Bed-Hoppers Cafe

Painting of the Bridge of Sighs in Venice
by Gustave Dore
If memory serves, it's called the Bridge of Sighs
because the bridge leads from a prison to the
place of execution. You get a few sighs of regret
as you cross it. Swell view, though!

My memory didn't quite serve. The bridge led not from the prison to the gallows, but from the courts where the accused were tried to the prisons where they were subsequently jailed.

Dog never goes anywhere without his teddy bear.

Another happy customer.

Re-Post: They thought it would be nice to be married at a farm. They thought wrong.

This cat's been riding her dog-brother since she was a kitten.

Cuddling an otter.

Head-tilting with a friend.

Cats will steal anyone's bed.

Drone captures images of great white sharks gliding just beneath the surface. Good video, just excuse his relentless Shark Apologism. ("The most misunderstood of creatures" -- nah, I understand them just fine. We just disagree on whether I'm food.)

Cute dog is moved by seeing Simba suffer in The Lion King.

Dungeons & Dragons TV commercial from the early eighties.

Women feeds and raises an orphaned fawn, "Thor."

Replacing Timothy Chalamet in Dune with Elmo the Muppet. I don't really see much difference.

A couple's dog passed. Then the goofiest-looking stray dog decided they should adopt him.

Beaver enjoys a good rub.

Letting the dogs at the rescue centre choose their own toys.. 😊 pic.twitter.com/849U9ofnnp
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Weeee.. 😅 pic.twitter.com/xSi6sRYkHD
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Posted by: Ace at 07:30 PM

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1 Woohoo!!!

Posted by: Diogenes at July 15, 2025 07:31 PM (W/lyH)

2 Meep meep!

Posted by: nurse ratched at July 15, 2025 07:33 PM (jFyB2)

3 I just watched the video on how Venuce was built.

Wood pylons.

Posted by: kallisto at July 15, 2025 07:33 PM (CMbxZ)

4 Otter is cool.

(See nurse? I'm covering for ya)

Posted by: Diogenes at July 15, 2025 07:34 PM (W/lyH)

5 Great White sharks can fuck right the fuck off into the Sun.

Posted by: eleven at July 15, 2025 07:34 PM (fV+MH)

6 That river otter is going to rip her face off and chew on her eyeballs

Posted by: nurse ratched at July 15, 2025 07:34 PM (jFyB2)

7 The dog with the little kitty on her back looks so sad. The claws probably hurt the dog's back.

Posted by: CaliGirl at July 15, 2025 07:34 PM (77W69)

8 woohoo!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at July 15, 2025 07:35 PM (dKEEs)

9 Was this the inspiration for the Trower song?

Posted by: davidt at July 15, 2025 07:36 PM (i0F8b)

10 Cats do tend to claim ownership of All the Things.

Posted by: kallisto at July 15, 2025 07:37 PM (CMbxZ)

11 Venice is beautiful, too bad it is sinking fast...

Posted by: runner at July 15, 2025 07:37 PM (g47mK)

12 I think the Elmo Gom Jabbar is my favorite thing youtube ever produced.

That and Mr Plinkett.

Posted by: eleven at July 15, 2025 07:37 PM (fV+MH)

13 Just finished off some chicken parmigiana.

Now going to light into this perfectly made Gimlet and ponder life's mysteries like, where the heck did I put my T-Square?

It's big so it's not like it's in-con-f**king-spic-u-ous.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at July 15, 2025 07:38 PM (XV/Pl)

14 Cats stink, can we just be clear on this?

Posted by: Bulg at July 15, 2025 07:38 PM (77rzZ)

15 Venusians>>Venetians>>Peruvians>>Portugees

Posted by: The Rank Organization at July 15, 2025 07:39 PM (G5+As)

16 I didn't know Dore did paintings, only his remarkable engravings. Thanks for including the painting in the post.

Posted by: JTB at July 15, 2025 07:39 PM (yTvNw)

17 Mike Waltz had his UN ambassador hearing today. Good for him.

Posted by: runner at July 15, 2025 07:39 PM (g47mK)

18 That beaver was very appreciative.

Posted by: Open Channel D at July 15, 2025 07:39 PM (tgTrV)

19 I have to go prep the fruit for tomorrow’s smoothies, bbl

Posted by: kallisto at July 15, 2025 07:39 PM (CMbxZ)

20
Man falls into meat grinder at a food processing facility in California. The facility makes frozen burritos.

Fox website reporting this.

Posted by: fourseasons at July 15, 2025 07:39 PM (3ek7K)

21 I think he will make waves !

Posted by: runner at July 15, 2025 07:40 PM (g47mK)

22 Anyone who's interested in traversing the Bridge of Thighs in Georgia, hit me up.

Posted by: Stacey at July 15, 2025 07:40 PM (0sNs1)

23 Bed-Hoppers Cafe.

Elric Blade’s lovelife has entered the chat.

Posted by: Bulg at July 15, 2025 07:40 PM (77rzZ)

24 helpful terriers rock!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at July 15, 2025 07:40 PM (dKEEs)

25 @20 I want to unread that.

Posted by: runner at July 15, 2025 07:40 PM (g47mK)

26 Venice is beautiful, too bad it is sinking fast...
Posted by: runner at July 15, 2025 07:37 PM (g47mK)

Last time I was there the stench was awful.

Posted by: Diogenes at July 15, 2025 07:40 PM (W/lyH)

27 From the last post:

Boys of NYC: I can see why many of you are single after reading Julia's diatribe of hysterics and mental juju to Murry Hill Guy. Because he cancelled the dinner without getting into a political back and forth with Julia. She probably chewed with her mouth open, anyway.

I totally love his lawyer who called her batshit. I don't think I have ever read that from a lawyer in a letter or any form. Good for him!

THIS right there is why there are Title IX and #MeToo crap. Ok, some are legit (especially boys in locker rooms with boners pretending to be girls). Some are real cases. But I'd hazard a guess that many are college girls who have sex and then do the walk of shame when the guy does not ask them out.

This reminds me of the guy (I read it here or reddit) who had a bazillion texts over six months (I think 500k) from a crazy woman who wanted to marry him. He had to get restraining orders and she was finally arrested from breaking into his apt and taking a bath. I think Julia would do this. She was interviewed in prison and still totally thought they should marry! Ok!

Hang in there, men. There are normal women out there somewhere, even in NYC. Blows kisses.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at July 15, 2025 07:41 PM (6PCLE)

28 Is that last video a Grey hound? Has the same energy sometimes like reef does.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at July 15, 2025 07:41 PM (zZu0s)

29 Pretty sure the Dune/Elmo vid was in the sidebar once upon a time.

Posted by: BruceWayne at July 15, 2025 07:41 PM (MGB5H)

30 Evenin'

Another round of golf today. I didn't shoot my age. Maybe George Burns age when he died. Many golf balls were sacrificed to the woodland spirits

Posted by: Puddleglum, chillin' in Amish Country at July 15, 2025 07:43 PM (uGaBv)

31 " Replacing Timothy Chalamet in Dune with Elmo the Muppet."

reminds me of this thing I saw the other day:
replace "AI" in any sentence with "cocaine"

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at July 15, 2025 07:44 PM (dKEEs)

32 22 Anyone who's interested in traversing the Bridge of Thighs in Georgia, hit me up.
Posted by: Stacey

Fani ain't had much time for me lately. I might give it a go!

Posted by: Nathan Wade at July 15, 2025 07:45 PM (G5+As)

33 You can make amazing videos with cocaine, but you can't trust it for shit.

Posted by: eleven at July 15, 2025 07:46 PM (fV+MH)

34
Timothee Chalamet says he intends to be the greatest actor ever and do everything. At the rate AI is going, his plans had better include live theater. Dune Elmo may look harmless, but it's just the very cute tip of a very large and lethal iceberg.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 15, 2025 07:50 PM (HL/Ld)

35 We visited Doge Palace when we were in Venice in May. The interior of the Bridge of Sighs is a bit more spartan.

Posted by: Heavy Meta at July 15, 2025 07:52 PM (GTqXr)

36
Dog never goes anywhere without his teddy bear.

_________

Our Mr. Peanut, God rest his gallant soul, always had a toy in his mouth. He just loved them. And the girls going through a false pregnancy will collect toys to "nurse". Sweet and sad.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 15, 2025 07:54 PM (HZi96)

37 >>Great White sharks can fuck right the fuck off into the Sun.

Sometimes the shark he go away...Somtimes he wouldn't go away

Posted by: JackStraw at July 15, 2025 07:54 PM (viF8m)

38 30 Evenin'

Another round of golf today. I didn't shoot my age. Maybe George Burns age when he died. Many golf balls were sacrificed to the woodland spirits
Posted by: Puddleglum, chillin' in Amish Country at July 15, 2025 07:43 PM (uGaBv)

Last time DH went golfing, he stopped at the pro shop to buy a few boxes of balls. The kid selling them asked if he should put them in his golf cart. DH told him to just walk around the course and randomly throw them into the woods to save time.

The kid is probably still laughing about that one.

Posted by: tcn in AK at July 15, 2025 07:56 PM (1Gsou)

39
Whippets love their blankies.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 15, 2025 07:56 PM (HZi96)

40 I saw Stacey and the Bridge of Thighs open for Wesley Crusher at the fourth season finale of Star Trek: Discovery.

Posted by: J. Random Moron at July 15, 2025 07:57 PM (lxWee)

41 Our Mr. Peanut, God rest his gallant soul, always had a toy in his mouth. He just loved them. And the girls going through a false pregnancy will collect toys to "nurse". Sweet and sad.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 15, 2025 07:54 PM (HZi96)

My girls shred everything within an hour. Even the supposed truly tough toys. Particularly if they have a squeaker. Then the toy must die.

But they have fun doing it.

Posted by: tcn in AK at July 15, 2025 07:58 PM (1Gsou)

42 I think that is a whippet. They are smaller than greyhounds

Posted by: Notsothoreau at July 15, 2025 07:58 PM (cuCUO)

43
Well, some green on the radar finally managed to get over me. And it's petering out, and hasn't even tripped .01" yet. Just a dew drops.

And funny last night, I got a few drops a little before midnight. Enough to barely slightly wet a walkway. And it didn't even show up on the radar replay. It literally fell under the radar. I think the floor of GSP's radar is about 1500' over me here.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 15, 2025 07:58 PM (w6EFb)

44 I had a dog that wanted to sneak and chew on a grandfather clock. It also hated the vacuum cleaner. Watchung yt, someone said dog logic is, two things touching becomes one thing. Lean that vacuum up to the clock and sneak chewing went away.

Posted by: somemf at July 15, 2025 07:59 PM (buTO7)

45 Anyone ever had mudshark at the Edgewater Inn?

Posted by: Vanilla Fudge at July 15, 2025 07:59 PM (G5+As)

46 35 We visited Doge Palace when we were in Venice in May. The interior of the Bridge of Sighs is a bit more spartan.
Posted by: Heavy Meta at July 15, 2025 07:52 PM (GTqXr)

Big Balls must have Doged it.

Posted by: tcn in AK at July 15, 2025 07:59 PM (1Gsou)

47 Our Mr. Peanut, God rest his gallant soul, always had a toy in his mouth. He just loved them. And the girls going through a false pregnancy will collect toys to "nurse". Sweet and sad.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 15, 2025 07:54 PM (HZi96

That's what my Summit would do too. Always with a baby. And she would dig through the toy boxes to find a specific one.

Posted by: BruceWayne at July 15, 2025 07:59 PM (MGB5H)

48
Ugh. Long day today. HM had a doctor's appointment. Then a bath for Varus. Then up to NRG Center to set up the gypsy encampment for this week's shows. Then a chiropractic visit for Varus, who was a mess. Then bathing Rosalind.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 15, 2025 07:59 PM (HZi96)

49 43
Well, some green on the radar finally managed to get over me. And it's petering out, and hasn't even tripped .01" yet. Just a dew drops.

And funny last night, I got a few drops a little before midnight. Enough to barely slightly wet a walkway. And it didn't even show up on the radar replay. It literally fell under the radar. I think the floor of GSP's radar is about 1500' over me here.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 15, 2025 07:58 PM (w6EFb)
How's the peanut crop looking this year?

Posted by: Eromero at July 15, 2025 08:01 PM (LHPAg)

50 I had a dog that would attack the vacuum every time we brought it out. He would even growl at it when he walked by the closet. Had to put him outside to vacuum or he would latch on to it.

Posted by: sniffybigtoe at July 15, 2025 08:02 PM (b4o9z)

51 And funny last night, I got a few drops a little before midnight. Enough to barely slightly wet a walkway. And it didn't even show up on the radar replay. It literally fell under the radar. I think the floor of GSP's radar is about 1500' over me here.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 15, 2025 07:58 PM (w6EFb)

I'm watching it rain everywhere in Tennessee but here.

Posted by: Additional Blond Agent, STEM Guy at July 15, 2025 08:02 PM (/HDaX)

52 Then bathing Rosalind.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 15, 2025 07:59 PM (HZi96)

I know they are show dogs. But still.

The last time my dogs had a bath was.... never.

They go swimming once in a while, and I suspect Piper got washed when they did surgery to remove a chunk of sock from her upper colon, but, no, they don't bathe.

And it isn't pretty if I have to hose them down after rolling in the mud flats, either.

Posted by: tcn in AK at July 15, 2025 08:02 PM (1Gsou)

53 I had a dog that would attack the vacuum every time we brought it out. He would even growl at it when he walked by the closet. Had to put him outside to vacuum or he would latch on to it.
Posted by: sniffybigtoe at July 15, 2025 08:02 PM (b4o9z)

The show Wilfred. Where Elijah Wood saw his dog as a man in a dog costume. When Wilfred would attack the vacuum was absolutely hilarious.

Posted by: BruceWayne at July 15, 2025 08:03 PM (MGB5H)

54 Had to put him outside to vacuum or he would latch on to it.
Posted by: sniffybigtoe at July 15, 2025 08:02 PM (b4o9z)

I think my dogs think it is a conspiracy against them. After all the effort to put that fur all over the house, here I go, destroying the ambience with a horrid machine that makes noise and then makes things disappear. "Not cool, Mom."

Posted by: tcn in AK at July 15, 2025 08:04 PM (1Gsou)

55 Saw both of Trump's tarmac press briefings today. He was in rare form. He said Jerome Powell has no personality and talking to him is like talking to "a chair."

Posted by: Ordinary American at July 15, 2025 08:04 PM (WHfpM)

56 Anyone who's interested in traversing the Bridge of Thighs in Georgia, hit me up.
Posted by: Stacey

Fani ain't had much time for me lately. I might give it a go!
Posted by: Nathan Wade at July 15, 2025 07:45 PM

Slap her thigh and ride the wave in.

Posted by: toby928 at July 15, 2025 08:04 PM (jc0TO)

57
I know they are show dogs. But still.

_________

Correct. They are show dogs and they damn well better be clean beforehand.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 15, 2025 08:04 PM (HZi96)

58 The dog/vacuum hate goes back to ancient Greece.

Posted by: eleven at July 15, 2025 08:04 PM (fV+MH)

59 >> How's the peanut crop looking this year?

I don't know, have to ask 'em in Georgia. They do grown them in SC, but down state.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 15, 2025 08:04 PM (w6EFb)

60 Why in hell do they have a bunch of gyrating babes on the field for the All Star Game? Cheerleaders? Not for baseball, folks. Ick.

Posted by: tcn in AK at July 15, 2025 08:05 PM (1Gsou)

61 Lotta rain on the NC Va border. The humidity is so thick here, my clothes are soaked by 10am. I bring two shirts for work and beach clothes when I am done.

Posted by: Accomack at July 15, 2025 08:05 PM (6HDsc)

62 Lotta rain on the NC Va border. The humidity is so thick here, my clothes are soaked by 10am. I bring two shirts for work and beach clothes when I am done.
Posted by: Accomack at July 15, 2025 08:05 PM

Socks. You need three pair.

Posted by: toby928 at July 15, 2025 08:06 PM (jc0TO)

63 Take the load off Fani

Posted by: JackStraw at July 15, 2025 08:06 PM (viF8m)

64 The Blade does not wear gay boat shoes. The Blade wears Lowa light hikers. With socks. Wearing shoes without socks is The Gay.

Oh and that thread in the earlier post about the slitcunt bitching about her date not likening Bombdaddy? Fake!

The Blade knows things. Trust The Blade.

Posted by: Elric the Bladiest Blade at July 15, 2025 08:07 PM (NgBDl)

65 For some reason, all through the shark narrative, I kept thinking about Timothy Treadwell.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc.. at July 15, 2025 08:07 PM (XeU6L)

66 Correct. They are show dogs and they damn well better be clean beforehand.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 15, 2025 08:04 PM (HZi96)

I get it. I do. We once had a failed purebred, Austrailian Terrier, was supposed to be a show dog but his ears weren't right, never cleaned himself, not even once. DH referred to the really gross part as "the crusty pee-wick." I did bathe him, and he hated it, but he allowed it. I think even he acknowledged that he was a stinky mess.

Posted by: tcn in AK at July 15, 2025 08:08 PM (1Gsou)

67
And the infuriating thing is some spots less than 3 miles from here got around 0.6" out of this thing.

One local station near Fountain Inn in that location registered well over an inch, but I think he's out of whack with his rain gauge. He's got way too much for the month compared to the nearby ones. It's possible he did get that much, but I don't think so.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 15, 2025 08:08 PM (w6EFb)

68 Not that hot in Amish Country. Very humid though. The temps match the humidity. 80+/-.

Posted by: Puddleglum, chillin' in Amish Country at July 15, 2025 08:08 PM (uGaBv)

69 Great. Now they are showing the US on the field, without Alaska or Hawaii.

What was wrong with a plain flag?

Posted by: tcn in AK at July 15, 2025 08:09 PM (1Gsou)

70 59 >> How's the peanut crop looking this year?

I don't know, have to ask 'em in Georgia. They do grown them in SC, but down state.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 15, 2025 08:04 PM (w6EFb)
Lexington County plants a few. I used to plant some here in ETEX.

Posted by: Eromero at July 15, 2025 08:09 PM (LHPAg)

71 Anyone ever had mudshark at the Edgewater Inn?
Posted by: Vanilla Fudge at July 15, 2025 07:59 PM

* shifty eyes *

Why do you ask?

Posted by: Led Zeppelin at July 15, 2025 08:11 PM (0sNs1)

72 Zac Brown Band killed the anthem. Well done, Atlanta.

Posted by: tcn in AK at July 15, 2025 08:11 PM (1Gsou)

73 How's the peanut crop looking this year?
Posted by: Eromero at July 15, 2025 08:01 PM (LHPAg)
——

‘My dick is fine, thanks. How are you, big boy?’

— Tim Walz

Posted by: Elric the Bladiest Blade at July 15, 2025 08:12 PM (NgBDl)

74 I don't know, have to ask 'em in Georgia. They do grown them in SC, but down state.
Posted by: publius
-----

Tobacco and peanuts were my grandfather's primary cash crops. Horry county SC.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc.. at July 15, 2025 08:12 PM (XeU6L)

75 It seems like all of my family, even the ones I agree with politically, are losing their minds these days.

Posted by: Bulg at July 15, 2025 08:12 PM (77rzZ)

76 The Blade knows things. Trust The Blade.
Posted by: Elric the Bladiest Blade at July 15, 2025 08:07 PM

Jimmy knows what you mean.

Posted by: Jimmy at July 15, 2025 08:12 PM (jc0TO)

77 Thousands (20,000) of Afghans to be given asylum in Britain after data breach revealed they assisted the UK during the war:

https://tinyurl.com/2xbxbmeu

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at July 15, 2025 08:13 PM (kpS4V)

78 T-storms all day today, continuing tonight. We need the rain.

Posted by: davidt at July 15, 2025 08:13 PM (i0F8b)

79 35 We visited Doge Palace when we were in Venice in May. The interior of the Bridge of Sighs is a bit more spartan.
Posted by: Heavy Meta
------------
Concur. We visited last fall. Prison with iron bars, stone rooms. Dank and gloomy. Exterior was nice!

Posted by: scampydog at July 15, 2025 08:14 PM (41CYW)

80 Peanuts: Legumes

I post this because the legitimate opportunities to post 'Legumes' are limited.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc.. at July 15, 2025 08:14 PM (XeU6L)

81 I'm in the market for a Fridge of Size. Anyone have a good lead?

Posted by: Lena Dunham at July 15, 2025 08:15 PM (hY4dx)

82 Peanuts: Legumes

I post this because the legitimate opportunities to post 'Legumes' are limited.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc.. at July 15, 2025 08:14 PM (XeU6L)

Does anyone know another legume masquerading as a nut?
-Fat Monica's boring Dr boyfriend

Posted by: BruceWayne at July 15, 2025 08:16 PM (MGB5H)

83 75 It seems like all of my family, even the ones I agree with politically, are losing their minds these days.
Posted by: Bulg at July 15, 2025 08:12 PM (77rzZ)

TDS related or something else? I have some erstwhile Republican extended family members with TDS. He's broken a lot of people's brains and it's hard to fully understand the mechanism.

Posted by: It's getting crazier out there at July 15, 2025 08:16 PM (TbWk/)

84 I'm in the market for a Fridge of Size. Anyone have a good lead?
Posted by: Lena Dunham at July 15, 2025 08:15 PM (hY4dx)
——

‘This is about me, isn’t it?’

— William Perry

Posted by: Elric the Bladiest Blade at July 15, 2025 08:17 PM (NgBDl)

85 Bridge of Sighs...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FLyESW7_lm4

Posted by: davidt at July 15, 2025 08:17 PM (i0F8b)

86 "I'm in the market for a Fridge of Size. Anyone have a good lead?"

Get the f**k away from me, bitch.

Posted by: William "Refrigerator" Perry at July 15, 2025 08:18 PM (o2Win)

87 George Washington Carver was sometimes called the Wizard of Legumes.

True fact, boss.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at July 15, 2025 08:18 PM (hY4dx)

88 >>Peanuts: Legumes

Big fan of peanuts. But I don't get boiled peanuts. Only had 'em once and maybe it was just badly done but didn't do it for me.

Just give me a bag of unshelled peanuts, beer and baseball and I'm good for the afternoon.

Posted by: JackStraw at July 15, 2025 08:18 PM (viF8m)

89
Just looking, Georgia accounts for about half of all US peanut production. That's about 1.6M tons. Out of curiosity, SC peanut production is about 300M lbs, or just 150K tons.

Biggest counties are Orangeburg, Calhoun, and Hampton, with other surrounding counties doing some. Horry county, which Mike mentioned is a 2nd tier level, as is Darlington. The other coastal counties there produce some as well. NC may grow a few above there as well.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 15, 2025 08:18 PM (w6EFb)

90
I did bathe him, and he hated it, but he allowed it. I think even he acknowledged that he was a stinky mess.
Posted by: tcn in AK at July 15, 2025 08:08 PM (1Gsou)

___________

Baths are never a problem. The campaigned specials even enjoy them. Nails, on the other hand....

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 15, 2025 08:20 PM (HZi96)

91 83 No, in my family’s case, it’s the continuing fallout over the quarrels over our parents’ estate.

Posted by: Bulg at July 15, 2025 08:20 PM (77rzZ)

92 84 86 Good ole Horde Mind.

Posted by: PabloD at July 15, 2025 08:20 PM (o2Win)

93 80 Peanuts: Legumes

I post this because the legitimate opportunities to post 'Legumes' are limited.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc.. at July 15, 2025 08:14 PM (XeU6L)
Yeah, like scuppernongs

Posted by: Eromero at July 15, 2025 08:20 PM (LHPAg)

94 The narrator on the shark video has established a new world record for banal twaddle. Yes, the videos were fun to see, but everything isn't incredible, and it's not really a surprise that sharks come into shallow water on the East Coast, nor the West Coast.

Posted by: Archimedes at July 15, 2025 08:21 PM (Riz8t)

95 Anyone read a comment by moron robbie / boron cobbie of late? or, was he hammered?

Will Ciampino be added to the Absent Friends list?

Posted by: old chick at July 15, 2025 08:21 PM (F3Dlr)

96 probing the heat of Uranus
trib.al/l3TJ5hQ

Posted by: gKWVE at July 15, 2025 08:22 PM (gKWVE)

97 Big fan of peanuts. But I don't get boiled peanuts. Only had 'em once and maybe it was just badly done but didn't do it for me.

Just give me a bag of unshelled peanuts, beer and baseball and I'm good for the afternoon.
Posted by: JackStraw at July 15, 2025 08:18 PM (viF8m)

You have to throw in some star anise with the heavy brine, that makes it tasty.

Posted by: Kindltot at July 15, 2025 08:23 PM (D7oie)

98 Evening, Ace, and Cafe patrons. A radioactive Peon is home from his cardiac perfusion tests. No results to report as yaet.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 15, 2025 08:23 PM (ARwJH)

99 96 probing the heat of Uranus
trib.al/l3TJ5hQ
Posted by: gKWVE at July 15, 2025 08:22 PM (gKWVE

------------

Reminds me how much I miss the seat coolers that my previous vehicle had. Especially in the summer.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at July 15, 2025 08:24 PM (hY4dx)

100 Saw both of Trump's tarmac press briefings today. He was in rare form. He said Jerome Powell has no personality and talking to him is like talking to "a chair."

Well, he's no Alan Greenspan, but then, who is?

Posted by: Archimedes at July 15, 2025 08:24 PM (Riz8t)

101 >>Yes, the videos were fun to see, but everything isn't incredible, and it's not really a surprise that sharks come into shallow water on the East Coast, nor the West Coast.

If people realized how close sharks come to shore there would be a lot fewer people going into the ocean.

Posted by: JackStraw at July 15, 2025 08:24 PM (viF8m)

102 Weird, I just re-read the 1975 JAWS script earlier today.

Posted by: mot at July 15, 2025 08:24 PM (fIPNY)

103 Hi, Kindltot! Hi, Nurse (if you're still around)!

Posted by: PabloD at July 15, 2025 08:24 PM (o2Win)

104 Posted by: PabloD at July 15, 2025 08:24 PM (o2Win)

It has been in the 90's for about a week, up here. I remember now why I used to work graveyard.

Posted by: Kindltot at July 15, 2025 08:26 PM (D7oie)

105 all you people and your "rain"

It is not unusual to get two and a months without rain here.

Posted by: Kindltot at July 15, 2025 08:27 PM (D7oie)

106 PDT rocks!
YES!
THIS!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at July 15, 2025 08:27 PM (dKEEs)

107 I'd kill for it to be in the 90s - we're at 100 or above at the peak of the day. A/C is running almost 24/7. There are certainly times when I miss living in the Willamette Valley.

Posted by: PabloD at July 15, 2025 08:27 PM (o2Win)

108 It is not unusual to get two and a months without rain here.
Posted by: Kindltot at July 15, 2025 08:27 PM

We know where it goes for that vacation.

Posted by: Toto at July 15, 2025 08:29 PM (0sNs1)

109 91 83 No, in my family’s case, it’s the continuing fallout over the quarrels over our parents’ estate.
Posted by: Bulg at July 15, 2025 08:20 PM (77rzZ)

Oh fuck that's way worse. Something about probating an estate brings out the batshit in people. There seem to be only two modes in those cases - smooth as glass or total shitstorm.

Posted by: Internecine warfare at July 15, 2025 08:30 PM (TbWk/)

110 >> probing the heat of Uranus

And it was Dr. Xinyue Wang who launched this deep probe study. Dr. Wang deeply probes Uranus. The NY Post loves these turns of phrases.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 15, 2025 08:30 PM (w6EFb)

111 lol, JS; if I ever got in the ocean to swim, again, it would be a real challenge to conceal the 629 and a Gerber mkII in the speedo.

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at July 15, 2025 08:31 PM (dKEEs)

112 Just getting time to read some of Ace's posts from earlier today. I don't know about any of you, but I often find Margot Cleveland and Julie Kelly unreadable.

I think they're very smart, they know what they're talking about, and they're pitbulls on topics important to me. I should eat up everything they write. But I still have a hard time investing in their writing.

When I was an English major decades ago it was known that Virginia Wolff was a great author, but men had difficulty with her writing. Maybe it's just the fact that I'm a guy. Any thoughts?

Posted by: 496 at July 15, 2025 08:31 PM (1FJsD)

113 For the Horde's entertainment, Carl Sandberg sings 'Eating Goober Peas'

He used to live two doors down the street.

http://tiny.cc/33hp001

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc.. at July 15, 2025 08:32 PM (XeU6L)

114 52
And it isn't pretty if I have to hose them down after rolling in the mud flats, either.
Posted by: tcn in AK at July 15

I get Saijo bathed, but he has environmental allergies that we hope go away next season after being here for a year. It is normal to bathe Shibas monthly or every other month as they can get bacteria under their fur, even with their less fuzzy summer coat. Plus I like to let the groomer do his nails, he is very dramatic about it. Shibas are really clean dogs, they don’t smell doggy at all, it’s interesting.

Posted by: Piper at July 15, 2025 08:34 PM (p4NUW)

115 Maud'dib's name is a tickling word.

Posted by: BourbonChicken at July 15, 2025 08:34 PM (lhenN)

116 Oh fuck that's way worse. Something about probating an estate brings out the batshit in people. There seem to be only two modes in those cases - smooth as glass or total shitstorm.
Posted by: Internecine warfare
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People will fight more over something that they think that they deserve than they will over an actual possession.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc.. at July 15, 2025 08:35 PM (XeU6L)

117 >>lol, JS; if I ever got in the ocean to swim, again, it would be a real challenge to conceal the 629 and a Gerber mkII in the speedo.

They do tend to be lumpy.

There are a lot of sharks in the ocean and relatively few bites. You have a better chance of being hit by lightning.

Posted by: JackStraw at July 15, 2025 08:36 PM (viF8m)

118 lol, JS; if I ever got in the ocean to swim, again, it would be a real challenge to conceal the 629 and a Gerber mkII in the speedo.
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at July 15, 2025 08:31 PM (dKEEs)

Board shorts are the answer.

Posted by: Kindltot at July 15, 2025 08:36 PM (D7oie)

119
There are a lot of sharks in the ocean and relatively few bites. You have a better chance of being hit by lightning.
Posted by: JackStraw
---------

Killed by a hog.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc.. at July 15, 2025 08:37 PM (XeU6L)

120 My memory didn't quite serve. The bridge led not from the prison to the gallows, but from the courts where the accused were tried to the prisons where they were subsequently jailed

You had me at execution. Then you ruined everything.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at July 15, 2025 08:37 PM (jTdr2)

121 Go easy on the beaver, Wally.

Posted by: June at July 15, 2025 08:38 PM (XQo4F)

122 You could probably carry a stripped down AKM with a paratroop stock if your board shorts are baggy enough

Posted by: Kindltot at July 15, 2025 08:38 PM (D7oie)

123 Bridge of Signs can be seen from the windows of gaol a couple hundred yards up the canal. The painting ain't it, but artistic license 'n all.

Posted by: Ex Rex Reeder at July 15, 2025 08:40 PM (MZ+PY)

124
Root beer float. Cane sugar root beer and HEB 1905 vanilla ice cream. Yum.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 15, 2025 08:41 PM (HZi96)

125 >121 Go easy on the beaver, Wally.

Posted by: June at July 15, 2025 08:38 PM (XQo4F)

Paging King Oedipus. King Oedipus to the white courtesy phone...

Posted by: Ward Cleaver at July 15, 2025 08:41 PM (GTqXr)

126 >>My memory didn't quite serve. The bridge led not from the prison to the gallows, but from the courts where the accused were tried to the prisons where they were subsequently jailed

The warden
led the prisoner
down the hallway
to his doom

Posted by: JackStraw at July 15, 2025 08:43 PM (viF8m)

127 FWIW
"Between 2014 and 2023, the average yearly number of fatal shark attacks worldwide was 5.8, while the average number of fatal wild pig attacks was 19.7. In 2024 alone, there have already been seven deaths from wild pig incidents"

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc.. at July 15, 2025 08:44 PM (XeU6L)

128
There are a lot of sharks in the ocean and relatively few bites. You have a better chance of being hit by lightning.
Posted by: JackStraw
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Let's base our statistics on real life. How many sharks are within 100 feet of the shore? Just count those and see what happens to your chances.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 15, 2025 08:44 PM (HL/Ld)

129 Nails, on the other hand....
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 15, 2025 08:20 PM (HZi96)

Louie was a terrier. Touching feet is a no-no. He screamed like a banshee before I even cut one of them. I'm sure the neighbors thought we were torturing him.

Posted by: tcn in AK at July 15, 2025 08:46 PM (1Gsou)

130
Fox is ruining the All-Star Game. Stupid gimmicks. And bow-tied ginks.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 15, 2025 08:47 PM (HZi96)

131 Let's base our statistics on real life. How many sharks are within 100 feet of the shore? Just count those and see what happens to your chances.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 15, 2025 08:44 PM (HL/Ld)

Per my calculations, there's a lot of them

Posted by: One-Handed Abacus at July 15, 2025 08:47 PM (gKDq2)

132 Let's base our statistics on real life. How many sharks are within 100 feet of the shore? Just count those and see what happens to your chances.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 15, 2025 08:44 PM

Ahem.

Posted by: zombie sailors of the U.S.S. Indianapolis at July 15, 2025 08:48 PM (0sNs1)

133 I may be wandering into Weasel territory here (inadvisably), but one of my hunting buddies always carried a Webley .455 as a backup when hog hunting. I found it interesting.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc.. at July 15, 2025 08:48 PM (XeU6L)

134 You Go, H7!

Woohoo!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at July 15, 2025 08:48 PM (dKEEs)

135 130
Fox is ruining the All-Star Game. Stupid gimmicks. And bow-tied ginks.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 15, 2025 08:47 PM (HZi96)

Can we just do baseball? Please? Why do they think the people who can afford tickets want a bunch of crap before we get to the actual, you know, baseball?

Posted by: tcn in AK at July 15, 2025 08:48 PM (1Gsou)

136 Fox is ruining the All-Star Game. Stupid gimmicks. And bow-tied ginks.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 15, 2025 08:47 PM (HZi96)

Fox brought back Tucker?

Posted by: RickZ at July 15, 2025 08:49 PM (gKDq2)

137 Boiled Peanuts are geeroooss.

Posted by: AlaBAMA at July 15, 2025 08:50 PM (zt7i2)

138 I may be wandering into Weasel territory here (inadvisably), but one of my hunting buddies always carried a Webley .455 as a backup when hog hunting. I found it interesting.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc.. at July 15, 2025 08:48 PM (XeU6L)

I would covet a pre-1896 Webley .455 A legal antique here in Canada, no paperwork needed.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 15, 2025 08:50 PM (ARwJH)

139 Mike Hammer. I carry a .357 doing evening chores because of the hog population. They are not always here but you never know.

Posted by: Ben Had at July 15, 2025 08:51 PM (HFcKg)

140
Just reading about the proposed probes of Uranus. Nothing has been set in stone, but NASA and the ESA have a few concept missions.

Did not know this, but the necessary alignments with Jupiter required for gravity assist are sparse in the 2020s and 2030s, making the launch windows tight. Adding some Venus assists to make a much longer lolly-gagging trajectory could be done.

And, plutonium production is getting scarce as well (used for the RTGs), and that may be a problem.

Anyway, orbital insertion into Uranus is tight and tricky and well.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 15, 2025 08:51 PM (w6EFb)

141
Bow ties only look good on 7-year-old boys, puppies and some women. No adult man should be seen in them.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 15, 2025 08:51 PM (HZi96)

142 statistics, shmatistics; knife, gun, flashlight.

don't leave home without them.

if yr gonna walk more than 50 feet from a road, add matches & compass

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at July 15, 2025 08:51 PM (dKEEs)

143 Has there ever been a Hogzilla movie?

Posted by: Pudihead at July 15, 2025 08:52 PM (NBPRu)

144 Can we just do baseball? Please? Why do they think the people who can afford tickets want a bunch of crap before we get to the actual, you know, baseball?
Posted by: tcn in AK at July 15, 2025 08:48 PM (1Gsou)

I've been to CitiField twice in the last 15 years. I won't go anymore. Not just because of the ticket prices and the cost of food and beverages but because the game is now an 'event', a 'happening', a 'place to be'. Being at the ballpark is no longer about a baseball game. It's about every other distraction imaginable.

Posted by: RickZ at July 15, 2025 08:52 PM (gKDq2)

145 One thing I didn’t know, young Mule deer like to jump on all fours and hop, rather than run, at times. One bounced like a kangaroo all the way through my camp the other day, it’s pretty comical to see.

Posted by: Common Tater at July 15, 2025 08:53 PM (YovzQ)

146 140
Just reading about the proposed probes of Uranus. Nothing has been set in stone, but NASA and the ESA have a few concept missions.

Did not know this, but the necessary alignments with Jupiter required for gravity assist are sparse in the 2020s and 2030s, making the launch windows tight. Adding some Venus assists to make a much longer lolly-gagging trajectory could be done.

And, plutonium production is getting scarce as well (used for the RTGs), and that may be a problem.

Anyway, orbital insertion into Uranus is tight and tricky and well.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 15, 2025 08:51 PM (w6EFb

That's a lot of in you end oh.

Posted by: AlaBAMA at July 15, 2025 08:53 PM (zt7i2)

147 Boiled Peanuts are geeroooss.
Posted by: AlaBAMA at July 15, 2025 08:50 PM (zt7i2)

IMAO, they're an insult to peanuts and my Virginia heritage.

Posted by: RickZ at July 15, 2025 08:54 PM (gKDq2)

148 Bow ties only look good on 7-year-old boys, puppies and some women. No adult man should be seen in them.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 15, 2025 08:51 PM

Your words are hurtful.

Posted by: Tails at July 15, 2025 08:54 PM (jc0TO)

149 thx, Common Tater, that's funny!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at July 15, 2025 08:55 PM (dKEEs)

150 >>Let's base our statistics on real life. How many sharks are within 100 feet of the shore? Just count those and see what happens to your chances.

Depends where you are. The west coast of Florida when bull sharks are migrating. Many. Hell, they will swim up freshwater rivers. FL Keys pretty much year round? Many. We turn on the underwater light and watch them swim in the canal behind my buddies home at night. Cape Cod when the seals around. Many. Lots of Great Whites in this area because lots of fish. One of our alternate license plates is a Mako shark. Lots of them too.

They just don't bite humans all that often.

Posted by: JackStraw at July 15, 2025 08:56 PM (viF8m)

151 Amusing take on Michael Jackson.

https://is.gd/ZHxHP0

Posted by: Archimedes at July 15, 2025 08:57 PM (Riz8t)

152 The Bridge of Sighs: A Novel
by Olen Steinhauer
A good read, in a series.
Sunday morning came early.

Posted by: OTR FAN at July 15, 2025 08:57 PM (KVlfh)

153 Has there ever been a Hogzilla movie?

Posted by: Pudihead

Yes. With Joe Bob Briggs. They even made him watch it on Last Drive In.

Posted by: Grudge Harbor at July 15, 2025 08:59 PM (4DY5T)

154 When I think of Bridge of Sighs, I think of Robin Trower.

Posted by: RickZ at July 15, 2025 08:59 PM (gKDq2)

155 There is a photo of my grandfather, standing on a bridge with the Bridge of Sighs behind him. Was a long time ago. Looks the same.

Hey, it's Tuesday. Guess what we had for dinner. Go on, guess.

My thinking is, hard-shell tacos were a fiendish plot by Mexicans to make Gringos feel stupid when we bite down and the shell cracks and everything spills out.

Posted by: mindful webworker - soy muy estupido gringo at July 15, 2025 09:00 PM (+kBwA)

156 Mule deer are awesome. They do like the hopping. I love their big ears. Beautiful creatures.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, I Have Become Comfortably Lame at July 15, 2025 09:00 PM (0aYVJ)

157 youtu.be/06lWmDg7i7Q

Robin Trower-Bridge of Sighs

Posted by: Puddleglum, chillin' in Amish Country at July 15, 2025 09:01 PM (uGaBv)

158 Has there ever been a Hogzilla movie?
Posted by: Pudihead
--------

How about the real thing?

https://shorter.me/N6YPH

Just down the road...

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc.. at July 15, 2025 09:02 PM (XeU6L)

159 " ... They just don't bite humans all that often.
Posted by: JackStraw at July 15, 2025 08:56 PM (viF8m) "

but if they should take a notion, 629 / Gerber

yeahyeahyeah, I know, but these days I'm'a kinda split between "do not go gentle into that good night" and, (as a last resort) "he died well!"

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at July 15, 2025 09:02 PM (dKEEs)

160 155, THIS!

what else could account for it?

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at July 15, 2025 09:04 PM (dKEEs)

161 Here's a video of a lot of blacktip sharks right off the coast of Florida. A lot of blacktip sharks.

https://tinyurl.com/2dw38xmf

Posted by: JackStraw at July 15, 2025 09:04 PM (viF8m)

162
The prison the Bridge of Sighs led to was known as Piombi (The Leads), so called because of its lead roof, which conducted heat and cold such that the inmates were always miserable.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 15, 2025 09:05 PM (HZi96)

163 yeahyeahyeah, I know, but these days I'm'a kinda split between "do not go gentle into that good night" and, (as a last resort) "he died well!"
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at July 15, 2025 09:02 PM (dKEEs)

I'll settle for 'he didn't scream much'.

Posted by: RickZ at July 15, 2025 09:05 PM (gKDq2)

164 Virginia makes a lot of noise about buying their local peanuts.

Posted by: Accomack at July 15, 2025 09:06 PM (28cZF)

165 eh, RickZ, yr not wrong ...

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at July 15, 2025 09:07 PM (dKEEs)

166 Ever notice you never see Cashews available in the shell for purchase? Hm? You know why?

Because they are highly toxic, kind of like poison ivy or whatever. I would like to track down the reason Pistachio shells are dyed red, but I’ve other stuff to do first.

Posted by: Common Tater at July 15, 2025 09:07 PM (YovzQ)

167 I mean, we never know, right?

do the best we can.

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at July 15, 2025 09:07 PM (dKEEs)

168
Depends where you are. The west coast of Florida when bull sharks are migrating. Many. Hell, they will swim up freshwater rivers.
-----

See: Lester Stillwell.

Tidal creek, Bull shark.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc.. at July 15, 2025 09:08 PM (XeU6L)

169 Virginia makes a lot of noise about buying their local peanuts.
Posted by: Accomack at July 15, 2025 09:06 PM (28cZF)

I recently moved to Idaho.

To my great shame, I recently bought a bag of potatoes from California.

Speak of this to no one.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, I Have Become Comfortably Lame at July 15, 2025 09:09 PM (0aYVJ)

170 Because they are highly toxic, kind of like poison ivy or whatever. I would like to track down the reason Pistachio shells are dyed red, but I’ve other stuff to do first.
Posted by: Common Tater at July 15, 2025 09:07 PM (YovzQ)

To hide the discoloration from mold growing on the shells as they ripen.

Posted by: Kindltot at July 15, 2025 09:11 PM (D7oie)

171 Hognado

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at July 15, 2025 09:11 PM (63Dwl)

172 secrets are safe with us, Pug!

but might want to have a word with Bob from NSA ...

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at July 15, 2025 09:11 PM (dKEEs)

173 >>See: Lester Stillwell.

>>Tidal creek, Bull shark.

When I was working in Tampa I remember seeing a news report of a bull literally chasing a young boy out of the water and biting him while he was half on the beach. A couple of guys beat on the shark's head until he let go.

Bulls are psychos.

Posted by: JackStraw at July 15, 2025 09:12 PM (viF8m)

174 There are potato farms around here. I haven't bought some yet. The peaches are from SC and are awesome.
The corn is deep green and tall.
We are going to Maine soon and I have to stop in the mall in North Castle, De. and go the Stolzfus Bakery and butcher shop.

Posted by: Accomack at July 15, 2025 09:13 PM (28cZF)

175 Sharks in Alabama.

https://tinyurl.com/mrxht6pp

We also have had a rare great white.

Posted by: Piper at July 15, 2025 09:14 PM (GMx4K)

176 Idaho does make some great spuds. Those huge Bakers, especially. I’m told on some authority, that Maine potatoes are superior, but I’ve no direct knowledge. In any case, they do not export in sufficient numbers, I don’t believe I’ve ever had a Maniac tater from the grocery.

I always thought Ore-Ida should make a commercial set to the tune of “Tennesee Stud”

There’s never been a tater like the Idaho Spuuuuud…

Posted by: Common Tater at July 15, 2025 09:14 PM (YovzQ)

177 Here's a video of a lot of blacktip sharks right off the coast of Florida. A lot of blacktip sharks.

https://tinyurl.com/2dw38xmf
Posted by: JackStraw at July 15, 2025 09:04 PM (viF8m)
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And yet you continue to wonder why I won't go snorkeling.

Posted by: bluebell at July 15, 2025 09:16 PM (P/Jb0)

178 Biggest hog I have seen on my place was around 650 lbs.

Posted by: Ben Had at July 15, 2025 09:16 PM (HFcKg)

179 not me, bluebell, not me ...

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at July 15, 2025 09:17 PM (dKEEs)

180 >>And yet you continue to wonder why I won't go snorkeling.

I wouldn't let the bad fish hurt you.

Posted by: JackStraw at July 15, 2025 09:19 PM (viF8m)

181 bluebell, have you talked to Maud'dib recently?

Posted by: Ben Had at July 15, 2025 09:19 PM (HFcKg)

182 Is it too late to start day drinking?

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at July 15, 2025 09:19 PM (NXz8h)

183 The Trumpster needs to Tariff foreign nuts, the Cashews available now are super large and crunchy, but they have no flavor hardly. California needs to get back in the game.

The best tasting mixed nuts came out of those red machines lined up at the store exits and cost a nickel. Put yer money in, Twist the knob, and get a handful. Always wanted to get me a Ford Gumball machine, too.

Posted by: Common Tater at July 15, 2025 09:20 PM (YovzQ)

184 Anyone know why Walz would want Amy Klobuchar dead?

Posted by: eleven at July 15, 2025 09:20 PM (fV+MH)

185 Lake Michigan - unsalted and no sharks

Alas, only swimmable for a few weeks a year . . .

Posted by: 2009Refugee at July 15, 2025 09:20 PM (8AONa)

186 I have not, Ben Had. Everything good with him?

Posted by: bluebell at July 15, 2025 09:20 PM (P/Jb0)

187 182 Is it too late to start day drinking?

It's 5 o'clock somewhere. Or noon.

Posted by: Ex Rex Reeder at July 15, 2025 09:21 PM (MZ+PY)

188 170 Because they are highly toxic, kind of like poison ivy or whatever. I would like to track down the reason Pistachio shells are dyed red, but I’ve other stuff to do first.
Posted by: Common Tater at July 15, 2025 09:07 PM (YovzQ)

To hide the discoloration from mold growing on the shells as they ripen.
Posted by: Kindltot at July

To hide imperfections in the shell, BUT there is more. When we embargoed imports from Iran, we started growing more here, and because there wasn’t the shipping involved, and we are Americans, therefore better, there were fewer imperfections. And then they stopped dying them in the US to distinguish from imported ones from the ME.

Posted by: Piper at July 15, 2025 09:21 PM (11JP3)

189 Ya gotta start early in the morning if you’re gonna drink all day

Posted by: Common Tater at July 15, 2025 09:21 PM (YovzQ)

190 Hey, Piper.

Posted by: Bulg at July 15, 2025 09:22 PM (77rzZ)

191 Dio

They're cleaning up the Seine. For real. Parts of it, in Paris, are now open to the public for swimming.

There's no reason the canals in Venice couldn't be de-stenched.

All it would require is money & long-term commitment.

Posted by: mnw at July 15, 2025 09:22 PM (kd60y)

192 I recently moved to Idaho.

To my great shame, I recently bought a bag of potatoes from California.

Speak of this to no one.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, I Have Become Comfortably Lame at July 15, 2025 09:09 PM (0aYVJ)

Dude.

Posted by: nurse ratched at July 15, 2025 09:22 PM (mT+6a)

193 bluebell, I haven't heard from him in a good while.

Posted by: Ben Had at July 15, 2025 09:22 PM (HFcKg)

194 Anyone know why Walz would want Amy Klobuchar dead?
Posted by: eleven at July 15, 2025 09:20 PM (fV+MH)

Because she made fun of his big stupid face what looks like a catfish gasping for air on Ole's dinghy?

Just guessing.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, I Have Become Comfortably Lame at July 15, 2025 09:23 PM (0aYVJ)

195 There are two kinds of people: people who don't understand swimming with sharks, and people who don't swim with sharks.

Posted by: Bombadil at July 15, 2025 09:23 PM (MX0bI)

196 Anyone know why Walz would want Amy Klobuchar dead?
——-

Who are we to criticize their culture?

Posted by: Common Tater at July 15, 2025 09:23 PM (nK972)

197 I mean, we never know, right?

do the best we can.
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at July 15, 2025 09:07 PM (dKEEs)

Is that ever the truth.

In college, had a part-time evening job running daily computer tapes. I looked out the window one summer evening, about 7 o'clock. I'm the only one in the building. I see a pickup across the lawn had run off the one-and-a-half lane road on the far edge, its engine running (I could see the exhaust).

I locked up and walked over to the truck to see if anyone needed help. As I got closer, I saw a man leaning over the steering wheel. I got to the window and said, 'Hey Bu--'. That's all I got out. His eyes were vacant. I felt for a pulse. None. The guy was dead of an apparent heart attack. Turned the engine off, grabbed the keys (so no one could steal the truck) and called in a dead body/single vehicle traffic 'accident'.

You never know.

Posted by: RickZ at July 15, 2025 09:24 PM (gKDq2)

198 Ben Had, hopefully he's busy with his summer place and his boats and his kids and six grandchildren who live nearby. That guy is always working, chopping wood, etc., and when he has free time he's with the grandkids at his lake house in the summer.

Posted by: bluebell at July 15, 2025 09:25 PM (P/Jb0)

199 Ben Had!

Stayin dry, I hope!

Posted by: nurse ratched at July 15, 2025 09:25 PM (mT+6a)

200 Reading the story on the shooter's letter to Kashmir patel...

I mean he seems a bit off.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at July 15, 2025 09:25 PM (zZu0s)

201
*!*

It just came to me. The solution for stinky Venetian canals. Shit-eating sharks.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc.. at July 15, 2025 09:25 PM (XeU6L)

202 I get the impression he is pretending to be crazy.

Posted by: steevy at July 15, 2025 09:27 PM (YwEeS)

203 I think I have a pitcher of that bridge in Venice. Spent a day there once. I mostly remember being hung over and having a great pizza at a place way off the beaten path.

We were on a battery* fun trip to Yugoslvia. Portorz. A quick hop to Venice from there.

*battery being a field artillery unit...it was set up by the battalion. We was in Germany. I could go on, but I think I covered the disclaimer.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, I Have Become Comfortably Lame at July 15, 2025 09:27 PM (0aYVJ)

204 "Anyone know why Walz would want Amy Klobuchar dead?
——-

Who are we to criticize their culture?
Posted by: Common Tater"

excellent.

Posted by: eleven at July 15, 2025 09:27 PM (fV+MH)

205 Hi, Ben Had. I hope you are well.

Posted by: Bulg at July 15, 2025 09:27 PM (77rzZ)

206 nurse, unfortunately no. Rained yesterday and more heading this way this evening.

Posted by: Ben Had at July 15, 2025 09:27 PM (HFcKg)

207 Vance just broke the tie in the Senate and the Doge bill advances.

You're going down, Big Bird.

Posted by: JackStraw at July 15, 2025 09:27 PM (viF8m)

208 I haven't seen Grump928 in a while.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, red heifer owner at July 15, 2025 09:28 PM (dR6yv)

209 I get the impression he is pretending to be crazy.
Posted by: steevy at July 15, 2025 09:27 PM (YwEeS)

Om, to what end? He killed the one couple dead but managed to fumble the second. Never came close to Klobacher. So?

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at July 15, 2025 09:28 PM (zZu0s)

210 Because they are highly toxic, kind of like poison ivy or whatever. I would like to track down the reason Pistachio shells are dyed red, but I’ve other stuff to do first.
Posted by: Common Tater at July 15, 2025 09:07 PM (YovzQ)

To hide the discoloration from mold growing on the shells as they ripen.
Posted by: Kindltot

Don't know about the mold but have heard that long times for shipment would make the shells look like shit vs the natural ivory white.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at July 15, 2025 09:28 PM (/lPRQ)

211 Launch in 25 minutes

GO! - SpaceX - Falcon 9 - Starlink 15-2 - SLC-4E - Vandenberg SFB

Launch Time: 7:05 p.m. PDT (July 16, 0205 UTC, 0405 CEST)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g4C5Dqu9-no

Posted by: Joyenz at July 15, 2025 09:29 PM (sPQoU)

212 Hi Bulg, I am, thank you. I hope the same for you.

Posted by: Ben Had at July 15, 2025 09:29 PM (HFcKg)

213 Hi Bulg!

Posted by: Piper at July 15, 2025 09:29 PM (p4NUW)

214 212 Ben Had, I am, more or less.

Posted by: Bulg at July 15, 2025 09:30 PM (77rzZ)

215
Speaking of peaches, we went down to Ridge Spring, SC last week to get some peaches. My mother and one of her young girlfriends (she's only 81) like to go down there.

Titan Farms there is one of the biggest peach operations in the country, 6000 acres. Their boxes are usually marked "Sun sweet". Here's some pictures of Ridge Spring, a tiny little town:
https://tinyurl.com/yurd2ra3

We ate lunch at that little "Juniper" cafe you see there. It was $60 for sandwiches for Miley, my mother, and me. A wee bit pricey. I guess you're paying for the old timey atmosphere or something.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 15, 2025 09:31 PM (w6EFb)

216 >>I haven't seen Grump928 in a while.

Grump? You won't see him around here no more.

Posted by: JackStraw at July 15, 2025 09:31 PM (viF8m)

217 Who are we to criticize their culture?

Posted by: Common Tater

Minnesota Honor Killings On The Rise

Women, Amy Klobuchar Hardest Hit

Posted by: Bombadil at July 15, 2025 09:32 PM (MX0bI)

218 Piper, how is your puppy?

Posted by: Bulg at July 15, 2025 09:32 PM (77rzZ)

219 208 I haven't seen Grump928 in a while.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, red

He explained to me earlier he went back to Toby928. He was here today.

Posted by: Piper at July 15, 2025 09:33 PM (p4NUW)

220
"I was one of Hitler's generals. Here's how to fix the Atlantic Wall."

Posted by: Zombie Erwin Rommel at July 15, 2025 09:33 PM (BI5O2)

221 218 Piper, how is your puppy?
Posted by: Bulg at July 15, 2025

Good! He is crashed, we just got in from our last walk.

Posted by: Piper at July 15, 2025 09:33 PM (p4NUW)

222
Now, in those Ridge Spring pictures, note the bank building. Very classic, imposing, but small right in the middle of the little town. They built banks that way back them. 1918, I think.

Now, there's a similar bank building in the nearby town of Johnston, SC. Somebody is trying to restore that which Miley was reading about, and she wanted to drive by it, so after lunch we swung by Johnston.

That's in Edgefield County, and as we crossed the county line, I told Miley she was now in J. Strom Thurmond's stomping grounds. Almost drove on to the town of Edgefield itself to see J. Strom's statue, there, but decided just to head home.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 15, 2025 09:34 PM (w6EFb)

223 How about commenter Wyatt Earp? Is he still around?

Posted by: Bulg at July 15, 2025 09:34 PM (77rzZ)

224 Wyatt was here a couple of days ago.

Posted by: Ben Had at July 15, 2025 09:36 PM (HFcKg)

225 Vance just broke the tie in the Senate and the Doge bill advances.
You're going down, Big Bird.
Posted by: JackStraw at July 15, 2025 09:27 PM (viF8m)
~~~~~

3 Republican NOs: McConnell, Collins, Murkowski. Usual suspects.

Posted by: IrishEi at July 15, 2025 09:36 PM (3ImbR)

226 I’m told on some authority, that Maine potatoes are superior [to Idaho potatoes.]
Posted by: Common Tater

Oh good grief. That is unpossible. That is exactly like saying those mongrel Colorado poser green chilis are better than the greatest chiles on the planet: New Mexico Hatch Green Chiles.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at July 15, 2025 09:36 PM (NXz8h)

227 Piper, give your pup a hug for me.

Posted by: Bulg at July 15, 2025 09:37 PM (77rzZ)

228 What's in the Doge bill?

Posted by: davidt at July 15, 2025 09:38 PM (i0F8b)

229 I'm in Iowa, overlooking the Mississippi River.

I am not going to rehash the day's posts, but I see the comment about Iran bombing being an 80/20 issue.

That's nice. By "any means necessary" would presumably include nooking the country back to the Stone Age, because at this point it's a foregone conclusion Iran is going to build a nook. Why wouldn't they?

If it must be said, polls are always stupid, and sometimes, so are the American people. Remember that 90% approval Bush Sr. got after attacking Iraq?

How'd that turn out?

Posted by: BurtTC at July 15, 2025 09:38 PM (kW2zO)

230 227 Piper, give your pup a hug for me.
Posted by: Bulg at July 15, 2025 09:37 PM (77rzZ)

I will! Thank you.

Posted by: Piper at July 15, 2025 09:38 PM (p4NUW)

231 I recently moved to Idaho.

To my great shame, I recently bought a bag of potatoes from California.

Speak of this to no one.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, I Have Become Comfortably Lame at July 15, 2025 09:09 PM (0aYVJ)
-------
This is a clear a cry for help as any ever posted on these pages.

Posted by: 496 at July 15, 2025 09:38 PM (QbvHV)

232 What's in the Doge bill?
Posted by: davidt at July 15, 2025 09:38 PM (i0F8b)

Big and beautiful things, I'm sure.

Posted by: BurtTC at July 15, 2025 09:38 PM (kW2zO)

233 3 Republican NOs: McConnell, Collins, Murkowski. Usual suspects.
Posted by: IrishEi

McConnell ?
I thought he resting peacefully in retirement back home in Chyna.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at July 15, 2025 09:39 PM (/lPRQ)

234 Oh good grief. That is unpossible. That is exactly like saying those mongrel Colorado poser green chilis are better than the greatest chiles on the planet: New Mexico Hatch Green Chiles.
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at July 15, 2025 09:36 PM (NXz8h)

Or Palisade peaches
Or Olathe Sweet corn

Two things I miss about Colorado.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, I Have Become Comfortably Lame at July 15, 2025 09:39 PM (0aYVJ)

235 Instead of term limits; how about any asshole who isn't going to run for re-election has to retire immediately?

Posted by: weft cut-loop at July 15, 2025 09:40 PM (mlg/3)

236
Here's the guy who bought that old bank building in Johnston, SC:

https://tinyurl.com/2ytr2g94

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 15, 2025 09:40 PM (w6EFb)

237 Shark apologists crack me up.

Sure, a shark has never bit me. Because I stay away from sharks.

Posted by: Avoid Predators at July 15, 2025 09:41 PM (wyw6i)

238 What's in the Doge bill?
Posted by: davidt at July 15, 2025 09:38 PM (i0F8b)

Big and beautiful things, I'm sure.
Posted by: BurtTC at July 15, 2025 09:38 PM (kW2zO)

Pulsating tumescent girthy-ness. With a bow-tie and cheap sunglasses. /:

Posted by: Pug Mahon, I Have Become Comfortably Lame at July 15, 2025 09:41 PM (0aYVJ)

239 I’m told on some authority, that Maine potatoes are superior [to Idaho potatoes.]
Posted by: Common Tater
-------
Maine potatoes really are good. Thebes from that neck of the geographic woods, however, come from Prince Edward Island. I've had their 'new potatoes' many times, and they're fantastic.

Posted by: 496 at July 15, 2025 09:41 PM (QbvHV)

240 Big and beautiful things, I'm sure.
Posted by: BurtTC at July 15, 2025 09:38 PM (kW2zO)

I'm getting 'big and beautifully' tired of the tv personality schtick real quick.

Talk normal, Trump, we know you can do it. I watched your appearance on Gutfeld!

Posted by: RickZ at July 15, 2025 09:41 PM (gKDq2)

241 Anyone know why Walz would want Amy Klobuchar dead?
——-

Who are we to criticize their culture?
Posted by: Common Tater at July 15, 2025 09:23 PM (nK972)

Spent most of today in MinnieSomalia. I'm convinced that state has the most ninny drivers in the country. Everyone drives the speed limit, and dammit, they're going to stay in the left lane to make you drive it too.

Posted by: BurtTC at July 15, 2025 09:42 PM (kW2zO)

242 Or Palisade peaches
Or Olathe Sweet corn

Two things I miss about Colorado.
Posted by: Pug Mahon

Dude. Do you understand your Idaho card is probationary.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at July 15, 2025 09:42 PM (NXz8h)

243 >> What's in the Doge bill?

They had to pass it to find out.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 15, 2025 09:42 PM (w6EFb)

244 >>What's in the Doge bill?

9 billion of your money. Well all 9 billion probably isn't yours but tax dollars.

Big cuts to PBS or NPR and more cuts to foreign aid.

And this is just the first recission bill.

Posted by: JackStraw at July 15, 2025 09:42 PM (viF8m)

245 They started growing pistaschios in Calofornia in the early 70s, on a big farm owned by the Shah of Iran's brother in law. My husband worked there for a bit.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at July 15, 2025 09:43 PM (cuCUO)

246 Alteria, I am making chiles rellenos Jose with the real hatch peppers tomorrow.

Posted by: Ben Had at July 15, 2025 09:43 PM (HFcKg)

247 What's in the Doge bill?
Posted by: davidt at July 15, 2025 09:38 PM (i0F8b)

Carts full of ducats. Any number of heads too. Usually your own, by the end. But always the eyes. They always pluck out your eyes.

Posted by: Any given Venetian Doge at July 15, 2025 09:44 PM (BI5O2)

248 This is a clear a cry for help as any ever posted on these pages.
Posted by: 496 at July 15, 2025 09:38 PM (QbvHV)

*morse code*

h e l p m e

Posted by: Pug Mahon, I Have Become Comfortably Lame at July 15, 2025 09:44 PM (0aYVJ)

249 Spent most of today in MinnieSomalia. I'm convinced that state has the most ninny drivers in the country. Everyone drives the speed limit, and dammit, they're going to stay in the left lane to make you drive it too.
Posted by: BurtTC

Sounds like you should come to New Mexico. Speed limits are to be driven at 20+ mph all the time, stopping for red lights are optional, and tailgating is mandatory as is having only one working headlight which is on high beam at night.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at July 15, 2025 09:45 PM (NXz8h)

250 211 Launch in 25 minutes

GO! - SpaceX - Falcon 9 - Starlink 15-2 - SLC-4E - Vandenberg SFB

Launch Time: 7:05 p.m. PDT (July 16, 0205 UTC, 0405 CEST)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g4C5Dqu9-no

Posted by: Joyenz at July 15, 2025 09:29 PM (sPQoU)

Thank you Joyenz. Heading out to the back patio now...

Posted by: Joe Kidd at July 15, 2025 09:45 PM (bA75n)

251 Shark apologists crack me up.

Sure, a shark has never bit me. Because I stay away from sharks.
Posted by: Avoid Predators at July 15, 2025 09:41 PM (wyw6i)

One of the best ways I've found to avoid being attacked by a shark is to avoid swimming in the ocean. I used to love the ocean; I grew up in Norfolk, VA (not NE, sorry Johnny). The older I got, though, the more I liked being able to see the bottom at 10 feet.

Posted by: RickZ at July 15, 2025 09:45 PM (gKDq2)

252 Or Palisade peaches
Or Olathe Sweet corn

Two things I miss about Colorado.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, I Have Become Comfortably Lame at July 15, 2025 09:39 PM (0aYVJ)

That's it?

I drove through the southern part a few days ago, then up through Colorado Springs, and on up to Wyoming. It's a breathtaking journey. Every time.

Posted by: BurtTC at July 15, 2025 09:46 PM (kW2zO)

253 Alteria, I am making chiles rellenos Jose with the real hatch peppers tomorrow. Posted by: Ben Had

Most excellent choice. So much better than poblanos.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at July 15, 2025 09:46 PM (NXz8h)

254 Do they really have a 'charter'? WTF is that?

@DeAngelisCorey 1h
BREAKING: Congressional Republicans will introduce a bill to REVOKE the National Education Association's federal charter TOMORROW.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at July 15, 2025 09:46 PM (mlg/3)

255 Another thing I miss about Colorado is a restaurant that featured New Mexico style food. they had a wonderful green chili sauce. I could buy it in jars. Wonder if I could have it delivered here?

Posted by: Pug Mahon, I Have Become Comfortably Lame at July 15, 2025 09:47 PM (0aYVJ)

256 Trump on Ukraine: “You Should Have Asked that Same Question to Biden. Why Did he Get Us into This War?” – “Because HE’S A DUMMY, That’s Why! And You Don’t Cover it Right.”

I think he speaks at the same level as the average American.
The voting ones.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at July 15, 2025 09:47 PM (/lPRQ)

257 Sounds like you should come to New Mexico. Speed limits are to be driven at 20+ mph all the time, stopping for red lights are optional, and tailgating is mandatory as is having only one working headlight which is on high beam at night.
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at July 15, 2025 09:45 PM (NXz8h)

I like NM. Some underrated scenery.

I guess I didn't notice the drivers, seems to be similar enough to Arizona.

Posted by: BurtTC at July 15, 2025 09:48 PM (kW2zO)

258
Well, I finally got 0.01" trip of rain. Woo-hoo!

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 15, 2025 09:48 PM (w6EFb)

259 Years ago I was watching a Shark Week video where some "expert" was standing in knee-deep water talking about how docile bull sharks were. Then one of them grabbed someone (maybe the camera man) by the leg and took off towards open water. The only reason the guy didn't drown is because the shark ripped off his entire calf muscle and decided that was enough to satiate his appetite for the moment.

Posted by: PabloD at July 15, 2025 09:49 PM (o2Win)

260 Another thing I miss about Colorado is a restaurant that featured New Mexico style food. they had a wonderful green chili sauce. I could buy it in jars. Wonder if I could have it delivered here?
Posted by: Pug Mahon, I Have Become Comfortably Lame at July 15, 2025 09:47 PM (0aYVJ)

I have a nephew in law who is Mexican. Born in Arizona though, not much more Mexican than I am.

He claims he makes authentic Mexican salsa.

Meh. I'm not impressed.

Posted by: BurtTC at July 15, 2025 09:50 PM (kW2zO)

261 That's it?

I drove through the southern part a few days ago, then up through Colorado Springs, and on up to Wyoming. It's a breathtaking journey. Every time.
Posted by: BurtTC at July 15, 2025 09:46 PM (kW2zO)

We lived in CO from 1996 through 2025. We saw it all. We also saw its frightening descent into Californistan.

We love Idaho. Boise is weird, but Idaho is a blast.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, I Have Become Comfortably Lame at July 15, 2025 09:50 PM (0aYVJ)

262 You know the thing about a shark is he’s got lifeless eyes. Black eyes. Like a doll’s eyes. When he comes at ya, doesn’t seem to be livin’… until he bites ya, and those black eyes roll over white and then… ah then you hear that terrible high-pitched screamin

Fairwell and adieu
To you fine Spanish ladies
Fairwell and adieu
You ladies from Spain

Posted by: JackStraw at July 15, 2025 09:51 PM (viF8m)

263 The NEA today is a skinsuit NEA, just like dozens of other once respected & non-controversial groups and organizations. ABA; AMA; you name it.

Posted by: mnw at July 15, 2025 09:52 PM (kd60y)

264 Wasn't it a bull shark that swam up a river in New Jersey and killed a kid?

Yeah they're totes harmless guys.

Trust the experts.

Posted by: eleven at July 15, 2025 09:52 PM (fV+MH)

265 Another thing I miss about Colorado is a restaurant that featured New Mexico style food. they had a wonderful green chili sauce. I could buy it in jars. Wonder if I could have it delivered here?
Posted by: Pug Mahon

You just landed on the New Mexico interdict and deport list. I've had "New Mexico" food in Colorado. The nicest thing I can say about it is only poutine is worse.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at July 15, 2025 09:53 PM (NXz8h)

266 mnw, wanted to catch you and mention you might read Arutz Sheva and Ynet news instead of Jpost and ToI.

Posted by: Ben Had at July 15, 2025 09:53 PM (HFcKg)

267 "I think he speaks at the same level as the average American.
The voting ones.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher "

He speaks to he Doug Heffernans and it works!

Posted by: eleven at July 15, 2025 09:54 PM (fV+MH)

268 Posted by: JackStraw at July 15, 2025 09:51 PM (viF8m)

I have never seen Jaws in its entirety. But I saw the third act in a motel room a few weeks ago, after a long hike. Not bad.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, I Have Become Comfortably Lame at July 15, 2025 09:55 PM (0aYVJ)

269 FFS. These interviews with the players on the field has me about ready to turn off the All-Star game. What's next? Robot umpires? Boxing style ringing girls to announce the innings... Oh wait, that's a pretty good idea.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at July 15, 2025 09:55 PM (NXz8h)

270 You just landed on the New Mexico interdict and deport list. I've had "New Mexico" food in Colorado. The nicest thing I can say about it is only poutine is worse.
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at July 15, 2025 09:53 PM (NXz8h)

*shrug* picked the wrong one, I reckon.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, I Have Become Comfortably Lame at July 15, 2025 09:56 PM (0aYVJ)

271 The nicest thing I can say about it is only poutine is worse.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at July 15, 2025 09:53 PM (NXz8h)
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Poutine is the food of a proud people.

Sure they're a bunch of soy-sodden commies lookingto be annexed by the USA, but still a proud peopke

Posted by: 496 at July 15, 2025 09:56 PM (G/LYz)

272 >>I have never seen Jaws in its entirety. But I saw the third act in a motel room a few weeks ago, after a long hike. Not bad.

If you ever do watch it look at the scene of the people getting off the ferry near the begining of the movie. Some of the kids were my classmates.

They didn't get paid to be extras but they got a free ferry ride to the Vineyard. Nobody expected the movie to be anything so why not get a free ride?

Posted by: JackStraw at July 15, 2025 09:58 PM (viF8m)

273 Another thing I miss about Colorado is a restaurant that featured New Mexico style food. they had a wonderful green chili sauce. I could buy it in jars. Wonder if I could have it delivered here?
Posted by: Pug Mahon

Was it a salsa, or an enchilada sauce? I could find a recipe either way.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at July 15, 2025 09:58 PM (mlg/3)

274 Pug, Cookwell green chili sauce. You will thank me, I guarantee you.

Posted by: Ben Had at July 15, 2025 10:00 PM (HFcKg)

275 Pug Mahon, don't tell anybody, but I am required by law and custom, as a legal New Mexico resident, to lash out at Colorado. Don't ask about what happens when Arizona or, having forbid, Texas is mentioned; no bueno.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at July 15, 2025 10:00 PM (NXz8h)

276 We lived in CO from 1996 through 2025. We saw it all. We also saw its frightening descent into Californistan.

We love Idaho. Boise is weird, but Idaho is a blast.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, I Have Become Comfortably Lame at July 15, 2025 09:50 PM (0aYVJ)

I understand, I just believe I'm never not going to love the mountains.

And there are still some people there I love.

Posted by: BurtTC at July 15, 2025 10:00 PM (kW2zO)

277 Poutine is the food of a proud people.

Sure they're a bunch of soy-sodden commies lookingto be annexed by the USA, but still a proud peopke
Posted by: 496 at July 15, 2025 09:56 PM (G/LYz)

I happened to have poutine today. Not on my regular menu, but it was 5 P.M., and I had not eaten a bite since the previous evening. It hit the spot.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 15, 2025 10:01 PM (5Djh4)

278 .
NOOD

ONT is live

NOOD!

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at July 15, 2025 10:01 PM (O7YUW)

279 Eight and a half minutes till
T -8.5

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 15, 2025 10:02 PM (blT2t)

280 "Bridge of Sighs"...Robin Trower, one of the best albums ever. Biker dude told me..."Like hendrix? try a listen to this dude" gave me an 8 track tape. I drove up to Ohio from Texas with a motorcycle and a birddog in the back of my chevy stepside. Had a knock down drag out with my father, packed back up and left with my younger brother along for the ride,he was too young to drive, we hadn't gone 20 miles when I popped the Trower tape in...felt better, but when it came time to switch tapes it was stuck in the machine...I drove 23 hrs straight back home to Texas with it playing over and over, and over. Couldn't stand to hear it for a couple of decades after that. I'll break it out about once a year now.

Posted by: birddog at July 15, 2025 10:19 PM (s5LY2)

281 Last time I was there the stench was awful.
Posted by: Diogene

Oh, you were there for Bezos' wedding?

Posted by: haffhowershower at July 15, 2025 10:27 PM (144I4)

282 CAFE car efficiency ratings are going away with the BBB.

Posted by: BourbonChicken at July 15, 2025 10:49 PM (lhenN)

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