Monday Cafe

Jonathan the Tortoise, 193 years young

A senior dog was dumped at the shelter, but found a better family.

One-dog reenactment of Sunset Boulevard.

Dog-punking: a national scourge. I thought we had outgrown this cruelty.

Dog is the star of the game -- he retrieves the kicking tee after kickoffs. This isn't normal, right? I've never heard of this before.

A golden retriever was used as breeding dog with each of her puppies taken from her. Now she's been rescued. And she treats stuffed animals as if they're the puppies taken from her.

A hero dog protected his family from a bear that slashed and bit him. He's healing up now. The bear remains at large and out of control.

Dog and goose are friends.

Jay Mohr impersonates Bill Burr and his shitty superior attitude.

Naughty little elephant brother.

Hot song from 1936. I know people use AI to make parody versions of early naughty songs, but this is apparently real. Lyrics here.

This may be the most detailed image of the Moon ever released.

1000 frames stacked using a Nikon Z8 and Takahashi TSA-120 telescope.
pic.twitter.com/2z803Jl1sq
— Anthony Brian Logan (ABL) 🇺🇸 (@ANTHONYBLOGAN) April 6, 2026

Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace at 07:00 PM

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1 Happy Monday!

Posted by: Megthered at April 06, 2026 07:05 PM (t48gP)

2 my cat is rotten

Posted by: Admiral Winchester at April 06, 2026 07:06 PM (jrgJz)

3 The amount of trickery trying to pull off this so-called Moon flyby is astonishing. I'm not falling for it.

Posted by: Flat Earther at April 06, 2026 07:06 PM (oftw2)

4 We already had a Woodchuck Cafe. All this is superfluous.

Posted by: Cuteness Overload at April 06, 2026 07:08 PM (oftw2)

5 Soviet Star Trek

https://youtu.be/WGFxj-z0pcw

Posted by: Halfhand at April 06, 2026 07:08 PM (H5Io+)

6
How did you get a picture of me???

Posted by: fourseasons at April 06, 2026 07:08 PM (3ek7K)

7
If I was left to fend for myself for 3 weeks, there would be nothing but ashes left in 2 weeks.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 06, 2026 07:04 PM (RIvkX)

_____________

I think HM goes on the road to get away from me.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 06, 2026 07:08 PM (tgvbd)

8 The earth is flat and the moon is made of gorgonzola. This is beyond dispute.

Posted by: Semper Luna Casei! at April 06, 2026 07:10 PM (TbWk/)

9
3D globe view of Moon:

https://is.gd/TrDOvO

That looks a little different from what we see here on earth, as the maximum viewing distance point there is much closer.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at April 06, 2026 07:10 PM (w6EFb)

10 Hadrian, I will never believe that. Your competency to handle everything allows her that luxury.

Posted by: Ben Had at April 06, 2026 07:11 PM (+nEug)

11 The moon looks like a giant foot callus.

Posted by: LASue at April 06, 2026 07:11 PM (lCppi)

12
How did you get a picture of me???

Posted by: fourseasons

==============

I thought it was Mitch McConnell.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at April 06, 2026 07:13 PM (n7rxJ)

13 And yet he still looks better than Faylor Lorenz.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at April 06, 2026 07:13 PM (zZu0s)

14
It's hard to believe, but the Artemis crew are seeing features on the far side never seen by human eyes before.

Mare Orientale overhead in sunlight is one of those. The timing of the Apollo missions was such that it was lunar morning on the chosen landing site. This was for thermal reasons as well as lighting. They wanted a low sun angle when landing the LM, which helped see the surface relief better than high sun angle. Thus Mare Orientale was in the dark when the CSM flew over.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at April 06, 2026 07:13 PM (w6EFb)

15 That is one gnarly old man.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at April 06, 2026 07:14 PM (/lPRQ)

16 So far, the week's Cafés are 20% mephitic-free. Can we close out the week on Friday at 100%?

Posted by: Duncanthrax at April 06, 2026 07:14 PM (0sNs1)

17 The earth is flat and the moon is made of gorgonzola. This is beyond dispute.

Posted by: Semper Luna Casei!

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Or was it wensleydale? Only Wallace and Gromit know for sure.

Posted by: 2009Refugee at April 06, 2026 07:14 PM (B5foV)

18 Good evening everyone

Posted by: Skip at April 06, 2026 07:14 PM (Ia/+0)

19 I think HM goes on the road to get away from me.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 06, 2026 07:08 PM (tgvbd)
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That's why I spend so much time in the bathroom

Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 06, 2026 07:14 PM (RIvkX)

20 Tyler Oliveira releases video on youtube showcasing h1b fraud in Texas using Nick Shirley tactics.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ralf0yL1Tfw

Posted by: Lurker #4975 at April 06, 2026 07:16 PM (7diFn)

21
Lol SF

Posted by: fourseasons at April 06, 2026 07:16 PM (3ek7K)

22 7 minutes until LOS ends and we can communicate with Integrity

Posted by: Cow Demon at April 06, 2026 07:16 PM (hJH5n)

23 We'll see Artemis on the dark side of the moon

Posted by: Floyd, Pink at April 06, 2026 07:17 PM (hJH5n)

24 Watching that orphan Joey, but it should have gone to a juvenile delinquent prison.
It will only come back and steal stuff like the car or refrigerator

Posted by: Skip at April 06, 2026 07:18 PM (Ia/+0)

25
1 minute till AOS.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at April 06, 2026 07:22 PM (w6EFb)

26 Nice doggie

Posted by: ALH, Sister Golden Hair at April 06, 2026 07:23 PM (+QijZ)

27 1 minute till AOS.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at April 06, 2026 07:22 PM

Will "First!" be the first thing they say?

Posted by: Duncanthrax at April 06, 2026 07:24 PM (0sNs1)

28 "About 1 minute until LOS ends...

...and the fun BEGINS!!!!"

-Alien jumping space spiders that have been waiting and waiting

Posted by: pawn at April 06, 2026 07:24 PM (jstR0)

29 >> Will "First!" be the first thing they say?

We should see an earthrise shot.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at April 06, 2026 07:24 PM (w6EFb)

30 Hot song from 1936. I know people use AI to make parody versions of early naughty songs, but this is apparently real. Lyrics here.

The women from that video makes a number of those - apparently there were a lot of dirty songs back in the day

She is a libtard, I saw her complain about Trump in one video, but the songs and her reaction to them are funny...

Posted by: 18-1 at April 06, 2026 07:25 PM (sKqQm)

31
And if the band your in starts playing different tunes
I'll see on the dark side of the moon.

Posted by: Hatari somewhere on Ventura Highway at April 06, 2026 07:25 PM (NtVYv)

32

Jonathan, up top, needs to check out some Chap Sticks.

Posted by: pawn at April 06, 2026 07:26 PM (jstR0)

33 That “Honest 2 Betsy” YouTuber’s whole schtick is to find double entendre song from the past and then be a proper and prim listener who is shocked, shocked! to what might be implied by the lyrics. Songs like this from that era usually have an “out,” just as this one does. Just proves whose mind is in the gutter, or does it? This goes way back. People were people even in great grandpa’s time.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at April 06, 2026 07:26 PM (NWwW8)

34 Alien clone replication of Orion's crew is now complete.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at April 06, 2026 07:26 PM (ESVrU)

35 Not gonna lie, space does nothing for me.

What we've accomplished to date is akin to going to the corner bodega for some scratch tickets, a pack of Marlboros and a 6 pack of Schlitz.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at April 06, 2026 07:27 PM (elfcD)

36 It would be a trip if Orion came out from the dark side of the moon and it was empty, no people.

Movie ?

Posted by: Hatari somewhere on Ventura Highway at April 06, 2026 07:27 PM (NtVYv)

37 That's was great turtle. RIP...

Posted by: runner at April 06, 2026 07:27 PM (GD0B3)

38
Bummer, I forget, the limb of the Moon during earthrise is dark. But, there's the waxing crescent earth on the screen.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at April 06, 2026 07:28 PM (w6EFb)

39 Where's that confounded bridge?

Posted by: Supreme Leader Of The Day at April 06, 2026 07:29 PM (vFG9F)

40 There is no dark side of the moon. As a matter of fact it's all dark.

Posted by: Josephistan at April 06, 2026 07:29 PM (FLx59)

41 1000 frames stacked"

"Stacked"

/zombie Jayne Mansfield laughs

Posted by: man at April 06, 2026 07:29 PM (XuXeR)

42 No working bathrooms in space, no thanks

Posted by: Skip at April 06, 2026 07:30 PM (Ia/+0)

43 The Saints used to have a dog that retrieved tees. He was called the Fetch Monster.

Posted by: Clay at April 06, 2026 07:30 PM (Buzgq)

44 I can't see the faces of the crew aboard Orion...have they turned into lizard people?

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at April 06, 2026 07:30 PM (ESVrU)

45 The earth is flat and the moon is made of gorgonzola. This is beyond dispute.

Posted by: Semper Luna Casei!

Only the front side is Gorgonzola: the back is hollow - don’t be fooled by these so-called pictures they show you!
/sarc (if you couldn’t guess)

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at April 06, 2026 07:31 PM (NWwW8)

46 34 Alien clone replication of Orion's crew is now complete.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at April 06, 2026 07:26 PM (ESVrU)

Do they fight it out with the lizard people who have infiltrated every level of society or are they working together?

CBC - astronauts are fine. Talking now. Inspiring words now. Not 'The damn toilet is out again.'

Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog. Old, but full of life. at April 06, 2026 07:31 PM (Sco7b)

47 We should see an earthrise shot"

The Paolo, he knows shots...

Posted by: man at April 06, 2026 07:31 PM (XuXeR)

48 According to Justice Ketanji Brown, the pilot who broke into (crash landed) Iran, is now Iranian.

Posted by: rickb223 at April 06, 2026 07:32 PM (U7QMZ)

49

Hello Houston, this is acting Or Integrity Commander Zuact Rezumverz and we seem to have a slight problem.

Posted by: pawn at April 06, 2026 07:33 PM (jstR0)

50 Jonathon doesn't look a day over 29

Posted by: Boomer at April 06, 2026 07:33 PM (+abK1)

51 I was going to tell a flat Moon joke but can't remember the name of that actress.

Posted by: fd at April 06, 2026 07:34 PM (vFG9F)

52 48 According to Justice Ketanji Brown, the pilot who broke into (crash landed) Iran, is now Iranian.
Posted by: rickb223 at April 06, 2026 07:32 PM (U7QMZ)

That’s a dual citizenship I would let pass.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at April 06, 2026 07:34 PM (NWwW8)

53
Just as long as there's no Main Bus B undervoltage.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at April 06, 2026 07:34 PM (w6EFb)

54 51 I was going to tell a flat Moon joke but can't remember the name of that actress.
Posted by: fd at April 06, 2026 07:34 PM (vFG9F)

It was not Soleil Moon Frye.

Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog. Old, but full of life. at April 06, 2026 07:35 PM (Sco7b)

55 Ask Jonathan where I can find Uyulala the Oracle.

Posted by: gKWVE at April 06, 2026 07:35 PM (gKWVE)

56 Jonathan the Tortoise has a face that looks like one of my ex-girlfriend's toenails. Horribly disfigured, but she could make a sammich when she wanted to.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at April 06, 2026 07:37 PM (Fbc0I)

57 Ask Jonathan where I can find Uyulala the Oracle.
Posted by: gKWVE

Word is he went to school with Great A'Tuin.

Posted by: Brother Tim, still standing at April 06, 2026 07:37 PM (FIwBs)

58 If I go away for a week, Mr Scary goes feral. Beard to his knees, an onion in his belt. Shouting at clouds. Cleaning the cat box is what did it. And having to prepare food.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at April 06, 2026 07:37 PM (FrGmf)

59 Everyone knows it's impossible for humans to get outside the Van Allen belts.

Posted by: Diodore Dayvox Leabe at April 06, 2026 07:37 PM (gKWVE)

60
Speaking of inspiring words, there's something they calle the Overlook Effect that happens to most, but not all astronauts when they first get into space. It's a transcendent, spirtual kind of experience. It happens in LEO, but for the now 28 people who have seen the "Blue Marble" view, where they're far enough away to see the Earth as a small blue globe in their field of view, the experience is something else.

Here's Victor Glover the other day, who had that Overlook Effect hit him like a freight train:
https://is.gd/oCACOu

"Oasis in nothingness".

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at April 06, 2026 07:38 PM (w6EFb)

61 56 Jonathan the Tortoise has a face that looks like one of my ex-girlfriend's toenails. Horribly disfigured, but she could make a sammich when she wanted to.

Go on.....

Posted by: Q Tarantino at April 06, 2026 07:39 PM (+abK1)

62 Barely ScaryMary, blasphemy. I have met your husband and he is a guy that has it together.

Posted by: Ben Had at April 06, 2026 07:39 PM (+nEug)

63 Ben Had, he is a stellar guy. But the cat box does him in 😆

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at April 06, 2026 07:40 PM (FrGmf)

64 Ben Had, he is a stellar guy. But the cat box does him in 😆
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at April 06, 2026

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It's the bane of my existence too.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 06, 2026 07:42 PM (wzUl9)

65 I was going to tell a flat Moon joke but can't remember the name of that actress.

Brie Larsen

Posted by: Yep at April 06, 2026 07:42 PM (OQ3w/)

66
So where are the yakking astronauts?

Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at April 06, 2026 07:43 PM (mS8PE)

67 No working bathrooms in space, no thanks
Posted by: Skip at April 06, 2026 07:30 PM (Ia/+0)
=====

The Astrodome was worse! (I heard)

Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 06, 2026 07:44 PM (RIvkX)

68 The litter box is a trifle after several horse stalls.

Posted by: Ben Had at April 06, 2026 07:45 PM (+nEug)

69 It's cool and fresh here, for a change: 66 F. now, going down to about 55 just before dawn. I dread the return of the heat and humidity, though.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 06, 2026 07:45 PM (wzUl9)

70 Planet Earth is goo and there's nothing I can do.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at April 06, 2026 07:45 PM (Cqx++)

71
My husband says he goes to the gym every afternoon. He comes home happy and I'm thinking it ain't the gym making him happy,lmao.

Posted by: fourseasons at April 06, 2026 07:46 PM (3ek7K)

72 The litter box is a trifle after several horse stalls.
Posted by: Ben Had at April 06, 2026

***
Simple -- just divert a river!
( -- Heracles)

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 06, 2026 07:46 PM (wzUl9)

73 Louisiana records lowest temperature and humidity in a hundred years to thwart Wolfus.

Posted by: Ben Had at April 06, 2026 07:47 PM (+nEug)

74 Fuck this this! YAHOO X IS TELLONG ME

The last comments on stuff for me in a tiZy.

Thing are flowing, yeah, percolating. Now our Genius Boys Cerno and Luke Rudtardo are saying that our Fed Gov is censoring satellite Companies in the US from showing recent images to us lil people over here. Cerno yelps the bases are ruble. Heavy casualties. Luke Rootardo yelps "much worse than we can imagine!" Ilthey tell us that other countries have companies that show these current images of apocalypse....if that's the case ...why would some EuroCuck just post the pics on X since they can see them?

Conspiracy. Has to be! Click my furry button to like and subscribe!

Posted by: GigantorX at April 06, 2026 07:48 PM (aC6Ma)

75 I've been using the Feline Pine litter material Joyenz recommended on the Pet Thread a while back. $12 at Walmart for 40 lbs. After filling the clean box to a depth of about an inch, I was able to fit the rest into a 30-lb. Petco litter bucket. Which suggests that I can get three more 10-lb. refills out of this bag -- maybe a month total? Seems to me I changed the box more often than that with the clay stuff.

Fortunately the cats are fine with the new stuff.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 06, 2026 07:49 PM (wzUl9)

76 Louisiana records lowest temperature and humidity in a hundred years to thwart Wolfus.
Posted by: Ben Had

Lusiana is now habitable?

Posted by: MkY at April 06, 2026 07:49 PM (q6tQZ)

77 Where can I go for the best conspiracy theory about ~~Capricorn One~~ Orion? Has anybody consulted with OJ Simpson yet?

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at April 06, 2026 07:49 PM (Fbc0I)

78 We get about a month of 80° dew points, then, it calms down. Fall is great, but, the foliage sux.

Posted by: Accomack at April 06, 2026 07:49 PM (ou30A)

79
Yeah, Hercules solved his Augean stables challenge, but it was hard cheese for everyone downstream.

Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at April 06, 2026 07:49 PM (mS8PE)

80 Louisiana records lowest temperature and humidity in a hundred years to thwart Wolfus.
Posted by: Ben Had at April 06, 2026

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Thwart?

I'd be overjoyed!

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 06, 2026 07:49 PM (wzUl9)

81 That turtle is the turtle from Never Ending Story,.isn't it? The one with the bad allergies.

Posted by: GigantorX at April 06, 2026 07:50 PM (aC6Ma)

82 Barely got to 58 hete today

Posted by: Skip at April 06, 2026 07:50 PM (Ia/+0)

83 See 49 tomorrow

Posted by: Skip at April 06, 2026 07:51 PM (Ia/+0)

84
It's 60 here in Wyoming.

Posted by: fourseasons at April 06, 2026 07:51 PM (3ek7K)

85 Louisiana records lowest temperature and humidity in a hundred years to thwart Wolfus.
Posted by: Ben Had
*
Lusiana is now habitable?
Posted by: MkY at April 06, 2026

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Only with specially constructed habitats known as "air-conditioned buildings."

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 06, 2026 07:51 PM (wzUl9)

86 Cerno has some interesting stuff, sometimes.

He is also dead wrong a lot.

Also, very full of himself

Posted by: Hatari somewhere on Ventura Highway at April 06, 2026 07:51 PM (NtVYv)

87 51 I was going to tell a flat Moon joke but can't remember the name of that actress.
Posted by: fd at April 06, 2026 07:34 PM (vFG9F)

Brie Larson. Also a cheese. Of which the moon is comprised. But gorgonzola, not brie.

Posted by: Brie is flat. The actress, that is. at April 06, 2026 07:52 PM (TbWk/)

88 Wolfus, I'll look into Feline Pine. We have one indoor/outdoor cat. Mostly she uses the litter box for revenge turds. Sometimes she will go a week or more without using it. It was worse when we had our two older male cats.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at April 06, 2026 07:52 PM (FrGmf)

89 Hot song from 1936. I know people use AI to make parody versions of early naughty songs, but this is apparently real.

Fuck Her Flat Footed in the Shower was Top 20 in 36.

Posted by: r hennigantx at April 06, 2026 07:53 PM (/+uur)

90 We have a Litter Robot for our cats, worth every penny.

Posted by: Hatari somewhere on Ventura Highway at April 06, 2026 07:53 PM (NtVYv)

91 My cats have a 80x100 ft litter box filled with the finest sand

Posted by: Ben Had at April 06, 2026 07:54 PM (+nEug)

92 But the cat box does him in 😆
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at April 06, 2026 07:40 PM (FrGmf)

I was a medic in the Army. I was a Dad to two young boys who spewed filth from both ends, Exorcist style. Dealt with it like a Dad does.

But the damn cat litter box. Gagging the whole time. It became my wife's job.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Trumpy can do magic at April 06, 2026 07:54 PM (0aYVJ)

93 42 Per humidity in my backyard.
I spent about 10k getting the house to 55%.

Posted by: r hennigantx at April 06, 2026 07:55 PM (/+uur)

94 Wolfus, I'll look into Feline Pine. We have one indoor/outdoor cat. Mostly she uses the litter box for revenge turds. Sometimes she will go a week or more without using it. It was worse when we had our two older male cats.
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at April 06, 2026

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As other commenters here who've used it said, the urine sort of turns the little pine pellets into sawdust. You shake the box and that tends to settle toward the bottom of the pan. Solids you scoop out. Eventually the smell becomes a bit much, and you simply dump the whole thing in the trash. It seems to weigh less than the equivalent amount of the clay, and cleaning the box up is easier.

I do plan to get the cats a stainless steel pan for even easier cleanup. Maybe a second one, when I have my house.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 06, 2026 07:55 PM (wzUl9)

95 86 Cerno has some interesting stuff, sometimes.

He is also dead wrong a lot.

Also, very full of himself
Posted by: Hatari somewhere on Ventura Highway at April 06, 2026 07:51 PM (NtVYv)

Cernovich is a one-man circle-jerk. As far as accuracy he's Temu Jim Hoft.

Posted by: He's StraightWayPundit at April 06, 2026 07:55 PM (TbWk/)

96 90 We have a Litter Robot for our cats, worth every penny.
Posted by: Hatari somewhere on Ventura Highway at April 06, 2026 07:53 PM (NtVYv)

Spins the shit out of the cat

Posted by: r hennigantx at April 06, 2026 07:55 PM (/+uur)

97 Sounds like disclosure before selling the place

My cats have a 80x100 ft litter box filled with the finest sand
Posted by: Ben Had at April 06, 2026 07:54 PM (+nEug)

Posted by: Hokey Pokey at April 06, 2026 07:56 PM (r0dOk)

98 My cats have a 80x100 ft litter box filled with the finest sand
Posted by: Ben Had at April 06, 2026

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I always said big black Wolf, fourteen lbs. and not fat, needed a sandbox all to himself. Stirling is almost as big.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 06, 2026 07:56 PM (wzUl9)

99
Diana, fed, has finally shut up.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 06, 2026 07:56 PM (tgvbd)

100 I do plan to get the cats a stainless steel pan for even easier cleanup. Maybe a second one, when I have my house.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 06, 2026 07:55 PM (wzUl9)

How is your house shopping going? Indiana? Kentucky?

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at April 06, 2026 07:57 PM (FrGmf)

101 They're showing the black man's ass on camera on Orion, but not the lady's ass? WTF?

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at April 06, 2026 07:57 PM (Fbc0I)

102 Wolfus, my male kitty weights in at 25lbs.

Posted by: Ben Had at April 06, 2026 07:58 PM (+nEug)

103
I wanted to be a spaceman
That’s all I wanted to be

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=D7xOZVBAWtw

Posted by: Harry Nilsson at April 06, 2026 07:58 PM (NZIuw)

104 We went to a zoo about 30 years ago and the kids could sit on a tortious.

Not today

Posted by: r hennigantx at April 06, 2026 07:59 PM (/+uur)

105 What is it that has a soft tuft at one end and a single opening at the other, is often handled by men, but some say a lady handles it best?

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at April 06, 2026 08:00 PM (NWwW8)

106 Just an aside: Hakeen Jeffries looks like a russet potato with fetal alcohol syndrome.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Trumpy can do magic at April 06, 2026 08:00 PM (0aYVJ)

107 103
I wanted to be a spaceman
That’s all I wanted to be

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=D7xOZVBAWtw
Posted by: Harry Nilsson at April 06, 2026 07:58 PM (NZIuw)

My heros have always been cowboys
Lived with a uncle
Roped branded dewormed dehorned.
Ho Lee Shit that is hard work

Posted by: r hennigantx at April 06, 2026 08:00 PM (/+uur)

108 My brother was cremated and we had his ashes put in a firecracker and launched him.

Posted by: Ben Had at April 06, 2026 08:00 PM (+nEug)

109
Hey,

I would look at the man's ass.

He is a great looking man from the top of his head and down to his feet.

Mamma Mia

Posted by: fourseasons at April 06, 2026 08:01 PM (3ek7K)

110 Would have nailed the landing had I spelled his stupid name correctly.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Trumpy can do magic at April 06, 2026 08:01 PM (0aYVJ)

111 We went to a zoo about 30 years ago and the kids could sit on a tortious.

Not today
Posted by: r hennigantx at April 06, 2026 07:59 PM (/+uur)

That is the perfect typo.

Posted by: One shellacious lawsuit at April 06, 2026 08:01 PM (TbWk/)

112 How is your house shopping going? Indiana? Kentucky?
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at April 06, 2026

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Despite the higher property taxes, I like the look of the houses in Kansas better than those in KY. NaClyDog, NotSoThoreau, and others have been trying to convince me to give the state a try. The city of Abilene, Ike's home town, sent me a visitor's guide to the state and the town, and there are so many things to do and see!

I'm driving up this month to visit Salina. It's not far from Topeka and Wichita.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 06, 2026 08:02 PM (wzUl9)

113 four seasons, we definitely don't see the right kind of ass on this blog.

Posted by: Ben Had at April 06, 2026 08:03 PM (+nEug)

114 I'm driving up this month to visit Salina. It's not far from Topeka and Wichita.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 06, 2026 08:02 PM (wzUl9)

Good luck!

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at April 06, 2026 08:03 PM (FrGmf)

115 108 My brother was cremated and we had his ashes put in a firecracker and launched him.
Posted by: Ben Had at April 06, 2026 08:00 PM (+nEug)

So dude on fishing boat drops ashes off the side. Dave comes up and says whos that. He says Dad.
Dave proceeds to sermonize about 5 minutes.
Hes done and dude says lets fish, he was not that good of Dad.

Posted by: r hennigantx at April 06, 2026 08:03 PM (/+uur)

116 Wolfus, my male kitty weights in at 25lbs.
Posted by: Ben Had at April 06, 2026

***
Part bobcat?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 06, 2026 08:03 PM (wzUl9)

117 Louisiana records lowest temperature and humidity in a hundred years to thwart Wolfus.
Posted by: Ben Had

Lusiana is now habitable?
Posted by: MkY

For today only. Tomorrow returns to normal.

Posted by: rickb223 at April 06, 2026 08:03 PM (U7QMZ)

118 Our 2 cats when alive together weighed 25 pound
12 and 13 pounds

Posted by: Skip at April 06, 2026 08:04 PM (Ia/+0)

119
Ben, this is a sexist site, lmao.

......

I gotta say, when I saw Victor using the shower, well it made me hot.

He is a fine looking man.

Posted by: fourseasons at April 06, 2026 08:05 PM (3ek7K)

120 That is the perfect typo.
Posted by: One shellacious lawsuit at April 06, 2026 08:01 PM (TbWk/)

I could not speil Tortoise if your spotted me Tort.

Posted by: r hennigantx at April 06, 2026 08:05 PM (/+uur)

121 Wokfus, bottle fed baby left by his mother in the bed of my truck.

Posted by: Ben Had at April 06, 2026 08:05 PM (+nEug)

122 Our 2 cats when alive together weighed 25 pound
12 and 13 pounds
Posted by: Skip at April 06, 2026

***
Wolf and Chekov totaled 27 -- about three normal-sized cats. Unfortunately they ate like four.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 06, 2026 08:05 PM (wzUl9)

123 Part bobcat?
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 06, 2026 08:03 PM (wzUl9)

Ocelot

Posted by: r hennigantx at April 06, 2026 08:06 PM (/+uur)

124
Tentative max distance numbers are 252, 756 miles from earth. That won't be official for a while.

Christina Koch has been the highest woman ever since their first highly elliptical orbit. But now, the dudes have broken the dude record as well. The highest people ever.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at April 06, 2026 08:06 PM (w6EFb)

125 >>>four seasons, we definitely don't see the right kind of ass on this blog.

Posted by: Ben Had

>Well, as long as we don't have to see any Orion Canadian ass because that would be totally gay.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at April 06, 2026 08:07 PM (Fbc0I)

126 Hello, Horde.

Posted by: TecumsehTea at April 06, 2026 08:08 PM (nz1sK)

127 123 Part bobcat?
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 06, 2026 08:03 PM (wzUl9)

Ocelot
Posted by: r hennigantx at April 06, 2026 08:06 PM (/+uur)

HOLY SHIT AN OCELOT!!!

Posted by: Sterling Archer at April 06, 2026 08:08 PM (TbWk/)

128 Christina Koch has been the highest woman ever since their first highly elliptical orbit. But now, the dudes have broken the dude record as well.

You sure about that?

Posted by: Rick James at April 06, 2026 08:08 PM (gKWVE)

129 Trump says Kim Jong Un used to call Joe Biden a "mentally retarded" person.
LOL!

Posted by: SMOD at April 06, 2026 08:08 PM (O7XEN)

130 Our 2 cats when alive together weighed 25 pound
12 and 13 pounds
Posted by: Skip at April 06, 2026 08:04 PM (Ia/+0)

my 4 are about 9-10 lbs each.

Posted by: Oldcat at April 06, 2026 08:08 PM (8avO+)

131 Is no one going to try my riddle? It’s a real oldie! That’s a clue.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at April 06, 2026 08:09 PM (NWwW8)

132
Hi Tecumseh,

I hope things are better for ya'll.

Posted by: fourseasons at April 06, 2026 08:09 PM (3ek7K)

133 You will never know how hard it is not to cup your hand around a fit buttcheek wearing a W onthe back pocket.

Posted by: Ben Had at April 06, 2026 08:10 PM (+nEug)

134 Cliff Edwards, Ukulele Ike, and the voice of Jiminy Cricket.

And you think that's something? Check out "My Girl's Pussy."

1930. Modest hit. Went from secret joke to double-entendre to single-entendre.

Posted by: moviegique (buy my books) at April 06, 2026 08:10 PM (/d4WW)

135
I believe you Ben.

Posted by: fourseasons at April 06, 2026 08:11 PM (3ek7K)

136 106 Just an aside: Hakeen Jeffries looks like a russet potato with fetal alcohol syndrome.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Trumpy can do magic at April 06, 2026 08:00 PM (0aYVJ)

Politics is show business for ugly people.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at April 06, 2026 08:11 PM (NWwW8)

137 129 Trump says Kim Jong Un used to call Joe Biden a "mentally retarded" person.
LOL!
Posted by: SMOD

I hate to give out a W to Juche, and the Kims lie a lot, but . . .

Posted by: gKWVE at April 06, 2026 08:11 PM (gKWVE)

138 "What is it that has a soft tuft at one end and a single opening at the other, is often handled by men, but some say a lady handles it best?
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit"

A penguin?

Posted by: Use your imagination at April 06, 2026 08:13 PM (vFG9F)

139 Cernovich is Temu Megyn Kelly...who is Temu Cucker Tarlson, who is himself Temu Dmitri Shepilov.

Posted by: runner at April 06, 2026 08:13 PM (GD0B3)

140 106 Just an aside: Hakeen Jeffries looks like a russet potato with fetal alcohol syndrome.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Trumpy can do magic at April 06, 2026 08:00 PM (0aYVJ)

You know, you might be onto something here....

Posted by: ErikInTexas at April 06, 2026 08:13 PM (kGdxl)

141 The moon is made of moonterey jack. Fight me.

Posted by: Delurker at April 06, 2026 08:13 PM (gtcuf)

142 OK, no replies on my riddle so I suppose some of you have an answer but don’t want to say it. The answer is a quill pen. What did you have?

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at April 06, 2026 08:14 PM (NWwW8)

143 So they all are retarded children of Shepilev.

Posted by: runner at April 06, 2026 08:14 PM (GD0B3)

144 You will never know how hard it is not to cup your hand around a fit buttcheek wearing a W on the back pocket.
Posted by: Ben Had at April 06, 2026

***
With Mrs. Wolfus No. 2, I restrained myself only enough in that department to make sure we were alone. (She did the same with me.)

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 06, 2026 08:14 PM (wzUl9)

145
Hiya runner!

Posted by: fourseasons at April 06, 2026 08:15 PM (3ek7K)

146 I did the ultimate bachelor thing today and made deviled eggs for breakfast (at noon.)

Still delicious.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at April 06, 2026 08:15 PM (zZu0s)

147 OK, no replies on my riddle so I suppose some of you have an answer but don’t want to say it. The answer is a quill pen. What did you have?
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at April 06, 2026 08:14 PM (NWwW

A mop

Posted by: Show out for chauvinism at April 06, 2026 08:15 PM (TbWk/)

148 Red Sox look like a team about to lose 100 games. Cora won’t make it to Memorial Day. He might not make it to May.

Posted by: Accomack at April 06, 2026 08:15 PM (nLdZ2)

149 The answer is a quill pen. What did you have?

Shaving brush

Posted by: Halfhand at April 06, 2026 08:16 PM (H5Io+)

150 The answer is a quill pen. What did you have?
*
Shaving brush
Posted by: Halfhand at April 06, 2026

***
Where would the opening be on that?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 06, 2026 08:17 PM (wzUl9)

151 moviegique - there's a youtuber "Ragtime Rev" who is playing songs from the 1890s-early-1900s minstrel era. I can't link any of them here because Rev is an edgelord who is picking out the cooniest stuff he can find. Almost none of it written by actual black people, obviously.
Not all of it is racist, exactly; most of it was done to appeal to blacks at the time too.
But none of it is safe for work and less than none of it is woke.

Posted by: gKWVE at April 06, 2026 08:17 PM (gKWVE)

152 hi fourseasons!

Posted by: runner at April 06, 2026 08:17 PM (GD0B3)

153 I'm going to call it a night
Have a good night everyone

Posted by: Skip at April 06, 2026 08:17 PM (Ia/+0)

154 Where would the opening be on that?

Now you know why I didn't answer

Posted by: Halfhand at April 06, 2026 08:18 PM (H5Io+)

155 Red Sox look like a team about to lose 100 games. Cora won’t make it to Memorial Day. He might not make it to May.
Posted by: Accomack at April 06, 2026 08:15 PM (nLdZ2)

Bet the Rockies get to the hunnert mark quicker.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Trumpy can do magic at April 06, 2026 08:19 PM (0aYVJ)

156 Movies! Channel is showing 1963's Palm Springs Weekend, with Connie Stevens, Stefanie Powers, Troy Donahue, and Robert Conrad (in between his Hawaiian Eye and Wild Wild West gigs). No bikini scenes yet, but the cars are great -- all American metal like the '61-'63 Thunderbird, '57 Chevy, etc.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 06, 2026 08:19 PM (wzUl9)

157 Hadrian! So glad to have you back. I know you take time off for Lent, but we miss you every year. Now you're back and all's right with the blog. Or something like that. I don't know.

Posted by: TecumsehTea at April 06, 2026 08:19 PM (nz1sK)

158 1930. Modest hit. Went from secret joke to double-entendre to single-entendre.
Posted by: moviegique (buy my books) at April 06, 2026 08:10 PM (/d4WW)

There were a couple Lileks did that were less.. overt. One was a song where a spinster sang about stripping down for the passing men in her gazebo. Another was the same tune as Chaplains mushroom nonsense song but had the original words of Titina. She was only 17a.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at April 06, 2026 08:21 PM (zZu0s)

159 The Rockies actually managed to beat the Blue Jays, so, there's that. They're up against the Astros tonight.
Last year the Rockies would have done better to put up one of those batting cage machines on the mound, they might have allowed fewer hits.

Posted by: gKWVE at April 06, 2026 08:21 PM (gKWVE)

160 Mop and shaving brush don’t have an opening on the end opposite the tuft. XX No points!

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at April 06, 2026 08:21 PM (NWwW8)

161
Now you're back and all's right with the blog. Or something like that. I don't know.

Posted by: TecumsehTea at April 06, 2026 08:19 PM (nz1sK)

_____________

That's characteristically kind of you, but I daresay y'all managed to stagger along just fine without me.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 06, 2026 08:22 PM (tgvbd)

162 But none of it is safe for work and less than none of it is woke.
Posted by: gKWVE at April 06, 2026 08:17 PM (gKWVE)

Is that the retard with all the N words in the title. What a brave pioneer.

Thats sarcasm.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at April 06, 2026 08:22 PM (zZu0s)

163 In today's news conference, Trump revealed that Soleimani was planning attacks on American embassies. And then he took him out. I bet cottlet qasem planned and executed the attacks on USS Cole and the two embassies in Africa.

Posted by: runner at April 06, 2026 08:22 PM (GD0B3)

164 In Palm Springs Weekend, Robert Conrad is driving a '61-'63 Thunderbird in silver-gray, with a red leather interior. Well, it might be vinyl, but it's a convertible, and Ford offered leather in its ragtops back then, didn't they?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 06, 2026 08:22 PM (wzUl9)

165 Gotta ask: any Helena Handbasket sightings of late? I ain't seen her in a while.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Trumpy can do magic at April 06, 2026 08:23 PM (0aYVJ)

166 In the 60s, I think everything was vinyl- including the dogs.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at April 06, 2026 08:24 PM (zZu0s)

167 My riddle was tough because hardly anybody uses quill pens anymore. But it also goes to show how old these types of jokes and riddles are.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at April 06, 2026 08:24 PM (NWwW8)

168 Mop and shaving brush don’t have an opening on the end opposite the tuft. XX No points!
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at April 06, 2026 08:21 PM (NWwW

How else are you to hang them up?

Posted by: Buzz Adrenaline at April 06, 2026 08:25 PM (NZIuw)

169 Gotta ask: any Helena Handbasket sightings of late? I ain't seen her in a while.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Trumpy can do magic

I see her posting on Insty's overnight thread sometimes.

Posted by: Tuna at April 06, 2026 08:25 PM (lJ0H4)

170 Pug, she has been dealing with family stuff but she is well.

Posted by: Ben Had at April 06, 2026 08:26 PM (+nEug)

171 It's not a "dark side of the moon"! It's the "far side of the moon".

Posted by: runner at April 06, 2026 08:27 PM (GD0B3)

172
In the 60s, I think everything was vinyl- including the dogs.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at April 06, 2026 08:24 PM (zZu0s)

____________

Some UHF station in Philly had ads for clear plastic slip covers, featuring a big-haired brunette with bodacious cans and wearing hot pants. Impression it made.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 06, 2026 08:28 PM (tgvbd)

173 160 Mop and shaving brush don’t have an opening on the end opposite the tuft. XX No points!
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at April 06, 2026 08:21 PM (NWwW

Some mops do have openings at the end of the handle so they can be hung up on a wall hook.

Posted by: Take your tuft and get stufft at April 06, 2026 08:28 PM (TbWk/)

174 "U.S. B-2 bombers struck an underground IRGC headquarters in Tehran during the rescue window, using bunker buster munitions.

Ordered by CENTCOM chief Cooper, multiple B-2s flew a 36 hour round trip from Whiteman AFB to deliver the strike, using the same class of bombs deployed against nuclear sites.

The target was a gathering of senior IRGC commanders. U.S. officials say the facility was destroyed and many are presumed dead. - Fox New"

Posted by: runner at April 06, 2026 08:28 PM (GD0B3)

175 "Mop and shaving brush don’t have an opening on the end opposite the tuft. XX No points!
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit"

Penguins do.

Posted by: Use your imagination at April 06, 2026 08:29 PM (vFG9F)

176 Gotta ask: any Helena Handbasket sightings of late? I ain't seen her in a while.
Posted by: Pug Mahon

Me neither.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at April 06, 2026 08:29 PM (ZLygy)

177 The far side of the moon looks like a giant grapefruit in pictures.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at April 06, 2026 08:29 PM (zZu0s)

178 How else are you to hang them up?

That sounds like two holes or a hole all the way through. Quill have a cavity at the pointy end that holds the ink for you to write with.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at April 06, 2026 08:29 PM (NWwW8)

179 >> The far side of the moon looks like a giant grapefruit in pictures.

The far side is very different from the near side. Far side crust is much thicker than near side, and the theory of why that is is quite interesting. There is the best one, but there are some competing theories.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at April 06, 2026 08:31 PM (w6EFb)

180 171 It's not a "dark side of the moon"! It's the "far side of the moon".
Posted by: runner at April 06, 2026 08:27 PM (GD0B3)

I know the name of my own album, mate. Jews probably put you up to this, didn't they?

Posted by: Roger Waters at April 06, 2026 08:31 PM (TbWk/)

181 God Bless Helena Handbasket. She is a good egg.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at April 06, 2026 08:31 PM (FrGmf)

182 "The Iranian Ministry of Sports and Youth has called for a nationwide event tomorrow where Iranian youths, athletes, artists, students, and members of NGOs/volunteer organizations are urged to form human chains around the country’s power plants and energy facilities."

better start boom boom tonight , then...

Posted by: runner at April 06, 2026 08:31 PM (GD0B3)

183 132>>> Fourseasons

MrTea has an interview tomorrow at 3:30 for a job that sounds very good.
He has another company that is very interested in him, but they haven't interviewed him yet as a key person is on vacation there.
We appreciate any prayers.

Posted by: TecumsehTea at April 06, 2026 08:31 PM (nz1sK)

184
Apollo 8 was the first humans to see the far side. William Anders (who took the iconic Earthrise picture), described it thus:

"The backside looks like a sand pile my kids have played in for some time. It's all beat up, no definition, just a lot of bumps and holes."

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at April 06, 2026 08:32 PM (w6EFb)

185 The far side is very different from the near side. Far side crust is much thicker than near side, and the theory of why that is is quite interesting. There is the best one, but there are some competing theories.

I presume cheese is in some way involved.

Posted by: Archimedes at April 06, 2026 08:32 PM (Riz8t)

186 @BillMelugin_1h

... DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin floats the idea of stripping CBP/customs officers from airports in large sanctuary cities as retaliation for refusing to cooperate with the federal government. International travelers wouldn’t be able to fly into airports and leave without going through customs.

Mullin points out that Democrats are also refusing to fund CBP.

“It’s something we’re looking at,” Mullin said.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 06, 2026 08:32 PM (v+nOL)

187 The far side is very different from the near side. Far side crust is much thicker than near side, and the theory of why that is is quite interesting. There is the best one, but there are some competing theories.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at April 06, 2026 08:31 PM (w6EFb)

The moon is a pie? Ridiculous. It's cheese.

Posted by: Semper Luna Casei! at April 06, 2026 08:32 PM (TbWk/)

188
Tecumseh,

I think of you two often.

Praying for you both.

Posted by: fourseasons at April 06, 2026 08:33 PM (3ek7K)

189 Urged at gunpoint, no doubt.

Posted by: fd at April 06, 2026 08:33 PM (vFG9F)

190 rTea has an interview tomorrow at 3:30 for a job that sounds very good.

==

great news!

Posted by: runner at April 06, 2026 08:33 PM (GD0B3)

191 That sounds like two holes or a hole all the way through. Quill have a cavity at the pointy end that holds the ink for you to write with.
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at April 06, 2026 08:29 PM (NWwW

A single opening that happens to go all the way through

Posted by: Buzz Adrenaline at April 06, 2026 08:33 PM (NZIuw)

192
The moon is a pie? Ridiculous. It's cheese.

Posted by: Semper Luna Casei! at April 06, 2026 08:32 PM (TbWk/)

__________

It's a big pizza pie.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 06, 2026 08:34 PM (tgvbd)

193 It's all beat up, no definition, just a lot of bumps and holes.

Like Stormy Daniel's ass

Posted by: No longer a heavenly body at April 06, 2026 08:34 PM (TbWk/)

194 "The moon is a pie? Ridiculous. It's cheese.
Posted by: Semper Luna Casei! "

The far side is made of a much harder, thicker cheese.

Posted by: A expert at April 06, 2026 08:34 PM (vFG9F)

195 Hadrian, we missed your doggie stories, and tales of HM travels.
And we missed your take on things. You always have something interesting to say.

I don't every have anything to add to most of the conversations on here, but I have come to care about you goofy people.

Posted by: TecumsehTea at April 06, 2026 08:36 PM (nz1sK)

196 It's a big pizza pie.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 06, 2026 08:34 PM (tgvbd)

OW MY EYE

Posted by: Dean Martin at April 06, 2026 08:36 PM (TbWk/)

197 I don't every have anything to add to most of the conversations on here, but I have come to care about you goofy people.

Posted by: TecumsehTea at April 06, 2026 08:36 PM (nz1sK)

This.

And best wishes to you and Mr. Tea.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at April 06, 2026 08:37 PM (FrGmf)

198 So where did this idea that the Moon is edible come from anyway?

Posted by: fd at April 06, 2026 08:38 PM (vFG9F)

199 Tecumseh Tea, we very much care about you both as well. I know what you do and it is so appreciated .

Posted by: Ben Had at April 06, 2026 08:38 PM (+nEug)

200 Pug, she has been dealing with family stuff but she is well.
Posted by: Ben Had at April 06, 2026 08:26 PM (+nEug)

Thanks. And prayers that all goes well.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Trumpy can do magic at April 06, 2026 08:38 PM (0aYVJ)

201
... DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin floats the idea of stripping CBP/customs officers from airports in large sanctuary cities as retaliation for refusing to cooperate with the federal government. International travelers wouldn’t be able to fly into airports and leave without going through customs.

=============

So if I'm following, this means no one would be able to take international flights through those airports? Hee hee hee.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at April 06, 2026 08:38 PM (n7rxJ)

202 It's not a "dark side of the moon"! It's the "far side of the moon".
Posted by: runner at April 06, 2026

***
Right; the side we don't see gets sunlight too.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 06, 2026 08:38 PM (wzUl9)

203 So if I'm following, this means no one would be able to take international flights through those airports? Hee hee hee.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at April 06, 2026 08:38 PM (n7rxJ)

So so Eurotards? Or their adjacent?

*tents fingers *

Excellent

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at April 06, 2026 08:40 PM (FrGmf)

204 Thank you, FourSeasons, we really appreciate that.

It's been kinda rough, but we're making it. He's never been fired before, so that was a big blow for him.

Posted by: TecumsehTea at April 06, 2026 08:40 PM (nz1sK)

205
Easter Eve I was laughing. The talk was mostly about chocolate and clogged toilets.

This place is nutty.

Thanks to runner for keeping us updated on the mission to rescue our WOS.

Posted by: fourseasons at April 06, 2026 08:41 PM (3ek7K)

206 I got your Monday Corona right here!

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at April 06, 2026 08:42 PM (Fbc0I)

207 Posted by: TecumsehTea at April 06, 2026 08:40 PM (nz1sK)

Hope everything works out.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at April 06, 2026 08:42 PM (zZu0s)

208
Some very cool descriptions. Artemis is now in the dark, the Sun is now blocked by the Moon from their POV. I'll admit it took me a bit tog the geometry visualized in my mind's eye. Anyway, earthset and rise occurred before the sun disappeared. After earthrise, the Moon was between the earth and sun. They are far enough away from the Moon to allow this easily.

Anyway, their describing the sun's corona, still visible. Also, on the other side, they say the earthshine is quite bright on the surface of the Moon.

Man, I'm really looking forward for the high resolution pics we'll get when they get back home. After they've processed the alien bases out of the far side pictures, of course.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at April 06, 2026 08:43 PM (w6EFb)

209 Thanks, BarelyScaryMary.
This is an very eclectic group of people. We had planned to attend the MoMe but had to cancel due to the heart attack. Hoping maybe? this year, but so much now depends on the job situation.

Posted by: TecumsehTea at April 06, 2026 08:43 PM (nz1sK)

210 n the 60s, I think everything was vinyl- including the dogs.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at April 06, 2026

***
Cheaper cars had fabric seats. My '75 Maverick had a sort of foamy fabric on the seat facings, with vinyl on the sides. My '84 For Escort had dark gray plaid fabric framed by thin vinyl; hard to think much cheaper than that, or that car.

My father's '66 Impala Super Sport coupe had vinyl, in wide beige and gold stripes.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 06, 2026 08:43 PM (wzUl9)

211 @205 I broke the story ! 🤣

Posted by: runner at April 06, 2026 08:44 PM (GD0B3)

212 aww, BenHad, what a kind thing to say. Thank you.

Posted by: TecumsehTea at April 06, 2026 08:44 PM (nz1sK)

213 Most 'leather' these days in cars is some form of plastic- except panels in direct contact with the driver.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at April 06, 2026 08:45 PM (zZu0s)

214
runner,

YES. I thought i would be up all night trying to find out what was going on.

Posted by: fourseasons at April 06, 2026 08:47 PM (3ek7K)

215 Once I had a black car. With black vinyl seats. And a black rubber-ish steering wheel. It was a fun and awesome car. But it was hot. I had to keep a towel draped over that steering wheel.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at April 06, 2026 08:48 PM (FrGmf)

216 What's all this I hear about DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin stripping?

Posted by: Zombie Roseanne Roseannadanna at April 06, 2026 08:49 PM (cYBz/)

217 Most 'leather' these days in cars is some form of plastic- except panels in direct contact with the driver.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at April 06, 2026

***
For sure. My '86 Mercedes had the real stuff, I think -- that was in the days when they built the cars the best they could, then priced them, instead of building to a price. My '97 MB 230 had their MBTex, which is a kind of hard-wearing vinyl used in Euro taxicabs and in certain of their sedans then (and maybe still is?). It looks like leather and lasts even longer.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 06, 2026 08:49 PM (wzUl9)

218 >>>After they've processed the alien bases out of the far side pictures, of course.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb)

>I thought that was where Sarah Palin hid her underground nazi space stations.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at April 06, 2026 08:50 PM (Fbc0I)

219 Once I had a black car.
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary

Please! That's 'car of color' nowadays!!

Posted by: Tonypete at April 06, 2026 08:51 PM (cYBz/)

220 What's all this I hear about DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin stripping?

Posted by: Zombie Roseanne Roseannadanna at April 06, 2026 08:49 PM (cYBz/)

If it ain't Pete Hegsex, I don't want to hear about stripping cabinet members.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at April 06, 2026 08:52 PM (FrGmf)

221 Once I had a black car. With black vinyl seats. And a black rubber-ish steering wheel. It was a fun and awesome car. But it was hot. I had to keep a towel draped over that steering wheel.
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at April 06, 2026

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I'd never buy a car with a black exterior AND interior. Or a black interior; they are hot, show dirt (despite what everybody tries to tell you), and seem smaller inside than a light color.

I did rent a Chrysler 300 some years ago, the big gangsta sedan, black over black. I thought it would be hard to cool, but the A/C worked well. Strangely, I got bored with it quickly and was glad to go back to my '11 Buick Regal, the sporty-ish little four-door.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 06, 2026 08:52 PM (wzUl9)

222 Real leather feels good, but has to be maintained. Some of the synthetic stuff feels pretty good though.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at April 06, 2026 08:53 PM (zZu0s)

223
Mary,

Pete and Victor the spaceman.

Holy Moly.

Posted by: fourseasons at April 06, 2026 08:53 PM (3ek7K)

224 If there is not a crater named "Larson" on the far side, there should be.

Posted by: fd at April 06, 2026 08:53 PM (vFG9F)

225
They're having a "forward link LOS" now for a little bit. We can hear the crew, but the crew can't hear us.

They were reporting how strange the surface of the Moon looks under earthshine. Also reporting seeing two meteors hit the Moon, if I understood correctly. That was something they were hoping they could see while in the dark.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at April 06, 2026 08:54 PM (w6EFb)

226 Strangely, I got bored with it quickly and was glad to go back to my '11 Buick Regal, the sporty-ish little four-door.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 06, 2026 08:52 PM (wzUl9)

When the first miata got wrecked the rental insurance gave me was a 300. Thing handled like a fat tug boat.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at April 06, 2026 08:54 PM (zZu0s)

227 I did once sit in a '67 Mercedes 250SL, the 113 chassis that was their sport car in those days. It was a dark silver-gray color, and the interior, leather or MBTex, was . . . a dark chocolate brown like a 70% cocoa Lindt bar! Not a color you see any more. It's hard to find a new-ish vehicle with a interior other than gray, black, or light tan, mostly the first two.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 06, 2026 08:55 PM (wzUl9)

228
So so Eurotards? Or their adjacent?

*tents fingers *

Excellent
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary

=================

How long before Cinnabon and Mac Makeup and all those little airport places scream for relief?

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at April 06, 2026 08:57 PM (n7rxJ)

229 When the first miata got wrecked the rental insurance gave me was a 300. Thing handled like a fat tug boat.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at April 06, 2026

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In a city like Da Swamp with the finest of Third World roads, a fat tugboat of a car that will isolate you from those surfaces is a wonderful thing. That might be a small part of why SUVs are so popular -- they are big, with long wheelbases for a good ride.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 06, 2026 08:57 PM (wzUl9)

230 It's hard to find a new-ish vehicle with a interior other than gray, black, or light tan, mostly the first two.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 06, 2026 08:55 PM (wzUl9)

There were some very odd colors in the last Lexus sedan. One they tried that i saw the covers for was a dark green... like almost paisley pattern. It was from a test, and I can see why it did nkt make it.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at April 06, 2026 08:57 PM (zZu0s)

231 I am honoring the mechanic faeries tonight. After replacing the battery , spark plug , fuel filter and working on the hydraulic pump on the gator a couple of shots of carb cleaner it fired right up

Posted by: Ben Had at April 06, 2026 08:59 PM (+nEug)

232
I wonder if they have soaring, haunting symphony music playing in the background on Artemis. They should.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at April 06, 2026 08:59 PM (n7rxJ)

233 According to Justice Ketanji Brown, the pilot who broke into (crash landed) Iran, is now Iranian.
Posted by: rickb223

Makes perfect sense from a dolt who makes a decision first and then tries to make it look 'rational'.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at April 06, 2026 08:59 PM (/lPRQ)

234 If the moon is practically full, what are they seeing on the back side of the moon? Not much will be lit, and there is no earthshine back there.

Posted by: t-bird at April 06, 2026 08:59 PM (EJWxb)

235 >>>If there is not a crater named "Larson" on the far side, there should be.

Posted by: fd

>Pink Floyd's Great Gig In The Sky

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at April 06, 2026 08:59 PM (Fbc0I)

236
It's hard to find a new-ish vehicle with a interior other than gray, black, or light tan, mostly the first two.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius

==============

The car you deserve.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at April 06, 2026 09:00 PM (n7rxJ)

237 I am honoring the mechanic faeries tonight. After replacing the battery , spark plug , fuel filter and working on the hydraulic pump on the gator a couple of shots of carb cleaner it fired right up
Posted by: Ben Had at April 06, 2026 08:59 PM
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Right on!

You go, girl!

Posted by: JQ at April 06, 2026 09:02 PM (rdVOm)

238 There were some very odd colors in the last Lexus sedan. One they tried that i saw the covers for was a dark green... like almost paisley pattern. It was from a test, and I can see why it did nkt make it.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at April 06, 2026

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Though it would make the interior seem smaller, it sounds like a neat color if the exterior was lighter. The Euro cars, and the Japanese ones to a lesser extent, seem to understand about giving you a choice of contrast between exterior and interior. American cars now, not so much. I had to hunt quite a bit to find a light beige interior Buick LaCrosse. That was essential. I'd have accepted a dark exterior -- though I got very lucky and found my ruby red over cream 2016 model!

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 06, 2026 09:02 PM (wzUl9)

239 Honestly, color has gone out of most exterior colors- as we have remarked numerous times over the years here.

Look at a classic corvette two tone. Gorgeous cars.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at April 06, 2026 09:02 PM (zZu0s)

240 JQ, I felt you looking over my shoulder!

Posted by: Ben Had at April 06, 2026 09:04 PM (+nEug)

241 That was essential. I'd have accepted a dark exterior -- though I got very lucky and found my ruby red over cream 2016 model!
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 06, 2026 09:02 PM (wzUl9)

I had the 2001 special edition miata. British racing green (very dark green) with a darker tan interior than the base model. Darker soft top too. Think they called it 'saddle. Looked a lot better than the light tan of the base.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at April 06, 2026 09:04 PM (zZu0s)

242 ...the Department of War shifted a large share of its JASSM-ERs, ... a ... stealth cruise missile fired from bomber aircraft and fighter jets, from Pacific theater stockpiles and U.S. warehouses to bases supporting the Gulf theater.
----
and
They are letting a chick drive the tow motor that's moving the missile.

https://tinyurl.com/5n85bujt

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 06, 2026 09:06 PM (v+nOL)

243
I miss the station wagon and the Surburban we had years ago.

Load those up with the kids, dogs and lots of luggage and go anywhere.

Posted by: fourseasons at April 06, 2026 09:06 PM (3ek7K)

244 Hell it was hard to find a royal blue (Kentucky blue) Mustang GT. Hell white was more common. Although there was a nice dark red on the base models about that time.

Interior was always black though.

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

245 Honestly, color has gone out of most exterior colors- as we have remarked numerous times over the years here.

Look at a classic corvette two tone. Gorgeous cars.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at April 06, 2026

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Then: blue or green and white, red and white, red, various shades of blue and green, yellow now and then, black, white, gray, and so forth in various combos.

Now: White, gray, silver, black, occasionally a red or a dark blue; bronze or gold if you're lucky. I don't remember the last time I saw a dark forest green car or a baby blue.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 06, 2026 09:06 PM (wzUl9)

246 I had the 2001 special edition miata. British racing green (very dark green) with a darker tan interior than the base model. Darker soft top too. Think they called it 'saddle. Looked a lot better than the light tan of the base.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at April 06, 2026 0

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Sharp!

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 06, 2026 09:07 PM (wzUl9)

247 We watched Breaking Away with the grandkids this past week. That was made in 1979, our era. It was so cool to see the cars and clothes. Fun movie.
I did note the colors of the cars, and all the styles.

Posted by: TecumsehTea at April 06, 2026 09:07 PM (nz1sK)

248 . I had to hunt quite a bit to find a light beige interior Buick LaCrosse. That was essential. I'd have accepted a dark exterior -- though I got very lucky and found my ruby red over cream 2016 model!

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 06, 2026 09:02 PM (wzUl9)

The LaCrosse is a sweet car. Mine is white with beige. A Granny car maybe. But it has speed. ❤️

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at April 06, 2026 09:08 PM (FrGmf)

249 I felt you looking over my shoulder!
Posted by: Ben Had
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LOL.

Today, I replaced headlight bulbs on the daily-driver. Simple enough, yay!

Posted by: JQ at April 06, 2026 09:08 PM (rdVOm)

250 time I saw a dark forest green car or a baby blue.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 06, 2026 09:06 PM (wzUl9)

British racing green is exceedingly rare. Not many people like the shiny but flat look. Ford did offer a baby blue on mustangs a few years ago. Hardly ever saw one though.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at April 06, 2026 09:08 PM (zZu0s)

251 Zerohedge is trash. Better, more reliable sources abound.

Posted by: runner at April 06, 2026 09:08 PM (GD0B3)

252 I wonder if they have soaring, haunting symphony music playing in the background on Artemis. They should.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at April 06, 2026

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"Stayin' Alive" by the Bee Gees!

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 06, 2026 09:09 PM (wzUl9)

253
How do you clean the plastic headlight covers?

Mine are a mess.

Posted by: fourseasons at April 06, 2026 09:09 PM (3ek7K)

254 Sharp!
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 06, 2026 09:07 PM (wzUl9)

White watch dial gauges. Walnut steering wheel by Nardo (and shifter and e brake.)

Fuck, I am missing that car now.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at April 06, 2026 09:10 PM (zZu0s)

255 2001 special edition miata"

Fun little car. Cute, too.

I'm thinking zed 4..

Posted by: man at April 06, 2026 09:10 PM (XuXeR)

256 The Hyundai Elantra Ns come in a baby blue with orange trim reminiscent of the old Gulf Racing colors. The N is their current hot hatch.

Posted by: fd at April 06, 2026 09:11 PM (vFG9F)

257 The LaCrosse is a sweet car. Mine is white with beige. A Granny car maybe. But it has speed. ❤️
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at April 06, 2026

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I'd have gone for that color combo! What year is yours? The last gen, 2017-19, or earlier like mine?

The LaCrosse offers 70% of the Mercedes driving experience at 50% of the price. Less, if you buy used. Those who know Buicks know they are a great value, as Olds used to be.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 06, 2026 09:11 PM (wzUl9)

258 How do you clean the plastic headlight covers?

Mine are a mess.

Posted by: fourseasons at April 06, 2026 09:09 PM (3ek7K)

Go to a detailing place. They can clean them.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at April 06, 2026 09:11 PM (FrGmf)

259 Am I the only person that despises black rims?

Posted by: Ben Had at April 06, 2026 09:12 PM (+nEug)

260 How do you clean the plastic headlight covers?
Mine are a mess.
Posted by: fourseasons
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Are they hazy, even when bug- & dirt- free?

Posted by: JQ at April 06, 2026 09:12 PM (rdVOm)

261 I miss the station wagon and the Surburban we had years ago.

Load those up with the kids, dogs and lots of luggage and go anywhere.

Posted by: fourseasons

Het your kicks on Route 66!

Posted by: rickb223 at April 06, 2026 09:12 PM (U7QMZ)

262 I had the 2001 special edition miata.

I have the '91. British Racing Green, tan interior to match the leather, black ragtop. Almost no leaks!

Posted by: t-bird at April 06, 2026 09:12 PM (EJWxb)

263
According to Justice Ketanji Brown, the pilot who broke into (crash landed) Iran, is now Iranian.
Posted by: rickb223

Only if someone steals his wallet.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at April 06, 2026 09:12 PM (Cqx++)

264 How do you clean the plastic headlight covers?

Mine are a mess.

Posted by: fourseasons at April 06, 2026

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There are headlight polish kits at Walmart. Once upon a time, when plastic headlight lenses were new, there were businesses that would polish them for you. Not sure if any of them exist any more.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 06, 2026 09:12 PM (wzUl9)

265 I'd have gone for that color combo! What year is yours? The last gen, 2017-19, or earlier like mine?

The LaCrosse offers 70% of the Mercedes driving experience at 50% of the price. Less, if you buy used. Those who know Buicks know they are a great value, as Olds used to be.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 06, 2026 09:11 PM (wzUl9)

2016. It's a good car.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at April 06, 2026 09:12 PM (FrGmf)

266
No Ben.

They look ghetto to me.

Posted by: fourseasons at April 06, 2026 09:13 PM (3ek7K)

267 Fun little car. Cute, too.

I'm thinking zed 4..
Posted by: man at April 06, 2026 09:10 PM (XuXeR)

Nice too. But the Germans lack the sense of fun the Japanese have in their SEs. IIRC, the 2002 SE had this royal blue (almost purple) paint. Darker wood. Dark Grey top and interior.

Small runs. For the 2001, they only made 3000 and I had two of them.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at April 06, 2026 09:13 PM (zZu0s)

268 British racing green is exceedingly rare. Not many people like the shiny but flat look. Ford did offer a baby blue on mustangs a few years ago. Hardly ever saw one though.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at April 06, 2026 09:08 PM (zZu0s)

I think they're missing a market there.

B/R Green with a tan interior is so damn sharp ... and a small red pin stripe down the side.

That said, my Mazda is that Soul Red, with a white leather interior. It's not bad ...

Posted by: browndog says woof at April 06, 2026 09:14 PM (3sXRv)

269
JQ,

Very hazy.

Posted by: fourseasons at April 06, 2026 09:14 PM (3ek7K)

270
👀 👀
"Pentagon: Tomorrow’s press briefing with Pete Hegseth and Dan Caine has been cancelled. - Al Arabiya/Ashar"

Posted by: runner at April 06, 2026 09:14 PM (GD0B3)

271 How do you clean the plastic headlight covers?"

Clear plastic? Try one of the kits from wally world. Did that with a Honda a couple of years ago. Worked great

Posted by: man at April 06, 2026 09:14 PM (XuXeR)

272 Sorry, we busy...

Posted by: runner at April 06, 2026 09:14 PM (GD0B3)

273 Am I the only person that despises black rims?
Posted by: Ben Had at April 06, 2026

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Same here. They look dirty, or like a toy car whose maker was too cheap to provide silver or chrome wheels.

I wanted chrome wheels for the LaCrosse, but they run too high. I settled for a nice set of silver-painted ones and keep them spray-waxed and clean.

I miss whitewall tires . . . and you can get them from a specialty maker. Not sure of the name. But they're $300. Each.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 06, 2026 09:15 PM (wzUl9)

274 the old Gulf Racing colors"

John Wyer Gulf... 917.

Posted by: man at April 06, 2026 09:16 PM (XuXeR)

275 fourseasons--

I concur with the others: get a polishing kit! It's the only way, short of ($$$) replacing.

Posted by: JQ at April 06, 2026 09:16 PM (rdVOm)

276 "How do you clean the plastic headlight covers?

Mine are a mess.

Posted by: fourseasons"

The budget method is to rub them real good with cheap toothpaste. The method that works pretty well and lasts for a while is to buy the $20 kit at the parts store and follow all the steps.

Posted by: fd at April 06, 2026 09:16 PM (vFG9F)

277

Lmao, husband just said his eyeballs are hazy.

He needs to have the cataract surgery.

Posted by: fourseasons at April 06, 2026 09:16 PM (3ek7K)

278 Am I the only person that despises black rims?
Posted by: Ben Had at April 06, 2026 09:12 PM (+nEug)

On certain cars, they can look ok. I hate matte. So if they have dark metal (or metal veneer) on the wheels, I like it a lot better.

The 2001 had high polish solid aluminum. I know it was solid because my rear driver side one got snapped when the truck hit me. The high polish Looked FAR better than the silver mat of the base.

I kind of hate base model NBs. They look like toys.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at April 06, 2026 09:17 PM (zZu0s)

279 >> f the moon is practically full, what are they seeing on the back side of the moon? Not much will be lit, and there is no earthshine back there.

Moon phase is 78% waning now. From their perspective a good bit of the far side was in sunlight. As the Sun disappeared by the lunar disc, part of the dark half, "to their left with North as up" would be illuminated by earthshine.

If not cloudy tonight, take a gander at the Moon. The dark park of the disc to the west is the piece of the Moon being illuminated by the earthshine.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at April 06, 2026 09:17 PM (w6EFb)

280
Thanks all.

Maybe that will work on hubby's eyes. It would be cheaper, lol.

Posted by: fourseasons at April 06, 2026 09:18 PM (3ek7K)

281 fourseasons, we had a big old Suburban. Bought it to go west in 1994, red with a diesel. Loved that thing. Spent a month on the road with it that summer, from MI to Vancouver Island and back again with a multitude of stops inbetween. Camping. Visiting family.
MrTea thinks it was a 1980. I was so sad when we let it go, after the boys left home and we stopped pulling a popup.

Posted by: TecumsehTea at April 06, 2026 09:18 PM (nz1sK)

282 171 It's not a "dark side of the moon"! It's the "far side of the moon".

Posted by: runner at April 06, 2026 08:27 PM (GD0B3)

Yet there is always a dark side of the Moon.

Posted by: Gref at April 06, 2026 09:19 PM (5rh/l)

283 245 Honestly, color has gone out of most exterior colors- as we have remarked numerous times over the years here.
---

We are living in the dark and gloomy ages.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 06, 2026 09:19 PM (v+nOL)

284 I'd have gone for that color combo! What year is yours? The last gen, 2017-19, or earlier like mine?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 06, 2026
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2016. It's a good car.
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at April 06, 2026

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The last year of that generation, like mine. All of my Buicks have been relatively cheap to run -- at least compared to my vintage Mercedes -- but the '16 is the champ. Pretty much all I've replaced in seven years have been tires and batteries, the usual fluids and filters, one headlight, and a wheel bearing.

If after seven years you still smile when you walk up to your car, it's a good car.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 06, 2026 09:19 PM (wzUl9)

285 I have the '91. British Racing Green, tan interior to match the leather, black ragtop. Almost no leaks!
Posted by: t-bird at April 06, 2026 09:12 PM (EJWxb)

Nice! I miss mine. The new ones look pretty sharp...

It is sad when you switch to a mustang GT and it is a more practical car.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at April 06, 2026 09:19 PM (zZu0s)

286
Tecumseh,

Ours was red also. We loved it.

Posted by: fourseasons at April 06, 2026 09:20 PM (3ek7K)

287 Broke 70 today.
The temp. Not my golf score.
Sadly it'll be a lot cooler for Geezer Golf tomorrow.

Posted by: Diogenes at April 06, 2026 09:20 PM (2WIwB)

288 Honestly, color has gone out of most exterior colors- as we have remarked numerous times over the years here."

Nobody wants to carry inventory...

Posted by: man at April 06, 2026 09:20 PM (XuXeR)

289 I know one thing, black cars and Texas summers don't mix.
Garage or not, you have to park sometimes under the sun.
If the interior is black, it will be an oven.

Posted by: Case at April 06, 2026 09:21 PM (pvf3X)

290 grok...

"The phrase "dark side of the Moon" is really just an old, misleading way of saying "the side we can't see....astronomically speaking, there's no mysterious eternally dark hemisphere. Both sides get plenty of sunshine."

Posted by: runner at April 06, 2026 09:21 PM (GD0B3)

291 "Am I the only person that despises black rims?
Posted by: Ben Had at April 06, 2026

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Same here. They look dirty, or like a toy car whose maker was too cheap to provide silver or chrome wheels."

Ha ha. I have a separate set of wheels and tires for one of my cars for autocrossing and track days. The right side ones are silver and left side black. Mrs fd says it looks like somebody stole my hubcaps on that side. They are not for looking at though, they are for going fast.

Posted by: fd at April 06, 2026 09:22 PM (vFG9F)

292 BOTH SIDES GET PLENTY OF SUNSHINE!

Posted by: runner at April 06, 2026 09:22 PM (GD0B3)

293 I know one thing, black cars and Texas summers don't mix.
Garage or not, you have to park sometimes under the sun.
If the interior is black, it will be an oven.
Posted by: Case at April 06, 2026 09:21 PM (pvf3X)

Remote start. AC at max.

Posted by: Diogenes at April 06, 2026 09:22 PM (2WIwB)

294 Coker is one brand that offers whitewalls, and Uniroyal still has some. I was trying to remember another brand with a thin white sidewall and a yellow or gold trim ring? Anybody?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 06, 2026 09:23 PM (wzUl9)

295 I cried when the new owners drove it out of our driveway. It was the end of stage of our lives. So many camping trips, so many miles, so many memories.

We all get attached to our vehicles, or at least some of them, anyway.

Posted by: TecumsehTea at April 06, 2026 09:23 PM (nz1sK)

296
Astronauts were just talking about seeing some planets. Saturn, Mars, and Mercury are on the western side of the Sun (morning side), and they were observing those.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at April 06, 2026 09:23 PM (w6EFb)

297 Yet there is always a dark side of the Moon.
Posted by: Gref

Whoa...

Posted by: Bill and Ted at April 06, 2026 09:23 PM (d9i2R)

298 260 How do you clean the plastic headlight covers?
Mine are a mess.
Posted by: fourseasons
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Are they hazy, even when bug- & dirt- free?
Posted by: JQ
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For some vehicles (my F-150) a complete headlight assembly including the bulb (pop the old assembly out pop the new one in) can be purchased from Amazon cheaper than purchasing the items necessary to polish and coat the old lens.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 06, 2026 09:24 PM (v+nOL)

299 Honestly, color has gone out of most exterior colors- as we have remarked numerous times over the years here.
---

We are living in the dark and gloomy ages.

Things have been worse. I remember the late 70s, when every sport jacket was the color of oatmeal.

Posted by: Archimedes at April 06, 2026 09:24 PM (Riz8t)

300 "California Post
@californiapost
4h
Son of Iran's twisted PR chief found living life of luxury in LA - and he's teaching superrich California kids"

DEPORT!!

Posted by: runner at April 06, 2026 09:25 PM (GD0B3)

301 Vogue Tires! That's it!

$445 each in my size. Uh, no.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 06, 2026 09:25 PM (wzUl9)

302 We are about six days past the full moon (start of Passover) so there should be some illumination on the back side of the Moon.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at April 06, 2026 09:25 PM (P6E1+)

303 We all get attached to our vehicles, or at least some of them, anyway.

They had to practically scrape me off.

Posted by: Rachel Corrie at April 06, 2026 09:26 PM (IJqrQ)

304 more, "His father is a high rank veteran of the the sanctioned ministry of security and intelligence,
His mom was the spokesperson for those who took American diplomats hostage.
Allowing these people to poison the American minds is not tolerance, it is a mix of stupidity and corruption."

DEPORT! DEPORT!

Posted by: runner at April 06, 2026 09:26 PM (GD0B3)

305 Sadly I'm going to need new tires for my 150 soon.
$$$!!!

Posted by: Diogenes at April 06, 2026 09:27 PM (2WIwB)

306

When two of our three kids went to college we traded my Suburban in on a fully loaded Volvo wagon.

Uh, that didn't last because daughter wrecked it.

Had it repaired and traded it in for an Audi wagon. That was an awesome car.

Posted by: four seasons at April 06, 2026 09:28 PM (3ek7K)

307 Am I the only person that despises black rims?
Posted by: Ben Had at April 06, 2026 09:12 PM

Just black ones, or all rims of color?

Posted by: Duncanthrax at April 06, 2026 09:29 PM (0sNs1)

308 We all get attached to our vehicles, or at least some of them, anyway.

***
American coupes are dead, and sedans are moribund. If something should happen to the LaCrosse, and I can't find a '16 in as good condition or a '17-'19, I'll have to think about going Japanese. A Lexus ES or an Infiniti, or a Genesis/Equus, maybe. A neighbor of mine has a white Equus that looks solid and comfortable to drive.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 06, 2026 09:29 PM (wzUl9)

309 I put white wall radials from Corker on the 65 Spitfire. They were only about $100 each. It's got wire wheels, 13". I changed the tires myself on a manual tire changer in the backyard. It's kind of a pain because you have to use a tube. I doubt I could even find a tire shop to mess with them.

Posted by: fd at April 06, 2026 09:30 PM (vFG9F)

310

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 06, 2026 09:30 PM (wzUl9)

311
And the Sun has popped back up.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at April 06, 2026 09:30 PM (w6EFb)

312
In Tehran it is 5:00 am.

Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at April 06, 2026 09:30 PM (lsrsS)

313 For some vehicles (my F-150) a complete headlight assembly including the bulb (pop the old assembly out pop the new one in) can be purchased from Amazon cheaper than purchasing the items necessary to polish and coat the old lens.

Posted by: Braenyard
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"Headlight assembly"? Heh. On my '70, it's just *the bulbs* There's no plastic cover. Round lamps. Used to be $1.29 each at any hardware store... grrr.

Posted by: JQ at April 06, 2026 09:31 PM (rdVOm)

314 more, "His father is a high rank veteran of the the sanctioned ministry of security and intelligence,
His mom was the spokesperson for those who took American diplomats hostage.
Allowing these people to poison the American minds is not tolerance, it is a mix of stupidity and corruption."

DEPORT! DEPORT!
Posted by: runner at April 06, 2026 09:26 PM (GD0B3)

***

I wonder who knew?
And I wonder why the so-called pro-Iran, anti-Mullahs group of Iranians living in LA didn't make this public knowledge?
I smell more deep state corruption.

Posted by: Diogenes at April 06, 2026 09:31 PM (2WIwB)

315 Colored rims?

No yellow!

Posted by: Hunter B. at April 06, 2026 09:32 PM (FXMrO)

316 Sadly I'm going to need new tires for my 150 soon.
$$$!!!
Posted by: Diogenes at April 06, 2026

***
I just spent close to $500 for a front pair of Continentals with road hazard warranty, installation, and balancing. And that shop had the lowest price I could find for that size, $174 each; TireRack wanted $220.

Car rides even better now. The trip to KS should be fun.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 06, 2026 09:32 PM (wzUl9)

317
A solar day on the Moon is exactly 1 synodic month long. You get about two weeks of daylight, and two weeks of night at any spot.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at April 06, 2026 09:32 PM (w6EFb)

318 In 69-71 Chrysler offered Mod Tops, paisley vinyl tops on several models, Fury, Barracuda, Coronet. They weren't hugely popular.

Posted by: Auto Autist at April 06, 2026 09:33 PM (oftw2)

319 Sadly I'm going to need new tires for my 150 soon.
$$$!!!

Posted by: Diogenes at April 06, 2026 09:27 PM (2WIwB)

My brother has a diesel dodge ram. He has 32-33 inch tires. He's looking at 2k in tires for something good. Ouch!

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at April 06, 2026 09:33 PM (snZF9)

320
According to Justice Ketanji Brown, the pilot who broke into (crash landed) Iran, is now Iranian.
Posted by: rickb223

================

Has Judge Boasberg ordered Hegseth to drop Dude 44 Bravo back on the mountaintop?

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at April 06, 2026 09:33 PM (n7rxJ)

321
And Christina says it got cold in the capsule during the dark phase. Chicks always messing with the thermostat.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at April 06, 2026 09:34 PM (w6EFb)

322 Hi friends! Just got home and need to catch up with the world.

Posted by: Piper at April 06, 2026 09:34 PM (OoFl2)

323 Those old round headlights never got fogged unless they went bad and then you could buy another for a few bucks. That's what progress has brought us. Foggy headlights.

Posted by: fd at April 06, 2026 09:34 PM (vFG9F)

324 I have 2 Miatas, a '91brg and a 2003. Don't get a Miata owner started talking about them, they won't stop

Posted by: davidt at April 06, 2026 09:34 PM (Q+gd/)

325 "Headlight assembly"? Heh. On my '70, it's just *the bulbs* There's no plastic cover. Round lamps. Used to be $1.29 each at any hardware store... grrr.
Posted by: JQ at April 06, 2026

***
I remember changing those on the '75 Maverick. Simple job. On the '65 Mercury there was a tight spring behind the sealed beam; I had to use locking pliers to pull the spring forward enough to get the bulb out far enough to unhook the old and hook up the new.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 06, 2026 09:35 PM (wzUl9)

326 So when they get done with this moon thing are they going to have a Hendrix impersonator play the Star Spangled Banner for the return ceremony?

Posted by: Azjaeger at April 06, 2026 09:35 PM (PUrHv)

327 The advanced nuclear energy company Antares received U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) approval of the Documented Safety Analysis for its Mark-0 reactor under DOE standard 1271.
...
Antares is building compact nuclear microreactors to deliver reliable, rapidly deployable energy where it’s needed most [a new subdivision near you]: remote military bases, austere industrial sites, and, one day, deep space and underwater missions.

Antares is building the reactor at the Idaho National Laboratory

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 06, 2026 09:35 PM (v+nOL)

328 Oh the song is bawdy!

Posted by: Piper at April 06, 2026 09:36 PM (OoFl2)

329 I wonder who knew?
And I wonder why the so-called pro-Iran, anti-Mullahs group of Iranians living in LA didn't make this public knowledge?
I smell more deep state corruption.
Posted by: Diogenes at April 06, 2026 09:31 PM (2WIwB)

I smell Project Gunrunner. But with mullahs. Let's bring them here so we can monitor them! 40 years later...their offspring is born in the US , and children teach Americans about how to be better jihadis.

Posted by: runner at April 06, 2026 09:36 PM (GD0B3)

330 Davidt, there is a 91 and a 95 in my backyard. 91 belongs to #2 son.

Posted by: fd at April 06, 2026 09:36 PM (vFG9F)

331 I have 2 Miatas, a '91brg and a 2003. Don't get a Miata owner started talking about them, they won't stop
Posted by: davidt at April 06, 2026

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I'd love to drive one someday. But it wouldn't be practical for me -- or most people, I suspect -- as an only car.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 06, 2026 09:36 PM (wzUl9)

332 Whoops. Time I went to make the coffee for the morning. Back in a bit.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 06, 2026 09:38 PM (wzUl9)

333 318 In 69-71 Chrysler offered Mod Tops, paisley vinyl tops on several models, Fury, Barracuda, Coronet. They weren't hugely popular.
Posted by: Auto Autist

====

Nicely done comment number. IYKYK

Posted by: 2009Refugee at April 06, 2026 09:38 PM (gpQ8/)

334 Here’s a selection from the Talbot Brothers that could have been something Honest 2 Betsy might have used (but without her):

https://is.gd/q1zgkK

Goes to YouTube.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at April 06, 2026 09:38 PM (ZVgZ4)

335 Those old round headlights never got fogged unless they went bad and then you could buy another for a few bucks. That's what progress has brought us. Foggy headlights.
Posted by: fd at April 06, 2026 09:34 PM (vFG9F)

Modern headlight are one metric fuckton brighter though. Better field of light as well. Sure, it looks like everyone's brights are on...

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at April 06, 2026 09:39 PM (zZu0s)

336 And Christina says it got cold in the capsule during the dark phase. Chicks always messing with the thermostat.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at April 06, 2026 09:34 PM (w6EFb)

I always bring a sweater. And a Biffy bag, if I'm gonna be in the boonies. You never know.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at April 06, 2026 09:39 PM (FrGmf)

337

Husband bought a Nissan Pathfinder three years ago.

I hate that car. The seats end about mid thigh. It's annoying because I'm tall. He is short so it doesn't bother him.

Posted by: four seasons at April 06, 2026 09:39 PM (3ek7K)

338 I know one thing, black cars and Texas summers don't mix.
Garage or not, you have to park sometimes under the sun.
If the interior is black, it will be an oven.
Posted by: Case at April 06, 2026 09:21 PM (pvf3X)

I have a black truck but also have a garage. Only problem I have otherwise is grocery shopping which I've solved by having insulated bags for my refrigerated foods.

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at April 06, 2026 09:39 PM (V4IXI)

339 I had a 1984 Bl*zer until 2002. I loved that rig.

K5. Two doors. You had to unlatch the passenger side seat to crawl into the back. It was a tank. My boys loved it. 236,000 miles. My future ex husband made me give it up so he could have another work vehicle.

I cried when we traded it in. It never left me stranded. I towed all kinds of others off the sand and mud and snow. You had to drive backwards and wiggle the steering wheel to disengage the hubs from 4wd.

I miss that truck.

Posted by: nurse ratched at April 06, 2026 09:39 PM (grvRu)

340 We had a 1972 Volvo wagon. We paid $300 for it. It needed the head rebuilt. A friend who lived in Chicago saw it sitting on the street, had been there for more than a year. He talked to the owner and he didn't want it. Drained the gas out of it, put some fresh in and drove it to Aurora. It had 100,000 plus on it and we put another 150,000 on it.
That was a good car. The best deal we ever got on a vehicle.

Posted by: TecumsehTea at April 06, 2026 09:39 PM (nz1sK)

341 My 1960 VW Bus has clear glass covers over the round headlight bulbs. Both covers are original and just as clear as the day they left the Wolfsburg factory on 4/28/60.

Posted by: Nostalgia Ain't What It Used To Be at April 06, 2026 09:40 PM (oftw2)

342 The new miatas look sharp (I like the retractable hard top) but it looks like visibility is shit compared to my old one. Too much shit in the way.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at April 06, 2026 09:40 PM (zZu0s)

343 I will never again be a passenger in a Miata drive ln on the interstate. Never ever.

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at April 06, 2026 09:41 PM (V4IXI)

344 The Apollo guys landed early in the lunar morning. Temperature swings are very wide on the surface, maybe something like +150F to -150F.

It was roughly +90F in sunlight and they needed cooling apparatus in their backpacks to avoid overheating. They had undergarments with hundreds of thin plastic tubing circulating water carried to an outside heat exchanger, a radiator basically. Sublimation type I think.

Posted by: Common Tater at April 06, 2026 09:41 PM (txZoB)

345 That little girl complaining about the apple and water bottle in her backpack and whatnot is a hoot.

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at April 06, 2026 09:41 PM (K3f7J)

346 I put white wall radials from Corker on the 65 Spitfire. They were only about $100 each. It's got wire wheels, 13". I changed the tires myself on a manual tire changer in the backyard. It's kind of a pain because you have to use a tube. I doubt I could even find a tire shop to mess with them.

Posted by: fd at April 06, 2026 09:30 PM (vFG9F)

Two of my bikes came with white wall tires, which usually I despise, but they belong on them because one has an older styling, and the other is a touring bike which also is part of the look. One of them needs new tires. $300+ each for something good. Mounting them is a bitch too. Did I mention I despise white walls?

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at April 06, 2026 09:42 PM (snZF9)

347 The song isn’t bawdy. He says what he is giving her at the end of the song, and it is perfectly acceptable. What were you thinking?

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at April 06, 2026 09:42 PM (ZVgZ4)

348 driven . stupid autocorrect diaf.

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at April 06, 2026 09:42 PM (V4IXI)

349
lol Nemo

Posted by: four seasons at April 06, 2026 09:42 PM (3ek7K)

350 Since we're bragging cars, I love my 2005 BMW 330 ci.
I got it in 2008 and it only had 3200 miles. Today it just went past 45,000. Garaged the entire time. Its a blast to drive, especially with the top down, and my grandkids are all arguing over who gets it when I croak.

Posted by: Diogenes at April 06, 2026 09:43 PM (2WIwB)

351 So Tucker is now completely insane. Today he’s saying the the only reason Trump attacked Iran is because Trump is a crazed mass murderer who loves killing. I wish I was exaggerating.

Well he finally got pushed to show his true face completely.

Posted by: Tom Servo at April 06, 2026 09:43 PM (UA2di)

352 Modern headlight are one metric fuckton brighter though. Better field of light as well. Sure, it looks like everyone's brights are on...
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at April 06, 2026

***
And since SUVs ride higher, even the low beams go right into your eyes.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 06, 2026 09:44 PM (wzUl9)

353 347 The song isn’t bawdy. He says what he is giving her at the end of the song, and it is perfectly acceptable. What were you thinking?
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at April 06,

Ummm…so I need new tires on the JCW mini.

Posted by: Piper at April 06, 2026 09:44 PM (OoFl2)

354 >>>It's not a "dark side of the moon"! It's the "far side of the moon".

>I don't get it.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at April 06, 2026 09:45 PM (Fbc0I)

355 318... Nicely done comment number. IYKYK
Posted by: 2009Refugee

The voters in the Council of Nicaea?

Posted by: gKWVE at April 06, 2026 09:45 PM (gKWVE)

356 My cat has a new hobby. During the night, he tromps on my chest at random times. He's not losing any weight, I tell you what.

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at April 06, 2026 09:45 PM (CHHv1)

357 I love the moon scenes in the movie Ad Astra.

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at April 06, 2026 09:45 PM (V4IXI)

358 And since SUVs ride higher, even the low beams go right into your eyes.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 06, 2026 09:44 PM (wzUl9)

Even with the mustang, I constantly have people flash their brights at me. My brights are not on. Dad burned that into me- only when you cannot see headlights or taillights in front of you- no matter how far away they are.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at April 06, 2026 09:46 PM (zZu0s)

359

BC,

awwwww, Robert loves you and wants to be close to you.

Posted by: four seasons at April 06, 2026 09:47 PM (3ek7K)

360 Does the dark side of the moon ever get light?

Posted by: Random commenter at April 06, 2026 09:47 PM (zZu0s)

361 356 My cat has a new hobby. During the night, he tromps on my chest at random times. He's not losing any weight, I tell you what.
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at April 06, 2026 09:45 PM (CHHv1)

He misses you. Wake up !

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at April 06, 2026 09:47 PM (V4IXI)

362 Nicely done comment number. IYKYK
Posted by: 2009Refugee

Slap.a decent carb on that and it'll move.

Posted by: Diogenes at April 06, 2026 09:48 PM (2WIwB)

363 Vintage cars and trucks had a long, circuitous wiring route, from the battery, switch, firewall and dash, down to the bright switch on the floor, out to the lights. Numerous grounds and connections, which quickly became corroded. High resistance.

Headlights don’t (or didn’t) use fuses, for safety reasons. Breakers, incorporated in the switch. All that corrosion raised the resistance and the switch gets hot.

SO, “back in the day” you might find yourself driving at night on a long trip - and your headlights go out! Not fun. Headlight relays obviated this problem and keep the drama away.

Good clean tight grounds and connections are important in the old school cars and trucks.

Posted by: Common Tater at April 06, 2026 09:48 PM (txZoB)

364

Isn't there a song that says Close to You?

I don't know if it is lyrics or the title.

Posted by: four seasons at April 06, 2026 09:48 PM (3ek7K)

365 Since we're bragging cars, I love my 2005 BMW 330 ci.
I got it in 2008 and it only had 3200 miles. Today it just went past 45,000. Garaged the entire time. Its a blast to drive, especially with the top down, and my grandkids are all arguing over who gets it when I croak.
Posted by: Diogenes at April 06, 2026

***
My fling with BMW was just that, a spring romance. A 2015 3 Series sport sedan, the base model with run flat tires (that oddly were not hard and stiff to drive on), all kinds of features, gold over cream, 240 hp. Got totaled in a rainstorm flood three months after I bought it. Guess it just wasn't meant to be.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 06, 2026 09:49 PM (wzUl9)

366 I liked the movie Moon. Although I don't remember the plot. Some dude stranded, maybe? I recall it was better than most Hollywood slop.
We saw it in the theater even.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at April 06, 2026 09:49 PM (FrGmf)

367 If not cloudy tonight, take a gander at the Moon. The dark park of the disc to the west is the piece of the Moon being illuminated by the earthshine.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at April 06, 2026 09:17 PM (w6EFb)

I remember when there’s a fingernail moon you can see the earthshine on the dark portion pretty easily.

Posted by: Tom Servo at April 06, 2026 09:49 PM (UA2di)

368 Isn't there a song that says Close to You?

I don't know if it is lyrics or the title.

Posted by: four seasons at April 06, 2026 09:48 PM (3ek7K)

The Carpenters

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at April 06, 2026 09:49 PM (V4IXI)

369 >> The Apollo guys landed early in the lunar morning.

Careful planning went into that. They wanted it to early morning at the landing site for several reasons. One was thermal control. They wanted the surface just warming up after the 2-week long night.

Second, they wanted a low sun angle during landing to cast long shadows to see surface relief. Also, with the rovers, a low sun made for a nice navigation reference. It didn't move much over the course of their say, and if it all else failed, they could reckon position from the sun.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at April 06, 2026 09:49 PM (w6EFb)

370 Isn't there a song that says Close to You?

I don't know if it is lyrics or the title.

Posted by: four seasons at April 06, 2026

***
One of the Carpenters' early hits, "(I Long to Be) Close to You."

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 06, 2026 09:50 PM (wzUl9)

371
Thanks Harry. I'm old and couldn't remember, lol.

Posted by: four seasons at April 06, 2026 09:50 PM (3ek7K)

372 Isn't there a song that says Close to You?

I don't know if it is lyrics or the title.

Posted by: four seasons at April 06, 2026 09:48 PM (3ek7K)

Just like me, they long to be Close To You. Ladada.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary channeling the carpenters at April 06, 2026 09:50 PM (FrGmf)

373 In the old days we would mount driving lights right on the front bumper. Try doing that nowadays. What bumper?

Posted by: fd at April 06, 2026 09:50 PM (vFG9F)

374 liked the movie Moon. Although I don't remember the plot. Some dude stranded, maybe? I recall it was better than most Hollywood slop.
We saw it in the theater even.
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at April 06, 2026 09:49 PM (FrGmf)

Clones

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at April 06, 2026 09:50 PM (V4IXI)

375 Isn't there a song that says Close to You?

I don't know if it is lyrics or the title.

Posted by: four seasons at April 06, 2026 09:48 PM (3ek7K)

Close to you.

The Carpenters.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at April 06, 2026 09:50 PM (zZu0s)

376

Everytime I refresh the page I see the tortoise face.

It does have a sweet looking face. It looks like he/she is smiling.

Posted by: four seasons at April 06, 2026 09:51 PM (3ek7K)

377 grok...
"The phrase "dark side of the Moon" is really just an old, misleading way of saying "the side we can't see....astronomically speaking, there's no mysterious eternally dark hemisphere. Both sides get plenty of sunshine."
Posted by: runner

Dark as in "dark ages," I guess. Lack of knowledge, not lack of light.

Posted by: mikeski at April 06, 2026 09:51 PM (VHUov)

378 Wolfus,
That's a real shame. Sorry to hear it.
I know I have a good one when I take it into the German auto repair shop for oil changes, and he offers to buy it.

Posted by: Diogenes at April 06, 2026 09:52 PM (2WIwB)

379 My cat has a new hobby. During the night, he tromps on my chest at random times. He's not losing any weight, I tell you what.
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at April 06, 2026
*
He misses you. Wake up !
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at April 06, 2026

***
Big black Stirling has been doing that more often than not for the last couple of months. Fourteen pounds and he kicks me in the ribs as he leaps across me. And at 3:45 almost exactly every morning.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 06, 2026 09:52 PM (wzUl9)

380 Run flat tires suck in every possible way

Handling: 0
Wear: 0
Price: The worst

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at April 06, 2026 09:53 PM (JkO4W)

381 Clones

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at April 06, 2026 09:50 PM (V4IXI)

Yeah. That was it. It was an OK film.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at April 06, 2026 09:53 PM (FrGmf)

382 Piper,
In case you missed my comment to you earlier:

Ferragamo is now making sneakers.

As you are our resident fashionista, I thought you should know.

Posted by: Wenda at April 06, 2026 09:54 PM (QNSS1)

383
Because of lunar libration, we see, over the long term, about 59% of the surface. There's libration in longitude and latitude and they have different periods. It takes about 6 years, and maybe as much as 18 yr (nodal precession cycle) to see all of that 59%.

Over the course of any few successive months, you'll come close to the 59% but not the full monty.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at April 06, 2026 09:54 PM (w6EFb)

384 Those old round headlights never got fogged unless they went bad and then you could buy another for a few bucks. That's what progress has brought us. Foggy headlights.
Posted by: fd at April 06, 2026 09:34 PM (vFG9F)

Modern headlight are one metric fuckton brighter though. Better field of light as well. Sure, it looks like everyone's brights are on...

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at April 06, 2026 09:39 PM (zZu0s)

Yup, new lights are super bright. Harley always used the regular sealed beam headlights you found on cars, and eventually they switched to lights that use the H-4 halogen bulbs which you can change to even brighter ones, or switch them to an LED bulb. They are the same size as the regular sealed beam headlight so you can retro fit older bikes without changing the entire housing. Just pop out the sealed beam and put the new unit in. Because of that they fit the old classic muscle car. I'm soooo looking to do that, because those old sealed beams are absolutely frigging useless on that car. For $30 each I solve a huge problem.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at April 06, 2026 09:54 PM (snZF9)

385 Clones

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at April 06, 2026 09:50 PM (V4IXI)

Yeah. That was it. It was an OK film.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at April 06, 2026 09:53 PM (FrGmf)

I thought it was really good for a one man movie.

Sam Rockwell always brings it .

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at April 06, 2026 09:54 PM (V4IXI)

386 Wolfus,
That's a real shame. Sorry to hear it.
I know I have a good one when I take it into the German auto repair shop for oil changes, and he offers to buy it.
Posted by: Diogenes at April 06, 2026

***
I'd bought two oil filters on FCPEuro and the proper oil at Walmart, all ready to go for the BMW's first oil change on my watch. The Buick didn't take that grade of oil. I traded the BMW stuff to my mechanic for my first change on the LaCrosse, so it all worked out.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 06, 2026 09:54 PM (wzUl9)

387 The run flats on the mustang are not horrific. Hard as fuck. Wear well. Handle for shit (but I am also coming off a miata.)

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at April 06, 2026 09:55 PM (zZu0s)

388 ONT is NOOD and EARLY.

Posted by: mikeski at April 06, 2026 09:55 PM (VHUov)

389 un flat tires suck in every possible way

Handling: 0
Wear: 0
Price: The worst
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at April 06, 2026

***
When the time came, I was going to give the BMW regular tires and somehow find a spare to keep in the (frankly too small) trunk.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 06, 2026 09:56 PM (wzUl9)

390 Publius, how much navigation can be manually performed by the Orion crew? The Apollo missions could get aligned with a sextant and stars and the rest of it, in a pinch. They wanted to be able to get home again one way or another. Independent of Mission Control, if radio comms were lost, or the Soviets jammed frequencies, or the computer horked.

Posted by: Common Tater at April 06, 2026 09:56 PM (txZoB)

391 I thought it was really good for a one man movie.

Sam Rockwell always brings it .

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at April 06, 2026 09:54 PM (V4IXI)

It was a much better than average film, for sure.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at April 06, 2026 09:57 PM (FrGmf)

392 And since SUVs ride higher, even the low beams go right into your eyes.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 06, 2026 09:44 PM (wzUl9)

I have two newer small SUVs with the super bright LEDs.
The low beams are very precise, if a bit wide. With no other cars on the road they do not even light up mail boxes, the posts but not high enough to light up the boxes.

That said, there are a LOT of MFers that run all their lights all the time. You can because if they are behind you there are harsh shadows and signs higher than mail boxes are lit up.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at April 06, 2026 09:58 PM (/lPRQ)

393 Diogenes, I will say I miss the BMW from time to time. It needed premium gas, as you know, but I got 27 mpg on a regular basis with city driving. And the car accelerated and took curves like nothing else I'd ever driven -- living up to the BMW reputation for sure.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 06, 2026 09:58 PM (wzUl9)

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