Thursday Overnight Open Thread - December 4, 2025 [Doof]

The Thursday ONT has arrived. Have you? How's your holiday shopping going? Still plenty of time to get something great for your favorite ONT COB.

By the way, today is National Sock Day. Around here that is important to The Paolo, Amy Schumer, BEN ROETHLISBERGER, and Mary Cloggenstein from Battleboro. Also very important to our ONT friend, Miklos. What other prominent socks did I miss? Also, this would be a good night to try on some new socks. What ya got??

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How Times Change

Bernie and Biden - is that really you?

Bernie Sanders: "If wages are going down, I don't know why we need millions of people to be coming into this country as guest workers who will work for lower wages than American workers."

How times change.pic.twitter.com/uH0dArjrgQ
— Defiant L’s (@DefiantLs) December 4, 2025

1989. Joe Biden delivers a televised message from the Democrat party, calling on then President Bush to do more to stop the flow of drugs into the country.

In addition to calling for more prisons and more cops, Biden said that Democrats want the creation of a strike force to… pic.twitter.com/mV8SbVsnob
— MAZE (@mazemoore) December 3, 2025

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Close Call!

Thai Woman Found Alive in Coffin Moments Before Cremation

A 65-year-old Thai woman stunned temple staff at a Buddhist temple near Bangkok after she was found alive inside a coffin just before her scheduled cremation.
The incident occurred at Wat Rat Prakhong Tham in Nonthaburi province, where a video posted to the temple’s Facebook page showed the woman lying in a white coffin in the back of a pickup truck. Temple workers were shocked when they noticed movement—her arms and head subtly shifting.
Pairat Soodthoop, the temple’s general and financial affairs manager, told the Associated Press that the woman had been brought from Phitsanulok province by her brother. He said the Thai woman had been bedridden for two years and appeared to have stopped breathing two days earlier.
The brother, assuming she had died, placed her in a coffin and drove approximately 500 kilometers to Bangkok, intending to donate her organs as per her earlier wish. However, a hospital declined to accept the body due to the lack of an official death certificate.

Emphasis mine. This must be the Thailand equivalent of a "Florida Man" story.

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Critter Corner

On Tuesday, I featured a story about a drunk raccoon. This might be his cousin.

The walk of shame like I just got saved by a human 😂 pic.twitter.com/OGSltuDFlZ
— Wholesome Side of 𝕏 (@itsme_urstruly) December 3, 2025

Oh, you were looking for something else about animals and alcohol? Got ya covered!

Wild chimps consume more alcohol than anyone expected

Date: December 1, 2025
Source: University of California - Berkeley
Summary: Chimpanzees naturally ingest surprising amounts of alcohol from ripe, fermenting fruit. Careful measurements show that their typical fruit diet can equal one to two human drinks each day. This supports the idea that alcohol exposure is not a modern human invention but an ancient primate habit. The work strengthens the “drunken monkey” hypothesis and opens new questions about how animals use ethanol cues in their environment.

This might be a repeat story from a previous ONT of mine. Not sure. I don't read my content.

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Like The Horde When There's Math On This Blog

What happens when you divide by zero on a mechanical 1950s calculator?

In the 1950s, mechanical calculators didn’t have the safety checks of modern machines.

So when someone tried to divide a number by zero, the calculator didn’t display an error. Instead, it would enter into… pic.twitter.com/4N8dwzzajh
— vixhal (@TheVixhal) November 30, 2025

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DJ Doof - Guess The Theme

Difficulty level 3 out of 5

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Tonight's ONT brought to you by Elf on a Shelf for Morons

Elf on the shelf? What happened? pic.twitter.com/InJv84yv6b
— Planet Of Memes (@PlanetOfMemes) December 1, 2025

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Comments

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1 The quick brown fox jumped over the lazy dog.

Posted by: mindful webworker - adventures on the internet at December 04, 2025 10:01 PM (XWUig)

2 Good evening good people.

Posted by: Tonypete at December 04, 2025 10:01 PM (cYBz/)

3 On the way to ONT

https://tinyurl.com/yzekmehx

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at December 04, 2025 10:01 PM (xacU7)

4 Puppies!

Posted by: lin-duh is offended at December 04, 2025 10:02 PM (VCgbV)

5 Evenin'

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at December 04, 2025 10:02 PM (sAmhv)

6 Socks! Actual socks are nice. My feet get cold.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at December 04, 2025 10:03 PM (6p0Jv)

7 Top pic: There's always one....

Posted by: OrangeEnt at December 04, 2025 10:03 PM (uQesX)

8 Also, this would be a good night to try on some new socks. What ya got??

Hmmm.

Posted by: Maked Jenny Agutter at December 04, 2025 10:04 PM (uQesX)

9 "Maked" Jenny Agutter?

Really.

Posted by: Tonypete at December 04, 2025 10:04 PM (cYBz/)

10 "Dogs Love Christmas Too"

Cute. That and the top pic are a great way to kick off the ONT.

Posted by: mindful webworker - Daisy dog barks approval at December 04, 2025 10:05 PM (XWUig)

11 Maked" Jenny Agutter?

Really.

Posted by: Tonypete

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Sock fail. Sad trombone.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at December 04, 2025 10:06 PM (6p0Jv)

12 I don't get it.

Posted by: TJM's phone at December 04, 2025 10:06 PM (GBKbO)

13 I don't do socks

Posted by: Fletch, Master of Disguise at December 04, 2025 10:06 PM (z3/Ck)

14 I'm just here so I don't get fined.

Posted by: Marshawn Lynch at December 04, 2025 10:07 PM (ITBpd)

15 Consider buying a package of socks and donating it to your local charity/shelter. Not many people donate socks, so there is almost always a shortage.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December 04, 2025 10:07 PM (ZOv7s)

16 I don't get it.
Posted by: TJM's phone at December 04, 2025 10:06 PM (GBKbO)

You have to Like and Subscribe first

Posted by: Doof at December 04, 2025 10:08 PM (QMAsf)

17
DJ Doof - Guess The Theme

???

Hair?

Posted by: Soothsayer Historic Facts at December 04, 2025 10:08 PM (jwV58)

18 "Maked" Jenny Agutter?

Really.
Posted by: Tonypete at December 04, 2025 10:04 PM (cYBz/)

How do you know I didn't make her naked?

Posted by: Maked Jenny Agutter at December 04, 2025 10:08 PM (uQesX)

19 Thanks for the lively and entertaining Thursday Night ONT, Doof!

Love the pups in stockings. Only one has a true hunting gene. Or he's ADHD...

Posted by: Legally Sufficient at December 04, 2025 10:08 PM (kB9dk)

20 Tuesday night the musical theme was self-abuse. Tonight's is decadent, too. This place is going seedy.

Posted by: Straight Arrow at December 04, 2025 10:08 PM (oftw2)

21 Or...

Posted by: Half-witted Buffoon at December 04, 2025 10:08 PM (uQesX)

22 16 I don't get it.
Posted by: TJM's phone at December 04, 2025 10:06 PM (GBKbO)

You have to Like and Subscribe first
Posted by: Doof at December 04, 2025 10:08 PM (QMAsf

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Is this a reference to something?

Posted by: TJM's phone at December 04, 2025 10:09 PM (GBKbO)

23
Tell him to get the fck off your property and *stay* off.
Posted by: Helena Handbasket

Ah, AoS.
Great advice.

Posted by: Soothsayer Historic Facts at December 04, 2025 10:09 PM (jwV58)

24 18 "Maked" Jenny Agutter?

Really.
Posted by: Tonypete at December 04, 2025 10:04 PM (cYBz/)

How do you know I didn't make her naked?
Posted by: Maked Jenny Agutter at December 04, 2025 10:08 PM (uQesX)

you're really sticking with this, huh?

Posted by: Darrell Harris at December 04, 2025 10:09 PM (0CU3H)

25 Sock fail. Sad trombone.
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at December 04, 2025 10:06 PM (6p0Jv)

Hmf. At least I don't put up all white Christmas lights. Those are of the devil.

Posted by: Multi-color Christmas Lights at December 04, 2025 10:10 PM (uQesX)

26 I'm just here so I don't get fined.
Posted by: Marshawn Lynch at December 04, 2025 10:07 PM (ITBpd)

ha!

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

27 DJ Doof - Guess The Theme

???

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1978?

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at December 04, 2025 10:10 PM (6p0Jv)

28 I have over 500 socks, about 30 penguin socks alone.

Posted by: Penguin Defense Fund 501c3 at December 04, 2025 10:10 PM (oftw2)

29 Tuesday night the musical theme was self-abuse.

Posted by: Straight Arrow at December 04, 2025 10:08 PM (oftw2)
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An evergreen topic at the HQ. No doubt fueled by the bewb obsession.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December 04, 2025 10:10 PM (ZOv7s)

30 Holy crap.

I’ve never seen TJM on the ONT.

WHHHHHOOOOOOOOHHHHHOOOOOOOO!

Posted by: nurse ratched at December 04, 2025 10:10 PM (mT+6a)

31 Hola. I saw a headline about scromiting (scream vomiting). I thought it said scrotumiting—vomiting till your balls hurt?

Posted by: QED Texan Grandpa-to-be at December 04, 2025 10:10 PM (fveCG)

32
It's not a MixMaster!

It's a VixenMaster!

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM} at December 04, 2025 10:11 PM (xG4kz)

33
Because making enemies with neighbors, whom you have to live with pretty much, is always a good idea.

When dealing with Neighbors, one must always be tactful.

Going Scorched Earth is Always the Last Option.

Posted by: Soothsayer Historic Facts at December 04, 2025 10:11 PM (jwV58)

34 >>> 30 Holy crap.

I've never seen TJM on the ONT.

WHHHHHOOOOOOOOHHHHHOOOOOOOO!
Posted by: nurse ratched at December 04, 2025 10:10 PM (mT+6a)

What next, an appearance at a MoMee???

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at December 04, 2025 10:11 PM (ULPxl)

35 Thanks for the lively and entertaining Thursday Night ONT, Doof!

Love the pups in stockings. Only one has a true hunting gene. Or he's ADHD...
Posted by: Legally Sufficient at December 04, 2025 10:08 PM (kB9dk)

Glad you're here and always so chipper! You could have put a sock on and I still would have know it was you!

Posted by: Doof at December 04, 2025 10:11 PM (QMAsf)

36 30 Holy crap.

I’ve never seen TJM on the ONT.

WHHHHHOOOOOOOOHHHHHOOOOOOOO!
Posted by: nurse ratched at December 04, 2025 10:10 PM (mT+6a)

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Door dangled a subscribe in front of me.

So, I watch Doc Martin and say hi.

Posted by: TJM's phone at December 04, 2025 10:11 PM (GBKbO)

37 Is this a reference to something?
Posted by: TJM's phone at December 04, 2025 10:09 PM (GBKbO)

Somebody said a couple days ago that your latest post was marked private.

Posted by: Not the one who said that at December 04, 2025 10:11 PM (uQesX)

38 Hmf. At least I don't put up all white Christmas lights. Those are of the devil.
Posted by: Multi-color Christmas Lights at December 04, 2025 10:10 PM (uQesX)
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I saw Ace's commentary, and it's weird, because my WW II generation grandparents on both sides liked multicolor lights. The country club side liked the big ones (C7 they call them now) but the salt of the earth ones were into the small "Italian" lights.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December 04, 2025 10:11 PM (ZOv7s)

39 Does anyone know about these "Mormon soda shops" that are suddenly all the rage?

Posted by: lin-duh is offended at December 04, 2025 10:12 PM (VCgbV)

40 Fun ONT Doof!
And great mystery click🐶😋!

Posted by: COMountainMarie at December 04, 2025 10:12 PM (3pxDZ)

41
I'm trying to remember a time when AoS offered actual good advice...

Posted by: Soothsayer Historic Facts at December 04, 2025 10:12 PM (jwV58)

42 >>> 33
Because making enemies with neighbors, whom you have to live with pretty much, is always a good idea.

When dealing with Neighbors, one must always be tactful.

Going Scorched Earth is Always the Last Option.

Posted by: Soothsayer Historic Facts at December 04, 2025 10:11 PM (jwV5

Hey now!

1) It doesn't sound like *he* is being tactful
2) They are 'rural', which presumably means greater than suburban separation between homes

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at December 04, 2025 10:13 PM (ULPxl)

43 Is this a reference to something?
Posted by: TJM's phone at December 04, 2025 10:09 PM (GBKbO)

OK, you made good on your word to stop by. Thanks! Hope you enjoy your stay here among the ONT riff-raff.

I'll guess I'll go check out your YT channel.

Posted by: Doof at December 04, 2025 10:13 PM (QMAsf)

44 29 An evergreen topic at the HQ. No doubt fueled by the bewb obsession.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December 04, 2025 10:10 PM
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Don't understand. What's the problem?

Posted by: Bewbs at December 04, 2025 10:13 PM (ITBpd)

45 Does anyone know about these "Mormon soda shops" that are suddenly all the rage?
Posted by: lin-duh is offended at December 04, 2025 10:12 PM (VCgbV)
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If you say "Brigham sent me," they'll slip you a hot coffee.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December 04, 2025 10:13 PM (ZOv7s)

46 The quick brown fox jumped over the lazy dog.
Posted by: mindful webworker

I could type that pretty fast on a regular keyboard. No way with my thumbs on a smartphone.

Posted by: QED Texan Grandpa-to-be at December 04, 2025 10:13 PM (fveCG)

47 43 Is this a reference to something?
Posted by: TJM's phone at December 04, 2025 10:09 PM (GBKbO)

OK, you made good on your word to stop by. Thanks! Hope you enjoy your stay here among the ONT riff-raff.

I'll guess I'll go check out your YT channel.
Posted by: Doof at December 04, 2025 10:13 PM (QMAsf)

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I have a YouTube channel?!

Posted by: TJM's phone at December 04, 2025 10:14 PM (GBKbO)

48 >>> 39 Does anyone know about these "Mormon soda shops" that are suddenly all the rage?
Posted by: lin-duh is offended at December 04, 2025 10:12 PM (VCgbV)

This is the first I'm hearing about it, and I suspect I don't want to search on that phrase...

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at December 04, 2025 10:14 PM (ULPxl)

49 Good evening morons e grazie Disco

Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 04, 2025 10:14 PM (9ipOP)

50 41
I'm trying to remember a time when AoS offered actual good advice...

Posted by: Soothsayer Historic Facts at December 04, 2025 10:12 PM
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Avoid wobbly shit at all costs. I think that counts.

Posted by: Zombie Weasel at December 04, 2025 10:14 PM (ITBpd)

51 I am still amazed by that SCOTUS decision today. So fast! So Brutal, and on a major issue, too!
Best sign yet that SCOTUS is pissed off at all the games these lower judges are playing.

Posted by: Tom Servo at December 04, 2025 10:14 PM (P4eqW)

52
1) It doesn't sound like *he* is being tactful
2) They are 'rural', which presumably means greater than suburban separation between homes
Posted by: Helena Handbasket

Well, we don't know if this neighbor is like Ned Flanders, or he's a jerk.

Posted by: Soothsayer is now Sheriff Andy Taylor at December 04, 2025 10:15 PM (jwV58)

53 Fun ONT Doof!
And great mystery click🐶😋!
Posted by: COMountainMarie at December 04, 2025 10:12 PM (3pxDZ)

Howdy COMM!

Posted by: Doof at December 04, 2025 10:15 PM (QMAsf)

54
Out of the hearing of my then very young gSon, I'd say that the Elf if the Shelf ought to have been named, "Chippy".

As that would have foretold his fateful encounter with a wood chipper had things gone on for too many more days.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM} at December 04, 2025 10:15 PM (xG4kz)

55 I'm trying to remember a time when AoS offered actual good advice...

Posted by: Soothsayer Historic Facts at December 04, 2025 10:12 PM (jwV5

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Hot iron never fails.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December 04, 2025 10:15 PM (ZOv7s)

56
You really gonna chase Ned Flanders off your stoop with a shot gun?

Posted by: Soothsayer is now Sheriff Andy Taylor at December 04, 2025 10:15 PM (jwV58)

57 I saw Ace's commentary, and it's weird, because my WW II generation grandparents on both sides liked multicolor lights. The country club side liked the big ones (C7 they call them now) but the salt of the earth ones were into the small "Italian" lights.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December 04, 2025 10:11 PM (ZOv7s)

We had the ceramic C9 lights when I was a kid. But those were only for outdoor. Indoor was the color wheel.

Posted by: Guy with big ceramic bulbs at December 04, 2025 10:15 PM (uQesX)

58 If you say "Brigham sent me," they'll slip you a hot coffee.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd
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lol!
Texas Tech is going to beat BYU again Saturday!

Posted by: lin-duh is offended at December 04, 2025 10:15 PM (VCgbV)

59 41
I'm trying to remember a time when AoS offered actual good advice...

Posted by: Soothsayer Historic Facts at December 04, 2025 10:12 PM (jwV58

Slap a hot iron to it is probably it the worst advice I've ever gotten.

It was just a pimple.

Posted by: AlaBAMA at December 04, 2025 10:16 PM (z3/Ck)

60 1 The quick brown fox jumped over the lazy dog.

Posted by: mindful webworker - adventures on the internet at December 04, 2025 10:01 PM
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I'm not lazy. I was resting after a long bark.

Posted by: The Dog at December 04, 2025 10:16 PM (ITBpd)

61 OK, you made good on your word to stop by. Thanks! Hope you enjoy your stay here among the ONT riff-raff.

I'll guess I'll go check out your YT channel.
Posted by: Doof at December 04, 2025 10:13 PM (QMAsf)

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I have a YouTube channel?!
Posted by: TJM's phone at December 04, 2025 10:14 PM (GBKbO)

Allegedly

Posted by: Doof at December 04, 2025 10:17 PM (QMAsf)

62 Does anyone know about these "Mormon soda shops" that are suddenly all the rage?"

Yeah. Have one, and you drive around with a dog on your car roof...

Posted by: man at December 04, 2025 10:17 PM (XuXeR)

63 Does anyone know about these "Mormon soda shops" that are suddenly all the rage?
Posted by: lin-duh is offended at December 04, 2025 10:12 PM (VCgbV)

I think it's a secret code for a place Baptists go and don't recognize each other.

Posted by: Wink, Wink at December 04, 2025 10:17 PM (uQesX)

64 Does anyone know about these "Mormon soda shops" that are suddenly all the rage?
Posted by: lin-duh is offended at December 04, 2025 10:12 PM (VCgbV)

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You can get root beer and jello shots?

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at December 04, 2025 10:17 PM (6p0Jv)

65
I'm trying to remember a time when AoS offered actual good advice...

Posted by: Soothsayer Historic Facts

"Never stick your dick in crazy."

Go skulk in your shame at the back of the room.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM} at December 04, 2025 10:17 PM (xG4kz)

66 Out of the hearing of my then very young gSon, I'd say that the Elf if the Shelf ought to have been named, "Chippy".

As that would have foretold his fateful encounter with a wood chipper had things gone on for too many more days.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM} at December 04, 2025 10:15 PM

How dare you!

Posted by: Greta on a Shelf at December 04, 2025 10:17 PM (jc0TO)

67 Evenin’, All. Happy Friday Eve.

Posted by: Bulg at December 04, 2025 10:17 PM (77rzZ)

68 Good evening morons e grazie Disco
Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 04, 2025 10:14 PM (9ipOP)

Howdy, SF!

Posted by: Doof at December 04, 2025 10:18 PM (QMAsf)

69
"Never stick your dick in crazy."

Go skulk in your shame at the back of the room.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM} at December 04, 2025 10:17 PM (xG4kz)

That too is horrible advice. How else would half of yoos ever get any?

Posted by: AlaBAMA at December 04, 2025 10:18 PM (z3/Ck)

70 “Bring ‘em Young” founded Salt Lake City, correct?

Posted by: Common Tater at December 04, 2025 10:18 PM (8pbdy)

71 I'm just here so I don't get fined.
Posted by: Marshawn Lynch

Fine!

Posted by: Tonypete at December 04, 2025 10:18 PM (cYBz/)

72 Our elf is wrapped in foil to resemble a Hersheys kiss. It's cute.

Posted by: TJM's phone at December 04, 2025 10:18 PM (GBKbO)

73 SOCKS! - JD McPherson
https://youtu.be/swukov55ZuY? si=HWUQwAdDvAJkLQ07

(Mind the space in the url)

Posted by: tRusty Hudson at December 04, 2025 10:18 PM (ZfTMG)

74 Helena,
They are actual soda shops. One chain is called Swig or something like that.

Posted by: lin-duh is offended at December 04, 2025 10:18 PM (VCgbV)

75 Three Most Excellent Musical Selections

Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 04, 2025 10:18 PM (9ipOP)

76 Boston is a great album. IMO it's in the top ten of albums of the rock / pop era.

Posted by: the way I see it at December 04, 2025 10:19 PM (KDPiq)

77
How dare you!
Posted by: Greta on a Shelf

Trust me on this one, Doom Goblin, you would not have witnessed that act as you would have greased the skids for him, so to speak.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM} at December 04, 2025 10:19 PM (xG4kz)

78 C7 lights - I still swear by those! Although I got some red and white “lighted rope” that I wrap alternately around the trunk of an oak tree in my front yard, makes it look like a candy cane.

Posted by: Tom Servo at December 04, 2025 10:20 PM (P4eqW)

79 Nobody guessed the theme yet. I'll give a hint at some point. Maybe.

Posted by: Doof at December 04, 2025 10:20 PM (QMAsf)

80
lin-duh,

It interesting you mention the soda shops. We live in a town of 2500 and one of those opened 2 years ago.

Lots of Mormons here and i think it is money laundering.

There is never anyone there. Hmmmmmmm l

Posted by: fourseasons at December 04, 2025 10:20 PM (3ek7K)

81 This is the first I'm hearing about it, and I suspect I don't want to search on that phrase...
Posted by: Helena Handbasket

Not as bad as it sounds. It's dirty because you add something, like cream, that causes the the undiluted soda pop to become cloudy.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Stranger In a Strange Land at December 04, 2025 10:20 PM (L/fGl)

82 I'm trying to remember a time when AoS offered actual good advice...

Posted by: Soothsayer Historic Facts

I've heard "Don't be a dick" in here. That's usually good advice.

Posted by: Hints From Heloise. at December 04, 2025 10:20 PM (oftw2)

83 Didn't know the soda shops were a thing outside Utah. The ones I've been in sell soda mixed with a variety of fruit juices and cremes...

IIRC, Mormons can't do hot coffee or tea. .

Posted by: man at December 04, 2025 10:20 PM (XuXeR)

84 Never stick your dick in too crazy." otherwise how would one ever get laid.

Posted by: the way I see it at December 04, 2025 10:20 PM (KDPiq)

85
I feel like that 1950s calculator is being treated cruelly.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at December 04, 2025 10:21 PM (cjpWA)

86 Evenin’, All. Happy Friday Eve.
Posted by: Bulg at December 04, 2025 10:17 PM (77rzZ)

Howdy Glub

Posted by: Doof at December 04, 2025 10:21 PM (QMAsf)

87 C7s and C9s will pull some juice, but they are beautiful. Make those wankers at MidAmerican hafta spool up another peak load natural gas plant.

Posted by: Common Tater at December 04, 2025 10:21 PM (8pbdy)

88 76 Boston is a great album. IMO it's in the top ten of albums of the rock / pop era.

Posted by: the way I see it at December 04, 2025 10:19 PM (KDPiq

Yes. Also Bad Company 10 from 6.

Posted by: AlaBAMA at December 04, 2025 10:21 PM (z3/Ck)

89 I'm trying to remember a time when AoS offered actual good advice...
Posted by: Soothsayer

A good piece of advice I learned early-on in my experience here: If you see something in comments and don't know what it means, don't ask, and for heaven's sake don't websearch on it!

Posted by: mindful webworker - and don't check Urban Dictionary at December 04, 2025 10:22 PM (XWUig)

90 Evening, Doof, and ONT Horde!

Shouldn't stripper Barbie be dancing to a Zeppelin song?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 04, 2025 10:22 PM (npFr7)

91 My four life rules in general.
#4 never pass up anything good. Which at my age means whipped cream in a mocha.
#3 Always carry a lighter. You never know when you'll encounter something or someone who needs to be set ablaze.
#2 Always carry a pocket knife with a bottle opener. For, reasons.
#1 Which I learned by watching someone else.
Never date a stripper.

Posted by: Winston AKA Pops at December 04, 2025 10:23 PM (KnrSi)

92 Check it out. YouTube's algorithm thought I'd enjoy this. And, for once, they weren't wrong.
_________________________________

Tim Walz reveals people are calling him ‘retarded’ as they drive past his house

Sky News Australia

https://tinyurl.com/45pr4v76

Posted by: Orson at December 04, 2025 10:23 PM (dIske)

93 Didn't copy you, Crusader, but you disappeared again after a refresh. I'll vouch for you. Although, most times nobody notices I'm here at all....

Posted by: OrangeEnt at December 04, 2025 10:23 PM (uQesX)

94 Don't sock a CoB is probably the only advice I ever followed.

Posted by: AlaBAMA at December 04, 2025 10:23 PM (z3/Ck)

95 Supposed to get snow tonight. I”ll believe it when I see it.

Posted by: Bulg at December 04, 2025 10:23 PM (77rzZ)

96 I feel like that 1950s calculator is being treated cruelly.
——

Yes, one gets the sense there will be payback, oh yes. Deservedly so, I might add.

Posted by: Common Tater at December 04, 2025 10:23 PM (8pbdy)

97 89 A good piece of advice I learned early-on in my experience here: If you see something in comments and don't know what it means, don't ask, and for heaven's sake don't websearch on it!
Posted by: mindful webworker - and don't check Urban Dictionary at December 04, 2025 10:22 PM (XWUig)

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That's a full barroom inside straight of a Spanish insert if I've ever heard one.

Posted by: TJM's phone at December 04, 2025 10:23 PM (GBKbO)

98 Common theme: play at maximum volume?

Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 04, 2025 10:24 PM (9ipOP)

99 89 I'm trying to remember a time when AoS offered actual good advice...
Posted by: Soothsayer

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Think twice before you click on a link.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at December 04, 2025 10:24 PM (6p0Jv)

100
A good piece of advice I learned early-on in my experience here: If you see something in comments and don't know what it means, don't ask, and for heaven's sake don't websearch on it!
Posted by: mindful webworker - and don't check Urban Dictionary

Don't click on too eagerly proffered links

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM} at December 04, 2025 10:24 PM (xG4kz)

101 It was just a pimple.
Posted by: AlaBAMA at December 04, 2025 10:16 PM (z3/Ck)

Your supposed to rub dirt on those.

Posted by: Reforger at December 04, 2025 10:24 PM (03GBw)

102 >>> 96 I feel like that 1950s calculator is being treated cruelly.
——

Yes, one gets the sense there will be payback, oh yes. Deservedly so, I might add.
Posted by: Common Tater at December 04, 2025 10:23 PM (8pbdy)

*giggles quietly*

Posted by: McDonald's Order Kiosk at December 04, 2025 10:24 PM (ULPxl)

103 That too is horrible advice. How else would half of yoos ever get any?
Posted by: AlaBAMA at December 04, 2025 10:18 PM (z3/Ck)
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I think it has to be tried at least once, but one should take precautions.

Like preheat the iron for the inevitable wounds.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December 04, 2025 10:24 PM (ZOv7s)

104 94 Don't sock a CoB is probably the only advice I ever followed.
Posted by: AlaBAMA at December 04, 2025 10:23 PM (z3/Ck)

====

Socking trolls can lead to bannings as well.

Posted by: TJM's phone at December 04, 2025 10:24 PM (GBKbO)

105 Not a car guy, at all, but many here are, so please to acesplain to me (summary) the deal with the Toyota Hilux trucks, specifically what made them "illegal" (Trump changed this today?) and what the likely market is for them.

For extra credit, explain why "CAFE" standards are not just eliminated, instead of tweaked/lowered?

Posted by: rhomboid at December 04, 2025 10:25 PM (U/Byj)

106 >>> 104 94 Don't sock a CoB is probably the only advice I ever followed.
Posted by: AlaBAMA at December 04, 2025 10:23 PM (z3/Ck)

====

Socking trolls can lead to bannings as well.
Posted by: TJM's phone at December 04, 2025 10:24 PM (GBKbO)

Hi!

Posted by: Queensryche lyrics at December 04, 2025 10:25 PM (ULPxl)

107 #2 Always carry a pocket knife with a bottle opener. For, reasons.

-
Our ancestors were ingenious.

https://is.gd/sxiyWv

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Stranger In a Strange Land at December 04, 2025 10:26 PM (L/fGl)

108 Slap a hot iron to it is probably it the worst advice I've ever gotten.

It was just a pimple.
Posted by: AlaBAMA

But it didn't come back, did it!?

Posted by: Tonypete at December 04, 2025 10:26 PM (cYBz/)

109 Don't sock a CoB is probably the only advice I ever followed.
Posted by: AlaBAMA at December 04, 2025 10:23 PM (z3/Ck)

Or a regular commenter either

Posted by: Doof at December 04, 2025 10:26 PM (QMAsf)

110 "Never stick your dick in crazy."

Never put anything in your box that you would not put in your mouth.

- Shit Dolly Madison Said

Posted by: Operator Error at December 04, 2025 10:26 PM (XTlsM)

111 #1 Which I learned by watching someone else.
Never date a stripper.
Posted by: Winston AKA Pops at December 04, 2025 10:23 PM (KnrSi)
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Dating is fine. Marrying, on the other hand...

Thousands and thousands of soldiers and Marines can speak to that.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December 04, 2025 10:26 PM (ZOv7s)

112 86 Food!

Posted by: Bulg at December 04, 2025 10:26 PM (77rzZ)

113 I saw Ace's commentary, and it's weird, because my WW II generation grandparents on both sides liked multicolor lights. The country club side liked the big ones (C7 they call them now) but the salt of the earth ones were into the small "Italian" lights.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December 04, 2025 10:11 PM (ZOv7s)

I detest the "all blue" light theme used by some dillweeds.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 04, 2025 10:26 PM (npFr7)

114
I feel like that 1950s calculator is being treated cruelly.

When it finally breaks down beyond repair from having run that divide by zero exercise too many times, someone will inquire, "Why'd it break? I dindu nuffin!"

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM} at December 04, 2025 10:27 PM (xG4kz)

115 Evening, Doof, and ONT Horde!

Shouldn't stripper Barbie be dancing to a Zeppelin song?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 04, 2025 10:22 PM (npFr7)

I saw a version on IG with a Motley Crue song.

Posted by: Doof at December 04, 2025 10:27 PM (QMAsf)

116 How are Costco and The Villages alike?

Posted by: M. Gaga at December 04, 2025 10:27 PM (KiBMU)

117 DJ Doof, thinking about the 3 songs. 1978. Were these the first hits for each band?

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at December 04, 2025 10:27 PM (6p0Jv)

118
Although, most times nobody notices I'm here at all....
Posted by: OrangeEnt

Sure we do.

You always remind me of LotR.

Posted by: Soothsayer is now Sheriff Andy Taylor at December 04, 2025 10:27 PM (jwV58)

119 It's bad of me to say this but that story about the Thai woman who wasn't actually dead reminds me of the Monty Python "bring out the dead" scene.

Posted by: nerdygirl at December 04, 2025 10:27 PM (0Htd1)

120 108 Slap a hot iron to it is probably it the worst advice I've ever gotten.

It was just a pimple.
Posted by: AlaBAMA

But it didn't come back, did it!?
Posted by: Tonypete at December 04, 2025 10:26 PM (cYBz

Nope. She left shortly after that. Haven't seen her since. I heard she joined the circus.

Posted by: AlaBAMA at December 04, 2025 10:27 PM (z3/Ck)

121
I hate blue Christmas lights.

Posted by: fourseasons at December 04, 2025 10:27 PM (3ek7K)

122 I feel like that 1950s calculator is being treated cruelly.

It's just irrational.

Posted by: toby928(c) at December 04, 2025 10:28 PM (jc0TO)

123 I've never been on HotAir but one of the cobs frequently gives advice to go there if you don't like something.

Posted by: the way I see it at December 04, 2025 10:28 PM (KDPiq)

124 Short answer: The EPA set mileage requirements that de facto banned engines within a couple years. That’s how unelected bureaucrats roll. Congress sat on their ass and did nothing. I could have left that last sentence off.

Posted by: Common Tater at December 04, 2025 10:28 PM (8pbdy)

125 I detest the "all blue" light theme used by some dillweeds.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 04, 2025 10:26 PM (npFr7)
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Chronic users.

Hoodie sweaters that smell like skunk.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December 04, 2025 10:28 PM (ZOv7s)

126 Always carry a pocket knife with a bottle opener. For, reasons.

-
Our ancestors were ingenious.

https://is.gd/sxiyWv
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Stranger In a Strange Land at December 04, 2025 10:26 PM (L/fGl)

Whatchoo gon' do carryin that around when yous got a good pair o' teef?

(spits tabacky)

Posted by: Four-tooth Fred at December 04, 2025 10:28 PM (uQesX)

127 I'm trying to remember a time when AoS offered actual good advice...
Posted by: Soothsayer

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Think twice before you click on a link.
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at December 04, 2025 10:24 PM (6p0Jv)

***

Blood is gushing. Your hand is hanging by a thread. Eyes are blackened. And you have at least three broken bones plus a skin rash.
Do NOT ask for medical advice.

Posted by: Diogenes at December 04, 2025 10:29 PM (2WIwB)

128 Trump is un-banning the Hilux?

Posted by: davidt at December 04, 2025 10:29 PM (Q+gd/)

129 How are Costco and The Villages alike?
Posted by: M. Gaga
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How??

Posted by: lin-duh is offended at December 04, 2025 10:29 PM (VCgbV)

130 All blue, or blue and white, lights were used by Jewish households in my 'hood when they wanted to join the goyim with the holiday lighting thing. Think it still is a thing.

Posted by: rhomboid at December 04, 2025 10:29 PM (U/Byj)

131 Can Trump bring back regular light bulbs and 3 gallon toilets?

Posted by: AlaBAMA at December 04, 2025 10:29 PM (z3/Ck)

132
acesplain to me (summary) the deal with the Toyota Hilux trucks, specifically what made them "illegal" (Trump changed this today?)
Posted by: rhomboid

I'm as befuddled as you.

Posted by: Soothsayer is now Sheriff Andy Taylor at December 04, 2025 10:29 PM (jwV58)

133 112 Doof, is there anything you can do?

Uh oh. Here come the pickleball tips.

Posted by: Bulg at December 04, 2025 10:30 PM (77rzZ)

134 A good piece of advice I learned early-on in my experience here: If you see something in comments and don't know what it means, don't ask, and for heaven's sake don't websearch on it!
Posted by: mindful webworker - and don't check Urban Dictionary

But if you must -
- at work with 'safe search' off for best results.

Posted by: Operator Error at December 04, 2025 10:30 PM (XTlsM)

135 Consider buying a package of socks and donating it to your local charity/shelter. Not many people donate socks, so there is almost always a shortage.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December 04, 2025 10:07 PM (ZOv7s)

Princess Auto in their "Surplus" department had Merino wool socks on sale for eight bucks for two pair. I bought some, and they are very comfy. Have to go back to Red Deer on Monday, if they are not sold out, I'll snag a few more.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 04, 2025 10:30 PM (npFr7)

136 For extra credit, explain why "CAFE" standards are not just eliminated, instead of tweaked/lowered?
Posted by: rhomboid at December 04, 2025 10:25 PM (U/Byj)
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The same reason Trump couldn't just outright shut stuff down - it is in statute.

However, the regulatory agencies have authority to set various requirements, so Trump is using that authority to de facto eliminate it.

But Congress would have to repeal it for it to really go away.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December 04, 2025 10:30 PM (ZOv7s)

137
I've never been on HotAir but one of the cobs frequently gives advice to go there if you don't like something.
Posted by: the way I see it

Often heard on the Art thread when some parvenu sniffs at that day's offering.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM} at December 04, 2025 10:31 PM (xG4kz)

138 You always remind me of LotR.
Posted by: Soothsayer is now Sheriff Andy Taylor at December 04, 2025 10:27 PM (jwV5

I'm a bit thinner than LotR.

(sucks in gut)

Posted by: OrangeEnt at December 04, 2025 10:31 PM (uQesX)

139 59 41
I'm trying to remember a time when AoS offered actual good advice...

Posted by: Soothsayer Historic Facts at December 04, 2025 10:12 PM (jwV58

Slap a hot iron to it is probably it the worst advice I've ever gotten.

It was just a pimple.
Posted by: AlaBAMA at December 04, 2025 10:16 PM (z3/Ck)

I thought I could get for $20, same as in town.

Y'all lied.

Posted by: Darrell Harris at December 04, 2025 10:31 PM (0CU3H)

140 119 It's bad of me to say this but that story about the Thai woman who wasn't actually dead reminds me of the Monty Python "bring out the dead" scene.
Posted by: nerdygirl at December 04, 2025 10:27 PM (0Htd1)
__________________________

I just saw my favorite Monty Python skit the other day. It just popped up. "How Not To Be Seen".

Posted by: Orson at December 04, 2025 10:32 PM (dIske)

141 I thought I could get for $20, same as in town.

Y'all lied.
Posted by: Darrell Harris at December 04, 2025 10:31 PM

Wrong town. Try Port-au-Prince.

Posted by: toby928(c) at December 04, 2025 10:32 PM (jc0TO)

142
How are Costco and The Villages alike?
Posted by: M. Gaga

Both are reliable sources for acquiring Q-tips

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM} at December 04, 2025 10:32 PM (xG4kz)

143 DJ Doof, thinking about the 3 songs. 1978. Were these the first hits for each band?
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at December 04, 2025 10:27 PM (6p0Jv)

You're getting warm. The word "first" is important.

Posted by: Doof at December 04, 2025 10:33 PM (QMAsf)

144 Are the machinegun mounts an option on the Hilux or standard equipment?

Posted by: Reforger at December 04, 2025 10:33 PM (03GBw)

145 All blue, or blue and white, lights were used by Jewish households in my 'hood when they wanted to join the goyim with the holiday lighting thing. Think it still is a thing.
Posted by: rhomboid at December 04, 2025 10:29 PM (U/Byj)
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There is one guy who puts a giant menorah in his yard. That's the only display I've seen around here, and there's a pretty big Jewish presence. I live around the corner from the synagogue. My Jewish neighbors don't put out any lights, but they're pretty secular. Their kids are more observant.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December 04, 2025 10:33 PM (ZOv7s)

146 A good piece of advice I learned early-on in my experience here: If you see something in comments and don't know what it means, don't ask, and for heaven's sake don't websearch on it!
Posted by: mindful webworker - and don't check Urban Dictionary at December 04, 2025 10:22 PM (XWUig)
====

Never ever click the mystery link either.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 04, 2025 10:34 PM (9ipOP)

147 “How are Costco and The Villages alike?
You can get 48 tubes of lube and a 30-pound bucket of mayonnaise in both places.”

Posted by: Tonypete at December 04, 2025 10:34 PM (cYBz/)

148 All blue, or blue and white, lights were used by Jewish households in my 'hood when they wanted to join the goyim with the holiday lighting thing. Think it still is a thing.
Posted by: rhomboid at December 04, 2025 10:29 PM (U/Byj

That makes sense.

Posted by: the way I see it at December 04, 2025 10:34 PM (KDPiq)

149 First video of the band on MTV?

Posted by: AlaBAMA at December 04, 2025 10:34 PM (z3/Ck)

150 Thousands and thousands of soldiers and Marines can speak to that.
——

I think you have to buy a Camaro at 16% interest when dating a stripper iirc.

I had a roommate who was a bouncer at a strip club. He wasn’t Tom Cruise by any stretch but he could pull some tail. Proximity is its own reward. Problem was he couldn’t stay awake at work, and the Army expects people to work.

He’d go down to the motor pool and get a creeper and then get under a truck. Tangle his arms up under the engine like he was working on something. Someone walking by, it looked like he was doing repairs or maintenance.

Posted by: Common Tater at December 04, 2025 10:34 PM (8pbdy)

151 If they've done away with the strangling car regulations, can we have an International Harvester Scout again? I miss our old reliable '76 Traveler.

The Travelall with the failed brakes not so much.

Posted by: mindful webworker - each vehicle unique at December 04, 2025 10:34 PM (XWUig)

152 Jack Russell puppies!

Posted by: Piper at December 04, 2025 10:35 PM (pZEOD)

153 But Congress would have to repeal it for it to really go away.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December 04, 2025 10:30 PM (ZOv7s)

And they'll never do it, either. They'll block the tariff money Trump wants to give us and make it a tax rate reduction or something because money is for them, not the taxpayers.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at December 04, 2025 10:35 PM (uQesX)

154 AH Lloyd I sort of assumed that re CAFE, but am further assuming that (as with the fee for Class III firearms permits) the regulators could reduce the standard to, effectively, zero. Of course manufacturers could be wary, in the event of calamity in 2028 (i.e. return to totalitarian racist retard rule). But imports could flow in.

I have only seen references and brief snippets on it, but seems that Trump did something that would, inter alia, make importation of Hiluxes possible. Hope so, though I'm not a likely buyer. Just curious why that vehicle was effectively banned. For years I have seen, online, people (justifiably, I'd guess) whining about that situation.

Posted by: rhomboid at December 04, 2025 10:35 PM (U/Byj)

155 What happens when you divide by zero on a mechanical 1950s calculator?

I usually post stuff like this on the hobby thread, but - we had a TRS-80 when I was a kid. When I was ten I recalled there was a square-root program in the Basic book when Extended Basic had the SQR() function, which wouldn't allow SQR(-1).
I vaguely knew that SQR(-1) wasn't a thing. (I didn't know about the Imaginary plane of i.)
So I tried running the Basic square-root program. (I didn't know about calculus or Newton then, either. Or the concept of convergence.)
It just kept running and running without any conclusion.
This is why they don't let ten year olds code, I guess.

Posted by: gKWVE at December 04, 2025 10:35 PM (gKWVE)

156 146 Never ever click the mystery link either.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 04, 2025 10:34 PM
***
Sad trombone for all the mystery clicks I added to my posts to further enrich the content for the benefit of the Horde...

Posted by: Disappointed Dino at December 04, 2025 10:35 PM (ITBpd)

157 15 Consider buying a package of socks and donating it to your local charity/shelter. Not many people donate socks, so there is almost always a shortage.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd

At my church they suggested socks, knit hats, and mittens.

Posted by: nerdygirl at December 04, 2025 10:35 PM (0Htd1)

158
I've been reading Ace for twelve years. I learned early never click on any links.

Posted by: fourseasons at December 04, 2025 10:36 PM (3ek7K)

159 First as in first hit from first album?

Posted by: Jac at December 04, 2025 10:36 PM (8AONa)

160 You're getting warm. The word "first" is important.
Posted by: Doof at December 04, 2025 10:33 PM (QMAsf)

#1 on the billboard chart ?

Posted by: the way I see it at December 04, 2025 10:36 PM (KDPiq)

161 When I turned "29", Mom gave me the Elf on a Shelf that spied on me when I was little. I didn't much care to be snooped-- big bro took care of *that* better than anyone or anything else.

That elf-thing always creeped me out. I thanked Mom and put it away. Didn't see it again until long after she passed and just threw the creepy thing away. Suppose I should've saved it? Stepson is grown & probably not going to have children, so there's no one to hand it down to.

Posted by: JQ at December 04, 2025 10:36 PM (rdVOm)

162 Never mention She-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 04, 2025 10:36 PM (9ipOP)

163 Can Trump bring back regular light bulbs and 3 gallon toilets?
Posted by: AlaBAMA at December 04, 2025 10:29 PM (z3/Ck)
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Anyone remember when Instapundit fully bought into the energy crisis and encouraged his minions to buy the twisty bulbs, kept a tally of how much energy was being saved...and then everyone said "Damn, these bulbs SUCK"?

Good times.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December 04, 2025 10:37 PM (ZOv7s)

164 132
acesplain to me (summary) the deal with the Toyota Hilux trucks, specifically what made them "illegal" (Trump changed this today?)
Posted by: rhomboid

I'm as befuddled as you.
Posted by: Soothsayer is now Sheriff Andy Taylor at December 04, 2025 10:29 PM (jwV5

I understand it, but I don’t know if I can explain it well. It has to with CAFE standards and the way large trucks are legislatively treated differently than cars and small trucks. The formulas are complicated, but short story it was far more profitable to build large expensive trucks than small, and it helped satisfy fleet CAFE standards as well. (Only because of bad legislation). Foreign companies stopped importing them because there’s been a 25% “chicken tarriff” on all small trucks. (And that was long before Trump)

So he has now wiped all that away. Small trucks can be imported and sold again. Personally, I had a couple in the 80’s and 90’s and lovec them.

Posted by: Tom Servo at December 04, 2025 10:37 PM (P4eqW)

165 Begone, incompetent former Ford CEO sock

Posted by: 2009Refugee at December 04, 2025 10:37 PM (8AONa)

166 If they've done away with the strangling car regulations, can we have an International Harvester Scout again? I miss our old reliable '76 Traveler.

Posted by: mindful webworker - each vehicle unique at December 04, 2025 10:34 PM (XWUig)

Some Kraut kompanie bought the rights and are only going to make it a toy battery operated SUV. Jerks.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at December 04, 2025 10:38 PM (uQesX)

167 First as in first hit from first album?
Posted by: Jac at December 04, 2025 10:36 PM (8AONa)

Really close!

They are all the first song (Side 1, Track 1) from their debut album.

Posted by: Doof at December 04, 2025 10:38 PM (QMAsf)

168 162 Never mention She-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 04, 2025 10:36 PM (9ipOP)

=====

Why can't we talk about Catherine of Aragon again?

Posted by: TJM's phone at December 04, 2025 10:38 PM (GBKbO)

169 Seem to all be the first singles from debut albums.

Posted by: AlaBAMA at December 04, 2025 10:38 PM (z3/Ck)

170 It was just a pimple.
Posted by: AlaBAMA at December 04, 2025 10:16 PM (z3/Ck)

Should have used the wood burning kit tool, true.

Posted by: Kindltot at December 04, 2025 10:38 PM (rbvCR)

171 Repost again--could somebody please quote and reply to this post please? I'm trying to give CBD or Doof the info they need to resolve my posting from home problems!

40 Fun ONT Doof!
-----
Yes it is Doof! But my posts are still *disappearing* when I post from home. The ONLY record that this post took place at all will be IF one or more of you reading it will QUOTE it and then post a response for me.

Doof, CBD promised to look into this for me when I pointed it out to him this morning. He had previously (seemingly) fixed it in last night's ONT, where I posted 4 or 5 times in the first 20. And then it all ended and all of my posts vanished (like this one will) shortly after I posted them.

Doof, is there anything you can do?

Also, would some of you please quote this post, so there is a record of it? If you click refresh before doing so, it will disappear. I'd love to participate in ONTs, but I can't if my home posting privileges aren't restored!
Posted by: Crusader at December 04, 2025 10:38 PM

Posted by: toby928(c) at December 04, 2025 10:38 PM (jc0TO)

172 Reforger, exactly. Many many images for last decade+ of Hiluxes with mounted MGs.

Would think that Toyota would at least offer the reinforced pintle mount as an option? Best to make sure it's good with M2s, M249s, and ZSUs and RPKs.

Posted by: rhomboid at December 04, 2025 10:38 PM (U/Byj)

173 Doof beat me to it.

Posted by: AlaBAMA at December 04, 2025 10:39 PM (z3/Ck)

174 Can Trump bring back regular light bulbs and 3 gallon toilets?
Posted by: AlaBAMA

Yes, but sadly he will not.

He pays others to change bulbs and flush.
On some things he really has barely a clue.

Posted by: Operator Error at December 04, 2025 10:39 PM (XTlsM)

175 I think cars and trucks need to be 25 years or older, otherwise they need to conform to US DOT standards. I looked into it once and it was a huge bunch of bs.

Safety glass is different. “Objects in mirrors” are different. Bumpers are different. Speedometers are different. And then “emissions”. In short, fuggedabout it.

Posted by: Common Tater at December 04, 2025 10:39 PM (8pbdy)

176 41
I'm trying to remember a time when AoS offered actual good advice...

Posted by: Soothsayer Historic Facts at December 04, 2025 10:12 PM
***

Remember when I lost my diamond down the sink? And after SanFranPsycho smacked me upside the head for telling J without asking this crew first, everyone rallied and took me step by step through the plumbing to get it back.

Posted by: Piper at December 04, 2025 10:39 PM (pZEOD)

177 Crusader is caught in the Tholian web.

Posted by: toby928(c) at December 04, 2025 10:39 PM (jc0TO)

178 "Look! He's moving!"

Posted by: Disembodied Punchlines at December 04, 2025 10:39 PM (JkO4W)

179 Sad trombone for all the mystery clicks I added to my posts to further enrich the content for the benefit of the Horde...
Posted by: Disappointed Dino at December 04, 2025 10:35 PM (ITBpd)
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Always. I meant always at all times click the mystery click. More than once even.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 04, 2025 10:40 PM (9ipOP)

180 People aren't going to feel the effect of LED fixtures for another 10 years when everyone will have one or two entire fixtures they will have to change out.

Posted by: the way I see it at December 04, 2025 10:40 PM (KDPiq)

181 143 Sponge was in all those videos?

Posted by: Bulg at December 04, 2025 10:40 PM (77rzZ)

182 113 I saw Ace's commentary, and it's weird, because my WW II generation grandparents on both sides liked multicolor lights. The country club side liked the big ones (C7 they call them now) but the salt of the earth ones were into the small "Italian" lights.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December 04, 2025 10:11 PM (ZOv7s)

I detest the "all blue" light theme used by some dillweeds.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 04, 2025 10:26 PM (npFr7)

Calm down, Phylis.

Posted by: blue light special at December 04, 2025 10:41 PM (Z5pOP)

183 I noticed the blower for the wood stove was not working well, so I dismounted it, and used an old toothbrush to get the cat hair and felted dust bunnies out of the squirrel cage vanes. I then plugged it in to test it and it blew all the stuff I dislodged into my face.

Yay me! I still got it! I wish I didn't!

Posted by: Kindltot at December 04, 2025 10:41 PM (rbvCR)

184 166 Repost again--could somebody please quote and reply to this post please? I'm trying to give CBD or Doof the info they need to resolve my posting from home problems!

Posted by: Crusader at December 04, 2025 10:38 PM (Cjcf6)

This enough?

Posted by: OrangeEnt at December 04, 2025 10:42 PM (uQesX)

185 Fox In Socks!

Posted by: Dr. Seuss at December 04, 2025 10:42 PM (wVcYX)

186 Posted by: Crusader at December 04, 2025 10:38 PM (Cjcf6)

Try using Tor in Brave Private Window.

Posted by: toby928(c) at December 04, 2025 10:42 PM (jc0TO)

187 Before the OPEC oil embargo, everybody and their brother put up outdoor Christmas lights. They went dark during the embargo and have only partially come back. My father and a lot of south Jersey would string ropes of laurel first, then string the C7s. It was fun pre-embargo to pile the family into the station wagon in the evening to drive around to see all the lights.

Posted by: Captain Josepha Sabin at December 04, 2025 10:42 PM (DK5Sh)

188 123 I've never been on HotAir but one of the cobs frequently gives advice to go there if you don't like something.
Posted by: the way I see it at December 04, 2025 10:28 PM (KDPiq)

David Strom, their lead editor ever since Allahpundit (fucking Nick Cottagio) got shitcanned, is a very good writer and would fit in very well here.

Posted by: Tom Servo at December 04, 2025 10:42 PM (P4eqW)

189 Sad trombone for all the mystery clicks I added to my posts to further enrich the content for the benefit of the Horde...

Posted by: Disappointed Dino

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I tend to trust the Cob's mystery clicks. Less so random stuff in posts. I could be naive.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at December 04, 2025 10:43 PM (6p0Jv)

190 I think you have to buy a Camaro at 16% interest when dating a stripper iirc.

Posted by: Common Tater at December 04, 2025 10:34 PM (8pbdy)
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Nowadays it would be some mammoth truck.

There are some jokes that are just totally on-point, and this is one of them. If the dude didn't marry a stripper, it was a chick who rocked his world that one time and his brain effective locked up until he was overseas and he came home to find his shit in a storage locker.

I had a chief who used to joke about going on a TDY and having that happen and laughed until I realized he was talking about himself.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December 04, 2025 10:43 PM (ZOv7s)

191 184 166 Repost again--could somebody please quote and reply to this post please? I'm trying to give CBD or Doof the info they need to resolve my posting from home problems!

Posted by: Crusader at December 04, 2025 10:38 PM (Cjcf6)

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I'm doing my part, but only because it's the Christmas season.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at December 04, 2025 10:43 PM (JkO4W)

192 Tor Test

Posted by: toby928(c) at December 04, 2025 10:43 PM (u2/9I)

193 "The quick brown fox jumped over the lazy dog."

Pack my box with five dozen liquor jugs.

Posted by: Nemo at December 04, 2025 10:43 PM (4RPgu)

194
Remember when I lost my diamond down the sink? And after SanFranPsycho smacked me upside the head for telling J without asking this crew first, everyone rallied and took me step by step through the plumbing to get it back.
Posted by: Piper

I'm pretty sure that was an episode of Three's Company and you're imagining it happened to you.

Posted by: Soothsayer is now Sheriff Andy Taylor at December 04, 2025 10:43 PM (jwV58)

195 Crusader is caught in the Tholian web.
Posted by: toby928(c) at December 04, 2025 10:39 PM (jc0TO)

I think he may be by-catch in whatever net was erected to block QDPSteve.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 04, 2025 10:44 PM (npFr7)

196 Yeah, I like the Brave browser.

Posted by: toby928(c) at December 04, 2025 10:44 PM (u2/9I)

197 Remember when I lost my diamond down the sink? ... everyone rallied and took me step by step through the plumbing to get it back.
Posted by: Piper

You handed over a charcoal brick to Cameron Frye?

Posted by: let my cameron gooo at December 04, 2025 10:44 PM (gKWVE)

198 They are all the first song (Side 1, Track 1) from their debut album.
Posted by: Doof at December 04, 2025 10:38 PM (QMAsf)

IMO, one of the best opening (Side 1, Track 1) songs on a debut album is Montrose's 'Rock The Nation'. Kind of lets you know you're not in for a night at the opera.

Posted by: RickZ at December 04, 2025 10:44 PM (gKDq2)

199 Crusader is caught in the Tholian web.
Posted by: toby928(c)

Almost as bad as having to enter your Touch ID to change or add to your Touch ID on your iphone.

Not near as stupid as having to send an email to the Trouble email address at JPMorganChase to report that your email isn't working. AND, it was cause for termination to have another employee send that email for you. No kidding. (They eventually changed that)

Posted by: Tonypete at December 04, 2025 10:44 PM (cYBz/)

200 Calm down, Phylis.
Posted by: blue light special at December 04, 2025 10:41 PM (Z5pOP)
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Shop smart! Shop S-Mart!

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December 04, 2025 10:44 PM (ZOv7s)

201 >>> 163 Can Trump bring back regular light bulbs and 3 gallon toilets?
Posted by: AlaBAMA at December 04, 2025 10:29 PM (z3/Ck)
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Anyone remember when Instapundit fully bought into the energy crisis and encouraged his minions to buy the twisty bulbs, kept a tally of how much energy was being saved...and then everyone said "Damn, these bulbs SUCK"?

Good times.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December 04, 2025 10:37 PM (ZOv7s)

Light bulbs are some ridiculously puny percent of total household use. HVAC is the top by far.

Posted by: Queensryche lyrics at December 04, 2025 10:44 PM (ULPxl)

202 Back in The Real World

Posted by: toby928(c) at December 04, 2025 10:44 PM (jc0TO)

203 D'oh!

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at December 04, 2025 10:45 PM (ULPxl)

204 I suspect that there is a non-zero group of people who will persistently feel that they can't enjoy Christmas, what with Melania decorating the White House.

Posted by: Axeman at December 04, 2025 10:45 PM (krQz2)

205 I think he may be by-catch in whatever net was erected to block QDPSteve.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 04, 2025 10:44 PM (npFr7)

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Did Steve get banhammered again? Poor guy.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at December 04, 2025 10:45 PM (JkO4W)

206 Crusader - I copied your comment that was at 166 for a little while. I'll talk to CBD to see what we can do.

Please try to comment again so I can try to capture something else (behind the curtain)

Posted by: Doof at December 04, 2025 10:45 PM (QMAsf)

207
Crusader is the latest AoS Semi-Translucent Captain Kirk, I see.

Some of us kinda see him, momentarily, floating there, silently gesturing for help.

Posted by: Soothsayer is now Sheriff Andy Taylor at December 04, 2025 10:45 PM (jwV58)

208 180 People aren't going to feel the effect of LED fixtures for another 10 years when everyone will have one or two entire fixtures they will have to change out.
Posted by: the way I see it at December 04, 2025 10:40 PM (KDPiq)

We already have that…but it’s fine because it’s a cheap, builder grade ceiling fan that was supposed to go away 4 years ago. I over spent my light budget (shock, I know) so I had to get something with a light in it in the upstairs bedrooms to pass inspection. Cheapest I could find. Had I known they would still be there….

Posted by: Piper at December 04, 2025 10:46 PM (p4NUW)

209 Crusader is caught in the Tholian web.

Posted by: toby928(c)
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50 quadrillion quatloos on the completion!

Posted by: Axeman at December 04, 2025 10:46 PM (krQz2)

210 When dealing with Neighbors, one must always be tactful.
Going Scorched Earth is Always the Last Option.
Posted by: Soothsayer Historic Facts

Absolutely. At my old house the people next door were, um, prescription drug junkies on disability. The lady of the house was a nasty person. I just ignored her. I smiled and waved in passing, but avoided getting into any kind of conversation with her. The woman a few houses down was a lesbian, apparently batshit crazy. A few years after I moved they were all in the news because they had gotten into one of those ongoing feuds, and the lesbian stabbed the junkies to death. She stabbed them something like fifty times.

Posted by: nerdygirl at December 04, 2025 10:46 PM (0Htd1)

211 Crusader is the latest AoS Semi-Translucent Captain Kirk, I see.

Some of us kinda see him, momentarily, floating there, silently gesturing for help.

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He needs help passing into the next world.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at December 04, 2025 10:47 PM (JkO4W)

212 Crusader is the latest AoS Semi-Translucent Captain Kirk, I see.

Some of us kinda see him, momentarily, floating there, silently gesturing for help.

Posted by: Soothsayer is now Sheriff Andy Taylor at December 04, 2025 10:45 PM (jwV5

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He should drink some Tranya to soothe his nerves.

Posted by: Axeman at December 04, 2025 10:47 PM (krQz2)

213 204 I suspect that there is a non-zero group of people who will persistently feel that they can't enjoy Christmas, what with Melania decorating the White House.
Posted by: Axeman at December 04, 2025 10:45 PM (krQz2)

There’s a non zero group of people who can kiss my bare ass while I shout HO HO HO!

Posted by: Tom Servo at December 04, 2025 10:47 PM (P4eqW)

214 RE: the "Mormon" Soda shops. They aren't "Mormon" per se, but they are in Utah, primarily. Swig is one chain, but almost all the small towns have one nowadays.

They serve a wide range of soda, with almost any sort of syrup mix in you might like. I for one am partial to a zero sugar mountain dew with dual red raspberry and blue raspberry flavors. Cuts way down on the sugar soda.

Most of them will do coffee or green tea if you want, as well.

Pro tip: do NOT buy a 44 oz full sugar mountain dew for a ten year old boy....

Posted by: SimoHayek at December 04, 2025 10:47 PM (sBoa2)

215 He needs help passing into the next world.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at December 04, 2025 10:47 PM

Should he go toward or away from the light? I can't remember.

Posted by: toby928(c) at December 04, 2025 10:47 PM (jc0TO)

216 "I'm trying to remember a time when AoS offered actual good advice..."

The Nigerian Prince is not your friend.

Posted by: Nemo at December 04, 2025 10:48 PM (4RPgu)

217 Okay, that's it for me. Good night!

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December 04, 2025 10:48 PM (ZOv7s)

218 Did Steve get banhammered again? Poor guy.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at December 04, 2025 10:45 PM (JkO4W)

What did he do this time?

As Roseanne Roseannadanna says, 'It's always something'.

Posted by: RickZ at December 04, 2025 10:48 PM (gKDq2)

219 They are all the first song (Side 1, Track 1) from their debut album.
Posted by: Doof

That's so sexy!

Not.

😏

Posted by: mindful webworker - each vehicle unique at December 04, 2025 10:48 PM (XWUig)

220 Please try to comment again so I can try to capture something else (behind the curtain)
Posted by: Doof at December 04, 2025 10:45 PM (QMAsf)

????

Doof is The Great Ozma???

Posted by: OrangeEnt at December 04, 2025 10:48 PM (uQesX)

221 do not go into the light, Crusader

Posted by: gKWVE at December 04, 2025 10:48 PM (gKWVE)

222 Traditionally, the menorah light should be visible from outside the house.

But I'm in the more lights, the better camp. Compared to back East hardly anyone puts up lights here.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 04, 2025 10:48 PM (9ipOP)

223 Did Steve get banhammered again? Poor guy.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at December 04, 2025 10:45 PM (JkO4W)

He works diligently to earn that status.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 04, 2025 10:48 PM (npFr7)

224 She stabbed them something like fifty times.
Posted by: nerdygirl

Prosecuting attorney: "Why did you stab her 50 times?"

Batshit crazy lesbian: "My arm got tired."

Prosecuting attorney: "No further questions Your Honor."

Posted by: Tonypete at December 04, 2025 10:49 PM (cYBz/)

225 I have an 87 Toyota truck. Dually, it's a 20'Mini-motor home. 59K miles. I'm just getting finished painting it, inside, outside, and on the bottom. Painting the cab was fun. It has five colors.

Posted by: 22RE Engine at December 04, 2025 10:49 PM (oftw2)

226 I'm pretty sure that was an episode of Three's Company and you're imagining it happened to you.
Posted by: Soothsayer is now Sheriff Andy Taylor at December 04, 2025 10:43 PM (jwV5

Nope. It happened here.

Posted by: Reforger at December 04, 2025 10:49 PM (03GBw)

227 I see Crusader's posts sometimes. He's like a ghost.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at December 04, 2025 10:49 PM (6p0Jv)

228 I was always was fascinated with the all blue light idea - it looks so purty! But my wife always responded with something like “not if you want me to live here!”

Posted by: Tom Servo at December 04, 2025 10:50 PM (P4eqW)

229 I think 'Ettes have a mysterious power to be able to summon actual, helpful advice from the Moron Horde. It's that dang cute smile and saucy wink... gets the Moron's every time.

Because we're Morons, of course.

Posted by: SimoHayek at December 04, 2025 10:50 PM (sBoa2)

230 As Roseanne Roseannadanna says, 'It's always something'.
Posted by: RickZ at December 04, 2025 10:48 PM (gKDq2)
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Not funny!

Posted by: Roseanne Scamardella at December 04, 2025 10:50 PM (9ipOP)

231 There’s a non zero group of people who can kiss my bare ass while I shout HO HO HO!
Posted by: Tom Servo

Hey, no judgement here. We've all participated in, and sometimes were the instigator of, some pretty sketchy shit.

Posted by: Tonypete at December 04, 2025 10:51 PM (cYBz/)

232
Try using Tor in Brave Private Window.
Posted by: toby928(c)

Double secret probation.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at December 04, 2025 10:51 PM (pkeXY)

233 Not a car guy, at all, but many here are, so please to acesplain to me (summary) the deal with the Toyota Hilux trucks, specifically what made them "illegal" (Trump changed this today?) and what the likely market is for them.

For extra credit, explain why "CAFE" standards are not just eliminated, instead of tweaked/lowered?
Posted by: rhomboid at December 04, 2025 10:25 PM (U/Byj)

CAFE standard declare the mpg allowed for all the vehicles manufactured by a manufacturer and sold in the US. At the moment the vehicles outside of that size are the size of an old F-350 or bigger.

CAFE standards were initially meant to help resolve the 1973 OPEC price hike and peak oil, now they are to push EVs. For reasons.

"No. Consumers didn't wake up one day and decide they didn't want a 2 seater pickup that got 25 mpg and told Ford marketing surveys they want massive trucks that feel like your driving a Boeing 737. Those trucks were regulated out of existence by accelerated CAFE standards under democrats who literally wanted to regulate the ICE out of the market"

Posted by: Kindltot at December 04, 2025 10:51 PM (rbvCR)

234
K-MART Christmas 1979 TV Ad:

https://is.gd/tVkbWm

Posted by: Soothsayer at December 04, 2025 10:51 PM (jwV58)

235 Just my opinion, but the blue lights only look good if everything is snow-covered.

Posted by: No House Of Blue Lights Here at December 04, 2025 10:52 PM (oftw2)

236 Hey, no judgement here. We've all participated in, and sometimes were the instigator of, some pretty sketchy shit.
Posted by: Tonypete at December 04, 2025 10:51 PM

I streaked wearing nothing but bowling shoes.

Posted by: toby928(c) at December 04, 2025 10:52 PM (jc0TO)

237 218 Did Steve get banhammered again? Poor guy.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at December 04, 2025 10:45 PM (JkO4W)

What did he do this time?

As Roseanne Roseannadanna says, 'It's always something'.
Posted by: RickZ at December 04, 2025 10:48 PM (gKDq2

Kept sticking forks in the HQ electrical sockets because it made his "dingle tingle."

Posted by: he was warned at December 04, 2025 10:52 PM (SKsJD)

238 In my previous house I bought a large round LED ceiling light fixture for the bathroom I remodeled.

It supposedly has a 10,000 hour life expectancy. 3 hours a day would be about ten years.

Posted by: the way I see it at December 04, 2025 10:52 PM (KDPiq)

239
I streaked wearing nothing but bowling shoes.
Posted by: toby928(c) at December 04

Oh my stars!

Posted by: Piper at December 04, 2025 10:52 PM (p4NUW)

240 🇺🇸 Kyle Bass 🇹🇼@Jkylebass

Why can’t China build a nuclear-powered carrier? The new Fujian is diesel-driven — just like the Ukrainian relic Liaoning and the freshly built Shandong.

Conventional engines mean limited range and limited reach — because Beijing still hasn’t managed to steal the technology for a marine HEU nuclear ☢️ reactor.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at December 04, 2025 10:53 PM (xacU7)

241 RE: the "Mormon" Soda shops. They aren't "Mormon" per se, but they are in Utah, primarily. Swig is one chain, but almost all the small towns have one nowadays.

Posted by: SimoHayek at December 04, 2025 10:47 PM (sBoa2)

Ha! Just asked oldest kid in UT. She works at one.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at December 04, 2025 10:53 PM (uQesX)

242 I streaked wearing nothing but bowling shoes.
Posted by: toby928(c)

So, you're telling me you were in college during the fall of 1973 also?

Posted by: Tonypete at December 04, 2025 10:53 PM (cYBz/)

243 Light bulbs are some ridiculously puny percent of total household use. HVAC is the top by far.
Posted by: Queensryche lyrics

So actually lightbulbs are low hanging fruit.

Posted by: Operator Error at December 04, 2025 10:53 PM (XTlsM)

244
Doof is The Great Ozma???
Posted by: OrangeEnt

From the Flintstones?

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at December 04, 2025 10:53 PM (pkeXY)

245 It would have been funnier to streak in tap shoes.

Posted by: toby928(c) at December 04, 2025 10:53 PM (jc0TO)

246 another quote about the Hilux

"The Toyota Helux Champ will soon be on the American market! It’s a light-duty, basic pickup truck that will likely sell for less than $20k. Until today, U.S. regulations made it impossible to sell in our markets"

and positive comments about the Hilux Champ:

Here are 5 great points about the Toyota Hilux Champ:
1) Starts at just ~$13,000 USD – insanely affordable for a brand-new Toyota truck.
2) Tough 2.0L/2.7L petrol or 2.4L diesel engines with proven Hilux durability.
3) Ladder-frame chassis, rear-wheel drive, and high ground clearance – built for real work and off-road.
4) Super modular: flatbed, camper, food truck, or mini-RV conversions are easy and factory-supported.
5) Legendary Toyota reliability + huge parts network worldwide – it will outlast almost anything in its price range

further, you can buy them for ready cash in Colombia with a diesel engine, and I am pissed about this. F___ing Colombia

Posted by: Kindltot at December 04, 2025 10:54 PM (rbvCR)

247 Did Steve get banhammered again? Poor guy.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at December 04, 2025 10:45 PM (JkO4W)

I was never quite sure it was the original one when he came back. I guess the CoBs know.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at December 04, 2025 10:54 PM (uQesX)

248 I streaked wearing nothing but bowling shoes.
Posted by: toby928(c)

So, you're telling me you were in college during the fall of 1973 also?
Posted by: Tonypete at December 04, 2025 10:53 PM

That was you?!

Posted by: toby928(c) at December 04, 2025 10:54 PM (jc0TO)

249 Wait! That was the spring of '74!

My bad. I was pretty baked that entire era.

Posted by: Tonypete at December 04, 2025 10:54 PM (cYBz/)

250 I streaked wearing nothing but bowling shoes.
Posted by: toby928(c) at December 04, 2025 10:52 PM (jc0TO)
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Inside the bowling alley?

Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 04, 2025 10:54 PM (9ipOP)

251 My wife and I over the years have deported all our colored lights.

Note to lefties, don't read into that...

Posted by: Axeman at December 04, 2025 10:54 PM (krQz2)

252
A few years after I moved they were all in the news because they had gotten into one of those ongoing feuds, and the lesbian stabbed the junkies to death. She stabbed them something like fifty times.
Posted by: nerdygirl

Well, to be fair, those lesbians are born stabbers, so it was bound to happen.

Posted by: Soothsayer at December 04, 2025 10:55 PM (jwV58)

253 Why can’t China build a nuclear-powered carrier? The new Fujian is diesel-driven — just like the Ukrainian relic Liaoning and the freshly built Shandong.

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I heard the Fujian has steam turbines.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at December 04, 2025 10:55 PM (JkO4W)

254 Yes, thank you all so very much! Thank you all for posting my (disappearing) posts!

The Tholian Web analogy is perfect! Doof requested I post again so that he would have more to go off of, so in the spirit of that classic Star Trek episode I will reply with this:

The next *interphase* period will be at 10:05 Central time, 11:05 Eastern. I will post again at that time!

Thanks again!

Posted by: Crusader at December 04, 2025 10:55 PM (Cjcf6)

255 You know you're getting old when the articles in AARP Magazine look interesting and sobering.

This months cover story, IT'S CANCER, what to do when you get the big news.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at December 04, 2025 10:56 PM (XV/Pl)

256 White lights are "holiday" lights.

Christmas lights are multi-color.

I said what I said!

Posted by: Doof at December 04, 2025 10:56 PM (QMAsf)

257 I was always was fascinated with the all blue light idea - it looks so purty! But my wife always responded with something like “not if you want me to live here!”
Posted by: Tom Servo at December 04, 2025 10:50 PM (P4eqW)

Always loved blue lights. When I lived alone I had all blue lights on the windows and Christmas tree. Got tired of it after a couple years and went back to multi-color. I don't think it's sustainable in the long term. I wouldn't want all red or green, or white either.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at December 04, 2025 10:57 PM (uQesX)

258 Kept sticking forks in the HQ electrical sockets because it made his "dingle tingle."
Posted by: he was warned at December 04, 2025 10:52 PM (SKsJD)

You reminded me of a current code for outdoor outlets. They are manufactured now where you can't just shove the plug in (or a fork) . You have to wiggle the plug prongs until it somehow opens the outlet to allow you to push it in. Ridiculous.

Posted by: the way I see it at December 04, 2025 10:57 PM (KDPiq)

259 I think Scotty has successfully locked onto Crusader.

Posted by: toby928(c) at December 04, 2025 10:57 PM (jc0TO)

260 Yes, thank you all so very much! Thank you all for posting my (disappearing) posts!

The Tholian Web analogy is perfect! Doof requested I post again so that he would have more to go off of, so in the spirit of that classic Star Trek episode I will reply with this:

The next *interphase* period will be at 10:05 Central time, 11:05 Eastern. I will post again at that time!

Thanks again!
Posted by: Crusader at December 04, 2025 10:55 PM (Cjcf6)

Posted by: JQ at December 04, 2025 10:57 PM (rdVOm)

261 Why can’t China build a nuclear-powered carrier? The new Fujian is diesel-driven — just like the Ukrainian relic Liaoning and the freshly built Shandong.

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Why can't China just build infrastructure that lasts?

Why can't they just not put trash in their concrete? Why can't they just use re-bars?

Posted by: Axeman at December 04, 2025 10:57 PM (krQz2)

262 Crusader,

I refreshed and you're still there.

(Not trying to be a jinx or anything.)

Posted by: RickZ at December 04, 2025 10:57 PM (gKDq2)

263 247 Did Steve get banhammered again? Poor guy.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at December 04, 2025 10:45 PM (JkO4W)

I was never quite sure it was the original one when he came back. I guess the CoBs know.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at December 04, 2025 10:54 PM (uQesX)

It felt that way to me. I openly accused him of being an imposter the other night when he was here. Crickets.

Posted by: barefoot in the crosswalk at December 04, 2025 10:57 PM (bDwtm)

264 Frickin' cold.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at December 04, 2025 10:57 PM (bss/y)

265 Wait! That was the spring of '74!

My bad. I was pretty baked that entire era.
Posted by: Tonypete at December 04, 2025 10:54 PM (cYBz/)

Isn't it fascinating to think that probably the only laugh that man will ever get in his life is by stripping off and showing his shortcomings?

Posted by: David Niven at December 04, 2025 10:58 PM (wVcYX)

266 Tor Test
Posted by: toby928(c) at December 04, 2025 10:43 PM (u2/9I)

I'm not tor enough to ask a doctor for tests for torness.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at December 04, 2025 10:58 PM (S/Y4j)

267 I can haz Hilux?

Time to go onto GunBroker and see if someone has a DShK for sale.

Maybe I'll open a dealership in Minnesota...

Posted by: PabloD at December 04, 2025 10:58 PM (GALGA)

268 I wonder if it would be more woke to just continue to hang colored ones on the tree?

Posted by: Axeman at December 04, 2025 10:58 PM (krQz2)

269 The Tholian Web analogy is perfect! Doof requested I post again so that he would have more to go off of, so in the spirit of that classic Star Trek episode I will reply with this:

The next *interphase* period will be at 10:05 Central time, 11:05 Eastern. I will post again at that time!

Thanks again!
Posted by: Crusader at December 04, 2025 10:55 PM (Cjcf6)
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This is so cool you guys!

Posted by: Wesley Crusher at December 04, 2025 10:58 PM (9ipOP)

270 No Rush...*kicks rock*. Fuck it, I guess I'll have to play it myself.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at December 04, 2025 10:59 PM (snZF9)

271 Conventional engines mean limited range and limited reach — because Beijing still hasn’t managed to steal the technology for a marine HEU nuclear ☢️ reactor.
Posted by: Braenyard

Hey, I'm doing all I can!!
-- Tim Waltz

Posted by: Tonypete at December 04, 2025 10:59 PM (cYBz/)

272 FUN FACT: The latest Gerald Ford class aircraft carriers have been designed with the assumption that they will only need to refuel once in their entire service life.

ONCE

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at December 04, 2025 10:59 PM (JkO4W)

273 Are the machinegun mounts an option on the Hilux or standard equipment?
Posted by: Reforger at December 04, 2025 10:33 PM (03GBw)

No, for that you need the special roll-bar package. Fortunately they just bolt on. Remember that if you mount anything bigger than a .50 you can't fire perpendicularly to the vehicle's direction of travel

Posted by: Kindltot at December 04, 2025 10:59 PM (rbvCR)

274 ***The work strengthens the “drunken monkey” hypothesis and opens new questions about how animals use ethanol cues in their environment.
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Now do elephants

https://tinyurl.com/4jacjaey

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at December 04, 2025 10:59 PM (xacU7)

275
Now there's some true good AoS advice:

Never get in the middle of a dyke fight. You will end up either in jail or in the ER.

Never do it.

Posted by: Soothsayer at December 04, 2025 11:00 PM (jwV58)

276 Mormon soda shops: Back in the day, my mother would take me to her favorite soda shop for a glass of Coke with chocolate syrup.

Posted by: Captain Josepha Sabin at December 04, 2025 11:00 PM (DK5Sh)

277 256 White lights are "holiday" lights.

Christmas lights are multi-color.

I said what I said!
Posted by: Doof at December 04, 2025 10

Doof, really? You aren’t in Baltimore any longer. This may cause a problem with being a 3H. 😂

Posted by: Piper at December 04, 2025 11:00 PM (p4NUW)

278
It felt that way to me. I openly accused him of being an imposter the other night when he was here. Crickets.
Posted by: barefoot in the crosswalk at December 04, 2025 10:57 PM (bDwtm)

Pretty sure it was the real QDP. His posting style is pretty distinctive. And why would anyone want to impersonate a guy who manages to alienate so many of the people here?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 04, 2025 11:00 PM (npFr7)

279 Yes, thank you all so very much! Thank you all for posting my (disappearing) posts!

The Tholian Web analogy is perfect! Doof requested I post again so that he would have more to go off of, so in the spirit of that classic Star Trek episode I will reply with this:

The next *interphase* period will be at 10:05 Central time, 11:05 Eastern. I will post again at that time!

Thanks again!
Posted by: Crusader at December 04, 2025 10:55 PM (Cjcf6)

I got what I was looking for (behind the curtain) from this comment. I'll reach out to CBD.

Posted by: Doof at December 04, 2025 11:01 PM (QMAsf)

280 Posted by: Crusader at December 04, 2025 10:55 PM (Cjcf6)

Refreshed. You're still here.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at December 04, 2025 11:01 PM (uQesX)

281 Yay, Crusader! 5 minutes and holding...

Posted by: JQ at December 04, 2025 11:01 PM (rdVOm)

282 A truth that was vouchsafed to me: All midget female wresters are lesbians.

Posted by: toby928(c) at December 04, 2025 11:01 PM (jc0TO)

283
It wasn't an imposter.

Years ago before he was banned for years he outed himself by posting his real name

It's been interesting reading his comments all over the internet.

Posted by: fourseasons at December 04, 2025 11:01 PM (3ek7K)

284
Star Wars: TNG recycled that original series episode.

Ensign Ro and that terrible actor who played "Laforge" were also turned into "ghosts."

Posted by: Soothsayer at December 04, 2025 11:01 PM (jwV58)

285 FUN FACT: The latest Gerald Ford class aircraft carriers have been designed with the assumption that they will only need to refuel once in their entire service life.

ONCE
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at December 04, 2025 10:59 PM (JkO4W)
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Danny Vermin turned military contractor?

Posted by: Axeman at December 04, 2025 11:01 PM (krQz2)

286 You reminded me of a current code for outdoor outlets. They are manufactured now where you can't just shove the plug in (or a fork) . You have to wiggle the plug prongs until it somehow opens the outlet to allow you to push it in. Ridiculous.
Posted by: the way I see it
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I have those inside my house. I hate them.

Posted by: lin-duh is offended at December 04, 2025 11:02 PM (VCgbV)

287 I got what I was looking for (behind the curtain) from this comment. I'll reach out to CBD.
Posted by: Doof at December 04, 2025 11:01 PM

You did it, Scotty!

Posted by: toby928(c) at December 04, 2025 11:02 PM (jc0TO)

288 White lights are "holiday" lights.

Christmas lights are multi-color.

I said what I said!
Posted by: Doof at December 04, 2025 10:56 PM (QMAsf)

Growing up, Mom had painted radio tube bulbs of varied shapes. They burned hot. When those colored bubble lights came out that stayed cool to the touch, they were an immediate replacement. Mom worried about fire. Can't blame her. But she loved those WWII radio tube bulbs. Nostalgia, I guess.

Posted by: RickZ at December 04, 2025 11:02 PM (gKDq2)

289 131 Can Trump bring back regular light bulbs and 3 gallon toilets?
Posted by: AlaBAMA

That reminds me, I have a whole big box of regular light bulbs in the basement. I should probably start using them, because if I end up in a nursing home someone else will get the benefit.

Posted by: nerdygirl at December 04, 2025 11:02 PM (0Htd1)

290 You have to wiggle the plug prongs until it somehow opens the outlet to allow you to push it in. Ridiculous.
Posted by: the way I see it at December 04, 2025 10:57 PM (KDPiq)

Sounds like a woman designed it.

Posted by: You know it's true. Wink at December 04, 2025 11:02 PM (uQesX)

291 No Rush...*kicks rock*. Fuck it, I guess I'll have to play it myself.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at December 04, 2025 10:59 PM (snZF9)

Hint---

All I want for Christmas are some Rush deep cuts!

Posted by: Doof at December 04, 2025 11:02 PM (QMAsf)

292 Posted by: Crusader at December 04, 2025 10:55 PM (Cjcf6)

Refreshed. You're still here.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at December 04, 2025 11:01 PM (uQesX)

Is he still here, or have we joined him in the Tholian Web?

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at December 04, 2025 11:02 PM (S/Y4j)

293 The Horde routinely gives one bit of good advice:

Rule 1
Never stick your dick in crazy.

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at December 04, 2025 11:03 PM (V9cMX)

294 Hint---

All I want for Christmas are some Rush deep cuts!
Posted by: Doof at December 04, 2025 11:02 PM (QMAsf)
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You don't get something for nothing.

Posted by: Axeman at December 04, 2025 11:05 PM (krQz2)

295 We are still coming for you though.

Posted by: The Tholians at December 04, 2025 11:05 PM (9ipOP)

296 Pack my box with five dozen liquor jugs.
Posted by: Nemo

I had to check every letter, but, yeah, that'll do.

💡
I thought Trump did away with the incandescent ban back in his first administration. Also low-flow in shower heads and appliances.

Problem with all these kinds of things is,

1 First, government bans (or overtaxes) something, the manufacturers go out of business, move overseas, or at best re-tool.

2. Then the other party gets in, and even with good incentives, they have to start up those factories, coal mines, and nuke plants from scratch, build the incandescent market back up, rejigger all the toilets, whatever.

3. Then the regulator party gets back in and the cycle starts over (jump to 1).

Not worth it. Which is why we need to completely and permanently eradicate the whole attitude about regulatory government - yeah, sure. 🙄

Posted by: mindful webworker - maybe after a quarter-century of hardcore MAGA.... at December 04, 2025 11:05 PM (XWUig)

297 >>Is he still here, or have we joined him in the Tholian Web?
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Doesn't matter... as long as *we're all together*... that's what counts!

Posted by: JQ at December 04, 2025 11:05 PM (rdVOm)

298 Rule 1
Never stick your dick in crazy.

What's the worst that could happen

Posted by: k. cobain at December 04, 2025 11:05 PM (gKWVE)

299 If we were going to be super energy efficient, we would use LEDs in the Summer, and incandescent in the Winter.

Posted by: toby928(c) at December 04, 2025 11:05 PM (jc0TO)

300 Ok, so its *interphase* time!

I wanted to make this enjoyable for you all. So I'll start with this:

Q: What's a pickle's favorite show?
A: Dill or no Dill

Here's that "weird body" chick some of you inexplicably rag on--yes, its Kate Upton:

https://tinyurl.com/Kate-Upton-Weird-Body

And on the political front:

Tim Walz called it a slur (retard) that should never be repeated. Now, he hears it all day.

The Minnesota governor, on Thursday, Dec. 4, said people have been driving by his home and screaming the retard-slur — a word used to malign those with intellectual disabilities — since President Donald Trump called him that in a social media post last week.

“This creates danger,” the embattled governor said, discussing Republican rhetoric. “… I’ve never seen this before: people driving by my house and using the R-word in front of people. This is shameful, and I have yet to see an elected official — a Republican elected official — say you’re right, that’s shameful.”

Poor, retarded Tim.

Posted by: Crusader at December 04, 2025 11:06 PM (Cjcf6)

301 Can Trump bring back regular light bulbs and 3 gallon toilets?
Posted by: AlaBAMA

May 9 2025

MEMORANDUM FOR THE SECRETARY OF ENERGY
THE SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR
THE DEPUTY ASSISTANT TO THE PRESIDENT AND DIRECTOR OF THE OFFICE OF LEGISLATIVE AFFAIRS

[ . . . ]
To address these unnecessary radical green agenda policies, I direct the Secretary of Energy to consider using all lawful authority to rescind — or, as appropriate, amend to revert to the standards required by statute — the regulations found in 10 C.F.R. 430.32(f), relating to water and energy use in dishwashers; 10 C.F.R. 430.32(o), relating to water use in faucets; 10 C.F.R. 430.32(p), relating to water use in showerheads; 10 C.F.R. 430.32(q), relating to water use in water closets; 10 C.F.R. 430.32(r), relating to water use in urinals; the definitions of “automatic clothes washer,” “clothes washer,” “dishwasher,” “faucet,” “other clothes washer,” “semi-automatic clothes washer,” “urinal,” and “water closet” contained in 10 C.F.R. 430.2; the residential washing machine efficiency standards contained in 10 C.F.R. 430.32(g); and the commercial washing machine efficiency standards contained in 10 C.F.R. 431.156.
[...]

Posted by: Kindltot at December 04, 2025 11:06 PM (rbvCR)

302 >>>No, for that you need the special roll-bar package. Fortunately they just bolt on. Remember that if you mount anything bigger than a .50 you can't fire perpendicularly to the vehicle's direction of travel
Posted by: Kindltot
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There must be a video of that somewhere.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at December 04, 2025 11:06 PM (xacU7)

303 Wow! I'm here! Thank you all! I love this place--it was boring not to be able to interact with you all when at home! I appreciate all of you!

Posted by: Crusader at December 04, 2025 11:08 PM (Cjcf6)

304 Poor, retarded Tim.
Posted by: Crusader at December 04, 2025 11:06 PM (Cjcf6)

What's doubly funny is that "retarded" got its start as a "polite" euphemism for "moron".

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 04, 2025 11:09 PM (npFr7)

305 {{{Crusader}}}

Welcome back to the land of the living!

*slides drink down the bar*

Posted by: JQ at December 04, 2025 11:10 PM (rdVOm)

306 All I want for Christmas are some Rush deep cuts!
Posted by: Doof at December 04, 2025 11:02 PM (QMAsf)
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You don't get something for nothing.
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You can't have freedom for free!

Posted by: Crusader at December 04, 2025 11:10 PM (Cjcf6)

307 Wow! I'm here! Thank you all! I love this place--it was boring not to be able to interact with you all when at home! I appreciate all of you!
Posted by: Crusader

We are controlling transmission.
If we wish to make it louder, we will bring up the volume.
If we wish to make it softer, we will tune it to a whisper.
We will control the horizontal. We will control the vertical.

Posted by: Tonypete at December 04, 2025 11:10 PM (cYBz/)

308
Play Doh 1979

Dr Drill N Fill

https://is.gd/xJx5IV

Posted by: Soothsayer at December 04, 2025 11:11 PM (jwV58)

309 Steve got banned again? What is that, 3 times in the last month or so?

What did he do this time?

Posted by: Z, no not him. A different Z at December 04, 2025 11:11 PM (iAcMN)

310
Or, as Dr Heathcliff Huxtable would do...

Dr. Dope 'N Fill

(get it?)

Posted by: Soothsayer at December 04, 2025 11:12 PM (jwV58)

311 Pretty sure it was the real QDP. His posting style is pretty distinctive. And why would anyone want to impersonate a guy who manages to alienate so many of the people here?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 04, 2025 11:00 PM (npFr7)

I was sure it was the original. He never bothered me, but I do think he tried to hard.

Posted by: Tom Servo at December 04, 2025 11:12 PM (P4eqW)

312 309 Steve got banned again? What is that, 3 times in the last month or so?

What did he do this time?

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He's what you call a recidivist.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at December 04, 2025 11:12 PM (JkO4W)

313 >>Is he still here, or have we joined him in the Tholian Web?
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Doesn't matter... as long as *we're all together*... that's what counts!
Posted by: JQ at December 04, 2025 11:05 PM (rdVOm)

We all float down here.

Posted by: Pennywise at December 04, 2025 11:12 PM (wVcYX)

314 Today I found out that the acronym ONT also stands for optical network terminal, the gadget that the fiber company installs at the customer premises, to connect to the PON passive optical network. IDNKT.

Posted by: gp at December 04, 2025 11:12 PM (GHIyr)

315 {{{Crusader}}}

Welcome back to the land of the living!

*slides drink down the bar*

Posted by: JQ at December 04, 2025 11:10 PM (rdVOm)

Thank you! I saw you posting on my behalf! I didn't directly reply before because I wasn't sure if my posts disappeared when I hit refresh or when you all hit refresh, so I only hit refresh when I wanted to post. Thanks again! Toby, I saw your posts last night and tonight as well, and Cicero has posted on at least 3 nights recently--thank you both as well. I'm sure I'm leaving people out.

Posted by: Crusader at December 04, 2025 11:13 PM (Cjcf6)

316 First there is a Crusader, then there isn't, then there is.

Posted by: Rejected Donovan Lyrics at December 04, 2025 11:13 PM (oftw2)

317 If Crusader is back from the Beyond, how's Buzzion doing?

Posted by: Axeman at December 04, 2025 11:14 PM (krQz2)

318 First there is a Crusader, then there isn't, then there is.

Posted by: Rejected Donovan Lyrics at December 04, 2025 11:13 PM (oftw2)
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Schroedinger's Crusader.

Posted by: Axeman at December 04, 2025 11:14 PM (krQz2)

319 Pretty sure it was the real QDP. His posting style is pretty distinctive. And why would anyone want to impersonate a guy who manages to alienate so many of the people here?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 04, 2025 11:00 PM (npFr7)

I was sure it was the original. He never bothered me, but I do think he tried too hard.

Posted by: Tom Servo at December 04, 2025 11:15 PM (P4eqW)

320
Tik Tok goblins just donned their fake "law expert" hats, tonight, and are pretending to spaz out over the Court's decision to not stop TX from doing legal, Constitutional things.

These goblins are trying to get Justices killed.

Posted by: Soothsayer at December 04, 2025 11:15 PM (jwV58)

321 I had one of these critters-- it was my "bar mascot" because the thing couldn't stand up on it's own (beanbag legs). Named it Blitzen...

Cutest lil drunken reindeer, LOL:

https://youtu.be/xD4L-uPk6bM

Posted by: JQ at December 04, 2025 11:15 PM (rdVOm)

322 Refreshed. You're still here.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at December 04, 2025 11:01 PM (uQesX)

Thank you--I appreciate you as well!

Posted by: Crusader at December 04, 2025 11:15 PM (Cjcf6)

323 You reminded me of a current code for outdoor outlets. They are manufactured now where you can't just shove the plug in (or a fork) . You have to wiggle the plug prongs until it somehow opens the outlet to allow you to push it in. Ridiculous.
Posted by: the way I see it at December 04, 2025 10:57 PM (KDPiq)

I will NOT say "dated her"
You are welcome.

Posted by: Kindltot at December 04, 2025 11:16 PM (rbvCR)

324 Somehow a post of mine showed up twice, I don’t know how that happened. I feel like Vincent Twice, Vincent Twice.

Posted by: Tom Servo at December 04, 2025 11:17 PM (P4eqW)

325 All I want for Christmas are some Rush deep cuts!
Posted by: Doof at December 04, 2025 11:02 PM (QMAsf)
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You don't get something for nothing.
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You can't have freedom for free!
Posted by: Crusader at December 04, 2025 11:10 PM (Cjcf6)
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Which is a really weird thing for an Objectivist to say, IMO.

Freedom is the default of Nature.

Posted by: Axeman at December 04, 2025 11:17 PM (krQz2)

326 Remember that if you mount anything bigger than a .50 you can't fire perpendicularly to the vehicle's direction of travel
Posted by: Kindltot
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There must be a video of that somewhere.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at December 04, 2025 11:06 PM (xacU7)

Maybe it's time to revisit the Gyrojet action for light machine guns. No recoil, because each projectile is a tiny rocket. No rifling needed, because the rocket jets are tangential, imparting spin. Gun would be very cheap to build. The drawbacks to Gyrojet were low velocity at short range, and poor accuracy. AS a pintle-mounted machinegun, neither of those would very important. Main use would be dealing with mobs.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 04, 2025 11:17 PM (npFr7)

327 Refreshed. You're still here.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at December 04, 2025 11:01 PM (uQesX)

Thank you--I appreciate you as well!
Posted by: Crusader at December 04, 2025 11:15 PM (Cjcf6)

You're certainly welcome.

Now, where did Admiral Spinebender go?

Posted by: OrangeEnt at December 04, 2025 11:18 PM (uQesX)

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