Thursday Night Cafe

Road in Utah's west desert
Preston Photography

Dolphin and dog hang out.

Now seals are out of control.

Fat cat has only one kind of exercise he likes.

Frozen puppy saved from the side of the road is now the handsomest boy.

Sliding into Friday like Kramer bursting in through Jerry's door.

Pandas in a furpile.

Dog and baby share a joint appreciation of getting dirty.

ICYMI: Dog invades a cat's intimate spaces.

Cat lady, meet dog lady.

Learning by imitating, 1. Learning by imitating, 2.

Visual representation of me and my New Years Resolutions:

Training a Golden Retriever.. 😂

Wait for it.. pic.twitter.com/05iGTKlJWB
— Buitengebieden (@buitengebieden) January 29, 2026

They let the dogs at the rescue centre pick their own toy.. 😊 pic.twitter.com/xVDwfzS8qE
— Buitengebieden (@buitengebieden) January 29, 2026

Squeezing in.. 😂 pic.twitter.com/RYaAhZgU1F
— Buitengebieden (@buitengebieden) January 29, 2026

A large herd of running horses in Xinjiang, northwest China, fills the viewer with joy and vibrant energy. pic.twitter.com/4X8P8lwwo1
— March (@MarchUnofficial) December 31, 2025

Posted by: Ace at 07:30 PM

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1 Good evening everyone

Posted by: Skip at January 29, 2026 07:31 PM (Ia/+0)

2 Er, first?

Posted by: Penguin Facts at January 29, 2026 07:31 PM (vFG9F)

3 Road in Utah's west desert

Now that's a lowrider.

Posted by: mikeski at January 29, 2026 07:31 PM (VHUov)

4 "Now that's a lowrider."

Armadillo's eyes view.

Posted by: Penguin Facts at January 29, 2026 07:33 PM (vFG9F)

5 Willowed: On another topic, you have to be watching China's current events with bemusement. Competence versus demanding absolute loyalty to Xi makes a helluva mess of armed forces when they are supposed to be reading in a year to invade Taiwan.
Posted by: whig at January 29, 2026 07:28 PM (2swu2)
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I held forth on Tuesday night at great length. I'm following closely, and I agree that gutting the CMC is a crazy move if Taiwan is still something they want to do. The point of the CMC is to provide a single command node but under divided control. Now Xi has to personally direct all movements.

It's stupid, inefficient, and it makes the other generals nervous.

I did see that Taiwan is now doing large-scale anti-invasion drills with US advisors helping them use new equipment like HIMARS. They're looking at a phased invasion and are registering their rocket artillery (so to speak) on stepping stone islands China could use as staging areas.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 29, 2026 07:33 PM (ZOv7s)

6 I feel really centered

Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at January 29, 2026 07:33 PM (cxFcK)

7 The center holds!

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 29, 2026 07:33 PM (ZOv7s)

8 Hey guys,

Launch in about 20 minutes.

Rocket Lab - Electron - Bridging the Swarm
LC 1 - Mähia, NZ - Space Affairs Live
Launch Date: January 29, 2026
Launch Time: 7:55 p.m. EST

https://youtu.be/M6ilRYlCaBU

Posted by: Joyenz at January 29, 2026 07:34 PM (2F0/Y)

9 Nooded.

Posted by: Nazdar at January 29, 2026 07:34 PM (NcvvS)

10
Slept a lot after HM left. Preparations for one of her trips are always wearying.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 29, 2026 07:34 PM (tgvbd)

11 Thought Nurse (or Ace) might like this - just wanted to share this adorable video of the otters at the Fort Worth Zoo enjoying the ice this weekend:

https://tinyurl.com/FWZooOttersOnIce

Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, Texas, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at January 29, 2026 07:35 PM (SRRAx)

12 I never miss noodleing if first

Posted by: Skip at January 29, 2026 07:36 PM (Ia/+0)

13 Skip handled the nooding, twice. *bows slightly, with a smile*

Posted by: Nazdar at January 29, 2026 07:37 PM (NcvvS)

14 Xinjiang horses

It's like a Poco album cover come to life.

Posted by: Delurker at January 29, 2026 07:38 PM (gtcuf)

15
Miss Ruth has at last come into season, 11 months after her last one, and is now a house dog for the duration.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 29, 2026 07:38 PM (tgvbd)

16 It's stupid, inefficient, and it makes the other generals nervous.

I did see that Taiwan is now doing large-scale anti-invasion drills with US advisors helping them use new equipment like HIMARS. They're looking at a phased invasion and are registering their rocket artillery (so to speak) on stepping stone islands China could use as staging areas.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd

A bunch of drones are bad enough for surface warfare like in Ukraine. I am not sure that ship tactics have advanced enough especially crowded and slow invasion ships to prevent truly horrendous losses at sea and on beach heads.

Apparently the Chicoms also don't have much quality control on their warships either and that can be a major issue in a fight. Exocets came as a nasty surprise to the Royal Navy during the Falklands and drones promise to be at least that bad in terms of sinking ships.

Posted by: whig at January 29, 2026 07:38 PM (2swu2)

17 Horses are magnificent beasts.

Posted by: toby928(c) at January 29, 2026 07:39 PM (jc0TO)

18 I find it fascinating the doggies search through the toy pile like they want a particular toy

Posted by: Skip at January 29, 2026 07:39 PM (Ia/+0)

19 >>12 I never miss noodleing if first

Yes, Skip is quite conscientious on this. Auntie Miklos, please take note.

Posted by: Nazdar at January 29, 2026 07:40 PM (NcvvS)

20
Question from the prior thread: why are they targeting Kristi Noem?

Answer: left-wing "women" can't tolerate an attractive conservative lady.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 29, 2026 07:40 PM (tgvbd)

21 Heh...that Chinese horse video is great...and takes on a totally different context when you realize that horse meat is almost a daily meal in XinJiang. They make a smoked sausage out the horsies.

You can, also, enjoy horsemeat at Zandy's Cheesesteaks in Allentown, PA...at least you could until Health Services discovered they were substituting it for beef without telling anyone.

Posted by: Orson at January 29, 2026 07:41 PM (dIske)

22 "A large herd of running horses in Xinjiang, northwest China, fills the viewer with joy and vibrant energy."

Uh huh. Can we get a second attempt at translation?

My interpreter may be drunk.

Posted by: Fen at January 29, 2026 07:42 PM (ciYHQ)

23 I have my suspicians about the puppy in the snow and similar videos.

Posted by: toby928(c) at January 29, 2026 07:42 PM (jc0TO)

24 Well GHWB carrier is also joining the party around Iran and a US nuke sniffer plane arrived in the UK today.

USS Abraham Lincoln carrier has reportedly went dark on comms. Insty has the latest roundup from X.

Posted by: whig at January 29, 2026 07:42 PM (2swu2)

25
NASA is planning to start the wet dress rehearsal test for the Artemis II rocket tonight around 11PM EST or so. This will take about 48+ hours, and is full wet run of the countdown to a little before T - 0. They're going to load up the thing with the LH2 and LOX and all that and go through all the motions. And see what problems pop up. No astronauts on board.

They're starting a bit earlier because of that cold blast that will hit Feb 1. It's forecast to get to maybe 26F at the Cape. By starting earlier, they'll keep it within the temp minimums for tanking.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at January 29, 2026 07:42 PM (w6EFb)

26 What are all those horses finding to eat I wonder

Posted by: Skip at January 29, 2026 07:42 PM (Ia/+0)

27 Great videos tonight Ace.

Posted by: Tuna at January 29, 2026 07:43 PM (lJ0H4)

28 I have my suspicians about the puppy in the snow and similar videos.

Posted by: toby928(c) at January 29, 2026 07:42 PM (jc0TO)

I won't watch them, because I share your suspicions.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at January 29, 2026 07:43 PM (dK+Kv)

29 Only the faintest of mephitic bouquets can be detected. Another great job by the AoSHQ Janitorial Brigade!

Posted by: Duncanthrax at January 29, 2026 07:44 PM (0sNs1)

30
You can, also, enjoy horsemeat at Zandy's Cheesesteaks in Allentown, PA...at least you could until Health Services discovered they were substituting it for beef without telling anyone.
Posted by: Orson
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See: IKEA's beef and pork Swedish meatballs

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 29, 2026 07:45 PM (XeU6L)

31 Uh huh. Can we get a second attempt at translation?
My interpreter may be drunk.
Posted by: Fen

That translation bit the wax tadpole.

Posted by: mikeski at January 29, 2026 07:45 PM (VHUov)

32 IKEA's beef and pork Swedish meatballs

They give you a cow and a pig, and you assemble it yourself?

Posted by: Delurker at January 29, 2026 07:46 PM (gtcuf)

33 Also in, NBC news on potential shutdown,

"The deal (with PDT) reflects what senators in both parties had floated just a day earlier: passing a short-term funding bill for DHS, while the two parties negotiate changes to the department and ICE, which it oversees, along with bills to fund the rest of the government through Sept. 30.

The final outstanding issue in the negotiations was how long the stopgap bill, known as a continuing resolution or CR, would fund DHS. The two sides agreed to a two-week CR that would keep DHS running through Feb. 13, just before both chambers depart for a weeklong recess, the sources told NBC News."

Posted by: whig at January 29, 2026 07:46 PM (2swu2)

34 What is the collective noun for pandas: a retardation of pandas? A klutz? A bumbling?

Posted by: Paco at January 29, 2026 07:47 PM (2L+MU)

35 Was on a flight home. Pet peeve of mine (I'm insane) is having to (most of the time) take the entire can of soda water with the vodka mini bottle. I'm polite about it as I just dump the whole mini bottle in my plastic cup and mix with a touch of soda/ice....the FA was polite and said no bc the open cans sometimes tip over and spill. I said , "That's cool, that's why I asked. No problem at all." She then said in a hushed tone "But I will give you a 2nd bottle of vodka to make up the difference."

Flyin' high in the game of life, fellas. That's winning.

Posted by: GigantorX at January 29, 2026 07:47 PM (5LVtz)

36 Apparently the Chicoms also don't have much quality control on their warships either and that can be a major issue in a fight. Exocets came as a nasty surprise to the Royal Navy during the Falklands and drones promise to be at least that bad in terms of sinking ships.
Posted by: whig at January 29, 2026 07:38 PM (2swu2)
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China's last naval battle was more than a century ago. They lost.

The key question is finding a commander. There has to be an overall commander with control over land, sea, air and space domains. Anyone Xi picks would be able to depose him. As anyone who has wisely read Walls of Men knows, this is how dynasties can change. It is how the Ch'ing were overthrown.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 29, 2026 07:47 PM (ZOv7s)

37 I guess I should have used modern Qing. But you get the point.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 29, 2026 07:48 PM (ZOv7s)

38 They're starting a bit earlier because of that cold blast that will hit Feb 1. It's forecast to get to maybe 26F at the Cape. By starting earlier, they'll keep it within the temp minimums for tanking.
Posted by: publius
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This is about me, isn't it?

Posted by: Viton at January 29, 2026 07:48 PM (XeU6L)

39 A Laze of Pandas

Posted by: Delurker at January 29, 2026 07:48 PM (gtcuf)

40 We remain Bat and Sea Stack Free in 2026 and January is nearly gone! What a great year, so far!

Posted by: Penguin Liberation Front, Eastern Branch at January 29, 2026 07:49 PM (oftw2)

41 They're starting a bit earlier because of that cold blast that will hit Feb 1. It's forecast to get to maybe 26F at the Cape. By starting earlier, they'll keep it within the temp minimums for tanking.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at January 29, 2026 07:42 PM

Check the O-rings.

*touches nose*

Posted by: toby928(c) at January 29, 2026 07:49 PM (jc0TO)

42 An eventual extinction of pandas.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at January 29, 2026 07:49 PM (dK+Kv)

43 These penguin disputes represent an absurd and completely manufactured controversy designed to distract us from the joyful contemplation of yaks.

Posted by: Himalaya Bill - Yak drover extraordinaire at January 29, 2026 07:50 PM (2L+MU)

44
The latest model runs, both GFS and Euroweenie are warming Florida up a bit the night of Jan 31 - Feb1. They had the freeze line getting all the way down to nearly Miami, but now it's backing up above Lake Okeechobee. Miami will hit 36F, rather than 33F on the previous runs.

Still looking like a good mid-20s hard freeze way down the central peninsula, though.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at January 29, 2026 07:50 PM (w6EFb)

45 Feeding your spirit tonight, welcome Logan and Laura

https://tinyurl.com/yck92zja

Posted by: Fen at January 29, 2026 07:50 PM (ciYHQ)

46 Well GHWB carrier is also joining the party around Iran and a US nuke sniffer plane arrived in the UK today.

USS Abraham Lincoln carrier has reportedly went dark on comms. Insty has the latest roundup from X.
Posted by: whig at January 29, 2026 07:42 PM (2swu2)
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Funny, I predicted that all the people claiming Trump was backing down were misinterpreting him. He was lowering the temperature so that he could raise it again and then some. He does this all the time - acts as if he's bored, maybe we won't, all the while buying time for a military buildup.

Now the mullahs can sweat.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 29, 2026 07:50 PM (ZOv7s)

47
Still looking like a good mid-20s hard freeze way down the central peninsula, though.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at January 29, 2026 07:50 PM (w6EFb)

_________

*runs off to corner the OJ futures market*

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 29, 2026 07:51 PM (tgvbd)

48 Yo

Posted by: JackStraw at January 29, 2026 07:51 PM (r2ldC)

49 An eventual extinction of pandas.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at January 29, 2026 07:49 PM (dK+Kv)
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I thought I saw that they are recovering.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 29, 2026 07:51 PM (ZOv7s)

50 Not that I am out padt dusk much in winter, but do the bats here fly around and nott many bugs out?

Posted by: Skip at January 29, 2026 07:51 PM (Ia/+0)

51 Where's Beeks? Where in hell is Beeks?

Posted by: toby928(c) at January 29, 2026 07:52 PM (jc0TO)

52 Well, that's it for me. Time to read and maybe watch China news. Good night!

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 29, 2026 07:53 PM (ZOv7s)

53 Posted by: GigantorX at January 29, 2026 07:47 PM (5LVtz)

That's a cool FA!

Once had one right next to my row right in the middle of taking drink orders when her pen ran out. The aisle was jam packed in both directions and she looked panicked. I offered her my pen. She looked so relieved, and whispered "were you going to order a drink? It's on the house." I whispered back, "can I get a couple beers?"

She brought me two beers and a whole box of assorted snacks and told me to take whatever I wanted. And returned my pen.

Posted by: Delurker at January 29, 2026 07:54 PM (gtcuf)

54 On the topic of drones and anti-ship warfare; Iran has been pushing some video of what they claim is their new “carrier”. In actual fact it’s a cargo ship with a ski jump ramp at one end, and they’ve loaded it with a number of their bigger drones.
Absolutely no defenses whatsoever. The thing won’t last 30 minutes in any conflict.

Posted by: Tom Servo at January 29, 2026 07:54 PM (7GO/2)

55 An eventual extinction of pandas.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at January 29, 2026 07:49 PM (dK+Kv)
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I thought I saw that they are recovering.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 29, 2026 07:51 PM (ZOv7s)

So, new timeline is all.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at January 29, 2026 07:54 PM (dK+Kv)

56
The SLS uses 5-segment SRBs -- they redid the joints on the things. But they're preloaded with the solid mixture anyway, not fueling required for those.

The minimum launch temperature varies from 38F to 49F depending on other variables. High RH and higher wind (up to a cutoff) counterintuitively allows for cooler launch minimums. Dry and calm means the upper end minimum.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at January 29, 2026 07:54 PM (w6EFb)

57 That horse video appears to be a horde of horses.

Posted by: tcn in AK at January 29, 2026 07:54 PM (1vYii)

58 That dog on the cat tower is like King Kong crawling up the Empire State Building!

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes. at January 29, 2026 07:54 PM (kpS4V)

59 What is the collective noun for pandas: a retardation of pandas? A klutz? A bumbling?
Posted by: Paco

An embarrassment of pandas.

No, really.

Posted by: mikeski at January 29, 2026 07:55 PM (VHUov)

60 I'm always suspicious of people that drink those little airplane bottles of likker. Most often, they are serious drunks that can't make it home from the likker store without having a nip. If they open their quart, they can get in trouble for an open container. So, they buy a couple little nips, swig them down, and chuck them out the window of the car. I see those little bottles all over the roadsides and ditches when I ride my bike.

Posted by: Sober As The Average Judge at January 29, 2026 07:56 PM (oftw2)

61 Funny, I predicted that all the people claiming Trump was backing down were misinterpreting him. He was lowering the temperature so that he could raise it again and then some. He does this all the time - acts as if he's bored, maybe we won't, all the while buying time for a military buildup.

Now the mullahs can sweat.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd
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While the rial keeps losing any value whatsoever. IRGC hardest hit as they are a big chunk of ownership of companies in Iran.

Posted by: whig at January 29, 2026 07:58 PM (2swu2)

62 Didn't sleep well last night so going to try again
Have a good night everyone

Posted by: Skip at January 29, 2026 07:58 PM (Ia/+0)

63 34 What is the collective noun for pandas: a retardation of pandas? A klutz? A bumbling?
Posted by: Paco at January 29, 2026 07:47 PM (2L+MU)

A Dork of Pandas.

Posted by: tcn in AK at January 29, 2026 07:59 PM (1vYii)

64 54 On the topic of drones and anti-ship warfare; Iran has been pushing some video of what they claim is their new “carrier”. In actual fact it’s a cargo ship with a ski jump ramp at one end, and they’ve loaded it with a number of their bigger drones.
Absolutely no defenses whatsoever. The thing won’t last 30 minutes in any conflict.
Posted by: Tom Servo
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The Iranians have a habit of that particular wonder weapons propaganda.

Posted by: whig at January 29, 2026 07:59 PM (2swu2)

65 Xinjiang horses

It's like a Poco album cover come to life.
Posted by: Delurker at January 29, 2026 07:38 PM (gtcuf)

If you squint, you can see a pack of cleaver-wielding Chinese chefs pursuing them.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 29, 2026 07:59 PM (8zz6B)

66 I'm reading "50 Oscar Nights" by TCM's Dave Karger, in which the stars and filmmakers recall the big night. Lots of good reminiscing and gossip.

My favorite bit was the fact that Mel Brooks (The Producers) was up against Kubrick (2001: A Space Odyssey), Pontecorvo (The Battle of Algiers), Cassavetes (Faces), and Peter Ustinov (Hot Millions) for Best Original Screenplay. And he won! What a crazy lineup!

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes. at January 29, 2026 07:59 PM (kpS4V)

67 62 Didn't sleep well last night so going to try again
Have a good night everyone
Posted by: Skip
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I hope you do so tonight.

Posted by: whig at January 29, 2026 08:00 PM (2swu2)

68 Funny, I predicted that all the people claiming Trump was backing down were misinterpreting him. He was lowering the temperature so that he could raise it again and then some. He does this all the time - acts as if he's bored, maybe we won't, all the while buying time for a military buildup.

Now the mullahs can sweat.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd

Act. Observe reaction. Act. Observe reaction.

Trump is inside a lot of people's and nations' OODA loops.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at January 29, 2026 08:00 PM (dK+Kv)

69 "I see those little bottles all over the roadsides and ditches when I ride my bike.
Posted by: Sober As The Average Judge"

Fireball seems to be particularly popular.

Posted by: fd at January 29, 2026 08:00 PM (vFG9F)

70 >>>Fat cat has only one kind of exercise he likes.

Just a hunch, but I'm betting he didn't get up to the top of that slide on his own. He was placed there. And probably would have liked it better if he had been placed in front of his feeding dish.

Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at January 29, 2026 08:01 PM (syz1S)

71 As anyone who has wisely read Walls of Men knows, this is how dynasties can change. It is how the Ch'ing were overthrown.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 29, 2026 07:47 PM (ZOv7s)

A good title for a book about China would be I, Ching. Someone should write that.

Posted by: Tom Servo at January 29, 2026 08:03 PM (7GO/2)

72 Trump is inside a lot of people's and nations' OODA loops.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder
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This has been an exhausting couple of years as events just keep accelerating and overlapping. The old WEF New World Order is dying and we don't yet know what will replace it.

Posted by: whig at January 29, 2026 08:05 PM (2swu2)

73 Fat cat went down that slide like Ralphie in christmas story after santa says no kid, you'll shoot your eye out.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at January 29, 2026 08:05 PM (snZF9)

74 So, they buy a couple little nips, swig them down, and chuck them out the window of the car. I see those little bottles all over the roadsides and ditches when I ride my bike.
Posted by: Sober As The Average Judge at January 29, 2026 07:56 PM (oftw2)

I keep finding empty "airline" bottles of that "Fireball" cinnamon whiskey in my driveway. Probably the work of one tweaker that patrols this neighborhood.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 29, 2026 08:06 PM (8zz6B)

75 Fireball seems to be the favorite of street people everywhere.

It's like the modern day Mad Dog 20/20 or Thunderbird.

Posted by: Delurker at January 29, 2026 08:07 PM (gtcuf)

76 Ace -

thanks for the wonderful variety.

Fingers crossed for successful executions of plans waaaaay above my pay grade.

Posted by: Adriane the Monday Critic on Thursday . . . with a Day Old Camel . . . at January 29, 2026 08:10 PM (3ZUWJ)

77 Has the world ever really been in order?
I don't recall it ever has been so.

Posted by: Case at January 29, 2026 08:10 PM (E7+ue)

78 Has the world ever really been in order?
I don't recall it ever has been so.

Posted by: Case at January 29, 2026 08:10 PM (E7+ue)

1988 was an order. That didn't last.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at January 29, 2026 08:10 PM (dK+Kv)

79
Snow flurries in central FL are possible, and the local TV weather people are going wild.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at January 29, 2026 08:11 PM (w6EFb)

80 Fireball caters to the 'sneak a nip' crowd-- they offer multi-packs of various sizes of small-amount bottles.

Posted by: JQ at January 29, 2026 08:11 PM (rdVOm)

81
Include the young men of the USAF and Navy in your prayers tonight.

Posted by: Auspex at January 29, 2026 08:11 PM (Y8DZL)

82 Sal Mercogliano (WGOW Shipping) retweeted
China pulse @Eng_china5 . Jan 28

The American forces have completed their buildup near Iran, which certainly indicates that the military option against Iran has been decided upon and will be executed... https://tinyurl.com/2h7zrr3c

Ian Ellis@ianellisjones .Jan 26
Today, the U.S. confirmed the 4-ship Abraham Lincoln Carrier Strike Group chopped into U.S. 5th Fleet-CENTCOM AOR.

The “most advanced air wing in the fleet” joins forward-deployed squadrons of USAF F-15E Strike Eagles, F-16 Fighting Falcons, & A-10 Warthogs.

Details & sources: https://tinyurl.com/482k4tkt

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 29, 2026 08:12 PM (jYat7)

83 >The Iranians have a habit of that particular wonder weapons propaganda.
Posted by: whig at January 29, 2026 07:59 PM (2swu2)

The Israelis took out all of Irans SAMs. Whatever air defenses the IRG can cobble together won't last more than a few minutes once the shooting begins. I would expect the IRG to launch fairly large salvo of ballistic missiles with the ensuing counter salvo to be devastating to whatever remaining offensive capability the IRG has left. Then the real attack on the IRG will begin.

Posted by: Heavy Meta at January 29, 2026 08:13 PM (GTqXr)

84 It is best to ignore a wave from a penguin. Acknowledgment of this "come hither" behavior could possibly provoke a polymorphicly perverse attack, with the inevitable subsequent remorse.

Posted by: Penguin Facts at January 29, 2026 08:13 PM (vFG9F)

85 Fireball caters to the 'sneak a nip' crowd-- they offer multi-packs of various sizes of small-amount bottles.
Posted by: JQ at January 29, 2026 08:11 PM (rdVOm)

Sometimes you have only a small sticker to remove from your car bumper.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 29, 2026 08:13 PM (8zz6B)

86 Funny, I predicted that all the people claiming Trump was backing down were misinterpreting him. He was lowering the temperature so that he could raise it again and then some. He does this all the time - acts as if he's bored, maybe we won't, all the while buying time for a military buildup.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd

I didn't figure he was moving all of that equipment and personnel to the area for show. If he's moving it there, he plans to use it.

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at January 29, 2026 08:14 PM (zYpTz)

87 Anyone who always has a bottle of Listerine in their center console is suspect, too.

Posted by: Carrie Nation at January 29, 2026 08:14 PM (oftw2)

88 Sometimes you have only a small sticker to remove from your car bumper.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
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LMAO!

Posted by: JQ at January 29, 2026 08:14 PM (rdVOm)

89 & A-10 Warthogs.

Details & sources: https://tinyurl.com/482k4tkt
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 29, 2026 08:12 PM (jYat7)

Woot. A-10 porn videos coming right up!

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 29, 2026 08:15 PM (8zz6B)

90
The last time it got to freezing in Miami was Christmas Day, 1989. Miami airport recorded a low of 30F.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at January 29, 2026 08:15 PM (w6EFb)

91 80 Fireball caters to the 'sneak a nip' crowd-- they offer multi-packs of various sizes of small-amount bottles.
Posted by: JQ
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Worked with an alcoholic that carried dollar bottles in every pocket of his suit. It appeared as if he had extra pockets sewn in.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 29, 2026 08:17 PM (jYat7)

92 My peeps back in WNY have been getting mercilessly pounded with snow and freezing temps for a week, with no end in sight. It's a real disaster there.

Here in northern CO we only got a couple inches total, and most of that has melted. Highs in the 50s and lots of sun the rest of this week.

Posted by: Delurker at January 29, 2026 08:19 PM (gtcuf)

93 I think that seal is asking to meet me alone, behind the aquarium, in the alley.

psssst hey buddy...

Posted by: banana Dream at January 29, 2026 08:19 PM (3uBP9)

94 ======
While the rial keeps losing any value whatsoever. IRGC hardest hit as they are a big chunk of ownership of companies in Iran.
Posted by: whig at January 29, 2026 07:58 PM (2swu2)

I keep wondering what happens when the military figures out they’re being paid with Monopoly money.

Posted by: Tom Servo at January 29, 2026 08:19 PM (7GO/2)

95 The Israelis took out all of Irans SAMs. Whatever air defenses the IRG can cobble together won't last more than a few minutes once the shooting begins. I would expect the IRG to launch fairly large salvo of ballistic missiles with the ensuing counter salvo to be devastating to whatever remaining offensive capability the IRG has left. Then the real attack on the IRG will begin.
Posted by: Heavy Meta
========
I think you nailed the Iranian game plan. What the mullahs have to wonder though is will I survive the US attack. That has to be demoralizing to a lot of the casual Iranian Guard gits that are in it for power and money.

Posted by: whig at January 29, 2026 08:19 PM (2swu2)

96 Snow has already hit the Florida panhandle this winter. Didn't last long. But this winter is a bad one. Heating bills are way up. Going to be very cold this weekend. High winds are not helping matters.

Posted by: Case at January 29, 2026 08:19 PM (E7+ue)

97 Funny, I predicted that all the people claiming Trump was backing down were misinterpreting him. He was lowering the temperature so that he could raise it again and then some. He does this all the time - acts as if he's bored, maybe we won't, all the while buying time for a military buildup.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd

I didn't figure he was moving all of that equipment and personnel to the area for show. If he's moving it there, he plans to use it.
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at January 29, 2026 08:14 PM (zYpTz)
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It's probably not a bad idea once or twice every generation to remind the rest of the world of just what kind of warfare the United States can wage when we want to.

Iran is going to be an object lesson for all of our other geopolitical adversaries.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at January 29, 2026 08:20 PM (ESVrU)

98 Dang. It sound funny to say somebody died in a horrible Zamboni accident, until it really happens.

"Colorado ice rink worker is crushed to death in freak accident while reversing Zamboni"

Posted by: fd at January 29, 2026 08:21 PM (vFG9F)

99
All-time record low for Miami since records began is 28F, and that occurred twice, Jan 28, 1940, and Feb 6, 1947.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at January 29, 2026 08:21 PM (w6EFb)

100 I keep wondering what happens when the military figures out they’re being paid with Monopoly money.
Posted by: Tom Servo
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When you have plenty of printed paper with mullahs on them but nothing in the market to buy, even water to feed your family. And yet you know that Iran has billions of dollars from oil sales which has went poof! Iranian leaders have been the looting stage for some time now I suspect.

Posted by: whig at January 29, 2026 08:21 PM (2swu2)

101 Honest, honey, I only smell of cheap whiskey because I was remoning a sticker. I swear!

Back in the day, Avon Skin-So-Soft was the magicical sticker remover. Kind of hard to come by if you were a young, single guy. We didn't have the Avon Lady stopping by. I used to take the car to my mom's and borrow hers.

Posted by: Delurker at January 29, 2026 08:22 PM (gtcuf)

102 Trump should wait a day or two until Chuck Schumer calls another government shutdown. Launch the big attack about 2 or 3 hours later.

Posted by: Tom Servo at January 29, 2026 08:23 PM (7GO/2)

103 For the Cold: Turn the heat down, drag those blankets out of the cedar chest, cuddle up and make babies.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 29, 2026 08:23 PM (jYat7)

104 41 They're starting a bit earlier because of that cold blast that will hit Feb 1. It's forecast to get to maybe 26F at the Cape. By starting earlier, they'll keep it within the temp minimums for tanking.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at January 29, 2026 07:42 PM

Check the O-rings.

*touches nose*
Posted by: toby928(c) at January 29, 2026 07:49 PM (jc0TO)

Why ???

Posted by: zombie Richard Feynman at January 29, 2026 08:24 PM (3sXRv)

105 102 Trump should wait a day or two until Chuck Schumer calls another government shutdown. Launch the big attack about 2 or 3 hours later.
Posted by: Tom Servo

... on Denver, Minneapolis, and Richmond

Posted by: gKWVE can dream at January 29, 2026 08:24 PM (gKWVE)

106 Back in the day, Avon Skin-So-Soft was the magicical sticker remover. Kind of hard to come by if you were a young, single guy. We didn't have the Avon Lady stopping by. I used to take the car to my mom's and borrow hers.

Posted by: Delurker at January 29, 2026 08:22 PM (gtcuf)

It also had a rep of being a decent mosquito repellent.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 29, 2026 08:24 PM (8zz6B)

107
Here's what the Euroweenie model has:
https://is.gd/7Ga4tL

And the GFS:
https://is.gd/Rp5ccv

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at January 29, 2026 08:24 PM (w6EFb)

108 Reverse Zambonis are 20 bucks. Same as in town.

Posted by: Your Friendly Neighborhood Hooker at January 29, 2026 08:24 PM (gtcuf)

109 Those little airline bottles are awesome!

Perfect as stocking stuffers. Great as a birthday gift topper. And they are undetectable in your pocket on a trip to see a sporting event.

Don’t judge me.

Posted by: nurse ratched at January 29, 2026 08:24 PM (d+tIC)

110 98
'Dang. It sound funny to say somebody died in a horrible Zamboni accident, until it really happens.'

Another ice protestor bites the dust.

Posted by: Dr. Claw at January 29, 2026 08:25 PM (fd80v)

111 106 It also had a rep of being a decent mosquito repellent.

I had completely forgotten that, but yes, it did!

Posted by: Delurker at January 29, 2026 08:25 PM (gtcuf)

112 Iranian leaders have been the looting stage for some time now I suspect.
Posted by: whig
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And all the money is in Qatar.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 29, 2026 08:26 PM (jYat7)

113 >>> It also had a rep of being a decent mosquito repellent.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 29, 2026 08:24 PM (8zz6B)

That's what I remember people using it for.

Posted by: banana Dream at January 29, 2026 08:26 PM (3uBP9)

114 >We didn't have the Avon Lady stopping by. I used to take the car to my mom's and borrow hers.

Posted by: Delurker at January 29, 2026 08:22 PM (gtcuf)

I used to borrow me Mum's lotion too.

Posted by: Prince Harry at January 29, 2026 08:27 PM (GTqXr)

115
It also had a rep of being a decent mosquito repellent.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 29, 2026 08:24 PM (8zz6B)

It also had a rep of being a decent mosquito repellent.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 29, 2026 08:24 PM (8zz6B)
It also had a rep of being a decent mosquito repellent.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 29, 2026 08:24 PM (8zz6B)

When we were posted to Panama, that was recommended by the Medical office as a mosquito repellent. It irritated my skin so I didn't use it. Got Dengue. The folks who used it didn't. Draw your own conclusions!!!

Posted by: moki at January 29, 2026 08:27 PM (wLjpr)

116 Miss Ruth has at last come into season, 11 months after her last one, and is now a house dog for the duration.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh
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You hope.
Many times (DAMHIK), nature has her way.

Posted by: buddhaha at January 29, 2026 08:27 PM (qfI/e)

117 Does *Avon* still exist? Haven't seen any of their products since.. I don't know when.

Posted by: JQ at January 29, 2026 08:28 PM (rdVOm)

118
Well GHWB carrier is also joining the party around Iran and a US nuke sniffer plane arrived in the UK today.

USS Abraham Lincoln carrier has reportedly went dark on comms. Insty has the latest roundup from X.
Posted by: whig

Iranian Government Plane Departs Tehran for Moscow

https://t.ly/PltOe

Posted by: Mr. Bean Natural at January 29, 2026 08:28 PM (VVDwW)

119 I didn't figure he was moving all of that equipment and personnel to the area for show. If he's moving it there, he plans to use it.

Correct. Time is on Trump's side. Every day the mad mullahs get weaker, look stupider and more incompetent and expose what their "islamic" republic is all about.

Death, rape and bodies stacked like cordwood.

Posted by: The Dustbin Of History at January 29, 2026 08:28 PM (R/m4+)

120 When the mullahs high tail it to Moscow, who'll be left holding the bag?

Posted by: davidt at January 29, 2026 08:28 PM (Q+gd/)

121 Reverse Zambonis are 20 bucks. Same as in town.
Posted by: Your Friendly Neighborhood Hooker

Not lookin' that up on urban dictionary.

Posted by: mikeski at January 29, 2026 08:29 PM (VHUov)

122 These penguin disputes represent an absurd and completely manufactured controversy designed to distract us from the joyful contemplation of yaks.
Posted by: Himalaya Bill - Yak drover extraordinaire at January 29, 2026 07:50 PM

Has a new Big Penguin-funded and -directed front group been revealed?

Posted by: Duncanthrax at January 29, 2026 08:29 PM (0sNs1)

123 Genghis Khan and Kubla Khan conquered the world with those horses. Well not those particular horses.

Posted by: Opinion fact at January 29, 2026 08:29 PM (KDPiq)

124 And they are undetectable in your pocket on a trip to see a sporting event.
----

Unless the guy who caught you the last time sees you...

Posted by: clarence at January 29, 2026 08:30 PM (cSctv)

125 Top headline over at Hot Air tonight;
“Michelle Obama: Black Women Don't Complain Enough.”

Posted by: Tom Servo at January 29, 2026 08:30 PM (7GO/2)

126 And all the money is in Qatar.

Posted by: Braenyard
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Good call. Although I can see the Al Thani family telling bedraggled mullahs fleeing--what money, you have no accounts here! Go home.

Posted by: whig at January 29, 2026 08:30 PM (2swu2)

127 And all the money is in Qatar.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 29, 2026 08:26 PM (jYat7)

They have quality banks. That is where Trump, Rubio and Bessant sent the immediately non-disbursed money from the sale of seized Venezuelan oil went.

Posted by: Kindltot at January 29, 2026 08:31 PM (rbvCR)

128 Genghis Khan and Kubla Khan conquered the world with those horses. Well not those particular horses.
Posted by: Opinion fact at January 29, 2026 08:29 PM (KDPiq)

The Yamnaya conquered the world with those horses. Most of it, anyways.

Posted by: Kindltot at January 29, 2026 08:32 PM (rbvCR)

129 92 My peeps back in WNY have been getting mercilessly pounded with snow and freezing temps for a week, with no end in sight. It's a real disaster there.

Here in northern CO we only got a couple inches total, and most of that has melted. Highs in the 50s and lots of sun the rest of this week.
Posted by: Delurker at January 29, 2026 08:19 PM (gtcuf)

Well, it's winter ... it's WNY ... the really low temps are making life unpleasant.

Other than that it really isn't that bad.

49 years ago ... THAT WAS BAD ... this isn't that.

Posted by: browndog nose in the snow at January 29, 2026 08:32 PM (3sXRv)

130 Does *Avon* still exist? Haven't seen any of their products since.. I don't know when.
Posted by: JQ at January 29, 2026 08:28 PM (rdVOm)

My wife has an Avon dealer, though I asked she not buy anything with musk since the Avon musk makes me sneeze.

Posted by: Kindltot at January 29, 2026 08:33 PM (rbvCR)

131 “Michelle Obama: Black Women Don't Complain Enough.”
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That bint never *stops* complaining! Wth? S/he could be Queen of the Universe and STILL find fault with life.

Posted by: JQ at January 29, 2026 08:33 PM (rdVOm)

132 “Michelle Obama: Black Women Don't Complain Enough.”

What does a homosexual black guy know about black woman?

Posted by: The Fatigue Is Real at January 29, 2026 08:33 PM (R/m4+)

133 When the mullahs high tail it to Moscow, who'll be left holding the bag?
Posted by: davidt at January 29, 2026 08:28 PM (Q+gd/)

I expect it will be like Venezuela where the folks who stayed behind dodging the death squads will have first shot instead of trying to put in some "government in exile" that spent the last 30 years in mansions in So Cal

Posted by: Kindltot at January 29, 2026 08:35 PM (rbvCR)

134 There was an interesting article/opinion is read a few weeks ago talking about the military in Iran nkt being what we might think it is. It is more like Praetorian Guard or Terrorists. They will not respond like being of the people but rather as to b keep the pay flowing and do so by terroristic means.

I'd also say the military is almost entirely Islamjc while the population is more of a mix. That is one thing that has been mentioned about the immigrant crisis (foreign army!) But that is historically true.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 29, 2026 08:35 PM (zZu0s)

135 >>...Avon musk makes me sneeze.
Posted by: Kindltot
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Avon *everything* makes my sister sneeze.

I note that all their fragrances smell exactly alike after about an hour, and do not like the scent.

Posted by: JQ at January 29, 2026 08:36 PM (rdVOm)

136 I found my future wife! Definitely AAA+++ wife material!😍 I am so in love!!!💘

Orange County stripper accused of decapitating 55-year-old boyfriend
KTLA 5
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J3-zB-WyKpA

Posted by: BetaCuck4Lyfe at January 29, 2026 08:36 PM (9aVck)

137 There was an Avon store in a local strip mall. Closed a few months ago

Posted by: A dude in MI at January 29, 2026 08:36 PM (/6GbT)

138 For the Cold: Turn the heat down, drag those blankets out of the cedar chest, cuddle up and make babies.

Posted by: Braenyard

"I'm giving her all she's got, Captain!"

(But Momma's in her 70s also so. . . . )

Posted by: Tonypete at January 29, 2026 08:36 PM (cYBz/)

139 Big Y
Little y
A yawning yellow yak
Young Yolanda Yorgensen
Is yelling on his back.

Posted by: Suess, Dr. at January 29, 2026 08:37 PM (2Ez/1)

140 We have heard several reports of planes leaving for Moscow. I think it matters about as much as the prior ones.

The TACO talk by the libs may help us (or the protestors) be able to bag our limit on theocratic asshole dictators.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 29, 2026 08:37 PM (zZu0s)

141 I keep wondering what happens when the military figures out they’re being paid with Monopoly money.
Posted by: Tom Servo at January 29, 2026 08:19 PM (7GO/2)

The Bolivar was bottoming out, and the only assets available was shares in oil shipped out in the illegal tankers and the drug money from the fast boat smugglers.
Then it seems most of the Venezuelan military took the night off when asked nicely.

Posted by: Kindltot at January 29, 2026 08:37 PM (rbvCR)

142 >>> And all the money is in Qatar.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 29, 2026 08:26 PM (jYat7)

One of the Al Khatlin Brothers more popular country hits.

Posted by: banana Dream at January 29, 2026 08:37 PM (3uBP9)

143 Still looking like a good mid-20s hard freeze way down the central peninsula, though.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley
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Beware falling iguanas.

Posted by: buddhaha at January 29, 2026 08:37 PM (qfI/e)

144 Has a new Big Penguin-funded and -directed front group been revealed?
Posted by: Duncanthrax

We have the backing of several powerful military juntas, and are biding our time, waiting for the perfect moment to strike. Like Trump, time is on our side.

Posted by: Penguin Pool Pete at January 29, 2026 08:38 PM (oftw2)

145 I note that all their fragrances smell exactly alike after about an hour, and do not like the scent.
Posted by: JQ at January 29, 2026 08:36 PM (rdVOm)

Grandma's bureau. It always smells like Grandma's bureau.

Posted by: Kindltot at January 29, 2026 08:38 PM (rbvCR)

146 There was an Avon store in a local strip mall. Closed a few months ago
Posted by: A dude in MI

After the Scotch-tape store went under it was only a matter of time.

Posted by: Tonypete at January 29, 2026 08:38 PM (cYBz/)

147 49 years ago ... THAT WAS BAD ... this isn't that.

Yep, sure was. I was there.

A building a few doors down from my dad's accounting office in Niagara Falls caught fire and there was a fear that the fire department wasn't going to be able to put it out before the whole block burned down. His buddy across the street got out his snowmobile as did my dad and he and my dad, with me clinging crammed on back, defied the travel ban to snowmobile all the way into the city and rescue some important file boxes. In the end, they did get the fire out with no damage to adjoining buildings. And we didn't get busted by the fuzz.

We were able to walk up the snow bank to the roof of our 2 1/2 story split-level. Made for some great pics.

Posted by: Delurker at January 29, 2026 08:38 PM (gtcuf)

148 Then it seems most of the Venezuelan military took the night off when asked nicely.
Posted by: Kindltot at January 29, 2026 08:37 PM (rbvCR)

NO!!!!! IT WAS THE AMERICAN PIGS WONDER WEAPONS!!!!!
-Guards

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 29, 2026 08:39 PM (zZu0s)

149 Evenin’, All.

Posted by: Bulg at January 29, 2026 08:39 PM (77rzZ)

150 The Yamnaya conquered the world with those horses. Most of it, anyways.
Posted by: Kindltot at January 29, 2026 08:32 PM (rbvCR)

That's about 4000 years earlier. Definitely not those horses.

Posted by: Opinion fact at January 29, 2026 08:39 PM (KDPiq)

151 Grandma's bureau. It always smells like Grandma's bureau.
Posted by: Kindltot at January 29, 2026 08:38 PM (rbvCR)

My grandma's closest all smelled like moth balls.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 29, 2026 08:40 PM (zZu0s)

152 "Black women don't complain enough."

So Michelle Obama has never heard of Jasmine Crockett?

Posted by: Case at January 29, 2026 08:41 PM (E7+ue)

153 Yo
Posted by: JackStraw at January 29, 2026 07:51 PM (r2ldC)
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Ho ho.

Posted by: bluebell at January 29, 2026 08:41 PM (79pEw)

154 Did Mary Kay Cosmetics over take Avon?

Posted by: Opinion fact at January 29, 2026 08:42 PM (KDPiq)

155
I imagine the cold will piss off the gators as well.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at January 29, 2026 08:42 PM (w6EFb)

156 Grandma's bureau. It always smells like Grandma's bureau.
Posted by: Kindltot

Between that and my Mom's Jean Nate' powder puffball, her bedroom reeked!

I just checked, one can purchase Jean Nate' products at Walmart.

Posted by: Tonypete at January 29, 2026 08:43 PM (cYBz/)

157 Mooch must be a real peach to live with.

Posted by: fd at January 29, 2026 08:43 PM (vFG9F)

158 Did Mary Kay Cosmetics over take Avon?
Posted by: Opinion fact

No, Revlon.

Posted by: Tonypete at January 29, 2026 08:43 PM (cYBz/)

159 Grandma's bureau

I'm remembering some kind of cosmetic cream or powder, in a blue jar, that had "Paris" in the name.

Anyone?

Posted by: Delurker at January 29, 2026 08:44 PM (gtcuf)

160 My grandma's closest all smelled like moth balls.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 29, 2026 08:40 PM (zZu0s)

Cruelty-free moth balls, I hope.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 29, 2026 08:44 PM (8zz6B)

161 Evening all. Just got home and got dinner made.

Posted by: rickb223 at January 29, 2026 08:44 PM (qw6Uy)

162 My mom wore White Shoulders.

I know that because it was a go to for present giving occasions. She probably eventually hated it but couldn't tell her kid that.

Posted by: Opinion fact at January 29, 2026 08:44 PM (KDPiq)

163 "I'm remembering some kind of cosmetic cream or powder, in a blue jar, that had "Paris" in the name.

Anyone?"

Plaster of?

Posted by: fd at January 29, 2026 08:45 PM (vFG9F)

164 I'm remembering some kind of cosmetic cream or powder, in a blue jar, that had "Paris" in the name.

Anyone?

Posted by: Delurker at January 29, 2026 08:44 PM (gtcuf)

There was a cologne called "Evening in Paris".

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 29, 2026 08:46 PM (8zz6B)

165 125 Top headline over at Hot Air tonight;
“Michelle Obama: Black Women Don't Complain Enough.”
Posted by: Tom Servo at January 29, 2026 08:30 PM (7GO/2)

Has she ever done anything else besides complain?

Imagine our shock if she came out and said, "You know what, I think my life has been blessed and I'm living it. And all of you are doing a fantastic job."

The world would cease to exist.

Posted by: tcn in AK at January 29, 2026 08:46 PM (1vYii)

166 Grandma's bureau

I'm remembering some kind of cosmetic cream or powder, in a blue jar, that had "Paris" in the name.

Anyone?

Posted by: Delurker

Plaster of?

Or are you misremembering and it said "Ponds"?
Because I remember a blue jar with Ponds Cold Cream.

Posted by: rickb223 at January 29, 2026 08:46 PM (qw6Uy)

167 Posted by: fd at January 29, 2026 08:45 PM (vFG9F)

AI just found it for me. Evening in Paris.

Posted by: Delurker at January 29, 2026 08:46 PM (gtcuf)

168 The cologne I wear is Paris Hilton for Men.

Posted by: Opinion fact at January 29, 2026 08:46 PM (KDPiq)

169 I'm enjoying just sitting back and watching you guys reminisce about old cosmetics and perfumes. I knew you were all softies after all.

Posted by: bluebell at January 29, 2026 08:47 PM (79pEw)

170 Cruelty-free moth balls, I hope.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 29, 2026 08:44 PM (8zz6B)

They were trying to transition.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 29, 2026 08:47 PM (zZu0s)

171 Plaster of?
Posted by: fd at January 29, 2026 08:45 PM (vFG9F)

No, that was the famous couturier. Piper will be featuring his designs next Sunday.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 29, 2026 08:47 PM (8zz6B)

172 I knew you were all softies after all.
Posted by: bluebell at January 29, 2026 08:47 PM (79pEw)

Hey. The smell of Mammaws Aquanet is a good memory.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 29, 2026 08:48 PM (zZu0s)

173 I think the bottle at home is... Aramis? I got it as a gift but never wear cologne.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 29, 2026 08:49 PM (zZu0s)

174
That fat cat hitting the floor at the bottom of the slide lol.

THUD.

Cat doesn't care.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 29, 2026 08:50 PM (hxCZf)

175 I remember buying my girlfriend in college a perfume called Joy when we first started dating . Smallest bottle ever for $40. Forty dollars was a small fortune for me in college.

Posted by: Opinion fact at January 29, 2026 08:50 PM (KDPiq)

176 Mom liked "Shalimar" by Guerlain. Oooof.

Posted by: JQ at January 29, 2026 08:51 PM (rdVOm)

177 I knew you were all softies after all.
Posted by: bluebell at January 29, 2026 08:47 PM (79pEw)

If it smells like mom or grandma, they will remember, instantly.

All I have to do is think lemon meringue pie, and I can see mom taking it out from the broiler, and I can still smell it.

Posted by: tcn in AK at January 29, 2026 08:52 PM (1vYii)

178 Drakkar Noir!

Posted by: Short Iraqi "Businessman" at January 29, 2026 08:53 PM (g47mK)

179 Shalimar is the bomb. I used to wear White Linen. DH prefers me to not wear anything that confounds his asthma, so, no more.

Posted by: tcn in AK at January 29, 2026 08:53 PM (1vYii)

180 178 Drakkar Noir!
Posted by: Short Iraqi "Businessman" at January 29, 2026 08:53 PM (g47mK)

Aaaand instantly we are back in the meat market nightclub, watching white men drink so they can dance. Ew.

Posted by: tcn in AK at January 29, 2026 08:54 PM (1vYii)

181 All I have to do is think lemon meringue pie, and I can see mom taking it out from the broiler, and I can still smell it.
Posted by: tcn in AK at January 29, 2026 08:52 PM (1vYii)
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That's my husband's favorite, and I'm sure his mom made it for him quite often.

I wonder what smells my kids associate with me, since I don't wear perfume or hairspray. I probably don't want to know.

Posted by: bluebell at January 29, 2026 08:55 PM (79pEw)

182 I like Giorgio's "Red"

Posted by: JQ at January 29, 2026 08:55 PM (rdVOm)

183 I wonder what smells my kids associate with me, since I don't wear perfume or hairspray. I probably don't want to know.
Posted by: bluebell at January 29, 2026 08:55 PM (79pEw)

I hope it is warm banana bread, or something equally as wonderful.

Posted by: tcn in AK at January 29, 2026 08:55 PM (1vYii)

184 My high school girlfriend wore Love's Baby Soft. Super popular with the girls. For years afterwards, whenever I smelled it on someone else I'd think of her.

Never even thought about it back then, but that is one squicky name for a fragrance favored by teen girls. I'm looking at some vintage ads that are even worse. "Love's Baby Soft - Because Innocence Is Sexier Than You Think!"

My, how times have changed.

Posted by: Delurker at January 29, 2026 08:56 PM (gtcuf)

185 -------
Beware falling iguanas.
Posted by: buddhaha
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Good time to go after pythons. Sell them to the cobbler. $$

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 29, 2026 08:56 PM (jYat7)

186 I do hope the boy remembers a better smell than DH's backside eruptions, but that is what has lingered more often than not. Febreze Air Freshener is our friend.

LOL.

Posted by: tcn in AK at January 29, 2026 08:57 PM (1vYii)

187 I hope it is warm banana bread, or something equally as wonderful.
Posted by: tcn in AK at January 29, 2026 08:55 PM (1vYii)
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At this point it's probably sourdough bread. My youngest son stopped by to say hello after work, and polished off 3/4 of a loaf. I gave him the rest to take home.

Posted by: bluebell at January 29, 2026 08:57 PM (79pEw)

188 Haha, never cared for Love's Baby Soft-- always reminded me of when I had diaper-duty for lil sis & lil bro.

Posted by: JQ at January 29, 2026 08:57 PM (rdVOm)

189 I wonder what smells my kids associate with me, since I don't wear perfume or hairspray. I probably don't want to know.
Posted by: bluebell at January 29, 2026 08:55 PM (79pEw)

The aroma of the oil on the whetstone where you burnish your shivs?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 29, 2026 08:58 PM (8zz6B)

190
Imagine our shock if she came out and said, "You know what, I think my life has been blessed and I'm living it. And all of you are doing a fantastic job."

The world would cease to exist.
Posted by: tcn

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I rather think she's happy as a pig in slop. She loves to complain and find fault.

Mind you, that still leave her a pig, and still rolling in slop.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 29, 2026 08:58 PM (hxCZf)

191 The cologne I wear is Paris Hilton for Men.
Posted by: Opinion fact at January 29, 2026 08:46 PM (KDPiq)

I like Bay Rum, but I also liked Old Spice

Posted by: Kindltot at January 29, 2026 08:59 PM (rbvCR)

192 Calvin Klein stole my idea - The Beach Cologne!

Posted by: Kramer at January 29, 2026 08:59 PM (g47mK)

193 I'm enjoying just sitting back and watching you guys reminisce about old cosmetics and perfumes. I knew you were all softies after all.
Posted by: bluebell at January 29, 2026 08:47 PM

*blink*

What did I just walk into?

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at January 29, 2026 08:59 PM (Wnv9h)

194 Never even thought about it back then, but that is one squicky name for a fragrance favored by teen girls. I'm looking at some vintage ads that are even worse. "Love's Baby Soft - Because Innocence Is Sexier Than You Think!"

My, how times have changed.

Posted by: Delurker at January 29, 2026 08:56 PM (gtcuf)

We do tend to forget that the 70's was a bit of the wild west when it came to advertising. I wore tight cutoffs and so did every girl I knew. We weren't doing it because it was comfortable. Just looking at an old Cosmo creeps me out.

Posted by: tcn in AK at January 29, 2026 08:59 PM (1vYii)

195 The aroma of the oil on the whetstone where you burnish your shivs?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 29, 2026 08:58 PM (8zz6B)
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Wait, I'm supposed to sharpen them?

Posted by: bluebell at January 29, 2026 08:59 PM (79pEw)

196 What, no Hai Karate?

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 29, 2026 08:59 PM (zZu0s)

197 I have a bottle of old spice that I don't wear but smell occasionally so I can pretend my father is near by.

Posted by: Opinion fact at January 29, 2026 09:00 PM (KDPiq)

198 Dad wore Old Spice. Love the scent. English Leather is nice, too.

Posted by: JQ at January 29, 2026 09:00 PM (rdVOm)

199 Mind you, that still leave her a pig, and still rolling in slop.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 29, 2026 08:58 PM (hxCZf)

Some people can't be happy unless they are miserable.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 29, 2026 09:00 PM (zZu0s)

200 *blink*

What did I just walk into?
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at January 29, 2026 08:59 PM (Wnv9h)

Just slap on some Bay Rum and keep your head down, and you will be fine.

Posted by: tcn in AK at January 29, 2026 09:01 PM (1vYii)

201 I'm sitting right here.

Posted by: Axe Body Spray at January 29, 2026 09:01 PM (2Ez/1)

202 I have mentioned this before, I stopped wearing Old Spice because a girlfriend told me it bothered her because her dad wore it.

Posted by: Kindltot at January 29, 2026 09:01 PM (rbvCR)

203 What, no Hai Karate?
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 29, 2026 08:59 PM

Brut! By Faberge...

Posted by: Eddie Murphy's Father at January 29, 2026 09:01 PM (Wnv9h)

204 My dad wore Old Spice, or English Leather, with the giant wooden cap that was almost as big as the bottle.

Posted by: Delurker at January 29, 2026 09:02 PM (gtcuf)

205 Nothing smells as sexy on a woman than a nice, fresh, Toni home permanent.

Posted by: Aqua Velva Man at January 29, 2026 09:02 PM (oftw2)

206 I'm sitting right here.
Posted by: Axe Body Spray at January 29, 2026 09:01 PM (2Ez/1)
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We know, we can smell you a mile away. I wonder whoever thought you were a good idea.

Posted by: bluebell at January 29, 2026 09:02 PM (79pEw)

207 My grandma's closest all smelled like moth balls.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 29, 2026 08:40 PM (zZu0s)

Better the moth’s than grandpa’s.

Posted by: Tom Servo at January 29, 2026 09:03 PM (7GO/2)

208 Axe Body Spray: for when you really need to bathe, but decide not to...

Posted by: JQ at January 29, 2026 09:04 PM (rdVOm)

209 In the elevator...

https://youtu.be/0SmsnKRvwYU

Posted by: Axe Body Spray at January 29, 2026 09:04 PM (2Ez/1)

210 202 I have mentioned this before, I stopped wearing Old Spice because a girlfriend told me it bothered her because her dad wore it.
Posted by: Kindltot at January 29, 2026 09:01 PM (rbvCR)

So many questions.
That should never be asked.

Posted by: Tom Servo at January 29, 2026 09:05 PM (7GO/2)

211 >Aaaand instantly we are back in the meat market nightclub, watching white men drink so they can dance. Ew.
Posted by: tcn in AK at January 29, 2026 08:54 PM (1vYii)

How you doin?

Posted by: Axe body spray at January 29, 2026 09:05 PM (GTqXr)

212 Hai Karate came with instructions for self-defense.

Posted by: davidt at January 29, 2026 09:05 PM (Q+gd/)

213 my first girl wore White Linen

I remember how every girl's bedroom had it's own unique smell - a combination of all her perfumes, lotions, hairsprays... and sometimes weed

Posted by: Fen at January 29, 2026 09:05 PM (ciYHQ)

214 That is one thing I am not a huge fan of for a lot of the body washs- the scent is insanely strong. There is a vanilla one by Old Spice that I like, but it also smells like you soaked in vanilla ice cream.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 29, 2026 09:06 PM (zZu0s)

215 Hey guys! Who wants to buy some mobile oil field equipment?

1988 Lufkin CM-320D-305-100 Road Runner Mobile T/A Oil Field Pumpjack

https://tinyurl.com/48yhj9k6

Current bid is $5.00

Posted by: Kindltot at January 29, 2026 09:06 PM (rbvCR)

216 Brut! By Faberge...
Posted by: Eddie Murphy's Father at January 29, 2026 09:01 PM (Wnv9h)

It makes me gag. The brothers would play B Ball in the morning before class and didn't take a shower but instead soaked themselves in Brut. BO and Brut combo should be classified as a chemical weapon.

Posted by: Opinion fact at January 29, 2026 09:06 PM (KDPiq)

217 Just slap on some Bay Rum and keep your head down, and you will be fine.
Posted by: tcn in AK at January 29, 2026 09:01 PM

I'm a Truefitt & Hill 1805 guy, meself.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at January 29, 2026 09:07 PM (Wnv9h)

218 Current bid is $5.00
Posted by: Kindltot at January 29, 2026 09:06 PM (rbvCR)
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If it comes with free shipping, I think we should all pitch in and buy it for AOP.

Posted by: bluebell at January 29, 2026 09:07 PM (79pEw)

219 Shipping Instructions: All ITEMS WILL NEED TO BE REMOVED FROM THE AUCTION SITE BY 10 BUSINESS DAYS AFTER THE SALE. ALL ITEMS NOT REMOVED BY THEN WILL INCURE A $250 REMOVAL FEE ALONG WITH AN ADDITIONAL $20/DAY STORAGE FEE TO BE CHARGED TO THE BUYER.
AUCTION SITE ADDRESS: 4916 US-287 N, Bowie, TX, 76230

Posted by: Kindltot at January 29, 2026 09:09 PM (rbvCR)

220 . . . Gonna need a couple more sheets of stamps, Boss.

Posted by: Kindltot at January 29, 2026 09:09 PM (rbvCR)

221 163 "I'm remembering some kind of cosmetic cream or powder, in a blue jar, that had "Paris" in the name.

Anyone?"

Plaster of?
Posted by: fd at January 29, 2026 08:45 PM (vFG9F)

"Evening In Paris"? This cologne came in a distinctive short blue bottle with a silver cap and it was discontinued in 1969.

Posted by: Joemarine at January 29, 2026 09:09 PM (y171U)

222 And you could smoke in clubs. Everybody smoked in clubs. Even people who didn't smoke, smoked in clubs.

Shortly after the OK City bombing, I lit a cig for a girl in a club and one of my buddies nudged me and said "Do you know who's cigarette you just lit? That's Tim McVeigh's sister!" And sure enough it was. Remember, she was initially held for questioning by the FBI. She had just been released and was out celebrating with her friends. She had been all over the news. The McVeighs lived one town over.

Posted by: Delurker at January 29, 2026 09:10 PM (gtcuf)

223 Err, I missed this, did we do this one prior?

@TonyLaneNV 4h
BREAKING: Mid-service. Mid-worship.
Protesters entered a Minnesota church to stage an anti-ICE demonstration - once again hijacking a religious gathering.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at January 29, 2026 09:10 PM (mlg/3)

224 The Left is in full panic attack on Twitter over the latest video that just obliterates their Sweet and Kind victim narrative.

...to hear the lamentation of their women

Pour me another, boss

Posted by: Fen at January 29, 2026 09:13 PM (ciYHQ)

225 Washington — The Senate reached an agreement Thursday to move forward with a government funding package.

Posted by: Joemarine at January 29, 2026 09:14 PM (y171U)

226
https://tinyurl.com/48yhj9k6

Current bid is $5.00
Posted by: Kindltot
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Think the old (pre-regulation) pumpjacks were one cylinder engines that burned some of the oil it pumped. (Like a tar-fired diesel)

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 29, 2026 09:14 PM (jYat7)

227 224 The Left is in full panic attack on Twitter over the latest video that just obliterates their Sweet and Kind victim narrative.

...to hear the lamentation of their women

Pour me another, boss
Posted by: Fen
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Saw two views of him kicking that tail-light out.
Think he had some reinforcement in his boot.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 29, 2026 09:16 PM (jYat7)

228 I wonder what smells my kids associate with me, since I don't wear perfume or hairspray. I probably don't want to know.
Posted by: bluebell at January 29, 2026 08:55 PM

Quite possibly the smell of the tires during those burnouts you were always doing.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at January 29, 2026 09:17 PM (0sNs1)

229 I worked at the Faberge HQ in Manhattan doing a renovation around 1974. There were more beautiful women per square foot than anywhere I have ever been. All the corridors were rounded, like a cave with some sprayed on fuzzy black finish. The only lighting was neon in pockets up at the top. Cool place, I worked in songwriter Sammy Cahn's office and met him. Faberge was producing movies at that time, and had just won an Oscar for A Touch of Class.

Posted by: Local 257 UBCJA. at January 29, 2026 09:17 PM (oftw2)

230 ...to hear the lamentation of their women
Posted by: Fen

Women?

Posted by: Knowlon at January 29, 2026 09:17 PM (mlg/3)

231 The Senate reached an agreement Thursday to move forward with a government funding package.
Posted by: Joemarine

Yay. Did we get lube this time or did they just promise to tickle our balls in a few months time?

Posted by: gKWVE at January 29, 2026 09:18 PM (gKWVE)

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