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Saturday Night "Club ONT" November 29, 2025 [The 3 Ds]
Alright, Christmas Tree... it is timber time. Junior, bring me the saw.Too many people spend money they haven't earned to buy things they don't want to impress people they don't like. Will RogersWho is feeling festive and enjoying their Thanksgiving weekend? Family still around? Decorations? Leftovers!
Drink of the Night Autumn Daiquiri
Ingredients
2 ounces dark rum
½ ounce lime juice
½ ounce pineapple juice
¼ ounce Demerara Syrup (syrup made with sugar in the raw)
¼ ounce cinnamon syrup
1 dash Angostura bitters Directions
In a cocktail shaker, add all ingredients with ice. Shake well and strain into a coupe glass.
The plan to steal a Confederate train, hatched by a civilian spy named James J. Andrews, had a dual purpose. It was meant to destroy Western and Atlantic Railroad and cut off Confederate supplies to Chattanooga, making the city vulnerable to capture by Major General Ormsby M. Mitchel.***
James J. Andrews and his men targeted a train station in Kennesaw known as Big Shanty because it didn't have a telegraph station. If everything went according to plan, the Confederates would be unable to alert others to the train theft, thus giving Andrews and his men a healthy head start.
This free online 45-question personality test will allow you to compare yourself with the personalities of 20 murderous dictators and terrorists, using a hybrid of the scientific "Big Five" measure of personality and the cognitive theories of C.G. Jung. Furthermore, this test will also match your personality scores with peer-reviewed university studies.Which President are you Test
In his research, Professor Dr. John M. Berecz, Ph.D., studied the personalities of several U.S. presidents and concluded that each of them could be linked to a definite psychiatric pathology. Which U.S. president do you resemble? For each of the following statements, indicate how well it applies to you below.
For comparison, the closest star is 4.24 light-years away. The closest star is Proxima Centauri, part of the Alpha Centauri system. If the relative celestial locations remained the same (which they won't), it would take Voyager 1 over 74,000 earth years to reach Proxima Centauri at its current pace. Having said that, Voyager 1 was never built for top speed. More speed is possible, so other spacecraft could get there much more quickly. If you are at Club ONT's Proxima Centauri location and you are waiting for drink delivery from earth, please be patient. Old copies of Compute! Magazine are in the lobby for you to read while you wait.
Check out that funky bass-line!
Bringing back a Club favorite - you will face scorn if you are caught not Wanging Chung!
Anyone here named Sharona? If so, this one's for you!
Top 10ish Comments of the Week
Comments
(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: mindful webworker - or not at November 29, 2025 10:01 PM (LaTF/)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at November 29, 2025 10:02 PM (9ipOP)
Posted by: Some Rat at November 29, 2025 10:03 PM (TfUTr)
Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at November 29, 2025 10:03 PM (lUFok)
Posted by: QED Texan Grandpa-to-be at November 29, 2025 10:03 PM (fveCG)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at November 29, 2025 10:03 PM (9ipOP)
He said, "Aisle B, back."
Nothing like a short and sweet joke.
Posted by: RickZ at November 29, 2025 10:04 PM (gKDq2)
Posted by: Tonypete at November 29, 2025 10:04 PM (cYBz/)
I’m completely heartbroken.
My boys have successfully launched to the point they don’t need me anymore. Who am I now? Who needs me? Who calls me when they skin their knees?
Sorry. I guess I shoulda fucked em up so much they never moved out.
Posted by: nurse ratched at November 29, 2025 10:04 PM (mT+6a)
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at November 29, 2025 10:05 PM (+J/Au)
Posted by: Hokey Pokey at November 29, 2025 10:05 PM (YlWIZ)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at November 29, 2025 10:05 PM (9ipOP)
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at November 29, 2025 10:06 PM (CHHv1)
And her voice - she could almost be a female Chipmunk!
Posted by: mindful webworker - deck the halls with boughs of molly at November 29, 2025 10:06 PM (LaTF/)
I think you missed it on this one. His Civil Wars series from 1990 was largely acclaimed.
On the other hand, his Revolutionary War series from this year has been widely panned for its revisionism.
Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at November 29, 2025 10:07 PM (syz1S)
Posted by: OrangeEnt at November 29, 2025 10:07 PM (uQesX)
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at November 29, 2025 10:08 PM (k2x4V)
Posted by: davidt at November 29, 2025 10:09 PM (Q+gd/)
You did good. Time to admit that you were a competent parent.
Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at November 29, 2025 10:09 PM (lUFok)
Posted by: nurse ratched
{{{Nurse!}}} But if you'd done that, they'd be hard core lefties, instead of the fine conservatives they are.
OK, back after I take the bad guy test....
Posted by: Some Rat at November 29, 2025 10:09 PM (TfUTr)
I’ll just have to settle for bourbon and sour patch gummies.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at November 29, 2025 10:10 PM (XV/Pl)
On the other hand, his Revolutionary War series from this year has been widely panned for its revisionism.
Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at November 29, 2025 10:07 PM (syz1S)
I agree. He didn't revise The Civil War. But like muzzies saying they've always been here, Burns is now into propaganda. Leni Riefenstahl would be proud.
Posted by: RickZ at November 29, 2025 10:10 PM (gKDq2)
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at November 29, 2025 10:06 PM
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BC! What are you animating these days?
Posted by: TRex - animated dino at November 29, 2025 10:10 PM (IQ6Gq)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at November 29, 2025 10:10 PM (9ipOP)
Posted by: mindful webworker - or not at November 29, 2025 10:01 PM (LaTF/)
Enjoying one right now.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 29, 2025 10:11 PM (npFr7)
What, you really make us click through to get The Rest of the Story? I'm busy. Got more post to read, and comments to read and write!!
Posted by: mindful webworker - and I might fall down a rabbit hole at November 29, 2025 10:11 PM (LaTF/)
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at November 29, 2025 10:08 PM
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AZ - good to see you here. Hope you're well.
Posted by: TRex - sufficient dino at November 29, 2025 10:11 PM (IQ6Gq)
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Those are some mighty good excuses for being late....
Posted by: The Grateful - Acta Non Verba at November 29, 2025 10:12 PM (IQ6Gq)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at November 29, 2025 10:13 PM (9ipOP)
Posted by: TRex - sufficient dino
Good to be here too!
Doing well. Improvement has slowed. But I'm Okay with that except for not being able to touch type any longer. Sigh...
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at November 29, 2025 10:14 PM (k2x4V)
Never, ever think that you didn't. They are fine young men and yes, they still need their mom.
Posted by: Winston AKA Pops at November 29, 2025 10:14 PM (Wh47r)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Stranger In a Strange Land at November 29, 2025 10:14 PM (L/fGl)
Posted by: Butch at November 29, 2025 10:14 PM (98xTj)
Posted by: NCKate at November 29, 2025 10:15 PM (SFtGa)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at November 29, 2025 10:03 PM (9ipOP)
My uber-lib cousin-in-law agreed with me that the Davis-Bacon act was created specifically to exclude Southern migratory black labor from Northern trade union jobs.
She also wanted to discuss immigration and I let that one sail on by without noticing it, so it was a decent potluck.
Posted by: Kindltot at November 29, 2025 10:16 PM (rbvCR)
Never, ever think that you didn't. They are fine young men and yes, they still need their mom.
Posted by: Winston AKA Pops at November 29, 2025 10:14 PM (Wh47r)
This!
Trust me. They will always need mom.
And you're a good one!
Posted by: Diogenes at November 29, 2025 10:17 PM (y3bZw)
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, red heifer owner at November 29, 2025 10:17 PM (LjSYW)
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at November 29, 2025 10:18 PM (k2x4V)
I didn't have to worry about leftist relatives. In fact my son said during this weekend, "Did you know that Joe Biden lied about his academic record in law school.? Joe Biden lied about so many things."
It is possible to be friends with left. Just never mention politics . I had a lovely lunch with a friend the other day. We stayed entirely with church talk and about our families. I was over at her house today and I saw the back of her husbands car which said "The anti Tesla club" . Uggh!
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 29, 2025 10:18 PM (iWbgM)
Posted by: man at November 29, 2025 10:19 PM (XuXeR)
This is actually the first National Cemetery in the country, predating Arlington by a few months.
Posted by: Tom Servo at November 29, 2025 10:19 PM (3U2FH)
Posted by: PabloD at November 29, 2025 10:20 PM (GALGA)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 29, 2025 10:20 PM (iWbgM)
Posted by: Piper at November 29, 2025 10:20 PM (Wmg4n)
Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at November 29, 2025 10:20 PM (lUFok)
Posted by: Tom Servo at November 29, 2025 10:20 PM (3U2FH)
Posted by: San Franpsycho
They’re tryin’! Prayers for the crazy monkey sex!
Posted by: nurse ratched at November 29, 2025 10:21 PM (mT+6a)
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at November 29, 2025 10:18 PM
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Bloodlines are a bit murky. All the family records got lost in the great asteroid hit.
Posted by: TRex - post-asteroid dino at November 29, 2025 10:21 PM (IQ6Gq)
Posted by: NCKate at November 29, 2025 10:22 PM (SFtGa)
Posted by: TRex
Likely story!
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at November 29, 2025 10:22 PM (k2x4V)
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at November 29, 2025 10:22 PM (xcxpd)
Posted by: San Franpsycho
They’re tryin’! Prayers for the crazy monkey sex!
Posted by: nurse ratched at November 29, 2025 10:21 PM (mT+6a)
Every night...oh wait, for them or for...
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at November 29, 2025 10:23 PM (xcxpd)
Yay Ds!
I'm still too full to crack wise tonight so I'm gonna iounge and lurk...
Y'all have fun😄!
Posted by: COMountainMarie at November 29, 2025 10:24 PM (3pxDZ)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at November 29, 2025 10:24 PM (9ipOP)
Wonderful world of hanged to death. Disney magic. IMDb - I see Fess was James Andrews, so, one of the hanged? Davy Crockett at least got to go down fighting.
Posted by: mindful webworker - kilt him a bar at November 29, 2025 10:24 PM (LaTF/)
Posted by: Some Rat at November 29, 2025 10:24 PM (TfUTr)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke
Not like okra then?
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at November 29, 2025 10:24 PM (k2x4V)
I don't think I've ever had okra.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 29, 2025 10:25 PM (iWbgM)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 29, 2025 10:20 PM (iWbgM)
Maybe, but the bacon, brown sugar, and maple syrup I put in them would turn a heathen sprout hater toward the light.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at November 29, 2025 10:25 PM (uQesX)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Stranger In a Strange Land at November 29, 2025 10:26 PM (L/fGl)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 29, 2025 10:20 PM (iWbgM)
Brussels Sprouts are one of the cruciferous vegetables along with broccoli, mustard, horseradish and many others. All of these vegetables tend to have high concentrations of sulfur, which adds a flavor which some don’t mind and which some can’t abide at all.
As your body does require some small amounts of sulfur to operate effectively, they are quite healthy for you to eat.
Posted by: Tom Servo at November 29, 2025 10:26 PM (3U2FH)
Posted by: Bulg at November 29, 2025 10:26 PM (77rzZ)
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Seven of them. The rest either escaped or were exchanged. The survivors of the military men were awarded the first Medals of Honor.
Two excellent reads on the raid are "Stealing the General" and the Osprey book on the raid (much shorter).
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at November 29, 2025 10:27 PM (0cOaq)
Posted by: PabloD at November 29, 2025 10:27 PM (GALGA)
Posted by: rickb223 at November 29, 2025 10:28 PM (3k5hk)
Posted by: Piper at November 29, 2025 10:28 PM (Wmg4n)
The ones I served on TG had a maple glaze an they were soft.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 29, 2025 10:28 PM (iWbgM)
Posted by: PabloD at November 29, 2025 10:29 PM (GALGA)
Posted by: Tonypete at November 29, 2025 10:29 PM (cYBz/)
Uh oh. I came out Hitler.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Stranger In a Strange Land at November 29, 2025 10:14 PM (L/fGl)
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I'm Putin, y'all
Posted by: NCKate at November 29, 2025 10:15 PM (SFtGa)
We've got the Trifecta here on the ONT. I'm Josef Stalin. And I hate commies.
Posted by: RickZ at November 29, 2025 10:29 PM (gKDq2)
Posted by: PabloD at November 29, 2025 10:27 PM (GALGA)
Haven't tried mustard, but have used salt, pepper, and garlic powder at the initial saute.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at November 29, 2025 10:29 PM (uQesX)
Posted by: Bulg at November 29, 2025 10:29 PM (77rzZ)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Stranger In a Strange Land at November 29, 2025 10:26 PM
The boy has his priorities straight. You know what to do.
Posted by: huerfano at November 29, 2025 10:29 PM (98kQX)
Posted by: PaleRider at November 29, 2025 10:30 PM (hhkIi)
Eleven of us look like lanky Vikings. The newest family member looks like a three year old Gary Coleman. Son and Daughter-in-law have fostered him since he came out of NICU, with the exception of a failed three month stint with his birth parents. We are all very happy about it.
Posted by: Rockin' Mel Slurp at November 29, 2025 10:30 PM (oftw2)
Onions will do that to you. Cabbage and beans, too.
Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at November
Do you know how hard it is to explain why you are laughing when the person next to you doesn’t get this blog to start?
Posted by: Piper at November 29, 2025 10:31 PM (Wmg4n)
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I've got a copy. It's pretty leaden starting and ending, but really gets cracking once the raid is actually underway. Jeff Hunter is Conductor Fuller, the man most responsible for getting pursuit under way, and Slim Pickens is the engineer of the "Texas," the locomotive that finally caught up to the raiders.
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at November 29, 2025 10:31 PM (0cOaq)
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That's great! Hope you didn't disappoint him....
Posted by: The Grateful - Acta Non Verba at November 29, 2025 10:31 PM (IQ6Gq)
Posted by: Bulg at November 29, 2025 10:31 PM (77rzZ)
Posted by: San Franpsycho
They’re tryin’! Prayers for the crazy monkey sex!
Posted by: nurse ratched at November 29, 2025 10:21 PM (mT+6a)
Dang!
That's hawt!
*makes plans to change flight home*
Posted by: Diogenes at November 29, 2025 10:32 PM (y3bZw)
Posted by: QED Texan Grandpa-to-be at November 29, 2025 10:32 PM (fveCG)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at November 29, 2025 10:32 PM (Wt3Iw)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 29, 2025 10:32 PM (npFr7)
Wonderful world of hanged to death. Disney magic. IMDb - I see Fess was James Andrews, so, one of the hanged? Davy Crockett at least got to go down fighting.
Posted by: mindful webworker - kilt him a bar at November 29, 2025 10:24 PM (LaTF/)
Saw the movie about 5 years ago but can't remember Fess Parker's fate. I believe he was captured but the Confederates did not execute him.
Posted by: Joemarine at November 29, 2025 10:32 PM (y171U)
Posted by: PaleRider
Honestly, it's too late. ALL online access provides info data points to Big Data about you. Seriously.
Posted by: Tonypete at November 29, 2025 10:33 PM (cYBz/)
Posted by: RickZ at November 29, 2025 10:29 PM (gKDq2)
Rejoice, then. Stalin killed more commies than just about anyone.
Posted by: Kindltot at November 29, 2025 10:33 PM (rbvCR)
Posted by: PabloD at November 29, 2025 10:27 PM (GALGA)
Toasted in butter sliced almonds as a sprinkled on topping.
Posted by: RickZ at November 29, 2025 10:33 PM (gKDq2)
(I'm not sure which is the villain and which is the President)
Posted by: Orson at November 29, 2025 10:33 PM (dIske)
Posted by: Bulg at November 29, 2025 10:29 PM (77rzZ)
You misspelled okra.
Posted by: Diogenes at November 29, 2025 10:33 PM (y3bZw)
Posted by: Rockin' Mel Slurp
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Congrats! This is a great story....
Posted by: The Grateful - Acta Non Verba at November 29, 2025 10:33 PM (IQ6Gq)
Posted by: Joemarine at November 29, 2025 10:32 PM (y171U)
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They drew the veil of good taste over the executions.
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at November 29, 2025 10:34 PM (0cOaq)
Posted by: Piper
That's why I insisted my lovely wife accompany me to a MoMe. Hell, she fit in like she was born to it.
Posted by: Tonypete at November 29, 2025 10:34 PM (cYBz/)
Posted by: Bulg at November 29, 2025 10:35 PM (77rzZ)
Posted by: Kindltot at November 29, 2025 10:33 PM (rbvCR)
LOL! This is true. Didn't think of it that way.
Posted by: RickZ at November 29, 2025 10:35 PM (gKDq2)
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at November 29, 2025 10:22 PM (xcxpd)
At the end they list Nixon as "paranoid". Must have been written by a lefty.
Posted by: Joemarine at November 29, 2025 10:35 PM (y171U)
Posted by: Chappyman66 at November 29, 2025 10:36 PM (BAKPg)
Posted by: Joemarine at November 29, 2025 10:35 PM (y171U)
Yeah, paranoid. That's the ticket. Just like Tailgunner Joe was 'paranoid'.
Posted by: RickZ at November 29, 2025 10:37 PM (gKDq2)
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But, what about the stranded Chinamen?
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at November 29, 2025 10:37 PM (Wt3Iw)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 29, 2025 10:28 PM (iWbgM)
Only three of us, so I didn't make them this year. Kid likes corn and wife is cutting out certain foods to lower her AIC.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at November 29, 2025 10:37 PM (uQesX)
Posted by: rickb223
Come up here.
I can show you an appreciation for cold and rainy.
Proper gear. Hot food. A thermos of hot coffee. Bird book. Binoculars.
Amazing.
Posted by: nurse ratched at November 29, 2025 10:38 PM (mT+6a)
Posted by: Bulg at November 29, 2025 10:38 PM (77rzZ)
Posted by: Bulg at November 29, 2025 10:29 PM (77rzZ)
God created all food to be good to eat. Except mushrooms. The devil made those.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at November 29, 2025 10:38 PM (uQesX)
And soon
And Berserker is just the guy for the job
Posted by: Western Civ Miklos at November 29, 2025 10:39 PM (N7hqt)
"Suzanne Summers" fits the lyrics of "My Sharona"…
Posted by: mindful webworker - Running down the length of my thighs, Chrissy Snow at November 29, 2025 10:39 PM (LaTF/)
"More likely than the average person to be barbed and acerbic with people who irritate you."
Mom, is that you?
Posted by: San Franpsycho at November 29, 2025 10:39 PM (9ipOP)
Posted by: scamoydog at November 29, 2025 10:39 PM (41CYW)
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Those cigarette smoking buzz cuts came to work with intent.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at November 29, 2025 10:40 PM (Wt3Iw)
Posted by: PaleRider at November 29, 2025 10:30 PM (hhkIi)
If you're running Brave browser, you can right click the link and open in a private window, or in Tor.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at November 29, 2025 10:40 PM (uQesX)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at November 29, 2025 10:40 PM (Wt3Iw)
Posted by: Chappyman66 at November 29, 2025 10:36 PM
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The East German judge was impressed.
Posted by: TRex - non-evil dictator dino at November 29, 2025 10:40 PM (IQ6Gq)
Posted by: OrangeEnt
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If you believe that makes a difference.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at November 29, 2025 10:41 PM (Wt3Iw)
Posted by: mindful webworker - speak into the lamp base at November 29, 2025 10:41 PM (LaTF/)
I came out as Hermann Goering.
I’m so doing, I see the obvious limits of such a test - general personality type has very little to do with the actions one takes. For every villain on that list, there are thousands of people with the same general personality type who did NOT make the choices those villains did.
Posted by: Tom Servo at November 29, 2025 10:41 PM (3U2FH)
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at November 29, 2025 10:22 PM (xcxpd)
At the end they list Nixon as "paranoid". Must have been written by a lefty.
Posted by: Joemarine at November 29, 2025 10:35 PM (y171U)
I was thinking that too.
God knows, Nixon had enemies.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at November 29, 2025 10:42 PM (xcxpd)
Posted by: Bulg at November 29, 2025 10:42 PM (77rzZ)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at November 29, 2025 10:42 PM (9ipOP)
Posted by: Tom Servo at November 29, 2025 10:41 PM (3U2FH)
Do you have a huge model train layout in your attic?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 29, 2025 10:42 PM (npFr7)
I can show you an appreciation for cold and rainy.
Proper gear. Hot food. A thermos of hot coffee. Bird book. Binoculars.
Amazing.
Posted by: nurse ratched
Y'all do have the experience.
Posted by: rickb223 at November 29, 2025 10:43 PM (3k5hk)
Posted by: scamoydog at November 29, 2025 10:39 PM
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...l,m,n,o.....P!
Posted by: TRex - alphabet dino at November 29, 2025 10:44 PM (IQ6Gq)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at November 29, 2025 10:41 PM (Wt3Iw)
Pixy might know.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at November 29, 2025 10:44 PM (uQesX)
Posted by: Tonypete at November 29, 2025 10:44 PM (cYBz/)
Posted by: mindful webworker - Running down the length of my thighs, Chrissy Snow at November 29, 2025 10:39 PM (LaTF/)
Yeah, Doug Fieger. I don't remember his hair looking like Dana Carvey from "Wayne's World".
Posted by: Joemarine at November 29, 2025 10:44 PM (y171U)
Posted by: Case at November 29, 2025 10:45 PM (5Je/N)
Aha! The rare and highly sought-after Scamoyed!
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 29, 2025 10:45 PM (npFr7)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at November 29, 2025 10:46 PM (Wt3Iw)
I've been doing that a lot lately. Just can't get motivated.
Posted by: rickb223 at November 29, 2025 10:47 PM (3k5hk)
Posted by: scamoydog - likes the nic error at November 29, 2025 10:47 PM (41CYW)
Well, he was, but only because they were out to get him.
Posted by: mindful webworker - speak into the lamp base at November 29, 2025 10:41 PM (LaTF/)
So true..."You won't have Dick Nixon to kick around anymore".
Posted by: Joemarine at November 29, 2025 10:47 PM (y171U)
I've been doing that a lot lately. Just can't get motivated.
Posted by: rickb223 at November 29, 2025 10:47 PM (3k5hk)
It's below zero here. "Outside" is gonna have to wait.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 29, 2025 10:48 PM (npFr7)
And then there's gin.
Shoulder surgery revision scheduled for mid-December, so I'm trying to finish everything up before that. Being a one-armed bandit for 6 weeks really fucks up life. I'm NOT canceling the outrageous NY Eve fondue party, so if you are around, feel free to drop in and bring something to blow up. DH says he will cut up the cheese and nibbles, and anybody can melt chocolate in heavy cream, so we should be good to go.
DH is the bartender, so that's covered. Grey Goose was on sale at Three Bears, so if you like martoonies, you are good to go. Plus I think he bought Lagavulin, so there's sipping, too. And we will be shooting, but not after you've been drinking, so plan accordingly.
Posted by: tcn, Pickle Queen in AK at November 29, 2025 10:48 PM (6Bc88)
Posted by: Piper at November 29, 2025 10:48 PM (Wmg4n)
Posted by: scamoydog - likes the nic error
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So, you're changing your nic? Need to know for the Christmas card....
Posted by: The Grateful - Acta Non Verba at November 29, 2025 10:48 PM (IQ6Gq)
Posted by: Piper
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Going forth I'm referring to you as Sybil....
Posted by: The Grateful - Acta Non Verba at November 29, 2025 10:49 PM (IQ6Gq)
Discuss.
Posted by: Tonypete at November 29, 2025 10:44 PM (cYBz/)
So is "prayferus". You may need to be Catholic to know that.
Posted by: tcn, Pickle Queen in AK at November 29, 2025 10:50 PM (6Bc88)
Posted by: PabloD at November 29, 2025 10:50 PM (GALGA)
Posted by: Tonypete at November 29, 2025 10:51 PM (cYBz/)
Does anybody know what this idiot is on about?
Posted by: tcn, Pickle Queen in AK at November 29, 2025 10:51 PM (6Bc88)
I've been doing that a lot lately. Just can't get motivated.
Posted by: rickb223
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Understood! It's cold & rainy here too. Windy, with daytime temps in the 40s.
Yeah, not motivated *at all* for outdoor work. And Thanksgiving weekend has always been my "catch-up the yard work" time, with few exceptions.
(This is why I usually install Christmas lights ~mid-November or so!)
Posted by: JQ at November 29, 2025 10:51 PM (rdVOm)
Posted by: tcn, Pickle Queen in AK
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Does anybody really care?
Posted by: JQ at November 29, 2025 10:52 PM (rdVOm)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at November 29, 2025 10:46 PM
Ahhhh. Pixy.
That wanton libidinous trollop.
Posted by: Diogenes at November 29, 2025 10:53 PM (y3bZw)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at November 29, 2025 10:42 PM (9ipOP)
I have recently read an article or three about how the need to conceal inflation, due to the spending in the 60's that lead to the end of Bretton-Woods and the rise of the Petro-dollar, led a lot of the dietary, energy and ecology directives that we are faced with now.
You said you focused on personality, but did you consider the economic obligations as well?
No doubt Carter had a messiah complex, but he would have needed a disaster to save us from, I think.
Posted by: Kindltot at November 29, 2025 10:53 PM (rbvCR)
Posted by: tcn, Pickle Queen in AK at November 29, 2025 10:51 PM (6Bc8
He seems to be even more off his meds than usual tonight.
Posted by: Tom Servo at November 29, 2025 10:54 PM (3U2FH)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at November 29, 2025 10:54 PM (Wt3Iw)
Posted by: tcn, Pickle Queen in AK at November 29, 2025 10:54 PM (6Bc88)
Posted by: Bulg at November 29, 2025 10:54 PM (77rzZ)
Posted by: The Grateful - Acta Non Verba at November 29, 2025 10:48 PM (IQ6Gq)
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I might! My sparkling personality will remain unchanged, however.
Posted by: scamoydog - likes the nic error at November 29, 2025 10:54 PM (41CYW)
Posted by: Kindltot at November 29, 2025 10:53 PM (rbvCR)
That ass couldn't find his way out of a wet paper bag. He was so stupid he didn't realize how stupid he was. Honestly, peanut farmer was the height of his ability.
He could not even pronounce "nuclear," and claimed to be a "nuculear scientist."
Dumb as a post.
Posted by: tcn, Pickle Queen in AK at November 29, 2025 10:56 PM (6Bc88)
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at November 29, 2025 10:56 PM (0nHVk)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at November 29, 2025 10:56 PM (Wt3Iw)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at November 29, 2025 10:42 PM (9ipOP)
Barack Obama. Our second three-term president.
Posted by: RickZ at November 29, 2025 10:56 PM (gKDq2)
Posted by: The Grateful - Acta Non Verba at November 29, 2025 10:48 PM (IQ6Gq)
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I might! My sparkling personality will remain unchanged, however.
Posted by: scamoydog - likes the nic error
************
Right...Thanks anyway, I'll just send it to Scampywife....
Posted by: The Grateful - Acta Non Verba at November 29, 2025 10:56 PM (IQ6Gq)
Posted by: scamoydog - likes the nic error at November 29, 2025 10:54 PM (41CYW)
I kinda like the "scamoyed" nic. Big white fluffy with a pink nose....
Posted by: tcn, Pickle Queen in AK at November 29, 2025 10:57 PM (6Bc88)
Sadly, this is about the only place anyone would admit to getting that kind of joke.
Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at November 29, 2025 10:57 PM (lUFok)
Posted by: The Grateful - Acta Non Verba at November 29, 2025 10:58 PM (IQ6Gq)
Remember the guy that assaulted and maybe tried to murder Jeffrey Epstein? Nicholas Tartaglione?
He was in prison because he murdered 4 hispanic guys over drugs.
Well, before he was dealing drugs. he was cop in Ossining NY . And he had a nemesis. A guy named Clay Tiffany who had a public access TV. Tiffany claimed Tartaglione and much of government in his area were deeply corrupt with the former part of the mob.
Tartaglione assaulted Tiffany and got fired for it. Interestingly, Tartaglione offered to settle the case with Tiffany for $200K after he was fired. Apparently offering money from the town even though the town had fired him. Tiffany refused and won a million dollar judgement.
Posted by: 18-1 at November 29, 2025 11:00 PM (sKqQm)
I just love how lights are reflected by the mirrored bar back and then sparkle through the stemware over the bar. So pretty.
*slides Chivas/rocks down the bar*
Posted by: JQ at November 29, 2025 11:00 PM (rdVOm)
Posted by: scamoydog - likes the nic error at November 29, 2025 10:54 PM (41CYW)
Well, there was always hope.
Is 'scamoydog' related to Samoyeds?
Posted by: RickZ at November 29, 2025 11:01 PM (gKDq2)
Posted by: The Grateful - Acta Non Verba at November 29, 2025 11:01 PM (IQ6Gq)
Posted by: Lincolntf at November 29, 2025 11:01 PM (vV6n9)
It helps that I pull the bagging chute off and run over the leaves first to mulch them a little. This makes for a lot fewer runs back and forth to the compost pile with the bagger.
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at November 29, 2025 11:01 PM (8QVSJ)
Posted by: Methos at November 29, 2025 11:02 PM (vSvIl)
*blushes*
Got lots o' memories to work with.
Posted by: JQ at November 29, 2025 11:03 PM (rdVOm)
Why You Owe People Afraid of Butterflies an Apology
Casual Geographic
https://youtu.be/Zc_tLEG1duM
Posted by: mindful webworker - pretty vampire bugs at November 29, 2025 11:04 PM (LaTF/)
But I don't have a mustache. Or a beret.
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at November 29, 2025 11:05 PM (6p0Jv)
Posted by: r hennigantx at November 29, 2025 11:05 PM (gbOdA)
He could not even pronounce "nuclear," and claimed to be a "nuculear scientist."
Dumb as a post.
Posted by: tcn, Pickle Queen in AK at November 29, 2025 10:56 PM (6Bc8
One thing, among many, that pissed me off about Carter and it goes pretty much unmentioned today.
Being a Southern Baptist, no liquor touched his lips. Instead of being normal, like George Bush and not drinking, he banned alcohol at his White House dinners. Yeah, I don't drink so you can't, either.
I didn't vote for the Moral Police when I voted for Trump, just the police is fine.
Posted by: RickZ at November 29, 2025 11:06 PM (gKDq2)
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at November 29, 2025 11:06 PM (6p0Jv)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at November 29, 2025 11:06 PM (Wt3Iw)
JQ!
Please send a round to the wobbly table. I’m here solo, but hopefully I’ll get some fellow morons!
Posted by: nurse ratched at November 29, 2025 11:06 PM (mT+6a)
The bad news? I poured myself a rum and eggnog, but poured the eggnog out of the milk carton instead of the eggnog carton, and for some inexplicable reason, I got milk. So, I am drinking moosemilk.
And I am listening to Studebaker John and the Hawks. Some fine modern-day Chicago electric blues.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 29, 2025 11:07 PM (npFr7)
Posted by: RickZ
Rejoice, then. Stalin killed more commies than just about anyone.
Posted by: Kindltot
And anyone who gets "Adolf Hitler" can rest easy knowing they're the one who killed Adolf Hitler.
Posted by: mikeski at November 29, 2025 11:07 PM (XGULh)
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at November 29, 2025 11:08 PM (0nHVk)
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at November 29, 2025 11:08 PM (Z5/Ih)
Posted by: r hennigantx
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Why not?
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at November 29, 2025 11:06 PM (Wt3Iw)
Too messy.
Posted by: RickZ at November 29, 2025 11:08 PM (gKDq2)
*loads up drone*
A round for the Wobbly Table!
"Mix it, and they will come..." right? LOL!
Posted by: JQ at November 29, 2025 11:08 PM (rdVOm)
Dumb as a post.
Posted by: tcn, Pickle Queen in AK at November 29, 2025 10:56 PM (6Bc8
how did he get thru Naval Acad?
Posted by: r hennigantx at November 29, 2025 11:08 PM (gbOdA)
Posted by: COMountainMarie at November 29, 2025 11:09 PM (3pxDZ)
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Bonafide at November 29, 2025 11:09 PM (0aYVJ)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at November 29, 2025 11:06 PM (Wt3Iw)
nothing there
Posted by: r hennigantx at November 29, 2025 11:10 PM (gbOdA)
Posted by: r hennigantx at November 29, 2025 11:05 PM (gbOdA)
Because Vuvuzuela is too well-armed?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 29, 2025 11:10 PM (npFr7)
Grandkids are in snow heaven!
Weather alert says travel will be difficult. Huh. Regular geniuses, they are.
At least they decided saying travel may be "impossible" was just a bit much.
Posted by: TecumsehTea at November 29, 2025 11:10 PM (+4S8X)
Posted by: JQ at November 29, 2025 11:11 PM (rdVOm)
Posted by: r hennigantx at November 29, 2025 11:08 PM (gbOdA)
Who nominated him and how did he get selected?
People forget you just don't apply to service academies.
Posted by: RickZ at November 29, 2025 11:11 PM (gKDq2)
Please send a round to the wobbly table. I’m here solo, but hopefully I’ll get some fellow morons!
Posted by: nurse ratched at November 29, 2025 11:06 PM (mT+6a)
Can I interest you in a shot of moosemilk?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 29, 2025 11:11 PM (npFr7)
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at November 29, 2025 11:12 PM (0nHVk)
He could have collapsed the communists there and supported the resistance...but he refused and led to all these years of despotism.
Posted by: 18-1 at November 29, 2025 11:12 PM (sKqQm)
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Bonafide at November 29, 2025 11:09 PM
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Good reference.
Posted by: TRex - extreme weather desk dino at November 29, 2025 11:12 PM (IQ6Gq)
https://tinyurl.com/3ads2d6m
Posted by: JM in Illinois at November 29, 2025 11:12 PM (WG4Tn)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at November 29, 2025 11:12 PM (Wt3Iw)
Douglas County District Attorney George Brauchler told local outlet Denver 7 that Huling had an 11-page criminal history, dating back to when he was a child.
"This guy’s criminal history and the fact that he appears to have been on parole and this happened seems like we are failing the community,"
There is not 1 single (D) Judge that would put a criminal behind bars to save your life.
Posted by: r hennigantx at November 29, 2025 11:13 PM (gbOdA)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 29, 2025 11:14 PM (npFr7)
They stop after a few of them get shot right? Wait...no one shoots them? Oh you have cops they just beat them and sent them to jail for a while right? No...they get slaps on the wrist and asked nicely not to do it again? What the hell is wrong with you people in the future?
Posted by: 18-1 at November 29, 2025 11:15 PM (sKqQm)
Posted by: r hennigantx at November 29, 2025 11:05 PM (gbOdA)
1) they are a major transhipment point for cocaine to the US and a financial stream for the Cartels
2) they are a major source of infiltration of Cartel members to the US
3) they are a major source of corrupting money to our politicians
4) they are a major source of cocaine to Europe and Africa
5) they are a major profit center for the European crime, and for the Iranians
6) they are a concentration point for training agents, revolutionaries and other similar sorts
7) they control one end of the waterway into the gulf of America, which has major US ports
the ports on the Mississippi, in Texas and Florida are the only ones not overseen by Democrat state governments
9) They are supporting Cuba - and Rubio has a hardon for Cuba, the surviving Castros and Diaz-Canel
10) they are supporting the drug manufacturing in Colombia, the Narcos there, and the ELN. They also influence Petro's administration
11) Maduro is trying to get a move to invade Guiana to seize oil and gas fields US companies have leased.
12) this does not include serious violations of diplomatic norms against US Allies
Posted by: Kindltot at November 29, 2025 11:15 PM (rbvCR)
There is not 1 single (D) Judge that would put a criminal behind bars to save your life.
Gotta break a few eggs to make an omelet.
Posted by: 18-1 at November 29, 2025 11:16 PM (sKqQm)
https://tinyurl.com/3ads2d6m
Posted by: JM in Illinois at November 29, 2025 11:12 PM (WG4Tn)
I'm sure many are but I watched this one video where you see the guys building their trap. It released a noxious fart-like spray after about a minute delay from being picked up, so that it was released inside the car. You could see the porch pirates driving away, chucking the box out the window. Pretty funny.
Posted by: RickZ at November 29, 2025 11:16 PM (gKDq2)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
Well. I don’t usually Mix dairy with booze, but if that’s what it takes to get you over here, I’ll try it!
AOP, you’re a gem. When do you head south?
Posted by: nurse ratched at November 29, 2025 11:17 PM (mT+6a)
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at November 29, 2025 11:01 PM (8QVSJ)
Haven't seen our lawn for a month and a half. Lots less work that way.
Posted by: tcn, Pickle Queen in AK at November 29, 2025 11:17 PM (6Bc88)
If we deem they are important enough to the cartels destroy their ports and coastal cities.
If a resistance shows up arm them.
But...not a single soldier on VZ ground.
Posted by: 18-1 at November 29, 2025 11:17 PM (sKqQm)
14) they are about as efficient as the North Koreans, and about as gentle in their administration of government as Papa Doc Duvalier was.
Posted by: Kindltot at November 29, 2025 11:18 PM (rbvCR)
Posted by: AnchorPoint at November 29, 2025 11:18 PM (XY7MO)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at November 29, 2025 11:18 PM (pkeXY)
Posted by: 18-1 at November 29, 2025 11:15 PM (sKqQm)
You come up on my porch uninvited and you will meet the dark and pointy end of my self protection.
Posted by: tcn, Pickle Queen in AK at November 29, 2025 11:19 PM (6Bc88)
People forget you just don't apply to service academies.
Posted by: RickZ at November 29, 2025 11:11 PM (gKDq2)
let us ask the web
immy Carter was nominated to the U.S. Naval Academy by Congressman Stephen Pace. He initially applied but was not selected on his first attempt, so he studied at Georgia Southwestern College before receiving the appointment.
Posted by: r hennigantx at November 29, 2025 11:19 PM (gbOdA)
Posted by: rickb223 at November 29, 2025 11:20 PM (3k5hk)
I don't associate those with originalism at all, which seems wedded to The Author(s) and their intention.
Folks should read C.S. Lewis's Experiment in Criticism. The main idea is that instead of judging readers by their books, we should judge books by their readers. If you have read his Christian works, you will recognize the combination of old wisdom with stunning-but-obvious observations.
Also you might be interested in Foucault's "What is an Author?" I don't think he felt too bound by Wimsatt's intentional fallacy. How could he, when he wants everything to be a will to power?
Posted by: pjungwir at November 29, 2025 11:20 PM (uCw0Z)
Posted by: Captain Josepha Sabin at November 29, 2025 11:21 PM (DK5Sh)
Once the go-fast boats stop moving because the crews would rather die on dry land, there is still customer demand and probably some deliveries that have to be made up
Posted by: Kindltot at November 29, 2025 11:21 PM (rbvCR)
Posted by: r hennigantx at November 29, 2025 11:21 PM (gbOdA)
Posted by: nurse ratched at November 29, 2025 11:17 PM (mT+6a)
Hopefully before Christmas. Contingent on my medical status. Have an appointment with the cardiologist on Wednesday; he wants to start me on a new anti-arrhythmia med. So I will want to to try that for a while and see how I tolerate it, and if it helps me. FWIW, the faintness episodes have diminished a lot, and I feel pretty well, all things considered.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 29, 2025 11:22 PM (npFr7)
So those "chick lit" books about women having sex with dinosaurs or minotaurs...what do we learn from their readers?
Posted by: 18-1 at November 29, 2025 11:22 PM (sKqQm)
Posted by: RickZ
Mark Rober. He's on his fifth gen glitter bomb/fart spray invention.
Posted by: rickb223 at November 29, 2025 11:23 PM (3k5hk)
Posted by: 18-1
Actually he talks about that. :-)
Posted by: pjungwir at November 29, 2025 11:24 PM (uCw0Z)
Posted by: rickb223 at November 29, 2025 11:23 PM (3k5hk)
I have fart spray in my truck in case I see that pantifa dicks in a blow uup costume.
Posted by: r hennigantx at November 29, 2025 11:25 PM (gbOdA)
Posted by: Soothsayer at November 29, 2025 11:25 PM (cm/D3)
Posted by: r hennigantx at November 29, 2025 11:21 PM (gbOdA)
No one asked if we should, they just asked why we might.
I am of two minds, one I loved the Venezuelans I knew and Chavez and Maduro have been terrible. I also know that the second we do something directly the Euros, the Brazilians and the Colombians will lose their collective s___, and Petro will lose no time to arm the ELN and other "resistance" to sandbag the US and probably try to invade or disable Panama.
Posted by: Kindltot at November 29, 2025 11:25 PM (rbvCR)
But the authors comments on Mao are shallow at best.
Posted by: From about That Time at November 29, 2025 11:26 PM (sl73Y)
Interesting. So I looked up Pace. Old school Democrat, born in 1891.
He retired from Congress and resumed his legal work in Americus, GA in '51. Americus is 11 miles from Plains. Carter's funeral started in Americus due to his connection to a hospital there.
It's a small world.
Posted by: RickZ at November 29, 2025 11:26 PM (gKDq2)
The point of it was basically "if you noticed that a lot of modern movies seem to have a common underlying message you aren't wrong...its Gnosticism"
And the kicker for it was that they were making a pro-Gnostic video...they then made a positive argument for it and complained modern Christians were suppressing Gnosticism.
The first part they aren't wrong about, Gnostic ideas are common in the post-Christian west. But Christians don't really have the power to suppress anything anymore - look at the jizya we are paying Somalis for example...
Posted by: 18-1 at November 29, 2025 11:27 PM (sKqQm)
Posted by: 18-1 at November 29, 2025 11:28 PM (sKqQm)
True Facts: Electric Nematodes and Flying Spiders
Ze Frank, hilarious narrator
https://youtu.be/DxSrU-rqs7A
Posted by: mindful webworker - nema toads? at November 29, 2025 11:28 PM (LaTF/)
How about a .45 automatic pistol? Rig it with a restricted barrel, say about .42 caliber, so a bullet will jam in it, and blow the breechblock back forcibly. If the thieves try it themselves, somebody gets hurt, but not likely fatally. If they fence it, and it blows up on somebody else, they wind up getting a beating from the fence's enforcers.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 29, 2025 11:28 PM (npFr7)
Some SPOILERS if you don't want to know some of the ideas in the show...
But the author argues that war between sentient species is likely because while resources in the universe are vast in terms of constant growth there will always eventually be a conflict no matter how benign those civilizations want to be.
And completely turning away from SF to the real world...I think this is very accurate Chinese view of geopolitics. For China to get stronger...the US has to get weaker.
Posted by: 18-1 at November 29, 2025 11:31 PM (sKqQm)
Posted by: The Grateful at November 29, 2025 11:31 PM (IQ6Gq)
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at November 29, 2025 11:32 PM (8QVSJ)
How Patriots and White Hat Hackers Saved the 20204 Election from Getting Stolen
https://tinyurl.com/48bwc4rt
Posted by: Sam Adams at November 29, 2025 11:32 PM (X+xvk)
Which sounds well and good, but implies that God is hiding s___ from us on purpose, and his Creation requires a rentier class of theological teachers to achieve enlightenment, which as a Protestant I object to.
Posted by: Kindltot at November 29, 2025 11:33 PM (rbvCR)
Posted by: scamoydog - likes the nic error at November 29, 2025 11:33 PM (41CYW)
Posted by: pjungwir at November 29, 2025 11:20 PM (uCw0Z)
That's not true. Without reading 'verboten' books like Mein Kampf, one cannot fully appreciate History.
Just because one reads a book doesn't mean they support every idea in that book. Even Shakespeare would have a tough time surviving that critique. How can one debate ideas if you don't know what the idea is?
Posted by: RickZ at November 29, 2025 11:33 PM (gKDq2)
Posted by: JM in Illinois at November 29, 2025 11:35 PM (iHFID)
Did you know that if I have a firearm stolen from me in Oregon, I may be investigated to see if I am at fault for failure to secure the firearm correctly?
Because that is justice.
Posted by: Kindltot at November 29, 2025 11:35 PM (rbvCR)
Posted by: mikeski at November 29, 2025 11:35 PM (XGULh)
Posted by: the way I see it at November 29, 2025 11:35 PM (KDPiq)
Posted by: RickZ at November 29, 2025 11:33 PM (gKDq2)
This argument got me called "troll-adjacent"
Posted by: Kindltot at November 29, 2025 11:36 PM (rbvCR)
Posted by: Aetius451AD at November 29, 2025 11:36 PM (bss/y)
Posted by: browndog being presidential at November 29, 2025 11:37 PM (3sXRv)
Well, continuing with Gnostic theology, God isn't really God. The entity we think of as God is the Demiurge a very imperfect creator.
He's generally intentionally hiding an understand of reality from us for various levels of nefarious reasons...
Posted by: 18-1 at November 29, 2025 11:39 PM (sKqQm)
Posted by: Kindltot at November 29, 2025 11:36 PM (rbvCR)
I am getting a little hairy.
But I have to ask why would one think that?
Just because every high schooler read 'Sir Gawain and the Green Knight' doesn't mean we're all out hunting Grendl.
Posted by: RickZ at November 29, 2025 11:40 PM (gKDq2)
60 million mph it would take over 40 years to reach the closest star.
Posted by: the way I see it at November 29, 2025 11:40 PM (KDPiq)
Posted by: JM in Illinois at November 29, 2025 11:35 PM (iHFID)
I can tell you my snowblower has shear pins for each side of the auger, to prevent the gearbox from being damaged in the event of such happening. You might look for shear pins; they ought to be 6 mm or quarter-inch bolts going though the auger axle at points near the middle. If you remove them, then you can turn each half of the auger backwards, and probably extract the mangled downspout. My last trip out with mine, I hit a garden hose, and sheared one of the shear pins.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 29, 2025 11:40 PM (npFr7)
Posted by: 18-1 at November 29, 2025 11:39 PM (sKqQm)
Gnostics = Hidden Knowledge
-Heresy flash cards
Posted by: Aetius451AD at November 29, 2025 11:41 PM (bss/y)
Posted by: the way I see it at November 29, 2025 11:35 PM (KDPiq)
So unlikely to be contributing to Global Warming.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 29, 2025 11:42 PM (npFr7)
Nowadays this is an explicitly right wing idea. Lefties will tell you that you shouldn't read a book or listen to a person if you don't agree with their politics.
Posted by: 18-1 at November 29, 2025 11:42 PM (sKqQm)
Posted by: Kindltot at November 29, 2025 11:43 PM (rbvCR)
Where does the animal turkey originally come. And why is it called a turkey?
Posted by: 18-1 at November 29, 2025 11:43 PM (sKqQm)
But I'm only 83% Carter, so I got 1 of the 6 "OCD" questions wrong, and that bothers me.
QED.
Posted by: mikeski at November 29, 2025 11:43 PM (XGULh)
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The hanging of the Yankees is still celebrated in Kennesaw, and The General locomotive is carefully preserved and displayed.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at November 29, 2025 11:44 PM (XeU6L)
Posted by: 18-1
If I answer from memory I'm going to mess it up (and I have kids to put to bed), but if you email me I'll send something once I'm home from the in-laws. But even better, just read it. It's short and full of insights. I should read it again myself.
Posted by: pjungwir at November 29, 2025 11:44 PM (uCw0Z)
Posted by: 18-1 at November 29, 2025 11:42 PM (sKqQm)
That's why they can't debate as their breadth of knowledge is incredibly shallow.
They can only cheat to win.
Posted by: RickZ at November 29, 2025 11:44 PM (gKDq2)
Posted by: the way I see it at November 29, 2025 11:45 PM (KDPiq)
Posted by: 18-1 at November 29, 2025 11:43 PM (sKqQm)
Because its feathers were used for stuffing Ottomans?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 29, 2025 11:45 PM (npFr7)
Preach it! I nearly got in big trouble for just doing a little research.
Posted by: Pete Townsend at November 29, 2025 11:45 PM (oftw2)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 29, 2025 11:45 PM (npFr7)
Stupid Ottomans. Eat the bird. Preferably with gravy.
Posted by: RickZ at November 29, 2025 11:46 PM (gKDq2)
Posted by: RickZ at November 29, 2025 11:40 PM (gKDq2)
well, no, because they are different stories from different cultures chasing different concepts of heroism.
Posted by: Kindltot at November 29, 2025 11:47 PM (rbvCR)
Posted by: 18-1 at November 29, 2025 11:43 PM (sKqQm)
American Turkey named after the country Turkey who was a main trading market for African Guinea birds which resemble our Turkey.
Posted by: the way I see it at November 29, 2025 11:47 PM (KDPiq)
Posted by: lin-duh is offended at November 29, 2025 11:48 PM (VCgbV)
That's why they can't debate as their breadth of knowledge is incredibly shallow.
They can only cheat to win.
I've been noticing of late when I go to center or left leaning forums 90% or more of the posts on the stories of the day are right wing.
News articles from MA were most people are arguing "deport them all!" or CA where people are calling Newsom a crook and asking for their Senators to be arrested and on and on...
I get that Newsmax or Free Republic or here or whatever are going to be right leaning. But if most comments on FNM stories are right leaning...? Or sites like Farcebook?
How then does one explain the claimed vote totals?
Massive fraud seems a not unreasonable anwser...
Posted by: 18-1 at November 29, 2025 11:49 PM (sKqQm)
I can tell you my snowblower has shear pins for each side of the auger, to prevent the gearbox from being damaged in the event of such happening. You might look for shear pins; they ought to be 6 mm or quarter-inch bolts going though the auger axle at points near the middle. If you remove them, then you can turn each half of the auger backwards, and probably extract the mangled downspout. My last trip out with mine, I hit a garden hose, and sheared one of the shear pins.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 29, 2025 11:40 PM (npFr7)
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That's a great idea! Much less disassembly that way. Fingers crossed. The short length of downspout is wrapped around the shaft in the center, right up to the impeller. So, it is possible that the downspout is covering shear pins. It's been a while since I screwed up this badly. I'll have a look before I go to bed. Thank you!
Posted by: JM in Illinois at November 29, 2025 11:49 PM (RNxyR)
Once the go-fast boats stop moving because the crews would rather die on dry land, there is still customer demand and probably some deliveries that have to be made up
Posted by: Kindltot
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I wonder how long it will be before street addicts feel the pinch.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia's Phone at November 29, 2025 11:50 PM (n7rxJ)
Posted by: 18-1
Where? Dinosaurs.
Why? No idea.
Posted by: rickb223 at November 29, 2025 11:51 PM (3k5hk)
Posted by: Blonde Morticia's Phone at November 29, 2025 11:50 PM (n7rxJ)
Lord, imagine LA if all the junkies start hurting.
Posted by: Kindltot at November 29, 2025 11:52 PM (rbvCR)
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at November 29, 2025 11:53 PM (mOv6P)
Posted by: 18-1 at November 29, 2025 11:49 PM (sKqQm)
Joe Biden and his mystery 11 million votes more than Barack in 2008. Sure, uh-huh, right.
Early voting, mail-in ballots and no voterID will be the death of this Republic.
Posted by: RickZ at November 29, 2025 11:53 PM (gKDq2)
Posted by: rickb223 at November 29, 2025 11:54 PM (3k5hk)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at November 29, 2025 11:55 PM (XeU6L)
But...not a single soldier on VZ ground.
Posted by: 18-1
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Drones, swarms of dragonfly drones.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at November 29, 2025 11:55 PM (Wt3Iw)
Posted by: JM in Illinois at November 29, 2025 11:49 PM (RNxyR)
If you have some compound-action tin snips (like Wiss), you might just be able to cut it out of there.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 29, 2025 11:56 PM (npFr7)
Posted by: rickb223 at November 29, 2025 11:54 PM (3k5hk)
That is just about $2.00 cheaper than Oregon.
Posted by: Kindltot at November 29, 2025 11:56 PM (rbvCR)
Posted by: lin-duh
He's the "logical, introverted" answer. I'm surprised we aren't all Putin.
Posted by: mikeski at November 29, 2025 11:56 PM (XGULh)
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at November 29, 2025 11:57 PM (6p0Jv)
Posted by: Blonde Morticia's Phone at November 29, 2025 11:50 PM (n7r
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For the heck of it; I asked chatGPT. It was "humble" enough to admit it doesn't have current prices
Posted by: JM in Illinois at November 29, 2025 11:58 PM (9qZ8R)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 29, 2025 11:58 PM (npFr7)
Posted by: RickZ
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I had an AWFL say to me, 'I learned all of the history that I need to know from Howard Zinn'.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at November 29, 2025 11:58 PM (XeU6L)
What the hell happened in Stockton CA?
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey
The Big Valley
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at November 29, 2025 11:59 PM (pkeXY)
Posted by: RickZ at November 29, 2025 11:59 PM (gKDq2)
Turkeys are native to north America and in fact the Aztecs domesticated them. The Spanish ended up bringing them back to Europe and from their they were imported to places like England (which also calls them Turkeys)
"the way I see it" gets the naming story correct
Posted by: 18-1 at November 30, 2025 12:01 AM (sKqQm)
Posted by: Kindltot at November 30, 2025 12:01 AM (rbvCR)
If you have some compound-action tin snips (like Wiss), you might just be able to cut it out of there.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 29, 2025 11:56 PM (npFr7
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I will look around to see what's here. . I cut off some with regular snips, but it gets cramped for workspace..Need longer.
Posted by: JM in Illinois at November 30, 2025 12:01 AM (9qZ8R)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at November 29, 2025 11:58 PM (XeU6L)
Time for that old chestnut: 'Tell me you didn't learn any History thing without telling me you didn't learn any History'.
Posted by: RickZ at November 30, 2025 12:02 AM (gKDq2)
Posted by: RickZ at November 29, 2025 11:59 PM (gKDq2)
Prolly just as well. If they were the National Bird, they'd be protected, and we couldn't eat them. Have to eat eagles instead.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 30, 2025 12:02 AM (npFr7)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at November 30, 2025 12:03 AM (9ipOP)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 30, 2025 12:02 AM (npFr7)
I would have gone with roast beef myself. Slightly better than a scrawny eagle all the way around. And you can still have gravy.
Posted by: RickZ at November 30, 2025 12:04 AM (gKDq2)
Posted by: Kindltot at November 30, 2025 12:04 AM (rbvCR)
Lord, imagine LA if all the junkies start hurting.
Posted by: Kindltot
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Rehab centers, jails, and hospitals filling up.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia's Phone at November 30, 2025 12:05 AM (n7rxJ)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 30, 2025 12:06 AM (npFr7)
Posted by: n at November 30, 2025 12:06 AM (HhhAg)
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at November 30, 2025 12:07 AM (6p0Jv)
Posted by: Blonde Morticia's Phone at November 30, 2025 12:05 AM (n7rxJ)
Legions of the semi-___ed ups staggering through the city, howling, drooling, cramping, blowing snot, sweating and puking.
Posted by: Kindltot at November 30, 2025 12:07 AM (rbvCR)
Posted by: n at November 30, 2025 12:07 AM (HhhAg)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 30, 2025 12:07 AM (npFr7)
Posted by: n at November 30, 2025 12:06 AM (HhhAg)
The GOPe make it seem effortless!
Posted by: Kindltot at November 30, 2025 12:08 AM (rbvCR)
Posted by: n at November 30, 2025 12:08 AM (HhhAg)
Posted by: n at November 30, 2025 12:07 AM (HhhAg)
115 grains of lead cures all the cravings.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 30, 2025 12:09 AM (npFr7)
Posted by: n at November 30, 2025 12:07 AM (HhhAg)
A bud of mine was put on a maintenance dose of oral morphine for chronic, service-related pain by the VA, and then they told him that there was a shortage of oral morphine because it was being given out to the street junkies in certain large cities instead, due to the problems with Fentanyl killing so many of them, and he wound up on Vicodin.
I am not sure there is enough alternatives to meet the needs of the major US cities.
Posted by: Kindltot at November 30, 2025 12:11 AM (rbvCR)
Posted by: n at November 30, 2025 12:06 AM (HhhAg)
I spelunked in college. Glad I did it. Haven't done it since. It's one of those 'check the life experience box and move on' for me.
Posted by: RickZ at November 30, 2025 12:12 AM (gKDq2)
Posted by: no one at November 30, 2025 12:12 AM (GLn15)
I am not sure there is enough alternatives to meet the needs of the major US cities.
Posted by
oddly, its reassuring to know we have the ability to manage small things anymore
Posted by: n at November 30, 2025 12:13 AM (ndLSM)
Crawling through a crevice you got get stuck in sounds like torture.
Posted by: 18-1 at November 30, 2025 12:13 AM (sKqQm)
Posted by: n at November 30, 2025 12:14 AM (ndLSM)
Posted by: 18-1 at November 30, 2025 12:14 AM (sKqQm)
Posted by: Pete Bootyjuice at November 30, 2025 12:15 AM (sKqQm)
Posted by: 18-1
we should be glad they have not given the propensity for wasting time and avoiding discomfort so many have
Posted by: n at November 30, 2025 12:16 AM (HxRq4)
Crawling through a crevice you got get stuck in sounds like torture.
Posted by: 18-1
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This.
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at November 30, 2025 12:17 AM (6p0Jv)
I was called a Putin lover at the start of this idiotic war long before it was fashionable to be called a Putin lover because the shit the media told everyone what was going on was always a lie.
Putin is a murderous thug. It's kind of silly to pretend he is the only one in this disaster.
Posted by: JackStraw at November 30, 2025 12:18 AM (viF8m)
Crawling through a crevice you got get stuck in sounds like torture.
Posted by: 18-1 at November 30, 2025 12:13 AM (sKqQm)
Crevices weren't so bad. It was this 10-15 foot tunnel squeeze in this one cave that forced this thought into my head as I'm crawling on my back looking up at a shitton of rock: 'Please, God, don't let the earth hiccup.'
I'd be like those sub tourists going down to see the Titanic: I'd be instantly atomized. It does put things into some perspective.
Posted by: RickZ at November 30, 2025 12:23 AM (gKDq2)
Posted by: tankascribe at November 30, 2025 12:24 AM (NtoJk)
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at November 30, 2025 12:24 AM (6p0Jv)
Posted by: n at November 30, 2025 12:25 AM (ndLSM)
Posted by: n at November 30, 2025 12:25 AM (ndLSM)
Posted by: Kindltot at November 30, 2025 12:04 AM (rbvCR)
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What's American for pavo jivée?
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at November 30, 2025 12:26 AM (JkO4W)
I was in a spot at the time it happened, when I was really busy feeling sorry for myself about a situation I was in. I wish now I had known about Nutty Putty while is was going on, so I could have maybe gotten some perspective.
Posted by: qdpsteve at November 30, 2025 12:26 AM (uZFV0)
This cave near college was famous for a waterfall, I don't know, a good half-a-mile to a mile down. A trickle stream waterfall. That was the 'goal'. Saw a few interesting tiny blind critters in the water.
When you got past the cave entrance and turned off your lights, it was pitch black, blacker than any black I've ever experienced. You could put your hand five inches from your face and not see it.
Posted by: RickZ at November 30, 2025 12:31 AM (gKDq2)
Posted by: Badgergal at November 30, 2025 12:32 AM (cs22I)
Posted by: qdpsteve at November 30, 2025 12:33 AM (uZFV0)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at November 30, 2025 12:33 AM (XeU6L)
Posted by: Kindltot
Rodney Dangerfield said that it's tough to be funny when you're comin' off the drugs.
Posted by: Jones Comin' Down... at November 30, 2025 12:34 AM (oftw2)
Posted by: RickZ at November 30, 2025 12:34 AM (gKDq2)
Posted by: mot at November 30, 2025 12:34 AM (fIPNY)
"If you are at Club ONT's Proxima Centauri location and you are waiting for drink delivery from earth, please be patient. Old copies of Compute! Magazine are in the lobby for you to read while you wait."
...I now have a few questions.
Posted by: tankdemon at November 30, 2025 12:36 AM (ZeT+w)
Posted by: Badgergal at November 30, 2025 12:36 AM (cs22I)
Posted by: qdpsteve at November 30, 2025 12:33 AM (uZFV0)
Nah. This was a cave near Va Tech. Not a big touristy cave, and there were a number of those in western Virginia. Caves where cavers went. This was near school and pretty much only students went there. Saw graffiti with dates like 1911 and such, when the school was a military college. And 'taking care of the environment' was not a thing.
Posted by: RickZ at November 30, 2025 12:38 AM (gKDq2)
Posted by: Angzarr the Cromulent at November 30, 2025 12:39 AM (a1AGi)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at November 30, 2025 12:33 AM (XeU6L)
That'll do it.
I've never wanted to jump out of a perfectly good airplane. Too many horror stories for my liking.
Posted by: RickZ at November 30, 2025 12:40 AM (gKDq2)
I've been just reading along tonight... don't really have anything to add re: politics, and spelunking just ain't my thing. But the discussions are interesting!
Posted by: JQ at November 30, 2025 12:41 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: Badgergal at November 30, 2025 12:36 AM (cs22I)
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It's a fine first effort. I'll look forward to your next comment a year or two from now.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at November 30, 2025 12:41 AM (JkO4W)
Looks like he did not survive. The money he stole was never spent.
Posted by: qdpsteve at November 30, 2025 12:41 AM (uZFV0)
Posted by: 18-1
Where? Dinosaurs.
Why? No idea.
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Turkeys are descended from velociraptors. They even exhibit the same hunting behaviors.
Posted by: _.-=* The More You Know at November 30, 2025 12:42 AM (FcvI3)
Posted by: Badgergal at November 30, 2025 12:43 AM (cs22I)
Posted by: Badgergal at November 30, 2025 12:36 AM (cs22I)
The mouthier you get, improved typing comes with it.
Posted by: RickZ at November 30, 2025 12:43 AM (gKDq2)
If you have some compound-action tin snips (like Wiss), you might just be able to cut it out of there.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 29, 2025 11:56 PM (npFr7
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I will look around to see what's here. . I cut off some with regular snips, but it gets cramped for workspace..Need longer.
Posted by: JM in Illinois at November 30, 2025 12:01 AM (9qZ8R)
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Went for a look. Great news -- the augers are held by Cotter pins in the middle of the blades. Accessible. I tried pulling one out, failed. Took a closer look and it seems to be a "secure" cotter pin, a type i haven't seen. The long free end is turned back on itself so it could never slip out or be pulled out. I'll have to cut it or bend it. It's almost midnight here, so i'm going to get a fresh start tomorrow.
I was hoping that you or JQ would come to my rescue. Thanks.
Posted by: JM in Illinois at November 30, 2025 12:44 AM (L/JnU)
Posted by: Everybody knows the word at November 30, 2025 12:44 AM (N7hqt)
Posted by: Badgergal
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Hi Badgergal. I remember reading this site back in the day also. This place has made me laugh for many years now.
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at November 30, 2025 12:45 AM (6p0Jv)
Posted by: Badgergal at November 30, 2025 12:36 AM (cs22I)
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Do you have the option to use the microphone for voice to text? Makes errors but can be much faster than typing.
Posted by: JM in Illinois at November 30, 2025 12:46 AM (L/JnU)
Posted by: Badgergal at November 30, 2025 12:46 AM (cs22I)
Posted by: Mike Hammer
Some guys die in the middle of sex spelunking.
Posted by: Megan Marshack at November 30, 2025 12:47 AM (N7hqt)
Posted by: 18-1
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As an indigenous American bird, the turkey had no exact equivalent in the Old World. So someone decided that it looked enough like the turkey fowl (or guinea fowl, which was thought to hail from actual Turkey) to use the name.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at November 30, 2025 12:48 AM (0RiMX)
Glad AOP is here!
Posted by: JQ at November 30, 2025 12:49 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: Badgergal at November 30, 2025 12:46 AM (cs22I)
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Knowledge will get you far here, but knowledge and a pithy comment about boobs will seal the deal.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at November 30, 2025 12:50 AM (0RiMX)
Posted by: JM in Illinois at November 30, 2025 12:50 AM (L/JnU)
Did Benjamin Franklin really propose that the American emblematic bird should be the turkey, not the eagle?
Posted by: History at the late Nite Miklos Tiki Bar at November 30, 2025 12:50 AM (N7hqt)
Leaves JQ a generous tip and notices the flyer for the Club Christmas party.
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at November 30, 2025 12:51 AM (0nHVk)
Posted by: Money Changes Everything at November 30, 2025 12:53 AM (oftw2)
Yesterday, Zelensky's Chief of Staff, the guy who was designated to negotiate the end of this idiotic war, resigned after his home was raided over corruption issues. Billions of our tax dollars have been laundered through this idiotic war and much of it went to the people who voted to send it to Ukraine so they could stay in power.
Nobody will care in a day or two because the vaccine scandal fight will take over the media.
Posted by: JackStraw at November 30, 2025 12:54 AM (viF8m)
Glad AOP is here!
Posted by: JQ at November 30, 2025 12:49 AM (rdVO
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But if you had a snowblower, seems a good bet you'd be working on it or anything else that needs fixin'.
Good night, good people.
Posted by: JM in Illinois at November 30, 2025 12:54 AM (L/JnU)
https://tinyurl.com/3ads2d6m
Posted by: JM in Illinois[/i
There I was, quickly getting caught up on comments, when JM's link to YooToob shorts sends me down a rabbit hole of many such AI vids, and of course others.
Posted by: mindful webworker - YT shorts are my kryptonite... or maybe crackk? at November 30, 2025 12:55 AM (LaTF/)
Posted by: History at the late Nite Miklos Tiki Bar at November 30, 2025 12:50 AM (N7hqt)
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This is true. The turkey is both majestic and resolute. You don't want to tangle with a turkey.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at November 30, 2025 12:55 AM (sF9Ts)
And people do that.
Budapest sits on top of a labyrinth of underground springs, rivers. and lakes.
Posted by: FUN FACTS for the Risk Takers at November 30, 2025 12:55 AM (N7hqt)
Posted by: Kindltot
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I wonder how long it will be before street addicts feel the pinch.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia's Phone
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More porch piracy and good deals at the pawn shop.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at November 30, 2025 12:58 AM (Z5/Ih)
Posted by: Kindltot
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I wonder how long it will be before street addicts feel the pinch.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia's Phone
The delivery drivers seem much more polite these last few days
Posted by: Miklosian Observations at November 30, 2025 01:02 AM (N7hqt)
Club Christmas party... oh, I'd better get on with the decoratin' LOL
Posted by: JQ at November 30, 2025 01:02 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: qdpsteve
spel it rite
Posted by: Pretty Jim, ready for a work-out at November 30, 2025 01:03 AM (N7hqt)
Posted by: JQ at November 30, 2025 01:05 AM (rdVOm)
Club Christmas party... oh, I'd better get on with the decoratin' LOL
Posted by: JQ
Who will deal with the New Year's hangovers?
Damn
As usual
Posted by: Less Genial bartender Miklos at November 30, 2025 01:05 AM (N7hqt)
Posted by: JQ
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*sends JQ some garland and an Elf on the Shelf to monitor the Horde's shenanigans*
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at November 30, 2025 01:05 AM (6p0Jv)
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary
*moves that Monitor Elf to the Ladies' restroom*
Posted by: Miklos puts on some Chuck Berry at November 30, 2025 01:07 AM (N7hqt)
Need to send that pic of the ornaments to TRex for a hobby thread. They're all hand-made, though not by me.
Posted by: JQ at November 30, 2025 01:07 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: JQ at November 30, 2025 01:10 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: Miklos puts on some Chuck Berry
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Poor Elf will never unsee that horror. Ladies' restrooms are not so nice.
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at November 30, 2025 01:11 AM (6p0Jv)
167 why would us invade Venezuela?
Posted by: r hennigantx at November 29, 2025 11:05 PM
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Maybe the idea is to get them to think it's coming, rather than actually do it.
Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at November 30, 2025 01:13 AM (VWtfl)
Posted by: JQ
Do they have tiny "help me" inscriptions in Chinese or Uygur?
Posted by: Miklos is juat asking at November 30, 2025 01:13 AM (N7hqt)
Posted by: JQ at November 30, 2025 01:14 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at November 30, 2025 01:14 AM (6p0Jv)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 30, 2025 01:15 AM (npFr7)
Posted by: tankascribe
What a brutal language. The grammar, the cases. Lord.
Posted by: Sam Adams at November 30, 2025 01:15 AM (X+xvk)
Posted by: mindful webworker - close them tags properly at November 30, 2025 01:16 AM (LaTF/)
Posted by: JQ
Error
Urinal is singular, not plural
For guys
Posted by: Guys love the Great Outdoors at November 30, 2025 01:16 AM (N7hqt)
Posted by: Miklos is juat asking
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Maybe they did, on the tags.. but I cut those off. They were *made in chy-nah* but obviously hand-painted and
-assembled (probably by children)
Posted by: JQ at November 30, 2025 01:17 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: tankascribe
What a brutal language. The grammar, the cases. Lord.
Posted by: Sam Adams
The words for "red" and "beautiful" only work if the girl is both pretty and a ginger
Bit of a tongue twister for the non-Slavic
Posted by: Miklosov and the Horde Cries Out! for Uncle Palp at November 30, 2025 01:20 AM (N7hqt)
I was hoping that you or JQ would come to my rescue. Thanks.
Posted by: JM in Illinois at November 30, 2025 12:44 AM (L/JnU)
Cotter pins, or "R pins"? The latter are commonly seen retaining the pins that hold you trailer hitch into the receiver. Look like a fancy capital letter "R", with the squiggly side making two near-approaches to the straight side. There is a locking variant of those, too. Cotter pins, aka "split pins" are soft steel, and are meant to be secured by bending the free ends back. They are a one-time use item by design, but sometimes you can get away with reusing them. R pins are intended to be installed and removed repeatedly.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 30, 2025 01:26 AM (npFr7)
Bit of a tongue twister for the non-Slavic
Posted by: Miklosov and the Horde Cries Out! for Uncle Palp
Ha!
Would love to know just how many languages you speak, and your employment history. Kind of doubt you'd be forthcoming.
Posted by: Sam Adams at November 30, 2025 01:26 AM (X+xvk)
Posted by: Lawrence "Miklos" Welk at November 30, 2025 01:27 AM (N7hqt)
For a departing link, here's a lively little hot tootsie with a golden oldie.
https://youtu.be/HXYwP6PNYRA
G'nite, alla you hep cats and squares. 💤
Posted by: mindful webworker - close them tags properly at November 30, 2025 01:28 AM (LaTF/)
Posted by: Sam Adams at November 30, 2025 01:29 AM (X+xvk)
Posted by: JQ at November 30, 2025 01:30 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at November 30, 2025 01:30 AM (93/YK)
Posted by: Sam Adams at November 30, 2025 01:33 AM (X+xvk)
Posted by: Sam Adams at November 30, 2025 01:35 AM (X+xvk)
Posted by: JQ at November 30, 2025 01:30 AM (rdVOm)
Not sure. Myself, I want to see soft steel in that role, something that will shear easily if subjected to an overload. Cotter pin, Grade 2 bolt, etc. I'd much sooner replace the odd ones that fails from normal wear and tear than have to replace the gear box if a hardened steel "shear pin" fails to shear under an impact.
They are like fuses for torque. Outboard motor propellers also have them.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 30, 2025 01:35 AM (npFr7)
Posted by: RickZ at November 30, 2025 12:43 AM (gKDq2)
When does the improved typing take place? (Asking for a tormented copy editor.)
Posted by: tankdemon at November 30, 2025 01:36 AM (ZeT+w)
Posted by: Cracker Stakhavov Miklosov is now to SLEEP to exceed Plan of SLEEP QUOTA at November 30, 2025 01:37 AM (N7hqt)
Posted by: Sam Adams at November 30, 2025 01:37 AM (X+xvk)
It's just that... what JM described... seemed like some kind of clevis thing. Which doesn't make sense to me, for that application. Unless it's a soft metal. $pecialty part?
Hope he updates us tomorrow!
Posted by: JQ at November 30, 2025 01:39 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: Miklos thinks Uncle Palp would back me up on this at November 30, 2025 01:40 AM (N7hqt)
And people do that.
Budapest sits on top of a labyrinth of underground springs, rivers. and lakes.
Posted by: FUN FACTS for the Risk Takers at November 30, 2025 12:55 AM (N7hqt)
There are still people who go to explore the catacombs of Paris and are never seen again...
Posted by: tankdemon at November 30, 2025 01:40 AM (ZeT+w)
Miklos, I read that sign-off in my best Boris Badinov voice. Made it even funnier.
Posted by: Sam Adams at November 30, 2025 01:41 AM (X+xvk)
Posted by: Sam Adams at November 30, 2025 01:26 AM (X+xvk)
Miklos will be more than forthcoming. What do you want him to be? We'll be here all night, . . . which I guess means this is the right place.
Posted by: RickZ at November 30, 2025 01:42 AM (gKDq2)
Posted by: Sam Adams at November 30, 2025 01:42 AM (X+xvk)
https://tinyurl.com/ybsb2z7s
Whatever, I am ready to hit the sack. Night, Horde.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 30, 2025 01:44 AM (npFr7)
Posted by: JQ at November 30, 2025 01:45 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: tankdemon at November 30, 2025 01:40 AM (ZeT+w)
"Be sure to carry your Webley, Dr. Watson."
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 30, 2025 01:46 AM (npFr7)
Safe to say your language training was military-related, Tankdemon?
Posted by: Sam Adams at November 30, 2025 01:42 AM (X+xvk)
You are referring to tankascribe, who is a totally different commenter. I still have difficulty with English.
Posted by: tankdemon at November 30, 2025 01:50 AM (ZeT+w)
Posted by: RickZ
Cool. Just wanted to know how many former Foreign Office or Home Office associates we had here.
Posted by: Sam Adams at November 30, 2025 01:50 AM (X+xvk)
Posted by: Sam Adams at November 30, 2025 01:51 AM (X+xvk)
"One of the distinctive sights that can be seen when visiting rural areas in Ukraine, are the giant Uzbek heads, each carved from a single large block of montmorillonite, quarried hundreds of kilometers away."
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 30, 2025 01:51 AM (npFr7)
I did mean tankascribe.
Posted by: Sam Adams at November 30, 2025 01:53 AM (X+xvk)
Posted by: Sam Adams at November 30, 2025 01:56 AM (X+xvk)
Posted by: pjungwir at November 30, 2025 01:58 AM (uCw0Z)
My lil bro called a while ago & was ranting about how his phone must be the culprit, listening to his convos and then he'd get ads for things he'd randomly mentioned.
I then suggested that he should shop for medieval weaponry. He said "Whaaaa?" and I said "Don't worry. You won't need to. Now. LOL." He laughed.
Waiting to hear what ads were served to him after that...
Posted by: JQ at November 30, 2025 01:58 AM (rdVOm)
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LOL. Given some of the absolute BS that AI currently serves, I'd guess people are doing just that already. Heh.
Posted by: JQ at November 30, 2025 02:00 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: Sam Adams at November 30, 2025 02:01 AM (X+xvk)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 30, 2025 02:01 AM (npFr7)
Posted by: JQ at November 30, 2025 02:02 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: pjungwir at November 29, 2025 11:20 PM (uCw0Z)
That's not true. Without reading 'verboten' books like Mein Kampf, one cannot fully appreciate History.
Just because one reads a book doesn't mean they support every idea in that book. Even Shakespeare would have a tough time surviving that critique. How can one debate ideas if you don't know what the idea is?
Posted by: RickZ
Sure, but Lewis's idea is necessarily a generalization based on many readers, not just you. Of course to be curious and fair-minded means reading books we don't agree with or even expect to agree with. I think it's about what kind of reader is attracted to a book. Also keep in mind he's really talking about fiction here.
Posted by: pjungwir at November 30, 2025 02:03 AM (uCw0Z)
I did mean tankascribe.
Posted by: Sam Adams at November 30, 2025 01:53 AM (X+xvk)
Yes, Abrams armor crewman for a couple of decades, though I never did seem to get deployed anywhere while actual shooting was happening.
Posted by: tankdemon at November 30, 2025 02:04 AM (ZeT+w)
Posted by: tankdemon
Very cool! Most impressive armored vehicle ever made, I would think. At least on land.
Posted by: Sam Adams at November 30, 2025 02:16 AM (X+xvk)
Posted by: Sam Adams at November 30, 2025 02:18 AM (X+xvk)
Zoomable "You are here" map of the solar and galactic neighborhood out the largest scale of the observable universe:
https://is.gd/u6YZLJ
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at November 30, 2025 02:24 AM (w6EFb)
ESA's Gaia mission has catalogued about 2 billion stars, position and velocities now. In a 100 pc region about the solar system, there are around 300,000 stars. Here's a page on that with some videos:
https://is.gd/FYiD02
The second animation video shows the galactic orbital evolution of that 100 pc sphere over an orbit around the galactic center. Note how our little sphere gets spread out all over the place.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at November 30, 2025 02:39 AM (w6EFb)
Posted by: The Man from Athens at November 30, 2025 02:40 AM (icmmM)
Posted by: The Man from Athens at November 30, 2025 02:40 AM (icmmM)
That's the old man 'it itches there and I'm scratching it' issue.
Unlike a kidney stone, this shall not pass.
Posted by: RickZ at November 30, 2025 02:44 AM (gKDq2)
Posted by: The Man from Athens
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Assuming 'your friend' keeps himself clean... tell him to also be sure to rinse thoroughly. Soap residue can cause itchiness.
Also, now that heating season is upon (most of) us, it's possible that the air is drier than usual, which can dry the skin. Try an unscented lotion to help retain moisture? "Lubriderm" is good.
Posted by: JQ at November 30, 2025 02:51 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: The Man from Athens at November 30, 2025 02:40 AM (icmmM)
Sounds like a job for a wire brush. lol
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at November 30, 2025 02:54 AM (snZF9)
Posted by: GR8RDave at November 30, 2025 02:55 AM (SETlN)
Posted by: Berserker
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I have psoriasis. Wire brush won't cut it. Bench grinder! Gawd, the itch! Cortisone cream helps, for a while. I have other meds too, but if I skip them for too long... ugh!
Posted by: JQ at November 30, 2025 02:57 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: JQ at November 30, 2025 02:59 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: GR8RDave at November 30, 2025 03:01 AM (SETlN)
My God, in Britain, they are talking about eliminating jury trials for any crimes that carry sentences less than 5 years.
Britain. They are gone.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at November 30, 2025 03:22 AM (w6EFb)
Britain. They are gone.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at November 30, 2025 03:22 AM (w6EFb)
The Tyranny of the Judiciary. Also an end to jury nullification.
I'll bet dollars to fish and chips this has to do with shari'a blasphemy enforcement. No trials now for such a short sentence offense. One is now automatically guilty because their judges are stupid and corrupt, where a 'hate crime', or posting a meme, is more serious than murder. 'Diversity is our strength' and all that rot. Sounds like too many of our judges.
Posted by: RickZ at November 30, 2025 03:33 AM (gKDq2)
Butter your balls with Neosporin
Posted by: Hatari Somewhere on Ventura Highway at November 30, 2025 03:36 AM (WF/xn)
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at November 30, 2025 03:39 AM (mOv6P)
Butter your balls with Neosporin
Posted by: Hatari Somewhere on Ventura Highway at November 30, 2025 03:36 AM (WF/xn)
So you're the one who put up those Burma Shave signs along "Ventura Highway in the sunshine"!
Posted by: RickZ at November 30, 2025 03:39 AM (gKDq2)
https://tinyurl.com/yt3jbj73
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at November 30, 2025 03:39 AM (mOv6P)
IM(H)O, she needs to cut that down, maybe to 3 minutes. Selection, selection, selection.
Posted by: m at November 30, 2025 03:41 AM (RuTUS)
Posted by: m
Which parts would you have her cut out?
Posted by: Sam Adams at November 30, 2025 03:56 AM (X+xvk)
Posted by: m
Which parts would you have her cut out?
Posted by: Sam Adams at November 30, 2025 03:56 AM (X+xvk)
From a typescript, she could take out some of the repetition.
Posted by: m at November 30, 2025 03:59 AM (RuTUS)
Posted by: m at November 30, 2025 04:00 AM (RuTUS)
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at November 30, 2025 04:01 AM (Cjt/F)
The Deep State is looking desperate.
Posted by: Sam Adams at November 30, 2025 04:02 AM (X+xvk)
Posted by: windbag at November 30, 2025 09:18 AM (V4i+4)
Posted by: cmeat at November 30, 2025 03:24 PM (R11M+)
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