Tuesday Overnight Thread - February 10, 2026 [Not Doof]

Good evening Horde. The time has come for mid-week shenanigans of the post-cafe overnight variety.

I know what you're thinking. Where's Doof? This Tuesday night ONT looks suspiciously like a Wednesday night ONT. If a Wednesday night ONT is posted on Tuesday night, is it still a Wednesday night ONT - just misplaced on the time-space continuum? or has the posting on Tuesday transformed the Wednesday ONT into a Tuesday ONT at a molecular level? So many questions.

TRex is just a dinosaur with a small brain and short arms. All I know is that Doof is detailed elsewhere this evening, so it is you and me. Glad you stopped by and pleased you've chosen to patronize the ONT. Happy to spend a little interweb time with my favorite Morons.

What will happen tomorrow night? Tune in tomorrow and find out!

In the meantime, an ONT means another edition of very random overnight fun and games. Pull up a chair and sit a spell. Pants are optional regardless of the day. Be nice to your fellow commenters and AoS contributors.

[Top photo: Matterhorn, Switzerland]

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Department of Music

This isn't a music thread, but since most posts end up being a music thread at some point, let's just shortcut the process.

All hail the bass player. Do bass players get enough credit? Oh sure, the lead singer screams and yells and winds up the crowd. The lead guitarist unleashes solos in the spotlight. To be fair, it is all about the drums, but the bass player is the unsung hero.

But how many bands are driven by the vision of the bass player?

Les Claypool from Primus -

Bonus trivia nugget - Claypool auditioned for Metallica in 1986 following the death of Cliff Burton, but was rejected because his eclectic, "funky" style did not match the band's metal direction. Despite his high school friendship with Kirk Hammett, he was deemed "too weird" and "too good" to simply fit into their existing sound, leading James Hetfield to suggest he pursue his own band.

Cliff Burton was a force of nature and made some of Metallica's best music, but arguably the band was driven by James and Lars.

Lemmy Kilmister from Motörhead -

Steve Harris from Iron Maiden -

Maiden doesn't sing about sex, drugs and rock n' roll. They sing about for what lurks in the darkness, British military history and Samuel Taylor Coleridge poetry. With a few exceptions along the way, Harris wrote most of the music and lyrics from the very beginning. Impressive body of work.

For what its worth, as with Metallica, TRex prefers the older stuff.

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No idea if this is real or AI, but I'd like to think this is something that a Calvin and Hobbes reader would do.

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Wednesday ONT History Department

No idea if this is a true story, but would be a fun history nugget if true:

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Full disclosure: My grade school science fair projects did not involve nuclear fusion.

Dallas 12-year-old achieves nuclear fusion after four years of effort

A 12-year-old Dallas student's four-year-long science project may have resulted in his becoming the youngest person to ever achieve nuclear fusion.
Aiden McMillan, a Dallas Independent School District seventh-grader, said he started work on his ambitious project when he was just 8 years old, and spent the first two years studying nuclear physics concepts before building his first prototypes.
He said it took some work to ensure his mother was comfortable with his tinkering.

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The Pittsburgh police scanner has the night off. In its place, the Pima County Sheriff's Department has an important message:

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A little upbeat bluegrass banjo music for the big ONT finish:

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Comments

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1 Click here to re-play.

Posted by: mindful webworker - you're shaking my confidence daily at February 10, 2026 10:01 PM (kqXjy)

2 Hola

Posted by: Thanatopsis at February 10, 2026 10:01 PM (LdBR/)

3 Guthrie preempts Gutfeld.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at February 10, 2026 10:01 PM (Cqx++)

4 Arf!

Posted by: Sandy at February 10, 2026 10:01 PM (+HNx/)

5 Ya know, the powers that be have a plan for you. In the words of that great scholar, Mike Tyson, "Every one has a plan until they get punched in the mouth."

Posted by: NaCly Dog at February 10, 2026 10:02 PM (u82oZ)

6 Good evening good people.

Posted by: Tonypete at February 10, 2026 10:02 PM (cYBz/)

7 It's a Mattahorn....!

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at February 10, 2026 10:02 PM (QGaXH)

8 Deformated time zone in passing

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 10, 2026 10:02 PM (/LXUT)

9 Top pic looks like the Whazzamatterhorn to me.

Posted by: mindful webworker - isn't that in Disneyland? at February 10, 2026 10:03 PM (kqXjy)

10 Yay, ONT!

Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at February 10, 2026 10:03 PM (lUFok)

11 Full disclosure: My grade school science fair projects did not involve nuclear fusion.

Dallas 12-year-old achieves nuclear fusion after four years of effort

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Great nuclear fusion generator, Ahmed!

Posted by: Barky O'Shithead at February 10, 2026 10:03 PM (+HNx/)

12 "All I know is that Doof is detailed elsewhere"

Detailed? Like what my car needs?

Posted by: mindful webworker - clean those floor mats at February 10, 2026 10:05 PM (kqXjy)

13 TRex is just a dinosaur with a small brain and short arms.
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Don't feel bad about it.

Posted by: H Cavill at February 10, 2026 10:05 PM (vSvIl)

14 This week I learned that Proof of Life is a thing. As did the rest of the internet.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at February 10, 2026 10:06 PM (+HNx/)

15 Geddy Lee

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at February 10, 2026 10:06 PM (Cqx++)

16 The kite story is true. It was the only way they really had back then to get the line started on a set up like that.

Posted by: KCSteve at February 10, 2026 10:06 PM (2+WvJ)

17 12 "All I know is that Doof is detailed elsewhere"

Detailed? Like what my car needs?
Posted by: mindful webworker - clean those floor mats at February 10, 2026 10:05 PM (kqXjy)

Maybe Doof's detained in Tucson -

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at February 10, 2026 10:06 PM (QGaXH)

18 An extra Dino ONT can't possibly be bad!
Hiya T😄

Posted by: COMountainMarie at February 10, 2026 10:07 PM (LNeRu)

19 Good evening morons y gracias Dino for filling in

It's a toss up between Mike Rutherford and Tony Levin.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 10, 2026 10:07 PM (RIvkX)

20 Fusion? I question the containment magnet strengths. Wonder what level of neutron poisoning they reached.

Fission is easier, with the right materials.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at February 10, 2026 10:07 PM (u82oZ)

21
Detailed? Like what my car needs?

Is that Army talk? I was in the Navy. I guess we had work details.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at February 10, 2026 10:07 PM (Cqx++)

22 16 The kite story is true. It was the only way they really had back then to get the line started on a set up like that.
Posted by: KCSteve at February 10, 2026 10:06 PM (2+WvJ)

They may have done something similar with the Brooklyn Bridge.

A small cannon might work also.....

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at February 10, 2026 10:08 PM (QGaXH)

23 {{{COMountainMarie}}}

Posted by: NaCly Dog at February 10, 2026 10:08 PM (u82oZ)

24 Thanks, TRex!

Posted by: JQ at February 10, 2026 10:09 PM (rdVOm)

25 FYI, the kites are just following an old nautical technique called the messenger line. From a thin cord, it eventually can go to towing cables.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at February 10, 2026 10:10 PM (u82oZ)

26 Ummm... Chris Squire.

Posted by: Brewingfrog at February 10, 2026 10:10 PM (sq9Io)

27 22 16 The kite story is true. It was the only way they really had back then to get the line started on a set up like that.
Posted by: KCSteve at February 10, 2026 10:06 PM (2+WvJ)

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Seems like they could have used a European swallow.

Posted by: Arthur, King of the Britons at February 10, 2026 10:10 PM (+HNx/)

28 18 An extra Dino ONT can't possibly be bad!
Hiya T😄

Posted by: COMountainMarie at February 10, 2026 10:07 PM
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Howdy!

Posted by: TRex - fill-in dino at February 10, 2026 10:10 PM (1vAma)

29 Aspiring physicists often have weird high school science projects.

Physicist Michio Kaku built a 2.3 MeV particle accelerator in his mom's garage when he was in high school.

He wanted to create a beam of antimatter.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at February 10, 2026 10:10 PM (ESVrU)

30 Aiden's nuclear fusion > Ahmed's cool clock

Posted by: huerfano at February 10, 2026 10:11 PM (98kQX)

31 The kite story is true. It was the only way they really had back then to get the line started on a set up like that.
Posted by: KCSteve at February 10, 2026 10:06 PM (2+WvJ)

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Seems like they could have used a European swallow.
Posted by: Arthur, King of the Britons at February 10, 2026 10:10 PM (+HNx/)

Definitely laden.

Posted by: RickZ at February 10, 2026 10:11 PM (gKDq2)

32 Gotta love the banjos

Posted by: Zeera , Damn Right I voted for all of this! at February 10, 2026 10:11 PM (t/Eo5)

33 I saw the Amelia clip with her bolstering the men of the UK to fight against the dark forces of Sauron.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at February 10, 2026 10:12 PM (u82oZ)

34 16 The kite story is true. It was the only way they really had back then to get the line started on a set up like that.
Posted by: KCSteve at February 10, 2026 10:06 PM (2+WvJ)

They may have done something similar with the Brooklyn Bridge.

A small cannon might work also.....

The kite is a better choice, though. Wind would have to way to high to be safe in order to carry a cannon across the gap.

Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at February 10, 2026 10:12 PM (lUFok)

35 Shoot. I was watching a YT vid and forgot about the ONT. Eh, too late now, everything's already been said.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at February 10, 2026 10:12 PM (uQesX)

36 Three banjos is three too many.

Posted by: Just Want Peace And Quiet at February 10, 2026 10:13 PM (oftw2)

37 No offense to the OP, but Les Claypool is the singular worst bass player I've ever heard. There is no such thing as "Lead Bass Player". Bass is supposed to aligned with the drummer in the "rhythm section". He overplays...badly...and on every song. If he wanted to be a guitarist, he should have given up the bass and played guitar.

And I feel the same way about Tool's drummer. There's no such thing as "lead drummer". Provide the rhythm, and let the other musicians tell the story.

Posted by: Crusader at February 10, 2026 10:13 PM (Cjcf6)

38 John Paul Jones(John Richard Baldwin) of Led Zeppelin.

Posted by: davidt at February 10, 2026 10:13 PM (Q+gd/)

39 Shoot. I was watching a YT vid and forgot about the ONT. Eh, too late now, everything's already been said.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at February 10, 2026 10:12 PM (uQesX)

Boobs.

Posted by: Methos at February 10, 2026 10:13 PM (vSvIl)

40 "Perfessor" Squirrel

A beam of anti-matter. On Earth. Without parsecs of vacuum around.

Sounds like an explosive science project.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at February 10, 2026 10:13 PM (u82oZ)

41 Thanks for the dandy off-night ONT, TRex! Well done, as always.

Loved the Dilbert cartoon.

And love-love-love the snow sculpture!

Posted by: Legally Sufficient at February 10, 2026 10:14 PM (kB9dk)

42 24 Thanks, TRex!

Posted by: JQ at February 10, 2026 10:09 PM
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Good evening, barkeep!

Posted by: TRex - doof substitute at February 10, 2026 10:14 PM (1vAma)

43 Three banjos is three too many.
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And one harmonica is one too many.

Posted by: Crusader at February 10, 2026 10:14 PM (Cjcf6)

44 {{Salty}}!

Posted by: COMountainMarie at February 10, 2026 10:14 PM (LNeRu)

45 Robert Trujillo is no slouch as a bass player. He's the only reason I've had any interest in listening to anything Metallica has put out in 20 years.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at February 10, 2026 10:14 PM (xFfhU)

46 Boobs.
Posted by: Methos at February 10, 2026 10:13 PM (vSvIl)

See.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at February 10, 2026 10:15 PM (uQesX)

47 Was hoping to celebrate Doof CLI, but this is a fine ONT, especially the Lemmy cut.

Posted by: Humpy Carlos at February 10, 2026 10:15 PM (oftw2)

48 There's no such thing as "lead drummer".

WTF?

Posted by: Zombie Keith Moon at February 10, 2026 10:15 PM (lUFok)

49 Doof substitute > Soylent yellow

Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 10, 2026 10:16 PM (RIvkX)

50 Uh-huh. Sure.

@EndWokeness
BREAKING: 10 dead, 25+ injured after a "woman wearing a dress" opens fire on Canadian school (Tumbler Ridge)

Posted by: weft cut-loop at February 10, 2026 10:16 PM (diia5)

51 "Perfessor" Squirrel

A beam of anti-matter. On Earth. Without parsecs of vacuum around.

Sounds like an explosive science project.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at February 10, 2026 10:13 PM (u82oZ)
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All he needed was a dilithium crystal or two and we'd have warp drive right now!

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at February 10, 2026 10:16 PM (ESVrU)

52 And one harmonica is one too many.
Posted by: Crusader at February 10, 2026 10:14 PM (Cjcf6)

That damn Frisby!

Posted by: Aliens at February 10, 2026 10:17 PM (uQesX)

53 John Wetton of Asia

Posted by: Tuna at February 10, 2026 10:17 PM (lJ0H4)

54 There is no such thing as "Lead Bass Player".
Posted by: Crusader

Counterpoints.....

The Omnific, a three-pieces with two basses and a drummer:
https://youtu.be/A_fzsa4C81c

Renaissance: bass playing lead, acoustic playing rhythm:
https://youtu.be/HKBJqHvQvjg

Posted by: mikeski at February 10, 2026 10:17 PM (VHUov)

55 Did Doof get detained in a disco by a detail of die hard fans of his dancing? Were they called the Dancing Doofettes of Disco?

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at February 10, 2026 10:18 PM (S/Y4j)

56 COMountainMarie

Yup.

I called my former next-door Reston, VA neighbor today. She is the 92 year old bitter end Leftist, who wants to check her sexually active box with Medicare with Yes every year.

She was talking to a new man when I called. She told him "This is an old, old, old, old friend." I shouted "I'm not that old." And hung up.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at February 10, 2026 10:18 PM (u82oZ)

57 John Paul Jones(John Richard Baldwin) of Led Zeppelin.
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Absolutely! AND he could play the keyboards amazingly as well! "In Through The Out Door" is often referred to as the John Paul Jones album. He was the one most centered at the time of the recording (Page was in a bad place) and his bass and keyboards dominate that album. IF you've never paid attention to John Paul Jones on *keyboard*, check out the Led Zeppelin song "Carouselambra". That entire song is a legacy piece for John Paul Jones.

Posted by: Crusader at February 10, 2026 10:18 PM (Cjcf6)

58 "Perfessor" Squirrel

I'd only get on a NCC-1701 cruiser if you were the science officer.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at February 10, 2026 10:20 PM (u82oZ)

59 52 Crusader

Ha😂!

Posted by: COMountainMarie at February 10, 2026 10:20 PM (LNeRu)

60 Wind turbine 1: Hey, what kind of music do you like?

Wind turbine 2: I'm a big metal fan.

Posted by: blaster - Fortis Fortuna Adiuvat at February 10, 2026 10:21 PM (NlEaG)

61 "A 12-year-old Dallas student's four-year-long science project may have resulted in his becoming the youngest person to ever achieve nuclear fusion."

Ah. Young Sheldon.

https://youtu.be/JSyLWa3vKzM

Posted by: mindful webworker and his sonic death ray at February 10, 2026 10:21 PM (kqXjy)

62 Uh-huh. Sure.

@EndWokeness
BREAKING: 10 dead, 25+ injured after a "woman wearing a dress" opens fire on Canadian school (Tumbler Ridge)
Posted by: weft cut-loop at February 10, 2026 10:16 PM (diia5)

This can’t have happened. That school was a gun free zone!

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at February 10, 2026 10:21 PM (dhHpw)

63 "Perfessor" Squirrel

I'd only get on a NCC-1701 cruiser if you were the science officer.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at February 10, 2026 10:20 PM (u82oZ)
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Oh, I'm just a dabbler in the field...I know just enough to be dangerous.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at February 10, 2026 10:21 PM (ESVrU)

64 It’s great (usually) when kids start early in their craft or chosen field. Wehrner Von Braun got in trouble as a youth for attaching solid rockets to a toy wagon, frightening the womenfolk and horses in his small burg.

Young Arthur Collins in Cedar Rapids, Iowa had an interest and n building radios in the 1920s, this was like the Internet of the day. For whatever reason, young Arthur could receive the radio transmissions at his parents home from a polar expedition being conducted by the military when no one else, including the US Navy were having any luck.

He went on to eventually form Collins Radio, a highly respected electronics manufacturer for many years. I remember a Black Hawk driver in the .mil who had a lot of experience in general aviation, and he told me “Collins” was the only thing he ever wanted to see when he got into the cockpit of an airplane.

Today it’s part of some humongous corporate conglomerate, Rockwell-Collins, but it started with some kid in his bedroom winding coils, and bugging his parents to buy him a couple WD-11 tubes. Love stories like that.

Posted by: Common Tater at February 10, 2026 10:22 PM (5119n)

65 Perfect pitch: When you can throw a banjo onto the bottom of the dumpster without touching the sides.

Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at February 10, 2026 10:22 PM (aMrr2)

66 Three banjos is three too many.
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And one harmonica is one too many.
Posted by: Crusader

Welp, I guess spoons are out of the question then.

However, for the hoi polloi - I give you the delightful Abby Roach:

https://t.ly/tk2Bk

Posted by: Tonypete at February 10, 2026 10:22 PM (cYBz/)

67 My son sent me a birthday text:

"Please accept this acknowledgement of the anniversary of your birth. Please infer appropriate warmth and affection from this acknowledgement, as defined by your relationship with the sender."

I laughed so hard I could not read it to my wife. I handed the phone to her.

We done good raising our sons.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at February 10, 2026 10:22 PM (0aYVJ)

68 Was hoping to celebrate Doof CLI, but this is a fine ONT, especially the Lemmy cut.
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Lemmy was an interesting cat. He KNEW that Motorhead was "metal". But he bickered with the press about it--he insisted that they were rock-n-roll. It mattered to him.

Posted by: Crusader at February 10, 2026 10:22 PM (Cjcf6)

69 Hello, Horde. Hope you are all doing great tonight, and in the week as it has unfurled.

I watched Arrow's "Deep Blue Sea" and while I don't have to tell you about this film, it was interesting that the parrot's dialogue was done by Frank Welker.

If you don't know who Frank Welker is, well, you are seriously deficient in your cultural knowledge. Shape up, people!

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at February 10, 2026 10:23 PM (CHHv1)

70 "A woman wearing a dress."
I read that too. I thought what a strange way to say something. If it was a woman what does it matter what she was wearing?

Posted by: Case at February 10, 2026 10:23 PM (E7+ue)

71 But how many bands are driven by the vision of the bass player?

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You definitely, positively, absolutely have to include THE POLICE, whenever you talk about the bass player driving the vision of the band. Sting is the consumate bass player. Some of the best bass players in the business have marveled at his ability to actually do lead vocals and play difficult bass lines at the same time.

Posted by: Orson at February 10, 2026 10:24 PM (dIske)

72 The kite story is true. It was the only way they really had back then to get the line started on a set up like that.
Posted by: KCSteve

Harpoons were not yet invented.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at February 10, 2026 10:24 PM (/lPRQ)

73 BTW T-Rex, thanks for Dilbert. Scott Adams will be sorely missed😥...

Posted by: COMountainMarie at February 10, 2026 10:24 PM (LNeRu)

74 Evening all,

Just posted an update on the kitty who showed back up yesterday.

https://tinyurl.com/dg65258

On the ONT front, I hope that snow sculpture to the garage entrance isn't AI. It's pretty neat if real.

Posted by: Joyenz at February 10, 2026 10:24 PM (2F0/Y)

75 I guess if Canadian schools didnt have mass graves before, some liberal with a gun will make sure it has them now

Posted by: Wally at February 10, 2026 10:26 PM (0e5Te)

76 There is no such thing as "Lead Bass Player".
Posted by: Crusader

Counterpoints.....

The Omnific, a three-pieces with two basses and a drummer:
https://youtu.be/A_fzsa4C81c
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We might as well listen to a Joe Satriani album. At least there would be speed. Instrumental "rock" or "metal" is just...uninteresting. And both of those "lead" bass players should just take up guitar and be done with it.

Posted by: Crusader at February 10, 2026 10:26 PM (Cjcf6)

77 a "woman wearing a dress"

... "a pink dress, and wearing lipstick, and blasting out Shania Twain's The Woman In Me on a big boom box"

Posted by: gKWVE at February 10, 2026 10:27 PM (gKWVE)

78 One of my favorite Despair.com motivational posters is the "Mistakes" one. It has a shipwreck sticking up out of the water, and the caption "Mistakes: It could be that the purpose of your life is only to serve as a warning to others."

Posted by: GWB at February 10, 2026 10:27 PM (IJVVD)

79 One of my favorite Despair.com motivational posters is the "Mistakes" one. It has a shipwreck sticking up out of the water, and the caption "Mistakes: It could be that the purpose of your life is only to serve as a warning to others."
Posted by: GWB at February 10, 2026 10:27 PM (IJVVD)
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I've had a couple of bosses like that.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at February 10, 2026 10:28 PM (ESVrU)

80 Itinerant Alley Butcher

The first action to happen when Navy ships get alongside to swap supplies (Underway Replenishment) is to send over the phone and distance messenger line. Usually with a grenade launching gun. You have to watch, because the Gunners Mates liked to target officers on the bridge.

One CO I saw took out a driver and hit a golf-ball attached to the phone and distance line messenger line. That was much more dangerous for the receiving ship.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at February 10, 2026 10:28 PM (u82oZ)

81 You have to watch, because the Gunners Mates liked to target officers on the bridge.

So what's the down side?

Posted by: LRob in OK at February 10, 2026 10:29 PM (47diA)

82 Geddy Lee was good at staying in the bass clef. While warbling, playing footpedals, and synth. Dude is a machine.

Chris Squire noodled too much. He wanted to be a lead bass guitar dude.

Claypool is an anomaly. Whole 'nother level.

Favorites; Geezer Butler, Cliff Burton, Tom Hamilton, Steve Harris, John Paul Jones.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at February 10, 2026 10:30 PM (0aYVJ)

83 Usually with a grenade launching gun. You have to watch, because the Gunners Mates liked to target officers on the bridge.
Posted by: NaCly Dog

I see you've spoken with my son.

Posted by: Tonypete at February 10, 2026 10:31 PM (cYBz/)

84 I think Canada did have a school shooting awhile back. I believe it was as bad as this. But I can't remember those details.

Posted by: Case at February 10, 2026 10:31 PM (E7+ue)

85 I had a junior high science project that someone stole to try and make a bong out of. I got it back in time for judging though.

Posted by: banana Dream at February 10, 2026 10:31 PM (+YZ+2)

86 >>>We might as well listen to a Joe Satriani album. At least there would be speed. Instrumental "rock" or "metal" is just...uninteresting. And both of those "lead" bass players should just take up guitar and be done with it.

Posted by: Crusader

>Now do Classical music. Jazz?

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at February 10, 2026 10:31 PM (xFfhU)

87 Evenin'

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at February 10, 2026 10:31 PM (sAmhv)

88 For an album or two, Pete Trewavas of Marillion got to play the melody line on the bass.

https://youtu.be/7HEhEQUamCU

Yes, it's an intentional Righteous Brothers pastiche. It's supposedly about Phil Spector.

.....

Marble (the Japanese duo) had at least one bass-led song, with Puzzle:

https://youtu.be/HpwtLb2d8Kc

Posted by: mikeski at February 10, 2026 10:32 PM (VHUov)

89 But we must remember Spinal Tap: Big Bottom All bass.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at February 10, 2026 10:33 PM (0aYVJ)

90 called my former next-door Reston, VA neighbor today. She is the 92 year old bitter end Leftist, who wants to check her sexually active box with Medicare with Yes every year.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at February 10, 2026 10:18 PM (u82oZ)

Does she have an OnlyFans account?

Asking for a friend.

Posted by: Billy Jeff Clinton at February 10, 2026 10:33 PM (aMrr2)

91 Uh-huh. Sure.

@EndWokeness
BREAKING: 10 dead, 25+ injured after a "woman wearing a dress" opens fire on Canadian school (Tumbler Ridge)
Posted by: weft cut-loop at February 10, 2026 10:16 PM (diia5)
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This can’t have happened. That school was a gun free zone!
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at February 10, 2026 10:21 PM (dhHpw)

Canucknuckleheads will just blame American gun culture.

Posted by: RickZ at February 10, 2026 10:33 PM (gKDq2)

92 "A woman wearing a dress."
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It could be, their way of letting you know “trans women are women!!” Could be. It is sad we have to reverse-engineer the “news” these days, but that’s the world we live in.

The reason I suggest this might be the situation, a couple years ago a story circulated about a suicide attempt out in the Mojave or someplace like that, they rescued this person. The article was very heavy on “She” and “The woman” and “her” adjectives, way way over the top, over and over. A light clicked off in my head. It was tranny. I can’t prove it, but I know that’s what happened. Maybe that isn’t what happened in this latest atrocity, but something to consider.

Posted by: Common Tater at February 10, 2026 10:34 PM (5119n)

93 Lemmy was a guitar player who moved to bass and pretty much didn't change anything about how he played.

Posted by: Reforger at February 10, 2026 10:34 PM (J/fgw)

94 One of my favorite Despair.com motivational posters is the "Mistakes" one. It has a shipwreck sticking up out of the water, and the caption "Mistakes: It could be that the purpose of your life is only to serve as a warning to others."
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There is or was a "Demotivaters" site that had many such phrases. One of my favorites was:

"Leaders are like Eagles...we don't have either of those around here."

Posted by: Crusader at February 10, 2026 10:35 PM (Cjcf6)

95 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Hahn

Didn't know the guy had passed away, the radiation definitely fried his brain a bit. He would've fit right into Pooky's former USAF career field if the Navy hadn't grabbed him first.

Posted by: pookysgirl misses some wacky characters at February 10, 2026 10:35 PM (Wt5PA)

96 @nicksortor
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22m
🚨 BREAKING: 10 people are dead, 25 injured after a “woman wearing a dress” opened fire on a school in British Columbia, Canada

Local police are referring to the shooter as a “gunperson.”

Posted by: Don Black at February 10, 2026 10:35 PM (ZxPkt)

97 LRob in OK

Uh, none. But the phone talker that needs that line is on the bow, near the anchor winch. Lower and further forward.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at February 10, 2026 10:35 PM (u82oZ)

98 the thing I like about the Matterhorn is that it's really pointy

Posted by: Don Black at February 10, 2026 10:36 PM (ZxPkt)

99 Billy Jeff Clinton

Close, but no cigar.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at February 10, 2026 10:37 PM (u82oZ)

100 64 Today it’s part of some humongous corporate conglomerate, Rockwell-Collins, but it started with some kid in his bedroom winding coils, and bugging his parents to buy him a couple WD-11 tubes. Love stories like that.
Posted by: Common Tater at February 10, 2026 10:22 PM (5119n)

Rockwell Collins is part of Raytheon Technologies, which was formed by the merger of Raytheon and United Technologies (Pratt & Whitney etc). I believe Rockwell-Collins was part of UT prior to the merger.

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at February 10, 2026 10:38 PM (QGaXH)

101 For an album or two, Pete Trewavas of Marillion got to play the melody line on the bass.

https://youtu.be/7HEhEQUamCU
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He played bass in that track. Well. But nothing out of the ordinary.

Posted by: Crusader at February 10, 2026 10:38 PM (Cjcf6)

102 You definitely, positively, absolutely have to include THE POLICE, whenever you talk about the bass player driving the vision of the band. Sting is the consumate bass player. Some of the best bass players in the business have marveled at his ability to actually do lead vocals and play difficult bass lines at the same time.
Posted by: Orson at February 10, 2026 10:24 PM (dIske)
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This is why "Walking on the Moon" is on my playlist.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 10, 2026 10:38 PM (RIvkX)

103 Local police are referring to the shooter as a “gunperson.”
Posted by: Don Black

Goodbye, horses

Posted by: gKWVE at February 10, 2026 10:38 PM (gKWVE)

104 Salty, is radio use a bad idea? Concerns about folks listening in? Scrambling works. Or is the distance part the important one? Please excuse the questions, I was in another element of the DoD!

Posted by: LRob in OK at February 10, 2026 10:38 PM (47diA)

105 Will we never be rid of mentally ill trans people trying to kill?

Posted by: NaCly Dog at February 10, 2026 10:38 PM (u82oZ)

106 One of my favorite Despair.com motivational posters is the "Mistakes" one. It has a shipwreck sticking up out of the water, and the caption "Mistakes: It could be that the purpose of your life is only to serve as a warning to others."

There is or was a "Demotivaters" site that had many such phrases. One of my favorites was:
"Leaders are like Eagles...we don't have either of those around here."
Posted by: Crusader

"Meetings: None of us is as dumb as all of us."

Posted by: mikeski at February 10, 2026 10:38 PM (VHUov)

107 My favorite demotivator is "potential"-- with picture of a sleeve of french fries, and text (paraphrased):

Not everyone can be a rocket scientist.

Posted by: JQ at February 10, 2026 10:39 PM (rdVOm)

108 57 IF you've never paid attention to John Paul Jones on *keyboard*, check out the Led Zeppelin song "Carouselambra". That entire song is a legacy piece for John Paul Jones.
Posted by: Crusader at February 10, 2026 10:18 PM (Cjcf6)

Stairway wouldn't be as great without the John Paul Jones electric piano and 4 wooden medieval-styled recorders.

Posted by: Joemarine at February 10, 2026 10:40 PM (y171U)

109 John Paul Jones did not get the attention he deserved. He was a vital part of the Zep magic.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo, food, water at February 10, 2026 10:41 PM (+0Wk3)

110 Just prior to the end of my service, my office mate was a LtCol who WAS a rocket propulsion guy. Pretty danged smart but a better third baseman on the softball team!!

Posted by: LRob in OK at February 10, 2026 10:41 PM (47diA)

111 Local police are referring to the shooter as a “gunperson.”

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Person of Firearm

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at February 10, 2026 10:41 PM (+HNx/)

112 🚨 BREAKING: 10 people are dead, 25 injured after a “woman wearing a dress” opened fire on a school in British Columbia, Canada

Local police are referring to the shooter as a “gunperson.”
Posted by: Don Black at February 10, 2026 10:35 PM (ZxPkt)
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Pattern Detection Sensors
[ X ] ACTIVATED
[ _ ] NOT ACTIVATED

Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 10, 2026 10:41 PM (RIvkX)

113
And one harmonica is one too many.
Posted by: Crusader at February 10, 2026 10:14 PM (Cjcf6)

That damn Frisby!
Posted by: Aliens

Old "rear engine" Frisby they called him.
Jut before the anal probe.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at February 10, 2026 10:41 PM (Cqx++)

114 FBI erased surveillance video of night Jeffery Epstein was murdered and noose was not the one used according to epstein files. So person in orange is just a blob in photo. Hillary gets away again!

Posted by: exodus 21:22-25 at February 10, 2026 10:43 PM (TgBHO)

115 Motorhead and Lemmy were rock and roll. Fast Eddie threw in some metal licks now and again, but I wouldn't consider them thrash metal.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at February 10, 2026 10:44 PM (xFfhU)

116 64
Young Arthur Collins in Cedar Rapids, Iowa had an interest and n building radios in the 1920s, this was like the Internet of the day. For whatever reason, young Arthur could receive the radio transmissions at his parents home from a polar expedition being conducted by the military when no one else, including the US Navy were having any luck.

Posted by: Common Tater at February 10, 2026 10:22 PM (5119n)

Cool story..thanks.

Posted by: Joemarine at February 10, 2026 10:44 PM (y171U)

117 106 Will we never be rid of mentally ill trans people trying to kill?
Posted by: NaCly Dog at February 10, 2026 10:38 PM (u82oZ)

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One might even consider it a question worthy of systematic study to determine whether loading up a young body with the hormones of the opposite sex might have some detrimental impact on said person's mental and emotional functioning.

Naaaaww.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at February 10, 2026 10:45 PM (+HNx/)

118 Dallas 12-year-old achieves nuclear fusion after four years of effort

I’d better be going.

Posted by: Mitch Taylor at February 10, 2026 10:45 PM (EXyHK)

119 We might as well listen to a Joe Satriani album. At least there would be speed. Instrumental "rock" or "metal" is just...uninteresting. And both of those "lead" bass players should just take up guitar and be done with it.

Posted by: Crusader

>Now do Classical music. Jazz?
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Same story. A properly marketed "two lead bass players!!!" band would out-draw the typical classical or jazz band. And none of them would out-draw Joe Satriani...who wouldn't outdraw a Ratt gig at an Indian Casino.

I'm not asserting Les Claypool can't play bass. I'm merely asserting he shouldn't, because he gums up the recordings he's associated with. Keith Moon could clearly play drums, but Pete Townsend admitted that playing in a band with him AND John Entwistle was hard because neither of them were focused on keeping the rhythm going even though both were playing rhythm positions.

Posted by: Crusader at February 10, 2026 10:45 PM (Cjcf6)

120 If the Calvin and Hobbs snow monster is real then you people in the snow country have way too much time on your hands.....

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at February 10, 2026 10:45 PM (QGaXH)

121 LRob in OK

Just keying the mike give "specialized equipment" a line of bearing. Takes a mili-second. You can use two lines of bearing to get a position, and send a missile to that location.

Signal Flags or flashing light are more secure, but have been discontinued by the US Navy.

Theoretically, a gyro-stabilized laser can link ships within visual range. However, wha tis done is to use space assets or other high-flying transponders. Satellites carry a lot of the coordination data and voice traffic.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at February 10, 2026 10:46 PM (u82oZ)

122 I need to stop trying to discuss late Republic land reform

https://tinyurl.com/4ptkb7hk

Posted by: Kindltot at February 10, 2026 10:46 PM (rbvCR)

123 Will we never be rid of mentally ill trans people trying to kill? Posted by: NaCly Dog

Hannibal Lecter: First principles, Clarice. Simplicity. Read Marcus Aurelius. Of each particular thing ask: what is it in itself? What is its nature? What does he do, this man you seek?
Clarice Starling: He kills women...
Hannibal Lecter: No. That is incidental. What is the first and principal thing he does? What needs does he serve by killing?
Clarice Starling: Anger, um, social acceptance, and, huh, sexual frustrations, sir...
Hannibal Lecter: No! He covets. That is his nature. And how do we begin to covet, Clarice? Do we seek out things to covet? Make an effort to answer now.
Clarice Starling: No. We just...
Hannibal Lecter: No. We begin by coveting what we see every day.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at February 10, 2026 10:46 PM (diia5)

124 New ad:

Roses are red,
Horses go clop,
For a vasectomy,
See Dr. Chopp.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at February 10, 2026 10:46 PM (S/Y4j)

125 I used to work for Alliant Techsystems. But-- that was back when they owned the (small arms) ammo place. Hah. Told Mom: "If I *had* been a rocket scientist, I'd *still* probably have ended up working for this outfit!"

They spun us off because the Big Bux were in aerospace, not Elmer Fudd stuff. Now "Orbital ATK".

Posted by: JQ at February 10, 2026 10:47 PM (rdVOm)

126 Happy birthday, Pug Mahon!

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at February 10, 2026 10:47 PM (42yrw)

127 New ad:

Roses are red,
Horses go clop,
For a vasectomy,
See Dr. Dick Chopp.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at February 10, 2026 10:47 PM (S/Y4j)

128 I bought the eponymous Ace of Spades album by Motorhead when it came out. The album cover photo looked promising, even.

Every tune sounded the same, and I wondered why they even bothered separating the individual tracks on the album.

Posted by: Common Tater at February 10, 2026 10:47 PM (psViZ)

129 Dallas 12-year-old achieves nuclear fusion after four years of effort

Pressing X to doubt

Posted by: Pons and Fleischmann at February 10, 2026 10:48 PM (D0HYP)

130 Local police are referring to the shooter as a “gunperson.”

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Person of Firearm
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In response liberals everywhere will propose to outlaw pepper spray.

Posted by: Crusader at February 10, 2026 10:48 PM (Cjcf6)

131 One of my favorite Despair.com motivational posters is the "Mistakes" one. It has a shipwreck sticking up out of the water, and the caption "Mistakes: It could be that the purpose of your life is only to serve as a warning to others."
Posted by: GWB at February 10, 2026 10:2

This my favorite one too. I have it above my desk here at Beartooth Manor. Years ago my wife would buy me their calendar and I hung them in my work cube. Management requested that I refrain for hanging the calendars.

Posted by: Beartooth at February 10, 2026 10:48 PM (GGatE)

132 Happy Birthday Pug

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo, food, water at February 10, 2026 10:48 PM (+0Wk3)

133 not all of us can be the one note one string bass player that every mediocre drummer (like Lars) so richly deserves

Then and again when you have a proper drummer (like Kieth Moon or Scott Travis) you can have a real bass player (like John Entwistle) or no bass player (like Ian Hill)

Posted by: TheCatAttackedMyFoot at February 10, 2026 10:49 PM (jrgJz)

134 The mentally disturbed gun person in a dress.
The media, can they get any worse than they are now?
Just say it!

Posted by: Case at February 10, 2026 10:49 PM (E7+ue)

135 I generally oppose any gun restrictions because they just embolden the gun grabbers but I could support banning trannies from owning or possessing a gun.
I'm willing to compromise, Lefties. Come join me.

Posted by: Wally at February 10, 2026 10:50 PM (0e5Te)

136 New ad:

Roses are red,
Horses go clop,
For a vasectomy,
See Dr. Dick Chopp.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at February 10, 2026 10:47 PM (S/Y4j)

***

Violets are blue
You will be too.
When Chopp slips on the cut
And you lose your nuts.

Posted by: Diogenes at February 10, 2026 10:51 PM (2WIwB)

137 BREAKING: 10 people are dead, 25 injured after a “woman wearing a dress” opened fire on a school in British Columbia, Canada

The guy who occasionally replaces the the numbers over the "0 Days Since Trans Violence" sign has an easier job than the Maytag Repairman.

Posted by: Chuck C at February 10, 2026 10:51 PM (D0HYP)

138 You are five minutes late.
What is your excuse?
Why is it wrong?

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 10, 2026 10:52 PM (/LXUT)

139 Renaissance: bass playing lead, acoustic playing rhythm:
https://youtu.be/HKBJqHvQvjg
Posted by: mikeski at February 10, 2026 10:17 PM (VHUov)

Jon Camp occurred to me, too. Saw Renaissance in Passaic, NJ, circa 1985. Annie Haslam ....(swoons)...

Posted by: Joe Kidd at February 10, 2026 10:52 PM (nbLIj)

140 We have a launch in the morning.

SpaceX - Falcon 9 - Starlink 17-34
SLC-4E - Vandenberg SFB - Space Affairs Live
Launch Date: February 11, 2026 (PST)
Launch Time: 6:07 a.m. PST (1407 UTC, 15:07 CET)

https://youtu.be/u9ijY00aiUo

Posted by: Joyenz at February 10, 2026 10:52 PM (2F0/Y)

141 The version I know is:
"If you can't be a good example,
you can at least serve as a horrible warning,"

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at February 10, 2026 10:52 PM (42yrw)

142 One of my favorite Despair.com motivational posters is the "Mistakes" one. It has a shipwreck sticking up out of the water, and the caption "Mistakes: It could be that the purpose of your life is only to serve as a warning to others."
Posted by: GWB at February 10, 2026 10:2

Working at an office with a manager who liked the "Keep Calm and ..." motto

Keep Calm
(Photo of lion catching zebra)
We'll Get to the Carrion Part in a Moment

Posted by: Chuck C at February 10, 2026 10:55 PM (D0HYP)

143 "The nation's largest public utility—the Tennessee Valley Authority—says it now wants to keep operating two coal-fired power plants it had planned to shutter, changing course before a meeting of its board, which has a majority of members picked by the Trump administration.

In new filings, TVA's signaled that it wants to ditch closure dates for the Kingston Fossil Plant and Cumberland Fossil Plant in Tennessee, which would require further action from its board. The new plan would still include introducing natural gas-fired plants at both locations.

TVA had intended to shutter its remaining, aging coal plants by 2035 in an effort to reduce greenhouse gas emissions that spur climate change. But the utility, which partners with local power companies to serve roughly 10 million people in seven states, said it is rethinking the coal plant closures because of regulatory changes and increasing demand for electricity."

Well, well, well. Will wonders never cease.

Posted by: Tonypete at February 10, 2026 10:55 PM (cYBz/)

144 Signal Flags or flashing light
--
Aldis lamp.

As an aside, I think that the BSA still has a Semiphore merit badge

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at February 10, 2026 10:56 PM (XeU6L)

145 Happy birthday, Pug Mahon!
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at February 10, 2026 10:47 PM (42yrw)

thank you. Still clinging to being 29.

No carousel!!

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at February 10, 2026 10:56 PM (0aYVJ)

146 …but I could support banning trannies from owning or possessing a gun.

I’m not sure, but I suspect they already are. I’m pretty sure there’s a question about mental illness on the forms. It’s just one of the laws—like it being illegal to mutilate or poison children—that aren’t enforced when done by the Left.

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at February 10, 2026 10:57 PM (EXyHK)

147 ....or no bass player (like Ian Hill)
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You mean the ONLY bass player to play on every Judas Priest studio album? I guess you don't get how this "music" thing works.

Posted by: Crusader at February 10, 2026 10:57 PM (Cjcf6)

148 🚨 BREAKING: 10 people are dead, 25 injured after a “woman wearing a dress” opened fire on a school in British Columbia, Canada

Local police are referring to the shooter as a “gunperson.”
Posted by: Don Black at February 10, 2026 10:35 PM (ZxPkt)
______________________________________

I just read the CBC article, and second paragraph. "It's very likely we will never know the motive of the suspect."

That sets off the alarm bells. Making a definitive statement like that this early is code for, everyone will know the motive, but you must not speak it.

Posted by: Orson at February 10, 2026 10:57 PM (dIske)

149 The kite story is true. It was the only way they really had back then to get the line started on a set up like that.
Posted by: KCSteve at February 10, 2026 10:06 PM (2+WvJ)

Or a gun. We still use that to run cables between navy ships for an underway replenishment. Shoot the smaller rope over, then pull progressively bigger ones over until the fuel hose is across and hooked up.

Posted by: GWB at February 10, 2026 10:58 PM (IJVVD)

150 Now "Orbital ATK".

Now Northrup Grumman Innovation Systems

I used to work for Orbital. They were great. Treated very well, even as a contractor. I know, shocking!!Very different culture from the usual Big Box government aerospace companies.

Then NG bought them and let go of all the Orbital contractors that didn't have a clearance including me.

Posted by: pawn at February 10, 2026 10:58 PM (uvB+6)

151 Pug, happy birthday

Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 10, 2026 10:58 PM (RIvkX)

152

Why China is building so many coal plants despite its solar and wind boom

https://t.ly/ew6Tz

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at February 10, 2026 10:58 PM (Cqx++)

153 “Aging” coal plants.

They always throw “aging” in there, ex. when they want to build a new school.

Tell me, what the fuck on this planet isn’t “aging” just as soon as it is born, built, produced?

Posted by: Common Tater at February 10, 2026 10:59 PM (psViZ)

154 Wonderful ONT. Thank you TRex!

Just have to say the turtle in the cafe is adorable!

Evening Horde!

Posted by: Iris at February 10, 2026 10:59 PM (bOJ2I)

155 Love the bluegrass!

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at February 10, 2026 10:59 PM (2Ez/1)

156 Joe Bouchard was an important part of Blue Oyster Cult.

Posted by: Dark Litigator at February 10, 2026 11:00 PM (KAi1n)

157 The TVA probably has some really fucked up, old shit that needs heavy maintenance. But if Uncle Sam is willing to offer grants and subsidies, they may stand to correct the mismanagement.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at February 10, 2026 11:00 PM (xFfhU)

158 Why China is building so many coal plants despite its solar and wind boom

https://t.ly/ew6Tz
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at February 10, 2026 10:58 PM (Cqx++)

As an added bonus, coal plants provide a way to clean up dissidents.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at February 10, 2026 11:00 PM (S/Y4j)

159 Some of the best bass players in the business have marveled at his ability to actually do lead vocals and play difficult bass lines at the same time.
Posted by: Orson at February 10, 2026 10:24 PM (dIske)

Paul McCartney is credited by Sting as a major influence..

Posted by: Joe Kidd at February 10, 2026 11:01 PM (nbLIj)

160 Have a great night, everyone.

May the surface around you become free from snow and ice.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at February 10, 2026 11:02 PM (u82oZ)

161 Well, well, well. Will wonders never cease.
Posted by: Tonypete
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Ted talk?

No, a talk with Big Daddy.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 10, 2026 11:03 PM (/LXUT)

162 Posted by: pawn at February 10, 2026 10:58 PM
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Cool! Haven't kept up with the place, since retiring. Yeah, I'm sure they were nice to you smarty-guys.

Corporate really looked down on us peons in the ammo facility though. The condescension just *oozed* when the bigwigs came to visit.

Posted by: JQ at February 10, 2026 11:04 PM (rdVOm)

163 Happy Birthday, Pug Mahon

Sleep well NaCly Dog.

Posted by: Joyenz at February 10, 2026 11:04 PM (2F0/Y)

164 Darn, they put too much chocolate on my cheesecake.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 10, 2026 11:04 PM (/LXUT)

165 They spun us off because the Big Bux were in aerospace, not Elmer Fudd stuff. Now "Orbital ATK".

I know them! They sent me an offer letter for a position I never applied for. I called them up and told them they better get their shit straight. Hiring isn't rocket science, ffs!

Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at February 10, 2026 11:04 PM (lUFok)

166 Hello, Horde! 😊💕

Dear Lord, the wall to wall coverage over someone "in custody"...

Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at February 10, 2026 11:04 PM (SRRAx)

167 I always thought Jaco Pastorius hooking up with Joni Mitchell was kind of interesting. He ended up in a bad way, I think he ended up getting his ass beat up outside a bar and died. Even bass players don’t deserve that

Posted by: Common Tater at February 10, 2026 11:05 PM (psViZ)

168 Howdy, Dino! Loved the bass player compilation, especially Steve Harris. That version of Fear of the Dark is, in my largely correct opinion, probably the GOAT live concert video.

Loved the bluegrass finale as well.... musically, I really like the cut of your jib

Posted by: Matthew Kant Cipher at February 10, 2026 11:05 PM (H/suN)

169 168 Howdy, Dino! Loved the bass player compilation, especially Steve Harris. That version of Fear of the Dark is, in my largely correct opinion, probably the GOAT live concert video.

Loved the bluegrass finale as well.... musically, I really like the cut of your jib

Posted by: Matthew Kant Cipher at February 10, 2026 11:05 PM
***
Outstanding. Thank you!

Posted by: TRex - Dino be my Name at February 10, 2026 11:06 PM (1vAma)

170 Robert Trujillo is no slouch as a bass player. He's the only reason I've had any interest in listening to anything Metallica has put out in 20 years.
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Come on man. Metallica still puts out good material. To pretend that the ONLY reason you still listen is the bass line is a little silly.

Posted by: Crusader at February 10, 2026 11:07 PM (Cjcf6)

171 Perhaps instead of loading up on hormones and eventually killing other people, these freaks should be encouraged to kill themselves. Canuks even have the maid program in place.

Failing that, the mengeles that prescribe this shit should be held criminally liable as accessories to murder.

Posted by: Drink Like Vikings at February 10, 2026 11:08 PM (cvMzD)

172 Sorry I'm late, the lugers needed help stuffing themselves into their outfits. (I told Ursella she didn't need that second donut.)

Posted by: tankdemon at February 10, 2026 11:09 PM (2u9IC)

173 Ginger Baker and bassist Jack Bruce clashed quite a bit.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at February 10, 2026 11:10 PM (XeU6L)

174 "metal" is just...uninteresting.
Posted by: Crusader

....or no bass player (like Ian Hill)
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You mean the ONLY bass player to play on every Judas Priest studio album? I guess you don't get how this "music" thing works.

Posted by: Crusader at February 10, 2026 10:57 PM (Cjcf6)

Ahahahahahahah it doesn't get more un-interesting than Ian Hill and Judas Priest. Let me help. I outgrew Judas Priest about the same time I outgrew Kiss. At 13.

And yes......I know pretty well how this music thing works

Maybe you would be happier in life as the tambourine player?

For the rest of you

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6sLSyTEXfCI

That's what I find interesting

Posted by: TheCatAttackedMyFoot at February 10, 2026 11:11 PM (jrgJz)

175 The Kazurabashi Bridge in Japan is made of vines knotted together. It is a pedestrian bridge and is 45 meters in length. I weighs five tons and is replaced every 3 years. Its a big tourist attraction.

Posted by: pawn at February 10, 2026 11:13 PM (uvB+6)

176 How many bands are driven by the vision of the bass player?

Morphine.

That's all you need. (RIP Mark Sandman.)
https://youtu.be/BgvBWR0Tr7I

Posted by: tankdemon at February 10, 2026 11:14 PM (2u9IC)

177 Dear Lord, the wall to wall coverage over someone "in custody"...
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at February 10, 2026 11:04 PM (SRRAx)

Fraud discoveries in multiple states?
What fraud discoveries?

Posted by: Diogenes at February 10, 2026 11:14 PM (2WIwB)

178 14 This week I learned that Proof of Life is a thing. As did the rest of the internet.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at February 10, 2026 10:06 PM (+HNx/)

Now tell Planned Parenthood.

Posted by: tankdemon at February 10, 2026 11:17 PM (2u9IC)

179 I just realized that TVA announcement is probably related to the new Orano Enrichment Facility in Oak Ridge.

The Kingston plant is just down the road a piece from Oak Ridge. And those new centrifuges will suck up monster MWs.

Posted by: Tonypete at February 10, 2026 11:18 PM (cYBz/)

180 >>>Maiden doesn't sing about sex, drugs and rock n' roll. They sing about for what lurks in the darkness, British military history and Samuel Taylor Coleridge poetry.

>I always found it interesting when my high school mates would downplay Iron Maiden for that very reason. I guess my buddies desire to bang cheerleaders always overruled.

Maiden has been a monster force since day one. Rock and roll, and a history lesson. Good stuff.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at February 10, 2026 11:19 PM (xFfhU)

181 164 Darn, they put too much chocolate on my cheesecake.
Posted by: Braenyard

"Should Sydney Sweeney really be motorboating me THAT hard?!"

Posted by: gKWVE at February 10, 2026 11:19 PM (gKWVE)

182 Proof of Life is a 2000 American action thriller film directed and produced by Taylor Hackford, and starring Meg Ryan and Russell Crowe.

Posted by: Don Black at February 10, 2026 11:19 PM (ZxPkt)

183 >>>Come on man. Metallica still puts out good material. To pretend that the ONLY reason you still listen is the bass line is a little silly.

Posted by: Crusader

>That's not what I pretended, but Metallica has become stale.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at February 10, 2026 11:21 PM (xFfhU)

184 "metal" is just...uninteresting.
Posted by: Crusader
....or no bass player (like Ian Hill)
----
You mean the ONLY bass player to play on every Judas Priest studio album? I guess you don't get how this "music" thing works.

Posted by: Crusader at February 10, 2026 10:57 PM (Cjcf6)

Ahahahahahahah it doesn't get more un-interesting than Ian Hill and Judas Priest. Let me help. I outgrew Judas Priest about the same time I outgrew Kiss. At 13.

And yes......I know pretty well how this music thing works

Maybe you would be happier in life as the tambourine player?

For the rest of you

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6sLSyTEXfCI

That's what I find interesting
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First, you badly clipped my quote--metal (done well) is very interesting, but you quote me out of context.

Secondly, you "outgrew" Judas Priest and Kiss when you were 13"...and you're proud of that?

Lastly, that band you posted the video of might as well have been Trans Siberian Orchestra...because there are exactly ZERO heterosexual males that play THAT song or THAT band while they're suiting up to meet a hot chick. I'm sorry they matter to you.

Posted by: Crusader at February 10, 2026 11:21 PM (Cjcf6)

185
Bass players never get to bang the cheer leaders.

Posted by: pawn at February 10, 2026 11:22 PM (uvB+6)

186 How many bands are driven by the vision of the bass player?

Morphine.
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They ended 30 years ago. This isn't trivia night.

Posted by: Crusader at February 10, 2026 11:23 PM (Cjcf6)

187 Thanks for the ONT.

It got up to 65 here today. Then we had some driving, purifying rain. Most of the ice that mattered is all gone.

God is good.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 10, 2026 11:25 PM (bss/y)

188 The Canadian school shooter is a tranny. Collect your winnings at CBD's desk.

Posted by: Ian S. at February 10, 2026 11:25 PM (tUj8P)

189 How did he get a gun in Canadia?

Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 10, 2026 11:27 PM (bss/y)

190 Hey, I'm curious. How many of you Morons had Ring cameras on your house until you saw their Super Bowl commercial....and now you're Ring-less?

Posted by: Orson at February 10, 2026 11:28 PM (dIske)

191 188 The Canadian school shooter is a tranny. Collect your winnings at CBD's desk.
Posted by: Ian S. at February 10, 2026 11:25 PM (tUj8P)

Not if he's paying in dildos. Cash, gift cards, or, best of all, food he's prepared, would be great.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at February 10, 2026 11:28 PM (S/Y4j)

192 Darn, they put too much chocolate on my cheesecake.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 10, 2026 11:04 PM (/LXUT)

That's actually a problem for me, as I can't really have chocolate.

Posted by: pookysgirl, stumbling through life uncaffeinated at February 10, 2026 11:28 PM (Wt5PA)

193 173 Ginger Baker and bassist Jack Bruce clashed quite a bit.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc.
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If only Baker had listened more to Elvin Jones and less to the time keeper on a Roman attack vessel.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 10, 2026 11:30 PM (/LXUT)

194 190 Hey, I'm curious. How many of you Morons had Ring cameras on your house until you saw their Super Bowl commercial....and now you're Ring-less?
Posted by: Orson at February 10, 2026 11:28 PM (dIske)

I have never really desired a Ring. I have seen people have them in the complex here (which seems even odder.)

Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 10, 2026 11:31 PM (bss/y)

195 Omg.....the irony! So delicious that Poe would spontaneously masturbate for months!

*plays the heterosexual card in context with Judas Priest and "Rob the peter pumper" Halford!

Go get em ace!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TU7-sdJARLo

Posted by: TheCatAttackedMyFoot at February 10, 2026 11:34 PM (jrgJz)

196 I was watching one of those generation videos, with a relatively young person asking why Gen X doesn't get picked on. One guy's response is that Gen X is the "Break glass in case of emergency" generation, or the main FAFO generation. I figured at least a few people here would enjoy the description.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at February 10, 2026 11:34 PM (S/Y4j)

197 Ginger Baker and bassist Jack Bruce clashed quite a bit.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc.
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Yes. And the crazy thing is that BOTH of them were so into themselves that when Cream re-united with Eric fricken' Clapton, they both behaved like asses rather than realizing "Wait a minute, Eric is back--we could make a TON of money off of this!".

It was a one-off. Neither of them deserved a longer chance at the reunion.

Posted by: Crusader at February 10, 2026 11:37 PM (Cjcf6)

198 Have I missed Berserker's reaction to the cowboys singing about Wynona's beaver?

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at February 10, 2026 11:37 PM (Ezs10)

199 Bass players never get to bang the cheer leaders.

Posted by: pawn at February 10, 2026 11:22 PM (uvB+6)

If you feature them in your video, you have a chance..

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g-rngzNR4Z0

Posted by: Joe Kidd at February 10, 2026 11:39 PM (nbLIj)

200 "A woman wearing a dress."
——

It could be, their way of letting you know “trans women are women!!” Could be. It is sad we have to reverse-engineer the “news” these days, but that’s the world we live in.

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Could be a subversive type required to say "woman" and rebelling by using code.

Posted by: AmericanKestrel at February 10, 2026 11:40 PM (RkOfE)

201 My wish for every Moron and Etta.

May your 2026 be as profitable... as a Somalian daycare.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at February 10, 2026 11:41 PM (S/Y4j)

202 Demotivation poster: all we ask is your heart imposed on an Aztec pyramid.

Posted by: AmericanKestrel at February 10, 2026 11:41 PM (RkOfE)

203 Will we never be rid of mentally ill trans people trying to kill?
Posted by: NaCly Dog at February 10, 2026 10:38 PM (u82oZ)
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When they have died off or are locked up or are redeemed by Jesus.

Posted by: AmericanKestrel at February 10, 2026 11:43 PM (RkOfE)

204 The bassist for Asterism is absolutely insane. He has a 7 string bass. Listen to their song "Church."
https://tinyurl.com/4dt2h6u5

Posted by: Blahblahblah at February 10, 2026 11:43 PM (ca+Gv)

205 37 No offense to the OP, but Les Claypool is the singular worst bass player I've ever heard. There is no such thing as "Lead Bass Player". Bass is supposed to aligned with the drummer in the "rhythm section". He overplays...badly...and on every song. If he wanted to be a guitarist, he should have given up the bass and played guitar.
Posted by: Crusader at February 10, 2026 10:13 PM (Cjcf6)

I'm honestly not sure if these are counterpoints or not.

Bass as lead: Flea in Red Hot Chili Peppers. He actually does keep the rhythm, but it's bass-forward party music, and I couldn't even tell you the guitarist's name without looking it up.

If this, then not that: you could say that about every metal guitarist with 7+ strings tuned at B-standard on down. If they really want to play bass that badly, then maybe they should instead.

Posted by: SciVo at February 10, 2026 11:44 PM (Sy6m/)

206 Itals off

Posted by: SciVo at February 10, 2026 11:44 PM (Sy6m/)

207 The bassist for Asterism is absolutely insane. He has a 7 string bass. Listen to their song "Church."
https://tinyurl.com/4dt2h6u5
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Why?

I'd rather listen to "Surfing with the Alien" by Satriani, and that album is one that I "get" but would prefer to never hear again.

Bass players aren't supposed to be LEADS. They play in the wrong "register", and they confound the rest of the players in the band to assume irregular roles.

Posted by: Crusader at February 10, 2026 11:49 PM (Cjcf6)

208 Ron Carter and Christian McBride play bass real good.

Plus the FBI/Pima Sheriff has a Guthrie suspect in custody. He was picked up in Rio Rico as part of a traffic stop. Is was not disclosed if the suspect was having a Taco Bell moment by running for the border. Rio Rico is about an hour south of Tucson and 15 miles north of Nogales, MX. The suspect seems to have property there which is currently being searched. Meanwhile the suspect is back in Tucson and is having a very bad evening.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions at February 10, 2026 11:50 PM (8ZVmQ)

209 Bass players aren't supposed to be LEADS.

I guess there's Sting.
Underrated bassist is Tina Weymouth. She proved in Tom Tom Club that she didn't need Byrne to tear shit up.

Posted by: gKWVE at February 10, 2026 11:52 PM (gKWVE)

210 Musical composition and musical collaboration will not be contained in a box defined by some hostile entity on a blog.

Get out of the box. Are you mad, bro?

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at February 10, 2026 11:53 PM (xFfhU)

211 Bass as lead: Flea in Red Hot Chili Peppers. He actually does keep the rhythm, but it's bass-forward party music, and I couldn't even tell you the guitarist's name without looking it up.
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The RHCP's guitarist is John Frusciante. His playing and "tone" is celebrated in guitar circles. He primarily plays "vintage" instruments, and has a "signature" guitar built by Fender.

Posted by: Crusader at February 10, 2026 11:54 PM (Cjcf6)

212 My wish for every Moron and Etta.

May your 2026 be as profitable... as a Somalian daycare.
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With non of the attendant illegal activities beforehand and non of the judicial responses that are coming.

Posted by: AmericanKestrel at February 10, 2026 11:54 PM (RkOfE)

213 144 Signal Flags or flashing light
--
Aldis lamp.

As an aside, I think that the BSA still has a Semiphore merit badge
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at February 10, 2026 10:56 PM (XeU6L)

Maybe for First Class? I recall having to demonstrate proficiency in either semiphore or morse as a requirement somewheres along the trail to Iggle. My old Boy Scout manual is in the other room but I'm too lazy to go look......

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at February 10, 2026 11:54 PM (QGaXH)

214 Double bent brain. Kidnappers kidnap for ransom and always kill the victim and always either kill themselves or the cops take care of them.
Really weird.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 10, 2026 11:55 PM (/LXUT)

215 Bass players aren't supposed to be LEADS.

I guess there's Sting.
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I'm a HUGE Police fan. Please name a single song he played with the Police where his playing was "lead".

Posted by: Crusader at February 10, 2026 11:57 PM (Cjcf6)

216 Bass players aren't supposed to be LEADS. They play in the wrong "register", and they confound the rest of the players in the band to assume irregular roles.
Posted by: Crusader at February

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Show us on the doll where the bass player touched you.....

Posted by: Matthew Kant Cipher at February 10, 2026 11:57 PM (H/suN)

217 I*Why? . . . Bass players aren't supposed to be LEADS. They play in the wrong "register", and they confound the rest of the players in the band to assume irregular roles.**

I didn't say he was the lead, I said he was insane. The song I linked to really shows off his abilities though.

Posted by: Blahblahblah at February 10, 2026 11:57 PM (ca+Gv)

218 Stanley Clarke plays bass gooder too.

Tina Weymouth is fantastic. She doesn't have virtuoso chops unless effortlessly playing right in the pocket counts as virtuoso.

I likes me some Willie Dixon too. His work on the Chuck Berry recordings are for the ages.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions at February 10, 2026 11:59 PM (8ZVmQ)

219 214 Double bent brain. Kidnappers kidnap for ransom and always kill the victim and always either kill themselves or the cops take care of them.
Really weird.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 10, 2026 11:55 PM (/LXUT)

Strangely, kidnapping for ransom is quite common in Central and South America, and hostages are mostly returned when the money is paid. Something about that culture lets it be successful, while in the US it almost never is.

Leads me to suspect that this wasn’t a relative as perp, but rather someone with Mexican cartel experience. They might think they could get away with it.

Posted by: Tom Servo at February 11, 2026 12:00 AM (gCFgr)

220 The kite story is true. It was the only way they really had back then to get the line started on a set up like that.
Posted by: KCSteve at February 10, 2026 10:06 PM (2+WvJ)

They had line-throwing cannons, too.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 11, 2026 12:00 AM (8zz6B)

221 The bassist for Asterism is absolutely insane. He has a 7 string bass. Listen to their song "Church."
https://tinyurl.com/4dt2h6u5
Posted by: Blahblahblah at February 10, 2026 11:43 PM (ca+Gv)

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Thanks for sharing. While I REALLY liked that bass player, I think I might love the guitarist....

Posted by: Matthew Kant Cipher at February 11, 2026 12:00 AM (H/suN)

222 189 How did he get a gun in Canadia?
Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 10, 2026 11:27 PM (bss/y)

'I sit talkin with mynext-door neighbor saying
'Where'd you get the gun, John....'

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at February 11, 2026 12:01 AM (QGaXH)

223 >>>I'm a HUGE Police fan. Please name a single song he played with the Police where his playing was "lead".

Posted by: Crusader

>Now do Bootsy Collins.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at February 11, 2026 12:02 AM (xFfhU)

224 Fusion? I question the containment magnet strengths. Wonder what level of neutron poisoning they reached.

Fission is easier, with the right materials.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at February 10, 2026 10:07 PM (u82oZ)

I would assume the kid duplicated the Farnsworth Fusor. Pretty simple device. Manufactured commercially as a neutron source.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 11, 2026 12:02 AM (8zz6B)

225 HUGE Police fan. Please name a single song he played with the Police where his playing was "lead".
Posted by: Crusader

I'd count Walking On The Moon.

Posted by: gKWVE at February 11, 2026 12:03 AM (gKWVE)

226 Leads me to suspect that this wasn’t a relative as perp, but rather someone with Mexican cartel experience. They might think they could get away with it.
Posted by: Tom Servo

There is intertube speculation that the guy the FBI picked up is the drummer in Early Black a band founded, in part, by Tommaso Cioni. Cioni is Nancy Guthrie's BIL.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions at February 11, 2026 12:04 AM (8ZVmQ)

227 190 Hey, I'm curious. How many of you Morons had Ring cameras on your house until you saw their Super Bowl commercial....and now you're Ring-less?
Posted by: Orson at February 10, 2026 11:28 PM (dIske)

Watching W2W coverage on Guthrie kidnapping - wonder how many people picking up on back story that these devices are recording and storing a lot more information than is advertised? One of the talking heads came right out and said Alexa and Siri are listening and recording.....

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at February 11, 2026 12:04 AM (QGaXH)

228 Thanks for the ONT, Dino.

Posted by: scampydog at February 11, 2026 12:04 AM (41CYW)

229 The biathlon is really quite watchable, and interesting. Such pressure, and so much potential for wild swings in position due to shooting misses. The men's individual 20K I'm watching now (replay) has a lot going on.

The commentators are excellent (unlike for the mixed relay), so lots of info. The sights have no magnification. Biathlon has the highest TV ratings in Europe for any winter sport. Those with the ability to watch individual replays and who haven't committed to the performative vow not to watch any Olympics might check it out.

Posted by: rhomboid at February 11, 2026 12:04 AM (U/Byj)

230 Nancy Guthrie's son in law.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions at February 11, 2026 12:06 AM (8ZVmQ)

231 HUGE Police fan. Please name a single song he played with the Police where his playing was "lead".
Posted by: Crusader

I'd count Walking On The Moon.
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You're trying too hard.

He's a *great* bass player.

But that song?

Bump bump bump bump. Bump bump bump.

Repeat.

There's no "lead" about his playing in that song, or any other Police song.

Posted by: Crusader at February 11, 2026 12:06 AM (Cjcf6)

232 203 Will we never be rid of mentally ill trans people trying to kill?
Posted by: NaCly Dog at February 10, 2026 10:38 PM (u82oZ)
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When they have died off or are locked up or are redeemed by Jesus.
Posted by: AmericanKestrel at February 10, 2026 11:43 PM (RkOfE)

I have a bad feeling that they're just getting started.....

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at February 11, 2026 12:07 AM (QGaXH)

233 Just randomly found some background on the Yeti snow sculpture:

https://youtube.com/shorts/kVDkeVzoVks

Posted by: tankdemon at February 11, 2026 12:07 AM (2u9IC)

234 I'm a HUGE Police fan. Please name a single song he played with the Police where his playing was "lead".
Posted by: Crusader at February 10, 2026 11:57 PM (Cjcf6)

________________________

I think you could make the agrument that bass plays lead in portions of "Message in a Bottle"....specifically the chorus, as well as the lead up to the chorus. The Police are a strange band that way. Generally, the melody is with the singer, and not an instrument with them.

Posted by: Orson at February 11, 2026 12:08 AM (dIske)

235 Sheesh. Mrs D is watching the women's downhill. These announcers suck. It's a constant stream of stating the obvious and throwing in a bunch of euphemisms. The skier if going 60 mph and is .2 seconds off the lead and the bozo announcer says she needs to "get aggressive."
WTF???
Blather

Posted by: Diogenes at February 11, 2026 12:09 AM (2WIwB)

236 BREAKING: 10 dead, 25+ injured after a "woman wearing a dress" opens fire on Canadian school (Tumbler Ridge)
Posted by: weft cut-loop at February 10, 2026 10:16 PM (diia5)

Tumbler Ridge is a weird-ass place. It was an architect-designed "instant town" designed and built as accomodations for a huge metallurgical coal mine located nearby. All the houses, all the storefronts look like pastel gingerbread. Spooky. Then the mine closed for a long spell, and homes and shops were sold for pennies on the dollar. They tried to make it into an artists's retreat (so dope!). Then the mine reopened. I passed through it a few times. Weird sort of Stepford Wives vibe to it.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 11, 2026 12:09 AM (8zz6B)

237 228 Thanks for the ONT, Dino.

Posted by: scampydog at February 11, 2026 12:04 AM
***
Doggo!! Good evening!

Posted by: TRex - Dino olympian at February 11, 2026 12:10 AM (1vAma)

238 Victor Wooten - Amazing Grace

youtube.com/watch?v=tygz5q9G2no

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 11, 2026 12:11 AM (/LXUT)

239 I think you could make the agrument that bass plays lead in portions of "Message in a Bottle"....specifically the chorus, as well as the lead up to the chorus.
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I'm not trying to piss any of you off, but none of you all making your case, and you're trying to hard to make a rhythm instrument a lead instrument. If you go looking, you will find LOTS of guitar forum posts praising Andy Sumner's playing on that song--the chording and rolling-chording in that song is very difficult because of the stretch involved with fingering one of those chords.

Its not a bass song. Its never been a bass song. Sting, and John Paul Jones, and Paul McCartney play AMAZING bass. But nobody listens to a song of theirs and says "God, he played a million notes a minute and ruled that song." Lead bass is an oxymoron.

Posted by: Crusader at February 11, 2026 12:14 AM (Cjcf6)

240 Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 11, 2026 12:09 AM (8zz6B)

I've actually been very close to that town. On college break my Uncle (who was an archeologist) took me up there to see dinosaur tracks and do some hiking.

Posted by: Orson at February 11, 2026 12:15 AM (dIske)

241 The Banjo vid reminded me of Barbara Mandrell.

She could play about 12 different instruments.

Posted by: Opinion fact at February 11, 2026 12:18 AM (cwGMH)

242 How did he get a gun in Canadia?

Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 10, 2026 11:27 PM (bss/y)

Sounds like he may have killed family member(s) to get it.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at February 11, 2026 12:18 AM (dK+Kv)

243 https://tinyurl.com/cah5kw36

I found this video really fascinating. It is about the Bathyscape Triest- the submersible to reach the deepest point on earth- the Challenger Deep.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 11, 2026 12:18 AM (bss/y)

244 Queen. Another one bites theDust.

Posted by: Opinion fact at February 11, 2026 12:20 AM (cwGMH)

245 Lead bass is an oxymoron.

Jaco Pastorius would like to disagree. Strongly.
https://youtu.be/-0NNA6w8Zk4

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions at February 11, 2026 12:21 AM (8ZVmQ)

246 Posted by: Opinion fact at February 11, 2026 12:20 AM (cwGMH)

Joy Division, She's Lost Control [actually most of whatever Peter Hook was playing on since 1979]

Posted by: gKWVE at February 11, 2026 12:22 AM (gKWVE)

247 I always thought Jaco Pastorius hooking up with Joni Mitchell was kind of interesting. He ended up in a bad way, I think he ended up getting his ass beat up outside a bar and died. Even bass players don’t deserve that
Posted by: Common Tater at February 10, 2026 11:05 PM (psViZ)

He got in a lot of fights. Kind of a miserable asshole, but talented.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 11, 2026 12:23 AM (8zz6B)

248 “Post Toastie” by Tommy Bolin deserves an honorable mention for bass on that tune, I think.

I had a 400 watt Carver amp and a quad of JBL studio monitors in the barracks, L100s and Control 12SR, thought I was gonna get arrested by the CQ.

Posted by: Common Tater at February 11, 2026 12:24 AM (Zo4ys)

249 Saw Zep live in 77. The connection between Jones and Bonham was unreal. As for other talented Bass players, no one has mentioned Chris Wolstenholme of Muse.

Posted by: Sock Monkey * sporting my Andrew Breitbart attitude at February 11, 2026 12:25 AM (OR60z)

250 I've actually been very close to that town. On college break my Uncle (who was an archeologist) took me up there to see dinosaur tracks and do some hiking.

Posted by: Orson at February 11, 2026 12:15 AM (dIske)

Sigh... I've wanted to explore the Pacific Northwest/BC area for a long time. But Pooky isn't an outdoorsman, and Pookette hates hiking. I don't want to climb mountains, I just want to wander around gorgeous nature.

Posted by: pookysgirl isn't a lumberjack and that's okay at February 11, 2026 12:25 AM (Wt5PA)

251 The Canadian school shooter is a tranny. Collect your winnings at CBD's desk.
Posted by: Ian S. at February 10, 2026 11:25 PM (tUj8P)

Was there ever any doubt?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 11, 2026 12:26 AM (8zz6B)

252 That's actually a problem for me, as I can't really have chocolate.
Posted by: pookysgirl, stumbling through life uncaffeinated at February 10, 2026 11:28 PM (Wt5PA)

Ok, why can’t you have chocolate?

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at February 11, 2026 12:30 AM (dhHpw)

253 Motorhead and Lemmy were rock and roll. Fast Eddie threw in some metal licks now and again, but I wouldn't consider them thrash metal.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at February 10, 2026 10:44 PM (xFfhU)

Yup, lemmy didn't consider motorhead metal. He said they were rock and roll, but had the metal hair, lol. I told him if he wasn't metal he's doing a piss poor job hiding it. lol

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at February 11, 2026 12:31 AM (snZF9)

254

A federal grand jury on Tuesday refused to indict six congressional Democrats who drew President Trump’s ire last year by taping a video telling members of the military that they must reject “illegal orders,” according to three sources familiar with the matter, including one within the Justice Department.

“If these fuckers think that they’re going to intimidate us and threaten and bully me in the silence, and they’re going to go after political opponents and get us to back down, they have another thing coming. The tide is turning,” Democrat Rep. Jason Crow said.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at February 11, 2026 12:31 AM (Cqx++)

255 I can’t really have chocolate either. It’s kind of a binary problem. It goes like this; “Do we have any chocolate Y/N?

Yes - You should eat it!
No - I wish I had some chocolate (because I’d eat it)

Posted by: Common Tater at February 11, 2026 12:33 AM (Zo4ys)

256 Lead bass is an oxymoron.

Posted by: Crusader at February 11, 2026 12:14 AM (Cjcf6)

Joey Demaio from Manowar might want a word with you. lol

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at February 11, 2026 12:33 AM (snZF9)

257
"That search warrant they are a-executin' on the domicile out there" -- Ted Williams on FOX a while back.

This stuff always cracks me up. Stick a camera in front of someone, and they want to sound all sophisticated and smart, and that's what comes out. I noticed that with local media and some of the local people, and it always cracked me up.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at February 11, 2026 12:34 AM (w6EFb)

258 Ok, why can’t you have chocolate?

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at February 11, 2026 12:30 AM (dhHpw)

Caffeine makes me really, really sick. I found this out the hard way as a kid. I got a lot of gummy bears and root beer on Valentine's Day-the boys in my class were pretty nice about it.

Posted by: pookysgirl, printing out Pookette's Valentines at February 11, 2026 12:34 AM (Wt5PA)

259 Michael Rhodes was Joe Bonamassa's bassist for years and years. The core part of the band was Bonamassa, Reese Wynans - Keyboards, Michael Rhodes - Bass, and Anton Fig - Drums. I was fortunate to hear this band many times. Fig and Rhodes had a perfect pocket synergy that propelled the arraignments and put down that foundation for Bonamassa's solos - all four where always on point; it was something special. There where places where the four of them would go to the next level - it was four guys soloing and riffing off of each other with complete freedom, confidence, and trust. Those moments stopped being music and became poetry in sound. What a blessing to have heard all that.
Mr. Rhodes passed in 2023 and Reese Wynans retired at the end of 2025.

https://is.gd/2CyDEa

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions at February 11, 2026 12:37 AM (8ZVmQ)

260
From my extensive experience watching Mannix, Barnaby Jones, Cannon, Columbo, Rockford, etc, etc, this ain't how you do a proper kidnapping.

First, after you snatch the victim, you take a photo of them, bound and gagged, usually in a chair. You put a copy of that day's newspaper front page right there as proof they're alive and kicking.

Then, you have to a proper ransom note via cutting and pasting letters out of magazine articles, and send it right away to the family. The first thing you say is no cops, no media, or the victim gets it.

Then you demand payment, always in small, unmarked bills. And you do that by having the family drive to some phone booth at some gas station in the seedy part of town, wait for a call, and then you send them on some convoluted trek all over the place, stopping at phone booths several times, and finally have them put the bag with the money in some remote spot out in the desert somewhere.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at February 11, 2026 12:38 AM (w6EFb)

261 Caffeine was why my late wife couldn’t have any chocolate either. It was bad for her heart. Thanks for sharing. I was just curious.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at February 11, 2026 12:39 AM (dhHpw)

262 It was a new day yesterday but it's an old day now.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at February 11, 2026 12:39 AM (Cqx++)

263 One might even consider it a question worthy of systematic study to determine whether loading up a young body with the hormones of the opposite sex might have some detrimental impact on said person's mental and emotional functioning.
- - - - - - -
I assume the real game here is to pump somebody up with so many chemicals that they literally explode or spontaneously combust.
And speaking of a game, pretty sure the sickos pushing kids to genderbend themselves are competing with each other. It makes more sense (if that's possible) to explain the trans trend...

Posted by: As Not Seen On TV at February 11, 2026 12:41 AM (KEGU7)

264 Then you demand payment, always in small, unmarked bills. And you do that by having the family drive to some phone booth at some gas station in the seedy part of town, wait for a call, and then you send them on some convoluted trek all over the place, stopping at phone booths several times, and finally have them put the bag with the money in some remote spot out in the desert somewhere.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at February 11, 2026 12:38 AM (w6EFb)

I'm guessing now it could done by demanding payment in Bitcoin sent to some anonymous account, which then converts the Bitcoin to cash, and closes out before the victim gets released.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 11, 2026 12:42 AM (8zz6B)

265 From my extensive experience watching Mannix, Barnaby Jones, Cannon, Columbo, Rockford, etc, etc, this ain't how you do a proper kidnapping.…

There aren’t any phone booths any more. What do mystery/crime writers use instead?

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at February 11, 2026 12:42 AM (dhHpw)

266 There aren’t any phone booths any more. What do mystery/crime writers use instead?

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at February 11, 2026 12:42 AM (dhHpw)

Pre-registered Signal accounts on burner phones at dead drop locations.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at February 11, 2026 12:44 AM (dK+Kv)

267 The tide is turning,” Democrat Rep. Jason Crow said.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at February 11, 2026 12:31 AM (Cqx++)

Nice to know he knows he's losing. People who are winning aren't usually looking for the tide to turn.

Posted by: Bilwis Devourer of Innocent Souls, I'm starvin' over here at February 11, 2026 12:45 AM (w/O5Q)

268 Wow, great content tonight.

Posted by: Hatari Somewhere on Ventura Highway at February 11, 2026 12:46 AM (WF/xn)

269 If you ask me, coming from someone who played with a shitload of bass players, I say they fall into 3 groups

1. You got the dudes that are up front. Their playing is unmistakable, completely critical to the sound of the band, and almost unreplaceable. Geddy lee, Steve harris, lemmy, Marcus Grosskopf (helloween) are some that come to mind.

2. Very talented- always in the pocket, puts up a wall of sound, great bass player, but can be replaced by another solid player.

3. Wallpaper. Blink and you would miss him. A bass player in the academic sense, he wears a bass, and is going boom boom boom somewhere in the back. Easily replaced, and usually always an improvement when he is.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at February 11, 2026 12:47 AM (snZF9)

270 When the night has come
and the moon is high
My day is done
Gotta say good-bye

https://youtu.be/MDQNsqi9lrk

G'nite, y'all.

Posted by: mindful webworker pounds the eighty-eights at February 11, 2026 12:47 AM (kqXjy)

271 I used to drink whiskey with Lemmy in Hollywood or on the Sunset Strip or whatever you want to call it, at the Rainbow and he was an interesting character.

Motorhead was the loudest concert I have ever witnessed. Heh.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at February 11, 2026 12:49 AM (xFfhU)

272 260 Then you demand payment, always in small, unmarked bills. And you do that by having the family drive to some phone booth at some gas station in the seedy part of town, wait for a call, and then you send them on some convoluted trek all over the place, stopping at phone booths several times, and finally have them put the bag with the money in some remote spot out in the desert somewhere.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at February 11, 2026 12:38 AM (w6EFb)

There's a flaw in your plan....

Where ya gonna find a phone booth nowadays?

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at February 11, 2026 12:49 AM (QGaXH)

273
I wonder how untraceable these burner phones really are. The phone booths were ideal for this. Bad guy makes the call to the specified phone booth from a random phone booth himself.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at February 11, 2026 12:52 AM (w6EFb)

274 273
I wonder how untraceable these burner phones really are. The phone booths were ideal for this. Bad guy makes the call to the specified phone booth from a random phone booth himself.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at February 11, 2026 12:52 AM (w6EFb)

It seems nearly impossible to be anonymous these days.

Plus no phonebooths - Superman has a real problem too....

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at February 11, 2026 12:53 AM (QGaXH)

275 Nailed it Beserker.

Posted by: Sock Monkey * sporting my Andrew Breitbart attitude at February 11, 2026 12:54 AM (OR60z)

276 I wonder how untraceable these burner phones really are. The phone booths were ideal for this. Bad guy makes the call to the specified phone booth from a random phone booth himself.
Posted by: publius
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If I ever needed a burner phone, certainly would be far, far from home when I purchased & activated it.

Posted by: JQ at February 11, 2026 12:54 AM (rdVOm)

277 I prefer my bass low and growly. The young man in the link above, with the seven string bass, sounded like he was playing a fucking harp. Very talented, as was Victor Wooten, just not my taste.

I am a Basic Bitch, I guess.

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at February 11, 2026 12:55 AM (Ezs10)

278 276 I wonder how untraceable these burner phones really are. The phone booths were ideal for this. Bad guy makes the call to the specified phone booth from a random phone booth himself.
Posted by: publius
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If I ever needed a burner phone, certainly would be far, far from home when I purchased & activated it.
Posted by: JQ at February 11, 2026 12:54 AM (rdVOm)

I guess you could activate the burner phone with a prepaid credit card that you loaded with cash at the point of sale. Of course there would be the issue of the card transaction being time stamped and cameras at the cash register....

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at February 11, 2026 12:56 AM (QGaXH)

279 If I ever needed a burner phone, certainly would be far, far from home when I purchased & activated it.
Posted by: JQ at February 11, 2026 12:54 AM (rdVOm)
_____________________

Some spook was talking about the myth of burner phones on Shawn Ryan a while back. He said to get true anonymity you'd have to purchase the phone in a country that doesn't share intelligence with the US...the less cooperation between the US and that country the better.

Posted by: Orson at February 11, 2026 01:00 AM (dIske)

280 If you ask me, coming from someone who played with a shitload of bass players, I say they fall into 3 groups...

4 groups...the Guitar Center bassist..

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at February 11, 2026 01:01 AM (XTs+8)

281
The game is to be able to make a call to the target from some phone that that it doesn't matter if they can trace the location. Public phones were ideal for this.

So, use somebody else's phone someway somehow? No-tell motel phone?

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at February 11, 2026 01:05 AM (w6EFb)

282 If sufficient time and manpower is devoted to a specific crime, given the amount of surveillance and digital “footprint” virtually everyone has, it would be almost impossible to get away with a crime. It they really, really want your ass, they will find you.

100 years ago, even photographs of perps and suspects were still kind of a novelty. Fingerprints were just starting to be a thing. During a chase, the Sheriff would have to let off, if you made it across the county line.

Moving to a different state, assuming a new identity, wasn’t exactly trivial but it was doable. Now? They want everyone tagged and bagged and inventoried, so to speak. Catalogued. License plate readers, retinal scans. DNA. Facial recognition, gait analysis, voice, you name it. Probably scanning brain waves by now.

Posted by: Common Tater at February 11, 2026 01:05 AM (Zo4ys)

283 ARiK-- pay cash & buy an "air time" card too.

I dunno about next steps. Interesting thought exercise, though.

Posted by: JQ at February 11, 2026 01:06 AM (rdVOm)

284 I guess you could activate the burner phone with a prepaid credit card that you loaded with cash at the point of sale. Of course there would be the issue of the card transaction being time stamped and cameras at the cash register....
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at February 11, 2026 12:56 AM (QGaXH)

Aren't there still some services like Skype? Get a cheap tablet or laptop, go to some crowded place with Wi-fi, use a headset and boom mike. and call the principal via internet.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 11, 2026 01:06 AM (8zz6B)

285 Aren't there still some services like Skype? Get a cheap tablet or laptop, go to some crowded place with Wi-fi, use a headset and boom mike. and call the principal via internet.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon

Odds on you get picked up on 47 surveillance cameras. I used to got an IP address about the location, date and time. It's not very hard to work back into the cameras to figure out who's there.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at February 11, 2026 01:08 AM (XTs+8)

286 So, use somebody else's phone someway somehow? No-tell motel phone?
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at February 11, 2026 01:05 AM (w6EFb)

Do truck stops still have phones at the diner booths?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 11, 2026 01:09 AM (8zz6B)

287 Now? They want everyone tagged and bagged and inventoried, so to speak. Catalogued. License plate readers, retinal scans. DNA. Facial recognition, gait analysis, voice, you name it. Probably scanning brain waves by now.

Posted by: Common Tater
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Yeah. Panopticon.

https://youtu.be/kYdQuuLzg2A

Posted by: JQ at February 11, 2026 01:10 AM (rdVOm)

288 Stupid voice recognition stupider editor.

Once you log into a WiFi and hit the internet the IP address, the location, date and time is captured.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at February 11, 2026 01:11 AM (XTs+8)

289 Use radio instead?

Posted by: JQ at February 11, 2026 01:13 AM (rdVOm)

290 Meh. There's happier things to discuss here...

Posted by: JQ at February 11, 2026 01:15 AM (rdVOm)

291 Maybe we are overthinking this, You want to call the target, not have the target call you. You are a criminal, who is engaged in a kidnapping, which could be a capital offense.So what harm in committing another crime? Simply go to a mall, and mug some schlub for his phone. Stick a gun in his/her ribs. "I need your phone, unlocked, to make a call. I will make my call, and abandon the phone. You will get it back, eventually."

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 11, 2026 01:16 AM (8zz6B)

292
As of 2018, there were still about 100,000 pay phones in use in the US.

There is no longer any legal requirement for phone companies to operate them, and all the major carriers dropped them, so all that's left is other private outfits that want to maintain them.

So, they still exist, but are hard to find.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at February 11, 2026 01:17 AM (w6EFb)

293 Day 4 without a cigarette, and I still haven't hurt anyone!

Posted by: JQ at February 11, 2026 01:17 AM (rdVOm)

294 So, they still exist, but are hard to find.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at February 11, 2026 01:17 AM (w6EFb)

Airports, and bus stations?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 11, 2026 01:18 AM (8zz6B)

295 Meh. There's happier things to discuss here...
Posted by: JQ at February 11, 2026 01:15 AM (rdVOm

Still sad, from a certain point of view (SFW)

https://m.youtube.com/shorts/qpzo3juEVhw

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at February 11, 2026 01:19 AM (S/Y4j)

296 293 Day 4 without a cigarette, and I still haven't hurt anyone!
Posted by: JQ
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You can do it. You have breached the lock the rest is in your mind. I used Nicorette gum from Walmart.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 11, 2026 01:19 AM (/LXUT)

297 Airports, and bus stations?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
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The last payphones I saw at an airport, would not take cash/coins-- credit card only.

Posted by: JQ at February 11, 2026 01:20 AM (rdVOm)

298 You can do it. You have breached the lock the rest is in your mind. I used Nicorette gum from Walmart.

Posted by: Braenyard
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I got a vape device. Hope to ditch it too, in time.

Posted by: JQ at February 11, 2026 01:21 AM (rdVOm)

299 Saw Primus open for the Greatest Rock Band EVER!!! RUSH!!!! in 1993 at Wembley Arena in London. Mostly Euro crown, of course, but lots of 'Muricans and Canuks too. Primus did not impress the crowd much. Most just politely waited till RUSH showed up. Some didn't ('Murica!!).

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at February 11, 2026 01:22 AM (sAmhv)

300 The last payphones I saw at an airport, would not take cash/coins-- credit card only.
Posted by: JQ at February 11, 2026 01:20 AM (rdVOm)

Prepaid card?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 11, 2026 01:23 AM (8zz6B)

301
Heh, in the early days, one of the biggest motivations for public pay phones was phone bums, people coming in places of business who had telephones and begging to use the phone.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at February 11, 2026 01:24 AM (w6EFb)

302 Prepaid card?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
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Back then, yes. I used to use prepaid long distance cards regularly when travelling.

Are those even available anymore?

Posted by: JQ at February 11, 2026 01:26 AM (rdVOm)

303
I was thinking of that, steal or otherwise commandeer somebody else's phone, so random one somewhere.

The trouble with that, is you expose yourself to more things that can identify you or otherwise go wrong. If you stick somebody up at gunpoint for his phone, you're gonna leave evidence of some sort, even if you're willing to kill the victim. And that makes a murder you've just committed.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at February 11, 2026 01:27 AM (w6EFb)

304 I remember an old crime drama on TV where the cops track down a landline phone to find another phone that had been “acoustically coupled” (with duct tape) to another phone (just putting the mouthpiece of one handset to the earpiece of the other, etc.) so when they got to that location the caller was somewhere else, and had already hung up. I suppose you could do that with a sequence of burner phones. What do you think?

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at February 11, 2026 01:28 AM (dhHpw)

305 I got laid off from Collins Radio as part of the financial fiasco that led to Art losing control of the company and it being absorbed into what wss then North American Rockwell. What triggered it was "reach exceeding grasp". Collins built radios, yes, but also microwave and carrier comm equipment AND mini-computers. Everybody remembers DEC minis, but Collins 8300 series were a close second in sales..Art had this vision for a big "mainframe" computer and set about designing it. He played some financial.games,like capitalizing development costs, which, when the C-system (its name) didn't ship on time, caused the board to replace him and sell the company to NA Rockwell. In the lead up to this, the company did the usual, shed employees and their associated cost. "10% across the board" went on for almost 2 months before they got around to me. There were 17 engineers and tech and a manager and secretary in the dept when I joined. After I left, they had one more layoff and were down to 8 people including the manager with no secretary. (contd)

Posted by: buddhaha at February 11, 2026 01:29 AM (wTg85)

306 Day 4 without a cigarette, and I still haven't hurt anyone!
Posted by: JQ

Gut it out. Quitting cigarettes is worth it. You probably have a few weeks of bumpy sailing and then after that it gets easier, easier and easier. Then one day you wake up and you haven't smoked for 15 years

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at February 11, 2026 01:29 AM (XTs+8)

307 Back then, yes. I used to use prepaid long distance cards regularly when travelling.

Are those even available anymore?
Posted by: JQ at February 11, 2026 01:26 AM (rdVOm)

I had a telco "calling card" which charged payphone calls to my home phone. I think I dialed "9" to get card calling service, then at a prompt, punched in my phone number plus the 4-digit calling card id.

But I was thinking prepaid debit card, bought for cash at a bodega.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 11, 2026 01:30 AM (8zz6B)

308 Back when phone cords had real wire, instead of foil-wrapped nylon... I cut one end off a trimline line cord & put alligator clips on it. Took it outside to my landline box and clipped it to the terminals. Yep, I could dial out.
Just a silly thing-- an experiment.

Posted by: JQ at February 11, 2026 01:33 AM (rdVOm)

309 Indian Motorcycles has been sold to a private equity company in who specialty is real estate. Prediction: this is not going to end well.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at February 11, 2026 01:34 AM (XTs+8)

310 Good evening ladies & gentlemen. I am late checking on the world of Morons due to online shopping for my summer clothes. Which I just felt like doing because I was a bit productive today, not a lot or enough to brag about.

I have had very little energy today because I woke at 0300 for 90min of lying in bed and being irritated. This typically indicates stress,and we've had a stressful past week and now the baby girl has a cold. Bless her, due to her siblings her immune system is going to be fantastic. However I hate it when babies are sick because my nurse brain spins through stuff that probably won't happen and I wake at 3am.

To make things more wonky I had an earwig of the Sultan's of Swing at 3am (since T Rex brought up Dire Straits). I don't know why. I like them but don't listen to them a lot except in the summers on the deck. Finally I got that off my mind with another song, read a bit, and went back to sleep.

I got sleep but this always irritates me and casts a spell on me for part of the rest of the day.

On the bright side the weather is going to get wetter, with added snowpack in the mountains and maybe snow here next week. Lookin' up!

https://tinyurl.com/y8aeum8m

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at February 11, 2026 01:36 AM (WONhk)

311 Back when phone cords had real wire, instead of foil-wrapped nylon... I cut one end off a trimline line cord & put alligator clips on it. Took it outside to my landline box and clipped it to the terminals. Yep, I could dial out.
Just a silly thing-- an experiment.
Posted by: JQ at February 11, 2026 01:33 AM (rdVOm)

You reinvented the lineman's handset.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 11, 2026 01:36 AM (8zz6B)

312 I used to drink whiskey with Lemmy in Hollywood or on the Sunset Strip or whatever you want to call it, at the Rainbow and he was an interesting character.

Motorhead was the loudest concert I have ever witnessed. Heh.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at February 11, 2026 12:49 AM (xFfhU)

We used to bring him to a local bar he liked when they were in the area. They had pool tables, and lemmy liked playing pool. yeah, he was interesting. Pretty mellow dude.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at February 11, 2026 01:37 AM (snZF9)

313 I heard from a friend of friend that back in the day you could call long distance collect from a payphone to another payphone. The open sesame words were, "yes, I accept the long distance charges."

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at February 11, 2026 01:37 AM (XTs+8)

314 Indian Motorcycles has been sold to a private equity company in who specialty is real estate. Prediction: this is not going to end well.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at February 11, 2026 01:34 AM (XTs+

Oh they are fucked if thats the case.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at February 11, 2026 01:38 AM (snZF9)

315 You reinvented the lineman's handset.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
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That's how I got the idea!

Posted by: JQ at February 11, 2026 01:38 AM (rdVOm)

316 For me, a lot of smoking was the the ritual.
Hand to mouth, the ritual of taking a drag.
The lighter, and cup of coffee.
It was my nemesis, my adversary working to defeat me. The brain is spoiled and wants its way.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 11, 2026 01:40 AM (/LXUT)

317 Oh they are fucked if thats the case.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division

This news arrived on my PC just as I was thinking hard about upgrading from the beastly Honda 125 to an Indian Scout because they come in the greatest blue color I've seen in a long time. Now I don't know what to do. I'll probably just buy a big boy kit for the Honda. I am really bummed.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at February 11, 2026 01:41 AM (XTs+8)

318 Is there any parts commonality between any of the current offerings from HD, Indian, and Victory?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 11, 2026 01:42 AM (8zz6B)

319 >>For me, a lot of smoking was the the ritual.
Hand to mouth, the ritual of taking a drag.
The lighter, and cup of coffee.
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Me too. The motions of it.

I don't even pick up the vape until *long after* I've had the first sips of coffee, or finished a meal. It's all about breaking the ritual.

Posted by: JQ at February 11, 2026 01:43 AM (rdVOm)

320 (contd)
The C-system was far ahead of its time, and that produced all the delay. It was a distributed processor system with individual computing sub-sections that could be physically separated and connected by a counter rotating ring packet data path on coax.
In 1969.
The concept didn't show up again until the late '90s with SONET.
I never formally met Art, but he did stick his head in a meeting on a military RFP that I was giving the presentation on. Sat in the back for about 20 minutes, then disappeared. EJ (my boss) told me who it was later. At the time I had no.idea who it was.
When Collins Radio was a much smaller company, Art ha established a tradition of handing out turkeys at Thanksgiving. By the time I got there the company was way to.large for this, but he gave every employee a $10 check (which would buy a good sized bird back them, out of his own, personal (not company) account.

Posted by: buddhaha at February 11, 2026 01:44 AM (wTg85)

321 Regarding bass players, in my non-professional opinion, their beat is the one I dance to, or the down beat. And, in my primitive thinking, they lead the drummer.

I also dated a bass player before I moved West; and the one in the original Jethro Tull picked me out of a crowd one summer night (Jeffrey Hammond Hammond).

I tend to like bass players but married an acoustic guitar guy (his hobby, but very good). He plays by ear, both piano and guitar.

I took piano lessons for seven years and he can simply hear a song and sit down and play it. I endured years of practice, and my second piano teacher had rancid breath and whacked my hands with a wooden ruler now and then. I had to sometimes play with a pencil in my fingers.I was not fond of it but ok when left alone. I had one grand recital onstage, played it perfectly and informed my mother I was never doing that again.

My husband taught me fun chords I like better.

I need to go to bed and hope to sleep through the night. I want to get done with all of my inside stuff so I can play in the snow next week (I hope). Hope y'all are doing well.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at February 11, 2026 01:46 AM (WONhk)

322 Well, I am getting real sleepy. Off to the rack, I go. Night, Horde.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 11, 2026 01:50 AM (8zz6B)

323 You reinvented the lineman's handset.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
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Otherwise known as a Butt-in or The Old Buttinski.

Posted by: buddhaha at February 11, 2026 01:50 AM (wTg85)

324 I heard from a friend of friend that back in the day you could call long distance collect from a payphone to another payphone. The open sesame words were, "yes, I accept the long distance charges."
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram
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Highly unlikely. Pay phones have unique numbers,like 9700 up. A long distance operator would recognize the called # as a payphone.

Posted by: buddhaha at February 11, 2026 01:54 AM (wTg85)

325 Oh they are fucked if thats the case.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division

This news arrived on my PC just as I was thinking hard about upgrading from the beastly Honda 125 to an Indian Scout because they come in the greatest blue color I've seen in a long time. Now I don't know what to do. I'll probably just buy a big boy kit for the Honda. I am really bummed.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at February 11, 2026 01:41 AM (XTs+

I always though they had a future if polaris stayed as the owner. I had a chance to peek inside a few of the engines. They seemed solid from I could see. The parts looked well made. Different engineering than a harley. Harleys use roller bearings for the rods, the indian has the babbitt bearings like a car. I don't really think it matters if indian sold out as long as parts stay available. There isn't many places that work on them anyway, so if you're nowhere near a dealer you're fucked anyway.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at February 11, 2026 01:55 AM (snZF9)

326 226 Leads me to suspect that this wasn’t a relative as perp, but rather someone with Mexican cartel experience. They might think they could get away with it.
Posted by: Tom Servo

I've thought Mexican cartel from the very first. Although today I switched to that fat and bald Sen. Kelly, as that's who looks like messed with the camera. And Savannah called him first. Mostly because I dislike him.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at February 11, 2026 01:56 AM (WONhk)

327 I have never had a cigarette. Wasn't my gateway drug, lol. Nasty things.

Posted by: Dark Litigator at February 11, 2026 01:57 AM (KAi1n)

328 Is there any parts commonality between any of the current offerings from HD, Indian, and Victory?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 11, 2026 01:42 AM (8zz6B)

I'll say tires, thats about it. Maybe bulbs.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at February 11, 2026 01:57 AM (snZF9)

329 I have never had a cigarette. Wasn't my gateway drug, lol. Nasty things.
Posted by: Dark Litigator
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Lucky you!

Posted by: JQ at February 11, 2026 01:58 AM (rdVOm)

330 Me too. The motions of it.

I don't even pick up the vape until *long after* I've had the first sips of coffee, or finished a meal. It's all about breaking the ritual.

Posted by: JQ at February 11, 2026 01:43 AM (rdVOm)

Have you ever had a stress test?

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at February 11, 2026 02:00 AM (snZF9)

331 Cigarettes don't generally smell like skunk, though. So they got that going for them. LOL.

Posted by: JQ at February 11, 2026 02:00 AM (rdVOm)

332 Have you ever had a stress test?
Posted by: Bers
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We talked about this the other night, Bers. No, I haven't but will speak with Dr. about it when I see him next month.

Posted by: JQ at February 11, 2026 02:01 AM (rdVOm)

333 Have you ever had a stress test?
Posted by: Bers
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We talked about this the other night, Bers. No, I haven't but will speak with Dr. about it when I see him next month.

Posted by: JQ at February 11, 2026 02:01 AM (rdVOm)

If you're getting winded on stairs you really should have a stress test.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at February 11, 2026 02:04 AM (snZF9)

334 Day 4 without a cigarette, and I still haven't hurt anyone!
Posted by: JQ
- - -
When you get a craving, don't smoke it, chew on it.
The unpleasantness will jolt that crave right out of you.

Posted by: Unhelpful advice from Pavlov's cat at February 11, 2026 02:05 AM (MXTw0)

335 If you're getting winded on stairs you really should have a stress test.
Posted by: Berserker
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Yes, Dad. LOL. You're right.

Posted by: JQ at February 11, 2026 02:06 AM (rdVOm)

336 331 Cigarettes don't generally smell like skunk, though. So they got that going for them. LOL.
Posted by: JQ at February 11, 2026 02:00 AM (rdVOm)

Still not asleep.

Why does pot smell like skunk now? It didn't use to and I should know. Is there a reason? Granted I am not smoking anything ever again unless I knew who grew it.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at February 11, 2026 02:08 AM (WONhk)

337 When you get a craving, don't smoke it, chew on it.
The unpleasantness will jolt that crave right out of you.
Posted by: Unhelpful advice from Pavlov's cat
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Hmm. But I *have* chewed on cigarette tobacco & didn't find it so awful. Not that I enjoyed it-- was just wetting & bruising it to apply to hornet sting.

Posted by: JQ at February 11, 2026 02:08 AM (rdVOm)

338 Finally finished watching all the videos in the OP, though not all in the comments. Of course I still love Primus's "Wynonna's Big Brown Beaver." Did not care for "Overkill"; maybe Motörhead just isn't for me. Iron Maiden's "Fear Of The Dark" was a close miss; I could see the appeal, and I appreciated the technical skill in each aspect both individually and in combination, but the song just didn't tickle my brain right. And Ralph's Banjo Special was a big miss, because (IMO) music without vocals needs context to lend it emotional weight, and I had no connection to anything that was going on there.

Posted by: SciVo at February 11, 2026 02:10 AM (Sy6m/)

339 >>Why does pot smell like skunk now? It didn't use to and I should know.
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Good question! I have no idea. Sucks.

Posted by: JQ at February 11, 2026 02:11 AM (rdVOm)

340 Its only 2:12?

Posted by: Skip at February 11, 2026 02:12 AM (Ia/+0)

341 Why does pot smell like skunk now? It didn't use to and I should know. Is there a reason? Granted I am not smoking anything ever again unless I knew who grew it.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at February 11, 2026 02:08 AM (WONhk)

Because its goooood. lol

Not the crap from yesteryear .

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at February 11, 2026 02:15 AM (snZF9)

342 . I don't really think it matters if indian sold out as long as parts stay available. There isn't many places that work on them anyway, so if you're nowhere near a dealer you're fucked anyway.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division

From Las Cruces, El Paso has both dealerships so that's 50 MI. Then there's Albuquerque that's 3 hours and then there's Tucson and that's 4 hours. I consider all of those options as being soundly fucked. The good news is we haven't really solid Harley/ Indian independent shop here in Las Cruces.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at February 11, 2026 02:17 AM (8ZVmQ)

343 Why does pot smell like skunk now?

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at February 11, 2026 02:08 AM (WONhk)
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This may explain it:

https://tinyurl.com/4y4my7ru

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at February 11, 2026 02:20 AM (gK5jz)

344 >>Because its goooood.
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Yeah, yeah, that's all we hear -- about how POTENT it is now. Great!

But *what* did they do to it?

Posted by: JQ at February 11, 2026 02:21 AM (rdVOm)

345 Bass. Specifically electric bass.
Did you ever hear of Charles Berthoud?
He has a pretty successful ewetoob channel, and he does perform live as well.
Good intro in a couple of minutes:
https://youtu.be/y9UTShorzKQ

Posted by: buddhaha at February 11, 2026 02:21 AM (wTg85)

346 I got bored at 10:30. I went down to the pub for a beer. And now I'm back. And the cops still haven't come up with living Nancy Guthrie. This is not a good sign. Whoever that dude is the cops picked up is literally having the worst night of his life. The good news, If he is the perp and he most likely is, it's all downhill from here.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at February 11, 2026 02:22 AM (8ZVmQ)

347 Cross-posted with BD... Thank you.

Doesn't explain *how* they did it, but yeah. Guess it's just GMO?

Posted by: JQ at February 11, 2026 02:25 AM (rdVOm)

348 When you get a craving, don't smoke it, chew on it.
The unpleasantness will jolt that crave right out of you.
Posted by: Unhelpful advice from Pavlov's cat
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Love makes the world go.round.
But, then again, so does a good swallow of tobacco juice.

Posted by: buddhaha at February 11, 2026 02:25 AM (wTg85)

349 Sweet dreams Horde, I have been lurking about for a while and I must get horizontal. Got lost in a ton of music tonight, it is snowing outside. I love you guys.

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at February 11, 2026 02:26 AM (0nHVk)

350 >>>But *what* did they do to it?
Posted by: JQ
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It's that old priest and his pollen work.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 11, 2026 02:26 AM (/LXUT)

351 THC must stink?

Posted by: JQ at February 11, 2026 02:27 AM (rdVOm)

352 Why does pot smell like skunk now? It didn't use to and I should know. Is there a reason? Granted I am not smoking anything ever again unless I knew who grew it.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at February 11, 2026 02:08 AM (WONhk)

Well, we may have to parse things out by the decade. Skunkweed was for sure a thing by the '90s; it is not new. But of course it was cheap, since no one would pay a premium to smell bad. What is the context? If it's street people, there you go.

Posted by: SciVo at February 11, 2026 02:27 AM (Sy6m/)

353 It's that old priest and his pollen work.
Posted by: Braenyard
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And that's *all* that happened? Just hybridizing? I guess after so many decades...

Posted by: JQ at February 11, 2026 02:29 AM (rdVOm)

354 Yeah, yeah, that's all we hear -- about how POTENT it is now. Great!

But *what* did they do to it?

Posted by: JQ at February 11, 2026 02:21 AM (rdVOm)

Stuff that friends of mine grew 40 years ago smelled like skunk and would knock you on your ass. I think the word we're looking for is fresh. When I was in school weed was crap, probably wasn't even grown here. There was some better stuff, but usually it was crap. Probably came from some ditch in mexico. No care in the growing, harvesting, curing, zip, nada. These days its an art form.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at February 11, 2026 02:32 AM (snZF9)

355 (I do not actually know if it was cheap; I have no personal financial transactions in the '90s to base that on, just supposition based on people with money preferring to smell good.)

Posted by: SciVo at February 11, 2026 02:32 AM (Sy6m/)

356 First time I encountered a skunky-smelling weed, was about 1979 or 80.

One of the people I smoked it with, was allergic to belladonna and was hospitalized shortly after smoking it.

I've wondered ever since, if there was some factor other than breeding involved.

Posted by: JQ at February 11, 2026 02:32 AM (rdVOm)

357 I've wondered ever since, if there was some factor other than breeding involved.
Posted by: JQ

I'm guessing you are referring to a preference to wearing overalls without a shirt type of breeding involvement.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at February 11, 2026 02:34 AM (8ZVmQ)

358 Bers @354--

Now THAT is the closest thing to a reasonable explanation that I've read! Thank you. Makes sense.

Still, I keep thinking about that friend and his allergy...

Posted by: JQ at February 11, 2026 02:35 AM (rdVOm)

359 I'm guessing you are referring to a preference to wearing overalls without a shirt type of breeding involvement.
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram
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Sorry if I used the wrong word.

Posted by: JQ at February 11, 2026 02:35 AM (rdVOm)

360 Dr. Brae says, stress test and associated CT Scan with and without contrast. If your cardiologist does not order that. Get another cardiologist.
Post haste.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 11, 2026 02:38 AM (/LXUT)

361 Scuuuuuuuuse me!

Posted by: JQ at February 11, 2026 02:38 AM (rdVOm)

362 Dr. Brae says, stress test and associated CT Scan with and without contrast. If your cardiologist does not order that. Get another cardiologist.
Post haste.
Posted by: Braenyard
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Noted. Thank you!

Posted by: JQ at February 11, 2026 02:39 AM (rdVOm)

363 Bers @354--

Now THAT is the closest thing to a reasonable explanation that I've read! Thank you. Makes sense.

Still, I keep thinking about that friend and his allergy...

Posted by: JQ at February 11, 2026 02:35 AM (rdVOm)

The other thing is the crap weed from years ago had seeds, lots of seeds. Thats from slobs not killing off the male plants in time, and there were always more male than female plants for some reason. Once they pollinate the female plants the females start making seeds and stop growing buds, or the basically the buds stop growing. Friends of mine that had large females years ago ended up with super weed, not the commercial crap that was around back then. We had shit from california one time that was off the charts, because the growers knew their shit. Its not like this super weed is new, its just waaaay more common now. Breeding definitely has improved and growers are constantly coming up with new strains. It most likely is definitely improved, but its much closer to shit that was grown the right way years ago compared to the crap.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at February 11, 2026 02:45 AM (snZF9)

364 I learned a long time ago, that weed was dioecious & male plants were ripped out with extreme prejudice, LOL. But didn't know anyone personally what grew.

Still-- the *freshness* angle makes a lot of sense. Now that one can just go to a store instead of making a few calls and driving across town and hoping to buy some stuff that was smuggled from who knows where, who knows when...

Posted by: JQ at February 11, 2026 02:53 AM (rdVOm)

365 Guess what we got on that fateful day, was some fresh homegrown crap that was *enhanced* for cred & future sales. (?)

Posted by: JQ at February 11, 2026 02:57 AM (rdVOm)

366 I just saw the video of the guthrie suspect. Ain't no way that's an American carrying a gun that way. That's a Mexican thing. Hispanic, I should say. Could it be cartel related?

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at February 11, 2026 02:59 AM (Ezs10)

367 So anyway..

Yay! I'm not nicotine free YET, but am on the way to better health.

Posted by: JQ at February 11, 2026 02:59 AM (rdVOm)

368 I mean, I wouldn't think they'd want to get involved with a celebrity, but maybe they didn't know, just noticed sn elderly lady living alone? Or could someone in the family be in debt to them, or screwed them over somehow?

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at February 11, 2026 03:01 AM (Ezs10)

369 To cap off the evening, a highly unusual FAA shutdown of airspace over El Paso and a part of southern NM for *10 days*, already in effect, no prior notice (reportedly) to civilian or military aviation. National security rationale, unspecified.

Will enjoy seeing what this is all about.

Posted by: rhomboid at February 11, 2026 03:02 AM (U/Byj)

370
[Top photo: Matterhorn, Switzerland]

The Anti-Matterhorn is located at the antipode of the Matterhorn.

Oh, sure, it's beneath the Pacific Ocean but nevertheless, it is there.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at February 11, 2026 03:04 AM (xG4kz)

371
Will enjoy seeing what this is all about.
Posted by: rhomboid
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It's Alteria and that Indian.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 11, 2026 03:07 AM (/LXUT)

372 Posted by: rhomboid at February 11, 2026 03:02 AM (U/Byj)

You always have the most interesting information.

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at February 11, 2026 03:08 AM (Ezs10)

373 RE: El Paso

MAGSx702@MAGSx702 . 6m . Replying to AZ_Intel_

In Arizona

Guthries Mom gets kidnapped

Law Enforcement helicopter gets shot down and 2 Officers died

2 Feds get shot the next day

Now in El Paso there is an airspace shutdown?

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 11, 2026 03:14 AM (/LXUT)

374 Now in El Paso there is an airspace shutdown?
....................................
Awiens

Posted by: Cute fuzzy kitten at February 11, 2026 03:24 AM (sAmhv)

375 Couldn't find anything on a helicopter or two feds getting shot.

Air confirmation from AZ intel, OSINTtechnical.
Mexico is excluded.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 11, 2026 03:25 AM (/LXUT)

376 It's from the surface to 17,999 feet.
It's all photo copies no text.
It's got the FAA Seal on the notification.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 11, 2026 03:31 AM (/LXUT)

377 It appears that a plane may route over El Paso as long as it stays above 17999 ft.
Why didn't they say 18000 ft.?

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 11, 2026 03:38 AM (/LXUT)

378 Is there a lot of cartel traffic through El Paso/Juarez?

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at February 11, 2026 03:42 AM (Ezs10)

379 The helicopter incident was up north near Flagstaff, iirc. Last week.

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at February 11, 2026 03:43 AM (Ezs10)

380 Only cat naps since 2:15

Posted by: Skip at February 11, 2026 03:45 AM (Ia/+0)

381 So they're worried about smaller planes, I assume? Not big commercial types?

How high does something like a Lear jet go?

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at February 11, 2026 03:45 AM (Ezs10)

382 I'll look but off hand close to 30K.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 11, 2026 03:58 AM (/LXUT)

383 Search Assist

Lear jets typically cruise at altitudes around 41,000 to 51,000 feet, depending on the specific model and flight conditions. Flying at these altitudes helps improve fuel efficiency and avoid commercial air traffic.
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Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 11, 2026 04:01 AM (/LXUT)

384 TECH THREAD IS NOOD

Posted by: Skip at February 11, 2026 04:05 AM (Ia/+0)

385 Isn't 51K ft close to leaving the atmosphere?\

Search Assist

The Kármán line, widely accepted as the boundary of space, is at 100 kilometers (62 miles) above sea level, which is much higher than 51,000 feet (about 9.7 miles). Therefore, 51,000 feet is not close to leaving the atmosphere.
Wikipedia

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 11, 2026 04:06 AM (/LXUT)

386 There's no such thing as a mentally ill, homicidal tranny.

Only vampires. Get with the program!

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at February 11, 2026 04:17 AM (xFfhU)

387 ... a grenade launching gun...

The technical term is "line-thrower".

Posted by: waepnedmann at February 11, 2026 05:35 AM (+3lgn)

388 last night I was watching the skiing competition and NBC breaks in with announcement of a person of interest by the Pima County people NBC spent alot of minutes discussing what this means. they were so careful to note it is not the FBI just the local sheriff and also they did not ARREST the suspect just a person of interest detained for questioning. my reaction is this I had absolutely no idea who Nancy Guthrie is prior to this event and Savannah Guthrie is a morning time host but married to a fixer public relations firm Michael Feldman. There are dozens of stories that occur worldwide 24/7 why THIS STORY is the one they fixate on?

Posted by: paulnjax at February 11, 2026 07:06 AM (PPnyU)

389 Sen Mullin must ensure that those here illegally with minors face the same penalties as citizen paremts who immerse their children in a life of crime. That would include being supervised by caseworker and facing charges for corrupting their minors.
Also, the minor should not be able to sponsor the criminal parent.

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