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Tuesday Overnight Open Thread - April 28, 2026 [Doof]
From THE MAN WHO DARES
I'd hate to see what the "slowest moving" project is Key Bridge contract canceled: Gov. Wes Moore's 'fastest moving' claim tested
Maryland’s plan to rebuild the Francis Scott Key Bridge hit a major setback Tuesday, as state officials abruptly canceled a key construction contract, undercutting Gov. Wes Moore’s repeated claim that the project was the nation’s “fastest-moving” large infrastructure effort. The decision to off-ramp contractor Kiewit Infrastructure Co. from the project’s critical second phase came after its proposals “far exceeded” state estimates, according to U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy. The move forces Maryland back into the market for a new builder at a pivotal moment, as project costs have surged from roughly $1.8 billion to more than $5.2 billion. It transforms what Moore has framed as a model of speed into a high-stakes test of the administration’s ability to manage one of the most expensive and politically scrutinized infrastructure projects in the country.I imagine if this was in a state with a Republican governor and legislature, the new bridge would be open already. This is just shameful. ----- A bridge of a different sort World’s largest wildlife crossing finally has an opening date
After cost overruns and delays pushed back the project by at least a year, the world’s largest wildlife bridge finally has a ribbon-cutting date. The Wallis Annenberg Wildlife Crossing over the 101 Freeway in Agoura Hills, north of Los Angeles, is expected to open on Dec. 2, four-and-a-half years after work began, project leaders announced Wednesday during an Earth Day news conference. “What a journey this has been! And we cannot wait to celebrate with you all,” managers said. *** The project has been an emotional journey for those involved. Its goal is to reinvigorate Southern California’s iconic mountain lion population by restoring genetic diversity. Other animals that frequently get hit by cars on the 101 also stand to benefit, including bears, bobcats, foxes, coyotes, and deer.Video segment at the link. Looks kinda cool, I think. What say you? ----- The science is settled! Does Beer Have a 'Surprising Health Benefit'? Here's What The Science Says
Saying that a beer provides 15% of your daily vitamin B6 sounds impressive, but it ignores the wider dietary picture. Most people in the UK are not deficient in vitamin B6. And the same amount, or more, can easily be obtained from a standard healthy diet. A number of foods, such as potatoes, chickpeas, fortified cereals, grains, meat, and vegetables, provide vitamin B6 without the need for alcohol. *** The paper also links vitamin B6 to important neurological functions, but does not provide evidence that beer consumption meaningfully improves brain health. It correctly states that vitamin B6 is involved in making the brain chemicals serotonin and dopamine, and confirms that beer contains measurable amounts of B6. However, the interpretation that beer is therefore "brain boosting" is problematic.Beer is good for you! ----- Moron approved behavior
Men being men 😂pic.twitter.com/X6xKFUcG7K
— Community Notes & Violations (@CNviolations) April 28, 2026
Well... he's not wrong... 😅 pic.twitter.com/lNOYUXFSwc
— Dr. Clown, PhD (@DrClownPhD) April 28, 2026
Dire Straits 🎸
— Dire Straits 🎸 (@DireStraits77) April 27, 2026
DJ Doof - This Date in Music History Edition
from thisdayinmusic.com
On this date in 2023: Canadian guitarist and vocalist Tim Bachman died age 71 after battling cancer. He was best known as a member of Bachman–Turner Overdrive (BTO)
On this date in 1999: Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers, received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
On this date in 1980: Marshall Tucker Band bass player Tommy Caldwell died of injuries from a car accident aged 30 in his hometown of Spartanburg, South Carolina. Caldwell was the original frontman for the Marshall Tucker Band between 1973 and 1980.
Tonight's ONT brought to you by a place for Dolores?
(H/T - Teresa in Fort Worth)
Comments
(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at April 28, 2026 09:57 PM (+9wcF)
Looks more like someone's playing miniature wargames.
Posted by: mikeski at April 28, 2026 09:58 PM (VHUov)
Posted by: Thanatopsis at April 28, 2026 09:59 PM (LdBR/)
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at April 28, 2026 09:59 PM (WONhk)
Posted by: huerfano at April 28, 2026 10:00 PM (98kQX)
If the benefits of the vitamin B6 balance out the damage done by the C2H5OH, I'll call it good enough.
Posted by: mikeski at April 28, 2026 10:00 PM (VHUov)
When everybody else was ducking under tables or crawling out, Kash stood there directing his team.
How did Kash know he was safe? Hmmm. Obviously an op.
Posted by: mindful webworker - American royalty at April 28, 2026 10:01 PM (y3Pql)
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at April 28, 2026 10:02 PM (zZu0s)
Ok, but how much did it cost? What, massive overruns you say? In California?
Posted by: OrangeEnt at April 28, 2026 10:02 PM (1Ff7Z)
Posted by: tankdemon at April 28, 2026 10:02 PM (edmpr)
Posted by: JackStraw at April 28, 2026 10:03 PM (viF8m)
Posted by: huerfano
Oh my!!
Posted by: Tonypete at April 28, 2026 10:03 PM (Kyh8Y)
Posted by: Grandpa Jones at April 28, 2026 10:05 PM (vFG9F)
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at April 28, 2026 10:02 PM (zZu0s)
Thanks for commenting!
Posted by: Doof at April 28, 2026 10:06 PM (QMAsf)
That's exactly what the mountain lions will be saying to the pets in the Agora Hills neighborhoods.
Posted by: tankdemon at April 28, 2026 10:06 PM (edmpr)
Posted by: mikeski at April 28, 2026 09:58 PM (VHUov)
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World record for largest Warhammer 40K battlefield?
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at April 28, 2026 10:06 PM (gnNyN)
Posted by: Piper at April 28, 2026 10:06 PM (tHSRx)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 28, 2026 10:06 PM (HdYcL)
It's gotta be great to be in that band who do the one classic album and then disappear though. Joy Division skates by because the rest of the band got away with putting out tripe like "Brotherhood" as New Order.
Posted by: gKWVE at April 28, 2026 10:07 PM (gKWVE)
Posted by: tankdemon at April 28, 2026 10:07 PM (edmpr)
Posted by: tankdemon at April 28, 2026 10:02 PM (edmpr)
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Never bring a gerbil to a knife fight.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at April 28, 2026 10:07 PM (gnNyN)
Coming soon: a pipeline to funnel sharks into the local water park.
Posted by: Archimedes at April 28, 2026 10:08 PM (Riz8t)
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at April 28, 2026 10:07 PM (gnNyN)
Words to live by.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at April 28, 2026 10:08 PM (zZu0s)
*looks at books in ONT library*
*snorts derisively*
Good evening, Hordians.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 28
I appreciate that you didn’t touch them as I used the Dewey Decimal system to set them up. I was waiting to see how long it took for someone to notice.
Posted by: Piper at April 28, 2026 10:09 PM (pZEOD)
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at April 28, 2026 10:09 PM (zZu0s)
Posted by: steevy at April 28, 2026 10:10 PM (YwEeS)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 28, 2026 10:10 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: Bulg at April 28, 2026 10:11 PM (77rzZ)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 28, 2026 10:10 PM (RIvkX)
Howdy SF!
Posted by: Doof at April 28, 2026 10:11 PM (QMAsf)
So..... he's just daring to look directly at the setting sun?
That's still dumb, but pretty low on the "doing daring s--t" scale.
The guy in the Cafe, topping the palm tree? He was legit.
Posted by: mikeski dares to use a kitchen chair as a stepladder at April 28, 2026 10:12 PM (VHUov)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 28, 2026 10:12 PM (HdYcL)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at April 28, 2026 10:12 PM (Cqx++)
I cannot help but think there is something either missing or that could go obviously wrong with that wildlife crossing. Most states build much smaller crossings that go under the roadway, leaving moving traffic out of the animal's sight.
Posted by: Legally Sufficient at April 28, 2026 10:12 PM (vrNzf)
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at April 28, 2026 10:13 PM (zZu0s)
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Guinness For Health!
Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 28, 2026 10:14 PM (RIvkX)
Most states build much smaller crossings that go under the roadway, leaving moving traffic out of the animal's sight.
Posted by: Legally Sufficient
Oh, gangs of Chipmunk muggers just love arrangements like that!
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at April 28, 2026 10:15 PM (xG4kz)
How did Kash know he was safe? Hmmm. Obviously an op.
Posted by: mindful webworker - American royalty at April
Or perhaps Kash isnt a cowardly pussy.
Posted by: nurse ratched at April 28, 2026 10:15 PM (A5RD0)
Most states build much smaller crossings that go under the roadway, leaving moving traffic out of the animal's sight.
Posted by: Legally Sufficient at April 28, 2026 10:12 PM (vrNzf)
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California has Bridge Studies professors advising the state.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 28, 2026 10:16 PM (HdYcL)
I have no idea who this Tim guy is... wait, Tim BACHMAN?
Of Bachman–Turner Overdrive.
Yeah, OK. Almost as famous as that Van Halen guy.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at April 28, 2026 10:16 PM (/lPRQ)
Posted by: JackStraw at April 28, 2026 10:16 PM (viF8m)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at April 28, 2026 10:12 PM (Cqx++)
Wes Moore makes Martin O'Malley look almost like an effective governor. Almost.
Posted by: Doof at April 28, 2026 10:16 PM (QMAsf)
Key Bridge contract canceled: Gov. Wes Moore's 'fastest moving' claim tested
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California's bullet train has entered the conversation....
Posted by: The Grateful - Acta Non Verba at April 28, 2026 10:16 PM (IQ6Gq)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 28, 2026 10:17 PM (HdYcL)
California has Bridge Studies professors advising the state.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh
Maryland needs some.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at April 28, 2026 10:17 PM (Cqx++)
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at April 28, 2026 10:07 PM (gnNyN)
To be fair, I had no inkling thst I would be involved in a knife fight when I left the house. That activity was definitely not listed in the daily planner.
I still don't know where that gerbil was able to stash a Bowie knife.
Posted by: tankdemon at April 28, 2026 10:17 PM (edmpr)
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California's bullet train has entered the conversation....
Posted by: The Grateful - Acta Non Verba at April 28, 2026 10:16 PM (IQ6Gq)
At least Alaska's "bridge to nowhere" was actually a bridge!
Posted by: Doof at April 28, 2026 10:18 PM (QMAsf)
70's and we all loved it.
One guy was dating a classmate of mine. Some not dating or not often. I was their concert mascot I guess, or the chick who would go anywhere anytime. Two of them almost talked me into skydiving. This was pre bf/husband. Half of them liked him, half of them did not and too bad.
Great concert, I'm sure. I'm also sure I don't remember much of it but I was there.
Thanks, Doof, for the ONT.
I also agree on the dumb people on the Internet. Not on this blog, of course of intelligent people male and female.
On another I want to scream, "You dumbarse, Google it!" Yet then I feel badly for someone so stupid or wanting a link and ignore them.
Tonight there was a total dimwit (super dumb very often. I think he might be Somolian) saying that Comer probably has "his" people in the US Marshal's. Right. Right. Right. Of course.
I'd like to send a US Marshal to arrest this guy for being dumb and having a bird he is in love with (I am serious). I guess better than a furry.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at April 28, 2026 10:18 PM (WONhk)
Key Bridge contract canceled: Gov. Wes Moore's 'fastest moving' claim tested
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California's bullet train has entered the conversation....
Nah...I'm retired.
Posted by: The Big Dig at April 28, 2026 10:18 PM (Riz8t)
I was heartbroken.
Posted by: nurse ratched at April 28, 2026 10:18 PM (A5RD0)
Posted by: Legally Sufficient at April 28, 2026 10:12 PM (vrNzf)
Oh no. I was there.
Posted by: Graft at April 28, 2026 10:18 PM (1Ff7Z)
I'd hate to see what the "slowest moving" project is
Are there not some cathedrals in Europe that are considered to still be unfinished after decades, if not centuries?
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at April 28, 2026 10:19 PM (xG4kz)
Posted by: tankdemon
The sugars turned to booze.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at April 28, 2026 10:19 PM (/lPRQ)
Posted by: gKWVE at April 28, 2026 10:19 PM (gKWVE)
Posted by: tankdemon at April 28, 2026 10:17 PM
His cheeks. Duh! 😊
Posted by: Piper at April 28, 2026 10:19 PM (pZEOD)
Are there not some cathedrals in Europe that are considered to still be unfinished after decades, if not centuries?
Pffffft
Posted by: Stalagmites and stalactites at April 28, 2026 10:20 PM (Riz8t)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh
Maryland needs some.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot,
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And here I thought every blue state had them....
Posted by: The Grateful - Acta Non Verba at April 28, 2026 10:20 PM (IQ6Gq)
Some guy named David enjoyed Pizza Movie by BriTANicK, which you have to subscribe to some stream to watch. On the plus side, it's only 9½ minutes.
youtu.be/qIho1YMlYro
@PeachProof23: Watching her soul leave her body when she realizes
https://t.co/wvbfZWXRYz
(hey, it turns out Xwitter does have short urls. It's tricky to get to them, though)
Babylon Bee: Californians Move To Texas | Season 2 Episode 4: The Baby Shower
youtu.be/LyjhN_IJXug
Posted by: mindful webworker - never slow down, Horde! at April 28, 2026 10:20 PM (y3Pql)
Yeah, the bridge looks beautiful. But will wildlife use it? Anyone who has ever driven on I-40 knows that deer are not chickens, but they love to cross the road. They just seldom get to the other side.
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at April 28, 2026 10:21 PM (CHHv1)
Posted by: OrangeEnt at April 28, 2026 10:21 PM (1Ff7Z)
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at April 28, 2026 10:21 PM (Fbc0I)
Great concert, I'm sure. I'm also sure I don't remember much of it but I was there.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat
Were you at Woodstock?
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at April 28, 2026 10:21 PM (Cqx++)
Saying that a beer provides 15% of your daily vitamin B6 sounds impressive, but it ignores the wider dietary picture.
Most people in the UK are not deficient in vitamin B6. And the same amount, or more, can easily be obtained from a standard healthy diet. A number of foods, such as potatoes, chickpeas, fortified cereals, grains, meat, and vegetables, provide vitamin B6 without the need for alcohol.
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muslim call to prayer faintly in the background.
Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at April 28, 2026 10:21 PM (VWtfl)
I was heartbroken.
Posted by: nurse ratched at April 28, 2026 10:18 PM (A5RD0)
Never got to see him live, which I really regret.
Posted by: Doof at April 28, 2026 10:21 PM (QMAsf)
Posted by: tankdemon
His cheeks. Duh! 😊
Posted by: Piper
IT'S FUNNY BECAUSE AW HELL I KNOW YOU PEOPLE AND YOU'RE ALL THINKING IT.
Posted by: BEN ROFLCOPTER at April 28, 2026 10:22 PM (VHUov)
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La Sagrada Família in Barcelona. 140 years and still not finished.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at April 28, 2026 10:23 PM (+HNx/)
Never got to see him live, which I really regret.
Posted by: Doof at April 28, 2026 10:21 PM (QMAsf)
Same.
Posted by: Cow Demon at April 28, 2026 10:23 PM (T6aVk)
Posted by: Doof at April 28, 2026 10:21 PM (QMAsf)
Thanks for the memorex....
Posted by: Bob The Singer Hope at April 28, 2026 10:23 PM (1Ff7Z)
Key Bridge contract canceled: Gov. Wes Moore's 'fastest moving' claim tested
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Not seeing how they had a 'contract' if they had not discussed price yet
Unless they sole-sourced a cost plus contract to Kiewit w/o any working estimates on the front end. AND then Kiewit ef'd up and didn't offer the Guvnor enough of a skim.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at April 28, 2026 10:24 PM (/lPRQ)
Posted by: lin-duh is offended at April 28, 2026 10:24 PM (VCgbV)
La Sagrada Família in Barcelona. 140 years and still not finished.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at April 28, 2026 10:23 PM (+HNx/)
Just finished. Heard it's turning into a mosque.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at April 28, 2026 10:24 PM (1Ff7Z)
Posted by: wth at April 28, 2026 10:25 PM (b3Yos)
I'd hate to see what the "slowest moving" project is
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I-45 Gulf Freeway
Fred Hartman Bridge took 10 years
Houston Ship Channel bridge has taken 8 years and the first span is nowhere near done.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 28, 2026 10:25 PM (HdYcL)
Posted by: tankdemon
His cheeks. Duh! 😊
Posted by: Piper
IT'S FUNNY BECAUSE AW HELL I KNOW YOU PEOPLE AND YOU'RE ALL THINKING IT.
Posted by: BEN ROFLCOPTER at April 28, 2026 10:22 PM (VHUov)
I'm not only thinking where but who.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at April 28, 2026 10:26 PM (WONhk)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43)
Without looking, I think it's due to finish in the next 2 years.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at April 28, 2026 10:26 PM (mJreO)
Posted by: tankdemon at April 28, 2026 10:17 PM
His cheeks. Duh! 😊
Posted by: Piper at April 28, 2026 10:19 PM (pZEOD)
Of course! I was a bit worried that he got some ideas from his time spent with Richard Gere.
Posted by: tankdemon at April 28, 2026 10:27 PM (edmpr)
Posted by: nurse ratched
Considering he !!always!! has that bug-eyed look like someone just poked him in the ass, I think he may be a robot. Sounds human, but AI is pretty advanced now.
Fox News: Kash Patel reveals what went on behind the scenes of WHCA Dinner shooting
youtu.be/UpTxGn17JR8
Posted by: mindful webworker - who names a kid Kash? Is it short for Kashew? at April 28, 2026 10:27 PM (y3Pql)
That's just a great album.
This track's my favorite; great harmonies:
https://youtu.be/nOOm5YciACc
Posted by: mikeski at April 28, 2026 10:27 PM (VHUov)
Posted by: wth at April 28, 2026 10:25 PM (b3Yos)
The wildlife crossing bridge is a great idea for those who can read the sign.
Or maybe a few will learn and teach their babies how to cross safely.
You KNOW some won't read the sign. Including illegals.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at April 28, 2026 10:27 PM (WONhk)
Posted by: Piper at April 28, 2026 10:27 PM (hftzA)
Posted by: huerfano at April 28, 2026 10:00 PM (98kQX
The next brushfire will reduce it to ash. LA county will have no funds to restore the habitat. It will, in short order, turn into a homeless encampment/outdoor drug market, funneling junkies looking to score a quick fix into the same hillside communities that are currently applauding this stupidity...
Posted by: Joe Kidd at April 28, 2026 10:28 PM (nbLIj)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 28, 2026 10:28 PM (HdYcL)
How did Kash know he was safe?
Posted by: mindful webworker
Because his eyes afford him a 270-degree field of view.
Posted by: mikeski bugs out at April 28, 2026 10:28 PM (VHUov)
Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at April 28, 2026 10:29 PM (sAmhv)
https://youtu.be/nOOm5YciACc
Posted by: mikeski at April 28, 2026 10:27 PM (VHUov)
Great song. Toad the Wet Sprocket is highly underrated. They (and other similar bands) seem to have been overshadowed by the grunge era.
Posted by: Doof at April 28, 2026 10:29 PM (QMAsf)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at April 28, 2026 10:29 PM (Cqx++)
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at April 28, 2026 10:26 PM (mJreO)
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They estimate that the punch list items will require another 70 years.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at April 28, 2026 10:30 PM (+HNx/)
Posted by: Piper at April 28, 2026 10:27 PM (hftzA)
I saw your X post after I finished the ONT. Maybe it'll show up here on Thursday!
Posted by: Doof at April 28, 2026 10:31 PM (QMAsf)
He's the top cop in the federal government and a straight shooter. Who says he knew?
His job is to stand up when bullets fly.
Posted by: JackStraw at April 28, 2026 10:32 PM (viF8m)
For the money and time spent on the CA wildlife bridge, a competent state government could have built ten of them. It's a cash cow for the connected, like the non-functional bullet train.
Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at April 28, 2026 10:32 PM (VWtfl)
Posted by: Iris at April 28, 2026 10:33 PM (bOJ2I)
Posted by: Delta Smelt at April 28, 2026 10:33 PM (a992C)
Posted by: lin-duh is offended at April 28, 2026 10:24 PM (VCgbV)
What, you don't like the sound of somebody driving a snowplow around on your roof among a reenactment of the battle of Thermopylai?
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at April 28, 2026 10:34 PM (snZF9)
Musk posts: Yep.
To which Auron says "That means you have to stop importing Indians Elon"
Posted by: 18-1 at April 28, 2026 10:34 PM (sKqQm)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 28, 2026 10:34 PM (HdYcL)
Posted by: Joe Kidd at April 28, 2026 10:28 PM (nbLIj)
They have had animal overpasses on the Trans-Canada Highway through Bumf National Park for decades now. Much narrower than that monstrosity, but planted with trees, and decorated to blend in with the terrain.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 28, 2026 10:35 PM (utfVc)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 28, 2026 10:34 PM (HdYcL)
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That sounds like someone in the next room.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 28, 2026 10:35 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at April 28, 2026 10:21 PM (Cqx++
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Lol. No, not quite that olde...was in 9th grade and watched the dirty druggie hippies on tv.
Once I was in HS we saw some great bands.
Mountain (who was at Woodstock) was my first due to Mississippi Queen. I went with my brother and friends.
I think second was the Allman Brothers.
Third: Doobie Brothers with a rare date, one and done.
Many more in college. Then Jethro Tull in 1975, the day before I was to return West to nursing school and the bass player fancied meeting me. My brother and friends said no to the after party and ended my only chance as a groupie.
Then many more in college. I had a lot of fun!
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at April 28, 2026 10:36 PM (WONhk)
Posted by: Joe Kidd at April 28, 2026 10:28 PM (nbLIj)
I'm glad I'm not the only one who was thinking that.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at April 28, 2026 10:37 PM (snZF9)
Posted by: Piper at April 28, 2026 10:27 PM (hftzA)
I saw your X post after I finished the ONT. Maybe it'll show up here on Thursday!
Posted by: Doof at April 28, 2026 10:31 PM
He feels a week long celebration and parade are sufficient.
Posted by: Piper at April 28, 2026 10:37 PM (hftzA)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 28, 2026 10:38 PM (HdYcL)
Posted by: Bulg at April 28, 2026 10:39 PM (77rzZ)
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California's bullet train has entered the conversation....
Posted by: The Grateful - Acta Non Verba at April 28, 2026 10:16 PM (IQ6Gq)
At least Alaska's "bridge to nowhere" was actually a bridge!
Posted by: Doof at April 28, 2026 10:18 PM (QMAsf)
He never said how speed was measured. I bet it was, if you count money moving into offshore accounts.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at April 28, 2026 10:39 PM (S/Y4j)
Posted by: mikeski bugs out at April 28, 2026 10:28 PM (VHUov)
His eyes make me nervous. If I was a criminal I'd wet my mylar blanket or suicide vest the second he sat down with me. Confess to anything to go hide, even if I was totally innocent.
"Did you once make a bomb?" Me: "Yes. May I be excused now?"
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at April 28, 2026 10:39 PM (WONhk)
Posted by: browndog says woof at April 28, 2026 10:40 PM (3sXRv)
Posted by: tankdemon at April 28, 2026 10:02 PM (edmpr)
that you richard?
Posted by: SturmToddler at April 28, 2026 10:40 PM (nsSpm)
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at April 28, 2026 10:40 PM (WONhk)
Posted by: Piper
* wanders off looking for bourbon *
* returns, after remembering he has some Japanese whiskey *
.....The Matsui, sakura cask edition.
Kampai!
Posted by: mikeski-san at April 28, 2026 10:40 PM (VHUov)
Posted by: Captain Josepha Sabin at April 28, 2026 10:41 PM (DK5Sh)
Posted by: Perry the Platapus at April 28, 2026 10:41 PM (+0Wk3)
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at April 28, 2026 10:41 PM (YBtcQ)
Posted by: Delta Smelt
.......
Forget it. You still can't even ride the bicycles we got you.
Posted by: wth at April 28, 2026 10:43 PM (b3Yos)
Shibas combine a highly demanding nature with a remarkable ability to ignore anything you say.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 28
It’s uncanny, really.
Posted by: Piper at April 28, 2026 10:43 PM (hftzA)
Posted by: Hearing Impaired at April 28, 2026 10:43 PM (oftw2)
Posted by: Bulg at April 28, 2026 10:43 PM (77rzZ)
Posted by: Captain Josepha Sabin at April 28, 2026 10:41 PM (DK5Sh)
And don’t you dare call me a weather girl!!!
Posted by: Caitlin Connell at April 28, 2026 10:43 PM (T6aVk)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 28, 2026 10:43 PM (HdYcL)
Posted by: Delta Smelt
.......
Forget it. You still can't even ride the bicycles we got you.
Posted by: wth at April 28, 2026 10:43 PM (b3Yos)
Y"all are next with the cocaine experiments. Wait your turn!
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at April 28, 2026 10:44 PM (S/Y4j)
Fred Hartman Bridge took 10 years
Houston Ship Channel bridge has taken 8 years and the first span is nowhere near done.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 28, 2026 10:25 PM (HdYcL)
They were doing fine with the Ship Channel Bridge and then fired the contractor halfway through. The same in Corpus.
Posted by: Cow Demon at April 28, 2026 10:47 PM (T6aVk)
Posted by: Bulg at April 28, 2026 10:47 PM (77rzZ)
Posted by: wth at April 28, 2026 10:47 PM (b3Yos)
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at April 28, 2026 10:40 PM
It’s actually his adoption day, but don’t worry, we will also celebrate his birthday.
If Doof is doing an expose on him, which I think is just hysterical and sweet at the same time, I will wait to give the tale (tail?) then. Anna Puma, if you are here, don’t tell the story yet, please. 😊. Or anyone else who knows.
Posted by: Piper at April 28, 2026 10:47 PM (hftzA)
Adding a bit of lemon or limon to the mylar gyro pita.
https://tinyurl.com/y3pakuac
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at April 28, 2026 10:49 PM (WONhk)
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at April 28, 2026 10:50 PM (Fbc0I)
Depending on what numbers you believe it's the biggest concert in US history outside events like Woodstock.
Posted by: JackStraw at April 28, 2026 10:51 PM (viF8m)
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at April 28, 2026 10:52 PM (S/Y4j)
"RESTON, Va. — The Appalachian region of the eastern United States contains an estimated 2.3 million metric tons of undiscovered, economically recoverable lithium, enough to replace 328 years of U.S. imports at last year’s level, according to new research by the U.S. Geological Survey."
Posted by: runner at April 28, 2026 10:52 PM (GD0B3)
Shibas combine a highly demanding nature with a remarkable ability to ignore anything you say.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 28, 2026 10:34 PM (HdYcL)
Are you saying that they're cats?
Posted by: tankdemon at April 28, 2026 10:55 PM (edmpr)
Whatta night!!
Posted by: Tonypete at April 28, 2026 10:55 PM (Kyh8Y)
Damn. Must be nice to be able to blow off hotties at the drop of a hat, knowing that plenty of others are always there waiting in the wings.
Posted by: Bulg at April 28, 2026 10:56 PM (77rzZ)
Posted by: Piper at April 28, 2026 10:57 PM (hftzA)
Posted by: Piper at April 28, 2026 10:57 PM (hftzA)
You can always ask Saijo to help with the wallpaper... ; )
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at April 28, 2026 10:59 PM (S/Y4j)
Posted by: Bulg at April 28, 2026 10:59 PM (77rzZ)
Shibas combine a highly demanding nature with a remarkable ability to ignore anything you say.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 28, 2026 10:34 PM (HdYcL)
Are you saying that they're cats?
Posted by: tankdemon at April 28
My cats’ recall is 100 times better than my Shiba’s.
Posted by: Piper at April 28, 2026 10:59 PM (hftzA)
Posted by: muldoon at April 28, 2026 10:59 PM (I0N4X)
My Marine father was ticked off that fire ants were almost eradicated in the South. The EPA or similar stepped in and stopped it due to a rare minnow or stupid fish no one cared about. Planes used to fly over and dump poison, which did not faze me since I rode bikes through DDT clouds (and explains a lot).
Fire ants on our cattle farm built ant beds like you see in Africa. Can kill calves if they fall on them. One of my sons had an allergy and I once scraped them off his legs in FL as he waited to cross a street with his bike. Nasty ants and mean repeat biters. Glad to have left them behind when we moved!
I know the habitat of something slowed down the border wall during the Obungo Error of Time I'd like to forget.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at April 28, 2026 11:00 PM (WONhk)
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I hear she smelled a lot like baked beans.
Posted by: Tommy at April 28, 2026 11:01 PM (JkO4W)
Posted by: Piper
Sounds like I'm too late, but yeah, the edges of paint almost always line up.
Posted by: mikeski at April 28, 2026 11:01 PM (VHUov)
Posted by: Bulg at April 28, 2026 10:59
Normally I do, but hitting a tight timeframe. Ok, goodnight for real. Sweet dreams, everyone!
Posted by: Piper at April 28, 2026 11:02 PM (hftzA)
Posted by: Bulg at April 28, 2026 11:02 PM (77rzZ)
Posted by: your trivia for the day at April 28, 2026 11:04 PM (kkpxq)
Posted by: muldoon at April 28, 2026 11:04 PM (I0N4X)
Posted by: muldoon
......
Everybody is very concerned about Los Angeles wildlife.
Posted by: wth at April 28, 2026 11:05 PM (b3Yos)
Whatta night!!
Posted by: Tonypete at April 28, 2026 10:55 PM (Kyh8Y)
Crowd surges are scary. The glass doors bowed with our bodies against them for Jethro Tull.
Then for ZZ Top security lost control of those in the stadium above us on the floor. Fun times! My guys held onto my arms as we were standing on chairs.
At Mardi Gras the crowd surge pushed my head up against the flank of a police horse. Which was better than his tail, before we got into Pat O'Brien's.
Was your gf fighting everyone or just you to add to your fun? Curious.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at April 28, 2026 11:06 PM (WONhk)
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at April 28, 2026 10:52 PM
***
Good thing T-Rexes are known for keeping a low profile and staying below the radar. Peril lurks everywhere!
Posted by: TRex- bullet resistant dino at April 28, 2026 11:06 PM (NQnfP)
I was so bored one night I watched a wallpaper pro make invisible edges. After watching it it made perfect sense but I never would have thought of it. It's actually embarrassingly easy.
More useful knowledge I will never use.
Posted by: JackStraw at April 28, 2026 11:06 PM (viF8m)
Posted by: Common Tater at April 28, 2026 11:07 PM (rA756)
If there is a sign they'll just knock it down.
It's a great idea til a deer falls off the top onto your windshield. Maybe a fence I can't see as I barely looked. A dirt bike landing on your windshield would not be great, either.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at April 28, 2026 11:08 PM (WONhk)
Posted by: Tonypete at April 28, 2026 11:11 PM (Kyh8Y)
Posted by: wth at April 28, 2026 11:12 PM (b3Yos)
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at April 28, 2026 11:08 PM (WONhk)
I wouldn't want to have a pissed-off puma fall into the back seat of a convertible, either.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at April 28, 2026 11:14 PM (S/Y4j)
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at April 28, 2026 11:15 PM (Fbc0I)
Posted by: JohnFNotKerry at April 28, 2026 11:15 PM (mUuSF)
Posted by: Hardly Hearing at April 28, 2026 11:17 PM (oftw2)
But since that doesn't keep the deer and elk from getting onto the highway, every quarter mile or so they put in a one-way dirt ramp that allows the deer or elk to walk up and jump back down outside the fence line. I always mentally try to calculate the cost per mile of this mitigation effort. Seems spendy to me.
Posted by: muldoon at April 28, 2026 11:17 PM (I0N4X)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh
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Yeah. If you're in elementary school.
Posted by: buddhaha at April 28, 2026 11:18 PM (3tF5Z)
Posted by: Tonypete at April 28, 2026 11:11 PM (Kyh8Y)
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Wow. I stay calm for everything unless snakes are involved, which cause me to levitate & run in space til my feet touch ground.
I was alarmed but not panicked for my crowd surges.
Two of my guy friends and I did get busted at Disneyland and I felt a huge panic coming on but stayed quiet. We/they did not know about security cameras in the parking lot. We were very excited to ride Space Mountain as we called ourselves the Space Cadets.
They put us on golf carts & asked for ID. Which always led me to they are going to call my parents in MS freak out. Then they confiscated my friend's stuff & kicked us out of the park. That was my first trip to Disneyland & I saw the parking lot but lived. Crazy times.
I was going to California to see the beach and ride back with one of my classmates who lived above me in the old rental party house to start the semester. I still saw the Pacific and rode back with her.
My friends I did not see again til I got back in town.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at April 28, 2026 11:20 PM (WONhk)
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat
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No, No!
Google is asshoe!
Duck Duck Go
Posted by: buddhaha at April 28, 2026 11:20 PM (3tF5Z)
Animals don't look both ways before crossing the street. Hell, most humans don't. Animals won't stare into the distance, and think..."hey, check that out. A safe place for me to cross over the road. That's great."
Nope, a coyote will lick it's nuts after chowing down on a rather slow rabbit, and head across all four lanes for no particular reason other than it feels like it.
What a damn waste of tax dollars.
Posted by: Orson at April 28, 2026 11:21 PM (dIske)
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And we sure don't need no steenking badgers!
Posted by: muldoon at April 28, 2026 11:21 PM (I0N4X)
Of course they did. What have I been saying?
When you are trying to match wallpaper remember you aren't trying to make one side fit another, you are trying to make 2 piecies fit together. Both sides have to match.
That's the trick.
Posted by: JackStraw at April 28, 2026 11:21 PM (viF8m)
Posted by: mindful webworker
Because his eyes afford him a 270-degree field of view.
Posted by: mikeski bugs out at April 28, 2026 10:28 PM (VHUov)
The more I think about that the funnier it gets!
Posted by: Tom Servo at April 28, 2026 11:23 PM (tVVBJ)
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat
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No, No!
Google is asshoe!
Duck Duck Go
Posted by: buddhaha
But you have to enunciate carefully if you're going to scream "Duck It!" at someone.
Posted by: mikeski at April 28, 2026 11:25 PM (VHUov)
Posted by: lin-duh is offended at April 28, 2026 10:24 PM (VCgbV)
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Nails. Roofing nails. Three years after my new roof, I still find the occasional roofing nail or screw (new metal roof).
So far, been lucky - none in a tire.
Posted by: buddhaha at April 28, 2026 11:25 PM (3tF5Z)
Posted by: Tom Servo
Once in a while, my jokes work.
Posted by: mikeski at April 28, 2026 11:26 PM (VHUov)
Posted by: JohnFNotKerry at April 28, 2026 11:15 PM (mUuSF)
It's the sweetest thing about getting olde. And way more fun than being a parent! Mine live 10min away and I know I am beyond blessed. The others will be in FL, God willing.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at April 28, 2026 11:26 PM (WONhk)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 28, 2026 11:27 PM (utfVc)
Posted by: wth at April 28, 2026 11:27 PM (b3Yos)
Posted by: Hearing Impaired at April 28, 2026 10:43 PM (oftw2)
Ah, my old stomping grounds. I drive by there every so often. Frigging shame what happened to the place.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at April 28, 2026 11:27 PM (snZF9)
Posted by: Bulg
Speaking of Ann-Margret (not Margaret, like my mom)
Jack Benny & George Burns introduce Ann-Margret in her national debut
https://youtu.be/nYNhTBjgZ3w
George: "I was sitting in my office, this little girl came in, sang two songs, and I took her to Las Vegas with me."
Posted by: mindful webworker - Yeah, George I'll just bet you did! at April 28, 2026 11:29 PM (y3Pql)
Posted by: Don Black at April 28, 2026 11:31 PM (ZxPkt)
I will always remember the ads on AM radio for Raceway Park.
Sunday!
Posted by: JackStraw at April 28, 2026 11:31 PM (viF8m)
Posted by: muldoon at April 28, 2026 11:31 PM (I0N4X)
crepuscular rays
Posted by: Don Black at April 28, 2026 11:32 PM (ZxPkt)
Posted by: Diogenes at April 28, 2026 11:33 PM (2WIwB)
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Hey! How are you spending your week while the Avs heal up their bumps and bruises while watching the Stars and Wild beat each other up?
I'm enjoying it.
Posted by: muldoon at April 28, 2026 11:35 PM (I0N4X)
they drank a lot during World War 6, which began when they bombed Pearl Harbor
Posted by: Don Black at April 28, 2026 11:35 PM (ZxPkt)
Posted by: muldoon
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the sweep of the Kings was impressive
Wild or Stars will be tough
Posted by: Don Black at April 28, 2026 11:37 PM (ZxPkt)
https://tinyurl.com/4pd45yu8
OK. I take that back. Sorry for insulting all the bitches out there.
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at April 28, 2026 11:37 PM (74zY1)
I will always remember the ads on AM radio for Raceway Park.
Sunday!
Posted by: JackStraw at April 28, 2026 11:31 PM (viF8m)
Yeah that place was great. We used to go on a Wednesday night and watch people grenade their cars. I used to hear the jet cars running from my house, and the funny cars. Its all deserted and overgrown now.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at April 28, 2026 11:38 PM (snZF9)
Posted by: Don Black at April 28, 2026 11:31 PM (ZxPkt)
They read the signs,Don! With arrows pointing and telling them how many miles to the dirt bike crossing.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at April 28, 2026 11:38 PM (WONhk)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at April 28, 2026 11:39 PM (Cqx++)
Posted by: GWB at April 28, 2026 11:40 PM (D4VUo)
1. The cop who looked like he was diving for cover when the perp came barreling through was actually the cop who got shot in the protective vest.
2. He was also the only one to get a shot off at the perp.
3. The perp was actually stopped by a chef, not the cops.
No links to sources. But I read it on the web, so…
Posted by: mindful webworker - ...it must be true at April 28, 2026 11:41 PM (y3Pql)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at April 28, 2026 11:41 PM (Cqx++)
Posted by: Don Black
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Yeah, but the Avs are stacked top to bottom and can play fast OR physical, take your pick. Whichever team comes out of the Wild/ Stars series will have to step up their game.
Posted by: muldoon at April 28, 2026 11:41 PM (I0N4X)
Posted by: Don Black
The same way deer know to only cross at the marked "deer crossing" areas.
Posted by: mindful webworker - watch for falling ufos at April 28, 2026 11:43 PM (y3Pql)
Posted by: Don Black at April 28, 2026 11:43 PM (ZxPkt)
That's sad. The whole dragster/funny car era seems to have disappeared but for a while there was some crazy stuff being built.
Posted by: JackStraw at April 28, 2026 11:44 PM (viF8m)
......
Raw chicken will do that to you.
Posted by: wth at April 28, 2026 11:44 PM (b3Yos)
Posted by: muldoon at April 28, 2026 11:45 PM (I0N4X)
Posted by: Don Black
The same way deer know to only cross at the marked "deer crossing" areas.
Posted by: mindful webworker - watch for falling ufos at April 28, 2026 11:43 PM (y3Pql)
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Not a single.birdhoise anywhere.
That's specieist.
Posted by: Diogenes at April 28, 2026 11:46 PM (2WIwB)
Posted by: Diogenes at April 28, 2026 11:47 PM (2WIwB)
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at April 28, 2026 11:47 PM (w6EFb)
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Then he was whisked off to jail?
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at April 28, 2026 11:48 PM (JkO4W)
......
Raw chicken will do that to you.
Posted by: wth at April 28, 2026 11:44 PM (b3Yos)
I thought the chef threw a couple live lobsters at the idiot's crotch. That would slow me down.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at April 28, 2026 11:49 PM (S/Y4j)
Can't type worth a damn.
Posted by: Diogenes
********
Maybe you should go looking for coffee...
Posted by: muldoon at April 28, 2026 11:49 PM (I0N4X)
Posted by: PaleRider at April 28, 2026 11:51 PM (PV+Zw)
Posted by: muldoon at April 28, 2026 11:52 PM (I0N4X)
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at April 28, 2026 11:53 PM (w6EFb)
Posted by: Don Black at April 28, 2026 11:53 PM (ZxPkt)
Posted by: muldoon at April 28, 2026 11:55 PM (I0N4X)
Posted by: Beverly at April 28, 2026 11:57 PM (reMys)
Posted by: muldoon at April 28, 2026 11:57 PM (I0N4X)
Posted by: JQ at April 28, 2026 11:58 PM (rdVOm)
Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at April 28, 2026 11:58 PM (+9wcF)
Posted by: muldoon at April 28, 2026 11:59 PM (I0N4X)
Posted by: JQ at April 29, 2026 12:00 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at April 29, 2026 12:01 AM (JkO4W)
Posted by: JQ at April 29, 2026 12:01 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: wth at April 29, 2026 12:01 AM (b3Yos)
...poke, poke...
Posted by: muldoon at April 28, 2026 11:57 PM (I0N4X)
Still here. Was watching Garage 54 on youtube. The crew is in Thailand, buying a rustbucket Polski Fiat 124, with plans to turn it into a Lada. They pulled out of a driveway onto a road, and a front suspension strut pulled out of the very rusty frame anchor, and they drove into the curb. LOL.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 29, 2026 12:01 AM (utfVc)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 29, 2026 12:03 AM (utfVc)
Posted by: wth at April 29, 2026 12:01 AM (b3Yos)
I’ll take things no one ever said ever for $200, Alex.
Posted by: Tom Servo at April 29, 2026 12:04 AM (tVVBJ)
Tree was maybe 15-20 ft tall, but only 5 inch diameter trunk.
Posted by: JQ at April 29, 2026 12:04 AM (rdVOm)
I guess it's back to more believable fare for me, such as Mr. Ed and Gilligan's Island.
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at April 29, 2026 12:05 AM (ZPv2V)
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at April 29, 2026 12:06 AM (w6EFb)
Posted by: muldoon at April 29, 2026 12:08 AM (I0N4X)
Posted by: wth at April 29, 2026 12:01 AM (b3Yos)
Coming soon, the prequel to Oak Island: Acorn Island. Watch as the team searches for a treasure of Pyrite and Cubic Zirconia!
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at April 29, 2026 12:09 AM (S/Y4j)
I did not know that.
Posted by: publius
Is that why those vampires are sparkly?
Posted by: mikeski at April 29, 2026 12:09 AM (VHUov)
Another obscure bit of trivia I did not know, but just learned.
Today (well, yesterday now), April 28 was the birthday of Jan Oort, of Oort Cloud fame.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at April 29, 2026 12:10 AM (w6EFb)
Posted by: wth at April 29, 2026 12:11 AM (b3Yos)
Posted by: Gen ZX at April 29, 2026 12:12 AM (XeU6L)
Posted by: muldoon at April 29, 2026 12:14 AM (I0N4X)
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at April 29, 2026 12:16 AM (0nHVk)
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I don't get it.
Posted by: Gen ZX
Neither do I.
Posted by: Ilhan Omar at April 29, 2026 12:16 AM (b3Yos)
RIP Jim. Sorry I never met him.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at April 29, 2026 12:17 AM (n7rxJ)
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at April 29, 2026 12:17 AM (CHHv1)
Posted by: JackStraw at April 29, 2026 12:18 AM (viF8m)
Posted by: muldoon at April 29, 2026 12:19 AM (I0N4X)
Posted by: scampydog at April 29, 2026 12:21 AM (41CYW)
115 If we win based on the 90 day thing that’s good. But then they can just redo it with the proper 90 day notice. The real issue is it’s a fucking 10-1 map in a 53-47 state.
Posted by: Heroq at April 28, 2026 07:01 PM (3wCO0)
IANAL, but politics junkies naturally absorb a bit just trying to understand what's going on. The courts are tedious, because their remit is purely backward-looking. (This is a side effect of the separation of powers, and annoying but positive in sum.) So, they will do infuriating things like refusing to consider whether a ballot question is improperly worded until after it's been voted on, since an issue isn't "ripe" if no harm has yet occurred for the court to remedy.
Since there are four or so fatal flaws with the Virginia gerrymander, and whenever one is dealt with the next is mooted and not "ripe" yet, it could take several years of re-voting and re-re-voting to resolve them all. The alternative is actually worse, since a forward-looking judiciary is also legislative and/or executive, and I need to re-read the Federalist Papers for details but mixed powers are prone to intractable corruption.
Posted by: SciVo at April 29, 2026 12:24 AM (Sy6m/)
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at April 29, 2026 12:16 AM (0nHVk)
I don't know if there is a laser option for cataracts. The long-standing standard treatment is refractive lens replacement, which is now an outpatient surgery done with mild sedation, and local anaesthetic. Quite painless, and takes less than 15 minutes. You can see the results right away, but you wear a patch for a day or two. I had it done a few years ago, and have been delighted with the results. Wore Coke bottle glasses or soft contacts from childhood. No more! I use reading glasses for real close work, but none for distance vision.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 29, 2026 12:25 AM (utfVc)
Posted by: m at April 29, 2026 12:27 AM (8NTVk)
Posted by: Beverly at April 29, 2026 12:29 AM (reMys)
Good night y'all.
Posted by: muldoon at April 29, 2026 12:29 AM (I0N4X)
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I don't get it.
Posted by: Gen ZX at April 29, 2026 12:12 AM (XeU6L)
Ha! ISWYDT
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at April 29, 2026 12:31 AM (ZPv2V)
Oh my gosh, Jim SND would always be hanging around this time of night. He would have had plenty to say about the most recent attempt to kill our President. I miss him.
Hey JQ, how be ye?
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at April 29, 2026 12:32 AM (0nHVk)
Posted by: a.moron at April 29, 2026 12:32 AM (X5Jzz)
I've got early stage cataracts, both eyes. Now, it's just annoying, especially at night. Starbursts and halos around lights.
In daytime, I see the odd shadows and some odd color effects (caused by light scattering so forth) in the side vision and that prompted me to get an eye exam last year, where they discovered the cataracts. Doc said I'm one of those that notice subtle effects more than others, apparently.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at April 29, 2026 12:35 AM (w6EFb)
Posted by: JQ at April 29, 2026 12:39 AM (rdVOm)
crepuscular rays
Posted by: Don Black at April 28, 2026 11:32 PM (ZxPkt)
Only an hour later since I read that and now I've got the cat in. Okay, took the dog out for a trot too, but thanks for reminding me. (Crepuscular)
Posted by: Rex B at April 29, 2026 12:42 AM (a992C)
Good to see you. How's the family?
Posted by: muldoon
Dagnabbit. I wander off to watch one show with MiladyJo, and I get back too late to reply to our resident limerican.
Nice to be thought of. My reply would either be "fine"… or, "it's complicated [typey typey typey typey]"
Posted by: mindful webworker - the bleat goes awn at April 29, 2026 12:42 AM (y3Pql)
117 huh, thanks for that Aliss.
I'd thought urban northeast American English was more Yiddish and Italian.
But in that spirit, as an Irishman, you would also know that nobody in the mob goes out and says directly when someone is to be murdered. They say shit like "we don't need MIKEY no more".
Posted by: gKWVE at April 28, 2026 07:01 PM (gKWVE)
You missed the keyword 'Southie'. Only Bostonites think that's distinctive, being so solipsistic they can't imagine any other city having a south side. So it perversely ends up being distinctive, since anyone but a Bostonine would also tell you the city. And Bostonoan 'Southies' were historically Irish, you're expected to know.
Posted by: SciVo at April 29, 2026 12:48 AM (Sy6m/)
234 Storm-related: Weatherman versus Cockroach
https://tinyurl.com/2sj5vjfa
Posted by: Beverly at April 29, 2026 12:29 AM
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Damn.
Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at April 29, 2026 12:49 AM (VWtfl)
Posted by: m at April 29, 2026 12:50 AM (8NTVk)
Back in the late '80's environmentalists + politicians dreamed up the notion of human-free wildlife biodiversity corridors connecting coastal Calif regions to the Sierra. The Clintons began grabbing fed public land and designating them as wilderness protection lands.
Left wing conservatory groups + State agencies badgered coastal and valley land owners to sell off large chunks of land. Silicon Valley venture capitalists got mixed up in some of those deals. RFKjr. working as frontman was hovering around the SV people (Brightsource/Mojave.) Dianne Feinstein, too.
A lot of the info was reported in small regional central valley newspapers (rip).
Posted by: 13times at April 29, 2026 12:50 AM (ycPkM)
Bostonites
Bostonine
Bostonoan
Posted by: SciVo at April 29, 2026 12:48 AM (Sy6m/)
I can't tell the typos from the variants.
Posted by: m at April 29, 2026 12:53 AM (8NTVk)
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at April 29, 2026 12:16 AM (0nHVk)
Find a good ophthalmologist who's been been in the business for a few decades and knows what they're doing. They can tell you what you need. Cataracts require lens replacement, which is a painless outpatient procedure, with quick recovery.
Posted by: a.moron at April 29, 2026 12:53 AM (X5Jzz)
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at April 29, 2026 12:54 AM (0nHVk)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 29, 2026 12:55 AM (utfVc)
Posted by: JQ at April 29, 2026 12:56 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: mikeski wonders what's underneath at April 29, 2026 12:56 AM (VHUov)
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at April 29, 2026 12:16 AM (0nHVk)
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The lens in your eye is like two dishes set together face to face. The "dish" part is a transparent membrane and the space between is filled with a jelly-like liquid. That jelly gets cloudy and that's called a cataract.
To fix it, a very small slice is made in the membrane, a probe is inserted and ultrasonics are used to completely liquify the jelly, which is sucked out through the same probe. The jelly is replaced by a transparent plastic piece shaped to fit inside the membrane. Medicare will.pay for all of this, but there is an extra cost option. If you use glasses, that piece of plastic can be shaped to correctly focus the light on your retina, eliminating your glasses. This is called an IntraOcular Lens (IOL).
Continued
Posted by: buddhaha at April 29, 2026 12:59 AM (3tF5Z)
Posted by: buddhaha at April 29, 2026 12:59 AM (3tF5Z)
yikes yikes yikes yikes yikes yikes
Posted by: m at April 29, 2026 01:00 AM (8NTVk)
https://tinyurl.com/2sj5vjfa
Posted by: Beverly at April 29, 2026 12:29 AM
yeah, you can tell he don't make any noise when he farts.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at April 29, 2026 01:00 AM (snZF9)
Ok, but how much did it cost? What, massive overruns you say? In California?
Posted by: OrangeEnt at April 28, 2026 10:02 PM (1Ff7Z)
The artisanal, bespoke, butterfly/cougar overpass in Agoura Hills was already over $100M last we saw, compared to $15M for such bridges in other states. It's the basis for my current estimate that blue-state public spending is 85% grift. Since European countries are like blue states, but older and with more entrenched corrupt cliques, this helps explain why they're basically supine against a lightly-armed barbarian invasion: they literally can't muster resources to do things.
Posted by: SciVo at April 29, 2026 01:02 AM (Sy6m/)
https://tinyurl.com/2sj5vjfa
Posted by: Beverly at April 29, 2026 12:29 AM (reMys)
I thought it was gonna climb into the display!
Posted by: m at April 29, 2026 01:04 AM (8NTVk)
Video of the Milky Way from orbit, recently taken. Aurora around the South pole and some Starlinks are also visible.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at April 29, 2026 01:04 AM (w6EFb)
https://tinyurl.com/2sj5vjfa
Posted by: Beverly at April 29, 2026 12:29 AM
yeah, you can tell he don't make any noise when he farts.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division
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Hahaha, Bers.
And Beverly has some of the best links.
Posted by: scampydog at April 29, 2026 01:07 AM (41CYW)
It you grow up on a farm, or around animals, you don't need sex ed in school.
Even little children know the difference between a rooster and a hen.
Which confuses sophisticated Big City people
Posted by: Redneck Kulaklos at April 29, 2026 01:07 AM (gyYZl)
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley
I will trade a high quality telescope for a limited life estate on a lousy quarter acre without much ambient late nite light.
Posted by: Astronomiklos at April 29, 2026 01:12 AM (gyYZl)
I wonder if someone in the Maryland deep state is worried that Moore might get the 2028 Dem nomination and is trying to torpedo him.
Posted by: a.moron
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Dems are self-torpedoing. No need to ever cook up a case against one. I suspect the Never-Never Bridge story is getting away from Moore, to Dem chagrin. It doesn't help the machine in general to see one Dem governor after another failing on big projects.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at April 29, 2026 01:13 AM (n7rxJ)
Lasers have nothing to do with primary cataract surgery. They're used in a separate procedure, used to reshape the lens to correct things like nearsightedness.
Now, sometimes, after the primary surgery, the cataract will return. This time, the mechanism is that the membrane holding the plastic lens will turn cloudy. In this case the treatment does involve a laser, a much more powerful one that basically melts away the center of the membrane on both sides of the plasticl lens, leaving a donut shaped remnant of of the membrane holding the lens in place.
I've had both surgeries. Both eyes have IOLs in them, and the cataract reoccured, so I had the second laser procedure.
Now, this is my experience, but there are always new procedures and devices. Your opthomologist may do something different, but the end result is removing the cloudy material and replacing it.
Posted by: buddhaha at April 29, 2026 01:13 AM (3tF5Z)
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Yeah but some citi folks dont know whether they are the rooster or the hen.
Posted by: scampydog at April 29, 2026 01:15 AM (41CYW)
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at April 29, 2026 01:15 AM (w6EFb)
publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb)
I just checked -- NASA intends to take the ISS out of orbit near Point Nemo in 1931.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at April 29, 2026 01:17 AM (xG4kz)
yeah, you can tell he don't make any noise when he farts.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at April 29, 2026 01:00 AM (snZF9)
If you have to fart, fart! You will feel much better for it.
Posted by: Mao at April 29, 2026 01:17 AM (T6aVk)
Posted by: Blonde Morticia
Trump should show up and ask "Where's the bridge? I built bigger things faster."
Posted by: unbannediklos at April 29, 2026 01:18 AM (gyYZl)
Elon has the contract to do that. It will cost close to $1.5B. Elon will get about $850M of that. Obviously a time machine is involved as well. Makes sense. Send the station back to 1931, then deorbit.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at April 29, 2026 01:19 AM (w6EFb)
Hey JQ, how be ye?
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at April 29, 2026 12:32 AM (
One year as of May 6
Posted by: Cow Demon at April 29, 2026 01:20 AM (T6aVk)
Posted by: m
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You sound like my wife, before her first cataract surgery.
I kept telling her there was nothing to it, but she was a nervous wreck, so much so that they gave her a valium before.
For the second surgery, 6 months later, she was almost blase' about it.
Posted by: buddhaha at April 29, 2026 01:21 AM (3tF5Z)
Mulva Hall -- is that anything like Burma Shave?
Signs on the kajillion dollar animal overpass.
Carry your shit
With you, please
To help eradicate
Fecal disease.
Mulva Hall
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at April 29, 2026 01:21 AM (xG4kz)
Outstanding!!!
I went looking based on your description and found this. A bit more mellow:
https://youtu.be/O-GH56C7rHQ
Posted by: pawn at April 29, 2026 01:23 AM (5qng6)
My current bedtime read is a book Jim sent me
Born Fighting
About the Scots Irish
Although Jim had some Austro-Hungarian ancestry that I helped him research.
Posted by: annonyklos at April 29, 2026 01:24 AM (gyYZl)
Posted by: m at April 29, 2026 01:25 AM (8NTVk)
The ISS has been been up there for 28 years depending on how you count. First module went up in 1998. Full assembly of all the modules and components was completed in 2011, the year the Space Shuttle was retired.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at April 29, 2026 01:25 AM (w6EFb)
Posted by: Skip at April 29, 2026 01:28 AM (Ia/+0)
1933. Just try to ignore the youngster at the start & end.
https://youtu.be/dtEj0xepF8k
G'nite, y'all.
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