Daily Tech News 23 December 2023

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Sony has decided it will not be removing Discovery Channel content that its customers had "bought" on the PlayStation Network.... Yet. (Notebook Check)

Of course, if they can remove it, you haven't bought it.

Streaming content licenses are rarely perpetual, which means that content "bought" on secondary platforms can vanish at any time. That's bad enough if the secondary platform offers refunds, but Sony isn't even bothering to do that.

This is why the studios want to destroy physical media. Already Disney has stopped shipping Blu-Rays or DVDs to Australia.

Which is no loss for Disney's current offerings, but their back catalog is a different matter.

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Font sizes make no sense. Let's make things even worse. (Tonsky)

Or, you know, we could not do that.
AMD will start clearly listing which of its consumer chips contain Zen 4c cores. (Tom's Hardware)

Zen 4c has all the features of Zen 4, but is designed to be smaller - about half the size - and runs around 20% slower. It's similar to Intel's Efficiency or E cores, which are a quarter the size of full cores and half the speed, except that the E cores also lack some features of the full cores.

Zen 4c was introduced first on server parts - the 128 core Bergamo range - but things are simpler there because chips in the server lineup contains either only full-size Zen 4 or only smaller Zen 4c. Some of the latest laptop chips like the 7540U contain a mixture.
Banks lend the money you deposit to other people, and if you are a demented anarcho-communist Ars reader, you may not like that, so just convert it into gold and bury it in your back yard or something. (Ars Technica)

Even the comments at Ars point out that this is a stupid article.
If you want to build your own compact NAS and don't want to worry about the CPU running too hot, SZBox might have the answer. (Liliputing)

It's a mini-ITX motherboard with an Intel N-series CPU - one that only has the aforementioned E cores. You can choose from a 4 core N100 or an 8 core N305, which is not hugely powerful but should be fine for a file / media server.

Apart from that it has two M.2 slot, six SATA ports, four 2.5Gb Ethernet ports, HDMI and DisplayPort, four USB ports, and a single memory slot for up to 32GB of RAM. There's also a PCIe x1 slot, but if you use that one of the M.2 slots stops working because honestly Intel's N-series chips kind of suck.
So does Google. (Search Engine Journal)

This is not news.

Disclaimer: Or rather it is news, but not new.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at 04:00 AM

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1 Merry Countdown to Christmas, Pixy …

Thanks for the gnus.

Sadly, the banks no longer have the trust of their clients, given the past few years of shenanigans. So money in the mattress or backyard may come back in style.

Posted by: Adriane the Grinch-ish Critic . . . at December 23, 2023 04:13 AM (4Winp)

2 Is there a prize for longest gap between post and first?

Posted by: Warai-otoko at December 23, 2023 04:13 AM (9UlRk)

3 I've never had a problem with fractional reserve banking. It's just a way to increase liquidity and leverage the time value of money. Everything you do with money is inherently risky, including converting it to gold and putting it in a vault. It's just sitting there losing value as people mine more gold while the "talent" you have remains uninvested.

Most gripes about it stem from irresponsibility, fraud, manipulation, etc etc, all of which is external to the thing itself. Those are just bad things no matter who does it or what they do it with.

Like the universal lament about "capitalism", what they really lament is somebody other than themselves pulling off a grift that they are too naive or too timid to manage.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at December 23, 2023 04:22 AM (9UlRk)

4 Using public money to backstop private risk, though, is its own can of worms.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at December 23, 2023 04:27 AM (9UlRk)

5 It's Pixytime.
I called the otters.

Posted by: m at December 23, 2023 04:31 AM (x7m+Z)

6 Okay spill it pixy. Do toilets down under really flush in a counter-clockwise direction?

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at December 23, 2023 04:31 AM (yFlgz)

7 Morning all!

Foggy morning. I hope it clears, I've got some traveling to do about 9 AM

Posted by: Bruce at December 23, 2023 04:33 AM (vd8XM)

8 6 Okay spill it pixy. Do toilets down under really flush in a counter-clockwise direction?

They do flush backwards, but that's not referring to rotation.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at December 23, 2023 04:36 AM (BLOW1)

9 http://tinyurl.com/5yfha86u
20 Tweets from Bad Blue
Posted by: Skip at December 23, 2023 12:17 AM (fwDg9)

Thanks Skip !

Posted by: JT at December 23, 2023 04:37 AM (T4tVD)

10 hiya

Posted by: JT at December 23, 2023 04:39 AM (T4tVD)

11 They do flush backwards, but that's not referring to rotation.
Posted by: Pixy Misa at December 23, 2023 04:36 AM (BLOW1)

So pee in the bidet and all will be well.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at December 23, 2023 04:39 AM (9UlRk)

12
Colorado Supreme Court decides in narrow 4-3 ruling that Santa Claus can not deliver gifts this year, only 2024 ballots to deserving voters. It further places strict limits on Claus Inc's ability to determine 'Naughty or Nice' in distribution.

/s

Posted by: Divide by Zero at December 23, 2023 04:39 AM (enJYY)

13 >>>(Ars Technica)

Or, really, Arse Techica.

Posted by: m at December 23, 2023 04:39 AM (x7m+Z)

14 I'm only gonna bank at banks that loan the money to start up Bitcoin, pay-what-you-want coffee shops, and Enron.

Posted by: Bruce at December 23, 2023 04:40 AM (vd8XM)

15 oops

Arse Technica

Posted by: m at December 23, 2023 04:41 AM (x7m+Z)

16 Bruce, ankle report?

Posted by: m at December 23, 2023 04:41 AM (x7m+Z)

17 Bruce, ankle report?
Posted by: m

Doc says if it feels okay, we'll leave it be.
I'm thinking maybe some more weight loss might help it.

But, that's a worry after the holidays....

Posted by: Bruce at December 23, 2023 04:43 AM (vd8XM)

18 17 Bruce, ankle report?
Posted by: m

Doc says if it feels okay, we'll leave it be.
I'm thinking maybe some more weight loss might help it.
But, that's a worry after the holidays....
Posted by: Bruce at December 23, 2023 04:43 AM (vd8XM)

Oh, good!

Posted by: m at December 23, 2023 04:44 AM (x7m+Z)

19 The ankle still hasn't fused totally though. It's not like I do a lot athletically that could probably damage it again.

Posted by: Bruce at December 23, 2023 04:45 AM (vd8XM)

20 Maybe abolish retail banking altogether, and explicitly call it a money market account?

If the bank can't invest your deposits, they have no motivation to hold your money for you, meaning every savings or checking account would carry fees that no one would be willing to pay.

I don't know. Far better people than me have grappled with this topic.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at December 23, 2023 04:45 AM (9UlRk)

21 8 6 Okay spill it pixy. Do toilets down under really flush in a counter-clockwise direction?

They do flush backwards, but that's not referring to rotation.
Posted by: Pixy Misa at December 23, 2023 04:36 AM (BLOW1)

*what could this possibly mean?*

Posted by: m at December 23, 2023 04:45 AM (x7m+Z)

22 If the bank can't invest your deposits, they have no motivation to hold your money for you, meaning every savings or checking account would carry fees that no one would be willing to pay.

Them bastards want to charge me money to use an ATM dammit!!!

Posted by: Bruce at December 23, 2023 04:46 AM (vd8XM)

23 They do flush backwards, but that's not referring to rotation.
Posted by: Pixy Misa at December 23, 2023 04:36 AM (BLOW1)

*what could this possibly mean?*
Posted by: m

Maybe they have the kind where the drain pipe is toward the front.

Posted by: Bruce at December 23, 2023 04:49 AM (vd8XM)

24 Them bastards want to charge me money to use an ATM dammit!!!
Posted by: Bruce at December 23, 2023 04:46 AM (vd8XM)

I'd be happy with an either/ or solution. Some banks can invest your deposits, but then they may not charge you any other kind of fee or charge. Others can't invest it, but then they can charge you whatever they advertise as a fee for the service of holding on to your wealth for you.

I guess whether you like it or not, there's really no such think as "banking" as some magical thing distinct from any other financial transaction. It's just a polite fiction we use to help us sleep.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at December 23, 2023 04:51 AM (9UlRk)

25 your institution makes money on your money by lending it elsewhere, including to the fossil fuel companies driving climate change, as well as emissions-heavy industries like manufacturing...

Or lithium mining
Or solar panel manufacturing
Silicon refining
Glass making
Windmill blade manufacturing

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at December 23, 2023 04:55 AM (NYzgN)

26 Or lithium mining
Or solar panel manufacturing
Silicon refining
Glass making
Windmill blade manufacturing

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy

But but but...those are GOOD emissions heavy manufacturing.
Done in foreign countries.

By brown people.....

Posted by: Bruce at December 23, 2023 04:57 AM (vd8XM)

27 22 Them bastards want to charge me money to use an ATM dammit!!!
Posted by: Bruce at December 23, 2023 04:46 AM (vd8XM)

I got bit by this at an overseas ATM that charged you for checking your account balance--which I did about a bazillion times.

Posted by: m at December 23, 2023 04:58 AM (x7m+Z)

28 10 Deposit money in a bank,
20 They loan out money to someone who will
30 goto 10

It is all a circular pyramid. The Fed only printed $1. The rest of it is loans. If someone pays back the original loan the whole system collapses.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at December 23, 2023 05:00 AM (NYzgN)

29 Update on Journeys of my large shipment through USPS, literally.

After 4 days of the package I sent out coming up as still in the post office I mailed it from, it updated with a new location, Tacoma, Washington.

Great, ummm except I live in NJ and the package was basically going 3 hours away in PA.

It's not like this is a little package either, that can easily get misplaced, it's over 2 feet long by a foot and a half wide, and weighs about 15 pounds.

It honestly would have been faster and cheaper to hand deliver the item myself, but then I'd have to go to PA *shudder*

Posted by: Rbastid at December 23, 2023 05:01 AM (F7nKC)

30 Toilets in Oz flush anti-clockwise, but clocks also spin backwards.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at December 23, 2023 05:02 AM (NYzgN)

31 Money is not identical to wealth. If I've learned nothing else from my perfunctory half-assed perusal of people like Mises and Hayek, it's that.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at December 23, 2023 05:03 AM (9UlRk)

32 Posted by: Rbastid

You live in NJ....

The only good thing to come out of NJ is CBD.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at December 23, 2023 05:03 AM (NYzgN)

33 It doesn't bother me if a chip targeting the embedded market doesn't have an excess of PCIe lanes available in an already fairly loaded implementation. I'm scratching my head and trying to think of what use that single x1 slot would be in a NAS. Does the CPU lack the full Intel codec playback and transcoding package?

If I was building for compactness, I think I'd like to give up a couple of network ports along with a couple of SATA ports to get at least one more M.2 slot. If I need a lot of slower storage capacity, a full size 3.5" hard drive can live on one of those USB ports. For the money, it gets you a really big hunk of storage and keeps the heat generated away from the mainboard. Good as backup for all the internal drives that you can grab and run with in an emergency. Since those internal M.2 drives are going to be constrained by the much slower(!) network ports, I'd happily use PCIe 3.0 devices if higher capacity was in the trade-off. That is, if there are 8TB sticks to be had significantly cheaper on the slower bus tech.

Posted by: Epobirs at December 23, 2023 05:05 AM (/0z9K)

34 My only issue with banks using your money, to lend to others, is who is making the money.

They'll lend your money to someone at 5%, and you'll be getting a .05% APR on that money.

Even when you put your money "on the street" with local mobsters you make a much larger percentage, and you can get some exercise by beating the deadbeat who owes you that money, with their own leg.

As the facilitator the bank should get a small slice as a fee for using my property, not the opposite way around.

Posted by: Rbastid at December 23, 2023 05:05 AM (F7nKC)

35 The only good thing to come out of NJ is CBD.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at December 23, 2023 05:03 AM (NYzgN)

We're the birthplace of baseball, crack, and corrupt politicians, so suck on that loser states.

Posted by: Rbastid at December 23, 2023 05:07 AM (F7nKC)

36
Great, ummm except I live in NJ and the package was basically going 3 hours away in PA.

It honestly would have been faster and cheaper to hand deliver the item myself, but then I'd have to go to PA *shudder*

Posted by: Rbastid at December 23, 2023 05:01 AM

With Christmas Eve less then 24 hours away historically it's not a good time for a New Jersey resident to get anywhere close to the Delaware River.

G. Washington

Posted by: Divide by Zero at December 23, 2023 05:08 AM (enJYY)

37 31 Money is not identical to wealth.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at December 23, 2023 05:03 AM (9UlRk)

We have a wealth of morons here!

Posted by: m at December 23, 2023 05:08 AM (x7m+Z)

38 The only good thing to come out of NJ is CBD.
Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at December 23, 2023 05:03 AM (NYzgN)

Trying for a 100 comment rule exemption ?

Posted by: JT at December 23, 2023 05:08 AM (T4tVD)

39 As the facilitator the bank should get a small slice as a fee for using my property, not the opposite way around.
Posted by: Rbastid at December 23, 2023 05:05 AM (F7nKC)

The argument, I'd suppose, is that they're taking all of the risk, and your deposit is guaranteed, so they should make all of the profit. Your "cut" of the transaction is that they provide somewhere safe and stable to store your wealth.

Except they're no longer the ones backstopping the guarantee... you are.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at December 23, 2023 05:09 AM (9UlRk)

40 We have a wealth of morons here!
Posted by: m at December 23, 2023 05:08 AM (x7m+Z)

A murder of crows
A gaggle of geese
A wealth of Morons

Posted by: Warai-otoko at December 23, 2023 05:10 AM (9UlRk)

41 23 They do flush backwards, but that's not referring to rotation.
Posted by: Pixy Misa at December 23, 2023 04:36 AM (BLOW1)

*what could this possibly mean?*
Posted by: m

Maybe they have the kind where the drain pipe is toward the front.

Posted by: Bruce at December 23, 2023 04:49 AM (vd8XM)

Or the effluent spews into the bathroom?

Posted by: m at December 23, 2023 05:11 AM (x7m+Z)

42 Morning, 'rons and 'ettes.

Posted by: olddog in mo at December 23, 2023 05:13 AM (ju2Fy)

43 G'Day everyone

Posted by: Skip at December 23, 2023 05:13 AM (fwDg9)

44 Hiya Skip !

Posted by: JT at December 23, 2023 05:14 AM (T4tVD)

45 #34

Keep in mind, they're doing all the work in finding places to apply the money. This used to mean careful scrutiny of the applicants even after 2008 inflicted some reality on the depositors, it still means a lot more labor than a typical Joe Six-pack type can possibly hope to match. There is also the not trivial matter of how little your individual lump of capital can achieve compared to the bank's ability to aggregate it with many others.

Even if you're fairly well off, trying to do this on your own is little better than going to Vegas and playing the slots. Or the stock market if you haven't the time to research your picks in detail. It all comes down to convenience and scale.

Posted by: Epobirs at December 23, 2023 05:15 AM (/0z9K)

46 I think a bank that made a real effort to be absurdly transparent to its customers would be an interesting marketing trick.

"Here are all the insanely complicated machinations we have to go through just to make sure that we can give you back the thousand bucks you gave us any time you ask for it, along with a bit of interest every month, and paying all of our workers, and keeping the lights on at all our branches, and keeping fifty thousand ATMs more or less functioning, and....."

Most of that info is already in public filings, probably, i don't know. Then again, maybe we don't really want to see the feet madly paddling below the waterline as the duck calmly glides along.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at December 23, 2023 05:24 AM (9UlRk)

47 23 They do flush backwards, but that's not referring to rotation.
Posted by: Pixy Misa at December 23, 2023 04:36 AM (BLOW1)

*what could this possibly mean?*
Posted by: m

They launch the turds into space, in an effort to fertilize the moon.

Posted by: JT at December 23, 2023 05:24 AM (T4tVD)

48 Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at December 23, 2023 05:03 AM (NYzgN

That would be incorrect. There are many lovely people in. NJ including some of whom I will see at services today and tomorrow.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 23, 2023 05:25 AM (q2M9N)

49 Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at December 23, 2023 05:03 AM (NYzgN

That would be incorrect. There are many lovely people in. NJ including some of whom I will see at services today and tomorrow.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 23, 2023 05:25 AM (q2M9N)

I spent the first 18 years of my life there.

Posted by: JT at December 23, 2023 05:29 AM (T4tVD)

50 Stay away from any highway or interstate, and Jersey is a lovely little place.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at December 23, 2023 05:29 AM (9UlRk)

51
Right now my CU is offering 4% interest on CD's with a 6 month maturity. If I sign up they'll be able to make a 6% or so car loan to someone who needs a car. Allegedly the liars claim inflation is down to 3% or so.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at December 23, 2023 05:31 AM (enJYY)

52 Posted by: Warai-otoko at December 23, 2023 05:29 AM (9UlRk)

Which part

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 23, 2023 05:32 AM (q2M9N)

53 Posted by: Warai-otoko at December 23, 2023 05:29 AM (9UlRk)

Which part
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 23, 2023 05:32 AM (q2M9N)

I'm usually rambling around Warren or Middlesex County when I'm over that way, but i go all over the place.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at December 23, 2023 05:33 AM (9UlRk)

54
I spent my summers at the 'jersey shore.

Not Billy Joel

Posted by: Divide by Zero at December 23, 2023 05:33 AM (enJYY)

55 I'm sorry. That question about which part (he grew up in) was for JT but Warren County is very nice.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 23, 2023 05:36 AM (q2M9N)

56 Evening and morning to all the insomaniacals in America and Israel and Australia! (List edited for space, you understand.) Up early as usual; I'm sipping coffee. In a few minutes I'll feed the beasts, and then I need to change, stretch, and work out.

My haircut/beard trim is today, and my usual Christmas routine is to bring a little cash in envelopes for my barber and his business partner. They're the owners, and so tipping them is not good etiquette; but a little gift at Christmas is something else. I'm thinking $40 each is about right.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 23, 2023 05:39 AM (omVj0)

57 Fellowship in Christ-

An "Our Daily Bread" devotional:

http://tinyurl.com/595mc2x2

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 23, 2023 05:42 AM (q2M9N)

58 Neither of my banks, one of which is Chase, charges me for ATM transactions including withdrawals. If they did, I'd be looking for new banks. If every bank in my area did that, I'd make one large withdrawal a month and pay cash as often as I could.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 23, 2023 05:43 AM (omVj0)

59 I'm sorry. That question about which part (he grew up in) was for JT but Warren County is very nice.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 23, 2023 05:36 AM (q2M9N)

Paterson

Posted by: JT at December 23, 2023 05:45 AM (T4tVD)

60
g'mornin', 'rons

Posted by: AltonJackson at December 23, 2023 05:46 AM (xDK93)

61
I like Ocean County, NJ the best. 50 miles from Philly so little more then an hour to cross the state. Some great secluded/uncrowded beaches. Boaters paradise.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at December 23, 2023 05:46 AM (enJYY)

62 Miss Linda has still not told me what she wants for Christmas, and today is the deadline. I'm not going to any malls tomorrow, and I don't want to go today. Yeah, I know, jewelry is always appropriate, and I have good taste -- but mine is not the same as hers, and I almost always get it wrong. So I say, "Here's the store. Point to what you want."

As for me, I have a new-to-me pipe I'm waiting to load and smoke on Monday, with a new tobacco blend I haven't tried. Plus I bought some water spot remover gel to try on the roof of the Buick. The car looks great at a few feet away, but if you get close and the light hits the roof right, it looks smudged. If I can get some of the water spots reduced, then hit the car with polish and hand wax, it will look even better.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 23, 2023 05:49 AM (omVj0)

63 It's counter to what i usually hear people say, but I've sworn off small banks. BoA and Chase have been awesome to me for years now, and the local banks i used to deal with were absolutely incompetent. It's like they were doing everything on paper. In the dark. With their feet.

The bigger banks rarely if ever screw up, and when they do, they fix it immediately.

Single anecdote, and i know it's not the norm, but yeah.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at December 23, 2023 05:50 AM (9UlRk)

64 Paterson
Posted by: JT at December 23, 2023 05:45 AM (T4tVD)

Right on 57? A couple good friends of mine grew up there. Unless I'm thinking of a different town.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at December 23, 2023 05:52 AM (9UlRk)

65 Hulk Hogan gets baptized:

http://tinyurl.com/2w9b58ff

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 23, 2023 05:54 AM (SfX0V)

66 Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 23, 2023 05:39 AM (omVj0)

I think that's very nice of you.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 23, 2023 05:55 AM (SfX0V)

67 49 I spent the first 18 years of my life there.
Posted by: JT at December 23, 2023 05:29 AM (T4tVD)

Was that in Old Jersey or New Jersey?

Posted by: m at December 23, 2023 05:55 AM (x7m+Z)

68 Right on 57? A couple good friends of mine grew up there. Unless I'm thinking of a different town.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at December 23, 2023 05:52 AM (9UlRk)

57 what ?

Posted by: JT at December 23, 2023 05:55 AM (T4tVD)

69 And I'll gladly take "we're not gonna lend to a gun maker who might get their ass sued off because our government is nuts" any day over "here's a $40 service charge because we charged you a $20 penalty by mistake and no we're not giving any of it back because we already took it out of your account and we can't put it back in because Reasons, and here's a $10 charge for this email we just sent you, or whoever we sent it to, was that a four or a seven? We don't care, whatever, fuck you".

Posted by: Warai-otoko at December 23, 2023 05:58 AM (9UlRk)

70 57 what ?
Posted by: JT at December 23, 2023 05:55 AM (T4tVD)

... channels and nothing on

Posted by: Warai-otoko at December 23, 2023 05:58 AM (9UlRk)

71 68 Right on 57? A couple good friends of mine grew up there. Unless I'm thinking of a different town.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at December 23, 2023 05:52 AM (9UlRk)

57 what ?
Posted by: JT at December 23, 2023 05:55 AM (T4tVD)

Who's on 1st?

Posted by: m at December 23, 2023 05:59 AM (x7m+Z)

72 Deaf girl meets Santa properly for the first time thanks to elf who signs:

http://tinyurl.com/2bvk9wjt

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 23, 2023 05:59 AM (SfX0V)

73 68 Right on 57? A couple good friends of mine grew up there. Unless I'm thinking of a different town.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at December 23, 2023 05:52 AM (9UlRk)

57 what ?
Posted by: JT at December 23, 2023 05:55 AM (T4tVD)

Herbs and spices?

Posted by: m at December 23, 2023 06:00 AM (x7m+Z)

74 I was thinking of Washington, not Paterson.

But i also have a buddy from Paterson, too.

Just wanted to make sure you knew that.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at December 23, 2023 06:00 AM (9UlRk)

75 74 I was thinking of Washington, not Paterson.

But i also have a buddy from Paterson, too.

Just wanted to make sure you knew that.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at December 23, 2023 06:00 AM (9UlRk)

*some kind of threat, sounds like*

Posted by: m at December 23, 2023 06:01 AM (x7m+Z)

76 36 With Christmas Eve less then 24 hours away historically it's not a good time for a New Jersey resident to get anywhere close to the Delaware River.

G. Washington
Posted by: Divide by Zero at December 23, 2023 05:08 AM (enJYY)

; )

Posted by: m at December 23, 2023 06:02 AM (x7m+Z)

77 10 miracle Christmas stories which comfort us From "Guideposts" magazine:

http://tinyurl.com/e63n6zzd

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 23, 2023 06:02 AM (SfX0V)

78 mornin yall. Apparently it's not enough to import more murderers and rapists, we have to let the ones in prison out too.

"Louisiana's outgoing anti-prison Democratic Governor pardons 56 inmates - including 40 MURDERERS - after shortening sentences and increasing paroles to lose status as the country's biggest jailer"

Remember, when seconds count, the police are hours away.

Posted by: fd at December 23, 2023 06:03 AM (vFG9F)

79 Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 23, 2023 05:39 AM (omVj0)
*
I think that's very nice of you.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 23, 2023

***
Morning, Fen,

Well, I've been going to the guy, except for my time, in Denver, since 1979. A few years back he mentioned that his winter rain hat had worn out after nn years, and he couldn't find a new one in any stores. He's not an online guy. So I hopped on the 'Net, had a new model shipped to me, and presented it to him at Xmas.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 23, 2023 06:03 AM (omVj0)

80
*some kind of threat, sounds like*
Posted by: m at December 23, 2023 06:01 AM (x7m+Z)

Hey, hey, oh, woah, i said buddy, not Family, come on, get outta here!

Posted by: Warai-otoko at December 23, 2023 06:03 AM (9UlRk)

81 yo wut sup

Posted by: rhennigantx at December 23, 2023 06:03 AM (lwOKI)

82 I went to New Jersey once but they had so many Brunswicks I had to come home. Here we only have one Brunswick, the true Brunswick.

Posted by: fd at December 23, 2023 06:05 AM (vFG9F)

83 80
*some kind of threat, sounds like*
Posted by: m at December 23, 2023 06:01 AM (x7m+Z)

Hey, hey, oh, woah, i said buddy, not Family, come on, get outta here!
Posted by: Warai-otoko at December 23, 2023 06:03 AM (9UlRk)

Oh, I heard it in a New Jersey accent: "But i also have a buddy from Paterson, too. ... Just wanted to make sure you knew that."

Posted by: m at December 23, 2023 06:05 AM (x7m+Z)

84 "Louisiana's outgoing anti-prison Democratic Governor pardons 56 inmates - including 40 MURDERERS - after shortening sentences and increasing paroles to lose status as the country's biggest jailer" . . .

Posted by: fd at December 23, 2023

***
Edwards was a big Obama-nik and locked down the state during the Sniffle Scare. I'm happy to see him gone. Landry the R, well, who knows, but he gets sworn in on 1/8. Maybe we'll see some improvement here.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 23, 2023 06:05 AM (omVj0)

85 I went outside before dark yestiddy and it was completely overcast.

Looked like we were gonna get some weather.

Nothin' yet so far.

Posted by: JT at December 23, 2023 06:06 AM (T4tVD)

86 I love when it's overcast with a bright moon.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at December 23, 2023 06:08 AM (9UlRk)

87 Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 23, 2023 06:03 AM (omVj0

That's lovely.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 23, 2023 06:08 AM (QTOQh)

88 G'morning, all.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at December 23, 2023 06:11 AM (hH3Px)

89 fd, is this a good time to give you a call?

Posted by: Ben Had at December 23, 2023 06:12 AM (dec0Z)

90 I love when it's overcast with a bright moon.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at December 23, 2023 06:08 AM (9UlRk)

You're just trying to trick me into going outside.

Posted by: JT at December 23, 2023 06:14 AM (T4tVD)

91 You're just trying to trick me into going outside.
Posted by: JT at December 23, 2023 06:14 AM (T4tVD)

Mwah hah haaaaa

Posted by: Warai-otoko at December 23, 2023 06:15 AM (9UlRk)

92 Well, the first annual seafood boil went off without a hitch.

10 Lbs of Potatoes
12 ears of corn
8 Lbs of snow crab clusters
5 Lbs of crawfish
5 Lbs of shrimp
6 lobster tails
4 cups of Old Bay
2 cans of Stout

Boy, do we have leftovers.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at December 23, 2023 06:16 AM (hH3Px)

93 Remember, when seconds count, the police are hours away.
Posted by: fd at December 23, 2023 06:03 AM (vFG9F)

"Hey, are you a murderer? Cool. I'll give you $100 to murder this guy who's trying to murder me right now. "

Posted by: Warai-otoko at December 23, 2023 06:17 AM (9UlRk)

94 "Posted by: Ben Had at December 23, 2023 06:12 AM"

In about 30 minutes?

Posted by: fd at December 23, 2023 06:17 AM (vFG9F)

95 VIA, congratulations! Sounds delicious.

Posted by: Ben Had at December 23, 2023 06:17 AM (dec0Z)

96 Boy, do we have leftovers.
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at December 23, 2023 06:16 AM (hH3Px)

The hell did you boil all that in, a swimming pool?!?!

Also, yum

Posted by: Warai-otoko at December 23, 2023 06:18 AM (9UlRk)

97 Good morning everyone.

VIA - do you know what your provider was charging for snow crab? A local guy here was asking $54/lb. They looked great but I didn't have a need for them.

Posted by: Tonypete at December 23, 2023 06:18 AM (J47y1)

98 from the LOC (Library of Congress):

On October 4, 1943, Crosby recorded "I'll Be Home for Christmas" with the John Scott Trotter Orchestra for Decca Records. ... It touched a tender place in the hearts of Americans, both soldiers and civilians, who were then in the depths of World War II. ... In December 1965, having completed the first U.S. space rendezvous and set a record for the longest flight in the U.S. space program, the astronauts Frank Borman and James Lovell hurtled back to earth aboard their Gemini 7 spacecraft. Asked by NASA communication personnel if they wanted any particular music piped up to them, the crew requested Bing Crosby's recording of "I'll Be Home for Christmas."

https://www.loc.gov/item
/ihas.200000010/

Posted by: m at December 23, 2023 06:19 AM (x7m+Z)

99 fd, perfect. Do I need an internet connection?

Posted by: Ben Had at December 23, 2023 06:19 AM (dec0Z)

100 100

Posted by: m at December 23, 2023 06:19 AM (x7m+Z)

101 21 8 6 Okay spill it pixy. Do toilets down under really flush in a counter-clockwise direction?

They do flush backwards, but that's not referring to rotation.
Posted by: Pixy Misa at December 23, 2023 04:36 AM (BLOW1)

*what could this possibly mean?*

Posted by: m at December 23, 2023 04:45 AM (x7m+Z)
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As someone who has lived in that other hemisphere (big word) for about 40 years, I can enlighten and say 'take a bucket with you'.
/s

Posted by: Ciampino - Spellcheck is the dictionary from Hell yes at December 23, 2023 06:19 AM (qfLjt)

102 Is it easy to record streaming content to disk?

Posted by: Ciampino - Spellchecker is the dictionary from Hell yes at December 23, 2023 06:21 AM (qfLjt)

103 "fd, perfect. Do I need an internet connection?
Posted by: Ben Had"

Nope. I have to dose the cat in about 15 minutes so anytime after that.

Posted by: fd at December 23, 2023 06:22 AM (vFG9F)

104
Snow crabs in this area of SE PA are between 7.99 and 12.99 per pound right now. Grocery store actually cheaper then Aldi's I guess as a 'loss leader' to bring in customers.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at December 23, 2023 06:22 AM (enJYY)

105 Ben Had...not as good as the MoMe, but not bad for a first effort.

60 Qt pot on a 59,000 but gas burner

Crab clusters were $8.99 per pound at Harris-Teeter.

Looking forward to the semi-annual snow crab cluster sale at our Food Lion.

We loaded up the freezer at $4.99 per pound back in July.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at December 23, 2023 06:22 AM (hH3Px)

106 VIA, I don't know, that crab sounds really good.

Posted by: Ben Had at December 23, 2023 06:24 AM (dec0Z)

107 Surprise surprise.

"Former President Barack Obama has secretly lobbied Harvard University officials to stick by embattled President Claudine Gay as she faces pressure to resign for giving cover to antisemitism on campus and for committing plagiarism."

Obama set race relations back 50 years and he is intent on it staying that way.

Posted by: fd at December 23, 2023 06:25 AM (vFG9F)

108 http://tinyurl.com/5yfha86u
20 Tweets from Bad Blue
Posted by: Skip at December 23, 2023 12:17 AM (fwDg9)

Photo of Gay at Congress, with Obama's head photoshopped onto her.

Posted by: m at December 23, 2023 06:27 AM (x7m+Z)

109 "I don't know, that crab sounds really good."

Oh, it was.

But there is something about a large group of Morons eating drinking and laughing together that is a flavoring like no other.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at December 23, 2023 06:28 AM (hH3Px)

110
I sometimes put the leg meat from snow crab in between two thin flounder fillets then melt some cheese on top.So good.

It's the closest thing to 'jersey summers where we would catch blue crab and flounder and roll the crab up inside the flounder fillet. Nothing like sitting around in the late afternoon with a beer and cleaning a bucket of crabs.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at December 23, 2023 06:28 AM (enJYY)

111 I think I see the problem here.

"Penny Pritzker, a 1981 Harvard grad, was appointed senior fellow of the Corporation in 2022 after having donated $100 million to the university — and she helmed the search committee that appointed Gay as the school’s new president last year."

Posted by: fd at December 23, 2023 06:29 AM (vFG9F)

112 You too can help maintain the race relations status quo by just donating 100 million dollars to Harvard.

Posted by: fd at December 23, 2023 06:31 AM (vFG9F)

113 "Penny Pritzker is an entrepreneur, civic leader and philanthropist with more than 30 years of experience in numerous industries. ... She also served on President Obama’s Council on Jobs and Competitiveness and his Economic Recovery Advisory Board. ... Currently, Pritzker is ... a member of the board of the Obama Foundation....

https://www.obama.org/about/
leadership/penny-pritzker/

Posted by: m at December 23, 2023 06:32 AM (x7m+Z)

114 Good morning, everyone, and happy almost Christmas. F'd, wanted to let you know I picked up a little HP laptop for my dad yesterday. It was on a flash sale at Best Buy for $299 ($200 off regular price) so we will see how he likes it. As long as the screen doesn't wiggle and he can watch the occasional YouTube video, send email, and check his bank account, he will be happy. Thank you for your help!

Posted by: bluebell at December 23, 2023 06:32 AM (pTb/Z)

115 Our one neighbor from upstate New York had never had potatoes boiled in Old Bay.

She said it was surprisingly delicious.

And of course Mrs VIA had jut made a batch of sugar cookies, with a pinch of Old Bay before that.

Those were right there with the sugar cookies with FireBall whiskey and powder sugar glaze on top.

Those were good too!

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at December 23, 2023 06:33 AM (hH3Px)

116 Former President Barack Obama has secretly lobbied Harvard University officials to stick by embattled President Claudine Gay as she faces pressure to resign for giving cover to antisemitism on campus and for committing plagiarism."

Obama set race relations back 50 years and he is intent on it staying that way.
Posted by: fd at December 23, 2023 06:25 AM (vFG9F)

Secretly.... why secretly? You'd think he'd be rather overt about it.

And also, i wish the plagiarism thing didn't distract so much from the fact that she's a fucking jew hater.

Imagine if a black college kid got his ass kicked by the crew team and the administration was like "Hey, whatever, dude, people don't like black guys, i mean, they are kind of awful aren't they?". Nobody would be saying "ermagerd, look, plagiarism!". They'd be strapping the bastards to some donkeys facing backwards and whipping them out of town post haste.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at December 23, 2023 06:33 AM (9UlRk)

117 G'morning, Bluebell

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at December 23, 2023 06:33 AM (hH3Px)

118 Etouffee. Whip up a roux and add leftovers.

Posted by: Ben Had at December 23, 2023 06:34 AM (dec0Z)

119 Howdy, VIA! You'll be happy to know that my Navy nephew will be joining us for Christmas dinner, I just found out!

Posted by: bluebell at December 23, 2023 06:36 AM (pTb/Z)

120 bluebell, good morning!

Posted by: Ben Had at December 23, 2023 06:36 AM (dec0Z)

121 118 Etouffee.
Posted by: Ben Had at December 23, 2023 06:34 AM (dec0Z)

Gesundheit.

Posted by: m at December 23, 2023 06:36 AM (x7m+Z)

122 "It was on a flash sale at Best Buy for $299 ($200 off regular price) "

What a deal! It's amazing they can make them so cheap. The only thing inflation seems not to affect much is the price of a new PC.

Posted by: fd at December 23, 2023 06:36 AM (vFG9F)

123 Tea. Earl Grey. Hot.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea, Radioactive Knight at December 23, 2023 06:38 AM (ScR16)

124 "You'll be happy to know that my Navy nephew will be joining us for Christmas dinner, I just found out"

YES!!!

And a blessed and merry Christmas wish for the Bluebell family.

Little VIA and his girlfriend are snoring away upstairs, but are supposed to be heading to Alabama in about two hours to spend time with her extended family as well.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at December 23, 2023 06:38 AM (hH3Px)

125 What a deal! It's amazing they can make them so cheap. The only thing inflation seems not to affect much is the price of a new PC.
Posted by: fd

The cynic in me says - Well, yeah. CCP wants to get as much infected hardware/software into our hands as possible.

As does the left.

Posted by: Tonypete at December 23, 2023 06:39 AM (J47y1)

126 " The only thing inflation seems not to affect much is the price of a new PC."

And TV's.

You can get some rather large ones at amazing prices this year.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at December 23, 2023 06:39 AM (hH3Px)

127
I can't imagine 4 cups of Old Bay in a recipe, but if it works it works.

:: Calculates travel time to Via's address from SE PA ::

Posted by: Divide by Zero at December 23, 2023 06:40 AM (enJYY)

128 Javier Milei continues his fascist rampage in Argentina.

He has authorised the Privatising of all remaining State owned industries (thats his donors cashing in).

He has also authorised the sale of all Social Housing and removed all rent controls

that branch of the National Socialist the favour privatization.

Posted by: rhennigantx at December 23, 2023 06:40 AM (lwOKI)

129 Got to get over this cold in 2 days. Do not want to take this home to Mom and Dad or my Aunt.

Blah.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at December 23, 2023 06:41 AM (di6C2)

130 What a deal! It's amazing they can make them so cheap. The only thing inflation seems not to affect much is the price of a new PC.
Posted by: fd at December 23, 2023 06:36 AM (vFG9F)
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Hopefully it's a decent one. But honestly, it doesn't have to do much to make him happy. And I can return it by Jan 13 if I need to.

This is what I got : http://tinyurl.com/mpa6tdjf

Posted by: bluebell at December 23, 2023 06:42 AM (pTb/Z)

131 Verse for the Day:

"Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today, and forever."

–Hebrews 13:8

Posted by: Tonypete at December 23, 2023 06:42 AM (J47y1)

132 Calculates travel time to Via's address from SE PA ::
Posted by: Divide by Zero at December 23, 2023 06:40 AM (enJYY)
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Don't forget to add in time to swing by Virginia and pick me up on the way. I'll bring cookies.

Posted by: bluebell at December 23, 2023 06:43 AM (pTb/Z)

133 that branch of the National Socialist the favour privatization.

Posted by: rhennigantx at December 23, 2023 06:40 AM (lwOKI)

What's interesting is how quickly he is moving all this shit. I am assuming because, like here, a lot of the really bad shit has been done by executive fiat- not legislatively (so it can be undone the same way.)

Good luck, man- and good on you.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at December 23, 2023 06:44 AM (di6C2)

134 Don't forget to add in time to swing by Virginia and pick me up on the way. I'll bring cookies.
Posted by: bluebell at December 23, 2023 06:43 AM (pTb/Z)

Car cookies are key.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at December 23, 2023 06:45 AM (di6C2)

135 Well, y'all......

Front door's open.

I gotta go wake some folks up.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at December 23, 2023 06:45 AM (hH3Px)

136 Little VIA and his girlfriend are snoring away upstairs, but are supposed to be heading to Alabama in about two hours to spend time with her extended family as well.
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at December 23, 2023 06:38 AM (hH3Px)
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How nice that you have them there! We have a full house as well, it's utter chaos but I like it.

Posted by: bluebell at December 23, 2023 06:45 AM (pTb/Z)

137
Don't forget to add in time to swing by Virginia and pick me up on the way. I'll bring cookies.

Posted by: bluebell at December 23, 2023 06:43 AM

Deal. I can usually hit VA in about three hours. Sometimes less if seafood is involved.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at December 23, 2023 06:46 AM (enJYY)

138 111 I think I see the problem here.

"Penny Pritzker, a 1981 Harvard grad, was appointed senior fellow of the Corporation in 2022 after having donated $100 million to the university — and she helmed the search committee that appointed Gay as the school’s new president last year."

Posted by: fd at December 23, 2023 06:29 AM (vFG9F)
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This bad penny is in fact a penisified male by birth right?
A whale of a man, competing with his brother for the bloated look.

Posted by: Ciampino - Blagovich is mad as hell at December 23, 2023 06:46 AM (qfLjt)

139 118 Etouffee.
Posted by: Ben Had at December 23, 2023 06:34 AM (dec0Z)

Gesundheit.
Posted by: m at December 23, 2023 06:36 AM (x7m+Z)

LOL !

Posted by: JT at December 23, 2023 06:49 AM (T4tVD)

140 I gotta go wake some folks up.
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice

Lemme help ya....

HEY !!!

Posted by: JT at December 23, 2023 06:50 AM (T4tVD)

141 HEY !!!
Posted by: JT at December 23, 2023 06:50 AM (T4tVD)
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Great, now my whole household is awake. There goes my peace and quiet.

Posted by: bluebell at December 23, 2023 06:52 AM (pTb/Z)

142
Christmas Eve is like my wife's favorite night of the year. So tomorrow the menu is mid afternoon snack of bacon wrapped shrimp with jalapeno and cheese. Lobster tail dinner, baked potato, salad. The hardest part is extracting the lobster tail and perching it atop the shell for appearance sake and easy broiling.

Drawn butter meticulously prepared, foam and solid free. Aldi's didn't have any ghee I could find yesterday so it's back to the old method.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at December 23, 2023 06:53 AM (enJYY)

143 Apparently, the President of Harvard was being protected by Obama. What a surprise! Not:

http://tinyurl.com/y8uaskev

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 23, 2023 06:54 AM (eOYiA)

144 HEY !!!
Posted by: JT at December 23, 2023 06:50 AM (T4tVD)
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Great, now my whole household is awake. There goes my peace and quiet.
Posted by: bluebell at December 23, 2023 06:52 AM (pTb/Z)

Oh.

Sorry.

Posted by: JT at December 23, 2023 06:55 AM (T4tVD)

145 Boker Tov Patriots

Loading Mags for my Carry Permit Class today

Posted by: Nevergiveup at December 23, 2023 06:56 AM (PQ4m2)

146 This bad penny is in fact a penisified male by birth right?
A whale of a man, competing with his brother for the bloated look.
Posted by: Ciampino - Blagovich is mad as hell at December 23, 2023 06:46 AM (qfLjt)
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Female. Marathon runner, so not bloated, and married (to a man, amazingly).

The usual criticism of her is she inherited her money, and lost a chunk of it when a bank she was helping to run went under, screwing the depositors.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at December 23, 2023 06:57 AM (ZJzL2)

147 It's okay, JT, I forgive you just this once. 😉

Posted by: bluebell at December 23, 2023 06:57 AM (pTb/Z)

148 Our best estimate is that 59 percent of households headed by illegal immigrants, also called the undocumented, use at least one major welfare program.

What cost $450 Billion per year now and every year in the future without any prospect of a ROI?

Posted by: rhennigantx at December 23, 2023 06:59 AM (lwOKI)

149 Hiya Cap'n !

Posted by: JT at December 23, 2023 07:00 AM (T4tVD)

150 It's okay, JT, I forgive you just this once. 😉
Posted by: bluebell at December 23, 2023 06:57 AM (pTb/Z)

Posted by: JT at December 23, 2023 07:00 AM (T4tVD)

151 143 Apparently, the President of Harvard was being protected by Obama. What a surprise! Not:

http://tinyurl.com/y8uaskev
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 23, 2023 06:54 AM (eOYiA)

Who would have thought special person that used every race based trick to get everything he has would back a fellow member of the same tribe.

Posted by: rhennigantx at December 23, 2023 07:01 AM (lwOKI)

152 How nice that you have them there! We have a full house as well, it's utter chaos but I like it.
Posted by: bluebell at December 23, 2023 06:45 AM (pTb/Z)
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We have everyone except one daughter (and her husband/kids), and we miss her terribly. First Christmas for us when our whole family is not complete and together. My bride is being brave and cheerful about it but I expect we will be making different arrangements next Christmas.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at December 23, 2023 07:01 AM (l8Hoe)

153 138 111 I think I see the problem here.

"Penny Pritzker, a 1981 Harvard grad, was appointed senior fellow of the Corporation in 2022 after having donated $100 million to the university — and she helmed the search committee that appointed Gay as the school’s new president last year."

Posted by: fd at December 23, 2023 06:29 AM (vFG9F)
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This bad penny is in fact a penisified male by birth right?
A whale of a man, competing with his brother for the bloated look.
Posted by: Ciampino - Blagovich is mad as hell at December 23, 2023 06:46 AM (qfLjt)

?

Posted by: m at December 23, 2023 07:02 AM (x7m+Z)

154 TSA:
For non-citizens and non-U.S. nationals who do not otherwise have acceptable forms of ID for presentation at security checkpoints, TSA may also accept certain DHS-issued forms, including ICE Form I-200 (Warrant for Arrest of an Alien)...All passengers whose identity is verified through alternate procedures receive additional screening before being allowed into the secure area of the airport.

They hate you!!

Posted by: rhennigantx at December 23, 2023 07:02 AM (lwOKI)

155
My local postmaster says there are about 25 other people like me who walk a check into the post office now and won't even drop it into the blue box outside. He told the story of someone who told him of a check for $12,000 that someone stole from a mailbox, changed the 'Pay to the order of' line and tried to cash. The bank said, "No, we're not gonna do that".

Bidenomics. Inventing new ways to avoid getting a J O B.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at December 23, 2023 07:03 AM (enJYY)

156 So, I saw in the ONT that Claudine Gay is now having to answer questions about the data used in her dissertation. At this point, it seems "inconsistent" but it may soon graduate to "faked".

Posted by: Huck Follywood at December 23, 2023 07:04 AM (l8Hoe)

157 Huck, I am very lucky that we've had all our kids here thus far, but this may be the last Christmas that we do, at least for a while. I suspect my newly-married daughter will be in Massachusetts next Christmas. But I'm enjoying it while I can! I hope you guys can see those kids and grandkids soon.

Posted by: bluebell at December 23, 2023 07:04 AM (pTb/Z)

158 This bad penny is in fact a penisified male by birth right?
A whale of a man, competing with his brother for the bloated look.
Posted by: Ciampino - Blagovich is mad as hell at December 23, 2023 06:46 AM (qfLjt)
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OK, found it. That's Jennifer Pritzker, born James. Retired Colonel, ILL Nat'l Guard. Cousin to Penny and the Gov. J.B.

Posted by: olddog in mo at December 23, 2023 07:06 AM (ju2Fy)

159 On Christmas Eve, I will make my very first attempt at making Scotch Eggs. It's fairly simple, I think. Guess I'll find out!

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at December 23, 2023 07:07 AM (sAmhv)

160 Well, the first annual seafood boil went off without a hitch.

10 Lbs of Potatoes
12 ears of corn
8 Lbs of snow crab clusters
5 Lbs of crawfish
5 Lbs of shrimp
6 lobster tails
4 cups of Old Bay
2 cans of Stout

Boy, do we have leftovers.
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at December 23, 2023 06:16 AM (hH3Px)

That sounds wonderful VIA. A perfect way to gather with family and friends a celebrate the holidays. To paraphrase Salty, enjoy life and piss the others off.

Posted by: Rufus T. Firefly at December 23, 2023 07:13 AM (/HoHj)

161 Christmas Eve will just be the two of us this year. The kids are scattered hither and yon and busy with their own familes.

After Christmas morning Mass we are cooking breakfast for some of our church widow/er friends. Should be around ten or so. I'll be making some sort of fritatta. Still have loads of panatone left so that'll get served also.

Posted by: Tonypete at December 23, 2023 07:13 AM (J47y1)

162 On Christmas Eve, I will make my very first attempt at making Scotch Eggs. It's fairly simple, I think. Guess I'll find out!

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at December 23, 2023 07:07 AM

I bet the kilts are chewy !

Posted by: JT at December 23, 2023 07:14 AM (T4tVD)

163 @voxdotcom
·
Follow
How Republicans are weaponizing antisemitism to take down DEI

So the issue is not the DEI is designed, built, and run as an anti-Semitic pogrom but that (R)s point that issue out.

Posted by: rhennigantx at December 23, 2023 07:15 AM (lwOKI)

164 G'mornin' everyone!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez - these lying bastardi e stronzi have been lying for decades at December 23, 2023 07:15 AM (kc18b)

165 CO2 from Grindavik volcano is tiny compared to amount produced by humans | Fact check

https://is.gd/xUugsK

Posted by: Ciampino - I'm so pissed off I'm spewing CO2+ at December 23, 2023 07:16 AM (qfLjt)

166 I bet the kilts are chewy !

Stop eating Scotsmen. Bad for your health.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at December 23, 2023 07:17 AM (sAmhv)

167 Stop eating Scotsmen. Bad for your health.
Posted by: Puddleglum

1) Kilt one Scotsman
2) . . .

Posted by: Tonypete at December 23, 2023 07:18 AM (J47y1)

168 165 CO2 from Grindavik volcano is tiny compared to amount produced by humans | Fact check

https://is.gd/xUugsK

Posted by: Ciampino

Fact Check from USA Today = Lie

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at December 23, 2023 07:19 AM (sAmhv)

169 167 Stop eating Scotsmen. Bad for your health.
Posted by: Puddleglum

1) Kilt one Scotsman
2) . . .
Posted by: Tonypete at December 23, 2023 07:18 AM (J47y1)

No Scots.

Posted by: m at December 23, 2023 07:21 AM (x7m+Z)

170 Once upon a time, a young savant with this much talent would have been offered a job on the spot and put to great use disrupting the enemy's military capabilities. But instead he will be medicated and institutionalised for life. We live in a very sick world.

https://is.gd/fvV1fn

Posted by: Ciampino - I'm so pissed off I'm spewing CO2 at December 23, 2023 07:22 AM (qfLjt)

171 PCE 3.3 3.3 3.4 2.9 2.6

PCE did not fall or drop. The rate of Price Increases from Inflation fell from 2.9% Year over Year to 2.6%.

In other words: The driver removed their foot of the gas at 60 MPH and slowed to 54 MPH as they passed the parked Hiway Patrol car.

Posted by: rhennigantx at December 23, 2023 07:23 AM (lwOKI)

172 37 degrees, fog like a cubic mile of cotton.

going hiking, woohoo!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez - these lying bastardi e stronzi have been lying for decades at December 23, 2023 07:25 AM (kc18b)

173 Birdbath status?

Posted by: Just Wondering at December 23, 2023 07:26 AM (uR/0Y)

174 Good morning morons

Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 23, 2023 07:27 AM (RIvkX)

175 Off to bed.

Later daywalkers.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at December 23, 2023 07:27 AM (sAmhv)

176 Foggy at 0500, hard rain for 10 minutes, then cloudy balance of the day. 58 degrees. Merry Christmas from ETEX!

Posted by: Eromero at December 23, 2023 07:28 AM (J4YJJ)

177 I haven't stepped a foot yet

Posted by: Skip at December 23, 2023 07:28 AM (fwDg9)

178 Morning, Tech Peeps

Posted by: fluffy at December 23, 2023 07:29 AM (86W+h)

179 Happy Christmas to all the horde!

Posted by: Huck Follywood at December 23, 2023 07:29 AM (5vMyi)

180
The easiest way to get the border shut down is to claim it's an effort by the Republicans to keep the border open so the crime rate goes through the roof causing massive backlash against Biden and the progressive agenda.

Pass it along at holiday get together. As in, "I think we can all agree that the Republican agenda of keeping the border open is an effort to sway voters to their side when the crime rate skyrockets."

Posted by: Divide by Zero at December 23, 2023 07:30 AM (enJYY)

181 I nedz coffee

Posted by: Skip at December 23, 2023 07:30 AM (fwDg9)

182 180
The easiest way to get the border shut down is to claim it's an effort by the Republicans to keep the border open so the crime rate goes through the roof causing massive backlash against Biden and the progressive agenda.

Pass it along at holiday get together. As in, "I think we can all agree that the Republican agenda of keeping the border open is an effort to sway voters to their side when the crime rate skyrockets."
Posted by: Divide by Zero at December 23, 2023 07:30 AM (enJYY)

Progressives love cops and do not think they do not. They are government workers that can and will be used against the citizen.

Posted by: rhennigantx at December 23, 2023 07:31 AM (lwOKI)

183 SpaceX Launch 2

https://is.gd/EahfqI

Launch 2: Scheduled for this AM.
Commentary starts in a few minutes.

Posted by: Ciampino - It's Rocket Science!!! at December 23, 2023 07:32 AM (qfLjt)

184 111 I think I see the problem here.

"Penny Pritzker, a 1981 Harvard grad, was appointed senior fellow of the Corporation in 2022 after having donated $100 million to the university — and she helmed the search committee that appointed Gay as the school’s new president last year."
Posted by: fd at December 23, 2023 06:29 AM (vFG9F)

And her brother is running / ruining Illinois.

Posted by: JM in Ill -- Behold the Manchurian Candidate at December 23, 2023 07:33 AM (GlfRJ)

185 Ciampino why do I think I put it on it will get scrubbed?

Posted by: Skip at December 23, 2023 07:34 AM (fwDg9)

186 ustin, Texas — The Austin Violent Crime Task Force will stop operations this weekend. The Texas Department of Public Safety says it is proud of the job the task force has done, but a change in resource deployment is needed. The partnership between Austin Police and DPS was designed to help the city cope with police staffing shortages, long response times, and increases in violent crime and traffic fatalities.

Gooder and Harderer

Posted by: rhennigantx at December 23, 2023 07:34 AM (lwOKI)

187 )

171 PCE 3.3 3.3 3.4 2.9 2.6

PCE did not fall or drop. The rate of Price Increases from Inflation fell from 2.9% Year over Year to 2.6%.

In other words: The driver removed their foot of the gas at 60 MPH and slowed to 54 MPH as they passed the parked Hiway Patrol car.
Posted by: rhennigantx at December 23, 2023 07:23 AM (lwOKI)

You will never get a job in the MSM. So another 2.6% on top of Biden's previous 18% price increases. Swell.

Posted by: JM in Ill -- Behold the Manchurian Candidate at December 23, 2023 07:38 AM (GlfRJ)

188 Ford said on Thursday that half of all 1,550 Ford dealers chose to sell electric vehicles in 2024—down from two-thirds that said this time last year that they would opt in to sell EVs for 2023.

Mach E New
58,733
MSRP $66,035
Save $7,302

2022
35,998
$4,251
Below Kelley Blue Book® Fair Purchase Price

Posted by: rhennigantx at December 23, 2023 07:39 AM (lwOKI)

189 Watch the disgusting moment a commentator accidentally takes a sip from his partner's tobacco SPIT CUP live on air

https://mol.im/a/12895659

Posted by: Ciampino - Sippy Cup? at December 23, 2023 07:40 AM (qfLjt)

190 Birdbath status?
Posted by: Just Wondering

I'm sure its frozen.

It was frozen ALL DAY yestiddy !

Posted by: JT at December 23, 2023 07:40 AM (T4tVD)

191 You will never get a job in the MSM. So another 2.6% on top of Biden's previous 18% price increases. Swell.
Posted by: JM in Ill -- Behold the Manchurian Candidate at December 23, 2023 07:38 AM (GlfRJ)

Yeah, it’s the anti-compound interest thing. Instead of watch your money grow, it’s now watch it disappear.

Posted by: Rufus T. Firefly at December 23, 2023 07:40 AM (/HoHj)

192 You will never get a job in the MSM. So another 2.6% on top of Biden's previous 18% price increases. Swell.
Posted by: JM in Ill -- Behold the Manchurian Candidate at December 23, 2023 07:38 AM (GlfRJ)

And M2 is up around 40% since 2021 so expect another 18%.

Posted by: rhennigantx at December 23, 2023 07:41 AM (lwOKI)

193
The partnership between Austin Police and DPS was designed to help the city cope with police staffing shortages, long response times, and increases in violent crime and traffic fatalities.

Let the Social Workering begin!

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at December 23, 2023 07:42 AM (xG4kz)

194
My wife's friend was telling her of a neighbor who bought an EV and sold it within a month. Frigid climes and batteries aren't a great combination. It's like having a perpetual leak in a gas tank.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at December 23, 2023 07:42 AM (enJYY)

195
Up, dressed, morning prayers said, kennel dogs let out, puppies fed (and now sleeping!), coffee made. While Her Majesty remains abed, there will now be a tiny interlude of peace and quiet.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 23, 2023 07:43 AM (MoZTd)

196 Good morning!

How do you measure the amount of CO2 put out by a volcano, anyway let alone the entire human race?

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at December 23, 2023 07:44 AM (YRsIm)

197 My wife's friend was telling her of a neighbor who bought an EV and sold it within a month. Frigid climes and batteries aren't a great combination. It's like having a perpetual leak in a gas tank.
Posted by: Divide by Zero at December 23, 2023 07:42 AM (enJYY)

I bet that hurt the wallet. Resale on a EV, probably not good.

Posted by: Rufus T. Firefly at December 23, 2023 07:44 AM (/HoHj)

198
155
My local postmaster says there are about 25 other people like me who walk a check into the post office now and won't even drop it into the blue box outside. He told the story of someone who told him of a check for $12,000 that someone stole from a mailbox, changed the 'Pay to the order of' line and tried to cash. The bank said, "No, we're not gonna do that".

Bidenomics. Inventing new ways to avoid getting a J O B.
Posted by: Divide by Zero at December 23, 2023 07:03 AM (enJYY)

I walk my checks inside AND I use ink that cannot be "washed off" or changed.

Posted by: JM in Ill -- Behold the Manchurian Candidate at December 23, 2023 07:44 AM (HHvzF)

199
How do you measure the amount of CO2 put out by a volcano, anyway let alone the entire human race?
Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead

With MATH and other SCIENTISM magic far too complicated to 'splain to you!

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at December 23, 2023 07:45 AM (xG4kz)

200 They will be giving away laptops just to get a copy of Windows 11 in your house.

Posted by: pawn at December 23, 2023 07:46 AM (QB+5g)

201 Morning Horde. The boiler at church went out yesterday and cannot be fixed until after Christmas. In MT, In December. Going to be a trifle nippy at Masses starting today. Poinsettias and attendees hardest hit. 50 very unhappy poinsettias.

Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at December 23, 2023 07:47 AM (2NHgQ)

202 The Washington Post’s New Boss Is Walking Into an Epic Mess

http://tinyurl.com/2zh4ny62

It looks like a newspaper, but it's not.

Posted by: Stuff Chris Plante sez at December 23, 2023 07:47 AM (uR/0Y)

203 it has two M.2 slot, six SATA ports, four 2.5Gb Ethernet ports, HDMI and DisplayPort, four USB ports, and a single memory slot for up to 32GB of RAM.

Uh-huh. Is that thing turbocharged?

Posted by: Beechum County, Alabama D.A. Jim Trotter at December 23, 2023 07:48 AM (4I/2K)

204
I bet that hurt the wallet. Resale on a EV, probably not good.

Posted by: Rufus T. Firefly at December 23, 2023 07:44 AM

Virtue signaling is one thing, the nuisance factor is another. If a car is annoying enough you'll be glad to get rid of it. This time of year when electric use starts to skyrocket in this area they probably looked at their electric bill and freaked. I don't think EV's are that big a deal but you look at the bill for November and remember a few short years ago it has half of that?

Posted by: Divide by Zero at December 23, 2023 07:49 AM (enJYY)

205 Good morning. Happy Christmas Eve eve!

Posted by: jewells45 fuck cancer at December 23, 2023 07:50 AM (iF0sF)

206 Commercial space heaters my suggestion

Posted by: Skip at December 23, 2023 07:50 AM (fwDg9)

207 SpaceX Launch

Site is now live.
New T-0 of 5:41 a.m. PT for Falcon 9’s launch of the
@ohb_se SARah-2 mission.
That's 8:41 AM for all the Morons on the EST.

Posted by: Ciampino - It's Rocket Science!! at December 23, 2023 07:52 AM (qfLjt)

208 Skip. 1955 eras building and not sure the electric wiring can handle commercial. Going to try space heaters, it's a 200 capacity church. Not large.

Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at December 23, 2023 07:52 AM (2NHgQ)

209 You can rent salamanders from some places. Get a move on because they will be closed soon.

Posted by: pawn at December 23, 2023 07:52 AM (QB+5g)

210 Morning, Jewells. Happy Christmas Eve eve to you as well.

Posted by: olddog in mo at December 23, 2023 07:53 AM (ju2Fy)

211 Watch the disgusting moment a commentator accidentally takes a sip from his partner's tobacco SPIT CUP live on air
https://mol.im/a/12895659
Posted by: Ciampino - Sippy Cup? at December 23, 2023 07:40 AM (qfLjt)

I did that once but it was a cigarette some fool had put out in my Coke.

More coffee…

Posted by: Hairyback Guy at December 23, 2023 07:54 AM (6FtXF)

212 The two best days of EV ownership: the day you buy it and the day you sell it.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at December 23, 2023 07:54 AM (uR/0Y)

213 Jobsite space heaters are not electric, propane usually

Posted by: Skip at December 23, 2023 07:55 AM (fwDg9)

214
Commercial space heaters my suggestion

Posted by: Skip at December 23, 2023 07:50 AM

I think you can rent those big 100,000 btu/hour kerosene jobs pretty easily. Even with the crazy price of kerosene it's a helluva a lot cheaper then busted up copper pipes.

It's not summer like, but should be comfortable.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at December 23, 2023 07:55 AM (enJYY)

215 Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at December 23, 2023 07:47 AM (2NHgQ)

Wow; I'm sorry to hear that.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 23, 2023 07:55 AM (CaqCk)

216 Back from workout, having some breakfast and another cup of black juice. A Merry Christmas Eve Eve to all of you!

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 23, 2023 07:55 AM (omVj0)

217 http://tinyurl.com/4rybpsd4
Powerline week in pictures

Posted by: Skip at December 23, 2023 07:56 AM (fwDg9)

218 Microsoft Buys Wisconsin Pumpkin Farm for $76 Million

https://is.gd/2W83vb

Why?

Posted by: Ciampino - Connect Windows and Pumpkins at December 23, 2023 07:56 AM (qfLjt)

219 Thanks Skip. Will check for those.

Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at December 23, 2023 07:56 AM (2NHgQ)

220 I don't think EV's are that big a deal but you look at the bill for November and remember a few short years ago it has half of that?
Posted by: Divide by Zero at December 23, 2023 07:49 AM (enJYY)

Same here. Also, just had the propane tank filled, cost at least 3x from before Biden. My wife, who I think likes to goad me, said “well that’s not too bad”. Unfortunately, I rose to the bait.

Posted by: Rufus T. Firefly at December 23, 2023 07:56 AM (/HoHj)

221 Be wary of CO and CO2 with space heaters.

Posted by: davidt at December 23, 2023 07:57 AM (SYTee)

222 Wait. Colorado and carbon dioxide don't mix?

Posted by: Not really paying attention at December 23, 2023 07:58 AM (uR/0Y)

223 Microsoft Buys Wisconsin Pumpkin Farm for $76 Million

https://is.gd/2W83vb

Why?
Posted by: Ciampino - Connect Windows and Pumpkins at December 23, 2023 07:56 AM (qfLjt)

MS will become a purveyor of the finest gourds.

Posted by: Count de Monet at December 23, 2023 08:00 AM (4I/2K)

224 Good morning!

Let's smile & be happy & strike fear in the hearts of killjoy leftists everywhere.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at December 23, 2023 08:00 AM (u82oZ)

225 Normally I don't stay up on Sunday evenings and thus I miss out on the evening discussions like the Gun (and Cigar) Thread. Tomorrow will be a happy exception.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 23, 2023 08:00 AM (omVj0)

226 If you're gonna heat a space full of people with a torpedo heater running off diesel, you'd better have a fresh air exchange that can keep up.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at December 23, 2023 08:01 AM (YRsIm)

227 Good morning olddog. How did the appointment go the other day?

Posted by: jewells45 fuck cancer at December 23, 2023 08:01 AM (iF0sF)

228 I will live in Wisconsin. And I will marry a round American woman and raise pumpkins, and she will cook them for me. And I will have a pickup truck... maybe even a "recreational vehicle." And drive from state to state.

Posted by: Bill Gates at December 23, 2023 08:02 AM (4I/2K)

229 You live in NJ....
The only good thing to come out of NJ is CBD.
Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at December 23, 2023 05:03 AM (NYzgN)

Get back in your doublewide and shaddup!

Posted by: Vito Spatafore at December 23, 2023 08:04 AM (iODuv)

230 Village Idiot's Apprentice

Top o ta mornin to ya, gov'nor.

And 4 pounds of Old Bay Seasoning! No wonder it disappeared off the shelves here.

Sign me up for the leftovers.

Finally, tell him good luck at her parents.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at December 23, 2023 08:05 AM (u82oZ)

231 {{{ jewells45}}}

☣ ☣ Fuck Cancer!! ☣ ☣

Posted by: NaCly Dog at December 23, 2023 08:06 AM (u82oZ)

232 There is an old muzzle saying about a girl, a boy and a melon.

So maybe Bill Gates is gonna get his freak on with a pumpkin or two.

More coffee…

Posted by: Hairyback Guy at December 23, 2023 08:06 AM (6FtXF)

233 You live in NJ....
The only good thing to come out of NJ is CBD.
Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at December 23, 2023 05:03 AM (NYzgN)

Hey, what am I chopped Liver

Posted by: Nevergiveup at December 23, 2023 08:06 AM (PQ4m2)

234 Almost time to go shave and get ready for my errands. Miss Linda spoke of "planning something for Christmas dinner." Maybe we can stop at Aldi and pick up some ingredients.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 23, 2023 08:06 AM (omVj0)

235 Its official....my birdbath is frozen

Posted by: JT at December 23, 2023 08:07 AM (T4tVD)

236 229 You live in NJ....
The only good thing to come out of NJ is CBD.
Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at December 23, 2023 05:03 AM (NYzgN)

Get back in your doublewide and shaddup!
Posted by: Vito Spatafore at December 23, 2023 08:04 AM (iODuv)

... for example.

Posted by: m at December 23, 2023 08:07 AM (x7m+Z)

237 I will live in Wisconsin. And I will marry a round American woman and raise pumpkins, and she will cook them for me. And I will have a pickup truck... maybe even a "recreational vehicle." And drive from state to state.
Posted by: Bill Gates at December 23, 2023

***
That sounds oddly . . . familiar.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 23, 2023 08:08 AM (omVj0)

238 I just saw the first robin of Spring.

Musta took a wrong turn at Albaquerque.

Posted by: JT at December 23, 2023 08:08 AM (T4tVD)

239 201 Morning Horde. The boiler at church went out yesterday and cannot be fixed until after Christmas. In MT, In December. Going to be a trifle nippy at Masses starting today. Poinsettias and attendees hardest hit. 50 very unhappy poinsettias.
Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at December 23, 2023 07:47 AM (2NHgQ)

Yikes. Oh, well, you can offer it up...

No really, hope in spite of that you all have a joyous Christmas.

Posted by: sal: tolle adversarium et afflige inimicum at December 23, 2023 08:08 AM (KB0Aa)

240 Chopped liver is the only good liver.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 23, 2023 08:08 AM (RIvkX)

241 ou live in NJ....
The only good thing to come out of NJ is CBD.
Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at December 23, 2023 05:03 AM (NYzgN)

Hey, what am I chopped Liver
Posted by: Nevergiveup at December 23, 2023 08:06 AM (PQ4m2)
---
I dunno...Berserker brings an awesome "Jersey roll" (basically their version of spam) to the TXMOME. Fries up quite nicely.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at December 23, 2023 08:10 AM (BpYfr)

242 {{{Ben Had}}}

🎼 ♭ 5/4 ♫♫ ♫♫ Good morning! ♬♬ ♩ ♪

Posted by: NaCly Dog at December 23, 2023 08:10 AM (u82oZ)

243 {{Salty}} Good morning!

Posted by: jewells45 fuck cancer at December 23, 2023 08:11 AM (iF0sF)

244 Nevergiveup

Good morning. Will the offer to save BuMed get in the way of your trip to that new clinic in OPSEC?

Posted by: NaCly Dog at December 23, 2023 08:11 AM (u82oZ)

245 I dunno...Berserker brings an awesome "Jersey roll" (basically their version of spam) to the TXMOME. Fries up quite nicely.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at December 23, 2023 08:10 AM (BpYfr)
===
I believe it is called Taylor ham and it is teh awesome.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 23, 2023 08:12 AM (RIvkX)

246 Chopped liver is the only good liver.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 23, 2023 08:08 AM (RIvkX)

Funny you mention that. Just the other day I was remembering my Moms (of blessed memory) chopped liver and how good it was. Haven’t had it in years. Probably never will again. I guess like lox is now smoked salmon, chopped liver is now beef pate, or something.

Posted by: Rufus T. Firefly at December 23, 2023 08:12 AM (/HoHj)

247 Bill Gates

You will still cheat on her with minors. Maybe even with miners.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at December 23, 2023 08:13 AM (u82oZ)

248 You live in NJ....
The only good thing to come out of NJ is CBD.
Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at December 23, 2023 05:03 AM (NYzgN)

No, I already told them about that commitment and I think they will let me bring my work computer with me to work from Israel.

Posted by: Nevergiveup at December 23, 2023 08:13 AM (PQ4m2)

249 You live in NJ....
The only good thing to come out of NJ is CBD.
Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at December 23, 2023 05:03 AM (NYzgN)

This wounds my heart with a monotonous languor.

Posted by: Snooki at December 23, 2023 08:15 AM (4I/2K)

250 Nevergiveup

It is nice to be needed! Help them, you are their only hope.

I hope that stupid Admiral, who never learned to be a leader, is more tractable now that you will be off site and a highly sought after technical contractor.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at December 23, 2023 08:16 AM (u82oZ)

251 Cat Ass Trophy

FenelonSpoke lives in NJ. She is good people.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at December 23, 2023 08:17 AM (u82oZ)

252 I hope that stupid Admiral, who never learned to be a leader, is more tractable now that you will be off site and a highly sought after technical contractor.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at December 23, 2023 08:16 AM (u82oZ)

Well he will have nothing to do with it. I am a civilian now. And he is gone soon anyway. And he is an ignorant dope

Posted by: Nevergiveup at December 23, 2023 08:18 AM (PQ4m2)

253 jewells45

I had to rescheduled my party at my hovel of debt. It is now a Martin Luther King Party (or just an excuse to party party) and you will get an invite.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at December 23, 2023 08:18 AM (u82oZ)

254 Yonder Horde

JT saw a Robin...

My understanding is that Robin's don't migrate. The will hang around an area that has their preferred food source however. We see them here in Kentucky year-round. But some months in the winter and summer we rarely see any.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at December 23, 2023 08:19 AM (Q4IgG)

255 Good Morning from Greenville, SC.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, red heifer owner at December 23, 2023 08:19 AM (Cpjsk)

256 Nevergiveup

This is all good news. I'm smiling at your good fortune.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at December 23, 2023 08:19 AM (u82oZ)

257 SpaceX Launch

Launch delay, now T-48 minutes.

Posted by: Ciampino - Rocket Science!!? at December 23, 2023 08:22 AM (qfLjt)

258 227 Good morning olddog. How did the appointment go the other day?
Posted by: jewells45 fuck cancer at December 23, 2023 08:01 AM (iF0sF)
-----------
Appointment went great. Only goes every 6 months now for appointment.

Posted by: olddog in mo at December 23, 2023 08:26 AM (q6FyO)

259 Mornin', Horde.

Drinking coffee, and getting ready to take Goddaughter The Older and her brother to the Nutcracker. Should be a fun day.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at December 23, 2023 08:27 AM (Wnv9h)

260 The "Holy Shit, Our Media Is A Joke" headline of the day: Israeli Airstrike Kills 76 Members of One Gaza Family"

Right. 76 in one building. Probably all males between the ages of 18-40. Innocent family just hanging out together. Probably celebrating Muslim Christmas.

Posted by: Wally at December 23, 2023 08:27 AM (FXJWl)

261 Leftists in Argentina are now "outraged" because they tried to take over the streets and shut down all access to jobs and stores for everyone. Milei without hesitation sent large numbers of police out to bust that up. Now the left is whining "he said he was a Libertarian! How can he tell the police to restore order, libertarians can't do that!!"

Then they go on to moan about how Milei is a Fascist, Even though the left still idolizes Juan Peron, the most open Fascist ever to rule any country in the Americas.

Posted by: Tom Servo at December 23, 2023 08:28 AM (S6gqv)

262 Appointment went great. Only goes every 6 months now for appointment.

Oh that's wonderful!

Posted by: jewells45 fuck cancer at December 23, 2023 08:28 AM (iF0sF)

263 Skip don't jinx the launch.

Posted by: Ciampino - Rocket Science!!?? at December 23, 2023 08:29 AM (qfLjt)

264 Hiya Jewells !

Posted by: JT at December 23, 2023 08:29 AM (T4tVD)

265 The "Holy Shit, Our Media Is A Joke" headline of the day: Israeli Airstrike Kills 76 Members of One Gaza Family"

Right. 76 in one building. Probably all males between the ages of 18-40. Innocent family just hanging out together. Probably celebrating Muslim Christmas.
Posted by: Wally at December 23, 2023 08:27 AM (FXJWl)

Unrelated Science! finding: Average IQ in Gaza climbs 5 points.

Posted by: Count de Monet at December 23, 2023 08:30 AM (4I/2K)

266 Yonder Horde

JT saw a Robin...

My understanding is that Robin's don't migrate. The will hang around an area that has their preferred food source however. We see them here in Kentucky year-round. But some months in the winter and summer we rarely see any.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at December 23, 2023 08:19 AM (Q4IgG)

Oh.

Posted by: JT at December 23, 2023 08:30 AM (T4tVD)

267 Leftists in Argentina are now "outraged" because they tried to take over the streets and shut down all access to jobs and stores for everyone. Milei without hesitation sent large numbers of police out to bust that up. Now the left is whining "he said he was a Libertarian! How can he tell the police to restore order, libertarians can't do that!!"

Then they go on to moan about how Milei is a Fascist, Even though the left still idolizes Juan Peron, the most open Fascist ever to rule any country in the Americas.
Posted by: Tom Servo at December 23, 2023 08:28 AM

Almost like these leftists aren't very bright...

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at December 23, 2023 08:30 AM (Wnv9h)

268 Ciampino was just going to write I won't put it on

Posted by: Skip at December 23, 2023 08:30 AM (fwDg9)

269 Hiya JT!

Posted by: jewells45 fuck cancer at December 23, 2023 08:31 AM (iF0sF)

270 Ciampino - It's Rocket Science!!

Thanks for the heads up.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at December 23, 2023 08:31 AM (u82oZ)

271 But finally finished a cup of coffee so should go make sausage and blueberry pancakes

Posted by: Skip at December 23, 2023 08:31 AM (fwDg9)

272 Lol that media headline about 76 members of one family. Similarly, a couple days ago they were crying about "Isreali bombs kill Directer of Hospital at his home!"
Without revealing that this "hospital director " was also a Brigade Commander for Hamas, and responsible for directing all of the Hamas fighters in his sector.

Posted by: Tom Servo at December 23, 2023 08:33 AM (S6gqv)

273 24 hour delay in launch (from SpaceX).

Posted by: NaCly Dog at December 23, 2023 08:33 AM (u82oZ)

274 Have a great day, everyone.

May you all be blessed by an angel.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at December 23, 2023 08:34 AM (u82oZ)

275 We used a kerosene heater in a cabin the family owned in MI. Never killed anyone. Are there differences in heaters and their carbon dioxide output? Found a place that is open and rents portable heaters. Don't want to suggest it to Father if it will kill off the congregation.

Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at December 23, 2023 08:35 AM (2NHgQ)

276 254
My understanding is that Robin's don't migrate.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at December 23, 2023 08:19 AM (Q4IgG)
----
Which parts of the Robin don't migrate? Is it similar to some lizards that can abandon their tails to a predator?

/s

Posted by: Ciampino - Just pulling your leg about the Robins at December 23, 2023 08:36 AM (qfLjt)

277 I know Robin's migrate, because here in ET I won't see any in summer or fall, but starting about now my yard will be full of them for the next 4 months.

Posted by: Tom Servo at December 23, 2023 08:38 AM (S6gqv)

278 SpaceX Launch

Skip, just talking about it was enough -It's scrubbed.

Posted by: Ciampino - Skip's fault at December 23, 2023 08:39 AM (qfLjt)

279 Misanthropic Humanitarian

Covee thread

Posted by: NaCly Dog at December 23, 2023 08:39 AM (u82oZ)

280 BBC

Israel Gaza: Hamas says no more hostage releases until war ends

Posted by: m at December 23, 2023 08:40 AM (x7m+Z)

281 I migrated south. In those tight leggings and the little spandex crotch cover they made me wear, I wanted to get as warm as possible.

Posted by: Burt Ward at December 23, 2023 08:40 AM (FXJWl)

282 Late tech question. Anyone else find that you start a YT vid and it immediately goes to 240p? Sometimes it resolves to HD, but sometimes not. Is it the comp, or the feed?

Also got the YT "you can't run an ad blocker" notice a couple of days ago, now it doesn't show up and I'm still running the adblocker.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at December 23, 2023 08:40 AM (Angsy)

283 Found a place that is open and rents portable heaters. Don't want to suggest it to Father if it will kill off the congregation.
Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at December 23, 2023 08:35 AM (2NHgQ)

If you rent the heaters, suggest you also buy some CO Detectors to get an alert if CO levels get too high.

Posted by: Count de Monet at December 23, 2023 08:40 AM (4I/2K)

284 nood cofveve

Posted by: m at December 23, 2023 08:40 AM (x7m+Z)

285 or nood covfefe

Posted by: m at December 23, 2023 08:41 AM (x7m+Z)

286 Covee thread
Posted by: NaCly Dog at December 23, 2023 08:39 AM (u82oZ)

Bien sur. Guess I'll ask next time.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at December 23, 2023 08:41 AM (Angsy)

287 Israel Gaza: Hamas says no more hostage releases until war ends
Posted by: m at December 23, 2023 08:40 AM (x7m+Z)
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The war ends when Sinwar offs himself someplace dark and underground.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 23, 2023 08:42 AM (RIvkX)

288 286 Covee thread
Posted by: NaCly Dog at December 23, 2023 08:39 AM (u82oZ)

Bien sur. Guess I'll ask next time.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at December 23, 2023 08:41 AM (Angsy)

Maybe somebody will see it later.

Posted by: m at December 23, 2023 08:42 AM (x7m+Z)

289 287 Israel Gaza: Hamas says no more hostage releases until war ends
Posted by: m at December 23, 2023 08:40 AM (x7m+Z)
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The war ends when Sinwar offs himself someplace dark and underground.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 23, 2023 08:42 AM (RIvkX)

sin
war
Whatta name.

Posted by: m at December 23, 2023 08:43 AM (x7m+Z)

290
We used a kerosene heater in a cabin the family owned in MI. Never killed anyone. Are there differences in heaters and their carbon dioxide output? Found a place that is open and rents portable heaters. Don't want to suggest it to Father if it will kill off the congregation.

Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at December 23, 2023 08:35 AM

I think the only issue is when they run out or about ready to run out of fuel you might get incomplete combustion which produces CO. I have three of them in my house and I would never sleep with one running but during the day (if I have one or more running) I do keep an eye on them. They're great for the purpose of taking the chill out of area quickly.

When my factory needed a heater overhaul in the middle of winter I used one single 100,000 btu kero unit to keep 10,000 square feet comfortable. They make a little bit of noise, maybe 60 db.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at December 23, 2023 08:44 AM (enJYY)

291 Maybe somebody will see it later.
Posted by: m at December 23, 2023 08:42 AM (x7m+Z)

Maybe. I'll check a couple times, then try again.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at December 23, 2023 08:45 AM (Angsy)

292 282 Late tech question. Anyone else find that you start a YT vid and it immediately goes to 240p? Sometimes it resolves to HD, but sometimes not. Is it the comp, or the feed?

Also got the YT "you can't run an ad blocker" notice a couple of days ago, now it doesn't show up and I'm still running the adblocker.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at December 23, 2023 08:40 AM (Angsy)

I know sometimes if you're connection isn't running smoothly it'll switch to a lower setting to make sure it can stream properly without constantly buffering. Whenever it happens to me if I just back track a second it tends to fix itself.

Posted by: Rbastid at December 23, 2023 10:06 AM (IupLD)

293 I know sometimes if you're connection isn't running smoothly it'll switch to a lower setting to make sure it can stream properly without constantly buffering. Whenever it happens to me if I just back track a second it tends to fix itself.

Posted by: Rbastid at December 23, 2023 10:06 AM (IupLD)

Thanks. It buffers anyway at the low res. So much for high speed internet from Cox....

Posted by: C Ment Company at December 23, 2023 10:29 AM (Angsy)

294 I am just starting to look for a NAS for my home.

Posted by: G'rump928(c) at December 23, 2023 10:45 AM (aD39U)

295 I've been collecting DVDs/Blu-Rays of my favorite movies, before they're disappeared or mangled by "Our Betters". These include some of the Disney and Pixar classics ("Snow White", "Pinocchio", the "Toy Story" movies, "The Incredibles", "Monsters, Inc."), from back when Disney was an entertainment company rather than a megaphone for The Message.

Posted by: Nemo at December 23, 2023 10:56 AM (S6ArX)

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