Mid-Morning Art Thread

The Coppersmith
Edgar Melville Ward

Posted by: CBD at 09:30 AM

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1 st!

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at December 19, 2024 09:30 AM (kgE5c)

2 rd

Posted by: rhennigantx at December 19, 2024 09:30 AM (gbOdA)

3 I wouldn't hang, but it IS art.

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at December 19, 2024 09:30 AM (N1DT3)

4 top 5?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 19, 2024 09:30 AM (J2vNu)

5 He's a little light in the loafers.

Posted by: nurse ratched, garbage at December 19, 2024 09:31 AM (mT+6a)

6 Good morning.

Posted by: Scarymary at December 19, 2024 09:31 AM (F2xQR)

7 Nice use of light.

Posted by: grammie winger - cheesehead at December 19, 2024 09:31 AM (SfhV1)

8 The Others have been summoned.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at December 19, 2024 09:31 AM (kgE5c)

9 I like it. But on first glance, my thought was 'is that a dude in a dress?' Before reading the title and realizing it was an apron.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at December 19, 2024 09:31 AM (HsOwE)

10 I'm a little...

Posted by: teapot at December 19, 2024 09:31 AM (DKIGo)

11 Under the spreading chestnut tree
The village

dayum wrong Smith

Posted by: rhennigantx at December 19, 2024 09:32 AM (gbOdA)

12 R.E. Lee's long lost twin.

Posted by: BignJames at December 19, 2024 09:32 AM (Yj6Os)

13 Would hang in my workshop.

Not sure what he's using that sledgehammer for, though.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at December 19, 2024 09:32 AM (kgE5c)

14 Another apron.

Posted by: redridinghood at December 19, 2024 09:33 AM (NpAcC)

15 The MET
Title: The Coppersmith

Artist: Edgar Melville Ward (1839–1915)

Date: ca. 1898

Culture: American

Medium: Oil on canvas

Dimensions: 23 7/8 x 21 in. (60.5 x 53.3 cm)

Credit Line: Gift of Several Gentlemen, 1900

Posted by: rhennigantx at December 19, 2024 09:33 AM (gbOdA)

16 This guy looks a LOT like General Robert E. Lee.

And like Monty Woolley of The Man Who Came to Dinner fame, too. Having read the play and seen the 1970s Orson Welles version of it, I was surprised at how affable Woolley's Sheridan Whiteside could be.

Anyway, good detail on the coppersmith himself.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 19, 2024 09:33 AM (J2vNu)

17 That shop has seen a lot of work over a lot of years.

Posted by: davidt at December 19, 2024 09:33 AM (i0F8b)

18 I've got a vice just like that. One of my many vices.

Posted by: fd at December 19, 2024 09:33 AM (vFG9F)

19 12 R.E. Lee's long lost twin.
Posted by: BignJames at December 19, 2024 09:32 AM (Yj6Os)

Hah! THAT is a good catch that I can now not unsee.

*golfclap*

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at December 19, 2024 09:33 AM (HsOwE)

20 12 R.E. Lee's long lost twin.
Posted by: BignJames at December 19, 2024 09:32 AM (Yj6Os)

*shakes fist*

You beat me to the observation!

Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher at December 19, 2024 09:33 AM (LxER7)

21 When you zoom in, the coppersmith also looks a bit like Ian Fleming with a mustache and beard.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 19, 2024 09:34 AM (J2vNu)

22 He's made a teapot...how nice.

Posted by: BignJames at December 19, 2024 09:34 AM (Yj6Os)

23 Joan was quizzical, studied pataphysical
Science in the home
Late nights all alone with a test tube, oh, oh, oh, oh
Maxwell Edison, majoring in medicine
Calls her on the phone
"Can I take you out to the pictures, Joa-oa-oa-oan?"
But as she's getting ready to go
A knock comes on the door

Bang! Bang! Maxwell's silver hammer

Posted by: rhennigantx at December 19, 2024 09:34 AM (gbOdA)

24 His name is Alexander and he did me much harm.

Posted by: Apostle Paul at December 19, 2024 09:34 AM (dg+HA)

25 EPA says copper is toxic.

Posted by: sniffybigtoe at December 19, 2024 09:34 AM (Zba2T)

26 This painting is from ca. 1898.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 19, 2024 09:35 AM (J2vNu)

27 Teapot Dome Scandal

Posted by: rhennigantx at December 19, 2024 09:35 AM (gbOdA)

28

There is a very small midget strapped to his thigh under his apron, flicking his nads.

Posted by: Dirty Mary at December 19, 2024 09:35 AM (3OdZt)

29 25 EPA says copper is toxic.
Posted by: sniffybigtoe at December 19, 2024 09:34 AM (Zba2T)

Does not seem to bother the meth heads.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at December 19, 2024 09:36 AM (HsOwE)

30 EPA says copper is toxic.
Posted by: sniffybigtoe at December 19, 2024 09:34 AM

When introduced at high velocity, yes.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at December 19, 2024 09:36 AM (kgE5c)

31 Nice handle on that sledge. They don’t make them like that anymore.

Posted by: sniffybigtoe at December 19, 2024 09:36 AM (Zba2T)

32 Is that a sheet of transparent copper leaning against the wall?

Posted by: davidt at December 19, 2024 09:36 AM (i0F8b)

33 Colonel Harlan Sanders - The Early Years

Posted by: rickb223 Gold & Silver Spot Prices at December 19, 2024 09:36 AM (QCSQH)

34 Pipes were copper before they were pvc.

Posted by: Boss Moss at December 19, 2024 09:37 AM (YzqWW)

35 He's cutting to the chase!

Posted by: andycanuck (hovnC) at December 19, 2024 09:37 AM (hovnC)

36 Where's the fire extinguisher? The first aid kit? The eyewash station? The DEI posters??? Sorry, we're going to have to shut you down.

Posted by: OSHA at December 19, 2024 09:37 AM (PiwSw)

37 Very long handle.

...

That's what she said.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at December 19, 2024 09:37 AM (HsOwE)

38 If only a sleeping dog was under the work table....

Posted by: Huck Follywood at December 19, 2024 09:37 AM (TMqcd)

39 Put copper in a fire and watch the flames turn green.

Nice art CBD.

Posted by: Madame Mayhem (uppity wench) at December 19, 2024 09:37 AM (4XwPj)

40 EPA says copper is toxic.
Posted by: sniffybigtoe at December 19, 2024

***
Our pennies used to be made with it, and didn't the UK have a coin that was called "the copper"?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 19, 2024 09:37 AM (J2vNu)

41 Does not seem to bother the meth heads.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at December 19, 2024 09:36 AM (HsOwE)

Copper thieves would clean this guy out....take his plumbing, too.

Posted by: BignJames at December 19, 2024 09:37 AM (Yj6Os)

42 My gaydar is pinging.

Posted by: nurse ratched, garbage at December 19, 2024 09:37 AM (mT+6a)

43 Is that a sheet of transparent copper leaning against the wall?
Posted by: davidt

Shhhhh!
Posted by: Spock

Posted by: rickb223 Gold & Silver Spot Prices at December 19, 2024 09:37 AM (QCSQH)

44 I like the dusty effect of this painting.

Posted by: redridinghood at December 19, 2024 09:38 AM (NpAcC)

45 Nicely modeled. Good use of light. Color seems a bit, dullish.

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at December 19, 2024 09:38 AM (w+hdv)

46 Who you callin' a repouthé?

Posted by: mike tyson at December 19, 2024 09:38 AM (hovnC)

47 Stop The Hammering!!

Posted by: Neighbor O'Donnell at December 19, 2024 09:38 AM (i0F8b)

48 Dude should be making a still.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at December 19, 2024 09:39 AM (Q4IgG)

49 That's a fair cop.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 19, 2024 09:39 AM (J2vNu)

50 Yes; Nice light coming through the windows and I like his attentive look

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 19, 2024 09:39 AM (YFUEt)

51 I like this. Great attention to detail. Would hang

Posted by: Smell the Glove at December 19, 2024 09:39 AM (DopAq)

52 If Julia Ward Howe, author of the Battle Hymn of the Republic, had simultaneous affairs with both Edgar Allen Poe and Herman Melville, would this painter be her son?

Posted by: Pete in Texas at December 19, 2024 09:40 AM (BHrzb)

53 "A copper! How d'you like that, boys! A copper! And I treated him like a kid brother --!"

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 19, 2024 09:40 AM (J2vNu)

54 Hands that can do things. Don't see that often anymore.

Posted by: red speck at December 19, 2024 09:40 AM (0Id0S)

55 You can't kill me, copper!

Posted by: ... at December 19, 2024 09:40 AM (QcVoh)

56 Not sure what he's using that sledgehammer for, though.
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Sometimes he gets pissed off.

Posted by: andycanuck (hovnC) at December 19, 2024 09:40 AM (hovnC)

57 47 Stop The Hammering!!
_-_-_-_-_-_-_-

'At's why the dog ids off buggin' the missus for scraps.

Posted by: Don in SoCo at December 19, 2024 09:40 AM (3s4q0)

58 I've got a vice just like that. One of my many vices.
Posted by: fd

What is that type of vise called? I let one go just like it at a sale and have regretted it.

Posted by: Tonypete at December 19, 2024 09:40 AM (WXNFJ)

59 FIRST!!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 19, 2024 09:40 AM (Zz0t1)

60 I wonder if back in those days the coppersmith got a bunch of phone calls asking him to make barrels and he would get annoyed and yell, “it says copper not cooper!”

Posted by: sniffybigtoe at December 19, 2024 09:41 AM (Zba2T)

61 In before the Mexicans come in and steal all his copper.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 19, 2024 09:41 AM (Zz0t1)

62 He's not a true coppersmith if he doesn't have a still sitting somewhere.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 19, 2024 09:41 AM (Zz0t1)

63 That shop could use a couple overhead lights.

Posted by: red speck at December 19, 2024 09:41 AM (0Id0S)

64
"Alexander the coppersmith did me great harm; the Lord will repay him according to his deeds."
~ St. Paul

Posted by: 2 Timothy 4:14 at December 19, 2024 09:42 AM (dg+HA)

65 Our coppersmith seems relatively pleased with his new product. He's not beaming at it, as though he thinks it's the best he's ever done; but he looks as if he's thinking, "Not bad. Not bad at all. The customer will like it."

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 19, 2024 09:42 AM (J2vNu)

66 Wiener. Doesn't have what it takes to smith iron. Far lefty most likely.

Posted by: From about That Time at December 19, 2024 09:42 AM (4780s)

67 You'll never get me, copper

*rat-a-tat-tat*

Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 19, 2024 09:42 AM (RIvkX)

68 And he made that little teapot with the BFH we see on the floor.

Posted by: t-bird at December 19, 2024 09:42 AM (1dUol)

69 That shop could use a couple overhead lights.
Posted by: red speck

That why in the olden days the workbench was underneath a window.

Posted by: Tonypete at December 19, 2024 09:42 AM (WXNFJ)

70 The shop could use some Pledge and a Swiffer.

Posted by: redridinghood at December 19, 2024 09:43 AM (NpAcC)

71 I bet he gets a lot of bong requests from the kids.

Posted by: sniffybigtoe at December 19, 2024 09:44 AM (Zba2T)

72 I wish my beard would grow as high up my cheeks as this guy's beard does. He probably doesn't need to shave at all, or perhaps he needs just a trim when he goes to the barber for his hair.

I suppose the slips of paper pinned to the storage bin on the left are either unpaid bills; or invoices he's making out for work he's done or is doing now.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 19, 2024 09:44 AM (J2vNu)

73 Throw in a little tin and you're a bronze smith.

Posted by: Boss Moss at December 19, 2024 09:44 AM (YzqWW)

74 71 I bet he gets a lot of bong requests from the kids.
Posted by: sniffybigtoe at December 19, 2024 09:44 AM (Zba2T)

What he can't make into a bong, he will make into an ashtray.

Posted by: Roy at December 19, 2024 09:44 AM (z+ik4)

75 I bet he gets a lot of bong requests from the kids.
Posted by: sniffybigtoe

My Dad taught industrial plastics at a vocational high school to finish out his career.

You have no idea. . .

Posted by: Tonypete at December 19, 2024 09:45 AM (WXNFJ)

76 75 I bet he gets a lot of bong requests from the kids.
Posted by: sniffybigtoe

My Dad taught industrial plastics at a vocational high school to finish out his career.

You have no idea. . .
Posted by: Tonypete at December 19, 2024 09:45 AM (WXNFJ)

Just like video games were the first computer programs, bongs were the first 3D printer projects.

Posted by: Roy at December 19, 2024 09:46 AM (z+ik4)

77 "What is that type of vise called? I let one go just like it at a sale and have regretted it.
Posted by: Tonypete"

Post vice.

Posted by: fd at December 19, 2024 09:46 AM (vFG9F)

78 Clean apron. That tells you everything.

Posted by: From about That Time at December 19, 2024 09:46 AM (4780s)

79 There's no teapot dome.

Scandal!!!

Posted by: stu-mick-o-sucks at December 19, 2024 09:46 AM (zBSlA)

80 Oh, no! His clean copper clappers have been stolen!

Posted by: andycanuck (hovnC) at December 19, 2024 09:46 AM (hovnC)

81 I worked at a hardware store near a college. Bong repair and construction was at least a quarter of my job.

Posted by: sniffybigtoe at December 19, 2024 09:46 AM (Zba2T)

82 Nicely detailed
Bet he burned himself daily

Posted by: Skip at December 19, 2024 09:47 AM (AYz4A)

83 This artist-whom I had not heard of- seemed to have done a lot of paintings with people working and light coming through the windows. Very nice.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 19, 2024 09:47 AM (YFUEt)

84
Just outside the frame: his busty, callipygic 19-year-old wife who's feeling frisky.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 19, 2024 09:47 AM (dxSpM)

85 I love the scene. (He did a similar one for a gunsmith.) The realistic setting and tools are accurate for the place and time. The use of soft natural light from the window showcases the craftsman and his bench. I especially like the man's expression and his hands. They show experience, care and dedication in the act of creating something special and individual. In an era of mass produced crap, this scene is appealing and I got lost studying the details and atmosphere. A wonderful, effective painting.

Yes, I am impressed. Why do you ask?

Posted by: JTB at December 19, 2024 09:47 AM (yTvNw)

86 78 Clean apron. That tells you everything.
Posted by: From about That Time at December 19, 2024 09:46 AM (4780s)

And creased pants legs.

Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher at December 19, 2024 09:48 AM (LxER7)

87 73 Throw in a little tin and you're a bronze smith.
Posted by: Boss Moss at December 19, 2024 09:44 AM (YzqWW)

And here we go. A little bit of tin and somehow nobody cares about me anymore

Posted by: Arsenic at December 19, 2024 09:48 AM (gKWVE)

88 There's no teapot dome.

Posted by: stu-mick-o-sucks at December 19, 2024 09:46 AM (zBSlA)
-

That's because he makes a proper cup of coffee in a copper coffee pot.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at December 19, 2024 09:48 AM (d9LQi)

89 I guess he couldn't afford silver.

Posted by: pudinhead at December 19, 2024 09:48 AM (jFCkp)

90 Wonder what the John Henry sledgehammer was for?

Posted by: tubal at December 19, 2024 09:48 AM (PCK5/)

91 Is that a sheet of transparent copper leaning against the wall?
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How do we know he didn't invent it??

Posted by: lt-cmdr montgomery scott at December 19, 2024 09:49 AM (hovnC)

92
I'd hit it...

Posted by: Mayor Pete at December 19, 2024 09:49 AM (c0tJM)

93 The curl of sheard copper on the floor next to the anvil is a nice detail, as is the (now-dry) washtub behind the anvil. I guess you'd quench copper after heating and hammering it, in the same basic way you do steel and iron? Though copper, I believe, is softer and probably melts at a lower temp?

Copper: 1,983 F.
Cast iron: ca. 2,100 F.

Lead is "only" 621 F. I was always under the impression that it had a pretty high melting point.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 19, 2024 09:49 AM (J2vNu)

94 83 This artist-whom I had not heard of- seemed to have done a lot of paintings with people working and light coming through the windows. Very nice.
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Most likely a Vermeer fan.

Posted by: pudinhead at December 19, 2024 09:49 AM (jFCkp)

95 What is that type of vise called? I let one go just like it at a sale and have regretted it.

Posted by: Tonypete at December 19, 2024 09:40 AM (WXNFJ)

Bench vise?

Posted by: BignJames at December 19, 2024 09:49 AM (Yj6Os)

96 84
Just outside the frame: his busty, callipygic 19-year-old wife who's feeling frisky
_-_-_-_-_-_-
Always a good day when I learn a new word.

Posted by: Don in SoCo at December 19, 2024 09:49 AM (3s4q0)

97 This is nicely done. Not one I'd hang, but nicely done all the same.

Posted by: Scarymary at December 19, 2024 09:50 AM (F2xQR)

98 Just outside the frame: his busty, callipygic 19-year-old wife who's feeling frisky.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh

I learned a new word today - AoS University is now in session.

Posted by: Tonypete at December 19, 2024 09:50 AM (WXNFJ)

99 What JTB so aptly said.

Posted by: Ben Had at December 19, 2024 09:50 AM (XTmTf)

100 90 Wonder what the John Henry sledgehammer was for?
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Reducing cadavers into manageable pieces.

Posted by: pudinhead at December 19, 2024 09:50 AM (jFCkp)

101 I try not to make a big deal out of my vises.. try to hide them from the public, actually..

Posted by: tubal at December 19, 2024 09:51 AM (PCK5/)

102 Very nice.

Oceanbridge dot com shows a number of Edgar Melville Ward's beautifully detailed oil paintings depicting tradespersons and craftspersons. If I could hang them in a gallery-like setting, yes, I would.

Thank you.

Posted by: L - Rooster one day, Feather duster another at December 19, 2024 09:51 AM (NFX2v)

103 Obviously, Coppersmithing is a delicate skill requiring a sledge hammer blow on occasion.

Posted by: pawn (on his new laptop!!!) at December 19, 2024 09:51 AM (Lo11P)

104 Lead melts quite easily. That’s why it was used for solder. You can buy little lead melting pots that run on household electricity and make cast lead things at home.

Posted by: sniffybigtoe at December 19, 2024 09:51 AM (Zba2T)

105 Quite a contrast from yesterdays art. This is bright and open. Very nice work. A craftsman with his tools.

Posted by: Rufus T. Firefly at December 19, 2024 09:52 AM (Ajx/b)

106 Reducing cadavers into manageable pieces.

Posted by: pudinhead at December 19, 2024 09:50 AM (jFCkp)

turn them into jelly.

Posted by: BignJames at December 19, 2024 09:52 AM (Yj6Os)

107 In an era of mass produced crap, this scene is appealing and I got lost studying the details and atmosphere.
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Arts & Crafts Movement!

The Arts and Crafts philosophy was derived in large measure from John Ruskin's social criticism, deeply influenced by the work of Thomas Carlyle.[22] Ruskin related the moral and social health of a nation to the qualities of its architecture and to the nature of its work. Ruskin considered the sort of mechanized production and division of labour that had been created in the industrial revolution to be "servile labour", and he thought that a healthy and moral society required independent workers who designed the things that they made. He believed factory-made works to be "dishonest," and that handwork and craftsmanship merged dignity with labour.[23]

Posted by: andycanuck (hovnC) at December 19, 2024 09:52 AM (hovnC)

108 That's my name too!

Posted by: John Jacob Copperheimer Smith at December 19, 2024 09:52 AM (aD39U)

109 Fani is out.

Posted by: JackStraw at December 19, 2024 09:52 AM (LkLld)

110 Clean apron. That tells you everything.
Posted by: From about That Time at December 19, 2024

***
That's not his work apron. This is the one he dons when the customer is coming to pick up the item he ordered.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 19, 2024 09:53 AM (J2vNu)

111 Yes the era of handmade watches is long gone..

Posted by: tubal at December 19, 2024 09:53 AM (PCK5/)

112 104 Lead melts quite easily. That’s why it was used for solder. You can buy little lead melting pots that run on household electricity and make cast lead things at home.
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I used to have lead soldiers as a kid. Unfortunately, their horse's legs would easily break.

Posted by: pudinhead at December 19, 2024 09:53 AM (jFCkp)

113
Oceanbridge dot com shows a number of Edgar Melville Ward's beautifully detailed oil paintings depicting tradespersons and craftspersons.

They don't include "The Bookie"

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 19, 2024 09:53 AM (dxSpM)

114 My da

Posted by: Boss Moss at December 19, 2024 09:54 AM (YzqWW)

115 >>> Fani is out.
Posted by: JackStraw at December 19, 2024 09:52 AM (LkLld)

Hospital gowns will do that.

Posted by: banana Dream at December 19, 2024 09:54 AM (Y6IkP)

116 My dad and uncle made lead soldiers as kids.

Posted by: Boss Moss at December 19, 2024 09:54 AM (YzqWW)

117 Past 100 so Today's why we should "remove" the Judges first.
Montana Court: Youth have a right to a Stable Climate.
Yeh, the universe follows your pronouncements. Fuck off, Jack.

Posted by: From about That Time at December 19, 2024 09:54 AM (4780s)

118 JackStraw, fantastic!!!

Posted by: Ben Had at December 19, 2024 09:55 AM (XTmTf)

119 Stable climate… oxymoron, yes??

Posted by: tubal at December 19, 2024 09:55 AM (PCK5/)

120 After months of searching, I found the best meme on X
x.com/Tesla7771/status/1869659154081788048

Posted by: gKWVE at December 19, 2024 09:56 AM (gKWVE)

121 Thanks for using this painting, CBD. I'm surprised Ward's works aren't better known. You could build a serious art course studying how he made such effective paintings.

Posted by: JTB at December 19, 2024 09:56 AM (yTvNw)

122 119 Stable climate… oxymoron, yes??
Posted by: tubal at December 19, 2024 09:55 AM (PCK5/)

Neigh!!

Posted by: Mr. Ed at December 19, 2024 09:56 AM (LxER7)

123 I learned a new word today - AoS University is now in session.

Posted by: Tonypete

AoS University
"You may as well f*** around, you're going to find out anyway"

Posted by: Brother Tim, Keeper of the Tim Continuum at December 19, 2024 09:56 AM (OUMaO)

124 Wonder what the John Henry sledgehammer was for?
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I wonder if it's for banging scrap copper items into workable sheets?

Posted by: andycanuck (hovnC) at December 19, 2024 09:56 AM (hovnC)

125 In his old age, sometimes the teapot became a pee-pot.

Posted by: Gotta Go! at December 19, 2024 09:56 AM (G5+As)

126 Youth have a right to a stable climate. Quit horsing around.

Posted by: Secretariat of State John Kerry at December 19, 2024 09:57 AM (YzqWW)

127 Lead melts quite easily. That’s why it was used for solder. You can buy little lead melting pots that run on household electricity and make cast lead things at home.
Posted by: sniffybigtoe at December 19, 2024

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I guess so. Seems to me I recall reading in the old DC Superman/Superboy comics that he could not see through lead with his X-ray vision, or melt it with his heat vision. The former is canon; it was used in the George Reeves TV series, I know, and in the first Chris Reeve movie.

If his heat vision couldn't melt lead, then we should never have seen a story where he could melt anything with a higher point, like steel. Unless the writers came up with some doubletalk reason for it.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 19, 2024 09:57 AM (J2vNu)

128 The inventor of the nose kettle!

I think I've seen them advertised at Insty's.

Posted by: andycanuck (hovnC) at December 19, 2024 09:57 AM (hovnC)

129 I am fond of copper. My bathroom sink and faucet are copper as are the legs of my dining table.

Posted by: Ben Had at December 19, 2024 09:58 AM (XTmTf)

130 Superman can't melt lead because the plot demands it.

Posted by: WitchDoktor at December 19, 2024 09:59 AM (oUlN5)

131 Copper is very easy to plate with silver. I see a silver pot on his bench.

Copper work hardens very easily and one hardened has to be annealed to be able to be formed again.

High purity copper is also difficult to machine.

Posted by: pawn (on his new laptop!!!) at December 19, 2024 09:59 AM (Lo11P)

132 I get the Robert E. Lee jokes, the St. Paul jokes, and the James Cagney jokes, but I don't get the gay jokes. Because he wears an apron? Because he's a.more delicate kind of smith compared to a blacksmith? Do coppersmiths like to listen to Judy Garland Live at Carnegie Hall?

Posted by: Pete in Texas at December 19, 2024 10:01 AM (BHrzb)

133 Wouldn't the lead lined spacecraft you used to go through the Van Allen Radiation Belts melt in the ionosphere?

Posted by: Boss Moss at December 19, 2024 10:01 AM (YzqWW)

134 117 Past 100 so Today's why we should "remove" the Judges first.
Montana Court: Youth have a right to a Stable Climate.
Yeh, the universe follows your pronouncements. Fuck off, Jack.
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So that's the 100 comment rule. What's the legal mechanism for removing a judge in Montana?

Posted by: Don in SoCo at December 19, 2024 10:01 AM (3s4q0)

135 In contrast to copper and even lead:

Mercury melts at -38 F. (which is why it's liquid at room temp)

Phosphorus, at 111 F. (so on a hot day in Death Valley, your phosphorus is a puddle?)

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 19, 2024 10:02 AM (J2vNu)

136 Send him to the train station.

Posted by: Boss Moss at December 19, 2024 10:02 AM (YzqWW)

137 He stared into the copper vessel and suddenly the face of Nostradamus appeared.

Posted by: Adirondack Patriot at December 19, 2024 10:02 AM (fuVj5)

138 >>@willchamberlain

>>The Georgia Court of Appeals just ruled that Fani Willis must be disqualified from the 2020 election case - along with her entire office.

>>Very likely the death knell of the entire case. They'd need to find another county willing to take it on.

Posted by: JackStraw at December 19, 2024 10:03 AM (LkLld)

139 Made in copper, it’s for putting on the fire: it’s a tea kettle, not a teapot! (It doesn’t hurt that my grandparents - born circa 1900 - had one just like it.)

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at December 19, 2024 10:03 AM (0MkTV)

140 Why no Paul Revere jokes?

Posted by: Adirondack Patriot at December 19, 2024 10:03 AM (fuVj5)

141 Wasn't Paul Revere a silversmith.

Posted by: Boss Moss at December 19, 2024 10:04 AM (YzqWW)

142 I learned a new word today - AoS University is now in session.
Posted by: Tonypete at December 19, 2024 09:50 AM

Many have thanked us for introducing mephitic into the AoSHQ lexicon.

Posted by: Penguins of the World at December 19, 2024 10:04 AM (a3Q+t)

143 138 >>@willchamberlain

>>The Georgia Court of Appeals just ruled that Fani Willis must be disqualified from the 2020 election case - along with her entire office.

>>Very likely the death knell of the entire case. They'd need to find another county willing to take it on.
Posted by: JackStraw at December 19, 2024 10:03 AM (LkLld)

=======

Professional misconduct this bad and this widespread in an office demands more than removal from a case.

But, GA GOP, so...they'll probably apologize to Fani and try to give the case back to her somehow.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, trying to figure out Joel Schumacher at December 19, 2024 10:04 AM (GBKbO)

144 JackStraw, did she ever turn over the requested records?

Posted by: Ben Had at December 19, 2024 10:04 AM (XTmTf)

145 141 Wasn't Paul Revere a silversmith.
Posted by: Boss Moss at December 19, 2024 10:04 AM (YzqWW)

He was a Raider I think…

Posted by: tubal at December 19, 2024 10:05 AM (PCK5/)

146 >>@willchamberlain

>>The Georgia Court of Appeals just ruled that Fani Willis must be disqualified from the 2020 election case - along with her entire office.

>>Very likely the death knell of the entire case. They'd need to find another county willing to take it on.
Posted by: JackStraw at December 19, 2024 10:03 AM (LkLld)

hahaha. good stuff.

now they should be punished

Posted by: Hatari somewhere on Ventura Highway at December 19, 2024 10:06 AM (S+j2h)

147 https://www.paulreverehouse.org/reveres-foundry-copper-mill/

Posted by: Adirondack Patriot at December 19, 2024 10:06 AM (fuVj5)

148 Mercury melts at -38 F. (which is why it's liquid at room temp)

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius,

I'm calling BS. Owned two Mercury Grand Marquis(es). A 92 and a 98 model. Both were solid cars.

Posted by: Terrestrial Celestial Commuter at December 19, 2024 10:06 AM (G5+As)

149 Many have thanked us for introducing mephitic into the AoSHQ lexicon.
Posted by: Penguins

I've been to mephitic,, visited Graceland

Posted by: Guy who's always confused at December 19, 2024 10:06 AM (c0tJM)

150 I forgot to bring a pot pie with me for lunch. And all the nearby coffee shops that usually offer things like croissants or biscuits with ham, cheese, and egg are either shut, or what they have is day-old chow for $10. Uh, no.

If I need a snack this morning or this afternoon, I have peanuts.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 19, 2024 10:06 AM (J2vNu)

151 Superman can't melt lead because the plot demands it.
Posted by: WitchDoktor

Superman stands there with his chest out while the bad guys shoot at him, but when they throw the pistol at him, he ducks. WTF?

Posted by: rickb223 Gold & Silver Spot Prices at December 19, 2024 10:06 AM (QCSQH)

152 JackStraw, did she ever turn over the requested records?
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Quicksilver Messenger Service ones I assume.

Posted by: andycanuck (hovnC) at December 19, 2024 10:07 AM (hovnC)

153 Wasn't Paul Revere a silversmith.
Posted by: Boss Moss at December 19, 2024 10:04 AM (YzqWW)

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

And amateur surgeon!

Posted by: Johnny Tremain at December 19, 2024 10:07 AM (2UnvF)

154 He was a Raider I think…
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He went in the first round. Al Davis saw a lot of potential.

Posted by: Adirondack Patriot at December 19, 2024 10:07 AM (fuVj5)

155 What's the legal mechanism for removing a judge in Montana?
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Boulders rolled down from on high.

Posted by: From about That Time at December 19, 2024 10:07 AM (4780s)

156 Very Rembrantian.

Posted by: eleven at December 19, 2024 10:08 AM (iziT8)

157 I bet thieves have torn out all of this guy's water pipes.

Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at December 19, 2024 10:08 AM (k3/sC)

158 I'm calling BS. Owned two Mercury Grand Marquis(es). A 92 and a 98 model. Both were solid cars.
Posted by: Terrestrial Celestial Commuter

Had a 74. In dash 8 track, 9 way power seats, electric windows, 429 Mercury and actrunk big enough for a mobster. 😢

I miss that tank.

Posted by: rickb223 Gold & Silver Spot Prices at December 19, 2024 10:08 AM (QCSQH)

159 >>JackStraw, did she ever turn over the requested records?

To the best of my knowledge she is still fighting against turning them over. I think she'll lose eventually.

Posted by: JackStraw at December 19, 2024 10:08 AM (LkLld)

160 A long time ago I worked for a company that did a bunch of design work on a house for the Copper Development Association. The house had copper used in every conceivable manner. I think it was in Connecticut somewhere.

Posted by: pawn (on his new laptop!!!) at December 19, 2024 10:08 AM (Lo11P)

161 Mercury melts at -38 F. (which is why it's liquid at room temp)

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius,
*
I'm calling BS. Owned two Mercury Grand Marquis(es). A 92 and a 98 model. Both were solid cars.
Posted by: Terrestrial Celestial Commuter at December 19, 2024

***
From '81 to '84 I had a '65 Park Lane four-door sedan with the Breezeway option, the electric rear window behind the rear seats. With the vent windows open and all the others rolled down, you didn't really need A/C on a cool or cloudy day.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 19, 2024 10:08 AM (J2vNu)

162 joshua steinman (🇺🇸,🇺🇸

@JoshuaSteinman 12h
Having worked through multiple “government shutdowns,” first as a military officer, and then as a White House staffer, I can say with conviction:

They’re not real.

10x more efficient during “shutdown.”

Posted by: andycanuck (hovnC) at December 19, 2024 10:09 AM (hovnC)

163 153 Wasn't Paul Revere a silversmith.
Posted by: Boss Moss at December 19, 2024 10:04 AM (YzqWW)

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

And amateur surgeon!
Posted by: Johnny Tremain at December 19, 2024 10:07 AM (2UnvF)

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And actually got caught by the Brits during his famous ride. Another man, who's name escapes me, got through.

Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher at December 19, 2024 10:09 AM (LxER7)

164 Football hadn't even been invented yet.

Posted by: Boss Moss at December 19, 2024 10:09 AM (YzqWW)

165 Fani got TRUMPED!!! HAHAHAHAHA!

ESAD bitch

Posted by: fd at December 19, 2024 10:09 AM (vFG9F)

166 Had a Delta 88 throughout college . My friends referred to it as the Red Tank.

Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at December 19, 2024 10:10 AM (k3/sC)

167 Revere uttered one of the most sexual lines in American history.

"The British are coming!"

Posted by: Adirondack Patriot at December 19, 2024 10:10 AM (fuVj5)

168 >>> The inventor of the nose kettle!
I think I've seen them advertised at Insty's.
Posted by: andycanuck (hovnC) at December 19, 2024 09:57 AM (hovnC)

The entire idea for that, also called a neti pot I think, disgusts me. From the moment somebody explained it to me. A nose douche. eww

Posted by: banana Dream at December 19, 2024 10:10 AM (Y6IkP)

169 162 joshua steinman (🇺🇸,🇺🇸 @JoshuaSteinman 12h
Having worked through multiple “government shutdowns,” first as a military officer, and then as a White House staffer, I can say with conviction:

They’re not real.

10x more efficient during “shutdown.”
Posted by: andycanuck (hovnC) at December 19, 2024 10:09 AM (hovnC)

======

"Oh, no. All the non-essential people aren't coming in and are all on vacation. What will I do without endless DEI meetings?"

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, trying to figure out Joel Schumacher at December 19, 2024 10:10 AM (GBKbO)

170 Just outside the frame: his busty, callipygic 19-year-old wife who's feeling frisky.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 19, 2024 09:47 AM

Callipygous terpsichorean ecdysiasts are the best.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at December 19, 2024 10:10 AM (a3Q+t)

171 @155/From about That Time: "Boulders rolled down from on high."

Law of Gravity? I'll allow it!

Posted by: Zombie Judge Mills Lane at December 19, 2024 10:11 AM (O7YUW)

172 Had a 74. In dash 8 track, 9 way power seats, electric windows, 429 Mercury and actrunk big enough for a mobster. 😢

I miss that tank.
Posted by: rickb223 Gold & Silver Spot Prices

Are you Jack Lord in real life?

Posted by: Kam Fong as Chin Ho at December 19, 2024 10:11 AM (G5+As)

173 Montana Court: Youth have a right to a Stable Climate.
____

Stable? Warm enough to keep horses but smells like manure?

Posted by: Chuck Martel at December 19, 2024 10:11 AM (fs1hN)

174 I've used a nose kettle when I was sick. It works!

Posted by: eleven at December 19, 2024 10:12 AM (iziT8)

175 The Delta 88. You stomp on the gas and 3 seconds later you take off like a shot.

Posted by: Boss Moss at December 19, 2024 10:12 AM (YzqWW)

176 173 Montana Court: Youth have a right to a Stable Climate.
____

Stable? Warm enough to keep horses but smells like manure?
Posted by: Chuck Martel at December 19, 2024 10:11 AM (fs1hN)
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There was a Letterman joke: If Mr. Ed could really talk, why didn't he complain about having to stand around all day in urine-soaked hay?

Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher at December 19, 2024 10:12 AM (LxER7)

177 Montana Court: Youth have a right to a Stable Climate.
____

Hell has a stable climate.

Posted by: Adirondack Patriot at December 19, 2024 10:13 AM (fuVj5)

178 Zombie, William Dawes.
From the deepest recesses

Posted by: From about That Time at December 19, 2024 10:13 AM (4780s)

179 " Football hadn't even been invented yet.
Posted by: Boss Moss"

So pre-history?

Posted by: eleven at December 19, 2024 10:13 AM (iziT8)

180 Wakes up
Scratches
Looks around
Dang. Nice art. Tells a story but where to hang? At the copper mine office I guess.
Goes looking for coffee.

Posted by: Diogenes at December 19, 2024 10:13 AM (W/lyH)

181 And actually got caught by the Brits during his famous ride. Another man, who's name escapes me, got through.
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Raul Pevere -- thus the confusion about it having been just one man.

Posted by: andycanuck (hovnC) at December 19, 2024 10:13 AM (hovnC)

182 Smith & Barney: Undertakers - a limerick

Coppersmithing's a trade, you must learn it
And it doesn't come easy, gosh durn it!
But if you kill a guy some day
You can use the old-fashioned way
To dispose of the body...just urn it!

Posted by: muldoon at December 19, 2024 10:14 AM (991eG)

183 The Montana Court is probably a double wide.

Posted by: Boss Moss at December 19, 2024 10:14 AM (YzqWW)

184 178 Zombie, William Dawes.
From the deepest recesses
Posted by: From about That Time at December 19, 2024 10:13 AM (4780s)

Yas, Dawes rings a bell. Think he was a doctor, maybe?

Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher at December 19, 2024 10:14 AM (LxER7)

185 175 The Delta 88. You stomp on the gas and 3 seconds later you take off like a shot.
_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_
Yep. Everything modern is crap....except fuel injection.

Posted by: Don in SoCo at December 19, 2024 10:14 AM (3s4q0)

186 "The Montana Court is probably a double wide.
Posted by: Boss Moss"

lol

Posted by: eleven at December 19, 2024 10:15 AM (iziT8)

187 >>The Georgia Court of Appeals just ruled that Fani Willis must be disqualified from the 2020 election case - along with her entire office.

Ace will be thrilled when he finds out at the crack of noon when he gets up lol. She's another victim of a vigorous Trump schlongling.

Posted by: Moron Analyst at December 19, 2024 10:15 AM (JCZqz)

188 Superman stands there with his chest out while the bad guys shoot at him, but when they throw the pistol at him, he ducks. WTF?
Posted by: rickb223 Gold & Silver Spot Prices at December 19, 2024

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In the Reeves TV series? Yeah, I guess the prop guns weren't rubber.

There was a sequence filmed for the first Chris Reeve movie that was only shown in network TV once. He burrows into Luthor's underground lair and strides through a dimly lit tunnel. Luthor's machine guns open up, and we see the bullets sparking harmlessly off Superman as he proceeds.

The theatrical film also cut a crucial scene. Superman has promised Miss Tesmacher to stop the missile flying to flatten her home town in NJ. Now Metropolis is supposed to be where NYC is, and the missile is coming from Kansas. But we see him *chasing* it. In the cut sequence, he waits for it to come to him -- *and it evades him*, and then he has to chase it.

I hope those two are included on one of the DVD sets.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 19, 2024 10:15 AM (J2vNu)

189 Revere became the man because of Longfellow.

Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at December 19, 2024 10:15 AM (k3/sC)

190 Yeah, but "The Midnight Ride of William Dawes" sounds really lame.

Posted by: Henry Wadsworth Longfellow at December 19, 2024 10:15 AM (LxER7)

191 If I need a snack this morning or this afternoon, I have peanuts.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius

I baked bread yesterday so I can make you a ham sammich if you like.

*Poof*

You're a ham sammich!

Posted by: Tonypete at December 19, 2024 10:16 AM (WXNFJ)

192 Insider Paper @TheInsiderPaper 1h
JUST IN - Putin says Russia should have launched Ukraine offensive much earlier
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Zat's vhat I shaid.

Posted by: adolf hilter at December 19, 2024 10:16 AM (hovnC)

193 And actually got caught by the Brits during his famous ride. Another man, who's name escapes me, got through.
------
Raul Pevere -- thus the confusion about it having been just one man.
Posted by: andycanuck (hovnC) at December 19, 2024

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Revere got caught? I'm surprised he didn't get hanged, or tortured and then hanged.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 19, 2024 10:17 AM (J2vNu)

194 Shee-it. Already booked me a cabin for the weekend, but Fani is gonna be in a foul mood. Pray for me!

Posted by: Nathan Wade on VRBO at December 19, 2024 10:17 AM (G5+As)

195 190 Yeah, but "The Midnight Ride of William Dawes" sounds really lame.
Posted by: Henry Wadsworth Longfellow at December 19, 2024 10:15 AM (LxER7)

You should try "Stout Balboa with his eagle eye" some time.

Posted by: John Keats at December 19, 2024 10:18 AM (LxER7)

196 Delta 88 is racist.

The Delta is in Louisiana where the KKK is.

And 88 is reference to Hitler. H is the eighth letter of the alphabet, and HH stands for Heil Hitler.

It's a racist car.

Posted by: Joy Reid at December 19, 2024 10:18 AM (fuVj5)

197 What's the legal mechanism for removing a judge in Montana?
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Boulders rolled down from on high.
Posted by: From about That Time at December 19, 2024 10:07 AM (4780s)

Falling bears.

Posted by: John Jacob Copperheimer Smith at December 19, 2024 10:18 AM (aD39U)

198 I mean ...if you're watching a Superman movie and you're expecting things to make sense...

Posted by: eleven at December 19, 2024 10:18 AM (iziT8)

199 Speaking of Superman:

New movie teaser from James Gunn, the restart of the DC cinematic universe:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uhUht6vAsMY

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, trying to figure out Joel Schumacher at December 19, 2024 10:19 AM (GBKbO)

200 Insider Paper @TheInsiderPaper 2h
JUST IN - Tesla is in early discussions with the city of Austin about its autonomous vehicle technology it hopes to roll out on Texas roads as early as next year -- Bloomberg

Posted by: andycanuck (hovnC) at December 19, 2024 10:19 AM (hovnC)

201 our modern times don't allow for paintings of "Air conditioner repairman " or "IT manager."

Posted by: Vivi at December 19, 2024 10:19 AM (Egz6Y)

202 The Delta 88. You stomp on the gas and 3 seconds later you take off like a shot.
Posted by: Boss Moss at December 19, 2024

***
"455 Rocket" by Kathy Mattea!

"Man! What'd you have IN that thing?"

"Well, whose junk pile piece of Chhh. . . evelle is this?
You boys come here to race or just kiss?"

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 19, 2024 10:19 AM (J2vNu)

203 Off, multiple poetical socks!

Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher at December 19, 2024 10:19 AM (LxER7)

204 I mean ...if you're watching a Superman movie and you're expecting things to make sense...

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True - it makes Star Wars look like a paragon of continuity and believability.

Posted by: WitchDoktor at December 19, 2024 10:19 AM (oUlN5)

205 In a hotel watching one of those "News Mix" channels that shows six cable news channels simultaneously with the sound shifting from one to the other. They really do all talk about the same things at the same time using the same words and video clips.

Posted by: Don in SoCo at December 19, 2024 10:20 AM (3s4q0)

206 Painting professions was a big thing .

One of Van Gogh's first paintings was The Loom which I think is one of his best . It's prior to finding his own style instead of trying to copy the masters.

Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at December 19, 2024 10:20 AM (k3/sC)

207 Listen my children and you shall hear
Of the midnight ride of William Dawes

Posted by: JackStraw at December 19, 2024 10:21 AM (LkLld)

208 But yet he had his baby shoes burnzed. It's all a racket, I tells ya.

Posted by: Silversmith at December 19, 2024 10:21 AM (jxRfg)

209 I mean ...if you're watching a Superman movie and you're expecting things to make sense...
Posted by: eleven at December 19, 2024

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They should make *internal* sense. At least get the compass directions right. If he's east of the landing spot for a missile, and it's coming from the far west, we should see him flying toward it or waiting for it, not just cut to him chasing it.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 19, 2024 10:21 AM (J2vNu)

210 I bet the Fani is sore today

Posted by: Hatari somewhere on Ventura Highway at December 19, 2024 10:21 AM (S+j2h)

211 209 They should make *internal* sense. At least get the compass directions right. If he's east of the landing spot for a missile, and it's coming from the far west, we should see him flying toward it or waiting for it, not just cut to him chasing it.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 19, 2024 10:21 AM (J2vNu)

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Verisimilitude is the term.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, trying to figure out Joel Schumacher at December 19, 2024 10:22 AM (GBKbO)

212 205 In a hotel watching one of those "News Mix" channels that shows six cable news channels simultaneously with the sound shifting from one to the other. They really do all talk about the same things at the same time using the same words and video clips.
Posted by: Don in SoCo

Starved for entertainment, are we?

Posted by: Watching Leaves Blow By at December 19, 2024 10:22 AM (G5+As)

213 "We're no longer going to be President and First Lady, but we're not going away."
-- Joe Biden

Posted by: Duncanthrax at December 19, 2024 10:22 AM (a3Q+t)

214 What is that type of vise called? I let one go just like it at a sale and have regretted it.
Posted by: Tonypete at December 19, 2024 09:40 AM (WXNFJ)

Too bad. That vise is valued between $2000 - $10,000 dollars.

Posted by: The Keno Brothers, Antiques Roadshow at December 19, 2024 10:23 AM (PiwSw)

215 Insider Paper @TheInsiderPaper 7h
NEW: Jeff Bezos was spotted having dinner with Trump at Mar-a-Lago, with Elon Musk also reportedly at the table.

Donald J. Trump @realDonaldTrump · 1h
EVERYBODY WANTS TO BE MY FRIEND!!!

Posted by: andycanuck (hovnC) at December 19, 2024 10:23 AM (hovnC)

216 Donald J. Trump @realDonaldTrump · 1h
EVERYBODY WANTS TO BE MY FRIEND!!!
Posted by: andycanuck (hovnC) at December 19, 2024 10:23 AM (hovnC)

Sounds a little bit like AOC.

Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at December 19, 2024 10:25 AM (k3/sC)

217 I mean ...if you're watching a Superman movie and you're expecting things to make sense...
Posted by: eleven

For heaven's sake - Lois Lane couldn't ID Superman as Clark Kent because Kent had his glasses on?

Some first rate 'reporting' there Lois. You belong to the journalist class all right.

Posted by: Tonypete at December 19, 2024 10:25 AM (WXNFJ)

218 "We're no longer going to be President and First Lady, but we're not going away."
-- Joe Biden

That would be the ankle bracelet talking.

Posted by: t-bird at December 19, 2024 10:25 AM (uAczH)

219 cable news channels simultaneously with the sound shifting from one to the other. They really do all talk about the same things at the same time using the same words and video clips.
Posted by: Don in SoCo

Starved for entertainment, are we?
_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-
Well, y'all are clever creative, and informative, but the mind wanders....

Posted by: Don in SoCo at December 19, 2024 10:25 AM (3s4q0)

220 Fanni's ass is out.
And her whole office.
But the indictments stand.

Good luck finding any DA in GA stupid enough to take the case now, lol.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at December 19, 2024 10:26 AM (8GCEq)

221 213 "We're no longer going to be President and First Lady, but we're not going away."
-- Joe Biden
_____

*patiently glances at wristwatch*

Posted by: Mr G. Reaper at December 19, 2024 10:26 AM (fs1hN)

222 215 Donald J. Trump @realDonaldTrump · 1h
EVERYBODY WANTS TO BE MY FRIEND!!!
Posted by: andycanuck (hovnC) at December 19, 2024 10:23 AM (hovnC)

=======

At this point in 2016, the GOP was begrudging, at best, in its support of the president-elect. In public. They were signaling an effort to work with him while working to get Russian collusion really off the ground in the background. They were also neck deep in his transfer of power through Pence and Christie.

Now, Trump intentionally shut them out with Vance. His transition team has been working independently from private funds for months.

And Trump just punched them in the mouth over their normal budget gamesmanship.

Trump 2.0 seems to be very different from Trump 1.0.

We'll see. Still. My cynicism? Up here *reaches very high*.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, trying to figure out Joel Schumacher at December 19, 2024 10:26 AM (GBKbO)

223 217 For heaven's sake - Lois Lane couldn't ID Superman as Clark Kent because Kent had his glasses on?

Some first rate 'reporting' there Lois. You belong to the journalist class all right.
Posted by: Tonypete at December 19, 2024 10:25 AM (WXNFJ)

======

Harold Lloyd, one of the most famous men in the world, went completely unnoticed in public when he took off his trademark glasses.

Charlie Chaplin came in third in a Charlie Chaplin look alike contest.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, trying to figure out Joel Schumacher at December 19, 2024 10:27 AM (GBKbO)

224 heh

>>@EricLDaugh
·
>>7m
>>JUST IN: Neil Cavuto is leaving Fox News - Mediaite

>>His last day is reportedly today.

Posted by: JackStraw at December 19, 2024 10:27 AM (LkLld)

225 207 Listen my children and you shall hear
Of the midnight ride of William Dawes
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An obvious transcription error, should read:
Listen , my children and be in awe
Of the midnight ride of William Dawes

Posted by: Don in SoCo at December 19, 2024 10:27 AM (3s4q0)

226 The cellphone killed the wtistwatch. I did notice Walmart is trying to bring back the wristwatch.

Posted by: Boss Moss at December 19, 2024 10:27 AM (YzqWW)

227 I'd post a link to the Yootoob vid of Kathy Mattea's "455 Rocket," but it keeps freezing and starting up again. I admire the way she carries "Four-fifty-fiiive . . . rocket" out in the chorus, like a car accelerating hard in a lower gear until it tops out and upshifts.

"She was made for the straightaways;
She grew up hating Chevrolets!
She's a rocket --
She was made to burn --"

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 19, 2024 10:28 AM (J2vNu)

228 The cellphone killed the wtistwatch.

Posted by: Boss Moss at December 19, 2024 10:27 AM (YzqWW)

not mine

Posted by: BignJames at December 19, 2024 10:29 AM (Yj6Os)

229 Neil Cavuto would have left years ago if he could have gotten his head through the door.

Posted by: Boss Moss at December 19, 2024 10:29 AM (YzqWW)

230 heheheheh, Fani spanked, heheheheh...

Posted by: Beavis at December 19, 2024 10:30 AM (i0F8b)

231 226 The cellphone killed the wtistwatch. I did notice Walmart is trying to bring back the wristwatch.
Posted by: Boss Moss at December 19, 2024 10:27 AM (YzqWW)

There's still a niche market - one of my daughters is giving her boyfriend a nice wristwatch for Christmas. Apparently, he's really into them.

Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher at December 19, 2024 10:30 AM (LxER7)

232 Trump 2.0 seems to be very different from Trump 1.0.

We'll see. Still. My cynicism? Up here *reaches very high*.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison

Hater. 😄

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram at December 19, 2024 10:30 AM (e+6P0)

233 Fani Willis dqed from prosecuting Trump . Her office also bounced. Case not thrown out, yet

Posted by: Smell the Glove at December 19, 2024 10:30 AM (DopAq)

234 Very fine detail! Although, I still wouldn’t hang. This is more of a museum piece, unless you have a man cave.

Posted by: Unkaren at December 19, 2024 10:30 AM (Ah6GP)

235 226 The cellphone killed the wtistwatch. I did notice Walmart is trying to bring back the wristwatch.
_-_-_-_-_-_-_
And the consistently rising stock price, I notice.

Posted by: Don in SoCo who also occasionally forgets to look for typos in his posts at December 19, 2024 10:31 AM (3s4q0)

236 For heaven's sake - Lois Lane couldn't ID Superman as Clark Kent because Kent had his glasses on?

Some first rate 'reporting' there Lois. You belong to the journalist class all right.
Posted by: Tonypete at December 19, 2024

***
It was particularly noticeable in the '50s TV series, as Reeves's Clark was not the self-effacing doofus that Chris Reeve gave us -- good protective coloration. (Reeve reportedly based his Clark on Cary Grant's archaeologist in Bringing Up Baby.) When you compare his bumbling, stooped Clark and his tall, confident Superman, Lois might almost be forgiven for not thinking they could even possibly be the same man. (Almost.)

In the comics, Lois was positive they *were* the same, and was always trying to prove it.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 19, 2024 10:32 AM (J2vNu)

237 Interesting that the tools hanging from his cabinet are not unfamiliar today.

Posted by: Braenyard - some absent friends are more equal than others at December 19, 2024 10:32 AM (PMg+h)

238 Revere became the man because of Longfellow.
Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at December 19, 2024 10:15 AM (k3/sC)

Indeed.

Posted by: zombie Mrs. Revere at December 19, 2024 10:32 AM (8zz6B)

239 Remember that Goldstein (close?) who was all eager to wear w wire when talking with Trump so they could get something on tape to get him in trouble?

Posted by: pawn (on his new laptop!!!) at December 19, 2024 10:34 AM (Lo11P)

240 Yes.

The Clark Kent glasses.

Posted by: eleven at December 19, 2024 10:34 AM (iziT8)

241 220 Fanni's ass is out.
And her whole office.
But the indictments stand.

Good luck finding any DA in GA stupid enough to take the case now, lol.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at December 19, 2024 10:26 AM (8GCEq)

This is hilarious! Since her entire office is disqualified, any work they did on it is disqualified. The indictment may stand, but any prosecutor who wants to take it on would have to start completely from scratch.

Posted by: Tom Servo at December 19, 2024 10:35 AM (W6hoT)

242 Callipygic needs a church of.

Posted by: Reforger at December 19, 2024 10:35 AM (xcIvR)

243 I always thought Metropolis was Chicago.
Gotham City was NYC.

Posted by: From about That Time at December 19, 2024 10:35 AM (4780s)

244 >>JUST IN: Neil Cavuto is leaving Fox News

Ol' Big Head? Shoot him, Liz!

Posted by: Troy Landry at December 19, 2024 10:35 AM (Y1sOo)

245 Timex has a lot of neat watches right now. They have quite a few retro automatics for decent prices

Posted by: Hatari somewhere on Ventura Highway at December 19, 2024 10:36 AM (S+j2h)

246 AoS University is now in session.

Well, there is callipygic[/i and callipygean.

Many AoS scholars prefer the pygean.
Last week, you may recall, it was all about the wigeon.
Sense a pattern emerging?

Posted by: Way,Way Downriver at December 19, 2024 10:36 AM (zdLoL)

247 I still see cuties like Brett Cooper wearing wrist-watches.

I hope she comes back soon.

Posted by: eleven at December 19, 2024 10:36 AM (iziT8)

248 There's still a niche market - one of my daughters is giving her boyfriend a nice wristwatch for Christmas. Apparently, he's really into them. Posted by: Zombie Robbo

I'm not sure I would ever go back to having a regular wrist watch after having had a smartwatch for 6 years. My current one needs to be recharged once every 16 days and that takes maybe about 30 minutes. The added features, excluding workout metrics which is a whole different discussion, are very useful. These include things like temperature, sunrise sunset, and getting email and text messages. None of these are data points I absolutely need to have but now that I have them I would miss them if I had to give them up.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram at December 19, 2024 10:37 AM (e+6P0)

249 Sense a pattern emerging?
Posted by: Way,Way Downriver at December 19, 2024 10:36 AM (zdLoL)

Possibly a smidgen...

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 19, 2024 10:37 AM (8zz6B)

250 From NBC - "A Georgia appellate court Thursday disqualified Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis and removed her from prosecuting Donald Trump and co-defendants in a case she brought over his efforts to overturn the 2020 election."

Anyone else notice the bias here? You can't hate the media enough.

Posted by: Tonypete at December 19, 2024 10:38 AM (WXNFJ)

251 The cellphone killed the wristwatch.

You should get together with The Buggles and work on that.

Posted by: MTV at December 19, 2024 10:38 AM (HYrf+)

252 249 Sense a pattern emerging?
Posted by: Way,Way Downriver at December 19, 2024 10:36 AM (zdLoL)

Possibly a smidgen...
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 19, 2024 10:37 AM (8zz6B)

STOP IT!!

Posted by: Vizzini at December 19, 2024 10:38 AM (LxER7)

253 People keep using words I've nevet seen before. Callipygic. Mephit something. Isn't that a D&D monster?

Posted by: Boss Moss at December 19, 2024 10:39 AM (YzqWW)

254 251 The cellphone killed the wristwatch.

You should get together with The Buggles and work on that.
-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_
Quick! Play some Corb Lund to get that tune outta your head!

Posted by: Don in SoCo who also occasionally forgets to look for typos in his posts at December 19, 2024 10:39 AM (3s4q0)

255 The cellphone killed the wtistwatch. I did notice Walmart is trying to bring back the wristwatch.
Posted by: Boss Moss

Hubbymayhem and I both wear wristwatches. I prefer a large, men's watch to those little ladies watches. Hubbymayhem teases me about this. I was admiring a grandfather clock and lamenting that we don't have a cuckoo clock and he said, "that's okay hon, you would never be able to strap one of those to your wrist".

Posted by: Madame Mayhem (uppity wench) at December 19, 2024 10:39 AM (4XwPj)

256 I am still using my tranny wristwatch that shed its knob on the way to the Tx MoMee in October, but I bought another Walmart watch to wear for nice occasions.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 19, 2024 10:40 AM (8zz6B)

257 Revere became the man because of Longfellow.
Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at December 19, 2024 10:15 AM (k3/sC)

Indeed.
Posted by: zombie Mrs. Revere
_______
Didnt he stop at a couple of alehouses during the ride?

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at December 19, 2024 10:41 AM (Axt+y)

258 253 People keep using words I've nevet seen before. Callipygic. Mephit something. Isn't that a D&D monster?
Posted by: Boss Moss at December 19, 2024 10:39 AM (YzqWW)

Naw, Mannix used to give us a Callipygic hottie every now and again and there was much discussion of the word.

Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher at December 19, 2024 10:41 AM (LxER7)

259 AOP, The Apache Trail is open again and if you haven't done it it's well worth your time.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram at December 19, 2024 10:41 AM (e+6P0)

260 25 EPA says copper is toxic.

Posted by: sniffybigtoe at December 19, 2024 09:34 AM (Zba2T)
----
Everything is toxic in sufficient amounts.
They mean copper salts not metallic copper.
Copper is an essential element in metabolism.
There are some invertebrates that use copper instead of iron to carry oxygen (cf hemoglobin).
The protein hemocyanin is the oxygen carrier in most mollusks and some arthropods such as the horseshoe crab (Wiki) and results in blue blood.
Copper ions are toxic to algae and used in swimming pools.

Posted by: Ciampino - Talking of bracelets at December 19, 2024 10:42 AM (i0xsb)

261 I used to wear Coleman hiking boots with a seemingly matching wristwatch.

Posted by: Boss Moss at December 19, 2024 10:42 AM (YzqWW)

262 "Hubbymayhem and I both wear wristwatches. I prefer a large, men's watch to those little ladies watches. Hubbymayhem teases me about this. I was admiring a grandfather clock and lamenting that we don't have a cuckoo clock and he said, "that's okay hon, you would never be able to strap one of those to your wrist".
Posted by: Madame Mayhem"

Yeah...If you're going to wear one, wear a big chunky.

Wear that shit.

Posted by: eleven at December 19, 2024 10:42 AM (iziT8)

263 253 People keep using words I've nevet seen before. Callipygic. Mephit something. Isn't that a D&D monster?
Posted by: Boss Moss
______

Callipygic Dryads. Need to roll a 20 or you will be lost to them in the forest for d1-12 number of months.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at December 19, 2024 10:42 AM (fs1hN)

264 Interesting that the tools hanging from his cabinet are not unfamiliar today.

Also interesting that they all could have been used for dentistry back then.

As someone who likes tools, I think this is a beautiful work of art.

Posted by: t-bird at December 19, 2024 10:42 AM (sZIeh)

265 AOP, The Apache Trail is open again and if you haven't done it it's well worth your time.
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram at December 19, 2024 10:41 AM (e+6P0)

Really? Would make a nice Jeep run. Will check it out. Thanks!

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 19, 2024 10:43 AM (8zz6B)

266 213 "We're no longer going to be President and First Lady, but we're not going away."
-- Joe Biden
========
"Oh, we're going to the beach again?" - Also Joe Biden

Posted by: exdem13 FIGHT FIGHT FIGHT at December 19, 2024 10:43 AM (XjTSo)

267 I always thought Metropolis was Chicago.
Gotham City was NYC.
Posted by: From about That Time at December 19, 2024

***
The filmmakers shot in NYC for the first and second Reeve film, remember. (In fact they were caught there during the 1977 NYC blackout.)

"Gotham," it's true, is an old name for NYC. It's confusing.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 19, 2024 10:43 AM (J2vNu)

268 Used to wear a Timex "ironman" 'til they croaked...been wearing a Citizen for about 2 years now...keeps great time.

Posted by: BignJames at December 19, 2024 10:44 AM (Yj6Os)

269 >>For heaven's sake - Lois Lane couldn't ID Superman as Clark Kent because Kent had his glasses on?

Now do every "nerdy girl" in '80's and 90's movies where she becomes a goddess by merely removing her glasses and letting down her hair. . .

Posted by: Lizzy at December 19, 2024 10:44 AM (u1uWe)

270 224. >>JUST IN: Neil Cavuto is leaving Fox News - Mediaite

>>His last day is reportedly today.
Posted by: JackStraw

He turned down a new contract.

I tend to not rag on him terribly because he has MS and had heart surgery & stage 4 cancer in the past, but I know those serious medical issues were not excuses for some of his on air shenanigans.

Posted by: L - Rooster one day, Feather duster another at December 19, 2024 10:44 AM (NFX2v)

271 268 I liked those. Maybe a decade or two.

Posted by: Boss Moss at December 19, 2024 10:45 AM (YzqWW)

272 Anyone else notice the bias here? You can't hate the media enough.
Posted by: Tonypete at December 19, 2024 10:38 AM (WXNFJ)

The best part is they didn’t just disqualify Fani Willis, which that headline implies; they banned Fulton County from pursuing it any more. To keep it going some other county would have to agree to take it on and start from scratch. Ha!!!

Posted by: Tom Servo at December 19, 2024 10:45 AM (W6hoT)

273 215 Insider Paper @TheInsiderPaper 7h
NEW: Jeff Bezos was spotted having dinner with Trump at Mar-a-Lago, with Elon Musk also reportedly at the table.

Donald J. Trump @realDonaldTrump · 1h
EVERYBODY WANTS TO BE MY FRIEND!!!
Posted by: andycanuck

Out- Kneel before Zod.

In- Kneel before Trump.

Sorry Zod.

Posted by: Moron Analyst at December 19, 2024 10:45 AM (JCZqz)

274 There are some invertebrates that use copper instead of iron to carry oxygen (cf hemoglobin).
The protein hemocyanin is the oxygen carrier in most mollusks and some arthropods such as the horseshoe crab (Wiki) and results in blue blood.
Copper ions are toxic to algae and used in swimming pools.
Posted by: Ciampino - Talking of bracelets at December 19, 2024 10:42 AM (i0xsb)

IIRC, Spock's Vulcan blood is copper-based, which is why he was immune from the blood-sucking cloud monster that Kirk was trying to kill in revenge.

Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher at December 19, 2024 10:46 AM (LxER7)

275 >> Used to wear a Timex "ironman" 'til they croaked.

Yes, I went through several cool ladies "ironman" watches - they were great when my kid was young, especially the timer part for things like timeouts, etc.

Posted by: Lizzy at December 19, 2024 10:46 AM (u1uWe)

276 "People keep using words I've nevet seen before. Callipygic. Mephit something. Isn't that a D&D monster?
Posted by: Boss Moss

***
"Mephitic" is a adjective that refers to the smell of Hell. The skunk family is the Mephitidae, and the striped skunk is Mephitis mephitis.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 19, 2024 10:46 AM (J2vNu)

277 Yeah...If you're going to wear one, wear a big chunky.

Wear that shit.
Posted by: eleven

My dentist noticed my watch and said holy moley that's a big watch! I like my watch huge and my eyeglasses small.

Posted by: Madame Mayhem (uppity wench) at December 19, 2024 10:46 AM (4XwPj)

278 I foresee a potential flaming skull. Fanni Willis got kicked off Trump's case in Georgia. She is toast, and so probably is the case. Merry Christmas, Mister President-elect!

Posted by: exdem13 FIGHT FIGHT FIGHT at December 19, 2024 10:47 AM (XjTSo)

279 I tend to not rag on him terribly because he has MS and had heart surgery & stage 4 cancer in the past, but I know those serious medical issues were not excuses for some of his on air shenanigans.
Posted by: L - Rooster one day

I was beaten to within an inch of my life by the ugly tree, and you never cut ME any slack!

Posted by: Helen Thomas at December 19, 2024 10:47 AM (JCZqz)

280 I took my wife in it not too long before the Fish Bend part fell into the river. She was Terrified.

Posted by: Tom Servo at December 19, 2024 10:47 AM (W6hoT)

281 Quick! Play some Corb Lund to get that tune outta your head!
Posted by: Don in SoCo who also occasionally forgets to look for typos in his posts at December 19, 2024 10:39 AM (3s4q0)

As requested:

https://youtu.be/0noOx6m98_I

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 19, 2024 10:47 AM (8zz6B)

282 "Now do every "nerdy girl" in '80's and 90's movies where she becomes a goddess by merely removing her glasses and letting down her hair. . .
Posted by: Lizzy"

Guitar goes bazooooooooong!!!!

Posted by: eleven at December 19, 2024 10:48 AM (iziT8)

283 >>>Now, Trump intentionally shut them out with Vance. His transition team has been working independently from private funds for months.

And Trump just punched them in the mouth over their normal budget gamesmanship.

Trump 2.0 seems to be very different from Trump 1.0.

We'll see. Still. My cynicism? Up here *reaches very high*.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, trying to figure out Joel Schumacher at December 19, 2024 10:26 AM (GBKbO)
---

First time he was an apprentice.
This time he's the boss.

Posted by: Braenyard - some absent friends are more equal than others at December 19, 2024 10:48 AM (PMg+h)

284 Sounds fat alvin and the fuckmunks merchan and leeeeeetittiaaaaaaaaa are the last soys and hags standing against Trump

Posted by: The Unvaxed and Unmasked Ranger - Actively Searching for Mistletoes Hanging Over Wagshambas at December 19, 2024 10:48 AM (HYKHz)

285 been wearing a Citizen for about 2 years now...keeps great time.

Posted by: BignJames at December 19, 2024 10:44 AM (Yj6Os)

They have upped their game to stay competitive.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at December 19, 2024 10:48 AM (d9fT1)

286 I looked it up. A mephit is indeed a D&D monster.

Posted by: Boss Moss at December 19, 2024 10:48 AM (YzqWW)

287 In honor of Joe M's AoSHQ callipygic course work.

https://is.gd/y009aA

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram at December 19, 2024 10:48 AM (e+6P0)

288 Wristwatches? I have three I use on a regular basis, a '71 rolex Date, a '78 Rolex Sub, and a 2020 Steinhart Vintage GMT. A couple of others don't come out of their boxes that often.

I can't imagine being without a watch.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 19, 2024 10:48 AM (J2vNu)

289 From Batman Begins they seemed to imply that Gotham was in the south or midatlantic states (with the Your great grandfather had these tunnels as a stop on the underground railroad to the north.'

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at December 19, 2024 10:49 AM (HsOwE)

290 I foresee a potential flaming skull. Fanni Willis got kicked off Trump's case in Georgia. She is toast, and so probably is the case. Merry Christmas, Mister President-elect!

Posted by: exdem13 FIGHT FIGHT FIGHT at December 19, 2024 10:47 AM (XjTSo)

"Forensic Misconduct"

Posted by: BignJames at December 19, 2024 10:49 AM (Yj6Os)

291 "There's still a niche market - one of my daughters is giving her boyfriend a nice wristwatch for Christmas."

There's a lot more than a niche market to them. Once you cross a certain price line they're no longer "wristwatches", instead they're referred to as "timepieces".

Posted by: Crusader at December 19, 2024 10:50 AM (TN0g+)

292 From the archives

Now before we start placing the blame
Why Revere gets so much of the fame
On that glorious day
Two men each had their say
Paul Revere and old Will What's-His-Name

Posted by: muldoon at December 19, 2024 10:50 AM (991eG)

293 279. I was beaten to within an inch of my life by the ugly tree, and you never cut ME any slack!
Posted by: Helen Thomas

🤣😉

Posted by: L - Rooster one day, Feather duster another at December 19, 2024 10:50 AM (NFX2v)

294 Calipygic. Having a well shaped buttocks. I bet HR would love to hear this word.

Posted by: Boss Moss at December 19, 2024 10:51 AM (YzqWW)

295 243 I always thought Metropolis was Chicago.
Gotham City was NYC.

Posted by: From about That Time at December 19, 2024 10:35 AM (4780s)
----
Metropolis is in Southern Illinois on the banks of the Ohio R. Has a huge statue of Superman in the town square and I have a pic of me next to it.

Posted by: Ciampino - Talking of Super at December 19, 2024 10:51 AM (i0xsb)

296 IIRC, Spock's Vulcan blood is copper-based, which is why he was immune from the blood-sucking cloud monster that Kirk was trying to kill in revenge.
Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher at December 19, 2024

***
His blood salts were different from the human too; earlier, "My ancestors spawned in quite a different ocean from yours," and the Salt Vampire found him unappealing.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 19, 2024 10:51 AM (J2vNu)

297 My dentist noticed my watch and said holy moley that's a big watch! I like my watch huge and my eyeglasses small.
Posted by: Madame Mayhem (uppity wench) at December 19, 2024 10:46 AM (4XwPj)

'Like my men.'

Posted by: Airplane! at December 19, 2024 10:52 AM (HsOwE)

298 ***
His blood salts were different from the human too; earlier, "My ancestors spawned in quite a different ocean from yours," and the Salt Vampire found him unappealing.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 19, 2024 10:51 AM (J2vNu)

That Salt Vampire scared the bejaysus out of me when I was a little kid.

Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher at December 19, 2024 10:52 AM (LxER7)

299 257 Revere became the man because of Longfellow.
Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at December 19, 2024 10:15 AM (k3/sC)

Indeed.
Posted by: zombie Mrs. Revere
_______
Didnt he stop at a couple of alehouses during the ride?
-------
Taverns were used as rally points for the militia because the two largest buildings in a typical Colonial village were its church and its tavern. The minute men of Lexington, being alerted by Revere, gathered at their tavern and hoisted a round or two before going out to await Colonel Smith's redcoats.

Posted by: exdem13 FIGHT FIGHT FIGHT at December 19, 2024 10:53 AM (XjTSo)

300 281
https://youtu.be/0noOx6m98_I
I had forgotten about that one...thanks! Off to the salt mines for me.

Posted by: Don in SoCo who also occasionally forgets to look for typos in his posts at December 19, 2024 10:53 AM (3s4q0)

301 Pappymayhem used to wear a wrist watch and carried a pocket watch. I looked at his wrist to check the time and noticed the watch wasn't working. He said "I know, I use the pocket watch. I really don't need a new wristwatch but I feel naked without it so I just wear it anyway."

Posted by: Madame Mayhem (uppity wench) at December 19, 2024 10:53 AM (4XwPj)

302 I actually used to know a heart surgeon named Kupferschmidt.

I could envision him going after a calcified valve "hammer and tongs"

Posted by: muldoon at December 19, 2024 10:53 AM (991eG)

303 I foresee a potential flaming skull.

By damn, I'd bet the Greeks had a word for flaming-skull-ness.
Let's look into that.

Extra Muldoon points if it rhymes with smidgen.

Posted by: Way,Way Downriver at December 19, 2024 10:54 AM (zdLoL)

304 Schadenfreude.

Posted by: Boss Moss at December 19, 2024 10:55 AM (YzqWW)

305 gathered at their tavern and hoisted a round or two before going out to await Colonel Smith's redcoats.
Posted by: exdem13 FIGHT FIGHT FIGH
______

Dutch courage.

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at December 19, 2024 10:55 AM (Axt+y)

306 286 I looked it up. A mephit is indeed a D&D monster.
-------
Yes, the little bastards are from MM2 originally, I think. Funny that they are named after smells, or maybe the guys at TSR were thinking themselves very clever.

Posted by: exdem13 FIGHT FIGHT FIGHT at December 19, 2024 10:55 AM (XjTSo)

307 Love Timex Indiglo Watches

They've been so useful for getting up with sick kids or whoever during the nighttime for checking on them and/or giving medication but not needing to unnecessarily turn on a dozen lights for a process or procedure.

Posted by: L - Rooster one day, Feather duster another at December 19, 2024 10:55 AM (NFX2v)

308 So the Teamsters say Amazon workers will strike because Amazon isn't following the law about collective bargaining. . Amazon says that the Teamsters aren't in position to negotiate as they don't represent Amazon workers. Both sides say the other is lying.

Sounds like an issue that could be easily clarified.

I don't use Amazon but a strike would hurt the country. I really dislike unions though I distrust corporate motivations. It's a quandary.

Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at December 19, 2024 10:56 AM (k3/sC)

309 Wiki sez NYC is nicknamed Gotham because of a Washington Irving satirical story from 1807. Root was Goat Town in Anglo-Saxon.

Posted by: Ram On at December 19, 2024 10:57 AM (G5+As)

310 His blood salts were different from the human too; earlier, "My ancestors spawned in quite a different ocean from yours," and the Salt Vampire found him unappealing.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 19, 2024
*
That Salt Vampire scared the bejaysus out of me when I was a little kid.
Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher at December 19, 2024

***
Despite it seeming like a "Monster of the Week" kind of SF, it's a very well-done episode.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 19, 2024 10:57 AM (J2vNu)

311 305 gathered at their tavern and hoisted a round or two before going out to await Colonel Smith's redcoats.
Posted by: exdem13 FIGHT FIGHT FIGH
______

Dutch courage.
----------
Doubtlessly true for some. There may have been some proto-AOSHQ members in the company though, who could have suggested that since everyone is here, might as well open the bar, right?

Posted by: exdem13 FIGHT FIGHT FIGHT at December 19, 2024 10:57 AM (XjTSo)

312 Woot! Looks like today's staff meeting has been cancelled. Means I can finish my book...

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at December 19, 2024 10:58 AM (BpYfr)

313 309 Wiki sez NYC is nicknamed Gotham because of a Washington Irving satirical story from 1807. Root was Goat Town in Anglo-Saxon.
---------------
Given Washington Irving's well known sense of humor, I can believe it.

Posted by: exdem13 FIGHT FIGHT FIGHT at December 19, 2024 10:59 AM (XjTSo)

314 >>Taverns were used as rally points for the militia because the two largest buildings in a typical Colonial village were its church and its tavern. The minute men of Lexington, being alerted by Revere, gathered at their tavern and hoisted a round or two before going out to await Colonel Smith's redcoats.

Town I went to high school in has one. It was still in operation up till 1964. Now it's a museum.

Growing up in MA was pretty cool back when I was a kid. History was all around us and we seemed to do field trips all the time.

Posted by: JackStraw at December 19, 2024 10:59 AM (LkLld)

315 " Woot! Looks like today's staff meeting has been cancelled. Means I can finish my book...
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel"

May I suggest the girl gets the guy in the end?

Posted by: eleven at December 19, 2024 10:59 AM (iziT8)

316 268 Used to wear a Timex "ironman" 'til they croaked...been wearing a Citizen for about 2 years now...keeps great time.
Posted by: BignJames at December 19, 2024 10:44 AM (Yj6Os)

I picked up a refurbished Citizen Eco-Drive about a year ago. Set the time zone and you're done. I like it.

Posted by: antisocial justice beatnik at December 19, 2024 11:00 AM (DTX3h)

317 Also, today is my parents' 60th anniversary. They were married 12/19/1964. We're having a family celebration later today.

Posted by: exdem13 FIGHT FIGHT FIGHT at December 19, 2024 11:00 AM (XjTSo)

318 Do you know when Israel’s embassy in Ireland was established? 1996.

So please, Irish President Michael Higgins and Prime Minister Simon Harris, spare us the feigned offense and the community-theater histrionics and the supposed shock in reaction to Israel’s announcement that it would close its embassy in Dublin. Ireland’s history with Israel is uniquely shameful among supposed Western democracies. Whether that justifies the closing of the embassy is another matter, but let’s stop pretending we’re talking about a normal situation. Ireland was the last EU country to host an Israeli embassy, and the gesture was watered down by making the same offer to the PLO, a terrorist organization that did not represent an existing nation-state.

Here’s the point: Ireland has always treated Israel with special contempt. Decades after Eamon de Valera offered Germany his condolences on the death of Adolf Hitler, the country he helped found seemed permanently stuck in time. Ireland had to be dragged kicking and screaming into recognizing the Jews. The Israeli embassy barely predates the Good Friday Agreement.
-Seth Mandel
====

No Irish.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 19, 2024 11:00 AM (RIvkX)

319 312 Woot! Looks like today's staff meeting has been cancelled. Means I can finish my book...
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel

That's too bad. I LIVE for staff meetings.

Posted by: Secretary of Transportation at December 19, 2024 11:00 AM (G5+As)

320 I miss my radioactive glow-in-the-dark watch, pocket knife, lawn darts, riding my bike without a helmet, and all other without parental supervision activities I enjoyed as a child.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram at December 19, 2024 11:00 AM (e+6P0)

321 Wristwatches? I have three I use on a regular basis, a '71 rolex Date, a '78 Rolex Sub, and a 2020 Steinhart Vintage GMT. A couple of others don't come out of their boxes that often.

I can't imagine being without a watch.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 19, 2024 10:48 AM (J2vNu)

I have a 1980 date. Bought it from a friend when he went Sub. I don't really wear watches and use it more like a joke. If we're going somewhere the wife will ask If I'm going to dress better. I'll hold out my wrist and say I did. lol. Yeah, nothing pisses off the snobby rich than seeing a long hair freak in a harley T shirt and a rolex. Seriously though, only a few times a year I'll wear it.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at December 19, 2024 11:00 AM (VwHCD)

322 Noodus simianus

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 19, 2024 11:00 AM (J2vNu)

323 I have a 1980 date. Bought it from a friend when he went Sub. I don't really wear watches and use it more like a joke. If we're going somewhere the wife will ask If I'm going to dress better. I'll hold out my wrist and say I did. lol. Yeah, nothing pisses off the snobby rich than seeing a long hair freak in a harley T shirt and a rolex. Seriously though, only a few times a year I'll wear it.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at December 19, 2024

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Does the 1980 have the quick-set date feature? My '71 does not, and every February I wish it did.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 19, 2024 11:02 AM (J2vNu)

324 301 Pappymayhem used to wear a wrist watch and carried a pocket watch. I looked at his wrist to check the time and noticed the watch wasn't working. He said "I know, I use the pocket watch. I really don't need a new wristwatch but I feel naked without it so I just wear it anyway."
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What are the odds he owns a cell phone?

Posted by: pudinhead at December 19, 2024 11:02 AM (jFCkp)

325 276
"Mephitic" is a adjective that refers to the smell of Hell. The skunk family is the Mephitidae, and the striped skunk is Mephitis mephitis.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 19, 2024 10:46 AM (J2vNu)
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So Stinky stink?

Posted by: Ciampino - Talking of Supersmelly at December 19, 2024 11:02 AM (i0xsb)

326 I picked up a refurbished Citizen Eco-Drive about a year ago. Set the time zone and you're done. I like it.
Posted by: antisocial justice beatnik at December 19, 2024 11:00 AM (DTX3h)

I hate the use of the tag "Eco" on anything. It's pandering to greentards. What runs an "Eco-drive" watch, anyway, free-range hamsters running in a wheel?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 19, 2024 11:03 AM (8zz6B)

327 "Metropolis" was, for sure, Cleveland. Creators were from there, and enraged at a Jewish shopkeeper's murder in a robbery. Very...Metropolitan.

"Flago-cranial" would be a Grecianism for "flaming skull."
I'm working toward Kranoflygian, though.

Posted by: Way,Way Downriver at December 19, 2024 11:04 AM (zdLoL)

328 What are the odds he owns a cell phone?
Posted by: pudinhead

He did have a cell phone. He never used it for anything but phone calls. Not even checking the time or date.

Posted by: Madame Mayhem (uppity wench) at December 19, 2024 11:04 AM (4XwPj)

329 Lost my first Seiko in a field hauling hay. Next year a farmer cracked open a bale and passed the watch back to the hayman.
He asked around and it was returned to me non the worse for the wear. It spent a season laying in the field and a season stored in a hay bale. Never lost a minute.

Posted by: Braenyard - some absent friends are more equal than others at December 19, 2024 11:11 AM (PMg+h)

330 Does the 1980 have the quick-set date feature? My '71 does not, and every February I wish it did.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 19, 2024 11:02 AM (J2vNu)

I seriously don't know. I seem to struggle with that, so I'm leaning towards no.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at December 19, 2024 11:15 AM (VwHCD)

331 Something to hold the Gravy at the Dinner Table

Posted by: Tamaa the Drongo Bird at December 19, 2024 12:23 PM (FLiOE)

332 Evening.

Is it me or does that guy look a bit like Robert E. Lee?

Posted by: Robert at December 19, 2024 05:24 PM (xYBK4)

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