Wednesday Overnight Open Thread - November 19, 2025 [Nostalgia Rex]

Good evening Horde. The time has come for mid-week shenanigans of the overnight variety. What? A double shenanigans link?! Yep - just for tonight. Because you're special (and it fits with the theme).

Welcome to the Wednesday night ONT which means another random assortment of interweb morsels and mystery clicks. Pull up a chair and sit a spell. Good will offerings of amusing puns are happily accepted. Be nice to your fellow commenters and AoS contributors. Don't be a traffic cone.

"Aayyyy! Time for Wednesday ONT content!"

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Today is World Toilet Day according to the United Nations. Happy toilet day! No, this isn't AI and I did not make it up. In the spirit of the celebration, commenter number 2 will win the Official ONT Toilet Bowl Award for the day.

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Imagine the work of an archeologist that attempts to construct a picture of what life was like based solely on fragments and pieces. Egyptologists work to figure out the story of ancient Egypt based on sculptures, tombs, ruins of buildings, and hieroglyphs. Dinosaurologists (otherwise known as paleontologists) attempt to imagine the life of dinosaurs before the unfortunate asteroid incident.

What will people of the future use to reconstruct our world? What could they look at? What would they think if they used only magazine covers?

The ONT is here to tackle the hard questions (in the name of science). What year? Let's give 1978 a try.

"This is going to be very random, isn't it?"

Yes. Yes it is. Enjoy!

Please excuse tankdemon for being late. He is STILL digging through his collection of Compute! magazines looking for the issue with Hunt the Wumpus cheat codes.

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20251115-Omni Magazine cover.jpg

Exit question: How many are still being published today? ( I don't know the answer - I just ask questions.)

Because I knew you would ask, "Weeds, Trees and Turf Magazine" made it until 2000 before being absorbed by Turf Magazine which continues to publish quality content in hard copy and virtual form for "green industry professionals, offering insights on business management, greenskeeping, lawn care, landscape design, irrigation, snow and ice management, and the latest landscaping equipment." Carl Spackler approves.

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Top ten magazines in the US in December 1978 by average paid circulation:

1 - TV Guide - 19,137,406
2 - Reader's Digest - 18,108,000
3 - National Geographic - 10,184,000
4 - Better Homes and Gardens - 8,006,357
5 - Family Circle - 7,503,124
6 - Woman's Day - 7,003,456
7 - Good Housekeeping - 5,406,799
8 - Ladies' Home Journal - 5,402,131
9 - McCall's - 5,305,189
10- Playboy - 5,206,111

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The Pittsburgh police scanner keeps giving. Thank you people of Pittsburgh!

Not sure why you'd call the police, but...

The good news is that it isn't an intruder. The bad news...

Grand finale:

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ONT Department of Legal Mumbo Jumbo - are you following the court battles on gerrymandering? On a 2-1 vote, a Federal district court on Nov 18 decided that redrawn congressional district maps in Texas were invalid because they were "racially gerrymandered." Ace covered the story yesterday.

If you are following this story, you'll be interested to know that a separate dissent was released today. Highly unusual. Want to know why? Read the dissent.

Other than general information, why am I posting this? The dissent is brutal. Brutal - on a personal level, on the legal merits and on the facts. It makes the majority opinion look even worse than originally thought. It is worthy of the book thread. It even has its own docket entry (for reasons). I believe an appeal is skipping the 5th Circuit and headed to SCOTUS. Stay tuned.

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Venus Hum and some guys in blue paint for the big ONT finish with the nod to Donna Summer from 1978:

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Written correspondence can be sent to moronhobbies at protonmail dot com. Are you lurking ?? This ONT was not re-imagined by Ken Burns. Thank you for your attention to this matter.

Posted by: Open Blogger at 10:00 PM

Comments

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1 Yay, ONT!

Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at November 19, 2025 10:00 PM (lUFok)

2 But I asked some

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at November 19, 2025 10:00 PM (rU9qQ)

3 Howdy!

Posted by: Emmie -- be strong and courageous! at November 19, 2025 10:00 PM (FMtrg)

4 I would have been here earlier but I got escarped in an alley.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at November 19, 2025 10:01 PM (JkO4W)

5 Yes?

No

Posted by: mot at November 19, 2025 10:01 PM (fIPNY)

6 FIrstish?

Posted by: caf at November 19, 2025 10:01 PM (/+mVZ)

7 Not First

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at November 19, 2025 10:01 PM (QGaXH)

8
Non primus

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at November 19, 2025 10:02 PM (tgvbd)

9 Sorry I'm late, I had to deal with all that bamboo that's taking over the garden.

Posted by: tankdemon at November 19, 2025 10:02 PM (jfvTO)

10 My lord, I read so many of those mags. All the memories flooding back.

Posted by: AlaBAMA at November 19, 2025 10:02 PM (17l0u)

11 What? No Surfer mag?

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at November 19, 2025 10:02 PM (JkO4W)

12 But top 10.....

Wednesday ONT - right on time! So we W.ONT be disappointed.....

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at November 19, 2025 10:02 PM (QGaXH)

13
Top 10. Is close enough, blyat!

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at November 19, 2025 10:02 PM (tgvbd)

14 Arthur Fonzarelli, the 35 year old teenager.

Posted by: Joemarine at November 19, 2025 10:03 PM (y171U)

15 Hadrian!! the language!!

Posted by: runner at November 19, 2025 10:03 PM (g47mK)

16 The F8 was the ugliest jet fighter ever built.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at November 19, 2025 10:03 PM (JkO4W)

17 I remember 1978.

Sort of...

Posted by: Zeera , Damn Right I voted for all of this! at November 19, 2025 10:03 PM (//dg8)

18 Meow

Posted by: Lurking Cheshirecat at November 19, 2025 10:03 PM (w3u3d)

19 Whoever finally returns the judiciary to its pre-Marbury levels of power will be the greatest president since George Washington. Change my mind.

Posted by: Dr. T at November 19, 2025 10:04 PM (lHPJf)

20 A whole show from the Hemispheres Tour behind that Rush Revolution magazine?? Ya da man, Dino! Er, uh - you know what I mean!

Posted by: Doof at November 19, 2025 10:04 PM (QMAsf)

21 Yow! Content galore!

Thanks, TRex!

Posted by: LRob in OK, Moron and Lunatic at November 19, 2025 10:05 PM (47diA)

22 Hey Ho!!!
On my way to Texas!!!
No better way to get started than reading the ONT in the hotel bar!

Posted by: Diogenes at November 19, 2025 10:05 PM (H1YYy)

23 that would be 10 Hail Marys ! and a small donation to Father O'Neills ~~Taylormade Driver Fund~~ Vestments Fund!

Posted by: runner at November 19, 2025 10:06 PM (g47mK)

24 Good evening good people.

Posted by: Tonypete at November 19, 2025 10:06 PM (cYBz/)

25 Black Sunday was a good movie.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Why Do the Heathen Rage? at November 19, 2025 10:06 PM (L/fGl)

26 ***commenter number 2 will win the Official ONT Toilet Bowl Award for the day.
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Thank you, thank you. It was a timely struggle but those magazines from times past helped me make it. Thank you again for the best award one could receive.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ & his new toilet at November 19, 2025 10:06 PM (rU9qQ)

27 The kids who couldn't afford a Mad Magazine bought Cracked.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at November 19, 2025 10:06 PM (JkO4W)

28 Mostly landfill.

Posted by: Hokey Pokey at November 19, 2025 10:06 PM (YlWIZ)

29 20 A whole show from the Hemispheres Tour behind that Rush Revolution magazine?? Ya da man, Dino! Er, uh - you know what I mean!

Posted by: Doof at November 19, 2025 10:04 PM
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It is my Happy Toilet day gift to you! (Better than the other options.)

Posted by: TRex - Dino live in concert at November 19, 2025 10:07 PM (IQ6Gq)

30 9 Sorry I'm late, I had to deal with all that bamboo that's taking over the garden.
Posted by: tankdemon at November 19, 2025 10:02 PM (jfvTO)

Hope you didn't get bamboozled.

Posted by: Emmie -- be strong and courageous! at November 19, 2025 10:07 PM (FMtrg)

31 What to wear to an ONT? Inquiring wives want to know.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at November 19, 2025 10:07 PM (C5lbH)

32 I had a subscription to GAMES when I was young. I liked that one. A lot of the puzzles were over my head but not all of them. Remember where they would have a fake ad you had to find?

Posted by: banana Dream at November 19, 2025 10:07 PM (3uBP9)

33 UN IZ the toilet

Posted by: runner at November 19, 2025 10:07 PM (g47mK)

34 A whole show from the Hemispheres Tour behind that Rush Revolution magazine?? Ya da man, Dino! Er, uh - you know what I mean!

Posted by: Doof at November 19, 2025 10:04 PM (QMAsf)

First time I saw Rush was the Farewell to Kings tour. Epic doesn't even begin to describe it.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at November 19, 2025 10:07 PM (snZF9)

35 Heh. Inflation in '78.

Thanks for the ONT.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at November 19, 2025 10:08 PM (zZu0s)

36 Please excuse tankdemon for being late. He is STILL digging through his collection of Compute! magazines looking for the issue with Hunt the Wumpus cheat codes.

I didn't realize I still had so many issues, and you really can't finish thst game without the cheat codes. I mean, have youbeven tried it?

Posted by: tankdemon at November 19, 2025 10:08 PM (jfvTO)

37 I had that issue of OMNI.
Because I had them all - in high school I took the new 'Science Fiction' class and we all got subscriptions to OMNI as part of the class. I kept mine throughout its run. It was a good magazine.

Class wasn't bad, except for the teacher always wanting to tell us why the author wrote the story / what they were trying to say. We baited her into doing a Robert Heinlein story so we could show her his written statement that he wrote it to make money.

Posted by: KCSteve at November 19, 2025 10:09 PM (bxAlI)

38 I'm not convinced Venus Hum is superior to Dinah-Moe Humm.

Just saying.

Posted by: Tonypete at November 19, 2025 10:09 PM (cYBz/)

39 "wants the alleged jezebel removed"

LMAO!

Pittsburgh just keeps on giving.

Posted by: RickZ at November 19, 2025 10:09 PM (gKDq2)

40 "In the spirit of the celebration, commenter number 2 will win the Official ONT Toilet Bowl Award for the day."

What the deuce is this all about?

Posted by: Darrell Harris at November 19, 2025 10:09 PM (0CU3H)

41 OK. Update on American Revolution. Lots of battles. Losses and wins on both sides. Indians start to believe they shouldn't trust either side, that failure awaits in any case. Americans have the Brits bottled up in Boston. Lafayette appears but isn't made a commander. Philadelphia falls. Washington keeps getting new/more troops, mainly with promises that most likely won't be kept. Biggest item = Brits are soundly defeated at Saratoga (Benedict Arnold is the hero) and an entire Brits army surrenders. That brings the French to the table and they are the first nation to recognize the USA.

Posted by: LRob in OK, Moron and Lunatic at November 19, 2025 10:10 PM (47diA)

42 9 Sorry I'm late, I had to deal with all that bamboo that's taking over the garden.
Posted by: tankdemon
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Don't neglect the roots. They'll live until you dig them out.
And they will grow under your concrete walk way and wreck
it. Bamboo roots laugh at concrete.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ & his new toilet at November 19, 2025 10:10 PM (rU9qQ)

43 Good evening morons y gracias Dino por los 70s!

Posted by: San Franpsycho at November 19, 2025 10:10 PM (A0sqA)

44 I had that issue of dirt bike. That was during my motocross days, which only went a few years. I got my drivers license and then it was hot rods. lol

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at November 19, 2025 10:10 PM (snZF9)

45 First time I saw Rush was the Farewell to Kings tour. Epic doesn't even begin to describe it.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at November 19, 2025 10:07 PM (snZF9)

I'm so jealous. I was way too young for that.

Exactly how old are you???

Posted by: Doof at November 19, 2025 10:11 PM (QMAsf)

46 25 Black Sunday was a good movie.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Why Do the Heathen Rage? at November 19, 2025 10:06 PM (L/fGl)

Did it star O.J. Simpson? All those 70's disaster movies starred O.J.

Posted by: Joemarine at November 19, 2025 10:11 PM (y171U)

47 There was global cooling in 1978.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at November 19, 2025 10:11 PM (pkeXY)

48 Great content, Dino. A lot of nuggets and mystery clicks.

Read the dissent earlier today. It is truly amazing.

Thanks for the ONT.

Posted by: scampydog at November 19, 2025 10:11 PM (41CYW)

49
Black Sunday was a good movie.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Why Do the Heathen Rage?

__________

Featuring that most tiresome trope: the crazed Vietnam veteran.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at November 19, 2025 10:11 PM (tgvbd)

50 Thanks for the dandy Wednesday Night ONT, T-Rex!

Great trip down memory lane with those magazines.

Pittsburgh scanner: Homewood used to be a decent neighborhood for raising a family. What on earth happened?

Posted by: Legally Sufficient at November 19, 2025 10:12 PM (kB9dk)

51 I love Blue Man Group. And I adore Venus Hum. Tay-tay is weak-sauce compared to Venus.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, I Have Become Comfortably Lame at November 19, 2025 10:12 PM (0aYVJ)

52 Golly! A lot of content tonight. Those cars on the cover of AutoMotorSport all look too modern for me.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 19, 2025 10:12 PM (npFr7)

53 The cover of that Truckin' magazine is giving me a hankering for some candy.

Posted by: tankdemon at November 19, 2025 10:12 PM (jfvTO)

54 Strange, Berserker. That was at the end of my motocross career. I rode an RM-370 just about like the one on the cover of the mag.

Posted by: LRob in OK, Moron and Lunatic at November 19, 2025 10:13 PM (47diA)

55 It is my Happy Toilet day gift to you! (Better than the other options.)
Posted by: TRex - Dino live in concert at November 19, 2025 10:07 PM (IQ6Gq)

I'll accept!

Posted by: Doof at November 19, 2025 10:13 PM (QMAsf)

56 Arthur Fonzarelli, the 35 year old teenager.
Posted by: Joemarine at November 19, 2025 10:03 PM (y171U)

Hanging out with high school girls. Something's off with that guy.

Posted by: RickZ at November 19, 2025 10:13 PM (gKDq2)

57 Carl "Nuclear Winter" Sagan?

Ugh, Kneel DeGrassy Tyson's hero.

Posted by: Anna Puma at November 19, 2025 10:14 PM (wnD9v)

58 48 Thanks for the ONT.

Posted by: scampydog at November 19, 2025 10:11 PM
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Thank you, Sir Doggo! Hope the suspension was worth it!

Posted by: TRex - a bridge just far enough at November 19, 2025 10:14 PM (IQ6Gq)

59 I used to buy Circus magazine when I was 7 or 8 until I innocently asked my mother if mother fucker was a bad word. She spazzed out.

Posted by: NCKate at November 19, 2025 10:14 PM (uQzkA)

60 I remember reading something about Justice Smith's dissent somewhere earlier today.

Posted by: banana Dream at November 19, 2025 10:15 PM (3uBP9)

61 1978 socialism cover: I take it this has to do with Britain. Callaghan's government was a total disaster. And it's how they got Thatcher.

Posted by: gKWVE at November 19, 2025 10:15 PM (gKWVE)

62 50 Pittsburgh scanner: Homewood used to be a decent neighborhood for raising a family. What on earth happened?

Posted by: Legally Sufficient at November 19, 2025 10:12 PM
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I think the real estate agents would say it has "character."

Posted by: TRex - homewood homes are a steal! at November 19, 2025 10:16 PM (IQ6Gq)

63 Carl "Nuclear Winter" Sagan?

Ugh, Kneel DeGrassy Tyson's hero.
Posted by: Anna Puma

Actually saw Sagan give a talk in Boston. He took questions after his remarks and the first one was: "Please say 'Billions and billions'"

He laughed bigly and did it.

Posted by: Tonypete at November 19, 2025 10:16 PM (cYBz/)

64 First time I saw Rush was the Farewell to Kings tour. Epic doesn't even begin to describe it.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at November 19, 2025 10:07 PM (snZF9)

I'm so jealous. I was way too young for that.

Exactly how old are you???

Posted by: Doof at November 19, 2025 10:11 PM (QMAsf)

Older than I look, 64 as of last week. It was my first year in high school when that tour happened.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at November 19, 2025 10:16 PM (snZF9)

65 Evenin'

Omni was an interesting read at times. I liked it.

WKRP was a brilliant & funny, TV show!

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at November 19, 2025 10:16 PM (sAmhv)

66 Skybrows drops another Grok Imagine music video

Nux on sticks for the Shadow Band. Happy fat JD Vance. Trump, Emperor of Mankind, cat girls as the ultimate evolution of Mankind, the Roach King Asmongold surfing the Internet memes on a giant roach, and horse girls needing horse paste to save their lives.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d_KXYpaTe_8

Posted by: Anna Puma at November 19, 2025 10:16 PM (wnD9v)

67 So my grandson would say this is Skibidee Toilet day.

Posted by: Tom Servo at November 19, 2025 10:17 PM (/ZNPI)

68 Posted by: LRob in OK, Moron and Lunatic at November 19, 2025 10:10 PM (47diA)

My verdict: A fairly good episode, but way too much time spent on the Indians. Also, I'm not sure why they insist on not calling the Six Nations the "Iroquois." I don't care what pedantic reason they have for not doing so, everyone and his brother knows them as the Iroquois.

Posted by: Dr. T at November 19, 2025 10:17 PM (lHPJf)

69 Time magazine, Socialism, everything old is new again.
Green Chevy van, 350, 4bbl, A/C was cool.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ & his new toilet at November 19, 2025 10:17 PM (rU9qQ)

70 59 I used to buy Circus magazine when I was 7 or 8 until I innocently asked my mother if mother fucker was a bad word. She spazzed out.
Posted by: NCKate at November 19, 2025 10:14 PM (uQzkA)

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Moms, amirite?

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at November 19, 2025 10:17 PM (JkO4W)

71 Inflation and tax revolt on the Esquire magazine cover, '78 was the start. 79, '80, and '81 were worse. I like to say, I was hoping to get through this life without reliving 1978 - 1981.

Posted by: scampydog at November 19, 2025 10:17 PM (41CYW)

72 J Geils, Journey, and Wacko! Great ONT Dino!

Posted by: The Grateful - Acta Non Verba at November 19, 2025 10:18 PM (IQ6Gq)

73 I had that issue of OMNI.
Because I had them all - in high school I took the new 'Science Fiction' class and we all got subscriptions to OMNI as part of the class. I kept mine throughout its run. It was a good magazine.

Posted by: KCSteve at November 19, 2025 10:09 PM (bxAlI)

OMNI was one of the only magazines to which I subscribed. It was fun while it lasted.

Posted by: RickZ at November 19, 2025 10:18 PM (gKDq2)

74 37 I had that issue of OMNI.
Because I had them all - in high school I took the new 'Science Fiction' class and we all got subscriptions to OMNI as part of the class. I kept mine throughout its run. It was a good magazine.

Class wasn't bad, except for the teacher always wanting to tell us why the author wrote the story / what they were trying to say. We baited her into doing a Robert Heinlein story so we could show her his written statement that he wrote it to make money.
Posted by: KCSteve at November 19, 2025 10:09 PM (bxAlI)

Same here. I loved OMNI. GAMES magazine was a staple in my house as well. Really miss that mag.

Posted by: Darrell Harris at November 19, 2025 10:18 PM (0CU3H)

75 This ONT is REAL and it's SPECTACULAR!!
Thanks Dino!

Posted by: Some Rat at November 19, 2025 10:18 PM (TfUTr)

76 When Fonzy first appeared on Happy Days, he wore a cloth jacket rather than the later and more expensive leather one.

Light blue it was, if memory serves.

Posted by: toby928(c) at November 19, 2025 10:18 PM (jc0TO)

77 I recall reading a 1979 issue of Fangora with articles about the special effects in Alien, Phantasm, and Dawn of the Dead. Three movies which I was too young to see.

Posted by: mot at November 19, 2025 10:18 PM (fIPNY)

78 First time I saw Rush was the Farewell to Kings tour. Epic doesn't even begin to describe it.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at November 19, 2025 10:07 PM (snZF9)

I was invited to see them on the Signals tour in Billings. Friends even offered to buy my ticket. But my dad drew a very solid line in the sand regarding rock concerts: Not while you live under my roof. I love my Dad, but this hard line created a riff between us for a while.

I made up for it later: Slayer, Megadeth, Iron Maiden, Alice Cooper, Exodus, Judas Priest, Testament, Helloween, etc.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, I Have Become Comfortably Lame at November 19, 2025 10:19 PM (0aYVJ)

79 World Toilet Day and the future.
Years ago I read an SF story about archeologists poking about in the ruins of ancient Earth. One of the few things to survive were ceramic objects that were present in almost every building. They came in a bewildering number of shapes and sizes. Were they altars? Perhaps some form of food distribution system? The only clue was a sign in a long forgotten language: "Employees Must Wash Hands After Using Restroom."

Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at November 19, 2025 10:19 PM (QFqsT)

80 25 Black Sunday was a good movie.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks
..................
Yea, it was. Damn good cast too.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at November 19, 2025 10:19 PM (sAmhv)

81 56 Arthur Fonzarelli, the 35 year old teenager.
Posted by: Joemarine at November 19, 2025 10:03 PM (y171U)

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He was no Kenickie.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at November 19, 2025 10:19 PM (JkO4W)

82 I had that issue of OMNI.
Because I had them all - in high school I took the new 'Science Fiction' class and we all got subscriptions to OMNI as part of the class. I kept mine throughout its run. It was a good magazine.

Posted by: KCSteve at November 19, 2025 10:09 PM (bxAlI)

OMNI was one of the only magazines to which I subscribed. It was fun while it lasted.
Posted by: RickZ at November 19, 2025 10:18 PM

I subscribed to High Times.

Posted by: toby928(c) at November 19, 2025 10:19 PM (jc0TO)

83 “ you (young) people wouldn’t believe the things I’ve seen…”

Like Bon Scott about 6 weeks before he croaked…

Posted by: Tom Servo at November 19, 2025 10:19 PM (/ZNPI)

84 Sorry I'm late, I had to deal with all that bamboo that's taking over the garden.
Posted by Tankdemon
*********
We have a neighbor who needs your assistance

Posted by: The Grateful - Acta Non Verba at November 19, 2025 10:19 PM (IQ6Gq)

85 Rooar!!!
Hi ya Tex!
Maybe a guy has little claws...but howdy! Those giant feet!

Nicely giant ONT....Rooorrr!

Posted by: COMountainMarie at November 19, 2025 10:20 PM (3pxDZ)

86 7 Not First
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at November 19, 2025 10:01 PM (QGaXH)

8
Non primus
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at November 19, 2025 10:02 PM (tgvbd)

Show off.......

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at November 19, 2025 10:20 PM (QGaXH)

87 girlfriend's sales pitch to Guccione:

OMNI - It's like Penthouse, except without the dirty pictures, and science stuff instead.

Posted by: banana Dream at November 19, 2025 10:20 PM (3uBP9)

88 I made up for it later: Slayer, Megadeth, Iron Maiden, Alice Cooper, Exodus, Judas Priest, Testament, Helloween, etc.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, I Have Become Comfortably Lame at November 19, 2025 10:19 PM (0aYVJ)

Made up for it is an understatement. Thats a fine list.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at November 19, 2025 10:20 PM (snZF9)

89 I'm not sure why they insist on not calling the Six Nations the "Iroquois.

Agree. It was humorous seeing the alleged map of Indian territories divided neatly by north-south lines.

Another comment: There seem to be a lot of non-Americans amongst the "experts". Brits I understand, but the rest?

Posted by: LRob in OK, Moron and Lunatic at November 19, 2025 10:21 PM (47diA)

90 From 1964 till about the mid-nineties I never missed a MAD magazine issue.

Posted by: Some Rat at November 19, 2025 10:21 PM (TfUTr)

91 51 I love Blue Man Group. And I adore Venus Hum. Tay-tay is weak-sauce compared to Venus.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, I Have Become Comfortably Lame at November 19, 2025 10:12 PM (0aYVJ)

There was a great discussion on the ONT earlier this week (?) on disco, and Donna Summer. Her version was one of the most erotic songs adolescent me ever heard at the time - either before or since. Blue Man Group's version is awesome.

Posted by: Darrell Harris at November 19, 2025 10:21 PM (0CU3H)

92 75 This ONT is REAL and it's SPECTACULAR!!
Thanks Dino!

Posted by: Some Rat at November 19, 2025 10:18 PM
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Good evening, Sir Rat. Thank you!

Posted by: TRex - can you eat mac n cheese on commemorative plates? at November 19, 2025 10:21 PM (IQ6Gq)

93 I read "Omni" once in a while it usually had good science fiction short stories mixed with a lot of future-forward non-fiction.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at November 19, 2025 10:21 PM (A0sqA)

94 Don't neglect the roots. They'll live until you dig them out.
And they will grow under your concrete walk way and wreck
it. Bamboo roots laugh at concrete.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ & his new toilet at November 19, 2025 10:10 PM (rU9qQ)

WAs wondering...

For tough to eradicate weeds like bamboo, thistles, and kudzu, what if you drove a copper-plated ground rod into the ground near the infestation, and connected that to your AC service neutral, and then clamp a jumper cable to the stalk of the plant, and plug the other end of the wire into an outlet? Put 120 volts AC right through the sucker. Maybe that would cook the weed enough to kill it, above and below ground, or burn the root hairs off the roots (which are the parts that enable a plant to uptake water and nutrients from the soil).

I'd rig it so there was a push-button switch and a 30 amp breaker in the box with the hot wire, so the wire would not be energized while moving the jumper from weed to weed.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 19, 2025 10:22 PM (npFr7)

95 I subscribed to High Times.
Posted by: toby928(c) at November 19, 2025 10:19 PM (jc0TO)

Many friends in college had a subscription so I got to see all the centerfolds. Some you just salivated over.

Posted by: RickZ at November 19, 2025 10:22 PM (gKDq2)

96 94 Don't neglect the roots. They'll live until you dig them out.
And they will grow under your concrete walk way and wreck
it. Bamboo roots laugh at concrete.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ & his new toilet at November 19, 2025 10:10 PM (rU9qQ)

WAs wondering...

For tough to eradicate weeds like bamboo, thistles, and kudzu, what if you drove a copper-plated ground rod into the ground near the infestation, and connected that to your AC service neutral, and then clamp a jumper cable to the stalk of the plant, and plug the other end of the wire into an outlet? Put 120 volts AC right through the sucker. Maybe that would cook the weed enough to kill it, above and below ground, or burn the root hairs off the roots (which are the parts that enable a plant to uptake water and nutrients from the soil).

I'd rig it so there was a push-button switch and a 30 amp breaker in the box with the hot wire, so the wire would not be energized while moving the jumper from weed to weed.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 19, 2025 10:22 PM (npFr7)

Carl Spackler would be so proud of you, AOP.

Posted by: Darrell Harris at November 19, 2025 10:23 PM (0CU3H)

97 I subscribed to Omni at some point in the 1990's. I think I bought an issue off a magazine rack for some reason, and decided to just get it. I was reading like crazy in 90's and earlier 2000's, so i was getting a handful of magazines sent to the house, along with books from various book clubs. Now I read cereal boxes. lol

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at November 19, 2025 10:24 PM (snZF9)

98 Don't neglect the roots. They'll live until you dig them out.

Explosives . . . . . .

Posted by: LRob in OK, Moron and Lunatic at November 19, 2025 10:24 PM (47diA)

99 TRex

Other magazines of 1978:

Air Classics, Scale Modeler, Wings, and Airpower.

Posted by: Anna Puma at November 19, 2025 10:24 PM (wnD9v)

100 91 There was a great discussion on the ONT earlier this week (?) on disco, and Donna Summer.

Posted by: Darrell Harris at November 19, 2025 10:21 PM
***
Indeed. Twas inspiration for the ONT tonight!

Posted by: TRex - ghost of Donna Summer plays in Club ONT at November 19, 2025 10:24 PM (IQ6Gq)

101 I remember correctly

https://tinyurl.com/5y3ahncj

Posted by: toby928(c) at November 19, 2025 10:24 PM (jc0TO)

102 What? No copy of Hustler?

I'm so old that I remember when Scientific American was a decent mag.

Posted by: Tonypete at November 19, 2025 10:25 PM (cYBz/)

103 I was a particular fan of Boy's Life.

Posted by: Mayor Pete at November 19, 2025 10:26 PM (JkO4W)

104 I'm so old that I remember when Scientific American was a decent mag.
Posted by: Tonypete at November 19, 2025 10:25 PM (cYBz/)

About 1993

Posted by: Kindltot at November 19, 2025 10:26 PM (rbvCR)

105 50: Pittsburgh scanner: Homewood used to be a decent neighborhood for raising a family. What on earth happened?
Posted by: Legally Sufficient
..........................................
The steel industry collapsed, people left, the city devolved. Pretty much what happened to all the towns in Western PA.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at November 19, 2025 10:26 PM (sAmhv)

106 You Forgot "OUTDOOR LIFE"

Seriously?

Posted by: Nightwatch at November 19, 2025 10:26 PM (25kuG)

107 I hated disco with the heat of a 1000 suns. It was jersey. You see the retards on the jersey shore show?? Ok, now imagine that group in the disco crowd. Case closed.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at November 19, 2025 10:26 PM (snZF9)

108 What happened to PA?

Billy Joel sung about it in Allentown

Posted by: Anna Puma at November 19, 2025 10:27 PM (wnD9v)

109 We had a subscription to Mother Earth News too, until Rodale Press ruined it.

Posted by: toby928(c) at November 19, 2025 10:27 PM (jc0TO)

110 I'm so old that I remember when Scientific American was a decent mag.
Posted by: Tonypete at November 19, 2025 10:25 PM (cYBz/)

And National Geographic didn't pimp Gerbil Worming.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 19, 2025 10:27 PM (npFr7)

111 I subscribed to Omni at some point in the 1990's. I think I bought an issue off a magazine rack for some reason, and decided to just get it. I was reading like crazy in 90's and earlier 2000's, so i was getting a handful of magazines sent to the house, along with books from various book clubs. Now I read cereal boxes. lol
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at November 19, 2025 10:24 PM (snZF9)

I got it early through some magazine deal in the Sunday newspaper. (Remeber those?) I liked it and kept the subscription until it folded.

As said above, some decent sci-fi and good articles. A solid magazine that just didn't click.

Posted by: RickZ at November 19, 2025 10:27 PM (gKDq2)

112 There was a great discussion on the ONT earlier this week (?) on disco, and Donna Summer. Her version was one of the most erotic songs adolescent me ever heard at the time - either before or since. Blue Man Group's version is awesome.
Posted by: Darrell Harris at November 19, 2025 10:21 PM (0CU3H)

I had never heard the Donna Summer version, so what I saw was entirely new to me.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, I Have Become Comfortably Lame at November 19, 2025 10:27 PM (0aYVJ)

113 Will ground clear kill bamboo? It sure kills everything else.

Posted by: NCKate at November 19, 2025 10:27 PM (uQzkA)

114 Don't neglect the roots. They'll live until you dig them out.
And they will grow under your concrete walk way and wreck
it. Bamboo roots laugh at concrete.

Posted by: Braenyard

Supposedly they won't put roots down below about 18in. one of the "containment" strategies is to bury a 18 in sheet aluminum around the perimeter then Round Up the shit out of the plants.

Posted by: Some Rat at November 19, 2025 10:28 PM (TfUTr)

115 AND!!!

Field & Stream... shame.

Posted by: Nightwatch at November 19, 2025 10:28 PM (25kuG)

116 Last night Pookette's band performed the "Pink Panther" theme, definitively ending a six-month-long argument. Her orchestra played the same song back in May, and I told her at the time that they did a great job, but that song NEEDS a saxophone. She disagreed vehemently (Is there any other kind with Pookette?) and last night her band played it properly. Well, sort of. I could hear the clarinets and tenor saxes far better than the alto saxes, but that might have been a seat location issue.

Posted by: pookysgirl, former pep band player at November 19, 2025 10:28 PM (Wt5PA)

117 106 You Forgot "OUTDOOR LIFE"

Seriously?

Posted by: Nightwatch at November 19, 2025 10:26 PM
***
Wasn't "Weeds, Trees and Turf" enough for you?

Posted by: TRex - John Deere Dino at November 19, 2025 10:29 PM (IQ6Gq)

118 >>> girls needing horse paste to save their lives.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d_KXYpaTe_8
Posted by: Anna Puma
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That was nice.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ & his new toilet at November 19, 2025 10:29 PM (rU9qQ)

119 And National Geographic didn't pimp Gerbil Worming.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 19, 2025 10:27 PM (npFr7)

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I never missed the issues with the topless African babes. To this day I still get a boner when someone clacks two plates together.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at November 19, 2025 10:29 PM (JkO4W)

120 I'm so old that I remember when Scientific American was a decent mag.
Posted by: Tonypete at November 19, 2025 10:25 PM (cYBz/)

I got 'Smithsonian' for a while, until it went off the rails.

Posted by: RickZ at November 19, 2025 10:29 PM (gKDq2)

121 Arthur Fonzarelli, the 35 year old teenager.
Posted by: Joemarine

The polar opposite of the meme that said Gen X "turned 30 at the age of 10, and are still 30 at the age of 50."

Posted by: mikeski at November 19, 2025 10:29 PM (nhCoE)

122 I rarely understand what AOP is talking about, but the fact that he does makes me glad that there are still guys out there that can do stuff like whatever it is he's describing.
It makes the world a better place.

And I loved Games magazine.

Posted by: sal at November 19, 2025 10:29 PM (f+FmA)

123 No love for Hoard's Dairyman?

Wow, you people.

Posted by: Tonypete at November 19, 2025 10:30 PM (cYBz/)

124 What I liked about OMNI magazine was the artwork. So many spectacular paintings of otherworldly places. Atmospheric perspective is a thing.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, I Have Become Comfortably Lame at November 19, 2025 10:30 PM (0aYVJ)

125 Anyway, I'll be be back here in the back of the room....😛,,,or something...
Barkeep...a cocktail please. Thank you sir🥲...

Hey you good Horde!

Posted by: COMountainMarie at November 19, 2025 10:30 PM (3pxDZ)

126 I think we have ten or so varieties of bamboo on our property. The bulk of it is a clumping variety but we have five running varieties at least. Bamboo is easy to control if you stay on top of it. You need just kick the shoots and they die, or mow them. But if our lot was vacant for a year or more, they would take over.

Posted by: toby928(c) at November 19, 2025 10:31 PM (jc0TO)

127 85 Rooar!!!
Hi ya Tex!

Posted by: COMountainMarie at November 19, 2025 10:20 PM
***
Howdy COMM! Glad you're here.

Posted by: TRex - Editor Dino at November 19, 2025 10:31 PM (IQ6Gq)

128 117

so you tried.

Posted by: Nightwatch at November 19, 2025 10:31 PM (25kuG)

129 Looking closely at the covers. 60 cents to a couple bucks. Also Asimov in the Fiction, on the Omni cover.

Posted by: scampydog at November 19, 2025 10:31 PM (41CYW)

130 So we're starting an OMNI fan club?

Do we get to wear funny little hats?

Posted by: RickZ at November 19, 2025 10:31 PM (gKDq2)

131 Did anything interesting happen today? I got a shot in my eye. They don't hurt but kinda suck.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at November 19, 2025 10:32 PM (ys6FW)

132 Did anything interesting happen today? I got a shot in my eye. They don't hurt but kinda suck.
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at November 19, 2025 10:32 PM

Giving you that Red Ryder was a mistake.

Posted by: toby928(c) at November 19, 2025 10:33 PM (jc0TO)

133 Posted by: pookysgirl, former pep band player at November 19, 2025 10:28 PM (Wt5PA)

Nice. I love the Pink Panther theme.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, I Have Become Comfortably Lame at November 19, 2025 10:33 PM (0aYVJ)

134 T Rex

Your French Air Fan magazine is from January of 1979.

Posted by: Anna Puma at November 19, 2025 10:33 PM (wnD9v)

135 Hey you good Horde!
Posted by: COMountainMarie

{{{Marie}}} You have many, many friends here.
Now tell the group a little about yourself...

Posted by: Some Rat at November 19, 2025 10:33 PM (TfUTr)

136 Remember when McEnroes headband was edgy and Wimbledon contemplated refusing him entry on the court with it on? Now we have the Williams sisters.

Posted by: Jen the original at November 19, 2025 10:34 PM (sD72b)

137 Giving you that Red Ryder was a mistake.

Posted by: toby928(c) at November 19, 2025 10:33 PM (jc0TO)

---
Lol. This is why I love you people.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at November 19, 2025 10:34 PM (ys6FW)

138 56 Arthur Fonzarelli, the 35 year old teenager.
Posted by: Joemarine at November 19, 2025 10:03 PM (y171U)

Hanging out with high school girls. Something's off with that guy.
Posted by: RickZ at November 19, 2025 10:13 PM (gKDq2)

I never thought of it that way at the time, but you're right. Especially when I remember the episode where Richie went to his studio (?) apartment and saw the puny Christmas tree in the living room area. Really very sad, when you think about it. To high schoolers, he was the coolest guy around. His reality was very different.

Posted by: Darrell Harris at November 19, 2025 10:34 PM (0CU3H)

139 The polar opposite of the meme that said Gen X "turned 30 at the age of 10, and are still 30 at the age of 50."
Posted by: mikeski
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30! Show off. Trapped at age 13 here.

Posted by: scampydog at November 19, 2025 10:34 PM (41CYW)

140 68 I'm not sure why they insist on not calling the Six Nations the "Iroquois." I don't care what pedantic reason they have for not doing so, everyone and his brother knows them as the Iroquois.
Posted by: Dr. T at November 19, 2025 10:17 PM (lHPJf)

Sounds too French.

Posted by: Joemarine at November 19, 2025 10:35 PM (y171U)

141 I rarely understand what AOP is talking about, but the fact that he does makes me glad that there are still guys out there that can do stuff like whatever it is he's describing.
It makes the world a better place.
Posted by: sal
***************
This!

Posted by: The Grateful - Acta Non Verba at November 19, 2025 10:35 PM (IQ6Gq)

142 134 Your French Air Fan magazine is from January of 1979.

Posted by: Anna Puma at November 19, 2025 10:33 PM
***
You know when a car manufacturer sells cars in November and December that are the next model year?

Posted by: TRex - do not trust French calendars at November 19, 2025 10:36 PM (IQ6Gq)

143 Especially when I remember the episode where Richie went to his studio (?) apartment and saw the puny Christmas tree in the living room area. Really very sad, when you think about it. To high schoolers, he was the coolest guy around. His reality was very different.

---------

The 50s weren't all saddle shoes and ducktails.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at November 19, 2025 10:36 PM (JkO4W)

144
womp womp!

Another black ratchet Democrat has been indicted for fraud. Another "historic" "first" has been caught.

She in da House, btw. A rep for Florida.

Posted by: Soothsayer at November 19, 2025 10:36 PM (Y9x1x)

145 "Field & Stream"

Was a premier outdoors mag devoted to hunting and fishing for many decades.

Posted by: Nightwatch at November 19, 2025 10:36 PM (25kuG)

146 Looking closely at the covers. 60 cents to a couple bucks. Also Asimov in the Fiction, on the Omni cover.
Posted by: scampydog

I was just browsing at the Barnes and IgNoble...I swear the Home Machinist issue was like 12 bucks!!!

Posted by: Some Rat at November 19, 2025 10:36 PM (TfUTr)

147 Pittsburgh scanner: Homewood used to be a decent neighborhood for raising a family. What on earth happened?
Posted by: Legally Sufficient
..........................................
The steel industry collapsed, people left, the city devolved. Pretty much what happened to all the towns in Western PA.
Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at November 19, 2025 10:26 PM (sAmhv)
* * * *
I will always be eternally grateful that Dad was able to leave the Pittsburgh area as a young man and head west. Cannot imagine life growing up in Pittsburgh.

Posted by: Legally Sufficient at November 19, 2025 10:36 PM (kB9dk)

148 I used to get all the gun magazines in the 1980's, including solder of fortune. Funny story, I was at some headbanger party one time and this beautiful Filipino chick was there. My friends start guessing what nationality she was. I looked and said Philippines. My friends looked at me like yeah right you know that. Within about 5 minutes she was in our circle and we were talking. Somebody asked her her nationality, and I quickly said Philippines. She says yes, thats right, how did you know? I blurted out "I read solder of fortune" lolol

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at November 19, 2025 10:36 PM (snZF9)

149 Better living through chemistry.

I have all kinds of invasive plants growing on our farm. I go down to the county noxious weed department and get the exact right herbicide for the job - from the guy that drives around the back roads deliberately killing that sh*t and determining what works and doesn't work in my exact geographic area.

Buying the chemicals at cost, and utilizing the most efficient method, save a LOT of time and effort.

Posted by: Pillage Idiot at November 19, 2025 10:37 PM (HlyYF)

150 High Times had a centerfold?

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at November 19, 2025 10:38 PM (pkeXY)

151 Buying the chemicals at cost, and utilizing the most efficient method, save a LOT of time and effort.

Better living through chemistry. Dupont.

Posted by: LRob in OK, Moron and Lunatic at November 19, 2025 10:38 PM (47diA)

152 78 was a great year
First trip to DC
First summer at scout camp
Saw "Days of Heaven" at the Loews 5th Ave
And "Beatlemania" at the Winter Garden

Posted by: San Franpsycho at November 19, 2025 10:38 PM (A0sqA)

153 Just got my new driver's license. Lady asked, Hair color?

I sighed. Gray.

She chuckled. And it's on my new license. I am officially 29.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, I Have Become Comfortably Lame at November 19, 2025 10:38 PM (0aYVJ)

154 One type of publication that the Internet killed that I used to buy often was those recipe pamphlets in the checkout line at the grocery.
They were usually put out by a food manufacturer like Pillsbury or Campbells and the recipes varied from good to awful, but they were fun.
I still have torn out sheets from them in the recipe binder.

Posted by: sal at November 19, 2025 10:38 PM (f+FmA)

155 30! Show off. Trapped at age 13 here.
Posted by: scampydog
*********
Ah, this explains alot...

Posted by: The Grateful - Acta Non Verba at November 19, 2025 10:39 PM (IQ6Gq)

156 *Looks at T Rex with an eyebrow raised and an ear flick before smirking.*

"Sure Ralph."

Posted by: Anna Puma at November 19, 2025 10:39 PM (wnD9v)

157 There already is a book published in 1979 that describes how archeologists will view our culture in the year 4022. It's called Motel of the Mysteries, and it's a real hoot.

Posted by: MichiCanuck at November 19, 2025 10:39 PM (/D0sv)

158 149 I have all kinds of invasive plants growing on our farm. I go down to the county noxious weed department and get the exact right herbicide for the job - from the guy that drives around the back roads deliberately killing that sh*t and determining what works and doesn't work in my exact geographic area.

Posted by: Pillage Idiot at November 19, 2025 10:37 PM
***
I'm beginning to think that I should get all of you a subscription to "Weeds, Trees and Turf" for Christmas.

Posted by: TRex - Moron groundskeeper at November 19, 2025 10:39 PM (IQ6Gq)

159 150 High Times had a centerfold?
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at November 19, 2025 10:38 PM (pkeXY)

I was wondering about that myself. I asked Copilot that very question. The answer is hilarious.

Posted by: Darrell Harris at November 19, 2025 10:40 PM (0CU3H)

160 >>>Supposedly they won't put roots down below about 18in. one of the "containment" strategies is to bury a 18 in sheet aluminum around the perimeter then Round Up the shit out of the plants.
Posted by: Some Rat
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Read similar about PVC, they grow into a crack or crevice that can easily be found in concrete but with out that they go around the obstacle. Electrocuting them sounds cool. A push button switch that's only on while depressed may be a safety.

Tore up my walk way by growing under it and expanding (growing larger in diameter). It was 4" thick, so what.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ & his new toilet at November 19, 2025 10:40 PM (rU9qQ)

161 Puzzled archeologist, "the sign says WASTE."

Posted by: Anna Puma at November 19, 2025 10:40 PM (wnD9v)

162 High Times had a centerfold?
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at November 19, 2025 10:38 PM

Oh yeah, close ups of plump Hawaiian buds with crystals of THC visible.

Posted by: toby928(c) at November 19, 2025 10:40 PM (jc0TO)

163 TRUE FACT: Isaac the bartenders secret ingredient was roofies.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, red heifer owner at November 19, 2025 10:41 PM (LjSYW)

164 https://tinyurl.com/mtpchn6p

Posted by: toby928(c) at November 19, 2025 10:42 PM (jc0TO)

165 I sighed. Gray.

She chuckled. And it's on my new license. I am officially 29.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, I Have Become Comfortably Lame

Wonder what Doof picked for his.

Posted by: Some Rat at November 19, 2025 10:42 PM (TfUTr)

166 what about Hot Rod magazine

Posted by: Don Black at November 19, 2025 10:42 PM (AOsQT)

167 TRUE FACT: Isaac the bartenders secret ingredient was roofies.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, red heifer owner at November 19, 2025 10:41 PM (LjSYW)

Supplied by Doc Bricker. He was a poonhound.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, I Have Become Comfortably Lame at November 19, 2025 10:43 PM (0aYVJ)

168 Damn, the 70s were awesome:

Posted by: Bulg at November 19, 2025 10:43 PM (77rzZ)

169 High Times had a centerfold?
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at November 19, 2025 10:38 PM (pkeXY)

Oh hell yeah. Bud Of The Month.

Posted by: RickZ at November 19, 2025 10:44 PM (gKDq2)

170 107 I hated disco with the heat of a 1000 suns. It was jersey. You see the retards on the jersey shore show?? Ok, now imagine that group in the disco crowd. Case closed.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at November 19, 2025 10:26 PM

I too hated disco.

Unfortunately, all of the cute girls were at the disco events. At some point, I just had to plug my ears and go dance with the cute girls.

I could always crank some BOC on my stereo at home to cleanse my "refined" palate.

Posted by: Pillage Idiot at November 19, 2025 10:44 PM (HlyYF)

171 163 TRUE FACT: Isaac the bartenders secret ingredient was roofies.

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Ever notice how when Isaac was going to have a love interest in an episode, you always knew about it because an attractive black woman would board the ship?

Isaac wasn't allowed to consort with the white wimmen.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at November 19, 2025 10:44 PM (JkO4W)

172 153 Just got my new driver's license. Lady asked, Hair color?

I sighed. Gray.

She chuckled. And it's on my new license. I am officially 29.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, I Have Become Comfortably Lame
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Got a ticket a few years ago and the cop put grey for the hair color.
Hey, lady, my hair's not ... I gave you a warning sonny, would you like me to re-write that ticket?....crickets

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ & his new toilet at November 19, 2025 10:45 PM (rU9qQ)

173 Supplied by Doc Bricker. He was a poonhound.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, I Have Become Comfortably Lame at November 19, 2025 10:43 PM (0aYVJ)

Hole and a heartbeat Bricker.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, red heifer owner at November 19, 2025 10:45 PM (LjSYW)

174 Somebody asked her her nationality, and I quickly said Philippines. She says yes, thats right, how did you know? I blurted out "I read solder of fortune" lolol
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at November 19, 2025 10:36 PM (snZF9)

So much for taking her home that night, eh?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 19, 2025 10:46 PM (npFr7)

175 Crafts 'n Things COVER- things I am not familiar with:
Quilling
Paper Marquetry
Chenille Centerpieces
Bandana Stitchery

Posted by: scampydog - Grateful got me at 155 at November 19, 2025 10:46 PM (41CYW)

176 Yeah, my DL was forcibly changed from blond to gray last renewal.

It's hell getting old.

Posted by: toby928(c) at November 19, 2025 10:46 PM (jc0TO)

177 I went to IHop...wanted pancakes with Boysenberry syrup.

They said they did not have BOYSENBERRY syrup anymore.

This country is going to hell in a handbasket!!!

Time to build a bunker.

Posted by: Nightwatch at November 19, 2025 10:46 PM (25kuG)

178 what about Hot Rod magazine
Posted by: Don Black

Thank you! Loved and hated that rag.
"Project First Car.' We sent the chassis out to LA Speed and Pricey shit, where they installed 2 thousand dollars worth of suspension..."

Posted by: Some Rat at November 19, 2025 10:46 PM (TfUTr)

179 Damn, the 70s were awesome:
Posted by: Bulg

Sometimes I sit around and reminisce about those days. Good times. . good times. But! It is our human nature to forget the crap times during those years - and there were plenty.

Posted by: Tonypete at November 19, 2025 10:46 PM (cYBz/)

180 123 No love for Hoard's Dairyman?

Wow, you people.
Posted by: Tonypete at November 19, 2025 10:30 PM (cYBz/)

Trying to milk praise out of us? Isn't that a bit cheesy?

Posted by: tankdemon at November 19, 2025 10:46 PM (jfvTO)

181 Hole and a heartbeat Bricker.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, red heifer owner at November 19, 2025 10:45 PM (LjSYW)

--------

He did better as Ziegfried.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at November 19, 2025 10:46 PM (JkO4W)

182 You said Hunt the Wumpus.

Posted by: blaster at November 19, 2025 10:47 PM (RoO7G)

183 Cannot imagine life growing up in Pittsburgh.
Posted by: Legally Sufficient
..................................
Grew up an hour north of Pittsburgh .My Dad worked in a mill till it shut down in '94. He semi retired and worked as a contractor painting until he fully retired. He didn't miss the steel mill. Dangerous, loud, and dirty

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at November 19, 2025 10:47 PM (sAmhv)

184 I was in a Blue Man concert. I had bought tickets and early in the show a stage hand came up and asked me to participate.

They took me backstage and explained the act, then had me get put on a poncho and mask and get into a small box which they would wheel on stage and I would come out of.

The act was that they showed a video of "me" on stage of "me" after I went backstage that showed them basically beating the snot out of me in a comical way but was just a dummy wearing the same pancho and mask they had me put on.

It was pretty funny and well done.

Posted by: 18-1 at November 19, 2025 10:47 PM (sKqQm)

185 Evening all,

I hope all are well.

Posted by: Joyenz at November 19, 2025 10:47 PM (2F0/Y)

186 It's all good brother Scampydog!

Posted by: The Grateful - Acta Non Verba at November 19, 2025 10:47 PM (IQ6Gq)

187 Well time to load up the airbrush and shoot the bottom of this airplane kit.

Posted by: Anna Puma at November 19, 2025 10:48 PM (wnD9v)

188 One type of publication that the Internet killed that I used to buy often was those recipe pamphlets in the checkout line at the grocery.
They were usually put out by a food manufacturer like Pillsbury or Campbells and the recipes varied from good to awful, but they were fun.
I still have torn out sheets from them in the recipe binder.
Posted by: sal at November 19, 2025 10:38 PM (f+FmA)
* * * *
One of our family classics for decades now is an orange sweet roll from one of the Pillsbury annual bake-off issues. Mom used to make them for Easter morning.

Posted by: Legally Sufficient at November 19, 2025 10:48 PM (kB9dk)

189 Before I go to bed, I thought I'd let you all know what the latest talking point is from the left regarding the Epstein files.

Now that they are going to be released, they are starting to claim they have been sanitized of any info proving Trump's guilt.
They keep moving the goal posts to maintain their fantasy world.

Posted by: Erebus- Ex Killer Whale at November 19, 2025 10:48 PM (jRZX9)

190 The last two times I went to IHOP were unsatisfactory.

The last time we left without eating or paying for our order.

I don't think they will be a going concern for much longer.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at November 19, 2025 10:49 PM (A0sqA)

191 I would ask why you didn't include a Compute magazine cover, but they didn't start publishing until 1979.

Posted by: tankdemon at November 19, 2025 10:49 PM (jfvTO)

192 79 World Toilet Day and the future.
Years ago I read an SF story about archeologists poking about in the ruins of ancient Earth. One of the few things to survive were ceramic objects that were present in almost every building. They came in a bewildering number of shapes and sizes. Were they altars? Perhaps some form of food distribution system? The only clue was a sign in a long forgotten language: "Employees Must Wash Hands After Using Restroom."
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at November 19, 2025 10:19 PM (QFqsT)

I recall a similar story about either future or alien scientists viewing a long strip of miniature pictures which when viewed properly shows images of a dark furry animal cavorting around in the forest, and concluding with an inscription the translation and meaning of which would be hotly debated for decades:

"A Walt Disney Production"

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at November 19, 2025 10:49 PM (QGaXH)

193 TRex Editor
Its good we have a professional Dino editor...
I often forget how we can conduct outselves over here...
*as one goes about scratching one's butt*
Oh! Sorry...I said that outloud didn't I...I better go lurk now..😒...

Posted by: COMountainMarie at November 19, 2025 10:49 PM (3pxDZ)

194 147 Cannot imagine life growing up in Pittsburgh.

Posted by: Legally Sufficient at November 19, 2025 10:36 PM
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Like so many other things, depends on time and place. YMMV.

Posted by: TRex - Yinzer Nation at November 19, 2025 10:50 PM (IQ6Gq)

195 I guess the internet killed the Penny Saver type classifieds. I bought and sold a catamaran through one of those.

Posted by: toby928(c) at November 19, 2025 10:50 PM (jc0TO)

196 Two amazing things happened to me in the 1970's: 1. There was this little club that my brother and I would go to after work. Mostly it was recorded music - but they had a stage so sometimes they'd have a local band playing. One night we walked in the door just as the DJ was saying "Ladies and Gentlemen: Chicago" Sure enough that is who it was. The club was only about 1/2 full so we got a table right in front of the band. They were so good. They used the club as rehearsal for their big concert date in Richmond.

2. I walked into an all night restaurant on Broad St in Richmond. There was a couple in there: Cher and Greg Allman. Cher was smiling and laughing at something Greg said. As soon as she saw me she went stiff and dropped into dealing with asses mode. No way I wanted to disturb them so I got a booth at the far end and ordered breakfast. Cher said "Doesn't he know who we are? Greg looked at me and said "He knows, he's just giving us privacy." After I gobbled down my eggs and toast I go up to leave. On the way out I gave each of them some polite applause. Greg nodded at me and said "I told you he knew who we were."

Posted by: An Observation sez Trump is my President at November 19, 2025 10:51 PM (Da7Vv)

197 They keep moving the goal posts to maintain their fantasy world.
Posted by: Erebus

They haven't used real goalposts since the '90s. They just green-screen them into the shot in post.

Posted by: mikeski at November 19, 2025 10:52 PM (nhCoE)

198 193 I often forget how we can conduct outselves over here...
*as one goes about scratching one's butt*

Posted by: COMountainMarie at November 19, 2025 10:49 PM
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What happens at the wobbly table stays at the wobbly table.

Posted by: Sgt TRex - I know nothing! at November 19, 2025 10:52 PM (IQ6Gq)

199 Somebody asked her her nationality, and I quickly said Philippines. She says yes, thats right, how did you know? I blurted out "I read solder of fortune" lolol
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at November 19, 2025 10:36 PM (snZF9)

So much for taking her home that night, eh?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 19, 2025 10:46 PM (npFr7)

Well, she was American born, and as it turns out was the younger sister that I never met of a dude I actually knew from other parties. That was off the table in any galaxy. lol

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at November 19, 2025 10:53 PM (snZF9)

200 187

Bet your doing up some WWII Fighter plane knowing you...

Posted by: Nightwatch at November 19, 2025 10:53 PM (25kuG)

201 200!

Posted by: The Grateful - Acta Non Verba at November 19, 2025 10:53 PM (IQ6Gq)

202 Heh. The only magazine I ever bought a subscription to was OMNI when I was in college in the early 80's.

I was into Conspiracy Theories (and Art Bell) before it was cool ...

Posted by: ShainS -- Bury My Heart At a Texas MoMe at November 19, 2025 10:53 PM (+mTgD)

203 Blot!

Posted by: The Grateful - Acta Non Verba at November 19, 2025 10:54 PM (IQ6Gq)

204 I subscribed to Military History magazine for years until it became just another liberal rag.

Posted by: Beartooth at November 19, 2025 10:54 PM (0714D)

205 201 200!

Posted by: The Grateful - Acta Non Verba at November 19, 2025 10:53 PM (IQ6Gq)

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Whatever it takes ...

Posted by: ShainS -- Bury My Heart At a Texas MoMe at November 19, 2025 10:54 PM (+mTgD)

206 Just saw the Lurkers Mystery Click. LOL, well done.

Posted by: scampydog - Grateful got me at 155 at November 19, 2025 10:54 PM (41CYW)

207 Growing up, I remember looking forward to Highlights and Ranger Rick every week.

Posted by: PA Dutchman at November 19, 2025 10:55 PM (31p00)

208 Saw Journey at Madison Square Garden in 1978, right after Perry joined the band. Styx opened for them. Perry's voice was amazing and beautiful live.

Posted by: Rockin' Mel Slurp!! at November 19, 2025 10:55 PM (oftw2)

209 Well, she was American born, and as it turns out was the younger sister that I never met of a dude I actually knew from other parties. That was off the table in any galaxy. lol
Posted by: Berserker

The Bro Code. "Once you've known a bro for 24 hours, his sister is off-limits forever."

Posted by: mikeski at November 19, 2025 10:56 PM (nhCoE)

210 Just saw the Lurkers Mystery Click. LOL, well done.
Posted by: scampydog
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????

Posted by: The Grateful - Acta Non Verba at November 19, 2025 10:56 PM (IQ6Gq)

211 206 Just saw the Lurkers Mystery Click. LOL, well done.

Posted by: scampydog - Grateful got me at 155 at November 19, 2025 10:54 PM
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Gold star for spotting. Special appearance just for this the 1978 theme. We care about our lurkers!

Posted by: TRex - anti-inflation dino at November 19, 2025 10:56 PM (IQ6Gq)

212 I recall a similar story about either future or alien scientists viewing a long strip of miniature pictures which when viewed properly shows images of a dark furry animal cavorting around in the forest, and concluding with an inscription the translation and meaning of which would be hotly debated for decades:

"A Walt Disney Production"
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at November 19, 2025 10:49 PM (QGaXH)
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There's a scene in Sleeper where Woody Allen is explaining artifacts of his time to scientists of the future

"Albert Shanker got the Bomb!"

Posted by: San Franpsycho at November 19, 2025 10:57 PM (A0sqA)

213 Off sock.

Posted by: scampydog at November 19, 2025 10:57 PM (41CYW)

214 I recall a similar story about either future or alien scientists viewing a long strip of miniature pictures which when viewed properly shows images of a dark furry animal cavorting around in the forest, and concluding with an inscription the translation and meaning of which would be hotly debated for decades:

"A Walt Disney Production"
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at November 19, 2025 10:49 PM (QGaXH)

You know, movies and video "work" for humans because of a phenomenon called "persistence of vision". We get a short glimpse of something, and that images persists in our mind's eye for a few milliseconds until supplanted by something else. The result is we see movies and TV as a continuous flow of movement. Not all animals have this. What if highly-advanced space aliens did not have it? They could probably reason out that a strip of movie film was intended to represent motion. but they could not view the film and experience the motion the way we do.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 19, 2025 10:57 PM (npFr7)

215 Grew up an hour north of Pittsburgh .My Dad worked in a mill till it shut down in '94. He semi retired and worked as a contractor painting until he fully retired. He didn't miss the steel mill. Dangerous, loud, and dirty
Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at November 19, 2025 10:47 PM (sAmhv)
* * * *
I recall the steel mills down by the river and how smoky everything was. We were just visiting so it made a huge impression. They later rehabbed everything in the former mill area and it was nice shops and eateries. Big improvement. Visited my aunt in Baden once and was so impressed by all the green trees and lovely narrow, winding roads. Even the houses looked different.

Posted by: Legally Sufficient at November 19, 2025 10:57 PM (kB9dk)

216 207 Growing up, I remember looking forward to Highlights and Ranger Rick every week.

Posted by: PA Dutchman at November 19, 2025 10:55 PM
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Good reference. I remember those.

Posted by: TRex - outdoor adventure dino at November 19, 2025 10:58 PM (IQ6Gq)

217 TRex, I think I saw an early picture of you on another blog (Freedom is just another word...).

https://tinyurl.com/3zbnaxjj

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at November 19, 2025 10:58 PM (S/Y4j)

218 Off sock.
Posted by: scampydog
***********
I got the sadz....

Posted by: The Grateful - Acta Non Verba at November 19, 2025 10:58 PM (IQ6Gq)

219 Is there some kind of universal law that states one can only get 2 or 3 applications of superglue before the whole tube seizes up?

Posted by: weft cut-loop at November 19, 2025 10:59 PM (mlg/3)

220 I got the sadz....
Posted by: The Grateful - Acta Non Verba at November 19, 2025 10:58 PM (IQ6Gq)
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As you wish.

Posted by: scampydog - Grateful got me at 155 at November 19, 2025 10:59 PM (41CYW)

221 149 the guy that drives around the back roads deliberately killing that sh*t and determining what works and doesn't work in my exact geographic area.

Posted by: Pillage Idiot at November 19, 2025 10:37 PM (HlyYF)

There are actually people who's job it is to do that?

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at November 19, 2025 11:00 PM (QGaXH)

222 217 TRex, I think I saw an early picture of you

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at November 19, 2025 10:58 PM
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I was cute, but people still seem to prefer puppies. and they bite more!

Posted by: TRex - junior dino at November 19, 2025 11:00 PM (IQ6Gq)

223 Growing up, I remember looking forward to Highlights and Ranger Rick every week.

Posted by: PA Dutchman at November 19, 2025 10:55 PM (31p00)

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Highlights for Children. I liked Goofus and Gallant. And the Timbertoes.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at November 19, 2025 11:01 PM (ys6FW)

224 Hey, Joyenz, Welcome! Good to see you here!

Posted by: Bulg at November 19, 2025 11:01 PM (77rzZ)

225 I subscribed to Car and Driver for a while. Hard to believe, but in the late 70’s and early 80’s C&D had a letters section that was as hilarious as any of the threads we have here. They had great editors and people who would really work to get a good one in.

Posted by: Tom Servo at November 19, 2025 11:01 PM (/ZNPI)

226 Illegals smuggling cattle across the border

https://tinyurl.com/5n7ufyjm

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ & his new toilet at November 19, 2025 11:01 PM (rU9qQ)

227 No longer sadz... you are the best Doggo!

Posted by: The Grateful - Acta Non Verba at November 19, 2025 11:01 PM (IQ6Gq)

228 There are actually people who's job it is to do that?
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at November 19, 2025 11:00 PM (QGaXH)
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EXTERMINATE!

Posted by: The Daleks at November 19, 2025 11:01 PM (9ipOP)

229 Well, she was American born, and as it turns out was the younger sister that I never met of a dude I actually knew from other parties. That was off the table in any galaxy. lol
Posted by: Berserker

The Bro Code. "Once you've known a bro for 24 hours, his sister is off-limits forever."

Posted by: mikeski at November 19, 2025 10:56 PM (nhCoE)

Bingo, for it is written.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at November 19, 2025 11:01 PM (snZF9)

230 I guess the internet killed the Penny Saver type classifieds. I bought and sold a catamaran through one of those.
Posted by: toby928(c) at November 19, 2025 10:50 PM (jc0TO)

Still exists here in my part of Alberta. Western Buy and Sell.

westernbuyselltrade.com/contact/

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 19, 2025 11:02 PM (npFr7)

231 Two amazing things happened to me in the 1970's: 1. There was this little club that my brother and I would go to after work. Mostly it was recorded music - but they had a stage so sometimes they'd have a local band playing. One night we walked in the door just as the DJ was saying "Ladies and Gentlemen: Chicago"

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Chicago (and those horns!) was my favorite band in the late 70's (R.I.P. the Great Terry Kath).

In the mid-90s, my girlfriend and I were visiting a gay friend of hers (whom she bought her pot from) in San Francisco. We went out to a club in one of the downtown hotels (I think it was "The Mint").

Anyway, we walk into a small amphitheater where they're having a karaoke night. A woman on-stage starts singing the famous song at the time "What's Up" by the 4 Non Blondes -- which I really liked -- and I was blown away.

I said: "She sounds just like the lead singer on that song" and my girlfriend's friend chuckles and says "That's because it IS the lead singer -- Linda Perry!" Turns out she was celebrating her birthday that night with a group of lesbian friends, who made her get up on stage and sing it.

Posted by: ShainS -- Bury My Heart At a Texas MoMe at November 19, 2025 11:02 PM (+mTgD)

232 176 Yeah, my DL was forcibly changed from blond to gray last renewal.

It's hell getting old.
Posted by: toby928(c)

I'm 70 and my hair is still quite blond. Beard is grayer, though. I expect my hair will gray out in the next few years, if my blond late uncles are an indication.

Posted by: Norwegian Mental Illness Art Fan at November 19, 2025 11:02 PM (oftw2)

233 Is there some kind of universal law that states one can only get 2 or 3 applications of superglue before the whole tube seizes up?

Posted by: weft cut-loop at November 19, 2025 10:59 PM (mlg/3)

Yes, yes there is, and it's a major pissoff.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at November 19, 2025 11:03 PM (snZF9)

234 196 Two amazing things happened to me in the 1970's:
Posted by: An Observation sez Trump is my President at November 19, 2025 10:51 PM (Da7Vv)

Great stories!

Posted by: Joemarine at November 19, 2025 11:03 PM (y171U)

235 There are actually people who's job it is to do that?
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at November 19, 2025 11:00 PM (QGaXH)

Alberta has a Rat Patrol. Anyone sights a rat, and they come with traps and guns and poison to exterminate them. Alberta is officially a rat-free Province, and they aim to keep it that way. Deadly serious about it. Rats are terribly destructive.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 19, 2025 11:06 PM (npFr7)

236 Is there some kind of universal law that states one can only get 2 or 3 applications of superglue before the whole tube seizes up?

Posted by: weft cut-loop
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I gave up on reuse. Wife and kids get an el cheapo tube of Crazy Glue in their Christmas stocking every year. All end up in the desired destination for future one time use.

Posted by: scampydog - Grateful got me at 155 at November 19, 2025 11:06 PM (41CYW)

237 Lurkers:

https://tinyurl.com/2dk3rzxk

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at November 19, 2025 11:06 PM (CHHv1)

238 My DL only lists height and eye color. Until I get the old lady shrinkage, I'm not lying.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at November 19, 2025 11:06 PM (ys6FW)

239 It's hell getting old.

As my mom - who made 96 said to me: "Old age is not for sissies."

Posted by: An Observation sez Trump is my President at November 19, 2025 11:07 PM (Da7Vv)

240 Je quitte la table du dîner.
Bonne nuit à toi
Horde

Posted by: Nightwatch at November 19, 2025 11:08 PM (25kuG)

241 Saw ELO at MSG , also in '78. They put on a nice show, too.

Posted by: Rockin' Mel Slurp! at November 19, 2025 11:10 PM (oftw2)

242 Omni magazine was my favorite.

Posted by: lin-duh is offended at November 19, 2025 11:11 PM (VCgbV)

243 REDACTED: Texas Gov. Greg Abbott was ordered to release some of his emails with Elon Musk. All but 200 of the nearly 1,400 pages handed over to @lmcgaughy [writer @ propublica] are completely blacked out.

[Abbott to L McGaughy, GFY]

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ & his new toilet at November 19, 2025 11:12 PM (rU9qQ)

244 243 REDACTED: Texas Gov. Greg Abbott was ordered to release some of his emails with Elon Musk. All but 200 of the nearly 1,400 pages handed over to @lmcgaughy [writer @ propublica] are completely blacked out.

[Abbott to L McGaughy, GFY]

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ & his new toilet
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Finally learning to play the game like the other side.

Posted by: scampydog - Grateful got me at 155 at November 19, 2025 11:13 PM (41CYW)

245 241 Saw ELO at MSG , also in '78. They put on a nice show, too.
Posted by: Rockin' Mel Slurp! at November 19, 2025 11:10 PM (oftw2)

And you can't get it out of your head?

Posted by: Aetius451AD at November 19, 2025 11:14 PM (bss/y)

246 235 There are actually people who's job it is to do that?
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at November 19, 2025 11:00 PM (QGaXH)

Alberta has a Rat Patrol. Anyone sights a rat, and they come with traps and guns and poison to exterminate them. Alberta is officially a rat-free Province, and they aim to keep it that way. Deadly serious about it. Rats are terribly destructive.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 19, 2025 11:06 PM (npFr7)

Makes mental note to avoid Alberta.......

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at November 19, 2025 11:14 PM (QGaXH)

247 REDACTED: Texas Gov. Greg Abbott was ordered to release some of his emails with Elon Musk. All but 200 of the nearly 1,400 pages handed over to @lmcgaughy [writer @ propublica] are completely blacked out.

[Abbott to L McGaughy, GFY]

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ & his new toilet at November 19, 2025 11:12 PM (rU9qQ)

Heh. And when the d-bag sues to have the redactions revealed, we will see: Abbott: "How about them Astros, Elon?"

Musk; "Meh, they got lucky."

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 19, 2025 11:15 PM (npFr7)

248 Alberta has a Rat Patrol. Anyone sights a rat, and they come with traps and guns and poison to exterminate them. Alberta is officially a rat-free Province, and they aim to keep it that way. Deadly serious about it. Rats are terribly destructive.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 19, 2025 11:06 PM (npFr7)

Not the 4 dudes with jeeps with mounted .50 BMG's?

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at November 19, 2025 11:16 PM (snZF9)

249 My son was born in 1978. A very good year.

Posted by: Javems at November 19, 2025 11:16 PM (8I4hW)

250 235 Alberta has a Rat Patrol. Anyone....

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 19, 2025 11:06 PM (npFr7)

Wasn't there a tv show by that name?

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at November 19, 2025 11:18 PM (QGaXH)

251 Not the 4 dudes with jeeps with mounted .50 BMG's?
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at November 19, 2025 11:16 PM (snZF9)

I think they drive pickups, and tote .22 semi-auto rifles and maybe .410 shotguns.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 19, 2025 11:18 PM (npFr7)

252 I would ask why you didn't include a Compute magazine cover
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Byte

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at November 19, 2025 11:19 PM (XeU6L)

253 Calling it an early night - somebody starting to freak out about all the work she hasn't done to get ready for older son's arrival Saturday.....

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at November 19, 2025 11:20 PM (QGaXH)

254 You know, movies and video "work" for humans because of a phenomenon called "persistence of vision". We get a short glimpse of something, and that images persists in our mind's eye for a few milliseconds until supplanted by something else. The result is we see movies and TV as a continuous flow of movement. Not all animals have this.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon

And they don't all have it at the same rate. Dogs are more likely to freak out about things on a modern digital TV than they were on old analog tube sets, because their eyes effectively work at a higher frequency than ours. New TVs look "real" to them; NTSC sets looked like really fast slideshows.

Posted by: mikeski at November 19, 2025 11:20 PM (nhCoE)

255 249 My son was born in 1978. A very good year.
Posted by: Javems
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Hey javems, how'd everything go with your wife's surgery?

Posted by: scampydog - Grateful got me at 155 at November 19, 2025 11:20 PM (41CYW)

256 Alberta is officially a rat-free Province, and they aim to keep it that way. Deadly serious about it.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon

Makes mental note to avoid Alberta.......
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan

Heh, I was expecting this to be "posted by Some Rat."

Posted by: mikeski at November 19, 2025 11:22 PM (nhCoE)

257 135 Rat

Oh honey! I'm not sure you want to know THAT stuff😳!

Posted by: COMountainMarie at November 19, 2025 11:25 PM (3pxDZ)

258 Alberta has a Rat Patrol. Anyone....

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 19, 2025 11:06 PM (npFr7)

Wasn't there a tv show by that name?

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at November 19, 2025 11:18 PM (QGaXH)

Yup, 4 dudes and 2 jeeps with mounted .50 BMGs driving around the desert and pissing off the Afrika Korps.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at November 19, 2025 11:25 PM (snZF9)

259 I have never seen the Rat Patrol around here. Mostly they work the Saskatchewan and Montana border area. And maybe some truck and train yards. Rocky Mountains are a bridge too high for the rats from B.C. And the far North is no country for old rats.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 19, 2025 11:25 PM (npFr7)

260 I said: "She sounds just like the lead singer on that song" and my girlfriend's friend chuckles and says "That's because it IS the lead singer -- Linda Perry!" Turns out she was celebrating her birthday that night with a group of lesbian friends, who made her get up on stage and sing it.

I just played their song on Youtube, and yes that was a good song.

I'm kind of amazed she could sing a Karaoke version of her song, since Karaoke changes keys to an easier to sing version. I can sing the Eagles song I can't tell you why in the original difficult falsetto key. I tried singing it to a Karaoke key and I was just awful; I kept hearing how the vocals were supposed to sound and they just didn't fit the music I was hearing. But that is part of why I'm not a musician.

Posted by: An Observation sez Trump is my President at November 19, 2025 11:26 PM (Da7Vv)

261 Is there some kind of universal law that states one can only get 2 or 3 applications of superglue before the whole tube seizes up?

Posted by: weft cut-loop
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It is the moisture in the air, or, less fortunately, your fingers. Once you crack the lid, it's a one-way trip. Slowly perhaps, but there it is.

"Cyanoacrylate polymerization is a rapid, anionic chain-growth process where liquid monomers link together to form strong polymer chains, or a glassy resin, that act as an adhesive"

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at November 19, 2025 11:27 PM (XeU6L)

262 My uncle gave me a copy of the Last Whole Earth Catalog for my 13th birthday. There were some nude photos and adult topics so my dad confiscated it, but I found it and looked at it when he wasn't around. Pretty sure he looked at it too.

Posted by: Bigsmith at November 19, 2025 11:27 PM (1Au9i)

263 I walked into an all night restaurant on Broad St in Richmond. There was a couple in there: Cher and Greg Allman. . . . Greg nodded at me and said "I told you he knew who we were." Posted by: An Observation sez Trump is my President at November 19, 2025 10:51 PM (Da7Vv)

I was on the subway once and Michael Richards got on. He went straight to the corner of the car and sat as inconspicuously as he possibly could. I nodded at him, he nodded at me, and no one else paid any attention to him. I could see he wanted to not be recognized. He got out a few stops later. I asked the couple sitting next to me if they knew who that was, and it turns out they were tourists from Canada and had no idea. Two teenage girls on the other side of me said, "Who?" I told them he was on Seinfeld and they said, "Oh yeah . . . ."

Posted by: Caesar North of the Rubicon at November 19, 2025 11:28 PM (eStot)

264 Yup, 4 dudes and 2 jeeps with mounted .50 BMGs driving around the desert and pissing off the Afrika Korps.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at November 19, 2025 11:25 PM (snZF9)

The German captain in the series was portrayed by actor Eric Braeden, who originally performed under his birth name Hans-Jörg Gudegast.
He went on to a long,long career in soap operas.

I sort of think the recoil from a .50 cal would shake a Jeep to pieces. They never mounted them on M29 Weasels for that reason.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 19, 2025 11:30 PM (npFr7)

265 And yes, I can sing most of the BG's songs in their falsetto key too.

Posted by: An Observation sez Trump is my President at November 19, 2025 11:30 PM (Da7Vv)

266 Omni magazine was my favorite.
Posted by: lin-duh
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Once exchanged some letters with a Psychologist who had an article published in Omni. It regarded the statistical association of people's names and their profession.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at November 19, 2025 11:31 PM (XeU6L)

267 /sings

The Slut Boat... you will get lucky with everyone
the Slut Boat... where the crew fucks with everyone....

Posted by: Romeo13 at November 19, 2025 11:33 PM (mP0Kj)

268 December 1978: I had my first real-life crush. I was in heaven for quite awhile.

Posted by: Bulg at November 19, 2025 11:33 PM (77rzZ)

269 Hey javems, how'd everything go with your wife's surgery?
Posted by: scampydog - Grateful got me at 155 at November 19, 2025 11:20 PM (41CYW)

Stent insertion went fine. Cardioversion went well yesterday. She is out of Afib now and hopefully meds will keep her that way.

Thanks you for asking.

You and yours doing well I hope

Posted by: Javems at November 19, 2025 11:33 PM (8I4hW)

270 I also had a subscription to GAMES, it was awesome.

OMNI was cool

MAD > Cracked

National Lampoon - Nekkid boobs and occasionally more.

Esquire - I love "Getting By on $100,000 a Year" in 1978.

Posted by: Dr. Fausti - I WAS The Science at November 19, 2025 11:34 PM (8hxDK)

271 Many people here like to dump on that song by Four Non Blondes, but it really is a vocal tour de force. I guess the fact that I never heard it get played to death on pop radio is why I can enjoy it now.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 19, 2025 11:34 PM (npFr7)

272 The opening graphic & mystery click are so timely. Not only am I reading this ONT (and commenting) from a cabin on a Princess cruise ship, but it's a Love Boat Celebration cruise, with original members of the cast on board. Just got pics tonight with Fred Grandy, Bernie Kopell, & Jill Whelan!

Posted by: BRWombat at November 19, 2025 11:34 PM (pGfLG)

273 I suppose I could've coated a straight pin with grease or something, stuck it down the superglue tube and sealed with wax or something, but, man I hate buying new tubes just for a f'ing toenail or something.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at November 19, 2025 11:35 PM (mlg/3)

274 and 2 jeeps with mounted .50 BMGs driving around the desert and pissing off the Afrika Korps.
Posted by: Berserker-
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*cough*
M2 Brownings

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at November 19, 2025 11:35 PM (XeU6L)

275 According to Benny Johnson on youtube.

Elon is back in the white house.

Posted by: You Really Don't Want to Know at November 19, 2025 11:36 PM (sL4oo)

276 A local prominent attorney came home drunk and his wife super glued his schmeckel to his tummy. Guess it's better than being
bobbited.

Posted by: Tales From The ER at November 19, 2025 11:36 PM (oftw2)

277 LOL... Model Engine... talk about memories...

Spent my early teen years building and flying line control gas Planes... to the place of designing and building things that flew... with enough power behind it.

Like, take three coffee cans, some rivets, a couple of soup cans... build the booms for control, put a big enough engine on it and YES, it will fly.

Did get in trouble with a friends Dad though... they were into model Rockets... and we set up I think it was 20? of his Dad's rockets, tied to a firing control... so he could play SAM, and try to shoot my airplane down.

Posted by: Romeo13 at November 19, 2025 11:37 PM (mP0Kj)

278 I had an Article published in Dr Dobb's Journal. It was the first article I had ever submitted for publication. Most authors I tell that story to get pissed off, as a long chain of rejections is almost a pre-requisite to being an author.

Posted by: An Observation sez Trump is my President at November 19, 2025 11:38 PM (Da7Vv)

279 And West Coast TV guides were printed in Merced Calif... a few miles from where I lived.

TV guide went under and killed the printing plant, and a thousand or so good jobs. Plant is STILL THERE EMPTY.

Posted by: Romeo13 at November 19, 2025 11:38 PM (mP0Kj)

280
According to Benny Johnson on youtube.

Elon is back in the white house.
Posted by: You Really Don't Want to Know

================

Moar DOGE?

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at November 19, 2025 11:39 PM (obOni)

281 276 A local prominent attorney came home drunk and his wife super glued his schmeckel to his tummy. Guess it's better than being
bobbited.
Posted by: Tales From The ER at November 19, 2025 11:36 PM (oftw2

He was drunk and she was just trying to ... uh...

Keep him up?

Posted by: Romeo13 at November 19, 2025 11:39 PM (mP0Kj)

282 Geez...had forgotten Dr. Dobb's

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at November 19, 2025 11:39 PM (XeU6L)

283 269 Glad to hear procedures went well. Great news! All good here, kids will both be home for Thanksgiving.

Posted by: scampydog at November 19, 2025 11:40 PM (41CYW)

284 New Democrat talking point. "This is what corruption looks like."
They used that phrase with the Abbott/Musk emails and here is all time favorite, Jasmine Ratchitt, trolling Kristi Noam.

https://tinyurl.com/yt535zde

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ & his new toilet at November 19, 2025 11:40 PM (rU9qQ)

285 Omni magazine was originally entitled "Nova". There were a couple issues with that masthead. PBS objected and the name was changed to Omni. I was an original subscriber and wished I had kept copies of "Nova". I learned so much from that pub!

Posted by: Jeff at November 19, 2025 11:41 PM (XXgge)

286 I suppose I could've coated a straight pin with grease or something, stuck it down the superglue tube and sealed with wax or something, but, man I hate buying new tubes just for a f'ing toenail or something.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at November 19, 2025 11:35 PM (mlg/3)

Th trick would be to open the tube and apply the glue in a moisture-free atmosphere. Oxygen-free, even better. When I use POR-15 anti-rust paint, which is similarly catalyzed by airborne moisture, I stick the nozzle of my MIG welder under the edge of the lid as I am reclosing the can, and let CO2 flow in for a few seconds to displace the air. Seems to work.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 19, 2025 11:41 PM (npFr7)

287 A local prominent attorney came home drunk and his wife super glued his schmeckel to his tummy. Guess it's better than being bobbited.
Posted by: Tales From The ER

At least he could still walk into the ER. She could have glued his balls to his thighs.

Posted by: mikeski at November 19, 2025 11:41 PM (nhCoE)

288 275 According to Benny Johnson on youtube.

Elon is back in the white house.
Posted by: You Really Don't Want to Know at November 19, 2025 11:36 PM (sL4oo)

The blurb I saw also said he had some sort of secret device with him...

Posted by: Aetius451AD at November 19, 2025 11:41 PM (bss/y)

289 It would be funny if all the Morons lived in Pittsburgh. We'd get to see things like this in the blotter:

Caller reporting that some guy is running up and down Aspen Street screaming. "FIRST WITH A BLADE. FIRST WITH A BLADE." Caller doesn't think he has a knife, but he keeps pumping his fist like he won the lottery or something.

Caller stated, "Some guy is like 20th line at the DMV, and he keeps shouting, "FIRST." They want him to stop.

Caller thinks he saw a space man. Insists there are no drugs involved impairing his "thought process." He says he just saw some guy with the shortest arms he's ever seen. He was walking around the WaWa on 2nd street asking people to scratch his back.

I could do this all night.

Posted by: Orson at November 19, 2025 11:43 PM (dIske)

290 270 I also had a subscription to GAMES, it was awesome.

OMNI was cool

MAD > Cracked

Posted by: Dr. Fausti - I WAS The Science at November 19, 2025 11:34 PM (8hxDK)

I had collections of Epic and Erie... both great graphic magazines... THOUSANDS of dollars, most with TWO copies, one read, one still pristine...

My Mom cleaned out my room when I was in Navy Boot Camp... and took them to a Church Sale, where they sold for $.10 a piece.... I did not know for a couple of years... Never did tell her what she had done.

Those collections today? Probably a couple Hundred K worth.

Posted by: Romeo13 at November 19, 2025 11:43 PM (mP0Kj)

291 Moar DOGE?

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at November 19, 2025 11:39 PM (obOni)

https://youtu.be/uiVEchZY6YM?t=364

Apparently he uncovered more corruption in DC than TPTB would tolerate and had to flee.

Posted by: You Really Don't Want to Know at November 19, 2025 11:43 PM (sL4oo)

292 So does Elon get his own room or what

Posted by: Don Black at November 19, 2025 11:43 PM (AOsQT)

293 It is the moisture in the air, or, less fortunately, your fingers. Once you crack the lid, it's a one-way trip. Slowly perhaps, but there it is.

I've had good luck with keeping opened tubes in the refrigerator.
The one I have in their now has been in for several years and was still good a couple of weeks ago when I used it.

Posted by: An Observation sez Trump is my President at November 19, 2025 11:44 PM (Da7Vv)

294 271 Many people here like to dump on that song by Four Non Blondes, but it really is a vocal tour de force. I guess the fact that I never heard it get played to death on pop radio is why I can enjoy it now.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
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I am with you - albeit, we may be the rare ones on here that like that song.

Posted by: scampydog at November 19, 2025 11:45 PM (41CYW)

295 The blurb I saw also said he had some sort of secret device with him...

Posted by: Aetius451AD at November 19, 2025 11:41 PM (bss/y)

There was something about that but I didn't listen much to that part. See #291 for link.

Posted by: You Really Don't Want to Know at November 19, 2025 11:45 PM (sL4oo)

296 It would be funny if all the Morons lived in Pittsburgh. We'd get to see things like this in the blotter:

Caller stated, "Some guy is like 20th line at the DMV, and he keeps shouting, "FIRST." They want him to stop.

I could do this all night.
Posted by: Orson

Caller reports a man in a Rush t-shirt is challenging everyone who walks by to a game of pickleball. Caller is unsure if it's literal or a euphemism.

Posted by: Moronsburgh Scanner at November 19, 2025 11:48 PM (nhCoE)

297 I think acetone will dissolve super glue, but it wouldn't feel good on "sensitive skin".

Posted by: Burnin' Love at November 19, 2025 11:49 PM (oftw2)

298 You know what might sell? An el-cheapo, but reusable glove box for using Krazy glue, and maybe some other moisture-sensitive products. Make it out of cardboard, with some clear plastic film windows, and some loose-fitting nitrile gloves let into the front. You take the folded unit out of the closet, set it up, put your work piece and the Krazy Glue inside, and toss in a lump of dry ice. Give it time to gas off, and drive the air out, then open your tube of glue, glue up your job, and seal the tube, with it never having touched humid air. Betcha Anna could use one. Of course, she is smart enough to build one on her own.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 19, 2025 11:50 PM (npFr7)

299 1978, I found Carl Sagan insufferable. The Love Boat was sad, but at 13 you watched it for the occasional boobeh. Same with Fantasy Island, and then the scrambled dirty movie on the subscription TV.

Posted by: Ted Torgerson at November 19, 2025 11:52 PM (R86kT)

300 My brother had an original copy of Silver Surfer #1. He sold it for a dollar, and figured he'd made out like a bandit - since he only paid a quarter for it.

Posted by: An Observation sez Trump is my President at November 19, 2025 11:52 PM (Da7Vv)

301 297 I think acetone will dissolve super glue, but it wouldn't feel good on "sensitive skin".
Posted by: Burnin' Love at November 19, 2025 11:49 PM (oftw2)

That's because it strips all the oil from your skin.

Acetone. The name you trust when dissolving things. (at least anything polar.)

Posted by: Aetius451AD at November 19, 2025 11:52 PM (bss/y)

302 Caller reports a man in a Rush t-shirt is challenging everyone who walks by to a game of pickleball. Caller is unsure if it's literal or a euphemism.
Posted by: Moronsburgh Scanner at November 19, 2025 11:48 PM (nhCoE)

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Caller states that "he's off the sauce" for a while. Claims there is a sort hairy animal looking thing riding up and down Elm Avenue on a Vespa chewing a piece of bamboo. Second call, apparently the Vespa rider is pointing at random pedestrians and calling them "clam hammer" or something like that.

Posted by: Orson at November 19, 2025 11:53 PM (dIske)

303 76 When Fonzy first appeared on Happy Days, he wore a cloth jacket rather than the later and more expensive leather one.

The producers thought he would be too "scary" for a family show in leather. Originally he was written as somewhat scary, the other teens were sort of afraid of him. He caught on with teens, was allowed to wear the leather, and became a much bigger part of the show and they softened his character up a lot.

Posted by: Azjaeger at November 19, 2025 11:54 PM (3/XaG)

304 Check out the Long Range Desert Group in the British North Africa operations. They had about everything (including up to M2s and a bit beyond actually) mounted on their Ford and Chevy trucks. Likely the inspiration for "Rat Patrol".

Long before Somali warlords made "technicals" a thing, the Brit and Commonwealth guys in North Africa were living the dream for those who love cars and machine guns.

Of course the other side was sometimes shooting back and stuff, but you know.

Posted by: rhomboid at November 19, 2025 11:54 PM (U/Byj)

305 For you funny retirees. Dinner with recently retired guy.
His greeting: How was work?
His after meal, I am on a fixed income, you got the check?
His parting shot: have fun at work tomorrow.

Tough to be certain, but he seems to be enjoying retirement.

Posted by: scampydog at November 19, 2025 11:55 PM (41CYW)

306 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3TWgImZBGNc

South Park Live Action.

Posted by: You Really Don't Want to Know at November 19, 2025 11:56 PM (sL4oo)

307 I loved “Rat Patrol” as a kid. Don’t know why that never got reruns.

Posted by: Tom Servo at November 19, 2025 11:57 PM (/ZNPI)

308 Check out the Long Range Desert Group in the British North Africa operations. They had about everything (including up to M2s and a bit beyond actually) mounted on their Ford and Chevy trucks. Likely the inspiration for "Rat Patrol".

Long before Somali warlords made "technicals" a thing, the Brit and Commonwealth guys in North Africa were living the dream for those who love cars and machine guns.

Of course the other side was sometimes shooting back and stuff, but you know.
Posted by: rhomboid at November 19, 2025 11:54 PM (U/Byj)

Peon's ideal: Three Jeeps, one with M2, one with recoilless rifle, and one with fuel, ammo, and spares, and 3 guys with scoped rifles.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 19, 2025 11:57 PM (npFr7)

309 274 and 2 jeeps with mounted .50 BMGs driving around the desert and pissing off the Afrika Korps.
Posted by: Berserker-
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Little known fact is that the surviving Germans from Rat Patrol went on to be in charge of the Imperial Stormtrooper Marksmanship Academy

Posted by: Azjaeger at November 19, 2025 11:59 PM (3/XaG)

310 10 My lord, I read so many of those mags. All the memories flooding back.
Posted by: AlaBAMA at November 19, 2025 10:02 PM (17l0u)

I still have that Lampoon. Maybe the Sports Illustrated too.

Posted by: Happy at November 20, 2025 12:00 AM (8wFql)

311 Some of us are built for retirement: I loved living alone for 12 years: I had so much time to think about Physics and see where the physicists had screwed everything up. Here is a hint: elegant mathematics is almost never the way the universe works, for all the same reasons that the Music of the Spheres was both elegant and wrong.

Posted by: An Observation sez Trump is my President at November 20, 2025 12:01 AM (Da7Vv)

312
Wacky Prediction:

Democrats & Fake News will begin to "ask questions" about epstein's "suicide" and answer their "questions" with "Trump did it."

So, yeah, the Democrats now have no choice but to take up the esptein didn't kill himself (which they NEVER did before and called Us "conspiracy theoriests" for saying it) mantle and fake-conclude that Trump had him killed.

Posted by: Soothsayer at November 20, 2025 12:02 AM (Y9x1x)

313 Thanks for the ONT, TRex! Wow, old mags & brings back memories.

Super Glue-- My solution for the one- or two-use problem:

Buy the 4-pack of tiny little tubes at chynah freight. (Used to be 99 cents, probly 2 or 3 dollars now?)

I don't need the stuff very often, and only a drop or two when I do need it. Like, for gluing my skin back together after it splits in cold, dry weather! There's just no other way to *quickly* heal knuckle and fingertip splits, they'll keep breaking open because nearly impossible to bandage.

Posted by: JQ at November 20, 2025 12:02 AM (rdVOm)

314 Hey everybody. Hey ONT.

UN today: "We'll always need the toilet!"

UN two weeks from now: "The toilet is the very symbol of climate change and white supremacy! Ban toilets NOW!!"

Posted by: qdpsteve at November 20, 2025 12:02 AM (Cl3L+)

315 Re Fonzie and Happy Days:

In 1974, when the show was a new hit, no less than John Lennon decided to drop by the set with his son, Julian. It was during John's 'lost weekend' with May Pang.

Posted by: qdpsteve at November 20, 2025 12:03 AM (Cl3L+)

316
Incidentally, we're supposebly getting the "epstein files."

But what about "the List?"

Remember The List?

So Democrats will scream about that, too. Where's "the list," they'll demand. Is there a list? No, there is no list. Probably.

Posted by: Soothsayer at November 20, 2025 12:05 AM (Y9x1x)

317 Originally he was written as somewhat scary, the other teens were sort of afraid of him. He caught on with teens, was allowed to wear the leather, and became a much bigger part of the show and they softened his character up a lot.
Posted by: Azjaeger at November 19, 2025 11:54 PM (3/XaG)

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Then he literally jumped the shark.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at November 20, 2025 12:05 AM (dyewR)

318 271 Many people here like to dump on that song by Four Non Blondes, but it really is a vocal tour de force. I guess the fact that I never heard it get played to death on pop radio is why I can enjoy it now.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 19, 2025 11:34 PM (npFr7)

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It was a big hit when I was getting red--pilled as a college student. It has the stink of the early nineties nostalgia. Yuck and no thanks.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at November 20, 2025 12:05 AM (ys6FW)

319 Yeah, well, screw that Fonz guy!

Posted by: Chuck Cunningham From "College" at November 20, 2025 12:06 AM (oftw2)

320 I don't need the stuff very often, and only a drop or two when I do need it. Like, for gluing my skin back together after it splits in cold, dry weather! There's just no other way to *quickly* heal knuckle and fingertip splits, they'll keep breaking open because nearly impossible to bandage.

My late older brother super glued a cat that had been hit by a car, back together. Not only survived, but was a wonderful house pet for years.

Posted by: An Observation sez Trump is my President at November 20, 2025 12:06 AM (Da7Vv)

321 >
Incidentally, we're supposebly getting the "epstein files."

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which version

Posted by: Don Black at November 20, 2025 12:08 AM (AOsQT)

322 100 91 There was a great discussion on the ONT earlier this week (?) on disco, and Donna Summer.

Posted by: Darrell Harris at November 19, 2025 10:21 PM
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Indeed. Twas inspiration for the ONT tonight!

Ha! My first girlfriend with whom intimacies were frequent was a huge Donna Summer fan. I was the rocker kid who hated disco, but I took her to the big Donna Summer tour either in 78 or early 79. It was not as bad as I'd feared. Girlfriend dumped me for a college guy a couple months later though.

Posted by: Happy at November 20, 2025 12:08 AM (8wFql)

323 My late older brother super glued a cat that had been hit by a car, back together. Not only survived, but was a wonderful house pet for years.

Posted by: An Observation sez Trump is my President at

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Rhat is kind of icky and sweet also. I'm glad the cat was happy!

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at November 20, 2025 12:09 AM (ys6FW)

324 This is the insomnia portion of the night.
Graduated 78, was in military 1/2 way through that year

Posted by: Skip at November 20, 2025 12:10 AM (+qU29)

325 Girlfriend dumped me for a college guy a couple months later though.
Posted by: Happy at November 20, 2025 12:08 AM (8wFql)

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You didn't miss much. She went full lesbo after three months with me.

Posted by: College Guy at November 20, 2025 12:11 AM (dyewR)

326 I was 7 years old in 1978. I'll get off Skip's lawn lol.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at November 20, 2025 12:12 AM (ys6FW)

327 ScaryMary: yup.

Disco was *never* as annoying as grunge was in the early 1990s.

Posted by: qdpsteve at November 20, 2025 12:12 AM (Cl3L+)

328 Disco was *never* as annoying as grunge was in the early 1990s.
Posted by: qdpsteve at November 20, 2025 12:12 AM (Cl3L+)

True dat.

I never got into Nirvana nor understood why they got so big.

Posted by: Cow Demon at November 20, 2025 12:13 AM (vwL3N)

329 Could be a list of who went to Epstein Island and how many times they did

Posted by: Skip at November 20, 2025 12:13 AM (+qU29)

330 And can only assume by this time a certain person is no longer a Royal family member

Posted by: Skip at November 20, 2025 12:14 AM (+qU29)

331 My late older brother super glued a cat that had been hit by a car, back together. Not only survived, but was a wonderful house pet for years.

Posted by: An Observation
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Wow! Lucky cat! Glad he adopted it too.

When hubby fell last time, he landed on his hand & sliced his pinky finger with his thumbnail. Very deep, but "hard to numb" according to the ER doc. He used medical grade super glue instead of stitches. Worked.

Posted by: JQ at November 20, 2025 12:15 AM (rdVOm)

332 Kurt Cobain didn't speak for me, either. Grunge was depressing. No wonder they all overdosed or suicided.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at November 20, 2025 12:15 AM (ys6FW)

333 Cow: Nirvana was... okay, but IMHO basically a grunge Pink Floyd. They hated everything but themselves.

It didn't help when self-described tortured poet Kurt killed himself. THEN, everyone in media became absolutely determined to deify him. Even Dennis Prager was talking about it.

I'd bet anything that Nirvana wouldn't be half as highly thought of, if Kurt was still around and likely releasing shitty albums by the truckload.

Posted by: qdpsteve at November 20, 2025 12:16 AM (Cl3L+)

334 I have to get up in 4 hours

Posted by: Skip at November 20, 2025 12:17 AM (+qU29)

335
I loved “Rat Patrol” as a kid. Don’t know why that never got reruns.
Posted by: Tom Servo

The Heroes and Icons channel used to have it but it's no longer on their schedule.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at November 20, 2025 12:17 AM (pkeXY)

336 296 It would be funny if all the Morons lived in Pittsburgh. We'd get to see things like this in the blotter:

Caller stated, "Some guy is like 20th line at the DMV, and he keeps shouting, "FIRST." They want him to stop.

I could do this all night.
Posted by: Orson

Caller reports a man in a Rush t-shirt is challenging everyone who walks by to a game of pickleball. Caller is unsure if it's literal or a euphemism.
Posted by: Moronsburgh Scanner at November 19, 2025 11:48 PM (nhCoE)

"Caller reports a man in a Charlie Brown-style T-shirt accosting strangers and offering to boil their meat for them - insisting that it is the only way to cook it."

Posted by: Darrell Harris at November 20, 2025 12:18 AM (0CU3H)

337 Kurt Cobain didn't speak for me, either. Grunge was depressing. No wonder they all overdosed or suicided.
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary
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Yeah. Grunge was saturated with pessimism. Yuck.

Posted by: JQ at November 20, 2025 12:19 AM (rdVOm)

338 "Caller reports a man in a Charlie Brown-style T-shirt accosting strangers and offering to boil their meat for them - insisting that it is the only way to cook it."
Posted by: Darrell Harris at November 20, 2025 12:18 AM (0CU3H)

Keith Olbermann has really gone downhill lately.

Posted by: qdpsteve at November 20, 2025 12:19 AM (Cl3L+)

339 Kurt Cobain didn't speak for me, either. Grunge was depressing. No wonder they all overdosed or suicided.
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary
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Yeah. Grunge was saturated with pessimism. Yuck.
Posted by: JQ
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Yup. Happy time in life - no interest in the angst.

Posted by: scampydog at November 20, 2025 12:20 AM (41CYW)

340 UN two weeks from now: "The toilet is the very symbol of climate change and white supremacy! Ban toilets NOW!!"
Posted by: qdpsteve at November 20, 2025 12:02 AM (Cl3L+)

"There are no toilets in Palestine! It's a genocide." ~ Francesca Albanese

Posted by: RickZ at November 20, 2025 12:21 AM (gKDq2)

341 333 Cow: Nirvana was... okay, but IMHO basically a grunge Pink Floyd. They hated everything but themselves.

It didn't help when self-described tortured poet Kurt killed himself. THEN, everyone in media became absolutely determined to deify him. Even Dennis Prager was talking about it.

I'd bet anything that Nirvana wouldn't be half as highly thought of, if Kurt was still around and likely releasing shitty albums by the truckload.
Posted by: qdpsteve at November 20, 2025 12:16 AM (Cl3L+)

Respectfully disagree. When Smells Like Teen Spirit came out on the radio, you knew that a musical meteor had just struck the earth. You didn't know at the time that the big hair bands were about to become extinct. They had that kind of impact, out of nowhere.

Looking at Dave Grohl's post-Nirvana career, I'd say they had at least 2 world-beating musicians in that band. I doubt they would have survived as a unit a few years more than they did, but I think they would have solidified their place as one of the great bands in rock history.

Posted by: Darrell Harris at November 20, 2025 12:21 AM (0CU3H)

342 dump asks his stooge at fcc to pull abc 's broadcast licenses again. Cancun turd crud nearly flipped out last time dump tried to pull licenses. Pulling wabc license would be a positive. When democrat wins in 2028 we will pull the licenses of every right wing talk station in America!

Posted by: raimondo at November 20, 2025 12:23 AM (gcD3a)

343 Darrell, hmmm. And, true that Teen Spirit was a great song, and the Nevermind album was pretty good. But past that it immediately becomes an extremely mixed bag IMHO. Anyway, great minds can disagree. :-)

I will say that Dave Grohl has turned out to be a reasonably mentally healthy guy.

Posted by: qdpsteve at November 20, 2025 12:23 AM (Cl3L+)

344 1978, 9 years post Vietnam. One of the deepest and darkest. Thanks to God and many others I recovered.

Posted by: Lotta Nerve at November 20, 2025 12:23 AM (JdcHc)

345 I'd rig it so there was a push-button switch and a 30 amp breaker in the box with the hot wire, so the wire would not be energized while moving the jumper from weed to weed.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 19, 2025 10:22 PM (npFr7)
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I have to admit that I would never have thought to use jumper cables to burn out a weed infestation. Is that common in Canada?

Posted by: Kareem of Wheat at November 20, 2025 12:25 AM (xverI)

346
My late older brother super glued a cat that had been hit by a car, back together. Not only survived, but was a wonderful house pet for years.
Posted by: An Observation sez Trump is my President

That would make a good pet thread story.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at November 20, 2025 12:25 AM (pkeXY)

347 I loved “Rat Patrol” as a kid. Don’t know why that never got reruns.

Posted by: Tom Servo at November 19, 2025 11:57 PM (/ZNPI)

Recently they played a few episodes on the H&I channel on saturday night, but it seems they redid the schedule and now its gone. Actually, they fucked up the whole programing thing recently. Even the morning shows got screwed.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at November 20, 2025 12:26 AM (snZF9)

348 I have only really listened to Smells Like Teen Spirit in the last year. It's OK. It did not change my world as a 20 year old in 1991. When Cobain died, I found it curious that people were shocked or grieving. Not that I wished him dead. But I did not see him as an icon.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at November 20, 2025 12:28 AM (ys6FW)

349 I loved “Rat Patrol” as a kid. Don’t know why that never got reruns.
Posted by: Tom Servo

The Heroes and Icons channel used to have it but it's no longer on their schedule.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at November 20, 2025 12:17 AM (pkeXY)

Yeah what the hell did they replace it with? I still see Combat and 12:00 high.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at November 20, 2025 12:28 AM (snZF9)

350 When Smells Like Teen Spirit came out on the radio, you knew that a musical meteor had just struck the earth. You didn't know at the time that the big hair bands were about to become extinct.
Posted by: Darrell Harris

And that's why grunge sucked. Grunge drove metal off the airwaves.

Posted by: mikeski at November 20, 2025 12:29 AM (nhCoE)

351 When Cobain died, I found it curious that people were shocked or grieving. Not that I wished him dead. But I did not see him as an icon.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at November 20, 2025 12:28 AM (ys6FW)

I saw him as a whiny drug addict.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at November 20, 2025 12:30 AM (snZF9)

352 Got my Christmas lights put up today. Yay!

I got out the old lights this weekend, but one of the strings (LED) was wonky. Flickered a couple times & then stayed on, but dim. Weird. The other strings were same age, so figured it's time for new.

Today was sunny, so unpacked & stretched out the new strings across the deck for a couple hours before installing.

Maybe there's a way to fix that one string? Haven't thrown it away. Yet.

Posted by: JQ at November 20, 2025 12:30 AM (rdVOm)

353 What came after grunge on the airwaves, about 1996, was even worse:

gangsta rap. Bleah.

Posted by: qdpsteve at November 20, 2025 12:30 AM (Cl3L+)

354 And that's why grunge sucked. Grunge drove metal off the airwaves.

Posted by: mikeski

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Yeah. The big hair guys were fun. Grunge was a depression fest.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at November 20, 2025 12:31 AM (ys6FW)

355 When the Pittsburgh caller reported the Charlie Brown t-shirt guy, I wonder how the dispatcher understood all the womp womp womp?

Posted by: PA Dutchman at November 20, 2025 12:31 AM (31p00)

356 I saw him as a whiny drug addict.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division
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That's my assessment of most grunge "artists".

Posted by: JQ at November 20, 2025 12:31 AM (rdVOm)

357 My late older brother super glued a cat that had been hit by a car, back together. Not only survived, but was a wonderful house pet for years.
Posted by: An Observation sez Trump is my President

That would make a good pet thread story.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr.

Like any medical operation you had to shave that cat first.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at November 20, 2025 12:31 AM (Lv6/f)

358 Another grunge band that IMHO was massively overpraised, after the lead unalived himself, was Blind Melon.

Sure 'No Rain' was cute. But that's all.

Posted by: qdpsteve at November 20, 2025 12:33 AM (Cl3L+)

359 When Smells Like Teen Spirit came out on the radio, you knew that a musical meteor had just struck the earth. You didn't know at the time that the big hair bands were about to become extinct.
Posted by: Darrell Harris

And that's why grunge sucked. Grunge drove metal off the airwaves.

Posted by: mikeski at November 20, 2025 12:29 AM (nhCoE)

yeah I didn't mind losing the hairbands that much. Some were getting pretty silly. Real metal bands on the other hand got caught in the blast.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at November 20, 2025 12:35 AM (snZF9)

360 I hated "No Rain". What an irritating song. Anything by Ace of Base was better. And that's not saying much.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at November 20, 2025 12:35 AM (ys6FW)

361 348 I have only really listened to Smells Like Teen Spirit in the last year. It's OK. It did not change my world as a 20 year old in 1991. When Cobain died, I found it curious that people were shocked or grieving. Not that I wished him dead. But I did not see him as an icon.
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary

Nirvana was ok, though the band that came out of it's ashes, Foo Fighters, were significantly better. Always thought Soundgarden and Alice in Chains were much better bands than Nirvana. I think the overwrought reaction after he died was odd. Anybody who paid attention to his lyrics could have seen he was a mess. Same for a lot of those guys at the time. Them dying by OD or by suicide was sad but hardly a shock. Its happened before. Early 70s (Hendrix, Joplin, Morrison), late 50s/early 60s with quite a few of jazz greats ODd.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at November 20, 2025 12:36 AM (sAmhv)

362 There's three decent Nirvana songs, and two of them are covers. "Jesus Don't Want Me For a Sunbeam" (The Vaselines), "The Man Who Sold The World" (David Bowie), and All Apologies.

The rest is less than Cumbersome.

Posted by: Bilwis Devourer of Innocent Souls, I'm starvin' over here at November 20, 2025 12:37 AM (pIfcn)

363 I forgot but did enjoy the Nirvana cover of The Man Who Sold the World. That wss awesone and did justice to the original.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at November 20, 2025 12:40 AM (ys6FW)

364 353 What came after grunge on the airwaves, about 1996, was even worse:

gangsta rap. Bleah.
Posted by: qdpsteve

The funny thing about 95-96 time frame, when rap ruled the airwaves and charts, is when some geezer band from the 70s put out an album and it wound up above all those gangsta's.

Pink Floyd - Division Bell

I regret not seeing them live. I wound up deploying on some Clinton misadventure. Can't recall where I was sent (Africa,ME, or Caribbean somewhere), but I missed that tour. I got deployed A LOT during the 90s. Never anywhere long, just long enough to miss great concerts.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at November 20, 2025 12:41 AM (sAmhv)

365 Hi Horde, Just got back from Boston with my neighbors down the street. We went to see "Croce Plays Croce", had some food and a few drinks. It was a most enjoyable evening.

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at November 20, 2025 12:41 AM (0nHVk)

366 HI Debby, so was Jim Croce's son doing a tribute? How cool.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at November 20, 2025 12:44 AM (ys6FW)

367 Evening, DDS. Glad to hear you had a nice evening.

Posted by: scampydog at November 20, 2025 12:44 AM (41CYW)

368 I'm not 100% against grunge. There's some stuff worth listening to.

I like I Mother Earth. They're definitely funk-rock, but are they "grunge?" Maybe.

https://youtu.be/fmxbaHXOXGw

And I like Drain STH. They sound like Alice In Chains, but they're hot Swedish women. The youtube pic is their second album cover. Their first album had no pix of the band anywhere on it; supposedly because they wanted to be known for their music and not their looks.

https://youtu.be/Ntbxwb8SjRY

Posted by: mikeski at November 20, 2025 12:45 AM (nhCoE)

369 Hi, Debby! Glad you had a good time tonight!

Posted by: JQ at November 20, 2025 12:49 AM (rdVOm)

370 Yeah. Grunge was saturated with pessimism. Yuck.
Posted by: JQ

Right, Smells like Teen Spirit was super serial.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at November 20, 2025 12:50 AM (mlg/3)

371 I have to admit that I would never have thought to use jumper cables to burn out a weed infestation. Is that common in Canada?
Posted by: Kareem of Wheat at November 20, 2025 12:25 AM (xverI)

I have never tried it, but it seems to me it ought to work, by cooking the plant.

Did a search on it. It is a big business already, and in use by agriculture.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 20, 2025 12:52 AM (npFr7)

372 Right, Smells like Teen Spirit was super serial.
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It was probably the *least depressing* of that genre.

Posted by: JQ at November 20, 2025 12:54 AM (rdVOm)

373 HI Debby, so was Jim Croce's son doing a tribute? How cool.
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at November 20, 2025 12:44 AM (ys6FW)

Doug Sahm's son Shawn has done a tribute to his late father's music, too, and it is pretty darned good.

https://youtu.be/cfPHEWxDTj0

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 20, 2025 12:56 AM (npFr7)

374 That's my assessment of most grunge "artists".

Posted by: JQ at November 20, 2025 12:31 AM (rdVOm)

Pretty much. You nailed it maybe without even knowing it when you say "artists". I not sure I can even explain my feelings on grunge. Every frigging musician I ever met over the years that viewed themselves as "artists" were weird. I mingled with a lot of grunge "artists" over the years. The majority of them seemed dead inside. Its hard to explain. Metal dudes were not that way. We never viewed ourselves as artists. Artists are the ones that think they have something to say, and because of that its always some whiny self indulgent preachy bullshit. It would take hours to explain the differences. Metal dudes usually always had this fire in their soul, they weren't dead behind the eyes. We just operated on a whole different fuel source.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at November 20, 2025 01:00 AM (snZF9)

375 BarelyScaryMary, yes, Jim Croce's son played a mix of Jim Croce songs and some of his own new stuff, a blues influence with some rock throw in. It was interesting to listen to. He told a lot of stories about his Dad and himself and many other famous musicians that they had know and played with. He looks a lot like Elvis Costello once upon a time.

Hiya JQ, might a grab a double Chivas on the rocks please? I promise you that I am going to sleep afterwards. I'll buy a round for whoever is lurking about.

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at November 20, 2025 01:00 AM (0nHVk)

376 Mid 90s. I liked this Bjork song. It has become my theme song for life.

https://tinyurl.com/4tum2ksa

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at November 20, 2025 01:03 AM (ys6FW)

377 Pink Floyd - Division Bell

I regret not seeing them live. I wound up deploying on some Clinton misadventure. Can't recall where I was sent (Africa,ME, or Caribbean somewhere), but I missed that tour. I got deployed A LOT during the 90s. Never anywhere long, just long enough to miss great concerts.
Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at November 20, 2025 12:41 AM (sAmhv)

First concert I ever went to was Division Bell. It was a great show for a stadium affair.

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at November 20, 2025 01:05 AM (yEo1J)

378 Right, Smells like Teen Spirit was super serial.
Posted by: weft cut-loop

Yuko Goto's cover makes it easier to understand the lyrics, somehow.

https://youtu.be/Z9LNSmH8ABk

Posted by: mikeski at November 20, 2025 01:05 AM (nhCoE)

379 Metal-- seemed more open-minded. "Yeah, here's what we gotta say/play and come along if you want to party!"

Grunge-- seemed self-pitying. "We got this shit to say, and we *demand* that you hear it whether you like it or not"

Posted by: JQ at November 20, 2025 01:06 AM (rdVOm)

380 Puddleglum, yup.
I can imagine the rap artists asking "Pink who??!!?"

Posted by: qdpsteve at November 20, 2025 01:06 AM (Cl3L+)

381 *Double Chivas on the rocks for Debby*

*2 ibuprofen and glass of water for self*

Posted by: JQ at November 20, 2025 01:08 AM (rdVOm)

382 I think Pantera was more to blame for the demise of butt rock. All those faggots in their make up and Auqua net suddenly saw them and were like "oh shit. We better do something else. Looks like spandex is on the way out." Look at the Russian Monsters of Rock from 91. You can totally see how much more energy Pantera had vs. everyone else including that shit tier band Metallica.
That and History of Western Civilization part 2.
Grunge was sort of just the next thing. There were some really good grunge bands that didn't make it too. Pond, Paw and a bunch of others. I had like 300 cds back then that never got any radio play anywhere. All collected from shows and a small indy record store in Savannah GA. I wish I still had them but they got stolen the night I arrived back home from Somalia. I've been able to find some on youtube but have long forgotten most of the band names.

Posted by: Reforger at November 20, 2025 01:08 AM (wiZnK)

383 Rap samples a lot of stuff, and there's a fair amount of non-black cultural references in it. I think rap gets a bad rap. The good stuff anyway.

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at November 20, 2025 01:10 AM (yEo1J)

384 JQ and ScaryMary, you are both correct about grunge songs.

Posted by: qdpsteve at November 20, 2025 01:10 AM (Cl3L+)

385 You didn't miss much. She went full lesbo after three months with me.
Posted by: College Guy

Is that you, Chuck Cunningham?

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at November 20, 2025 01:10 AM (YItOJ)

386
I was about to forget, but just saw it. Uranus will be at opposition tomorrow, the 21st. So might want to prepare for that. Uranus is also in retrograde until Feb.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at November 20, 2025 01:11 AM (w6EFb)

387 bear: anything, even rap, can be done really well. I LOVE that song by M/A/R/R/S, "Pump Up The Volume." It has a great melody and dance beat.

But when rap became all about shooting everybody you don't like, including your baby mama 'cuz you don't wanna pay for the abortion...

Posted by: qdpsteve at November 20, 2025 01:11 AM (Cl3L+)

388 >>>fingertip splits, they'll keep breaking open because nearly impossible to bandage.
Posted by: JQ
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(Liquid Skin) - New Skin

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ & his new toilet at November 20, 2025 01:12 AM (rU9qQ)

389 >> Chuck Cunningham?

What happened to Chuck? I vaguely remember him always dribbling a basketball, and then he just disappeared.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at November 20, 2025 01:12 AM (w6EFb)

390 Amish Paradise is my favorite rap song.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at November 20, 2025 01:13 AM (ys6FW)

391 Uranus will be at opposition tomorrow, the 21st. So might want to prepare for that.
Posted by: publius

Which opposition? Do I need Dulcolax or Imodium?

Posted by: mikeski at November 20, 2025 01:13 AM (nhCoE)

392 383 Rap samples a lot of stuff, and there's a fair amount of non-black cultural references in it. I think rap gets a bad rap. The good stuff anyway.
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls
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Adjacent, La Di Da Di, by Slick Rick and Doug E Fresh is one of the most sampled rap songs. Also was not allowed in my house as a yute.

Posted by: scampydog at November 20, 2025 01:14 AM (41CYW)

393 publius: Mr. C hit Chuck over the head with a shovel, then he and the Fonz helped bury him in a shallow grave in the backyard, and forebade any other Cunninghams to ever mention him again. Seems college was gonna be WAY to expensive. Didn't anyone ever tell you?

Posted by: qdpsteve at November 20, 2025 01:14 AM (Cl3L+)

394 Qdpsteve-- I don't consider myself "correct" on anything! It's just opinion.

Obviously, I don't like grunge. Meh. But other people like it & they can knock themselves out listening to it. Yay, 'murrica!

Posted by: JQ at November 20, 2025 01:14 AM (rdVOm)

395 ScaryMary, there's a lot of songs where the best version is Weird Al's.

Posted by: qdpsteve at November 20, 2025 01:14 AM (Cl3L+)

396 >> Do I need Dulcolax or Imodium?

That's hard to say. It's in retrograde, so everything is moving bass-ackwards.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at November 20, 2025 01:14 AM (w6EFb)

397 JQ, :-)

Posted by: qdpsteve at November 20, 2025 01:15 AM (Cl3L+)

398
Maybe to be on the safe side, just take a stool softener.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at November 20, 2025 01:16 AM (w6EFb)

399 Mid 90s. I liked this Bjork song. It has become my theme song for life.

https://tinyurl.com/4tum2ksa

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at November 20, 2025 01:03 AM (ys6FW)

Here's mine. It says it all. I loved playing this one.

https://tinyurl.com/32v3y86x

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at November 20, 2025 01:16 AM (snZF9)

400 But when rap became all about shooting everybody you don't like, including your baby mama 'cuz you don't wanna pay for the abortion...
Posted by: qdpsteve at November 20, 2025 01:11 AM (Cl3L+)

The gangstas can surprise you. The Geto Boys' The Unseen is the most anti-abortion song I've ever heard. Only thing in the same realm I can think of off the top of my head is Type O Negative's These Three Things.

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at November 20, 2025 01:16 AM (yEo1J)

401
Just 29 mins left for the Beaver Moon, too.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at November 20, 2025 01:18 AM (w6EFb)

402 Maybe to be on the safe side, just take a stool softener.
Posted by: publius

Yeah, you don't want to try to cover all your bases by taking Dulcolax and Imodium.

Because the only thing worse than explosive diarrhea is implosive diarrhea.

Posted by: mikeski at November 20, 2025 01:18 AM (nhCoE)

403 (Liquid Skin) - New Skin
Posted by: Braenyard

?? Please tell me more?

Will it stay on hands through repeated hand-washings?

Posted by: JQ at November 20, 2025 01:19 AM (rdVOm)

404 Mid 90s. I liked this Bjork song. It has become my theme song for life.
https://tinyurl.com/4tum2ksa
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary

Here's mine. It says it all. I loved playing this one.
https://tinyurl.com/32v3y86x
Posted by: Berserker

* cringes *

* clicks *

Oh, good. I was worried Berserker had a favorite Bjork song.

Posted by: mikeski at November 20, 2025 01:20 AM (nhCoE)

405 bear, really??!! I will have to check that out. Thanks.

You'd be surprised where you can find conservative messages. Remember that movie that came out years ago with Mariah Carey, titled Precious?

It (a) reminded me of A Clockwork Orange, parts of it were so violent, and (b) it's the most anti-welfare film ever made.

Posted by: qdpsteve at November 20, 2025 01:21 AM (Cl3L+)

406 I will acknowledge that in 1990, there was a great rap album made:

De La Soul Is Dead, by (of course) De La Soul.

Posted by: qdpsteve at November 20, 2025 01:22 AM (Cl3L+)

407 390 Amish Paradise is my favorite rap song.
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary

Heh! Yep! I will also add 'Sabotage', but only because I dig the video. The BB's look like they were having fun.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at November 20, 2025 01:22 AM (sAmhv)

408 Wore the heck out of the Nelly CD, Country Grammar.

Posted by: scampydog at November 20, 2025 01:25 AM (41CYW)

409 Metal *radiates* power and *gives* energy.

Grunge *sucks them out of you*

Posted by: JQ at November 20, 2025 01:27 AM (rdVOm)

410 I confess to enjoying Ministry.
But I always considered them mostly punk/metal, not grunge.

Posted by: qdpsteve at November 20, 2025 01:28 AM (Cl3L+)

411 NWA I vaguely remember. Easy-E. Straight Outta Compton. I think he died of AIDS.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at November 20, 2025 01:31 AM (ys6FW)

412 Metal *radiates* power and *gives* energy.

Grunge *sucks them out of you*

Posted by: JQ at November 20, 2025 01:27 AM (rdVOm)

Yeah, pretty much. Its why I stayed in it. Then you got the playing live thing. Its something that can't be explained. It flows through you like the force and just thunders all around you.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at November 20, 2025 01:32 AM (snZF9)

413 I confess to enjoying Ministry.
But I always considered them mostly punk/metal, not grunge.

Posted by: qdpsteve at November 20, 2025 01:28 AM (Cl3L+)

Congregation please be seated....

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at November 20, 2025 01:32 AM (snZF9)

414 UTFO rap cassette... yes, cassette was amusing.

Posted by: scampydog at November 20, 2025 01:33 AM (41CYW)

415
Another funny interesting local weather factoid I stumbled on today. Every day, the GSP NWS puts out "this day in weather history", detailing some major weather event that happened on the given date.

Well, Nov. 14th was "nothing happened on this day". In all the local records since 1890, no notable weather event has happened on Nov. 14.

So, statistically that would be the date to choose if you didn't want to worry about bad weather.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at November 20, 2025 01:34 AM (w6EFb)

416 As has been noted, the greatest era of music was a 20 year period from 75 to 95.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at November 20, 2025 01:34 AM (XV/Pl)

417 Sweet Dreams Horde, I need to take my brother to the doctor for his physical tomorrow morning in Boston at an ungodly hour.

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at November 20, 2025 01:35 AM (0nHVk)

418 Yay, headache is subsiding. (Thanks, ibuprofen!)

Sorry if I seem crabby tonight, will try to mellow out.

Posted by: JQ at November 20, 2025 01:35 AM (rdVOm)

419 Berserker, did you know Jesus Built My Hotrod?

Posted by: qdpsteve at November 20, 2025 01:35 AM (Cl3L+)

420 Heh! Yep! I will also add 'Sabotage', but only because I dig the video. The BB's look like they were having fun.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at November 20, 2025 01:22 AM (sAmh
___

Intergalactic was on an ONT recently. That was a fun song also.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at November 20, 2025 01:36 AM (ys6FW)

421 Good night, Debby.

May all go well for you and your brother tomorrow!

Posted by: JQ at November 20, 2025 01:36 AM (rdVOm)

422 Goodnight all. Fun chat tonight.

Posted by: qdpsteve at November 20, 2025 01:37 AM (Cl3L+)

423 'Night, qdpsteve.

Posted by: JQ at November 20, 2025 01:40 AM (rdVOm)

424 Well, getting on for midnight, and I am sleepy. Going to call it a night. Night, Horde.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 20, 2025 01:42 AM (npFr7)

425 I saw one mention of BYTE magazine above, which surprised me. Does anyone remember a column from BYTE, called Steve Ciarcia’s Circuit Cellar, where he would describe a problem, review the technical details, then develop and test a prototype solution. Seems like something right up AOP’s alley, or perhaps Berserker’s…

Posted by: Slash Buzz at November 20, 2025 01:42 AM (FstDi)

426 JQ, hope your headache feels better.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at November 20, 2025 01:42 AM (ys6FW)

427 'Night AOP. Sleep well.

Posted by: JQ at November 20, 2025 01:42 AM (rdVOm)

428 Thanks, BarelyScaryMary-- feeling better. Shoulders are relaxing now, too. Ahhhhh.....

Posted by: JQ at November 20, 2025 01:44 AM (rdVOm)

429 Went through a bunch of Christmas ornaments/decorations today and decided to donate. Realized I will never use them again. I want them to be enjoyed.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at November 20, 2025 01:46 AM (ys6FW)

430
1:47:15 AM EST (06:47:15 Zulu). This is the instant of the new moon. The Moon's elongation in ecliptic longitude is exactly zero.

The Beaver Moon thus endeth, and the Cold Moon of the Long Nights lunation begins. This will be the longest lunation of the year, at 29 days, 18 hours, and 56 min.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at November 20, 2025 01:47 AM (w6EFb)

431 This is proof that, despite what some petty minded persons may say-

I reed ze contents

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xif818y9z3g

Posted by: Miklos, Justified at November 20, 2025 01:48 AM (u+AWT)

432 Not a metal head. Don't hate it, just don't listen to it either. A couple of notable exceptions though. I love Dream Theater and, well, is Motorhead considered metal? They seemed like the first hybrid band (punk/metal). So, Motorhead and Dream Theater. There are others where I may like an album or two but overall, Motorhead and Dream Theater I listen too the most. I haven't listen to much lately except bluegrass and Appalachian music lately. Cole Chaney CDs on a loop. He only has two so its easy.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at November 20, 2025 01:48 AM (sAmhv)

433 The Beaver Moon thus endeth, and the Cold Moon of the Long Nights lunation begins. This will be the longest lunation of the year, at 29 days, 18 hours, and 56 min.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley
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Gonna miss the beaver moon.

Posted by: scampydog at November 20, 2025 01:50 AM (41CYW)

434 Congregation please be seated....
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads

*passes the Offering Plate*

Posted by: The Right Reverend Miklos at November 20, 2025 01:50 AM (u+AWT)

435 Went through a bunch of Christmas ornaments/decorations today and decided to donate. Realized I will never use them again. I want them to be enjoyed.
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary
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I need to do this, too. Been 20 years since I sorted the Christmas stuff and I haven't used most of it for a long while. But I love it all! So many memories and I'm just way too sentimental.

Posted by: JQ at November 20, 2025 01:51 AM (rdVOm)

436 There was a guy back in the day. Metalhead. What an asshole. There was a Frank Zappa song for that.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at November 20, 2025 01:53 AM (ys6FW)

437 Went through a bunch of Christmas ornaments/decorations today and decided to donate. Realized I will never use them again. I want them to be enjoyed.
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary
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Scampywife triaged Christmas decorations over the weekend. Children, who no longer reside at their childhood home, did not react positively when notified. Boxes set aside for them.

Posted by: scampydog at November 20, 2025 01:56 AM (41CYW)

438 Scampywife triaged Christmas decorations over the weekend. Children, who no longer reside at their childhood home, did not react positively when notified. Boxes set aside for them.

Posted by: scampydog at November 20, 2025 01:56 AM (41CYW)

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It must be harder when there are kids, aww.

I am downsizing, and donating to the local church sale. Someone will love these things, I hope.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at November 20, 2025 01:59 AM (ys6FW)

439 >> Gonna miss the beaver moon.

It'll be back next year. However, that one, using the proper seasonal definitions will be in Oct. The Beaver is the second full moon of Autumn.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at November 20, 2025 01:59 AM (w6EFb)

440 This will be the longest lunation of the year, at 29 days, 18 hours, and 56 min.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley

Next time Darleen gets on my nerves, ima tell her that.

Might give me five or ten minutes while she pontificates

Posted by: Miklos with Greetings from Lot 164 at November 20, 2025 02:00 AM (u+AWT)

441 well, is Motorhead considered metal? They seemed like the first hybrid band (punk/metal).
Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at November 20, 2025 01:48 AM (sAmhv)

We used to take motorhead to a local bar when they were in the area, so I sat drinking with lemme on more than a few occasions. His exact words when I asked him if he considered motorhead metal -"we're rock and roll, but we got the metal hair".

Personally, I thought a shit load of what they did was metal, but lemme himself didn't think so. Really don't know why.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at November 20, 2025 02:00 AM (snZF9)

442 Scampywife triaged Christmas decorations over the weekend. Children, who no longer reside at their childhood home, did not react positively when notified. Boxes set aside for them.
Posted by: scampydog
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Oh, this makes me sad...

I was *thrilled* when Mom gave me that box of ornaments, full of ones that were "mine" since early childhood and then collected over the years. Of course, it wasn't any huge amount but it was the Starter Kit for my Christmases Away From Home. Precious!

Posted by: JQ at November 20, 2025 02:01 AM (rdVOm)

443 I don't know why the hell I always spell his name as lemme, when its lemmy. I always do that

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at November 20, 2025 02:02 AM (snZF9)

444 True confession: If my parents weren't coming out for Christmas, I probably wouldn't put up a Christmas tree.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at November 20, 2025 02:06 AM (ys6FW)

445 I was *thrilled* when Mom gave me that box of ornaments, full of ones that were "mine" since early childhood and then collected over the years. Of course, it wasn't any huge amount but it was the Starter Kit for my Christmases Away From Home. Precious!

Posted by: JQ at November 20, 2025 02:01 AM (rdVOm)

I have my mother's prized Santa tree ornament. Its well over 100 years old. Best I can tell it's late 1800s, and probably made in germany from what I saw while searching. It looks so fragile, very thin glass, but painted. She watched over that thing like a hawk when it was on the tree. I also have a good amount of ornaments my parents had from before I was born. I saw them in pictures on the tree when I was maybe 2-3 years old. I put them up every year.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at November 20, 2025 02:08 AM (snZF9)

446 It'll be back next year. However, that one, using the proper seasonal definitions will be in Oct. The Beaver is the second full moon of Autumn.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley
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Daylight and moonlight phases with animal (deer) in estrus behavior seems to correlate. Not relating this to hunting - the timing and behavioral movement is fascinating. I have tons of notes, charts, etc., because nerd.

Posted by: scampydog at November 20, 2025 02:09 AM (41CYW)

447 That's a sweet memory, Bers.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at November 20, 2025 02:10 AM (ys6FW)

448 Christmas ornaments have been my *thing* over the years, can't help it. Every year, with only a few exceptions, I've purchased a new ornament (or a small set). {{Thanks, Mom! See what you've done?!}}

There were these cute little wooden ornaments at the farm store this year... hand-painted, colorful little animals and trucks and tractors... got one of each, plus extra sheep & cows because they're so cute.

*lowers head in shame*

Posted by: JQ at November 20, 2025 02:10 AM (rdVOm)

449
If we count the existence of the United States as starting in Jul 4, 1776, the longest lunation in that history was the Dec one of 1787, the year of the Constitutional convention. That lunation was 29 days, 19 hours, 58 minutes, an 1 sec long. That was an extreme outlier, at nearly 20 hours over 29 days. 1610's Dec one was the longest, 57 seconds longer, going back to 1500, which is as far back as the tables I have go.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at November 20, 2025 02:11 AM (w6EFb)

450 Christmas is pretty awesome. I love that people let their kindness loose a bit.

Posted by: scampydog at November 20, 2025 02:11 AM (41CYW)

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