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Sunday Overnight Open Thread - August 17, 2025 [Doof]
Photo courtesy of Washington Rural Heritage
The Cracker Barrel Guy!
🚨BREAKING: The Cracker from Cracker Barrel SPEAKS OUT after being put out of a job!
— Gunther Eagleman™ (@GuntherEagleman) August 21, 2025
LMFAO! They are getting ROASTED by everyone right now!
"I'm the goddamn reason people come to Cracker Barrel. How you gonna have a place called Cracker Barrel without a cracker leaning on a… pic.twitter.com/Yz4Gs0yJTd
Kewl Stuff This guy must be fun to hang out with!
----- How does one discover this?Inventor Robert Maddox enjoying his hobby which is installing jet engines on anything that moves! 😂 pic.twitter.com/0pQ2cow3Mt
— HOW THINGS WORK (@HowThingsWork_) August 23, 2025
Physics
— Science girl (@gunsnrosesgirl3) August 19, 2025
📹funwithcraz
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Coming after World War II, the 1950s finally allowed people to take a sigh of relief as they began recovering from years of economic decline, conflicts, and battles. It was a period characterized by significant change, which was reflected in new styles and inventions. The rock and roll music and mindset also emerged in the early to mid-1950s, which made the decade that much more full of energy and fascinating attitudes. To get a better feel of what it all looked like, our Bored Panda team put together a list of photos from that time, capturing everything from everyday moments to interesting gadgets and fashion. Scroll down to see them for yourself, and don’t forget to upvote your favorite '50s images!Any of you Hordelings old enough to remember the 50s?
The 50s were before my time - but I do know this deep cut from The Police!
----- Hands-free calling back in the day
----- Childhood Friends of Disco DoofLife in the Era of the 1990s. A Thread🧵
— Vertigo_Warrior (@VertigoWarrior) August 17, 2025
1. Hands-free telephone headset tv commercial from 1993pic.twitter.com/NMXTjT1aBj
First up, from JML:
We still have this Snoopy dial phone with lamp from the ‘80’s with an even older Peanuts dialing guide. It worked up to 10 years ago in Illinois. Great site! I visit daily! Thanks!
Next is from SnailRacer:
I just picked up four of these bumper stickers.
I think they may qualify for retro?
1982 was the year of the huge nuclear disarmament rally in Central Park.
Thank you both for the submissions!
Teresa’s gown was an embodiment of her grace and indomitable spirit. Crafted by the British artisan Mona Bocca, the custom Edwardian-inspired gown was nothing short of a symphony. Woven from teal burnt-out velvet, cappuccino satin, and delicate vintage laces, the dress captivated with its ethereal chiffon overlay and swirling floral motifs. A draped cowl neckline, ribboned waistband, and an elegant slit elevated the silhouette, while hours of meticulous hand-embellishment with glass and crystal beads evoked the opulence of Edwardian grandeur.
Teresa completed the ensemble with ribbon ballet flats, adorned with bespoke floral shoe clips that echoed the gown’s florals patterns—an incredibly charming detail.
Crowning her look was a dried lavender headpiece, its purple harmonizing with the dress while symbolizing resilience, a poignant nod to Teresa’s personal journey. One can only imagine Paul was mesmerized, mirrored by the 200 guests who gathered to witness this milestone. From save-the-date magnets to personalized name tags, a vintage theme was woven throughout with seamless finesse. Each guest received a favor box, tenderly honoring the memory of her late daughter Michelle. Note cards invited guests to share their fondest memories, creating a tapestry of shared love and nostalgia. Teresa’s vision for the evening was a masterclass in thoughtfulness.
It is an honor to share Teresa’s gown and the details of this event with you tonight. To Teresa and Paul: may your fairytale love story continue to inspire, with countless chapters yet to unfold. ------ Thanks, Piper - and congratulations to Teresa and Paul! Teresa also sent the following links that she would like to share with the Horde... Still Crazy (In Love) After All These Years (A Post from Teresa's blog) An original song created for their anniversary
Number 7:
Number 1:
Got any suggestions for retro content? Maybe some photos of some cool old thing you still have? Do the email thing at doof2112 at proton dot me. Maybe you can be featured on an upcoming ONT.
Comments
(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at August 24, 2025 10:01 PM (lUFok)
do not envy those who do wrong.
Like grass they wither quickly;
like green plants they wilt away.
—Starving Trolls 37:1
Posted by: mindful webworker - parlez-vous hick? at August 24, 2025 10:01 PM (i1iCx)
Posted by: Tonypete at August 24, 2025 10:01 PM (cYBz/)
Posted by: ChrisP at August 24, 2025 10:01 PM (9i9Oq)
Posted by: Muchas buchas at August 24, 2025 10:01 PM (yaD3G)
Posted by: Zeera. I voted for ALL of this at August 24, 2025 10:01 PM (9Wc6O)
Posted by: mindful webworker - not like it's a competition or anything at August 24, 2025 10:02 PM (i1iCx)
Posted by: QED Texan at August 24, 2025 10:02 PM (fveCG)
Posted by: OrangeEnt at August 24, 2025 10:02 PM (0eaVi)
Posted by: mindful webworker - You only need one boot with spurs at August 24, 2025 10:03 PM (i1iCx)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at August 24, 2025 10:03 PM (hY4dx)
In my family we called that period - "The Ugly Years".
Posted by: Tonypete at August 24, 2025 10:04 PM (cYBz/)
Posted by: Piper at August 24, 2025 10:05 PM (OoFl2)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at August 24, 2025 10:05 PM (hY4dx)
Thanks. But I finally hit my one goal for the ONT. Get first three nights in a row. Now that I've done it I probably won't be competing any more. Will probably drop the daily pseudo-holiday bullshit, too.
Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at August 24, 2025 10:06 PM (lUFok)
I also just read that today is the 2nd anniversary of Trump's mugshot pic.
This was surely a coincidence, but my what good timing.
Posted by: 496 at August 24, 2025 10:07 PM (ZBXTd)
6 Doof and Piper
YAY
Posted by: Zeera. I voted for
We are quite the team! I am the Robin to his Batman. The Pinky to his The Brain.
Posted by: Piper at August 24, 2025 10:07 PM (OoFl2)
Posted by: LRob in OK, Moron and Lunatic at August 24, 2025 10:07 PM (ha1wR)
Posted by: TRex -nostalgic dino at August 24, 2025 10:08 PM (IQ6Gq)
Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at August 24, 2025 10:08 PM (lUFok)
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, Texas - Ace of Spades Ladies Brigade, plucky comic relief at August 24, 2025 10:08 PM (769qx)
Wonder whether I want a forward-combed booggle or a flattop booggle.
Posted by: mindful webworker - or a burr with a spur like when I was ten? at August 24, 2025 10:09 PM (i1iCx)
Posted by: LRob in OK, Moron and Lunatic at August 24, 2025 10:07 PM (ha1wR)
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Pfft. Ask Vic about the Franco-Prussian War.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at August 24, 2025 10:09 PM (hY4dx)
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G-ddamned AI. I hate how it writes. Just pure awful.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at August 24, 2025 10:09 PM (BI5O2)
The Cracker Barrel guy is "Uncle Herschel", Herschel C. McCartney (1915 - 199
, the uncle of Cracker Barrel founder Dan Evins.
Uncle Herschel was a salesman for the Martha White Flour Co for 32 years, and in that job, drove all over to grocery stores and many older style general store type places all over the South.
He loved the general stores, and indeed like to sit in a chair on the front porches, next to a barrel.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 24, 2025 10:09 PM (w6EFb)
Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at August 24, 2025 10:01 PM (lUFok)
Happily celebrated by dogs and cats (and other pets)!
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at August 24, 2025 10:09 PM (S/Y4j)
Posted by: LRob in OK, Moron and Lunatic at August 24, 2025 10:07 PM (ha1wR)
The 50s? I was there -- twice. The second time, much less memory.
Posted by: RickZ at August 24, 2025 10:10 PM (gKDq2)
Posted by: banana Dread Pirate Summer Long Balls Dream at August 24, 2025 10:11 PM (cduTK)
Nevertheless, thank you for the ONT.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 24, 2025 10:11 PM (R4SAT)
And thanks to Piper for an extra-special post on a special wedding anniversary for a very special 'Ette!
I don't remember all the vintage stuff featured here, but do recall some of it. Along with times that seemed so much more simple and laid back than they are now.
Posted by: Legally Sufficient at August 24, 2025 10:12 PM (kB9dk)
YAY
Posted by: Zeera. I voted for
We are quite the team! I am the Robin to his Batman. The Pinky to his The Brain.
Posted by: Piper at August 24, 2025 10:07 PM (OoFl2)
You Ferb, me Phineas!
Posted by: Doof at August 24, 2025 10:12 PM (QMAsf)
Posted by: banana Dread Pirate Summer Long Balls Dream at August 24, 2025 10:11 PM (cduTK)
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Unpossible. There is no art without Daddy Issues.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at August 24, 2025 10:12 PM (hY4dx)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 24, 2025 10:12 PM (RIvkX)
My mom was born at the perfect time. She was 17 in 1957. Sock hops, diners, drive ins. All the good things.
Posted by: rickb223 at August 24, 2025 10:13 PM (zXOsD)
Posted by: rickb223 at August 24, 2025 10:13 PM (zXOsD)
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Sandy, Danny, Rizzo, flying cars.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at August 24, 2025 10:14 PM (hY4dx)
Posted by: Doof at August 24, 2025 10:12 PM (QMAsf)
Yes, I am the quiet one. For sure.
Posted by: Piper at August 24, 2025 10:14 PM (OoFl2)
Posted by: banana Dread Pirate Summer Long Balls Dream at August 24, 2025 10:11 PM (cduTK)
Sounds like a barnsmeller, which is par for the course these days, both for movies and music.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 24, 2025 10:15 PM (R4SAT)
Posted by: Hatari Somewhere on Ventura Highway at August 24, 2025 10:15 PM (WF/xn)
do not envy those who do wrong.
Like grass they wither quickly;
like green plants they wilt away.
—Starving Trolls 37:1
Posted by: mindful webworker - parlez-vous hick? at August 24, 2025 10:01 PM (i1iCx)
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This sounds a lot like Mao's Little Red Book
Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 24, 2025 10:15 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: Piper at August 24, 2025 10:16 PM (OoFl2)
Posted by: Hatari Somewhere on Ventura Highway at August 24, 2025 10:15 PM (WF/xn)
Me, too!
Posted by: Moochelle at August 24, 2025 10:16 PM (R4SAT)
Posted by: Captain Josepha Sabin at August 24, 2025 10:17 PM (u5EvT)
I blame the Brady Bunch.
As noted, the kids didn't really gaf, so the moms bought whatever the Brady kids were wearing. Obviously those were going to be the cutting edge of fashion, posing the risk of beholders passing out from the sheer esthetic ecstasy.
Right?
YeahNo.
Posted by: Jeffrey Dahmer at August 24, 2025 10:17 PM (qpyNK)
Posted by: Hatari Somewhere on Ventura Highway at August 24, 2025 10:15 PM (WF/xn)
Rachel?
Posted by: RickZ at August 24, 2025 10:17 PM (gKDq2)
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at August 24, 2025 10:17 PM (qpyNK)
Have a great night, and congratulations again, Teresa. You looked beautiful!
Posted by: Piper at August 24, 2025 10:18 PM (OoFl2)
Posted by: haffhowershower at August 24, 2025 10:18 PM (144I4)
Posted by: Hatari Somewhere on Ventura Highway at August 24, 2025 10:15 PM (WF/xn)
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Same here, but I'm still paying for mine.
Posted by: 496 at August 24, 2025 10:18 PM (WeJ8p)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 24, 2025 10:18 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: Hatari Somewhere on Ventura Highway at August 24, 2025 10:15 PM (WF/xn)
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It does look great on Rosie O'Donnell.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at August 24, 2025 10:19 PM (hY4dx)
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I have a feeling that this is another one of those videos we're actually watching in reverse.
Posted by: Methos at August 24, 2025 10:19 PM (zLwRl)
How absolutely lovely. Good for you! May God continue to bless you and Paul loving your best lives NOW.
Posted by: nurse ratched at August 24, 2025 10:19 PM (mT+6a)
As noted, the kids didn't really gaf, so the moms bought whatever the Brady kids were wearing. Obviously those were going to be the cutting edge of fashion, posing the risk of beholders passing out from the sheer esthetic ecstasy.
Right?
YeahNo.
Posted by: Jeffrey Dahmer at August 24, 2025 10:17 PM (qpyNK)
Equal blame to those rockers, The Partridge Family.
Posted by: RickZ at August 24, 2025 10:19 PM (gKDq2)
I pretended to check out the content! Good stuff!
Posted by: haffhowershower at August 24, 2025 10:18 PM (144I4)
Someone follows directions. Well done!
Posted by: Doof at August 24, 2025 10:20 PM (QMAsf)
Posted by: RickZ at August 24, 2025 10:19 PM (gKDq2)
Excellent point.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at August 24, 2025 10:20 PM (qpyNK)
Posted by: Some Rat at August 24, 2025 10:20 PM (TfUTr)
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at August 24, 2025 10:20 PM (qpyNK)
Posted by: Schnorflepuppy (OT but harmless) at August 24, 2025 10:21 PM (v23vE)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at August 24, 2025 10:21 PM (63Dwl)
Posted by: Some Rat at August 24, 2025 10:21 PM (TfUTr)
Posted by: Lurking Cheshirecat at August 24, 2025 10:22 PM (w3u3d)
Posted by: Schnorflepuppy (OT but harmless) at August 24, 2025 10:21 PM (v23vE)
Howdy - good to see you!
Posted by: Doof at August 24, 2025 10:22 PM (QMAsf)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at August 24, 2025 10:21 PM (63Dwl)
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Crap. I entered a Fallopian tube in 1957.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at August 24, 2025 10:22 PM (hY4dx)
Posted by: Some Rat at August 24, 2025 10:23 PM (TfUTr)
Posted by: 496 at August 24, 2025 10:18 PM (WeJ8p
She must have big cans
Posted by: Hatari Somewhere on Ventura Highway at August 24, 2025 10:24 PM (WF/xn)
Posted by: Piper at August 24, 2025 10:16 PM (OoFl2)
I don’t think I ever, during the short period of my life that I actually had hair, ever asked for a style. I just came in for a cut and whatever fate and the gal with the scissors had in store for me I was down for.
Want your hair washed? Sure. Over the ears? Sure. Get ravaged by badgers? Sure.
Posted by: banana Dread Pirate Summer Long Balls Dream at August 24, 2025 10:24 PM (cduTK)
Happy Birthday, Jeannie. Barbara Eden turned 94 on Saturday.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 24, 2025 10:24 PM (w6EFb)
Posted by: Boss Moss at August 24, 2025 10:25 PM (Q2mpX)
Jeff has strong opinions on fashion.
For a guy who must view clothes like crisp wrappers.
Posted by: ed gein, sausage maker at August 24, 2025 10:25 PM (mOu50)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 24, 2025 10:25 PM (5LCqK)
Posted by: Some Rat at August 24, 2025 10:21 PM(TfUTr)
The committee says no
Posted by: Doof at August 24, 2025 10:25 PM (QMAsf)
Posted by: Hatari Somewhere on Ventura Highway
I'm hoing to have to go to a barber shop for the first time in 50 years. It'll be the mid-level manager male pattern baldness cut.
Posted by: rickb223 at August 24, 2025 10:25 PM (zXOsD)
Posted by: Notsothoreau at August 24, 2025 10:26 PM (kUxzU)
Posted by: Notsothoreau
Almost like a high & tight with a crew cut.
Posted by: rickb223 at August 24, 2025 10:27 PM (zXOsD)
Paper for 1, ACP for 45.
Piper- nice job presenting Teresa's dress and accoutrements.
So is ensemble really pronounced "on- som", or is that being fanciful? My brain says it as "on-somble"
Posted by: haffhowershower at August 24, 2025 10:27 PM (144I4)
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"Gel"?
*eyeroll*
All the kool kats use wax.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at August 24, 2025 10:28 PM (hY4dx)
Posted by: Notsothoreau at August 24, 2025 10:26 PM (kUxzU)
Ed Grimley?
Posted by: Doof at August 24, 2025 10:28 PM (QMAsf)
Posted by: Piper at August 24, 2025 10:16 PM (OoFl2)
The 50s produced a movie with a cool, surfer dude named Moon Doggie. Which is to say that the 1950s conception of cool was very retarded.
Posted by: too cool for a school at August 24, 2025 10:28 PM (kpNy5)
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at August 24, 2025 10:29 PM (S/Y4j)
It's funny. I was born just before Ike was elected. Seems like more than 29 years, but they've been full.
Posted by: mindful webworker - best is yet to come at August 24, 2025 10:29 PM (i1iCx)
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Is that what they were? Plastic floating makes more sense, I thought they were pebbles.
Posted by: Methos at August 24, 2025 10:29 PM (zLwRl)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at August 24, 2025 10:29 PM (hY4dx)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 24, 2025 10:30 PM (R4SAT)
Posted by: Some Rat at August 24, 2025 10:23 PM (TfUTr)
Hey, jealous-sy!
Posted by: Gin Blossoms at August 24, 2025 10:31 PM (gKDq2)
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Nope. Lived thru it but don't remember it (born in '59).
Thanks for the fab ONT content Doof & Piper.
Posted by: joemarine at August 24, 2025 10:31 PM (y171U)
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at August 24, 2025 10:31 PM (snZF9)
Posted by: Happy Camper at August 24, 2025 10:31 PM (G5+As)
I doubt any person in the executive office evern knows what a general store is or why the restaurant had that motif in the first place.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at August 24, 2025 10:32 PM (/lPRQ)
Posted by: distrust and confirm at August 24, 2025 10:32 PM (v9sH+)
I think I've served as a dog show ring steward for the last time. I can't work up any enthusiasm to deal with the increasing complexity and no longer feel any pride or satisfaction in the job I do.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 24, 2025 10:32 PM (kkTda)
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at August 24, 2025 10:32 PM (/lPRQ)
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They did, but they thought it was, "icky."
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at August 24, 2025 10:33 PM (hY4dx)
Posted by: PTSD giver at August 24, 2025 10:33 PM (+Shp3)
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division
$80 on eBay. Merry Christmas Mrs B.
Posted by: rickb223 at August 24, 2025 10:33 PM (zXOsD)
Posted by: haffhowershower at August 24, 2025 10:33 PM (144I4)
All the kool kats use wax.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at August 24, 2025 10:28 PM (hY4dx)
_________
"No love for me?" - Pomade
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 24, 2025 10:33 PM (kkTda)
I saw a claim on X about why "cracker barrel" is racist. It's pretty close to the "good morning" is racist thing.
You see, whips were called "crackers" and they used to be shipped in barrels. So, all the slave owners would go to the cracker barrel to get whips to whip the slaves.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 24, 2025 10:34 PM (w6EFb)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 24, 2025 10:32 PM (kkTda)
Could you upgrade to Ring Wraith?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 24, 2025 10:34 PM (R4SAT)
Posted by: Everett McGill at August 24, 2025 10:35 PM (hY4dx)
Posted by: Notsothoreau at August 24, 2025 10:35 PM (kUxzU)
butch wax
Posted by: free tibet with purchase of equal or greater value tibet at August 24, 2025 10:35 PM (iNp3L)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 24, 2025 10:30 PM (R4SAT)
I'm a little confused how all this shit started. Did king kong beat the shit out of a bridge support with this truck, or is it just shitty designed after market parts that needed re-engineering.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at August 24, 2025 10:36 PM (snZF9)
You see, whips were called "crackers" and they used to be shipped in barrels. So, all the slave owners would go to the cracker barrel to get whips to whip the slaves.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 24, 2025 10:34 PM (w6EFb)
People that stupid should be shot, for the sake of the gene pool.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 24, 2025 10:36 PM (R4SAT)
I doubt any person in the executive office evern knows what a general store is or why the restaurant had that motif in the first place.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at August 24, 2025 10:32 PM (/lPRQ)
__________
They went to feeder schools, top-tier universities, the right internships, then started climbing the corporate ladder as fast as they could.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 24, 2025 10:36 PM (kkTda)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at August 24, 2025 10:28 PM (hY4dx)
_________
"No love for me?" - Pomade
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh
Whatta 'bout me?
Posted by: Brylcreem, also good as chain lubricant at August 24, 2025 10:36 PM (TfUTr)
11 Apple really missed the boat by not introducing iPhones in the shapes of beloved 70s cartoon characters.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at August 24, 2025 10:03 PM (hY4dx)
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Leisure Suit Larry?
Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at August 24, 2025 10:37 PM (hf+Z7)
Brought back a lot of great memories.
Yeah. I'm older than dirt.
Posted by: Florida Peasant at August 24, 2025 10:37 PM (Lo97M)
Posted by: Major Hochstetter at August 24, 2025 10:37 PM (G5+As)
I think I've served as a dog show ring steward for the last time. I can't work up any enthusiasm to deal with the increasing complexity and no longer feel any pride or satisfaction in the job I do.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 24, 2025 10:32 PM (kkTda)
I run a company with 40 people. I feel the same way.
I got about 3 years to go
Posted by: Hatari Somewhere on Ventura Highway at August 24, 2025 10:37 PM (WF/xn)
Posted by: rickb223 at August 24, 2025 10:38 PM (zXOsD)
Posted by: Hatari Somewhere on Ventura Highway at August 24, 2025 10:38 PM (WF/xn)
Posted by: Just Some Guy at August 24, 2025 10:39 PM (q3u5l)
Why it's a Uneeda biscuit
Made the trouble
Uneeda, Uneeda
Put the crackers in the package
The Uneeda biscuit
In an airtight sanitary package
Made the cracker barrel
Obsolete, obsolete
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 24, 2025 10:39 PM (kkTda)
Posted by: Florida Peasant at August 24, 2025 10:39 PM (Lo97M)
Remember the 50's? That is just plain cruel.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 24, 2025 10:40 PM (XeU6L)
Posted by: Amy Schumer at August 24, 2025 10:40 PM (hY4dx)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh
I feel your pain. After 22 years of reffing scenario paintball games, I was honestly glad when the event producer decided to retire. It quit being fun and became a chore.
Posted by: rickb223 at August 24, 2025 10:41 PM (zXOsD)
Posted by: OrangeEnt at August 24, 2025 10:41 PM (0eaVi)
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at August 24, 2025 10:36 PM (snZF9)
Well, if the frame were bent, and bent that badly, I'd expect the entire front of the truck to be canted. It's not. Near as I can tell, it requires a taller mount for the driver's side, and not a pair of identical ones. Engine sat canted on the old, broke-down mounts, and it sat equally canted on the new NAPA mounts from Chy-Nah. I wasted about a week of my time. Should have gone this route from the get-go.
And I have made provision to string a length of chain around the back of each mount, and tie it off to the pedestals, to snub the engine from moving too far, should one of the rubber mounts delaminate. You may remember seeing '60's and '70's Chevys with a loop of wire cable around the driver's side mount. Same idea.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 24, 2025 10:42 PM (R4SAT)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at August 24, 2025 10:33 PM (hY4dx)
Yeah, the 'I'd never be caught dead eating there' types.
What I laughed at is CB had some sort of rebranding event in the meatpacking district of Manhattan (Lower West Side), with cutesie dancing somethings, I don't remember what.
There are no Cracker Barrel restaurants in Manhattan.
The rebrand is aimed at people who never went to CB and will never go to CB. Smart move. Gotta love MBAs: Massive Business Assholes.
Posted by: RickZ at August 24, 2025 10:42 PM (gKDq2)
Posted by: nurse ratched at August 24, 2025 10:43 PM (o/z0H)
JSG, I'm gonna answer you on the ALH thread in a few minutes.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at August 24, 2025 10:44 PM (0eaVi)
OK, but can I get a haircut without making a derpy face like those guys in the pictures?
And how long before your graduation did you have to let your hair grow so you were ready for the "professional contour" with a full head of hair, instead of the shaved-sided "college contour?"
Posted by: mikeski at August 24, 2025 10:44 PM (DgGvY)
While alienating your entire current customer base.
Posted by: rickb223 at August 24, 2025 10:45 PM (zXOsD)
Posted by: nurse ratched
Doesn't that kinda go without saying?
(smiley face icon here)
Posted by: Brylcreem, also good as chain lubricant at August 24, 2025 10:45 PM (TfUTr)
Posted by: Notsothoreau at August 24, 2025 10:45 PM (kUxzU)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 24, 2025 10:46 PM (kkTda)
Posted by: Just Some Guy at August 24, 2025 10:46 PM (q3u5l)
Posted by: nurse ratched at August 24, 2025 10:43 PM (o/z0H)
Work a long time then
Posted by: Hatari Somewhere on Ventura Highway at August 24, 2025 10:46 PM (WF/xn)
Posted by: Some Rat at August 24, 2025 10:46 PM (TfUTr)
There are no Cracker Barrel restaurants in Manhattan.
That's why Oliver Wendell Douglas moved to Hooterville.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at August 24, 2025 10:46 PM (63Dwl)
Posted by: Common Tater at August 24, 2025 10:47 PM (ZafiO)
Posted by: nurse ratched at August 24, 2025 10:43 PM (o/z0H)
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*looks at clock*
Well, chop chop nurse!
Posted by: The Little Sisters of Merciless Industry at August 24, 2025 10:47 PM (hY4dx)
While alienating your entire current customer base.
Posted by: rickb223 at August 24, 2025 10:45 PM (zXOsD)
Yep. They checked every box on the 'How To Pull A Bud Lite' manouver.
It's arrogance combined with a hatred of the US/Americana.
Posted by: RickZ at August 24, 2025 10:48 PM (gKDq2)
Youngest daughter went out to look for them today. Couldn't find them, then finally noticed two fox kits sitting on the deck of the project boat I have hidden way back in the trees.
I am glad that somebody's youngsters are having fun on the boat! (Youngest daughter is also have fun shooting fox videos.)
Posted by: Pillage Idiot at August 24, 2025 10:48 PM (HlyYF)
OK, but can I get a haircut without making a derpy face like those guys in the pictures?
I'm going to have to go to an old school barber for the first time in almost 50 years since I've lost both my barbers.
Posted by: rickb223 at August 24, 2025 10:49 PM (zXOsD)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh
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I've mentioned my involvement with recovering the Veteran's Restoration Quarters here in the aftermath of The Storm. The meetings and dealing with all of the agencies involved have left me exhausted. I just can't do this stuff anymore. Too damned worn down. Ashamed of myself, sometimes the spirit is willing, but the body just can't deliver.
I recall a moment in 'Sharpes Rifles' when Lt. Sharpe's sergeant says to him (Scottish, and rolling his 'r's)
'Richard, Richard...your heart is making promises that your body just can't keep'
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 24, 2025 10:49 PM (XeU6L)
Posted by: nurse ratched
Doesn't that kinda go without saying?
(smiley face icon here)
There was that one guy who died and they made him go to work anyways. His nickname was Robocop.
Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at August 24, 2025 10:49 PM (lUFok)
Posted by: Cicero
Who remembers the 70s? We were all soooo high.
Um, we got a Spongebob model. And a Boxxo model from that "reborn as a vending machine" anime.
Posted by: Apple at August 24, 2025 10:49 PM (DgGvY)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at August 24, 2025 10:46 PM (63Dwl)
Shoulda waited for the IHOP to open.
Posted by: RickZ at August 24, 2025 10:50 PM (gKDq2)
Turns out I didn't reconnect the final thing... the sensor that I had uncapped from the air filter housing. Cripes.
Including that screw up it took me 3 hours. Pretty good exchange for $699.
Posted by: 496 at August 24, 2025 10:50 PM (FqCIy)
Posted by: Notsothoreau at August 24, 2025 10:45 PM
Are you sure the barber didn't put a chili bowl up there?
Posted by: Pillage Idiot at August 24, 2025 10:50 PM (HlyYF)
It was the Vitalis commercials that made fun of "greasy kid stuff". Vitalis was alcohol-based.
Butch wax was a third thing.... it was, well, waxy.
Bitch wax is another thing still. I hear it's popular in Brazil.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at August 24, 2025 10:50 PM (qpyNK)
That's why Oliver Wendell Douglas moved to Hooterville.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr.
He couldn't get hots cakes.
Posted by: rickb223 at August 24, 2025 10:50 PM (zXOsD)
Posted by: Notsothoreau
Sam was a basket case!
Posted by: Captain Beefheart at August 24, 2025 10:51 PM (G5+As)
It's arrogance combined with a hatred of the US/Americana.
Posted by: RickZ at August 24, 2025 10:48 PM (gKDq2)
_________
When everything collapses, they'll get a payout instead of being hunted down and gutted by angry employees and investors.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 24, 2025 10:51 PM (kkTda)
Posted by: Some Rat at August 24, 2025 10:51 PM (TfUTr)
Posted by: Common Tater at August 24, 2025 10:51 PM (ZafiO)
I learned to drive in a 1953 Pontiac Chieftan. Had the same lit hood ornament as I recall and was built like a tank.
Posted by: javems at August 24, 2025 10:52 PM (8I4hW)
While alienating your entire current customer base.
Posted by: rickb223 at August 24, 2025 10:45 PM
I believe business schools are now calling that the "Bud Light" strategy.
Clearly the CB CEO has not set foot in a business school for many years.
Posted by: Pillage Idiot at August 24, 2025 10:52 PM (HlyYF)
Posted by: Notsothoreau at August 24, 2025 10:52 PM (kUxzU)
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at August 24, 2025 10:52 PM (NehaE)
Posted by: tankdemon at August 24, 2025 10:53 PM (/TXlA)
Cracker Barrel quality went down with Covid, and then Biden-flation.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 24, 2025 10:53 PM (w6EFb)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 24, 2025 10:54 PM (XeU6L)
Posted by: javems at August 24, 2025 10:54 PM (8I4hW)
Posted by: Captain Fantastic at August 24, 2025 10:55 PM (VPPG8)
Posted by: tankdemon at August 24, 2025 10:55 PM (/TXlA)
Posted by: Paul Drake's Ashtray at August 24, 2025 10:56 PM (G5+As)
Posted by: publius
The quality of their food sucked long before covid. The ex and I used to go to one in '91 when we bought our first home.
Posted by: rickb223 at August 24, 2025 10:56 PM (zXOsD)
Posted by: Hokey Pokey at August 24, 2025 10:56 PM (YlWIZ)
Congrats to the happy couple!
Posted by: Elric the Bladiest Blade at August 24, 2025 10:56 PM (zhA6r)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc.
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I'd love an old Plymouth Valiant slant-6 like my folks had back in the day.
Posted by: 496 at August 24, 2025 10:57 PM (Rn6Z4)
Posted by: Captain Fantastic at August 24, 2025 10:58 PM (VPPG8)
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at August 24, 2025 10:52 PM (NehaE)
So rather than focus on their primary core business, being a restaurant serving good down home comfort food, you spend all that money on 'rebranding'.
A lipstick on a pig analogy in real life.
Posted by: RickZ at August 24, 2025 10:59 PM (gKDq2)
The AKC and clubs have added features to the show ring over the years: Grand Champion Select, Best Owner-Handled, Best Puppy or Best Bred-By.
Each one may be a good idea, but when dealt with together makes handing out ribbons more difficult and the distraction can lead to mistakes that don't get caught until later.
The last straw was when a lady told me she was pulling her dog because the deep, resonant voice I have to use scared it and it freaked out.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 24, 2025 10:59 PM (kkTda)
The Police - Born in the 50s
I don't know if anything from The Gathering is a "deep cut," or if they're all deep cuts, but here you go:
The Gathering - Probably Built in the 50s
https://youtu.be/q9i2nIhR0xY
Posted by: mikeski at August 24, 2025 11:00 PM (DgGvY)
Posted by: free tibet with purchase of equal or greater value tibet at August 24, 2025 11:00 PM (iNp3L)
The font is ugly too. If they were trying to create an ugly, bland, shitty logo I’m not sure what they’d do differently.
Posted by: Elric the Bladiest Blade at August 24, 2025 11:00 PM (zhA6r)
Posted by: Captain Fantastic at August 24, 2025 11:01 PM (VPPG8)
And bests to all.
Posted by: Just Some Guy at August 24, 2025 10:46 PM (q3u5l)
Done.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at August 24, 2025 11:01 PM (0eaVi)
Posted by: Hokey Pokey at August 24, 2025 11:02 PM (YlWIZ)
Posted by: tankdemon
You should have known the S&M Club uses them on the weekends.
Posted by: mikeski at August 24, 2025 11:02 PM (DgGvY)
Posted by: free tibet with purchase of equal or greater value tibet at August 24, 2025 11:00 PM (iNp3L)
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The slant-6 was a thing of beauty
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Posted by: 496 at August 24, 2025 11:02 PM (PFg0D)
Thanks. But I finally hit my one goal for the ONT. Get first three nights in a row. Now that I've done it I probably won't be competing any more. Will probably drop the daily pseudo-holiday bullshit, too.
Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at August 24, 2025 10:06 PM (lUFok)
If you quit the pseudo holiday posts, what do I have to look forward to every night?
Posted by: tankdemon at August 24, 2025 11:02 PM (/TXlA)
I've heard that, and I think quality did vary a bit regionally. Around here, it was damned good all the way up to Covid.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 24, 2025 11:03 PM (w6EFb)
Posted by: free tibet with purchase of equal or greater value tibet at August 24, 2025 11:03 PM (iNp3L)
Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at August 24, 2025 11:04 PM (lUFok)
Posted by: mikeski at August 24, 2025 11:02 PM (DgGvY)
Tell those guys we need them back. I had to improvise with cable ties and binder clips, and Lenny still had trouble with the high G.
Posted by: tankdemon at August 24, 2025 11:05 PM (/TXlA)
Posted by: tankdemon
You don't have Sydney Sweeney waiting for you? Skill issue
Posted by: gKWVE at August 24, 2025 11:05 PM (gKWVE)
Posted by: polynikes at August 24, 2025 11:05 PM (EYmYM)
My problem with CB is that the food is never hot. And now with the changes, they'll get rid of the exotic sodas in the store.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 24, 2025 11:05 PM (kkTda)
Posted by: Ashes to Ashes, Funk to Funky at August 24, 2025 11:06 PM (G5+As)
Posted by: Some Rat
And never apologize. Not even a little bit.
Leave with the date you brought.
Posted by: nurse ratched at August 24, 2025 11:07 PM (n+hRS)
Posted by: tankdemon
Sorry but every time I read your nic I’m thinking you’re snarking on a Rastafarian.
Posted by: polynikes at August 24, 2025 11:07 PM (EYmYM)
Posted by: 496
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Once took a ride in a '61 Plymouth Valiant that had a 413 shoehorned in, 2 X 4bbls. A poke at the throttle, and it would skate sideways.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 24, 2025 11:08 PM (XeU6L)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 24, 2025 10:42 PM (R4SAT)
This is what I'm trying to figure out. You're saying on the old mounts it sat the same way, so what caused it? Were they original factory mounts and something is screwed on the original engineering? Or were the mounts changed a while back with shitty mounts that weren't engineered right. I see this shit with harley. Somewhere along the line OEM stuff goes away and you're stuck with aftermarket. Then somewhere along the line a part thats completely engineered wrong springs up and never gets corrected, and either its the same company making it and spreading it out to different suppliers, or its a part that gets copied and its wrong to start with, and it goes on for years.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at August 24, 2025 11:08 PM (snZF9)
Posted by: javems at August 24, 2025 11:08 PM (8I4hW)
CB's menu, at the core, is comfort food. Do you want trendy comfort food? No, it's comfort because it's always the same.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 24, 2025 11:09 PM (kkTda)
Posted by: nurse ratched at August 24, 2025 10:43 PM (o/z0H)
I'll sleep when I'm dead.
https://youtu.be/4wkizgi5MLA
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at August 24, 2025 11:09 PM (l8IGe)
Yeah- ran that thng at 90 all through the midwest
Posted by: free tibet with purchase of equal or greater value tibet at August 24, 2025 11:03 PM (iNp3L)
The leaning tower of power.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at August 24, 2025 11:09 PM (snZF9)
Posted by: tankdemon
You don't have Sydney Sweeney waiting for you? Skill issue
Posted by: gKWVE at August 24, 2025 11:05 PM (gKWVE)
I might even show up early for her.
Posted by: tankdemon at August 24, 2025 11:09 PM (/TXlA)
Posted by: polynikes at August 24, 2025 11:10 PM (EYmYM)
Posted by: tankdemon
You should have known the S&M Club uses them on the weekends.
Posted by: mikeski at August 24, 2025 11:02 PM (DgGvY)
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Have you tried a car battery and alligator clamps? They'll work in a "pinch."
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at August 24, 2025 11:11 PM (hY4dx)
Posted by: tankdemon
Sorry but every time I read your nic I’m thinking you’re snarking on a Rastafarian.
Posted by: polynikes at August 24, 2025 11:07 PM
Q: What did the Rastafarian say to his buddy after the ganja dealer gave him a big discount?
A: Tank d' mon!
Posted by: Pillage Idiot at August 24, 2025 11:11 PM (HlyYF)
#34 Baby Delivery Hospital Bill From 1954
99 cents tax?
They're only getting away with that because they know you're not gonna throw your baby in the harbor.
Posted by: mikeski teas one up at August 24, 2025 11:11 PM (DgGvY)
Posted by: polynikes at August 24, 2025 11:07 PM (EYmYM)
Twenty-three years on the Abrams tank. "Tanker god" seemed a bit too irreverent for a nic.
Posted by: tankdemon at August 24, 2025 11:12 PM (/TXlA)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 24, 2025 11:08 PM (XeU6L)
I have a friend thats building a '62 dodge lancer, very similar to the valiant. He's putting a tweaked 318 in it. I built the rear for him, 390's. I begged him to use a big block, but noooo. He's a fucking pod.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at August 24, 2025 11:12 PM (snZF9)
Posted by: Joyenz at August 24, 2025 11:13 PM (sPQoU)
I went to school to study fashion design (!) only to realize many years later that what I loved was costume design and vintage clothing! I started buying vintage patterns on eBay and taught myself how to use them. Unlike modern patterns, they had no instructions because the companies assumed you already knew all the necessary skills! The past really is a foreign country!
Posted by: Effie Perrine at August 24, 2025 11:13 PM (1auMZ)
Posted by: Notsothoreau
My old barber called that cut a 'Princeton'.
Posted by: Tonypete at August 24, 2025 11:13 PM (cYBz/)
We have a dog who was in a shelter. Our daughter had her for a week, but she barked a lot and her neighbors complained. I get it, that would be annoying.
Anyways, getting a rescue dog is interesting because you don't know how they were treated. She and her brother were found as strays. She has been abused somewhere and by an asshole. She is terrified whenever we use the broom, anything that has a long handle. Also, the tone of our voices sometimes sets her off and she is terrified.
She is adjusting beautifully and we are crazy about her.
Hubby said he wishes he could meet the person who abused her, he would beat the shit out of the asshole.
She's a little 6 pound darling. We are blessed to have her in our lives.
Posted by: fourseasons at August 24, 2025 11:14 PM (3ek7K)
Posted by: On a Very Fixed Income at August 24, 2025 11:14 PM (G5+As)
Those kid outfits (colours) are horrible. Browns and olive colours.
Posted by: Joyenz at August 24, 2025 11:13 PM (sPQoU)
At least the colors went together on the third kid.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at August 24, 2025 11:14 PM (0eaVi)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 24, 2025 11:14 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: Tonypete at August 24, 2025 11:13 PM (cYBz/)
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Did the swastika go on top?
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at August 24, 2025 11:15 PM (hY4dx)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at August 24, 2025 11:11 PM (hY4dx)
I left those with Chris Hanson. He still hasn't gotten the hint.
Posted by: tankdemon at August 24, 2025 11:15 PM (/TXlA)
Posted by: 496
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Also took a ride in an Australian Challenger, which was essentially a Valiant, but look at the engine:
https://shorturl.fm/13ebK
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 24, 2025 11:15 PM (XeU6L)
Posted by: fourseasons at August 24, 2025 11:14 PM (3ek7K)
It was me!
Posted by: Adam Schiff at August 24, 2025 11:16 PM (0eaVi)
Posted by: polynikes at August 24, 2025 11:10 PM (EYmYM)
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Yes and no. Obviously, good food helps. But chain restaurants are mostly about name recognition and selling a known, comfortable quality and quantity. Many popular chain restaurants have lower-quality if not crap food. They succeed on advertising, branding, and fear-of-the-unknown.
I was in restaurant/bar biz. It’s very hard for a place that has noticeably superior food or drink to get noticed in an environment dominated by the chains. That’s why the chains are chains.
But I don’t disagree that food food helps.
Posted by: Elric the Bladiest Blade at August 24, 2025 11:16 PM (zhA6r)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at August 24, 2025 11:17 PM (hY4dx)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 24, 2025 11:17 PM (XeU6L)
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at August 24, 2025 11:08 PM (snZF9)
Yeah. I plain don't know. I drove a lot of miles in that 'burb, and if the frame were tweaked, it ought to have some handling vices, but it was a nice driving beast.
About all I can think of is that it originally called for different left and right mounts, with maybe 1/2" difference in height between them. And maybe the aftermarket monkeys figured that they could make do with one part that splits the difference.
Tomorrow I will see if NAPA will accept the newly-purchased mounts back.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 24, 2025 11:17 PM (R4SAT)
Posted by: Joyenz at August 24, 2025 11:13 PM (sPQoU)
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I lived through that. Pity me!
Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 24, 2025 11:18 PM (RIvkX)
Remember the famous "Wow!" signal detected by radio telescopes back in 1977 as part of SETI scanning? A new analysis came out last week or so, applying modern signal analysis to the old data. They were able to narrow down the uncertainty in location, getting a tighter fix on possible sources.
There are two regions it could've come from. Declination was fixed, but they radio dishes used two feedhorns, a little under 3m apart in right ascension. There was a reason for this. And they didn't log which horn the short Wow! signal came in on, so that means to possible locations. This new analysis narrowed down each region.
They definitely ruled out terrestrial sources once and for all. It was something interstellar. Their leading theory now is a type of natural hydrogen maser effect in a dust cloud.
However, there is a sun-like star about 1800 light years away in one of those regions, and still in it after the new analysis.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 24, 2025 11:19 PM (w6EFb)
Posted by: fourseasons at August 24, 2025 11:14 PM (3ek7K)
She'll bring great joy. Have patience. Your story reminded me of my wife's rescue Maltese. She remained pretty much aloof, but we were so glad to have her.
Posted by: tankdemon at August 24, 2025 11:20 PM (/TXlA)
1) Some whiny 90s alternative pop band probably used that photo as an album cover
B) To the kid in the middle: "Bummer of
Posted by: Glee Club could use those pants today at August 24, 2025 11:20 PM (DgGvY)
https://shorturl.fm/13ebK
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 24, 2025 11:15 PM (XeU6L)
Nice, three 2bbl carbs. 6 cylinder with a 6 pack. It probably rips. People do crazy shit with the 6 bangers.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at August 24, 2025 11:21 PM (snZF9)
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at August 24, 2025 11:22 PM (xcxpd)
Posted by: Joe Kidd at August 24, 2025 11:22 PM (nbLIj)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 24, 2025 11:18 PM (RIvkX)
We had a fridge from back then that was the horrible olive colour.
Posted by: Joyenz at August 24, 2025 11:23 PM (sPQoU)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
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For the longest time GM did not change the casting on its small block. Perchance does the block on the Sub have something that looks like an 8 (two looped holes parallel to the ground) in the bottom middle of the casting? If it does, those are for the original motor mounts.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 24, 2025 11:24 PM (5LCqK)
They're bold and striking. I'd wear them today.
I always wanted a Snoopy phone. I had a friend with one. He wasn't rich so far as I know but he had a Snoopy phone and HBO.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at August 24, 2025 11:24 PM (xcxpd)
Tomorrow I will see if NAPA will accept the newly-purchased mounts back.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 24, 2025 11:17 PM (R4SAT)
Very possible. Like I said, I see it with harley. Perfect example. We needed a battery box for FLH shovelhead. It holds a larger battery. We order a new one. Yeah, not even close. One mounting tab is waaay off. I thought about it and said hmmm, I got a new one still in the box in my stash from the 90's, the frigging 1990's. I bring it in. Same shit, just as wrong. 30 frigging years between the 2 parts, and never corrected in all that time.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at August 24, 2025 11:25 PM (snZF9)
It's only when you see photos like these that one can really appreciate how much eyesight improvement technology has advanced and become widely available in recent decades.
Posted by: But I'm a Hero, the media says so at August 24, 2025 11:27 PM (F/35S)
However, there is a sun-like star about 1800 light years away in one of those regions, and still in it after the new analysis.
Posted by: publius
1977? Then we need one about 1945 light years away. The aliens were yelling at us for crucifying Him.
Posted by: mikeski at August 24, 2025 11:29 PM (DgGvY)
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at August 24, 2025 11:25 PM (snZF9)
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Well maybe, but to be fair, in the same period CEO Jochen Zeitz increased diversity and inclusion in the c-suite by 409%. Never has an American manufacturing concern been so welcoming to trannies!
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at August 24, 2025 11:29 PM (JkO4W)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 24, 2025 11:29 PM (5LCqK)
Posted by: Elite Granada Ghia Grande ESS at August 24, 2025 11:30 PM (G5+As)
Hubby said he wishes he could meet the person who abused her, he would beat the shit out of the asshole.
Posted by: fourseasons at August 24, 2025 11:14 PM
Went with my kids to look at rescuing a male yellow lab. We decided to take the dog because the whole time we were there the dog calculated the triangle created by my three kids, and maintained a position at the exact center of that shifting triangle.
He was a great dog. A couple of weeks later I quickly reached over him to grab a box on the top shelf. That dog hit the floor so fast that he bounced! We eventually realized that I (a big guy) could not ever reach my hand above my shoulder around the dog.
The guy I got him from was trying to keep the dog while his brother was going through a divorce.
I am not sure if the brother deserved one beating or two beatings. But I suspect it was probably two.
Posted by: Pillage Idiot at August 24, 2025 11:31 PM (HlyYF)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at August 24, 2025 11:29 PM (JkO4W)
Bastard makes me wish we nuked germany. That dude is a fucking asshole.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at August 24, 2025 11:31 PM (snZF9)
Spacex/NASA - CRS SPX-33
Rendezvous & Docking ISS - Space Affairs Live
Date: August 25
Docking: 07:30 a.m. EDT (1130 UTC, 13:30 CEST)
https://youtu.be/BKdD9VLb2V0
Posted by: Joyenz at August 24, 2025 11:32 PM (sPQoU)
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at August 24, 2025 11:31 PM (snZF9)
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Yeah but right now he's an unemployed asshole.
WIN
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at August 24, 2025 11:33 PM (hY4dx)
Pillage Idiot,
That's why it's so interesting getting a rescue dog. We have no idea how they were treated.
Our little sweetheart is so happy, I swear she smiles.
There is a very evil place in hell for people who abuse children and animals.
Posted by: four seasons at August 24, 2025 11:34 PM (3ek7K)
Posted by: mindful webworker - or a burr with a spur like when I was ten? at August 24, 2025 10:09 PM (i1iCx)
If I were to go and get a haircut, I'd have to stick with The Cistercian.
Posted by: GWB at August 24, 2025 11:34 PM (1PcCZ)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 24, 2025 11:35 PM (5LCqK)
Turns out I didn't reconnect the final thing... the sensor that I had uncapped from the air filter housing. Cripes.
Including that screw up it took me 3 hours. Pretty good exchange for $699.
Posted by: 496
Most of the time when I have a shop do something I have finish the job or fix what they fvck up.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at August 24, 2025 11:35 PM (/lPRQ)
Posted by: GWB at August 24, 2025 11:35 PM (1PcCZ)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 24, 2025 11:24 PM (5LCqK)
Yeah, there were some that used a single mount right under the harmonic balancer. This block is just like the '69 307 engine I have on a stand: three cast bosses on each side around the front core plug. The '63 to '82 style mounts I wound up using fit perfectly. Rock Auto does not show there being a left or right distinction for any of the truck line, for either '98 or '99.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 24, 2025 11:36 PM (5Djh4)
Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at August 24, 2025 11:36 PM (sAmhv)
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They slept in. Building this city takes a lot out of you.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at August 24, 2025 11:36 PM (hY4dx)
I had two old used cars first. My first new car was a Plymouth Duster. Very basic car, but it ran like a champ.
Posted by: four seasons at August 24, 2025 11:37 PM (3ek7K)
Posted by: Elite Granada Ghia Grande ESS at August 24, 2025 11:30 PM (G5+As)
Heh. Had a friend who lived up in Hackettstown. Told us how some friends of his once stole a calf and butchered it in a bathtub. Pretty country up there, though...
Posted by: Joe Kidd at August 24, 2025 11:38 PM (nbLIj)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 24, 2025 11:35 PM (5LCqK)
Nope. There was an attempt this evening, but it got scrubbed.
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at August 24, 2025 11:38 PM (l8IGe)
Our little sweetheart is so happy, I swear she smiles.
There is a very evil place in hell for people who abuse children and animals.
Posted by: four seasons at August 24, 2025 11:34 PM
My youngest daughter recently rescued a very cute Chihuahua/Terrier mix that was found on the loose and had heartworms. She also smiles, now that her life is happy.
She was terrified at first, but quickly glommed on to my tiny, quiet daughter. She then decided that the big, loud guy in the house was also friendly enough for cuddles, etc.
The dog is still leery of my wife. No idea why.
I guess, as Meat Loaf sang, "Two out of three ain't bad."
Posted by: Pillage Idiot at August 24, 2025 11:41 PM (HlyYF)
Scrubbed due to ground system problem of some sort.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 24, 2025 11:42 PM (w6EFb)
Scrubbed due to ground system problem of some sort.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 24, 2025 11:42 PM (w6EFb)
Apparently someone failed to reconnect the sensor from the air filter housing...
(Glares at 496)
Posted by: Joe Kidd at August 24, 2025 11:47 PM (nbLIj)
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at August 24, 2025 11:31 PM (snZF9)
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Yeah but right now he's an unemployed asshole.
WIN
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at August 24, 2025 11:33 PM (hY4dx)
Lets hope they can undo the damage that asshole did. 2 major totally retarded mistakes was getting rid of the sportster as we know it, and they got rid of the FXR/Dyna platform. I can't even explain how stupid that was. They replaced the lower cost entry bikes with shit thats too fucking gay to even talk about.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at August 24, 2025 11:47 PM (snZF9)
Labor Day weekend here in SW Wyoming is fun. Every year Fort Bridger has a Mountain Man Rendezvous.
Anything the people have to sell has to meet old timey standards.
If you like that sort of thing you would really enjoy attending.
I think there are several of those events in other places.
Posted by: four seasons at August 24, 2025 11:48 PM (3ek7K)
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at August 24, 2025 11:51 PM (Mgy3C)
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at August 24, 2025 11:51 PM (Mgy3C)
From me, also!
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 24, 2025 11:52 PM (5Djh4)
Thanks, Piper, for Theresa’s dress reportage - quite swell that.
My 50s and 60s Amsterdam childhood was somewhat different from most of you Morons. We did not have a car, nor a fridge, tv, or phone. We did not have goofy Sears clothes or cool hairdos.
Mom pretty much made our clothes from her and dad’s old clothes.
Then it all changed with The Beatles and Stones and American TV shows.
Posted by: SnailRacer at August 24, 2025 11:54 PM (KOeVh)
Pride flag on my desk didn’t even survive until the first day of school. I hate what we’ve become.
Policy & Politics
My tiny pride flag, the only LGBTQ+ item in my room didn’t even make it to the first day of school before someone complained. The principal told me to take it down, despite being the GSA advisor and having a flag like this on my desk for the last ten years.
At the end of last year, all of the Safe Space stickers I worked so hard to get teachers around the school to adopt came down and now this. It’s enough to make me want to quit before the year even has started. 😞
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at August 24, 2025 11:54 PM (Mgy3C)
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at August 24, 2025 11:54 PM
I love it when a plan comes together.
Posted by: Pillage Idiot at August 24, 2025 11:56 PM (HlyYF)
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THIS is what I voted for.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at August 24, 2025 11:56 PM (hY4dx)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at August 24, 2025 11:57 PM (hY4dx)
1. The Ukrainians moved some troops around and managed to stop a couple of Russian breakthroughs. The Russians are regrouping and have started their counter-counter attacks.
2. The hotspot is in the southern zone, where the Russians are apparently trying to grab as much territory as possible, just in case peace breaks out.
3. There is much speculation that the Ukrainians will launch one last attack across the border, to grab some territory to trade in the future.
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at August 24, 2025 11:57 PM (l8IGe)
Posted by: Sam Adams at August 24, 2025 11:59 PM (4aBii)
Fire her.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at August 24, 2025 11:57 PM (hY4dx)
yeah, directly into a volcano.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at August 24, 2025 11:59 PM (snZF9)
Fire her.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43)
Groomers ----> Chipper
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at August 24, 2025 11:59 PM (/lPRQ)
How about teaching the children how to read, write and comprehend.
Teachers have no business inflicting any of that leftist crap on the students.
Posted by: four seasons at August 25, 2025 12:00 AM (3ek7K)
Posted by: Sam Adams at August 25, 2025 12:00 AM (4aBii)
Posted by: Sam Adams at August 24, 2025 11:59 PM (4aBii)
And people complain about the stores having Halloween stuff out already.
This guy is performing The Feats of Strength and it's still four months until Festivus.
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at August 25, 2025 12:02 AM (l8IGe)
Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at August 25, 2025 12:03 AM (lUFok)
Posted by: And Paul Is Nowhere To Be Seen at August 25, 2025 12:05 AM (hD90I)
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Adjustable Rate Mortgages are a gamble.
Wait until Trump gets a new FedBoss and fix one in at a lower rate.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 25, 2025 12:07 AM (5LCqK)
Fire her.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43)
Now wait a minute. Are we talking launch, to loose, to let fly, to shoot?
Posted by: OrangeEnt at August 25, 2025 12:08 AM (0eaVi)
*TRUMP: IN FAVOR OF FCC REVOKING ABC, NBC NEWS LICENSES
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Even if it was a toss off I hope he said it.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 25, 2025 12:09 AM (5LCqK)
Posted by: Berserker-
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This is about me, isn't it?
Posted by: LiveWire 'Harley' at August 25, 2025 12:10 AM (XeU6L)
Fire her.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43)
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Millstones at the public lake.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 25, 2025 12:11 AM (5LCqK)
Posted by: Berserker
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True, but to be clear, that is the *factory* setup.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 25, 2025 12:12 AM (XeU6L)
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport
I love it when a plan comes together.
Posted by: Pillage Idiot
Bets on whether it teaches middle school, or grade school?
Posted by: mikeski at August 25, 2025 12:12 AM (DgGvY)
Posted by: Braenyard
Ew! I swim in that lake! Let's go with Itinerant Alley Butcher's idea.
Posted by: mikeski at August 25, 2025 12:13 AM (DgGvY)
Illustrated Spygate scandal pt1 from Doug Ross Substack
Posted by: Skip at August 25, 2025 12:13 AM (+qU29)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at August 25, 2025 12:15 AM (63Dwl)
Aug 23
Not a single child was proficient in math in 55 Chicago Public Schools.
They spend $30,000 per student per year.
Abolish teachers unions
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 25, 2025 12:15 AM (5LCqK)
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'GSA'...? Looked it up:
GSA clubs have been vitally important in shifting the attitudes of the current generation of young people, and we’re so proud of all the ways this work has shifted and deepened, particularly in the last decade since our First Edition of the GSA Advisor Handbook was initially published in 2011. This Second Edition of the GSA Advisor Handbook reflects the ways the LGBTQ+ community has grown and evolved.
We’re excited to share resources and tools that will support you – GSA club advisors – to create and sustain thriving GSAs in partnership with students, schools, and communities, as we move closer to our vision of trans and queer liberation.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 25, 2025 12:16 AM (XeU6L)
Posted a comment to the ALH a few minutes ago. Some of it may even make sense. Almost.
Later, and bests to the Horde. And congrats to Teresa & Paul.
Posted by: Just Some Guy at August 25, 2025 12:17 AM (q3u5l)
The 33-year-old was reluctant at first to get under the bar but gave in after being pressured by the locals.
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Watched the clip. The spotter did the lifting.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 25, 2025 12:18 AM (5LCqK)
Posted by: Darrell Harris at August 25, 2025 12:19 AM (iRorl)
The 33-year-old was reluctant at first to get under the bar but gave in after being pressured by the locals.
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[recollects Barky doing curls with 3 lb. weights]
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 25, 2025 12:21 AM (XeU6L)
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This is an area where good Protestants and Catholics concur.
They should come together and assist them in this liberation that they seek.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 25, 2025 12:22 AM (5LCqK)
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The link didn't work. I doubt ours was anything special. It was a dark green and had the concave rear window (like the scamp). It just never wanted to die
Posted by: 496 at August 25, 2025 12:25 AM (w7afp)
Posted by: Nathan Bedford Forrest at August 25, 2025 12:25 AM (l8IGe)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 24, 2025 10:30 PM (R4SAT)
Next you'll find out it's SUPPOSED to have the d*** tilt.....
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at August 25, 2025 12:27 AM (QGaXH)
The link didn't work. I doubt ours was anything special. It was a dark green and had the concave rear window (like the scamp). It just never wanted to die
Posted by: 496
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Try this:
https://www.valiant.org/images/265b-cr.jpg
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 25, 2025 12:28 AM (XeU6L)
Posted by: Nathan Bedford Forrest
Small crucifix [...] Catholic church.
Posted by: mikeski at August 25, 2025 12:28 AM (DgGvY)
Today, my phone goes off with a text message telling me that there was a $5 charge against one credit card from "Caesars NY".
Nope. Pulled out the card, called the number, get connected to.a rep in the fraud department. Guy say fine, we'll deny the charge. While I'm.talking to him about cancelling the card and getting a new one, he says, " Oops, here's another charge from Caesars for $700."
Now I have to wait a couple of days for the new card and then change the number for all our automatic payments. What a PITA.
FYI, Caesars NY is an online sportsbook limited to NY residents, so they have register with some ID to play, so there's a possibility that they can nail the jerk.
Posted by: buddhaha at August 25, 2025 12:28 AM (dWdRv)
I'm optimistic that Bobby, Jr. hasn't shaken things up with the Covid "vaccine" question. He appointed Robert Malone and another MIT guy named Retsef Levi to the CDC's vaccine advisory committee. That really pissed off the usual suspects. Levi exposed a problem with some RSV monoclonal antibody treatment for infants -- there was a seizure risk the usual suspects were hiding.
He is now the chair of a review group that is going to investigate the Covid "vaccines":
https://tinyurl.com/28jz8mws
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 25, 2025 12:30 AM (w6EFb)
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at August 25, 2025 12:27 AM (QGaXH)
Heh. Well, with the damned tilt, the cast boss on the transfer case where the T-case shift motor attaches, was rubbing against the transmission crossmember. Wear marks on each of them. That ain't right.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 25, 2025 12:32 AM (5Djh4)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
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You DID verify that the frame was level at the horns, right? 😁
Posted by: buddhaha at August 25, 2025 12:33 AM (dWdRv)
(Glares at 496)
Posted by: Joe Kidd at August 24, 2025 11:47 PM (nbLIj)
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Just bring it over to Advance Auto Parts on Lincolnway. They'll clear the codes for it real quick
Posted by: 496 at August 25, 2025 12:33 AM (vOlV0)
Reading, someone pointed out that to properly do this review, the ACIP committee is going to need the highest security clearance there is just about, Above Top Secret Eyes Only MAJIC or whatever it is, to properly see all the info they need.
That ought to tell you something about this whole mess.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 25, 2025 12:38 AM (w6EFb)
do not envy those who do wrong.
Like grass they wither quickly;
like green plants they wilt away.
—Starving Trolls 37:1
Posted by: mindful webworker - parlez-vous hick? at August 24, 2025 10:01
Where did you find this? or did you write it yourself? If you don't mind.
Posted by: Farmer, with his own historical take at August 25, 2025 12:39 AM (55Qr6)
https://www.valiant.org/images/265b-cr.jpg
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 25, 2025 12:28 AM (XeU6L)
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Looks lovely - obviously well loved and cared for. Looks like a lot of air intake for a little ol' six cylinder (heh).
It's hard to miss how much room there is around it too. Back in the day you could look down under your hood and see your driveway. Nowadays I can barely find the oil filter. It's hard to keep up anymore!
Posted by: 496 at August 25, 2025 12:40 AM (jCuBf)
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Hmm. Food for thought.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 25, 2025 12:42 AM (XeU6L)
Reading, someone pointed out that to properly do this review, the ACIP committee is going to need the highest security clearance there is just about, Above Top Secret Eyes Only MAJIC or whatever it is, to properly see all the info they need.
That ought to tell you something about this whole mess.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb)
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Are you talking about the thumb drive they found hidden under Bolton's mustache?
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 25, 2025 12:43 AM (5LCqK)
Posted by: Nathan Bedford Forrest
Small crucifix [...] Catholic church.
Posted by: mikeski
Christian flag.
https://tinyurl.com/s3bsf7hc
Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at August 25, 2025 12:44 AM (sAmhv)
Posted by: Boss Moss at August 25, 2025 12:44 AM (Q2mpX)
Posted by: buddhaha at August 25, 2025 12:33 AM (dWdRv)
There's no easy way to do that. It's not very symmetrical, nor is there a good datum plane to measure to. If the frame were tweaked a half inch, it ought to be obvious, and the rig should have a vicious pull going down the road. It doesn't, and there are no signs of it every having been in a wreck.
Frankly, I don't care at this point. Get the damned thing back into service. It ran and drove fine for me for two years, until the transmission let go, and blew the engine as a consequence (cruise control made the engine over-rev, and took out a bearing). Good used engine, taken from a rolled truck that I was able to drive a little before parting it out, and the transmission overhauled by me. Nice Arizona 'burb, not a speck of rust on it.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 25, 2025 12:45 AM (5Djh4)
Reading, someone pointed out that to properly do this review, the ACIP committee is going to need the highest security clearance there is just about, Above Top Secret Eyes Only MAJIC or whatever it is, to properly see all the info they need.
That ought to tell you something about this whole mess.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 25, 2025 12:38 AM (w6EFb)
Favorite Classification I ever uh... heard of...
NATO COSMIC Top Secret.... early 80's.
Posted by: Romeo13 at August 25, 2025 12:47 AM (mP0Kj)
Posted by: buddhaha at
A couple years back I had a fraud charge from England. I looked up the business - they specialized in "military uniform reproduction for theatre" and lots of details... Basically some scumbag was using stolen credit cards to buy Nazi uniforms. Illegal to just sell Nazi shit there, but its OK if its for the movies etc.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at August 25, 2025 12:48 AM (/lPRQ)
Posted by: mikeski
Jesus Fish.
Symbol used where Christians were prosecuted.
Ffor what ? Two thousand years ?
/// OK, I don't know the correct name for it.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at August 25, 2025 12:54 AM (/lPRQ)
There was a bunch of Mom's Christmas towels and towels that will look good in the lower bathroom.
I'm almost thoroughly through the house. I want to submit pics of my junk drawer - OCD people would be proud.
I'm just going through the last pictures and frames and shredding the last bits of my brother and his spawn. Carthatic.
So much wall space.
We need more Art Threads with Amazon links.
Sorry, tired....
Posted by: Posted by: Stateless - VERY GRATEFUL, BLESSED, LOVED AND HAPPY! -- - New Life Creation - 18.1% at August 25, 2025 12:55 AM (jvJvP)
Israel decided to escalate as well, the Houthis will have darkness tonight.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 25, 2025 12:56 AM (5LCqK)
"MAJIC" was likely not real. That comes from the UFO/Rosewell lore that some secret group, called Majestic-12 was created to deal with it. And the clearance level was "MAJIC".
I always thought it sounded cool.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 25, 2025 12:57 AM (w6EFb)
https://tinyurl.com/s3bsf7hc
Posted by: Puddleglum,
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They are flying a white one with a red cross many places in Britain. cops are upset
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 25, 2025 12:58 AM (5LCqK)
Posted by: anchorbabe fashion cop at August 25, 2025 01:00 AM (ufFY8)
They are flying a white one with a red cross many places in Britain. cops are upset
Posted by: Braenyard
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St. George
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 25, 2025 01:01 AM (XeU6L)
The font is ugly too. If they were trying to create an ugly, bland, shitty logo I’m not sure what they’d do differently.
- - - - - - - -
You're supposed to use a marker or crayon to add your own messages to the background. It's the customer participation part of the new CB ad campaign. Once enough people hear of this it will really catch on... ;-)
Posted by: Planet of the Japes at August 25, 2025 01:01 AM (8br8M)
Stateless,
I know it is a big job to clean, reorganize and sort through tons of stuff.
Maybe take a break for a couple of days. What you have accomplished so far is amazing.
Take care of yourself. It's very important.
Posted by: fourseasons at August 25, 2025 01:02 AM (3ek7K)
I'm still cleaning out a very nice, not small house with 3 bedrooms and 2.5 baths and I am 1 guy.
And there's a lot of wall space for family pictures.
And nature HATES a vacuum.
I just have to keep plodding forward.
Everyone have a happy night.
Posted by: Posted by: Stateless - VERY GRATEFUL, BLESSED, LOVED AND HAPPY! -- - New Life Creation - 18.1% at August 25, 2025 01:03 AM (jvJvP)
Take care of yourself. It's very important.
Posted by: fourseasons at August 25, 2025 01:02 AM (3ek7K)
Thanks so much. I took that break. I was frustrated that things weren't going on my timeline.
God laughs.
I always said the house was going to be 10,000 little things. I'm on 9,000. Back up, ready to go.
Posted by: Posted by: Stateless - VERY GRATEFUL, BLESSED, LOVED AND HAPPY! -- - New Life Creation - 18.1% at August 25, 2025 01:08 AM (jvJvP)
Just reading about Justice Jumaji Brown Jackson. The only question at this point is if she's just plumb stupid, totally unqualified to be on the Court, or if she's just a reckless partisan hack who doesn't care. Even the other lefties like Wise/Wide Latina are distancing themselves from her.
She's now taken to quoting herself in her dissents.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 25, 2025 01:13 AM (w6EFb)
Posted by: fourseasons at August 25, 2025 01:14 AM (3ek7K)
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at August 25, 2025 01:15 AM (0nHVk)
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 25, 2025 01:13 AM (w6EFb)
Maybe she will run around in ever-decreasing circles until she runs up her own asshole and vanishes.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 25, 2025 01:17 AM (5Djh4)
My brother who made my life hell hated this picture too.
I'll put it in the photo albums.
Which I have also gone through, the first time. I'm thorough.
Posted by: Posted by: Stateless - VERY GRATEFUL, BLESSED, LOVED AND HAPPY! -- - New Life Creation - 18.1% at August 25, 2025 01:18 AM (jvJvP)
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at August 25, 2025 01:15 AM (0nHVk)
My late lamented friend Jerry was a Pontiac guy. He had a couple of real gems. What that guy didn't know about cars wasn't worth knowing.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 25, 2025 01:19 AM (5Djh4)
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Is that any way to treat an original person?
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 25, 2025 01:20 AM (XeU6L)
Posted by: 496 at August 25, 2025 01:21 AM (oevsy)
Maybe she will run around in ever-decreasing circles until she runs up her own asshole and vanishes.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
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Or turn into butter.
Posted by: Little Black Sambo at August 25, 2025 01:25 AM (XeU6L)
Posted by: anchorbabe fashion cop at August 25, 2025 01:00 AM (ufFY
I showed my friend a picture of my late Mother in the 1970's with me and my 'brother.' She was in a pretty short skirt. She was also a nun for 14 years before leaving, meeting Dad, marriage and me.
My friend: "Wow, she must have been the hottest nun ever!"
But going through Mom's pictures, there were a lot of very attractive nuns. And when they were out of the convent, wow.
And I did find a picture of my late Aunt Pat when she was a girlin the 1930's. She looked exactly like the girl from 'Matilda.'
Cool.
Back to it...
Posted by: Posted by: Stateless - VERY GRATEFUL, BLESSED, LOVED AND HAPPY! -- - New Life Creation - 18.1% at August 25, 2025 01:29 AM (jvJvP)
Even the other lefties like Wise/Wide Latina are distancing themselves from her.
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How stupid can you be when even Sotomayor doesn't agree with you?
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 25, 2025 01:30 AM (kkTda)
Posted by: 496 at August 25, 2025 01:21 AM (oevsy)
Thanks.
We're almost there. But ughhh.
Posted by: Posted by: Stateless - VERY GRATEFUL, BLESSED, LOVED AND HAPPY! -- - New Life Creation - 18.1% at August 25, 2025 01:31 AM (jvJvP)
If they wanted a black female Kamala was a good choice.
Oh wait, that would have a race to see which one was the stupidest.
Posted by: four seasons at August 25, 2025 01:32 AM (3ek7K)
How stupid can you be when even Sotomayor doesn't agree with you?
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh
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This could work in our favor.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 25, 2025 01:33 AM (5LCqK)
The media keeps focusing on a “famine” in Gaza. Why the silence?
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 25, 2025 01:34 AM (5LCqK)
I'm almost thoroughly through the house. I want to submit pics of my junk drawer - OCD people would be proud...
Posted by: Posted by: Stateless - VERY GRATEFUL, BLESSED, LOVED AND HAPPY! -- - New Life Creation - 18.1% at August 25, 2025 12:55
Glad you got through that Stateless, it is tough. I'm part way through my Dad's house, he died May 29. Mom was an antique dealer and there's a lot to deal with.
At first he tried to get rid of stuff. But in the last few yrs he said...you guys are going to have to earn your inheritance.
Posted by: Farmer, with his own historical take at August 25, 2025 01:37 AM (55Qr6)
Had a scare this evening. Diana was outside with Dot while I brought Puff up to the house. Diana came in crying, but I couldn't find anything apparent. However her back was arched and her stomach was tight. Raced her to the emergency vet out of fear of GDV.
Luckily, X-rays showed her stomach was normal. She may have jammed her neck. Poor thing.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 25, 2025 01:37 AM (kkTda)
“Palestinians are best people on earth. On behalf of the moral world, we are so sorry we can't get you more help!! We're all desperate to help you, but our leaders are so corrupt.”
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 25, 2025 01:38 AM (5LCqK)
The media keeps focusing on a “famine” in Gaza. Why the silence?
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 25, 2025 01:34 AM (5LCqK)
Because the famine in Sudan can't be blamed on Israel, but it can be blamed on muslims.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 25, 2025 01:39 AM (5Djh4)
The media keeps focusing on a “famine” in Gaza. Why the silence?
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 25, 2025 01:34 AM (5LCqK)
Because the famine in Sudan can't be blamed on Israel, but it can be blamed on muslims.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 25, 2025 01:39 AM (5Djh4)
Man, I'm passing through and you answered as I would.
Sweet.
Have a great week!
Posted by: Posted by: Stateless - VERY GRATEFUL, BLESSED, LOVED AND HAPPY! -- - New Life Creation - 18.1% at August 25, 2025 01:41 AM (jvJvP)
Very sharp contrast to the rest of Syria
https://tinyurl.com/3ee3uj5n
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 25, 2025 01:43 AM (5LCqK)
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'GSA'...? Looked it up:
GSA clubs have been vitally important in shifting the attitudes of the current generation of young people, and we’re so proud of all the ways this work has shifted and deepened, particularly in the last decade since our First Edition of the GSA Advisor Handbook was initially published in 2011. This Second Edition of the GSA Advisor Handbook reflects the ways the LGBTQ+ community has grown and evolved.
We’re excited to share resources and tools that will support you – GSA club advisors – to create and sustain thriving GSAs in partnership with students, schools, and communities, as we move closer to our vision of trans and queer liberation.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 25, 2025 12:16 AM (XeU6L)
Children aren't gay. They shouldn't be having sex. QED.
Oh, sure, lots of them are, and I say that's a failure of parenting, but it sure doesn't mean there should be anything in school...
Posted by: tcn, Pickle Queen of Alaska at August 25, 2025 01:49 AM (1Gsou)
Even the other lefties like Wise/Wide Latina are distancing themselves from her.
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How stupid can you be when even Sotomayor doesn't agree with you?
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 25, 2025 01:30 AM (kkTda)
I guess every organization needs a punching bag of some kind, to keep the peace.
Posted by: tcn, Pickle Queen of Alaska at August 25, 2025 01:51 AM (1Gsou)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 25, 2025 01:01
And in some places the Union Jack. Seems like a protest that started last week. Some are tired of...mass illegal immigration. Go figure!
Some Councils are taking down the native flags while they let Palestinian flags fly freely.
No wonder my ancestors left that island.
Posted by: Farmer, with his own historical take at August 25, 2025 01:52 AM (55Qr6)
U.S. ambassador to France Charles Kushner in an open letter to Macron.
Dear President Macron,
On the 81st anniversary of the Allied Liberation of Paris, which ended the deportation of Jews from French soil, I write out of deep concern over the dramatic rise of antisemitism in France and the lack of sufficient action by your government to confront it.
Antisemitism has long scarred French life, but it has exploded since Hamas’s barbaric assault on Oct. 7, 2023. ...
https://tinyurl.com/bv9vz9wb
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Visegrád 24@visegrad24 . 12s
The French Foreign Ministry has summoned the U.S. Ambassador to France Charles Kushner to reprimand him for writing an open letter to Macron urging French authorities to combat antisemitism:
[Quotes letter from above]
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 25, 2025 01:53 AM (5LCqK)
Since we can deport to 'third party countries' that are willing to accept them, we have maybe 50 million. That's 300# per hungry in Sudan. I think they'll take it.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at August 25, 2025 01:57 AM (/lPRQ)
At first he tried to get rid of stuff. But in the last few yrs he said...you guys are going to have to earn your inheritance.
Posted by: Farmer, with his own historical take at August 25, 2025 01:37 AM (55Qr6)
I'm sorry about your Father. Like Mom, I hope it was fsst.
Just regular people have so much stuff.
My Aunt Pat killed herself. She lived alone. Her house was HELL. Incredibly cleaned and organized. But so much stuff.
I went there 9 days, crossing the border.
My favourite memory. My mother and 2 aunts are sitting at the table, going through stuff and telling stories
To be cont
Posted by: Posted by: Stateless - VERY GRATEFUL, BLESSED, LOVED AND HAPPY! -- - New Life Creation - 18.1% at August 25, 2025 01:59 AM (jvJvP)
And I went upstairs to see my Uncles.
One Uncle is Marine. One Army. As the ladies are carefully going through things downstairs, Marine Uncle is upstairs and is just simply tossing everything in sight into a contractor bag held by Army Uncle.
I was intermediary and saved stuff from my Uncles and gave to the ladies.
Worst family time ever.
Posted by: Posted by: Stateless - VERY GRATEFUL, BLESSED, LOVED AND HAPPY! -- - New Life Creation - 18.1% at August 25, 2025 02:06 AM (jvJvP)
[Quotes letter from above]
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others
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Sure would suck for Fwance if the Ambassador politely informs them that the letter was vetted and represents the official position of the USA. Rubio and then Trump publically reinforce the position.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at August 25, 2025 02:11 AM (/lPRQ)
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at August 25, 2025 02:12 AM (0nHVk)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 25, 2025 02:13 AM (5Djh4)
Bittersweet.
Wish I had help, sorting through Dad's place! I have 3 siblings-- one even lives nearby-- but NO HELP at all with the estate. (Not just no help, but one has been actively sabotaging)
There's a lot to do, but my time is filled with taking care of ailing hubby's issues and expenses, and our own house... it's overwhelming and exhausting. And infuriating.
Glad you've gotten through the worst, Stateless.
Best of luck on your New Life!
Posted by: JQ at August 25, 2025 02:14 AM (rdVOm)
Glad you've gotten through the worst, Stateless.
Best of luck on your New Life!
Posted by: JQ at August 25, 2025 02:14 AM (rdVOm
Wow!
And thank you!
Posted by: Posted by: Stateless - VERY GRATEFUL, BLESSED, LOVED AND HAPPY! -- - New Life Creation - 18.1% at August 25, 2025 02:23 AM (jvJvP)
The Liberty theater is still there, but closed now... All those motels & hotels in the background are gone.
"Main Street" isn't what it used to be, LOL.
Posted by: JQ at August 25, 2025 02:23 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at August 25, 2025 02:12 AM (0nHVk)
One area at a time.
Sometimes....booze.
Posted by: Posted by: Stateless - VERY GRATEFUL, BLESSED, LOVED AND HAPPY! -- - New Life Creation - 18.1% at August 25, 2025 02:24 AM (jvJvP)
Posted by: JQ at August 25, 2025 02:26 AM (rdVOm)
You are in your house. There is a picture of you from high school.
Do you shred the picture?
You were kind of cute BUT, BUT, BUT, you had a perm!
And you're indifferent.
Posted by: Posted by: Stateless - VERY GRATEFUL, BLESSED, LOVED AND HAPPY! -- - New Life Creation - 18.1% at August 25, 2025 02:29 AM (jvJvP)
The French Foreign Ministry has summoned the U.S. Ambassador to France Charles Kushner to reprimand him for writing an open letter to Macron urging French authorities to combat antisemitism:
[Quotes letter from above]
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 25, 2025 01:53 AM (5LCqK)
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F*ck France.
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at August 25, 2025 02:29 AM (E+OH8)
Posted by: Posted by: Stateless - VERY GRATEFUL, BLESSED, LOVED AND HAPPY! -- - New Life Creation - 18.1% at August 25, 2025 02:30 AM (jvJvP)
It will become a back-up unit for me, in case the rider has trouble. (any time, right? rider's over 12 years old.)
If I ever get some free time to repair it...
Posted by: JQ at August 25, 2025 02:30 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at August 25, 2025 02:29 AM (E+OH
I'm half French.
Or worse French-Canadian.
I haven't researched.
There's probably no good answer.
Posted by: Posted by: Stateless - VERY GRATEFUL, BLESSED, LOVED AND HAPPY! -- - New Life Creation - 18.1% at August 25, 2025 02:33 AM (jvJvP)
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Hah! F Canada, too. (sorry, Stateless)
Half my family came from Canada. My maiden name has more vowels than consonants. Grandfather refused to speak Fwench after arriving in USA (too bad, would've been nice to learn) and was proud to become a citizen here.
Posted by: JQ at August 25, 2025 02:40 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: Case at August 25, 2025 02:40 AM (kDs7V)
If I ever get some free time to repair it...
Posted by: JQ
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Mine's 25 you've got lots remaining in that old mower.
Pick AOP's brain on the fix. This year first time ever mine went to a shop.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 25, 2025 02:46 AM (5LCqK)
Friend's push mower is about same age as rider, so I should be 'set' if I take care of them. Both have B&S engines, so that's a plus.
As if I didn't have enough to do, right?
Posted by: JQ at August 25, 2025 02:52 AM (rdVOm)
U.S. ambassador to France Charles Kushner in an open letter to Macron.
Dear President Macron,
On the 81st anniversary of the Allied Liberation of Paris, which ended the deportation of Jews from French soil, I write out of deep concern over the dramatic rise of antisemitism in France and the lack of sufficient action by your government to confront it.
Antisemitism has long scarred French life, but it has exploded since Hamas’s barbaric assault on Oct. 7, 2023. ...
https://tinyurl.com/bv9vz9wb
--
Visegrád 24@visegrad24 . 12s
The French Foreign Ministry has summoned the U.S. Ambassador to France Charles Kushner to reprimand him for writing an open letter to Macron urging French authorities to combat antisemitism:
[Quotes letter from above]
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 25, 2025 01:53 AM (5LCqK)
He should say “Then PNG me, losers.”
Posted by: Cow Demon at August 25, 2025 02:58 AM (vm8sq)
Posted by: JQ at August 25, 2025 03:05 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: JQ at August 25, 2025 03:08 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: Cow Demon at August 25, 2025 02:58 AM (vm8sq)
He should inform them that they are cheese-eating surrender monkeys and without our advise and help, they would be Germans.
IOW, fuck right off.
Posted by: tcn, Pickle Queen of Alaska at August 25, 2025 03:23 AM (1Gsou)
Posted by: Case at August 25, 2025 02:40 AM (kDs7V)
Home. Clippers. Wielded mightily by either mom or dad. Mom's were better, but sometimes uneven.
I was thrilled the first time I escaped and went to a salon.
Posted by: tcn, Pickle Queen of Alaska at August 25, 2025 03:25 AM (1Gsou)
Posted by: Skip at August 25, 2025 03:47 AM (+qU29)
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I have a feeling that this is another one of those videos we're actually watching in reverse.
Posted by: Methos at August 24, 2025 10:19 PM (zLwRl)
Huh.
Maybe?
Posted by: m at August 25, 2025 04:11 AM (aURVT)
The POLICE just totally kicked ass. Got off to a shaky start but then it was just an incredible ride.
Posted by: pawn at August 25, 2025 04:23 AM (Tx/gC)
Posted by: tankdemon at August 24, 2025 10:55 PM (/TXlA)
cool
Posted by: m at August 25, 2025 04:28 AM (aURVT)
Aug 23
Not a single child was proficient in math in 55 Chicago Public Schools.
They spend $30,000 per student per year.
Abolish teachers unions
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 25, 2025 12:15 AM (5LCqK)
No one - NO ONE - employed by government at any level no matter what you do has ANY business belonging to a union.
Posted by: Cow Demon at August 25, 2025 04:36 AM (vm8sq)
I don't remember "Boy" by the Manhattan Transfer at all, much less top 10, but I was dealing with a pregnant wife, so I could have missed it.
The Boy from New York City, however I do remember. No 1 in 1965.
I was stationed in NJ, spent a lot of time in NYC, listened to a lot of NYC radio - Seventy seven double-u ay bee see - and heard that song a lot. So I duck-duck-go'd (hate goo-gull) and sure enough... recorded by the Ad-Libs (who?) in 1964.
I was dating that pregnant wife who lived over in Longguh Island City at the time. BTW, contrary to expectations LIC is not way out on Longguh Island, but is a part of Queens borough, right across the East River from midtown.
Just to show how things can change in a half-century, at the time LIC was a bit of a dump, so she moved out to a nicer place in Jackson Heights. Jackson Heights is now something of a ghetto neighborhood, while LIC has become hip.
Posted by: buddhaha at August 25, 2025 04:36 AM (dWdRv)
Posted by: m at August 25, 2025 04:39 AM (aURVT)
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