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Saturday Night "Club ONT" July 19, 2025 [The 3 Ds]
Saturday Night Jokes and Other Funnies
A guy said to God, "God, is it true that to you a billion years is like a second?"
God said yes. The guy said, "God, is it true that to you a billion dollars is like a penny?"
God said yes. The guy said, "God, can I have a penny?" God said, "Sure, just a second."
Drink of the Night
Several accounts credit the Planter's Punch to Myers's Rum. The Jamaican rum brand sold a Planter's Punch Rum to be used specifically in the cocktail, and this product helped to popularize the recipe among drinkers. The cocktail was fashionable in the United States through the 1960s, until the Tiki craze began to subside. The cocktail lost its luster over the years, but it was revived during the Tiki renaissance of the 2000s and resurfaced in cocktail books, like Ted Haigh's influential 2009 tome, "Vintage Spirits and Forgotten Cocktails."- 3 ounces dark rum
- 1 ounce simple syrup
- 3/4 ounce lime juice, freshly squeezed
- 1 teaspoon grenadine
- 3 dashes Angostura bitters
- 1 splash club soda, chilled
- Garnish: mint sprig Fill a shaker with ice. Add the rum, lime juice, simple syrup, grenadine, club soda, and bitters. Shake well for about 10-15 seconds. Strain into a tall glass filled with ice (a highball or Collins glass works great). Garnish with an orange slice, cherry, or a mint sprig.
Club Endorsed Bartender
Land a bottle flip for a free pint!! pic.twitter.com/syxrmoSWwi
— Dudes Posting Their W’s (@DudespostingWs) July 15, 2025
Some sources have cited mooning, or baring one’s butt at another as an insult that stretches back to the Romans, but the gesture as we know it today seems to have started in the Middle Ages. Wikipedia claims that the first known instance of mooning was recorded by the famous Roman-Jewish historian Josephus in the 1st century A.D. According to Josephus’ account in The Wars of the Jews, a Roman soldier bared his rear to an audience of Jews celebrating Passover, and incited a riot that killed “upwards of thirty thousand.” However, a closer examination of Josephus’s account shows that the soldier was not mooning the crowd, but rather farting in their general direction. Josephus puts it more delicately, “One of the soldiers, raising his robe, stooped in an indecent attitude, so as to turn his backside to the Jews, and made a noise in keeping with his posture.”History of Mooning Part 2
Mooning was first recorded in North America in around 1524, when the Italian explorer Giovanni da Verrazzano and his crew were mooned by Native Americans of the Abenaki tribe along the coast of Maine . Verrazzano was astonished by the “barbarous” behavior of the natives and called the state of Maine “onde la male gente” (land of the bad people). The Abenaki, however, had previous contact with Europeans and did not think very highly of them. Mooning Verrazzano and his crew was the Abenaki’s unequivocal way of telling the Europeans exactly what they thought of them.
In March, Bubba Pizza's research cooks considered that, since pineapple does so well on pizza, perhaps another citrus fruit would, too. This summer, the New York Post reports, the chain is offering pizzas with orange slices and ham. Online reaction has been lively, although, oddly enough, not universally positive.
US personnel at a Ukrainian airfield during Operation Frantic in 1944 leaf through an edition of "Yank" magazine with a pair of Soviet soldiers in the shade of a B-17. In spite of a presumed language barrier it appears that they eventually find some common ground pic.twitter.com/VlDs5eI1a6
— hw97karbine (@hw97karbine) July 14, 2025
Top 10ish Comments of the Week. Or thereabout...
Comments
(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at July 19, 2025 10:01 PM (lUFok)
Posted by: mikeski at July 19, 2025 10:01 PM (DgGvY)
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at July 19, 2025 10:01 PM (zZu0s)
Posted by: OrangeEnt at July 19, 2025 10:01 PM (0eaVi)
Posted by: Bulg at July 19, 2025 10:02 PM (77rzZ)
Posted by: Admiral Spinebender at July 19, 2025 10:02 PM (hftn9)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 19, 2025 10:02 PM (8wfHl)
Neither did her guide dog.
Posted by: tankdemon at July 19, 2025 10:03 PM (BxSXV)
Posted by: Lurking Cheshirecat at July 19, 2025 10:03 PM (w3u3d)
Posted by: Tonypete at July 19, 2025 10:03 PM (cYBz/)
Posted by: Tonypete at July 19, 2025 10:04 PM (cYBz/)
Neither did her guide dog.
Posted by: tankdemon at July 19, 2025 10:03 PM (BxSXV)
You should avoid art painted with poop when viewing with dogs.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at July 19, 2025 10:05 PM (S/Y4j)
Posted by: Doof at July 19, 2025 10:05 PM (rbUUk)
I'll just skip the hesitation and say "Yes, please". The try to hand the girly drink to an 'ette who will laugh and take the moonshine away from me.
Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at July 19, 2025 10:06 PM (lUFok)
Posted by: Puddleglum, chillin' in Amish Country at July 19, 2025 10:06 PM (uGaBv)
Posted by: Admiral Spinebender at July 19, 2025 10:07 PM (hftn9)
Posted by: Joyenz at July 19, 2025 10:07 PM (sPQoU)
Posted by: OrangeEnt at July 19, 2025 10:07 PM (0eaVi)
Posted by: Obi Wan at July 19, 2025 10:07 PM (i0F8b)
Yeah, Operation Frantic. The idea that bomber losses could be reduced if the planes flew to Soviet occupied territory instead of returning. The bases were set up, then Stalin tipped off the Nazis, who raided them. End of experiment.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 19, 2025 10:07 PM (8wfHl)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at July 19, 2025 10:08 PM (JkO4W)
Posted by: tankdemon
For too short of a time, I dated a profoundly deaf woman. Way, way, waaaay out of my league. Hell of a nice woman and stunningly beautiful - such that when she entered a room, everyone would turn and look at her.
When we'd go to parties and such, she usually would become rather reserved and sad. I asked her about it later and she told me she would read the lips of many of the folks and most women were catty as hell and most of the guys were absolute pigs given what they were saying.
Posted by: Tonypete at July 19, 2025 10:09 PM (cYBz/)
Posted by: Doof at July 19, 2025 10:05 PM
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Low five Disco! (High fives are less frequent when equipped with short arms.)
Posted by: TRex - gimme five! at July 19, 2025 10:09 PM (IQ6Gq)
Great content as always! Keep up the good work, guys!
Posted by: Legally Sufficient at July 19, 2025 10:09 PM (kB9dk)
The Steve Miller Band tour had a pencil problem, as in "This doesn't pencil out."
Ticket sales were, as management would put, "Not meeting expectations."
Posted by: buddhaha at July 19, 2025 10:10 PM (hW8x2)
Wife loves cinnamon flavored whiskey and Rumchata. It's a sacrifice I'll make.
Posted by: Tonypete at July 19, 2025 10:10 PM (cYBz/)
Posted by: TRex - gimme five! at July 19, 2025 10:09 PM (IQ6Gq)
Can you at least do a proper fistbump?
Posted by: Doof at July 19, 2025 10:11 PM (rbUUk)
Posted by: Doof at July 19, 2025 10:11 PM (rbUUk)
Maybe not, but he can get a three finger discount at Macy's.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at July 19, 2025 10:12 PM (0eaVi)
Until the last page, I was confused as to the magazine's title.
Posted by: mikeski at July 19, 2025 10:12 PM (DgGvY)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 19, 2025 10:13 PM (Jhqzr)
Posted by: OrangeEnt at July 19, 2025 10:07 PM (0eaVi)
Sorry to disappoint you.
Posted by: tankdemon at July 19, 2025 10:13 PM (BxSXV)
Great content as always! Keep up the good work, guys!
Posted by: Legally Sufficient at July 19, 2025 10:09 PM (kB9dk)
Thanks for coming to the Club tonight. Your kind words have earned you an extra restroom token. Use it wisely.
Posted by: Doof at July 19, 2025 10:13 PM (rbUUk)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 19, 2025 10:02 PM (8wfHl)
Oh, good.
Been banned? Call us to see if you've got a case.
Posted by: Divorce Lawyers at July 19, 2025 10:14 PM (gKDq2)
Posted by: scampydog at July 19, 2025 10:14 PM (LVaYG)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at July 19, 2025 10:14 PM (JkO4W)
Posted by: Admiral Spinebender at July 19, 2025 10:07 PM (hftn9)
We pre-ordered. You gotta get the app.
Posted by: tankdemon at July 19, 2025 10:14 PM (BxSXV)
Posted by: OrangeEnt at July 19, 2025 10:07 PM (0eaVi)
Sorry to disappoint you.
Posted by: tankdemon at July 19, 2025 10:13 PM (BxSXV)
SMOD? or Yellowstone Caldera Blowin?
Posted by: Romeo13 at July 19, 2025 10:14 PM (mP0Kj)
Posted by: OrangeEnt at July 19, 2025 10:07 PM (0eaVi)
Haha, was a little touch and go earlier. I guess you finally showered.
Posted by: Joyenz at July 19, 2025 10:14 PM (sPQoU)
Was it supposed to?
I saw on Twitter that Jacob Frey, the gay Jewish mayor of Minneapolis, is now going by "Abdi Bashir Frey" and changed his official campaign logo to the Somali flag. We need to make insane asylums great again.
Posted by: Ian S. at July 19, 2025 10:15 PM (NztoB)
Posted by: OrangeEnt at July 19, 2025 10:07 PM (0eaVi)
Sorry to disappoint you.
Posted by: tankdemon at July 19, 2025 10:13 PM (BxSXV)
SMOD? or Yellowstone Caldera Blowin?
Posted by: Romeo13 at July 19, 2025 10:14 PM (mP0Kj)
Whoopi Goldberg fell out of a plane?
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at July 19, 2025 10:15 PM (S/Y4j)
Posted by: Legally Sufficient at July 19, 2025 10:15 PM (kB9dk)
Posted by: polynikes at July 19, 2025 10:16 PM (VofaG)
The Steve Miller Band tour had a pencil problem, as in "This doesn't pencil out."
Ticket sales were, as management would put, "Not meeting expectations."
Posted by: buddhaha at July 19, 2025 10:10 PM (hW8x2)
With the amount of famous bands and people that have died in plane wrecks between concerts?
Yeah... If'n I had a bad feeling, and already had F U money? I'd cancel too.
Posted by: Romeo13 at July 19, 2025 10:16 PM (mP0Kj)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at July 19, 2025 10:14 PM (JkO4W)
Yup. They're on the secret menu. Along with
Posted by: Doof at July 19, 2025 10:16 PM (rbUUk)
Posted by: scampydog at July 19, 2025 10:16 PM (LVaYG)
Posted by: Case at July 19, 2025 10:17 PM (ilX37)
Posted by: Doof at July 19, 2025 10:11 PM (rbUUk)
Trampolines. It's a long way up to do a fist bump with the forelimb challenged.
Posted by: RickZ at July 19, 2025 10:17 PM (gKDq2)
Posted by: JQ at July 19, 2025 10:18 PM (rdVOm)
Posted by: Doof at July 19, 2025 10:11 PM (rbUUk)
Trampolines. It's a long way up to do a fist bump with the forelimb challenged.
Posted by: RickZ at July 19, 2025 10:17 PM (gKDq2)
Fistbumps??? /cries...
Posted by: Michelle Fields at July 19, 2025 10:18 PM (mP0Kj)
Posted by: Joyenz at July 19, 2025 10:14 PM (sPQoU)
Yes!
For the others: I posted the first fourteen comments on the hobby thread until Fair Joyenz arrived. Thought maybe I was left behind....
Posted by: OrangeEnt at July 19, 2025 10:18 PM (0eaVi)
Posted by: Tonypete at July 19, 2025 10:10 PM (cYBz/)
That explains all those empty tiny fireball bottles out on the storm drain.
Posted by: Somewhere South of I-80 at July 19, 2025 10:18 PM (89Sog)
Posted by: Eromero at July 19, 2025 10:18 PM (LHPAg)
Posted by: Case
You know, I never looked at it that way but excellent insight.
I wonder what ever became of her - hell of a nice gal.
Posted by: Tonypete at July 19, 2025 10:19 PM (cYBz/)
Pineapple is not a citrus fruit, you inbred bubbas.
Posted by: Wesley Crusher at July 19, 2025 10:19 PM (DgGvY)
Posted by: Joyenz at July 19, 2025 10:20 PM (sPQoU)
Posted by: JQ at July 19, 2025 10:21 PM (rdVOm)
Posted by: buddhaha at July 19, 2025 10:10 PM (hW8x2)
I read that announcement as a truly novel way to say “ Sorry guys,I’m 81 years old and I just can’t tour anymore.”
Posted by: Tom Servo at July 19, 2025 10:21 PM (3dY0y)
SMOD? or Yellowstone Caldera Blowin?
Posted by: Romeo13 at July 19, 2025 10:14 PM (mP0Kj)
I think SMOD would be more of a global catastrophe. Not that the Yellowstone popping open would be a picnic, but probably not as much of a world-spanning disaster.
Posted by: tankdemon at July 19, 2025 10:21 PM (BxSXV)
Hi, all!
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 19, 2025 10:21 PM (HL/Ld)
Great content as always! Keep up the good work, guys!
Posted by: Legally Sufficient at July 19, 2025 10:09 PM (kB9dk)
Thanks for coming to the Club tonight. Your kind words have earned you an extra restroom token. Use it wisely.
Posted by: Doof at July 19, 2025 10:13 PM (rbUUk)
* * * *
Woohoo! Hey, bartender! Beer me!
Posted by: Legally Sufficient at July 19, 2025 10:21 PM (kB9dk)
Pineapple is not a citrus fruit, you inbred bubbas.
Posted by: Wesley Crusher at July 19, 2025 10:19 PM (DgGvY)
Pineapple goes with ham. That’s why it works. You need to find a fruit that goes with a protein.
Though I don’t think a cranberry and Turkey pizza would work.
Posted by: polynikes at July 19, 2025 10:22 PM (VofaG)
Posted by: scampydog at July 19, 2025 10:22 PM (LVaYG)
If you want some Vit C on your pizza then throw some anchovies on it.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at July 19, 2025 10:22 PM (/lPRQ)
It's kind of like being married I guess.
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at July 19, 2025 10:22 PM (CHHv1)
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at July 19, 2025 10:23 PM (OTdqV)
38 Ok. Everyone's still here, so I guess the world didn't end today.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at July 19, 2025 10:07 PM (0eaVi)
Haha, was a little touch and go earlier. I guess you finally showered.
Posted by: Joyenz at July 19, 2025 10:14 PM (sPQoU)
Well actually the rapture DID happen today, but none of us were affected.
Posted by: Tom Servo at July 19, 2025 10:23 PM (3dY0y)
Posted by: Legally Sufficient at July 19, 2025 10:21 PM
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Well played.
Posted by: TRex - reading is fundamental at July 19, 2025 10:24 PM (IQ6Gq)
Posted by: Fair Is Fair at July 19, 2025 10:25 PM (G5+As)
Posted by: Don Black at July 19, 2025 10:25 PM (AOsQT)
Soviets also very much enjoyed the British magazine "Tosser".
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at July 19, 2025 10:26 PM (/lPRQ)
Posted by: polynikes at July 19, 2025 10:22 PM (VofaG)
Turkey with cranberry sauce and pressed stuffing for a crust. Dot with mashed potatoes.
Top with gravy once it comes out of the oven.
College recipes.
Posted by: RickZ at July 19, 2025 10:26 PM (gKDq2)
Posted by: OrangeEnt at July 19, 2025 10:26 PM (0eaVi)
MP&tHG . Mooning - "I faaahht in your direction".
Aside: Autocucumber wants to change " faaahht " into "Gaza shut". Whaa? Why not Gaza shit? That makes more sense.
Posted by: buddhaha at July 19, 2025 10:27 PM (hW8x2)
Posted by: TRex - supply is short though at July 19, 2025 10:27 PM (IQ6Gq)
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If you want some Vit C on your pizza then throw some anchovies on it.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at July 19, 2025 10:22 PM (/lPRQ)
You can never go wrong with a Classic.
Posted by: RickZ at July 19, 2025 10:28 PM (gKDq2)
Criminals hired as cops in major Democrat city https://mol.im/a/14920989
Posted by: Joyenz at July 19, 2025 10:29 PM (sPQoU)
Posted by: Bay Ridge Refugee at July 19, 2025 10:29 PM (G5+As)
Posted by: TRex - supply is short though at July 19, 2025 10:27 PM (IQ6Gq)
The restroom tokens are $100 a pop.
'Would you like some more salted peanuts? On the house.'
Posted by: RickZ at July 19, 2025 10:31 PM (gKDq2)
Posted by: mot at July 19, 2025 10:31 PM (fIPNY)
Just think of it as a drink that sneaks up on you and convinces you that it is perfectly normal to pretend the microphone stand up there on the bar stage is, in all actuality, second base. And, the barstool you are currently occupying is first base. Someone, you don't know, but strangely resembles your high school baseball coach touches his right ear which, of course, is the steal sign. So, that means a head first slide across the dance floor into the microphone stand base.
What I'm getting at is that Planter's Punch can pack a wallop, and result in questionable decision making while resembling a simple, harmless fruit drink.
Bars really need a replay policy. I keep being told by the bouncers that "YOU'RE OUT!!!"
Posted by: Orson at July 19, 2025 10:31 PM (dIske)
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so what you're saying is, that will never happen
which is another way of saying 'nothing will come of this'
Posted by: Don Black at July 19, 2025 10:31 PM (AOsQT)
For anyone who was interested at closing time and could do a 2oz shot of this swill without throwing up, the tab was on us. It was called a "hairball."
We seldom lost money on this scam.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 19, 2025 10:31 PM (Q4IgG)
Margarita and Bloody Mary mixes are prepped, on the left-hand side shelves, in the walk-in...
Trays of jalapeno poppers and stuffed mushrooms are on the back shelves, ready to bake as needed...
I need to clock-out early tonight, to beat the heat and do some major yardwork in the morning.
Can bartend for a while, though.
Posted by: JQ at July 19, 2025 10:31 PM (rdVOm)
Posted by: scampydog at July 19, 2025 10:16 PM (LVaYG)
I've been out all day. What was the loss?
Posted by: javems at July 19, 2025 10:32 PM (8I4hW)
Posted by: OrangeEnt at July 19, 2025 10:07 PM (0eaVi)
If it's any consolation, Ukraine now has a plague of locusts to deal with. I assume the war has disrupted the farmers insect control programs.
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at July 19, 2025 10:32 PM (eIjvK)
Posted by: Probably Plays Drums, Too at July 19, 2025 10:32 PM (G5+As)
I thought everyone just crawled under.
Posted by: mot at July 19, 2025 10:31 PM (fIPNY)
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Or used the planter out front.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at July 19, 2025 10:33 PM (JkO4W)
Posted by: Don Black at July 19, 2025 10:34 PM (AOsQT)
Pres. Trump has pushed him into a corner...a very REAL corner.
VLAD is out of political options as far as Ukraine goes.
Posted by: Nightwatch at July 19, 2025 10:35 PM (25kuG)
Very sorry about Doggo doggy...always tough...
Anyway, I'll be lurking over here I the corner...
Posted by: COMountainMarie at July 19, 2025 10:36 PM (L9kkv)
Posted by: javems
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Evening, javems. My doggo passed yesterday. The other 2D's kindly mentioned it in the content. 14.5 years. Good run - but always comes too early.
Posted by: scampydog at July 19, 2025 10:36 PM (LVaYG)
An occasional series
https://tinyurl.com/5ca5enwx
Posted by: Don Black at July 19, 2025 10:34 PM (AOsQT)
I bet low crawling across a battlefield would be a challenge for her.
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at July 19, 2025 10:36 PM (eIjvK)
I think I see the problem: your base premise is faulty.
Though we do have a local place, Coburg Pizza Co., that makes some offbeat pizza options. They are mostly good. Think Memphis BBQ pulled pork, NYC Ruben with kraut, or wild Alaska salmon pizza with dill cream cheese & green onions. They have "normal" pizza options as well.
Posted by: Frankie at July 19, 2025 10:36 PM (oLhV3)
Posted by: scampydog at July 19, 2025 10:37 PM (LVaYG)
Posted by: TRex -tokens are worth $100 a pop at July 19, 2025 10:37 PM (IQ6Gq)
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at July 19, 2025 10:32 PM (eIjvK)
Well to even things out, Russia got the Death of Every Firstborn.
Posted by: Tom Servo at July 19, 2025 10:38 PM (3dY0y)
Anyway, I'll be lurking over here I the corner...
Posted by: COMountainMarie at July 19, 2025 10:36 PM
***
Good evening COMM. Let us know if you need a restroom token to stabilize the wobbly table.
Posted by: TRex -running low on matchbooks at July 19, 2025 10:39 PM (IQ6Gq)
Lulu got extra lovies.
Btw, that photo up top, I’ve been to that place. It’s a great outside bar in Dallas. Doof and I had a few beers there and enjoyed some axe throwing.
Whoohoo!
Posted by: nurse ratched at July 19, 2025 10:39 PM (mT+6a)
Posted by: Don Black at July 19, 2025 10:34 PM (AOsQT)
I bet low crawling across a battlefield would be a challenge for her.
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at July 19, 2025 10:36 PM (eIjvK)
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She's built for the Navy.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at July 19, 2025 10:39 PM (JkO4W)
Posted by: Ty-D-Bol Man at July 19, 2025 10:39 PM (G5+As)
Love this place.
My pleasure to help out.
Posted by: JQ at July 19, 2025 10:40 PM (rdVOm)
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at July 19, 2025 10:40 PM (eIjvK)
Posted by: scampydog at July 19, 2025 10:40 PM (LVaYG)
_TheJamesMadison
Yes, it's frustrating when one goes to the trouble of re-formatting a url into an acceptable link to please Pixy and the phone mavens then have No One check it out.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 19, 2025 10:41 PM (q3UPY)
Posted by: Joyenz at July 19, 2025 10:29 PM (sPQoU)
As someone who has climbed up inside Lady Liberty to her crown, let's just say the view of The Statue of Liberty is much better from a distance. Even a picture.
Climbing those stairs in anything like warm weather is brutal. You're walking up I don't know how many flights inside a metal tube with very few air vents. Very uncomfortable and somewhat claustrophobic. And there are no 'rest stops' on the way up or down, either; it's a spiral type staircase, up and down interwined so they don't meet and cause a traffic jam. All for about 30 seconds to a minute view from the crown while slowing moving along.
Climbing the Statue of Liberty is a lot of work for little reward. Like modern dating.
Posted by: RickZ at July 19, 2025 10:41 PM (gKDq2)
Posted by: nurse ratched at July 19, 2025 10:43 PM (mT+6a)
Posted by: Second Exodus Plague at July 19, 2025 10:43 PM (G5+As)
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at July 19, 2025 10:36 PM (eIjvK)
Crossing a river wouldn't be.
Posted by: Frederick Barbarossa at July 19, 2025 10:43 PM (0eaVi)
Posted by: scampydog at July 19, 2025 10:36 PM (LVaYG)
Sorry to hear. We can really get attached to those critters. I lost mine over thirty years ago. Never have been able to replace him.
Posted by: javems at July 19, 2025 10:43 PM (8I4hW)
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy
Squid is a perfectly good Italian ingredient. Calamari.
Of course, it's basically tasteless, and just a delivery vehicle for breading or sauces, so it's kind of a waste as a pizza ingredient.
Corn, I got no idea what they're thinking. At least they cut it off the cob.
Posted by: mikeski at July 19, 2025 10:45 PM (DgGvY)
If you want some Vit C on your pizza then throw some anchovies on it.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at July 19, 2025 10:22 PM (/lPRQ)
I have been making pizza using those 8 oz cans of mackerel in tomato sauce for the redsauce base, and then whatever I have on top of it. Onions, olives, tomatoes, topped with fresh rosemary and mozzarella
Posted by: Kindltot at July 19, 2025 10:45 PM (D7oie)
Posted by: OrangeEnt
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I passed away long ago. Net neutrality brought me to my knees, but it was the Trump tax cuts that finally did me in.
Posted by: 496 at July 19, 2025 10:45 PM (wuFnt)
Posted by: Second Exodus Plague at July 19, 2025 10:43 PM (G5+As).
Leave the French out of this.
Posted by: Tom Servo at July 19, 2025 10:47 PM (3dY0y)
I said *ease* not erase...
Darn critters. They're so wonderful.
Posted by: JQ at July 19, 2025 10:48 PM (rdVOm)
Posted by: TRex - locusts can't keep a beat at July 19, 2025 10:48 PM (IQ6Gq)
Posted by: Second Exodus Plague
Leave the French out of this.
Posted by: Tom Servo
Literal frogs.
The French should be saved for the plague of snails.
Posted by: mikeski at July 19, 2025 10:48 PM (DgGvY)
Posted by: Second Exodus Plague at July 19, 2025 10:43 PM (G5+As)
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We'll get both now that Trump defunded NPR, and the rivers will run with blood.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at July 19, 2025 10:48 PM (JkO4W)
Posted by: RickZ at July 19, 2025 10:41 PM (gKDq2)
Like the Arch, I'll just view it from the ground. I take after my Dad, very claustrophobic.
Posted by: Joyenz at July 19, 2025 10:49 PM (sPQoU)
Whoohoo!
Posted by: nurse ratched
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Axe throwing is surprisingly fun.
Posted by: scampydog at July 19, 2025 10:49 PM (LVaYG)
Posted by: Nightwatch at July 19, 2025 10:51 PM (25kuG)
Posted by: Bay Ridge Refugee
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It's NYC Italian joke night?
Told by an Irish friend at the dinner table in their System Island apartment, with me, his previously widowed mother and his Italian stepfather:
Why did God give seagulls wings?
To beat the guineas to the garbage dump.
Nobody else laughed, so I didn't. We left 5 minutes later to hit the bars.
Posted by: buddhaha at July 19, 2025 10:52 PM (hW8x2)
No thanks. I like the wobbly table challenge😜 As mentioned above, I just crawl under the stall door anyway...
Good to see ya T!
Posted by: COMountainMarie at July 19, 2025 10:52 PM (L9kkv)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 19, 2025 10:54 PM (JvZF+)
https://shorturl.at/WyMD2
Science Alert
Posted by: Yellowstone Caldera at July 19, 2025 10:54 PM (ULPxl)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at July 19, 2025 10:55 PM (JkO4W)
Posted by: COMountainMarie at July 19, 2025 10:56 PM (L9kkv)
Posted by: scampydog at July 19, 2025 10:36 PM (LVaYG)
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Condolences.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 19, 2025 10:58 PM (JvZF+)
Posted by: JQ at July 19, 2025 10:59 PM (rdVOm)
https://shorturl.at/WyMD2
Science Alert
Posted by: Yellowstone Caldera at July 19, 2025 10:54 PM (ULPxl)"
Norris is very active as basins go...
Posted by: Additional Blond Agent at July 19, 2025 10:59 PM (AeV3a)
Posted by: scampydog at July 19, 2025 10:36 PM (LVaYG)
Sorry to hear that, scampydog. My old girl-dog Pogo keeps chuggng along, close to 14 1/2 now.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 19, 2025 11:01 PM (Jhqzr)
Posted by: John Drake at July 19, 2025 11:03 PM (6DpJf)
Made with fresh strawberries!
Posted by: JQ at July 19, 2025 10:59 PM (rdVOm)
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Try a Miami Vice. Half Pina Colada Half Strawberry Daiquiri.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 19, 2025 11:03 PM (JvZF+)
Posted by: Cow Demon at July 19, 2025 11:04 PM (Pce4l)
Whoohoo!
Posted by: nurse ratched at July 19, 2025 10:39 PM (mT+6a)
That was a fun time!!
Posted by: Doof at July 19, 2025 11:05 PM (rbUUk)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 19, 2025 11:03 PM (JvZF+)
Topped with a dusting of cocaine.
Posted by: RickZ at July 19, 2025 11:05 PM (gKDq2)
Posted by: scampydog at July 19, 2025 11:05 PM (LVaYG)
Posted by: RickZ at July 19, 2025 11:05 PM (gKDq2)
Posted by: Don Black at July 19, 2025 11:05 PM (AOsQT)
Posted by: RickZ at July 19, 2025 11:05 PM (gKDq2)
Posted by: RickZ at July 19, 2025 11:05 PM (gKDq2)
Posted by: RickZ
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Any extra restroom tokens? You might be able to bribe your way out of the barrel.
Posted by: scampydog at July 19, 2025 11:07 PM (LVaYG)
Posted by: Cow Demon at July 19, 2025 11:04 PM (Pce4l)
It's his preferred rental car company. With them, he never has a misunderstanding.
Posted by: Doof at July 19, 2025 11:08 PM (rbUUk)
Posted by: Don Black at July 19, 2025 11:08 PM (AOsQT)
Posted by: nurse ratched at July 19, 2025 11:08 PM (mT+6a)
Posted by: Kindltot
That sounds pretty damn good.
Bet wifey would like it.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at July 19, 2025 11:08 PM (/lPRQ)
Posted by: RickZ
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You know what you must do.
Posted by: Don Black at July 19, 2025 11:08 PM (AOsQT)
Play Little Dutch Boy and plug holes in The Barrel?
Posted by: RickZ at July 19, 2025 11:09 PM (gKDq2)
Posted by: nurse ratched at July 19, 2025 11:08 PM (mT+6a)
It's okay. I made them flee when I told them we only had pineapple and orange pizzas.
Posted by: RickZ at July 19, 2025 11:11 PM (gKDq2)
Posted by: Diogenes at July 19, 2025 11:11 PM (W/lyH)
Posted by: Wesley Crusher at July 19, 2025 11:12 PM (JvZF+)
Yeah, gonna try some combo of that!
*orders new blender blades*
Posted by: JQ at July 19, 2025 11:13 PM (rdVOm)
Posted by: scampydog
On the plus side, if you don't have a restroom token, you can just go in the Barrel. No one will notice.
Posted by: mikeski at July 19, 2025 11:13 PM (DgGvY)
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Pineapple is not a citrus fruit, you inbred bubbas.
Posted by: Wesley Crusher at July 19, 2025 10:19 PM (DgGvY)
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Absolutely correct.
Shut up, Wesley.
Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at July 19, 2025 11:13 PM (ES1Rb)
Posted by: Boss Moss at July 19, 2025 11:13 PM (EQg1P)
Right side has a pacemaker lead stuck in it much to my surprise. I talked to a friend who sells those things and he said that they sometimes hook up one during open heart surgery. Guess they forgot to take the lead out.
All in all not to bad or good.
Posted by: javems at July 19, 2025 11:15 PM (8I4hW)
Posted by: JQ at July 19, 2025 11:15 PM (rdVOm)
Posted by: John Drake
Only one movie? Yes..... I am better than that.
Posted by: Chiun at July 19, 2025 11:16 PM (DgGvY)
Posted by: scampydog at July 19, 2025 11:16 PM (LVaYG)
Posted by: Official Delurker at July 19, 2025 11:16 PM (x+2p0)
I see what happened. I typo'd Staten as Ststen and the ever helpful autocorrect changed, not the one letter that was wrong, but turned the "t" to "y" and the "n" to an "m".
LLMs, sometimes called AI are nothing more than autocorrect on steroids.
Lord help.us.
Posted by: buddhaha at July 19, 2025 11:16 PM (hW8x2)
Posted by: nurse ratched at July 19, 2025 11:17 PM (mT+6a)
Posted by: scampydog at July 19, 2025 10:36 PM (LVaYG)
So sorry for your loss.
It's hard to lose so much love.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at July 19, 2025 11:17 PM (xcxpd)
Posted by: Diogenes at July 19, 2025 11:11 PM (W/lyH)
I've always said music is a language (which I cannot speak) so why shouldn't that talent be translatable? (No pun intended.) Had a friend very musically talented. Learned French and Russian. He had neither in his family background.
I can't read music and I can carry a tune as long as it's written on a piece of paper and I put in my backpack.
Posted by: RickZ at July 19, 2025 11:18 PM (gKDq2)
Posted by: mikeski at July 19, 2025 11:13 PM (DgGvY)
HEY!
Posted by: RickZ at July 19, 2025 11:21 PM (gKDq2)
Posted by: scampydog at July 19, 2025 11:22 PM (LVaYG)
Present
whaddya got
Posted by: Don Black at July 19, 2025 10:25 PM (AOsQT)
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#TwoWeeks
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 19, 2025 11:22 PM (HL/Ld)
Posted by: tankdemon
might want to recheck your assumptions the numbers I've seen show real damage over a very large area, even a TREX level type of problem.
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at July 19, 2025 11:23 PM (yhot1)
Posted by: scampydog at July 19, 2025 11:23 PM (LVaYG)
Anchovies!
So deliscious!
I love them more
Than all the other fishes!
Posted by: nurse ratched at July 19, 2025 11:17 PM (mT+6a)
Now let's not get hasty.
Posted by: Delicious Wonderful Sole at July 19, 2025 11:24 PM (gKDq2)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 19, 2025 11:25 PM (JvZF+)
Posted by: Notorious BFD at July 19, 2025 11:26 PM (mH6SG)
Right side has a pacemaker lead stuck in it much to my surprise. I talked to a friend who sells those things and he said that they sometimes hook up one during open heart surgery. Guess they forgot to take the lead out.
All in all not to bad or good.
Posted by: javems at July 19, 2025 11:15 PM (8I4hW)
Malpractice lawyers circling like sharks?
Hope you recover soon, and that I can see you at the MoMee!
I am wearing a Holter monitor again, and started on a new drug, Acebutolol. Touch wood, I have not had any episodes of faintness since taking a half tab of it at 4:00 P.M.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 19, 2025 11:27 PM (Jhqzr)
Posted by: RickZ
"you can go while you're in the barrel," then?
I see the Barrel as this non-Euclidean space that's huge on the inside. Otherwise, how can it hold multiple Morons, along with all the unidentifiable sludges and fungi and cosmic horrors?
I wasn't trying to imply someone should whiz on the Barrel's victims and tell them it's raining.
Posted by: mikeski at July 19, 2025 11:27 PM (DgGvY)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
Ace butt LOL?
Sounds like a behavior-modification drug to make more Morons.
Posted by: mikeski at July 19, 2025 11:28 PM (DgGvY)
169 Самый красивый язык из всех.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 19, 2025 11:25 PM (JvZF+)
I can read that! It says “Kamala does the Nasty!”
Posted by: Tom Servo at July 19, 2025 11:29 PM (3dY0y)
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at July 19, 2025 11:30 PM (yhot1)
Posted by: Barkingmad59, wandering lurkette at July 19, 2025 11:30 PM (/rQlD)
Posted by: google translate at July 19, 2025 11:31 PM (LVaYG)
They're not all bad. Judges, I mean.
Posted by: Bombadil at July 19, 2025 11:32 PM (MX0bI)
Italian as a language in America completely died it simply doesn’t exist anymore. The year I was born, Italian was the most spoken foreign language in America, and now as a language in this country, it simply doesn’t exist.
Of course there are exceptions. My understanding is Arabic is very desired by the three letter agencies. The effort you have to put into actually learning a foreign language, make it so Arabic has no chance with me. I’ve already done Spanish and French. I would love Italian, but to what point? To each their own because for sure there are good reasons to learn Spanish, but I find it interesting that when Americans tell they’re young, they have to learn Spanish. The people telling they’re young that don’t speak it.
Posted by: Quint at July 19, 2025 11:32 PM (haE0k)
I can't read music and I can carry a tune as long as it's written on a piece of paper and I put in my backpack.
Posted by: RickZ at July 19, 2025 11:18 PM (gKDq2)
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I think of math the same way. It is it's own language.
Russian was the only D I got in kollege.
Posted by: Diogenes at July 19, 2025 11:33 PM (W/lyH)
All in all not to bad or good.
Posted by: javems
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Now, I am not a doctor (in anything, just a lowly BSEE), but I have had my chest cracked, and stuff explained.
They don't "sometimes" use a pacemaker after open heart surgery, they always do. The trauma of having the heart muscle sliced and diced screws up.the normal electrical patterns of the heart and you would die without it keeping the heart beating while it heals. Here's the thing, though - pacemaker electrodes are not "in" the heart, just near it.
I had the wire (and a drain tube) coming out of my chest hooked up to the machine hanging next to the IV bag. It ran my heart for 4 days, then they turned it off for the remainder of my 8 days stay. When I was discharged, it was like having an IV port removed. The nurse stuck a gauze pad over it and pulled it out.
That doesn't sound right.
Posted by: buddhaha at July 19, 2025 11:34 PM (hW8x2)
Girldog is with me, and I'm giving her big love and scritches in honor of Doggo.
Good night 3Ds and finest Horde...
Posted by: COMountainMarie at July 19, 2025 11:34 PM (L9kkv)
Posted by: Skip at July 19, 2025 11:34 PM (iF+iG)
Posted by: nurse ratched at July 19, 2025 11:17 PM (mT+6a)
Ciampino would agree with you. He was the only one in the family that really liked them.
Posted by: Joyenz at July 19, 2025 11:34 PM (sPQoU)
I am wearing a Holter monitor again, and started on a new drug, Acebutolol. Touch wood, I have not had any episodes of faintness since taking a half tab of it at 4:00 P.M.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 19, 2025 11:27 PM (Jhqzr)
Been fighting blood pressure problems for a while. Mine is too low. I think we are about to get it solved.
Hope your new meds work out.
Posted by: javems at July 19, 2025 11:35 PM (8I4hW)
What breed of dog did you have? I don't believe I've heard.
My husband and I don't have any dogs, but we did have them in our households growing up. I remember when our dachshund crossed the Rainbow Bridge. Gosh, that was so sad.
We have three cats, and two of them are getting up there in age. Sometimes I tear up seeing the oldest one move around more slowly than he used to.
I know the day is coming.
It's so hard when our animal companions go, isn't it?
Posted by: Official Delurker at July 19, 2025 11:35 PM (x+2p0)
Posted by: Joyenz at July 19, 2025 11:34 PM (sPQoU)
My wife gets powdered anchovies and sprinkles it on her rice. She also uses it for the broth when she makes soups. You can buy powdered anchovy by the liter, you know.
Posted by: Kindltot at July 19, 2025 11:37 PM (D7oie)
Posted by: buddhaha
I can personally attest that they lied to you about 'always'.
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at July 19, 2025 11:38 PM (yhot1)
Criminals hired as cops in major Democrat city https://mol.im/a/14920989
Posted by: Joyenz at July 19, 2025 10:29 PM (sPQoU)
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I've only ever been to NYC twice, last time was in 1993. You're not missing much. Everything smelled like piss, and the Statue of Liberty is way smaller than a kid who went to school in the U.S. in the second half of the last century would expect it to be.
Posted by: Pennsyltucky at July 19, 2025 11:38 PM (QdGJh)
The people who promote French always look to Africa, and there are many academic commentaries that say French will be the most spoken language by 2050. I personally don’t agree with that because I think English is even making in roads in French speaking Africa, but when it comes to making babies, the numbers don’t lie. The parts of Africa were French is lingua. Franca are for sure. The same areas of the globe where the population is exploding. Now that won’t help you translating for a Rando you meet on the street in America I can promise you that.
Posted by: Quint at July 19, 2025 11:39 PM (haE0k)
Posted by: Kindltot at July 19, 2025 11:39 PM (D7oie)
Posted by: google translate at July 19, 2025 11:31 PM (LVaYG)
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I would have said чем всех but who am I to argue?
Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 19, 2025 11:39 PM (JvZF+)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
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Went through all kinds of things/drugs etc w/fibrillation, then tried another doc who OK'd ablation. No problems, two cups of coffee in the morning and a little potato juice in the evening. Should have done it sooner.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 19, 2025 11:40 PM (q3UPY)
Posted by: javems at July 19, 2025 11:35 PM (8I4hW)
So do I! Booked for a CT scan on the 31st.
If this new drug (it's a beta-blocker) keeps the faintness away until the underlying cause of this is found and corrected, I will be a happy camper.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 19, 2025 11:40 PM (Jhqzr)
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at July 19, 2025 11:40 PM (mYNxU)
Get off my lawn or I feed you to the gators at blaster's place.
Posted by: GWB at July 19, 2025 11:40 PM (hGgfw)
Official Delurker, Basenji. Breed is very cat like. Yes, very tough when our furry frenz pass.
Posted by: scampydog at July 19, 2025 11:40 PM (LVaYG)
I explain it by theorizing that for people like her, there’s a large chunk of brain circuitry hardwired and dedicated to that function alone, to the exclusion of some other things.
This might have a connection to language; she liked the sound of French and picked it up pretty easily.
This also brings up the idea that there are in fact several different kinds of memory. A person can be very good at languages, for instance, and completely clueless about numbers.
Posted by: Tom Servo at July 19, 2025 11:41 PM (3dY0y)
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I am wearing a Holter monitor again, and started on a new drug, Acebutolol. Touch wood, I have not had any episodes of faintness since taking a half tab of it at 4:00 P.M.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 19, 2025 11:27 PM
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A beta blocker. In addition to steadying the heart, these drugs make you get less upset over people's bullshit. Or maybe those effects go together.
Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at July 19, 2025 11:42 PM (ES1Rb)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 19, 2025 11:40 PM (q3UPY)
I suspect that may be in my future.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 19, 2025 11:42 PM (Jhqzr)
Posted by: scampydog
Niece has one. We've dog-sited it one week.
Sorry to hear Scampy.
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at July 19, 2025 11:44 PM (yhot1)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at July 19, 2025 11:44 PM (63Dwl)
Russian was the only D I got in kollege.
Posted by: Diogenes at July 19, 2025 11:33 PM (W/lyH)
Don't want to talk about being allowed to cheat {nudge, nudge, wink wink} by the Prof on a first year German final. All he did all course was speak in German with a girl who's father had been stationed in Germany. The man taught nothing. I didn't even know 'der, die, das' when I enrolled in that course. What German I knew was all from war movies.
But I know math to a small degree. College level calc and a little beyond. But then I hit the 'I can't see it' wall and no amount of explaning helped.
Math is a three-dimensional language, just with no sound. Except maybe cries of frustration.
Posted by: Delicious Wonderful Sole at July 19, 2025 11:45 PM (gKDq2)
Today, they appointed, for the first time, a Marine to be in Charge.
Out DEI... in Military...
Posted by: Michelle Fields at July 19, 2025 11:47 PM (mP0Kj)
Posted by: San Franpsycho
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It's break time.
Posted by: google translate
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Translate is filed under Maps so that no one knows I'm using it.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 19, 2025 11:48 PM (q3UPY)
I have two daughters who work with small animals. I'll bet they know Basenjis. :-)
Posted by: Official Delurker at July 19, 2025 11:48 PM (x+2p0)
Posted by: Delicious Wonderful Sole at July 19, 2025 11:45 PM (gKDq2)
You apparently never heard a Credit Card Scream...
Posted by: Romeo13 at July 19, 2025 11:49 PM (mP0Kj)
Speaking of russki, love that clip from the WWII shuttle bomber mission.
The US begged and pressed for a lot more of those, Stalin was his usual a**hole uncooperative self. The shuttle format (bomb a target in central/eastern Europe, continue on to a Soviet airbase) had many advantages for certain targets. Soviets never allowed as many as we wanted.
One of the many interesting tidbits in the book "The Strange Alliance," written by the US military rep in Moscow, Gen. John Deane.
Posted by: rhomboid at July 19, 2025 11:49 PM (1m82a)
I just got the report on the test from their portal tonight. I talked with the pacemakers guy's mother so my info might be a bit garbled. I had the surgery in 2007, five by-passes. Still, a lead being there was a surprise.
Posted by: javems at July 19, 2025 11:49 PM (8I4hW)
They say Spanish is easier for Americans because it is more intuitive and more phonetic. I don’t buy that I don’t think that’s actually true. You also have people who say Spanish and Italian are almost identical, and if you learned one, you can understand the other. The facts are that French and Italian are more closely linked than Spanish and Italian. Any quick search of a map would explain that.
But language learning is very tough. I am shocked by people who do it well, I think a lot of them do it when they’re young when their brains are hardwired for this type of learning. One thing I am positive about is the necessity to learn foreign languages has only dropped over the last 20 years. And that doesn’t mean don’t do it. I know I do it and I started well over 20 years ago. But the need for it has diminished for several reasons.
Posted by: Quint at July 19, 2025 11:49 PM (haE0k)
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at July 19, 2025 11:40 PM (mYNxU)
Shh!
We're on a roll.
Probably with mustard.
Posted by: RickZ at July 19, 2025 11:50 PM (gKDq2)
Posted by: Official Delurker at July 19, 2025 11:50 PM (x+2p0)
The movie Good-bye, My Lady is all about a boy and the
Basenji he finds but must give up.
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0049271
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at July 19, 2025 11:50 PM (63Dwl)
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron
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What surgery did you have? Bypass?
Posted by: buddhaha at July 19, 2025 11:50 PM (hW8x2)
This might have a connection to language; she liked the sound of French and picked it up pretty easily.
This also brings up the idea that there are in fact several different kinds of memory. A person can be very good at languages, for instance, and completely clueless about numbers.
Posted by: Tom Servo at July 19, 2025 11:41 PM (3dY0y)
I believe Music is a direct path to Neuro Linguistic programming.... as I can remember song lyrics I have not heard in decades... yet cannot remember what or IF I had breakfast this morning... let alone second breakfast.
Posted by: Romeo13 at July 19, 2025 11:50 PM (mP0Kj)
Posted by: Quint at July 19, 2025 11:51 PM (haE0k)
Get off my lawn or I feed you to the gators at blaster's place.
Posted by: GWB at July 19, 2025 11:40 PM (hGgfw)
Welcome to Old Farthood, where every day is a new adventure.
Posted by: RickZ at July 19, 2025 11:51 PM (gKDq2)
Today, they appointed, for the first time, a Marine to be in Charge.
Out DEI... in Military...
Posted by: Michelle Fields
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Only thing I know about the military is what I learn here and in the movies.
Anyone see The D.I. with Jack Webb?
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 19, 2025 11:51 PM (q3UPY)
Posted by: JackStraw at July 19, 2025 11:52 PM (viF8m)
Posted by: Tom Servo at July 19, 2025 11:41 PM (3dY0y)
So you've met my ex.
Posted by: RickZ at July 19, 2025 11:53 PM (gKDq2)
Posted by: Kindltot at July 19, 2025 11:37 PM (D7oie)
Dad once got anchovy juice on my side of the pizza. I couldn't eat it. So gross.
Posted by: Joyenz at July 19, 2025 11:53 PM (sPQoU)
Posted by: Quint
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Investor Jim Rogers was a big pusher of that.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 19, 2025 11:53 PM (q3UPY)
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at July 19, 2025 11:54 PM (mYNxU)
Get off my lawn or I feed you to the gators at blaster's place.
Posted by: GWB
"Vintage" sounds right for 1960s cocktails, except for it being literally a wine-drinking term. Much older, and they get called "prohibition-era cocktails" or "pre-prohibition cocktails."
.....I'll try to only step on the dandelion thistles as I exit your lawn.
Posted by: mikeski at July 19, 2025 11:54 PM (DgGvY)
But they may not matter either. English is the international language of commerce and trade, and no language will replace that now. How many in India speak English as a second language, as opposed to French? How many in China? Worldwide, that’s 3 billion people in growing economies much more likely to learn English. What the boogity boos in the Congo jungles speak really does not matter.
Posted by: Tom Servo at July 19, 2025 11:55 PM (e2MJJ)
Math is a three-dimensional language, just with no sound. Except maybe cries of frustration.
Posted by: Delicious Wonderful Sole at July 19, 2025 11:45 PM (gKDq2)
I did well in algebra, geometry and trig. But calculus was my wall. The only sound I made was WTF? So much for a science degree.
Posted by: Diogenes at July 19, 2025 11:55 PM (W/lyH)
Posted by: Quint at July 19, 2025 11:55 PM (haE0k)
Today, they appointed, for the first time, a Marine to be in Charge.
Is said Marine going to, as the joke goes, introduce the idea of sex with women to the Navy?
Posted by: Ian S. at July 19, 2025 11:56 PM (xlvhb)
Anyone see The D.I. with Jack Webb?
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others
The film was the first screenplay written by James Lee Barrett and was based on his teleplay The Murder of a Sand Flea.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at July 19, 2025 11:57 PM (63Dwl)
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at July 19, 2025 11:40 PM (mYNxU)
Shh!
We're on a roll.
Probably with mustard.
Posted by: RickZ
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If you ever thought of putting pineapple of oranges on a pizza because of vitamin C maybe try something with flavor instead.
Anchovies !
Posted by: Anchovy Aweness Council at July 19, 2025 11:57 PM (/lPRQ)
Posted by: Romeo13
There's a reason that societies with no written language made songs to keep their histories.
Posted by: mikeski at July 19, 2025 11:57 PM (DgGvY)
Posted by: Romeo13 at July 19, 2025 11:50 PM (mP0Kj)
Maybe it goes back in our history to chanting. Every culture did it. To me, it's a form of mnenomic. Like how most people can say the alphabet drunk pretty much only in sing-song. (Watched a lot of 'pulled over for possible DUI' videos.)
Posted by: RickZ at July 20, 2025 12:00 AM (gKDq2)
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at July 20, 2025 12:00 AM (yhot1)
There's a reason that societies with no written language made songs to keep their histories.
Posted by: mikeski
Wakanda forever.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at July 20, 2025 12:01 AM (63Dwl)
Basenji he finds but must give up.
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0049271
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at July 19, 2025 11:50 PM (63Dwl)
I love that movie! It’s kind of a sleeper; not many people know about it, but it’s a great story with a great cast.
Posted by: Tom Servo at July 20, 2025 12:01 AM (e2MJJ)
Posted by: scampydog at July 20, 2025 12:01 AM (LVaYG)
Get off my lawn or I feed you to the gators at blaster's place.
Posted by: GWB
In Puyallup, they host a Vintage Car Show, featuring cars from the 50's and up. I mentioned to a couple dudes there I once owned a 65 Corvair.
They laughed at me.
Posted by: Diogenes at July 20, 2025 12:02 AM (W/lyH)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 20, 2025 12:02 AM (XeU6L)
However, Copilot disagrees with that, it states:
India has no national language; instead, it recognizes 22 official languages under the Eighth Schedule of the Constitution.
The two official languages are Hindi and English, which serve as the primary languages for government and legal purposes. While Telugu is mentioned in some contexts, it is not one of the official languages recognized by the Indian government.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 20, 2025 12:02 AM (q3UPY)
Posted by: ChrisP at July 20, 2025 12:04 AM (9i9Oq)
Wait... they're calling a drink INVENTED in the 60s "VINTAGE"?!?!?!
Get off my lawn or I feed you to the gators at blaster's place.
Posted by: GWB
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I wanted to watch a classic movie with my mom, something like an old Bette Davis movie, so I typed in "classics" on Netflix. The classics were all from the 70s and 80s. They don't even go back to the days of B&W. Same with Hulu.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 20, 2025 12:05 AM (HL/Ld)
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at July 20, 2025 12:05 AM (yhot1)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at July 20, 2025 12:07 AM (63Dwl)
Posted by: javems at July 20, 2025 12:07 AM (8I4hW)
Posted by: Blonde Morticia
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Try, https://archive.org/details/movies
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 20, 2025 12:08 AM (q3UPY)
Posted by: Quint at July 20, 2025 12:08 AM (haE0k)
Posted by: rhomboid at July 20, 2025 12:08 AM (1m82a)
Maybe.
https://tinyurl.com/5yfe6frj
Posted by: JackStraw at July 20, 2025 12:09 AM (viF8m)
Posted by: Boss Moss at July 20, 2025 12:09 AM (EQg1P)
Posted by: Robert at July 20, 2025 12:10 AM (1Yy3c)
There you go, limiting yourself to just three dimensions!
Posted by: Nemo
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I knew the fellow that authored this. I always avoided discussions about mathematics.
http://tiny.cc/ietp001
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 20, 2025 12:11 AM (XeU6L)
Posted by: Blonde Morticia
I've noticed that "Classic Rock" radio, which used to mean "up to 1970s AOR-type stuff," now continues up through mid-90s Grunge music, at least.
Posted by: mikeski at July 20, 2025 12:12 AM (DgGvY)
This edition doesn't have a description yet. Can you add one?
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at July 20, 2025 12:12 AM (63Dwl)
Posted by: Joyenz at July 20, 2025 12:13 AM (sPQoU)
I hadn't heard his name mentioned in 20 years, so I looked him up to find out if he's still alive.
Yep. 82-yrs-old, living in Singapore (why?), and still a yuuge azalea peddling financial extremist nonsense. Got his start working for Soros.
"Sell everything now!" Yep. Same old same old.
Posted by: mnw at July 20, 2025 12:13 AM (kd60y)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 19, 2025 11:40
Hope it a works well AOP. I had a bad day of dizziness on Wed. We think it might be due to low potassium. Hope that is all it is. These things arise dammit and it can hard to pin down the issue. Be well, Pogo needs you to take care of him.
As for "walking the beans" mentioned in the post, that sure brings back memories. Brother and I both spent a week most summers on Grandpa's farm.
Oh yeah we walked the beans, mostly with Grandpa, but sometimes also with Grandma too.
Today would OSHA approve giving a 12 yo a freshly sharpened hand sickle or machete to walk through fields slashing at weeds and volunteer corn in 90 degree heat?
Posted by: Farmer, with his own historical take at July 20, 2025 12:14 AM (55Qr6)
Posted by: Quint at July 20, 2025 12:17 AM (haE0k)
Posted by: Boss Moss at July 20, 2025 12:20 AM (EQg1P)
I think Jim Rodgers used to be on Fox Business during the Saturday Business Block.
Posted by: Boss Moss
Wayne Rogers was.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at July 20, 2025 12:23 AM (63Dwl)
I'm thinking, end of August, but you'd have to ask him. I was, um, not entirely sober at the time.
Posted by: tcn in AK at July 20, 2025 12:23 AM (1Gsou)
Posted by: Quint at July 20, 2025 12:23 AM (haE0k)
The Judge who blocked Trump's Executive Order on Birthright citizenship, created a class action... and the class included those NOT YET BORN.
So, he just gave legal standing, and legal rights, to the unborn... now... let's talk Abortion...
Posted by: Romeo13 at July 20, 2025 12:26 AM (mP0Kj)
Posted by: Farmer, with his own historical take
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Tempted to say it should be required.
But, how do you keep a 12 yo boy away from a nice sickle or machete? The trick is getting them to do something productive with them.
Give the girls razor sharp paring knives and they'll peel a grape.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at July 20, 2025 12:26 AM (/lPRQ)
I'm thinking, end of August, but you'd have to ask him. I was, um, not entirely sober at the time.
Posted by: tcn in AK at July 20, 2025 12:23 AM (1Gsou)
First Moon? When Adam bent over the first time... God said I gotta find something better to look at...
Posted by: Romeo13 at July 20, 2025 12:27 AM (mP0Kj)
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, Plucky Comic Relief, AoS Ladies Brigade - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at July 20, 2025 12:27 AM (SRRAx)
Think, as a younger man he road a motorcycle around the world or something like that. He's got some stuff.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 20, 2025 12:27 AM (q3UPY)
Think current SecTreas worked for Soros, unless I'm mistaken.
Posted by: rhomboid at July 20, 2025 12:27 AM (1m82a)
I'm thinking, end of August, but you'd have to ask him. I was, um, not entirely sober at the time.
Posted by: tcn in AK
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Try that today and you will end up as a registered sex offender for life.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at July 20, 2025 12:29 AM (/lPRQ)
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at July 20, 2025 12:30 AM (mYNxU)
Drove to San Antonio with my dad (they split back in '91, but me and my siblings were glad he came). It was at held at an Episcopal church, which is funny cuz Mom was Church Of Christ. But I digress. Got into San Antonio a quarter to one, services started at two. It was brief but really nice. Afterwards, there was a reception and I saw relatives I haven't seen since my sister's wedding in 1999. My mother's remaining siblings and all of my cousins on that side of the family. Even a couple of cousins on Dad's side. Even my late aunt's *92 year old* husband. Pretty shocked, but I was really happy to see him. For a man his age he seemed to be in okay shape.
I wasn't sure what to expect but today was a good day. It was nice seeing so much of my extended family and everyone had so many lovely things to say about Mom and it made me happy to hear it and I feel Mom would have been happy to know as well.
Oh, and her urn is beautiful. I think my sister chose it and she chose very well.
Posted by: Robert at July 20, 2025 12:30 AM (1Yy3c)
Posted by: JackStraw at July 20, 2025 12:31 AM (viF8m)
I had a valve issue, and they literally "opened" my heart to get at it.
Posted by: buddhaha at July 20, 2025 12:31 AM (hW8x2)
Posted by: Romeo13 at July 20, 2025 12:26 AM (mP0Kj)
That's what I was saying a week ago. We must guarantee birth so as to find out their immigration status. She did open a pretty big can of worms.
Posted by: Reforger at July 20, 2025 12:34 AM (sjorS)
David Duchovny was a better looking tranny in Twin Peaks.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, I Have Become Comfortably Lame at July 20, 2025 12:34 AM (0aYVJ)
Posted by: Robert at July 20, 2025 12:30 AM (1Yy3c)
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May her memory be a blessing.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 20, 2025 12:35 AM (JvZF+)
Robert, condolences and I'm glad the occasion went well.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 20, 2025 12:35 AM (HL/Ld)
Posted by: Robert
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Glad your mom had a good send off.
Be well.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 20, 2025 12:35 AM (q3UPY)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 20, 2025 12:36 AM (JvZF+)
Posted by: Romeo13 at July 20, 2025 12:26 AM (mP0Kj)
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That's what I was saying a week ago. We must guarantee birth so as to find out their immigration status. She did open a pretty big can of worms.
Posted by: Reforger at July 20, 2025 12:34 AM (sjorS)
In her legal studies, she never took the course 'The Law of Unintended Consequences'.
Posted by: RickZ at July 20, 2025 12:38 AM (gKDq2)
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at July 20, 2025 12:29 AM (/lPRQ)
I was underage at the time, and he was not, so... not sure if looking is crime.
Posted by: tcn in AK at July 20, 2025 12:39 AM (1Gsou)
Posted by: Robert at July 20, 2025 12:30 AM (1Yy3c)
Condolences, Robert.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 20, 2025 12:42 AM (QhQum)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 20, 2025 12:43 AM (q3UPY)
Yes you know of what I speak. As kids we were in touch with an old style of life that is now extinct. They let us run around the farm, the huge old barn, down to the creek and then the river...it was a blast.
No fatalities or major injuries either. Worst I ever heard of was Marilyn, my aunt only 8 yrs older, got lost in a cornfield for a bit when young.
Posted by: Farmer, with his own historical take at July 20, 2025 12:44 AM (55Qr6)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 20, 2025 12:44 AM (q3UPY)
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at July 20, 2025 12:48 AM (mYNxU)
Posted by: JackStraw at July 20, 2025 12:48 AM (viF8m)
Did you miss a meme today?
📷Powerline Week in Pictures: Elmo Goes Reich Edition
https://bit.ly/4nTnarb
😂Village Hemorrhoid Random Political Memes/Cartoons Dump
https://bit.ly/3IBlrXi
😂 Hoyt: Play Memes For Me
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⛑ Barnhardt Meme Barrage
https://bit.ly/44Xv6yP
🧩Bits & Pieces —always memes
https://bitsandpieces.us/
It's been a day. So long I just got here and have to leave.
G'nite, y'all.
Posted by: mindful webworker - not all memes are created equal at July 20, 2025 12:54 AM (RviYc)
US Revokes Visas For Brazilian Judge, His Allies Over Bolsonaro Prosecution
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Trump told Lula to lay off Bolsonaro.
Be interesting to see how it all plays out.
It ain't over.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 20, 2025 12:58 AM (q3UPY)
Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at July 20, 2025 01:01 AM (w6EFb)
Re dimensionality. I know just enough differential geometry to be dangerous, really dangerous. We have the notion of curvature, a non-Euclidean space, where distances aren't the same pythagoroean relation of "flat" space we're familiar with and intuit instinctively. Also, the circumference of circles is not 2pi*r, triangles don't sum to 180 degrees, etc.
This is Riemannian geometry. Consider the surface of a sphere. We can see the curvature of that 2D space by imagining it curving in a higher 3D space, called an embedding space. It was soon realized that "true curvature" is an intrinsic property. Embedding spaces are a crutch, and you don't really need them.
Now, what blows my mind is in the general case, you need the Riemann curvature tensor, which is 4 dimensional array of sorts. So, to describe higher dimensional spaces, the mathematical objects themselves become higher dimensional, and you can even visualize them, much less the actual space you're working with.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 20, 2025 01:03 AM (w6EFb)
10 percent: for income $11,925 or less
12 percent: for income over $11,925
22 percent: for income over $48,475
24 percent: for income over $103,350
32 percent: for income over $197,300
35 percent: for income over $250,525
37 percent: for income over $626,350
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Blood suckers. This is why they don't want tariffs. It will cut deep into their fiddle.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 20, 2025 01:05 AM (q3UPY)
Oh, and her urn is beautiful. I think my sister chose it and she chose very well.
Posted by: Robert at July 20, 2025 12:30
Glad it went well Robert, that's a nice memory to cherish.
We just had Dad's internment and Celebration of Life in early June. Tho I was stressed at all the little details that seemed to go wrong, it turned out everyone there thought it was great.
Plans are to have another CoL near Point where he lived for the last 40 yrs. This will be at a small WI bar and grill and you morons are invited. Even MisHum if he isn't too busy fishing in some WI paradise.
Posted by: Farmer, with his own historical take at July 20, 2025 01:06 AM (55Qr6)
Posted by: Boss Moss at July 20, 2025 01:07 AM (EQg1P)
Posted by: Boss Moss at July 20, 2025 01:08 AM (EQg1P)
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at July 20, 2025 01:10 AM (0nHVk)
Posted by: Boss Moss at July 20, 2025 01:07 AM (EQg1P)
Arghhh... no... he's not...
Posted by: Steve, the Pirate at July 20, 2025 01:10 AM (mP0Kj)
Posted by: Boss Moss at July 20, 2025 01:10 AM (EQg1P)
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Shotgun in the home for self-defense.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 20, 2025 01:13 AM (q3UPY)
Posted by: Boss Moss at July 20, 2025 01:17 AM (EQg1P)
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Who knew?
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 20, 2025 01:18 AM (q3UPY)
Posted by: Farmer, with his own historical take at July 20, 2025 01:19 AM (55Qr6)
Posted by: Quint at July 20, 2025 01:21 AM (haE0k)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 20, 2025 01:22 AM (q3UPY)
Posted by: Quint at July 20, 2025 01:23 AM (haE0k)
Posted by: azjaeger at July 20, 2025 01:23 AM (3/XaG)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 20, 2025 01:25 AM (q3UPY)
Posted by: Boss Moss at July 20, 2025 01:26 AM (EQg1P)
Posted by: Tonypete
Cats and pigs. That's not a common pairing of animals.
Posted by: Dark Litigator at July 20, 2025 01:26 AM (KAi1n)
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Right. Now, get Trump on board with that.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 20, 2025 01:29 AM (q3UPY)
Posted by: Boss Moss at July 20, 2025 01:30 AM (EQg1P)
You don’t like France, which is your defining characteristic. Does it bother you that the Americans that most dislike France also hate San Francisco even more? I don’t actually care. This was just a rhetorical device.
Posted by: Quint at July 20, 2025 01:30 AM (haE0k)
Posted by: Dark Litigator at July 20, 2025 01:31 AM (KAi1n)
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OK, that's not funny.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 20, 2025 01:32 AM (q3UPY)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 20, 2025 01:33 AM (q3UPY)
Posted by: Boss Moss at July 20, 2025 01:35 AM (EQg1P)
Posted by: Boss Moss at July 20, 2025 01:37 AM (EQg1P)
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OK, that's not funny.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others
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Better than MRI - Butt Plug Man
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher - Memorial Bricks Benches and Barstools are not Free at July 20, 2025 01:41 AM (/lPRQ)
How did MRI guy die exactly? Did he get slammed against the side of the machine?
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 20, 2025 01:42 AM (HL/Ld)
Posted by: Boss Moss at July 20, 2025 01:45 AM (EQg1P)
Did he get slammed against the side of the machine?
Posted by: Blonde Morticia
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Apparently.
“In that instant, the machine switched him around, pulled him in, and he hit the MRI," she told News 12 Long Island of the tragedy.
Dude was wearing a 20-lb chain. How did he keep his back straight?
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 20, 2025 01:45 AM (HL/Ld)
Posted by: Boss Moss at July 20, 2025 01:46 AM (EQg1P)
How did MRI guy die exactly? Did he get slammed against the side of the machine?
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 20, 2025 01:42 AM (HL/Ld)
Gold, if pure, is safe in an MRI machine as it is not magnetic...
Must have been mixed with some other metal...
Ewwww... that would be a great plot for a murder mystery!
Posted by: Romeo13 at July 20, 2025 01:47 AM (mP0Kj)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 20, 2025 01:05 AM (q3UPY)
It’s funny that you think tariffs would reverse this.
Posted by: Cow Demon at July 20, 2025 01:50 AM (Pce4l)
I will prepare myself a Chivas on the rocks, can I get anybody anything? I remember drinking Planter's Punch with a few of the girls in college. On the ride home one of them puked all over my coat in the car.
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at July 20, 2025 01:51 AM (0nHVk)
Posted by: Boss Moss at July 20, 2025 01:51 AM (EQg1P)
Must have been mixed with some other metal...
Ewwww... that would be a great plot for a murder mystery!
Posted by: Romeo13 at July 20, 2025 01:47 AM (mP0Kj)
If the magnetic field is alternating, non-ferrous metals can be repelled or attracted, especially loops. Kind of the operating principal of a railgun.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 20, 2025 01:53 AM (QhQum)
Posted by: Boss Moss at July 20, 2025 01:53 AM (EQg1P)
It’s funny that you think tariffs would reverse this.
Posted by: Cow Demon
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Money will come through different channels into different hands.
The current leaches will be cut off from the flow of graft.
As tariffs increase watch for new legislation re-directing the flow.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 20, 2025 01:54 AM (q3UPY)
Posted by: Boss Moss at July 20, 2025 01:55 AM (EQg1P)
Posted by: Blonde Morticia
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Staff Ef'd up.
Ghetto Lottery !!!
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at July 20, 2025 01:56 AM (/lPRQ)
Posted by: Boss Moss at July 20, 2025 01:53 AM (EQg1P)
Yeah, it happens.
The clean-up job's fun.
Posted by: RickZ at July 20, 2025 01:56 AM (gKDq2)
Could have crushed his larynx
Could have cut his head off
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 20, 2025 01:57 AM (q3UPY)
"His wife, Adrienne Jones-McAllister, told local outlet News 12 that she was getting an MRI scan on her knee and needed help getting up.
She asked the technician to get her husband who was brought into the room. McAllister was wearing a 20-pound chain around his neck with a large lock which he used for weight training."
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at July 20, 2025 01:58 AM (eIjvK)
Posted by: Boss Moss at July 20, 2025 01:58 AM (EQg1P)
It sounds like he was standing there, not on the table, and got sucked in. Was this in America or South Africa?
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 20, 2025 02:00 AM (q3UPY)
that would be a great plot for a murder mystery!
Posted by: Romeo13
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Dude! Here's how it goes:
Siegfried hires Connor for a huge sum to steal the Gold Necklace. Connor steals it and sees it's wayyyy more valuable than the fee Siegfried is paying, so he has a cheap one made just like it that's gold-plated and gives THAT one to Siegfried with the intention of selling the Gold Necklace.
Connor delivers the cheap knockoff to Siegfried, but Siegfried instantly sees the deception -- but he plays along. Tells Connor "You've passed my test and gotten the Gold Necklace. I will give it to you as payment for the REAL reason I hired you -- my next acquisition, The Red Diamond! Here are the details: The Red Diamond is hidden in the MRI room at Mercy Hospital. Someone there will be your contact; he will recognize you by the necklace..."
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 20, 2025 02:00 AM (HL/Ld)
Posted by: Boss Moss at July 20, 2025 02:02 AM (EQg1P)
Posted by: Boss Moss at July 20, 2025 02:03 AM (EQg1P)
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Wouldn't the machine normally be switched off after the procedure?
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 20, 2025 02:03 AM (q3UPY)
To see the forces that can be produced on ferromagnetic metals, here's a little video of some guys playing with an old MRI machine about to be decommissioned:
https://tinyurl.com/luozfug
Note they get 500 lbs-force on a small crescent wrench....
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 20, 2025 02:04 AM (w6EFb)
Posted by: Boss Moss
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Nassau County, the most, uhm, active county on the island, maybe the state.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 20, 2025 02:06 AM (q3UPY)
Posted by: Boss Moss at July 20, 2025 02:06 AM (EQg1P)
And MRI machine is a always-on thing. It's superconducting and must cooled down to liquid helium temperatures. This is not a thing you just turn on and off. In an emergency, there is a "quench" procedure, and I'm sure that's what they did in this case, but it was too late as the blunt force injury was fatal.
Such a quench can be harmful to the components, and is very costly in terms of liquid helium waste and all that.
Restart takes time as you have to slowly cool it down to avoid thermal shock and all that.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 20, 2025 02:07 AM (w6EFb)
I believe that B-29 (a few, actually), in effect did "shuttle" bombing missions over Japan, but ended up landing in the USSR (Primorskiy krai, Vladivostok). The crews were interned, as the Soviets were neutral in that war at the time. They kept the bombers. But they did a very poor job of interning the crews, obviously intentionally.
They were sent to detention areas in the Caucasus (Azeri SSR, I think). Then, somehow, miraculously, they found their way into Iran next door (crawling with US and British forces, Lend-Lease facilities, etc). I believe this was described in Gen. Deane's book. So one case where Stalin did right by the US in a small way, where he didn't really have to.
Posted by: rhomboid at July 20, 2025 02:09 AM (1m82a)
Just looking, the total cost of a quench is about $60K. And that was some time ago.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 20, 2025 02:09 AM (w6EFb)
Posted by: Boss Moss at July 20, 2025 02:10 AM (EQg1P)
Such a quench can be harmful to the components, and is very costly in terms of liquid helium waste and all that.
Restart takes time as you have to slowly cool it down to avoid thermal shock and all that.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (
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Was just going to say they always keep them spun up.
That was w/o knowing any technical aspects.
Now you'd think they had a vestibule with metal detectors...
But a sign alone should do it.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at July 20, 2025 02:11 AM (/lPRQ)
The man wasn't the patient, his wife was. Maybe he entered on his own.
Posted by: Boss Moss
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Reportedly, yes, he went in to "help her up" with the permission of an attendant. The wife/gf said "they knew" he wore a chain as they'd seen it before.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 20, 2025 02:18 AM (HL/Ld)
Posted by: Boss Moss at July 20, 2025 02:10 AM (EQg1P)
Every time I've had to use one, 1. Just the tech and myself in the room.
Posted by: RickZ at July 20, 2025 02:19 AM (gKDq2)
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at July 20, 2025 02:20 AM (0nHVk)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 20, 2025 02:20 AM (QhQum)
https://tinyurl.com/luozfug
Note they get 500 lbs-force on a small crescent wrench....
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley
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Reading around says they've been known to violently toss wheelchairs around the room.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 20, 2025 02:21 AM (HL/Ld)
Posted by: RickZ at July 20, 2025 02:21 AM (gKDq2)
There is a slow shutdown procedure that is not destructive. It takes time. I was reading a bit about the process. You've got a YUGE current, a "supercurrent", flowing with out resistance. An equally YUGE amount of energy is stored in the YUGE magnetic field.
If the thing suddenly stops being superconducting, you know have resistance, and that huge current then starts dumping I^2*R energy into the coils, and keeps pumping as the magnetic field collapses. This rapid heat dump can be explosive. And they have to be designed to safely "vent" all that energy. That is not trivial.
In the controlled shutdown, there is a complex and tricky procedure to slowly ramp down the supercurrent and B field while it remains superconducting. This is not trivial. And then, once the field is low enough, you "quench", allowing it to heat up above critical temperature.
Starting one up is an even more complicated, slow process.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 20, 2025 02:24 AM (w6EFb)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 20, 2025 02:25 AM (q3UPY)
Posted by: Boss Moss at July 20, 2025 02:27 AM (EQg1P)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 20, 2025 02:27 AM (q3UPY)
Looking around Youtube with the other videos it displays, there's some images showing one of those portable hospital bed things smashed up against an MRI machine. And a time a nurse was crushed between such a bed and the machine.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 20, 2025 02:28 AM (w6EFb)
When I had an MRI, it was:
- fill out this form stating you don't have any metal bits in you (shrapnel, shotgun pellets, etc)
- here's your hospital gown
- go to the boy's locker room
- strip off everything, clothing, jewelry, piercings, whatever. (except, you're a dude, so you can keep your undies on, since they're probably not underwire boxers), and just wear the gown and your socks (and undies)
- put your stuff in the locker and sit there and wait until the nurse comes to get you
They did let me keep my glasses on until we were right by the MRI room. Left them on a table outside with the locker key.
Posted by: mikeski at July 20, 2025 02:30 AM (DgGvY)
Posted by: Boss Moss at July 20, 2025 02:30 AM (EQg1P)
Luckily, no. Iron in "heme" chemical form in the blood is not ferromagnetic. It's similar to how rust is not magnetic.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 20, 2025 02:33 AM (w6EFb)
“A Polish programmer and former OpenAI employee has successfully defeated an artificial intelligence model in a 10-hour head-to-head coding contest.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 20, 2025 02:35 AM (q3UPY)
Exclusive for @axios : More singles are getting romantic with an AI bot in D.C. than in most big cities.
And the District residents most likely to get flirty with a GPT? Single men and Gen Z-ers
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@JackPosobiec . 4h
These are the people who staff the deep state
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 20, 2025 02:36 AM (q3UPY)
Also a couple articles about the field causing concealed guns to fire. A Wisconsin woman was injured after being shot in the butt, and a Brazilian lawyer was killed after being shot in the abdomen.
Posted by: mikeski at July 20, 2025 02:39 AM (DgGvY)
Posted by: Skip at July 20, 2025 02:41 AM (iF+iG)
Posted by: Skip
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Good nap.
And goodnight, everyone.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 20, 2025 02:43 AM (q3UPY)
Posted by: Skip at July 20, 2025 02:50 AM (iF+iG)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 20, 2025 12:44 AM (q3UPY)
I will have you know, my 16 year old ass was magnificent.
Posted by: tcn in AK at July 20, 2025 03:05 AM (1Gsou)
Posted by: Skip at July 20, 2025 02:50 AM (iF+iG)
Retirement is wonderful. Consider it the next time somebody tells you to show up for work at 7pm.
Posted by: tcn in AK at July 20, 2025 03:06 AM (1Gsou)
maybe: k*rk
@oldscarf1stweek
Jul 19
Replying to @JasonFox29
Nothing unites the country like making fun of rich people ruining their lives
Posted by: m at July 20, 2025 03:58 AM (aURVT)
Posted by: m at July 20, 2025 03:59 AM (aURVT)
I'm wondering if the CEO and his paramour had just played it cool, rather than putting on the full "conscious of guilt" behavior, if they could've gotten away with it. Would anyone have plaid any attention? This wasn't going to be broadcast. Some people were filming things, but would it have leaked out to anyone who knew them?
By putting on that turning your face act, and the CEO just going down on the floor, that called attention to it big time. Everybody knew they were messing around.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 20, 2025 04:04 AM (w6EFb)
Posted by: BourbonChicken at July 20, 2025 04:05 AM (lhenN)
Posted by: RickZ at July 20, 2025 04:13 AM (gKDq2)
I'm wondering if the CEO and his paramour had just played it cool, rather than putting on the full "conscious of guilt" behavior, if they could've gotten away with it. Would anyone have plaid any attention? This wasn't going to be broadcast. Some people were filming things, but would it have leaked out to anyone who knew them?
By putting on that turning your face act, and the CEO just going down on the floor, that called attention to it big time. Everybody knew they were messing around.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 20, 2025 04:04 AM (w6EFb)
Over the ensuing hours or days, somebody present at the event would probably have told somebody who would have told somebody and ....
Posted by: m at July 20, 2025 04:15 AM (aURVT)
Posted by: BourbonChicken at July 20, 2025 04:21 AM (lhenN)
Posted by: m at July 20, 2025 04:25 AM (aURVT)
Posted by: m at July 20, 2025 04:36 AM (aURVT)
He went stark raving mad. (Futurism)
Posted by: m at July 20, 2025 04:38 AM (aURVT)
Posted by: m at July 20, 2025 04:39 AM (aURVT)
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