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Tuesday Overnight Open Thread - October 21, 2025 [scampydog]
— Mens_Corner__ (@Mens_Corner__) October 3, 2025
Drat Alright, parentals -what was your go to word when the littles were within earshot? Fiddlesticks. Judas Priest.
26. Gee willickers!Bonus: Did any of your kids, nieces, or nephews ever give you that hot flush of embarrassment by dropping one of their newly discovered words in public? Church? School? Somewhere even worse? *** May as well do some Mark Twain quotes on swearing. He did have a way with words.
27. Gee whiz
28. Cheese whiz
29. Good night
30. Sam Hill
31. Son of a monkey
32. Son of a bucket!
33. William Shatner
34. Son of a motherless goat
There ought to be a room in every house to swear in. It's dangerous to have to repress an emotion like that.
- Mark Twain, a Biography
Under certain circumstances, urgent circumstances, desperate circumstances, profanity provides a relief denied even to prayer.
- Mark Twain, a Biography
...quadrilateral, astronomical, incandescent son-of-a-bitch.
- Letter to William Dean Howells, 13 February 1903
Not all summers were equal. What is that mediocre movie that ran on repeat all summer in your youth? Somehow, you watched it every time? You know, the one you can quote word-for-word?
I understood this. Are you in my camp? 😂 pic.twitter.com/PYFYdLiKAa
— 🇺🇸 Pecan 🇺🇸 (@PecanCOctober 14, 2025
Mini Rant (a true rant would require...more attention). Attention span and lack thereof. Article quotes the predictable, boring "fixes" that seem to get published for every human malady. I have an idea for the afflicted: Try harder.
Not long ago, there were reports comparing human attention spans unfavorably to those of a fish. It was claimed the average attention span for a goldfish was just nine seconds — a whole second longer than the average attention span for a person. First, it was an unfair attack on goldfish, who have demonstrated an impressive capacity for memorizing directions. Second, if you manage to get past the second paragraph of this article, you may have just proved the stat wrong.Summary of the study here.
47% say that “deep thinking” has become a thing of the past – roughly double the proportion who disagree with this view (23%)
Hat tip to commenter, Idaho Spudboy for the topic. Yellowstone "Zone of Death."
Deep in Yellowstone National Park lies a 50-square-mile strip of Idaho known as the “Zone of Death,” where a legal quirk could, in theory, let someone dodge prosecution for serious crimes like murder. First flagged by law professor Brian C. Kalt in 2005, this loophole stems from a clash between federal jurisdiction and the Constitution’s Sixth Amendment, sparking debate about justice in America’s wildest corners.Another take on the "Zone of Death."
Michael Belderrain illegally shot an elk in Montana in 2005 and cited Kalt’s article as a defense in 2007. Belderrain was standing in Yellowstone when he pulled the trigger and then dragged the elk to his truck parked in Yellowstone. Belderrain was indicted in the Wyoming District and objected that he had a right to be tried by jurors from Montana, which is actually possible, as the Montana portion of Yellowstone is (sparsely) inhabited by people. Instead of trying to call such a jury in a loosely populated portion of Montana and argue why the Sixth Amendment did not entitle Belderrain to such a trial, the court dismissed the argument, supposedly because it would imply the Yellowstone Zone of Death contained a loophole. Ultimately, Belderrain took a plea deal and the issue was left unresolved. For now, the loophole remains for Kalt’s imagined “perfect crime,” with the perpetrator potentially walking away freely.
If you want to argue about the best all time country songs, head head to this list. As a non-country music liking heathen, I recommend we cut to the real fun. The funniest country songs ever written. Did I Shave My Legs For This? - Deana Carter How Can I Miss You When You Won’t Go Away - Dan Hicks She Got the Goldmine (I Got the Shaft) - Jerry Reed *** Brenda Put Your Bra On
A mountain lion has a close encounter with a Halloween decoration and the reaction is priceless! 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 pic.twitter.com/pHRQ2IABwM
— James Pleickhardt (@JamesPleickhar2) October 13, 2025
A group of masked burglars successfully pulled off one of the most daring heists in modern memory, stealing eight French crown jewels from the Louvre in broad daylight.Some good photographs here of the jewels.
According to an official communiqué from the Ministère de la Culture de la République française, the following historical pieces from the Joyaux de la Couronne de France were stolen from the Musée du Louvre: Diadème de la parure de la reine Marie-Amélie et de la reine Hortense
Collier de la parure de saphirs de la reine Marie-Amélie et de la reine Hortense
Boucle d’oreille (d’une paire) de la parure de saphirs de la reine Marie-Amélie et de la reine Hortense
Collier en émeraudes de la parure de Marie-Louise
Paire de boucles d’oreilles en émeraudes de la parure de Marie-Louise
Broche dite broche reliquaire
Diadème de l’impératrice Eugénie
Grand nœud de corsage de l’impératrice Eugénie (broche)
This ONT brought to you by nudging: Calendar says it's time for you Lurkers to check in for the 4th quarter.
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Posted by: fourseasons at October 21, 2025 10:00 PM (3ek7K)
Posted by: Darrell Harris - Je Suis Charlie at October 21, 2025 10:00 PM (0CU3H)
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, Plucky Comic Relief, AoS Ladies Brigade - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at October 21, 2025 10:00 PM (SRRAx)
Posted by: Lemmiwinks at October 21, 2025 10:01 PM (kDHiw)
Posted by: Darrell Harris - Je Suis Charlie at October 21, 2025 10:01 PM (0CU3H)
Experts say that the average Icelandic Cod could solve a Rubik's Cube in under five minutes if only it had hands.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at October 21, 2025 10:02 PM (mC4Jq)
Back home in this 3rd world sh*thole
Found my neighbor's roof all over my garden and backyard. Yes his roof.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 21, 2025 10:03 PM (46KxU)
what was your go to word when the littles were within earshot?
Woman who used to help take care of my little sister decades ago was very straight-laced Christian. But she would on occasion cut loose with
"Shoot a blue bean!"
Posted by: mindful webworker - I still use it today at October 21, 2025 10:03 PM (Qqyu2)
Posted by: ghost of kari at October 21, 2025 10:03 PM (ArNHX)
Posted by: gKWVE at October 21, 2025 10:03 PM (gKWVE)
Posted by: OrangeEnt at October 21, 2025 10:03 PM (uQesX)
Not a country music aficionado by any means, but I have an idea for a song:
Now That I've Snagged My Man, I'm Gonna Let Myself Go To Hell
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at October 21, 2025 10:04 PM (ldc7S)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at October 21, 2025 10:04 PM (mC4Jq)
Not a country music aficionado by any means, but I have an idea for a song:
Now That I've Snagged My Man, I'm Gonna Let Myself Go To Hell
Posted by: Blonde Morticia
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Almost a direct quote from someone I know, but she actually keeps herself in VERY good shape lol.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at October 21, 2025 10:05 PM (ldc7S)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at October 21, 2025 10:04 PM (mC4Jq)
Much better looking building than Obama's buttplug in Chicago.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at October 21, 2025 10:06 PM (uQesX)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at October 21, 2025 10:06 PM (mC4Jq)
Posted by: QED Texan Grandpa-to-be at October 21, 2025 10:06 PM (fveCG)
Posted by: scampydog at October 21, 2025 10:07 PM (41CYW)
Posted by: gKWVE at October 21, 2025 10:07 PM (gKWVE)
Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at October 21, 2025 10:07 PM (PGEno)
https://tinyurl.com/4kktccrv
Posted by: Abzod at October 21, 2025 10:07 PM (0X8xl)
My buddy Paul z"l recounted the movie for me word for word while we were on a Boy Scouts hike.
He even imitated the sound of the janitor revving the chainsaw in Dean Vernon's office.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 21, 2025 10:07 PM (46KxU)
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo...know-nothing progressive at October 21, 2025 10:08 PM (n9ltV)
Credit to the Time Police books by Jodi Taylor
Posted by: These fish sticks are hard as tits at October 21, 2025 10:08 PM (VcqhS)
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at October 21, 2025 10:08 PM (Dc8dC)
*winces*
Posted by: The AoSHQ House Pedant at October 21, 2025 10:08 PM (mC4Jq)
I was hoping the French Crown jewels would contain the Crown so the Duke of Anjou could reclaim the French Throne.
It is prophesied.
Posted by: no one of any consequence at October 21, 2025 10:08 PM (W7XSX)
Posted by: Embarrassing Stain at October 21, 2025 10:08 PM (7akls)
This is the most enjoyably addictive History podcast on YouTube, with two genial and witty and erudite Englishman who are great storytellers:
https://m.youtube.com/@restishistorypod
Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook.
Posted by: Beverly at October 21, 2025 10:09 PM (Epeb0)
Posted by: The Grateful - Acta Non Verba at October 21, 2025 10:09 PM (thfHj)
Posted by: davidt at October 21, 2025 10:09 PM (i0F8b)
Posted by: Matthew Kant Cipher at October 21, 2025 10:09 PM (Z8Qvl)
We have a couple of rooms in the house that have 3 and even 4 way switches. I am most comfortable if they are all in the down position when the light is off. I will cross the room to get the switches "right". My wife finds this extremely amusing.
Posted by: toby928(c) at October 21, 2025 10:09 PM (jc0TO)
Posted by: Gnostic Surface at October 21, 2025 10:09 PM (kZs1J)
The Napoleons only got up to III. They deserve a revival.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at October 21, 2025 10:09 PM (mC4Jq)
Needless to say, us kids said the same words.
And yet, got our mouths washed with soap.
Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at October 21, 2025 10:10 PM (o18eU)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at October 21, 2025 10:10 PM (mC4Jq)
Posted by: EFG at October 21, 2025 10:10 PM (GdryQ)
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at October 21, 2025 10:11 PM (zZu0s)
Posted by: Dr. T at October 21, 2025 10:11 PM (lHPJf)
He Stopped Loving Her Today - George Jones
My go-to curse word in polite company is: Crap!
Posted by: Gref at October 21, 2025 10:11 PM (5rh/l)
Posted by: DPICM at October 21, 2025 10:11 PM (M2VUX)
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at October 21, 2025 10:11 PM (VcvS2)
Much of the appeal of living on the Cumberland Plateau is that there are no mosquitos. I don't know why, they just aren't here. And, BONUS, too high of an elevation for any Kudzu to grow.
Posted by: Tonypete at October 21, 2025 10:11 PM (cYBz/)
Posted by: EFG at October 21, 2025 10:12 PM (GdryQ)
Turkey britches on you!
You're full of turkey britches!
How'd you like to be buried head first in a pile of turkey britches!
Posted by: GuardianB at October 21, 2025 10:12 PM (y9pGs)
Posted by: Matthew Kant Cipher at October 21, 2025 10:12 PM (Z8Qvl)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at October 21, 2025 10:12 PM (mC4Jq)
Sounds like the epic tale of the Matchless in Leadville
mininghalloffame.org
Elizabeth McCourt "Baby Doe" Tabor got the Goldmine all right. Didn't make her happy.
Posted by: gKWVE at October 21, 2025 10:12 PM (gKWVE)
Posted by: Country Song Title at October 21, 2025 10:12 PM (i0F8b)
Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at October 21, 2025 10:12 PM (sAmhv)
Posted by: The Grateful - Acta Non Verba
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*Heavy sigh* I guess that's a boomerang. I'll leave that topic to the Dino.
Posted by: scampydog at October 21, 2025 10:12 PM (41CYW)
Posted by: no one of any consequence at October 21, 2025 10:12 PM (W7XSX)
I know it's the ONT, but I'm getting a laugh watching Latrine John-Pissoir deflect like a hockey stick while Stephen Colbert tries to get her to cough up her reasons for defending Dementia Joe.
She also says the Democrat party is throwing "vulnerable" people like herself under the bus.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at October 21, 2025 10:13 PM (ldc7S)
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at October 21, 2025 10:13 PM (zZu0s)
I totally get the light switch photo. Perhaps I'm too detail oriented?
I would like to see the jewels stolen from the Louvre recovered, but... French detectives and all I think of is Clouseau...
Posted by: Legally Sufficient at October 21, 2025 10:13 PM (kB9dk)
Posted by: Ex-Ex at October 21, 2025 10:13 PM (22p5n)
Posted by: toby928(c) at October 21, 2025 10:13 PM (jc0TO)
Dang, now I miss him too and I didn't even meet him.
Posted by: gKWVE at October 21, 2025 10:14 PM (gKWVE)
Also used in my family: Lord love a duck; Lordy, Lordy
Posted by: Vendette at October 21, 2025 10:14 PM (MR1yy)
Posted by: no one of any consequence at October 21, 2025 10:12 PM (W7XSX)
Yooo hoo! Oh, boys!
Posted by: Louis XXX at October 21, 2025 10:14 PM (mC4Jq)
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at October 21, 2025 10:04 PM (ldc7S)
LOL
It goes both ways, but that's funny!
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at October 21, 2025 10:15 PM (Dc8dC)
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at October 21, 2025 10:15 PM (zZu0s)
Posted by: EFG at October 21, 2025 10:15 PM (GdryQ)
Posted by: mindful webworker - music just keeps going on and on annnnd onnnn at October 21, 2025 10:15 PM (Qqyu2)
I understand the screw slot alignment. Formerly an aircraft electronics technician and often the QC guys would give us a soft fail for slots out of line.
Posted by: LRob in OK, Moron and Lunatic at October 21, 2025 10:16 PM (ha1wR)
Posted by: Common Tater at October 21, 2025 10:16 PM (csF+K)
Posted by: The Grateful - Acta Non Verba at October 21, 2025 10:09 PM (thfHj)
Golden birthdays? I'm not up for that, but golden showers... I there!
Posted by: Pete Buttgigger at October 21, 2025 10:17 PM (uQesX)
Posted by: EFG at October 21, 2025 10:17 PM (GdryQ)
Okay, that was nice. See you again in two years.
Posted by: Sobek at October 21, 2025 10:17 PM (wUSmk)
Posted by: Legally Sufficient at October 21, 2025
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Hercule Poirot! (Wait, he's Belgian)
Inspector Maigret? Inspector Hanaud?
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 21, 2025 10:17 PM (omVj0)
Posted by: nurse ratched at October 21, 2025 10:17 PM (mT+6a)
Posted by: scampydog
Thanks. We’re thrilled. The mom-to-be (our daughter) has a pickup and a 2-door coupe. Think there’s a trade in for a minivan in her future?
Posted by: QED Texan Grandpa-to-be at October 21, 2025 10:18 PM (fveCG)
Posted by: mindful webworker
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Nope. Just pressed for time - attention span referenced above. Fixed. Thanks for the heads up.
Posted by: scampydog at October 21, 2025 10:18 PM (41CYW)
Posted by: Matthew Kant Cipher at October 21, 2025 10:18 PM (Z8Qvl)
Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at October 21, 2025 10:18 PM (o18eU)
Posted by: EFG at October 21, 2025 10:19 PM (GdryQ)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 21, 2025 10:19 PM (omVj0)
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at October 21, 2025 10:19 PM (VcvS2)
Posted by: fourseasons at October 21, 2025 10:19 PM (3ek7K)
Posted by: EFG at October 21, 2025 10:19 PM (GdryQ)
I know it's the ONT, but I'm getting a laugh watching Latrine John-Pissoir deflect like a hockey stick while Stephen Colbert tries to get her to cough up her reasons for defending Dementia Joe.
She also says the Democrat party is throwing "vulnerable" people like herself under the bus.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at October 21, 2025 10:13 PM (ldc7S)
KJP and Kamala and most Democrats are only smart enough to go about three talking points deep in live conversations. If they can't escape a conversation after reciting those three talking points, everything else they say is a variation of ah-huminna-huminna-hummina-hummina...
Posted by: Gref at October 21, 2025 10:20 PM (5rh/l)
Okay, that was nice. See you again in two years.
Posted by: Sobek
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Club restroom token to Sobek.
Posted by: scampydog at October 21, 2025 10:20 PM (41CYW)
Posted by: MikeD at October 21, 2025 10:20 PM (nYX2t)
Posted by: Lurking Cheshirecat at October 21, 2025 10:20 PM (w3u3d)
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at October 21, 2025 10:20 PM (snZF9)
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Yeah, my parents said whatever they wanted in front of us.
The problem was when did the same.
Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at October 21, 2025 10:20 PM (o18eU)
I’ve often thought outlets should be standardized at about waist height or better. They are always behind couches or furniture and inconvenient
Posted by: Common Tater at October 21, 2025 10:21 PM (ywAtJ)
ooopsie.
Posted by: Kindltot at October 21, 2025 10:21 PM (rbvCR)
"That Summer" and "The Beaches of Cheyenne" by Garth Brooks
"Three Wooden Crosses" by Randy Travis
"Love, Me" by Collin Raye
"Beaches" and "Crosses" are especially fine writing -- almost short stories in song.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 21, 2025 10:21 PM (omVj0)
Wolfus, posted on ALH about MTM.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at October 21, 2025 10:22 PM (uQesX)
So awesome to meet you and the Mrs last weekend. She’s a gem.
And thank you for the hug.
Posted by: nurse ratched at October 21, 2025 10:22 PM (mT+6a)
Posted by: Bill Fries at October 21, 2025 10:22 PM (EXyHK)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 21, 2025 10:24 PM (46KxU)
May as well do some Mark Twain quotes on swearing. He did have a way with words.
I use language that will give a blue jay lockjaw.
Posted by: BifBewalski - at October 21, 2025 10:24 PM (1l1S+)
Posted by: Steamed Up! at October 21, 2025 10:24 PM (oftw2)
Posted by: Tonypete at October 21, 2025 10:24 PM (cYBz/)
Posted by: EFG at October 21, 2025 10:24 PM (GdryQ)
Posted by: nurse ratched
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Was great to meet you too! Mrs. coached me up, "You know, you are going to have to hug some people."
Posted by: scampydog at October 21, 2025 10:25 PM (41CYW)
I guess "Ode to Billy Joe" counts as country, and it is one beautifully constructed and arranged story-song tune, with Bobbie Gentry's perfect-for-country voice and a creepy hint of mystery too.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 21, 2025 10:25 PM (omVj0)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 21, 2025 10:25 PM (tgvbd)
In short, he said that he came back to his bedroom where his wife fixed him with an angry glare and repeated the worst of his curses to him. He said he looked at her in surprise and said that if he truly had said it like that that he would never say it again.
Posted by: Kindltot at October 21, 2025 10:25 PM (rbvCR)
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at October 21, 2025 10:25 PM (EXyHK)
Posted by: Joe Biden at October 21, 2025 10:25 PM (i0F8b)
Posted by: Ex-Ex
Thanks Ex-Ex. I overlooked that! I used to always have the screws horizontal. Somewhere (I think here by a Moron) Inread that vertical is better—dust won’t collect in the slot.
Posted by: QED Texan Grandpa-to-be at October 21, 2025 10:25 PM (fveCG)
Fug it.
You mother fugger.
(Read those in the novel “Battle Cry” by Leon Uris)
Posted by: EFG at October 21, 2025
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Didn't Norman Mailer use that first?
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 21, 2025 10:26 PM (omVj0)
Posted by: LRob in OK, Moron and Lunatic at October 21, 2025 10:16 PM (ha1wR)
George Jones. I cannot imagine any other singer making that one of the top Country songs of all time.
Posted by: Gref at October 21, 2025 10:27 PM (5rh/l)
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Monsieur Dupin could do it.
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at October 21, 2025
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Probably without leaving his chambers.
The smart policemen will go to Arsene Lupin; he either was involved, or he knows who did it.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 21, 2025 10:27 PM (omVj0)
There is a protocol for installing them, too. The inboard jaw should be located just proud of the edge of the edge of the bench, that way long pieces can be secured that need to hang vertical below the bench.
Posted by: Common Tater at October 21, 2025 10:27 PM (ywAtJ)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at October 21, 2025 10:09 PM (mC4Jq)
I am not sure if Macron is going to usher in the Sixth Republic or the Third Empire. Maybe the Second Directorship.
Posted by: Kindltot at October 21, 2025 10:27 PM (rbvCR)
Didn't Norman Mailer use that first?
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 21, 2025 10:26 PM (omVj0)
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Good question.
I do not know.
Posted by: EFG at October 21, 2025 10:27 PM (GdryQ)
Posted by: pawn at October 21, 2025 10:27 PM (tqkKb)
Posted by: ERF at October 21, 2025 10:28 PM (qqD/x)
Posted by: Match Game 74 at October 21, 2025 10:28 PM (oftw2)
Posted by: OrangeEnt at October 21, 2025 10:28 PM (uQesX)
Posted by: Miklos the Quoter at October 21, 2025 10:29 PM (M772T)
Thanks for a great ONT, scampydog!
Posted by: Gref at October 21, 2025 10:29 PM (5rh/l)
Posted by: Bill Fries at October 21, 2025
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My hat is off to you, sir, for "Wolf Creek Pass," "Convoy," and "The Old Home Fill-Er-Up and Keep-on-a-Trucking Cafe."
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 21, 2025 10:29 PM (omVj0)
Posted by: QED Texan Grandpa-to-be at October 21, 2025 10:29 PM (fveCG)
Posted by: davidt at October 21, 2025 10:30 PM (i0F8b)
I've used this one. Also sons of guns, beaches/beeches, and biscuits.
Variations on Carnac's flea/camel curses get hauled out once in a while, too.
Posted by: mikeski at October 21, 2025 10:30 PM (nhCoE)
Thanks for a great ONT, scampydog!
Posted by: Gref
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Thanks for checking in, Gref. Was great to chat with you in TX.
Posted by: scampydog at October 21, 2025 10:30 PM (41CYW)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 21, 2025
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Good question.
I do not know.
Posted by: EFG at October 21, 2025
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There's a story, possibly untrue, that when Mailer's The Naked and the Dead (which used "fug") was a best-seller, he attended a New York cocktail party. One of the guests -- it sounds like a Dorothy Parker-ism -- said, "Oh, so this is the young man who doesn't know how to spell 'fuck'."
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 21, 2025 10:32 PM (omVj0)
Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at October 21, 2025 10:18 PM (o18eU)
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Whatever's in that cat's claws no one wants in their bread.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 21, 2025 10:32 PM (7LqP0)
No, I prefer them horizontally aligned, not vertically...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 21, 2025 10:32 PM (ynpvh)
But we knew better, by teenage-- don't say it in front of the adults.
I slipped up. Said "shit" in front of my sweet, southern grandmother (who never swore at all, that I'd ever heard) and she chastised me thus:
"Oh, honey! I wouldn't have that in my mouth!"
Oooooops.
Posted by: JQ at October 21, 2025 10:32 PM (rdVOm)
About 2 years ago i was sitting at the desk playing guitar and mrs b pokes her head in and says something about relics on tour. I said what, the Stones are touring again? No she says and repeats herself. Well, bad string of words to a musician, and again I focus on relics are on tour. I said is that a metal band? NOOOO asshole, the church...has relics...on tour..and they are local. She wants to go see them. Ok, why didn't you say that? So I go, and wow. They got shit loads on tables. Bone fragments from saints, they are class 1 relics. They also got things the saints owned, pieces of cloth, part of a staff, etc. These are class 2 relics. Anything you touch to these relics becomes a class 3 relic.
Part1
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at October 21, 2025 10:32 PM (snZF9)
KJP and Kamala and most Democrats are only smart enough to go about three talking points deep in live conversations. If they can't escape a conversation after reciting those three talking points, everything else they say is a variation of ah-huminna-huminna-hummina-hummina...
Posted by: Gref
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I've watched KJP in a few of these interviews now and she is reciting the same blocks of nonsense and using the same gestures in every one of them, regardless of the question.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at October 21, 2025 10:33 PM (ldc7S)
Posted by: NaCly Dog at October 21, 2025 10:33 PM (u82oZ)
Posted by: Loretta at October 21, 2025 10:33 PM (XeU6L)
Posted by: Match Game 74 at October 21, 2025 10:28 PM (oftw2)
Very talented fellow. Unfortunately for him, most people only remember him as a "celebrity" who appeared on game shows.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at October 21, 2025 10:33 PM (uQesX)
Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at October 21, 2025 10:33 PM (sAmhv)
"The principal advantage of a cigar, is those who you least wish to speak with, avoid the aroma of that cigar"
Posted by: Miklos the Quoter II (OK, from memory) at October 21, 2025 10:34 PM (M772T)
Posted by: no one of any consequence at October 21, 2025 10:12 PM (W7XSX)
Yooo hoo! Oh, boys!
Posted by: Louis XXX at October 21, 2025 10:14 PM (mC4Jq)
I hear Meghan's looking for a title. Think she could handle the Muslims by applying the Lorena Bobbit fix.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at October 21, 2025 10:35 PM (S/Y4j)
Posted by: Cosmic Cowboys at October 21, 2025 10:35 PM (oftw2)
Posted by: Loretta at October 21, 2025 10:36 PM (XeU6L)
Posted by: Common Tater at October 21, 2025 10:36 PM (ywAtJ)
A long time ago, I asked my small town DJ why he didn't play Black Bear Road. He told me it was due to the reference of the dog making a yellow hole in the snow, which might upset some listeners.
It was a simpler time, back then.
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at October 21, 2025 10:36 PM (VcvS2)
Posted by: SciVo at October 21, 2025 10:36 PM (VB5xp)
Posted by: Loretta at October 21, 2025
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Which reminds me of "I'm Gonna Hire a Wino to Decorate Our Home." A wife tells her drunk husband that, since he loves his bar so much, she's going to redo their home in its image. I've forgotten the female singer, but the song is a masterpiece of working its concept out to the nth degree in the lyrics.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 21, 2025 10:36 PM (omVj0)
Posted by: Tonypete at October 21, 2025 10:37 PM (cYBz/)
Posted by: ERF at October 21, 2025 10:37 PM (qqD/x)
Hahaha YES! In the early 80s.... We were out at a fancy French restaurant in DC when my younger brother age about 3ish decided to share his recently learned word F bomb. He started shouting F*ck repeatedly. I'm about 10 years older than him and did not help the situation by laughing my ass off. My parents were NOT amused LOL
Posted by: NC Ref at October 21, 2025 10:37 PM (HIRLq)
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at October 21, 2025 10:37 PM (S/Y4j)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at October 21, 2025 10:37 PM (XeU6L)
Posted by: Loretta
Try telling that to Darleen after a double shift and some Natty Daddys in the parking lot
Posted by: Miklos, doing the best a Man can at October 21, 2025 10:37 PM (M772T)
x.com/andrewcuomo/status/1980776430603559003
Posted by: gKWVE at October 21, 2025 10:38 PM (gKWVE)
Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at October 21, 2025 10:33 PM (sAmhv)
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Ditto this
Posted by: Matthew Kant Cipher at October 21, 2025 10:38 PM (Z8Qvl)
Posted by: Match Game 74 at October 21, 2025 10:28 PM (oftw2)
Very talented fellow. Unfortunately for him, most people only remember him as a "celebrity" who appeared on game shows.
People thought enough of him to immortalize him in song:
https://youtu.be/jsWZCDX01AE
So very NSFW. Or really for any sort of listening.
Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at October 21, 2025 10:38 PM (lUFok)
Posted by: Boss Moss at October 21, 2025 10:38 PM (+U7B7)
You made me weak in the knees.
Posted by: nurse ratched at October 21, 2025 10:39 PM (mT+6a)
All wonderful. On the topic of emotional country songs, though, Old Thirty and Aurora Borealis always hit me hard when they come up.
She was mud and sand and concrete mixed with water made of tears from the rivers runnin’ down the Great Divide. She was three thousand miles of rock ‘n rollin’ highway. A million memories long and two lanes wide.
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at October 21, 2025 10:39 PM (EXyHK)
Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at October 21, 2025 10:39 PM (o18eU)
Posted by: ERF
My film fave is "Mundane Noodle!!" by Darien McGavin in 'The Christmas Story'.
Posted by: Tonypete at October 21, 2025 10:40 PM (cYBz/)
Posted by: EFG
I was probably in High School before I learned that one, and tied it back to my folks calling kiddo-mikeski a "little scheisser/shyster," AKA "a little shit," when I'd get in trouble.
I was a generation too American to have picked up any German from our original immigrant ancestors.
Posted by: mikeski at October 21, 2025 10:40 PM (nhCoE)
Posted by: fourseasons at October 21, 2025 10:40 PM (3ek7K)
Posted by: NaCly Dog at October 21, 2025 10:41 PM (u82oZ)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 21, 2025 10:03 PM
I have always warned my daughters about getting roofied.
Sorry it happened to you.
Posted by: Pillage Idiot at October 21, 2025 10:41 PM (HlyYF)
LOL, I love it.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 21, 2025 10:41 PM (ynpvh)
Posted by: gKWVE at October 21, 2025 10:41 PM (gKWVE)
Posted by: Boss Moss at October 21, 2025 10:41 PM (+U7B7)
Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at October 21, 2025 10:18 PM (o18eU)
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LOL. Gal took it pretty hard. Guess she knows who is boss now.
Posted by: javems at October 21, 2025 10:41 PM (8I4hW)
ooopsie.
Posted by: Kindltot
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This is what happens when people forget why they did it that way the first time.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 21, 2025 10:42 PM (kkYD1)
Posted by: Boss Moss
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Good to know. Sometimes the skeeters love me, other times they ignore.
Posted by: scampydog at October 21, 2025 10:42 PM (41CYW)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 21, 2025 10:43 PM (omVj0)
Nice ONT. I've also enjoyed reading about the TX MoMe experiences the last few days. Sounds like a good time!
Posted by: Official Delurker, thinking of getting a new nic at October 21, 2025 10:43 PM (cifhi)
There isn’t a bad song on those albums. I can even enjoy Roses for Mama as long as it doesn’t co9 up to often.
“… but outside of that she’s cherry.”
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at October 21, 2025 10:43 PM (EXyHK)
Posted by: Tom Servo at October 21, 2025 10:43 PM (WtEb/)
Nice ONT. I've also enjoyed reading about the TX MoMe experiences the last few days. Sounds like a good time!
Posted by: Official Delurker, thinking of getting a new nic
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Good to see you back in the comments.
Posted by: scampydog at October 21, 2025 10:43 PM (41CYW)
Posted by: mindful webworker - you don' have t call me darlin, darrrrlin at October 21, 2025 10:44 PM (Qqyu2)
LOL, I love it.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 21, 2025
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Exactly the same way a house cat would react, just with a lot more mass.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 21, 2025 10:44 PM (omVj0)
Posted by: Sock Monkey * sporting my Andrew Breitbart attitude at October 21, 2025 10:44 PM (/StR6)
Posted by: windbag at October 21, 2025 10:44 PM (ObM+9)
Where we live in Wyoming we don't have mosquitoes, but the flys are everywhere.
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Cows?
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 21, 2025 10:44 PM (kkYD1)
Posted by: ERF
Oh, I forgot Yosemite Sam. Great horny toads, but he was good for some rassel-frackin' rude ways to call an idjit an idjit.
Posted by: mikeski at October 21, 2025 10:44 PM (nhCoE)
Posted by: NaCly Dog at October 21, 2025 10:44 PM (u82oZ)
Posted by: fourseasons at October 21, 2025 10:45 PM (3ek7K)
Posted by: windbag at October 21, 2025 10:44 PM (ObM+9)
My mother almost slapped my face for saying doggone...and I was just reciting a joke from the elementary school library...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 21, 2025 10:45 PM (ynpvh)
The t-shirt is going to my eldest granddaughter for her birthday.
It will fit her perfectly, in more ways than one.
Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at October 21, 2025 10:46 PM (o18eU)
ooopsie.
Posted by: Kindltot
This is what happens when people forget why they did it that way the first time.
Posted by: Braenyard
I put this fence here for a reason, you consarned galoots.
Posted by: zombie G. K. Chesterton at October 21, 2025 10:46 PM (nhCoE)
Posted by: nerdygirl at October 21, 2025 10:46 PM (0Htd1)
I see people touching everything to these relics. A cop touching his badge, women touching pictures, jewelry, rosaries, etc. I got nothing, just keys. Then I remember a pocket of guitar picks I always carry, so I touched a whole stack to everything, including what they claim to be a piece of the cross. I charged them up good, and my keys. So now I leave with a pile of semi worn class 3 relic powered guitar picks. I put them on my computer desk in a separate area, put a few in my pocket, and then spent 2 years staring at them. Every weekend I see the prayer list here and then my eyes go to those picks. Then last year the idea hit me, bring some to the mome for a few of the horde that really could use it. I didn't make it last year, but I did this year, and the 2 people that really stuck in my mind this year was Sponge's wife Kelly, and Theresa. I did have a few extra, so 2 others got them as well. On the surface, they are half used guitar picks. I spent years tossing them to people, but none were special like this. These babies got mojo, and I can't think of a better use for them.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at October 21, 2025 10:46 PM (snZF9)
Posted by: Official Delurker, thinking of getting a new nic at October 21, 2025 10:46 PM (cifhi)
Posted by: Tom Servo at October 21, 2025 10:46 PM (WtEb/)
Posted by: Boss Moss at October 21, 2025 10:47 PM (+U7B7)
Posted by: ERF
Oh, I forgot Yosemite Sam. Great horny toads, but he was good for some rassel-frackin' rude ways to call an idjit an idjit.
Posted by: mikeski at October 21, 2025 10:44 PM (nhCoE)
https://youtu.be/i3Yz3SI5icM
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 21, 2025 10:47 PM (ynpvh)
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Officers, hurry! They're looting the Food Lion!
Posted by: Katy at October 21, 2025 10:48 PM (dyewR)
Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at October 21, 2025 10:48 PM (o18eU)
Posted by: Tom Servo at October 21, 2025 10:49 PM (WtEb/)
Posted by: JQ at October 21, 2025 10:49 PM (rdVOm)
Posted by: The Life Of Reilly at October 21, 2025 10:49 PM (oftw2)
Marine pilot killed in California helicopter crash ‘was one of the greats,’ squadron says
Maj. Tyler Braconi was killed after a his helicopter crashed during a routine flight over the California desert. A second Marine on board survived the crash.
https://tinyurl.com/mrmbyjus
Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at October 21, 2025 10:49 PM (o18eU)
Posted by: Pug Mahon Knows Stuff at October 21, 2025 10:50 PM (0aYVJ)
A B C D E F G
H I J K LM ope
Q R S
T U V
W X Y and Z
Now I know my A B Cs
Next tiiiiiiiiMoMe!!
Posted by: Official Delurker, thinking of getting a new nic at October 21, 2025 10:51 PM (cifhi)
He did the Texas MoMe song.
…when I was a little boy
Only one or two
The first thing I did enjoy
Was a plate of Barbeque
Barbeque sliced beef and bread
Ribs and sausage and a cold Big Red.
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at October 21, 2025 10:51 PM (EXyHK)
Our 2nd daughter came home for lunch one day, leaned in close and said, "The boys are using the "F" word on the playground."
I was a little disappointed, because I had hoped she would be able to stay child like for a few more years.
I said, "I'm sorry they are saying that and upsetting you."
She then leaned in even closer and said, "They keep saying fart!"
Bride of PI and I just grinned at each other - it turns out we had picked the right school.
Posted by: Pillage Idiot at October 21, 2025 10:51 PM (HlyYF)
Posted by: Official Delurker
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Yep. MN. Did it backward - moved here from Phoenix. Guy that owned one of the gas stations used to say, "You must be the dumbest son-of-a-b*tch. Who moves here from Phoenix?" Whereabouts in MN are your relatives?
Posted by: scampydog at October 21, 2025 10:51 PM (41CYW)
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at October 21, 2025 10:51 PM (CHHv1)
Posted by: fourseasons at October 21, 2025 10:53 PM (3ek7K)
Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at October 21, 2025 10:53 PM (o18eU)
Posted by: Sock Monkey * sporting my Andrew Breitbart attitude at October 21, 2025 10:53 PM (/StR6)
Posted by: mikeski
https://youtu.be/i3Yz3SI5icM
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia)
Awesome!
Never not funny.
Posted by: mikeski at October 21, 2025 10:53 PM (nhCoE)
Posted by: Boss Moss at October 21, 2025 10:47 PM
Sorry to hear that the beautiful mountain lion from the Halloween scare ended up as road-kill in front of the Food Lion.
Posted by: Pillage Idiot at October 21, 2025 10:53 PM (HlyYF)
Posted by: nerdygirl at October 21, 2025
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I keep thinking that was Bobby Bare. His "The Winner" is a '70s classic, and I loved "Food Blues" from 1980.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 21, 2025 10:53 PM (omVj0)
Posted by: NaCly Dog at October 21, 2025 10:54 PM (u82oZ)
Posted by: nerdygirl
*sob*
Posted by: Jude McAtamney at October 21, 2025 10:54 PM (gKWVE)
Posted by: NC Ref at October 21, 2025 10:55 PM (HIRLq)
Posted by: LRob in OK, Moron and Lunatic at October 21, 2025 10:55 PM (ha1wR)
*hugs*
Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at October 21, 2025 10:56 PM (o18eU)
Supernaturally powered guitar picks. Can't think of anything more metal than that.
Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at October 21, 2025 10:56 PM (lUFok)
Posted by: Joe B, receding rapidly into unwelcome memories at October 21, 2025 10:57 PM (M772T)
KYDZ, Cody, Wyoming.
Posted by: Pug Mahon Knows Stuff at October 21, 2025 10:58 PM (0aYVJ)
Posted by: Drink Like Vikings at October 21, 2025 10:58 PM (JrV93)
"I heard him cry for Momma up an' down the hall,
Then I heard the bottle break against the bedroom wall.
That ol' diesel engine made an eerie sound
When Poppa fired it up and headed into town --"
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 21, 2025 10:59 PM (omVj0)
Posted by: mindful webworker - rowrbazzle -Pogo at October 21, 2025 10:59 PM (Qqyu2)
Posted by: Katy
Katy can have all my loot
If she will pillage me
Posted by: My Delta name is Miklos at October 21, 2025 10:59 PM (M772T)
alright then
Posted by: Don Black at October 21, 2025 10:59 PM (AOsQT)
Also used in my family: Lord love a duck; Lordy, Lordy
My mother said that, my father cussed and then mother was tsk and say, "Bill!"
His response: "Oh hell Jane."
It was a call and response every day of my life. I miss it now
Posted by: moki at October 21, 2025 11:00 PM (wLjpr)
Posted by: Boss Moss at October 21, 2025 11:00 PM (+U7B7)
Some in SE MN, mostly rural, and three nieces and their families in the Twin Cities area.
Posted by: Official Delurker, thinking of getting a new nic at October 21, 2025 11:01 PM (cifhi)
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at October 21, 2025 11:01 PM (snZF9)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 21, 2025 11:01 PM (omVj0)
Posted by: Katy
Katy can have all my loot
If she will pillage me
Posted by: My Delta name is Miklos at October 21, 2025 10:59 PM
Can I at least drive the getaway car?
Posted by: Pillage Idiot at October 21, 2025 11:01 PM (HlyYF)
I'm sure TJM will mention it, but Criterion's 50% flash sale starts tomorrow.
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at October 21, 2025 11:01 PM (CHHv1)
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls
at October 21, 2025 11:01 PM (44PAK)
Posted by: LRob in OK, Moron and Lunatic at October 21, 2025 11:02 PM (ha1wR)
Posted by: fourseasons at October 21, 2025 11:02 PM (3ek7K)
As in, "I couldn't get the cockeyed thing to work right."
Posted by: Pug Mahon Knows Stuff
I felt his presence in doing kitchen sink plumbing repair/replacement
Posted by: Miklos and PVC are not friends at October 21, 2025 11:03 PM (M772T)
Posted by: nerdygirl at October 21, 2025 11:03 PM (0Htd1)
Posted by: Pug Mahon Knows Stuff at October 21, 2025 11:03 PM (0aYVJ)
Posted by: sven at October 21, 2025 11:05 PM (MUJd1)
We got his license number, and we think we got the threat itself on video. We filed a police report, and the PD says they'll investigate once they see our video.
It all depends on what he actually said -- but we're still processing the cameras to see exactly what we have.
Posted by: Half Dozen at October 21, 2025 11:05 PM (EYvpB)
Posted by: Blanco Basura
Well, fighting demons by garroting them with a blessed guitar string, maybe.
.....probably not Buffy. Maybe Faith.
Posted by: mikeski at October 21, 2025 11:05 PM (nhCoE)
No.
You have a fuckin' mountain lion coming onto your porch. BAD! That's bad news.
It's time to deal with that.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at October 21, 2025 11:05 PM (BI5O2)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 21, 2025 11:07 PM (m6HS6)
Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at October 21, 2025 11:07 PM (o18eU)
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls
Welcome over here, fukkin Asshole
Posted by: Miklos is kind, is his asshole way at October 21, 2025 11:07 PM (M772T)
"I had one that was
Hotter than a two dollar pistol,
She was the fastest thing around!
Long and lean, every young man's dream,
She turned every head in town.
She was built, and fun to handle, son;
I'm glad that you dropped in --
She reminds me of the one I loved back then."
In the second verse, in true country-song fashion, we find out the old man is referring to the narrator's brunette girlfriend in the 'Vette, not the 'Vette itself!
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 21, 2025 11:08 PM (omVj0)
*winces*
Posted by: The AoSHQ House Pedant
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Now now. Those laces might not have been the least bit curly.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at October 21, 2025 11:08 PM (ldc7S)
It's time to deal with that.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at October 21, 2025 11:05 PM (BI5O2)
I've never seen a mountain lion in all my years hiking and camping in the Rocky Mountains, but I am damn certain they have seen me. I would get that hair rising on the back of the neck sensation. Pro-tip: look up into the trees. They're like leopards.
Posted by: Pug Mahon Knows Stuff at October 21, 2025 11:08 PM (0aYVJ)
He was the sweetest man. The only time I ever saw him frustrated with me and my brother was when we talked during his favorite (and only) tv program.
The Muppet Show.
Posted by: nurse ratched at October 21, 2025 11:08 PM (mT+6a)
As in, "I couldn't get the cockeyed thing to work right."
Posted by: Pug Mahon
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Trying to extract a bit of electronics that wasn't designed to be extracted, I was surprised to hear an engineer very much my senior refer the bit as 'a whoremonger'.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at October 21, 2025 11:08 PM (XeU6L)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 21, 2025 11:07 PM (m6HS6)
Mrs B rarely curses, so when she does I know she's pissed. My tattoo idea was one of those times. lol
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at October 21, 2025 11:09 PM (snZF9)
Posted by: LRob in OK, Moron and Lunatic at October 21, 2025 11:09 PM (ha1wR)
Posted by: mikeski
Ah, there's a Yosemite Sam mention. My faith in the Horde is resthorde.
Posted by: mindful webworker - morfleskoozle at October 21, 2025 11:09 PM (Qqyu2)
Posted by: nerdygirl
Your Cheating Heart
Posted by: Country Boy Miklos, telling on hisself at October 21, 2025 11:09 PM (M772T)
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I had a bobcat sitting under my birdbath once. They're girthy.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at October 21, 2025 11:10 PM (dyewR)
Posted by: Nemo at October 21, 2025 11:10 PM (4RPgu)
Posted by: nerdygirl at October 21, 2025
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"Lonesome" has one of the best sad verses in pop or country music:
"Have you ever seen a robin weep
When leaves begin to die?
It means he's lost the will to live,
And I'm so lonesome I could cry. . . ."
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 21, 2025 11:10 PM (omVj0)
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Same here. I make up for the swearing shortfall, however.
Posted by: scampydog at October 21, 2025 11:10 PM (41CYW)
Posted by: LRob in OK, Moron and Lunatic at October 21, 2025 11:11 PM (ha1wR)
Posted by: MH-53J at October 21, 2025 11:11 PM (DJ3aj)
https://tinyurl.com/mrmbyjus
Posted by: SMH
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How in the HELL did that happen? And the CH-53 Super Stallion earlier this year???
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at October 21, 2025 11:11 PM (ldc7S)
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division
Depends on the tattoo and on whom and where
Posted by: Miklos finds it difficult to typle while attemtong cig, lighter and drink simultaneously at October 21, 2025 11:12 PM (M772T)
Posted by: Foghorn Leghorn at October 21, 2025 11:12 PM (bVKL8)
Posted by: Pillage Idiot
Nope. I'm pretty sure mountain lion tastes like chicken.
Posted by: nerdygirl at October 21, 2025 11:13 PM (0Htd1)
lol
Posted by: Official Delurker, thinking of getting a new nic at October 21, 2025 11:13 PM (cifhi)
Posted by: Blanco Basura
Well, fighting demons by garroting them with a blessed guitar string, maybe.
.....probably not Buffy. Maybe Faith.
Posted by: mikeski at October 21, 2025 11:05 PM (nhCoE)
Ooooh, an idea for old guitar strings. I like that. I'm guessing the church would blow a gasket of you touched guns and silver bullets to the relics. Still, there is a some humor in being able to say "Saint Paul sends his regards..BANG"
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at October 21, 2025 11:14 PM (snZF9)
Posted by: They Can't Have My French Fries at October 21, 2025 11:15 PM (Lhm5y)
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Same here. I make up for the swearing shortfall, however.
Posted by: scampydog at October 21, 2025 11:10 PM (41CYW)
Yeah, me too. I make up for a small continent. lol
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at October 21, 2025 11:15 PM (snZF9)
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at October 21, 2025 11:15 PM (BI5O2)
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Grandma Walton hated Zeb's whiskers. Damn commie, he was.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at October 21, 2025 11:15 PM (dyewR)
The hilarious thing about all of that is the context. We knew what she was saying and meant. She knew what she was saying, and meant. But, the context of the situations in which she would use it were legend. A waiter brings her some food in a restaurant...eye contact and "thank you/ f*ck you".
I credit that time with my ability to keep a straight face no matter the circumstances. Thank God we video taped it for posterity...and the kiddo's embarrassment.
Posted by: Orson at October 21, 2025 11:16 PM (dIske)
Husband: this is bull…
Wife: shhh, say snake instead, the kids
Husband: this is snake shit
Posted by: MH-53J at October 21, 2025 11:16 PM (DJ3aj)
Posted by: Blonde Morticia
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Dunno, but I wouldn't be surprised that poor maintenance was a contributing factor.
Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at October 21, 2025 11:17 PM (o18eU)
Posted by: They Can't Have My French Fries
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Rules are mostly for decoration. Very similar to how the Horde treats HR policies.
Posted by: scampydog at October 21, 2025 11:17 PM (41CYW)
Most of my cussin serves this purpose.
Posted by: pawn at October 21, 2025 11:18 PM (tqkKb)
I like Honky Tonk Blues and Moanin' The Blues
https://youtu.be/bhcGcnlD0Z8
sorry about the ads
Posted by: Don Black at October 21, 2025 11:18 PM (AOsQT)
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at October 21, 2025 10:46 PM (snZF9)
Mine is greatly appreciated! Thank you so much for thinking of me 💕💕💕
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, Plucky Comic Relief, AoS Ladies Brigade - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at October 21, 2025 11:19 PM (SRRAx)
Makes "shot to hell" a bit more literal.
Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at October 21, 2025 11:20 PM (lUFok)
Posted by: Reforger at October 21, 2025 11:20 PM (SG6eL)
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PRO TIP: Never forget the cotter pin in the main rotor bolt.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at October 21, 2025 11:20 PM (dyewR)
I've got one. Every Oct. 21st, lurkers gotta punch themselves right in the nuts at 11:22pm.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at October 21, 2025 11:21 PM (BI5O2)
Country & Western songs...
Ok, let's all place our hands over our sports bras and sing The Lesbian National Anthem:
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/mPigUgxpfco?feature=share
Posted by: Arbalest at October 21, 2025 11:21 PM (FlRtG)
Posted by: Jude McAtamney
Oh, you want a sob song? "Big Bad John" by Jimmy Dean. He DIED saving all those miners.
https://tinyurl.com/msyj7wa2
Posted by: nerdygirl at October 21, 2025 11:22 PM (0Htd1)
Posted by: Drink Like Vikings at October 21, 2025 11:23 PM (q9UI0)
I was maybe less than thirteen when, one day, up at the lake, we were chucking rocks into the water (no good skippers to be found). Uphill from me, my step-brother picks up a big sort-flat rock, which, naturally, lands smack on top of my head. I let loose with a torrent of words that I didn't even realize I knew! Fortunately, I don't think any of the adults heard me.
Doc, friend of Dad's, said if he had his kit with him, he'd put a stitch in it. I probably still have a scar but still have my hair, so I don't know.
Cussin' story #2
Mom must have been in her late eighties when she happened to mention a word she said she'd never heard before: m_____f_____. As she walked out of the room all casual like. I don't care how old either of us was, that's a heckuva thing to hear from one's mother — who never cussed that I can (otherwise) recall.
Posted by: mindful webworker - rutabaga at October 21, 2025 11:23 PM (Qqyu2)
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/mPigUgxpfco?feature=share
Posted by: Arbalest
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Heh.
Posted by: scampydog at October 21, 2025 11:25 PM (41CYW)
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division
Depends on the tattoo and on whom and where
Posted by: Miklos finds it difficult to typle while attemtong cig, lighter and drink simultaneously at October 21, 2025 11:12 PM (M772T)
I have none. We were out in sturgis one year and I walked in to a tattoo place out of curiosity. the door was open and you saw people getting tattoos as you walked by. I looked on the wall and there it was.. the holy grail of tattoos as if the universe custom designed it for me. A reaper with the most wicked and detailed skull in a purple hooded robe and holding a blue gibson flying V guitar, the guitar I used most of the time for decades. I would have changed out the colors of the robe and guitar, but it was amazing, it was me. Of all the tattoos on the planet that one was MINE. It would have fit perfect on my upper right arm. It was THEE tattoo for me. Mrs B looks at it, turns to me and says in a low, slow, menacing tone "There is no...fucking...way..I'm waking up to that on the morning." Sigh...I knew she meant business.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at October 21, 2025 11:25 PM (snZF9)
Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at October 21, 2025 11:26 PM (o18eU)
"fuckin' beans."
His wife apparently made it out of the kitchen before peeing herself laughing.
Posted by: Dale at October 21, 2025 11:26 PM (f45WX)
Posted by: gKWVE at October 21, 2025 11:27 PM (gKWVE)
Prove me wrong...
https://youtu.be/Jc08gY8wfVc?si=AywLK63t2lgie9iz
Posted by: Mrs. Leggy's Husband at October 21, 2025 11:27 PM (dyL4B)
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at October 21, 2025 11:25 PM (snZF9)
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Why does she hate fine art?
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at October 21, 2025 11:27 PM (dyewR)
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at October 21, 2025 11:28 PM (a4flb)
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at October 21, 2025 11:28 PM (BI5O2)
Posted by: Pillage Idiot
Sure
While me and Katy are busy in the back seat
Here, have a beer
Posted by: Miklos says leys got to the Dexter Lake Club, because Otis, he loves us at October 21, 2025 11:28 PM (M772T)
Posted by: Chunk at October 21, 2025 11:29 PM (T+AvH)
Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at October 21, 2025 11:26 PM (o18eU)
You know her, you can just picture her doing that, right?
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at October 21, 2025 11:30 PM (snZF9)
Posted by: Drink Like Vikings at October 21, 2025 11:30 PM (q9UI0)
Posted by: Official Delurker, thinking of getting a new nic at October 21, 2025 11:30 PM (cifhi)
Posted by: Pug Mahon Knows Stuff
I often use doe in heat urine when I am hunting. It states on the bottle, do not use on yourself. There is a good reason for this. Of course I ignore that warning. Was hunting one day. Very calm day, no wind yet multiple times I was hearing does snorting in alarm. They were far enough away I was sure it wasn't me that was spooking them and it was a week day with no other hunters in the area. Multiple times I got a strange, hair on the back of my neck feeling. Gave up just before dusk and walking back to the truck, I got the same eerie feeling. Dropped the tailgate, sat down and unloaded my rifle. I looked up, and a big cat came up the same trail onto the road. He froze looking at me and then crouched. I didn't realize I could load my gun that fast. He jumped and disappeared just as I jacked a shell into the magazine. I still put doe in heat on my person.
Posted by: Sock Monkey * sporting my Andrew Breitbart attitude at October 21, 2025 11:30 PM (/StR6)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at October 21, 2025 11:30 PM (dyewR)
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division
Or maybe No Business
Posted by: Miklos notes that women have significant advantage in negotiations with men at October 21, 2025 11:32 PM (M772T)
Posted by: RichJ at October 21, 2025 11:32 PM (N+PhT)
Posted by: Cicero
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LOL. Well done.
Posted by: scampydog at October 21, 2025 11:33 PM (41CYW)
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at October 21, 2025 11:30 PM (snZF9)
___
Oh yeah, which is why I'm still laughing.
Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at October 21, 2025 11:34 PM (o18eU)
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, Plucky Comic Relief, AoS Ladies Brigade - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at October 21, 2025 11:19 PM (SRRAx)
It was really my pleasure. I had a few on me in the period leading up to my bypass, when by all accounts I should have been dead weeks before. Never had a heart attack, heart is fine, warp speed recovery, zero issues, virtually no visible scars, never felt a hint of pain afterwards, and I feel like I'm 20 again. Damn right I'm giving those to people who need it.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at October 21, 2025 11:35 PM (snZF9)
Of course a classic is "You Never Even Called Me By My Name" by David Allan Coe.
Posted by: Farmer at October 21, 2025 11:35 PM (55Qr6)
I fear for Sock Monkey
I mean chacun à son goût and all, but still
Posted by: Miklos, laissez faire et cetera at October 21, 2025 11:35 PM (M772T)
I went to a wedding with a new goatee that my wife wanted (and she's wanted me to keep ever since). I went to say hello to my grandfather, who smiled, touched the hair on my chin, and before even saying hello, said, "What the fuck is this?"
Posted by: Nerd Herd at October 21, 2025 11:36 PM (NZPfR)
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at October 21, 2025 11:37 PM (uv8gn)
Posted by: Cicero
They could weave one from my abundant chest hair.
Ze probleme, she ees sol-ved
Posted by: Manly Man Miklos at October 21, 2025 11:38 PM (M772T)
This is why I’m in the let it burn camp. Fuck it, I’ll bring the gasoline yall light the fire in November.
Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at October 21, 2025 11:38 PM (PGEno)
Posted by: Cicero
LOL. Well done.
Posted by: scampydog
I didn't got that reference.....
But the Bayeux Tapestry is 230 feet long, so you need a lot of chest.
It also depicts 93 penises, so more than one wiener per yard.
Posted by: mikeski at October 21, 2025 11:39 PM (nhCoE)
Posted by: mikeski
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So 186 butt cheeks?
Posted by: Mayor Pete blinking rapidly at October 21, 2025 11:41 PM (41CYW)
Posted by: RichJ
Whose hot wife?
Got yer car keys?
Posted by: Lurker Swingers Club at October 21, 2025 11:42 PM (M772T)
Posted by: mikeski at October 21, 2025 11:39 PM (nhCoE)
Hey, that's one of the rules of my homeowner's association.
Posted by: Nerd Herd at October 21, 2025 11:42 PM (NZPfR)
Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at October 21, 2025 11:43 PM (o18eU)
I was a sound man at a giant honkytonk in a GA college town (that was owned by the bud distributor) in the late 80s/early 90's. One of the worst gigs ever, but regular money is regular money.
this place was so bad the bar was cafeteria style.
Many, many Nashville touring bands/groups came through there. There was not a nicer person I met there in a couple years of working every other weekend than Neil. Also, the womens chased him like Elvis.
Posted by: BunkerintheBurbs at October 21, 2025 11:46 PM (BmmO2)
Posted by: Miklos at God's Mercy at October 21, 2025 11:46 PM (M772T)
I mean chacun à son goût and all, but still
Posted by: Miklos,
That's not my only cat encounter. I ran into one at night on my property. There's a reason I always carry. I survived, he didn't. Didn't smell like a doe that night. I had a tree step break getting out of a tree stand one evening. It was about ten below zero. I fell about fifteen feet. The only thing I broke was my bow. Apparently I have yet to fulfill my purpose in life so I get to keep playing.
Posted by: Sock Monkey * sporting my Andrew Breitbart attitude at October 21, 2025 11:46 PM (/StR6)
Posted by: Pug Mahon Knows Stuff
______________________
Same. Never have seen a mountain lion. I HAVE seen Lynx, however. Some idiot "animal expert" in upstate NY released in a bunch into the wild up there not understanding that Lynx have a territory of about 900 sq miles. For a while, they were showing up in heavily populated areas of NJ and half the state of Pennsylvania.
Posted by: Orson at October 21, 2025 11:48 PM (dIske)
I went to a wedding with a new goatee that my wife wanted (and she's wanted me to keep ever since). I went to say hello to my grandfather, who smiled, touched the hair on my chin, and before even saying hello, said, "What the fuck is this?"
Posted by: Nerd Herd at October 21, 2025 11:36 PM (NZPfR)
I was at a family barbecue. My 80 year old aunt points me to the grill where some burnt blackened hotdogs were sitting and says "you want a hot dog?" I blurted out, "oh shit no, they look like mummy dick". lolol
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at October 21, 2025 11:48 PM (snZF9)
This is similar, but a mispronunciation...my upright farmwife grandma informed us that my aunt and uncle got a new car:
John and Carol got a new Vulva!
Posted by: Farmer at October 21, 2025 11:48 PM (55Qr6)
Posted by: mikeski
Hmmmh. Many bags of dicks for Mark Hamill to eat, that be.
Posted by: Yoda at October 21, 2025 11:48 PM (m+sND)
Posted by: raimondo at October 21, 2025 11:52 PM (0YlgR)
Tough crowd
One night they had me work the early lounge with the families.
With the adults, you gotta work Blue, ya know? They expect it. But not with children around.
So one asshole guys shouts "Make something funny!"
I sez why?
I'm lookin at your kid
Posted by: Miklos, for the Estate of Rodney Dangerfield at October 21, 2025 11:54 PM (M772T)
Posted by: mikeski
So 186 butt cheeks?
Posted by: Mayor Pete blinking rapidly
Most of them are on horses, but I doubt that'll stop you, Mr. Mayor.
Posted by: mikeski at October 21, 2025 11:55 PM (nhCoE)
Posted by: raimondo
Is raimondo more confused than usual, or did someone edit this for him?
Posted by: mikeski at October 21, 2025 11:57 PM (nhCoE)
Posted by: Sock Monkey * sporting my
*compares*
The first and last apply to me as well.
The Rest suggests a Life of Adventure
Posted by: Miklos, don't get around much these days at October 21, 2025 11:57 PM (M772T)
So glad I stayed for the comment of the night.
Nighty night.
Posted by: pawn at October 21, 2025 11:58 PM (tqkKb)
HISTORIC: Louvre museum's first female security chief, hired by first female director, become first women to lose French crown jewels
(Not the Bee)
https://tinyurl.com/3p87cwfm
Posted by: Orson at October 21, 2025 11:58 PM (dIske)
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I use that also. If walking into stand, tie a piece of twine to the wick and a belt loop on the other end and drag it behind. If taking 4-wheeler or Can Am, tie it to the back and drag. Boots always get a splash of it. Have seen bucks walk straight line - following the scent. And a bobcat once.
Posted by: scampydog at October 21, 2025 11:58 PM (41CYW)
This freakout over Trump's new YUGE, classy, luxurious, fine Corinthian leather ballroom is hilarious. $1/4B project, all privately funded to make the WH great again.
I was reviewing all the renovations that have been done on the WH over the years. Hell, Truman had to rebuild the whole thing, the WH proper. They gutted the entire WH, and there are pictures of that. They left the exterior walls standing, and completely rebuilt the interior. Photos show excavators inside, dirt and new steel framing be added all within the husk of the exterior walls.
They had to, the old structure was about to collapse. There were serious structural problems with the second floor structure in danger of collapsing.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at October 22, 2025 12:00 AM (w6EFb)
I didn't get my refreshing afternoon beauty nap today, so I'm going to ahead and clock out 🕚 now. You keep on having fun, nightowls.
https://youtu.be/mO-OpFjHRbE
G'nite, y'all.
Posted by: mindful webworker - hoot hoot at October 22, 2025 12:00 AM (Qqyu2)
(Not the Bee)
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Fat? Lesbian? What do I win?
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at October 22, 2025 12:02 AM (dyewR)
Had a daily routine with a guy in one department, which started from a job-related argument before we became friends. It was a call & response thing that went on for months.
He'd say: "Mornin' bitch!"
I'd say: "Fuck off, P____!"
.......and, we were *checked-in* for our shift.
Posted by: JQ at October 22, 2025 12:04 AM (rdVOm)
I did have one sailor working for me who would get frustrated and say "Cheese on rice!" on occasion. Which was extra funny, because [1] he normally swore like a sailor, being one, and [2] we all swore like sailors. The lack of profanity made it jarring!
Posted by: Chap at October 22, 2025 12:04 AM (T4zWV)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at October 22, 2025 12:02 AM (dyewR)
____________________
Security woman isn't fat. Director is. Not sure on the sexual proclivities...but turns out the Security chief was a definite DEI hire. They're going to run her out of town if the current attitude of the public is any indication.
Posted by: Orson at October 22, 2025 12:04 AM (dIske)
(Not the Bee)
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Fat? Lesbian? What do I win?
Posted by: Cicero
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Dominique Buffin is her name. The plot, it writes itself.
Posted by: scampydog at October 22, 2025 12:05 AM (41CYW)
Posted by: NCDave at October 22, 2025 12:05 AM (mAiNO)
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley
The external walls were built by imported (legally) stonemasons from Scotland and Ireland.
The only original part that remains is entirely Gaelic.
Posted by: Miklos McMiklos, of the Auld and Ancient Clan McMiklos at October 22, 2025 12:07 AM (M772T)
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'Evening, JQ. Had similar. Walked by HR office every morning and asked her, "Miss me?" She always replied (without looking up), "Apparently with every bullet."
Posted by: scampydog at October 22, 2025 12:08 AM (41CYW)
Posted by: scampydog
I offer to undertake the Peter Sellers role
Posted by: It is time for another Pink Panther movie at October 22, 2025 12:09 AM (M772T)
Haven't hunted in a few years. Nephew who lives below me showed me some pics of two 6pt (6×6) bucks coming into feed on his property. I have an old tree stand on our property line. Got the bow out today and stuck a few arrows in the target. I haven't used that stand since he moved in. I've had a hankering for venison jerky
Posted by: Sock Monkey * sporting my Andrew Breitbart attitude at October 22, 2025 12:11 AM (/StR6)
Posted by: scampydog
______________________
That's a rather good stripper name. Although, if you're going to go after the big time...She'd have to change it to Dominique Boffin.
Posted by: Orson at October 22, 2025 12:11 AM (dIske)
accomplished exactly "JACK SHIT."
But we of the Republic now know them ALL!
Yes we do...Oh yes we do.
Posted by: Nightwatch at October 22, 2025 12:12 AM (25kuG)
Posted by: Orson
Really?
Who set fire to Notre Dame?
N'est pas de verite
Posted by: Le Mikleuse at October 22, 2025 12:12 AM (M772T)
Posted by: scampydog at October 22, 2025 12:05 AM (41CYW
dominique buffin dint do nuffin
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at October 22, 2025 12:13 AM (snZF9)
Posted by: gKWVE at October 22, 2025 12:14 AM (gKWVE)
Posted by: Orson
You have to an eccentric Oxford prof or WWII engineer to receive the honorific "Boffin"
Posted by: Miklos thinks 'Hobart's Funnies" at October 22, 2025 12:15 AM (M772T)
Interior of the WH in May, 1950:
https://is.gd/7rDv2n
The second floor of the old WH was in serious danger of collapsing. The Trumans noticed a chandelier would sway when too many people were in one of the rooms. He joked that his bathtub was gonna crash through the floor with him in it.
It was getting bad during FDR, but he sort of dismissed a lot of the problems.
Anyway, there is nothing original in the WH at all, save for the exterior walls. They took to pains to recreate things very faithfully, and even reuse some old stuff when possible, but the basically, the WH is no original at all.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at October 22, 2025 12:15 AM (w6EFb)
Posted by: Sock Monkey
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Be safe with that old stand. You mentioned you tumbled once already. 6x6 is nice! Next four weekends circled here - two bow. Two rifle - if necessary. I did just buy a crossbow, so maybe that too. We have whitetail here - a nice 5x5, two 'Ol Mossy 4x4's on cameras. You know how it goes, sit all day and see nothing - or chaos. Rut here should be last week of Oct - first few days of Nov. Good luck!
Posted by: scampydog at October 22, 2025 12:18 AM (41CYW)
Posted by: Dominique Mama and ALL my baby Daddies at October 22, 2025 12:18 AM (M772T)
Posted by: scampydog at October 22, 2025 12:05 AM (41CYW
dominique buffin dint do nuffin
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads
* shoves comment of the week nomination in USB*
Posted by: Sock Monkey * sporting my Andrew Breitbart attitude at October 22, 2025 12:18 AM (/StR6)
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at October 21, 2025 11:48 PM (snZF9)
LOL. You got me good with that story.
Posted by: Nerd Herd at October 22, 2025 12:18 AM (NZPfR)
might be wise of them.
might be wise.
.
Posted by: Nightwatch at October 22, 2025 12:19 AM (25kuG)
Posted by: scampydog
dominique buffin dint do nuffin
Posted by: Berserker
Yeah, that's the problem.
Posted by: the French crown jewels at October 22, 2025 12:20 AM (nhCoE)
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Well, thank God for ketchup!
(Truly, this is why I began putting ketchup on hotdogs)
Posted by: JQ at October 22, 2025 12:20 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: nurse ratched at October 22, 2025 12:20 AM (mT+6a)
That's tomorrow's project. Has to be old guy modified. Probably put a cup holder in for my coffee. It's pushing it to call it hunting. My house is 75 yds+ up the hill.
Posted by: Sock Monkey * sporting my Andrew Breitbart attitude at October 22, 2025 12:21 AM (/StR6)
The "Lincoln" Bedroom was really a creation of Bess Truman. There is stuff that Lincoln used, including the bed, I think, but it was just a new room that was decorated with Lincoln stuff.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at October 22, 2025 12:22 AM (w6EFb)
Posted by: TRex - tardy dino at October 22, 2025 12:23 AM (ie4QO)
The "Lincoln" Bedroom was really a creation of Bess Truman. There is stuff that Lincoln used, including the bed, I think, but it was just a new room that was decorated with Lincoln stuff.
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Notice how Buchanan didn't get a bedroom. Snobs.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at October 22, 2025 12:23 AM (JkO4W)
Posted by: gKWVE
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On the upside:
"The Executions: After the communards were defeated, 147 were shot without trial on May 28, 1871, and buried in a mass grave. "
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at October 22, 2025 12:24 AM (XeU6L)
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at October 21, 2025 11:28 PM (a4flb)
It's in the article...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 22, 2025 12:24 AM (ynpvh)
Posted by: Nightwatch at October 22, 2025 12:24 AM (25kuG)
When the work was completed, and the Trumans moved back in, Harry wrote thus in his diary:
"With all the trouble and worry it is worth it – but not 5½ million dollars! if I could have had charge of the construction it would have been done for half the money and in half the time!"
Everybody was pissed at the general contractor, and they barely even mentioned the name. They praised all the subs, but the general was basically persona non grata. His name was stricken from the record.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at October 22, 2025 12:26 AM (w6EFb)
Posted by: Nightwatch at October 22, 2025 12:27 AM (25kuG)
Posted by: Cicero
William Taft didn't get a bathtub either.
Posted by: Sock Monkey * sporting my Andrew Breitbart attitude at October 22, 2025 12:28 AM (/StR6)
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at October 21, 2025 10:46 PM (snZF9)
That is absolutely lovely, Mr. B. I really want to get to MoMeXI next year.
Posted by: Darrell Harris - Je Suis Charlie at October 22, 2025 12:28 AM (0CU3H)
Posted by: TRex - tardy dino
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Tardy? I would prefer to think you're working up some of that Golden BirFdaY content the Grateful was mentioning upthread.
Posted by: scampydog at October 22, 2025 12:29 AM (41CYW)
I've had my first glitch with Linux Mint 22.2 (the latest version). I was using Firefox while on AoS and on a different tab, looking at X. The screen locked up. The mouse could move around but clicking did nothing. Had to power it off. Waited a bit, turned it back on, and I thought it was fine but nope. Same scenario happened. So, I repeated what I did before and while booting up, I got an error message over and over. Looked up error message and apparently Linux Mint 22.2 has problems with Radeon chips. Mine anyway and others after looking up the error message. So, I'll try some steps I saw at Linux Mint forums, tomorrow.
Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at October 22, 2025 12:32 AM (sAmhv)
Posted by: publius, Rascally
The Lincoln "bedroom" was used at times by Lincoln as as office. Never a bedroom.
They didn't have interns or pizza in Lincoln's day.
Posted by: Miklos, Actual Degree type Historian person at October 22, 2025 12:33 AM (M772T)
FWIW Here's Your Damn Song by Diana Corcoran is head and shoulders above all other country songs. A pop-country artist parodying all the country music tropes quasi respectfully? With all the cliched twanging you could hope for? Yes please! I like music that is fun.
Posted by: Nato at October 22, 2025 12:34 AM (dkP1V)
Posted by: scampydog at October 22, 2025 12:34 AM (41CYW)
William Taft never got stuck in a bathtub as the legend goes, but he did overflow one in a hotel, causing water damage. There was the makings of an Inspector Clouseau incident there, sounds like.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at October 22, 2025 12:35 AM (w6EFb)
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And it would have looked like the Brown Derby Restaurant because all Truman knew was hats.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at October 22, 2025 12:36 AM (dyewR)
The error message was:
Radeon 0000:00:01.0: couldn't schedule ib
I'm on my other laptop now. It's got Linux Mint 20.2. The only problem with this one is keyboard/mouse will freeze up. I just use spare laptop/mouse and it keeps running. I think its a hardware issue with the laptop. That's why it was a cheap 'renewed' from Amazon.
Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at October 22, 2025 12:36 AM (sAmhv)
I was once sodomized in a WH pantry by a colored prep boy. Although decently gifted, for me it was like tossing a hotdog down a hallway...
Posted by: Hunter Bidet at October 22, 2025 12:36 AM (Wl+1U)
If you want to read a story, look up Winston Churchill claiming to have seen Lincoln's ghost in the WH -- while he was buck naked after getting out of the bath.
He said he walked out into the bedroom, and saw Honest Abe standing there next to the fireplace. He claimed to have said to the ghost, "Good evening, Mr. President, you seem to have me at a disadvantage."
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at October 22, 2025 12:37 AM (w6EFb)
The Lincoln "bedroom" was used at times by Lincoln as as office. Never a bedroom.
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LBJ did. Ask me how I know this.
Posted by: Doris Kearns Goodwin at October 22, 2025 12:38 AM (XeU6L)
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old joke but a good one
Posted by: Lord Percy at October 22, 2025 12:39 AM (65L+K)
That was H. L. Mencken's Bathtub Hoax.
Decades after confessing that he had made it up, he was frustrated but also amused that it was a cockroach of a story that would not die.
Posted by: Miklos, something of a Mencken scholar at October 22, 2025 12:39 AM (M772T)
One of my sisters regaled her Sunday Schoo cass with "The House of the Rising Sun", which she apparently thought had something to do with church... "House of the Rising Son".. .get it?
I forget if she did not know all the words, or just did not know what the words meant. She was quite young.
In case you're not familiar with this song: despite the name, it is NOT a hymn.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at October 22, 2025 12:43 AM (qpyNK)
Posted by: Doris Kearns Goodwin
LBJ orders pants
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nR_myjOr0OU
Posted by: Miklos, laughing at Historical Figures at October 22, 2025 12:43 AM (M772T)
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at October 22, 2025 12:43 AM (qpyNK)
Many others claimed to have seen the ghost as well, including Maureen Reagan.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at October 22, 2025 12:44 AM (w6EFb)
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at October 22, 2025 12:45 AM (qpyNK)
Posted by: Doris Kearns Goodwin
At least LBJ was a gentleman
Not like that died-on top-of-me son of a bitch Nelson Rockefeller
Posted by: Megan Marshack, confused about men's trousers at October 22, 2025 12:46 AM (M772T)
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The letter stencils are wearing off of mine. Good thing I took typing classes! Key action is sluggish, but they still work. So far.
Was thinking of getting a backlit keyboard, just for fun.
Posted by: JQ at October 22, 2025 12:46 AM (rdVOm)
Plate screws should be horizontal. Indoors.
Posted by: From about That Time at October 22, 2025 12:47 AM (n4GiU)
Blast.
What is that mediocre movie that ran on repeat all summer in your youth?
John Carpenter's "The Thing". (Wouldn't call it mediocre.)
Okay, back to bed and "coughing the night away".
Blast this head and chest cold.
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at October 22, 2025 12:48 AM (O7YUW)
Posted by: Clio Weeps at October 22, 2025 12:49 AM (kSAM8)
Decades after confessing that he had made it up, he was frustrated but also amused that it was a cockroach of a story that would not die.
Posted by: Miklos, something of a Mencken scholar at October 22, 2025 12:39 AM (M772T)
I think the quote Ace uses on the site banner is the only intelligent thing Mencken ever said.
Posted by: Reforger at October 22, 2025 12:49 AM (SG6eL)
Not like that died-on top-of-me son of a bitch Nelson Rockefeller
Posted by: Megan Marshack
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FDR just dropped dead on me.
Posted by: Lucy Mercer at October 22, 2025 12:50 AM (XeU6L)
Thank you for the ONT. Tomorrow I'm getting back to my books. And I think I'll dig out the one bush and get the corner ready for the the monkey statue.
I'm on a corner lot. The monkey statue, 175 pounds, on the pedestal will look amazing. I expect him to be popular. As winter progresses, he will have hats and scarves.
Posted by: Posted by: Stateless - VERY GRATEFUL, BLESSED, LOVED AND HAPPY! -- - New Life Creation - 18.1% at October 22, 2025 12:51 AM (Sco7b)
There is gold up in the foothills of my youth.
I am thinking...a pan, a small sluice and of course, a large caliber hand gun for the riffraff (mostly illegals and their pot grows in the mountains). With gold at 4,000...why the heck not!
Posted by: Nightwatch at October 22, 2025 12:52 AM (25kuG)
Posted by: Reforger
"Democracy is the theory that the common people know what they want, and deserve to get it good and hard."
Posted by: Mencken Man Miklos at October 22, 2025 12:52 AM (M772T)
Posted by: Lucy Mercer
Truman was worse
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=17lkdqoLt44
Posted by: People of Hiroshima at October 22, 2025 12:55 AM (M772T)
Posted by: 496 at October 22, 2025 12:56 AM (7MeQV)
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at October 22, 2025 12:56 AM (0nHVk)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 22, 2025 12:56 AM (8zz6B)
There is gold up in the foothills of my youth.
I am thinking...a pan, a small sluice and of course, a large caliber hand gun for the riffraff (mostly illegals and their pot grows in the mountains). With gold at 4,000...why the heck not!
Posted by: Nightwatch at October 22, 2025 12:52 AM (25k
Trudeau actually did me good.
During the trucker blockade when bank accounts were being frozen, I learned everything was just paper and could be frozen on a whim.
I took my late mother's money out of the stock matket casino and brought precious metals. Wow. That was a good move.
Posted by: Posted by: Stateless - VERY GRATEFUL, BLESSED, LOVED AND HAPPY! -- - New Life Creation - 18.1% at October 22, 2025 12:58 AM (Sco7b)
292 I still put doe in heat on my person.
- - - - - - - -
Bob used to do that. 'til a buck snuck up behind him.
Don't be Bob...
Posted by: As not seen on TV at October 22, 2025 12:59 AM (puHxD)
Posted by: DPICM at October 21, 2025 10:11 PM (M2VUX)
The Rodeo Song, by Gary Lee and Showdown. very nsfw
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 22, 2025 01:01 AM (8zz6B)
Posted by: scampydog at October 22, 2025 01:02 AM (41CYW)
Posted by: Anonymous this time at October 22, 2025 01:03 AM (3/XaG)
Posted by: scampydog
Brave man
I would never take the risk of AOP getting my nuts in a vise.
Posted by: Prudential Miklos at October 22, 2025 01:05 AM (M772T)
Posted by: Ex-Ex at October 21, 2025 10:13 PM (22p5n)
Thing is, if one were being completely anal about it, one would torque the screws to the specified torque value, and leave the slots where they wind up. Setting the slots all vertical, or all horizontal would almost guaranteee that some were under or over torqued.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 22, 2025 01:05 AM (8zz6B)
Posted by: Puddleglum
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Have a problem with a few clips on X. Ignorant thought here is that it has something to do with the presentation or way the clip is processed for loading. Like at AoS, my mouse freezes until ace is loaded. Only a few on X will literally do exactly as you experienced although most don't.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 22, 2025 01:07 AM (kkYD1)
I would never take the risk of AOP getting my nuts in a vise.
Posted by: Prudential Miklos
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Topic that almost made the ONT tonight? Which door did you walk into this week. I found mine - or more accurately, Miklos pointed it out.
Posted by: scampydog at October 22, 2025 01:08 AM (41CYW)
"She's too fat for me!"
3 minutes. Because you need to be happy.
https://tinyurl.com/45f8eka9
Posted by: Posted by: Stateless - VERY GRATEFUL, BLESSED, LOVED AND HAPPY! -- - New Life Creation - 18.1% at October 22, 2025 01:09 AM (Sco7b)
Now That I've Snagged My Man, I'm Gonna Let Myself Go To Hell
Posted by: Blonde Morticia
What's the difference between a girlfriend and a wife? About 40 pounds.
Posted by: Try the veal. And your waitress. at October 22, 2025 01:09 AM (TbWk/)
Posted by: scampydog at October 22, 2025 01:14 AM (41CYW)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 22, 2025 01:14 AM (kkYD1)
Posted by: Miklos, Respected Tribal Out-pointer at October 22, 2025 01:17 AM (M772T)
___
Yeah, my parents said whatever they wanted in front of us.
The problem was when did the same.
Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at October 21, 2025 10:20 PM (o18eU)
Always the double standards.
"You need to learn to stand up for yourself."
*half-assedly stands up against parent*
*gets beating from same parent*
"Stop moving around or it's just going to make it worse! You brought this on yourself!"
Pain, confusion, and a deep sense of reality distortion set in.
Learns to associate even moderate assertiveness with receiving violent outbursts.
Posted by: That's the clean version at October 22, 2025 01:20 AM (TbWk/)
Was thinking of getting a backlit keyboard, just for fun.
Posted by: JQ at October 22, 2025 12:46 AM (rdVOm)
Those are the ones I use. the backlit ones where the letters light up. Real nice until the letters wear away and you're left with rows of black keys with perfect glowing large white dots on the keys. The one I got now is still good, but the 7 key popped off and I can't get it back on. It just lays there and is ok, it works, but if I hit it too hard it launches up and lands somewhere else. I have to take the whole thing apart to reattach it. I like the backlit ones. They are quiet too.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at October 22, 2025 01:21 AM (snZF9)
"She's too Fat For Me."
1947
Unless people are bringing up "The Thin Man" movies, I'll claim tonight.
Posted by: Posted by: Stateless - VERY GRATEFUL, BLESSED, LOVED AND HAPPY! -- - New Life Creation - 18.1% at October 22, 2025 01:22 AM (Sco7b)
Posted by: Blonde Morticia
What's the difference between a girlfriend and a wife? About 40 pounds.
Posted by: Try the veal. And your waitress. at October 22, 2025 01:09 AM (TbWk/)
My brother says as soon as you slip the ring on it's like pulling the cord on an emergency life raft. lol
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at October 22, 2025 01:23 AM (snZF9)
OK now you done it
Compare and Contrast
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bt5H6ZTHBiM
vs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X4_QOFAfxD4
(you may go to 1:45 if you short of soul time)
Posted by: Soul Train Miklos "Don" Cornelius at October 22, 2025 01:24 AM (M772T)
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Can relate to some of this. Also, nasty older sibling who hit me/broke my stuff intentionally and always said "I hate you" and "I'm gonna kill you"
Little JQ asked mom: "Why does ____ hate me?"
Mom says: "_____ doesn't hate you. ____ loves you."
WTAF?
Posted by: JQ at October 22, 2025 01:25 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 22, 2025 01:01 AM (8zz6B)
If pressed, I can sing that entire song and not miss a single word.
I try not to do so in public.
Some fools still mistake me for a lady on occasion.
Posted by: tcn, Pickle Queen of AK at October 22, 2025 01:29 AM (urtE/)
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division
I always observed that putting the ring on is like pulling the ring off a grenade
Posted by: Miklos also knows the term "starch bomb mamcita" at October 22, 2025 01:29 AM (M772T)
I'm no longer in contact with abusive sibling. F it. Parents are gone. I don't need to make nice-nice any more!
Posted by: JQ at October 22, 2025 01:30 AM (rdVOm)
Was thinking of getting a backlit keyboard, just for fun.
Posted by: JQ
================
Backlit keyboards are dreamy. Worth it every time you use them.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at October 22, 2025 01:31 AM (ldc7S)
WTAF?
Posted by: JQ
Was your older brother's name Jesus?
Posted by: Miklos with distinct hispanic accent at October 22, 2025 01:32 AM (M772T)
C&D used to be a really fantastic magazine.
Posted by: far cry at October 22, 2025 01:33 AM (KY+QT)
Posted by: Miklos with distinct hispanic accent
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LOL, Miklos! Hahaha...
No. But he sure acts like he thinks he's God. Been 2 years and life is much better now.
Posted by: JQ at October 22, 2025 01:35 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: Blonde Morticia
Expensive keyboards are not worth it.
Cigarette and cigar ash, Cheeto crumbs, bits of caviar and the occasional spill of fine cognac
Get a new one
Posted by: Miklos is himself entirely disposable, when appropriate at October 22, 2025 01:36 AM (M772T)
Posted by: Sock Monkey * sporting my Andrew Breitbart attitude at October 22, 2025 12:21 AM (/StR6)
My dad, when he was older (80 or so) said he would sit on my sister's back porch, which was up one floor, and wait for a moose to walk by, and then just drill it from above. No more hauling canoes upriver and traipsing through the swamps to chase one down. Plus he would drag the beer fridge out there...
Posted by: tcn, Pickle Queen of AK at October 22, 2025 01:37 AM (urtE/)
Did you all see that some military contractor, at least informally, has admitted the infamous Jersey drone scare of late last year was all them. They were testing some new drone tech.
And it was probably psychological, too -- see how people would react.
Now, why they couldn't have just announced it at the time -- nothing to worry, just us, doing Top Secret Stuff.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at October 22, 2025 01:37 AM (w6EFb)
Plate screws should be horizontal. Indoors.
Posted by: From about That Time at October 22, 2025 12:47 AM (n4GiU)
This.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 22, 2025 01:38 AM (ynpvh)
Posted by: tcn, Pickle Queen of AK
Old ways are Best ways
But try to tell the kids that
Posted by: Miklos has no meese, but beer fridge of course at October 22, 2025 01:39 AM (M772T)
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Niiiiiice! And not far from the house, makes processing a breeze.
Posted by: JQ at October 22, 2025 01:39 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: JQ at October 22, 2025 01:39 AM (rdVOm)
You might think so, but I'd rather not have the huge gut pile near the house. Bears love that stuff. And honestly, I'm too old to process an entire moose at the house. It used to take my family of 7 an entire week to get it all in the freezer. I'd take it to Alaska Sausage and get it done professionally. I'm much too lazy.
Posted by: tcn, Pickle Queen of AK at October 22, 2025 01:41 AM (urtE/)
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley
The same reason we keep quiet.
Review the papers that guy had us sign.
Posted by: Miklos, Project manager at Area Publius 51 at October 22, 2025 01:41 AM (M772T)
Posted by: tcn, Pickle Queen of AK at October 22, 2025 01:42 AM (urtE/)
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Well, there's this product that's called: Tarp
But yeah, I hear ya. It's not a small animal.
Posted by: JQ at October 22, 2025 01:43 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 22, 2025 01:01 AM (8zz6B)
Very, very popular with Anchorage bar bands at one time. Possibly still is... I don't go to bars at night much these days.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at October 22, 2025 01:43 AM (qpyNK)
OK now you done it
Compare and Contrast
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bt5H6ZTHBiM
vs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X4_QOFAfxD4
(you may go to 1:45 if you short of soul time)
Posted by: Soul Train Miklos "Don" Cornelius at October 22, 2025 01:24 AM (M772T)
I'm 29 and these were barely before my time. And damn, I miss "Sanford and Son." That was an amazing show.
My god daughter and her sisters are Jamaican. Incredibly beautiful black women. The leg video made me laugh.
The oldest girl was here at the house with her sisters when she was 12. We were playing 'Monopoly.' She was easily 6 feet tall a d had no idea what to do with the legs. It was like watching a baby giraffe. I love that girl...now in her 40's?.
Posted by: Posted by: Stateless - VERY GRATEFUL, BLESSED, LOVED AND HAPPY! -- - New Life Creation - 18.1% at October 22, 2025 01:44 AM (Sco7b)
Posted by: Miklos hopes so at October 22, 2025 01:44 AM (M772T)
Posted by: tcn, Pickle Queen of AK at October 22, 2025 01:41 AM (urtE/)
Heh... one of my late aunts came home from work one fine fall evening to find her future exhusband and his buddies butchering a moose on her dining room table.
Her very nice dining room table.
She was not amused.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at October 22, 2025 01:45 AM (qpyNK)
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at October 22, 2025 01:43 AM (qpyNK)
Was a regular at the Salty Dog in Homer when I was much much younger. I think even Hobo Jim did it a time or two. Back when I could get into any bar in Anchorage even though I was underage. They never carded girls.
Posted by: tcn, Pickle Queen of AK at October 22, 2025 01:46 AM (urtE/)
I'm no longer in contact with abusive sibling. F it. Parents are gone. I don't need to make nice-nice any more!
Posted by: JQ at October 22, 2025 01:30 AM (rdVOm)
I have a brother I no longer contact; it's been about 6 or 7 years...
He was the only access to Mom, so I sent him an email that had a scanned copy of her baptismal record; he sent letters to me, my former lawyer, and an email to me stating if I ever contacted him or my mom again he'd file a restraining order.
Such a nice boy...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 22, 2025 01:46 AM (ynpvh)
Expensive keyboards are not worth it.
Cigarette and cigar ash, Cheeto crumbs, bits of caviar and the occasional spill of fine cognac
Get a new one
Posted by: Miklos is himself entirely disposable
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Girls take care of their things.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at October 22, 2025 01:48 AM (ldc7S)
I found some similar types of devices from Amazon which I liked, which are on the way. Not too expensive. Now, whether that means cheap shit that won't last, I guess I'll find out.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at October 22, 2025 01:48 AM (w6EFb)
Posted by: JQ at October 22, 2025 01:43 AM (rdVOm)
I know people that keep a dedicated chainsaw just for doing rough cuts on moose...you start out with a new chain and bar and keep it lubed with cooking oil.
Quite handy if you're a long way from the truck when you get your moose.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at October 22, 2025 01:48 AM (qpyNK)
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia)
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Wow. Coulda at least said "thank you" to you! What a jerk.
My bro.. well, let me put it this way:
If I was out in the water, drowning, I know I could count on him to throw me a... cinderblock.
Posted by: JQ at October 22, 2025 01:49 AM (rdVOm)
Expensive keyboards are not worth it.
Cigarette and cigar ash, Cheeto crumbs, bits of caviar and the occasional spill of fine cognac
Get a new one
Posted by: Miklos is himself entirely disposable
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Girls take care of their things.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at October 22, 2025 01:48 AM (ldc7S)
It's about time for me to buy a new keyboard...been using this one for years. I can tell which keys I hit the most...seem to be 'a', 's', 'l', 'c', 'n'...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 22, 2025 01:50 AM (ynpvh)
Posted by: tcn, Pickle Queen of AK at October 22, 2025 01:46 AM (urtE/)
Oh, yeah. It was a roaring boomtown in the late '70s-mid '80s. Bars open 24/7/365 (most of them did close down for an hour or two around 6:00 AM or so to clean up, but I don't think it was a legal requirement).
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at October 22, 2025 01:51 AM (qpyNK)
Posted by: Blonde Morticia
Try telling that to Darleen, Marleen, and Charleen
Wait
I'll put you on speakerphone while I take cover behind the boat
Posted by: Miklos thinks a good talking to is in order at October 22, 2025 01:51 AM (M772T)
And it was probably psychological, too -- see how people would react.
Now, why they couldn't have just announced it at the time -- nothing to worry, just us, doing Top Secret Stuff.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at October 22, 2025 01:37 AM (w6EFb)
I never saw them in my part of jersey. Reason # 6458 why I think my part of jersey is outside of the normal space time continuum.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at October 22, 2025 01:54 AM (snZF9)
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia)
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Wow. Coulda at least said "thank you" to you! What a jerk.
My bro.. well, let me put it this way:
If I was out in the water, drowning, I know I could count on him to throw me a... cinderblock.
Posted by: JQ at October 22, 2025 01:49 AM (rdVOm)
https://youtu.be/erNvauUb2jc&t=27s
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 22, 2025 01:54 AM (ynpvh)
https://tinyurl.com/3p6fz96n
As AOP noted, it's very much not safe for work.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at October 22, 2025 01:55 AM (qpyNK)
Serious sociopathic criminal.
How such can happen is a mystery to me.
Posted by: Mystified Miklos at October 22, 2025 01:57 AM (M772T)
Cigarette and cigar ash, Cheeto crumbs, bits of caviar and the occasional spill of fine cognac
Get a new one
Posted by: Miklos is himself entirely disposable
You haven't lived until a bong falls over into a glass of coke and both pour into your keyboard. Funny thing, I ran it under the sink to wash it out, blew it out with compressed air, let it dry overnight and poof, back in service. That was a regular old dell keyboard from the early 2000s.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at October 22, 2025 01:57 AM (snZF9)
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia
I work from home
So pretty standard
Posted by: Miklos can cuss in at least six languages at October 22, 2025 01:59 AM (M772T)
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division
We changed things
Posted by: Planned obsolescence and just generally crap by Dell et alia at October 22, 2025 02:00 AM (M772T)
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Yeah. Nice clip! And I could see bro bragging about it to his friends, as well.
Posted by: JQ at October 22, 2025 02:06 AM (rdVOm)
He was the only access to Mom, so I sent him an email that had a scanned copy of her baptismal record; he sent letters to me, my former lawyer, and an email to me stating if I ever contacted him or my mom again he'd file a restraining order.
Such a nice boy...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 22, 2025 01:46 AM
Share with me.
My brother felt that I had it easy taking care of my parents for 14 years. My friend Sammy took me to his trailer so I could get out of the house. I cried when I did the math and realized that was my first time out of the house in 9.9 years.
But I was coddled and had an easy life.
I no longer have family. No one checked on me and I'll only be called for funerals. Screw that.
My friends across the street have been amazing to me. They have been feeding me and keeping me alive. Mom and I have been great friends to them. That's going to continue...
Posted by: Posted by: Stateless - VERY GRATEFUL, BLESSED, LOVED AND HAPPY! -- - New Life Creation - 18.1% at October 22, 2025 02:09 AM (Sco7b)
So, I told lil bro: "Same thing as me. You got born."
Posted by: JQ at October 22, 2025 02:10 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: Boss Moss at October 22, 2025 02:11 AM (+U7B7)
I just stumbled across the infamous Mars Bluff, SC nuclear incident in 1958. The Air Force accidentally dropped a nuclear bomb on a farm community in Florence county, SC. The "physics package" wasn't installed, kept separately, but the conventional implosion explosive did go off on impact, making a bit crater, damaging buildings, killing chickens, and injuring several people with shrapnel.
It was a Slim Pickens type incident. There was some fault with the bomb harness mechanism. The bombardier/navigator went in the bomb bay to try to secure it, and accidentally knocked it loose. It fell on the bomb bay doors, knocking them open, and the bomb dropped on that farm.
The bombardier managed to hang on and not fall out with it, like Slim.
That was just a WOW!
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at October 22, 2025 02:13 AM (w6EFb)
*high five*
Shitty family sucks, but there's life afterward! Good friends become our new families.
Posted by: JQ at October 22, 2025 02:14 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: Skip at October 22, 2025 02:14 AM (+qU29)
Posted by: Boss Moss at October 22, 2025 02:11 AM (+U7B7)
What the hell for?
Posted by: tcn, Pickle Queen of AK at October 22, 2025 02:16 AM (urtE/)
Now, question is, what would have happened if the physics package was installed? Would it have caused a real nuclear explosion? Probably not, because the implosion explosive timing has to be down to the microsecond to generate the correct compressive shock wave, and the inadvertent detonation would've been way off.
It would however, have scattered plutonium all over the area, rendering it uninhabitable.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at October 22, 2025 02:16 AM (w6EFb)
Posted by: Boss Moss at October 22, 2025 02:17 AM (+U7B7)
What a subhuman piece of garbage my brother is.
Seriously. Garbage.
Posted by: Posted by: Stateless - VERY GRATEFUL, BLESSED, LOVED AND HAPPY! -- - New Life Creation - 18.1% at October 22, 2025 02:17 AM (Sco7b)
Taking care of one's parents is not easy. I saw how hard it was with my grandparents. I saw (and helped when asked) when a brother was taking care of my dad. It's not right for family that is not taking care of parents to claim the life of the sibling(s) taking care of elderly parents is easy, especially if those other siblings don't have to give baths, change parents' clothes and diapers, and take care of their other daily needs.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 22, 2025 02:20 AM (ynpvh)
Posted by: Skip at October 22, 2025 02:14 AM (+qU29)
Womens' Bikini Baseball might be popular, just like beach volleyball. You could watch hot babes in bikinis chew tobacky and spit.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 22, 2025 02:21 AM (8zz6B)
Posted by: Skip at October 22, 2025 02:14 AM (+qU29)
Womens' Bikini Baseball might be popular, just like beach volleyball. You could watch hot babes in bikinis chew tobacky and spit.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 22, 2025 02:21 AM (8zz6B)
Is that a perk? Cause if it is, I can tell you I'm not into that...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 22, 2025 02:23 AM (ynpvh)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 22, 2025 02:23 AM (8zz6B)
That was just a WOW!
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley
- One forty-five caliber automatic
- Two boxes of ammunition
- Four days' concentrated emergency rations
- One drug issue containing antibiotics, morphine,
vitamin pills, pep pills, sleeping pills, tranquilizer pills
- One miniature combination Redneck phrase book and Bible
- One hundred dollars in rubles
- One hundred dollars in gold
- Nine packs of chewing gum
- One issue of prophylactics
- Three lipsticks
- Three pair of nylon stockings.
Hell, a feller could have a good weekend in Florence or even Aynor with all that!
Posted by: Major Miklos Kong at October 22, 2025 02:24 AM (M772T)
Posted by: COMountainMarie at October 22, 2025 02:24 AM (mAdag)
Posted by: Average Guy at October 22, 2025 02:25 AM (lPHZZ)
*high five*
Shitty family sucks, but there's life afterward! Good friends become our new families.
Posted by: JQ at October 22, 2025 02:14 A
My friends had me over for Canadian Thanksgiving. And sent me home with so much food.
I am a good friend too. Trust me. Horde proud.
We always have Christmas in October or November. The kids wanted to decorate the tree. Food and gifts eventually were added.
This will be the first year without Mom. Year 5. I'll deal.
Posted by: Posted by: Stateless - VERY GRATEFUL, BLESSED, LOVED AND HAPPY! -- - New Life Creation - 18.1% at October 22, 2025 02:26 AM (Sco7b)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
And when they scratch an itch
Posted by: Miklos wonders if "Play Balls!" would apply at October 22, 2025 02:26 AM (M772T)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
And when they scratch an itch
Posted by: Miklos wonders if "Play Balls!" would apply
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Yep. That's prolly what you'll get. Because at least half of them will be "women" but not actually female.
Posted by: JQ at October 22, 2025 02:29 AM (rdVOm)
99% sure the mountain lion video is AI.
Posted by: Average Guy at October 22, 2025 02:25 AM (lPHZZ)
In this day and age, it's quite possible.
https://youtube.com/shorts/DIviUcPphIw
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 22, 2025 02:30 AM (ynpvh)
Posted by: Don in SoCo at October 22, 2025 02:36 AM (vd6bO)
Looks like it will be just me & BFF this year. Will visit hubby at nursing home, like always, but doubt he will be aware of the holiday. We'll see.
Posted by: JQ at October 22, 2025 02:38 AM (rdVOm)
I've only gone grocery shopping 8 or 9 times this year.
Man, Stateless has been through stuff. I'll be more amazing here on out.
Posted by: Posted by: Stateless - VERY GRATEFUL, BLESSED, LOVED AND HAPPY! -- - New Life Creation - 18.1% at October 22, 2025 02:42 AM (Sco7b)
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 22, 2025 02:42 AM (ynpvh)
Posted by: Posted by: Stateless - VERY GRATEFUL, BLESSED, LOVED AND HAPPY! -- - New Life Creation - 18.1% at October 22, 2025 02:44 AM (Sco7b)
Looks like it will be just me & BFF this year. Will visit hubby at nursing home, like always, but doubt he will be aware of the holiday. We'll see.
Posted by: JQ
Not sure what I could or should do here
But
Maybe create a drink according to hubby inspiration?
And make it famous?
Posted by: Miklos used to have to create drinks at Nick's Night Train Bar in new Orleans at October 22, 2025 02:44 AM (M772T)
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Don in SoCo, that's an AOP question, for sure! (I'd wonder about the fuel pump or fuel pressure regulator, but that's just a WAG).
Can you smell gas? Any evidence of a leak-- even tiny one-- between tank and engine?
Posted by: JQ at October 22, 2025 02:46 AM (rdVOm)
99% sure the mountain lion video is AI.
Posted by: Average Guy at October 22, 2025 02:25 AM (lPHZZ)
The closer I look at the video, the more it seems you're probably right...
1. Cougar wouldn't be interested in candy (cats can't taste sweet)
2. When it jumps up, seems a little off with the physics.
3. Doesn't knock over the witch or the candy container, just slightly pushes it; candy inside container is not the least bit disturbed.
4. As it runs into the bushes, the bushes are not disturbed at all...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 22, 2025 02:47 AM (ynpvh)
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 22, 2025 02:48 AM (ynpvh)
Posted by: JQ at October 22, 2025 02:50 AM (rdVOm)
Can you smell gas? Any evidence of a leak-- even tiny one-- between tank and engine?
_-_
No evidence of a leak. Just now replaced the fuel pressure regulator, since that was the easiest first part to replace. There was a small.amount of fuel in it, but definitely no pressure on the fuel line or fuel rail. I am probably going to replace the fuel pump also, since it is a good ten years old. It just seems odd that the vehicle starts and runs but not enough fuel pressure at the rail to even dribble from the schrader valve. Ibguess it is possible the the valve stem in the schrader valve is bad, but they don't usually fail....
Posted by: Don in SoCo at October 22, 2025 02:52 AM (vd6bO)
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Have not done the injectors. I have tried to learn nothing about fuel injection other than it usually just works and have been getting away with it for a while now...guess it is time to learn!
Posted by: Don in SoCo at October 22, 2025 02:55 AM (vd6bO)
Posted by: JQ at October 22, 2025 02:56 AM (rdVOm)
I feel my Old Papa let me down
Hiram "Hank" Williams gave his boy (Hank Jr.) the nickname Bocephus, which stuck, and Jr. was proud of it.
I got nuthin' like that
Seems unfair
Posted by: Miklos, if I'd know i'd live this long, I'd of taken better care of myself at October 22, 2025 02:58 AM (M772T)
Looks like it will be just me & BFF this year. Will visit hubby at nursing home, like always, but doubt he will be aware of the holiday. We'll see.
Posted by: JQ
I'm so sorry. I went through a lot, but not that.
Dad was 90 and was active on the computer. I'd go downstairs and stuff from WebMD was printed out on the computer. He had a favorite computer math game.
There were nights he fell asleep in my computer chair and I would get him to bed.
Blessed. Good Stateless
Posted by: Posted by: Stateless - VERY GRATEFUL, BLESSED, LOVED AND HAPPY! -- - New Life Creation - 18.1% at October 22, 2025 02:59 AM (Sco7b)
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That is probably a good idea - will have to wait til the morning when the youg'ens get up. Mountain time, and all the reeeasonable people in my household are sleeping. Thanks for the suggestion!
Posted by: Don in SoCo at October 22, 2025 03:00 AM (vd6bO)
I got nuthin' like that
Seems unfair
_-_
Could be worse - thought my name was "Dammit, Boy!" til I was about 7.
Posted by: Don in SoCo at October 22, 2025 03:02 AM (vd6bO)
Posted by: Skip at October 22, 2025 03:04 AM (+qU29)
Posted by: Skip at October 22, 2025 03:06 AM (+qU29)
Posted by: Don in SoCo
I guess you got promoted to "Dammit Donny" with your first pair of long trousers.
A coming of age ritual.
Posted by: Anthropolical Miklos, rehecting the Wite Man's cultural Pants concept at October 22, 2025 03:07 AM (M772T)
Posted by: Skip
Done well, the best response to a girl question "do I look good in this" is Yes, but better in less
Posted by: Days of Miklosian Youth at October 22, 2025 03:09 AM (M772T)
Posted by: JQ remembers when B. Cosby was funny at October 22, 2025 03:09 AM (rdVOm)
A coming of age ritual.
_-_
That's a fact. Some of my favorite older relatives still call me.Donny - or by my dad's name because now I look like he did.
Posted by: Don in SoCo at October 22, 2025 03:11 AM (vd6bO)
Posted by: Skip at October 22, 2025 03:11 AM (+qU29)
Posted by: Skip at October 22, 2025 03:15 AM (+qU29)
Posted by: Don
Don or Donny is not a bad name. You could be President with that, believe me, it's the best Presidential name, classy, really the best
I got worse.
Don't care to remember the number of times I have been encouraged to be careful with that axe.
And they laughed
But I'll show them...
Posted by: Suppressed Miklos at October 22, 2025 03:19 AM (M772T)
Good luck!
Posted by: JQ at October 22, 2025 03:19 AM (rdVOm)
Mom was a nun for 14 years. Dad was 42 and Mom was 32 when they married.
I have been going through all the photo albums. Mom was REALLY pretty. And her friends from the convent wow. But only if the Horde likes attractive, 6 feet tall, skinny red heads. The pictures were from 1970. There was a lot of leg....
Posted by: Posted by: Stateless - VERY GRATEFUL, BLESSED, LOVED AND HAPPY! -- - New Life Creation - 18.1% at October 22, 2025 03:21 AM (Sco7b)
Posted by: Posted by: Stateless - VERY GRATEFUL, BLESSED
That's how they could kill and bury so many thousands of Indigenous Children...without leaving a trace
Posted by: Miklos thinks fraud is increasing at October 22, 2025 03:24 AM (M772T)
Good luck!
_-_
Thanks - I will definitely check for that.
Posted by: Don in SoCo at October 22, 2025 03:24 AM (vd6bO)
Posted by: Miklos thinks fraud is increasing at October 22, 2025 03:24 AM (M772T
Mom was in Cleveland Ohio.
I don't think they've discovered the mass graves yet.
Posted by: Posted by: Stateless - VERY GRATEFUL, BLESSED, LOVED AND HAPPY! -- - New Life Creation - 18.1% at October 22, 2025 03:28 AM (Sco7b)
I got worse.
Don't care to remember the number of times I have been encouraged to be careful with that axe.
And they laughed
But I'll show them...
_-_
(Nervous laughter)
Yeah, it has been a little weird since The Donald has been making a showing in the political world.
Posted by: Don in SoCo at October 22, 2025 03:30 AM (vd6bO)
I don't think they've discovered the mass graves yet.
Posted by: Posted by: Stateless
I was thinking of some Canadian hysteria of recent years
Posted by: Miklos provides context at October 22, 2025 03:31 AM (M772T)
I miss my parents, too.
Mom had bladder cancer, spread slowly over 2 years & crippled her; she was incoherent that last couple of weeks. Gone since 2002.
Dad had prostate cancer, thought he'd beat it for a dozen years & it came back with a vengeance.. but he was alert, thoughtful and talkative right up to the night before he passed. Gone since 2019.
Hubby has dementia. No one in my family has suffered *that* so I'm kind of lost here, with no other experience with it.
Posted by: JQ at October 22, 2025 03:31 AM (rdVOm)
I don't think they've discovered the mass graves yet.
Posted by: Posted by: Stateless
Or maybe they burned them on the Cuyahoga in the 70s
Posted by: Big River Keep on Burnin'-the Tina Turner Version at October 22, 2025 03:33 AM (M772T)
Posted by: JQ
Infinite prayerful patience
You need the Help, and God encourages you to ask
Posted by: Miklos does know at October 22, 2025 03:35 AM (M772T)
Posted by: Don in SoCo at October 22, 2025 03:37 AM (vd6bO)
Posted by: JQ at October 22, 2025 03:39 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: JQ at October 22, 2025 03:31 A
I can't imagine that.
Both Mom and Dad died within a week. That quickly..
I still took care of them for years.
You have the Horde here.
Posted by: Posted by: Stateless - VERY GRATEFUL, BLESSED, LOVED AND HAPPY! -- - New Life Creation - 18.1% at October 22, 2025 03:39 AM (Sco7b)
Posted by: JQ at October 22, 2025 03:39 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: Skip at October 22, 2025 03:43 AM (+qU29)
Took care of hubby for 4 years at home after quitting my job, but then his mental and physical state became more than I could handle alone. 24hr supervision is $$$$. Even more than nursing home! So... moved him to a place nearby, where he can have a whole team of help, 24/7, and I can see him every day.
He still knows who he is & who I am. Just has no sense of time or date, and no problem-solving ability; cannot recognize unsafe situations. Stuff like that.
Posted by: JQ at October 22, 2025 03:47 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: JQ
One prayer from me.
Others will do it too
Posted by: Miklos, Believer and Bartender at October 22, 2025 03:48 AM (M772T)
Posted by: JQ at October 22, 2025 03:52 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: JQ at October 22, 2025 03:47 AM (rdVOm)
I'm so sorry you are going through that. That's horrible.
I took care of my parents until 88 and 90. But nothing like you are going through.
Posted by: Posted by: Stateless - VERY GRATEFUL, BLESSED, LOVED AND HAPPY! -- - New Life Creation - 18.1% at October 22, 2025 03:53 AM (Sco7b)
Posted by: Posted by: Stateless - VERY GRATEFUL, BLESSED, LOVED AND HAPPY! -- - New Life Creation - 18.1% at October 22, 2025 03:53 AM (Sco7b
Dad was on the computer and playing games into his 90's.
And I took care of Mom forever. For years.
I have bèen a good member of the Horde.
Posted by: Posted by: Stateless - VERY GRATEFUL, BLESSED, LOVED AND HAPPY! -- - New Life Creation - 18.1% at October 22, 2025 03:59 AM (Sco7b)
I don't do the poopy work, or sleep with one eye open anymore-- the nursing home staff takes good care of hubby.
Now, I can catch-up on all the stuff at home that has been neglected while I cared for him! Lots to do!
It sucks that we're separated, but at least he's still alive and still *my guy*
Posted by: JQ at October 22, 2025 03:59 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: m at October 22, 2025 04:00 AM (RuTUS)
I don't do the poopy work, or sleep with one eye open anymore-- the nursing home staff takes good care of hubby.
Now, I can catch-up on all the stuff at home that has been neglected while I cared for him! Lots to do!
It sucks that we're separated, but at least he's still alive and still *my guy*
Posted by: JQ at October 22, 2025 03
I'm sitting in a pretty large house for one person.
For years, Mom had bladder issues. She'd be up 6 plus times a night.
I was always up asking if she was alright.
Posted by: Posted by: Stateless - VERY GRATEFUL, BLESSED, LOVED AND HAPPY! -- - New Life Creation - 18.1% at October 22, 2025 04:14 AM (Sco7b)
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Hubby, too. Only he didn't always 'make it' in time. Ugh. It was a fight to get him into pull-ups. I got soooo tired of washing bedding and mopping the floor!
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