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Thursday Overnight Open Thread - January 22, 2026 [Doof]
Big snow storm approaching the east coast. Even Florida was hit with a cold spell recently.
Zach Clark isn’t the first person to ever try using a potato as a gun silencer, but he recently became the first to have it legally approved as a silencer by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF). He reportedly did it to point out the absurdity of the law that allowed him to do it, a law that now allows anyone to submit their own silencer designs, regardless of how crazy they might be. “It’s a good way to highlight to normal people that like, ‘Yeah, this is dumb. ‘This whole law is kind of dumb,” Clark told The Reload. “There are other people who have talked about submitted forms for pillows. One is particularly funny because, for the documentation, it’s just a picture of Mike Lindell holding a My Pillow. People have submitted forms for Monster Energy cans. So, there are definitely a lot of people who are going that angle.” *** “Serial number Samwise01 was denied, but Tate001 and Tate002 were approved,” Zach Clark said. “It happened with some of my 3D-printed suppressors, too. I had three that were denied that used the exact same documentation as the other 40 that were approved. So who knows? I’m assuming with what’s going on at the ATF right now, they’re just flying through them. So, there might not even be a thought process. The person could just be clicking, yes, no, because there’s chaos over there.”OK, fess up - which one of you did this?? ----- Ginger vs Mary Ann. How old are you? Ongoing AOSHQ themes converge!
(Click for source on X)
“My girlfriend got on to me the other day because she doesn’t understand why I can’t just pick eggs out of the carton like a “normal” person. She’s standing there watching me and says, “Why can’t you just go row by row like everyone else?” I said, “Because no egg should ever know when its time is coming.” She stared at me for a second, shook her head, and said, “You’re a psycho,” then walked off. Little does she know…I’ve got a whole tournament system going on. I take two eggs, tap them together, and whichever one doesn’t crack moves on to the next round. Only the strongest survive. 🥚 💪 😂”
What's the common thread / common meaning / common leitmotif?
(Aside from them all being live recordings from the 90s)
Comments
(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: Tonypete at January 22, 2026 10:00 PM (cYBz/)
Posted by: mindful webworker is just warming up at January 22, 2026 10:00 PM (P0/oa)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at January 22, 2026 10:01 PM (JkO4W)
Posted by: JohnFNotKerry at January 22, 2026 10:01 PM (xfRZZ)
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at January 22, 2026 10:01 PM (gh32g)
Posted by: JohnFNotKerry at January 22, 2026 10:01 PM (xfRZZ)
Posted by: gKWVE at January 22, 2026 10:02 PM (gKWVE)
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at January 22, 2026 10:02 PM (gh32g)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at January 22, 2026 10:02 PM (JkO4W)
(568 days now, Mr. Stickler, whatcha gonna do?)
Posted by: tankdemon at January 22, 2026 10:02 PM (Hd1lH)
Posted by: gKWVE at January 22, 2026 10:03 PM (gKWVE)
When buying a car or any large purchase I always tell the salesman; You don't have to be afraid of me. You should be absolutely terrified of my wife.
Posted by: Tonypete at January 22, 2026 10:03 PM (cYBz/)
Posted by: GWB at January 22, 2026 10:03 PM (/h6AA)
* writes out tardy slip *
Ok slacker, that's 567 tardys in a row. One more and it's a week of detention.
Mr. Strickland
Posted by: Sock Monkey * sporting my Andrew Breitbart attitude at January 21, 2026 10:47 PM (T3puI)
If you don't see me around for the rest of the month, you'll know why.
Posted by: tankdemon at January 22, 2026 10:03 PM (Hd1lH)
Posted by: JohnFNotKerry at January 22, 2026 10:04 PM (xfRZZ)
Posted by: Marty McFly at January 22, 2026 10:04 PM (JkO4W)
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at January 22, 2026 10:04 PM (rii+a)
Posted by: tankdemon at January 22, 2026 10:05 PM (Hd1lH)
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at January 22, 2026 10:05 PM (CHHv1)
Posted by: r hennigantx at January 22, 2026 10:05 PM (gbOdA)
Posted by: mikeski at January 22, 2026 10:05 PM (VHUov)
Those disorderly eggs are very triggering. I have to go check mine.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 22, 2026 10:06 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at January 22, 2026 10:06 PM (pkeXY)
That's just great. Now we'll need to fill out a mountain of paperwork and pay exorbitant fees just to buy a sack of potatoes.
And then wait for months while the government processes it all.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at January 22, 2026 10:06 PM (ESVrU)
Posted by: r hennigantx at January 22, 2026 10:06 PM (gbOdA)
Posted by: Case at January 22, 2026 10:07 PM (E7+ue)
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Oof. Now you're typecast and your chances of making Moron one day have dropped to almost nothing.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at January 22, 2026 10:07 PM (JkO4W)
Posted by: tankdemon at January 22, 2026 10:05 PM (Hd1lH)
I was thinking the same thing about Dawn Wells.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 22, 2026 10:07 PM (ExV1e)
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at January 22, 2026 10:08 PM (gh32g)
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 22, 2026 10:08 PM (zZu0s)
Posted by: nerdygirl at January 22, 2026 10:08 PM (0Htd1)
Great photo of tulips in the snow. The blooms are way too early if that is a current photo.
Posted by: Legally Sufficient at January 22, 2026 10:08 PM (kB9dk)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at January 22, 2026 10:09 PM (pkeXY)
(568 days now, Mr. Stickler, whatcha gonna do?)
Posted by: tankdemon at January 22, 2026 10:02 PM (Hd1lH)
Did your research include putting him into a 10 by 12' cell with Bill and Hillary Clinton?
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at January 22, 2026 10:09 PM (S/Y4j)
Posted by: Case at January 22, 2026 10:07 PM (E7+ue)
I only heard that she'd accepted that she'd always be Mary Ann and was always pleasant to the fans.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 22, 2026 10:09 PM (ExV1e)
I was not expecting the Costanza inquisition.
Posted by: mikeski at January 22, 2026 10:10 PM (VHUov)
Posted by: tankdemon at January 22, 2026 10:10 PM (Hd1lH)
Posted by: BeckoningChasm
*Clears throat ala Cliff Claven*
They were part of a three-tier system (along with "idiot") based on mental age. For context, the full actual hierarchy was:
Idiot → Most severe (IQ ~0–25, mental age up to ~2 years).
Imbecile → Moderate (as above).
Moron → Mildest (as above).
Posted by: Tonypete at January 22, 2026 10:10 PM (cYBz/)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 22, 2026 10:10 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: Doof at January 22, 2026 10:11 PM (QMAsf)
And I was always in the Mary Ann camp. Ginger was a tag-along because redhead.
Posted by: GWB at January 22, 2026 10:11 PM (/h6AA)
Posted by: Thomas Bender at January 22, 2026 10:12 PM (XV/Pl)
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, Texas, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at January 22, 2026 10:13 PM (SRRAx)
Posted by: Waiting for Martel at January 22, 2026 10:13 PM (icUI0)
Posted by: Waiting for Martel at January 22, 2026 10:13 PM (icUI0)
Watching Flip Wilson as Geraldine seducing Joe Nameth.
Posted by: Auspex at January 22, 2026 10:14 PM (Y8DZL)
Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at January 22, 2026 10:14 PM (syz1S)
Posted by: 496 at January 22, 2026 10:14 PM (8TPCk)
Posted by: GWB at January 22, 2026 10:14 PM (/h6AA)
Posted by: Legally Sufficient at January 22, 2026 10:15 PM (kB9dk)
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at January 22, 2026 10:09 PM (S/Y4j)
Some things even Torquemada wouldn't do.
Posted by: tankdemon at January 22, 2026 10:15 PM (Hd1lH)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at January 22, 2026 10:15 PM (JkO4W)
Posted by: davidt at January 22, 2026 10:15 PM (Q+gd/)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at January 22, 2026 10:15 PM (JkO4W)
Posted by: JohnFNotKerry at January 22, 2026 10:15 PM (xfRZZ)
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at January 22, 2026 10:02 PM (gh32g)
>Correct!
Crap. Now I don't win the Mary Ann sex doll with the kung fu cooch.
Posted by: Waiting for Martel at January 22, 2026 10:16 PM (icUI0)
Posted by: Thomas Bender at January 22, 2026 10:12 PM (XV/Pl)
Around here, everything does.
Posted by: tcn in AK at January 22, 2026 10:16 PM (6Bc88)
Posted by: Piper at January 22, 2026 10:16 PM (Wmg4n)
Posted by: JM in Illinois at January 22, 2026 10:16 PM (nN5E/)
Posted by: Farmer Bob at January 22, 2026 10:16 PM (IX8iX)
Posted by: Knows How To Pick 'Em at January 22, 2026 10:16 PM (oftw2)
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at January 22, 2026 10:16 PM (gh32g)
Because of his experience in the Pacific, that dumbass should have known exactly where he and Gilligan and Mary Ann were!
Claven brain retired for the evening.
Posted by: Tonypete at January 22, 2026 10:16 PM (cYBz/)
Posted by: nerdygirl at January 22, 2026 10:08 PM (0Htd1)
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Thanks for another interesting and entertaining Thursday Night ONT, Mr. Doof!
Great photo of tulips in the snow. The blooms are way too early if that is a current photo.
Posted by: Legally Sufficient at January 22, 2026 10:08 PM (kB9dk)
I'll admit to not knowing where the photo is from. Was searching specifically for tulips in snow today as a bit of an honor to the lovely late Mrs. Doof. Tulips were her favorite flower, and today marks 4 years since she passed away.
Posted by: Doof at January 22, 2026 10:16 PM (QMAsf)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at January 22, 2026 10:16 PM (JkO4W)
Posted by: Bulg at January 22, 2026 10:17 PM (77rzZ)
Posted by: banana Dream at January 22, 2026 10:17 PM (3uBP9)
Posted by: Mr. Pitt at January 22, 2026 10:17 PM (oftw2)
Posted by: JM in Illinois at January 22, 2026 10:17 PM (nN5E/)
Posted by: Piper
Missed an epic opportunity to sock Buttigig.
Posted by: Tonypete at January 22, 2026 10:17 PM (cYBz/)
There were, in the old days at least, actors like this. Burns & Allen supposedly, too. They accepted that to their fans, they were the people on the show.
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at January 22, 2026 10:17 PM (EXyHK)
Posted by: Farmer Bob at January 22, 2026 10:16 PM (IX8iX)
~~~~~
You weren't supposed to see the forks right away.
Posted by: IrishEi at January 22, 2026 10:17 PM (3ImbR)
Posted by: GWB at January 22, 2026 10:14 PM (/h6AA)
That did it for me almost immediately. Hard not to see the pink.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 22, 2026 10:17 PM (zZu0s)
Posted by: Doof at January 22, 2026 10:16 PM (QMAsf)
Bless you, Doof.
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at January 22, 2026 10:18 PM (gh32g)
Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at January 22, 2026 10:14 PM (syz1S)
Fixed. Thanks!
Posted by: Doof at January 22, 2026 10:18 PM (QMAsf)
And I totally agree with tankdemon…
Posted by: Insensitive Clod at January 22, 2026 10:18 PM (h60a/)
Posted by: Knows How To Pick 'Em at January 22, 2026 10:16 PM (oftw2)
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It's the smile. Mary Ann had a million-watt smile. They didn't even need lights on the set. They just had to make Dawn laugh.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at January 22, 2026 10:18 PM (ESVrU)
Got it but it took about 30 seconds.
Posted by: Joemarine at January 22, 2026 10:18 PM (y171U)
Posted by: Hedley Lamarr at January 22, 2026 10:19 PM (UWRAE)
Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 22, 2026 10:19 PM (qwVdq)
Posted by: Tonypete at January 22, 2026 10:19 PM (cYBz/)
Posted by: Cicero
+++
As I scrolled down the picture suddenly went 3-D.
Posted by: Florida Peasant at January 22, 2026 10:19 PM (Lo97M)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 22, 2026 10:19 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary
I saw Concrete Potato open for Strawberry Alarm Clock at Appleton Arena in '71.
Posted by: mikeski at January 22, 2026 10:20 PM (VHUov)
Posted by: Florida at January 22, 2026 10:21 PM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: The Grateful - Acta Non Verba at January 22, 2026 10:21 PM (IQ6Gq)
Posted by: Farmer Bob at January 22, 2026 10:21 PM (IX8iX)
That’s what I thought that picture was of initially.
Also, I don’t see anything particularly wrong with that pizza, other than the chicken and that there are more than two halves.
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at January 22, 2026 10:21 PM (EXyHK)
Posted by: Doof at January 22, 2026 10:16 PM (QMAsf
You are an amazing human.
Posted by: Piper at January 22, 2026 10:21 PM (OoFl2)
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at January 22, 2026 10:21 PM (n9ltV)
Posted by: Thomas Bender at January 22, 2026 10:12 PM (XV/Pl)
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I think it's just the randomness of how they're using the eggs, taking them out willy-nilly. Kind of like someone who cuts a piece out of the middle of a pie so as not to get the edge crust.
Posted by: IrishEi at January 22, 2026 10:22 PM (3ImbR)
Posted by: Doof at January 22, 2026 10:16 PM (QMAsf)
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May her memory be a blessing.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 22, 2026 10:22 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: San Franpsycho
Oh, it can happen in Michigan. Their stems stop holding them up straight after they've been frozen. After they thaw, they fall over.
Posted by: nerdygirl at January 22, 2026 10:22 PM (0Htd1)
Maybe it's trying to tell me to shut up
Posted by: JM in Illinois at January 22, 2026 10:22 PM (nN5E/)
Posted by: E.Power Biggs at January 22, 2026 10:22 PM (oftw2)
Posted by: IrishEi at January 22, 2026 10:22 PM (3ImbR)
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It is the egg carton of a psychopath.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 22, 2026 10:22 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: Doof at January 22, 2026 10:16 PM (QMAsf)
She had excellent taste in flowers!
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at January 22, 2026 10:22 PM (n9ltV)
Posted by: Doof at January 22, 2026 10:16 PM (QMAsf)
* * * *
What a lovely remembrance. Thank you.
Posted by: Legally Sufficient at January 22, 2026 10:23 PM (kB9dk)
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at January 22, 2026 10:23 PM (ESVrU)
* writes out tardy slip *
Ok slacker, that's 567 tardys in a row. One more and it's a week of detention.
Mr. Strickland
Posted by: Sock Monkey * sporting my Andrew Breitbart attitude at January 21, 2026 10:47 PM (T3puI)
Huh. I had a Mr Strickland in my high school. IIRC, he was a football coach. He taught some PE (you sweated if you got him) and history. And we spent a lot of time teaching him history in that class.
Posted by: GWB at January 22, 2026 10:23 PM (/h6AA)
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at January 22, 2026 10:23 PM (n9ltV)
I mainly started doing this when I started buying the 18-egg cartons to save money. The carton basically weighs the same but the rows now weigh a lot more, making it more unbalanced than a 12-egg carton would be once there are only two or so rows left.
It also meant more of a mess, because more eggs, if something did happen due to the imbalance.
It became very obvious very quickly that clumsy me would eventually have trouble with that scenario.
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at January 22, 2026 10:24 PM (EXyHK)
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary
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If it really shrank up as much as the map, I'd be out in the ocean.
Posted by: Florida Peasant at January 22, 2026 10:24 PM (Lo97M)
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at January 22, 2026 10:02 PM (gh32g)
Correct!
Posted by: Doof at January 22, 2026 10:11 PM (QMAsf)
Kinda. Bon Scott, Angus Young and Malcolm Young were all born in Scotland. They emigrated to Australia before founding AC/DC, so yeah, Australian band.
Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at January 22, 2026 10:24 PM (syz1S)
Posted by: Doof at January 22, 2026 10:25 PM (QMAsf)
_________________________
So, arguably, launching a watermelon 350 yards via a homemade trebuchet to shut up a bunch of crows in an adjoining field is Moron Material™.
Good to know. This is called Medieval Crowing. So, also, Good to Crow™.
Posted by: Orson at January 22, 2026 10:26 PM (dIske)
They don't seem to be perennial here in coastal NC. Think the ground temp is slightly too warm for them.
Posted by: Mike Boerma at January 22, 2026 10:26 PM (oftw2)
Posted by: Doof at January 22, 2026 10:16 PM (QMAsf)
Bless you, Doof.
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary
**********
Sending you a virtual hug Doof!
Posted by: The Grateful - Acta Non Verba at January 22, 2026 10:26 PM (IQ6Gq)
Posted by: The Grateful - Acta Non Verba at January 22, 2026 10:21 PM (IQ6Gq)
Grateful, thanks for asking! It's been about 10 days. He is doing amazingly well. He will be in an arm sling for 3 more weeks. He is getting bored and so ready to get back to work. There will be about 3 months of PT after the sling comes off. I expect he will do great.
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at January 22, 2026 10:26 PM (gh32g)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 22, 2026 10:26 PM (hVbrz)
Posted by: Angzarr the Cromulent at January 22, 2026 10:26 PM (XMwZJ)
I balance out the eggs in the carton. I'm not the only person using eggs and some of the people are clumsy, lol.
Posted by: fourseasons at January 22, 2026 10:26 PM (3ek7K)
Posted by: LRob in OK at January 22, 2026 10:26 PM (47diA)
https://shorturl.fm/Ble2H
Posted by: GWB at January 22, 2026 10:27 PM (/h6AA)
Doof...I want a refund. F*ck this.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at January 22, 2026 10:27 PM (n9ltV)
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at January 22, 2026 10:23 PM (n9ltV)
All I get is an alternation between figure/foreground prominence. If there's something else I can't see it.
Posted by: banana Dream at January 22, 2026 10:27 PM (3uBP9)
Posted by: 496 at January 22, 2026 10:27 PM (Md1Bq)
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at January 22, 2026 10:23 PM (n9ltV)
Check out this link and scroll up and down. With the top and bottom cropped in some of the images, the forks sorta disappear.
16 TinEye search results
https://is.gd/wfAXuK
Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at January 22, 2026 10:28 PM (syz1S)
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary
Correct!
Posted by: Doof
Kinda. Bon Scott, Angus Young and Malcolm Young were all born in Scotland. They emigrated to Australia before founding AC/DC, so yeah, Australian band.
Posted by: Anon Y. Mous
OK, then "they're all playing live at venues that are currently in horribly anti-white racist countries."
Posted by: mikeski at January 22, 2026 10:29 PM (VHUov)
Posted by: LRob in OK at January 22, 2026 10:29 PM (47diA)
Posted by: Jean-Luc Picard at January 22, 2026 10:29 PM (3uBP9)
Posted by: banana Dream at January 22, 2026 10:27 PM (3uBP9)
Yup. That's what I get too.
It is obviously a result of Doof's brain being rotted by his fixation with a certain band.
Poor bastard.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at January 22, 2026 10:30 PM (n9ltV)
Doof...I want a refund. F*ck this.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at January 22, 2026
Well thanks a lot. Refunds are something Doof put in my job description. I will begin the process tomorrow. We only do ACH transactions, so you will need to provide your bank account information and all of your pets names, plus the year you were married.
Posted by: Piper at January 22, 2026 10:30 PM (Wmg4n)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 22, 2026 10:19 PM (RIvkX)
My cat Penny is giving me not-so-subtle signals that it's time for me to get ready for bed.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at January 22, 2026 10:23 PM (ESVrU)
Posted by: Incorrect Connections at January 22, 2026 10:31 PM (NZPfR)
Posted by: LeftCoast Dawg at January 22, 2026 10:31 PM (4nEGa)
Posted by: Doof at January 22, 2026 10:16 PM (QMAsf)
Well, that explains the song you DID choose for the mystery click. It's nice to see her remembered in such a place and way.
Posted by: GWB at January 22, 2026 10:31 PM (/h6AA)
Posted by: Piper at January 22, 2026 10:30 PM (Wmg4n)
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Now tell him about the QR code.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at January 22, 2026 10:32 PM (JkO4W)
Posted by: 496
That's what I was trying to figure out. "Is it a painting of chili peppers by Georgia O'Keeffe? Am I just not high enough right now?"
Posted by: mikeski is never high, all evidence to the contrary at January 22, 2026 10:32 PM (VHUov)
"I stand proud and I stand tall. Keep trying."
AAG Harmeet Dhillon responds on X: "Okay"
Posted by: IrishEi at January 22, 2026 10:32 PM (3ImbR)
Posted by: LeftCoast Dawg at January 22, 2026 10:32 PM (4nEGa)
I just finished a short three day tour (three day-ay tour) of Hill Country Texas (Round Rock/Junction/Boerne/Bellview/Giddings/Round Rock) and everyone was talking about the upcoming freeze.
And on the last leg my stupid map kept warning me that I was driving into a freeze warning. It’s two days away you inbred ENIAC!
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at January 22, 2026 10:32 PM (EXyHK)
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I saw three pink clawed fingers casting a shadow on a metallic background.
Posted by: Methos at January 22, 2026 10:33 PM (vSvIl)
You should buy moar tulips.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 22, 2026 10:33 PM (RIvkX)
You send the murderers home and murder stops.
Posted by: r hennigantx at January 22, 2026 10:34 PM (gbOdA)
Tactical bacon
So many choices
Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 22, 2026 10:19 PM (qwVdq)
I know of a place that sells a suppressor cover that looks like bacon wrapped around it. But I can't remember the name.
Posted by: GWB at January 22, 2026 10:34 PM (/h6AA)
Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at January 22, 2026 10:28 PM (syz1S)
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One of the pics on this made me not see the forks for a split second. It was a bit mind-blowing, but fleeting.
Nice tulip pic, Doof. Thanks for the ONT
Posted by: 496 at January 22, 2026 10:34 PM (GgaPN)
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https://is.gd/wfAXuK
Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at January 22, 2026 10:28 PM (syz1S)
Okay, when the image is super tiny like that for a very brief moment before my eyes focus I see bizarre pink peppers.
But as posted here on the ONT all I ever saw were forks. Forks on a pink cloth.
I looked that shit over every which way and I'm like that guy from Mall Rats. When will I get to see the sail boat?!?
Turns out I saw it correctly.
Posted by: Robert at January 22, 2026 10:35 PM (1Yy3c)
Snow likely, mainly before 11am. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 16. Calm wind becoming northeast around 6 mph in the afternoon. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New snow accumulation of around an inch possible.
Posted by: Don Black at January 22, 2026 10:35 PM (ZxPkt)
Posted by: JQ at January 22, 2026 10:35 PM (rdVOm)
Sorry, I've been watching ST:TNG so I'm dataing.
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at January 22, 2026 10:36 PM (CHHv1)
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at January 22, 2026 10:08 PM (gh32g)
I've seen a photo of that potato trailer. In the 50's - 60's a man drove around America taking 100s of photos of ... anything that caught his fancy. All of those photos were later donated to the library of congress.
Posted by: 13times at January 22, 2026 10:36 PM (lFp4o)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 22, 2026 10:26 PM (hVbrz)
Not surprising, considering TEMU actually laughs about the quality of Acme products.
Posted by: tankdemon at January 22, 2026 10:36 PM (Hd1lH)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at January 22, 2026 10:36 PM (JkO4W)
Posted by: Doof at January 22, 2026 10:36 PM (QMAsf)
Posted by: Ex Rex Reeder at January 22, 2026 10:37 PM (MZ+PY)
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at January 22, 2026 10:37 PM (g/Chl)
Posted by: Thomas Bender at January 22, 2026 10:37 PM (XV/Pl)
Posted by: mikeski
Always a pertinent question during college days.
Posted by: Tonypete at January 22, 2026 10:38 PM (cYBz/)
The Howells - the Eastern Banking & Wall Street
Ginger - Hollywood
Mary Ann - Flyover Country, Agriculture.
If you synchronize the beginning of Pink Floyd’s “Dark Side of the Moon” and Gilligan’s .. wait never mind, time for another bong hit!
Posted by: Dude Its like Obvious at January 22, 2026 10:38 PM (yKoRs)
Posted by: Archimedes at January 22, 2026 10:38 PM (Riz8t)
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at January 22, 2026 10:32 PM (EXyHK)
LOL. We drove from Lockhart to Austin yesterday. We got the same freeze warning. It was 70 degrees. But driving to Austin this weekend? No thanks.
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at January 22, 2026 10:39 PM (gh32g)
That's just great. Now we'll need to fill out a mountain of paperwork and pay exorbitant fees just to buy a sack of potatoes.
And then wait for months while the government processes it all.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at January 22, 2026 10:06 PM (ESVrU)
You must live in Virginia, too.
Posted by: Ex Rex Reeder at January 22, 2026 10:39 PM (MZ+PY)
Posted by: 13times at January 22, 2026 10:39 PM (lFp4o)
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at January 22, 2026 10:39 PM (CHHv1)
I had 2 redhead girlfriends. Both pretty girls. Both batshit crazy. Fun but crazy.
Redhead is warning flare.
Posted by: JackStraw at January 22, 2026 10:39 PM (viF8m)
Oh.
LOL!
Posted by: JQ at January 22, 2026 10:39 PM (rdVOm)
Posted by: Don Black at January 22, 2026 10:39 PM (ZxPkt)
"I stand proud and I stand tall. Keep trying."
I can see him wanting to be arrested and put in prison. Lots and lots of butt sex, and he can pretend he didn't want it.
Posted by: nerdygirl at January 22, 2026 10:41 PM (0Htd1)
Posted by: Archimedes at January 22, 2026 10:38 PM (Riz8t)
A trip to the psych ward.
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at January 22, 2026 10:42 PM (g/Chl)
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at January 22, 2026 10:42 PM (gh32g)
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at January 22, 2026 10:02 PM (gh32g)
Correct!
Posted by: Doof at January 22, 2026 10:11 PM (QMAsf)
Kinda. Bon Scott, Angus Young and Malcolm Young were all born in Scotland. They emigrated to Australia before founding AC/DC, so yeah, Australian band.
Posted by: Anon Y. Mous
And Brian Johnson (screaming 'Shoot To Thrill'. Great song!) was from Newcastle, England.
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at January 22, 2026 10:43 PM (rii+a)
Those disorderly eggs are very triggering. I have to go check mine.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 22, 2026 10:06 PM (RIvkX)
Word. if at all possible, I arrange the eggs symmetrically in the carton.
Posted by: sal at January 22, 2026 10:43 PM (f+FmA)
The 'Road Department' (two guys part time guys actually) are just looking for a opportunity to hang out in the garage with their coffee maker for 3 or 4 days.
Posted by: Tonypete at January 22, 2026 10:43 PM (cYBz/)
Yes, it was actually beautiful weather for a road trip. This weekend, not so much. But all of my “you must get out occasionally to interact with people” events have been canceled, so I’m happy.
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at January 22, 2026 10:43 PM (EXyHK)
Posted by: Archimedes at January 22, 2026 10:38 PM (Riz8t)
An appointment to the ophthalmologist?
Posted by: GWB at January 22, 2026 10:43 PM (/h6AA)
Posted by: Doof at January 22, 2026 10:36 PM (QMAsf)
I did see the pink pointy things first and then realized it was forks. But I'm just used to seeing a lot of weird stuff. No, I'm not high. I just have really bad vision so I get used to weird chromatic aberrations, and concavity inversions, and all sort of funky freaky optical illusions which I think I'm more susceptible to. I've learned to not 100% trust what I see.
Posted by: banana Dream at January 22, 2026 10:43 PM (3uBP9)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 22, 2026 10:06 PM (RIvkX)
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Let it go. It's ova.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at January 22, 2026 10:44 PM (JkO4W)
Posted by: Cucker Tarlson at January 22, 2026 10:44 PM (rii+a)
But now the murders are up in their home countries, racist colonial oppressor
Posted by: Waiting for Martel at January 22, 2026 10:44 PM (icUI0)
Posted by: Seamus O'Toole County Cork at January 22, 2026 10:45 PM (oftw2)
Posted by: LRob in OK at January 22, 2026 10:45 PM (47diA)
Posted by: San Franpsycho
Word. if at all possible, I arrange the eggs symmetrically in the carton.
Posted by: sal
I do too. I normally do the cooking so I can tell immediately if the lovely wife has been in the carton.
What the hell is wrong with us?
Posted by: Tonypete at January 22, 2026 10:45 PM (cYBz/)
This is half the reason I stay off the roads down here when there’s even a light dusting of snow. Every road department with a salt spreader is more trigger happy than Don Knotts.
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at January 22, 2026 10:45 PM (EXyHK)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 22, 2026 10:06 PM (RIvkX)
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Let it go. It's ova.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at January 22, 2026 10:44 PM (JkO4W)
The yolk's on him.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at January 22, 2026 10:45 PM (S/Y4j)
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at January 22, 2026 10:43 PM (EXyHK)
Weather events are introvert fuel. It will be nice and toasty at Scary Acres. Enjoy your break!
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at January 22, 2026 10:46 PM (gh32g)
"I stand proud and I stand tall. Keep trying."
Bondi responded.
>>@AAGDhillon
>>Okay
Might just be me but I don't think taunting a very effective and pissed off prosecutor is a good idea.
Posted by: JackStraw at January 22, 2026 10:46 PM (viF8m)
Posted by: Archimedes at January 22, 2026 10:38 PM (Riz8t)
This really cool jacket that has sleeves that tie in the back.
Posted by: tcn in AK at January 22, 2026 10:46 PM (6Bc88)
Redhead is warning flare.
Posted by: JackStraw
I had a coworker whose kids were redheads. She said that it does affect their personalities because they get a lot of attention for it.
Posted by: nerdygirl at January 22, 2026 10:46 PM (0Htd1)
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at January 22, 2026 10:47 PM (x0vey)
Posted by: Rockin' Mel Slurp at January 22, 2026 10:47 PM (oftw2)
Why don't you just put them in the egg thingy that often comes in your refrigerator and take out the 1 or 2 you need without taking the whole thing out of the refrigerator? Open the door, reach in, take two out (one in each hand if you have small hands) and turn and set them on the counter (next to the fork so they don't roll off)?
Posted by: GWB at January 22, 2026 10:48 PM (/h6AA)
Posted by: 496 at January 22, 2026 10:48 PM (pQTSq)
Posted by: GWB
We're not animals! Sheesh!
Posted by: Tonypete at January 22, 2026 10:49 PM (cYBz/)
Posted by: fourseasons at January 22, 2026 10:49 PM (3ek7K)
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at January 22, 2026 10:50 PM (gh32g)
Don’t have one. Don’t know where I’d put it if I did.
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at January 22, 2026 10:50 PM (EXyHK)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 22, 2026 10:50 PM (hVbrz)
Posted by: San Franpsycho
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Omelet it slide, this time.
Posted by: JQ at January 22, 2026 10:51 PM (rdVOm)
No, no, no! Set them on the grid over the burner, away from the skillet. Get some civilization.
Posted by: LRob in OK at January 22, 2026 10:51 PM (47diA)
Posted by: fourseasons at
That's too bad. Are you on relief? Live in public housing?
Posted by: Hi-Tone Harry at January 22, 2026 10:51 PM (oftw2)
Posted by: Hedley Lamarr
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This is the way. Bonus- a bit of pettiness for the obviously incorrect loading of the d/w. Fun ONT, Disco!
Posted by: scampydog at January 22, 2026 10:51 PM (41CYW)
Posted by: Bulg at January 22, 2026 10:52 PM (77rzZ)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 22, 2026 10:52 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: GWB at January 22, 2026 10:48 PM (/h6AA)
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Two eggs are fine here in the US, but in France one egg is 'an oeuf'
Posted by: 496 at January 22, 2026 10:52 PM (pQTSq)
Posted by: DJ Jazzy Mel at January 22, 2026 10:52 PM (ZTJjv)
I have a different theory. They were probably both normal brunettes or blondes but the crazy leaked out and turned their hair red.
It's too bad but we must put them all in camps for our own safety.
Posted by: JackStraw at January 22, 2026 10:53 PM (viF8m)
Posted by: tankdemon at January 22, 2026 10:53 PM (Hd1lH)
Posted by: JQ at January 22, 2026 10:51 PM (rdVOm)
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Eggsellent.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 22, 2026 10:53 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: COMountainMarie at January 22, 2026 10:53 PM (LNeRu)
Posted by: Bulg
Any of Greenland?
Posted by: Come Sail Away at January 22, 2026 10:54 PM (oftw2)
Posted by: nerdygirl at January 22, 2026 10:46 PM (0Htd1)
Red-headed son was the world's biggest grannie magnet.
His dad and I both have recessive red genes, but none of his sisters got them. So I got the side eye sometimes...
Posted by: sal at January 22, 2026 10:54 PM (f+FmA)
Evidently he got a bit frustrated with them asking lots of questions, including "How do you know her?", and the 999 operator chastised him for being rude. He was gentlemanly and apologized and gave them the info they wanted.
That's a good kid. (Yes, 19 is still a kid.... At least it was when I was 20, watching the new batch of basic cadets coming in from the Valley....)
Posted by: GWB at January 22, 2026 10:54 PM (/h6AA)
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at January 22, 2026 10:54 PM (gh32g)
"I stand proud and I stand tall. Keep trying."
AAG Harmeet Dhillon responds on X: "Okay"
Posted by: IrishEi
After the others testify that Lemon was the ringleader of the conspiracy against civil rights it will be a slam dunk.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at January 22, 2026 10:54 PM (/lPRQ)
Posted by: Rex B at January 22, 2026 10:55 PM (oEMAv)
Posted by: LRob in OK at January 22, 2026 10:56 PM (47diA)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 22, 2026 10:56 PM (hVbrz)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 22, 2026 10:56 PM (RIvkX)
You only have to pick up a carton that is off balance and drop it once to know this is the way.
Posted by: Diogenes at January 22, 2026 10:57 PM (2WIwB)
I think I met you at the NOVA. You're a cool dude.
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at January 22, 2026 10:57 PM (CHHv1)
https://youtube.com/shorts/Ym5ImugI7t0
Posted by: tankdemon at January 22, 2026 10:57 PM (Hd1lH)
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at January 22, 2026 10:50 PM (EXyHK)
Ummmm, where you keep the eggs now?
Honestly, it's just a bin with divots in the bottom that's sturdier than the carton. Two advantages are that you don't have to worry about the carton giving way if you DO move it, and that you can usually stack the eggs. (I do that when I buy a new dozen before quite finishing the last dozen - older eggs on top.)
But you can do the same thing with a carton - just open the top and take out the couple of eggs you need, then close the refrigerator. (Don't use your hip to close it; you might get internal bleeding and have to shoot one.)
Posted by: GWB at January 22, 2026 10:58 PM (/h6AA)
Posted by: mikeski thinks one of them should be a basket at January 22, 2026 10:59 PM (VHUov)
Posted by: Bulg at January 22, 2026 11:00 PM (77rzZ)
The fridge that came with this house was one of those fancy computer everything piece of shit.
We hated it and it crapped out last year, it was four years old.
It couldn't be repaired.
We bought a new fridge, no ice maker and no water dispenser, a bare bones fridge.
All that fancy shit is not worth the money.
Oh the fancy dishwasher crapped out too. Bought a new one that only has one button, the start button. It cost $400.00.
Bet it lasts for years.
Posted by: fourseasons at January 22, 2026 11:00 PM (3ek7K)
"I stand proud and I stand tall. Keep trying."
Don Lemon is the patron saint of dumb.
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at January 22, 2026 11:00 PM (rii+a)
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at January 22, 2026 11:00 PM (0nHVk)
His dad and I both have recessive red genes, but none of his sisters got them. So I got the side eye sometimes...
Posted by: sal
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One gal was the only red-head of four but her great grandfather was also red.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 22, 2026 11:01 PM (hVbrz)
Posted by: JQ at January 22, 2026 11:01 PM (rdVOm)
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Don’t have one. Don’t know where I’d put it if I did.
Egg thingy holds 12 eggs. So if you buy more before you run out, you have to put the carton in the fridge anyway.
Posted by: Oddbob at January 22, 2026 11:01 PM (Fs0KI)
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at January 22, 2026 10:47 PM
***
Damn right.
Posted by: TRex - tool time dino at January 22, 2026 11:01 PM (IQ6Gq)
that pizza sounds awesome, pregnant or otherwise 🤪!
Posted by: COMountainMarie
I don't think I've ever seen a pregnant pizza.
Posted by: mikeski at January 22, 2026 11:02 PM (VHUov)
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at January 22, 2026 11:02 PM (gh32g)
Posted by: tankdemon at January 22, 2026 10:53 PM (Hd1lH)
Then you should definitely get an egg tray. Much sturdier than any egg carton, often with little handles on one or both ends.
Posted by: GWB at January 22, 2026 11:02 PM (/h6AA)
Posted by: LRob in OK at January 22, 2026 11:04 PM (47diA)
Oh I don't mind,
Posted by: Jimi at January 22, 2026 11:04 PM (XeU6L)
They are aliens I tell you!!
Posted by: Tonypete at January 22, 2026 11:04 PM (cYBz/)
Mom had dark hair/brown eyes too, so not a huge scandal. I did tease her about "the milkman" though, after I became an adult.
Posted by: JQ at January 22, 2026 11:05 PM (rdVOm)
Posted by: fourseasons at January 22, 2026 11:05 PM (3ek7K)
Posted by: Bulg at January 22, 2026 11:05 PM (77rzZ)
He or she corrected me on that prejudice. I was informed that they certainly did have souls, just not their own. They collected them.
Posted by: Orson at January 22, 2026 11:06 PM (dIske)
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at January 22, 2026 10:54 PM (gh32g)
As long as you don't shell them before putting them in the ash, yes.
Posted by: GWB at January 22, 2026 11:07 PM (/h6AA)
It took a few attempts before I could get the pic to slot into place, but once it did … not only can I not unsee it, I *can no longer see* the unsettling psychedelic quasi-biological weirdness that was ALL I could see the first few times through. Frankly, that part is a little disturbing all in itself.
Posted by: SKT at January 22, 2026 11:07 PM (N6qxq)
Posted by: Puddleglum
I are insal..... I are uffen.....
Your words make me feel ouchy.
Posted by: dumb at January 22, 2026 11:07 PM (VHUov)
Posted by: Orson
Which reminds me - what happens when you've sold your soul multiple times? Do the 'owners' fight over yours when you die?
Posted by: Tonypete at January 22, 2026 11:07 PM (cYBz/)
Seems like a stretch. Why not just coat all eggs?
Posted by: JackStraw at January 22, 2026 11:08 PM (viF8m)
We hated it and it crapped out last year, it was four years old.
It couldn't be repaired.
We bought a new fridge, no ice maker and no water dispenser, a bare bones fridge.
All that fancy shit is not worth the money.
Posted by: fourseasons at January 22, 2026 11:00 PM (3ek7K)
We have a basic Whirlpool fridge that is 18 years old. Bought at a scratch and dent sale at Lowes. That thing has been a beast. Hubby has made minor repairs. Whirlpool still makes a similar model, and that is what we will get when this one dies.
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at January 22, 2026 11:08 PM (gh32g)
Well, Irish is Irish no matter what shade of pale.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 22, 2026 11:09 PM (hVbrz)
Posted by: Tonypete at January 22, 2026 11:07 PM (cYBz/)
_____________________________
Semantics....they split your shoe collection.
Posted by: Orson at January 22, 2026 11:09 PM (dIske)
Posted by: Tonypete
Aren't they also supposed to be 20% more pain-tolerant? So if you short them, they shouldn't mind.
Posted by: mikeski at January 22, 2026 11:09 PM (VHUov)
Technically, commercial eggs in the United States should be refrigerated. Supposedly. The protective coating that allows eggs to survive indefinitely at room temperature is cleaned off of eggs for commercial sale. This is something Europeans laugh at us for, and I’m not sure I can disagree with them.
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at January 22, 2026 11:09 PM (EXyHK)
Posted by: fourseasons at
That's too bad. Are you on relief? Live in public housing?
Posted by: Hi-Tone Harry
You can laugh. My SIL was shocked that my refrigerator doesn't have an ice maker.
Posted by: nerdygirl at January 22, 2026 11:10 PM (0Htd1)
Posted by: sal
I arrange mine so no two eggs of the same color are side by side.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at January 22, 2026 11:10 PM (/lPRQ)
Anyway, you goofy city people 🐤🐤🐤.🐓😋
Posted by: COMountainMarie at January 22, 2026 11:10 PM (LNeRu)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 22, 2026 11:10 PM (RIvkX)
If I put a pre-made egg tray where I put the egg cartons now, it would make no difference. I’d still have to slide it out to get eggs from it. There is no reasonable place to put such a device in the door.
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at January 22, 2026 11:11 PM (EXyHK)
Posted by: Ronsonic at January 22, 2026 11:11 PM (tof4A)
Posted by: 13times at January 22, 2026 11:11 PM (lFp4o)
Posted by: Tonypete
I think it goes to the first buyer. But thy firstborn son is gonna be in trouble if he tries to sell his.
Posted by: mikeski practices fractional-reserve conjuring at January 22, 2026 11:12 PM (VHUov)
The key link is the MC1R gene (melanocortin-1 receptor), which causes red hair by producing more pheomelanin (red pigment) instead of eumelanin (dark pigment). This same gene mutation affects pain pathways and how the body responds to anesthetics.
A landmark 2004 study in the journal Anesthesiology found that women with natural red hair needed about 19-20% more of the inhaled anesthetic desflurane to stay under compared to dark-haired women. The difference was statistically significant, and most of the redheads had specific MC1R mutations.
Posted by: Tonypete at January 22, 2026 11:12 PM (cYBz/)
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at January 22, 2026 11:09 PM (EXyHK)
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Protective coating?
Sounds like...WITCHCRAFT
Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 22, 2026 11:12 PM (RIvkX)
This is known.
Posted by: JQ at January 22, 2026 11:13 PM (rdVOm)
Told ya.
Posted by: JackStraw at January 22, 2026 11:13 PM (viF8m)
Posted by: Aetius451AD at January 22, 2026 11:13 PM (bss/y)
Posted by: Opinion fact at January 22, 2026 11:13 PM (KDPiq)
Posted by: Redwine at January 22, 2026 11:14 PM (31SBh)
It might depend on the screen. My galaxy ultra "pops", and was obvious. HP Omen screen was "WTF"...
Posted by: man at January 22, 2026 11:15 PM (XuXeR)
that pizza sounds awesome, pregnant or otherwise 🤪!
Yum!
Good evening all😊
Posted by: COMountainMarie at January 22, 2026 10:53 PM (LNeRu)
Howdy COMM!
Posted by: Doof at January 22, 2026 11:15 PM (QMAsf)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 22, 2026 11:01 PM (hVbrz)
The genes lurk and can show up generations later.
He had a grandmother (mine) and a great-grandmother (his dad).
Family traits are fun to track.
Posted by: sal at January 22, 2026 11:15 PM (f+FmA)
Or just lies. Frankly, I trust government advice a lot less now than I did several years ago.
But I still store my eggs in the refrigerator.
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at January 22, 2026 11:16 PM (EXyHK)
Posted by: Bulg
Charlie Manson started a family. And Carlo Gambino.
Posted by: Commercial Carting, Our Specialty at January 22, 2026 11:16 PM (oftw2)
Mine was always front row, left of center.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at January 22, 2026 11:13 PM (bss/y)
It's been a while. Front row, leftmost. I miss smoking. I liked the ritual.
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at January 22, 2026 11:17 PM (gh32g)
Posted by: man at January 22, 2026 11:17 PM (XuXeR)
Sir Francis Chichester, sailing Gypsy Moth IV.
Amazing man!
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at January 22, 2026 11:18 PM (n9ltV)
Posted by: Opinion fact at January 22, 2026 11:18 PM (KDPiq)
Dunno. Never had a cig, and I'm...29. Now cigars, well...
Posted by: man at January 22, 2026 11:19 PM (XuXeR)
Mine was always front row, left of center.
Posted by: Aetius451AD
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That's a tell.
Some smokers only had a choice of +/-5; there were no rows.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 22, 2026 11:19 PM (hVbrz)
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at January 22, 2026 11:17 PM (gh32g)
Nice. Leftmost.
I miss it too.
I knew someone who pulled it off the back row right of center. It was like, body snatchers.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at January 22, 2026 11:19 PM (bss/y)
Posted by: JackStraw at January 22, 2026 11:08 PM (viF8m)
Now that you mention it....
The only reason we refrigerate eggs in the US is (except for hobby farmers and such) that, to be sold, eggs must be washed.
In Europe (this might have changed recently) they do not wash the eggs, and the coating that is on the eggs naturally keeps them fresh without refrigeration.
Because we have a bit of a fetish for clean things (even ones that don't need to be clean) USDA requires our eggs be bathed before being sold.
Posted by: GWB at January 22, 2026 11:20 PM (/h6AA)
So, the Don Lemonfag.
Did he go to Minnesota as a reporter or was his intent to be a rabble rouser?
Posted by: fourseasons at January 22, 2026 11:20 PM (3ek7K)
Posted by: Oooh, What A Lucky Man He Was! at January 22, 2026 11:21 PM (oftw2)
Some smokers only had a choice of +/-5; there were no rows.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 22, 2026 11:19 PM (hVbrz)
With the ancient bastards here, I expected soft pack comments. 'Whichever one shook out!'
Posted by: Aetius451AD at January 22, 2026 11:21 PM (bss/y)
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary
Posted by: Jimi at January 22, 2026 11:22 PM (XeU6L)
Posted by: man at January 22, 2026 11:22 PM (XuXeR)
Posted by: Oooh, What A Lucky Man He Was! at January 22, 2026 11:21 PM (oftw2)
That's great man.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at January 22, 2026 11:22 PM (bss/y)
Did he go to Minnesota as a reporter or was his intent to be a rabble rouser?
Posted by: fourseasons at January 22, 2026 11:20 PM (3ek7K)
Evidence shows he was there to be a rabble rouser but his defense is he was a journalist following the story.
Posted by: Opinion fact at January 22, 2026 11:23 PM (KDPiq)
Posted by: man at January 22, 2026 11:22 PM (XuXeR)
I had about 6 left in a carton that I had sitting for about 3-4 weeks. They were fine.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at January 22, 2026 11:23 PM (bss/y)
Posted by: man at January 22, 2026 11:22 PM (XuXeR)
Chinese
Posted by: Opinion fact at January 22, 2026 11:23 PM (KDPiq)
Posted by: Oooh, What A Lucky Man He Was! at January 22, 2026 11:21 PM (oftw2)
That is a sweet memory.
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at January 22, 2026 11:24 PM (gh32g)
Posted by: Opinion fact at January 22, 2026 11:24 PM (KDPiq)
Posted by: Oooh, What A Lucky Man He Was!
Wonderful!!
Posted by: Tonypete at January 22, 2026 11:25 PM (cYBz/)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 22, 2026 11:25 PM (8zz6B)
Yikes. I'm getting a dozen every couple of weeks. Along with bacon.... and that never lasts around here.
Posted by: man at January 22, 2026 11:25 PM (XuXeR)
Posted by: man at January 22, 2026 11:25 PM (XuXeR)
Posted by: Don Black at January 22, 2026 11:26 PM (ZxPkt)
Might just be me but I don't think taunting a very effective and pissed off prosecutor is a good idea.
About as brilliant of an idea as the guy in a pic I saw who was standing on his front lawn in MN, stating he was protecting his neighborhood from ICE. Cause standing in the open with a weapon when many armed LEOs arrive always works out well
Posted by: Azjaeger at January 22, 2026 11:27 PM (3/XaG)
Posted by: pookysgirl is more German than Dutch, ja at January 22, 2026 11:27 PM (Wt5PA)
Posted by: AnchorPoint at January 22, 2026 11:27 PM (XY7MO)
Posted by: Opinion fact"
Balat?
Posted by: man at January 22, 2026 11:25 PM (XuXeR)
Balut are duck eggs, right?
Posted by: Aetius451AD at January 22, 2026 11:28 PM (bss/y)
Posted by: Monica at January 22, 2026 11:28 PM (vHOpd)
Posted by: Opinion fact at January 22, 2026 11:28 PM (KDPiq)
Posted by: Don Black
The really goofy ones sort by heat, from vanilla sugar to ground habanero.
Posted by: mikeski sorts by jar size, bigger in back at January 22, 2026 11:28 PM (VHUov)
Coming in late after Gutfeld.
I have no idea what the art thread adjacent picture is - maybe it's already in the comments so I'll see as I read through them all to see how everyone is and what's happening in everyone's life.
As I read this I realize - I gotta get a hobby...
And if the bar is open...I wouldn't say no to a beer...
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at January 22, 2026 11:29 PM (QGaXH)
Posted by: Don Black at January 22, 2026 11:26 PM (ZxPkt)
I alphabetize my spices without apology. It makes life easier.
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at January 22, 2026 11:30 PM (gh32g)
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at January 22, 2026 11:30 PM (CHHv1)
Posted by: Bulg at January 22, 2026 11:30 PM (77rzZ)
Generally, yeah. Spelled either way. 2 or so week Ole embryonic egg.
Older if you're manly enough...
Posted by: man at January 22, 2026 11:30 PM (XuXeR)
In my experience, they don't keep much in refrigeration in Europe because A) that is not how they live and B) refrigeration in Europe sucks.
It has nothing to do with washing eggs. The culture is different. They shop more frequently instead of having huge refrigerators that actually work. Ask CBD about his French kitchen. Europeans don't do Wally World grocery shopping. They buy what they need for a day or two at a time.
And no, Sir Francis Chichester did not did eggs in wax and sail around the world with them. If he had it would have become SOP among offshore sailors. It didn't. That's not how it works.
Posted by: JackStraw at January 22, 2026 11:30 PM (viF8m)
Lol BeckoningChasm!
Posted by: fourseasons at January 22, 2026 11:31 PM (3ek7K)
. Yeah, no.
Fajita spices in the middle, salt and pepper in front. Everything else in back.
Posted by: man at January 22, 2026 11:32 PM (XuXeR)
I saw the forks first, then saw it morph into the pink stalactites hanging in vat of liquid. The little indentations on the fork handles can look like bubbles.
It's like the Rubin vase.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at January 22, 2026 11:32 PM (w6EFb)
Posted by: Aetius451AD at January 22, 2026 11:32 PM (bss/y)
Mine was always front row, left of center.
Posted by: Aetius451AD
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You folks are spoiled. The earlier cigarette packs did not have flip-top lids. Generally, one one tore off half of the top of the pack (left half, or right half, laterally) and tapped out a smoke as required.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 22, 2026 11:32 PM (XeU6L)
Posted by: Bulg at January 22, 2026 11:33 PM (77rzZ)
Posted by: Opinion fact at January 22, 2026 11:33 PM (KDPiq)
Dave's not here man...
Posted by: man at January 22, 2026 11:34 PM (XuXeR)
Posted by: fourseasons at January 22, 2026 11:34 PM (3ek7K)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 22, 2026 11:32 PM (XeU6L)
I remember those. It's been years but I want a Marlboro.
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at January 22, 2026 11:35 PM (gh32g)
Posted by: Monica at January 22, 2026 11:35 PM (vHOpd)
The thing is, at least if you raise chickens, don't wash eggs till ready to use. Shells are porous. You don't want to get them wet.To store for long term one way is to coat the shells with olive oil (some people use lard) and store in a cool dark place. They'll stay fine for a year without refrigeration. Not so much at all for store bought.
Posted by: COMountainMarie at January 22, 2026 11:35 PM (LNeRu)
Posted by: Dark Litigator at January 22, 2026 11:36 PM (KAi1n)
Posted by: Aetius451AD"
Yeah. I was cruising thru some "exotic" meals, but that.. requires more alcohol than I had...
Posted by: man at January 22, 2026 11:36 PM (XuXeR)
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at January 22, 2026 11:36 PM (CHHv1)
Because we have a bit of a fetish for clean things (even ones that don't need to be clean) USDA requires our eggs be bathed before being sold.
Posted by: GWB
The chicken's only got one exit. Eggs got chicken shit on 'em. I'd rather not have that in my kitchen. If that makes me a clean-fetishist, so be it.
Posted by: mikeski is trying to cut back at January 22, 2026 11:36 PM (VHUov)
Posted by: Bulg at January 22, 2026 11:33 PM (77rzZ)
Are your Jethro Tull albums under "J" or "T"?
Posted by: Doof at January 22, 2026 11:37 PM (QMAsf)
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I have one left in a carton marked 'Use by Nov. 16'. Big deal, just used a couple this week, passed the float test.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 22, 2026 11:37 PM (XeU6L)
and so forth
Posted by: Don Black at January 22, 2026 11:37 PM (ZxPkt)
Shiner ok? Got some here...
Posted by: man at January 22, 2026 11:37 PM (XuXeR)
Posted by: Don Black at January 22, 2026 11:39 PM (ZxPkt)
Posted by: Doof at January 22, 2026 10:16 PM (QMAsf)
Sorry for your loss, man.
Thank you for ONT tonight and always.
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at January 22, 2026 11:39 PM (QGaXH)
Posted by: man at January 22, 2026 11:39 PM (XuXeR)
Posted by: Opinion fact at January 22, 2026 11:39 PM (KDPiq)
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at January 22, 2026 11:39 PM (CHHv1)
"A" for agronomist...
Posted by: man at January 22, 2026 11:39 PM (XuXeR)
F for flute
Posted by: Opinion fact at January 22, 2026 11:40 PM (KDPiq)
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at January 22, 2026 11:41 PM (gh32g)
BeckoningChasm,
You're never an imbecile.
How is Robert the cat?
Has he decided if he likes you? Lol
Posted by: fourseasons at January 22, 2026 11:41 PM (3ek7K)
Posted by: man at January 22, 2026 11:37 PM (XuXeR)
I just stocked up on Yuengling Black and Tan in preparation for the impending snow. Also a new bottle of Four Roses Single Barrel.
Posted by: Doof at January 22, 2026 11:42 PM (QMAsf)
Posted by: BeckoningChasm
Isn't the knowledge that knowing the future is unknowable. . . .
*Takes a deep hit on the bong*
Posted by: Tonypete at January 22, 2026 11:42 PM (cYBz/)
One of my college friends was a guy from San Diego. He used to tell us that in San Diego, the streets were arranged alphabetically. This is crazy, we tell him. Who arranges to name streets alphabetically?
Later, I move to San Diego. The streets are all named in themes, and within the theme alphabetically. I can probably still recite the tree-based street names where I happened to live. (The other direction was numbered, not named.)
Ash, Beech, Cedar, Date, Elm, Fig, Grape, Hawthorne, Ivy, Juniper, Kalmia, Laurel, Maple, Nutmeg, Olive, Palm, Quince, Redwood, Spruce, Thorn, Upas.
I don’t even know what a Kalmia or Upas tree are. But I remember the names. Not really sure what an Ivy Tree is either but there apparently is either such a thing or such a term.
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at January 22, 2026 11:42 PM (EXyHK)
Posted by: Bulg at January 22, 2026 11:42 PM (77rzZ)
Posted by: Don Black
I used to, in my twenties.... now in my 60s, I find grouping spices by type to be more convenient...so dried herbs are grouped together, with the ones I use the most in the most forward position....and "red/brown" spices grouped together....ie, smoked paprika, paprika, garam masala, cayennne, cumin, corriander...etc..... all the rest get shoved in the spice cupboard....but separated between baking spices and general cooking spices.....so cinnamon, nutmeg, allspice,ginger etc . are separated from garlic powder, onion powder, curry powder, dried mustard, aleppo pepper, turmeric etc.
Posted by: Monica at January 22, 2026 11:42 PM (vHOpd)
Posted by: Mike Hammer,
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Didn't smoke, but that jolted the memory of seeing what was forgotten.
Posted by: scampydog at January 22, 2026 11:42 PM (41CYW)
Posted by: Don Black at January 22, 2026 11:43 PM (ZxPkt)
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at January 22, 2026 10:54 PM (gh32g)
A jar of water glass (sodium silicate solution) was the old-school way of preserving eggs.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 22, 2026 11:43 PM (8zz6B)
Posted by: JQ at January 22, 2026 11:43 PM (rdVOm)
KY's @GovAndyBeshear:
“Trump's speech was dangerous, disrespectful, and unhinged. Detached from the reality of what's happening in 🇺🇸
— You now understand why Canadians have stopped buying American products.”
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 22, 2026 11:43 PM (hVbrz)
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at January 22, 2026 11:44 PM (IG3/x)
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at January 22, 2026 11:44 PM (gh32g)
Posted by: fourseasons at January 22, 2026 11:44 PM (3ek7K)
Posted by: Mike Hammer
Worked on a labor gang with a foreman that did that. If he tapped out a second smoke we knew it was going to be a long lunch break.
RIP Big Al.
Posted by: Tonypete at January 22, 2026 11:45 PM (cYBz/)
Be a shame messin' up a nice potato like that.
Posted by: Seamus O'Toole County Cork
You'll put your eye out.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at January 22, 2026 11:45 PM (pkeXY)
“They aired 93% NEGATIVE coverage on ICE enforcement in MN. We know legacy media hate Trump and ICE, but 93% is not journalism, it's TRIBALISM. It's group hate on steroids.”
_Trace Gallagher (Fox)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 22, 2026 11:45 PM (hVbrz)
Carlos Castaneda and Herman Hesse discussion was so last week. .
Posted by: man at January 22, 2026 11:45 PM (XuXeR)
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at January 22, 2026 11:46 PM (/lPRQ)
Posted by: Bulg at January 22, 2026 11:46 PM (77rzZ)
Posted by: Dark Litigator at January 22, 2026 11:46 PM (KAi1n)
I lived on Gen Vandenberg
Posted by: Opinion fact at January 22, 2026 11:47 PM (KDPiq)
Posted by: Dark Litigator at January 22, 2026 11:47 PM (KAi1n)
Posted by: man at January 22, 2026 11:47 PM (XuXeR)
He still bites just because, refuses treats just because, but we are aligning better. He seems to get that he can lie on me and that's OK with him (until it isn't).
And there is Thursday. See you tomorrow.
-30-
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at January 22, 2026 11:48 PM (CHHv1)
Posted by: fourseasons at January 22, 2026 11:48 PM (3ek7K)
Posted by: man at January 22, 2026 11:48 PM (XuXeR)
Posted by: JackStraw at January 22, 2026 11:08 PM (viF8m)
Now that you mention it....
The only reason we refrigerate eggs in the US is (except for hobby farmers and such) that, to be sold, eggs must be washed.
In Europe (this might have changed recently) they do not wash the eggs, and the coating that is on the eggs naturally keeps them fresh without refrigeration.
Because we have a bit of a fetish for clean things (even ones that don't need to be clean) USDA requires our eggs be bathed before being sold.
Posted by: GWB at January 22, 2026 11:20 PM (/h6AA)
Also, look up 'water glassing'.
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at January 22, 2026 11:49 PM (ULPxl)
Posted by: Mike Hammer
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Yep. Late BF smoke Camel unfiltered. No hard pack available, even now (I think)... Had to tear open the foil on one side of that center closure paper. If it was rainy, he didn't tear it off, just *open* so he could fold the foil back over the cigarettes & help keep them dry. He worked outdoors often.
Posted by: JQ at January 22, 2026 11:49 PM (rdVOm)
Posted by: man at January 22, 2026 11:17 PM (XuXeR)
Same here.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 22, 2026 11:50 PM (8zz6B)
The Back Bay neighborhood of Boston where I lived was created by filling in the bay around the original peninsula of the original city. It's the only part of the city that has a normal grid pattern.
The cross street names starting from the Public Garden are Arlington, Berkley, Clarendon, Exeter, Dartmouth, etc.
The Brits were orderly people at one time.
Posted by: JackStraw at January 22, 2026 11:50 PM (viF8m)
Smaller side streets branching off a main avenue start with the same first letter as that avenue.
"Roads" connect two streets, while "lanes" and "places" are dead ends.
Kinda cool really.
Posted by: Tonypete at January 22, 2026 11:50 PM (cYBz/)
{{bro hug}}
Posted by: Bulg at January 22, 2026 11:46 PM (77rzZ)
Appreciate that. Life is good. I'll always miss her though.
Posted by: Doof at January 22, 2026 11:50 PM (QMAsf)
Posted by: Opinion fact at January 22, 2026 11:23 PM (KDPiq)
Journalists lie. It's what they do.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 22, 2026 11:52 PM (8zz6B)
Posted by: Bulg at January 22, 2026 11:52 PM (77rzZ)
Posted by: Dark Litigator at January 22, 2026 11:47 PM (KAi1n)
Yes it was. Time flies.
Posted by: Doof at January 22, 2026 11:52 PM (QMAsf)
Posted by: Seamus O'Toole County Cork
You'll put your eye out.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr.
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Caused me to recall toy Spud Gun.You jammed the muzzle into a potato to charge it with a 'pellet', then a spring-loaded piston fired the pellet. Here's a pic:
https://shorturl.at/ZQBnQ
From a time when kids were not fragile.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 22, 2026 11:52 PM (XeU6L)
Posted by: man at January 22, 2026 11:53 PM (XuXeR)
Xi Van Fleet
@XVanFleet
·
10h
For the first time, Russia will declassify and publish the correspondence between Stalin and Mao.
Posted by: 13times at January 22, 2026 11:54 PM (lFp4o)
It once was a tax stamp which must be torn when opening the pack as required by law.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 22, 2026 11:54 PM (hVbrz)
Anyway Britain declined the invitation because Russia was also invited.
Posted by: Opinion fact at January 22, 2026 11:54 PM (KDPiq)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 22, 2026 11:54 PM (XeU6L)
Anyway Britain declined the invitation because Russia was also invited.
Posted by: Opinion fact at January 22, 2026 11:54 PM (KDPiq)
Queer Starmer couldn't cope with both Poo Tin and OrangeManBad picking on him at the same time.
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at January 22, 2026 11:56 PM (ULPxl)
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair
They're not strictly alphabetical, because it's a modern curvy-street suburb and not an old-school grid layout, but Inver Grove Heights MN has the streets grouped from "A" names in the west to "D" names in the east. Mostly.
Posted by: mikeski at January 22, 2026 11:56 PM (VHUov)
Doof,
I am so glad life is good for you.
Your late wife wants that for you.
It is so difficult to move forward.
You have wonderful memories and that is a blessing.
Posted by: fourseasons at January 22, 2026 11:56 PM (3ek7K)
"The world has begun to AWAKEN! The best proof is what's happening in Americas, with the REBIRTH of liberty! The Americas will be the beacon of LIGHT that will illuminate the entire West!"
_Javier Milei (Davos)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 22, 2026 11:56 PM (hVbrz)
Posted by: Don Black at January 22, 2026 11:57 PM (ZxPkt)
Posted by: Mike Hammer
They ran out of ideas after the first nineteen?
Posted by: mikeski's counting on it at January 22, 2026 11:58 PM (VHUov)
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at January 22, 2026 11:58 PM (ULPxl)
Scary, I'd take it up again.
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at January 23, 2026 12:01 AM (gh32g)
I am so glad life is good for you.
Your late wife wants that for you.
It is so difficult to move forward.
You have wonderful memories and that is a blessing.
Posted by: fourseasons at January 22, 2026 11:56 PM (3ek7K)
Thanks. Memories of her are indeed a blessing.
Posted by: Doof at January 23, 2026 12:02 AM (QMAsf)
Posted by: Don Black at January 23, 2026 12:02 AM (ZxPkt)
Ash, Beech, Cedar, Date, Elm, Fig, Grape, Hawthorne, Ivy, Juniper, Kalmia, Laurel, Maple, Nutmeg, Olive, Palm, Quince, Redwood, Spruce, Thorn, Upas.
I don’t even know what a Kalmia or Upas tree are. But I remember the names. Not really sure what an Ivy Tree is either but there apparently is either such a thing or such a term.
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at January 22, 2026 11:42 PM (EXyHK)
West Vancouver, B.C. has streets (running N-S) numbered in sequence from East to West, and avenues running E-W (parallel to the shoreline) in alphabetical order from the waterfront up the hillside.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 23, 2026 12:02 AM (8zz6B)
There are odd little groupings of historical names in different areas. In the Morena district near the intersection of I-8 and I-5, there's an area with Civil War-related names.
Up in Marina del Rey in LA there are a bunch of WWII Pacific island/battle names - figure the developer was a vet of the Pacific.
In DC it took a while to notice the E-W street names, going north are alphabetical, first 2-syllable, then 3-syllable.
Posted by: rhomboid at January 23, 2026 12:02 AM (U/Byj)
Posted by: Tom Servo at January 23, 2026 12:03 AM (xVja5)
Posted by: Monica at January 22, 2026 11:42 PM (vHOpd)
I also moved the baking spices and extracts, in their little plastic bin, into the cabinet where I keep the mixing bowls. Works really well.
Posted by: sal at January 23, 2026 12:07 AM (f+FmA)
Rosecranz is one of them?
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at January 23, 2026 12:07 AM (EXyHK)
Posted by: Rex B at January 22, 2026 10:55 PM (oEMAv)
Ginger is the girl I'd take to a class reunion or some other activity where I want to show a bunch of snobs that I did amount to something after all...
Hopefully I'd grow up and realize Mary Ann is who you want to spend your life with....
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at January 23, 2026 12:08 AM (QGaXH)
Of course if you asked 1,000 random people on the street to ID either figure ...... well. Maybe 1 or 2 would know.
Posted by: rhomboid at January 23, 2026 12:08 AM (U/Byj)
Posted by: Tom Servo
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Richmond Hill, GA, elev. 19.69 ft.
Mount Pleasant, SC, elev. 10 ft.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 23, 2026 12:09 AM (XeU6L)
Posted by: sal at January 23, 2026 12:07 AM (f+FmA)
You are supposed to have a fancy spice rack, with row upon row of little glass apothecary jars that have lids that don't fit tightly so the spices go stale.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 23, 2026 12:10 AM (8zz6B)
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at January 23, 2026 12:10 AM (gh32g)
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at January 23, 2026 12:11 AM (w6EFb)
As I used to do when a docent at a local military museum, I strongly suggest any visitor to San Diego to make sure they get up to Pt. Loma, Rosecrans cemetery, Cabrillo nat. monument at the end. Incredible views.
Posted by: rhomboid at January 23, 2026 12:12 AM (U/Byj)
The highways and country roads are, of course, called by their numbers.
This makes it pretty easy to get around.
Posted by: sal at January 23, 2026 12:12 AM (f+FmA)
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at January 22, 2026 11:42 PM (EXyHK)
Lubbock, TX for one. I think all of the southern East-West roads were alphabetical founders and presidents, and all of the northern ones were trees. All of the North-South roads were numbered, with avenues on one side and streets on the other (of the center of town, that is). And it had two big crossways roads that went like an X through it all.
It made it INCREDIBLY easy to find an address. 402 W Adams? Easy, one road south from the middle of town, 4th block west of the middle. And 102 S 4th street would be right around the corner from it.
That system broke down once you were outside the original outlines of the city. Much more like regular suburbia, with curvy streets everywhere, so you can't go in a straight line.
Posted by: GWB at January 23, 2026 12:13 AM (/h6AA)
KY's @GovAndyBeshear:
“Trump's speech was dangerous, disrespectful, and unhinged. Detached from the reality of what's happening in 🇺🇸
— You now understand why Canadians have stopped buying American products.”
Posted by: Braenyard
LoL!! Well bless his heart.
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at January 23, 2026 12:13 AM (hybOl)
Pittsburgh is having a pretty nice time in Canada. They whooped up Edmonton tonight. Calgary last night.
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at January 23, 2026 12:14 AM (hybOl)
In the next town, 10 miles from us , there is a house with the same address as ours.
Delivery people don't look at the town names apparently.
We just text each other to come pick up the packages.
Posted by: fourseasons at January 23, 2026 12:16 AM (3ek7K)
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at January 23, 2026 12:18 AM (gh32g)
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at January 22, 2026 11:30 PM (CHHv1)
I resemble that remark.....
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at January 23, 2026 12:18 AM (QGaXH)
Posted by: fourseasons at January 23, 2026 12:18 AM (3ek7K)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 23, 2026 12:18 AM (XeU6L)
Posted by: Bulg at January 22, 2026 11:33 PM (77rzZ)
Even the numbers.....?
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at January 23, 2026 12:20 AM (QGaXH)
Not aware of any prosecutorial foul-ups.
Just a few cases, but. Infuriating, and worrying.
Posted by: rhomboid at January 23, 2026 12:20 AM (U/Byj)
I lived on Gen Vandenberg
Posted by: Opinion fact at January 22, 2026 11:47 PM (KDPiq)
_________________________________________
It's my understanding you could buy some pretty good peanuts on Major General Anthony McAuliffe Avenue
Posted by: Orson at January 23, 2026 12:21 AM (dIske)
Posted by: Orson at January 23, 2026 12:23 AM (dIske)
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at January 23, 2026 12:20 AM (QGaXH)
Wouldn't work. They all begina with "A".
Anna one, anna two, anna three...
Posted by: zombie Lawrence Welk at January 23, 2026 12:23 AM (8zz6B)
Lol
Posted by: fourseasons at January 23, 2026 12:24 AM (3ek7K)
I've only caught up to comment #82. Not sure if the thing was stated.
If it was supposed to be that you didn't see the forks at first, it didn't work for me. I saw that immediately and tried to figure out what the deal really was. MiladyJo, OTOH, didn't see them at first and as she explained to me that they were forks, I was, like, yeah? So what?
As I scrolled down the picture suddenly went 3-D.
Posted by: Florida Peasant
I kinda saw that as I scrolled past it up and down. The forks looked like they were valleys, as it were, rather than on top of the towel.
If it's something else entirely, I dunno. Back to reading comments.
___
Glad somebody caught the Marry Ann errrorr. One might be forgiven for not noticing it, what with that purty gal pic right there.
I'm still in the "both" camp, though — if stuck on an island.
Ginger, Jennifer, Jeanie, and Veronica.
Posted by: mindful webworker -and me 30 years younger at January 23, 2026 12:24 AM (P0/oa)
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at January 23, 2026 12:24 AM (gh32g)
Sorry-- was out back havin' a smoke! LOL
Posted by: JQ at January 22, 2026 11:43 PM (rdVOm)
Thank you dear!
Also thank you to man for the offer of a shiner....which I assume was a beverage and not a poke in the eye...though I could probably use one of those too if you ask my wife..
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at January 23, 2026 12:27 AM (QGaXH)
Posted by: fourseasons at January 23, 2026 12:27 AM (3ek7K)
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at January 23, 2026 12:20 AM (QGaXH)
eight
five
four
nine
one
six
seven
ten
three
two
zero
Posted by: Kindltot at January 23, 2026 12:29 AM (rbvCR)
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at January 23, 2026 12:27 AM (QGaXH)
That would be a Shiner Bock, made in Shiner, Texas. You can buy it in AZ, not sure about Calizuela. Real good craft-style beer at an industrial beer price.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 23, 2026 12:30 AM (8zz6B)
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at January 23, 2026 12:31 AM (gh32g)
Posted by: nascar raimondo at January 23, 2026 12:31 AM (VguZh)
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary
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Same with Big Bend.
Ex and I horseback to the I Can't Remember Peak.
At the top was a pick nick area. (Some people took an overnight ride) There were wooden tables and a big cage. The cage was to protect the horses overnight from the mountain lions.
There were no cages for the people.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 23, 2026 12:32 AM (hVbrz)
Posted by: Bulg
Even the numbers.....?
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan
ASCIIbetical is an option.
0-9, then A-Z, then a-z.
Posted by: mikeski is way down the list at January 23, 2026 12:33 AM (VHUov)
Had an appt to see the periodontist who is doing the implant on my front tooth. Yesterday, one of my other teeth (in the back of my mouth) lost part of the filling in it, in addition to part of the tooth itself and started hurting like an SOB. Called my dentist, who said I could either call an endodontist for a root canal or an oral surgeon for an extraction.
I figured since I already had the appt with the periodontist, I would ask her to take a look at it and give me her opinion. She agreed. When she first looked at it, she thought I should be able to go the root canal root, but she has an imaging machine in her office and suggested we look at that first.
Turns out that tooth is cracked/broken and can't be salvaged. Not only that, another tooth on the opposite side of my mouth is also cracked/broken. She could extract both teeth at the same time as doing stuff on my front tooth. The bone in my lower jaw was in good enough shape that she could implant the post today.
(continued)
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at January 23, 2026 12:33 AM (SRRAx)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natalie_Schafer#/media/File:
NatalieSchafer.jpg
Posted by: Dark Litigator at January 23, 2026 12:33 AM (KAi1n)
Posted by: nascar raimondo at January 23, 2026 12:31 AM (VguZh)
Another sad victim of the parallel parking requirement.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 23, 2026 12:34 AM (8zz6B)
Ex and I horseback to the I Can't Remember Peak.
At the top was a pick nick area. (Some people took an overnight ride) There were wooden tables and a big cage. The cage was to protect the horses overnight from the mountain lions.
There were no cages for the people.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 23, 2026 12:32 AM (hVbrz)
Hubby and I did an overnight backpack of the South rim trail in Big Bend. Each site had a bear box. And we saw a bear down trail. But the deer were wild. They circled our campsite like sharks. They wanted our water. It was wild.
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at January 23, 2026 12:36 AM (gh32g)
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at January 23, 2026 12:24 AM (gh32g)
Probably why they invented claymore mines
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at January 23, 2026 12:38 AM (snZF9)
Of course they didn't explain why eggs were so expensive.
And now eggs are much more affordable.
The have gone from six dollars a dozen under Biden to two dollars a dozen under Trump.
The media has done no follow-up, no explanation of how they got it wrong.
Posted by: Eem at January 23, 2026 12:40 AM (PmvJR)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 23, 2026 12:30 AM (8zz6B)
Actually..I was aware of Shiner bock though I don't drink that fancy stuff...LOL!
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at January 23, 2026 12:40 AM (QGaXH)
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at January 23, 2026 12:40 AM (QGaXH)
Shiner Bock is just a better grade of everyday beer. Nothing ultra fancy.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 23, 2026 12:43 AM (8zz6B)
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at January 23, 2026 12:43 AM (g/Chl)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natalie_Schafer#/media/File:
NatalieSchafer.jpg
Posted by: Dark Litigator at January 23, 2026 12:33 AM (KAi1n)
Hubba Hubba - though if I was gonna go that route Lisa Douglas (Eva Gabor) would be my girl...hotscakes and all...
hotscakes >> hot lips...
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at January 23, 2026 12:44 AM (QGaXH)
Now at $2.50, so back to a dozen every week or two for me. I missed them so...
Posted by: JQ at January 23, 2026 12:45 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt at January 23, 2026 12:45 AM (Riafb)
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at January 23, 2026 12:45 AM (gh32g)
They had already numbed up my mouth,but the doctor wondered why I didn't want to have IV sedation instead...
I hate needles, but given that 3 things were going to be done while there, I opted for the sedation route. Dr. said I would be awake, but wouldn't care. Nope! I was out like a light, and woke up when everything was over (🎉🎉🎉
. Went home and slept some more (apparently the Dr. added Valium to the mix at the end - at least that's what she told me when she called to check on me this evening).
I'm feeling good tonight - very little pain (they told me to take 3 ALEVE every 6 hours for a day or two. It seems to be working!
Anyway, that was my day! We're "expecting" cold weather and precipitation all weekend - I'm betting it's another big nothing-burger (just like every other meteorologist's "We're getting 6" of snow in North Texas!" wishcasting every other tim....)
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at January 23, 2026 12:46 AM (SRRAx)
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at January 23, 2026 12:47 AM (0nHVk)
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at January 23, 2026 12:47 AM (gh32g)
That's pretty interesting. Has anyone fussed about it?
Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at January 23, 2026 12:47 AM (Vvh2V)
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at January 23, 2026 12:48 AM (/lPRQ)
TiFW - wishing you a speedy recovery and many more years of postings here...
Were you in Costa Mesa when you were first diagnosed?
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at January 23, 2026 12:48 AM (QGaXH)
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at January 23, 2026 12:46 AM (SRRAx)
That was not a fun day! You're a trooper. I'd be whimpering in a dark corner!
Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at January 23, 2026 12:50 AM (Vvh2V)
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at January 23, 2026 12:43 AM (g/Chl)
Calgary is on a grid, with the origin point barely north of the Bow River. Most of the desirable addresses in downtown are single digits in the SW quadrant. Newer remote subdivisions don't really follow the grid plan.
Edmonton's grid plan originates from a mythical origin point somewhere near Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, so the main drag through downtown is 97th Avenue.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 23, 2026 12:50 AM (8zz6B)
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at January 23, 2026 12:38 AM (snZF9)
Front Toward Enemy
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at January 23, 2026 12:51 AM (g/Chl)
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Ruh Roh, the secret words appear...
youtube.com/watch?v=E0LTXJrSlFo
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 23, 2026 12:51 AM (hVbrz)
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at January 23, 2026 12:46 AM (SRRAx)
We're supposed to have freezing rain Armageddon here too. It's predicted at least twice a year and almost never happens.
Posted by: Eem at January 23, 2026 12:51 AM (PmvJR)
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at January 23, 2026 12:48 AM (/lPRQ)
Gonna be 0 to -5 as a low tonight.
Oh boy.
Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt at January 23, 2026 12:51 AM (Riafb)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 23, 2026 12:52 AM (hVbrz)
Even when the focus is boobies. Why chop of the top of someones head?
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at January 23, 2026 12:52 AM (oT7pT)
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz
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LOL! Trash Day Eve is my busiest day of the week-- so much junk!
*Chivas for you*
Posted by: JQ at January 23, 2026 12:55 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary
Probably why they invented claymore mines
Posted by: Berserker
Front Toward
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit
FIFY.
Posted by: mikeski at January 23, 2026 12:57 AM (VHUov)
Were you in Costa Mesa when you were first diagnosed?
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at January 23, 2026 12:48 AM (QGaXH)
Sort of....
I was in Costa Mesa for my 3rd Lipedema surgery - I kept testing positive for (symptomless) UTIs. After the 3rd positive test, the doctor told me he wasn't going to do the surgery until I went back to Fort Worth to see a urologist.
I already had one back home - I assumed I had another kidney stone (mine never hurt). He did some imaging and another urinalysis. The imaging showed the masses in my liver - he did another image, and after seeing the results of that, he immediately referred me to an oncologist.
I did tell my surgeon in Costa Mesa that he probably bought me extra time - I wasn't feeling any symptoms at that point. If I hadn't gone to the urologist when I did, it probably would have been too late to do anything for it a few months later.
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at January 23, 2026 01:00 AM (SRRAx)
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz
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LOL! Trash Day Eve is my busiest day of the week-- so much junk!
*Chivas for you*
Posted by: JQ at January 23, 2026 12:55 AM (rdVOm)
If you have weekly pick-up be sure to put some of your accumulated junk in the garage every time.
Even it doesn't seem like much, it will add up.
Posted by: Eem at January 23, 2026 01:03 AM (PmvJR)
'Night, Horde. Liquor cabinet is unlocked...
Posted by: JQ at January 23, 2026 01:04 AM (rdVOm)
Hefti also did Batman, The Odd Couple, and Sinatra among others. Thought he did work for Clint Eastwood but not found.
youtube.com/watch?v=8R0KmnsqFew
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 23, 2026 01:04 AM (hVbrz)
Yes. This is what I've been doing. Slow & steady wins the race....
Posted by: JQ at January 23, 2026 01:06 AM (rdVOm)
His two rules when there's ice or snow in Texas...stay the hell home and let everyone else play bumper cars, and make sure he's tanked up with gas for the generator.. He's probably the only one in his housing development with a snow shovel.
Posted by: Orson at January 23, 2026 01:07 AM (dIske)
They've got me pushing .08" ice accumulation event total now. That would be ... bad.
I've been watching the GFS vs Euro models evolve over the past few days. It's gonna be a bitch. The boys at GSP are getting into "just the facts" mode. I remember they got in that mode right before Helene struck. One of the guys likes to get sort of literary and cute with his forecasts, but now he's switched into dead just facts mode. That's a sign.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at January 23, 2026 01:07 AM (w6EFb)
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at January 23, 2026 01:07 AM (w6EFb)
___________________________
This storm has some wind associated with it as well. Ice accumulations and wind are a nasty combination.
Posted by: Orson at January 23, 2026 01:10 AM (dIske)
Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt at January 23, 2026 01:10 AM (Riafb)
Posted by: Intaferon at January 23, 2026 01:11 AM (HSsCj)
Teresa, sorry about your teeth, I think that you were smart to get it all done at once, I would have gone the sedation route too. I hope that you continue to be pain free.
We are supposed to get a foot of snow on Sunday, the Patriots are playing. The liquor stores are crowded. I've got beer, wine and scotch, enough for the neighbors as well. I am hunkering down.
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at January 23, 2026 01:14 AM (0nHVk)
Posted by: Dark Litigator at January 23, 2026 01:14 AM (KAi1n)
I had surgery 6 weeks ago. While the surgery had to be abandoned, another protocol was available, which - if it works - might buy another 2-3 years before we have to find another solution. Given how many new trials are taking place right now, chances are there will be something else available.
I tested positive for a mutation which seems to "slow" the progression of this type of cancer, so I have that going for me!
Best of all, this has not progressed outside of the liver, so that is another thing in my favor. Once it leaves the liver, there are significantly fewer options available for treatment. (Bile Duct Cancer is almost NEVER found when it is confined to the bile duct, due to the small size of the bile ducts)
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at January 23, 2026 01:15 AM (SRRAx)
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz
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LOL! Trash Day Eve is my busiest day of the week-- so much junk!
*Chivas for you*
Posted by: JQ at January 23, 2026 12:55 AM (rdVOm)
Mrs B is insane the night before trash day. She does laps around the house emptying the little trash cans in all the bathrooms, the bedroom, the laundry room, then cleaning out the fridge, looking through cabinets, asking me a few times if I have any garbage, etc. We get pickup twice per week.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at January 23, 2026 01:16 AM (snZF9)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 23, 2026 01:19 AM (8zz6B)
Erratum. 0.8", not 0.08". I wish only a tenth, but that's what they've got.
Both GFS and Euro are trending a stronger "warm nose" followed by warm air advection. That means more ice, but a transition to rain and above freezing sooner. The boys at GSP are skeptical of that, as the cold air damming that high sets up can be a bitch to break, but they are seeing "formidable" warm air advection.
GFS has us here getting sleet big time before the freezing rain ("ZR" in their lingo), but the Euro has it all ZR from the get go. They were disagreeing on the timing, but that has converged to about 7PM Sat evening when the precip starts here. If it pans out, Sun will be the icemaggedon day. If that warm air advection works out, Euro has rain by 1PM Sun, but GFS has it 7PM.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at January 23, 2026 01:20 AM (w6EFb)
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at January 23, 2026 01:20 AM (snZF9)
Global Warming, baby!
Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt at January 23, 2026 01:10 AM (Riafb)
I'm skeptical about any claim of 127 years.
Noone who was around then can give any kind of testimony so I'm dubious.
Posted by: Eem at January 23, 2026 01:20 AM (PmvJR)
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at January 23, 2026 01:16 AM (snZF9)
Cut. Jib. Newsletter. Go Mrs Bers!
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at January 23, 2026 01:20 AM (gh32g)
Posted by: Orson
If you born in the land of ice and snow, ice and snow is just a regular thing and people can deal with it. Move to a place where it is rare it is best to avoid the locals playing bumper cars.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at January 23, 2026 01:23 AM (/lPRQ)
Every time I look at the weather the weekend is going to be colder than the preceding time. Guess they hadn't generated enough panic shopping. This latest report should do it.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 23, 2026 01:25 AM (hVbrz)
Good night AOP.
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at January 23, 2026 01:25 AM (0nHVk)
Records here go back to 1884. Some gaps until about 1900, when it became complete. So that's 140 years.
Some places go well before that, too.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at January 23, 2026 01:26 AM (w6EFb)
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at January 23, 2026 01:20 AM (gh32g)
You have no idea. It took me from the first week in december to about a week ago to throw out 2 contractor bags of shit from the garage. I got the first one out right before new years. I finally got to toss the 2nd bag a few days ago. There is never room in the bin. Food garbage is definitely top priority over my garage stuff, which is pretty much shop garbage. Still, leave me some frigging room. lol
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at January 23, 2026 01:27 AM (snZF9)
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at January 23, 2026 01:28 AM (0nHVk)
Some places go well before that, too.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb)
Pikers. They've got ice cores that go back to the middle ages in Antarctica ...
Posted by: Adriane the Not Cynical Enough Critic . . . at January 23, 2026 01:28 AM (3ZUWJ)
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at January 23, 2026 01:29 AM (gh32g)
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at January 23, 2026 01:23 AM (/lPRQ
Ice and snow. Immigrant 🎵 😆
Posted by: Eem at January 23, 2026 01:30 AM (PmvJR)
Good night AOP.
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at January 23, 2026 01:25 AM (0nHVk)
yeah, same as you. One for garbage, one for recycle. Twice a week. I didn't have to pay for it 5 miles down the road in my old house, but I do here. Its not all that much. I could have picked once or twice a week. Mrs B wanted twice a week. Shocked I am. Still, it wasn't that much more for the second pickup. The dude i got the house from said go with the twice a week thing. If you pick once a week the dude literally has to dump it himself, if you pick twice a week they use the truck with the arm that picks it up automatically. With that method they uh... don't see what you throw out.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at January 23, 2026 01:33 AM (snZF9)
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at January 23, 2026 01:40 AM (gh32g)
Are recyclables really still a thing?
Posted by: Eem at January 23, 2026 01:40 AM (PmvJR)
Good evening, all. I've got nothing. Just good weather and being sort of broke.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 23, 2026 01:41 AM (4raxU)
Posted by: nascar raimondo at January 23, 2026 01:42 AM (VguZh)
Posted by: JohnFNotKerry
This ^^^
Posted by: Pikov Andropov at January 23, 2026 01:44 AM (y7zkd)
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at January 22, 2026 11:42 PM (EXyHK)
Here in SF, certain street conventions indicate different sections of the city. Numerical avenues are on the west side, crossed with streets arranged alphabetically by name. Numerical streets in order are South of Market into the Mission. Streets named after US states are in the Potrero. Streets named for European capitals are in Visitacion Valley. It makes it rather easy.
Posted by: Effie Perrine at January 23, 2026 01:45 AM (1auMZ)
Posted by: nascar raimondo at January 23, 2026 01:51 AM (VguZh)
Posted by: Effie Perrine at January 23, 2026 01:45 AM (1auMZ)
SF is the buthole Capitol. The decadence unlimited.
Posted by: Eem at January 23, 2026 01:57 AM (PmvJR)
If we have power, I will watch that, thank you!
Seems like the vast majority of media types are whores selling themselves to the highest bidder! But actual hookers are honest about it!
Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at January 23, 2026 01:58 AM (Vvh2V)
https://tinyurl.com/4rtyw769
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at January 23, 2026 01:40 AM (gh32g)
Here is the only acceptable way to listen to that song.
https://shorturl.at/mpiOP
I wanted Donaldus Maximus to announce that we now own Greenland with a couple of Viking kittens peeking out of his coat pockets.
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at January 23, 2026 02:02 AM (x0vey)
OpenAI just hired Gavin Newsom’s Chief of Staff as its vice president of global policy.
Anti-Trump Ann O’Leary has also worked as the co-director of Hillary Clinton’s 2016 presidential transition team.
Open AI is Woke AI
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Great Expectations
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 23, 2026 02:10 AM (hVbrz)
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at January 23, 2026 02:13 AM (0nHVk)
The inaugural BRICS joint naval exercise, “Will for Peace 2026”, that unfolded off the coast of South Africa from January 9 to the 16 marked a significant and symbolic evolution for the bloc but not without its hurdles. With the participation of naval forces from China, South Africa, Russia and Iran in the first multilateral military exercise under the BRICS, its location near the strategic chokepoint of Simon’s Town, SA – a crucial nexus between the South Atlantic and Indian Oceans – is a deliberate projection of presence into vital global trade arteries.
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Pathetic. Their countries are barely surviving but think that pricking Trump will be the answer. I will be an answer but not what they think it will be.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 23, 2026 02:15 AM (hVbrz)
Posted by: Eem at January 23, 2026 01:57 AM (PmvJR)
The word is butthole...and you can move along now.
Posted by: Effie Perrine at January 23, 2026 02:16 AM (1auMZ)
Japan's lower house of Parliament, known as the House of Representatives, has been dissolved by Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi, leading to a snap election scheduled for February 8, 2026.
This decision comes just three months after Takaichi took office, aiming to leverage her popularity to strengthen her party's position.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 23, 2026 02:18 AM (hVbrz)
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at January 23, 2026 02:21 AM (gh32g)
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at January 23, 2026 02:33 AM (0nHVk)
Blondie, any POD update? I may have missed it.
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz
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Debby, in case you get this, it ARRIVED! Thanks for asking. I was being whiney last night.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 23, 2026 02:35 AM (4raxU)
I would love that, thank you so much! I had no idea, to be honest.
Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at January 23, 2026 02:36 AM (Vvh2V)
It's going to be a seamless transition unlike Reagan to Bush.
I
That will be Trump’s legacy.
Posted by: Eem at January 23, 2026 02:43 AM (PmvJR)
Are recyclables really still a thing?
Posted by: Eem at January 23, 2026 01:40 AM (PmvJR)
When we have trash, DH makes a run to the Tug Bar a mile down the road. $3 a bag. Much cheaper than pickup and you pay at the bar, so we keep in touch with our drinking neighbors. Sometimes it is a dinner date!
Posted by: tcn in AK at January 23, 2026 02:52 AM (6Bc88)
Remember…
Jack Smith’s wife Katy Chevigny produced “Becoming” the Michelle Obama documentary on Netflix.
Katy’s late mother Bell Gale Chevigny was a George Soros Senior Justice Fellow at the Open Society Foundation.
So there it is.
Dems to Obama to Soros.
It all leads back.
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And I'm going back to bed.
Morticia, glad you got your POD.
Goodnight, all.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 23, 2026 02:59 AM (hVbrz)
The old part of my Oklahoma home town has N/S streets named after tribes. Osage, Cherokee, Delaware, Shawnee, Wyandotte, Seneca, Choctaw, Chickasaw, Creek, Quapaw, Comanche. I think they're named in order of when the tribe was swindled out of their land.
Just kidding.
Mostly.
As if anybody cared.
https://youtu.be/7zIpNEloBz0
G'nite, y'all.
Posted by: mindful webworker - Okie by birth and choice at January 23, 2026 03:01 AM (P0/oa)
Posted by: Braenyard
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I have a CD - Phillip Morris Superband World Tour - which has an absolutely tremendous instrumental arrangement of Girl Talk, a Hefti tune. Thanks for bringing it to mind. I'll have to dig it out and listen. Great album. The Super band was a promo for *clutches pearls* Phillip Morris cigarettes, put together by Gene Harris. Two other songs stand out on that CD: Wee Small Hours of the Morning (If it doesn't make you think.of that time just before closing, when you're just standing on the dance floor swaying with someone you love, you've missed out) and Air Mail.Special ( 180 bpm and some of the tightest section work I've ever heard).
Posted by: buddhaha at January 23, 2026 03:15 AM (IMmiQ)
Posted by: Mi at January 23, 2026 03:21 AM (xverI)
Posted by: Midnight Rambler at January 23, 2026 03:21 AM (xverI)
It's Ruling Class decadence all the way down.
Posted by: Eem at January 23, 2026 03:23 AM (PmvJR)
Posted by: Eem at January 23, 2026 03:34 AM (PmvJR)
Posted by: Mi
It's cost-efficient to recycle aluminum.
I'm sure other metals, like copper, are too, but they're not common household trash.
Everything else that's recycled is basically charity work. It's cheaper to make new paper, plastic, steel, etc.
Posted by: mikeski at January 23, 2026 03:48 AM (VHUov)
Posted by: Dark Litigator at January 23, 2026 03:50 AM (KAi1n)
Posted by: Don in SoCo at January 23, 2026 03:50 AM (vd6bO)
Posted by: Skip at January 23, 2026 03:56 AM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: Skip at January 23, 2026 04:02 AM (Ia/+0)
I'm sure other metals, like copper, are too, but they're not common household trash.
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The local scrapyards pay cash for real copper, in any form.
Some local idiot tried to strip the copper wiring from a EV charger in a parking lot. That's a lot of voltage. The guy isn't with us anymore.
Posted by: Midnight Rambler at January 23, 2026 04:05 AM (xverI)
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