Daily Tech News 24 November 2024

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Elon Musk is directing harassment towards individual federal workers. (The Verge)

Is he indeed, O Verge?

The example cited - the only example cited - is of Musk suggesting that Director of Climate Diversification at the International Development Finance Corporation was a "fake job".

Now, "climate diversification" in this sense means recommending alternative crops to grow to make the food supply more robust against short and long term changes in weather.

Which is a task that could easily by filled by a fairly small book.

And in this case, it involves making those recommendations to other countries.

So, never mind "individual workers".

USAID, its 10,000 employees, and its $50 billion budget: Afuera!

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In a small bit of welcome news in the never-ending shitfest that is Australian federal politics, the government has abandoned one of its attempts to strangle free speech across the entire world. (ABC)

The so-called "misinformation bill" would have set up the government as the arbiter of truth, and anything untrue would have become illegal speech. The bill did not specify how this was supposed to work; it just legislated it into reality.

And now it's dead for the current session of Parliament, and the left-wing Labor government is likely to be out of power before Parliament votes on any new legislation.

Still moving forward is the government's Won't Somebody Think of the Children Act, which bans minors under the age of 16 from using social networks, though again it never specifies how this is supposed to be achieved. This has the support of the nominally conservative Liberal Party and is likely to pass in some form, even though it is obviously completely unworkable.

That's the same party that previously wanted to ban encryption, claiming that Australia's laws superseded mathematics, so this betrayal of conservative principles comes as no surprise.
Lenovo's ThinkPad P1 Gen 7 uses the new CAMM2 memory module in place of SO-DIMMs, but with a twist. (WCCFTech)

Not only does it use the new, more compact modules, it uses LPDDR5X memory rather than regular DDR5.

This reduces power (LP = low power) and also runs faster at 7500MHz.

This is particularly welcome as AMD's Zen 5 laptop chips don't support regular DDR5, so without these modules, laptops based on those chips would not have any path for memory upgrades.
I don't remember if I wrote about this - the story is from six months ago - but yes, LPDDR6 is on its way. (Hot Hardware)

LPDDR6 promises initial transfer rates of 10.6GHz and eventually 14.4GHz, which is not dramatically faster than the best LPDDR5X chips available now.

Except that the bus is also 50% wider, and instead of fetching 8 words at a time it fetches 12.

Which makes 288 bits, which is not very useful for 64-bit computers, so the extra 32 bits at the end is used for very strong ECC (DECDED guaranteed).

Which makes 10.6GHz LPDDR6 90% faster than 7500MHz LPDDR5.

This matters because current integrated graphics solutions from AMD and Intel are bottlenecked not by the chips but by memory speeds. Apple's higher-end M-series chips have (as far as I can tell) 256-bit or even 384-bit buses, and AMD's upcoming Strix Halo chips will also have a 256-bit bus, but regular laptops only offer 128-bit memory.

So when LPDDR6 arrives we can expect a big jump in integrated graphics performance.

(My new laptop has DDR4 memory running at 3200MHz. So... Yeah.)
Can ChatGPT-o1 complete a junior front-end developer's task? (Charbel Ghossain)

Well, yes, if you aren't worried about it working properly.

The code produced for this example sort of works, in that it doesn't break the page. But on a scale of 0 to 100, it only does anything at all for the range from 20 to 80.
It is shockingly easy to jailbreak LLM-driven robots. (Hot Hardware)

This is not shocking. LLMs are notoriously insecure and unreliable.

Simple solution: Don't fucking build LLM-driven robots.
Who the heck is the M4 iMac aimed at? (The Verge)

It's a lovely piece of engineering, but the screen is too small for serious work, the memory cannot ever be upgraded, and the network speed is limited to 1Gbit when even the Mac Mini has a 10Gbit option. And Apple has long since abandoned monitor mode, where an aging iMac with a perfectly good screen could serve as a monitor for another computer.

Which would all be forgivable if it were cheap.

The 10 core model with 16GB RAM and 512GB of SSD costs $1699.
Does GitHub Copilot improve code quality? (GitHub)

Yes, says GitHub.

No, says literally everyone else.

Disclaimer: I accidentally threw out the fruit cake.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at 04:00 AM

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1 Hello Pixy

Posted by: Ciampino - Meows all asleep at November 24, 2024 04:01 AM (i0xsb)

2 Hello!

Posted by: Pixy Misa at November 24, 2024 04:02 AM (BLOW1)

3 Maybe the Aussie politicians have had run-ins with one too many poisonous creatures native there.

Posted by: jim (in Hospital in Kalifornia) at November 24, 2024 04:03 AM (SSBCb)

4 Or maybe not enough

Posted by: jim (in Hospital in Kalifornia) at November 24, 2024 04:03 AM (SSBCb)

5 BOING!

Just passing by.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at November 24, 2024 04:04 AM (K3JKK)

6 Hey, Pixy... Thanks for the techie stuff & hilarious commentary on US politics. Heh!

Cat finally returned. Soaking wet, LOL.

Time for shut-eye here.

Good night, all.

Prayin' for ya, jim in Kali!!!

Posted by: JQ at November 24, 2024 04:11 AM (njWTi)

7 Mysterious find could prove THIS about life on Mars, scientists say

https://mol.im/a/14117691

I love this fixation of life on Mars.

Posted by: Ciampino - Green or Blue men? at November 24, 2024 04:11 AM (i0xsb)

8 Wealthy West Coast suburb is living in fear as South American gang uses sinister tech to track their every move

https://mol.im/a/14117763

Posted by: Ciampino - cops cops at November 24, 2024 04:13 AM (i0xsb)

9 7 Mysterious find could prove THIS about life on Mars, scientists say

https://mol.im/a/14117691

I love this fixation of life on Mars.
Posted by: Ciampino - Green or Blue men? at November 24, 2024 04:11 AM (i0xsb)

The one that made me chuckle was the one about conditions for life on one of the moons of Uranus (or was it Neptune).
Klingons, maybe.

Posted by: jim (in Hospital in Kalifornia) at November 24, 2024 04:23 AM (SSBCb)

10 Mornin'

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at November 24, 2024 04:23 AM (6PUpl)

11 8 Wealthy West Coast suburb is living in fear as South American gang uses sinister tech to track their every move

https://mol.im/a/14117763
Posted by: Ciampino - cops cops at November 24, 2024 04:13 AM (i0xsb)

Why shooting drones over your property should be legal.

Posted by: jim (in Hospital in Kalifornia) at November 24, 2024 04:25 AM (SSBCb)

12 Definitely could happen...

Whitney Webb
@_whitneywebb

Between now and 2030, expect most global leaders - whether "left" or "right" - to introduce and implement insanely authoritarian policies. Doesn't matter what crisis appears (or "polycrisis"), efforts will soon be made to ram through the much promised "digital transformation"

Posted by: Mister Ghost at November 24, 2024 04:33 AM (TGPs7)

13 7 Mysterious find could prove THIS about life on Mars, scientists say

https://mol.im/a/14117691

I love this fixation of life on Mars.
Posted by: Ciampino - Green or Blue men? at November 24, 2024 04:11 AM (i0xsb)

Muslims make the Hajj to make circles around what is most likely a meteorite. Are scientists gonna do the same with this black rock?

Posted by: jim (in Hospital in Kalifornia) at November 24, 2024 04:34 AM (SSBCb)

14 Well, back to sleep for me. Night.

Posted by: jim (in Hospital in Kalifornia) at November 24, 2024 04:35 AM (SSBCb)

15 Pixy, you should seriously consider a substack. Your posts are 1000% than anything else I read anywhere in the tech media.

Posted by: Viso Latte at November 24, 2024 04:36 AM (hN6Cc)

16 Apparently there's a new TV show in the UK called....

The XXXXXXXXXX Factor:

https://tinyurl.com/mpb2jyy7

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at November 24, 2024 04:42 AM (K3JKK)

17 Speaking of the UK, cheerio:

https://tinyurl.com/bdf4c6dx

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at November 24, 2024 04:45 AM (K3JKK)

18 G'mornin' everyone!

couldn't get back to sleep for thinking about lentil soup, so around 0200 I got up and made a big pot of it. Guess that's what I'm'a have for breakfast when it cools down a bit ...

Posted by: sock_rat_eez - they have been lying to us for decades at November 24, 2024 05:00 AM (gY0JQ)

19 Laos government breaks silence on 'mass poisoning' that left six dead

https://mol.im/a/14117271

Posted by: Ciampino - methanol poisoning at November 24, 2024 05:01 AM (i0xsb)

20 18 G'mornin' everyone!

couldn't get back to sleep for thinking about lentil soup, so around 0200 I got up and made a big pot of it. Guess that's what I'm'a have for breakfast when it cools down a bit ...

Posted by: sock_rat_eez - they have been lying to us for decades at November 24, 2024 05:00 AM (gY0JQ)
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It will be better tomorrow.

Posted by: Ciampino - lentils are yummy at November 24, 2024 05:03 AM (i0xsb)

21 Absolutely right! a basic principle, that should be right up there with the 6 simple machines and Newtonian physics.

Posted by: sock_rat_eez - they have been lying to us for decades at November 24, 2024 05:08 AM (gY0JQ)

22 Birdbath status?

Posted by: Just Wondering at November 24, 2024 05:12 AM (dg+HA)

23 "Disclaimer: I accidentally threw out the fruit cake."

"accidentally"

*heh*

G'morning Pixy and Horde.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at November 24, 2024 05:21 AM (O7YUW)

24 G'morning, all.

36.2 degrees out, with pretty chilly water in the birdbath.

The kittens decided that 4:45am is a perfectly good time to begin Romper Room in our bedroom.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at November 24, 2024 05:25 AM (a1415)

25 Morning, 'rons and 'ettes.

Posted by: olddog in mo at November 24, 2024 05:29 AM (hoCmQ)

26 Evening and morning, early risers and Sunday toilers! I'm taking it easy this morning thanks to my bruised (?) rib, so coffee and breakfast, no workout. Outside, 53 F., the kind of temps I've been waiting for since March, and I can't really enjoy them. Grrrr.

Dreamed something last night about leaving a party, going across from the office building to collect a woman (who was neither Miss Linda nor my date), and walking with her, only to lose her down a corridor where a family I'd known in grammar school lived (in an apartment, now, not camping in the hallway). I told them it's impossible to drink all evening without getting dirty or sticky hands, and they found this to be deep wisdom.

Later I woke in what was supposed to be my apartment, but it was profoundly changed, with the separator between living room and kitchen torn out, panoramic windows in the front, and my coffee maker sitting on my ironing board. And there was a dachshund there, not mine.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 24, 2024 05:37 AM (omVj0)

27 Time to feed the Killer Kittenz From Outer Space!

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 24, 2024 05:37 AM (omVj0)

28
Up and getting the dogs taken care of before heading to Mass.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at November 24, 2024 05:42 AM (dxSpM)

29 Disclaimer: I accidentally threw out the fruit cake.

Well, it was probably over thirty years old anyway.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at November 24, 2024 05:42 AM (0eaVi)

30 Volvo shifter bushing arrived too late to install yesterday. So once the morning walk is done, and it warms up, I'll go ahead and try to finish that up, and get the wagon back on the road.

Then....I think I'm gonna take a stab at making an 8 foot climbing pole for the kittens with PVC pipe and sisal rope. Leveling legs arrive today, and with the wagon operational, I have a way to get a ten foot length of PVC to the house.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at November 24, 2024 05:44 AM (a1415)

31 I'm one of the weirdos who likes fruitcakes. Send em my way!

Posted by: Maybe someday i'll choose a nick and stick with it! Today is not that day. Dangerous Radical at November 24, 2024 05:44 AM (89Sog)

32 Details emerge about family who froze to death at Canada border

https://mol.im/a/14114653

Posted by: Ciampino - appalling at November 24, 2024 05:44 AM (i0xsb)

33 Apparently there's a new TV show in the UK called....

The XXXXXXXXXX Factor:

https://tinyurl.com/mpb2jyy7
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at November 24, 2024 04:42 AM (K3JKK)

Trigglypuff's slimmer, younger sister?

Posted by: OrangeEnt at November 24, 2024 05:45 AM (0eaVi)

34 " Hello, Ace!"

Ace typically gets up right at the crack of noon(ish).

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at November 24, 2024 05:45 AM (a1415)

35 It will be better tomorrow.
Posted by: Ciampino - lentils are yummy at November 24, 2024 05:03 AM (i0xsb)

It is tomorrow.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at November 24, 2024 05:46 AM (0eaVi)

36 "I'm one of the weirdos who likes fruitcakes. Send em my way"

( Raises Paw )

Another member of the Fruitcake Enjoyment Club.

With reducing carbs though, I'm afraid I'm gonna have to give them up, as well as homemade bread.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at November 24, 2024 05:47 AM (a1415)

37 Gavin Newsom learned a lesson after I exposed the truth about his gifted mansion in Fair Oaks, CA, and used a Registered Agent service for the LLC he formed to purchase his new mansion instead of using the Plumpjack registered agent.[…] MHBD Farms, LLC purchased the home from Daniel Pritzker, cousin of Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker and billionaire Hyatt Hotels heir. Newsom and Co. were a little cagier with how they named this LLC.”

Threaded twitter. Jennifer brings the receipts.

https://tinyurl.com/48j6rued

Posted by: 13times at November 24, 2024 05:48 AM (rPxEz)

38 "It will be better tomorrow.
Posted by: Ciampino - lentils are yummy at November 24, 2024 05:03 AM (i0xsb)

It is tomorrow."

Tomorrow never gets here.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at November 24, 2024 05:48 AM (a1415)

39 Caught an article over at Slashdot this morning about Meta trying to force Apple and Google to do age-verification on anyone downloading from their respective app-stores. (This ties in with Pixy's information about the Australian government trying to prevent anyone under 16 from accessing social media.)

In the United States, SCOTUS has repeatedly affirmed the right to anonymity as being part of freedom of speech. How does age verification square with anonymity? It doesn't.

"Oh but it's just companies doing this" - then it's not a legal requirement and Google and Apple can tell Meta to pound sand.

"But we can require big tech to do this via regulation!"

Ah yes, but SCOTUS recently gutted the Chevron doctrine, so regulation that doesn't have the power of an actual act of Congress (ie, a law) behind it is moot and can be ignored, and once again Google and Apple can tell Meta to pound sand.

"Then we'll make a law requiring age verification."

And that law would be utterly unconstitutional based on repeated SCOTUS decisions.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at November 24, 2024 05:50 AM (O7YUW)

40 "Accidentally threw out the fruitcake" made me think of this story in the little paper which I picked up at the Amish market:

Some neighbors of my grandparents gave them a pumpkin pie as a dessert. As lovely as the gesture was, it was clear from the first bite that the pie tasted bad. In fact, it was so inedible that my grandmother had to throw it away.

Ever gracious and tactful, my grandmother still felt obligated to send the neighbors a note. It read, "Thank you very much for the pumpkin pie. Something like that doesn't last very long in our house."

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 24, 2024 05:50 AM (VVT+c)

41 "Another member of the Fruitcake Enjoyment Club.

With reducing carbs though, I'm afraid I'm gonna have to give them up, as well as homemade bread."

MOAR fer meezz!!!

You can have a small one. Enjoy the Christmas Season. Take an extra walk with your Lady if you worried about the carbs.

Fair trade!

Posted by: Maybe someday i'll choose a nick and stick with it! Today is not that day. Dangerous Radical at November 24, 2024 05:50 AM (89Sog)

42 How are you feeling today, Grumpy and Reclcitrant?

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 24, 2024 05:51 AM (VVT+c)

43 Tomorrow never gets here.
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at November 24, 2024 05:48 AM (a1415)

I never knew that!

Posted by: Tomorrow at November 24, 2024 05:53 AM (0eaVi)

44 I suppose I should get upat some point today
G'Day everyone

Posted by: Skip at November 24, 2024 05:54 AM (fwDg9)

45 Mass job losses as major NY State tire factory owner moves business overseas

https://mol.im/a/14118307

Posted by: Ciampino - NY State is bad got business at November 24, 2024 05:54 AM (i0xsb)

46 I love fruitcake. My late Wife made an excellent one.
Also like to soak it with Cinzano.

Posted by: Ciampino - the booze is great at November 24, 2024 05:56 AM (i0xsb)

47 Today is Yesterday's Tomorrow.

Posted by: Ciampino - what a philosophy at November 24, 2024 05:58 AM (i0xsb)

48 "Peace in stillness. A devotional based on " Psalm 46:1-11

https://tinyurl.com/ymhzbuwp

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 24, 2024 05:59 AM (VVT+c)

49 The Maher/Tyson fight went about as expected.

https://tinyurl.com/mr26s7ps

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at November 24, 2024 05:59 AM (a1415)

50 Today is Yesterday's Tomorrow.
Posted by: Ciampino - what a philosophy at November 24, 2024 05:58 AM (i0xsb)

And this week was next week last week.

Posted by: B Bunny at November 24, 2024 05:59 AM (0eaVi)

51 @44/FenelonSpoke: Much better. I actually had some appetite this morning and ate breakfast, and the body-aches and chills are done. I feel mostly normal. Friday and Saturday were lost, but I still have Sunday. :-)

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at November 24, 2024 06:00 AM (O7YUW)

52 "Today is Yesterday's Tomorrow."

If we knew today what we know tomorrow...

We could buy winning lottery tickets.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at November 24, 2024 06:00 AM (a1415)

53 "I suppose I should get upat some point today "

Do it tomorrow.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at November 24, 2024 06:04 AM (a1415)

54 Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at November 24, 2024 06:00 AM (O7YUW)

I am glad you are feeling better. Will pray for your continued recovery.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 24, 2024 06:05 AM (VVT+c)

55 This is this week's next week's last week

Posted by: Skip at November 24, 2024 06:05 AM (fwDg9)

56 Today is Tomorrow's Yesterday.

Posted by: Ciampino - what a philosophy 2 at November 24, 2024 06:08 AM (i0xsb)

57 Grumpy, glad you're feeling better. As you say, there's Sunday to enjoy.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 24, 2024 06:08 AM (omVj0)

58 Yesterday......all my troubles seemed so far away..

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at November 24, 2024 06:09 AM (a1415)

59 Yesterday......all my troubles seemed so far away..
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at November 24, 2024

***
Gib Mir Deine Hand

Posted by: Four Guys in Hamburg at November 24, 2024 06:11 AM (omVj0)

60 Some neighbors of my grandparents gave them a pumpkin pie as a dessert. As lovely as the gesture was, it was clear from the first bite that the pie tasted bad. In fact, it was so inedible that my grandmother had to throw it away.

Ever gracious and tactful, my grandmother still felt obligated to send the neighbors a note. It read, "Thank you very much for the pumpkin pie. Something like that doesn't last very long in our house."
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 24, 2024

***
A classic response, Fen!

Posted by: Four Guys in Hamburg at November 24, 2024 06:12 AM (omVj0)

61 45 Mass job losses as major NY State tire factory owner moves business overseas

https://mol.im/a/14118307
Posted by: Ciampino - NY State is bad got business at November 24, 2024 05:54 AM (i0xsb)

That's a local story here. Fifteen hunert jobs gone overnight. I can't help but wonder if NY State's $15 minimum wage helped drive up costs.

Posted by: Bilwis Devourer of Innocent Souls, I'm starvin' over here at November 24, 2024 06:14 AM (pIfcn)

62 Gib Mir Deine Hand
Posted by: Four Guys in Hamburg at November 24, 2024 06:11 AM (omVj0)

Yeah yeah yeah.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at November 24, 2024 06:14 AM (0eaVi)

63 And there was a dachshund there, not mine.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 24, 2024 05:37

Can I get the number of your dealer Wolf?

Posted by: Farmer, with his own historical take at November 24, 2024 06:15 AM (55Qr6)

64 >>>O Verge

Love that!

Posted by: m at November 24, 2024 06:17 AM (VnUSN)

65 Coffee is on, it's a start

Posted by: Skip at November 24, 2024 06:22 AM (fwDg9)

66 And there was a dachshund there, not mine.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 24, 2024 05:37
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Can I get the number of your dealer Wolf?
Posted by: Farmer, with his own historical take at November 24, 2024

***
Walmart has the best melatonin. Or at least the best prices.

And it was a long-haired dachshund, too.

Posted by: Four Guys in Hamburg at November 24, 2024 06:23 AM (omVj0)

67 >>>USAID, its 10,000 employees, and its $50 billion budget: Afuera!

Google translate ain't liking the task of translating that word, but wiktionary's up to it:

Etymology
From Spanish afuera, the English definition originates from a video where Javier Milei removes the names of government agencies off a board.

Interjection
afuera

(politics, chiefly used by libertarians) used aggressively towards leftist and statist views as a form of get out!

Posted by: m at November 24, 2024 06:24 AM (VnUSN)

68 Gib Mir Deine Hand
Posted by: Four Guys in Hamburg at November 24, 2024
*
Yeah yeah yeah.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at November 24, 2024

***
Sie Liebe Dich, yah, yah, yah

Posted by: Four Guys in Hamburg at November 24, 2024 06:24 AM (omVj0)

69 Wikipedia:

Notable moments in Milei's campaign included a viral video of him tearing cards from a wallboard with the names of ministries that he wants to abolish and tossing them into the air as he said afuera ("out"),[81] wielding a chainsaw on stage,[82] smashing a piñata on air to symbolize his plans, calling Pope Francis "a filthy leftist", and praising American gangster Al Capone as "a hero".[83]

Who could not love this man.

Posted by: m at November 24, 2024 06:25 AM (VnUSN)

70 Sie Liebe Dich, yah, yah, yah
Posted by: Four Guys in Hamburg at November 24, 2024 06:24 AM (omVj0)

Sorry, I don't speak Greek.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at November 24, 2024 06:27 AM (0eaVi)

71 praising American gangster Al Capone as "a hero".[83]

Who could not love this man.
Posted by: m at November 24, 2024

***
Al Capone a hero? Bit over the top, there, Milei old man. I say, draw it mild, what?

Must admit, though, this Milei chap has more backbone than most of the people who've been leading us since the war.

Posted by: Four Guys in Hamburg at November 24, 2024 06:28 AM (omVj0)

72 So sunrise is currently scheduled for exactly 7:00am today.

And the sky is beginning to get that pre-dawn lightening that announces the beginning of a new day.

Interestingly, our back yard weather station compares current conditions to exactly 24 hours age. And todays temps are trending to within .2 degrees of yesterdays conditions. Darn near a perfect match.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at November 24, 2024 06:29 AM (a1415)

73 Tea. Earl Grey. Hot.

The Maher/Tyson fight went about as expected.
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Tyson fought Bill Maher? I wish I'd known!

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea, Radioactive Knight, Concertina Czar at November 24, 2024 06:33 AM (z0QHk)

74 Al Capone a hero? Bit over the top, there, Milei old man. I say, draw it mild, what?
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Steady on, old chap.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea, Radioactive Knight, Concertina Czar at November 24, 2024 06:34 AM (z0QHk)

75 31 I'm one of the weirdos who likes fruitcakes. Send em my way!
Posted by: Maybe someday i'll choose a nick and stick with it! Today is not that day. Dangerous Radical at November 24, 2024 05:44 AM (89Sog)

Yeah, o.k., but how many of them could you eat over the course of a year?

Posted by: m at November 24, 2024 06:34 AM (VnUSN)

76 Four Guys in Hamburg at November 24, 2024 06:28 AM (omVj0)

Gonna keep that sock on all day, Wolfus?

Posted by: OrangeEnt at November 24, 2024 06:35 AM (0eaVi)

77 So sunrise is currently scheduled for exactly 7:00am today.
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0723 here. You must be at least 10 degrees further south than my.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea, Radioactive Knight, Concertina Czar at November 24, 2024 06:35 AM (z0QHk)

78 To be fair, Al Capone was a passionate advocate of smaller government.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at November 24, 2024 06:36 AM (hY4dx)

79 To be fair, Al Capone was a passionate advocate of smaller government.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at November 24, 2024 06:36 AM (hY4dx)
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Did pretty well

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea, Radioactive Knight, Concertina Czar at November 24, 2024 06:37 AM (z0QHk)

80 ...for a second-hand furniture dealer.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea, Radioactive Knight, Concertina Czar at November 24, 2024 06:37 AM (z0QHk)

81 "Gonna keep that sock on all day, Wolfus?"

Forget it. He's rolling.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at November 24, 2024 06:38 AM (a1415)

82 "It's a lovely piece of engineering, but the screen is too small for serious work"

The Apple Macintosh has entered the chat.

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at November 24, 2024 06:38 AM (PiwSw)

83 "You must be at least 10 degrees further south than my."

Summerville, just outside of, and slightly west of Charleston S.C.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at November 24, 2024 06:39 AM (a1415)

84 @54/Fen: Thank you! And now I can make good on a promise I made to someone to give them a lift this Sunday.

@57/Wolfus: Yup, just gonna look forward and make the most of the day that I can, while being thankful for the blessings that I have.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at November 24, 2024 06:39 AM (O7YUW)

85 1. You get more of what you subsidize.

2. If you house them, they will come.

https://tinyurl.com/78k7tpsj

Dumbass.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at November 24, 2024 06:42 AM (a1415)

86 Summerville, just outside of, and slightly west of Charleston S.C.
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at November 24, 2024 06:39 AM (a1415)
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About 12 degrees south of Portland. *pats self on back*

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea, Radioactive Knight, Concertina Czar at November 24, 2024 06:43 AM (z0QHk)

87 Sock duly deposed. I forget sometimes in the rush to comment!

As part of the last night's dream scenario, too, I recall I was trying to straighten my place up when some people, apparently maintenance guys, appeared at the door. The longhaired dachshund tried to trot out. One of the crew said, "We're not allowed to touch him; call him back." I did, though I can't recall the name I used, and he did trot back to me. In the dream I concluded that he was a pedigreed dog and well-trained, whoever he belonged to.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 24, 2024 06:45 AM (omVj0)

88 Good morning.
I make a good fruit cake, but it's not like the commercial ones. I use an old Imperial Sugar applesauce cake recipe with two types of raisins, dried apricots and pecans.

No crystalized fruit- sorry, not sorry.
It's pretty versatile- I bake it in little loaf pans or mini-muffin tins or as drop cookies.

Posted by: sal at November 24, 2024 06:46 AM (f+FmA)

89 "In the dream I concluded that he was a pedigreed dog and well-trained, whoever he belonged to."

How much for your hot-dog?

Posted by: The Somalis in the apartment next door at November 24, 2024 06:48 AM (a1415)

90 In high school, my youth choir sang at a church in Summerville.

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at November 24, 2024 06:48 AM (PiwSw)

91 Happy Sunday

Posted by: rhennigantx at November 24, 2024 06:49 AM (gbOdA)

92 If Portland is like Bath, it's too cold for my southern weather loving butt.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at November 24, 2024 06:50 AM (a1415)

93 Last night we watched the David Mamet thriller The Spanish Prisoner from '98. Campbell Scott (George C.'s son), Steve Martin (playing it absolutely straight, and very well), and the Ricky Jay character actor who has been in a lot of Mamet films all contributed to a superb quiet crime film. Rebecca Pidgeon (no relation to Walter), Mamet's wife at the time, has a wonderful turn too, and one of my new favorite movie lines. Someone asks her how she's been, and she replies, "My troika was pursued by wolves."

How good was the movie? I didn't move for two hours, afraid I would miss something.

I need to see more of Mamet's writing or directing projects. The only other I've seen was his '87 House of Games, with his then-wife, Lindsay Crouse. Another tale of con artists and their world, and of an everyday person being caught up in it.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 24, 2024 06:51 AM (omVj0)

94 If Portland is like Bath, it's too cold for my southern weather loving butt.
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at November 24, 2024 06:50 AM (a1415)
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43 degrees and raining out, right now - probably so.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea, Radioactive Knight, Concertina Czar at November 24, 2024 06:51 AM (z0QHk)

95 "In high school, my youth choir sang at a church in Summerville."

Small world, in't it?

Come on back, visit for a spell.

It's growing by leaps and bounds, but downtown is still small town America.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at November 24, 2024 06:52 AM (a1415)

96 A Latin American restaurant in Brooklyn with a laundry list of revolting health-code violations is at the center of an illegal vending scheme where dozens of migrant women brazenly hawk hot meals on street corners across the Big Apple

Them Here=There Here

Posted by: rhennigantx at November 24, 2024 06:52 AM (gbOdA)

97 I need to see more of Mamet's writing or directing projects. The only other I've seen was his '87 House of Games, with his then-wife, Lindsay Crouse. Another tale of con artists and their world, and of an everyday person being caught up in it.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 24, 2024 06:51 AM (omVj0)
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You'd probably like "Spartan" starring Val Kilmer, also penned by Mamet.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea, Radioactive Knight, Concertina Czar at November 24, 2024 06:52 AM (z0QHk)

98 Little boy who had never celebrated a birthday gets a wonderful surprise at school:

https://tinyurl.com/fh5pas2x

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 24, 2024 06:52 AM (9m3QV)

99 Fruitcake for Prime Minister of Australia, can't be any worse.

And I just noticed that I got a mention in the side-bar.

Posted by: Anna Puma at November 24, 2024 06:53 AM (pieFP)

100 100

Posted by: m at November 24, 2024 06:53 AM (VnUSN)

101 "43 degrees and raining out, right now - probably so."

You're warmer than we are right now.

35.1 degrees and no rain.
But a very damp 99% R.H.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at November 24, 2024 06:53 AM (a1415)

102 Good Sunday Morning to all. 37 degrees in Western NC and expecting a clear day in the 60s.

Posted by: Rufus T. Firefly at November 24, 2024 06:54 AM (CXFY/)

103 Yellen has been moving away from long-term debt to finance the shortfalls to shorter-dated securities, essentially rolling over deficits with more and more Treasury bills instead of the normal way of debt issuance through 10- and 30-year debt.
Bear Traps Report, who estimates that around 30% of all debt is the short-term variety — aka 2-year and shorter notes — compared to 15% in 2023.

Posted by: rhennigantx at November 24, 2024 06:55 AM (gbOdA)

104 99 Fruitcake for Prime Minister of Australia, can't be any worse.

And I just noticed that I got a mention in the side-bar.
Posted by: Anna Puma at November 24, 2024 06:53 AM (pieFP)

Cool!

Star Trek "Unification" short film seems to be hitting people in the feels
Thanks to Anna Puma. Personally, I don't really get it. It's just a lot of fan service and images created by AI deepfaking Shatner and Nimoy. But people seem to like it.

Posted by: m at November 24, 2024 06:55 AM (VnUSN)

105 Byeee...

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea, Radioactive Knight, Concertina Czar at November 24, 2024 06:55 AM (z0QHk)

106 Portland could use a visit by a Roman Legion.

Posted by: Anna Puma at November 24, 2024 06:55 AM (pieFP)

107 I too like fruit cake, not that I'm in any shape to have any now. Created as a winter food with tons of calories (and a bit o booze) to keep you warm. Not into the alcoholic version though

Posted by: jim (in Hospital in Kalifornia) at November 24, 2024 06:55 AM (SSBCb)

108 Legend gone Chuck Woolery, original ‘Wheel of Fortune’ host, dead at 83

RIP

Posted by: rhennigantx at November 24, 2024 06:56 AM (gbOdA)

109 You'd probably like "Spartan" starring Val Kilmer, also penned by Mamet.
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea, Radioactive Knight, Concertina Czar at November 24, 2024

***
Indeed, I think I would. Ed "Al Bundy" O'Neill is in that one, and he was in Prisoner too, playing it absolutely straight. Mamet likes to cast against type and then gets solid performances out of actors who are usually known for comedy.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 24, 2024 06:56 AM (omVj0)

110 "Legend gone Chuck Woolery, original ‘Wheel of Fortune’ host, dead at 83

RIP"

Another grim milestone for the Biden/Harris administration.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at November 24, 2024 06:57 AM (a1415)

111 On youtooob

Racket Squad - The Spanish Prisoner - Reed Hadley

Posted by: 13times at November 24, 2024 07:00 AM (rz8gk)

112 103 Yellen has been moving away from long-term debt to finance the shortfalls to shorter-dated securities, essentially rolling over deficits with more and more Treasury bills instead of the normal way of debt issuance through 10- and 30-year debt.
Bear Traps Report, who estimates that around 30% of all debt is the short-term variety — aka 2-year and shorter notes — compared to 15% in 2023.
Posted by: rhennigantx at November 24, 2024 06:55 AM (gbOdA)

Um, that seems kinda problematic somehow...

Posted by: jim (in Hospital in Kalifornia) at November 24, 2024 07:01 AM (SSBCb)

113 Good morning from the fruitcake capitol of the world.

Posted by: Ben Had at November 24, 2024 07:02 AM (gGMRM)

114 Good morning from the state of nuts, fruits, and flakes.

Posted by: jim (in Hospital in Kalifornia) at November 24, 2024 07:03 AM (SSBCb)

115 bans minors under the age of 16 from using social networks
Once again, people are wanting the government to be your nanny. This is the job of a parent. They can (to some extent) do this. A government would have to have the same close relationship and monitoring ability as a very nosey parent to achieve that. *shudder*

Also, is it wrong of me to always read "LPDDR" as "lap diddler"?

Posted by: GWB at November 24, 2024 07:04 AM (GR9H0)

116 Silly tech joke;

Why did the boss ignore his assistant's suggestion on Zoom?

It was a mute point.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 24, 2024 07:05 AM (9m3QV)

117 and the Ricky Jay character actor who has been in a lot of Mamet films

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 24, 2024 06:51 AM (omVj0)

Ricky Jay was primarily a magician, and a really good one. He even had a special on maybe HBO? Here it is, now on YouTube.

https://tinyurl.com/2s3k8bkn

Posted by: Bilwis Devourer of Innocent Souls, I'm starvin' over here at November 24, 2024 07:06 AM (pIfcn)

118 Helloooo, Corsicana!
Talk about your quintessential fruitcake.
Love their tins- I have a couple I only use at Christmas.

Posted by: sal at November 24, 2024 07:07 AM (f+FmA)

119 115 bans minors under the age of 16 from using social networks
Once again, people are wanting the government to be your nanny. This is the job of a parent. They can (to some extent) do this.
Posted by: GWB at November 24, 2024 07:04 AM (GR9H0)

And here are a lot of ideas about how to do that.

Jonathan Haidt

Posted by: m at November 24, 2024 07:07 AM (VnUSN)

120 OK. Mike Lindell made me giggle a bit:

https://tinyurl.com/yrze3d76

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at November 24, 2024 07:07 AM (K3JKK)

121 Hope you're feeling better, jim.
I know this has been lousy for you. Prayers up.

Posted by: sal at November 24, 2024 07:08 AM (f+FmA)

122 120 OK. Mike Lindell made me giggle a bit:

https://tinyurl.com/yrze3d76
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at November 24, 2024 07:07 AM (K3JKK)

Ha! All those tired people with bedhead.

Posted by: m at November 24, 2024 07:10 AM (VnUSN)

123 Perversely, the new Jaguar woke ads give me the urge to watch videos of one of the old ones, say the Mk II from 1959-1967. Not to buy a newer Jag -- not that I could -- but to watch videos of the old ones.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 24, 2024 07:12 AM (omVj0)

124 Ben Had, good morning.

The kittens seem to be committed to slap-shoting their catnip mice under the fridge.

And then getting into my face to inform me that the mice need fetching.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at November 24, 2024 07:13 AM (a1415)

125 58 days until the inauguration

Posted by: Skip at November 24, 2024 07:14 AM (fwDg9)

126 Festivus this year is gonna be so LIT!

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at November 24, 2024 07:16 AM (a1415)

127 Morning all. The movie and play of Mamet's Glengarry Glenross are classics. The cast of the movie makes the writing come alive

Posted by: Smell the Glove at November 24, 2024 07:16 AM (FxDm7)

128 Morning, Horde...How goes it?

I'm currently reading the longest epilogue ever written.

The finale happened about 60% of the way into the book and the remaining 40% is just dealing with the aftermath.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at November 24, 2024 07:17 AM (BpYfr)

129 123 the new Jaguar woke ads
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 24, 2024 07:12 AM (omVj0)

Now with a very non-woke Part II
@Marcus_Byrne

https://tinyurl.com/42cj29e4

Posted by: m at November 24, 2024 07:20 AM (VnUSN)

130 Getting light outside.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 24, 2024 07:20 AM (omVj0)

131 All this cake talk… even though it’s fruitcake, eck.

Now I want a cupcake.

With sprinkles.

My brother gets some awesome little cupcakes from a bakery called “Nothing Bundt Cakes” in Summerville.

They are shaped like little Bundt cakes and are delicious as they are addictive.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at November 24, 2024 07:20 AM (6ydKt)

132 I think Apple just wants to build tablets and phones. The dest top stuff is legacy niche work, like VW's involvement with Bugatti.

Posted by: Accomack at November 24, 2024 07:21 AM (+OnsA)

133 "My brother gets some awesome little cupcakes from a bakery called “Nothing Bundt Cakes” in Summerville. "

Every time we go past that place, I wonder if we should stop in.

Thanks!

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at November 24, 2024 07:22 AM (a1415)

134 . . . The kittens seem to be committed to slap-shoting their catnip mice under the fridge.

And then getting into my face to inform me that the mice need fetching.
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at November 24, 2024

***
My furry thugs are playing with a small cardboard box I put on the floor for them. They don't always need expensive new toys; a box, or a toy they haven't seen in a while, works just as well.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 24, 2024 07:23 AM (omVj0)

135 I liked the Bad Blue Jaguar ad

Posted by: Skip at November 24, 2024 07:24 AM (fwDg9)

136 "My brother gets some awesome little cupcakes from a bakery called “Nothing Bundt Cakes” in Summerville. "
*
Every time we go past that place, I wonder if we should stop in.

Thanks!
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at November 24, 2024

***
We have a couple of those here. I always thought they were only local.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 24, 2024 07:24 AM (omVj0)

137 "They don't always need expensive new toys; a box, or a toy they haven't seen in a while, works just as well."

Tiny little Margo keeps all her cat toys in her cat-bed in the TV room.

And at the beginning of the day she roots through them to se what she wants to play with that day.

And usually, it is her Golf-Tee. Her absolute favorite toy is a simple Golf-Tee, which she will carry around and play with for hours.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at November 24, 2024 07:25 AM (a1415)

138 I'm currently reading the longest epilogue ever written.

The finale happened about 60% of the way into the book and the remaining 40% is just dealing with the aftermath.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at November 24, 2024

***
I thought that, and was supposed to, with Ellery Queen's serial killer novel Cat of Many Tails. There turned out to be a "true solution" stinger to come, though. Maybe yours has a surprise or two in store.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 24, 2024 07:26 AM (omVj0)

139 "I always thought they were only local."

I thought this one was local as well.

The things you learn around here.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at November 24, 2024 07:26 AM (a1415)

140 The downfall of America's 'most hated mayor' as he sparks fresh outrage among despairing residents

https://mol.im/a/14110225

I thought the most hated mayor was that woman somewhere around Chicago area.

Posted by: Ciampino - what a maroon at November 24, 2024 07:26 AM (i0xsb)

141 127, I love the movie Glengarry Glennross. It kind of stands out because a boss in a telemarketing firm recommended it to us. Kind of like Full Metal Jacket stands out to me because my drill sergeant recommended it to us during basic training in the Summer of ‘87.

The play sounds cool. Is it online?

Posted by: Quint at November 24, 2024 07:28 AM (gKpOq)

142 127 Morning all. The movie and play of Mamet's Glengarry Glenross are classics. The cast of the movie makes the writing come alive
Posted by: Smell the Glove at November 24, 2024 07:16 AM (FxDm7)

—- —-

Never seen the play, but love the movie.
Mamet is a master of dialogue.

It’s probably one of the few films that I like Alec Baldwin in, other than say Beetlejuice or Hunt For Red October.

Ya know, the stuff before everyone realized he’s a total asshole.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at November 24, 2024 07:28 AM (6ydKt)

143 Tiny little Margo keeps all her cat toys in her cat-bed in the TV room.

And at the beginning of the day she roots through them to se what she wants to play with that day.

And usually, it is her Golf-Tee. Her absolute favorite toy is a simple Golf-Tee, which she will carry around and play with for hours.
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at November 24, 2024

***
Dagny La Siberienne is enamored of a piece of red plastic bag, the part I cut off the top to open the package of whatever it was. She keeps re-finding it in a coat closet or under one of the throw rugs, where I'm guessing she left it after the last play session.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 24, 2024 07:28 AM (omVj0)

144 I thought that, and was supposed to, with Ellery Queen's serial killer novel Cat of Many Tails. There turned out to be a "true solution" stinger to come, though. Maybe yours has a surprise or two in store.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 24, 2024 07:26 AM (omVj0)
---
Oh, there are still a few twists and turns left, but mostly Tad Williams is wrapping up all of the loose ends in his Osten Ard series. It just takes a while.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at November 24, 2024 07:29 AM (BpYfr)

145 "Dagny La Siberienne is enamored of a piece of red plastic bag, "

Clearly, we hoomans do not decide what is a cat toy.

Cats do.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at November 24, 2024 07:30 AM (a1415)

146 133 Every time we go past that place, I wonder if we should stop in.

Thanks!
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at November 24, 2024 07:22 AM (a1415)

— —

I can only attest to the cupcakes but they are really good. I can imagine their full size cakes are also worth it.

You and the Mrs should try them if you get a sweet tooth.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at November 24, 2024 07:30 AM (6ydKt)

147 "Dagny La Siberienne is enamored of a piece of red plastic bag, "
*
Clearly, we hoomans do not decide what is a cat toy.

Cats do.
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at November 24, 2024

***
If it crackles, it qualifies.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 24, 2024 07:31 AM (omVj0)

148 I used to drive a jaguar and my dad had two of them. He hated Jaguars because they always broke down and of course I had to have one.

All Jag has to do is be sleek and show some video of James Bond or the Prime Minister, it is not hard.

Posted by: Quint at November 24, 2024 07:31 AM (gKpOq)

149 We have a couple of those here. I always thought they were only local.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 24, 2024 07:24 AM (omVj0)

Seen them way out west, too.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at November 24, 2024 07:32 AM (0eaVi)

150 136 We have a couple of those here. I always thought they were only local.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 24, 2024 07:24 AM (omVj0)

— —-

So it’s a chain?
I didn’t know that either.

Very creative name for a specialty cake shop, I’ll give them that!

Posted by: SpeakingOf at November 24, 2024 07:32 AM (6ydKt)

151 "You and the Mrs should try them if you get a sweet tooth."

Gonna do that.

They have the Moron stamp of approval.

Thanks

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at November 24, 2024 07:32 AM (a1415)

152 Thanks, Sal. Feeling better. Guts slowly starting to un-fubar.

Posted by: jim (in Hospital in Kalifornia) at November 24, 2024 07:35 AM (SSBCb)

153 Good morning!

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

Posted by: NaCly Dog at November 24, 2024 07:36 AM (u82oZ)

154 Was thinking in my long work commute yesterday all these zippy EVs will soon be less in number if people have to front tje entire cost.

Posted by: Skip at November 24, 2024 07:37 AM (fwDg9)

155 "Carol and Jeff Starr had locked away their wedding rings, as well as highly valuable heirlooms passed down from Carol's late mother, in a six-foot-tall safe."

Wedding rings are meant to be worn, idiots.

Posted by: pookysgirl lost sympathy at that point at November 24, 2024 07:37 AM (dtlDP)

156 140 The downfall of America's 'most hated mayor' as he sparks fresh outrage among despairing residents

https://mol.im/a/14110225

I thought the most hated mayor was that woman somewhere around Chicago area.
Posted by: Ciampino - what a maroon at November 24, 2024 07:26 AM (i0xsb)

Beetlejui...

Posted by: jim (in Hospital in Kalifornia) at November 24, 2024 07:37 AM (SSBCb)

157 Salty!

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at November 24, 2024 07:38 AM (a1415)

158 Village Idiot's Apprentice

Top o ta mornin to ya, gov'nor.

We are doing well so far with no central HVAC heating. My adaptations worked. My non-stoic wife is even complaining less. She needs support more and more.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at November 24, 2024 07:38 AM (u82oZ)

159 Nice "justice is served" news from Jack Posobiec, if you recall the event:

https://tinyurl.com/267szv6f

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at November 24, 2024 07:39 AM (K3JKK)

160 148 All Jag has to do is be sleek and show some video of James Bond or the Prime Minister, it is not hard.
Posted by: Quint at November 24, 2024 07:31 AM (gKpOq)

— —

Or at least show the car in the commercial.

As it is, the best guess you could make is that Jaguar is some kind of women’s fashion or makeup brand.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at November 24, 2024 07:39 AM (6ydKt)

161 Have a great day, everyone. Chores continue at Festung Salty.

May you all reap the blessing of the common sense of the majority of the American people.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at November 24, 2024 07:40 AM (u82oZ)

162 The Congressional Budget Office estimates that without significant intervention, the Social Security trust funds are due to run dry in 2033, at which point the law calls for a 23 percent cut in benefits.

Maybe DOGE can come up with a simple buyout plan.
Let those with $500K or more net worth leave their SS funds in exchange for no taxes on 401 or IRA.
The simplest solution is just truth. Print all annual statement with the real check amount today and in 8 years.

Posted by: rhennigantx at November 24, 2024 07:41 AM (gbOdA)

163 "She needs support more and more."

I know this is a hard journey for you both, but it speaks of love and commitment to your relationship.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at November 24, 2024 07:41 AM (a1415)

164 154 Was thinking in my long work commute yesterday all these zippy EVs will soon be less in number if people have to front tje entire cost.
Posted by: Skip at November 24, 2024 07:37 AM (fwDg9)

It will be the only option other than public transportation for you peons--Gavin Newsome

Posted by: jim (in Hospital in Kalifornia) at November 24, 2024 07:42 AM (SSBCb)

165 Be safe, Salty!

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at November 24, 2024 07:42 AM (a1415)

166 Netflix's algorithm is broken:

https://tinyurl.com/run8kpxr

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at November 24, 2024 07:43 AM (K3JKK)

167 160 148 All Jag has to do is be sleek and show some video of James Bond or the Prime Minister, it is not hard.
Posted by: Quint at November 24, 2024 07:31 AM (gKpOq)

— —

Or at least show the car in the commercial.

As it is, the best guess you could make is that Jaguar is some kind of women’s fashion or makeup brand.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at November 24, 2024 07:39 AM (6ydKt)

Aren't jaguars a kind of cougar? Those are generally dangerous to men under 30.

Posted by: jim (in Hospital in Kalifornia) at November 24, 2024 07:44 AM (SSBCb)

168 Nice "justice is served" news from Jack Posobiec, if you recall the event:

https://tinyurl.com/267szv6f

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at November 24, 2024 07:39 AM (K3JKK)

I don't think that's the same SWATter that was trying to get The Quartering, because that kid just agreed to a plea deal. The FBI must be frantically trying to justify part of their budget.

Posted by: pookysgirl needs to make BEWARE OF DOGE signs at November 24, 2024 07:44 AM (dtlDP)

169 162 The Congressional Budget Office estimates that without significant intervention, the Social Security trust funds are due to run dry in 2033, at which point the law calls for a 23 percent cut in benefits.

Maybe DOGE can come up with a simple buyout plan.
Let those with $500K or more net worth leave their SS funds in exchange for no taxes on 401 or IRA.
The simplest solution is just truth. Print all annual statement with the real check amount today and in 8 years.
Posted by: rhennigantx at November 24, 2024 07:41 AM (gbOdA)

Lefty solution: Govt take over of all retirement accounts for your own good, will promise to dole it out to you with interest. They have a whole pile of broken Indian treaties to prove their sincerity.

Posted by: jim (in Hospital in Kalifornia) at November 24, 2024 07:47 AM (SSBCb)

170 160, that is why I gave up on all diageo brands like Jonnie Walker. I went to their page and you could scroll the entire thing and think it was an all women company from a the third world. I am not overstating the situation. I literally went to the site and scrolled all the way down and at no point did they mention alcoholic beverages.

This was a year ago maybe they have changed it but my guess is they have not.

Posted by: Quint at November 24, 2024 07:47 AM (gKpOq)

171 159 Nice "justice is served" news from Jack Posobiec, if you recall the event:

https://tinyurl.com/267szv6f
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at November 24, 2024 07:39 AM (K3JKK)

— —-

Swatting is one of the crappiest things gamers ever came up with.

Imagine being so humiliated and pissed off at losing a game of Call of Duty that you sic the SWAT team on your opponent,

Then it caught on with the rest of the dregs of society and here we are, random conservatives have SWAT called on their parents.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at November 24, 2024 07:47 AM (6ydKt)

172 So that 23% cut in SS benefits...

Will that apply to existing SS recipients as well as new recipients after that date?

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at November 24, 2024 07:49 AM (a1415)

173 The hackers were not able to listen to conversations on encrypted applications, like those carried over WhatsApp or Signal. Nor could they read encrypted messages, such as those sent from one iPhone to another over Apple’s iMessage system. But they could read regular text messages between an iPhone and an Android phone, for example, or listen to phone calls over the ordinary telephone networks, much as the government can if it has a legal order.

So the hackers got the US ORDERED back doors.

Posted by: rhennigantx at November 24, 2024 07:49 AM (gbOdA)

174 The FBI must be frantically trying to justify part of their budget.
Posted by: pookysgirl needs to make BEWARE OF DOGE signs at November 24, 2024 07:44 AM (dtlDP)
-

Or someone is trying to remain unemployed.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at November 24, 2024 07:50 AM (K3JKK)

175 I'm one of the weirdos who likes fruitcakes. Send em my way!
Posted by: Maybe someday i'll choose a nick and stick with it!

Love fruitcake especially the ones soaked in booze.

Posted by: Tuna at November 24, 2024 07:50 AM (oaGWv)

176 I just went to the Dios site and assured they’ve changed it from the year ago. Before they didn’t show a single bottle of blue, it was only women and women of color and nothing else. Now it is bottles of alcohol and women. If you scold the entire front page from top to bottom, not a single man. Because of course we know no men are involved in the making of scotch whisky.

Posted by: Quint at November 24, 2024 07:51 AM (gKpOq)

177 Will that apply to existing SS recipients as well as new recipients after that date?
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at November 24, 2024 07:49 AM (a1415)

Yes It was always funds in-funds out system but for years the fund in exceeded the funds out. But alas, the money was not invested but spent.

Posted by: rhennigantx at November 24, 2024 07:51 AM (gbOdA)

178 What cut in SS benefits?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 24, 2024 07:52 AM (omVj0)

179 167 Aren't jaguars a kind of cougar? Those are generally dangerous to men under 30.
Posted by: jim (in Hospital in Kalifornia) at November 24, 2024 07:44 AM (SSBCb)

— —

I dunno, MILFs have been a thing for awhile now.
Dangerous if the hubby finds out.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at November 24, 2024 07:52 AM (6ydKt)

180 That's the same party that previously wanted to ban encryption, claiming that Australia's laws superseded mathematics, so this betrayal of conservative principles comes as no surprise.

-------------

They can always repeal the Laws of Gravity and Causation ...

Posted by: ShainS -- We shot them under DOD Directive 5240.01 at November 24, 2024 07:52 AM (MpEy/)

181 Love fruitcake especially the ones soaked in booze.
Posted by: Tuna at November 24, 2024 07:50 AM (oaGWv)

If you have to soak food in alcohol, is it fit to eat?

Posted by: OrangeEnt at November 24, 2024 07:53 AM (0eaVi)

182 Lefty solution: Govt take over of all retirement accounts for your own good, will promise to dole it out to you with interest. They have a whole pile of broken Indian treaties to prove their sincerity.
Posted by: jim (in Hospital in Kalifornia) at November 24, 2024 07:47 AM (SSBCb)

As I thot that would happen I have move much money out (and paid taxes) into my private funds.

Posted by: rhennigantx at November 24, 2024 07:53 AM (gbOdA)

183 175, it is like both things, People hate fruitcakes because the average fruitcake is terrible though the really well-made ones like you said was booze are great. In this country, we had the entire generation, the one before mine the hated lamb or mutton, Because the stuff they were served was awful. There are good fruit cakes, But the stuff most American sent to each other to the mail or not good, the irony.

Posted by: Quint at November 24, 2024 07:54 AM (gKpOq)

184 Time to get ready for the morning walk.

BBIAB

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at November 24, 2024 07:55 AM (a1415)

185 182 Lefty solution: Govt take over of all retirement accounts for your own good, will promise to dole it out to you with interest. They have a whole pile of broken Indian treaties to prove their sincerity.
Posted by: jim (in Hospital in Kalifornia) at November 24, 2024 07:47 AM (SSBCb)

As I thot that would happen I have move much money out (and paid taxes) into my private funds.
Posted by: rhennigantx at November 24, 2024 07:53 AM (gbOdA)

Technically a negative interest rate is still interest, just not to you.

Posted by: jim (in Hospital in Kalifornia) at November 24, 2024 07:55 AM (SSBCb)

186 135 I liked the Bad Blue Jaguar ad
Posted by: Skip at November 24, 2024 07:24 AM (fwDg9)

Shoot! I missed that one! I don't see it on the Bad Blues from Nov. 16th or Nov. 23rd.

Posted by: m at November 24, 2024 07:55 AM (VnUSN)

187 What cut in SS benefits?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 24, 2024 07:52 AM (omVj0)

---------------

See # 162 (anticipated cut as the "trust fund" goes into the red in 2033 by the CBO).

Posted by: ShainS -- We shot them under DOD Directive 5240.01 at November 24, 2024 07:57 AM (MpEy/)

188 Fruitcakes. My Dad, the baker, used port wine with a little light rum for the soak. Maybe a Sangria would be flavorful.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at November 24, 2024 07:57 AM (gm9Sb)

189 178 What cut in SS benefits?
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 24, 2024 07:52 AM (omVj0)

SS was always a SS taxes pay SS benefits plan. That is collections in any year equal payout that year. There was a buffer called the SS trust which was a stack of IOUs. So since around 2009 (it has been argued earlier than that) the trust have been sold off to pay.
Current taxes + Trust Sell off = Promised Benefits.
In or around 2033 the Trust will be ZERO.
So then the formula is
Current taxes + Zero = Promised Benefits
Current taxes = 77% or Promised Benefits.

Posted by: rhennigantx at November 24, 2024 07:58 AM (gbOdA)

190 181, I say yes, the Romans used to do that with lots of desserts. Love to be that guy, but most fruitcakes suck because the average cook sucks. Really good fruit cakes are awesome ever try a really good German stolllen? The reality is most brownies suck because the people that make them are bad at cooking. Really good brownies are wonderful, but a rarity. There are good fruit cakes, but you normally don’t get them in the mail unless you get them from Texas.

Posted by: Quint at November 24, 2024 07:58 AM (gKpOq)

191 The Congressional Budget Office estimates that without significant intervention, the Social Security trust funds are due to run dry in 2033, at which point the law calls for a 23 percent cut in benefits.

Like not automatically enrolling each and every illegal alien that steps foot in the cuntry into receiving benefits?

Like not handing out checks to the dead, fictitious, in prison, or hasn't worked in decades if at all?

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at November 24, 2024 07:58 AM (rHxhM)

192 I'm one of the weirdos who likes fruitcakes. Send em my way!
Posted by: Maybe someday i'll choose a nick and stick with it!

Love fruitcake especially the ones soaked in booze.
Posted by: Tuna at November 24, 2024 07:50 AM (oaGWv)

Can I join your alliance?

Posted by: Count de Monet loves the fruitcake at November 24, 2024 07:59 AM (Aqu9a)

193 I have a good article on the entire Ponzi scheme.

https://www.cato.org/policy-analysis/
social-security-trust-fund-myth

PS Read it either drunk or stone cold sober. Anything in the middle will make you cry.

Posted by: rhennigantx at November 24, 2024 08:00 AM (gbOdA)

194 Flag is up
🫡

Posted by: Skip at November 24, 2024 08:01 AM (fwDg9)

195 Is this cut going to happen next year, or not until 2033? If it's 2025, it looks like my retirement is going to be on hold.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 24, 2024 08:01 AM (omVj0)

196 @143/Wolfus: "Dagny La Siberienne is enamored of a piece of red plastic bag... "

Ah yes, the game of "Hunt the noisy bag", best done at 3 am in hallway just outside the master bedroom, when you are trying to sleep.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at November 24, 2024 08:02 AM (O7YUW)

197 Fruitcakes in the kitchen, fruitcakes on the street
Struttin' naked through the crosswalk in the middle of the week
Half-baked cookies in the oven, half-baked people on the bus
There's a little bit of fruitcake left in everyone of us

Posted by: rhennigantx at November 24, 2024 08:02 AM (gbOdA)

198 176 I just went to the Dios site and assured they’ve changed it from the year ago. Before they didn’t show a single bottle of blue, it was only women and women of color and nothing else. Now it is bottles of alcohol and women. If you scold the entire front page from top to bottom, not a single man. Because of course we know no men are involved in the making of scotch whisky.
Posted by: Quint at November 24, 2024 07:51 AM (gKpOq)

— —-

I looked at the Johnnie Walker site just now.
After having to enter a birth date (just to look? why? If I could buy a bottle off the site, sure, but why does every alcohol site have a birth date requirement just to look at pictures, I’ve never gotten drunk off of a photo of a whiskey bottle in my life).

You’re right, looks like the same ad agency for Jaguar.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at November 24, 2024 08:02 AM (6ydKt)

199 148 I used to drive a jaguar and my dad had two of them. He hated Jaguars because they always broke down and of course I had to have one.

All Jag has to do is be sleek and show some video of James Bond or the Prime Minister, it is not hard.
Posted by: Quint at November 24, 2024 07:31 AM (gKpOq)

I recall my grandfather working for a very wealthy family as their estate manager. They had a Jaguar which I never heard a kind word about. Had to take it out on the highway to run it hard on a regular basis to "clean it out".

Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at November 24, 2024 08:03 AM (2AW7/)

200 Is this cut going to happen next year, or not until 2033? If it's 2025, it looks like my retirement is going to be on hold.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 24, 2024 08:01 AM (omVj0)

I believe the projected date is 2033.

Posted by: grammie winger - cheesehead at November 24, 2024 08:04 AM (SfhV1)

201 When I go to a wine store they say they don’t carry good sherry because Americans don’t like Sherry. I ask them why Americans don’t like sherry, and they say it is because they can’t get good sherry.

Posted by: Quint at November 24, 2024 08:05 AM (gKpOq)

202 140 The downfall of America's 'most hated mayor' as he sparks fresh outrage among despairing residents

https://mol.im/a/14110225

I thought the most hated mayor was that woman somewhere around Chicago area.
Posted by: Ciampino - what a maroon at November 24, 2024 07:26 AM (i0xsb)

Beetlejui...
Posted by: jim (in Hospital in Kalifornia) at November 24, 2024 07:37 AM (SSBCb)

Super Mayor Henyard from Dolton Village? She does double duty as the Supervisor for the Thornton Township, an area comprising 17 villages including Dolton.

Posted by: Count de Monet at November 24, 2024 08:05 AM (Aqu9a)

203 Johnnie Walker Blew.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, diseased garbage human at November 24, 2024 08:05 AM (dR6yv)

204 I will use sherry when making crab soup.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, diseased garbage human at November 24, 2024 08:06 AM (dR6yv)

205 Brennan's of Houston uses a splash of sherry in their turtle soup.

Posted by: Count de Monet at November 24, 2024 08:08 AM (Aqu9a)

206 Damn. Chuck Woolery died. That sucks.

We'll see you in 2 and 2.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, diseased garbage human at November 24, 2024 08:12 AM (dR6yv)

207 mornin yall. My MIL tried to walk to our house late yesterday afternoon. It's only a mile but she is 85 and needs a cane to walk. This is not a good sign. A lady picked her up about 1/3 of the way here and brought her to our house.

She has problems making it from one side of the house to the other. I have maintained for some time that she needs to be somewhere with constant supervision, but that is not going to be easy. She thought she could walk back home last night, even though the Sun was almost down and it was already about 50 degrees.

I can't tell Mrs fd what to do about her though. I've learned to hold my tongue with those suggestions. Maybe this incident will finally cause some changes.

Posted by: fd at November 24, 2024 08:12 AM (vFG9F)

208 The Climate Diversification Scam reminds me of the TV commercial where the engineer talks to the prefesser who talks to the UN field rapist who is helping the savage in Chad dig a water well, all on the internet. They are all so pleased with themselves that the Chadian savage now has nasty old well water to drink as they celebrate in their air conditioned orifices.

Posted by: Condescending Assholes at November 24, 2024 08:13 AM (R/m4+)

209 When I reach retirement age SS promised I'd get at least $3k/mo in the last statement they sent me...should I not believe them?
I think I'm eligible in the early 2030s...

Posted by: jim (in Hospital in Kalifornia) at November 24, 2024 08:13 AM (SSBCb)

210 Still counting votes in California.
Nothing to see here.
Move along.

Posted by: Florida Peasant at November 24, 2024 08:13 AM (Lo97M)

211 When I go to a wine store they say they don’t carry good sherry because Americans don’t like Sherry. I ask them why Americans don’t like sherry, and they say it is because they can’t get good sherry.
Posted by: Quint at November 24, 2024 08:05 AM (gKpOq)
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Have (kosher) Tio Pepe Palomino Fino from Xeres. It is a taste Mrs. BD and I acquired from my late parents who were introduced to it by family in England.

I full understand how mainly the Brits enjoy this stuff.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at November 24, 2024 08:13 AM (K3JKK)

212 207 mornin yall. My MIL tried to walk to our house late yesterday afternoon. It's only a mile but she is 85 and needs a cane to walk. This is not a good sign. A lady picked her up about 1/3 of the way here and brought her to our house.

She has problems making it from one side of the house to the other. I have maintained for some time that she needs to be somewhere with constant supervision, but that is not going to be easy. She thought she could walk back home last night, even though the Sun was almost down and it was already about 50 degrees.

I can't tell Mrs fd what to do about her though. I've learned to hold my tongue with those suggestions. Maybe this incident will finally cause some changes.
Posted by: fd at November 24, 2024 08:12 AM (vFG9F)

I had my Mom walking a mile a day and by now she must be close to OKC.

Posted by: rhennigantx at November 24, 2024 08:14 AM (gbOdA)

213 Along time ago I almost bought a XK-140 for $500. I'll never know if that was a good decision or bad. Probably good, they were not that great.

Posted by: fd at November 24, 2024 08:16 AM (vFG9F)

214 207
...
Posted by: fd at November 24, 2024 08:12 AM (vFG9F)

Would she wear a device that allows you to track where she is?

Posted by: jim (in Hospital in Kalifornia) at November 24, 2024 08:16 AM (SSBCb)

215 For them as do like fruitcake, my favorite store-bought brand is Benson's, if you csn find it...

https://www.bensonsbakery.com/about.html

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at November 24, 2024 08:17 AM (XeU6L)

216 *can

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at November 24, 2024 08:17 AM (XeU6L)

217 "Would she wear a device that allows you to track where she is?
Posted by: jim (in Hospital in Kalifornia)"

If she could not remove it. Otherwise it would be like the emergency pendent we got her, and end up lying somewhere where she can't find it.

Posted by: fd at November 24, 2024 08:18 AM (vFG9F)

218 217 "Would she wear a device that allows you to track where she is?
Posted by: jim (in Hospital in Kalifornia)"

If she could not remove it. Otherwise it would be like the emergency pendent we got her, and end up lying somewhere where she can't find it.
Posted by: fd at November 24, 2024 08:18 AM (vFG9F)

So more of an ankle bracelet...sorry.

Posted by: jim (in Hospital in Kalifornia) at November 24, 2024 08:20 AM (SSBCb)

219 “I feel I’m smart. My parents call me smart. I mean, I almost have a 4.0 [GPA]. That’s until I’m against them," Crystal says. "Then, suddenly, it means nothing.”

Crystal is a 14-year-old growing up near Omaha. Her parents are immigrants from Cuba who voted for Donald Trump in the 2024 election, along with her grandma, great grandpa, cousin, and aunt. … “You could argue with them for years, and they still wouldn’t think differently,” the eighth grader tells Teen Vogue.

https://tinyurl.com/yc5vz4dh

The first thing we need to do is to stop giving teenagers the impression that they are the smartest people in the room.

All this brainwashing and indoctrination in their schools turns every idiot teenager with an I.Q. above 100 into those haughty socialist know-it-all professors we’ve despised since the 1960s.

And children’s media makes every kid think they are smarter than their parents and parents are around to be manipulated and tricked.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at November 24, 2024 08:20 AM (6ydKt)

220 206, yeah that really sucks. Someone should do an hommage to him. For many years here, too many to count, I have brought up the anomaly that game show hosts are disproportionally conservative. If you look at Hollyweird, Game Show hosts are by far the most conservative. After that you have comedians and SNL shows players.

Woolery was one of them, one of the best. I don’t think I’m up to a posting, our better writers should do it. This is not a random observation, this is stone cold reality.

Posted by: Quint at November 24, 2024 08:21 AM (gKpOq)

221 I just looked up prices on XK-140s. The low end is about $20k, for a car that is in worse shape than the $500 one I passed up, 40 years or so ago..

High end is about $180k. Sheesh.

Posted by: fd at November 24, 2024 08:23 AM (vFG9F)

222 209 When I reach retirement age SS promised I'd get at least $3k/mo in the last statement they sent me...should I not believe them?
I think I'm eligible in the early 2030s...
Posted by: jim (in Hospital in Kalifornia) at November 24, 2024 08:13 AM (SSBCb)

From SS Bulletin
The combined OASI and
DI Trust Funds will be able
to pay all benefits in full
and on time until 2035.

Even if legislative changes are not made before 2035,
we’ll still be able to pay 83% of scheduled benefits.

This was for year 2023. It will change at next printing.

Posted by: rhennigantx at November 24, 2024 08:23 AM (gbOdA)

223 212 I had my Mom walking a mile a day and by now she must be close to OKC.
Posted by: rhennigantx at November 24, 2024 08:14 AM (gbOdA)

— —

Man I hope you’re not in Brownsville or McAllen because that would be one helluva stroll.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at November 24, 2024 08:24 AM (6ydKt)

224 nd children’s media makes every kid think they are smarter than their parents and parents are around to be manipulated and tricked.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at November 24, 2024 08:20 AM (6ydKt)

I'd hazard a guess that 86.7%+ of 14 yos think they are vastly smarter than their parents, who are old, doddering, and confused by modern marvels. Then years later, around age 22 - 25, there is a sudden flash of understanding that their parents were pretty danged smart after all. It's the nature of 14 yos.

Posted by: Count de Monet at November 24, 2024 08:25 AM (Aqu9a)

225 Going back to sleep.

Posted by: jim (in Hospital in Kalifornia) at November 24, 2024 08:26 AM (SSBCb)

226 Man I hope you’re not in Brownsville or McAllen because that would be one helluva stroll.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at November 24, 2024 08:24 AM (6ydKt)

South of H town

Posted by: rhennigantx at November 24, 2024 08:26 AM (gbOdA)

227 fd. If your wife is the only child taking care of mom she has to come to the conclusion that things need to change. Hopefully before her mom is harmed in some way. I finally had to speak with my mom after she fell in the parking lot of her condo complex. She had her dog on a leash, was trying to carry a box from her mailbox and using a cane. I was the only living child and took the initiative, my husband backed me on the decision. If there are other children involved maybe a sibling pow wow is needed.

Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at November 24, 2024 08:27 AM (2NHgQ)

228 Supposedly an XK 140 could run 140 MPH.

Posted by: rhennigantx at November 24, 2024 08:27 AM (gbOdA)

229 South of H town
Posted by: rhennigantx at November 24, 2024 08:26 AM (gbOdA)

Still a pretty good hike.
I hope you at least gave her a canteen.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at November 24, 2024 08:28 AM (6ydKt)

230 211, the Brits used to drink it in droves. There is a reason sherry casked Scotch is so famous and considered to be a traditional Scotch. The Brits had so many sherry casks left over from importing sherry, they aged their Scotch in it.

Á dirty little secret. The Spanish stopped exporting sherry in barrels, only in bottles. Now the Scotch Makers have to recreate these barrels because people are used to the flavor. Now they buy barrels and pour cheap sherry in them for a few months so they then can fill them with scotch whisky.

Actually, I should do the story, but I don’t think by writing is up to the level of the great people who post here.

Posted by: Quint at November 24, 2024 08:30 AM (gKpOq)

231 Good morning morons

Bureaucrats afuera!

Posted by: San Franpsycho at November 24, 2024 08:30 AM (RIvkX)

232 "Supposedly an XK 140 could run 140 MPH."

That would have been pretty scary.

Posted by: fd at November 24, 2024 08:30 AM (vFG9F)

233 " If your wife is the only child taking care of mom she has to come to the conclusion that things need to change."

She is. We have some part time help and Mrs fd spends a lot of time over there, but yes, something has to change.

Posted by: fd at November 24, 2024 08:31 AM (vFG9F)

234 I'd hazard a guess that 86.7%+ of 14 yos think they are vastly smarter than their parents, who are old, doddering, and confused by modern marvels. Then years later, around age 22 - 25, there is a sudden flash of understanding that their parents were pretty danged smart after all. It's the nature of 14 yos.

Posted by: Count de Monet at November 24, 2024 08:25 AM (Aqu9a)

The good news is that I've convinced Pookette that I'm wiser than she is, the bad news is that she uses it as an excuse to never use good judgment.

Posted by: pookysgirl can't win at November 24, 2024 08:32 AM (dtlDP)

235 Á dirty little secret. The Spanish stopped exporting sherry in barrels, only in bottles. Now the Scotch Makers have to recreate these barrels because people are used to the flavor. Now they buy barrels and pour cheap sherry in them for a few months so they then can fill them with scotch whisky.

Posted by: Quint at November 24, 2024 08:30 AM (gKpOq)
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To the best of my knowledge, used casks with a market are disassembled and shipped to their buyers for reassembly.

I know that's done here in Israel, both for import and export of old casks.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at November 24, 2024 08:33 AM (K3JKK)

236 " If your wife is the only child taking care of mom she has to come to the conclusion that things need to change."

She is. We have some part time help and Mrs fd spends a lot of time over there, but yes, something has to change.
Posted by: fd at November 24, 2024 08:31 AM (vFG9F)

That is a difficult situation. Good luck working through it as a couple for mom's protection.

Posted by: Count de Monet at November 24, 2024 08:35 AM (Aqu9a)

237 troll level 1000

https://x.com/CitizenFreePres/status/
1849843871502451146

Posted by: rhennigantx at November 24, 2024 08:36 AM (gbOdA)

238 jaguar commercial

https://x.com/Marcus_Byrne/status/
1859931383831081188

Posted by: rhennigantx at November 24, 2024 08:38 AM (gbOdA)

239 "To the best of my knowledge, used casks with a market are disassembled and shipped to their buyers for reassembly.

I know that's done here in Israel, both for import and export of old casks."

Interesting. That makes sense.

Extrapolating that a bit. You could just soak the stays in a vat of conditioning sherry (maybe even heat it and pressurize it) rather than filling individual casks.

Posted by: pawn at November 24, 2024 08:38 AM (QB+5g)

240 The good news is that I've convinced Pookette that I'm wiser than she is, the bad news is that she uses it as an excuse to never use good judgment.
Posted by: pookysgirl can't win at November 24, 2024 08:32 AM (dtlDP)

But think of all the exciting life stories and experiences she'll be able to tell later. However, may she grow out of that as she matures.

Posted by: Count de Monet at November 24, 2024 08:38 AM (Aqu9a)

241 my chance to greet all the early morning horde since I normally read Pixy about 8 am or so.
Jim ((hugs)) and prayers from Indiana. Praying for healing and peace and comfort.

Wolfus, come on over here to Indiana. It's a good place to live. Stop prevaricating and just jump into the retirement pool. You know you want to. Also, I hope you and Miss Linda figure it out. You seem so kind.

Teresa, prayers for healing and peace. So many here urged you to look into fenbendazole/ivermectin, I sincerely hope you are doing that. Looks promising.

And to all the rest of you Pixy regulars, I love reading your comments and wish I could join in but I am not an early morning person. I am a regular lurker, ususally show up on the later threads if I can get a word in edgewise.

Posted by: TecumsehTea at November 24, 2024 08:39 AM (1TzeS)

242 235, I hear ya. But it was actually many decades ago with the Spanish wanted to protect the name Sherry and they stop selling the wine in barrels, it is only sold by the bottle. The barrels used to create Sherry are useless because they are used for 100 years or so, and the barrel offers nothing to the wine. What we call Sherry barrels or the barrel used to ship it to the UK, But that has happened for many decades.

No, the scotch makers want to re-create the flavor of Sherry casked whiskey So they buy super cheap Sherry or type of Sherry resident that they create two “season” barrels, To give off the Sherry flavor. I am not saying it’s fake, but it is a bit fake. The real reality is is the best we can do.

Posted by: Quint at November 24, 2024 08:39 AM (gKpOq)

243 When Scotch makers say they use various Sherry barrels now you know the truth. They are not sourcing barrels that Sherry was aged in, except for the ones they use specifically to make their whiskey.

Posted by: Quint at November 24, 2024 08:41 AM (gKpOq)

244 Wolfus, come on over here to Indiana. It's a good place to live. Stop prevaricating and just jump into the retirement pool. You know you want to. Also, I hope you and Miss Linda figure it out. You seem so kind.
Posted by: TecumsehTea at November 24, 2024 08:39 AM (1TzeS)

That's what I've been saying. Stop spinning your wheels and get the to the Hoosier stat! We had snow flurries on Friday!

Posted by: Madame Mayhem (uppity wench) at November 24, 2024 08:43 AM (4XwPj)

245 The McRib is returning for the holidays.

McRibbed for her pleasure.

Posted by: rhennigantx at November 24, 2024 08:43 AM (gbOdA)

246 "No, the scotch makers want to re-create the flavor of Sherry casked whiskey So they buy super cheap Sherry or type of Sherry resident that they create two “season” barrels, To give off the Sherry flavor."

This isn't clear.

Posted by: pawn at November 24, 2024 08:44 AM (QB+5g)

247 I'd hazard a guess that 86.7%+ of 14 yos think they are vastly smarter than their parents, who are old, doddering, and confused by modern marvels. Then years later, around age 22 - 25, there is a sudden flash of understanding that their parents were pretty danged smart after all. It's the nature of 14 yos.

Posted by: Count de Monet
+++
"When I was a boy of fourteen, my father was so ignorant I could hardly stand to have the old man around. But when I got to be twenty-one, I was astonished at how much he had learned in seven years."
Mark Twain

Posted by: Florida Peasant at November 24, 2024 08:45 AM (Lo97M)

248 The good news is that I've convinced Pookette that I'm wiser than she is, the bad news is that she uses it as an excuse to never use good judgment.
Posted by: pookysgirl can't win at November 24, 2024 08:32 AM (dtlDP)

Seems there's an epidemic of female poor judgement.

Posted by: long night ending, dawn in January at November 24, 2024 08:46 AM (2NXcZ)

249 "When I was a boy of fourteen, my father was so ignorant I could hardly stand to have the old man around. But when I got to be twenty-one, I was astonished at how much he had learned in seven years."
Mark Twain

This is a classic.

Posted by: pawn at November 24, 2024 08:46 AM (QB+5g)

250 jaguar commercial

https://x.com/Marcus_Byrne/status/
1859931383831081188

Posted by: rhennigantx at November 24, 2024 08:38 AM (gbOdA)
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LOL! From the comments:

https://tinyurl.com/mrye54p8

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at November 24, 2024 08:48 AM (K3JKK)

251 "When I was a boy of fourteen, my father was so ignorant I could hardly stand to have the old man around. But when I got to be twenty-one, I was astonished at how much he had learned in seven years."
Mark Twain
Posted by: Florida Peasant at November 24, 2024 08:45 AM (Lo97M)

Twain said it more better and eloquently. Thanks for bringing it.

Posted by: Count de Monet at November 24, 2024 08:51 AM (Aqu9a)

252 246, pawn fair. I am saying the Sherry barrels that Scott used to be aged in no longer exist. So now the scotch whiskey makers have to come up with Sherry barrels. They build their own barrels and they “season” Them with cheap Sherry or a Sherry must that they create. Sherry barrels never met the barrels that Sherry was aged in because those never leave Spain. Sherry barrel used to ship Sherry to the UK, But that hasn’t been done in many many decades.

I hope I’m clear now. I know I screwed up, but I get to the point of it lol. No, the horde knows about Sherry barrels whether they asked or not.

Posted by: Quint at November 24, 2024 08:51 AM (gKpOq)

253 fd, trackers are available in jewelry form (bracelet or necklace) that looks nice and cannot be removed. Sorry I don't remember the brand.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at November 24, 2024 08:51 AM (RIvkX)

254 “ You used to walk in these ways, in the life you once lived. But now you must also rid yourselves of all such things as these: anger, rage, malice, slander, and filthy language from your lips. Do not lie to each other, since you have taken off your old self with its practices and have put on the new self, which is being renewed in knowledge in the image of its Creator.”

Colossians 3:7-10

Posted by: Marcus T at November 24, 2024 08:51 AM (9hg+r)

255 Anyone else seen the USAID PSA's promoting donations in cash? Anyone else else wonder WTF?

Posted by: Sock Monkey * Justice for Peanut at November 24, 2024 08:52 AM (F3SmE)

256 Good morning good people.

Posted by: Tonypete at November 24, 2024 08:52 AM (WXNFJ)

257 "When I was a boy of fourteen, my father was so ignorant I could hardly stand to have the old man around. But when I got to be twenty-one, I was astonished at how much he had learned in seven years."
Mark Twain
Posted by: Florida Peasant at November 24, 2024 08:45 AM (Lo97M)
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This is me, except I was not 21, I was 41.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at November 24, 2024 08:53 AM (RIvkX)

258 fd, trackers are available in jewelry form (bracelet or necklace) that looks nice and cannot be removed. Sorry I don't remember the brand.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at November 24, 2024 08:51 AM (RIvkX)

My grandfather had one in watch form, I believe.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, red heifer owner at November 24, 2024 08:53 AM (dR6yv)

259 Woolery was one of them, one of the best. I don’t think I’m up to a posting, our better writers should do it. This is not a random observation, this is stone cold reality.
Posted by: Quint at November 24, 2024 0

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My mother was never impressed with most game show hosts, except for Hugh Downs . . . and Woolery. When he was on the original Wheel of Fortune in daytime, she'd often watch. She said he seemed real and likable.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 24, 2024 08:53 AM (omVj0)

260 Sherry barrel used to ship Sherry to the UK, But that hasn’t been done in many many decades.

Posted by: Quint

So, would it be fair to say it's Sherry's turn in the barrel?

Posted by: Tonypete at November 24, 2024 08:54 AM (WXNFJ)

261 GREG GUTFELD: ‘MSNBC Now Stands for Must Sell Network Before Christmas’

Posted by: rhennigantx at November 24, 2024 08:55 AM (gbOdA)

262 260,for sure everyone one gets their time in the barrel.

Posted by: Quint at November 24, 2024 08:56 AM (y1Yk9)

263 Sherry?

Posted by: Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons at November 24, 2024 08:57 AM (Aqu9a)

264 Wolfus, come on over here to Indiana. It's a good place to live. Stop prevaricating and just jump into the retirement pool. You know you want to. Also, I hope you and Miss Linda figure it out. You seem so kind.
Posted by: TecumsehTea at November 24, 2024 08:39 AM (1TzeS)
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That's what I've been saying. Stop spinning your wheels and get the to the Hoosier stat! We had snow flurries on Friday!
Posted by: Madame Mayhem (uppity wench) at November 24, 2024

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I'm telling Linda tonight that I plan to tell my boss tomorrow and give him until 1/31. She ain't gonna like it, but my recent brush with the bruised rib has made me realize that my good health won't last forever, and I want to have some time to enjoy life instead of slogging to and from an office.

Im still thinking Evansville. If the retirement thing works out, I could drive up in early Feb., probably not the best time of the year, or March.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 24, 2024 08:58 AM (omVj0)

265 Livestock RFID ear tags?

j/k

Posted by: Count de Monet at November 24, 2024 08:58 AM (Aqu9a)

266 Wolfus, always check out a place at the worst time of the year. Don't get fooled by good weather. Trouble starts when cooler weather starts.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at November 24, 2024 08:59 AM (0eaVi)

267 Fancy people call it Jerez, for the town they make it in. Sherry is an Anglicism.

Posted by: Quint at November 24, 2024 08:59 AM (y1Yk9)

268 fd, if she can't keep herself safe, you have to do it for her.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at November 24, 2024 09:00 AM (RIvkX)

269 Wolfus, always check out a place at the worst time of the year. Don't get fooled by good weather. Trouble starts when cooler weather starts.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at November 24, 2024

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True. My car is FWD, and I've driven in CO snow, so I'm not too worried unless I run into a blizzard on the way up or back down.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 24, 2024 09:00 AM (omVj0)

270 see this photo of Chuck Woolery posted by his brother Mark

https://x.com/MarkYoungTruth/status/
1860516705086157107

Posted by: Don Black at November 24, 2024 09:01 AM (/7KEl)

271 Noodus biblios!

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 24, 2024 09:01 AM (omVj0)

272 Welp - #1 daughter has, once again, screwed up this adulting thing big time. As a result, R. is leaving for sunny FL this afternoon to try to unf**k this situation. I doubt she'll be bad before Thanksgiving.

Just as a reminder, this is the daughter who had two pigs living in their house for a few years. No, not little, cute pigmy pigs, but rather two monster farm pigs. In. The. F*cking. House.

I can't even.

Posted by: Tonypete at November 24, 2024 09:01 AM (WXNFJ)

273 272 Welp - #1 daughter has, once again, screwed up this adulting thing big time. As a result, R. is leaving for sunny FL this afternoon to try to unf**k this situation. I doubt she'll be bad before Thanksgiving.

Just as a reminder, this is the daughter who had two pigs living in their house for a few years. No, not little, cute pigmy pigs, but rather two monster farm pigs. In. The. F*cking. House.

I can't even.
Posted by: Tonypete at November 24, 2024 09:01 AM (WXNFJ)

Sorry this got willowed, Tonypete.

Posted by: m at November 24, 2024 09:04 AM (VnUSN)

274 Wolfus,

I think it's a good idea to go and see it when it's not optimal but..

you need to appreciate what living though an entire season cycle is like. By around February folk there are sometimes severely depressed. Cabin fever is a real thing.

I personally wouldn't commit to buying anything up there in your position. Too many uncontrolable unknowns.

Plus the RE market is primed for a collapse.

Posted by: pawn at November 24, 2024 09:12 AM (QB+5g)

275 Wolfus,

I think it's a good idea to go and see it when it's not optimal but..

you need to appreciate what living though an entire season cycle is like. By around February folk there are sometimes severely depressed. Cabin fever is a real thing.

I personally wouldn't commit to buying anything up there in your position. Too many uncontrolable unknowns.

Plus the RE market is primed for a collapse.
Posted by: pawn at November 24, 2024

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If it collapses, won't that mean lower prices? No, I won't commit to anything until I see what it's like. I suppose I'll have to rent for a while.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 24, 2024 09:14 AM (omVj0)

276 232 "Supposedly an XK 140 could run 140 MPH."

That would have been pretty scary.
Posted by: fd at November 24, 2024 08:30 AM (vFG9F)

Why, Yes!*-- Joe Isuzu
*downhill with hurricane force winds blowing in same direction

Posted by: jim (in Hospital in Kalifornia) at November 24, 2024 09:23 AM (SSBCb)

277 Every time a bell rings a bureaucrat loses his job.

Posted by: Smellslikevictory at November 24, 2024 09:26 AM (jPdyB)

278 Lost me at "nominally conservative Liberal party". Um...

Posted by: Ss at November 24, 2024 09:46 AM (2vaNI)

279 M4 iMac is aimed at people in the market for a Mac, looks at the M4 and reasons that all of the other models don't look so expensive and limited afterall.

Posted by: JTSmith at November 24, 2024 11:53 AM (QBfV+)

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