Otterly Cute Cafe

You probably don't know this, because you're not Sea Otter Experts like I am (and nurse ratchet is), but sea otters are compulsive fans the Home Alone franchise.

Male sea otter asks humans for help, because his girl is stuck in a neck by the dock. The couple are reunited!

Sea otter check-up.

Pup squeals as his mom grooms him.

Meanwhile, here's an evil river otter bringing suffering and hatred to the world.

I think the difference is that river otters have shorter hair which appears smoother and better groomed, whereas sea otters have fluffy, spiky, unruly bed-head type hair.

And of course, river otters are evil. For some reason.

Grooming the chinchilla, if you'll pardon my French.

Cute dogs greet their master.

Separation anxiety.

ICYMI: Woodcutter's apprentice is a raven.

Even robots are worn out by Friday.

🎥 - Sea Otters are some of the smartest marine mammals in the world with their curiosity and intelligence rivalling Dolphins! 🦦

Here’s an adorable one playing catch 🪨 : pic.twitter.com/MCsmM9McbB
— BrainXpansion (@BrainXpansion) January 14, 2024

A man gives CPR to dog and saves the animals life… HERO 🎉🙏 pic.twitter.com/DJTAdczzFK
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sir, when you have a free moment, are you available for a quick game of fetch ?
(jukin media) pic.twitter.com/o3fmL2pisF
— theworldofdog (@theworldofdog) December 5, 2024

The original Rudolf the Red Nose Reindeer commercial. pic.twitter.com/CGScYhy7UI
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Posted by: Ace at 07:40 PM

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1 nnreere

Posted by: mindful webworker - aw revwaw de noche at December 06, 2024 07:40 PM (3nSG+)

2 thank heaven

Posted by: Hokey Pokey at December 06, 2024 07:41 PM (QSrLX)

3 Emma Dumont opening the door to her psyche...
https://tinyurl.com/2k8y3rmj

Posted by: andycanuck (hovnC) at December 06, 2024 07:42 PM (hovnC)

4 Good evening good people.

Posted by: Tonypete at December 06, 2024 07:42 PM (WXNFJ)

5 Not really sure what happened there, but it sure did.

NOODled.

Posted by: mindful webworker - savante guardinia at December 06, 2024 07:43 PM (3nSG+)

6 I believe this year is the 60th anniversary of Rudolph the Red Nose Reindeer.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, red heifer owner at December 06, 2024 07:43 PM (dR6yv)

7 Good evening everyone

Posted by: Skip at December 06, 2024 07:46 PM (fwDg9)

8 Hello friends!

Posted by: Piper at December 06, 2024 07:47 PM (p4NUW)

9 I believe this year is the 60th anniversary of Rudolph the Red Nose Reindeer.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, red heifer owner

And I remember watching it the first time it was broadcast.

Posted by: Tuna at December 06, 2024 07:48 PM (oaGWv)

10 Pray for Trump's safety, Musk's safety, etc.

They are a massive threatening connected people who make their fortunes off of unaccountable status quo government activities and waste. It's incredible to consider how much danger they are willingly putting themselves in to try to save this country.

God bless those men.

Posted by: Boron Cobbie - society needs the pejorative faggot, so the term sassy is now used at December 06, 2024 07:49 PM (0E23u)

11 Why were otters even needed when rats know how to swim?

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at December 06, 2024 07:49 PM (+myjY)

12
We knew that Her Majesty's car would not pass the emissions test and could not have the registration renewed so long as the Check Engine light was on.

The light went out while she was driving this morning, so she went in and had it tested. It passed. So the entire difference between Pass and Fail was whether the Check Engine light was on. Is this stupid or what?

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 06, 2024 07:49 PM (dxSpM)

13 OMGOMGOMG!

Sea otters!!

Thank
You, ace!!!!

Posted by: nurse ratched, garbage at December 06, 2024 07:49 PM (MVrLh)

14 There has to be a "Patient X"when it comes to river otter hatred and discrimination, the fount of misinformation has to have a headwater. I think I know who it is.

Posted by: Little Leery at December 06, 2024 07:49 PM (D0hl3)

15 Otter likes motorcycle riders

Posted by: Skip at December 06, 2024 07:50 PM (pDRA1)

16 Dog CPR looks staged. Not buying it.

Posted by: coyne at December 06, 2024 07:50 PM (q/UtE)

17 9 I believe this year is the 60th anniversary of Rudolph the Red Nose Reindeer.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, red heifer owner

And I remember watching it the first time it was broadcast.
Posted by: Tuna at December 06, 2024 07:48 PM (oaGWv
Me too, I was 15.

Posted by: Eromero at December 06, 2024 07:50 PM (LHPAg)

18 And of course, river otters are evil. For some reason.
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Ace, did you not see that otter totally giving that kid a pedo stare? Creepy as hell. Looked at that kid like a BBC host.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December 06, 2024 07:50 PM (ZOv7s)

19 Never liked those stop-motion animated shows like Rudolph.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at December 06, 2024 07:51 PM (+myjY)

20 You have inspired us to watch Rudolph tonight. It is all set up. Apparently the girls convinced J to get pizza from our little place up the street so we will watch it while we eat. They even remembered to get an extra veggie, light on the cheese one for me. It’s a Christmas miracle!

Posted by: Piper at December 06, 2024 07:52 PM (p4NUW)

21 The light went out while she was driving this morning, so she went in and had it tested. It passed. So the entire difference between Pass and Fail was whether the Check Engine light was on. Is this stupid or what?
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 06, 2024 07:49 PM (dxSpM)
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So the trick is to know which fuse supports the console warning lights and pull it prior to the test.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December 06, 2024 07:52 PM (ZOv7s)

22 Happy Friday, everyone!

Posted by: 2009Refugee at December 06, 2024 07:52 PM (8AONa)

23
Sea Otter = Crossbow

River Otter = Long Bow

Posted by: eleven at December 06, 2024 07:52 PM (fV+MH)

24 I'm loving this year. Gwen Stefani is professing her love of Jesus Christ. Wow. I'm going to check out her Hallow posts tonight. Not to be crude but did Blake Shelton red pill her?

Posted by: Mishdog at December 06, 2024 07:53 PM (XboH+)

25 In my younger days I've fished in many a stream, chest deep in the water, and had river otters swim with me.

They've been getting bad Press here, and I'll not hear of it ...

Posted by: browndog sticking up for the inland creatures at December 06, 2024 07:53 PM (TTAGa)

26 Sea Otter = Crossbow

River Otter = Long Bow
Posted by: eleven at December 06, 2024 07:52 PM (fV+MH)
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Sea Otter = Colt 1911

River Otter = Glock

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December 06, 2024 07:54 PM (ZOv7s)

27 I otter get out of here.

Posted by: rhennigantx at December 06, 2024 07:54 PM (gbOdA)

28 Clearing the check engine light is why I got a code scanner. Thing is worth it's weight in gold

Posted by: Accomack at December 06, 2024 07:54 PM (w9ItN)

29 FIRST!!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 06, 2024 07:54 PM (Zz0t1)

30 looking forward to a good MWC game between BSU and UNLV.

Posted by: IC - Cope Harder, Liberals at December 06, 2024 07:54 PM (EmT/E)

31 The fetch video. That's my dog. You don't want to play with me? I will MAKE you play with me!!!! Spits a ball out at you to throw.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 06, 2024 07:54 PM (Zz0t1)

32 12
We knew that Her Majesty's car would not pass the emissions test and could not have the registration renewed so long as the Check Engine light was on.

The light went out while she was driving this morning, so she went in and had it tested. It passed. So the entire difference between Pass and Fail was whether the Check Engine light was on. Is this stupid or what?
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 06, 2024 07:49 PM (dxSpM
Happened to me with a turn signal indicator. Had to replace the whole instrument cluster. Texas does away with inspections first of the year.

Posted by: Eromero at December 06, 2024 07:55 PM (LHPAg)

33 Sea otters are precious creatures.

Posted by: Hugh Jass at December 06, 2024 07:55 PM (+3JPF)

34 Piper, Rudolph is awesome. But my question is always, is the dentist elf’s name Herbie or Herme? I seem to hear one or the other at various points the show.

Posted by: Bulg at December 06, 2024 07:55 PM (v6JzV)

35 I'm loving this year. Gwen Stefani is professing her love of Jesus Christ. Wow. I'm going to check out her Hallow posts tonight. Not to be crude but did Blake Shelton red pill her?
Posted by: Mishdog at December 06, 2024 07:53 PM (XboH+)
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Listening to her stuff with No Doubt back in the day, there was a sensitivity there. God works in mysterious ways!

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December 06, 2024 07:55 PM (ZOv7s)

36 Robot needs a 15 minute break.

Posted by: wth at December 06, 2024 07:55 PM (v0R5T)

37 Hey, baaaaaaabee.
Hey,baaaaaaaaabee!

Posted by: Call of the Sperm Whale at December 06, 2024 07:55 PM (hirWM)

38 >>> 28 Clearing the check engine light is why I got a code scanner. Thing is worth it's weight in gold
Posted by: Accomack at December 06, 2024 07:54 PM (w9ItN)

My cheapo model (~$60 iirc) I bought a few years ago includes this feature.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at December 06, 2024 07:56 PM (KcwUg)

39 24 I'm loving this year. Gwen Stefani is professing her love of Jesus Christ. Wow. I'm going to check out her Hallow posts tonight. Not to be crude but did Blake Shelton red pill her?
Posted by: Mishdog at December

She has always been religious, which is why her first marriage lasted so long in Hollywood terms and why she was so devastated when it ended with him cheating. She seems so much happier with Blake Shelton, though. He seems like a much nicer guy.

Hmmmm….I may need to ponder this a bit more.

Posted by: Piper at December 06, 2024 07:56 PM (p4NUW)

40 In football terminology Sea Otters are "body catchers".

Posted by: eleven at December 06, 2024 07:56 PM (fV+MH)

41 Sea Otter = Bailey
River Otter = Jennifer

Posted by: Bulg at December 06, 2024 07:57 PM (v6JzV)

42 Again, with the Big Sea Otter propaganda.

Sea Otters are actually necrophiliac murdering bastards.

Don't believe me? Here's a handy article explaining their reign of terror fit for a horror film.

https://tinyurl.com/4tfkn86y

Posted by: AlaBAMA at December 06, 2024 07:57 PM (aOqEy)

43 Tomorrow Notre Dame cathedral will reopen. Donald Trump will be there.

Larger forces at work. Complicated business.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December 06, 2024 07:57 PM (ZOv7s)

44
The light went out while she was driving this morning, so she went in and had it tested. It passed. So the entire difference between Pass and Fail was whether the Check Engine light was on. Is this stupid or what?
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 06, 2024 07:49 PM (dxSpM

Something will fail in the near future, but the car ran a self-test and didn't find the issue, so it cleared the light. They don't check for stored codes, only if there are any issues. And the CE light won't necessarily fail it, unless it's an emissions failure. Then, you're screwed.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 06, 2024 07:57 PM (Zz0t1)

45 There's not enough vodka tonight. I'm using it as an aesthetic.

Posted by: Hugh Jass at December 06, 2024 07:57 PM (+3JPF)

46 Can't get a Yak mention around here for love nor money.

Posted by: Ben Had at December 06, 2024 07:57 PM (gGMRM)

47 Awwwwwww!!!!!
Sea otters are so damned cute!

Posted by: Diogenes at December 06, 2024 07:57 PM (W/lyH)

48 'They rape baby seals and hold each other’s pups hostage for food."

That's the money quote.

Posted by: AlaBAMA at December 06, 2024 07:57 PM (aOqEy)

49 Texas does away with inspections first of the year.
Posted by: Eromero at December 06, 2024 07:55 PM (LHPAg)

The bigger counties will still require it. Dallas, Denton, Harris......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 06, 2024 07:58 PM (Zz0t1)

50 34 Piper, Rudolph is awesome. But my question is always, is the dentist elf’s name Herbie or Herme? I seem to hear one or the other at various points the show.
Posted by: Bulg at December

Hermey. It is settled.

Posted by: Piper at December 06, 2024 07:58 PM (p4NUW)

51 Rudolf - damn I’m sure I saw that the first time it was broadcast in 1964.
The best version of Rudolf is the MadTV version - where Rudolf settles all of the Family Business.

Posted by: Tom Servo at December 06, 2024 07:58 PM (W6hoT)

52 Otters! A lovely way to wind down for the weekend.

Posted by: LizLem at December 06, 2024 07:58 PM (wcIbG)

53 Giant river otters in Sud American can pull a full grown cow to the water for their friends to kill and butcher.
As the night grows long the fired of them cooking the beast of burden along the riverbanks can be seen from the airport.
They drink the hooch wiskey and cuss at boat coming down the river.
Pretty no, necessary yes, pretty in a bad way.

Posted by: rhennigantx at December 06, 2024 07:58 PM (gbOdA)

54 >>> 43 Tomorrow Notre Dame cathedral will reopen. Donald Trump will be there.

Larger forces at work. Complicated business.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December 06, 2024 07:57 PM (ZOv7s)

I am still amused by the lights going out in Paris the night of that clusterfck opening ceremony for the Olympics.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at December 06, 2024 07:58 PM (KcwUg)

55 The pelicans have left Sloan's Lake. Must be winter cominig

Posted by: guzano ( Vic - R.I.P fucbd) at December 06, 2024 07:58 PM (v1eJ7)

56 And the one that brought a gift!
*sniff...sniff*
I'd keep that rock forever.

Posted by: Diogenes at December 06, 2024 07:58 PM (W/lyH)

57 ... Complicated business.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December 06, 2024 07:57 PM (ZOv7s)

Still my favorite quote from the 2016 election night revelries.

Posted by: browndog sticking up for the inland creatures at December 06, 2024 07:59 PM (TTAGa)

58 Hermey. It is settled.
Posted by: Piper at December 06, 2024 07:58 PM (p4NUW

It’s short for Hermaphroditey.

Posted by: Tom Servo at December 06, 2024 07:59 PM (W6hoT)

59 I would like a otter as a pet

Posted by: Skip at December 06, 2024 07:59 PM (pDRA1)

60 Those otters are almost insufferably cute.

And I wouldn't call sea otters a "marine" animal. They are aquatic quadrupeds that spend much of their life at sea, but they are clearly capable of getting around on land quite well. Seals? Mostly marine, but can haul out on shore, and do so a lot. Dolphins and whales? Categorically marine, would die if left ashore for any amount of time.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 06, 2024 07:59 PM (A3oMr)

61 The Don not the Joe at Notre Dame!

ha

Posted by: rhennigantx at December 06, 2024 08:00 PM (gbOdA)

62 In football terminology Sea Otters are "body catchers".
Posted by: eleven at December 06, 2024 07:56 PM (fV+MH)

"Alligator-arms" are receivers who don't want to take a hit.

Posted by: coyne at December 06, 2024 08:00 PM (q/UtE)

63 They rape baby seals and hold each other’s pups hostage for food."

You say that like it's a bad thing.

Posted by: PDiddy at December 06, 2024 08:00 PM (+3JPF)

64 59 I would like a otter as a pet
Posted by: Skip at December 06, 2024 07:59 PM (pDRA1)

Good way to lose a child. Sea Otters love to murder small infants.

Posted by: AlaBAMA at December 06, 2024 08:00 PM (aOqEy)

65 I think the difference is that river otters have shorter hair which appears smoother and better groomed, whereas sea otters have fluffy, spiky, unruly bed-head type hair.

Sea otters act like they waiting for Jeeves to come tell them what shirt to wear, or what to do about that unfortunate misunderstanding that has led to an engagement.

River otters move like a well trained hit team closing on an objective.

Posted by: Kindltot at December 06, 2024 08:01 PM (D7oie)

66 Will the hunchback be at the Notre Dame re-opening ? Not fetterman.

Posted by: guzano ( Vic - R.I.P fucbd) at December 06, 2024 08:01 PM (v1eJ7)

67 Don't believe me? Here's a handy article explaining their reign of terror fit for a horror film.

Posted by: AlaBAMA at December 06, 2024 07:57 PM (aOqEy)
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Yeah, but it's Vox so worthless. Anti-otter propaganda from otterphobes.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December 06, 2024 08:01 PM (ZOv7s)

68 Don't believe me? Here's a handy article explaining their reign of terror fit for a horror film.

Posted by: AlaBAMA at December 06, 2024 07:57 PM (aOqEy)
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Dibs on your stuff!

Posted by: Diogenes at December 06, 2024 08:02 PM (W/lyH)

69 >>> 67 Don't believe me? Here's a handy article explaining their reign of terror fit for a horror film.

Posted by: AlaBAMA at December 06, 2024 07:57 PM (aOqEy)
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Yeah, but it's Vox so worthless. Anti-otter propaganda from otterphobes.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December 06, 2024 08:01 PM (ZOv7s)

Did Otter 481 steal a surfboard from one of them?

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at December 06, 2024 08:02 PM (KcwUg)

70 >>Clearing the check engine light is why I got a code scanner. Thing is worth it's weight in gold

A few ago I was heading to the airport at 0 dark 30 when the check engine light came on. Made it to the airport and then back home after the trip. I went to the local NAPA to get it decoded and it the scanner said I had a bad thermostat and the warning light was "permanent" meaning it wouldn't go off until the thermostat was fixed and someone who knew what they were doing reset the computer.

Made an appointment to get it fixed at my local mechanic. He buys the part and the day before the appointment the light goes off. I didn't want to leave the guy hanging so I had him change the thermostat anyway. He then tells me that the computer has no record of a fault occurring.

I miss simple cars.

Posted by: JackStraw at December 06, 2024 08:03 PM (LkLld)

71 The light went out while she was driving this morning, so she went in and had it tested. It passed. So the entire difference between Pass and Fail was whether the Check Engine light was on. Is this stupid or what?
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 06, 2024 07:49 PM (dxSpM)

#1 reason for a "check engine" light? Failure of some emissions-related device. Including the fuel filler cap.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 06, 2024 08:03 PM (A3oMr)

72 Let’s bring all our military back to the US and stop selling weapons to the world. See how much that saves. Next, stop pouring foreign aid money down bottomless pits. See how much that saves.

The truth is still out there.
Ayn Rand was right.
John Galt lives.

Posted by: Going deep. Out. at December 06, 2024 08:03 PM (DX6IT)

73 hopefully security is super tight at the Notre Dame tomorrow.

Posted by: IC - Cope Harder, Liberals at December 06, 2024 08:03 PM (EmT/E)

74 Posted by: AlaBAMA

You're just jealous because I love them so much.

Posted by: nurse ratched, garbage at December 06, 2024 08:03 PM (v4srF)

75 Duncanthrax and I will sit over here and sip tequila while the otterfest goes on

Posted by: Ben Had at December 06, 2024 08:03 PM (gGMRM)

76 66 Lon Chaney and Charles Laughton will be there in spirit.

Posted by: Bulg at December 06, 2024 08:03 PM (v6JzV)

77 'One sea otter off the coast of British Columbia apparently raped and murdered a dog.'

It gets worse...

Posted by: AlaBAMA at December 06, 2024 08:03 PM (aOqEy)

78 46 Can't get a Yak mention around here for love nor money.

Posted by: Ben Had at December 06, 2024 07:57 PM (gGMRM)
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Yak Yak Yak! How about a Llama once in a while!?

Posted by: Carl Wheezer -- Llama Plenipotrntiary at December 06, 2024 08:04 PM (i0xsb)

79 Hah! They asked Melania about Trump's YMCA dance.

She smiled and responded thus, "It eeeess very special and unique dance."

Then they asked does she do the dance as well.

"No."

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at December 06, 2024 08:04 PM (w6EFb)

80 "Alligator-arms" are receivers who don't want to take a hit.
Posted by: coyne at December 06, 2024 08:00 PM (q/UtE)

Damn man ... forgive and forget

Jan 6, 1990 is a long time ago. Besides, Kelly overthrew the ball

Posted by: Ronnie Harmon at December 06, 2024 08:04 PM (TTAGa)

81 the otters are there
quiet patiently hungry
feasting impatiently

Posted by: rhennigantx at December 06, 2024 08:04 PM (gbOdA)

82 'One sea otter off the coast of British Columbia apparently raped and murdered a dog.'

It gets worse...
Posted by: AlaBAMA at December 06, 2024 08:03 PM (aOqEy)
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To be fair, that's better than murdering *then* raping it.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December 06, 2024 08:05 PM (ZOv7s)

83 Never liked those stop-motion animated shows like Rudolph.
Posted by: Cicero

Clutch Cargo and Tom Terrific must have driven you up the wall then.

Posted by: Tonypete at December 06, 2024 08:05 PM (WXNFJ)

84 Can't get a Yak mention around here for love nor money.

Posted by: Ben Had at December 06, 2024 07:57 PM (gGMRM)

Does this help?

https://youtu.be/Zcq_xLi2NGo

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf - Remember Vic and VNN! at December 06, 2024 08:05 PM (VNX3d)

85 >>> The Don not the Joe at Notre Dame! ha
Posted by: rhennigantx at December 06, 2024 08:00 PM (gbOdA)

I'll be praying a lot he stays safe.

I'm still thrilled that Trump will be at the Olympics in LA, not Kamala. it's one of those dumb petty things, but it makes me happy.

Also that Trump will oversee the 250th anniversary celebrations! I was sad I missed the Mount Rushmore firework extravaganza during his last term. If he does that again, I want to go. A 250th celebration there on July 4 will be totally lit.

Posted by: LizLem at December 06, 2024 08:05 PM (wcIbG)

86 And I wouldn't call sea otters a "marine" animal. They are aquatic quadrupeds that spend much of their life at sea, but they are clearly capable of getting around on land quite well. Seals? Mostly marine, but can haul out on shore, and do so a lot. Dolphins and whales? Categorically marine, would die if left ashore for any amount of time.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon

Did you leave me out on purpose?

Posted by: Wally Walrus at December 06, 2024 08:05 PM (D0hl3)

87 82 'One sea otter off the coast of British Columbia apparently raped and murdered a dog.'

It gets worse...
Posted by: AlaBAMA at December 06, 2024 08:03 PM (aOqEy)
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To be fair, that's better than murdering *then* raping it.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December 06, 2024 08:05 PM (ZOv7s)

Fair point.

Posted by: AlaBAMA at December 06, 2024 08:05 PM (aOqEy)

88 I bet Melania does a great tango.

Posted by: davidt at December 06, 2024 08:05 PM (i0F8b)

89 Yak Yak Yak! How about a Llama once in a while!?
Posted by: Carl Wheezer -- Llama Plenipotrntiary

How about us?

Posted by: Alpaca at December 06, 2024 08:05 PM (oaGWv)

90 For the amazing Ben Had—Here are Yaks pretending to be pandas.

https://tinyurl.com/bdhtk86m

Posted by: Piper at December 06, 2024 08:06 PM (p4NUW)

91 The light went out while she was driving this morning, so she went in and had it tested. It passed. So the entire difference between Pass and Fail was whether the Check Engine light was on. Is this stupid or what?
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 06, 2024 07:49 PM (dxSpM

Something will fail in the near future, but the car ran a self-test and didn't find the issue, so it cleared the light. They don't check for stored codes, only if there are any issues. And the CE light won't necessarily fail it, unless it's an emissions failure. Then, you're screwed.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 06, 2024 07:57 PM (Zz0t1)

I've just picked up a fault in the AE35 emissions unit. It's going to go 100% failure in 72 hours.

Posted by: HAL 9000 at December 06, 2024 08:06 PM (Aqu9a)

92 Hah! They asked Melania about Trump's YMCA dance.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at December 06, 2024 08:04 PM (w6EFb)
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MSM celebrates DOCTOR Jill over Melania, who speaks five languages fluently.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December 06, 2024 08:06 PM (ZOv7s)

93 Melanie should do all interviews in Slovene just so the media will stroke out.

Posted by: Going deep. Out. at December 06, 2024 08:07 PM (DX6IT)

94 ---
MSM celebrates DOCTOR Jill over Melania, who speaks five languages fluently.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December 06, 2024 08:06 PM (ZOv7s)

They constantly professed that Big Mike was so beautiful and elegant, yet never sad a damn thing positive about Melania.

The MSM is the enemy of the people.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 06, 2024 08:08 PM (Zz0t1)

95
Melania is the most beautiful First Lady we've ever had, and makes Jackie O look like a bag lady in comparison.

She was ridiculously snubbed last time. Big Mike was a fashion icon? Hah. We need to make damn sure she gets the proper recognition this time around.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at December 06, 2024 08:08 PM (w6EFb)

96 I miss simple cars.

Posted by: JackStraw at December 06, 2024 08:03 PM (LkLld)

If GenXers think they're smarter than 'older generations'... Point out that old car manuals detailed how to tune up the car and adjust the valves. New car manuals warn you not to drink the battery acid.

Posted by: Hugh Jass at December 06, 2024 08:08 PM (+3JPF)

97 So the trick is to know which fuse supports the console warning lights and pull it prior to the test.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December 06, 2024 07:52 PM (ZOv7s)

There isn't one. Or if there is, it also supports some essential function, like the ECM. The emissions test stations usually plug into the car's diagnostic connector, to read trouble codes, so even if the lamp itself were disabled, the underlying code would be there. Best work-around? If your car has a problem that causes it to set a code after a few hours of driving, buy a cheap code reader, and use it to clear all the codes 5 minutes before entering the test station. And pick a time when you won't have a long wait.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 06, 2024 08:08 PM (A3oMr)

98 Melanie should do all interviews in Slovene just so the media will stroke out.
Posted by: Going deep. Out. at December 06, 2024 08:07 PM (DX6IT)
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Then switch to French, then German...

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December 06, 2024 08:08 PM (ZOv7s)

99 The light went out while she was driving this morning, so she went in and had it tested. It passed. So the entire difference between Pass and Fail was whether the Check Engine light was on. Is this stupid or what?
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 06, 2024 07:49 PM (dxSpM

Personal idiot lights (image)

https://tinyurl.com/2prd8nz7

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf - Remember Vic and VNN! at December 06, 2024 08:08 PM (VNX3d)

100 Who's a worse First Lady, Jill or Hillary?

Posted by: AlaBAMA at December 06, 2024 08:08 PM (aOqEy)

101 Can't get a Yak mention around here for love nor money.

Posted by: Ben Had at December 06, 2024 07:57 PM (gGMRM)

Why? They haven't made a decent plane since WWII.

Posted by: Josephistan at December 06, 2024 08:09 PM (7tyKx)

102 If your car has a problem that causes it to set a code after a few hours of driving, buy a cheap code reader, and use it to clear all the codes 5 minutes before entering the test station. And pick a time when you won't have a long wait.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 06, 2024 08:08 PM (A3oMr)

This usually won't work. The must be data in the ECU or they'll kick you out and tell you to come back in a couple hours after driving it. There must be at least one self-test stored in the system.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 06, 2024 08:09 PM (Zz0t1)

103 Sea otters are marine mammals. They’re mammals that swim in the ocean and get their sustenance from it. The fact that they can move quite ably on land has nothing to do with it. Same deal with polar bears, which are also marine mammals.

Posted by: Bulg at December 06, 2024 08:10 PM (v6JzV)

104 buy a cheap code reader, and use it to clear all the codes 5 minutes before entering the test station. And pick a time when you won't have a long wait.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at

Or move to Alabama and not worry about it.

Posted by: Piper at December 06, 2024 08:10 PM (p4NUW)

105 Melania is all class and elegance. Can't wait till she is back in the WH..

Posted by: IC - Cope Harder, Liberals at December 06, 2024 08:10 PM (EmT/E)

106 There isn't one. Or if there is, it also supports some essential function, like the ECM. The emissions test stations usually plug into the car's diagnostic connector, to read trouble codes, so even if the lamp itself were disabled, the underlying code would be there. Best work-around? If your car has a problem that causes it to set a code after a few hours of driving, buy a cheap code reader, and use it to clear all the codes 5 minutes before entering the test station. And pick a time when you won't have a long wait.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 06, 2024 08:08 PM (A3oMr)
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Yeah, I was kidding. I drive an ancient Buick, and the fuses are starting to do, as are the sensors.

While Michigan is being stupid at the moment, we don't do any emissions testing. Detroit wouldn't stand for it, so you can drive your wreck around without a muffler for as long as you like.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December 06, 2024 08:10 PM (ZOv7s)

107 Jillary.

Posted by: eleven at December 06, 2024 08:11 PM (fV+MH)

108 Sea mink > sea otter

Posted by: Bulg at December 06, 2024 08:11 PM (v6JzV)

109 Wife was watching sappy Christmas movies, but has moved on to the old version of Rudolph.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 06, 2024 08:11 PM (Zz0t1)

110 Hi, Eric Stratton, rush chairman. Damn glad to meet you.

Posted by: Brother Otter at December 06, 2024 08:12 PM (Aqu9a)

111 Time to go watch some vintage James Bond.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December 06, 2024 08:12 PM (ZOv7s)

112 Who's a worse First Lady, Jill or Hillary?

Posted by: AlaBAMA at December 06, 2024 08:08 PM (aOqEy)

Which one flies further as a human cannonball?

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf - Remember Vic and VNN! at December 06, 2024 08:12 PM (VNX3d)

113 Sea mink > sea otter
Posted by: Bulg at December 06, 2024 08:11 PM (v6JzV)

"Is that your minkey?"

- - - - Inspector Clouseau

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 06, 2024 08:12 PM (Zz0t1)

114 Piper, Hahahaha. Definitely not the Yaks that pull your cart or plow, provide fiber for your socks and cloaks, provide milk for milk and butter and dung for your fire

Step up , otter

Posted by: Ben Had at December 06, 2024 08:13 PM (gGMRM)

115 Portland Oregon has DEQ testing as an obligatory thing, though they also don't stop people driving stolen cars without license plates because the cops might discover that the drivers are illegals without drivers licenses.

Posted by: Kindltot at December 06, 2024 08:13 PM (D7oie)

116 Re Rudolph:

“Fame and Fortune” >>>>>>>>>> “We’re a Couple of Misfits.”

Posted by: Bulg at December 06, 2024 08:14 PM (v6JzV)

117 Gwen Stefani is professing her love of Jesus Christ. Wow. I'm going to check out her Hallow posts tonight. Not to be crude but did Blake Shelton red pill her?

The dude she started screwing while he was married to someone else?

Posted by: Oddbob at December 06, 2024 08:14 PM (/y8xj)

118
And average temp for the day just hit 32F. It will be somewhere below that by midnight.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at December 06, 2024 08:14 PM (w6EFb)

119 Did you leave me out on purpose?
Posted by: Wally Walrus at December 06, 2024 08:05 PM (D0hl3)

Meh, you're just a seal with dentures.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 06, 2024 08:15 PM (A3oMr)

120 117 Gwen Stefani is professing her love of Jesus Christ. Wow. I'm going to check out her Hallow posts tonight. Not to be crude but did Blake Shelton red pill her?

The dude she started screwing while he was married to someone else?
Posted by: Oddbob at December 06, 2024 08:14 PM (/y8xj)

Christ takes em all. Even the adulterers.

Good for her.

Posted by: AlaBAMA at December 06, 2024 08:15 PM (aOqEy)

121 This usually won't work. The must be data in the ECU or they'll kick you out and tell you to come back in a couple hours after driving it. There must be at least one self-test stored in the system.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer

Yup.
There is some kind of driving cycle that must be completed.
If not, automatic fail.

Posted by: Erebus- ex-killer whale at December 06, 2024 08:16 PM (elaR+)

122 il Donaldo Trumpo @PapiTrumpo 3h
WAIT FOR IT...😂😂😂

https://tinyurl.com/29r623bk
37 seconds; funny; LOUD

Posted by: andycanuck (hovnC) at December 06, 2024 08:16 PM (hovnC)

123 Christ takes em all. Even the adulterers.

Good for her.
Posted by: AlaBAMA at December 06, 2024 08:15 PM (aOqEy)

As long as she's a believer at heart and not just grifting, yes. Ask for forgiveness and it shall be granted.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 06, 2024 08:16 PM (Zz0t1)

124 In a secret lab under Argentina, Nazi scientists developed a penguin/otter hybrid. Utilizing the brutal instincts of the river otter, combined with the blindly determined compass-like sense of direction of the penguin, the resulting mephitic moreauvian monstrosity had an uncanny ability to guide a V-2 missile with fierce and deadly accuracy.

The project ended with the collapse of Germany at the end of WWII, but rumors persist in the region of strange two-toned creatures being seen mooning passerbys from cars with very heavily tinted windows.

Posted by: Penguin Facts at December 06, 2024 08:16 PM (vFG9F)

125 When you get up in the morning and the light is on in your car
The first thing you do before you go too far
Is hit the streets a-runnin' and try to be the leader
And go get yourself a cheap code reader

Posted by: Tom Servo at December 06, 2024 08:17 PM (W6hoT)

126 Did you leave me out on purpose?
Posted by: Wally Walrus at December 06, 2024 08:05 PM (D0hl3)

Piker.

Posted by: Chumley at December 06, 2024 08:18 PM (Zz0t1)

127 I don’t really trust any celebrity’s profession of Christianity.

Islam? Oh, yeah, the ones that go in for that are all in.

But Christianity? It’s marketing.

Posted by: Bulg at December 06, 2024 08:18 PM (v6JzV)

128 >>If GenXers think they're smarter than 'older generations'... Point out that old car manuals detailed how to tune up the car and adjust the valves. New car manuals warn you not to drink the battery acid.

Take away their GPS and tell them to drive someplace they've never been 50 miles away. The horror.

Posted by: JackStraw at December 06, 2024 08:18 PM (LkLld)

129 I love those old stop motion Christmas shows.
From the first time I saw the mailmans snow machine truck I wanted a tracked truck. Had to join the Army to get one but I did it.
Early childhood bucket list item achieved.

Posted by: Reforger at December 06, 2024 08:18 PM (xcIvR)

130 Penguins sold out to global warming hysteria with "Happy Feet". They can all starve to death

Posted by: Ben Had at December 06, 2024 08:19 PM (gGMRM)

131 'One sea otter off the coast of British Columbia apparently raped and murdered a dog.'
----------
twee-tweeeeee reee-click-click tweeeeet
[how you doin'?]

Posted by: a dolphin at December 06, 2024 08:20 PM (hovnC)

132 Heat Miser v. Snow Miser is the greatest Christmas animated number ever.

Posted by: Bulg at December 06, 2024 08:20 PM (v6JzV)

133 I wonder if there is a market for a fake OBD-II connecter that will report all A-OK to a code reader. Just stick it under your dash with some double stick tape.

Posted by: fd at December 06, 2024 08:20 PM (vFG9F)

134 Who's a worse First Lady, Jill or Hillary?
Posted by: AlaBAMA at December 06, 2024 08:08 PM (aOqEy)

The Republican ones have been horrible too. From Pat Nixon to Melania not a conservative in the bunch.

Posted by: coyne at December 06, 2024 08:21 PM (q/UtE)

135 If GenXers think they're smarter than 'older generations'... Point out that old car manuals detailed how to tune up the car and adjust the valves. New car manuals warn you not to drink the battery acid.

Take away their GPS and tell them to drive someplace they've never been 50 miles away. The horror.
Posted by: JackStraw at December 06, 2024 08:18 PM (LkLld)

If there's a paper map of the area, I'd be fine. Yes, I'm GenX, but I enjoy maps.

Given a little warning, I'd print out maps off the Internet.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf - Remember Vic and VNN! at December 06, 2024 08:22 PM (VNX3d)

136 JackStraw, ask them to make change from a dollar.

Posted by: Ben Had at December 06, 2024 08:22 PM (gGMRM)

137 Take away their GPS and tell them to drive someplace they've never been 50 miles away. The horror.
Posted by: JackStraw

Oh no. I'll have to use a paper map again.

Posted by: Erebus- ex-killer whale at December 06, 2024 08:22 PM (elaR+)

138 I got only 4 codes:Two fuel caps, a downstream O2 and cat below threshold. When the engine blew up, I didn't need a code to tell me that.

Posted by: Accomack at December 06, 2024 08:23 PM (GxmKP)

139 Being a regular guy, you might get a complement once a year, if that. A few days ago the girl at the bus station told me to take my mask off, and when I did, she said I have a great smile!

Posted by: BourbonChicken at December 06, 2024 08:23 PM (lhenN)

140 Or, the fake OBD connector could just plug piggyback into the real connector. Also, it could send out a signal every 5 minutes to reset the check engine light.

Posted by: fd at December 06, 2024 08:24 PM (vFG9F)

141
Amazing Army still runs a option offense.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 06, 2024 08:25 PM (dxSpM)

142 JackStraw, ask them to make change from a dollar.

Give 'em $10.14 for something that rings up as $8.89.

Posted by: Oddbob at December 06, 2024 08:25 PM (/y8xj)

143 In the Melania interview, the reporter referred to her as the First Lady. Not the Former, or the Future. The First Lady.

I am looking forward to some pictures from Notre Dame of the Donald being fawned over and Dr. Jill pouting someplace nearby.

Posted by: Wenda at December 06, 2024 08:25 PM (F9+9U)

144
Are you sure you're not confusing GenX with Millennials or GenZ?

We GenXers are born between '65 and '80. We're old now.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at December 06, 2024 08:25 PM (w6EFb)

145 >>JackStraw, ask them to make change from a dollar.

Give a cashier a $5 bill and two dimes for a $3.20 check and you can see the look of terror into their eyes.

Posted by: JackStraw at December 06, 2024 08:26 PM (LkLld)

146
There needs to be an effort to give Melania her proper Classiest, most Elegant First Lady ever recognitions. Dress her up to the nines and strut.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at December 06, 2024 08:27 PM (w6EFb)

147
Being a regular guy, you might get a complement once a year, if that.

________

If that. And compliments you get you may remember decades later.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 06, 2024 08:27 PM (dxSpM)

148 Oh no. I'll have to use a paper map again.
Posted by: Erebus- ex-killer whale

Thomas Guides!

Posted by: SFGoth at December 06, 2024 08:27 PM (KAi1n)

149 >If GenXers think they're smarter than 'older generations

I am at the young end of Gen X.

Gen Alpha is ridiculous.
Millenials are ridiculous and have a hero complex.
The boomers inherited the greatest nation in the world, and will be passing on a rapacious economic zone.

We win by default, no brain-measuring necessary. We just failed to be retarded.

Posted by: BourbonChicken at December 06, 2024 08:28 PM (lhenN)

150 I love paper maps! Bring ‘em on!

Posted by: Bulg at December 06, 2024 08:28 PM (v6JzV)

151 How many of us grew up with a Hagstrom map under our driver's seat? I had four: Putnam, Westchester, Duchess and Fairfield county.

Posted by: Accomack at December 06, 2024 08:28 PM (GxmKP)

152 We win by default, no brain-measuring necessary. We just failed to be retarded.
Posted by: BourbonChicken at December 06, 2024 08:28 PM (lhenN)

Gen X put Trump in the White House.

Posted by: AlaBAMA at December 06, 2024 08:29 PM (aOqEy)

153 If that. And compliments you get you may remember decades later.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 06, 2024 08:27 PM (dxSpM)

Especially if they’re from a woman.

Posted by: Tom Servo at December 06, 2024 08:29 PM (W6hoT)

154
Oh no. I'll have to use a paper map again.
Posted by: Erebus- ex-killer whale

Thomas Guides!
Posted by: SFGoth at December 06, 2024 08:27 PM (KAi1n)

________

The USPTO Gazette!

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 06, 2024 08:29 PM (dxSpM)

155 ask them to make change from a dollar.
Posted by: Ben Had at December 06, 2024 08:22 PM (gGMRM)

Or ask dozen, half-dozen and bakers dozen.

Posted by: coyne at December 06, 2024 08:29 PM (q/UtE)

156
I remember very well when gas stations had maps on display. Standard item in all of them, maps of the local and wider area.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at December 06, 2024 08:29 PM (w6EFb)

157 Oh no. I'll have to use a paper map again.
Posted by: Erebus- ex-killer whale

Remember when the glove compartment used to be stuffed with poorly folded paper maps?

Posted by: Tuna at December 06, 2024 08:29 PM (oaGWv)

158 Jack Poso @JackPosobiec 44m
HYPOCRISY ALERT: Dozens of pictures of Washington Post reporter Dan Lamothe drinking surface after he wrote a piece attacking Pete Hegseth for having a couple beers

https://tinyurl.com/y9j2y423
cuck/fag alert

Posted by: andycanuck (hovnC) at December 06, 2024 08:30 PM (hovnC)

159 156
I remember very well when gas stations had maps on display. Standard item in all of them, maps of the local and wider area.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at December 06, 2024 08:29 PM (w6EFb)

Yeah, I had a good collection going for a while.

My favorite was the spiral bound Rand McNally that had all the states and major cities.

Posted by: AlaBAMA at December 06, 2024 08:30 PM (aOqEy)

160 148 Oh no. I'll have to use a paper map again.
Posted by: Erebus- ex-killer whale

Thomas Guides!
Posted by: SFGoth

The Green Book.

Posted by: Dusky Motorist at December 06, 2024 08:31 PM (D0hl3)

161
Especially if they’re from a woman.
Posted by: Tom Servo at December 06, 2024 08:29 PM (W6hoT)

________

True dat. 40 years later I remember one like it was yesterday.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 06, 2024 08:31 PM (dxSpM)

162 You mean an infantryman drinks Beer? And WHISKEY??? I am shocked to hear that sir, deeply shocked!!!

Posted by: Tom Servo at December 06, 2024 08:32 PM (W6hoT)

163 Remember when the glove compartment used to be stuffed with poorly folded paper maps?
Posted by: Tuna

Yup.
The good old days.
No cell phones or answering machines.

Posted by: Erebus- ex-killer whale at December 06, 2024 08:32 PM (elaR+)

164
My father had a thing about properly folding maps. As a young 'un, I learned quickly that if I messed with his maps, I damned better fold them up correctly.

And yes, proper folding is a thing with me.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at December 06, 2024 08:32 PM (w6EFb)

165 Prayer request

I am in the hospital. I was out having a drink and something to eat with some local Republicans and I glazed over and looked like I was going to pass out ( and it was not because I was socializing with Republicans😉. They are very nice and amusing people) and then I threw up and went to the bathroom and threw up some more and it was only one drink and my blood pressure went up.Now they are running tests and want me to stay overnight. I do not want to stay overnight. Sorry. TMI.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 06, 2024 08:32 PM (r5LO3)

166 Oddly enough, Rand McNally still sells a road atlas for 25 bucks.

Giving the middle finger to the internet.

Posted by: AlaBAMA at December 06, 2024 08:32 PM (aOqEy)

167 You got to know how to hold 'em,
Know just how to fold 'em,
Know when to highlight away
And know when to turn.

Posted by: Indiana Jones "Paper Maps" at December 06, 2024 08:32 PM (Aqu9a)

168 >>How many of us grew up with a Hagstrom map under our driver's seat? I had four: Putnam, Westchester, Duchess and Fairfield county.

My first job out of college was computer sales and my territory was all over New England. I had one of those big books of maps.

The book did not give real time traffic updates.

Posted by: JackStraw at December 06, 2024 08:33 PM (LkLld)

169 HYPOCRISY ALERT: Dozens of pictures of Washington Post reporter Dan Lamothe drinking surface after he wrote a piece attacking Pete Hegseth for having a couple beers

https://tinyurl.com/y9j2y423
cuck/fag alert
Posted by: andycanuck (hovnC) at December 06, 2024 08:30 PM (hovnC)

Drinks Bud Lite. Has to be a queer.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 06, 2024 08:33 PM (A3oMr)

170 My favorite was the spiral bound Rand McNally that had all the states and major cities.
Posted by: AlaBAMA at December 06, 2024 08:30 PM (aOqEy)

Oh yeah, I had that one. Drove across the country with it.

Posted by: Tom Servo at December 06, 2024 08:33 PM (W6hoT)

171 When you get up in the morning and the light is on in your car
The first thing you do before you go too far
Is hit the streets a-runnin' and try to be the leader
And go get yourself a cheap code reader
Posted by: Tom Servo
---------

*golf clap*

Posted by: JQ at December 06, 2024 08:33 PM (YoCnN)

172 Now they are running tests and want me to stay overnight. I do not want to stay overnight. Sorry. TMI.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 06, 2024 08:32 PM (r5LO3)

Prayers up, Fen, for a simple explanation, a quick recovery, and returning home.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf - Remember Vic and VNN! at December 06, 2024 08:34 PM (VNX3d)

173 I collected maps as a kid. Usually local city and county maps. They all got thrown out, I guess, when I went off to join the Navy.

But now I’m back at it.

Posted by: Bulg at December 06, 2024 08:34 PM (v6JzV)

174
Oddly enough, Rand McNally still sells a road atlas for 25 bucks.

________

Her Majesty has one in the RV. You never know when a navigation app is going to send you through Possum Snot, Kallikak and Mushrat Dell instead of the interstate.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 06, 2024 08:35 PM (dxSpM)

175 Key Map

Houston / Harris County Atlas

A Must For Driving

Posted by: Count de Monet at December 06, 2024 08:35 PM (Aqu9a)

176 Now they are running tests and want me to stay overnight. I do not want to stay overnight. Sorry. TMI.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 06, 2024 08:32 PM (r5LO3)

Get well soon, Fen! Sounds like maybe you got Norovirus. It's going around this Winter.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 06, 2024 08:35 PM (A3oMr)

177 My favorite was the spiral bound Rand McNally that had all the states and major cities.
Posted by: AlaBAMA at December 06, 2024 08:30 PM (aOqEy)

Oh yeah, I had that one. Drove across the country with it.
Posted by: Tom Servo at December 06, 2024 08:33 PM (W6hoT)

Recently bought a new one. I do need to find a new regional street map book - my previous one was over 20 years old, and a lot of changes have been made over that time.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf - Remember Vic and VNN! at December 06, 2024 08:36 PM (VNX3d)

178 >>>A man gives CPR to dog and saves the animals life…

Maybe I'm getting too cynical, but that looks like a setup.

Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at December 06, 2024 08:36 PM (klJTj)

179 174
Oddly enough, Rand McNally still sells a road atlas for 25 bucks.

________

Her Majesty has one in the RV. You never know when a navigation app is going to send you through Possum Snot, Kallikak and Mushrat Dell instead of the interstate.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 06, 2024 08:35 PM (dxSpM)

I wouldn't mind having one myself. You know, in case the satellites ever die.

Posted by: AlaBAMA at December 06, 2024 08:36 PM (aOqEy)

180 Oh no, Fen! Prayer up.

Posted by: Bulg at December 06, 2024 08:36 PM (v6JzV)

181 My favorite was the spiral bound Rand McNally that had all the states and major cities.
Posted by: AlaBAMA at December 06, 2024 08:30 PM (aOqEy)

Had to have those to get from job to job. Needed to buy a new one every two years.

Posted by: coyne at December 06, 2024 08:36 PM (q/UtE)

182 I am shocked, gobsmacked even, to find that there is excessive drinking going on in the press-pool. I may have to lie down for a moment. With my martini.

Posted by: Lunchtime O'Booze at December 06, 2024 08:36 PM (gKWVE)

183 Christ takes em all. Even the adulterers.

Good for her.
Posted by: AlaBAMA

Maybe especially the adulterers. And thieves. And murderers. And liars. Etc.

Thank God for that.

Posted by: Tonypete at December 06, 2024 08:36 PM (WXNFJ)

184 Prayers up, Fen, for a simple explanation, a quick recovery, and returning home.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf
-----

Seconded!
Hope it's nothing serious, Fen!

Posted by: JQ at December 06, 2024 08:37 PM (YoCnN)

185 re running tests and want me to stay overnight. I do not want to stay overnight. Sorry. TMI.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke

Oh no! I know you don’t want to stay, but we need to find out what is happening. I hope it’s something very easily treated. I will be praying!

Posted by: Piper at December 06, 2024 08:37 PM (pZEOD)

186 My check engine light started displaying a while back. Took the vehicle to AutoZone first. Really nice dude plugged in and said "could be almost anything but emissions control is most likely the culprit". I then took it to the dealership. Same diagnoses. They recommended having the entire system replaced. Screw that...I don't have that kind of cash on hand. Meanwhile, I'm certainly not going to be able to pass the godforsaken e-check. The thing that pisses me off most, is that the vehicle has been running just fine.

Posted by: Notorious BFD at December 06, 2024 08:37 PM (mH6SG)

187 Oh yeah, traffic updates. Like when the route is all red and Siri says " you're still on the fastest route".

Posted by: Accomack at December 06, 2024 08:37 PM (GxmKP)

188 I do not want to stay overnight. Sorry. TMI.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 06, 2024 08:32 PM (r5LO3)

A swift and full recovery!

Posted by: Count de Monet at December 06, 2024 08:37 PM (Aqu9a)

189 Oh yeah, I had that one. Drove across the country with it.
Posted by: Tom Servo at December 06, 2024 08:33 PM (W6hoT)

There's a road atlas wedged between the seat and the center console of my Suburban, whenever I am on a road trip.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 06, 2024 08:37 PM (A3oMr)

190 Feel better Fen.

Posted by: JackStraw at December 06, 2024 08:37 PM (LkLld)

191 How many of us grew up with a Hagstrom map under our driver's seat? I had four: Putnam, Westchester, Duchess and Fairfield county.
Posted by: Accomack at December 06, 2024 08:28 PM (GxmKP)

deLorme gazeteer. One of the best map books ever compiled.
Now owned by one of the GPS companies, and hard to find now.

Posted by: Kindltot at December 06, 2024 08:37 PM (D7oie)

192 The otter giving the the man who saved its mate a valuable gift kind of got to me. The look on the giver's face shows real intent. I'm getting soft in my old age. Time to retire.

Posted by: javems at December 06, 2024 08:37 PM (8I4hW)

193 FenelonSpoke - prayers up for you.

Posted by: Tonypete at December 06, 2024 08:38 PM (WXNFJ)

194 The light went out while she was driving this morning, so she went in and had it tested. It passed. So the entire difference between Pass and Fail was whether the Check Engine light was on. Is this stupid or what?
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 06, 2024 07:49 PM (dxSpM)
---
So the trick is to know which fuse supports the console warning lights and pull it prior to the test.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December 06, 2024 07:52 PM (ZOv7s)

Won't work when they attached their computer to your car's computer and find the codes that have been set.

Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy at December 06, 2024 08:39 PM (iODuv)

195 Sorry, FenelonSpoke. I hope it's something minor.

It reminds me of my niece [who I assume didn't previously have a shellfish allergy] getting ill at a family wedding dinner after a [small] shellfish dish was served. A cousin said she had developed a shellfish allergy late in life too.

[Not being literal; just hope it's minor.]

Posted by: andycanuck (hovnC) at December 06, 2024 08:39 PM (hovnC)

196 Prayers for you, Fen.

Posted by: Scarymary at December 06, 2024 08:39 PM (uc++Y)

197 I found a paper map of Vegas the wife and I bought during our first trip there.
We were surprised to see that anyone still made them.
It's older as it still has the Riviera on it.

Posted by: Erebus- ex-killer whale at December 06, 2024 08:39 PM (elaR+)

198 Fenelon, I hate hospitals and I am sorry you are in one.

Posted by: Kindltot at December 06, 2024 08:39 PM (D7oie)

199 get well soon fen

Posted by: gKWVE at December 06, 2024 08:40 PM (gKWVE)

200 Meanwhile, I'm certainly not going to be able to pass the godforsaken e-check. The thing that pisses me off most, is that the vehicle has been running just fine.
Posted by: Notorious BFD at December 06, 2024 08:37 PM (mH6SG)

Try replacing the fuel filler cap. If it won't hold pressure, it will throw a code.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 06, 2024 08:40 PM (A3oMr)

201 >>>Even robots are worn out by Friday.

Finally, a worker we can appreciate. Works without complaint until he literally collapses. Throw him on a charger for a while and then work him some more.

--Corporate Executives everywhere

Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at December 06, 2024 08:40 PM (klJTj)

202 R A W S A L E R T S @rawsalerts 5h
🚨#BREAKING: Nick Fuentes has been arrested and charged with battery after spraying a woman in the face with pepper spray

https://tinyurl.com/7ekhd2c5
27 seconds; steals her phone/camera too!

R A W S A L E R T S @rawsalerts 2h
🚨#BREAKING: Mugshot has been Released of Nick Fuentes, who had been arrested and charged with battery since then he’s been released
https://tinyurl.com/us3h43pj

Posted by: andycanuck (hovnC) at December 06, 2024 08:40 PM (hovnC)

203 Try replacing the fuel filler cap. If it won't hold pressure, it will throw a code.

Thanks. AOP. I've tried three different caps, to no avail.

Posted by: Notorious BFD at December 06, 2024 08:41 PM (mH6SG)

204 If that. And compliments you get you may remember decades later.
-

Especially if they’re from a woman.
Posted by: Tom Servo

-

That came up in a podcast I heard recently.

Men throughout their lives receive so few compliments from women that are not relatives that we can often remember them years or decades later.

Posted by: Boron Cobbie - brightly colored hair and prison tattoos are women manipulated to help trannies blend at December 06, 2024 08:42 PM (NXhou)

205 Always suspected that li'l Nicki was a little zesty, didn't know he was literally spicy

Posted by: gKWVE at December 06, 2024 08:42 PM (gKWVE)

206

Fen,

All the best to you!

Posted by: four seasons at December 06, 2024 08:42 PM (3ek7K)

207 Try replacing the fuel filler cap. If it won't hold pressure, it will throw a code.

Thanks. AOP. I've tried three different caps, to no avail.
Posted by: Notorious BFD at December 06, 2024 08:41 PM (mH6SG)

Must resist. Can't.

Have you tried a football or baseball helmet?

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf - Remember Vic and VNN! at December 06, 2024 08:42 PM (VNX3d)

208 Thanks, everyone, for the prayers and concern.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 06, 2024 08:42 PM (zkj3E)

209 "could be almost anything but emissions control is most likely the culprit"
---------

That's... strange. OBDII is usually a little more specific than that, I thought?

Many times, with older vehicles, it's O2 sensor-related.

Posted by: JQ at December 06, 2024 08:43 PM (YoCnN)

210 Mugshot has been Released of Nick Fuentes, who had been arrested and charged with battery since then he’s been released
https://tinyurl.com/us3h43pj
Posted by: andycanuck (hovnC) at December 06, 2024 08:40 PM (hovnC)

Charged with battery? Rivian could use a man of his potential.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 06, 2024 08:43 PM (A3oMr)

211 Fen for Secretary of Defense!

Posted by: Boron Cobbie - brightly colored hair and prison tattoos are women manipulated to help trannies blend at December 06, 2024 08:43 PM (NXhou)

212
Who is Nick Fuentes?

Posted by: four seasons at December 06, 2024 08:43 PM (3ek7K)

213 Prayer request

I am in the hospital. I was out having a drink and something to eat with some local Republicans and I glazed over and looked like I was going to pass out ( and it was not because I was socializing with Republicans😉. They are very nice and amusing people) and then I threw up and went to the bathroom and threw up some more and it was only one drink and my blood pressure went up.Now they are running tests and want me to stay overnight. I do not want to stay overnight. Sorry. TMI.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke

Prayers sent

Posted by: Erebus- ex-killer whale at December 06, 2024 08:44 PM (elaR+)

214 212
Who is Nick Fuentes?
Posted by: four seasons at December 06, 2024 08:43 PM (3ek7K

I think he was in O-Town.

Posted by: AlaBAMA at December 06, 2024 08:44 PM (aOqEy)

215 How big was the drink? I used to put an inch of gin in an old fashioned glass and have a cigarette to chase it.
My mom felt sick one day 8 years ago and ended up getting 4 stents. She hasn't seen her cardiologist since Covid. She says she's fine but she got rid of her cat.

Posted by: Accomack at December 06, 2024 08:44 PM (aHqhe)

216 Donder is Rudolph's dad.

Noone knows his mother's name. Only the horde would know...

Posted by: jsg at December 06, 2024 08:45 PM (6s/zs)

217 Hope you get out of there soon Fen!

Speedy recovery.

Posted by: AlaBAMA at December 06, 2024 08:46 PM (aOqEy)

218 Posted by: Notorious BFD

What code(s) did it throw?

Posted by: JQ at December 06, 2024 08:46 PM (YoCnN)

219
"Of course, for men to enjoy compliments is a sign of emotional neediness and therefore must never be given." - Most Women

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 06, 2024 08:46 PM (dxSpM)

220 >Nick Fuentes has been arrested and charged with battery after spraying a woman in the face with pepper spray

Maybe he thought he was about to be raped.

Posted by: BourbonChicken at December 06, 2024 08:46 PM (lhenN)

221 That's... strange. OBDII is usually a little more specific than that, I thought?

I have no idea. Back in the day I used to work on my own cars when a 350 V8 was all you had to deal with. Those days are long gone.

Posted by: Notorious BFD at December 06, 2024 08:46 PM (mH6SG)

222 "could be almost anything but emissions control is most likely the culprit"
---------

That's... strange. OBDII is usually a little more specific than that, I thought?

Many times, with older vehicles, it's O2 sensor-related.
Posted by: JQ

-

Spoiler alert: If the check engine light is yellow and it's not flashing, it's emissions related.

I'm dealing with one in an older vehicle right now that is likely the charcoal canister at the gas filler neck (emissions, btw), but it's an expensive fix to chase and I don't want to drop the tank or raise the bed. I assume shops can pinpoint it a bit better, but it's all just guesswork at the shadetree level.

Posted by: Boron Cobbie - brightly colored hair and prison tattoos are women manipulated to help trannies blend at December 06, 2024 08:47 PM (NXhou)

223 Praying for you Fen

Posted by: jsg at December 06, 2024 08:47 PM (6s/zs)

224 Daisy Fuentes >>>>>>>> whoever Nick Fuentes is

Posted by: Bulg at December 06, 2024 08:47 PM (v6JzV)

225 Ace's Columbo comment vindicated:

Breaking911 @Breaking911 2h
WATCH: Former Maryland State Police investigator suggests UnitedHealthCare CEO may have hired his own hit man

https://tinyurl.com/3kr84mkc
1:53 minutes; worth it for the humour and I can see why "Former" cop; DEI hire -- maybe it was a blackhole too??

Posted by: andycanuck (hovnC) at December 06, 2024 08:47 PM (hovnC)

226 What code(s) did it throw?

Sorry, I don't recall.

Posted by: Notorious BFD at December 06, 2024 08:47 PM (mH6SG)

227 The last Check Engine light I got, I had AutoZone readout the codes for me and then looked up the code numbers.

Motor was down on power and it idled rough (er than normal).

Codes were pointing to a vacuum line problem though it acted similar to a coil malfunction. I have had to replace 6 of the 8 coils over the 20+ years and 240K+ miles.

So anyways, my mechanic takes it in and calls me to say the vacuum lines have disintegrated due to age and high mileage. Cost to replace was less than 1/3 of the cost of a new coil. Not a bad outcome, all things considered.

Posted by: Count de Monet at December 06, 2024 08:48 PM (Aqu9a)

228 Thowin codez

Posted by: Boron Cobbie - brightly colored hair and prison tattoos are women manipulated to help trannies blend at December 06, 2024 08:48 PM (NXhou)

229 220 >Nick Fuentes has been arrested and charged with battery after spraying a woman in the face with pepper spray

Maybe he thought he was about to be raped.
Posted by: BourbonChicken at December 06, 2024 08:46 PM (lhenN)

Or sucked off by Destiny. Again.

Posted by: jsg at December 06, 2024 08:48 PM (6s/zs)

230
What code(s) did it throw?

__________

X6723: Non-Spousal Female in Passenger Seat

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 06, 2024 08:48 PM (dxSpM)

231 prayers up FenelonSpoke

Posted by: PaleRider at December 06, 2024 08:48 PM (UKUm3)

232 Donder is Rudolph's dad.
Noone knows his mother's name. Only the horde would know...

Posted by: jsg at December 06, 2024 08:45 PM (6s/zs)

___

Mrs. Donner?

Posted by: Scarymary at December 06, 2024 08:48 PM (uc++Y)

233 Praying for you Fen

Same here, Fen.

Posted by: Notorious BFD at December 06, 2024 08:48 PM (mH6SG)

234 Hadrian, will say it again, you are a Saint.

Posted by: Ben Had at December 06, 2024 08:49 PM (gGMRM)

235
>> may have hired his own hit man

Any theory on why this may be?

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at December 06, 2024 08:49 PM (w6EFb)

236 Complements: I was a model for an art class, and a Japanese woman said that I had an interesting face. I assumed that is what she drew but didn't get around to seeing her easel.

Posted by: BourbonChicken at December 06, 2024 08:49 PM (lhenN)

237 216 Donder is Rudolph's dad.

Noone knows his mother's name. Only the horde would know...
Posted by: jsg at December

Mrs. Mitzi Donner

Posted by: Piper at December 06, 2024 08:50 PM (pZEOD)

238 That's... strange. OBDII is usually a little more specific than that, I thought?

Many times, with older vehicles, it's O2 sensor-related.
Posted by: JQ at December 06, 2024 08:43 PM (YoCnN)

Yes. Usually the code reader will report a code, or series of codes. The code numbers are mostly standardized across makes, too.

Another thing to look for: broken or cracked vacuum hoses under the hood, and going to/from the evaporative emissions charcoal canister, if it is located elsewhere. Rubber hoses can get weathered and crack, and the molded nylon "hard lines" can become brittle and snap. Many of these can fail without any observed loss of performance, but just one can screw up evap emissions system, and throw a code. Just a simple eyeball inspection, and run your hands over them.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 06, 2024 08:50 PM (A3oMr)

239 Take care, Fenalon. Please don't insist on going home until the doctors have a chance to work you up. I pray they will figure it out quickly.

Posted by: nurse ratched, garbage at December 06, 2024 08:50 PM (bNDov)

240 >>Mrs. Donner?

That was my first thought.

Posted by: JackStraw at December 06, 2024 08:51 PM (LkLld)

241
I've got a clogged charcoal filter or valve on my F-150 now. Throws a "can't bleed off tank vacuum" code every so often, and the tank won't fill fast without gurgling back.

It's a bitch to get at the stupid thing.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at December 06, 2024 08:51 PM (w6EFb)

242 Donner, party of five!

Posted by: AlaBAMA at December 06, 2024 08:51 PM (aOqEy)

243 I met Burl Ives a couple of times. He had a home in Orange County NC.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 06, 2024 08:51 PM (XeU6L)

244
Hadrian, will say it again, you are a Saint.
Posted by: Ben Had at December 06, 2024 08:49 PM (gGMRM)

________

No, just a poor sinner who, late in life, is trying to repair all the damage I've caused. I fear my Judgement.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 06, 2024 08:51 PM (dxSpM)

245 New technology is great until it ain't

Posted by: Ben Had at December 06, 2024 08:52 PM (gGMRM)

246 242 Donner, party of five!
Posted by: AlaBAMA at December 06, 2024 08:51 PM (aOqEy)

Donner, Party of Four !

Posted by: 2 Days Later at December 06, 2024 08:52 PM (6s/zs)

247 235
>> may have hired his own hit man

Any theory on why this may be?
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at December 06, 2024 08:49 PM (w6EFb)

I can code this.

If so (see insurance policy)

Posted by: AlaBAMA at December 06, 2024 08:52 PM (aOqEy)

248 >> Burl Ives

Have a Holly Jolly Christmas. Every time I even see his name, I get that song as an earworm. Drives me nuts.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at December 06, 2024 08:52 PM (w6EFb)

249 When Rudolph was born, Donder had a party. In the Sierra Nevadas.

It was Santa’s way of culling the herd.

Posted by: Bulg at December 06, 2024 08:52 PM (v6JzV)

250 I met Burl Ives a couple of times. He had a home in Orange County NC.

He was a commie, right?

Posted by: Notorious BFD at December 06, 2024 08:52 PM (mH6SG)

251 236 Complements: I was a model for an art class, and a Japanese woman said that I had an interesting face. I assumed that is what she drew but didn't get around to seeing her easel.
Posted by: BourbonChicken at December 06, 2024 08:49 PM (lhenN
I say I say son! You just cant go around looking at ladies easels’

Posted by: Eromero at December 06, 2024 08:52 PM (LHPAg)

252 Donder is Rudolph's dad.

Noone knows his mother's name. Only the horde would know...
Posted by: jsg

So Bambi's mom walks out of the woods rubbing her behind and says - "That's that last time I'm doing that for three bucks!"

Posted by: Tonypete at December 06, 2024 08:53 PM (WXNFJ)

253
If so (see insurance policy)
Posted by: AlaBAMA at December 06, 2024 08:52 PM (aOqEy)

_______

Edward G. Robinson is suspicious.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 06, 2024 08:53 PM (dxSpM)

254 Complements: I was a model for an art class, and a Japanese woman said that I had an interesting face. I assumed that is what she drew but didn't get around to seeing her easel.
Posted by: BourbonChicken

-

Tell us the year.

Posted by: Boron Cobbie - brightly colored hair and prison tattoos are women manipulated to help trannies blend at December 06, 2024 08:54 PM (NXhou)

255 >>Have a Holly Jolly Christmas. Every time I even see his name, I get that song as an earworm. Drives me nuts.

I'll tuck that away in case I need it in the future.

Posted by: JackStraw at December 06, 2024 08:54 PM (LkLld)

256 Breaking911 @Breaking911 2h
WATCH: Former Maryland State Police investigator suggests UnitedHealthCare CEO may have hired his own hit man
-----

Reads like DU post.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 06, 2024 08:54 PM (XeU6L)

257 246 242 Donner, party of five!
Posted by: AlaBAMA at December 06, 2024 08:51 PM (aOqEy)

Donner, Party of Four !
Posted by: 2 Days Later at December 06, 2024 08:52 PM (6s/z

Aw ma!

Leftovers again!?

Posted by: AlaBAMA at December 06, 2024 08:55 PM (aOqEy)

258 >>>241
I've got a clogged charcoal filter or valve on my F-150 now. Throws a "can't bleed off tank vacuum" code every so often, and the tank won't fill fast without gurgling back.

It's a bitch to get at the stupid thing.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley
---

May I suggest, if you choose to buy your part from the Ford house check and make sure it's identical or is close enough for all the fittings to hook up before you leave their shop.

Posted by: Braenyard - some absent friends are more equal than others at December 06, 2024 08:55 PM (RH5d9)

259 In Color! How exciting.

Posted by: tcn in AK at December 06, 2024 08:56 PM (wbIUs)

260
remember AAA TRIPTIKS?

You'd get a stack of folded maps for your trip.
Not cumbersome at all!

Posted by: soothsayerwing plover at December 06, 2024 08:56 PM (bs+Ws)

261 256 Breaking911 @Breaking911 2h
WATCH: Former Maryland State Police investigator suggests UnitedHealthCare CEO may have hired his own hit man
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That's why he was running after being shot in the leg.

Posted by: Braenyard - some absent friends are more equal than others at December 06, 2024 08:57 PM (RH5d9)

262 So...a question arises: suppose the United Health dude did in fact hire a hit man to kill him. Is that qualitatively any different than him going to Canada, telling a doctor he is constantly depressed, and getting medical assistance in dying?

I'd say it's a moral evil in either case.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 06, 2024 08:57 PM (A3oMr)

263 Former Maryland State Police investigator

Maryland is here *hammers map*, New York City is here *hammers above that on the map*

Now bugger off, ya bastad!

Posted by: All Things Scottish at December 06, 2024 08:58 PM (gKWVE)

264 I met Burl Ives a couple of times. He had a home in Orange County NC.

He was a commie, right?
Posted by: Notorious BFD
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Possibly, but he drove a '62 red Corvette, and enjoyed sitting and talking at the local vintage record shop. The odd thing was that he was a big guy, and in the 'vette, it looked like a cartoon.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 06, 2024 08:58 PM (XeU6L)

265 It will be interesting to observe the shift in celebratory online chatter if he hired his own hitman.

Posted by: Boron Cobbie - brightly colored hair and prison tattoos are women manipulated to help trannies blend at December 06, 2024 08:58 PM (NXhou)

266
Was Burl Ives an old pickle smoocher, too?

Raymond Burr
Grandpa Walton

Sick fucks.

Posted by: Soothsayer at December 06, 2024 08:58 PM (bs+Ws)

267 I'd say some folks have watched to many episodes of Murder She Wrote.

Posted by: AlaBAMA at December 06, 2024 08:58 PM (aOqEy)

268 I met Burl Ives a couple of times. He had a home in Orange County NC.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc

I thought the commies lived in Asheville.

Posted by: Miklos is not now and has never been at December 06, 2024 08:58 PM (4I5h5)

269 186 My check engine light started displaying a while back. Took the vehicle to AutoZone first. Really nice dude plugged in and said "could be almost anything but emissions control is most likely the culprit". I then took it to the dealership. Same diagnoses. They recommended having the entire system replaced. Screw that...I don't have that kind of cash on hand. Meanwhile, I'm certainly not going to be able to pass the godforsaken e-check. The thing that pisses me off most, is that the vehicle has been running just fine.

Posted by: Notorious BFD at December 06, 2024 08:37 PM (mH6SG)

Look for an OBD2 scanner on Amazon. There are two kinds. Some come with an actual display readout. Others are just a module you plug into the OBD2 port and connect to a phone app via blutooth.

The scanner will give you a code. You can look it up on the internet to find out more about it and what others with your model car ran into.

It will also let you reset any fault codes. However, you can't pass an inspection that way. Put like 50 miles on the car so it has history. If still clear with no faults, you should be able to pass the test. The one I bought was $20 and I use a free app.

Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at December 06, 2024 08:58 PM (klJTj)

270 >> may have hired his own hit man

Any theory on why this may be?
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at December 06, 2024 08:49 PM

I have one or two ideas...

Posted by: Fletch at December 06, 2024 08:58 PM (Wnv9h)

271 I do not want to stay overnight. Sorry. TMI.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 06, 2024 08:32 PM (r5LO3)

Nobody likes the hospital, but be brave. It's worth getting checked. Plus they can give you a little something for the vomiting, and that is a Godsend.

Prayers up.

Posted by: tcn in AK at December 06, 2024 08:59 PM (wbIUs)

272 I can't believe the guy got his hands on Welrod.
In all my years of haunting various gun stores I've never even seen one.
Seen a Lahti anti-tank gun, a gyro-jet gun with ammo a couple times, AI rifle, belt fed M60, a gatling gun, and other rare firearms.
Not one of those, tho.

Posted by: Erebus- ex-killer whale at December 06, 2024 08:59 PM (elaR+)

273 Who takes a welrod to an assassination?

Posted by: AlaBAMA at December 06, 2024 09:00 PM (aOqEy)

274 56 And the one that brought a gift!
*sniff...sniff*
I'd keep that rock forever.
Posted by: Diogenes at December 06, 2024 07:58 PM (W/lyH)
____________________________

True meaning of the rock:

"Look. She's an idiot. I spend most of the day getting her head out of this or that. In short...an idiot. Here, hit her in the head with this. She won't even notice. Really...give it a shot. It's unbelievable."

Posted by: Orson at December 06, 2024 09:00 PM (dIske)

275 So...a question arises: suppose the United Health dude did in fact hire a hit man to kill him. Is that qualitatively any different than him going to Canada, telling a doctor he is constantly depressed, and getting medical assistance in dying?

I'd say it's a moral evil in either case.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon

-

Very much so. Think of all the money he potentially personally prevented from entering the healthcare industry for multiple years with his selfish actions of dying immediately.

Posted by: Boron Cobbie - brightly colored hair and prison tattoos are women manipulated to help trannies blend at December 06, 2024 09:00 PM (NXhou)

276 Nothing throws the scent off your trail like hiring your own hitman.

Posted by: jsg at December 06, 2024 09:01 PM (6s/zs)

277
They say that overfilling your gas tank can wreak havoc on the EVAP system and eventually create codes.

Once the pump nozzle stops, they want you to stop pumping gas. I say: fuck them; I do what I want.

Posted by: Soothsayer at December 06, 2024 09:01 PM (bs+Ws)

278 May I suggest, if you choose to buy your part from the Ford house check and make sure it's identical or is close enough for all the fittings to hook up before you leave their shop.
Posted by: Braenyard
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This is great advice, no matter where you purchase. (but yeah, some dealerships are just rotten)

Posted by: JQ at December 06, 2024 09:01 PM (YoCnN)

279 Prayers up, Fen.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at December 06, 2024 09:01 PM (Wnv9h)

280 Oh wow - Assad’s regime may fall within hours.

“Syria: In Daraa, 8th Brigade, 5th Assault Corps in Assad's Syrian Army has defected and intends to go to Damascus to topple the Assad regime.
About 1,600 people:
- 4 infantry battalions
- reconnaissance company
- fire support company
- logistics company”

Posted by: Tom Servo at December 06, 2024 09:01 PM (W6hoT)

281 >>>Another thing to look for: broken or cracked vacuum hoses ...
---

Hoses, what quaint word for what now is tiny hard plastic tubes.

Posted by: Braenyard - some absent friends are more equal than others at December 06, 2024 09:02 PM (RH5d9)

282
Nobody likes the hospital, but be brave. It's worth getting checked. Plus they can give you a little something for the vomiting, and that is a Godsend.

-

And since you're already there go ahead and get an MRI so they might can catch something else coming down the pike.

Posted by: Boron Cobbie - brightly colored hair and prison tattoos are women manipulated to help trannies blend at December 06, 2024 09:02 PM (NXhou)

283 If I'm planning to have a hitman take me out I think I'll pick a less conspicuous spot than in front of a high priced hotel in Manhattan.

Posted by: JackStraw at December 06, 2024 09:03 PM (LkLld)

284 "Look. She's an idiot. I spend most of the day getting her head out of this or that. In short...an idiot. Here, hit her in the head with this. She won't even notice. Really...give it a shot. It's unbelievable."
Posted by: Orson at December 06, 2024 09:00 PM (dIske)

Beth said the women have half the money and all of the pussy. I doubt that conversation there ever took place.

Posted by: tcn in AK at December 06, 2024 09:03 PM (wbIUs)

285 It's possible that the CEO's manservant took things too far.

Posted by: Inspector Clouseau at December 06, 2024 09:04 PM (Aqu9a)

286
CEO's wife is saying that he received specific threats over "lack of coverage" recently. That's the latest at the Daily Mail.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at December 06, 2024 09:04 PM (w6EFb)

287 Look for an OBD2 scanner on Amazon.
----------

Our local farm supply has them for ~$40. Full readout. No app required.

Chynah-freight, too.

Posted by: JQ at December 06, 2024 09:04 PM (YoCnN)

288 Well, it was nice when it lasted.

Posted by: Syrian Christianity at December 06, 2024 09:05 PM (gKWVE)

289 Spider solitaire is evil

Posted by: Skip at December 06, 2024 09:05 PM (fwDg9)

290
Worse season 2 fail? The second season of the new Battlestar Galactica.

Went from the robots have a plan to...uh hell let's just stick in a poorly written Iraq war plot and pretend the robots never really had any sort of plan
Posted by: 18-1 at December 06, 2024 06:42 PM (oZhjI)
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That show lost me with chick Starbuck. Hey, you want a strong woman? Fine, write a new character. That was when the gender and race-swapping really took hold.

The dumb thing is that you could have had a lot of fun with Kara Thrace and the real Starbuck.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd

I grew to hate Kara & Lee. The rest of the show is good.

Posted by: Soothsayer at December 06, 2024 09:06 PM (bs+Ws)

291 It will also let you reset any fault codes. However, you can't pass an inspection that way. Put like 50 miles on the car so it has history. If still clear with no faults, you should be able to pass the test. The one I bought was $20 and I use a free app.
Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at December 06, 2024 08:58 PM (klJTj)

A quick Web search indicates that there OBDII emulators and simulators out there that could probably be used to get a car through the emissions test.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 06, 2024 09:06 PM (A3oMr)

292 (once again ponders many things about Tricia Helfer)

Posted by: Boron Cobbie - brightly colored hair and prison tattoos are women manipulated to help trannies blend at December 06, 2024 09:06 PM (NXhou)

293 Doubt guy had himself suicide any more than Epstein

Posted by: Skip at December 06, 2024 09:08 PM (fwDg9)

294 If I'm planning to have a hitman take me out I think I'll pick a less conspicuous spot than in front of a high priced hotel in Manhattan.
Posted by: JackStraw

According to IRS rules regarding Independent Contractors, the time and place of performance is determined by the Contractor, otherwise that person is considered an Employee and is subject to all withholding taxes.

Posted by: Miklos, Mob CPA at December 06, 2024 09:08 PM (4I5h5)

295 I accidently went from the middle of season 1 to season 4 of 2004 Battlestar Galactica, and it seemed as if nothing had changed. I couldn't even watch the show after that.

Posted by: BourbonChicken at December 06, 2024 09:09 PM (lhenN)

296 remember AAA TRIPTIKS?

You'd get a stack of folded maps for your trip.
Not cumbersome at all!
Posted by: soothsayerwing plover at December 06, 2024 08:56 PM (bs+Ws)

I got one for my pilgrimage to Corsicana two years ago ,they’re great.

A Triple A membership is worth the money. I’ve had my membership since 1971 … no, I’m not old damnit

Posted by: browndog does five circles before dropping a load at December 06, 2024 09:09 PM (TTAGa)

297 What are these "inspections" of which you speak?

Posted by: Miklos de la Carolina del Sur at December 06, 2024 09:10 PM (4I5h5)

298 FenelonSpoke

Hitting my knees.
God bless.

Posted by: Diogenes at December 06, 2024 09:10 PM (W/lyH)

299 286
CEO's wife is saying that he received specific threats over "lack of coverage" recently. That's the latest at the Daily Mail.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at December 06, 2024 09:04 PM (w6EFb)
_______________________________

That doesn't sound right to me. Someone disgruntled over coverage or claim issues is going to have a beef directly with the claim rep. or the manager of that office. The CEO is going to get threats from employees...and that health care provider did a massive amount of layoffs over the last year (which are still continuing).

Posted by: Orson at December 06, 2024 09:10 PM (dIske)

300 I can't believe the guy got his hands on Welrod.
In all my years of haunting various gun stores I've never even seen one.
Seen a Lahti anti-tank gun, a gyro-jet gun with ammo a couple times, AI rifle, belt fed M60, a gatling gun, and other rare firearms.
Not one of those, tho.
Posted by: Erebus- ex-killer whale at December 06, 2024 08:59 PM (elaR+)

Has the weapon used been identified?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 06, 2024 09:11 PM (A3oMr)

301
So what's the cost center for assassins?

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 06, 2024 09:11 PM (dxSpM)

302 If I'm planning to have a hitman take me out I think I'll pick a less conspicuous spot than in front of a high priced hotel in Manhattan.
Posted by: JackStraw

According to IRS rules regarding Independent Contractors, the time and place of performance is determined by the Contractor, otherwise that person is considered an Employee and is subject to all withholding taxes.
Posted by: Miklos, Mob CPA at December 06, 2024 09:08 PM (4I5h5)

This is correct. A Contractor will provide their own tools for the job as well.

Posted by: Count de Monet at December 06, 2024 09:11 PM (Aqu9a)

303 Drill and tap a hole in the tailpipe, screw the hose from the 12v air pump you purchased from Amazon into it. Voila! fresh air.

Posted by: Braenyard - some absent friends are more equal than others at December 06, 2024 09:12 PM (RH5d9)

304 Has the weapon used been identified?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 06, 2024 09:11 PM (A3oMr

Not 100% but every gun owner recognized the firing and reloading behavior of the Welrod. So call it 99%.

Posted by: AlaBAMA at December 06, 2024 09:12 PM (aOqEy)

305 Winning is so much more fun than losing. We should do it more often.

https://tinyurl.com/54b72jzm

Posted by: JackStraw at December 06, 2024 09:13 PM (LkLld)

306 I can imagine all insurance execs getting threats all the time.

Posted by: Braenyard - some absent friends are more equal than others at December 06, 2024 09:14 PM (RH5d9)

307 Hey JackStraw

What’s your position on the Trouba trade?

Posted by: browndog does five circles before dropping a load at December 06, 2024 09:14 PM (TTAGa)

308 The CEO planned his own death. There was a small spot of mustard on the killer's backpack that led me to this conclusion, Hastings.

Posted by: Hercule Poirot at December 06, 2024 09:14 PM (uc++Y)

309 It's funny though. A Welrod gets you caught.

A snobby revolver does not.

Welrod would be easy to track down.

Just a stupid choice for a hit.

So it's not a professional hit. It's personal.

Posted by: AlaBAMA at December 06, 2024 09:14 PM (aOqEy)

310 This hitman should flee to Alsace-Lorraine? It's quite nice there. I recommend it.

Posted by: Joubert at December 06, 2024 09:14 PM (rRMBj)

311 280 Oh wow - Assad’s regime may fall within hours.

“Syria: In Daraa, 8th Brigade, 5th Assault Corps in Assad's Syrian Army has defected and intends to go to Damascus to topple the Assad regime.
About 1,600 people:
- 4 infantry battalions
- reconnaissance company
- fire support company
- logistics company”
Posted by: Tom Servo at December 06, 2024 09:01 PM (W6ho
Ah, the old ubama regime-toppling technique.

Posted by: Eromero at December 06, 2024 09:15 PM (LHPAg)

312 306 I can imagine all insurance execs getting threats all the time.
Posted by: Braenyard - some absent friends are more equal than others at December 06, 2024 09:14 PM (RH5d9

Think about all the bodyguards that just got solid work.

Posted by: AlaBAMA at December 06, 2024 09:15 PM (aOqEy)

313 A quick Web search indicates that there OBDII emulators and simulators out there that could probably be used to get a car through the emissions test.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 06, 2024 09:06 PM (A3oMr)

Don't know how that would work. In a smog check, the state licensed shop connects their own equipment to the port and runs some tests. The tech also visually checks various things on the vehicle.

Don't even want to think about the hassles if the state thinks you are trying to run a fraud on the test.

Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at December 06, 2024 09:15 PM (klJTj)

314
Have a Holly Jolly Christmas. Every time I even see his name, I get that song as an earworm. Drives me nuts.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley

Happy RamaHanuKwanzMas!

https://youtu.be/p91GXkQ-Sas

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at December 06, 2024 09:15 PM (63Dwl)

315 305 Winning is so much more fun than losing. We should do it more often.

https://tinyurl.com/54b72jzm
Posted by: JackStraw
---

It's not Dead. I'm impressed.

Posted by: Braenyard - some absent friends are more equal than others at December 06, 2024 09:16 PM (RH5d9)

316 Not 100% but every gun owner recognized the firing and reloading behavior of the Welrod. So call it 99%.
Posted by: AlaBAMA at December 06, 2024 09:12 PM (aOqEy)

I thought we had decided that it was a 9mm auto that would not cycle properly using sub-sonic rounds with a suppressor? And supposedly three unfired rounds were recovered, which should not happen with a bolt-action.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 06, 2024 09:16 PM (A3oMr)

317 Winning is so much more fun than losing. We should do it more often.

https://tinyurl.com/54b72jzm
Posted by: JackStraw

Maceo! Take me to the bridge!

Posted by: Miklos in best James Brown voice at December 06, 2024 09:17 PM (4I5h5)

318
Fox now saying they've determined the gunman rode into NYC on a Greyhound bus from Atlanta. They cautioned they don't know if he got on the bus in Atlanta or somewhere in between, but they know what bus he rode in on.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at December 06, 2024 09:17 PM (w6EFb)

319 I'm still going with pretty boring normal semi-auto firearm, although maybe an 80% that hadn't been fine tuned. Add a homemade suppressor and no real talent to get everything working smoothly BUT have it working enough that you know how to keep it shooting with enough manual input and manipulation of the pieces, and he saw his opportunity and took it.

Posted by: Boron Cobbie - brightly colored hair and prison tattoos are women manipulated to help trannies blend at December 06, 2024 09:17 PM (NXhou)

320 They aren't gonna find the shooter til someone rats him out.

Posted by: AlaBAMA at December 06, 2024 09:18 PM (aOqEy)

321 Peachy Keenan @KeenanPeachy Dec 4
Who is paying the organized protestors to scream outside the Penny courthouse? Their violent screaming can be heard INSIDE the court, by the jurors!

This is illegal jury intimidation. Which NGO is paying them?

Posted by: andycanuck (hovnC) at December 06, 2024 09:18 PM (hovnC)

322 Don't know how that would work. In a smog check, the state licensed shop connects their own equipment to the port and runs some tests. The tech also visually checks various things on the vehicle.

Don't even want to think about the hassles if the state thinks you are trying to run a fraud on the test.
Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at December 06, 2024 09:15 PM (klJTj)

I'm not recommending it. I expect the time and effort needed to make the ruse pass muster with the techs would exceed the time and effort needed to fix the underlying problem.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 06, 2024 09:19 PM (A3oMr)

323 Fox now saying they've determined the gunman rode into NYC on a Greyhound bus from Atlanta. They cautioned they don't know if he got on the bus in Atlanta or somewhere in between, but they know what bus he rode in on.

Posted by: publius

======

We have alibis

Posted by: Zombie Allman Brothers at December 06, 2024 09:19 PM (8AONa)

324 Cultural Marxists get Trannies in the administration and Trump gets fought on every one.

Posted by: Skip at December 06, 2024 09:20 PM (fwDg9)

325 Radio today, played a clip of SS agent head of the detail in PA, shoot the president day. He was asked, yes or no, if he was responsible for the detail that day.
The whiny bitch started going on about how he was at 9-11 and how much 9-11 was bwaaa, bwaaa. The inquisitor chewed his ass. Got to my destination before the end of the poor guys trauma.

Posted by: Braenyard - some absent friends are more equal than others at December 06, 2024 09:20 PM (RH5d9)

326 That stone wasn’t a thank you. That was otter trafficking.

Posted by: Kratwurst at December 06, 2024 09:20 PM (BfEyo)

327 324 Cultural Marxists get Trannies in the administration and Trump gets fought on every one.
Posted by: Skip at December 06, 2024 09:20 PM (fwDg9

Government is an unserious business

Posted by: AlaBAMA at December 06, 2024 09:20 PM (aOqEy)

328
They said the DNA they got (presumably from the water bottle) is not in any of the national crime databases, so he's doesn't have a record.

Said they are now going to "genealogical forensics", which means combing through all the 23 And Me databases for close relatives.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at December 06, 2024 09:20 PM (w6EFb)

329 >>What’s your position on the Trouba trade?

He was a great Ranger but his play has clearly slipped and his salary was a giant anchor. I view it more as a salary dump which the Rangers definitely needed although they gave back a lot of with Igor's new deal.

All in all I'm good with it.

Posted by: JackStraw at December 06, 2024 09:21 PM (LkLld)

330 (lays $100 on table)

Our Top Men are destabilizing Syria for Trump to immediately have to also manage.

Posted by: Boron Cobbie - brightly colored hair and prison tattoos are women manipulated to help trannies blend at December 06, 2024 09:21 PM (NXhou)

331 The lovely Mrs. has returned to Casa TP after a day and a half in the Hospital for sleep testing. Lots of short naps with electrodes attached all over her head. When she was released, the tech apologized for giving her 'Walmart Hair'. I had not heard that before but it explains it exactly.

Posted by: Tonypete at December 06, 2024 09:22 PM (WXNFJ)

332 I'm still going with pretty boring normal semi-auto firearm, although maybe an 80% that hadn't been fine tuned. Add a homemade suppressor and no real talent to get everything working smoothly BUT have it working enough that you know how to keep it shooting with enough manual input and manipulation of the pieces, and he saw his opportunity and took it.
Posted by: Boron Cobbie - brightly colored hair and prison tattoos are women manipulated to help trannies blend at December 06, 2024 09:17 PM (NXhou)

It worked well enough for the shooter's purposes.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 06, 2024 09:22 PM (A3oMr)

333 Breezing through comments, I see that FenelonSpoke's check engine light came on.

Hope you can get repaired and out of the shop soon, Fen. I had some twenty inhospital days total in the past year and a half; I hope you got as good care as I had.

Terrible coffee notwithstanding.

Saw that you asked after my family's health a couple of nights ago after I clocked out. Thanks for the interest. Many blessings, but lots of healing needed. Now we can pray for yours.

Posted by: mindful webworker - see me feel me touch me heal meeee at December 06, 2024 09:23 PM (2+/EE)

334 Don't even want to think about the hassles if the state thinks you are trying to run a fraud on the test.
Posted by: Anon Y. Mous
--------

When we were in Hawaii, we found a couple of check stations that employed teens. Case o' brew and pay the fee... no problemo.

Posted by: JQ at December 06, 2024 09:23 PM (YoCnN)

335 They aren't gonna find the shooter til someone rats him out.
Posted by: AlaBAMA

We have our best DEI Top.Trans.Men. busily creating a pro-Trump anti-abortion social media presence. Over the weekend!

Sheesh

Posted by: EffBeeEye at December 06, 2024 09:23 PM (4I5h5)

336 I did not care for Murder on the Orient Express. Would I like other Poirot stories?

Posted by: BourbonChicken at December 06, 2024 09:23 PM (lhenN)

337 Our Top Men are destabilizing Syria for Trump to immediately have to also manage.

Posted by: Boron Cobbie

=====

Plus Samantha bag of bones whatshername

She seems to like stirring things up

Posted by: 2009Refugee at December 06, 2024 09:24 PM (8AONa)

338 Don't even want to think about the hassles if the state thinks you are trying to run a fraud on the test.
Posted by: Anon Y. Mous

Glad I live in a free state.

Posted by: Tonypete at December 06, 2024 09:24 PM (WXNFJ)

339 >>It's not Dead. I'm impressed.

I love the Dead but there's more to life.

See what I did there?

Posted by: JackStraw at December 06, 2024 09:24 PM (LkLld)

340 I expect the time and effort needed to make the ruse pass muster with the techs would exceed the time and effort needed to fix the underlying problem.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 06, 2024 09:19 PM (A3oMr)

This. So much this.

Posted by: Count de Monet at December 06, 2024 09:25 PM (Aqu9a)

341 Boise State!

Posted by: nurse ratched, garbage at December 06, 2024 09:25 PM (1ztRL)

342
We have alibis
Posted by: Zombie Allman Brothers
----

One of my favorite bars in Atlanta, The Alibi, seems not exist anymore.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 06, 2024 09:25 PM (XeU6L)

343 They said the DNA they got (presumably from the water bottle) is not in any of the national crime databases, so he's doesn't have a record.

Said they are now going to "genealogical forensics", which means combing through all the 23 And Me databases for close relatives.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at December 06, 2024 09:20 PM (w6EFb)

I wonder if the water bottle is one he picked up at some sidewalk cafe, with some rando's DNA on it. That would be a great way to throw the cops off the scent.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 06, 2024 09:25 PM (A3oMr)

344 I was involved in the early Illinois emissions testing. I was brought along by a strong lesbian woman I'd worked under in a few jobs. I got fired when I started to question how fucked up things were.

Posted by: coyne at December 06, 2024 09:26 PM (q/UtE)

345 Jeanty is a beast.

Posted by: nurse ratched, garbage at December 06, 2024 09:27 PM (1ztRL)

346 It worked well enough for the shooter's purposes.

-

Yep. And since he'd be getting rid of it anyway there's no need to make it perfect.

Posted by: Boron Cobbie - brightly colored hair and prison tattoos are women manipulated to help trannies blend at December 06, 2024 09:27 PM (NXhou)

347 336 I did not care for Murder on the Orient Express. Would I like other Poirot stories?

Posted by: BourbonChicken at December 06, 2024 09:23 PM (lhenN)

Try "The Mysterious Affair at Styles" or "The Murder of Roger Ackroyd". If you don't like any of the three, I'm guessing you won't like Poirot.

Posted by: Scarymary at December 06, 2024 09:27 PM (uc++Y)

348 When we were in Hawaii, we found a couple of check stations that employed teens. Case o' brew and pay the fee... no problemo.
Posted by: JQ at December 06, 2024 09:23 PM (YoCnN)

No smog check here in Alberta.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 06, 2024 09:27 PM (A3oMr)

349 Bummer UNLV. Boise State up 21-0. I have relatives in LV. They call UNLV; University of Never Leave Vegas.

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at December 06, 2024 09:27 PM (rRMBj)

350 It should have been lights out a hour ago
Hope everyone has a great evening

Posted by: Skip at December 06, 2024 09:28 PM (WXR70)

351 No smog check here in Idaho, either. Yay!

Posted by: JQ at December 06, 2024 09:29 PM (YoCnN)

352 One of my favorite bars in Atlanta, The Alibi, seems not exist anymore.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc

Was there actually a bar called He's Not Here or did my brain make that up?

Posted by: Miklos, asking for his friend Miklos at December 06, 2024 09:29 PM (4I5h5)

353 For a woman well into her 29th year, Reba has a nice rack.

Sadly, her new sitcom is meh.

And I am forced to endure it.

Posted by: anchorbabe fashion cop at December 06, 2024 09:29 PM (ufFY8)

354 >>>And supposedly three unfired rounds were recovered, which should not happen with a bolt-action.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
---

Doesn't sound like a well made pistol or very poor hand loads.
That might be the ticket to no identification though. Cr@ppy misc. parts pistol and hand loads.

Posted by: Braenyard - some absent friends are more equal than others at December 06, 2024 09:29 PM (RH5d9)

355 The wife's lover hired the hit man.

Posted by: Braenyard - some absent friends are more equal than others at December 06, 2024 09:29 PM (RH5d9)

356 I did not care for Murder on the Orient Express. Would I like other Poirot stories?
==

books or films ??

Posted by: runner at December 06, 2024 09:30 PM (QTCRF)

357 Rudolph is a ten point buck.
Clarice is very happy about that.

Posted by: anchorbabe fashion cop at December 06, 2024 09:30 PM (ufFY8)

358 I didn’t know Reba had a new sitcom. My wife liked the old one a lot.

Posted by: Tom Servo at December 06, 2024 09:31 PM (W6hoT)

359 The wife's lover hired the hit man.
Posted by: Braenyard

*gives side eye*

Posted by: Peter Falk at December 06, 2024 09:31 PM (4I5h5)

360 >> I wonder if the water bottle is one he picked up at some sidewalk cafe, with some rando's DNA on it

They have him on video throwing the bottle away, so they know which trash can. Now, they probably have fingerprints, which they can compare to the bottle.

Some guy on FOX earlier was talking about that. You see in the security video touching a door handle. Yeah, they'll be a bunch of other random prints on that door handle and others, but if match what you find on the water bottle.

You know he stayed in this room over here, apart from the Stabucks, touched this way over here, and now this water bottle in the trash. You determine his prints that way.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at December 06, 2024 09:31 PM (w6EFb)

361 341 Boise State!
Posted by: nurse ratched, garbage at December 06, 2024 09:25 PM (1ztRL)

Jeanty for the Heisman!!!

Posted by: Diogenes at December 06, 2024 09:31 PM (W/lyH)

362 One of my favorite bars in Atlanta, The Alibi, seems not exist anymore.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc

Was there actually a bar called He's Not Here or did my brain make that up?
Posted by: Miklos, asking for his friend Miklos at December 06, 2024 09:29 PM (4I5h5)

In Lubbock near Texas Tech there is/was a bar called The Library. As in, "Can't talk now Dad, I'm off to The Library."

Posted by: Count de Monet at December 06, 2024 09:32 PM (Aqu9a)

363 Penguins sold out to global warming hysteria with "Happy Feet".
Posted by: Ben Had at December 06, 2024 08:19 PM

All is proceeding as we have foreseen.

Posted by: Big Penguin at December 06, 2024 09:32 PM (a3Q+t)

364 There's a bar (& grill!) in Pullman, WA, that's named: My Office

Posted by: JQ at December 06, 2024 09:32 PM (YoCnN)

365 I didn’t know Reba had a new sitcom. My wife liked the old one a lot.
Posted by: Tom Servo at December 06, 2024 09:31 PM (W6hoT)

Something called Happy's Place. NBC.

Posted by: anchorbabe fashion cop at December 06, 2024 09:33 PM (ufFY8)

366 Sadly, her new sitcom is meh.

And I am forced to endure it.

Posted by: anchorbabe fashion cop at December 06, 2024 09:29 PM (ufFY

Watched the first episode. It wasn't good. Never went back.

Posted by: coyne at December 06, 2024 09:34 PM (q/UtE)

367 There's a bar (& grill!) in Pullman, WA, that's named: My Office
Posted by: JQ at December 06, 2024 09:32 PM (YoCnN

Woohoo!!!
Go Cougs!!!

Posted by: Diogenes at December 06, 2024 09:34 PM (W/lyH)

368 Almighty GOD, we beg your guidance for the medical team caring for our sister Fen. We ask that she be healed and restored whole to her family.
Amen

Posted by: Eromero at December 06, 2024 09:34 PM (LHPAg)

369 356 I did not care for Murder on the Orient Express. Would I like other Poirot stories?
==
books or films ??
Posted by: runner at December 06, 2024 09:30 PM (QTCRF)

Several versions of MotOE; I like the Peter Ustinov version best. I think the David Suchet tv movies are the most fun to watch, especially the earlier ones with his sidekick Hastings. All of them written by Agatha Christie, she wrote a lot of Poirot stories. A lot more psychological than the Sherlock Holmes stories.

Posted by: Tom Servo at December 06, 2024 09:35 PM (W6hoT)

370 Posted by: Eromero at December 06, 2024 09:34 PM

Amen.

Posted by: JQ at December 06, 2024 09:35 PM (YoCnN)

371 Something called Happy's Place. NBC.
Posted by: anchorbabe fashion cop at December 06, 2024 09:33 PM (ufFY

Reba always appears a little bit cross-eyed to me.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 06, 2024 09:35 PM (A3oMr)

372 In Lubbock near Texas Tech there is/was a bar called The Library. As in, "Can't talk now Dad, I'm off to The Library."
Posted by: Count de Monet at December 06, 2024 09:32 PM (Aqu9a)

I knew of one called "Hydad's", and at least two called Third Base Lounge (last stop before home, yo!)

Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt at December 06, 2024 09:36 PM (ufFY8)

373 Several versions of MotOE; I like the Peter Ustinov version best. I think the David Suchet tv movies are the most fun to watch, especially the earlier ones with his sidekick Hastings. All of them written by Agatha Christie, she wrote a lot of Poirot stories. A lot more psychological than the Sherlock Holmes stories.
Posted by: Tom Servo at December 06, 2024 09:35 PM (W6hoT)

my question was whether he saw the film or read the book and whether he was asking about film or book .

Posted by: runner at December 06, 2024 09:37 PM (QTCRF)

374 There's a bar (& grill!) in Pullman, WA, that's named: My Office
Posted by: JQ at December 06, 2024 09:32 PM (YoCnN)

We have one called The Office.

Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt at December 06, 2024 09:38 PM (ufFY8)

375 Mom was a Coug, Dad was a Vandal.

They met at a WSU/UI Mixer, back in the day. The rest is history...

Posted by: JQ at December 06, 2024 09:38 PM (YoCnN)

376 There's a bar (& grill!) in Pullman, WA, that's named: My Office
Posted by: JQ at December 06, 2024 09:32 PM (YoCnN

Just down the street from the Old European Diner.
Excellent breakfasts!

Posted by: Diogenes at December 06, 2024 09:38 PM (W/lyH)

377 Thanks much for all of the tips and advice on my engine woes. Very much appreciated.

Posted by: Notorious BFD at December 06, 2024 09:38 PM (mH6SG)

378 You know he stayed in this room over here, apart from the Stabucks, touched this way over here, and now this water bottle in the trash. You determine his prints that way.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at December 06, 2024 09:31 PM (w6EFb)

It used to be a thing to coat the pads of your fingers with superglue.

Posted by: Kindltot at December 06, 2024 09:39 PM (D7oie)

379 Good luck w/the car issue, Notorious BFD! Hope it's inexpensive fix!

Posted by: JQ at December 06, 2024 09:41 PM (YoCnN)

380 my question was whether he saw the film or read the book and whether he was asking about film or book .
Posted by: runner at December 06, 2024 09:37 PM (QTCRF

Oh I got it. The basic theme is something Christie examined in several of the Poirot stories; under what circumstances would Poirot solve a crime and then realize he has to just let it go?

Posted by: Tom Servo at December 06, 2024 09:41 PM (W6hoT)

381 It used to be a thing to coat the pads of your fingers with superglue.
Posted by: Kindltot

Now you tell me

Dammit

Posted by: Miklos used the Dremel method at December 06, 2024 09:41 PM (4I5h5)

382 Back in my time in Pullman WA, the best bars were in Moscow.ID. Legal age there then was 19.
Ratskellers and Jackal and Hydes were the two best bars.
Great memories.
Well, from what I remember.

Posted by: Diogenes at December 06, 2024 09:41 PM (W/lyH)

383 Poirot mysteries are a good read, as far as the silver screen I prefer Bruno Crémer's Maigret.

Posted by: runner at December 06, 2024 09:41 PM (QTCRF)

384
I was listening to some former NYPD Inspector FOX has on -- I liked him, and first saw him on Gutfled.

He says that the trope of a professional hitman is mostly a Hollywood creation. Contract killing is a thing, but it ain't like the Hollywood trope. You know, the smooth, suave, ruthless killer type who never makes mistakes.

He said if it was a real hitman, you'd never know it.

Probably the closest thing to the Hollywood hitman actually work for govts.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at December 06, 2024 09:42 PM (w6EFb)

385 Welrod would be easy to track down.

Just a stupid choice for a hit.

So it's not a professional hit. It's personal.
Posted by: AlaBAMA

The guy at @ForgottenWeapons says without a doubt it's not a Welrod.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at December 06, 2024 09:42 PM (IG4Id)

386 The novel are pretty good too, I just think Crémer is the perfect Maigret. None of the Poirots I've seen quite "get it". Even Ustinov.

Posted by: runner at December 06, 2024 09:43 PM (QTCRF)

387 Take away their GPS and tell them to drive someplace they've never been 50 miles away. The horror.
Posted by: JackStraw

I sincerely hope you guys means Gen Y, not X. Because that doesn't make any kind of sense.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at December 06, 2024 09:44 PM (IG4Id)

388
IOW, if this were some real contract killing of the CEO, it wouldn't have gone down anything like this.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at December 06, 2024 09:44 PM (w6EFb)

389 Legal age there then was 19.
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Ah, yes, I remember those days. Wasn't much of a drinker, so ended up driving my inebriated friends home, LOL. Designated Driver, even before it became A Thing!

Posted by: JQ at December 06, 2024 09:45 PM (YoCnN)

390 The only one that I think got the character is...Albert Finney - the one who portrayed Poirot in the Murder on the Orient Express (1974).

Posted by: runner at December 06, 2024 09:46 PM (QTCRF)

391 Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 06, 2024 08:32 PM (r5LO3)

A prayer for complete and speedy recovery.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 06, 2024 09:46 PM (RIvkX)

392 >>>Now they are running tests and want me to stay overnight. I do not want to stay overnight. Sorry. TMI.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke
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Stay the night. Get every test you can con them into giving. This is an opportunity for better than that annual physical you've been avoiding.
Prayers are included with this advice.

Posted by: Braenyard - some absent friends are more equal than others at December 06, 2024 09:46 PM (RH5d9)

393 There was a bar in Atlanta called The Library. It was on what *used* to be named Lee Street. Renamed, because history can be rewritten.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 06, 2024 09:46 PM (XeU6L)

394 Ustinov is too Ustinov. The personality overwhelms the role.

Posted by: runner at December 06, 2024 09:47 PM (QTCRF)

395 >>Ratskellers and Jackal and Hydes were the two best bars.

The Rathskeller, aka The Rat, in Boston was a legend. The number of bands that came through that place in the 70's though the 90's was incredible.

Right in the middle of Kenmore Square around the corner from Fenway and pretty much across the street from Boston University.

Posted by: JackStraw at December 06, 2024 09:47 PM (LkLld)

396 Legal age in HI was 18, until the highway-funds extortion bill.

Posted by: JQ at December 06, 2024 09:48 PM (YoCnN)

397 another one with Michael York.

Posted by: runner at December 06, 2024 09:49 PM (QTCRF)

398
Jason Evers could play the best hitman.

From Mannix and the like, you know he's a hitman when he puts on the black leather gloves.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at December 06, 2024 09:49 PM (w6EFb)

399
I sincerely hope you guys means Gen Y, not X. Because that doesn't make any kind of sense.
Posted by: weft cut-loop
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I'll believe that 20% of Xers can muddle their way through a map.

Posted by: Braenyard - some absent friends are more equal than others at December 06, 2024 09:49 PM (RH5d9)

400 I agree runner, Maigret is great. Michael Gambin also did a good job with the character, although that series didn’t last long enough.

Posted by: Tom Servo at December 06, 2024 09:49 PM (W6hoT)

401 Simenon was kind of an ass, but his novels are good. Not just the Maigret mysteries.

Posted by: runner at December 06, 2024 09:53 PM (QTCRF)

402 Right in the middle of Kenmore Square around the corner from Fenway and pretty much across the street from Boston University.
Posted by: JackStraw at December 06, 2024 09:47 PM (LkLld)

My frat was near there, one block from where the green line went above ground.

Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt at December 06, 2024 09:53 PM (ufFY8)

403 I'll believe that 20% of Xers can muddle their way through a map.

Posted by: Braenyard - some absent friends are more equal than others at December 06, 2024 09:49 PM (RH5d9)

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I love maps. Dad taught me to read a map so I would shut up and quit asking "how much longer?" it has served me well. Can even use a compass to navigate out of BFE.

Posted by: Scarymary at December 06, 2024 09:53 PM (uc++Y)

404
I've screamed at the TV, "Run lady, run! It's fuckin' Jason Evers. He's putting on his black gloves! He's gonna kill you right now!"

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at December 06, 2024 09:54 PM (w6EFb)

405 >>My frat was near there, one block from where the green line went above ground.

My condo was only a few blocks away.

Posted by: JackStraw at December 06, 2024 09:55 PM (LkLld)

406 Son was complaining that the tounger generation do not like to drive. Too much work.

Anyone else hear of this?

Crazy if true.

Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt at December 06, 2024 09:55 PM (ufFY8)

407 I don't like to drive. Waste of time.

Posted by: runner at December 06, 2024 09:56 PM (QTCRF)

408 >>My frat was near there, one block from where the green line went above ground.

My condo was only a few blocks away.
Posted by: JackStraw at December 06, 2024 09:55 PM (LkLld)

Bay State Road, lol.

Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt at December 06, 2024 09:56 PM (ufFY8)

409 Teleportation would make things more efficient.

Posted by: runner at December 06, 2024 09:56 PM (QTCRF)

410 I think there's some sort of cabal bent on destroying the American health care system, because it's still better than everyone else's " free" national healthcare, and also because the globalist mutherfuckers want to literally have the power to deny you life saving care if you try to resist them.

They're starting to get people worked up about the evil CEOs of Big Insurance, just like they've gotten people.... mentally ill people and white liberal women ( but I repeat myself) worked up about all the other non issues over the last several deades.

Posted by: Tammy-al Thor at December 06, 2024 09:56 PM (Vvh2V)

411 I know some younger ones who don't like to drive and never learned. We are not in an area with public transport. It was a failure to launch.

Posted by: Scarymary at December 06, 2024 09:57 PM (uc++Y)

412 I know some younger ones who don't like to drive and never learned. We are not in an area with public transport. It was a failure to launch.
Posted by: Scarymary at December 06, 2024 09:57 PM (uc++Y)

Ok, so not a one iff observation.

Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt at December 06, 2024 09:58 PM (ufFY8)

413 >>Bay State Road, lol.

Yea, I figured. Beacon Street.

Posted by: JackStraw at December 06, 2024 09:58 PM (LkLld)

414 305 Winning is so much more fun than losing. We should do it more often.

https://tinyurl.com/54b72jzm
Posted by: JackStraw
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Excellent recording engineer. See, those guys worked for James Brown and told that engineer if he' F'd it up they would shoot him.
All recording engineers should be under that penalty.

Posted by: Braenyard - some absent friends are more equal than others at December 06, 2024 10:00 PM (RH5d9)

415 No, the kids who aren't driving are sleeping in Mom's basement as far as I can tell.

Posted by: Scarymary at December 06, 2024 10:00 PM (uc++Y)

416 ONT hi

Posted by: lousagirl at December 06, 2024 10:01 PM (0GKLt)

417 No, the kids who aren't driving are sleeping in Mom's basement as far as I can tell.
Posted by: Scarymary at December 06, 2024 10:00 PM (uc++Y)

Yup. And all normal teenagers could not wait to learn to drive.
Freedom, baby!

Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt at December 06, 2024 10:02 PM (ufFY8)

418 Yup. And all normal teenagers could not wait to learn to drive.
Freedom, baby!

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freedom to so=pend 2 or more hours in traffic every day; the kids figure out what's what and are not swayed by Big MOtors

Posted by: runner at December 06, 2024 10:03 PM (QTCRF)

419 I've never understood why people call NHS "free" healthcare-- UK citizens are taxed to pay for it, like we are with SS/Medicare, by withholding from paychecks.

And *they* b!tch about ~~rationing~~ wait lists, while condemning *our* system.

Posted by: JQ at December 06, 2024 10:03 PM (YoCnN)

420 >>> 416 ONT hi
Posted by: lousagirl at December 06, 2024 10:01 PM (0GKLt)

Hi yourself!!

NOOD ONT

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at December 06, 2024 10:10 PM (KcwUg)

421 In a secret lab under Argentina, Nazi scientists developed a penguin/otter hybrid. Utilizing the brutal instincts of the river otter, combined with the blindly determined compass-like sense of direction of the penguin, the resulting mephitic moreauvian monstrosity had an uncanny ability to guide a V-2 missile with fierce and deadly accuracy.

See: .BF Skinner and his bomb guidence system using a pigeon.

Posted by: waepnedmann at December 06, 2024 11:01 PM (hGlN8)

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