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(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: mindful webworker - d'awww, puppies and babies...! at June 20, 2025 10:01 PM (63lGh)
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Posted by: Dr. T at June 20, 2025 10:04 PM (jGGMD)
Posted by: From about That Time at June 20, 2025 10:04 PM (n4GiU)
The AWFL Karens will cancel him in 3 .. 2 .. 1
Posted by: Anna Puma at June 20, 2025 10:05 PM (b7rtK)
Posted by: Admiral Spinebender at June 20, 2025 10:06 PM (hftn9)
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at June 20, 2025 10:06 PM (ohOaC)
Posted by: Anna Puma at June 20, 2025 10:07 PM (b7rtK)
Posted by: mikeski at June 20, 2025 10:07 PM (DgGvY)
Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at June 20, 2025 10:07 PM (p4nXC)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 20, 2025 10:08 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: mikeski at June 20, 2025 10:08 PM (DgGvY)
Posted by: Grateful - the range bag lady at June 20, 2025 10:08 PM (IQ6Gq)
Speaking of the Big Three car makers...
Pickles!
Claussen
Vlasic
Mt Olive
Mt Olive pickles are the Chrysler of pickles.
Posted by: Soothsayer at June 20, 2025 10:10 PM (5CFNM)
My "favorite" was "Bush Aide Guilty"
...
of stealing a videotape of Bush's debate practice and mailing it to the Gore campaign.
Posted by: Chuck C at June 20, 2025 10:10 PM (D0HYP)
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar at June 20, 2025 10:10 PM (hOUT3)
Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at June 20, 2025 10:11 PM (/CkK4)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 20, 2025 10:11 PM (RIvkX)
Could be a C-string, but that's even kinkier.
Posted by: mikeski at June 20, 2025 10:12 PM (DgGvY)
Posted by: gKWVE at June 20, 2025 10:12 PM (gKWVE)
Posted by: Anna Puma at June 20, 2025 10:12 PM (b7rtK)
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Macho Business Donkey Wrestler at June 20, 2025 10:13 PM (0aYVJ)
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar at June 20, 2025 10:13 PM (hOUT3)
Jaguar were originally Swallow(no, no, the bird). Not sure if laden or unladen.
Posted by: davidt at June 20, 2025 10:13 PM (i0F8b)
Last years was great--and that was in the Biden admin!
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at June 20, 2025 10:13 PM (CHHv1)
Posted by: Anna Puma at June 20, 2025 10:14 PM (b7rtK)
Posted by: Soothsayer at June 20, 2025 10:14 PM (5CFNM)
Posted by: huerfano at June 20, 2025 10:15 PM (n2swS)
Oh, maybe this town rips the bones from your back
It's a death trap, it's a suicide rap
We gotta get out while we're
'Cause
Baby, we were born to run
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Master of the Mundane at June 20, 2025 10:15 PM (L/fGl)
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at June 20, 2025 10:15 PM (qgNn3)
Nothing worse than a perfect-looking Nectarine or Peach that's rockfuckinghard and dry when you bite into it.
Posted by: Soothsayer at June 20, 2025 10:15 PM (5CFNM)
Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at June 20, 2025 10:16 PM (/CkK4)
Posted by: Anna Puma at June 20, 2025 10:17 PM (b7rtK)
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at June 20, 2025 10:17 PM (qgNn3)
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Macho Business Donkey Wrestler at June 20, 2025 10:18 PM (0aYVJ)
Posted by: Soothsayer at June 20, 2025 10:18 PM (5CFNM)
Is it a Plum?
A Nectarine, perhaps?
The classic Peach?
Posted by: Soothsayer
Figs. Wild figs. Would find them in the woods of the Kisatchie forest on old farm/home steads. Pepper (my snowflake appoloosa) would locate them, and park herself underneath so I coukd climb up and harvest them. We'd share.
Great memory, thank you Sooth!
Posted by: BifBewalski - at June 20, 2025 10:18 PM (MsrgL)
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at June 20, 2025 10:18 PM (qgNn3)
aka Maureen Robinson
Posted by: Soothsayer at June 20, 2025 10:19 PM (5CFNM)
Posted by: davidt
Funny that he skipped Subaru, since it seems to be "Car Brands The Author Wanted To Post Trivia About."
I mean, Caddy, Jag, and Infiniti as the three mass-market-lux brands to represent? No BMW, Lexus, or Acura? Has to be the trivia thing, doesn't it?
Posted by: mikeski at June 20, 2025 10:19 PM (DgGvY)
Posted by: huerfano at June 20, 2025 10:19 PM (n2swS)
Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at June 20, 2025 10:20 PM (/CkK4)
Posted by: Bulg at June 20, 2025 10:20 PM (DzbJi)
Last years was great--and that was in the Biden admin!
Posted by: BeckoningChasm
***********
Wait, you're not going to be in attendance?
Posted by: Grateful - the range bag lady at June 20, 2025 10:21 PM (IQ6Gq)
Posted by: PabloD at June 20, 2025 10:21 PM (TgNVd)
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Macho Business Donkey Wrestler at June 20, 2025 10:13 PM (0aYVJ)
Nicholas Hoult needs to take a few days off too.
Remember the old conjecture that there was a movie featuring Michael Caine showing on television somewhere in the IS 24/7. Pascal is looking to beat that record.
Posted by: tankdemon at June 20, 2025 10:21 PM (VSht7)
T - 20 minutes until solstice - sol-stice, sun-still.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at June 20, 2025 10:22 PM (w6EFb)
I see our Nissan didn't make the car logo cut.
https://bit.ly/nissan-galaxy-quest
Posted by: mindful webworker - d'awww, puppies and babies...! at June 20, 2025 10:22 PM (63lGh)
Great memory, thank you Sooth!
Posted by: BifBewalski - at June 20, 2025 10:18 PM (MsrgL)
As a kid, neighbors behind us had an fig tree that overhung the fence into our yard. My Mom never complained. She'd grab a folding ladder and pick the figs on her side of the fence. She'd make pickled figs. Many, many Mason jars of pickled figs.
Posted by: RickZ at June 20, 2025 10:22 PM (gKDq2)
Posted by: Dr. T at June 20, 2025 10:04 PM (jGGMD)
Oh yeah!
Posted by: Tom Servo at June 20, 2025 10:22 PM (EVFZ5)
- Geo. Washington
So far, George. So. Far.
Posted by: Washington Nearsider, still gloating at June 20, 2025 10:22 PM (oSeBJ)
Posted by: No One of Consequence at June 20, 2025 10:23 PM (OGOaV)
4th of Jooly is twoweeks from today.
Posted by: Soothsayer at June 20, 2025 10:23 PM (5CFNM)
Posted by: three humped camel at June 20, 2025 10:23 PM (Ncog+)
Posted by: Anna Puma
Letting Pedro Pascal star in your film might make it a blockbuster. If your film would be a blockbuster anyway, it doesn't matter if Pedro Pascal is starring in it or not. So you might as well cast him.
The modern day Pascal's Wager.
Posted by: mikeski at June 20, 2025 10:24 PM (DgGvY)
Posted by: Bulg at June 20, 2025 10:24 PM (DzbJi)
Posted by: Tom Servo at June 20, 2025 10:25 PM (EVFZ5)
What's your favorite Summer fruit?
Is it a Plum?
A Nectarine, perhaps?
The classic Peach?
Posted by: Soothsayer at June 20, 2025 10:14 PM (5CFNM)
Watermelon.
I also prefer fresh squeezed lemonade (pro tip, add juice from a lime) to seet tea.
Posted by: tankdemon at June 20, 2025 10:25 PM (VSht7)
They should make a Corn On The Cob grilling in its husk scented candle. It would be sell big .
Posted by: Soothsayer at June 20, 2025 10:25 PM (5CFNM)
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at June 20, 2025 10:25 PM (qgNn3)
Posted by: DudeAbiding at June 20, 2025 10:25 PM (u20ZR)
Nothing better than the smell of burning corn silk on the grill...
Posted by: Soothsayer at June 20, 2025 10:26 PM (5CFNM)
Posted by: Bulg at June 20, 2025 10:26 PM (DzbJi)
Posted by: Kramer at June 20, 2025 10:26 PM (RIvkX)
Still not sure if I will build it but at that price could not pass it up.
Posted by: Anna Puma at June 20, 2025 10:26 PM (b7rtK)
Posted by: No One of Consequence at June 20, 2025 10:23 PM (OGOaV)
What’s said is all ten of things are pretty much true.
Posted by: Tom Servo at June 20, 2025 10:26 PM (EVFZ5)
Posted by: Bulg at June 20, 2025 10:27 PM (DzbJi)
This will be part of someone "documented" statistics at a future date. It's an old CIA trick. Place bogus information or unproven information in an article, and reference it at a later date as support data.
Posted by: Orson at June 20, 2025 10:27 PM (dIske)
Posted by: three humped camel
It was about Conner McDavid, not the team.
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at June 20, 2025 10:28 PM (ohOaC)
Posted by: Soothsayer at June 20, 2025 10:28 PM (5CFNM)
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at June 20, 2025 10:25 PM (qgNn3)
I asked Chatbot about that, and it said “I’m sorry to say this, but 99% of humans are far too lazy to go to so much trouble.”
Posted by: Tom Servo at June 20, 2025 10:29 PM (EVFZ5)
Posted by: Anna Puma at June 20, 2025 10:29 PM (b7rtK)
Posted by: mikeski at June 20, 2025 10:29 PM (DgGvY)
but Noosa yogurt is plentiful here. So, adapt and overcome.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Macho Business Donkey Wrestler at June 20, 2025 10:29 PM (0aYVJ)
Posted by: Soothsayer at June 20, 2025 10:29 PM (5CFNM)
http://tiny.cc/mbln001
Posted by: tankdemon at June 20, 2025 10:30 PM (VSht7)
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at June 20, 2025 10:31 PM (qgNn3)
Posted by: Orson at June 20, 2025 10:27 PM (dIske)
Something like the Trump Russia Collusion Hoax, right? Everything about that was a self-fulfilling circle-jerk. An interview here, a media article there referencing a 'factual interview'. Like Trump getting peed on in Russia by hookers.
Posted by: RickZ at June 20, 2025 10:31 PM (gKDq2)
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at June 20, 2025 10:25 PM (qgNn3)
I asked Chatbot about that, and it said “I’m sorry to say this, but 99% of humans are far too lazy to go to so much trouble.”
Posted by: Tom Servo at June 20, 2025 10:29 PM (EVFZ5)
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The easier thing to do would be to ask ChatGPT a specific question that will give the desired response, and then claim you asked something more vague.
Posted by: No One of Consequence at June 20, 2025 10:31 PM (OGOaV)
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at June 20, 2025 10:33 PM (qgNn3)
Posted by: DudeAbiding
But yet again, a zillion kinds of cider.
Posted by: mikeski at June 20, 2025 10:33 PM (DgGvY)
Mince meat
Rhubarb
Chicken Pot
Cherry
Posted by: Soothsayer at June 20, 2025 10:28 PM (5CFNM)
A pie I have a tremendous interest in: Bread topped with pureed tomato and cheese, then baked. A variety of 'fillings' are available.
Posted by: RickZ at June 20, 2025 10:33 PM (gKDq2)
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One of my favorite memories from olden days is going to a particular store not all that different from Sam Drucker's. They had an ice filled stock tank stuffed with watermelon. You'd pick an ice cold one out and have a fruit feast.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Master of the Mundane at June 20, 2025 10:34 PM (L/fGl)
Posted by: RickZ at June 20, 2025 10:31 PM (gKDq2)
_______________________________
The same. On this particular article, look how clear and decisive the by-line is. That's by design so they can reference the article while ignoring it's actual substance.
Posted by: Orson at June 20, 2025 10:34 PM (dIske)
I said, oh, really good peaches in this.
She said, they are not peaches, they are nectarines, because I do not like peaches.
I said, well, they are the same thing.
She said more loudly than was called for, they are NOT the same fruit and the taste is completely different.
I said, this is really good fruit salad. I did not say, nectarines are a mutation of peaches because I wanted another bowl of fruit salad.
Posted by: huerfano at June 20, 2025 10:34 PM (n2swS)
Posted by: Anna Puma at June 20, 2025 10:35 PM (b7rtK)
Posted by: Kramer at June 20, 2025 10:35 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Master of the Mundane at June 20, 2025 10:36 PM (L/fGl)
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at June 20, 2025 10:36 PM (alnxS)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 20, 2025 10:36 PM (QnmlO)
Posted by: Skip at June 20, 2025 10:37 PM (+qU29)
Posted by: RickZ at June 20, 2025 10:37 PM (gKDq2)
Posted by: davidt at June 20, 2025 10:37 PM (i0F8b)
I'm laughing.
Democrats are like Sauron. Big, elaborate plans, millions of Orcs, pwerful evil wizardy...
and Aragorn Trump ends up back on the throne to rule Middle United Earth States.
Such bunglers.
Posted by: Soothsayer at June 20, 2025 10:37 PM (5CFNM)
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at June 20, 2025 10:38 PM (qgNn3)
Posted by: Bulg
Rhubarb is a vegetable. You eat the stalk. [/Wesley]
But it is the best summer fruit.
When rhubarb got thrown out of the Garden of Eden, it became celery.
Posted by: mikeski at June 20, 2025 10:38 PM (DgGvY)
Posted by: 13times at June 20, 2025 10:38 PM (dtPf8)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Master of the Mundane at June 20, 2025 10:39 PM (L/fGl)
Posted by: Bulg at June 20, 2025 10:39 PM (DzbJi)
Posted by: Steve Miller at June 20, 2025 10:40 PM (i0F8b)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 20, 2025 10:40 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Master of the Mundane at June 20, 2025 10:39 PM (L/fGl)
Are there any other jobs than money paying?
Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at June 20, 2025 10:41 PM (/CkK4)
Posted by: Washington Nearsider at June 20, 2025 10:41 PM (oSeBJ)
Posted by: 13times at June 20, 2025 10:41 PM (cZPj9)
Posted by: Diogenes at June 20, 2025 10:41 PM (W/lyH)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at June 20, 2025 10:42 PM (JkO4W)
Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at June 20, 2025 10:41 PM (/CkK4)
Take out the garbage.
Posted by: Mom at June 20, 2025 10:42 PM (i0F8b)
T = 0, 02:42:15Z, we have solstice. Astronomical summer begins. The Sun is now directly over the Tropic of Cancer, at 23.44N. Incidentally, the word "tropic" comes from Greek mean "turning". This is the turning point. This is as far North as Sol ascends.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at June 20, 2025 10:42 PM (w6EFb)
Y'all can have the other stuff.
Posted by: RickZ at June 20, 2025 10:42 PM (gKDq2)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Master of the Mundane at June 20, 2025 10:42 PM (L/fGl)
Posted by: RickZ
Hard to believe the libs thought this would be a negative for Mr. Trump.
Posted by: Tonypete at June 20, 2025 10:42 PM (cYBz/)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at June 20, 2025 10:42 PM (JkO4W)
Posted by: Anna Puma at June 20, 2025 10:43 PM (b7rtK)
Red Delicious are the Wonder Bread of apples.
Sweet or tart (I like both Granny Smiths and Honeycrisps) eating apples must be hard.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 20, 2025 10:43 PM (QnmlO)
Posted by: tankdemon at June 20, 2025 10:43 PM (VSht7)
Posted by: Slip Mahoney at June 20, 2025 10:43 PM (G5+As)
Posted by: 2009Refugee at June 20, 2025 10:43 PM (8AONa)
Posted by: Bulg at June 20, 2025 10:44 PM (DzbJi)
Posted by: Anna Puma at June 20, 2025 10:26 PM (b7rtK)
You could have beenforgiven for paying double.
Posted by: Washington Nearsider at June 20, 2025 10:44 PM (oSeBJ)
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at June 20, 2025 10:44 PM (qgNn3)
Are there any other jobs than money paying?
Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at June 20, 2025 10:41 PM (/CkK4)
__________
Unpaid internships for aspiring upper-class kids.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 20, 2025 10:44 PM (QnmlO)
Posted by: tankdemon at June 20, 2025 10:45 PM (VSht7)
Peaches are great in a lot of different ways, but I still think slightly chilled and all by themselves is the best if you let them get properly ripe.
Posted by: Orson at June 20, 2025 10:45 PM (dIske)
Posted by: tankdemon
ISWYDT.
Posted by: mikeski at June 20, 2025 10:45 PM (DgGvY)
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at June 20, 2025 10:46 PM (qgNn3)
We could have ignored the filthy hippies waving their mud-caked arms between the plinths.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at June 20, 2025 10:46 PM (dDmld)
but Noosa yogurt is plentiful here. So, adapt and overcome.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Macho Business Donkey Wrestler at June 20, 2025 10:29 PM (0aYVJ)
We were heroes in the family last summer when we brought back from Colorado a couple of flats of Palisade peaches to share. :-)
Posted by: Emmie at June 20, 2025 10:47 PM (rF2iL)
Though a fully detailed engine, detailed radio compartment, and can show off all the wing guns. Plus a detailed cockpit. All this might dissuade me.
Posted by: Anna Puma at June 20, 2025 10:48 PM (b7rtK)
Posted by: Tonypete at June 20, 2025 10:42 PM (cYBz/)
Same with the Fulton County mugshot. Wile. E. Dem thought, 'I've got Donald Roadrunner now! Nobody will vote for a man with a mug shot.' Became an image used on items sold by the campaign. The Dems have such sucky strategists and their firm grasp on the Nation's pulse. (Tampton Timmy couldn't answer 'what is a woman'?' in testimony recently in Congress.) Thank Gaia for that.
Posted by: RickZ at June 20, 2025 10:50 PM (gKDq2)
I’d say more like Wiley Coyote, elaborate schemes and huge infallible can’t fail machines by Acme.
Posted by: Tom Servo at June 20, 2025 10:50 PM (EVFZ5)
Mari Samuelsen: Vivaldi - "Summer" from Four Seasons
From the sweat on her forehead, I am guessing this was an outdoor summer evening’s concert.
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at June 20, 2025 10:50 PM (qgNn3)
This was a near perfect solstice. The ecliptic plane is sort of a smoothed thing. The earth-moon system dynamics causes the earth to bob up a down relative to this plane. Nutation of the axis also adds a little variation. So, the Sun's actual ecliptic latitude relative the geocenter can be a few tenths, maybe 0.8 max arcseconds different from zero.
This time, they all canceled and Sol was dead on the ecliptic to within a tenth of an arcsecond. Perfect alignment.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at June 20, 2025 10:51 PM (w6EFb)
Posted by: 2009Refugee at June 20, 2025 10:43 PM (8AONa)
No. The Oilers did win without Gretzy, though.
Posted by: RickZ at June 20, 2025 10:51 PM (gKDq2)
Posted by: Weirddave at June 20, 2025 10:51 PM (df/te)
Jewish dude said. "Not a problem! We once wandered the desert for 40 years. We invented the long game!"
Posted by: Diogenes
We're continuously told that the Chinese do that long march thing.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at June 20, 2025 10:52 PM (63Dwl)
That's your history lesson for the day.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at June 20, 2025 10:52 PM (dDmld)
Posted by: Soothsayer
Or just grill a corncob. You know, on the grill.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at June 20, 2025 10:54 PM (mlg/3)
The Horde Mind.
Scary thing, The Horde Mind. Maybe it's just The Law Of Averages. I'll go with that.
Posted by: RickZ at June 20, 2025 10:54 PM (gKDq2)
Posted by: No Kings Jr. at June 20, 2025 10:54 PM (fY84s)
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at June 20, 2025 10:51 PM (w6EFb)
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I feel like I slept at Holiday Inn Express last night because I think I understood that.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 20, 2025 10:54 PM (RIvkX)
That's your history lesson for the day.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at June 20, 2025 10:52 PM (dDmld)
Sounds like they're arch enemies.
Posted by: tankdemon at June 20, 2025 10:54 PM (VSht7)
Posted by: Dr. T at June 20, 2025 10:04 PM
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Meh. Early on, when they all came from Minnesota, they were great. When they started coming from Washington too, the quality went to hell. I've had as many mediocre as good ones the past few years.
My go-to eating apple nowadays is Cosmic Crisp.
Posted by: Bigsmith at June 20, 2025 10:54 PM (1Au9i)
Jewish dude said. "Not a problem! We once wandered the desert for 40 years. We invented the long game!"
Posted by: Diogenes
We're continuously told that the Chinese do that long march thing.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at June 20, 2025 10:52 PM (63Dwl)
___________
The first is more factual than the second. The myth making and lies about the Long March are as numerous as grains of sand on a beach.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 20, 2025 10:55 PM (QnmlO)
Posted by: weft cut-loop at June 20, 2025 10:55 PM (mlg/3)
Peaches in corn flakes. One of my childhood favorites. But they have to be fresh peaches.
Posted by: nerdygirl at June 20, 2025 10:55 PM (0Htd1)
Posted by: Bulg at June 20, 2025 10:56 PM (DzbJi)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at June 20, 2025 10:57 PM (dDmld)
bushes before. Should have planned to freeze or make jam. Did an effective job with the bird screening, so that helped.Posted by: Blueberry John at June 20, 2025 10:57 PM (G5+As)
Going from Dallas to Houston, Her Majesty often stops at Cooper Farms in Fairfield for peach stuff and exotic sodas.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 20, 2025 10:57 PM (QnmlO)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 20, 2025 10:58 PM (QnmlO)
Posted by: Skip at June 20, 2025 10:58 PM (+qU29)
That's your history lesson for the day.
Posted by: Cicero
Sounds like they're arch enemies.
Posted by: tankdemon
Do you have any data to buttress that opinion?
Posted by: mikeski at June 20, 2025 10:58 PM (DgGvY)
Pineapples get no respect.
Posted by: Soothsayer at June 20, 2025 10:59 PM (JpiYA)
According to Grok (if his calculations are accurate, and they seem to be following it roughly), the probability of this less than 0.1 arcsecond perfect alignment is about 0.4%, or 1 in 2500 solstices.
So, I'll take this as some sort of sign.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at June 20, 2025 10:59 PM (w6EFb)
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at June 20, 2025 11:00 PM (TyMZv)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 20, 2025 11:02 PM (RIvkX)
Pineapples get no respect.
Posted by: Soothsayer at June 20, 2025 10:59 PM (JpiYA)
________
I'd say they shouldn't, but our H.E.B. sells a pineapple-coconut-mango-tequila sauce that's great on salmon or sausages.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 20, 2025 11:02 PM (QnmlO)
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at June 20, 2025 11:02 PM (ohOaC)
Posted by: PabloD at June 20, 2025 11:02 PM (TgNVd)
Posted by: banana Dream at June 20, 2025 11:03 PM (cduTK)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 20, 2025 11:02 PM (RIvkX)
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Just don't buy the "road" apples.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at June 20, 2025 11:03 PM (dDmld)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Master of the Mundane
Try picking cherries. They're smaller so it is harder to fill the container. They're also sticky and you pick them in the hot summer, so miserable.
Posted by: nerdygirl at June 20, 2025 11:03 PM (0Htd1)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at June 20, 2025 11:05 PM (63Dwl)
So, I'll take this as some sort of sign.
Posted by: publius
Trump has brought balance to the universe!
And you meant 1 in 250, or you meant 0.04%.
Posted by: mikeski at June 20, 2025 11:05 PM (DgGvY)
Wasn't the solstice a few minutes ago?
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at June 20, 2025 11:00 PM (TyMZv)
Post 120
Shame on me for not checking the thread first.
Wasn't the first time...won't be the last either...
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at June 20, 2025 11:05 PM (TyMZv)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 20, 2025 11:05 PM (QnmlO)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Master of the Mundane
Try picking cherries. They're smaller so it is harder to fill the container. They're also sticky and you pick them in the hot summer, so miserable.
Posted by: nerdygirl at June 20, 2025 11:03 PM (0Htd1)
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I like peaches and love cherries, so less talky-talky, more picky-picky.
*signals the crew boss*
Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 20, 2025 11:07 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: San Franpsycho
I think a plum farmer snuck in.
Posted by: mikeski at June 20, 2025 11:07 PM (DgGvY)
Posted by: banana Dream at June 20, 2025 11:07 PM (cduTK)
Posted by: Bulg at June 20, 2025 11:07 PM (DzbJi)
Posted by: Skip at June 20, 2025 11:07 PM (+qU29)
0.04%. 1/2500.
And this is Stellarium running JPL DE440 ephemeris, which is high precision, so this is numerical chance, either.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at June 20, 2025 11:08 PM (w6EFb)
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My first money paying job was picking peaches in Palisade. It was horrible.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Master of the Mundane at June 20, 2025 10:39 PM (L/fGl)
Beats picking your feet in Poughkeepsie.
Signing off for a few hours.
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at June 20, 2025 11:08 PM (TyMZv)
That's your history lesson for the day.
Posted by: Cicero
Sounds like they're arch enemies.
Posted by: tankdemon
Do you have any data to buttress that opinion?
Posted by: mikeski
They went flying.
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at June 20, 2025 11:09 PM (fx8tj)
https://www.jstor.org/stable/43855892
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at June 20, 2025 11:09 PM (qgNn3)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 20, 2025 10:57 PM (QnmlO)
I’ve been there, that’s a fun place . Last time I was there they had this BBQ smoker out front that was built like a 12’ long Colt .44 - pretty awesome looking, it was on a trailer where people could rent it for gatherings, etc.
Posted by: Tom Servo at June 20, 2025 11:09 PM (EVFZ5)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 20, 2025 11:10 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: Bulg
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Evening, Bulg. I like the Cranberry/Mars area. Stayed there often when consulting in Pittsburgh a few years back. Enjoy your trip.
Posted by: scampydog at June 20, 2025 11:14 PM (enG6Y)
DE440 accuracy for the Sun's position is 0.001 arcseconds. That's 1/1000 of 1/3600 of a degree. Stellarium's own internals running that is 0.1 arcseconds resolution, so I'm confident this rare perfect alignment is not numerical noise.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at June 20, 2025 11:17 PM (w6EFb)
Last week they had local strawberries, which aren't anything like the berries stores normally carry.
Posted by: nerdygirl at June 20, 2025 11:18 PM (0Htd1)
Posted by: tankdemon
Mari Samuelsen: Vivaldi - "Summer" - that was good.
At times she looked like she was yanking that music out of the violin. Extracting with force. Whatever I'm trying to say.
Posted by: mindful webworker - in the summertime when the weather is hot at June 20, 2025 11:20 PM (63lGh)
I guess Koreans are crazy about classical music
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at June 20, 2025 11:22 PM (Splbu)
Posted by: publius
"Perfect alignment." I understood that part.
Now it's all downhill 'til the other solstice.
Posted by: mindful webworker - in the summertime when the weather is hot at June 20, 2025 11:22 PM (63lGh)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at June 20, 2025 11:24 PM (hY4dx)
Posted by: Tom Servo at June 20, 2025 11:24 PM (EVFZ5)
A store near me often has fresh figs. They're so sweet, it's like eating candy. The same store also has mandarin oranges, which are reliably sweet.
Last week they had local strawberries, which aren't anything like the berries stores normally carry.
Posted by: nerdygirl
Pre-Katrina, closer to post Camile, Plaquemine Parish, LA used to have a "Satsuma" festival. Little sweet tangerine-ish racket ball sized yumminess. Haven't been to one since mabye the late '70s.
Wolfus? You know if this is still a thing down there?
Posted by: BifBewalski - at June 20, 2025 11:24 PM (MsrgL)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at June 20, 2025 11:25 PM (hY4dx)
Posted by: banana Dream
We had one tree of them. My mom pickled them. She also made watermelon rind pickles.
Posted by: nerdygirl at June 20, 2025 11:25 PM (0Htd1)
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 20, 2025 11:25 PM (YUL+W)
Posted by: steve poling at June 20, 2025 11:26 PM (J3cMN)
Posted by: Tom Servo at June 20, 2025 11:26 PM (EVFZ5)
In re peaches, the appropriate application is New Jersey peaches harvested in late June/early July. Pitted and peeled, then covered in dago red. Refrigerated for about four hours. Italian sangria...
Posted by: Joe Kidd at June 20, 2025 11:28 PM (bA75n)
"Rod Taylor was an Australian actor known for his roles in over 50 films, including "The Time Machine" (1960) and Alfred Hitchcock's "The Birds" (1963). He was active in Hollywood from the 1950s until his retirement in 2009, and he passed away in 2015."
But he was a piker compared to Christopher Lee, with 290 credits.
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at June 20, 2025 11:30 PM (uQHUD)
Posted by: RickZ at June 20, 2025 11:32 PM (gKDq2)
Posted by: Tom Servo at June 20, 2025 11:32 PM (EVFZ5)
1) The tax filing industry can and will send pols bribes, average tax payers will not.
2) A complex tax code means you can always find something to charge someone with
3) The government wants people to have no idea how much they are paying in taxes
Posted by: 18-1 at June 20, 2025 11:33 PM (t0Rmr)
Aphelion will be July 3rd, 19:54Z, or 03:54 EDT.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at June 20, 2025 11:33 PM (w6EFb)
Bruce Dern.
Posted by: RickZ at June 20, 2025 11:32 PM (gKDq2)
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Elliot Gould
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at June 20, 2025 11:33 PM (hY4dx)
Have you ever had strawberry soup? It's a cold, uncooked soup. Basically strawberries, sugar, and white wine pureed in a Cuisinart. It's a nice cold desert in the summertime.
Posted by: nerdygirl at June 20, 2025 11:34 PM (0Htd1)
The settlers would be blown away by today's apples.
Posted by: 496 at June 20, 2025 11:34 PM (9C6BN)
People will listen to shlock music generated by low talent pop tartlets, so why not AI? And you don't have to pay for the pop tarlet to pretend to sing!
Want an AI that helps people fight a job? Honestly? Find a way to monetize it.
Posted by: 18-1 at June 20, 2025 11:36 PM (t0Rmr)
Liam Nissan
@theliamnissan
We had a political assassination in America six days ago and nobody's even talking about it anymore. To hell with this 24-hour news cycle bullshit
Deadpan Charlie
@manyoneliners 2h
Look at the bright side. You can now say Walz finally led men into combat.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at June 20, 2025 11:37 PM (mlg/3)
Posted by: nerdygirl at June 20, 2025 11:34 PM (0Htd1)
I had cantaloupe soup once. Very nice...
Posted by: Joe Kidd at June 20, 2025 11:37 PM (bA75n)
Posted by: 496 at June 20, 2025 11:38 PM (9C6BN)
The settlers would be blown away by today's apples.
Posted by: 496 at June 20, 2025 11:34 PM (9C6BN)
Don't know if it is true, but I've been told that the pioneers used apples mainly for cider, and not for eating.
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at June 20, 2025 11:39 PM (uQHUD)
Posted by: Tom Servo at June 20, 2025 11:39 PM (EVFZ5)
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at June 20, 2025 11:39 PM (w6EFb)
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at June 20, 2025 11:39 PM (uQHUD)
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They're also great for poisoning little girls.
Posted by: Hillary! Dark Horse Candidate 2026 at June 20, 2025 11:40 PM (hY4dx)
Posted by: nerdygirl at June 20, 2025 11:40 PM (0Htd1)
Posted by: nerdygirl
That's not soup. That's melted sorbet.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at June 20, 2025 11:41 PM (mlg/3)
1) Due to insurance most of the costs are paid by someone else who isn't particularly concerned with your health. They want to keep costs down as much as the law and nominal competition from others will allow.
2) The old personal relationship with doctors is mostly gone. This is partly due to the conglomeration of health care providers and partly due to mass immigration and the expansion of the hive cities.
Posted by: 18-1 at June 20, 2025 11:42 PM (t0Rmr)
Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at June 20, 2025 11:42 PM (2NHgQ)
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at June 20, 2025 11:43 PM (Splbu)
Posted by: nerdygirl at June 20, 2025 11:43 PM (0Htd1)
The FNM thought they finally had their MAGA assassin and it was going to be a bigger story then the two attempted assassinations of Trump and Judge Kav combined.
Then it came out he was just another leftwing loon, and an associate of their favorite MN pedo so the story was buried quickly.
Posted by: 18-1 at June 20, 2025 11:43 PM (t0Rmr)
Posted by: Skip at June 20, 2025 11:44 PM (+qU29)
Years ago I remember reading a deep dive on the welfare numbers that showed that 90% of the recipients got off within a few years but the remaining 10% were lifers.
I suspect this has gotten way worse, and most of that 10% also had kids that went straight onto the welfare life plan as well.
Posted by: 18-1 at June 20, 2025 11:45 PM (t0Rmr)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at June 20, 2025 11:33 PM (hY4dx)
Not really. IMO, of course.
Posted by: RickZ at June 20, 2025 11:46 PM (gKDq2)
Posted by: publius
Whatta pitch for vampirism.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at June 20, 2025 11:46 PM (mlg/3)
Posted by: RickZ at June 20, 2025 11:46 PM (gKDq2)
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For a six-month period in the 70s he was in every movie made.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at June 20, 2025 11:49 PM (hY4dx)
Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at June 20, 2025 11:42 PM (2NHgQ)
Hold my beer.
Posted by: Ron Jeremy at June 20, 2025 11:49 PM (uQHUD)
Posted by: Kindltot at June 20, 2025 11:51 PM (D7oie)
Posted by: weft cut-loop at June 20, 2025 11:51 PM (mlg/3)
Posted by: 496 at June 20, 2025 11:51 PM (9C6BN)
TO first order, the earth goes around the sun in a nice ellipse which is contained in a plane. This is the ecliptic. Now, in reality, you've got the Moon going around the earth, and it's plane is tilted about 7 degrees relative to that ecliptic plane. So, the Moon is tugging the earth up and down relative to the plane as the whole mess goes around the sun.
So rather than a nice ellipse, the earth's center sort of bobs up and down a smidge. This makes the sun appear to be a little above or below the ecliptic. This time, the solstice happened just at the instant (with 6 hour window) where the earth's center was dead on that plane.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at June 20, 2025 11:54 PM (w6EFb)
Posted by: Bulg at June 20, 2025 10:39 PM (DzbJi)
I don't like the texture of watermelon so I whomp it up in the blender and make juice. It makes wonderful juice
Posted by: Kindltot at June 20, 2025 11:54 PM (D7oie)
Posted by: Skip at June 20, 2025 11:55 PM (+qU29)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at June 20, 2025 11:55 PM (63Dwl)
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at June 20, 2025 11:43 PM (Splbu)
I say yea. I took it, with no noticeable ill effects. The people I knew who had shingles, and the misery they went through, was a convincing argument for me.
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at June 20, 2025 11:56 PM (uQHUD)
The settlers would be blown away by today's apples.
Posted by: 496
Don't know if it is true, but I've been told that the pioneers used apples mainly for cider, and not for eating.
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy
Edible apples are propagated by grafting, not by planting seeds. Growing an apple tree from a seed and getting something sweet enough to eat is rare.
So Johnny Appleseed wasn't feeding the pioneers. He was getting them drunk.
Posted by: mikeski at June 20, 2025 11:56 PM (DgGvY)
Posted by: Orson at June 20, 2025 10:45 PM (dIske)
Is this a sly referral to Desiree Cousteau?
Posted by: Kindltot at June 20, 2025 11:58 PM (D7oie)
Posted by: 18-1 at June 20, 2025 11:42 PM (t0Rmr)
An unintended intended consequence. No secrets from Daddy Government Insurance.
This is partly due to the conglomeration of health care providers and partly due to mass immigration and the expansion of the hive cities.
Most definitley 'yes' to the first part. But a big reason for that broadening chasm between doctors and patients is all due to 404Care.
Our insurance was working, if somewhat wobbly. Now health care is for the very rich (they have the money for treatment) or the very poor (Medicaid and other gov't programs). But those in the middle, supposedly helped by 404Care? Premiums, deductables and health care costs all went up while providers have more forms (red tape) to fill out (and why my doctors look at a computer screen more than me). Dems are still proud of that trainwreck forced down America's throat in a midnight vote after no one read the 2,700 page bill. But the intentions were 'good'. 404Care is more virtue-signalling bullshit from the Dems, consequences be damned.
Posted by: RickZ at June 20, 2025 11:58 PM (gKDq2)
Posted by: Frank at June 20, 2025 11:58 PM (XeU6L)
Hey, that's me!
G'nite, y'all. 💤
Posted by: mindful webworker - fruit of the month at June 20, 2025 11:59 PM (63lGh)
Red delicious
Golden delicious
McIntosh
Not ever my favorites. Mealy & flavorless, all. (And wormy, because we didn't spray.)
A real PITA, because fruit would drop throughout summer, requiring raking-up before every mowing.
¡Afuera! ...and good riddance to them.
Posted by: JQ at June 21, 2025 12:01 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: JUNE20TH at June 21, 2025 12:01 AM (R6Hhu)
Posted by: JQ
Not sure, but can't you graft other varieties on the trees?
Posted by: weft cut-loop at June 21, 2025 12:02 AM (mlg/3)
Posted by: mikeski
And not just apples. Every "Hass" avocado is from the same original tree, grafted over and over into a billion-dollar business.
Posted by: mikeski at June 21, 2025 12:04 AM (DgGvY)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at June 20, 2025 11:49 PM (hY4dx)
6 month period? Then add Carrot Top to the list.
Elliot Gould was in a lot of movies, yes, but not the career longevity. Dern played cops, bad guys, cowboys in a lot a really good movies. But Dern was never the star. They tried to make Gould into a star.
Read an interview with John Wayne once talking about 'The Cowboys', the 1972 film. He told Dern during shooting his career was over as he killed John Wayne in the movie. And yet Dern survived.
Posted by: RickZ at June 21, 2025 12:04 AM (gKDq2)
Can't see night working ending until August.
On problem is no one else wants to do it.
Posted by: Skip at June 21, 2025 12:04 AM (+qU29)
Posted by: 18-1
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Agreed 100%
As a general observation, this generation of physicians either hear but don't listen, or, listen but don't hear. There is also a strong inclination to latch on the the first diagnosis which is within their experience.
I believe that this is a consequence of the change in the healthcare system, as opposed to individual shortcomings.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at June 21, 2025 12:05 AM (XeU6L)
236 Also, McIntosh apples are the worst. They must've been cheap because it's all my mom would buy us. I hate them to this day.
Posted by: 496 at June 20, 2025 11:51 PM
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They are my favorite. Maybe she just liked them.
Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at June 21, 2025 12:06 AM (t1fZA)
Posted by: weft cut-loop
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Oh, probably. These trees were old, though. Couple of them (both the 'delicious' ones) were infested with some kind of borer and their trunks/branches were rotting.
If I wanted "good" apples, I'd just plant ONE new tree. Plenty of others around here for pollination.
Posted by: JQ at June 21, 2025 12:06 AM (rdVOm)
So rather than a nice ellipse, the earth's center sort of bobs up and down a smidge. This makes the sun appear to be a little above or below the ecliptic. This time, the solstice happened just at the instant (with 6 hour window) where the earth's center was dead on that plane.
Posted by: publius
Just curious, i have no opinion with which to defend...
Are you using Earth Centric Inertial coordinates, or Sol centric (fixed or inertial) coordinates?
Posted by: BifBewalski - at June 21, 2025 12:06 AM (MsrgL)
Posted by: Skip at June 20, 2025 10:58 PM (+qU29)
there are thousands. I give you the site of sites for apples:
pomiferous.com
Posted by: Kindltot at June 21, 2025 12:06 AM (D7oie)
Posted by: weft cut-loop
You can. They even sell multiple-variety apple trees.
Which means you can get by with only one tree. Apple trees don't self-pollinate, but a chimerical tree like that can pollinate between the different varieties.
Posted by: mikeski at June 21, 2025 12:06 AM (DgGvY)
Posted by: The Goggles, They Do Nothing at June 21, 2025 12:07 AM (XAXi6)
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at June 20, 2025 11:43 PM (Splbu)
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I say yea. I took it, with no noticeable ill effects. The people I knew who had shingles, and the misery they went through, was a convincing argument for me.
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at June 20, 2025 11:56 PM (uQHUD)
Same here. On both counts.
Posted by: RickZ at June 21, 2025 12:07 AM (gKDq2)
One of my first jobs as a kid was clearing brush and pruning at a large local Orchard. I never ever wore a shirt that was yellow, orange or red. The quiz question is WHY?
(the timer is active)
Posted by: Orson at June 21, 2025 12:08 AM (dIske)
Posted by: 18-1 at June 21, 2025 12:09 AM (t0Rmr)
Posted by: Skip at June 21, 2025 12:09 AM (+qU29)
Posted by: mikeski at June 20, 2025 11:56 PM (DgGvY)
So, Johnny Appleseed, Honorary Moron?
Posted by: RickZ at June 21, 2025 12:10 AM (gKDq2)
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To prevent getting pollinated?
Posted by: JQ at June 21, 2025 12:11 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: JQ at June 21, 2025 12:11 AM (rdVOm)
_______________________________
More specific
Posted by: Orson at June 21, 2025 12:12 AM (dIske)
Posted by: JQ at June 21, 2025 12:12 AM (rdVOm)
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You weren't assigned to flight deck operations?
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at June 21, 2025 12:13 AM (hY4dx)
I have made pectin out of green apples, and it does work, though not as well as the Sure-Jel I can buy in boxes at the store.
Posted by: Kindltot at June 21, 2025 12:13 AM (D7oie)
This is all happening so very fast. Amazing. Scary.
Posted by: sudo touch --methere gp at June 21, 2025 12:13 AM (t9lPv)
Posted by: JQ at June 21, 2025 12:12 AM (rdVOm)
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Correct!!!! You wear those colors they get curious. And you're going to get stung.
Posted by: Orson at June 21, 2025 12:13 AM (dIske)
Posted by: clarence at June 21, 2025 12:14 AM (QHFMR)
Posted by: Orson
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Full disclosure (cheat?):
I have a neighbor what keeps beehives. LOL
Posted by: JQ at June 21, 2025 12:15 AM (rdVOm)
Wasps that have stung me thought they were getting stepped on. Not like I did it on purpose.
Posted by: sudo touch --methere gp at June 21, 2025 12:16 AM (t9lPv)
Posted by: clarence at June 21, 2025 12:14 AM (QHFMR)
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Most large orchards also keep bees. Believe it or not, those nasty bastards are very territorial. And, they are drawn to bright colors that mimic fruit blossoms. So if you ever drive by guys working in an orchard, they are going to be wearing dark greens, blues and blacks.
Posted by: Orson at June 21, 2025 12:17 AM (dIske)
Sand plums!
We have a couple of acres of sand plums at our farm. My brother makes jelly.
It is a delicious combination of tart and sweet.
Plus jelly lasts all year (if my kids don't eat it all in the first two months)!
Posted by: Pillage Idiot at June 21, 2025 12:19 AM (HlyYF)
I believe that this is a consequence of the change in the healthcare system, as opposed to individual shortcomings.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at June 21, 2025 12:05 AM (XeU6L)
Another, I agree with the first part, in spades. It's like doctors now have a script to follow.
As to the second part, it may have something to do with the actual education of doctors. More and more micro-specialties. The days of the old GP are really over, looking at the patient's big health picture. Now it's a Primary Care doctor (usually an internist) who is a portal to specialists, versus when I was a kid and just making an appointment to see one.
That's why I used the term 'red tape'. For us plebes, along with the increase costs, that's been the other major result of 404Care. When government steps in, red tape is sure to follow.
Posted by: RickZ at June 21, 2025 12:19 AM (gKDq2)
Posted by: Tom Servo at June 21, 2025 12:19 AM (EVFZ5)
Which is why he is revered to this day!
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at June 21, 2025 12:21 AM (qgNn3)
Please not use dust form of insecticides, like "Sevin", as the bees tend to carry it back to his hives & can wipe them out. Liquid sprays are OK.
Posted by: JQ at June 21, 2025 12:22 AM (rdVOm)
All the money in the world is not going to improve care and surviving illness when half or more of the money is going to the investors, not to treating patients and paying doctors.
We have good health care, but it is being stolen just like tax revenue in a third world economy
Posted by: Kindltot at June 21, 2025 12:22 AM (D7oie)
Celestial coordinate systems get quite involved -- and there are many such systems, and I only enough of the details to be dangerous.
For purposes here, we use geocentric equatorial coordinates, which is basically a spherical coordinate system with origin at the earth's center. In the equatorial plane, the x-axis points at the vernal equinox of date. I say date, because precession of the earth's axis means the equinox is moving clockwise. So it's not really inertial, just very close to it.
The equinox moves about 50 arc seconds per year, and this is the reason the tropical year is a bit shorter than the sidereal year. The two angular coordinates in this system are dubbed right ascension and declination. Declination is the angle from the equatorial plane, latitude, and not the colatitude, "theta" in standard spherical coordinates.
Now, as the earth is moving up and down relative to the "mean ecliptic of date", that coordinate system bobs up and down with it.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at June 21, 2025 12:23 AM (w6EFb)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at June 21, 2025 12:24 AM (hY4dx)
Good evening, all!
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at June 21, 2025 12:26 AM (CmrHb)
Posted by: Tom Servo
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Played a bad guy, but a sort of querulous bad guy. Sort of the
slightly comical sidekick of the bad guys.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at June 21, 2025 12:26 AM (XeU6L)
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at June 21, 2025 12:26 AM (qgNn3)
Posted by: Skip at June 21, 2025 12:26 AM (+qU29)
I'm uncoordinated.
Posted by: sudo touch --methere gp at June 21, 2025 12:26 AM (t9lPv)
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb)
Cool! Thank you! I've been forced to do some limited analysis (epoch anchored) on overhead asset coverage for kill chain engagement support and was curious what you've used.
Posted by: BifBewalski - at June 21, 2025 12:27 AM (MsrgL)
Now, for high precision work, such as JPL's ephemeris, another coordinate system is used. This is dubbed solar system barycentric coordinates. The origin is the solar system barycenter, the center of mass of the whole damned solar system. "Up", "north", or the z-axis is parallel to the total solar system angular momentum vector, L. Being conserved, this does not change (except due to vanishingly small exchanges with the galactic system).
The perpendicular plane to this is dubbed the "invariable plane" (because to high order, it doesn't vary). We still need to define the x-axis direction, and some very distant quasars are used to observationally fix this direction to high precision. This doesn't move, and this is very, very close to inertial in the context of General Relativity, in as much as the galactic tidal field can be ignored. Which it can be. The entire solar system is very, very close to free fall in a near uniform galactic field to the scale of the solar system.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at June 21, 2025 12:29 AM (w6EFb)
Posted by: Tom Servo at June 21, 2025 12:33 AM (EVFZ5)
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The entire solar system is very, very close to free fall in a near uniform galactic field to the scale of the solar system.
Dude....... wish i could bring you on board for some of the shiz i do.
Posted by: BifBewalski - at June 21, 2025 12:33 AM (MsrgL)
There are many, many other coordinate systems used. Ecliptic coordinates are one. Heliocentric coordinates are another. Here, the center of the sun would be the origin, the z-axis would be the sun's axis of rotation, and the x-axis would again be the equinox (from the Sun's perspective).
The equinox moving is another vexing thing. So, fixed, epoch coordinates are used sometime. Current standard epoch (t = 0) is dubbed J2000. So, we can have equatorial, ecliptic, etc, defined at a particular equinox and a particular axial tilt at t = 0.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at June 21, 2025 12:33 AM (w6EFb)
Posted by: BifBewalski
Authentic Western Gibberish!
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at June 21, 2025 12:33 AM (qgNn3)
Posted by: sudo touch --methere gp at June 21, 2025 12:34 AM (t9lPv)
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at June 21, 2025 12:35 AM (qgNn3)
https://mol.im/a/14832929
Trying to put a train between himself and pursuers and ......
Posted by: Ciampino - works in the movies at June 21, 2025 12:36 AM (sPQoU)
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at June 21, 2025 12:36 AM (qgNn3)
slightly comical sidekick of the bad guys.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at June 21, 2025 12:26 AM (XeU6L)
_____________________________
I saw an interview with Dern. It might have been back when Charlie Rose was still active. Dern said that he was getting hate mail from people over 35 years after doing "The Cowboys" because he shot and killed John Wayne's character. He said that Wayne pulled him over before they started shooting and told him to treat the Duke like dirt so that the kids in the movie were scared of him. It was a great interview.
Posted by: Orson at June 21, 2025 12:37 AM (dIske)
***********'
News Flash: This has been the case since Asclepius first wrapped a snake around a staff. Real people in the real world care more about symptomatic relief. Causes are often either immutable or self-limited. We just want to feel better in the moment.
Posted by: muldoon at June 21, 2025 12:38 AM (poXs5)
The Polhode Rolls without Slipping on the Herpolhode Lying in the Invariable Plane
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at June 21, 2025 12:38 AM (qgNn3)
Cosmo Kramer: 'Here's to feeling good all the time.'
Posted by: sudo touch --methere gp at June 21, 2025 12:39 AM (t9lPv)
Using Grok while coding kicks ass. Major productivity improvement. Forget right now about old websearch, where you need to read through five or more stackexchange page results to maybe find the exact answer you need. Anything you need, anything you want, always ask Grok first. In fact, at the very beginning of ANY creative project, ask Grok to do the damn whole thing. It may very well do it for you.
This is all happening so very fast. Amazing. Scary.
Posted by: sudo touch
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And those sites are dying because of it. They say Stack Overflow is dead, although it does still exist. Maybe life support.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at June 21, 2025 12:39 AM (CmrHb)
Posted by: polynikes at June 21, 2025 12:39 AM (VofaG)
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at June 21, 2025 12:40 AM (qgNn3)
Posted by: muldoon at June 21, 2025 12:41 AM (poXs5)
I feel like I've arrived very late for this party. I'm glad I'm finally catching up.
Posted by: sudo touch --methere gp at June 21, 2025 12:42 AM (t9lPv)
Posted by: polynikes at June 21, 2025 12:43 AM (VofaG)
Jupiter contains the majority, ~60% of the angular momentum of the solar system, so it's orbital plane is very close, to within 0.5 degree.
The ecliptic is currently inclined ~1.6 degrees to the invariable plane, and this varies in a long term (~100,000 year) cycle (is part of the Milankovich cycle dance of everything) from about 0.5 to 2.5 degrees.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at June 21, 2025 12:44 AM (w6EFb)
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at June 21, 2025 12:44 AM (qgNn3)
301 Ah, I bothered to look it up:
The Polhode Rolls without Slipping on the Herpolhode Lying in the Invariable Plane
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at June 21, 2025 12:38 AM (qgNn3)
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Strong words, dude.
Posted by: Tanner at June 21, 2025 12:44 AM (biznJ)
Posted by: polynikes at June 21, 2025 12:45 AM (VofaG)
I remember enough of Poinsot's constructions to make my head really hurt. General solid body rotation is, well, there's a lot of math involved...
See "Poinsot ellipsoid" if interested.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at June 21, 2025 12:46 AM (w6EFb)
Posted by: Tom Servo at June 21, 2025 12:46 AM (EVFZ5)
Wow! Ya hear that?
It's allllll that stuff, what JQ don't know nuthin' about, whooshing over her head.
Damn. You guys are edjumakated n stuff...
Posted by: JQ at June 21, 2025 12:47 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: JQ at June 21, 2025 12:48 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: muldoon at June 21, 2025 12:48 AM (poXs5)
Missing Audi, Fiat, Saab, Renault, Citroen, Volvo .....
Posted by: Ciampino - Alfa Romeo, Lancia, Maserati at June 21, 2025 12:51 AM (sPQoU)
Discuss..
Posted by: muldoon at June 21, 2025 12:48 AM (poXs5)
Two are better than one. Except for snakes.
Posted by: polynikes at June 21, 2025 12:54 AM (VofaG)
Posted by: EdmundburkesShade at June 21, 2025 12:57 AM (WvGHv)
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at June 21, 2025 12:59 AM (qgNn3)
Posted by: sudo touch --methere gp at June 21, 2025 01:02 AM (t9lPv)
Honeycrisp, Gala, Pink Lady etc.
Posted by: muldoon at June 21, 2025 01:02 AM (poXs5)
Posted by: sudo touch --methere gp at June 21, 2025 01:03 AM (t9lPv)
Posted by: muldoon at June 21, 2025 01:05 AM (poXs5)
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at June 21, 2025 01:06 AM (qgNn3)
Posted by: muldoon at June 21, 2025 01:07 AM (poXs5)
He never made clear if the goat part was related to the getting hit by lighting or part of an ongoing relationship. I still wonder about that.
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at June 21, 2025 01:10 AM (NXz8h)
Also missing are Leyland, Alfa Romeo, Lancia, Bugatti, Ferrari, Delorean, ...
Posted by: Ciampino - Alfa Romeo, Lancia, Maserati at June 21, 2025 01:11 AM (sPQoU)
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at June 21, 2025 01:11 AM (qgNn3)
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at June 21, 2025 01:13 AM (NXz8h)
My Grandad made a lot of apple butter every fall and I remember eating gobs of it in his kitchen on his sourdough bread and thinking "This is really good!"
Don't see much apple butter around these days.
Posted by: pawn, one of many at June 21, 2025 01:14 AM (QB+5g)
Posted by: Skip at June 21, 2025 01:15 AM (+qU29)
Posted by: Ciampino
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Rolls
The Silver Lady
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at June 21, 2025 01:18 AM (XeU6L)
Posted by: Racially Ambiguous Honky at June 21, 2025 01:18 AM (gSTJh)
Posted by: pawn
My friend makes it every year. It's wonderful! As good as my grandma's.
I need to be there next time she makes a batch & learn from her. Takes a long time to cook down, iirc.
Posted by: JQ at June 21, 2025 01:18 AM (rdVOm)
And to get to 0.001 arcsecond accuracy, you've got to be relativistic. Now, the Einstein Field Equations of General Relativity, which describe gravity, is 10 coupled non-linear partial differential equations. They are intractable in all but a few very symmetric setups and have to be solved numerically. For solar system work an approximation, called the Parameterized Post-Newtonian Formalism is used. Here you express things in series expansions and ignore the high order terms beyond what is needed for the desired accuracy.
The result. DE440 involved integrating a set of 1152 ordinary differential equations in 1152 variables. One complete run for that requires about 2 weeks on the fastest modern cluster using a few hundred to a thousand CPUs cranking.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at June 21, 2025 01:19 AM (w6EFb)
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram
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"Damn! He was a wild one, old Hatchet Jack. He was livin' two year in a cave up on the Musselshell with a female panther. She never did get used to him." - Del Gue
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at June 21, 2025 01:21 AM (XeU6L)
Of course those Asian pears are better than any apple or pear, but they are expensive.
At Target a woman was fucking around with egg cartons, to get twelve unbroken ones I would think. But watching people go on, I think they are trying to mix and match twelve big ones. I gave her a dirty look* but this shit is out of control ... I see it every time I go, and the people doing it don't otherwise look trashy.
*I would have enjoyed saying "I need 18 eggs, so I am just going to buy 24. If any are broken, I'm going to assume a low-class grasping beggar just like you put them there." But grocery shopping is my quiet time and really I'm not in the headspace for volcanic word battle.
Posted by: BourbonChicken at June 21, 2025 01:21 AM (lhenN)
https://is.gd/YKuGk4
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at June 21, 2025 01:21 AM (NXz8h)
Posted by: Ciampino - do the cops know her location? at June 21, 2025 01:23 AM (sPQoU)
Bentley is missing too.
Posted by: Ciampino - so many car makers at June 21, 2025 01:27 AM (sPQoU)
Posted by: BifBewalski
STK. Someone else paid for it.
Posted by: Racially Ambiguous Honky at June 21, 2025 01:27 AM (gSTJh)
I killed another thread..
Later y'all. Endeavor to persevere..
Posted by: muldoon
* grabs paddles*
cLEAR!
Posted by: Sock Monkey * sporting my Andrew Breitbart attitude at June 21, 2025 01:27 AM (F31MH)
341
Vance Boelter's wife in hiding as police say she didn't know his plan
https://mol.im/a/14824707
Posted by: Ciampino - do the cops know her location? at June 21, 2025 01:23 AM
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She sure acted like she did know his plan.
Posted by: Tanner at June 21, 2025 01:28 AM (cQWrP)
If I find a broken one, I'll leave the carton open on top of the stack. Go to the next one & check... I don't switch eggs unless there's a cracked one in a subsequent carton.
Maybe I'm being too picky, but my understanding of "sale price" is that it is for unbroken product.
Posted by: JQ at June 21, 2025 01:29 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at June 21, 2025 01:29 AM (NXz8h)
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, Plucky Comic Relief, AoS Ladies Brigade - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at June 21, 2025 01:30 AM (SRRAx)
Posted by: BourbonChicken at June 21, 2025 01:31 AM (lhenN)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at June 21, 2025 01:31 AM (XeU6L)
Posted by: Skip at June 21, 2025 01:31 AM (+qU29)
Posted by: Skip
I've made a career out of working those kind of shifts.
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at June 21, 2025 01:32 AM (ohOaC)
I occasionally come across a broken or cracked egg. When that happens I line the girls up, chew them out good and threaten to cut their rations on Tuesdays.
Posted by: Sock Monkey * sporting my Andrew Breitbart attitude at June 21, 2025 01:33 AM (F31MH)
If I'm just eating an apple, I'd probably choose something else. But why would I be eating an apple? What kind of sicko do you take me for?
Apples should be drunk. As hard cider. Like Jesus and the Founding Fathers intended.
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at June 21, 2025 01:33 AM (9FEtL)
Posted by: BourbonChicken
LOL, thanks for the chuckle!
Please don't think less of me, for wanting to get my money's worth...
Posted by: JQ at June 21, 2025 01:33 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: Ciampino - LOL at June 21, 2025 01:33 AM (sPQoU)
Posted by: Nerd Herd at June 21, 2025 01:35 AM (6nQni)
Posted by: Mike Hammer,
Nah. I just like to hirt people occasionally. Probably a symptom of infrequent contact with stable adults.
Posted by: Sock Monkey * sporting my Andrew Breitbart attitude at June 21, 2025 01:35 AM (F31MH)
Nice that you are willing/able to do so!
Posted by: JQ at June 21, 2025 01:36 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: Ciampino - a doctor even at June 21, 2025 01:37 AM (sPQoU)
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at June 21, 2025 01:37 AM (NXz8h)
https://is.gd/YKuGk4
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram
His advisors live in a bubble if they thought this was a good idea. Or. They hate him.
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at June 21, 2025 01:38 AM (ohOaC)
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley
My brain hurts
Posted by: Miklos Szilard Teller von Neumann at June 21, 2025 01:39 AM (UYy+W)
Posted by: Ciampino - a donor even at June 21, 2025 01:40 AM (sPQoU)
Discuss.
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram
I will go first. I think they are saying Uranus is a blackhole.
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at June 21, 2025 01:40 AM (NXz8h)
Gay men in Africa blame Trump for HIV diagnoses after cuts to funding
https://mol.im/a/14831883
Posted by: Ciampino
Gays blamed Reagan in the 80s when AIDS came on the seen. No way was it there dangerous, irresponsible sex practices.
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at June 21, 2025 01:40 AM (ohOaC)
Posted by: BourbonChicken at June 21, 2025 01:42 AM (lhenN)
Nice that you are willing/able to do so!
Posted by: JQ
It gives me someone to talk to besides the dogs snd the goats. I eat about 2 dozen a week. The rest are part of my egg ministry.
Posted by: Sock Monkey * sporting my Andrew Breitbart attitude at June 21, 2025 01:42 AM (F31MH)
Posted by: the People of Guam at June 21, 2025 01:43 AM (UYy+W)
Don't see much apple butter around these days.
Posted by: pawn, one of many at June 21, 2025 01:14 AM (QB+5g)
Talk about a rabbit hole.
When I read that (and I love apple butter), I thought it's one of those recipes where the spices are so important. Probably has allspice. I use allspice in a lot of dishes, chilis, burrito meat mix, spice coating blends, a lot of things. Then I thought about my spice grinder and the allspice berries in the pantry as I grind my own spices now. But the lid cracked and I taped it. It stills works but not that well. It takes manipulation now. So I thought, I'm on the internet, let me look at spice grinders. Wayfair had my Krups coffee grinder (in black, opposite my white coffee grinder (the color difference being muy importante) on sale, from like $50 to $24, plus shipping. So I ordered one.
Rabbit hole: Successfully dug.
Posted by: RickZ at June 21, 2025 01:44 AM (gKDq2)
Don't see much apple butter around these days.
Posted by: pawn, one of many at June 21, 2025 01:14 AM (QB+5g)
Talk about a rabbit hole.
When I read that (and I love apple butter), I thought it's one of those recipes where the spices are so important. Probably has allspice. I use allspice in a lot of dishes, chilis, burrito meat mix, spice coating blends, a lot of things. Then I thought about my spice grinder and the allspice berries in the pantry as I grind my own spices now. But the lid cracked and I taped it. It stills works but not that well. It takes manipulation now. So I thought, I'm on the internet, let me look at spice grinders. Wayfair had my Krups coffee grinder (in black, opposite my white coffee grinder (the color difference being muy importante) on sale, from like $50 to $24, plus shipping. So I ordered one.
Rabbit hole: Successfully dug.
Posted by: RickZ
I'm heading up to Amish Country in July (Western PA). I can find Apple Butter up there pretty easily.
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at June 21, 2025 01:46 AM (ohOaC)
Posted by: Sock Monkey * sporting my Andrew Breitbart attitude at June 21, 2025 01:27 AM (F31MH)
That's okay. I already have Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator (ICD) in my chest.
Posted by: RickZ at June 21, 2025 01:48 AM (gKDq2)
Posted by: Sock Monkey * sporting my Andrew Breitbart attitude at June 21, 2025 01:50 AM (F31MH)
Posted by: JQ at June 21, 2025 01:29 AM (rdVOm)
I was scolded not to do that at my local grocery, so I don't anymore. I will check each egg in a carton for cracks, putting that carton back if I find a cracked or stuck egg and checking another one, ad infinitum. If I go through the cartons and I need help at that point relocating one egg, I'll ask for assistance.
Posted by: RickZ at June 21, 2025 01:53 AM (gKDq2)
Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers
https://youtu.be/mbKCv_7A7Qk
Mr. Petty crushes the solo. The band is on fire.
One of the greats. RIP.
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at June 21, 2025 01:57 AM (NXz8h)
Posted by: Ciampino - a doctor even at June 21, 2025 01:37 AM (sPQoU)
Hello, Mudduh!
Hello, Fadduh!
Here I am at
Intifada!
Posted by: RickZ at June 21, 2025 01:58 AM (gKDq2)
RickZ, I understand 'why' on that. Because of the "best by" dates, probably. Don't want to mix those.
So far, I've not been called out. It's not often that I switch any.
Guess I'll just go carton to carton, without switching, from now on.
Posted by: JQ at June 21, 2025 01:59 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at June 21, 2025 01:40 AM (ohOaC)
Add injection drug users. Another dangerous bad behavior.
I'm still trying to figure out how anybody in Africa is still alive after the insanely high percentage of people with Aids. I was told 65 to 70 percent when I took my Somali safari.
Posted by: Reforger at June 21, 2025 02:02 AM (LgDgc)
So far, I've not been called out. It's not often that I switch any.
Guess I'll just go carton to carton, without switching, from now on.
Posted by: JQ at June 21, 2025 01:59 AM (rdVOm)
I think people will switch egg sizes, putting jumbo eggs in a medium carton, especially when egg prices went through the roof. People are why we can't have nice things.
Posted by: RickZ at June 21, 2025 02:03 AM (gKDq2)
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at June 21, 2025 02:03 AM (NXz8h)
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at June 21, 2025 02:03 AM (NXz8h)
Maybe they weren't happy with having a campfire in aisle 6.
Posted by: RickZ at June 21, 2025 02:07 AM (gKDq2)
That explains why I bought those tickets to WDC from LAX........
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at June 21, 2025 02:07 AM (QGaXH)
Posted by: RickZ
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Oh. Yeah, people suck.
I'd not thought of switching the sizes. Just not a thief at heart, I suppose.
My fave grocery had a *special* on jumbo eggs, in the middle of the chickenflu scare-- $3/dozen. OH, YEAH! I bought a couple dozen & nearly 75% were double-yolkers. Yay!
Posted by: JQ at June 21, 2025 02:07 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: Reforger
I did a similar 'safari' in Ethiopia. Heard the same stats. The local women, some were gorgeous, but a condom wouldn't work. A HAZMAT suit would be more appropriate.
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at June 21, 2025 02:08 AM (ohOaC)
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at June 21, 2025 02:10 AM (ohOaC)
Posted by: Unkaren at June 21, 2025 02:13 AM (LPL2Y)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 21, 2025 02:16 AM (tJHAE)
https://mol.im/a/14831711
"She was eight when her family came to the US to apply for asylum, but when the asylum request was denied, the US couldn't deport them because they had no citizenship. "
Which country/countries did they travel through to get to the USA? Asylum request should have been at one of those countries. Rules.
Posted by: Ciampino - illegally crossed the border? at June 21, 2025 02:16 AM (sPQoU)
Posted by: JQ at June 21, 2025 02:07 AM (rdVOm)
I would love to know the number of 'social science' careers made by people not ever able to understand/denying the reality of 'the thief at heart' concept of humanity. Some people are bad people, and not because of anything done to them. They just like to watch the world burn, so to speak. That's why some people jus' need killin'.
I guess I don't have the thief/criminal gene. If I receive back too much change, I return the overage. To me, keeping it is the same as stealing. Now when I found that $5 bill just lying there all lonely on the sidewalk and nobody else within 20 feet, well, I had to give it a home. It was the charitable thing to do.
Posted by: RickZ at June 21, 2025 02:18 AM (gKDq2)
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at June 21, 2025 02:08 AM (ohOaC)
I just kept my distance. The smell... We had one guy go on R&R to Mombaso, Kenya. Came back with a case of crabs from hell and probably Aids. They caught him because he tried shaving them off and they found the hair and bugs in the water reclamation system. They did a skivy check on only the black guys.
Posted by: Reforger at June 21, 2025 02:18 AM (LgDgc)
Posted by: Sock Monkey * sporting my Andrew Breitbart attitude at June 21, 2025 02:19 AM (F31MH)
Posted by: JQ at June 21, 2025 02:23 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at June 21, 2025 02:23 AM (NXz8h)
Posted by: Unkaren at June 21, 2025 02:25 AM (LPL2Y)
I'm having Grok go through the relativistic time(clock) transforms involved in the DE440 shit. THis is ... not trivial.
I can see why Einstein's hair looked like it did. And why Godel was bat shit crazy.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at June 21, 2025 02:26 AM (w6EFb)
Gosh. What a very, very difficult time, prayers for your brother, you and your family.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 21, 2025 02:28 AM (tJHAE)
called me on the 2nd.
Sounds like a rough three weeks to me.
With a DNR, I'm guessing your brother has . . . already made his decision.
Unfortunately for you, I'd prepare for the next step.
Posted by: RickZ at June 21, 2025 02:29 AM (gKDq2)
Posted by: Ciampino - positronic robots will be here at June 21, 2025 02:30 AM (sPQoU)
Posted by: Sock Monkey * sporting my Andrew Breitbart attitude at June 21, 2025 02:33 AM (F31MH)
https://tinyurl.com/38me2tuj
What can go wrong?
Posted by: Ciampino - horny flies at June 21, 2025 02:34 AM (sPQoU)
https://tinyurl.com/34avn8p5
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 21, 2025 02:35 AM (tJHAE)
Unfortunately for you, I'd prepare for the next step.
Posted by: RickZ
His mind is made up. We have a meeting with hospice on Monday and the plan is to move him in with my wife and I. I don't think he's going to make it.
Posted by: Sock Monkey * sporting my Andrew Breitbart attitude at June 21, 2025 02:36 AM (F31MH)
Yes; That was a fine thing to do// to raise the grandsons .
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 21, 2025 02:37 AM (tJHAE)
Prayers sent.
My hash prolly changed there. Phone went dead and I'm to lazy to find the lost cord out here in the shop.
Posted by: Reforger at June 21, 2025 02:37 AM (xcIvR)
Posted by: Ciampino - comfused? at June 21, 2025 02:38 AM (sPQoU)
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at June 21, 2025 02:38 AM (0nHVk)
Posted by: Ciampino - comfused much? at June 21, 2025 02:39 AM (sPQoU)
3 FOR $2
OR $89 EACH
Posted by: Ciampino - comfused? at June 21, 2025 02:38 AM (sPQoU)
I see a market opportunity.
Pun intended.
Posted by: RickZ at June 21, 2025 02:40 AM (gKDq2)
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley
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It was the Incompletenss Theorems that did it.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at June 21, 2025 02:46 AM (XeU6L)
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at June 21, 2025 02:49 AM (NXz8h)
Dammit
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at June 21, 2025 02:50 AM (XeU6L)
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at June 21, 2025 02:52 AM (w6EFb)
I didn't even see the typo.
Posted by: publius
I am convinced they occur after you hit post or publish.
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at June 21, 2025 02:54 AM (NXz8h)
Posted by: Sock Monkey * sporting my Andrew Breitbart attitude at June 21, 2025 02:54 AM (F31MH)
I didn't even see the typo.
Posted by: publius
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My posts cannot be both consistent, and complete.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at June 21, 2025 02:56 AM (XeU6L)
But don’t existing laws require hospitals to provide healthcare without making patients actually pay for that care?
As an issue related to mandates for hospitals, by what laws are doctors compelled to render service for uncompensated medicine?
Posted by: Goatweed at June 21, 2025 02:57 AM (cl9qq)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at June 21, 2025 02:58 AM (XeU6L)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 21, 2025 03:01 AM (OJL75)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
Spokane hotels have certain sketch aura.
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at June 21, 2025 03:03 AM (NXz8h)
Mike, that's interesting. I've got a Grok account, it's free, and there are limitations. If you want to get one, you can see if would try to come up with a full Suduko solver.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at June 21, 2025 03:08 AM (w6EFb)
I'm estranged from older brother, who lives about 1/4 mile away. (the "I hate you, I'm gonna killl you" one)
Sis is a hopeless libtard, but we're on speaking terms. Mostly. Can't discuss politics, of course.
Younger bro is my friend, but has plenty of personal issues that interfere with everything...
Ugh.
Sorry your sister was being so stuck-up.
Posted by: JQ at June 21, 2025 03:09 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
Hopefully not Al's Motel.
Posted by: Sock Monkey * sporting my Andrew Breitbart attitude at June 21, 2025 03:10 AM (F31MH)
lol, these goblins are so dumb...
Our Favorite Vice President today intentionally called "senator" alex padilla "Jose."
And NONE of these dumbfucks remember Jose Padilla, long time resident of Gitmo. So all the goblins made videos today about how Vance is "racist" and calls all Mexicans"jose."
Posted by: Soothsayer at June 21, 2025 03:11 AM (uKaf4)
Expo 74 really brought in some trash. And they never left.
So glad we escaped!
Posted by: JQ at June 21, 2025 03:12 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at June 21, 2025 03:15 AM (0nHVk)
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Posted by: JQ at June 21, 2025 03:17 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: JQ
Honestly, I feel for her. She struggles to deal with life. The animosity comes from the fact I had to sue her for guardianship of my father to get control of his finances. She has two college degrees but hadn't worked for 16 years. She's been a public defender for the last 6 years. Longest she's ever held a job. My younger brother occasionally benefited from her generosity with my father's money, but basically she poisoned him against my wife and I. Most of our lives I was the one she called when she needed help or was struggling. She struggled alot.
Posted by: Sock Monkey * sporting my Andrew Breitbart attitude at June 21, 2025 03:23 AM (F31MH)
Hoping it's drier in the morning!
Good night, horde. Keep on keepin' on!
Posted by: JQ at June 21, 2025 03:23 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: nerdygirl at June 20, 2025 11:25 PM (0Htd1)
Grandma canned those in small jars. They were a beautiful dark green color - like dark green colored pine needles - but tasted like cloves on steroids.
Posted by: 13times at June 21, 2025 03:25 AM (k+iGm)
Oh, jeez, Sock Monkey! Isn't that just the way *they* roll?
Unable to manage their own lives, but first in line to insist upon managing others. Bleh. (oh, and especially if there's somebody else's money involved!)
Somewhere between "poor me" and "I'm the boss" right?
Ugh.
My condolences, Sock.
Posted by: JQ at June 21, 2025 03:28 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: Ciampino - Alfa Romeo, Lancia, Maserati at June 21, 2025 12:51 AM (sPQoU)
And Studebaker, and Packard, and Willys, and Crosley, and Hudson, to name but a few.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 21, 2025 03:29 AM (OJL75)
Posted by: Sock Monkey * sporting my Andrew Breitbart attitude at June 21, 2025 03:35 AM (F31MH)
Posted by: Sock Monkey * sporting my Andrew Breitbart attitude at June 21, 2025 03:23 AM (F31MH)
Sorry to hear about your family travails and your brother's impending death. Tough row to hoe, for sure.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 21, 2025 03:42 AM (OJL75)
Night, Horde.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 21, 2025 03:45 AM (OJL75)
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Posted by: Kindltot at June 21, 2025 12:22 AM (D7oie)
I wouldn’t know, having no health for which to care.
Posted by: Cow Demon at June 21, 2025 06:04 AM (4IClK)
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