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Thursday Overnight Open Thread - February 3, 2026 [Doof]
Feel good story 13-year-old Ditches Lifejacket and Makes ‘Superhuman’ Swim to Save Family Swept out to Sea
A 13-year-old boy has been hailed as a hero after swimming 4 hours through rough seas to rescue his family. A family of 4 was enjoying a holiday in Australia’s southwest coast near Quindalup when strong winds blew their inflatable paddleboards out to sea. The boy was separated from his mom and 2 siblings before his canoe began to take on water. Wearing a life-jacket, he began to swim against the wind towards the shore, knowing every second counted in the race to get help to save his family. *** “And the brave fella thought he’s not going to make it with a life jacket on, so he ditched it, and he swam the next 2 hours without a life jacket,” said Bresland. “I thought, ‘Mate, that is incredible.'” Once ashore he successfully raised the alarm and a multi-agency search and rescue operation was mobilized, including Western Australia state Water Police and its rescue helicopter. The teen provided detailed descriptions of the paddleboards, and within the hour, his family was rescued by boat, having drifted 7 miles out into the Indian Ocean.2 hours of swimming?!? Wow, way to go young dude! ----- Speaking of good stuff from the younger generation
Kids on Roblox are conducting immigration raids 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣pic.twitter.com/1lp7v110or
— Darth Powell (@VladTheInflator) February 3, 2026
Darth Vader with a .50 cal might be one of the hardest things I’ve ever seen pic.twitter.com/3gIiIkNkOu
— internet hall of fame (@InternetH0F) February 1, 2026
This is hilarious. 🤣🤣😭 I don’t know how Josh trolls these people so hard and they never know. She actually signed it. 🤦🏼♀️ pic.twitter.com/sMBDLZSiNj
— TheLizVariant (@TheLizVariant) February 3, 2026
The wraparound windshield once was a trend in the automotive world. It's a design solution in which the windshield is built forming a curve toward each side of the cabin. As a result, the frontmost pillars, the ones between the windshield and the front window of each side, are displaced away from the car's front end, and the window next to it becomes narrower. That solution has been used on the rear windshield, too, where the wraparound design displaces the rearmost pillars in the opposite way — or, sometimes, wraps around the other way. This trend is credited to the 1951 GM Le Sabre, a concept car dreamed up by Harley Earl and inspired by jet fighters — remember, jet design was all the rage in America back then. The Le Sabre's wraparound windshield resembled the canopies used in jet fighters and only became a reality after the industry spent years improving the technology for it. After GM started using it in mass production in 1953, Ford and Chrysler quickly followed suit. Over the following years, it was used on other cars despite the need to adapt the original design — the Le Sabre was a convertible concept car, so it didn't have the conventional roof and windows of a sedan or station wagon. Sadly, wraparound windshields were largely dropped from automotive design in the 1960s; newer examples are much rarer. Among the practical reasons, having such a large glass area made the cabin excessively hot, especially in warm weather, and occupants would feel too visible from the outside. From a technical point of view, the curved glass causes some distortion on the sides. Besides, using larger glass areas led to making the pillars thinner, which raised concern that the cabin would become less resistant in a collision.Check out the whole thing. Article contains some cool links to other car stuff. ----- Do not even try to pretend THIS guy has a dildo!
Did Howard in Alberta say where that pic was taken? I'd have to go about 30 miles West to see the Rockies like that. They are just below the horizon for me.From the photographer himself!
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 01, 2026 11:09 PM (8zz6B)
**
Maybe he's lurking and will chime in. If not, I will ask him.
Posted by: Doof at February 01, 2026 11:15 PM (QMAsf)
**
That line of brush looks like a caragana hedge. Commonly planted all over Alberta and Saskatchewan as a windbreak.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 01, 2026 11:18 PM (8zz6B)
Just read the comments, and here are answers to some questions/comments: Location of the Alberta sunset (and previous photo of sunrise) is extreme SW Alberta, east of Waterton Lakes National Park. The mountains are the southern Canadian Rockies. And yes, the hedge is caragana. Anyone can have one, but the secret is to have personally planted it fifty years ago. HowardThanks for the follow-up, Howard! Keep those photos coming!
What's the common thread / common meaning / common leitmotif?
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Comments
(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: mindful webworker - a big dummy, too, at February 03, 2026 10:01 PM (ZDu+s)
Posted by: Sock Monkey * sporting my Andrew Breitbart attitude at February 03, 2026 10:01 PM (PlpaN)
Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at February 03, 2026 10:01 PM (lUFok)
Posted by: Sock Monkey * sporting my Andrew Breitbart attitude at February 03, 2026 10:01 PM (PlpaN)
Posted by: Sock Monkey * sporting my Andrew Breitbart attitude at February 03, 2026 10:02 PM (PlpaN)
Posted by: Tonypete at February 03, 2026 10:02 PM (cYBz/)
Posted by: Crusader at February 03, 2026 10:02 PM (Cjcf6)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 03, 2026 10:03 PM (RIvkX)
https://youtu.be/F4F_K95ol8c
Posted by: mikeski at February 03, 2026 10:03 PM (VHUov)
Posted by: Crusader
Running in backward circles real fast. That should do it.
Posted by: Tonypete at February 03, 2026 10:04 PM (cYBz/)
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at February 03, 2026 10:04 PM (snZF9)
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Quite an amazing feat b"h.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 03, 2026 10:04 PM (RIvkX)
I guess if you're indifferent to cats, this is also the movie for you.
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at February 03, 2026 10:05 PM (CHHv1)
Posted by: Lurking Cheshirecat at February 03, 2026 10:05 PM (w3u3d)
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at February 03, 2026 10:06 PM (lpTXP)
Posted by: Crusader
Running in backward circles real fast. That should do it.
Posted by: Tonypete at February 03, 2026 10:04 PM (cYBz/)
Slingshot around the sun at warp speed. Just make sure your calculations are correct.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at February 03, 2026 10:06 PM (S/Y4j)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 03, 2026 10:06 PM (RIvkX)
"I am altering your torso. Pray I don't alter it any further."
Posted by: Darth Fiddy at February 03, 2026 10:07 PM (VHUov)
Posted by: four seasons at February 03, 2026 10:07 PM (3ek7K)
Money, globalism, and going along with "I want to be one of the 500 people who rule the world."
Posted by: Crusader at February 03, 2026 10:07 PM (Cjcf6)
Posted by: Mainah at February 03, 2026 10:07 PM (GFO1f)
I only wish it started 30 minutes earlier!
Posted by: Crusader at February 03, 2026 10:02 PM (Cjcf6)
Ace's email address is in the sidebar. He is rumored to respond favorably to those with suggestions on how his blog should run.
Posted by: Doof at February 03, 2026 10:08 PM (QMAsf)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 03, 2026 10:08 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: Sock Monkey * sporting my Andrew Breitbart attitude at February 03, 2026 10:08 PM (PlpaN)
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at February 03, 2026 10:06 PM (lpTXP)
YW. I've been laughing at that one all day.
Posted by: Doof at February 03, 2026 10:09 PM (QMAsf)
I used to. But then Mama Basura got rid of my Hot Wheels when I joined the Army.
Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at February 03, 2026 10:09 PM (lUFok)
Very kool top photo.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 03, 2026 10:03 PM (RIvkX)
Howdy SF. Glad you enjoyed it.
Posted by: Doof at February 03, 2026 10:10 PM (QMAsf)
Posted by: tankdemon at February 03, 2026 10:10 PM (zGyLA)
Posted by: COMountainMarie at February 03, 2026 10:10 PM (LNeRu)
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes. at February 03, 2026 10:10 PM (kpS4V)
Posted by: browndog on the Maid of the Mist at February 03, 2026 10:11 PM (TTAGa)
It Dark Helmet!
Posted by: buddhaha at February 03, 2026 10:12 PM (36QIT)
'94 Ford pickup was the last vehicle I owned that had them. You could let just a little fresh air in.
Posted by: huerfano at February 03, 2026 10:12 PM (98kQX)
Oh! Oh! I got this one!
Songs are in order of length of the cut.
🙄
Posted by: mindful webworker - time, time, time, to see what's become of me at February 03, 2026 10:12 PM (ZDu+s)
Posted by: Sock Monkey * sporting my Andrew Breitbart attitude at February 03, 2026 10:08 PM (PlpaN)
Grok knows I exist, he just needs some coaxing to recall. I had a fun time a few months ago asking Grok about myself in relation to AOSHQ. He seems to think I'm a lawyer for some reason.
Posted by: Doof at February 03, 2026 10:12 PM (QMAsf)
Posted by: #2 With A Bullet at February 03, 2026 10:13 PM (oftw2)
Posted by: tankdemon at February 03, 2026 10:10 PM (zGyLA)
Lol!
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at February 03, 2026 10:13 PM (lpTXP)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 03, 2026 10:13 PM (XGXpY)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at February 03, 2026 10:13 PM (Cqx++)
Posted by: Otto Pen at February 03, 2026 10:14 PM (sJHOI)
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at February 03, 2026 10:14 PM (zZu0s)
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at February 03, 2026 10:14 PM (EXyHK)
It Dark Helmet!
Posted by: buddhaha
Isn't he a little tall for.....
Posted by: mikeski organa at February 03, 2026 10:14 PM (VHUov)
Posted by: Mainah
Makes two of us. It's awesome live.
Posted by: Sock Monkey * sporting my Andrew Breitbart attitude at February 03, 2026 10:14 PM (PlpaN)
Posted by: Air-cooled Report at February 03, 2026 10:15 PM (oftw2)
Screw that. Send it to me yesterday, which must have one helluva big carbon footprint.
Victorian coal-fired time machines for the win, man!
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at February 03, 2026 10:15 PM (Apzx6)
I only wish it started 30 minutes earlier!
Posted by: Crusader
Just think of the Cafe thread as the ONT appetizer.
Posted by: mindful webworker - does that make the tech thread dessert? at February 03, 2026 10:15 PM (ZDu+s)
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes. at February 03, 2026 10:10 PM (kpS4V)
They were a fun early 80s band. Do you know what band later was created by 2 guys from Split Enz? They had a few huge radio hits.
Posted by: Doof at February 03, 2026 10:15 PM (QMAsf)
Posted by: OrangeEnt at February 03, 2026 10:16 PM (uQesX)
Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at February 03, 2026 10:16 PM (sAmhv)
Calendar / time passing
Posted by: browndog on the Maid of the Mist at February 03, 2026 10:11 PM (TTAGa)
Yup. Which other songs would fit the theme?
Posted by: Doof at February 03, 2026 10:16 PM (QMAsf)
Posted by: Doof at February 03, 2026 10:15 PM (QMAsf)
Crowded House. Neil Finn had some good solo songs also
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at February 03, 2026 10:16 PM (lpTXP)
The recent Texas special election that the D won and swung by 30 points to the Left over Trump's '26 result-
-Is for a seat in a body which is not in session until '27 and the seat is up for regular election this Nov. i.e. the D will not vote once on anything?
Is this true?
Posted by: Bilwis Devourer of Innocent Souls, I'm starvin' over here at February 03, 2026 10:17 PM (w/O5Q)
Posted by: tankdemon at February 03, 2026 10:17 PM (zGyLA)
Posted by: Mainah
Makes two of us. It's awesome live.
Posted by: Sock Monkey * sporting my Andrew Breitbart attitude at February 03, 2026 10:14 PM (PlpaN)
Heard it earlier today on one of my Spotify "Daily Mixes". I built tonight's theme around it!
Posted by: Doof at February 03, 2026 10:18 PM (QMAsf)
Posted by: mindful webworker - does that make the tech thread dessert? at February 03, 2026 10:15 PM (ZDu+s)
Dammit. Dinner can't be rushed.
Posted by: Every COB, Especially CBD at February 03, 2026 10:18 PM (gKDq2)
Great photo up top. Gorgeous, as always.
Loved Charlie Brownson!
Posted by: Legally Sufficient at February 03, 2026 10:18 PM (kB9dk)
Posted by: clarence at February 03, 2026 10:18 PM (6L3LN)
Posted by: Solutus at February 03, 2026 10:18 PM (Ds9EH)
A few years after Split Enz broke up was when I left home. Just had to get out of that crowded house.
Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at February 03, 2026 10:19 PM (lUFok)
I guess if you're indifferent to cats, this is also the movie for you.
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at February 03, 2026 10:05 PM (CHHv1)
14 Meow
Posted by: Lurking Cheshirecat at February 03, 2026 10:05 PM (w3u3d)
That worked out well.
Posted by: tankdemon at February 03, 2026 10:19 PM (zGyLA)
Looks like a fish. Moves like a fish. Steers like a cow.
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at February 03, 2026 10:19 PM (EXyHK)
Posted by: Doof at February 03, 2026 10:16 PM (QMAsf)
Time In A Bottle.
Cat's In The Cradle.
Posted by: RickZ at February 03, 2026 10:20 PM (gKDq2)
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at February 03, 2026 10:20 PM (Apzx6)
Posted by: mindful webworker
The comments are the same. Alcohol, "beaver" jokes, rocketry and astronomy, psychos putting leftover ordnance in their poop chutes.....
Posted by: mikeski at February 03, 2026 10:20 PM (VHUov)
Is this true?
Posted by: Bilwis Devourer of Innocent Souls, I'm starvin' over here at February 03, 2026 10:17 PM (w/O5Q)
It is true. Tx Legislature meets every two years. They are not due to meet until next year. I don't know the specifics of this district. There was some in fighting among Republicans, I believe.
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at February 03, 2026 10:20 PM (lpTXP)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at February 03, 2026 10:20 PM (Cqx++)
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at February 03, 2026 10:20 PM (zZu0s)
Posted by: Kindltot at February 03, 2026 10:20 PM (rbvCR)
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at February 03, 2026 10:21 PM (EXyHK)
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at February 03, 2026 10:21 PM (S/Y4j)
Love the Robolox ICE.
Can ICE yank Bad Bunny just before halftime? Hope so!
Fuck illegals! Find them. Deport them. Repeat.
Posted by: The Man from Athens at February 03, 2026 10:22 PM (u8kl+)
Posted by: GWB at February 03, 2026 10:22 PM (uLMww)
Posted by: #2 With A Bullet at February 03, 2026 10:13 PM (oftw2)
That is something one probably doesn't want to rush, or you might end up dealing with explosive diarrhea.
Posted by: tankdemon at February 03, 2026 10:24 PM (zGyLA)
Posted by: Doof at February 03, 2026 10:16 PM (QMAsf)
Time stand still, by Rush
Like a Rock, by Bob Segee
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at February 03, 2026 10:24 PM (S/Y4j)
Posted by: clarence at February 03, 2026 10:18 PM (6L3LN)
Sheesh. Why use these furrin things? Use God's Own Pistol and Rifle cartridges: 45ACP and 30.06.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at February 03, 2026 10:24 PM (uQesX)
Thx. I got fooled by some doom trolls elsewhere. I'm gonna go out on a limb and not give up today.
Posted by: Bilwis Devourer of Innocent Souls, I'm starvin' over here at February 03, 2026 10:25 PM (w/O5Q)
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at February 03, 2026 10:25 PM (Apzx6)
Posted by: Sock Monkey * sporting my Andrew Breitbart attitude at February 03, 2026 10:25 PM (PlpaN)
Otherwise, the total amount of glass and the amount of solar heat admitted is the same with a curved windshield. You have more windshield and less side glass, but the total amount of glass is more or less the same.
As for the A-pillars being smaller and weaker, that isn't true. They're pretty much the same size, just moved back a few inches.
Posted by: a.moron at February 03, 2026 10:25 PM (X5Jzz)
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at February 03, 2026 10:25 PM (zZu0s)
"Why is everybody always pickin' on me?"
Posted by: GWB at February 03, 2026 10:26 PM (uLMww)
"Why is everybody always pickin' on me?"
Posted by: GWB at February 03, 2026 10:26 PM (uLMww)
You only pick on Charles Brownson . . . once.
Posted by: RickZ at February 03, 2026 10:27 PM (gKDq2)
Any others with specific measures?
Posted by: Doof at February 03, 2026 10:28 PM (QMAsf)
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at February 03, 2026 10:28 PM (lpTXP)
Posted by: Doof at February 03, 2026 10:16 PM (QMAsf)
https://youtu.be/zhRzORqNa0E?
Posted by: Joe Kidd at February 03, 2026 10:29 PM (nbLIj)
-Is for a seat in a body which is not in session until '27 and the seat is up for regular election this Nov. i.e. the D will not vote once on anything?
Is this true?
-----
I read earlier that the seat won't mean a thing. They'll have exactly zero votes.
Posted by: Crusader at February 03, 2026 10:29 PM (Cjcf6)
I often stayed awake at night with a tinny little multiband radio listening to an FM station hoping to hear “Time Passages”. Al Stewart is a raging lefty despite studying history but he was an amazing songwriter.
“And it’s kind of hot and smoky
In this anteroom to Hell
And I won’t make up a story
‘Cause you know the truth so well
It’s much too late to worry
That we never had a chance
And when Joe the Georgian gets here
We will dance…”
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at February 03, 2026 10:29 PM (EXyHK)
Almost.
"The man in the ship has a lot to fear
He hasn't seen home in almost a year."
- Voyager, by Gamma
Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at February 03, 2026 10:29 PM (lUFok)
But if you really, really want to be sure, there is 000 Buck delivered in a handy eight count package.
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at February 03, 2026 10:30 PM (a4flb)
If you really want to experience Uninvited, it has to be like this:
Meow MEOW meow MEOW meow MEOW meow MEOW...over and over and over again.
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at February 03, 2026 10:30 PM (CHHv1)
Money, globalism, and going along with "I want to be one of the 500 people who rule the world."
Posted by: Crusader
+++
I watched a little of an interview she did a few days ago. Right?
She is annoying as hell. Right?
She is one of those people that ends every sentence with Right?
That habit drives me crazy.
Posted by: Florida Peasant at February 03, 2026 10:30 PM (Lo97M)
Posted by: Doof
I answered the theme question with a link to "Days Are Numbers" by Alan Parsons Project. But that's a bit off the theme, really. "Numbers" isn't a number.
These are better:
https://youtu.be/hANhl0E3cxs
https://youtu.be/jQvyBfw6IGQ
https://youtu.be/J4LiQZZ_10o
They're a prequel to the ones in the Content.
Posted by: mikeski, pedantically at February 03, 2026 10:31 PM (VHUov)
Unless something forces a special session. So probabilistically it currently has more than zero votes and probably less than one.
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at February 03, 2026 10:32 PM (EXyHK)
Any others with specific measures?
Posted by: Doof at February 03, 2026 10:28 PM (QMAsf)
The Cure, 100 Years
https://youtu.be/e4c6nNS8CFc
Posted by: tankdemon at February 03, 2026 10:32 PM (zGyLA)
Posted by: EM Burlingame at February 03, 2026 10:32 PM (vd6bO)
Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at February 03, 2026 10:33 PM (lUFok)
Any others with specific measures?
Posted by: Doof at February 03, 2026 10:28 PM (QMAsf)
There's no song involved, but my wife said that the first night of our honeymoon included the best 37 seconds of her life.
Posted by: tankdemon at February 03, 2026 10:34 PM (zGyLA)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at February 03, 2026 10:34 PM (Cqx++)
• there were 2 Republicans and 1 Demonic Party candidates, which forced a run-off because the Demonic Party candidate didn't score a majority.
• no one showed up for the run-off since it was terribly cold and icy
• and the Win would be just a Participation Trophy since the legislature, outside a special session, doesn't convene again until 2027.
I want the GOP to be scared that they can lose very easily, but OTOH, why piss away good campaign money to win a scrimmage and not a game?
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at February 03, 2026 10:35 PM (a4flb)
Posted by: Ripley at February 03, 2026 10:35 PM (PTDkx)
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at February 03, 2026 10:35 PM (0aYVJ)
Posted by: LRob in OK at February 03, 2026 10:35 PM (47diA)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at February 03, 2026 10:34 PM (Cqx++)
Very nice.
Posted by: Doof at February 03, 2026 10:35 PM (QMAsf)
Posted by: tankdemon
+++
For once you weren't late.
Posted by: Florida Peasant at February 03, 2026 10:36 PM (Lo97M)
Posted by: Opinion fact at February 03, 2026 10:36 PM (cwGMH)
Posted by: TheCatAttackedMyFoot at February 03, 2026 10:37 PM (jrgJz)
None of them were permitted at the TxMoMe either.
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at February 03, 2026 10:37 PM (a4flb)
Posted by: Opinion fact at February 03, 2026 10:38 PM (cwGMH)
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at February 03, 2026 10:38 PM (CHHv1)
Posted by: nurse ratched at February 03, 2026 10:39 PM (IhIKR)
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at February 03, 2026 10:38 PM (CHHv1)
But you love the cat anyhow. I can tell.
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at February 03, 2026 10:40 PM (lpTXP)
Posted by: TheCatAttackedMyFoot at February 03, 2026 10:37 PM (jrgJz)
The book is much better. The movie is a bit retarded.
Posted by: tankdemon at February 03, 2026 10:40 PM (zGyLA)
Posted by: four seasons at February 03, 2026 10:41 PM (3ek7K)
Posted by: mikeski
I can't do the follow-on trilogy because my iPhone doesn't have songs with "decade" and "millennium" with a number. I could only do "century." 21st Century Schizoid Man, or this one:
https://youtu.be/u0k-47cc5Ps
Posted by: mikeski at February 03, 2026 10:41 PM (VHUov)
I was right the second time.
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at February 03, 2026 10:41 PM (CHHv1)
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at February 03, 2026 10:42 PM (CHHv1)
She is annoying as hell. Right?
She is one of those people that ends every sentence with Right?
That habit drives me crazy.
Posted by: Florida Peasant
So, she's so pathetic that she constantly asks for validation.
Posted by: nerdygirl at February 03, 2026 10:42 PM (0Htd1)
Posted by: Tom Servo at February 03, 2026 10:43 PM (JbyEi)
Posted by: Farquad at February 03, 2026 10:45 PM (CFMhl)
Posted by: Crusader at February 03, 2026 10:29 PM (Cjcf6)
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at February 03, 2026 10:35 PM (a4flb)
Thx for the info, everyone. This would seem salient information. I don't want to alarm anyone, but I feel I may have been mislead by our vaunted Heroes of Journalism.
Posted by: Bilwis Devourer of Innocent Souls, I'm starvin' over here at February 03, 2026 10:45 PM (w/O5Q)
If you hate fast zombies then I can understand not liking it.
My favorite part was the answer on how Israel knew to build a wall.
Posted by: Opinion fact at February 03, 2026 10:45 PM (cwGMH)
https://tinyurl.com/3py32bmz
Posted by: Rex B at February 03, 2026 10:45 PM (GI9/m)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 03, 2026 10:46 PM (8zz6B)
Posted by: Thomas Bender at February 03, 2026 10:46 PM (XV/Pl)
_-_
Right?
Posted by: EM Burlingame
You hear what I'm saying? You know what I'm saying?
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at February 03, 2026 10:47 PM (TOSLe)
Posted by: Doof at February 03, 2026 10:47 PM (QMAsf)
Posted by: Opinion fact at February 03, 2026 10:48 PM (cwGMH)
Posted by: LRob in OK at February 03, 2026 10:49 PM (47diA)
Split Enz morphed into Crowded House. Both bands had a slew of hits in the 80s early 90s
Posted by: Smell the Glove at February 03, 2026 10:49 PM (BWnHZ)
The recent Texas special election that the D won and swung by 30 points to the Left over Trump's '26 result
___________
Game over, man. Trump may as well resign right now.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at February 03, 2026 10:49 PM (tgvbd)
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at February 03, 2026 10:50 PM (S/Y4j)
Posted by: Ripley
Saw Zep in the summer of 77, Physical Graffiti tour, at the Kingdome. Tops my list of concerts seen. Dang near 4 hour show. There was a significant amount of stuff that probably isn't listed on the set list. Plant feeds off the audience, Page is in some other dimension ( I lost track of how many guitars he had) and the connection between Bonham and Jones was unbelievable. There is an infamous bootleg tape of that performance.
Posted by: Sock Monkey * sporting my Andrew Breitbart attitude at February 03, 2026 10:50 PM (PlpaN)
—Bennett Cerf
🤣
Posted by: mindful webworker - a big dummy, too, at February 03, 2026 10:01 PM
I do that by tripping on the door sil.
Posted by: toby928(c) at February 03, 2026 10:50 PM (jc0TO)
Posted by: Zeera , Damn Right I voted for all of this! at February 03, 2026 10:51 PM (pscAN)
Right?
Posted by: EM Burlingame
You hear what I'm saying? You know what I'm saying?
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone
___________
Ya follow?
Posted by: Doyle Lonigan at February 03, 2026 10:51 PM (tgvbd)
Calendar / time passing
Posted by: browndog on the Maid of the Mist at February 03, 2026 10:11 PM (TTAGa)
Yup. Which other songs would fit the theme?
Posted by: Doof at February 03, 2026 10:16 PM (QMAsf)
Recent one, but 365 by Shinedown.
Posted by: Farquad at February 03, 2026 10:51 PM (CFMhl)
Posted by: The Grateful - Acta Non Verba at February 03, 2026 10:51 PM (IQ6Gq)
Posted by: nurse ratched at February 03, 2026 10:51 PM (IhIKR)
If you hate fast zombies then I can understand not liking it.
My favorite part was the answer on how Israel knew to build a wall.
Posted by: Opinion fact at February 03, 2026 10:45 PM
and the Arabs got everybody killed.
Posted by: toby928(c) at February 03, 2026 10:51 PM (jc0TO)
Money, globalism, and going along with "I want to be one of the 500 people who rule the world."
Posted by: Crusader
Probably part of the divorce settlement. You keep your mouth shut and you can have billions.
Posted by: Tuna at February 03, 2026 10:52 PM (lJ0H4)
https://tinyurl.com/fypcvj3u
That song confused me as a kid. Now that I'm an adult, it still does.
Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at February 03, 2026 10:52 PM (lUFok)
Hadrian, can you tell us what dog class and dog to root for in the WDS?
Posted by: The Grateful - Acta Non Verba
__________
The Afghan Hound, of course. But I think the Dobe will win.
Posted by: Doyle Lonigan at February 03, 2026 10:52 PM (tgvbd)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 03, 2026 10:53 PM (XGXpY)
Off sock
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at February 03, 2026 10:53 PM (tgvbd)
Posted by: tankdemon at February 03, 2026 10:40 PM (zGyLA)
Beyond retarded........ditched it for "hang them high"
Posted by: TheCatAttackedMyFoot at February 03, 2026 10:54 PM (jrgJz)
But if you really, really want to be sure, there is 000 Buck delivered in a handy eight count package.
----
I don't like having to wash off the splatter.
Posted by: clarence at February 03, 2026 10:54 PM (6L3LN)
Five For Fighting - 100 Years
https://youtu.be/JDKjX7YMJ6w
Christina Perri - A Thousand Years
https://youtu.be/rtOvBOTyX00
The Grass Roots - Wait A Million Years
https://youtu.be/IH0Chi-WNq0
Alex Warren - Eternity
https://youtu.be/jXqf3uqLkkU
__or__
Blackbriar - Until Eternity
https://youtu.be/kuvST3wGCG8
__or__
https://youtu.be/Gv3qhAvQk0c
Posted by: mindful webworker - time to go at February 03, 2026 10:54 PM (ZDu+s)
"All Good People," Yes
Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at February 03, 2026 10:54 PM (lUFok)
Posted by: gKWVE at February 03, 2026 10:55 PM (gKWVE)
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at February 03, 2026 10:04 PM (snZF9)
My '60 Lark has a wrap-around windshield. The "dogleg" at the bottom corner of the windshield offers a fine knee-bashing opportunity upon entry and exit.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 03, 2026 10:55 PM (8zz6B)
Money, globalism, and going along with "I want to be one of the 500 people who rule the world."
Posted by: Crusader
Probably part of the divorce settlement. You keep your mouth shut and you can have billions.
Posted by: Tuna at February 03, 2026 10:52 PM (lJ0H4)
We've learned she is oozing with STDs due to his perverted sexcapades. I imagine she is enjoying seeing him being publicly shamed.
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at February 03, 2026 10:56 PM (lpTXP)
The Rolling Stones 2,000 Light Years from home does not meet the requirements for tonight's music challenge.Posted by: tankdemon at February 03, 2026 10:57 PM (zGyLA)
Posted by: Farquad at February 03, 2026 10:45 PM (CFMhl)
I don't remember which state it was, but a poll worker testified that she had mail-in ballots in sequential numerical order. That's an impossibility for mail-in ballots.
That alone should convince any thinking person there was fraud. But I did say 'thinking person'.
Posted by: RickZ at February 03, 2026 10:57 PM (gKDq2)
Posted by: LRob in OK at February 03, 2026 10:57 PM (47diA)
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I don't like having to wash off the splatter.
Posted by: clarence
Rifled slug.
Posted by: Sock Monkey * sporting my Andrew Breitbart attitude at February 03, 2026 10:57 PM (PlpaN)
Posted by: Muchas buchas at February 03, 2026 10:58 PM (CDX35)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
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The 68RFE in my truck has the top two gears as overdrives. 😋
I drove a stick '59 Lark for a couple of months, but it didn't have overdrive.
Posted by: buddhaha at February 03, 2026 10:58 PM (36QIT)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 03, 2026 10:59 PM (XGXpY)
Posted by: Muchas buchas at February 03, 2026 10:58 PM (CDX35)
Consider that line stolen.
Posted by: tankdemon at February 03, 2026 11:00 PM (zGyLA)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr.
Very nice.
Posted by: Doof
If bands named with [number] [time unit] count, there's a prog-metal outfit called Zero Hour.
https://youtu.be/YTSe42G5zcg
Posted by: mikeski at February 03, 2026 11:01 PM (VHUov)
Posted by: LRob in OK at February 03, 2026 11:01 PM (47diA)
Posted by: Bill Gates, Jr at February 03, 2026 11:02 PM (gKWVE)
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at February 03, 2026 11:02 PM (CHHv1)
As predicted. Andy Linton, the handler, is in failing health and I guess they wanted to give him a grand send off.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at February 03, 2026 11:02 PM (tgvbd)
And that's all I want.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 03, 2026 11:02 PM (RIvkX)
Money, globalism, and going along with "I want to be one of the 500 people who rule the world."
Posted by: Crusader
--------
I saw the handsome Melinda on a podcast being asked about how she felt seeing all this evidence of Bill's chummy relationship with King Pedo.
She said it made her "sad."
She said "sad" about eight times.
It dispelled my assumption that her mouth must have at least one useful function.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at February 03, 2026 11:03 PM (+HNx/)
Posted by: Opinion fact
Mine too. It's a great movie.
Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at February 03, 2026 11:03 PM (sAmhv)
Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at February 03, 2026 10:33 PM (lUFok)
That's what I was going to say, good thing I checked to see if anyone else did first!
https://youtu.be/tR-qQcNT_fY
Posted by: SciVo at February 03, 2026 11:03 PM (Sy6m/)
Posted by: Muchas buchas at February 03, 2026 11:03 PM (CDX35)
Posted by: man at February 03, 2026 11:03 PM (XuXeR)
Posted by: Rex B at February 03, 2026 11:04 PM (GI9/m)
Posted by: Robert the Cat at February 03, 2026 11:04 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: Muchas buchas at February 03, 2026 10:58 PM (CDX35)
Consider that line stolen.
Posted by: tankdemon at February 03, 2026 11:00 PM (zGyLA)
***
I'd steal it too but in Tacoma there is a pretty good comic who is of abbreviated height. He is a friend of mine. He'd think I would be looking down on him.
Posted by: Diogenes at February 03, 2026 11:04 PM (2WIwB)
Just make sure you drive it to a levee, ok?
Posted by: man at February 03, 2026 11:06 PM (XuXeR)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
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Friend had a Ford with O/D in the differential.
Manipulate the accelerator a certain way (back off and on?) and it would slide into O/D smooth a silk.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 03, 2026 11:09 PM (XGXpY)
Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at February 03, 2026 11:09 PM (Ezs10)
Posted by: Muchas buchas at February 03, 2026 11:10 PM (CDX35)
youtu.be/F9w7yLBMXak&t=215
Posted by: gKWVE at February 03, 2026 11:10 PM (gKWVE)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh
***************
Blot
Posted by: The Grateful at February 03, 2026 11:10 PM (IQ6Gq)
I haven't seen him post in over a week.
Posted by: Joemarine at February 03, 2026 11:11 PM (y171U)
Posted by: PabloD at February 03, 2026 11:11 PM (3VXNH)
The trick was to make the OD gear ratio "out of the pattern", or "dogleg", so one wouldn't inadvertently go into that gear - especially going uphill, under heavy load, or attempting to pass.
"Overdrive " isn't what Hollywood says it is...
Posted by: man at February 03, 2026 11:11 PM (XuXeR)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at February 03, 2026 11:11 PM (XeU6L)
Posted by: Peter Dinklage at February 03, 2026 11:12 PM (+HNx/)
Posted by: four seasons at February 03, 2026 11:12 PM (3ek7K)
Posted by: buddhaha at February 03, 2026 10:58 PM (36QIT)
This car came to me without overdrive. I added it, using all factory parts. The difference is night and day. Get it out on the freeway, and In third direct, it struggles to make 75 mph. Drop it into overdrive, and it cruises quietly at 75. And if you need to accelerate quickly to pass, just floorboard the accelerator, and it kicks down to direct, same as passing gear in an automatic. Around town, shifting automatically between second direct and second over, you can drive for miles without ever having to place a foot on the clutch pedal. Only if you have to come to full stop.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 03, 2026 11:12 PM (8zz6B)
Posted by: man at February 03, 2026 11:13 PM (XuXeR)
Posted by: LRob in OK at February 03, 2026 11:13 PM (47diA)
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at February 03, 2026 11:14 PM (EXyHK)
Posted by: Peter Dinklage
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Talk about rude. Gets famous and pulls the step stool up with him.
Posted by: clarence at February 03, 2026 11:14 PM (6L3LN)
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at February 03, 2026 11:14 PM (lpTXP)
Posted by: Blanco Basura
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Worth reading the lyrics
"A deeply sentimental song about how fast life goes by,..."
https://genius.com/Five-for-fighting-100-years-lyrics
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at February 03, 2026 11:15 PM (XeU6L)
Probably part of the divorce settlement. You keep your mouth shut and you can have billions.
Posted by: Tuna at February 03, 2026 10:52 PM (lJ0H4)
Or don't, and the Clintons will have a guy come help you commit suicide by pulling your asshole through your teeth using a deep sea fishing rig.
Whatever.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at February 03, 2026 11:15 PM (BI5O2)
Posted by: EM Burlingame
You hear what I'm saying? You know what I'm saying?
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone
___________
Ya follow?
Posted by: Doyle Lonigan
_-_
Do you see?
Posted by: Joseph Campbell at February 03, 2026 11:16 PM (vd6bO)
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at February 03, 2026 11:16 PM (ULPxl)
Posted by: 496 at February 03, 2026 11:16 PM (1OIAD)
Money, globalism, and going along with "I want to be one of the 500 people who rule the world."
Posted by: Crusader
---
An $8 billion dollar settlement plus $2 billion for personal causes can, generally, alter what one says in public.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 03, 2026 11:16 PM (XGXpY)
Posted by: PabloD at February 03, 2026 11:17 PM (3VXNH)
https://youtu.be/s2TyVQGoCYo
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at February 03, 2026 11:17 PM (S/Y4j)
Posted by: four seasons at February 03, 2026 11:12 PM (3ek7K)
Great...thanks.
Posted by: Joemarine at February 03, 2026 11:18 PM (y171U)
Posted by: Peter Dinklage
Lighten up, Francis. -- Sgt. Hulka
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at February 03, 2026 11:19 PM (S/Y4j)
I guess Melinda Gates didn't give Bill the kind of sex he wanted.
He had to go somewhere else to get some strange.
Posted by: four seasons at February 03, 2026 11:20 PM (3ek7K)
Posted by: LRob in OK at February 03, 2026 11:01 PM (47diA)
The Borg-Warner overdrive, which all North American brands used, in one form or another, had an overrunning clutch in direct drive mode, so no engine braking. Once overdrive kicked in, you had engine braking, but it was not real strong, because of the gear ratio in effect. Second overdrive is very close to third direct, and engine braking in second over is useful. If you are in a situation where you really need engine braking, like descending a mountain grade, you pull on the lockout handle and lock the overdrive out, and you have engine braking in all gears.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 03, 2026 11:20 PM (8zz6B)
Posted by: Crusader at February 03, 2026 11:21 PM (Cjcf6)
'94 Ford pickup was the last vehicle I owned that had them. You could let just a little fresh air in.
Posted by: huerfano at February 03, 2026 10:12 PM (98kQX)
I miss those. I get into the old muscle car that don't have A/C and thank god it has the vent windows. I forgot what a huge rush of air those things funnel into a car. The first time I ever opened it I giggled.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at February 03, 2026 11:21 PM (snZF9)
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at February 03, 2026 11:22 PM (lpTXP)
Benz used (some say stole) similar freewheel/OD system. Made for a nice, quiet cruiser...
Posted by: man at February 03, 2026 11:22 PM (XuXeR)
Posted by: tankdemon at February 03, 2026 10:34 PM (zGyLA)
Braggart.
Posted by: One Pump Chump at February 03, 2026 11:23 PM (NZPfR)
I guess Melinda Gates didn't give Bill the kind of sex he wanted.
He had to go somewhere else to get some strange.
Posted by: four seasons at February 03, 2026 11:20 PM (3ek7K)
Bill had an 'agreement' with Melinda since before he got married. He was never faithful to her.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo, food, water at February 03, 2026 11:23 PM (EOjZq)
Posted by: Blanco Basura
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Worth reading the lyrics
"A deeply sentimental song about how fast life goes by,..."
https://genius.com/Five-for-fighting-100-years-lyrics
Poignant video:
https://shorturl.at/HI6oR
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at February 03, 2026 11:24 PM (XeU6L)
Posted by: gKWVE at February 03, 2026 11:24 PM (gKWVE)
Eh, I always preferred Bachman Turner.
Posted by: Tom Servo at February 03, 2026 11:25 PM (JbyEi)
Until the euros started pimping 4 and (gasp) 5 (count 'em) speeds. Which has brought us to doppelkupplungsgetriebe...
Posted by: man at February 03, 2026 11:25 PM (XuXeR)
-Is for a seat in a body which is not in session until '27 and the seat is up for regular election this Nov. i.e. the D will not vote once on anything?
Is this true?
Yes, barring the governor calling a special session. In which case he can cast votes but the Ds will still be overwhelmingly outnumbered by the Rs.
Posted by: Oddbob at February 03, 2026 11:26 PM (Fs0KI)
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at February 03, 2026 11:21 PM (snZF9)
Hey, Berserker! I have a '71 Dodge Charge Hot Wheels car here neon green color. It was in the house when I bought the place. Yours if you want it.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 03, 2026 11:26 PM (8zz6B)
Posted by: Opinion fact
Mine too. It's a great movie.
Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at February 03, 2026 11:03 PM (sAmhv)
Also endorsed. Coburn is great in it too.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo, food, water at February 03, 2026 11:27 PM (EOjZq)
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at February 03, 2026 11:22 PM (lpTXP)
He's still short-tempered over losing the role of R2-D2 in the newest Star Wars.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at February 03, 2026 11:28 PM (S/Y4j)
* LOUD HANS ZIMMER *
Posted by: weft cut-loop at February 03, 2026 11:29 PM (diia5)
Posted by: Muchas buchas
Consider that line stolen.
Posted by: tankdemon
I'd steal it too but in Tacoma there is a pretty good comic who is of abbreviated height. He is a friend of mine. He'd think I would be looking down on him.
Posted by: Diogenes
And I'd think midget jokes would be something you could see eye-to-eye on.
Posted by: mikeski at February 03, 2026 11:30 PM (VHUov)
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at February 03, 2026 11:32 PM (lpTXP)
No crotch cooler?
(Some had a vent right below the steering column. Very nice)
Posted by: man at February 03, 2026 11:32 PM (XuXeR)
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at February 03, 2026 11:32 PM (BI5O2)
Posted by: man at February 03, 2026 11:33 PM (XuXeR)
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary
He's still short-tempered over losing the role of R2-D2 in the newest Star Wars.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf
You'll note that R2 units can switch between two- and three-legged stances.
* waggles eyebrows *
Posted by: P. Dinklage at February 03, 2026 11:33 PM (VHUov)
Neither the Borg Warner or the Laycock could be added to an existing transmission. The transmission case and mainshaft had to be made to accept the overdrive unit. In the case of my Lark, to switch from straight 3-speed to overdrive, it was 1. remove straight 3 speed, 2. install overdrive transmission, 3. install lockout cable and wiring.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 03, 2026 11:34 PM (8zz6B)
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at February 03, 2026 11:32 PM (lpTXP)
At least they were short
Posted by: Kindltot at February 03, 2026 11:34 PM (rbvCR)
Posted by: Midget Poetry for Retards at February 03, 2026 11:34 PM (BI5O2)
Mild taste and well blended, but surprisingly heady.
I need to try some of their other cigars. But nobody offers very many options in the lancer/lonsdale/ long panatela format and that's the size I find most comfortable to hold.
Posted by: FeatherBlade at February 03, 2026 11:34 PM (C0Nlv)
Posted by: man at February 03, 2026 11:37 PM (XuXeR)
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at February 03, 2026 11:37 PM (Ippjd)
Perforated by the cops
I am far too short
Posted by: Midget Poetry for Retards at February 03, 2026 11:34 PM (BI5O2)
Cruelty Haiku by the Horde sustains me.
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at February 03, 2026 11:38 PM (lpTXP)
Posted by: tcn in AK at February 03, 2026 11:40 PM (I40wl)
Posted by: Midget Poetry for Retards at February 03, 2026 11:40 PM (BI5O2)
It's too easy to "puff" fast for me, but the "more wrapper" does make for different flavors...
Posted by: man at February 03, 2026 11:40 PM (XuXeR)
Lanceros and lonsdales are the most difficult cigars to blend and roll (I guess some of the figurados are also hard to roll). I believe that often a factory will have only a few people capable of rolling them.
And the blending is challenging because there's so little filler to work with, vs. binder and wrapper. And of course combustion is a special problem with such thin cigars, for the same reason (filler/wrapper ratio).
Posted by: rhomboid at February 03, 2026 11:40 PM (U/Byj)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 03, 2026 11:26 PM (8zz6B)
Hell yeah. I still have some of those from when I was a kid. I'm missing a bunch though, no clue where they went.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at February 03, 2026 11:40 PM (snZF9)
Perforated by the cops
I am far too short
Posted by: Midget Poetry for Retards
Weaponize your car?
Then fuck around and find out!
Cops have real bullets.
Posted by: P. Dinklage at February 03, 2026 11:41 PM (VHUov)
Posted by: Oddbob at February 03, 2026 11:41 PM (Fs0KI)
Posted by: man at February 03, 2026 11:41 PM (XuXeR)
A lot of millionaires and billionaires today were nerds when they were growing up. Nothing wrong with that but now they have money and they can indulge in the sex they missed out on when they were nerds without money.
Posted by: four seasons at February 03, 2026 11:41 PM (3ek7K)
Congrats to you and yours!
Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at February 03, 2026 11:41 PM (lUFok)
Posted by: tcn in AK at February 03, 2026 11:40 PM (I40wl)
Grats, tcn.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 03, 2026 11:41 PM (bss/y)
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at February 03, 2026 11:42 PM (S/Y4j)
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at February 03, 2026 11:42 PM (lpTXP)
Posted by: man at February 03, 2026 11:42 PM (XuXeR)
Posted by: four seasons at February 03, 2026 11:43 PM (3ek7K)
Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at February 03, 2026 11:41 PM (lUFok)
Likewise from me!
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 03, 2026 11:44 PM (8zz6B)
Besides Tim Walz, of course.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf
Someone, not me, should dub Biden's voice in a supercut of 3PO in SW's with the main characters looking confused at his speech.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at February 03, 2026 11:44 PM (diia5)
The different vitolas (shapes and sizes) of many cigars will vary quite a bit in their flavor. Some makers will blend each vitola separately, to achieve a uniform profile across the line. Others just keep the same blend, and the different sizes can be very different. Part of the challenge and fun of trying different examples of a particular cigar.
Posted by: rhomboid at February 03, 2026 11:44 PM (U/Byj)
Posted by: Midget Poetry for Retards at February 03, 2026 11:45 PM (BI5O2)
Posted by: The Grateful at February 03, 2026 11:46 PM (IQ6Gq)
A few other tribes are suing to stop the removal of Indian mascots.
Posted by: Opinion fact at February 03, 2026 06:17 PM (cwGMH)
==
Bring back Chief Illiniwek!!
Posted by: Black JEM at February 03, 2026 11:47 PM (UVyKP)
Posted by: rhomboid at February 03, 2026 11:48 PM (U/Byj)
That... does make sense. I wonder how much of that is fashion though. I get the impression the slender cigars were much more popular a couple decades ago.
As far as so much to try is concerned, I've pretty much been buying one of whatever looks appealing, whenever someone is having a sale on singles, and trying everything. I've even got a journal so I can remember what I liked, and buy larger quantities.
Posted by: FeatherBlade at February 03, 2026 11:49 PM (C0Nlv)
I still have hope. People are noticing that the older collector cars are dropping in value as the older people leave the hobby. Perhaps I will make it long enough that the supply will exceed the demand. There are a LOT of 55 Chevs out there
Posted by: Azjaeger at February 03, 2026 11:50 PM (3/XaG)
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at February 03, 2026 11:40 PM (snZF9)
Do you have e-mail contact with anyone who has my e-mail? Ben Had has it, so does CBD, and Weird Dave.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 03, 2026 11:50 PM (8zz6B)
Posted by: Hypothetical FBI Agent at February 03, 2026 11:50 PM (IG3/x)
Posted by: Oddbob
Go to
youtube.com/feed/history
And delete the videos you don't want more of.
You can turn history on/off there, too, if you plan to look at a bunch of videos you don't want the Algorithm to use..... Reviews of something you'd only ever buy one of, music videos that I link to, etc.
Posted by: mikeski at February 03, 2026 11:51 PM (VHUov)
Posted by: Midget Poetry for Retards at February 03, 2026 11:51 PM (BI5O2)
Watch all that go POOF! It's happening now the great quiet crypto collapse because those living off of it to maintain their standards of living are having to sell more and more -- accelleration.
The dirty secret of bitcoin is that it takes a pools worth of cooling to perform a single transaction, and that transaction can take 10-20minutes. What do you think will happen when the obviousness of the truth to all those institutional investers who sucker'd "normal people" to think that bitcoin was a 'reserve'.
It isn't, and when everyone sells, it will take days to finalize the transactions which will be the deadcat bounce it was meant to be
MIT/MITre plan'd this
Bitcoin was a reason to fund the development of GPU's to perform high performance image recognition (early 2000's), facial recognition (2010's), masked undisguisers (covid 19 plandemic) to give us the trajectory to gAI which will eliminate "normal people" entirely from the landscape one, way or another.
Posted by: MANFRED the Heat Seeking OBOE at February 03, 2026 11:51 PM (VeQAk)
Posted by: MANFRED the Heat Seeking OBOE at February 03, 2026 11:52 PM (VeQAk)
Posted by: rhomboid
My stepdad and I did that once. I really liked the 1502 Blue Sapphire lancero, and got a sampler that had the Blue Sapphire in a toro, so we decided to taste them side by side.
It really made a difference in the taste. I still preferred the lancero, but Stepdad liked the toro better.
Posted by: FeatherBlade at February 03, 2026 11:52 PM (C0Nlv)
I don't care how people spend their money, except for the leeches who are spending my tax money.
If you earn it, enjoy it.
You leeches can fuck right off.
Posted by: four seasons at February 03, 2026 11:55 PM (3ek7K)
I keep notes on new sticks when I try them. Really helps over time, keeping track of what worked and what didn't. And now I always buy 2 or 3 singles of a new-to-me cigar. A sample size of one is often a poor reflection of the line, there are individual cigars that are just not right (humidification or other condition, a "lemon" that wasn't rolled right, etc.). I buy several and make sure to burn them a month or more apart.
Posted by: rhomboid at February 03, 2026 11:56 PM (U/Byj)
Posted by: rhomboid at February 03, 2026 11:48 PM (U/Byj)
They sell fairly well, though mostly for a modest price. If you sell one at a time, you'll wind up just subsidizing the shipper. Look at the prices for lots of several sold.
I went way down that rabbit hole from my Dad's estate. I found a guy who had the records from the shift work at Lesney and knew how many shifts they produced the individual colors of each car.
Posted by: Bilwis Devourer of Innocent Souls, I'm starvin' over here at February 03, 2026 11:56 PM (w/O5Q)
Posted by: Oddbob at February 03, 2026 11:57 PM (Fs0KI)
Posted by: tcn in AK
Awesome!!!
Posted by: Sock Monkey * sporting my Andrew Breitbart attitude at February 03, 2026 11:57 PM (PlpaN)
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at February 03, 2026 11:58 PM (orLta)
If you earn it, enjoy it.
You leeches can fuck right off.
Posted by: four seasons at February 03, 2026 11:55 PM (3ek7K)
Preach, Sister four seasons.
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at February 03, 2026 11:59 PM (lpTXP)
Posted by: tcn in AK at February 03, 2026 11:40 PM (I40wl)
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Mazel tov!
Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 04, 2026 12:00 AM (RIvkX)
Posted by: rhomboid at February 04, 2026 12:01 AM (U/Byj)
https://youtu.be/JLB-W3gLkyM
🕚 G'nite, y'all. 💤
Posted by: mindful webworker - watching and waiting at February 04, 2026 12:02 AM (ZDu+s)
Q: Did Epstein earn it? or was he part of the problem?
The institutional graft, which at present is in over-drive to create parallel construction in order to explain the obviousness of the truth, and who the culprits are.
Why? Because when the Truth becomes a Liability ALL (normal) PEOPLE -- and that's when the market collapses, because a People without Hope are easier to Control.
Don't think they'll go down without a fight.
LIBs (plan to, and) will take you with them to protect their eminent leadership. You ain't seen nothin' yet...
fOR'else -- what fresh hell this is?
https://tinyurl.com/ForWARd-OneNation
https://tinyurl.com/ForWARd-TheFrankenRabbit
https://tinyurl.com/ForWARd-theOBAMANOMICON
Posted by: MANFRED the Heat Seeking OBOE at February 04, 2026 12:06 AM (8BviA)
Posted by: JQ at February 04, 2026 12:06 AM (rdVOm)
She said it made her "sad."
She said "sad" about eight times....
Posted by: Cicero
In my experience when a person repeats something multiple times, they are lying.
Posted by: nerdygirl at February 04, 2026 12:07 AM (0Htd1)
Weasel still indulges, he'll have more direct data. But a big hurricane ravaged Pinar del Rio province (heartland of tobacco growing) a few years back, and the general economic decline must be having an impact.
Used to get them all the time when traveling internationally for work. Duty free shops mostly. Though the tabacchias in Rome had inexpensive 5-packs of Montecristos. And the crazy then-gf was able to get boxes at not outrageous prices at the UN commissary.
Posted by: rhomboid at February 04, 2026 12:07 AM (U/Byj)
Posted by: FeatherBlade at February 04, 2026 12:08 AM (C0Nlv)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 04, 2026 12:19 AM (8zz6B)
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at February 04, 2026 12:19 AM (lpTXP)
Anything that is a couple of cuts above a White Owl or a Swisher Sweet is fine with me.
I did stockpile a fair number of moderate price cigars during the Biden Reign of Error, figuring that at any moment the FDA would ban mail order cigar sales, "for the children."
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at February 04, 2026 12:22 AM (orLta)
Posted by: tcn in AK
Congratulation, tcn, on the new arrival! Get ready to treat the grandchild like a can of soda -- shake it up and hand back to the parents.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at February 04, 2026 12:37 AM (S/Y4j)
Thank God it's not gonna get below freezing tonight!
I have spare parts, but will wait until tomorrow-- need to let the unit to cool off before I can work on it anyway. House is still warm enough for now. Gonna be chilly in the morning, LOL!
Posted by: JQ at February 04, 2026 12:39 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at February 04, 2026 12:43 AM (lpTXP)
I don't care how people spend their money, except for the leeches who are spending my tax money.
If you earn it, enjoy it.
You leeches can fuck right off.
Posted by: four seasons at February 03, 2026 11:55 PM (3ek7K)
Could I just leech a tiny little bit?
Posted by: the most adorable baby leech you have ever seen at February 04, 2026 12:45 AM (y+qgR)
Thanks, BarelyScaryMary!
I just plugged in a space heater in the back room. It'll take the chill off, somewhat.
Posted by: JQ at February 04, 2026 12:46 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: Doof at February 03, 2026 10:16 PM (QMAsf)
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Humph....I though we were to use the songs to determine a date based on the titles....(10 years, six months, and seven days ago)....which would have been 7/27/2015.
So, I looked up what events or birthdays occurred on that day....and then realized I'm the guy that tries to attach jet engines to a Jeep Wrangler to skip across swampy paths, when any non-idiot would just drive around it. IOW, I might over complicate riddles like this. Maybe.
Incidentally, on July 27, 2015, the Boy Scouts allowed Gay Scout Leaders, and Maya Rudolph turned 53.
Posted by: Orson at February 04, 2026 12:49 AM (dIske)
Posted by: gKWVE does math at February 04, 2026 12:51 AM (gKWVE)
Posted by: JQ at February 04, 2026 12:53 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: gKWVE does math at February 04, 2026 12:51 AM (gKWVE)
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I guess that's why my Jeep Wrangler smacked a tree and crippled an aligator. Orson doesn't do math unless it's to read the proof on an adult beverage....which also might explain the Jeep accident.
I stand corrected (actually seated at present)....43
Posted by: Orson at February 04, 2026 12:56 AM (dIske)
Been spending most of the evening taunting my neighbors on my Facebook page. Someone plastered a sticker on the Stop sign by our house which says, "ICE". I guess someone thought they were being clever.
These are the same people who are SOOO proud of themselves for voting 90%-10% for the Democrat candidate in this weekend's Texas State Senate race.
These are also the people who wouldn't have set foot in this neighborhood 40 years ago when we were the urban pioneers trying to turn things around.
Oh, and these same people are handing out whistles so that they can "warn" all of the illegals in the neighborhood whenever ICE comes around. Really. They are convinced that every black SUV that they see is ICE coming to drag children out of one of the elementary schools in the neighborhood.
We took the ICE sticker and put it on our freezer door. Right above the ice dispenser.
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at February 04, 2026 01:01 AM (SRRAx)
Sounds like you're living an unwritten Skynyrd song there.
Posted by: Hypothetical FBI Agent at February 04, 2026 01:01 AM (IG3/x)
Posted by: MANFRED the Heat Seeking OBOE at February 03, 2026 11:51 PM (VeQAk)
Gettin' a little dark there, Manfred buddy....
Maybe go do something that doesn't involve looking at the computer screen for a while....
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at February 04, 2026 01:01 AM (QGaXH)
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth
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HAHAHA! Good for you!
Posted by: JQ at February 04, 2026 01:05 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 04, 2026 01:06 AM (XGXpY)
We took the ICE sticker and put it on our freezer door. Right above the ice dispenser.
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee On
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Ft. Worth; General Dynamics and the Stock Yard, who would have ever thought?
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 04, 2026 01:10 AM (XGXpY)
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at February 04, 2026 01:11 AM (0nHVk)
It's funny, looking at an oil production chart, that as liberal as New Mexico is it doesn't have a problem digging and pumping that light sweet crude.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 04, 2026 01:13 AM (XGXpY)
Posted by: JQ at February 04, 2026 01:14 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at February 04, 2026 01:14 AM (0nHVk)
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at February 03, 2026 11:58 PM (orLta)
I'm extremely not fussy. As long as they don't burn like sparklers I'm good.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at February 04, 2026 01:16 AM (snZF9)
House is still fairly warm-- pellet heater quit only a little while ago-- got a space heater to take up the slack until morning.
Funny, just opened & paid the electric bill today. Was so pleased that it was about *half* compared to same time last year... when hubby was still home and would get chilled so easily, and we had to keep both electric AND pellet heaters going to keep him warm enough. Ugh.
Posted by: JQ at February 04, 2026 01:26 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at February 04, 2026 01:27 AM (snZF9)
Posted by: exodus 21:22-25 at February 04, 2026 01:29 AM (wpwt8)
Funny, just opened & paid the electric bill today. Was so pleased that it was about *half* compared to same time last year... when hubby was still home and would get chilled so easily, and we had to keep both electric AND pellet heaters going to keep him warm enough. Ugh.
Posted by: JQ at February 04, 2026 01:26 AM (rdVOm)
The pellet heater took a shit, or just burned up its fuel?
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at February 04, 2026 01:33 AM (snZF9)
That's funny. Good for you!
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 04, 2026 01:33 AM (ELdpA)
Posted by: exodus 21:22-25
Or, or, a load of assholes felt the need to lie for grift or funnzies.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at February 04, 2026 01:34 AM (diia5)
Good evening, all.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia's Phone at February 04, 2026 01:34 AM (08sfs)
When LIGO first detected gravitational radiation in 2017 or whenever it was, it was a neutron star binary merger. And when they turned the optical instruments toward that source, they found gold being produced like a mofo. That event produced 3 to 13 earth masses of gold.
But turned out that still wasn't enough. Those don't occur enough to account for it all. Just recently, they figured out another source for the "r-process" necessary to produce the heavy elements in abundance. It was magnetar flare. And those make up the difference and with the neutron star mergers, that accounts for the observed abundance of gold and the others.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at February 04, 2026 01:36 AM (w6EFb)
Posted by: Berserker
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Jammed. Lower auger motor quit, upper auger motor kept turning. (Hope upper isn't *also* burned out now, only have one spare atm.)
Need to pull both motors/augers to clear the jam but lower augur is still hot right now. It'll wait until morning, it's only going down to 40s here overnight.
Posted by: JQ at February 04, 2026 01:36 AM (rdVOm)
So, when you're handling a piece of gold, just think about it. That came from neutron star stuff "billions and billions" of years ago.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at February 04, 2026 01:37 AM (w6EFb)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 04, 2026 01:37 AM (ELdpA)
I had a microwave oven that lasted 25 years. Microwaves now last less than 3 years.
Posted by: Case at February 04, 2026 01:40 AM (E7+ue)
I had a microwave oven that lasted 25 years. Microwaves now last less than 3 years.
Posted by: Case
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Yep! That's why I keep spare parts for the heater...
Oh-- maybe I *do* have another pair of auger motors out in the barn! Yes, I believe so. Yay!
Posted by: JQ at February 04, 2026 01:42 AM (rdVOm)
Not criticizing, just asking!???!
Posted by: Will Robinson at February 04, 2026 01:48 AM (FEXGh)
Posted by: Rejected verse at February 04, 2026 01:52 AM (KAi1n)
Got a bottle of scotch coming as a gift. Balvenie single wood. Nice. Never had it but the description is delish.
Posted by: Dark Litigator at February 04, 2026 01:54 AM (KAi1n)
Posted by: Dark Litigator at February 04, 2026 01:54 AM (KAi1n)
Bought another Sharp, lasted until ~2020, when it simply would not heat the food, regardless of settings.
Currently have a Hamilton Beach that started shutting itself off *sometimes* a couple of years ago.
Posted by: JQ at February 04, 2026 01:55 AM (rdVOm)
It's a neutron star with a stupid crazy strong magnetic field. Regular neutron stars have insane magnetic fields, but these take it up an order or two of magnitude.
The field strength approaches the quantum limit of how strong a vacuum field can be. The field's energy density is greater than mc^2 energy density of lead.
Your mind just can't wrap around how strong that field is, or the exotic conditions of the neutron star itself.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at February 04, 2026 01:59 AM (w6EFb)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 04, 2026 02:01 AM (XGXpY)
Posted by: Case at February 04, 2026 02:01 AM (E7+ue)
Hi Blondie, good to see you.
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at February 04, 2026 02:02 AM (0nHVk)
Need to pull both motors/augers to clear the jam but lower augur is still hot right now. It'll wait until morning, it's only going down to 40s here overnight.
Posted by: JQ at February 04, 2026 01:36 AM (rdVOm)
Reading that showed me I don't know shit about pellet stoves. lol. I didn't know they have 2 motors. I didn't know what a pellet stove was until maybe 2 years ago.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at February 04, 2026 02:04 AM (snZF9)
Posted by: Berserker
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Mine. Has. Four. Motors.
(oblig. JLPicard ref.)
Exhaust (or "combustion") motor-- blows the smoke up chimney.
"Convection" motor-- blows warmed air into the room.
Upper auger motor-- turns a little at a time, based on heat setting, to drop pellets onto the Lower auger.
Lower auger motor-- turns continuously, to feed pellets into the firebox.
Posted by: JQ at February 04, 2026 02:10 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at February 04, 2026 02:04 AM (snZF9)
30 years ago I worked for the guy who invented them for a while. He was wasting the money he made selling that patent trying to make cars run on water. Gonna save da erf.
Rudolf Gunnerman.
Posted by: Reforger at February 04, 2026 02:10 AM (J/fgw)
Rudolf Gunnerman.
Posted by: Reforger
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That's what Musk is doing. He runs around Texas collecting cow farts and uses them to fuel his rockets.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 04, 2026 02:16 AM (XGXpY)
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at February 04, 2026 02:18 AM (0nHVk)
I can only be grateful: to be able to purchase parts from AMZ for about *half* what the local stove shops charge, and not need to wait a week because they "don't have any in stock and need to order" them.
Posted by: JQ at February 04, 2026 02:21 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: JQ at February 04, 2026 02:22 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at February 04, 2026 01:59 AM (w6EFb)
I know a teaspoon of its matter weighs more than stacy abrams. Thats a serious accomplishment. Nothing weighs more than stacy abrams.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at February 04, 2026 02:24 AM (snZF9)
Posted by: JQ at February 04, 2026 02:26 AM (rdVOm)
She's approaching some quantum limit herself. She can't get near LIGO, as her gravitational radiation raises the noise level too much.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at February 04, 2026 02:26 AM (w6EFb)
Mine. Has. Four. Motors.
(oblig. JLPicard ref.)
Exhaust (or "combustion") motor-- blows the smoke up chimney.
"Convection" motor-- blows warmed air into the room.
Upper auger motor-- turns a little at a time, based on heat setting, to drop pellets onto the Lower auger.
Lower auger motor-- turns continuously, to feed pellets into the firebox.
Posted by: JQ at February 04, 2026 02:10 AM (rdVOm)
Shit, with all that electricity running 4 motors it might as well have an electric burner element in it. lol
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at February 04, 2026 02:29 AM (snZF9)
Posted by: JQ
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That is one of the meanest and stupidest taxes. They have it here too. Tax a company for having merchandise/goods/necessities for citizens on hand.
Bet that went hand in hand with 'just in time' MBA dumbassery.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 04, 2026 02:33 AM (XGXpY)
Posted by: Berserker
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Not as bad as you might believe! My electricity usage was only 1100KwH in January.
Posted by: JQ at February 04, 2026 02:34 AM (rdVOm)
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That's communist. It's a tax on unrealized gains.
O'Biden wanted to do that on investments.
Insane, two times.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 04, 2026 02:37 AM (XGXpY)
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at February 04, 2026 02:40 AM (snZF9)
Posted by: Rejected verse at February 04, 2026 01:52
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It's a neutron star with a stupid crazy strong magnetic field. Regular neutron stars have insane magnetic fields, but these take it up an order or two of magnitude.
The field strength approaches the quantum limit of how strong a vacuum field can be. The field's energy density is greater than mc^2 energy density of lead.
Your mind just can't wrap around how strong that field is, or the exotic conditions of the neutron star itself.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at February 04, 2026 01:59
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Yes indeed, you can tell a publius post. I love em, but like this one feel dumber sometimes.
The variety of interests and knowledge here at AOS is amazing. Does anyone think if Richard III hadn't charged Henry Tudor and withdrew to fight another day, after the Stanley treachery, that the Yorks might have held the crown?
Posted by: Farmer, with his own historic take at February 04, 2026 02:44 AM (55Qr6)
Posted by: JQ at February 04, 2026 02:48 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: JQ at February 04, 2026 02:51 AM (rdVOm)
O'Biden wanted to do that on investments.
Insane, two times.
Posted by: Braenyard
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Remember back when Shrillary was talking about imposing a tax on "imputed income"? You know, after your house is paid-off, that they would "impute" that you have "income" from no longer needing to make a house payment?
Fcuking bitch.. so glad she'll never be president!
Posted by: JQ at February 04, 2026 02:58 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: JQ at February 04, 2026 02:51
Yes, nothing like cooking with gas. Jules loves it, detested electric when we were younger and renting, stuck with it.
Posted by: Farmer, with his own historic take at February 04, 2026 02:58 AM (55Qr6)
Meh. I can cook on electric. Been doing it for decades. The food is still good!
Posted by: JQ at February 04, 2026 03:02 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: JQ at February 04, 2026 02:51
Yes, nothing like cooking with gas. Jules loves it, detested electric when we were younger and renting, stuck with it.
Posted by: Farmer, with his own historic take at February 04, 2026 02:58 AM (55Qr6)
yeah, I became a big fan when I moved to this house. It had a gas cook top and electric wall oven, then I redid the kitchen and went to a regular stove, but kept the gas. The first time I used that gas cooktop I made some of the best frigging eggs because I was able to control the heat so perfectly. I was an instant fan.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at February 04, 2026 03:05 AM (snZF9)
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That's the thing-- flame is flame is flame. And it's immediate. If you've cooked with one gas stove, you can cook *reliably* on ANY gas stove.
Electric elements? Uh... you need to guess, and from stove to stove it's different, probably due to age of the burner elements. (?)
Over time, I've noticed that I need to turn the dial up a little higher than when my stove was new.
Posted by: JQ at February 04, 2026 03:10 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: JQ at February 04, 2026 03:13 AM (rdVOm)
Over time, I've noticed that I need to turn the dial up a little higher than when my stove was new.
Posted by: JQ at February 04, 2026 03:10 AM (rdVOm)
You're not kidding. When I moved into the old house it had a regular electric stove. I eventually redid the kitchen in that house too and went with a glass top electric stove. Holy shit, not even in the same universe. We had to get all new pots because if you didn't have pots with a perfectly flat bottom you weren't boiling water. The burners kept cycling. It took 45 minutes to boil water the first time. Mrs b was pissed, she went and got new pots and then it was good, but still way different than the regular old coils. The glass top didn't just cool down like the older coils did. You had to slide the pots around on the glass to find a cooler area until the temperature finally dropped. With the original stove some of the coils burned out and I put all new ones in...and then burned everything because they were new and way hotter.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at February 04, 2026 03:23 AM (snZF9)
The magnetar magnetic field energy density works out to be 192 Tsar Bombas of energy packed in 1 cm^3, 1 mL of volume.
And the "takeaway" is it takes such exotic and mindboggling conditions to produce gold and other heavy elements. So, that gold ring or piece of jewelry required un-imaginable amounts of energy for the universe to produce in abundance.
Just boggled my mind to think about it.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at February 04, 2026 03:23 AM (w6EFb)
And the "takeaway" is it takes such exotic and mindboggling conditions to produce gold and other heavy elements. So, that gold ring or piece of jewelry required un-imaginable amounts of energy for the universe to produce in abundance.
Just boggled my mind to think about it.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at February 04, 2026 03:23 AM (w6EFb)
Now do Sagittarius A star. lol
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at February 04, 2026 03:26 AM (snZF9)
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at February 04, 2026 03:30 AM (snZF9)
NEVER AGAIN! Hated it, hated it!
Even with nice, perfectly flat pans...that thing took *forever* to heat, especially with larger stock pots. Oh, and forget heating up a canner to boiling-- took over an hour.
F. That!
Posted by: JQ at February 04, 2026 03:30 AM (rdVOm)
I know a teaspoon of its matter weighs more than stacy abrams. Thats a serious accomplishment. Nothing weighs more than stacy abrams.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division
We have the "kohn" scale for stupidity, although of late it has not received as much usage as it once did. Defining an "abrams" scale might prove difficult, though -- would it refer to her mass or the gap between her two front teeth, and therefore be a unit of distance?
BTW, did DOE ever "claw back" the 2 million bucks (IIRC) from her dodgey dodge to help po' folk by buying them new iceboxes, phonographs, and such?
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at February 04, 2026 03:32 AM (xG4kz)
If your neighborhood or the gas company has a line close they will usually run it to a meter at your house for free. If there is a charge it is usually a credit against your bill. Then find an off line plumber and run a line to your house.
Depends on what kind of regulations. Because, as you probably know, it's as simple as tinker toys.
I have an old Desai heater, comes out in winter that puts out up to 35,000 btu. It has a thermostat.
It's an alternative.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 04, 2026 03:33 AM (XGXpY)
Posted by: JQ at February 04, 2026 03:35 AM (rdVOm)
I'v been using the oven to supplement the missing HVAC.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 04, 2026 03:37 AM (XGXpY)
NEVER AGAIN! Hated it, hated it!
Even with nice, perfectly flat pans...that thing took *forever* to heat, especially with larger stock pots. Oh, and forget heating up a canner to boiling-- took over an hour.
F. That!
Posted by: JQ at February 04, 2026 03:30 AM (rdVOm)
Once we got the right pots it heated fast. The pots Mrs B bought had a thick heavy lower section on the bottom that looked like it was practically machined flat, like glass flat. They worked great. The other pots forget it, you weren't going anywhere and they were Farberware, kinda flat to start with, but obviously not good enough.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at February 04, 2026 03:37 AM (snZF9)
Its working great so far, but with everything made like shit these days I'm wondering if I'll get more than a month out of it.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division
I have the unpleasant task before me of figuring out how to dispose of a dehumidifier that stopped working several years ago, given that there is one variety or another of a refrigerant gas somewhere therein.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at February 04, 2026 03:38 AM (xG4kz)
BTW, did DOE ever "claw back" the 2 million bucks (IIRC) from her dodgey dodge to help po' folk by buying them new iceboxes, phonographs, and such?
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at February 04, 2026 03:32 AM (xG4kz)
I'm still trying to remember who the moron here was who measured 2 million years as 1.5 pelosi units. lol
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at February 04, 2026 03:41 AM (snZF9)
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at February 04, 2026 03:38 AM (xG4kz)
You too huh? I got a new one last year, because the one I bought a few years ago when I moved here already had died. It sits in the basement along side the one I brought from the old house, because that one didn't work, so I got 2 dead ones to deal with.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at February 04, 2026 03:44 AM (snZF9)
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling
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Cut the line, bleed off the refrigerant then remove the compressor. Set it out on the curb. It will be gone before trash comes to pick it up.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 04, 2026 03:45 AM (XGXpY)
Posted by: Berserker
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Wow. That sounds more like an "induction" stove... don't want one of those either, I like my current set of pots & pans.
Posted by: JQ at February 04, 2026 03:49 AM (rdVOm)
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Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 04, 2026 03:50 AM (XGXpY)
According to one fashion writer, the dress worn by some sad sack looking performance artist at this year's Grammy Awards and featuring straps that attached to that person's pierced nipples was representative of an illusion.
I quote, "...she unveiled a matching slip dress that hung from gold prosthetic nipple rings, giving the illusion of going topless." Sure thing, dimwit.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at February 04, 2026 03:53 AM (xG4kz)
I'm off to shake the German branch of my family tree.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at February 04, 2026 03:55 AM (xG4kz)
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison!
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And the whole thing was an allusion to debauchery.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 04, 2026 03:58 AM (XGXpY)
CNN’s Pollster issues DEATH SENTENCE for Democrats on Voter ID:
Black Voters: 76% want it
White voters: 85% want it
Latino voters: 82% want it
The Senate must pass the SAVE Act.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 04, 2026 03:59 AM (XGXpY)
He's going to put together a time lapse video showing that region which is thought was flaring.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at February 04, 2026 03:59 AM (w6EFb)
Posted by: m at February 04, 2026 04:00 AM (SSiCQ)
Find out how much $ is left after paying hubby's nursing home bills... ugh. Whichever way things go, it'll suck. Bigly.
Need to win the lottery! Been doing my part, buying the tickets... c'mon!
Posted by: JQ at February 04, 2026 04:00 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 04, 2026 04:02 AM (XGXpY)
Posted by: JQ at February 04, 2026 03:49 AM (rdVOm)
No, it was a regular glass cooktop stove.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at February 04, 2026 04:04 AM (snZF9)
That whole thing was just a Star Wars bar scene freak show.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at February 04, 2026 04:05 AM (w6EFb)
Posted by: Berserker
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It was a very picky one, wasn't it? LOL. But hey, Mrs. B got a whole new set of cookware... Winning!
Posted by: JQ at February 04, 2026 04:06 AM (rdVOm)
Just can't do four hours a night any more.
Yall sleep tight. JQ, another blanket. Good evening.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 04, 2026 04:08 AM (XGXpY)
Just can't do four hours a night any more.
Yall sleep tight. JQ, another blanket. Good evening.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 04, 2026 04:08 AM (XGXpY)
369 Pixy's up!
Posted by: m at February 04, 2026 04:00 AM (SSiCQ)
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