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Happy ThanksMemeing!

Howdy everyone! Welcome to the Friday ONT. This is my last ONT before Thanksgiving, so I hope everyone has a safe and joyful holiday. Now, let's bring on the memes!

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Fido Friday: Life imitates art


Tonight's cartoon

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Cheese!

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BOLO


On strike!

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Use that word in a sentence

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Bad decsions


Tonight's question

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Getting a lot of use out of this one lately

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He activated his SEP field


Love

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I'll say

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To protect and serve


Separated at birth?

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This can't be good

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This looks dangerous


Confusion

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Fashion

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Oooo, what a lucky man, he was


One upsmanship

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Tonight's ONT has been brought to you by feeling old:

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Posted by: WeirdDave at 10:00 PM




Comments

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1 It's a Yoko-free ONT

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at November 21, 2025 10:01 PM (0RiMX)

2 Meow

Posted by: Lurking Cheshirecat at November 21, 2025 10:01 PM (w3u3d)

3 Yo WD, Yo horde!

Happy ONT y'all

Posted by: Zeera , Damn Right I voted for all of this! at November 21, 2025 10:02 PM (//dg8)

4 Sorry I'm late, I forgot to leave milk out for the chupacabra.

Posted by: tankdemon at November 21, 2025 10:02 PM (o7Ps5)

5 Friday. It's been a week.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at November 21, 2025 10:02 PM (ys6FW)

6 Bill looks real happy to be walking along holding hands with Hillzebub. Is some Epstein news about to break?

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at November 21, 2025 10:03 PM (0RiMX)

7 Yay, ONT!

Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at November 21, 2025 10:03 PM (lUFok)

8 1 It's a Yoko-free ONT
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at November 21, 2025 10:01 PM (0RiMX)

All ONT's should be Yoko-free.

Posted by: tankdemon at November 21, 2025 10:03 PM (o7Ps5)

9 Bill Clinton is doing his Joe Biden impression again.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at November 21, 2025 10:04 PM (0RiMX)

10 Thanks for the ONT.

Re cartoon: what?

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at November 21, 2025 10:04 PM (zZu0s)

11 Near the top

Posted by: Some stupid with a flaregun at November 21, 2025 10:05 PM (6eSAH)

12 hehehehehe, platapussary, hehehehe...

Posted by: beavis at November 21, 2025 10:06 PM (Q+gd/)

13 What are those Jews doing? Dancing?

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at November 21, 2025 10:06 PM (zZu0s)

14 [insert pithy comment here]

Posted by: pookysgirl at November 21, 2025 10:06 PM (Wt5PA)

15 re: confusion - if it's the EPA office, there's always the third option

Posted by: gKWVE at November 21, 2025 10:08 PM (gKWVE)

16 In answer to tonight's quetion-

One of them is definitely going to be a temporary government program.

Probably add a diamond and a tardigrade in there too.

Posted by: tankdemon at November 21, 2025 10:08 PM (o7Ps5)

17 Thank you for the Friday laughs. I look forward to it and you didn't disappoint. Stole a few memes, too. You're welcome.

Posted by: RickZ at November 21, 2025 10:08 PM (gKDq2)

18 If comments would refresh instead of jumping around that would be cool

Posted by: NCKate at November 21, 2025 10:08 PM (uQzkA)

19 insert pithy comment here]
Posted by: pookysgirl at November 21, 2025 10:06 PM (Wt5PA)

Is it a platypithary comment?

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at November 21, 2025 10:08 PM (zZu0s)

20 Hey guys,

Interesting news that MTG is resigning.

Anyway, we have a launch in about 3 hours.

SpaceX - Falcon 9 - Starlink 6-79
SLC-40 - Cape Canaveral SFS - Space Affairs Live
Launch Date: November 22, 2025 (EST)
Launch Time: 1:59 a.m. EST (0659 UTC, 07:59 CET)

https://youtu.be/maR-HKzNDUc

Posted by: Joyenz at November 21, 2025 10:09 PM (2F0/Y)

21 Bill looks real happy to be walking along holding hands with Hillzebub. Is some Epstein news about to break?
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at November 21, 2025 10:03 PM (0RiMX)

Don't know. Is Bill carrying a Bible?

Posted by: RickZ at November 21, 2025 10:09 PM (gKDq2)

22 what items would you make them to survive the longest

Temporary taxes.

Posted by: Oddbob at November 21, 2025 10:10 PM (3nLb4)

23 Bad decisions girl- wtf is up with that shirt? The way it distorts her torso makes her look like a mutant. No wonder she was only getting $200 a month.

Posted by: tankdemon at November 21, 2025 10:10 PM (o7Ps5)

24 How that guy survived that metal shrapnel tornado without losing his head is a genuine miracle.

Posted by: AlaBAMA at November 21, 2025 10:10 PM (yZqjq)

25 The someecards meme: Doesn't resonate. Seems passive-aggressive. I love Hubby. I'd hate if he goes. I'd manage. But we actually like one another since high school.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at November 21, 2025 10:10 PM (ys6FW)

26 13 What are those Jews doing? Dancing?
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at November 21, 2025 10:06 PM (zZu0s)

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It's the pre-conference cocktail meet-and-greet at the Convention of the Elders of Zion.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at November 21, 2025 10:11 PM (0RiMX)

27 That second meme, cats really do torture dogs like that. My neighbors had a cat that would do it to my dog. The cat would saunter back and forth along the fence, with my poor dog barking like a maniac.

Posted by: nerdygirl at November 21, 2025 10:11 PM (0Htd1)

28 I love Hubby. I'd hate if he goes. I'd manage. But we actually like one another since high school.
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at November 21, 2025 10:10 PM (ys6FW)

A wholesome post. Sometimes I get blackpilled. A post like this one makes it possible for me to struggle one more day.

Posted by: gKWVE at November 21, 2025 10:12 PM (gKWVE)

29 I think that was a hard hat and glasses area.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at November 21, 2025 10:12 PM (pkeXY)

30 Bad decisions girl- wtf is up with that shirt? The way it distorts her torso makes her look like a mutant. No wonder she was only getting $200 a month.
Posted by: tankdemon at November 21, 2025 10:10 PM (o7Ps5)

$200 is chump change for you, right? Another one of your reasons for being late? I was getting my money's worth?

Posted by: RickZ at November 21, 2025 10:12 PM (gKDq2)

31 Are we talking missing as in a longing of the heart or missing as in your aim is off?

Posted by: pookysgirl at November 21, 2025 10:12 PM (Wt5PA)

32 All ONT's should be Yoko-free.
Posted by: tankdemon at November 21, 2025 10:03 PM (o7Ps5)

Well....

Posted by: AlaBAMA at November 21, 2025 10:13 PM (yZqjq)

33 As to the horcruxes, I still Cinnamon, the Teddy Bear I was gifted by Santa circa 1960.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Why Do the Heathen Rage? at November 21, 2025 10:13 PM (L/fGl)

34 Thanks for the ONT, WD!

I went to supper tonight at a local restaurant. The table was very steady, but the CHAIR wobbled. What should I have done?

Posted by: LRob in OK, Moron and Lunatic at November 21, 2025 10:13 PM (47diA)

35 What are those Jews doing? Dancing?
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at November 21, 2025 10:06 PM (zZu0s)

Plotting.

Obviously.

Posted by: Methos, drinking and conspiracizing at November 21, 2025 10:13 PM (vSvIl)

36 Are we talking missing as in a longing of the heart or missing as in your aim is off?
Posted by: pookysgirl at November 21, 2025 10:12 PM (Wt5PA)

My Aim Is True.

Posted by: Elvis Costello at November 21, 2025 10:14 PM (gKDq2)

37 Heh. Some great memes tonight. Not sure what's going on in the video from Haiti?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 21, 2025 10:14 PM (npFr7)

38 What should I have done?

Posted by: LRob in OK, Moron and Lunatic at November 21, 2025 10:13 PM (47diA)

Folded up your napkin and put it under a chair leg.

Posted by: pookysgirl should carry duct tape more often at November 21, 2025 10:15 PM (Wt5PA)

39 I have no idea what part of the weird internet you plumb but you never disappoint.

Some really funny stuff.

Posted by: JackStraw at November 21, 2025 10:16 PM (viF8m)

40 And you all thought hide and seek was just a frivolous game with no real world utility.

Posted by: tankdemon at November 21, 2025 10:16 PM (o7Ps5)

41 Somebody Else’s Problem. In the book it was an upside down house, but his technique works as well.

Posted by: banana Dream at November 21, 2025 10:17 PM (3uBP9)

42 Awesome job tonight, Weird Dave. Top notch.

Posted by: tankdemon at November 21, 2025 10:17 PM (o7Ps5)

43 Bad decisions girl- wtf is up with that shirt? The way it distorts her torso makes her look like a mutant. No wonder she was only getting $200 a month.
Posted by: tankdemon at November 21, 2025 10:10 PM (o7Ps5)

Looks like when her lung collapsed, it took her rack with it.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 21, 2025 10:17 PM (npFr7)

44 Those guys in the security camera video seem kind of, well

Stupid

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at November 21, 2025 10:17 PM (0RiMX)

45 You Yoko haters are walking on thin ice.

Whisper your dream to a cloud.

Posted by: Ask The Cloud To Remember It at November 21, 2025 10:17 PM (oftw2)

46 Cheezburger kitty! 💕 Such a cutie.

Posted by: JQ at November 21, 2025 10:17 PM (rdVOm)

47 28 I love Hubby. I'd hate if he goes. I'd manage. But we actually like one another since high school.
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at November 21, 2025 10:10 PM (ys6FW)

A wholesome post. Sometimes I get blackpilled. A post like this one makes it possible for me to struggle one more day.

Posted by: gKWVE at November 21, 2025 10:12 PM (gKWVE)

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We have been through for better and for worse. He still opens the car door for me. That is something sweet, even when he gets on my nerves, lol.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at November 21, 2025 10:17 PM (ys6FW)

48 Love the Little Golden Book and so true.

Rock on, Morons and 'ettes!

https://tinyurl.com/3f6yveya

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at November 21, 2025 10:18 PM (WONhk)

49 Under the circumstances, id assume Bees are supposed to be boys.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at November 21, 2025 10:18 PM (zZu0s)

50 The SEP shield guy vid is amazing . Looks like Haiti .

Posted by: the way I see it at November 21, 2025 10:19 PM (KDPiq)

51 Okay, doge walked, kitchen cleaned. Time to get ready for bed. See y’all in a bit.

Posted by: Piper at November 21, 2025 10:19 PM (Wmg4n)

52 "platypusary"?!


I've found out way too often around here to not go off half cocked and look something up.

Posted by: Tonypete at November 21, 2025 10:19 PM (cYBz/)

53 Evenin'

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at November 21, 2025 10:19 PM (AdHga)

54 Those guys in the security camera video seem kind of, well

Stupid
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at November 21, 2025 10:17 PM (0RiMX)



It's a meeting of the Port au Prince chapter of Mensa.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 21, 2025 10:20 PM (npFr7)

55 Hey everybody! Hey ONT! Hey WeirdDave!

Use that word in a sentence

You guys don't know? Penelope the platypus left the zoo, learned to walk on hind legs, and changed her name to Katie Porter.

Posted by: qdpsteve at November 21, 2025 10:20 PM (cQHrm)

56 American Revolution, Final Episode. The war continues in the South with advances by the Brits and slow progress in return for the patriots. Benedict Arnold turns traitor and becomes a Brit general. New York continues to be a Brit stronghold. The French return as an army and the navy comes back from the Caribbean. Cornwallis makes the ultimate mistake of holing up in Yorktown where he is forced to surrender under the French army, the French navy and the patriots. A lot of time was spent regarding the outcome for former and present slaves. Some went free, some back to slavery. The indians got the short end from everyone. Cont.

Posted by: LRob in OK, Moron and Lunatic at November 21, 2025 10:20 PM (47diA)

57 Am I the only one who heard "man riding a bull" and thought "Mongo?"

Posted by: No One of Consequence at November 21, 2025 10:20 PM (OGOaV)

58 Under the circumstances, id assume Bees are supposed to be boys.

I... guess? I think I'd knock and if no answer, open the door and peek in to see if there were urinals.

Posted by: Oddbob at November 21, 2025 10:21 PM (3nLb4)

59 Under the circumstances, id assume Bees are supposed to be boys.
Posted by: Aetius451AD

We do have stingers so. . . .

Posted by: Tonypete at November 21, 2025 10:21 PM (cYBz/)

60 Two good memes tonight, Steven Seagal and Beavis and Butthead.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Why Do the Heathen Rage? at November 21, 2025 10:22 PM (L/fGl)

61 --
We have been through for better and for worse. He still opens the car door for me. That is something sweet, even when he gets on my nerves, lol.
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at November 21, 2025 10:17 PM (ys6FW)

Love deepens, Mary. We are the lucky ones, my friend. It's still a lot of fun!

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at November 21, 2025 10:22 PM (WONhk)

62 Ladies and Gentlemen...BEHOLD...The Keith Richards Horcrux. The number of immortals on this planet just doubled.

Posted by: Orson at November 21, 2025 10:22 PM (dIske)

63 I... guess? I think I'd knock and if no answer, open the door and peek in to see if there were urinals.
Posted by: Oddbob at November 21, 2025 10:21 PM (3nLb4)


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Urinals are a good tell, especially since tampon machines have gone bisexual.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at November 21, 2025 10:22 PM (0RiMX)

64 Taking of his shirt was like the opposite of Clark Kent taking off his glasses.

Posted by: the way I see it at November 21, 2025 10:22 PM (KDPiq)

65 Welp.

We won't have MTG to kick around anymore. She's resigning on January 5.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider, preparing for The Reckoning at November 21, 2025 10:23 PM (oSeBJ)

66 Under the circumstances, id assume Bees are supposed to be boys.
Posted by: Aetius451AD
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We do have stingers so. . . .
Posted by: Tonypete at November 21, 2025 10:21 PM (cYBz/)

Is that what the cool kids call it now? Better than 'disposable'.

Posted by: RickZ at November 21, 2025 10:23 PM (gKDq2)

67 58 Under the circumstances, id assume Bees are supposed to be boys.

I... guess? I think I'd knock and if no answer, open the door and peek in to see if there were urinals.
Posted by: Oddbob at November 21, 2025 10:21 PM (3nLb4)

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Nah, Birds is for boys. After all, they have peckers.

Posted by: No One of Consequence at November 21, 2025 10:23 PM (OGOaV)

68 Industrial accidents... ugh... yeah, dude is lucky his head is still attached.

It only takes an instant, to fk up (or end) your life.

Posted by: JQ at November 21, 2025 10:23 PM (rdVOm)

69 Bill looks real happy to be walking along holding hands with Hillzebub. Is some Epstein news about to break?
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at November 21, 2025 10:03 PM (0RiMX)

Don't know. Is Bill carrying a Bible?
Posted by: RickZ at November 21, 2025 10:09 PM (gKDq2)

Wooden stake?

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at November 21, 2025 10:24 PM (S/Y4j)

70 You’ll have to excuse me as I’m retiring to my platypusary.

Posted by: banana Dream at November 21, 2025 10:24 PM (3uBP9)

71 I went to supper tonight at a local restaurant. The table was very steady, but the CHAIR wobbled. What should I have done?
Posted by: LRob in OK, Moron and Lunatic
**********
You could always use a Club ONT bathroom token....

Posted by: The Grateful - Acta Non Verba at November 21, 2025 10:24 PM (IQ6Gq)

72 The continental Congress (this is c.1787) writes a constitution and the states ratify. Following immediately was the Bill of Rights. The now free states devolve into gross violence in some, desire to form new states. Washington is elected President unanimously. A treaty between the US and Britain is struck without the involvement of the French. Still more time regarding slavery and its eventual passing.

All in all, an OK documentary. I recommend you take a look and make up your own minds about the slants taken within.

Posted by: LRob in OK, Moron and Lunatic at November 21, 2025 10:24 PM (47diA)

73 Seeing Bill...apparently tertiary syphilis has you catching flies like a lizard.

Hillary the Hag had a coat made out of a rug. Probably from Epstein.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at November 21, 2025 10:24 PM (WONhk)

74 Love deepens, Mary. We are the lucky ones, my friend. It's still a lot of fun!

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at November 21, 2025 10:22 PM (WONhk)

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Amen, Christy.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at November 21, 2025 10:24 PM (ys6FW)

75 49 Under the circumstances, id assume Bees are supposed to be boys.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at November 21, 2025 10:18 PM (zZu0s)

That could be true; however, most bees we see are female. Not too many drones in a bee colony.

Posted by: Darrell Harris at November 21, 2025 10:25 PM (0CU3H)

76 Car question the Horde: truck started doing some intermittent rumbling which is reported to be torque converter shudder. If flushing the fluid does not correct this, should I take it to a transmission specialty shop instead of the #*&#^ dealer?

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at November 21, 2025 10:25 PM (ULPxl)

77 As a general rule, I'm opposed to needless government regulations but I would be OK with a law/rule that public restrooms had to have some sort of commonly understandable markings. Too many places try to be too cute. I actually have a story about that but it requires a visual aid so I can't tell it here.

Posted by: Oddbob at November 21, 2025 10:26 PM (3nLb4)

78 'Everything I don't like is a Jewish Conspiracy'

Which was written by Jews and is a Jewish Conspiracy. Think about it....

Posted by: Carlson Tucker, Qatar's bitch at November 21, 2025 10:26 PM (AdHga)

79 A tomcat I once had would go across the street to sleep under a cedar tree. Branches close to the ground and the cedar leaves were soft. A safe place to nap.

Once I saw him limping, dragging a leg while walking this way. Thought he was injured, but he was just trolling an old Yellow Lab from down the street to see if he would get chased, knowing he could outrun/out climb the doggie. Thought that showed some intelligence and it was kind of on my level.

Posted by: Assistant Troll at November 21, 2025 10:26 PM (oftw2)

80 I actually have a story about that but it requires a visual aid so I can't tell it here.

==

did you end up in the ladies ? you did , din't you

Posted by: runner at November 21, 2025 10:26 PM (g47mK)

81 Too many places try to be too cute. I actually have a story about that but it requires a visual aid so I can't tell it here.

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Really? Like what?

Posted by: The Peach and the Pickle at November 21, 2025 10:27 PM (0RiMX)

82 Is there a pharmacist around to help us out with the doctor's picket sign?

Posted by: tankdemon at November 21, 2025 10:27 PM (o7Ps5)

83 >>> 80 I actually have a story about that but it requires a visual aid so I can't tell it here.

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did you end up in the ladies ? you did , din't you
Posted by: runner at November 21, 2025 10:26 PM (g47mK)

Missing word or Freudian slip???

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at November 21, 2025 10:27 PM (ULPxl)

84 Looks like I am going to have to buy a new computer. Dad was trying to fix this one before he passed, but nothing worked.
I really don't want to get a new one because the one I am using is the last computer Dad got me, but randomly rebooting in the middle of things or just completely freezing up, well, it's a PITA.

Posted by: Joyenz at November 21, 2025 10:27 PM (2F0/Y)

85 Helena, not a mechanic, but unless you have some sort of warranty, I'm guessing not the dealer. They are always going to bleed you dry.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at November 21, 2025 10:28 PM (ys6FW)

86 65 Welp.

We won't have MTG to kick around anymore. She's resigning on January 5.
Posted by: Washington Nearsider, preparing for The Reckoning at November 21, 2025 10:23 PM (oSeBJ)

you mess with the bull, you get the horns

Posted by: Darrell Harris at November 21, 2025 10:28 PM (0CU3H)

87 truck started doing some intermittent rumbling which is reported to be torque converter shudder. If flushing the fluid does not correct this, should I take it to a transmission specialty shop instead of the #*&#^ dealer?
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at November 21, 2025 10:25 PM
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Who says it's the torque converter?

Posted by: JQ at November 21, 2025 10:28 PM (rdVOm)

88 I was once on my way into a men's restroom at work when I saw another guy confidently stroll into the women's, without looking at the sign obviously.

I waited. A few seconds later he exited, not looking so confident.

I said 'oops.' He said 'oops.'

Posted by: qdpsteve at November 21, 2025 10:29 PM (cQHrm)

89 Evenin’, All. Happy Friday night!

Posted by: Bulg at November 21, 2025 10:29 PM (77rzZ)

90 70 You’ll have to excuse me as I’m retiring to my platypusary.
Posted by: banana Dream at November 21, 2025 10:24 PM (3uBP9)

Sounds like something a Bond villain would say just after strapping 007 to one of those Rube Goldberg death devices.

Posted by: tankdemon at November 21, 2025 10:30 PM (o7Ps5)

91 85 Helena, not a mechanic, but unless you have some sort of warranty, I'm guessing not the dealer. They are always going to bleed you dry.
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at November 21, 2025 10:28 PM (ys6FW)

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But does the independent repair guy have an espresso machine in the waiting area? I thought not.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at November 21, 2025 10:30 PM (0RiMX)

92 Hey Bulg, good to see you.

Posted by: Joyenz at November 21, 2025 10:30 PM (2F0/Y)

93 I went to supper tonight at a local restaurant. The table was very steady, but the CHAIR wobbled. What should I have done?

Posted by: LRob in OK, Moron and Lunatic at November 21, 2025 10:13 PM (47diA)

Stop drinking? lol

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at November 21, 2025 10:30 PM (snZF9)

94 Helena Handbasket--

Always get a second opinion.

Posted by: JQ at November 21, 2025 10:30 PM (rdVOm)

95 Brits call females "birds," so that's what I'd guess.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider, preparing for The Reckoning at November 21, 2025 10:30 PM (oSeBJ)

96 Joyenz: do what I've done, consider something refurbished from Amazon. Cheap, and at least it'll get you through some months until you can get something better, if that's what you're hankering for.

Posted by: qdpsteve at November 21, 2025 10:30 PM (cQHrm)

97 did you end up in the ladies ? you did , din't you

I walked back to the table and asked one of my co-workers who had been to the place before. Once he explained the symbols, it sort of made sense. Another time however I just walked obliviously into the women's even though it was clearly marked. Fortunately no one was in there and I saw the marker when exiting.

Posted by: Oddbob at November 21, 2025 10:31 PM (3nLb4)

98 Car question the Horde: truck started doing some intermittent rumbling which is reported to be torque converter shudder. If flushing the fluid does not correct this, should I take it to a transmission specialty shop instead of the #*&#^ dealer?
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at November 21, 2025 10:25 PM (ULPxl)

What kind of truck? Step one, add a bottle of automatic transmission treatment to the transmission. May help some seals to seal better. Step two, have fluid and filter changed. If taking the pan off reveals a large amount of black sludge, I'd suggest getting the transmission rebuilt. Find a good local transmission shop. Some of the Morons in your part of Texas could maybe give you a line on who to go to.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 21, 2025 10:31 PM (npFr7)

99 >>> 87

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Who says it's the torque converter?
Posted by: JQ at November 21, 2025 10:28 PM (rdVOm)

Mechanic at the dealer. I think a fluid flush can't hurt but this symptom started very recently, so I don't think I want them putzing around beyond that.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at November 21, 2025 10:31 PM (ULPxl)

100 92 Joyenz, Hi! Great to see you here!

Posted by: Bulg at November 21, 2025 10:32 PM (77rzZ)

101 95 Brits call females "birds," so that's what I'd guess.
Posted by: Washington Nearsider, preparing for The Reckoning at November 21, 2025 10:30 PM (oSeBJ)

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Birds and Blokes might have worked. The "Bees" makes no sense at all.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at November 21, 2025 10:32 PM (0RiMX)

102 Brits call females "birds," so that's what I'd guess.

Also, the Everly Brothers.

Posted by: Oddbob at November 21, 2025 10:33 PM (3nLb4)

103 Missing word or Freudian slip???
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at November 21, 2025 10:27 PM (ULPxl)

in the laddies would have sounded even worse , no?

Posted by: runner at November 21, 2025 10:33 PM (g47mK)

104 The coo-coo pigeon sisters were the ultimate “Birds.”

Posted by: Bulg at November 21, 2025 10:34 PM (77rzZ)

105 X says MTG to resign Jan 5

Posted by: Don Black at November 21, 2025 10:35 PM (AOsQT)

106 But does the independent repair guy have an espresso machine in the waiting area? I thought not.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at November 21, 2025 10:30 PM (0RiMX)

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We use a mobile mechanic. He works in the front yard on our cars. A good Christian man who is honest. He is worth his weight I gold. If he wanted an espresso I'd find a way, lol.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at November 21, 2025 10:35 PM (ys6FW)

107 Joyenz: do what I've done, consider something refurbished from Amazon.

I've had good luck with Discount Electronics. Be sure to read the specs carefully though. If the description doesn't explicitly say something like "wifi" or "bluetooth" it doesn't have it.

Posted by: Oddbob at November 21, 2025 10:35 PM (3nLb4)

108 I have a cardiac echo on Monday to see if there's a new problem. Since my little syncope show last Sunday, at church with an audience because I don't do anything half way. I am paranoid. I am never paranoid nor given to panic. This means I am old and ignored the fainting signal like an idiot.

Entertained some EMT's who said everything was normal, which is a feat and cause for celebration. Son made me see my doc this week. Scared my grands, which broke my heart in pieces. I will heed the warning in the future (I feel hot when it's not hot).Rare.

Told my husband about my panic and he had me walk around the park today to prove that I am not dying (yet). And we will sit in the back of the church on Sunday to be safe, with a bottle of water in my purse.

Here I was very happy that the holidays are upon us. Carefree. Oh, no, said the doctors. You need this to finish out your wonky year!

While I hope all is normal and just one of my bi-decade faints, I also hope the cardiologist is busy til 2026. I have no symptoms and was dehydrated like last time. And I don't like early mornings with crap sleep. Plus being stupid. Very stupido to "push through."

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at November 21, 2025 10:36 PM (WONhk)

109 Helena Handbasket-- trust AOP.

Fluid flush, without filter change, is like washing your feet & putting dirty socks back on.

Stealerships are called *that* for a reason. If no longer under warranty, find a reputable shop.

Posted by: JQ at November 21, 2025 10:36 PM (rdVOm)

110 What a stupid way to mark restroom doors.
Some judge must have ordered it.

Posted by: Case at November 21, 2025 10:36 PM (5Je/N)

111 @data_republican
·
1h
Didn't see that coming... Rep Marjorie Taylor Greene resigns as of Jan. 5th.

Posted by: Don Black at November 21, 2025 10:36 PM (AOsQT)

112 Posted by: qdpsteve at November 21, 2025 10:30 PM (cQHrm)

I have a PC picked out. I'm a gamer, so need something along those lines. I just hate spending money. Windows is always destroying my computers in one way or another and I saw today that they admitted that Win11 is broken in all its different features. Should make them pay for my PC's.

Posted by: Joyenz at November 21, 2025 10:37 PM (2F0/Y)

113 Christy, you go do it , and be done with it.

Posted by: runner at November 21, 2025 10:37 PM (g47mK)

114 The Pigeon Sisters were British birds. They were in the Broadway Play, the 1968 Odd Couple film, and the TV series.

Posted by: Cecily and Gwendolyn Pigeon. at November 21, 2025 10:37 PM (oftw2)

115 >>> 98
==
What kind of truck? Step one, add a bottle of automatic transmission treatment to the transmission. May help some seals to seal better. Step two, have fluid and filter changed. If taking the pan off reveals a large amount of black sludge, I'd suggest getting the transmission rebuilt. Find a good local transmission shop. Some of the Morons in your part of Texas could maybe give you a line on who to go to.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 21, 2025 10:31 PM (npFr7)

'07 F150. I would have no clue about removing the pan myself unfortunately. Dealer is supposed to be doing the fluid flush so if that doesn't help then yeah, I'll go to a transmission shop. (Irritated that it came on so quickly, seemingly... mutter mutter...)

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at November 21, 2025 10:37 PM (ULPxl)

116 Prayer up, ChristyBlinky.

Posted by: Bulg at November 21, 2025 10:38 PM (77rzZ)

117 Joyenz, gamer? :-)
Wish I could help you assemble a PC but that costs mucho major $$$.

Posted by: qdpsteve at November 21, 2025 10:38 PM (cQHrm)

118 Brits call females "birds," so that's what I'd guess.
Posted by: Washington Nearsider, preparing for The Reckoning at November 21, 2025 10:30 PM (oSeBJ)

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Birds and Blokes might have worked. The "Bees" makes no sense at all.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at November 21, 2025 10:32 PM (0RiMX)

It's the stinger.

Posted by: Methos, drinking and conspiracizing at November 21, 2025 10:38 PM (vSvIl)

119 Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at November 21, 2025 10:36 PM (WONhk)

I hope everything goes well for you and there aren't any new issues.

Posted by: Joyenz at November 21, 2025 10:38 PM (2F0/Y)

120 Unfortunately Win11 is spyware disguised as an operating system.

Posted by: qdpsteve at November 21, 2025 10:39 PM (cQHrm)

121 What a stupid way to mark restroom doors.
Some judge must have ordered it.
Posted by: Case at November 21, 2025 10:36 PM (5Je/N)

I've seen "pointers and setters". That one is obvious.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 21, 2025 10:39 PM (npFr7)

122 Christy, I read about your fainting spell at the Catholic Church and hope your appointment goes well next week.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at November 21, 2025 10:39 PM (ys6FW)

123 HH, is the dealership charging you for the flush? If so, pass. Go to a reputable trans shop and let them a. troubleshoot, and b. determine a way forward.

Posted by: LRob in OK, Moron and Lunatic at November 21, 2025 10:39 PM (47diA)

124 If I put my horcrux in a runaway platypus bride it would never be found.


Wait ... the phrasing on this sounds bad.

Posted by: toby928(c) at November 21, 2025 10:40 PM (jc0TO)

125 >>> 109 Helena Handbasket-- trust AOP.

Fluid flush, without filter change, is like washing your feet & putting dirty socks back on.

Stealerships are called *that* for a reason. If no longer under warranty, find a reputable shop.
Posted by: JQ at November 21, 2025 10:36 PM (rdVOm)

That AOP guy knows a thing or two about cars! I will ask to see if they replaced the filter as well. I did find three nearby transmission shops to check out so I have options.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at November 21, 2025 10:40 PM (ULPxl)

126 HH, you could also use the CBD solution and just buy a new truck! Problem? Gone. What could be simpler?

Posted by: LRob in OK, Moron and Lunatic at November 21, 2025 10:42 PM (47diA)

127 >>> 123 HH, is the dealership charging you for the flush? If so, pass. Go to a reputable trans shop and let them a. troubleshoot, and b. determine a way forward.
Posted by: LRob in OK, Moron and Lunatic at November 21, 2025 10:39 PM (47diA)

They are charging - probably too much, but it's old enough to have graduated high school so long past warranty coverage. Definitely will try a transmission shop.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at November 21, 2025 10:43 PM (ULPxl)

128 Joyenz, gamer? :-)
Wish I could help you assemble a PC but that costs mucho major $$$.
Posted by: qdpsteve at November 21, 2025 10:38 PM (cQHrm)

Yeah, I play mostly FFXIV. This last PC cost around $1500. Prices have only gone up, especially because of massive bitcoin farms. Sucks for us normal people who just want to play. Cyberpowerpc is where we have bought all our PC's from. They have great holiday sales, so I am looking.

Posted by: Joyenz at November 21, 2025 10:43 PM (2F0/Y)

129 Everybody, enjoy the last week before THE CHRISTMAS SPIRT lands on us like a pregnant elephant off a cliff.
By about Dec 15th, I begin to identify with Scrooge.

Posted by: buddhaha at November 21, 2025 10:43 PM (QCk9o)

130 I hope everything goes well for you and there aren't any new issues.
Posted by: Joyenz at November 21, 2025 10:38 PM (2F0/Y)

Thank you. The rational side of my brain says all will be well. The insane bits freak out, although my EKG is "normally abnormal" with a LBBB for over 3yrs. Asymptomatic. I know what heart flutters feel like and I did not have them nor any signs of a MI. I just felt hot for 15min and knew better to ignore this, as it happened 4yrs ago with similar feelings. The first time I got the full ED work up of brain and heart. I was found to have both that were normal.

When the first people asked me questions and I answered fine and included that I was mortified, I passed the tests and got wheeled into the church library. Then I began the apology tour of apologizing to EMT's and anyone who looked at me.

Some days I should just stay in bed.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at November 21, 2025 10:43 PM (WONhk)

131 Alphabet Corporation informs me that my QoTD comes from Morgan Freeman: "If you wake up and the snow is knee-deep outside, you are not filled with rage. It's just something that you've got to cope with."

Well, Morgan, I have a counterpoint: you only say that because you woke up inside. If you'd woken up outside to knee-deep snow, you'd know that you're almost definitely going to freeze to death, and it can't hurt too much to be pissed off about it.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at November 21, 2025 10:43 PM (BI5O2)

132 I've blown a few trannies myself.

Posted by: Barry Soetero at November 21, 2025 10:44 PM (oftw2)

133 40 years ago I went into a bathroom at the movie theater that had some weird symbols on the doors and sat down. After a few minutes someone entered the stall next to wearing highheels. 40 years ago that meant I was in the wrong room.

Posted by: toby928(c) at November 21, 2025 10:44 PM (jc0TO)

134 Sometimes an engineering company will take over a generic office building to corral their engineers. The issue is that offices are designed for normal humanity, roughly 50/50 men vs women. But engineering is something north of 90% men.

The fix is generally to take about 2/3rds of the women’s bathrooms and convert them to men’s. This results in some awkward moments.

M and W are often grouped so you’ll get ladies accidentally walking into the M next to the other M.

My first time I walked in, noticed no urinals, just stalls, stepped into a stall & took care of business. Turning around I noted a hook near the bottom of the stall door. “Hmm, what’s that, to hang something, a purse maybe… OH SHIT.” I tried stealthily running out. But double checked the sign and it was men’s.

Posted by: banana Dream at November 21, 2025 10:44 PM (3uBP9)

135 132 I've blown a few trannies myself.
Posted by: Barry Soetero at November 21, 2025 10:44 PM (oftw2)

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You'll find those in the restroom marked LOLA.

Posted by: The Kinks at November 21, 2025 10:45 PM (0RiMX)

136 Joyenz, thanks for the info and tips.
If I were you and money wasn't an issue, I'd see what's available for what prices on Black Friday.

Posted by: qdpsteve at November 21, 2025 10:45 PM (cQHrm)

137 I don’t believe in celebrating Christmas until after Dec. 7, out or respect for Pearl Harbor Day.

Posted by: Bulg at November 21, 2025 10:46 PM (77rzZ)

138 La la la la

Lola

Posted by: The Kinks at November 21, 2025 10:46 PM (0RiMX)

139 I've blown a few trannies myself.
Posted by: Barry Soetero at November 21, 2025 10:44 PM (oftw2)

Best meme I ever saw.

Grandpa Simpson is sitting on a tree stump with all the kids sitting on the ground, spread around him listening intently.

Grandpa says: "In my day, blowing a tranny was an automitive issue."

Posted by: RickZ at November 21, 2025 10:47 PM (gKDq2)

140 Yud: Morgan has enough money to hire someone to carry him over the snow. :-P

Posted by: qdpsteve at November 21, 2025 10:47 PM (cQHrm)

141 Alphabet Corporation informs me that my QoTD comes from Morgan Freeman: "If you wake up and the snow is knee-deep outside, you are not filled with rage. It's just something that you've got to cope with."

Correct. It's a circumstance that affects everybody. However, if I woke up and my neighbor has blown the shin-deep snow from his yard into mine making mine knee-deep, yeah, I'd be pretty pissed.

Posted by: Oddbob at November 21, 2025 10:47 PM (3nLb4)

142 '07 F150. I would have no clue about removing the pan myself unfortunately. Dealer is supposed to be doing the fluid flush so if that doesn't help then yeah, I'll go to a transmission shop. (Irritated that it came on so quickly, seemingly... mutter mutter...)
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at November 21, 2025 10:37 PM (ULPxl)

It appears that would be a 4R75E transmission. Looks like a rebuilt one can be had for about 2000 dollars.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 21, 2025 10:48 PM (npFr7)

143 122 Christy, I read about your fainting spell at the Catholic Church and hope your appointment goes well next week.
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at November 21, 2025 10:39 PM (ys6FW)

Thank you, Mary. It is not often I make a huge scene, but I made one. I am sure our 4yr old granddaughter told her PreK teacher that I briefly died the next day, bless her.

Sons laughed that I was immediately concerned if my underwear was showing when they flung me in the wheelchair across a pew. My second thought of vanity was when the EMT's put leads on my ankles that I had not put lotion on my legs that morning.

A day later I asked my husband if my mouth was open and if my tongue was hanging out.

I was brought up with cartoons and remember the drawings of dead people with tongues lagging and X for eyes. I guess I kept my mouth closed, for once.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at November 21, 2025 10:49 PM (WONhk)

144 129 Everybody, enjoy the last week before THE CHRISTMAS SPIRT lands on us like a pregnant elephant off a cliff.
By about Dec 15th, I begin to identify with Scrooge.

Posted by: buddhaha at November 21, 2025 10:43 PM (QCk9o)

----

I have much gratitude for the blessings in my life. Thanksgiving is my favorite. I am glad for so much, and I thank God.
But my tolerance for the consumerist, gimme gimme bullshit of "The Holidays" is minimal.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at November 21, 2025 10:49 PM (ys6FW)

145 Birds and the bees. Bees pollinate which is a dude action and birds lay eggs so women.

Posted by: banana Dream at November 21, 2025 10:50 PM (3uBP9)

146 Joyenz, you're a gamer? Any tips for Hunt the Wumpus? I never could find that issue of Compute!

Posted by: tankdemon at November 21, 2025 10:50 PM (o7Ps5)

147 Sometimes, sh*t happens and sometimes people do sh*t. It's not the same thing, Morgan.

Posted by: Oddbob at November 21, 2025 10:51 PM (3nLb4)

148 SEP field?

Can I have a Pan-Galactic Gargleblaster before meeting the meat?

Posted by: Anna Puma at November 21, 2025 10:51 PM (tqX4N)

149 133 40 years ago I went into a bathroom at the movie theater that had some weird symbols on the doors and sat down. After a few minutes someone entered the stall next to wearing highheels. 40 years ago that meant I was in the wrong room.
Posted by: toby928(c) at November 21, 2025 10:44 PM (jc0TO)

You were:
a) behaving and minding your own bidness
b) not wearing a trench coat
c) not sticking your head under or over the stall

I would not be alarmed if I was the chick in heels.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at November 21, 2025 10:51 PM (WONhk)

150 HH, is the dealership charging you for the flush? If so, pass. Go to a reputable trans shop and let them a. troubleshoot, and b. determine a way forward.
Posted by: LRob in OK, Moron and Lunatic at November 21, 2025 10:39 PM (47diA)

You should pay for a flush. Milking trannies for fluid is tough work; they squall and kick something fierce.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 21, 2025 10:52 PM (npFr7)

151 Bees pollinate which is a dude action and birds lay eggs so women.

I guess that makes sense but I'd have peed my pants before thinking of it on my own.

Posted by: Oddbob at November 21, 2025 10:52 PM (3nLb4)

152 Posted by: qdpsteve at November 21, 2025 10:45 PM (cQHrm)

That company is having early black friday sales. One of their daily specials is a really nice monitor for free with a PC purchase. I'm debating whether to pick that special or the $100 off. I just can't seem to press the buy button. As I said, I really don't want to stop using my Dad's last PC to me. I'm so mad it's giving me issues and Dad couldn't get it fixed.

Posted by: Joyenz at November 21, 2025 10:52 PM (2F0/Y)

153 Christy, how do you know you weren't the chick in heels? :-)

Posted by: qdpsteve at November 21, 2025 10:52 PM (cQHrm)

154 Of course, I'm just goofing around; Freeman is right. Even if you're definitely going to die, being pissed will only make it worse. You might as well die with dignity.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at November 21, 2025 10:53 PM (BI5O2)

155 Joyenz, does your current monitor (or the new monitor you want) have more than one input? It's possible you can go on using both machines.

Posted by: qdpsteve at November 21, 2025 10:53 PM (cQHrm)

156 Correct. It's a circumstance that affects everybody. However, if I woke up and my neighbor has blown the shin-deep snow from his yard into mine making mine knee-deep, yeah, I'd be pretty pissed.
Posted by: Oddbob at November 21, 2025 10:47 PM (3nLb4)

If someone had blown Morgan Freeman on my lawn, I'd be pissed, too.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 21, 2025 10:54 PM (npFr7)

157 Posted by: tankdemon at November 21, 2025 10:50 PM (o7Ps5)

I play MMO's, never heard of that game lol

Posted by: Joyenz at November 21, 2025 10:54 PM (2F0/Y)

158 Would love to know how many times Hordies who know each other here, have been in the same area (such as a store or mall) at the same time, maybe even passed or spoke briefly with each other, and never knew it.

Posted by: qdpsteve at November 21, 2025 10:55 PM (cQHrm)

159
If someone had blown Morgan Freeman on my lawn, I'd be pissed, too.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 21, 2025 10:54 PM (npFr7)

LOL

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at November 21, 2025 10:55 PM (0RiMX)

160 116 Prayer up, ChristyBlinky.
Posted by: Bulg at November 21, 2025 10:38 PM (77rzZ)

Thank you. I need them to be my normally stoic self.

No matter what all will be well. I feel fine.

I admit to being a complete nitwit by not drinking my normal amount of water. However, once I woke up (about 2min) I was fine yet mortified.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at November 21, 2025 10:55 PM (WONhk)

161 So far this thread has sounded more like a first world problems thread. Only a little funnier.

Don't think Thanksgiving will be much fun this year. Everyone seems kinda down. Feels more like a "let's get through it" day.

Posted by: Case at November 21, 2025 10:56 PM (5Je/N)

162 I don’t mind visiting other people’s snow.

Posted by: banana Dream at November 21, 2025 10:57 PM (3uBP9)

163 Joyenz, does your current monitor (or the new monitor you want) have more than one input? It's possible you can go on using both machines.
Posted by: qdpsteve at November 21, 2025 10:53 PM (cQHrm)

I'm not sure, but the way I am set, I don't have room for two machines.

Posted by: Joyenz at November 21, 2025 10:58 PM (2F0/Y)

164 If someone had blown Morgan Freeman on my lawn, I'd be pissed, too.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 21, 2025 10:54 PM (npFr7

OK, I laughed pretty hard at that.

I mean, someone blowing Morgan Freeman doesn't bother me. I'm sure it's happened many times. No problem with that. He's a man and he has needs.

But if it happened on my lawn, I'd be calling the cops to toss his black ass back into Shawshank.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at November 21, 2025 10:58 PM (BI5O2)

165 153 Christy, how do you know you weren't the chick in heels? :-)
Posted by: qdpsteve at November 21, 2025 10:52 PM (cQHrm)

Could be! I am so used to males, one coming out of a stall while I was washing my hands would not faze me. Unless he was a moose limb with a machete. Then we'd have problems. Or a pervert. Or super ugly and unzipped.

A normal sheepish guy would make me laugh.

I think I've used unisex potties in Europe, but nothing happened that I can recall.

The one main potty I will remember in Europe was the self cleaning one in Paris. I was flipped out the entire wee that it would start cleaning with me in there. I was very fast.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at November 21, 2025 10:59 PM (WONhk)

166 I gotta get back in the habit of going to church.

I admit that growing up, one of my favorite times of the week every week, was the couple of hours *after* church. Always felt good and extra-relaxing.

Posted by: qdpsteve at November 21, 2025 10:59 PM (cQHrm)

167 I was once on my way into a men's restroom at work when I saw another guy confidently stroll into the women's, without looking at the sign...
Posted by: qdpsteve
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One place I worked at had a sorta neat way to prevent really embarrassing incidents. The restrooms had a little vestibule as you opened the door. The men's room was painted a light blue, and the ladies was painted pink.
This really didn't help for visitors, but employees absorbed this unconsciously. When you pushed open the door, the "wrong" color woke up people running on automatic.
This was needed because, for some reason I never determined, in one building the men's was the left of two adjacent doors on the first floor, and on the right on the second floor.

Posted by: buddhaha at November 21, 2025 10:59 PM (QCk9o)

168 Fun Friday fare, WD. Nice work as always.

Seven horcruxes? Hmm.
1. A stone at Stonehenge.
2. That biggest pyramid at Giza.
3. A hydra — Hydras continuously replace every cell in their bodies, maintaining their telomeres at a constant length.
4. That one single seagrass plant in Western Australia’s Shark Bay, expanded over a stretch of 180 km making it the largest known plant on Earth, around 4,500 years old.
5. The AoS Moron Hive Mind.*
6. The Pacific Ocean.
7. The Moon.

*Alternately: People's gullibility.

One episode of Continuum left to watch. Guess I'll go do that. Later, gaitors.

Posted by: mindful webworker - laviosa manuali at November 21, 2025 10:59 PM (LaTF/)

169 So far this thread has sounded more like a first world problems thread.

My son and I both like single malt Scotch. He like Islays and I like Speysides. He keeps giving me Islays for Christmas. Should I disinherit him?

Posted by: Oddbob at November 21, 2025 11:00 PM (3nLb4)

170 Joyenz, is there a chat room related to your gaming group? Maybe that would be a good place to ask about getting a replacement computer that could be relied upon to serve your gaming and other needs for a few years.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 21, 2025 11:00 PM (npFr7)

171 But if it happened on my lawn, I'd be calling the cops to toss his black ass back into Shawshank.

--------

Zijuatanejo

Posted by: Red at November 21, 2025 11:00 PM (0RiMX)

172 I got a good trustworthy, reasonably priced mechanic, but he's here in Tyler. Might be a bit further than you want to go.

Posted by: Weirddave at November 21, 2025 11:00 PM (df/te)

173 ...and on a random note, my Christmas lights don't go up until the Friday after Thanksgiving, but then they stay up until at least January 6th and usually much longer because I enjoy them during winter nights.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at November 21, 2025 11:00 PM (ULPxl)

174 Christy, don't blame you for that. You don't want to find yourself suddenly underwater in the loo. Bleah! :-P

Posted by: qdpsteve at November 21, 2025 11:00 PM (cQHrm)

175 I really don't want to get a new one because the one I am using is the last computer Dad got me, but randomly rebooting in the middle of things or just completely freezing up, well, it's a PITA.
Posted by: Joyenz

Have you opened up the case and blown out the dust recently?

Posted by: weft cut-loop at November 21, 2025 11:01 PM (mlg/3)

176 Did you just assume my genus?

Posted by: ... at November 21, 2025 11:01 PM (E0p3T)

177 I really don't want to get a new one because the one I am using is the last computer Dad got me, but randomly rebooting in the middle of things or just completely freezing up, well, it's a PITA.
Posted by: Joyenz

Could be a faulty power supply.

Posted by: ... at November 21, 2025 11:02 PM (E0p3T)

178 173 ...and on a random note, my Christmas lights don't go up until the Friday after Thanksgiving, but then they stay up until at least January 6th and usually much longer because I enjoy them during winter nights.
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at

My neighbors up the street had lights installed today from a professional company. It looks gorgeous.

Posted by: Piper at November 21, 2025 11:02 PM (Wmg4n)

179 I admit to being a complete nitwit by not drinking my normal amount of water. However, once I woke up (about 2min) I was fine yet mortified.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at November 21, 2025 10:55 PM (WONhk)

--
Christy, I've fallen out a couple of times in medical situations because I didn't eat breakfast. Once I woke up on the floor at my ophthalmologists. That was embarrassing.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at November 21, 2025 11:03 PM (ys6FW)

180 113 Christy, you go do it , and be done with it.
Posted by: runner at November 21, 2025 10:37 PM (g47mK)

Yes, ma'am! I want this done and dusted. I was able to laugh about it the next day, so that's normal for me.

Sorry to yap about it here.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at November 21, 2025 11:03 PM (WONhk)

181 Plentypussary? I must be dreaming.

Posted by: Bond. James Bond at November 21, 2025 11:03 PM (wVcYX)

182 I think it was Applebees, back in the 90's, that had the inside of their restroom door signage reversed. It was funny the first few times...

Posted by: Joe Kidd at November 21, 2025 11:03 PM (nbLIj)

183 A new power supply, installed, is a lot cheaper than a new computer.

Posted by: ... at November 21, 2025 11:03 PM (E0p3T)

184 >>> 172 I got a good trustworthy, reasonably priced mechanic, but he's here in Tyler. Might be a bit further than you want to go.
Posted by: Weirddave at November 21, 2025 11:00 PM (df/te)

I still drive to Tyler to get my haircut. I'll probably try one of the closer transmission places for this issue, but would still appreciate getting his info because there's a couple things I'd like to have checked on my mom's car.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at November 21, 2025 11:03 PM (ULPxl)

185 Sorry, that sounds condescending... but.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at November 21, 2025 11:03 PM (mlg/3)

186 It was funny the first few times...

Posted by: Joe Kidd at November 21, 2025 11:03 PM (nbLIj)

It was funny until about 2015.

Posted by: ... at November 21, 2025 11:04 PM (E0p3T)

187
Sorry to yap about it here.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at November 21, 2025 11:03 PM (WONhk)

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Trust us. It will go no farther. HIPAA and all, you know.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at November 21, 2025 11:04 PM (0RiMX)

188 When my compy was rebooting constantly I had to clean install windows. That fixed it.

Posted by: banana Dream at November 21, 2025 11:04 PM (3uBP9)

189 I'm sure every guy here has been to a baseball-themed sports grill, had to use the urinal, and faced that little message about "little sluggers" needing to walk right up to the plate.

Posted by: qdpsteve at November 21, 2025 11:05 PM (cQHrm)

190 Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 21, 2025 11:00 PM (npFr7)

There is and they said the PC I picked is good for the price. These are people who spend $3-$4k on their rigs. I am just not willing to go beyond $1700.

Posted by: Joyenz at November 21, 2025 11:05 PM (2F0/Y)

191 >>> 178
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My neighbors up the street had lights installed today from a professional company. It looks gorgeous.
Posted by: Piper at November 21, 2025 11:02 PM (Wmg4n)

I'm lazy; mine are just a string across my front patio. I still like it!

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at November 21, 2025 11:06 PM (ULPxl)

192 I put up Christmas lights the other day. They're on right now, because I NEED the mental boost I get from the pretty, colored lights.

Ordinarily, I'd just install them while weather's good, but not switch them on until day after Thanksgiving. (Mom was adamant about waiting!)

Not this year, Mom. Sorry. Decorum be damned, I want the pretty colors *now!*

It helps drive away The Sadz.

Posted by: JQ at November 21, 2025 11:06 PM (rdVOm)

193 Christy, I've fallen out a couple of times in medical situations because I didn't eat breakfast. Once I woke up on the floor at my ophthalmologists. That was embarrassing.
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at November 21, 2025 11:03 PM (ys6FW)

Thanks. This makes me feel a bit better. I haven't felt this mortified since I messed up my cheer for tryouts in front of the entire HS...with the football players in the front rows. They all said they voted for me. In fact boys I never met said this. One guy told me years later, Mr. High School and football guy (I was sitting in his lap on New Year's Eve at a party) that he'd never forget it and remembers no one else's.

My almost 16yr old diary says it was the end of the world. I am not quite that dramatic this week, but close.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at November 21, 2025 11:06 PM (WONhk)

194 149 133 40 years ago I went into a bathroom at the movie theater that had some weird symbols on the doors and sat down. After a few minutes someone entered the stall next to wearing highheels. 40 years ago that meant I was in the wrong room.
Posted by: toby928(c) at November 21, 2025 10:44 PM (jc0TO)

You were:
a) behaving and minding your own bidness
b) not wearing a trench coat
c) not sticking your head under or over the stall

I would not be alarmed if I was the chick in heels.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at November 21, 2025 10:51 PM (WONhk)

40 years ago? Midnight showing of Rocky Horror? If so, may not have been a party foul.

Posted by: Romeo13 at November 21, 2025 11:07 PM (mP0Kj)

195 '07 F150. I would have no clue about removing the pan myself unfortunately. Dealer is supposed to be doing the fluid flush so if that doesn't help then yeah, I'll go to a transmission shop. (Irritated that it came on so quickly, seemingly... mutter mutter...)
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at November 21, 2025 10:37 PM (ULPxl)

The mileage is a factor. After a certain amount, better shops will decline to service the transmission and will refer you straightaway to a transmission shop.

Posted by: Count de Monet at November 21, 2025 11:07 PM (wVcYX)

196 There was a sandwich place CityBites, I think, that had one way mirrors for bathroom walls causing everyone to freak out when the went in and we would all wave at them.

Posted by: banana Dream at November 21, 2025 11:08 PM (3uBP9)

197 There is and they said the PC I picked is good for the price. These are people who spend $3-$4k on their rigs. I am just not willing to go beyond $1700.

Posted by: Joyenz at November 21, 2025 11:05 PM (2F0/Y)

I wouldn't pick up a new PC until I verified it's not the power supply. You could get it done for a couple hundred total and get several more years out of it!

Posted by: ... at November 21, 2025 11:08 PM (E0p3T)

198
Trust us. It will go no farther. HIPAA and all, you know.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at November 21, 2025 11:04 PM (0RiMX)

I do love you Morons. Bigly. I always laugh when I read some of Ace's spectacular snark and the comments.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at November 21, 2025 11:08 PM (WONhk)

199 I have a string of led lights on a baker's rack on the front porch year round. We are a ways off the road so no need to struggle at Christmas.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at November 21, 2025 11:08 PM (ys6FW)

200 There is and they said the PC I picked is good for the price. These are people who spend $3-$4k on their rigs. I am just not willing to go beyond $1700.
Posted by: Joyenz at November 21, 2025 11:05 PM (2F0/Y)

Well, there you go. I would second the thought that your PC power supply may be on the way out. Had to replace the one in this PC here earlier this year.

Not a gamer, so my computing needs are met by a ten year old machine running Linux Mint.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 21, 2025 11:10 PM (npFr7)

201 Oh, and dumbest Photographer picture...

Clearly the Photog is... Bra zillion?

Posted by: Romeo13 at November 21, 2025 11:10 PM (mP0Kj)

202 Here's a fun Texas map for you all.

https://tinyurl.com/5de3e5ur

Posted by: qdpsteve at November 21, 2025 11:10 PM (cQHrm)

203 When my compy was rebooting constantly I had to clean install windows. That fixed it.
Posted by: banana Dream at November 21, 2025 11:04 PM (3uBP9)

I'm thinking of trying that as I think that was going to be Dad's last try to fix it, I just need to do some research before I totally screw this PC up and end up with a paperweight. My sister just needs to remember where she put the windows flash drive that came with this PC.

Posted by: Joyenz at November 21, 2025 11:10 PM (2F0/Y)

204 >>> I'm lazy; mine are just a string across my front patio. I still like it!
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at November 21, 2025 11:06 PM (ULPxl)


A single knotted ball of lights is a beautiful modern esthetic and very classy actually.

Posted by: banana Dream at November 21, 2025 11:11 PM (3uBP9)

205 157 Posted by: tankdemon at November 21, 2025 10:50 PM (o7Ps5)

I play MMO's, never heard of that game lol
Posted by: Joyenz at November 21, 2025 10:54 PM (2F0/Y)

It's an ancient game that the Disco and Dino have been using to tease me a bit on the ONTs this week.

Posted by: tankdemon at November 21, 2025 11:12 PM (o7Ps5)

206 I'm at the end of a dead-end road. Nobody sees the lights except a few neighbors. The kids on the other side will enjoy the sight.

Since the lights are just along the deck, I can look out the patio door and see them from the living room. Nice to glance out there from time to time.

Posted by: JQ at November 21, 2025 11:12 PM (rdVOm)

207 Ya know, now that I think about it, I'm not so young, and Morgan Freeman has always been "old guy" to me. He was at least a late middle-aged guy in Driving Miss Daisy, which was the first movie I saw him in, and I couldn't have been older than 6 when that came out. Maybe 5.

He must ve like 137 now.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at November 21, 2025 11:13 PM (BI5O2)

208 A single knotted ball of lights is a beautiful modern esthetic and very classy actually.

---------

You know who else had a single ball?

*holds two fingers under nose*

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at November 21, 2025 11:13 PM (dyewR)

209 >>> 195
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The mileage is a factor. After a certain amount, better shops will decline to service the transmission and will refer you straightaway to a transmission shop.
Posted by: Count de Monet at November 21, 2025 11:07 PM (wVcYX)

It's not quite to 170k, but I have made a few trips where I actually used it as a truck and not just an XL SUV.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at November 21, 2025 11:13 PM (ULPxl)

210 166 I gotta get back in the habit of going to church.

I admit that growing up, one of my favorite times of the week every week, was the couple of hours *after* church. Always felt good and extra-relaxing.
Posted by: qdpsteve at November 21, 2025 10:59 PM (cQHrm)

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Wasn't because it was the longest possible time until more church, was it?

Posted by: No One of Consequence at November 21, 2025 11:13 PM (OGOaV)

211 I'm waiting til next weekend to decorate for Christmas. I'm ready! I love it all!

Goodnight and have a pleasant tomorrow and weekend!

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at November 21, 2025 11:13 PM (WONhk)

212 I'm thinking of trying that as I think that was going to be Dad's last try to fix it, I just need to do some research before I totally screw this PC up and end up with a paperweight. My sister just needs to remember where she put the windows flash drive that came with this PC.
Posted by: Joyenz at November 21, 2025 11:10 PM (2F0/Y)

Well, as long as it continues to run at all, you should get some memory sticks or a USB hard drive, and copy all the files that you wish to preserve. Or clone the entire hard drive.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 21, 2025 11:13 PM (npFr7)

213 I put up my lights last week. I also bought five solar powered candy cane walkway lights from ACE. Four of them didn't work properly so I exchanged them . One of those four didn't work so I made my third trip to ACE but finally got five working candy cane lights.

Posted by: the way I see it at November 21, 2025 11:14 PM (KDPiq)

214 Shifting two time zones is kicking my ass.

Posted by: Diogenes at November 21, 2025 11:14 PM (y3bZw)

215 A single knotted ball of lights is a beautiful modern esthetic and very classy actually.
Posted by: banana Dream
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Haha, I've always wanted to construct one of those "light balls" that's made from clear solo cups and a 50-count string of lights!

Posted by: JQ at November 21, 2025 11:14 PM (rdVOm)

216 No one, that might have played a role. :-)

Also, if I wasn't in trouble, I was horribly relieved. My parents were HYPERsensitive about me and my sisters ever doing or saying anything wrong/embarassing. I couldn't even have gum without being told everyone could hear me chew.

Posted by: qdpsteve at November 21, 2025 11:15 PM (cQHrm)

217
Since the lights are just along the deck, I can look out the patio door and see them from the living room. Nice to glance out there from time to time.
Posted by: JQ at November 21, 2025 11:12 PM (rdVOm)

Sounds lovely.

We are short on snow in the Intermountain West. It is a bummer but I continue to have hope for Christmas.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at November 21, 2025 11:16 PM (WONhk)

218 It's not quite to 170k, but I have made a few trips where I actually used it as a truck and not just an XL SUV.
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at November 21, 2025 11:13 PM (ULPxl)

4X4 or 2WD? Labor for transmission re & re is cheaper for the latter.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 21, 2025 11:16 PM (npFr7)

219 207 Ya know, now that I think about it, I'm not so young, and Morgan Freeman has always been "old guy" to me. He was at least a late middle-aged guy in Driving Miss Daisy, which was the first movie I saw him in, and I couldn't have been older than 6 when that came out. Maybe 5.

He must ve like 137 now.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at November 21, 2025 11:13 PM (BI5O2)

__________________________

I saw him in something recently. I forget what it was. But, it was rather depressing. He's always been know for his voice in a narrative sense. Unique, excellent, almost calming. And, his voice is about the same. BUT, he obviously has dentures now, because he's lisping all over the place. It was distracting.

Posted by: Orson at November 21, 2025 11:16 PM (dIske)

220 Posted by: ... at November 21, 2025 11:08 PM (E0p3T)

I have also thought about taking it to the PC repair place up the street, I am just a bit uncomfortable with a stranger mucking around my stuff. Always worried about data being accessed when it shouldn't even be touched (yes I have trust issues).

I think I really want to fix this PC and that's why I just can't bring myself to buy the one I have looked at.

Posted by: Joyenz at November 21, 2025 11:16 PM (2F0/Y)

221 Unfortunately, my mother largely thought of church as a showcase for displaying her growing family. :-P

Love her, but man it made things stressful way back when.

Posted by: qdpsteve at November 21, 2025 11:17 PM (cQHrm)

222 Thanks. This makes me feel a bit better. I haven't felt this mortified since I messed up my cheer for tryouts in front of the entire HS...with the football players in the front rows. They all said they voted for me. In fact boys I never met said this. One guy told me years later, Mr. High School and football guy (I was sitting in his lap on New Year's Eve at a party) that he'd never forget it and remembers no one else's.

My almost 16yr old diary says it was the end of the world. I am not quite that dramatic this week, but close.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at November 21, 2025 11:06 PM (WONhk)

--

I was a marching band nerd, so not a cheerleader. We learned in marching band not to stand with our knees locked, so as to not pass out.

I had to give myself injections for MS and could do that. Someone else doing it in a medical setting = I could pass out. It makes no sense.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at November 21, 2025 11:18 PM (ys6FW)

223 OK not 137. But he is 88. And he still looks pretty great.

This article also says he was born in Memphis. That might make him history's oldest Memphian. I think the average lifespan in Memphis is 7.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at November 21, 2025 11:19 PM (BI5O2)

224 Joyenz, you're not in SoCal are you?

I know a bit about getting inside of PCs and futzing around. As others said, you may need a new power supply (easy to unplug, replace and reinstall) or maybe even just a dusting using some compressed air. Plus reinstalling the OS can't hurt.

If I were you, I'd try all three of these options before spending big bucks on a new machine. Just my two cents.

Posted by: qdpsteve at November 21, 2025 11:20 PM (cQHrm)

225 It's not quite to 170k, but I have made a few trips where I actually used it as a truck and not just an XL SUV.
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at November 21, 2025 11:13 PM (ULPxl)

That sounds like you're in Go Directly To Transmission Shop territory. You could also see what Scotty Kilmer suggests. https://www.youtube.com/@scottykilmer

Posted by: Count de Monet at November 21, 2025 11:20 PM (wVcYX)

226 Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 21, 2025 11:13 PM (npFr7)

Windows and my main game are on the SSD. All my other files are on a separate HDD and I have an external HDD that I backup my internal HDD to every now and then. So if anything goes screwy with windows, my important stuff like pictures will remain untouched. The game is easy to just download and re-install.

Posted by: Joyenz at November 21, 2025 11:22 PM (2F0/Y)

227
It's a Yoko-free ONT
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43)

She will shuffle off this mortal coil at some point.

And, then, what would we do without her?

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at November 21, 2025 11:23 PM (xG4kz)

228 I know a bit about getting inside of PCs and futzing around. As others said, you may need a new power supply (easy to unplug, replace and reinstall) or maybe even just a dusting using some compressed air. Plus reinstalling the OS can't hurt.
Posted by: qdpsteve

What he said... wrote.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at November 21, 2025 11:24 PM (mlg/3)

229 Posted by: qdpsteve at November 21, 2025 11:20 PM (cQHrm)

I'm in Southern Illinois. Shame all my gaming friends who really know computers live in coastal states and not nearby.

Posted by: Joyenz at November 21, 2025 11:24 PM (2F0/Y)

230 Have you opened up the case and blown out the dust recently?
Posted by: weft cut-loop at November 21, 2025 11:01 PM (mlg/3)

First thing to check, absolutely. Take the unit outside, open it up, and brush out the motherboard, especially around the processor. Are all the fans running? Rebooting and lock ups usually indicate the processor is overheating. Check online for how to access your computer's BIOS diagnostics. Usually holding F10 while the unit reboots. Follow the menus from there..

Posted by: Joe Kidd at November 21, 2025 11:25 PM (nbLIj)

231 Evening, all! Finally getting in on the ONT in real time!

Speaking of Christmas lights, I'm breaking my long standing rule of not decorating for Christmas until at least the 2nd Sunday of Advent. My mom will be with us for Thanksgiving, and I thought it would be fun for her help. The star we have for our tree is a gaudy vintage disco version, where the cylinder inside spins and throws rainbows all over the ceiling. The kicker: it's the star my parents had the first Christmas after they married, in 1965. I have such fond childhood memories of the ghastly thing. 😎

Posted by: Effie Perrine at November 21, 2025 11:26 PM (1auMZ)

232 173 ...and on a random note, my Christmas lights don't go up until the Friday after Thanksgiving, but then they stay up until at least January 6th and usually much longer because I enjoy them during winter nights.
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at November 21, 2025 11:00 PM (ULPxl)

I like that tradition. Gotta leave them up till Epiphany so the wise men have time to get there.

Posted by: Emmie at November 21, 2025 11:26 PM (FMtrg)

233 The most difficult PC problem I ever troubleshooted for myself and not close.

Computer acting like it had a virus. Extremely bizarre inconsistent behavior, seemed like a software issue, and I couldn't solve it for three days. Tried everything.

It was the power supply.

Posted by: ... at November 21, 2025 11:26 PM (E0p3T)

234 I was a marching band nerd, so not a cheerleader. We learned in marching band not to stand with our knees locked, so as to not pass out.

I had to give myself injections for MS and could do that. Someone else doing it in a medical setting = I could pass out. It makes no sense.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at November 21, 2025 11:18 PM (ys6FW)

What did you play? We had eight years of saxophone and/or trumpet with our sons.

Our house was noisy and our Golden hated the trumpet. All he had to do was see it out of the case and he took himself to his crate (in the trumpet boy's bedroom).

The trumpet was a more painful intrument for all of us to hear in the 7th grade.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at November 21, 2025 11:26 PM (WONhk)

235 A couple of weeks after Christmas I had to investigate a house fire insurance claim and interview the homeowner: The fire burned out two rooms but it was contained to just that. The homeowner had a large collection of expensive dolls in one of the rooms. When I asked the lady if the FD determined the cause she angrily relayed the cause as a string of outdoor lights that were stored in a box protected with crunched up newspaper and that her 5 year old grandson plugged in the lights. She added that she wasn't speaking to either her daughter or grandson . She wasn't a nice lady.

Posted by: the way I see it at November 21, 2025 11:27 PM (KDPiq)

236 Joyenz, hmmm.
Nobody at work you can bribe ($50 and some pizza) to come over and take a look-see? :-)

And weft-cut, thanks. :-)

Posted by: qdpsteve at November 21, 2025 11:27 PM (cQHrm)

237 The kicker: it's the star my parents had the first Christmas after they married, in 1965. I have such fond childhood memories of the ghastly thing. 😎
Posted by: Effie Perrine at November 21, 2025 11:26 PM (1auMZ)

Lovely! Enjoy!

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at November 21, 2025 11:27 PM (WONhk)

238 I'm a believer that Christmas lights season should be from December 10th to January 10th.

Posted by: qdpsteve at November 21, 2025 11:28 PM (cQHrm)

239 Christy, I played clarinet from 6th through 12th grade. Not quite as loud as a trumpet, I suppose.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at November 21, 2025 11:29 PM (ys6FW)

240 Did your father never tell you about the birds and the bees?

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at November 21, 2025 11:29 PM (hZbnZ)

241
As I have now cleaned out our attic to a pretty large extent, I now know where our outdoor decoration lights are.

Haven't told the missus that, however. Mr. and Mrs. KvC did not raise a complete dummy.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at November 21, 2025 11:30 PM (xG4kz)

242 PCs really are transformers. They're machines made of machines.

Posted by: qdpsteve at November 21, 2025 11:31 PM (cQHrm)

243 Posted by: Joe Kidd at November 21, 2025 11:25 PM (nbLIj)

All fans running and temps are good to go. First thing Dad had me check. Will have to get my sister to dust it out again (been a bit). I'm disabled and the PC is heavy, so have to get her involved.

Posted by: Joyenz at November 21, 2025 11:31 PM (2F0/Y)

244 >>> 218 It's not quite to 170k, but I have made a few trips where I actually used it as a truck and not just an XL SUV.
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at November 21, 2025 11:13 PM (ULPxl)

4X4 or 2WD? Labor for transmission re & re is cheaper for the latter.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 21, 2025 11:16 PM (npFr7)

4x4. Oh well...

I should probably call it a night or I will look just like Leo in the top pic!

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at November 21, 2025 11:31 PM (ULPxl)

245 When I asked the lady if the FD determined the cause she angrily relayed the cause as a string of outdoor lights that were stored in a box protected with crunched up newspaper and that her 5 year old grandson plugged in the lights. She added that she wasn't speaking to either her daughter or grandson . She wasn't a nice lady.

Posted by: the way I see it at November 21, 2025 11:27 PM (KDPiq)

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People can be awful. God Bless.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at November 21, 2025 11:32 PM (ys6FW)

246 I hope that SEP field guy got away, no matter what he did (and he may have done nothing). How dumb are Haitian gangbangers anyway?

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at November 21, 2025 11:32 PM (hZbnZ)

247 239 Christy, I played clarinet from 6th through 12th grade. Not quite as loud as a trumpet, I suppose.
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at November 21, 2025 11:29 PM (ys6FW)

No, the woodwinds aren't bad for others to hear when learning. The trumpet, though!

Both of our sons are very good musicians, altho only one became professional briefly. I figured he'd end up busking in the NYC subways, but he got another degree like his brother and father.

You should dust your clarinet off and play!

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at November 21, 2025 11:32 PM (WONhk)

248 >>Posted by: Cicero

Do you know what the best part of sailing is?

Going sailing.

Posted by: JackStraw at November 21, 2025 11:33 PM (viF8m)

249 Our Christmas lights are up and blazing, and probably won't come down until March. I try to watch for when the weather is turning cold, and get them up before then. I don't want to be mucking around the gutters in sub-freezing temperatures (which is also why they stay up until March).

Posted by: No One of Consequence at November 21, 2025 11:33 PM (OGOaV)

250
I remain steadfast in my admiration for whoever it was in the HQ that called Newscum a "brilliantine stick insect".

JJ seems to stand out I my mind as the originator of that apt descriptor.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at November 21, 2025 11:33 PM (xG4kz)

251 Which Memphis? Like before the pyramids?

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at November 21, 2025 11:34 PM (hZbnZ)

252 >>a string of outdoor lights that were stored in a box protected with crunched up newspaper
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Yikes. Those old C9 bulbs get hot quickly. Shame the 5 y.o. was able to get to them.

Posted by: JQ at November 21, 2025 11:34 PM (rdVOm)

253 Posted by: qdpsteve at November 21, 2025 11:27 PM (cQHrm)

Disabled and homebound. I only get to leave the house for doctor appointments every few months. No coworkers or even friends to bribe. lol Other than my sister, the PC is my social landline.

Posted by: Joyenz at November 21, 2025 11:34 PM (2F0/Y)

254 Joyenz, oh man. Sorry you don't have more options.

Posted by: qdpsteve at November 21, 2025 11:35 PM (cQHrm)

255 Our Christmas lights are up and blazing, and probably won't come down until March. I try to watch for when the weather is turning cold, and get them up before then. I don't want to be mucking around the gutters in sub-freezing temperatures (which is also why they stay up until March).
Posted by: No One of Consequence
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Exactly!

Posted by: JQ at November 21, 2025 11:35 PM (rdVOm)

256 Krebs, sounds like a phrase from Blackadder.

Posted by: qdpsteve at November 21, 2025 11:36 PM (cQHrm)

257
When I asked the lady if the FD determined the cause she angrily relayed the cause as a string of outdoor lights that were stored in a box protected with crunched up newspaper and that her 5 year old grandson plugged in the lights. She added that she wasn't speaking to either her daughter or grandson . She wasn't a nice lady.

Posted by: the way I see it

Has it been pointed out to her that the numbskull who wrapped the lights in crumbled up newspaper bears more that passing blame for the unwelcome outcome?

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at November 21, 2025 11:36 PM (xG4kz)

258 238 I'm a believer that Christmas lights season should be from December 10th to January 10th.

Posted by: qdpsteve at November 21, 2025 11:28 PM (cQHrm)

I agree. I'd rather wait on the front end and let them stay up into January, til about the Feast of the Baptism. Our parish priest keeps his up until Feb. 2, the Feast of the Presentation. Probably a bit too long for me.

Posted by: Effie Perrine at November 21, 2025 11:37 PM (1auMZ)

259 I leave the lights up into late January. Why take them down? They're fun, and my kid gets a kick out of them.

I've been toying with the idea of lining my eaves with those full- spectrum LED ribbons where you can change the colors/patterns, and using them for different holidays. Green and gold for St. Pat's, red, white and blue for Independence Day, etc.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at November 21, 2025 11:37 PM (BI5O2)

260 Has it been pointed out to her that the numbskull who wrapped the lights in crumbled up newspaper bears more that passing blame for the unwelcome outcome?
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The old bulbs were glass, so I can understand the newspaper for padding.

The real question, IMO, is:

Who was the numbskull, what left those things within reach of a 5 year-old?

Posted by: JQ at November 21, 2025 11:38 PM (rdVOm)

261 I will put up a tree this week, I hope. It will come down sometime in January around the Epiphany.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at November 21, 2025 11:39 PM (ys6FW)

262 Yikes. Those old C9 bulbs get hot quickly. Shame the 5 y.o. was able to get to them.
Posted by: JQ at November 21, 2025 11:34 PM (rdVOm)

That five year old is now 40 and grandma is probably dead. I'll always remember the hate I felt coming out of her about that poor kid .

Posted by: the way I see it at November 21, 2025 11:39 PM (KDPiq)

263 Has it been pointed out to her that the numbskull who wrapped the lights in crumbled up newspaper bears more that passing blame for the unwelcome outcome?
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at November 21, 2025 11:36 PM (xG4kz)

Maybe she was right out of shredded asbestos. Nothing wrong with using crumpled newspaper as packing material for fragile glass bulbs. If one must assign blame, blame the party who left an attractive but dangerous object within reach of a 5-year old.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 21, 2025 11:40 PM (npFr7)

264 Has it been pointed out to her that the numbskull who wrapped the lights in crumbled up newspaper bears more that passing blame for the unwelcome outcome?
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at November 21, 2025 11:36 PM (xG4kz)

Worse, she might have packed them that way!

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at November 21, 2025 11:40 PM (hZbnZ)

265 259 I leave the lights up into late January. Why take them down? They're fun, and my kid gets a kick out of them.

I've been toying with the idea of lining my eaves with those full- spectrum LED ribbons where you can change the colors/patterns, and using them for different holidays. Green and gold for St. Pat's, red, white and blue for Independence Day, etc.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at November 21, 2025 11:37 PM (BI5O2)

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I've got a couple of neighbors who have done that. They even adjust them to team colors when our NFL team is playing.

Honestly, though, when it comes to Christmas, they give more of a Vegas vibe than a holiday vibe.

Posted by: No One of Consequence at November 21, 2025 11:43 PM (OGOaV)

266 Posted by: qdpsteve at November 21, 2025 11:35 PM (cQHrm)

I'll talk it over with my sister. She's tired from work and I hate having to bother her with things. Hopefully we can try fixing it before sales disappear.

Posted by: Joyenz at November 21, 2025 11:43 PM (2F0/Y)

267 Worse, she might have packed them that way!
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at November 21, 2025 11:40 PM (hZbnZ)

She did . The kid went into a room he wasn't supposed to enter ( the creepy doll room).

Posted by: the way I see it at November 21, 2025 11:44 PM (KDPiq)

268 Joyenz, there you go. Hope your relationship with your sister is good.

Posted by: qdpsteve at November 21, 2025 11:44 PM (cQHrm)

269 All fans running and temps are good to go. First thing Dad had me check. Will have to get my sister to dust it out again (been a bit). I'm disabled and the PC is heavy, so have to get her involved.

Posted by: Joyenz at November 21, 2025 11:31 PM (2F0/Y)

So probably not heat related. Power supply would be the next likely culprit. Are you running multiple displays? Any nonessential USB devices (mood lights? fans? coffee mug warmers - I've seen some stuff, man...)

Posted by: Joe Kidd at November 21, 2025 11:45 PM (nbLIj)

270 Posted by: qdpsteve at November 21, 2025 11:44 PM (cQHrm)

She's my caretaker. We live together. We're all we have now with both parents gone.

Posted by: Joyenz at November 21, 2025 11:47 PM (2F0/Y)

271 Eh, I probably wouldn't be that mad if my daughter burned my house with Christmas lights, so long as nobody died.

But I get it. You tell the kid a thousand times not to fuck around with power outlets, and then she does it anyway, and burns the house. Nobody's gonna be happy on that Christmas.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at November 21, 2025 11:47 PM (BI5O2)

272 That five year old is now 40 and grandma is probably dead. I'll always remember the hate I felt coming out of her about that poor kid .

Posted by: the way I see it at November 21, 2025 11:39 PM (KDPiq)
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That is F'ed up. People and family situations are so often fucked up, pardon my French.. It's hard to see.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at November 21, 2025 11:47 PM (ys6FW)

273 There are a few old strings of C9 lights, out in the barn. LOL, and maybe a hundred 'spares' that I picked up for 2 cents apiece, back in the 80s.

Also, many boxes (unopened) of "100ct mini-lites" that were picked up at 90% off-- about 15 cents a string-- in the 90s.

🤷‍♀️
Late BF had plans for them. Never told me exactly what those plans were, LOL.

Posted by: JQ at November 21, 2025 11:48 PM (rdVOm)

274 You should dust your clarinet off and play!
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at November 21, 2025 11:32 PM (WONhk)

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

After not playing for more years than I care to think about, I started playing French horn again. Even joined a local community band. So glad I did. I was surprised how much I missed playing in a group.

Posted by: No One of Consequence at November 21, 2025 11:48 PM (OGOaV)

275 Joyenz, good to hear.

What's the wattage rate on your power supply? Would you happen to know? You want to match the old one. For instance, replace a 500w with the same.

Posted by: qdpsteve at November 21, 2025 11:48 PM (cQHrm)

276 Posted by: Joe Kidd at November 21, 2025 11:45 PM (nbLIj)

Just one monitor and a mouse (no keyboard as I use the on-screen). My 4 fans and two RAM have lights.

Posted by: Joyenz at November 21, 2025 11:49 PM (2F0/Y)

277 Posted by: qdpsteve at November 21, 2025 11:48 PM (cQHrm)

600W 80 gold plus.

Posted by: Joyenz at November 21, 2025 11:51 PM (2F0/Y)

278 MTG resignation video.
https://tinyurl.com/bdfa6sjd

Posted by: gp at November 21, 2025 11:52 PM (4kcNT)

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