Daily Tech News 12 January 2025

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Enron is promoting the Enron Egg, the first home nuclear reactor. (MSN)

Which raises the question: Is it a scam if you are screaming at the top of your lungs that you are scamming people?
Haas said that while small modular reactors do exist, they generally range from the size of a shipping container to a full-sized house. The Enron Egg, he said, is simply too small to generate power at a scale that is both economically viable and safe to operate.
Yes. Yes it is.

Tech News

Mad King Mat Mullenweg is now terminating the WordPress accounts of people who suggest that a WordPress fork might be forthcoming. (Tech Crunch)

Which is literally everybody.
GMK has announced a mini-PC based on the Ryzen Max+ 395, so here's a picture of something else. (WCCFTech)

Because it doesn't exist yet. The Ryzen 395 itself does - tech channels are receiving review units already - but this mini-PC is fairy dust right now.
The 16GB Raspberry Pi 5 has 16GB of RAM. (Tom's Hardware)

This is 8GB more than the 8GB model.

The benchmark suite run here is... Worthless.
We may all have AI superpowers by 2030, commonly known as "not being a complete idiot". (Big Think)
For example, when a coworker approaches from down the hall, and you can't quite remember her name, the AI will sense your unease and a voice will ring: "Jenny from quantum computing."
Whereupon you will say, "Hi Jerry", and then shrivel up and die.

Musical Interlude

Disclaimer: Do not the Korsche.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at 04:00 AM

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1 G'Day everyone

Posted by: Skip at January 12, 2025 04:03 AM (fwDg9)

2 I have no reason to be up yet

Posted by: Skip at January 12, 2025 04:04 AM (fwDg9)

3 Morning horde.

Posted by: 13times at January 12, 2025 04:05 AM (3CAgS)

4 Mornin'

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at January 12, 2025 04:08 AM (sAmhv)

5 BOING!

Heading back to Jerusalem after almost a week up north.

Oh. Tech thread. OK.

I replaced an old UPS an hour ago.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at January 12, 2025 04:11 AM (q8Zj0)

6 I replaced an old UPS an hour ago.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at January 12, 2025 04:11 AM (q8Zj0)
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So I could have saved the cost by instead purchasing a home nuclear reactor? Darn!

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at January 12, 2025 04:19 AM (q8Zj0)

7 I could go make coffee while I am thinking of getting up

Posted by: Skip at January 12, 2025 04:19 AM (fwDg9)

8 So I could have saved the cost by instead purchasing a home nuclear reactor? Darn!
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey,
.............................
The one offered by Enron, mentioned above, can also power your toaster!! Uh, don't try to power anything else with it.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at January 12, 2025 04:33 AM (sAmhv)

9 Morning, 'rons and 'ettes.

Posted by: olddog in mo at January 12, 2025 05:02 AM (hoCmQ)

10 Finally have a cup of coffee

Posted by: Skip at January 12, 2025 05:02 AM (fwDg9)

11
WTF??

I just found out Crucial is End-Of-Lifeing its MX500 SSD's.

Jerks.

Posted by: Soothsayer at January 12, 2025 05:07 AM (wsmUl)

12
g'mornin', 'rons

Posted by: AltonJackson at January 12, 2025 05:13 AM (tljrc)

13 Article at American Thinker there is the possibility there is no such thing as a Snail Darter fish. It could be all fake science.

Posted by: Skip at January 12, 2025 05:15 AM (fwDg9)

14 Good morning! Pretty chilly out on the patio here in Cowtown but it's gonna be a nice sunshiny day.

Gonna try today for the third time to install the tub. On the first attempt, we pulled the tub outta the box and found the hoses between the jet pump and the outlets kinked. Yesterday we pulled the tub outta the box and found the corner cracked. Had to go to the big box place last night and get a replacement. Each time though, I have to buy the replacement and they have to pick up the faulty tub before they credit my card. I have to say though that the staff at the big orange box store was very helpful and very apologetic.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at January 12, 2025 05:25 AM (3Ope8)

15 Revolver has Christopher Wray exit speech, he has hired %40 of the Eff Bee Eye personnel. As the article says %40 of the Eff Bee Eye is under woke Deep State guidelines.

Posted by: Skip at January 12, 2025 05:29 AM (fwDg9)

16 So, what's the best alternative to installing WP? Joomla? Drupal? Something else?

Posted by: Juan Paxety at January 12, 2025 05:29 AM (wNXQ9)

17
Article at American Thinker there is the possibility there is no such thing as a Snail Darter fish. It could be all fake science.
Posted by: Skip at January 12, 2025 05:15 AM (fwDg9)

__________

Interesting. Are the folks who used it to block projects still around? Did they know there was no Snail Darter? If so, I'd start looking for a defense lawyer.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 12, 2025 05:30 AM (dxSpM)

18 Evening and morning to all the adherents of the AoSHQ Empire! 'Tis the Sun's Day, for all that he seems to be hiding right now, and spending less time showing his dazzly face this time of year. Well, he does that, it's just the Sun's way, don't worry about it.

We got 41 F., wind chill of 39, winds of about 3 mph. Sounds to me like that's right for me to bundle up and work out in a bit.

Coffee, and then feeding the cats. That's the ticket.

Whass happenin'?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 12, 2025 05:32 AM (omVj0)

19 ENRON - It's a parody site, they're just taking it to "Trying to punk the entire world" levels with this egg thing.

https://tinyurl.com/yvxu27wt

And yes, they really did apply to register the ENRON trademark at the USPTO in 2020, and it was granted on June 1, 2021.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at January 12, 2025 05:41 AM (O7YUW)

20 Wolfus nothing, just biding time until the adults take over.

Posted by: Skip at January 12, 2025 05:42 AM (fwDg9)

21 >>>Enron is promoting the Enron Egg, the first home nuclear reactor. (MSN)

MSN= trash?

Posted by: m at January 12, 2025 05:45 AM (VnUSN)

22 Wolfus nothing, just biding time until the adults take over.
Posted by: Skip at January 12, 2025

***
Eight days to go!

Funny how I never worried about inaugurations -- or presidencies in general -- until about, yeah, that's right, 2008 and the venomous advent of Jugears.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 12, 2025 05:48 AM (omVj0)

23 The 1964 Rashomon-like Western The Outrage is scheduled for Grit at 5 am central. It features Claire Bloom, Laurence Harvey, Paul Newman as a Mexican bandit, and a young William Shatner as a preacher who is told the variants of the story.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 12, 2025 05:50 AM (omVj0)

24 https://www.americanthinker.com
a dei green new deal hydrogen bomb

Clarice sums up it all

Posted by: Skip at January 12, 2025 05:51 AM (fwDg9)

25 Morning, Tech Peeps

Posted by: fluffy at January 12, 2025 05:52 AM (AN2gy)

26 With some coffee circulating in my blood, and with the heat going, I actually feel human. Time to change and stretch and work out. We have a 70% chance of rain today, so no need to wash the car; but it does need the tires aired up and the tank filled.

When did it get to be that my "days of rest" were almost as busy as my "days of work"? The difference nowadays seems to be that I can get up later and take a nap in the afternoon. Otherwise there are chores and chores, and before I know it the weekend's gone.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 12, 2025 05:56 AM (omVj0)

27 >>> Clarice sums up it all

She does, indeed.

Posted by: Hannibal Lecter at January 12, 2025 05:57 AM (AN2gy)

28 Tech + Pre-book thread grumble: A recent update to the Amazon Kindle line of e-book readers has caused mine to become slow a few days after I do a full restart on it.

You open the cover, and part of the page you were reading appears with its right margin at about the middle of the page, and you wait until it sorts itself out and the right margin moves out properly to the right hand side of the screen. Then you wait a while longer until the UI will respond to your input on the touch screen. The wait time seems to increase each time you open the cover to read if it's been sitting a while, like there's something wrong with the "wake from sleep" routine in the software.

This gets mighty annoying as you used to just be able to open the cover, and start reading and flipping pages within a second or two. From what I've read, apparently this is affecting even the newest Kindle devices.

The temporary solution is to press and hold the power button for 10 seconds until you get the option to restart, then you select that, and wait 3 minutes until it finishes rebooting, then go to your library, and find the book you were reading and re-open it. At least it remembers what page I was on.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at January 12, 2025 06:00 AM (O7YUW)

29 Texas has sent 5 fire fighting teams to California

Posted by: Ben Had at January 12, 2025 06:04 AM (0wWvl)

30 I saw somewhere that Mexico had sent fire fighting teams to Cali.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at January 12, 2025 06:05 AM (3Ope8)

31 Crotchety Old Jarhead, sorry to hear about the tub install problems.

Posted by: Ben Had at January 12, 2025 06:07 AM (0wWvl)

32 I am sure Mexico has already sent gangs to start some fires, they ought to send people to put them out too.

Posted by: Skip at January 12, 2025 06:07 AM (fwDg9)

33 Tea. Earl Grey. Hot.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea, Radioactive Knight, Concertina Czar at January 12, 2025 06:10 AM (6K6Eu)

34
We didn't start the fire
It was always burning, since the world's been turning
We didn't start the fire

Posted by: m at January 12, 2025 06:11 AM (VnUSN)

35 Captain Obvious. Would you care for a blueberry scone to go with it ?

Posted by: Ben Had at January 12, 2025 06:12 AM (0wWvl)

36 Captain Obvious. Would you care for a blueberry scone to go with it ?
Posted by: Ben Had at January 12, 2025 06:12 AM (0wWvl)
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Yum!

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea, Radioactive Knight, Concertina Czar at January 12, 2025 06:12 AM (6K6Eu)

37 can't start a fire without a spark

Posted by: Ben Had at January 12, 2025 06:14 AM (0wWvl)

38 Captain Obvious, hope you are well, good Sir.

Posted by: Ben Had at January 12, 2025 06:16 AM (0wWvl)

39 Captain Obvious, hope you are well, good Sir.
Posted by: Ben Had at January 12, 2025 06:16 AM (0wWvl)
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I'm doing OK. Preparing to go to work. How are you doing?

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea, Radioactive Knight, Concertina Czar at January 12, 2025 06:16 AM (6K6Eu)

40
James Woods
@RealJamesWoods
13h
My father-in-law had the best idea today as a brief respite from the misery of these terrible fires. He suggested that Trump use guest press secretaries. One week Megyn Kelly, another week Charlie Kirk, another Tucker Carlson. Food for the soul watching them toss Acosta’s salad.

Posted by: m at January 12, 2025 06:17 AM (VnUSN)

41 Captain Obvious, just fine. I pray all works out to see you in Texas this year.

Posted by: Ben Had at January 12, 2025 06:17 AM (0wWvl)

42 Captain Obvious, just fine. I pray all works out to see you in Texas this year.
Posted by: Ben Had at January 12, 2025 06:17 AM (0wWvl)
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Me too! Don't want to miss TxMoMe X!

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea, Radioactive Knight, Concertina Czar at January 12, 2025 06:19 AM (6K6Eu)

43 G'morning, all!

How's this fora twist on the daily routine....

No morning walk.

Gonna get ready for Church in just a little bit.

It's time for us to find a home Church since we moved.

( And that was only five years ago)

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at January 12, 2025 06:20 AM (a1415)

44 VIA, I pray you are successful in your search.

Posted by: Ben Had at January 12, 2025 06:21 AM (0wWvl)

45 I like the story about James Woods auditioning for the role of Hades in Disney's Hercules. The writers had envisioned a slow, heavy kind of character, but Woods brought out a fast-talking, used car salesman interpretation. They completely rewrote the entire role for him.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea, Radioactive Knight, Concertina Czar at January 12, 2025 06:22 AM (6K6Eu)

46 Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at January 12, 2025 06:20 AM (a1415)

I am glad to hear that, VIA. May God guide you to just the right place

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 12, 2025 06:22 AM (kMOeA)

47 The Mystery of the Missing Tabbies has been solved!

Jasmine was hiding under my futon.

Hexie was locked in the laundry room (fortunately, not for very long).

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at January 12, 2025 06:24 AM (BpYfr)

48 >>> Food for the soul watching them toss Acosta’s salad.

Are we even doing phrasing anymore?

Posted by: fluffy at January 12, 2025 06:24 AM (AN2gy)

49 Perfessor, whew!

Posted by: Ben Had at January 12, 2025 06:26 AM (0wWvl)

50 The Mystery of the Missing Tabbies has been solved!

Jasmine was hiding under my futon.

Hexie was locked in the laundry room (fortunately, not for very long).
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at January 12, 2025 06:24 AM (BpYfr)
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A few weeks ago, I was in the dining room and I heard Maddie start meowsering. Now, she often talks (or complains) to herself, but this sounded agitated. I got up and started toward that end of the house, saying, "Maddie, what's wrong?" She came galloping down the hallway, meowing like crazy, and obviously wanted me to follow her into the library. What had happened was that the cats were goofing around and Schroedinger had gotten stuck in the back bedroom with the door closed. I let him out and congratulated Maddie on saving her brother.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea, Radioactive Knight, Concertina Czar at January 12, 2025 06:28 AM (6K6Eu)

51 I have seen the selection for the State dept briefings.

Posted by: Ben Had at January 12, 2025 06:28 AM (0wWvl)

52 Thank you, Ben/Fen.

Oddly enough, it was Mrs VIA who suggested going today.

We have it on our To-Do list, but that brought it up to the front of the list.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at January 12, 2025 06:28 AM (a1415)

53 You are needed. A reflection from someone at the Upper Room Christian devotional magazine:

https://tinyurl.com/bde2ch7x

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 12, 2025 06:28 AM (YWfho)

54 Have Not seen. More coffee

Posted by: Ben Had at January 12, 2025 06:29 AM (0wWvl)

55 I was squeamish about watching any of the LA Burning videos because I felt like that's what arsonists do--!!!--but I am ADDICTED to the Fire Pilots videos.

Posted by: m at January 12, 2025 06:31 AM (VnUSN)

56 I was squeamish about watching any of the LA Burning videos because I felt like that's what arsonists do--!!!--but I am ADDICTED to the Fire Pilots videos.
Posted by: m at January 12, 2025 06:31 AM (VnUSN)
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It's fascinating. I remember being a kid in Pacific Park in Burbank, seeing the sliver and orange B-17s take off to do water bombing runs during a big fire.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea, Radioactive Knight, Concertina Czar at January 12, 2025 06:32 AM (6K6Eu)

57 m, I'm wondering if our own DBCooper is among those pilots

Posted by: Ben Had at January 12, 2025 06:32 AM (0wWvl)

58 So last night, the nice couple that we got Frog and Margo from came over to watch the Ravens game with us.

And we all decided to bring Frog and Margo's brother, Bennie with them to see if the kittens remember each other.

Went better than it could have, not as good as we had hoped.

Frog and Margo were relatively indifferent to his arrival, but Bennie was ill at ease and mostly stayed under furniture.

Hopefully with several visits they can get back to the constant playtime that they enjoyed with each other.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at January 12, 2025 06:33 AM (a1415)

59 Frog and Margo were relatively indifferent to his arrival, but Bennie was ill at ease and mostly stayed under furniture.

Hopefully with several visits they can get back to the constant playtime that they enjoyed with each other.
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at January 12, 2025 06:33 AM (a1415)
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Bennie likely was put off by new surroundings.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea, Radioactive Knight, Concertina Czar at January 12, 2025 06:35 AM (6K6Eu)

60 Looks like Amazon's delivery performance continues to degrade.

Order on Friday, for delivery yesterday never even left the facility till yesterday.

Arrived at our delivery facility yesterday mid-evening, and projected for delivery tomorrow now.

I guess it just sets there all day today.

And don't get me started on the USPS.

9 pieces scheduled for delivery yesterday according to the Informed Delivery app.

Five of them showed up.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at January 12, 2025 06:37 AM (a1415)

61 Byeee...

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea, Radioactive Knight, Concertina Czar at January 12, 2025 06:40 AM (6K6Eu)

62 USPS is dreadful. Even paying for early delivery doesn't work.

Posted by: Ben Had at January 12, 2025 06:40 AM (0wWvl)

63 "Bennie likely was put off by new surroundings."

That was almost certainly the case.

Our two, due to circumstances have been exposed to long car rides, strange homes and other stuff sim they came home with us.

And they have adapted remarkably well to it.

Bennie has remained at his birth home, and this is his first real change except for Vet visits, which are about five minutes rom his home.

I'm pretty optimistic about a good final outcome.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at January 12, 2025 06:41 AM (a1415)

64 Seeing homes destroyed isn't fun to see. Saw entire blocks gone, but oddly every so often 1 house left

Posted by: Skip at January 12, 2025 06:41 AM (fwDg9)

65 Good morning!

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

Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 12, 2025 06:43 AM (u82oZ)

66 "USPS is dreadful. Even paying for early delivery doesn't work."

And then we have UPS.

Remember last year they lost our Tax Return documentation.

And I knew it was lost two days before UPS realized it was lost. Hours upon hours on the phone with them, and it was like trying to have an on-topic discussion with Biden and Harris at a carnival.

As a nation, we really seem to have lost the level of professionalism that we had previously come to expect.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at January 12, 2025 06:44 AM (a1415)

67 Salty!

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at January 12, 2025 06:44 AM (a1415)

68 Village Idiot's Apprentice

Top o ta mornin to ya, gov'nor.

I had a package with top end flashlights given by UPS to someone in a neighboring town. Right from the warehouse in town. Amazon and UPS made it impossible to talk to them.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 12, 2025 06:44 AM (u82oZ)

69 Good morning, NaCly dearest. Happy and smiling requirement filled here. No leftists around to terrorize.

Posted by: Ben Had at January 12, 2025 06:45 AM (0wWvl)

70 {{{Ben Had}}}
🎼 🎶 Good Morning! ♩ ♫ ♬ 🎶

🍺

Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 12, 2025 06:46 AM (u82oZ)

71 We got some more sleet to cover the snow packed side roads. The main roads are clear. The local leftist town has still not cleared the side roads in the neighborhoods.

Here in the country, skid loaders, front loaders, and tractors all cleared driveways. Self-reliance is a thing in rural areas, as is helping the neighbors.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 12, 2025 06:49 AM (u82oZ)

72 "Amazon and UPS made it impossible to talk to them."

And that seems to be the new Customer Service business model across the board.

Try to interact with a human being at FedEx as well.

Impossible to do.

The crazy part?

I had to pay vehicle taxes and renew registration on Thursday, so I went down to the County office building in our sleepy little town.

It could have been five minutes from walking in till walking out.

it could have....but I wound up just having a pleasant conversation with the clerk at the window about just small things.

And despite it's flaws, it's one of the reasons why I love our little town. Even the Government workers are helpful and nice.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at January 12, 2025 06:49 AM (a1415)

73 Amazon has an Uber like delivery set up where small items are delivered same day or overnight/early morning.
Amazon has never been an issue. Sometimes the last mile dude or more likely, USPS screw up.

Posted by: Accomack at January 12, 2025 06:49 AM (w9ItN)

74 A friend put their P. O. Box rent in the mail drop at the post office. They lost it for almost a month. I take money right to the window.

Posted by: Ben Had at January 12, 2025 06:50 AM (0wWvl)

75 Village Idiot's Apprentice

We need our own AI to "talk" to customer service. Which is set up to ignore customers.

I am buying more stuff from WalMart, as Amazon has demonstrated they don't care.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 12, 2025 06:52 AM (u82oZ)

76 Good morning morons

Ben Had, I am gorged on fruitcake!

Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 12, 2025 06:52 AM (RIvkX)

77 Birdbath status?

Posted by: Just Wondering at January 12, 2025 06:52 AM (dg+HA)

78 VIA, I received a jury summons and their website check in would not take my email address so no completion of form possible. Called the County Clerck and was told I had to do it online. Went to the office and they said to come on the day and they would do it then. I hate the lack of even bad human interaction.

Posted by: Ben Had at January 12, 2025 06:55 AM (0wWvl)

79 I visited Coffee Park in Santa Rosa after the fires there in 2018 and was shocked by the devastation. The drone footage I've seen of Pacific Palisades looks much worse, a bigger, denser area of housing just gone.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 12, 2025 06:57 AM (RIvkX)

80 Chores await.

Have a wonderful day, everyone.

May you be blessed with warmth, no fires, and good customer service.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 12, 2025 06:59 AM (u82oZ)

81 More good news.....Mrs VIA has hit her intermediate goal of losing 30 pounds!

She was a little bit frustrated that I was losing more than her, but I ran the numbers, and we each have lost 19% of our original body weight from when we started in June.

But...i'm pretty proud of what she has accomplished.

She wants to run the April Cooper River Bridge Run in April, and actually run the length of it this third time. Last two times have been a walk on the first one, and a run/walk last year.

Who knows....she may even be able to beat a certain disco-ing Moron who often stays with us for the race.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at January 12, 2025 06:59 AM (a1415)

82 SanFranpsycho, wonderful! You have now been inducted into the Collin Street club.

I have to confess that I know of an even better maker so a taste comparison will be in your future

Posted by: Ben Had at January 12, 2025 07:00 AM (0wWvl)

83 Be safe, Salty!

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at January 12, 2025 07:00 AM (a1415)

84 "I have an Enron Egg. And You Should Too!"

Posted by: Enron spokesmodel Paul Krugman ( compensated portrayal ) at January 12, 2025 07:01 AM (PiwSw)

85 Ben Had,

About two years ago I received a Jury Summons for a date that was right when Mrs VIA and I were to be in Virginia Beach to take care of two young children for one of our son's deployed Squadron Mates. We would be there for two weeks and not be able to do Jury Duty.

I spoke to the clerk on the phone, explained the situation, and her response was basically that watching the children came before Jury Duty.

Within five minutes I had a confirmation e-mail that my Jury Duty had been postponed.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at January 12, 2025 07:05 AM (a1415)

86 Morning peeps. Another cold start to the day here. And dark.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 12, 2025 07:05 AM (Q4IgG)

87 84 "I have an Enron Egg. And You Should Too!"
Posted by: Enron spokesmodel Paul Krugman ( compensated portrayal ) at January 12, 2025 07:01 AM (PiwSw)

There's an ointment for that.

Posted by: m at January 12, 2025 07:06 AM (VnUSN)

88 VIA, I look forward to doing my civic duty but they never pick me and the trial is in a friend's court.

Posted by: Ben Had at January 12, 2025 07:08 AM (0wWvl)

89 " "I have an Enron Egg. And You Should Too!"
Posted by: Enron spokesmodel Paul Krugman ( compensated portrayal ) "

Sounds like something that Gwyneth Paltrow would be hawking.

Is it scented?

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at January 12, 2025 07:09 AM (a1415)

90 Mrs. F. reports the Israelis are now using laser weapons to bring down UAVs. Not sure if they are using them on missiles too.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 12, 2025 07:09 AM (RIvkX)

91 OK, time to cleanse the body, in preparation to cleanse the soul.

Talk to y'all later.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at January 12, 2025 07:10 AM (a1415)

92 I just got a jury summons on Friday.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 12, 2025 07:11 AM (RIvkX)

93 SanFranpsycho, I keep watching the ever changing hostage negotiations. I am afraid that there are only the 34 left alive.

Posted by: Ben Had at January 12, 2025 07:12 AM (0wWvl)

94 8
The one offered by Enron, mentioned above, can also power your toaster!! Uh, don't try to power anything else with it.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at January 12, 2025 04:33 AM (sAmhv)
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Wouldn't the leaking radiation be good enough to toast bread?

Posted by: Ciampino - I wanted a nuc in a 44 gal drum size at January 12, 2025 07:12 AM (i0xsb)

95 Biden snuggles with the pope.

Posted by: Boss Moss at January 12, 2025 07:15 AM (YeGMU)

96 mornin yall. The service industries, including UPS, don't really care if you don't like their services. What are you going to do, deliver it yourself?

And don't get me started on roofers and such. Most don't even understand English, or if they do, they don't let on. They don't give a damn if you are happy or not.

Posted by: fd at January 12, 2025 07:16 AM (vFG9F)

97 SanFranpsycho, I keep watching the ever changing hostage negotiations. I am afraid that there are only the 34 left alive.
Posted by: Ben Had at January 12, 2025 07:12 AM (0wWvl)
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I take Trump at his word on this.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 12, 2025 07:17 AM (RIvkX)

98 What had happened was that the cats were goofing around and Schroedinger had gotten stuck in the back bedroom with the door closed. I let him out and congratulated Maddie on saving her brother.
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea, Radioactive Knight, Concertina Czar at January 12, 2025

***
Sometimes Stirling will sit by the closet door when Dagny has gotten herself closed inside. When I see that I know she's in there. Not sure it's ever worked the other way around. And he doesn't do it for her every time, either.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 12, 2025 07:18 AM (omVj0)

99 SanFranpsycho, I do too.

Posted by: Ben Had at January 12, 2025 07:18 AM (0wWvl)

100 100

Posted by: m at January 12, 2025 07:19 AM (VnUSN)

101 "I have an Enron Egg. And You Should Too!"
Posted by: Enron spokesmodel Paul Krugman ( compensated portrayal ) at January 12, 2025

***
Lance it.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 12, 2025 07:19 AM (omVj0)

102 Gotta pay a guy to sweat a couple of pipe joints and he scorches the adjacent stud and sole plate. Seriously. C'mon....

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at January 12, 2025 07:22 AM (3Ope8)

103 50
What had happened was that the cats were goofing around and Schroedinger had gotten stuck in the back bedroom with the door closed. I let him out and congratulated Maddie on saving her brother.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea, Radioactive Knight, Concertina Czar at January 12, 2025 06:28 AM (6K6Eu)
----
CAT RULE BOOK.
There shall be no closed doors.

Posted by: Ciampino - Rule #2 at January 12, 2025 07:23 AM (i0xsb)

104 I'm back from my workout, cleaned up, having breakfast. Trying to decide which Walmart to run to. We have one only two miles away, but it doesn't carry certain things the others do that I like or need. There's one ten minutes away, another about twenty, and another around thirty. I go to the Ten one all the time, and I know pretty much when they open at least one real checkout line. Not sure about the others.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 12, 2025 07:24 AM (omVj0)

105 I would microchip/GPS track every released terrorist. It would be done as a penile implant.

Posted by: Ben Had at January 12, 2025 07:25 AM (0wWvl)

106 Enron? Egg? Got to be satire, right? Nuclear reactors for the home have been a promise about as long as flying cars....

Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 12, 2025 07:25 AM (Q4IgG)

107 Biden snuggles with the pope.

Posted by: Boss Moss at January 12, 2025 07:15 AM (YeGMU)
-

I'd rather he swim with the fishies.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at January 12, 2025 07:26 AM (q8Zj0)

108 Enron? And nukes?
Don't drink around it....

Posted by: GWB at January 12, 2025 07:26 AM (WlvCt)

109 Biden's Dog, Amen.

Posted by: Ben Had at January 12, 2025 07:27 AM (0wWvl)

110 *I let him out and congratulated Maddie on saving her brother.*

What's that Maddie? Timmy's in trouble at the old mill? Lead the way, girl! Lead the way!

Posted by: Straight outta Lassie at January 12, 2025 07:28 AM (dg+HA)

111 Biden gave the pope a PMoF. Then they touched foreheads He looked like he was about to smooch him.

Posted by: Boss Moss at January 12, 2025 07:28 AM (YeGMU)

112 Here is how I figure out Climate Change is not real:

If they really thought there would be more winds and heat they would have 1) stored more water, 2) cleaned up the brush and undergrowth, and 3) trained more fire crews.

As none of that happened, then it is hard for me to believe they thought coming changes were real.

Posted by: rhennigantx at January 12, 2025 07:30 AM (gbOdA)

113 If you go to Norfolk, Virginia you can find a lot of Small Modular Reactors.
Each one is tied up to a pier.
Guarded by Marines.
With big ass guns.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at January 12, 2025 07:31 AM (dg+HA)

114 87

There's an ointment for that.

Posted by: m at January 12, 2025 07:06 AM (VnUSN)
----
Is that the Elizabeth Arden or whatever that one of the Brit princes used on his dong?

Posted by: Ciampino - Rule #1 Always lubricate at January 12, 2025 07:31 AM (i0xsb)

115 on Gavin's latest whining p.r. statement:

Stephen L. Miller retweeted
Carl Paulus
@CarlPaulus
11h
They really do think everything is a communications problem

Posted by: m at January 12, 2025 07:33 AM (VnUSN)

116 They could do nuclear reactors in a boiler room in a building.

Posted by: Boss Moss at January 12, 2025 07:33 AM (YeGMU)

117 As the RPi gets more capable, it gets more expensive, a kitted out RPi 5 is more expensive than a refurbbed Hp g4 800 i7 8700 16gb 1tb sff pc. Which is smaller in height than an RPi in most when installed in most of the cases available for the RPi and only slightly wider and longer.

I think the Pi foundation has lost the plot.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at January 12, 2025 07:34 AM (XV/Pl)

118 Intruding the Enron Egg! Just in time for Easter!

Posted by: Late night infomercial at January 12, 2025 07:35 AM (dg+HA)

119 Biden gave the pope his PMoF over the phone due to cancelation of the trip. How is there still pics and video? Stock footage?

Posted by: Boss Moss at January 12, 2025 07:36 AM (YeGMU)

120 It's become Pi squared.

Posted by: Which is more than a slice at January 12, 2025 07:36 AM (dg+HA)

121
hahaha, look at these stupid assholes in California:

https://is.gd/1hiUxd

Posted by: Soothsayer at January 12, 2025 07:36 AM (wsmUl)

122 Pie are not squared. Pie are round.

Posted by: Boss Moss at January 12, 2025 07:37 AM (YeGMU)

123 Pi r gone. Any cake left?

Posted by: Ben Had at January 12, 2025 07:39 AM (0wWvl)

124 Everything woke turns to shit. Donald Trump.

Posted by: Boss Moss at January 12, 2025 07:39 AM (YeGMU)

125 > If you go to Norfolk, Virginia you can find a lot of Small Modular Reactors.
Each one is tied up to a pier.
------
Every one of them in an engineering space significantly larger than "an Enron egg" too. But it's cool to mention to people that our nuclear subs are "electric boats" in the most literal sense.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 12, 2025 07:39 AM (Q4IgG)

126 So it's become cornbread?

Posted by: Served with lots of butter at January 12, 2025 07:39 AM (dg+HA)

127 Pie are not squared. Pie are round.
Posted by: Boss Moss
______

Wut?

Posted by: Detroit Pizza at January 12, 2025 07:40 AM (Dm8we)

128 How fast can a nuclear powered aircraft carrier move at full screws?

Posted by: Boss Moss at January 12, 2025 07:41 AM (YeGMU)

129 "This traffic report brought to you by Ledo Pizza. Ledo Pizza is square because they never cut corners."

Posted by: Usta hear it on the radio at January 12, 2025 07:42 AM (dg+HA)

130 One of those Indian Hills Community Center signs:

To the thief who stole my glasses.
I will find you.
I have contacts.

Posted by: Ciampino - Love those signs at January 12, 2025 07:43 AM (i0xsb)

131 A fireman got dirt dumped on him by a helicopter.

Posted by: Boss Moss at January 12, 2025 07:44 AM (YeGMU)

132 Pi quantum slices?

Posted by: Ciampino - Love those signs - more at January 12, 2025 07:45 AM (i0xsb)

133 I think the Pi foundation has lost the plot.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at January 12, 2025 07:34 AM (XV/Pl)

Like a luxury Chevette.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at January 12, 2025 07:45 AM (+iIV1)

134 Frosty out there this morning. 21 degrees.

Posted by: fd at January 12, 2025 07:46 AM (vFG9F)

135 A square raspberry pie would be called a strudel according to my Yugoslavian grandmother.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at January 12, 2025 07:47 AM (dg+HA)

136 They have ran 42 knots in test.

Posted by: rhennigantx at January 12, 2025 07:47 AM (gbOdA)

137 Like a luxury Chevette.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at January 12, 2025 07:45 AM (+iIV1)

Did Cadillac ever badge a Chevette?

Posted by: rhennigantx at January 12, 2025 07:48 AM (gbOdA)

138 I think the most expensive "luxury" ever offered in the Chevette were floor mats. Or a rear window defroster.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at January 12, 2025 07:49 AM (dg+HA)

139 The Chevy Chevette will drive you happy . Real marketing campaign.

Posted by: Boss Moss at January 12, 2025 07:51 AM (YeGMU)

140 When I was in college, I had a roommate who had a Chevette SS. Supposedly the only one. His dad was a executive at GM. It had a SS badge, custom paint job, mag wheels, Recaro seats and other interior mods, and a bone stock drivetrain.

Posted by: fd at January 12, 2025 07:52 AM (vFG9F)

141 Dracula's cat meme

https://t.ly/X8kN0

Posted by: Ciampino - Love those signs - more please at January 12, 2025 07:52 AM (i0xsb)

142 138 I think the most expensive "luxury" ever offered in the Chevette were floor mats. Or a rear window defroster.
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at January 12, 2025 07:49 AM (dg+HA)

Judges would have accepted it starts and runs.

Posted by: rhennigantx at January 12, 2025 07:52 AM (gbOdA)

143 I still have a wheel from that car that he bent sliding into a curb. It became the base of a table I made around then out of some other car parts and a stop sign.

Posted by: fd at January 12, 2025 07:54 AM (vFG9F)

144 Firefighter says, YOU HAD ONE JOB!

Posted by: one hour sober at January 12, 2025 07:56 AM (Y1sOo)

145 Fireman buried prematurely.

Posted by: Boss Moss at January 12, 2025 07:57 AM (YeGMU)

146 Footage shows Bronx serial stabber after killing 14-year-old boy

https://mol.im/a/14274031

They all look like layabouts, non-White and never old - like they could do a day's work every day. Also look illegally here.

Posted by: Ciampino - I suggest shooting at January 12, 2025 07:58 AM (i0xsb)

147 Does Cali have a Beggars Canyon?

Posted by: Boss Moss at January 12, 2025 07:58 AM (YeGMU)

148 CDC Warns of Rise in Rare ‘Rabbit Fever’ Disease Spreading in the US

Damn and I was just getting over Cat Scratch.

Posted by: rhennigantx at January 12, 2025 08:01 AM (gbOdA)

149 Any birdbath in the ne is frozen

Posted by: Skip at January 12, 2025 08:01 AM (fwDg9)

150 Blue Tongued Mango Voles>> Snail Darter

Posted by: pawn, RIP Vic at January 12, 2025 08:01 AM (QB+5g)

151 143 I still have a wheel from that car that he bent sliding into a curb. It became the base of a table I made around then out of some other car parts and a stop sign.
Posted by: fd at January 12, 2025 07:54 AM (vFG9F)

I find it hard to believe a Chevette could attain the velocity required to slide.

Posted by: rhennigantx at January 12, 2025 08:02 AM (gbOdA)

152 Brrrr.... cold out there.

Posted by: dantesed at January 12, 2025 08:02 AM (Oy/m2)

153 >>>@127 Pie are not squared.
Pie are round. Posted by: Boss Moss
________________________
Wut? Posted by: Detroit Pizza
________________________
Yep ...
Pie are round, served in a square box, eaten as triangles.

Posted by: Kathy at January 12, 2025 08:02 AM (qpw89)

154 150 Blue Tongued Mango Voles>> Snail Darter
Posted by: pawn, RIP Vic at January 12, 2025 08:01 AM (QB+5g)

Thats in a book. He also wrote Striptease.

Posted by: rhennigantx at January 12, 2025 08:03 AM (gbOdA)

155 Delta Smelt.

Posted by: Boss Moss at January 12, 2025 08:03 AM (YeGMU)

156 155 Delta Smelt.
Posted by: Boss Moss at January 12, 2025 08:03 AM (YeGMU)

The one that smelt it dealt it.

Posted by: rhennigantx at January 12, 2025 08:04 AM (gbOdA)

157 When Chevy made the Chevette, that seems to be an indicator that what we now call DEI and wokeism had infected the industry.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at January 12, 2025 08:05 AM (3Ope8)

158 "I find it hard to believe a Chevette could attain the velocity required to slide.
Posted by: rhennigantx"

The guy was an idiot. He could do it in his idiot car. I've got some stories.

Posted by: fd at January 12, 2025 08:06 AM (vFG9F)

159 155 Delta Smelt.

Posted by: Boss Moss at January 12, 2025 08:03 AM (YeGMU)
----
Dear Delta,
You keep saying that, but how did it smell?

Posted by: Ciampino - ask Gwenyth? at January 12, 2025 08:06 AM (i0xsb)

160 Delta Dawn>>Delta Smelt

Posted by: rhennigantx at January 12, 2025 08:07 AM (gbOdA)

161 Why did I hang out with an idiot in college? He probably wonders the same thing.

Posted by: fd at January 12, 2025 08:08 AM (vFG9F)

162 Irish woman dies after falling 500 feet in Malaga climbing spot

https://mol.im/a/14273977

Posted by: Ciampino - Brit news at January 12, 2025 08:08 AM (i0xsb)

163 I once travelled across the country in a Chevette. I still suffer from Chevette lag.

Posted by: Buzz Adrenaline at January 12, 2025 08:09 AM (JRP2U)

164 8 days

Posted by: JackStraw at January 12, 2025 08:12 AM (LkLld)

165 Fashion giants are begging to dress Melania for Trump's inauguration

https://mol.im/a/14274329

If she weren't married I'd volunteer too but she's off limits so I don't even think along those lines. She's like a beautiful painting or a lovely-styled performance car: I don't want it but it's pleasing to the eye.

Posted by: Ciampino - down boys, she's taken at January 12, 2025 08:12 AM (i0xsb)

166 They probably smell fishy.

Posted by: Boss Moss at January 12, 2025 08:13 AM (YeGMU)

167 CDC Warns of Rise in Rare ‘Rabbit Fever’

**********

That explains why everybody is running around like their hare is on fire...

Posted by: 1sr Lt. Andrew Rowan at January 12, 2025 08:16 AM (991eG)

168 35 to 45 mph Santa Anna winds coming.

Posted by: Boss Moss at January 12, 2025 08:16 AM (YeGMU)

169 " I once travelled across the country in a Chevette. I still suffer from Chevette lag.
Posted by: Buzz Adrenaline

Heh. You can tell everyone that you toured the country in a 'Vette.

Posted by: fd at January 12, 2025 08:16 AM (vFG9F)

170 I'm unhappy. Rev has to have a procedure at the hospital on, you guessed it, Monday January 20, right in the middle of the inauguration.

Posted by: grammie winger - cheesehead at January 12, 2025 08:16 AM (SfhV1)

171 Heh. You can tell everyone that you toured the country in a 'Vette.
Posted by: fd at January 12, 2025 08:16 AM (vFG9F)

Route 66

Posted by: rhennigantx at January 12, 2025 08:18 AM (gbOdA)

172 "CDC Warns of Rise in Rare ‘Rabbit Fever’"

Rarebit fever? Stay away from the cheese on toast.

Posted by: fd at January 12, 2025 08:19 AM (vFG9F)

173 I thought Biden canceled his trip to see the Pope. Guess he changed his mind again.

Posted by: grammie winger - cheesehead at January 12, 2025 08:21 AM (SfhV1)

174 'morning. This is a heck of a note. Set the alarm. Thought today was Monday when I got up. Drats.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 12, 2025 08:21 AM (f/z+J)

175 Tea, Red Rose, hot
And a blueberry muffin

Posted by: Skip at January 12, 2025 08:22 AM (fwDg9)

176 174 'morning. This is a heck of a note. Set the alarm. Thought today was Monday when I got up. Drats.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 12, 2025 08:21 AM (f/z+J)

The big Tex game on Fri Nite made me think today is Monday.

Posted by: rhennigantx at January 12, 2025 08:23 AM (gbOdA)

177 Sad thing is no alarm and I wake up at 4am anyway

Posted by: Skip at January 12, 2025 08:26 AM (fwDg9)

178 CDC Warns of Rise in Rare ‘Rabbit Fever’
_______

There's a classic Bugs Bunny on that. I think he was trying to trick Elmer Fudd into thinking he had it.

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at January 12, 2025 08:26 AM (Dm8we)

179 >>> right in the middle of the inauguration.
Posted by: grammie winger
---

To be frank, right up the middle is best. Best wishes and good thoughts for you both.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 12, 2025 08:26 AM (f/z+J)

180 173 I thought Biden canceled his trip to see the Pope. Guess he changed his mind again.

Posted by: grammie winger - cheesehead at January 12, 2025 08:21 AM (SfhV1)

I believe he awarded it to the Pope in absentia.

Posted by: Gref at January 12, 2025 08:26 AM (aBgBM)

181 Elizabeth Warren is now using the LA wildfires to solicit donations directly to Act Blue.

https://tinyurl.com/mr2fytdu

Posted by: Ciampino - wish her bad luck with that at January 12, 2025 08:27 AM (i0xsb)

182 Harris accused of 'zombie fundraising' donors STILL getting charged

https://mol.im/a/14274317

Posted by: Ciampino - Ds always have hands deep in someone else's pockets at January 12, 2025 08:28 AM (i0xsb)

183 Best wishes and good thoughts for you both.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 12, 2025 08:26 AM (f/z+J)

Thank you. That's very kind of you.

Posted by: grammie winger - cheesehead at January 12, 2025 08:28 AM (SfhV1)

184 Heap big wampum.

Posted by: Lieawatha at January 12, 2025 08:29 AM (dg+HA)

185 Posted by: Ciampino - wish her bad luck with that at January 12, 2025 08:27 AM (i0xsb)

Now is a perfect time to defund the police. Tone deaf doesn't even begin to describe democrats in general and Fauxcohantas in particular.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at January 12, 2025 08:30 AM (3Ope8)

186 I hope some adults take over the CDC, tired of them crying wolf then letting the wolf out of its cage

Posted by: Skip at January 12, 2025 08:32 AM (fwDg9)

187 For example, when a coworker approaches from down the hall, and you can't quite remember her name, the AI will sense your unease and a voice will ring: "Jenny from quantum computing."

--

Imagine a world where, in lieu of conversations, we all just recite the scripts provided by our helpful AI assistants.
Soon after the AI assistants realuze how mych more efficient to cut out the flesh actors of their scripts

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at January 12, 2025 08:34 AM (GhIJO)

188 Burglary call at Klamato Harris's house. False alarm?

Posted by: Boss Moss at January 12, 2025 08:34 AM (YeGMU)

189 Enron is promoting the Enron Egg

No, it's not.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at January 12, 2025 08:34 AM (IG4Id)

190 CDC Warns of Rise in Rare ‘Rabbit Fever’ Disease Spreading in the US

Posted by: rhennigantx at January 12, 2025 08:01 AM (gbOdA)
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Duck fever.

LA fire!!!

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at January 12, 2025 08:35 AM (q8Zj0)

191 What disease has the Center for Disease Control every controlled?

Posted by: I gotta ask at January 12, 2025 08:35 AM (dg+HA)

192 This might actually be a good time to aquire Greenland. With all the global warming it will be green again. Maybe some LA refugees would like to move there even.

Posted by: fd at January 12, 2025 08:35 AM (vFG9F)

193 Mexican firefighter inbound. 72. Fighting the fires American's won't.

Posted by: Boss Moss at January 12, 2025 08:36 AM (YeGMU)

194 With all the global warming it will be green again. Maybe some LA refugees would like to move there even.
Posted by: fd

There's no global warming. Only global communism, which, In a perfect world, would lead to global warming.

But here we is.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at January 12, 2025 08:37 AM (IG4Id)

195 Wabbit Fevew!

Posted by: Elmer Fudd at January 12, 2025 08:38 AM (dR6yv)

196 > Elizabeth Warren is now using the LA wildfires to solicit donations directly to Act Blue.
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Newsome is too. And, Act Blue isn't giving the money to the displaced people in CA, but to Democrats.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 12, 2025 08:39 AM (Q4IgG)

197 I always to to say 'Hello Name' when I greet someone, I think it might be a Midwestern thing. I'm wrong about 50% of the time, but it's a real ice-breaker.

Posted by: Candidus at January 12, 2025 08:39 AM (YOYV1)

198 They've got a shot for that, you know.

Posted by: Jessica Rabbit at January 12, 2025 08:39 AM (vFG9F)

199 I'm not a pilot but I have to imagine that you have to be an absolute BADASS to skim the water in what is basically a flying tank, over and over all day long, and do it with the accuracy it takes to scoop up 1,000+ gallons of water and not have an accident.

https://tinyurl.com/47wpaz4y

More badass with a non-seaplane for sure.

Posted by: Ciampino - Dare-devils at January 12, 2025 08:39 AM (i0xsb)

200 Nice tune Pixie, thanks. Looking in the couch cushions for Enron investment money.

Posted by: From about That Time at January 12, 2025 08:40 AM (4780s)

201 I'll take a heaping helping of Global Warming, please. It's in the 20s out there.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at January 12, 2025 08:40 AM (dg+HA)

202 I make the bunny purr with the stroke of my hand....

Posted by: Ted Nugent at January 12, 2025 08:41 AM (dR6yv)

203 I had a Chevette. Good little car, served me well over a lot of miles.

Posted by: Ordinary American at January 12, 2025 08:41 AM (ZlOcj)

204 Nuclear Egg, not a reactor, it is just composed of atoms that have a nucleus. There must be some plug or place to add fuel ... or what does it actually do?

Posted by: illiniwek at January 12, 2025 08:42 AM (Cus5s)

205 Wabbit Fevew!
Posted by: Elmer Fudd
__________

For any of you Sirius sports fans, does not "Mad Dog" Chris Ruffo talk like Elmer Fudd? He pronounces the letter R like W. Probably is pwobably.

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at January 12, 2025 08:43 AM (Dm8we)

206 https://tinyurl.com/47wpaz4y

More badass with a non-seaplane for sure.
Posted by: Ciampino - Dare-devils
---

Saw #10, it's a tri-motor jet, 727 maybe.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 12, 2025 08:43 AM (f/z+J)

207 A train full of toxic sludge crashed in Palistine Ohio, and it was as close to ignored as was possible in DC. You were all shocked, shocked that they hate Trump voters more than they love wildlife.

Something to think about when California gets 100% funding for the current thing. If you wonder, full of consternation, why dems vote for dems, here is the answer. (Yes I know that it isn't an excuse, but a feeble explanation.)

We need an "Appalachian Relief", ostensibly for remote rural areas, but in reality shaking the money tree for Trump voters on par with what dems do. And under the assumption, right or wrong, that another dem presidency is right around the corner.

Someday we will escape this ruinous stupid game, but until then, we should intend to win rather than lose.

Posted by: BourbonChicken at January 12, 2025 08:44 AM (lhenN)

208 The Bobs interview the Enron Egg:

So, what is it you'd say you do around here?

Posted by: Office Space reference at January 12, 2025 08:44 AM (dg+HA)

209 Nuclear Egg, not a reactor, it is just composed of atoms that have a nucleus. There must be some plug or place to add fuel ... or what does it actually do?
Posted by: illiniwek

**********

That's Unclear...

Posted by: 1sr Lt. Andrew Rowan at January 12, 2025 08:45 AM (991eG)

210 Enron's Egg is run by Cold Fusion right?

Posted by: Ciampino - It works on paper! at January 12, 2025 08:45 AM (i0xsb)

211 >Nuclear Egg, not a reactor....what does it actually do?
---

It separates you from some of your money

Posted by: Don Black. Message: Let's disco at January 12, 2025 08:45 AM (AOsQT)

212

En-ROn Hubbard!!!!!

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at January 12, 2025 08:46 AM (x0n13)

213 Enron Egg is a shell game.

Posted by: Boss Moss at January 12, 2025 08:46 AM (YeGMU)

214 Conservatives are happier than liberals, and this does not change when the government is slated entirely against them. It was known here that the people inside Madame President Hillary's Re-education Camps (with festively tinseled barbed wire) were making more jokes than the people outside.

If you had to life-coach someone who was on the ropes, it would be easier to lift up an angry man than a despondent one. But a man who is somehow =HAPPY= while on the ropes a lost cause.

https://x.com/BourbnChicken/status/1875907681686544660

Posted by: BourbonChicken at January 12, 2025 08:46 AM (lhenN)

215 G'mornin' everyone!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at January 12, 2025 08:47 AM (cY18j)

216 If you had to life-coach someone who was on the ropes, it would be easier to lift up an angry man than a despondent one. But a man who is somehow =HAPPY= while on the ropes a lost cause.

https://x.com/BourbnChicken/status/1875907681686544660
Posted by: BourbonChicken at January 12, 2025 08:46 AM (lhenN)
----
There's a great Far Side cartoon where two devils are standing on the side while a condemned man is whistling happily while working.

One of the devils says, "You know, we just can't seem to get through to that guy."

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at January 12, 2025 08:48 AM (BpYfr)

217 Nuclear Egg, that's some kind of O&G. It indicates something. Exxon's got three greenies on the board of directors. A reactor for every new subdivision would be a selling point. - Tell Hot Kilowatt to stuff it.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 12, 2025 08:48 AM (f/z+J)

218 Grammie, Prayers are sent for you and Rev. Soon he will be healthy again.

Posted by: Mrs JTB at January 12, 2025 08:49 AM (yTvNw)

219 No mr fusion

Posted by: Miguel cervantes at January 12, 2025 08:49 AM (dJR17)

220 this thread will end soon

Posted by: Don Black. Message: Let's disco at January 12, 2025 08:49 AM (AOsQT)

221 Grammie, Prayers are sent for you and Rev. Soon he will be healthy again.

Posted by: Mrs JTB at January 12, 2025 08:49 AM (yTvNw)

Yes, God willing. Thank you!

Posted by: grammie winger - cheesehead at January 12, 2025 08:50 AM (SfhV1)

222 Biden's put a $25 million dollar bounty on Maduro's head.
Venezuela is talking about not selling oil to us.
Exxon is the only American refinery that can handle their tar oil.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 12, 2025 08:50 AM (f/z+J)

223 How do you shovel the coal into the enron egg?

Posted by: Boss Moss at January 12, 2025 08:50 AM (YeGMU)

224 So what is it? I get mixed signals as to the politics of the people in North Carolina living in tents. Democrats or Republicans in the main? Isn't it that they want that land for mining so don't care who is displaced?

Posted by: Ciampino - FEMA - Fed Extra Mining Assoc at January 12, 2025 08:50 AM (i0xsb)

225
Saw #10, it's a tri-motor jet, 727 maybe.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 12, 2025 08:43 AM (f/z+J)

#10 is a modified DC-10. Looks like it always drops retardant.

Posted by: Tom Servo at January 12, 2025 08:51 AM (7MHHr)

226 I had a Chevette when I was young and poor, sadly gave up my Mustang which was stupid and foolish.

Posted by: Skip at January 12, 2025 08:51 AM (fwDg9)

227 The hatchback did kind of work as a rolling tool box

Posted by: Skip at January 12, 2025 08:52 AM (fwDg9)

228 We always called that car a Shove-it.

Posted by: Tom Servo at January 12, 2025 08:52 AM (7MHHr)

229 A recent update to the Amazon Kindle line of e-book readers has caused mine to become slow a few days after I do a full restart on it.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant

I like having a kindle, but it sure is a clunky mover. We have one that is a good 20 years old, and a newer one, about 11-12 years old.

I can't go directly to amazon to get books on either of them, unless I have about 40 minutes to spend waiting for pages to open. Once I purchase or download the books using a laptop, they'll be there when I boot up the kindle, but it's too sluggish to connect to internet for anything else. Using the thing to view AOSHQ is right out.

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at January 12, 2025 08:53 AM (OX9vb)

230 Didn't I read before that the the whole Enron CEO thing is a troll? This guy is getting stupid media people to do stories on the stupid stuff he is saying.

I mean come on his name is Gaydos?

Posted by: blaster at January 12, 2025 08:54 AM (QfvaV)

231 The planes scooping up water aren't seaplanes?

Posted by: Boss Moss at January 12, 2025 08:54 AM (YeGMU)

232
https://x.com/BourbnChicken/status/1875907681686544660
Posted by: BourbonChicken at January 12, 2025 08:46 AM (lhenN)
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There's a great Far Side cartoon where two devils are standing on the side while a condemned man is whistling happily while working.

One of the devils says, "You know, we just can't seem to get through to that guy."
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at January 12, 2025 08:48 AM (BpYfr)

Follow the link, sir.

Posted by: BourbonChicken at January 12, 2025 08:54 AM (lhenN)

233 #10 is a modified DC-10. Looks like it always drops retardant.
Posted by: Tom Servo
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Think there's a clip of a big jet scooping up water. It seemed as if it took close to a minute to fill up. Made crop dusting look like a piece of cake.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 12, 2025 08:55 AM (f/z+J)

234 228 We always called that car a Shove-it.

Posted by: Tom Servo at January 12, 2025 08:52 AM (7MHHr)
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Did it have a heated rear-window as kindness to hands when shoving-it in winter? This was a big selling point on the Ugo DeLuxe.

Posted by: Ciampino - German engineering (East) at January 12, 2025 08:55 AM (i0xsb)

235 They had modified C 130s the other day.

Posted by: Boss Moss at January 12, 2025 08:56 AM (YeGMU)

236 Think there's a clip of a big jet scooping up water. It seemed as if it took close to a minute to fill up. Made crop dusting look like a piece of cake.
Posted by: Braenyard
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Was Cary Grant fleeing on a jet ski in front of it?

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at January 12, 2025 08:57 AM (Dm8we)

237 They also used DC10’s here when fighting the fire that started close to us. Plus copters. You could tell when a Chinook was heading in. Fascinating and scary. It’s MT so very well organized and professional. Wonder if an of our crews are in CA?

Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at January 12, 2025 08:58 AM (2NHgQ)

238 Why hasn't there been a call for all of these planes to head west?

Posted by: Boss Moss at January 12, 2025 08:59 AM (YeGMU)

239 .
NOOD

The Illustrious Sunday Morning Book Thread is here!
(Pants... Remember to wear pants...)

NOOD!

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at January 12, 2025 08:59 AM (O7YUW)

240 Blackrock, Vanguard, and State put at least two greenies on the board of Exxon. They conspired and succeeded at several big cos.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 12, 2025 09:00 AM (f/z+J)

241 153 Pie are round, served in a square box, eaten as triangles.
Posted by: Kathy at January 12, 2025 08:02 AM (qpw89)

Ha!

Posted by: m at January 12, 2025 09:01 AM (VnUSN)

242 I thought Biden canceled his trip to see the Pope. Guess he changed his mind again.
Posted by: grammie winger - cheesehead at January 12, 2025 08:21 AM (SfhV1)

He's traveling to Wales, as I understand it, to visit those young girls in that Come To Wales ad. Something about hair.

Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy at January 12, 2025 09:01 AM (iODuv)

243 AI will eventually be able to detect AI.

At that point, the white-collar tech jobs will have a lot of layoffs, simply because HR will be replaced by AI, and AI will detect all the people that are using AI to do their supposed jobs (see previously-mentioned HR), and cost savings will be seen by having to pay meat-bags to be the middle-organisms for transerring AI communications.

Some jobs will remain, mostly as a source of further creative input for AI. Mostly those employees that actually used their brain instead of turning it off to let the AI take over all thinking.

Now, an interesting thing happens if you apply this to schools and colleges..

Posted by: another anon at January 12, 2025 09:29 AM (QNMaY)

244 Newsome is too. And, Act Blue isn't giving the money to the displaced people in CA, but to Democrats.

Posted by: Martini Farmer

And the people of CA voted for more water infrastructure, and we paid for it, and that money was raided and given to Democrat front groups for all sorts of social programs.

So, same as it ever was.

Posted by: Grudge Harbor at January 12, 2025 10:53 AM (4DY5T)

245 They also used DC10’s here when fighting the fire that started close to us. Plus copters. You could tell when a Chinook was heading in. Fascinating and scary. It’s MT so very well organized and professional. Wonder if an of our crews are in CA?

Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine

Neighbor was talking about the Chinooks. We haven't seen any deployed for the Eaton fire. And the choppers do a circuit over our houses when their dumping on the eastern edge of the fire.

Posted by: Grudge Harbor at January 12, 2025 10:56 AM (4DY5T)

246 128 How fast can a nuclear powered aircraft carrier move at full screws?
Posted by: Boss Moss at January 12, 2025 07:41 AM (YeGMU)
I don’t know (and choose not to look up) the actual numbers, but I’ve read the nuclear powered Enterprise was fast enough that they had to strap down the aircraft to keep them on the deck when she was at full speed.

The Enterprise was the fastest of all our nuclear carriers. The idea was speed was safety, until they realized out running support vessels wasn’t a good idea and they couldn’t outrun nuclear tipped missiles anyway.

Posted by: Advo at January 12, 2025 10:57 AM (jO4mz)

247 For any of you Sirius sports fans, does not "Mad Dog" Chris Ruffo talk like Elmer Fudd? He pronounces the letter R like W. Probably is pwobably.
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at January 12, 2025 08:43 AM (Dm8we)

I never noticed it.

Posted by: Barry Kripke at January 12, 2025 11:15 AM (JRP2U)

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