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Wednesday Overnight Open Thread - June 18, 2025 [TRex]
Good evening Horde. The time has come for mid-week shenanigans of the overnight variety.
This is the Wednesday night ONT.
The only machine I want pic.twitter.com/LEID4cAgiB
— Puchy Catto (@PuchyCatto) June 18, 2025
They each have a limited number of items as it would cost a lot of money to regularly send fresh clothes to them from Earth. These are worn again and again until they're too smelly or dirty to wear anymore. There does come a time when astronauts have to get rid of some of their dirty clothes. Some of them are put in cargo spacecrafts which burn up in the Earth's atmosphere, while other more expensive items like spacesuits are sent back to Earth for cleaning and repairs.
An arm is a limb that's covered with suction cups from beginning to end. A tentacle has suckers only at its end, which is usually wide and heavy. Each arm of an octopus contains its own brain. That means the arm can operate on its own, or it can be controlled by the central brain. An octopus uses its arms to build its own housing and to climb in and out of shells and other objects. It uses two arms to crawl along the bottom, so those arms are sometimes called legs.Either way, keep your arms and tentacles inside the moving ONT to avoid injury. (I said "tentacles" not "testicles." But probably best to keep those under control as well.)
I'm not saying his injuries were no big deal that one time, when Evil Knievel tried to jump over a hundred school buses. He got plenty banged up. I'm just saying, don't forget the big picture! You know as well as I do how things turned out that other time, when a hundred school buses tried to jump over Evil Knievel.Well played! Credit to lurker ICanCallYouBetty
Up in Doncaster, Mr. Clarkson's parents - Shirley and Eddie Clarkson - ran a design business called Gabrielle Designs and created a prototype Paddington Bear toy in 1972, which they gifted to Mr. Clarkson and his sister Joanna for Christmas. The plush bear was quickly praised and Mr Clarkson's parents began to sell them in shops. However, they did so without regard to the author's copyright on the bear and Mr. Bond soon got his lawyers involved to take action against the Clarksons. As legal action brewed, the pair headed down to London to meet with Mr Bond's solicitors and by chance met the author in the lift. Mr. Bond and the Clarksons became fast friends and awarded he awarded them the licencing rights to the toy throughout the world.
Has anyone figured out why the Pentagon doesn't have a pizza place onsite? Written correspondence can be sent to moronhobbies at protonmail dot com. Are you lurking ??
Comments
(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at June 18, 2025 10:00 PM (lUFok)
Posted by: Ciampino - going to sleep at June 18, 2025 10:00 PM (sPQoU)
Posted by: Tonypete at June 18, 2025 10:01 PM (cYBz/)
Posted by: tankdemon at June 18, 2025 10:01 PM (WnJea)
🤣🤣🤣
Posted by: runner at June 18, 2025 10:02 PM (nQcpu)
Posted by: Admiral Spinebender at June 18, 2025 10:02 PM (hftn9)
Posted by: runner at June 18, 2025 10:02 PM (nQcpu)
Posted by: OrangeEnt at June 18, 2025 10:02 PM (0eaVi)
Checks slang dictionary for AO. Uh, the cornhole competition is taking place in SF?
Posted by: OrangeEnt at June 18, 2025 10:04 PM (0eaVi)
Don't freak out, but it's the International Panic Day ONT!
Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at June 18, 2025 10:00 PM (lUFok)
_________
*sets hair on fire*
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 18, 2025 10:05 PM (QnmlO)
Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at June 18, 2025 10:05 PM (lUFok)
Posted by: Soothsayer at June 18, 2025 10:05 PM (jWJGZ)
Posted by: tankdemon at June 18, 2025 10:05 PM (WnJea)
"Do you cornhole??"
Slight pause. . . .
"As a matter of fact, I do. But I've just met you."
New boss, an absolute flamer, busts out in laughter.
Didn't matter. Earned my first trip to HR.
(It was worth the laugh)
Posted by: Tonypete at June 18, 2025 10:05 PM (cYBz/)
1. tie them to a tether
2. roll the laundry into the airlock
3. open airlock
4. wait maybe 45 minutes as radiation and hard vacuum do their thing
5. pull back your clothes
Done. No germs, no smell. Maybe a little radiation for deez nutz. Not great not terrible
Posted by: gKWVE at June 18, 2025 10:07 PM (YwwaK)
Posted by: Gref at June 18, 2025 10:07 PM (aBgBM)
My question was how ESPN - the world wide leader in sports - can fail to find anything more compelling to broadcast.
__________
Beanbag >>>>>>>> Stephen A. Smith
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 18, 2025 10:07 PM (QnmlO)
Posted by: davidt at June 18, 2025 10:08 PM (i0F8b)
Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at June 18, 2025 10:09 PM (/CkK4)
Posted by: zombie Abraham Lincoln at June 18, 2025 10:09 PM (DgGvY)
I wish I could be alive when Australia slams into the southernmost land mass of Melanesia. G-day, mates!
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at June 18, 2025 10:11 PM (HuRzZ)
So, like the DNC, but with 9 more brains.
Posted by: mikeski at June 18, 2025 10:11 PM (DgGvY)
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at June 18, 2025 10:12 PM (DQ5Bj)
(I) I play just what I feel
Drink Scotch whiskey all night long
And die behind the wheel
Posted by: SMOD at June 18, 2025 10:12 PM (GITLP)
At least on college is offering scholarships for the "sport."
http://tiny.cc/nqbn001
Posted by: tankdemon at June 18, 2025 10:12 PM (WnJea)
Posted by: Boss Moss at June 18, 2025 10:12 PM (Vnr18)
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 18, 2025 10:13 PM (ynpvh)
....................
Has anyone figured out why the Pentagon doesn't have a pizza place onsite?
...........................
It does. Don't recall the name of it. Pretty sure it isn't 24/7.
Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at June 18, 2025 10:13 PM (sAmhv)
Posted by: JQ at June 18, 2025 10:14 PM (rdVOm)
At least on college is offering scholarships for the "sport."
http://tiny.cc/nqbn001
Posted by: tankdemon at June 18, 2025 10:12 PM (WnJe
Some school give quidditch scholarships.
Posted by: BruceWayne at June 18, 2025 10:14 PM (MGB5H)
Boston fag pervert month report update: State Street bank reverted back to its normal colors, but Converse still has their sign illuminated with gay RGB.
Posted by: Soothsayer at June 18, 2025 10:14 PM (jWJGZ)
Immediately following introductions, one of the girls asks me, all bright eyed and excited -
"Do you cornhole??"
Posted by: Tonypete
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What is the legitimate meaning of the verb, "cornhole"?
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at June 18, 2025 10:14 PM (HuRzZ)
Carry moonbeams home in a jar?
Or, would you rather be a pig?
Pretty easy choice, I would say...
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at June 18, 2025 10:14 PM (XeU6L)
Posted by: Blonde Morticia
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I can explain this.
Posted by: Ned Beatty at June 18, 2025 10:15 PM (XeU6L)
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Macho Business Donkey Wrestler at June 18, 2025 10:15 PM (0aYVJ)
At least on college is offering scholarships for the "sport."
http://tiny.cc/nqbn001
Posted by: tankdemon at June 18, 2025 10:12 PM (WnJea)
Cornholing. They televised the championships a few years back; a father-son team won...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 18, 2025 10:15 PM (ynpvh)
Posted by: nurse ratched at June 18, 2025 10:15 PM (kJSFo)
Posted by: tankdemon at June 18, 2025 10:01 PM (WnJea)
I'm sure if we all work together we can get the job done.
https://tinyurl.com/5n7aueyw
Posted by: Bilwis Devourer of Innocent Souls, I'm starvin' over here at June 18, 2025 10:15 PM (pIfcn)
Posted by: LRob in OK, Moron and Lunatic at June 18, 2025 10:15 PM (ha1wR)
Legitimate? Or the one I learned a few decades before I ever heard of the game?
Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at June 18, 2025 10:15 PM (lUFok)
Yes! Because everything there is five sided, and they don't have a Round Table.
https://tinyurl.com/mu69sf6v
Posted by: OrangeEnt at June 18, 2025 10:16 PM (0eaVi)
Posted by: Boss Moss at June 18, 2025 10:16 PM (Vnr18)
Nay. There are still only three.
Posted by: zombie Ernest Hemingway at June 18, 2025 10:16 PM (DgGvY)
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at June 18, 2025 10:16 PM (dR6yv)
Little help required: What's up with the empty slot next to the Dr Pepper??
Look at the number of the empty slot and then think nerd joke.
Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at June 18, 2025 10:16 PM (lUFok)
Posted by: LRob in OK, Moron and Lunatic at June 18, 2025 10:15 PM (ha1wR)
404. I had to zoom in to see it.
Posted by: BruceWayne at June 18, 2025 10:17 PM (MGB5H)
Posted by: nurse ratched at June 18, 2025 10:17 PM (kJSFo)
Posted by: 370H55V I/me/mine at June 18, 2025 10:17 PM (Hoe5V)
Posted by: LRob in OK, Moron and Lunatic at June 18, 2025 10:17 PM (ha1wR)
Posted by: IrishEi at June 18, 2025 10:17 PM (3ImbR)
...........................
It does. Don't recall the name of it. Pretty sure it isn't 24/7.
Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at June 18, 2025 10:13 PM (sAmhv)
Anthony's Pizza? I enjoyed the Anthony's Pizza at Camp Foster, until one day I saw an olive crawling on the food prep counter.
Voice over: It was not an olive.
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at June 18, 2025 10:17 PM (DQ5Bj)
Legitimate? Or the one I learned a few decades before I ever heard of the game?
Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at June 18, 2025 10:15 PM (lUFok)
I suppose it CAN be a game in both senses...not my kinda game.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 18, 2025 10:17 PM (ynpvh)
Posted by: Boss Moss at June 18, 2025 10:19 PM (Vnr18)
Posted by: Mister Ghost at June 18, 2025 10:19 PM (TGPs7)
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy
I'll bite. What makes "Australian Rules" different from ours?
Posted by: mikeski at June 18, 2025 10:19 PM (DgGvY)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 18, 2025 10:20 PM (QnmlO)
Posted by: Cornholio at June 18, 2025 10:20 PM (i0F8b)
....................
Has anyone figured out why the Pentagon doesn't have a pizza place onsite?
...........................
It does. Don't recall the name of it. Pretty sure it isn't 24/7.
Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at June 18, 2025 10:13 PM (sAmhv)
DoD must intentionally not have 24/7 pizza and other fast food in the building, so they can play double-think games on foreign and domestic spies. "Dimitri, the last three times 90 pizzas were delivered at 11PM nothing happened. Will the Americans attack somewhere this time?" "I don't know, Hossein. Do you feel lucky? I hear your Ayatollah hates false alarms!"
Posted by: Gref at June 18, 2025 10:20 PM (aBgBM)
Posted by: Boss Moss at June 18, 2025 10:20 PM (Vnr18)
I'm just glad the professional cornhole league is named after the later one. The earlier one would have been messier, but at least it wouldn't have been shown on ESPN.
Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at June 18, 2025 10:21 PM (lUFok)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 18, 2025 10:07 PM (QnmlO)
FACTS!
Posted by: tankdemon at June 18, 2025 10:21 PM (WnJea)
[REDACTED IN CASE CHILDREN ARE READING THIS BLOG]
Posted by: Gref at June 18, 2025 10:21 PM (aBgBM)
Just learned the Texas Coral Snake has a venom said to be second only to the black mamba in toxicity.
However, most bites are dry and those bites that do envenomate, only around 10% are fatal.
Anyway, I chased it out of my back yard.
That's some bullshit I don't need.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at June 18, 2025 10:23 PM (GBH10)
Posted by: gKWVE at June 18, 2025 10:23 PM (YwwaK)
Posted by: Ned Beatty at June 18, 2025 10:15 PM (XeU6L)
Quit yer squealin'.
Posted by: tankdemon at June 18, 2025 10:24 PM (WnJea)
Posted by: Soothsayer at June 18, 2025 10:24 PM (mlFL5)
Checks slang dictionary for AO. Uh, the cornhole competition is taking place in SF?
Posted by: OrangeEnt at June 18, 2025 10:04 PM (0eaVi)
On the Ocho?
Posted by: Count de Monet at June 18, 2025 10:25 PM (wVcYX)
It's been real. Yesterday began with early-morning outpatient surgery for MiladyJo (she's doing fine, thanks) and ended with hurricane-force storm. Lost some big branches and an old oak. And the river's flooded and the back road to town is inaccessible.
Now it will all dry out and we'll get back to drought and burn bans for the rest of the summer.
*sings*🎵 OOOoohhh-klahoma…
Well, the important thing now is to check the post and comments.
Posted by: mindful webworker - exactly so at June 18, 2025 10:25 PM (dgZMn)
Posted by: Oddbob at June 18, 2025 10:25 PM (/y8xj)
They don't.
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That tears it. I'm not going.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 18, 2025 10:26 PM (Quxeu)
Posted by: Thomas Bender at June 18, 2025 10:26 PM (XV/Pl)
"Ugly Naked Guy is doing yoga!"
"And he bought a shirt!"
Posted by: Phoebe Buffay at June 18, 2025 10:26 PM (DgGvY)
Posted by: Boss Moss at June 18, 2025 10:26 PM (Vnr18)
>>>Anyway, I chased it out of my back yard.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice
Did you say, "And Stay Out!" to make sure it knew you meant business?
Posted by: Soothsayer at June 18, 2025 10:27 PM (mlFL5)
Posted by: gKWVE
I can't! I have to wipe first! I need TP for my bunghole!
Posted by: Cornholio at June 18, 2025 10:28 PM (DgGvY)
Posted by: Boss Moss at June 18, 2025 10:28 PM (Vnr18)
Posted by: mikeski at June 18, 2025 10:19 PM (DgGvY)
To start, the number of sex-crazed wombats that the operator is required to have in the cab when making a run for record. During practice runs, rabid dingos may be substituted.
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at June 18, 2025 10:28 PM (DQ5Bj)
Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at June 18, 2025 10:28 PM (sAmhv)
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Um, you're going to want to figure that one out before you go to Mars.
Posted by: Methos at June 18, 2025 10:28 PM (Dnobf)
>>I were to celebrate by going to Popeye's for lunch?
Popeyes has, bar none, but the worst tasting chicken in the FF industry.
Their sides are ok.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at June 18, 2025 10:29 PM (XV/Pl)
Little help required: What's up with the empty slot next to the Dr Pepper??
Look at the number of the empty slot and then think nerd joke.
Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at June 18, 2025 10:16 PM (lUFok)
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There's a number? Some of us might even be legally blind.
Posted by: Ciampino - going to read on at June 18, 2025 10:29 PM (sPQoU)
Posted by: Boss Moss at June 18, 2025 10:29 PM (Vnr18)
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice
Does Texas have a barrier reef, or did the scientist who discovered it not know how to spell "corral?"
Posted by: mikeski at June 18, 2025 10:30 PM (DgGvY)
Posted by: Count de Monet at June 18, 2025 10:25 PM (wVcYX)
Doesn't seem right, does it?
They should be playing cornhole on each other's six....
Posted by: OrangeEnt at June 18, 2025 10:30 PM (0eaVi)
Posted by: mindful webworker - exactly so at June 18, 2025 10:31 PM (dgZMn)
Anyway, I chased it out of my back yard.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice
Did you say, "And Stay Out!" to make sure it knew you meant business?
Posted by: Soothsayer
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It always works with illegal aliens.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at June 18, 2025 10:31 PM (HuRzZ)
It’s been largely cold and rainy here in Seattle East.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at June 18, 2025 10:31 PM (XV/Pl)
Popeye's is the Walmart of Chicken.
Posted by: Soothsayer at June 18, 2025 10:31 PM (mlFL5)
tinyurl.com/yfyzaj5f
Posted by: gKWVE at June 18, 2025 10:31 PM (YwwaK)
Posted by: Boss Moss at June 18, 2025 10:29 PM (Vnr1
No place to raise a kid, either.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at June 18, 2025 10:32 PM (0eaVi)
Posted by: Boss Moss at June 18, 2025 10:33 PM (Vnr18)
Posted by: Soothsayer at June 18, 2025 10:33 PM (mlFL5)
Coral as in a pinkish color … i think …
Posted by: Adriane the Permanently Temporary Critic . . . at June 18, 2025 10:33 PM (cfyxU)
Also they had a 145 lb woman vs a 185 lb one? That seems pretty unfair even though the former won.
Posted by: 18-1 at June 18, 2025 10:34 PM (t0Rmr)
The US Air Force continues to maintain an airbridge between Europe and the Middle East tonight, with at least 8 C-17 Globemaster IIIs in the air.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 18, 2025 10:35 PM (Quxeu)
Can you believe 2025 is half over?
Posted by: Soothsayer at June 18, 2025 10:35 PM (mlFL5)
Posted by: Boss Moss at June 18, 2025 10:35 PM (Vnr18)
Checks slang dictionary for AO. Uh, the cornhole competition is taking place in SF?
Posted by: OrangeEnt at June 18, 2025 10:04 PM (0eaVi)
On the Ocho?
Posted by: Count de Monet at June 18, 2025 10:25 PM (wVcYX)
played on the back nine.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 18, 2025 10:35 PM (ynpvh)
Wear them while showering & vacuum the water out of clothes, then off the body …
Or go nekkid.
Posted by: Adriane the Permanently Temporary Critic . . . at June 18, 2025 10:36 PM (cfyxU)
I got it without the spoilers but at first I thought the joke was that nobody liked Diet Dr. Pepper and wondered why that was supposed to be funny.
Posted by: Oddbob at June 18, 2025 10:36 PM (/y8xj)
Posted by: 18-1 at June 18, 2025 10:36 PM (t0Rmr)
I've never been. Is it cafeteria style?
Posted by: Soothsayer at June 18, 2025 10:33 PM (mlFL5)
More trough-style.
Posted by: Count de Monet at June 18, 2025 10:36 PM (wVcYX)
Posted by: Soothsayer at June 18, 2025 10:35 PM (mlFL5)
Ackshully....
Posted by: OrangeEnt at June 18, 2025 10:37 PM (0eaVi)
Sizzler vs Golden Corale?
Posted by: Soothsayer at June 18, 2025 10:38 PM (mlFL5)
Posted by: Boss Moss at June 18, 2025 10:39 PM (Vnr18)
Coral as in a pinkish color … i think …
Posted by: Adriane the Permanently Temporary Critic
Then, "was the scientist colorblind?"
They have dark red, yellow, and black bands. There are non-venomous king snakes with the same colors, but in a different order. Remember "red next to yellow, kill a fellow" for which one not to step on.
Posted by: mikeski at June 18, 2025 10:39 PM (DgGvY)
Harris Combat Pillows (seriously)
Dr Pepper (ok)
and..."Manscaped"
Posted by: 18-1 at June 18, 2025 10:40 PM (t0Rmr)
Posted by: Soothsayer at June 18, 2025 10:40 PM (mlFL5)
Posted by: Boss Moss at June 18, 2025 10:40 PM (Vnr18)
Rolls vs Biscuits?
Posted by: Soothsayer at June 18, 2025 10:40 PM (mlFL5)
Posted by: Ciampino - going to march at June 18, 2025 10:40 PM (sPQoU)
Posted by: Boss Moss
What was the chain that had the chocolate fountain?
Posted by: Tonypete at June 18, 2025 10:40 PM (cYBz/)
tinyurl.com/yfyzaj5f
Posted by: gKWVE at June 18, 2025 10:31 PM (YwwaK)
Meaning the anthropologists can argue on the taxpayers' dime for another century about the origin of humans. This is why PDT and Elon were right to slash mucho science stuff out of the Federal Budget. How does knowing any more than we think we know today about the origin of homo sapiens improve anyone's lives, other than the eggheads getting paid big bucks to research it? If it's so damned important, let Bill Gates or other private fat cats fund all the science non-essential to improving our lives!
Posted by: Gref at June 18, 2025 10:41 PM (aBgBM)
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Perhaps a King snake? Very, very similar appearance.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at June 18, 2025 10:41 PM (XeU6L)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 18, 2025 10:41 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: free tibet at June 18, 2025 10:41 PM (1wtUm)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 18, 2025 10:35 PM (Quxeu)
I thought Biden build an actual bridge. Just drive the tankers over there.
Posted by: haffhowershower at June 18, 2025 10:42 PM (144I4)
Posted by: toby928 at June 18, 2025 10:42 PM (jc0TO)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 18, 2025 10:41 PM
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Gern geschehen.
Posted by: TRex at June 18, 2025 10:42 PM (IQ6Gq)
Posted by: Tonypete at June 18, 2025 10:40 PM (cYBz/)
Golden Corral.
Posted by: Boss Moss at June 18, 2025 10:42 PM (Vnr18)
I love KFC biscuits, but they're only good for about 10 minutes.
What's interesting is they didnt offer biscuits until, when, 1980?
Posted by: Soothsayer at June 18, 2025 10:43 PM (mlFL5)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc.
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See #4
https://reptilejam.com/kingsnakes-in-texas/
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at June 18, 2025 10:43 PM (XeU6L)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 18, 2025 10:44 PM (RIvkX)
My go-to breakfast at a restaurant is two over easy with hash browns, and coffee. Some days I add bacon.
At work, yogurt (Noosa, usually) and granola. Boiled eggses for lunch.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Macho Business Donkey Wrestler at June 18, 2025 10:44 PM (0aYVJ)
Posted by: 18-1 at June 18, 2025 10:44 PM (t0Rmr)
Daughter wants to see a moose, but not too close hopefully.
Posted by: Otto Pen at June 18, 2025 10:45 PM (un2ji)
Posted by: Boss Moss at June 18, 2025 10:45 PM (Vnr18)
Posted by: toby928 at June 18, 2025 10:45 PM (jc0TO)
Posted by: toby928 at June 18, 2025 10:42 PM (jc0TO)
Hmmm...Intertubes sez:
"a game is a physical or mental activity or contest that has rules and that people do for pleasure. A sport is a contest or game in which people do certain physical activities according to a specific set of rules and compete against each other."
Since there is professional cornholing, I suppose it's a sport too.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 18, 2025 10:45 PM (ynpvh)
I love KFC biscuits, but they're only good for about 10 minutes.
What's interesting is they didnt offer biscuits until, when, 1980?
Posted by: Soothsayer at June 18, 2025 10:43 PM (mlFL5)
French fries can be that way too.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 18, 2025 10:46 PM (ynpvh)
1981 -- that's when KFC introduced their delicious biscuits, switching from rolls.
Posted by: Soothsayer at June 18, 2025 10:46 PM (mlFL5)
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 18, 2025 10:45 PM (ynpvh)
Well, as long as it's not pickleball.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Macho Business Donkey Wrestler at June 18, 2025 10:47 PM (0aYVJ)
Posted by: Boss Moss at June 18, 2025 10:47 PM (Vnr18)
Harris Combat Pillows (seriously)
Dr Pepper (ok)
and..."Manscaped"
Posted by: 18-1
My Pillow
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at June 18, 2025 10:47 PM (dR6yv)
Posted by: 18-1
Agree. And before covid, their $5 fill up lunch meal was the best deal around in fast food.
Posted by: haffhowershower at June 18, 2025 10:48 PM (144I4)
Posted by: Kindltot at June 18, 2025 10:49 PM (D7oie)
Posted by: Boss Moss at June 18, 2025 10:49 PM (Vnr18)
I think this makes track and field sports while basketball is just a game.
Posted by: toby928 at June 18, 2025 10:49 PM (jc0TO)
Posted by: 18-1 at June 18, 2025 10:44 PM (t0Rmr)
Waaay back, in my youth in the Midwest, if your small city had a KFC it was a very big deal. People from neighboring rural counties making their not very frequent shopping trips to your city always went to KFC or McDonalds for lunch.
Posted by: Gref at June 18, 2025 10:50 PM (aBgBM)
Look at the number of the empty slot and then think nerd joke.
Posted by: Blanco Basura
I finally figured that out. 'Way too big a photo for the tiny joke.
At first I thought the joke was, nobody was buying the diet Dr Pepper, like the way vegetarian goods are fully stocked even when the surrounding grocery shelves are stripped clean. But that would have been even lamer than the 404.
_________
I was trying to figure out how to turn this into a boob thread.
Posted by: tankdemon
Too late. Turned into a cornhole thread.
Posted by: mindful webworker - not in polite company at June 18, 2025 10:51 PM (dgZMn)
Posted by: Boss Moss at June 18, 2025 10:47 PM (Vnr1
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Yep. And Red Lobster had the best Cheddar Bay Biscuits. You can buy the mix in grocery stores now and it's actually just as good.
Posted by: IrishEi at June 18, 2025 10:51 PM (3ImbR)
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Unfortunately, no. I had hoped it was so.
Snapped a photo: Red, yellow, black, yellow, red; order of bands.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at June 18, 2025 10:51 PM (GBH10)
They have dark red, yellow, and black bands. There are non-venomous king snakes with the same colors, but in a different order. Remember "red next to yellow, kill a fellow" for which one not to step on.
Posted by: mikeski at June 18, 2025 10:39 PM (DgGvY)
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R B Y ..... how to avoid R & Y adjacent?
Posted by: Ciampino - logistics at June 18, 2025 10:52 PM (sPQoU)
Posted by: Boss Moss at June 18, 2025 10:52 PM (Vnr18)
Posted by: Kindltot at June 18, 2025 10:55 PM (D7oie)
Posted by: Boss Moss at June 18, 2025 10:52 PM (Vnr1
In holes?
I couldn't help it - had to write that it! OK, I'll quit for tonite before I'm thrown out!
Posted by: Gref at June 18, 2025 10:55 PM (aBgBM)
Posted by: Blonde Morticia
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Legitimate, schlegitimate.
In the '50s it meant homosexual anal intercourse. Despite idiots seizing it to describe a game with a perfectly good name (beanbag) like a 10 year old swearing in front of some old ladies, it's still stupid.
I think that 70 years of antisocial use makes it denotable.
Posted by: buddhaha at June 18, 2025 10:55 PM (mGabY)
"Samurai Jack" is the best action cartoon ever.
"The 39 Steps" works really really well, decades after it was made. Hitchcock probably made the best films.
It would be interesting if TJM reviewed Robert Wise movies. "The Day The Earth Stood Still," "The Haunting," "The Andromeda Strain," "The Sound of Music," "West Side Story." "Star Trek TMP," he sure had a lot of influential hits.
Good night.
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at June 18, 2025 10:58 PM (CHHv1)
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Not that I've ever thought about it but, how can you clean it?
You can't spray cleaner; can't pop a window open for fresh air; can't mop.
Maybe the stellar radiation sanitizes a bit, but you sure can't risk free chlorine ions floating around your sensitive electronics.
I'm betting it smells worse than even the dirtiest San Fran street hobo.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at June 18, 2025 10:59 PM (GBH10)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 18, 2025 10:35 PM (Quxeu)
I thought Biden build an actual bridge. Just drive the tankers over there.
Posted by: haffhowershower
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So they keep flying that circular route to confuse the Iranians>?
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 18, 2025 10:59 PM (Quxeu)
Posted by: Boss Moss
🎵Mars ain't the place to wash your clothes
In fact it's dirty as h3!!…
Posted by: mindful webworker - not in polite company at June 18, 2025 10:59 PM (dgZMn)
Posted by: Archer at June 18, 2025 10:59 PM (IDphi)
Posted by: Ciampino - jailttime at June 18, 2025 11:00 PM (sPQoU)
Posted by: mikeski
R B Y ..... how to avoid R & Y adjacent?
Posted by: Ciampino
They have more bands of some colors.
Kingsnake: red black yellow black red (black yellow black red.....)
Coral snake: red yellow black yellow red (yellow black yellow red.....)
Posted by: mikeski at June 18, 2025 11:00 PM (DgGvY)
Posted by: tankdemon at June 18, 2025 10:01 PM (WnJea)
I'm sure if we all work together we can get the job done.
https://tinyurl.com/5n7aueyw
Posted by: Bilwis Devourer of Innocent Souls, I'm starvin' over here at June 18, 2025 10:15 PM (pIfcn)
***
My understanding was that all threads will eventually get to mammary glands (human, otter whatever) well before we reach the exalted 1000 mark. It's sort of a law of very large umbers kind of things.
Although, come to think of it, the other sure thing used to be a post from a "concerned, lifelong Republican" who was always "concerned" about something or other Trump, or some other actual conservative was doing that was, you know, actually conservative. After that became, essentially, a meme and was thoroughly mocked ( and less trolls got paid to post it) it dried up. But don't think that will happen to boobehs.
Posted by: Publius Redux at June 18, 2025 11:00 PM (/aZwr)
Posted by: tankdemon
Too late. Turned into a cornhole thread.
Posted by: mindful webworker - not in polite company at June 18, 2025 10:51 PM (dgZMn)
Yep. Inguess there is nothing to be done about it...
http://tiny.cc/mubn001
Posted by: tankdemon at June 18, 2025 11:00 PM (WnJea)
Posted by: Publius Redux at June 18, 2025 11:01 PM (/aZwr)
Posted by: Archer at June 18, 2025 10:59 PM (IDphi)
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But where do you start?
Posted by: Ciampino - yellow before red, you're dead at June 18, 2025 11:01 PM (sPQoU)
Posted by: Ciampino - incriminating evidence? at June 18, 2025 11:03 PM (sPQoU)
Posted by: muldoon at June 18, 2025 11:03 PM (poXs5)
Posted by: toby928 at June 18, 2025 10:42 PM (jc0TO)
It is Tejo without the mud or the explosions.
(Tejo is the national sport of Colombia)
Posted by: Kindltot at June 18, 2025 11:04 PM (D7oie)
Posted by: Publius Redux at June 18, 2025 11:01 PM (/aZwr)
Paint. The color of the dirt in Umbria.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at June 18, 2025 11:05 PM (0eaVi)
https://mol.im/a/14825967
That's not all that unusual. Normally they'll pick the house by reading the obits to find out when the service is. This one was already well known so they didn't have to wait.
Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at June 18, 2025 11:05 PM (lUFok)
Posted by: COMountainMarie at June 18, 2025 11:05 PM (iToup)
Posted by: Adriane the Permanently Temporary Critic . . . at June 18, 2025 11:06 PM (cfyxU)
Posted by: Publius Redux
Shades of brown. So it's still a cornhole thread.
Posted by: mikeski at June 18, 2025 11:06 PM (DgGvY)
Posted by: muldoon at June 18, 2025 11:03 PM (poXs5)
Cornholing.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 18, 2025 11:07 PM (ynpvh)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 18, 2025 11:07 PM (Quxeu)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 18, 2025 11:07 PM (Quxeu)
Speaking of cornholing...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 18, 2025 11:08 PM (ynpvh)
Once the spacecraft was secured on deck and things had settled down, Anders or somebody saw the Frogman and asked “hey what was that all about?” He said “Check this out” and opened the hatch again. 3 guys stuck in a container the size of a large car for a week, puking, etc, they got to smelling pretty ripe
Posted by: Common Tater at June 18, 2025 11:08 PM (nOr6i)
Posted by: Archer
But where do you start?
Posted by: Ciampino
"Red next to yellow, kill a fellow."
And you can start anywhere, the snakes are colored dyslexically.
Posted by: mikeski at June 18, 2025 11:09 PM (DgGvY)
Wrong!
https://tinyurl.com/ymcde4cd
Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at June 18, 2025 11:09 PM (lUFok)
Posted by: Gref
As yutes, Mom and Dad only took us out to eat once or twice a year - to McDonalds. We thought it was fantastic.
Posted by: Tonypete at June 18, 2025 11:10 PM (cYBz/)
Posted by: Your Next Mayor Andrew Cuomo at June 18, 2025 11:11 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: Tonypete at June 18, 2025 11:11 PM (cYBz/)
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 18, 2025 11:11 PM (CA3k/)
Posted by: Archer
But where do you start?
Posted by: Ciampino
"Red next to yellow, kill a fellow."
And you can start anywhere, the snakes are colored dyslexically.
Posted by: mikeski at June 18, 2025 11:09 PM (DgGvY)
Red touches Yellow, kill a fellow?
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 18, 2025 11:12 PM (ynpvh)
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 18, 2025 11:12 PM (CA3k/)
Posted by: Your Next Mayor Andrew Cuomo at June 18, 2025 11:11 PM (RIvkX)
Don't need the piercing commentary.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 18, 2025 11:12 PM (ynpvh)
However, most bites are dry and those bites that do envenomate, only around 10% are fatal.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice
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The teeth that deliver the venom are not fangs in the front of the mouth, but in the back of the mouth. To deliver venom, the snake has to, basically, chew on you. Every serious North American Coral snake bite occurs when someone is handling the snake.
The wife described a red black and yellow striped snake in the garden a couple of weeks ago. She couldn't detail the order of the stripes so I can't be sure, but it was likely a Scarlet King. In either case, it did the usual for both species; it slithered away out of the garden.
Posted by: buddhaha at June 18, 2025 11:13 PM (mGabY)
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 18, 2025 11:13 PM (CA3k/)
Posted by: Romeo13 at June 18, 2025 11:14 PM (mP0Kj)
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 18, 2025 11:14 PM (CA3k/)
Posted by: Doof at June 18, 2025 11:14 PM (RFPHU)
Posted by: Your Next Mayor Andrew Cuomo at June 18, 2025 11:11 PM (RIvkX)
Great tits:
https://tinyurl.com/329vvv45
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 18, 2025 11:14 PM (ynpvh)
Posted by: Boss Moss at June 18, 2025 11:14 PM (Vnr18)
Posted by: 18-1 at June 18, 2025 11:14 PM (t0Rmr)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 18, 2025 11:07 PM (Quxeu)
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We had joy we had fun
We had seasons in the sun ...
-- Terry Jacks
Posted by: Ciampino - happy but sad song at June 18, 2025 11:14 PM (sPQoU)
Posted by: Your Next Mayor Andrew Cuomo at June 18, 2025 11:15 PM (RIvkX)
https://tinyurl.com/ywuxxrfn
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 18, 2025 11:15 PM (ynpvh)
Wrong!
https://tinyurl.com/ymcde4cd
Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at June 18, 2025 11:09 PM (lUFok)
Seems we forgot the night we were always supposed to remember... it was last night? right?
Posted by: Romeo13 at June 18, 2025 11:15 PM (mP0Kj)
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Macho Business Donkey Wrestler at June 18, 2025 10:47 PM (0aYVJ)
*glares menacingly*
Posted by: Doof at June 18, 2025 11:16 PM (RFPHU)
https://mol.im/a/14825967
Posted by: Ciampino - incriminating evidence? at June 18, 2025 11:03 PM (sPQoU)
Over / Under it was an Illegal Alien?
Posted by: Romeo13 at June 18, 2025 11:16 PM (mP0Kj)
So far so good after 15 minutes of running, which was about the max I was getting before.
Posted by: toby928 at June 18, 2025 11:17 PM (jc0TO)
Posted by: Soothsayer
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They may be cute, but they run off the end of the runway easily. No ground spoilers, no thrust reversers.
Posted by: buddhaha at June 18, 2025 11:17 PM (mGabY)
Wrong!
https://tinyurl.com/ymcde4cd
Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at June 18, 2025 11:09 PM (lUFok)
AI eating...they bite it, but the food comes out whole...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 18, 2025 11:18 PM (ynpvh)
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 18, 2025 11:13 PM (CA3k/)
Followed by: Red next to black, a friend of Jack.
Mnenomics work.
Posted by: RickZ at June 18, 2025 11:18 PM (gKDq2)
If I had taken a shot every time somebody said Muthufucka, I'd be on a slab at the morgue.
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at June 18, 2025 11:18 PM (kpS4V)
They're easy to ID as their names tell you what to look/listen for.
Go figure.
Posted by: Tonypete at June 18, 2025 11:18 PM (cYBz/)
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This is some kind of euphemism, right?
Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 18, 2025 11:19 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: COMountainMarie at June 18, 2025 11:20 PM (iToup)
Posted by: Boss Moss at June 18, 2025 11:20 PM (Vnr18)
Posted by: Romeo13
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Thursday and Friday are threat nights, I think.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 18, 2025 11:20 PM (Quxeu)
Posted by: muldoon at June 18, 2025 11:20 PM (poXs5)
Posted by: muldoon at June 18, 2025 11:20 PM (poXs5)
https://youtu.be/PkhPuH8G5Hg
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 18, 2025 11:22 PM (ynpvh)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 18, 2025 11:22 PM (QnmlO)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 18, 2025 11:23 PM (Quxeu)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hVLDD8URdPY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AIk94MJS_Sc
A: Operation Freedom Tehran
Remember who did this:
Bill Clinton
Barack Obama
IceKingJOE
-- you know what they said and did, when art imitates life, what else can you expect?
Posted by: MANFRED the Heat Seeking OBOE at June 18, 2025 11:23 PM (efnOP)
Movie theaters used coconut oil to pop corn for similar reason, if necessary they can pop it ahead of time and it stays edible for hours or days. Heat lamp it, tastes just fine.
Let’s not even broach the subject of restaurants who try to “bake” a potato in a microwave.
Posted by: Common Tater at June 18, 2025 11:23 PM (nOr6i)
They're easy to ID as their names tell you what to look/listen for.
Go figure.
Posted by: Tonypete at June 18, 2025 11:18 PM (cYBz/)
Three of our venomous snakes in the U.S., like Greta Garbo, just want to be left alone. But that fourth one, that fourth one is major asshoe. That asshoe is the water moccasin/cottonmouth. Those snakes have attitude. They will chase people.
Posted by: RickZ at June 18, 2025 11:23 PM (gKDq2)
Posted by: scampydog at June 18, 2025 11:24 PM (H2kYo)
Posted by: muldoon at June 18, 2025 11:20 PM (poXs5)
That's too corny.
Posted by: tankdemon at June 18, 2025 11:24 PM (WnJea)
Posted by: mikeski
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A better rhyme is "Red against black, venom lack". Some varieties have white bands instead of yellow.
Posted by: buddhaha at June 18, 2025 11:24 PM (mGabY)
Posted by: Ciampino - I thought Walmart was the biggest at June 18, 2025 11:24 PM (sPQoU)
Daughter wants to see a moose, but not too close hopefully.
Posted by: Otto Pen at June 18, 2025 10:45 PM (un2ji)
If you see a brown bear (aka grizzly bear) don’t try to pet it. 🤪
Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at June 18, 2025 11:25 PM (/CkK4)
Posted by: Ciampino - didn't know of him at June 18, 2025 11:26 PM (sPQoU)
San Francisco has been ranked at the bottom of a new report by a financial services company [WalletHub] ranking the best and worst-run cities in the country.
The City by the Bay stands in good company, according to the Post,
The next worst-run cities after San Francisco were Detroit (147th), Oakland (146th), New York City (145th), Philadelphia (144th), and Baltimore (143rd).
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So much to be proud of.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 18, 2025 11:26 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: Ciampino
"Learn to
Posted by: Tonypete at June 18, 2025 11:27 PM (cYBz/)
- every NYer
Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at June 18, 2025 11:27 PM (/CkK4)
Posted by: mikeski
A better rhyme is "Red against black, venom lack". Some varieties have white bands instead of yellow.
Posted by: buddhaha
I bow to your superior ophidian wisdom.
Posted by: mikeski at June 18, 2025 11:28 PM (DgGvY)
The next worst-run cities after San Francisco were Detroit (147th), Oakland (146th), New York City (145th), Philadelphia (144th), and Baltimore (143rd).
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So much to be proud of.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 18, 2025 11:26 PM (RIvkX)
I'm just trying to figure out what those cities have in common. It has to be something more than the water. It'll come to me.
Posted by: RickZ at June 18, 2025 11:28 PM (gKDq2)
Posted by: Boss Moss at June 18, 2025 11:20 PM (Vnr1
The only one I ever met was rather chill. I ended up able to put a five gallon bucket over him, then slid a board under that in order to carry him off away from the house.
Last I saw, he was slithering away into the woods. That was almost eleven years ago. Haven't seen him or any of his relatives since
Posted by: tankdemon at June 18, 2025 11:29 PM (WnJea)
Posted by: RickZ at June 18, 2025 11:28 PM (gKDq2)
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I know, I know!
A: Racist police.
What do I win?
Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 18, 2025 11:29 PM (RIvkX)
Let’s not even broach the subject of restaurants who try to “bake” a potato in a microwave.
Posted by: Common Tater at June 18, 2025 11:23 PM (nOr6i)
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I do that and get a very nice product, very quickly.
Posted by: Ciampino - who knows what shortcuts they take? at June 18, 2025 11:30 PM (sPQoU)
Posted by: Ruud Awakening at June 18, 2025 11:30 PM (G5+As)
Posted by: RickZ at June 18, 2025 11:28 PM (gKDq2)
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I know, I know!
A: Racist police.
What do I win?
A free SWATting!
Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at June 18, 2025 11:30 PM (lUFok)
So far so good after 15 minutes of running, which was about the max I was getting before.
Posted by: toby928
Batteries in the thermostat going bad maybe?
Posted by: haffhowershower at June 18, 2025 11:31 PM (144I4)
Daughter wants to see a moose, but not too close hopefully.
Posted by: Otto Pen
Two kids? That makes her a sister, so keep her away from the mooses.
Posted by: mikeski at June 18, 2025 11:31 PM (DgGvY)
Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at June 18, 2025 11:25 PM (/CkK4)
IIRC, they prefer hugs.
Posted by: tankdemon at June 18, 2025 11:31 PM (WnJea)
Posted by: Ruud Awakening
That's why Minnesotans keep the central air unit in the basement. Hopefully right next to the floor drain.
Posted by: mikeski at June 18, 2025 11:32 PM (DgGvY)
What do I win?
Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 18, 2025 11:29 PM (RIvkX)
An all expense paid trip to . . . San Francisco.
Bodyguards not included. But then, you're probably used to that.
Posted by: RickZ at June 18, 2025 11:32 PM (gKDq2)
So much to be proud of.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 18, 2025 11:26 PM (RIvkX)
You always knew they were a bottom, didn't you?
Posted by: OrangeEnt at June 18, 2025 11:33 PM (0eaVi)
Posted by: mnw at June 18, 2025 11:34 PM (kd60y)
https://tinyurl.com/3k97fzm3
Posted by: Ciampino - must catch those bastards at June 18, 2025 11:34 PM (sPQoU)
Posted by: Ciampino - who knows what shortcuts they take? at June 18, 2025 11:30 PM (sPQoU)
it takes longer, but baking yams and potatoes in the oven makes them both better.
Posted by: Kindltot at June 18, 2025 11:35 PM (D7oie)
Posted by: muldoon at June 18, 2025 11:20 PM (poXs5)
That's too corny.
Posted by: tankdemon at June 18, 2025 11:24 PM (WnJea)
One of the players was named Sylvester, and he wasn't in good shape?
Sufferin' Succotash!
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 18, 2025 11:36 PM (S/Y4j)
So much to be proud of.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 18, 2025 11:26 PM (RIvkX)
You always knew they were a bottom, didn't you?
Posted by: OrangeEnt at June 18, 2025 11:33 PM (0eaVi)
Well, you can always move across the Bay, to Oakland...
Oh... wait... shit...
Posted by: Romeo13 at June 18, 2025 11:36 PM (mP0Kj)
Posted by: OrangeEnt at June 18, 2025 11:33 PM (0eaVi)
Oy Vey! (0eaVi) ISWYDT
Posted by: haffhowershower at June 18, 2025 11:36 PM (144I4)
Bodyguards not included. But then, you're probably used to that.
Posted by: RickZ at June 18, 2025 11:32 PM (gKDq2)
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Truf.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 18, 2025 11:36 PM (RIvkX)
Somehow, during the first 0530 test at Alamagordo, the Trinity site, an enlisted man had escaped detection in one of the barracks by the MPs. He was a cook who had just returned from pass and had “a little bit too much to drink”. He was laying in his bunk when the bomb went off. Apparently he was completely blinded for a few days, but otherwise unhurt. Apparently he swore he would never drink again. Some hangover cure
Posted by: Common Tater at June 18, 2025 11:36 PM (nOr6i)
Posted by: Lord Percy at June 18, 2025 11:37 PM (0pr6s)
Posted by: DJ Jazzy Jeff at June 18, 2025 11:37 PM (ZTJjv)
https://tinyurl.com/3k97fzm3
Posted by: Ciampino - must catch those bastards at June 18, 2025 11:34 PM (sPQoU)
Police have released a sketch of the suspect!
https://tinyurl.com/yu8pahy8
Posted by: OrangeEnt at June 18, 2025 11:37 PM (0eaVi)
Posted by: Chuck C at June 18, 2025 11:38 PM (D0HYP)
https://www.youtube.com/embed/6bCe-uT6wVQ?
Posted by: Kindltot at June 18, 2025 10:55 PM (D7oie)
Ha that was pretty good!
Posted by: haffhowershower at June 18, 2025 11:38 PM (144I4)
https://tinyurl.com/3k97fzm3
Posted by: Ciampino - must catch those bastards at June 18, 2025 11:34 PM (sPQoU)
Police have released a sketch of the suspect!
https://tinyurl.com/yu8pahy8
Posted by: OrangeEnt at June 18, 2025 11:37 PM (0eaVi)
Good thing it was ONLY shot with a Long Bow, not a Crossbow!
Posted by: Romeo13 at June 18, 2025 11:38 PM (mP0Kj)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 18, 2025 11:38 PM (RIvkX)
But yes in this fantasy world of magic there is a magical contraption that can duplicate things. The first horror unleashed upon the poor world was a horde of maniacally laughing clones of Naga the Serpent. The final horror though is reserved for the end when the machine creates a whole legion of chibi Lina Inverses.
Posted by: Anna Puma at June 18, 2025 11:39 PM (BNLtx)
Posted by: mikeski
No basements here. (Coastal NC). You hit water about 18" down.
Posted by: Life At Sea Level at June 18, 2025 11:41 PM (G5+As)
Shocking New report - Illinois is projected to spend $2.5 billion on illegal aliens!
According to a news story filed by Chicago TV station WFLD channel 32, most of your tax dollars will go to illegal aliens healthcare costs.
https://tinyurl.com/mp8rmyr3
Posted by: Ciampino - must stop paying at June 18, 2025 11:41 PM (sPQoU)
Posted by: Common Tater at June 18, 2025 11:23 PM (nOr6i)
A friend's father had this restaurant tale from BME (Before the Microwave Era). He was asked if he wanted a baked potato. He asked if they were steamed or baked because he only wanted baked. She assured him, baked. It came wrapped in foil from a steamer. Eventually, after some 'gentle' explanation of the difference in baked vs. steamed, that went back.
I love baked potatoes, not microwave ones. I love the crispy baked potato skin. I scoop out the flesh and eat that like mashed. The potato skins then are a treat, like it's two vegetables in one.
Posted by: RickZ at June 18, 2025 11:41 PM (gKDq2)
A fed bear is a dead bear. I got the badge.
The bears and the tourists play very nicely together.
Posted by: mnw at June 18, 2025 11:41 PM (kd60y)
Everyone is entitled to their own opinion. I disagree. I think they suck, compared to a conventional oven.
But by any definition, it is not, and cannot be “baked” in a microwave. Steamed at best. See where I’m goin’ with that?
Posted by: Common Tater at June 18, 2025 11:42 PM (nOr6i)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at June 18, 2025 11:42 PM (XeU6L)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at June 18, 2025 11:44 PM (XeU6L)
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Replicator, Maine Coon, passive.
Posted by: Capt. Picard at June 18, 2025 11:46 PM (XeU6L)
According to a news story filed by Chicago TV station WFLD channel 32, most of your tax dollars will go to illegal aliens healthcare costs.
https://tinyurl.com/mp8rmyr3
Posted by: Ciampino
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And according to a news story filed by Common Knowledge, most of your votes will go to supporting this.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at June 18, 2025 11:46 PM (HuRzZ)
Posted by: Common Tater at June 18, 2025 11:47 PM (nOr6i)
Posted by: Bob at June 18, 2025 11:48 PM (YiqZD)
But by any definition, it is not, and cannot be “baked” in a microwave. Steamed at best. See where I’m goin’ with that?
Posted by: Common Tater at June 18, 2025 11:42 PM (nOr6i)
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I don't wrap mine so it is not steamed. You are heating water molecules using IR, and I'm using microwaves. It's the heated water molecules that pop the starch grains. Ultimately the physics is the same.
Posted by: Ciampino - must stop & sleep at June 18, 2025 11:48 PM (sPQoU)
"I had clearly touched a nerve for the former Trump confidante, but I would not back down."
She recalled her call with the controversial figure, saying "Tucker kept me on the phone for over twenty minutes, questioning my Christian credentials and suggesting I had lost my way as an Evangelical." - Laurie Cardoza-Moore
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Girlfriend, please.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 18, 2025 11:51 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at June 18, 2025 11:51 PM (XeU6L)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 18, 2025 11:52 PM (RIvkX)
Nothing like the Sutphin Blvd station.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 18, 2025 10:44 PM (RIvkX)
What's with all the tin cans on either side of the escalator? Stopping kids from sliding there?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 18, 2025 11:52 PM (jGeiA)
No wonder my wife kept her under wraps before it was too late.
Posted by: pawn, one of many at June 18, 2025 11:52 PM (QB+5g)
Posted by: Mike Hammer
MN has very few venomous animals. Timber rattlers and northern black widows along the WI border. Massasauga rattlers and brown recluse spiders along the IA border.
There must be something about "40 below" that keeps venomous things out.
Posted by: mikeski at June 18, 2025 11:53 PM (DgGvY)
Posted by: Bob
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Never had a Honda with crappy cam bearings, have you Bob?
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at June 18, 2025 11:53 PM (XeU6L)
Posted by: RickZ at June 18, 2025 11:28 PM (gKDq2)
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I know, I know!
A: Racist police.
What do I win?
A free SWATting!
Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at June 18, 2025 11:30 PM (lUFok)
kinky
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 18, 2025 11:54 PM (ynpvh)
Posted by: mikeski
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No gators either.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at June 18, 2025 11:54 PM (XeU6L)
So much to be proud of.
Posted by: San Franpsycho
Meanwhile Las Cruces, NM is 13th. Green chiles rule. Sour dough drools.
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at June 18, 2025 11:55 PM (NXz8h)
Posted by: Mike Hammer
Gotta do something to keep third-grade mikeski from seeing it as the best slide evar!!
Posted by: mikeski at June 18, 2025 11:55 PM (DgGvY)
What do I win?
Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 18, 2025 11:29 PM (RIvkX)
An all expense paid trip to . . . San Francisco.
Bodyguards not included. But then, you're probably used to that.
Posted by: RickZ at June 18, 2025 11:32 PM (gKDq2)
Was in Phoenix some years ago with the wife, and on the radio they had a contest where the prize was a vacation to...San Diego...
"Wow Honey! A paid trip home!"
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 18, 2025 11:56 PM (ynpvh)
Posted by: Common Tater
Dare I say that sounds like no common tater.
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at June 18, 2025 11:56 PM (NXz8h)
What's the joke?
Posted by: mnw at June 18, 2025 11:34 PM (kd60y)
Look at the number below...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 18, 2025 11:57 PM (ynpvh)
Certainly you would never claim that a microwaved spud is equal to one baked in an oven. Apostate!!
Posted by: Common Tater at June 18, 2025 11:57 PM (+Oqoq)
And...this is why you need to wait months to see a doctor.
Those 40M or so illegals need a hell of a lot of healthcare and they are going to get it before you do...subject.
Posted by: 18-1 at June 18, 2025 11:58 PM (t0Rmr)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 18, 2025 11:58 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: Mike Hammer
MN has very few venomous animals. Timber rattlers and northern black widows along the WI border. Massasauga rattlers and brown recluse spiders along the IA border.
There must be something about "40 below" that keeps venomous things out.
Posted by: mikeski
You ever meet a DFLer? Nothing slows them down.
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at June 18, 2025 11:59 PM (NXz8h)
We have a several-hundred acre fire a few miles down the road. It seems to be under control, but I'm keeping an eye on it in case it jumps the line and burns towards the city.
Posted by: PabloD at June 18, 2025 11:59 PM (TgNVd)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 18, 2025 11:52 PM (jGeiA)
Yes, but i have seem some really ballsy videos of kids sliding down the stairs themselves on toboggans
Posted by: Kindltot at June 19, 2025 12:00 AM (D7oie)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 18, 2025 11:58 PM (RIvkX)
Phoenix used to be the only state capital with a population above 1M. I don't know if that's still true.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 19, 2025 12:00 AM (ynpvh)
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at June 19, 2025 12:01 AM (NXz8h)
Posted by: mikeski
You ever meet a DFLer? Nothing slows them down.
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram
True.
Let me revise and extend my remarks. "Venomous enough to be individually dangerous to humans."
We also have plenty of bees, hornets, and wasps. Yellowjackets are vying with mosquitoes for the title of "State Bird."
Posted by: mikeski at June 19, 2025 12:01 AM (DgGvY)
Like I said, potato skins, love them. They can become a whole separate dish, with chili/cheese or whatever; plain is good to me. Anyway, I take the flesh out into a bowl, I fork in some butter and let it cool. I cover and refrigerate. That becomes my breakfast hash browns a day or three later.
I pull out of the fridge to let come to room temp a bit. Start a pan. Add butter. Melt. Add potato. Spread around the pan, breaking up big chunks. Lightly, or darkly, brown. Once browned and warmed, add some finely diced onion. Let them turn translucent. You're done. Maybe 15 minutes.
Potato skins and breakfast hash browns.
{Wipes tear}
The potato loves me.
Posted by: RickZ at June 19, 2025 12:02 AM (gKDq2)
Posted by: Romeo13 at June 18, 2025 11:15 PM (mP0Kj)
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Tuesday night. I theorized that it was about these:
https://tinyurl.com/56ve85bm
Anyhoo, was only woken up this evening once at midnight by phone's national emergency message. Affected Tel Aviv and surroundings only, so that we didn't have to head down to the building shelter. 2 missiles, both intercepted and of no other consequence.
But I see there's been lotsa action in Iran over the last several hours.
Time to start my day. Just after 7AM. l8r.
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at June 19, 2025 12:02 AM (UzL96)
*wanking motion*
screw "juneteenth"
Posted by: JQ at June 19, 2025 12:03 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: mikeski
You ever meet a DFLer? Nothing slows them down.
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram
True.
Let me revise and extend my remarks. "Venomous enough to be individually dangerous to humans."
We also have plenty of bees, hornets, and wasps. Yellowjackets are vying with mosquitoes for the title of "State Bird."
Posted by: mikeski at June 19, 2025 12:01 AM (DgGvY)
Tourist: Are the snakes in the park poisonous?
Park Ranger: No.
Tourist: ::: picks up snake, gets bitten :::
Park Ranger: But they are venomous
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 19, 2025 12:03 AM (ynpvh)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 18, 2025 11:52 PM (RIvkX)
It's only 'center' if you bake one. Who bakes one potato?
Posted by: RickZ at June 19, 2025 12:03 AM (gKDq2)
*wanking motion*
screw "juneteenth"
Posted by: JQ at June 19, 2025 12:03 AM (rdVOm)
Could be worse. Dad died on my birthday. Thanks, Dad.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 19, 2025 12:04 AM (ynpvh)
*wanking motion*
screw "juneteenth"
Posted by: JQ
* raises a glass to JQ's Dad *
Posted by: mikeski at June 19, 2025 12:04 AM (DgGvY)
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at June 19, 2025 12:04 AM (UzL96)
Battery on the way out gang. Be good. If you can’t be good, be careful!
Posted by: Common Tater at June 19, 2025 12:04 AM (+Oqoq)
Jim in Kali-- sorry to hear that.
Almost had to have Dad's funeral on my birthday, but rushed to do it day before, so that an uncle could be there...
Posted by: JQ at June 19, 2025 12:06 AM (rdVOm)
There used to be a restaurant in the Mesilla Valley Mall that had a sandwich called something like "Coronado's Last Request." Ham, chicken, cheese, green chile, and some other stuff on sourdough. Once I had that it was the only thing I would order there. Can't even remember the name of the restaurant now.
Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at June 19, 2025 12:07 AM (lUFok)
Info overload gets to me sometimes.
G'nite, y'all.
Posted by: mindful webworker - have a good'n whatever at June 19, 2025 12:07 AM (dgZMn)
https://tinyurl.com/3k97fzm3
Posted by: Ciampino - must catch those bastards at June 18, 2025 11:34 PM (sPQoU)
I can beat that! Coming home from Wing Nite in Elnora, I was driving down my own grid road about 10 miles north of home, and saw a large brown critter run across the road, from my left to the right. A deer? A moose? Maybe a horse? Stopped, and looked at it where it had stopped by a fence line. It was a llama. "Oh, somebody's pet got loose." Drove ahead a quarter mile, into some guy's driveway. He comes out on the deck. "Anybody around her keep llamas? There one roaming loose." Him, "No. There is a herd a couple of miles west, and the herd booted this one out. Nobody can catch it." Me, "So, a rogue llama?" Him, "That's right." Me, "I was concerned it might be somebody's pet. Wouldn't do to run into it; that would make me a ramallamadingdong."
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 19, 2025 12:07 AM (1qCsC)
I looked at the number below-- "403."
I still don't get it.
Thx for your attempt to explain.
Posted by: mnw at June 19, 2025 12:07 AM (kd60y)
May the Lord protect you and keep you in the palm of His hand.
Thank you for keeping us up to date. It’s hard to know what’s really going on without a trusted source on the ground.
Posted by: nurse ratched at June 19, 2025 12:07 AM (oBglL)
Posted by: Biden's Dog
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Keep us updated, pls. And your head down.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at June 19, 2025 12:07 AM (XeU6L)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at June 19, 2025 12:08 AM (XeU6L)
Posted by: Common Tater
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Now can we argue about oxygen free cables and Nyquist sampling?
Posted by: buddhaha at June 19, 2025 12:09 AM (mGabY)
I looked at the number below-- "403."
I still don't get it.
Thx for your attempt to explain.
403 is the alternate punchline. No one's buying because it's forbidden. (HMTL error code 403.)
Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at June 19, 2025 12:09 AM (lUFok)
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 19, 2025 12:04 AM (ynpvh)
My Mom died on my birthday. That was pretty bad.
My Dad died the day after my wife's birthday.
Posted by: Kindltot at June 19, 2025 12:09 AM (D7oie)
Posted by: Blanco Basura
That is not there anymore. How the Mesilla Valley Mall manages to stay open is a mystery. I tend to think it is a money laundering scheme for the Mexican cartels.
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at June 19, 2025 12:10 AM (NXz8h)
Now can we argue about oxygen free cables and Nyquist sampling?
Posted by: buddhaha
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Shannon has entered the chat.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at June 19, 2025 12:11 AM (XeU6L)
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at June 19, 2025 12:01 AM (NXz8h)
Handing off to Nurse Ratched. Seems like there is a "will call" option (that they never told me about). Show up a the venue with the order number, ID, and the credit card used for the purchase, and you are good. If all else fails, I will go to credit card company, and dispute the charge.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 19, 2025 12:11 AM (1qCsC)
I looked at the number below-- "403."
I still don't get it.
Thx for your attempt to explain.
Posted by: mnw at June 19, 2025 12:07 AM (kd60y)
The next number over, on the empty column, is? And did I mention empty of product?
It's a Nerd Joke. Not a Dad Joke.
Posted by: RickZ at June 19, 2025 12:11 AM (gKDq2)
Posted by: COMountainMarie at June 19, 2025 12:12 AM (iToup)
Park Ranger: No.
Tourist: ::: picks up snake, gets bitten :::
Park Ranger: But they are venomous
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia)
* pedantic golf clap *
Posted by: mikeski at June 19, 2025 12:13 AM (DgGvY)
Yeah, the place closed before I moved out of town. As for the rest of the mall, well, you may be closer to right than wrong.
Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at June 19, 2025 12:13 AM (lUFok)
Jim in Kali-- sorry to hear that.
Almost had to have Dad's funeral on my birthday, but rushed to do it day before, so that an uncle could be there...
Posted by: JQ at June 19, 2025 12:06 AM (rdVOm)
Yeah, it happens. Wife was on her deathbed, passed away 2 days after my younger one's birthday.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 19, 2025 12:13 AM (ynpvh)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 19, 2025 12:07 AM (1qCsC)
¡En Llamas!
Posted by: Kindltot at June 19, 2025 12:14 AM (D7oie)
I looked at the number below-- "403."
I still don't get it.
Thx for your attempt to explain.
Posted by: mnw at June 19, 2025 12:07 AM (kd60y)
No, the number of the empty slot next to it...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 19, 2025 12:14 AM (ynpvh)
Sure hope Israel & Trump Finish the Job!... as they say in porno movies.
Be Krazy not to, at this point.
Posted by: mnw at June 19, 2025 12:14 AM (kd60y)
Now can we argue about oxygen free cables and Nyquist sampling?
Posted by: buddhaha
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Shannon has entered the chat.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at June 19, 2025 12:11 AM (XeU6L)
O2-free cables are BS. The amount of theoretical noise is well below what anyone or your dog can detect.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 19, 2025 12:16 AM (ynpvh)
Checked the Senate list-- Yep, he's "Class II"-- up for re-election next year.
*Predicktable*
Posted by: JQ at June 19, 2025 12:17 AM (rdVOm)
I still don't get it.
Thx for your attempt to explain.
403 is the alternate punchline. No one's buying because it's forbidden. (HMTL error code 403.)
Posted by: Blanco Basura
All the error codes explained in an Internet-approved fashion:
https://http.cat
Posted by: mikeski at June 19, 2025 12:17 AM (DgGvY)
Please send more C-130s with pallets of money to fight the Evil Jews and Donald Trump.
P.S. The Ayatollah sends his greetings and felicitations.
Posted by: The Ayatollah and African Birth Buddies at June 19, 2025 12:18 AM (q/j2W)
Posted by: Biden's Dog
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Keep us updated, pls. And your head down.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at June 19, 2025 12:07 AM (XeU6L)
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Heads up and smiles here in the shelter - except for our neighbor doctor who finally took a day off and was hoping to sleep in till 10.
Still, 7:15AM. Can't complain!
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at June 19, 2025 12:18 AM (DGFJg)
Posted by: mnw at June 19, 2025 12:18 AM (kd60y)
I looked at the number below-- "403."
I still don't get it.
Thx for your attempt to explain.
Posted by: mnw at June 19, 2025 12:07 AM (kd60y)
The next number over, on the empty column, is? And did I mention empty of product?
It's a Nerd Joke. Not a Dad Joke.
Posted by: RickZ at June 19, 2025 12:11 AM (gKDq2)
Did you know that humans eat more bananas than monkeys?
Monkeys don't taste that good.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 19, 2025 12:18 AM (ynpvh)
Posted by: buddhaha
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Shannon has entered the chat.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at June 19, 2025 12:11 AM (XeU6L)
O2-free cables are BS. The amount of theoretical noise is well below what anyone or your dog can detect.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia)
I never discuss audiophile or religious topics at Thanksgiving dinner. I don't have what it takes to do the time.
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at June 19, 2025 12:18 AM (NXz8h)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
This is a lot like trying to find a company's customer service phone number.
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at June 19, 2025 12:21 AM (NXz8h)
Speaking of the Copy Cat machine, I had an idea for a business once. I may have already mentioned it here, not sure. Anyway, I had a very sick cat once and I went from being hopeless at giving it pills to expert. I could get those pills down its throat in 2 shakes and no back-talk.
Meanwhile, there are people who are still lousy at it and they take their cats in to the vet and pay a service fee, or they get their curtains and lower arms shredded.
So I start this business called the Catter Piller. Pronounced like the pre-butterfly. Anyone who needs their cat pilled, I come around and pill their cat and charge them $10/pill or maybe $10/session, depending on how nice I am. Probably make $200/day, 7 days a week.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at June 19, 2025 12:21 AM (HuRzZ)
JQ, howdy. How was your day?
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at June 19, 2025 12:24 AM (HuRzZ)
Posted by: Shenanigans at June 19, 2025 12:24 AM (wGun1)
Posted by: JQ at June 19, 2025 12:24 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 19, 2025 12:24 AM (1qCsC)
Posted by: JQ at June 19, 2025 12:25 AM (rdVOm)
Then, when the rodents were all gone, I'd feed them plenty of kibble, and hug them and squeeze them and call them George...
Posted by: JQ at June 19, 2025 12:28 AM (rdVOm)
1h
As U.S. President Trump considers joining Israel’s strike campaign against nuclear sites in Iran, his Special Envoy to the Middle East Steve Witkoff is reported to have been in direct contact with Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi throughout the week, attempting to organize further negotiations between the United States and Iran.
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Trump's going to give them every chance he can.
_damnit
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 19, 2025 12:31 AM (Quxeu)
Posted by: jim
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I have a friend who installed a tube front-end in his CD player. "The difference is astounding", he says.
"Yeah" I think to myself, "I'll bet"
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at June 19, 2025 12:31 AM (XeU6L)
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at June 19, 2025 12:34 AM (WUdrq)
Posted by: jim
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I have a friend who installed a tube front-end in his CD player. "The difference is astounding", he says.
"Yeah" I think to myself, "I'll bet"
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at June 19, 2025 12:31 AM (XeU6L)
It's a whole system thing; if one part is crap, the quality will be crap. You need good fidelity coming from the source, proper impedance matching on the cables, connectors, etc, and good shielding from external noise sources.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 19, 2025 12:35 AM (ynpvh)
"Yeah" I think to myself, "I'll bet"
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at June 19, 2025 12:31 AM (XeU6L)
I think it would be pretty tough to do the D to A stuff with tubes. But once you got an audio signal, tubes ought to work fine.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 19, 2025 12:35 AM (1qCsC)
"European leaders will meet with Iran on Friday to discuss Iran's nuclear program; hope to re-direct program to peaceful purposes"
Posted by: mnw at June 19, 2025 12:37 AM (kd60y)
"Yeah" I think to myself, "I'll bet"
I've never tested the theory, but allegedly the distortion caused by tubes is centered around even harmonics, while transistors tend towards odd harmonics. Supposedly the human ear prefers the even harmonics.
But either way it's still distortion.
Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at June 19, 2025 12:39 AM (lUFok)
Can't they just have solar arrays and wind farms and be green like everybody else?
Posted by: JQ at June 19, 2025 12:39 AM (rdVOm)
Can't they just have solar arrays and wind farms and be green like everybody else?
Posted by: JQ at June 19, 2025 12:39 AM (rdVOm)
You can't blow up Jews with those.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 19, 2025 12:40 AM (ynpvh)
Posted by: mnw at June 19, 2025 12:37 AM (kd60y)
If Iran wanted peaceful nuclear power, they wouldn't be enriching uranium to 60% U-235, would they?
In other news, Euro leaders will be teaching wolves to graze on fields of millet.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 19, 2025 12:41 AM (1qCsC)
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia)
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Yes, I forgot the damned /sarc tag...
Posted by: JQ at June 19, 2025 12:41 AM (rdVOm)
"Yeah" I think to myself, "I'll bet"
Posted by: Mike Hammer
I am for a federal law that would require anyone who spouts off about "audiophile" topics, spoken or written, to provide a recent hearing test as part of the discussion or article. The resulting mockery would be most amusing.
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at June 19, 2025 12:41 AM (NXz8h)
But either way it's still distortion.
Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at June 19, 2025 12:39 AM (lUFok)
I think the other thing is, with tubes, if you over-drive them, they clip, and the plates get red, but they don't get immediately destroyed. Solid state devices tend to exude the magic smoke when that happens.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 19, 2025 12:43 AM (1qCsC)
"You need to convert to total solar power! How dare you!"
Posted by: JQ at June 19, 2025 12:43 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at June 19, 2025 12:44 AM (lUFok)
Posted by: 13times at June 19, 2025 12:46 AM (BsqhF)
Posted by: Mike Hammer
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Shannon's name has been attached (for good reason), but I'm old enough that my textbooks refer to it only as "Nyquist Theorem".j
Posted by: buddhaha at June 19, 2025 12:46 AM (mGabY)
Nice!
Posted by: Diogenes at June 19, 2025 12:47 AM (FxMyX)
All the error codes explained in an Internet-approved fashion:
https://http.cat
Posted by: mikeski
Looks like 405 is George Bush eating a cat.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at June 19, 2025 12:48 AM (63Dwl)
LMAO.
Posted by: 13times at June 19, 2025 12:46 AM (BsqhF)
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The nimrod ecosystem must not be threatened!
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at June 19, 2025 12:51 AM (hY4dx)
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at June 19, 2025 12:34 AM (WUdrq)
Has it been asked?
What can we do to help?
Posted by: Diogenes at June 19, 2025 12:51 AM (FxMyX)
Posted by: Blanco Basura
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Just wait until you get to the speakers!
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at June 19, 2025 12:51 AM (XeU6L)
JQ, glad you had a good day. Mine was busy with a between-jobs project. I get too obsessed when I'm working on something on my own time. No exercise or proper eating. Bad.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at June 19, 2025 12:53 AM (HuRzZ)
Posted by: Mark in SC at June 19, 2025 12:53 AM (gWO+I)
Shannon's name has been attached (for good reason), but I'm old enough that my textbooks refer to it only as "Nyquist Theorem".j
Posted by: buddhaha
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Ah. But, it is Shannon's Law.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at June 19, 2025 12:54 AM (XeU6L)
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at June 19, 2025 12:56 AM (NXz8h)
Children of Ruin by Adrian Tchaikovsky. In the book the tentacle arms do things on their own initiative in a manner subconscious yet not chaotic relative to the overbrain (crown).
Posted by: 13times at June 19, 2025 12:56 AM (BsqhF)
Posted by: Blanco Basura
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Just wait until you get to the speakers!
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at June 19, 2025 12:51 AM (XeU6L)
Yup.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 19, 2025 12:56 AM (ynpvh)
Posted by: raimondo at June 19, 2025 12:58 AM (bMK+d)
Shannon's name has been attached (for good reason), but I'm old enough that my textbooks refer to it only as "Nyquist Theorem".j
Posted by: buddhaha
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Ah. But, it is Shannon's Law.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at June 19, 2025 12:54 AM (XeU6L)
Shannon's Law...
https://youtu.be/wSWMJxbxj7c
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 19, 2025 12:58 AM (ynpvh)
Posted by: Blanco Basura
Just wait until you get to the speakers!
Posted by: Mike Hammer
At least those affect the sound. DACs, amplification, wires..... all those are solved problems down to levels that dogs can't hear. Nobody's made a perfect speaker yet.
Posted by: mikeski at June 19, 2025 12:58 AM (DgGvY)
"European leaders will meet with Iran on Friday to discuss Iran's nuclear program; hope to re-direct program to peaceful purposes"
Posted by: mnw
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Oh, for the love of--
I remember Victor Davis Hansen's words about the last time this happened. "While America, the sullen bad cop, has to sit by while Europe luxuriates in the socialist ideologies it can afford thanks to America's vigilance..."
At that time, I recall the European negotiators asking Iran for some nominal concession "to silence the Americans."
You can re-direct Iran's nuclear program to peaceful purposes by dangling porn in front of them and while they're all watching, blowing it all up. I'm not sure what you do with their uranium -- probably take it back to the States and raffle it off.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at June 19, 2025 01:00 AM (HuRzZ)
Posted by: JQ at June 19, 2025 01:01 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: rww at June 19, 2025 01:01 AM (T+0J1)
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram
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I have been assured by my golden-ear audiopile acquaintances that a $5,000 tube amp is superior to any solid state amp. Measurements and blind A/B tests are, they claim, irrelevant. It's like arguing with a Progressive.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at June 19, 2025 01:02 AM (XeU6L)
Posted by: Mike Hammer
Different definitions of 'superior.'
"Input equals output times X?" Solid state is superior.
"This sounds better to my ears?" Any choice could be correct.
The hard part, like arguing with a prog, is getting them to admit they mean (B) when they think they mean (A).
Posted by: mikeski at June 19, 2025 01:04 AM (DgGvY)
Hello, Horde! 😊💕😘
It amazing how much peppier one feels when their doctor tells them to stop taking BP medicine because chemo is causing it to consistently be between 90-100/55-60!
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, Plucky Comic Relief, AoS Ladies Brigade - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at June 19, 2025 01:04 AM (SRRAx)
Posted by: JQ at June 19, 2025 01:06 AM (rdVOm)
0:14 seconds
https://tinyurl.com/4xpx7dwk
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 19, 2025 01:06 AM (Quxeu)
Teresa, yo! Getting off the BP meds makes you peppier, eh? pep pep pep!
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at June 19, 2025 01:06 AM (HuRzZ)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at June 19, 2025 01:02 AM (XeU6L)
Everyone knows that dollars spent equals sound quality.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 19, 2025 01:06 AM (1qCsC)
Posted by: mnw at June 19, 2025 01:07 AM (kd60y)
@houmanhemmati
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🚨 HAPPENING NOW: An Iranian ballistic missile just hit Soroka Hospital in southern Israel. Pray for the patients and staff.
Short video shows ceiling tiles loose and some very wispy smoke in a corridor.
Posted by: 13times at June 19, 2025 01:08 AM (BsqhF)
0:14 seconds
https://tinyurl.com/4xpx7dwk
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 19, 2025 01:06 AM (Quxeu)
Muzzies target civillians. I won't wait for the UN to denounce Iran for their Geneva violations...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 19, 2025 01:08 AM (ynpvh)
It’s very easy to blow speaker voice coils with solid state, usually by underpowered amps overdriven into clipping. Tubes don’t do that. Lots of guitar amp designs go to great lengths to emulate the sound of tube amps, never the reverse however.
In terms of distortion, the curious thing is tube amps playing back distorted tube guitar amps recordings sounds more live, more realistic. So does analog vinyl. Technically of course it is terrible, and inferior. But, I don’t listen to numbers. I listen to music. The “wooly” sound on the low end bass, and open midrange sounds very similar or like a good bar band setup.
I had a lot of fun rebuilding a Dynaco 70 and FM3 tube tuner. Amazing sound. A lot of people spend way too much time listening to their stereo, but they aren’t listening to the music. It’s an elusive concept, high fidelity. I get it. But I know it can be achieved with leftover zip cord from grandma’s table lamp. Vintage solder smells better, too
Posted by: Common Tater at June 19, 2025 01:08 AM (txZoB)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at June 19, 2025 01:02 AM (XeU6L)
Everyone knows that dollars spent equals sound quality.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 19, 2025 01:06 AM (1qCsC)
Speakers/headphones and so forth are just weird. You start getting into expensive whiskey territory.
But what do I know? I am still using a pair of Bose computer speakers that I've had for over 20 years.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at June 19, 2025 01:10 AM (bss/y)
...
Vintage solder smells better, too
Posted by: Common Tater at June 19, 2025 01:08 AM (txZoB)
And it's sweet tastin'...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 19, 2025 01:10 AM (ynpvh)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
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'Twas ever thus.
IIRC, the "wow-factor" spec's of some equipment was actually irrelevant, due to limits of human hearing range. But hey, people felt good about their purchases.
Posted by: JQ at June 19, 2025 01:11 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at June 19, 2025 01:11 AM (0nHVk)
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 19, 2025 01:10 AM (ynpvh)
Puts lead in your pencil...
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 19, 2025 01:12 AM (1qCsC)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at June 19, 2025 01:02 AM (XeU6L)
Everyone knows that dollars spent equals sound quality.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
The War on Acoustic Poverty
Posted by: Miklos from the Head Start program at June 19, 2025 01:12 AM (K6h4I)
Posted by: Miklos from the Head Start program at June 19, 2025 01:12 AM (K6h4I)
Speaker deserts.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at June 19, 2025 01:13 AM (bss/y)
Considering the IDF seems to have the mullahs air defense down to some guy with a machine gun, maybe for accurate delivery you would want to drop in broad daylight?
Posted by: azjaeger at June 19, 2025 01:13 AM (3/XaG)
Posted by: mnw at June 19, 2025 12:37
Good grief, the Euro leaders really are phony bastards. They are idiots, this is just an attempt to mollify their populace by saying the "right" stupid thing.
Guess it is true...most of the smart, brave ones either left for America or died in one of the WWs and didn't reproduce. Sad state of affairs from the cradle of Western Civilization.
Posted by: Farmer, with his own historical take at June 19, 2025 01:13 AM (55Qr6)
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, Plucky Comic Relief, AoS Ladies Brigade
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👍
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 19, 2025 01:13 AM (Quxeu)
Posted by: JQ at June 19, 2025 01:13 AM (rdVOm)
bluesky bans Vice President JD Vance’s account after less than 1 hour on the platform.
LMAO.
Posted by: 13times
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Hilarious, it looks like he lasted 15 minutes! A polite solicitation for thoughts about Clarence Thomas's writings on that Tennessee case today, and sah-LAMM went the door to the welcoming, inclusive space.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at June 19, 2025 01:13 AM (HuRzZ)
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz
*checks ID*
Come on in
We're fine
Posted by: Hulking and vaguely sinister doorman Miklos at June 19, 2025 01:14 AM (K6h4I)
Posted by: Common Tater
That's the "sounds better to me" argument.
Aeons ago, on rec.audio.high-end on Usenet, the scientific types there would prove that digital wasn't "ruining" the sound by setting up a turntable and tube amps, and putting an ADC and DAC inline with them. A/B tests never found anything.
I think they'd burn CDs off the turntable outputs, too, and A/B the original turntable/vinyl versus recorded-CD/CD-player. Also indistinguishable, if they could keep the timing close enough.
Posted by: mikeski at June 19, 2025 01:14 AM (DgGvY)
Posted by: Miklos from the Head Start program at June 19, 2025 01:12 AM (K6h4I)
Kid, listening intently to a Campbell's Soup can on a string, with his buddy talking into a Campbell's Soup can on the other end: "Wow! Sounds just like Ernie talking into a Campbell's Soup can. The fidelity is amazing!"
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 19, 2025 01:16 AM (1qCsC)
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, Plucky Comic Relief, AoS Ladies Brigade - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at June 19, 2025 01:04
Good for you T. Hope the chemo is tolerable and working.
Posted by: Farmer, with his own historical take at June 19, 2025 01:18 AM (55Qr6)
Posted by: Mike Hammer
It is all quite amusing to me. I like shinny toys but let us at least keep one toe on the ground. There are differences in how audio gear sounds but the diminishing returns curve goes logarithmic quickly. The number one thing I have experienced is the quality is the sound source and how that track was mastered is where the magic lives. I now use CD quality lossless files and they sound great. Before I went digital I had a wall of direct to disk vinyl - those things would sound amazing through speakers made of gypsum board. Today I have a AV amp, $1000 range, with a couple $700.00 2 way bookshelves speakers and 10" subwoofer. Pump Spotify through it and it kinda sucks but my ears are shot so that is a moot point. Pump the lossless files through them and things get right; it isn't a world changing difference but it is enough that the nuances of a great performance is there. YMWV.
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at June 19, 2025 01:19 AM (NXz8h)
Remember the Davos *no-paper" nuclear deal negotiated one-on-one by EU FM Catherine Ashton and Iran FM Mohammad Zarif?
Posted by: 13times at June 19, 2025 01:19 AM (BsqhF)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 19, 2025 01:20 AM (1qCsC)
Hahaha!
Years ago, XH & I were waiting to enter a popular club in Honolulu. We were just having a good evening, looking forward to live music & a 'night on the town' for us-- just a young couple, ya know?
And this guy in line with us says (insert effeminate voice and mannerisms here): "Excuse me. Uh, do you know that this is a *boy's club*?"
LOL! We skedaddled!
Posted by: JQ at June 19, 2025 01:20 AM (rdVOm)
Anyway, the intercept rate has been around 90% so far, I think, so some of those 7 musta been "misses".
Posted by: rhomboid at June 19, 2025 01:20 AM (1m82a)
LOL! We skedaddled!
Posted by: JQ at June 19, 2025 01:20 AM (rdVOm)
Hamburger Mary's.
Posted by: 13times at June 19, 2025 01:21 AM (BsqhF)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
Another bitterly cold Albertan summer
Posted by: Miklos would let Alberta be #51 at June 19, 2025 01:22 AM (K6h4I)
Posted by: JQ at June 19, 2025 01:23 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 19, 2025 01:23 AM (1qCsC)
As obvious, and absurd, as are the Iranian claims* to not be pursuing nuclear weapons, the existence of the Arak facility approaches comedy. No plausible reason for Iran to have a heavy water plant outside nuclear weapons production.
Posted by: rhomboid at June 19, 2025 01:24 AM (1m82a)
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at June 19, 2025 01:27 AM (NXz8h)
JQ, I am fine, how 'bout you?
Does the doorman double as a genial host, I am thirsty.
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at June 19, 2025 01:27 AM (0nHVk)
We were informed that we might feel uncomfortable there later in the day.
Kind of them, never tested.
Posted by: Miklos always asked for a g cup, because who knows where that glass has been at June 19, 2025 01:30 AM (K6h4I)
It's been hot here, so I'm sticking with Bailey's on ice.
Posted by: JQ at June 19, 2025 01:31 AM (rdVOm)
JQ, I am fine, how 'bout you?
Does the doorman double as a genial host, I am thirsty.
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at June 19, 2025 01:27 AM (0nHVk)
***
*gets here late*
Concert!!??
I missed a concert??
Oh damn. I hope it was Country Joe and the Fish!
Oh the good times...
Posted by: Diogenes at June 19, 2025 01:31 AM (FxMyX)
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz
*presents tray of Jell-O shots*
Pick yer favorite color
Posted by: Miklos doing Double Duty at June 19, 2025 01:32 AM (K6h4I)
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz
*presents tray of Jell-O shots*
Pick yer favorite color
Posted by: Miklos doing Double Duty at June 19, 2025 01:32 AM (K6h4I)
***
Pfffttt
Presents a frosty glass of Dastardly Diogenes' blended margarita.
You'll thank me later.
Posted by: Diogenes at June 19, 2025 01:34 AM (FxMyX)
We learned more about it later. LOL
Posted by: JQ
There was one in SF and knew what it was; I was with a gal from NZ on layover from Fiji and we were looking for a dive bar for a few cheap drinks.
I don't think we found a dive bar or cheap drinks. Hah
Posted by: 13times at June 19, 2025 01:34 AM (BsqhF)
Posted by: JQ at June 19, 2025 01:34 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at June 19, 2025 01:34 AM (NXz8h)
Posted by: Miklos simply shannot at June 19, 2025 01:35 AM (K6h4I)
Posted by: JQ at June 19, 2025 01:36 AM (rdVOm)
You'll thank me later.
Posted by: Diogenes
Hey Tony-
Don't tow that guy's car.
He's OK
Posted by: Late Nite Asst. manager Miklos at June 19, 2025 01:38 AM (K6h4I)
Thank you, too, Diogenes!
Posted by: JQ at June 19, 2025 01:36 AM (rdVOm)
When the Daughters of Diogenes find their way home, friends are invited and the blender goes into overtime. This drink is known on four continents.
Posted by: Diogenes at June 19, 2025 01:38 AM (FxMyX)
I hesitate to imagine the House Special Drink
Posted by: Miklos simply shannot at June 19, 2025 01:35 AM (K6h4I)
Never order the Blew Hawaiian!
Posted by: 13times at June 19, 2025 01:38 AM (BsqhF)
After the Hamburger Mary's (almost) mistake, we went to The Jazz Cellar for a while and then played it safe at the Hale Koa.
We wuz young n naive... Hono was a bit much!
Posted by: JQ at June 19, 2025 01:38 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: JQ at June 19, 2025 01:36 AM (rdVOm)
I just called them daiquiris.
Posted by: RickZ at June 19, 2025 01:38 AM (gKDq2)
Posted by: JQ at June 19, 2025 01:36 AM (rdVOm)
I just called them daiquiris.
Posted by: RickZ
You like Pina Coladas
And walks in the rain
Just admit it
Posted by: Miklos survived the 70s (barely) at June 19, 2025 01:41 AM (K6h4I)
Daiquiri, Margarita, Pina Colada, whatever...
Posted by: JQ at June 19, 2025 01:41 AM (rdVOm)
Diogenes, I think they are going to a Little Feat concert, it sure sounds like fun.
I'll grab a red Jell-O shot, not my favorite color, but oh that red dye #3 just makes it taste so good!
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at June 19, 2025 01:42 AM (0nHVk)
Equal parts gin, bourbon, and triple sec. Shaken with ice. Served in a chilled martini glass. Garnish with bluefin raspberries.
It's an odd combination but damned tasty!
Posted by: Diogenes at June 19, 2025 01:42 AM (FxMyX)
*hangs head in shame*
Waitaminit! I'm a female. I'm allowed to like those, right?
Right?
Posted by: JQ at June 19, 2025 01:42 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: Skip at June 19, 2025 01:43 AM (+qU29)
Posted by: JQ
*contemplates filling the Cuisinart Elite Sorbetto maker with Olde English 800*
Posted by: Experimental Miklos at June 19, 2025 01:44 AM (K6h4I)
Posted by: Diogenes
I made black berry smoothies this week. The kind with whole milk and ice cream. I am thinking this smoothie would be much better if added a bunch of whiskey to the mix. Any experience here that might help me out?
My cousin the fitness nut hangs up on me when I call this heavenly concoction a smoothie. Apparently, to her at least, a proper smoothie smells like the trash bin and makes you throw up.
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at June 19, 2025 01:44 AM (NXz8h)
Posted by: Diogenes at June 19, 2025 01:45 AM (FxMyX)
Posted by: 13times at June 19, 2025 01:45 AM (BsqhF)
*hangs head in shame*
Waitaminit! I'm a female. I'm allowed to like those, right?
Right?
Posted by: JQ
Of course.
And anyone can drink them if they're on a Caribbean beach or a cruise ship.
Posted by: mikeski at June 19, 2025 01:46 AM (DgGvY)
Small batches, for experimental drinks. That way, if it's *ugh* you can still drink, to dispose of it.
Then, back to the ol' drawing board!
Posted by: JQ at June 19, 2025 01:47 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: Experimental Miklos at June 19, 2025 01:44 AM (K6h4I)
I just threw up in my mouth a little bit.
Posted by: Diogenes at June 19, 2025 01:47 AM (FxMyX)
*hangs head in shame*
Waitaminit! I'm a female. I'm allowed to like those, right?
Right?
Posted by: JQ
Old Mama got mad when I used up the supply of Crema de Coconut and forgot to replace.
Posted by: Miklos pleads Guilty Teenager at June 19, 2025 01:47 AM (K6h4I)
Just push the Damn Button...the WORST punishment in Hell is reserved for those whom in times of crisis did ABSOLUTELY NOTHING.
https://tinyurl.com/EvilsAdvantageOverConscience
... It is as though there were an unwritten psychological law that evil at its most shameless–the most barbaric murder of children and civilians, the most outrageous claims and lies–is somehow, in the minute before midnight, to be treated as an exception worthy of reprieve. In each historical instance, there is of course a political imperative that is cited to justify snatching defeat from the jaws of victory....
while conscience allows us to understand ordinary crimes, it actually blinds us before the most extraordinary ones... the more brazen and relentless one’s acts of brutality
... the more likely it is that one will be allowed a second chance, and find even powerful men of conscience coming to one’s door offering to forget, to forgive, and even give FORGIVENESS a BAD NAME...
The last paragraph especially applicable to fELON Musk, send in the self-driving Optimus Armies.
Posted by: MANFRED the Heat Seeking OBOE at June 19, 2025 01:47 AM (IdwHm)
Posted by: 13times at June 19, 2025 01:48 AM (BsqhF)
The heavy metal version of Bread and Barry Manilow version of the Eagles.
Willin'
Little Feat
https://youtu.be/RNqv85coyTw
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at June 19, 2025 01:49 AM (NXz8h)
Posted by: mikeski
It's not gay if you're on vacay
Posted by: If Miklos recalls this correctly at June 19, 2025 01:49 AM (K6h4I)
Posted by: Skip at June 19, 2025 01:43
Condolences Skip. You sometimes mentioned anuncle and aunt who lived nearby. He was the one who passed?
Posted by: Farmer, with his own historical take at June 19, 2025 01:49 AM (55Qr6)
Was unemployed, as was the lady next door. (Our hubbies were both active duty.) We'd sit in our lawn chairs, with our feet in the kiddie pool, while watching her toddler son play in the water.
Good times!
Posted by: JQ at June 19, 2025 01:50 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: Skip at June 19, 2025 01:50 AM (+qU29)
The heavy metal version of Bread and Barry Manilow version of the Eagles.
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram
I'm unsure how The Eagles Of Death Metal would fit into this comparison.
Posted by: mikeski at June 19, 2025 01:50 AM (DgGvY)
And walks in the rain
Just admit it
Posted by: Miklos survived the 70s (barely) at June 19, 2025 01:41 AM (K6h4I)
Nope. Got that nasty pineapple. Frozen banana daiquiris, with a splash of frozen orange concentrate. The summer afternoon of a college student and friends. Ron Bacardi Dark. We weren't rich or anything. Frozen orange concentrate was cheap, so were bananas. Healthy, too. Until like the sixth one.
Posted by: RickZ at June 19, 2025 01:51 AM (gKDq2)
Posted by: RickZ
The oranges and bananas remained healthy, but it was offset by the falling damage?
Posted by: mikeski fails his dex check at June 19, 2025 01:53 AM (DgGvY)
Posted by: mikeski
1970s soft rock. It is the black mold of music.
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at June 19, 2025 01:53 AM (NXz8h)
Posted by: Skip at June 19, 2025 01:54 AM (+qU29)
Posted by: mikeski fails his dex check at June 19, 2025 01:53 AM (DgGvY)
{Looks at bone chip in left thumb, now a calcified bump}
Let's not talk about that.
Posted by: RickZ at June 19, 2025 01:57 AM (gKDq2)
I made black berry smoothies this week. The kind with whole milk and ice cream. I am thinking this smoothie would be much better if added a bunch of whiskey to the mix. Any experience here that might help me out?
My cousin the fitness nut hangs up on me when I call this heavenly concoction a smoothie. Apparently, to her at least, a proper smoothie smells like the trash bin and makes you throw up.
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram
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AP, just admit it: you made blackberry milkshakes. Those are not smoothies.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at June 19, 2025 01:58 AM (HuRzZ)
Posted by: Skip at June 19, 2025 01:43
I feel for ya.
Just spent the day walking my sister thru the survivors benefits office at Ft Lewis. Great folks but woefully understaffed.
But. I found $1500 a month in benefits we weren't expecting. I feel good about that.
Posted by: Diogenes at June 19, 2025 01:58 AM (FxMyX)
Posted by: 13times at June 19, 2025 01:58 AM (BsqhF)
Damn, when did my cousin get to you?
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at June 19, 2025 01:59 AM (NXz8h)
White wine, orange juice, grenadine syrup. Blended with ice, into a slushie.
Light, sweet, tasty. (A "girl drink" for sure, but it was good)
Posted by: JQ at June 19, 2025 01:59 AM (rdVOm)
Good times!
Posted by: JQ at June 19, 2025 01:50 AM (rdVOm)
Mrs D did that frequently when we were at Ft Huachuca in Arizona.
Posted by: Diogenes at June 19, 2025 02:00 AM (FxMyX)
Posted by: Skip at June 19, 2025 02:01 AM (+qU29)
What I’m getting at, if you’re already listening to distortion, what’s a little more going to hurt? A good tube design will sound more realistic, it sounds like a tube guitar amp, which is distorted as hell, typically.
In terms of power output, if you want serious watts, solid state is the way to go. Also, tubes were replaced for some very good reasons in terms of long term reliability. They have also gotten expensive, old stock US and European power output and rectifier tubes. The Russians and Chicoms have restarted some tubes for the audio market and they sound OK, but they don’t last very long at all. They simply cannot pass the current the originals did without going Chernobyl.
Posted by: Common Tater at June 19, 2025 02:01 AM (txZoB)
Posted by: polynikes at June 19, 2025 02:02 AM (VofaG)
Posted by: 13times
That was kind of 1970s thing. That it still has an audience says something about the quality of the music. Not my jam; I was to busy going deaf on 1960-70s rock and roll and weirdly enough Big Band/Bop/Cool Jazz. Go figure; that is an ink blot.
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at June 19, 2025 02:04 AM (NXz8h)
Posted by: Skip at June 19, 2025 02:04 AM (+qU29)
Regarding Soroka hospital, the directly hit building was evacuated yesterday.
Saw a pic of a damaged highrise in TA area. Facade all gone but structure fully held up. All new buildings have their apartment safe rooms built into the building's center reinforced column.
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at June 19, 2025 02:05 AM (n+rGF)
Her husband was retired Army. WWII vet.
They are both buried at the Post Cemetery there.
Posted by: JQ at June 19, 2025 02:06 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: Reforger at June 19, 2025 02:07 AM (LgDgc)
Posted by: polynikes
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Disagree.
Got to have rum, pineapple juice and real cream of coconut. Plus squeeze of lime.
Posted by: JQ at June 19, 2025 02:07 AM (rdVOm)
Too funny
Posted by: Skip at June 19, 2025 02:08 AM (+qU29)
What can we do to help?
Posted by: Diogenes at June 19, 2025 12:51 AM (FxMyX)
-
Israel Magen David Adom
United Hatzalah of Israel
Friends of IDF (FIDF)
These are the first things which come to mind.
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at June 19, 2025 02:08 AM (n+rGF)
Her husband was retired Army. WWII vet.
They are both buried at the Post Cemetery there.
Posted by: JQ at June 19, 2025 02:06 AM (rdVOm)
***
I possibly knew them. I was there several times, the longest being '85-89. Wonderful assignment.
Posted by: Diogenes at June 19, 2025 02:09 AM (FxMyX)
Posted by: Skip at June 19, 2025 02:09 AM (+qU29)
@Osint613
41m
Doctor from Soroka Hospital :
"Just yesterday we evacuated the old surgical building that took a direct hit today. It's a great miracle.”
https://tinyurl.com/4aveymu9
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at June 19, 2025 02:10 AM (n+rGF)
Have a good night everyone
Posted by: Skip at June 19, 2025 02:10 AM (+qU29)
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at June 19, 2025 02:08 AM (n+rGF)
Thanxs BD.
I'll see what I can do. Might not be much. But perhaps enough to help.
Posted by: Diogenes at June 19, 2025 02:11 AM (FxMyX)
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at June 19, 2025 02:11 AM (0nHVk)
Posted by: Common Tater
Those upright, gray colored, vacuum tube test devices at local grocery stores with the replacement tubes in the lower cabinet.
About ten years ago I saw one in the back of a shade tree mechanic's shop.
Posted by: 13times at June 19, 2025 02:12 AM (BsqhF)
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at June 19, 2025 02:12 AM (n+rGF)
Posted by: Diogenes at June 19, 2025 02:14 AM (FxMyX)
Posted by: 13times at June 19, 2025 01:58 AM (BsqhF)
I think with their 'The Last Record Album' album, they really got their sound down. That's a bit rock funky, with a touch of blues funky. But funky all the way through. Even love funky ('Horizontal Mambo'). Little Feat funky. I love that album, and have since I bought it when it first came out. One of my albums which made the cut, buying the cd when those came out.
One of those bands I am glad to have seen, with Lowell George. Bonnie Raitt opened at Norfolk's now gone Tides Stadium, a minor league ball park (Mets farm team). They had a few concerts there but that was the only one I ever went to.
The stadium only sat around 6,000 people, with nobody on the infield; the stage was somewhere around the pitcher's mound/2nd base. Pretty intimate setting, all things considered. (Like a few airplanes flying overhead early on during the concert, coming and going from the city airport across the interstate.)
But still, Little Feat.
Posted by: RickZ at June 19, 2025 02:15 AM (gKDq2)
https://is.gd/8S60fr
Everything has changed today. Software and solid state gear lets everybody have a studio. This is a good thing. On the other hand the old methods of how a studio was designed and equipped produced some of the greatest recordings of all time starting in the 1950s. Capitol Records had at least one studio with a garage size analog reverb chamber in the basement which was controlled by opening or closing floor vents. This in part is why Sinatra's, among others, recordings have the certain stellar sound.
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at June 19, 2025 02:16 AM (NXz8h)
Damn, when did my cousin get to you?
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram
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Sighh, ice cream + anything in a blender is a milkshake.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at June 19, 2025 02:18 AM (HuRzZ)
Legal Insurrection- Democrats flee from a Biden Mental health hearing.
Too funny
Posted by: Skip
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Doubtless the one conducted by Josh Hawley today. I didn't think they even showed up, much less fled.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at June 19, 2025 02:21 AM (HuRzZ)
Posted by: 13times at June 19, 2025 02:23 AM (BsqhF)
Posted by: MANFRED the Heat Seeking OBOE at June 19, 2025 02:25 AM (IJZs1)
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at June 19, 2025 02:28 AM (NXz8h)
Oh dear, Obama had to open his yap to warn everyone about the end of American democracy. He's telling those DEI-loving law firms and universities to quit caving and lose a little money for their principles. HAHAHA let's see if Chocolate Jesus still persuades.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at June 19, 2025 02:31 AM (HuRzZ)
Posted by: Blonde Morticia
Technicality in my mind. I am still trying to figure out how Cuz Steph got to you.
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at June 19, 2025 02:31 AM (NXz8h)
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at June 19, 2025 02:31 AM (n+rGF)
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at June 19, 2025 02:33 AM (NXz8h)
I am still trying to figure out how Cuz Steph got to you.
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram
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Some truths are universally and silently known and shared.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at June 19, 2025 02:34 AM (HuRzZ)
Posted by: Blonde Morticia
Holy hell, this conspiracy is far bigger than I realized.
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at June 19, 2025 02:35 AM (NXz8h)
Good night Skip, I am sorry about your Uncle.
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at June 19, 2025 02:40 AM (0nHVk)
Posted by: Soothsayer at June 19, 2025 02:41 AM (lTqUB)
Posted by: Soothsayer at June 19, 2025 02:42 AM (lTqUB)
Posted by: Unkaren at June 19, 2025 02:43 AM (LPL2Y)
Posted by: Unkaren
Great. In five years we are going to fighting over Drag Queen and Air Guitar kindergarten story time.
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at June 19, 2025 02:45 AM (NXz8h)
What a stupid time to be alive.
"Hey, dude! Check out my trophy! I'm the world's best at faking the ability to play a guitar!"
Posted by: JQ at June 19, 2025 03:01 AM (rdVOm)
There's nothing more Anti-democracy than policy based on "equity."
Posted by: Soothsayer
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This. It is not possible to have both Equality and Equity.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at June 19, 2025 03:04 AM (XeU6L)
Posted by: JQ at June 19, 2025 03:04 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at June 19, 2025 03:10 AM (Kjgs1)
Idiocracy is on my watch-list for this weekend! Heh.
Posted by: JQ at June 19, 2025 03:04 AM (rdVOm)
Ohh...documentary weekend?
Posted by: a dude in MI at June 19, 2025 03:14 AM (+I6Y/)
Where do you get your news? I have several sites I use, but the usual suspects are a bit too squishy for me, or several hours behind.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo (with a beret and a Gauloises) at June 19, 2025 03:40 AM (L5An7)
https://x.com/Osint613
https://x.com/IsraelWarRoom
https://x.com/IsraelRadar_com
https://x.com/michaelh992
https://x.com/DrEliDavid/
And privately.
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at June 19, 2025 03:48 AM (Kjgs1)
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at June 19, 2025 03:50 AM (Kjgs1)
What a stupid time to be alive.
"Hey, dude! Check out my trophy! I'm the world's best at faking the ability to play a guitar!"
Posted by: JQ
We don't get it.
Posted by: Milli Vanilli, with Grammy at June 19, 2025 03:51 AM (DgGvY)
Thank you!
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo (with a beret and a Gauloises) at June 19, 2025 03:52 AM (L5An7)
Posted by: JQ
Describe the 2020's in 20 words or fewer.
Posted by: mikeski, with grammar at June 19, 2025 03:53 AM (DgGvY)
Posted by: President Dwayne Elizondo Mountain Dew Herbert Camacho Trump at June 19, 2025 03:58 AM (LPL2Y)
Posted by: President Dwayne Elizondo Mountain Dew Herbert Camacho Trump at June 19, 2025 03:58 AM (LPL2Y)
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Yeh.
Waiting.
Unnecessarily.
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at June 19, 2025 04:04 AM (Kjgs1)
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at June 19, 2025 04:07 AM (x0n13)
Now I gotta go check what JJ posted...
Posted by: Bilwis Devourer of Innocent Souls, I'm starvin' over here at June 19, 2025 04:12 AM (pIfcn)
Posted by: m at June 19, 2025 04:32 AM (CQE5S)
But even more specific- only a Westside thing.
When I moved here in ‘94, the game was only played in communities west of I-75. People east of 75 made fun of the fact that you couldn’t have any type of get together on the westside without at least one cornhol3 set.
Posted by: PMRich at June 19, 2025 05:41 AM (Pe+uV)
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