Overnight Open Thread (11/03/2025)

Mount Washington is a cute little peak in comparison to the real mountains of the American West. But because of its peculiar location right smack in the middle of some very common storm tracks, it makes the weather on the mountain very, very strange. The surrounding lower mountains funnel those systems right into Mount Washington, so things like 100mph wind, and snow in August can happen. The earliest snowfall on record is on July 1st. And the latest snowfall on record is on June 30th.

See the pattern?

Couple that with the profoundly stupid population of the Northeast, and we get things like this! In their defense, it is entirely possible to enjoy a glorious warm fall day at the base of the mountain, while it is sleeting and blowing 50mph halfway up!

Of course, this has been known about Mount Washington since it was first climbed in 1642, so maybe it's just Darwin at work! Anybody who climbs any of these peaks without proper preparation is simply stupid. I climbed Mount Lafayette, about 30 miles away and 1,000 feet shorter, a long time ago, and a partly cloudy day at the base gave way to sleet, fog, 40mph winds, and lots of ice on the trail. On the other hand, steak and beer at The Outing Club lodge that night, so it all worked out!

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Go to your rooms...all of you. To say that I am bitterly disappointed in every one of you is an understatement. Not a single one of you made the connection between the top picture and the song behind it in the ONT from two weeks ago.

Do better.

Be better.

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Those stupid, virtue-signaling lawn signs that proclaim how absolutely wonderful the occupants are make me want to drive over their lawns and do 360s. There is so much hypocrisy built into them that I guess the appropriate response is to laugh and point, but I still bristle when I see them.

But... how about this one?

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Fashion Week!
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Hoddypeak
Hiraeth
Apricity
Gobemouche
Brabble
Perendinate

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1 Panic subsiding. Breathing becoming normal. Blood pressure declining.

Not that I was anxious or anything.

Posted by: mindful webworker - sure, sure at November 03, 2025 10:58 PM (zfvVF)

2 CBD is wanted in HR.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at November 03, 2025 10:59 PM (0RiMX)

3 Second?

Posted by: Darrell Harris at November 03, 2025 10:59 PM (0CU3H)

4 Thanks CBD!!!

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at November 03, 2025 10:59 PM (0nHVk)

5 CBD to the rescue! Thank you.

Posted by: RickZ at November 03, 2025 11:00 PM (gKDq2)

6 Sorry I'm late, we had an incident at 2¾ Mile Island.

Posted by: tankdemon at November 03, 2025 11:00 PM (R256O)

7 I can breathe clearly now. Thanks, CBD!!

Posted by: LRob in OK, Moron and Lunatic at November 03, 2025 11:00 PM (47diA)

8 God Bless you, CBD.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at November 03, 2025 11:01 PM (W3AhE)

9 Does Broom Lady rent out for parties?

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at November 03, 2025 11:01 PM (0RiMX)

10 Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at November 03, 2025 10:59 PM (0nHVk)

Good evening young lady!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo (Flying the American Flag!) at November 03, 2025 11:01 PM (TtB1B)

11 Special talents lady is a 1.

Skills are skills.

Posted by: guy whose priapism is off the hook at November 03, 2025 11:02 PM (y+qgR)

12 This is going on somebody's permanent record!

Posted by: Diogenes at November 03, 2025 11:02 PM (2WIwB)

13 Mt Washington?? Slooowly I turned.....

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at November 03, 2025 11:02 PM (snZF9)

14 Evenin'

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at November 03, 2025 11:03 PM (sAmhv)

15 Used up all my "A" material in the Cafe. Prepare for ennui.

Posted by: Some Rat at November 03, 2025 11:03 PM (TfUTr)

16 I’ve been to the top of Mt. Washington:

Posted by: Bulg at November 03, 2025 11:03 PM (77rzZ)

17 Honestly, I think the site may be having issues. Difficultly loading pages in different browsers.

Posted by: banana Dream at November 03, 2025 11:03 PM (MUhnC)

18 So early tomorrow morning, I get to hold my nose and vote for Randy Andy. Any other election, I'd vote for Sliwa. But I know he has no chance against Osama bin Lenin. So Cuomo it is, much to my olfactory's offense.

Posted by: RickZ at November 03, 2025 11:03 PM (gKDq2)

19 Hello, Horde! 😊♥️

Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, Texas, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at November 03, 2025 11:03 PM (SRRAx)

20 Wow, that's the first time I've seen a witch fly side-saddle.

Posted by: tankdemon at November 03, 2025 11:03 PM (R256O)

21 Fashion link is hilarious. Nice collection of words, CBD. A little hotty-dod to hoddypeak. Thanks for the ONT.

Posted by: scampydog at November 03, 2025 11:03 PM (41CYW)

22 The funny thing about living in New England is that every local weather station, after giving the temps in Boston, Worcester, etc. will always tell you what the temperature is on Mount Washington. Like this matters to anyone. I've never quite understood that.

Posted by: Lex at November 03, 2025 11:04 PM (y4H1r)

23 I think CBD has me confused with someone else.

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at November 03, 2025 11:04 PM (0nHVk)

24 Posted this hastily-mocked-up meme link in the cafe in the same minute as this post went up. And still got firts. The gods were with me.

Posted by: mindful webworker - no sobbing here at November 03, 2025 11:05 PM (zfvVF)

25 BOOBS!

Posted by: Bulg at November 03, 2025 11:05 PM (77rzZ)

26 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BzLIB5uMMh4

Posted by: TheCatAttackedMyFoot at November 03, 2025 11:05 PM (jrgJz)

27 Hiked to the top of Mt Washington twice. Climbed a few cliffs on the way up, repelled down a few on the way down. Why? Because our scoutmaster was an asshole.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at November 03, 2025 11:05 PM (snZF9)

28 Anyone have several hamster-sized AEDs?

Failing that, anyone know if we can just daisy-chain them together and jump start them all at once?

Posted by: mikeski at November 03, 2025 11:05 PM (vPK11)

29 There's a Mt. Washington in L.A., for whoever cares.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at November 03, 2025 11:06 PM (0RiMX)

30 Er…
https://bit.ly/ont-up-soon

Posted by: mindful webworker - whoopsie at November 03, 2025 11:06 PM (zfvVF)

31 I ain’t skeered a nukular power, but Jane Fonda is terrifying

Posted by: Eddie The Brow Teller at November 03, 2025 11:06 PM (2f+Mn)

32 Gobemouche
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Going to add that one to the holster. Good word.

Posted by: scampydog at November 03, 2025 11:07 PM (41CYW)

33 I wonder where Broom Lady keeps the dustpan.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at November 03, 2025 11:07 PM (0RiMX)

34 Posted by: Lex at November 03, 2025 11:04 PM (y4H1r)

It's a New England affectation, but an amusing one!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo (Flying the American Flag!) at November 03, 2025 11:07 PM (TtB1B)

35 Washington State is the UFO Capital of the world

https://tinyurl.com/4w8xpyte

Posted by: nurse ratched at November 03, 2025 11:07 PM (mT+6a)

36 15 Used up all my "A" material in the Cafe. Prepare for ennui.
Posted by: Some Rat at November 03, 2025 11:03 PM (TfUTr)

Prepare for ennui? How prepared? Do I need a familiarity with French literature?

Posted by: tankdemon at November 03, 2025 11:07 PM (R256O)

37 Thank you, CBD! Nice Monday ONT!

Posted by: JQ at November 03, 2025 11:08 PM (rdVOm)

38 What is going on? What does it all mean?

Posted by: Iris at November 03, 2025 11:08 PM (bOJ2I)

39 Prepare for ennui? How prepared? Do I need a familiarity with French literature?
Posted by: tankdemon at November 03, 2025 11:07 PM (R256O)

I thought ennui were snacks. Shit!

Posted by: RickZ at November 03, 2025 11:08 PM (gKDq2)

40 I think CBD has me confused with someone else.
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz

Now I'm confused.

Posted by: Some Rat at November 03, 2025 11:09 PM (TfUTr)

41 I don't know why we even bother to watch the Cowboys - I guess hope springs eternal.

At least it's good practice for when the Pubbies cave in Congress.

Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, Texas, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at November 03, 2025 11:09 PM (SRRAx)

42 Old Crow Medicine Show is good! Isn't Buck Throckmorton fond of groups with a stand-up bass?

Posted by: LRob in OK, Moron and Lunatic at November 03, 2025 11:09 PM (47diA)

43 Hiked to the top of Mt Washington twice. Climbed a few cliffs on the way up, repelled down a few on the way down. Why? Because our scoutmaster was an asshole.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division

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But you can now say you been there, done that.

The Appalachian Trail start to finish is one of my bucket list things. Less likely to happen since I'm over 29, but it's a dream.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at November 03, 2025 11:10 PM (W3AhE)

44 >>Posted by: nurse ratched

It was good to see you in TX

Posted by: Aviator at November 03, 2025 11:10 PM (HQ9Sl)

45 Prepare for ennui? How prepared? Do I need a familiarity with French literature?
Posted by: tankdemon at November 03, 2025 11:07 PM (R256O)

I thought ennui were snacks. Shit!
Posted by: RickZ

I just don't feel like explaining it.

Posted by: Some Rat at November 03, 2025 11:10 PM (TfUTr)

46 I hate to think what picture of the guy holding the broom with his moons bodes for tomorrow’s art.

Posted by: Bulg at November 03, 2025 11:11 PM (77rzZ)

47 Isn't Buck Throckmorton fond of groups with a stand-up bass?

Posted by: LRob in OK, Moron and Lunatic at November 03, 2025 11:09 PM (47diA)

He is indeed! The next time Sefton and I have him on the CutJibNewsletter podcast, I will ask him why?

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo (Flying the American Flag!) at November 03, 2025 11:11 PM (TtB1B)

48 I thought ennui were snacks. Shit

I think you have them confused with horse derves.

Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, Texas, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at November 03, 2025 11:11 PM (SRRAx)

49 Washington State is the UFO Capital of the world
Posted by: nurse ratched

Midnight Central Time, Bicentennial Jul 4, 1976, a perfectly clear and calm night, a friend and I watched a UFO flying from 'way south to 'way north. It was flying. We were pretty sure it was an object. And we couldn't identify it. I'll never forget that harrowing experience.

Posted by: mindful webworker - and it waved to us at November 03, 2025 11:11 PM (zfvVF)

50 Thus is the pseudonatural order restored.

Posted by: Brother Tim sez at November 03, 2025 11:12 PM (teY/0)

51 Hiking to the top of Mt Washington was a bit eerie. Once you get above tree line you might as well be on another planet. Visibility goes out the window once you get into the clouds. There are trail markers which were just piles of rocks, and 1 time it was so bad you couldn't see 15 feet in front of you. You really...really had to make sure you found the next trail marker. They were close together, but it was still hairy. There is a lodge type thing just a little ways before the summit, and we almost walked into it the visibility was so bad.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at November 03, 2025 11:12 PM (snZF9)

52 46 *moobs*

Posted by: Bulg at November 03, 2025 11:12 PM (77rzZ)

53 There is a Mt. Washington in Pittsburgh.

https://tinyurl.com/5ezdu2py

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at November 03, 2025 11:12 PM (sAmhv)

54 we almost walked into it the visibility was so bad.

That happened to me a few times in the 70s, but I don't think a mountain was involved.

Posted by: LRob in OK, Moron and Lunatic at November 03, 2025 11:13 PM (47diA)

55 I don't know why we even bother to watch the Cowboys - I guess hope springs eternal.

At least it's good practice for when the Pubbies cave in Congress.
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, Texas, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at November 03, 2025 11:09 PM (SRRAx)

Pathetic all around display tonight…. I bailed after the Williams fumble. Couldn’t torture myself anymore

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at November 03, 2025 11:13 PM (tAAke)

56 Prepare for ennui.
Posted by: Some Rat

I saw Prepare For Ennui open for On Thorns I Lay at First Avenue in 2000.

https://youtu.be/mhL6f75yI2w

Posted by: mikeski at November 03, 2025 11:13 PM (vPK11)

57 Loved hiking The Presidentials, and all the New England mountains.
Old mountains are fun mountains.

Posted by: From about That Time at November 03, 2025 11:16 PM (sl73Y)

58 Gee, what do we do now? Got our ONT, so no more complaining about *that*.... Hmmm.

Posted by: JQ at November 03, 2025 11:16 PM (rdVOm)

59 Yuddistra -- I left you a comment that got willowed at the tail end of the ONT.

And with that, I am off to bed. Dialysis in the morning. Joy, joy. Happy, happy.

Posted by: Captain Josepha Sabin at November 03, 2025 11:16 PM (DK5Sh)

60 1 Panic subsiding. Breathing becoming normal. Blood pressure declining.

Not that I was anxious or anything.
Posted by: mindful webworker - sure, sure at November 03, 2025 10:58 PM (zfvVF)

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Urge to kill fading.. fading... fading... rising!... fading... fading... gone....

Posted by: No One of Consequence at November 03, 2025 11:16 PM (OGOaV)

61 I spent the evening eating excellent sushi and chatting with an earnest leftist. She was intelligent, but couldn't see beyond the limits of her political philosophy.

Yes...Sake was involved.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo (Flying the American Flag!) at November 03, 2025 11:17 PM (TtB1B)

62 It was good to see you in TX
Posted by: Aviator

Even better was sitting with and listening to you. Thank you for letting me join you and S. I learned a lot.

Posted by: nurse ratched at November 03, 2025 11:17 PM (mT+6a)

63 41 I don't know why we even bother to watch the Cowboys - I guess hope springs eternal.

If you pay attention to sports just for light entertainment.. the interesting thing about tonight is NOW what happens to Tiny Kyler next?

Posted by: Azjaeger at November 03, 2025 11:17 PM (3/XaG)

64
I don't know why we even bother to watch the Cowboys - I guess hope springs eternal.

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*gloats immoderately*

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at November 03, 2025 11:18 PM (tgvbd)

65 ©1998 AoSHQ LLC. contact us @ acepimp@geocities.com

Posted by: CBD at 10:58 PM

I think you turned your clock back to far CBD.

Posted by: Reforger at November 03, 2025 11:20 PM (QhHGU)

66 35 Washington State is the UFO Capital of the world

https://tinyurl.com/4w8xpyte
Posted by: nurse ratched at November 03, 2025 11:07 PM (mT+6a)

The people here bring their own mushrooms to the pizza parlors.

Posted by: Diogenes at November 03, 2025 11:20 PM (2WIwB)

67 Excellent musical choices this evening. Thanks for the ONT!

Posted by: 496 at November 03, 2025 11:20 PM (t+VLa)

68 But you can now say you been there, done that.

The Appalachian Trail start to finish is one of my bucket list things. Less likely to happen since I'm over 29, but it's a dream.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at November 03, 2025 11:10 PM (W3AhE)

did 60-70 miles on Appalachian trail. Why? because again, our scoutmaster was an asshole. I will say something about that trail. I could be wrong, but it might be a secret meetup for the gays. I was on a 4 day trip in september on the harleys with about 9 other bikes. We were in stokes state forest at a bar on a lake. A pretty young kid, very late teens/early 20s with a back pack asks me if if I had a cigarette. We start talking, he says he's doing the whole trail, started in the spring, looking to finish by november. He's with 4 other dudes. They seems to be a little...comfortable with each other. Hugging each other, etc. they come over to my table, and I ask, sooo you 4 been doing this together? The one kid says No, we just met today, he's leaving the trail tomorrow, the other 2 are going another way". Well now, they seemed awfully friendly with each other for just meeting, and looking at them my Gaydar was going off the frigging chart.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at November 03, 2025 11:21 PM (snZF9)

69 Loved hiking The Presidentials, and all the New England mountains.
Old mountains are fun mountains.

Posted by: From about That Time

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Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at November 03, 2025 11:21 PM (W3AhE)

70 What does it all mean?
Posted by: Iris
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Don't mean shit, kid.

Posted by: buddhaha at November 03, 2025 11:21 PM (Z4fPs)

71 Papillion is going to be on TCM at 9:30...it's such a long, good movie....ok, I'll watch till asleep.

Posted by: Some Rat at November 03, 2025 11:22 PM (TfUTr)

72 *gloats immoderately*
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh

Moderation in all things

Posted by: Miklos finishes a case of Natty Daddys and got some whisky too at November 03, 2025 11:23 PM (0Cvnr)

73 Used to live up there for a few years. When I wasn't wrestling bears, or knocking moose over with an airhorn I actually did climb Mt. Washington. I took the Tuckerman Ravine route. Tuckerman Ravine is not a place you want to go after September or before June. It's affectionately known as the Dumping Ground. The reason is that the high winds displace the snow from the top of Mt. Washington and it has to go somewhere. It usually ends up in Tuckerman Ravine....which holds the record of 49 inches of snow in ....(drum roll) ONE FREAKIN HOUR. In 1968-1969....Tuckerman Ravine acquired over 566 inches of snow. That's over 47 feet of snow.

Now about that climb. It wasn't easy. But, also, not impossible. I felt like I really accomplished something until I saw all the tourists (old people and kids) at the top of Mt. Washington. They took the cog railroad which runs up there in good weather. Sort of took the wind out of my accomplishment. I didn't walk down.

Posted by: Orson at November 03, 2025 11:24 PM (dIske)

74 The Appalachian Trail start to finish is one of my bucket list things. Less likely to happen since I'm over 29, but it's a dream.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary

I look forward to reading all about you peoples ambitious undertakings. Cause I ain't doing any of that stuff!

Posted by: Some Rat at November 03, 2025 11:25 PM (TfUTr)

75 NFL trading deadline tomorrow. Jerry Jones has about twenty four and one half hours to trade his entire team.
Probably no buyers.

Posted by: From about That Time at November 03, 2025 11:25 PM (sl73Y)

76 >>Even better was sitting with and listening to you. Thank you for letting me join you and S. I learned a lot.
Posted by: nurse ratched

Anytime

Posted by: Aviator at November 03, 2025 11:26 PM (HQ9Sl)

77 Posted by: Miklos finishes a case of Natty Daddys and got some whisky too at November 03, 2025 11:23 PM (0Cvnr)

Including moderation.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo (Flying the American Flag!) at November 03, 2025 11:26 PM (TtB1B)

78 I hiked to the top of Black Mesa, the highest point in Oklahoma. The view was… impressive. 🤠

https://w.wiki/FvkD

Posted by: mindful webworker - utterly exhausting at November 03, 2025 11:26 PM (zfvVF)

79 Nurse, think seattle will have a commie mayor this time tomorrow?

Posted by: Some Rat at November 03, 2025 11:28 PM (TfUTr)

80 How does “gloats immoderately” compare with “nods sagaciously?”

Posted by: Bulg at November 03, 2025 11:28 PM (77rzZ)

81 People don't put up those stupid virtue signaling lawn signs in my area. That's something to be thankful for.

Posted by: nerdygirl at November 03, 2025 11:29 PM (0Htd1)

82 We are on a bus ride to Virginia to vote for that Military Lady.

Then off to do the same in New Jersey for the Cat Man.

Jose over here done tole us how

Easy $100

We might of fooled him

Posted by: Darleenita, Charlita, y Marleinta at November 03, 2025 11:29 PM (0Cvnr)

83 I hiked to the top of Black Mesa, the highest point in Oklahoma. The view was… impressive. 🤠
Posted by: mindful webworker - utterly exhausting

I think I could handle climbing to Florida's highest peak.

Posted by: Some Rat at November 03, 2025 11:30 PM (TfUTr)

84 MW, I was going to tout Mt Scott down by Lawton. Oh, the soaring heights!!

Posted by: LRob in OK, Moron and Lunatic at November 03, 2025 11:30 PM (47diA)

85
I don't know why we even bother to watch the Cowboys

I watch it to see Bruce Dern get killed.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at November 03, 2025 11:31 PM (pkeXY)

86 78 I hiked to the top of Black Mesa, the highest point in Oklahoma. The view was… impressive. 🤠

https://w.wiki/FvkD

Posted by: mindful webworker

Heh! That's similar to the highest point in Nebraska, Panorama Point. Its on some guys cattle ranch and for a minimal fee, you can drive to the marker and gaze upon the mighty peaks that surround you. Well, rolling grasslands. You can probably see the Rockies on a clear day. Never been there but I would love to visit, because I'm weird.

I've hiked, well drove, up the highest peak in Pennsylvania. Mt. Davis. I drove up to the parking lot and walked up a tower the PA Park service built so you are above all the tree's. It is a beautiful view of the region.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at November 03, 2025 11:32 PM (sAmhv)

87 Most of my hiking has been the desert Southwest, which is beautiful. I would like to see the Northeast.
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at November 03, 2025 11:21 PM (W3AhE)

It's colder than it looks, even in summer. You don't stay on top of Mt. Washington long if you go by tour, so you might get chilled for a bit. But I was in Gatlinburg in July and had to wear a jacket at night; it was in the upper 80's, low 90's in the day. Same for The Poconos.

Posted by: RickZ at November 03, 2025 11:32 PM (gKDq2)

88 I watch it to see Bruce Dern get killed.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr.

*Golf clap*

Posted by: Some Rat at November 03, 2025 11:32 PM (TfUTr)

89 Most of my hiking has been the desert Southwest, which is beautiful. I would like to see the Northeast.
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at

I did some little hiking in the southwest, could not be more different than New England. But the outdoors is great where ever.

Posted by: From about That Time at November 03, 2025 11:33 PM (sl73Y)

90
Then off to do the same in New Jersey for the Cat Man.

I think I'm voting for Cat Man, too.
It's really really what I'm going to do.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at November 03, 2025 11:33 PM (pkeXY)

91 Including moderation.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo

I can resist anything but temptation.

Posted by: Big Oscar Wilde Smootch to CBD at November 03, 2025 11:33 PM (0Cvnr)

92 I've climbed to the top of Multnomah Falls. Not much, but still-- it was an accomplishment for this non-hiker.

Posted by: JQ at November 03, 2025 11:33 PM (rdVOm)

93 I think you have them confused with horse derves.
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, Texas, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at November 03, 2025 11:11 PM (SRRAx)

My deceased friend always called them 'whores dervies'.

Posted by: RickZ at November 03, 2025 11:34 PM (gKDq2)

94 I've climbed to the top of Multnomah Falls. Not much, but still-- it was an accomplishment for this non-hiker.
Posted by: JQ
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That is a nice area. Hiked it as a youngin.

Posted by: scampydog at November 03, 2025 11:35 PM (41CYW)

95 I've climbed Monkey Hill in New Orleans. Actually I didn't. At 25' high it seemed pointless. Not much for mountaineering.

Posted by: javems at November 03, 2025 11:35 PM (8I4hW)

96 This here ONT was definitely worth the wait!

Posted by: COMountainMarie at November 03, 2025 11:35 PM (mAdag)

97 You hikers oughta go to Colorado and tackle Long's Peak. One side is reasonably hikable and I think it's higher than 14,000 feet. If you are well past 29, you could just ask somebody young to take pics.

Posted by: LRob in OK, Moron and Lunatic at November 03, 2025 11:35 PM (47diA)

98 Picture of the incredibly rugged terrain at the highest point in Okla.

https://bit.ly/black-mesa-okla

Posted by: mindful webworker - I can see for miles and miles at November 03, 2025 11:36 PM (zfvVF)

99 86 Heh! That's similar to the highest point in Nebraska, Panorama Point. Its on some guys cattle ranch and for a minimal fee, you can drive to the marker and gaze upon the mighty peaks that surround you. Well, rolling grasslands. You can probably see the Rockies on a clear day. Never been there but I would love to visit, because I'm weird.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at November 03, 2025 11:32 PM (sAmhv)

Would you believe the ski lift was invented in Nebraska?
No? Okay, how about now...
http://tiny.cc/Chairlift

Posted by: tankdemon at November 03, 2025 11:37 PM (R256O)

100 Did you take an oxygen tank along for the trip, MW?

Posted by: LRob in OK, Moron and Lunatic at November 03, 2025 11:37 PM (47diA)

101 34....correct. As are those cutesy "This Car Climbed Mount Washington" bumper stickers. My father's wood-paneled station wagon sported that for some years in the 1980s.

Posted by: Lex at November 03, 2025 11:37 PM (y4H1r)

102 I've climbed Monkey Hill in New Orleans. Actually I didn't. At 25' high it seemed pointless. Not much for mountaineering.
Posted by: javems

Always good to set up a base camp 'bout 2/3rds of the way up.

Posted by: Some Rat at November 03, 2025 11:37 PM (TfUTr)

103 Well now, they seemed awfully friendly with each other for just meeting, and looking at them my Gaydar was going off the frigging chart.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division

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I think people can get their freak on, on those long thru-hikes. You have people trying to "find themselves" or Instagram it or whatnot. And then the weirdoes like myself who just think it sounds fun, lol.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at November 03, 2025 11:37 PM (W3AhE)

104 I guessed right on the least dangerous covid vaccine to take, the Janssen version.

More bad news -- cardiovascular problems -- from Ace today on Moderna. I've had two strokes already: don't want any more

Posted by: JM in Illinois at November 03, 2025 11:37 PM (g6bbw)

105 Point of order! Government is NOT charity.

Posted by: Cow Demon at November 03, 2025 11:37 PM (vwL3N)

106 61 I spent the evening eating excellent sushi and chatting with an earnest leftist. She was intelligent, but couldn't see beyond the limits of her political philosophy....
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo (Flying the American Flag!)

I'll bet you left her with a few things to think about.

Posted by: nerdygirl at November 03, 2025 11:38 PM (0Htd1)

107 I hiked to the top of Black Mesa

The highest point in Oklahoma

I looked down

It was not wise

I saw my own own demise

And she looked up

Said come on home-a

Saved my life

On the highest peak of Oklahoma

Posted by: Miklos thinks there is a song in there at November 03, 2025 11:39 PM (0Cvnr)

108 Berserker,

The other thing that kind of turned me off to ever hiking the Appalachian Trail for any length were the serial killers who preyed on hikers. Not talked about a lot but happens up and down the trail. Particularly the more accessable by car terrain. Park nearby (which I've done at an isolated spot) and get on the trail. Find a victim and skedaddle. Some local roads come real close to The Trail. Maybe they have cameras now but not way back when.

Posted by: RickZ at November 03, 2025 11:39 PM (gKDq2)

109 Always good to set up a base camp 'bout 2/3rds of the way up.

Posted by: Some Rat at November 03, 2025 11:37 PM (TfUTr)

As long as it has an oyster bar and serves Margaritas I guess it would be alright.

Posted by: javems at November 03, 2025 11:40 PM (8I4hW)

110 A fun little hike is Mount Ascutney just west of the Connecticut river in Vermont.

Posted by: Beartooth at November 03, 2025 11:40 PM (kanec)

111 98 Picture of the incredibly rugged terrain at the highest point in Okla.

https://bit.ly/black-mesa-okla

Posted by: mindful webworker

Panorama Point, NE https://tinyurl.com/26ru96xw

Mt. Davis, PA https://tinyurl.com/4fj3c8pd

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at November 03, 2025 11:40 PM (sAmhv)

112 Back a few (or really a lot) of years ago, I went almost to the top of Mount Fuji. There were about a gazillion people on the well worn trail. Along the way were some retail shops which, among other things, sold oxygen in metal sort of aerosol cans. They sold a lot of them!

Posted by: LRob in OK, Moron and Lunatic at November 03, 2025 11:40 PM (47diA)

113 I spent the evening eating excellent sushi and chatting with an earnest leftist. She was intelligent, but couldn't see beyond the limits of her political philosophy....
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo

I imagine wigs. And Lace.

White and powdered.

For the men too.

Posted by: Miklos, extending....pinky at November 03, 2025 11:41 PM (0Cvnr)

114 The other thing that kind of turned me off to ever hiking the Appalachian Trail for any length were the serial killers who preyed on hikers.
Posted by: RickZ

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Maybe I'll just stick to the desert....

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at November 03, 2025 11:41 PM (W3AhE)

115 I hiked to the top of Mount Baldy (aka Mount San Antonio) about 30 years ago. I think its summit is about 10,000 feet… a trail the whole way; just hiking, no serious mountain climbing. I think it’s the highest peak in LA County….

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at November 03, 2025 11:43 PM (ES1Rb)

116 I've climbed Monkey Hill in New Orleans. Actually I didn't. At 25' high it seemed pointless. Not much for mountaineering.
Posted by: javems

Do you know why "Monkey Hill" was originally built?

Posted by: Miklosian NOLA trivia at November 03, 2025 11:43 PM (0Cvnr)

117 Do you know why "Monkey Hill" was originally built?

Or who built it?

Posted by: LRob in OK, Moron and Lunatic at November 03, 2025 11:44 PM (47diA)

118 Terrifier 2.

Holy crap. That girl has amazing tits.

This site is still pro breasts, right?

Posted by: Posted by: Stateless - VERY GRATEFUL, BLESSED, LOVED AND HAPPY! -- - New Life Creation - 18.1% at November 03, 2025 11:44 PM (Sco7b)

119 I watched snow fall one June 1st as I enjoyed breakfast at the Yellowstone Inn. The park's in northwest Wyoming, so can get chilly.

Posted by: JM in Illinois at November 03, 2025 11:45 PM (i0e4P)

120 Whenever the Appalachian Trail is mentioned I can’t help but think of Mark Sanford…

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at November 03, 2025 11:45 PM (ES1Rb)

121 Maybe I'll just stick to the desert....
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary

In the desert, you only get dry martinis

Posted by: Legionnaire Mikleuse at November 03, 2025 11:46 PM (0Cvnr)

122 115 I live in its shadow

Posted by: MAxIE at November 03, 2025 11:46 PM (p0Y4o)

123 Maybe I'll just stick to the desert....
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at November 03, 2025 11:41 PM (W3AhE)

LOL! That's the rugged Trail, not the touristy spots. If you hike the Trail, always go with a small group. And in states where you can carry, mostly the southern end, do so. They're other predators out there besides Man.

Posted by: RickZ at November 03, 2025 11:46 PM (gKDq2)

124 Do you know why "Monkey Hill" was originally built?

Posted by: Miklosian NOLA trivia at November 03, 2025 11:43 PM (0Cvnr)

Or who built it?

Posted by: LRob in OK, Moron and Lunatic at November 03, 2025 11:44 PM (47diA)

I probably did but have forgotten.

Posted by: javems at November 03, 2025 11:46 PM (8I4hW)

125 Mount Monadnock in SW New Hampshire is another short climb. Well it was for me growing up in the Northern Rockies. On weekends it is a zoo with lots of people.

Posted by: Beartooth at November 03, 2025 11:47 PM (kanec)

126 118 Terrifier 2.

Holy crap. That girl has amazing tits.

This site is still pro breasts, right?

Posted by: Posted by: Stateless

What's her name?

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at November 03, 2025 11:48 PM (sAmhv)

127 I should really try to get here earlier every night, but you would probably think that I set the clocks wrong.

I climbed our local peak, Big Blue. a speedbump actually, at least five times on kid's field trips. That will probably be the extent of my hiking career.

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at November 03, 2025 11:48 PM (0nHVk)

128 I conquered Mount Fuji once, which was a large plate of makis and sashimi at the local sushi restaurant

Posted by: Lex at November 03, 2025 11:48 PM (y4H1r)

129 I've had hiraeth at times, CBD. A longing for four months in 1975 and the boy I first fell in love with. Fifty years ago.

A very good word from Wales. A time of innocense, of discovering myself in the mountains of the West, that first powerful, entralling moment of meeting. No drug like mutual attraction that hits you with force.

No regrets. I've been blessed abundantly with love and family and lived to see my grandchildren with the man I was meant to be with. Who arrived without warning a year later, thanks be to God.

Dedicated to young love that formed on a spring day of cherry trees blooming...and ended on a fall day four months later. Well, his life did, my love never ended.

https://tinyurl.com/yk7z335r

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at November 03, 2025 11:49 PM (MAl//)

130 Whenever the Appalachian Trail is mentioned I can’t help but think of Mark Sanford…
Posted by: LinusVanPelt

Who knew it started in Argentina!

To be fair, when Sanford was Governor, the wait times at the DMV dropped by about 80%. Some days I got in and out within 15 minutes.

Gotten worse since.

Posted by: Miklosius Caroliniensis at November 03, 2025 11:49 PM (0Cvnr)

131 Rick Z., we are always carrying on the trail. We've never felt unsafe, but you never know.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at November 03, 2025 11:50 PM (W3AhE)

132 Meanwhile, in Ukraine:
1. The big news is the Russians have more or less surrounded the Ukrainians in the city of Pokrovsk. Hundreds, perhaps thousands, are trapped as the Russians now control all the roads. Fleeing cross-country on foot is also suicidal, as night-vision drones pick off the troops one by one.
2. The Ukrainians are trying to break out, and relief forces are trying to break in, with limited success so far.
3. In a bizarre incident, the Ukrainians used two Blackhawk helicopters to drop off a dozen troops at the edge of the battle area. The troops, assumed to be some high speed, low drag special forces operators on an extraction mission of a high value asset, made it about a mile before they were all picked off by drones.

Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at November 03, 2025 11:51 PM (JS0nJ)

133 I conquered Mount Fuji once, which was a large plate of makis and sashimi at the local sushi restaurant
Posted by: Lex

Soon I can get that delivered at 3 AM in New York for FREE

Posted by: Mamdani Miklos at November 03, 2025 11:51 PM (0Cvnr)

134 Ski Oklahoma

https://tinyurl.com/bdkbfd2h

Posted by: JM in Illinois at November 03, 2025 11:52 PM (1A8DP)

135 Berserker,

The other thing that kind of turned me off to ever hiking the Appalachian Trail for any length were the serial killers who preyed on hikers. Not talked about a lot but happens up and down the trail. Particularly the more accessable by car terrain. Park nearby (which I've done at an isolated spot) and get on the trail. Find a victim and skedaddle. Some local roads come real close to The Trail. Maybe they have cameras now but not way back when.

Posted by: RickZ at November 03, 2025 11:39 PM (gKDq2)

Yup, 2200 miles long. Anything can happen. I was surprised that it ran through Stokes forest. We were sitting out back of some bar with outside seating on a lake, and these dudes popped up from somewhere close. Crazy shit. The one dude who was doing the whole trail was from California. Of course he was. lol

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at November 03, 2025 11:52 PM (snZF9)

136 Posted by: Idaho Spudboy

Russkibot

Posted by: Miklos dislikes spud-prop at November 03, 2025 11:53 PM (0Cvnr)

137 Evening, CBD, and ONT Horde. Got watching youtube videos about setting up 700R4 TV cables. Sheesh! Some of those guys go on and on and on, and never get down to the nuts and bolts of it.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 03, 2025 11:53 PM (npFr7)

138 The earliest snowfall on record is on July 1st. And the latest snowfall on record is on June 30th.

Um...

Thanks for the ONT.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at November 03, 2025 11:54 PM (bss/y)

139 Mt. Davis, PA https://tinyurl.com/4fj3c8pd
Posted by: Puddleglum

At least it's got trees.

Posted by: mindful webworker - above the hair line at November 03, 2025 11:54 PM (zfvVF)

140 At AP News: Denny's goes private. "Denny’s will be purchased by private equity investment company TriArtisan Capital Advisors, investment firm Treville Capital and Yadav Enterprises, which is one of Denny’s largest franchisees."

I haven't been there in decades, but I still hear good things from fans. Hope this change in mgmt doesn't screw them up.

Posted by: gp at November 03, 2025 11:54 PM (7imtn)

141 137 Evening, CBD, and ONT Horde. Got watching youtube videos about setting up 700R4 TV cables. Sheesh! Some of those guys go on and on and on, and never get down to the nuts and bolts of it.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 03, 2025 11:53 PM (npFr7)

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

That's how it is with most topics on Youtube (I watch a lot of DIY). The comments section will lavish praise on anyone who gets right down to business.

Posted by: No One of Consequence at November 03, 2025 11:55 PM (OGOaV)

142 I have to walk home from the Country Bunker sometimes.

Did I give Marleen the keys, or did she just get 'em?

Posted by: Miklos like both kinds-Country AND Western at November 03, 2025 11:56 PM (0Cvnr)

143 >>>extraction mission of a high value asset, made it about a mile before they were all picked off by drones.
---

picked off by drones

That's a problem isn't it?

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at November 03, 2025 11:57 PM (FVOLT)

144 I spent the evening eating excellent sushi and chatting with an earnest leftist. She was intelligent, but couldn't see beyond the limits of her political philosophy.
----------
Goid sushi - antidote for tedious company!

Posted by: scampydog at November 03, 2025 11:57 PM (41CYW)

145 Researching which fuckfaces I'm voting for tomorrow. A big hell no on the 1% increase in sales tax for more light rail. Keep the vermin in center city and away from suburban tax payers. Gracias.

Posted by: NCKate at November 03, 2025 11:58 PM (4bYb7)

146 Dedicated to young love that formed on a spring day of cherry trees blooming...and ended on a fall day four months later. Well, his life did, my love never ended.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at November 03, 2025 11:49 PM (MAl//)

Nostalgia, it grows as you age. It can be comforting.

Posted by: javems at November 03, 2025 11:58 PM (8I4hW)

147 "I watch a lot of DIY"

That would be watch-it-yourself: 'WIY'.
I watch it myself too, a WIMmer.

Posted by: gp at November 03, 2025 11:58 PM (7imtn)

148 Good. Damned phone/fingers.

Posted by: scampydog at November 03, 2025 11:58 PM (41CYW)

149 TriArtisan Capital Advisors, investment firm Treville Capital and Yadav Enterprises

Sounds like a Grand Slam

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xbPwaAFHDG8

Posted by: Miklos across the road at the Hut at November 03, 2025 11:59 PM (0Cvnr)

150 hey that old crow Medicine Show is one of my favorite songs. first time in a long while that i was reminded of Bob Dylan by a band in a good way. this song is just... something, cant put my finger on it. but it reminds me of weekends in grammas backyard, looking at stars and listening to a ball game on the radio, and everything is ok and i didnt know about any tragedy worse than dropping my ice cream cone

Posted by: Gushka can haz kitteh what plays fetch at November 03, 2025 11:59 PM (45Kkz)

151 A former cow-orker of mine, set off to hike the Pacific Crest Trail in 1989. I think he actually did the whole thing, but have only talked with him once, briefly, years afterward. We weren't close friends or anything, so haven't kept in touch.

Dude was just nutso enough, back in the day, that I'd believe he completed it.

Posted by: JQ at November 03, 2025 11:59 PM (rdVOm)

152 I’ve been to the top of Mt. Washington:
Posted by: Bulg
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Yup, me too. I think a few here have.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at November 03, 2025 11:59 PM (XeU6L)

153 "Researching which fuckfaces I'm voting for tomorrow"

Check out Kang. I hear good things. I don't know why Douche is in the running; he just splits the vote in favor of Shitsandwich.

Posted by: gp at November 04, 2025 12:00 AM (7imtn)

154 I wish there was an edit button here, but am thankful to see little grey boxes again!

Sometimes I can't spell worth a damn and really should read a post. Whatever. Have been busy and am pooped. This must be how Biden feels all the time but without dirty diapers.

We have one week of warmish weather of 40's and 50's vs last week of cold rain and snow in the mountains. I have spring bulbs to plant and am not finding a lot of energy, but this is the week. Snow is coming this month.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at November 04, 2025 12:01 AM (MAl//)

155 Isn't Buck Throckmorton fond of groups with a stand-up bass?

Posted by: LRob in OK, Moron and Lunatic at November 03, 2025 11:09 PM (47diA)

He is indeed! The next time Sefton and I have him on the CutJibNewsletter podcast, I will ask him why?
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo (Flying the American Flag!) at November 03, 2025 11:11 PM (TtB1B)

A stand-up bass simply sounds better in a rockabilly, or blues, or country band.

https://www.reverbnation.com/uptownsavages/
song/11009278-rocket-drivin-daddy

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 04, 2025 12:01 AM (npFr7)

156 I don't know why we even bother to watch the Cowboys

I watch it to see Bruce Dern get killed.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at November 03, 2025 11:31 PM (pkeXY)
________________________

There are some real good "behind the scenes" stories about that one. Apparently, Bruce Dern got loads of hate mail after the film release....and for years after. Wayne thought that was funny.

Posted by: Orson at November 04, 2025 12:01 AM (dIske)

157 "I’ve been to the top of Mt. Washington"

Pics or GTFO.

Posted by: gp at November 04, 2025 12:01 AM (7imtn)

158 Yup, me too. I think a few here have.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at November 03, 2025 11:59 PM (XeU6L)

If you're driving in the New England and doing the touristy thing, Mt. Washington's not hard to find.

Posted by: RickZ at November 04, 2025 12:03 AM (gKDq2)

159 Good. Damned phone/fingers.
Posted by: scampydog

I once met a man with Phone fingers....

Posted by: Miklos injects Wegovy into his fingers (not really, too expensive) at November 04, 2025 12:03 AM (0Cvnr)

160
Nostalgia, it grows as you age. It can be comforting.
Posted by: javems at November 03, 2025 11:58 PM (8I4hW

Aye. I have been loved by two great men, well, one was a boy of 24yrs and I was a lass of 20yrs. But that counts! Much to be thankful for and God knew what He was doing.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at November 04, 2025 12:03 AM (MAl//)

161 "Sounds like a Grand Slam

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xbPwaAFHDG8"

My new headphone amp arrives Wednesday, to do proper listening justice to that one! Thanks!

Posted by: gp at November 04, 2025 12:05 AM (7imtn)

162 125 Mount Monadnock in SW New Hampshire is another short climb. Well it was for me growing up in the Northern Rockies. On weekends it is a zoo with lots of people.
Posted by: Beartooth at November 03, 2025 11:47 PM

Hiked a dozen times. Was told in the sixties it's the second most climbed mountain in the world, behind only Fuji.
No idea if that's true.

Posted by: From about That Time at November 04, 2025 12:06 AM (sl73Y)

163 If you're driving in the New England and doing the touristy thing, Mt. Washington's not hard to find.

Posted by: RickZ at November 04, 2025 12:03 AM (gKDq2)

Beautiful drive too. New England really has it's own unique vibe.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at November 04, 2025 12:08 AM (snZF9)

164 Do we get a side order of fries with our Spamburger?

Posted by: Virginia voters at November 04, 2025 12:08 AM (XQo4F)

165 I've lost many women in my day. They didn't die or anything, they just dumped me.

Been with this one for 52 years. Quit waiting for the hammer to drop some time ago.

Posted by: javems at November 04, 2025 12:08 AM (8I4hW)

166 161 When the moshers do the Huntington Beach Strut, that always puts a big smile on my face

That was a four minute video, with five separate songs in it. That's the great thing about old school punk: if you don't like this song, at least it won't last long!

Posted by: gp at November 04, 2025 12:09 AM (7imtn)

167 Comment 45 in the last thread side tracked me into downloading, God's little acre. Research took a little longer than expected.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at November 04, 2025 12:10 AM (FVOLT)

168
"Researching which fuckfaces I'm voting for tomorrow"
Check out Kang. I hear good things.

Don't blame me. I voted for Kodos.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at November 04, 2025 12:12 AM (pkeXY)

169 RIP Donna Jean

Posted by: Jerry Saves at November 04, 2025 12:12 AM (zxrfm)

170 While I don't like Redford's liberal politics, I do like some of his movies. I recently saw, on Amazon, "A Walk in the Woods" or hiking Appalachian Trail that I enjoyed.

Have read a few Bill Bryson books in the past that I liked...need to read again this winter.

I met Redford in my glorious prime (he's older). I still count his facial moles to see if he had any removed...and that's how I knew it was him. He did not, by the way. He ageds so badly before his death they were hard to find in the roadmap of his wrinkles.

He was at least 3 or 4" shorter than me. I acted like I did not know who he was, but I did. I could have jumped him to see what would have happened!!! A few years after Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid.

But I did not speak to him or act like a ninny, he probably thought I would, though, after we made eye contact in close quarters. I let him go on to more fame without being in the news.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at November 04, 2025 12:14 AM (MAl//)

171 For all you racists Zoran Mamdani will be mayor of NY this time tomorrow! All power to the soviets!

Posted by: raimondo at November 04, 2025 12:14 AM (puTC+)

172 Back to "Terrifier 2."

2 more beers. I'm rejoining the Horde later today.

Posted by: Posted by: Stateless - VERY GRATEFUL, BLESSED, LOVED AND HAPPY! -- - New Life Creation - 18.1% at November 04, 2025 12:15 AM (Sco7b)

173 166 161 When the moshers do the Huntington Beach Strut, that always puts a big smile on my face That was a four minute video, with five separate songs in it. That's the great thing about old school punk: if you don't like this song, at least it won't last long!
Posted by: gp at November 04, 2025 12:09 AM (7imtn)

those old school punk days seem a million light years away. kind of an amazing feeling that i can look back at before the turn of the century, and wistfully think of how long ago that way. but somehow old school punk is farther away than bona Fide old timey music...

Posted by: Gushka can haz kitteh what plays fetch at November 04, 2025 12:15 AM (45Kkz)

174 Never could get into God's Little Acre.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at November 04, 2025 12:15 AM (pkeXY)

175 How lucky you both are, javems.

I appreciate all of the beauty of New England, but it is often painful to be surrounded by so many dedicated leftists.

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at November 04, 2025 12:15 AM (0nHVk)

176 Well, I'm all nostalgic now, so time to go to bed before I pour a second scotch.

Posted by: javems at November 04, 2025 12:15 AM (8I4hW)

177 picked off by drones

That's a problem isn't it?
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at November 03, 2025 11:57 PM (FVOLT)

It's not an original thought by me, but drones are having the same impact on warfare that the introduction of the machine gun had at the end of the 19th century. Everything that we thought we knew about how to run a battlefield is now as obsolete as horse cavalry and standing in ranks for musket volley fire.

Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at November 04, 2025 12:16 AM (JS0nJ)

178 16 I’ve been to the top of Mt. Washington:

Posted by: Bulg at November 03, 2025 11:03 PM (77rzZ)
- - - - - - - -
There are many ways to Xanadu, but only one way to mount Hillary

Posted by: B. Clinton at November 04, 2025 12:16 AM (CyT/u)

179 My first ski lift ride was on a Poma lift in 1977 that was installed in the 50's. You grab a bar with a small seat on it and ride to the top on your skis. Sky Tavern on the Reno side of Tahoe.
Only class' 4 and higher were allowed on the new modern 2 seat chair lift manufactured by Lift Industries of Carson City NV. I did 3/4 of the rope splice on the lift that replaced it in 1999.

That chair lift scared the hell out of me as a 7yo and as I later learned, for good reason.
I've worked on some pretty old ski lifts in my brief career in the industry and Lift Engineering were the worst. Bull wheels had to be tested NDT every year. Shit rusted. Crappy back up drives. The list goes on. They were the first to incorporate MIG welders and suddenly every tweeker in town was an awesome welder willing to work for shit wages. Which Lift loved almost as much as the polish slave labor force that worked and lived there.
Doppelmyer and Poma rock.
Oldest I worked on was Ridge, a 1966 SLI lift out of New York. Beloved by the locals, maintnence heavy but solid. Still in operation today.
I love skiing. Wish I was in good enough shape to do it still.

Posted by: Reforger at November 04, 2025 12:16 AM (QhHGU)

180 How will a multi billion dollar ship stand up to zillions of drones?

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at November 04, 2025 12:17 AM (pkeXY)

181 "those old school punk days seem a million light years away."

On the outside, I'm older than water. On the inside, I never got old.

Posted by: gp at November 04, 2025 12:19 AM (7imtn)

182 Beautiful drive too. New England really has it's own unique vibe.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at November 04, 2025 12:08 AM (snZF9)

The Vibe may have to do with it's probably the oldest settled areas, long before we 'invaded'. Lots of History in New England, stretching to the Adirondacks.

My funniest story was I was on business just north of Boston, in Danvers, early October. I was driving around at night after work looking for a nice local joint for a seafood dinner and realized I was driving through 'The Salem'. Made a point to drive by the Memorial. Didn't stop, I was hungry, but I made a point to drive by the location. Drive-by respects, so to speak.

Posted by: RickZ at November 04, 2025 12:19 AM (gKDq2)

183 I've lost many women in my day. They didn't die or anything, they just dumped me.

Been with this one for 52 years. Quit waiting for the hammer to drop some time ago.

Posted by: javems at November 04, 2025 12:08 AM (8I4hW)

I learned long ago being a musician breeds a long line of dumpster fires. lol
Chicks were funny. They thought being with a musician was glamorous, they would get bragging rights, limo rides, big parties (well that much was true), all the shit they saw in MTV videos. Uh...no. Not glamorous, its a lot of work, constant band practice, constant playing to learn songs, maintaining the gear, etc. Always the same story, I could be out with my friends, I could be doing this, I could be doing that, etc. Uh, well go, cya. Mrs B comes along and says "Hey cool, whatever". Yup, gonna marry that one.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at November 04, 2025 12:22 AM (snZF9)

184
On the outside, I'm older than water. On the inside, I never got old.
Posted by: gp at November 04, 2025 12:19 AM (7imtn)

I know what you mean. i am startled to notice the outside doesn't match the inside these days. but i am somewhat healthier now so i cant say i particularly *feel* old. just sad, though thats unrelated to age. did you know Tom Ferry was part of that O.C. punk scene?

Posted by: Gushka can haz kitteh what plays fetch at November 04, 2025 12:25 AM (45Kkz)

185 A little early to start Christmas stuff, but I just ran across this commercial from a few years back and thought I'd link to it in case it gets lost later.

https://youtu.be/EeaHlhDypFw

This concludes our webworking day.
G'nite, y'all.

Posted by: mindful webworker - niclink corrected at November 04, 2025 12:25 AM (zfvVF)

186 G’night, All. Consternation to Spanberger, Jones, and Mamdani, zaftra (“tomorrow”

Posted by: Bulg at November 04, 2025 12:28 AM (77rzZ)

187 "Mount Washington is a cute little peak in comparison to the real mountains of the American West." TRUE! Out here the reds in the mountains fade fast in September, but the golds and even some orange aspen are glorious.

I currently live on a windy ridge a mile from part of a range. It's the windy time of year bringing storms, with wind from a canyon every night.

I have gotten used to the wind in the attic, and creaking like a ship. Our bedrooms are upstairs, and sometimes the east wall vibrates a bit and I have to camp out in another bedroom. My husband sleeps through it. The bed is like one of those motel ones you'd put a quarter into...which I thought was pretty weird one night of our honeymoon. Waterbeds I understood, but the vibration bed was just weird.

The leaves are falling fast, golden maples and red/orange ornamental cherry trees and the crab apple trees next to the house to the south. A ton of raking but I love them. Then I love the bare trees and grey days of winter, and could play a Fleetwood Mac song dedicated to them but I won't.

I love all seasons, but spring and fall are favorites for the color shows.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at November 04, 2025 12:30 AM (MAl//)

188 I didn’t mean for the effin’ emoji to insert itself. Goodnight, All.

Posted by: Bulg at November 04, 2025 12:30 AM (77rzZ)

189 Uh, well go, cya. Mrs B comes along and says "Hey cool, whatever". Yup, gonna marry that one.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at November 04, 2025 12:22 AM (snZF9)

I traveled a lot, solo, and on long trips. Most just couldn't hang. Wife and I got married in July, I left for work in January. She met me in March and I took her to west Africa and promptly left her there for two months. She was still there when I came back. Figured I had a keeper then.

Posted by: javems at November 04, 2025 12:31 AM (8I4hW)

190 Been with this one for 52 years. Quit waiting for the hammer to drop some time ago.
Posted by: javems
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And you built a lifetime together, congrats!

Posted by: scampydog at November 04, 2025 12:37 AM (41CYW)

191 Mrs B comes along and says "Hey cool, whatever". Yup, gonna marry that one.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at November 04, 2025 12:22 AM (snZF9)

We were 22yrs when we met. 23 when he got his act together. 24yrs when we married.

I think he finally figured out the grass was not greener, prettier or funnier on the other side after the first year and I never begged or acted the fool. No way in hell was I ever chasing a guy. The secret to success was me going on with life and him still lurking around.

I told him recently I wish I had dated a few times to make him jealous or see what he'd do. Unfortunately for me I never played games...or had time to think of games in college. I carried on, my wayward friends and he figured I was a keeper. I told him then to get his act together and we'll talk about it in a year. 8mo later we were married.

G'night and happy trails.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at November 04, 2025 12:38 AM (MAl//)

192 Thanks Debby and scampydog. Ain't always easy. It takes commitment, as you undoubtedly know.

Posted by: javems at November 04, 2025 12:43 AM (8I4hW)

193 Getting on for 11:00 here. Going to pull the pin. Night, Horde.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 04, 2025 12:45 AM (npFr7)

194 G'night, AOP.

Posted by: scampydog at November 04, 2025 12:47 AM (41CYW)

195 192 Thanks Debby and scampydog. Ain't always easy. It takes commitment, as you undoubtedly know.
Posted by: javems at November 04, 2025 12:43 AM (8I4hW)

Congratulations! It also takes love and friendship and a lotta laughs. Plus he's still handsome.

49yrs ago dating. Married for 46yrs and counting. St Patrick's Day is our anniversary, an accident as the only Saturday of his spring break from college. Little did I realize the world celebrates with us, including a dark beer down a pale green suit one night at a street party on our 12th. We stay home now for the big night!

New Orleans was insane that night as well for our honeymoon, where we met some family and friends on our wedding night after dinner. Everyone who came to our wedding then went to NOLA as many were from out of state. We never saw anyone else that week.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at November 04, 2025 12:51 AM (MAl//)

196 35 Washington State is the UFO Capital of the world

https://tinyurl.com/4w8xpyte
Posted by: nurse ratched at November 03, 2025 11:07 PM (mT+6a)

********

Mike Leach had this kind of an effect on everyone, including us aliens from outer space. You're missed, Pirate!

Posted by: Blor Utar, From Zimtok-5 at November 04, 2025 12:54 AM (VyHyF)

197 Greetings hordlings, from your man in the Orient. Hotter n' hell in Singapore this week - but managed to get some long distance running in and some hiking. Ended one run at a local bar that specializes in showing US sporting events, run by a friend, to watch the World Series at 8:00am. Boy oh boy - did the baseball gods not want the Blue Jays to win that. That being said - very impressive pitching from the Dodgers, especially Yamamoto. With Canada being so pissy lately I am not unhappy to see the trophy stay in the US, but am usually an "anyone but the Red Sox or Dodgers" kind of guy - and with LA being so, well, anti-American, it seems a shame. But I have to say, that was the stuff of legend.

On Mt Washington in NH, have hiked that and taken the cog railway - I would not go near that mountain any time after mid September and certainly not before Mid May or early June. just top be safe.. Once, in late August, we went from a sweltering high 80s on the valley floor to a low 30s with light freezing rain and snowfall at the mountaintop. Yeah, respect that mountain, my hiking brethren, it can and will kill you. Always pack an insulating, impermeable layer for the entire bod.

Posted by: Publius Redux at November 04, 2025 12:57 AM (/aZwr)

198 Mike Leach had this kind of an effect on everyone, including us aliens from outer space. You're missed, Pirate!
Posted by: Blor Utar, From Zimtok-5 at November 04, 2025 12:54 AM (VyHyF)
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Leach was a great interview. Candy corn, viking axe, Bigfoot, which mascot was the toughest.

Posted by: scampydog at November 04, 2025 12:59 AM (41CYW)

199 Oh - I have also hiked and taken the cog railway at Mt. Washington, Pittsburgh, PA (Hadn't actually thought about the fact that both Mount Washingtons have a cog railway - !). Not exactly a feat of any kind, to crest Mt Washington, PA that is, but the views of the `Burgh are amazing. Redux Junior went to Carnegie Mellon - so spent some time there. Great town, great food and watching a Pirates game is great fun - the view of the city and bridges is amazing.

Posted by: Publius Redux at November 04, 2025 01:10 AM (/aZwr)

200 Never could get into God's Little Acre.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr.

Oliver!

Dahlink

Ve go to Green Acres NOW

Posted by: Lisa the Hungarian knows about Communists, flees City Lights at November 04, 2025 01:10 AM (0Cvnr)

201 Did Braddocks trail and other pieces of Appalachian a few 29s ago.

I hiked to the top of Mount Baldy (aka Mount San Antonio) ... summit is about 10,000 feet

Ha, climbed Mt. Baldy in Dunes State park Indiana. Boardwalk all the way from the beach to about 300 feet above Lake Michigan. You can see 3 ridges of prior lake shore.

Posted by: DaveA at November 04, 2025 01:11 AM (FhXTo)

202 Sweet dreams, Horde, my Scotch is empty and I am needing to sleep.

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at November 04, 2025 01:11 AM (0nHVk)

203 NOLA as many were from out of state. We never saw anyone else that week.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat

FUN FACT

New Orleans is the only place in America where people wear masks regardless of CDC suggestions

Posted by: Mardi Gras Mambo Miklos at November 04, 2025 01:14 AM (0Cvnr)

204 Hubby & I were married at the courthouse on a Tuesday afternoon. LOL. He, in black leathers; me, in white leathers; we rode our bikes to get there.

My hair stylist used *so much* hairspray & other products, I didn't get "helmet hair" (yay!).

Hubby's son & my dad were our witnesses who signed the marriage certificate.

It was a beautiful day, a brief ceremony, and the beginning of The Rest of Our Lives Together.

Posted by: JQ at November 04, 2025 01:15 AM (rdVOm)

205 I hiked to the top of Mount Baldy (aka Mount San Antonio) ... summit is about 10,000 feet

Ha, climbed Mt. Baldy in Dunes State park Indiana. Boardwalk all the way from the beach to about 300 feet above Lake Michigan. You can see 3 ridges of prior lake shore.
Posted by: DaveA at November 04, 2025 01:11 AM (FhXTo)

Hiked 9 different 14ers when I lived in Colorado...

Posted by: Romeo13 at November 04, 2025 01:15 AM (mP0Kj)

206 Sweet dreams, Horde, my Scotch is empty and I am needing to sleep.
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz

sleepy, veddy sleepy

Posted by: Cunt Miklos with Grandaddy's pocket watch at November 04, 2025 01:15 AM (0Cvnr)

207 Poor Miklos... what an awful typo!

Posted by: JQ at November 04, 2025 01:16 AM (rdVOm)

208 I have a question I've been meaning to ask anyone:

Why does Britney Spears still dance alone in her garbage and dog poo videos. In strange bikini mismatched outfits?I mean, it is obvious she wants attention to apply that dark smudge stuff on her eyes. I have never watched, just see stills and a story I don't read on the UK DM.

She obviously needs a whole lotta help as she's a mess and a half (unsure what ICD code that is).

Then why does the UK DM still publish her decsent into further madness. I remember when she hacked off her hair and attacked someone with an umbrella, but can't remember a week ago. I guess that will be the signal.

I wonder if she has fans or people watching for the signal. She was driving drunk recently and did not get pulled over like I would have (I don't drive drunk). Looks mad as a hatter. Barking mad.

Seeing her weekly photo sort of irritates me.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at November 04, 2025 01:18 AM (MAl//)

209 I hiked to the top of Mount Baldy

I hiked to the Top of Mount Baldy

No one was there

I was there lonely

Then found that one hair

Posted by: Mikos' barber don't charge much at November 04, 2025 01:20 AM (0Cvnr)

210 I consider myself lucky my wife keeps me around.
Probably my handyman skills.

Posted by: Reforger at November 04, 2025 01:21 AM (QhHGU)

211 CBTG-- Britney is surely a mess! But DM is a tabloid after all, and the Spears broad gets clicks. I guess.

Posted by: JQ at November 04, 2025 01:21 AM (rdVOm)

212 Poor Miklos... what an awful typo!
Posted by: JQ

Like with antique (?) furniture

It is the small flaws that mean Authenticity.

Posted by: Error Prone Miklos at November 04, 2025 01:23 AM (0Cvnr)

213 Here's to hoping that madman won't be elected mayor in NYC. I think today is Monday?

We voted against our mayor in our little town because she's a fake cowgirl with a photo from 20yrs ago...and also raised taxes and gave herself a raise. My husband must dislike her more than I do, and when he does dislike you it is forever. Martha Stewart's voice still sends him into the stratosphere.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at November 04, 2025 01:23 AM (MAl//)

214 Whatever happened to her sister? What happened to all of them?
Those poor kids during the 90s and 2000's with the Nicoloden and Disney culture on those sets.

Posted by: Reforger at November 04, 2025 01:27 AM (QhHGU)

215 People love to gawk at a train wreck. Britney is just a broken mess of a person. I can only imagine what the Hollywood perverts did to help her along that path.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at November 04, 2025 01:32 AM (W3AhE)

216 Good morning from Crete, everyone!

Last night’s cafe’s opening image was a surprise. I suppose I’ll have to go see the ancient olive tree now while I’m here.

Posted by: SPinRH_F-16 at November 04, 2025 01:32 AM (p1Gb6)

217 Visited PokerStars tonite after a long absence. One game of NL holdem sitngo, guys from Venezuela, Hungary, Australia, USA. I felted the table, and it feels SO good! Still got what it takes. I wish they still had the nightly MMT quarter real money games. I made about $80/year steady playing that one. That works out to about 23 cents an hour

Posted by: gp at November 04, 2025 01:33 AM (7imtn)

218 It is now time for reclination.

I understand the time shift, Miss Dixie does not.

Actually, neither do I.

I thinks the dog is smarter than whatever two-legged came with this imbecility *with good intentions*

I consider such *good intentions* like Moriarty considered negative waves.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=54oqYyy_r_Q

Posted by: Miklos bids adieu at November 04, 2025 01:34 AM (0Cvnr)

219 Posted by: Reforger at November 04, 2025 01:27 AM

Probably s*xual abuse and drugs. Twist a young mind right into tight knots.

That's what I think.

Posted by: JQ at November 04, 2025 01:34 AM (rdVOm)

220 Off to bed. Early vote when the polls open at 6 a.m., then a pick-up at 8 a.m. for a doctor's appointment.

Let's hope by a miracle of miracles Osama bin Laden loses. That's all I can say.

Posted by: RickZ at November 04, 2025 01:35 AM (gKDq2)

221 215 People love to gawk at a train wreck. Britney is just a broken mess of a person. I can only imagine what the Hollywood perverts did to help her along that path.
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at November 04, 2025 01:32 AM (W3AhE)

A Disney child star. Reigning queen. I feel sorry for her, then I just want her to put some clothes on.

I realize this is not the point, but she has a super weird body...because she won't let anyone forget! Please just wear a shirt and pants and do your stupid dances.

Her brain must be like the gerbil loose in Gere.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at November 04, 2025 01:37 AM (MAl//)

222

Good evening, good people.

I believe I will appropriate that lawn poster featuring John Moses Browning and display it, with great pride. The neighborhood will pose no problem.

Posted by: IRONGRAMPA at November 04, 2025 01:40 AM (vFbHf)

223 "Britney is just a broken mess of a person."

I think it's esp poignant that she's still loved by millions of people, but there's not a single person on earth she can really trust.

Could be schizophrenia, a horribly cruel disease.

Posted by: gp at November 04, 2025 01:42 AM (7imtn)

224 It's the entertainment business. Are you not entertained?

Posted by: pawn at November 04, 2025 01:49 AM (sPsWv)

225 All of you people who live near mountains!

There isn't anything between us and Canada but a barbed wire fence 😂😂😂

The only times I saw mountains growing up was when we visited our grandparents in North Carolina. My sister and I marveled at the terrain, as we had nothing but flat as far as the eye could see in the Houston area. Fort Worth is the same way.

Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at November 04, 2025 02:03 AM (SRRAx)

226 Mountains are what keep you from sliding off the planet if the earth tilts due to cosmic waves.

Posted by: flat earth first principles at November 04, 2025 02:25 AM (+4nrE)

227 Back when I was 29 two hikers set out for a day hike at Castle Craigs on a beautiful day in May in the real Northern California.
A snow storm hit and both died from exposure.
Always carry basic gear.

Posted by: waepnedmann at November 04, 2025 02:25 AM (ICHxq)

228 https://tinyurl.com/mwc7f2ud
https://directorblue.substack. top 20 chilling insights from yuri
Bezmenov

Posted by: Skip at November 04, 2025 03:25 AM (+qU29)

229 >>>Mount Washington is a cute little peak

And there are lots of happy little trees in that photo, too!

Posted by: m at November 04, 2025 03:50 AM (RuTUS)

230 Pixy's up!

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