and outfitted them in belly dancers' garb yet

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at December 11, 2023 08:04 PM (xG4kz)

66 SpaceX Update

Falcon Heavy launch scrubbed for ground support reasons.

Falcon 9 still on for 11:05PM

Posted by: Ciampino - Rocketship Rocketship at December 11, 2023 08:04 PM (qfLjt)

67 Tell me about it.
Posted by: Monica Lewinsky at December 11, 2023 07:55 PM (ynpvh)


I recently saw a notice that Monica Lewinsky was fifty

"It seems almost like yesterday that whe was crawling around the floor, putting things in her mouth"

Brutal. absolutely brutal

Posted by: Kindltot at December 11, 2023 08:04 PM (pvg5V)

68 I feel like there should be some compounding effect somewhere in there, but I don't remember those equations.
Posted by: FeatherBlade

(1 + i)^12 - 1 will get you where you need to be.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at December 11, 2023 08:05 PM (cOq4q)

69 But they don't taste as good as those old CRTs; they had more zap to them.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at December 11, 2023 07:59 PM


VT-100. Now get off of my lawn.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at December 11, 2023 08:05 PM (a3Q+t)

70 "The killdeer is a large plover, with adults ranging in length from 20 to 28 cm (7.9 to 11.0 in), having a wingspan between 59 and 63 cm (23 and 25 in)"

Huh. Could be. For some reason I though Killdeer were much smaller birbs.

Posted by: FeatherBlade at December 11, 2023 08:05 PM (ou9hh)

71 >>>Baby panda tries stealth mode.

Now if that had been a couple of cats, you know that the second cat would have sat on top of that thing and trapped the first one inside.

Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at December 11, 2023 08:05 PM (klJTj)

72 71 >>>Baby panda tries stealth mode.

Now if that had been a couple of cats, you know that the second cat would have sat on top of that thing and trapped the first one inside.
Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at December 11, 2023 08:05 PM (klJTj

Someone has owned a cat before.

Posted by: AlaBAMA at December 11, 2023 08:06 PM (PY/t0)

73 "(1 + i)^12 - 1 will get you where you need to be.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher"

Thanks!

Posted by: FeatherBlade at December 11, 2023 08:06 PM (ou9hh)

74 58

"Your savings are only worth half as much"? Well, maybe so... if you had them sitting in an empty mayonnaise jar on your back porch!

I wouldn't recommend that.

Posted by: mnw at December 11, 2023 08:06 PM (NLIak)

75 Survived Friday's medical imaging prior to surgery required early next year, but, swear to God if that thing they used was plaid it would have passed as a thermos.
Posted by: Commissar of Plenty and Lysenkoism in solidarity with the struggle to maintain Moron standards at December 11, 2023 08:02 PM


" ... but I sold your Thermos for $100!"

Posted by: Just the punchline at December 11, 2023 08:08 PM (a3Q+t)

76 Food prices have doubled and product size has been reduced by 1/3 minimum.

Posted by: Eromero at December 11, 2023 08:10 PM (NxC5+)

77 I'm old enough to remember when I couldn't carry a $100 worth of groceries.

I guess I am getting stronger in my old age.

Posted by: G'rump928(c) at December 11, 2023 08:11 PM (Qn59F)

78 Home Alone and Bidenomics have one other thing in common: there's a bit part played by Donald Trump.

But in the movie, the kid follows his directions.

Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at December 11, 2023 08:12 PM (FCs/J)

79 >>> Food prices have doubled and product size has been reduced by 1/3 minimum.
Posted by: Eromero

The 1 pound package has always been 13 ounces...
11 ounces!

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at December 11, 2023 08:12 PM (cOq4q)

80 Reindeer circle is a religious ceremony

Quantum tunneling to somewhere warm.

Posted by: DaveA at December 11, 2023 08:13 PM (FhXTo)

81 SpaceX Launch

Both launches scrubbed.

Posted by: Ciampino - Rocketship Rocketship! at December 11, 2023 08:13 PM (qfLjt)

82 The Dukes "Still a Full Quart" is now 30 oz.
And like $6 at Publix.

Got two on BOGO a couple weeks back.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at December 11, 2023 08:14 PM (cOq4q)

83
I've seen some creative tree-toppers but never a live rat:

http://tinyurl.com/3zr9uj22

Posted by: kallisto at December 11, 2023 08:14 PM (r3zru)

84 SpaceX Launch

Both launches scrubbed.
Posted by: Ciampino - Rocketship Rocketship!

Water main sprung a leak. Only rational explanation.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at December 11, 2023 08:15 PM (cOq4q)

85 If you watch old Andy Griffith Shows, you will sometimes see the prices in the grocery store windows.

It is to weep.

Posted by: G'rump928(c) at December 11, 2023 08:15 PM (Qn59F)

86 The S&P is up 20% year to date, not including dividends. On a total return basis? Appx 23% ytd, IIRC.

I submit anyone could construct a fairly safe portfolio which yields 9%, before taxes. "Fairly safe" over any period of years.

Posted by: mnw at December 11, 2023 08:16 PM (NLIak)

87 The dog with the dancers is so fun

Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabby stabamillion at December 11, 2023 08:17 PM (vHIgi)

88 uh oh..


"Reports: Taylor Swift Attended Comedy Show Benefitting Gaza Charity..Pop superstar Taylor Swift attended a recent standup show by comedian Ramy Youssef benefiting a prominent Gaza charity, according to multiple reports."


"charity"....

Posted by: runner at December 11, 2023 08:17 PM (V13WU)

89 I'm old enough to remember when I couldn't carry a $100 worth of groceries.

I guess I am getting stronger in my old age.
Posted by: G'rump928(c)
_____________

Plastic bags. Can hook the loops from six or seven of those on one hand. Paper bags sucked for carrying volume.

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at December 11, 2023 08:17 PM (Dm8we)

90
Some years back when we had two cats and a pet door for them to go outside at all hours, they would try to out do one another in the "I'm the Biggest Asshole Cat! No, I'm the Biggest Asshole Cat!"

It was a simple exercise: whichever cat was on the side of the pet door to which the other was trying to go would give the door flap a good smack with its paw as the flap began to move when the other cat started to go through it.

Both cats played both roles almost equally. I could never be sure the smackee knew what was the source of the strike as it was the door flap which actually made contact with its head.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at December 11, 2023 08:19 PM (xG4kz)

91
Taylor Swift : Chiefs
Yoko Ono : Beatles

Posted by: Duke Lowell at December 11, 2023 08:19 PM (u73oe)

92 what's this shite on the foxnews website- you have to register to read certain stories

Posted by: Don Black at December 11, 2023 08:20 PM (geLO8)

93 I used to bag groceries back when families bought 200 bucks worth of crap and it took two carts. Retards do my old job now.

Posted by: DOYLE at December 11, 2023 08:21 PM (Z8Yh2)

94 "The killdeer is a large plover, with adults ranging in length from 20 to 28 cm (7.9 to 11.0 in), having a wingspan between 59 and 63 cm (23 and 25 in)"
---
So what's the airspeed velocity of an unladen killdeer? And can they carry as much as a swallow?

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at December 11, 2023 08:22 PM (BpYfr)

95 >Taylor Swift : Chiefs
Yoko Ono : Beatles

Posted by: Duke Lowell
---


nah, the Chiefs are hurting themselves
they can't catch the football, but they make up for it by giving up a lot of sacks

Posted by: Don Black at December 11, 2023 08:23 PM (geLO8)

96 claim.....Harvard lost a billion in donations..either withheld of cancelled...

Posted by: runner at December 11, 2023 08:23 PM (V13WU)

97 Pandas are stupid.
I am glad the chdinks took them back.

They can have them.

Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt at December 11, 2023 08:23 PM (ufFY8)

98
"'Tis indeed a queer river," said Bromosel, as the water lapped at his thighs.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at December 11, 2023 08:23 PM (xG4kz)

99 Dow Jones and the S & P are up YTD but lower than 2 years ago.

Posted by: free tibet at December 11, 2023 08:23 PM (iNp3L)

100 *or cancelled

ONE BILLLLION DOLLARS

Posted by: runner at December 11, 2023 08:23 PM (V13WU)

101 14 If you move the reindeer to the southern hemisphere, would they go the opposite direction?
Posted by: Diogenes at December 11, 2023 07:42 PM (W/lyH)

Fair trade then. Move extensive herds of reindeer to Southern Hemisphere, move large penguin colonies north. Everyone will be happy, except for one curmudgeonly naysayer.

Posted by: Penguin Liberation Front at December 11, 2023 08:25 PM (83IzV)

102 I look forward to when "I went to Harvard" receives an eye roll. How do you like them apples?

Posted by: DOYLE at December 11, 2023 08:25 PM (Z8Yh2)

103 Red Wings up 1-0 against the Stars.

Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt at December 11, 2023 08:26 PM (ufFY8)

104 Taylor Swift : Chiefs
Yoko Ono : Beatles


Travis Kelce and John Lennon : PW'd

Posted by: Notorious BFD at December 11, 2023 08:26 PM (V8he0)

105 Fair trade then. Move extensive herds of reindeer to Southern Hemisphere, move large penguin colonies north. Everyone will be happy, except for one curmudgeonly naysayer.
Posted by: Penguin Liberation Front at December 11, 2023 08:25 PM (83IzV)

Opus WAS living in America... so not sure what yer bitchin about... we had our token Penguin.

Posted by: Romeo13 at December 11, 2023 08:27 PM (xaFKb)

106 I'm old enough to remember when I couldn't carry a $100 worth of groceries.

I guess I am getting stronger in my old age.
Posted by: G'rump928(c)


My truck used to hold $38 in gas. Now it hold $72!

Posted by: Diogenes at December 11, 2023 08:28 PM (W/lyH)

107 The S&P is up 20% year to date, not including dividends. On a total return basis? Appx 23% ytd, IIRC.

I submit anyone could construct a fairly safe portfolio which yields 9%, before taxes. "Fairly safe" over any period of years.

-

Sure, but what if you needed to keep up with at least 1/3rd of inflation?

Posted by: Nikki Haley - No R candidates will discuss voter fraud because Trump said pussy at December 11, 2023 08:29 PM (6Y/Rl)

108 Poor Taylor. Good looking, rich, can't keep a man. I'm going with prude.

Posted by: DOYLE at December 11, 2023 08:29 PM (Z8Yh2)

109
*or cancelled

ONE BILLLLION DOLLARS
Posted by: runner


Today Biden has announced that America will invest a "billion 300 million trillion 300 million" dollar infrastructure plan.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at December 11, 2023 08:30 PM (63Dwl)

110 If you watch old Andy Griffith Shows, you will sometimes see the prices in the grocery store windows.

It is to weep.
Posted by: G'rump928(c)

Yeah but now food's in color. Color costs more.

Posted by: SFGoth at December 11, 2023 08:30 PM (KAi1n)

111 Travis Kelce and John Lennon : PW'd

That's mean! Get over here and rub my bony feet, Trav Trav.

Posted by: Tay Tay at December 11, 2023 08:30 PM (V8he0)

112
Sorry to have had my First be such a downer. X-rays on Lila's head showed some kind of growth in her sinus. She also has a growth on the back of her skull.

The vet said it might be a tumor or it might be a fungal growth. Right now we don't know. Tomorrow morning she goes in for a biopsy to determine what it is. Even if it's not good, there are procedures that might give us a couple of years.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 11, 2023 08:31 PM (9mNHV)

113 Time was, I could take Thelma Lou to the movie show and dinner in Mount Pilot for less than ten bucks.

Posted by: Deputy Fife at December 11, 2023 08:31 PM (83IzV)

114 Poor Taylor. Good looking, rich, can't keep a man. I'm going with prude.

-

Some other astute moron pointed out that she has tons of songs about how men stink but no songs about making sandwiches or performing fellatio.

Posted by: Nikki Haley - No R candidates will discuss voter fraud because Trump said pussy at December 11, 2023 08:31 PM (6Y/Rl)

115
If you watch old Andy Griffith Shows, you will sometimes see the prices in the grocery store windows.

It is to weep.
Posted by: G'rump928(c)

Yeah but now food's in color. Color costs more.
Posted by: SFGoth


Yeah, you don't want to eat gray meat.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at December 11, 2023 08:32 PM (63Dwl)

116 Regretfully, because of clouds, the live feed is cancelled.

Posted by: Braenyard at December 11, 2023 08:33 PM (7I43c)

117 My truck used to hold $38 in gas. Now it hold $72!

Posted by: Diogenes at December 11, 2023 08:28 PM (W/lyH)

That's my inflation Barometer too.
Fuel affects everything.

Posted by: Reforger at December 11, 2023 08:33 PM (B705c)

118 Delilah is coming home from the vet. It's not good. They suspect a tumor in her sinus. She goes back in for a biopsy tomorrow morning.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 11, 2023 07:33 PM

Oh, no, Hadrian. So very sorry to hear that. Prayers up for Delilah, you, and your family - 2 and 4 footed.

Posted by: Russkilitlover at December 11, 2023 08:33 PM (iyVGU)

119 >>>My truck used to hold $38 in gas. Now it hold $72!

Posted by: Diogenes
---------------

Added value.

Posted by: Braenyard at December 11, 2023 08:34 PM (7I43c)

120 This just in.
Tomorrow is Stay at Home with Your Dog and Drink Whiskey Day.
OK. It's not official, but I'm totally in.

Posted by: Diogenes at December 11, 2023 08:34 PM (W/lyH)

121
Diogenes,

That is everyday for hubby and I since we are retired, lol.

Posted by: four seasons at December 11, 2023 08:37 PM (ichPI)

122 Mother bird protects her eggs from a farm vehicle.
---
Mama birds are fearless. If you walk up on a killdeer with little ones, she'll fake having a broken wing and flop around to draw you away.

Posted by: Meade Lux Lewis, Domestic Terrorist at December 11, 2023 08:37 PM (woPEM)

123 I'm confident Delilah will get the best care.

Posted by: San Franspycho at December 11, 2023 08:38 PM (RIvkX)

124 113 Time was, I could take Thelma Lou to the movie show and dinner in Mount Pilot for less than ten bucks.
Posted by: Deputy Fife at December 11, 2023 08:31 PM
Yeah, I could get a cheeseburger and fries and a cocola for less that $2 at Ed's DriveThru in West Columbia. The cheeseburger was as big as a frizbee and the fries would fill a baseball hat.

Posted by: Eromero at December 11, 2023 08:38 PM (NxC5+)

125
Back near the close of the time during which I owned a 1981 Toyota Celica hatchback with a manual transmission -- in my19th or 20th year of owning it, IOW -- our kids would ask me, "Krebs, what is your car worth?" "That depends entirely on how full its gas tank is," was my response.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at December 11, 2023 08:38 PM (xG4kz)

126 Time was, I could take Thelma Lou to the movie show and dinner in Mount Pilot for less than ten bucks.
Posted by: Deputy Fife
________________

Mount Pilot would be too risky. Might run into The Fun Girls.

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at December 11, 2023 08:39 PM (Dm8we)

127
Female Northern Mockingbirds have no fucks to give -- they will harass a human intruder by aggressively flying at its shoulders and head.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at December 11, 2023 08:41 PM (xG4kz)

128 That is everyday for hubby and I since we are retired, lol.

Posted by: four seasons at December 11, 2023 08:37 PM (ichPI)


Well, actually I totally made it up, but I'm thinking we can make it a thing.

Posted by: Diogenes at December 11, 2023 08:41 PM (W/lyH)

129
We made it a thing, lol.

Posted by: four seasons at December 11, 2023 08:42 PM (ichPI)

130 Israel - the Mullahs are bragging that they were behind the attacks. ...

It's clear that Hezbollah and Hamas have tens of thousands of men and women as sleeper cells that are quote "other than Mexican", that the Border Patrol lists every month; tens of thousands coming across Texas, Arizona, and California sectors.
It's an easy equation to predict that there's a wide probability that Hezbollah and Hamas at some point are going to attack Sports Stadiums, they're going to attack Colleges, they're going to attack Synagogues, they're going to shoot up mass gatherings if they are given the order by Iran.

https://is.gd/u6yOVj

Posted by: Braenyard at December 11, 2023 08:42 PM (7I43c)

131 Time was, I could take Thelma Lou to the movie show and dinner in Mount Pilot for less than ten bucks.
Posted by: Deputy Fife

--

That was before my time, but that sounds way too high for the time and the area. I would think a movie ticket would be $1 or so.

Posted by: Nikki Haley - No R candidates will discuss voter fraud because Trump said pussy at December 11, 2023 08:42 PM (6Y/Rl)

132 Well, actually I totally made it up, but I'm thinking we can make it a thing.
Posted by: Diogenes at December 11, 2023 08:41 PM (W/lyH)
------------
I do Stay At Home With Your Cats And Drink Whiskey. They have less interest in drinking my whiskey than dogs do.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea, Radioactive Knight at December 11, 2023 08:43 PM (ScR16)

133
If you walk up on a killdeer with little ones, she'll fake having a broken wing and flop around to draw you away.
Posted by: Meade Lux Lewis, Domestic Terrorist


I used to encounter them a lot while visiting electrical substations. I had no idea what they were doing until someone told me how they act. They built nests in the crushed rock driveway of the substation. The eggs would blend in to the rocks.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at December 11, 2023 08:43 PM (63Dwl)

134 Hadrian, prayed to the Lord & St Francis for Delilah's healing

Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabby stabamillion at December 11, 2023 08:43 PM (9YbFY)

135

Diogenes,

Last week a lurker had the hash, OkrAj. That should be yours, lol.

Posted by: four seasons at December 11, 2023 08:44 PM (ichPI)

136 That was before my time, but that sounds way too high for the time and the area. I would think a movie ticket would be $1 or so.
Posted by: Nikki Haley - No R candidates will discuss voter fraud because Trump said pussy at December 11, 2023 08:42 PM (6Y/Rl)
----------
I can still remember $0.50 for a double feature, and that was Burbank in the late '60s.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea, Radioactive Knight at December 11, 2023 08:44 PM (ScR16)

137 128 That is everyday for hubby and I since we are retired, lol.

Posted by: four seasons at December 11, 2023 08:37 PM (ichPI)


Well, actually I totally made it up, but I'm thinking we can make it a thing.
Posted by: Diogenes at December 11, 2023 08:41 PM
I'd like to drink whiskey all day tomorrow but I have this sorta dignified meeting tomorrow night. Don't want to hear 'Damn, what you been up to all day?'

Posted by: Eromero at December 11, 2023 08:45 PM (NxC5+)

138 I'm guessing two adults and cokes and popcorn is $50 or so now.

Posted by: Nikki Haley - No R candidates will discuss voter fraud because Trump said pussy at December 11, 2023 08:46 PM (6Y/Rl)

139 Time was, I could take Thelma Lou to the movie show and dinner in Mount Pilot for less than ten bucks.
Posted by: Deputy Fife

--

That was before my time, but that sounds way too high for the time and the area. I would think a movie ticket would be $1 or so.
Posted by: Nikki Haley - No R candidates will discuss voter fraud because Trump said pussy at December 11, 2023 08:42 PM (6Y/Rl)

In that total, Deputy Fife included the dry cleaning bill for Thelma Lou's outfit. He was an excitable boy.

Posted by: Count de Monet at December 11, 2023 08:46 PM (4I/2K)

140
For Travis Kelce to be PW'd he'd have to have access to P.

It's an op, designed to make him famous and herself seem normal, which she is definitely not.

Posted by: Auspex at December 11, 2023 08:47 PM (j4U/Z)

141 In that total, Deputy Fife included the dry cleaning bill for Thelma Lou's outfit. He was an excitable boy.
Posted by: Count de Monet

-

Ha. Yeah, Barney did well for himself.

Posted by: Nikki Haley - No R candidates will discuss voter fraud because Trump said pussy at December 11, 2023 08:48 PM (6Y/Rl)

142
Eromero,

Hubby, youngest son, dogs and I are headed to Columbia next Monday. We are driving from Wyoming. So looking forward to Piggy Park.

Posted by: four seasons at December 11, 2023 08:49 PM (ichPI)

143 "I owned a 1981 Toyota Celica hatchback with a manual transmission."

Those were fun cars. Too fun.
I destroyed an 83 in 89 being F'ing stupid.
I'd kill to have it back. I fed that thing dimes and quarters to get around.
I'd really kill for a Datson 710.

Posted by: Reforger at December 11, 2023 08:49 PM (B705c)

144 My truck used to hold $38 in gas. Now it hold $72!

Posted by: Diogenes at December 11, 2023 08:28 PM (W/lyH)

That's my inflation Barometer too.
Fuel affects everything.
Posted by: Reforger at December 11, 2023 08:33 PM (B705c)

I used to be able to hand carry only $38 in groceries. But now I can hand carry $72! Step aside Jack LaLanne!

Posted by: Count de Monet at December 11, 2023 08:50 PM (4I/2K)

145
On "X" now:

So I am at Walmart scanning and bagging my almost $300 worth of groceries while the employee that wants $15 an hour "monitors" and then this happened.
Her - why are you double bagging all of your groceries?
Me - excuse me?
Her - you are wasting our bags!
Me - if you don't like the way I'm bagging the groceries, feel free to come on over here and bag them yourself.
Her - that's not my job!
Me - okay, then I will bag my groceries how I please if that's all right with you.
Her - why are you using two bags?!
Me - because the bags are weak and I don't want the handles to break or the bottoms to rip out.
Her - well, that's because you are putting too much stuff in the bag. If you took half of that stuff out and put it in a different bag, then you wouldn't need to double bag.

TBC

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at December 11, 2023 08:51 PM (xG4kz)

146 Fair trade then. Move extensive herds of reindeer to Southern Hemisphere, move large penguin colonies north. Everyone will be happy, except for one curmudgeonly naysayer.
Posted by: Penguin Liberation Front at December 11, 2023 08:25 PM


Keep it up, and you might find an extra rancid fish in your dinner bowl, son!

Posted by: Big Penguin at December 11, 2023 08:52 PM (a3Q+t)

147 Reindeer video looks like the Hajj.

Is that wrong? Folks might have a problem with this assessment.

Posted by: Gurgi is hangry at December 11, 2023 08:52 PM (T/Lqj)

148 I'll shed my fake nic later.

Posted by: Gurgi is hangry at December 11, 2023 08:53 PM (T/Lqj)

149
*10 seconds of me just staring at her.
Me - so you want me to split these items in half and put half of them in a different bag so that I don't have to double bag.
Her - exactly.
Me - so I would still be using two bags to hold the same number of items.
Her - no, because you wouldn't be double bagging.
*me pressing two fingers to my left eye in an attempt to make it stop twitching.
Me - okay, so here I have a jug of milk and a bottle of juice double bagged. If I take the milk out and remove the double bagging and just put the milk in the single bag and the juice in that single bag, I'm still using two bags for these two items.
Her- no, because you are not double bagging them, so it's not the same number of bags.

TBC

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at December 11, 2023 08:53 PM (xG4kz)

150 O/T: RMBS, I don’t know if you saw my comments to you and RMBS Mom a few days ago. (Not checking all posts or commenting much anymore). I attended our mutual friend Dcn. F’s .’s funeral last Friday, and remembered you both to him at the Orthodox last goodbye.
Posted by: LadyS at December 11, 2023 07:31

LadyS, if you're still lurking about, thank you. We got the word Wednesday. Our priest did a trisagion for him yesterday as well. Memory eternal.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at December 11, 2023 08:53 PM (aQy7p)

151
*me looking around at about 10 other customers who at this point are enjoying the show.
Me- is this like that Common Core math stuff I keep hearing about?
Her- never mind, you just don't get it.
And with that, she went back to her little Podium so she could continue texting or playing games on her phone or whatever it was she was doing before she decided to come over and critique my bagging skills.

Fini

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at December 11, 2023 08:54 PM (xG4kz)

152 Her - well, that's because you are putting too much stuff in the bag. If you took half of that stuff out and put it in a different bag, then you wouldn't need to double bag.
TBC
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at December 11, 2023 08:51 PM


Despite what many commentators think, AoSHQ isn't the only place that math's not allowed.

Posted by: The Moose Out Front at December 11, 2023 08:54 PM (a3Q+t)

153 Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at December 11, 2023 08:51 PM (xG4kz)

should have asked her what was heavier, a pound of nails, or a pound of feathers ...

Posted by: runner at December 11, 2023 08:57 PM (V13WU)

154 Hubby, youngest son, dogs and I are headed to Columbia next Monday. We are driving from Wyoming. So looking forward to Piggy Park.

Posted by: four seasons
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Columbia, SC? Holler if you're passing through Greenville. I'm a Carolina girl who lived ~8 years in Wyoming, now back in SC.

Posted by: screaming in digital at December 11, 2023 08:58 PM (aBJcM)

155 Diogenes,

Last week a lurker had the hash, OkrAj. That should be yours, lol.
Posted by: four seasons at December 11, 2023 08:44 PM (ichPI)


Ughhh!
I'd buy a new router!

Posted by: Diogenes at December 11, 2023 09:00 PM (W/lyH)

156 Hadrian the Seventh at December 11, 2023 07:33 PM

Saying a little prayer for Delilah.

Posted by: KT at December 11, 2023 09:04 PM (rrtZS)

157 Delilah is coming home from the vet. It's not good. They suspect a tumor in her sinus. She goes back in for a biopsy tomorrow morning.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 11, 2023 07:33 PM (9mNHV)
*****

Condolences, Hadrian. Hopefully it is operable.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 11, 2023 09:05 PM (VJKFO)

158
Hiya screaming,

Hubby grew up in Columbia. We are not sure the route, the weather will determine that. We are praying there won't be snow anywhere.

Youngest son is 40 and he says he is good to drive 10 hours at a stretch. The drive is about 25 hours.

Posted by: four seasons at December 11, 2023 09:05 PM (ichPI)

159 *me looking around at about 10 other customers who at this point are enjoying the show.
Me- is this like that Common Core math stuff I keep hearing about?
Her- never mind, you just don't get it.
And with that, she went back to her little Podium so she could continue texting or playing games on her phone or whatever it was she was doing before she decided to come over and critique my bagging skills.
Fini
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at December 11, 2023 08:54 PM (xG4kz)

You handled that very well. We are so doomed!

Posted by: Count de Monet at December 11, 2023 09:08 PM (4I/2K)

160 Count de Monet - a great response would've been to place each individual item in its own bag. Pack of gum? 1 bag. Box of cotton balls? 1 bag.

Posted by: PabloD at December 11, 2023 09:14 PM (kUbBb)

161 Her- never mind, you just don't get it.
And with that, she went back to her little Podium so she could continue texting or playing games on her phone or whatever it was she was doing before she decided to come over and critique my bagging skills.
Fini
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at December 11, 2023 08:54 PM (xG4kz)


I wold have asked her when the Christmas party was for the self bagging employees.

Posted by: Diogenes at December 11, 2023 09:14 PM (W/lyH)

162 Close to 500 miles we're gonna do tomorrow daylight Pittsburgh down to below Charlotte and into SC. Supposed to be sunny.

Waze says WV is full of construction slowdowns on I-79.

Yuk.

Posted by: Mr Gaga at December 11, 2023 09:16 PM (j/KaK)

163 Hiya screaming,

Hubby grew up in Columbia. We are not sure the route, the weather will determine that. We are praying there won't be snow anywhere.

Youngest son is 40 and he says he is good to drive 10 hours at a stretch. The drive is about 25 hours.

Posted by: four seasons
---
I usually enjoyed (most of) the drive from SE Wyo to upstate SC... if the roads and weather are good!

I'll pop my email in my nic just in case you have time to meet up on this journey. Safe travels!

Posted by: screaming in digital at December 11, 2023 09:16 PM (aBJcM)

164 161 Her- never mind, you just don't get it.
And with that, she went back to her little Podium so she could continue texting or playing games on her phone or whatever it was she was doing before she decided to come over and critique my bagging skills.
Fini
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at December 11, 2023 08:54 PM (xG4kz)


I wold have asked her when the Christmas party was for the self bagging employees.
Posted by: Diogenes at December 11, 2023 09:14 PM
I will stand in line to get a real person at the cash register.

Posted by: Eromero at December 11, 2023 09:17 PM (NxC5+)

165 Prayers for Delila.


Kindltot! I was channeling you yesterday when I made a beautiful BLT. But, I was out of mayo. So, I MADE MY OWN! And it was yummy!

Posted by: nurse ratched at December 11, 2023 09:18 PM (jEhUm)

166 Once again, it is confirmed. Pandas...too stupid to live.

Posted by: Orson at December 11, 2023 09:19 PM (dIske)

167 Posted by: Krebs v Carnot

I love stories like this. Rebuilds my faith in young people.

We are truly effed.

Posted by: nurse ratched at December 11, 2023 09:20 PM (jEhUm)

168
The Walmart double bagging story did not happen to me -- I was merely relating a story that I had seen on X / Twitter.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at December 11, 2023 09:20 PM (xG4kz)

169 Is this something?

"This test demonstrates that the US ballistic missile defense system is operational, reliable, and ready to protect the country," said Wes Kremer, president of Raytheon.

Kremer continued, "Raytheon kill vehicles have now successfully completed nearly 50 space intercepts, which underscores our expertise and ability to design and develop these systems to defeat the evolving threat."

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at December 11, 2023 09:21 PM (NYzgN)

170 Krebs - double bagging math - hilarious!

Decades ago, I was visiting my older brother. He asked if I'd like a bologna & cheese sandwich. Sure. Do you want one or two? Two sounds good. Then he walks away, telling me I could make my own. Ok. So I made one sandwich, with double bologna and double cheese. He blew up in outrage.

As the talking Barbie doll said, Math is harrrd!

Posted by: mindful webworker - adds up at December 11, 2023 09:22 PM (Lq57D)

171 107 Nikki H

I was just pointing out that most people, unless they live hand-to-mouth, do not measure the impact of inflation on their life savings by looking mostly (or only) at the cost of 1) groceries & 2) gas.

Bidenomics/inflation doesn't affect everyone equally. However, the young & poor have gotten walloped the WORST of all, and that shows in the polls.

I'm no economist or politician, but it amazes me that the Biden regime didn't see the iceberg dead ahead, unless they changed course rapidly back around early '22.

Posted by: mnw at December 11, 2023 09:23 PM (NLIak)

172
Thanks screaming. It is good to have contacts for the trip.

Not knowing what kind of weather we will encounter, we have sleeping bags, water and food.

Posted by: four seasons at December 11, 2023 09:25 PM (ichPI)

173 I spent 2.5 years at Walmart after the JEF staycation took effect. Most of that time was in the back room, unloading trucks, moving shit around. A few months as a cashier when I was transferred to a store closer to my home.

Guess which role got me in the most trouble?

Also, guess how I was returned to unloading trucks?

Answer: people suck.

Posted by: Gurgi is hangry at December 11, 2023 09:26 PM (T/Lqj)

174 Is this something?

"This test demonstrates that the US ballistic missile defense system is operational, reliable, and ready to protect the country," said Wes Kremer, president of Raytheon.

Kremer continued, "Raytheon kill vehicles have now successfully completed nearly 50 space intercepts, which underscores our expertise and ability to design and develop these systems to defeat the evolving threat."
Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at December 11, 2023 09:21 PM (NYzgN)
***

Inevitable. And dangerous.
Under the concept of mutually assured destruction, an anti-missile system that works is incredibly destabilizing. The reason is it gives the owner a genuine first strike capability. So the pressure mounts in the side without a system to strike while they still can.

Posted by: Diogenes at December 11, 2023 09:27 PM (W/lyH)

175 Strike One.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Aspiring Codger at December 11, 2023 09:27 PM (T/Lqj)

176 Given all the other destructive policies Biden & the DEMs have pursued, I bet they aren't far away from trying to sell us on unilateral disarmament.

Posted by: mnw at December 11, 2023 09:30 PM (NLIak)

177 Her- never mind, you just don't get it.

--

LEAVE MAXINE WATERS ALONE!!!

Posted by: Nikki Haley - No R candidates will discuss voter fraud because Trump said pussy at December 11, 2023 09:32 PM (6Y/Rl)

178 I was just pointing out that most people, unless they live hand-to-mouth, do not measure the impact of inflation on their life savings by looking mostly (or only) at the cost of 1) groceries & 2) gas.
...

I'm no economist or politician, but it amazes me that the Biden regime didn't see the iceberg dead ahead, unless they changed course rapidly back around early '22.

---

I don't doubt the premise of the former at all, but once those folks retire the energy and food (and everything based on food and energy) costs don't care. That $500K is worth $200K, and nothing can be done to keep up. Especially once you're near the point where you're supposed to be tucking everything away in non-risky investments to try and make your... uh oh, that $500K is worth $180K now... money last 30 years.

As for the latter, I would suggest that was the plan.

Fundamental transformation.

Posted by: Nikki Haley - No R candidates will discuss voter fraud because Trump said pussy at December 11, 2023 09:37 PM (6Y/Rl)

179 "Christmas will be less festive this year after the churches of the Holy Land demanded a more solemn period of reflection in recognition of the suffering felt by the people of..."

Yeah, you know.

Posted by: mindful webworker - siiigh at December 11, 2023 09:38 PM (Lq57D)

180
I had a younger person at a local exhibition hall's security force tell me in no uncertain terms that their invoice had been one hour short because of the latest DST to ST time change. I said it most certainly did not, as her very own firm's invoice had the extra hour assigned -- properly -- to Sunday'e tally of hours worked. She insisted, repeatedly, however, that the extra hour belonged in Saturday's tally. I finally said, "You are in error; we have already paid for it, and I'll not be sending to you a check for $65." Her squawking stopped.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at December 11, 2023 09:39 PM (xG4kz)

181 Delilah is coming home from the vet. It's not good. They suspect a tumor in her sinus. She goes back in for a biopsy tomorrow morning.
Posted by: Hadrian

Prayers for a good outcome for Delilah and comfort to her owners.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at December 11, 2023 09:40 PM (5C0fm)

182 Ed Driscoll: ELDERLY SOCIALIST TACITLY ADMITS THAT HER WORLDVIEW IS TO THE LEFT OF STALIN: Taylor Lorenz Says NYT Only Allows Right-Wing Opinions At Newspaper.

https://instapundit.com/621608/

Posted by: Robert at December 11, 2023 09:41 PM (heBWf)

183 Give Delilah a big bunch of ear rubbings from the Horde, Hadrian.

Posted by: Nikki Haley - No R candidates will discuss voter fraud because Trump said pussy at December 11, 2023 09:42 PM (6Y/Rl)

184 There must be a difference between Being Old and Acting Old on The Internetz. Because I remember the "Mayberry" days very well, and I recall how we-all-'uns passed the time, whittling and spitting on Main Street: we bitched about how expensive everything was. Constantly, and it was a crisis point. We were dying of it. Some of you are just going through the motions.

Squealing about good old days, that weren't particularly, is how the formerly important, used to be powerful, too big for britches have always frittered away their little remaining time. So you see, some things have not changed all that much.

If it makes you feel better, everybody in Mayberry was a democrat, guaranteed, and Andy was right to the bitter end, campaigning for ObamaCare. "But it was different then." No.

Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at December 11, 2023 09:43 PM (FCs/J)

185 26 South Pole reindeer probably circle clockwise.

Posted by: Eromero at December 11, 2023 07:46 PM (NxC5+)
----
Yes but they are called Penguins there.
Forever all dressed up for a gala night but Mr Claus never arrives.

Posted by: Ciampino - Rocketship Rocketship, it's a washout at December 11, 2023 09:44 PM (qfLjt)

186 But they don't taste as good as those old CRTs; they had more zap to them.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at December 11, 2023 07:59 PM

VT-100. Now get off of my lawn.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at December 11, 2023 08:05 PM (a3Q+t)

21FJP22. Now get off MY lawn.

Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy now with twice the crazy at December 11, 2023 09:44 PM (iODuv)

187 @171

>>I was just pointing out that most people, unless they live hand-to-mouth, do not measure the impact of inflation on their life savings by looking mostly (or only) at the cost of 1) groceries & 2) gas.


I'm pretty well off, I do not enjoy paying 200 bucks for a couple of bags of groceries and 70 bucks each to fill up my vehicles.

I don't have a mortgage so buying groceries and anything else is how I gauge what inflation.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at December 11, 2023 09:45 PM (XV/Pl)

188 62 "Um, that's quite the inflation rate for ONE YEAR. 76.3%."

Someone who is better at math should correct me on this. but I think how it works is if you have 6% inflation in one month, and then 6% on top of that the next month, and 6% on top of that the month after, and so on and so forth, that would make your total year-over-year inflation something along the lines of 6% times 12 months. Which is 72% all on it's own.

I feel like there should be some compounding effect somewhere in there, but I don't remember those equations.

Posted by: FeatherBlade at December 11, 2023 08:01 PM (ou9hh)

Math. Okay!
First, I believe the number is 6%/yr for that particular month, so that would be: 6%
If inflation was increasing at 6%/month, that would be the equivalent of (1.06)^12 = 2.012 -> 101.2% annually.
This number is more like 4.8%/month...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at December 11, 2023 09:46 PM (ynpvh)

189
If it makes you feel better, everybody in Mayberry was a democrat, guaranteed, and Andy was right to the bitter end, campaigning for ObamaCare.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at December 11, 2023 09:46 PM (xG4kz)

190
VT-100. Now get off of my lawn.
Posted by: Duncanthrax

I still slam my keyboard keys due to years on the VT-100 keyboards.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at December 11, 2023 09:48 PM (5C0fm)

191 Yes but they are called Penguins there.
Forever all dressed up for a gala night but Mr Claus never arrives.
Posted by: Ciampino - Rocketship Rocketship, it's a washout at December 11, 2023 09:44 PM


Mr. Claus, like all beings with any olfactory sense, cannot abide the stench.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at December 11, 2023 09:50 PM (a3Q+t)

192 @190

>>I still slam my keyboard keys due to years on the VT-100 keyboards.

The IBM Model M Keyboard is still the best feeling and most satisfying keyboard.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at December 11, 2023 09:51 PM (XV/Pl)

193 191 Yes but they are called Penguins there.
Forever all dressed up for a gala night but Mr Claus never arrives.
Posted by: Ciampino - Rocketship Rocketship, it's a washout at December 11, 2023 09:44 PM

Mr. Claus, like all beings with any olfactory sense, cannot abide the stench.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at December 11, 2023 09:50 PM (a3Q+t)

And from an ONT last week?, turns out folks that have eaten penguin compared the taste to "beef, codfish, and duck roasted in a pot with blood and cod liver oil used for the sauce."
You are what you eat...Fishy, duck.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at December 11, 2023 09:52 PM (ynpvh)

194 The IBM Model M Keyboard is still the best feeling and most satisfying keyboard.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at December 11, 2023 09:51 PM


I would concur. There have been some recent attempts to replicate/recreate the feeling of the keyswitches, with reasonable success. Relatively few people are willing to pay for same, though.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at December 11, 2023 09:53 PM (a3Q+t)

195 21FJP22. Now get off MY lawn.
Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy now with twice the crazy at December 11, 2023 09:44 PM


No 21AXP22?

Posted by: Duncanthrax at December 11, 2023 09:57 PM (a3Q+t)

196 Who or what is Garrett?

Posted by: setnaffa at December 11, 2023 09:57 PM (jeNdr)

197 ONT is up.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at December 11, 2023 09:57 PM (a3Q+t)

198 Who or what is Garrett?
Posted by: setnaffa at December 11, 2023 09:57 PM


He's our resident Crocs expert, for one thing.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at December 11, 2023 10:09 PM (a3Q+t)

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