Memorial Day Cafe

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"Three Soldiers," part of the Vietnam War Memorial

Driving with your best friend.

Little dog has the instincts of a lifeguard.

When you have a friend who's too dumb to come in from the rain.

This dog's got charisma.

First day with the new trunk.

Did I do thaaat?

Beluga bestie.

Sound on.. 😊

He even tried to clap at the end.. 😅 pic.twitter.com/lIoKRUlWVw
— Buitengebieden (@buitengebieden) May 21, 2025

A man who blows into a conch shell in Hawaii gets a response he will never forget.. 😊 pic.twitter.com/lveK6LouvG
— Buitengebieden (@buitengebieden) May 21, 2025

Posted by: Ace at 07:26 PM

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1 Almost

Posted by: rhomboid at May 26, 2025 07:28 PM (1m82a)

2 I love how the viagra ad hottie splits rhomboid's post.

Posted by: Diogenes at May 26, 2025 07:30 PM (W/lyH)

3 Good evening everyone

Posted by: Skip at May 26, 2025 07:31 PM (ypFCm)

4 Rhomboid,
I gotta tell ya. Just burned a Carrillo Encore Majestic.
I'm doing the review now.
OMG!!!!
It's going to be on of the best smokes of the year.

Posted by: Diogenes at May 26, 2025 07:32 PM (W/lyH)

5 Greetings, fellow Hordlings. A toast to those who gave so we can be here.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at May 26, 2025 07:33 PM (yuVjX)

6 Conch guy doesn't skip lat day🤩

Posted by: kallisto at May 26, 2025 07:33 PM (eBM3k)

7 A Helmholtz oscillator.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at May 26, 2025 07:34 PM (taapK)

8 Viagra hottie?

I have anatomical knee drawing

NTTAWTT

Posted by: kallisto at May 26, 2025 07:34 PM (eBM3k)

9 If someone blows my conch, I'll leap out of the water too.

Posted by: Diogenes at May 26, 2025 07:34 PM (W/lyH)

10 It's going to be on of the best smokes of the year.
Posted by: Diogenes at May 26, 2025 07:32 PM

I'm glad to see you're leaving room above it on the list for the Swisher Sweet you promised to review.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at May 26, 2025 07:35 PM (yuVjX)

11 Maybe 'friend ' needed a shower

Posted by: Skip at May 26, 2025 07:35 PM (ypFCm)

12 I'm glad to see you're leaving room above it on the list for the Swisher Sweet you promised to review.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at May 26, 2025 07:35 PM (yuVjX)

I thought I made it clear...no Swisher Sweet will ever touch these lips again.

Posted by: Diogenes at May 26, 2025 07:36 PM (W/lyH)

13 A Helmholtz oscillator.
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at May 26, 2025 07:34 PM

No, that's like blowing across a pop bottle. This is a true 'horn' being blown.

Posted by: Wesley Crusher at May 26, 2025 07:37 PM (yuVjX)

14 Never smoke a Swisher Sweet when you are hungry.

willowed:

When NASCAR raced honest street cars, dealers said, win on Sunday sell on Monday. These days India says, built in India tested in Pakistan.

🇮🇳🇮🇱 India clinches $17.52 million export deal from Israel.
India will supply 300 km-range rocket launchers to Israel.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 26, 2025 07:38 PM (nnVdx)

15 Diogenes isn’t that the cigar ‘o the year from a few years back? Have never tried one but have been meaning to do so.

Just finishing a Joya de Nicaragua Antano CT, one of my stand-bys.

Posted by: rhomboid at May 26, 2025 07:40 PM (1m82a)

16 I thought I made it clear...no Swisher Sweet will ever touch these lips again.
Posted by: Diogenes at May 26, 2025 07:36 PM

Dude. You promised the Gun Thread. Are you going to let Weasel down?

Posted by: Duncanthrax at May 26, 2025 07:40 PM (yuVjX)

17 5 Greetings, fellow Hordlings. A toast to those who gave so we can be here.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at May 26, 2025 07:33 PM (yuVjX)

*raises glass, offers gratitude

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at May 26, 2025 07:43 PM (WIBSw)

18 "Three Soldiers"

So, umm, how they decide who gets gun?

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at May 26, 2025 07:44 PM (/lPRQ)

19 Did we all die?
F5 no workie?

Posted by: MkY at May 26, 2025 07:49 PM (cPGH3)

20 So, umm, how they decide who gets gun?
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher

Rock-paper-scissors tourney.

Posted by: She Hobbit at May 26, 2025 07:49 PM (ftFVW)

21 I love how the viagra ad hottie splits rhomboid's post.
Posted by: Diogenes
-----

Ah! My ad is for hearing aids. It's almost as if, as if... they know things about me.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at May 26, 2025 07:52 PM (XeU6L)

22 Watching all-day StoryTv WWII films. Heart wrenching, really.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at May 26, 2025 07:54 PM (XeU6L)

23 Not Swisher Sweet, but... Flavours by Cao has a honey cigarillo I enjoy when I don't have time for a real stick.

Posted by: She Hobbit at May 26, 2025 07:54 PM (ftFVW)

24 I'm here, eating

Posted by: Skip at May 26, 2025 07:54 PM (ypFCm)

25 My changes every time. They can't decide if I have a limp dick or itchy elbows.
But I gotsta have something!

Posted by: MkY at May 26, 2025 07:55 PM (cPGH3)

26 Violinist Patricia K puts her whole brow into her performances. But who ripped her dress like that?
youtube.com/watch?v=WzPZ5wXyUk0

Posted by: Dig gp Must at May 26, 2025 07:55 PM (t8CWH)

27 It has a lip reed oscillator and an open end which changes the conditions for resonance: also flare matters but is hardly germane to a conch shell trumpet - but it is still basically a Helmholtz oscillator. What part of a cow is a sphere don’t you get?

https://is.gd/a8mVHm

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at May 26, 2025 07:55 PM (taapK)

28 I got an old lady sitting in a walk-in bathtub. I mean, WTAF?

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at May 26, 2025 07:55 PM (hY4dx)

29 I got an old lady sitting in a walk-in bathtub. I mean, WTAF?
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43)

Is she hot?

Posted by: MkY at May 26, 2025 07:57 PM (cPGH3)

30 They can't decide if I have a limp dick or itchy elbows.
Posted by: MkY at May 26, 2025 07:55 PM

Many times the correct answer is and.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at May 26, 2025 07:57 PM (yuVjX)

31 I want a pet Beluga

Posted by: Skip at May 26, 2025 07:57 PM (ypFCm)

32 Common sense machete control.

BBC News (World@BBCWorld
Australia fast-tracks first-ever machete ban after shopping centre attack
. . . .
Two boys, aged 16 and 15, were on Sunday charged with affray,

-
No affray in shopping centers!

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now Available In Super Size! at May 26, 2025 07:58 PM (L/fGl)

33 27 It has a lip reed oscillator and an open end which changes the conditions for resonance: also flare matters but is hardly germane to a conch shell trumpet - but it is still basically a Helmholtz oscillator. What part of a cow is a sphere don’t you get?

https://is.gd/a8mVHm
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit
---

Oboe or bassoon?

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 26, 2025 07:58 PM (nnVdx)

34 So, umm, how they decide who gets gun?

Who ever is willing to carry it.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at May 26, 2025 07:58 PM (taapK)

35 "Many times the correct answer is and."

Up with Conjunctivism!

Posted by: Dig gp Must at May 26, 2025 07:58 PM (t8CWH)

36 Is she hot?
Posted by: MkY at May 26, 2025 07:57 PM (cPGH3)

----------

If you're Emmanuel Macron maybe.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at May 26, 2025 07:59 PM (hY4dx)

37 Greetings, fellow Hordlings. A toast to those who gave so we can be here.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at May 26, 2025 07:33 PM (yuVjX)

*raises glass, offers gratitude
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at May 26, 2025 07:43 PM (WIBSw)

*raises glass*

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at May 26, 2025 07:59 PM (Wnv9h)

38 Common sense machete control.

BBC News (World@BBCWorld
Australia fast-tracks first-ever machete ban after shopping centre attack
. . . .
Two boys, aged 16 and 15, were on Sunday charged with affray,

-
No affray in shopping centers!
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now Available In Super Size! at May 26, 2025 07:58 PM (L/fGl)

Don't be affrayed, a machete ban will stop all crime!

Up next: Mêlée in Mêlbourné

Posted by: haffhowershower at May 26, 2025 08:01 PM (144I4)

39 Oboe or bassoon?

Duduk

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at May 26, 2025 08:01 PM (taapK)

40 Specifically the dum.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at May 26, 2025 08:03 PM (taapK)

41 Eric Daugherty@EricLDaugh
BREAKING: President Trump announces he is considering taking away $3B in grant money from Harvard and giving it to TRADE SCHOOLS.
WHAT AN AMAZING IDEA!!

-
What?!!! Making America stronger rather than weaker?!!! That'll never work!
- Judge Kamoniwannalaya

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now Available In Super Size! at May 26, 2025 08:03 PM (L/fGl)

42 Don't be affrayed, a machete ban will stop all crime!

Up next: Mêlée in Mêlbourné
Posted by: haffhowershower

Yes, how will they react when people are down to rocks and heavy sticks. Common sense landscape control?

Posted by: She Hobbit at May 26, 2025 08:05 PM (ftFVW)

43 Evening, Cafe-goers! Hot one here today, 86 degrees F. And windy, too. So windy, the flapdoodles up on the ridge north of me are mostly shut down. Looks like a T-storm may be rolling in, too.

Severe T-storm watch has been issued. I am relaxing with a Troubled Monk Open Road American Brown Ale.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 26, 2025 08:05 PM (7H0Xs)

44 "BREAKING: President Trump announces he is considering taking away $3B in grant money from Harvard and giving it to TRADE SCHOOLS."

Doesn't Harvard offer auto shop? Need to check catalog.

Posted by: Dig gp Must at May 26, 2025 08:06 PM (t8CWH)

45 Two family members on the Wall;

3RD BN, 5TH MARINES, 1ST MARDIV, III MAF

1st BN, 46TH INFANTRY

Posted by: Marcus T at May 26, 2025 08:08 PM (wbdmf)

46 Doesn't Harvard offer auto shop? Need to check catalog.
Posted by: Dig gp Must at May 26, 2025 08:06 PM (t8CWH)

Of course. Why else would they need to pahhk the cahh there?

Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director at May 26, 2025 08:08 PM (l3YAf)

47 The Baltimore Sun@baltimoresun
“A large portion of Maryland residents hadn’t heard of Jan. 6, or simply didn’t care that much about it,” former Capitol Police Officer Harry Dunn said.

-
It was like Iwo Jima except worse!

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now Available In Super Size! at May 26, 2025 08:08 PM (L/fGl)

48 Doesn't Harvard offer auto shop? Need to check catalog.
Posted by: Dig gp Must

Auto erotica shopping maybe.

Posted by: She Hobbit at May 26, 2025 08:09 PM (ftFVW)

49 Doesn't Harvard offer auto shop? Need to check catalog.
Posted by: Dig gp Must at May 26, 2025 08:06 PM (t8CWH)

They teach how to service flying cars powered by unicorn farts.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 26, 2025 08:09 PM (7H0Xs)

50 Two family members on the Wall;

3RD BN, 5TH MARINES, 1ST MARDIV, III MAF

1st BN, 46TH INFANTRY
Posted by: Marcus T at May 26, 2025 08:08 PM (wbdmf)

Glass raised to them Marcus T.

Posted by: haffhowershower at May 26, 2025 08:10 PM (144I4)

51 Here's an interesting paper on conch shell resonance:

https://tinyurl.com/yphzsbps

Posted by: Duncanthrax at May 26, 2025 08:10 PM (yuVjX)

52 What weapon is the soldier on the left toting? Those statues are amazing; very lifelike.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 26, 2025 08:11 PM (7H0Xs)

53 Weapon over the shoulder is an M-60 'light' machine gun. Chambered in 7.62 NATO.

Posted by: Anna Puma at May 26, 2025 08:12 PM (JOvrg)

54
I love how the viagra ad hottie splits rhomboid's post.
Posted by: Diogenes

=================

For me it's an ad on replacing roof gutters.

But, as I understand it, google can read your mind.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at May 26, 2025 08:12 PM (n7rxJ)

55 >> Glass raised to them Marcus T.
Posted by: haffhowershower at May 26, 2025 08:10 PM (144I4)

Amen and thank you. Thanks to all of those missing family members, friends, neighbors and brothers today. God is with them and you.

Posted by: Marcus T at May 26, 2025 08:12 PM (wbdmf)

56 I had aviation shop. We learned how to gap valve tappets in old WW2 radial engines. They never ran, so I guess we f'd them up, but good.

Posted by: Dig gp Must at May 26, 2025 08:13 PM (t8CWH)

57 Did I ever tell you about the time I spent in the sandbox riding with the Dog-faced Pony Soldiers in Nam? John Kerry and Dick Blumenthal were in my squad and we kicked some little yellow commie fucking ass!

Rest In Peace, fellas.

Posted by: Cadaver Joe at May 26, 2025 08:15 PM (dqmL3)

58 Weapon over the shoulder is an M-60 'light' machine gun. Chambered in 7.62 NATO.
Posted by: Anna Puma at May 26, 2025 08:12 PM (JOvrg)

Thank you, Anna!

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 26, 2025 08:15 PM (7H0Xs)

59 I'd say I think they need machetes in Australia, but then again I think I'd rather be farther than a machete's length from all the deadly snakes and spiders if I had to clear brush there. Like on top of a bulldozer. When I was a teen I thought it would cool to live in the outback in Australia, its still a frontier. But old me has no desire to live where there are that many venomous things.

Posted by: PaleRider at May 26, 2025 08:16 PM (CKOCg)

60 Lots of talking to gravestones, ghosts and pushing away those nasty goblins of the past today.

I know there are a lot of you here who have been through it. I’m praying for each and every one of you, even if you’re just lurking.

Never quit. God is with you.

Posted by: Marcus T at May 26, 2025 08:17 PM (wbdmf)

61 Diogenes isn’t that the cigar ‘o the year from a few years back? Have never tried one but have been meaning to do so.

Just finishing a Joya de Nicaragua Antano CT, one of my stand-bys.
Posted by: rhomboid at May 26, 2025 07:40 PM (1m82a)

Yes. From.2018.
Yum!!!

Posted by: Diogenes at May 26, 2025 08:19 PM (W/lyH)

62 Weapon over the shoulder is an M-60 'light' machine gun. Chambered in 7.62 NATO.

I will defer to your knowledge in this sort of thing but I was thinking it was an M249.

Posted by: Oddbob at May 26, 2025 08:19 PM (ft+tc)

63 We had a bumper crop of maple seeds this season, damn them to hell.

Posted by: Dig gp Must at May 26, 2025 08:20 PM (t8CWH)

64 I thought I made it clear...no Swisher Sweet will ever touch these lips again.
Posted by: Diogenes at May 26, 2025 07:36 PM

Dude. You promised the Gun Thread. Are you going to let Weasel down?
Posted by: Duncanthrax at May 26, 2025 07:40 PM (yuVjX)

Weasel is a smart dude.
He understands where I'm coming from.

Posted by: Diogenes at May 26, 2025 08:21 PM (W/lyH)

65 I will defer to your knowledge in this sort of thing but I was thinking it was an M249.
Posted by: Oddbob at May 26, 2025 08:19 PM

Gen-u-wine M-60 pig.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at May 26, 2025 08:21 PM (Wnv9h)

66 M60 is wielded by John Rambo when he shouts "NUTHINSOVAH!!"

Posted by: Dig gp Must at May 26, 2025 08:21 PM (t8CWH)

67 "Turtle clapping" is similar to conch guy. At a pond or lake, kneel down at water's edge and splash loudly several times. Then loudly clap your hands several times, right over the water. Repeat. Within a minute, every snapping turtle in the place will surface to see what the commotion is about.

Posted by: Hekawi Saying. Brought To Life at May 26, 2025 08:22 PM (G5+As)

68 Greetings, fellow Hordlings. A toast to those who gave so we can be here.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at May 26, 2025 07:33 PM (yuVjX)

*raises glass, offers gratitude
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at May 26, 2025 07:43 PM (WIBSw)

*raises glass*
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at May 26, 2025 07:59 PM (Wnv9h)
***

My toast is in about 40 minutes. But practice is good.

Posted by: Diogenes at May 26, 2025 08:23 PM (W/lyH)

69 I will defer to your knowledge in this sort of thing but I was thinking it was an M249.
Posted by: Oddbob at May 26, 2025 08:19 PM

It is an M-60, probably the E, affectionately known as "The Pig". It is well-rendered.

There are those who object to the bandoliers of ammo around the shoulders, and more who object to the bullets pointing up, rather than down.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at May 26, 2025 08:23 PM (yuVjX)

70 Nobody said anything about pulling out a Master’s Thesis! I would hazard that taking the impedance to be zero at the opening is probably slightly off: it’s usually some fraction of the resonance wavelength past that. But overall, good work!

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at May 26, 2025 08:24 PM (taapK)

71

There we were, over Macho Grande, and I pooped 'em...

Posted by: Joey Bidet, Crack SBD Pilot at May 26, 2025 08:24 PM (zX8zo)

72 Gen-u-wine M-60 pig.

Found a pic from a different angle. You and Anna are right, I was mistaken.

Posted by: Oddbob at May 26, 2025 08:25 PM (ft+tc)

73 "Turtle clapping" is...
Posted by: Hekawi Saying. Brought To Life

Whew good. I thought it was the activity when Mitch McConnel passes on a social disease.

Posted by: haffhowershower at May 26, 2025 08:25 PM (144I4)

74 An M-60 would be nice to have, but I’m saving up for an M-2.

Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director at May 26, 2025 08:26 PM (l3YAf)

75 I love how the viagra ad hottie splits rhomboid's post.
Posted by: Diogenes

=================

For me it's an ad on replacing roof gutters.

But, as I understand it, google can read your mind.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at May 26, 2025 08:12 PM (n7rxJ)
***

*NOTE TO SELF*
Self, do not let Mrs.D.look over my shoulder while checking out AoS ads.

Posted by: Diogenes at May 26, 2025 08:26 PM (W/lyH)

76 Lots of talking to gravestones, ghosts and pushing away those nasty goblins of the past today.

I know there are a lot of you here who have been through it. I’m praying for each and every one of you, even if you’re just lurking.

Never quit. God is with you.
Posted by: Marcus T
---------

Spent mid-morning at W. NC Veteran's Cemetery Memorial Day observance. Cool, overcast, misty. I always come away a little beaten down.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at May 26, 2025 08:27 PM (XeU6L)

77 Negative that’s a PIG. M249 wasn’t fielded u til after the war. The only LMG was the Stoner 63 which was limited fielding.

Posted by: Marcus T at May 26, 2025 08:27 PM (Fa6e8)

78 @elonmusk 5h

If all goes well, Starship launches tomorrow

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 26, 2025 08:28 PM (nnVdx)

79 Was a nice early spring day hete,xthis morning was cloudless, been sunny all day

Posted by: Skip at May 26, 2025 08:29 PM (ypFCm)

80 An M-60 would be nice to have, but I’m saving up for an M-2.
Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director
------

One word: Ontos

I want one parked in the driveway.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at May 26, 2025 08:29 PM (XeU6L)

81 Found a pic from a different angle. You and Anna are right, I was mistaken.
Posted by: Oddbob at May 26, 2025 08:25 PM

Just because....

https://youtu.be/Cxg2nIu8-v8

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at May 26, 2025 08:29 PM (Wnv9h)

82 E variant wasn’t released until the 80’s.

BTW there’s one on Gunjoker if anyone has an extra $100k lying around or that you want to lend to me.

Posted by: Marcus T at May 26, 2025 08:29 PM (Fa6e8)

83 The M249 entered service in 1986, IIRC.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at May 26, 2025 08:30 PM (yuVjX)

84 “ I always come away a little beaten down.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc”

Don’t let it brother. It’s just the way it is.

Posted by: Marcus T at May 26, 2025 08:30 PM (Fa6e8)

85 I would rather a MA Deuce but a M-60 I guess would be fine

Posted by: Skip at May 26, 2025 08:32 PM (ypFCm)

86 There was some fielding in the 70’s of the 249 but it was limited. Official adoption was early 80’s but there were some out there before that.

Posted by: Marcus T at May 26, 2025 08:33 PM (Fa6e8)

87 Remember when the NYT reported that tribes in the Amazon became porn addicts when given access to Starlink terminals?

Per RT
Amazon tribe sues NYT over ‘porn addicts’ claim – media
The Marubo are challenging allegations that they became morally degraded after receiving Starlink internet access

Posted by: Kindltot at May 26, 2025 08:34 PM (D7oie)

88 My late husband and I visited the Vietnam War Memorial in Washington DC in September 2018. It was a rainy Sunday afternoon which accentuated the sad atmosphere.

Posted by: Decaf at May 26, 2025 08:37 PM (unUNN)

89 “Starship is 2.5 times the thrust of a Saturn V. Saturn V was the largest rocket ever to reach orbit. This is 2.5 times more power than that, and we build one a month. And they're meant to be reusable.

We're talking about something that ultimately, as a system, is thousands of times more capable than the Saturn V program.”

Elon Musk

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 26, 2025 08:38 PM (nnVdx)

90 Per RT
Amazon tribe sues NYT over ‘porn addicts’ claim – media
The Marubo are challenging allegations that they became morally degraded after receiving Starlink internet access
Posted by: Kindltot at May 26, 2025 08:34 PM (D7oie)

How do you tell a morally-degraded Amazon savage, from a non morally-degraded Amazon savage? Is there a cheat sheet?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 26, 2025 08:39 PM (7H0Xs)

91
I was fixing a push mower this afternoon. I tried to start about a month ago, and it just poured gasoline in the intake. Figured the float needle valve wasn't sealing.

So today, I pulled the carb and checked it out. Couldn't see anything wrong, but I cleaned it up. Put it back together, and after adjusting the main jet screw, it ran like a top.

Then I got to thinking. Daddy bought that thing new when I still in high school, early 80's, no later than '85. It's a 22" Murray with a 4HP Tecumseh. I put a new carb on it back in the late '90s. I'm proud of myself for keeping stuff running a hell of a long time.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at May 26, 2025 08:39 PM (w6EFb)

92
My late husband and I visited the Vietnam War Memorial in Washington DC in September 2018. It was a rainy Sunday afternoon which accentuated the sad atmosphere.
Posted by: Decaf

============

If I make it to D.C. (again -- last time was J6!!!!), that and the Korean War Memorial are the two indispensable things I do. Kudos to Maya Lin on the Vietnam Memorial.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at May 26, 2025 08:42 PM (n7rxJ)

93 I want the M-60's German sibling, the M-3.

Posted by: Anna Puma at May 26, 2025 08:43 PM (JOvrg)

94 Finally had to take my 2000 Craftsman/Kohler lawn tractor to a shop. Turned out to be a stupid oversight.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 26, 2025 08:43 PM (nnVdx)

95 >> If I make it to D.C. (again -- last time was J6!!!!)

*scribbles furiously*

Posted by: Bob from NSA at May 26, 2025 08:44 PM (l3YAf)

96 May that Amazon tribe eat the NYT's lunch.

Posted by: Anna Puma at May 26, 2025 08:44 PM (JOvrg)

97 . I'm proud of myself for keeping stuff running a hell of a long time.
Posted by: publius
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Yeah, I have a Mac 110 chainsaw, probably 1980, waiting on its 3rd carb rebuild. I am mightily resisting the urge to buy an electric saw.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at May 26, 2025 08:44 PM (XeU6L)

98 I am mightily resisting the urge to buy an electric saw.

* frowns *

Posted by: King Harv at May 26, 2025 08:46 PM (ft+tc)

99 If anyone wins the lottery tonight, I hear the US Army is trying to unload the 80 M-10 Bookers it bought before cancellation.

Posted by: Anna Puma at May 26, 2025 08:46 PM (JOvrg)

100 Then I got to thinking. Daddy bought that thing new when I still in high school, early 80's, no later than '85. It's a 22" Murray with a 4HP Tecumseh. I put a new carb on it back in the late '90s. I'm proud of myself for keeping stuff running a hell of a long time.

-

This reminds me of one of my favorite jokes:

A preacher buys an old push mower from a neighbor. The neighbor's son rides by on his bike and sees the preacher pulling the cord over and over while struggling to start it. He stops to give advice.

"You've got to cuss at it to get it going!" the boy offers helpfully.

"Young man, I'll have you know I turned away from that path years ago. I doubt I even remember those words." The preacher replied.

The boy smiles and begins pedaling away, yelling, "You just keep pulling on that cord, they'll come back to you!"

Posted by: Boron Cobbie - Women vote that way to create dragons for men to slay to impress them at May 26, 2025 08:48 PM (ezk5y)

101 Amazon tribe sues NYT over ‘porn addicts’ claim – media
The Marubo are challenging allegations that they became morally degraded after receiving Starlink internet access
Posted by: Kindltot

How do you tell a morally-degraded Amazon savage, from a non morally-degraded Amazon savage? Is there a cheat sheet?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon

It's the location of the piercings, mostly.

Posted by: mikeski at May 26, 2025 08:49 PM (DgGvY)

102 I love my electric saw. Great for limbing, brush, even small trees. I use it about 95% of the time I need a chainsaw. I even cut down a 30 ft tree with it a few days. Not the best idea, shoulda used the big Stihl, but I was determined to make it work no matter how dumb of an idea it was.

Posted by: Bob from NSA at May 26, 2025 08:49 PM (l3YAf)

103 If anyone wins the lottery tonight, I hear the US Army is trying to unload the 80 M-10 Bookers it bought before cancellation.
Posted by: Anna Puma at May 26, 2025 08:46 PM (JOvrg)

Do Bookers come with MG's?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 26, 2025 08:49 PM (7H0Xs)

104 They came with a 105mm, a 7.62 COAX, and a .50 for the TC.

Posted by: Anna Puma at May 26, 2025 08:50 PM (JOvrg)

105 Yeah, I have a Mac 110 chainsaw, probably 1980, waiting on its 3rd carb rebuild. I am mightily resisting the urge to buy an electric saw.
Posted by: Mike Hammer

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A different tool/intent entirely, but I bought a cheap little $30 or so handheld pruning saw from Amazon recently. That thing has been fantastic for jobs up to 3 to 4 inches or so. Highly recommended if you need to cut kindling or the like.

Posted by: Boron Cobbie - Women vote that way to create dragons for men to slay to impress them at May 26, 2025 08:51 PM (ezk5y)

106 The scene I remember every Memorial Day was from a few years ago, we were on a road trip driving through the midwest, probably Kansas. It was morning and sunny, and I drove through a small town just like a thousand other small midwestern towns. There was a small cemetery on the outskirts, as all such towns have, and as I went by I noticed a single truck pulled in, and an older gentleman sitting quietly by himself in a lawn chair under a tree, next to one of the graves.
Don’t know anything about him or who he was visiting, don’t need to know. That scene, to me, is what Memorial Day is all about.

Posted by: Tom Servo at May 26, 2025 08:52 PM (i5oKA)

107
I was just looking at push mowers at Lowe's and Home Depot web site. It's hard to find a simple side-discharge push mower, no frills, just the basics. They're all self-propelled with all sorts of silly plastic bagger attachments. Kind of stuff that doesn't last very long. And probably no telling what kind of aggravating "safety features" that are annoying.

They can't make anything right any more. And some of those battery powered, Li-ion things make me shake my head. What a load of garbage.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at May 26, 2025 08:54 PM (w6EFb)

108 A different tool/intent entirely, but I bought a cheap little $30 or so handheld pruning saw from Amazon recently.

Did it come with the bayonet adapter?

Posted by: Oddbob at May 26, 2025 08:54 PM (ft+tc)

109 103 If anyone wins the lottery tonight, I hear the US Army is trying to unload the 80 M-10 Bookers it bought before cancellation.
Posted by: Anna Puma at May 26, 2025 08:46 PM (JOvrg)

Do Bookers come with MG's?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 26, 2025 08:49 PM (7H0Xs)

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Only the T variant.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at May 26, 2025 08:54 PM (dDmld)

110 >>>If anyone wins the lottery tonight, I hear the US Army is trying to unload the 80 M-10 Bookers it bought before cancellation.

Posted by: Anna Puma

>I did a spit-take because when I first read that I saw 'lottery' and then I thought I saw 'A-10 Warthog.' Alas, that could content for the Cafe for another day.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at May 26, 2025 08:55 PM (dqmL3)

111 I didn't watch the Indy 500 yesterday. Did anyone discover any racist garage door pulls?

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at May 26, 2025 08:57 PM (dDmld)

112 "state actors are expected to achieve quantum [cryptography breaching capability] at scale by 2028." Happy Happy Joy Joy!

https://tinyurl.com/4m9dbrye

Posted by: Receive gp's Free No-Information Obligation Packet at May 26, 2025 08:57 PM (t8CWH)

113 The push mower I know was in use in the 1920s and you were the motive power.

https://is.gd/2kqou7

I’m showing you the deluxe model with the grass catching bag!

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at May 26, 2025 08:57 PM (taapK)

114 The skills to maintain all that old stuff are GOLD.

Posted by: Don in SoCo at May 26, 2025 08:58 PM (VZVyy)

115 My late husband and I visited the Vietnam War Memorial in Washington DC in September 2018. It was a rainy Sunday afternoon which accentuated the sad atmosphere.
Posted by: Decaf at May 26, 2025 08:37 PM (unUNN)

Found the names of four guys I knew from HS. Three were drafted within the same time frame as I was in 1967. The 4th joined the marines a few months after we graduated HS. I cried. They were 19 and 20 years old. Never had the chance to grow old, marry, become fathers, grandfathers. Was so very tough looking at those names. So sad.

Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy at May 26, 2025 08:59 PM (5xuJ/)

116 Howdy Hordelings. Hope you have enjoyed your Monday. May The Lord provide comfort to those remembering a fallen loved one - today and every day.

Posted by: Doof at May 26, 2025 08:59 PM (1biuY)

117 "I'm proud of myself for keeping stuff running a hell of a long time."

My mowers get stolen every few years, so maintenance is wasted effort.

Posted by: Receive gp's Free No-Information Obligation Packet at May 26, 2025 08:59 PM (t8CWH)

118 The worst thing about the Booker, I’ve read, is that the military negotiated a ridiculous contract where ONLY General Dynamics employees were to be allowed to do any repairs, even in the field and even under fire. How anyone could have agreed to something that absurd is beyond me. (Oh wait of course they were bribed)

Posted by: Tom Servo at May 26, 2025 09:00 PM (i5oKA)

119 https://tinyurl.com/5becf5df

Posted by: JackStraw at May 26, 2025 09:00 PM (viF8m)

120 Unbreachable quantum cryptography is already in use in the City of London. But as far as breaking RSA routinely by 2028, pull the other one - it’s got bells on it!

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at May 26, 2025 09:01 PM (taapK)

121 Home Depot was SRO today. Must have been 'Bring The Whole Family Hardware Shopping Day.'

Posted by: Receive gp's Free No-Information Obligation Packet at May 26, 2025 09:01 PM (t8CWH)

122 The scene I remember every Memorial Day was from a few years ago, we were on a road trip driving through the midwest, probably Kansas. It was morning and sunny, and I drove through a small town just like a thousand other small midwestern towns. There was a small cemetery on the outskirts, as all such towns have, and as I went by I noticed a single truck pulled in, and an older gentleman sitting quietly by himself in a lawn chair under a tree, next to one of the graves.
Don’t know anything about him or who he was visiting, don’t need to know. That scene, to me, is what Memorial Day is all about.
Posted by: Tom Servo at May 26, 2025 08:52 PM (i5oKA)

Powerful imagery there. Thanks for sharing that.

Posted by: Doof at May 26, 2025 09:01 PM (1biuY)

123 I assume state actors already have quantum computers that can crack 256-bit, for those few systems where they don't already read everything thanks to a built-in backdoor.

Posted by: PabloD at May 26, 2025 09:01 PM (ia6m2)

124 Ordering a new water pump for my '47 Allis B. Worker, not a show-er.
Got a '73 cat 931.
Just bought a mid-70's John Deere 400 to pull a sprayer around.
I like old stuff. I know how it works.

Posted by: MkY at May 26, 2025 09:02 PM (cPGH3)

125 Thanks for the holiday HQ today, Ace. Much appreciated.

Posted by: Notorious BFD at May 26, 2025 09:03 PM (mH6SG)

126 I heard the Army was fighting General Dynamics to get access to the service manuals.

Some 'light' tank, it only weights 42.5 tons. A German Panther from WWII weighed 45 tons in comparison.

But unlike a Panther being able to shrug off 75mm rounds from M-4 Shermans, a Booker can only withstand a 14.5mm round to the hull.

Posted by: Anna Puma at May 26, 2025 09:03 PM (JOvrg)

127 >> It's hard to find a simple side-discharge push mower, no frills, just the basics. They're all self-propelled with all sorts of silly plastic bagger attachments. Kind of stuff that doesn't last very long. And probably no telling what kind of aggravating "safety features" that are annoying.

I have one of the newer ones. Piece of crap. Has “mulching” blades that get damaged very easily.

Safety features is just the handlebar you have to hold down. A zip tie cut to the right length can provide a loop that slips on and off to bypass that.

Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director at May 26, 2025 09:05 PM (l3YAf)

128 From Wiki on the M10 Booker:

"The Army wanted a vehicle capable of being airdropped, however at 38 tons, the Booker cannot be airdropped"

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at May 26, 2025 09:10 PM (dDmld)

129 https://tinyurl.com/2s3fr4y3

Posted by: JackStraw at May 26, 2025 09:10 PM (viF8m)

130
But unlike a Panther being able to shrug off 75mm rounds from M-4 Shermans, a Booker can only withstand a 14.5mm round to the hull.
Posted by: Anna Puma at May 26, 2025 09:03 PM (JOvrg)

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So basically a main battle tank with a glass jaw. Nice planning.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at May 26, 2025 09:11 PM (dDmld)

131 Amazon tribe sues NYT over ‘porn addicts’ claim – media
The Marubo are challenging allegations that they became morally degraded after receiving Starlink internet access
Posted by: Kindltot

How do you tell a morally-degraded Amazon savage, from a non morally-degraded Amazon savage? Is there a cheat sheet?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon

A morally-degraded Amazon savage has better morals than the average NYT writer/editor.

Posted by: haffhowershower at May 26, 2025 09:11 PM (144I4)

132 >> Has “mulching” blades that get damaged very easily.

Yeah, those mulching and high lift blades wear out quickly. You can find some regular blades sometimes for some models. I was able to find some for an old Murray riding mower. In 2019, I broke down at bought a new Husqvarna riding mower. It has some high lift blades, but I can't find any regular ones for that.

The high lift don't like dirt and grit too much -- wears them out quickly.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at May 26, 2025 09:12 PM (w6EFb)

133 My push mower runs on push power.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 26, 2025 09:13 PM (RIvkX)

134 The high lift don't like dirt and grit too much -- wears them out quickly.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley

Replacement blades just need the same center and length.

Posted by: MkY at May 26, 2025 09:14 PM (cPGH3)

135 "The Army wanted a vehicle capable of being airdropped, however at 38 tons, the Booker cannot be airdropped"

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at May 26, 2025 09:10 PM (dDmld)

Well, it could be airdropped once...

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 26, 2025 09:14 PM (7H0Xs)

136 Plus the Army did not learn from its debacle on designing the M-2/M-3 not fitting into the then current primary USAF transport, the C-141.

But in recent memory, the Army assumed it could squeeze two Crusaders into one C-17A until the Air Force said no.

And the US Amry thought they could fit two M-10 Bookers into a C-17A. And again the Air Force said no, only one Booker per C-17A.

Posted by: Anna Puma at May 26, 2025 09:15 PM (JOvrg)

137
Safety features is just the handlebar you have to hold down. A zip tie cut to the right length can provide a loop that slips on and off to bypass that.

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A friend of mine has a Craftsman electric mower. Great mower BUT the thing has three safeties. One is the standard dead-man's bar. You push a button before pulling it back.

And none of it will work without the special interlock key *that has electronics in it*. You can't just use a jumper or go in and straight-wire the connection. You have to have that specific key in the slot if you want to use your mower.

Utter stupidity.

Posted by: Boron Cobbie - Women vote that way to create dragons for men to slay to impress them at May 26, 2025 09:16 PM (ezk5y)

138 133 My push mower runs on push power.
_-_-_
One of my logsplitters pushes my mower. 14-year-old log splitter at that. The kid's good!

Posted by: Don in SoCo at May 26, 2025 09:16 PM (VZVyy)

139 Well, it could be airdropped once...
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 26, 2025 09:14 PM (7H0Xs)

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Hah! That's what I was thinking.

Then you need someone to retrieve the pieces from the crater.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at May 26, 2025 09:16 PM (dDmld)

140 Did it come with the bayonet adapter?

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It's a one-handed 6" chainsaw, so...

Posted by: Boron Cobbie - Women vote that way to create dragons for men to slay to impress them at May 26, 2025 09:17 PM (ezk5y)

141 Wikipedia calls the M10 Booker an assault gun. It has a thingy that goes up.

Posted by: haffhowershower at May 26, 2025 09:18 PM (144I4)

142 >> And none of it will work without the special interlock key *that has electronics in it*. You can't just use a jumper or go in and straight-wire the connection. You have to have that specific key in the slot if you want to use your mower.

That’s insanity.

Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director at May 26, 2025 09:18 PM (l3YAf)

143 How do you tell a morally-degraded Amazon savage, from a non morally-degraded Amazon savage? Is there a cheat sheet?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon

The morally degraded Amazon savages steal the prime boxes off their neighbors porches.

Posted by: Tom Servo at May 26, 2025 09:18 PM (i5oKA)

144 In May 2013, John Rogers, a longtime Federal Reserve economist, was in Shanghai for an academic forum when he received an email that would eventually alter the course of his life and career.

The message was from someone claiming to be a Chinese graduate student. Rogers says he declined an offer of payment but kept in touch, later accepting an all-expenses-paid invitation to return to China. That visit, U.S. prosecutors allege, marked the beginning of a yearslong effort by Chinese intelligence to extract sensitive information from inside one of the most important economic institutions in the United States.

In January of this year, Rogers was arrested by the FBI on federal charges of economic espionage, the Wall Street Journal reports.

Posted by: SMOD at May 26, 2025 09:20 PM (GITLP)

145 My 20 volt cordless reciprocating saw does a real number on tree limbs, using one of those real toothy pruning blades. I think I will try using a hose clamp to clamp it to a pole, and use a string to pull the trigger, making it into a pole saw. A few high limbs need to be lopped.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 26, 2025 09:20 PM (7H0Xs)

146 M-10 Booker is an assault gun?

And the North American A-36 Apache is really a dive bomber.

Posted by: Anna Puma at May 26, 2025 09:20 PM (JOvrg)

147 Hey, we were always morally degraded, weren't we, Fucker of Chickens?

Posted by: A Marubo Chieftain at May 26, 2025 09:21 PM (dDmld)

148 142 >> And none of it will work without the special interlock key *that has electronics in it*. You can't just use a jumper or go in and straight-wire the connection. You have to have that specific key in the slot if you want to use your mower.i
_-_-_
I have a cliff on my place we could push it off of...off of which we could push it

Posted by: Don in SoCo at May 26, 2025 09:22 PM (VZVyy)

149 Pow. Right between the eyes.

Posted by: JackStraw at May 26, 2025 09:23 PM (viF8m)

150 I can imagine any weapon on Wikipedia is now a assault thingy

Posted by: Skip at May 26, 2025 09:25 PM (ypFCm)

151 How do you tell a morally-degraded Amazon savage, from a non morally-degraded Amazon savage? Is there a cheat sheet?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 26, 2025 08:39 PM

Do they vote Democrat?

Do they like penguins?

Posted by: Duncanthrax at May 26, 2025 09:25 PM (yuVjX)

152 I never understood why the Army never fielded a 120mm smoothbore towed anti tank gun. Like the 88 but 120.
I personally feel that Armor's biggest drawback is armor and what it takes to carry it around. Tracks are a pain in the ass.

My army would be all .308 too. To hell with squirrel rifles.

Posted by: Reforger at May 26, 2025 09:26 PM (xcIvR)

153 Has Joey Bidet accused that Amazon tribe of eating Beau?

Posted by: Anna Puma at May 26, 2025 09:26 PM (JOvrg)

154 The more I read about the Booker , General Dynamics should pay the government back for lies and incompetence. Hah, I crack myself up

Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 26, 2025 09:27 PM (eDGGN)

155 My push mower runs on push power.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 26, 2025 09:13 PM (RIvkX)

I have a Clemson E-16 Junior here. Possibly one of the best push mowers ever built. Side plates are ribbed magnesium castings. Front cross tube is 1 1/2" aircraft tubing. The structure is very light, but also very stiff, which is what you need to keep the bed knife and reel properly aligned. Almost effortless to push it. My yard here is mostly too rough to use it.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 26, 2025 09:28 PM (7H0Xs)

156 20 yo Toro runs fine with regular maintenance and non-corn gas.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, cowhand of the Apocalypse at May 26, 2025 09:28 PM (fbpXC)

157 The M-10 Booker is the LCS of tanks.

Posted by: Anna Puma at May 26, 2025 09:29 PM (JOvrg)

158 Well, if I want to eat, guess I had better make some dinner.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 26, 2025 09:31 PM (7H0Xs)

159 Watched a interesting video couple weeks ago on my military tanks around world went to smooth bore. Soviets started it but everyone seems to have it now.

Posted by: Skip at May 26, 2025 09:31 PM (ypFCm)

160 How do you tell a morally-degraded Amazon savage, from a non morally-degraded Amazon savage? Is there a cheat sheet?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 26, 2025 08:39 PM

The non-morally deranged savages have tattoos on no more than 50% of their bodies.

Posted by: Gref at May 26, 2025 09:32 PM (aBgBM)

161 Then you need someone to retrieve the pieces from the crater.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at May 26, 2025 09:16 PM

Why is it that meteors always land in a crater?

Posted by: Duncanthrax at May 26, 2025 09:32 PM (yuVjX)

162 >>>he M-10 Booker is the LCS of tanks.

Posted by: Anna Puma

>Give it a makeover like the Bradley Fighting Vehicle and you can get another decade of budget overruns, kickbacks and grift.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at May 26, 2025 09:32 PM (dqmL3)

163 early 80's, no later than '85. It's a 22" Murray with a 4HP Tecumseh.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley

Sounds a lot like mine, except mine is about 10 years newer. Thing was bullet proof for about 30 years, but it's finally about wore out so I bought a different type at a garage sale. Don't like it as much neither.

Posted by: haffhowershower at May 26, 2025 09:41 PM (144I4)

164 The wiki entry for the M-10 booker is kind of hilarious.

What is it? Assault gun heavy as a medium tank. 105mm tank gun that is not designed as an anti-tank vehicle.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 26, 2025 09:42 PM (bss/y)

165 The M-10 Booker is the LCS of tanks.

Posted by: Anna Puma

The LCS is the DIVAD of ships.

Posted by: Gref at May 26, 2025 09:42 PM (aBgBM)

166 Someone worth remembering.

Leslie H. Sabo Jr.

https://tinyurl.com/43nnnf6u

Posted by: JackStraw at May 26, 2025 09:44 PM (viF8m)

167 The LCS is the DIVAD of ships.
Posted by: Gref at May 26, 2025 09:42 PM (aBgBM)

*looks it up, love looking things up*

So... it's a Wirbelwind.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 26, 2025 09:45 PM (bss/y)

168 Well, twin bofors is cool.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 26, 2025 09:46 PM (bss/y)

169 Yes. And flakpanzer is such a cool description.

It's a shame they wasted Sgt. Alvin York's name on the DIVAD.

Posted by: haffhowershower at May 26, 2025 09:48 PM (144I4)

170 Trump delays EU tariffs until July.

Anyone in The WH read boy who cried wolf?

Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at May 26, 2025 09:48 PM (Y7qnM)

171 Aetius

The M-247 York could not even hit the drone targets. Plus being based on the M-60 style chassis; it was slower than the M-1 tanks.

Posted by: Anna Puma at May 26, 2025 09:48 PM (JOvrg)

172 167 The LCS is the DIVAD of ships.
Posted by: Gref at May 26, 2025 09:42 PM (aBgBM)

*looks it up, love looking things up*

So... it's a Wirbelwind.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 26, 2025 09:45 PM (bss/y)

More like a Kubelblitz.

Wirbelwinds did shoot down more enemy aircraft than DIVADs ever did.

Posted by: Gref at May 26, 2025 09:49 PM (aBgBM)

173 169 Yes. And flakpanzer is such a cool description.

It's a shame they wasted Sgt. Alvin York's name on the DIVAD.
Posted by: haffhowershower at May 26, 2025 09:48 PM (144I4)

Germans had cool names for things. Ostwind. Panzerfaust.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 26, 2025 09:50 PM (bss/y)

174 Why is it that meteors always land in a crater?
Posted by: Duncanthrax

Heh. Just like you always find lost things in the last place you look.

Posted by: haffhowershower at May 26, 2025 09:50 PM (144I4)

175 More like a Kubelblitz. Wirbelwinds did shoot down more enemy aircraft than DIVADs ever did.

Posted by: Gref at May 26, 2025 09:49 PM (aBgBM)

Kugel not Kubel. Verdamte kraut speak!

Posted by: Gref at May 26, 2025 09:50 PM (aBgBM)

176 Nebelwurfer has entered chat.

Posted by: Anna Puma at May 26, 2025 09:51 PM (JOvrg)

177 Kudgel ein Kubelwagen?

Posted by: Anna Puma at May 26, 2025 09:51 PM (JOvrg)

178 Anyone in The WH read boy who cried wolf?
Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at May 26, 2025 09:48 PM (Y7qnM)

That's SOP from the Donald. Announce an extreme negotiating position, panic the opposition, and then stroke them with a delay. Ultimately settle on something less, which was his real goal all along.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 26, 2025 09:52 PM (S7t2a)

179 176 Nebelwurfer has entered chat.
Posted by: Anna Puma at May 26, 2025 09:51 PM (JOvrg)

Ja ja!

Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 26, 2025 09:52 PM (bss/y)

180 Flammpanzer.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 26, 2025 09:53 PM (bss/y)

181 Isn't it "Nebelwerfer"?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 26, 2025 09:53 PM (S7t2a)

182 "Nazi Weapons That Never Existed" would make great thread.

I nominate "Kegelwerfer".

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 26, 2025 09:55 PM (S7t2a)

183 182 "Nazi Weapons That Never Existed" would make great thread.

I nominate "Kegelwerfer".
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 26, 2025 09:55 PM (S7t2a)

Hah!

Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 26, 2025 09:56 PM (bss/y)

184 >> Sounds a lot like mine, except mine is about 10 years newer.

This one is in really good shape, nothing really worn. It was used basically for trimming duty around the trees and close to the house, so it doesn't have that much operating hours on it, just age.

That Murray riding mower we got, I think around '94, was indeed flat worn out by 2019, when I replaced it. Steering linkage (cheap for these little dinky things) was flat worn out from use, and everything was getting sort of rickety. I broke down at got the new one when the hydrostatic drive tension idler pulley flew apart. Just flat out flew apart, plastic piece.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at May 26, 2025 09:56 PM (w6EFb)

185 Constipation auf Deutsch: Fahrfrumpuppen

Posted by: Pug Mahon at May 26, 2025 09:56 PM (0aYVJ)

186 Keeblerwerfer.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 26, 2025 09:56 PM (bss/y)

187 185 Constipation auf Deutsch: Fahrfrumpuppen
Posted by: Pug Mahon at May 26, 2025 09:56 PM (0aYVJ)

*golfclap*

I laughed way too hard at that one.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 26, 2025 09:57 PM (bss/y)

188 I gave Bandersnatch fits over my misspellings in German.

Posted by: Anna Puma at May 26, 2025 09:57 PM (JOvrg)

189 Fallschirmjager is another good one by the krauts.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 26, 2025 09:57 PM (bss/y)

190 PAK - PenguinAbwehrKanone

everyone will need one when Big Penguin attempts to conquer all non-frozen land

Posted by: Gref at May 26, 2025 09:59 PM (aBgBM)

191 I miss bander

He was fun to have a crazy conversation with at 2am. He never judged. He was an amazing person. All his own.

Posted by: nurse ratched at May 26, 2025 10:00 PM (XIfwF)

192 DOOF'S ONT IS UPSTAIRS

Posted by: Skip at May 26, 2025 10:01 PM (ypFCm)

193 >>Anyone in The WH read boy who cried wolf?

What nic will use next, moo moo?

Why do you guys keep changing your nics and then say the same stupid shit?

Posted by: JackStraw at May 26, 2025 10:01 PM (viF8m)

194 PAK - PenguinAbwehrKanone

everyone will need one when Big Penguin attempts to conquer all non-frozen land
Posted by: Gref at May 26, 2025 09:59 PM (aBgBM)

You need the Eisbarprojektor!

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 26, 2025 10:01 PM (S7t2a)

195 ONT up

Posted by: Lurking Cheshirecat at May 26, 2025 10:02 PM (w3u3d)

196 170 Trump delays EU tariffs until July.

Anyone in The WH read boy who cried wolf?
Posted by: Its Go Time Donald

They know Trump will follow through. He’s just giving them a shot across the bow. And perhaps another. But. He. Will. Win.

Posted by: nurse ratched at May 26, 2025 10:03 PM (XIfwF)

197 194 PAK - PenguinAbwehrKanone

everyone will need one when Big Penguin attempts to conquer all non-frozen land
Posted by: Gref at May 26, 2025 09:59 PM (aBgBM)

You need the Eisbarprojektor!

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 26, 2025 10:01 PM (S7t2a)

Ja! Ja!

Posted by: Gref at May 26, 2025 10:06 PM (aBgBM)

198 The monuments on the mall in DC are amazing. I’ve seen the three soldiers Viet Nam memorial, and the monument to the nurses. My favorite is the Korean patrol statues.

Posted by: Advo at May 26, 2025 10:21 PM (jO4mz)

199 The Bottom Feeders who vandalize any War Memorial should be made the Clean it Fix it and pay from their Own Pockets the cost of it all

Posted by: Tamaa the Drongo Bird at May 27, 2025 04:57 PM (wGqjj)

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