Clearing Out My YouTube Watchlist Cafe

Cochem Castle
@pierrebrauer

I've been saving various cute videos on YouTube for a year. It's time to post them and delete the links.

The summer can't come quickly enough.

Fostering an orphaned baby otter.

A fluffy otter pup doesn't like the water yet.

Lion "kneads" like a kitty cat.

URGENT: It's not just bears. Now elephants are out-of-control, too!

And gorillas!

Now the lions are out of control. These bears have staged an insurrection of all of the big circus animals!

An oldie but a goodie: Tiny elephant calf charges at the camera.

Norbert the dog won't let his owners kiss each other without involving himself. More about Norbert here.

Rufus the Couch Kangaroo.

Crane knocks on the door every day and eventually brings his family along.

And a groundhog decides to adopt a human family.

Bat babies.

This K-Tel record is fire!

Posted by: Ace at 07:13 PM

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1 Looks like Hogwarts.

Posted by: WitchDoktor at February 24, 2025 07:14 PM (kCmEj)

2 Aminals!

Posted by: Czech Chick at February 24, 2025 07:14 PM (fpVC1)

3 Colditz the early years

Posted by: Anna Puma at February 24, 2025 07:15 PM (akmNW)

4 No wonder they can't afford good dental work or food.

Posted by: Boss Moss at February 24, 2025 07:15 PM (G9iYQ)

5 Good news: UPS figured out the porchpirate problem; they ring the bell and make you sign for deliveries
Bad news: UPS drivers don't give a shit, and will tap the doorbell and stick a note on your door when your personal teleporter doesn't get you down there in five seconds.

Posted by: gKWVE at February 24, 2025 07:17 PM (gKWVE)

6 Ubislop has found a unique rake to step on.

Release date for Assassin's Creed: Shadows isn't until March 20th, anniversary of the Sarin attack of the Toyko subway by a religious cult.

But physical copies of the game are surfacing in online marketplaces and selling for $100.

Posted by: Anna Puma at February 24, 2025 07:18 PM (akmNW)

7 Not a Yak in sight.

Posted by: Ben Had at February 24, 2025 07:18 PM (mB6WH)

8 lol, Anna!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at February 24, 2025 07:18 PM (RP0h0)

9 I love the video of the woman giving the wild-eyed baby elephant some scritches.

Posted by: bonhomme at February 24, 2025 07:18 PM (lIio7)

10 Good evening good people.

Posted by: Tonypete at February 24, 2025 07:18 PM (cYBz/)

11 Wa gwan

Posted by: Accomack at February 24, 2025 07:18 PM (dJCmT)

12 So ready for spring....

Took the Monster for a spin yesterday. Still a wheelie machine.

Posted by: jsg at February 24, 2025 07:19 PM (UJ+K5)

13 Why was that wingsuit jump brutal?

Posted by: Accomack at February 24, 2025 07:20 PM (dJCmT)

14 I love the video of the woman giving the wild-eyed baby elephant some scritches.
Posted by: bonhomme at February 24, 2025 07:18 PM (lIio7)
----
She is cute...

Oh, and the elephant is adorable as well...

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at February 24, 2025 07:20 PM (BpYfr)

15 I once had an entire mariachi band in the store during one of my shifts. They had just finished a gig and they walked in wearing their stage suits - gold and white.

Posted by: mrp at February 24, 2025 07:20 PM (rj6Yv)

16 I loved the marathon swimmer black lab that barked as he swam.

Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at February 24, 2025 07:21 PM (VofaG)

17 But physical copies of the game are surfacing in online marketplaces and selling for $100.
Posted by: Anna Puma at February 24, 2025 07:18 PM (akmNW)

How much are Ubisoft planning to charge to uninstall that shit from your PC?

Posted by: gKWVE at February 24, 2025 07:21 PM (gKWVE)

18 Those dog in the pool. You can tell the labbies, but you can't tell them much.

Posted by: huerfano at February 24, 2025 07:23 PM (n2swS)

19 I just installed Hyprland on Arch Linux, the learning curve is going to be steep but potentially well worth it.

Being able to go mouseless or mostly mouseless is going to be awesomely productive.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at February 24, 2025 07:24 PM (XV/Pl)

20 Good evening everyone

Posted by: Skip at February 24, 2025 07:25 PM (fwDg9)

21 Wow that wingsuit vid is incredible.

Posted by: jsg at February 24, 2025 07:25 PM (UJ+K5)

22 Flashdance gorilla.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at February 24, 2025 07:25 PM (63Dwl)

23 >>I once had an entire mariachi band in the store during one of my shifts. They had just finished a gig and they walked in wearing their stage suits - gold and white.

When I was in college in Tucson, a group of Music Students used to dress up like a Mariachi Band and randomly crash parties.
Never knew when it would happen, but you'd be at a party and suddenly a Mariachi Band would walk in and play like a 30 minute set of Mariachi Music. Then walk out.

Full regalia and everything.

Hysterical.

Posted by: garrett at February 24, 2025 07:26 PM (oa1NA)

24 >>Flashdance gorilla.

She works hard for the money.

Posted by: garrett at February 24, 2025 07:26 PM (oa1NA)

25 Heh, our dog spotted her buddy being walked down the street and started barking. Halo, pooch being walked, froze and refused to go any further. My wife went out and asked if they wanted to leave Halo. Halo needed no encouragement to head toward our door.

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at February 24, 2025 07:26 PM (tT6L1)

26 Just saw we are importing eggs from Turkey.

Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at February 24, 2025 07:27 PM (VofaG)

27 Posted by: gKWVE at February 24, 2025 07:17 PM (gKWVE)

FedEx and UPS are pretty good where I am. Really, UPS is pretty great.

Post Office is bad. They cram packages that don’t fit into my mailbox, mangling the packaging, and making it so the door won’t close. Rain gets in, ruining mail. (Thankfully it’s all junk mail. Go USPS.)

When a package is too big, they actually drive up my driveway. I have a big, wide, covered porch at my front door, providing an excellent place to leave packages. That’s what FedEx and UPS use.

The only problem? You’d have to get out of the vehicle and walk twenty feet. That’s a non-starter for a government employee, so they just drive around behind my house where the garage is, leaving the packages in an uncovered area. Because that way they don’t have to leave the vehicle! So what if things are destroyed by rain? Not their problem!

USPS has a way to tell them where you’d like your packages delivered. This is ignored.

Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director at February 24, 2025 07:28 PM (l3YAf)

28 I miss Irene Cera

Posted by: I want to live forever, I want to learn how to fly at February 24, 2025 07:28 PM (gKWVE)

29 >>Flashdance gorilla.

She works hard for the money.
Posted by: garrett at February 24, 2025 07:26 PM (

She works hard for the monkey

Posted by: Josephistan at February 24, 2025 07:28 PM (bHGBC)

30 I'm sorry, but buying a wing suit strikes me as the equivalent of leaving a suicide note.

Posted by: Paco at February 24, 2025 07:28 PM (mADJX)

31 Joey the baby otter is adorable!

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 24, 2025 07:29 PM (YhFBp)

32 >>USPS has a way to tell them where you’d like your packages delivered. This is ignored.

A nice gift once or twice a year will have your local USPS driver doing anything you ask them to.

A Gift Card to the Local Coffee Kiosk goes a long way.

Posted by: garrett at February 24, 2025 07:30 PM (oa1NA)

33 Man, groundhogs have some lethal-looking choppers.

Posted by: Paco at February 24, 2025 07:30 PM (mADJX)

34 Way back before YouTube became corporatized crap/derp state, and the coolest videos went up hourly, I saw one of the early wingsuit flight videos. Floored me on a spiritual level. I was a breath away from liquidating a few motorcycles and as Dowby told Joel....sometimes you just gotta say 'what the fck'. Wrestled with it daily, decided it was time to settle down.

Posted by: Gary R at February 24, 2025 07:30 PM (36OLy)

35 A nice gift once or twice a year will have your local USPS driver doing anything you ask them to.

A Gift Card to the Local Coffee Kiosk goes a long way.
Posted by: garrett at February 24, 2025 07:30 PM (oa1NA)

That is a FACT.

Posted by: jsg at February 24, 2025 07:31 PM (UJ+K5)

36 Just saw we are importing eggs from Turkey.

==

hahahahah, Turkey eggs! hahahahah!

Posted by: runner at February 24, 2025 07:31 PM (g47mK)

37 Just saw we are importing eggs from Turkey.
Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth

At that size they might be worth our prices.

Posted by: mikeski at February 24, 2025 07:31 PM (DgGvY)

38 Norbert died a few weeks ago. 😢

Posted by: Tammy-al Thor at February 24, 2025 07:31 PM (Vvh2V)

39
Question:

Should James Bond movies never have been "modernized" with the times and remained set in the '50's & '60's?

Posted by: Soothsayer at February 24, 2025 07:32 PM (d2H9S)

40 Doggies love water

Posted by: Skip at February 24, 2025 07:32 PM (fwDg9)

41 did not know that Turkey was worth anything these days, I guess they are good for something

Posted by: runner at February 24, 2025 07:32 PM (g47mK)

42 Post office does the deliveries for Amazon here on The Island. I got the biggest mailbox Amazon sold. Yesterday, PO left two shoe boxes stacked in the mailbox with no problem.

Posted by: Accomack at February 24, 2025 07:33 PM (dJCmT)

43 Just saw we are importing eggs from Turkey.
Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at February 24, 2025 07:27 PM (VofaG)

Heh.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, red heifer owner at February 24, 2025 07:33 PM (dR6yv)

44 I hear duck eggs are pretty good.

Posted by: jsg at February 24, 2025 07:34 PM (UJ+K5)

45 The USDA will keep killing chickens until there are no more chickens. that'll stop the avian flu for sure.

Posted by: Accomack at February 24, 2025 07:36 PM (dJCmT)

46 Duck eggs are good.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, red heifer owner at February 24, 2025 07:36 PM (dR6yv)

47 The Evian Flu is the one that is going to get us.

Posted by: garrett at February 24, 2025 07:36 PM (oa1NA)

48 About to watch Death of Stalin again. Haven’t seen it in about a year.

Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at February 24, 2025 07:36 PM (VofaG)

49 >>>(Bill Kristol's "non profit" organization, "Defending Democracy Together," is also getting its USAID funding zeroed out.)

Just saw this in the sidebar. Then who will be paying for his cabin boys?

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at February 24, 2025 07:37 PM (i24o9)

50
Dragged all the potted plants out of the entry and the garage, where they were kept from the freeze. Got the shrubs uncovered. Busy day.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at February 24, 2025 07:38 PM (dxSpM)

51 Sooth probably

Posted by: Skip at February 24, 2025 07:38 PM (fwDg9)

52 As a lifelong Republican and a career civil servant, let me just say that I support the *spirit* of what Trump and Musk are doing, just not the actual doing.

We have processes and procedures for dealing with requests in the civil service. Did Musk file Form 420-FU, Request to Initiate Email before his little blast to all Federal employees? Of course not!

All reviews of employee performance/showing up for the job/being not-dead/being a real human being and not just a free money glitch MUST go through the proper channels. All requests for employee performance metrics MUST undergo a two-month review.

That’s followed up by a MANDATORY review with a three-month period of comment. After that, the employee has 14 days to file an objection to the request, which must be expedited. A full review takes no more than a few weeks. Once it is cleared, the employee can provide a list of five things they did last week, should the choose.

Look, I respect Musk, but this isn’t sone Silicon Valley company where you can just expect orders to be carried out. We’re the Federal Government: we do IMPORTANT work!

Posted by: Career Civil Servant, eyeing rice bowl greedily at February 24, 2025 07:39 PM (l3YAf)

53 I got TWO sweet sea otter vids!

Thank you, ace!

Posted by: nurse ratched at February 24, 2025 07:39 PM (pK0gS)

54 That groundhog would be in my sisters hit list. She owns a farm and hates them.

The Critical Drinker reviewed 'The Gorge'. It looks like a dumb but entertaining movie. He didn't like it. I probably would because I know going in it isn't 'Lawrence of Arabia'. It looks similar to Resident Evil which was dumb but entertaining.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at February 24, 2025 07:39 PM (sAmhv)

55 A nice gift once or twice a year will have your local USPS driver doing anything you ask them to.

A Gift Card to the Local Coffee Kiosk goes a long way.
Posted by: garrett

We already pay their salaries, why should we also have to bribe them to do their jobs right?

Posted by: FeatherBlade at February 24, 2025 07:39 PM (hB7mE)

56
Blackened trout, rice and wilted spinach with garlic for dinner. Yum.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at February 24, 2025 07:40 PM (dxSpM)

57
If, back in 2017, you told me that in 8 years I'd love Megyn Kelly and hate Chris Christie, I would've told you were crazy.

Posted by: Soothsayer at February 24, 2025 07:42 PM (d2H9S)

58 45 The USDA will keep killing chickens until there are no more chickens. that'll stop the avian flu for sure.
Posted by: Accomack at February 24, 2025 07:36 PM (dJCmT)
It's an op, the avian flu is bio-warfare on innocent chickens and by extension humans.

Posted by: Eromero at February 24, 2025 07:42 PM (LHPAg)

59 I just installed Hyprland on Arch Linux, the learning curve is going to be steep but potentially well worth it.

Being able to go mouseless or mostly mouseless is going to be awesomely productive.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at February 24, 2025 07:24 PM (XV/Pl)

How so? Expound, please.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at February 24, 2025 07:43 PM (i24o9)

60 A nice gift once or twice a year will have your local USPS driver doing anything you ask them to.

A Gift Card to the Local Coffee Kiosk goes a long way.
Posted by: garrett at February 24, 2025 07:30 PM (oa1NA)

That is a FACT.
Posted by: jsg at February 24, 2025 07:31 PM (UJ+K5)

I give the most allowed by Federal law each Christmas, which is $20. I guess that plus paying their salary, benefits and retirement still doesn’t entitle me to actual service?

Oddly, I don’t tip the UPS or FedEx guys at all, and do they job just fine..

Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director at February 24, 2025 07:43 PM (l3YAf)

61 Posted by: Career Civil Servant, eyeing rice bowl greedily at February 24, 2025 07:39 PM (l3YAf)

Well done.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at February 24, 2025 07:44 PM (i24o9)

62 >>We already pay their salaries, why should we also have to bribe them to do their jobs right?

It is almost impossible to interact more with USPS than I do...
for the $40-50 a year I put in the pocket of the local Coffee Kiosk Owner, I enjoy concierge service.
No wet packages. No issues with USPS at all.

I am fine with my decision.

Posted by: garrett at February 24, 2025 07:45 PM (oa1NA)

63
It's an op, the avian flu is bio-warfare on innocent chickens and by extension humans.
Posted by: Eromero at February 24, 2025 07:42 PM (LHPAg)

___________

"Avenge me, I say, avenge me, boys!" - F. Leghorn

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at February 24, 2025 07:45 PM (dxSpM)

64 56
Blackened trout, rice and wilted spinach with garlic for dinner. Yum.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at February

Sounds amazing! We had ramen with collard greens, pickled onions and a few chicken slices. Southern ramen! 😂

Posted by: Piper at February 24, 2025 07:46 PM (p4NUW)

65
You Know What the SECRET to Cooking Great FISH Meals?

Hide the horrible Fish taste with by smothering it out with great-tasting foods and sauces. For instance: Fish & Chips. Another example: Tuna is disgusting, but smothering it with mayo and other stuff, it's tasty.

Posted by: Soothsayer at February 24, 2025 07:46 PM (ZNeC2)

66 On the boat home!

On the boat home!

Whoohoo!

Posted by: nurse ratched at February 24, 2025 07:47 PM (R0zVc)

67 We already pay their salaries, why should we also have to bribe them to do their jobs right?
Posted by: FeatherBlade at February 24, 2025 07:39 PM (hB7mE)

I should’ve pulled that at my job. “Oh, you want me to fix one of the H1Bs fuckups and restore production because we’re losing thousands of dollars a minute while we’re down? When’s the last time I got a gift card, huh?”

Anyone who tried that in the private sector would be shitcanned.

Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director at February 24, 2025 07:47 PM (l3YAf)

68 On the boat home!

On the boat home!

Whoohoo!

Posted by: nurse ratched at February 24, 2025 07:47 PM (R0zVc)

I didn't even know you were Cuban.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at February 24, 2025 07:47 PM (i24o9)

69
Another example: Liver & Onions.

The gravy, onions, etc. [almost] cancel out the disgusting liver flavor.

Posted by: Soothsayer at February 24, 2025 07:48 PM (ZNeC2)

70 Mail delivery here in Brunswick county, NC is the worst I've ever experienced, and I've lived all over the U.S. Now, they're not even delivering mail at all some days. Some days they just deliver packages, the next day they deliver first class and junk mail.

Doesn't affect me too much; I do as much business as possible online, and usually when I order stuff it comes FedX or UPS.

Posted by: Paco at February 24, 2025 07:48 PM (mADJX)

71 Another example: Liver & Onions.

The gravy, onions, etc. [almost] cancel out the disgusting liver flavor.

Posted by: Soothsayer at February 24, 2025 07:48 PM (ZNeC2)

Agreed on liver and onions, but on fish, your tastebuds are broken.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at February 24, 2025 07:48 PM (i24o9)

72
I'd expect that from a Flounder...

Posted by: Soothsayer at February 24, 2025 07:49 PM (ZNeC2)

73 I like the beginning of Death of Stalin when the actor I think his name is Considine gets the order make a recording of the classical music program for Stalin. He keeps the musicians and crowd around to record another version. All the while pissing himself because he was sure he'd be shot. And Buscemi is awesome throughout.

Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at February 24, 2025 07:50 PM (b294k)

74 My boss was lamenting the fact that the package he ordered via USPS made it to town, then somehow ended on a truck elsewhere...

Now it's making a loop back to the regional distribution center where it will hopefully make it back to my town again...someday.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at February 24, 2025 07:50 PM (BpYfr)

75 I'd expect that from a Flounder...

Posted by: Soothsayer at February 24, 2025 07:49 PM (ZNeC2)

I'm a bottom feeder. But I generally skip organ meats.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at February 24, 2025 07:50 PM (i24o9)

76
When is AG Blondi gonna bust Bluesky for all their ch*ld pron??

Posted by: Soothsayer at February 24, 2025 07:51 PM (ZNeC2)

77
Just saw we are importing eggs from Turkey.
==
hahahahah, Turkey eggs! hahahahah!
Posted by: runner

DUCK!

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at February 24, 2025 07:51 PM (63Dwl)

78 Y'all are just jealous because I live in a blue shithole.

Posted by: nurse ratched at February 24, 2025 07:51 PM (R0zVc)

79 About to watch Death of Stalin again. Haven’t seen it in about a year.

One of my favorite scenes is when Zhukov punches Beria in the face.

Posted by: Paco at February 24, 2025 07:52 PM (mADJX)

80 One of my favorite scenes is when Zhukov punches Beria in the face.
Posted by: Paco

I LOVE when they determine Stalin has died at his dacha. They send in soldiers to shoot all the servants. Then send in another truck of soldiers to shoot the first soldiers.

Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at February 24, 2025 07:53 PM (b294k)

81 So, they are killing off all the egg laying hens.

Anyone notice the price and availability of regular eating chickens hasn't changed much?

What's up with that?

Posted by: nurse ratched at February 24, 2025 07:54 PM (R0zVc)

82 >>I LOVE when they determine Stalin has died at his dacha. They send in soldiers to shoot all the servants. Then send in another truck of soldiers to shoot the first soldiers.

That's like erasing a hard drive and then overwriting it.

Posted by: garrett at February 24, 2025 07:54 PM (oa1NA)

83 81 I LOVE when they determine Stalin has died at his dacha. They send in soldiers to shoot all the servants. Then send in another truck of soldiers to shoot the first soldiers. - Blutarski

A wonderful movie all around!

Posted by: Paco at February 24, 2025 07:54 PM (mADJX)

84
Anyone notice the price and availability of regular eating chickens hasn't changed much?

__________

I noticed that today. Chicken and pork are still your cheapest protein options.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at February 24, 2025 07:56 PM (dxSpM)

85 78 Y'all are just jealous because I live in a blue shithole.
Posted by: nurse ratched

At least you have some pretty scenery to stare at. I have the lovely hillsides of Maryland. I can see the casinos from my condo! Not quite the same as Puget Sound.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at February 24, 2025 07:56 PM (sAmhv)

86 Say, somebody said something in the last post, I think, about awaiting the Euro Armies to invade the U.S., and everybody just sort of laughed it off, but I'm kind of anxious. I hear that Liechtenstein Recon unit will mess you up.

Posted by: Paco at February 24, 2025 07:57 PM (mADJX)

87 My boss was lamenting the fact that the package he ordered via USPS made it to town, then somehow ended on a truck elsewhere...

Now it's making a loop back to the regional distribution center where it will hopefully make it back to my town again...someday.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at February 24, 2025 07:50 PM (BpYfr)

That happened to me a few weeks ago. I bought something off eBay, guy shipped it quickly, it was out for delivery, then somehow made it way to New Orleans before taking another week to get to me in Philadelphia.

Posted by: Josephistan at February 24, 2025 08:00 PM (bHGBC)

88 And just to provide perspective: I used to have an awesome USPS woman. She worked hard and was very considerate. She’s why I started tipping.

Maybe best of all: she was a huge Trump fan. We’d chat sometimes and she was very keen, had a great sense of humor. At the time I lived in a major blue area. It was a nice neighborhood, but full of college professors. Every house but mine had a rainbow flag. I put up a Trump flag in 2016 just to rile them up.

She told me seeing my flag was the best part of working in that suburb. She carried a MAGA pen and had all of the libs sign for their packages with it. Hilarious gal.

Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director at February 24, 2025 08:00 PM (l3YAf)

89 Time to hit the hay
Have a great evening everyone

Posted by: Skip at February 24, 2025 08:01 PM (fwDg9)

90 My boss was lamenting the fact that the package he ordered via USPS made it to town, then somehow ended on a truck elsewhere...

I once watched USPS tracking of a package from Minnesota (or maybe Michigan, same thing right?) to north Houston in 2 days and then take another 7 days to get to south Houston.

Posted by: Oddbob at February 24, 2025 08:03 PM (/y8xj)

91 The dogs swimming just crack me up.

Posted by: Notorious BFD at February 24, 2025 08:03 PM (mH6SG)

92 "The dogs swimming just crack me up.
Posted by: Notorious BFD "

That was oddly satisfying and I'm not a dog person.

That club is definitely for Labs only.

Posted by: eleven at February 24, 2025 08:06 PM (0HaGk)

93 88. That happened to me a few weeks ago. I bought something off eBay, guy shipped it quickly, it was out for delivery, then somehow made it way to New Orleans before taking another week to get to me in Philadelphia.
Posted by: Josephistan
---
You're absolutely right. Philadelphia gives not one hoot about you and your mail, and Atlanta almost as little.

But the USPS is (always) hiring and have good paying jobs and fine benefits!

>Federal News Network newscast,
"Postal Service and letter carrier union at an impasse over new labor contract." Members of the National Association of Letter Carriers overwhelmingly voted down a tentative agreement for a new contract earlier this month.

"The U.S. Postal Service and its letter carrier union are at an impasse over a new labor contract. The dispute nowheads to a panel of third-party arbitrators. Members of the National Association of Letter Carriers overwhelmingly voted down a tentative agreement for a new contact earlier this month. USPS and the union failed to reach a new deal within a 15-day window."

(NALC and Postal Service reach impasse; proceeding to interest arbitration - National Association of Letter Carriers)"

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at February 24, 2025 08:06 PM (NFX2v)

94 "And gorillas!" https://tinyurl.com/In-Context

Posted by: Marooned at February 24, 2025 08:07 PM (kt8QE)

95 - Eggs from Turkey?
Went to town today. Last stop, for groceries, wally world.
Remembered to check egg prices. $6 dz, grade A large.
No need for me as I can get mine locally. Grade A monster yuuuge. Seriously. They use oversize cartons and you still can't shut the lid. $5 dz.

Posted by: TeeJ at February 24, 2025 08:08 PM (ItCQP)

96 PS - And exempt from DOGE's mini-purge.

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at February 24, 2025 08:08 PM (NFX2v)

97 -
Anyone notice the price and availability of regular eating chickens hasn't changed much?
__________
I noticed that today. Chicken and pork are still your cheapest protein options.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at February 24, 2025 07:56 PM

--

When the "cannibal" stigma wears off, our popularity will soar!

Posted by: NPC's with garlic-pepper at February 24, 2025 08:10 PM (MwSqk)

98 Belugas must be intelligent and well-adjusted since they seem so fond of penguins. It takes a special kind of twisted soul to actively dislike or hate them.

Posted by: Penguin Liberation Front at February 24, 2025 08:11 PM (G5+As)

99 - Maybe I should qualify that.
I consider them Grade A. And also A-1.

Posted by: TeeJ at February 24, 2025 08:11 PM (ItCQP)

100 A quick calculation suggests it will take around forty minutes to watch all those YooToobs. Not counting loading the file time or re-watching something adorable.

Just a rough in-my-head add-up. Windows calculator has a "Time" setting, but it doesn't add, just converts, like, seconds to minutes and so on. Disappointing.

Found several equally-useless time "calculators" online. One lets you add two times together, but the result is not set up to add another time - tedious.

I spent too much time researching this. Could have been watching cute cafe yootoobs.

Posted by: mindful webworker - time time time to see what's become of me at February 24, 2025 08:12 PM (9pu/X)

101
That club is definitely for Labs only.
Posted by: eleven at February 24, 2025 08:06 PM (0HaGk)

__________

Our house in Ohio had a large shared pond. Some of the dogs loved to swim and a sibling wouldn't even get its feet wet. Whom knows?

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at February 24, 2025 08:12 PM (dxSpM)

102 I spent too much time researching this. Could have been watching cute cafe yootoobs.
Posted by: mindful webworker - time time time to see what's become of me at February 24, 2025 08:12 PM (9pu/X)

Time spent watching cute animal videos will not be deducted from your assigned lifespan.

Posted by: The Fates at February 24, 2025 08:15 PM (rje2B)

103 - Oh, I also splurged for a change.
Bought a 1.6 lb, premium choice Angus porterhouse. A bit over $11/lb. Great looking steak.
Vacuum sealed and in the freezer awaiting a special occasion.
Well lookie there. Comment #100.
What a day!

Posted by: TeeJ at February 24, 2025 08:16 PM (ItCQP)

104 I found the K-Tel Rock 80's full album on YouTube.
Playing it now.
It is pretty good. Endorsed.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at February 24, 2025 08:18 PM (xcxpd)

105 Colorado Murder Spree Continues

FOX31 Denver KDVR
@KDVR
Denver man reported missing at Black Canyon of the Gunnison, last seen Feb. 13 https://trib.al/TKETxqv

Posted by: Don Black. Message: I care at February 24, 2025 08:19 PM (AOsQT)

106
Knoxville, TN is just a moving company away. Most of the Big City convenience, with very little of the Seattle bullshit.

No ocean in Knoxville.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at February 24, 2025 08:20 PM (63Dwl)

107 Just yesterday I saw a bumper sticker on a car that said Gary Numan is here in my car. And it had a silhouette picture of him.

I dunno, maybe it could have been a little more clever or something. It was just 'eh'.

Posted by: haffhowershower at February 24, 2025 08:20 PM (NMT5x)

108 Every river in North American flows to Knoxville.

Posted by: eleven at February 24, 2025 08:21 PM (0HaGk)

109
Is the German government going to move back to Weimar?

It should.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 24, 2025 08:23 PM (RIvkX)

110 I noticed that today. Chicken and pork are still your cheapest protein options.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh

Um, not exactly. . .

Posted by: Kumswalla at February 24, 2025 08:26 PM (cYBz/)

111 Home Depot has a great delivery service with the added bonus of 10% veteran discount on many items. The notify you via text when it is delivered, with a photo for proof of delivery. If the customer insists on sign for deliver so no chance of being stolen, that is another thing entirely.

Posted by: EdmundBurkesShade at February 24, 2025 08:26 PM (WvGHv)

112 The story about the cranes was great. Just very sweet.

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at February 24, 2025 08:26 PM (CHHv1)

113 A wonderful movie all around!
Posted by: Paco at February 24, 2025 07:54 PM (mADJX)
----------
I like when the Politburo are struggling to carry Stalin from his office to his bedroom:

Bulganin: He's heavier than I thought he'd be.

Beria: Oh, you're saying The Boss is too heavy?

Bulganin: No no no, it's a compliment - gold is heavy!

Mikoyan: You should know, you've looted enough of it, you boozy little pirate!

Bulganin: *filthy look*

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea, Radioactive Knight, Concertina Czar at February 24, 2025 08:28 PM (6K6Eu)

114 Knoxville, TN is just a moving company away. Most of the Big City convenience, with very little of the Seattle bullshit.

You gotta' pick, at some point.
Posted by: Short Answer

And TWO, count 'em, TWO Buc-ee's within and hour and a half.

Posted by: Tonypete at February 24, 2025 08:28 PM (cYBz/)

115 FART Tubing...................... Let;s Dew it Peeple !!!!!

Posted by: Mary Clogginstein from Brattleboro, Vt at February 24, 2025 08:35 PM (1MSOJ)

116 That K-Tel record was the first cassette I ever bought.

Posted by: Captain Whitebread at February 24, 2025 08:36 PM (6vZaN)

117 Boy928 just bought a house outside Knoxville.

Decent music scene there as one would expect.

Posted by: Grump928(C) at February 24, 2025 08:37 PM (jc0TO)

118 Are there any dentists in Knoxville, or just those denture places?

Posted by: Gummy Bear at February 24, 2025 08:37 PM (G5+As)

119 I see Europe is making a new William Tell movie.

What's the rub?

Oh he married a Muslim girl on the crusades and has come back not to fight for Switzerland but to protect Swiss Muslims and all the non-white people living there.

For those of you in Rio Linda there were no Muslims or Arabs in Switzerland in the 1300s.

Posted by: 18-1 at February 24, 2025 08:38 PM (t0Rmr)

120 I got my root canal in Knoxville. Well Marysville.

Can confirm there are dentists.

Posted by: eleven at February 24, 2025 08:40 PM (0HaGk)

121 The difference is,
I LOVE where I live. And I'm m not leaving here.

At least not until Marine and his wife make babies and ask me to move close to them to help out.

Posted by: nurse ratched at February 24, 2025 08:40 PM (mT+6a)

122 And TWO, count 'em, TWO Buc-ee's within and hour and a half.
Posted by: Tonypete at February 24, 2025 08:28 PM (cYBz/)

🤤

Posted by: Anarcho-Buc-ees-ist at February 24, 2025 08:41 PM (l3YAf)

123 I agree 100% concerning this "compassion" thing.

The Trump Administration should show exactly the same amount of compassion shown to him and his family over the last 8 years.

Posted by: phaedrus at February 24, 2025 08:44 PM (ePg0/)

124 Anna Puma.
Who was asking about P40 model decals?
I can hook him up. 1990's Superscale. Any configuration.

Posted by: Reforger at February 24, 2025 08:48 PM (xcIvR)

125 Are there any dentists in Knoxville, or just those denture places?
Posted by: Gummy Bear

Yes! They even say 'please', 'thank you' and 'Yes, Ma'am" and "No, Sir."

I know, I can scarcely believe it myself.

Posted by: Tonypete at February 24, 2025 08:50 PM (cYBz/)

126 And Calhouns. Good joint to eat.
Posted by: Short Answer

The Calhouns over by Turkey Creek is still excellent!

Posted by: Tonypete at February 24, 2025 08:51 PM (cYBz/)

127 I'm not a huge Knoxville fan, but it has what I need and I suspect I'll die here. Could be worse. I could die THERE.

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at February 24, 2025 08:52 PM (CHHv1)

128 Posted by: Short Answer

Jeepers, dude. Chill out.

And I would bet you never talked to Bander. Because he loved where he lived.

Posted by: nurse ratched at February 24, 2025 08:53 PM (mT+6a)

129 I LOVE where I live. And I'm m not leaving here.

I like my town, but the kids grew up and moved away with no interest in returning, and the town has gone from 7K to 27K, mostly with rich outlanders from the North and West or their trust fund spawn and golfcarts.

It's not the same town. I thought I could get the wife to move up near Chattanooga since her college BFF lives there but no, she plans to die here.

Posted by: Grump928(C) at February 24, 2025 08:55 PM (jc0TO)

130 I'm not a huge Knoxville fan, but it has what I need and I suspect I'll die here. Could be worse. I could die THERE.
Posted by: BeckoningChasm

I like Knoxville well enough but I must be getting old. It seems to feel too crowded lately. The town I live in over in Cumberland County only has one stop light and wow! does it get backed up there. There are days when there are three cars there!

Posted by: Tonypete at February 24, 2025 08:55 PM (cYBz/)

131 I've still got that K-Tel Rock 80 album on vinyl to this day. It's legitimately a damn good compilation.

Posted by: antisocial justice beatnik at February 24, 2025 08:55 PM (NuKV1)

132 Posted by: Grump928(C) at February 24, 2025 08:55 PM (jc0TO)

Why would you not like money moving into your area?

Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at February 24, 2025 08:56 PM (VofaG)

133
It's legitimately a damn good compilation.
Posted by: antisocial justice beatnik

Well TURN IT UP, man!

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at February 24, 2025 08:59 PM (63Dwl)

134 Why would you not like money moving into your area?
Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at February 24, 2025 08:56 PM

It used to be sleepy southern town with an interesting commie origin and and arty flair. Now it's a go to place for rich people to retire to. Hence, very expensive and catering to expensive people. They paved one of the softball fields and put in tennis and pickle ball courts. They dropped the speed limit to 25 in the city core to accommodate the golf carts. All the stores downtown are becoming boutiques.

It's just not the same.

Posted by: Grump928(C) at February 24, 2025 09:00 PM (jc0TO)

135 I tried to vote with my feet but the poll worker made me use my hands.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at February 24, 2025 09:00 PM (63Dwl)

136 Oh my gosh! You changed my mind! You're so right! How could
I have been so blind. I'm moving tomorrow, how can I ever thank
You?

Posted by: nurse ratched at February 24, 2025 09:02 PM (mT+6a)

137 Have you ever met anyone with money ? Mostly dicks.

Hmm ... well .. err ... yes ... uh ... quite..

Those bastards!

*shifty eyes*

Posted by: Grump928(C) at February 24, 2025 09:02 PM (jc0TO)

138 Posted by: garrett at February 24, 2025 07:45 PM (oa1NA)

Same. And I do it because I appreciate them. They provide great service anyway, but we get and I send a boatload of packages and I want them to know I think they're awesome.

Honestly, what they really like most is being acknowledged and appreciated. The occasional 20 I give them isn't allowing them to retire early, but it makes them feeln like they're more than a cog in a wheel.

Posted by: Tammy-al Thor at February 24, 2025 09:02 PM (Vvh2V)

139 *snoopy dance*

I got permission to stay! Oh happy happy day!

Anyone on their way through to an Alaska cruise, please hold your nose and put on a blindfold so you don't have to see or smell it here!

Or, get in touch and we can have a meal and walk on the beach.

Posted by: nurse ratched at February 24, 2025 09:08 PM (mT+6a)

140 I wouldn't give my former shitty postman a plug nickel. The guy would be on his Bluetooth phone almost yelling every time and never paid attention to the mail he was delivering . I got so much of my neighbors mail and I’m sure they got mine.

Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at February 24, 2025 09:08 PM (VofaG)

141 Whose the smug, condescending, arrogant, ass gracing the board with its deep thoughts? Not that Scoggtwat again?

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at February 24, 2025 09:08 PM (sAmhv)

142 Puddleglum,
More like Joe Xiden.

Posted by: nurse ratched at February 24, 2025 09:09 PM (mT+6a)

143 We had a rural carrier growing up. She was awesome. Sweet lady from WV.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, red heifer owner at February 24, 2025 09:11 PM (dR6yv)

144 I live in a blue area. I'd love to move but for family reasons I can't.

Most of my life I've lived behind enemy lines and it does wear on you. But sometimes life works out so you can't just up and move even if you want to.

Posted by: 18-1 at February 24, 2025 09:11 PM (t0Rmr)

145 My mailman is nice enough when I see him but he does give me the neighbor's mail on a regular basis.

Posted by: 18-1 at February 24, 2025 09:11 PM (t0Rmr)

146 The first house I bought here in 1989, 3br 2ba two story box a couple of blocks east of the main street which was the dividing line from the old money west toward the bay, cost me $40K. I sold it 12 years later for $92K and thought I made out like a bandit.

It sold a year ago for north of $500K. Kids who grew up in this town can't afford to live here and I think that is a badish thing.

*shakes fist at clouds*

Posted by: Grump928(C) at February 24, 2025 09:12 PM (jc0TO)

147 Teej!

Posted by: Tammy-al Thor at February 24, 2025 09:12 PM (Vvh2V)

148 You've featured Cochem before, ace. Sort of a weird coincidence, was actually there once, briefly, long ago. Didn't get to the castle though. Turnaround point on a river cruise from Trier, birthplace of Karl Marx, and a place Patton took without permission, and when queried about his operation asked if SHAEF would like him to give it back.

Posted by: rhomboid at February 24, 2025 09:16 PM (1m82a)

149 Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at February 24, 2025 09:08 PM (sAmhv

Quite likely. Scogg has very obvious tell tale signs no matter which handle he uses.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 24, 2025 09:17 PM (42Vb+)

150 Power flickering. Better put the phone on the charger.

Big lightning strike.

Whoohooooooo!

Posted by: nurse ratched at February 24, 2025 09:18 PM (mT+6a)

151 Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at February 24, 2025 08:56 PM (VofaG)

Because they probably moved from up North somewhere and want to immediately start changing things. The very things you love, and likely the reason they were drawn to the area, are the things they want to change the most.

Posted by: Tammy-al Thor at February 24, 2025 09:18 PM (Vvh2V)

152 live in a blue area. I'd love to move but for family reasons I can't.

Most of my life I've lived behind enemy lines and it does wear on you. But sometimes life works out so you can't just up and move even if you want to.
Posted by: 18-1 at February 24, 2025 09:11 PM (t0Rmr)

I finally moved out of the city this January. Had to wait until I retired and then took a few years to put everything together. Really happy about it.

Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at February 24, 2025 09:18 PM (VofaG)

153 "Big lightning strike.

Whoohooooooo!
Posted by: nurse ratched"

NOW she wants to move.

Posted by: eleven at February 24, 2025 09:20 PM (0HaGk)

154 The very things you love, and likely the reason they were drawn to the area, are the things they want to change the most.
Posted by: Tammy-al Thor at February 24, 2025 09:18 PM

In fairness, I want to pull the ladder up after me, or get an elven ring to delay the decay (from my point of view) of inevitable change.

Posted by: Grump928(C) at February 24, 2025 09:20 PM (jc0TO)

155 Also, why is so hard to grasp the idea that people are deeply attached to their homes, even in blue states?!

Posted by: Tammy-al Thor at February 24, 2025 09:20 PM (Vvh2V)

156 In fairness, I want to pull the ladder up after me, or get an elven ring to delay the decay (from my point of view) of inevitable change.
Posted by: Grump928(C) at February 24, 2025 09:20 PM (jc0TO)
----
We're all out of elven rings at the moment.

Can I interest you in a fine dwarven ring instead? Only one previous owner!

Posted by: Annatar, Lord of Gifts at February 24, 2025 09:22 PM (BpYfr)

157 Here's a boycott I can get behind.

Curtis Houck@CurtisHouck
Angela Rye -- a former CNN commentator -- calls for a boycott of MSNBC because they've fired Joy Reid:
“We’ve got to move with courage...We are gonna operationalize #TVOff. So, still #WeNeedJoy but also #TDR. Joy Reid won two NAACP Image Awards this week. Joy Reid has been an an award-winning journalist. She is brilliant. There’s nobody who can touch Joy and just because you find other people to put in a time slot who look just like Joy does not mean that that is Joy’s voice. So it’s #TVOff because we are. Boycotting MSNBC. We will not be watching. The final time we are watching MSNBC.
. . .TV is off, but we want historic ratings for tomorrow. We want to ensure that we are writing letters, sending emails, posting on social, telling people how much Joy Reid means to us, and we’re also letting people know that we have our own outlets. We have our own black media entities that we want to support and lift up. We’re not just about taking away, we’re giving you facts. We’re still gonna make sure that we keep those options open. Joy is gonna let you know on tomorrow’s show where you can find her.”

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Covfefe Today, Covfefe Tomorrow, Covfefe Forever! at February 24, 2025 09:22 PM (L/fGl)

158 Also, why is so hard to grasp the idea that people are deeply attached to their homes, even in blue states?!
Posted by: Tammy-al Thor at February 24, 2025 09:20 PM (Vvh2V)

Same reason I don’t understand why people still watch the NFL.

Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at February 24, 2025 09:24 PM (VofaG)

159 MSM is all in on “Trump voters souring on Trump” meme today. Why? Because astroturf Dems at a town hall in Georgia.

🤣

Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at February 24, 2025 09:24 PM (3yoIY)

160 Thank you, Tammy!

I've had family in this very neighborhood for well over 100 years. Still have a first cousin here with me. My oldest lives three miles away and my brother is four.

Seattle is an amazing city. I love it, even with its progtarded politics.

Posted by: nurse ratched at February 24, 2025 09:24 PM (mT+6a)

161 Y'all are just jealous because I live in a blue shithole.
Posted by: nurse ratched at February 24, 2025 07:51 PM (R0zVc)

But it's a beautiful blue shithole from across the Sound

Posted by: OneEyedJack at February 24, 2025 09:26 PM (FCbAQ)

162 wow! does it get backed up there. There are days when there are three cars there!
Posted by: Tonypete

I feel your pain. Round here the train comes by twice a week! If I get caught at the crossing and have to wait for 3 minutes, it throws off my timing for the balance of the week.

Posted by: Sweet Rural Shade at February 24, 2025 09:26 PM (G5+As)

163 Where are you, one eyed Jack?

Generally speaking. Which ferry would
I take?

Posted by: nurse ratched at February 24, 2025 09:27 PM (mT+6a)

164 You've featured Cochem before, ace. Sort of a weird coincidence, was actually there once, briefly, long ago. Didn't get to the castle though. Turnaround point on a river cruise from Trier, birthplace of Karl Marx, and a place Patton took without permission, and when queried about his operation asked if SHAEF would like him to give it back.
Posted by: rhomboid at February 24, 2025 09:16 PM (1m82a)

Per wikipedia, Nicholas Cage's mother, Joy Vogelsang, is from Cochem.

Posted by: haffhowershower at February 24, 2025 09:27 PM (NMT5x)

165 I understand people remaining in a super woke blue area if they love it. But I don’t understand people who are miserable because of the lefty politics, have the means to move but choose not too.

Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at February 24, 2025 09:28 PM (VofaG)

166 Re: Germany and NATO: if Putin thinks he can deal with them ( and I seriously doubt he WANTS to take them..he seems mostly interested in making Russia great again and having to keep a bunch of Euros under control seems beyond his capabilities. He just doesn't want them attacking Russia and without the US backing, they really can't ). Europe is not really a big deal any more and the EU mentality needs to fail spectacularly and be gotten rid of.

Posted by: azjaeger at February 24, 2025 09:31 PM (3/XaG)

167 Posted by: Grump928(C) at February 24, 2025 09:20 PM (jc0TO

😂😂😂

Not a fan of change, eh?

We get a lot of retirees from Wisconsin and Illinois down here. Lots from Chicago, especially. Now, to be fair, a lot of them are MAGA and most of them are nice by certain standards of nice, but there are real cultural differences and they are extremely obnoxious without realizing it.

And every last one of them cuts down every tree within a quarter mile of their house, just absolutely scalps every square inch around their house.

Posted by: Tammy-al Thor at February 24, 2025 09:31 PM (Vvh2V)

168 Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth

I must admit, I do roll my eyes a lot and sometimes I want to walk down the beach with my MAGA hat and an AR slung over my shoulder, but that would be unwise.

It's what it is. I have mountains and salt water and for and ceded and pine trees and wildlife and I see orcas out my bedroom window.

It's ok.

Posted by: nurse ratched at February 24, 2025 09:31 PM (mT+6a)

169 Posted by: nurse ratched at February 24, 2025 09:24 PM (mT+6a)

I understand completely, dear lady. 😊

Posted by: Tammy-al Thor at February 24, 2025 09:32 PM (Vvh2V)

170 Posted by: Short Answer at February 24, 2025 09:31 PM (kM5e4)

Catch up. JJ has already moved.

Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at February 24, 2025 09:32 PM (VofaG)

171 Fir and cedar trees. Ffs.

Posted by: nurse ratched at February 24, 2025 09:32 PM (mT+6a)

172 I've lived here in the sticks since 1988. Had 5 or 6 lady mail carriers. All have been cool rednecks who work hard. No complaints. Same kind of ladies work at the county transfer (trash) station. Once I was tossing an old Picture tube type TV that had obvious bullet holes in it. She said, "I hope you had it plugged up when you did that."

Of course it was on.

Posted by: Rural King at February 24, 2025 09:35 PM (G5+As)

173 165 Also, why is so hard to grasp the idea that people are deeply attached to their homes, even in blue states?!
Posted by: Tammy-al Thor at February 24, 2025 09:20 PM (Vvh2V)

I'm not one of those who harps on this issue. I live in a purplish/bluish area (in Texas, but outside Houston, and have lived in worse, like Austin). But I'd leave if I felt like the place had gone to hell. I'm attached to very little and can't relate to the "this is my home" sentiment. Wherever I am is home. I've moved a lot.

Again, not a criticism really. I just can't relate.

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at February 24, 2025 09:36 PM (xzkgE)

174 Posted by: Short Answer at February 24, 2025 09:31 PM (kM5e4

I think people like to vent, but it doesn't mean they're wildly unhappy.

I also think that people forget that places like, oh, say Seattle 😉
are not on fire 24/7, and that the insane politics do not prevent day to day life from being wonderful.

Posted by: Tammy-al Thor at February 24, 2025 09:38 PM (Vvh2V)

175 Moving out of your comfort zone is not easy. You gotta mean it. Currently I am living in a motel and searching for an apartment while Mrs. Mahon is working on selling our house.

When we moved to Colorado, it was awesome: doubled my salary, the governor was a conservative, the mountains were awesome, Denver was a fun place to visit. It took about a decade for billionaire leftists like Pat Stryker to totally shit on everything.

So far I love Idaho. Can't wait for my wife to join me.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, stressed at February 24, 2025 09:38 PM (bDNzX)

176 Seattle is an amazing city. I love it, even with its progtarded politics.

Posted by: nurse ratched at February 24, 2025 09:24 PM (mT+6a)

The birthplace of 9mm and kiwi garnishes on beef.

Need I say more?

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at February 24, 2025 09:40 PM (mWSu4)

177 Evening, Cafe-goers! Evening, Ace!

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 24, 2025 09:42 PM (8zz6B)

178 You don't win by ceding territory. You win by standing and fighting.

Trump didn't win because he took Florida and Texas. He won because he won the states most said were impossible because they were leftist shitholes.

I don't want to live in the Alamo. They all died.

Posted by: JackStraw at February 24, 2025 09:45 PM (LkLld)

179 Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at February 24, 2025 09:36 PM (xzkgE)

Perfectly understandable! This is going to get me flamed, but Imma say it anway: there is nothing about Houston and the surrounding area that would cause me to want to stay, either! 😂

And if you're a person who moves a lot, for sure you wouldn't understand the concept. I kind of like to move around occasionally myself.

But I'm a total homebody, so I can relate to a certain extent, to the pull of "home"

And I live in a beautiful area, which makes it easy to stay!

Although I cannot tolerate the humidity any more and once my mama passes, I'm hoping I can talk Thor in to Idaho, Wyoming or Western Montana. The right part of Utah would probably suffice.

Posted by: Tammy-al Thor at February 24, 2025 09:45 PM (Vvh2V)

180 Where are you, one eyed Jack?

Generally speaking. Which ferry would
I take?
Posted by: nurse ratched at February 24, 2025 09:27 PM (mT+6a)

Ha. No where close to the west coast, but I took a picturesque vacation to Washington a while back and the beauty of the area really struck me. Mostly west of the Sound.
A day in the Streets of Seattle had me thinking how pretty it was from the heights of the Space Needle and how nasty it was at street level.

But I live in the Home of Cheese and Beer.

Posted by: OneEyedJack at February 24, 2025 09:47 PM (FCbAQ)

181 146 The first house I bought here in 1989, 3br 2ba two story box a couple of blocks east of the main street which was the dividing line from the old money west toward the bay, cost me $40K. I sold it 12 years later for $92K and thought I made out like a bandit.

It sold a year ago for north of $500K. Kids who grew up in this town can't afford to live here and I think that is a badish thing.

*shakes fist at clouds*
Posted by: Grump928(C) at February 24, 2025 09:12 PM (jc0TO)

It’s gotten a little nuts for sure, but maybe it’s slowing down a hair? I don’t have people knocking on my door asking if I would sell anymore. I am using that as my barometer. 😂

Posted by: Piper at February 24, 2025 09:48 PM (pRpzT)

182 When we left L.A., I desperately wanted to move to Colorado; lots of family there and we're both mountain lovers. But it was painfully obvious by the time I left California in 2011 that Colorado was lost.

Posted by: Tammy-al Thor at February 24, 2025 09:50 PM (Vvh2V)

183 That will make a nice minaret for Cochem.

Posted by: Fred Merz at February 24, 2025 09:51 PM (BI5O2)

184 Perfectly understandable! This is going to get me flamed, but Imma say it anway: there is nothing about Houston and the surrounding area that would cause me to want to stay, either! 😂

No flame. I moved out of Houston to a surrounding area north . I like Texas and now I’m in a county that vote for Trump by a large margin. Winning. For now.

Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at February 24, 2025 09:52 PM (VofaG)

185 The birthplace of 9mm and kiwi garnishes on beef.

Need I say more?
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo

You're just jealous of our crab and oysters and GEODUCK!

Neener

Posted by: nurse ratched at February 24, 2025 09:54 PM (mT+6a)

186 We've only lived in 3 states -- IL, MI and now IN. The first move was when we were young and it was the 80's, no jobs to be had near Chicago. Then 36 years in one house in MI, and it was kind of hard to leave our home where the kids grew up, etc, but our small town was being taken over by Ann Arborites who wanted to be away from AA but brought their politics with them. Now we live near our grandkids and see them almost every day. We haven't looked back since moving here, 5 years now.

Posted by: TecumsehTea at February 24, 2025 09:55 PM (Eo96p)

187 >> You don't win by ceding territory. You win by standing and fighting.

Yep. Never surrender.

Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director at February 24, 2025 09:56 PM (l3YAf)

188 How does wingsuit man fly with balls the size of Volkswagon bugs?

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at February 24, 2025 09:57 PM (VwHCD)

189 I live in a blue city, and am on my fourth mail carrier in 37 years. They've all been great, the last is on her second year on this route. Got a bit of a crush on her.
And I will never leave New England, I think it's as pleasant and pretty a place to live as you can find.
Politically, they are complete fools, to my dismay, my parents, my grandparents. But my people have been here forever,.and I will join them in this ground also.

Posted by: From about That Time at February 24, 2025 09:57 PM (n4GiU)

190 You don't win by ceding territory. You win by standing and fighting.

Yep. Never surrender.
Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director at February 24, 2025 09:56 PM (l3YAf)
-----
I thought that too.
It's bullshit.

Posted by: OneEyedJack at February 24, 2025 09:58 PM (FCbAQ)

191 I’m glad some people decided to leave England and moved to the colonies.

Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at February 24, 2025 09:59 PM (VofaG)

192 Since we'll all be moving to the ONT shortly, I'll elaborate there if interested.

Posted by: OneEyedJack at February 24, 2025 09:59 PM (FCbAQ)

193 Dan Crenshaw went all Bobby Badazz and threatened to kill Tucker Carlson. We need a more Maga guy to take Crenshaws place anyway.

Posted by: I I'm gumby damn it! at February 24, 2025 10:01 PM (w4nzS)

194 When I see places like that castle, I just think

Wow! There would be enough room to have my whole library of books, LPs, various forms of audio and computer magnetic media, DVDs, and 78s, and still have enough wall space to hang all my art and family pix.

I also think about the cleaning staff needed, the poor lighting, the poor plumbing, the cold, the damp, the mold, and how the damp and mold would destroy all the aforementioned media library.

And ghosts.

Posted by: mindful webworker - living in style in America at February 24, 2025 10:01 PM (9pu/X)

195 >>Yep. Never surrender.

What happens if Trump and team are successful at draining the swamp and the money flow to blue states that sustains them?

Posted by: JackStraw at February 24, 2025 10:02 PM (LkLld)

196 Nood!

I think there's content, I didn't look, but it's Doof-day, so it should be good.

Posted by: tankdemon at February 24, 2025 10:03 PM (jkRAY)

197 >>I’m glad some people decided to leave England and moved to the colonies.

And then said Fuck You to the most powerful country the world had ever known and kicked their ass and took over the place.

That part is kind of important.

Posted by: JackStraw at February 24, 2025 10:04 PM (LkLld)

198 Yeah, that castle... Wow, indeed!

If only I could afford the staff that it'd take to keep it all clean & orderly. Surely wouldn't be able to do it myself.

*sigh*

Posted by: JQ at February 24, 2025 10:05 PM (rdVOm)

199 Stay in Seattle.
Posted by: Short Answer at February 24, 2025 09:04 PM (E0n90)

does being right make you happy?

SHORT ANSWER IS RIGHT ABOUT EVERYTHING, NEVER CHALLENGE HIM. HE NEEDS TO BE HAPPY MORE THAN YOU

Posted by: Kindltot at February 24, 2025 10:10 PM (D7oie)

200 And then said Fuck You to the most powerful country the world had ever known and kicked their ass and took over the place.

That part is kind of important.
Posted by: JackStraw at February 24, 2025 10:04 PM (LkLld)

And then decided to keep moving West.

Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at February 24, 2025 10:11 PM (VofaG)

201 How does wingsuit man fly with balls the size of Volkswagon bugs?
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at February 24, 2025 09:57 PM (VwHCD)

They act as a drogue

Posted by: Kindltot at February 24, 2025 10:13 PM (D7oie)

202 >>And then decided to keep moving West.

Because they wanted to not because they feared government.

Posted by: JackStraw at February 24, 2025 10:14 PM (LkLld)

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