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Thursday Overnight Open Thread - February 12, 2026 [Doof]
From the "You Can't Make This Up" Files
For reference, this is how we vote in the US House:
— Rep. Michael Cloud (@RepMichaelCloud) February 12, 2026
1) Insert photo ID
2) Press button https://t.co/55VpURwaTh pic.twitter.com/yNVsyCBKib
(H/T: Kindltot in comments earlier today) Drunk man's penis freezes to icy pavement during arrest on night out
A man's penis froze to the ground outside a bar while he was being arrested during a night out. Blake McPhee was restrained after allegedly becoming involved in a fight at the East Village Pub & Eatery in Fort McMurray, Canada. The fracas spilled out onto the street where temperatures had plunged to below freezing. During a struggle with police and security, McPhee's trousers and pants fell off. His manhood got stuck to the icy pavement. It is reported McPhee was stuck to the ground like this for around 20 minutes. Police and security guards had to force the man up - leaving some skin behind in the process - in order to remove him from the ice, it is understood. *** McPhee has since seen the funny side as he wrote on Facebook: "Man, I don't know how I get myself in these f***** up situations...Guess that's what I get for being a drunk lunatic at a bar." He added: "Gone are the days a feller can get his wiener frozen f*** solid to the ground without it going viral. Anyways glad I can be of some entertainment and back to making headlines. Gunna go crawl inside a hole and cry myself to sleep now. (P.s sorry ma)."Thankfully there are no photos of his frozen junk at the link. ----- Here's a much better story about a human appendage. Woman’s Prosthetic Leg Swept Out to Sea Is Thrilled its Been Found 10 Months Later
A woman whose new prosthetic leg was swept out to sea is “over the moon” after she found it 10 months later, it having been swept right back to the beach where she lost it. Last April, 69-year-old Brenda Ogden lost her custom-made titanium blade-style prosthesis moments before a swim in the North Sea. She was posing for a picture with a swimming group she was a part of when a huge wave knocked them all down and took her titanium blade back out to sea with it. Ogden had her leg amputated below the knee five years earlier following a horrific car crash. The now-retired nurse revealed she waited for over a year to get the false leg, and had only had the blade for a week before the disaster on the beach. “The leg was specially made to allow me to access water easily,” Ogden told England’s Southwest News Service. “I had never swum in the sea before that day and it was on my bucket list to do so.”Check out the whole story at the link. ----- Well discussed here at AOSHQ has been the current state of colleges and universities. Woke curricula coupled with skyrocketing costs. Students saddled with crippling debt upon graduation. More and more people are turning to trade schools. My own son decided to enter into an HVAC apprenticeship a few years ago. He's making great money and loves what he does. The Mike Rowe Works Foundation was created to advocate for trades and even provides scholarships regularly. Check out this surprisingly fair report from NBC News
(H/T: NR Pax in comments yesterday)
----- Born on this date in 1952:
Grammy Award winning American singer and songwriter Michael McDonald, who with The Doobie Brothers had the 1979 US No.1 single 'What A Fool Believes', and the 1993 UK No.7 single 'Long Train Runnin'. He began his career singing back-up vocals with Steely Dan and has also worked with Kenny Loggins, David Cassidy, Van Halen, Patti LaBelle, Aretha Franklin and Toto.
Born on this date in 1950:
Steve Hackett, guitarist who had the, 1974 UK No.21 single 'I Know What I Like In Your Wardrobe', with Genesis who he quit in 1977 for solo work. Hackett co-founded the supergroup GTR with Steve Howe in 1986 and then returned to his solo career.
Comments
(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: mindful webworker - it's what they do at February 12, 2026 10:00 PM (6hyzx)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 12, 2026 10:01 PM (7X7ea)
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at February 12, 2026 10:01 PM (rii+a)
Posted by: mindful webworker - red, white, and blue at February 12, 2026 10:02 PM (6hyzx)
Posted by: Pima County Sheriff Chris at February 12, 2026 10:03 PM (nWPIJ)
Posted by: Tonypete at February 12, 2026 10:03 PM (cYBz/)
Posted by: OrangeEnt at February 12, 2026 10:04 PM (uQesX)
I think there might be better methods. Did they just do that to him on purpose, perhaps?
Posted by: mindful webworker - rrrriiiipppp at February 12, 2026 10:04 PM (6hyzx)
Posted by: Bulg at February 12, 2026 10:04 PM (77rzZ)
Posted by: tankdemon at February 12, 2026 10:04 PM (g44G9)
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at February 12, 2026 10:04 PM (ZVgZ4)
Posted by: Diogenes at February 12, 2026 10:05 PM (2WIwB)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at February 12, 2026 10:05 PM (nWPIJ)
Posted by: Bulg at February 12, 2026 10:04 PM (77rzZ)
Ha! Go figure, I don't like my crackers to have the texture of raw twine.
Posted by: Doof at February 12, 2026 10:05 PM (QMAsf)
Posted by: tankdemon at February 12, 2026 10:06 PM (g44G9)
Posted by: Outlaw Ron Bass at February 12, 2026 10:06 PM (uQesX)
1) Insert photo ID
2) Press button
Who was the one Democrat who
Posted by: mikeski at February 12, 2026 10:06 PM (VHUov)
Posted by: Piper at February 12, 2026 10:06 PM (Wmg4n)
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at February 12, 2026 10:07 PM (ZVgZ4)
Thanks for the ONT, btw.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at February 12, 2026 10:07 PM (zZu0s)
Swimming in the North Sea with one leg - bitching
Better be a man to have that woman.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 12, 2026 10:07 PM (7X7ea)
Posted by: Blake McPhee at February 12, 2026 10:07 PM (ZTJjv)
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at February 12, 2026 10:07 PM (xDN0i)
Always play your new song for other people before you decide on the title. He says that because the Doobie Brothers biggest hit is 'Long Train Runnin' but everyone *thinks* it's "What A Fool Believes" because that's the actual hook from the song.
*He also gave that advice to a few thousand other people at that concert.
Posted by: KCSteve at February 12, 2026 10:07 PM (2+WvJ)
Posted by: Bulg at February 12, 2026 10:04 PM (77rzZ)
Wait…this may change a few things…triscuit hater? I hope this is a blasphemous rumor!
Posted by: Piper at February 12, 2026 10:08 PM (Wmg4n)
Posted by: Bulg at February 12, 2026 10:08 PM (77rzZ)
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at February 12, 2026 10:08 PM (ZVgZ4)
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Nope. And I'm a HUGE Rush fan--I saw them twice 20 years apart.
Perhaps the best album ever recorded was "Animals" by Pink Floyd.
Or perhaps it was "Hotel California". Or "The White Album".
"Moving Pictures" was epic, but I prefer "Exit Stage Left" when it comes to Rush albums.
Posted by: Crusader at February 12, 2026 10:08 PM (Cjcf6)
Posted by: Blake McPhee at February 12, 2026 10:07 PM (ZTJjv)
IIRC, King David kept some on hand.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at February 12, 2026 10:08 PM (zZu0s)
Posted by: I.C. Wiener at February 12, 2026 10:09 PM (gKWVE)
Posted by: Blake McPhee at February 12, 2026 10:07 PM (ZTJjv)
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Native Americans used their foreskins as strings for their mighty bows. They let nothing go to waste.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at February 12, 2026 10:09 PM (nWPIJ)
Wikipedia
Posted by: mindful webworker - brilliant at February 12, 2026 10:09 PM (6hyzx)
Posted by: Diogenes at February 12, 2026 10:09 PM (2WIwB)
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at February 12, 2026 10:10 PM (ZVgZ4)
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As long as we have modernity we'll have HVAC and commodes.
Long be the warm in winter.
Long be the cool in summer.
I would post a song but you wouldn't like it.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 12, 2026 10:10 PM (7X7ea)
Posted by: Tonypete at February 12, 2026 10:10 PM (cYBz/)
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at February 12, 2026 10:10 PM (S/Y4j)
Posted by: Mr. Alu Fods at February 12, 2026 10:10 PM (fQsGr)
Posted by: Crusader at February 12, 2026 10:08 PM (Cjcf6)
Live albums are a whole separate discussion
Posted by: Doof at February 12, 2026 10:11 PM (QMAsf)
Posted by: tankdemon at February 12, 2026 10:11 PM (g44G9)
Posted by: Tom Servo at February 12, 2026 10:11 PM (otNgF)
Posted by: Bulg at February 12, 2026 10:12 PM (77rzZ)
Posted by: Mr. Alu Fods at February 12, 2026 10:10 PM (fQsGr)
Hey there - good to see you here on the ONT. Thanks for stopping by!
Posted by: Doof at February 12, 2026 10:12 PM (QMAsf)
Jorge Bonilla
@BonillaJL
Thus @ABCWorldNews sums up President Trump's repeal of the EPA endangerment finding: Trump gave up the power to regulate climate, he has rejected the science, and he will kill you
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at February 12, 2026 10:12 PM (J+Psw)
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at February 12, 2026 10:08 PM (ZVgZ4)
They also sang Where Is My Mind
Posted by: Kindltot at February 12, 2026 10:12 PM (rbvCR)
Posted by: Scarlett O'Hara at February 12, 2026 10:12 PM (vk6fe)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at February 12, 2026 10:09 PM (nWPIJ)
While they were still attached?
Damn.
That would have made sex odd. Unstrung the bow, sure, but like running with shoelaces untied...
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at February 12, 2026 10:12 PM (zZu0s)
How many Dutchmen does it take to change a lightbulb?
CHANGE?!
Posted by: pookysgirl, mostly German at February 12, 2026 10:13 PM (Wt5PA)
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at February 12, 2026 10:13 PM (xDN0i)
Posted by: Blake McPhee
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Ask King Saul, I delivered a whole sack of them to him.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at February 12, 2026 10:13 PM (XeU6L)
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at February 12, 2026 10:13 PM (S/Y4j)
Posted by: tankdemon at February 12, 2026 10:11 PM (g44G9)
I was a little surprised that he had Runnin' With The Devil in there. The bass intro is a single repeating note. Kinda whelming.
Posted by: Doof at February 12, 2026 10:14 PM (QMAsf)
I wanted to let him know that I really do read the ONT every night. You guys are the best!
Posted by: Mr. Alu Fods at February 12, 2026 10:10 PM (fQsGr)
__________
Read??
(as dictated to my buxom, callipygic, leggy executive assistant with the posh English accent)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at February 12, 2026 10:14 PM (tgvbd)
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at February 12, 2026 10:14 PM (zZu0s)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc.
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Oops. Forgot David sock.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at February 12, 2026 10:14 PM (XeU6L)
Long bows, or short bows?
Posted by: Sandra Fluke at February 12, 2026 10:14 PM (Q+gd/)
Posted by: Bulg at February 12, 2026 10:08 PM (77rzZ)
My version of the joke was actually, "How many blondes does it take to screw in a lightbulb?
"Two, if they could figure out how tonget into the lightbulb."
Posted by: tankdemon at February 12, 2026 10:15 PM (g44G9)
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I'm surprised some of them can even find the congressional chambers without assigned drivers.
Posted by: Crusader at February 12, 2026 10:15 PM (Cjcf6)
Posted by: Bulg at February 12, 2026 10:15 PM (77rzZ)
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at February 12, 2026 10:13 PM (S/Y4j)
whigwife posted on cafe, or post before that. Whig made it through surgery and was resting comfortably.
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at February 12, 2026 10:15 PM (xDN0i)
Posted by: mindful webworker - O_o at February 12, 2026 10:15 PM (6hyzx)
Posted by: Piper at February 12, 2026 10:06 PM (Wmg4n)
Eclectic / random is fun. Feel free to try it on one of your fashion segments!
Posted by: Doof at February 12, 2026 10:15 PM (QMAsf)
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at February 12, 2026 10:13 PM (xDN0i
That crap is so close together that it makes no difference.
1) Chicken in a Biscuit
2) Saltines (full salt.)
All else.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at February 12, 2026 10:16 PM (zZu0s)
.. and pants "fell off".
Yeah. Right.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at February 12, 2026 10:16 PM (/lPRQ)
Posted by: Bulg at February 12, 2026 10:04 PM (77rzZ)
Ha! Go figure, I don't like my crackers to have the texture of raw twine.
Posted by: Doof at February 12, 2026 10:05 PM (QMAsf)
***
Triscuits rock! With slices of cheese (Cougar Gold Cheddar is best), meats, and a good wine, you're talking some good eatin'!
Posted by: Diogenes at February 12, 2026 10:16 PM (2WIwB)
I had to do a double take on that photo up top. The tree to the left of the barn (some distance back) at first appeared to be a mushroom cloud...
Glad the lady's prosthetic leg was found and returned!
Posted by: Legally Sufficient at February 12, 2026 10:17 PM (kB9dk)
*hefts axe*
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at February 12, 2026 10:14 PM (zZu0s)
*fistbump*
Shavings of firewood kindling somehow bound together and cut into squares.
Posted by: Doof at February 12, 2026 10:18 PM (QMAsf)
Posted by: Top Of The Food Chain at February 12, 2026 10:18 PM (oftw2)
2) Saltines (full salt.)
All else.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at February 12, 2026 10:16 PM (zZu0s)
Chicken in a Biscuit is pretty awesome. I agree.
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at February 12, 2026 10:18 PM (xDN0i)
2
One to screw in the light bulb and one to make the martinis.
Posted by: Opinion fact at February 12, 2026 10:18 PM (cwGMH)
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Wait. Don't go. I was going to make espresso!
Posted by: The Blind Hermit at February 12, 2026 10:18 PM (nWPIJ)
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IF I was stranded on the chips-and-crackers isle of a grocery store, there's more than 20 choices I'm make ahead of triscuits.
Posted by: Crusader at February 12, 2026 10:19 PM (Cjcf6)
Posted by: Doof at February 12, 2026 10:18 PM (QMAsf)
I've heard it is stuck together with commie saliva from thinking about real food, I have.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at February 12, 2026 10:19 PM (zZu0s)
I think there might be better methods. Did they just do that to him on purpose, perhaps?
Posted by: mindful webworker - rrrriiiipppp
Don't they have hair dryers in Canada?
Posted by: nerdygirl at February 12, 2026 10:19 PM (0Htd1)
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at February 12, 2026 10:19 PM (ZVgZ4)
Posted by: Diogenes
They each have their own votey box. Maybe they swap out the buttons? [si] [no] [aca] [que?]
I also wonder why they don't let the blind guys know they can cancel their votes.
(I assume that's what voting "open" does.)
Posted by: mikeski at February 12, 2026 10:19 PM (VHUov)
A one-legged swimmer.
(Or more commonly in the classic dad-joke version: "Illegitimate" 😏
Get it? One leg → "I-leg-it" → illegitimate.
I'll see myself out. 🏊♂️🦵
Posted by: mindful webworker - Grok is a Moron at February 12, 2026 10:20 PM (6hyzx)
Posted by: Bulg at February 12, 2026 10:20 PM (77rzZ)
Posted by: Bulg at February 12, 2026 10:04 PM (77rzZ)
Ha! Go figure, I don't like my crackers to have the texture of raw twine.
Posted by: Doof
But are you a fan of Grape Nuts cereal?
Posted by: nerdygirl at February 12, 2026 10:21 PM (0Htd1)
How many Amish does it take to screw in a lightbulb?
None, Amish don't use lightbulbs.
How many Menanite...
before the girl is considered a slut?
Posted by: tankdemon at February 12, 2026 10:21 PM (g44G9)
I had to do a double take on that photo up top. The tree to the left of the barn (some distance back) at first appeared to be a mushroom cloud...
Glad the lady's prosthetic leg was found and returned!
Posted by: Legally Sufficient at February 12, 2026 10:17 PM (kB9dk)
Erudite. Me?? What are you smoking tonight???
Posted by: Doof at February 12, 2026 10:21 PM (QMAsf)
Posted by: Piper at February 12, 2026 10:21 PM (Wmg4n)
Posted by: Cicero
"what barn whose barn my barn"
Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin On
Posted by: Jerry Lee Miklos at February 12, 2026 10:21 PM (AP7fj)
Posted by: nerdygirl at February 12, 2026 10:21 PM (0Htd1)
One step above BB's on the hardness scale. Pass.
Posted by: Doof at February 12, 2026 10:22 PM (QMAsf)
Posted by: Chatsworth Osborne, Jr at February 12, 2026 10:22 PM (0e5Te)
Posted by: mindful webworker at February 12, 2026 10:22 PM (6hyzx)
Hopefully, this is the last operation for the little guy's eye.
Posted by: Tonypete at February 12, 2026 10:22 PM (cYBz/)
Posted by: mindful webworker's monster at February 12, 2026 10:23 PM (6hyzx)
_______________________________
That voting machine looks way too complicated for the likes of Maxine Waters and Hank "hold on, the island is about to tip over" Johnson.
Ever see the IQ test in "Idiocracy"? Sticking the differently shaped blocks in the holes? There's no way Hank would figure out where to enter the ID card. Then he would be:
D I S E N F R A N C H I S E D ! ! !
Thankfully, both of them are too stupid to know if their vote counted or not. That involves numbers and reading.
Posted by: Orson at February 12, 2026 10:23 PM (dIske)
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at February 12, 2026 10:23 PM (xDN0i)
Posted by: The Mighty Lumberjack at February 12, 2026 10:23 PM (oftw2)
Posted by: nerdygirl at February 12, 2026 10:21 PM (0Htd1
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Don't sell its value as an industrial abrasive short.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at February 12, 2026 10:23 PM (nWPIJ)
Posted by: Doof
Er-U-Dite is a premium brand from the fine folks at Val-U-Rite.
Posted by: Connoisseurial Mikleuse at February 12, 2026 10:24 PM (AP7fj)
Just one. They grab the bulb and let the world revolve around them.
Posted by: mikeski at February 12, 2026 10:24 PM (VHUov)
Posted by: Piper at February 12, 2026 10:21 PM (Wmg4n)
You need help!
Posted by: Doof at February 12, 2026 10:24 PM (QMAsf)
Posted by: Tonypete
Good news. I have three adopted grandsons.
Posted by: Old Man Adams at February 12, 2026 10:25 PM (oftw2)
Posted by: Bulg at February 12, 2026 10:26 PM (77rzZ)
None. We are all sitting in the dark because of their dumb energy polcies.
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at February 12, 2026 10:26 PM (xDN0i)
Posted by: Piper at February 12, 2026 10:21 PM (Wmg4n)
You need help!
Posted by: Doof at February 1
Do you think there is someone out there willing to put it the time and effort that would take? Because I really don’t think so. 😂
Posted by: Piper at February 12, 2026 10:26 PM (Wmg4n)
Posted by: Miklos knows at least two at February 12, 2026 10:26 PM (AP7fj)
Nope. That's not even the best Rush album.
https://youtu.be/hzpDOB2JYKc&list=
PLXPYMcRIi2fHdvKx6Orw2ux9Lpj3tsBC2
Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at February 12, 2026 10:26 PM (syz1S)
Posted by: Bulg
You'da loved my Grandpa. Not literally of Dutch heritage but rather Pennsylvania Dutch - which many confuse with real ones.
After he passed and I had to clean out the farm and barns, I emptied one of barns that was full to the rafters of firewood and old empty plastic hanging baskets that held plants that gramma put on the porch. There were hundreds of them.
What the hell would anyone ever do with 100's of old . . ..
Posted by: Tonypete at February 12, 2026 10:27 PM (cYBz/)
Eight astronauts: A satirical take listing roles like an observational astronomer, theoretical astronomer, departmental head, engineer, programmer, mission control expert, remote observer, and a grad student to act as a scapegoat.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at February 12, 2026 10:27 PM (S/Y4j)
youtu.be/DfANFQOLGKA&t=17
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 12, 2026 10:27 PM (TiGPW)
1) Insert photo ID
2) Press button
Who was the one Democrat who accidentally hit the wrong button?
Posted by: mikeski
May have accidentally hit the wrong button.
Every vote has some outliers whether accidents or maverics.
What is really odd when you have a precinct, in Philly say, that has 1000+/- votes for Obama, a few here and there for third parties, and zero for that dufus Romney - statistically - fraud.
Or dozens +/- precincts.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at February 12, 2026 10:28 PM (/lPRQ)
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at February 12, 2026 10:28 PM (ZVgZ4)
Posted by: Common Tater at February 12, 2026 10:28 PM (SfY1i)
Jorge Bonilla
@BonillaJL
Thus @ABCWorldNews sums up President Trump's repeal of the EPA endangerment finding: Trump gave up the power to regulate climate, he has rejected the science, and he will kill you
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster!
None of this matters. We all died from mass starvation in the eighties. Paul Ehrlich warned us that it would happen, but nooo, we didn't listen.
Posted by: nerdygirl at February 12, 2026 10:28 PM (0Htd1)
Posted by: Bulg
*proffers soon-to-expire $50 Omaha Steaks discount card*
Posted by: Merciful Miklos at February 12, 2026 10:28 PM (AP7fj)
The opposite of what ever Trump says it takes.
Posted by: Opinion fact at February 12, 2026 10:28 PM (cwGMH)
Posted by: Bulg at February 12, 2026 10:29 PM (77rzZ)
Posted by: zombie cracker Andy Griffith at February 12, 2026 10:29 PM (xDN0i)
Posted by: Bulg at February 12, 2026 10:26 PM (77rzZ
Okay..that sounds exciting. 🤣 Are you using a probiotic cottage cheese to help your touchy gut biome? Have you considered adding some apple, something tart I would think, to this crazy concoction of yours? My instant thought was this needs hot sauce, but I know your tummy might not be okay with that.
Posted by: Piper at February 12, 2026 10:29 PM (Wmg4n)
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at February 12, 2026 10:30 PM (S/Y4j)
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at February 12, 2026 10:23 PM (xDN0i)
______________
I got regulated down to a single box of Smoked Cheddar Cheezits per week. Because, I'd eat a box a day if I thought I could get away with it and still fit through the front door.
Posted by: Orson at February 12, 2026 10:30 PM (dIske)
Q: How many Women's Studies professors does it take to screw in a light bulb?
A: 100. One to do it and 99 to write monographs on how the bulb is raping the socket.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at February 12, 2026 10:30 PM (tgvbd)
Posted by: tankdemon at February 12, 2026 10:11 PM (g44G9)
Running With the Devil is a great song, but the bass intro is pedestrian. I can probably think of a dozen songs that feature similar intros..
Posted by: Joe Kidd at February 12, 2026 10:31 PM (nbLIj)
When a Jewish person engages in that kind of outrageous hyperbole against DJT and ICE, I kinda feel like that seriously minimizes the enormity of the Holocaust atrocity. Just sayin.
Posted by: gp at February 12, 2026 10:31 PM (N8ZBc)
Just saying hi because I will undoubtedly crash soon.
Posted by: RI Red - who is now Somebody! at February 12, 2026 10:31 PM (7PD8l)
Posted by: gKWVE at February 12, 2026 10:31 PM (gKWVE)
Hopefully, this is the last operation for the little guy's eye.
Posted by: Tonypete at February 12, 2026 10:22 P
Great news! Glad he beat back the monsters.
Posted by: Piper at February 12, 2026 10:32 PM (Wmg4n)
Posted by: From about That Time at February 12, 2026 10:32 PM (sl73Y)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at February 12, 2026 10:12 PM (J+Psw)
Yes, Fake news ABC with David Muir lied that we are doomed because of increased CO2 caused by Trumps rollback of EPA regs.
Posted by: Joemarine at February 12, 2026 10:32 PM (y171U)
Posted by: zombie cracker Andy Griffith at February 12, 2026 10:29 PM (xDN0i)
The ridges on a Ritz line up very well with the ridges on a Reese's Peanut Butter Cup. Almost as if they were designed to be partnered.
Posted by: tankdemon at February 12, 2026 10:32 PM (g44G9)
Posted by: Bulg at February 12, 2026 10:32 PM (77rzZ)
Uh-oh, I'm gonna gain a hundred pounds if not careful...LOL.
Garlic Triscuits are the best! With swiss cheese and summer sausage...
brb
Posted by: JQ at February 12, 2026 10:33 PM (rdVOm)
Posted by: Bulg at February 12, 2026
Because I care about you!
Posted by: Piper at February 12, 2026 10:33 PM (Wmg4n)
Posted by: Doof at February 12, 2026 10:21 PM (QMAsf)
* * * *
*SNORT*
No smoking. Just trying to class the joint up a bit...
Posted by: Legally Sufficient at February 12, 2026 10:34 PM (kB9dk)
Posted by: JQ at February 12, 2026 10:34 PM (rdVOm)
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Hey Ace of Spades HQ commenters (you magnificent bastards, morons, and moronettes),
From one lurker/fan to the horde: thanks for keeping the lights on with your sharp takes, epic one-liners, caffeine-fueled rants, and the occasional ONT chaos. You make the internet a little less terrible every day.
Sleep well, recharge those sarcasm batteries, and may your dreams be free of blue-check nonsense and filled with winning lottery tickets (or at least decent memes).
Good night, horde. Don't let the bedbugs bite... unless they're wearing tiny Biden masks—then film it for the thread tomorrow.
Sweet dreams! 😴
______
Stupid AI. Didn't capitalize morons and moronettes!
https://youtu.be/hqmRF32xKQo
G'nite, y'all.
Posted by: mindful webworker - naturally supernatural at February 12, 2026 10:34 PM (6hyzx)
Posted by: scampydog at February 12, 2026 10:34 PM (41CYW)
Posted by: gp at February 12, 2026 10:35 PM (N8ZBc)
A: 100. One to do it and 99 to write monographs on how the bulb is raping the socket.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh
Who needs light bulbs with all the Therapy Candles?
Posted by: Miklos, who double majored in Women Study and Beer at February 12, 2026 10:35 PM (AP7fj)
Just saying hi because I will undoubtedly crash soon.
Posted by: RI Red - who is now Somebody! at February 12, 2026 10:31 PM (7PD8l)
Hey there, Mr. SOMEBODY!
Posted by: Doof at February 12, 2026 10:35 PM (QMAsf)
Posted by: Common Tater at February 12, 2026 10:35 PM (SfY1i)
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at February 12, 2026 10:35 PM (xDN0i)
Posted by: PA Dutchman at February 12, 2026 10:35 PM (h/O4U)
I am extremely partial to Steve Harris / Iron Maiden, so was glad to see Wrathchild get a mention. And while I realize musical taste is subjective, I must confess I'm always a bit miffed when "The Clairvoyant" isn't mentioned as their best bass intro/line. Even though they have so many great ones from which to choose, it's just never a contest for me....
Listen and tell me I'm wrong:
https://youtu.be/D-3ra8Jsmjk
Posted by: Matthew Kant Cipher at February 12, 2026 10:35 PM (kOluj)
Plant food.
Which produce oxygen.
Which we breathe.
And exhale CO2.
Someone should investigate that cycle.
Posted by: RI Red - who is now Somebody! at February 12, 2026 10:36 PM (7PD8l)
Posted by: American Dietetic Association at February 12, 2026 10:36 PM (oftw2)
Posted by: scampydog at February 12, 2026 10:34 PM (41CYW)
Yo! It's the Prodigal D! Should we kill the fatted calf and have a party in your honor?
Posted by: Doof at February 12, 2026 10:36 PM (QMAsf)
Posted by: Legally Sufficient at February 12, 2026 10:34 PM (kB9dk)
Our idea of classy is a place that serves liquor out of bottles that have labels on them.
Posted by: tankdemon at February 12, 2026 10:36 PM (g44G9)
Posted by: Opinion fact at February 12, 2026 10:37 PM (cwGMH)
Posted by: Piper at February 12, 2026 10:29 PM (Wmg4n)
I age a mixture of cultured buttermilk with whole milk in a yogurt maker and drink a cup of that every day for my gut. It is a cheap form of probiotic.
Posted by: Kindltot at February 12, 2026 10:37 PM (rbvCR)
Posted by: She Hobbit at February 12, 2026 10:37 PM (ftFVW)
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at February 12, 2026 10:37 PM (S/Y4j)
Posted by: RI Red - who is now Somebody! at February 12, 2026 10:38 PM (7PD8l)
What do you call a one-legged waitress?
Posted by: Miklos
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What do you call a one-man band with no legs?
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at February 12, 2026 10:38 PM (XeU6L)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at February 12, 2026 10:38 PM (tgvbd)
Posted by: Bulg at February 12, 2026 10:39 PM (77rzZ)
Posted by: She Hobbit at February 12, 2026 10:37 PM (ftFVW)
Wow, all kinds of riff-raff showing up tonight!
Posted by: Doof at February 12, 2026 10:39 PM (QMAsf)
Posted by: Doof
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We could yeet a toaster, or a bowl of chili. With a campfire and some chanting. Or the lost sock in the dryer. Flexibility seems key.
Posted by: scampydog at February 12, 2026 10:40 PM (41CYW)
Posted by: Miklos, apropos at February 12, 2026 10:40 PM (AP7fj)
Posted by: gp at February 12, 2026 10:40 PM (N8ZBc)
Jorge Bonilla
@BonillaJL
Thus @ABCWorldNews sums up President Trump's repeal of the EPA endangerment finding: Trump gave up the power to regulate climate, he has rejected the science, and he will kill you
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks
What are they talking about? Trump committed galaxy wide genocide when he repealed Net Neutrality!
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at February 12, 2026 10:40 PM (gLYp7)
Posted by: Doof
I'd trash up the place more often, but life has been lifing me hard lately.
Posted by: She Hobbit at February 12, 2026 10:40 PM (ftFVW)
And regardless of the hate the Eagles receive, Hotel California is a classic.
Posted by: browndog pawing at his eyes at February 12, 2026 10:41 PM (3sXRv)
Posted by: She Hobbit at February 12, 2026 10:37 PM (ftFVW)
Sandy Duncan loves the Wheat Thins.
Posted by: Joemarine at February 12, 2026 10:41 PM (y171U)
Whig, in case you missed the note from his loving wife, is recovering OK.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 12, 2026 10:41 PM (TiGPW)
Posted by: Long Dong Silver at February 12, 2026 10:41 PM (oftw2)
Posted by: Tom Servo at February 12, 2026 10:41 PM (otNgF)
Posted by: Joemarine at February 12, 2026 10:41 PM (y171U)
You know how I know you’re over 29?
Posted by: Opinion fact at February 12, 2026 10:42 PM (cwGMH)
Posted by: gp
I always eat Saltines when I'm longing for the taste of sandpaper.
Posted by: She Hobbit at February 12, 2026 10:42 PM (ftFVW)
Just like waffles are there purely as maple syrup sponges.
Posted by: RI Red - who is now Somebody! at February 12, 2026 10:42 PM (7PD8l)
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at February 12
I love arugula on thin crust pizza.
I am about to be shunned again, aren’t I?
Posted by: Piper at February 12, 2026 10:42 PM (Wmg4n)
Posted by: Common Tater at February 12, 2026 10:42 PM (SfY1i)
Posted by: gp at February 12, 2026 10:42 PM (N8ZBc)
Posted by: tankdemon at February 12, 2026 10:36 PM (g44G9)
* * * *
*SNORT*
Posted by: Legally Sufficient at February 12, 2026 10:43 PM (kB9dk)
And they taste better than
Posted by: JQ at February 12, 2026 10:43 PM (rdVOm)
I am about to be shunned again, aren’t I?
Posted by: Piper at February 12, 2026 10:42 PM (Wmg4n)
That seems weird, Piper. But I share your love of kale. Won't be no shunning from me.
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at February 12, 2026 10:44 PM (xDN0i)
I am about to be shunned again, aren’t I?
Posted by: Piper
Never tried it on pizza but do like arugula. Kind of a fun spicy green.
Posted by: She Hobbit at February 12, 2026 10:44 PM (ftFVW)
Posted by: Joemarine at February 12, 2026 10:41 PM (y171U)
You know how I know you’re over 29?
Posted by: Opinion fact
Or maybe just from Tyler, Texas, home of the Sandy Duncan Childhood Home and Museum
Posted by: Miklos with alternative possibilities at February 12, 2026 10:44 PM (AP7fj)
Posted by: tankdemon
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I have a couple of Mason jars, from E.Tennessee.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at February 12, 2026 10:45 PM (XeU6L)
Posted by: And Dove Is One Quarter Cleansing Cream at February 12, 2026 10:45 PM (oftw2)
I know, right? I sent in a suggestion that they should make fine, medium, and coarse grit saltines. They get more shelf-space at the grocery store if they have three kinds to choose from, rather than just plain vanilla.
Posted by: gp at February 12, 2026 10:45 PM (N8ZBc)
Posted by: Orson at February 12, 2026 10:45 PM (dIske)
Posted by: Miklos of Fixed Opinions at February 12, 2026 10:45 PM (AP7fj)
Posted by: nerdygirl at February 12, 2026 10:21 PM (0Htd1)
*** raises hand ***
Posted by: zombie Ewell Gibbons at February 12, 2026 10:45 PM (3sXRv)
Posted by: Opinion fact
Cheez-its are good with tomato soup.
Posted by: nerdygirl at February 12, 2026 10:45 PM (0Htd1)
A. Only one, for we are a serious people and do not understand this concept you call “humor”.
Posted by: Tom Servo at February 12, 2026 10:45 PM (otNgF)
I mean, when the Irish kid got bit by those water moccasins, and then all of July Johnson’s party were stabbed to death, I knew this was serious business.
But by the time Gus is lying there with the gangrene, I wondered if anyone would make it out of there alive.
Posted by: Jack Squat Bupkis at February 12, 2026 10:46 PM (jYRYu)
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.... that week
Posted by: Don Black at February 12, 2026 10:46 PM (ZxPkt)
Posted by: Jasmine Crockett at February 12, 2026 10:46 PM (cwGMH)
Posted by: Common Tater at February 12, 2026 10:46 PM (SfY1i)
Posted by: Bulg at February 12, 2026 10:46 PM (77rzZ)
I am about to be shunned again, aren’t I?
Posted by: Piper
We would never shun you!
We'd just smile and nod, as though you were dressed for the Grammys.
Posted by: mikeski at February 12, 2026 10:47 PM (VHUov)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at February 12, 2026 10:48 PM (m89E2)
Posted by: Hooterville World Guardian at February 12, 2026 10:48 PM (oftw2)
Posted by: Doof at February 12, 2026 10:21 PM (QMAsf)
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=xyjlxIcu8AM
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at February 12, 2026 10:48 PM (ZVgZ4)
Posted by: gp at February 12, 2026 10:49 PM (N8ZBc)
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at February 12, 2026 10:49 PM (CHHv1)
It smells, and tastes like wallpaper paste.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at February 12, 2026 10:49 PM (XeU6L)
Posted by: Bulg at February 12, 2026 10
Food should taste good, Bulg. 😂
Posted by: Piper at February 12, 2026 10:49 PM (Wmg4n)
Posted by: davidt at February 12, 2026 10:49 PM (Q+gd/)
Posted by: Bulg
HA!
Triscuit are contain addictive Rare Earth from Glorious People Republic!
Posted by: Miklos, apparently the last American not on some Chicom payroll at February 12, 2026 10:50 PM (AP7fj)
Posted by: Common Tater at February 12, 2026 10:50 PM (SfY1i)
Posted by: PabloD at February 12, 2026 10:50 PM (3VXNH)
Just saying hi because I will undoubtedly crash soon.
Posted by: RI Red - who is now Somebody!
Well push/pull as needed the collective and the cyclic, quick!!
You may want to do something with the pedals too but I don't know anything about that.
Posted by: Tonypete at February 12, 2026 10:50 PM (cYBz/)
186 I love arugula on thin crust pizza.
I am about to be shunned again, aren’t I?
Posted by: Piper
We would never shun you!
We'd just smile and nod, as though you were dressed for the Grammys.
Posted by: mikeski at February
Perfect!
Posted by: Piper at February 12, 2026 10:51 PM (Wmg4n)
Posted by: Common Tater at February 12, 2026 10:46 PM (SfY1i)
These days “Family Size” might be the old “Single Serving”.
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at February 12, 2026 10:51 PM (ZVgZ4)
Just one, but the light bulb has to open to the concept of change
Posted by: Don Black at February 12, 2026 10:51 PM (ZxPkt)
It smells, and tastes like wallpaper paste.
Posted by: Mike Hammer
The wallpaper paste is probably cheaper and better for you.
Posted by: Miklos, unlicensed Lifestyle Coach at February 12, 2026 10:51 PM (AP7fj)
Thank you for your many efforts. You are appreciated. Even with the Rush entries.
I had a lovely day off today. Went on an 8+ mile walk in the sunshine. Bourbon time!
Posted by: nurse ratched at February 12, 2026 10:51 PM (IhIKR)
Posted by: gp at February 12, 2026 10:49 PM (N8ZBc)
Nauseated people of the world beg to differ.
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at February 12, 2026 10:51 PM (xDN0i)
Posted by: JQ at February 12, 2026 10:51 PM (rdVOm)
Posted by: Opinion fact
Cheez-its are good with tomato soup.
Posted by: nerdygirl at February 12, 2026 10:45 PM (0Htd1)
Ran across some cans of Campbell's grill cheese tomato soup. It actually tasted like a grilled cheese sandwich dunked in tomato soup.
I prefer Vermont Country stores common crackers in my tomato soup, especially the mini ones
Posted by: Beartooth at February 12, 2026 10:52 PM (GGatE)
No love for Ritz? It's a good cracker!
Posted by: zombie cracker Andy Griffith
They used to be good but now they turn to dust
before you get them out of the package.
Bad cracka
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at February 12, 2026 10:52 PM (Cqx++)
Posted by: Joe Kidd at February 12, 2026 10:52 PM (nbLIj)
Pairs nicely with a Gin Gimlet.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at February 12, 2026 10:53 PM (XV/Pl)
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Nope. And I'm a HUGE Rush fan--I saw them twice 20 years apart.
Perhaps the best album ever recorded was "Animals" by Pink Floyd.
Or perhaps it was "Hotel California". Or "The White Album".
"Moving Pictures" was epic, but I prefer "Exit Stage Left" when it comes to Rush albums.
Posted by: Crusader at February 12, 2026 10:08 PM (Cjcf6)
Physical Graffiti. Because it has Kashmir.
“Animals” is grossly underrated.
Posted by: Cow Demon at February 12, 2026 10:53 PM (hJH5n)
Posted by: gp at February 12, 2026 10:53 PM (N8ZBc)
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary
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Oh, yeah... Mom gave us saltines & ginger ale when we were sick kids.
Posted by: JQ at February 12, 2026 10:53 PM (rdVOm)
Posted by: Bulg at February 12, 2026 10:53 PM (77rzZ)
Thank you for your many efforts. You are appreciated. Even with the Rush entries.
I had a lovely day off today. Went on an 8+ mile walk in the sunshine. Bourbon time!
Posted by: nurse ratched at February 12, 2026 10:51 PM (IhIKR)
Appreciate the kind words. Enjoy the bourbon!
Posted by: Doof at February 12, 2026 10:53 PM (QMAsf)
Posted by: gp at February 12, 2026 10:53 PM (N8ZBc)
Posted by: JQ at February 12, 2026 10:51 PM (rdVOm)
There is wisdom there.
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at February 12, 2026 10:53 PM (xDN0i)
Posted by: Common Tater
The tiny bottles of Tabasco
Posted by: Miklos marches on his stomach (not easy) at February 12, 2026 10:53 PM (AP7fj)
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And this is because he's a megalomaniac, or........
Posted by: ... at February 12, 2026 10:54 PM (E0p3T)
Posted by: PabloD
My dad's dad would crumble Fritos into buttermilk. I've almost been interested enough to try it. Almost.
Posted by: She Hobbit at February 12, 2026 10:55 PM (ftFVW)
He did? Imma seize the power of climate, before somebody else grabs it!
Posted by: gp at February 12, 2026 10:55 PM (N8ZBc)
Posted by: Count de Monet at February 12, 2026 10:56 PM (wVcYX)
Posted by: Thomas Bender at February 12, 2026 10:56 PM (XV/Pl)
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I love Moving Pictures. One of my great moments in life was arriving at Pearson International in Toronto and promptly playing YYZ on my Discman.
But to me, Signals is where it’s at.
Posted by: Cow Demon at February 12, 2026 10:56 PM (hJH5n)
These are the questions that boggle the mind.
Posted by: Joemarine at February 12, 2026 10:56 PM (y171U)
None. They've already eaten the biodegradable wire sheath.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at February 12, 2026 10:56 PM (S/Y4j)
Posted by: ... at February 12, 2026 10:57 PM (E0p3T)
Posted by: nurse ratched at February 12, 2026 10:57 PM (IhIKR)
Posted by: tankdemon at February 12, 2026 10:57 PM (g44G9)
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WTF?
As if *anyone* could do so... So sick of the climatard brigades!
Posted by: JQ at February 12, 2026 10:57 PM (rdVOm)
Posted by: ... at February 12, 2026 10:57 PM (E0p3T)
Posted by: Thomas Bender at February 12, 2026 10:58 PM (XV/Pl)
Posted by: Hokey Pokey at February 12, 2026 10:58 PM (YlWIZ)
Posted by: gp at February 12, 2026 10:58 PM (N8ZBc)
They used to offer those metal tins to store saltines and Ritz and such, the sleeves only fill up 3/4 of those old tins now, as well as being a smaller diameter.
Posted by: Common Tater at February 12, 2026 10:59 PM (SfY1i)
Posted by: Hooterville World Guardian
iswydt
and snorfled!
Posted by: Tonypete at February 12, 2026 10:59 PM (cYBz/)
But to me, Signals is where it’s at.
Posted by: Cow Demon at February 12, 2026 10:56 PM (hJH5n)
The four album stretch of Permanent Waves, Moving Pictures, Signals, and Grace Under Pressure -- just wow!
Posted by: Doof at February 12, 2026 10:59 PM (QMAsf)
Posted by: scampydog at February 12, 2026 11:00 PM (41CYW)
Posted by: Ersatz, Phony, Phraudulent at February 12, 2026 11:00 PM (oftw2)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at February 12, 2026 11:00 PM (Cqx++)
Posted by: Thomas Bender at February 12, 2026 10:58 PM (XV/Pl)
That could very well be the case but it doesn't change Kashmir.
Posted by: ... at February 12, 2026 11:01 PM (E0p3T)
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Yeah, that song and Communication Breakdown were way, way, way ahead of their time. Whenever I get cynical about whether Jimmy Page ever gave a damn about playing guitar I return to those tracks.
Posted by: Crusader at February 12, 2026 11:01 PM (Cjcf6)
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at February 12, 2026 11:01 PM (EXyHK)
Posted by: gp at February 12, 2026 11:01 PM (N8ZBc)
Posted by: Thomas Bender
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You misspelled The Beatles. (*and* Led Zeppelin)
Posted by: JQ at February 12, 2026 11:02 PM (rdVOm)
The Allman Brothers are probably severely underrated - and that's about all I have.
Posted by: ... at February 12, 2026 11:02 PM (E0p3T)
Posted by: Hokey Pokey at February 12, 2026
Is this about Triscuit or arugula?
Posted by: Piper at February 12, 2026 11:02 PM (OoFl2)
Posted by: Cobra Commander at February 12, 2026 11:02 PM (vSvIl)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at February 12, 2026 10:12 PM (J+Psw)
So Earth has a thermostat, and it can only be found in the White House?
Posted by: Cow Demon at February 12, 2026 11:03 PM (hJH5n)
Glory lasts forever.
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at February 12, 2026 11:01 PM (EXyHK)
Chicks dig scars..
Posted by: Joe Kidd at February 12, 2026 11:03 PM (nbLIj)
Have you mentioned this before about Ritz? I read it somewhere and I'm thinking it had to be you. Please tell me I didn't read it somewhere else. I do find it interesting even though I haven't had a Ritz in probably 20 years.
Posted by: ... at February 12, 2026 11:03 PM (E0p3T)
Posted by: nerdygirl at February 12, 2026 10:21 PM (0Htd1)
I literally had a bowl of Grape Nuts for breakfast this morning. No one I know in my circle of family and friends likes them. Oh, well, more for me!
Posted by: goozer at February 12, 2026 11:04 PM (BAs8w)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 12, 2026 11:04 PM (8zz6B)
Posted by: Common Tater at February 12, 2026 11:04 PM (SfY1i)
Posted by: tankdemon
And here's something from Porcupine Tree's "Lightbulb Sun" album:
https://youtu.be/N1yM-Dj4U7A
Posted by: mikeski free-associates at February 12, 2026 11:04 PM (VHUov)
If he really gave it up, I want dibs on it.
Posted by: gp at February 12, 2026 11:04 PM (N8ZBc)
Posted by: Ersatz, Phony, Phraudulent at February 12, 2026 11:00 PM (oftw2)
You got a problem with Cheez Whiz?
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at February 12, 2026 11:04 PM (xDN0i)
The local Mongolian grill has "krab." I don't touch that, whatever it is.
Posted by: Wally at February 12, 2026 11:04 PM (0e5Te)
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You could be right, and still by scale by wrong. IF one asserts that Zeppelin was the most important band ever, and instead they were only the 10th most important band ever...were they *really* overrated?
Posted by: Crusader at February 12, 2026 11:04 PM (Cjcf6)
Posted by: Piper at February 12, 2026 11:04 PM (OoFl2)
Posted by: Murica! at February 12, 2026 11:04 PM (AP7fj)
I don't dislike the Beatles... just burned out on all their stuff, decades ago.
Posted by: JQ at February 12, 2026 11:04 PM (rdVOm)
Posted by: Hokey Pokey at February 12, 2026
Is this about Triscuit or arugula?
Posted by: Piper
Cheez Whiz.
Posted by: She Hobbit at February 12, 2026 11:04 PM (ftFVW)
Posted by: Bulg at February 12, 2026 11:04 PM (77rzZ)
I’ve liked all 19 of their studio albums and they some of the most killer live albums where their talents really shine.
Rush In Rio is a killer live concert.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at February 12, 2026 11:05 PM (XV/Pl)
I think there might be better methods. Did they just do that to him on purpose, perhaps?
Posted by: mindful webworker - rrrriiiipppp at February 12, 2026 10:04 PM (6hyzx)
A pail of warm water, maybe...
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 12, 2026 11:05 PM (8zz6B)
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*squints like a chimpanzee*
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at February 12, 2026 11:05 PM (nWPIJ)
Even if it were a bad movie, which it isn’t, that pep talk would make it worth watching.
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at February 12, 2026 11:05 PM (EXyHK)
Posted by: ... at February 12, 2026 11:05 PM (E0p3T)
Posted by: gp at February 12, 2026 11:05 PM (N8ZBc)
Posted by: Hokey Pokey at February 12, 2026
Is this about Triscuit or arugula?
Posted by: Piper at February 12, 2026 11:02 PM (OoFl2)
Are you seriously asking the Hokey Pokey nic what it's all about?
Posted by: Joe Kidd at February 12, 2026 11:06 PM (nbLIj)
I don't dislike the Beatles... just burned out on all their stuff, decades ago.
Posted by: JQ
Here Come the Sun always makes me smile.
Posted by: nurse ratched at February 12, 2026 11:06 PM (IhIKR)
Posted by: Anna Puma at February 12, 2026 11:06 PM (2GVsD)
Posted by: Crusader at February 12, 2026 11:06 PM (Cjcf6)
Posted by: Cow Demon
* ponders *
The closest thing the Earth has to a thermostat is often kept in the White House.
Posted by: mikeski at February 12, 2026 11:06 PM (VHUov)
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary
Cheez Whiz is meh. Easy Cheese is where it's at.
Posted by: She Hobbit at February 12, 2026 11:06 PM (ftFVW)
Posted by: ... at February 12, 2026 10:57 PM (E0p3T)
As a 17 year old metalhead Kashmir blew my ever lovin’ mind. The day I first heard it on cassette I kept rewinding the tape over and over again, hearing it as many times as possible that day.
Posted by: Cow Demon at February 12, 2026 11:06 PM (hJH5n)
My childhood memories tell me it had more of a malty flavor back in the day.
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at February 12, 2026 11:06 PM (EXyHK)
Posted by: gp at February 12, 2026 11:07 PM (N8ZBc)
Posted by: Wally
If you get "krab", they treat it with antibiotix
Posted by: Prof. Dr Chikoinanda Wnankpa, with CDC approved Remedies for all Instances at February 12, 2026 11:07 PM (AP7fj)
Posted by: Robert Plant at February 12, 2026 11:07 PM (nWPIJ)
Posted by: Evel Knievel at February 12, 2026 11:07 PM (Q+gd/)
LOL. I saw them at least once on every tour from 1991 to 2015. If twice in 20 years is huge, I'm pre-Ozempic Lizzo.
Posted by: Ian S. at February 12, 2026 11:07 PM (tUj8P)
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at February 12, 2026 11:07 PM (snZF9)
Posted by: Anna Puma at February 12, 2026 11:06 PM (2GVsD)
Usually I can get through the overnight without it.
Posted by: ... at February 12, 2026 11:08 PM (E0p3T)
Posted by: Thomas Bender
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Agree.
Posted by: scampydog at February 12, 2026 11:00 PM (41CYW)
Engaging in this tomfoolery would be like talking about Trump with a raging liberal.
Posted by: Doof at February 12, 2026 11:08 PM (QMAsf)
Posted by: Thomas Bender at February 12, 2026 11:05 PM (XV/Pl)
The best part is when 60,000 people are singing along to YYZ.
Posted by: Cow Demon at February 12, 2026 11:08 PM (hJH5n)
My first inkling as a kid they were different, was they were supplied in a very small box, relative to ordinary cereals. It had a little heft to it, too.
The Milk just disappeared, like the ocean does with beach sand, what wizardry is this!? Builds up jaw muscles I suppose.
Posted by: Common Tater at February 12, 2026 11:08 PM (SfY1i)
Posted by: ... at February 12, 2026 10:57 PM (E0p3T)
As a 17 year old metalhead Kashmir blew my ever lovin’ mind. The day I first heard it on cassette I kept rewinding the tape over and over again, hearing it as many times as possible that day.
Posted by: Cow Demon at February 12, 2026 11:06 PM (hJH5n)
Needs more cowbell.
Posted by: Count de Monet at February 12, 2026 11:08 PM (wVcYX)
Posted by: Miklos fears that he has awoken the Zappaheads at February 12, 2026 11:09 PM (AP7fj)
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at February 12, 2026 11:09 PM (EXyHK)
Posted by: Miklosian Anti-Marketing SA de CV at February 12, 2026 11:10 PM (AP7fj)
Posted by: Common Tater
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Yeah, you had to wait a while for the milk to soak in, otherwise you might break a tooth. No thanks. LOL.
Posted by: JQ at February 12, 2026 11:10 PM (rdVOm)
If it was the year 3000 and Islam is ruling the world for the previous 500, and that riff blasts out of a random skyscraper somewhere at 500 decibels, it will still fit. And *every* fucker who hears it will know exactly what it means.
Posted by: ... at February 12, 2026 11:11 PM (E0p3T)
Posted by: gp at February 12, 2026 11:11 PM (N8ZBc)
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Plant's vocals that fade out....slowly...very slowly...as the song heads into the musical interludes are what makes it. His vocals ehco...and then slowly fade. Its the single best vocal mixing job I can think of.
Posted by: Crusader at February 12, 2026 11:11 PM (Cjcf6)
I think there might be better methods. Did they just do that to him on purpose, perhaps?
Posted by: mindful webworker - rrrriiiipppp at February 12, 2026 10:04 PM (6hyzx)
A pail of warm water, maybe...
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 12, 2026 11:05 PM (8zz6B)
He wasn't worth a piss.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at February 12, 2026 11:11 PM (S/Y4j)
Or perhaps it was "Hotel California". Or "The White Album".
"Moving Pictures" was epic, but I prefer "Exit Stage Left" when it comes to Rush albums.
Posted by: Crusader at February 12, 2026 10:08 PM (Cjcf6)
"Official Music" by King Biscuit Boy and Crowbar enters the chat. Blues-based rock and roll that really rocks out. Not a bad track on the album:
https://youtu.be/Z4mTIfkX8ao
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 12, 2026 11:11 PM (8zz6B)
Posted by: ... at February 12, 2026 11:11 PM (E0p3T)
Posted by: gp at February 12, 2026 11:11 PM (N8ZBc)
Posted by: Joe Kidd at February 12, 2026 11:06 PM (nbLIj)
I am crying.
Posted by: Piper at February 12, 2026 11:12 PM (OoFl2)
>> Engaging in this tomfoolery would be like talking about Trump with a raging liberal.
Just could not get into Zeppelin.
The Who were better and more interesting.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at February 12, 2026 11:12 PM (XV/Pl)
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at February 12, 2026 11:12 PM (EXyHK)
Posted by: Paul Blake at February 12, 2026 11:13 PM (wVcYX)
Posted by: Piper at February 12, 2026 11:13 PM (OoFl2)
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at February 12, 2026 11:13 PM (ZVgZ4)
LOL. I saw them at least once on every tour from 1991 to 2015. If twice in 20 years is huge, I'm pre-Ozempic Lizzo.
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I live in Oklahoma. I wasn't legally an adult until 1982. Give me a break.
Posted by: Crusader at February 12, 2026 11:13 PM (Cjcf6)
Posted by: Anna Puma at February 12, 2026 11:13 PM (2GVsD)
Posted by: Thomas Bender at February 12, 2026 11:12 PM (XV/Pl)
I never could get into The Who.
Posted by: Cow Demon at February 12, 2026 11:14 PM (hJH5n)
I do like JP Jones on bass. In the studio, they were fine.
Posted by: gp at February 12, 2026 11:14 PM (N8ZBc)
Posted by: Anna Puma at February 12, 2026 11:14 PM (2GVsD)
Posted by: Don Black at February 12, 2026 11:15 PM (ZxPkt)
Posted by: Thomas Bender at February 12, 2026 10:56 PM (XV/Pl)
We tried, but we could only build a weather control machine.
Posted by: The Juice at February 12, 2026 11:15 PM (1Yqck)
Posted by: The Hokey Pokey at February 12, 2026 11:16 PM (nWPIJ)
Posted by: Thomas Bender at February 12, 2026 11:16 PM (XV/Pl)
and
Carry
Posted by: mindful webworker - it's what they do at February 12, 2026 10:00 PM (6hyzx)
word
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at February 12, 2026 11:17 PM (xcxpd)
Name the greatest American band
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Kinks vs REO Speedwagon
FIGHT ME
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at February 12, 2026 11:17 PM (nWPIJ)
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at February 12, 2026 11:17 PM (ZVgZ4)
Posted by: Thomas Bender at February 12, 2026 11:16 PM (XV/Pl)
They're...very different. It's like comparing Frank Sinatra and Black Sabbath.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at February 12, 2026 11:18 PM (xcxpd)
Piper, it's not that we don't love you, it's that we don't understand you!
Posted by: RandomDave at February 12, 2026 11:18 PM (aJQbY)
Tough call. Permanent Waves was a masterpiece.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at February 12, 2026 11:18 PM (snZF9)
Posted by: Thomas Bender at February 12, 2026 11:12 PM (XV/Pl)
I never could get into The Who.
Posted by: Cow Demon at February 12, 2026 11:14 PM (hJH5n)
Great singles but they never made an album I loved from beginning to end.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at February 12, 2026 11:19 PM (xcxpd)
Posted by: ... at February 12, 2026 11:11 PM (E0p3T)
Howdy! Doing mostly well. How about you?
Posted by: Doof at February 12, 2026 11:19 PM (QMAsf)
Posted by: ABBA, We're Swedish at February 12, 2026 11:20 PM (nWPIJ)
Posted by: gp at February 12, 2026 11:20 PM (N8ZBc)
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at February 12, 2026 11:18 PM (snZF9)
Very true. Absolutely love that album. I will just never be moved from Moving Pictures being #1.
Posted by: Doof at February 12, 2026 11:21 PM (QMAsf)
Posted by: Doof at February 12, 2026 11:19 PM (QMAsf)
Fan fugu tastic - on vacay next week, happy camper, what else is there to say. Other than I wish we all were enjoying these times more. We should be guffawing through every thread every day here but the Left are making sure that if mama ain't happy no one is happy - still, these are the good times fo sho
Posted by: ... at February 12, 2026 11:21 PM (E0p3T)
The Who were better and more interesting.
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Townsend was a "good" guitarist, and an even better song writer.
But he couldn't have recorded a single track as a guitarist on Zeppelin 1. And not more than a single song or two off of Zeppelin 4. The Presence album would have sent him scurrying.
And we could argue about JPJones versus Entwistle, but Entwistle would have been helpless playing keyboards on the "In Through The Out Door" album, which is a John Paul Jones masterpiece.
Led Zeppelin never recorded an album after 1980. The Who never recorded an album that mattered after 1980.
Posted by: Crusader at February 12, 2026 11:21 PM (Cjcf6)
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division
Better than Moriarity
Always with the negative waves
Posted by: Oddball at February 12, 2026 11:21 PM (AP7fj)
Posted by: goozer at February 12, 2026 11:21 PM (BAs8w)
Live, they sucked.
Posted by: gp at February 12, 2026 11:11 PM (N8ZBc)
I have quite a few live recordings from the '73-'77 era that say otherwise.
Posted by: Doof at February 12, 2026 11:22 PM (QMAsf)
Posted by: ... at February 12, 2026 11:22 PM (E0p3T)
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at February 12, 2026 11:22 PM (EXyHK)
Yeah, I'll agree with that. I will sometimes let Who's Next just play, but not as often as Led Zeppelin 4 or Revolver or Power Windows or Dirt or Ten.
Posted by: Ian S. at February 12, 2026 11:23 PM (tUj8P)
I'm open to persuasion. I'll go listen again. It's been decades.
Posted by: gp at February 12, 2026 11:25 PM (N8ZBc)
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at February 12, 2026 11:19 PM (xcxpd)
'Who's Next'.
I am also a fan of 'The Who By Numbers', but we'll stick with 'Who's Next'.
Posted by: RickZ at February 12, 2026 11:26 PM (gKDq2)
Posted by: Kindltot at February 12, 2026 11:26 PM (rbvCR)
Posted by: Thomas Bender at February 12, 2026 11:05 PM (XV/Pl)
The best part is when 60,000 people are singing along to YYZ.
Posted by: Cow Demon at February 12, 2026 11:08 PM (hJH5n)
"Singing" along to YYZ is high on the list of the most Rush-nerd things ever. Guilty as charged!
Posted by: Doof at February 12, 2026 11:26 PM (QMAsf)
Posted by: JohnFNotKerry at February 12, 2026 11:26 PM (xfRZZ)
Posted by: ... at February 12, 2026 11:28 PM (E0p3T)
Posted by: Thomas Bender at February 12, 2026 10:56 PM (XV/Pl)
We can, inside our buildings.
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at February 12, 2026 11:29 PM (ZVgZ4)
https://www.youtube.com/live/_7k_5zOWL54
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at February 12, 2026 11:29 PM (S/Y4j)
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at February 12, 2026 11:19 PM (xcxpd)
Not even Who’s Next?
Baba O’Reilly
Bargain
The Song is Over
Getting in Tune
Going Mobile
Behind Blue Eyes
Won’t get fooled again
That album has more huge hits on it than almost any other album ever, and I’ll make the case that this was the album that in 1971 introduced the stadium rock sound that dominated the music biz for the rest of the decade.
Not just one of the greatest albums ever, but also one of the most influential.
Posted by: Tom Servo at February 12, 2026 11:29 PM (otNgF)
All eyes on the singer & acoustic guitar (or plural acoustics with Lynyrd, and man, I love them). I could not tell you who the bass player is, for example in Kansas as my eyes were on Steve Walsh. Same with other good singers like Lou Gramm. They occupy the stage with their voices for me.
I dated a bass player. He was good. Shy, quiet and unassuming but very good in the background. Because of him I am a fan of bass guitars and always, always dance to the downbeat.
With the exception of a flashy bass in Jethro Tull, August 1975, all over the stage in his zebra tux & zebra bass. With his eyes on me. The acoustic guy, by the way, met and married a MS girl in that airport gift shop from MS.
Ian Anderson was not happy with me, & you don't want him shooting those crazy eyes at you & he did to Jeffery Hammond Hammond & me (he missed a cue or something).He was an artist, not a musician and quit that year. The acoustic guy taught him.
I give you the late Boz Burrell in the background of Bad Company. Maybe they prefer the background. Love 'em. XXXX
https://tinyurl.com/yc465sjs
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at February 12, 2026 11:30 PM (WONhk)
Posted by: gp at February 12, 2026 11:05 PM (N8ZBc)
He's not wrong ...
Posted by: Big Raisin at February 12, 2026 11:30 PM (3sXRv)
Posted by: gp at February 12, 2026 11:30 PM (N8ZBc)
Posted by: Kindltot at February 12, 2026 11:26 PM (rbvCR)
Jimmy Dorsey
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at February 12, 2026 11:31 PM (ZVgZ4)
Posted by: Crusader at February 12, 2026 11:31 PM (Cjcf6)
Posted by: raimondo at February 12, 2026 11:31 PM (K8J6I)
Going by "number of absolute classic songs played on" the best US bands are the Wrecking Crew, the Funk Brothers, and Toto.
Posted by: Ian S. at February 12, 2026 11:31 PM (OyOhQ)
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at February 12, 2026 11:33 PM (ZVgZ4)
Posted by: Hokey Pokey at February 12, 2026
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Is this about Triscuit or arugula?
Posted by: Piper at February 12, 2026 11:02 PM (OoFl2)
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Are you seriously asking the Hokey Pokey nic what it's all about?
Posted by: Joe Kidd at February 12, 2026 11:06 PM (nbLIj)
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Brilliant turnaround!
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at February 12, 2026 11:33 PM (UzL96)
>>Who never recorded an album that mattered after 1980.
They only really recorded two more studio albums after 1980, and one had Eminance Front, the other had you better you bet on it, arguably two of their most heavily played radio songs.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at February 12, 2026 11:33 PM (XV/Pl)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at February 12, 2026 11:33 PM (nWPIJ)
Posted by: gKWVE at February 12, 2026 11:34 PM (gKWVE)
Posted by: ... at February 12, 2026 11:22 PM (E0p3T)
First band to come to mind for the American side. For Britain, maybe John Mayall and the Bluesbreakers..
Posted by: Joe Kidd at February 12, 2026 11:34 PM (nbLIj)
Both great songs, too.
Posted by: Ian S. at February 12, 2026 11:35 PM (OyOhQ)
WTH? Why?!
All it takes is a glass of lukewarm water to near painlessly release someone. Why don't people know this?
"Hey, Patrolman Jim, go inside and get two cups of warm water from the bartender. This guy isn't going anywhere until you get back."
Posted by: GWB at February 12, 2026 11:35 PM (ZuFx4)
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at February 12, 2026 11:35 PM (ZVgZ4)
Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 12, 2026 11:36 PM (bss/y)
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Toto is actually one of the best bands you could call and say "If you can play a competent set in 6 hours I'll pay you a million dollars" and they could actually *earn* that money. I used to think their guitarist tried too hard to be special--he had a thousand guitar pedals on his board once upon a time. But all these years later, he can still play, and the lead singer suits them.
Posted by: Crusader at February 12, 2026 11:36 PM (Cjcf6)
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at February 12, 2026 11:18 PM (snZF9)
Very true. Absolutely love that album. I will just never be moved from Moving Pictures being #1.
Posted by: Doof at February 12, 2026 11:21 PM (QMAsf)
I can't pick it over 2112 or Caress of Steel. MP has best all around collection, but some of those early ones just dominate so completely.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at February 12, 2026 11:36 PM (dK+Kv)
I went to the condo we purchased for them to live in. My spawn hasn't paid a cent of rent to us for three months. He did move another dude into the condo, with his toddler son, and apparently the dude also has his girlfriend stay there, in the bedroom that was supposed to be for grandbaby.
He also brought a yappy dog, and two cats, neither of which were approved. I walked into the condo yesterday and it was a pigsty. I spent the entire day "helping" them clean it up by saying things like, "put that in the laundry" and "wipe up that crap with a clorox wipe" and "please haul out the trash."
Today, I was going to drive them into the SOA to get a marriage license, which they haven't been capable of doing on their own, apparently. Showed up at agreed time. Spawn was passed out on the couch stoned out of his gourd.
Posted by: tcn in AK at February 12, 2026 11:37 PM (I40wl)
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at February 12, 2026 11:35 PM (ZVgZ4)
They don't call him "Needledick the Bugfucker" for no reason.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 12, 2026 11:37 PM (8zz6B)
Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 12, 2026 11:38 PM (bss/y)
Posted by: Ian S. at February 12, 2026 11:38 PM (OyOhQ)
Posted by: Ian S. at February 12, 2026 11:38 PM (OyOhQ)
Kevin took the boys and Bill took the girls, eh?
Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 12, 2026 11:40 PM (bss/y)
Posted by: nurse ratched at February 12, 2026 11:41 PM (IhIKR)
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2112 was the album that convinced me that I loved Rush.
Posted by: Crusader at February 12, 2026 11:42 PM (Cjcf6)
No food in the fridge. Desperate for formula because his girlfriend decided breast feeding was too much trouble.
The place reeks of cat shit and skunk weed dope. Three bongs in evidence, even after I laid down the law that all cigs and weed should be had on the porch, not in the house.
I took them to get their marriage license. I explained that they either pay rent and follow the rules or I sell the condo.
I bought them about $400 of groceries. I am a mom. I can do no less, and still feel like I'm a mom. Catholic guilt....
Do I now: alert CFS that the kid is living in squalor with underage pot use and plenty of booze? Do I call the cops on him for the same? Do I sell the condo out from under their asses? Do I just hope that at some point they get their collective shit together?
I did not raise spawn to be white trash, but he living that life, to a T.
Posted by: tcn in AK at February 12, 2026 11:42 PM (I40wl)
Posted by: Thomas Bender at February 12, 2026 11:42 PM (XV/Pl)
Toto was the primary backing band on MJ's Thriller, and the various members played on hundreds of 80s and 90s songs. They were basically the Wrecking Crew: The Next Generation. But without Wesley.
Posted by: Ian S. at February 12, 2026 11:43 PM (OyOhQ)
nurse,
I thought the same thing.
That is no place for a child.
tcn, I am sorry that is happening.
Posted by: fourseasons at February 12, 2026 11:43 PM (3ek7K)
Ugh. I’d take the baby and let the rest of them rot.
Posted by: nurse ratched at February 12, 2026 11:41 PM (IhIKR)
I suggested that as an option. The girlfriend said, "You can't do that" and I replied, "Watch me."
It is not going well.
Posted by: tcn in AK at February 12, 2026 11:43 PM (I40wl)
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at February 12, 2026 11:44 PM (snZF9)
Posted by: gp at February 12, 2026 11:44 PM (N8ZBc)
I ask sincerely and with no malice.
Can you adopt him? I've seen friends ruin themselves financially and physically trying to help their kids become responsible parents. It is hard to watch. I hope things work out for your family.
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at February 12, 2026 11:45 PM (xDN0i)
Posted by: Don Black at February 12, 2026 11:45 PM (ZxPkt)
It is not going well.
Posted by: tcn in AK at February 12, 2026 11:43 PM (I40wl)
Tough situation, TCN. I hope you can get it sorted out.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 12, 2026 11:46 PM (8zz6B)
What's a good entry level transceiver for beginners?
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at February 12, 2026 11:47 PM (BI5O2)
Posted by: tcn in AK
Probably he is too old, but sounds like prime Army enlisted material.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at February 12, 2026 11:47 PM (/lPRQ)
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at February 12, 2026 11:49 PM (UzL96)
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at February 12, 2026 11:44 PM (snZF9)
The earlier stuff is where it's at. I grew up with some of the post MP stuff, so I am partial to some from that era, too. But nothing later hits like pre-MP Rush.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at February 12, 2026 11:49 PM (dK+Kv)
I did not raise spawn to be white trash, but he living that life, to a T.
Posted by: tcn in AK at February 12, 2026 11:42 PM (I40wl)
I'm sorry, but yes. Tell child protective services these things now. The longer it goes on, the harder it will be for your grandboy.
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at February 12, 2026 11:50 PM (xDN0i)
His baby son grew up, got married, had a baby and it wasn't working out. He talked it over with his dad.
An honest talk. Wound up grand dad and grand mom adopted his son's baby and raised her as their own.
They all lived happily ever after.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 12, 2026 11:51 PM (TiGPW)
I do love the Bastille Day tone, but both Geddy and Alex are the strong-form examples of "you hand them any instrument and they sound like Geddy Lee and Alex Lifeson". That got really obvious on the later tours when Alex just played a Les Paul with a whammy bar and Geddy just played a Fender jazz bass.
Posted by: Ian S. at February 12, 2026 11:51 PM (OyOhQ)
Posted by: tcn in AK
Probably he is too old, but sounds like prime Army enlisted material.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at February 12, 2026 11:47 PM (/lPRQ)
I sent him to AMYA, which is the "military option" up here for kids that don't see eye to eye with school. Run by NG and other good military men. He got his GED, which is more than I hoped for. He was recruited by the Marines out of AMYA, but he was on ADHD meds and had to be off the for a year, which he spent getting stoned. Not so good.
He is only 19. Could still do it but he has to unbake his little brain.
Posted by: tcn in AK at February 12, 2026 11:51 PM (I40wl)
They all lived happily ever after.
*gulp*
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at February 12, 2026 11:52 PM (nWPIJ)
Posted by: tcn in AK at February 12, 2026 11:43 PM (I40wl)
Oh, Dear Lord.
Fervent prayers.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at February 12, 2026 11:52 PM (0aYVJ)
I cannot offer any advice. If it were my own spawn, I'd
*type*
*delete*
Ugh! Sorry...
Posted by: JQ at February 12, 2026 11:54 PM (rdVOm)
For VHF, a Baofeng works well enough, if you add a real antenna to it (rubber ducks never work well.) 5W output power. It's what I use.
For HF, 20 watts, the Xiegu G90 has the best feature set, but I know nothing about their build quality or reliability.
For 100 W HF, you could do worse than an ICOM IC-7300. Very popular, good features, esp internal antenna tuner, which you need with any rig.
Always buy new and warranteed, never used.
Posted by: gp at February 12, 2026 11:55 PM (N8ZBc)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 12, 2026 11:55 PM (TiGPW)
Get him out of that situation. Now.
Posted by: nurse ratched at February 12, 2026 11:56 PM (IhIKR)
Best live concert would be hard for me as I saw many in my youth. I thought music like that would go on forever, otherwise I would have paid more attention. They were all good because it was pure music then.
I will wish always I had seen Lynyrd, as they are said to be one of the tightest bands due to all their practice.
Wish I had seen Kansas (best album:Left Overture); and Foreigner.
Jethro Tull was possibly the best entertainment and talent. Saw Mountain, Allman Bro,Fleetwood Mac, Marshall Tucker,Pure Prarie League,ZZ Top,Heart, Kenny Loggins a good concert in a small college venue, etc. Eric Clapton was meh as drinking/drugging. Aerosmith,too loud.
I'd say the best live musicians now are Alison Krauss and Union Station. Every one onstage had amazing talent and were having a blast with each other and 3k of us. I will remember this one the most. Probably because I am no longer 20yrs old and taking it all for granted (and not partying like a lunatic).
It was a natural high for us all. Her voice is ethereal. And the only bluegrass music I listen to.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at February 12, 2026 11:56 PM (WONhk)
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at February 12, 2026 11:18 PM (snZF9)
Very true. Absolutely love that album. I will just never be moved from Moving Pictures being #1.
Posted by: Doof at February 12, 2026 11:21 PM (QMAsf)
I can't pick it over 2112 or Caress of Steel. MP has best all around collection, but some of those early ones just dominate so completely.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder
Permanent Waves, Moving Pictures, Hemispheres, are my top 3 RUSH albums. Clockwork Angels, there last album was fantastic and in my top 5.
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at February 12, 2026 11:57 PM (gLYp7)
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at February 12, 2026 11:57 PM (WONhk)
Live, they sucked.
Posted by: gp
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Band's not a band if it doesn't perform live better than the album.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 12, 2026 11:58 PM (TiGPW)
I also have a Yaesu FT-891, probably the most popular HF mobile/portable. No built-in ant tuner, and the front panel has AWFUL human interface design, a real PITA to use.
Posted by: gp at February 12, 2026 11:58 PM (N8ZBc)
Get him out of that situation. Now.
Posted by: nurse ratched at February 12, 2026 11:56 PM (IhIKR)
Also the only one who doesn't have agency to get himself out of the mess.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 12, 2026 11:59 PM (8zz6B)
Seen them three times, including once in the front row at the side of her and she was like 25 feet away. My God. A living angel.
Posted by: ... at February 12, 2026 11:59 PM (E0p3T)
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at February 13, 2026 12:00 AM (xDN0i)
Posted by: Aetius451AD
I LOVE THEM, TOO! Toto is all over my playlists.
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"Stranger in Town" is a Toto song that many people don't know the name of BUT once the song begins to play they recognize it. Its a great example of what that band can do.
Posted by: Crusader at February 13, 2026 12:00 AM (Cjcf6)
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at February 12, 2026 11:31 PM (ZVgZ4)
Dorsey had a longer run and a bigger number of hits, Glen Miller had a tighter band
Posted by: Kindltot at February 13, 2026 12:00 AM (rbvCR)
It makes me cry to think how many children are living in those conditions.
No child should ever be exposed that.
Posted by: four seasons at February 13, 2026 12:02 AM (3ek7K)
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Guns-n-Roses sucks live. They're still a band.
Posted by: Crusader at February 13, 2026 12:02 AM (Cjcf6)
No child should ever be exposed that.
Posted by: four seasons at February 13, 2026 12:02 AM (3ek7K)
It doesn't get any better. Maybe rarely.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at February 13, 2026 12:03 AM (dK+Kv)
Perhaps an eviction notice will get their attention. Or, at least start a paper trail of irresponsibility that you could use to get custody.
Posted by: JQ at February 13, 2026 12:03 AM (rdVOm)
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It's like the food pyramid upside down. Without the bass and drums there is no foundation.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 13, 2026 12:03 AM (TiGPW)
And peanut brittle.
Posted by: Miklosian Anti-Marketing SA de CV
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Corn nuts. DAMHIK.
Posted by: buddhaha at February 13, 2026 12:04 AM (wTg85)
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It's like the food pyramid upside down. Without the bass and drums there is no foundation.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 13, 2026 12:03 AM (TiGPW)
It's a three-legged stool. Anything less just falls flat.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at February 13, 2026 12:05 AM (dK+Kv)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 13, 2026 12:05 AM (TiGPW)
Posted by: tcn in AK at February 12, 2026 11:37 PM (I40wl)
Oh, honey. Get that baby out of there. Tell that son you own the condo (the title?). Kick out the friend. You are now the landlord and can come inspect, right? No smoking, no drugs, no booze in that house.
The reason the mother stopped breastfeeding is she's getting stoned.I guess a drop of maternal instinct in that move.
If you have the title you can call the shots. That son needs to answer to this, realize what is at stake, and it is a lot. Either that or take that baby yourself (if you can) until they realize what they've done to themselves.
I am so sorry. As a grandmother of 3 I would die for them. And I feel even more maternal now than I did for our sons (if that makes sense).
Will pray things will improve. I promise you that I will start praying tonight.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at February 13, 2026 12:06 AM (WONhk)
Posted by: Kindltot at February 13, 2026 12:00 AM (rbvCR)
Duke Ellington probably had the longest career of any big-band leader. Maybe Benny Goodman came close.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 13, 2026 12:06 AM (8zz6B)
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Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 13, 2026 12:06 AM (TiGPW)
No child should ever be exposed that.
Posted by: four seasons at February 13, 2026 12:02 AM (3ek7K)
It happens a lot.. in my little slice of life I've seen a lot of it. I see lots of grandparents raising kids for lots of reasons, usually drug addiction and/or mental illness.
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at February 13, 2026 12:07 AM (xDN0i)
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Posted by: tcn in AK
Ouch
The weed shouldn't be an issue is Basic. Run, push up etc. until exhaustion will take care of that. The ADHD hurdle shit is obviously harder.
My uneducated opinion is that ADHD drugs are to literally stupify those with higher metal capacity.
No hard-ass uncle to be his rock and lay it out?
Get off the prescription crack. Work hard. Party hard...
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at February 13, 2026 12:09 AM (/lPRQ)
Yeah right.
But after living that way for too many years, in his 30’s he found faith, stopped drinking and drugging, and totally reformed. He volunteers and tries to help young who are like he was now. So it can happen! (All of us who knew him never believed it possible)
And he was the proof that it isn’t always parenting at fault. He had 3 older siblings who are marvelous people; he was the one who chose to be the bad seed.
Posted by: Tom Servo at February 13, 2026 12:09 AM (otNgF)
Posted by: Ian S. at February 12, 2026 11:51 PM (OyOhQ)
To a point yeah, but when I saw them live last, maybe 15 years ago, it was a tour where lifeson said he was bringing a bunch of guitars with him. He played a PRS a lot, it was ok. Then he grabbed a les paul, and you can hear it, the sound improved. Then....then, he pulled out that white 355 for the encore which he hadn't used in years because it was retired and needed to be restored, which it now was. Holy mother of god, the sound in the room was unreal. There is was, the fucking unmistakable lifeson tone. I lifted mrs B right out of her seat and held her up, pointed her towards the stage, and yelled "look wtf he's playing"!!!. I hadn't seen that guitar in years. The sound was just crushing.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at February 13, 2026 12:09 AM (snZF9)
But when it came time he, gentlemanly, handed off the baton.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 13, 2026 12:09 AM (TiGPW)
Posted by: Azjaeger at February 13, 2026 12:10 AM (3/XaG)
Took a couple years, but niece got custody & then adopted the girl. SAVED!
Posted by: JQ at February 13, 2026 12:11 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at February 13, 2026 12:11 AM (BI5O2)
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It's free, you don't have to buy any books. Use it to learn the answers, and drill and kill them. All the Q&A are canned, same exact Q&A you'll find on the tests, only they change the order of the four multiple-choice answers. For example, if the question involves math, like Ohm's Law, the numbers on the test will be the same numbers you drilled; you don't have to do math, just memorize the answers.
They make it easy because they want more operators in the hobby; they want everybody to pass.
Posted by: gp at February 13, 2026 12:13 AM (N8ZBc)
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at February 13, 2026 12:07 AM (xDN0i)
At that age you'd have to be drug addicted or mentally ill to be raising a kid. Oh you didn't mean that
Posted by: ... at February 13, 2026 12:14 AM (E0p3T)
And peanut brittle.
Posted by: Miklosian Anti-Marketing SA de CV
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Corn nuts. DAMHIK.
Posted by: buddhaha at February 13, 2026 12:04 AM (wTg85)
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And whatever that thing was the one time I tried to make my own Cheetos. I swear I could have hammered them into the wall and make a rather nice place to hang coats.
Posted by: Orson at February 13, 2026 12:14 AM (dIske)
Posted by: gp at February 13, 2026 12:14 AM (N8ZBc)
Posted by: Tom Servo at February 13, 2026 12:09 AM (otNgF)
Simple fact... Your brain is not fully developed until around 25 years old.
I was a freak in my late teens and early 20's. Motorcycle accidents... drugs... drinking my paycheck away... wrecked cars... chute malfunction on a sport dive... broke an eardrum diving when I couldn't clear due to a cold... volunteering for every dangerous silly thing the military would throw at me...
I had no expectation or even desire for a family and kids... until... I hit about 28, and everything became much more clear. My desires shifted.
Thinking on it... I've seen many others 'change' around 25... I think it is a more common tale then we acknowledge.
Posted by: Romeo13 at February 13, 2026 12:16 AM (mP0Kj)
https://youtu.be/UDTWVVlLGas
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 13, 2026 12:17 AM (8zz6B)
This I understand.
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions at February 13, 2026 12:19 AM (tqpXi)
-underage pot use and plenty of booze?
imo, Do what is best for the baby.
No food but plenty of booze, not even considering the ick factor of having 2 stoned strangers and their 3 animals living with a 10 day old baby, makes it pretty clear it's the baby and only the baby's welfare you need to concentrate on right now.
Posted by: old chick at February 13, 2026 12:19 AM (F3Dlr)
I was a freak in my late teens and early 20's. Motorcycle accidents... drugs... drinking my paycheck away... wrecked cars... chute malfunction on a sport dive... broke an eardrum diving when I couldn't clear due to a cold... volunteering for every dangerous silly thing the military would throw at me...
I had no expectation or even desire for a family and kids... until... I hit about 28, and everything became much more clear. My desires shifted.
Thinking on it... I've seen many others 'change' around 25... I think it is a more common tale then we acknowledge.
Posted by: Romeo13
Brother from another Mother!
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at February 13, 2026 12:20 AM (/lPRQ)
Get him out of that situation. Now.
Posted by: nurse ratched at February 12, 2026 11:56 PM (IhIKR)
Getting lawyered up. Not happy but hopeful. It was very hard to leave that little dude in that gawdawful mess. I wanted nothing but to kidnap him. It’s not like he is being breastfed. He would be so happy here. And I think he will.
Posted by: tcn in AK at February 13, 2026 12:21 AM (I40wl)
Posted by: Romeo13
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Reflected in the age disparity in marriage.
Women mature younger than men,
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 13, 2026 12:21 AM (TiGPW)
Posted by: JQ at February 13, 2026 12:22 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: tcn in AK at February 13, 2026 12:21 AM (I40wl)
Bless you. Prayers for you and the little dude.
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at February 13, 2026 12:22 AM (xDN0i)
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Posted by: JQ at February 13, 2026 12:25 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at February 13, 2026 12:25 AM (Cqx++)
The best part was that when he rubbed it, it turned into a suitcase.
Posted by: Maxine Waters at February 13, 2026 12:26 AM (IG3/x)
Posted by: Jasmine Crockett at February 13, 2026 12:27 AM (cwGMH)
Posted by: Opinion fact at February 13, 2026 12:28 AM (cwGMH)
Posted by: Jasmine Crockett at February 13, 2026 12:27 AM (cwGMH)
Pearl Jam.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at February 13, 2026 12:28 AM (dK+Kv)
Posted by: 496 at February 13, 2026 12:28 AM (t+VLa)
"Repeal?" Really? They even got it right in the body of the article.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at February 13, 2026 12:30 AM (dK+Kv)
Congratulations on being a grandmother, it is the best honor in the entire world from God. I am sorry you are not yet enjoying this, but you will.
Tell him to kick out the person with the pets...a dog could hurt a 10dy old baby.
With no food in fridge they are sitting around getting high.
The baby: did he look at you? Was he alert? Are they freaking feeding him every 2-3hrs (based on his weight). Dear God, I am upset, too.
I was a NICU step down RN for 10yrs. Babies are my thing.
What you described is horrific. Again, how old are the parents? While you have no control of the mother, you do have a say for that baby.
Yes, call CPS. I would hope they would then give that baby to you. But FIRST kick out the roommate with the dog, since you own the condo. That worries me on top of the stoners and lack of normal attention. They need parenting classes, once they are sober.
If I have offended you I am sorry, but that baby is in danger. It is not party time at the $400k condo. A ten day old infant depends on them to keep him safe, clean and fed. As well as making eye contact and loving him.
Prayers, you have them, for you and baby.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at February 13, 2026 12:31 AM (WONhk)
Will pray things will improve. I promise you that I will start praying tonight.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at February 13, 2026 12:06 AM (WONhk)
I will. Kill for him. Die for him.
As a pro-life person, I have always told people that if they don't want their kids, I will raise them. I think he and she want him, but they are incapable of becoming unselfish enough to care for him. He doesn't have the luxury of waiting for when and if they become adults. He needs overwhelming love now.
Posted by: tcn in AK at February 13, 2026 12:32 AM (I40wl)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at February 13, 2026 12:25 AM (Cqx++)
"Pass The Biscuits Mirandy" was a Spike Jones tune that got made into a "soundie", the 1940's counterpart to a music video. Kind of risque, too, at the uh, climax:
https://youtu.be/pgn_aNCBXKw
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 13, 2026 12:33 AM (8zz6B)
A best scenario theme of foster care and adoption but it gets its point across .
Posted by: Opinion fact at February 13, 2026 12:34 AM (cwGMH)
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at February 13, 2026 12:35 AM (SRRAx)
Prayers, you have them, for you and baby.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at February 13, 2026 12:31 AM (WONhk)
No offense, certainly. I agree with you wholeheartedly. But, AK CPS is a bit of a crapshoot. Babies have gone there and disappeared. Literally. Friends have had grandbabies gone missing, forever. I'm concerned, so I will be using a lawyer to navigate this shit. Somebody who knows the system. It is the least I can do for Grandbaby. And he is Grand, indeed.
He is an easy baby, sleeps well, like almost 3 hours at a stretch. I hope that isn't because he is getting a contact high. She isn't good at taking care of herself, but she is doing pretty darned well with him, so far, except for the environment. She is a user, meaning she thought my spawn would support her. He can't support a limp dick at this point.
But catshit? Really? No. He needs a better life.
Posted by: tcn in AK at February 13, 2026 12:37 AM (I40wl)
Posted by: tcn in AK at February 13, 2026 12:37 AM (I40wl)
The Guthrie daughter called Mark Kelly before she called the police.
What did she think penis head was going to do?
Everything is odd about that situation.
Posted by: fourseasons at February 13, 2026 12:37 AM (3ek7K)
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Yoo hooo. I'm right here!
Posted by: The Sandpaper Blocks at February 13, 2026 12:38 AM (nWPIJ)
Posted by: tcn in AK at February 13, 2026 12:39 AM (I40wl)
Posted by: tcn in AK at February 13, 2026 12:39 AM (I40wl)
Baby Momma: white, native, or other?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 13, 2026 12:40 AM (8zz6B)
The Left would like nothing more than to use CPS to take kids away from wrong thinking parents.
Posted by: Opinion fact at February 13, 2026 12:42 AM (cwGMH)
But catshit? Really? No. He needs a better life.
Posted by: tcn in AK at February 13, 2026 12:37 AM (I40wl)
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I'd fear CPS as well. And lawyer up quick.
Meanwhile, and I don't know how far this condo is...I'd be popping in daily if I owned the condo. Inspect. Kick the stoner out with the pets for starters.
Sit their asses down and tell them you are going to take that baby legally and you will be checking on him daily. A healthy newborn should pee every time he wakes from a 3hr nap. Hydration is important. He should be pooping green/yellow at this point vs meconium black if he is fed.
When is his next check up for weight with a pediatrician? Due to HIPPA they won't discuss with you if you are not on a list, but, it is vital he gets weighed. It is probably better he is on formula for his growth.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at February 13, 2026 12:44 AM (WONhk)
Posted by: PabloD at February 13, 2026 12:46 AM (3VXNH)
I ask, because I have a family member who married his gf after their baby was born.. and expresses to me how very unhappy he is with their relationship and the general state of their household, years later. Makes me sad for all of them, really.
The man, because he'll be *on the hook* now for some amount of alimony after this long, on top of child support. He works fulltime, even though it's not much and no bennies, but stays to be sure the child benefits from his $.
The woman, because she's a welfare momma and that's her thang. (There are other kids that are not related to family member) Got whatever problems and keeps a filthy house.
Their child MOST OF ALL, caught in the middle of absolute squalor and parents who can barely stand to be around each other, but stay together anyway.
The other kids, because Momma ditched their dad(s) when she hooked up with my family member and let them misbehave and be nasty to him, despite the fact that he was supporting all their ungrateful little asses.
Sick and sad.
Posted by: JQ at February 13, 2026 12:47 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at February 13, 2026 12:48 AM (gLYp7)
I almost dehydrated my 10lb newborn at 3wks of age. Not from neglect (breastfeeding) but because I was not getting a lot of sleep and he was starving as I could not keep up. He got on formula and we knew then how much he took in.
Those parents need to know this. No doubt were taught this in the hospital. Wet diapers are important. It's good he's sleeping 3hrs and that is normal, as newborns take a bottle every 2-3hrs then all hit a growth spurt at 3wks. Then repeat every 3wks to build up volume for growth.
Please do let us know how things are going and know you are in our prayers. Forgive my rants,as that was what I once did for a decade: I wore a pager for mother's to call me with questions once they got home. I swore no one would go through what I did with our first...and I was a nurse, which made my stupidity worse, lack of sleep and post c-section did not relieve my guilt.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at February 13, 2026 12:48 AM (WONhk)
We possibly have a manned launch in about 2 hours.
SpaceX - Falcon 9 - SpaceX Crew-12
SLC-40 - Cape Canaveral SFS - Space Affairs Live
Launch Date: February 13, 2026
Launch Time: 5:15 a.m. EST (1015 UTC, 11:15 CET)
https://youtu.be/_7k_5zOWL54
Posted by: Joyenz at February 13, 2026 12:48 AM (2F0/Y)
I don't have any suggestions for you; others have taken up that role.
I will pray for your grandchild, though. That much I *can* do.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at February 13, 2026 12:48 AM (S/Y4j)
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=6pDH66X3ClA
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at February 13, 2026 12:50 AM (ZVgZ4)
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at February 13, 2026 12:50 AM (0nHVk)
Best news I have heard all week. Whig is a treasure.
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at February 13, 2026 12:50 AM (CHHv1)
Posted by: nckate at February 13, 2026 12:53 AM (uQzkA)
It smells, and tastes like wallpaper paste.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc.
>Bad breakfast; In my poor childhood, rice and boiled raisins. I'll eat the rice with a little cinnamon, but the raisins were disgusting. And powdered milk.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at February 13, 2026 12:55 AM (xFfhU)
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at February 13, 2026 12:55 AM (xFfhU)
You know it's really bad when you have to clobber the raisins on the head to stop them from crawling out of the bowl.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 13, 2026 12:58 AM (8zz6B)
Posted by: tcn in AK at February 13, 2026 12:32 AM (I40wl)
He's got that from you. Hang in there. Is your husband around (forgive me for asking). My husband would be scaring our son to the point of soiling his own pants over this.
You are going to be ok with that baby. Ok? It's all going to be well. If I owned that condo I'd be there daily. Hell, even if I did not own it I'd be there and they'd be knowing why.
You bought it so if your name is on that title you have rights. Are they paying you rent? Landlords don't put up with this stuff.
I feel so badly this has not been the positive and wonderful experience that the baby boy and you deserve. Please keep us posted as you have the full weight of this place praying for you.
I don't know how long it will take your son and the baby's mother to get over the fact that they are now responsible for a baby. Being stoned as a teen does that (how old is she?). Does your son have a job?
I guess they took in the friend/pets to help pay rent to you?
They'd better be thankful I am not his mother,let's just say that. Our sons feared us, while knowing we loved them.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at February 13, 2026 12:59 AM (WONhk)
Posted by: nckate at February 13, 2026 12:53 AM (uQzkA)
Kate for the win here! I can't believe how flipped out I am, many states away.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at February 13, 2026 01:01 AM (WONhk)
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at February 13, 2026 01:03 AM (CHHv1)
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