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There Will Be An Answer, ONT
Howdy, and welcome to Thursday night! Before we get started, grab yourself a bite to eat, then c'mon in to the ONT.
Tonight's Game
I realize that you'll have to post the results on an image site of your own, but give it a try. Some of them don't work at all, naturally. I got this for the Wiki page, this for the quote, and you can see the picture below. I can see this as an actual album.
Jesus News
Scientists make startling discovery after analysing cloth 'Jesus was buried in'
A controversial linen shroud - regarded by some to be the one Jesus was buried in - has baffled the world for more than centuries. When it was first exhibited in the 1350s, the Shroud of Turin was touted as the actual burial shroud used to wrap the mutilated body of Christ after his crucifixion. Also known as the Holy Shroud, it bears a faint image of the front and back of a bearded man, which many believers is Jesus' body miraculously imprinted onto the fabric But research in the 1980s appeared to debunk the idea it was real after dating it to the Middle Ages, hundreds of years after Christ's death. Now, Italian researchers who used a new technique involving x-rays to date the material have confirmed it was manufactured around the time of Jesus about 2,000 years ago.I always find it interesting how eager humans are to debate “proof” of something that represents an article of faith.
Inflation
What Kamala Harris Doesn’t Get About Food Costs
Last week in North Carolina, Kamala Harris called for a new federal law to ban “price gouging on food.” Such a law might be popular, but it would have, at best, no impact on grocery prices and might even make the problem worse. That’s especially unfortunate because it distracts from all the federal policy changes that actually could reduce food prices. The evidence that price gouging was responsible for the post-pandemic spike in food prices is somewhere between thin and nonexistent. A recent report from the New York Federal Reserve found that retail food inflation was mainly driven by “much higher food commodity prices and large increases in wages for grocery store workers,” while profits at grocers and food manufacturers “haven’t been important.” Similarly, a 2023 report from the Kansas City Fed observed that rising food prices were overwhelmingly concentrated in processed foods, the prices of which are more sensitive to (and thus driven by) labor-market tightness and wage increases. Grocery profits did rise briefly during the pandemic, but the increase was the predictable result of increased demand (thanks to government stimulus along with more Americans eating at home) running headfirst into restricted supply (thanks to pandemic-related closures and supply-chain snarls, along with the war in Ukraine, a major food producer). In fact, expanding corporate profits frequently accompany bouts of heightened demand and inflation; the past few years have been no different.I can't say I'm amazed by the economic ignorance of people setting economic policy anymore, but I am still disappointed that more people don't realize it. If we had an investigative press, maybe things would be different. On The Election
Where the Race to Save America Is Right Now
There are a lot of doomsayers out there who think it’s all over and we can’t possibly win. Republicans are used to Republicans failing, so it’s not totally unjustified. There’s nothing wrong with a little paranoia, and there’s nothing wrong with being concerned. We should be concerned. Kamala absolutely can win. But the correlation of fundamentals is in favor of Trump. The economy is a disaster. Our foreign policy is putting us all at risk. Our borders are wide open. Criminals are running the streets. Perverts are wiggling their grody whatevers in the faces of our kids. This is all Democrat policy. All this is poison to normal people. Look, this can’t be a normal race because there’s no normal media environment. The media is entirely and unrepentantly dedicated to electing Kamala Harris and will do everything it can to make that happen. It will not call her out. It won’t even demand that she talk to them. Instead, it will magnify and expand lies about Trump and JD shamelessly. So, you can’t run a 1996 campaign or a 2000 campaign. That world doesn’t exist. It’s got to be an insurgency campaign; luckily, that’s what Trump’s doing.I'm fairly confident that DJT can get beyond the margin of error over the next two months. I'm not confident that he can overcome the margin of fraud in November.
Idiots In The News People Who 'Raw-Dog' Long Flights Are 'Idiots'
The latest unnecessary hack is called "raw-dogging," and despite the term's sexual origins (Google it), {Note: Do not Google it – WD} it now refers to doing a task without preparation, protection, or anything that would make it easier or go more smoothly. Raw-dogging is brought to us by Generation Z, the same whiz kids who brought us the Tide Pod challenge, NyQuil Chicken, and the Dunk-Your-Junk-In-Soy-Sauce challenge. And like all these other so-called challenges, this one could kill you as well. Except it involves doing nothing. Nothing at all. Let's say you were going on a long flight or even a car trip. If you were an average traveler like me, you would take a book, charge your phone, load a few books on your Kindle, download your favorite podcasts, get a backup book, and then pack two more books, just in case. But someone who is raw-dogging their trip won't do any of those things. No music, no reading, no podcasts, no phone, no in-flight entertainment, nothing. They don't do anything to break up the monotony. That also means no food, no water, and no bathroom breaks. They won't even get up and move around. They sit there, staring straight ahead, watching the flight map on the seatback screen, and claim they're using the "power of the mind" to power through it.Hey, long flights suck. Whatever gets you through. But the rest of us will point at you and laugh to get ourselves through. High Cost Of Pranking
Prankster suspended from $20K-a-year school after he drenched boaters with milk in viral stunt
What goes around comes around, and this kid found out quickly. A young prankster was suspended from his $20,000-a-year school amid a weeks-long investigation after he drenched a group of women with milk during their boat ride on Jan. 27. The 16-year-old unnamed Australian boy was handed a “combination of suspension and other punitive action, reparation, apologies and counseling,” in the wake of the viral stunt, which has been viewed more than 32.6 million times, according to the Herald Sun.I despise all of these people who do “pranks” for internet cred, but this one was pretty mild, I've seen people doing truly dangerous stuff like actually pretending to attack people (this seems to happen a lot less frequently in states with liberal concealed carry laws, for some reason). Frankly if someone brandishes a knife at an innocent and gets shot for their trouble, I'm all for it. But at the end of the day, he's only 16 and all he did was dump milk on them. Getting suspended from school is about the right punishment. It should be for the rest of the semester and he should be left behind his classmates. That's pretty stiff punishment for a 16 year old. Tonight's ONT has been brought to you by suits:
— ONT WTF (@OntWtf) August 30, 2024
Comments
(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: JohnFNotKerry at August 29, 2024 10:01 PM (FC3uE)
Posted by: barbarausa at August 29, 2024 10:01 PM (enw9G)
Posted by: JohnFNotKerry at August 29, 2024 10:02 PM (FC3uE)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at August 29, 2024 10:02 PM (WBQfF)
Posted by: Gouverneur Morris at August 29, 2024 10:02 PM (J8OCH)
Posted by: Tonypete at August 29, 2024 10:02 PM (WXNFJ)
Posted by: Some Rat at August 29, 2024 10:02 PM (vJiyU)
Posted by: Matthew Kant Cipher at August 29, 2024 10:03 PM (kOluj)
Posted by: Braenyard at August 29, 2024 10:03 PM (OQG13)
When do we want it??? NOW!
Posted by: Diogenes at August 29, 2024 10:04 PM (W/lyH)
Scientists make startling discovery after analysing cloth 'Jesus was buried in'
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Apparently the "scientist" has had a bit of a checkered past when it comes to matters shroud-related, but okay.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at August 29, 2024 10:04 PM (WBQfF)
Posted by: Livia Drusilla at August 29, 2024 10:04 PM (lAAta)
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) ~ This year in Corsicana - again! ~ at August 29, 2024 10:05 PM (hOUT3)
She's on our team. She just released a pretty good ad:
https://tinyurl.com/yeykptk2
Posted by: IrishEi
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Pretty good? Damn fine ad I tell ya, damn fine.
Posted by: Braenyard at August 29, 2024 10:05 PM (OQG13)
Posted by: Diogenes at August 29, 2024 10:06 PM (W/lyH)
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at August 29, 2024 10:06 PM (FnneF)
I will console myself with being close!
Posted by: barbarausa at August 29, 2024 10:06 PM (enw9G)
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Apparently the "scientist" has had a bit of a checkered past when it comes to matters shroud-related, but okay.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43)
So, his past is shrouded in unreliability?
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at August 29, 2024 10:06 PM (VNX3d)
Posted by: Tonypete at August 29, 2024 10:06 PM (WXNFJ)
Posted by: Don Black at August 29, 2024 10:07 PM (/7KEl)
It's how we prove that our faith is just and correct, and that other guy's faith (or lack thereof) is a wrongly wrong fairy tale.
Posted by: mikeski at August 29, 2024 10:07 PM (DgGvY)
Hello to the resta youse Hordelings too!
Posted by: Doof at August 29, 2024 10:07 PM (bFuzj)
Posted by: steevy at August 29, 2024 10:07 PM (HJ9BW)
Posted by: Cicero
He called it a keffiyeh?
Posted by: mikeski at August 29, 2024 10:08 PM (DgGvY)
Posted by: steevy
People forgot to bring their toasted bread slices in the polyester slacks.
Don't get me started on the mustard pockets.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at August 29, 2024 10:09 PM (IG4Id)
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at August 29, 2024 10:06 PM (FnneF)
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The promotor had no luck at all with his gravy-dispensing slot machine.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at August 29, 2024 10:09 PM (WBQfF)
Posted by: Doof at August 29, 2024 10:09 PM (bFuzj)
Posted by: steevy at August 29, 2024 10:07 PM (HJ9BW)
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Must have been due to the dress code. Apparently a tie was required to eat egg salad.
Posted by: TRex at August 29, 2024 10:09 PM (IQ6Gq)
Posted by: Anna Puma at August 29, 2024 10:09 PM (/7V8+)
Posted by: Gref at August 29, 2024 10:09 PM (aBgBM)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43)
So, his past is shrouded in unreliability?
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at August 29, 2024 10:06 PM (VNX3d)
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I won't make any blanket statements.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at August 29, 2024 10:10 PM (WBQfF)
Posted by: tankdemon at August 29, 2024 10:11 PM (kE/Zd)
Posted by: steevy at August 29, 2024 10:07 PM (HJ9BW)
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Big Chicken got knee-capped by Big Corn.
Posted by: No One Of Consequence at August 29, 2024 10:11 PM (F4bAW)
As much as I like to read I don't enjoy reading in a plane or as a passenger in a car
Boredom is my thing.
Posted by: Northernlurker , wondering where his phone is at August 29, 2024 10:11 PM (FfSAJ)
but I bet the game would have been fun
anyway
Posted by: Don Black
It's parto of the hamburger-menu thing, now, since every web site has to look like a phone app.
Posted by: mikeski at August 29, 2024 10:11 PM (DgGvY)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at August 29, 2024 10:10 PM
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These puns are hanging on by a thread.
Posted by: TRex at August 29, 2024 10:11 PM (IQ6Gq)
I own zero suits.
And any time I see a man refer to white as "creme" I automatically assume he's gay. Powder blue? I guess it must be hard to wash sperm out of that beard.
Posted by: Robert at August 29, 2024 10:11 PM (6RbPc)
Posted by: Sock Monkey * unburdened at August 29, 2024 10:12 PM (jC7hV)
Posted by: Anna Puma at August 29, 2024 10:12 PM (/7V8+)
As much as I like to read I don't enjoy reading in a plane or as a passenger in a car
Boredom is my thing.
Posted by: Northernlurker
Me too. Although on my last trans-Atlantic flight, I did notice one guy used the bathroom 10+ times.
I almost asked him, "Dude! What the hell?"
Posted by: Tonypete at August 29, 2024 10:13 PM (WXNFJ)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at August 29, 2024 10:13 PM (63Dwl)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at August 29, 2024 10:04 PM (WBQfF)
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He owned an Italian restaurant?
Posted by: No One Of Consequence at August 29, 2024 10:13 PM (F4bAW)
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at August 29, 2024 10:13 PM (yKhjs)
Posted by: Iris at August 29, 2024 10:13 PM (n3DL0)
Posted by: All Hail Eris at August 29, 2024 10:13 PM (kpS4V)
Well, no wonder. Imagine going through childhood without a name. That's enough to turn anyone against society. Come on, parents. Name your kid!
Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at August 29, 2024 10:13 PM (klJTj)
Posted by: Tom Servo at August 29, 2024 10:14 PM (S6gqv)
Posted by: COMountainMarie at August 29, 2024 10:14 PM (t/dCd)
Sounds like a prog disco album. Emerson, Lake, and Palmer covering the Trammps.
Posted by: Drink Like Vikings at August 29, 2024 10:14 PM (O6wNF)
Posted by: Anna Puma at August 29, 2024 10:09 PM (/7V8+)
It's 9:14 PM. Do you know where your black suit is?
Posted by: Robert at August 29, 2024 10:14 PM (6RbPc)
Posted by: All Hail Eris at August 29, 2024 10:14 PM (kpS4V)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43)
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These puns are hanging on by a thread.
Posted by: TRex
Man, one bad joke around here and they crucify you.
Posted by: Tonypete at August 29, 2024 10:14 PM (WXNFJ)
Posted by: Anna Puma at August 29, 2024 10:14 PM (/7V8+)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at August 29, 2024 10:10 PM
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These puns are hanging on by a thread.
Posted by: TRex
They haven't unraveled - yet.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at August 29, 2024 10:14 PM (VNX3d)
Posted by: Tom Servo at August 29, 2024 10:14 PM (S6gqv)
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They clean it out every month whether it needs it or not.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at August 29, 2024 10:15 PM (WBQfF)
Posted by: Count de Monet at August 29, 2024 10:15 PM (Aqu9a)
Posted by: Anna Puma at August 29, 2024 10:15 PM (/7V8+)
Posted by: All Hail Eris at August 29, 2024 10:16 PM (kpS4V)
Posted by: rhomboid at August 29, 2024 10:16 PM (GcNJ2)
Wut?
Nevermind. I don't want to know.
Evenin'
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at August 29, 2024 10:13 PM (yKhjs)
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AoS style guide says that pudding is the only foodstuff approved for junk-dunking.
Posted by: No One Of Consequence at August 29, 2024 10:16 PM (F4bAW)
Posted by: Don Black at August 29, 2024 10:17 PM (/7KEl)
Posted by: Robert W. Service at August 29, 2024 10:17 PM (CV8a5)
Pretty much describes me on a plane. The flight map is the only thing on the menu that does not insult my intelligence. I will eat the airline food, and drink their booze, but only a little. Too expensive, anymore. And my phone, such as it is, is a comms device, not a source of entertainment,
Long flights are something to be endured, not celebrated.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 29, 2024 10:17 PM (unvNj)
BREAKING: Alexandre de Moraes blocks financial accounts of Starlink in Brazil.
All Starlink managers in Brazil have been notified and summoned to address the amounts owed to Brazilian courts by the 𝕏, as per Metrópoles.
Preston Byrne @prestonjbyrne 9h
This is some really lawless stuff coming out of Brazil. SpaceX is not Elon Musk; he has about half the cap table, the rest is owned by private investors.
If the US government were doing its job, it would use diplomacy to put a stop to this overnight.
Elon Musk @elonmusk 2h
SpaceX and X are two completely different companies with different shareholders. I own about 40% of SpaceX, so this absolutely illegal action by the dictator @alexandre improperly punishes other shareholders and the people of Brazil.
Ezra Levant 🍁🚛 @ezralevant 1h
Sure, this is about Brazil and Elon Musk.
But it's much more: it's the entire world watching what they can get away with -- seizing U.S. corporations as part of a political vendetta.
With absolute silence from the White House and State Department.
Posted by: andycanuck (CEzQx) at August 29, 2024 10:18 PM (CEzQx)
ALEX @ajtourville 11h
Back in May 2024, during the severe flooding in Brazil's Rio Grande do Sul state, Elon Musk donated 1,000 Starlink kits with free service for emergency first responders.
Elon Musk @elonmusk 10h
We were happy to help
Posted by: andycanuck (CEzQx) at August 29, 2024 10:18 PM (CEzQx)
Posted by: Zombie Marvin Zindler at August 29, 2024 10:18 PM (Aqu9a)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at August 29, 2024 10:18 PM (WBQfF)
Yep. This. My concern. The Marxists will stop at nothing. NOTHING...
Posted by: COMountainMarie at August 29, 2024 10:18 PM (t/dCd)
Posted by: All Hail Eris
The last remaining egg salad machine was installed in Kamala's head. I think it's been converted to tuna salad, because so much of what she says is fishy.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at August 29, 2024 10:19 PM (VNX3d)
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at August 29, 2024 10:06 PM (FnneF)
Looks like a culture medium to me. Would not eat. And I like egg salad sammiches, but they have to be made fresh.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 29, 2024 10:19 PM (unvNj)
Posted by: Notorious BFD at August 29, 2024 10:19 PM (mH6SG)
Posted by: Robert W. Service at August 29, 2024 10:17 PM (CV8a5)
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So it's a woman's shroud?
Posted by: No One Of Consequence at August 29, 2024 10:19 PM (F4bAW)
Posted by: All Hail Eris at August 29, 2024 10:20 PM (kpS4V)
Posted by: Benny Bloat at August 29, 2024 10:20 PM (CV8a5)
Posted by: andycanuck
They're all on extended vacation. Cushy gubmint jobs.
Posted by: Sock Monkey * unburdened at August 29, 2024 10:20 PM (jC7hV)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43)
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These puns are hanging on by a thread.
Posted by: TRex
Man, one bad joke around here and they crucify you.
Posted by: Tonypete at August 29, 2024 10:14 PM (WXNFJ)
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Don't worry. In three days everyone will rise above these puns.
Posted by: Diogenes at August 29, 2024 10:20 PM (W/lyH)
Posted by: Anna Puma at August 29, 2024 10:20 PM (/7V8+)
Posted by: Zombie Marvin Zindler at August 29, 2024 10:18 PM (Aqu9a)
Whoever you are, thanks for this sock. I haven't thought of MAAAAAAAAARVIN ZINDLER in at least a decade.
Posted by: Gref at August 29, 2024 10:22 PM (aBgBM)
Posted by: Notorious BFD at August 29, 2024 10:22 PM (mH6SG)
Posted by: Diogenes
Call it a night folks, thread winner.
Posted by: Sock Monkey * unburdened at August 29, 2024 10:22 PM (jC7hV)
Joe is still working on his tan on his latest vacation...
Posted by: steevy at August 29, 2024 10:23 PM (HJ9BW)
Posted by: Diogenes at August 29, 2024 10:20 PM (W/lyH)
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Yeah, but there's a hellish descent before that.
Posted by: TRex at August 29, 2024 10:23 PM (IQ6Gq)
Posted by: Sock Monkey * unburdened
Yep they can stop pretending to be running the country and fluff the shit out of their resumes, and joey? Hell, he was never there, even when he was.
Posted by: Some Rat at August 29, 2024 10:24 PM (vJiyU)
Posted by: Ted Torgerson Trump Vance 2024 at August 29, 2024 10:24 PM (55boN)
Some background: Sandra Birchmore was groomed by the Stoughton Police Department and officer Matthew Farwell at age 13. She was raped by three Stoughton cops, basically passed around, and later became pregnant with Officer Farwell's child, and he told her to kill herself, in one of the 32,000 texts he sent her. He is alleged to have faked the suicide scene in her residence and killed her by strangulation.
Aidan Kearney
@DoctorTurtleboy
Matthew Farwell married his attorney wife on May 11, 2013. One month prior to that on April 10, 2013, he took 15 year old Sandra Birchmore's virginity - something he said he wished he had done when she was 14.
Posted by: Mister Ghost at August 29, 2024 10:24 PM (TGPs7)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at August 29, 2024 10:18 PM (WBQfF)
I assume as a carpenter somewhere in time existed The Tool Belt of God. Seems like that might be useful to find.
Posted by: Bilwis Devourer of Innocent Souls, I'm starvin' over here at August 29, 2024 10:24 PM (pIfcn)
Posted by: azjaeger at August 29, 2024 10:24 PM (3/XaG)
Posted by: ghost of hallelujah at August 29, 2024 10:25 PM (sJHOI)
Posted by: Northernlurker , wondering where his phone is at August 29, 2024 10:25 PM (FfSAJ)
VTubers. Pixie has posted them. Chicks with cute voices speaking behind cute anime characters while playing vidya games.
I always kind of figured that while the fans of these things might imagine their intentions are pure I think the reality is they're lonely young dudes who find the characters sexually appealing. Pretty anime girl, actress with a coquettish voice. It's pretty easy to see through. And there is nothing more fucking boring than watching someone else play video games.
I always imagined the women doing these things are older...well, they admit that readily...and probably weigh 200 pounds, are covered in sores and have really bad BO. Then it just hit me.
VTubers are modern day phone sex operators for teenagers.
Same kind of audience, same kind of women but not quite as lewd. More visuals, more big and bouncy anime tits so no need for obvious sex references.
Posted by: Robert at August 29, 2024 10:25 PM (+zZ11)
Posted by: Cicero
The Nehru jackets were right out.
Posted by: Tonypete at August 29, 2024 10:25 PM (WXNFJ)
Posted by: Zombie Marvin Zindler
Whoever you are, thanks for this sock. I haven't thought of MAAAAAAAAARVIN ZINDLER in at least a decade.
Posted by: Gref
Thank you, Marvin.
Posted by: Dave Ward, Houston's Anchorman at August 29, 2024 10:26 PM (Aqu9a)
Posted by: steevy at August 29, 2024 10:26 PM (HJ9BW)
Posted by: ghost of hallelujah at August 29, 2024 10:27 PM (sJHOI)
Farwell had groomed Birchmore and engaged in a years-long sexual relationship with her from when she was just 15 and he was 27, according to court documents.
Their relationship continued until the disgraced officer allegedly strangled Birchmore to death in 2021.
She was 23 and had revealed that she was pregnant with his child, prosecutors claim.
The first pair met when the teen signed up for a now-defunct program at Stoughton Police Department, where the officer worked, to help introduce children to policing.
Posted by: Mister Ghost at August 29, 2024 10:27 PM (TGPs7)
The guys are going to be dumber than usual tonight thinking of you in a sexy little catsuit.
Posted by: nurse ratched at August 29, 2024 10:27 PM (HxXeC)
I watched clips from Kamala’s interview.
How is it possible to be that stupid? It is unbelievable
Posted by: Jmel at August 29, 2024 10:27 PM (bVhJi)
Posted by: Bilwis Devourer of Innocent Souls, I'm starvin' over here at August 29, 2024 10:24 PM (pIfcn)
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What a valuable relic. The Tape Measure of God alone would be worth its own chapel.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at August 29, 2024 10:27 PM (WBQfF)
Posted by: Don Black at August 29, 2024 10:27 PM (/7KEl)
Saw Frampton live about 6 years ago. Kenny Wayne Shepherd was the opening act. Shepherd blew him so far off the stage it was embarrassing.
Posted by: Sock Monkey * unburdened at August 29, 2024 10:28 PM (jC7hV)
Posted by: Mister Ghost
Is that what the kids are calling it these days?
Posted by: Tonypete at August 29, 2024 10:28 PM (WXNFJ)
Posted by: steevy at August 29, 2024 10:26 PM (HJ9BW)
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Throw in a pickle and a couple beers and it's game on.
Posted by: Diogenes at August 29, 2024 10:28 PM (W/lyH)
Posted by: nurse ratched at August 29, 2024 10:28 PM (HxXeC)
Posted by: Don Black at August 29, 2024 10:27 PM (/7KEl)
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Different Jesus.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at August 29, 2024 10:28 PM (WBQfF)
These days I see a typo like that on a picture, especially if it is partially blurred, I assume it's an AI.
Posted by: gKWVE at August 29, 2024 10:29 PM (gKWVE)
Posted by: Diogenes
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I doubt it.
Posted by: Thomas at August 29, 2024 10:29 PM (CEzQx)
Posted by: Don Black at August 29, 2024 10:30 PM (/7KEl)
That could apply to idol singers also. Para-social is the word you might be looking for.
Though the earliest example of a lonely otaku I can think of is a story Steve Bennett related at Project A-kon one year. Steve was one of the animators for Urusei Yatsura and the studio got a fan letter from the US. They had Steve take a look at it since he is an American. Poor deluded fan, he was writing to propose marriage to the space oni in the tiger-stripe bikini Lum.
Posted by: Anna Puma at August 29, 2024 10:30 PM (/7V8+)
Posted by: gKWVE at August 29, 2024 10:31 PM (gKWVE)
Would that count?
Posted by: Anna Puma at August 29, 2024 10:15 PM (/7V8+)
Depends on whether you wear it with flats or heels.
Posted by: Robert at August 29, 2024 10:31 PM (0r/3n)
Posted by: Don Black at August 29, 2024 10:31 PM (/7KEl)
Don't think I can go much lower than my normal self. When I see Anna's posts, I think areoplanes. When I think of women in sexy cat suits it stops at Mrs. Sock. She still lights my fire.
Posted by: Sock Monkey * unburdened at August 29, 2024 10:31 PM (jC7hV)
Posted by: ghost of hallelujah at August 29, 2024 10:27 PM (sJHOI)
Ya gotta put it out in the son to make it extra special.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at August 29, 2024 10:32 PM (ynpvh)
Posted by: Anna Puma at August 29, 2024 10:32 PM (/7V8+)
When you get old enough, everything's a surprise.
So, howdy, y'all. Glad to be here.
Posted by: mindful webworker - all in all it's all the same at August 29, 2024 10:33 PM (NhcFy)
Boston Radio Watch®️
@bostonradio
37 years ago today, August 29, 1987, "La Bamba" by Los Lobos began a 3-week run at #1 on Billboard’s Hot 💯.
The song was featured on the film soundtrack of “La Bamba”, a story about singer Richie Valens played by Lou Diamond Philips.
Posted by: Mister Ghost at August 29, 2024 10:33 PM (TGPs7)
youtu.be/bSt4myecN_c
Posted by: gKWVE at August 29, 2024 10:33 PM (gKWVE)
Posted by: Diogenes
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I doubt it.
Posted by: Thomas
My thread winner declaration might have been premature.
Posted by: Sock Monkey * unburdened at August 29, 2024 10:33 PM (jC7hV)
Posted by: steevy at August 29, 2024 10:33 PM (HJ9BW)
Posted by: Anna Puma at August 29, 2024 10:30 PM (/7V8+)
That poor bastard. If only he had realized Lum belongs to me.
Posted by: Robert at August 29, 2024 10:33 PM (0r/3n)
Posted by: Don Black at August 29, 2024 10:34 PM (/7KEl)
Me in 1987
Posted by: steevy at August 29, 2024 10:34 PM (HJ9BW)
Wife comes out, walks in and gives me a dirty look "So it's one of those evenings huh?" and walks off.
The fuck did I ever do while these tunes were spinning?
Fine. I'll make it a Pantera night.
Vulgar Display of Power it is.
Posted by: Reforger at August 29, 2024 10:34 PM (xcIvR)
not sure why
Posted by: Don Black at August 29, 2024 10:34 PM (/7KEl)
To make it even more diverse?
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at August 29, 2024 10:35 PM (ynpvh)
@bostonradio
37 years ago today, August 29, 1987, "La Bamba" by Los Lobos began a 3-week run at #1 on Billboard’s Hot 💯.
The song was featured on the film soundtrack of “La Bamba”, a story about singer Richie Valens played by Lou Diamond Philips.
Posted by: Mister Ghost at August 29, 2024 10:33 PM (TGPs7)
I have the Criterion edition of this movie. It's really good, holds up very well.
Posted by: Robert at August 29, 2024 10:35 PM (0r/3n)
I sort of figured it was a kind of factory second or defective potato salad. I like Tuna salad sammiches once in a while. Egg salad seems more like a tease. When do we eat?
Posted by: Common Tater at August 29, 2024 10:35 PM (k9TSW)
Posted by: Livia Drusilla at August 29, 2024 10:35 PM (lAAta)
Posted by: Don Black at August 29, 2024 10:36 PM (/7KEl)
Posted by: Anna Puma at August 29, 2024 10:36 PM (/7V8+)
So, howdy, y'all. Glad to be here.
Posted by: mindful webworker - all in all it's all the same at August 29, 2024 10:33 PM (NhcFy)
How's the plumbing working, MW? I know you went through a rough patch a while back.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 29, 2024 10:36 PM (unvNj)
Posted by: Diogenes
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I doubt it.
Posted by: Thomas
My thread winner declaration might have been premature.
Posted by: Sock Monkey * unburdened at August 29, 2024 10:33 PM (jC7hV)
***
*weeps silently*
Posted by: Diogenes at August 29, 2024 10:36 PM (W/lyH)
Posted by: gKWVE at August 29, 2024 10:29 PM
First thing I noticed when zoomed. Someday soon, these tells won't be as easy to spot. If at all.
Posted by: Taq, Rickrolled by Jesus at August 29, 2024 10:36 PM (BEAj6)
Posted by: steevy at August 29, 2024 10:37 PM (HJ9BW)
Posted by: steevy at August 29, 2024 10:33 PM (HJ9BW)
They nailed it, for sure.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 29, 2024 10:37 PM (unvNj)
Posted by: Mister Ghost
I didn't like it. Had the same ending as the Buddy Holly story. Hope they do better with the Big Bopper bio.
Posted by: Some Rat at August 29, 2024 10:37 PM (vJiyU)
Posted by: Anna Puma at August 29, 2024 10:38 PM (/7V8+)
not sure why
Posted by: Don Black at August 29, 2024 10:34 PM (/7KEl)
To make it even more diverse?
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at August 29, 2024 10:35 PM (ynpvh)
Assuming it's not a straight remake? La Bamba was only kind of about Ritchie Valens and more about his shitbag brother. I suppose you do a version of it that actually focuses primarily on Ritchie. It could work.
Posted by: Robert at August 29, 2024 10:38 PM (0r/3n)
Posted by: banana Dream at August 29, 2024 10:38 PM (Y6IkP)
>@elonmusk. Have you ever heard the Tragedy of Cheng Sheng and Wu Guang the Late? It’s not a story the NeoLibs would tell you…
>Two Qin Generals were ordered by Emperor to move, but were bogged down by rain. The penalty for lateness was death; the penalty for rebellion was also death. Having nothing to lose, they rebelled against the throne.
Why am I mentioning this? No reason at all
Posted by: BourbonChicken at August 29, 2024 10:38 PM (lhenN)
Posted by: steevy at August 29, 2024 10:38 PM (HJ9BW)
Boston Radio Watch®️
@bostonradio
37 years ago today, August 29, 1987, "La Bamba" by Los Lobos began a 3-week run at #1 on Billboard’s Hot 💯.
The song was featured on the film soundtrack of “La Bamba”, a story about singer Richie Valens played by Lou Diamond Philips.
Posted by: Mister Ghost
Los Lobos is one of those Great Bands that just float under the radar. They really are great.
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at August 29, 2024 10:39 PM (yKhjs)
Posted by: steevy at August 29, 2024 10:37 PM (HJ9BW)
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Wait. I though gravity got him.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at August 29, 2024 10:39 PM (WBQfF)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at August 29, 2024 10:39 PM (WBQfF)
Posted by: Northernlurker , wondering where his phone is at August 29, 2024 10:40 PM (FfSAJ)
Posted by: Anna Puma at August 29, 2024 10:36 PM (/7V8+)
Could you put these horns on?
And this blue eye shadow?
And also this tiny tiger striped bikini?
I just need to see how it looks.
Posted by: Robert at August 29, 2024 10:40 PM (0r/3n)
Mouth of Sauron: Isildur's heir? It takes more than a broken blade to make a king.
Sauron: *whisper* He's about to kill you, man.
Mouth of Sauron: He's about to kill you, man, wait what?
Posted by: BourbonChicken at August 29, 2024 10:40 PM (lhenN)
@TrumpWarRoom
Dana Bash: "You have been Vice President for three and half years. The steps that you are talking about now, why haven't you done them already?"
Kamala: We've brought inflation "down" to a higher level than it was during President Trump's administration.
YIKES.
Posted by: Mister Ghost at August 29, 2024 10:40 PM (TGPs7)
Posted by: no one of any consequence at August 29, 2024 10:40 PM (+H2BX)
Posted by: no one of any consequence at August 29, 2024 10:40 PM (+H2BX)
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Yep. Racism got him too.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at August 29, 2024 10:41 PM (WBQfF)
Posted by: Reforger at August 29, 2024 10:41 PM (xcIvR)
Wife comes out, walks in and gives me a dirty look "So it's one of those evenings huh?" and walks off.
The fuck did I ever do while these tunes were spinning?
Fine. I'll make it a Pantera night.
Vulgar Display of Power it is.
Posted by: Reforger
Was that reaction in reference to the music or the horde. My wife occasionally has that reaction to my grey box imaginary friends.
Posted by: Sock Monkey * unburdened at August 29, 2024 10:41 PM (jC7hV)
Posted by: no one of any consequence at August 29, 2024 10:40 PM (+H2BX)
And Buddy Holly. I think all three were on the same plane.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at August 29, 2024 10:41 PM (ynpvh)
Posted by: steevy at August 29, 2024 10:37 PM (HJ9BW)
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Wait. I though gravity got him.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at August 29, 2024 10:39 PM (WBQfF)
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Yeah. Racist gravity.
Posted by: No One Of Consequence at August 29, 2024 10:42 PM (F4bAW)
Posted by: Reforger at August 29, 2024 10:41 PM (xcIvR)
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I could eat that entire tankful.
Posted by: Cool Hand Luke at August 29, 2024 10:42 PM (WBQfF)
Wife comes out, walks in and gives me a dirty look "So it's one of those evenings huh?" and walks off.
The fuck did I ever do while these tunes were spinning?
Fine. I'll make it a Pantera night.
Vulgar Display of Power it is.
Posted by: Reforger
Was that reaction in reference to the music or the horde. My wife occasionally has that reaction to my grey box imaginary friends.
Posted by: Sock Monkey * unburdened at August 29, 2024 10:41 PM (jC7hV)
What, don't they like bacon???
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at August 29, 2024 10:42 PM (FnneF)
Posted by: steevy at August 29, 2024 10:42 PM (HJ9BW)
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you're making this up
Posted by: Don Black at August 29, 2024 10:42 PM (/7KEl)
Posted by: no one of any consequence at August 29, 2024 10:40 PM (+H2BX)
And Buddy Holly. I think all three were on the same plane.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at August 29, 2024 10:41 PM (ynpvh)
It was a flight cursed by bad weather and Waylon Jennings, but mostly Waylon Jennings.
Posted by: Count de Monet at August 29, 2024 10:43 PM (Aqu9a)
Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 29, 2024 10:44 PM (Q4IgG)
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia)
Was it Waylan Jennings who, because there was no more room, jokingly said " I hope the plane crashes."
Posted by: Some Rat at August 29, 2024 10:44 PM (vJiyU)
Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt at August 29, 2024 10:44 PM (ufFY8)
Posted by: ghost of hallelujah at August 29, 2024 10:44 PM (sJHOI)
Hello to the resta youse Hordelings too!
Posted by: Doof at August 29, 2024 10:07 PM (bFuzj)
Hockey season is right around the corner Doof...
***sharpens skates***
Posted by: browndog reappears at August 29, 2024 10:44 PM (TTAGa)
Posted by: Puddleglum
Agreed. I have 4 play lists on Spotify that are singular bands. Zep has 2, Willie and Los Lobos. Goid band to chill to.
Posted by: Sock Monkey * unburdened at August 29, 2024 10:44 PM (jC7hV)
WATCH THIS! Video shows Texas cop catch alligator with his bare hands
https://tinyurl.com/yc4h5kvr
40 seconds
Posted by: andycanuck (CEzQx) at August 29, 2024 10:45 PM (CEzQx)
Posted by: Don McLean at August 29, 2024 10:45 PM (Aqu9a)
Posted by: Count de Monet"
********
The day the music died.
Posted by: Cosda at August 29, 2024 10:45 PM (Fo7MO)
Posted by: Sock Monkey * unburdened at August 29, 2024 10:41 PM (jC7hV)
She thinks you are all imaginary but nothing dissimilar to every other night.
I suspect she is just in a mood.
It's why I have a shop.
And a cot set up out here.
Posted by: Reforger at August 29, 2024 10:45 PM (xcIvR)
F*ck him.
Posted by: Notorious BFD at August 29, 2024 10:45 PM (mH6SG)
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you're making this up
Posted by: Don Black at August 29, 2024 10:42 PM (/7KEl)
***
Can she be this stupid?
Posted by: Diogenes at August 29, 2024 10:45 PM (W/lyH)
37 years ago today, August 29, 1987, "La Bamba" by Los Lobos began a 3-week run at #1 on Billboard’s Hot 💯.
Yikes! I woulda thunk it was just last month that Los Lobos did this song...1987...wow. Time sure does fly!
That Richie Valens movie was pretty good btw
Posted by: COMountainMarie at August 29, 2024 10:46 PM (t/dCd)
Posted by: no one of any consequence at August 29, 2024 10:40 PM (+H2BX)
And Buddy Holly. I think all three were on the same plane.
Posted by: jim
I recall Waylon Jennings was almost on that plane. The story of how he wound up not on the plane and how it affected Waylon for the rest of his life is interesting.
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at August 29, 2024 10:46 PM (yKhjs)
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you're making this up
Posted by: Don Black at August 29, 2024 10:42 PM (/7KEl)
***
Can she be this stupid?
Posted by: Diogenes at August 29, 2024 10:45 PM (W/lyH)
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Maybe she thought the topic had moved to zeppelins.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at August 29, 2024 10:47 PM (WBQfF)
Posted by: no one of any consequence at August 29, 2024 10:40 PM (+H2BX)
And Buddy Holly. I think all three were on the same plane.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at August 29, 2024 10:41 PM (ynpvh)
Waylon Jennings lost the coin toss to be the third seated passenger on that plane. He made some flip remark that, the plane was probably going to crash anyway. The guilt he felt was tragic.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 29, 2024 10:47 PM (unvNj)
The carbon dating from a few years back landed right smack in daVinci's time.
But I am a reasonable person. Show me that this new dating system holds up, and I'll accept it was woven in the proper time frame. Jesus? I'm still skeptical. The face is still too Caucasian.
Posted by: Livia Drusilla at August 29, 2024 10:48 PM (lAAta)
That Richie Valens movie was pretty good btw
Posted by: COMountainMarie
I can't believe a car, popular when I was a youth, is an antique.
Posted by: Some Rat at August 29, 2024 10:48 PM (vJiyU)
Also, you can never have too many snatch blocks.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at August 29, 2024 10:48 PM (XV/Pl)
Posted by: Robert at August 29, 2024 10:49 PM (0r/3n)
Posted by: Diogenes
Which answer would you like? The Kamala for Dummies version or the horde version.
Posted by: Sock Monkey * unburdened at August 29, 2024 10:49 PM (jC7hV)
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at August 29, 2024 10:50 PM (CHHv1)
Posted by: Notorious BFD at August 29, 2024 10:50 PM (mH6SG)
Posted by: Thomas Bender
Unless one is an experienced tree faller, the sixty foot man lift is your best friend.
Posted by: Some Rat at August 29, 2024 10:51 PM (vJiyU)
Posted by: Thomas Bender at August 29, 2024 10:48 PM (XV/Pl)
But one cock block is too many.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 29, 2024 10:51 PM (unvNj)
That happened about three minutes into Don McLean's song.
The only thing this snorefest is good for is giving the radio DJ time to hit the bathroom after eating one of those egg salads.
Posted by: gKWVE at August 29, 2024 10:52 PM (gKWVE)
My first attempt gave me a band named "Roiate" releasing an album named "I Couldn't See It." And an album cover pic of a stone wall with an arch in it. And some relief carving and statuary.
That's a suburb/district/??? of Rome, and the last line of a Korean poem by Ko Un. The wall is somewhere in France.
With that look, we're an instrumental Space Rock/Stoner Rock band that plays no songs shorter than 12 minutes.
https://i.imgur.com/j1KXd6o.png
When I clicked random a few more times, my 4th band would have been named "Autocorrection." That's not very a very random hit for an AoS post.....
Posted by: mikeski, touring bassist for Roiate at August 29, 2024 10:52 PM (DgGvY)
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I always thought it was pretty convenient how St. Helena was able to pop over to Jerusalem, ask around a bit, then Bob's yer uncle, she finds the guy who has the True Cross out right out behind the shed.
And 350 years after the crucifixion, give or take.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at August 29, 2024 10:52 PM (WBQfF)
BREAKING: X to close its San Francisco headquarters on September 13th.
Posted by: andycanuck (CEzQx) at August 29, 2024 10:52 PM (CEzQx)
Posted by: Thomas Bender
Unless one is an experienced tree faller, the sixty foot man lift is your best friend.
Posted by: Some Rat at August 29, 2024 10:51 PM (vJiyU)
All this lumberjack talk gets me hepped up for action!
Posted by: Count de Monet at August 29, 2024 10:52 PM (Aqu9a)
Posted by: Braenyard at August 29, 2024 10:53 PM (OQG13)
Posted by: Livia Drusilla at August 29, 2024 10:48 PM (lAAta)
I saw in the article yesterday where there are two types of blood on it...
So it's type-able blood but no identifiable DNA in the samples they had to have tested or what.
Posted by: Reforger at August 29, 2024 10:53 PM (xcIvR)
Considering how old it is, it would be shocking if it had not been forensically contaminated.
We see this in modern cases. Even the Carbon-14 clock can be reset by the Earth suffering a cosmic event
Posted by: Anna Puma at August 29, 2024 10:54 PM (/7V8+)
Posted by: Mac's Wax Ear Plugs at August 29, 2024 10:54 PM (CV8a5)
So it's type-able blood but no identifiable DNA in the samples they had to have tested or what.
Posted by: Reforger at August 29, 2024 10:53 PM (xcIvR)
Getting a DNA sample from God might be problematic...
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 29, 2024 10:54 PM (unvNj)
Posted by: Diogenes
Much as with the evasion of bears, she only has to be smarter than the dumbest voters.
Posted by: mikeski at August 29, 2024 10:54 PM (DgGvY)
Posted by: Some Rat at August 29, 2024 10:48 PM (vJiyU)
Within the last year I've seen a Mazda Miata with Georgia state antique plates. That was a real gut punch.
Posted by: banana Dream at August 29, 2024 10:55 PM (Y6IkP)
Posted by: Diogenes
Which answer would you like? The Kamala for Dummies version or the horde version.
Posted by: Sock Monkey * unburdened at August 29, 2024 10:49 PM (jC7hV)
She suffered from repeated blows to the head in the workplace.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at August 29, 2024 10:55 PM (ynpvh)
Posted by: Rusty at August 29, 2024 10:56 PM (nrIMb)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
Since we are all made in His image, it's easy to get a sample.
A complete sample is problematic.
Posted by: mikeski at August 29, 2024 10:56 PM (DgGvY)
Kamala Harris has conducted fewer interviews (zero) since she became presumptive nominee than Joe Biden had at this point of his "basement campaign" in 2020.
Posted by: andycanuck (CEzQx) at August 29, 2024 10:56 PM (CEzQx)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
I'm pretty certain Our Lord is The Universal Donor.
Posted by: Tonypete at August 29, 2024 10:57 PM (WXNFJ)
Posted by: Anna Puma at August 29, 2024 10:57 PM (/7V8+)
>>Unless one is an experienced tree faller,
Unless your job is cutting down trees most people are novices at best when it comes to cutting really big/tall trees.
I'm just thankful that all the trees I'm cutting down are literally in the middle of nowhere and won't affect anything if it falls the wrong way.
This was my first oops.
Hopefully this is my last oops.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at August 29, 2024 10:58 PM (XV/Pl)
Posted by: Some Rat at August 29, 2024 10:48 PM (vJiyU)
Yeah, but maybe the car is worth a coupla bucks...my Los Lobos CD...probably not🤣
Posted by: COMountainMarie at August 29, 2024 10:58 PM (t/dCd)
Posted by: banana Dream
Like the movie you remember going to the theater to see a couple years ago showing up on TCM.
Posted by: Some Rat at August 29, 2024 10:58 PM (vJiyU)
Posted by: Silent Toaster, Holy Toaster at August 29, 2024 10:58 PM (AUL7F)
Disclose.tv @disclosetv 4h
NOW - Kamala Harris: "He even called for termination of the United States Supreme, the c--, the supreme land of our nation. The United States Constitution."
https://tinyurl.com/3jd97ws6
12 seconds
Posted by: andycanuck (CEzQx) at August 29, 2024 10:58 PM (CEzQx)
Posted by: Fragile Eggshell Mind at August 29, 2024 10:59 PM (CV8a5)
Posted by: Anna Puma at August 29, 2024 10:57 PM (/7V8+)
He does see himself as God...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at August 29, 2024 10:59 PM (ynpvh)
Posted by: Some Rat
And 1980 is almost 45 years ago. Ho ly Cow!
Posted by: Tonypete at August 29, 2024 10:59 PM (WXNFJ)
With that statement she throws Obama, FJB, and herself under the bus.
What a politician!
Posted by: Gref at August 29, 2024 11:00 PM (aBgBM)
Posted by: Angzarr the Cromulent at August 29, 2024 11:00 PM (XMwZJ)
In fact, real wages are LOWER when you take inflation into account.
I have seen a DOUBLING of my Grocery bills over the last couple of years... not the 20% of inflation they admit too
Yet workers have NOT doubled their wages... therefore, like globull warmering.... correlation does not prove causation.
Posted by: Romeo13 at August 29, 2024 11:00 PM (xaFKb)
Posted by: COMountainMarie
Yeah, if I hadn't sold it for 500 bucks....oh, a while ago. heh.
Posted by: Some Rat at August 29, 2024 11:00 PM (vJiyU)
Hmm. That's interesting. Oh look, the cab I called is here. Gonna have to take your keys; you can pick them up tomorrow evening.
Posted by: the bartender at August 29, 2024 11:01 PM (gKWVE)
The Other Day The Other Music Died?
Posted by: Way,Way Downriver at August 29, 2024 11:01 PM (zdLoL)
Posted by: Thomas Bender
A 'snatch block' sounds like something Kamala wouldn't know much, if anything, about...😑
Posted by: COMountainMarie at August 29, 2024 11:01 PM (t/dCd)
... the “side effects” of Independence, which include “an awakening of rational thought,” the ability to “successfully identify propaganda,” and a newfound “love of democracy.”
"ask your Dr. if Independence is right for you, And enjoy your freedoms once again."
My team never sleeps, Nicole Shanahan
pic.twitter.com/THH4MiMMMI
Posted by: Braenyard at August 29, 2024 11:01 PM (OQG13)
My theory about the live album was that the band had honed those songs over years. They really were sharp. Not a beat missed. Then they recorded it and it was tremendous.
But that was all he and they had.
Posted by: Caesar North of the Rubicon at August 29, 2024 11:02 PM (r5tfK)
Posted by: Shell Shock at August 29, 2024 11:02 PM (CV8a5)
Posted by: Aetius451AD at August 29, 2024 11:02 PM (y31cs)
Posted by: Caesar North of the Rubicon at August 29, 2024 11:03 PM (r5tfK)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 29, 2024 10:54 PM (unvNj)
But a blood type was attainable. I didn't write the article.
Carbon dating put it around 1350 at which time every castle in Europe had a piece of the cross and the cup from the last supper.
And probably a shroud.
The fact that this particular shroud is still in existence is a miracle in and of itself.
Posted by: Reforger at August 29, 2024 11:03 PM (xcIvR)
>>A 'snatch block' sounds like something Kamala wouldn't know much, if anything, about.
It's just a pulley, a very specific kind of pulley, but a pulley nonetheless.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at August 29, 2024 11:03 PM (XV/Pl)
Posted by: andycanuck (CEzQx) at August 29, 2024 11:03 PM (CEzQx)
Posted by: Angzarr the Cromulent at August 29, 2024 11:00 PM (XMwZJ)
Officially, Anna is a cat.
Posted by: Robert at August 29, 2024 11:03 PM (0r/3n)
Kamala Harris has conducted fewer interviews (zero) since she became presumptive nominee than Joe Biden had at this point of his "basement campaign" in 2020.
Posted by: andycanuck (CEzQx)
Kamala Harris has her interview at X's San Francisco headquarters scheduled for Monday, September 16th.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at August 29, 2024 11:03 PM (VNX3d)
Pants too short... sleeves too short... and I doubt he can button up the jackets.
Posted by: Romeo13 at August 29, 2024 11:03 PM (xaFKb)
Posted by: LASue at August 29, 2024 11:03 PM (lCppi)
Posted by: gKWVE at August 29, 2024 11:04 PM (gKWVE)
Posted by: Robert
Nah. That just means he was an adult in the 70's.
Posted by: SFGoth at August 29, 2024 11:04 PM (KAi1n)
Posted by: Angzarr the Cromulent at August 29, 2024 11:00 PM (XMwZJ)
Officially, Anna is a cat.
Posted by: Robert at August 29, 2024 11:03 PM (0r/3n)
Correction: Neko-Cat Girl.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at August 29, 2024 11:04 PM (y31cs)
Posted by: Anna Puma
Could you put these horns on?
And this blue eye shadow?
And also this tiny tiger striped bikini?
I just need to see how it looks.
Posted by: Robert
* hands Anna a taser *
Hey, it's in character.
Posted by: mikeski at August 29, 2024 11:04 PM (DgGvY)
Posted by: Lirio100 at August 29, 2024 11:04 PM (I5U35)
Posted by: Soothsayer at August 29, 2024 11:04 PM (Q20qm)
I discovered that the phrase "backstabbers and n'er-do-wells" is hateful and harmful on X. Even when directed at "some members of Trump's first administration."
Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at August 29, 2024 11:05 PM (w6EFb)
Posted by: Livia Drusilla at August 29, 2024 10:48 PM (lAAta)
I feel rather the same; although what I find fascinating is that there are hints of something very similar to the shroud in Byzantium as far back as the 5th century. Then after the disastrous 4th Crusade and the sack of Constantinople, there are stories of the Templars having some cloth with face of Jesus that they venerated. Templars were annihilated in 1307; and about 50 years later some rural nobility in France reveals that they’ve got this really fascinating object in their private collection, with no explanation as to where they got it.
Of course no one would have wanted to reveal that their family had once been high up in the now condemned Templars.
Posted by: Tom Servo at August 29, 2024 11:05 PM (S6gqv)
I guess we're an indy band?
The album title is a toss up between "her eggs are taken away" or " any thing better than despotism".
My picture was an AI pic of a fiat 500 with a dog next to it and some chick in a bikini on the hood....
Maybe we're hair metal?
Posted by: stv at August 29, 2024 11:05 PM (P5JRd)
Hopefully this is my last oops.
Posted by: Thomas Bender
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No matter how much I calculate the cut the tree always falls toward me.
Posted by: Braenyard at August 29, 2024 11:06 PM (OQG13)
Also, you can never have too many snatch blocks.
Posted by: Thomas Bender
There's a reason they call trees like that widow makers.
Posted by: Sock Monkey * unburdened at August 29, 2024 11:06 PM (jC7hV)
https://tinyurl.com/yc4h5kvr
Posted by: andycanuck
Small gator, couple feet long. Fierce dude but I've seen cats way more vicious than that.
Posted by: SFGoth at August 29, 2024 11:06 PM (KAi1n)
The Other Day The Other Music Died?
Posted by: Way,Way Downriver at August 29, 2024 11:01 PM (zdLoL)
Transportation accidents have claimed more than their fair share of top musicians. Glenn Miller, anyone?
"Getthereitis" is huge problem.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 29, 2024 11:06 PM (unvNj)
So it's type-able blood but no identifiable DNA in the samples they had to have tested or what.
Posted by: Reforger at August 29, 2024 10:53 PM (xcIvR)
Id like to see that article I think its type AB which is also consistent with certain Eucharist tests, shockingly...or not
Posted by: LASue at August 29, 2024 11:07 PM (lCppi)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 29, 2024 11:06 PM (unvNj)
I still like driving.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at August 29, 2024 11:08 PM (y31cs)
I have an Acura from 1997. I love this sedan.i keep up all maintenance and it runs great. I wonder if it's considered an antique...
Posted by: COMountainMarie at August 29, 2024 11:08 PM (t/dCd)
Posted by: Northernlurker , wondering where his phone is at August 29, 2024 11:08 PM (FfSAJ)
Posted by: Charter Flights at August 29, 2024 11:09 PM (CV8a5)
Posted by: Northernlurker , wondering where his phone is at August 29, 2024 11:08 PM (FfSAJ)
Good luck! Kamala got her start handing out samples, too.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 29, 2024 11:10 PM (unvNj)
Posted by: Thomas Bender
As opposed to a 'puller'.
Posted by: Tonypete at August 29, 2024 11:10 PM (WXNFJ)
Posted by: Angzarr the Cromulent at August 29, 2024 11:00 PM (XMwZJ)
Officially, Anna is a cat.
Posted by: Robert at August 29, 2024 11:03 PM (0r/3n)
Correction: Neko-Cat Girl.
Posted by: Aetius451AD
Why am I having deja vu all over again? How often does this get asked?
Posted by: SFGoth at August 29, 2024 11:10 PM (KAi1n)
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Liquor stores? Irish whiskey? Slim Jims?
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at August 29, 2024 11:10 PM (WBQfF)
Tomorrow I'm starting a job handing out samples in grocery and liquor stores. Odds are my feet and back will be very sore Sunday evening but I will get used to it.
Posted by: Northernlurker
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Cool! I wish I was you. I'm furloughed tomorrow and I'd love to go in on Tuesday with my resignation letter in hand, then go hand out samples in grocery and liquor stores.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 29, 2024 11:11 PM (n7rxJ)
Posted by: COMountainMarie at August 29, 2024 11:08 PM (t/dCd)
There is a different metric and scale for cars. 20 years, I think was a 'classic'. Then either an antique or something at 50?
Posted by: Aetius451AD at August 29, 2024 11:11 PM (y31cs)
>>There's a reason they call trees like that widow makers.
I know my limitations and I will always map out an exit strategy but so far, this was the only one that has gone awry in the 20 or so trees I've cut down so far.
If it's a really big tree or it's near something that I could potentially destroy if a mess up, I'm calling in the pros.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at August 29, 2024 11:11 PM (XV/Pl)
Posted by: Some Rat
And 1980 is almost 45 years ago. Ho ly Cow!
Posted by: Tonypete
Mrs. Sock's 1980 CJ5 is considered a classic by the state of Washington. I bought classic plates. I don't have to pay annual licensing and registration fees.
Posted by: Sock Monkey * unburdened at August 29, 2024 11:11 PM (jC7hV)
*************
There's a theory that Miller's plane was knocked into the Channel by a group of bombers dumping bombs before landing after an aborted mission.
Posted by: Cosda at August 29, 2024 11:11 PM (xumkT)
Posted by: Charter Flights at August 29, 2024 11:09 PM (CV8a5)
Jim Croce, Stevie Ray Vaughn.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 29, 2024 11:11 PM (unvNj)
Posted by: SFGoth at August 29, 2024 11:10 PM (KAi1n)
About as often as someone asks about planes.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at August 29, 2024 11:12 PM (y31cs)
Posted by: Charter Flights at August 29, 2024 11:09 PM (CV8a5)
Jim Croce, Stevie Ray Vaughn.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 29, 2024 11:11 PM (unvNj)
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John Denver
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at August 29, 2024 11:12 PM (WBQfF)
Kitten: Time to zoom around the house and do John Woo flips
Posted by: All Hail Eris at August 29, 2024 11:12 PM (kpS4V)
Posted by: Aetius451AD at August 29, 2024 11:12 PM (y31cs)
Posted by: Aetius451AD at August 29, 2024 11:13 PM (y31cs)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at August 29, 2024 11:12 PM (WBQfF)
Well, he died in a plane crash, but it was his own doing, and he wasn't on the way to a gig.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 29, 2024 11:14 PM (unvNj)
Posted by: Aetius451AD at August 29, 2024 11:14 PM (y31cs)
Posted by: Aetius451AD at August 29, 2024 11:14 PM (y31cs)
Save it for tomorrow, so some top-rank snark can be added.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 29, 2024 11:15 PM (unvNj)
Posted by: Aetius451AD at August 29, 2024 11:13 PM (y31cs)
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Now I'll raise you one Otis Redding.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at August 29, 2024 11:15 PM (WBQfF)
From the Harris/Walz interview.
So it’s “hopey changey Part Deux as we all know her approach would be.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 29, 2024 11:17 PM (Mpnw4)
I suggest consulting with the Cossacks for more creative descriptors. "Catamites of K Street" has a ring to it.
Posted by: gKWVE at August 29, 2024 11:17 PM (gKWVE)
Posted by: gKWVE at August 29, 2024 11:17 PM (gKWVE)
Scumbag of Scranton.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at August 29, 2024 11:18 PM (y31cs)
So it’s “hopey changey Part Deux as we all know her approach would be.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 29, 2024 11:17 PM (Mpnw4)
Trump's response? "You had 4 years to do this shit. Why didn't you?"
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 29, 2024 11:18 PM (unvNj)
Tree falling is an art. I've been playing in the woods with chainsaws for 40+ years. I never take that part of the job casually. Have a buddy who falls trees for a living. He's an artist.
Posted by: Sock Monkey * unburdened at August 29, 2024 11:19 PM (jC7hV)
Posted by: SFGoth at August 29, 2024 11:19 PM (KAi1n)
Posted by: Angzarr the Cromulent at August 29, 2024 11:00 PM (XMwZJ)
Officially, Anna is a cat.
Posted by: Robert at August 29, 2024 11:03 PM (0r/3n)
Correction: Neko-Cat Girl.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at August 29, 2024 11:04 PM (y31cs)
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Nyah.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 29, 2024 11:19 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: LASue at August 29, 2024 11:07 PM (lCppi)
Now I can't find it. It was on GP. Linked to another article.
Posted by: Reforger at August 29, 2024 11:19 PM (xcIvR)
Posted by: COMountainMarie
There is a different metric and scale for cars. 20 years, I think was a 'classic'. Then either an antique or something at 50?
Posted by: Aetius451AD
19 years here in MN, if the web site I just checked is right. So a 2005 is a "collectible." A "classic" is from 1925 through 1948.
Cheaper plates, but you're only supposed to drive them to and from auto events. Gotta be on really good terms with your local sheriff if you're going to drive it to Aldi's for groceries.
Posted by: mikeski at August 29, 2024 11:20 PM (DgGvY)
Yeah, they climb up, top the tree, limb in as they move down in 6 ft. sections. Then tie-off that bare 6ft to a block and tackle controlled by the ground crew, and cut that 6ft off, to be slowly lowered under the pulley.
Lather, rinse and repeat till the tree has been reduced to it's last, tallest point, that'd pose no threat to nothin'. Only THEN, do the cut it at the trunk, and let it fall.
The pros are PROS... in no small part, 'cause they're pros at keeping drama out of the jobsite.
*pours bourbon* ONT Greetings, Horde. CHEERS!
Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX
Posted by: Jim at August 29, 2024 11:20 PM (kQgoX)
Posted by: SFGoth at August 29, 2024 11:19 PM (KAi1n)
I will be sleeping so, so peacefully tonight.
Night night, folks!
Posted by: Darrell Harris at August 29, 2024 11:21 PM (cfMK+)
Posted by: Northernlurker , wondering where his phone is
Weight lifting belt ?
Posted by: Adriane the Cynical Critic . . . at August 29, 2024 11:21 PM (TX4bP)
Posted by: Don Black at August 29, 2024 11:22 PM (/7KEl)
DU T is going to be *lit*, *LIT* tomorrow.
Posted by: SFGoth
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What's the.. DU space T?
I'm down for something lit.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 29, 2024 11:22 PM (n7rxJ)
Posted by: Aetius451AD at August 29, 2024 11:23 PM (y31cs)
Posted by: mikeski at August 29, 2024 11:23 PM (DgGvY)
It seems more likely to me that they dated the patches and just expected everyone to buy the "official" result.
And stop wondering why anyone in the 14th century was doing 'art' that was more visible as a photographic negative.
Posted by: Methos at August 29, 2024 11:23 PM (Dnobf)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 29, 2024 11:24 PM (RIvkX)
Guy who does treework for me has a youtube channel (tarzan+ redwoods) will probably get you to it.
Guy is nuts. But, damn. He can drop a 150'+ Ponderosa on a dime.
Posted by: garrett at August 29, 2024 11:25 PM (UUChH)
A snippet of Trump's response this time was that she "rambled incoherently".
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 29, 2024 11:26 PM (dTTBf)
Posted by: garrett at August 29, 2024 11:27 PM (UUChH)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 29, 2024 11:27 PM (RIvkX)
plays offense and defense, doesn't miss a play
Posted by: Don Black at August 29, 2024 11:28 PM (/7KEl)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
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You don't get there you're a no show. No show, no money.
No show's are undependable. Undependables don't get work,
they're no show's you can't depend on them.
Posted by: Braenyard at August 29, 2024 11:29 PM (OQG13)
She is awesome in every respect.
Y'all should hang on the book thread every now and then.
She's published.
Posted by: Reforger at August 29, 2024 11:29 PM (xcIvR)
Posted by: Charter Flights at August 29, 2024 11:09 PM (CV8a5)
Jim Croce, Stevie Ray Vaughn.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 29, 2024 11:11 PM (unvNj)
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John Denver
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at August 29, 2024 11:12 PM (WBQfF)
We doing music icons who died in airplane crashes? I'll offer Otis Redding...
Posted by: Joe Kidd at August 29, 2024 11:29 PM (t7Bqe)
Posted by: COMountainMarie
30 years for "collector" cars State of Washington. As noted above, fairly strict rules as to use of vehicle.
Posted by: Some Rat at August 29, 2024 11:29 PM (vJiyU)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at August 29, 2024 11:10 PM (WBQfF)
It will usually new products like hard lemonade. I doubt I'll be handing out samples of single malt scotch.
Posted by: Northernlurker , wondering where his phone is at August 29, 2024 11:29 PM (FfSAJ)
Cheaper plates, but you're only supposed to drive them to and from auto events. Gotta be on really good terms with your local sheriff if you're going to drive it to Aldi's for groceries.
Posted by: mikeski at August 29, 2024 11:20 PM (DgGvY)
The exact age and terminology varies by jurisdiction. Here, "antique car" is 25 years old. "Classic car" is actually a term owned by the Classic Car Club of America, and refers to certain limited production, high value cars from the mid 1920's up to about 1940. Cars like Auburn, Duesenberg, some Cadillacs, some Lincolns, and some Packards, among others.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 29, 2024 11:29 PM (unvNj)
Album Title : Together in the right way
Cover Image : a beach scene with an out-of-focus surfer in the background and an in-focus closeup on a sea shell in the foreground.
That could work.
Posted by: BillyD at August 29, 2024 11:29 PM (Yt3ED)
So, does one still get to get classic plates? Is there a break on insurance/taxes? I guess it depends on the state 😧...
Posted by: COMountainMarie at August 29, 2024 11:30 PM (t/dCd)
Considering how old it is, it would be shocking if it had not been forensically contaminated.
We see this in modern cases. Even the Carbon-14 clock can be reset by the Earth suffering a cosmic event
Posted by: Anna Puma at August 29, 2024 10:54 PM (/7V8+)
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Heh. Maybe it is from the thief on the left...?
Posted by: Diogenes at August 29, 2024 11:31 PM (W/lyH)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke
Been funny if he had said it was a weird interview.
Posted by: Some Rat at August 29, 2024 11:31 PM (vJiyU)
Posted by: San Franpsycho
He is a golem.
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at August 29, 2024 11:32 PM (yKhjs)
Posted by: BillyD at August 29, 2024 11:32 PM (Yt3ED)
No show's are undependable. Undependables don't get work,
they're no show's you can't depend on them.
Posted by: Braenyard at August 29, 2024 11:29 PM (OQG13)
And that's what drives them to take dodgy charter flights, or to demand that the pilot push on into bad weather.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 29, 2024 11:33 PM (unvNj)
"There's a Bad Moon on the Rise."
The Lefty Media is flaming any and all lies they can spew 24/7
They are in abject terror and I didn't even watch the
Kameltoe interview tonight.
It is like some great vengeful storm rolling in upon them.
Posted by: Nightwatch at August 29, 2024 11:33 PM (TDvv2)
Posted by: Some Rat
25 years in TN as long as you have not modified the engine or body. For motorcycles too!
Posted by: Tonypete at August 29, 2024 11:33 PM (WXNFJ)
Cool!
My BMW is a.collectible. Bought it in 2008. A 330ci. It only had 3200 miles on it. Up to 55k now. I've babied it and its in great condition. Guess I'd better check it's value.
Posted by: Diogenes at August 29, 2024 11:34 PM (W/lyH)
Posted by: Methos at August 29, 2024 11:23 PM (Dnobf)
And there’s no pigment on the fibers; the dark areas that make the image are scorched into the fibers. No one can really give a convincing explanation as to how it was made.
Posted by: Tom Servo at August 29, 2024 11:34 PM (S6gqv)
Posted by: Kindltot at August 29, 2024 11:35 PM (D7oie)
Posted by: Some Rat
Well, poop! Got 6 years to go. I will sell before then.
Posted by: Diogenes at August 29, 2024 11:36 PM (W/lyH)
Democrat governor of Colorado Jared Polis dismissed outrage over a video showing what appears to be armed Venezuelan gang members in an apartment building as "imagination" despite significant evidence.
Posted by: Don Black at August 29, 2024 11:36 PM (/7KEl)
Posted by: COMountainMarie at August 29, 2024 11:30 PM (t/dCd)
Owning several cars with antique plates, yes you do get a break on plates and insurance. But you are pretty restricted on when and where you can drive. Daily driving is right out. Driving to work is a no-no, but you could probably get away with it if there was a cruise night someplace right after work. I have never had a cop stop me to ask why I was driving my XXXX at such and such a time and place; I doubt that is a priority for them. But if you have a wreck, and want to have the insurance pay out, it had better be while you were using the car in accordance with the policy.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 29, 2024 11:37 PM (unvNj)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke
Been funny if he had said it was a weird interview.
Posted by: Some Rat
She rambled incoherently. It was very weird. No joy. Not joyful at all.
Posted by: mikeski trump at August 29, 2024 11:38 PM (DgGvY)
That sounds pretty anti-DEI...🤪
Posted by: COMountainMarie at August 29, 2024 11:38 PM (t/dCd)
Posted by: Don Black at August 29, 2024 11:36 PM (/7KEl)
Would you expect a Democrat fag to do otherwise?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 29, 2024 11:39 PM (unvNj)
Posted by: Don Black
I see nothing!!!
Posted by: Sgt. Polis-Schultz at August 29, 2024 11:39 PM (DgGvY)
Posted by: Tonypete at August 29, 2024 11:33 PM (WXNFJ
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That new 10 speed transmission would do wonders for my old F-150.
Posted by: Braenyard at August 29, 2024 11:40 PM (OQG13)
Posted by: Nightwatch at August 29, 2024 11:40 PM (TDvv2)
Posted by: Dr. Bone at August 29, 2024 11:40 PM (XGL1u)
Posted by: garrett
I've with my buddy a few times on church oriented projects. He is Mr. Safety, but accidents happen. 10 years ago, he was taking down a 100+ ft tall tree in an urban area. Tree was limbed and he was taking it down in 6 ft chunks. As he was moving down to the next cut, his saw hanging from his belt nicked his harness. He's a big guy, 260 lbs. That's all it took. He fell nearly 80 feet. It would be easier to list what wasn't broken. He was in ICU for over a month. A year + later, he was back cutting down trees. God's grace. We celebrate it every year with a potluck.
Posted by: Sock Monkey * unburdened at August 29, 2024 11:40 PM (jC7hV)
Posted by: Nightwatch at August 29, 2024 11:42 PM (TDvv2)
Posted by: Don Black at August 29, 2024 11:42 PM (/7KEl)
Posted by: Don Black at August 29, 2024 11:36 PM (/7KEl)
Would you expect a Democrat fag to do otherwise?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
The Gov needs to embrace the Jane Byrne/Cabrini Green solution, and move into that building....
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at August 29, 2024 11:43 PM (VNX3d)
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at August 29, 2024 11:43 PM (v6JzV)
The John Denver thing was strange, the plane had been modified a bit, and had a small reserve tank switch that was moved or something like that. He wasn't sure where it was, and was occupied messing around with that inside the cabin. At the least not located in an accessible location.
Posted by: Nomenclature 2.01z at August 29, 2024 11:43 PM (eUFWN)
Democrat governor of Colorado Jared Polis dismissed outrage over a video showing what appears to be armed Venezuelan gang members in an apartment building as "imagination" despite significant evidence.
Posted by: Don Black
Nice voting, Colorado. You're doing fine.
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at August 29, 2024 11:43 PM (yKhjs)
Posted by: Don Black
Look closely at his pockets. Probably a few cash stuffed envelopes there.
Posted by: Diogenes at August 29, 2024 11:44 PM (W/lyH)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 29, 2024 11:47 PM (unvNj)
Posted by: Don Black
If I were a cop taking on folks from a third world warzone, damned sure I'd want to make up my own RoE, not one dictated to me by some jerk politician.
Posted by: Some Rat at August 29, 2024 11:47 PM (vJiyU)
When Walgreen's closed Mayor Breed said "there were too many locations anyway."
Good answer when you have slavishly devoted media.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 29, 2024 11:47 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: Nomenclature 2.01z at August 29, 2024 11:48 PM (eUFWN)
Posted by: Kindltot at August 29, 2024 11:48 PM (D7oie)
Its like an Officer is now Miss America? Which has yuge contractual obligations as to appearances for a year... uh, just why are you in the Military?
And just what the hell are they thinking their job is?
Posted by: Romeo13 at August 29, 2024 11:48 PM (xaFKb)
Posted by: Mac's Wax Ear Plugs at August 29, 2024 10:54 PM (CV8a5)
I usually wind up in the room between the elevator and the ice machine, on the side of the hotel that faces the busy railroad line.
Posted by: BillyD at August 29, 2024 11:48 PM (Yt3ED)
Kamala Harris
Last decade? Whoops; I guess Biden and Obama got thrown under the bus as well.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 29, 2024 11:49 PM (p1bWh)
Posted by: Muchas buchas at August 29, 2024 11:49 PM (3Pg9v)
I am ready to nail my colors to the mast, based 100% on what I have witnessed and analyzed. It hurts to say it because I was sure of it in 2020. But I can't fight what I see:
Trump is going to beat the cheat and win.
Posted by: ... at August 29, 2024 11:50 PM (lX8VI)
Posted by: Don Black
If I were a cop taking on folks from a third world warzone, damned sure I'd want to make up my own RoE, not one dictated to me by some jerk politician.
Posted by: Some Rat at August 29, 2024 11:47 PM (vJiyU)
And Fort Carson is about 70 miles South of there... with the 4th infantry Division, as well as Special Forces stationed there.
Posted by: Romeo13 at August 29, 2024 11:50 PM (xaFKb)
Don...don't know if you're in CO, but this is a big story here.
CO is quickly becoming CA junior. I'm lucky to be living far away from this, but it's still a concern. It's all getting out of hand...
Posted by: COMountainMarie at August 29, 2024 11:50 PM (t/dCd)
And just what the hell are they thinking their job is?
Posted by: Romeo13
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She'll make public appearance appeals for War Bonds.
Posted by: Braenyard at August 29, 2024 11:50 PM (OQG13)
Posted by: Nomenclature 2.01z at August 29, 2024 11:43 PM (eUFWN)
IIRC, Denver's plane was a Rutan designed Long EZ, a homebuilt bought from the builder, and the builder relocated the tank switch valve, for reasons sufficient unto him.
Denver ran out of fuel on the main tank, and wasted precious time trying to find the valve, instead of prepping to make a survivable water landing.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 29, 2024 11:51 PM (unvNj)
Of course they are. They bought this upon themselves and now have no means to deal with it. Sucks to be a fuck up, doesn't it?
Posted by: Notorious BFD at August 29, 2024 11:51 PM (mH6SG)
Posted by: Tonypete at August 29, 2024 10:57 PM (WXNFJ)
O negative is the universal donor, AB positive is the universal recipient
It might be able to trace the DNA through the mothers's side I guess,
Posted by: Kindltot at August 29, 2024 11:51 PM (D7oie)
Posted by: nurse ratched at August 29, 2024 11:55 PM (ie65O)
It has a number of theories as to the origin and purpose. Great for a rainy day.
Posted by: Nomenclature 2.01z at August 29, 2024 11:56 PM (eUFWN)
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Say, any thoughts Bout hot dogs? Chili?
Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 29, 2024 11:56 PM (RIvkX)
Ten year later on a job not far from my place, he hit a powerline high up in a tangle of branches.
He left a wife and 3 kids
Posted by: Nightwatch at August 29, 2024 11:57 PM (TDvv2)
Pants too short... sleeves too short... and I doubt he can button up the jackets.
Posted by: Romeo13 at August 29, 2024 11:03 PM (xaFKb)
I think the newest style is to make it fit like a latex glove.
Personally I like the look that says, "I normally wear body armor under this"
Posted by: Kindltot at August 29, 2024 11:57 PM (D7oie)
And just what the hell are they thinking their job is?
Posted by: Romeo13
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Troops are free to do what they want while off duty, on leave, etc.
Typically for programs that have a national or international stage (Olympics), troops can be given permissive TDY (think temporary duty) to participate. I suspect the Miss America woman is assigned to a nearby HQ and probably works Public Affairs or recruiting.
Posted by: Diogenes at August 29, 2024 11:57 PM (W/lyH)
I like machines that save humans from tedious labor.
Yet somehow, I am not a fan of the Egg Salad Machine.
Posted by: Pillage Idiot at August 29, 2024 11:58 PM (HlyYF)
And put dark cocoa and fish sauce in your chili.
9>>.45
Crossbow >>€longbow
Posted by: nurse ratched at August 29, 2024 11:58 PM (ie65O)
Posted by: Kindltot at August 29, 2024 11:48 PM (D7oie)
If I wanted to scorch an image into a linen shroud, I would wet the linen, wring it out a little, and place it on a marble figure, well warmed by the Sun. Those parts directly touching the marble would begin to dry, while those not in contact with the marble would remain damp. That would set a latent image in the linen, defined by moisture content. Then, I would "develop" the image by passing a red-hot iron close to the fabric, but not touching it. The dry patches would scorch, and the moist ones would steam, and not scorch.
Why would I do it? Why did people make the Piltdown Man, or the Cardiff Giant, or any one of a number of hoaxes?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 29, 2024 11:59 PM (unvNj)
They actually published the book, at a reasonable cost, so people can get it for themselves, and hopefully leave them alone. My favorite story they relayed, a fellow in prison wrote Bennecke and claimed that it was he that wrote the Voynich manuscript, and was going to pick it up in person. I'm sure the volunteer librarians were thrilled to hear that! "So .... what do we do.. Um, I mean .... I'm calling security you guys!"
Posted by: Nomenclature 2.01z at August 29, 2024 11:59 PM (eUFWN)
Posted by: nurse ratched at August 29, 2024 11:55 PM (ie65O)
You misspelled Dawgs.
Posted by: Diogenes at August 29, 2024 11:59 PM (W/lyH)
Posted by: Robert
Nah. That just means he was an adult in the 70's.
Posted by: SFGoth at August 29, 2024 11:04 PM (KAi1n)
The joke on the Jack Benny show was that Jack's powder blue suit used to be green, it was so old it faded.
Posted by: Kindltot at August 30, 2024 12:01 AM (D7oie)
Posted by: steevy at August 29, 2024 10:42 PM (HJ9BW)
156 posts before CHL reference appears? S'amatter wit u people?
Cheers from Wall SD tonight. Moving on to Mitchell and the. Corn Palace tomorrow.
Badlands NP is awesome! Saw some Big Horney Sheep munching grass by the side of the road and lotsa prairie dog colonies. Stopped by the nearby Minuteman Missile National Historic Site. Pretty good also but how can you talk nuklear war deterrence without mentioning the role of DSP and the 45th SW? Wall Drug is a must- see but frankly reminded me of South of the Border (I-95 at the NC/SC line)
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at August 30, 2024 12:02 AM (nbVS7)
Posted by: Nightwatch at August 29, 2024 11:40 PM (TDvv2)
"martial" law.
Posted by: Grammer Nazi at August 30, 2024 12:02 AM (Yt3ED)
Posted by: nurse ratched at August 30, 2024 12:03 AM (ie65O)
Posted by: Mac's Wax Ear Plugs at August 29, 2024 10:54 PM (CV8a5)
I usually wind up in the room between the elevator and the ice machine, on the side of the hotel that faces the busy railroad line.
Posted by: BillyD at August 29, 2024 11:48 PM (Yt3ED)
Sawmill steam whistles, trains, dripping faucets, pigs squealing, screech owls, you name it.
Posted by: Vincent LaGuardia Gambino at August 30, 2024 12:03 AM (Aqu9a)
Yeah I have never really thought about what she looks.like. I know something about historical aircraft myself and I can tell she REALLY knows her stuff. That's what has impressed me.
Posted by: azjaeger at August 30, 2024 12:03 AM (3/XaG)
Posted by: nurse ratched at August 30, 2024 12:04 AM (ie65O)
“Why’d you do this to me. You ruin my life over a ruined day, you upped the anti, I’m just a kid and you ruined my life. Too far,” the boy added.
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The correct course of action would have been to have a solemn interview with Milk Boy, tell him the matter is under investigation, and then when he steps outside, introduce the women that he drenched with milk, who then throw milk on him. Then, inform him he's expelled (not suspended), and he can wait at the curb in his milk-soaked clothing while his belongings are carried down in cardboard boxes. And if he whines or complains, tell him he can't take a joke. And throw more milk on hm.
Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at August 30, 2024 12:05 AM (uz6ub)
Start a rumor that its possible to see if you are related to the face in the Shroud. They will make millions.
Posted by: Diogenes at August 30, 2024 12:06 AM (W/lyH)
Posted by: PabloD at August 30, 2024 12:06 AM (EAwIa)
The Gov needs to embrace the Jane Byrne/Cabrini Green solution, and move into that building....
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at August 29, 2024 11:43 PM (VNX3d)
I'd prefer the Wilson Goode / Philadelphia solution.
Posted by: BillyD at August 30, 2024 12:06 AM (Yt3ED)
Agree. However, if you can master a longbow, aiming with a crossbow gets pretty easy. My personal opinion of course....
Posted by: COMountainMarie at August 30, 2024 12:06 AM (t/dCd)
Posted by: Some Rat
Per the state of Washington...“may only be used for participation in club activities, exhibitions, tours, parades, and occasional pleasure driving ". Occasionally is a somewhat subjective word. One of us has at times, driven the CJ5 occasionally every day. We have 3 other vehicles so that hasn't happened very often. It's a summer time, head to the woods rig. I give that law the same amount of respect our Governor gave the referendum limiting annual vehicle registration fees.
Posted by: Sock Monkey * unburdened at August 30, 2024 12:07 AM (jC7hV)
Oh my good man,
I used to visit the "Camera Obscura" which was situated just next to The Cliff House next to the ruins of the Sutro Baths in San Francisco back in the day. It was a very cool looking down at this large polished disk within the dark chamber and seeing the beach outside as the camera rotated up along the coast.
Posted by: Nightwatch at August 30, 2024 12:07 AM (TDvv2)
I did a little rabbit-hole diving into Foreigner last night. For nostalgia sake, I guess. Never really cared too much about Foreigner to follow all the drama with Lou Gramm, etc. But it is interesting that Mick Jones went through band members like toilet paper, but, after 50 years, his band is still active today.
Posted by: Soothsayer at August 30, 2024 12:07 AM (Q20qm)
Also: in my travels on youtube, I ran across a good cover band called Lexington Lab Band. Are they good? I think so.
Them doing a live cover of Carry On Wayward Son:
https://youtu.be/QKxUEynmneI?si=O0iz4bgaz897a047
Posted by: Soothsayer at August 30, 2024 12:10 AM (Q20qm)
Posted by: BillyD at August 30, 2024 12:06 AM (Yt3ED)
The kicker is, there are still some legitimate tenants in the building, who are to all intents and purposes now hostages.
If you could get all the legit tenants out, than back up to the HVAC air input with a truckload of chlorine, and open the valve.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 30, 2024 12:10 AM (unvNj)
LLB's cover of "I've Been Waiting For A Girl Like You"
https://youtu.be/ZgiIFBgJ-lM?si=BKcBK1cpNIShUdzJ&t=68
If you look through their index, they cover a shitload of songs, and do a right proper job at it.
Posted by: Soothsayer at August 30, 2024 12:12 AM (Q20qm)
Then: Obviously there is no increase in prices anyone claiming otherwise is a lying NAZI
A little later: Of course prices have gone up. This is a sign Bidenomics is working. You should really thank him.
Now: Of course prices have gone up. All the companies in America got greedy at the same time. And we have to re-elect Kamala Harris so she'll make the companies stop being greedy. Unlike now.
Posted by: 18-1 at August 30, 2024 12:13 AM (oZhjI)
It has a number of theories as to the origin and purpose. Great for a rainy day.
Posted by: Nomenclature 2.01z at August 29, 2024 11:56 PM (eUFWN)
Last I heard was that cryptanalysis indicates that there's no information there, and the text is just random junk. I'm not sure how that was determined, since a good cypher turns real plaintext into unstructured, completely random looking junk.
Best guess is that Voynich himself created it, and made up the story of how he came to possess it. There's really no provenience for it, other that what Voynich claimed.
Posted by: BillyD at August 30, 2024 12:14 AM (Yt3ED)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at August 30, 2024 12:15 AM (63Dwl)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 29, 2024 11:06 PM (unvNj)
"Tell me about it "...'Zombie Kobe'
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at August 30, 2024 12:15 AM (nbVS7)
A band called Lakoya, California put out an album called "some cases of that happening"
Probably didn't get much air time.
Posted by: Kindltot at August 30, 2024 12:16 AM (D7oie)
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue
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This is about me, isn't it?
Posted by: Pedro at August 30, 2024 12:17 AM (XeU6L)
First: Of course this inflation is terrible. Its President Trump's fault obviously.
Then: Obviously there is no increase in prices anyone claiming otherwise is a lying NAZI
A little later: Of course prices have gone up. This is a sign Bidenomics is working. You should really thank him.
Now: Of course prices have gone up. All the companies in America got greedy at the same time. And we have to re-elect Kamala Harris so she'll make the companies stop being greedy. Unlike now.
Posted by: 18-1
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This dishonest kitchen-sink-disinformation approach works for the Democrats! What Democrats offer here is a MENU: Pick whichever helps you cope and go with it.
Posted by: Soothsayer at August 30, 2024 12:18 AM (Q20qm)
Last I heard was that cryptanalysis indicates that there's no information there, and the text is just random junk. I'm not sure how that was determined, since a good cypher turns real plaintext into unstructured, completely random looking junk.
My memory is the argument is that the language has less variation then real languages do.
That makes a few assumption about what kind of encryption is actually used and what the text is supposed to say. For example if it was a group of even lightly encrypted mantras you'd expect a fairly low level of character variation.
Their is a history of the book going back to the 1600s and the paper itself dates to the 1400s so I think it is reasonable to assume the book itself is old, even if in the end it is a fake of some sort. Oh and if you find the Voynich story interesting how about this next one...
Posted by: 18-1 at August 30, 2024 12:18 AM (oZhjI)
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at August 30, 2024 12:19 AM (Sgq8y)
I like the cut o' your jib😉
Posted by: COMountainMarie at August 30, 2024 12:19 AM (t/dCd)
Posted by: Nightwatch at August 30, 2024 12:19 AM (TDvv2)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 30, 2024 12:19 AM (unvNj)
But not being a code-breaker I can't say, other than that it seems weird they couldn't determine it was nonsense way back in the 40s thru the 60s. They unleashed some pretty high power people on it, and probably computer time at some point. Brainiacs like a good challenge, I think.
Posted by: Nomenclature 2.01z at August 30, 2024 12:22 AM (eUFWN)
I remember when he passed
I remember how much you loved him.
Peace be with you, lady.
Posted by: nurse ratched at August 30, 2024 12:23 AM (ie65O)
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at August 30, 2024 12:19 AM (Sgq8y)
Condolences, Debby. May his memory be a blessing. (sips rum)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 30, 2024 12:23 AM (unvNj)
You know know I'm always imbibing.
But for your late Hub, I'm popping a cork on another bottle just for him...
Cheers!
Posted by: Nightwatch at August 30, 2024 12:23 AM (TDvv2)
As I like to say sometimes. We live in an asylum.
Posted by: ... at August 30, 2024 12:23 AM (lX8VI)
Can't really imbibe anymore but I'll do it when I take my pain pill.
I'm sorry Deb. Always good to see you. Every time. Without fail. Although I don't always say it.
Posted by: ... at August 30, 2024 12:25 AM (lX8VI)
Posted by: Thomas Bender
I hate dropping trees and I always have, however unless you have a leaner, it is the direction of the open cut that directs the fall, and the back cut is put in so you can use a wedge to get it to go over. Your saw has a line on the body that helps you "aim" it. The prior small woodlands association President used to bet he could crush a pop can with the trees he dropped.
(he died when a dead top of a tree he was falling fell on him and killed him instantly, there is a reason I hate falling trees)
this is the first of a series of videos on tree falling course from BC - the first are history and stretching so you can skip ahead
BC Faller Training Standard - Introduction (1 of 17)
youtu.be/i2Aktms_4Pg
Posted by: Kindltot at August 30, 2024 12:25 AM (D7oie)
Posted by: Muchas buchas at August 29, 2024 11
Who was the female country singer who died in a plane crash? I believe she sang I Fall to Pieces
Posted by: Northernlurker , wondering where his phone is at August 30, 2024 12:26 AM (FfSAJ)
My heart to you darlin! For me it's been 6 vears, but I still feel like it was yesterday.
Always hold the memories close, and thank God for the time you had.
*Raising my glass*
Posted by: COMountainMarie at August 30, 2024 12:26 AM (t/dCd)
Their is a history of the book going back to the 1600s and the paper itself dates to the 1400s so I think it is reasonable to assume the book itself is old, even if in the end it is a fake of some sort. Oh and if you find the Voynich story interesting how about this next one...
Posted by: 18-1 at August 30, 2024 12:18 AM (oZhjI)
But the history back to the 1600's is vague and not at all specific to this book. The "Voynich created it himself" theory is partially based on the fact that he spent a lifetime collecting old books and documents, and likely came into possession of old blank pages, which he used to create the manuscript.
Posted by: BillyD at August 30, 2024 12:26 AM (Yt3ED)
Posted by: Diogenes at August 30, 2024 12:27 AM (W/lyH)
Posted by: ... at August 30, 2024 12:29 AM (lX8VI)
Debby,
Sorry about your husband's passing. I know you've had a tough go about it for a long time with his illness.
Posted by: Soothsayer at August 30, 2024 12:29 AM (Q20qm)
But not being a code-breaker I can't say, other than that it seems weird they couldn't determine it was nonsense way back in the 40s thru the 60s. They unleashed some pretty high power people on it, and probably computer time at some point. Brainiacs like a good challenge, I think.
Posted by: Nomenclature 2.01z at August 30, 2024 12:22 AM (eUFWN)
I have seen illustrations of the Voynich manuscript, and it seems to be an "herbal", meaning a treatise on the use of certain plants. I wonder if perhaps he got hold of a real herbal, written in Chinese of Japanese, and transliterated the ideographs into an imaginary "alphabet"? That would make any attempt to "decode" it a failure, if the code-breaker assumed the Voynich symbols represented letters in any European language.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 30, 2024 12:30 AM (unvNj)
Who was the female country singer who died in a plane crash? I believe she sang I Fall to Pieces
Posted by: Northernlurker
The Big Bopper?
Posted by: Soothsayer at August 30, 2024 12:30 AM (Q20qm)
Unfortunately, it actually belonged to some bloke named Brian, who happened to live during that period of time. Per family, he was "a very naughty boy".
Posted by: Another Anon at August 30, 2024 12:30 AM (QNMaY)
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Serbia?
Posted by: Braenyard at August 30, 2024 12:31 AM (OQG13)
Posted by: Kindltot at August 30, 2024 12:31 AM (D7oie)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
Hmmmm. Never seen that done. The only helicopter logging I'm familiar with is where helicopters are used to transport the logs out of inaccessible areas.
Posted by: Sock Monkey * unburdened at August 30, 2024 12:31 AM (jC7hV)
Posted by: Northernlurker , wondering where his phone is at August 30, 2024 12:26 AM (FfSAJ)
That was Patsy Cline. A great talent, lost.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 30, 2024 12:31 AM (unvNj)
The writings to seem to come from Tuscany...which makes sense for Etruscan writing and the time frame is right though right at the end of Etruscan independence from Rome.
But the really odd part is the book made its way to...Alexandria Egypt where it was used to wrap a mummy. And it was found still wrapped around that mummy in the 1800s by Europeans.
Posted by: 18-1 at August 30, 2024 12:31 AM (oZhjI)
Posted by: gourmand du jour at August 30, 2024 12:31 AM (MeG8a)
Posted by: Northernlurker , wondering where his phone is at August 29, 2024 11:08 PM (FfSAJ)
Pro tip from David Warther of the famous Swiss carving family. He showed me the brass rail at his workstation (like at a bar), and explained that by alternating your feet on a rail like that you can stand all day. I think it was 6-8" from the ground. A wooden block would serve the same purpose.
Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at August 30, 2024 12:31 AM (w6EFb)
Posted by: PabloD at August 30, 2024 12:06 AM (EAwIa)
We went to the evening lighting program. Very patriotic, mostly non-woke. Agree a must see. Deadwood was fun too.
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at August 30, 2024 12:32 AM (nbVS7)
Remember that infant formula shortage? How mothers had problems feeding their babies? Literal babies, newborns, because there just wasn't any formula to be bought?
I don't remember the prices being high. Just that there wasn't any to be bought. Maybe there was a black market of the stuff, but they probably spent more effort cracking down on those than they did getting the bureaucrats out of the way and get the factories making it again.
This wasn't long ago, either. 2022? When did it actually end?
Posted by: Another Anon at August 30, 2024 12:34 AM (QNMaY)
Posted by: Nomenclature 2.01z at August 30, 2024 12:34 AM (eUFWN)
Not sure if Old Mama even knew.
Sorry to be a Debbie Downer.
Thoughts and prayers are much appreciated.
Posted by: Miklos at August 30, 2024 12:34 AM (lSyD7)
Posted by: Soothsayer at August 30, 2024 12:35 AM (Q20qm)
🥲 Thanks!...
Give the love to DDS...this is still fresh for that girl...
The Horde is so wonderful!
Posted by: COMountainMarie at August 30, 2024 12:36 AM (t/dCd)
Think about it.
Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at August 30, 2024 12:36 AM (w6EFb)
Not sure if Old Mama even knew.
Sorry to be a Debbie Downer.
Thoughts and prayers are much appreciated.
Posted by: Miklos at August 30, 2024 12:34 AM (lSyD7)
She may not have expressed it, but I'll bet you she knew, and was happy to have the pup with her.
It is a tough row to hoe, my friend. Be strong.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 30, 2024 12:37 AM (unvNj)
Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at August 30, 2024 12:37 AM (w6EFb)
The writings to seem to come from Tuscany...which makes sense for Etruscan writing and the time frame is right though right at the end of Etruscan independence from Rome.
But the really odd part is the book made its way to...Alexandria Egypt where it was used to wrap a mummy. And it was found still wrapped around that mummy in the 1800s by Europeans.
Posted by: 18-1 at August 30, 2024 12:31 AM (oZhjI)
Interesting, I'd never heard of that. I always think of Egyptian mummies as being much older that that, like ancient Egypt, pyramid era.
Posted by: BillyD at August 30, 2024 12:37 AM (Yt3ED)
Posted by: Braenyard at August 30, 2024 12:39 AM (OQG13)
Posted by: Miklos
Old Mama and all your family has my prayers Miklos. May find some comfort in this difficult time. Lord give our friend and his mama strength, comfort and peace.
Posted by: Sock Monkey * unburdened at August 30, 2024 12:41 AM (jC7hV)
This comment reminded me of the nonsense about the letter to Kamala from “Tucker”. It looked hand written, but Tucker Carlson was making fun of it, and someone ran the text through some analyzing software and it can back as 100% AI generated.
Posted by: Tom Servo at August 30, 2024 12:41 AM (S6gqv)
Who was the female country singer who died in a plane crash? I believe she sang I Fall to Pieces
Posted by: Northernlurker
The Big Bopper?
Posted by: Soothsayer at August 30, 2024 12:30 AM (Q20qm)
That's what I call Michelle...
Posted by: B. Obuma at August 30, 2024 12:43 AM (xaFKb)
You know you have lots of Horde prayers.
My best to you and Old Mama. Hopefully she's had a long and very satisfying life🥰
Posted by: COMountainMarie at August 30, 2024 12:43 AM (t/dCd)
Egypt's history is ridiculously long.
When the Ptolemies took Egypt they mostly adopted local religion and it did pay off since they had a more secure rule over their part of Alexander's empire then any of his other generals did only ending at the hands of the Romans...
Posted by: 18-1 at August 30, 2024 12:45 AM (oZhjI)
Not sure if Old Mama even knew.
Sorry to be a Debbie Downer.
Thoughts and prayers are much appreciated.
Posted by: Miklos at August 30, 2024 12:34 AM (lSyD7)
Prayers up, brother Micky. Had a phone call with my brother today, who is dying from stomach cancer. Became terminal back in April and has since declined to the point where he craves death now.
I could sense the physical effort it took him to push out every word. I told him that I would pray he's granted an easy death. He appreciated that. Might have been the last words I get to speak to him in this life..
Posted by: Joe Kidd at August 30, 2024 12:45 AM (t7Bqe)
Posted by: Miklos
My thoughts are with you during this sad time. So sorry for you and mama.
Posted by: Tuna at August 30, 2024 12:46 AM (oaGWv)
Condolences to DDS and CoMM on your losses, my s-i-l experienced same in 2022 and we all still feel his absence, and words of strength to dear Miklos who always amuses us so with his ever-changing nics
Hope I got this right....
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at August 30, 2024 12:47 AM (nbVS7)
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz
I wasn't, but this is an excellent reason to do so.
* wanders off, returns with a bit of Dalmore 18 *
To his memory, and your health.
Posted by: mikeski at August 30, 2024 12:47 AM (DgGvY)
Posted by: Northernlurker , wondering where his phone is at August 30, 2024 12:48 AM (FfSAJ)
I figure 86 is a decent run. The good thing about being Christian, is that you don't die, you just go home.
Posted by: Miklos at August 30, 2024 12:48 AM (lSyD7)
Posted by: Neil Patrick Harris at August 30, 2024 12:49 AM (qcvs8)
Posted by: Tuna at August 30, 2024 12:49 AM (oaGWv)
Posted by: ... at August 30, 2024 12:49 AM (lX8VI)
Posted by: mikeski at August 30, 2024 12:49 AM (DgGvY)
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz
Done and done
Posted by: Miklos at August 30, 2024 12:51 AM (lSyD7)
Indeed, Miklos.
And I'm not the type who likes poems or finds comfort in songs, but I do find this one nice to listen to when needed:
If Tomorrow Starts Without Me
https://youtu.be/8YMJcIvpUlc?si=hy0Z9N9BoUSW6CDW
Posted by: Soothsayer at August 30, 2024 12:51 AM (Q20qm)
If you want to get the tree out without felling it, you could use helicopter logging. Expensive, but quite safe.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 29, 2024 11:47 PM (unvNj)
Helicopter logging is done for zero compaction reasons and to avoid erosion on the steeper hills. Bohemia had tried using blimps in the Coast Range where it is up and down and has heavy rains, but that was not a good solution for them.
One of the local bird sanctuaries had a bright colored Chinook pulling logs out a couple of years ago. I think that was for federal jackassery though
Posted by: Kindltot at August 30, 2024 12:51 AM (D7oie)
Posted by: Miklos at August 30, 2024 12:48 AM (lSyD7)
The Lord has indeed prepared a room for us. No sadness. No sorrow. No trouble.
Posted by: ... at August 30, 2024 12:52 AM (lX8VI)
Posted by: Miklos joins mutual drinking prayer circle at August 30, 2024 12:52 AM (lSyD7)
I'm down for something lit.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia
Democratic Underground Transmissions
I search for his posts by "DU T"
Posted by: SFGoth at August 30, 2024 12:52 AM (KAi1n)
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz
Will do. Drink to his memory.
Posted by: Tuna at August 30, 2024 12:53 AM (oaGWv)
Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at August 30, 2024 12:53 AM (w6EFb)
Some of it didn't go according to plan.
Posted by: gourmand du jour at August 30, 2024 12:54 AM (MeG8a)
Posted by: Nomenclature 2.01z at August 29, 2024 11:56 PM (eUFWN)
this one fascinates me, if you are interested in the alternative theories, look up Vynich Manuscript and "cardan grille" for how it might have been created if it were a hoax
Posted by: Kindltot at August 30, 2024 12:55 AM (D7oie)
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But what if I wear an all-white outfit after Labor Day?
/My old, gay friends hardest hit ...
Posted by: ShainS -- Kommie-la 2024: The Fundamental Transtarvation of America! at August 30, 2024 12:56 AM (WlJra)
Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at August 30, 2024 12:56 AM (w6EFb)
Be well DDS, Miklos, and all who are dealing with hurt in your lives. After all, we always have each other....
I love you guys!❤
Posted by: COMountainMarie at August 30, 2024 12:57 AM (t/dCd)
Last I heard was that cryptanalysis indicates that there's no information there, and the text is just random junk. I'm not sure how that was determined, since a good cypher turns real plaintext into unstructured, completely random looking junk.
- - - -- -
Lorem Ipsum (but in a language other than Latin)
Posted by: As not seen on TV at August 30, 2024 12:57 AM (ZVtzx)
Posted by: Miklos
Victory is a certainty in our last battle here on earth.
Posted by: Sock Monkey * unburdened at August 30, 2024 12:57 AM (jC7hV)
Thanks Horde, I am good now. You are such very nice people.
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at August 30, 2024 12:57 AM (Sgq8y)
Old Mama's aunts lived to about or past 100 years.
Somehow, with all this new medical stuff, her generation have been dying about 10 years younger than the previous.
Maybe RFK Jr is on to something.
Posted by: Miklos has questions at August 30, 2024 12:57 AM (lSyD7)
Looks like I've got a LOT of drinkin' to do here, tonight.
Prayerful Condolences to all, as mentioned above. And, I mean that, sincerely.
*salute*
Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX
Posted by: Jim at August 30, 2024 12:57 AM (kQgoX)
—
Democrat politicians know this is retarded. But they also know their voters are retarded and believe it will work.
Posted by: Write it off Jerry at August 30, 2024 12:58 AM (a7MSh)
Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at August 30, 2024 12:53 AM (w6EFb)
Thanks. I think I could try that
Posted by: Northernlurker , wondering where his phone is at August 30, 2024 12:59 AM (FfSAJ)
Thanks Horde, I am good now. You are such very nice people.
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz
*will buy lottery ticket tomorrow*
Posted by: Miklos has tghe same chances as everybody at August 30, 2024 12:59 AM (lSyD7)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at August 30, 2024 12:59 AM (63Dwl)
Posted by: ShainS -- Kommie-la 2024: The Fundamental Transtarvation of America! at August 30, 2024 12:56 AM (WlJra)
My old gay ex-friends have been hit very hard. I found a photo on FB from the past year and they look like hell. Heart attacks en route.
San Francisco will do that to you.
Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at August 30, 2024 01:00 AM (w6EFb)
Some of it didn't go according to plan.
Posted by: gourmand du jour at August 30, 2024 12:54 AM (MeG8a)
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Damn, brings back memories of driving Irvine Road (in Irvine, Califzuela of course) at night -- and the smell of YUGE eucalyptus trees -- which had been imported years prior and planted in long lines to block the Santa Ana winds from damaging the crops being grown back in the day.
Good times good times ... back before half the world went clinically insane. * Paging Zombie Art Bell, please pick up the white privilege courtesy phone ... *
Posted by: ShainS -- Kommie-la 2024: The Fundamental Transtarvation of America! at August 30, 2024 01:01 AM (WlJra)
*salute*
Jim
I will consider this as justification two pour three moar fingers-worth
Posted by: Miklos will now self medicate at August 30, 2024 01:01 AM (lSyD7)
Some of it didn't go according to plan.
Posted by: gourmand du jour at August 30, 2024 12:54 AM (MeG8a)
If you are doing it right, you scale the tree, and calculate its volume, and multiply by the known density of the wood species to get the weight of the log. If that's not comfortably within the hook load capacity of the helicopter, get a bigger helicopter.
It's an option that can be used where simple felling is impossible. It's going to be expensive.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 30, 2024 01:02 AM (unvNj)
Posted by: Nightwatch at August 30, 2024 12:07 AM (TDvv2)
I worked at a shop that had a couple of conex boxes for storage out back, one of them had forklift damage (because it was a welding shop, you see) and had a puncture in the wall, it would show the image of the field and trees upside down on the opposite wall from the "pinhole" aperture being just right for projection on the other wall.
Of course it was always about 150 in there, and no one wanted to be in there with the doors shut since some prick would lock you in like as not.
Posted by: Kindltot at August 30, 2024 01:02 AM (D7oie)
San Francisco will do that to you.
Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at August 30, 2024 01:00 AM (w6EFb)
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I worked in downtown Oakland back in '89, and most of my old, gay friends -- sadly, part of the "scene" -- died rather quickly from HIV & AIDS.
We hardly knew ye ...
Posted by: ShainS -- Kommie-la 2024: The Fundamental Transtarvation of America! at August 30, 2024 01:04 AM (WlJra)
From West of the Rockies....
Posted by: Art Bell's bartender at August 30, 2024 01:04 AM (lSyD7)
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at August 30, 2024 12:19 AM (Sgq8y)
I will, And thank you for your advice on my brother.
Posted by: Kindltot at August 30, 2024 01:04 AM (D7oie)
You can't even turn it into lumber. The only thing it is good for is demolishing a car when a drunk crashes into it.
Posted by: gourmand du jour at August 30, 2024 01:04 AM (MeG8a)
Posted by: LizLem at August 30, 2024 01:04 AM (6rjYj)
Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at August 30, 2024 01:06 AM (w6EFb)
Posted by: LizLem
Thank you.
I bet Debbie would too, but even the nicest Dobermans have paw/keyboard issues.
Posted by: Miklos consults Miss Dixie at August 30, 2024 01:08 AM (lSyD7)
I love how normal 29+ers would just call this "zoning out" back in the day. New generations always have to reinvent things that don't need reinventing.
Posted by: LizLem at August 30, 2024 01:08 AM (6rjYj)
We hardly knew ye ...
Posted by: ShainS -- Kommie-la 2024: The Fundamental Transtarvation of America! at August 30, 2024 01:04 AM (WlJra)
One of the two was extremely promiscuous. Claims his Polish extraction makes him AIDs-proof. I dunno, but he certainly doesn't have wasting disease.
I'm sure he's vaxxed to the gills though. Typical left, if there's virtue to be had through signalling, he's there.
Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at August 30, 2024 01:08 AM (w6EFb)
Posted by: ... at August 30, 2024 01:09 AM (lX8VI)
It's an option that can be used where simple felling is impossible. It's going to be expensive.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
After your first post, based on the fact that it was you, I assumed I was probably uninformed. I went down the rabbit hole. That is some insane stuff. They did bore samples to calculate the density. Both videos I watched used twin rotar helicopters. I don't think expensive covers it.
Posted by: Sock Monkey * unburdened at August 30, 2024 01:09 AM (jC7hV)
You can't even turn it into lumber. The only thing it is good for is demolishing a car when a drunk crashes into it.
Posted by: gourmand du jour
It doesn't even make good whacking sticks for Whacking Day? D'oh!
Posted by: mikeski simpson at August 30, 2024 01:09 AM (DgGvY)
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Lorem Ipsum (but in a language other than Latin)
Posted by: As not seen on TV at August 30, 2024 12:57 AM (ZVtzx)
I am disappointed that my theory of the Voynich being a "transliteration" of Chinese or Japanese ideograms has been ignored. Cryptoanalysis sort of assumes the code is an encryption of some phonetic alphabet. But if the en clair text being encrypted is ideographs, then the standard cryptoanalytic techniques may not work.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 30, 2024 01:09 AM (unvNj)
Posted by: Miklos at August 30, 2024 12:48 AM (lSyD7)
The Lord has indeed prepared a room for us. No sadness. No sorrow. No trouble.
Posted by: ... at August 30, 2024 12:52 AM (lX8VI)
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Your middle name will always be "trouble" to me.
Great to see you, as always ...
Posted by: ShainS -- Kommie-la 2024: The Fundamental Transtarvation of America! at August 30, 2024 01:10 AM (WlJra)
These young people. Much ado about nothing.
Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at August 30, 2024 01:12 AM (w6EFb)
And one day Romney comes out with some benign plan or other that was supposed to help something. And fag Obama comes out the next day and says "That money is not being saved, it is taxpayer money, and spending that money hurts the taxpayers."
And it was like, "oh so you DO understand what so-called government money and spending is". And of course I knew all along he knew. Or the people pulling his strings did. All they do is lie.
Posted by: ... at August 30, 2024 01:12 AM (lX8VI)
Or something. She's ready for her close-up.
Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at August 30, 2024 01:13 AM (w6EFb)
Posted by: Sock Monkey * unburdened at August 30, 2024 01:09 AM (jC7hV)
I think a Bell Jet Ranger can lift 1200 pounds on the hook. Might be wrong, but not over a ton, for sure.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 30, 2024 01:13 AM (unvNj)
Great to see you, as always ...
Posted by: ShainS -- Kommie-la 2024: The Fundamental Transtarvation of America! at August 30, 2024 01:10 AM (WlJra)
LMAO my one true brother from another
Posted by: ... at August 30, 2024 01:13 AM (lX8VI)
Posted by: Miley, okravangelist
Old Papa had pancreatic cancer.
Old Mama has pancreatic cancer.
Pancreatic cancer is about 4% of cancer cases, and BOTH?
What are the odds? Oh, Old Mama was vaxxed and boosted.
Posted by: Miklos has a few questions at August 30, 2024 01:14 AM (lSyD7)
Posted by: As not seen on TV at August 30, 2024 12:57 AM (ZVtzx)
I used to have the Lorem Ipsum as my header statement on my email, white on white in size 2 font so it was invisible when the email was opened, but the initial quote from it that shows up in the inbox of the recipient would show that and not any potentially non-disclosable information.
It confused people and eventually it was suggested that I stop doing whatever I was doing.
Funny as Hell though.
Posted by: Kindltot at August 30, 2024 01:14 AM (D7oie)
Posted by: ShainS -- Kommie-la 2024: The Fundamental Transtarvation of America! at August 30, 2024 01:14 AM (WlJra)
One thing eucalyptus are good for, though, is as exploding firebombs during wildfires. Very dry, very oil-rich (drought tolerant adaptations). The obnoxious Mexican fan palms, otherwise infamous as rat nest penthouses, also blow up nicely in fires, but I think the eucalyptus are more spectacular and dangerous.
Posted by: rhomboid at August 30, 2024 01:14 AM (GcNJ2)
Or something. She's ready for her close-up.
Posted by: Miley, okravangelist
heh
Posted by: Miklos sees apropos at August 30, 2024 01:15 AM (lSyD7)
Or something. She's ready for her close-up.
Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at August 30, 2024 01:13 AM (w6EFb)
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"I'm Good Enough, I'm Smart Enough, and Doggone It, People Hate Me!"
Posted by: ShainS -- Kommie-la 2024: The Fundamental Transtarvation of America! at August 30, 2024 01:17 AM (WlJra)
These young people. Much ado about nothing.
Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at August 30, 2024 01:12 AM (w6EFb)
I always thought it sounded like something that would teach you to yodel.
Posted by: Kindltot at August 30, 2024 01:18 AM (D7oie)
Posted by: Northernlurker , wondering where his phone is at August 30, 2024 01:18 AM (FfSAJ)
One thing eucalyptus are good for, though, is as exploding firebombs during wildfires. Very dry, very oil-rich (drought tolerant adaptations). The obnoxious Mexican fan palms, otherwise infamous as rat nest penthouses, also blow up nicely in fires, but I think the eucalyptus are more spectacular and dangerous.
Posted by: rhomboid at August 30, 2024 01:14 AM (GcNJ2)
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Good points (I'd forgotten about their wildfire risks) and always great to see you, rhomboid.
Posted by: ShainS -- Kommie-la 2024: The Fundamental Transtarvation of America! at August 30, 2024 01:18 AM (WlJra)
In general I don't agree with many things as regards CA ecological policies but getting rid of these is an imperative.
It was a very bad idea to begin with.
Now, if they would only apply the same common sense to bug infested trees which will become alight at the slightest provocation...
Posted by: gourmand du jour at August 30, 2024 01:19 AM (MeG8a)
Posted by: Miley, okravangelist
I have that downloaded on my phone. I've been piecing through it slowly., generally on mornings that start too early. Those have been happening too frequently lately. It may take awhile to finish. Nothing so far has suprised me.
Posted by: Sock Monkey * unburdened at August 30, 2024 01:20 AM (jC7hV)
Posted by: Northernlurker , wondering where his phone is at August 30, 2024 01:18 AM (FfSAJ)
Caro Emerald, Ivy Levan, Gin Wigmore.
Posted by: Kindltot at August 30, 2024 01:20 AM (D7oie)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 30, 2024 01:13 AM (unvNj)
I saw a video of some guy hauling loads of gold ore via helicopter from a difficult-to-access dig on a hillside.
Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at August 30, 2024 01:22 AM (w6EFb)
In general I don't agree with many things as regards CA ecological policies but getting rid of these is an imperative.
It was a very bad idea to begin with.
Now, if they would only apply the same common sense to bug infested trees which will become alight at the slightest provocation...
Posted by: gourmand du jour at August 30, 2024 01:19 AM (MeG8a)
Does eucalyptus grow rapidly? If it does, maybe plant large plantations of it use as fuel for power plants. It would be "carbon neutral" at least. Given Kalistan's horror of fossil fuel and nukes, it might be a winner. There.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 30, 2024 01:22 AM (unvNj)
Eucalyptus can be quite beautiful, and they're part of the "look" for so much of SoCal, especially the more scenic developed areas.
Many golf courses, esp. public ones, have quite a few of them, where they look marvelous. But the damn shedding bark renders a huge radius around them, even on nicely trimmed grass, an impossible place to find your ball.
Posted by: rhomboid at August 30, 2024 01:22 AM (GcNJ2)
So, you are saying there is a chance.
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at August 30, 2024 01:24 AM (yKhjs)
Posted by: Northernlurker , wondering where his phone is at August 30, 2024 01:18 AM (FfSAJ)
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Rear Admiral Richard Levine. Have you ever heard him squeal like a pig?
Posted by: ShainS -- Kommie-la 2024: The Fundamental Transtarvation of America! at August 30, 2024 01:24 AM (WlJra)
Posted by: Northernlurker , wondering where his phone is at August 30, 2024 01:18 AM (FfSAJ)
Joking aside, Haley Reinhart, but unlike Taylor she doesn't want to be owned and refuses to be on a label. That kind of thinking only makes me like her more. Plus the woman hugged me. And I mean a serious hug and held it. I didn't want to be more of a creep than I already am so I was ready for a quick embrace and done. She held it *and* gave me a peck.
My God she is something else. I may be a loser but I'm a loser who got a really nice hug from Haley.
Posted by: ... at August 30, 2024 01:24 AM (lX8VI)
Posted by: Kindltot at August 30, 2024 01:25 AM (D7oie)
Posted by: Kindltot at August 30, 2024 01:26 AM (D7oie)
Posted by: ShainS
He became a Senator, you know
Posted by: Miklos thinks Minnesota is not sending its best at August 30, 2024 01:27 AM (lSyD7)
Been looking for you for some months now although I hardly venture in the ONT anymore if that's where you are. Glad you're kickin, miss your thoughts on things.
Posted by: ... at August 30, 2024 01:28 AM (lX8VI)
Eucalyptus can be quite beautiful, and they're part of the "look" for so much of SoCal, especially the more scenic developed areas.
Many golf courses, esp. public ones, have quite a few of them, where they look marvelous. But the damn shedding bark renders a huge radius around them, even on nicely trimmed grass, an impossible place to find your ball.
Posted by: rhomboid at August 30, 2024 01:22 AM (GcNJ2)
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Wifey and I were married at Califia Park (just north of San Clemente State Park) overlooking the Pacific at Sunset in 2004.
We subsequently played a round of golf at the San Clemente Municipal Golf Course (great views, and I lost all my balls).
Posted by: ShainS -- Kommie-la 2024: The Fundamental Transtarvation of America! at August 30, 2024 01:28 AM (WlJra)
Posted by: Kindltot
Pamplemousse is a district of the island nation of Mauritius.
Posted by: Miklos had a Kollidge roomate from there at August 30, 2024 01:29 AM (lSyD7)
Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at August 30, 2024 01:22 AM (w6EFb)
High-grade metal ore of any metal other than iron would probably be a paying proposition to haul by chopper off a mountain. I was involved with a friend who had staked a mountain top near Terrace, B.C. that has a ledge of massive sulfide ore, mostly copper with some silver and gold values. The scree slopes there are studded with football-size boulder of this stuff. You could gather it up into cargo nets, and fly it a mile downslope to the road, and drop it off, say a thousand pounds at a go. If it were 35% copper, at today's prices, that would pay $1400 per load.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 30, 2024 01:30 AM (unvNj)
Posted by: Miklos thinks Minnesota is not sending its best at August 30, 2024 01:27 AM (lSyD7)
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Not the first man ruined by a pair of tits.
Posted by: ShainS -- Kommie-la 2024: The Fundamental Transtarvation of America! at August 30, 2024 01:30 AM (WlJra)
Or something. She's ready for her close-up.
Posted by: Miley, okravangelist
heh
Posted by: Miklos sees apropos
Old timey camera with extending boxing glove, ready to go.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at August 30, 2024 01:30 AM (VNX3d)
Posted by: Miklos will now pour another three fingers at August 30, 2024 01:31 AM (lSyD7)
Posted by: Northernlurker , wondering where his phone is at August 30, 2024 01:18 AM (FfSAJ)
kd lang has a fabulous voice
https://tinyurl.com/2h58urt5
Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at August 30, 2024 01:32 AM (w6EFb)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 30, 2024 01:33 AM (unvNj)
Posted by: Miklos acceedes to your analysis at August 30, 2024 01:33 AM (lSyD7)
Posted by: ShainS
He became a Senator, you know
Posted by: Miklos thinks Minnesota is not sending its best at August 30, 2024 01:27 AM (lSyD7)
You are welcome
Posted by: Midnight run of buicks at August 30, 2024 01:34 AM (+I6Y/)
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at August 30, 2024 01:35 AM (yKhjs)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
Buenos nachos
Posted by: El Miklosero at August 30, 2024 01:35 AM (lSyD7)
My God she is something else. I may be a loser but I'm a loser who got a really nice hug from Haley.
Posted by: ... at August 30, 2024 01:24 AM (lX8VI)
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LMAO.
Damn, the closest I ever got to stardom was playing Blackjack with Louie Anderson (and his entourage) at Caesar's Palace in the early 90's (he was playing $100 bills per hand).
I also saw Whoopi in a famous Berkeley bookstore around the same time -- before she went insane.
Posted by: ShainS -- Kommie-la 2024: The Fundamental Transtarvation of America! at August 30, 2024 01:36 AM (WlJra)
I am disappointed that my theory of the Voynich being a "transliteration" of Chinese or Japanese ideograms has been ignored. Cryptoanalysis sort of assumes the code is an encryption of some phonetic alphabet. But if the en clair text being encrypted is ideographs, then the standard cryptoanalytic techniques may not work.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 30, 2024 01:09 AM (unvNj)
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Having been on the Voynich mailing list for the last 24+ years (before AOL skragged my account), just about every theory has been proposed (and usually shot down. ;-)
There is evidence slowly accumulating that the Voynich ms. created around 1910 by Voynich. There are many anomolies, such as the automobile parts hidden in some of the drawings(!) The forger certainly had a sense of humor... ;-)
Posted by: As not seen on TV at August 30, 2024 01:40 AM (ZVtzx)
And she plays a great fiddle!
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at August 30, 2024 01:35 AM (yKhjs)
Great pick. Seen her several times. An absolute angel.
Posted by: ... at August 30, 2024 01:43 AM (lX8VI)
Posted by: Northernlurker
All of them?
But seriously, here's a few:
https://youtu.be/iMSXbTrrPNk
https://youtu.be/zN2Yex9bgzk
https://youtu.be/CjjX3993Sm4
https://youtu.be/3EloEMyAWXA
https://youtu.be/hURqTXGG9cY
https://youtu.be/qcLGgfyOmZE
And none in Japanese, for a change.
One in Chinese, though.
Posted by: mikeski at August 30, 2024 01:44 AM (DgGvY)
He seemed like a cool guy from the stories I heard from other comedians. I guess you never know though. I liked Whoopi's standup in the 80's but I was like 10. Those stupid braids squeezed her brains right out of her dumb head.
Posted by: ... at August 30, 2024 01:45 AM (lX8VI)
In general I don't agree with many things as regards CA ecological policies but getting rid of these is an imperative.
I have harvested that bark and have smoked many chickens and salmon over it. The logs burn hot and put a nice sear on a NY strip
Posted by: Joe Kidd at August 30, 2024 01:48 AM (RMN7W)
Posted by: mikeski at August 30, 2024 01:49 AM (DgGvY)
He never let go of 70s values, I guess. Just about all of them would be cancelled nowadays.
Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at August 30, 2024 01:49 AM (w6EFb)
Posted by: ShainS
I played blackjack at the table next to George Soros in the early 90s before I realized what a truly evil man he is.
Posted by: Miklos does recall at August 30, 2024 01:50 AM (lSyD7)
I just watched about 10 seconds of the cnn informercial for kalama.
Bottom Line: She's dumb. And she has no "plan," despite her saying, repeatedly, she has a plan for this and a plan for that.
She has GOALS. Goals are not plans.
For example, kalama said she "has a plan to lower the cost of everything." That's basically her "plan;" to state she has a plan.
She listed off a bunch of idiotic lofty goals. No plans.
And her new phrase is "a new way forward.
Posted by: Soothsayer bottom lines it for you at August 30, 2024 01:52 AM (Q20qm)
A Five Year Plan?
Posted by: Miklos has a copy of the Soviet Gosplan's Five Year Plan from the year of my birth (yet unfulfilled at August 30, 2024 01:55 AM (lSyD7)
A mutitude of prayers for your Mama and for you.
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at August 30, 2024 01:57 AM (Sgq8y)
Posted by: Miley, okravangelist
Let's not get too hasty.
The 70s had colors like puce, and shag carpets
Posted by: Miklos survived at August 30, 2024 01:57 AM (lSyD7)
Posted by: Nightwatch at August 30, 2024 01:57 AM (TDvv2)
The random Wiki page was Tremacebus which is an extinct genus of Monkey. No problem there...kind of cool.
The quote was:
"however rude the sound"
Ok, so far so good. It sort of fits. Then the photo.
It was a black woman running in a race....so in the interest of not being called a racist...I abstain.
Posted by: Orson at August 30, 2024 01:58 AM (dIske)
Posted by: tcn in AK, Hail to the Thief at August 30, 2024 01:58 AM (sRfrW)
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz
Thank you
I may inherit Miss Dixie, I accept this responsibility.
Posted by: Miklos survived at August 30, 2024 01:59 AM (lSyD7)
Posted by: Miklos the Actual Economist at August 30, 2024 02:01 AM (lSyD7)
And ShainS, that has to be a beautiful spot (the park in San Clemente, or San Clemency, as the old-timers dating back to the Nixon days sometimes call it). I've seen that public course up there from the 5 a zillion times of course, but have never played it.
One course I hope to get back to when certain body repairs are complete is at Camp Pendleton. Beautiful setting (gotta watch for rattlers during the late summer and fall), inexpensive, always in great condition when I played in 10 years ago. Best of all - the rumbling of artillery over the hills. Screaming fighters just overhead at the Miramar course are nice, but something soul-warming about actual artillery fire. (though for novelty, watching the guys in BUDS do teamwork drills in rubber boats, instructors screaming at them from kayaks, in the bay along the 3rd hole fairway at Coronado public can't be beat)
Off to read about Market Garden and scan updates from Ukraina.
Posted by: rhomboid at August 30, 2024 02:02 AM (GcNJ2)
Posted by: Miklos survived at August 30, 2024 01:57 AM (lSyD7)
Had an apartment in college with green shag carpeting. This one time, I was cutting off a piece of hash and it went flying onto the rug. Took me forever to find that piece.
Posted by: RickZ at August 30, 2024 02:03 AM (gKDq2)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 29, 2024 10:36 PM
Much late in replying; hope you're still around, AOP. Thanks for asking.
Yeah, gut problems led to a couple of serious surgeries last October and April. Whether they'll be able to fully piece me back together depends on how well I heal up from the surgeries. I am doing great in other respects (for my age, which is slightly over 29). Narrowly dodging the bony guy in the black robe with the scythe makes me really appreciate my wife and family, getting to walk the dog, and every new day in this fine Creation.
Posted by: mindful webworker - alive alive oh at August 30, 2024 02:06 AM (NhcFy)
Posted by: barkingmad59, wandering lurkette at August 30, 2024 02:07 AM (t8L50)
I have a possible idea that seems blasphemous, as a recovering Catholic.
Possibly Jesus of Nazarth was from the same lineage as our current experiences of UFO's and assocuated aliens, who appear able to disappear and appear on command. Technology we can't comprehend, and possibly explains many of Jesus's miraculous moments.
They might be trying to save us, in odd ways.
Posted by: Jimmy Doolittle at August 30, 2024 02:08 AM (RgGW9)
Band name: Segundo Romance
Album title:the same kind of value
Cover: https://tinyurl.com/3cn8a58t
Brand new Flickr account, so nothing with to show with cool graphics or text yet.
Posted by: barkingmad59, wandering lurkette at August 30, 2024 02:12 AM (t8L50)
Posted by: RickZ
Probably found pizza remnants as well.
Posted by: Miklos is pleased that the Dude RickZ abides at August 30, 2024 02:15 AM (lSyD7)
They might be trying to save us, in odd ways.
Posted by: Jimmy Doolittle
There is some new research that indicates, YES, the Shroud of Turin is dated to the Time of Jesus.
Posted by: Miklos pays attention to all kinds of stuff at August 30, 2024 02:18 AM (lSyD7)
Don't be a stranger. I am sorry for your own loss or losses.
Posted by: ... at August 30, 2024 02:25 AM (lX8VI)
Posted by: Northernlurker
On your deathbed you will not get back the time you spend negatively obsessing about Taylor Swift.
Posted by: SFGoth at August 30, 2024 02:27 AM (KAi1n)
I've decided that I'm not going to freak out no matter what happens. If that's possible to decide.
Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at August 30, 2024 02:27 AM (w6EFb)
Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at August 30, 2024 02:28 AM (w6EFb)
Posted by: Miklos survived
Isn't that pronounced "puke"?
Posted by: SFGoth at August 30, 2024 02:29 AM (KAi1n)
Posted by: ... at August 30, 2024 02:30 AM (lX8VI)
Time for me to time-travel to the future by way of the land of Morpheus. God willing, another blessed day ahead.
https://youtu.be/sp10FBO-WNU
G'nite, y'all.
Posted by: mindful webworker - every day at August 30, 2024 02:30 AM (NhcFy)
Posted by: Jimmy Doolittle at August 30, 2024 02:08 AM (RgGW9)
Looking at those megalith walls with huge 50 to 100 ton blocks from antiquity, we can't build anything like that today, even with our technology. Someone or something was here on this earth then disappeared for some reason. It could be as simple as humans back then had a technology using sound/chants that made stone light and malleable that got lost in time. Like Greek fire getting lost in time. Like herbal/natural medicine getting lost in time (plus having to battle Big Pharma and insurance companies).
Posted by: RickZ at August 30, 2024 02:31 AM (gKDq2)
Caro Emerald, Ivy Levan, Gin Wigmore.
Posted by: Kindltot at August 30, 2024 01:20 AM (D7oie)
Haley Reinhart
Posted by: ...
Good suggestions.
Amy Lee's still out there doing music, still with that powerhouse ethereal voice like in her Evanescence days. This song with Lindsey Stirling is great:
https://youtu.be/U3o2ZkbRuZg?si=ZhB78KxSV6VDH65S
Alison Sudol from A Fine Frenzy has an amazing voice, but she went more into acting and her music changed in a way I didn't love. But her first albums under A Fine Frenzy will always be faves.
I still think it's a crime that Taylor Swift got The Civil Wars on her song for The Hunger Games soundtrack, Safe and Sound, but didn't let Joy Williams heavily feature her voice. Probably because she knew it would overshadow her own. I was devastated when Civil Wars broke up. Joy's solo stuff wasn't as good.
And I don't know what happened to Lorde. Loved her a lot. Supposedly Taylor mean girled her out of favor in the music industry, who knows.
Posted by: LizLem at August 30, 2024 02:31 AM (oDNhb)
Posted by: SFGoth at August 30, 2024 02:32 AM (KAi1n)
Which I'm good with (for her) because an open door is better than a closed one.
But I wondered to myself why she thought this special guy who had so much to teach the world was either a liar or deranged.
Posted by: ... at August 30, 2024 02:34 AM (lX8VI)
Hey LL I did read your reply to me earlier (though much later) and I just wanted to wish you luck with this ummmm cratering relationship.
My bustups were not over politics but it turns out that both people are now beyond insane leftards. That makes it even harder to reason with them and either way I'm certain you are not the responsible party even if you are imperfect.
My sincere advice is don't expend too much outward energy on her. By all means pray but I wouldnt waste the energy on someone who is carrying that much animosity. I have been there and tried long ago multiple times to "fix" it. All they want is a punching bag and you don't want to play that at this point in your life.
Misunderstandings are one thing. This isn't that.
Posted by: ... at August 30, 2024 02:38 AM (lX8VI)
Yeah, I think so too. They are frustrated, and I've been that punching bag for them in the past on political issues. But I've grown a lot, and know that current me can't accept being that anymore. Letting someone go is easier said than done, though.
They are so emotionally fragile, I'm not sure how they will survive another Trump term. But they won't want me to help them through it either. I keep hoping we are just at our Jefferson/Adams fighting phase, and one day we will reconcile and be there for each other in our older years, like they were. It's so hard to say if that will happen.
Thanks for responding.
Posted by: LizLem at August 30, 2024 03:06 AM (7V8BR)
A very short video: Milton Friedman on the folly of price controls:
https://youtu.be/kO_5lzvQLog?si=JKBxiPge0vuD1zma
Posted by: Soothsayer bottom lines it for you at August 30, 2024 03:06 AM (BA2Bq)
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at August 30, 2024 03:07 AM (Sgq8y)
Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at August 30, 2024 03:13 AM (w6EFb)
Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at August 30, 2024 03:14 AM (w6EFb)
https://tinyurl.com/mstu274b
Fascinating stuff.
The imprint on the shroud is very thin, so thin that even with todays technology we cannot replicate it.
The blood on it is AB, same as the blood from various eucharistic miracles.
Also,he discusses the issues with the dating.
Posted by: Dandalo at August 30, 2024 03:31 AM (3QsZU)
Posted by: Skip at August 30, 2024 03:49 AM (fwDg9)
20 Tweets from Bad Blue
Posted by: Skip at August 30, 2024 03:54 AM (fwDg9)
Though I slept okay last night and even had a half-hour's "rest my eyes" nap yesterday afternoon, I'm debating going to work out. Nothing new about that, of course.
So what's shakin'?
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 30, 2024 03:56 AM (omVj0)
Posted by: Miklos survived
Isn't that pronounced "puke"?
Posted by: SFGoth at August 30, 2024
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I read someplace that the word "puce" comes from pulex, the Latin word for "flea." And if you look closely at a flea from one of your cats, that's pretty much a "puce" color.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 30, 2024 03:59 AM (omVj0)
Posted by: RickZ at August 30, 2024 04:14 AM (gKDq2)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 30, 2024 04:28 AM (omVj0)
Posted by: NC Ref at August 30, 2024 04:45 AM (2xCPU)
20 Tweets from Bad Blue
Posted by: Skip at August 30, 2024 03:54 AM (fwDg9)
Thanks, Skip!
Posted by: m at August 30, 2024 06:56 AM (64Zez)
Crash of Rhinos
Exhaltation of Larks
Snort of Pugs (I made that up)
A 'Recruitment of Spies' sounds like it would fit.
Posted by: akronin at August 30, 2024 10:43 AM (hVMUD)
hey it works:
band name: oberreidenbach
album name: towers of despair
album art: a waxing gibbous moon rising over vancouver
Posted by: sound awake at August 30, 2024 10:56 AM (i03Ez)
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