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Thursday Overnight Open Thread - August 14, 2025 [Doof]
Howdy Hordelings! Oh - you were expecting an ONT from Weird Dave? Well...
Personal Note This is the last Thursday ONT I will be writing. I've been doing this for almost ten years, I'm tired boss. Don't worry, I'll still be kicking your weekend off right by meeting your meme needs on the Friday ONT, but starting next week Thursdays will be covered by the eminently capable Doof. It's been a pleasure and an honor to entertain you Morons all these years.So, time to step on in and see how "eminently capable" this Doof guy really is!
Origin story of the mystery click above
This August concert was a short, low-key opening slot for Manfred Mann's Earth Band and Uriah Heep. (The trio isn’t even listed on an ad promoting the show.) The band reportedly opened with “Finding My Way.” Poor-quality audio of the song doesn’t seem to betray the band’s nerves, although it does give a nice snapshot of Lee’s astonishing vocal range and Peart’s already ferocious style. *** Peart died in 2020. His final concert with Rush had taken place on Aug. 1, 2015 -- roughly 41 years after Peart's fateful show debut.AUDIO: Rush's First Show With Neil Peart On August 14,1974 In Pittsburgh
Theories about space and time have always been the great misunderstood ones for the general public, but one of the great mysteries to work on and investigate for physicists and scholars of these subjects. For many years, researchers have intertwined additional spatial dimensions, exotic particles or string-like objects into a single narrative. In each of these cases, one of the issues was resolved, but another was left unanswered. A new theory has now been put forward that could dismantle everything we have taken for granted so far, and that is that the approach to space and time, argued in the ticking of the clock, may be much stranger and richer than the simple advance through seconds, minutes and hours. *** All particles, fields and even energy itself emerge as different ways in which the triple-layer rhythm can change. "My work transforms the concept of an interesting mathematical possibility into a physically testable theory with multiple independent verification channels"Reaching for a lifeline here. Can anyone of you super smart Hordelings summarize this article for the rest of us?
Rest in Peace, Danielle Spencer🕯️
— Kevin Gallagher (@KevG163) August 12, 2025
The deadpan comedic genius "Dee Thomas" from the '70s hit show "What's Happening!!"
The episodes with Doobie Brothers concert were classic Dee pic.twitter.com/cUJZe4W8hl
A fun show from a simpler time. Can we take a moment to appreciate the acting chops one needs to play that kind of deadpan role? She did it quite well - especially for someone as young as she was at the time.
----- Not related for any reason other than it's a clip from a fun show from a simpler time
Always a good time to revisit a classic scene from ‘Cheers’ pic.twitter.com/DruJL15xOI
— OldTimeHardball (@OleTimeHardball) August 13, 2025
Click for a thread on X
Estonian theater Kinoteater recently staged one of the most unusual versions of Shakespeare’s “Romeo and Juliet,” featuring heavy-duty vehicles as actors and a limestone quarry as the stage.Check out the whole story at the link. It includes a video of the performance. ----- On the subject of Romeo and Juliet, I'd like to callback to T Rex's top-notch ONT from last night where he featured the topic of cover songs. I scanned the thread and comments and did not see any mention of this song: Romeo and Juliet -
“Romula ja Julia” was a nearly wordless performance that relied on the movements and interactions of dozens of vehicles to convey the classic love story. Romeo was represented by a rally truck, while Juliet was a red Ford pickup truck, and the climactic duel between Tybalt and Mercutio was interpreted by two excavators dangling their metal buckets in front of each other. Designed as one big experiment about what it means to stage a Shakespearean classic today and whether artists can find new ways to do it, Romula ja Julia attracted international attention because of its unusual cast.
Original studio version by Dire Straits Dire Straits Live At The Hammersmith Odeon, London, July 1983 Outstanding cover version from The Killers
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(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: JohnFNotKerry at August 14, 2025 10:01 PM (wQPGd)
But he who restrains his lips is wise.
—Morons 10:19
Posted by: mindful webworker - the West was getting tamed, slowly. at August 14, 2025 10:01 PM (RbyvF)
Posted by: Tonypete at August 14, 2025 10:01 PM (cYBz/)
Posted by: IS ROTH at August 14, 2025 10:01 PM (mz2xU)
Posted by: JohnFNotKerry at August 14, 2025 10:01 PM (wQPGd)
Posted by: Zeera. I voted for ALL of this at August 14, 2025 10:01 PM (tRMRF)
Posted by: QED Texan at August 14, 2025 10:02 PM (fveCG)
Posted by: Fastly Strokewater at August 14, 2025 10:02 PM (H/u99)
JohnFKerry's comment confuses me. I think it should be discounted and Firstness given to commenter at #2.
Posted by: mindful webworker - 1 what? at August 14, 2025 10:03 PM (RbyvF)
It's about time, it's about space.... Ooh, ooh!
Posted by: OrangeEnt at August 14, 2025 10:03 PM (0eaVi)
Posted by: Dr. T at August 14, 2025 10:04 PM (lHPJf)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 14, 2025 10:04 PM (kkTda)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at August 14, 2025 10:04 PM (dDmld)
Well that's all fine and good but how does this explain where all the unpaired socks go during a spin in the dryer?
Tell me THAT Mr. Smart Guy.
Posted by: Tonypete at August 14, 2025 10:04 PM (cYBz/)
Posted by: TRex - back in for quick exit, like the A-Team does at August 14, 2025 10:05 PM (IQ6Gq)
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in the words of Dr Henry Jones, Jr.
"I don't know- I'm making this up as I go."
Posted by: Don Black at August 14, 2025 10:05 PM (AOsQT)
Posted by: gKWVE at August 14, 2025 10:06 PM (gKWVE)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 14, 2025 10:06 PM (RIvkX)
I suspect that physicists are just making things up to sound mysterious.
Posted by: Dr. T at August 14, 2025 10:04 PM (lHPJf)
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"Like, space is, like, an add-on to the three dimensions."
"Whoa! That's deep. Pass the bong."
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 14, 2025 10:06 PM (kkTda)
Posted by: JohnFNotKerry at August 14, 2025 10:07 PM (wQPGd)
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at August 14, 2025 10:07 PM (gcUgZ)
Posted by: Case at August 14, 2025 10:07 PM (iwlvf)
Posted by: JackWayne at August 14, 2025 10:07 PM (LajFB)
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at August 14, 2025 10:08 PM (zZu0s)
Sadly, the illiterates at Marca have obviously never read their Heinlein or they'd already know.
Posted by: RandomDave at August 14, 2025 10:08 PM (aJQbY)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at August 14, 2025 10:08 PM (dDmld)
Posted by: Doof at August 14, 2025 10:08 PM (QMAsf)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 14, 2025 10:09 PM (kkTda)
Posted by: QED Texan at August 14, 2025 10:09 PM (fveCG)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 14, 2025 10:04 PM (kkTda)
Tomorrow's the Assumption [sometimes Dormition] of Mary. (Tonight was the vigil so I attended that one.)
Posted by: gKWVE at August 14, 2025 10:09 PM (gKWVE)
Posted by: Thomas Bender at August 14, 2025 10:09 PM (XV/Pl)
Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 14, 2025 10:09 PM (PlyIA)
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Could I buy some pot from you?
Posted by: Larry Kroger at August 14, 2025 10:09 PM (dDmld)
I will sometimes pull through. I hate people who take five and six attempts to back in. Just park the normal way and stop blocking my exit or entrance.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at August 14, 2025 10:09 PM (0eaVi)
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Far out, man.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Something Smells Funny In Here at August 14, 2025 10:10 PM (L/fGl)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 14, 2025 10:10 PM (RIvkX)
This 3 dimensions of time "idea" is pure nonsense. How this managed to get "peer reviewed" tells you all you need to know about peer review. Here's Sabine Hossenfelder explaining how this is nonsense:
https://tinyurl.com/2c5epbme
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 14, 2025 10:10 PM (w6EFb)
Posted by: gKWVE at August 14, 2025 10:10 PM (gKWVE)
Posted by: Thomas Bender at August 14, 2025 10:10 PM (XV/Pl)
Posted by: no one of any consequence at August 14, 2025 10:10 PM (ZmEVT)
Don't care at all, unless the person trying to back in is one of these people who takes 15 tries to get the damned car in the slot.
That's pretty annoying when you're sitting there waiting on the klutz.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at August 14, 2025 10:10 PM (qpyNK)
Everyone in the household back in parks - 100% of the time in the garage.
Fun Fact: The local police make a habit of patrolling through hotel parking lots grabbing license plates with their ALPRs.
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at August 14, 2025 10:10 PM (a4flb)
It's a *lot* easier to back into an open space than a constrained one. The way a *lot* of people drive I do NOT want them trying to back into the space next to my vehicle.
But for those who are good at, yeah - park how you want, it's no skin off my nose.
Posted by: KCSteve at August 14, 2025 10:11 PM (bxAlI)
Posted by: davidt at August 14, 2025 10:11 PM (i0F8b)
Does anyone else kind of feel like backup cameras make parallel parking too easy? Like you are cheating?
I learned how to parallel park in a 5 speed Mustang II with manual steering (and stick of course.)
The 2018 GT is a bit easier.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at August 14, 2025 10:12 PM (zZu0s)
Great content!
Posted by: Diogenes at August 14, 2025 10:12 PM (2WIwB)
Posted by: TRex - back in for quick exit, like the A-Team does at August 14, 2025 10:05 PM (IQ6Gq)
Thanks Dino! I feel like a utility infielder who knows he is adequate enough to play several positions in a pinch but not really good enough to be a starter.
Posted by: Doof at August 14, 2025 10:12 PM (QMAsf)
Sadly, the illiterates at Marca have obviously never read their Heinlein or they'd already know.
Posted by: RandomDave
3D isn’t until Saturday.
Posted by: QED Texan at August 14, 2025 10:12 PM (fveCG)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 14, 2025 10:12 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at August 14, 2025 10:12 PM (63Dwl)
Because. Social Media. The need for clicks. Manufacturing outrage is virtue. I don't know. I backed into a parking spot today at work. Easier to drive out of it that way. Don't care how others do it, just don't hit me and leave me enough room to get in my car.
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at August 14, 2025 10:12 PM (gcUgZ)
Simplest explanation of the physics article. It's not string theory and it's probably wrong
Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 14, 2025 10:13 PM (xffwU)
Posted by: Case at August 14, 2025 10:13 PM (iwlvf)
Posted by: RandomDave at August 14, 2025 10:13 PM (aJQbY)
__________________________
Translation: The researcher is a male. Males can't multitask. Therefore, it makes sense that the male looks at particles, fields and energy as separated. Females will shoot down this theory immediately.
There. Moving on.
BTW, I am a strong proponent of Block Universe theory. Past, present, future all exist in tandem at the same point...which explains all these paranormal voices and apparitions everyone bumps into.
I, also, like Sunkist Grape Soda, which is likely the only thing I've just typed that you can confirm as precise, accurate, and personally important to me.
Posted by: Orson at August 14, 2025 10:13 PM (dIske)
Dude. Carb.
Posted by: Bilwis Devourer of Innocent Souls, I'm starvin' over here at August 14, 2025 10:14 PM (pIfcn)
Our work transforms this question into testable mathematics and the answers can be yours, free! Just send your phone number and email address!
Posted by: Dr. Cheech and Dr. Chong at August 14, 2025 10:14 PM (5c6LT)
Posted by: Cow Demon at August 14, 2025 10:14 PM (gkpAx)
. . . .
They said he had hoped to cause political change by terrorizing people who held contrary views to him into being too afraid to take part in political life.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Something Smells Funny In Here at August 14, 2025 10:14 PM (L/fGl)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh
So you can shoot out after Mass, and beat the crowd out of the parking lot?
Posted by: nerdygirl at August 14, 2025 10:15 PM (0Htd1)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 14, 2025 10:15 PM (xffwU)
Posted by: no one of any consequence at August 14, 2025 10:15 PM (ZmEVT)
Bravo!
Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 14, 2025 10:06 PM (RIvkX)
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Doof doin' it!
Great content!
Posted by: Diogenes at August 14, 2025 10:12 PM (2WIwB)
Thank you both!
Posted by: Doof at August 14, 2025 10:15 PM (QMAsf)
If you like your wheels to not suffer curb rash, you use any tool at your disposal.
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at August 14, 2025 10:15 PM (a4flb)
Smoking his shorts for 20 years.
Posted by: clarence at August 14, 2025 10:15 PM (iUGi6)
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at August 14, 2025 10:15 PM (qpyNK)
Posted by: Show-Offs! at August 14, 2025 10:15 PM (G5+As)
Huh. The argument about better visibility when pulling out is a good, compelling reason. Back up cameras would also make that easier.
I dunno. I guess no reason now.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at August 14, 2025 10:15 PM (zZu0s)
I don't even have to look out the windows.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at August 14, 2025 10:15 PM (dDmld)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh
So you can shoot out after Mass, and beat the crowd out of the parking lot?
Posted by: nerdygirl at August 14, 2025 10:15 PM (0Htd1)
Heh. Didn't Rush L. used to joke about beating the Baptists to Sunday brunch?
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at August 14, 2025 10:15 PM (ULPxl)
I drive a Chrysler minivan. Bought it in 2011 and it still runs like a champ. I've never had any problems with it, just do regular maintenance.
Best vehicle I have ever owned.
Posted by: four seasons at August 14, 2025 10:16 PM (3ek7K)
The Rockies are losing.
We now return you to your regularly-scheduled ONT.
Posted by: gKWVE at August 14, 2025 10:06 PM (gKWVE)
Baseball is dead anyway.
Posted by: Cow Demon at August 14, 2025 10:16 PM (gkpAx)
In short, the back-inners are made of sterner stuff and will be the ones to whom the loafers look when things get tough. We will laugh at them when they do.
Posted by: Archimedes at August 14, 2025 10:16 PM (Riz8t)
Now, back to physics.
Posted by: Dr. Cheech and Dr. Chong at August 14, 2025 10:16 PM (5c6LT)
November 19th, GKIDs is bringing to theaters a 4K remaster of Mamoru Oshii and Yoshitaka Amano's 1985 OVA Angel's Egg which since its release has inspired much discussion and controversy over what does the whole film mean?
Posted by: Anna Puma at August 14, 2025 10:17 PM (waQoI)
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I assume "satire" means stuff they don't want you to know.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Something Smells Funny In Here at August 14, 2025 10:17 PM (L/fGl)
Posted by: nerdygirl
He sits in the back pew for the same reason!
Posted by: Beat It! at August 14, 2025 10:17 PM (G5+As)
Posted by: Case
I’m not 29, but Mrs. QED loves the visibility. I love it as an enclosed pickup. You can get A LOT of crap in the back. We hauled a couch, loveseat, and twin mattress in one 700+ miles. Plus seating for 8 if you’re traveling light.
Posted by: QED Texan at August 14, 2025 10:18 PM (fveCG)
Best vehicle I have ever owned.
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You must see the new...
Cor-DOH-bah!
Posted by: Ricardo Montalban at August 14, 2025 10:18 PM (dDmld)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at August 14, 2025 10:15 PM (dDmld)
Well hello, Mr fancy pants!
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at August 14, 2025 10:18 PM (zZu0s)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at August 14, 2025 10:19 PM (63Dwl)
Posted by: scampydog at August 14, 2025 10:19 PM (KLJZM)
Does it also give a colorful segmented halo around the car that progresses from green to red as any portion of the car is in danger of bumping something?
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at August 14, 2025 10:19 PM (a4flb)
It's tric-KAY.
Tr-tr-tr-tricky (tricky) tricky (tricky)"
And I can't get it out of my head.
What's the antidote?
Posted by: Minuteman at August 14, 2025 10:19 PM (47/pr)
Posted by: four seasons at August 14, 2025 10:20 PM (3ek7K)
Fun Fact: The local police make a habit of patrolling through hotel parking lots grabbing license plates with their ALPRs.
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at August 14, 2025 10:10 PM (a4flb)
Why?
Posted by: Cow Demon at August 14, 2025 10:20 PM (gkpAx)
I drive a Chrysler minivan. Bought it in 2011 and it still runs like a champ. I've never had any problems with it, just do regular maintenance.
Best vehicle I have ever owned.
Posted by: four seasons
Mine's a 2007, best vehicle I've owned. Will run it until I drop.
Posted by: Cheep Thrills at August 14, 2025 10:20 PM (G5+As)
Posted by: Anna Puma at August 14, 2025 10:17 PM (waQoI)
So it's the more insane side of anime?
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at August 14, 2025 10:20 PM (zZu0s)
And space exists so that everything doesn't happen to *you *.
Posted by: Thanatopsis at August 14, 2025 10:20 PM (GYt5+)
Posted by: QED Texan
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*Raises hand* we are renting one to drive cross country - junior took a job in NC. Wife thinks it hilarious.
Posted by: scampydog at August 14, 2025 10:21 PM (KLJZM)
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at August 14, 2025 10:15 PM (qpyNK)
Are you Shoresy?
https://youtu.be/GZ5z-p_EUts
Posted by: Doof at August 14, 2025 10:21 PM (QMAsf)
Posted by: Kindltot at August 14, 2025 10:21 PM (rbvCR)
What's the antidote?
Posted by: Minuteman at August 14, 2025 10:19 PM (47/pr)
Dammit. ELO just started up in my head.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at August 14, 2025 10:21 PM (zZu0s)
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at August 14, 2025 10:10 PM (a4flb)
Why?
BOLOs, integrated systems tracking drug runners, outstanding warrants, the usual stuff.
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at August 14, 2025 10:21 PM (a4flb)
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Months ago, the Bee had an article accusing the Rockies of using performance impairing drugs. I thought the Bee wasn't supposed to be true.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Something Smells Funny In Here at August 14, 2025 10:22 PM (L/fGl)
Posted by: RickZ at August 14, 2025 10:22 PM (gKDq2)
https://tinyurl.com/26vcvnlb
Click on the PDF link to get the text of the paper. There he shows how physics can likely only work with you guessed it, 1 dimension of time and 3 dimensions of space.
This is quite profound. A simple example of why more than 3 spatial dimensions don't work. In 4D or higher, there would be no stable gravitational orbits. Gravity would be inverse cube (in the Newtonian limit) and even a simple circular orbit would not be stable to perturbations. In general, with 2 more spatial dimensions, more than 1 time dimension makes things unpredictable. Solutions to the equations would be quite chaotic. Physics just wouldn't work.
How about 1 time and less than 3 spatial dimensions? Too simple. While Newtonian gravity would do like EM and be a 1/r force, Einstein GR gravity would not propagate outside of matter. There could be no vacuum field of Einstein tensor gravity with only 2 spatial dimensions. Gravity thus wouldn't work at all.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 14, 2025 10:22 PM (w6EFb)
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at August 14, 2025 10:19 PM (a4flb)
It also wipes you ass when you go pooping by accident, prechews your food for you and massages your third chin.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at August 14, 2025 10:23 PM (zZu0s)
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That's silly
*eyeroll*
The halo goes from YELLOW to red
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at August 14, 2025 10:23 PM (dDmld)
With 165,000. We do a lot of road trips.
Posted by: QED Texan at August 14, 2025 10:23 PM (fveCG)
Posted by: Kindltot
Romeo or Juliet?
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Something Smells Funny In Here at August 14, 2025 10:23 PM (L/fGl)
Posted by: rhomboid at August 14, 2025 10:23 PM (U/Byj)
Of course these days the minivans have been downsized. Not the same as the older ones.
Posted by: four seasons at August 14, 2025 10:24 PM (3ek7K)
Posted by: Trust the Science at August 14, 2025 10:24 PM (z5QST)
Any chance I get to rent, I look for the minivan. Very gray man. the vehicles perform nicely, and allows flexibility in travel.
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at August 14, 2025 10:24 PM (a4flb)
Posted by: nerdygirl
He sits in the back pew for the same reason!
Posted by: Beat It! at August 14, 2025 10:17 PM
***
Must be why Catholics never sing all the verses of the hymns.
Posted by: TRex - back pew theologian at August 14, 2025 10:24 PM (IQ6Gq)
Posted by: nurse ratched at August 14, 2025 10:24 PM (qQ7Xj)
Posted by: scampydog at August 14, 2025 10:19 PM (KLJZM)
Thanks! Wait until I tell Piper she has another night of work to help me with!
Posted by: Doof at August 14, 2025 10:24 PM (QMAsf)
Posted by: Case at August 14, 2025 10:25 PM (iwlvf)
Angel's Egg is the fourth studio album by the progressive rock band Gong, released on Virgin Records in December 1973.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at August 14, 2025 10:25 PM (63Dwl)
Posted by: rhomboid at August 14, 2025 10:25 PM (U/Byj)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 14, 2025 10:25 PM (xffwU)
Posted by: OrangeEnt
My dear wife is a master of backing up. She can easily back into any spot even with a tandem tow setup. As a young lass she owned a trailer shop with a side business of hauling rock and gravel. Some times, it's scary.
Posted by: Tonypete at August 14, 2025 10:25 PM (cYBz/)
Posted by: Kindltot
Romeo or Juliet?
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Something Smells Funny In Here at August 14, 2025 10:23 PM (L/fGl)
Well played! I almost spit my beverage out.
Posted by: Doof at August 14, 2025 10:25 PM (QMAsf)
Of course these days the minivans have been downsized. Not the same as the older ones.
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It's best to compare interior volume specs. The standard unit is the Imperial clown-unit.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at August 14, 2025 10:26 PM (dDmld)
Posted by: TRex - back pew theologian at August 14, 2025 10:24 PM (IQ6Gq)
Yep. Cristers all are frank drebin impersonating Enrico pilatzo.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at August 14, 2025 10:26 PM (zZu0s)
Pretty much. Hardly any dialogue. Ethereal ghostly city. Street urchin waif girl running through the city clutching a giant egg to her body. And one enigmatic guy who seems to pursue her. Along with imagery that would make Monty Python's Terry Gilliam put the bong down.
It damaged Oshii's career for years. Amano kept drawing until he was on his sickbed. And Hideaki Anno deserted in mid-production.
Posted by: Anna Puma at August 14, 2025 10:26 PM (waQoI)
A non cringe worthy Thursday ONT! Whoot!
Posted by: nurse ratched at August 14, 2025 10:24 PM (qQ7Xj)
Hello nurse!
Posted by: Doof at August 14, 2025 10:26 PM (QMAsf)
Posted by: angsterdam at August 14, 2025 10:26 PM (van9r)
Posted by: Dempsey at August 14, 2025 10:26 PM (yZ9BV)
Posted by: huerfano at August 14, 2025 10:26 PM (98kQX)
Posted by: scampydog
Scampydog, you’ll love the space. Mrs. QED is short but the seat height in a minivan is “doable” without needing to climb up like in an SUV. Plus more space inside.
Posted by: QED Texan at August 14, 2025 10:27 PM (fveCG)
Posted by: Common Tater at August 14, 2025 10:27 PM (q/G6k)
Posted by: davidt at August 14, 2025 10:27 PM (i0F8b)
So you can shoot out after Mass, and beat the crowd out of the parking lot?
Posted by: nerdygirl at August 14, 2025 10:15 PM (0Htd1)
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It looks like the old running start they had at LeMans.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 14, 2025 10:27 PM (kkTda)
If he allows you out of the vehicle, pull out a Kleenex, walk back to the rear left tail light, and rigorously scrub the lens.
Most of you know why. But, for those who don't. Standard procedure these days is for the police officer to purposefully touch your rear tail light at he comes to talk to you. It leaves a purposeful print and DNA that can be used to confirm the meeting and pull over. They, also, use it to confirm the trunk isn't ajar, with someone hiding in it. They all do it.
Posted by: Orson at August 14, 2025 10:27 PM (dIske)
Posted by: Toonces at August 14, 2025 10:27 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: angsterdam at August 14, 2025 10:26 PM
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One break, coming up!!
Posted by: TRex - unchained Dino at August 14, 2025 10:28 PM (IQ6Gq)
Posted by: rhomboid at August 14, 2025 10:28 PM (U/Byj)
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia
At my parish, we have somewhere north of 35 'Marys'. So, Mary Lamp, Mary T, Mary Eva, Short Mary, Mary W., etc.
Posted by: Tonypete at August 14, 2025 10:28 PM (cYBz/)
Posted by: Wally at August 14, 2025 10:28 PM (AGl/x)
Maybe for the underclass, for the rest of us we get a dozen segments that go from green, to yellow, to orange to red.
All with the increasing cacophony of beeping noises until the computer just slams on the brakes.
What I like about the ride I got now, is that it has this stupid monitoring device on the steering column to make sure that your eyes are on the road.
Some engineer, conspiring with marketing programmed it so that if the car senses that you have died, stroked out or otherwise are in a dire health emergency, the car will pull over, stop, unlock the doors and call for help.
Just don't get a heart attack in a bad neighborhood.
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at August 14, 2025 10:29 PM (a4flb)
Husband drives a Toyota Tundra. We get more stuff in my van than we can get in the bed of his truck, lol.
Posted by: four seasons at August 14, 2025 10:29 PM (3ek7K)
They did a study and found that people who back into parking spaces are sublimating their unrealized homosexual urges.
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I thought it was Oedipal. It's either that or homosexuality.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 14, 2025 10:29 PM (kkTda)
Posted by: davidt at August 14, 2025 10:27 PM
I prefer bats. It's harder to choke-up on a penguin.
Posted by: huerfano at August 14, 2025 10:29 PM (98kQX)
Ford F-150's have the worst turning radius of any current vehicle, short of a semi.
If you want to get into a narrow parking spot without a 6 point turn, you back in.
Thank you for your attention to this matter.
Posted by: MkY at August 14, 2025 10:29 PM (cPGH3)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 14, 2025 10:27 PM
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LeMans is a religious experience for some.
Posted by: TRex - racing around the clock at August 14, 2025 10:29 PM (IQ6Gq)
Posted by: four seasons
I can still get 4x8’ sheets of plywood in the back and shut the rear hatch.
Posted by: QED Texan at August 14, 2025 10:30 PM (fveCG)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at August 14, 2025 10:30 PM (dDmld)
Posted by: nurse ratched at August 14, 2025 10:30 PM (qQ7Xj)
Posted by: Case
I know. I would love a truck. At the stage of life with just one vehicle—the minivan. Please don’t take my man card.
Posted by: QED Texan at August 14, 2025 10:31 PM (fveCG)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 14, 2025 10:29 PM (kkTda)
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To be fair, Jocasta was kind of hot.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at August 14, 2025 10:31 PM (dDmld)
If he allows you out of the vehicle, pull out a Kleenex, walk back to the rear left tail light, and rigorously scrub the lens.
Most of you know why. But, for those who don't. Standard procedure these days is for the police officer to purposefully touch your rear tail light at he comes to talk to you. It leaves a purposeful print and DNA that can be used to confirm the meeting and pull over. They, also, use it to confirm the trunk isn't ajar, with someone hiding in it. They all do it.
Posted by: Orson at August 14, 2025 10:27 PM (dIske)
I've never heard of this. Seems like it would be better to wait until after you've separated, and then wipe it off. How long would a fingerprint last under normal weather and such anyway?
Also ... someone hiding in the trunk, as in an "undocumented immigrant", or someone hidden in the trunk, as in a "missing person"???
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at August 14, 2025 10:31 PM (ULPxl)
Stranglers: Walk on By
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WYkqLm9cM3Y
Posted by: Plum Duff, North America' newest cryptid. at August 14, 2025 10:31 PM (quF1Q)
The Subway sub thrower has lost his job. Too bad, so sad. Hopefully he has to move in with his mommy and daddy. Ahole.
Posted by: four seasons at August 14, 2025 10:32 PM (3ek7K)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at August 14, 2025 10:30 PM
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Saw him being called the "footlong felon" today.
Posted by: TRex - cost more than five dollars at August 14, 2025 10:32 PM (IQ6Gq)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 14, 2025 10:32 PM (Hx7k3)
All men, worthy of being called a man, should instinctively know not only how to back in park, but also to back a single-axle trailer.
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at August 14, 2025 10:32 PM (a4flb)
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I want to believe.
Posted by: Don Black at August 14, 2025 10:32 PM (AOsQT)
Posted by: Anna Puma at August 14, 2025 10:32 PM (waQoI)
He sits in the back pew for the same reason!
Posted by: Beat It! at August 14, 2025 10:17 PM
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No, I stay to the end and say a prayer to Our Lady after the recessional. Then genuflecting takes about five minutes. So I'm in the middle of the departures.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 14, 2025 10:33 PM (kkTda)
Posted by: davidt at August 14, 2025 10:27 PM
I dunno, but they really love bud light and Jaguar for some reason.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at August 14, 2025 10:33 PM (zZu0s)
Posted by: TRex
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Yeah, I'm much more a 24 Hours of Lemons kind of guy.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 14, 2025 10:34 PM (XeU6L)
Well, Doof, you're in for it now.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others
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Up to your neck!
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 14, 2025 10:34 PM (kkTda)
WTF? Of all the things to be upset about in this planet.
Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at August 14, 2025 10:34 PM (9c0bR)
Also, note that backing into angled parking is a problem.
Posted by: mindful webworker - crunch at August 14, 2025 10:34 PM (RbyvF)
Posted by: Anna Puma at August 14, 2025 10:34 PM (waQoI)
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at August 14, 2025 10:34 PM (zZu0s)
Posted by: Javems at August 14, 2025 10:34 PM (8I4hW)
I can't imagine this dude will ever get an job interview again.
A quick social media search and into the spam box.
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at August 14, 2025 10:34 PM (a4flb)
Posted by: lin-duh at August 14, 2025 10:34 PM (VCgbV)
Posted by: MkY
Our Sienna has an incredibly tight turning radius. We had a Mazda MPV that rivaled you F-150. That was the worst thing about that minivan.
Posted by: QED Texan at August 14, 2025 10:35 PM (fveCG)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh
Moooooommmmm! Hadrian is being mean to me!!
Posted by: Tonypete at August 14, 2025 10:35 PM (cYBz/)
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at August 14, 2025 10:35 PM (ULPxl)
Posted by: Numbers Racket at August 14, 2025 10:35 PM (G5+As)
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at August 14, 2025 10:33 PM
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The really, really sad part about that observation is that an excellent Bud Light sponsored Jaguar race car roamed the race tracks of the world in the early 90s. XJR-14
Posted by: TRex - Jags were cool once at August 14, 2025 10:36 PM (IQ6Gq)
Also ... someone hiding in the trunk, as in an "undocumented immigrant", or someone hidden in the trunk, as in a "missing person"???
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at August 14, 2025 10:31 PM (ULPxl)
__________________________
Primary reason is that a lot more people try to pull away than previously, because a lot more cars are being stolen. So, the finger print and DNA are for an immediate application when they catch the guy down the road after running.
Posted by: Orson at August 14, 2025 10:36 PM (dIske)
Entitled Federal worker drone hit a Federal LEO with a Subway sammich. He is being charged with assault. And his employer, the DoJ I think, has fired him.
Another house suddenly on the market outside the Beltway.
Posted by: Anna Puma at August 14, 2025 10:36 PM (waQoI)
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at August 14, 2025 10:37 PM (zZu0s)
Posted by: four seasons at August 14, 2025 10:32 PM (3ek7K)
The dude worked at the DOJ. He assaulted a police officer, even if with 'just' a sandwich, it's still assault. This clown had to know that. So what did he expect the outcome of his little tantrum to be? Accolades and a hero's medal? These people are truly delusional. We seriously need to reexamine opening mental hospitals again.
Posted by: RickZ at August 14, 2025 10:37 PM (gKDq2)
Having a 180 degree clear view pulling out least I smack into some person with a cart slinking along the bumpers of the cars to the left and right. (some looking for insurance fraud).
Maybe the newer cars/trucks with a lot more blind spots.
My parking tactic for the last 10 years at least.
Posted by: Nightwatch at August 14, 2025 10:37 PM (25kuG)
Posted by: rhomboid at August 14, 2025 10:37 PM (U/Byj)
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at August 14, 2025 10:38 PM (zZu0s)
Posted by: RIP, Dee at August 14, 2025 10:38 PM (G5+As)
__________________________
Primary reason is that a lot more people try to pull away than previously, because a lot more cars are being stolen. So, the finger print and DNA are for an immediate application when they catch the guy down the road after running.
Posted by: Orson at August 14, 2025 10:36 PM (dIske)
Interesting. I wonder if those numbers will continue to rise for a bit and then start to drop, as ICE keeps up its work?
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at August 14, 2025 10:38 PM (ULPxl)
Posted by: Joe Kidd at August 14, 2025 10:38 PM (pCvkt)
Don't get that shitty eco-boost engine, but a real engine that make real engine sounds, and when you need a particularly tight turning radius, drop it in 2WD, kick the revs up, lock the steering wheel as far as it goes and do a burn-out donut.
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at August 14, 2025 10:38 PM (a4flb)
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at August 14, 2025 10:39 PM (zZu0s)
I can't imagine this dude will ever get an job interview again.
Imagine again. CNN or MSNBC will probably hire him.
Posted by: Archimedes at August 14, 2025 10:39 PM (Riz8t)
Posted by: Anna Puma at August 14, 2025 10:39 PM (waQoI)
Posted by: TRex
Greatest Motorsports Event in the World!! Big IMSA/WEC fan. I'm a few races behind though. Vacation and the races being all over the place, channel wise. I usually just wait till they upload on YTube.
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at August 14, 2025 10:40 PM (gcUgZ)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 14, 2025 10:34 PM
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The French ruin the one in France.
Posted by: TRex - Le Goat rope at August 14, 2025 10:40 PM (IQ6Gq)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Something Smells Funny In Here at August 14, 2025 10:23 PM (L/fGl)
Makes me think, One of the first truly "modern" works of literature was La Celestina written by Fernando Rojas in the late 1400's. It is similar to Romeo and Juliet, if Shakespeare had been writing a Southern Gothic novel based in New Orleans. Calixto meets and falls in love with Melibea, and his corrupt servant enrolls servants from both houses to get help from a local madame and avowed witch, who designs a way for Calixto to seduce Melibea. Which he does with the Celestina's charms, and then in a hurried escape from her room, fearing her menfolk were coming, falls down the ladder, breaking his neck. Melibea is left in the final scene crying in her personal despair since she is left known as an adulteress, and un-marriageable, and Calixto's servants are killed as bandits by the city guard as they try to run away.
Posted by: Kindltot at August 14, 2025 10:40 PM (rbvCR)
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone
That's because of the 18" wheelbase.
Posted by: Wheel Barrow at August 14, 2025 10:40 PM (G5+As)
Newer cars have sensors all over the place to keep you from driving over pedestrians and stuff.
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at August 14, 2025 10:40 PM (a4flb)
Posted by: Trust the Science at August 14, 2025 10:24 PM (z5QST)
Now do pickup truck drivers who leave their tailgate down.
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at August 14, 2025 10:41 PM (bKn1x)
Posted by: browndog head cocked to the side at August 14, 2025 10:41 PM (TTAGa)
Sadly the mental health complex in SW Wyoming was closed down a couple of years ago. Daughter-in-law and I asked our husbands "where are you gonna put us now", lol.
Posted by: four seasons at August 14, 2025 10:41 PM (3ek7K)
Posted by: Stacy0311 at August 14, 2025 10:41 PM (BBnoz)
Posted by: RickZ
He was the One he was waiting for!
Probably hired during Obama's regime.
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at August 14, 2025 10:42 PM (gcUgZ)
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at August 14, 2025 10:40 PM (a4flb)
But there is nothing like being able to see everything.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at August 14, 2025 10:42 PM (zZu0s)
As to why I sit in the back, it's the only place I can stretch my legs. Also, I no longer kneel, as it has become distractingly (I stress the word) painful. There are no rubrics for the faithful in the TLM. Also, through the Mystical Body of Christ, everyone else is kneeling for me, just as I wear a coat and tie so none of the other guys has to.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 14, 2025 10:42 PM (kkTda)
The Universe is a simulation.
Posted by: toby928 at August 14, 2025 10:43 PM (jc0TO)
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It's simple:
https://youtu.be/yfcMk37KA1A&t=5
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 14, 2025 10:43 PM (Hx7k3)
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone
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Now I'm curious about the Fiat 850.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 14, 2025 10:43 PM (XeU6L)
Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at August 14, 2025 10:44 PM (9c0bR)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 14, 2025 10:44 PM (kkTda)
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at August 14, 2025 10:44 PM (zZu0s)
Posted by: Anna Puma at August 14, 2025 10:44 PM (waQoI)
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at August 14, 2025 10:40 PM
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Do LeMans once. Check it off the bucket list. Then go to the Nurburgring 24 for a real racing experience.
LM gets the eyeballs and people who want to be seen at the big race. The N24 gets the racers.
Posted by: TRex - Schnell! at August 14, 2025 10:45 PM (IQ6Gq)
Posted by: gKWVE at August 14, 2025 10:45 PM (gKWVE)
Posted by: Dr. Cheech and Dr. Chong
First thing I ever smoked was hashish, and pot never quite did the trick for me as well. At a very low point in my long-ago yout', a relative sent me black Afghani finger hash. Looked like mummy fingers. Never had its like before or since. If the Lebanese was like that, I agree. It was the early '70s, and I wasn't 29 yet. Made a rough time smoother.
It was a good thing that such good hash was practically never available in my life.
Posted by: mindful webworker - young and foolish at August 14, 2025 10:45 PM (RbyvF)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 14, 2025 10:45 PM (RIvkX)
I do not get the butthurt from some folks. How is this a thing about to get butthurt?
Posted by: Nobody Reads my Comments at August 14, 2025 10:45 PM (0aYVJ)
my beef is with people who can't find the approximate middle of the parking space
Now, this time thing
time goes one way, forward into infinity
also, the past is infinite as well- goes backwards all the way. But we can't get to it because it already was, and therefore it no longer is. You can't go somewhere that isn't.
Hope this helps.
Posted by: Don Black at August 14, 2025 10:45 PM (AOsQT)
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at August 14, 2025 10:45 PM (0nHVk)
I especially like the Federal Officers doing a take down right outside Newsome's presser today in Commiefornia.
So in his face...as it should be...every day Gavin...every day you effin LOSER!!!
Posted by: Nightwatch at August 14, 2025 10:46 PM (25kuG)
Posted by: Tonypete at August 14, 2025 10:46 PM (cYBz/)
Posted by: Anna Puma at August 14, 2025 10:46 PM (waQoI)
Posted by: JohnFNotKerry
Oh, my error, JohnF. I forgot to put a j/k on that followed by congratulations.
Posted by: mindful webworker - to the victor goes the gold at August 14, 2025 10:46 PM (RbyvF)
Posted by: BillB at August 14, 2025 10:46 PM (TQxb9)
Posted by: Zeera. I voted for ALL of this at August 14, 2025 10:46 PM (tRMRF)
Posted by: Nobody Reads my Comments at August 14, 2025 10:45 PM (0aYVJ)
I will admit a lot of times I have noticed douchebags spending 5 or 6 attempts to get into the spot and sneered.
Not really butthurt though.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at August 14, 2025 10:47 PM (zZu0s)
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone
I think one of the Smart Fortwo has a wheelbase of about 6 feet.
Posted by: Tonypete at August 14, 2025 10:47 PM (cYBz/)
Where's the challenge in that?
Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at August 14, 2025 10:48 PM (lUFok)
Posted by: Nobody Reads my Comments at August 14, 2025 10:45 PM (0aYVJ)
First World Hysteria.
It's why we can't have nice things.
Oh, and I answered your comment so you can change your nick now.
Posted by: RickZ at August 14, 2025 10:48 PM (gKDq2)
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at August 14, 2025 10:45 PM
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DDS - I left a couple gratis Club ONT restroom tokens at the front desk for you. Don't forget them before you leave tonight. You and JQ have done a nice job looking after the ONT crowd in the wee hours. Thank you.
Posted by: TRex - ONT hospitality at August 14, 2025 10:49 PM (IQ6Gq)
Posted by: From about That Time at August 14, 2025 10:49 PM (n4GiU)
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at August 14, 2025 10:49 PM (ZVgZ4)
Posted by: man at August 14, 2025 10:50 PM (tubbA)
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at August 14, 2025 10:42 PM (zZu0s)
The AMC Pacer was good for that.
Posted by: Kindltot at August 14, 2025 10:50 PM (rbvCR)
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It's safer and a much lower probability of backing over an inattentive walker.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 14, 2025 10:50 PM (Hx7k3)
Posted by: Zeera. I voted for ALL of this at August 14, 2025 10:46 PM
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A race with a party or a party with a race?
Posted by: TRex - respect the bumps at August 14, 2025 10:50 PM (IQ6Gq)
Posted by: Kindltot at August 14, 2025 10:50 PM (rbvCR)
Heh. So does a motorcycle and you look like less of a space cadet.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at August 14, 2025 10:50 PM (zZu0s)
Yes. They're a lot less smart than they think they are, and believe that how many angels can dance on the head of a pin is actually an answer about the created universe.
Posted by: GWB at August 14, 2025 10:51 PM (rSsQh)
Posted by: Anna Puma at August 14, 2025 10:51 PM (waQoI)
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at August 14, 2025 10:42 PM (zZu0s)
The AMC Pacer was good for that.
Posted by: Kindltot at August 14, 2025 10:50 PM
You can grow your weed in there.
Posted by: toby928 at August 14, 2025 10:52 PM (jc0TO)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 14, 2025 10:52 PM (XeU6L)
Posted by: From about That Time at August 14, 2025 10:49 PM (n4GiU)
More power to him. It does not happen that often.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at August 14, 2025 10:52 PM (zZu0s)
There was also a Not A Thru Way sign attached. No shit. aka a Dead End.
*Planned Parenthood reference
Posted by: From about That Time at August 14, 2025 10:52 PM (n4GiU)
Posted by: Anna Puma at August 14, 2025 10:53 PM (waQoI)
Could you maybe include a couple of kegs of Longboard Island Lager for us west coast posters. It's a very smooth brew and goes well with calm, insightful posting.
Thank you, Big Guy., 🍺
Posted by: Nightwatch at August 14, 2025 10:53 PM (25kuG)
Posted by: Kindltot at August 14, 2025 10:53 PM (rbvCR)
From his social peer group? Absolutely.
Posted by: Oddbob at August 14, 2025 10:53 PM (3nLb4)
Posted by: Anna Puma at August 14, 2025 10:51 PM
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Doesn't redneck engineering law demand making a 4X4 out of everything?
Posted by: TRex - friend of Bigfoot at August 14, 2025 10:53 PM (IQ6Gq)
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at August 14, 2025 10:45 PM (0nHVk)
Howdy DDS! Good to see you. You're usually on my Sunday or Monday ONTs way later than I can stay up. But I do see all of the comments the next day. Thanks!
Posted by: Doof at August 14, 2025 10:54 PM (QMAsf)
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at August 14, 2025 10:54 PM (zZu0s)
I one time saw a 4x4 Gremlin, with Americans anything is possible.
Posted by: Anna Puma at August 14, 2025 10:54 PM (waQoI)
Posted by: From about That Time at August 14, 2025 10:49 PM (n4GiU)
It's almost like you know me!
Posted by: Doof at August 14, 2025 10:55 PM (QMAsf)
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at August 14, 2025 10:55 PM (zZu0s)
Posted by: Joyenz at August 14, 2025 10:56 PM (sPQoU)
Posted by: Zeera. I voted for ALL of this at August 14, 2025 10:46 PM
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A race with a party or a party with a race?
Party AND race.pretty much w/o grandstands
Go figure
Posted by: Zeera. I voted for ALL of this at August 14, 2025 10:56 PM (tRMRF)
Thank You for your attention to this matter. You may now carry on as before.
Posted by: Common Tater at August 14, 2025 10:56 PM (gfytd)
Now do diesel pickup drivers who don't shut off their engines at the gas pump because they think they're big rig truckers.
Posted by: Oddbob at August 14, 2025 10:57 PM (3nLb4)
Posted by: Anna Puma at August 14, 2025 10:57 PM (waQoI)
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at August 14, 2025 10:58 PM (zZu0s)
Hope you're all having a great night.
Posted by: Joyenz at August 14, 2025 10:56 PM (sPQoU)
Howdy Joyenz. Glad to see you continuing to hang out here.
Posted by: Doof at August 14, 2025 10:58 PM (QMAsf)
Posted by: Anna Puma at August 14, 2025 10:57 PM (waQoI)
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It was reported to be a 12-incher.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at August 14, 2025 10:58 PM (dDmld)
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Months ago, the Bee had an article accusing the Rockies of using performance impairing drugs. I thought the Bee wasn't supposed to be true.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks
The Rockies were cruising to losing between 125 to 130 games. Mets fans were ecstatic.
Then they got hot and screwed up everything holy. Mets fans were suddenly wearing bags on their heads again.
Currently the Rockies are on track to lose between 119-121 games this seasons. Mets fans are praying for the Rockies to do their part.
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at August 14, 2025 10:59 PM (9vYpt)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at August 14, 2025 10:58 PM (dDmld)
That's all jussie smollett cared about.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at August 14, 2025 10:59 PM (zZu0s)
Posted by: Frasier Crane at August 14, 2025 10:59 PM (y4YTS)
Posted by: Doof at August 14, 2025 10:58 PM (QMAsf)
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Yeah. You're lucky you met our high standards. We don't let just anyone in here.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at August 14, 2025 10:59 PM (dDmld)
Posted by: Anna Puma at August 14, 2025 10:57 PM
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Dunno, but now it is a deconstructed sammich, an ex-sammich, and a sammich that has ceased to be.
Posted by: TRex - parrot humorist at August 14, 2025 11:00 PM (IQ6Gq)
the main improvement is using a grinder to turn the apples into slurry. Once I got that, it made the whole process much easier.
Posted by: Kindltot at August 14, 2025 11:01 PM (rbvCR)
time goes one way, forward into infinity
also, the past is infinite as well- goes backwards all the way.
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The past is gone, but the future is based on probabilities. It hasn’t happened yet. Causality - the wind makes the leaves tremble, not the other way around.
Posted by: Common Tater at August 14, 2025 11:01 PM (gfytd)
Posted by: Anna Puma at August 14, 2025 11:01 PM (waQoI)
Worked great until you parked next to something, then later tried to pull away...
Posted by: man at August 14, 2025 11:01 PM (tubbA)
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at August 14, 2025 11:01 PM (ZVgZ4)
Posted by: From about That Time
This sounds correct. Those of us who are eminently capable usually keep it under our hat.
Posted by: Humble Citizen of Poofter's Froth at August 14, 2025 11:02 PM (G5+As)
Posted by: Anna Puma at August 14, 2025 11:02 PM (waQoI)
That's what is was called 29 years ago when I was Army. They always back in so they can make a hasty departure.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at August 14, 2025 11:02 PM (/lPRQ)
https://tinyurl.com/2c5epbme
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 14, 2025 10:10 PM (w6EFb)
Thanks. I am not the smartest nor even a Hordeling in good standing, but I read the article. I always try to find the original article that the news story is based on because most journalists know nothing but believe pretty much everything they are told (particularly mainstream science journalists). As far as I can tell, it's (a) theoretical and not empirical physics, (b) it worked on a computer simulation, and (c) he wants his 15 minutes of fame. 'Worked on a computer' tells me that the math works out, but probably not how he or I thinks it does. It sounds like he made a math model with 4 dimensions (known to be possible) and had a Stoner Thought and switched the axis labels.
Posted by: Nerd Herd at August 14, 2025 11:02 PM (6nQni)
Posted by: man at August 14, 2025 11:03 PM (tubbA)
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Could I buy some pot from you?
Posted by: Larry Kroger
That's windowpane not pot.
Posted by: Dark Litigator at August 14, 2025 11:03 PM (KAi1n)
It bothers me because you're wasting everyone else's time backing in, while we sit (or stand) there and wait. Because it takes a lot more precision to back in than out. And more distance evidently. All so you don't have to back out - which doesn't require a 3-point turn or the precision.
Your analysis of which is easier is not correct.
Posted by: GWB at August 14, 2025 11:03 PM (rSsQh)
Posted by: SimoHayha at August 14, 2025 11:04 PM (Hrh4r)
the main improvement is using a grinder to turn the apples into slurry. Once I got that, it made the whole process much easier.
Posted by: Kindltot at August 14, 2025 11:01 PM (rbvCR)
What varieties of apples did you press? I use a small manual screw-top press.
Posted by: Nerd Herd at August 14, 2025 11:04 PM (6nQni)
Posted by: Kindltot at August 14, 2025 11:01 PM (rbvCR)
Did you get them to confess to the murder in the orchard?
Posted by: RickZ at August 14, 2025 11:04 PM (gKDq2)
Backing your car into a parking spot is just the thing if you're drinking in a dive bar prone to shootouts, or planning to rob the place. Ideally, with the car aimed straight at the exit.
Everything else is just ego and showing off.
Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at August 14, 2025 11:05 PM (ES1Rb)
"Worked on a computer" usually means "I programmed it according to my assumptions and the results agreed with my assumptions."
Posted by: Oddbob at August 14, 2025 11:05 PM (3nLb4)
Posted by: Anna Puma at August 14, 2025 11:05 PM (waQoI)
...Even if they forget why they do it that way.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at August 14, 2025 11:05 PM (/lPRQ)
I wouldn't think of it. You do what you need to do.
I know some guys drive minivans because of their work.
Locksmith, a/c guy, dude at the auto parts store. They need
the vans because of all the stuff they carry. They don't want the weather to get to it and they need to lock their stuff up at times
Posted by: Case at August 14, 2025 11:05 PM (iwlvf)
Posted by: Fahrvegnugen at August 14, 2025 11:06 PM (G5+As)
The last time i re-jetted wasn’t wearing my reading glasses and managed to re-install the carb gasket backwards. Losing close-in vision sucks. It ran sorta OK, but I could tell something wasn’t right. Had a skip and a miss. Some port or air bleed covered up that shouldn’t have been.
Posted by: Common Tater at August 14, 2025 11:06 PM (gfytd)
People will find anything they can to feel smugly superior to others. This reminds me of the time I spent 10 minutes listening to a (now ex)girlfriend's mother explain how she was a morally and ethically superior human being because she was a smoker.
Posted by: Nerd Herd at August 14, 2025 11:06 PM (6nQni)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VbD_kBJc_gI
If you're here please repeat it.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 14, 2025 11:06 PM (Hx7k3)
Posted by: Nerd Herd at August 14, 2025 11:04 PM (6nQni)
Gravenstiens. I used a small screw top press for a while, but it was slow going since it only did a gallon of scratted apples at a time. With my current set up I can do 3 gallons of slurry at a time. My press is made out of a tongue jack.
Posted by: Kindltot at August 14, 2025 11:07 PM (rbvCR)
"I reprogrammed the simulation." - Admiral James T. Kirk. "I don't like to lose."
Posted by: Anna Puma at August 14, 2025 11:07 PM (waQoI)
Posted by: Nightwatch at August 14, 2025 11:07 PM (25kuG)
"Worked on a computer" usually means "I programmed it according to my assumptions and the results agreed with my assumptions."
Posted by: Oddbob at August 14, 2025 11:05 PM (3nLb4)
"If you torture the data long enough, it will confess to anything."
Posted by: Nerd Herd at August 14, 2025 11:07 PM (6nQni)
Posted by: Common Tater at August 14, 2025 11:08 PM (gfytd)
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Well don't keep us in suspense. Was she a smoker?
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at August 14, 2025 11:08 PM (dDmld)
I do it to make the parking enforcement fat bastard get out of his car and go inspect the license plate. No. Other. Reason.
Posted by: BifBewalski - at August 14, 2025 11:09 PM (QcUc+)
Posted by: four seasons at August 14, 2025 11:09 PM (3ek7K)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 14, 2025 11:09 PM (Hx7k3)
Burly Convict: What are you in for?
Subway Convict: mumbles something about a food attack.
Burly Convict: you have a pretty mouth.
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at August 14, 2025 11:10 PM (9vYpt)
One of the earliest uses of the earliest IBM computers was at Los Alamos during World War Ii, they would sometimes run the problem thru a couple times, and hit the computer with a rubber mallet with a few whacks and see if it gave the same answer
Posted by: Common Tater at August 14, 2025 11:10 PM (gfytd)
Posted by: Orson at August 14, 2025 10:27 PM (dIske)
I somehow don't see this going well for me. At all. I once got in hot water with my teen sons for asking a cop why I was pulled over as I gave my ID and papers. Please note that I love police. This guy pulled out in front of me as I was turning left, on the light. He messed up but I did not honk at him. It was a mile from our neighborhood. He then zipped behind me and followed me til I turned. I knew I did not do anything wrong and simply asked. I was not mean or anything. He gave me a warning about something. My sons hissed from the backseat all the way home that I did wrong.
First of all, I would run over an undocumented alien before I'd transport one in my trunk.
When these same sons were in junior high I had to drive them weekly and parallel park. They were impressed.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at August 14, 2025 11:10 PM (6PCLE)
Posted by: Anna Puma at August 14, 2025 11:11 PM (waQoI)
Link goes to a Facebook video
https://tinyurl.com/interstatecow
Posted by: Joyenz at August 14, 2025 11:11 PM (sPQoU)
Posted by: Kindltot at August 14, 2025 11:07 PM (rbvCR)
Your setup sounds cool to me. My press takes 20 pounds of ground apples and I rarely get my hands on more than that per season- but I'm trying to get enough pears to make pear cider on the regular.
Posted by: Nerd Herd at August 14, 2025 11:11 PM (6nQni)
Posted by: Anna Puma at August 14, 2025 11:12 PM (waQoI)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at August 14, 2025 11:08 PM (dDmld)
Strangely enough, she was a smoker and her daughter was a smokeshow. I still don't know how that worked.
Posted by: Nerd Herd at August 14, 2025 11:13 PM (6nQni)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 14, 2025 11:15 PM (Hx7k3)
Posted by: Common Tater at August 14, 2025 11:16 PM (gfytd)
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at August 14, 2025 11:16 PM (gcUgZ)
Posted by: From about That Time at August 14, 2025 11:17 PM (n4GiU)
I will pull through if there is an open space in front, but backing in is more complicated ... why bother? When pulling in forward there is easy vison to see exactly how much space on each side, to other cars.
Sure, backing in can be done, but why bother?
Posted by: illiniwek at August 14, 2025 11:17 PM (vbXSk)
Ace posted a Beatles video! Ha! I was 8yrs old. I did not get all the screaming and fake fainting.
We did, back during the Civil War, collect Beatles cards from bubble gum. Everyone liked Paul, but I liked George. I wish I had one of those cards now. Probably worth a dollar.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at August 14, 2025 11:17 PM (6PCLE)
Your analysis of which is easier is not correct.
Posted by: GWB
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I drive a Suburban and it is easier to back it in than to try and back it out in tight situations. I have been in spots where the car behind me is barely as far as my car is long and the cars beside me are super close so I have very little room to swing out. This happens in parking garages a lot. I am also not the a-hole that makes people wait while I attempt to back in 5 times and still parks wonky.
Posted by: lin-duh at August 14, 2025 11:18 PM (VCgbV)
The other convicts have been using the venting to give that psychopath a non stop welcome to prison by taunting and threatening him 24 hours a day. He then complained to the guards which was the dumbest thing possible to do. The story went national and I am sure the other convicts all got wind of this. Odds on he will eventually met with an untimely and totally accidental early retirement from prison.
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at August 14, 2025 11:19 PM (9vYpt)
Posted by: Aetius451AD
My 1984 K5 Bl*zer had a pretty short wheel base and therefore a pretty tight turning radius. I could park that beast anywhere.
And yes. I can parallel park. Maybe not a trailer, but I can parallel park with the best o youz.
Posted by: nurse ratched at August 14, 2025 11:19 PM (/3Exi)
I agree. Also, having my car facing out makes it easier to find in most parking lots.
Posted by: RFHIRSCH at August 14, 2025 11:19 PM (Ke8zc)
Posted by: Nerd Herd at August 14, 2025 11:20 PM (6nQni)
Posted by: Common Tater at August 14, 2025 11:20 PM (gfytd)
I do it to make the parking enforcement fat bastard get out of his car and go inspect the license plate. No. Other. Reason.
Posted by: BifBewalski
Ah, you live in one of those "rear plate only" states?
We need them on both ends here.
Posted by: mikeski at August 14, 2025 11:21 PM (DgGvY)
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at August 14, 2025 11:24 PM (bKn1x)
Posted by: mindful webworker - young and foolish
Real hashish is actually very pleasurable to smoke. Quite tasty and you don't need much. If I didn't have to get bloodwork tomorrow, I'd take a few gummies. Had a good workout and I'm going to be sore. I need a hot tub. Maybe I'll take a hot shower tonight.
Posted by: Dark Litigator at August 14, 2025 11:24 PM (KAi1n)
When these same sons were in junior high I had to drive them weekly and parallel park. They were impressed.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat
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It's a bit of intuitive knack but mostly a geometric formula for each car. If you drive one car it's the same formula. Good show.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 14, 2025 11:24 PM (Hx7k3)
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at August 14, 2025 11:24 PM (ZVgZ4)
Posted by: Anna Puma at August 14, 2025 11:11 PM (waQoI)
I hate Inmate #163214 of Idaho. Along with everyone else in the world. Due to my being near a serial killer in college, this one bothered me more than most murders. So I read about things on websleuths. I don't comment, I just read if something happens. Like that wife killer Morphew in CO who was rearrested.
The Bug Eyed Cretin is a big Mother's Boy (he calls his parental unit Mother and Father). I guess Sister whatever. Anyway, spent hours on the phone each day talking to his Mother in PA from WA. My parents were lucky, when I was in college far away, to get a letter from me once a month.
He is OCD. This prison deal only lets him shower every other day, which will force him to clean with toilet water, I guess. He's in solitary. So the other murderers take turns yelling stuff at him in the vents, which is making him whine (and making me laugh). No pity for him at all for what he did to those kids.
He also does not like hair (for some reason) and some hope if he goes into gen pop hairy men mess with him. I know about gen pop from watching Prison Break.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at August 14, 2025 11:26 PM (6PCLE)
Posted by: lin-duh at August 14, 2025 11:27 PM (VCgbV)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 14, 2025 11:28 PM (Hx7k3)
Posted by: Aetius451AD
We're about halfway through that. They were big but not gigantic yet. Still fun. Some amazing harmonies.
Funny thing: the gals in the audience look old. Not just that they're late-teens or 20s, but that they just look old for their age. The hair is part of it.
Also funny to see guys sitting there, arms crossed, not really into it like their dates. "She made me come here. I'm a Beach Boys guy m'self."
Posted by: mindful webworker - yeah yeah yeah goo goo ga joob at August 14, 2025 11:28 PM (RbyvF)
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I have a bunch of apple trees. They are pretty labor intensive to get good "eating" apples. Pruning and spraying are a must. I have them mostly to attract the deer. Those buggers can smell ripe apples miles away, and they love them. I threw some salt licks around the apple trees to further spoil the deer.
...and keep them away from my cherries, peaches, pears and kiwi.
Posted by: Orson at August 14, 2025 11:28 PM (dIske)
Better than having the ghost of Eugene Stoner talking to you.
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at August 14, 2025 11:28 PM (bKn1x)
Posted by: AWFL Nag Getting By On Box Wine at August 14, 2025 11:29 PM (9vYpt)
Christy,
He is a piece of insane shit. I think about the families he's destroyed and I hope he is miserable every day.
I sometimes think he should face a firing squad, but then I realize him being tormented in prison is the best thing to happen to him.
Posted by: four seasons at August 14, 2025 11:30 PM (3ek7K)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 14, 2025 11:24 PM (Hx7k3)
I did it with a standard stick shift, which put me on top of our son's lists for awhile.
Learned it in Driver's Ed. Never saw what the big deal was for others who freak out about it.
I did not learn to drive very fast in driver's ed. First speeding ticket at 15yrs on the Interstate. I somehow lived to become a responsible adult and drive the speed limit.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at August 14, 2025 11:30 PM (6PCLE)
Posted by: Hokey Pokey at August 14, 2025 11:30 PM (YlWIZ)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at August 14, 2025 10:59 PM (dDmld)
I just went out to pull in park. The door was locked. What gives?
Posted by: OrangeEnt at August 14, 2025 11:31 PM (0eaVi)
Posted by: nurse ratched at August 14, 2025 11:32 PM (cW0RB)
Posted by: AWFL Nag Getting By On Box Wine at August 14, 2025 11:29 PM (9vYpt)
Electric buses? Luxury! In my day you had to help pedal the bus!
Posted by: A Future Yorkshireman at August 14, 2025 11:32 PM (bKn1x)
I sometimes think he should face a firing squad, but then I realize him being tormented in prison is the best thing to happen to him.
Posted by: four seasons at August 14, 2025 11:30 PM (3ek7K)
Yep! I hope he goes more mentally insane and is even more miserable forever til he takes his last rancid breath. What he did, and I know some of it, was demonic to those kids.
The firing squad would take too long, with decades of appeals and delays. This is a quicker torture. He's also vegan! Ha! I hope they serve him slop to flip him out further. He thinks it's a hotel and he can rat them out. He would not last a day in gen pop.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at August 14, 2025 11:34 PM (6PCLE)
Posted by: lin-duh at August 14, 2025 11:35 PM (VCgbV)
Posted by: Common Tater at August 14, 2025 11:20 PM
That’s why the moth was attracted and died. Thus the first computer “bug”. I heard Grace Hopper tell that story herself. She also gave out nanosecond rulers (30 cm long copper wire/rods) to remind us how long it takes an EM signal to get from one part of a circuit board to another. She was a great lady!
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at August 14, 2025 11:35 PM (ZVgZ4)
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at August 14, 2025 11:34 PM (6PCLE)
From what I've heard on podcasts, every prison has a version of 'vegetable loaf'. Basically punishment 'food' and barely edible.
Posted by: RickZ at August 14, 2025 11:38 PM (gKDq2)
Posted by: lin-duh
The plea deal only required him to admit he committed the murders. The reason he did this is he is a psychopath.
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at August 14, 2025 11:39 PM (9vYpt)
********
Here's my take. You've heard the phrase, "The Devil is in the details"? Well when push comes to shove, whether you are talking quantum physics, or the wonder of DNA, or the beating of a baby's heart, the more you gaze into the wonders of the universe the more you will realize that actually, "God is in the details.
Posted by: muldoon at August 14, 2025 11:42 PM (I0N4X)
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at August 14, 2025 11:42 PM (ZVgZ4)
He's a vegan?? No wonder he's fucked up.
Posted by: four seasons at August 14, 2025 11:43 PM (3ek7K)
Well well well.
Would be nice if some expert outside laid out the technicalities of any overdue federal criminal crack-down on public officials - might help explain timing, and details. I'm assuming this letter is a t-crossing first step in any such crack-down.
Of course as the US has suffered a widespread collapse in its civic culture, and, incredibly, it may well be difficult to get convictions for slam-dunk lawlessness in this area, there can be strategery involved as well. Betting there are places where a real jury could still be found. And where not possible ..... "punishment is the process" rings a bell.
Posted by: rhomboid at August 14, 2025 11:43 PM (U/Byj)
I've always appreciated the work you've put into these Overnight Threads.
And I'm looking forward to Doof's Overnight Thread era.
Posted by: Sasquatch, the Original Trans-Wookie at August 14, 2025 11:44 PM (TWpmt)
Posted by: lin-duh at August 14, 2025 11:35 PM (VCgbV)
No. It's his power move to keep this secret forever.
It also won't bring those kids back. Some say he's an incel and was a 28yr old virgin, hates pretty girls. Because he is super weird and creepy. He'd ask waitresses where they lived, did they have a boyfriend, and for their phone number. In PA they complained and he was asked to never come back.
Once he got to WA his FATHER asked a guy in the apt building to be his friend. I think the parents must be a bit off, too. He was once super fat, got bariatric or something, then his Father unit paid for the excess skin removal. A heroin addict to top it all off. Then wanted to be a cop. Tried to get a job in WA and the guy said he was weird. This was the trend: weird. With those googly eyes.
Some think he was into voyerism with one or two girls. That he probably wanted the perfect murder of one then things went haywire and he killed four kids. The poor boy and gf were collateral, I think. Some died thankfully in their sleep after drinking. Two fought back.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at August 14, 2025 11:44 PM (6PCLE)
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at August 14, 2025 11:44 PM (9vYpt)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JZvz7lcb2w8
Posted by: Sasquatch, the Original Trans-Wookie at August 14, 2025 11:46 PM (TWpmt)
Posted by: Joyenz at August 14, 2025 11:46 PM (sPQoU)
Flour is still sold generally in 5 pound bags, Sugar went to 4 pound bags in the 1970s.
Ever notice Salt is always sold in those same style round cardboard containers regardless of brand? Why is that, something about the type of machine that handles and packages salt?
Posted by: Common Tater at August 14, 2025 11:47 PM (2NfTM)
Posted by: RickZ at August 14, 2025 11:38 PM (gKDq2)
Maybe on top of other tortures he will get some wicked food poisoning. Alone in solitary. Crying and moaning. The guards won't know til the next day a the prisoners are always screeching and yelling.
I have no regrets for my evil thoughts of Inmate 163214.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at August 14, 2025 11:47 PM (6PCLE)
Posted by: rhomboid at August 14, 2025 11:43 PM (U/Byj)
"Conspiracy, criminal conspiracy, human trafficking and conspiracy with foreign governments to violate the laws of the United States"
Posted by: Kindltot at August 14, 2025 11:48 PM (rbvCR)
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at August 14, 2025 10:15 PM (qpyNK)
I had a Greg1, Greg2, and a Greg3 for a bit at my last job. (And that's not counting the Greg who was the boss, but left before those other Gregs came on.)
Greg1 got me my current job.
Posted by: GWB at August 14, 2025 11:48 PM (rSsQh)
Not to worry, a couple of short years later my dream job fell into my lap and I left that place and never looked back.
Today that place sends me a few hundred bucks a month after taxes for my troubles. I mostly buy beer with it. (Kidding about the beer part....)
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at August 14, 2025 11:48 PM (QGaXH)
Posted by: Lakeside Miklos at August 14, 2025 11:49 PM (ofZJB)
Posted by: lin-duh
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The plea deal only required him to admit he committed the murders. The reason he did this is he is a psychopath.
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at August 14, 2025 11:39 PM (9vYpt)
Thought he was so smart. Could become a serial killer and never get caught. Yet he got caught on his first kills. Such a rookie.
The serial killer you don't really hear about that really scared the crap out of me was Israel Keyes, thankfully in the self-decided past tense. Dude was scary. Planted murder buckets across the country; to this day nobody knows how many are still buried. Those plastic buckets with lids contained murder kits, gun, knife, rope, etc. He'd fly to a city five-six hundred miles away from a bucket. He'd rent a car, drive to get the bucket, then go in some other direction hundreds of miles to commit murder/s. Then bury the bucket again and fly home.
Seriously fucked up dude. Watch some of his interrogations. Gives one nightmares knowing people like him are out there walking among us.
Posted by: RickZ at August 14, 2025 11:50 PM (gKDq2)
Posted by: Archimedes at August 14, 2025 10:16 PM (Riz8t)
I'm thinking "Dave" must have visited your house recently.
Posted by: GWB at August 14, 2025 11:50 PM (rSsQh)
Posted by: Greg from Bangalore at August 14, 2025 11:51 PM (ofZJB)
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at August 14, 2025 11:51 PM (snZF9)
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at August 14, 2025 11:53 PM (XQo4F)
Posted by: far cry at August 14, 2025 11:54 PM (p+wA/)
Posted by: rhomboid at August 14, 2025 11:55 PM (U/Byj)
How’s PG, the creamsicle and the nephmew?
Posted by: nurse ratched
PG has been burrowing lately. I have to watch the piles of blankets because if I don't see her, she's probably under one. The Creamsickle came to my back door yesterday and howled for me. I opened the door and we howled back and forth a bit. He was verrry hungry. After 3 years of eating out of my hand, you'd think he'd let me pet him, but no. It is what it is.
Posted by: Dark Litigator at August 14, 2025 11:55 PM (KAi1n)
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at August 14, 2025 10:15 PM (qpyNK)
I had a Greg1, Greg2, and a Greg3 for a bit at my last job. (And that's not counting the Greg who was the boss, but left before those other Gregs came on.)
Greg1 got me my current job.
Posted by: GWB
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Once worked with a client with four employees in the office I dealt with - Steve, Steve, Steve, and Steve.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at August 14, 2025 11:55 PM (/lPRQ)
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Prison Loaf. It’s termed Nutriloaf. There is the recipe available online, natch. All kinds of good stuff!
It is not vegetarian. It contains all the necessary nutrients and has been used to ensure compliance for difficult inmates, as it is not especially savory. Of course bedwetter judges take a dim view of these sorts of things. I think Sheriff Arpaio was a proponent. Sometimes they have to feed violent people who probably do belong in a cage, and should not have access to metal implements or anything.
In some countries, it is not a given principle that they are responsible for feeding you. Hope you have money, or family or friends who will bring you something.
Posted by: Common Tater at August 14, 2025 11:56 PM (2NfTM)
Posted by: Braenyard
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So true. I do a lot of pull through parking with the truck. Back in only when it's tight spacing between rows and when no traffic is around. Disliked backup cameras initially - love 'em now.
Posted by: scampydog at August 14, 2025 11:57 PM (41CYW)
https://youtu.be/Qr0-7Ds79zo
G'nite, y'all.
Posted by: mindful webworker - Deer, or someones, has robbed most of our pears. at August 14, 2025 11:58 PM (RbyvF)
Posted by: Common Tater at August 15, 2025 12:00 AM (2NfTM)
Posted by: GWB at August 14, 2025 11:48 PM (rSsQh)
Our eldest son, a girlfriend collector like his father, dated three Amy's and four Christina's by his second year of college. And these I remember due to their names. To us, they were Amy the First, etc.
The Christina's were the worst, and no offense to any Moron with that name. One was a ho, by what I could tell. She had a tongue ring that I learned about, to my sorrow.
One was the daughter of an airline pilot. They were Greek and only wanted her to date Greeks. We are not Greek. One day he called me at the hospital to say she'd fainted at our house, as they were supposedly studying and I knew about it. She stood up and in a swoon collapsed in a dainty fall onto the sofa. He grabbed the phone and dialed 91 of 911 and she came to. A miracle!
I questioned him if she was clammy and sweaty. Nope! He carried her (like Rhett Butler and Scarlett) to HIS bed. She refused to go to the ED (where I worked), which was a clue. A friend came to follow him home in her car (he carried her helpless self again).
At this point of him telling me this I start laughing hard. She stalked him at UF and he had enough.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at August 15, 2025 12:01 AM (6PCLE)
Posted by: RickZ at August 14, 2025 11:50 PM (gKDq2)
That is frigging insane. I had a friend that would bury bottles of Jack Daniels all over central/south jersey along the really good motorcycling roads. He would carry a can of coke in his saddlebag, and then pull over at one of the bottle locations and have a cocktail. I have no clue how he kept track of them all. I thought that was nuts, but murder buckets 100's of miles away and across the country?? Just damn...
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at August 15, 2025 12:02 AM (snZF9)
Posted by: Skip at August 15, 2025 12:02 AM (+qU29)
Posted by: far cry at August 14, 2025 11:54 PM (p+wA/)
The queen song? I have never forgotten, like ever. lol
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at August 15, 2025 12:04 AM (snZF9)
"Hi, Steve." "Hi, Steve." "Hi, Steve." "Hi, Steve." "Hi, Steve." "Hi, Steve." It got repetitive, obviously.
The seventh Steve was working in another part of the country, so there wasn't a chance I could have run into him that day.
Posted by: Sasquatch, the Original Trans-Wookie at August 15, 2025 12:07 AM (TWpmt)
Posted by: RickZ at August 14, 2025 11:50 PM (gKDq2)
I had not paid attention to serial killers since college. I've had one nightmare in my entire life, over a decade later, about the one near me. So I don't watch tv, etc, on them. This guy you mention I had never heard of, thankfully.
With Inmate #163214 I would not look at him. For starters, even if he was not a pyschotic demon murderer, he's super ugly.
But I followed this one as much as I could stand. The best news was that the inmates, even in solitary, are giving him hell before his real trip to hell.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at August 15, 2025 12:07 AM (6PCLE)
They did nothing wrong.
Two have already been fired because they were there.
Holy shit.
Posted by: nurse ratched at August 15, 2025 12:16 AM (xqTwd)
Posted by: Big Fat Meanie at August 15, 2025 12:16 AM (qwx/I)
Posted by: Doctor Howard, Doctor Fine, Doctor Howard, Dr Miklos at August 15, 2025 12:17 AM (ofZJB)
Posted by: four seasons at August 15, 2025 12:17 AM (3ek7K)
Thanks TRex for the restroom tokens, those things are a valuable cryptocurrency when the club is packed on a Saturday night. I'll be sure to share them with JQ when she gets here.
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at August 15, 2025 12:17 AM (0nHVk)
The crazy thing is Keyes lived in Alaska. He was in the military in the Pacific Northwest somewhere. Started burying buckets. Victims were random. Two murders he admitted to were in Vermont, a couple in a farmhouse. The local police were completely baffled by the murders and Keyes' confession solved it.
From Wiki: On his murder trips, he kept his mobile phone turned off and paid for items with cash. For the Currier murders, Keyes flew to Chicago, where he rented a car to drive 1,000 miles to Vermont. He then used a "murder kit" he had hidden two years earlier to execute the murders.
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Keyes confessed to murdering 49-year-old William "Bill" Scott Currier and 55-year-old Lorraine Simonne Currier of Essex, Vermont. Keyes broke into the Currier home on the night of June 8, 2011, and tied them up before driving them to an abandoned farmhouse where he shot Bill before sexually assaulting and strangling Lorraine. Their bodies have never been found. Two years prior, Keyes hid a "murder kit" near the Currier home, which he later recovered and used during the crime. After the murders, he moved most of the kit's contents to a new hiding place in Parishville, NY . . .
Posted by: RickZ at August 15, 2025 12:18 AM (gKDq2)
Posted by: Big Fat Meanie at August 15, 2025 12:20 AM (qwx/I)
Posted by: JQ at August 15, 2025 12:22 AM (rdVOm)
The murderer who killed the husband and wife in front of their children in Arkansas a few weeks ago has a history. He was a teacher in another state and supposedly some parents weren't happy he was "interested" in the female students. Then he was hired to be a teacher in Arkansas. He's now being investigated for possibly being "involved" in other murders
Is there no vetting in jobs?? How in the hell did he get hired to teach in another state??
Posted by: four seasons at August 15, 2025 12:25 AM (3ek7K)
Posted by: four seasons
Because the national teachers union forbids it.
Posted by: nurse ratched at August 15, 2025 12:26 AM (ueXh5)
When XH & I first got to Hawaii, there was a creep on the loose. He (they?) liked to rape & murder prostitutes, then leave the bodies in cane fields.
Then there was Diane Suzuki, who disappeared without trace. Never followed up on that, haven't even thought of her until now. Hmm, maybe wiki knows... Anyhow, she was from a wealthy family and there were posters up *everywhere* begging for info and offering reward.
Posted by: JQ at August 15, 2025 12:26 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: Frank at August 15, 2025 12:27 AM (n0V9c)
Posted by: four seasons at August 15, 2025 12:29 AM (3ek7K)
Posted by: JQ at August 15, 2025 12:30 AM (rdVOm)
Dr. West also examined Jack Ruby in his prison cell, declaring him insane, and Tim McVeigh. Strange guy, Dr. West. He is also infamous for killing an Elephant with an overdose of L.S.D.
Hypnosis is weird stuff, it is a myth that people will not do things under hypnosis they wouldn’t ordinarily do. About 20% of people are considered easily hypnotized. People who talk in their sleep a lot are said to be more suggestible.
Posted by: Common Tater at August 15, 2025 12:31 AM (2NfTM)
Posted by: pookysgirl does pull-through parking at August 15, 2025 12:32 AM (Wt5PA)
Posted by: weft cut-loop at August 15, 2025 12:32 AM (mlg/3)
Posted by: four seasons
Because the national teachers union forbids it.
Posted by: nurse ratched at August 15, 2025 12:26 AM (ueXh5)
I hope against hope Randi Weingarten will be the face that brings down the teachers' union.
I hate that one with a passion, and I don't have kids.
Posted by: RickZ at August 15, 2025 12:32 AM (gKDq2)
Posted by: Dark Litigator at August 15, 2025 12:33 AM (KAi1n)
Posted by: JQ at August 15, 2025 12:34 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at August 15, 2025 12:34 AM (9vYpt)
JQ,
Doing okay here. We had rain today, first in 5 months. The neighbor children were out dancing in it. They were having a great time.
Posted by: four seasons at August 15, 2025 12:37 AM (3ek7K)
Hope she disappeared herself, intentionally, and has lived a good life since then.
Posted by: JQ at August 15, 2025 12:39 AM (rdVOm)
RickZ,
That harridan is despicable. She and her cronies have ruined education over the years for so many children.
There is somewhere special for them.
Posted by: four seasons at August 15, 2025 12:39 AM (3ek7K)
We may get some this weekend. I hope. But at least the heat broke-- it was only 90 this afternoon and has cooled off nicely this evening.
Posted by: JQ at August 15, 2025 12:41 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at August 15, 2025 12:42 AM (0nHVk)
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I do this when visiting a bar that is new to me.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 15, 2025 12:44 AM (XeU6L)
Posted by: four seasons at August 15, 2025 12:45 AM (3ek7K)
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A unit I served in had five 'Mikes'. We were referred to as 'Mike 1, Mike 2, etc.'
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 15, 2025 12:47 AM (XeU6L)
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz
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Woo Hoo! We're RICH!!!!
Thanks, TRex!
Posted by: JQ at August 15, 2025 12:48 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: Common Tater
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Also, our most precious non-renewable resource
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 15, 2025 12:49 AM (XeU6L)
Posted by: JQ at August 15, 2025 12:49 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: Boss Moss at August 15, 2025 12:50 AM (ynUDq)
Posted by: JQ at August 15, 2025 12:51 AM (rdVOm)
Uh...
Posted by: The Chambers Brothers at August 15, 2025 12:52 AM (XeU6L)
It was 98 here yesterday. We don't have a/c and it was miserable. Thank goodness we don't have humidity here in SW Wyoming. It could have been worse. Today we finally had rain and it's a very welcome 63 degrees now.
Posted by: four seasons at August 15, 2025 12:52 AM (3ek7K)
Profiling ain’t always right.
Posted by: polynikes at August 15, 2025 12:55 AM (VofaG)
The last few days have been 100+
I hate summer.
Posted by: JQ at August 15, 2025 12:56 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: polynikes at August 15, 2025 12:58 AM (VofaG)
JQ,
We had to buy two of those portable units on wheels that you vent out the windows. They are great up to a certain degree. Yesterday wasn't a good day for them, lol. I'm surprised they didn't blow up, lol. They were working hard.
Posted by: four seasons at August 15, 2025 12:59 AM (3ek7K)
Posted by: four seasons at August 15, 2025 01:01 AM (3ek7K)
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That's what I have. They work fine for this house, it's fairly well insulated.
Posted by: JQ at August 15, 2025 01:02 AM (rdVOm)
Hubby gave me h3ll for ordering those 2 units, but I insisted! Man, you want me to feel good enough to cook our meals and clean our house? You WILL allow me to have this small luxury!
Posted by: JQ at August 15, 2025 01:07 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at August 14, 2025 10:21 PM (a4flb)
MCMLXXXIV was an instruction manual, I guess.
Posted by: Cow Demon at August 15, 2025 01:08 AM (gkpAx)
Posted by: four seasons at August 15, 2025 01:11 AM (3ek7K)
Posted by: JQ at August 15, 2025 01:11 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at August 15, 2025 01:11 AM (ZVgZ4)
I hate that one with a passion, and I don't have kids.
Posted by: RickZ
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She is awful. A midway of malevolence. Pit of poison ivy and glass shards.
Posted by: scampydog at August 15, 2025 01:11 AM (41CYW)
Posted by: Big Fat Meanie at August 15, 2025 12:16 AM (qwx/I)
Nah. He should go to The Peanut Farm or to Moose’s Tooth Pizza.
Posted by: Cow Demon at August 15, 2025 01:12 AM (gkpAx)
JQ,
I've been looking at those outdoor window shades. We really need them on some of our windows.
Posted by: four seasons at August 15, 2025 01:14 AM (3ek7K)
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at August 15, 2025 01:14 AM (ZVgZ4)
Profiling ain’t always right.
Posted by: polynikes
In the 80s, when LA was having the Crips/Bloods feuding over the drug trade, a series of murders happened that went unnoticed because of all the gang violence. I don't recall the details but they eventually arrested a local black guy, middle aged, non descript as the come. Just living in the middle of a gang turf war and randomly killing young women. Went on for years. I saw an episode of The Forensic Files about it.
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at August 15, 2025 01:14 AM (gcUgZ)
When is the last time Putin has been to AMERICA?
Posted by: four seasons at August 15, 2025 01:15 AM (3ek7K)
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure
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Driving the damned things nowadays is like owning a lambo. Curbs and big speed bumps scrape the front fascia, which incidentally is where all the anti-collision sensors are. Hit a jackrabbit at 65 and be prepared for a $1750 bill from the rental.company. DAMHIK.
Posted by: buddhaha at August 15, 2025 01:15 AM (pgBhY)
Youngest son will be renting a car to travel to visit us soon.
The AI shit the rental car companies are using now to "find" damage is a scam.
I told son to take a video of the car right after he gets the keys and when he returns it to video the car before turning it in. People are getting ripped off with that shit now.
Posted by: four seasons at August 15, 2025 01:19 AM (3ek7K)
Posted by: four seasons
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I'm a cheapskate, so went with lowly, cheap-o, roll-up blinds. I don't care what it looks like from outside, LOL. (Not *too* trashy, but kinda trailer-trashy) Price was right.
It pee's me off that you can't get "corded" blinds (stupid people make everything difficult for smarter people!) anymore, so I had to rig up cord and pulleys myself! I zip-tied steel garden stakes along the bottoms, so they wouldn't sag. Made a 'stand-off' frame for the living room window blind, so the a/c could vent without obstruction.
Posted by: JQ at August 15, 2025 01:21 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at August 15, 2025 01:21 AM (0nHVk)
Who farted on the butterfly?
Posted by: Anna Puma at August 14, 2025 11:02 PM (waQoI)
If you have to fart, fart! You will feel much better for it.
Posted by: Mao at August 15, 2025 01:22 AM (gkpAx)
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Today I noticed that a neighbor was having his '61 Maserati 3500 GT being loaded into a closed transporter. I stopped and asked. Being shipped off to a buyer in CT. The guy has 18 other cars. I have a 13 year-old used pickup.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc at August 15, 2025 01:24 AM (XeU6L)
Posted by: (just venting) at August 15, 2025 01:26 AM (ERUa1)
He must be rich Mike. How in the world can someone take care of 18 cars?
Posted by: four seasons at August 15, 2025 01:26 AM (3ek7K)
Posted by: JQ at August 15, 2025 01:27 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: JQ at August 15, 2025 12:49 AM (rdVOm)
Does anybody really know what time it is?
Does anybody care.....?
About time..
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at August 15, 2025 01:28 AM (QGaXH)
61 degrees here.
Posted by: four seasons at August 15, 2025 01:28 AM (3ek7K)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 15, 2025 01:34 AM (YrMFo)
Posted by: four seasons at August 15, 2025 01:34 AM (3ek7K)
Cat is loving it-- he's asleep on a cushy patio chair. My lil buddy...
Posted by: JQ at August 15, 2025 01:35 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: four seasons
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Yeah, he's wealthy. Was a radiologist. Probably some family money. He's older than I am, and we've never really talked, but I see him drive some fairly exotic vintage car by every now and then. They are garaged all over town. Only a two car garage at the house.
I noticed today that he seemed a little unsteady on his feet, 80 years old, at least. It may be that he has figured out that it is time to thin the stable.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc at August 15, 2025 01:35 AM (XeU6L)
61 degrees here.
Posted by: four seasons at August 15, 2025 01:28 AM (3ek7K)
67 degrees here at the beach after a high of 75. Forecast says we'll warm up into the mid- 80's next week, very hot for us. Sometimes it changes for the better as it gets closer though.
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at August 15, 2025 01:35 AM (QGaXH)
Posted by: JQ at August 15, 2025 01:36 AM (rdVOm)
Date: 08/15/2025 Local Time Zone: Eastern Daylight Time (UTC-04:00:00)
Longitude: -82.17110 UTC Offset: -05:28:41 TZ Offset: -01:28:41
DUT1: 72.41090 ms Leap Seconds: 37 s DeltaT: 69.11159 s
Terrestrial Time : 05:37:51 TT
Universal Coordinated Time: 05:36:42 UTC
Universal Time 1 : 05:36:42 UT1
Local Standard Time (TZ) : 01:36:42 AM EDT
Local Mean Time : 12:08:01 AM LMT (UT1 base)
Local Apparent Solar Time : 12:03:31 AM LAST (UT1 base)
Julian Dates (UTC base) : 9357.73382 JD2000
: 2460902.73382 JD
: 60902.23382 MJD
Grnwch Mean Sidereal Time: 03:12:15
Local Mean Sidereal Time: 21:43:34
Current Equation of Time: -4:29.98
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 15, 2025 01:37 AM (w6EFb)
Posted by: JQ at August 15, 2025 01:38 AM (rdVOm)
Good night everyone. Sleep well. Try not to think about the serial killer discussion....we had one in the mid- 80's had everyone scared until caught. Sentenced to death but died in prison.
I think the Idaho guy might have been better off on death row.....for his own sake....
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at August 15, 2025 01:41 AM (QGaXH)
Just watched an indian yell at a latino to go back to their country and the latino yelled “YOU go back to YOUR country” and i have never been so entertained
Posted by: Mister Ghost at August 15, 2025 01:43 AM (TGPs7)
Posted by: no one of any consequence at August 14, 2025 10:10 PM (ZmEVT)
If you don't back into your parking space on an oil lease, you will get your ass run off. Vehicles must be parked in "get-away" position so that the lease can be safely evacuated if an emergency occurs.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 15, 2025 01:43 AM (YrMFo)
Date: 08/15/2025 Local Time Zone: Eastern Daylight Time (UTC-04:00:00)
Longitude: -82.17110 UTC Offset: -05:28:41 TZ Offset: -01:28:41
DUT1: 72.41090 ms Leap Seconds: 37 s DeltaT: 69.11159 s
Terrestrial Time : 05:37:51 TT
Universal Coordinated Time: 05:36:42 UTC
Universal Time 1 : 05:36:42 UT1
Local Standard Time (TZ) : 01:36:42 AM EDT
Local Mean Time : 12:08:01 AM LMT (UT1 base)
Local Apparent Solar Time : 12:03:31 AM LAST (UT1 base)
Julian Dates (UTC base) : 9357.73382 JD2000
: 2460902.73382 JD
: 60902.23382 MJD
Grnwch Mean Sidereal Time: 03:12:15
Local Mean Sidereal Time: 21:43:34
Current Equation of Time: -4:29.98
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 15, 2025 01:37 AM (w6EFb)
And this is why, despite my better judgement, I return here night after night.....
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at August 15, 2025 01:44 AM (QGaXH)
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at August 15, 2025 01:45 AM (0nHVk)
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 15, 2025 01:37 AM (w6EFb)
And this is why, despite my better judgement, I return here night after night.....
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK)
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More homework comes out of one evening of comments than all years of HS.
Posted by: scampydog at August 15, 2025 01:46 AM (41CYW)
Posted by: But I'm a Hero, the media says so at August 15, 2025 01:47 AM (F/35S)
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at August 15, 2025 01:44 AM (QGaXH)
Moth, flame, some assembly required....
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at August 15, 2025 01:49 AM (QGaXH)
Posted by: scampydog
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Boy, howdy...the stuff ya learn here!
My brain's been battered.
https://youtu.be/sbWgR8l4zIs
Posted by: JQ at August 15, 2025 01:49 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at August 15, 2025 01:45 AM (0nHVk)
Isn't he the one who said to Lorena Bobbit 'hey were you gonna eat that?'
Ducks, runs zig-zag pattern to preselected closest exit......
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at August 15, 2025 01:52 AM (QGaXH)
"Rambler turning radius"
Posted by: buddhaha at August 15, 2025 01:54 AM (pgBhY)
Terrestrial Time (TT) there may be unfamiliar. That's the modern version of ephemeris time. That is "uniform time" as best as can be measured/realized by modern atomic clocks. There's a 32 second plus some change difference between that and atomic time, TAI (time, atomic, international) for historical reasons. The old definition of ephemeris time was zeroed with what amounted to GMT on Jan 1, 1900. That 32s+ offset maintains continuity.
Think of UT1 as a count of Erf's synodic rotations with respect to the mean sun since 1900. Delta-t there is the difference. 69+ more seconds of uniform time have ticked than the number of rotations.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 15, 2025 02:00 AM (w6EFb)
*giggles like a little kid*
Posted by: JQ at August 15, 2025 02:00 AM (rdVOm)
JQ, that is one of my favorite Stone's albums, I still have in vinyl here.
On that note I am off to bed, a cool breeze is blowing and the crickets are jamming in the back yard. Good night Horde.
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at August 15, 2025 02:02 AM (0nHVk)
Save those restroom tokens for Club 3D-- we won't need to buy our own drinks alllll niiiiighhhhht!
Posted by: JQ at August 15, 2025 02:07 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: JQ at August 15, 2025 02:13 AM (rdVOm)
My Sandrail has turning brakes on it so the radius on that is twice the wheelbase. When it runs. You just pull one sides brake, turn and floor it. Makes a lot of noise on the street so it's best left to off road use.
Another good one was my 84 Honda Civic which is probably really close to a Miata.
Posted by: Reforger at August 15, 2025 02:16 AM (pxUkb)
Posted by: Carnac the Magnificent at August 15, 2025 02:18 AM (DgGvY)
A better way to put that would be the earth as a clock has lost 1 min and 9 seconds since Jan 1, 1900.
Up until atomic clocks were invented, the earth remained the most accurate clock available.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 15, 2025 02:18 AM (w6EFb)
Got to accompany hubs in the morning-- he's getting the staples out, yay!
He seemed better today. Think they finally cut back on his pain pills.
Keep praying, if you would, please! Thanks!
<3 JQ
Posted by: JQ at August 15, 2025 02:19 AM (rdVOm)
Night, JQ, and will keep praying.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 15, 2025 02:20 AM (w6EFb)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 15, 2025 02:45 AM (phXJ2)
So may you realize mega benefit from all effort today, with corresponding heartburn reserved for the leftwit fungi among us.
Posted by: IRONGRAMPA at August 15, 2025 02:46 AM (hKoQL)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 15, 2025 02:49 AM (phXJ2)
I never really thought about backing into a parking space. That is until a couple of yrs ago. Met some old college friends to see a ZZ Top concert. Bob backed into the parking space.
Someone asked why he was bothering to maneuver like that. The reason...it's a helluva lot easier to get out after in the crowd.
Bob, my old college roommate, was smarter than I thought. Or at least had been going to more concerts since our college yrs when we walked to them.
Posted by: Farmer, with his own historical take at August 15, 2025 02:58 AM (55Qr6)
ain't that the effen truth...
Posted by: Somewhere South ofI-80 at August 15, 2025 02:58 AM (89Sog)
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at August 15, 2025 01:44 AM (QGaXH
All that fucking around and nobody mentioned it was BEDTIME.
Posted by: tcn in AK at August 15, 2025 03:02 AM (fDshd)
Bed time, perhaps, but actual sleep is elusive tonight. Luckily, this is still an occasional occurrence thus not that much of an annoyance.
Posted by: IRONGRAMPA at August 15, 2025 03:21 AM (hKoQL)
Posted by: Farmer, with his own historical take at August 15, 2025 02:58 AM (55Qr6)
It's like... I park out in the middle of the Grocery store parking lot... not near the store, but near the damn shopping cart return.
Why? I'm going to walk out there anyway, and parking next to it? actually saves me a lot of time and effort.
Posted by: Romeo13 at August 15, 2025 03:24 AM (mP0Kj)
Tell me THAT Mr. Smart Guy.
Posted by: Tonypete at August 14, 2025 10:04
This drives me nuts. Just found one today.
Would it be alright to donate single socks to the local relief pantry? Young men might appreciate it.
Posted by: Farmer, with his own historical take at August 15, 2025 03:27 AM (55Qr6)
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