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Monday Overnight Open Thread - December 30, 2024 [Doof]
Howdy Hordelings, and welcome to the final Monday night ONT of 2024. Nothing serious on the agenda tonight. Just some stuff to make your Monday a Funday! Thanks for stopping by. Wouldn't be as nice without you!
Make College Football Bowl Games Fun Again
The organizers of this past Saturday's Pop-Tarts Bowl did their part.
The second annual Pop-Tarts Bowl was nothing short of a sweet treat. Amid the nail-biting matchup between Iowa State University and the University of Miami, which ended in a 42-41 victory for the Cyclones, Pop-Tarts caused chaos on the field. At the 2024 bowl game, fans met three mascots, Hot Fudge Sundae, Wild Berry and Cinnamon Roll, via a stripping - sorry, unwrapping - reveal prior to the start of the game. "just when you thought the pop tarts bowl couldn't get ANY sexier," one X user wrote about Hot Fudge Sundae's reveal, which involved the mascot ripping his aluminum wrapper open right down the middle. *** Aside from the mascots, the game featured plenty of Pop-Tarts references. Sprinkles were painted along the sidelines and the winning team's trophy featured a working toaster. Instead of dumping gallons of Gatorade on each other after winning the game, players covered their coaches in tons of mini Pop-Tarts.
Some video highlights here
Retail Worker Rant Having worked many years in retail in the 80s and 90s, your humble host has a personal appreciation for this guy's humor. If you've never worked in retail, it may not hit you the same way.
As you hit the stores for your Christmas returns keep this in mind. Very rarely does someone create a perfect video. This is one.
— C3 (@C_3C_3) December 29, 2024
(I haven’t laughed this hard in a long time)pic.twitter.com/Qh87dQBfRM
Artistic Talent -- But Why??
Paintwork that makes a car look like a drawing
— Science girl (@gunsnrosesgirl3) December 27, 2024
pic.twitter.com/UBBDEJuTPA
Looks like something that could have been in the the fantastic music video for the song "Take on Me" back in the 80s!
Bang! Guilty as charged!
DJ Doof – Arena Rock Version
Tonight’s ONT brought to you by bad subtitles
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Bonus content --
To close out my ONT duties for 2024 -- here are the boys from Toronto performing their iconic numerically-titled, multi-part song in front of their hometown fans in 1997.
Happy New Year, Hordelings!
Comments
(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at December 30, 2024 09:56 PM (lUFok)
Posted by: Tonypete at December 30, 2024 09:57 PM (WXNFJ)
Posted by: Archer at December 30, 2024 09:57 PM (IDphi)
Posted by: Zeera The people are coming at December 30, 2024 09:58 PM (8lEQ/)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at December 30, 2024 09:58 PM (hY4dx)
Posted by: Piper at December 30, 2024 09:58 PM (pZEOD)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 30, 2024 09:59 PM (dxSpM)
Posted by: Scarymary at December 30, 2024 09:59 PM (BZnBh)
Breaking: Jimmy Carter will not be attending Trump's inauguration.
Posted by: Archer at December 30, 2024 09:57 PM (IDphi)
________
But will cast a ballot in 2028.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 30, 2024 09:59 PM (dxSpM)
Posted by: Hokey Pokey at December 30, 2024 10:00 PM (QSrLX)
Posted by: Zeera The people are coming at December 30, 2024 10:00 PM (8lEQ/)
Posted by: Tonypete at December 30, 2024 10:00 PM (WXNFJ)
Posted by: Archer at December 30, 2024 10:01 PM (IDphi)
Posted by: Bulg at December 30, 2024 10:01 PM (v6JzV)
Posted by: Notorious BFD at December 30, 2024 10:01 PM (mH6SG)
Posted by: Doof at December 30, 2024 10:02 PM (RFPHU)
Posted by: Tonypete at December 30, 2024 10:02 PM (WXNFJ)
Posted by: tcn in AK at December 30, 2024 10:02 PM (xZ/E3)
Posted by: Bulg at December 30, 2024 10:02 PM (v6JzV)
Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at December 30, 2024 10:02 PM (lUFok)
Are these things still available?
__________
"My Xyler is nerodivergent and cannot tolerate loud noises. Can you please breathe more quietly?"
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 30, 2024 10:02 PM (dxSpM)
Posted by: 2009Refugee at December 30, 2024 10:03 PM (8AONa)
Posted by: Admiral Spinebender at December 30, 2024 10:03 PM (hftn9)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at December 30, 2024 10:03 PM (hY4dx)
Posted by: azjaeger at December 30, 2024 10:04 PM (3/XaG)
Posted by: GWB at December 30, 2024 10:05 PM (WlvCt)
Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at December 30, 2024 10:05 PM (0JiuC)
Posted by: tcn in AK
Make any cocktail, then drop the glass?
Posted by: mikeski at December 30, 2024 10:05 PM (DgGvY)
Please, dear Lord, smite those who in 2025 use the following words:
Toxic
Trauma
Narcissistic
Avoidant
ADHD
Neurodivergent
Cortisol
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 30, 2024 10:06 PM (dxSpM)
One could be decimated by a foreign Bang Cap in Subic Bay back in the day for very little American money.
Posted by: Archer at December 30, 2024 10:06 PM (IDphi)
Posted by: banana Dream at December 30, 2024 10:06 PM (Y6IkP)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 30, 2024 10:06 PM (dxSpM)
Posted by: banana Dream at December 30, 2024 10:07 PM (Y6IkP)
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at December 30, 2024 10:07 PM (YTktQ)
Posted by: Bulg at December 30, 2024 10:07 PM (v6JzV)
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at December 30, 2024 10:07 PM (vcPNM)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at December 30, 2024 10:07 PM (hY4dx)
Posted by: caf at December 30, 2024 10:07 PM (/+mVZ)
Posted by: Don Black. Message: I said more feck! at December 30, 2024 10:07 PM (/7KEl)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 30, 2024 10:08 PM (dxSpM)
If you don't want to work retail, then maybe you should have taken algebra and trigonometry a bit more seriously.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at December 30, 2024 10:08 PM (d9fT1)
Pop-Tart Bowl? Really? How did I not know that before now?
Posted by: Legally Sufficient at December 30, 2024 10:09 PM (rxCpr)
If you don't want to work retail, then maybe you should have taken algebra and trigonometry a bit more seriously.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at December 30, 2024 10:08 PM (d9fT1)
I was told there would be no math!!!
Posted by: retail worker at December 30, 2024 10:09 PM (YTktQ)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 30, 2024 10:09 PM (dxSpM)
Posted by: Legally Sufficient at December 30, 2024 10:09 PM (rxCpr)
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Soon.
Posted by: Beef Jerky Bowl at December 30, 2024 10:10 PM (hY4dx)
I had no idea. I thought it was all a big joke because they suck.
Sort of like Milli Vanilli.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at December 30, 2024 10:11 PM (d9fT1)
If you don't want to work retail, then maybe you should have taken algebra and trigonometry a bit more seriously.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at December 30, 2024 10:08 PM (d9fT1)
Like I said, if you've never worked retail, it might hit differently. They guy is an annoying dweeb - but his rant is spot on!
Posted by: Doof at December 30, 2024 10:11 PM (RFPHU)
Posted by: 100% mikeski at December 30, 2024 10:12 PM (DgGvY)
Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at December 30, 2024 10:12 PM (gm9Sb)
Posted by: Archer
I mean, we must be... increasingly on the alert to prevent them from taking over other foreign bang space, in order to breed more prodigiously than we do, thus, knocking us out in superior numbers when we emerge! Mr. President, we must not allow... a foreign bang gap!!
Posted by: Tonypete at December 30, 2024 10:12 PM (WXNFJ)
The Retail Worker's Rant is among the best and funniest videos that I have seen in many weeks -- thanks ,Doof!
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at December 30, 2024 10:13 PM (xG4kz)
I had no idea. I thought it was all a big joke because they suck.
Sort of like Milli Vanilli.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at December 30, 2024 10:11 PM (d9fT1)
Yes I'm serious. You can join Nurse in the bad taste in music category. Lemme guess -- you like the God awfully boring Grateful Dead too?
Posted by: Doof at December 30, 2024 10:13 PM (RFPHU)
I remember spending a lazy afternoon with a few hundred of them and an ant hill. We would put long fuses on them, light them, then put them into the mouth of an ant tunnel. The ants would usually pull them deep into the hill before they exploded.
I loved being a kid!
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at December 30, 2024 10:13 PM (d9fT1)
Posted by: Doof at December 30, 2024 10:11 PM (RFPHU)
He's a bit of a commie on social media. But yeah, he's not wrong about working in retail.
Posted by: banana Dream at December 30, 2024 10:13 PM (Y6IkP)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at December 30, 2024 09:58 PM (hY4dx)
I wonder how many of those lumps under the snow are democrats?
Posted by: Ghost of OrangeEnt Past at December 30, 2024 10:14 PM (0eaVi)
Posted by: Doof at December 30, 2024 10:13 PM (RFPHU)
Out of their 7,000 songs? I like about three!
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at December 30, 2024 10:14 PM (d9fT1)
Posted by: Legally Sufficient at December 30, 2024 10:09 PM (rxCpr)
Love that they are intentionally over the top goofy.
Posted by: Doof at December 30, 2024 10:15 PM (RFPHU)
Posted by: Bulg at December 30, 2024 10:15 PM (v6JzV)
Posted by: From about That Time at December 30, 2024 10:15 PM (4780s)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 30, 2024 10:15 PM (XeU6L)
Posted by: Count de Monet at December 30, 2024 10:15 PM (Aqu9a)
He's a bit of a commie on social media. But yeah, he's not wrong about working in retail.
Posted by: banana Dream at December 30, 2024 10:13 PM (Y6IkP)
___________
There is a non-zero number of retail customers who are irredeemable assholes.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 30, 2024 10:15 PM (dxSpM)
Posted by: Archer at December 30, 2024 10:15 PM (IDphi)
ITA and if he was my coworker, i would have told him to FO.
Posted by: cherries are the best at December 30, 2024 10:15 PM (VDqpU)
Posted by: From about That Time at December 30, 2024 10:16 PM (4780s)
Luckily, I knew where it was.
Posted by: No One of Consequence at December 30, 2024 10:16 PM (OGOaV)
50% impressed
50% LOL
Posted by: 100% mikeski at December 30, 2024 10:12 PM (DgGvY)
It's so bad that it's good!
Posted by: Doof at December 30, 2024 10:16 PM (RFPHU)
All Rush No Zappa ONT
Imma spend the thread trashing Jimmy Carter anyway
Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 30, 2024 10:16 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: Some Garbage Rat at December 30, 2024 10:16 PM (+VovS)
Posted by: a dude in MI at December 30, 2024 10:16 PM (+I6Y/)
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at December 30, 2024 10:17 PM (zHyc3)
Posted by: Bulg at December 30, 2024 10:15 PM (v6JzV)
That's nothing. I had chili a few days ago that was spiced with pumpkin spice!
And it was excellent.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at December 30, 2024 10:17 PM (d9fT1)
People on vacation expect the weather and everything else to be perfect and when it isn't they will damn well take it out on you.
Why is it raining?
Why is the ocean so rough?
Why are there so many fish?
Why are there so few fish?
Why is it so salty?
The sun it so hot?
The list is endless.
Posted by: JackStraw at December 30, 2024 10:17 PM (LkLld)
Posted by: Notorious BFD at December 30, 2024 10:17 PM (mH6SG)
Posted by: Doof at December 30, 2024 10:17 PM (RFPHU)
Heh.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 30, 2024 10:18 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh
True, but when I'm looking for stove pipe, please don't try to sell me ducting.
Posted by: Some Garbage Rat at December 30, 2024 10:18 PM (+VovS)
Posted by: Diogenes at December 30, 2024 10:19 PM (W/lyH)
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My former gang confederates would "borrow" a pack of the noob's cigarettes and dig out some of the tobacco. The lady finger would be carefully slid into the void, fuse outward, and the tobacco neatly replaced. The pack was quietly returned to its owner.
Hilarity would then ensue.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at December 30, 2024 10:19 PM (hY4dx)
Posted by: Erebus- Ex Killer Whale at December 30, 2024 10:19 PM (elaR+)
Posted by: Archer at December 30, 2024 09:57 PM (IDphi)
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I mean, will they even hold the inauguration? Shouldn't they at least wait until the funeral has ended, oh, sometime around 2028?
Posted by: No One of Consequence at December 30, 2024 10:19 PM (OGOaV)
Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at December 30, 2024 10:19 PM (0JiuC)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 30, 2024 10:16 PM (RIvkX)
F*ck it...I'm glad he is dead. He was an unrepentant anti-Semite, and he spent 40 years shitting on my country, which by the way gave him a glorious life!
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at December 30, 2024 10:20 PM (d9fT1)
Posted by: Erebus- Ex Killer Whale at December 30, 2024 10:20 PM (elaR+)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at December 30, 2024 10:21 PM (hY4dx)
Posted by: destroyed beavers at December 30, 2024 10:21 PM (NMT5x)
Posted by: Don Black. Message: feeling whelmed at December 30, 2024 10:21 PM (/7KEl)
All Rush No Zappa ONT
Imma spend the thread trashing Jimmy Carter anyway
Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 30, 2024 10:16 PM (RIvkX)
I do appreciate your consistency in throwing baffling foreign words and expressions at me. It shows that you care!
Zappa is Mis Hum's thing. Rush is mine. I begged him for Rush month for years. I had to start hosting ONTs to get Rush month. Probably not my smartest idea.
Posted by: Doof at December 30, 2024 10:21 PM (RFPHU)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at December 30, 2024 10:19 PM (hY4dx)
I did that to one of my dad's little cigars.
In retrospect, it was an unwise decision.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at December 30, 2024 10:21 PM (d9fT1)
Her Majesty and I have tipped people who have to clean tables after some party of slobs have left. Or to a waitress who's been given an unjustly hard time.
Ask to have the manager come over, then tell them you had a nice meal and great service. It's comical to see them almost collapse with relief.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 30, 2024 10:22 PM (dxSpM)
Posted by: JackStraw at December 30, 2024 10:22 PM (LkLld)
Posted by: banana Dream at December 30, 2024 10:22 PM (Y6IkP)
Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at December 30, 2024 10:22 PM (sAmhv)
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at December 30, 2024 10:23 PM (d9fT1)
Posted by: Doof at December 30, 2024 10:13 PM (RFPHU)
===
Denounceable.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 30, 2024 10:23 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: PaleRider at December 30, 2024 10:23 PM (UKUm3)
Guy on the other end said, 'Oh, I thought maybe you stayed open late for people on the west coast'. 'Nope' says my guy, 'We don't expect you to get up early for us, and we don't stay open late for you'.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 30, 2024 10:23 PM (XeU6L)
Posted by: Kindltot at December 30, 2024 10:23 PM (D7oie)
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at December 30, 2024 10:23 PM (xG4kz)
One of my R&D people idly answered a phone after hours.
_______
Never answer the phone. There's only someone at the other end.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 30, 2024 10:24 PM (dxSpM)
Added benefit, all the cherries you could eat.
Posted by: nerdygirl at December 30, 2024 10:24 PM (0Htd1)
Your feedback may or may not be very important to me.
Survey sez ... ... ... NOT VERY IMPORTANT to Doof
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at December 30, 2024 10:24 PM (xG4kz)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 30, 2024 10:22 PM (dxSpM)
That is sad. And matches my experience.
I rarely complain about bad or mediocre service. I just don't come back. But good service? I always ask to speak with the manager and compliment the waiter. I have learned to start the conversation by saying, "This isn't a complaint."
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at December 30, 2024 10:25 PM (d9fT1)
Posted by: JackStraw at December 30, 2024 10:25 PM (LkLld)
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at December 30, 2024 10:23 PM (d9fT1)
Appreciate the assist there!
Posted by: Doof at December 30, 2024 10:25 PM (RFPHU)
Merry New Year! Beef jerky, anyone?
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at December 30, 2024 10:25 PM (xG4kz)
and it was excellent.
Posted by: CharlieBrown’sDildo
You are hereby crossed off whatever list I formerly had you on.
Including the Carrots In Chili Club!
Posted by: Bulg at December 30, 2024 10:26 PM (v6JzV)
I have learned to start the conversation by saying, "This isn't a complaint."
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at December 30, 2024 10:25 PM (d9fT1)
__________
This time a few years ago we gave a 100% tip on a good size bill. The waitress burst into tears when she saw it.
It's a hard job. Don't make it any harder.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 30, 2024 10:28 PM (dxSpM)
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at December 30, 2024 10:28 PM (xG4kz)
Posted by: Doof at December 30, 2024 10:21 PM (RFPHU)
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Not denounceable. But close.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 30, 2024 10:29 PM (RIvkX)
I always liked (not!) the older couples what wanted a senior discount, even though there was no store policy about it.
"Wah! We're on a fixed income! Wah!"
While I'm thinking to myself: Yeah. And I'll bet said Fixed Income equals at least 4-5 times what I'm making here, at 4 bucks an hour & lucky to get 25 hours a week... Bet your house is paid off too...
Posted by: JQ at December 30, 2024 10:29 PM (YoCnN)
You posted an aha video.
Take a seat.
Posted by: JackStraw at December 30, 2024 10:25 PM (LkLld)
I have tried to get into the Dead. Many times. They are just flat out boring. Non-dynamic. Every song stays in a limited melodic range. Jerry Garcia plays chunky guitar solos. No wonder they predominantly appeal to people under heavy influence of drugs.
A Ha is an incredibly talented band. Musically and vocally.
Posted by: Doof at December 30, 2024 10:30 PM (RFPHU)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 30, 2024 10:30 PM (dxSpM)
Posted by: scampydog at December 30, 2024 10:30 PM (41CYW)
The ants would usually pull them deep into the hill before they exploded.
I loved being a kid!
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at December 30, 2024 10:13 PM (d9fT1)
We'd go up by the railroad tracks with our Dad and make gourd bombs. Drill a hole in a ripe gourd with a pocket knife, shove in a firecracker, light it and throw it into the air.
He did all the lighting and throwing, though because it needed to be time precisely.
As an eye doc, he'd seen his share of firecracker injuries.
Posted by: sal at December 30, 2024 10:30 PM (f+FmA)
The album is supposed to be influenced by Ayn Rands novel The Fountainhead.
But this follows the theme of the Rand novella Anthem much more closely
Individual lives in a tightly controlled society and discovers an old technology that will improve the lot of all.
Punished for demonstrating this item
Difference is they self rescue via running away and starting a new society
Posted by: PMRich at December 30, 2024 10:31 PM (eh5ud)
"Could you get your manager for me?"
"Why? The manager doesn't know anything. Haven't you ever worked anywhere before?"
Posted by: Orson at December 30, 2024 10:31 PM (dIske)
What time zone do I hafta be in to see the new year in at 6pm and then go to bed?
Posted by: Bulg at December 30, 2024 10:31 PM (v6JzV)
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at December 30, 2024 10:31 PM (ynpvh)
Here's a nice vintage clip of the "Rat Pack*" that I think you'll all enjoy:
https://is.gd/83ariK
*including Johnny Carson. I'm guessing it's circa 1965.
Posted by: Soothsayer at December 30, 2024 10:32 PM (c+IRX)
"Why? The manager doesn't know anything. Haven't you ever worked anywhere before?"
Posted by: Orson at December 30, 2024 10:31 PM (dIske)
_________
"He busted his butt for years in order NOT to talk to you."
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 30, 2024 10:32 PM (dxSpM)
Made my ears ring.
Posted by: Archer at December 30, 2024 10:01 PM (IDphi)
I did that on the garage floor (concrete). The garage had really nice accoustics (read: echo). Mom told me when I was 3, a neighbor called the cops on me for doing that. The cop came, laughed and left.
Posted by: RickZ at December 30, 2024 10:32 PM (gKDq2)
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at December 30, 2024 10:32 PM (vcPNM)
Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at December 30, 2024 10:33 PM (sAmhv)
Posted by: Soothsayer at December 30, 2024 10:33 PM (c+IRX)
Posted by: davidt at December 30, 2024 10:33 PM (i0F8b)
A Ha is an incredibly talented band. Musically and vocally.
Posted by: Doof at December 30, 2024 10:30 PM (RFPHU)
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*blinks uncomprehendingly*
This shall not stand!
Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 30, 2024 10:33 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: scampydog at December 30, 2024 10:33 PM (41CYW)
The cop came, laughed and left.
Posted by: RickZ at December 30, 2024 10:32 PM (gKDq2)
_______
Back when cops had some common sense and latitude.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 30, 2024 10:34 PM (dxSpM)
Posted by: GWB at December 30, 2024 10:34 PM (WlvCt)
Posted by: Bulg at December 30, 2024 10:35 PM (v6JzV)
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at December 30, 2024 10:23 PM (d9fT1)
Appreciate the assist there!
Posted by: Doof at December 30, 2024 10:25 PM (RFPHU)
But, will he still love you tamara?
Posted by: Ghost of OrangeEnt Past at December 30, 2024 10:35 PM (0eaVi)
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at December 30, 2024 10:35 PM (7gFa4)
Posted by: scampydog at December 30, 2024 10:33 PM (41CYW)
Triumph's Allied Forces album is a road trip staple for me. Along with the debut album from Dire Straits and Judas Priest British Steel.
Posted by: Doof at December 30, 2024 10:36 PM (RFPHU)
Posted by: Bulg at December 30, 2024 10:31 PM (v6JzV)
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We go to bed after watching NYC at 9.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 30, 2024 10:36 PM (RIvkX)
I was hoping the Pop-Tart Bowl was something Puffy Combs recorded on video featuring Taylor Swift, Katie Perry and Brittany Spears. Not even a Jessica Simpson or Christina Aguilera.
Posted by: Dr. Bone at December 30, 2024 10:36 PM (rl6EB)
I have tried to get into the Dead. Many times. They are just flat out boring. Non-dynamic. Every song stays in a limited melodic range. Jerry Garcia plays chunky guitar solos. No wonder they predominantly appeal to people under heavy influence of drugs.
A Ha is an incredibly talented band. Musically and vocally.
Posted by: Doof
I was with my scout troop about a dozen years back when we camped for a weekend at the local YMCA summer camp.
As it happened, that same weekend had the camp hosting what we were told was a "Dad-Daughter Weekend" for some group whose affiliation we never learned.
The girls (early teens and younger) spent their time out and about in the camp and engaging in activities. The dads spent their time sitting back at the campsite, tending the fire, and playing the entire oeuvre of the Grateful Dead, loudly and constantly, for thirty-six hours straight. It wasn't quite hell, but it was as close as I have come to it in my life.
Oh, they were drinking, too. Such was their idea of bonding, I guess.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at December 30, 2024 10:37 PM (xG4kz)
Now imagine if Sammy Davis was alive now and he went to Madison Square Garden for President Trump's campaign and told this joke about Puerto Ricans:
https://is.gd/sqDzMG
The Fake News & the Internet Gaslighters would have had the exact same reaction they did two months ago.
Posted by: Soothsayer at December 30, 2024 10:38 PM (c+IRX)
Posted by: Doof
And that video would be impressive if it were made today.
In 1985? Get outta here.
Posted by: mikeski at December 30, 2024 10:38 PM (DgGvY)
Posted by: Doof
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*fistbump* Wore that cassette out. Screaming for Vengeance also worn out. Still have the latter on vinyl.
Posted by: scampydog at December 30, 2024 10:38 PM (41CYW)
Posted by: Soothsayer
Nice! Love that stuff.
Posted by: Some Garbage Rat at December 30, 2024 10:39 PM (+VovS)
Posted by: Puddleglum
I did about 4.5 years at Sears.
Posted by: Erebus- Ex Killer Whale at December 30, 2024 10:39 PM (elaR+)
Posted by: steevy at December 30, 2024 10:40 PM (KQk9m)
Posted by: Bulg at December 30, 2024 10:40 PM (v6JzV)
Posted by: Bulg
Do you live in London?
Posted by: Tonypete at December 30, 2024 10:40 PM (WXNFJ)
Posted by: Doof at December 30, 2024 10:17 PM (RFPHU)
Justin tucker is much cuter than that guy!
Posted by: Moki at December 30, 2024 10:40 PM (wLjpr)
Posted by: scampydog at December 30, 2024 10:40 PM (41CYW)
Posted by: garrett at December 30, 2024 10:40 PM (UE/EX)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at December 30, 2024 10:21 PM (hY4dx)
From everything I've read, Rosalynn Carter was one Queen Bitch, like just about every Democrat First Lady.
Posted by: RickZ at December 30, 2024 10:40 PM (gKDq2)
Posted by: banana Dream at December 30, 2024 10:06 PM (Y6IkP)
Yep. You can make your own. You do have to buy the snap part (if you are crafty enough and have gunpowder available, you can probably make that part, too). But then you can pack them with whatever you want that will fit. It was a great homeschool project.
Posted by: GWB at December 30, 2024 10:41 PM (WlvCt)
Posted by: steevy at December 30, 2024 10:41 PM (KQk9m)
Posted by: Erebus- Ex Killer Whale at December
Was this some alternative sentencing thing?
Posted by: PMRich at December 30, 2024 10:41 PM (eh5ud)
I celebrate their whole catalog.
Tipton and Downing were a force of nature.
Posted by: garrett at December 30, 2024 10:41 PM (UE/EX)
The .38 Special video starred the former Mrs Bruce Springsteen I believe. She had nice elbows
Posted by: Smell the Glove at December 30, 2024 10:42 PM (MLa3L)
Posted by: scampydog at December 30, 2024 10:38 PM (41CYW)
My first "real" concert was JP Defenders of the Faith Tour in 1984. I was 13. My dad took me and a neighborhood buddy. My dad hated it. At the time, I did not understand or appreciate that he just wanted me to have a good time and that's all that mattered to him. Damn I miss him.
Posted by: Doof at December 30, 2024 10:42 PM (RFPHU)
Posted by: steevy at December 30, 2024 10:43 PM (KQk9m)
*pours bourbon* ONT Greetings, Horde. CHEERS!
Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX
Posted by: Jim at December 30, 2024 10:43 PM (Xo+UM)
Posted by: Bulg
There will probably be some fiery but mostly peaceful displays in Paris at that time.
Posted by: haffhowershower at December 30, 2024 10:43 PM (NMT5x)
Posted by: Doof at December 30, 2024 10:43 PM (RFPHU)
Sorry, this is just wrong. Not my opinion but a fact.
The Dead didn't become up until the end the largest grossing touring band in history by being boring. They didn't get their own Sirius station that is still going strong by being boring.
They didn't get musicians as diverse as Branford Marsalis and Maria Muldaur and Bruce Hornsby sitting in with them by being boring. That's the description by someone who never actually listened to the music. It doesn't get any more right by being common. They were one of the best live bands in history, not a studio remix, Top 40, listen to what corporate music wants you to hear on the radio band.
Nobody under 50 listens to Rush today. Not that many listened to them when they were being flagged relentlessly. Go to a Dead and Company and look at how many 20 year olds there are.
Or listen to Branford Marsalis. I'll take his opinion any day.
https://tinyurl.com/45wtejdw
Posted by: JackStraw at December 30, 2024 10:44 PM (LkLld)
Posted by: banana Dream at December 30, 2024 10:13 PM (Y6IkP)
So, CBD was right about his not taking math/economics seriously.
Posted by: GWB at December 30, 2024 10:44 PM (WlvCt)
The .38 Special video starred the former Mrs Bruce Springsteen I believe. She had nice elbows
Posted by: Smell the Glove at December 30, 2024 10:42 PM (MLa3L)
Yup - that's Julianne Phillips. Now I wanna go watch Fletch Lives.
Posted by: Doof at December 30, 2024 10:44 PM (RFPHU)
He was polite, but a bit cautious. I could tell he was waiting to see how badly this was going to go. The change in his demeanor when I told him who I was was pretty funny.
Posted by: No One of Consequence at December 30, 2024 10:45 PM (OGOaV)
That retail rant was pretty on target. In my twenty-five years as a bookseller, I heard just about every one of his kvetches. The one about checking in the back was my favorite. How was I supposed to sell a book stashed in the back room? No, I didn't hide books in the back room simply to annoy you. You saw a paperback copy of that recently released hardback in Washington D.C.? Why didn't you buy it in Washington D.C.? No, I can't sell you a copy of a book that not only hasn't been released yet, but isn't even on the publishing schedule because the writer has been fighting cancer for the past couple of years.
My bookstore was in an area loaded with antique (junk) stores, and I was constantly asked when they would be open. One day I'd had it and told the individual that I didn't know because Joe hadn't given me his schedule for the week. The lady totally missed the sarcasm and asked, "Oh, you don't get along with each other?" Ga-a-ah!!!
Posted by: Livia Augusta at December 30, 2024 10:45 PM (RuqLJ)
Posted by: Dr. Bone at December 30, 2024 10:45 PM (rl6EB)
Posted by: scampydog at December 30, 2024 10:45 PM (41CYW)
From everything I've read, Rosalynn Carter was one Queen Bitch, like just about every Democrat First Lady.
Posted by: RickZ
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Lots of similarities to Big Mike
Posted by: 2009Refugee at December 30, 2024 10:45 PM (8AONa)
From everything I've read, Rosalynn Carter was one Queen Bitch, like just about every Democrat First Lady.
Posted by: RickZ at December 30, 2024 10:40 PM (gKDq2)
Mentioned last night that I had to spend a week catering to her ad Jimmy when I was in Greece. She was horrible to everyone from the Ambassador's wife, (because they were Republican appointees) down to me, the Secret Service, and any other underlings. It was embarrassing. Lady, that is no kind of Christian witness.
Posted by: Moki at December 30, 2024 10:45 PM (wLjpr)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh
Lately I've noticed that phone customer service for internet and cable companies has a much shorter wait time than in the past. At the end I thank the person for the fact that I didn't have to wait very long. They always seem surprised when you thank them.
Posted by: nerdygirl at December 30, 2024 10:46 PM (0Htd1)
Posted by: Lemmiwinks at December 30, 2024 10:47 PM (xxf6X)
Posted by: Doof
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Sounds like a great dad. Miss my pops too.
Posted by: scampydog at December 30, 2024 10:47 PM (41CYW)
After watching yesterday's Zeducation.
After a late nap.
Glad you all waited for me…
Posted by: mindful webworker - bitter latte then nerfer at December 30, 2024 10:48 PM (LBsHK)
Posted by: No One of Consequence at December 30, 2024 10:19 PM (OGOaV)
Who do you think died, McCain?!
Posted by: GWB at December 30, 2024 10:48 PM (WlvCt)
We need to start hoarding masks and food and of course, to.
WTF is wrong with these people? They think we will all go along with their pandemic scare talk. I don't know anyone who believes a single thing they are saying about bird flu. Since monkey pox didn't work they're trying bird flu again?
Posted by: Megthered at December 30, 2024 10:48 PM (HZt/w)
Posted by: PMRich
Definitely felt like it at times.
All my friends worked there and I was young, dumb, and...you know...
Stayed way too long.
Posted by: Erebus- Ex Killer Whale at December 30, 2024 10:48 PM (elaR+)
Posted by: Livia Augusta at December 30, 2024 10:48 PM (RuqLJ)
Check The Warlocks stuff from 65.
Then check them out in 1967-8.
Then hit up the Acoustic 70s Shows and their accompanying Electric Sets. 2.13-14.70 or 5.11.70 would be good ones.
If you don't get it after that, I can't help you.
Posted by: garrett at December 30, 2024 10:48 PM (UE/EX)
Check this dude out:
https://www.youtube.com/
watch?v=I72pKj1wyPc
Posted by: garrett
So that's what he looks like outside of the Nyango Star costume? 😀
Posted by: mikeski at December 30, 2024 10:49 PM (DgGvY)
Damn. You sure told me. I will never listen to Rush again and now I am a Dead Head. It's nice to know that I just need to listen to someone else tell me what to listen to.
Posted by: Doof at December 30, 2024 10:49 PM (RFPHU)
Only reason: so you can find your car easily in a crowded parking lot.
Since you can't put a tennis ball on the whip antenna anymore.
Posted by: mindful webworker - bitter latte then nerfer at December 30, 2024 10:49 PM (LBsHK)
Question: Did anyone "joke" about Ronald Reagan's acting BEFORE he was a Republican?
No, right?
But, after is a different story. Reagan was a "lousy actor" they said. Reagan only did a few shows with a chimp, they said. Reagan was small-time, they said. Bonzo was a better actor, they said.
Reagan's "friends" in hollywood and media turned on him because of his politics. Before that, though, Everyone loved Ronald Reagan.
Posted by: Soothsayer at December 30, 2024 10:49 PM (c+IRX)
https://instapundit.com/693280/
Posted by: steevy at December 30, 2024 10:49 PM (KQk9m)
Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at December 30, 2024 10:49 PM (tUujJ)
Posted by: JackStraw at December 30, 2024 10:50 PM (LkLld)
Posted by: steevy at December 30, 2024 10:50 PM (KQk9m)
Posted by: TRex at December 30, 2024 10:51 PM (K1fM7)
Posted by: Kindltot at December 30, 2024 10:23 PM (D7oie)
Yep, they still make the tools, and several videos on youTube about making your own primers - often using caps.
Posted by: GWB at December 30, 2024 10:51 PM (WlvCt)
Roll caps were red, just like Kammie
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at December 30, 2024 10:51 PM (xG4kz)
Posted by: RickZ at December 30, 2024 10:51 PM (gKDq2)
The ones that were usually red, but not always were the plastic ones that mimicked the actual percussion caps.
Posted by: Erebus- Ex Killer Whale at December 30, 2024 10:52 PM (elaR+)
Posted by: steevy at December 30, 2024 10:52 PM (KQk9m)
Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at December 30, 2024 10:52 PM (tUujJ)
Posted by: steevy at December 30, 2024 10:52 PM (KQk9m)
Posted by: TRex at December 30, 2024 10:51 PM (K1fM7)
Thanks, brother.
Posted by: Doof at December 30, 2024 10:52 PM (RFPHU)
Thought:
I wonder it's a lot easier to "hack" the US govt because of the Thousands of federal layabouts pretending to "work" from home (so-called teleworkers) with dubiously secured internet-connected PC's in their domiciles.
I'll bet I'm the first to even consider this.
Posted by: Soothsayer at December 30, 2024 10:53 PM (c+IRX)
No problem. I'm always happy to follow up when someone decides it's fair game to out of the blue insult my music taste.
Or was that too spot on?
Posted by: JackStraw at December 30, 2024 10:53 PM (LkLld)
The Dead were rarely better than a mediocre live act. There were occasional moments of musical brilliance to be had for sure...but you paid for every one of those with hours of torture.
Rush were 100x better than the best Dead Show I ever saw.
Posted by: garrett at December 30, 2024 10:53 PM (UE/EX)
Posted by: Tonypete
13 Guilty! I used to smash an entire roll of caps with one hit of a hammer.
Made my ears ring.
Posted by: Archer
Oh, man! Sequentially. That is so Horde Mind!
Posted by: mindful webworker - tried setting fire to the roll at December 30, 2024 10:53 PM (LBsHK)
Posted by: steevy at December 30, 2024 10:54 PM (KQk9m)
Posted by: Doof at December 30, 2024 10:49 PM (RFPHU)
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It's a prescription for good musical health.
That and Cornell '77.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 30, 2024 10:54 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: steevy at December 30, 2024 10:52 PM (KQk9m)
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Randolph Scott?
*stands, removes hat, places over heart*
Posted by: No One of Consequence at December 30, 2024 10:54 PM (OGOaV)
Posted by: garrett at December 30, 2024 10:48 PM (UE/EX)
Tell a Dead fan that you don't like the Dead and you get so much shit thrown at you and are chastised because you "don't get it" from someone looking down their nose at you. Pretentious as vegans and Jeep owners.
Tell a Rush fan you don't like Rush and most will say "OK cool".
Posted by: Doof at December 30, 2024 10:55 PM (RFPHU)
Randolph Scott closed out his career in excellent "B" Westerns.
Married Marion DuPont, she of steeplechase horse racing circuit fame. They owned Jimmy Madison's home, Montpelier.
She converted one room to the "Tack Room". Decorated in metal sheeting and horsey photos.
More like the "Tacky Room" was my observation.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at December 30, 2024 10:55 PM (xG4kz)
Posted by: TRex at December 30, 2024 10:56 PM (K1fM7)
Posted by: Megthered at December 30, 2024 10:48 PM (HZt/w)
They have been working on avian flu for more than a decade, they think they have it right this time.
Posted by: Kindltot at December 30, 2024 10:56 PM (D7oie)
Posted by: RickZ at December 30, 2024 10:51 PM (gKDq2)
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That is a fair question, but please to consider they also made a lot of that happen.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 30, 2024 10:56 PM (RIvkX)
This is on par with Teh Ewok's screenplay Saffron: Intergalactic Space Whore
Can Space Babe Squad survive the deadliest alien invasion??
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kOSyqGXwB8E
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at December 30, 2024 10:57 PM (FoIOl)
They’re still putting out albums and touring.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at December 30, 2024 10:57 PM (XV/Pl)
Posted by: Bulg at December 30, 2024 10:31 PM (v6JzV)
If you're on Guam time you can see it in around 10am Eastern, I think, and get a good long nap in.
Posted by: GWB at December 30, 2024 10:57 PM (WlvCt)
Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at December 30, 2024 10:52 PM (tUujJ)
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Cardinal rule of dining out (or getting fast food): Don't be an ass to those who handle your food.
Posted by: No One of Consequence at December 30, 2024 10:58 PM (OGOaV)
Posted by: steevy at December 30, 2024 10:58 PM (KQk9m)
Or was that too spot on?
Posted by: JackStraw at December 30, 2024 10:53 PM (LkLld)
I offered the reason why I don't like the band. Never mentioned you. You took it personally.
Posted by: Doof at December 30, 2024 10:58 PM (RFPHU)
Okay, okay, I reverse the earlier denouncement.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 30, 2024 10:58 PM (RIvkX)
Fight the good fight, sir, and never surrender.
Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at December 30, 2024 10:58 PM (lUFok)
>>No wonder they predominantly appeal to people under heavy influence of drugs.
Posted by: JackStraw at December 30, 2024 10:58 PM (LkLld)
I think Buffalo has it for Spring Tour 77. At least for me, that's the one I go to.
Cornell does have that Scarlet-> Fire.
But that Help->Slip->Franklin's from Buffalo...damn that's good stuff.
Posted by: garrett at December 30, 2024 10:58 PM (UE/EX)
Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at December 30, 2024 10:59 PM (sAmhv)
Posted by: Livia Augusta at December 30, 2024 11:00 PM (RuqLJ)
Work the dishroom in a college cafeteria if you really want to encounter the work of a-holes.
Plates bonded together with mashed potatoes that had to be subjected to a high pressure water jet to get them separated. Perversely molded mounds of uneaten food on the trays. Disgusting "cocktails" prepared by mixing together every beverage available and topped with hot sauce.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at December 30, 2024 11:00 PM (xG4kz)
Posted by: garrett at December 30, 2024 10:58 PM (UE/EX)
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Agreed, that is one of my favorites
Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 30, 2024 11:00 PM (RIvkX)
Nah - Most are amazed that in a band like the Dead, you can't find an era / permutation that doesn't appeal to you.
Like I said, there is a lot of stuff in their first 15 years to hook just about any music fan.
It's just not on the Radio...like, Truckin'.
Posted by: garrett at December 30, 2024 11:01 PM (UE/EX)
Fight the good fight, sir, and never surrender.
Posted by: Blanco Basura
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Yep, Lay it on the line.
Posted by: scampydog at December 30, 2024 11:01 PM (41CYW)
youtu.be/7ZtMT_MsL7Q
Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at December 30, 2024 10:59 PM (sAmhv)
Incredibly good song. Almost made it to the deep cut feature on one of my ONTs.
Posted by: Doof at December 30, 2024 11:01 PM (RFPHU)
Posted by: garrett at December 30, 2024 11:01 PM (UE/EX)
Posted by: Thomas Bender at December 30, 2024 11:02 PM (XV/Pl)
Still partial to the Oakland 76 show. They were playing great.
Posted by: JackStraw at December 30, 2024 11:03 PM (LkLld)
Never worked food, but I'm still amazed at the number of people who will stand in queue behind a couple other customers, then once having the attention of the register clerk will tilt their head up and study the menu as if McDonald's was a hipster restaurant that had novel items that changed daily.
You walked into a McDonalds. Something there drew you in that was familiar and desirable enough to pass other venues. Its the same damned menu for eighty years. If you can't afford what on there, the dumpster is out back.
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at December 30, 2024 11:03 PM (rHxhM)
Samoa Standard Time, Zulu - 11. The ball will drop in Time Square at 6PM there.
Hawaii will be close, 7PM.
Or, if you want New Year in Zulu itself, CST will do it. 6PM CST will be midnight Zulu.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at December 30, 2024 11:04 PM (w6EFb)
Posted by: garrett
>Poking the DeadHeads with a stick would be like placing your genitals in a meatgrinder, - if they weren't all so fucking high.
Posted by: Dr. Bone at December 30, 2024 11:04 PM (rl6EB)
Posted by: steevy at December 30, 2024 11:05 PM (KQk9m)
You walked into a McDonalds. Something there drew you in that was familiar and desirable enough to pass other venues. Its the same damned menu for eighty years. If you can't afford what on there, the dumpster is out back.
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure
B-b-b-but, where's the McRib Sammich? I's dying for a McRib Sammich!
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at December 30, 2024 11:05 PM (xG4kz)
Posted by: Thomas Bender at December 30, 2024 11:05 PM (XV/Pl)
...hmmm, my Tabbed and Annotated copy of Deadbase III isn't in reach right now.
Got a date for me?
Posted by: garrett at December 30, 2024 11:05 PM (UE/EX)
Posted by: Thomas Bender at December 30, 2024 10:57 PM (XV/Pl)
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"The Sun Always Shines on TV" was a great song. Better than "Take On Me".
Posted by: Scarymary at December 30, 2024 11:05 PM (BZnBh)
Posted by: steevy
My favorite was a Luger that took the paper strips.
Second favorite was a snubnose .38 that took the plastic caps connected on a pentagon.
It mimicked what my dad actually carried working for the dreaded IRS.
Posted by: Erebus- Ex Killer Whale at December 30, 2024 11:05 PM (elaR+)
Never worked food, but I'm still amazed at the number of people who will stand in queue behind a couple other customers, then once having the attention of the register clerk will tilt their head up and study the menu as if McDonald's was a hipster restaurant that had novel items that changed daily.
You walked into a McDonalds. Something there drew you in that was familiar and desirable enough to pass other venues. Its the same damned menu for eighty years. If you can't afford what on there, the dumpster is out back.
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at December 30, 2024 11:03 PM (rHxhM)
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I miss the days of the heat lamps, when you could walk in, order a cheeseburger or two, they turn around, grab them, and hand them to you. Pay, and you're out.
Posted by: No One of Consequence at December 30, 2024 11:05 PM (OGOaV)
Posted by: Livia Augusta at December 30, 2024 11:00 PM (RuqLJ)
The roll of red paper caps usually went with cowboy guns. The red plastic caps were set up for cylinders that you would find in detective snubnose revolvers. Like a speed loader, you'd drop the roll onto the cylinder and be ready to shoot.
Posted by: Ghost of OrangeEnt Past at December 30, 2024 11:07 PM (0eaVi)
Still beats Johnny and the Distractions, a none hit wonder.
Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at December 30, 2024 11:07 PM (lUFok)
Posted by: Thomas Bender at December 30, 2024 10:57 PM (XV/Pl)
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"The Sun Always Shines on TV" was a great song. Better than "Take On Me".
Posted by: Scarymary at December 30, 2024 11:05 PM (BZnBh)
True. Scoundrel Days is also a great song.
Posted by: Doof at December 30, 2024 11:07 PM (RFPHU)
It was Rush, Working man. I'm thinking this is a great song, a classic to me. Didn't say anything not going to change her mind.
Posted by: steevy at December 30, 2024 11:07 PM (KQk9m)
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at December 30, 2024 11:00 PM (xG4kz)
I don't understand messing around with food, even 'garbage' food. Totally asshole move. I've never even thrown an egg at a house or a car, I can't stand to waste food that much.
Posted by: RickZ at December 30, 2024 11:07 PM (gKDq2)
Posted by: haffhowershower at December 30, 2024 11:08 PM (NMT5x)
Not at all. I could not care less what anyone else likes.
What I dislike is when people say "The Dead sucked and the only way anyone could like them is if they were taking shit load of drugs".
Don't want none, don't start none. And especially don't pretend to be butthurt when it comes back at you.
Posted by: JackStraw at December 30, 2024 11:08 PM (LkLld)
>> "The Sun Always Shines on TV" was a great song. Better than "Take On Me".
My wife is big into Aha, so I’ve pretty much heard all of their albums.
They’re pretty good but they’re not Iron Maiden
Posted by: Thomas Bender at December 30, 2024 11:09 PM (XV/Pl)
Posted by: No One of Consequence at December 30, 2024 11:05 PM (OGOaV)
And the cheese was actually melted
Posted by: Doof at December 30, 2024 11:09 PM (RFPHU)
I love that 67-68 period the most.
Posted by: garrett at December 30, 2024 11:10 PM (UE/EX)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at December 30, 2024 11:10 PM (MLa3L)
Posted by: JackStraw at December 30, 2024 11:08 PM (LkLld)
I notice you didn't take umbrage with the metric fuckton of drugs, though...
Posted by: garrett at December 30, 2024 11:10 PM (UE/EX)
Got a date for me?
October 9, 1976
Kind of musical
https://tinyurl.com/2rx4t42e
Posted by: JackStraw at December 30, 2024 11:11 PM (LkLld)
At the same time there are people who love bland food provided it is heavily
covered in some kind of sauce.
Carl's Jr. and Raising Caines are two examples.
Posted by: Erebus- Ex Killer Whale at December 30, 2024 11:11 PM (elaR+)
Posted by: garrett at December 30, 2024 11:11 PM (UE/EX)
Posted by: Livia Augusta at December 30, 2024 11:11 PM (RuqLJ)
Like I said, there is a lot of stuff in their first 15 years to hook just about any music fan.
It's just not on the Radio...like, Truckin'.
Posted by: garrett at December 30, 2024 11:01 PM (UE/EX)
I've always said every decent band has at least one song to like, at least it works that way for me. Earth, Wind and Fire 'September', e.g, or Kool & The Gang 'Celebration'. With the Dead, I'm partial to Mars Hotel, not the first on most people's Grateful Dead list.
Posted by: RickZ at December 30, 2024 11:12 PM (gKDq2)
Posted by: Ghost of OrangeEnt Past
>Now this guy has it going on! That's some Dick Tracy level shit!
Posted by: Dr. Bone at December 30, 2024 11:13 PM (rl6EB)
Posted by: Erebus- Ex Killer Whale
I had one of those too! I don't remember what cop show I was watching then, but I fashioned a shoulder holster out of cardboard, an old belt and string.
Posted by: haffhowershower at December 30, 2024 11:13 PM (NMT5x)
I miss the days of the heat lamps, when you could walk in, order a cheeseburger or two, they turn around, grab them, and hand them to you. Pay, and you're out.
Posted by: No One of Consequence
The Heat Lamps International Union made a major mistake when they threw over their sweet gig at McDonalds for the bucolic charm and easygoing lifestyle of the "Meat Products" rollers at 7-Eleven. Little did they know that they had hitched their wagon to a dying franchise.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at December 30, 2024 11:13 PM (xG4kz)
I wonder it's a lot easier to "hack" the US govt because of the Thousands of federal layabouts pretending to "work" from home (so-called teleworkers) with dubiously secured internet-connected PC's in their domiciles.
I'll bet I'm the first to even consider this.
Posted by: Soothsayer at December 30, 2024 10:53 PM (c+IRX)
Nope, you're not. As a matter of fact, gov't workers* must use gov't issued laptops that use fairly high-end VPNs before you can get to much of anything. And 2-factor authentication to even get into the computer.
Having said that, the servers can be horribly insecure. Especially with some of the coding practices contractors use. I would swear some of the "programmers" can't spell C++, much less code in it.
(* This is primarily DoD I know of, but the rest of gov't has been coming along.)
Posted by: GWB at December 30, 2024 11:13 PM (WlvCt)
Posted by: steevy at December 30, 2024 11:13 PM (KQk9m)
Posted by: runner at December 30, 2024 11:13 PM (U6tCZ)
https://tinyurl.com/2rx4t42e
Posted by: JackStraw at December 30, 2024 11:11 PM (LkLld)
Oh, yeah.
Posted by: garrett at December 30, 2024 11:13 PM (UE/EX)
Like you didn't have to take an assload of drugs to pretend Rush was good.
Posted by: JackStraw at December 30, 2024 11:13 PM (LkLld)
Posted by: No One of Consequence
Having worked in my fil's diner, I rate this as 'True'.
"Could I have a fresh cup of coffee instead of this!"
Sure!
*Takes cup, walks back to the kitchen, nuke it for 40 sec, and walk it right back out*
There you are - a fresh cup!
Posted by: Tonypete at December 30, 2024 11:14 PM (WXNFJ)
Posted by: garrett
Uh oh Jack, do you have some 'splaining to do?
Posted by: Erebus- Ex Killer Whale at December 30, 2024 11:14 PM (elaR+)
There was a bit more of the Punk Rock vibe to the Di'Anno version of the band, for sure.
Posted by: garrett at December 30, 2024 11:14 PM (UE/EX)
The only "stores" I go into these days are Home Depot, Costco, and my local supermarket. I always pump my own gas.
Thanks to Amazon (spit!), I need not go into any retail stores. For anything, really.
Posted by: Soothsayer at December 30, 2024 11:14 PM (c+IRX)
Posted by: steevy at December 30, 2024 11:13 PM (KQk9m)
Those first 2 albums were really good. You're allowed to like what you like.
Posted by: Doof at December 30, 2024 11:14 PM (RFPHU)
Posted by: Thomas Bender
I'm always amazed when I hear one of those songs that was #1 or #2 somewhere in Europe, but never charted in the USA.
Like this one.
https://youtu.be/HtxoW7Yuiaw
Toto had a lot of hits here. Why push some songs and ignore others? The American music industry is strange.
Posted by: mikeski at December 30, 2024 11:15 PM (DgGvY)
Posted by: runner at December 30, 2024 11:15 PM (U6tCZ)
Oh, there's no pretending there. Three amazing musicians that never failed to show up.
2112 is magnum opus level stuff. Barely takes a dimebag to figure that out.
Posted by: garrett at December 30, 2024 11:16 PM (UE/EX)
Posted by: steevy at December 30, 2024 10:58 PM (KQk9m)
That sounds more like a woke 00's movie.
Posted by: GWB at December 30, 2024 11:16 PM (WlvCt)
Posted by: steevy at December 30, 2024 11:16 PM (KQk9m)
Posted by: Doof at December 30, 2024 11:14 PM (RFPHU)
Sorta like... art. As someone once said.
Posted by: Ghost of OrangeEnt Past at December 30, 2024 11:17 PM (0eaVi)
Or they 'hack' Hillary's bathroom server with "password12345".
Posted by: leoncaruthers at December 30, 2024 11:17 PM (UfRqq)
Posted by: garrett
Niece noticed my eclectic music trends and got me the double LP ‘Nuggets : Original Artyfacts from the first Psychedelic Era 65 - 68’ for Christmas
Posted by: PMRich at December 30, 2024 11:17 PM (eh5ud)
That's for all the sugar and jelly packets you ripped off and hid in your purse.
Posted by: Tonypete at December 30, 2024 11:17 PM (WXNFJ)
About 6 months ago a friend of mine who is in the position to have to know such things told me that China has 100% access to ALL US Coms.
Let that sink in a bit. If it isn't a very sophisticated level of Encryption, there is a 0% chance the Chinese aren't tapped directly into it.
Posted by: garrett at December 30, 2024 11:18 PM (UE/EX)
Posted by: Soothsayer
How does Sam's Club compare to Costco? I've never been in a Sam's Club.
Posted by: Tonypete at December 30, 2024 11:18 PM (WXNFJ)
Six geese a-laying? Geese aren't laying at Christmas time. They retain the wild trait of seasonal laying, generally in spring. They're just crapping everywhere and chasing after anyone who comes near. Noisy, too.
I'm hoping we get some predators like coyotes to get rid of them, the way the hawks and owls have been taking care of the ring-neck pheasants, black "colly" birds, French hens, doves, and partridges.
At least I've found a local nursery to take all these pear trees away, although they won't take them until after the 6th.
Talking to my lawyer about getting a restraining order against my "true love."
Posted by: mindful webworker - five golden wrings at December 30, 2024 11:19 PM (LBsHK)
Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at December 30, 2024 11:19 PM (sAmhv)
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at December 30, 2024 11:03 PM (rHxhM)
The McRib has entered the chat.
Posted by: GWB at December 30, 2024 11:19 PM (WlvCt)
But can they spell COBOL...
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at December 30, 2024 11:19 PM (w6EFb)
Nice. That is an excellent set. Both from a selection and a pressing standpoint. Everyone has had nothing but praise for those sets.
Posted by: garrett at December 30, 2024 11:19 PM (UE/EX)
Prism: https://youtu.be/QX0MpUAgDME
Saga: https://youtu.be/7J0QdXBY0wo
Martha and the Muffins: https://youtu.be/QEQkIEkxm7k
Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at December 30, 2024 11:20 PM (lUFok)
Posted by: steevy at December 30, 2024 11:20 PM (KQk9m)
Posted by: Livia Augusta at December 30, 2024 11:20 PM (RuqLJ)
Posted by: steevy at December 30, 2024 11:20 PM (KQk9m)
Let that sink in a bit. If it isn't a very sophisticated level of Encryption, there is a 0% chance the Chinese aren't tapped directly into it.
==
I think one of these we should turn China off.
Posted by: runner at December 30, 2024 11:20 PM (U6tCZ)
How does Sam's Club compare to Costco? I've never been in a Sam's Club.
Posted by: Tonypete
I tried Sam's for a year. It has a lot more merchandise on the shelves, but Costco's food-stuffs are way superior. I prefer Costco.
Posted by: Soothsayer at December 30, 2024 11:20 PM (c+IRX)
Posted by: runner at December 30, 2024 11:20 PM (U6tCZ)
No problem. I'm always happy to follow up when someone decides it's fair game to out of the blue insult my music taste.
Or was that too spot on?
Posted by: JackStraw at December 30, 2024 10:53 PM (LkLld)
Time out, boys. There ain’t no accounting for taste. Nobody is holding you down and forcing you to listen to anything. Now shake hands and make nice and don’t make me come back there or I will turn this station wagon around so help me Hanna…
Posted by: tcn in AK at December 30, 2024 11:21 PM (xZ/E3)
Posted by: runner at December 30, 2024 11:21 PM (U6tCZ)
Posted by: KT at December 30, 2024 11:21 PM (xekrU)
She's Hella pretty, too.
Posted by: Tammy-al Thor at December 30, 2024 11:21 PM (Vvh2V)
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb)
Hey!! Up until rather recently, some of the monster, high volume transaction backends were still run on big iron IBM COBOL based systems. It had it's uses.
Posted by: Tonypete at December 30, 2024 11:21 PM (WXNFJ)
Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at December 30, 2024 11:21 PM (tUujJ)
Posted by: mikeski
I'm majorly fucked off that Uriah Heep was so underplayed on radio. I only ever heard 1 song. Did not discover them until maybe 6 years ago, and only thanks to yootoob. Woulda been one of my favorite bands as a yute had I known...
Posted by: Drink Like Vikings at December 30, 2024 11:22 PM (dHPaC)
Nice Dam you got there.
Three Gorges, too. Very nice.
It would be a shame if something happened to it.
Posted by: garrett at December 30, 2024 11:22 PM (UE/EX)
You want to take this one, garrett?
Posted by: JackStraw at December 30, 2024 11:22 PM (LkLld)
I miss the days of the heat lamps, when you could walk in, order a cheeseburger or two, they turn around, grab them, and hand them to you. Pay, and you're out.
Posted by: No One of Consequence
I think that it's closer to what Dan Bongino said was the operational dictum of the Secret Service: "Yesterday's technology, tomorrow!"
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at December 30, 2024 11:23 PM (xG4kz)
Posted by: runner at December 30, 2024 11:23 PM (U6tCZ)
Posted by: Soothsayer
How does Sam's Club compare to Costco? I've never been in a Sam's Club.
Posted by: Tonypete at December 30, 2024 11:18 PM (WXNFJ)
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My personal preference is for Sam's, mainly because they have the scan 'n go app. You scan your items as you shop, pay through the app, and walk out. I don't know why Costco hasn't come out with their own yet.
Product-wise, I find them about the same.
Posted by: No One of Consequence at December 30, 2024 11:23 PM (OGOaV)
Ok. To be as brief as I can be:
The appeal of music, as with Literature and most other art, is the Shared Human Experience.
When someone finds transcendental beauty or meaning in a thing and another decries it, you are gonna have conflict at a level that is a bit more personal than usual.
Posted by: garrett at December 30, 2024 11:24 PM (UE/EX)
Posted by: tcn in AK at December 30, 2024 11:21 PM (xZ/E3)
We already have dislike for each other's hockey teams. Now we have dislike for each other's manner of discussing band preferences. This is important stuff to argue over!
Posted by: Doof at December 30, 2024 11:25 PM (RFPHU)
Let that sink in a bit. If it isn't a very sophisticated level of Encryption, there is a 0% chance the Chinese aren't tapped directly into it.
Hey, Pooh Bear! You suck! Now fuck right off!
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at December 30, 2024 11:25 PM (xG4kz)
Posted by: garrett at December 30, 2024 11:25 PM (UE/EX)
Oh, it's still going big time. Latest standard is COBOL 2023. They glommed object oriented features onto it at some point.
COBOL will still be running 50 years from now, most likely.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at December 30, 2024 11:25 PM (w6EFb)
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Posted by: Soothsayer
For me it’s a waste of time going to most retail stores, especially clothing.
None carry anything for my sizes. Even the Big/Tall stores don’t normally carry 36” inseam pants or size 16 shoes
Gotta say thanks to Bezos for Amazon carrying that stuff.
Posted by: PMRich at December 30, 2024 11:26 PM (eh5ud)
Yeah, Costco has self-checkout, but it's not practical for bulk shopping.
Sam's is basically a discount Walmart. And if the location has gas pumps, that's a bonus.
Posted by: Soothsayer at December 30, 2024 11:26 PM (c+IRX)
>> It would be a shame if something happened to it.
I think the US still manufactures cars and dick pills but not very much else.
So while we might want to punch China in their stupid Fart Clams, we’ve ceded a very big ace in the hole to them.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at December 30, 2024 11:26 PM (XV/Pl)
Posted by: runner at December 30, 2024 11:26 PM (U6tCZ)
Posted by: scampydog at December 30, 2024 11:26 PM (41CYW)
Posted by: leoncaruthers at December 30, 2024 11:27 PM (UfRqq)
Posted by: tcn in AK
>Just torture them with Katie Perry. They'll come around.
Posted by: Dr. Bone at December 30, 2024 11:27 PM (rl6EB)
You walked into a McDonalds. Something there drew you in that was familiar and desirable enough to pass other venues. Its the same damned menu for eighty years. If you can't afford what on there, the dumpster is out back.
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at December 30, 2024 11:03 PM (rHxhM)
What chaps my ass about fast food joints these days, is the menus on video screens that change pages, just as you are trying to decide whether a quarter pounder with cheese, plus fries, is a better or worse deal than 2 regular cheeseburgers with fries. Sp one of the reasons that customers take a long time to make a choice is that the options get whisked away before you can decide.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 30, 2024 11:27 PM (8zz6B)
The appeal of music, as with Literature and most other art, is the Shared Human Experience.
When someone finds transcendental beauty or meaning in a thing and another decries it, you are gonna have conflict at a level that is a bit more personal than usual.
Posted by: garrett at December 30, 2024 11:24 PM (UE/EX)
Well said.
Posted by: Doof at December 30, 2024 11:28 PM (RFPHU)
Posted by: runner
First words to pop in my head there were "for those about to rock"
Posted by: Drink Like Vikings at December 30, 2024 11:28 PM (8ie9N)
Posted by: scampydog
(Thanks scampydog for drawing fire)
Posted by: Some Garbage Rat at December 30, 2024 11:28 PM (+VovS)
I even sprung for Amazon prime shipping. Not for the "free" and fast shipping, for the discounts. Prime members get better deals on the chinese crap they peddle. Yay.
Posted by: Soothsayer at December 30, 2024 11:28 PM (c+IRX)
Posted by: scampydog at December 30, 2024 11:26 PM
***
Ummmm...drat. Be back in a minute. Need to purge Hank Williams, Jr. from an upcoming ONT. Or maybe add more. Not sure.
Posted by: TRex at December 30, 2024 11:28 PM (K1fM7)
He's wicked deep.
But he's right.
The key, and this is subtle, is try not to tell the person you disagree with that they are a crackhead degenerate if they disagree with you.
That can cause conflict.
Posted by: JackStraw at December 30, 2024 11:29 PM (LkLld)
Posted by: steevy at December 30, 2024 11:29 PM (KQk9m)
He's wicked deep.
But he's right.
The key, and this is subtle, is try not to tell the person you disagree with that they are a crackhead degenerate if they disagree with you.
That can cause conflict.
Posted by: JackStraw at December 30, 2024 11:29 PM (LkLld)
WTF, I thought you were a *stoner* degenerate.
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at December 30, 2024 11:29 PM (YTktQ)
Sait Tropez Orchestra : La Cite est Mort
https://www.youtube.com/
watch?v=4tRDLTBfY-U
Posted by: garrett at December 30, 2024 11:30 PM (UE/EX)
Posted by: scampydog at December 30, 2024 11:26 PM (41CYW)
Me either. I'd rather be run over by a train, by Momma.
Posted by: Scarymary at December 30, 2024 11:30 PM (BZnBh)
Posted by: scampydog at December 30, 2024 11:30 PM (41CYW)
Fortran is alive and well, the latest standard is Fortran 2023. It's a far cry from FORTRAN 77. It's still the lingua franca of scientific computing, and will be for a long time.
Intel's Fortran compiler is now free (along with the C/C++ one) as part of the OneAPI package. That will integrate with Visual Studio Community.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at December 30, 2024 11:30 PM (w6EFb)
True that.
Once in a karaoke club I drank too much sake and thought singing that song like Elmer Fudd would be hilarious.
It was not.
Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at December 30, 2024 11:30 PM (9yUzE)
Posted by: runner at December 30, 2024 11:31 PM (U6tCZ)
That can cause conflict.
Posted by: JackStraw at December 30, 2024 11:29 PM (LkLld)
*offers end of series style hockey handshake*
Posted by: Doof at December 30, 2024 11:31 PM (RFPHU)
Posted by: Drink Like Vikings at December 30, 2024 11:22 PM (dHPaC)
One of the bands I was happy to see in my youth, around '73. Still love the live album version of 'Sweet Lorraine'. I will tell you that was a LOUD concert, one of the loudest I ever saw.
Posted by: RickZ at December 30, 2024 11:31 PM (gKDq2)
Ween and/or The Supersuckers could help you with that.
Posted by: garrett at December 30, 2024 11:31 PM (UE/EX)
Posted by: JackStraw at December 30, 2024 11:31 PM (LkLld)
youtu.be/Oc4jNtlwOb0
Posted by: Kindltot at December 30, 2024 11:31 PM (D7oie)
Posted by: steevy at December 30, 2024 11:31 PM (KQk9m)
Add more. It'll give me something to complain about.
Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at December 30, 2024 11:31 PM (lUFok)
Ordering kiosks in fast food restaurants are tools of the devil. At least when you had to order through some disinterested low wage schlub, you could talk them around to what you wanted.
Now it's all, "What fucking screen can I order just fries with?" And, "No, I don't want to join your frequent customer club!"
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at December 30, 2024 11:31 PM (xG4kz)
Posted by: garrett at December 30, 2024 11:24 PM (UE/EX)
Well said.
Posted by: Doof at December 30, 2024 11:28 PM (RFPHU)
===
Also, breaking balls is fun!
Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 30, 2024 11:32 PM (RIvkX)
When someone finds transcendental beauty or meaning in a thing and another decries it, you are gonna have conflict at a level that is a bit more personal than usual.
Posted by: garrett at December 30,
I love the beach. The ocean is beautiful, the waves, crashing is one of the most peaceful sounds of nature to me. I dare say it's more transcendental than a rock band. And yet, some people hate the beach. Fine by me.
Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at December 30, 2024 11:32 PM (tUujJ)
The audiophiles will come out the woodwork like Ron Paul supporters.
Posted by: Dr. Bone at December 30, 2024 11:32 PM (rl6EB)
Posted by: JackStraw at December 30, 2024 11:32 PM (LkLld)
It's the sand, it's irritating and it gets everywhere...
Posted by: steevy at December 30, 2024 11:33 PM (KQk9m)
Posted by: garrett at December 30, 2024 11:33 PM (UE/EX)
It was not.
Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo
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*hangs head* I did the song Wild Thing in a John Wayne voice and body language.
Posted by: scampydog at December 30, 2024 11:33 PM (41CYW)
youtu.be/Oc4jNtlwOb0
Just reviewing some that I remembered from my misspent youth. But I'll add these guys to the pile, they don't suck!
Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at December 30, 2024 11:33 PM (lUFok)
I am trying to think of something China invented in the last 500 years...can't think of anything !
Posted by: runner
Human organ harvesting prisons, Round Eye!
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at December 30, 2024 11:33 PM (xG4kz)
Posted by: runner at December 30, 2024 11:33 PM (U6tCZ)
Posted by: garrett at December 30, 2024 11:33 PM (UE/EX)
Posted by: steevy at December 30, 2024 11:34 PM (KQk9m)
1. Chocolate Frosted
2. Strawberry Frosted
3. Cherry
Must be toasted to lava-level heat.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 30, 2024 11:34 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: Tonypete
I tried Sam's for a year. It has a lot more merchandise on the shelves, but Costco's food-stuffs are way superior. I prefer Costco.
Posted by: Soothsayer
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Costco is bougier. Sam's has more mainstream stuff that Costco won't carry like non-organic ketchup, pop tarts, dog chow, and Frosted Flakes. Sam's also caters to people who resale things like concession stands or food trucks. I have memberships to both.
Posted by: lin-duh at December 30, 2024 11:34 PM (VCgbV)
Posted by: garrett at December 30, 2024 11:33 PM (UE/EX)
You know me well!
Woodford Reserve Double Oaked. Bottle kill. You?
Got a recommendation for you. Credit to CBD. Nelson Brothers bourbon. The 107 proof version. Outstanding pour!
Posted by: Doof at December 30, 2024 11:35 PM (RFPHU)
Posted by: steevy at December 30, 2024 11:35 PM (KQk9m)
Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at December 30, 2024 11:35 PM (9yUzE)
Posted by: JackStraw at December 30, 2024 11:35 PM (LkLld)
1. Chocolate Frosted
2. Strawberry Frosted
3. Cherry
Must be toasted to lava-level heat.
Posted by: San Franpsycho
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Brown sugar, cinnamon. Break edges off and eat first. Save deliciousness for the end.
Posted by: scampydog at December 30, 2024 11:36 PM (41CYW)
Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at December 30, 2024 11:36 PM (tUujJ)
Posted by: runner at December 30, 2024 11:36 PM (U6tCZ)
youtu.be/Oc4jNtlwOb0
Posted by: Kindltot at December 30, 2024 11:31 PM (D7oie)
I had never heard of them, and I was living in Calgary in that time frame. But, if it wasn't a blues band, I wasn't going there.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 30, 2024 11:37 PM (8zz6B)
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at December 30, 2024 11:37 PM (xG4kz)
Everyone went BIG on an upgrade path to accommodate a spike that was not indicative of an overall trend.
So, we are likely to see a dip in the coming years as all the upgrades to production capacity go underutilized.
Posted by: garrett at December 30, 2024 11:37 PM (UE/EX)
Exactly the way I do it LOL
Posted by: steevy at December 30, 2024 11:37 PM (KQk9m)
Posted by: steevy at December 30, 2024 11:31 PM (KQk9m)
I generally don't like the music my kids listen to. When I drive, it's my music, when they drive it's theirs...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at December 30, 2024 11:37 PM (ynpvh)
That cherry was nasty and the chocolate just got all over everything if it wasn’t cold out of the box.
Posted by: PMRich at December 30, 2024 11:37 PM (eh5ud)
Posted by: runner at December 30, 2024 11:38 PM (U6tCZ)
Posted by: steevy at December 30, 2024 11:38 PM (KQk9m)
I will get in a boat, provided it has no less than 3 motors, and catch you all the shark you can eat.
Posted by: garrett at December 30, 2024 11:38 PM (UE/EX)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 30, 2024 11:38 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: scampydog at December 30, 2024 11:39 PM (41CYW)
*hangs head* I did the song Wild Thing in a John Wayne voice and body language.
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After a high school football game one time my friends and I ended up in a local burger joint singing "Those Were The Days" (from All in the Family) for reasons that are no longer cleat to me.
Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at December 30, 2024 11:39 PM (9yUzE)
Posted by: Katy Perry at December 30, 2024 11:39 PM (BZnBh)
Posted by: steevy at December 30, 2024 11:31 PM (KQk9m)
Or worse, hiphop with a twang.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 30, 2024 11:39 PM (8zz6B)
Posted by: Bilwis Devourer of Innocent Souls, I'm starvin' over here at December 30, 2024 11:40 PM (pIfcn)
Posted by: garrett at December 30, 2024 11:40 PM (UE/EX)
Posted by: runner at December 30, 2024 11:40 PM (U6tCZ)
Posted by: lin-duh at December 30, 2024 11:34 PM (VCgbV)
I go to US Food Chef Store (used to be Cash and Carry) for things like 25 lb bags of rice or beans, and 50 lb bags of flour. A lot of small restaurants and stores buy their product there.
Posted by: Kindltot at December 30, 2024 11:40 PM (D7oie)
She was a minor Chinese royal who ended up working for Hirohito's Japan and was executed for it.
That's not the half of her story though - after the fall of the Chinese monarch she was adopted by a friend of her father's who happened to be a Japanese agent - so you can see how she followed in his footsteps. He also sexually assaulted her and you'll be shocked to know in later life she liked to dress in men's clothes and because bi-sexual.
She worked for the Japanese in Manchucko and her escapades were pushed by the Japanese and local media. I suspect the only reason she isn't popular in modern western Big Gay media is the slight problem of her working for the imperial Japanese...
Posted by: 18-1 at December 30, 2024 11:40 PM (oZhjI)
Not sure how I never heard Wishbone Ash on radio.
Posted by: PMRich at December 30, 2024 11:41 PM (eh5ud)
That cherry was nasty and the chocolate just got all over everything if it wasn’t cold out of the box.
Posted by: PMRich
Nothing beats a regular chocolate coated Kit-Kat bar for having "melts if you merely breathe on it" disgusting chocolate goo in its future unless you're careful about keeping it away from even the slightest heat.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at December 30, 2024 11:41 PM (xG4kz)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 30, 2024 11:42 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia)
Dad had a similar rule, except, "When I'm IN the car, we listen to what I like."
Posted by: Some Garbage Rat at December 30, 2024 11:42 PM (+VovS)
Posted by: scampydog
This is the way.
Posted by: mikeski at December 30, 2024 11:42 PM (DgGvY)
Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at December 30, 2024 11:32 PM (tUujJ)
Back when I was a pre-teen, an aunt and family came to visit for the only time. They lived in West By God. We took a trip down to Hatteras. I saw my aunt sitting on a dune staring at the ocean; it was her first time seeing it. So I went and sat beside her. We talked about the ocean, the waves . . . and things. There was a reason she was my favorite aunt.
Posted by: RickZ at December 30, 2024 11:42 PM (gKDq2)
There's a garage band out of NorCal / Oregon Region called Service Group. They made an LP title 'Minimum R&B' which I immediately appreciated as a quip on The Who.
Really interesting stuff and a fun listen. Also, great LP cover.
Posted by: garrett at December 30, 2024 11:42 PM (UE/EX)
Posted by: scampydog at December 30, 2024 11:26 PM
***
Ummmm...drat. Be back in a minute. Need to purge Hank Williams, Jr. from an upcoming ONT. Or maybe add more. Not sure.
Posted by: TRex
...............................
Add more!!
Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at December 30, 2024 11:42 PM (sAmhv)
Posted by: lin-duh at December 30, 2024 11:34 PM (VCgbV)
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I advise against pop-tarts from Sam's. Not sure what it is, but they taste different from regular grocery store pop-tarts. I suspect it has something to do with the fact that they're packaged for individual sale, so the recipe might be slightly different for longevity.
And I'll just add, cinnamon pop-tarts are the way to go (though their apple pop-tarts were great, too, though I don't know if they still make those).
Posted by: No One of Consequence at December 30, 2024 11:42 PM (OGOaV)
Posted by: garrett at December 30, 2024 11:37 PM (UE/EX)
They should start pressing 78 RPM singles again, using high-quality vinyl blanks. Quieter surface. Stereo, of course.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 30, 2024 11:42 PM (8zz6B)
Posted by: steevy
Wimps and posers, go on, get out!
Posted by: haffhowershower at December 30, 2024 11:43 PM (NMT5x)
I ordered some dark chocolate kit kats from Amazon a while back and they came in a stryofoam cooler to keep them cool...
Posted by: 18-1 at December 30, 2024 11:43 PM (oZhjI)
Catching them is stupid easy. Figuring out what to do with them when you get them to the boat is a different story.
Posted by: JackStraw at December 30, 2024 11:44 PM (LkLld)
That can cause conflict.
Posted by: JackStraw at December 30, 2024 11:29 PM (LkLld)
At least you made something of yourself. Be Proud of it!
Posted by: Pete Bog at December 30, 2024 11:44 PM (heexZ)
Posted by: steevy
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Checks pantry. Nope. Damnit.
Posted by: scampydog at December 30, 2024 11:39 PM (41CYW)
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I've got a box over yonder. I'm currently trying to decide if it is worth the blood sugar spike. Kinda leaning towards "yes".
Posted by: No One of Consequence at December 30, 2024 11:44 PM (OGOaV)
There was a reissue company that did 4x45 RPM Sets of a lot of LPs. All were Single Sides of 45 RPM Mastering and together comprised the whole of an LP.
Really good stuff and hard to come by...but obviously cost prohibitive for major campaigns. But fabulous sound.
Posted by: garrett at December 30, 2024 11:45 PM (UE/EX)
Posted by: TRex
...............................
Add more!!
Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at December 30, 2024 11:42 PM (sAmhv)
Add some Hank, Senior to the mix. He made a few records.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 30, 2024 11:45 PM (8zz6B)
I advise against pop-tarts from Sam's. Not sure what it is, but they taste different from regular grocery store pop-tarts. I suspect it has something to do with the fact that they're packaged for individual sale, so the recipe might be slightly different for longevity.
It's the different levels of MELAMINE, the CCP's Miracle Chemical (TM), in them, Round Eye!
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at December 30, 2024 11:45 PM (xG4kz)
Posted by: runner at December 30, 2024 11:46 PM (U6tCZ)
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at December 30, 2024 11:41 PM (xG4kz)
I got taken to task by my 25 year old son recently when I bit into a Kit Kat without breaking the 4 connected pieces into individual sticks. It seriously bothered him! He knows me well enough to realize that now I will NEVER break them into individual pieces when he's around.
Posted by: Doof at December 30, 2024 11:46 PM (RFPHU)
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia)
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I got the, "Your rules" tossed back at me when daughter was driving once. Smartass kid...
Posted by: scampydog at December 30, 2024 11:46 PM (41CYW)
Posted by: scampydog at December 30, 2024 11:36 PM (41CYW)
How did you break into my keyboard?
Don't buy brown sugar-cinnamon pop tarts much anymore, but that is exactly how I eat them, even after 60 years. Oh, and they gotta be frosted for that extra mouth burn.
Posted by: RickZ at December 30, 2024 11:47 PM (gKDq2)
I'm a big Paper Towel guy.
There's no better deal out there than Costco's paper towels. Costco's "Kirkland" brand is usually abover-average quality. They make a great paper towel.
And eggs.
Posted by: Soothsayer at December 30, 2024 11:47 PM (c+IRX)
Are these things still available?
__________
"My Xyler is nerodivergent and cannot tolerate loud noises. Can you please breathe more quietly?"
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 30, 2024 10:02 PM (dxSpM)
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"SHUT UP OUT THERE! ....... Blasted goldfish ..." after too much brandy.
(from "Drifting Sands" BBC Goonshow)
Posted by: Ciampino - To the guy who invented Zero: Thanks for nothing bud! at December 30, 2024 11:47 PM (i0xsb)
Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at December 30, 2024 11:42 PM
335 Add more.
Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at December 30, 2024 11:31 PM
***
The Horde has spoken. More there shall be.
Posted by: TRex at December 30, 2024 11:47 PM (K1fM7)
got taken to task by my 25 year old son recently when I bit into a Kit Kat without breaking the 4 connected pieces into individual sticks. It seriously bothered him! He knows me well enough to realize that now I will NEVER break them into individual pieces when he's around.
Posted by: Doof
Parental mindfucks are the best mindfucks
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at December 30, 2024 11:48 PM (xG4kz)
Posted by: Doof at December 30, 2024 11:46 PM (RFPHU)
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When they find the bodies in your basement, we'll all look back on this moment as the sign we all missed.
Posted by: No One of Consequence at December 30, 2024 11:48 PM (OGOaV)
Of course they were both basically just pure sugar.
Posted by: 18-1 at December 30, 2024 11:48 PM (oZhjI)
Posted by: Don Black. Message: feeling whelmed at December 30, 2024 11:48 PM (/7KEl)
Posted by: lin-duh at December 30, 2024 11:34 PM (VCgbV)
I go to US Food Chef Store (used to be Cash and Carry) for things like 25 lb bags of rice or beans, and 50 lb bags of flour. A lot of small restaurants and stores buy their product there.
Posted by: Kindltot at December 30, 2024 11:40 PM (D7oie)
There's only one Sam's Club here in San Diego, but there are tons of Costcos...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at December 30, 2024 11:49 PM (ynpvh)
Posted by: steevy
And if you thought pop music was all stamped out of the same mold in a factory in Taiwan.....
https://youtu.be/FY8SwIvxj8o
It's 10 years old, and I've linked it before, but it's still sad-funny-true.
Posted by: mikeski at December 30, 2024 11:49 PM (DgGvY)
I eat mine with a Knife and a Fork.
Posted by: Mr Pitt at December 30, 2024 11:49 PM (UE/EX)
And eggs.
Posted by: Soothsayer at December 30, 2024 11:47 PM (c+IRX)
If you can get the Kirkland bourbon (preferably the Bottled in Bond / 100 proof variety) -- do it. Buy several bottles. It's damn good.
Posted by: Doof at December 30, 2024 11:49 PM (RFPHU)
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at December 30, 2024 11:50 PM (xG4kz)
Posted by: garrett at December 30, 2024 11:50 PM (UE/EX)
Posted by: Pete Bog at December 30, 2024 11:51 PM (heexZ)
Of course the "Big Kats" are even better - basically a giant single Kit Kat with more of everything
Posted by: 18-1 at December 30, 2024 11:51 PM (oZhjI)
Posted by: Gregg at December 30, 2024 11:52 PM (5+8qE)
Posted by: Some Garbage Rat at December 30, 2024 11:52 PM (+VovS)
Superior in all ways.
A much better ratio of Kit to Kat in that one than in the original.
Posted by: garrett at December 30, 2024 11:52 PM (UE/EX)
Posted by: Steel Panther at December 30, 2024 11:52 PM (rl6EB)
I was asked by one of my scouts one time, "How does a person here get a nickname?"
"Do something stupid with us and it'll happen."
"I don't have a nickname. I must not have done anything stupid!"
"No, you haven't done anything stupid enough to award you a nickname yet."
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at December 30, 2024 11:52 PM (xG4kz)
oh, that reminds me!
those rotten M********ERS at my local supermarket
I just discovered Rally's Burgers frozen french fries and made it a Staple in the house. Now my supermarket sells Arby's frozen fries instead. Sons of bitches.
I hate when they do this.
Posted by: Soothsayer at December 30, 2024 11:53 PM (c+IRX)
Holy crap...that is scary...I thought I was alone in the universe.
I read the first comment and was going to reply, but then kept seeing more and more people saying they do it too.
I just educated my son's girlfriend today about muffin stumps. Here's the thing, we start off eating muffins the same way: we break off the muffin top from the stump. But I save the top for last whereas she saves the stump for last. That's kind of different, but I guess as long as it doesn't bother my son. Nah, he doesn't care.
Posted by: haffhowershower at December 30, 2024 11:53 PM (NMT5x)
In my experience those guys don't go for women any more. At least ones without a ladypenis
Posted by: James O'Keefe at December 30, 2024 11:53 PM (oZhjI)
Posted by: mikeski at December 30, 2024 11:49 PM (DgGvY)
This is the sort of thing that inspired Punk.
Posted by: Kindltot at December 30, 2024 11:54 PM (D7oie)
Posted by: Don Black. Message: feeling whelmed at December 30, 2024 11:54 PM (/7KEl)
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at December 30, 2024 11:48 PM (xG4kz)
He knows how to get me back. I'm kinda squeamish about medical stuff. Of particular weirdness -- I get creeped out by the human clavicle. He will often times just come up and start touching mine. Gives me the heebie jeebies.
Posted by: Doof at December 30, 2024 11:54 PM (RFPHU)
Posted by: TRex
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None of that dinosaurrowful stuff.
Posted by: scampydog at December 30, 2024 11:54 PM (41CYW)
>Holy crap...that is scary...I thought I was alone in the universe.
The Directions on the Box clearly state this is the way to eat them.
Posted by: garrett at December 30, 2024 11:54 PM (UE/EX)
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at December 30, 2024 11:54 PM (/lPRQ)
How does she eat a cupcake? Like a shark eating a Giant Peach?
You break off that shit and make a sammich. As is proper.
Posted by: garrett at December 30, 2024 11:55 PM (UE/EX)
Posted by: Don Black. Message: feeling whelmed at December 30, 2024 11:54 PM (/7KEl)
A brother bought a pie and he wanted the first piece, but his kids complained. So he cut the oddest, ugliest piece from the middle. Why? It was his pie, and he could cut a slice any way he wanted to. LOL
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at December 30, 2024 11:56 PM (ynpvh)
Posted by: 18-1 at December 30, 2024 11:56 PM (oZhjI)
Posted by: TRex
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Sometimes it's hard but we'll stand by your choices.
Posted by: Tammy Wyn'ette at December 30, 2024 11:56 PM (BZnBh)
Holy crap...that is scary...I thought I was alone in the universe.
Shhhh, calm down. You're among friends here!
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at December 30, 2024 11:57 PM (xG4kz)
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at December 30, 2024 11:48 PM (xG4kz)
He knows how to get me back. I'm kinda squeamish about medical stuff. Of particular weirdness -- I get creeped out by the human clavicle. He will often times just come up and start touching mine. Gives me the heebie jeebies.
Posted by: Doof at December 30, 2024 11:54 PM (RFPHU)
Mine really show after losing 25 lbs due to the sick-fast diet.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at December 30, 2024 11:57 PM (ynpvh)
Reese's
Kit Kat
even Hersheys
Posted by: 18-1 at December 30, 2024 11:58 PM (oZhjI)
>>They should start pressing 78 RPM singles again, using high-quality vinyl blanks. Quieter surface. Stereo, of course.
30 ips reel-to-reel
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at December 30, 2024 11:58 PM (63Dwl)
Americans confused after bald eagle declared nation's official bird
https://mol.im/a/14236349
Posted by: Ciampino - Book burning "Silent Spring" at December 30, 2024 11:59 PM (i0xsb)
Posted by: Soothsayer at December 30, 2024 11:59 PM (c+IRX)
Posted by: garrett at December 30, 2024 11:59 PM (UE/EX)
Posted by: 18-1 at December 30, 2024 11:56 PM (oZhjI)
Tried Culvers for the first time a few weeks ago while in Kentucky for work. Quite good.
Posted by: Doof at December 30, 2024 11:59 PM (RFPHU)
Sounds fun.
Posted by: JackStraw at December 30, 2024 11:59 PM (LkLld)
Posted by: Don Black. Message: feeling whelmed at December 30, 2024 11:54 PM (/7KEl)
Wait, what? There's Candy Police?
{Takes bite of whole KitKat} Try ta get me, Copper!
Posted by: RickZ at December 30, 2024 11:59 PM (gKDq2)
anyone remember FLUFF?
Marshmallow Fluff, that is.
Fluffernutter, anyone?
Posted by: Soothsayer at December 30, 2024 11:59 PM (c+IRX)
Sounds like some gay British thing...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at December 30, 2024 11:59 PM (ynpvh)
Before I mentioned muffin stumps, I asked her if she heard of Seinfeld...crickets...
I guess any future references to that show are right out.
Posted by: haffhowershower at December 31, 2024 12:00 AM (NMT5x)
Posted by: garrett at December 31, 2024 12:00 AM (UE/EX)
Posted by: Ciampino - Lefty Book burning at December 31, 2024 12:00 AM (i0xsb)
Fluff has been made in Lynn, Mass since 1917.
Posted by: Soothsayer at December 31, 2024 12:00 AM (c+IRX)
Well, it's now New Year's Eve.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at December 31, 2024 12:01 AM (w6EFb)
anyone remember FLUFF?
Marshmallow Fluff, that is.
Fluffernutter, anyone?
Posted by: Soothsayer at December 30, 2024 11:59 PM (c+IRX)
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I used to make fudge in my dorm room using the recipe on the back of Marshmallow Fluff. Delicious!
Posted by: No One of Consequence at December 31, 2024 12:01 AM (OGOaV)
Something… different, from a long ago NYEve.
https://youtu.be/72yTINN2T6Y
G'nite, y'all.
Posted by: mindful webworker - in the final analysis at December 31, 2024 12:01 AM (LBsHK)
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at December 31, 2024 12:01 AM (ynpvh)
Posted by: scampydog at December 31, 2024 12:01 AM (41CYW)
Posted by: Some Munchkin pointing a Candy Cane muzzle first at you at December 31, 2024 12:01 AM (oZhjI)
Posted by: Soothsayer at December 31, 2024 12:02 AM (c+IRX)
Reese's
Kit Kat
even Hersheys
Posted by: 18-1 at December 30, 2024 11:58 PM (oZhjI)
Those are all Hershey products.
Posted by: Doof at December 31, 2024 12:02 AM (RFPHU)
I swear on a stack of Bibles, if you worked at DuPont here in the Wilmington area in the 50s and 60s, you must have received a quart-sized jar of powdered DDT for your Christmas bonus.
There for a time whenever a home of a DuPont retiree who worked during that period was coming on the market, that ubiquitous glass jar of DDT would be lurking somewhere on the premises.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at December 31, 2024 12:03 AM (xG4kz)
Fluff
Peanut Butter
Caro Syrup
All between two pieces of white bread.
Posted by: haffhowershower at December 31, 2024 12:03 AM (NMT5x)
Other than "Greg" with a charming if difficult accent.
They call many times every day, and like to talk.
So many questions!
Posted by: Elderly Aunt Miklos at December 31, 2024 12:03 AM (xesY+)
Posted by: Soothsayer at December 31, 2024 12:04 AM (c+IRX)
Posted by: Roy at December 31, 2024 12:04 AM (z+ik4)
Posted by: Soothsayer at December 31, 2024 12:04 AM (c+IRX)
https://mol.im/a/14236929
Posted by: Ciampino - Lefty Book burning
Was that the idiot woman Wen? Add her name to the "To Be Awarded Their Just Desserts" list.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at December 31, 2024 12:05 AM (xG4kz)
There are NO Bugs at Winterthur, my dear sir.
...and I never slice!
Posted by: garrett at December 31, 2024 12:05 AM (UE/EX)
I swear on a stack of Bibles, if you worked at DuPont here in the Wilmington area in the 50s and 60s, you must have received a quart-sized jar of powdered DDT for your Christmas bonus.
There for a time whenever a home of a DuPont retiree who worked during that period was coming on the market, that ubiquitous glass jar of DDT would be lurking somewhere on the premises.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at December 31, 2024 12:03 AM (xG4kz)
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Insecticide of the Month club - the gift that keeps on giving.
Posted by: No One of Consequence at December 31, 2024 12:05 AM (OGOaV)
Posted by: Don Black. Message: feeling whelmed at December 31, 2024 12:05 AM (/7KEl)
Posted by: Roy at December 31, 2024 12:06 AM (z+ik4)
That's her. These people should be excommunicated from public life.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at December 31, 2024 12:07 AM (w6EFb)
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley
I just tried to call about that.
The Duchess has my number (and yours too, fer sure).
Posted by: Miklos bought insuffient Roman Candles, but got time at December 31, 2024 12:07 AM (xesY+)
Are they trying to pull this scam again?
https://tinyurl.com/2nrrbnyk
Posted by: Ciampino - Lefty instruction Book at December 31, 2024 12:08 AM (i0xsb)
Posted by: sniffybigtoe at December 31, 2024 12:08 AM (b4o9z)
We should do a thread on Best/Worst Back-of-Box Recipes That You Made.
Posted by: Soothsayer
Let's just all agree to award the different "Chex Mix" recipes their own category on the "Worst" side of the aisle.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at December 31, 2024 12:08 AM (xG4kz)
Amusingly there is a note in the wiki entry for Kvikk Lunsj that originally it was sold with dark chocolate and performed poorly doing much better after they switched to milk.
I wonder what made the people of say 100 years ago so adverse to dark chocolate?
Posted by: 18-1 at December 31, 2024 12:09 AM (oZhjI)
Posted by: scampydog at December 31, 2024 12:01 AM (41CYW)
Mine falls into that category, too. I foresee a thick coat of ceiling texture in my future. I will be the mudder and taper, so I will have a chance to f*ck that up, too. I am resolved to have all my remaining sheetrock hung by the end of the week. All that remains is pieces of sheetrock to be applied like veneer over an OSB shear wall. So, no single piece much more than a quarter sheet. And no studs to find.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 31, 2024 12:09 AM (8zz6B)
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at December 31, 2024 12:10 AM (w6EFb)
If I recall, I believe our very own Jackstraw made the recipe on the back of the Ritz Cracker box.
Mock...something. Mock apple pie??
Posted by: Soothsayer at December 31, 2024 12:10 AM (c+IRX)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at December 31, 2024 12:12 AM (63Dwl)
Werner urges caution: please, mein Herr, do not do this. He has a variety of knives, has consumed an inhuman amount of wine, and was never that stable to begin with. Of course, my counsel is not heeded, and Werner goes to the charming young woman who greets the guests and tells her that it is going to be another 112 night. (We don't use 911.) I go outside and fire up a cigarette as I await the incoming cops and emts. By this time, Werner is on a first-name basis with most of the first-responders. The smoke trails upward as Werner gazes into the night sky. Is that a Starlink satellite? Elon truly is everywhere. Ach.
Posted by: Werner Herzog Has Opinions at December 31, 2024 12:12 AM (G6LTi)
What could possibly go wrong?
Posted by: Notorious BFD at December 31, 2024 12:12 AM (mH6SG)
I really wish people would stop going out if they feel sick...
Of course I've stopped getting the flu vaccine since I read about how effective it actually is (it isn't).
Posted by: 18-1 at December 31, 2024 12:12 AM (oZhjI)
Posted by: Ciampino - kitty lovers at December 31, 2024 12:12 AM (i0xsb)
Are they trying to pull this scam again?
https://tinyurl.com/2nrrbnyk
Posted by: Ciampino - Lefty instruction Book at December 31, 2024 12:08 AM (i0xsb)
The Pound is probably going to collapse, and the Bank of England with it. The Euro is going to probably go kaput in a month or so. Ukraine was supposed to be the big payoff, as was the eventual surrender by Russia.
Posted by: Kindltot at December 31, 2024 12:13 AM (D7oie)
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at December 31, 2024 12:08 AM (xG4kz)
Heathen! Burn the witch!
IMAO, that is seriously the best 'back of box' recipe in the history of back of box recipes. Some of the variations? Not so much. But that original with the Worchestershire. . . .
Posted by: RickZ at December 31, 2024 12:14 AM (gKDq2)
Posted by: scampydog at December 31, 2024 12:01 AM (41CYW)
Mine falls into that category, too. I foresee a thick coat of ceiling texture in my future. I will be the mudder and taper, so I will have a chance to f*ck that up, too. I am resolved to have all my remaining sheetrock hung by the end of the week. All that remains is pieces of sheetrock to be applied like veneer over an OSB shear wall. So, no single piece much more than a quarter sheet. And no studs to find.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
Having just finished sheet rocking sons ENTIRE f'ing basement...May a just and giving God have mercy upon you.
Posted by: Some Garbage Rat at December 31, 2024 12:14 AM (+VovS)
Funny part is most of them were used when refrigeration was brand new, but were abandoned for safe things.
Posted by: sniffybigtoe at December 31, 2024 12:15 AM (b4o9z)
Was that the idiot woman Wen? Add her name to the "To Be Awarded Their Just Desserts" list.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot:
Wen is who
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at December 31, 2024 12:16 AM (63Dwl)
Funny part is most of them were used when refrigeration was brand new, but were abandoned for safe things.
Posted by: sniffybigtoe
Fuggit -- go ammonia or go home
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at December 31, 2024 12:16 AM (xG4kz)
>>...and I never slice!
You're not going to start doing Shakespeare, are you?
Posted by: JackStraw at December 31, 2024 12:17 AM (LkLld)
Posted by: Some Garbage Rat
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I'm thinking shoulders. As in pain.
Posted by: scampydog at December 31, 2024 12:17 AM (41CYW)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at December 31, 2024 12:17 AM (63Dwl)
Posted by: 18-1
Being really susceptible in upper respiratory crude, I've had like an 80% good result with the flu shot.
Posted by: Some Garbage Rat at December 31, 2024 12:18 AM (+VovS)
Posted by: sniffybigtoe at December 31, 2024 12:18 AM (b4o9z)
Being really susceptible in upper respiratory crude, I've had like an 80% good result with the flu shot.
The data says it reduces your chances of getting the flu by about 7%.
Not nothing I suppose, but TBH not worth going to my Dr office/pharmacy and sitting around with a bunch of sick people either.
Posted by: 18-1 at December 31, 2024 12:19 AM (oZhjI)
Posted by: Some Garbage Rat
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This is interesting. I too am susceptible but have not had luck with the flu shot. Pretty much every fall, in I go for the annual respiratory run of meds (twice usually).
Posted by: scampydog at December 31, 2024 12:20 AM (41CYW)
Posted by: Some Garbage Rat at December 31, 2024 12:20 AM (+VovS)
Just heard a burst of machine-gun fire.
If you knew where I lived, it's likely "illegally" owned in the eyes of the state.
Posted by: Erebus- Ex Killer Whale at December 31, 2024 12:23 AM (elaR+)
Not nothing I suppose, but TBH not worth going to my Dr office/pharmacy and sitting around with a bunch of sick people either.
Posted by: 18-1
And here's where the immense loss of trust in the medical establishment enters the picture. Who is to say just what is it that they would inject you with? No one in the pharmacy of doctor's office, that's for sure.
I figure that they are just itching to get the mRNA model up and running for every "vaccine" before another decade passes.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at December 31, 2024 12:23 AM (xG4kz)
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at December 31, 2024 12:05 AM (xG4kz)
When to be awarded their just desserts?
Posted by: Who's On First at December 31, 2024 12:23 AM (h7lhS)
Posted by: sniffybigtoe at December 31, 2024 12:15 AM (b4o9z)
Back when progress and common sense went hand-in-hand. We can only hope that concept makes a huge comeback starting 1/20. Bringing back incandescent light buibs wouldn't hurt, either. And real water flow in toilets. Save the whales -- kill the wind farms.
Posted by: RickZ at December 31, 2024 12:23 AM (gKDq2)
Posted by: scampydog at December 31, 2024 12:23 AM (41CYW)
Not nothing I suppose, but TBH not worth going to my Dr office/pharmacy and sitting around with a bunch of sick people either.
Posted by: 18-1
Heh, I'm willing to accept lucky!
Posted by: Some Garbage Rat at December 31, 2024 12:24 AM (+VovS)
IMAO, that is seriously the best 'back of box' recipe in the history of back of box recipes. Some of the variations? Not so much. But that original with the Worchestershire. . . .
Posted by: RickZ at December 31, 2024 12:14 AM (gKDq2)
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I love the old Chex Mix and make it every year. Not the one with the bagel chips. And in a 250 degree oven, not the microwave. I add extra Worchestershire and the family devours it.
Posted by: Scarymary at December 31, 2024 12:24 AM (BZnBh)
Hazelwood School District aims to hire international teachers
https://t.co/qpLwoTV9u6
Posted by: Ciampino - Hmm at December 31, 2024 12:25 AM (i0xsb)
Posted by: Scarymary
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Same. Extra butter, extra pretzels, and a dash of hot sauce.
Posted by: scampydog at December 31, 2024 12:26 AM (41CYW)
And real water flow in toilets.
I know that my father never had to spend as much time tending to malfunctioning toilet valves as I have had to do for the past twenty years.
And do not get me started on inadequate amounts of water released for the flush.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at December 31, 2024 12:27 AM (xG4kz)
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*?*
Certainly would lead to a lot of space between grooves.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 31, 2024 12:27 AM (XeU6L)
https://tinyurl.com/4rmte6h6
Posted by: Ciampino - Hmm go broke? at December 31, 2024 12:27 AM (i0xsb)
Posted by: sniffybigtoe at December 31, 2024 12:18 AM (b4o9z)
What about sulfur dioxide? It was used in domestic refrigerators for some time. Not flammable, but irritating and toxic.
Ammonia, at least, can be cleared by applying water mist. It is hugely soluble in water.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 31, 2024 12:28 AM (8zz6B)
Hazelwood School District aims to hire international teachers
https://t.co/qpLwoTV9u6
Posted by: Ciampino - Hmm
H-1B teachers, coming right up!
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at December 31, 2024 12:28 AM (xG4kz)
SpaceX - Falcon 9 - Starlink 12-6
LC-39A - Kennedy Space Center - Space Affairs Live
Launch Date: December 31, 2024
Launch Time: 12:39 a.m. ET, 0539 UTC, 06:39 CET
https://www.youtube.com/live/nmCGcTvWi-o
Posted by: Ciampino - finally a go? at December 31, 2024 12:28 AM (i0xsb)
Posted by: No One of Consequence
I was an unfrosted cherry pop-tart gal. Hard to impossible to find anymore.
Posted by: Tuna at December 31, 2024 12:28 AM (oaGWv)
Posted by: Soothsayer at December 31, 2024 12:10 AM (c+IRX)
With a slice of mock cheddar cheese?
Posted by: Doof at December 31, 2024 12:28 AM (RFPHU)
With a slice of mock cheddar cheese?
Posted by: Doof
Still in its plastic wrapper for that special "mouth feel"!
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at December 31, 2024 12:30 AM (xG4kz)
Chocolate chip cookies from the Nestle Toll house bag.
Everybody swears my wife’s cookies are the best and want her recipe 😂😂😂
Always use butter is the important part
Posted by: PMRich at December 31, 2024 12:30 AM (eh5ud)
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Wonder if the Blackrock gang {vanguard and state} had anything to do with board of directors membership as they have with other companies?
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at December 31, 2024 12:31 AM (0E+1p)
Everybody swears my wife’s cookies are the best and want her recipe 😂😂😂
Always use butter is the important part
Posted by: PMRich
It's the only chocolate chip recipe I've ever used.
Posted by: Tuna at December 31, 2024 12:32 AM (oaGWv)
Posted by: Blonde Morticia's phone at December 31, 2024 12:32 AM (n7rxJ)
Gotta go. 8:00 AM dental appointment to repair spalling on one of my molars. Doc says we won't need novocaine. Fine by me!
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at December 31, 2024 12:33 AM (xG4kz)
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at December 31, 2024 12:23 AM (xG4kz)
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This is one of the reasons I no longer get a flu shot. Just because they say that's what they're jabbing me with, why should I believe them? They may not even know for sure. Hard pass.
Posted by: Pennsyltucky at December 31, 2024 12:33 AM (QdGJh)
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot
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Post storm, for myself and neighbors, I hauled 420 gallons, 5 gallon/containers, for flush water. One flush per day.
I do not know what those institutions which have flush valves did. I assume they would haul in a bucket of water and dump directly into the bowl.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 31, 2024 12:33 AM (XeU6L)
Posted by: Scarymary at December 31, 2024 12:24 AM (BZnBh)
It's oven or nothing.
My sister used to filled those jars with that pronged metal rim around a glass top with Chex Mix for Christmas presents. Making a lot of batches adds up but still most people seemed to like it. Something homemade they won't make, I guess.
To me, the homemade Chex Mix is like a homemade Rice Krispie Marshmallow Treat: It's the 'homemade' part. True American foods from humble ingredients. We're American! We'll do anything with any food we damn well please!*
Don't Tread On My Fluffernutter! (It's a little sticky.)
* Cajuns take this to another level.
Posted by: RickZ at December 31, 2024 12:33 AM (gKDq2)
Posted by: Werner Herzog Has Opinions at December 31, 2024 12:34 AM (G6LTi)
Certainly would lead to a lot of space between grooves.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 31, 2024 12:27 AM (XeU6L)
No, I'd go with the wider grooves like the old mono 78's, but with the 45/45 stereo encoding. Use a good stereo cartridge with a 3.0 mil diamond stylus.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 31, 2024 12:34 AM (8zz6B)
Ammonia, at least, can be cleared by applying water mist. It is hugely soluble in water.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 31, 2024 12:28 AM (8zz6B)
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Ammonia is preferable. SO2 is also water soluble but then it's corrosive to metals - forms sulfurous acid which eventually becomes sulfuric acid.
Posted by: Ciampino - Back to Fraon - ozone hole is a scam at December 31, 2024 12:34 AM (i0xsb)
Posted by: Ciampino - Back to Freon - ozone hole is a scam at December 31, 2024 12:34 AM (i0xsb)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others
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If they are serious about taking on 'big state' Blackrock needs some poking. And more.
Posted by: scampydog at December 31, 2024 12:34 AM (41CYW)
Posted by: 18-1 at December 31, 2024 12:35 AM (oZhjI)
Posted by: Ciampino - Back to Freon - ozone hole is a scam at December 31, 2024 12:36 AM (i0xsb)
Posted by: Roy
>Luxury! I had to use Little Timmy's prosthetic wooden leg to pound on my roll of red paper caps. Drove the neighbor's cat into a shell shock-like state.
Posted by: Dr. Bone at December 31, 2024 12:38 AM (rl6EB)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
Skim coat the whole wall and ceiling. By time you got it figured out winter will be over but you'll be able to put a mirror gloss finish on it.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at December 31, 2024 12:40 AM (/lPRQ)
I assume they would haul in a bucket of water and dump directly into the bowl.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc.
That works for me using brackish water brought in from the canal in front of our place in Sussex if I am down there tending to off season repairs after the water has been disconnected for the winter. I take two five gallon containers of fresh water with me for cooking and drinking.
It's like winter camping without being exposed to the winter elements.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at December 31, 2024 12:40 AM (xG4kz)
Chocolate chip cookies from the Nestle Toll house bag.
Everybody swears my wife’s cookies are the best and want her recipe 😂😂😂
Always use butter is the important part
Posted by: PMRich at December 31, 2024 12:30 AM (eh5ud)
For my Mom, it was the pecan (peh-KAHN, for all you heathens) pie recipe on the bottle of Dark Karo Corn Syrup. She used that recipe since before my time and everybody absolutely loved her pecan pies. Plus, she could make a good crust, the secret being Crisco. All in all, her pecan pie was a delicious heart attack city worth every sinful bite.
Posted by: RickZ at December 31, 2024 12:41 AM (gKDq2)
Posted by: Mike Hammer
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How are things there, Hammer?
Posted by: scampydog at December 31, 2024 12:41 AM (41CYW)
Posted by: Ciampino - Back to Fraon - ozone hole is a scam at December 31, 2024 12:34 AM (i0xsb)
Ammonia becomes a strong base, ammonium hydroxide, when dissolved in water. Ironically, each of those toxic refrigerants is the remedy for the other. Use dilute sulfurous acid solution to neutralize an ammonia leak, and dilute ammonium hydroxide to neutralize a sulfur dioxide leak. Ammonium sulfate would result, which is a fertilizer, and fairly innocuous.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 31, 2024 12:41 AM (8zz6B)
Posted by: Miklos bought insuffient Roman Candles, but got time at December 31, 2024 12:42 AM (xesY+)
Funny part is most of them were used when refrigeration was brand new, but were abandoned for safe things.
Posted by: sniffybigtoe
R707 is where it is at.
/// Liftoff ///
Yeah I her that shit...
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at December 31, 2024 12:44 AM (/lPRQ)
Alberta Oil Peon
How did it come to be that you have a place in Alberta and one in Arizona? Is your Arizona place your preferred winter or cold weather season abode?
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at December 31, 2024 12:44 AM (xG4kz)
Posted by: Miklos bought insuffient Roman Candles
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There are many of us 11 year olds here. Send us the coordinates of Bill The Asshoe.
Posted by: scampydog at December 31, 2024 12:45 AM (41CYW)
Posted by: azjaeger at December 31, 2024 12:47 AM (3/XaG)
Very lightly MELT unsalted butter. Add the eggs. Whisk in the eggs till blended.
Divide the "brown sugar" component into 50/50 Light and Dark sugars. Then, grind out the sugars from the measuring cup, ENSURING there are zero clumps of molasses-fied dark sugars in the mix. I.E., make sure it's all POWDER.
Whisk in all sugars into the butter/egg mix. Till silky smooth. Same with the bit of vanilla extract.
All Flour, Salt and other Dry Ingredients should have been combined in their own bowl. NOW, slowly mix the dry into the wet, folding with spatula, until creamy smooth dough results.
NOW slowly fold in CHILLED Tollhouse Chips., till all are in.
Do your Cookie Sheet/baking/Cookie Sheet thing. Keep replacing bowl of dough in fridge, until process is complete.
Result. Crunchy outside. Chewy inside. Layers of flakiness to you have to see to believe.
ALL MEASURES of INGREDIENTS EXACTLY AS ON BAG.
Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galvestson, TX
Posted by: Jim at December 31, 2024 12:48 AM (Xo+UM)
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at December 31, 2024 12:44 AM (xG4kz)
Yeah. I have become a snowbird. There are many, many such in the Phoenix metro area, in the "valley of the Sun". Some snowbirds come and stay in rental accommodations, some bring their RV's and rent sites, some own "park model" trailers in trailer parks, and some bought actual houses or condos on owned land. Some buy raw land and build. I have managed to have friends in both the snowbird community, and among the permanent residents.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 31, 2024 12:50 AM (8zz6B)
How are things there, Hammer?
Posted by: scampydog
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Under control, physically. Cleanup will probably go on for months. Lots of *large* debris. Thousands, though, in trouble. Jobs/businesses gone.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 31, 2024 12:50 AM (XeU6L)
****
The GOPe sucks so much.
Posted by: Nuke the Hippies! at December 31, 2024 12:51 AM (h7lhS)
****
The GOPe sucks so much.
Posted by: Nuke the Hippies! at December 31, 2024 12:51 AM (h7lhS)
Even stupid shit gets done more expeditiously when you have a semi-competent government doing it.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 31, 2024 12:53 AM (8zz6B)
Posted by: Scarymary at December 31, 2024 12:53 AM (BZnBh)
https://food52.com/recipes/
9209-chubby-chewy-
chocolate-chip-cookies
I use a Fresh Vanilla Bean and split the Vanilla Extract with Bourbon. Everything else exactly as described in the recipe.
None better.
Posted by: garrett at December 31, 2024 12:54 AM (UE/EX)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 31, 2024 12:55 AM (8zz6B)
Posted by: azjaeger at December 31, 2024 12:55 AM (3/XaG)
Discovered them while listening to a Ft. St. John radio station on the internet, until they got blocked.
Thanks, Canada.
Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt at December 31, 2024 12:56 AM (ufFY8)
Posted by: Scarymary
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Can relate with the cooking ball/chain. Lovely wife made her lasagna tonight (she does lasagna much better than my effort). Nice break from the kitchen, and it was delicious. Oh, and homemade sour dough garlic bread.
Posted by: scampydog at December 31, 2024 12:57 AM (41CYW)
There's an arctic blast brewing in about 9-10 time frame, the weather guys are talking. Things will change big time by then, but there may be some snow coming, maybe more likely up where you are Mike, than here.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at December 31, 2024 01:03 AM (w6EFb)
... hell, they're even calling for snow from that one, for HERE.
Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX
Posted by: Jim at December 31, 2024 01:04 AM (Xo+UM)
Posted by: scampydog at December 31, 2024 12:23 AM
It's all a relatively low bar to pass under.
Posted by: Notorious BFD at December 31, 2024 01:05 AM (mH6SG)
Posted by: scampydog at December 31, 2024 01:07 AM (41CYW)
9 - 10 *day* time frame, I meant to say.
It makes me sad every time I think or look at weather stuff, now, with my cousin gone. I've almost texted/emailed him 3 times before catching myself.
He had a big mailing list with a local forecast for all his friends and family he sent out all the time. I'll miss that.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at December 31, 2024 01:07 AM (w6EFb)
Posted by: a dude in MI at December 31, 2024 01:07 AM (+I6Y/)
I am the only cook in the house and don't mind it, really. And I wouldn't trade the two weeks of family visiting for anything. But everyone is gone and it is satisfying to take a break. Later today I cook the ham, then tomorrow is collards and blackeyed peas for New Years.
Posted by: Scarymary at December 31, 2024 01:09 AM (BZnBh)
Ever? ... Anyone?
Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX
Posted by: Jim at December 31, 2024 01:11 AM (Xo+UM)
Posted by: publius
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Worrisome, on account of two partially uprooted fir trees leaning toward the house. Still haven't been able to get a contractor to repair the punctured porch roof.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 31, 2024 01:17 AM (XeU6L)
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at December 31, 2024 01:19 AM (Sgq8y)
Posted by: scampydog at December 31, 2024 12:23 AM
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It's all a relatively low bar to pass under.
Posted by: Notorious BFD at December 31, 2024 01:05 AM (mH6SG)
When I see a Warner post, I don't want to pass under the bar, I want to pass out under the bar.
Posted by: RickZ at December 31, 2024 01:19 AM (gKDq2)
Posted by: a dude
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I have just as much concern re the craftsmanship as I do the cost.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 31, 2024 01:20 AM (XeU6L)
Posted by: RickZ at December 31, 2024 01:20 AM (gKDq2)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 31, 2024 01:22 AM (XeU6L)
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at December 31, 2024 01:23 AM (hAS73)
Posted by: gourmand du jour at December 31, 2024 01:24 AM (c6hLR)
And an astro-gnomonical fun fact for New Year's. At current epoch, Sirius, the Alpha Big Dog of the sky, is directly opposite the Sun relative to our vantage point on New Year's Day.
Sirius will transit (directly over the median) very close to apparent solar midnight, where you are. So, you can ring in the apparent solar New Year when Sirius crosses the meridian.
Note this is very close to exact, just a minute or two difference. What time this will be in standard time and local mean time depends on longitude, but no matter where you are, it's the same for the true sun.
Here, and for Mike whose longitude is very close to here, that time is 12:30AM EST, which is less than 2 minutes before local solar midnight.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at December 31, 2024 01:25 AM (w6EFb)
My eldest worked in retail during college around 2006 ; I won't name the store, but she was issued a blue vest with the words "How can I help you?" emblazoned on the back. After about a week, she expressed that she wanted a new vest that said "Why should I help you?", and within a month she said that a more accurate vest would say "Can you even be helped??"
Posted by: MammaB at December 31, 2024 01:28 AM (6Vyvk)
I grew up saying Pee-can in SC. Then met Hubby from Mississippi who said Puh-kahn. We live in TX now and no one says Pee-can here.
Posted by: Scarymary at December 31, 2024 01:31 AM (BZnBh)
Posted by: Skip at December 31, 2024 01:32 AM (fwDg9)
https://youtu.be/w1r8dl4RqMw
Posted by: Ciampino - Back to Freons - ozone hole is a scam at December 31, 2024 01:32 AM (i0xsb)
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit
Prior to Hurricane Michael Georgia lead the nation in pecan production. Afterwards, Georgia's production dropped by about 20% and New Mexico's Mesilla Valley became the nation's largest pecan production area.
Posted by: Altaria Pilgram at December 31, 2024 01:33 AM (Q8Bj8)
Posted by: a dude
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I have just as much concern re the craftsmanship as I do the cost.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 31, 2024 01:20 AM (XeU6L)
That too, not a HUGE project, but seeing 50k$ bids is sobering
Posted by: a dude in MI at December 31, 2024 01:48 AM (+I6Y/)
Posted by: SFGoth at December 31, 2024 01:49 AM (KAi1n)
Posted by: SFGoth at December 31, 2024 01:50 AM (KAi1n)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc
Ja, "W" is pronounced as a "V." "V" interestingly, is pronounced with an "F" noise. So the beloved VW buggy is actually pronounced as "Folksvagon." If you gaze carefully around the entire, you will find a stern warning in Deutsch - "Not built to contain Lindsay Lohan."
Posted by: Werner Herzog Has Opinions at December 31, 2024 01:54 AM (G6LTi)
Ever? ... Anyone?
Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX
Werner is flattered, but must admit that he is not at the elevated level of Uncle Palpatine.
Posted by: Werner Herzog Has Opinions at December 31, 2024 01:57 AM (G6LTi)
Posted by: weft cut-loop at December 31, 2024 01:57 AM (IG4Id)
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at December 31, 2024 02:00 AM (Sgq8y)
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at December 31, 2024 02:03 AM (N03yu)
Posted by: RickZ at December 31, 2024 01:20 AM (gKDq2)
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Obviously his brothers.
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at December 31, 2024 02:04 AM (N03yu)
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at December 31, 2024 02:00 AM (Sgq8y)
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So it was actually wholesale that gave you high blood pressure.
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at December 31, 2024 02:06 AM (N03yu)
Posted by: Notorious BFD at December 31, 2024 01:05 AM (mH6SG)
When I see a Warner post, I don't want to pass under the bar, I want to pass out under the bar.
Posted by: RickZ
Gentlemen, this is not a competition. For that matter, limbo doesn't quite correspond with the delivery of humor. Humor, of whatever stripe, aims at more lofty goals. Even the lower forms of humor. Please, RickZ, do not allow Werner's scant appearances to send you into a black-out at some fine purveyor of drinks. Notorious BFD, Werner has a certainty close to 100% that you have, at one time in your life, heckled someone doing stand-up. Don't be that guy - nobody likes that guy. Werner is rooting for you.
Posted by: Werner Herzog Has Opinions at December 31, 2024 02:09 AM (G6LTi)
This guy's an entitled pussy.
I hope a customer sets him on fire like a NYC subway rider.
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at December 31, 2024 02:09 AM (g00SI)
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at December 31, 2024 02:12 AM (g00SI)
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at December 31, 2024 02:14 AM (Sgq8y)
Just catching up on some of the astronomical happenings this month. Mars just transited, and it's getting close to opposition and the brightest.
There will be an occultation of Mars by the Moon on the evening of Jan 13th, visible all over the US. Mars closet approach (perigee) will be on the 12th, and opposition the night of 15-16th.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at December 31, 2024 02:15 AM (w6EFb)
Good night, Horde, I am running out of gas.
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at December 31, 2024 02:23 AM (Sgq8y)
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at December 31, 2024 02:23 AM (Sgq8y)
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Bean there.
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at December 31, 2024 02:25 AM (N03yu)
Since when do we like films that are completely dark, horrid, and feature a woman who gets raped essentially three times by men who overpower her?
Total shit. I want my time back.
Posted by: tcn in AK at December 31, 2024 02:34 AM (xZ/E3)
Upon regretfully recognizing the poor and inapt use of certain grammatical elements-
We decided that The Inappropriate Apostrophe's would be a good Band Name.
Posted by: Miklo's at December 31, 2024 02:34 AM (xesY+)
Rosalynn Carter's nice vacation is now up
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I understand she was no peach either.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 30, 2024 10:30 PM (dxSpM)
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Stop pecan on her!
Posted by: Ciampino - Back to Freons - ozone hole is a scam! at December 31, 2024 02:35 AM (i0xsb)
Posted by: Miklo's at December 31, 2024 02:34 AM (xesY+)
How do you feel about the knock knock interrupting cow?
Posted by: tcn in AK at December 31, 2024 02:35 AM (xZ/E3)
She doesn't get raped a single time. There's not even a single attempted rape.
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at December 31, 2024 02:36 AM (g00SI)
Posted by: Werner Herzog
DAS WERNER AUF CRIES
Posted by: Miklos from Slavic Customer Service at December 31, 2024 02:36 AM (xesY+)
Posted by: Indeterminate Miklos at December 31, 2024 02:38 AM (xesY+)
Did I miss the memo?
Is there a hurricane on the horizon?
I wanted to witness a UFO as big as a Buick.
Posted by: Dr. Bone at December 31, 2024 02:38 AM (rl6EB)
Posted by: Ciampino - Back to Freon - ozone hole is a scam! at December 31, 2024 02:40 AM (i0xsb)
Good night, Horde, I am running out of gas.
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz
The fun part is that Doof's manager is Frank Nelson.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nqKG2VtxN_o
Posted by: Miklos says yeeeees? at December 31, 2024 02:42 AM (xesY+)
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at December 31, 2024 02:36 AM (g00SI)
There is certainly one, and the others are simply men forcing themselves on her. Not rape-rape, not penetration, but the same essential attack, without a penis. She was certainly humiliated into submission, which is the point of rape. Perhaps you can tell me what the point of the movie was, except to show a thoroughly corrupt and horrible situation that ends horribly as well. Not really entertainment.
Posted by: tcn in AK at December 31, 2024 02:42 AM (xZ/E3)
There isn't one.
She's about to have consensual sex, figures out that the guy she brought home is in bed with the cartel, at which point he tries to kill her. There's never any sexual violence even suggested.
She get's in the CIA guy's face during an op, threatening to go public, and he roughs her up. There's nothing sexual about it.
Finally, a CIA contractor makes her sign an official document, again on threat of physical harm, presumably death (as he suggests not signing it is suicide). Again, nothing remotely sexual.
Hate the movie all you want. But rape doesn't have anything to do with it, unless you are using Humpty Dumpty definitions.
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at December 31, 2024 02:48 AM (g00SI)
Posted by: Broderick Crawford at December 31, 2024 02:51 AM (XeU6L)
Posted by: Ciampino - Back to Freon - ozone hole is a scam! at December 31, 2024 02:52 AM (i0xsb)
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at December 31, 2024 02:48 AM (g00SI)
Rape is not sexual. It is violence.
Posted by: tcn in AK at December 31, 2024 02:59 AM (xZ/E3)
This is just leftist argumentation.
Assault and sexual assault are two different crimes. Contrary to your nonsense, not every act of violence directed against a woman is rape or its equivalent.
Words have meanings, and your not using the word rape in a remotely reasonable way.
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at December 31, 2024 03:02 AM (g00SI)
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at December 31, 2024 03:03 AM (g00SI)
Posted by: Someday I'll choose a nick and stick with it. Today is not that day! Dangerous Radical at December 31, 2024 03:13 AM (89Sog)
Just copy it into irfanview or equivalent and enlarge it.
Posted by: Ciampino - Back to Freon - ozone hole is a scam! at December 31, 2024 03:16 AM (i0xsb)
Maybe I'm being uncharitable in calling this leftist argumentation. But there is argument problem
here. The basis reasoning you seem to be using is:
Premise 1: Rape is a crime of violence.
Premise 2: X, Y, and Z committed crimes of violence.
Conclusion: Therefore, X, Y, and Z committed rape (or its very near equivalent).
The problem is that even if rape is a crime of violence (a debatable proposition), not all crimes of violence are rape. We don't think all assaulters, kidnappers, robbers, or murderers etc. are rapists.
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at December 31, 2024 03:25 AM (NehaE)
Sounds like work. Pass.
Can't be much of a meme if the creator wants people to work at reading it. IMO. YMMV. IYKWIM.....
Posted by: Someday I'll choose a nick and stick with it. Today is not that day! Dangerous Radical at December 31, 2024 03:33 AM (89Sog)
Posted by: Skip at December 31, 2024 03:39 AM (fwDg9)
Because he's talented! Artistic talent wants to bubble up and be put on display. Good on him!
Posted by: m at December 31, 2024 03:40 AM (VnUSN)
https://heyjackass.com/2024-homicide-map/
Stay out of the Englewood neighborhood.
made it past 600 murders again this year.
Posted by: Someday I'll choose a nick and stick with it. Today is not that day! Dangerous Radical at December 31, 2024 03:46 AM (89Sog)
Posted by: tcn in AK at December 31, 2024 02:59 AM (xZ/E3)
IMO opinion? as a Man? Rape is both.
Yes violent, but also sexual... problem is that unlike what most want to believe, those two things can be connected.
And Yes, I've known women who had serious Sub fantasies... actually.... most.
Posted by: Romeo13 at December 31, 2024 03:49 AM (QAkQ3)
Posted by: mot at December 31, 2024 03:51 AM (fIPNY)
Posted by: Werner Herzog Has Opinions at December 31, 2024 12:34 AM (G6LTi)
Werner, you have coined a new word: pain-staking.
Posted by: m at December 31, 2024 03:51 AM (VnUSN)
Posted by: Skip at December 31, 2024 04:00 AM (fwDg9)
I remember the red roll caps, and the sheet of green peel-off single caps, for use in Kentucky rifles. Daniel Boone was on TV then. I had the wood stocked, steel tube barrel model that shot a cork ball, a friend had the fancier hard plastic model. I preferred mine.
The red roll caps are still available online, but the brand and packaging are different.
I never used the sledgehammer, as I wanted EVERY shot to count, but I did lave an unwound roll in a charcoal barbecue once. Mention of this was made, many months later, but no punishment.
Posted by: Arbalest at December 31, 2024 04:16 AM (FlRtG)
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Torments in Dog-Hell
The Ace of Spades HQ Sex-for-Money Skankathon
A D&D Guide to the Democratic Candidates
Margaret Cho: Just Not Funny
More Margaret Cho Abuse
Margaret Cho: Still Not Funny
Iraqi Prisoner Claims He Was Raped... By Woman
Wonkette Announces "Morning Zoo" Format
John Kerry's "Plan" Causes Surrender of Moqtada al-Sadr's Militia
World Muslim Leaders Apologize for Nick Berg's Beheading
Michael Moore Goes on Lunchtime Manhattan Death-Spree
Milestone: Oliver Willis Posts 400th "Fake News Article" Referencing Britney Spears
Liberal Economists Rue a "New Decade of Greed"
Artificial Insouciance: Maureen Dowd's Word Processor Revolts Against Her Numbing Imbecility
Intelligence Officials Eye Blogs for Tips
They Done Found Us Out, Cletus: Intrepid Internet Detective Figures Out Our Master Plan
Shock: Josh Marshall Almost Mentions Sarin Discovery in Iraq
Leather-Clad Biker Freaks Terrorize Australian Town
When Clinton Was President, Torture Was Cool
What Wonkette Means When She Explains What Tina Brown Means
Wonkette's Stand-Up Act
Wankette HQ Gay-Rumors Du Jour
Here's What's Bugging Me: Goose and Slider
My Own Micah Wright Style Confession of Dishonesty
Outraged "Conservatives" React to the FMA
An On-Line Impression of Dennis Miller Having Sex with a Kodiak Bear
The Story the Rightwing Media Refuses to Report!
Our Lunch with David "Glengarry Glen Ross" Mamet
The House of Love: Paul Krugman
A Michael Moore Mystery (TM)
The Dowd-O-Matic!
Liberal Consistency and Other Myths
Kepler's Laws of Liberal Media Bias
John Kerry-- The Splunge! Candidate
"Divisive" Politics & "Attacks on Patriotism" (very long)
The Donkey ("The Raven" parody)