Daily Tech News 3 August 2024

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Intel shares are down 30% overnight. (Tom's Hardware)

Oops. How did that happen?

And down 50% for the year so far.

This helps explain why AMD delayed its biggest CPU release in years over a much smaller problem. They basically did exactly the opposite of Intel: Catch the problem before selling the CPUs and recall everything.

AMD hasn't been entirely forthcoming on the nature of their problem either, but they weren't selling chips with known faults.

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The DOJ is suing TikTok over violations of privacy of children on a massive scale. (Ars Technica)

They allege that not only does TikTok knowingly allow children to register as adults, but that even the children's version of the app violates COPPA.

Which allows for a $50,000 fine per infringement, which given the scale of this could run to $100 billion or more.

COPPA is impossible for online platforms to enforce perfectly, but you are expected to at least not issue internal instructions instructing your employees not to enforce it. Which TikTok apparently did.
Looks like Net Neutrality is dead. Again. (KSL)

The Sixth Circuit, which had already issued an administrative stay, has now blocked the rules pending a full hearing to begin late October.
Apple is apologising for one of its ads again. (The Verge)

This time the company seems to have annoyed Thailand specifically, where the "Crush" add was more generally offensive.

What's the ad? I don't know, they seem to have scrubbed it from the internet.
Meanewhile Google is in full retreat over its own "Dear Sydney" ad, showing how you can use AI to write a heartfelt personal letter. (Tom's Guide)

These people literally never talk to anyone outside their own bubbles.
Bitcoin is the new orange. (The Verge)

Yes, the people at The Verge are having another totally normal day, meandering between foaming outrage and passive voice like a grammarian on peyote:
A panel that was ostensibly about the risks and rewards of public mining companies gave way to discussions of President Joe Biden's "whole-of-government attack" on cryptocurrency, as Jason Les, the CEO of the Bitcoin mining company Riot Platforms, put it. "President Trump, on the other hand, has been very positive."
This is no secret. Biden's SEC has been virulently anti-crypto, though they somehow managed to miss FTX's $10 billion fraud entirely.
A bullet had narrowly missed Trump's skull at a rally two weeks prior, so security was extra tight.
Yes, a wild bullet attacked Trump out of nowhere.
Sam Altman has been accused of being shady about OpenAI's safety efforts. (Ars Technica)

I am shocked, shocked, to find that shading is going on in here.
Metropolis 1998 is an isometric city builder that lets you customise every building. (Ars Technica)

Looks cool if you like 90s pixel art aesthetics.

It's very much not a 90s game though; it's designed to individually simulate over 100,000 people and vehicles.

Free demo is available on Steam.

Disclaimer: Well, not that shocked.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at 04:00 AM

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1 whatever

Posted by: Ciampino - Si Ispettore, il gabinetto e sporco #07 at August 03, 2024 04:02 AM (qfLjt)

2 yay

Posted by: m at August 03, 2024 04:03 AM (64Zez)

3 ...These people literally never talk to anyone outside their own bubbles.

"people"

Posted by: m at August 03, 2024 04:05 AM (64Zez)

4 QUICK REFERENCE GUIDE TO SPACE ACTIVITY FOR AUGUST 3.
Northrop Grumman/SpaceX - Falcon 9 - Cygnus CRS NG-21 - SLC-40 - CCSFS - Space Affairs Live
ISS Resupply
Launch Date: August 3, 2024
Launch Time: 11:28 a.m. EDT, 1528 UCT, 17:28 CEST
Launch Window: No launch window. Liftoff has to be immediate.

https://www.youtube.com/live/7Aw8GziHrCQ

Posted by: Ciampino - Fri Update #99 at August 03, 2024 04:07 AM (qfLjt)

5 When does Intel start selling off assets and then become a virtual company whose sole purpose is to sue other companies over patent infringement. I'm thinking I need a new office chair and I bet they have some good ones.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram at August 03, 2024 04:09 AM (G8tt9)

6 G'Day everyone
Wrecked my phone screen tabs yesterday. Tried to get a QR code reader because parts I have to put together have no instructions.
It made QR reading the most important thing my phone does and wiped out icons for what I do with it.
So trying to figure out how to find my email and stop turning my phone into a only QR reader

Posted by: Skip at August 03, 2024 04:10 AM (fwDg9)

7 Birdbath status?

Posted by: Just Wondering at August 03, 2024 04:11 AM (dg+HA)

8 So trying to figure out how to find my email and stop turning my phone into a only QR reader
Posted by: Skip

Pro level. Nice.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram at August 03, 2024 04:14 AM (G8tt9)

9 Cleaned up the rotel dip. Can't decide if that was late midnight snack or early breakfast.

Posted by: olddog in mo at August 03, 2024 04:18 AM (d5jDg)

10 Pixy,

I have read that Intel is going to have a microcode fix for their 13th and 14th gen CPUs before the end of the year. What I haven't read if that this is a guaranteed fix for chips that haven't already been damaged. Any additional insights or information here?

I've been setting aside money to pick up a 14th gen at a discount after the 15th gen's hit the market. I guess I'll have to wait until the code is out before I'll know for certain. I may end up just buying a 15th gen and avoid the whole thing.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram at August 03, 2024 04:22 AM (G8tt9)

11 With T-storm line coming through took birdbath off pedestal
So it was on ground empty but it rained overnight.
It has been getting lots of use daily with this hot weather

Posted by: Skip at August 03, 2024 04:23 AM (fwDg9)

12
What's the ad? I don't know, they seem to have scrubbed it from the internet.

__________

I was told The Internet Was Forever. Make one mistake and it will be brought back to haunt you. But the Left seems to have o problem scrubbing history and convincing everyone that things never happened.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 03, 2024 04:23 AM (rO3Tj)

13 Skip, are you sure the new install of the QR reader didn't just push some of your icons to a second or third screen on the phone?

Posted by: Notorious BFD at August 03, 2024 04:25 AM (mH6SG)

14 .yes, I need to find out how to create icons and stop a left slide to put up a QR code reader

Posted by: Skip at August 03, 2024 04:30 AM (fwDg9)

15 QR: 1990s: abbreviated form of quick response code.
New to me.

Posted by: m at August 03, 2024 04:30 AM (64Zez)

16 Even worse don't know what to have for breakfast. And hour commute don't want to drink much coffee, will take it for the road.

Posted by: Skip at August 03, 2024 04:31 AM (fwDg9)

17 Good morning, good people. May all efforts result in benefits for you today. And have a fine weekend, I mean to exercise my black powder revolvers, they get crochety if ignored too long.

Posted by: IRONGRAMPA at August 03, 2024 04:32 AM (hKoQL)

18 Mornin'

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at August 03, 2024 04:44 AM (FmapG)

19 Ok, allow me to do one of those Is It Just Me? posts.

Is it just me, or does everyone hate restaurants that use a QR code for the menu?

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at August 03, 2024 04:44 AM (dg+HA)

20 May all efforts result in benefits for you today. And have a fine weekend

Same to you, IG.

Posted by: Notorious BFD at August 03, 2024 04:44 AM (mH6SG)

21 Is it just me, or does everyone hate restaurants that use a QR code for the menu?

You are not alone.

Posted by: Notorious BFD at August 03, 2024 04:47 AM (mH6SG)

22 Good morning! Interesting story via Instapundit about VDare winding down thanks to Letitia James lawfare and numerous, endless cancelations by vendors (tech and non-tech). The social credit system is here, has been for years, for some people/organizations (see: Gab).

It's worth a read just to see how they attack:
https://vdare.com/

Posted by: Lizzy at August 03, 2024 04:49 AM (Pijte)

23 Inside the MAGA-fueled fever dream of the 2024 Bitcoin Conference.

The Verge seems to be filled with lots of Broken.

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at August 03, 2024 04:50 AM (FmapG)

24 DOJ attacking tiktok is. . . interesting.
Wasn't all of DC against Trump wanting to ban them from the US? What changed, one wonders. . .

Posted by: Lizzy at August 03, 2024 04:50 AM (Pijte)

25 >>Is it just me, or does everyone hate restaurants that use a QR code for the menu?

Not just you!

Posted by: Lizzy at August 03, 2024 04:52 AM (Pijte)

26 Tried to watch the google "dear Sydney" ad in the linked article, but 5 seconds in - poof! - ad removed message.
Alrighty!!

Posted by: Lizzy at August 03, 2024 04:57 AM (Pijte)

27 But the Left seems to have o problem scrubbing history and convincing everyone that things never happened.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh

Or, "Was that a bad thing?"

Posted by: Bruce at August 03, 2024 05:02 AM (MVkXU)

28 Hahaha, the US had a $5million bounty on Shukr.

Posted by: Ben Had at August 03, 2024 05:03 AM (5MvGY)

29 Is it just me, or does everyone hate restaurants that use a QR code for the menu?

I hate those, along with filthy plastic covered menus. And restaurants that have about 20 beers on tap and no beer menu.

Posted by: Bruce at August 03, 2024 05:04 AM (MVkXU)

30 4 QUICK REFERENCE GUIDE TO SPACE ACTIVITY FOR AUGUST 3.
Northrop Grumman/SpaceX - Falcon 9 - Cygnus CRS NG-21 - SLC-40 - CCSFS - Space Affairs Live
ISS Resupply
Launch Date: August 3, 2024
Launch Time: 11:28 a.m. EDT, 1528 UCT, 17:28 CEST
Launch Window: No launch window. Liftoff has to be immediate.

https://www.youtube.com/live/7Aw8GziHrCQ
-----------------------

Is this the one where they bring back the Boeing cast aways?

Posted by: Braenyard at August 03, 2024 05:05 AM (DwQxJ)

31 Off to start the lawn sprinklers.

BBIAB

Posted by: Bruce at August 03, 2024 05:05 AM (MVkXU)

32
Posted by: Lizzy at August 03, 2024 04:49 AM

Read your link and it's disgusting.

I had to make a decision recently about continuing in a class action lawsuit that would benefit a NY state law firm, or backing out.

I backed out. To hell with what passes for the law in that state. Sure, the money would be nice, but if they want to run roughshod against individuals because of their political points of view, then they can go to hell. Not with my dime they aren't.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at August 03, 2024 05:09 AM (RKVpM)

33 And restaurants that have about 20 beers on tap and no beer menu.

This is madness.

It drives me crazy.

No, I don't want to discuss 20 beers with the server.

Posted by: Gadzooks! at August 03, 2024 05:09 AM (8Ttux)

34 They use QR code like it's a toy. QR is vast, no telling what's in it.

Posted by: Braenyard at August 03, 2024 05:09 AM (DwQxJ)

35 Is it just me, or does everyone hate restaurants that use a QR code for the menu?
Posted by: Quarter Twenty
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I don't have a phone and if they don't take cash they don't want my business.

Posted by: Braenyard at August 03, 2024 05:12 AM (DwQxJ)

36 Good morning everyone.

Posted by: Tuna at August 03, 2024 05:13 AM (oaGWv)

37
Wife and I went out to lunch recently and the waitress knew nothing of the Trump proposal to stop taxing the tips of waiters and waitresses. Something that would save her thousands of dollars a year. How could she not know?

Biden proposed eliminating student loans and that got a lot of press before the 2020 election. It could even have amounted to the razor thin 3 am victory. That and the cheat of course.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at August 03, 2024 05:15 AM (RKVpM)

38 "Is it just me...?

Well, I guess to answer that question, I'd first have to find out what a QR code is. Maybe that square box thing with a bunch of squiggly stuff in it?

Posted by: TeeJ at August 03, 2024 05:16 AM (ufMqE)

39
Donald Trump said he's debating Kamala Harris on September 4
_DM

Posted by: Braenyard at August 03, 2024 05:20 AM (DwQxJ)

40 I thought setting up phone screen would be in setting to make slide right, left, and other quick functions but not seeing it there

Posted by: Skip at August 03, 2024 05:22 AM (fwDg9)

41 *Maybe that square box thing with a bunch of squiggly stuff in it? Posted by Teej*

Yes. That thing.

Which, thanks to this thread, I now know stands for "Quick Response."

So how about that.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at August 03, 2024 05:23 AM (dg+HA)

42 I thought setting up phone screen would be in setting to make slide right, left, and other quick functions but not seeing it there
Posted by: Skip

Android?

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram at August 03, 2024 05:25 AM (G8tt9)

43 Kamala gonna shoe? Hya ha ha ha!

Posted by: 80's music fan at August 03, 2024 05:25 AM (n3cG7)

44 The thing about smartphones or anything carried in pockets or worn like wristwatches and rings is that sooner or later I smash or break or mutilate them. Usually sooner than later.

Good morning!

Posted by: 13times at August 03, 2024 05:27 AM (BSUWb)

45 I'm otta here
See you from Biden County
Forward Dog 9 out

Posted by: Skip at August 03, 2024 05:30 AM (fwDg9)

46
There used to be a pizza place in a town near me which shut down after decades. A new outfit, selling some sort of ethnic fried chicken took over and painted the building some hideous color which included a massive QR code on the front entrance wall.

Unbelievably ugly.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at August 03, 2024 05:32 AM (RKVpM)

47 Thanks QT.
Well, if I had to use that thing to read a menu I reckon I'd be goin' huntin' for another restaurant,,, or goin' hungry.
My phone is likely smart enough to use it.
I figure I'm smart enough not to.
Yeah, yeah, I know Bob is seeing everything anyway.

Posted by: TeeJ at August 03, 2024 05:33 AM (ufMqE)

48 The Pentagram is dispatching a new carrier strike group, a fighter jet squadron, missile defense-capable cruisers and other military assets to the Middle East

Posted by: Braenyard at August 03, 2024 05:34 AM (DwQxJ)

49 Maybe that square box thing with a bunch of squiggly stuff in it?
Posted by: TeeJ

Be careful, that could be a cat's litter box.

Posted by: Bruce at August 03, 2024 05:36 AM (MVkXU)

50 Speaking of restaurants, I thought wait staff were going to be replaced by robots. I live next to the campus of a Big Suburban University and it is literally crawling with little six wheeled autonomous vehicles delivering overpriced fast food to the dorms of wealthy couch potato "students" at midnight.

If the technology exists to deliver a semi-warm slice of pizza navigating a quarter mile of sidewalks and handicapped ramps, why isn't the same bringing me my chicken fried steak, green beans and cinnamon apples at Cracker Barrel instead of the lovely and gracious tattooed and pierced Lydia who forgot my iced tea?

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at August 03, 2024 05:36 AM (dg+HA)

51 The Pentagram is dispatching a new carrier strike group, a fighter jet squadron, missile defense-capable cruisers and other military assets to the Middle East
Posted by: Braenyard

For advisory purposes?

Posted by: Bruce at August 03, 2024 05:36 AM (MVkXU)

52 A Houston, Texas, woman who turned 115 last month is now the oldest living person in the United States.

"She will tell you it’s by the grace of God," said her granddaughter Ethel Harrison, 69.

Posted by: 13times at August 03, 2024 05:37 AM (BSUWb)

53 A bullet had narrowly missed Trump's skull at a rally two weeks prior, so security was extra tight.

-

Trump being shot in the head = a bullet missed Trump's skull

Posted by: If Moron Robbie wanted to see trannies abuse kids he'd go to a kindergarten at August 03, 2024 05:37 AM (6JA25)

54 Bullet narrowly misses JFK ear.

Posted by: 13times at August 03, 2024 05:39 AM (BSUWb)

55 21 Is it just me, or does everyone hate restaurants that use a QR code for the menu?

You are not alone.
Posted by: Notorious BFD

Our Chick-fil-A uses a big old QR code in their drive through lines. Annoying..

Posted by: Tuna at August 03, 2024 05:39 AM (oaGWv)

56 Trump rally today in Atlanta. Trump is to speak at 5PM.
It's a GA paper so EDT I guess.

Posted by: Braenyard at August 03, 2024 05:40 AM (DwQxJ)

57 Bruce, as if I needed another reason to steer clear.

Posted by: TeeJ at August 03, 2024 05:40 AM (ufMqE)

58 Bitcoin is the new orange. (The Verge)

But what color is a green bitcoin?

Posted by: Aetius451AD at August 03, 2024 05:40 AM (y31cs)

59 First world problems.

I got my Nelson traveling sprinkler all set up and raring to go. Went out now an turned on the water. Putz around a bit on something else and then looked at the sprinkler.
It had gone backwards.

Ahhh, after the recent move, the sprinkler arms were pointing the wrong way.

MORE COFFEE!!!!

Posted by: Bruce at August 03, 2024 05:40 AM (MVkXU)

60 Ace pointed out yesterday the Junta is quickly reversing their most disgusting policies, at least during election season.

Now we learn Lloyd Austin has vacated the plea deal with the 9/11 perpetrators. They will have to stay in Gitmo until Kween Kamala thinks its safe to let them go.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 03, 2024 05:41 AM (4cFfb)

61 *...looked at the sprinkler.
It had gone backwards.

Ahhh, after the recent move, the sprinkler arms were pointing the wrong way.*

That's what happens when you move to the southern hemisphere.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at August 03, 2024 05:42 AM (dg+HA)

62 Trump rally today in Atlanta. Trump is to speak at 5PM.
It's a GA paper so EDT I guess.
Posted by: Braenyard

Inside or outside?

Posted by: Tuna at August 03, 2024 05:42 AM (oaGWv)

63 That's what happens when you move to the southern hemisphere.
Posted by: Quarter Twenty

HA!!!!

Posted by: Bruce at August 03, 2024 05:44 AM (MVkXU)

64 Speaking of restaurants, I thought wait staff were going to be replaced by robots.

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It's just a matter of time. You can already get a glimpse of it at McDonalds. Ordering is at kiosks, and the person who brings your food out looks for your number at a table. The little number tent already has an RFID housing in it already, too.

Related and before it happens fully, this system allows them to hire people who speak no english whatsoever. The kiosk sends the order back, the workers heat up the food, and then it is either placed on the counter/ handed to you while the employee struggles to say your name or the same employee walks out to find the number on your table.

No communication or customer service required beyond the ability to count to 20.

Posted by: If Moron Robbie wanted to see trannies abuse kids he'd go to a kindergarten at August 03, 2024 05:44 AM (6JA25)

65 It's a GA paper so EDT I guess.
Posted by: Braenyard

What's a paper?

Posted by: People younger than 20 at August 03, 2024 05:44 AM (dg+HA)

66 65 It's a GA paper so EDT I guess.
Posted by: Braenyard

What's a paper?
Posted by: People younger than 20 at August 03, 2024 05:44 AM (dg+HA)

It's that thing they ask if you want at McDonald's and you say you don't need.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at August 03, 2024 05:46 AM (y31cs)

67 I like restaurants but I think they are just too expensive these days, so we rarely go. We took our whole family out last Saturday night, spouses , grandchildren and all, and I think I'll have to sell a car to pay the bill.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 03, 2024 05:47 AM (+WR8d)

68 Maybe Biden will introduce a Restaurant Bill Forgiveness Program

Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 03, 2024 05:48 AM (+WR8d)

69 *The little number tent already has an RFID housing in it already, too.*

(In my best Johnny Carson voice)
I did not know that.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at August 03, 2024 05:48 AM (dg+HA)

70 67 I like restaurants but I think they are just too expensive these days, so we rarely go. We took our whole family out last Saturday night, spouses , grandchildren and all, and I think I'll have to sell a car to pay the bill.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 03, 2024 05:47 AM (+WR8d)

Yeah, it has gotten insane. Decided I wanted Taco Bell on the way home last night.

Steak Quesadilla
Beefy Five Layer Burrito
Reg Nacho Fries
Lg Diet Mtn Dew (I love doing that)

$16 and change. WTF. Anyone remember Garth Brooks and 59/79/99c?!

Posted by: Aetius451AD at August 03, 2024 05:49 AM (y31cs)

71 I stopped in a McD's the other day to use the bathroom. Figured I'd be nice and get a chocolate shake on the way out to split with my wife.
I took a look at the kiosk, slimy fingerprints allllll over it and said, nah.

Posted by: Bruce at August 03, 2024 05:50 AM (MVkXU)

72 Ye Olde McDouble (with extra pickles, of course) is now $2.89 in my 'hood.

So, yeah.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at August 03, 2024 05:52 AM (dg+HA)

73 I did not know that.

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I only recently saw it for the first time. We were travelling and stopped at a McDonalds for the first time in a couple of years to get the $5 meal deal they had advertised (because I'm not paying $12 for lousy fast food). It was shocking how much they had changed, and this one was a relatively rural one where I'm sure people insist on SOME degree of human contact. I can't imagine how urban ones must be now.

That whole COVID great reset scheme destroyed so many things. The idea that this type of thing was so quickly put in place and acceptance shoved on consumers is disgusting and disturbing.

Posted by: If Moron Robbie wanted to see trannies abuse kids he'd go to a kindergarten at August 03, 2024 05:53 AM (6JA25)

74 Went to lunch yesterday and had Thai food. $28 after tip and all I had was a beef salad and some egg rolls. They were damn good though.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at August 03, 2024 05:54 AM (YRsIm)

75 In-N-Out is the gold standard for how a fast food restaurant should be run. Other ones of note is Burgerville in the Portland Oregon area, Blake's here in New Mexico and Whataburger in Texas and New Mexico. None of them use kiosks and all the food is cooked fresh. That shouldn't be too much to ask but it apparently is.

In the Tucson area the McDonald's no longer have cash registers, you have to use the kiosk. I refuse to patronize those when I'm traveling through that area. I don't know about all Taco Bells, but the one here in Las Cruces is set up the same way and I've refuse to go there too.

I've never been a big fast food customer but the changes made by the big chains has it curtailed that even further. I will never use these order kiosks.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram at August 03, 2024 05:55 AM (9ICrH)

76 Local place here has a huge double meat cheeseburger and a large order of fries for 8 bucks. The place is spotless.

Posted by: Ben Had at August 03, 2024 05:57 AM (5MvGY)

77 In-N-Out is the gold standard for how a fast food restaurant should be run. Other ones of note is Burgerville in the Portland Oregon area, Blake's here in New Mexico and Whataburger in Texas and New Mexico. None of them use kiosks and all the food is cooked fresh. That shouldn't be too much to ask but it apparently is.

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It will soon be the ER vs urgent care model. You can get marginally okay fast food and human contact, but you are going to pay sit-down restaurant prices.

Posted by: If Moron Robbie wanted to see trannies abuse kids he'd go to a kindergarten at August 03, 2024 05:57 AM (6JA25)

78 Local place here has a huge double meat cheeseburger and a large order of fries for 8 bucks.

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Not saying they do this, but it reminded me:

I've noticed a lot of sales circulars attempting to hit the $5 price point showing meal deals that no longer include drinks, which is somehow another $3 or so even for sweet tea that probably costs less than 25c/gallon to make in-store.

Posted by: If Moron Robbie wanted to see trannies abuse kids he'd go to a kindergarten at August 03, 2024 06:01 AM (6JA25)

79 76 Local place here has a huge double meat cheeseburger and a large order of fries for 8 bucks. The place is spotless.
Posted by: Ben Had at August 03, 2024 05:57 AM (5MvGY)

Mmmmmm.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at August 03, 2024 06:01 AM (y31cs)

80 Drinks is where they make their money.

Posted by: Braenyard at August 03, 2024 06:02 AM (DwQxJ)

81 I don't find the McDonald's menu to be at all intuitive.
Granted my first kiosk experience was a decade ago at WaWa and they have a much simpler menu, and they're not 98% focused on the drive thru, but still.

The "inside dining" experience at Mickey D's seems to have exited the scene. The counter has pretty much ceased to exist. You stand there and stand there hoping to be noticed by LaQuisha talking on her headset to the 12th car in the drive thru line.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at August 03, 2024 06:03 AM (dg+HA)

82 huh, I bet that code reader is from the "app store", right?

on my cheap-ass android burner I only have open source apps from F-Droid

Barcode Scanner will read just about any barcode and display its contents ... if you want to open a QR code URL you must do it explicitly.

Oh, and g'mornin' everyone!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez - they have been lying to us for decades at August 03, 2024 06:03 AM (UWgy2)

83 Whataburger in Texas

I like their sandwiches, but I've never been to one that could serve fries above room temperature.

Posted by: Gadzooks! at August 03, 2024 06:04 AM (8Ttux)

84 Fries seem to be a lost art and now hit or miss everywhere.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at August 03, 2024 06:05 AM (y31cs)

85 2 McDoubles are $3.80 here with tax. I was up in N.E. in early May. $3.50 gets you one.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at August 03, 2024 06:05 AM (+H2BX)

86 I don't drink sodas and make tea at home so I eliminate that expense.

Posted by: Ben Had at August 03, 2024 06:06 AM (5MvGY)

87 I don't think you need a QR code reader app anymore. Just use the camera and it recognizes the code and then gives you a little yellow interweb linky.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at August 03, 2024 06:07 AM (dg+HA)

88 Evening and morning to all the AoSHQ satellites! (I'm reading Arthur C. Clarke's Imperial Earth, so Saturn's Titan is very much on my mind. Methane, ammonia, the whole schmear.)

I dreamed about locating a pipe and tobacco shop. (I dream of it in real life too, they're so rare, but that's beside the point.) I was in CO again, in a mall, looking for a shop whose name I'd forgotten. They were still there, and at first it seemed a small shop. Then I began to wander, and realized it was much larger inside than it seemed -- with more customers and staff than I remembered. They didn't keep all the pipes together in one spot, nor did they keep all the tobacco tins and jars together, so you had to traverse the whole shop to see what they had. And there were gadgets and other things, sort of like the shop out in front of a Cracker Barrel.

Whatta start to a Saturday!

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 03, 2024 06:08 AM (omVj0)

89 Aetius, boy is that the truth. This place makes the nice long fat ones that aren't burnt to a crisp.

Posted by: Ben Had at August 03, 2024 06:08 AM (5MvGY)

90 I won't have anything to do with those kiosks either. A petri dish full of nasty shit waiting to happen.

Posted by: Notorious BFD at August 03, 2024 06:08 AM (mH6SG)

91 Whataburger in Texas

I like their sandwiches, but I've never been to one that could serve fries above room temperature.
Posted by: Gadzooks!

Your point is absolutely spot on. This is my least favorite chain of the ones that class of fast food restaurants that make their food fresh and have actual humans running the show. They're pretty good at what they do but I'm just not a fan of how they prepare their food. Another knock is they are on the high side of the price scale compared to some of the other ones.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram at August 03, 2024 06:08 AM (9ICrH)

92 We have a couple burger joints that cost about the same. Swiss cheese burger on marble rye toasted bread and steak fries. Tasty.

Posted by: 13times at August 03, 2024 06:09 AM (MZupG)

93
I had a jumbo seared burger on some sort of fancy roll with fresh lettuce, ripe tomato, and pickles. Huge, brought some home. Fantastic pile of french fries which we killed. Wife had Ahi tuna wraps, three of them. She brought home two. It was nearly 95 degrees outside and we sat under a huge canopy but the view overlooking a mountain stream was magnificent and cooling. We drank three Yuengling lagers on tap between us.

Fifty bucks without tip. The experience of the location, the serving size, and the attention to detail made it worth the money. We don't go out much and when we do it's usually to a cheaper place on a day they have specials but this is our once, maybe twice a year place.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at August 03, 2024 06:09 AM (RKVpM)

94 On the good news front, state wildlife has changed the blue cat length and creel limits.
Home lake has gone from 5 with minimum length 35" to 10 under 35". I think one of which can be over 35". Will have to check that again.
While those bigguns are fun, especially when you get em to the bank, and still eat very well, they're a bit of a pain to clean without a good sized fish cleaning table. Which I don't have.

Posted by: TeeJ at August 03, 2024 06:09 AM (ufMqE)

95 The only fast-food place I've patronized in years is Chik-Fil-A, and they at least still have human staffers. A McD's or BK is off my radar completely.

Still, $20 for two sandwiches, a large packet of fries, and (free) ice water to drink at CFA? Yeah, thanks, Creepy Joe.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 03, 2024 06:10 AM (omVj0)

96 Israel Security Agency (Shin Bet) chief Ronen Bar told Netanyahu at the meeting, "We feel that on the one hand you are sending us to negotiate, but on the other hand you are making changes to the plan. If the meaning is that you are not interested in the outline on the table, tell us."
...
Netanyahu lashed out at the heads of the defense establishment and said, "You are feeble. You don't know how to conduct tough negotiations. You are weak, you are putting words in my mouth. Instead of pressuring the Prime Minister, pressure [Hamas leader Yahya] Sinwar."

Posted by: Braenyard at August 03, 2024 06:11 AM (DwQxJ)

97 I don't drink sodas and make tea at home so I eliminate that expense.
Posted by: Ben Had

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I'm similar and I think that's one reason it irks me. I get the cokes, what with licensing and what-not. But I know how easy and incredibly inexpensive tea is to make (and with zero actual cooking skills or monitoring required), and the idea that it's the same price as some multinational corporation's sugar water is always off-putting.

Posted by: If Moron Robbie wanted to see trannies abuse kids he'd go to a kindergarten at August 03, 2024 06:11 AM (6JA25)

98 I can buy a filet, baked potato and salad to cook at home for 12 bucks.

Posted by: Ben Had at August 03, 2024 06:14 AM (5MvGY)

99 I dreamed about locating a pipe and tobacco shop. (I dream of it in real life too, they're so rare, but that's beside the point.)

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Ha. Yeah, the days of stumbling across that dignified cigar and tobacco store in the 90s are long gone, replaced by vape stores with hyper-white LEDs lining the storefront.

Posted by: If Moron Robbie wanted to see trannies abuse kids he'd go to a kindergarten at August 03, 2024 06:15 AM (6JA25)

100 I go out to eat quite a bit because I live by myself and cooking for myself is a pain in the butt. Plus going out to eat is also for the social interaction.

I have a certain expertise in knowing where really good inexpensive food is to be had in the Las Cruces area. I can get a nice meal for under $10 at multiple places; they won't be fancy. Say a really nice big burrito with lots of good ingredients in it; A knockout bowl of posole; A la carte carne asada tacos to die for, and so on. The more complex meals that I used to get for $12 are now pushing somewhere between $18 to $20, those I rarely order anymore because of the price. And yes, I now cook at home a lot more than I used to say. Maybe 50% of the time.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram at August 03, 2024 06:15 AM (9ICrH)

101 The only fast-food place I've patronized in years is Chik-Fil-A, and they at least still have human staffers. A McD's or BK is off my radar completely.

Still, $20 for two sandwiches, a large packet of fries, and (free) ice water to drink at CFA? Yeah, thanks, Creepy Joe.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere

In spite of the use of QR code for menu in take out lines they do have nice polite kids taking your order and payment and delivering the food to you. They pretty much have the take out management down to a science.

Posted by: Tuna at August 03, 2024 06:16 AM (oaGWv)

102 *with hyper-white LEDs lining the storefront.*

I used to be a thing.

Posted by: Neon at August 03, 2024 06:16 AM (dg+HA)

103 *with hyper-white LEDs lining the storefront.*
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I used to be a thing.

Posted by: Neon

--

(tries to remember ever seeing a wooden indian surrounded by neon)

Posted by: If Moron Robbie wanted to see trannies abuse kids he'd go to a kindergarten at August 03, 2024 06:17 AM (6JA25)

104 I can buy a filet, baked potato and salad to cook at home for 12 bucks. Posted by: Ben Had

That is a great example. Outback used to have an early bird sirloin steak special that had the steak, a baked potato and a salad for $10.99. 4 years of Joe Biden and that thing now runs me $18.00.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram at August 03, 2024 06:17 AM (9ICrH)

105 Dairy Queen has a decent sized Hunger Buster with fresh veggies and prepared when you order it. There is plenty of seating and clean restrooms. The menu is clear and the cashier is always at the counter. Around here anyway.

Posted by: Braenyard at August 03, 2024 06:18 AM (DwQxJ)

106 Out back, we had the griddle plumbed to the gas line so we don't need to worry about propane running out. I think I can make a pretty decent smashburger and toasty buns while the wife makes some damn good sweet tater fries. Total cost to feed us, the MiL, the grandkids (3x) and their parents is less than $25 including avocado and bacon on the burgers.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at August 03, 2024 06:22 AM (YRsIm)

107 It's been a while but I prefer McDonald's Iced Tea to any corporate soda.

Posted by: Braenyard at August 03, 2024 06:23 AM (DwQxJ)

108 That's pretty great to still be able to get decent meat for cheap because it's localized. The steak alone (and nothing all that special) is $12+ in NC.

Tobacco used to be that way here in NC but a pack of smokes is $7+ here now, too. I don't smoke any more but I see the ads at gas stations and remember $10 cartons from just a few years ago.

Posted by: If Moron Robbie wanted to see trannies abuse kids he'd go to a kindergarten at August 03, 2024 06:23 AM (6JA25)

109 (tries to remember ever seeing a wooden indian surrounded by neon)

This is about us, isn't it?

Posted by: Whale oil lamps at August 03, 2024 06:23 AM (dg+HA)

110 Crotchety Old Jarhead, sometime give jicama fries a try.

Posted by: Ben Had at August 03, 2024 06:24 AM (5MvGY)

111 Dairy Queen has a decent sized Hunger Buster with fresh veggies and prepared when you order it. There is plenty of seating and clean restrooms. The menu is clear and the cashier is always at the counter. Around here anyway.
Posted by: Braenyard

Our Dairy Queen is right next to CFA. Their parking lot gets a bit of use by CFA patrons. Whenever I take the grandkids to CFA and use the DQ parking lot I always buy dessert at DQ. Seems the right thing to do.

Posted by: Tuna at August 03, 2024 06:25 AM (oaGWv)

112
"...including avocado and bacon on the burgers."

I'm on my way.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at August 03, 2024 06:25 AM (dg+HA)

113 I remember a neon cat's pawn at a shoe repair place.

Posted by: Braenyard at August 03, 2024 06:25 AM (DwQxJ)

114 During summer I like sugar free house brand tonic water mixed with homemade tea.

Posted by: 13times at August 03, 2024 06:25 AM (0mAqe)

115 Made it in good time

Posted by: Skip at August 03, 2024 06:27 AM (4FaU3)

116 Speaking of, the history of the wooden indian and tobacco shops is interesting. It's similar to barber shop poles.

Posted by: If Moron Robbie wanted to see trannies abuse kids he'd go to a kindergarten at August 03, 2024 06:27 AM (6JA25)

117 A very nice psalm- Psalm 40::

https://tinyurl.com/mtahpazs

I like to do word search puzzles and two sentences
were taken from that psalm "Let all those that seek thee rejoice and be glad in thee. Let such as love thy salvation say continually, the Lord be magnified.. But I am poor and needy; yet the Lord thinketh upon me. Thou art my help and my deliverer;; Make no tarryings, O my God.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 03, 2024 06:27 AM (qGq/A)

118 Posted by: If Moron Robbie wanted to see trannies abuse kids he'd go to a kindergarten at August 03, 2024 06:15 AM (6JA25)

There's a locally owned cigar and pipe shop about a mile down the road. You can go there and sit in the overstuffed chairs an enjoy a herf and a drink. You can buy a locker and keep your favorite libation there, and they stock mixers and ice in the 'kitchen' area.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at August 03, 2024 06:27 AM (YRsIm)

119
This cartoon is so true:

https://x.com/WallStreetSilv/status/
1819535800465228251

1:24 seconds

Posted by: Divide by Zero at August 03, 2024 06:27 AM (RKVpM)

120 113 I remember a neon cat's pawn at a shoe repair place.
Posted by: Braenyard

Wow. So do I. That's really going back a few years.

Posted by: Tuna at August 03, 2024 06:28 AM (oaGWv)

121 23 Inside the MAGA-fueled fever dream of the 2024 Bitcoin Conference.

The Verge seems to be filled with lots of Broken.
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at August 03, 2024 04:50 AM (FmapG)

Sad.

Posted by: m at August 03, 2024 06:29 AM (64Zez)

122 Wow, talk about rare. A shoe repair shop.

Posted by: Ben Had at August 03, 2024 06:29 AM (5MvGY)

123 Man does a nice version of a gospel song, " saw the light":

https://tinyurl.com/yd6dp6xm

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 03, 2024 06:29 AM (qGq/A)

124 Neon at a drive-in.

https://tinyurl.com/2wkwuhen

Posted by: 13times at August 03, 2024 06:30 AM (0mAqe)

125 ArsTechnica: US prepares for bird flu pandemic with $176M Moderna vaccine deal

https://is.gd/itBPlM

And yes, it's mRNA based.

*types* *deletes*

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at August 03, 2024 06:31 AM (O7YUW)

126 My driveway faces south and is in full sun most of the day, so this time of year the temp peaks at about 372°F. In the morning I'll put a pint mason jar out there right next to the house filled with water and a single tea bag. Late in the afternoon I'll bring it in and put it in the fridge for the next day's consumption.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at August 03, 2024 06:31 AM (dg+HA)

127 There's a locally owned cigar and pipe shop about a mile down the road. You can go there and sit in the overstuffed chairs an enjoy a herf and a drink. You can buy a locker and keep your favorite libation there, and they stock mixers and ice in the 'kitchen' area.
Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead

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That sounds interesting. I wonder if it's a "social club" or something similar to allow that on-site?

Posted by: If Moron Robbie wanted to see trannies abuse kids he'd go to a kindergarten at August 03, 2024 06:31 AM (6JA25)

128 I also remember the smell when you walked into a shoe repair store. Leather and shoe polish. Does anyone ever get their shoes reheeled and resoled anymore?

Posted by: Tuna at August 03, 2024 06:32 AM (oaGWv)

129 I've got a device inbound with an Intel N100 processor (small fanless firewall device from TopTon for running pfSense.) Now I'm wondering about whether Intel's messed up those as well in some way. Those low-wattage processors have been getting good reviews, but if Intel's entire fabrication process is messed up...

*sighs*

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at August 03, 2024 06:33 AM (O7YUW)

130 I also remember the smell when you walked into a shoe repair store. Leather and shoe polish. Does anyone ever get their shoes reheeled and resoled anymore?
Posted by: Tuna

Far less often than I used to because the way shoes are made has changed. But when I had mostly proper ly made shoes. I loved going to the repair shop exactly for that reason.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram at August 03, 2024 06:34 AM (9ICrH)

131 39 Donald Trump said he's debating Kamala Harris on September 4
_DM
Posted by: Braenyard at August 03, 2024 05:20 AM (DwQxJ)

Or said he's offered to.

Posted by: m at August 03, 2024 06:34 AM (64Zez)

132 Posted by: Ben Had at August 03, 2024 06:24 AM (5MvGY)

I have regularly scheduled weekend trip to CM to get the girls pachugo. I'm gonna take that as a challenge. ;-)

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at August 03, 2024 06:35 AM (YRsIm)

133 Violinist performs a violin version of a beautiful old hymn, " To God Be The Glory"

https://tinyurl.com/h7343tym

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 03, 2024 06:35 AM (qGq/A)

134 Good morning morons from Sonoma

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 03, 2024 06:37 AM (JvZF+)

135 Good morning morons from Sonoma
Posted by: San Franpsycho

Whatcha doing there? Wine tasting?

Posted by: Tuna at August 03, 2024 06:38 AM (oaGWv)

136
Boxer who nearly knocked woman out in Olympic match says, "Yeah, I'm a woman and anyone who disagrees can suck my dick."

Posted by: Divide by Zero at August 03, 2024 06:38 AM (RKVpM)

137 Crotchety Old Jarhead, I make them to go with my tequila/lime chicken wings. Serve the fries with a creamy cilantro lime salsa as a dipping sauce.

Posted by: Ben Had at August 03, 2024 06:38 AM (5MvGY)

138 I dreamed about locating a pipe and tobacco shop. (I dream of it in real life too, they're so rare, but that's beside the point.)
*
Ha. Yeah, the days of stumbling across that dignified cigar and tobacco store in the 90s are long gone, replaced by vape stores with hyper-white LEDs lining the storefront.
Posted by: If Moron Robbie wanted to see trannies abuse kids he'd go to a kindergarten at August 03, 2024

***
Oh, there are still a few. The Birmingham, AL, area has one where I bought some gear in '21; I think Huntsville has one; I discovered there's one in Jackson, MS, of all places. And there's Mayan Import here, two locations, though they are much more about cigars.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 03, 2024 06:39 AM (omVj0)

139 45 See you from Biden County
Posted by: Skip at August 03, 2024 05:30 AM (fwDg9)

ewwww

Posted by: m at August 03, 2024 06:40 AM (64Zez)

140 Good morning morons from Sonoma
Posted by: San Franpsycho

You're always popping up in new locations. Are you in a witness protection program?

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram at August 03, 2024 06:40 AM (9ICrH)

141 >>ArsTechnica: US prepares for bird flu pandemic with $176M Moderna vaccine deal

https://is.gd/itBPlM
And yes, it's mRNA based.
-- - -
Lawfare didn't work
Debate didn't work
Assassination failed
Initial attempt to Budge Biden didn't work
Crowdstrike "failed uprade" - test run?
Kamala emerges and it's not working

So. . . bird flu?

NJNBHN

Posted by: Lizzy at August 03, 2024 06:40 AM (Pijte)

142 Tech related. I know you tech people are surprised that I'm posting anything on topic 😉

Spouse is checking into " C Spire" a cell phone service . They are the people that pulled out of Olympic advertising because of the insulting Lord's Supper tableau. It's kind of expensive so we may not go with it but I admire their stand,

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 03, 2024 06:40 AM (poeTg)

143 Ben Hd, you're the horse guru here, right? The term "to bugle" is usually applied to deer and bull elk. Is it possible to say that a horse does the same thing? If not, what kind of sound would a horse make when frightened or even just startled?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 03, 2024 06:40 AM (omVj0)

144 48 The Pentagram
Posted by: Braenyard at August 03, 2024 05:34 AM (DwQxJ)

?

Posted by: m at August 03, 2024 06:41 AM (64Zez)

145 Oh, there are still a few. The Birmingham, AL, area has one where I bought some gear in '21; I think Huntsville has one; I discovered there's one in Jackson, MS, of all places. And there's Mayan Import here, two locations, though they are much more about cigars.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere

There's one nest door to the place where I get my nails done. Even has a cigar store Indian.

Posted by: Tuna at August 03, 2024 06:41 AM (oaGWv)

146 I look at the clock and realize I have to be here doing this for 12 hours. But then I am getting paid and the coffee’s free.

Posted by: Eromero at August 03, 2024 06:43 AM (o2ZRX)

147 Posted by: Ben Had at August 03, 2024 06:38 AM (5MvGY)

Those wings sound really good! I make a dressing with tomatillos, avocados, and limes to dress tacos with. Is that similar to what you're suggesting?

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at August 03, 2024 06:43 AM (YRsIm)

148 So if I wanted to build a mid-tier gaming computer what should I look for in specs?

AMD seems the smart move, which model?
16GB or 32GB of RAM?
What type of nVidia or Radeon graphics card?
SSD or SATA? Or both?
Maybe Win 10.

And of course not so expensive to break the piggy bank.

Posted by: Anna Puma at August 03, 2024 06:43 AM (5rlb6)

149 Oh, there are still a few. The Birmingham, AL, area has one where I bought some gear in '21

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I remember one in the Galleria, but I haven't been to Birmingham in years so I don't know if that mall even still exists.

I'm glad I grew up at a time when you could go to a random mall and walk by a tobacconist and Orange Julius on the way to the arcade.

Posted by: If Moron Robbie wanted to see trannies abuse kids he'd go to a kindergarten at August 03, 2024 06:43 AM (6JA25)

150 QT, I just do mine in the fridge. Put it in one morning it's ready the next. You might find it a bit smoother. It's the way mom always did it.

Off to watch the third in a series of vids with Dr Phil Stringer done a couple years ago. If you watch the first all the way through it may just make you go hmmm.
Towards the end of the second, you learn about who Wescott and Hort really are.
Here's the first one.

https://tinyurl.com/yc7yjtxe

Posted by: TeeJ at August 03, 2024 06:44 AM (ufMqE)

151 Wolfus, I would say the sound they make is more like a snort when they are caught unaware.

Posted by: Ben Had at August 03, 2024 06:45 AM (5MvGY)

152 We have been renting a house in Sonoma for a month in the summer for about 15 years.

Wine-tasting not so much, but having sunny weather, a grill, and a pool for a few weeks is priceless.

Ben Had knows we're into cheese and tomatoes more than wine.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 03, 2024 06:45 AM (JvZF+)

153 General Stilwell called horses “oat blowers.”

Squeal (mare) Leave me alone.

Posted by: 13times at August 03, 2024 06:45 AM (q+AsY)

154 The Pentagram
Posted by: Braenyard at August 03, 2024 05:34 AM (DwQxJ)

?
Posted by: m

Pentagon. Barenyard was being an artist.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram at August 03, 2024 06:45 AM (9ICrH)

155 123 Man does a nice version of a gospel song, " saw the light":

https://tinyurl.com/yd6dp6xm
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 03, 2024 06:29 AM

Very nice. Thanks Fen!

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at August 03, 2024 06:45 AM (dg+HA)

156
Photo on X - guessing from Olympics of female swimmer in one piece bathing suit where at the bottom is printed:

NOT
A
DUDE!

Posted by: Divide by Zero at August 03, 2024 06:46 AM (RKVpM)

157 Minister Israel Katz summons Turkish ambassador for a reprimand after embassy flies flag at half-mast in mourning for Hamas leader at Erdogan's orders.

'If embassy staff want to mourn, let them go back to Turkey'

Posted by: Braenyard at August 03, 2024 06:46 AM (DwQxJ)

158 A very kind poster who was one of the dear ones who helped our church about s year ag, just sent a very nice note to me at the church . It brightened my day so much and . I am going to write back to thiem.

Everyday you can bless someone by what you say or do and I'm sure you are all blessings to others

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 03, 2024 06:47 AM (kyLCw)

159 It's a demonic center may as well call it so.

Posted by: Braenyard at August 03, 2024 06:48 AM (DwQxJ)

160 Huh.

Just saw that secdef austin reversed the KSM "plea deal", and apparently his actual reason was "because fuck you that's stupid".

I'm dangerously close to saying "Good for you" on this one, much as i hate the apparatchik.

(I followed a link from insty.)

Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 03, 2024 06:51 AM (BAEGB)

161 COJ, that pipe and cigar "club" sounds great. The local cigar place I mentioned has a pipe club that meets the fourth Thursday of the month, and I want to go, but it's hard for me to get out to the suburbs during the week.

Shoes? There are two small shoe repair places in a shopping district uptown, and they sit across from each other on the main avenue, the owners probably glaring at each other like Western gunfighters. There's another up near the university, and I know of one on my side of the river and a better one not far from the airport. The shop near me lost my business when they snarled at me about wearing a face diaper in '21. The one by the airport resoled my Western boots beautifully and polished them up too.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 03, 2024 06:52 AM (omVj0)

162 159 It's a demonic center may as well call it so.
Posted by: Braenyard at August 03, 2024 06:48 AM (DwQxJ
They have a call center?

Posted by: Eromero at August 03, 2024 06:52 AM (o2ZRX)

163 Braenyard, the sandrats are big on symbolism and the current consensus is the attack from Iran and it's proxies will come on Tisha B'Av.

Posted by: Ben Had at August 03, 2024 06:53 AM (5MvGY)

164 I'll go out on a limb and say that kamalalladingdong wont be their nominee. To me, it's looking more like that every day.

Posted by: Outside of Life at August 03, 2024 06:53 AM (89Sog)

165 Good grief. I just used duck duck go to search “oat blowers” and my comment at #153 appeared.

Posted by: 13times at August 03, 2024 06:53 AM (BfOCR)

166 Wolfus, I would say the sound they make is more like a snort when they are caught unaware.
Posted by: Ben Had at August 03, 2024

***
Sounds good. "Bugled" was probably not the right term, though I was using it in a very general sense.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 03, 2024 06:53 AM (omVj0)

167 I dreamed about locating a pipe and tobacco shop. (I dream of it in real life too, they're so rare, but that's beside the point.)
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Ha. Yeah, the days of stumbling across that dignified cigar and tobacco store in the 90s are long gone, replaced by vape stores with hyper-white LEDs lining the storefront.
Posted by: Moron Robbie at August 03, 2024 06:15
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Good friend of mine owns one in my town. Even has a smoking lounge.

Posted by: olddog in mo at August 03, 2024 06:53 AM (d5jDg)

168 Braenyard, the sandrats are big on symbolism and the current consensus is the attack from Iran and it's proxies will come on Tisha B'Av.
Posted by: Ben Had at August 03, 2024 06:53 AM (5MvGY)
====

This is a fascinating theory.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 03, 2024 06:54 AM (JvZF+)

169
BREAKING: Trump says Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg called him after the assassination attempt, said he isn’t going to support a Democrat and apologized for Facebook and Instagram censoring the iconic photos of him with his fist raised.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at August 03, 2024 06:55 AM (RKVpM)

170 Powerline Week In Pictures. Weird.

https://is.gd/EQoYar

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at August 03, 2024 06:55 AM (PiwSw)

171 https://tinyurl.com/ypj9xaz3

Week in Pictures

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 03, 2024 06:56 AM (JvZF+)

172 >>I'm dangerously close to saying "Good for you" on this one, much as i hate the apparatchik.

Maybe consider that Obama's campaign manager, David Plouffe, became Kamala's campaign manager yesterday, and it's just as likely he said "this will kill your chances - reverse it now!"

Either way, negotiating the deal, announcing it, then pulling back after you get heat is not courage. They tried to do this in their last few months. This, Biden announcing he's going to change the Supreme Court -- what else does that potato think he can ram through in his final days in office?

Posted by: Lizzy at August 03, 2024 06:56 AM (Pijte)

173 We have had a great breakfast of 2 scrambled egg sammiches on sourdough toast with cheese and bacon plus coffee. Man could prosper on that kind of food for certain.

All packed and ready, this should be fun, it's been way too long since I've had the opportunity to hold pieces of our history in hand even if they are reproductions. It's simply another example of why we are the most exceptional country on the planet, and DON'T let anyone ever try to tell you different.

Off the soapbox, see y'all later and enjoy the day.

Posted by: IRONGRAMPA at August 03, 2024 06:56 AM (hKoQL)

174 Tech related and virtue signaling rolled into one!!!

Posted by: pawn at August 03, 2024 06:56 AM (QB+5g)

175 I remember one in the Galleria, but I haven't been to Birmingham in years so I don't know if that mall even still exists.

I'm glad I grew up at a time when you could go to a random mall and walk by a tobacconist and Orange Julius on the way to the arcade.
Posted by: If Moron Robbie wanted to see trannies abuse kids he'd go to a kindergarten at August 03, 2024

***
The Birmingham area tobacconist, The Briary, is in a former private house, a small frame building in a quiet suburb called Homewood.

Yes, I remember Tinder Box in my big local mall, once a small indpendent shop in another smaller mall, and things like Farrell's Ice Cream Parlor and actual bookstores in others. Yanno, when going to the mall was fun for guys as well as women and children.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 03, 2024 06:56 AM (omVj0)

176 Picture #2 is State Pervert-in-Chief Scott Weiner

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 03, 2024 06:57 AM (JvZF+)

177 Wolfus, I would say the sound they make is more like a snort when they are caught unaware.
Posted by: Ben Had at August 03, 2024 06:45 AM (5MvGY)

I just moved in to a house across the road from a small stable. I had no idea horses had such a big vocabulary. It's like you can tell what they're saying half the time. "Good morning, mommy!" "Dammit, Larry, you just peed on my foot." "Who the hell is this weird tiny horse across the street, and why is he screaming gibberish at us?" I love it.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 03, 2024 06:57 AM (BAEGB)

178 Jumping the hurdles. A reflection based on a passage from 1st Corinthians:

https://tinyurl.com/yu8x5r2v

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 03, 2024 06:58 AM (jrzCg)

179 mornin yall. Intel got 8 billion from Joe's Chips Act. What happened to that money?

Posted by: fd at August 03, 2024 06:59 AM (vFG9F)

180 Horde Mind engaged...

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at August 03, 2024 06:59 AM (PiwSw)

181 Massey Ferguson, John Deere and Farm All tried for years to perfect the oat blower, but, alas, none were successful.

Posted by: Agricultural Trivia Digest at August 03, 2024 07:00 AM (dg+HA)

182 No way I am installing a QR reader. Who knows what those things really say.

Posted by: fd at August 03, 2024 07:01 AM (vFG9F)

183 So if I wanted to build a mid-tier gaming computer what should I look for in specs?

--

This site will be very helpful for getting a feel for things:

https://pcpartpicker.com/

Radeon offers slightly better bang for the buck but Nvidia will be much more day-to-day user friendly. It will also likely allow more potential for AI image generation if that's something you've got any interest in. Nvidia 4060 and Radeon 7600XT should both be around $300. If you can swing the extra $100 for the 4060ti or 7700XT it would probably be worth it.

Best bang for the buck (and also runs stable diffusion great) is the $250-270 ARC770 card, but for tip-top performance you'd need an Intel processor and MOBO that supports... resizable BAR, maybe? AMD has something similar and will support the 770, too, but I think intel gives its own equipment a slight edge, of course.

Get as much RAM as you can afford, and buy a motherboard with four slots for future upgrades.

That said... (cont)

Posted by: If Moron Robbie wanted to see trannies abuse kids he'd go to a kindergarten at August 03, 2024 07:01 AM (6JA25)

184
Trump seems to think Mark Zuckerburg contributed 500 million dollars to the Biden campaign last time and is giving nothing this time. Huge.

All the contributions k-omelet received lately? Negated.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at August 03, 2024 07:01 AM (RKVpM)

185 Woo... Tech Stocks took it in the shorts.

Sometimes you take a look at your losses and go damn, I could have bought a Lamborgini, and then I remember I don't like Lamborgini's, so I could have bought two fully loaded JD 5 series tractors and a Gator.

Hopefully we only have couple more moths with the adults in charge and that Weird Orange Dude and his Christofanatic Sidekick, with his swarthy children get voted in so daddy can buy some nice toys again and not have to worry about WWIII for a tick.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at August 03, 2024 07:01 AM (XV/Pl)

186 Posted by: pawn at August 03, 2024 06:56 AM (QB+5g)

I do not understand your need to do this God knows my heart and motivations
Have a.blessed day.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 03, 2024 07:01 AM (jrzCg)

187 SanFranpsycho, The start of the Afghan War was October 7th, 2001, Benghazi was September 11th, 2012 and you know the significance of the October 7th attack in Israel

Posted by: Ben Had at August 03, 2024 07:02 AM (5MvGY)

188 Just saw that secdef austin reversed the KSM "plea deal", and apparently his actual reason was "because fuck you that's stupid".

Posted by: Warai-otoko

What I'd like to know is how in the hell did this plea agreement get as far as it did. It's beginning to sound like the department of defense is run by the same people who have been running the Secret Service. Next I'd like to know how is it possible KSM and his sidekicks haven't had a fatal, so sorry, accident in the shower by this time. Such an event might cause a few stabbing in London or Paris, but in the broader Arab Middle East, I don't think anybody cares anymore about them beyond some pro forma chest beating.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram at August 03, 2024 07:05 AM (9ICrH)

189 @148

>>So if I wanted to build a mid-tier gaming computer what should I look for in specs?

Best bang for your buck is to get a renewed HP Elite Desk 800 i7-8700 with 16GB ram and 512gb hd, for less than 200 bucks, marry that to a RTX-A2000 low profile graphics card for 430 dollars and you got a good system for less than 700 bucks.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at August 03, 2024 07:06 AM (XV/Pl)

190
Josh Shapiro sounding like he's a wrap for k'omelette.

He best prepare for the literal knives and shivs heading his way. Career ending stuff from the rumors.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at August 03, 2024 07:07 AM (RKVpM)

191 Happy Saturday

Posted by: rhennigantx at August 03, 2024 07:07 AM (gbOdA)

192 (cont)

I think the real smart money is on something this (link goes to ebay):

https://tinyurl.com/bpku63by

There's a 3080 for $955, too. I'm sort of tempted to buy that one.

Yes it's an intel, but it's already built, has a 3070 (a great video card) has a two year warranty. You'd have a hard time building for that price, especially when video cards are $300-400 and you might not have an old case or all the little things that add up quickly in a build.

acer's refurbished store has lots of other similar deals, but I wouldn't be swayed by the real cheap stuff with the GTX1650s and other old cards. Get at least a 30XX or 40XX.

https://tinyurl.com/mudp43y8

Posted by: If Moron Robbie wanted to see trannies abuse kids he'd go to a kindergarten at August 03, 2024 07:07 AM (6JA25)

193 Gordon, who is likely to play a central national security role in a Harris White House, was the co-author with Tabatabei of at least three opinion pieces that the lawmakers said had been “blatantly promoting the Iranian regime’s perspective and interests,” claiming that sanctions against Iran would create “catastrophe” and cause Tehran to “lash out.”

Cotton and Stefanik also claimed that Gordon was “closely associated with the National Iranian American Council (NIAC), another Iranian influence organization that allegedly collaborates with Tehran.”

Yet more explosively still, the two lawmakers added that Amos Hochstein a senior energy official who has become an unofficial envoy to Lebanon, “allegedly passed intelligence about Israeli airstrikes to Hezbollah potentially as recently as this weekend.”

https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/393995

Posted by: Braenyard at August 03, 2024 07:08 AM (DwQxJ)

194 Hopefully we only have couple more moths with the adults in charge and that Weird Orange Dude and his Christofanatic Sidekick, with his swarthy children get voted in so daddy can buy some nice toys again and not have to worry about WWIII for a tick.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at August 03, 2024

***
So I hope and pray. Every day I wonder if it makes sense for me to take the jump into retirement, move, and buy a house, when KH (if they cheat her in) would be worse than F. Joke on steroids. I can just imagine my SS and pension being eaten up completely by even more inflated prices, and not being able to find a job to survive.

If I wait until November, though, it means more months in this overheated and shabby pesthole. The prospect of Knee-Pads in "charge" terrifies me. Living here exasperates and depresses me.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 03, 2024 07:08 AM (omVj0)

195 It was so intertwined it couldn't be abbreviated.

Posted by: Braenyard at August 03, 2024 07:09 AM (DwQxJ)

196 "I dreamed about locating a pipe and tobacco shop"

I dreamed i was on a date (don't tell Mrs fd) at a concert or something but forgot about her and later I could not find her and didn't know her name.

Posted by: fd at August 03, 2024 07:09 AM (vFG9F)

197 @188

>>What I'd like to know is how in the hell did this plea agreement get as far as it did. It's beginning to sound like the department of defense is run by the same people who have been running the Secret Service.

They've been chicken f**king the KSM indictments for over 20 years, this is beyond the f**kage of a single administration, this how the f**king system works.

Everyone needs to be broomed and like NOW!

Posted by: Thomas Bender at August 03, 2024 07:10 AM (XV/Pl)

198 I can't wait for Josh Shapiro to rent a flatbed and cry into a microphone outside the Philadelphia Inquirer for writing mean things about him.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 03, 2024 07:10 AM (JvZF+)

199 Who is this KSM guy? Hard to keep the terrorists straight without a score card.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 03, 2024 07:11 AM (omVj0)

200 Gordon is not the only Islamist in the junta.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 03, 2024 07:12 AM (JvZF+)

201 Wolfus, as much as you would like to get out of there it might be wise to hold out until after the election.

Posted by: Ben Had at August 03, 2024 07:12 AM (5MvGY)

202 Khalid Sheik Mohamed

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 03, 2024 07:12 AM (JvZF+)

203
If the leftist Philadelphia Inquirer has issues with Josh, there's some skeletons in his closet about to come out. K'omelette is far from the brightest bulb.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at August 03, 2024 07:12 AM (RKVpM)

204 Forgot:

SSD or SATA?

SSD or NVME for your gaming / OS drive, SATA for storage. There will be a little slot on the motherboard that the NVME drive slips into and then you secure it with a tiny bolt on the other end.

4th gen NVME is the latest, and you can find a 1TB name brand one for around $75.

Posted by: If Moron Robbie wanted to see trannies abuse kids he'd go to a kindergarten at August 03, 2024 07:13 AM (6JA25)

205 They've been chicken f**king the KSM indictments for over 20 years, this is beyond the f**kage of a single administration, this how the f**king system works.

Everyone needs to be broomed and like NOW!
Posted by: Thomas Bender

A Texas judge and a Texas jury should have been flowing in on day one. This case would have wrapped up by the end of day one.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram at August 03, 2024 07:13 AM (9ICrH)

206 @194

>>Every day I wonder if it makes sense for me to take the jump into retirement, move, and buy a house,

If it were me, I would do that as soon as possible, even if Trump wins, the trajectory we are on is simply unsustainable.

Get yourself set-up, get yourself settled and prep for the train that's coming, because brother... that train is hurtling down the tracks at top speed.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at August 03, 2024 07:14 AM (XV/Pl)

207 Wolfus, as much as you would like to get out of there it might be wise to hold out until after the election.
Posted by: Ben Had at August 03, 2024

***
True . . . but what happens if Knee-Pads takes over? Things will be no better and probably worse.

Plus, my office may have to move to a different location this fall. I don't want to be organizing that, and I don't want to have to walk in bad weather a long distance from where I park, or pay a ridiculous annual parking fee. The commute and the job are annoying enough now.

On top of that, the apartment complex here may be sold and might even be demolished.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 03, 2024 07:16 AM (omVj0)

208 Yeah, "get where you want to be, and soon" is probably not terrible advice.

Posted by: If Moron Robbie wanted to see trannies abuse kids he'd go to a kindergarten at August 03, 2024 07:17 AM (6JA25)

209 >>Every day I wonder if it makes sense for me to take the jump into retirement, move, and buy a house,

If it were me, I would do that as soon as possible, even if Trump wins, the trajectory we are on is simply unsustainable.

Get yourself set-up, get yourself settled and prep for the train that's coming, because brother... that train is hurtling down the tracks at top speed.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at August 03, 2024

***
That's the underlying factor in all this. Staying in this place and not having my own property is asking for trouble.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 03, 2024 07:18 AM (omVj0)

210 @205

>>A Texas judge and a Texas jury should have been flowing in on day one. This case would have wrapped up by the end of day one.

The dude was taken into custody in 2003, children have been born and are now voting age adults and this piece of garbage is still breathing air.

Everyone involved in this abomination needs to have a bag of sand flies tied around their head.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at August 03, 2024 07:18 AM (XV/Pl)

211 When will Mrs. Emhoff be doing a big outdoor campaign rally?

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at August 03, 2024 07:18 AM (dg+HA)

212 Local news is reporting "sweeps" of homeless encampments. I'll believe it when I see it myself.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 03, 2024 07:18 AM (JvZF+)

213 >>Every day I wonder if it makes sense for me to take the jump into retirement, move, and buy a house,

If it were me, I would do that as soon as possible, even if Trump wins, the trajectory we are on is simply unsustainable.

Get yourself set-up, get yourself settled and prep for the train that's coming, because brother... that train is hurtling down the tracks at top speed.
Posted by: Thomas Bender

I would also add owning your home pins the cost of housing assuming you get a fixed rate. 20 or 30 a year mortgage. That is going to be your largest monthly expense and knowing what that is and knowing it can't go up helps everything to fall into place.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram at August 03, 2024 07:19 AM (9ICrH)

214
I can just imagine my SS and pension being eaten up completely by even more inflated prices, and not being able to find a job to survive.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 03, 2024 07:08 AM

At least SS has cost of living adjustments, but if the pension doesn't that's where you get screwed in times of high inflation. My wife's fixed benefit pension has lost nearly one third of its value since Biden stole into office.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at August 03, 2024 07:19 AM (RKVpM)

215 Good morning!

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

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 03, 2024 07:20 AM (u82oZ)

216 {{{Ben Had}}}

🐴 🎼 🎶 Good Morning! ♩ ♫ ♬ 🎶

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 03, 2024 07:23 AM (u82oZ)

217 Educate me please. If PDT wins isn't there a possibility of a mortgage interest rate drop?

Posted by: Ben Had at August 03, 2024 07:23 AM (5MvGY)

218 I would also add owning your home pins the cost of housing assuming you get a fixed rate. 20 or 30 a year mortgage. That is going to be your largest monthly expense and knowing what that is and knowing it can't go up helps everything to fall into place.
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram at August 03, 2024

***
Oh yes, fixed is the way. I cannot imagine an adjustable rate mortgage being a good idea. The initial rate may be low, but who knows what it will balloon into.

I'm thinking to give my boss notice at the end of this month, leave at the end of Sept., drive up to SW Indiana and NW Kentucky in October. There are smaller towns within the Evansville metro area that are only fifteen minutes' drive from, say, a Walmart -- and I drive that now, in worse traffic.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 03, 2024 07:23 AM (omVj0)

219 When will Mrs. Emhoff be doing a big outdoor campaign rally?
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at August 03, 2024 07:18 AM (dg+HA)

Give the poor thing time. That's a lot of people to do, and she's only one person.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 03, 2024 07:23 AM (BAEGB)

220 Educate me please. If PDT wins isn't there a possibility of a mortgage interest rate drop?
Posted by: Ben Had at August 03, 2024

***
I'd think so, but there's talk of the Fed dropping the prime interest rate at their meeting in Sept. "Talk" only, of course. If I start serious house shopping in Oct., I may not ink a deal until after the election anyway, and might get a lower rate then.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 03, 2024 07:25 AM (omVj0)

221
We have arrived at the part of the calendar where one can notice that the days are getting shorter

** sigh **

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at August 03, 2024 07:25 AM (Q5LuK)

222 NaCly, dearest . Good morning. 77 days

Posted by: Ben Had at August 03, 2024 07:26 AM (5MvGY)

223 @217

>>Educate me please. If PDT wins isn't there a possibility of a mortgage interest rate drop?

I don't think interest rates are dropping for the forseeable future.

What will happen if Trump wins is that he unleashes American Energy Production and the price of oil drops substantially, which means instead of paying nearly four dollars at the pump, we're paying closer to 2.50, which would have tremendous knock on effects.

Plus his program is generally business friendly and America centric, so I would expect economic conditions to improve substantially within 6 months.

But that presupposes he wins and the GOP retains the house and wins the senate, anything that deviates from that scenario is simply rearranging deck chairs on the Titanic.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at August 03, 2024 07:27 AM (XV/Pl)

224 Wolfus Aurelius,

We have talked about your move before. Jump now, like a Heinlein character, and get accepted as part of the local community. Small towns of less than a thousand would take good works to speed the process, and larger communities are problematic because of the Left.

Once a town is over 50,000, even using students, is when the Feds take over the running of the town, IMHO.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 03, 2024 07:27 AM (u82oZ)

225
Educate me please. If PDT wins isn't there a possibility of a mortgage interest rate drop?

Posted by: Ben Had at August 03, 2024 07:23 AM

If inflation drops into the one or two percent range, yes. Which it was when he was in his first term.

A couple back then could buy an average home in the 400k range on 60k combined earnings. It now takes more then 120k for the same home.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at August 03, 2024 07:28 AM (RKVpM)

226
g'mornin', 'rons

Posted by: AltonJackson at August 03, 2024 07:28 AM (tljrc)

227 I can just imagine my SS and pension being eaten up completely by even more inflated prices, and not being able to find a job to survive.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 03, 2024 07:08 AM

At least SS has cost of living adjustments, but if the pension doesn't that's where you get screwed in times of high inflation. My wife's fixed benefit pension has lost nearly one third of its value since Biden stole into office.
Posted by: Divide by Zero

Unless there's a catastrophic failure in the economy, housing is never going to be cheaper than it is today. Remarkably here in the United States you can pin that cost permanently through the use of a fixed rate 30-year mortgage, for example. Effectively you will be your own landlord which is a hell of a lot better than having a landlord. That right there takes care of a lot of the inflationary pressures. After that comes property taxes, which if you pick your state right can be pretty stable and then home insurance prices which happens to be a three-ring circus right now. Short version is this is a no-brainer decision provided you don't get in over your head on the monthly mortgage costs.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram at August 03, 2024 07:28 AM (9ICrH)

228 Paying off the house is a game changer. It's still about 2.5k/mo to get out of bed. Property taxes, insurance, utilities, food and gas.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at August 03, 2024 07:29 AM (YRsIm)

229 Ben Had

A brief hug from you, with proper hand placement, is still a dream fulfilled.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 03, 2024 07:29 AM (u82oZ)

230 I can make a goodly down payment on a house, enough to get my note down in a decent range, and then refinance later if I can. There are first-time homebuyer programs, too, to help with the down payment. They usually require, I think, that you not move or refinance for a fixed period, maybe five years? Not sure.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 03, 2024 07:29 AM (omVj0)

231 Wolfus, I'm excited for you.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 03, 2024 07:30 AM (JvZF+)

232 Staff members at Royall (don't they know how to spell?) Elementary School in Florence SC were fired after wearing racist "Border Patrol" t-shirts and wearing sombreros.

Posted by: fd at August 03, 2024 07:30 AM (vFG9F)

233 Rain on the 3rd of August. This fouls up my game plan

Posted by: Ben Had at August 03, 2024 07:33 AM (5MvGY)

234 https://x.com/ianmSC/status/
1819382555109683700

wtf did I just watch

Posted by: rhennigantx at August 03, 2024 07:33 AM (gbOdA)

235 Short version is this is a no-brainer decision provided you don't get in over your head on the monthly mortgage costs.
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram at August 03, 2024

***
Which is why I'm looking at a given (probably ridiculous to most people, but doable) price range, and can make a big down payment. That DP issue was why I never was able to buy a house before -- and prices here in Da Swamp are insane for anything in a decent area or in decent condition. I'll keep my all-in house note down to about 25% of my total monthly income.

Miss Linda talked me out of a very nice condo purchase in 2017, and I'd have some real equity now. I've quit listening to her financial advice.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 03, 2024 07:33 AM (omVj0)

236 Have a wonderful morning, everyone. May your day be filled with heretofore undiscovered pleasure. Because beauty is all around us.

Chore accomplishment is getting more important, as work starts in 4 days.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 03, 2024 07:34 AM (u82oZ)

237
If mortgage interest rates were to drop into the 2,3, or 4 percent range a couple with two SS payments and a pension could qualify for a 400k mortgage again. 20% down would be perfect.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at August 03, 2024 07:34 AM (RKVpM)

238 "Paying off the house is a game changer. "

That was my #1 goal for 20 years. Paid off a 30 in 20. We had to forgo fancy cars and expensive trips, but there was no bigger feeling of relief when it was done.

Posted by: fd at August 03, 2024 07:34 AM (vFG9F)

239 @DailyMail
·
Follow
Kamala Harris is officially crowned as the Democratic nominee to take on Donald Trump

CROWNED

ha

get it

Posted by: rhennigantx at August 03, 2024 07:34 AM (gbOdA)

240 ***
That's the underlying factor in all this. Staying in this place and not having my own property is asking for trouble.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere
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There will be buying opportunities. Save every dime and fluff up your credit. Low crime and low tax areas are more important than beauty.

Posted by: Braenyard at August 03, 2024 07:35 AM (DwQxJ)

241 Wolfus, I'm excited for you.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 03, 2024

***
Thanks! I'm nervous as hell, of course, and would be even if Trump were president and gas were $2.50/gal., but I can't stand it here any more; and if I wait too long . . .

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 03, 2024 07:35 AM (omVj0)

242
There will be buying opportunities. Save every dime and fluff up your credit. Low crime and low tax areas are more important than beauty.
Posted by: Braenyard at August 03, 2024

***
Places with low crime are going to look beautiful to me after this.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 03, 2024 07:36 AM (omVj0)

243 @239

>>get it

Ersatz Star Wars Actress: Yaaaassss!! Yaassss!! You Slay Queen!!!

Posted by: Thomas Bender at August 03, 2024 07:36 AM (XV/Pl)

244 238 "Paying off the house is a game changer. "

That was my #1 goal for 20 years. Paid off a 30 in 20. We had to forgo fancy cars and expensive trips, but there was no bigger feeling of relief when it was done.
Posted by: fd
-------------------

It's a bonus and a raise all in one.

Posted by: Braenyard at August 03, 2024 07:36 AM (DwQxJ)

245 Miss Linda talked me out of a very nice condo purchase in 2017, and I'd have some real equity now. I've quit listening to her financial advice.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 03, 2024 07:33 AM (omVj0)
====

Women are in general fiscally risk-averse.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 03, 2024 07:36 AM (JvZF+)

246 Some might say it was dumb to pay off a 3.75 loan early, but I'm don't care. Not having that debt hanging over me was worth it.

Posted by: fd at August 03, 2024 07:36 AM (vFG9F)

247 Staff members at Royall (don't they know how to spell?) Elementary School in Florence SC were fired after wearing racist "Border Patrol" t-shirts and wearing sombreros.

--

hahahaha

Isn't that near South of the Border?

Posted by: If Moron Robbie wanted to see trannies abuse kids he'd go to a kindergarten at August 03, 2024 07:37 AM (6JA25)

248 How is Harris "officially" the nominee? The convention hasn't happened yet, right?

Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 03, 2024 07:37 AM (BAEGB)

249 Warai, the convention might be an after thought at this point, maybe.

Posted by: Ben Had at August 03, 2024 07:39 AM (5MvGY)

250 The horror:

Photos from the event posted to the school’s Facebook page showed two employees wearing sunglasses and gray shirts with “US Border Patrol” posing in front of a hand-made brick wall display.

In another picture, several staffers wore bright-colored sombreros in front of a sign that said Royall “Cantina” — Spanish for “bar.”

Dozens of parents and community members took to social media to condemn the images as racist and unacceptable, WCIV reported

Posted by: fd at August 03, 2024 07:39 AM (vFG9F)

251 248 How is Harris "officially" the nominee? The convention hasn't happened yet, right?
Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 03, 2024 07:37 AM (BAEGB)

The convention is past the cutoff date for some states!

Posted by: rhennigantx at August 03, 2024 07:39 AM (gbOdA)

252 Some might say it was dumb to pay off a 3.75 loan early, but I'm don't care. Not having that debt hanging over me was worth it.
Posted by: fd at August 03, 2024 07:36 AM (vFG9F)

Take a big chunk of that payment you were able to make, and "pay" yourself rent into a separate account for a year or two.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 03, 2024 07:39 AM (BAEGB)

253 It's sort of neat to see the switch to "yes, the vast majority of illegals ARE messicans" vs the old "you're a racist if you think most illegals are messicans."

Posted by: If Moron Robbie wanted to see trannies abuse kids he'd go to a kindergarten at August 03, 2024 07:39 AM (6JA25)

254 @246

>>Some might say it was dumb to pay off a 3.75 loan early, but I'm don't care. Not having that debt hanging over me was worth it.

It depends, in a booming market, taking that money and plowing it in could net serious gains that would allow you at a future time to take profits and payoff that mortgage.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at August 03, 2024 07:39 AM (XV/Pl)

255 How is Harris "officially" the nominee? The convention hasn't happened yet, right?

--

Democracy.

Posted by: If Moron Robbie wanted to see trannies abuse kids he'd go to a kindergarten at August 03, 2024 07:40 AM (6JA25)

256 Some might say it was dumb to pay off a 3.75 loan early, but I'm don't care. Not having that debt hanging over me was worth it.
Posted by: fd at August 03, 2024 07:36 AM (vFG9F)
====

Not dumb, just unnecessarily increasing your weighted average cost of capital.

I've got 3.25 mortgage and getting over 5.00 with the money so I'm making 1.75 profit by not paying it off.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 03, 2024 07:41 AM (JvZF+)

257 It's been a little vague as to who exactly tried to give the terrorists that plea deal.

Posted by: davidt at August 03, 2024 07:41 AM (i0F8b)

258 Places with low crime are going to look beautiful to me after this.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 03, 2024 07:36 AM (omVj0)

I've got just the place for you. Land, spreading out far and wide. Nice people in the area.

Posted by: Mr. Haney at August 03, 2024 07:42 AM (Aqu9a)

259 Miss Linda talked me out of a very nice condo purchase in 2017, and I'd have some real equity now. I've quit listening to her financial advice.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 03, 2024
====

Women are in general fiscally risk-averse.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 03, 2024

***
She's got a condo of her own, has been in it for more than twenty years, and has (I think) paid it off now. Seems to me she'd understand how all this works. But she likes it here.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 03, 2024 07:43 AM (omVj0)

260 I have always tried to keep my house money clean. So when I went to apartment for a few years I put the money in a very stable investments.

Then when I bought I paid cash. Felt great.

Posted by: rhennigantx at August 03, 2024 07:43 AM (gbOdA)

261 I've got just the place for you. Land, spreading out far and wide. Nice people in the area.
Posted by: Mr. Haney at August 03, 2024

***
Oh, for the love of --!

Posted by: Oliver Wendell Douglas at August 03, 2024 07:44 AM (omVj0)

262 21 Is it just me, or does everyone hate restaurants that use a QR code for the menu?

Can't stand it, I always say, Do you have a real menu?

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 03, 2024 07:44 AM (CSqX4)

263 Another thing about paying off the loan is that if something happens to me, (like Mrs fd finding out about that dream) she won't have to worry about it.

Posted by: fd at August 03, 2024 07:45 AM (vFG9F)

264 Take a big chunk of that payment you were able to make, and "pay" yourself rent into a separate account for a year or two.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 03, 2024

***
I've done that with my cars for years.

Posted by: Oliver Wendell Douglas at August 03, 2024 07:45 AM (omVj0)

265 South of the border, down Mexico way
That's where I fell in love when stars above came out to play
And now as I wander, my thoughts ever stray
South of the border, down Mexico way

Posted by: rhennigantx at August 03, 2024 07:45 AM (gbOdA)

266 I live in a company town, crime is low, prices are reasonable and it's close enough to Big City if there' something I need. (medical/technical/collegiate). The big plus, suits don't want to live here. They've migrated from Big City in every direction but this one.
It's like living in the 20th century.

Posted by: Braenyard at August 03, 2024 07:47 AM (DwQxJ)

267 There will be buying opportunities. Save every dime and fluff up your credit. Low crime and low tax areas are more important than beauty.
Posted by: Braenyard at August 03, 2024

***
Saving every nickel, I am, and my credit is stellar. My rent is cheap, power's not too bad, my car is paid off and gets good mileage for a big sedan.

Posted by: Oliver Wendell Douglas at August 03, 2024 07:47 AM (omVj0)

268
If the leftist Philadelphia Inquirer has issues with Josh, there's some skeletons in his closet about to come out. K'omelette is far from the brightest bulb.
Posted by: Divide by Zero

It appears that there is not one of her "dream dates" who is without behavior that is questionable in some way or another. It is to laugh.

The florid Minnesota Meatball, Walz, will be awarded the rose.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at August 03, 2024 07:48 AM (xG4kz)

269 251 248 How is Harris "officially" the nominee? The convention hasn't happened yet, right?
Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 03, 2024 07:37 AM (BAEGB)“

Dems agreed to do a “virtual campaign convention” where all the delegates voted by zoom or electronically or whatever. That’s over, the thing in Chicago is just a circus for the media, it means nothing.

Posted by: Tom Servo at August 03, 2024 07:48 AM (W4qJF)

270 "I've done that with my cars for years.
Posted by: Oliver Wendell Douglas"

I'm like that with car payments, which I don't have. That money goes to keeping my fleet of older vehicles going. I could spend $500 a month on new car payments, or the same on buying parts to fix the old ones.

Posted by: fd at August 03, 2024 07:48 AM (vFG9F)

271 Fenelon - not just you. I can't stand the menu QR codes. Even if I were to use it, which I won't, who could read those tiny little list of entrees? I've always asked for a regular menu. Not that we eat out very often.

Posted by: grammie winger - cheesehead at August 03, 2024 07:48 AM (SfhV1)

272 Hi grammie, how is rev recovering? Discharged yet?

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 03, 2024 07:50 AM (JvZF+)

273 There are no new cars I want anyway. I'd rather get something older that I always wanted.

Posted by: fd at August 03, 2024 07:51 AM (vFG9F)

274 I can't keep up with all the PC fashion rules. So, when can I wear a sombrero and not get fired from my job?

Posted by: pawn at August 03, 2024 07:52 AM (QB+5g)

275 San Franpsycho - Unfortunately Rev is still in the hospital. Going on one month already. Three surgeries in three weeks. This week they did a colostomy. Life-saving yet disgusting.

Posted by: grammie winger - cheesehead at August 03, 2024 07:52 AM (SfhV1)

276 So if anybody sees a good deal on an Opel GT, let me know.

Posted by: fd at August 03, 2024 07:52 AM (vFG9F)

277 Dems agreed to do a “virtual campaign convention” where all the delegates voted by zoom or electronically or whatever. That’s over, the thing in Chicago is just a circus for the media, it means nothing.

It remains to be seen if the Pro-Hamas/Bernie Bro's side of the party settles for what has been dumped on them. I'm hoping for internecine warfare.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at August 03, 2024 07:53 AM (YRsIm)

278 So there is a new game afloat.

I heard 2 caller to Progress radio sxm 126 call in and comment about that KaMaLa was not really their (meaning the peoples) choice.

Both were hung up on for not pronouncing the name right.

Posted by: rhennigantx at August 03, 2024 07:54 AM (gbOdA)

279 Staff members at Royall (don't they know how to spell?) Elementary School in Florence SC were fired after wearing racist "Border Patrol" t-shirts and wearing sombreros.

--

I lived in Florence for about a year 20+ years ago. It was a weird place and I hated it. Upstate SC was much better!

Posted by: Lady in Black at August 03, 2024 07:54 AM (mupln)

280 I can't keep up with all the PC fashion rules. So, when can I wear a sombrero and not get fired from my job?
Posted by: pawn at August 03, 2024 07:52 AM (QB+5g)

It's no easy, senor.

Posted by: The Frito Bandito and Speedy Gonzalez at August 03, 2024 07:54 AM (Aqu9a)

281 Some might say it was dumb to pay off a 3.75 loan early, but I'm don't care. Not having that debt hanging over me was worth it.
Posted by: fd

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I'm there with you. Not having car or house payments is a great mental thing, even while also knowing "I could be making and additional 0.73333333333% on this in the bank"

Posted by: If Moron Robbie wanted to see trannies abuse kids he'd go to a kindergarten at August 03, 2024 07:54 AM (6JA25)

282 .>>>I could spend $500 a month on new car payments, or the same on buying parts to fix the old ones.
Posted by: fd
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Or maybe not. Easy driving and a good mechanic go a long way.
F150 costs less than $2000 a year to keep in shape.

Posted by: Braenyard at August 03, 2024 07:55 AM (DwQxJ)

283 274 I can't keep up with all the PC fashion rules. So, when can I wear a sombrero and not get fired from my job?
Posted by: pawn at August 03, 2024 07:52 AM (QB+5g)

5th of May
Nov 1

Posted by: rhennigantx at August 03, 2024 07:55 AM (gbOdA)

284 "Florid" is such an interesting adjective..

Posted by: pawn at August 03, 2024 07:56 AM (QB+5g)

285 When will Mrs. Emhoff be doing a big outdoor campaign rally?

--

She's still in talks with Taylor Swift to bring in 10s of 1000s of screaming fans.

Posted by: Lady in Black at August 03, 2024 07:56 AM (mupln)

286 Posted by: grammie winger - cheesehead at August 03, 2024 07:52 AM (SfhV1

Sorry to hear that. What a time he and those that love him are going through. Prayers continue.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 03, 2024 07:56 AM (g3NNy)

287 I hope it is temporary grammie and he is of course included in my prayers.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 03, 2024 07:57 AM (JvZF+)

288 Bank? Put it in a Treasury or a CD.

Posted by: Braenyard at August 03, 2024 07:57 AM (DwQxJ)

289 Posted by: grammie winger - cheesehead at August 03, 2024 07:52 AM (SfhV1)

Prayers for Rev.
And JJ

Posted by: rhennigantx at August 03, 2024 07:57 AM (gbOdA)

290 Thanks Fen. It's been rough on him.

Posted by: grammie winger - cheesehead at August 03, 2024 07:57 AM (SfhV1)

291 Thanks youse guys.

Posted by: grammie winger - cheesehead at August 03, 2024 07:58 AM (SfhV1)

292 I could spend $500 a month on new car payments, or the same on buying parts to fix the old ones.
Posted by: fd

-
Or maybe not. Easy driving and a good mechanic go a long way.
F150 costs less than $2000 a year to keep in shape.

--

There are so many potential jokes to be made there, but I'll just say fd is a good mechanic.

Posted by: If Moron Robbie wanted to see trannies abuse kids he'd go to a kindergarten at August 03, 2024 07:58 AM (6JA25)

293 Prayers for Rev.
And JJ

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Absolutely, on both counts. I hope Rev is released soon, grammie and prayers that he continues to heal.

Posted by: Lady in Black at August 03, 2024 07:59 AM (mupln)

294 Bank? Put it in a Treasury or a CD.
Posted by: Braenyard

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If I were worried about 0.733333% I certainly wouldn't be putting it somewhere to lose money.

Posted by: If Moron Robbie wanted to see trannies abuse kids he'd go to a kindergarten at August 03, 2024 07:59 AM (6JA25)

295 One of my buddies is boarding a flight at JFK so I'm getting a blow-by-blow on the passengers as they pass by him. He has a sensitive sense of smell.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 03, 2024 08:00 AM (JvZF+)

296 Easy driving and a good mechanic go a long way.
F150 costs less than $2000 a year to keep in shape.
Posted by: Braenyard "

I just did the rear wheel bearings on mine at 200K miles. Less than $100.

Posted by: fd at August 03, 2024 08:01 AM (vFG9F)

297 Iran has notified the UN that they are going to make a major military strike at Israel, because of the attack on Haniyeh. Israel has said they are prepared and will retaliate in kind. The long talked about invasion of Lebanon may be imminent,

Posted by: Tom Servo at August 03, 2024 08:01 AM (W4qJF)

298 There are no new cars I want anyway. I'd rather get something older that I always wanted.
Posted by: fd at August 03, 2024

***
Same here. Everything is overpriced SUVs; there are hardly any sedans and no coupes. An older (1980s-early '90s) Mercedes, if you have access to parts and a good independent mechanic, is a good choice. I still miss my W126 420SEL sedan.

Maybe, once I move, if I see a good deal on one, or even on a well-kept 2-door pickup truck, I'd grab it for a second or backup vehicle.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 03, 2024 08:02 AM (omVj0)

299 --

If I were worried about 0.733333% I certainly wouldn't be putting it somewhere to lose money.
Posted by: If Moron Robbie wanted to see trannies abuse kids he'd go to a kindergarten at August 03, 2024 07:59 AM (6JA25)
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Then you wouldn't be putting it in the bank.

Posted by: Braenyard at August 03, 2024 08:03 AM (DwQxJ)

300 "I'll just say fd is a good mechanic.
Posted by: If Moron Robbie "

Thanks. I make my share of mistakes too. It's part of the learning process.

Posted by: fd at August 03, 2024 08:03 AM (vFG9F)

301 Time, I guess, to shave and spruce up. I've got to get the ears lowered and chin sheared today, then hit the library and Aldi. I'd like to put some money into my savings account, but I don't know if I can make that before they close at noon. And I want to be back home before lunchtime so I can huddle in the A/C until . . . I was going to write "until the sun goes down," but that makes no real difference. Until November, or I move, whichever comes first.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 03, 2024 08:06 AM (omVj0)

302 F-150s and Ford Focuses are some of the cheapest vehicles to maintain. I bought a used Focus engine with 50k on it for $300. A pair of new front axles for about $100. Same for a set of pads and rotors. There are some many of them parts will be available for a long time.

Posted by: fd at August 03, 2024 08:06 AM (vFG9F)

303 Truck Monkey>>Riding Mechanic

Posted by: rhennigantx at August 03, 2024 08:07 AM (gbOdA)

304 If I were worried about 0.733333% I certainly wouldn't be putting it somewhere to lose money.

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Then you wouldn't be putting it in the bank.
Posted by: Braenyard

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Yes, exactly. +1

I will admit that I didn't think I needed to be so specific about a throwaway line regarding paying off a large debt.

Posted by: If Moron Robbie wanted to see trannies abuse kids he'd go to a kindergarten at August 03, 2024 08:08 AM (6JA25)

305 I go but a new truck about every 10 years and consider it 100% write off.
Last 1 llasted 13 years.

Dont know if that makes sense but it works for me.

Posted by: rhennigantx at August 03, 2024 08:08 AM (gbOdA)

306 So, if they already nominated Kamala what are they going to do at a convention? Celebrate het speech on "Ain't I am woman ?" Sojourner Truth did it better and had more accomplishments .

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 03, 2024 08:09 AM (CwhYx)

307
Or maybe not. Easy driving and a good mechanic go a long way.
F150 costs less than $2000 a year to keep in shape.

Posted by: Braenyard at August 03, 2024 07:55 AM

my '01 F-150 has entered the chat

(granted, it's no longer my daily driver, it's been relegated to weekends & "rough use" applications)

$2K / year is more than adequate to keep it operational, even when it was my daily driver

Posted by: AltonJackson at August 03, 2024 08:09 AM (tljrc)

308 "Maybe, once I move, if I see a good deal on one, or even on a well-kept 2-door pickup truck, I'd grab it for a second or backup vehicle.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius"

I stopped and looked at a 74 Ford PU the other day. Body straight but paint rough. Interior ok but it was nothing fancy to start with. Inline 6, three speed, $7500! I sold a similar 98 model a few years back for $4k. Should have kept it.

Posted by: fd at August 03, 2024 08:10 AM (vFG9F)

309 It's a write off, Jerry. They just write it off.

Posted by: Kramer at August 03, 2024 08:11 AM (dg+HA)

310 Sun's up. Time to get a-mowin'. Grass is very tall, not mowed since before Beryl hit. Events, you see.

Posted by: Count de Monet at August 03, 2024 08:12 AM (Aqu9a)

311 306 So, if they already nominated Kamala what are they going to do at a convention? Celebrate het speech on "Ain't I am woman ?" Sojourner Truth did it better and had more accomplishments .
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 03, 2024 08:09 AM (CwhYx)

Maybe a Helen Ready Martina Navratilova Concert.

Posted by: rhennigantx at August 03, 2024 08:13 AM (gbOdA)

312 That old Power Wagon I've got sitting behind the shop is starting to look viable again. It hasn't run in about 30 years.

Posted by: fd at August 03, 2024 08:13 AM (vFG9F)

313
Grass is very tall, not mowed since before Beryl hit. Events, you see.

Posted by: Count de Monet at August 03, 2024 08:12 AM

That's something about my new battery powered self propelled mower - I don't think it has the torque to cut tall grass. Weekly cuttings? Sure. So I'll be keeping my ICE mower for a while.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at August 03, 2024 08:17 AM (RKVpM)

314 219 When will Mrs. Emhoff be doing a big outdoor campaign rally?
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at August 03, 2024 07:18 AM

Give the poor thing time. That's a lot of people to do, and she's only one person.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 03, 2024 07:23 AM

LOL!

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at August 03, 2024 08:18 AM (dg+HA)

315 Fen

the Chicago convention will be a 3 day meeting of the "We Hate Trump Club"

they have no other business to conduct
if they even have a convention

Posted by: Don Black at August 03, 2024 08:19 AM (/7KEl)

316 > Sun's up. Time to get a-mowin'. Grass is very tall, not mowed since before Beryl hit. Events, you see.
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This is on my agenda today too. Rain every day since last Saturday has caused our grass to really grow. I did a bit of the property yesterday while it was still wet and there are clumps everywhere.

They sort of look like cowpies from a distance. 💩

Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 03, 2024 08:19 AM (Q4IgG)

317 The iDF is taking out a bunch of high ranking terrorists. Another hezbollah commander bites the dust.

Posted by: Ben Had at August 03, 2024 08:19 AM (5MvGY)

318 You found out the same thing I did DBZ. When the going gets tough the electric won't cut it.

Posted by: fd at August 03, 2024 08:20 AM (vFG9F)

319 I'm there with you. Not having car or house payments is a great mental thing,
Posted by: If Moron Robbie wanted to see trannies abuse kids he'd go to a kindergarten at August 03, 2024 07:54 AM (6JA25)

When we bought the house the kids grew up in, we financed it through the family business.
When that dissolved, we had to pay off the house.
When the kids were older and wanted to know why we couldn't have a "nicer" house, we'd say "We own this one".
They get that now.

Good morning, all.

Posted by: sal at August 03, 2024 08:21 AM (4lnL8)

320 Elon Musk is opening a Montessori school in Bastrop, Texas this fall, with a focus on science, technology, engineering, and math for 3-9 year old students.
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Must be where his employees commute from.

Posted by: Braenyard at August 03, 2024 08:21 AM (DwQxJ)

321 317 The iDF is taking out a bunch of high ranking terrorists. Another hezbollah commander bites the dust.
Posted by: Ben Had at August 03, 2024 08:19 AM (5MvGY)

It should have been out 9/11 strategy. Just make a few dozen sheiks and the like go to allah.

Posted by: rhennigantx at August 03, 2024 08:21 AM (gbOdA)

322 Not sure, but I think the best place to view cowpies is from a distance.

Posted by: Domesticated Suburbanite at August 03, 2024 08:21 AM (dg+HA)

323 I want to see texas build a couple of desalination plants to help the citrus farmers

Posted by: Ben Had at August 03, 2024 08:23 AM (5MvGY)

324 Rabbi Margolin is calling on the President of Ireland, Michael Higgins, Prime Minister Simon Harris, and the Speaker of the Irish Parliament to intervene for the immediate release of the certified Mohel who was arrested yesterday in Dublin, Ireland, without bail, for performing circumcision.
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No Irish.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 03, 2024 08:24 AM (JvZF+)

325 Of the 70% of students who equate speech with violence, 82% are Democrats and 59% are Republicans.

Notice they did not ask the REAL question.

Is violence speech?

Posted by: rhennigantx at August 03, 2024 08:24 AM (gbOdA)

326 323 I want to see texas build a couple of desalination plants to help the citrus farmers
Posted by: Ben Had at August 03, 2024 08:23 AM (5MvGY)

I think Israel uses salt water to cool Nukes and then get fresh water for almost free.

Posted by: rhennigantx at August 03, 2024 08:25 AM (gbOdA)

327 324 Rabbi Margolin is calling on the President of Ireland, Michael Higgins, Prime Minister Simon Harris, and the Speaker of the Irish Parliament to intervene for the immediate release of the certified Mohel who was arrested yesterday in Dublin, Ireland, without bail, for performing circumcision.
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No Irish.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 03, 2024 08:24 AM (JvZF+)

; )

Posted by: m at August 03, 2024 08:26 AM (64Zez)

328
I've seen at least two "news" stories about this "9/11 mastermind" plea deal, that both featured that picture of saddam hussien from when they pulled him out of the hole in the ground

retarded "journalists" are retarded

Posted by: AltonJackson at August 03, 2024 08:27 AM (tljrc)

329 Any other companies besides C Spire pull out of the Olympic advertising

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 03, 2024 08:27 AM (Nmz2j)

330 "Does anyone ever get their shoes reheeled and resoled anymore?"

Yes, I have a nice pair of Sebagos that I have had for at least 2 decades. Just had new soles and heals put on about a year ago.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at August 03, 2024 08:28 AM (+H2BX)

331 Any other companies besides C Spire pull out of the Olympic advertising

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 03, 2024 08:27 AM (Nmz2j)

Speaking of Olympics advertising, I'm getting blanketed with Kamala ads. Zip from Trump.

Posted by: grammie winger - cheesehead at August 03, 2024 08:29 AM (SfhV1)

332 I guess you could calculate hp and torque of a 5hp gasoline mower vs a, I don't know how they rate them now, 8 amp hr electric mower. I suspect though even a $500 electric won't make half the HP of the gas one.

What matters though is how they actually perform. The gas mower will give you peak torque when you need it, the electric all the time.

Posted by: fd at August 03, 2024 08:29 AM (vFG9F)

333 No Irish.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 03, 2024 08:24 AM

No yellow.

Posted by: Hunter at August 03, 2024 08:29 AM (dg+HA)

334 Chevron to Cali

AMF

Posted by: rhennigantx at August 03, 2024 08:29 AM (gbOdA)

335 Ummm... I think electric motors are rated in horsepower.

Posted by: But what do I know? at August 03, 2024 08:31 AM (dg+HA)

336 >>Does anyone ever get their shoes reheeled and resoled anymore?"

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Sure- Red Wing work boots last for decades with care and an occasional resurfacing of the outsoles

Posted by: Don Black at August 03, 2024 08:32 AM (/7KEl)

337 Chelsea H wants to be ambassador to UK if Kamala wins.

Posted by: rhennigantx at August 03, 2024 08:32 AM (gbOdA)

338 Posted by: grammie winger - cheesehead at August 03, 2024 08:29 AM (SfhV1

Maybe they're saving their money till later.

I don't get any ads. Are they on one particular site ?

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 03, 2024 08:33 AM (Nmz2j)

339 I've seen at least two "news" stories about this "9/11 mastermind" plea deal, that both featured that picture of saddam hussien from when they pulled him out of the hole in the ground

retarded "journalists" are retarded
Posted by: AltonJackson at August 03, 2024 08:27 AM (tljrc)

They make plenty of dumb mistakes, but I suspect that one's intentional, to leave the impression with their extremely ignorant, shallow readership that we were keeping KSM in a squalid underground spider hole til now.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at August 03, 2024 08:34 AM (0FoWg)

340 Fen - on NBC Olympic coverage, which runs pretty much all day long. I'm tired of seeing her face.

Posted by: grammie winger - cheesehead at August 03, 2024 08:34 AM (SfhV1)

341
Ireland’s small Jewish community is in turmoil after a British rabbi who had been hired to circumcise local babies was arrested and charged with practicing medicine without a license.

I guess someone called into a tip line.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at August 03, 2024 08:35 AM (RKVpM)

342 I have an electric push mower. 80V/2Ah. It's got 2 speeds. When I use it it typically runs at the higher speed and exhausts the battery in about 20 minutes or less. It's fine for around the deck, pool, garden and tight spaces the tractor can't get into. But it's no substitute for a gas mower. It's just easier to maintain... until the Li-Io batteries die. Those cost more than the mower.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 03, 2024 08:35 AM (Q4IgG)

343 "I think electric motors are rated in horsepower."

They are, but I don't think electric mowers are.

It's easy enough to figure out though if you know the amps and voltage. For comparison, a 15 amp 120v plug in electric mower (the kind with and extension cord) makes about 2hp. A battery mower is going to have a hard time achieving that without a whole bunch of battery aboard.

Posted by: fd at August 03, 2024 08:36 AM (vFG9F)

344 "I guess someone called into a tip line."

Doh!

Posted by: Homer at August 03, 2024 08:37 AM (dg+HA)

345 My neighbor has an electric mower he uses to mow about 1/3 acre. He is unable to mow the entire thing on a single charge. So every day he mows for 20 minutes.

I get on my JD X304 and I have my 1 acre done in an hour. I'll keep my ICE.

Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at August 03, 2024 08:37 AM (2AW7/)

346 Posted by: grammie winger - cheesehead at August 03, 2024 08:34 AM (SfhV1)

I don't blame you. I forget that unlike me some people have a working TV.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 03, 2024 08:37 AM (Nmz2j)

347
They make plenty of dumb mistakes, but I suspect that one's intentional, to leave the impression with their extremely ignorant, shallow readership that we were keeping KSM in a squalid underground spider hole til now.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at August 03, 2024 08:34 AM

yeah, probably a little (a lot) of each

to the willfully ignorant / purposefully deceptive, saddam is the only face they know

Posted by: AltonJackson at August 03, 2024 08:39 AM (tljrc)

348 337 Chelsea H wants to be ambassador to UK if Kamala wins.
Posted by: rhennigantx at August 03, 2024 08:32 AM (gbOdA)

Londonistan muzzies would love to have her there, I'm sure.

Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at August 03, 2024 08:39 AM (2AW7/)

349 Television. Ha! I remember television.
Of course, I'm from the 1900s.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at August 03, 2024 08:39 AM (dg+HA)

350 I'm probably late to the game posting this but this is so incredibly funny and sad at the same time.

Biden boards hostage plane:

https://tinyurl.com/2muuyvet

Posted by: pawn at August 03, 2024 08:40 AM (QB+5g)

351 "t's just easier to maintain... until the Li-Io batteries die. Those cost more than the mower.
Posted by: Martini Farmer"

The one I got for Mrs fd maybe 6 years ago uses lead acid batteries like in a UPS, 36 amps total. I've replaced them once for about $100. They are heavy though. It's good for her to use to trim the garden and such.

Posted by: fd at August 03, 2024 08:40 AM (vFG9F)

352
If you don't read the newspapers you're uninformed.
If you do read the newspapers you're misinformed.

Posted by: Twain at August 03, 2024 08:41 AM (dg+HA)

353
nood kauphy

Posted by: AltonJackson at August 03, 2024 08:42 AM (tljrc)

354 Put my TV in the closet 10 years ago and would drag it out for football season. They took a knee and it hasn't come out of the closet since.

Posted by: Braenyard at August 03, 2024 08:44 AM (DwQxJ)

355
I have a lot of Greenworks products for landscaping, the same battery for five years now. So I had no fear of buying the battery mower. It has space for two batteries, although both slots are not wired, only one. So I cut for about 35 minutes on the new 5.0 ah battery, then swap and get another 20 minutes on the older 4.0 ah battery. By then I've had enough.

It's mainly an exercise thing for me. I'd rather walk around exercising behind a mower for an hour then stand on a treadmill for the same amount of time going nowhere doing nothing.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at August 03, 2024 08:45 AM (RKVpM)

356 Some might say it was dumb to pay off a 3.75 loan early, but I'm don't care. Not having that debt hanging over me was worth it.
Posted by: fd

-

I'm there with you. Not having car or house payments is a great mental thing, even while also knowing "I could be making and additional 0.73333333333% on this in the bank"
Posted by: If Moron Robbie

Plus the additional cash flow from not paying principal and interest. I have a very favorable interest rate and a very inexpensive mortgage payment but I still want to get it paid off which I'm working on right now. The tricky part for me is I make more money leaving the cash invested compared to what it costs me to have a mortgage. Which brings me right back to my first premise: cash flow.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram at August 03, 2024 08:46 AM (9ICrH)

357 I have a mower that I've never gassed up. I bought it because the guy that mows my lawn hadn't shown up and I thought I'd have to start doing it. Then he showed up. He charges me $30 to do it with his zero turn.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at August 03, 2024 08:47 AM (MdjE1)

358 *Biden boards hostage plane*

The truth is we don't know that he might have simply decided to go aboard and thank the pilot and crew. He walked up the stairs fairly briskly (without falling this time) and came down fairly briskly. There were plenty of people standing around watching to go retrieve him if he were doing something inappropriate (including Doug Emhoff's wife) and none of them did.

I'm willing to give him the benefit of the doubt this time.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at August 03, 2024 08:48 AM (dg+HA)

359
Biden boards hostage plane:

I think he thought he was gonna fly it back to Moscow and take Putin behind the Kremlin and kick his ass.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at August 03, 2024 08:48 AM (RKVpM)

360 retarded "journalists" are retarded
Posted by: AltonJackson at August 03, 2024 08:27 AM (tljrc)

The lowest and most socially destructive life form currently in existence.

Posted by: Ordinary American at August 03, 2024 08:51 AM (hNi4N)

361 Roosevelt set up these military tribunals for the German saboteurs that landed here off a U-boat and were captured before they could do any harm. They were dead in a month. How in the hell is this guy alive 23 years later?

Posted by: Donald J Trump at August 03, 2024 08:57 AM (55boN)

362 " There were plenty of people standing around watching to go retrieve him if he were doing something inappropriate (including Doug Emhoff's wife) and none of them did."

Watch DE's wife during the episode. She keeps smiling at Biden and turning her head around with a "I can't believe it" look on her face. In fact watch everyone's faces, it's a huge WTF?

Biden just took one of his famous spontaneous little hikes to let everyone know he's so focused.

Posted by: pawn at August 03, 2024 09:10 AM (QB+5g)

363 I have an extended family member who works for (used to?) Intel. More on the software side of things, though. Total brain in specialized field so can likely get hired by a competitor fast but they would have to bump someone else out of a senior position. (Sorry vague on details but must)

Posted by: SamIam at August 03, 2024 10:50 AM (oasF3)

364 From what I understand, the investors are only barely aware of the Intel Raptor Lake problem and may be marginally aware of the legal hazard the foundry side openness itself up to. The 30% drop at this point appears to be mostly from their Arc disaster, losing market share and profit on the data center side and missing the AI hype train.

This is looking like the beginning of the blood bath, not the end of it.

Posted by: Voyager at August 03, 2024 01:31 PM (nmL8W)

365 The Intel CPU failures seems like a replay of the XBox 360 "red ring of death" failures. Except Microsoft made good on the repairs, and Intel isn't.

Posted by: Socratease at August 03, 2024 01:36 PM (t8Egx)

366 I saw the Apple "Crush" ad, and for the life of me, I can't figure out what is offensive about it.

I suspect people who found the ad offensive thought that the Olympics opening ceremony was completely normal and appropriate.

Posted by: Ralph at August 03, 2024 02:29 PM (TysyT)

367 Since Pixi asked, the "crush" add is the one where a bunch of old tech was placed in a giant crushing machine and squashed. Leaving an Ipad behind. The idea was the Ipad could do everything that stuff could do.

As I recall, several people where upset about this add. Even some people I thought would be above this. Apple apoligized 2 months ago.

Posted by: doug at August 03, 2024 02:43 PM (eWTLq)

368 367 Since Pixi asked, the "crush" add is the one where a bunch of old tech was placed in a giant crushing machine and squashed. Leaving an Ipad behind. The idea was the Ipad could do everything that stuff could do.

As I recall, several people where upset about this add. Even some people I thought would be above this. Apple apoligized 2 months ago.

Posted by: doug at August 03, 2024 02:43 PM (eWTLq)

Thanks! Googled ipad crush and that works! I hated that ad; it seemed gratuitously destructive.

Posted by: m at August 03, 2024 04:20 PM (64Zez)

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