Open Thread: A Colorized Restored Variety Show from the Early 1940s

This is weird.

A powerful earthquake hit Japan.

An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 7.6 rocked a wide area on the Sea of Japan coast Monday, triggering a major tsunami alert and fire in the central prefecture of Ishikawa, with at least two people feared dead and crimping the festive mood of New Year celebrations nationwide.
The tsunami warning was issued for the Noto Peninsula in the prefecture before being downgraded hours later. It was the first time such a major warning had been issued since the 2011 magnitude-9.0 earthquake and tsunami that devastated northeastern Japan areas and triggered the Fukushima nuclear crisis.
The quake, which also shook buildings in central Tokyo, occurred around 4:10 p.m., registering a maximum 7 on the Japanese seismic intensity scale on the peninsula, the Japan Meteorological Agency said. A tsunami measuring 1.2 meters or higher reached Wajima Port in the region.

Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace at 01:40 PM

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1 Just call me Rookie!

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at January 01, 2024 01:41 PM (iN/nt)

2 Okay, maybe not.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at January 01, 2024 01:42 PM (iN/nt)

3 I'll go fetch them.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at January 01, 2024 01:42 PM (iN/nt)

4 Fetched

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at January 01, 2024 01:42 PM (iN/nt)

5 The girl talking to the horse is very pretty.

Posted by: Archimedes at January 01, 2024 01:42 PM (CsUN+)

6 Inside the park!

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at January 01, 2024 01:42 PM (iN/nt)

7 I was not fetched. I came here in my own Accord.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at January 01, 2024 01:43 PM (ch/kO)

8 Happy New Year ya'll. Best wishes for a great 2024!

Posted by: Farmer at January 01, 2024 01:43 PM (55Qr6)

9 Shouldn't there be a geology channel? An earthquake ain't weather.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at January 01, 2024 01:45 PM (0EOe9)

10 Happy New Year All

Posted by: Ciampino -- use Knife battery KOH Ni Fe FTW at January 01, 2024 01:46 PM (qfLjt)

11 No tattoos, piercings, muffin top or cellulite.
How wonderfully normal she looks!

Posted by: Lizzy at January 01, 2024 01:46 PM (izj35)

12 Nice gal with the horse

Posted by: Zeera the ungoverened at January 01, 2024 01:46 PM (g9oc8)

13 Yeah that variety show is a wee bit odd.

CNN had to interject a worry about Japan's nuclear plants while covering the earthquake. Not quite the Second Kanto of the BGC universe.

Posted by: Anna Puma at January 01, 2024 01:46 PM (nZOZh)

14 Godzilla Awakes!

With a purposeful grimace and a terrible sound
He pulls the spitting high tension wires down
Helpless people on a subway train
Scream bug-eyed as he looks in on them
He picks up a bus and he throws it back down
As he wades through the buildings toward the center of town
Oh no, they say, he's got to go
Go go Godzilla, yeah
Oh no, there goes Tokyo
Go go Godzilla, yeah!

Posted by: Zombie Raymond Burr, Old Queen at January 01, 2024 01:47 PM (R/m4+)

15 Who are the other unknowns who will be exposed?

Good to see you!
I saw that 500 people in Israel are applying for gun licenses a day.
Does it cost something to apply for the license?
if not why not apply daily?

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at January 01, 2024 01:47 PM (iN/nt)

16 Brandon watch 2024. Who will be left holding the bag?

Posted by: Hokey Pokey at January 01, 2024 01:47 PM (as3uC)

17 I fell into a burning ring of fire.

Colorized for her pleasure.

http://tinyurl.com/5dydcb22

Posted by: JackStraw at January 01, 2024 01:47 PM (ZLI7S)

18 9 Shouldn't there be a geology channel? An earthquake ain't weather.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at January 01, 2024 01:45 PM (0EOe9)
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Get with the program, Global Warming causes earthquakes and volcanic eruptions. Swearsie. Got it from CNN.

Posted by: Ciampino - Tectonic plates go with the flow at January 01, 2024 01:48 PM (qfLjt)

19 There is no shame in admitting you're testing nuclear weapons. Japan just needs to come clean and admit that they're gearing up for what's coming in 2024.

Posted by: Dr. Bone at January 01, 2024 01:49 PM (J3ryZ)

20 Pantomime horse > pantomime politician

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Abandon All Hope Ye Who Enter 2024 at January 01, 2024 01:50 PM (FVME7)

21 Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey

#15 was really a question for you.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at January 01, 2024 01:50 PM (iN/nt)

22 Film restoration and improvement is crazy stuff. If you have any interest, videohelp.com is an amazing place full of all kinds of resources, but beware before posting. That forum is fairly old-school internet and makes the HQ look warm and friendly in comparison.

Posted by: Nikki Haley thought FSU was good enough for the playoffs at January 01, 2024 01:51 PM (33ek6)

23 Gojira!

Posted by: RS at January 01, 2024 01:51 PM (E7m29)

24 Nice gams on that broad.

Posted by: Cave Johnson at January 01, 2024 01:51 PM (FiyZW)

25 Don't miss the hot dancing girls at the beginning
they have actual curves like real women

Posted by: Don Black at January 01, 2024 01:51 PM (geLO8)

26 There is no shame in admitting you're testing nuclear weapons. Japan just needs to come clean and admit that they're gearing up for what's coming in 2024.

They should set off a nuke underground somewhere, then send a missile over Pyongyang. When it lands with the aid of a parachute, it should have "BANG" written on the side.

Posted by: Archimedes at January 01, 2024 01:51 PM (CsUN+)

27 LOL: http://tinyurl.com/ynnmhbjp

Something so pathetic about successful, coastal, comfy "punk" rockers in middle age still pretending to revolt against "the man" by slurring middle America.

You are as edgy and rebellious as . . . Stephen Colbert.

Posted by: Lizzy at January 01, 2024 01:51 PM (izj35)

28
'garret' sends New Years Greetings to all:

https://t.ly/1Ne8b

Posted by: Divide by Zero at January 01, 2024 01:51 PM (3qE2b)

29 How simple minded CNN is:

Every Japanese earthquake is another Fukushima while every hurricane is Katrina.

Posted by: Anna Puma at January 01, 2024 01:51 PM (nZOZh)

30 Imagine watching that TV show in black and white with monaural sound on about a twelve inch screen.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at January 01, 2024 01:52 PM (NBVIP)

31 >>There is no shame in admitting you're testing nuclear weapons. Japan just needs to come clean and admit that they're gearing up for what's coming in 2024.

IT'S FUNNY BECAUSE THEY'RE REALLY SUMMONING GODZILLA.

Posted by: BEN ROETHLISBERGER at January 01, 2024 01:52 PM (izj35)

32 This is weird.

Well, there was an upright bass but I'm still not sure Buck would approve.

Posted by: Oddbob at January 01, 2024 01:53 PM (sNc8Y)

33 The girl talking to the horse is very pretty.

Posted by: Archimedes

Such clips always set me to wondering about what kind of life she had. She's probably dead now.

Posted by: Archimedes at January 01, 2024 01:54 PM (CsUN+)

34 Variety show girl is hawt!

Posted by: Montec at January 01, 2024 01:54 PM (BI8w/)

35 Better Gojira than summoning Stacey Abrams to a sushi bar.

Posted by: Anna Puma at January 01, 2024 01:55 PM (nZOZh)

36 >Well, there was an upright bass

seems it was only a prop in that number
but the xylophone girls absolutely shredded it

Posted by: Don Black at January 01, 2024 01:55 PM (geLO8)

37 Scientists make vibrating pill to trick stomaches into feeling full

http://tinyurl.com/yb7485t2

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I dunno. My stomach is pretty smart.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Abandon All Hope Ye Who Enter 2024 at January 01, 2024 01:56 PM (FVME7)

38
I saw that 500 people in Israel are applying for gun licenses a day.
Does it cost something to apply for the license?
if not why not apply daily?

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at January 01, 2024 01:47 PM

My local gun shop has a sign on the door:

"Gun License Application Fee"
$8.00 pass
$50.00 fail

I LOL'd to the owner and he said, "I keeps the riff-raft down."

Posted by: Divide by Zero at January 01, 2024 01:56 PM (3qE2b)

39 Pork and saurkraut cooking here

Posted by: Skip at January 01, 2024 01:57 PM (fwDg9)

40
2024 NHL Winter Classic weather forecast

Partly sunny, with a high near 46. Light south southwest wind.

Posted by: Don Black at January 01, 2024 01:59 PM (geLO8)

41 Sheesh, I feel old.
Mrs D found a site playing music hits that turn fifty this year.
Waterloo
Sweet Home Alabama
The Night Chicago Died
Black Water
So many more

Posted by: Diogenes at January 01, 2024 01:59 PM (W/lyH)

42 "Pork and saurkraut cooking here
Posted by: Skip "

Same here.

Posted by: Tuna at January 01, 2024 01:59 PM (oaGWv)

43 That horse looks like a hack from Red Dead Redemption online.

Posted by: noname at January 01, 2024 02:02 PM (D+xNN)

44 That variety show video was basically what the Ed Sullivan show was like in the mid-50's. So much innocence back then. *sighs*

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at January 01, 2024 02:02 PM (BdMk6)

45 Why are there Pop Tarts but no Mom Tarts? Because of the pastriarchy.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Abandon All Hope Ye Who Enter 2024 at January 01, 2024 02:03 PM (FVME7)

46 Pork and saurkraut cooking here
Posted by: Skip "

Same here.

I'm making demi-glace. I started by roasting 11 lbs of bones and meat, as well as a buttload of veggies, then putting it in water and heating to a boil. It's simmering now, and will do so for at least the next 18 hours. At that point, I'll remove all the bones, meat, and vegetables. Then it has to be chilled so as to separate the fat, and then reduced from about 11 quarts of liquid to about 3.

Posted by: Archimedes at January 01, 2024 02:03 PM (CsUN+)

47

Bill Clinton, for all of his countless infinite corrupt faults, will at least get off your ass and piss in the trash can.

Joe Biden will come up your ass, lay there for a few minutes, piss up your colon, burp and shart himself, and pass
out on top of you.

Happy 2024!

Posted by: Just Sayin at January 01, 2024 02:03 PM (K/7Yc)

48 Gawd.
This Iowa-Tennessee game needs to have a drinking challenge for every time they say "true freshman" when talking about the TN quarterback.

Posted by: Diogenes at January 01, 2024 02:03 PM (W/lyH)

49 We've got Jerry Fallwell vs West Coast loonies in the Fiesta Bowl.

Posted by: Mark1971 at January 01, 2024 02:03 PM (xPl2J)

50 I prefer Craig Ferguson's pantomime horse.

Posted by: Northernlurker at January 01, 2024 02:03 PM (zYoUB)

51 "A hack? Neigh I say!" - Sarah Jessica Parker.

Posted by: Anna Puma at January 01, 2024 02:04 PM (nZOZh)

52 I love how the newsanchor describes the earthquake as "terrifying" as the Japanese calmly evacuate the slightly-flooded mall.

Posted by: pookysgirl knows that no one prepares for disaster like the Japanese at January 01, 2024 02:06 PM (dtlDP)

53 Did anyone rewind back to the Winter Sisters? Man those gals have some enduuuuuurance! Like a dozen flips in a row, after flying around for five minutes. Very healthy girls, don't even look winded. What man is going to keep up with one of them? I got tired just watching them. They'd need a whole team of guys along side the bed able to tag each other out when they get exhausted. Wooo doggy!

Posted by: banana Dream at January 01, 2024 02:07 PM (Y6IkP)

54
Shouldn't there be a geology channel? An earthquake ain't weather.
Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door

Science genius Danny Glover begs to disagree with you.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at January 01, 2024 02:08 PM (8Z5Bd)

55 37 Scientists make vibrating pill to trick stomaches into feeling full
http://tinyurl.com/yb748
I dunno. My stomach is pretty smart.

Vibrators that come in your mouth will help you lose weight! Well that, and meth... Mostly the meth that comes in your mouth... Swallow, bitches!

Posted by: Don Lemonparty at January 01, 2024 02:08 PM (K/7Yc)

56 I love how the newsanchor describes the earthquake as "terrifying" as the Japanese calmly evacuate the slightly-flooded mall.

I've never understood why some news anchors and country music singers won't say S's. They say more of a SH or ZH sound.

Posted by: Archimedes at January 01, 2024 02:08 PM (CsUN+)

57
Imagine watching that TV show in black and white with monaural sound on about a twelve inch screen.
Posted by: Quarter Twenty

I don't have to imagine it. I can remember it.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at January 01, 2024 02:10 PM (63Dwl)

58 Imagine watching that TV show in black and white with monaural sound on about a twelve inch screen.
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at January 01, 2024 01:52 PM (NBVIP)

If it was in the early 40's it was shown in the movies as a short subject or produced as part of a "soundie". Not on TV. Commercial TV here in the US didn't take off until 1946. The classic RCA 630-TS receiver leading the pack.

Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy now with twice the crazy at January 01, 2024 02:10 PM (iODuv)

59 Imagine watching that TV show in black and white with monaural sound on about a twelve inch screen.
Posted by: Quarter Twenty

I don't have to imagine it. I can remember it.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at January 01, 2024 02:10 PM (63Dwl)

LOL.

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at January 01, 2024 02:12 PM (BdMk6)

60 OT: Will there be enough work left for the urchins mining lithium for phone batteries after the EV market dies. I'm sure the CCP will help them migrate to Beijing.

Posted by: DaveA at January 01, 2024 02:13 PM (FhXTo)

61 That pantomime horse was probably Sarah Jessica Parker's ancestor

Posted by: Anna Puma at January 01, 2024 02:13 PM (nZOZh)

62 Imagine watching that TV show in black and white with monaural sound on about a twelve inch screen.
Posted by: Quarter Twenty

I don't have to imagine it. I can remember it.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at January 01, 2024 02:10 PM (63Dwl)

LOL.
Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at January 01, 2024 02:12 PM (BdMk6)

Actually, you ARE imagining it.

Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy now with twice the crazy at January 01, 2024 02:13 PM (iODuv)

63
I got to watch the "Weather Channel" and "NBC Nightly News" on the way back from Florida.

Pure parody. I'll bet the writers laughed themselves sick over the shit they're putting out.

Posted by: Auspex at January 01, 2024 02:13 PM (j4U/Z)

64 Only one day into the New Year and I've already finished one book...

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at January 01, 2024 02:14 PM (BpYfr)

65 But a question, what would y'all do if you entered your kitchen and you saw a plate full of bacon? You're alone. Just you and that plate of bacon?

As Zork:
>> South
"You enter a medium sized modern kitchen"
>> Look
"You see a plate full of delicious bacon"
>>

Posted by: banana Dream at January 01, 2024 02:14 PM (Y6IkP)

66
OT: Will there be enough work left for the urchins mining lithium for phone batteries after the EV market dies. I'm sure the CCP will help them migrate to Beijing.
Posted by: DaveA

They can go back to digging for diamonds.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at January 01, 2024 02:14 PM (63Dwl)

67
I got to watch the "Weather Channel" and "NBC Nightly News" on the way back from Florida.

Pure parody. I'll bet the writers laughed themselves sick over the shit they're putting out.
Posted by: Auspex at January 01, 2024 02:13 PM (j4U/Z)

Are we all gonna die unless we stop driving and using air conditioning?

Posted by: Montec at January 01, 2024 02:14 PM (BI8w/)

68 Reg could spend some of that Marimba fortune on orthodonture.

Posted by: DaveA at January 01, 2024 02:15 PM (FhXTo)

69
Reg Kehoe and his Marimba Queens was a marimba-based musical group active from the late 1930s to the mid-1950s. They were based in Lancaster, Pennsylvania and toured extensively.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at January 01, 2024 02:16 PM (8Z5Bd)

70 re 53: three stooges 'gents without cents' (1944) feature three women who did the same sort of acrobatic dance act. also has the boys performing 'niagara falls'

Posted by: gnats local 678 at January 01, 2024 02:16 PM (B1FKF)

71 The girl talking to the horse is very pretty.
Posted by: Archimedes

Such clips always set me to wondering about what kind of life she had. She's probably dead now.
Posted by: Archimedes at January 01, 2024 01:54 PM (CsUN+)

Her name was Bitsy McFilbert, the errant daughter of the Boston McFilberts.

After that show, she and her pantomime horse were recruited by the US gov't to scout potential islands in the Pacific for ambush attacks against Japanese warships.

Her airplane crashed on an island, where she discovered Amelia Earhart. The pantomime horse, Pansy, broke a leg in the crash. So, Betsy and Amelia ate him.

Soon, they ran out of food and Betsy fought a duel to the death with Amelia Earhart using coconut.

Bitsy won and ate Amelia Earhart with plenty of coconut sprinkles.

Years later she escaped from the island.

Unfortunately, she escaped to the Bikini Atoll, when the US gov't was testing it's nuclear weaponry.

In the ensuing atomic explosion she mutated into Godzilla. Unfortunately, Godzilla Bitsy was only four feet tall.

She was captured and kept in a Hong Kong Zoo, until she died of old age.

You can see her stuffed skin at the Chicago Museum.

Posted by: naturalfake at January 01, 2024 02:17 PM (nFnyb)

72 Y'know what else was popular in the early 1940's? Zippo lighters.

Posted by: mrp at January 01, 2024 02:17 PM (rj6Yv)

73 I may be a city boy, but there is something suspicious about that horse..

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc. etc. at January 01, 2024 02:18 PM (XeU6L)

74 Imagine watching that TV show in black and white with monaural sound on about a twelve inch screen.

I have a suspicion that horse would have been freakily real on televisions of the era.

I had the same feeling watching Thunderbirds last year (so long ago!) on a giant screen that is totally unlike anything the creators imagined it would be watched on.

Also, why does the sound literally disappear when the camera goes to the “horse”? Shouldn’t the microphones have picked up the actors’ footsteps?

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at January 01, 2024 02:19 PM (EXyHK)

75 >>>But a question, what would y'all do if you entered your kitchen and you saw a plate full of bacon? You're alone. Just you and that plate of bacon?

>Moments ago, I just whipped up a 24 oz pack of bacon and placed it on a plate. If there are any bacon rustlers here, they will be shot. Also whipped up a plate of eggs and potatoes.

Posted by: Dr. Bone at January 01, 2024 02:19 PM (J3ryZ)

76 73 I may be a city boy, but there is something suspicious about that horse..

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc. etc. at January 01, 2024 02:18 PM (XeU6L)

++++

LOL

Posted by: washrivergal at January 01, 2024 02:20 PM (CmpAD)

77 That Bitsy McFilbert. What a little nut she was.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at January 01, 2024 02:20 PM (NBVIP)

78 She was captured and kept in a Hong Kong Zoo, until she died of old age.

You can see her stuffed skin at the Chicago Museum.
Posted by: naturalfake at January 01, 2024 02:17 PM (nFnyb)

I checked. The exhibit is open to the public at the Chicago Museum of Unnatural History.

Posted by: mrp at January 01, 2024 02:20 PM (rj6Yv)

79 Tennis Match Suspended After One of World’s Most Deadly Snakes Slithered Onto Court

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I assume it was a Carville.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Abandon All Hope Ye Who Enter 2024 at January 01, 2024 02:20 PM (FVME7)

80 Y'know what else was popular in the early 1940's? Zippo lighters.
Posted by: mrp at January 01, 2024 02:17 PM (rj6Yv)

Pfft. We teenage boys carried them into the mid 60's. LOL!! Great joke to pull the wick up and burn your buddy's eyebrows off when he asked for a light. Hilarity ensued.

Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy now with twice the crazy at January 01, 2024 02:21 PM (iODuv)

81 Shouldn't there be a geology channel? An earthquake ain't weather.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at January 01, 2024 01:45 PM (0EOe9)

You want to check on the Suspicious Observer channel on Youtube. They do weather, earthquakes, solar events and sunspots too.
Granted, he is a bit of a crank about the interconnectedness, but it is more about the theory not being proved than actual institutionalized flakiness.

Posted by: Kindltot at January 01, 2024 02:21 PM (D7oie)

82 Ray Rice, Who Once Cold-Cocked His Girlfriend in an Elevator, Will Be Honored by the Ravens as a “Legend of the Game”

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That was a well thrown ~~ball~~ punch!

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Abandon All Hope Ye Who Enter 2024 at January 01, 2024 02:22 PM (FVME7)

83 Y'know what else was popular in the early 1940's? Zippo lighters.
Posted by: mrp at January 01, 2024 02:17 PM (rj6Yv)

I carried one until about 2000 when I started using a butane lighter instead.

They make that lovely K-Tlnk when you opened them and sch-shlaink when you close them.

Posted by: Kindltot at January 01, 2024 02:23 PM (D7oie)

84 71
You can see her stuffed skin at the Chicago Museum.

Posted by: naturalfake at January 01, 2024 02:17 PM (nFnyb)
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Man! All that and no mention of those lovely thighs.

Posted by: Ciampino - Tectonic plates go with the flow ... at January 01, 2024 02:24 PM (qfLjt)

85 Does Bitsy have a Wiki page?

Posted by: Anna Puma at January 01, 2024 02:25 PM (nZOZh)

86 Tennis Match Suspended After One of World’s Most Deadly Snakes Slithered Onto Court
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I recall entering Turn 5(?) at Roebling Road, at speed (motorcyle sprint race), braking gently as the corner workers were frantically waving the 'Slippery Substance' flag. There, stretched across the track, was a *big* 6' Diamondback rattler.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc. etc. at January 01, 2024 02:25 PM (XeU6L)

87 Pfft. We teenage boys carried them into the mid 60's. LOL!! Great joke to pull the wick up and burn your buddy's eyebrows off when he asked for a light. Hilarity ensued.
Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy now with twice the crazy at January 01, 2024 02:21 PM (iODuv)

That gave me a flashback. When I refilled my lighter for the first time. So, Zippo, we're two for two.

Posted by: mrp at January 01, 2024 02:26 PM (rj6Yv)

88 Reg Kehoe and his Marimba Queens was a marimba-based musical group active from the late 1930s to the mid-1950s. They were based in Lancaster, Pennsylvania and toured extensively.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at January 01, 2024 02:16 PM (8Z5Bd)

Mid-50's is also known for the barbershop sing craze. My dad belonged to a barbershop group and they did a lot of church and funeral gigs.

Just a note: The group Three Dog Night borrowed a lot from barbershop harmony.

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at January 01, 2024 02:26 PM (BdMk6)

89 Top vidya is weird as hell, but the dame is a dish.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, 3/12 FA at January 01, 2024 02:26 PM (T/Lqj)

90 Happy new year everbody!
Today is the girl spawn birthday. She is eighteen now.
I have started my new "to do" list of outdoor projects to finish as soon as possible.
Things to look forward to this year... Girl spawn graduation from high school in May (she is the number 2 student in her class). Boy spawn is getting married in June.
This year marks the 20th anniversary for Hubbymayhem and I being married.

Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench) at January 01, 2024 02:26 PM (cRrcX)

91 FJB

Posted by: Gref at January 01, 2024 02:27 PM (5fDan)

92 Haiyaa,
. . . . . . HAPPY NEW YEAR!

oooh, didn't mean to hit your hangover.

Posted by: Braenyard at January 01, 2024 02:27 PM (367uk)

93 They make that lovely K-Tlnk when you opened them and sch-shlaink when you close them.
Posted by: Kindltot at January 01, 2024 02:23 PM (D7oie)

Did you know that Zippo now sells a butane insert for your Zippo lighter case? Now you can have it all!

Posted by: mrp at January 01, 2024 02:27 PM (rj6Yv)

94
Go Vegan!!!
Perhaps NSFW - a little

https://t.ly/TlCWu

Posted by: Divide by Zero at January 01, 2024 02:28 PM (3qE2b)

95 This year marks the 20th anniversary for Hubbymayhem and I being married.
Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench) at January 01, 2024 02:26 PM (cRrcX)

So young... We will be married 51 years on jan 6th.. yeah hard to forget that one

Posted by: It's me donna at January 01, 2024 02:29 PM (n2vyf)

96 82 Ray Rice, Who Once Cold-Cocked His Girlfriend in an Elevator, Will Be Honored by the Ravens as a “Legend of the Game”

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That was a well thrown ball punch!

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Abandon All Hope Ye Who Enter 2024 at January 01, 2024 02:22 PM (FVME7)

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Right here
https://t.ly/_sH5j

Posted by: Ciampino - Tectonic punches at January 01, 2024 02:29 PM (qfLjt)

97 94
Go Vegan!!!
Perhaps NSFW - a little

https://t.ly/TlCWu
Posted by: Divide by Zero

Glad she put a handy diagram on herself. Useful in the Burning Times!

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at January 01, 2024 02:30 PM (sAmhv)

98 Did you know that Zippo now sells a butane insert for your Zippo lighter case? Now you can have it all!
Posted by: mrp
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But, but...that would eliminate the faint odor of naptha about you clothes.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc. etc. at January 01, 2024 02:31 PM (XeU6L)

99 >>>I may be a city boy, but there is something suspicious about that horse..

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc. etc.

>I thought I noted two boners on that horse. That young lady has some splendid gams.

Posted by: Dr. Bone at January 01, 2024 02:31 PM (J3ryZ)

100 Under windy conditions, lighting a Zippo is generally easier than lighting a Bic.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc. etc. at January 01, 2024 02:32 PM (XeU6L)

101 94
Go Vegan!!!
Perhaps NSFW - a little

https://t.ly/TlCWu

Posted by: Divide by Zero at January 01, 2024 02:28 PM (3qE2b)
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Needs to turn over so we can see Back and Butt labels.

Posted by: Ciampino - Would it say Fartclam? Asking for a friend. at January 01, 2024 02:33 PM (qfLjt)

102 But, but...that would eliminate the faint odor of naptha about you clothes.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc. etc. at January 01, 2024 02:31 PM (XeU6L)

Yeah, you're right. Eau de Naptha is a chick magnet.

Posted by: mrp at January 01, 2024 02:33 PM (rj6Yv)

103 Ray Rice, Who Once Cold-Cocked His Girlfriend in an Elevator, Will Be Honored by the Ravens as a “Legend of the Game”

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This is one of the big reasons I quit watching pro ball. That and then the kneeling sealed the deal. Haven't watched a game since.

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at January 01, 2024 02:33 PM (BdMk6)

104 103 Ray Rice, Who Once Cold-Cocked His Girlfriend in an Elevator, Will Be Honored by the Ravens as a “Legend of the Game”

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This is one of the big reasons I quit watching pro ball. That and then the kneeling sealed the deal. Haven't watched a game since.

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at January 01, 2024 02:33 PM (BdMk6)

++++

Ditto

Posted by: washrivergal at January 01, 2024 02:35 PM (CmpAD)

105 So young... We will be married 51 years on jan 6th.. yeah hard to forget that one
Posted by: It's me donna at January 01, 2024 02:29 PM (n2vyf)

Congrats! Wife and I, God willing, will mark our 52nd this coming May. Hard to believe.

Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy now with twice the crazy at January 01, 2024 02:35 PM (iODuv)

106 82 Ray Rice, Who Once Cold-Cocked His Girlfriend in an Elevator, Will Be Honored by the Ravens as a “Legend of the Game”
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Read an article on that, the video was edited. She was misbehaving+, what did him in was the part where he
dragged her by the hair, like a sack of potatoes out of the elevator.

Posted by: Braenyard at January 01, 2024 02:35 PM (367uk)

107 Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench) at January 01, 2024 02:26 PM (cRrcX)

Congratulations! Last November was 37 for us. Doesn't seem like that at all.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at January 01, 2024 02:35 PM (YRsIm)

108 Congrats! Wife and I, God willing, will mark our 52nd this coming May. Hard to believe.
Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy now with twice the crazy at January 01, 2024 02:35 PM (iODuv

So you got married at 10 too... LOL

Posted by: It's me donna at January 01, 2024 02:36 PM (n2vyf)

109 Read an article on that, the video was edited. She was misbehaving+, what did him in was the part where he
dragged her by the hair, like a sack of potatoes out of the elevator.
Posted by: Braenyard

Unnecessary roughness?

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Abandon All Hope Ye Who Enter 2024 at January 01, 2024 02:37 PM (FVME7)

110 Wonder what changed... not

@EpochTimes 2m
Brazil Will Require Entry Visa for Travelers With US Passports in 2024

Posted by: weft cut-loop at January 01, 2024 02:37 PM (IG4Id)

111 94
Go Vegan!!!
Perhaps NSFW - a little

https://t.ly/TlCWu

Posted by: Divide by Zero at January 01, 2024 02:28 PM (3qE2b)
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Would hang.

Posted by: Ciampino - Would it say Fartclam? Asking for a friend... at January 01, 2024 02:37 PM (qfLjt)

112 So you got married at 10 too... LOL
Posted by: It's me donna at January 01, 2024 02:36 PM (n2vyf)

I wish!

Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy now with twice the crazy at January 01, 2024 02:38 PM (iODuv)

113 This is one of the big reasons I quit watching pro ball. That and then the kneeling sealed the deal. Haven't watched a game since.

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at January 01, 2024 02:33 PM (BdMk6)

++++

Ditto
Posted by: washrivergal at January 01, 2024 02:35 PM (CmpAD)

As a long-suffering Lions fan, my scruples this year were swept away by team pride. Saturday night's game reminded me why I loathe pro sports. Jerry Jone's "Ring of Honor" ...

Posted by: mrp at January 01, 2024 02:38 PM (rj6Yv)

114 Earthquakes… I live not too far from a fault line.. if it goes there will be trouble.

Posted by: tubal at January 01, 2024 02:38 PM (PCK5/)

115 114 Earthquakes… I live not too far from a fault line.. if it goes there will be trouble.
Posted by: tubal at January 01, 2024 02:38 PM (PCK5/)

Yep... We're basically on the San Andreas fault

Posted by: It's me donna at January 01, 2024 02:38 PM (n2vyf)

116 Ace, pet cafe candidate, New Year's Eve edition.

http://tinyurl.com/4r8y7vnm

Posted by: lost in space at January 01, 2024 02:39 PM (g36ci)

117 No more news on earthquake in Japan from friend in Amagasaki, further south. I guess they expected a delay in the tsunami, if it comes.

Posted by: KT at January 01, 2024 02:39 PM (rrtZS)

118 115 114 Earthquakes… I live not too far from a fault line.. if it goes there will be trouble.
Posted by: tubal at January 01, 2024 02:38 PM (PCK5/)

Yep... We're basically on the San Andreas fault
Posted by: It's me donna at January 01, 2024 02:38 PM (n2vyf)

That is a biggie Donna… mine in the New Madrid fault line…

Posted by: tubal at January 01, 2024 02:39 PM (PCK5/)

119 That noise that you hear when you open a Zippo lighter is one of my most vivid memories. My dad has been dead for 25 years and quit smoking (mostly) before he died so it's been at least 30 years since I heard it with any regularity--yet there it sits.

Posted by: Art Rondelet of Malmsey at January 01, 2024 02:40 PM (FEVMW)

120 Once I started smoking an occasional cigar I bought a couple, inexpensive torch lighters. One, for whatever reason, never could be dialed down beyond a scorching 4 inch flame.

I nearly burned my face off with that thing.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 01, 2024 02:41 PM (Q4IgG)

121 Gal is Florence Mayo

Wiki: "In 1931 Andy Mayo recruited Nonnie Morton out of high school[2] to continue the Pansy the Horse act with him and his wife, Florence Mayo."

Also, IMDB:
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1040851/

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc. etc. at January 01, 2024 02:41 PM (XeU6L)

122 I have the Zippo pipe lighter. Nice, easy burn and doesn't scorch the pipe bowl rim.

Posted by: mrp at January 01, 2024 02:42 PM (rj6Yv)

123 The only thing that panics the Japanese is Godzilla

Posted by: steevy at January 01, 2024 02:42 PM (FQmDC)

124 My mother grew up in Bradford, PA and had a childhood friend whose dad was an artist with Zippo. Worked on custom lighters.

There are some people around here with extensive collections. Some beautiful pieces.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, red heifer owner at January 01, 2024 02:42 PM (R4t5M)

125 That noise that you hear when you open a Zippo lighter is one of my most vivid memories. My dad has been dead for 25 years and quit smoking (mostly) before he died so it's been at least 30 years since I heard it with any regularity--yet there it sits.
Posted by: Art Rondelet of Malmsey at January 01, 2024 02:40 PM (FEVMW)

If I'd think about it, the Zippo lighter click would bring back waves of memories.

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at January 01, 2024 02:43 PM (BdMk6)

126 The name of the attractive dancer/actress with the pantomime horse was named Connie Haas. Can't really find too much more about her, but the act was making about $550.00 a week in the 1940's

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 01, 2024 02:43 PM (RSbhh)

127 Buddy had a Ronson butane adjustable lighter.
It could have subbed for a soldering torch.

Posted by: Braenyard at January 01, 2024 02:43 PM (367uk)

128 Did you know that Zippo now sells a butane insert for your Zippo lighter case? Now you can have it all!
Posted by: mrp at January 01, 2024 02:27 PM (rj6Yv)

I quit smoking. I have about 4 or 5 of them still

Posted by: Kindltot at January 01, 2024 02:43 PM (D7oie)

129 Oh, Happy New Year Ace… I have enjoyed your site for coming up to 20 years now, I guess… I’m thinking about hitting the Tip Jar this year….

Posted by: tubal at January 01, 2024 02:44 PM (PCK5/)

130
The kneeling killed the NFL for millions of people.

My nephew was distraught after some Cowboys / Lions call and said the league was fixed. I asked him why he gave a shit.

Average career is about three years; most of these thugs are broke shortly thereafter.

Posted by: Auspex at January 01, 2024 02:44 PM (j4U/Z)

131 Should be noted, Zippos have a *lifetime* warranty. If anything goes wrong, send it back to the factory and they will replace, without question.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc. etc. at January 01, 2024 02:44 PM (XeU6L)

132 I save money by using camp fuel (naptha, Coleman stove fuel), instead of buying lighter fluid.

Posted by: mrp at January 01, 2024 02:44 PM (rj6Yv)

133 I need to get one of those mrp

Posted by: steevy at January 01, 2024 02:45 PM (FQmDC)

134 109
More video here on the Ray Rice KO.
If you put Ray Rice elevator in youtube ...... it's already there. The take your pick.

https://youtu.be/wnlF2SiorXo

Posted by: Ciampino - That's a KO and not a TKO at January 01, 2024 02:45 PM (qfLjt)

135 The “ kneeling” was so stupidly ironic…

Posted by: tubal at January 01, 2024 02:45 PM (PCK5/)

136 126 The name of the attractive dancer/actress with the pantomime horse was named Connie Haas. Can't really find too much more about her, but the act was making about $550.00 a week in the 1940's

Posted by: FenelonSpoke
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Two weeks an you could buy a new Chevy.

Posted by: Braenyard at January 01, 2024 02:45 PM (367uk)

137 I once repaired a broken solder joint, using a nail, a pair of pliars, and a Zippo lighter.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc. etc. at January 01, 2024 02:46 PM (XeU6L)

138 94
Go Vegan!!!
Perhaps NSFW - a little

https://t.ly/TlCWu
Posted by: Divide by Zero at January 01, 2024 02:28 PM (3qE2b)

I wonder how many medications vegans refuse based on the use of animal products (including tissue) and human products (including tissue). Like, say, certain "vaccines" for instance.

Posted by: Emmie at January 01, 2024 02:46 PM (Sf2cq)

139 This year marks the 20th anniversary for Hubbymayhem and I being married.

Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench) at January 01, 2024 02:26 PM (cRrcX)

21 years together here, married for 16 as of a few days ago. You guys clearly moved faster than we did on the offspring.

Posted by: pookysgirl, getting ready for purr-cussion practice at January 01, 2024 02:46 PM (dtlDP)

140 The name of the attractive dancer/actress with the pantomime horse was named Connie Haas. Can't really find too much more about her, but the act was making about $550.00 a week in the 1940's

Posted by: FenelonSpoke
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Hmm. This contrasts with the Wiki data at 121.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc. etc. at January 01, 2024 02:47 PM (XeU6L)

141 >>> Moments ago, I just whipped up a 24 oz pack of bacon and placed it on a plate. If there are any bacon rustlers here, they will be shot. Also whipped up a plate of eggs and potatoes.
Posted by: Dr. Bone at January 01, 2024 02:19 PM (J3ryZ)

Well yeah, every man has the right to be secure in their own bacon.

But bacon, in my own home as the man of the house? I think there's a medieval term, "jus primae nocti" which is Latin for "husbands get bacon", signifying a wildly recognized right of a man to have first dibs on any bacon before nightfall.

Posted by: banana Dream at January 01, 2024 02:47 PM (Y6IkP)

142 I need to get one of those mrp
Posted by: steevy at January 01, 2024 02:45 PM (FQmDC)

If you already have Zippo, you can order the pipe lighter insert.

Posted by: mrp at January 01, 2024 02:47 PM (rj6Yv)

143 Should be noted, Zippos have a *lifetime* warranty. If anything goes wrong, send it back to the factory and they will replace, without question.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc. etc. at January 01, 2024 02:44 PM (XeU6L)

This is true. I did it once.

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at January 01, 2024 02:47 PM (BdMk6)

144 Looks like this earthquake is on the other side of the island from Fukushima. Don't know for sure if that's good or bad.

Posted by: Lithiated gp For Vigor at January 01, 2024 02:47 PM (MvF+J)

145 137 I once repaired a broken solder joint, using a nail, a pair of pliars, and a Zippo lighter.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc. etc. at January 01, 2024 02:46 PM (XeU6L)

My husband needs his shoulder joint repaired. When can I bring him over?

Posted by: Emmie at January 01, 2024 02:47 PM (Sf2cq)

146 Ciampino's Rescue Kitties

Still accepting donations towards the unkindest cut of all

There's another more extensive photo update #220 at the link.
Take a look if interested. Make sure to click on
"See Older Updates" as well if it's your first time.
https://is.gd/WQ5JcT

ALSO LIVE STREAMING!! - Now most nights as well

https://is.gd/qyDILz

____

Kitten Visitor -- Last night Dec 31:
Daughter arrived from work and there's a young black and white tabby out front. Pictures at the top link or here https://is.gd/WQ5JcT

(It isn't one of the two kittens born under the house. This one has a dark spot on its nose.)

She put some wet food out for it. If it sticks around we'll need to sex it as we have 3 unspayed females in the house, blissfully unaware that we are waiting till the large vet bill goes down a good bit before taking them for the unkindest cut of all.

Posted by: Ciampino - Beautiful Tabby came to visit at January 01, 2024 02:48 PM (qfLjt)

147 Posted by: FenelonSpoke
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Hmm. This contrasts with the Wiki data at 121.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc. etc.
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I'm going with Haas. The photos tell the story.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc. etc. at January 01, 2024 02:49 PM (XeU6L)

148 Happy New Year, Morons.
Keep up the good work, Ace. I appreciate you.
I'll go back to mostly lurking now.

Posted by: reason at January 01, 2024 02:49 PM (QC8l5)

149 The name of the attractive dancer/actress with the pantomime horse was named Connie Haas. Can't really find too much more about her, but the act was making about $550.00 a week in the 1940's
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 01, 2024 02:43 PM (RSbhh)

Fake. News.

Why, that lying bitch, Connie Haas, is trying to steal my thunder!

If I was still alive, I'd breath fire all over her ass and eat her gams with plenty of coconut sprinkles!!!

Pshaw!, says I. Pshaw!

Posted by: The Ghost of Godzilla Bitsy McFilbert at January 01, 2024 02:49 PM (nFnyb)

150 Isn't there an aftermarket biz that makes "sleeves" for Zippo's? I seem to recall my dad had a Zippo but it had some sort of raised design on it.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 01, 2024 02:50 PM (Q4IgG)

151 Did Zippos ever have a competitor brand??

Posted by: tubal at January 01, 2024 02:51 PM (PCK5/)

152 Legalinsurrection.com - Sam the Baggage Man is a free man, or Trannie anyway

Posted by: Skip at January 01, 2024 02:51 PM (fwDg9)

153 My husband needs his shoulder joint repaired. When can I bring him over?
Posted by: Emmie
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We'll have to wait until my medical license arrives from Surinam.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc. etc. at January 01, 2024 02:51 PM (XeU6L)

154
Same goes for that Florence Mayo cow too!!!

Pshaw!!!

Posted by: The Ghost of Godzilla Bitsy McFilbert at January 01, 2024 02:52 PM (nFnyb)

155 Did Zippos ever have a competitor brand??
Posted by: tubal at January 01, 2024 02:51 PM (PCK5/)

Ronsons come to mind.

Posted by: mrp at January 01, 2024 02:52 PM (rj6Yv)

156 Ha! You should tell a drunken thug to handle the situation in a more mature way. Right.

Posted by: Braenyard at January 01, 2024 02:53 PM (367uk)

157 Did Zippos ever have a competitor brand??
Posted by: tubal at January 01, 2024 02:51 PM (PCK5/)

Ronsons come to mind.
Posted by: mrp
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Scripto

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc. etc. at January 01, 2024 02:53 PM (XeU6L)

158 Did or does Ronson make electric shavers??

Posted by: tubal at January 01, 2024 02:54 PM (PCK5/)

159 Though I do not believe that they were imported to the U.S., Thorens made some *very* nice pocket lighters.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc. etc. at January 01, 2024 02:55 PM (XeU6L)

160 They are both attractive blonde, actresses but look different. There is a video called "Who's with Pansy the horse" that shows them together, but I'm having trouble linking it now.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 01, 2024 02:55 PM (RSbhh)

161 Jerry Jone's "Ring of Honor" ...
Posted by: mrp at January 01, 2024 02:38 PM (rj6Yv)

Jerry had my ring. Again and again.

Call me Jerry!

Posted by: Chris Christie, Fat PowerBottom at January 01, 2024 02:56 PM (R/m4+)

162 There are people who collect zippos

Posted by: steevy at January 01, 2024 02:56 PM (FQmDC)

163 Ronsons come to mind.
Posted by: mrp

Their slogan was lights first time every time.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Abandon All Hope Ye Who Enter 2024 at January 01, 2024 02:57 PM (FVME7)

164 I think I read somewhere that there wereAmerican tanks in the second World War that were nicknamed after a lighter… because they blew up and burned real good…

Posted by: tubal at January 01, 2024 02:57 PM (PCK5/)

165 Though I do not believe that they were imported to the U.S., Thorens made some *very* nice pocket lighters.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc. etc. at January 01, 2024 02:55 PM (XeU6L)

I glanced at the Dunhill's lighters for a moment, followed by a momentary glance at the prices, and that was something.

Posted by: mrp at January 01, 2024 02:59 PM (rj6Yv)

166 nood

Raven

Posted by: banana Dream at January 01, 2024 02:59 PM (Y6IkP)

167 So the US carrier group is leaving the Red Sea and the eastern Med.
Now I see why. Iran has moved a ship into the Red Sea.
Not necessarily a bad move by our navy. It puts some range between the Iranian ship and the very expensive carrier. Range = time to respond to any anti-ship missile launch.

Posted by: Diogenes at January 01, 2024 03:00 PM (W/lyH)

168 Florence Mayo was born in 1905 if it was her she certainly aged well.

Posted by: Braenyard at January 01, 2024 03:00 PM (367uk)

169 Did Zippos ever have a competitor brand??
Posted by: tubal at January 01, 2024 02:51 PM (PCK5/)

Ronson, and there were a ton of Japanese knock-offs.

Posted by: Kindltot at January 01, 2024 03:01 PM (D7oie)

170 I think I read somewhere that there wereAmerican tanks in the second World War that were nicknamed after a lighter… because they blew up and burned real good…
Posted by: tubal at January 01, 2024 02:57 PM (PCK5/)

The early Shermans were outmatched one-on-one against the Panzer IVs equipped with the high-velocity 75 mm guns. The M4A2s (I think) were equipped with water-filled storage magazines and that pretty much took care of the "Ronson" effect.

Posted by: mrp at January 01, 2024 03:03 PM (rj6Yv)

171
Walt Kowalski carried a Zippo, with 1st Cav insignia.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc. etc. at January 01, 2024 03:04 PM (XeU6L)

172 CrotchetyOldJarhead

Didn't San Franpsyco have a 30th anniversary, and his wife asked him to not refer to it as 30 years of Hell on Earth?

I LOL.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 01, 2024 03:06 PM (u82oZ)

173 Connie Haas - http://tinyurl.com/bdceaajp
article - http://tinyurl.com/y8rdn2wf

Posted by: Braenyard at January 01, 2024 03:08 PM (367uk)

174
Canada had "Permanent Match"
+I grew up, Northfield,MA
+local shops carried much
Canadian merchandise.
Unfortunately, misplaced it,
saw it offered on camping site.
Canadian items,Always great!

Posted by: zigzag at January 01, 2024 03:52 PM (JKBu7)

175
gearelevation.com/
products/portable-fire-starter?variant=31903547031654

Perm. Match

Posted by: zigzag at January 01, 2024 04:07 PM (CHVYP)

176 If imdb trivia for Virginia Mayo can be believed:

Early on, using her real name of Virginia Jones, she played a straight woman in vaudeville for four years to a performing horse act. The "horse" was comprised of two men known as the Mayo Brothers; hence her stage name.

Posted by: Just Some Guy at January 01, 2024 04:42 PM (a/4+U)

177 Throckmortons Rule about "A stand up bass in the band means it's likely to be Good", that marimba band certainly proves an exception.
That Bass Player looks like he is playing the Part of that short, fat Seinfeld actor, over playing a role.

Posted by: birdog at January 01, 2024 11:07 PM (sYlnp)

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