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Sunday Overnight Open Thread - November 16, 2025 [Doof]
Wow - a whole year already?!?
Howdy Hordelings! Welcome to the Sunday night ONT! In case you were wondering, and I know you ALL were - tonight marks the one year anniversary of my first ONT post. Exactly 52 weeks ago tonight, I dipped my toes into the ONT hosting pool for the first time. Little did I know then that I'd become the regular Sunday night host, I'd incrementally add a 2nd and 3rd night, and I'd co-host the (as of then non-existent) Saturday night Club ONT. You folks put up with me FOUR nights a week! How do you do it?!?! Anyway, I was planning to merely mention this 1-year anniversary just briefly. Then I saw the Wednesday night ONT from T Rex, and a bar was set. Naturally, I had to try to outdo my good friend and colleague - the short armed one. So what's say we step inside and see what I was able to come up with?
This is YUUUUGE! Somehow, word of my anniversary reached POTUS 45/47. So awesome of him to take time out of his busy schedule to send me this message!
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BREAKING - A 2015 clip of Presidential Candidate Donald Trump bringing up Epstein Island before anyone knew who Epstein was is resurfacing.
— Right Angle News Network (@Rightanglenews) November 16, 2025
“That island was a cesspool. Just ask Prince Andrew. He’ll tell you about it.”
A guilty man doesn’t mention something he wants to hide. pic.twitter.com/kdASYxeicE
Roman Korenev, head of the bailiff service responsible for collecting child support payments in Tyumen, Russia, recently revealed one of the most shocking cases of his career in an interview with Russian media outlet 72.RU. The official claimed that a local man completely changed his last name, first name, and patronymic once a year, hoping to evade child support liability. A year later, the unnamed man would return to his old name and repeat the process. This was his attempt to evade bailiffs and “zero out” the debt. It’s unclear how long he managed to hide from the bailiffs, but his efforts turned out to be futile. “When a person’s name changes, the registry office reports this information to the bailiffs, so the debtor can’t avoid paying child support this way,” Roman Korenev said.Pretty shifty and very slimy. Hit the link for more info and some additional links to slimy behavior such as this.
Starting Windows 3.1 in 1994
— Massimo (@Rainmaker1973) November 16, 2025
[📹 pc_user_486]pic.twitter.com/V682o3l8WG
I wanna go back...at least for a day😢
— 👉M-Û-R-Č-H👈 (@TheEXECUTlONER_) November 14, 2025
So fortunate to have grown up in the 70s, 80s, and 90s .🇺🇸💪 pic.twitter.com/7pV7ADQZsy
Brady? Montana? Unitas?
— Kevin Gallagher (@KevG163) November 13, 2025
No.
The GOAT quarterback debate begins and ends here.
Coleco's "Mr. Quarterback" 🐐
Airdate November 13, 1977 pic.twitter.com/dCG6hSkktJ
You just can’t explain 1985. pic.twitter.com/BBDeoiwn03
— Bill Simmons (@BillSimmons) November 15, 2025
Yeah - you just had to be there! ----- If you watched music videos in the mid to late 80s, you should totally get this!
It started innocently enough: Matthieu Blazy sent a Balenciaga receipt trench down the runway in April, printed with 47 yards of actual customer complaints. (“Item not as described—returned.” ) Critics called it “conceptual.” By November, every atelier from the 8th arrondissement to Bushwick was pulping Vogue archives into bias-cut slips.
Key Looks from “Le Crunch” Season
1. Chanel No. 5-Ply
A cocoon coat crafted from 3,200 shredded I LOVE PARIS tourist maps. The hem unfolds into a pop-up Eiffel Tower if you sneeze too hard. Price: €1.2 million (or 12,000 café receipts—whichever you hit first).
2. Dior’s “Press Release” Gown
87 layers of glossy press releases announcing the gown itself. The skirt spells “SOLD OUT” in negative space. Comes with a QR code that rickrolls you to a 404 page.
(Sorry - image not available. Apparently it's undocumented.) 3. Rick Owens’ “Confessional” Cape
Black cardstock, hole-punched, and threaded with red string like a crime-scene mood board. Whisper “I overpaid” into the hood and it auto-shreds in protest.
Sustainability? Or Just Printer Ink?
Eco-warriors are folding under the weight of hypocrisy. Yes, the paper is FSC-certified, post-consumer, soy-ink, gluten-free—but each look requires 17 reams, a laminator, and one intern named Chaz who hasn’t seen sunlight since September. “It’s carbon-neutral if you don’t count the thermo-lamination or the private jet to the paper mill in Finland.”
—A spokesperson. Street Style: Crumple Core
Outside the shows, influencers are balling up yesterday’s Financial Times into salmon-pink turbans. One It-girl arrived in a Fortune 500 ballgown—literally sewn from shredded stock certificates.
The Aftermath
By finale, the Grand Palais runway resembled a ticker-tape parade hosted by a shredder. Models exited trailing confetti. Pharrell closed the week with a Louis Vuitton paper bag shaped like a Birkin. It retails for €42,000 and holds exactly one AirPod.
Rumor has it Spring 2026 will be “Wet Paper”—gowns that dissolve on contact with champagne. Until then, invest in Mod Podge. Your recycling bin just became couture.
Piper is busy folding this article into a tiny paper boat. Send help (and scissors). ------ Thanks, Piper! I see what you did there with the paper theme. Paper being the standard gift for 1 year anniversary. Thank you for remembering - and for the effort you put in each week to help make the Sunday ONT better than if it were just my stuff!
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Check out the link for a full year in 2 minutes time-lapse video.
Comments
(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: mindful webworker - the monster from below the fold at November 16, 2025 10:01 PM (vBt7m)
Posted by: Tonypete at November 16, 2025 10:01 PM (cYBz/)
Posted by: Sandy at November 16, 2025 10:01 PM (JkO4W)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at November 16, 2025 10:01 PM (1IBl2)
I need to drink less or listen to emo music less.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at November 16, 2025 10:01 PM (xcxpd)
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at November 16, 2025 10:02 PM (ys6FW)
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at November 16, 2025 10:02 PM (QGaXH)
Black cardstock, hole-punched, and threaded with red string like a crime-scene mood board. Whisper “I overpaid” into the hood and it auto-shreds in protest.
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I'm pretty sure Zorro wore this thing.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at November 16, 2025 10:02 PM (JkO4W)
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at November 16, 2025 10:03 PM (QGaXH)
Posted by: Schnorflepuppy (OT but harmless) at November 16, 2025 10:03 PM (v23vE)
Posted by: rickb223 at November 16, 2025 10:04 PM (cIxJn)
Posted by: tankdemon at November 16, 2025 10:05 PM (BcT3p)
Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at November 16, 2025 10:05 PM (sAmhv)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at November 16, 2025 10:05 PM (JkO4W)
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at November 16, 2025 10:06 PM (tTwk7)
Congrats on the anniversary!!
Dig the BMX bike clip. We only jumped a few inches but somehow it felt like we were flying.
Posted by: TRex - who brought the cake? at November 16, 2025 10:06 PM (IQ6Gq)
I'm so proud.
Posted by: Tonypete at November 16, 2025 10:06 PM (cYBz/)
If you don't have to rewire the room for it, it's not a real sound system. A real sound system trips a single breaker.
Posted by: mikeski at November 16, 2025 10:06 PM (nhCoE)
Posted by: Thomas Bender at November 16, 2025 10:07 PM (XV/Pl)
Posted by: tankdemon
Mr. Roboto?
Posted by: Tonypete at November 16, 2025 10:07 PM (cYBz/)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at November 16, 2025 10:07 PM (JkO4W)
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GOP SOP.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Why Do the Heathen Rage? at November 16, 2025 10:07 PM (L/fGl)
Posted by: tankdemon at November 16, 2025 10:07 PM (BcT3p)
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at November 16, 2025 10:08 PM (QGaXH)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at November 16, 2025 10:08 PM (1IBl2)
Posted by: nurse ratched at November 16, 2025 10:08 PM (mT+6a)
Posted by: Piper at November 16, 2025 10:08 PM (ODR9e)
Posted by: tankdemon at November 16, 2025 10:08 PM (BcT3p)
Posted by: TRex - who brought the cake?
It's all run and games until the front wheel departs from the frame or the handlebars pull out of the steerer tube.
Posted by: Tonypete at November 16, 2025 10:09 PM (cYBz/)
Adam Schiff: We have to get past the “ruinous idea" of making presidents unsuccessful because of politics and "stop viewing each other as our enemy."
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Why Do the Heathen Rage? at November 16, 2025 10:10 PM (L/fGl)
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at November 16, 2025 10:10 PM (ys6FW)
Tested out Niri, the one thing Hyprland definitely needs to steal from Niri is window scrolling and overview.
Those two things alone are worthy of switching.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at November 16, 2025 10:11 PM (XV/Pl)
Posted by: Daddy Warbucks at November 16, 2025 10:11 PM (/HDaX)
As is Piper - the AOSHQ Fashion Weekly is now must read!!
Posted by: moki at November 16, 2025 10:11 PM (wLjpr)
Posted by: tankdemon
***********
You are a classic!
Posted by: The Grateful - Acta Non Verba at November 16, 2025 10:11 PM (IQ6Gq)
Posted by: scampydog at November 16, 2025 10:11 PM (cRmMq)
Congratulation on your first anniversary!
And thanks to Piper for the first anniversary-themed fashion report. Who knew paper was the appropriate gift for the first anniversary? Piper knew! *fistbump*
Posted by: Legally Sufficient at November 16, 2025 10:11 PM (kB9dk)
Posted by: Piper at November 16, 2025 10:12 PM (ODR9e)
Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at November 16, 2025 10:12 PM (lUFok)
Posted by: Piper at November 16, 2025 10:12 PM (ODR9e)
Posted by: Schnorflepuppy (OT but harmless) at November 16, 2025 10:13 PM (v23vE)
Posted by: Eromero at November 16, 2025 10:13 PM (LHPAg)
.........................................
LoL!
Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at November 16, 2025 10:13 PM (sAmhv)
Posted by: Some Rat at November 16, 2025 10:13 PM (TfUTr)
Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at November 16, 2025 10:14 PM (sAmhv)
Posted by: scampydog at November 16, 2025 10:14 PM (cRmMq)
Pope Leo XIV
@Pontifex
I urge Heads of State and the leaders of nations to listen to the cry of the poorest. There can be no peace without justice. The poor remind us of this in many ways, through migration as well as through their cries, which are often stifled by the myth of well-being and progress, which does not take everyone into account.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Why Do the Heathen Rage? at November 16, 2025 10:14 PM (L/fGl)
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Yeah, remember when you needed a boot disc to play a PC game?
And different boot discs if one of those games was Master of Magic?
Posted by: Methos at November 16, 2025 10:15 PM (vSvIl)
Posted by: How ironic at November 16, 2025 10:15 PM (PwUdY)
Thank you for all the great content over the past year....
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at November 16, 2025 10:15 PM (QGaXH)
Posted by: pookysgirl, with perhaps hazy memories at November 16, 2025 10:15 PM (Wt5PA)
3.1.2 was the best version. Everything since then has been crap!
Posted by: LRob in OK, Moron and Lunatic at November 16, 2025 10:15 PM (47diA)
Posted by: Schnorflepuppy
You're welcome.
Posted by: zombie Gordon Moore at November 16, 2025 10:16 PM (nhCoE)
Saw that the other day. Also just got a Yahoo breaking news e-mail stating "Breaking News: Trump reverses course on Epstein files, says House Republicans should vote to release Epstein files".
Posted by: Clyde Shelton at November 16, 2025 10:16 PM (P5BPp)
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at November 16, 2025 10:02 PM (ys6FW)
Thanks! And happy anniversary to you, too -- you delurked on the night of my first ONT. I'll crinkle some paper to celebrate!
Posted by: Doof at November 16, 2025 10:16 PM (QMAsf)
Didn't former first laddie Mike Obama have a gown made from something like old yellow pages? I'm sure I remember that.
https://bit.ly/3Xka1vf
Posted by: mindful webworker - let her fingers do the walken at November 16, 2025 10:16 PM (vBt7m)
Posted by: Locarno at November 16, 2025 10:17 PM (eT6ud)
@Pontifex
I urge Heads of State and the leaders of nations to listen to the cry of the poorest. There can be no peace without justice. The poor remind us of this in many ways, through migration as well as through their cries, which are often stifled by the myth of well-being and progress, which does not take everyone into account.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Why Do the Heathen Rage?
You whacky kids empty your coffers first.
Posted by: Some Rat at November 16, 2025 10:17 PM (TfUTr)
Posted by: Joemarine at November 16, 2025 10:17 PM (y171U)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at November 16, 2025 10:17 PM (tgvbd)
Posted by: pookysgirl, with perhaps hazy
Oh that is early to mid 80s. Xanadu is responsible.
Posted by: Piper at November 16, 2025 10:18 PM (MaSJG)
You whacky kids empty your coffers first.
Posted by: Some Rat at November 16, 2025 10:17 PM (TfUTr)
________
The Vatican is like someone who lives in a $3 million house and has $37.42 in the bank.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at November 16, 2025 10:19 PM (tgvbd)
Didn't former first laddie Mike Obama have a gown made from something like old yellow pages? I'm sure I remember that.
https://bit.ly/3Xka1vf
Posted by: mindful webworker - let her fingers do the walken at November
(None of this is real, but don’t tell anyone. Let them figure it out).
Posted by: Piper at November 16, 2025 10:19 PM (MaSJG)
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at November 16, 2025 10:08 PM (QGaXH)
Thank you.
Posted by: tankdemon at November 16, 2025 10:20 PM (BcT3p)
Woman dances with junk food after her grandmothers EBT card was accidentally credited $2,500 for November instead of the typical $225.
X video: https://bit.ly/4r4qQrw
"Accidentally." Uh huh. Likely there are saboteurs in the government who are deliberately doing this. Likely the jackasses who were previously RIF'd, but now that they have been allowed to return to the federal government, their plan is to cause as much chaos as they can.
Posted by: Clyde Shelton at November 16, 2025 10:20 PM (P5BPp)
Posted by: tankdemon
***********
You are a classic!
Posted by: The Grateful - Acta Non Verba at November 16, 2025 10:11 PM (IQ6Gq)
Thanks!
Posted by: tankdemon at November 16, 2025 10:20 PM (BcT3p)
Pope Leo XIV
@Pontifex
I urge Heads of State and the leaders of nations to listen to the cry of the poorest. There can be no peace without justice. The poor remind us of this in many ways, through migration as well as through their cries, which are often stifled by the myth of well-being and progress, which does not take everyone into account.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Why Do the Heathen Rage? at November 16, 2025 10:14 PM (L/fGl)
Hey, Pal, go 'head and open up the Vatican to illegals first before preaching from your glass soap box. You know the place, surrounded by a 30 foot tall wall. What an asshole pope, just like the last pope. Woke bullshit.
Maybe ol' Leo should listen to the cries of the productive just a little.
Posted by: RickZ at November 16, 2025 10:20 PM (gKDq2)
Missed tripled Ds last night...darn...fell asleep...
Lovely to see you tonight!
And Piper! You never disappoint! Good grief girl, you do kick it❣❣❣!
Hi ya Horde!
Posted by: COMountainMarie at November 16, 2025 10:20 PM (3pxDZ)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at November 16, 2025 10:20 PM (JkO4W)
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at November 16, 2025 10:02 PM (ys6FW)
Seconded!
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 16, 2025 10:21 PM (npFr7)
.........................................
LoL!
Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at November 16, 2025 10:13 PM (sAmhv)
I don't get it....??
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at November 16, 2025 10:22 PM (QGaXH)
Posted by: zombie Gordon Moore at November 16, 2025 10:16 PM (nhCoE)
LOL! Moore's Law FTW!
Posted by: Schnorflepuppy (OT but harmless) at November 16, 2025 10:22 PM (v23vE)
Posted by: Doof at November 16, 2025 10:23 PM (QMAsf)
Posted by: COMountainMarie at November 16, 2025 10:23 PM (3pxDZ)
I hope someone will. I was busy raising our three kids then and missed a lot of the pop culture. Didn't even see Back to the Future I on the big screen.
Posted by: mindful webworker - out of a DeLorean??? at November 16, 2025 10:23 PM (vBt7m)
Posted by: Piper at November 16, 2025 10:18 PM (MaSJG)
I wasn't around/aware of fashion during that time period. I lived in the middle of nowhere too, so that probably didn't help much for keeping up with the latest fashion trends.
Posted by: pookysgirl, not very fashion forward at November 16, 2025 10:23 PM (Wt5PA)
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I would have brought a paper doily as a gift but Dollar Tree was closed.
Congrats anyway, Doof.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at November 16, 2025 10:23 PM (JkO4W)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh
Don't they have real estate holdings they could turn into the "Ready Green"?
Posted by: Some Rat at November 16, 2025 10:23 PM (TfUTr)
I don’t want my food to be sexy. I don’t want my food to look at me, either.
Posted by: Tom Servo at November 16, 2025 10:23 PM (GxM4+)
Posted by: Piper at November 16, 2025 10:24 PM (MaSJG)
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It's like I don't even know you people.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at November 16, 2025 10:24 PM (JkO4W)
I don’t recall the bishops making any sort of video like this to condemn the Biden White House for supporting, funding, and facilitating the mass slaughter of children in the womb.
I also can’t remember seeing any video with solemn condemnations of the Biden White House and its support for the castration and sexual mutilation of children. That’s in spite of the fact that Biden is actually “Catholic” and he was actively engaged in activities that are explicitly condemned as mortally sinful by the Church.
Trump is neither Catholic nor is he doing anything, policy wise, that contradicts Church teaching. Deportations certainly do not. And yet the bishops suddenly find their voice and their courage for this issue. Very strange indeed.
Christopher Hale @chrisjollyhale
NEW: Following Pope Leo XIV's lead, the U.S. bishops release a new video condemning the Trump-Vance White House’s “inhumane” deportation raids.
X video: https://bit.ly/4nVzfur
Posted by: Clyde Shelton at November 16, 2025 10:24 PM (P5BPp)
Thank you all for the kind words.
_________
They're sort of like when a woman tells another that her dress is lovely.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at November 16, 2025 10:24 PM (tgvbd)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at November 16, 2025 10:25 PM (pkeXY)
@Pontifex
I urge Heads of State and the leaders of nations to listen to the cry of the poorest. There can be no peace without justice. The poor remind us of this in many ways, through migration as well as through their cries, which are often stifled by the myth of well-being and progress, which does not take everyone into account.
The pope smokes dope.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at November 16, 2025 10:25 PM (snZF9)
Isn't it though? Just amazing. And yet, we still can't get back to the moon we were on in the 1970s.
Posted by: Lies Inc. at November 16, 2025 10:25 PM (7WzpC)
Posted by: Some Rat at November 16, 2025 10:23 PM (TfUTr)
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Napoleon yanked away the Papal States, Donation of Constantine notwithstanding.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at November 16, 2025 10:25 PM (JkO4W)
Posted by: Locarno at November 16, 2025 10:17 PM
***
Didn't know that was a thing, but thanks for the pointer.
Posted by: TRex - Club ONT cover band groupie at November 16, 2025 10:26 PM (IQ6Gq)
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Nope, it's a direct character from a Superman Comic Book themed confrontation with Bizarro World.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at November 16, 2025 10:26 PM (1IBl2)
Posted by: How ironic at November 16, 2025 10:15 PM (PwUdY)
Indeed. We have seen the enemy...
Posted by: Darrell Harris at November 16, 2025 10:26 PM (0CU3H)
Posted by: Piper at November 16, 2025 10:19 PM (MaSJG)
Your secrets is safe with me, but I wouldn't put some of your designs past the "fashion" "designers" of the world.
Posted by: Schnorflepuppy (OT but harmless) at November 16, 2025 10:26 PM (v23vE)
Posted by: scampydog at November 16, 2025 10:26 PM (cRmMq)
Posted by: Schnorflepuppy (OT but harmless) at November 16, 2025 10:26 PM (v23vE)
https://youtu.be/K38xNqZvBJI
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at November 16, 2025 10:06 PM (tTwk7)
I love that song. I really wasn't around for the culture, but it's fun.
Posted by: pookysgirl wants to know when did Motley Crue become classic rock at November 16, 2025 10:26 PM (Wt5PA)
Posted by: JackStraw at November 16, 2025 10:27 PM (viF8m)
Posted by: Piper at November 16, 2025 10:24 PM (MaSJG)
I did what I had to do!
Posted by: Doof at November 16, 2025 10:27 PM (QMAsf)
Posted by: Piper at November 16, 2025 10:18 PM (MaSJG)
I wasn't around/aware of fashion during that time period. I lived in the middle of nowhere too, so that probably didn't help much for keeping up with the latest fashion trends.
Posted by: pookysgirl, not
I was 8, so still older than you, but my memory of it is fairly vague. I do remember my mom wearing leg warmers to exercise class, and once I wore them to ballet. My Russian ballet teacher had a stroke right there at the barre. 90s is those awful, huge skater pants with all the zippers. Mid 90s things started to get sort of normal, and then grunge befell us.
Posted by: Piper at November 16, 2025 10:28 PM (MaSJG)
Doof- how many thousands did you “donate” to get Trump to do a video for you?
Posted by: Piper
AI makes some things cheap.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at November 16, 2025 10:28 PM (pkeXY)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at November 16, 2025 10:28 PM (UAGeO)
Posted by: mindful webworker - out of a DeLorean??? at November 16, 2025 10:23 PM
Saw all three of the movies in the theater with family. Great childhood memories of making them a family night out event. Was 9 years old in 1985. My brothers were 4 and 2. I remember the entire theater oohing and aahing and cheering with excited anticipation for Back to the Future II when the Delorean flew at the end of the original.
Posted by: Clyde Shelton at November 16, 2025 10:28 PM (P5BPp)
Posted by: nomedknat
I love it when you klat sdrawkcab to me.
https://youtu.be/g-b-N1pDObA
Posted by: mindful webworker - I miss ol' Steve at November 16, 2025 10:28 PM (vBt7m)
Posted by: Piper at November 16, 2025 10:24 PM (MaSJG)
I did what I had to do!
Posted by: Doof
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*Notes* Club restroom token inventory did not bslance.
Posted by: scampydog at November 16, 2025 10:29 PM (cRmMq)
The pope smokes dope.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at November 16, 2025 10:25 PM (snZF9)
Maybe Pope Bob should listen to his superiors. Jesus said, "the poor, you will always have with you."
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 16, 2025 10:29 PM (npFr7)
They're sort of like when a woman tells another that her dress is lovely.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at November
Sometimes we mean it!
Posted by: Piper at November 16, 2025 10:29 PM (MaSJG)
Napoleon yanked away the Papal States, Donation of Constantine notwithstanding.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at November 16, 2025 10:25 PM (JkO4W)
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The Congress of Vienna gave them back. It was the House of Savoy that took them away for good. Pius IX and subsequent popes refused to leave the Vatican until the Lateran Treaties of 1929.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at November 16, 2025 10:30 PM (tgvbd)
Saw that the other day. Also just got a Yahoo breaking news e-mail stating "Breaking News: Trump reverses course on Epstein files, says House Republicans should vote to release Epstein files".
Posted by: Clyde Shelton at November 16, 2025 10:16 PM (P5BPp)
It was always going to be this way, if true this time. Just in the same way that Obama used his birth certificate to trap Republicans - until Trump saved their bacon - Trump is using Epstein to draw world attention to its contents. He has always known that he's not going to be harmed by them. If Biden and Harris didn't release them when they had every reason to do so if they hurt Trump, we know that he's only holding them back to maximize the pain Dems will feel when the docs Biden was trying to protect them from are finally released.
Streisand Effect, on steroids.
Posted by: Darrell Harris at November 16, 2025 10:30 PM (0CU3H)
The problem that may be too much for Trump or anyone to overcome is that the culture of government and government workers is to enrich themselves and have cushy jobs because there is no owner looking for profit fighting them. And there is no practical way to get rid of everyone in the world of government and somehow replace them without inviting total chaos.
Posted by: Azjaeger at November 16, 2025 10:31 PM (3/XaG)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at November 16, 2025 10:33 PM (UAGeO)
Leviticus 19:15
Do not be unjust in judging — show neither partiality to the poor nor deference to the mighty, but with justice judge your neighbor.
Numbers 20:15-20.
Posted by: RandomDave at November 16, 2025 10:33 PM (aJQbY)
Sometimes we mean it!
Posted by: Piper at November 16, 2025 10:29 PM (MaSJG)
__________
As much as 5% of the time!
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at November 16, 2025 10:33 PM (tgvbd)
I watched that "you don't get 1985" video and yes, I just wonder what they were thinking....
And the paper dresses. Leslie had a paper wedding dress on Parks and Rec...
Posted by: Iris at November 16, 2025 10:33 PM (bOJ2I)
Posted by: LRob in OK, Moron and Lunatic at November 16, 2025 10:34 PM (47diA)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 16, 2025 10:34 PM (npFr7)
I don’t recall the bishops making any sort of video like this to condemn the Biden White House for supporting, funding, and facilitating the mass slaughter of children in the womb.
I also can’t remember seeing any video with solemn condemnations of the Biden White House and its support for the castration and sexual mutilation of children. That’s in spite of the fact that Biden is actually “Catholic” and he was actively engaged in activities that are explicitly condemned as mortally sinful by the Church.
Trump is neither Catholic nor is he doing anything, policy wise, that contradicts Church teaching. Deportations certainly do not. And yet the bishops suddenly find their voice and their courage for this issue. Very strange indeed.
Christopher Hale @chrisjollyhale
NEW: Following Pope Leo XIV's lead, the U.S. bishops release a new video condemning the Trump-Vance White House’s “inhumane” deportation raids.
X video: https://bit.ly/4nVzfur
Posted by: Clyde Shelton at November 16, 2025 10:24 PM (P5BPp)
Trump also isn't paying Catholic Charities et al $500 million either, the way Biden did to get all those illegals settled in the USA.
Posted by: Darrell Harris at November 16, 2025 10:34 PM (0CU3H)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at November 16, 2025 10:34 PM (UAGeO)
Posted by: lin-duh is offended at November 16, 2025 10:35 PM (VCgbV)
Posted by: runner at November 16, 2025 10:35 PM (g47mK)
New to the idea of conversion to be Catholic. Have attended several masses before for in-laws, grandson, etc. No fainting.
Today, after not a great week of sleep and forgetting to drink water before my tea, I passed out kneeling. Granted, if I croaked no one would doubt where I'd be tonight. Son and the Internet say this happens in mass. I can vouch for this and am admitting it here because no one knows me.
My husband said he thought I was in deep prayer. Asked if I was ok and I said no. He and our son put me back on the pew and the performance began. For Piper: I was wearing a black cashmere sweater and long pleated acorn colored skirt, so I looked good.
My concern tonight is if anyone saw my underwear. Hoisted in a wheelchair in front of half of the church, and oriented in a minute or two. Taken to the library where my vitals/EKG were normal.I told the paramedics I did not want to go to the ED. Began my apology tour, drank some water and some sort of major glucose stuff (my blood glucose was normal). Walked out fine
EMT's said I need to see my PCP this week, per son. All will be well. Always something.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at November 16, 2025 10:35 PM (WONhk)
Oh! And by the way, all my anniversaries are diamond at a minimum. Just to save for future reference.
Posted by: Piper at November 16, 2025 10:35 PM (MaSJG)
They're sort of like when a woman tells another that her dress is lovely.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at November
Sometimes we mean it!
Posted by: Piper at November 16, 2025 10:29 PM
***
Bless yer heart.
Posted by: TRex - I speak southern at November 16, 2025 10:35 PM (IQ6Gq)
Maybe Pope Bob should listen to his superiors. Jesus said, "the poor, you will always have with you."
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
He should cook 'em up some Chicago pizza.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at November 16, 2025 10:35 PM (pkeXY)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at November 16, 2025 10:34 PM (UAGeO)
Agreed. It's waaay out there - like the costumes in The Fifth Element - but I actually like them. Completely unwearable, but I like them.
Posted by: Darrell Harris at November 16, 2025 10:36 PM (0CU3H)
Posted by: Piper
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I remember leg warmers being popular in the early 80s after the Olivia Newton John "Physical" video came out. I had legwarmers and big hair but was young enough to think that song was about exercising.
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at November 16, 2025 10:36 PM (ys6FW)
Posted by: runner at November 16, 2025 10:37 PM (g47mK)
I remember the heady days when we had late, very late, nights with Miklos...
Those days was before you were a big shot🤪!
Luv ya guy❣💕
Don't let the goofiness get to ya😉..
Posted by: COMountainMarie at November 16, 2025 10:37 PM (3pxDZ)
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at November 16, 2025 10:37 PM (DoBxX)
Posted by: Joemarine at November 16, 2025 10:37 PM (y171U)
https://youtu.be/g-b-N1pDObA
Posted by: mindful webworker - I miss ol' Steve at November 16, 2025 10:28 PM (vBt7m)
Cute song.
Posted by: tankdemon at November 16, 2025 10:38 PM (BcT3p)
Posted by: lin-duh is offended at November 16, 2025 10:35 PM (VCgbV)
That song above is from Momentary Lapse of Reason, which is the first PF album after Waters left the band. So go ahead and enjoy it!
Posted by: Doof at November 16, 2025 10:39 PM (QMAsf)
Posted by: Darrell Harris at November 16, 2025 10:39 PM (0CU3H)
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at November 16, 2025 10:39 PM (DoBxX)
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at November 16, 2025 10:37 PM (DoBxX)
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Sad. All the kool kids graduated in 1975.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at November 16, 2025 10:40 PM (JkO4W)
Posted by: Schnorflepuppy
That's why they're hard to identify as AI. There's nothing AI can dream up that some fashion designer wouldn't do for real.
We've actually gotta read Piper's commentary to know if it's actual fashion disasters, or if she's just funnin'.
Posted by: mikeski at November 16, 2025 10:40 PM (nhCoE)
Posted by: NCKate at November 16, 2025 10:40 PM (uQzkA)
Christy! This is not allowed! You need to see your PC because neither you nor I have the time to mourn a cashmere sweater that has been cut off of you in the process of rendering medical aid! This must be avoided. Thank you for understanding. 😊
(Glad you are okay, but please get checked).
Posted by: Piper at November 16, 2025 10:40 PM (MaSJG)
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Poise!
Posted by: San Franpsycho at November 16, 2025 10:41 PM (UAGeO)
I remember the heady days when we had late, very late, nights with Miklos...
Those days was before you were a big shot🤪!
Luv ya guy❣💕
Don't let the goofiness get to ya😉..
Posted by: COMountainMarie at November 16, 2025 10:37 PM (3pxDZ)
Much love to you, COMM! Those were fun times for sure.
Posted by: Doof at November 16, 2025 10:41 PM (QMAsf)
Posted by: Pope Leo XIV
"For you have the poor with you always…"
Posted by: A certain carpenter
Posted by: mindful webworker - Matt 26.11 at November 16, 2025 10:42 PM (vBt7m)
Posted by: Don Black at November 16, 2025 10:42 PM (AOsQT)
It should be destroyed.
Posted by: Also, full of stupid bad hats at November 16, 2025 10:40 PM (5WJc0)
_________
It'll be around after you've decayed to your constituent atoms.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at November 16, 2025 10:43 PM (tgvbd)
We've actually gotta read Piper's commentary to know if it's actual fashion disasters, or if she's just funnin'.
Posted by: mikeski at November 16, 2025 10:40 PM (nhCoE)
I said pretty much that exact thing to Piper earlier this evening.
Posted by: Doof at November 16, 2025 10:43 PM (QMAsf)
Posted by: Doof
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Was that the Division Bell Album?
Posted by: lin-duh is offended at November 16, 2025 10:43 PM (VCgbV)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
The context makes it better.
He had just been anointed with perfumed oil, and was defending that extravagant action, versus selling the oil and distributing the funds to the poor.
Posted by: mikeski at November 16, 2025 10:44 PM (nhCoE)
Posted by: Diogenes at November 16, 2025 10:44 PM (2WIwB)
(Glad you are okay, but please get checked).
Posted by: Piper at November 16, 2025 10:40 PM (MaSJG)
Have no choice since son, DIL and grands saw the show. I did this five years ago after a stint of bedrest and forgetting to drink water my first day of freedom. Nothing showed up on holter monitor, etc. I do hope I don't have to deal with that again. But to shut everyone up in my family I am calling my ARNP tomorrow. I just had my annual exam.
I was tired from not sleeping and apparently Protestants don't kneel well when tired and a tiny bit dehydrated. Sitting upright from now on.
Mortified.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at November 16, 2025 10:45 PM (WONhk)
I said pretty much that exact thing to Piper earlier this evening.
Posted by: Doof
Delayed Hordemind.
Posted by: mikeski at November 16, 2025 10:45 PM (nhCoE)
Posted by: COMountainMarie at November 16, 2025 10:45 PM (3pxDZ)
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at November 16, 2025 10:39 PM (DoBxX)
I think it was for the sequel, Jewel of the Nile.
Posted by: tankdemon at November 16, 2025 10:46 PM (BcT3p)
Never mind, comprehension is not my strong suit tonight.
Posted by: lin-duh is offended at November 16, 2025 10:46 PM (VCgbV)
We've actually gotta read Piper's commentary to know if it's actual fashion disasters, or if she's just funnin'.
Posted by: mikeski at November 16, 2025 10:40 PM (nhCoE)
I said pretty much that exact thing to Piper earlier this evening.
Posted by: Doof at November 16, 2025 10:43 PM (QMAsf
Except our undocumented dress. It could not find a way there. It told me I had to check my imagination. 😂
Posted by: Piper at November 16, 2025 10:46 PM (MaSJG)
Posted by: JackStraw at November 16, 2025 10:46 PM (viF8m)
Posted by: Doof
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Was that the Division Bell Album?
Posted by: lin-duh is offended at November 16, 2025 10:43 PM (VCgbV)
The Division Bell was the album after A Momentary Lapse of Reason.
Posted by: Dept. of Answers at November 16, 2025 10:46 PM (2XScb)
Posted by: Iris at November 16, 2025 10:47 PM (bOJ2I)
a post from Japan, X translated:
Japan will stagnate for a while century while the West literally collapses into barbarism.
Future historians will find the stories of "stagnation" rather puzzling
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at November 16, 2025 10:48 PM (1IBl2)
Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at November 16, 2025 10:48 PM (2NHgQ)
Posted by: LRob in OK, Moron and Lunatic at November 16, 2025 10:48 PM (47diA)
Or is it Martin Sheen. I always get those two mixed up.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at November 16, 2025 10:48 PM (JkO4W)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
Aha. Of course I wasn't the first to make the reference.
Posted by: mindful webworker - Horde Hive Spirit. at November 16, 2025 10:49 PM (vBt7m)
Mezzanine is good when buzzed. But less weepy/choked up with Massive Attack. Hard to feel emotions for such weird trippy 90's music.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at November 16, 2025 10:49 PM (xcxpd)
Should have been saved for the poor.
Why has it been wasted? We could have raised maybe
Three hundred silver pieces or more.
People who are hungry, people who are starving
They matter more than your feet and hair!
Posted by: runner at November 16, 2025 10:49 PM (g47mK)
Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at November 16, 2025 10:48 PM (2NHgQ)
No worries.
And...notice that comment is gone...
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at November 16, 2025 10:49 PM (n9ltV)
To save the poor from their lot?
There will be poor always, pathetically struggling.
Look at the good things you've got.
Posted by: runner at November 16, 2025 10:50 PM (g47mK)
Posted by: How ironic
Not me. My boys were free range. So were many of their friends.
Posted by: nurse ratched at November 16, 2025 10:50 PM (chFFn)
Mortified.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at November 16, 2025 10:45 PM (WONhk)
I am not laughing at the situation, but your reaction to it. Classic Christy!
Posted by: pookysgirl tipped over on crutches once and had to be rescued by Security Forces at November 16, 2025 10:51 PM (Wt5PA)
Isn't it though? Just amazing. And yet, we still can't get back to the moon we were on in the 1970s.
Posted by: Lies Inc.
A tool is only as good as its user.
Posted by: mikeski at November 16, 2025 10:51 PM (nhCoE)
Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at November 16, 2025 10:48 PM (2NHgQ)
So how many bad Popes, in a row, do you need to survive before you find another church?
Asking for a friend.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at November 16, 2025 10:52 PM (xcxpd)
Posted by: the way I see it at November 16, 2025 10:52 PM (EYmYM)
Posted by: nurse ratched at November 16, 2025 10:50 PM (chFFn)
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At 13 me and my buddy were cruising the town in his older sister's hijacked Toyota Corona. At 2 a.m.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at November 16, 2025 10:52 PM (JkO4W)
Posted by: Doof
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Was that the Division Bell Album?
Posted by: lin-duh is offended
........................................
Division Bell came out in 1995.
Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at November 16, 2025 10:52 PM (sAmhv)
Posted by: Piper at November 16, 2025 10:52 PM (MaSJG)
Posted by: Diogenes at November 16, 2025 10:53 PM (2WIwB)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at November 16, 2025 10:54 PM (1IBl2)
Posted by: Bilwis Devourer of Innocent Souls, I'm starvin' over here at November 16, 2025 10:56 PM (pIfcn)
Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at November 16, 2025 10:56 PM (2NHgQ)
Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at November 16, 2025 10:56 PM (sAmhv)
Asking for a friend.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards
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The majority of people at my church left the catholic church, including my husband and family
Posted by: lin-duh is offended at November 16, 2025 10:56 PM (VCgbV)
So how many bad Popes, in a row, do you need to survive before you find another church?
Asking for a friend.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at November 16, 2025 10:52 PM (xcxpd)
____________
This isn't a faith-and-morals question. It's a your-concern-is-noted one. And the pope can be just as fallible on it as the next guy.
Francis was a bad pope because he really did cause doubts among the faithful. Not to mention being a mean, old bastard.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at November 16, 2025 10:57 PM (tgvbd)
I don’t recall the bishops making any sort of video like this to condemn the Biden White House for supporting, funding, and facilitating the mass slaughter of children in the womb.…
Posted by: Clyde Shelton
FWIW🤠
"[Oklahoma City] Archbishop Paul Stagg Coakley, elected this week as the new president of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, has long supported denying Holy Communion to politicians, like Nancy Pelosi, who publicly support and vote in favor of abortion."
(c/o cth on PoliNation)
Posted by: mindful webworker - Oklahoma for another win at November 16, 2025 10:57 PM (vBt7m)
I'm pretty sure Zorro wore this thing.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43)
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The Gay Blade.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at November 16, 2025 10:57 PM (1IBl2)
Asking for a friend.
70 x 7 because the Eucharist is everything.
Posted by: Iris at November 16, 2025 10:57 PM (bOJ2I)
Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at November 16, 2025 10:56 PM (2NHgQ)
I’m glad to hear that but does not following the Pope kind of make you not Catholic?
Posted by: the way I see it at November 16, 2025 10:57 PM (EYmYM)
Why? It's ok to ignore me?
Posted by: man at November 16, 2025 10:58 PM (XuXeR)
Good night sweet Horde.
Thank you Doof...always good times my friend 💗
Posted by: COMountainMarie at November 16, 2025 10:58 PM (3pxDZ)
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Have you ever been in St. Peter's? You could literally fly a small plane inside it.
Pictures don't convey the scale of that place.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at November 16, 2025 10:59 PM (JkO4W)
Posted by: WKRP at November 16, 2025 10:59 PM (Q+gd/)
Go see your doctor!
Posted by: lin-duh is offended at November 16, 2025 11:00 PM (VCgbV)
And no matter how much I badger you I still can't get you off the dock.
Embrace your inner hooligan.
Posted by: JackStraw at November 16, 2025 11:00 PM (viF8m)
I’m glad to hear that but does not following the Pope kind of make you not Catholic?
Posted by: the way I see it at November 16, 2025 10:57 PM (EYmYM)
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You don't follow a pope, you follow the Magisterium of the Church.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at November 16, 2025 11:00 PM (tgvbd)
I love the Reggae version of take on me! Super danceable.
Piper, the paper garments are a hoot! Paris would faint. I remember paper dresses - those were for real!
Posted by: SnailRacer at November 16, 2025 11:01 PM (l0cu7)
Posted by: runner at November 16, 2025 11:01 PM (g47mK)
Yeah. Really would be neat to have an HD camera drone fly thru...
Posted by: man at November 16, 2025 11:01 PM (XuXeR)
"Prevail" doesn't mean the Church will never stumble, only that it will win in the end.
So either the Church always recovers from error, or Christ was not inerrant.
I know how I'll place my bet.
Posted by: mikeski at November 16, 2025 11:02 PM (nhCoE)
I am not laughing at the situation, but your reaction to it. Classic Christy!
Posted by: pookysgirl tipped over on crutches once and had to be rescued by Security Forces at November 16, 2025 10:51 PM (Wt5PA)
It's ok to laugh as I appear fine since I did not faceplant, bleed out, nor pee during my state of dehydration and kneeling prayer.
It could be worse I keep telling myself! I am on the upswing after a few tears of mortification (and it is very rare that I cry except in laughter, and I waited til I was home).
This is the email I just sent my husband (who cracked up), son and DIL of my first serious mass. I always say I make an entrance, eh? Apparently a spectacular exit as well. I may wear a black wig from now on and incognito.
Christy's first serious mass and paying attention:
https://tinyurl.com/cp4ayypp
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at November 16, 2025 11:02 PM (WONhk)
I took both ass cheeks off once on "The Volcano". Around a 100 foot 30% or so grade into a 15 foot hill that sent you flying, hopefully far enough to clear the other side and land on the down hill side. Which I did for just long enough for my bike to shoot out from under me and leave me going down the hill on my ass in those embarassing 80's shorts. I layed there bleeding for about 5 minutes before anyone stopped laughing hard enough to even see if I was alive.
One of those guys just passed away a year ago and the video brought tears to my eyes.
RIP Rick.
Posted by: Reforger at November 16, 2025 11:02 PM (phGCW)
I am reporting all of you heretics to the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith!
Posted by: runner at November 16, 2025 11:01 PM (g47mK)
__________
I prefer the Holy Office of the Inquisition.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at November 16, 2025 11:02 PM (tgvbd)
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Where did this rumor start that I don't take my boat out of the slip?
Sheeesh.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at November 16, 2025 11:03 PM (JkO4W)
Posted by: man at November 16, 2025 11:04 PM (XuXeR)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at November 16, 2025 11:04 PM (JkO4W)
Pictures don't convey the scale of that place.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at November 16, 2025 10:59 PM (JkO4W)
Yeah it's intense. I would love to crank up a wall of guitar amps in that place. It would be epic.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at November 16, 2025 11:04 PM (snZF9)
Posted by: Empire Building at November 16, 2025 11:05 PM (oftw2)
Posted by: runner at November 16, 2025 11:05 PM (g47mK)
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, Texas, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at November 16, 2025 11:05 PM (SRRAx)
https://bit.ly/3Xka1vf
Posted by: mindful webworker - let her fingers do the walken
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If she wasn't so ugly she could be a star in thick movies.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at November 16, 2025 11:06 PM (1IBl2)
Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at November 16, 2025 11:06 PM (2NHgQ)
You now rate above Marjorie Taylor Green.
(Ag. Corrected nic link, not that anybody notice or cares.)
Posted by: mindful webworker - TRS-80 veteran at November 16, 2025 11:07 PM (vBt7m)
I usually do, as I know more of the various Islamic doctrines than I do Catholicism...
Posted by: man at November 16, 2025 11:07 PM (XuXeR)
On the 3.1 boot:
-the drive noises are right, the beeps and boops do not sound right. There were beeps, but not that loud.
-typing this right now on an IBM M keyboard made in 1991, that keyboard sounds nice.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at November 16, 2025 11:07 PM (bss/y)
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266.
Pope Joan was a myth.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at November 16, 2025 11:07 PM (JkO4W)
Go see your doctor!
Posted by: lin-duh is offended at November 16, 2025 11:00 PM (VCgbV)
This week, lovlies. I am hoping this does not lead to more crap and a cardiologist. My EKG was fine. My vitals were fine. But we all know they like to cya.
I was alert, oriented and cracking jokes when not apologizing after my 2min prayer nap. The EMT's had me rise and stand and view my vital signs and spectacular self. Normal. Blood glucose normal. Drank their glucose stuff and 2 cups of water.
They then had me sign something that I did not want further care. I walked unaided to the car and a few people (friends of our sons) shouted they were glad I was ok.
Indeed. Totally mortified, but ok. Told my husband he should have just left me there til it was over.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at November 16, 2025 11:08 PM (WONhk)
Posted by: Need A Muse at November 16, 2025 11:08 PM (oftw2)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at November 16, 2025 11:10 PM (JkO4W)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at November 16, 2025 11:10 PM (JkO4W)
That is fun!
Posted by: runner at November 16, 2025 11:11 PM (g47mK)
Posted by: man at November 16, 2025 11:12 PM (XuXeR)
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how far is 267 popes, laid end to end?
Posted by: Don Black at November 16, 2025 11:12 PM (AOsQT)
It powers up, but when I press play, the CD spinner is only semi-responsive. Where should I start with fixing it?
Posted by: FeatherBlade at November 16, 2025 11:12 PM (i00+Z)
Posted by: JQ at November 16, 2025 11:13 PM (rdVOm)
The Church must be divinely ordained. How else could it have survived 2000 years under such incompetent management?
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at November 16, 2025 11:13 PM (tgvbd)
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat
As I said not long ago, avoid doctors. Everytime they go looking, they just find something else wrong. (My experience for the past 2+ years.)
Posted by: mindful webworker - and prescribe something or worse at November 16, 2025 11:14 PM (vBt7m)
Posted by: scampydog at November 16, 2025 11:14 PM (41CYW)
Posted by: FeatherBlade at November 16, 2025 11:12 PM (i00+Z)
Take it to AOP
Posted by: Doof at November 16, 2025 11:14 PM (QMAsf)
Posted by: scampydog at November 16, 2025 11:14 PM (41CYW)
I have at least 4 working CD players / drives
Posted by: Doof at November 16, 2025 11:16 PM (QMAsf)
Posted by: man at November 16, 2025 11:16 PM (XuXeR)
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The Walt Disney Co. must be divinely ordained too.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at November 16, 2025 11:18 PM (JkO4W)
Posted by: davidt at November 16, 2025 11:18 PM (Q+gd/)
Posted by: Bulg at November 16, 2025 11:19 PM (77rzZ)
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at November 16, 2025 11:19 PM (n9ltV)
Posted by: FeatherBlade at November 16, 2025 11:12 PM (i00+Z)
That is right out of my wheelhouse. I'll bet there are youtube videos on how to fix a "lazy" CD player.
I have taken CD drives apart. IIRC, there is a motor to spin the disc, and a motor that runs the eject mechanism. If i were faced with your problem, I would try applying oil to any motor bearings, or spindle bearing I could see. Like where a steel shaft turns in a brass bushing. With long disuse, the original oil can gum up.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 16, 2025 11:20 PM (npFr7)
Posted by: Bulg at November 16, 2025 11:20 PM (77rzZ)
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Lookin' good is the important part.... as you ride the gurney down the hall.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at November 16, 2025 11:21 PM (1IBl2)
"how far is 267 popes, laid end to end?"
How many Cardinals does it take to change a light bulb?
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at November 16, 2025 11:22 PM (pkeXY)
Posted by: mindful webworker - and prescribe something or worse at November 16, 2025 11:14 PM (vBt7m)
Totally agree and I try to avoid them as much as possible. My father used to say this as well.
I will go to appease my son, DIL and husband or they will never shut up.
After reading a whole lot from Dr. Internet, it is not unheard of at early mass. Unfortunate for me, but I always make myself known somehow and this is my entry. It is a huge parish so maybe they will forget as soon as the next person faints.
I hope my mouth was not hanging open as they wheeled me out is my second concern, after hoping no one saw my underwear. I doubt my son was concerned. My husband was in the aisle but told me he doubted it...the skirt is long.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at November 16, 2025 11:22 PM (WONhk)
Posted by: NCKate at November 16, 2025 10:40 PM (uQzkA)
How about America Only?
Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at November 16, 2025 11:22 PM (u9SGQ)
Posted by: man at November 16, 2025 11:23 PM (XuXeR)
That's how you measure popes
Posted by: Don Black at November 16, 2025 11:23 PM (AOsQT)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at November 16, 2025 11:24 PM (pkeXY)
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Republic of Venice lasted 1100 years.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at November 16, 2025 11:25 PM (1IBl2)
Posted by: man at November 16, 2025 11:26 PM (XuXeR)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at November 16, 2025 11:21 PM (1IBl2)
A wheelchair they keep handy for swooners. I was swiftly removed and the service went on as if nothing happened, apparently. DIL and grands showed up after the service was over, and our first girl crawled up in my lap near tears and asked if I died. Indeed I did not, my sweeties!
I am sure they will tell their teachers tomorrow that I died while in prayer. She is 4yrs old and can convince people of anything because she has talked like an adult for two years. So I possibly have not heard the end of this.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at November 16, 2025 11:26 PM (WONhk)
https://www.youtube.com/live/kR4l3-TBk-0
Liftoff from Space Launch Complex 4E (SLC-4E) at Vandenberg Space Force Base is scheduled for Sunday, Nov. 16, at 9:21 p.m. PST (12:21 a.m. EST / 0521 UTC).
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at November 16, 2025 11:26 PM (R5+Wg)
Posted by: Bulg at November 16, 2025 11:27 PM (77rzZ)
Just don't fall asleep praying. 😁
https://youtu.be/b58NmMybJEk
G'nite, y'all.
Posted by: mindful webworker - follow the right leader at November 16, 2025 11:27 PM (vBt7m)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh
1) LOL!
B) I wonder if laughing at that should be mentioned at my next Confession.
God has had exactly four sinless people to work with in all of history. The first two screwed it up. The third gave birth to the fourth, who was His son. So almost every good thing done on this earth has been done by a sinner.
I usually use that to counter whataboutisms about politicians. (How can a good Catholic support Trump with all the things he's done?) But I guess it applies to Popes, too.
Posted by: mikeski at November 16, 2025 11:30 PM (nhCoE)
Posted by: Braenyard
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Was very underreported in education when I was in school. Interesting reading.
Posted by: scampydog at November 16, 2025 11:31 PM (41CYW)
Look it up.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at November 16, 2025 11:31 PM (JkO4W)
Posted by: Bulg
A joke that only works in parts of the country.
Aunt rhymes with taunt, not rant, here.
Posted by: mikeski at November 16, 2025 11:31 PM (nhCoE)
After reading a whole lot from Dr. Internet, it is not unheard of at early mass.
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Well, since a number of bishops want everyone to take Communion while standing, what's the point of kneeling any other time?
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at November 16, 2025 11:32 PM (tgvbd)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
Sounds like a thing to try. Thanks!
Posted by: FeatherBlade at November 16, 2025 11:32 PM (i00+Z)
1) Trump is so bad even Epstein didn't like him!
2) How dare Trump not arrest Epstein if he knew he was up to something wrong!
For #1 this is one of those odd things where they don't seem to get how this sounds. And for #2...they get Trump wasn't the AG/Gov of NY or the president when Epstein was being protected by those people right?
Posted by: 18-1 at November 16, 2025 11:33 PM (sKqQm)
Posted by: Bulg at November 16, 2025 11:35 PM (77rzZ)
Just take the space out, I guess.
88 57 Found an AI 'dark country' cover...
Posted by: Locarno at November 16, 2025 10:17 PM
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Didn't know that was a thing, but thanks for the pointer.
Posted by: TRex - Club ONT cover band groupie
Posted by: Locarno at November 16, 2025 11:35 PM (wiYsG)
The latest Epstein island stuff is almost amusing. Leftwing boards are full of:
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Comment threads at Insty have become unreadable between the work-from-home bots and the obsessive who thinks Trump abused children.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at November 16, 2025 11:36 PM (tgvbd)
Posted by: Locarno at November 16, 2025 11:38 PM (wiYsG)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at November 16, 2025 11:38 PM (1IBl2)
Now, off to work. Enjoy the rest of your night over there in the home hemisphere.
Posted by: SPinRH_F-16 at November 16, 2025 11:38 PM (O77yV)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at November 16, 2025 11:36 PM (tgvbd)
We have a cob who deletes a lot of stuff here, so we don't have to worry about that.
Posted by: no one at November 16, 2025 11:39 PM (7GzBv)
SpaceX - Falcon 9 - Sentinel-6B
SLC-4E - Vandenberg SFB - Space Affairs Live
Launch Date: November 16, 2025 (PST)
Launch Time: 9:21 p.m. PST (November 17, 0521 UTC, 06:21 CET)
https://youtu.be/B47r7vbti-U
Posted by: Joyenz at November 16, 2025 11:41 PM (2F0/Y)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at November 16, 2025 11:41 PM (pkeXY)
Posted by: Bulg
Heh.
I DDG'ed a map of "aunt pronunciation" since I live in the Midwest..... it looks like "rhymes with taunt" is ND, SD, MN, VA, everything east of NY, and a sliver of NC.
So "rhymes with rant" is the default pronunciation, even if it's wrong.
Posted by: mikeski at November 16, 2025 11:43 PM (nhCoE)
>>Sheeesh.
I got confused by the part when you said your goal was to be able to get a bareboat approval to sail around the BVI.
My bad.
Posted by: JackStraw at November 16, 2025 11:43 PM (viF8m)
Posted by: no one at November 16, 2025 11:39 PM
It's been quite a while since anyone has offered us the opportunity to make $200 per hour while working at home, and for that I'm grateful.
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at November 16, 2025 11:43 PM (R5+Wg)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 16, 2025 11:43 PM (npFr7)
Look it up.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at November 16, 2025 11:31 PM (JkO4W)
Looks like were in the anti-pope era.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at November 16, 2025 11:44 PM (snZF9)
Posted by: mindful webworker - follow the right leader at November 16, 2025 11:27 PM (vBt7m)
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Math strikes again!
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at November 16, 2025 11:44 PM (w9A/e)
2) How dare Trump not arrest Epstein if he knew he was up to something wrong!
Posted by: 18-1 at November 16, 2025 11:33 PM (sKqQm)
Epstein was arrested on federal charges July 6, 2019 and died in jail on August 10, 2019. Remind me again who was president at the time.
Posted by: tankdemon at November 16, 2025 11:45 PM (BcT3p)
Now, off to work. Enjoy the rest of your night over there in the home hemisphere.
Posted by: SPinRH_F-16 at November 16, 2025 11:38 PM (O77yV)
And a big Howdy to you, too! Nice to meet you last month in Texas!
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 16, 2025 11:45 PM (npFr7)
Look it up.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at November 16, 2025 11:31 PM (JkO4W)
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Why would I listen to anything from a cosmetologist?
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at November 16, 2025 11:46 PM (tgvbd)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at November 16, 2025 11:47 PM (1IBl2)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at November 16, 2025 11:47 PM (pkeXY)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leonine_City
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at November 16, 2025 11:47 PM (ZVgZ4)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at November 16, 2025 11:46 PM (tgvbd)
Hari Seldon was big on Foundations.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 16, 2025 11:47 PM (npFr7)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 16, 2025 11:43 PM (npFr7)
I use monster cables for the guitar stuff. Guitar chords, speaker cables, etc. Pricey shit, supposed to be good. I only used it for the live stuff. Kicking around home I used the regular crap. You can't go wrong using it on your speakers.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at November 16, 2025 11:48 PM (snZF9)
Posted by: An Observation sez Trump is my President at November 16, 2025 11:49 PM (Da7Vv)
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at November 16, 2025 11:48 PM (snZF9)
Yeah. It looks like durable stuff. I can stuff it through an existing hole under the console, run along the frame, tie-wrapped to a brake line or something, and then up through the trunk floor. Beats trying to run it under a glued-down carpet.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 16, 2025 11:51 PM (npFr7)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at November 16, 2025 11:52 PM (XeU6L)
Kennel dogs fed and put up, house dogs run out for the last time, evening prayers said. Good night, Hordians.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at November 16, 2025 11:52 PM (tgvbd)
Posted by: Orson at November 16, 2025 11:52 PM (dIske)
https://youtu.be/B47r7vbti-U
Posted by: Joyenz
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Musk is launching; Is it going to stall because there's a boat in the no go area, there's an apparatus problem on the ground, there's an airplane in the no-fly zone? No, he's an engineer not a salesman.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at November 16, 2025 11:53 PM (1IBl2)
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The Walt Disney Co. must be divinely ordained too.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at November 16, 2025 11:18 PM (JkO4W)
Don't give DIESney any encouragement about how long their copyrights should last...
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at November 16, 2025 11:53 PM (ULPxl)
Installing Windows 10 from floppy disks - an exercise in horror:
https://youtu.be/r0kZJxmRAvI
You will want to zero out the sound, trust me.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars(TM) - what makes you think you are in charge? at November 16, 2025 11:54 PM (xG4kz)
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Mary wasn't sinless. She was chosen by God because He loves to us his creation to show His glory. Also, to fulfill scripture. The Messiah was to come from the House of David and He did.
Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at November 16, 2025 11:54 PM (sAmhv)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh
Hari Seldon was big on Foundations.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
And now I need to listen to the folks at the Hair Salon? That's taking my trust in the science too far.
Posted by: mikeski at November 16, 2025 11:55 PM (nhCoE)
Posted by: Puddleglum
That's what the Immaculate Conception was. Mary being born without original sin.
There's a divide between the Catholics and Orthodox, and some of the Protestant faiths, on whether she stayed that way. C & O believe she did.
Posted by: mikeski at November 16, 2025 11:57 PM (nhCoE)
The first time that I read The Foundation Trilogy, I was impressed. The second time, I was entertained.
The third time I never finished it and I have never returned to it.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars(TM) - what makes you think you are in charge? at November 16, 2025 11:58 PM (xG4kz)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 16, 2025 11:51 PM (npFr7)
Yeah thats one of the reasons I used it for live stuff, its pretty heavy duty. Pricey, a 12ft guitar cord is $35, which is too short for live, so you're looking at probably $50-60 for a longer cable. Its why I use $10 cheapies at home.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at November 16, 2025 11:59 PM (snZF9)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at November 16, 2025 11:18 PM (JkO4W)
Achtung! The wrong kinds of snark are verboten by order of Sturmbannfuhrer Karl Braun.
Posted by: If you see something, say something! at November 17, 2025 12:00 AM (L0ol1)
You're welcome.
Posted by: Joyenz at November 17, 2025 12:00 AM (2F0/Y)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at November 17, 2025 12:01 AM (1IBl2)
I have misplaced some geavily used USB drives and the power cord for my Mac Book.
I am not panicked, but I am pissed by this turn of events.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars(TM) - what makes you think you are in charge? at November 17, 2025 12:01 AM (xG4kz)
https://arthive.com/escher/works/
200120~St_Peters_Cathedral_in_Rome #google_vignette
Copy and remove spaces to use URL.
Note Wikiart has a higher definition version but isn’t playing nice with Safari on my iPad.
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at November 17, 2025 12:02 AM (ZVgZ4)
A cloud of division has invaded our family.
Math strikes again!
Buncha sqare rooters.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr.
All your problems vanish when you divide by zero.
Posted by: BifBewalski - at November 17, 2025 12:02 AM (QVmho)
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars(TM) - what makes you think you are in charge? at November 17, 2025 12:02 AM (xG4kz)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at November 17, 2025 12:03 AM (1IBl2)
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at November 17, 2025 12:03 AM (snZF9)
Posted by: JQ at November 17, 2025 12:06 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at November 17, 2025 12:06 AM (snZF9)
Posted by: JQ at November 17, 2025 12:06 AM (rdVOm)
ooh nice.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at November 17, 2025 12:07 AM (snZF9)
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads
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Cheers. Just poured a nightcap here.
Posted by: scampydog at November 17, 2025 12:07 AM (41CYW)
Posted by: Berserker
That's what happens when you give a geek a half-trillion dollars.
Posted by: mikeski at November 17, 2025 12:07 AM (nhCoE)
Ukraine: ~$16.6 billion
Israel: ~$3.3 billion
Ethiopia: ~$1.8 billion
Jordan: ~$1.7 billion
Egypt: ~$1.5 billion
Somalia: ~$1.2 billion
Nigeria: ~$1 billion
Oddly only 1 of those line items is up the ass of MTG, Tucker and the rest.
Things that make you go hmmmmmmm.
Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at November 17, 2025 12:10 AM (u9SGQ)
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at November 17, 2025 12:14 AM (snZF9)
Posted by: JQ at November 17, 2025 12:16 AM (rdVOm)
Let's just call it *a couple of fingers* of bourbon, then. Heh.
Posted by: JQ at November 17, 2025 12:16 AM (rdVOm)
Thats probably what it is. 2 of my fingers anyway. lol
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at November 17, 2025 12:18 AM (snZF9)
Posted by: Berserker
That's what happens when you give a geek a half-trillion dollars.
Posted by: mikeski at November 17, 2025 12:07 AM (nhCoE)
Well I guess I'm not a geek. I would have built a frigging Death Star.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at November 17, 2025 12:21 AM (snZF9)
Posted by: GWB at November 17, 2025 12:22 AM (YlCSP)
This is an incredible statistic from JPMorgan.
Younger adults are entering the market earlier: the share of 25-year-olds in 2024 that used investment accounts was 37%, versus 6% for 25-year-olds in 2015.
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And they are buying houses 15 years later than historically.
It's easier to buy shares of stock than to buy a house.
When I started you had to buy 100 shares or pay a stiff penalty.
Today you can buy one share.
The reason young folks aren't buying homes is the cost to income ratio is out of sight. In the 1950s, the average home cost about 2.35 times the typical salary of a family. Today, the median home price is about six times the median household income.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at November 17, 2025 12:28 AM (1IBl2)
It started innocently enough: Matthieu Blazy...
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He is now the creative director of Chanel, and his first show is the ugliest thing I've seen come out of that house.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at November 17, 2025 12:31 AM (n7CIX)
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division
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I think yall are on the same page. He calls it Starship and he's going to Mars.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at November 17, 2025 12:33 AM (1IBl2)
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at November 17, 2025 12:33 AM (0nHVk)
Posted by: Braenyard
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youtu.be/H1l5aTUK228
Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at November 17, 2025 12:33 AM (sAmhv)
Posted by: Blonde Morticia
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Wow, that's really saying something-- I've always thought Chanel stuff was ugly-- don't even want to look at what you're referencing!
Posted by: JQ at November 17, 2025 12:34 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division
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I think yall are on the same page. He calls it Starship and he's going to Mars.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at November 17, 2025 12:33 AM (1IBl2)
Mine would have weapons. lol
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at November 17, 2025 12:36 AM (snZF9)
Posted by: JQ at November 17, 2025 12:36 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at November 17, 2025 12:40 AM (snZF9)
It's easier to buy shares of stock than to buy a house.
Are they treating it like sports betting?
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at November 17, 2025 12:42 AM (pkeXY)
Wow, that's really saying something-- I've always thought Chanel stuff was ugly-- don't even want to look at what you're referencing!
Posted by: JQ
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They've had some cute suits and little black dresses, but this latest collection was an Ugly contest. I put one of the last dresses Karl Lagerfeld designed in my link. I think it's elegant, but I won't have anything to wear it to until my own funeral.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at November 17, 2025 12:48 AM (n7CIX)
Are they treating it like sports betting?
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr.
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There was some commentary on that. But buying a house being three times the historical buy in redirects one's thinking. Hopefully most of them are in the market for investment.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at November 17, 2025 12:48 AM (1IBl2)
Hounds tooth was A Thing in the 60s. Dated? or Classic? is subjective.
I'm no one to talk about style, being as fashion-senseless as I am, LOL. Jeans n t-shirts for the last 20 years.
I still have a few leather skirts & satin blouses, some "motorcycle clothes" and probably a few dresses that no longer fit (also out of style by now)... and no place to wear most of it.
Posted by: JQ at November 17, 2025 12:59 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at November 17, 2025 12:59 AM (0nHVk)
What was your starting salary out of college?
Mine was $28,000 plus commissions. And I had a good job.
What's the starting salary for an average college graduate today?
Posted by: JackStraw at November 17, 2025 01:00 AM (viF8m)
Posted by: JQ at November 17, 2025 01:02 AM (rdVOm)
*BUTTHURT NATION!!*
Imagine an entire city that decides to punish itself just to say "Fuck You" to Trump.
Posted by: pawn at November 17, 2025 01:02 AM (sPsWv)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 17, 2025 01:04 AM (npFr7)
Posted by: JQ at November 17, 2025 01:05 AM (rdVOm)
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First page return answers are between $65 & $68K.
By the article that would put a house at $400K.
Income and housing prices are regional so those numbers can skew one way or the other. $400k for a starter home seems a bit pricey.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at November 17, 2025 01:12 AM (1IBl2)
https://tinyurl.com/mtcuk5r3
Posted by: 496 at November 17, 2025 01:14 AM (RkrlD)
By the article that would put a house at $400K.
>>Income and housing prices are regional so those numbers can skew one way or the other. $400k for a starter home seems a bit pricey.
That's the math that rarely gets discussed. Houses are twice what it cost when we got out of school?!
Yea, so are salaries.
The biggest problem we have as a country is too many people who shouldn't be here. As that number goes down watch how things change.
Posted by: JackStraw at November 17, 2025 01:22 AM (viF8m)
Posted by: Hokey Pokey at November 17, 2025 01:22 AM (YlWIZ)
Now it has the second highest valuation of all the private companies in the world at $350 billion.
Posted by: pawn at November 17, 2025 01:23 AM (sPsWv)
"Those who've read history understand socialism is for MORONS. Seattle [just] elected a new mayor. I don't know her, but she's a typical moon bat! Probably eats tofu and organic broccoli. She's a socialist."
"I guess what I just said is kind of mean, but I'll stop being mean if she'll stop being foolish!"
"Remember the movie line, 'go sell crazy somewhere else, we're all stocked up here?' I don't think Chuck Schumer saw the movie. Chuck kept saying, 'We got this.' But none of them had it, they all needed THERAPY!
_Senator John Kennedy (LA)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at November 17, 2025 01:24 AM (1IBl2)
I am blessed they came into my life. During Covid. I have been an amazing friend. Trust me. The Horde would be proud.
When they moved in, wife was on the street with then youngest girl. I introduced myself. We talked. There were signs on their lawn "NO More LOCKDOWNS!" And wife said they home schooled.
I told her right there "I don't want to scare you, but I love you."
I have been blessed with wonderful friends at 29.1 years. They are blessed with me.
And I decided tonight, Christmas in November is getting too fancy. For 5th year, I will bring out Mom's china, no food preperation. I'm bringing in pizza, chicken and whatever. Back to basics.
With china.
3 hour Christmas parties with people you would give your life for rule.
Posted by: Stateless - VERY GRATEFUL, LOVED, APPRECIATED AND HAPPY! -- - New Life Creation - 18.4% at November 17, 2025 01:24 AM (Sco7b)
Posted by: raimondo at November 17, 2025 01:30 AM (jOAq0)
Posted by: qwerty at November 17, 2025 01:31 AM (8NFTu)
Posted by: JQ at November 17, 2025 01:35 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: qwerty at November 17, 2025 01:31 AM (8NFTu)
My friend was in marketing for the CFL.
She actually drove the Grey Cup around. There are pictures with it at her family's house.
Posted by: Stateless - VERY GRATEFUL, LOVED, APPRECIATED AND HAPPY! -- - New Life Creation - 18.4% at November 17, 2025 01:36 AM (Sco7b)
>> Income and housing prices are regional so those numbers can skew one way or the other. $400k for a starter home seems a bit pricey
400k in some areas will get you a shitbox.
Besides the biggest problem is coming up with the down payment, how many young adults starting out can swing 80k for a down payment?
Almost no one.
So thy put down far less and pay far more in mortgage insurance and those are the ones that can scratch something together to get that starter home.
This is the direct result of 50 years of bad monetary policy.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at November 17, 2025 01:37 AM (XV/Pl)
Posted by: JackStraw at November 17, 2025 01:44 AM (viF8m)
Friends are a blessing.
Posted by: JQ at November 17, 2025 01:35 AM (rdVOm)
Thank you so much. It has been a horrible year.
So, big question. Amazingly beautiful sweet cat Snowflake is outside the window of my computer room. Meowing. Always welcome here.
It's well above freezing.
Yet I've brought her in multiple times to give love and affection. I'm not a cat person, despite the boatloads of cats I have taken care of.
The constant purring as I hold her in my arms and tell her how much I love her is normal for cats I guess.
We need a gambling pool to see if she ends up back in the house with me.
Posted by: Stateless - VERY GRATEFUL, LOVED, APPRECIATED AND HAPPY! -- - New Life Creation - 18.4% at November 17, 2025 01:46 AM (Sco7b)
Germany’s public Television has been worse than the BBC.
It’s time to hold them accountable too.
Audio manipulation, fake news, false translations, propaganda – when it comes to Trump, Germany’s public broadcasters stop at nothing.
German public broadcasters likewise demonize Donald J. Trump more than perhaps any other Western politician. In this dossier, NIUS documents – on the basis of extensive material – how ARD, ZDF, and their subsidiaries have been shaping the image of an authoritarian monster since 2016, abandoning basic journalistic principles: context, neutrality, factual accuracy.
_www.nius.de/ medien /news etc.
https://tinyurl.com/2s3tdt2v
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at November 17, 2025 01:47 AM (1IBl2)
It's complicated-- but current house isn't in great shape. Livable, but barely. Would take more money than I have, to bring it up to mid-dollar condition. Then, even if it sold-- would pay all of the proceeds for what? Yet another fixer-upper, but would have nothing left to *fix-up* with. So. Unless I win a lottery, I'm stuck.
Posted by: JQ at November 17, 2025 01:49 AM (rdVOm)
The animated part was made using a technique called "rotoscope", which involved an animator tracing over the live action footage, frame by frame, to create the animated parts. A lot of work for talented artists.
Posted by: a.moron at November 17, 2025 01:50 AM (X5Jzz)
Is the only reason that stoopid song ever became so popular, IMO.
Lousy pop song. Interesting video.
Posted by: JQ at November 17, 2025 01:55 AM (rdVOm)
It's complicated-- but current house isn't in great shape. Livable, but barely. Would take more money than I have, to bring it up to mid-dollar condition. Then, even if it sold-- would pay all of the proceeds for what? Yet another fixer-upper, but would have nothing left to *fix-up* with. So. Unless I win a lottery, I'm stuck.
Posted by: JQ at November 17, 2025 01:49 AM (rdVOm)
A shame you didn't live close. I have performed miracles in houses with a next to nothing budget.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at November 17, 2025 01:59 AM (snZF9)
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at November 16, 2025 10:36 PM (ys6FW)
I think "Flashdance" had something to do with it, too. I remember all the strippers back then wearing leg warmers (and nothing else).
( . . . or so I was told)
Posted by: a.moron at November 17, 2025 02:00 AM (X5Jzz)
Posted by: qwerty
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Saskatchewan? Good for them! How long since they've won the Grey Cup?
Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at November 17, 2025 02:01 AM (sAmhv)
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division
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You're a gifted one, Bers!
Maybe I'll find someone like you, locally, what can help me out. Or, at least help me prioritize for maximum "bang for the buck"
I'm not unhappy with this location. Would love to stay here, if I can add some modern conveniences, LOL!
Posted by: JQ at November 17, 2025 02:07 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: JQ
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That's where I am. Even though the value of the house has inflated all the others have too. Selling this one and buying another problem. At least I know the problems this one has.
Trump is determined to do something with the housing market to help the youngsters; encourage/incentivize builders, lower interest, don't know what else. But will that help us? I don't know.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at November 17, 2025 02:09 AM (1IBl2)
Lower interest rates? Pfft. If you consider the last 50 years, interest is pretty damned low right now! Kids are freaking out over what? 6%? LOLOLOL.
Here:
fred.stlouisfed.org/series/MORTGAGE30US
Posted by: JQ at November 17, 2025 02:17 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: JQ at November 17, 2025 02:19 AM (rdVOm)
https://tinyurl.com/2s3tdt2v
Posted by: Braenyard
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Funny coincidence, I watched this German dude for the first time today talking about the BBC scandal. The comments are 100% Germans saying German media is just as bad.
youtube.com/watch?v=3PDySoCdyew
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at November 17, 2025 02:24 AM (n7CIX)
Maybe I'll find someone like you, locally, what can help me out. Or, at least help me prioritize for maximum "bang for the buck"
I'm not unhappy with this location. Would love to stay here, if I can add some modern conveniences, LOL!
Posted by: JQ at November 17, 2025 02:07 AM (rdVOm)
Prioritizing is the key. What can be saved, what can be tweaked/modified, and what absolutely needs to be changed. What are these modern conveniences you speak of?
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at November 17, 2025 02:24 AM (snZF9)
Posted by: Berserker
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Thermostat-controlled furnace (electric or gas, gas would be best although there is no line to this house. It's in the road out front, though)
Central air. (would need furnace & ductwork first)
New deck (old is shot, only a couple unsafe sections) with cover! (no existing cover)
There. That's the beginning!
Posted by: JQ at November 17, 2025 02:32 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: JQ at November 17, 2025 02:36 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: JQ at November 17, 2025 02:39 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: JQ at November 17, 2025 02:42 AM (rdVOm)
Central air. (would need furnace & ductwork first)
New deck (old is shot, only a couple unsafe sections) with cover! (no existing cover)
There. That's the beginning!
Posted by: JQ at November 17, 2025 02:32 AM (rdVOm)
How are you heating the house now?
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at November 17, 2025 02:49 AM (snZF9)
I can't believe how much you people know about house maintenance. I'm going to wind up living like a caveman once my house starts to fall apart.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at November 17, 2025 02:51 AM (n7CIX)
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Pellet stove.
There are some electric wall units (ca. 1970s) in the front part of house, but they were disconnected at the panel box before hubby & I got together.
Posted by: JQ at November 17, 2025 02:52 AM (rdVOm)
We got a new pellet stove 15 years ago-- the old one was used & crappy when he bought it & finally failed.
Posted by: JQ at November 17, 2025 02:54 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at November 17, 2025 02:55 AM (snZF9)
Posted by: JQ at November 17, 2025 02:56 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: JQ at November 17, 2025 02:57 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: Blonde Morticia
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Don't let it fall apart-- fix those little things while they're still *little*
Posted by: JQ at November 17, 2025 03:01 AM (rdVOm)
We got a new pellet stove 15 years ago-- the old one was used & crappy when he bought it & finally failed.
Posted by: JQ at November 17, 2025 02:54 AM (rdVOm)
I was going to ask you about a pellet stove. A friend of mine that moved to north carolina somewhere in the mountains swears by his. He says it only costs him about $700 to heat it in the winter. Still, I can see the thrill of just hitting a thermostat.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at November 17, 2025 03:02 AM (snZF9)
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at November 17, 2025 03:02 AM (vglKJ)
Posted by: pawn at November 17, 2025 03:05 AM (sPsWv)
https://tinyurl.com/mtcuk5r3
Posted by: 496 at November 17, 2025 01:14 AM (RkrlD)
B double E double R U N.
Posted by: tcn, Pickle Queen in AK at November 17, 2025 03:05 AM (6Bc88)
The problem? No backup heat source. At all.
I can't go anywhere overnight during winter! Gotta feed the damned thing. Hopper extension might gain a day. Still-- screwed for a weekend away due to risk of pipes freezing.
Posted by: JQ at November 17, 2025 03:08 AM (rdVOm)
The problem? No backup heat source. At all.
I can't go anywhere overnight during winter! Gotta feed the damned thing. Hopper extension might gain a day. Still-- screwed for a weekend away due to risk of pipes freezing.
Posted by: JQ at November 17, 2025 03:08 AM (rdVOm)
yeah, I can see that being a pain. Are you on a slab, or do you have a basement?
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at November 17, 2025 03:09 AM (snZF9)
I'm no spring chicken. Unloading & stacking those bags gets a bit harder every year.
Posted by: JQ at November 17, 2025 03:10 AM (rdVOm)
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Posted by: JQ at November 17, 2025 03:16 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: JQ at November 17, 2025 03:17 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: JQ at November 17, 2025 03:11 AM (rdVOm)
Damn, not sure what the best option would be. Might be the mini splits. How cold does it get there in winter?
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at November 17, 2025 03:23 AM (snZF9)
Have you checked the cost of them running a gas line to your house?
A space heater or two would supplement the pellet and let you out of the house on the weekend. There are also wall furnaces. Neither require electricity.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at November 17, 2025 03:24 AM (1IBl2)
Had to laugh: There were a couple of young guys, employees, hanging around out front of the store when I went in.
Once I pulled up with the truck, they freaking *disappeared* the lazy shits.
So, I switched on the 4-ways & sat on the tailgate... waiting... until another employee came out to ask what's wrong & could he help me... and I handed him the "load ticket" LOL!
Posted by: JQ at November 17, 2025 03:25 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: JQ at November 17, 2025 03:29 AM (rdVOm)
Xi picked the wrong girl to get tough with.
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Japan’s foreign ministry said on Nov. 14 that it summoned China’s ambassador to lodge strong protests regarding the “highly inappropriate” statements by Consul General Xue Jian of the Chinese Consulate General...
“The dirty neck that sticks itself in must be cut off,” Xue wrote in Japanese in a now-deleted post on X,
In a subsequent post, the Chinese diplomat said viewing an attack on Taiwan as a threat to Tokyo is “a path of death” that some “stupid politicians in Japan would choose.”
Xue’s comments have triggered a formal protest from Tokyo. Lawmakers from the ruling and opposition parties have urged the government to expel the Chinese diplomat.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at November 17, 2025 03:30 AM (1IBl2)
Posted by: JQ at November 17, 2025 03:30 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at November 17, 2025 03:32 AM (snZF9)
Posted by: JQ
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Glad it doesn't get terribly cold there.
Here if it freezes it's a major hysteria.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at November 17, 2025 03:33 AM (1IBl2)
Posted by: Berserker
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*Makes note of that*
Never heard of hydronic baseboard until just now. Thanks!
Posted by: JQ at November 17, 2025 03:35 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: JQ at November 17, 2025 03:29 AM (rdVOm)
I think we differ on the definition of "horribly" lol. That might actually be too cold for a mini split to work heat wise. Usually gas companies will run the line "to" your house for free. Well they do around here anyway. Definitely look into that. A furnace could be had fairly cheap, but where to put it might be an issue.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at November 17, 2025 03:36 AM (snZF9)
Posted by: Braenyard
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Well, it does freeze here.. when I mention temperatures, they are Fahrenheit. It will remain below 32 for weeks at a time, day and night, but it sure isn't like the northern-midwestern states thank God!
Posted by: JQ at November 17, 2025 03:38 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: JQ at November 17, 2025 03:35 AM (rdVOm)
They are great. its basically the same shit as the oil filled space heater you mentioned, but it's actual baseboard secure to the wall like normal baseboard. You'll be able to have a wall thermostat with them. They run on 220, well the one I had did.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at November 17, 2025 03:39 AM (snZF9)
Time for shuteye, my brain is now completely fried.
Thanks for all your suggestions, Bers and Braenyard!
Posted by: JQ at November 17, 2025 03:41 AM (rdVOm)
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