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Quote I ‘It really is appalling behaviour. I am at a loss. Both of you talk about it as if it was a beloved family pet. What an example you are showing to your children about what love is.’Judge Roy BeanJudge Christine Laing KC
Quote II “That’s what you get for $68,000 a year at Columbia — an administration who cowers in the face of thugs and bullies, and a university president who would rather make your kids try to learn off campus, than take a truly hard line with those students calling for the murder of Jews,” Mike Rowe
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A while ago, following this display of progressive parenting, I wrote, And yes, the family does live in Brooklyn. And no, they don’t share a surname. And yes, the adults have availed themselves of professional counselling services.
A quip that resulted in some rumblings on the topic of marriage and shared surnames, or the lack thereof. In the comments, Steve E noted, [Not sharing a surname] creates complications for the most mundane of things, too. Pick up a pizza, whose name is it in? Loyalty account at retail store, whose name is it in? My wife kept her own surname because – feminism, the patriarchy, etc. – she now says if she’d known what a pain-in-the-ass it would be, she wouldn’t have done it. When she signs up for things now, she gives my surname.
And Ray added, If father tries to board an airplane with a nine-year-old girl who doesn’t share his surname, the airline will hit the big red panic button.
As I said at the time, I don’t have strong feelings on the subject, but it occurs to me that not taking your husband’s surname, ostensibly as some Assertion Of Progress And Enlightenment – while retaining what is presumably your father’s surname – does create complications. For instance, having different surnames can confuse people as to whether you’re married or not, and if so, to whom. And any children with hyphenated surnames – a fashionable statement of the aforementioned Progress And Enlightenment – will then face the issue of what to do when they get married, especially if it’s to someone whose own name is also modishly hyphenated. Do they ditch some of the accumulated names – and if so, which ones? Or do they go for multiply hyphenated surnames, which would very quickly become a bit much? Say, if Derek Williams and Sarah Anderson get married but retain their own surnames, and their children’s surnames are hyphenated as Anderson-Williams, they may enjoy a sheen of modernity, and perhaps connotations of aristocracy and status. But what happens when little Annie Anderson-Williams grows up and wants to marry James Houghton-Clompington? Do we get a brood of Anderson-Williams-Houghton-Clompingtons? I’m exaggerating for comic effect, of course. But only slightly. As a new, supposedly more equitable tradition – at least outside of the Spanish-speaking world – it seems scarcely less prone to complication and trade-offs. When hyphenated offspring come to name their own children – and if they follow the same rules as their hyphenated parents – the whole thing rapidly becomes unworkable, and, at risk of causing offence, names will have to be cut. Lest each child sound like a law firm. Though I suppose one could take it as a kind of unintended symbolism, a measure of modern progressivism. In that, the problem it allegedly addresses doesn’t seem to be much of a problem for most of those it supposedly oppresses, and the solution offered is somewhat short-sighted and soon results in something close to absurdity. In the original thread, pst314 added, I have heard of some writers, and others in careers where name recognition matters, keeping their names when they marry. But that’s a special case.
Also, among gay couples. Though gay couples tend not to result in children, thereby sidestepping the issue of escalating hyphenation and a society-wide overhaul of stationery, due to the need to enlarge the ‘print name’ and ‘signature’ boxes on every official form.
A battery someone tossed in the trash caused an emergency in an Olathe neighborhood last week. City leaders said someone tossed a lithium battery into the trash. A trash truck unknowingly started hauling it to the landfill. On the way the lithium battery caught fire and started burning the rest of the trash in the truck. The driver quickly stopped the truck and dumped the burning load on the pavement to prevent extensive damage to the equipment according to the city. Firefighters then extinguished the fire.
Tonight's ONT has been brought to you by Grandchildren.
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(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 24, 2024 09:49 PM (MoZTd)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 24, 2024 09:49 PM (MoZTd)
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Posted by: Jen the original at April 24, 2024 09:51 PM (B2ytg)
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) ~ This year in Corsicana - again! ~ at April 24, 2024 09:51 PM (hOUT3)
Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at April 24, 2024 09:51 PM (9+OCj)
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) ~ This year in Corsicana - again! ~ at April 24, 2024 09:52 PM (hOUT3)
Posted by: Erebus-ex-killer whale at April 24, 2024 09:52 PM (kbYje)
Dogs live with us in trust. It would be better for those betraying that trust to have a millstone hanged around the neck and be cast into the sea.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 24, 2024 09:53 PM (MoZTd)
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) ~ This year in Corsicana - again! ~ at April 24, 2024 09:55 PM (hOUT3)
Still do.
Posted by: nurse ratched at April 24, 2024 09:55 PM (rQIkv)
Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at April 24, 2024 09:51 PM (9+OCj)
I fail to see any flaw in your reasoning!
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) ~ This year in Corsicana - again! ~ at April 24, 2024 09:56 PM (hOUT3)
Posted by: SFGoth at April 24, 2024 09:56 PM (KAi1n)
Well done nurse, sound reasoning!
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) ~ This year in Corsicana - again! ~ at April 24, 2024 09:57 PM (hOUT3)
....,....,.........................
https://youtu.be/JwFE9tkq4KM?si=mSC-wMJZXx_-JpTp
Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at April 24, 2024 09:57 PM (sAmhv)
And good for the grandson.
Well chosen pictures, and the bottom is heart-warming. Thank you, Misanthropic Humanitarian
Can we get Pixy to make the hamsters happier? Like a day off with hamsters of the opposite sex happier?
Posted by: NaCly Dog at April 24, 2024 09:58 PM (u82oZ)
Posted by: Piper at April 24, 2024 09:59 PM (ZdaMQ)
Posted by: Reforger at April 24, 2024 09:59 PM (B705c)
Posted by: Doof at April 24, 2024 09:59 PM (eNASR)
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Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, red heifer owner at April 24, 2024 10:01 PM (R4t5M)
Posted by: TRex at April 24, 2024 10:01 PM (IQ6Gq)
I will get a plumber out tomorrow and rip the entire sink and wall apart if I need, is there any chance my ring will still be there?
_______
I'd like to think it would stay in the P-trap.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 24, 2024 10:01 PM (MoZTd)
Posted by: Reforger at April 24, 2024 10:02 PM (B705c)
Posted by: Tonypete at April 24, 2024 10:02 PM (WXNFJ)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 24, 2024 10:02 PM (tkR6S)
Posted by: Legally Sufficient at April 24, 2024 10:02 PM (U3L4U)
Posted by: OrangeEnt at April 24, 2024 10:03 PM (0eaVi)
Posted by: nurse ratched at April 24, 2024 10:03 PM (NPkX1)
Posted by: Piper at April 24, 2024 09:59 PM (ZdaMQ)
Yes, it's probably in the trap - the u shaped pipe right under the sink
Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabby stabamillion at April 24, 2024 10:03 PM (q2svT)
During covid I had to wear a mask at the liquor store so I bought a mixed case of the 8-12 dollar bottles. I have half of it left and I don't drink myself.
He liked to drink, and explained to me that you could drink for the experience, for the adventure or to get drunk. He mostly wanted to take the edge off I think. He used to drink scotch, and he told me when he was a young man the favored liquor was the one with "finger grooves in the side so you could keep hold of it as you slid off the barstool to the floor." He wound up drinking stuff like well-quality amaretto and midori in the home.
He warned me my whole life drinking was a problem for the family and he hoped I didn't have that issue.
Posted by: Kindltot at April 24, 2024 10:03 PM (D7oie)
might be stuck in the u-shaped trap under the sink
you'll have to take it apart to see
Posted by: Don Black at April 24, 2024 10:03 PM (/7KEl)
We know you are smart, and this is just another item that proves what we discovered.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at April 24, 2024 10:03 PM (u82oZ)
For Everyman might be my favorite Jackson Browne album.
However ... Fountain of Sorrow, from Late for the Sky, is my favorite song ... hands down his best ... and it speaks to me like no other.
I know you and The Fabulous are big Jackson Browne fans. I'm right there with you ...
Posted by: browndog goes back to Saturate Before Using at April 24, 2024 10:04 PM (TTAGa)
You'll not make that mistake again.
Posted by: nurse ratched at April 24, 2024 10:04 PM (NPkX1)
Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at April 24, 2024 10:04 PM (dZVON)
Posted by: Some Rat at April 24, 2024 10:04 PM (vJiyU)
Posted by: Kindltot at April 24, 2024 10:04 PM (D7oie)
Names. Any male with a hyphenated last name is a fag. Discuss.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at April 24, 2024 10:03 PM (0eaVi)
_______
Steady on there, mate.
Posted by: Sir Reginald Aylmer Ranfurly Plunkett-Ernle-Erle-Drax, KCB, DSO, JP, DL at April 24, 2024 10:04 PM (MoZTd)
I remember when Jackson Browne was on SNL. Not my cuppa tea.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 24, 2024 10:05 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: Some Rat
FIFY.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at April 24, 2024 10:05 PM (u82oZ)
....,....,.........................
https://youtu.be/JwFE9tkq4KM
Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come
The judges would also have accepted the video of "Mary Jane's Last Dance."
Posted by: mikeski at April 24, 2024 10:06 PM (DgGvY)
Speaking of one for the road, that friend of mine I was posting about in the ONT-before-last passed away yesterday afternoon. It was inevitable. I'm at peace with his wife's decisions at the end, but I'm less at peace with losing him. I'm not good with loss. Thanks for everyone's thoughts and prayers, I know you'll be thinking them. Let's have fun on the ONT!
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at April 24, 2024 10:06 PM (ny95y)
Posted by: nurse ratched at April 24, 2024 10:06 PM (NPkX1)
Better yet, starve them to death.
What's sauce for the goose is sauce for thee gander
Shitheads ...
Posted by: browndog says string 'em up at April 24, 2024 10:06 PM (TTAGa)
Posted by: Legally Sufficient at April 24, 2024 10:06 PM (U3L4U)
Royal Navy Admiral. Rum, sodomy, and the lash.
QED.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at April 24, 2024 10:07 PM (u82oZ)
Better yet, starve them to death.
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Yup
Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabby stabamillion at April 24, 2024 10:07 PM (q2svT)
Posted by: 2009Refugee at April 24, 2024 10:07 PM (8AONa)
Posted by: Angzarr the Cromulent at April 24, 2024 10:07 PM (sdm/r)
Posted by: NaCly Dog at April 24, 2024 10:07 PM (u82oZ)
Posted by: gourmand du jour at April 24, 2024 10:07 PM (MeG8a)
Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabby stabamillion at April 24, 2024 10:08 PM (q2svT)
Posted by: OrangeEnt at April 24, 2024 10:03 PM (0eaVi)
_______
Steady on there, mate.
Posted by: Sir Reginald Aylmer Ranfurly Plunkett-Ernle-Erle-Drax, KCB, DSO, JP, DL at April 24, 2024 10:04 PM (MoZTd)
Ah, English male. Therefore, fag.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at April 24, 2024 10:08 PM (0eaVi)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 24, 2024 10:08 PM (MoZTd)
Posted by: banana Dream at April 24, 2024 10:08 PM (Y6IkP)
Posted by: nurse ratched at April 24, 2024 10:09 PM (NPkX1)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 24, 2024 10:09 PM (RIvkX)
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Oh sure, a guy colors a little outside the lines and it's a BFD!
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, I've Been Through the Desert On a Horse With No Shame at April 24, 2024 10:09 PM (FVME7)
Y'all are too kind.
I'm looking forward to hugs from both of you this fall.
Posted by: nurse ratched at April 24, 2024 10:06 PM (NPkX1)
nurse, yet another reason to be at that MoMe...
as if NaCly and I needed more reasons!
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) ~ This year in Corsicana - again! ~ at April 24, 2024 10:09 PM (hOUT3)
Still do.
Posted by: nurse ratched at April 24, 2024 09:55 PM (rQIkv)
My "ex" went back to her maiden name.
Couldn't do it fast enough.
45 years, 2 kids ...
#cold
Posted by: browndog still wonders what went wrong at April 24, 2024 10:09 PM (TTAGa)
Posted by: NaCly Dog at April 24, 2024 10:09 PM (u82oZ)
What's sauce for the goose is sauce for thee gander
They would not have been as fortunate with their sentences if I was the judge. Not a fan of people who torture dogs.
Posted by: JackStraw at April 24, 2024 10:10 PM (LkLld)
Posted by: OrangeEnt
(Closes eyes and heads into the minefield.)
Get the dad thing and proudly have his last name, but moms side are pretty cool folks too, so I get it. In my case a hyphenated name would be about 37 letters.
Posted by: Some Rat at April 24, 2024 10:10 PM (vJiyU)
also, with luck the ring is in the P trap under the sink. It is the sort of thing you can check if you feel you want to.
Otherwise, put the plug in the drain and turn the water off under the sink so more water won't go down and maybe flush it down
Posted by: Kindltot at April 24, 2024 10:10 PM (D7oie)
Posted by: OrangeEnt
… or a man named Doris. The exception is Doris Miller, who has a supercarrier named after him for his actions on the USS West Virginia during the attack on Pearl Harbor.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at April 24, 2024 10:11 PM (VNX3d)
Posted by: OrangeEnt at April 24, 2024 10:11 PM (0eaVi)
Posted by: OrangeEnt at April 24, 2024 10:03 PM (0eaVi)
* * * *
Or British. Eh, same thing...
Posted by: Legally Sufficient at April 24, 2024 10:11 PM (U3L4U)
You'll not make that mistake again.
Posted by: nurse ratched at April
You have that right! I am so mad at myself. What a stupid thing to do! Ugh. Okay, I am feeling a little better with the replies here. I have a friend’s husband coming over tomorrow to pull it apart but he can’t get here until noonish because he has surgery in the morning - he is the doctor, not the patient. I will call plumbers in case I can get one out more quickly.
Posted by: Piper at April 24, 2024 10:11 PM (ZdaMQ)
Posted by: SFGoth at April 24, 2024 10:11 PM (KAi1n)
nurse, vmom, thanks. Thanks to you all.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at April 24, 2024 10:12 PM (ny95y)
Posted by: tankdemon at April 24, 2024 10:12 PM (aBxZV)
Howdy handsome! How are you?
Posted by: nurse ratched at April 24, 2024 10:03 PM (NPkX1)
Handsome??
*blushes*
Aw shucks - I'm doing ok, thanks. Move-out has begun. House is less than a week away from being listed for sale. Took possession of my new, smaller place this past weekend.
How are you??
Posted by: Doof at April 24, 2024 10:12 PM (eNASR)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 24, 2024 10:12 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: banana Dream at April 24, 2024 10:12 PM (Y6IkP)
Posted by: TRex at April 24, 2024 10:12 PM (IQ6Gq)
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at April 24, 2024 10:13 PM (VNX3d)
Smith-Jones then...
Smith-Jones-Garcia-Schmidt
Smith-Jones-Garcia-Schmidt-Lee-Huang-Patel-Milano
and...pretty soon you are breaking government databases everywhere...
Posted by: 18-1 at April 24, 2024 10:13 PM (ibTVg)
Posted by: Kindltot at April 24, 2024
Okay, I did this. Thank you.
Posted by: Piper at April 24, 2024 10:13 PM (ZdaMQ)
How are you??
Posted by: Doof at April 24, 2024 10:12 PM (eNASR)
You moved into The Capital Center?
Posted by: browndog waiting for next year at April 24, 2024 10:13 PM (TTAGa)
Ha! Another good excuse. I may steal that one, but it would be lost on anyone younger than me.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at April 24, 2024 10:13 PM (u82oZ)
Are you going to lead the dancing at the NoVaMoMeet?
Posted by: NaCly Dog at April 24, 2024 10:09 PM (u82oZ)
Salty! Howdy brother!
That's classified information. Folks will have to attend to find out!
Posted by: Doof at April 24, 2024 10:13 PM (eNASR)
Posted by: SFGoth at April 24, 2024 10:11 PM (KAi1n)
Types
*Thinks*
**Deletes**
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) ~ This year in Corsicana - again! ~ at April 24, 2024 10:13 PM (hOUT3)
https://youtu.be/3USfrjDcLhY
Also handy for recovering a ring that's lurking in one.
Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at April 24, 2024 10:13 PM (dZVON)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 24, 2024 10:14 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: Buck Throckmorton at April 24, 2024 10:14 PM (d9Cw3)
Smith-Jones then...
Smith-Jones-Garcia-Schmidt
Smith-Jones-Garcia-Schmidt-Lee-Huang-Patel-Milano
and...pretty soon you are breaking government databases everywhere...
Posted by: 18-1 at April 24, 2024 10:13 PM (ibTVg)
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People from cultures that do not have a last name also wreak havoc on databases...
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at April 24, 2024 10:14 PM (BpYfr)
I only read the quoted portion but I suppose if we're going to get retarded about the subject we can always adopt the Mexican way. So a woman gets married her married name can be, say, Jones de Smith. And if they had a daughter it would be Smith Jones, at least until *she* got married in which case it would be Smith de *inserthusbandosnamehere*.
Cuz it's always made more sense to trace your lineage patrilinealy.
Posted by: Robert at April 24, 2024 10:14 PM (SJpEt)
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at April 24, 2024 10:11 PM (VNX3d)
No one's going to razz you about Doris here, HotW!
(how many will get the reference?)
Posted by: OrangeEnt at April 24, 2024 10:15 PM (0eaVi)
Posted by: Piper at April 24, 2024 09:59 PM (ZdaMQ)
Hie yourself to Amazon and buy a pickup claw tool. They are cheap, and should fit down any opening large enough to pass a finger ring. Odds are good it is in the P-trap. In fact, many sink and basin P-traps are retained by hand-tightened locking rings, and can be removed without resorting to tools. Try that first, and get the claw if you cannot open the P-trap.
https://tinyurl.com/yc4cs9d7
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 24, 2024 10:15 PM (tkR6S)
The English would refer to his girlfriend as a "bird". A gentleman would ask the boyfriend a question "May I have a word with your bird?"
So, if your "bird" is a swan, who loves to show off, hence, swanning.
Posted by: gourmand du jour at April 24, 2024 10:15 PM (MeG8a)
Do a search on what to do when a ring goes down a sink drain. There are pages of links. It happens all the time.
Posted by: JackStraw at April 24, 2024 10:15 PM (LkLld)
Posted by: Some Rat at April 24, 2024 10:16 PM (vJiyU)
IDK.
The mother usually knows whose kid it is. Not so with some fathers.
How are you doing?
Posted by: NaCly Dog at April 24, 2024 10:16 PM (u82oZ)
Posted by: SFGoth at April 24, 2024 10:16 PM (KAi1n)
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at
I don’t care if he comes in here covered in blood carrying excess body parts if he gets my ring out.
I am beside myself. I should not get nice things like this. I can’t be trusted, clearly. I am going to put it back in its box and never wear it again if I get it back. Which means I will have to explain why, but I will cross that bridge when I get to it.
Posted by: Piper at April 24, 2024 10:16 PM (ZdaMQ)
I guess if doing a corpse is your thing, then that's quite an accomplishment.
Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at April 24, 2024 10:16 PM (klJTj)
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at April 24, 2024 10:11 PM (VNX3d)
No one's going to razz you about Doris here, HotW!
(how many will get the reference?)
Posted by: OrangeEnt
It isn’t *my* first name!
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at April 24, 2024 10:16 PM (VNX3d)
Posted by: browndog waiting for next year at April 24, 2024 10:13 PM (TTAGa)
If I could turn back the clock a few decades, that'd be awesome! Many a great concert at that old barn. First time I saw Rush was there. And Van Halen in 1991 with and up and coming little-known (at the time) band named Alice in Chains. Lots of frustrating Caps games too tho.
Posted by: Doof at April 24, 2024 10:17 PM (eNASR)
Posted by: Some Rat at April 24, 2024 10:18 PM (vJiyU)
Posted by: gourmand du jour at April 24, 2024 10:15 PM
***
Bird is the word.
Posted by: The Trashmen at April 24, 2024 10:18 PM (IQ6Gq)
Ya just gotta love Mike Rowe...a guy with solid balls😷
And yeah...bringing gramps that last tasty beer...he'll be waiting for that kid at the Golden Gate!
Posted by: COMountainMarie at April 24, 2024 10:18 PM (XvPG9)
Posted by: SFGoth at April 24, 2024 10:19 PM (KAi1n)
In commercial real estate, it's a bit of a free fall.
Posted by: gourmand du jour at April 24, 2024 10:19 PM (MeG8a)
Posted by: The Trashmen at April 24, 2024 10:18 PM (IQ6Gq)
papa hoo mowmow a pappa hoo mowmow ...
Posted by: browndog thinks fondly of Ghoulardi at April 24, 2024 10:19 PM (TTAGa)
(how many will get the reference?)
Posted by: OrangeEnt
It isn’t *my* first name!
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at April 24, 2024 10:16 PM (VNX3d)
Hmm. Just what a Doris would say.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at April 24, 2024 10:19 PM (0eaVi)
Posted by: San Franpsycho
Mine either!
-- Darryl Hannah
Posted by: Tonypete at April 24, 2024 10:19 PM (WXNFJ)
She never had a problem being Mrs. myname; I'd set up dinner reservations in her name, because it was less often mis-heard. Sometimes hyphenated as the mylastname-herlastname family. Didn't cause any serious problems. If it seemed necessary, we'd introduce the other as "This is my wife/husband, [name]."
We knew who we were. And are.
😛
Posted by: mindful webworker - of the Oklahoma webworkers at April 24, 2024 10:19 PM (7WAWe)
Posted by: NaCly Dog at April 24, 2024 10:20 PM (u82oZ)
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The article didn't mention what type of heels should be worn while riding a Honda Trail 125. I have been searching for an pair for a few weeks now, so I can have the appropriate riding gear before my Trail 125 arrives, and heels appropriate for motorcycle riding are non-existent.
Posted by: Lost in Space at April 24, 2024 10:21 PM (b6UlB)
Posted by: gourmand du jour at April 24, 2024 10:21 PM (MeG8a)
Posted by: Iris, Team Hedgehog at April 24, 2024 10:21 PM (n3DL0)
Posted by: banana Dream at April 24, 2024 10:08 PM (Y6IkP)
In Spanish the usual way is the father's name first, then the mothers. This gets messy if the fathers surname is multijointed (Jesus Huerta de Soto Ballester for example) but it is one of those things that is understood through convention. The posers that insist on multiple names beyond that are understood to be posers. The added benefit is that Spanish naming conventions usually mean there is no middle name because it is unneeded, unless of course one's family is in the peerage or nobility, and is required to show off one's august family history, or of course one is aping the nobility.
In Germany multiple middle names are common, and each additional name beyond (I think) two are charged extra on governmental forms.
Posted by: Kindltot at April 24, 2024 10:21 PM (D7oie)
Julia 🇺🇸
@Jules31415
Chris Christie: "If you look at Trump physically right now, he looks terrible." 🙄
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, I've Been Through the Desert On a Horse With No Shame at April 24, 2024 10:21 PM (FVME7)
Posted by: Piper at April 24, 2024 10:22 PM (ZdaMQ)
Posted by: browndog is not fond of either team at April 24, 2024 10:22 PM (TTAGa)
Posted by: SFGoth
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You're a real whiz, SFG!
Posted by: andycanuck (vtyCZ) at April 24, 2024 10:22 PM (vtyCZ)
Posted by: NaCly Dog at April 24, 2024 10:22 PM (u82oZ)
Posted by: Kindltot at April 24, 2024 10:22 PM (D7oie)
Posted by: Lost in Space at April 24, 2024 10:21 PM (b6UlB)
Engineer boots, heavily studded, so they make a nice shower of sparks when you really lay it over.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 24, 2024 10:23 PM (tkR6S)
Posted by: 18-1 at April 24, 2024 10:13 PM (ibTVg)
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People from cultures that do not have a last name also wreak havoc on databases...
If the goal is to break databases, shorten the surname to "Null"
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at April 24, 2024 10:23 PM (4HcMG)
Posted by: JackStraw
In Nethack, it lets you identify the ring.
Kicking a sink may also cause it to produce a random ring.
Posted by: @ at April 24, 2024 10:23 PM (DgGvY)
Posted by: NaCly Dog at April 24, 2024 10:24 PM (u82oZ)
Posted by: browndog is petty that way at April 24, 2024 10:24 PM (TTAGa)
Posted by: SFGoth
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You're a real whiz, SFG!
Posted by: andycanuck (vtyCZ) at April 24, 2024 10:22 PM
***
Sounds like a stream of consciousness.
Posted by: TRex at April 24, 2024 10:24 PM (IQ6Gq)
Posted by: Joey Putzy Biden at April 24, 2024 10:24 PM (rskKm)
Posted by: NaCly Dog at April 24, 2024 10:24 PM (u82oZ)
Posted by: Lost in Space
Plan on wringing this thing out on the trails? If yes, motocross boots and the accompanying armor.
Posted by: Some Rat at April 24, 2024 10:24 PM (vJiyU)
Posted by: gourmand du jour
Me too. The last few weeks were brutal with work and my car was in the shop, delayed and delayed. Finally got it back and am jonesing for Hunan food. I'll figure something out.
Posted by: SFGoth at April 24, 2024 10:25 PM (KAi1n)
Posted by: Archer at April 24, 2024 10:25 PM (rskKm)
Posted by: davidt at April 24, 2024 10:26 PM (SYTee)
Posted by: SFGoth at April 24, 2024 10:26 PM (KAi1n)
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at April 24, 2024 10:23 PM (4HcMG)
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Yep. I've seen it. We once had a student here where I work with that last name. It broke the Learning Management System (Blackboard).
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at April 24, 2024 10:26 PM (BpYfr)
Posted by: gourmand du jour at April 24, 2024 10:26 PM (MeG8a)
Posted by: browndog is petty that way at April 24, 2024 10:27 PM (TTAGa)
Posted by: Archer at April 24, 2024 10:27 PM (rskKm)
Posted by: banana Dream at April 24, 2024 10:08 PM (Y6IkP)
Usually the wife takes the husband's surname, as "de surname" though that is flexible and I think it is changing
Cristina Fernández married Néstor Kirchner, and now goes by Cristina Fernándes de Kirchner, though is often called Cristina Kirchner because of her ties to the Kirchner family, though some women will just take the husband's last name
Posted by: Kindltot at April 24, 2024 10:29 PM (D7oie)
Posted by: Unknown Drip
I've seen more poorly designed DBs crap out on "SPACE" in a field.
Not that I'd do any such thing mind you.
Posted by: Tonypete at April 24, 2024 10:29 PM (WXNFJ)
Atlas starring J Lo as a mech pilot.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7RkqxguTQDM
Posted by: Anna Puma at April 24, 2024 10:30 PM (PbkNc)
Posted by: Kindltot at April 24, 2024 10:10 PM (D7oie)
Oh, but that might leave a ring once it’s drained.
Posted by: Rex B at April 24, 2024 10:30 PM (5h/8D)
Posted by: Archer at April 24, 2024 10:30 PM (rskKm)
Make sure to remove the space between the dashes.
You might cause a system or three to crash when the database server loses its main database. It should cause havoc with poorly secured SQL Server installs….
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at April 24, 2024 10:30 PM (VNX3d)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7RkqxguTQDM
Pretty sure I saw Sandor from Star Blazers briefly there...same artist?
Posted by: 18-1 at April 24, 2024 10:31 PM (ibTVg)
Posted by: browndog goes back to Saturate Before Using at April 24, 2024 10:04 PM (TTAGa)
That album has one of those fun covers. The album cover has a window which shows the album sleeve, a picture of a, I guess, hacienda with Jackson Browne in a chair. When you pull the sleeve with the record out, the same picture is underneath the sleeve and visible through the window. The only difference is there is no Jackson Browne in the picture under the sleeve because . . . you're holding Jackson Browne (the album) in your hands.
Kids today have no idea how fun album covers were, and not just the double albums for cleaning seeds.
Posted by: RickZ at April 24, 2024 10:31 PM (emlEe)
The next minute we're approaching 150 posts.
Posted by: Erebus-ex-killer whale at April 24, 2024 10:31 PM (kbYje)
Posted by: Piper at April 24, 2024 10:32 PM (ZdaMQ)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 24, 2024 10:32 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: 18-1 at April 24, 2024 10:32 PM (ibTVg)
Posted by: Erebus-ex-killer whale at April 24, 2024 10:33 PM (kbYje)
I do wonder what people thought when they saw our marriage announcement listed in the local paper.
And no, we didn't get married in Alabama.
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at April 24, 2024 10:35 PM (i6N8Y)
Cassette Girl with Yui voiced by Hayashibara Megumi.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HhwXxjiqDEU
Daicon IV lives on. De Culture! Nyah!
Posted by: Anna Puma at April 24, 2024 10:35 PM (PbkNc)
Posted by: COMountainMarie at April 24, 2024 10:35 PM (XvPG9)
Posted by: Kindltot at April 24, 2024 10:36 PM (D7oie)
Posted by: Piper at April 24, 2024 10:32 PM (ZdaMQ)
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You should have asked us first!
Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 24, 2024 10:36 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: Piper
As noted by others above, you should be able to hand undo the trap....or at the most a pair of channel lock pliers.
Posted by: Some Rat at April 24, 2024 10:37 PM (vJiyU)
Posted by: pookysgirl, unique in so many ways at April 24, 2024 10:38 PM (dtlDP)
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at April 24, 2024 10:11 PM (VNX3d)
There are Dorie Miller Apartments, for lower income, in Manhattan and Queens; the Queens apartments are about 20 blocks from me.
Posted by: RickZ at April 24, 2024 10:39 PM (emlEe)
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My aunt is a writer and kept her husband's name after they divorced, at least as far as new books and writers' conventions go.
Posted by: Cave Johnson at April 24, 2024 10:39 PM (A4g8h)
Calm down, lady. We all "lose" things. Wear your ring. Enjoy it. It brings you no joy sitting in a box.
And get a drain trap.
It's all good.
Posted by: nurse ratched at April 24, 2024 10:40 PM (07+Zf)
Posted by: NaCly Dog at April 24, 2024 10:40 PM (u82oZ)
Posted by: Some Rat
More than a few of us are ready, willing and able to show up with a truckload of Ridgid pipe wrenches - some 48" long with a 6 ft steel pipe hammered on the handle end for just a bit more leverage.
Of course, we'll have to dismantle the kitchen to use that particular wrench on the P trap.
Challenge accepted!!
Posted by: Tonypete at April 24, 2024 10:43 PM (WXNFJ)
Kicking a sink may also cause it to produce a random ring.
Posted by: @ at April 24, 2024 10:23 PM
If you kick a cheerleader do you get multiple random class rings?
Posted by: Taq, Rickrolled by Jesus at April 24, 2024 10:44 PM (/QIWP)
https://youtu.be/NZo0JRUyDnw?si=zFBsUxJFHEvSaiht
Posted by: Kindltot at April 24, 2024 10:46 PM (D7oie)
Challenge accepted!!
Posted by: Tonypete at April 24, 2024 10:43 PM
***
Sounds like fodder for the weekend hobby thread.
Posted by: TRex at April 24, 2024 10:46 PM (IQ6Gq)
Kings up on Oilers
Currently one, but might be two … under review in Toronto
Ooops, no goal
1-0 Kangs
Posted by: browndog is petty that way at April 24, 2024 10:46 PM (TTAGa)
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf
https://xkcd.com/327/
Posted by: mikeski at April 24, 2024 10:46 PM (DgGvY)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 24, 2024 10:47 PM (tkR6S)
Posted by: Piper at April 24, 2024 10:32 PM (ZdaMQ)
Sledgehammer. It's the only way to be sure.
Posted by: Count de Monet at April 24, 2024 10:49 PM (4I/2K)
Posted by: browndog is petty that way at April 24, 2024 10:46 PM (TTAGa)
Fan of Michael Ansara's role on Star Trek: TOS?
Posted by: RickZ at April 24, 2024 10:50 PM (emlEe)
Challenge accepted!!
Posted by: Tonypete
Cutting torch! Don't forget the cutting torch or the portable bandsaw!
Posted by: Some Rat at April 24, 2024 10:50 PM (vJiyU)
Posted by: Anna Puma at April 24, 2024 10:51 PM (PbkNc)
Challenge accepted!!
Posted by: Tonypete
Cutting torch! Don't forget the cutting torch or the portable bandsaw!
Posted by: Some Rat
Or the hot iron for any wounds!
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at April 24, 2024 10:52 PM (VNX3d)
Posted by: RickZ at April 24, 2024 10:50 PM (emlEe)
Good recall
***
Oilers score
2-1 LA
Posted by: browndog is petty that way at April 24, 2024 10:52 PM (TTAGa)
Posted by: mnw at April 24, 2024 10:52 PM (NLIak)
Posted by: Taq, Rickrolled by Jesus at April 24, 2024 10:52 PM (/QIWP)
Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at April 24, 2024 10:52 PM (dZVON)
My best to you. I've lost several very dear friends in the last few years. Ouch!
But I have to say, visiting here always gives me a smile in my darkest, loneliest moments. I can usually rest a little more peacefully...
Posted by: COMountainMarie at April 24, 2024 10:53 PM (XvPG9)
Posted by: browndog is petty that way at April 24, 2024 10:53 PM (TTAGa)
Posted by: Taq, Rickrolled by Jesus at April 24, 2024 10:54 PM (/QIWP)
It was the 80's in Nevada. 5 to 10 marriages were common.
My wife hated the bitch.
Her "stepmonster".
Posted by: Reforger at April 24, 2024 10:54 PM (B705c)
Of course, we'll have to dismantle the kitchen to use that particular wrench on the P trap.
Challenge accepted!!
Posted by: Tonypete at April
The bad news is I won’t be able to replace my kitchen countertops because y’all won’t be dismantling the kitchen. The good news is I got my ring back! Y’all saved me with this. Thank you so much!
The I don’t really care news is I can’t seem to get this tightened back on right, but whatever, my friend can help me with that tomorrow. I will tell J I have no clue what he is talking about, phone call? Ring lost? Must have been a fever dream. 😂
Posted by: Piper at April 24, 2024 10:54 PM (ZdaMQ)
Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at April 24, 2024 10:52 PM (dZVON)
It is a sin and a crime that we Morons are denied ready access to such fun toys.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 24, 2024 10:54 PM (tkR6S)
1-0 Kangs
Posted by: browndog is petty that way
Fan of Michael Ansara's role on Star Trek: TOS?
Posted by: RickZ
He was also Kang on DS9 and Voyager.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at April 24, 2024 10:54 PM (63Dwl)
Posted by: Diogenes at April 24, 2024 10:55 PM (W/lyH)
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, Texas - Ace of Spades Ladies Brigade, plucky comic relief at April 24, 2024 10:55 PM (SRRAx)
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at April 24, 2024 10:55 PM (xG4kz)
“That’s what you get for $68,000 a year at Columbia — an administration who cowers in the face of thugs and bullies, and a university president who would rather make your kids try to learn off campus, than take a truly hard line with those students calling for the murder of Jews,” Mike Rowe
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The Columbia President and almost all other college presidents, along with professors and staff, are terrified of angering their woke student bodies and wealthy Woke alumni. They know angering those groups and/or the Woke Faculty Senate will get them run out of campus on a rail faster than you can say 'Joe is a liar'. If fired by the Woke they also know their future job opportunities at the same levels will be few if any. Better to side with the evil ones if they value their jobs. And they desperately value their top-of-the-hill jobs in the academic world.
The inmates completely run the higher education (Ha!) asylums.
Sow the wind, reap the whirlwind, Leftists.
Posted by: Gref at April 24, 2024 10:55 PM (5fDan)
Posted by: Piper at April 24, 2024 10:54 PM
***
Hooray!
Posted by: TRex at April 24, 2024 10:55 PM (IQ6Gq)
Kicking a sink may also cause it to produce a random ring.
Posted by: @ at April 24, 2024 10:23 PM
If you kick a cheerleader do you get multiple random class rings?
Posted by: Taq
Nethack doesn't have cheerleaders. It has succubi, but kicking them just hurts them. If you have a ring of adornment, the succubus will try to take it from you.
Posted by: @ at April 24, 2024 10:56 PM (DgGvY)
Posted by: Montec at April 24, 2024 10:56 PM (2gXy0)
The I don’t really care news is I can’t seem to get this tightened back on right, but whatever, my friend can help me with that tomorrow. I will tell J I have no clue what he is talking about, phone call? Ring lost? Must have been a fever dream. 😂
Posted by: Piper at April 24, 2024 10:54 PM (ZdaMQ)
Congratulations on a successful spelunk!
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 24, 2024 10:57 PM (tkR6S)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
Well if this thing had flushed down, I think he would have had a piece of my tail.
Posted by: Piper at April 24, 2024 10:57 PM (ZdaMQ)
Posted by: Piper at April 24, 2024 10:54 PM (ZdaMQ)
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This. That phone call needs to be deleted from your phone.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 24, 2024 10:57 PM (RIvkX)
The I don’t really care news is I can’t seem to get this tightened back on right, but whatever, my friend can help me with that tomorrow. I will tell J I have no clue what he is talking about, phone call? Ring lost? Must have been a fever dream. 😂
Congrats on getting the ring back. I've been asked to help finding one that was lost while gardening. Oh, and I've been told NOT to buy a metal detector.
Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at April 24, 2024 10:57 PM (dZVON)
Doesn't anybody use det cord any ore?
Posted by: Blanco Basura
C'mon man, this ain't some North Sea pipeline. C4 would probably work better in the tight confines of the cabinet.
Posted by: Some Rat at April 24, 2024 10:58 PM (vJiyU)
Posted by: Taq, Rickrolled by Jesus at April 24, 2024 10:59 PM (/QIWP)
Or he could be like the old lady reading the bible all the time.
Why? I asked.
Because she's cramming for her finals, her daughter said.
Posted by: Diogenes at April 24, 2024 10:59 PM (W/lyH)
Posted by: Piper at April 24, 2024 10:59 PM (ZdaMQ)
Squirrels have been having some secret squirrel meetings, talking about secret squirrel stuff. They've locked me out because apparently I don't have the necessary clearances. Been keeping an eye on my Amazon account.
Posted by: Sock Monkey * Monkey without a country at April 24, 2024 10:59 PM (hKZ+8)
Posted by: COMountainMarie at April 24, 2024 10:59 PM (XvPG9)
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, Texas - Ace of Spades Ladies Brigade, plucky comic relief
Good Evening buddy!
Posted by: Some Rat at April 24, 2024 11:00 PM (vJiyU)
Were I not a Krebs, I'd proudly bear the name Clompington.
My wardrobe choices would be simple -- classic "Hee-Haw", with the biggest, clompingest boots I could muster.
"Live the name, be the name!"
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at April 24, 2024 11:00 PM (xG4kz)
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at April 24, 2024 11:00 PM (CHHv1)
Posted by: Piper at April 24, 2024 10:54 PM (ZdaMQ)
Just tell him you got pissed off and figured it out yourself. Most men appreciate that, since that is how we function.
Posted by: Kindltot at April 24, 2024 11:01 PM (D7oie)
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And Brandeis University says, Hey, brothers and sisters F_ them
we don't play that, come on over and transfer all your credits, get an excellent education and have a good time.
Posted by: Braenyard at April 24, 2024 11:01 PM (lCWOD)
a rare bit of good news
well done Piper 💍
Posted by: Don Black at April 24, 2024 11:02 PM (/7KEl)
Posted by: Sock Monkey * Monkey without a country
Be careful, they're nuttier than....well, they're crazy as hell.
Posted by: Some Rat at April 24, 2024 11:02 PM (vJiyU)
Sow the wind, reap the whirlwind, Leftists.
Posted by: Gref at April 24, 2024 10:55 PM (5fDan)
And yet you don't see this in Florida or Texas.
Hmmmm.....
Posted by: Diogenes at April 24, 2024 11:02 PM (W/lyH)
And get a drain trap.
It's all good.
Posted by: nurse ratched
Why did your calm down “sound” better than his? 😂
Posted by: Piper at April 24, 2024 11:03 PM (ZdaMQ)
This from the most sneering. condescending, elitist regime in history
Posted by: mnw at April 24, 2024 11:03 PM (NLIak)
Posted by: @
Nethack was too arcane for my midwit brain, I will admit. I settled instead for Angband and its many variants. Gumband, Zangband, Hengband, Sangband, and a dozen more. Never beat any of them, but it was a fun addiction for many years.
Nethack required 1 or 2 Standard Deviations more IQ than I ever had available.
Posted by: Taq, Rickrolled by Jesus at April 24, 2024 11:03 PM (/QIWP)
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, Texas - Ace of Spades Ladies Brigade, plucky comic relief at April 24, 2024 11:04 PM (SRRAx)
needed a sport to follow after football wrapped
enter the NHL
Posted by: Don Black at April 24, 2024 11:05 PM (/7KEl)
I found all the faucet parts that had been blown over the bathroom from the water pressure except for one part I suspected was down the drain in the P trap.
In trying to remove it for inspection the rust-eaten pipe held together by the chrome plating collapsed.
I was praying that I could get the bathroom sink back in order without having to take the plumbing back into the studs or into the crawlspace.
Posted by: Kindltot at April 24, 2024 11:05 PM (D7oie)
Sow the wind, reap the whirlwind, Leftists.
Posted by: Gref at April 24, 2024 10:55 PM (5fDan)
And yet you don't see this in Florida or Texas.
Hmmmm.....
Posted by: Diogenes at April 24, 2024 11:02 PM (W/lyH)
Primarily because state authorities there are not woke wimps. This is a VERY GOOD THING.
Posted by: Gref at April 24, 2024 11:06 PM (5fDan)
Sledgehammer. It's the only way to be sure.
Trust me, I know what I'm doing.
https://youtu.be/UGYKU7mbv74
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at April 24, 2024 11:06 PM (63Dwl)
I should make my own version. Who else?
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at April 24, 2024 11:07 PM (CHHv1)
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, Texas - Ace of Spades Ladies Brigade, plucky comic relief
Dand. Well, I'm not unloading the pickup tonight.
Posted by: Some Rat at April 24, 2024 11:07 PM (vJiyU)
Sorry, Horde - no fun PlayDate at Piper's house 🤣🤣🤣
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth
Just to be clear: Piper getting the ring does *NOT* preclude a PlayDate a J and Pipers..
Congrats Piper!
P.S.
Nephew in town that we haven't seen it years. Fun times but, little site time.
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at April 24, 2024 11:08 PM (pTC3n)
Posted by: RickZ at April 24, 2024 11:09 PM (emlEe)
You go ahead, I don't do animation. Voices, sure, but not the drawing part.
Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at April 24, 2024 11:09 PM (dZVON)
Posted by: Braenyard at April 24, 2024 11:09 PM (lCWOD)
Brandeis. In my home town. They're pretty lefty as well, but they kinda keep it mostly quiet...
Posted by: COMountainMarie at April 24, 2024 11:09 PM (XvPG9)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 24, 2024 11:09 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: San Franpsycho
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last time I plumbed, I had to go out and buy a big shop-vac
Posted by: Don Black at April 24, 2024 11:12 PM (/7KEl)
Just to be clear: Piper getting the ring does *NOT* preclude a PlayDate a J and Pipers
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron
+++++
This is very true! Y’all head on down / over! We can see how many people we actually can fit in our slightly bigger than a plunge pool.
And if you REALLY want to do something with tools, we can hang ceiling fans on the front porch. I will grab a few extra irons so we have plenty to go around.
Posted by: Piper at April 24, 2024 11:12 PM (ZdaMQ)
Posted by: Don Black at April 24, 2024 11:13 PM (/7KEl)
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, Texas
------------------------------------
How're you doing? Hope the healing is coming along well.
Posted by: Braenyard at April 24, 2024 11:13 PM (lCWOD)
Posted by: RickZ at April 24, 2024 11:09 PM (emlEe)
So...she ran off with the Social Security dude.
Posted by: Diogenes at April 24, 2024 11:14 PM (W/lyH)
Posted by: Piper
Damnit!
*Kicks dirt. Starts to unload truck.*
Posted by: Tonypete at April 24, 2024 11:14 PM (WXNFJ)
Posted by: Don Black at April 24, 2024 11:13 PM (/7KEl)
Mrs D learned years ago that sometimes it's better to have a Handyman than a man handy.
Posted by: Diogenes at April 24, 2024 11:15 PM (W/lyH)
Posted by: nurse ratched at April 24, 2024 11:15 PM (xkbLL)
Posted by: Sock Monkey * Monkey without a country
Be careful, they're nuttier than....well, they're crazy as hell.
Posted by: Some Rat
https://tinyurl.com/cpxm986k
Posted by: Sock Monkey * Monkey without a country at April 24, 2024 11:16 PM (hKZ+8)
I am off to bed now for early morning classes. Which is something else we can do when everyone visits! Barre Class Horde Edition! Woot!
Posted by: Piper at April 24, 2024 11:16 PM (ZdaMQ)
Posted by: Peter Gabriel at April 24, 2024 11:17 PM (Wc83a)
Put a bucket underneath before removing the trap...
Posted by: lin-duh at April 24, 2024 11:17 PM (PZo5T)
Biden today to the Building Trades Union conference: "He [Trump] looks down on us."
Posted by: mnw
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"Us." Sure, Biden is one of the boys. One of those calloused-hands, up-from-hard-times, beer-drinking, guys who wears a hard hat and comes home in a sweaty shirt. You know how it is, guys, how hard we work, and Trump is such a rich snob looking down on us while we work hard for our families.
What a phoney.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at April 24, 2024 11:18 PM (ny95y)
Couldn't do it fast enough.
45 years, 2 kids ...
#cold
Me too, only 25 years and three kids
Posted by: free tibet at April 24, 2024 11:21 PM (Vh+Td)
Posted by: lin-duh
Try to keep up: We've already demo'd the kitchen, rewired the garage, and are now eyeing the porch. (smiley face icon here)
Posted by: Some Rat at April 24, 2024 11:21 PM (vJiyU)
With dad's family, that actually worked - ended up with an English-sounding name that's easy to pronounce (although people still will look at the name, and give it odd pronunciations that are puzzling). With mom's family, not so lucky - the best that could be done is, well, bizarre. (In fact, the family doesn't even agree on how to spell it.)
When my wife-to-be and I went to fill out the forms for our marriage license, the clerk took a look at my entry under "Mother's Maiden Name," got really wide eyes, and said with deep seriousness, "Whatever you do, don't name any of your children after your Mama."
Yeah, it's that bad. (And it would not be an improvement to have stuck with the Swabian-Deutsch original, either.) And no, none of our kids got saddled with that moniker.
Posted by: John Drake at April 24, 2024 11:21 PM (+OBLx)
I've hung a ceiling fan or two. With and without light kits. Simple enough job that it all worked when I was done. Just one question, do I need to bring my own ladder?
Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at April 24, 2024 11:21 PM (dZVON)
Nethack required 1 or 2 Standard Deviations more IQ than I ever had available.
Posted by: Taq
I beat Nethack exactly twice. Out of ..... more attempts than I wish to recall.
I played Angband & Zangband also. Won those a few times.
Posted by: mikeski at April 24, 2024 11:22 PM (DgGvY)
I have found that the Handyman swears less than the man who might be handy...
Good night good Horde...❤
Posted by: COMountainMarie at April 24, 2024 11:22 PM (XvPG9)
Posted by: lin-duh
Try to keep up: We've already demo'd the kitchen, rewired the garage, and are now eyeing the porch. (smiley face icon here)
Posted by: Some Rat at April 24, 2024 11:21 PM (vJiyU)
Not to mention a brake job and repacking the wheel bearings.
Posted by: Diogenes at April 24, 2024 11:22 PM (W/lyH)
I've hung a ceiling fan or two. With and without light kits. Simple enough job that it all worked when I was done. Just one question, do I need to bring my own ladder?
Posted by: Blanco Basura
Nope! I have one of those handy dandy goes together 1800 different way ones and it goes pretty tall. We have 10 foot ceilings, I needed it to hang drapes.
Posted by: Piper at April 24, 2024 11:23 PM (ZdaMQ)
Thank you AOP, Publius and others pushing me over the line into Linux Mint.
And thanks to the lovely and gracious Notsothoreau for guiding me into the nuts and bolts of Mint.
I'm pleased, I'm pleased, I'm pleased.
Posted by: Braenyard at April 24, 2024 11:23 PM (lCWOD)
Sow the wind, reap the whirlwind, Leftists.
Posted by: Gref
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If I may... I think the left loves the whirlwind. I think they look at this chaos and noise and hope for more. I don't think there's a goal or a utopian vision or a plan. Just orgies of violence, fear, hatred, conflict, misery, every kind of pain and evil.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at April 24, 2024 11:24 PM (ny95y)
I have a couple that are real head-scratchers. One item discovered while looking for other things though is there is a unused 20A line running from the breaker box to my crawlspace.
The end within the breaker box is labeled 'Spare/crawlspace' and not connected to a breaker. In the crawl space, there is about 50 ft of coiled conductor, not terminated to a device with a paper tag that says 'Spare/crawlspace'.
What kind of man labels things for another, unknown homeowner's future benefit?
Posted by: Tonypete at April 24, 2024 11:24 PM (WXNFJ)
How's the granddaughter?
Posted by: nurse ratched
She came home tonight. In quite a bit of pain. The hard part is the next 7 to 10 days. She's supposed to stay in bed with as little activity as possible. When the pain subsides I'm not sure how well that will work. I've got a feeling she may get more nurse than mom from my daughter. She was really thrilled and glad about all the people praying for her.
Posted by: Sock Monkey * Monkey without a country at April 24, 2024 11:25 PM (hKZ+8)
Posted by: Braenyard at April 24, 2024 11:25 PM (lCWOD)
Posted by: Blonde Morticia
Gotta agree with ya there.
Posted by: Some Rat at April 24, 2024 11:25 PM (vJiyU)
Put a bucket underneath before removing the trap...
Posted by: lin-duh at April
I did! Thank you. It just won’t go back right, so I left the bucket there, and everything out of the cabinet. Luckily it was all in baskets so easy to put back when I can.
Again. Thank you everyone, heading off to bed. 💕💕💕
Posted by: Piper at April 24, 2024 11:25 PM (ZdaMQ)
Posted by: Braenyard at April 24, 2024 11:23 PM (lCWOD)
Congratulations! Welcome to the Dark Side!
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 24, 2024 11:26 PM (tkR6S)
Posted by: Gref
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If I may... I think the left loves the whirlwind. I think they look at this chaos and noise and hope for more. I don't think there's a goal or a utopian vision or a plan. Just orgies of violence, fear, hatred, conflict, misery, every kind of pain and evil.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia
Some of them will hesitate when it means they starve, goto prison, or face death. Some, not all.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at April 24, 2024 11:26 PM (VNX3d)
Springsteen did this song in concerts. The way they performed it, I swear, was designed to amp the crowd up into a frenzy. By the end, they're going nuts.
I recommend checking out the live version from his Hammersmith Odeon concert.
Posted by: 496 at April 24, 2024 11:27 PM (dab9h)
Posted by: Don Black at April 24, 2024 11:28 PM (/7KEl)
Posted by: Some Rat at April 24, 2024 11:21 PM (vJiyU)
Not to mention a brake job and repacking the wheel bearings.
Posted by: Diogenes
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Fine, y'all can swing by my place next. I have a few projects that need done...
Posted by: lin-duh at April 24, 2024 11:28 PM (PZo5T)
Posted by: Tonypete at April 24, 2024 11:24 PM (WXNFJ)
A careful and conscientious worker?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 24, 2024 11:28 PM (tkR6S)
A great Canadian philosopher once said, "If women don't find you handsome, they should at least find you handy."
I think you'll find it in the work Quando Omni Flunkus Moritat, as recorded by his acolyte Harold.
Posted by: John Drake at April 24, 2024 11:28 PM (+OBLx)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 24, 2024 11:28 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: Blonde Morticia
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I've read that some folks would gladly grant them their wish, in full measure.
Posted by: Braenyard at April 24, 2024 11:28 PM (lCWOD)
Posted by: SFGoth at April 24, 2024 10:11 PM (KAi1n)
Nice!
Two more days to retirement......
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at April 24, 2024 11:28 PM (QGaXH)
I'm in!
(Anyone know where the heck she lives?)
Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at April 24, 2024 11:30 PM (dZVON)
Posted by: San Franpsycho
For my next trick, I’ll convince every Democrat politician and illegal to join the fight in Ukraine as a soldier….
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at April 24, 2024 11:30 PM (VNX3d)
Posted by: Tonypete
* labels unknown switch *
"magic" ......../. "more magic"
Posted by: mikeski at April 24, 2024 11:30 PM (DgGvY)
Posted by: exodus 21:22-25 at April 24, 2024 11:29 PM (yvopP)
Need moar bullets this time. Use all of them.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 24, 2024 11:30 PM (tkR6S)
Posted by: Lord Percy at April 24, 2024 11:30 PM (/cBnn)
My sister once lost our mom's wedding ring in the grass at the Little League field. A dad organized us to walk the area in a grid and it was soon found. Whew...
And good to hear, Sock. We will now pray for her to follow orders...
Posted by: sal: tolle adversarium et afflige inimicum at April 24, 2024 11:31 PM (jN2/U)
Posted by: Blonde Morticia
Gotta agree with ya there.
Posted by: Some Rat at April 24, 2024 11:25 PM (vJiyU)
The doers love it. Chaos is fun.
But the organizers want a response. The bigger the better.
Posted by: Diogenes at April 24, 2024 11:31 PM (W/lyH)
That and something about this item called "duct tape."
Posted by: John Drake at April 24, 2024 11:32 PM (+OBLx)
Posted by: Don Black
That's the initial diagnosis. Met her Doc yesterday. He used the words cautiously optimistic. Good guy plus he's a red head too. He and my granddaughter really hit it off. She's going back in for more pictures next week. Tough to see her in the full neck brace with her puffed up, bruised face . Better then the alternative.
Posted by: Sock Monkey * Monkey without a country at April 24, 2024 11:35 PM (hKZ+8)
Posted by: Tonypete at April 24, 2024 11:24 PM (WXNFJ)
If there is also a color guide to the paints used in all the rooms as well, I would guess he was bucking for beatification
Posted by: Kindltot at April 24, 2024 11:35 PM (D7oie)
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at April 24, 2024 11:36 PM (VNX3d)
Posted by: Lord Percy at April 24, 2024 11:37 PM (/cBnn)
Posted by: John Drake at April 24, 2024 11:37 PM (+OBLx)
Thanks for the plumbing laughs!
To all who have asked, I am doing very well - one wound is completely healed, and the other one is close to bein completely closed. The folks at Wound Care told me my healing looks as perfect as a "Textbook Case". It helps that I don't smoke, have diabetes, or respiratory issues 😊❤
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, Texas, AOS Ladies Brigade, Plucky Comic Relief at April 24, 2024 11:38 PM (SRRAx)
Posted by: John Drake at April 24, 2024 11:37 PM (+OBLx)
I've gotten drunk in Nanaimo bars, but won't eat the damned things, since they are made with icky coconut.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 24, 2024 11:39 PM (tkR6S)
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at April 24, 2024 11:39 PM (VNX3d)
Posted by: Sock Monkey *
poor thing
here's hoping for a quick recovery
Posted by: Don Black at April 24, 2024 11:40 PM (/7KEl)
Another Wikipedia scholar. How's the internship working out. When are they going to move you up to dayshift?
Posted by: Sock Monkey * Monkey without a country at April 24, 2024 11:41 PM (hKZ+8)
Good weather, hayman did two more crops that year,
Next summer I'm up for more hay, Pop dangles this watch and
asks if I know about it. It's my Seiko.
During the winter one of hayman's clients, a farmer, cracks open a bale and finds this watch which he took back to hayman who asked around.
That watch laid out in the field all summer, tractors, planting, shredding, people loading, other cuttings, rain, heat and there it was, running, ticking, on time. Still have it in a box.
Posted by: Braenyard at April 24, 2024 11:43 PM (lCWOD)
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth
That is great news! Wonderful!!
Posted by: Tonypete at April 24, 2024 11:43 PM (WXNFJ)
he had to be subdued by other agents, disarmed and handcuffed
Posted by: Don Black at April 24, 2024 11:45 PM (/7KEl)
"Us." Sure, Biden is one of the boys. One of those calloused-hands, up-from-hard-times, beer-drinking, guys who wears a hard hat and comes home in a sweaty shirt. You know how it is, guys, how hard we work, and Trump is such a rich snob looking down on us while we work hard for our families.
What a phoney.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia
He grew up in the Black Puerto Rican Jewish neighborhood and drove an 18-wheeler until he got oil cancer from the windshield wipers.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at April 24, 2024 11:45 PM (63Dwl)
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, Texas, AOS Ladies Brigade, Plucky Comic Relief at April 24, 2024 11:45 PM (SRRAx)
Posted by: Diogenes at April 24, 2024 11:15 PM (W/lyH)
What was it Red Green used to say 'if women don't find ya handsome they can at least find ya handy....'?
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at April 24, 2024 11:46 PM (QGaXH)
Posted by: Don Black at April 24, 2024 11:48 PM (/7KEl)
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at April 24, 2024 11:48 PM (VNX3d)
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at April 24, 2024 11:46 PM (QGaXH)
Russian hands, Roman fingers and a six-foot Pole?
Posted by: RickZ at April 24, 2024 11:50 PM (emlEe)
Theresa, so good to hear you're healing up as well.
Think I'll crawl into bed, watch the ferries cross the Sound and pray the Rosary. Y'all are in my intentions.
Early start to tomorrow.
God Bless you all.
Posted by: nurse ratched at April 24, 2024 11:50 PM (UOtXw)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 24, 2024 11:51 PM (tkR6S)
Posted by: Gollum at April 24, 2024 11:54 PM (bo7UB)
Posted by: Gollum at April 24, 2024 11:54 PM (bo7UB)
Heh! Check in Whoopee Goldberg's bath tub.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 24, 2024 11:56 PM (tkR6S)
I saw your sibling comment the other day. Sounded like something I would have said to my older brother. He would have thumped on me, but it would have been worth it.
Posted by: Sock Monkey * Monkey without a country at April 24, 2024 11:56 PM (hKZ+8)
Another Wikipedia scholar. How's the internship working out. When are they going to move you up to dayshift?
Posted by: Sock Monkey .+
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He stays away from the day shift. There's a certain priestess that gives him rough traffic.
Posted by: Braenyard at April 24, 2024 11:57 PM (lCWOD)
Posted by: Sock Monkey * Monkey without a country at April 24, 2024 11:57 PM (hKZ+8)
Posted by: Sock Monkey * Monkey without a country at April 24, 2024 11:35 PM (hKZ+
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My heart goes out to her.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at April 25, 2024 12:00 AM (bo7UB)
he had to be subdued by other agents, disarmed and handcuffed
Posted by: Don Black
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One possible scenario: Most of her SS were black and igged this guy (that's where the DEI comes in), he had enough and popped the mouthy guy.
Posted by: Braenyard at April 25, 2024 12:02 AM (lCWOD)
Posted by: exodus 21:22-25
Your knowledge and understanding of scripture would fit on a 3×5 card with plenty of space left over. I'm sure the truth does hurt for those who struggle with it. Need some Lidocaine?
Posted by: Sock Monkey * Monkey without a country at April 25, 2024 12:02 AM (hKZ+8)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
So, a Flapper Pie might be the better choice? Or a Schmoo Torte in a pinch?
Posted by: John Drake at April 25, 2024 12:02 AM (+OBLx)
I've read that some folks would gladly grant them their wish, in full measure.
Posted by: Braenyard
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Heh, I'd send them for a vacation in Hell in a heartbeat.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at April 25, 2024 12:06 AM (ny95y)
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Good luck on finding a steady supply of flappers.
Posted by: Hannibal Lecter at April 25, 2024 12:06 AM (bo7UB)
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK)
Hmmmmm - deja vu?
Posted by: John Drake at April 25, 2024 12:06 AM (+OBLx)
Posted by: John Drake at April 25, 2024 12:02 AM (+OBLx)
A nice lemming meringue pie.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 25, 2024 12:07 AM (tkR6S)
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at April 25, 2024 12:08 AM (VNX3d)
He grew up in the Black Puerto Rican Jewish neighborhood and drove an 18-wheeler until he got oil cancer from the windshield wipers.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr.
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Repeat the line.
Pause.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at April 25, 2024 12:08 AM (ny95y)
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Good luck on finding a steady supply of flappers.
Posted by: Hannibal Lecter
They would be in short supply, wouldn't they?
Posted by: John Drake at April 25, 2024 12:09 AM (+OBLx)
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at April 25, 2024 12:08 AM (VNX3d)
He's on the same side.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 25, 2024 12:09 AM (tkR6S)
Good evening, Horde.
Posted by: scampydog at April 25, 2024 12:10 AM (41CYW)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 25, 2024 12:11 AM (tkR6S)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
Do you have to catch them in the pie tin as they're plummeting off the cliff?
Posted by: John Drake at April 25, 2024 12:12 AM (+OBLx)
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at April 25, 2024 12:08 AM (VNX3d)
He's on the same side.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
True. If he can push them onto Columbia, however, he might get the protest backer to pay for them - especially if it looks from the outside like the protest is growing.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at April 25, 2024 12:13 AM (VNX3d)
The Escalating Hyphenations would be a good good band name.
I'm thinking punk/ska.
Posted by: The Escalating Miklosifications at April 25, 2024 12:14 AM (oGyF9)
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at April 25, 2024 12:08 AM (VNX3d)
He's on the same side.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
FUN FACT
Little Hungary in NYC was right nest to the Columbia University campus.
Is no more, because the Hungarians got smart and left.
Posted by: Mere Magyar Miklos at April 25, 2024 12:17 AM (oGyF9)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
Do you have to catch them in the pie tin as they're plummeting off the cliff?
Posted by: John Drake
You set nets, silly
Posted by: Miklos likes pie at April 25, 2024 12:18 AM (oGyF9)
I’m somewhat surmised Mayor Adams hasn’t appropriated the dorm rooms of the protestors in tents for their overflow of illegals.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf
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That would be hilarious if he had to pit his supporters against each other.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at April 25, 2024 12:18 AM (ny95y)
Posted by: amended note card IN ALL CAPS at April 25, 2024 12:19 AM (oGyF9)
I'm thinking punk/ska.
Posted by: The Escalating Miklosifications
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Thinking The Dash would be a good alternative name.
Posted by: scampydog at April 25, 2024 12:20 AM (41CYW)
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf
I can guess
Posted by: Vocabulary Nazi Miklos at April 25, 2024 12:21 AM (oGyF9)
I can guess
Posted by: Vocabulary Nazi Miklos
Auto-cucumber is my greatest enemy.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at April 25, 2024 12:22 AM (VNX3d)
a night on the town in heels can come with exercise included...his not only includes your calf muscles, but your hamstrings and glutes might also work harder when you slip on heeled shoes.
This may include shorter stride lengths and increased cadence, which could potentially result in reduced energy expenditure during walking.
So which is it? Is it more efficient or better exercise? I don't see this as an AND proposition...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at April 25, 2024 12:23 AM (ynpvh)
_Townhall
Posted by: Braenyard at April 25, 2024 12:23 AM (lCWOD)
Posted by: Sock Monkey * Monkey without a country
University of Miklos>>>>Wikipedia scholar
Posted by: Credit for ife Experience AACCEPTED at April 25, 2024 12:23 AM (oGyF9)
Posted by: scampydog
hmmm
not much to work with here
Posted by: highly challenged graphic designer at April 25, 2024 12:26 AM (oGyF9)
ahh, karma
goodnight friends
Posted by: Don Black at April 25, 2024 12:27 AM (/7KEl)
_mashable
Posted by: Braenyard at April 25, 2024 12:27 AM (lCWOD)
Posted by: Miklos has been thinking again (sorry, it happens) at April 25, 2024 12:28 AM (oGyF9)
So you have
José Jesús González Velázquez (Father's first surname González and mother's first surname Velázquez) marry
María Josefa Martínez López ((Father's first surname Martínez and mother's first surname López):
Their first kid could be Rafaela González Martínez, or with her middle name, Rafaela María de Jesús González Martínez.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at April 25, 2024 12:29 AM (ynpvh)
"I double dash dare ya!"
Posted by: Miklos has been thinking again (sorry, it happens) at April 25, 2024 12:28 AM (oGyF9)
Same with the dashes as with Mexican naming conventions. Last dash from each parent gets dropped and becomes new two-name dash.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at April 25, 2024 12:30 AM (ynpvh)
María Josefa Martínez López ((Father's first surname Martínez and mother's first surname López):
Their first kid could be Rafaela González Martínez, or with her middle name, Rafaela María de Jesús González Martínez.
Posted by: jim
You also get a green card
Posted by: the Bitem Administration at April 25, 2024 12:30 AM (oGyF9)
Posted by: scampydog at April 25, 2024 12:30 AM (41CYW)
José Jesús González Velázquez (Father's first surname González and mother's first surname Velázquez) marry
María Josefa Martínez López ((Father's first surname Martínez and mother's first surname López):
Her married name is María Josefa Martínez de González
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at April 25, 2024 12:32 AM (ynpvh)
Heh
Posted by: Miklos 2029! at April 25, 2024 12:33 AM (oGyF9)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at April 24, 2024 11:45 PM (63Dwl)
Then Beau died . . . again and again.
Posted by: RickZ at April 25, 2024 12:33 AM (emlEe)
Posted by: Miklos likes pie
Of course! Although this is supposedly taking place in a Canadian setting, so there would probably have to be some Métis involved, snowshoes, RCMP supervision, a permit from the Ministry of Rodent Migratory Management, and some guy from Québec to complain and make dismissive comments.
Posted by: John Drake at April 25, 2024 12:34 AM (+OBLx)
is planning to arrest senior Israeli officials, something it would do only if it had the Biden administration’s permission.
_AmericanThinker
Posted by: Braenyard at April 25, 2024 12:35 AM (lCWOD)
Heh
Posted by: Miklos 2029! at April 25, 2024 12:33 AM (oGyF9)
Then I'm safe...no hyphens, apostrophes, or other non-letters in my name. Especially no colons or semi-colons...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at April 25, 2024 12:36 AM (ynpvh)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at April 24, 2024 11:45 PM (63Dwl)
Then Beau died . . . again and again.
Posted by: RickZ at April 25, 2024 12:33 AM (emlEe)
Was that due to the cancer he got as a child chimney-sweep?
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at April 25, 2024 12:36 AM (ynpvh)
Posted by: Tonypete at April 24, 2024 11:24 PM (WXNFJ)
If there is also a color guide to the paints used in all the rooms as well, I would guess he was bucking for beatification
Posted by: Kindltot at April 24, 2024 11:35 PM (D7oie)
Sounds like he was an engineer. Probably retired....with time on his hands.
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at April 25, 2024 12:38 AM (QGaXH)
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at April 25, 2024 12:08 AM (VNX3d)
Who says they are students?
Posted by: Diogenes at April 25, 2024 12:38 AM (W/lyH)
_AmericanThinker
Posted by: Braenyard at April 25, 2024 12:35 AM (lCWOD)
I'd like to see them try to arrest the terrorist leaders first; it would be entertaining to watch them try, like Keystone Cops.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at April 25, 2024 12:38 AM (ynpvh)
Posted by: Tonypete at April 24, 2024 11:24 PM (WXNFJ)
If there is also a color guide to the paints used in all the rooms as well, I would guess he was bucking for beatification
Posted by: Kindltot at April 24, 2024 11:35 PM (D7oie)
Sounds like he was an engineer. Probably retired....with time on his hands.
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at April 25, 2024 12:38 AM (QGaXH)
There was one guy I worked with that labeled almost everything with his labeler...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at April 25, 2024 12:39 AM (ynpvh)
Posted by: jim
TRUE
After surviving Omaha Beach, though.
Posted by: Miklos, whose uncle actually had the Full Omaha Beach Experience (Disney does not offer one) at April 25, 2024 12:39 AM (oGyF9)
he had to be subdued by other agents, disarmed and handcuffed
Posted by: Don Black at April 24, 2024 11:45 PM (/7KEl)
WTF? The Secret Service assigned to politicians in last couple of decades have been worse than a drunken frat .
Posted by: polynikes at April 25, 2024 12:40 AM (MNhXM)
he had to be subdued by other agents, disarmed and handcuffed
Posted by: Don Black at April 24, 2024 11:45 PM (/7KEl)
WTF? The Secret Service assigned to politicians in last couple of decades have been worse than a drunken frat .
Posted by: polynikes at April 25, 2024 12:40 AM (MNhXM)
Maybe they ran out of tampons in the Men's room...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at April 25, 2024 12:42 AM (ynpvh)
Posted by: Tonypete at April 24, 2024 11:24 PM (WXNFJ)
Hey-
My IRA is fully invested in SharpieCorp
Posted by: Miklos, and waht is this in the back of the freezer at April 25, 2024 12:42 AM (oGyF9)
Posted by: lost in space at April 25, 2024 12:42 AM (N6oRK)
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at April 25, 2024 12:36 AM (ynpvh)
Nah, got Black Lung from workin' in the coal mines with his blue-collar Daddy.
Posted by: RickZ at April 25, 2024 12:43 AM (emlEe)
Piper I am glad that you found your ring, I never found my engagement diamond, one day I looked at my finger and the ring setting was there but the diamond was gone, it wasn't close to a carat in weight, hubs called it the chip off the old rock. One of our kids probably found it on the floor and ate it.
COMM, I didn't know that the Watch City was your hometown. I lived there for a year and I really liked it there.
Night, nurse.
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at April 25, 2024 12:44 AM (Sgq8y)
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at April 25, 2024 12:36 AM (ynpvh)
Nah, got Black Lung from workin' in the coal mines with his blue-collar Daddy.
Posted by: RickZ at April 25, 2024 12:43 AM (emlEe)
That was during the day; at night his "small, lithe body", as Joey used to say, would be used for cleaning those chimneys.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at April 25, 2024 12:44 AM (ynpvh)
At least drunk frat boys know which team they are on.
Posted by: My Delta name is Miklos (Tri-Delt is Tiffani) at April 25, 2024 12:44 AM (oGyF9)
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at April 25, 2024 12:45 AM (ynpvh)
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at April 25, 2024 12:45 AM (VNX3d)
Posted by: lost in space at April 25, 2024 12:42 AM (N6oRK)
They're not just standing around, they're standing around with their thumbs up their asses. DEI multi-tasking.
Posted by: RickZ at April 25, 2024 12:46 AM (emlEe)
_Townhall
Posted by: Braenyard
I'm very sorry this is happening to you, Professor. Good Luck. Thoughts and Prayers.
Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at April 25, 2024 12:46 AM (sAmhv)
Wife worried about it, because she tended to bang her rings and lose stones, so I got her a band with a ring of diamonds set into the ring. AFAIK, she only banged one off once, and it was found and repaired.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at April 25, 2024 12:47 AM (ynpvh)
Posted by: My Word as a Biden, a True Story, Fat at April 25, 2024 12:47 AM (oGyF9)
Posted by: lost in space at April 25, 2024 12:42 AM (N6oRK)
They're not just standing around, they're standing around with their thumbs up their asses. DEI multi-tasking.
Posted by: RickZ at April 25, 2024 12:46 AM (emlEe)
I thought they had that covered with their butt-plugs and furry tail-holders...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at April 25, 2024 12:48 AM (ynpvh)
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia)
Jim, was there a thing for a while where the family surnames were conjoined with a "Y" so it would be something like Joaquin Francisco Hidalgo y Fernando Gomez Calderone, or was that more of a niche sort of thing, like for the nobility or local elites?
Posted by: John Drake at April 25, 2024 12:48 AM (+OBLx)
Posted by: The World According to Garp at April 25, 2024 12:49 AM (oGyF9)
Posted by: Diogenes
That F's up the narrative. Agitators outnumber students by at least 2 to 1.
Posted by: Sock Monkey * Monkey without a country at April 25, 2024 12:51 AM (hKZ+8)
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at April 25, 2024 12:48 AM (ynpvh)
Plenty of room for both.
Posted by: Pete Buttplug at April 25, 2024 12:51 AM (emlEe)
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at April 24, 2024 10:23 PM (4HcMG)
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Yep. I've seen it. We once had a student here where I work with that last name. It broke the Learning Management System (Blackboard).
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at April 24, 2024 10:26 PM (BpYfr)
Yeah, it was stupid to pick that in the olden days of computing, as there are still plenty of folks with a last name of "Null". There were enough extra codes to create a "visible" null character if they wanted to. Legacy code; gotta love it!
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at April 25, 2024 12:52 AM (ynpvh)
Gradually recovering from Apr 2 surgery. Before the main cutting began, a urologist put stents on my kidneys to protect them. I woke up to (among other things) a catheter. New experience for me. Three weeks later, I go in to the urologist's office to have the stents removed. Of course it's two young gals doing the job; I'm too old to care. First they have to take out the catheter. The main doc says, why'd they leave it in so long? Grrr. I'm just the patient, nobody tells me anything. A relief to have that removed, anyway. Then they pull out the stents. Cringeworthy, boys, but surprisingly not really painful. I'm not sure how that all worked, but one less thing dragging me down. Miracles of modern medicine. 🙄
Just had to share. Next time I'll tell y'all about the progress on my two wound-vac sites and the joys of the iliostomy.
Sympathy and prayers for all the wounded and ailing Morons & adjacents.
Sleep well. I plan to.
https://youtu.be/R7uC5m-IRns
💤
Posted by: mindful webworker - slowly I turned... at April 25, 2024 12:54 AM (L6R40)
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at April 25, 2024 12:54 AM (i6N8Y)
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia)
Jim, was there a thing for a while where the family surnames were conjoined with a "Y" so it would be something like Joaquin Francisco Hidalgo y Fernando Gomez Calderone, or was that more of a niche sort of thing, like for the nobility or local elites?
Posted by: John Drake at April 25, 2024 12:48 AM (+OBLx)
Most of my ancestors on that side were dirt poor, so couldn't afford the "Calderon y Bravo" kind of add-ons to their names. I think it was mainly for the rich and those with "noble" blood. I have a few way, way back that DID do that. Even more, I saw some cases where in the records, the girls had the last name of their mom, the boys of their dad.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at April 25, 2024 12:55 AM (ynpvh)
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz
heh
Posted by: The World According to Garp at April 25, 2024 12:49 AM (oGyF9)
The world according to Gorp: Raisins and Peanuts...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at April 25, 2024 12:56 AM (ynpvh)
Posted by: Miklos goes in at 9 AM, so last one for the road is right NOW at April 25, 2024 12:56 AM (oGyF9)
Posted by: Mary Poppins at April 25, 2024 12:57 AM (46Cfy)
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy
I'm guessing Yes
Posted by: Miklos speculates thus for Reasons at April 25, 2024 12:58 AM (oGyF9)
Posted by: Chasen Buttgig as Floyd the Barber at April 25, 2024 01:00 AM (oGyF9)
...
Posted by: mindful webworker - slowly I turned... at April 25, 2024 12:54 AM (L6R40)
Prayers, man. I've never had that done to me, but have been catherized and cystoscopies are fun...hey, lets shove a camera up the urinary tract. Gotta penis, well, that's just a bit of a longer path. Remember to RELAX when the camera gets to the urinary sphincter or it will REALLY hurt and bleed!
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at April 25, 2024 01:00 AM (ynpvh)
“I FEEL THE URGE THE GROWING NEED
TO FUCK THIS SINFUL CORPSE”
Posted by: Slayer at April 25, 2024 01:00 AM (e0dkU)
Posted by: Pixy Misa at April 25, 2024 01:02 AM (BLOW1)
Posted by: Pixy Misa at April 25, 2024 01:03 AM (BLOW1)
Posted by: Pixy Misa at April 25, 2024 01:03 AM (BLOW1)
Posted by: Pete Buttplug
Ooo-oo-oo
Posted by: Chasen Buttgig as Floyd the Barber at April 25, 2024 01:00 AM (oGyF9)
I bet he doesn't need this book in his library...
http://tiny.cc/hqjuxz
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at April 25, 2024 01:04 AM (ynpvh)
Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at April 25, 2024 01:04 AM (sAmhv)
Posted by: Pixy Misa at April 25, 2024 01:03 AM (BLOW1)
So why the banning of two words together on the same line:
Buggs
Bunny
?
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at April 25, 2024 01:04 AM (ynpvh)
Posted by: Pixy Misa at April 25, 2024 01:05 AM (BLOW1)
Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at April 25, 2024 01:05 AM (sAmhv)
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at April 25, 2024 01:05 AM (ynpvh)
Posted by: scampydog at April 25, 2024 01:06 AM (41CYW)
Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at April 25, 2024 01:05 AM (sAmhv)
Well, it's a verb to, like minting coins...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at April 25, 2024 01:07 AM (ynpvh)
Posted by: Mary Poppins
Chim-chim-ery
Posted by: Miklos with best Dick van Dyke cockney accent at April 25, 2024 01:08 AM (oGyF9)
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at April 25, 2024 01:08 AM (ynpvh)
Posted by: scampydog at April 25, 2024 01:08 AM (41CYW)
Posted by: Pixy Misa at April 25, 2024 01:02 AM (BLOW1)
We really do have some of the best hashes....
Posted by: reason at April 25, 2024 01:08 AM (s3On1)
Posted by: Pixy Misa at April 25, 2024 01:02 AM (BLOW1)
Bring it.
Posted by: The Barrel at April 25, 2024 01:08 AM (Dnobf)
transitive verb
To produce (money) by stamping metal; coin. To invent or fabricate.
"a phrase that was minted for one occasion."
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at April 25, 2024 01:09 AM (ynpvh)
Posted by: Miklos used to like peppermingt schapps, Goldschlager in particular at April 25, 2024 01:09 AM (oGyF9)
Posted by: Pixy Misa at April 25, 2024 01:05 AM (BLOW1)
Do the double G
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at April 25, 2024 01:05 AM (ynpvh)
Buggs
You'll get the following message:
Your message has been rejected because it looks like spam. If you aren't a spammer, please try changing the text of your message. (W)
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at April 25, 2024 01:10 AM (ynpvh)
Posted by: Auntie Miklos at April 25, 2024 01:10 AM (oGyF9)
Posted by: scampydog at April 25, 2024 01:10 AM (41CYW)
Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 25, 2024 01:13 AM (di6C2)
Posted by: Mary Poppins
Chim-chim-ery
Posted by: Miklos with best Dick van Dyke cockney accent at April 25, 2024 01:08 AM (oGyF9)
Is that like dueling banjos?
https://youtu.be/NFutge4xn3w&t=17s
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at April 25, 2024 01:13 AM (ynpvh)
Posted by: Pixy Misa
BACK TO BED YOUNG MAN
Posted by: Auntie Miklos at April 25, 2024 01:10 AM (oGyF9)
I think it's the afternoon there, auntie.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 25, 2024 01:13 AM (di6C2)
Posted by: 15 year old Miklos at April 25, 2024 01:14 AM (oGyF9)
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at April 25, 2024 01:14 AM (VNX3d)
Posted by: Aetius451AD
The lad needs his rest before Tech Thread.
Posted by: Auntie Miklos at April 25, 2024 01:15 AM (oGyF9)
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at April 25, 2024 01:16 AM (Sgq8y)
https://youtu.be/NFutge4xn3w&t=17s
Posted by: jim
Happy you remember that!
Posted by: Miklos was a Child Star, well, that kid from Deliverance at April 25, 2024 01:17 AM (oGyF9)
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz
BRING DEBBY THE COMFY CHAIR!
Posted by: no one expects a Pixy pop quiz at April 25, 2024 01:18 AM (oGyF9)
Posted by: 15 year old Miklos
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Is this about the Scotch wrap?
Posted by: scampydog at April 25, 2024 01:19 AM (41CYW)
Posted by: 15 year old Miklos
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Is this about the Scotch wrap?
Posted by: scampydog at April 25, 2024 01:19 AM (41CYW)
Don't forget the edible pan ties.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZJcv5qp2qXs&t=50s
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at April 25, 2024 01:22 AM (ynpvh)
Posted by: scampydog
So.
You have seen CapitalOne's famous Scottish ads-
"So, what's in yer Sporran?"
Posted by: Miklos McMiklos, of the Auld and Ancient Clan McMiklos at April 25, 2024 01:24 AM (oGyF9)
Posted by: scampydog at April 25, 2024 01:24 AM (41CYW)
Posted by: scampydog at April 25, 2024 01:24 AM (41CYW)
I use FireFox. Got lots of scripts turned off.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at April 25, 2024 01:25 AM (ynpvh)
Posted by: E. Jean Carroll at April 25, 2024 01:26 AM (oGyF9)
Posted by: scampydog at April 25, 2024 01:32 AM (41CYW)
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at April 25, 2024 01:32 AM (ynpvh)
Posted by: scampydog at April 25, 2024 01:24 AM (41CYW)
I use FireFox. Got lots of scripts turned off.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia)
I use Edge and have zero problems here at AOS. In fact, I find it to be a very solid browser provided you turn off all the bloat they've added into it over the last few years. It's a bit of work to get it configured but once you do it just works. The cross device syncing is bulletproof anymore (in the early days that was not the case). I have spent a lot of time with Brave and found it to be a great alternative. The reason I don't use it is the PDF formatting when printing to file is not as good as Edge nor as convenient and Edge's Cross browser platform data swapping is just too handy to to give up.
Posted by: Lost in Space at April 25, 2024 01:33 AM (b6UlB)
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia)
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Thanks Jim. Not tried that. I'll give it a go.
Posted by: scampydog at April 25, 2024 01:33 AM (41CYW)
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Neophyte with Edge but understand what you're speaking of. I'll poke around with it. Thanks for the feedback.
Posted by: scampydog at April 25, 2024 01:36 AM (41CYW)
Posted by: scampydog
Scotch *Rap*
Oi like big Haggis and Oi cannae lie,
Ye ither Boggarts canne deny,
Mae Alimentary dinnae wan none,
'Less it's got sheep guts, mon!
(extended Bagpipe solo and Highland Reels follow)
Posted by: John Drake at April 25, 2024 01:38 AM (+OBLx)
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Neophyte with Edge but understand what you're speaking of. I'll poke around with it. Thanks for the feedback.
Posted by: scampydog at April 25, 2024 01:36 AM (41CYW)
I needed to get a birth record from Mexico...
Firefox wouldn't work.
Edge worked until I tried to pay.
Finally had to use Chrome.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at April 25, 2024 01:39 AM (ynpvh)
Posted by: scampydog
Scotch *Rap*
Oi like big Haggis and Oi cannae lie,
Ye ither Boggarts canne deny,
Mae Alimentary dinnae wan none,
'Less it's got sheep guts, mon!
(extended Bagpipe solo and Highland Reels follow)
Posted by: John Drake at April 25, 2024 01:38 AM (+OBLx)
You need the hot bagpipe chick to do it...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at April 25, 2024 01:39 AM (ynpvh)
Ye ither Boggarts canne deny,
Mae Alimentary dinnae wan none,
'Less it's got sheep guts, mon!
(extended Bagpipe solo and Highland Reels follow)
Posted by: John Drake
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Tip O The Cap to you.
Posted by: scampydog at April 25, 2024 01:41 AM (41CYW)
Posted by: Piper'
10 to 1 it's sitting in the bottom of the P trap right under the sink. Channel locks and 5 minutes.
Posted by: LenNeal at April 25, 2024 01:42 AM (9yXr+)
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia)
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E. Jean Carroll.... the refrigerator pickles of pickles.
Posted by: scampydog at April 25, 2024 01:43 AM (41CYW)
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia)
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E. Jean Carroll.... the refrigerator pickles of pickles.
Posted by: scampydog at April 25, 2024 01:43 AM (41CYW)
Durian is called the king of fruit...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at April 25, 2024 01:47 AM (ynpvh)
Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 25, 2024 01:47 AM (di6C2)
Posted by: Piper'
----------------
Piper, there is a J or U shaped trap under your sink. Likely white pipes that look like the letter J or U. It's called the trap - gaseous reasons for that name. Your ring is very likely therein. Put a bucket under the pipes and use channel locks or hands to unscrew the connections and take the pipes apart. Your ring will be in the U portion of the pipes.
Posted by: scampydog at April 25, 2024 01:51 AM (41CYW)
And learned why she kind of faded away: the combination of hot and nice, girl-next-door persona earned her the dubious title of 'Most Stalked Woman In Hollywood'. She had dozens of restraining orders, and those were just the weirdos she knew about. She got married to a guy with two daughters, and she was terrified for them.
She eased off the screen because it had flatly become so unsafe it was no longer tenable. With that level of insanity, stalking on that scale, it's not workable: it's the old adage, "You have to win every time; they only have to win once."
She ended her career out of totally valid concerns for her life and the lives of her family.
Posted by: LenNeal at April 25, 2024 01:51 AM (9yXr+)
Firefox wouldn't work.
Edge worked until I tried to pay.
Finally had to use Chrome.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia)
Wow, that's very specific. Sounds like somebody coded the website to Google Chrome.
Posted by: Lost in Space at April 25, 2024 01:51 AM (b6UlB)
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia)
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Had to look up Durian, you smarty.
Posted by: The scampydog is improving his vocab at April 25, 2024 01:54 AM (41CYW)
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia)
True indeed! I envision the video version in the form of roaming through the heather on the brae, with high roads and low roads taken, and a rousing finish with tam o'shanters tossed into the air. And there should also be the dwarf from the "Safety Dance" video, for reasons which are not yet apparent to me but which will come out in the edit.
Posted by: John Drake at April 25, 2024 01:55 AM (+OBLx)
I said... then... why marry... not going to go there.
She said OK, and took my name... but... during the divorce... did not want to give it back.
Luckily. I won on both issues.
Posted by: Romeo13 at April 25, 2024 01:57 AM (xaFKb)
You need the hot bagpipe chick to do it...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia)
She can unwrap me kilt
Me pipes need blowin'
Posted by: Miklos McMiklos, of the Auld and Ancient Clan McMiklos at April 25, 2024 01:58 AM (oGyF9)
Posted by: Piper'
----------------
Piper, there is a J or U shaped trap under your sink. Likely white pipes that look like the letter J or U. It's called the trap - gaseous reasons for that name. Your ring is very likely therein. Put a bucket under the pipes and use channel locks or hands to unscrew the connections and take the pipes apart. Your ring will be in the U portion of the pipes.
Posted by: scampydog at April 25, 2024 01:51 AM (41CYW)
Yup. There should be one if the pipes were done right.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at April 25, 2024 01:58 AM (ynpvh)
The answer is to get one of those little basket things that fit into the drain stopper, a couple bucks at Ace or a home center. Look up 'sink strainer for bathroom'. They slip right in and don't require any tools.
Posted by: LenNeal at April 25, 2024 01:58 AM (9yXr+)
80's... years of the Heathers...
Heather Lockyer?
Heather Thomas?
Posted by: Romeo13 at April 25, 2024 01:58 AM (xaFKb)
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Had her poster on my wall in my teens. Cocaine found her and she didn't run from it. Plenty of info about her addiction readily available. Smoke show of a woman.
Posted by: The scampydog is improving his vocab at April 25, 2024 01:59 AM (41CYW)
I said... then... why marry... not going to go there.
She said OK, and took my name... but... during the divorce... did not want to give it back.
Luckily. I won on both issues.
Posted by: Romeo13 at April 25, 2024 01:57 AM (xaFKb)
My sister said it's too much work to undo things and take back the maiden name, especially if the marriage lasted for more than a couple of years.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at April 25, 2024 01:59 AM (ynpvh)
Posted by: John Drake
For a small fee (just some fish, really)
Posted by: Nessie at April 25, 2024 01:59 AM (oGyF9)
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia)
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Had to look up Durian, you smarty.
Posted by: The scampydog is improving his vocab at April 25, 2024 01:54 AM (41CYW)
You should smell it at least once in your life. Go to a nearby asian fruit market; they probably have it. Frozen isn't good enough; you need to sniff it fresh...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at April 25, 2024 02:00 AM (ynpvh)
Posted by: Lost in Space at April 25, 2024 02:01 AM (b6UlB)
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at April 25, 2024 01:59 AM (ynpvh)
Yeah,, but if you cheat on me? Fuck you... you don't deserve my name.
Posted by: Romeo13 at April 25, 2024 02:01 AM (xaFKb)
The answer is to get one of those little basket things that fit into the drain stopper, a couple bucks at Ace or a home center. Look up 'sink strainer for bathroom'. They slip right in and don't require any tools.
Posted by: LenNeal at April 25, 2024 01:58 AM (9yXr+)
I've also used a coat-hanger (metal) undone with one end with a tiny hook. I'ved fished stuff out that way before, but you'll get crud, too.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at April 25, 2024 02:02 AM (ynpvh)
Posted by: Heloise at April 25, 2024 02:02 AM (46Cfy)
And sadly... don't flush the toilet or take a shower until the plumber gets there... just in case.
All depends on how far down the pipe the ring has gone.
Posted by: Romeo13 at April 25, 2024 02:03 AM (xaFKb)
Speaking of Heathers (which was also a girl hair thing in the 70s) Heather Locklear and I are distant cousins, through our Proud Native American Heritage.
Too bad she went Krazee
Posted by: Miklos, Proud Lumbee at April 25, 2024 02:03 AM (oGyF9)
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia)
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Cautious side eye....sounds eeriliy similar to that Aussie that told me that Vegemite was yummy.
Posted by: The scampydog is improving his vocab at April 25, 2024 02:03 AM (41CYW)
Edge worked until I tried to pay.
Finally had to use Chrome.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia)
Wow, that's very specific. Sounds like somebody coded the website to Google Chrome.
Posted by: Lost in Space'
That is weird. Up until quite recently I had a lot of trouble with forms and payments with Chrome, a lot of websites were coded for Explorer/Edge.
Wow! Here's the answer: looking up 'browser market share' in Mexico, Chrome has a whopping, eye-popping market share of 74%!
Holy crap, everyone in Mexico is using Chrome. That's crazy.
Posted by: LenNeal at April 25, 2024 02:03 AM (9yXr+)
Posted by: Heloise
Hey Heloise, what are you wearing?
*hint hint*
Posted by: Miklos, has a tip at April 25, 2024 02:04 AM (oGyF9)
Posted by: Miklos, wh happens to like seafood at April 25, 2024 02:05 AM (oGyF9)
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia)
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Cautious side eye....sounds eeriliy similar to that Aussie that told me that Vegemite was yummy.
Posted by: The scampydog is improving his vocab at April 25, 2024 02:03 AM (41CYW)
Let's just say that it's banned from workplaces in Singapore for very good reasons.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at April 25, 2024 02:06 AM (ynpvh)
Posted by: Heloise at April 25, 2024 02:06 AM (46Cfy)
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia)
I rate this as TRUE
Posted by: Miklos,
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I rate this as you bastiges (Johnny Dangerously reference) are flashing back to your 13yr old brains that think it funny to put one over on 'ol scampy.
Posted by: scampydog at April 25, 2024 02:08 AM (41CYW)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qdtLCfEcPL4
The guy is brilliant, and 50 quatloos to anyone who spots the Peanuts reference.
Posted by: John Drake at April 25, 2024 02:09 AM (+OBLx)
Posted by: Heloise
Allow me to tenderly remove all, my love
Posted by: Miklos, in best Peppy le Pew voice at April 25, 2024 02:10 AM (oGyF9)
She married an entertainment lawyer who seems... well off, and she likely didn't have to work anymore anyway.
Posted by: LenNeal at April 25, 2024 02:11 AM (9yXr+)
Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 25, 2024 02:12 AM (di6C2)
Been doing that for years (more frequently, these days)
Posted by: Miklos, Immature beyond his years at April 25, 2024 02:12 AM (oGyF9)
Posted by: Mayor Pete at April 25, 2024 02:12 AM (41CYW)
'my love'
Posted by: Miklos, in best Peppy le Pew'
Oh come on it's ' My Leetle Peezh-ohn'.
Posted by: LenNeal at April 25, 2024 02:14 AM (9yXr+)
Posted by: Heloise
Allow me to tenderly remove all, my love
Posted by: Miklos, in best Peppy le Pew voice at April 25, 2024 02:10 AM (oGyF9)
Best be careful, Milkos: she's packing.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at April 25, 2024 02:15 AM (ynpvh)
Posted by: LenNeal
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She hit the genetic lottery. Easy on the eyes for sure. I wish any/all well that suffer from addiction. The publicly available info on her hubby is as you stated...he is odd. May she find peace.
Posted by: Mayor Pete at April 25, 2024 02:18 AM (41CYW)
Posted by: Nessie
Only fair, but if the dwarf from the Safety Dance video doesn't work out, we could toss him in as an extra bit of compensation. Remember, we want you to emerge on cue, long plesiosaur-like neck raised, then slowly tilt your head down, all pensive with the glorious and sad history of the Highland clans. We'll need you again for the bridge and the reprise, and if you're agile enough with those fins, we'll see if wardrobe can't find enough tartan to turn you out in good Inverness plaid for the final dance number. You could keep the sporran and the tam. Just have your people appear suddenly and unexpectedly from the depths and call my people, and we'll work out the details. Stardom beckons - today a drab heather-drenched brae, tomorrow, the Orkneys, then the big time .... GLASGOW!
Posted by: John Drake at April 25, 2024 02:20 AM (+OBLx)
Posted by: LenNeal
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She hit the genetic lottery. Easy on the eyes for sure. I wish any/all well that suffer from addiction. The publicly available info on her hubby is as you stated...he is odd. May she find peace.
Posted by: Mayor Pete at April 25, 2024 02:18 AM (41CYW)
I'd think you'd be more after the husband...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at April 25, 2024 02:20 AM (ynpvh)
Evidently the whole pursuit was an in-joke about homosexual activity in New York City parks.
Posted by: LenNeal at April 25, 2024 02:21 AM (9yXr+)
Been Down So Long It Looks Like Up To Me, maybe?
Posted by: Philip, aka Heloise at April 25, 2024 02:21 AM (46Cfy)
Been doing that for years (more frequently, these days)
Posted by: Miklos, Immature beyond his years
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13 year old brain....so crazy backyard whiffle ball game rules. OK. Let 'er buck.
Posted by: scampydog at April 25, 2024 02:22 AM (41CYW)
Been doing that for years (more frequently, these days)
Posted by: Miklos, Immature beyond his years
=====
13 year old brain....so crazy backyard whiffle ball game rules. OK. Let 'er buck.
Posted by: scampydog at April 25, 2024 02:22 AM (41CYW)
I wish I could go back to my 13 year old brain. The one that thought people were basically good... that I had a chance in life.. that if I did the RIGHT fucking thing, Karma / God would give me good life.
sadly... I'm older, and wiser now.
Posted by: Romeo13 at April 25, 2024 02:24 AM (xaFKb)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 24, 2024 09:53
I hope I'm living up to that trust when we take Bailey in for her last visit to the vet. We've thought she was a gonner since Thanksgiving but she has made it past her 14th birthday on Apr 14, never thought that would happen. That's a long run for a big yeller lab.
Tonight's the first night she hasn't thrown up in 4 nights. Maybe she's becoming at peace in her dementia. We did have a good time Bales.
Posted by: Farmer at April 25, 2024 02:27 AM (55Qr6)
Posted by: Philip at April 25, 2024 02:29 AM (46Cfy)
She married an entertainment lawyer who seems... well off, and she likely didn't have to work anymore anyway.
Posted by: LenNeal
A few actresses have done the married a really rich guy and dropped the Hollywood madness. Daniela Biachi (A Bond girl, From Russia with Love) kind of did that. She did a few movies, mostly in Italy, then married a billionaire and quit acting. It worked out for her nicely.
Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at April 25, 2024 02:30 AM (sAmhv)
He had two beers today.
Posted by: Noxid Eel Llahsram at April 25, 2024 02:31 AM (NIBVe)
Posted by: Philip at April 25, 2024 02:31 AM (46Cfy)
Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at April 25, 2024 02:30 AM (sAmhv)
Lets see.... do the casting couch bullshit with folks that you DON'T like...
or marry a rich guy who you don't mind sleeping with....
seems pretty simple to me.
Posted by: Romeo13 at April 25, 2024 02:32 AM (xaFKb)
Much later read Orpheus Emerged and my opinion did not change.
Not much interest in The Beats.
Posted by: LenNeal at April 25, 2024 02:33 AM (9yXr+)
He had two beers today.
Posted by: Noxid Eel Llahsram at April 25, 2024 02:31 AM (NIBVe)
Kudos to you good friend.... making our parents last moments better... NOT WITH WHAT WE WANT, but with what THEY want...
been there... done that... have no regrets.
Posted by: Romeo13 at April 25, 2024 02:34 AM (xaFKb)
If you have never been a Sailor... if you have not lived your life on the Sea, divorced from normal society? WHICH WE ARE.
Living in an environment that is constantly trying to kill you?
Let's just say... we have a different view on the term.. Sailor.
Posted by: Romeo13 at April 25, 2024 02:36 AM (xaFKb)
Posted by: Farmer
I lived through and cared for my Molly Dog, a big black lab, in her end days. It ain't easy but it is part of the bargin struck when we bring those puppers home. it is going to be alright
Posted by: Lost in Space at April 25, 2024 02:37 AM (b6UlB)
I will say that at least German rap doesn't suffer from the pitfall that French Rap is stuck in - it's not irritating.
Posted by: John Drake at April 25, 2024 02:38 AM (+OBLx)
Posted by: scampydog at April 25, 2024 02:39 AM (41CYW)
She didn't want to be an actress. She wanted to be a ballerina but grew into a voluptuous Italian gal and that ended. Didn't speak English very well so Hollywood dreams were out. Plus, again, she wasn't that interested in acting. Her IMdB page is a short read but interesting. Came from wealth. Drove the director of 'From Russia with Love' mad because she ignored his verbal abuse and laughed at him. Sat around, ate chocolate, read books on the set. Most everybody else on set loved her. She was VERY Italian.
Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at April 25, 2024 02:39 AM (sAmhv)
Which is why I'm glad some in Hollywood either get, or have, a clue.... Kudos to her.
Posted by: Romeo13 at April 25, 2024 02:41 AM (xaFKb)
Posted by: LenNeal at April 25, 2024 02:42 AM (9yXr+)
Posted by: scampydog at April 25, 2024 02:39 AM (41CYW)
Aw... come on... you have not even hit the late night West Coast drunk crew!!!!
Posted by: Romeo13 at April 25, 2024 02:43 AM (xaFKb)
When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro.
LSD is an interesting drug... it can enlighten you... at the same time it can lead down paths that have nothing to do with reality.
Won't admit I have any experience.... but...
Posted by: Romeo13 at April 25, 2024 02:45 AM (xaFKb)
And it's Italian so there is lots of 'scenery', if you know what I mean...
Posted by: LenNeal at April 25, 2024 02:46 AM (9yXr+)
Posted by: Romeo13 at April 25, 2024 02:47 AM (xaFKb)
Posted by: LenNeal at April 25, 2024 02:51 AM (9yXr+)
Posted by: LenNeal at April 25, 2024 02:52 AM (9yXr+)
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at April 25, 2024 02:57 AM (ynpvh)
Posted by: Farmer
I lived through and cared for my Molly Dog, a big black lab, in her end days. It ain't easy but it is part of the bargin struck when we bring those puppers home. it is going to be alright
Posted by: Lost in Space at April 25, 2024 02:37
TY LiS, yes it will be all right. After I posted she did puke again, that just confirmed we are making the right decision.
My sweet baby is sleeping soundly now, after some some horrendous gas that helps confirm I am doing the right thing. Yikes.
Posted by: Farmer at April 25, 2024 03:18 AM (55Qr6)
sadly... I'm older, and wiser now.
Posted by: Romeo13
You haven’t been nibbled to death by a duck …
Just sayin’
Posted by: Adriane the Full Moon Critic . . . at April 25, 2024 03:19 AM (4Winp)
Posted by: John Drake at April 25, 2024 03:21 AM (+OBLx)
Posted by: m at April 25, 2024 03:21 AM (o3SCB)
Hell, I'm sure I can piss SOMEONE off enough to get us over that hill.
Posted by: Romeo13 at April 25, 2024 03:22 AM (xaFKb)
Posted by: Adriane the Full Moon Critic . . . at April 25, 2024 03:23 AM (4Winp)
Posted by: John Drake
Yes.
Yes it was …
Posted by: Adriane the Full Moon Critic . . . at April 25, 2024 03:23 AM (4Winp)
Wait... like.. the Final Count Down?
Great song by the way...
Posted by: Romeo13 at April 25, 2024 03:24 AM (xaFKb)
Posted by: Romeo13
Ginger … with a crossbow … while pouring maple syrup on French toast.
Posted by: Adriane the Full Moon Critic . . . at April 25, 2024 03:25 AM (4Winp)
Posted by: Romeo13 at April 25, 2024 03:25 AM (xaFKb)
Posted by: m at April 25, 2024 03:26 AM (o3SCB)
I think he was going for a “Mother of Mercy! Is this the end of Rico?” Vibe …
Posted by: Adriane the Full Moon Critic . . . at April 25, 2024 03:27 AM (4Winp)
Posted by: Romeo13
Ginger … with a crossbow … while pouring maple syrup on French toast.
Posted by: Adriane the Full Moon Critic . . . at April 25, 2024 03:25 AM (4Winp)
And I still think the Professor could have go them rescued at any time... but with both Ginger and Mary Anne there??? and the FACT that the Skipper, had his "little buddy'... and the Howells were a couple?
Yeah... the Professor had it goin on...
Posted by: Romeo13 at April 25, 2024 03:27 AM (xaFKb)
Posted by: m at April 25, 2024 03:27 AM (o3SCB)
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at April 25, 2024 03:27 AM (KbuES)
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at April 25, 2024 03:28 AM (KbuES)
Posted by: m at April 25, 2024 03:28 AM (o3SCB)
Posted by: Adriane the Full Moon Critic . . . at April 25, 2024 03:28 AM (4Winp)
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at April 25, 2024 03:27 AM (KbuES)
SCOORRRRREEEEEEEE
Posted by: Romeo13 at April 25, 2024 03:28 AM (xaFKb)
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at April 25, 2024 03:29 AM (KbuES)
Posted by: John Drake at April 25, 2024 03:30 AM (+OBLx)
Sorry... grew up with Disco... got me laid a number of times. The whole concept of you could actually TOUCH the girl you were dancing with?
fucking score. and yes... I was Nerd boy who learned to dance.
So while I HATE where it ended up? the early days of Disco were very cool.
Posted by: Romeo13 at April 25, 2024 03:34 AM (xaFKb)
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at April 25, 2024 03:29 AM (KbuES)
hahahahaha
wiffle ball
Posted by: m at April 25, 2024 03:37 AM (o3SCB)
Posted by: Adriane the Full Moon Critic . . . at April 25, 2024 03:38 AM (4Winp)
And Romeo13, your point is well-taken. Remember that in my oxygen-starved dying ramble above, I abandoned the idea of destroying disco and the Love Boat, because people had to learn. The lesson was what Disco became and why it must never be allowed to go that far again. As for the Love Boat, it indirectly informed a naive public about STDs and the danger of letting the guy from the Mary Tyler Moore Show wear a captain's hat and host a romantic anthology show.
Posted by: John Drake at April 25, 2024 03:43 AM (+OBLx)
And now, the end is near
And so we face the final curtain
My friend, I'll say it clear
I'll state my case, of which I'm certain
Posted by: m at April 25, 2024 03:49 AM (o3SCB)
Posted by: Skip at April 25, 2024 03:52 AM (fwDg9)
I'm off, bindlestaff over my shoulder, marching along. (soft whistling of It's a Long Way To Tipperary). Remember (voice growing fainter as Drake proceeds further away) , the whole world is a circus if you look at it the right way. Every time you pick up a handful of dust, and see not the dust, but a mystery, a marvel, there in your hand, every time you stop and think, "I'm alive, and being alive is fantastic!" Every time such a thing happens, you are part of the Circus of John Drake!
As Drake's figure fades from sight, the last words can be heard "Actually, I stole that from the Seven Faces of Dr. Lao. Still cool though. Auf wiedersehennn (voice fades to nothingness).
Posted by: John Drake at April 25, 2024 03:58 AM (+OBLx)
And now, the end is near
And so we face the final curtain
My friend, I'll say it clear
I'll state my case, of which I'm certain
Posted by: m at April 25, 2024 03:49 AM (o3SCB)
/Bows...
We are not worthy....
Sinatra....
Posted by: Romeo13 at April 25, 2024 04:03 AM (xaFKb)
Posted by: Skip at April 25, 2024 04:03 AM (fwDg9)
Posted by: John Drake at April 25, 2024 03:58 AM (+OBLx)
Seven Faces of Doctor Lao... saw it with the Family in Pine Crest outdoor theatre... in the mountains of Central Calif when I was like... 8?
Scared the shit out of me. Funny how I watched it a couple of years ago... and it did not age well... but at the time? wow...
Posted by: Romeo13 at April 25, 2024 04:05 AM (xaFKb)
Posted by: John Drake at April 25, 2024 04:15 AM (+OBLx)
Posted by: scampydog
I survived lawn darts.
Do your worst.
Posted by: Nine-Toe Miklos at April 25, 2024 04:19 AM (oGyF9)
Posted by: John Drake at April 25, 2024 03:21 AM (+OBLx)
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AWAITING THE FINAL COMMENT
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