A Myriad Marbles Open Thread

I'll just be posting open threads today unless something big happens. (If cobloggers really want to post something, let me know. We're wide open.)

Hope you're enjoying your post-Easter Monday.

Do you think that's dorky?

"Hold my beer" said the geeks at Corridor Crew.

Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace at 12:20 PM

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1 She likes the boys in the band
Says The Blade's her all-time favorite
When he makes his FIRST to her room, it's the right time
She's never hard to please

Posted by: Elric The Blade at April 06, 2026 12:20 PM (iFTx/)

2 Morning, Ace.

Posted by: Duke Lowell at April 06, 2026 12:21 PM (u73oe)

3 Lost your marbles? You've come to the right post.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at April 06, 2026 12:21 PM (AkEZC)

4 >>>We're wide open.

Tarts.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at April 06, 2026 12:21 PM (dK+Kv)

5 Happy Easter Monday everyone.

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at April 06, 2026 12:22 PM (N1DT3)

6 I'll just be posting open threads today unless something big happens.

big like the moon?

Posted by: anachronda at April 06, 2026 12:22 PM (oY6Yp)

7 >>big like the moon?

oh are we going around the moon today?

Posted by: ace at April 06, 2026 12:22 PM (1wjle)

8
Looks like "billionaires" (of which there are about a 1000 in the US) are the new, or at least most prominent, hate objects to the Left right now. Not that I have much liking of them, but the talk I see from DemSocs (a.k.a. Commies) is positively bloodthirsty.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 06, 2026 12:23 PM (tgvbd)

9 Learned the hard way you CAN drink too much coffee-infused whiskey on Easter Sunday. Ask me how and learn other useful tips to prevent wearing out your plumbing on Monday morning.

Posted by: Citizen Cake at April 06, 2026 12:23 PM (CwhoI)

10 Something big is happening in my pants. Does that count?

Posted by: zombie at April 06, 2026 12:23 PM (Av6i5)

11 Lost my marbles decades ago. Feel right at home here.

Posted by: Non Compos Mentis at April 06, 2026 12:24 PM (oftw2)

12
big like the moon?
Posted by: anachronda at April 06, 2026 12:22 PM (oY6Yp)

That's amore!

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 06, 2026 12:24 PM (tgvbd)

13 The Obama Library (aka "The Flak Tower") is about to open, and they've released their admission prices.

Thirty bucks, with four bucks off if you are an Illinois resident.

Naturally, if you claim to be an Illinois resident, you have to show ID to prove it.

For some reason, the Obama Library doesn't care about the millions of people who can't get ID, and would be unable to vote if ID was required.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at April 06, 2026 12:24 PM (n1OCj)

14 Nooded.

Posted by: Nazdar at April 06, 2026 12:24 PM (NcvvS)

15 WE LIKE THE MOON

Posted by: Those Weird Undead Things in the Quinos Commercials at April 06, 2026 12:24 PM (CwhoI)

16 Marbles!

So no sid and paul allowed...

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at April 06, 2026 12:25 PM (xcxpd)

17 Marbles are made of glass, not marble. What do you say to that?

Posted by: Eromero at April 06, 2026 12:25 PM (rR03l)

18 r

Posted by: the big guy at April 06, 2026 12:25 PM (anL5R)

19 This marble thing is the gayest, most dorky thing evah. And I played D&D.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at April 06, 2026 12:25 PM (iFTx/)

20 I've got marbles in my pants! Little squishy, though.

Posted by: Paging Dr. Mommy Jill at April 06, 2026 12:25 PM (oftw2)

21 I am thankful for the American Revolution. I could not imagine being "subject" to such a ridiculous wanker.

Posted by: well - from crazy chuck to marbles at April 06, 2026 12:26 PM (anL5R)

22 >>oh are we going around the moon today?
Posted by: ace at April 06, 2026 12:22 PM (1wjle)
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Yep. Only about 15,000 miles from the Moon now, and almost 250,000 miles from Earth.

Posted by: Frasier Crane at April 06, 2026 12:26 PM (bNf8H)

23 Just got back a couple of hours ago from my initial implant procedure. It was interesting.

Posted by: tubal at April 06, 2026 12:26 PM (pDt9x)

24 Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 06, 2026 12:24 PM (tgvbd)

Hey, Hadrian. Good to see you back. I hope you had a reflective Lent and a joyous Easter.

Posted by: Bulg at April 06, 2026 12:26 PM (77rzZ)

25 FIRST!!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 06, 2026 12:27 PM (IXZGh)

26 That’s no moon.

Posted by: nurse ratched at April 06, 2026 12:27 PM (W2Pud)

27 Is this a big moon monday? Kardashian gravity well?

Posted by: well - from crazy chuck to marbles at April 06, 2026 12:27 PM (anL5R)

28 Another use for marbles, from 1978.

https://youtu.be/t9_L2hf7Sf8

May not be suitable for work.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at April 06, 2026 12:27 PM (S/Y4j)

29 I've swallowed marbles. They always come out OK in the end.

Posted by: Rehoboth Beach Joe at April 06, 2026 12:28 PM (oftw2)

30 If they whip around the Moon too fast they will go back in time.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at April 06, 2026 12:28 PM (Cqx++)

31 The marble races are more entertaining than most sports events.

Posted by: NR Pax at April 06, 2026 12:28 PM (NR6c1)

32 What are we learning from this manned trip around the Moon?

Posted by: toby928(c) at April 06, 2026 12:28 PM (4NO2D)

33 This marble thing is the gayest, most dorky thing evah. And I played D&D.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at April 06, 2026 12:25 PM (iFTx/)

Slightly above pickleball.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at April 06, 2026 12:29 PM (snZF9)

34 Squarbles : The Dollar Store Square Marbles that came with a cheap spring-loaded rod you hit them with.

Posted by: XTC at April 06, 2026 12:29 PM (FpHTM)

35 What are we learning from this manned trip around the Moon?
==
It takes a woman to clog up the toilet?

Posted by: just spitballin at April 06, 2026 12:29 PM (anL5R)

36 The last video is interesting from both a physics and a sociological pov. The physics, because of course. The sociology, because those guys have probably never touched a boob - which is especially interesting because the girl in the video (08:49) is cute.

Posted by: Archimedes at April 06, 2026 12:29 PM (Riz8t)

37 What are we learning from this manned trip around the Moon?
Posted by: toby928(c) at April 06, 2026 12:28 PM (4NO2D)

Don't use the bathroom.

Posted by: dantesed at April 06, 2026 12:29 PM (Y0tFs)

38
How many learing centers and post-office-box hospices could have been funded with the money wasted on this moon trip?

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 06, 2026 12:29 PM (tgvbd)

39 Why do children shove marbles in their noses. I mean, what’s the fascination for shoving objects into orafices. Nostrils, ears, ani.

Posted by: nurse ratched at April 06, 2026 12:29 PM (W2Pud)

40 Don't forget 8 PM Tuesday EST.

All hell's going to break loose.

I think he's kidding about the time or we've got stuff they can't stop. Or it's not the generators but some other sites they don't know we know.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 06, 2026 12:29 PM (koh6z)

41 Yep. Only about 15,000 miles from the Moon now, and almost 250,000 miles from Earth.

--------------

And the joke still works. There are only two countries in the world. Those that use the metric system and those that have been to the moon.

Posted by: SH (no more socks) at April 06, 2026 12:29 PM (sX1BW)

42 13, lol, amazing cluelessness.

of course they're only marking time until it is repurposed into chicago politburo headquarters, might as well extract some cash in the meantime ...

thirty dollars! lol!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at April 06, 2026 12:30 PM (MIIRH)

43 I think I should put left over steak on left over salad for lunch. Protein would be good. I have the 2 evening weight classes, plus my own workout if I could get off my lazy tail to do it…

Posted by: Piper at April 06, 2026 12:30 PM (pZEOD)

44 DON'T STICK MARBLES UP YOUR NOSE
PUT THEM IN THERE
(DO NOT) PUT THEM IN THERE

Posted by: Brendon Small at April 06, 2026 12:30 PM (FpHTM)

45 It little marbling never hurt anyone.

Posted by: Weber Grills Inc at April 06, 2026 12:30 PM (DqQS/)

46 What are we learning from this manned trip around the Moon?

Posted by: toby928(c) at April 06, 2026 12:28 PM (4NO2D)

A few things-
Space is big.
Hire a better plumber.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at April 06, 2026 12:31 PM (snZF9)

47 The Obama Library (aka "The Flak Tower") is about to open, and they've released their admission prices.

Thirty bucks, with four bucks off if you are an Illinois resident.

Wait, who's paying whom? Because 30 bucks would be nowhere near enough to get me to set foot in the place.

Posted by: Archimedes at April 06, 2026 12:31 PM (Riz8t)

48 I played D&D once.....on an Intellivision.

Wasn't into it.

Never played it again.

There was a group my freshman year of college that wanted RPG as a major added to the curriculum. One dude was so greasy, we called him 'Buttereater.'

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 06, 2026 12:31 PM (IXZGh)

49
And the joke still works. There are only two countries in the world. Those that use the metric system and those that have been to the moon.
Posted by: SH (no more socks) at April 06, 2026 12:29 PM (sX1BW)

Pounds and feet: weights and measures of a free people.

Grams and meters: weights and measures of sheep.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 06, 2026 12:31 PM (tgvbd)

50 I'm gonna be honest here, well, I always am, but I have to say I'm disappointed in the quality and I guess the "uniqueness" of the pictures and video from Artemis so far. Our tech is so fucking superior now, why can't they show reality as well as they can create "space" in movies?

We should be seeing i-Max quality video here, man!

Posted by: Denny Crane - I Still Love Star Wars. at April 06, 2026 12:31 PM (dmDsy)

51 King Charles needs to have a chat with this guy.

https://is.gd/0vcrdY

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at April 06, 2026 12:31 PM (ndZc7)

52 New Buc-Ees opened today 3 miles from my domicile. So we checked in for merch and Beaver Nuggets.

Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at April 06, 2026 12:31 PM (nM4oV)

53 What are we learning from this manned trip around the Moon?
Posted by: toby928(c) at April 06, 2026 12:28 PM (4NO2D)

Does Orion work, or is it missing a few belts?

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at April 06, 2026 12:31 PM (S/Y4j)

54 I'm baking bread for Easter Monday. Crust has risen.

Posted by: muldoon at April 06, 2026 12:32 PM (qgHp7)

55 Afternoon Ace.
Marbles are a child's toy, ball bearings are a man's thing - Queeg losing his ball bearings

Posted by: Smell the Glove at April 06, 2026 12:32 PM (19SAM)

56 Hard not to think that Artemis hasn't (and won't) report the IRON SKY base on the far-side. Perhaps we SHOULD chip off a piece of the moon and land it on the IRG bases just to prove that we can.

Posted by: MANFRED the Heat Seeking OBOE at April 06, 2026 12:32 PM (h4n6w)

57 Had a pet rabbit that left marbles everywhere.

Posted by: Night of the Lepus at April 06, 2026 12:33 PM (oftw2)

58 I guess I have to turn in my man card. Actually looking forward to shoe shopping tomorrow. Found a place up in Rogers AR with many brands, and they actually sit you down and measure your feet with a Brannock device. When your feet are getting old, wide and gnarly it's tough finding shoes. They also do arch support fitting if you need it. Figure I'll blow off $600 or so for two or three pairs good shoes and a pair of slippers.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at April 06, 2026 12:33 PM (gm9Sb)

59 >>I'm gonna be honest here, well, I always am, but I have to say I'm disappointed in the quality and I guess the "uniqueness" of the pictures and video from Artemis so far. Our tech is so fucking superior now, why can't they show reality as well as they can create "space" in movies?

We should be seeing i-Max quality video here, man!
Posted by: Denny Crane - I Still Love Star Wars. at April 06, 2026 12:31 PM (dmDsy)
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100%. Some of the footage I've seen looks like it's from 1969 tech. NASA is really missing out on PR. The images we see from the vehicle, inside and out, should be absolutely stunning. It's not like we're not capable.

Posted by: Frasier Crane at April 06, 2026 12:33 PM (bNf8H)

60 Playing marbles was important stuff in 1st and 2nd grade. I shit you not.

Posted by: pudinhead at April 06, 2026 12:33 PM (n17eQ)

61 I guess I should ask what are we learning about the capsule and crew support that we wouldn't learn from an identical stint in LEO?

As far as the trip itself, are the crew doing anything besides riding? Do they even need to be there to test the propulsion and navigation systems?

Posted by: toby928(c) at April 06, 2026 12:33 PM (4NO2D)

62 55 Afternoon Ace.
Marbles are a child's toy, ball bearings are a man's thing - Queeg losing his ball bearings
Posted by: Smell the Glove at April 06, 2026 12:32 PM (19SAM)

And Grapeshot is for killing.

Why settle for less?

Posted by: Brendon Small at April 06, 2026 12:34 PM (FpHTM)

63 30 If they whip around the Moon too fast they will go back in time.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at April 06, 2026 12:28 PM (Cqx++)

Maybe they can stop Bartman from catching that fly ball.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 06, 2026 12:34 PM (bss/y)

64 Off, sock.

Posted by: XTC at April 06, 2026 12:34 PM (FpHTM)

65 " We're wide open"

So am I.

Posted by: Nancy Mace at April 06, 2026 12:34 PM (abIsI)

66 54 I'm baking bread for Easter Monday. Crust has risen.
Posted by: muldoon at April 06, 2026 12:32 PM (qgHp7

😂

Posted by: Piper at April 06, 2026 12:34 PM (p4NUW)

67 I mean, what’s the fascination for shoving objects into orafices. Nostrils, ears, ani.
Posted by: nurse ratched at April 06, 2026 12:29 PM (W2Pud)

I know you're a nurse, so I'm going to decide that I just learned the plural of "anus" is, in fact, "ani"

Thank you!

*smiley face emoji*

Posted by: SSBN 656 (G) at April 06, 2026 12:34 PM (dmDsy)

68 10 Something big is happening in my pants. Does that count?
Posted by: zombie at April 06, 2026 12:23 PM (Av6i5)

Sounds like someone made a boom boom.

Posted by: Cray Cray at April 06, 2026 12:35 PM (GuwU/)

69 As far as the trip itself, are the crew doing anything besides riding? Do they even need to be there to test the propulsion and navigation systems?
Posted by: toby928(c) at April 06, 2026 12:33 PM (4NO2D)

There are things men must do to remain Men.

Posted by: Capt James T Kirk at April 06, 2026 12:35 PM (bss/y)

70 As far as the trip itself, are the crew doing anything besides riding? Do they even need to be there to test the propulsion and navigation systems?

Spam in a can?

Posted by: Archimedes at April 06, 2026 12:35 PM (Riz8t)

71 I'm gonna be honest here, well, I always am, but I have to say I'm disappointed in the quality and I guess the "uniqueness" of the pictures and video from Artemis so far. Our tech is so fucking superior now, why can't they show reality as well as they can create "space" in movies?

We should be seeing i-Max quality video here, man!
Posted by: Denny Crane - I Still Love Star Wars. at April 06, 2026 12:31 PM (dmDsy)
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100%. Some of the footage I've seen looks like it's from 1969 tech. NASA is really missing out on PR. The images we see from the vehicle, inside and out, should be absolutely stunning. It's not like we're not capable.
Posted by: Frasier Crane

A lot of it is coming from iPhone 17's. They were talking about it yesterday in the FWP thread. Someone said Apple missex a marketing goldmine.

Posted by: rickb223 at April 06, 2026 12:35 PM (U7QMZ)

72 There are only two countries in the world. Those that use the metric system and those that have been to the moon.
Posted by: SH (no more socks)

We had a spacecraft to either the Moon or Mars fail and crash in the early aughts, because half of it was made in the US using imperial units, and the other half was made in Europe using metric, and nobody thought to make sure that everyone was using the same system of measurement.

Posted by: Bulg at April 06, 2026 12:36 PM (77rzZ)

73 >>I'm baking bread for Easter Monday. Crust has risen.

LOL - and probably going straight to hell because of it.

Posted by: Nazdar at April 06, 2026 12:36 PM (NcvvS)

74 What are we learning from this manned trip around the Moon?
Posted by: toby928(c) at April 06, 2026 12:28 PM (4NO2D)

Don't use the bathroom.
Posted by: dantesed at April 06, 2026 12:29 PM (Y0tFs)
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Absolute proof that God has a sense of humor.

The most difficult challenge in outer space is dealing with human waste.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at April 06, 2026 12:36 PM (ESVrU)

75 support fitting if you need it. Figure I'll blow off $600 or so for two or three pairs good shoes and a pair of slippers.
Posted by: bill in arkansas

Don't forget to charge your Hoveround!

Posted by: Joan Lunden, A Place For Mom at April 06, 2026 12:36 PM (oftw2)

76 29 I've swallowed marbles. They always come out OK in the end.
Posted by: Rehoboth Beach Joe at April 06, 2026 12:28 PM (oftw2)
******
When I was a kid I accidentally swallowed some dice. Never knew where they ended up.

Posted by: redridinghood at April 06, 2026 12:36 PM (NpAcC)

77 Wait, who's paying whom? Because 30 bucks would be nowhere near enough to get me to set foot in the place.

The primary function of the Obama Library is to provide lucrative no-show jobs for Obama's cronies.

The Clinton Foundation model.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at April 06, 2026 12:36 PM (n1OCj)

78 I watched Invasion USA last night. They remastered it in 4K.

Watch Chuck Norris in suspiciously tight jeans and open shirt, looking like a 70s porn extra, almost single-handedly defeat the entire Russian and Cuban invasion force!

80s action masterpiece. Great action, great one-liners, heavy body count, no woke gay bullshit. Surprisingly well-shot too. In most action films, they use cut shots to show the action. Not here. There's a lot of shooting and bullet/missile impacts in the same frame.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at April 06, 2026 12:36 PM (iFTx/)

79 There was a photo taken from inside Artemis II looking out at the Earth. The caption included "the least they could have done was clean the outside of the windows."

Seriously, it was like looking out the windshield of a dirty car.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at April 06, 2026 12:37 PM (AkEZC)

80
We should be seeing i-Max quality video here, man!
Posted by: Denny Crane - I Still Love Star Wars. at April 06, 2026 12:31 PM (dmDsy)

What if you had a deployable drone to take pictures of the exterior of the spacecraft and check on things out there? Take stunning shots.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 06, 2026 12:37 PM (bss/y)

81
Hey, Hadrian. Good to see you back. I hope you had a reflective Lent and a joyous Easter.
Posted by: Bulg at April 06, 2026 12:26 PM (77rzZ)

Thank you. Yes, I had a reflective Lent but not a joyous Easter. I stupidly agreed to work as a ring steward at shows before I realized what weekend it was. So I had a full day's work on Saturday, then home to take care of the girls and off to Vigil services at my local parish.

Got there at 7:00 for the 8:30 Mass, which went on until after 11. Picked up a nail in my tire on the way and limped home. Got to bed at 12:30 and woke up at 3:30, unable to get back to sleep. Drove Her Majesty's car to the show to get there at 7:00 and had a full day's work. Came home, took care of the girls and flopped into bed for a couple of hours.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 06, 2026 12:37 PM (tgvbd)

82 75 Heh. Getting close to looking at one of those gems. Maybe the walker with the seat.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at April 06, 2026 12:38 PM (gm9Sb)

83
58 I guess I have to turn in my man card. Actually looking forward to shoe shopping tomorrow. Found a place up in Rogers AR with many brands, and they actually sit you down and measure your feet with a Brannock device. When your feet are getting old, wide and gnarly it's tough finding shoes. They also do arch support fitting if you need it. Figure I'll blow off $600 or so for two or three pairs good shoes and a pair of slippers.
Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at April 06, 2026 12:33 PM (gm9Sb

Get a really good pair of athletic shoes once you find out the right brand for your foot. Even just for walking, it makes a huge difference.

Posted by: Piper at April 06, 2026 12:38 PM (OoFl2)

84 We had a spacecraft to either the Moon or Mars fail and crash in the early aughts, because half of it was made in the US using imperial units, and the other half was made in Europe using metric, and nobody thought to make sure that everyone was using the same system of measurement.

Don't forget the Air Canada flight that ran out of fuel at altitude when Air Canada was converting from imperial to metric units, and amazingly safely landed at a disused RCAF base.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at April 06, 2026 12:38 PM (n1OCj)

85
When your feet are getting old, wide and gnarly it's tough finding shoes. They also do arch support fitting if you need it. Figure I'll blow off $600 or so for two or three pairs good shoes and a pair of slippers.
Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at April 06, 2026 12:33 PM (gm9Sb)

I don't have big feet but I have wide feet. Finally found a pair of dress shoes that fit properly. It was like birthday and Christmas rolled into one.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 06, 2026 12:39 PM (tgvbd)

86 Sorry, Hadrian.

Posted by: Bulg at April 06, 2026 12:39 PM (77rzZ)

87 What are we learning from this manned trip around the Moon?
Posted by: toby928(c)
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Dunno, but you can learn a lot about a person by how they play with their marbles.

Posted by: scampydog at April 06, 2026 12:40 PM (41CYW)

88 78 80s action masterpiece. Great action, great one-liners, heavy body count, no woke gay bullshit. Surprisingly well-shot too. In most action films, they use cut shots to show the action. Not here. There's a lot of shooting and bullet/missile impacts in the same frame.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at April 06, 2026 12:36 PM (iFTx/)

Bah, none of the actors bled out for real, so it's still not Manly (TM) enough.

Posted by: XTC at April 06, 2026 12:40 PM (FpHTM)

89 Big Blue Marble

https://youtu.be/IlIx0pdjp-Q

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at April 06, 2026 12:40 PM (dK+Kv)

90 Looks like "billionaires" (of which there are about a 1000 in the US) are the new, or at least most prominent, hate objects to the Left right now. Not that I have much liking of them, but the talk I see from DemSocs (a.k.a. Commies) is positively bloodthirsty.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 06, 2026 12:23 PM (tgvbd)

1 in 9 US households have a net worth over 1m.
It's hard to hate yourself and your neighbors with that much fervor (though some of them try).
Much easier to drop millionaires from the hate chant.

Posted by: Thurston Howell the Turd, better than you at April 06, 2026 12:40 PM (zafwz)

91 Seems like these marble guys like bofa -- BOFA DEEZ NUTS

Posted by: Elric The Blade at April 06, 2026 12:40 PM (iFTx/)

92 We were wide open on the Morning Thread with margins expanding and contracting.

Posted by: Anna Puma at April 06, 2026 12:41 PM (2GVsD)

93 83 This store carries New Balance, Red Wing, and other good reputation shoes. I will never buy a pair online again.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at April 06, 2026 12:41 PM (gm9Sb)

94 Good afternoon Ace and everyone

Posted by: Skip at April 06, 2026 12:41 PM (LETym)

95 58 I guess I have to turn in my man card.Actually looking forward to shoe shopping tomorrow. Found a place up in Rogers AR with many brands, and they actually sit you down and measure your feet with a Brannock device. When your feet are getting old, wide and gnarly it's tough finding shoes. They also do arch support fitting if you need it. Figure I'll blow off $600 or so for two or three pairs good shoes and a pair of slippers.
Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at April 06, 2026 12:33 PM (gm9Sb

Get a really good pair of athletic shoes once you find out the right brand for your foot. Even just for walking, it makes a huge difference.
Posted by: Piper at April 06, 2026 12:38 PM (OoFl2)

Good advice, Piper, but bill is still gonna have to relinquish that man card... sorry, it's just the rules...

Posted by: SSBN 656 (G) at April 06, 2026 12:41 PM (dmDsy)

96 sunny beafch, sock off fer cryin out loud

Posted by: OneEyedJack at April 06, 2026 12:41 PM (zafwz)

97 ARTEMIS: And not even a single Pluto Nash tie in.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eao2jzT5MeI

ELON MUSK=BRUNO/Model63 and the slap is every dork-time he's violated common sense.

A crater on the moon factually would hold and atmosphere for 20years, a cave even longer.

Posted by: MANFRED the Heat Seeking OBOE at April 06, 2026 12:41 PM (h4n6w)

98 > We had a spacecraft to either the Moon or Mars fail and crash in the early aughts, because half of it was made in the US using imperial units, and the other half was made in Europe using metric, and nobody thought to make sure that everyone was using the same system of measurement.
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I think it was Mars. Not sure if it crashed, or instead of entering orbit just sailed on by.

Pretty stupid mistake.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at April 06, 2026 12:42 PM (AkEZC)

99 New Buc-Ees opened today 3 miles from my domicile. So we checked in for merch and Beaver Nuggets.
Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at April 06, 2026 12:31 PM (nM4oV)

This is a life win.

#Winning

Good on you, mate.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 06, 2026 12:42 PM (IXZGh)

100 95 Good advice, Piper, but bill is still gonna have to relinquish that man card... sorry, it's just the rules...
Posted by: SSBN 656 (G) at April 06, 2026 12:41 PM (dmDsy)

He can get it back when he kills another man with his bare hands.

Posted by: XTC at April 06, 2026 12:42 PM (FpHTM)

101 >>>Yep. Only about 15,000 miles from the Moon now, and almost 250,000 miles from Earth.

thanks. I'll put up a post.

Posted by: ace at April 06, 2026 12:42 PM (1wjle)

102 I think it was Mars. Not sure if it crashed, or instead of entering orbit just sailed on by.

Pretty stupid mistake.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at April 06, 2026 12:42 PM (AkEZC)
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Skipped off the Martian atmosphere, if I remember right...

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at April 06, 2026 12:43 PM (ESVrU)

103 I think it's laudable that now that we have solved all the big problems of mankind like poverty, illness, aging, cancer, war, crime, cancer, energy sustainability and such, that we are now turning our efforts to putting a man back on the moon.

Posted by: muldoon at April 06, 2026 12:43 PM (qgHp7)

104 What if you had a deployable drone to take pictures of the exterior of the spacecraft and check on things out there? Take stunning shots.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 06, 2026 12:37 PM (bss/y)

That's a great idea, and there are so many more options available (I think, anyway) that could help make us see the extraordinary journey they have embarked on....

Posted by: SSBN 656 (G) at April 06, 2026 12:44 PM (dmDsy)

105 Yep. Only about 15,000 miles from the Moon now, and almost 250,000 miles from Earth.

thanks. I'll put up a post.
Posted by: ace at April 06, 2026 12:42 PM (1wjle)
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Lunar flyby is supposed to start shortly before 2 p.m. Central Time. Then continue for a few hours as they circle around the far side of the Moon.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at April 06, 2026 12:44 PM (ESVrU)

106 Ace, how was your Easter?

Posted by: Bulg at April 06, 2026 12:44 PM (77rzZ)

107 Enjoying shopping for shoes is not a reason to give up your man card. I mean, worst case you will get one corner clipped if you are buying sneakers. Shopping for boots gets you an upgrade to the gold card.

Posted by: toby928(c) at April 06, 2026 12:44 PM (4NO2D)

108 yeah, I think it was Mars, the lander didn't land, it impacted.

pounds vs. newtons was the unit mismatch as I recall ...

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at April 06, 2026 12:44 PM (MIIRH)

109 >>oh are we going around the moon today?
Posted by: ace at April 06, 2026 12:22 PM (1wjle)
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Yep. Only about 15,000 miles from the Moon now, and almost 250,000 miles from Earth.
Posted by: Frasier Crane at April 06, 2026 12:26 PM (bNf8H)
_______

"Meh"

-- Ray Harryhausen

Posted by: Elric The Blade at April 06, 2026 12:45 PM (iFTx/)

110 103 I think it's laudable that now that we have solved all the big problems of mankind like poverty, illness, aging, cancer, war, crime, cancer, energy sustainability and such, that we are now turning our efforts to putting a man back on the moon.
Posted by: muldoon at April 06, 2026 12:43 PM (qgHp7)

Oh, you!!!

Posted by: Denny Crane - Damn, I LOVE Me Some Good Sarcasm! Have a Cigar! at April 06, 2026 12:45 PM (dmDsy)

111 ----
Lunar flyby is supposed to start shortly before 2 p.m. Central Time. Then continue for a few hours as they circle around the far side of the Moon.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at April 06, 2026 12:44 PM (ESVrU)

They'll be out of radio contact for 46 minutes or some such.

Butt-pucker time for Mission Control.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 06, 2026 12:45 PM (IXZGh)

112 Can't please people at all.

Go back and watch the footage shot and broadcasted on TV of Neil Armstrong descending the ladder to plant his feet on the Moon. Talk about horrible video quality.

Posted by: Anna Puma at April 06, 2026 12:45 PM (2GVsD)

113 >>Get a really good pair of athletic shoes once you find out the right brand for your foot. Even just for walking, it makes a huge difference.

Yep. Not going to replace my special-occasion shoes, but getting checked (and definitely with the Brannock tool) for walking shoes is truly worthwhile. After that, ordering working boots (~20 years old) for cold weather and sandals (~15 years old) from a reputable Maine outfitter which has always done right by me is a piece of cake.

Except for my weirdly shaped foot: Normal at the ball of the foot, very narrow heel. Practically bird feet.

Posted by: Nazdar at April 06, 2026 12:46 PM (NcvvS)

114 107 has it right!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at April 06, 2026 12:46 PM (MIIRH)

115 A Brannock Device can be purchased online quite easily. Then you can size and purchase intelligently online. Physically going to a shoe store is mostly for fetishists who get off on having their feet manipulated and fondled by effeminate strangers. It's another low-rung on the perversity ladder.

Posted by: Defining Deviancy Down at April 06, 2026 12:46 PM (oftw2)

116 They'll be out of radio contact for 46 minutes or some such.

Butt-pucker time for Mission Control.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 06, 2026 12:45 PM (IXZGh)
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That's when the aliens will replace the astronauts with clone replicas...

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at April 06, 2026 12:46 PM (ESVrU)

117
What are we learning from this manned trip around the Moon?
Posted by: toby928(c)

Purchase an extended warranty on for your space toilet and stay current on its payments.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at April 06, 2026 12:46 PM (xG4kz)

118 The drone would have to be CO2 propelled or something. Could take shots with the craft in front of Moon, Earth. Maneuver for good shots of moon and earth, etc.

It always seems like NASA lost the sheer joy of exploration sometimes.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 06, 2026 12:46 PM (bss/y)

119 I think it's laudable that now that we have solved all the big problems of mankind like poverty, illness, aging, cancer, war, crime, cancer, energy sustainability and such, that we are now turning our efforts to putting a man back on the moon.
Posted by: muldoon at April 06, 2026 12:43 PM (qgHp7)

It is my firm belief that we're doing this in a rush now because China said they wanted to go to the moon and everyone knows China will threaten the planet and destroy the moon if they could. We beat them to it, they can't go there without an escort being on site.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 06, 2026 12:47 PM (IXZGh)

120 17 Marbles are made of glass, not marble. What do you say to that?

Posted by: Eromero at April 06, 2026 12:25 PM (rR03l)
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Don't take them for granite

Posted by: 496 at April 06, 2026 12:47 PM (OgaPP)

121 112 Can't please people at all.

Go back and watch the footage shot and broadcasted on TV of Neil Armstrong descending the ladder to plant his feet on the Moon. Talk about horrible video quality.
Posted by: Anna Puma at April 06, 2026 12:45 PM (2GVsD)

Valid, but it was still a big fucking deal.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 06, 2026 12:48 PM (bss/y)

122 >>Don't forget the Air Canada flight that ran out of fuel at altitude when Air Canada was converting from imperial to metric units, and amazingly safely landed at a disused RCAF base.

That incident was discussed while i was in ground school.

If I recall correctly, the captain dead-sticked it onto an old runway that had been converted to a dragstrip.

Posted by: one hour sober at April 06, 2026 12:48 PM (Y1sOo)

123 100 95 Good advice, Piper, but bill is still gonna have to relinquish that man card... sorry, it's just the rules...
Posted by: SSBN 656 (G) at April 06, 2026 12:41 PM

He can get it back when he kills another man with his bare hands.
Posted by: XTC at April 06, 2026 12:42 PM (FpHTM)

That's what I'm talking about!

Posted by: Denny Crane - You Have To EARN It!!! at April 06, 2026 12:48 PM (dmDsy)

124 ----
That's when the aliens will replace the astronauts with clone replicas...
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at April 06, 2026 12:46 PM (ESVrU)

Exactly.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 06, 2026 12:48 PM (IXZGh)

125 A drone would be a bad idea. If they lose control of it while the drone is under thrust and impacts say the solar panels.

Posted by: Anna Puma at April 06, 2026 12:48 PM (2GVsD)

126 Go back and watch the footage shot and broadcasted on TV of Neil Armstrong descending the ladder to plant his feet on the Moon. Talk about horrible video quality.
Posted by: Anna Puma

Yeah, you'd think that studio would have better cinematographers.

Posted by: Bulg at April 06, 2026 12:48 PM (77rzZ)

127 Piper,
I have just discovered that Ferragamo makes sneakers.

As resident fashion maven, I thought you should know.

Posted by: Wenda at April 06, 2026 12:48 PM (QNSS1)

128 Morning.

So I had a thought recently.

You know how so many leftist protests are simply paid for? The protestors are paid agitators paid for by a business, right?

Why doesn't the government regulate this as a commercial activity?

Now the gub'mint can't make these people protest for/against anything in particular right but how about simple regulations that identify them as being employees of a business? If you work at a call center you're required to announce that a call is monitored and recorded, why not a requirement that these paid agitators announce they are indeed paid agitators? Force them to say or wear whatever necessary. Here, a t-shirt that's identifies the org you work for, a high visibility vest with same and a hoodie with big pink bunny ears.

Posted by: Robert at April 06, 2026 12:48 PM (dpXJq)

129 China did attempt a rocket launch in test for their lunar dreams.

It exploded before clearing the launch tower........

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 06, 2026 12:49 PM (IXZGh)

130 125 A drone would be a bad idea. If they lose control of it while the drone is under thrust and impacts say the solar panels.
Posted by: Anna Puma at April 06, 2026 12:48 PM (2GVsD)

Killjoy.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 06, 2026 12:49 PM (bss/y)

131 Hey, Wenda, how are you?

Posted by: Bulg at April 06, 2026 12:49 PM (77rzZ)

132 That incident was discussed while i was in ground school.

If I recall correctly, the captain dead-sticked it onto an old runway that had been converted to a dragstrip.

Correct.

I never understood how this happened - even if the ground crew incorrectly assured the flight crew that they had enough fuel to fly across Canada, didn't the aircraft have working fuel gages?

Posted by: The ARC of History! at April 06, 2026 12:50 PM (n1OCj)

133 >>Posted by: Defining Deviancy Down at April 06, 2026 12:46 PM (oftw2)

Except my preferred athletic shoe store has cute female associates. Certainly not by accident.

Posted by: Nazdar at April 06, 2026 12:50 PM (NcvvS)

134 >>A drone would be a bad idea. If they lose control of it while the drone is under thrust and impacts say the solar panels.
Posted by: Anna Puma at April 06, 2026 12:48 PM (2GVsD)
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How about a telescopic selfie-stick?

Posted by: Frasier Crane at April 06, 2026 12:50 PM (bNf8H)

135 There are only two countries in the world. Those that use the metric system and those that have been to the moon.
Posted by: SH (no more socks)

*sobs*

Posted by: Hubble Space Telescope at April 06, 2026 12:50 PM (994Xn)

136 100%. Some of the footage I've seen looks like it's from 1969 tech. NASA is really missing out on PR. The images we see from the vehicle, inside and out, should be absolutely stunning. It's not like we're not capable.

SpaceX is so good at the video now that it's easy to forget how bad NASA always has been at it.

Posted by: Ian S. at April 06, 2026 12:50 PM (2ocoG)

137 Yeah, you'd think that studio would have better cinematographers.

Especially when they think Stanely Kubrick filmed it all.

Posted by: Anna Puma at April 06, 2026 12:50 PM (2GVsD)

138 When I was a kid I accidentally swallowed some dice. Never knew where they ended up.

*********

Probably on a craps table.

Posted by: muldoon at April 06, 2026 12:51 PM (qgHp7)

139 I like the drone idea. Something very light to minimize risk, maybe powered by ion thrusters to make it's movements slow relative to the spacecraft.

Posted by: toby928(c) at April 06, 2026 12:51 PM (4NO2D)

140 A drone would be a bad idea. If they lose control of it while the drone is under thrust and impacts say the solar panels.
Posted by: Anna Puma at April 06, 2026 12:48 PM (2GVsD)
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How about a telescopic selfie-stick?
Posted by: Frasier Crane at April 06, 2026 12:50 PM (bNf8H)
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There are several GoPro cameras attached to the exterior, especially at the tips of each of the solar panels. The panels can be adjusted, which also moves the cameras.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at April 06, 2026 12:51 PM (ESVrU)

141
A Brannock Device can be purchased online quite easily.

A Braddock Device is a large ear horn that was found to be quite useful when a whole lot of whooping, hollering and shooting occurred when your long extended military column encounters hostiles deep in a trail that runs up into a heavily wooded area.

"Eh? What's all that racket? Fetch my Braddock Device, Sergeant!"

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at April 06, 2026 12:52 PM (xG4kz)

142 If Roberts and Barrett rule that the 14th amendment doesn't mean what it says (along with the liberal bloc), I think a large majority of the American people would back a ban on issuing visas to any foreign national who is pregnant.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at April 06, 2026 12:52 PM (Dv3i1)

143 The whole thing is a pile of junk. We're not doing anything we haven't done before. It took ten years and billions of dollars and all we got is a stopped up commode.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 06, 2026 12:52 PM (koh6z)

144 "...Not going to replace my special-occasion shoes, but getting checked (and definitely with the Brannock tool) Except for my weirdly shaped foot: Normal at the ball of the foot, very narrow heel. Practically bird feet."
Posted by: Nazdar at April 06, 2026 12:46 PM (NcvvS)

I have 5 Big Toes on each foot...will this "Brannock Tool" help me?

Posted by: Denny Crane - My Family Tree Is More Like a Stick. at April 06, 2026 12:52 PM (dmDsy)

145 "I'll just be posting open threads today unless something big happens."

The size of a tangerine?

Posted by: Alfred at April 06, 2026 12:52 PM (Q+gd/)

146 Jeepers.

I have a serious carb hangover from yesterday. I feel like a slug.

Posted by: nurse ratched at April 06, 2026 12:53 PM (W2Pud)

147 "I'll just be posting open threads today unless something big happens."

The size of a tangerine?

Posted by: Alfred at April 06, 2026 12:52 PM (Q+gd/)

Bigger than a breadbox.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at April 06, 2026 12:53 PM (dK+Kv)

148 The Gimli Glider

It was not only the guy on the ground pumping gas that messed up. The 767's electronic brains that was supposed to manage the fuel, well that board was in-op and the 767 was so new Air Canada lacked a replacement. It fell to the two-man crew, as flight engineers are no longer needed, to step up and figure out the fuel. But they were given incorrect information.

Posted by: Anna Puma at April 06, 2026 12:53 PM (2GVsD)

149 It’s a misconception that the US doesn’t use the metric system, we use it for stuff that needs precision, and the imperial system for things that don’t.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at April 06, 2026 12:53 PM (QIaBy)

150 Don't forget the Air Canada flight that ran out of fuel at altitude when Air Canada was converting from imperial to metric units, and amazingly safely landed at a disused RCAF base.

Reminds me tangentially of when one of the major gas stations started pricing gas by the liter. I want to say it was around 1983. They did it for about a month before having to revert to freedom units.

Posted by: Ian S. at April 06, 2026 12:54 PM (2ocoG)

151 143 The whole thing is a pile of junk. We're not doing anything we haven't done before. It took ten years and billions of dollars and all we got is a stopped up commode.

hey, don't knock it. last time we did this, they had to poop in bags.

Posted by: anachronda at April 06, 2026 12:54 PM (oY6Yp)

152 Probably on a craps table.

Posted by: muldoon at April 06, 2026 12:51 PM (qgHp7)

Sounds like on the "No Pass" line.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at April 06, 2026 12:54 PM (n9ltV)

153 If anyone is looking for running/walking/athletic shoes and is like me and has feet that resemble loaves of bread, check out Altra. They're not cheap but the toe box is so wide and comfy without being huge everywhere else thus floppy and blister-y.

Posted by: ballistic at April 06, 2026 12:54 PM (oqH4h)

154 You know about the shoe sizes?

Posted by: Bulg at April 06, 2026 12:55 PM (77rzZ)

155 SpaceX is so good at the video now that it's easy to forget how bad NASA always has been at it.
Posted by: Ian S. at April 06, 2026 12:50 PM (2ocoG)

I really, really, really want to believe that is true.

Posted by: Denny Crane - My Brother Was An Astronaut, He Decided To Stay On The Moon. at April 06, 2026 12:55 PM (dmDsy)

156 A perfect open thread topic for the day after Easter.

Des Moines area Catholics. Are there any Catholic Churches that lean towards more progressive, tolerant Parrish? I've a friend new to the area and they're not looking for typical right wing -anti LGBTQ, Abortion protesting type. More of a social justice bent that some Catholic churches embrace.

The recent Popes are both pretty good dudes who say really insightful, Christ-centered things, but churches aren't doing the same things. If you like a Catholic mass but want to see the church living out the actual teachings of Jesus, Episcopal churches are great!

Yes! The Episcopal Church is very similar to Catholicism - liturgical with 7 sacraments yet allows female clergy and are pro lgbt rights.

The answer is Des Moines Intentional Ecumenical Community. They are absolutely incredible! The warmest, most welcoming people you will meet in Des Moines, hands-down. The perfect place for your friend: https://www.dmiec.org

I know it's not what you're used to but if you're looking for an experience that involves love and respect rather than judgment and guilt you should check out the Church of Satan.

Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at April 06, 2026 12:55 PM (rGFB1)

157 "Eh? What's all that racket? Fetch my Braddock Device, Sergeant!"
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: E
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I ardy know my shoe size.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 06, 2026 12:55 PM (koh6z)

158 I don't often search for products or services on Google. I'm set in my ways, I know what I like, and I just shop for it or order it.

So whenever I search in detail for something I'm unfamiliar with (last time a couple years ago, it was welding machines), I get pummeled with ads for it for months/years - it's all the algorithms have to go by.

Well, some joker here mentioned a product I never heard of but want very much (salted black licorice from Finland). I went on a Google journey of discovery and picked out a brand to order. But now, all my ads are for Finnish foodstuffs. I just got one for Kroger here in the US - but in Finnish.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at April 06, 2026 12:55 PM (BI5O2)

159 138 When I was a kid I accidentally swallowed some dice. Never knew where they ended up.

*********

Probably on a craps table.

*golf clap*

Posted by: amber heard at April 06, 2026 12:56 PM (oY6Yp)

160 >>I never understood how this happened

Well, yeah, that was discussed, too. Neither pilot thought it prudent to check fuel load vs anticipated average fuel burn rate vs travel time.

Posted by: one hour sober at April 06, 2026 12:56 PM (Y1sOo)

161 It’s a misconception that the US doesn’t use the metric system, we use it for stuff that needs precision, and the imperial system for things that don’t.
Posted by: Thomas Bender

Fahrenheit is a more precise temperate scale than Celsius.

Posted by: Bulg at April 06, 2026 12:56 PM (77rzZ)

162 158 Well, some joker here mentioned a product I never heard of but want very much (salted black licorice from Finland). I went on a Google journey of discovery and picked out a brand to order. But now, all my ads are for Finnish foodstuffs. I just got one for Kroger here in the US - but in Finnish.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at April 06, 2026 12:55 PM (BI5O2)

Gah. Salmiak Licorice is naaaaaaaaaaasty.

Posted by: XTC at April 06, 2026 12:56 PM (FpHTM)

163 So, Braddock's device is fore de feet?

Posted by: Bulg at April 06, 2026 12:57 PM (77rzZ)

164 When I was a kid I accidentally swallowed some dice. Never knew where they ended up.

*********

Probably on a craps table.
Posted by: muldoon

Ooof! I can't even. . . . .

Posted by: Tonypete at April 06, 2026 12:57 PM (cYBz/)

165 It’s a misconception that the US doesn’t use the metric system, we use it for stuff that needs precision, and the imperial system for things that don’t.

Sort of. Fahrenheit has almost double the precision per degree in the range that humans can reasonably live in.

Posted by: Ian S. at April 06, 2026 12:57 PM (2ocoG)

166 158 Well, some joker here mentioned a product I never heard of but want very much (salted black licorice from Finland).

it's a shame that salmiyuck.com hasn't been updated in over a decade.

Posted by: anachronda at April 06, 2026 12:57 PM (oY6Yp)

167 149 It’s a misconception that the US doesn’t use the metric system, we use it for stuff that needs precision, and the imperial system for things that don’t.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at April 06, 2026 12:53 PM (QIaBy)
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The metric system is great for science and engineering where everything needs to be scalable and repeatable.

The other units we use are wildly better for just measuring things humans need to know on a daily basis to make our lives easier.

Fahrenheit: 0 is fucking cold, 100 is fucking hot.
Celsius: 0 is pretty chilly, 100 you have been boiled alive.

Posted by: ballistic at April 06, 2026 12:57 PM (oqH4h)

168 China did attempt a rocket launch in test for their lunar dreams.

It exploded before clearing the launch tower........

==

*nods

Yang Poon!

Posted by: runner at April 06, 2026 12:58 PM (GD0B3)

169 >>I have 5 Big Toes on each foot...will this "Brannock Tool" help me?

Gives you size in length & width, but your problem would seem to be the converse of mine, assuming your toe box is broader than the main width at the ball of the foot.

Have to look for shoes with a narrow heel; for me, no way around that.

Posted by: Nazdar at April 06, 2026 12:58 PM (NcvvS)

170 Marbles are made of glass, not marble. What do you say to that?
Posted by: Eromero
.......

Steelies.

Posted by: wth at April 06, 2026 12:58 PM (UjdFS)

171 Foot sizing. A Marine Corps friend, good friend, now gone, wore a size 10 on on foot, eight on the other. At Camp Butler, Okinawa, on the way to Nam we were issued our jungle utilities and boots. Ralph comes down the street with not three pairs of boots but six. They told him to throw the unneeded ones away and the Okinawans would sell them.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at April 06, 2026 12:58 PM (gm9Sb)

172 *did I get that right? Anna??

Posted by: runner at April 06, 2026 12:58 PM (GD0B3)

173 Gah. Salmiak Licorice is naaaaaaaaaaasty.
Posted by: XTC at April 06, 2026 12:56 PM (FpHTM)

How?

It's black licorice. And salt. It's two of my favorite flavors, embracing the power of "and."

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at April 06, 2026 12:59 PM (BI5O2)

174
I have 5 Big Toes on each foot...will this "Brannock Tool" help me?

Posted by: Denny Crane - My Family Tree Is More Like a Stick. at April 06, 2026 12:52 PM (dmDsy)

No. Angle grinder might.

Posted by: Just a little off the top at April 06, 2026 12:59 PM (TbWk/)

175 Yang Poon!
Posted by: runner

"Everybody Yang Poon tonight!!"

. . . .Hmmmmm, needs work.

Posted by: Wang Chung at April 06, 2026 01:00 PM (cYBz/)

176
My apologies, but dudes yammering about marbles for nearly ten minutes or more don't have the drama of watching baby goats run wild or, better yet, watching working dogs herd sheep.

Just my opinion.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at April 06, 2026 01:00 PM (xG4kz)

177 173 It's black licorice. And salt. It's two of my favorite flavors, embracing the power of "and."
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at April 06, 2026 12:59 PM (BI5O2)

Ammonia Salt. Smelling salts.

Posted by: XTC at April 06, 2026 01:00 PM (FpHTM)

178 One of most beguiling characters in Noble House - Venice Poon!

Posted by: runner at April 06, 2026 01:01 PM (GD0B3)

179 173 Gah. Salmiak Licorice is naaaaaaaaaaasty.
Posted by: XTC at April 06, 2026 12:56 PM (FpHTM)

How?

It's black licorice. And salt. It's two of my favorite flavors, embracing the power of "and."
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at April 06, 2026 12:59 PM (BI5O2)

Salted licorice is the only candy available in hell.

Posted by: Served with Brussels sprouts at April 06, 2026 01:01 PM (TbWk/)

180
Eyeglasses today are made neither of eyes nor glass.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at April 06, 2026 01:01 PM (xG4kz)

181 Ace has lost his marbles. Must be from peep overloads.

Posted by: From about That Time at April 06, 2026 01:01 PM (sl73Y)

182 Well, the road awaits my using of it. Should be at home tonight. So I am off like a bride's nightie. Later, Horde.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 06, 2026 01:01 PM (PBfu2)

183 Artemis II has one of those robotic arms with a camera(s) on it. It did a "selfie" a couple days ago IIRC. Not sure how good the resolution is on it, but it's possible to get "outside" shots with it.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at April 06, 2026 01:02 PM (AkEZC)

184 The toilet engineer at NASA obviously used the metric system.

Posted by: wth at April 06, 2026 01:02 PM (UjdFS)

185 Doesn't a certain cut of Roadrunner taste like licorice?

Posted by: Bad Andrew at April 06, 2026 01:02 PM (DgMqy)

186
Wishing you safe travels AOP.

Posted by: fourseasons at April 06, 2026 01:02 PM (3ek7K)

187 So I am off like a bride's nightie.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon

LOL

Posted by: Bulg at April 06, 2026 01:02 PM (77rzZ)

188 If Roberts and Barrett rule that the 14th amendment doesn't mean what it says (along with the liberal bloc), I think a large majority of the American people would back a ban on issuing visas to any foreign national who is pregnant.

If the Supreme Court seriously says that a women can fly from China to the US, give birth, fly back to China, and that her kid is therefore a US citizen, we really have to rethink the whole visa system.

You'd think they would be able to ban birth tourism at least.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at April 06, 2026 01:02 PM (n1OCj)

189 149 It’s a misconception that the US doesn’t use the metric system, we use it for stuff that needs precision, and the imperial system for things that don’t.
Posted by: Thomas Bender
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Was the moon landing imprecision?
Were Apollo 13 calculations imprecise?

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 06, 2026 01:02 PM (koh6z)

190 8
Looks like "billionaires" (of which there are about a 1000 in the US) are the new, or at least most prominent, hate objects to the Left right now. Not that I have much liking of them, but the talk I see from DemSocs (a.k.a. Commies) is positively bloodthirsty.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 06, 2026 12:23 PM (tgvbd)

Surprised? I’m not. If they did not have envy they’d have nothing.

Posted by: Cow Demon at April 06, 2026 01:02 PM (E6xSb)

191 Safe journey, AOP.

Posted by: Nazdar at April 06, 2026 01:03 PM (NcvvS)

192 It’s a misconception that the US doesn’t use the metric system, we use it for stuff that needs precision, and the imperial system for things that don’t.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at April 06, 2026 12:53 PM (QIaBy)

Drug deals are all done in metric.

I mean drug dealers aren't known for being all that smart to begin with, right?

Posted by: Robert at April 06, 2026 01:03 PM (dpXJq)

193 Hi, Bulg.
Congratulations on your new job.

I'm doing well. Began taking creatine a few weeks ago--first heard of it here from the horde. And it has made such a big difference in my energy. I'm so grateful.

I have to have a kidney test in a couple of months to see if I can continue. Fingers crossed.

Posted by: Wenda at April 06, 2026 01:03 PM (QNSS1)

194 Ever play Marble Madness?

Posted by: Cow Demon at April 06, 2026 01:03 PM (E6xSb)

195 The metric system was pushed by Big Socket Set. Before 10mm was a thing, nobody constantly lost sockets. This was too limiting for sales growth, so metric was pushed on automakers.

Posted by: Ian S. at April 06, 2026 01:03 PM (2ocoG)

196
The recent Popes are both pretty good dudes who say really insightful, Christ-centered things, but churches aren't doing the same things. If you like a Catholic mass but want to see the church living out the actual teachings of Jesus, Episcopal churches are great!

Hoo, boy! I hurt myself laughing explosively at this one!

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at April 06, 2026 01:04 PM (xG4kz)

197 In Indianapolis, someone shot up a politician's home and left a sign stating 'NO DATA CENTER'. Most of the replies to the story posted by the local news are both disheartening and terrifying. The media has done a great job encouraging the fringe that violent and loud is a legitimate way to express your political beliefs. Many comments were outright calling for political opponents to be killed, all in the name of 'resistance'. Most of those had double-digit thumbs up reactions.

Posted by: Citizen Cake at April 06, 2026 01:04 PM (CwhoI)

198 The answer is Des Moines Intentional Ecumenical Community. They are absolutely incredible! The warmest, most welcoming people you will meet in Des Moines, hands-down. The perfect place for your friend: https://www.dmiec.org

Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at April 06, 2026 12:55 PM (rGFB1)
_______

Just for S&G, I went to that website. It's hysterical. Every leftwing shibboleth is present and accounted for. Climate change? Check. "Social justice"? Check. Vaccines and boosters? Check. "Peace" in the middle east? Yup. Even something called the "Hiroshima-Nagasaki Commemoration." And a suspicious number of the congregants in the pics look like they are intimately familiar with same-sex private parts.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at April 06, 2026 01:04 PM (iFTx/)

199 Being one that grew up in a Finnish household, salted licorice should only be served with vodka. This goes for just about anything if you're out of coffee. A Finn never runs out of Vodka or coffee.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at April 06, 2026 01:04 PM (gm9Sb)

200 Hi, Bulg.
Congratulations on your new job.

I'm doing well. Began taking creatine a few weeks ago--first heard of it here from the horde. And it has made such a big difference in my energy. I'm so grateful.

I have to have a kidney test in a couple of months to see if I can continue. Fingers crossed.
Posted by: Wenda

Good to hear, Wenda. And thanks for the congrats. I'm looking forward to it.

Posted by: Bulg at April 06, 2026 01:05 PM (77rzZ)

201 Looks like "billionaires" (of which there are about a 1000 in the US) are the new, or at least most prominent, hate objects to the Left right now.

Bernie Sanders used to denounce billionaires and millionaires.

Now he only denounces billionaires.

I wonder why that is?

Posted by: The ARC of History! at April 06, 2026 01:05 PM (n1OCj)

202 Marble Madness was a blast in the arcade. One of the only games I remember using a track ball.

Posted by: PA Dutchman at April 06, 2026 01:05 PM (h/O4U)

203 47 The Obama Library (aka "The Flak Tower") is about to open, and they've released their admission prices.

Thirty bucks, with four bucks off if you are an Illinois resident.

Wait, who's paying whom? Because 30 bucks would be nowhere near enough to get me to set foot in the place.
Posted by: Archimedes at April 06, 2026 12:31 PM (Riz8t)

No veteran’s discounts?

Figures. Dude’s a wimp.

Posted by: Cow Demon at April 06, 2026 01:05 PM (E6xSb)

204 The White House Easter Egg Roll was chaos. I blame Orange Bad Man and his whistle.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at April 06, 2026 01:05 PM (Fbc0I)

205 And, Wenda, fingers likewise crossed for you kidney test.

Posted by: Bulg at April 06, 2026 01:06 PM (77rzZ)

206 Ammonia Salt. Smelling salts.
Posted by: XTC at April 06, 2026 01:00 PM (FpHTM)

Ooooh... Rough.

Still gonna try it tho.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at April 06, 2026 01:07 PM (BI5O2)

207
During Covid, our little family really got into the Jelle's marble race videos. It was fun, the kids were enjoying it and with everything shut down it was entertaining.

Posted by: Frank Barone at April 06, 2026 01:07 PM (IifOV)

208
Artemis II has one of those robotic arms with a camera(s) on it. It did a "selfie" a couple days ago IIRC. Not sure how good the resolution is on it, but it's possible to get "outside" shots with it.
Posted by: Martini Farmer

Cheese'n'rice, do they intend to do any actual work with the damn thing or just mounted long and expensive trips to shoot videos for social media? What a fooking joke NASA is.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at April 06, 2026 01:07 PM (xG4kz)

209 203 47 The Obama Library (aka "The Flak Tower") is about to open, and they've released their admission prices.

Thirty bucks, with four bucks off if you are an Illinois resident.

Wait, who's paying whom? Because 30 bucks would be nowhere near enough to get me to set foot in the place.
Posted by: Archimedes at April 06, 2026 12:31 PM (Riz8t)

No veteran’s discounts?

Figures. Dude’s a wimp.
Posted by: Cow Demon at April 06, 2026 01:05 PM (E6xSb)

Discounts are available for payments with food stamps.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at April 06, 2026 01:08 PM (S/Y4j)

210 Marble Madness was a blast in the arcade. One of the only games I remember using a track ball.
Posted by: PA Dutchman at April 06, 2026 01:05 PM (h/O4U)
_____

"Ahem ...."

-- Missile Command

Posted by: Elric The Blade at April 06, 2026 01:08 PM (iFTx/)

211 @189

>> Was the moon landing imprecision?
Were Apollo 13 calculations imprecise?

The flight computers for Apollo used metric.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at April 06, 2026 01:09 PM (Xx+zI)

212 We used to play cavalry and Indians with marbles. We had a bunch of yellow marbles with a blue band around the middle, which were the cavalry. All the other colored marbles were the Indians.

We would have "battles " between the different set of marbles. Cavalry usually won even though they were heavily out numbered. Though on occasion, the 7th cavalry would meet their reward on the basement carpet.

Posted by: Beartooth at April 06, 2026 01:09 PM (tYGL3)

213 Just for S&G, I went to that website. It's hysterical. Every leftwing shibboleth is present and accounted for. Climate change? Check. "Social justice"? Check. Vaccines and boosters? Check. "Peace" in the middle east? Yup. Even something called the "Hiroshima-Nagasaki Commemoration." And a suspicious number of the congregants in the pics look like they are intimately familiar with same-sex private parts.
Posted by: Elric The Blade

I was hoping some of you would check it out, because it's anything but Catholic, but I couldn't fit all the madness into my post lol. I've never seen a mission statement like this:

Des Moines Intentional Eucharistic Community is rooted in Catholic tradition*, but open to change.

*DMIEC is not affiliated with the Roman Catholic Church.

Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at April 06, 2026 01:09 PM (JCZqz)

214 Trump giving a briefing

Posted by: Smell the Glove at April 06, 2026 01:09 PM (19SAM)

215 Trump up with press conference

Posted by: Josephistan at April 06, 2026 01:09 PM (G0Uu2)

216 CBC - A canadian is aboard!!

Riding along on the coattails pf American greatness. Yeah, that checks out.

President Trump on CBC, CNN, AMS Now and FoxNews now.

Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog. Old, but full of life. at April 06, 2026 01:10 PM (Sco7b)

217 Marble Madness was a blast in the arcade. One of the only games I remember using a track ball.

The home versions from EA that used a mouse weren't bad either. It didn't translate as well to a joystick or keyboard.

Posted by: Ian S. at April 06, 2026 01:10 PM (2ocoG)

218 195 The metric system was pushed by Big Socket Set. Before 10mm was a thing, nobody constantly lost sockets. This was too limiting for sales growth, so metric was pushed on automakers.
Posted by: Ian S. at April 06, 2026 01:03 PM (2ocoG)

Nobody has ever found me.

Posted by: 9/16 socket at April 06, 2026 01:10 PM (ZhdAT)

219 Missile Command is still a great game. Played it a ton on the 2600 but Pitfall was my favorite.

Posted by: PA Dutchman at April 06, 2026 01:10 PM (h/O4U)

220 "Will go down in the Books!"

Posted by: runner at April 06, 2026 01:10 PM (GD0B3)

221 A 26-year-old promising dental student died in a Connecticut hospital’s intensive care unit that was being overseen by a “tele-health” doctor — who pronounced him dead via a video call, a lawsuit alleges.

Conor Hylton’s family slapped the wrongful death lawsuit on Bridgeport Hospital Milford Campus last month...
_NY Post

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 06, 2026 01:11 PM (koh6z)

222 Trump presser thread!

Posted by: runner at April 06, 2026 01:11 PM (GD0B3)

223 Trump giving a briefing
Posted by: Smell the Glove at April 06, 2026 01:09 PM (19SAM)

Trump called a lid yesterday and spent the afternoon working.

Left wing media said he was rushed to Walter Reed because he had a medical emergency and used footage from when he was rushed after being shot in the ear.

You can't hate the media enough.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 06, 2026 01:11 PM (IXZGh)

224 CBC - A canadian is aboard!!

Riding along on the coattails pf American greatness. Yeah, that checks out.

Canadians are very keen to point out that Artemis has the CanadArm 3, a new version of the arm they made for the Shuttle 45 years ago.

Posted by: Ian S. at April 06, 2026 01:11 PM (2ocoG)

225 The only difference between an oral and anal thermometer is the taste.

Posted by: Winged Feet of Mercury at April 06, 2026 01:11 PM (oftw2)

226 202 Marble Madness was a blast in the arcade. One of the only games I remember using a track ball.
Posted by: PA Dutchman at April 06, 2026 01:05 PM (h/O4U)

Centipede
Boot Camp (Combat School)
Segasonic the Hedgehog
Golden Tee Golf (and its sequels)
Missile Command
Syvalion

There are also a few arcade bowling games that use one...

Posted by: XTC at April 06, 2026 01:12 PM (iXqHn)

227 I know we're heading into The Willow Zone, but is anyone else as sick and fucking tired of The Liberty Daily and JD Rucker as I am?

The guy is clearly having sex with Drudge....

Posted by: Denny Crane - He Seems To Be Wearing The Skin At This Point..... at April 06, 2026 01:12 PM (dmDsy)

228 Marble Madness was a blast in the arcade. One of the only games I remember using a track ball.
Posted by: PA Dutchman at April 06, 2026 01:05 PM (h/O4U)
_____

"Ahem ...."

-- Missile Command
Posted by: Elric The Blade at April 06, 2026 01:08 PM (iFTx/)

Centipede farts in your general direction.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 06, 2026 01:12 PM (IXZGh)

229 Marble Madness was a blast in the arcade. One of the only games I remember using a track ball.
Posted by: PA Dutchman at April 06, 2026 01:05 PM (h/O4U)

Missile Command has been mentioned.

Centipede and Crystal Castles also used a track ball.

Posted by: Doof at April 06, 2026 01:13 PM (LVvlK)

230
Intentional Eucharistic

Do you just hate when an Unintentional Eucharist catches you napping?

You doze for even one short second and the next thing you know a desiccated wafer is slipped into your mouth and you wake up, sputtering, and calling out for water.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at April 06, 2026 01:13 PM (xG4kz)

231 Canadians are very keen to point out that Artemis has the CanadArm 3, a new version of the arm they made for the Shuttle 45 years ago.

Posted by: Ian S. at April 06, 2026 01:11

And Nickelback!

We keep on giving....

Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog. Old, but full of life. at April 06, 2026 01:14 PM (Sco7b)

232 The media has done a great job encouraging the fringe that violent and loud is a legitimate way to express your political beliefs. Many comments were outright calling for political opponents to be killed, all in the name of 'resistance'. Most of those had double-digit thumbs up reactions.

Our side still hasn't really understood the left's promotion and celebration of violence.

Yes yes we arrested the tranny chaser that shot Kirk and the CIA asset that tried to shoot Trump but we aren't treating either very seriously.

And the left is more then willing to trade low level assets for people that really matter

Posted by: 18-1 at April 06, 2026 01:14 PM (sKqQm)

233 The metric system was pushed by Big Socket Set. Before 10mm was a thing, nobody constantly lost sockets. This was too limiting for sales growth, so metric was pushed on automakers.
Posted by: Ian S. at April 06, 2026 01:03 PM (2ocoG)

Nobody has ever found me.
Posted by: 9/16 socket at April 06, 2026 01:10 PM (ZhdAT)

I got 99 sockets, but a 10mm ain't one.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 06, 2026 01:14 PM (IXZGh)

234 That's when the aliens will replace the astronauts with clone replicas...
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel

Exactly.
Posted by: Sponge

Duh. If the clones aren't exact, someone will notice.

Posted by: mikeski at April 06, 2026 01:14 PM (NVsxt)

235 Canadians are very keen to point out that Artemis has the CanadArm 3, a new version of the arm they made for the Shuttle 45 years ago.
____

Canada Arm? Elbows up!

Posted by: Chuck Martel at April 06, 2026 01:14 PM (Dv3i1)

236 I wonder if Trump will troll the Iranians by asking for the $60,000 reward for finding the downed F-15 WAO?

Posted by: Josephistan at April 06, 2026 01:14 PM (G0Uu2)

237 Wonder if Sahed Shithead has any operative plans for Continental US, Tuesday, 8 PM EST?

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 06, 2026 01:15 PM (koh6z)

238 When I was a little kid, I went on a trip to Rome with my family. It was during the school year, so I missed school. When I got back I was forced to give a speech to the class (had to be 3rd of 4th grade) about my trip.

I spoke about the Pantheon, because it made an impression on me. I told the glass that the Pantheon was made out of a single marble. Because that's what the guide said. "These pillars are made out of marble."

Keep your "Special Ed" jokes to yourself. I'm not proud of this.

Posted by: Orson at April 06, 2026 01:16 PM (dIske)

239 That's when the aliens will replace the astronauts with clone replicas...

That just sounds crazy

Posted by: Tom Cruise at April 06, 2026 01:16 PM (sKqQm)

240 If the Supreme Court seriously says that a women can fly from China to the US, give birth, fly back to China, and that her kid is therefore a US citizen, we really have to rethink the whole visa system.

You'd think they would be able to ban birth tourism at least.
Posted by: The ARC of History! at April 06, 2026 01:02 PM (n1OCj)

We should apply the PRC’s visa rules on PRC citizens. (You can’t even change planes in the PRC without having a visa in advance.)

Posted by: Cow Demon at April 06, 2026 01:16 PM (E6xSb)

241 137 Yeah, you'd think that studio would have better cinematographers.
Especially when they think Stanely Kubrick filmed it all.

2001-Truely Unimaginitive and overrated, outclassed by BruceDern in Silent Running from every aspect, especially the robots, exterior views and the perils of the suicide dive through the Saturn Rings (which are actually a recent development only 75M y.o.)

Contemporary 1-ups, w/merit Iron Sky, Pluto Nash.

Posted by: MANFRED the Heat Seeking OBOE at April 06, 2026 01:17 PM (h4n6w)

242 I wonder if Trump will troll the Iranians by asking for the $60,000 reward for finding the downed F-15 WAO?

==

They will have to pay in blood.

Posted by: runner at April 06, 2026 01:17 PM (GD0B3)

243 Auto industry trade group urges feds to scrap gas tax and replace it with a vehicle weight fee

Alliance for Automotive Innovation CEO John Bozzella, whose group represents automakers such as General Motors, Toyota, Volkswagen, Hyundai and other leading car manufacturers, put forward a proposal that urged the federal government to address the growing shortfall in the Highway Trust Fund with a vehicle fee.
----------

They want to stick us into smaller cars for more money. KMA.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 06, 2026 01:17 PM (koh6z)

244 China did attempt a rocket launch in test for their lunar dreams.

It exploded before clearing the launch tower........

==

*nods

Yang Poon!

Posted by: runner at April 06, 2026 12:58 PM (GD0B3)

Yeeeusss, all from china is YANG POON!

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at April 06, 2026 01:17 PM (snZF9)

245 I wonder if Trump will troll the Iranians by asking for the $60,000 reward for finding the downed F-15 WAO?
Posted by: Josephistan

THAT would be priceless.

Posted by: rickb223 at April 06, 2026 01:18 PM (U7QMZ)

246 Centipede farts in your general direction.

And as lefties like to remind us, Centipede was made by a Person of Vag. (As were a bunch of Intellivision games and Activision's River Raid for the Atari 2600).

Mentioning that kind of deflates their whole "women were historically oppressed in the game industry" narrative though.

Posted by: Ian S. at April 06, 2026 01:19 PM (2ocoG)

247 235 Canadians are very keen to point out that Artemis has the CanadArm 3, a new version of the arm they made for the Shuttle 45 years ago.
____

Canada Arm? Elbows up!
Posted by: Chuck Martel at April 06, 2026 01:14 PM (Dv3i1)

I’m keen to point out that Canada could be going to the moon with their own rocketry but they long ago decided that babying their people into perpetual adolescence was a better use of their money and time. This is why the United States is moving forward and Canada is committed to going nowhere.

I would do anything for that fact to be rubbed in that Canadian Forces colonel’s face throughout the Artemis’s journey.

Posted by: Cow Demon at April 06, 2026 01:19 PM (E6xSb)

248
The only difference between an oral and anal thermometer is the taste.
Posted by: Winged Feet of Mercury

Perhaps administering just that learned experience should be part of the sex ed curriculum at public schools.

Would the alphabet mob object? Would it not be illustrative and educational?

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at April 06, 2026 01:19 PM (xG4kz)

249 231 Canadians are very keen to point out that Artemis has the CanadArm 3, a new version of the arm they made for the Shuttle 45 years ago.

Posted by: Ian S. at April 06, 2026 01:11

And Nickelback!

We keep on giving....

Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog. Old, but full of life. at April 06, 2026 01:14 PM (Sco7b)

I'm holding out for Moxy Fruvous and a moratorium on green beer bottles. If I had a nickle back for every skunked Molson Golden I've smelled, I'd have a bathroom I could play baseball in.

Posted by: Bilwis Devourer of Innocent Souls, I'm starvin' over here at April 06, 2026 01:20 PM (w/O5Q)

250 246 Mentioning that kind of deflates their whole "women were historically oppressed in the game industry" narrative though.
Posted by: Ian S. at April 06, 2026 01:19 PM (2ocoG)

And that at least 90% of "women" in the current industry are troons.

Especially on the programming side.

Posted by: XTC at April 06, 2026 01:20 PM (iXqHn)

251 This op will be studied for years to come.

Posted by: runner at April 06, 2026 01:20 PM (GD0B3)

252 Good lord, does my little girl ever love socket wrenches and screwdriver bits. I will be stuck buying my missing pieces every year forever, but at least it's more or less random which ones. I have a full complement for now, but it's still spring, when a young lady's attention turns to stealing my expensive things and losing them.

I guess I could lock them up, but she'd be desolate.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at April 06, 2026 01:20 PM (BI5O2)

253 Centipede farts in your general direction.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 06, 2026 01:12 PM (IXZGh)

If you have to fart, fart! You will feel much better for it.

Posted by: Mao at April 06, 2026 01:20 PM (E6xSb)

254 one of the worst terrains, mountains and sand and no place to land

Posted by: runner at April 06, 2026 01:21 PM (GD0B3)

255 The metric system was pushed by Big Socket Set. Before 10mm was a thing, nobody constantly lost sockets. This was too limiting for sales growth, so metric was pushed on automakers.
Posted by: Ian S. at April 06, 2026 01:03 PM (2ocoG)

Nobody has ever found me.
Posted by: 9/16 socket at April 06, 2026 01:10 PM (ZhdAT)

I am still baffled by how the 10mm sockets seem to vanish. I never had one vanish, yet I hear all those jokes about buying them in a 100 pack, or them being being like disposable razors, or being a 1 use tool, etc. I never had any sockets vanish. Then again I am a tool nazi, so fear among the other sockets keep them in line.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at April 06, 2026 01:21 PM (snZF9)

256 Canada gave us the movie Strange Brew.

That's gotta be worth a wooden nickel or two.

Posted by: XTC at April 06, 2026 01:21 PM (iXqHn)

257 I loved my kids' marble runs and also their Christmas penguin run.

Hours of entertainment for everyone.

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at April 06, 2026 01:22 PM (NFX2v)

258 Canadians are very keen to point out that Artemis has the CanadArm 3, a new version of the arm they made for the Shuttle 45 years ago.

Posted by: Ian S.

Expect CanadArm 4 in 2071.

Posted by: rickb223 at April 06, 2026 01:22 PM (U7QMZ)

259 Centipede farts in your general direction.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 06, 2026 01:12 PM (IXZGh)

If you have to fart, fart! You will feel much better for it.
Posted by: Mao at April 06, 2026 01:20 PM (E6xSb)

If you really need to make a point, fart proudly next to a microphone!

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at April 06, 2026 01:22 PM (S/Y4j)

260 Cheese'n'rice, do they intend to do any actual work with the damn thing or just mounted long and expensive trips to shoot videos for social media? What a fooking joke NASA is.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at April 06, 2026 01:07 PM (xG4kz)

Posted by: Mao at April 06, 2026 01:23 PM (E6xSb)

261
Keep your "Special Ed" jokes to yourself. I'm not proud of this.
Posted by: Orson

'S okay. No one was listening to you anyway because, 3rd or 4th graders.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at April 06, 2026 01:23 PM (xG4kz)

262 Some media bastards leaked part of info...

Posted by: runner at April 06, 2026 01:23 PM (GD0B3)

263 54 I'm baking bread for Easter Monday. Crust has risen.
Posted by: muldoon

You are a gift. 🤗

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at April 06, 2026 01:23 PM (NFX2v)

264 260 Cheese'n'rice, do they intend to do any actual work with the damn thing or just mounted long and expensive trips to shoot videos for social media? What a fooking joke NASA is.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (E6xSb)

Bet he’s fun at parties.

Posted by: Cow Demon at April 06, 2026 01:23 PM (E6xSb)

265 Trump said "Fuck" in a Truth Social statement so the fainting couches were catching lib media for 24 hours.

Posted by: Frank Barone at April 06, 2026 01:23 PM (IifOV)

266 I guess I could lock them up, but she'd be desolate.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice

Why not just buy her her own set?

Posted by: Bulg at April 06, 2026 01:23 PM (77rzZ)

267 put mission at risk...

Posted by: runner at April 06, 2026 01:24 PM (GD0B3)

268 If you really need to make a point, fart proudly next to a microphone!
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at April 06, 2026 01:22 PM (S/Y4j)

Go to Xinjiang Province and fix tractors.

Posted by: Mao at April 06, 2026 01:24 PM (E6xSb)

269 Thread asked for it.........

https://youtu.be/C46fNXNMhOc

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 06, 2026 01:25 PM (IXZGh)

270 The Christmas Penguin steals fish from naughty children, and leaves krill in its place.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at April 06, 2026 01:25 PM (BI5O2)

271 And that at least 90% of "women" in the current industry are troons.

Especially on the programming side.

100% true, but the mass layoffs that have been going on the last 18 months have hit troons the heaviest by far.

Posted by: Ian S. at April 06, 2026 01:25 PM (2ocoG)

272 Canada gave us the movie Strange Brew.

That's gotta be worth a wooden nickel or two.
Posted by: XTC at April 06, 2026 01:21 PM (iXqHn)

"Where should we go, looney bin or brewery?"

Posted by: Doof at April 06, 2026 01:25 PM (LVvlK)

273 That's when the aliens will replace the astronauts with clone replicas...

That just sounds crazy
Posted by: Tom Cruise at April 06, 2026 01:16 PM

Are you an effective team?

Posted by: Mission Control at April 06, 2026 01:25 PM (4NO2D)

274 265 Trump said "Fuck" in a Truth Social statement so the fainting couches were catching lib media for 24 hours.
Posted by: Frank Barone at April 06, 2026 01:23 PM (IifOV)

Funny given how much Leftist politicians swear because they think it edgy.

Posted by: Cow Demon at April 06, 2026 01:25 PM (E6xSb)

275 Trump just said someone illegally leaked to the media that the 2nd pilot was still at large. Says he will jail the reporter who broke the story if he doesn't give up the leaker.

Which media company/reporter was it?

Posted by: Jose at April 06, 2026 01:25 PM (V6W16)

276 Posted by: muldoon

You are a gift. 🤗
Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at April 06, 2026 01:23 PM (NFX2v)

We're blessed to have him here.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 06, 2026 01:25 PM (IXZGh)

277 Yang Poon!

Posted by: runner at April 06, 2026 12:58 PM (GD0B3)

Yeeeusss, all from china is YANG POON!

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at April 06, 2026 01:17 PM

Did somebody mention Chinese Poon?

Posted by: Eric Swalwell at April 06, 2026 01:26 PM (IifOV)

278
Bet he’s fun at parties.
Posted by: Cow Demon

As a matter of fact, I am.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at April 06, 2026 01:26 PM (xG4kz)

279 How's your back today, Sponge?

Posted by: Bulg at April 06, 2026 01:26 PM (77rzZ)

280
If you like a Catholic mass but want to see the church living out the actual teachings of Jesus, Episcopal churches are great!

__________

*guffaws loudly*

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 06, 2026 01:26 PM (MHBzu)

281 Artemis II has one of those robotic arms with a camera(s) on it. It did a "selfie" a couple days ago IIRC.
Posted by: Martini Farmer

Our spaceship doesn't have a working toilet, but it can take a selfie.

Tell me it's 2026 without telling me it's 2026.

Posted by: mikeski at April 06, 2026 01:26 PM (NVsxt)

282 >>>Which media company/reporter was it?

Give you one guess...

Posted by: one hour sober at April 06, 2026 01:26 PM (Y1sOo)

283 I never had any sockets vanish. Then again I am a tool nazi, so fear among the other sockets keep them in line.

I saw a YouTube video of a machine shop rebuilding someone's engine where they found a 10mm in the oil pan. That's probably *why* it needed rebuilding, LOL.

Posted by: Ian S. at April 06, 2026 01:26 PM (2ocoG)

284 Trump just said someone illegally leaked to the media that the 2nd pilot was still at large. Says he will jail the reporter who broke the story if he doesn't give up the leaker.

"I wouldn't release my source if he told me there would be a terrorist attack that would kill thousands of Americans. That would impugn my journalistic integrity."

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 06, 2026 01:27 PM (IXZGh)

285 Why not just buy her her own set?
Posted by: Bulg at April 06, 2026 01:23 PM (77rzZ)

She wouldn't have any interest. They have to be my tools. I got her a set of tool toys. No luck.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at April 06, 2026 01:27 PM (BI5O2)

286 How's your back today, Sponge?
Posted by: Bulg at April 06, 2026 01:26 PM (77rzZ)

It's not bad today.

It was horrible most of the weekend.

First Lady is making an appointment with a specialist, so we'll see what happens from that.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 06, 2026 01:27 PM (IXZGh)

287
Canada Arm? Elbows up!
Posted by: Chuck Martel at April 06, 2026 01:14 PM (Dv3i1

How do you know the space toilet wasn't sabotage?

Trump is mentioning the reward now. Darn, didn't ask for it. That WOULD have been hilarious.

President Trump is giving a lot of credit to everyone involved. Hillary would talk about her ridealong dodging bullets. Biden would talk about his piloting skills during the mission.

Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog. Old, but full of life. at April 06, 2026 01:28 PM (Sco7b)

288 If bears are out of control, is Trump? Heads are no doubt exploding in Europe right now, unable to comprehend.

Posted by: Chairman LMAO at April 06, 2026 01:28 PM (cWLG3)

289 New York Times, April 6
The Latest Blows to Iran’s Leadership
An Iranian intelligence chief killed overnight on Monday was one of several Iranian officials who occupied their posts for only a few months.

The article contains a very helpful Who's on First type of chart.

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at April 06, 2026 01:28 PM (NFX2v)

290 Exquisite technologies!

Posted by: runner at April 06, 2026 01:29 PM (GD0B3)

291 184 The toilet engineer at NASA obviously used the metric system.
Posted by: wth at April 06, 2026 01:02 PM (UjdFS)

He just forgot to grasp the truth: the more you eat, the more you shit.

And there is nothing to do on Artemis but eat, sleep and shit.

Posted by: Mao at April 06, 2026 01:29 PM (E6xSb)

292
Left-wing charity is giving a drunk a fifth of whiskey.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 06, 2026 01:29 PM (MHBzu)

293
Trump just said someone illegally leaked to the media that the 2nd pilot was still at large. Says he will jail the reporter who broke the story if he doesn't give up the leaker.

Which media company/reporter was it?
Posted by: Jose

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

Which 2nd pilot when what?

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at April 06, 2026 01:29 PM (n7rxJ)

294 I never had any sockets vanish. Then again I am a tool nazi, so fear among the other sockets keep them in line.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at April 06, 2026 01:21 PM (snZF9)

With what I work on now my deep 10mm stays attached to my 1/4 ratchet. I don't even pack standard anything anymore. My only needs are two multi screwdrivers, a 1/4 deep and shallow socket set and about 20 special keys.

It's nice after years of dragging around 2 tons of tools.

Posted by: Reforger at April 06, 2026 01:29 PM (ZhdAT)

295 Tater news network

Posted by: Miguel cervantes at April 06, 2026 01:29 PM (bXbFr)

296
President Trump is giving a lot of credit to everyone involved. Hillary would talk about her ridealong dodging bullets. Biden would talk about his piloting skills during the mission.
Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog. Old, but full of life. at April 06, 2026 01:28 PM (Sco7b)

Hellfire and Brimstone, baby. It's the only way to cover the war.

FIRST BLOOOOODDDD!!!!!!!!

Posted by: Brian Williams at April 06, 2026 01:29 PM (IXZGh)

297 Nobody mentions that the contraband poutine is what plugged the commode on Orion.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at April 06, 2026 01:29 PM (Fbc0I)

298 And the new guinea cannibals

Posted by: Miguel cervantes at April 06, 2026 01:30 PM (bXbFr)

299 If you really need to make a point, fart proudly next to a microphone!
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at April 06, 2026 01:22 PM (S/Y4j)

Like this guy?

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/mafvGXO3ieM

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at April 06, 2026 01:30 PM (snZF9)

300 248
The only difference between an oral and anal thermometer is the taste.
Posted by: Winged Feet of Mercury

Perhaps administering just that learned experience should be part of the sex ed curriculum at public schools.

Would the alphabet mob object? Would it not be illustrative and educational?
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at April 06, 2026 01:19 PM (xG4kz)
Apropos...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vhl5ObsQZfQ

Posted by: Chairman LMAO at April 06, 2026 01:30 PM (cWLG3)

301 265 Trump said "Fuck" in a Truth Social statement so the fainting couches were catching lib media for 24 hours.
Posted by: Frank Barone at April 06, 2026 01:23 PM (IifOV)

No comments from the media about the democrat slut who used the word multiple times in her personal attack on Trump.

Posted by: Ordinary American at April 06, 2026 01:30 PM (fZiTB)

302 It's not bad today.

It was horrible most of the weekend.

First Lady is making an appointment with a specialist, so we'll see what happens from that.
Posted by: Sponge

Well, good luck with the specialist. Back pain sucks more than Kamala.

Posted by: Bulg at April 06, 2026 01:30 PM (77rzZ)

303 She wouldn't have any interest. They have to be my tools. I got her a set of tool toys. No luck.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at April 06, 2026 01:27 PM (BI5O2)

You have a little assistant.

Posted by: Reforger at April 06, 2026 01:30 PM (ZhdAT)

304
Reporters would tell the Iranian goons the pilot's location.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 06, 2026 01:31 PM (MHBzu)

305
Macron will rue the day he aligned with China & Russia to vote against us at the Security council about the Iranians Strait of Hermuz.

Posted by: Frank Barone at April 06, 2026 01:31 PM (IifOV)

306 Good on Ratcliffe for not calling the downed airman a "pilot."

Posted by: one hour sober at April 06, 2026 01:31 PM (Y1sOo)

307 288 If bears are out of control, is Trump?

and would women rather run into a bear or trump in the forest?

Posted by: anachronda at April 06, 2026 01:31 PM (oY6Yp)

308 292
Left-wing charity is giving a drunk a fifth of whiskey.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 06, 2026 01:29 PM (MHBzu

That's just a start and kind of cruel.

CIA Ratcliffe now.

Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog. Old, but full of life. at April 06, 2026 01:32 PM (Sco7b)

309 Heads are no doubt exploding in Europe right now, unable to comprehend.

The Euros are still stuck on "airplanes cost money, people don't, so the US was stupid to rescue those two airmen".

Posted by: Ian S. at April 06, 2026 01:32 PM (2ocoG)

310
Well, good luck with the specialist. Back pain sucks more than Kamala.
Posted by: Bulg at April 06, 2026 01:30 PM (77rzZ)

Agreed.

And thank you. I'm hoping something other than surgery can be done. We'll see........

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 06, 2026 01:32 PM (IXZGh)

311 Roberta Williams co-founded Sierra Online (with her husband) - there were a fair number of women in the early history of video games...

Amusingly she got in some hot water, literally, because she posed in a hot tub in the cover art for an early Leisure Suit Larry type game

Posted by: 18-1 at April 06, 2026 01:32 PM (sKqQm)

312
I thought I'd heard that the bottleneck at Hormuz wasn't Iranian forces but the shipping insurance geeks getting cold feet. Am I wrong?

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 06, 2026 01:33 PM (MHBzu)

313 Iranian military is EMBARRASSED and HUMILIATED!!

🤣🤣

Posted by: runner at April 06, 2026 01:33 PM (GD0B3)

314 CNN .... the 'Defense Secretary' is talking
MS Now ....'Secretary of Defense'

CBC - 'United States Secretary of War'

Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog. Old, but full of life. at April 06, 2026 01:34 PM (Sco7b)

315 And that at least 90% of "women" in the current industry are troons.

Especially on the programming side.

They had to find some way to meet their diversity quotas, and hiring actual women wasn't working.

Posted by: FeatherBlade at April 06, 2026 01:34 PM (a+4eV)

316
Amusingly she got in some hot water, literally, because she posed in a hot tub in the cover art for an early Leisure Suit Larry type game
Posted by: 18-1 at April 06, 2026 01:32 PM (sKqQm)

Make sure you go to the store and buy 'lubbers' or you will die from an STD.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 06, 2026 01:35 PM (IXZGh)

317 yep , a miracle!

Posted by: runner at April 06, 2026 01:35 PM (GD0B3)

318 TOUSI live is broadcasting POTUS description of the mission.

Posted by: You Really Don't Want to Know at April 06, 2026 01:35 PM (kvcnI)

319 If you whisper, they don't hear it when you cuss.

Posted by: Sleepy Joe at April 06, 2026 01:35 PM (nvKZ7)

320 TOUSI live is broadcasting POTUS description of the mission.

==

so is the White House...

Posted by: runner at April 06, 2026 01:35 PM (GD0B3)

321
President Trump is giving a lot of credit to everyone involved. Hillary would talk about her ridealong dodging bullets. Biden would talk about his piloting skills during the mission.
Posted by: Stateless

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

Obama would start the whole conference with "I ordered the military..."

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at April 06, 2026 01:36 PM (n7rxJ)

322 Amusingly she got in some hot water, literally, because she posed in a hot tub in the cover art for an early Leisure Suit Larry type game

Softporn Adventure, which was the text-only predecessor of Leisure Suit Larry.

Posted by: Ian S. at April 06, 2026 01:36 PM (2ocoG)

323 I just wish Ratcliffe would do more to stop the covert IC activity against Trump and, more importantly, America.

He did a great job on getting the airmen back, though, so credit to him for sure.

Posted by: SSBN 656 (G) at April 06, 2026 01:36 PM (dmDsy)

324 MS Now and CNN are a few seconds behind Canada's CBC broadcast.

I'm thinking this is to give them time to cut away should hard truths start to be spoken. I've seen this before.

Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog. Old, but full of life. at April 06, 2026 01:37 PM (Sco7b)

325 ok, ok, who is going to play DJT in the movie??

Posted by: runner at April 06, 2026 01:37 PM (GD0B3)

326 MS Now and CNN are a few seconds behind Canada's CBC broadcast.

Does the CBC have the air-guitar sign language interpreter?

Posted by: Ian S. at April 06, 2026 01:37 PM (2ocoG)

327 325 ok, ok, who is going to play DJT in the movie??

Dennis Quaid is my choice!

Posted by: BlackOrchid(j+aD2) at April 06, 2026 01:38 PM (j+aD2)

328
How do you know the space toilet wasn't sabotage?

"Ladies, please wrap your 'personal care' products in toilet paper and dispose of them in the trash. Do not attempt to flush them down the toilet."

Speaking from several summers of experience cleaning public restrooms, that admonition was crafted to seek out deaf ears.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at April 06, 2026 01:38 PM (xG4kz)

329 The Euros are still stuck on "airplanes cost money, people don't, so the US was stupid to rescue those two airmen".

Posted by: Ian S. at April 06, 2026 01:32 PM (2ocoG)

As long as you ignore the years and millions it cost to TRAIN those people.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at April 06, 2026 01:38 PM (FmapG)

330 311 Roberta Williams co-founded Sierra Online (with her husband) - there were a fair number of women in the early history of video games...

Amusingly she got in some hot water, literally, because she posed in a hot tub in the cover art for an early Leisure Suit Larry type game
Posted by: 18-1 at April 06, 2026 01:32 PM (sKqQm)

The Man Who Single-Handedly Ruined Retro Gaming, "Metal Jesus Rocks", worked for Sierra.

Posted by: XTC at April 06, 2026 01:39 PM (iXqHn)

331 Dennis Quaid ??

OKAY, works for me

Posted by: runner at April 06, 2026 01:39 PM (GD0B3)

332 >>Obama would start the whole conference with "I ordered the military..."
__
"Some say I'm smart. But make no mistake, I'm brilliant."

Posted by: Frasier Crane at April 06, 2026 01:39 PM (bNf8H)

333 My only needs are two multi screwdrivers, a 1/4 deep and shallow socket set and about 20 special keys.
------

Working on a bit of electronics the other day, the case was fastened together with Torx screws. No problem, I have a full set of such...except...a tee-tiny T-4. Crap.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at April 06, 2026 01:39 PM (XeU6L)

334 I just wish Ratcliffe would do more to stop the covert IC activity against Trump and, more importantly, America./i]

It took Kash over a year to smoke enough rot out of the FBI to get them mostly doing their job. I figure CIA is much, much worse, although they apparently did their job in Venezuela and are doing it in Iran.

Posted by: Ian S. at April 06, 2026 01:39 PM (2ocoG)

335 Looks like Roberta made a new video game recently - "Colossal Cave" in 2023

I'm guessing she was bored during COVID since she retired a while ago

Posted by: 18-1 at April 06, 2026 01:40 PM (sKqQm)

336 Damn Minx beta.

Posted by: Ian S. at April 06, 2026 01:40 PM (2ocoG)

337 Trump said "Fuck" in a Truth Social statement so the fainting couches were catching lib media for 24 hours.
Posted by: Frank Barone at April 06, 2026 01:23 PM (IifOV)

On Easter too, which made Susan Olivia Cuthbert-Klein inconsolable

Posted by: sus at April 06, 2026 01:40 PM (rbvCR)

338 Does the CBC have the air-guitar sign language interpreter?
Posted by: Ian S. at April 06, 2026 01:37 PM (2ocoG)

Not yet.

CNN is 20 seconds behind. I can't think of any reason other than censorship.

Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog. Old, but full of life. at April 06, 2026 01:40 PM (Sco7b)

339 ANOTHER USE FOR MARBLES:
Take two round metal cake pans ...
Fill one cake pan with marbles ...
Set the other cake pan on top ...
Voila, you've just made a Lazy Susan.

Posted by: Kathy at April 06, 2026 01:40 PM (zuKcR)

340 so is the White House...

Posted by: runner at April 06, 2026 01:35 PM (GD0B3)

Thanks ... TOUSI does have more goats ...

Posted by: You Really Don't Want to Know at April 06, 2026 01:40 PM (kvcnI)

341
Biden would talk about his piloting skills during the mission.
Posted by: Stateless

Oh, no. He would credit the Sainted Beau with having done it better, safer and at less cost ... all eleven times he was called upon to do so.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at April 06, 2026 01:41 PM (xG4kz)

342 Our spaceship doesn't have a working toilet, but it can take a selfie.

Tell me it's 2026 without telling me it's 2026.
Posted by: mikeski

*snort

Posted by: rickb223 at April 06, 2026 01:41 PM (U7QMZ)

343 ANOTHER USE FOR MARBLES:
Take two round metal cake pans ...
Fill one cake pan with marbles ...
Set the other cake pan on top ...
Voila, you've just made a Lazy Susan.

Posted by: Kathy at April 06, 2026 01:40 PM (zuKcR)

Can I have 10,000 marbles, please?

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at April 06, 2026 01:42 PM (dK+Kv)

344 Call sign "Dude224A"

I love pilots!

Posted by: SSBN 656 (G) at April 06, 2026 01:42 PM (dmDsy)

345 100%. Some of the footage I've seen looks like it's from 1969 tech. NASA is really missing out on PR. The images we see from the vehicle, inside and out, should be absolutely stunning. It's not like we're not capable.

SpaceX is so good at the video now that it's easy to forget how bad NASA always has been at it.
Posted by: Ian S. at April 06, 2026 12:50 PM (2ocoG)

All their really stupid, preventable problems plus their shitty video presentation of a historic event has made me believe they've just slapped things together in a hurry to try to convince the public that NASA still matters. They've shown us why they really don't.

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at April 06, 2026 01:42 PM (g8Ew8)

346
Iranian military is EMBARRASSED and HUMILIATED!!

__________

CRUSHED by FACTS and LOGIC!!!!

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 06, 2026 01:42 PM (MHBzu)

347 wow, phenomenal stuff!!

Posted by: runner at April 06, 2026 01:43 PM (GD0B3)

348 Was the moon landing imprecision?
Were Apollo 13 calculations imprecise?"

There are 2 common systems.
One went to the moon and back.

The other is metric...

Posted by: man at April 06, 2026 01:43 PM (XuXeR)

349 CRUSHED by FACTS and LOGIC!!!!
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 06, 2026 01:42 PM (MHBzu)

BITCHSLAPPED AND DEPRESSED!

Posted by: runner at April 06, 2026 01:43 PM (GD0B3)

350 With what I work on now my deep 10mm stays attached to my 1/4 ratchet. I don't even pack standard anything anymore. My only needs are two multi screwdrivers, a 1/4 deep and shallow socket set and about 20 special keys.

It's nice after years of dragging around 2 tons of tools.

Posted by: Reforger at April 06, 2026 01:29 PM (ZhdAT)

If my life was that easy. Even after decades I'm still amazed how many frigging tools are on the lift when working on a harley. Its insane, as if somebody dumped a tool box. Allen sockets, long allen sockets, long ball allen sockets, a rail of 1/4 and 3/8 drive sockets, socket extensions, wobble extensions, assorted pliers, snap ring pliers, multiple wrenches, ratchet wrenches, impact gun, large 1/2 drive sockets, multiple screw drivers, etc. That don't include the specialty tools. Its crazy

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at April 06, 2026 01:43 PM (snZF9)

351 Dennis Quaid ??

OKAY, works for me

Posted by: runner at April 06, 2026 01:39 PM (GD0B3)

The 7'6" basketball player at Florida (he's entering the portal, however) will need to play Barron.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 06, 2026 01:44 PM (IXZGh)

352 wow this conference is SOMETHING

Posted by: BlackOrchid(j+aD2) at April 06, 2026 01:44 PM (j+aD2)

353 I have to agree with what someone said upthread.

Trump should troll the Iranian government and claim the downed pilot reward.

Posted by: rickb223 at April 06, 2026 01:44 PM (U7QMZ)

354 NOODlum.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 06, 2026 01:45 PM (IXZGh)

355
The Euros are still stuck on "airplanes cost money, people don't, so the US was stupid to rescue those two airmen".

I think that on matters military and what is decent, honorable, and right, Euros should stand mute on anything that touches on how our nation conducts its military affairs.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at April 06, 2026 01:45 PM (xG4kz)

356 The 7'6" basketball player at Florida (he's entering the portal, however) will need to play Barron.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer

Is he tall enough?

Posted by: rickb223 at April 06, 2026 01:45 PM (U7QMZ)

357 352 wow this conference is SOMETHING
Posted by: BlackOrchid(j+aD2) at April 06, 2026 01:44 PM (j+aD2)

It really is!

Posted by: SSBN 656 (G) at April 06, 2026 01:45 PM (dmDsy)

358 The earlier thread re King Chuck reminded me of the video of Churchill's funeral. It's well worth a look. England will never see his like again:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=87Xkr8z3lEo

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at April 06, 2026 01:45 PM (XeU6L)

359 The Euros are still stuck on "airplanes cost money, people don't, so the US was stupid to rescue those two airmen".

Tribalism vs the individual...

Posted by: man at April 06, 2026 01:45 PM (XuXeR)

360 Our spaceship doesn't have a working toilet, but it can take a selfie.

Tell me it's 2026 without telling me it's 2026.

I strongly hope the toilet and the selfie camera are from two different engineering teams.

Posted by: Ian S. at April 06, 2026 01:45 PM (2ocoG)

361 ok, ok, who is going to play DJT in the movie??
Posted by: runner at April 06, 2026 01:37 PM

Tom Selleck.

Posted by: toby928(c) at April 06, 2026 01:46 PM (4NO2D)

362 DUDE 444 Bravo for PRESIDENT !

Posted by: runner at April 06, 2026 01:46 PM (GD0B3)

363 Nood moon

Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog. Old, but full of life. at April 06, 2026 01:46 PM (Sco7b)

364 On Easter too, which made Susan Olivia Cuthbert-Klein inconsolable
Posted by: sus at April 06, 2026 01:40 PM

Wow...there's a sock I haven't seen in a while.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at April 06, 2026 01:46 PM (bFu5X)

365 I love America so fucking much...

Posted by: SSBN 656 (G) at April 06, 2026 01:46 PM (dmDsy)

366 *44 Bravo

Posted by: runner at April 06, 2026 01:46 PM (GD0B3)

367 The Euros are still stuck on "airplanes cost money, people don't, so the US was stupid to rescue those two airmen".

Tribalism vs the individual...

It's the whole "the needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few or the one" riff from Star Treks II through IV. Spock led with that version, and Kirk inverted it when he threw away his career to resurrect Spock.

And as a lot of people have pointed out, recruiting gets a lot easier and the troops will fight harder when they know the Pentagon will move heaven and earth to rescue you if something goes sideways.

Posted by: Ian S. at April 06, 2026 01:48 PM (2ocoG)

368
The toilet engineer at NASA obviously used the metric system.
Posted by: wth

i wanna know which astronut shat out the Red River Logjam requiring captain Henry Miller Shreve to "remove the raft".

Posted by: BifBewalski at April 06, 2026 01:56 PM (PnEh/)

369 Can't please people at all.

Go back and watch the footage shot and broadcasted on TV of Neil Armstrong descending the ladder to plant his feet on the Moon. Talk about horrible video quality.
Posted by: Anna Puma at April 06, 2026 12:45 PM (2GVsD)

Valid, but it was still a big fucking deal.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 06, 2026 12:48 PM (bss/y)

Space on board the lunar lander was at a premium, and the camera used a vidicon tube with the associated electronics, and a very narrow bandwidth. It was pretty much an afterthought. I was in the Army Signal Corp at the time assigned to the TV Division, and was recording the landing on an Ampex VR1000 monochrome 2" quad VTR and an Ampex VR1000 all tube 2" quad VTR. All of us were amazed that we were receiving a video signal from the moon! History in the making. I was 22 years old.

Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy at April 06, 2026 02:45 PM (5xuJ/)

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