The Classical Saturday Morning Coffee Break & Prayer Revival

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Good morning boys and girls and everything in between from the streets of Manhattan. Before we enter the Prayer Revival just a few house keeping matters to go over. (Rulz for those of you in Iron River)

1) This is an open thread. Feel free to lurk, opine and/or bloviate.
2) Be kind, be nice. Don't be Pretti Good.
3) Running with sharp objects? You do the math there "Three Fingers".
4) Have a great weekend!!!

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AoSHQ Weekly Prayer List
Please submit any prayer requests to me, “Annie’s Stew” at apaslo at-sign hotmail dot com. Prayer
requests are generally removed after four weeks unless we receive an update.
Prayer Requests:
3/28 – Hrothgar asked for prayers for a dear and long time close friend and former neighbor, Daniel,
who is scheduled for open heart surgery in mid-April. Prayers for his wife would be appreciated as well,
as she will be carrying a heavy load for the next few months.
4/18 Update – Daniel survived his complex open heart surgery. He is sitting up and it seems like it went
well, but they are not going to release him as quickly as he would like, so he is not happy. Thanks to the
Horde for the prayers and please keep praying for his dear wife, who now has even more to put up with.
5/16 Update – Hrothgar sends thanks for the prayers for Dan. Thanks to his attitude and the miracles
of modern heart surgery, Daniel is back home and in good spirits and mobile. He still has a lot of rehab
ahead, but it sounds like a pretty good recovery to be home only 20 days after being on the table!
3/28 – Jordan61 posted that Mr. Jordan61 is back in the hospital. His sepsis has returned and gotten into
where his compression fracture is, and he has vertebral osteomyelitis. The doctor is supposed to come
in today and let them know the plan.
4/9 Update – On 4/1 Mr. Jordan61 was released from the hospital with six weeks of IV antibiotics,
which Jordan61 is administering every 8 hours. He’s in a lot of pain; they’ve given him oxy, fentanyl, and
dilaudid, and nothing seems to touch it. From what they were told, the pain won’t subside until the
infection is cleared up. For the time being, he is bed-bound and they are limiting his movement as much
as possible to keep the pain to a minimum. Jordan61 will send updates with progress.
4/25 Update – Mr. Jordan61 is making slow but steady progress. He can get up and walk for short
periods of time, and can sit in the living room for an hour or so per day. He is halfway through the IV
antibiotics, with 3 weeks to go. A physical therapist will be coming to help him build strength and learn
how to move without aggravating his back injury. Thank you all for the prayers!
4/3 – Teresa in Fort Worth posted an update. Her chemo seems to be holding things steady for now.
Unfortunately, as she is receiving a steroid, she has gained about 25 pounds. Her blood sugar has also
jumped up about 40 points (which only happens when she is on steroids).
4/24 Update – Teresa in Fort Worth provided an update: The pump that was put in to battle cancer in
December can only be used for 6 months. After that, it starts to damage the liver. So she may have to go
back onto the medication that made her lose her hair and messed up her vision and nails, and then
return to this medication after a break. This is not good news, since this new medication is working so
well. But for now, she is doing well and is incredibly grateful for the time that she has been given so far.
4/11 – Eromero craves prayers for Mrs. E., as she has been diagnosed with lymphoma. She begins
infusions on 4/23.
4/25 Update – Mrs. E. reports that she feels fine. Praise be to God that she has had only one distressful
episode during the infusions. Thank you for all the past and continued prayers.
4/18 – neverenoughcaffiene asked that Devyn be kept in prayers. She is a young mother of 2 with a
mass on her esophagus. The Doc said it was scar tissue and hopefully the second opinion will agree.
5/16 Update – The doctor providing Devyn’s second opinion advised her to stay with the original
doctor. She will be having a biopsy sometime in the next week. Prayers are still needed.
4/18 – Smell the Glove could use some prayers as therapy and rehab occur after gout/sepsis.
5/2 Update – The gout has cleared and the infection in the lower back is healing.
5/18 Update – Smell the Glove may be out of rehab this week, but still would need wound care at
home. Thanks for all the prayers and well wishes!
4/18 – Sam Adams requested prayers for a friend, Mary F, who was just sent to a long-term recovery
facility after having a tracheostomy.
5/2 Update – Mary’s breathing is improving, and they are weaning her off assisted breathing. She is
now off the ventilator for 12 hours a day, and they are aiming for 14 hours soon. Many thanks to all of
the Moron Horde for the prayers.
4/24 – Notsothoreau asked for prayers for a friend’s father (Cory), who needs prayers for strength and
peace as he is going through some troubled times.
4/27 – Matthew Kant Cipher sent his thanks to those who prayed for his friend Layne (who is also his
son’s FIL). The Horde may recall that in August, Layne was diagnosed with bladder cancer. He has since
undergone courses of chemo, immunotherapy, and radiation. His latest scans came back clean. The
cancer is in remission; praise be to God! Prayers are also humbly requested for Mrs. MKC, who is dealing
with a new flare-up of a GI condition that had been leaving her alone until a recent procedure re-
aggravated it. It is very frustrating/discouraging as she waits to see a new GI doctor.
4/25 – Retired Buckeye Cop asked that we would continue to lift his 16 year old grandson (LH) up in
prayers, as LH continues to consider the call to priesthood in the Catholic Church. LH recently went to a
meeting with a group of young men who are considering the priesthood.
4/25 – Fenelon Spoke asked for prayers for “I”, who Fenelon visited and anointed with oil, and prayed
for healing of her health concerns.
5/2 – neverenoughcaffiene requested prayers for parishioners at her church, who lost their newborn
daughter, Astrid.
5/7 – turambar asked for prayers for relatives. Mom needs prayers as she was admitted to the hospital
to check her heart and cardio. They did not find pneumonia. Two months ago, she fell at her assisted
living place, and broke her hip. She also has dementia. Turambar’s uncle fell recently and broke his hip,
too.
5/9 – D asked for prayers. He was let go from his IT job and has started a business making and selling
lens cleaners to make ends meet. Please contact Annie’s Stew if you’d like more information – either to
order lens cleaners, or if you’d like to contact him related to IT job openings (DBA/Network Admin).
5/11 – rez986 asked if anyone had an update on Neidermeyer’s Dead Horse’s health. The last info
Annie’s Stew has was from January, 2026, that he’d been given 6 months to live due to heart failure and
was being treated and waiting for a transplant at Mayo.
5/16 Update – Dash my lace wings! posted that NDH is recovering well. IrishEi posted that NDH did
receive a heart transplant and that she is doing well. She also posted a link to NDH’s X account, and her
fundraising page.
5/15 – Toad-O requested prayers for his second ex-wife, the mother of his two children. They were
divorced 25 years ago, and 3 years later, she was diagnosed with schizophrenia, and the children came
to live with Toad-O. The ex-wife is now suffering from advanced Alzheimer’s, and has been living with
Toad-O’s daughter and her husband. The ex-wife fell last month and and cracked 2 vertebrae, and just
was taken to ER with a rapid heartbeat and low blood pressure due to dehydration. Prayers are
appreciated for her and also for the daughter who has sacrificed a lot to care for her.
5/16 – Anna Puma requested prayers for the family of Dan Fordice, who was killed when the aircraft he
was flying crashed. He leaves behind a wife, 3 children, and many friends. He was a Warbird flyer, a CEO,
and a veteran of the 2/20 th SFG.
5/16 – Tonypete asked for prayers for Jane who is dying of breast cancer, and for Cheri who is in jail
(again) for drug related crimes.
5/20 – D gave an update on his wife Susan, and her continued battle with cancer. Her cancer markers
are still headed in the right direction. She is on a new antibiotic, and it is causing some side effects, but it
is keeping her out of another surgery, so that is a win. Thanks again to everyone for their prayers. May 1
marked one year sine they found out about the cancer, and Susan is doing so well.
5/20 – E gave an update. She and her family were having financial struggles a few months ago, and
asked for prayers. E sends her thanks for the prayers, and wanted to let people know that things are
getting better, thanks to the Horde’s prayers and their church family. They have resolved their mortgage
issue and her husband has resumed his side gig making deliveries. They are also cutting monthly
expenses. They would like continued prayers as the deal with the insurance company of the person who
crashed into (and totaled) E’s vehicle. Insurance only offered half the replacement value, so that
struggle is still going on.
For submission guidelines and other relevant info, please contact Annie's Stew, who is managing the
prayer list. You can contact her at apaslo at-sign hotmail dot com. If you see a prayer request posted in
a thread comment, feel free to copy and paste it and e-mail it to Annie's Stew. She tries to keep up with
the requests in the threads, but she's not here all of the time, so she may not see it unless you e-mail it
to her. Please note: Prayer requests are generally removed after four weeks or so unless we receive an
update.
2 Corinthians 4:8-9
We are troubled on every side, yet not distressed; we are perplexed, but not in despair, persecuted, but
not forsaken; cast down, but not destroyed.

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at 08:00 AM

Comments

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1 Prayers for all God's children.

Posted by: kingsman at May 23, 2026 07:29 AM (ehY6c)

2 Someone's been playing with the time machine again.

Current time: 07:29. Post time: 08:00

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at May 23, 2026 07:30 AM (O7YUW)

3 Time warp time.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at May 23, 2026 07:34 AM (jehhT)

4 Coffee! Yes!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at May 23, 2026 07:36 AM (VyBeY)

5 I put ghee in my coffee.
I'm a gheezer.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at May 23, 2026 07:37 AM (2Ez/1)

6 Morning, caffeinators,

I'm finishing up my morning pot (ca. 4 cups) of coffee. Time for me to shave and get otherwise cleaned up. Later, haircut, library, and dropping some stuff off at the thrift store out in the 'burbs. I hope I can get the errands done before it rains.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 23, 2026 07:38 AM (wzUl9)

7 Not on the list, but prayers for "I used to have a different nic" who is awaiting the result of a biopsy of a mass found on his prostate.

Posted by: Halfhand at May 23, 2026 07:38 AM (IXblq)

8 "...and dropping some stuff off at the thrift store out in the 'burbs."

The more the better. Everything you own owns you.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at May 23, 2026 07:40 AM (2Ez/1)

9 "The more the better. Everything you own owns you.
Posted by: Quarter Twenty"

*eyes stockpile of dryer lint*

Posted by: fd at May 23, 2026 07:40 AM (vFG9F)

10 - @1 Kingsland

And also, especially for those who aren't, at this point, yet!

Posted by: TeeJ at May 23, 2026 07:42 AM (eisI8)

11 *eyes stockpile of dryer lint*
_____
Let's not get too hasty here...

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at May 23, 2026 07:42 AM (2Ez/1)

12 It's Early!!

Posted by: runner at May 23, 2026 07:43 AM (GD0B3)

13 Armenian coffee...

Posted by: runner at May 23, 2026 07:44 AM (GD0B3)

14 So , What up dogs!!

Posted by: runner at May 23, 2026 07:44 AM (GD0B3)

15 WAKE UP PEOPLE!!

Posted by: runner at May 23, 2026 07:45 AM (GD0B3)

16 11 *eyes stockpile of dryer lint*
_____
Let's not get too hasty here...
_-_
Makes great firestarter for the wood stove. Waste not want not.

Posted by: Don in SoCo at May 23, 2026 07:47 AM (2gJPm)

17 Good morning again dear horde with thanks to annie, mh, and you morons for praying

{grammie}
Hiya JT

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 23, 2026 07:49 AM (RIvkX)

18 Good morning Horde,thx MisHum
A big thank you to the Horde for your prayers while I was in rehab for the infection I had. Came home yesterday and while I have to utilize a wound vac for a time it's good to be home

Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 23, 2026 07:49 AM (flmKL)

19 Should be a huge travel weekend. I pray for safe journeys across the board. And please don't drive angry, you'll get there: Maybe NSFW due to F bomb

https://tinyurl.com/2vkdby5u

Posted by: Bilwis Devourer of Innocent Souls, I'm starvin' over here at May 23, 2026 07:50 AM (w/O5Q)

20 "12 It's Early!!
Posted by: runner at May 23, 2026 07:43 AM (GD0B3)

13 Armenian coffee...
Posted by: runner at May 23, 2026 07:44 AM (GD0B3)

14 So , What up dogs!!
Posted by: runner at May 23, 2026 07:44 AM (GD0B3)

15 WAKE UP PEOPLE!!
Posted by: runner at May 23, 2026 07:45 AM (GD0B3)"

Talk about hitting the ground running. I'll have what he's having.

Posted by: fd at May 23, 2026 07:50 AM (vFG9F)

21 En mi casa toman Bustelo!

Posted by: Caffiend. at May 23, 2026 07:50 AM (oftw2)

22 Prayers for the Horde and their loved ones in need. The prayers really do work and reinforce the recipients in their recoveries

Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 23, 2026 07:51 AM (flmKL)

23 Good morning Mis Hum and Horde

Posted by: Skip at May 23, 2026 07:52 AM (Ia/+0)

24 Dryer Lint Trivia: It does make an excellent firestarter as suggested in the morning report comments, but this is not what you want in your home. The ducting needs cleaning periodically. Not simply the lint-trap. I guess it’s a more common source of house fires. I would not run a clothes dryer and leave the house unattended.

(For making firestarter for Camping use from Lint, you want Lint made from cotton clothes. Synthetics don’t work to catch sparks very well)

Posted by: Common Tater at May 23, 2026 07:53 AM (BWpBM)

25 Its a jump to the left
Then a step to the right
Put your hands on your hips

Posted by: Skip at May 23, 2026 07:53 AM (Ia/+0)

26 Dear Morons,

A praise report. My prayer to become a grandad has been answered and by the will of hashem Girl F. will have a baby in December. She still plans to attend graduate school but will delay for a year. Which also means they will be depending on us for child care which pleases me to the nth degree!

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 23, 2026 07:54 AM (RIvkX)

27 Prayers for all

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at May 23, 2026 07:55 AM (dE3DB)

28
Rain has pushed off and the dogs have been given the chance to go out. I held off earlier because Diana doesn't like flashes and booms, poor thing.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 23, 2026 07:56 AM (HdYcL)

29 Dreary day here in east, 50s and rain

Posted by: Skip at May 23, 2026 07:57 AM (Ia/+0)

30 Rainy day
Too lazy to get up to brew coffee as that also means taking doggeh out

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at May 23, 2026 07:57 AM (dE3DB)

31 Good Saturday morning, horde!

Thanks be for this place where we can gather and pray for our friends, scattered as we are. Sometimes the internet is a wonderful thing.

Prayers have been said for all on the list, and the rest of you as well.

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at May 23, 2026 07:58 AM (h7ZuX)

32 Is navel lint a good firestarter?

Posted by: Randy Senior Citizen at May 23, 2026 07:58 AM (oftw2)

33 @26: Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 23, 2026 07:54 AM (RIvkX
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Congratulations San Franpsycho. Wishing the best, good health and much happiness to you and your entire family.

Posted by: Rufus T. Firefly at May 23, 2026 07:59 AM (lsIOl)

34 My husband had a dryer lint fire, before we met. Took a year to rebuild the house.

On the other hand, there is a woman that "paints" using dryer lint. Pictures are amazing.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at May 23, 2026 07:59 AM (7T8ei)

35 Went for a walk with esteemed spouse. There was a robin sitting on the top of a holly tree. It looked like the bird equivalent of an angel on the top of a Christmas tree, and as we came back I saw a allium ( which I guess someone had picked and then thrown on the ground) 😕I picked it up and will bring it home. An allium is part of the onion family.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 23, 2026 07:59 AM (m6Eem)

36 (For making firestarter for Camping use from Lint, you want Lint made from cotton clothes. Synthetics don’t work to catch sparks very well)
Posted by: Common Tater at May 23, 2026 07:53 AM
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I have a small Ziploc bag of it with my camping stuff. A few magnesium shavings and a shower of sparks from the flint and Robert's your dad's brother. Boom.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at May 23, 2026 08:00 AM (2Ez/1)

37 Thank Rufus

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 23, 2026 08:00 AM (RIvkX)

38 I have been freaking out about my eyesight. My eye dr says I have myopic macular degrneration.Prayers appreciated.

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at May 23, 2026 08:00 AM (dE3DB)

39 And here is a picture of an allium:

https://tinyurl.com/3wcmn9bz

If you are able to and the weather cooperates consider going for a walk today. It's very nurturing for your spirit.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 23, 2026 08:02 AM (m6Eem)

40 33 @26: Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 23, 2026 07:54 AM (RIvkX
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Congratulations San Franpsycho. Wishing the best, good health and much happiness to you and your entire family.
Posted by: Rufus T. Firefly at May 23, 2026 07:59 AM (lsIOl)

Congrats from here, too!

Posted by: Nova Local at May 23, 2026 08:02 AM (tOcjL)

41 I have discovered that trying to learn to walk on a peg leg and drinking whiskey is not a good combination.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at May 23, 2026 08:02 AM (XV/Pl)

42 3 Rainy day
Too lazy to get up to brew coffee as that also means taking doggeh out

Posted by: vmom

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Doggeh waits? Good doggeh!

Posted by: 2009Refugee at May 23, 2026 08:02 AM (gpQ8/)

43
A note about the Borzoi breeder S., who was badly injured in an accident at a field event at our National. Her dogs have been transported from Omaha to their home in West Texas and are being taken care of.

She is still in the hospital and is likely to be there for at least four to six months. Her leg was broken above and below the knee, vertebrae in the neck and back were broken and she had internal bleeding and a severe concussion.

She's about our age and so her recovery is likely to be slow and incomplete.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 23, 2026 08:02 AM (HdYcL)

44 Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at May 23, 2026 08:00 AM (dE3DB)

Will pray for you, vmom.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 23, 2026 08:03 AM (m6Eem)

45 Wait, actually just called myopic degrneration

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at May 23, 2026 08:03 AM (dE3DB)

46 Devyn had her biopsy this week and she's waiting on the results. Continued prayers are appreciated.

Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at May 23, 2026 08:04 AM (2NHgQ)

47 SanFranpsycho, B'sha'ah tovah

Posted by: Ben Had at May 23, 2026 08:04 AM (5P5DO)

48 "Went for a walk with esteemed spouse. There was a robin sitting on the top of a holly tree. It looked like the bird equivalent of an angel on the top of a Christmas tree..."

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at 07:59 AM
++++++

Thoreau said "It's not what you look at. It's what you see."

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at May 23, 2026 08:04 AM (2Ez/1)

49 Thank you nova

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 23, 2026 08:05 AM (RIvkX)

50 @39

>>If you are able to and the weather cooperates consider going for a walk today. It's very nurturing for your spirit.

Won't be walking proper for a while, but I will be rolling along side grandson today for the Veterans flag placement at the cemetery today.

Nothing better than watching a bunch of scouts scrambling around trying to outdue each other.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at May 23, 2026 08:05 AM (XV/Pl)

51 Thomas Bender but a skkll once mastered could be a great story

Posted by: Skip at May 23, 2026 08:05 AM (Ia/+0)

52 vmom a prayer for complete and speedy healing.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 23, 2026 08:08 AM (RIvkX)

53 San Fran. Woo hoo, congrats to girl F and your entire family. Good news for a change.

Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at May 23, 2026 08:08 AM (2NHgQ)

54 @51

>>Thomas Bender but a skkll once mastered could be a great story

Oh I am determined to master it, it's just I'm pretty bummed about being layed up.

And the full recovery time is nothing to sneeze at, it's a year give or take.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at May 23, 2026 08:08 AM (XV/Pl)

55 Thank you Ben Had that is very kind

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 23, 2026 08:09 AM (RIvkX)

56 I have a small Ziploc bag of it with my camping stuff. A few magnesium shavings and a shower of sparks from the flint and Robert's your dad's brother. Boom.
Posted by: Quarter Twenty

A staple of air-cooled VW meetups has been throwing an old VW engine half on the bonfire at night. That much magnesium makes a bright, huge conflagration. Don't think anything will grow on the spot for a century.

Posted by: Cheep Thrills at May 23, 2026 08:09 AM (oftw2)

57 Thanks nec

My subtle campaign of threats and intimidation (and praying) worked!

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 23, 2026 08:09 AM (RIvkX)

58 Yeah - the magnesium bar from Doan’s machining co. White hot when burning.

Before matches, getting your pipe going was a bit of a trick. “Fire steel” and a piece of flint. I imagine they got good at it, but it was a pain in wet & windy weather. I made a Bow Drill once, and decided although it works great I will never go out to the remote sticks without about 6 different ways to get a fire going.

Posted by: Common Tater at May 23, 2026 08:12 AM (z1t++)

59 An orchestral Zappa is a fine way to start the day.

Posted by: Zoot Allures! at May 23, 2026 08:12 AM (oftw2)

60 The Smithsonian kerfuffle reminds me of something. We need to defund the Smithsonian, and divest its relics to private collectors ( no bid for foreigners, US citizens only, nor may they be sold to one later).

Our America-hating government can't be trusted to safeguard our heritage. They hate it with their whole hearts. Scatter it among private collectors.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at May 23, 2026 08:13 AM (BI5O2)

61 Dear Morons,

A praise report. My prayer to become a grandad has been answered and by the will of hashem Girl F. will have a baby in December. She still plans to attend graduate school but will delay for a year. Which also means they will be depending on us for child care which pleases me to the nth degree!
Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 23, 2026 07:54 AM (RIvkX)

Congrats! Raise them right!

Posted by: runner at May 23, 2026 08:13 AM (GD0B3)

62 Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 23, 2026 07:54 AM (RIvkX)

Isn't that wonderful news! Prayers for your daughter and husband the growing baby!

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 23, 2026 08:14 AM (n3VHW)

63 A praise report. My prayer to become a grandad has been answered and by the will of hashem Girl F. will have a baby in December.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 23, 2026 07:54 AM (RIvkX)

This is wonderful news! More babies, please!

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at May 23, 2026 08:15 AM (h7ZuX)

64 I’ve a small oval brass tobacco box, reproduction of a design once made by the Hudson Bay co., nicely made, it has a glass magnifier in the lid. If it’s sunny at least, you will be able to light your pipe.

Posted by: Common Tater at May 23, 2026 08:15 AM (z1t++)

65 Posted by: Thomas Bender at May 23, 2026 08:05 AM (XV/Pl)

Sounds like a very special day. Enjoy yourself and your grandson and the other scouts.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 23, 2026 08:16 AM (n3VHW)

66 Morning, Horde...How goes it?

I had an unusual encounter at Walmart this morning.

I met an old man who claimed to be the great grandson of Bushwhacker Bill Wilson, one of the inspirations for the Outlaw Josey Wales.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at May 23, 2026 08:16 AM (gnNyN)

67 "This is wonderful news! More babies, please!"
*******
Sorry. Full up right now.

Posted by: Little old lady shoe dweller at May 23, 2026 08:17 AM (2Ez/1)

68 Wow, Hadrian, glad the Borzoi lady is on the mend, but that's an immense amount of damage from a doggie collision. Sounds like a world of hurt. Will continue to pray for her recovery.

Posted by: Square One at May 23, 2026 08:20 AM (oftw2)

69 I recall a static display of the B-29 Enola Gay in the 1990s, I think that might have been through the Smithsonian and they effed it up. At that time both the crew and war veterans were still alive and raised a ruckus. That isn’t the case any longer. Revisionists are like termites on a house. There is certainly room for a balanced approach to history, different perspectives, but that isn’t what’s going on.

Posted by: Common Tater at May 23, 2026 08:20 AM (z1t++)

70 24, spot on! I will only run the dryer when at home.

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at May 23, 2026 08:21 AM (VyBeY)

71 Thanks, Annie's Stew for collecting all the prayer requests , for MisHum for posting them and for all the people who pray. . Prayer is so important!

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 23, 2026 08:22 AM (n3VHW)

72 Hey, all. Homelessness sucks. Overnight in car two nights, no sleeping. Next paycheck Friday. This is going to be rough. Pray for me. About ready to give up.

Poverty trap is real.

Posted by: Brother Tim sez at May 23, 2026 08:22 AM (Jj3eo)

73 In one of the "bugout bags" I've got a set of ferro rods for starting fires. Didn't think about the dryer lint, but I think I'll start a stash in a baggie to add.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at May 23, 2026 08:23 AM (jehhT)

74 Thanks Fen, dash, runner

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 23, 2026 08:23 AM (RIvkX)

75 San Franpsycho, congrats to you and the family.

Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 23, 2026 08:23 AM (flmKL)

76 *eyes stockpile of dryer lint*
Posted by: fd at May 23, 2026 07:40 AM (vFG9F)
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Saving it for a rainy day?

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at May 23, 2026 08:24 AM (gnNyN)

77 72 Hey, all. Homelessness sucks. Overnight in car two nights, no sleeping. Next paycheck Friday. This is going to be rough. Pray for me. About ready to give up.

Poverty trap is real.
Posted by: Brother Tim sez at May 23, 2026 08:22 AM (Jj3eo)

Please stop by your nearest Catholic Church (at least if you are US)...ask for help.

Posted by: Nova Local at May 23, 2026 08:25 AM (tOcjL)

78 Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit. As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, forever. Amen.

Oh my Jesus, forgive us our sins, save us from the fires of hell. Lead all souls to heaven, especially those most in need of Thy mercy. Amen.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 23, 2026 08:25 AM (ZOv7s)

79 Posted by: Brother Tim sez at May 23, 2026 08:22 AM

Do not give up! Is there anyone iin your community social services who can help?

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 23, 2026 08:25 AM (n3VHW)

80 "...and dropping some stuff off at the thrift store out in the 'burbs."
*
The more the better. Everything you own owns you.
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at May 23, 2026

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Earlier this year I got rid of an old CRT portable TV I'd bought in 2005 and hadn't used in almost that long. There are clothes I want to get rid of -- they still fit, but I'm tired of them -- and some books too.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 23, 2026 08:27 AM (wzUl9)

81 "Saving it for a rainy day?
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel"

According to the NY Post, I should never throw it away. I did not read further to find out why.

Posted by: fd at May 23, 2026 08:27 AM (vFG9F)

82 Brother Tim thanks for checking in Imma chant Ps. 90 for you today

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 23, 2026 08:28 AM (RIvkX)

83 >>A note about the Borzoi breeder S., who was badly injured in an accident at a field event at our National.

Yikes! Hit by the dog during lure coursing?

Posted by: one hour sober at May 23, 2026 08:28 AM (J4Dwc)

84 Thanks smell the glove.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 23, 2026 08:29 AM (RIvkX)

85 If you find vintage Ohio Blue Tips, prior to the 1980s say, those are nice. “Strike Anywhere” matches are still made, but they are No Bueno now.

Tough to beat a Zippo in wind. Clink-flick-Whump!!

Posted by: Common Tater at May 23, 2026 08:29 AM (lQYPV)

86 Dreary day here in east, 50s and rain
Posted by: Skip at May 23, 2026

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Just as dreary here: 80 or more, 100% humidity, drizzling off and on. The heat makes it tough to wear a hat and rain jacket, and an umbrella, even a compact one, is awkward to carry and easy to forget.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 23, 2026 08:30 AM (wzUl9)

87 Poverty trap is real.
Posted by: Brother Tim sez at May 23, 2026 08:22 AM (Jj3eo)

Prayers for providence for you, Brother Tim. Whereabouts are you?

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at May 23, 2026 08:33 AM (h7ZuX)

88 Poverty trap is real.
Posted by: Brother Tim sez at May 23, 2026 08:22 AM (Jj3eo)

Please stop by your nearest Catholic Church (at least if you are US)...ask for help.
Posted by: Nova Local at May 23, 2026 08:25 AM (tOcjL)
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This is good advice. The churches should be open for daily Mass and you can take a nap on the pews without anyone having a problem with it and you will likely get offers of help, depending on the area.

One of the things I've learned since my wife started volunteering is that government assistance does NOTHING for poor people. It is all corrupt. All the grants, services, agencies, are just money laundering and rackets. Actual care is done by volunteers. Without church clothing drives and kitchens, the homeless would die and the government would just truck on.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 23, 2026 08:33 AM (ZOv7s)

89 44,000 people thrown out of their homes in L.A.due to a chemical leak

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 23, 2026 08:33 AM (RIvkX)

90 Fun fact: the entire budget for St. Vincent in the capital region is less than a mid-grade civil service salary. It's absurd.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 23, 2026 08:34 AM (ZOv7s)

91
Yikes! Hit by the dog during lure coursing?
Posted by: one hour sober at May 23, 2026 08:28 AM (J4Dwc)

Yes, full tilt. That's a 90 pound dog moving at 25 mph.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 23, 2026 08:35 AM (HdYcL)

92
The Big Dummy does battle twice today in Kalamazoo. Grand Rapids KC show and, concurrently, the Midwest Borzoi Club specialty. Outdoor ring and it's raining today.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 23, 2026 08:38 AM (HdYcL)

93 Yes, full tilt. That's a 90 pound dog moving at 25 mph.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh

I have noticed there are no senior citizens in the NFL.

Posted by: Joan Lunden at May 23, 2026 08:39 AM (oftw2)

94 The Big Dummy does battle twice today in Kalamazoo. Grand Rapids KC show and, concurrently, the Midwest Borzoi Club specialty. Outdoor ring and it's raining today.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 23, 2026 08:38 AM (HdYcL)
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He has quite a busy schedule.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 23, 2026 08:40 AM (RIvkX)

95 The Big Dummy does battle twice today in Kalamazoo. Grand Rapids KC show and, concurrently, the Midwest Borzoi Club specialty. Outdoor ring and it's raining today.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 23, 2026 08:38 AM (HdYcL)
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Welcome to Michigan! Both sites are about an hour from here.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 23, 2026 08:40 AM (ZOv7s)

96 Congratulations to you and all, SFp1

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at May 23, 2026 08:41 AM (VyBeY)

97 Montgomery, Alabama. Resources here are overstretched to garbage and not great to start with. Having difficulty contacting church folks, the holiday weekend maybe?

Punchline is I'm close to a housing solution but...no money, and time is not with me here.

Sick and tired of patches and time mismatches. Had funds for month but my head was a mess post surgery and radiation...and if I had the lead I have now I'd be much better off!

I don't know what God's playing at. Hope it benefits someone because it sucks for me.

Posted by: Brother Tim sez at May 23, 2026 08:42 AM (8wSX6)

98 " ... Without church clothing drives and kitchens, the homeless would die and the government would just truck on."

periodically pulling a gun on the suckers and demanding more money.

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at May 23, 2026 08:43 AM (VyBeY)

99 >>The Big Dummy does battle twice today in Kalamazoo. Grand Rapids KC show and, concurrently, the Midwest Borzoi Club specialty. Outdoor ring and it's raining today.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 23, 2026 08:38 AM (HdYcL)

My class girl needs 4 points and a major to finish. Reserve BOW the last two days. Crap.

Posted by: one hour sober at May 23, 2026 08:43 AM (J4Dwc)

100 97 Montgomery, Alabama. Resources here are overstretched to garbage and not great to start with. Having difficulty contacting church folks, the holiday weekend maybe?

Punchline is I'm close to a housing solution but...no money, and time is not with me here.

Sick and tired of patches and time mismatches. Had funds for month but my head was a mess post surgery and radiation...and if I had the lead I have now I'd be much better off!

I don't know what God's playing at. Hope it benefits someone because it sucks for me.
Posted by: Brother Tim sez at May 23, 2026 08:42 AM (8wSX6)

There are Saturday night vigils at all Catholic Churches, usually start between 5-6pm and end between 6-7pm. Go in, and wait for the end and talk to the priest or deacon (if their admin office isn't open) and ask for his help. They'll know how to get you help. You may want to wait til most folks are gone, just b/c they do tend to get mobbed right after Mass.

Posted by: Nova Local at May 23, 2026 08:45 AM (tOcjL)

101 Also: FUCK MY EMPLOYER. Boss thinks sticking someone at 12.33/hour for SIX DAMN YEARS in this economy is just peachy, apparently.

Posted by: Brother Tim sez at May 23, 2026 08:45 AM (8wSX6)

102 Mornin’, All. Happy Saturday.

Oh, and BOOBS!

Posted by: Bulg at May 23, 2026 08:48 AM (77rzZ)

103
Welcome to Michigan! Both sites are about an hour from here.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 23, 2026 08:40 AM (ZOv7s)

Her Majesty was a Michigan resident for many years, mostly near Traverse City.

She's getting a distinctly chilly welcome from the Midwest people. As though to say, "Why are you here and not in Texas?" Ah, well. Some time ago when we lived in Ohio, we won the Rocky Mountain Borzoi Club specialty three years running. The Colorado people didn't want to see us in Denver after that.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 23, 2026 08:48 AM (HdYcL)

104 You should have opened a Daycare Tim. Or Home Health Care. What’s wrong with you?

What’s your “Immigration Status”? Maybe a little “No Habla Inglis” would be helpful too.

Posted by: Common Tater at May 23, 2026 08:49 AM (Yr1lv)

105 There are Saturday night vigils at all Catholic Churches, usually start between 5-6pm and end between 6-7pm. Go in, and wait for the end and talk to the priest or deacon (if their admin office isn't open) and ask for his help. They'll know how to get you help. You may want to wait til most folks are gone, just b/c they do tend to get mobbed right after Mass.
Posted by: Nova Local at May 23, 2026 08:45 AM (tOcjL)
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This is good advice.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 23, 2026 08:50 AM (ZOv7s)

106 Seeing reporting $300,000,000,000 in stock market value was wiped out in China yesterday.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 23, 2026 08:51 AM (RIvkX)

107 What’s your “Immigration Status”? Maybe a little “No Habla Inglis” would be helpful too.
Posted by: Common Tater at May 23, 2026 08:49 AM (Yr1lv)
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There are about 800 homeless people in the area, up from 500 a few years ago. During Covid, Biden flew in 500 Afghans, bought up a hotel to house them, and arranged for regular meals. The local homeless got nothing.

Tells you all you need to know.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 23, 2026 08:52 AM (ZOv7s)

108 Prayer up, Brother Tim.

Posted by: Bulg at May 23, 2026 08:53 AM (77rzZ)

109 Good morning!

Let's smile & be happy & strike fear in the hearts of killjoy leftists everywhere.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 23, 2026 08:53 AM (u82oZ)

110 Seeing reporting $300,000,000,000 in stock market value was wiped out in China yesterday.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 23, 2026 08:51 AM (RIvkX)
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Earthquakes in China last week. Several tremors, 5.1, 5.0, 3.5. In a civilized country, it's nothing. In China with their crap building standards, whole apartment blocks came down. Government claims only a couple of people hurt.

Sure.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 23, 2026 08:53 AM (ZOv7s)

111 Glory to the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit. As it was in the beginning, is now, and will be forever. Amen.

Hail Mary, full of grace, blessed art thou among women and blessed it the fruit of thy womb, Jesus. Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us sinners, now and at the hour of our death. Amen.

St. John Baptist de Rossi, since you could hear confessions through the Church, pray for us.

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I have prayed Rosaries for the Horde's intentions, both stated and unstated.

Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at May 23, 2026 08:54 AM (ksbjf)

112 Prayers ascending for those good people in need, and for those with unstated needs known to God.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 23, 2026 08:54 AM (u82oZ)

113 Brother Tim, hold on and do as some suggestion looking for some help

Posted by: Skip at May 23, 2026 08:54 AM (Ia/+0)

114 Almost time I got rolling. Hope the rain holds off. See ya on the Pet Thread, all!

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 23, 2026 08:55 AM (wzUl9)

115 *Seeing reporting $300,000,000,000 in stock market value was wiped out in China yesterday.*
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It's a write off, Jerry.
They just write it off.

Posted by: Kramer at May 23, 2026 08:56 AM (2Ez/1)

116 Someone's been playing with the time machine again.

Current time: 07:29. Post time: 08:00
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at May 23, 2026 07:30 AM (O7YUW)

There as disturbance in the Force. I posted a comment and then the Prayer Thread went "poof" and then it came back.

Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at May 23, 2026 08:56 AM (ksbjf)

117
Earthquakes in China last week. Several tremors, 5.1, 5.0, 3.5. In a civilized country, it's nothing. In China with their crap building standards, whole apartment blocks came down. Government claims only a couple of people hurt.

Sure.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 23, 2026 08:53 AM (ZOv7s)

The 50-Cent Army will tell you, "China infrastructure incredible! US awful."

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 23, 2026 08:57 AM (HdYcL)

118 Dear Morons,

A praise report. My prayer to become a grandad has been answered and by the will of hashem Girl F. will have a baby in December. She still plans to attend graduate school but will delay for a year. Which also means they will be depending on us for child care which pleases me to the nth degree!
Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 23, 2026 07:54 AM (RIvkX)

Grandchildren are such a joy. I think that they're God's way of rewarding us for not selling our teenaged children to the traveling Gypsies.

Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at May 23, 2026 08:59 AM (ksbjf)

119 Have cawfee
Getting dog food ready

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at May 23, 2026 09:00 AM (gDlxJ)

120 The 50-Cent Army will tell you, "China infrastructure incredible! US awful."
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 23, 2026 08:57 AM (HdYcL)
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Japanese commentary is particularly withering. "5.0? We don't even wake up for that. Doesn't even spill the coffee. A 7.0 will flatten your entire country."

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 23, 2026 09:01 AM (ZOv7s)

121 San Franpsycho

Grandchildren are true wealth.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 23, 2026 09:01 AM (u82oZ)

122 Aaight. Going to try to hold on to evening Catholic mass and see what can be managed. Plus side, rain in the area is keeping temperatures down, and this Walmart parking lot isn't scenic but I don't get hassled.

Posted by: Brother Tim sez at May 23, 2026 09:02 AM (8wSX6)

123 Congrats GranDad Franpsycho!
And thx for the prayers

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at May 23, 2026 09:02 AM (tcsrY)

124 So the Plantation Simulator game, where you have to whip your slaves to keep production up, but if you whip them too much they die, has updated:
Now all the slaves are white.

And it's getting review bombed for its lack of diversity and whitewashing history.

Lol

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at May 23, 2026 09:02 AM (73/SM)

125 119 Have cawfee
Getting dog food ready
Posted by: vmom deport deport
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Breakfast of champions.

Posted by: Purina Morning Chow at May 23, 2026 09:03 AM (2Ez/1)

126 What's it like to have an adult with autism?

This guy at RCP nails it.

https://tinyurl.com/4fht4h3c

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 23, 2026 09:03 AM (RIvkX)

127 Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd

I am highly amused when the Japanese dump on China and their QA standards. Glad they are on our side these days.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 23, 2026 09:04 AM (u82oZ)

128 122 Aaight. Going to try to hold on to evening Catholic mass and see what can be managed. Plus side, rain in the area is keeping temperatures down, and this Walmart parking lot isn't scenic but I don't get hassled.
Posted by: Brother Tim sez at May 23, 2026 09:02 AM (8wSX6)

Good - keep us updated tonight on how they help and how you are!

Posted by: Nova Local at May 23, 2026 09:04 AM (tOcjL)

129 Thanks salty, vmom, and buckeye cop!

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 23, 2026 09:06 AM (RIvkX)

130 Have a great day, everyone.

May blessings enfold you and hold you and yours safe.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 23, 2026 09:06 AM (u82oZ)

131 One of the things I've learned since my wife started volunteering is that government assistance does NOTHING for poor people. It is all corrupt. All the grants, services, agencies, are just money laundering and rackets. Actual care is done by volunteers. Without church clothing drives and kitchens, the homeless would die and the government would just truck on.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 23, 2026 08:33 AM (ZOv7s)

As we've been learing [sic], the grift and fraud is the real purpose of all of these programs. If the objective was to really get money to the poor, the Democrats would be outraged by the fraud. But they're not, they're only angry that their game has been exposed.

There's so much money involved, politicians (in both parties) have been dipping their beaks, and regulators have been bribed to ignore the fraud.

Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at May 23, 2026 09:07 AM (ksbjf)

132 One LA Homeless program blew $400 M on 1400 people.

400000000/1400=285,714

Posted by: r hennigantx at May 23, 2026 09:08 AM (/+uur)

133 Thanks for the Coffee Thread and Prayer Revival, Mis Hum and Annie!

May God shower all of His beloved children with mercy and grace this day.

And may God continue to bless the U.S.A. and Israel.

Happy Memorial Day weekend. Let us pause and give thanks for those who died so we could live in freedom.

Posted by: Legally Sufficient at May 23, 2026 09:09 AM (D/6p1)

134 Brother Tim -- you still need to stay in your current area for your job, correct? Your job isn't remote-friendly?

Posted by: Emmie -- be strong and courageous! at May 23, 2026 09:10 AM (FMtrg)

135 Prayers for my Uncle Jeffs family.
He was buried on Tuesday.

Posted by: r hennigantx at May 23, 2026 09:11 AM (/+uur)

136 I remember a 4.3 earthquake hit Dallas in 2013. Anti-drilling activists claimed that it proved Oil Production will Kill Us All, but the best meme came from someone who posted a picture of a sofa with a throw pillow on the floor next to it, captioned “Dallas Earthquake 2013 - We Shall Rebuild!”

Posted by: Tom Servo at May 23, 2026 09:11 AM (U0opd)

137 One LA Homeless program blew $400 M on 1400 people.

400000000/1400=285,714
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Dinner tonight?
Sure, what time?

Posted by: The French Laundry at May 23, 2026 09:11 AM (2Ez/1)

138 Happy Memorial Day weekend. Let us pause and give thanks for those who died so we could live in freedom.
Posted by: Legally Sufficient at May 23, 2026 09:09 AM (D/6p1)

Since 1980, there have been over 63,670 active-duty military deaths. The majority of these deaths, about 84%, were due to accidents, illness, and suicide rather than combat.
Accidents: 29,948 deaths
Illness: 11,485 deaths

Soldiering and Sailing and Flying can be dangerous.

Posted by: r hennigantx at May 23, 2026 09:14 AM (/+uur)

139 I am highly amused when the Japanese dump on China and their QA standards. Glad they are on our side these days.
Posted by: NaCly Dog
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The Chinese were shooting shells filled with sawdust at them in the Battle of the Yalu River back in 1894. They've got a lot of experience.

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at May 23, 2026 09:15 AM (XvL8K)

140 As we've been learing [sic], the grift and fraud is the real purpose of all of these programs. If the objective was to really get money to the poor, the Democrats would be outraged by the fraud. But they're not, they're only angry that their game has been exposed.

Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at May 23, 2026 09:07 AM (ksbjf)
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There has been a major cultural shift within liberalism. On the one hand, they still chant about helping the poor, but they are remarkably indifferent as to whether it happens.

I think this is a result of Pelagianism becoming mainstream among the Democrats, aka Cheap Grace. Basically, their good intentions render them proof against any form of moral judgement, and they should suffer no consequences for failure because they meant well. This also renders them incapable of self-correction.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 23, 2026 09:16 AM (ZOv7s)

141 Earthquakes in China last week. Several tremors, 5.1, 5.0, 3.5. In a civilized country, it's nothing. In China with their crap building standards, whole apartment blocks came down. Government claims only a couple of people hurt.

Sure.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 23, 2026 08:53 AM (ZOv7s)

It's not just that everything is build of Chinesium over there. A number (how many I don't know) of Chinese engineers are actual frauds.

There was a Taiwanese kid in my cohort back when I was getting my Mechanical Engineering degree. He told us that there were students from Communist China that were not who they purported to be. Apparently the scam that the CCP played was that a smart peasant would get the degree in behalf of some CCP official's idiot kid.

Thus we see entire apartment buildings tipping over in the mud, and bridges falling off of their anchor-points.

Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at May 23, 2026 09:17 AM (ksbjf)

142 Happy Saturday!

Prayers for the horde.

Posted by: Lizzy at May 23, 2026 09:18 AM (X8xt3)

143 137 One LA Homeless program blew $400 M on 1400 people.

400000000/1400=285,714

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The performance of civic good is completely incidental to the primary goal of putting taxpayer money in the right pockets.

Gavin Newsom is the very face of this principle in CA.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at May 23, 2026 09:19 AM (u/oMr)

144 Soldiering and Sailing and Flying can be dangerous.
Posted by: r hennigantx at May 23, 2026 09:14 AM (/+uur)
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This reminds me of the fake fiscal conservatives wringing their hands about the rate at which retired veterans collect disability. News flash: the military life breaks you down even if you never see combat. Of course, they're Super Patriots, they just prefer their social inferior to be barred from their gated communities.

For budgetary reasons, of course. And they will drag out office REMFs like Combat Lawyer David French who will point to his single enlistment (most of it spent in the schoolhouse), as authoritative.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 23, 2026 09:19 AM (ZOv7s)

145 >>One LA Homeless program blew $400 M on 1400 people.

400000000/1400=285,714

In another interview, Pratt said there was a program where an NGO was given about that much, used it to by a retirement home (and paid twice the price for the property = graft), then charged the government $400k per bed for a homeless person -- but never moved anyone in.

Literally free, unaccountable tens of millions!

Posted by: Lizzy at May 23, 2026 09:21 AM (X8xt3)

146 "He told us that there were students from Communist China that were not who they purported to be."
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Shocking.

Posted by: Claude Rains at May 23, 2026 09:21 AM (2Ez/1)

147 Thus we see entire apartment buildings tipping over in the mud, and bridges falling off of their anchor-points.
Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at May 23, 2026 09:17 AM (ksbjf)
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Yes, and I find it difficult to believe their martial culture and military leadership is any better. When essentially the entire general officer corps is vulnerable to bribery charges, it's an endemic problem.

I think there's a book about this...

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 23, 2026 09:21 AM (ZOv7s)

148 The whole plan of Marxism is to break the system and replace it with their utopia. Giving massive funds to the useless does that

Posted by: Skip at May 23, 2026 09:23 AM (Ia/+0)

149 as we came back I saw a allium ( which I guess someone had picked and then thrown on the ground) 😕I picked it up and will bring it home.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 23, 2026 07:59 AM (m6Eem)

Careful. Not all of them are legal...

(whistles to self while sauntering towards the exit..)

Posted by: Joe Kidd at May 23, 2026 09:23 AM (nbLIj)

150 > "government assistance"

If ever there was an oxymoron.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at May 23, 2026 09:24 AM (jehhT)

151 ...

the Democrats would be outraged by the fraud. But they're not, they're only angry that their game has been exposed.

Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at May 23, 2026 09:07 AM (ksbjf)
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There has been a major cultural shift within liberalism. On the one hand, they still chant about helping the poor, but they are remarkably indifferent as to whether it happens.

I think this is a result of Pelagianism becoming mainstream among the Democrats, aka Cheap Grace. Basically, their good intentions render them proof against any form of moral judgement, and they should suffer no consequences for failure because they meant well. This also renders them incapable of self-correction.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 23, 2026 09:16 AM (ZOv7s)

Perhaps some of the rank-and-file Dems have good intentions, but I doubt that Dem politicians are motivated by any other motives than obtaining power, money and sex.

You and I are in agreement in our evaluation of collectivism: It requires the commissions of the Sins of Pride, Wrath, Envy and Theft. Any feelings of agape' are completely missing.

Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at May 23, 2026 09:25 AM (ksbjf)

152 The ongoing US revival of military culture shows that wokeness/corruption must be *imposed* and that without it, the traditional martial virtues of the West will reassert themselves.

Raising standards actually increases interest. Young men long to go on quests, to be the hero - not Main Character, but actually accomplish something. I saw an anecdote on twitter that during a siege, Napoleon noted that one battery was in a vulnerable position, but it was crucial to his plan. Troops were shying away from serving there.

So he declared that battery could only be manned by men without fear. No one else would be permitted to serve there. That was it's formal name: Battery For Men Without Fear. It was immediately where all the crews wanted to serve.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 23, 2026 09:25 AM (ZOv7s)

153 I think this is a result of Pelagianism becoming mainstream among the Democrats, aka Cheap Grace. Basically, their good intentions render them proof against any form of moral judgement, and they should suffer no consequences for failure because they meant well. This also renders them incapable of self-correction.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 23, 2026 09:16 AM (ZOv7s)

The idea makes good sense, and also explains how the door was opened to absolute corruption at all levels of the Dem Party. Uniparty Republicans are just as bad in their own way, but at least Trump is trying to clean those Augean Stables. (Just look how Mad they are about Cornyn and Cassidy)

But the left is so bad that it’s now truly impossible for any decent or honest person to hold any party position of responsibility or leadership. I don’t care for Co. governor Polis, but at least he did an honorable and decent thing in freeing Tina Peters. It was an act of mercy and justice, yet he was immediately censured by his own party for doing it, and he will never hold another political office in that state.

Posted by: Tom Servo at May 23, 2026 09:25 AM (U0opd)

154 I believe that it is just about impossible to Do Good with government money.
There are too many chances to do wrong, too many regulations and rules, and too many opportunities to become an extension of bad governing.

Posted by: r hennigantx at May 23, 2026 09:25 AM (/+uur)

155 I think this is a result of Pelagianism becoming mainstream among the Democrats, aka Cheap Grace. Basically, their good intentions render them proof against any form of moral judgement, and they should suffer no consequences for failure because they meant well. This also renders them incapable of self-correction.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 23, 2026 09:16 AM (ZOv7s)
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They think their "good" intentions are sufficient without regard to actual outcomes. Their intentions are better than your intentions which are foul and evil. This also renders them good and you evil.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 23, 2026 09:26 AM (RIvkX)

156 Good morning, prayer warriors!

I just want to put the word out that we are looking for a replacement vehicle for the one that was totaled. We are looking for something cheap and reliable. We are accustomed to driving Toyotas well past 300k miles, for instance, so we aren't afraid of age and mileage in a vehicle like that.

Due to my husband's mobility, he needs something with a middle-range entry height, like a minivan or small pickup or small/medium SUV. It's difficult for him to lower himself into a sedan or climb up into a tall pickup. This will also be our tow vehicle for a 3,500 lb trailer.

We live in the mid-south and don't mind going to neighboring states for a good deal. So if anyone comes across a suitable candidate for us, will you let me know, please? The insurance company has offered $2600 for our totaled vehicle (about half of replacement cost). Thank you!

Posted by: Emmie -- be strong and courageous! at May 23, 2026 09:26 AM (FMtrg)

157 This also renders them incapable of self-correction.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 23, 2026 09:16 AM (ZOv7s)

To be fair, they do this only for the Common Good!

Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) ~ THIS NoVA MoMe in Virginia! ~ at May 23, 2026 09:27 AM (hOUT3)

158 Perhaps some of the rank-and-file Dems have good intentions, but I doubt that Dem politicians are motivated by any other motives than obtaining power, money and sex.

Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at May 23, 2026 09:25 AM (ksbjf)
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Current Dems politicians are wolves among the sheep. All of them are sexual perverts in some way. Their voters just want to feel good about themselves and are fighting the old ennui by imagining Nazis are everywhere and their heroic yard sign will keep them at bay.

Yeah, Marxism is just a Christian heresy perverting virtues into vices. That is why it always targets the Church.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 23, 2026 09:28 AM (ZOv7s)

159 Prayers up for all that need them,

which last time I really looked was all of us!

Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) ~ THIS NoVA MoMe in Virginia! ~ at May 23, 2026 09:29 AM (hOUT3)

160 But the left is so bad that it’s now truly impossible for any decent or honest person to hold any party position of responsibility or leadership. I don’t care for Co. governor Polis, but at least he did an honorable and decent thing in freeing Tina Peters. It was an act of mercy and justice, yet he was immediately censured by his own party for doing it, and he will never hold another political office in that state.
Posted by: Tom Servo at May 23, 2026 09:25 AM (U0opd)
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Yes, mercy for themselves, none for their enemies. They are wholly given over to wrath, and want to feel their enemies suffer. They are just convulsively lashing out, filling the void where God should be with hate and self-love.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 23, 2026 09:30 AM (ZOv7s)

161 Thus we see entire apartment buildings tipping over in the mud, and bridges falling off of their anchor-points.
Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at May 23, 2026 09:17 AM (ksbjf)
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Yes, and I find it difficult to believe their martial culture and military leadership is any better. When essentially the entire general officer corps is vulnerable to bribery charges, it's an endemic problem.

I think there's a book about this...
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 23, 2026 09:21 AM (ZOv7s)

On top of that, their military hardware has been found to be lacking. While I'm certain that some of the failures of the Iranian HQ-9 SAMs were due to typical Arabian lack of maintenance of said hardware, the HQ-9 SAMs are samples of Chinese engineering and the U.S. military completely pantsed them within hours.

Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at May 23, 2026 09:31 AM (ksbjf)

162 Since it came up, I'm going to spin a crazy counterfactual about the Senate. Thune is a double agent. It's all an op. Thune knows his caucus is weak, and that he can't even get 50 votes for the Save Act.

He cannot admit this. So instead he keeps kicking the ball down the field, and in the process he's getting the squishes in his caucus fired by the primary voters.

But wait, there's more! He's also driving GOP voting enthusiasm to presidential year heights. Look at how many people are voting in the primaries. It's unprecedented for so many sitting senators to get whacked like this. Never ever happened before. The Save act is wildly popular, so why not base the election on it?

It's a fun thought.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 23, 2026 09:34 AM (ZOv7s)

163 Thank you Mis Hum and Annie's Stew.

Club size, No-Name Instant coffee with honey has never tasted this good, until tomorrow morning. It's cool and rainy. My friends' cat Snowflake was at my patio window at 6:30am. I dried her up.

Her and the dog Ralphy haven't been outside yet.

Time to read the thread and comments. Good morning everyone.

Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at May 23, 2026 09:35 AM (Sco7b)

164
Raising standards actually increases interest. Young men long to go on quests, to be the hero - not Main Character, but actually accomplish something.

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In the naval battle off Cuba in the Spanish-American War, the plan was to sink a blockship to obstruct the Spanish leaving the harbor. The commander of the expedition signaled the US ships asking for volunteers for a suicide mission. The replies were along the lines of "Every man aboard wants to go" and "We can provide 300 men."

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 23, 2026 09:35 AM (HdYcL)

165
It does make an excellent firestarter - a limerick

Said a young forest ranger named Clint
"Buying fire starters is money well-spent.
But it can be a little dicey
'Cause the storebought ones are pricey
So I decided to give them up for Lint!"

Posted by: muldoon at May 23, 2026 09:36 AM (qgHp7)

166 On top of that, their military hardware has been found to be lacking. While I'm certain that some of the failures of the Iranian HQ-9 SAMs were due to typical Arabian lack of maintenance of said hardware, the HQ-9 SAMs are samples of Chinese engineering and the U.S. military completely pantsed them within hours.
Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at May 23, 2026 09:31 AM (ksbjf)
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Point of order: Iranians are Persian, not Arabs. Very different culture.

China's QC is indifferent at best. Export weapons are breaking wherever they are being used. Look up Thailand's defective tanks for more proof. Do the domestic models work better? No one knows.

It's pretty cool to see my Three Generations Problem be proven in real time. I thought it only applied to the military, but every aspect of mainland China's culture has been corrupted.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 23, 2026 09:37 AM (ZOv7s)

167 Raising standards actually increases interest. Young men long to go on quests, to be the hero - not Main Character, but actually accomplish something. I saw an anecdote on twitter that during a siege, Napoleon noted that one battery was in a vulnerable position, but it was crucial to his plan. Troops were shying away from serving there.

So he declared that battery could only be manned by men without fear. No one else would be permitted to serve there. That was it's formal name: Battery For Men Without Fear. It was immediately where all the crews wanted to serve.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 23, 2026 09:25 AM (ZOv7s)

The Spanish "Blue Division" that Franco sent to the Russian front to fight with the Germans during WWII did something similar. They raised an assault infantry battalion within the Blue Division called the "Battalion of Death."

The Germans were actually quite impressed with the fighting ability of the Blue Division and gave them 5 or 6 Tiger tanks in 1942 -- the Tiger was brand-new and in short supply, even in the German military.

Of course, this allowed Franco to ship his most rabid anti-Communists trouble-makers to Russia.

Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at May 23, 2026 09:38 AM (ksbjf)

168 So I decided to give them up for Lint!"

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I hope this doesn't 'ignite' another 'flame war'.

Posted by: muldoon at May 23, 2026 09:38 AM (qgHp7)

169 I called the state insurance commissioner and learned that my expectations for auto insurance were unrealistic. I thought drivers carried insurance so that they could make whole any damages they caused, so if an at-fault driver totaled our vehicle, his insurance would provide the funds to buy another of "like kind and quality." But no, the insurance only pays about what the vehicle is worth as a trade-in. Hint: you can't buy a car at its trade-in value price.

Posted by: Emmie -- be strong and courageous! at May 23, 2026 09:40 AM (FMtrg)

170 162 Since it came up, I'm going to spin a crazy counterfactual about the Senate. Thune is a double agent. It's all an op. Thune knows his caucus is weak, and that he can't even get 50 votes for the Save Act.

..........
I was just reading this morning that here in SD his approval rating was 55% in March. Now it's at 28%. Not sure when he is up for reelection but hopefully by then it's at about 2% and we can boot his ass.

Posted by: Mollly k. at May 23, 2026 09:40 AM (j/yko)

171 Good morning. Prayers for all

I learned a new word here this morning (I often learn new things here): Pelagianism…. I looked it up; a denial of original sin. I read a little about it. Pelagius was not stupid but how anyone could look around and deny original sin boggles the mind.

He didn’t deny sin, mind you. He said humans could attain perfection with the help of God’s grace. He would’ve condemned today’s Dems as depraved as they excuse any and all sin (except for the sin of being MAGA or especially being Trump himself)… but his thinking truly was misguided. Heck, all I have to do is a little honest introspection and I immediately realize sin is pervasive!

Thanks for the intro to that new (to me) word

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at May 23, 2026 09:41 AM (26GAh)

172 It's a fun thought.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 23, 2026 09:34 AM (ZOv7s)

Thune is nowhere smart enough to develop such a strategy…

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at May 23, 2026 09:43 AM (26GAh)

173 Congrats Sfp! Prayers for all.

Posted by: Mick at May 23, 2026 09:43 AM (HFx9z)

174 The DNI stepped down.

Posted by: Boss Moss at May 23, 2026 09:43 AM (5kMf4)

175 On top of that, their military hardware has been found to be lacking. While I'm certain that some of the failures of the Iranian HQ-9 SAMs were due to typical Arabian lack of maintenance of said hardware, the HQ-9 SAMs are samples of Chinese engineering and the U.S. military completely pantsed them within hours.
Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at May 23, 2026 09:31 AM (ksbjf)
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Point of order: Iranians are Persian, not Arabs. Very different culture.
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Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 23, 2026 09:37 AM (ZOv7s)

Quite true, but haven't they essentially been conquered by Arabs? I suspect that those bad qualities have infected the Iranian military.

Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at May 23, 2026 09:43 AM (ksbjf)

176 The Spanish "Blue Division" that Franco sent to the Russian front to fight with the Germans during WWII did something similar. They raised an assault infantry battalion within the Blue Division called the "Battalion of Death."

Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at May 23, 2026 09:38 AM (ksbjf)
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Spain, you say? Another good topic for a book.

Franco was apolitical but shrewd. When the coup failed, he needed allies, the Phalange was right there. He also got the Carlists go join, and the Navarrese became his most elite units. The Blue Shirts ironically where were socialists trapped behind the line found cover ("A lot of Reds are buying blue shirts these days!") The same thing happened in Germany, btw, Reds became Brownshirts.

It wasn't the anti-communism that was the problem, it was the socialist element of Fascism. Franco was a pragmatist and didn't like ideologues. Hence his shift to technocrats to develop Spain.

Divison Azul was pretty hard core and Franco honored its veterans.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 23, 2026 09:44 AM (ZOv7s)

177 Quite true, but haven't they essentially been conquered by Arabs? I suspect that those bad qualities have infected the Iranian military.
Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at May 23, 2026 09:43 AM (ksbjf)
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They were conquered by Arabs, but that was ended a long time ago. There's a reason that their Islam is in opposition to the one common among Arabs. Persians are very, very nationalistic.

The current issue is the corruption of the mullahs and their SS goons.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 23, 2026 09:46 AM (ZOv7s)

178 Regarding the "morality" of the left, I have similar observations. We occasionally attend church with a leftist family member and the difference between atmospheres of our churches is stark. In our church, we contemplate how good God is and live in gratitude for His mercy. In her church, they all reassure and congratulate each other for being good people and shouldn't God be impressed with how much better they are than others!

It's depressing and it's also clear that our relative lives with a huge burden of performance pressure.

Posted by: Emmie -- be strong and courageous! at May 23, 2026 09:48 AM (FMtrg)

179 FL 20 will be quite amusing.
A traditionally Black seat and the lady there was just sent packing dude to FEMA fraud.
So Wasserman Shultz is going to jump in and run for that seat as her old place will now be an (R) district.

Posted by: r hennigantx at May 23, 2026 09:48 AM (/+uur)

180 Congrats Granpsycho!

Posted by: screaming in digital at May 23, 2026 09:48 AM (0SdQT)

181 There was a Taiwanese kid in my cohort back when I was getting my Mechanical Engineering degree. He told us that there were students from Communist China that were not who they purported to be. Apparently the scam that the CCP played was that a smart peasant would get the degree in behalf of some CCP official's idiot kid.

Hey, we need the dues! Damn glad to meet ya!

Posted by: Eric Stratton, Rush Chairman at May 23, 2026 09:49 AM (35YvA)

182 Thune is nowhere smart enough to develop such a strategy…
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at May 23, 2026 09:43 AM (26GAh)
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I didn't say he did. I said it was an op. Thune's reading from a script, and one reason he looks so uncomfortable doing it is that he knows he's playing with fire. Privately he's probably fuming and doing extra lines of coke to get through the day.

Like I said, just a thought experiment, but sometimes counterfactuals show you real things. An important element of planning is to ask "What if we have things backwards?"

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 23, 2026 09:49 AM (ZOv7s)

183 >>Thus we see entire apartment buildings tipping over in the mud, and bridges falling off of their anchor-points.

China has been working to reintegrate Macau back into the country ever since they took it back from Portugal. One of the things they did was to build a new campus for the University of Macau and made it an attractive place for students from all over China to attend. At least on paper.

I visited the campus a couple years after the place was completed. Sort of completed. Better said is they stopped trying to fix it.

The place was already falling apart. I mean the parts that were actually sort of finished. It looked nice from a distance but up close and particularly behind the freshly painted walls it was crap. Typical modern Chinese construction.

Posted by: JackStraw at May 23, 2026 09:49 AM (viF8m)

184 It wasn't the anti-communism that was the problem, it was the socialist element of Fascism. Franco was a pragmatist and didn't like ideologues. Hence his shift to technocrats to develop Spain.

Divison Azul was pretty hard core and Franco honored its veterans.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 23, 2026 09:44 AM (ZOv7s)

The men in the Blue Division were happy to go to Russia and kill more Commies. (I doubt that they enjoyed the winters there, however.)

I ran out of space, but meant to indicate that by recruiting for the Blue Division, this helped Franco when he was forming a post-Civil War government.

Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at May 23, 2026 09:50 AM (ksbjf)

185 Thank you mick

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 23, 2026 09:50 AM (RIvkX)

186 Good morning all. My prayers, and those of those of you who sent some up, have been answered. Chemo is finished and the scans show no current signs of lymphoma.
So about six months from biopsy to good bye cancer, I can live with that. Thank you all, and thank God for letting me keep on keeping on.

Posted by: From about That Time at May 23, 2026 09:50 AM (sl73Y)

187 Welcome to the Saturday Morning AOSHQ Coffee Break, Prayer Revival and Wall of Text Thread.

Posted by: muldoon at May 23, 2026 09:50 AM (qgHp7)

188 I am always amazed at the level of administrative staffing required by any government program to provide for the common good, and both checks and balances are important when you are spending government funds...

but mostly "checks"!

Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) ~ THIS NoVA MoMe in Virginia! ~ at May 23, 2026 09:50 AM (hOUT3)

189 Emmie--it isn't really remote friendly. That said I've been considering going on disability due to mounting mobility issues. Another for the pile, it seems.

Posted by: Brother Tim sez at May 23, 2026 09:51 AM (w4TvZ)

190 Powerline week in pictures
492 Billionaires and not one of them losers has decided to become Batman

Posted by: Skip at May 23, 2026 09:53 AM (Ia/+0)

191 Government assistance is neither.

Posted by: Pithy Sayings R Us at May 23, 2026 09:53 AM (2Ez/1)

192 So about six months from biopsy to good bye cancer, I can live with that. Thank you all, and thank God for letting me keep on keeping on.
Posted by: From about That Time at May 23, 2026 09:50 AM (sl73Y)
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b"h for good health

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 23, 2026 09:53 AM (RIvkX)

193 So about six months from biopsy to good bye cancer, I can live with that. Thank you all, and thank God for letting me keep on keeping on.
Posted by: From about That Time
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So happy to see this. Praise God!

Posted by: screaming in digital at May 23, 2026 09:54 AM (0SdQT)

194 I called the state insurance commissioner and learned that my expectations for auto insurance were unrealistic.

I gotta eat too you know.

Have you been damaged by someone who was driving carelessly and hit you through no fault of your own? Well, call me, I want to get you some money!

Posted by: Alexander Shunnarah, Billboard King And Ambulamps Chaser at May 23, 2026 09:54 AM (35YvA)

195 It's depressing and it's also clear that our relative lives with a huge burden of performance pressure.
Posted by: Emmie -- be strong and courageous! at May 23, 2026 09:48 AM (FMtrg)
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My wife's family was like that - outwardly perfect Christians, terrible people in private. It ultimately drove her away from God and she dabbled in Wicca and the occult, and when she was denounced for it, she simply embraced the role. "You call me a witch? Okay, I'll be a witch."

But she never bought into it, always knew it was wrong, and it's interesting how we found each other, and then stumbled, wandered and backslid into the Church, very much against our will. God works in mysterious ways.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 23, 2026 09:54 AM (ZOv7s)

196 187 Welcome to the Saturday Morning AOSHQ Coffee Break, Prayer Revival and Wall of Text Thread.
Posted by: muldoon

*polite cough*

Posted by: The dryer lint at May 23, 2026 09:55 AM (2Ez/1)

197 Came home yesterday and while I have to utilize a wound vac for a time it's good to be home
Posted by: Smell the Glove

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Glad you are home. Years back I had a wound vac on the foot for 10+ weeks after an infection. Medicine is good, but it's incredible the number of ways they have developed to tie you down.

Posted by: From about That Time at May 23, 2026 09:56 AM (sl73Y)

198 >>Posted by: From about That Time

Congratulations.

Posted by: JackStraw at May 23, 2026 09:57 AM (viF8m)

199 I am always amazed at the level of administrative staffing required by any government program to provide for the common good, and both checks and balances are important when you are spending government funds...

but mostly "checks"!
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) ~ THIS NoVA MoMe in Virginia! ~ at May 23, 2026 09:50 AM (hOUT3)
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One of the few encouraging things is that in various places, people were doing the right thing, reporting the fraud. Tracking it, documenting it, and that has been very helpful for federal investigators.

It's also shocking how vile Walz and Brylcreem are, how they actively thwarted honest subordinates and punished them. At this point, I believe them capable of any and all manner of vile deeds.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 23, 2026 09:57 AM (ZOv7s)

200 It's pretty cool to see my Three Generations Problem be proven in real time. I thought it only applied to the military, but every aspect of mainland China's culture has been corrupted.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 23, 2026 09:37 AM (ZOv7s)

What makes it almost impossible to repair is that it exists at even the most basic levels. In recent threads many who are expert at mechanical work (AOP, Berserker, others) have talked about how it’s widely known that “Chinium” or “Chinaluminum” - basically any Chinese made metal - is inferior, brittle, and full of impurities, making anything built with it prone to failure under any stress.

Everything they build is like making houses out of rotten wood.

Posted by: Tom Servo at May 23, 2026 09:58 AM (U0opd)

201 Good morning all. My prayers, and those of those of you who sent some up, have been answered. Chemo is finished and the scans show no current signs of lymphoma.
So about six months from biopsy to good bye cancer, I can live with that. Thank you all, and thank God for letting me keep on keeping on.
Posted by: From about That Time at May 23, 2026 09:50 AM (sl73Y)
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God be praised!

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 23, 2026 09:58 AM (ZOv7s)

202 Regarding the "morality" of the left, I have similar observations. We occasionally attend church with a leftist family member and the difference between atmospheres of our churches is stark. In our church, we contemplate how good God is and live in gratitude for His mercy. In her church, they all reassure and congratulate each other for being good people and shouldn't God be impressed with how much better they are than others!
...
Posted by: Emmie -- be strong and courageous! at May 23, 2026 09:48 AM (FMtrg)

Now that many of the Catholic priests from the "Hippy generation" have retired, homilies concerning sin and Confession are pretty typical from the younger priests. Of course, we still suffer under many Liberal Catholics in the hierarchy, but that too will pass in God's good time.

Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at May 23, 2026 09:58 AM (ksbjf)

203 It's also shocking how vile Walz and Brylcreem are, how they actively thwarted honest subordinates and punished them. At this point, I believe them capable of any and all manner of vile deeds.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 23, 2026 09:57 AM (ZOv7s)
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Has anyone checked their closets and crawlspaces for *actual* skeletons?

Wouldn't be surprised to find them...

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at May 23, 2026 09:58 AM (gnNyN)

204 Congratulations to Grandpa-to-be SanFran and family. Prayers for health and happiness. From JTB and Mrs.

Posted by: Mrs JTB at May 23, 2026 09:59 AM (yTvNw)

205 187 Welcome to the Saturday Morning AOSHQ Coffee Break, Prayer Revival and Wall of Text Thread.
Posted by: muldoon

*polite cough*
Posted by: The dryer lint at May 23, 2026 09:55 AM (2Ez/1)

Well, there are worse things.

Posted by: Foreskin Lint at May 23, 2026 10:00 AM (35YvA)

206 Welcome to the Saturday Morning AOSHQ Coffee Break, Prayer Revival and Wall of Text Thread...

...This week featuring a brief cameo appearance by...The dryer lint

Now, back to our regularly scheduled program!

Posted by: muldoon at May 23, 2026 10:00 AM (qgHp7)

207 Prayers for everyone here.

Brother Tim, I hope things improve fast. Going to churches is the best idea. Also, once they get to know you, perhaps you can find connections for new work.

Try to take care of yourself mentally.

In my part of Canada, there are also government phone numbers you can call and they'll hook you up with 'government services.' And your area may have someone to talk to online. It's one step below the crisis hotlines but they did help me. And pills for anxiety and depression, and panic attacks, from my doctor are helping me a lot.

I've rarely gone to the doctor and am not a pill person and will get off of them after things improve, but they really helped.

Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at May 23, 2026 10:00 AM (Sco7b)

208 Well, I have to go run errands. Then to great-grand daughter #1's 4th birthday party!

Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at May 23, 2026 10:01 AM (ksbjf)

209 Belly button lint.

Posted by: Boss Moss at May 23, 2026 10:01 AM (5kMf4)

210 "...it's also clear that our relative lives with a huge burden of performance pressure.
Posted by: Emmie -- be strong and courageous!"
*****

The Paolo, he has learned to thrive, on this, how you say, performance pressure.

Posted by: The Paolo at May 23, 2026 10:01 AM (2Ez/1)

211 Now that many of the Catholic priests from the "Hippy generation" have retired, homilies concerning sin and Confession are pretty typical from the younger priests. Of course, we still suffer under many Liberal Catholics in the hierarchy, but that too will pass in God's good time.
Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at May 23, 2026 09:58 AM (ksbjf)
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The shift in my parish has been profound. It's pervasive, both locations. The college location is in many ways more reverent (though the hippie rearguard still hangs out there, clapping at the end of Mass).

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 23, 2026 10:01 AM (ZOv7s)

212
In our church, we contemplate how good God is and live in gratitude for His mercy. In her church, they all reassure and congratulate each other for being good people and shouldn't God be impressed with how much better they are than others!
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Posted by: Emmie -- be strong and courageous! at May 23, 2026 09:48 AM (FMtrg)

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Thank God we have sound, orthodox priests (FSSP) in my parish and long lines for Confession.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 23, 2026 10:03 AM (HdYcL)

213 Catholic Kindergarten graduation.

https://tinyurl.com/26muetsx

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at May 23, 2026 10:03 AM (ndZc7)

214 I'll take Sources Of Lint for $400, Alex.

Posted by: Just the punchline at May 23, 2026 10:04 AM (2Ez/1)

215 In her church, they all reassure and congratulate each other for being good people and shouldn't God be impressed with how much better they are than others!
Posted by: Emmie

And they'll know we are Christians by our love!

Posted by: Yyrog the Lich King at May 23, 2026 10:05 AM (yYROg)

216 In recent threads many who are expert at mechanical work (AOP, Berserker, others) have talked about how it’s widely known that “Chinium” or “Chinaluminum” - basically any Chinese made metal - is inferior, brittle, and full of impurities, making anything built with it prone to failure under any stress.

Didn't the red chinese raid the location of the sunken Prince of Wales to salvage the steel from the site as they couldn't make the same steel today? No respect for the young men who were entombed therein?

Posted by: No Shame at May 23, 2026 10:05 AM (35YvA)

217 > Thus we see entire apartment buildings tipping over in the mud, and bridges falling off of their anchor-points.
Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at May 23, 2026 09:17 AM (ksbjf)

Nothing to worry about. Nosiree.

Posted by: The 400 million Chinese people downstream of the Three Gorges Dam at May 23, 2026 10:09 AM (IG3/x)

218 > making anything built with it prone to failure under any stress.

Posted by: No Shame at May 23, 2026 1

Pot metal sneers at Chinesium.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at May 23, 2026 10:10 AM (IG3/x)

219
Didn't the red chinese raid the location of the sunken Prince of Wales to salvage the steel from the site as they couldn't make the same steel today? No respect for the young men who were entombed therein?

Posted by: No Shame at May 23, 2026 10:05 AM (35YvA)

_____________

"In May 2023, it was reported that a Chinese ship, Chuan Hong 68, illegally scavenged the wreck for its low-background steel. In July 2024, this same vessel, Chuan Hong 68, suspected of not only looting the wrecks of Force Z but other World War II wrecks in Asian waters, was back 'working' in the region and was subsequently detained by Malaysia authorities for 'paperwork violations'."

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 23, 2026 10:12 AM (HdYcL)

220 The Chinese haven't made quality metal since the Great Leap Forward, when the peasants melted down their farm tools in backyard furnaces to increase steel "production."

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at May 23, 2026 10:12 AM (u/oMr)

221 No reason the Chinese couldn't make quality steel except they don't want to . Same for the sheet rock, piping , seafood, pet food, etc.

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at May 23, 2026 10:14 AM (qrzX6)

222 >>Catholic Kindergarten graduation.

This one has a woman wearing pajamas and fuzzy house slippers getting her kicks in at the end:

https://tinyurl.com/2s35wh6f

Posted by: one hour sober at May 23, 2026 10:14 AM (J4Dwc)

223 It would seem going through Congress a plan to go all year daylight summer llan all year and drop changing clocks.
To me better standard time would be better, winter it will be dark way late in morning

Posted by: Skip at May 23, 2026 10:15 AM (Ia/+0)

224 Prayers up for all of the Horde and their loved ones.

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at May 23, 2026 10:15 AM (0nHVk)

225 Those Chinese stories are crazy.

I'm mainly fruits, vegetables, nuts and sardines but I'd be pretty concerned about buying grocery items from China "Now made with 73% food"

Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at May 23, 2026 10:15 AM (Sco7b)

226 I'm still job hunting. I had a phone call with a recruiter yesterday that seemed to go well but the hiring company required an online "personality assessment" before even a first round interview. Apparently I failed "personality." Which, really, is what roughly 99% of people I meet tell me implicitly so I guess it's nice to hear it explicitly.

Posted by: Oddbob at May 23, 2026 10:15 AM (vTZFs)

227 Thank you JTBs!

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 23, 2026 10:16 AM (RIvkX)

228 And they'll know we are Christians by our love!
Posted by: Yyrog the Lich King at May 23, 2026 10:05 AM (yYROg)

Well, they love Ukraine and those poor, dear Gazans and cultural enrichers and Iranian mullahs and ....

Posted by: Emmie -- be strong and courageous! at May 23, 2026 10:17 AM (FMtrg)

229 Nothing to worry about. Nosiree.
Posted by: The 400 million Chinese people downstream of the Three Gorges Dam at May 23, 2026 10:09 AM (IG3/x)
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It's failure would probably be an improvement. The dam has actually made flooding worse because the power it generates is so crucial that they keep the reservoir full to ensure steady output, which means when there is heavy rain, they have to open the gates, increasing the water flow rather than reducing it.

Multiple stories about how normal rains are now being called "100 year floods!" by Chinese officials to explain how flooding is becoming pervasive on the lower Yangtze.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 23, 2026 10:17 AM (ZOv7s)

230 Thanks for your prayers, Debby! Hope you received my snail mail.

Posted by: Emmie -- be strong and courageous! at May 23, 2026 10:18 AM (FMtrg)

231 It's been alleged that SOP for Chinese manufacturers is this:

1) Make the samples top-notch quality, superior in every way.
2) When you go into production, start cutting corners over time. Continue lowering the quality until the customer complains.
3) Raise the quality just slightly.

Pride in workmanship doesn't enter into it.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at May 23, 2026 10:18 AM (IG3/x)

232 Good morning good people. Prayers for all Hordian intentions - those requested, and those known but to God.

Finally located and purchased the correct replacement gasket for my Bialetti expresso pot. Apparently, we Americans think that their 6 cup sized maker is a one cup maker.

I mean, I can only fill one big cup after brewing a full pot. Who knew!?

Damned Europeans.

Posted by: Tonypete at May 23, 2026 10:20 AM (vhPr1)

233 Those Chinese stories are crazy.

I'm mainly fruits, vegetables, nuts and sardines but I'd be pretty concerned about buying grocery items from China "Now made with 73% food"
Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at May 23, 2026 10:15 AM (Sco7b)
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It's the rotten fruit of the Cultural Revolution. It's basically if "Imagine" was incarnated - no religion, nothing to limit you, people just out for themselves, lie your way out of everything, take what you can get, poison children for a quick buck, taint food, steal what you can.

A nightmare.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 23, 2026 10:20 AM (ZOv7s)

234 Ok, I did it.
Bought a Starlink Mini kit.
One small click of a mouse.
One giant change of a lifestyle.
Time to do some traveling.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at May 23, 2026 10:21 AM (2Ez/1)

235 No reason the Chinese couldn't make quality steel except they don't want to . Same for the sheet rock, piping , seafood, pet food, etc.
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at May 23, 2026 10:14 AM (qrzX6)
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I have a Chinese Kar98K made in 1945, so pretty harsh conditions, and it's a quality piece of work. Totally parts compatible with German Mausers (I know, because it was given a German bolt and stock in Chinese service, presumably when captured by the Chicoms).

And of course Taiwan has excellent craftsmanship.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 23, 2026 10:23 AM (ZOv7s)

236 231 It's been alleged that SOP for Chinese manufacturers is this:

1) Make the samples top-notch quality, superior in every way.
2) When you go into production, start cutting corners over time. Continue lowering the quality until the customer complains.
3) Raise the quality just slightly.

Pride in workmanship doesn't enter into it.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia

China traders knew this in the 1800's regarding china and pottery. You are correct. Major brands spend a lot of quality assurance if they make stuff in China. Even then, their subcontracted manufacturers there will steal their IP, set up a competing Chinese brand, and do the same cycle.

Amazon listings are full of one vendor with many different names for the same item. When one gets too many putrid reviews, a 'new' company selling the same item pops up.

Posted by: whig at May 23, 2026 10:25 AM (E4rtv)

237 The frames and slides of old Chinese Norinco 1911s are said to forged from retired railroad track rails. Not sure that's true, but the gunsmith who produced my rebuild said it was the hardest steel he ever worked with.

(I kept only the frame and slide and threw all the junk internals into the trash, replacing everything with both Wilson Combat and Ed Brown internals).

Posted by: one hour sober at May 23, 2026 10:25 AM (J4Dwc)

238 Good morning all
Just stopping by to say Hi nd see how everyone is doing.
Rainy, cold, dreary here and really unusual for the DMV at the end of the May. A lot of barbecues going to get canceled as we are in for 4 days of this.
But, Life is Good so I will endeavor to persevere.

Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice) at May 23, 2026 10:25 AM (kJmSS)

239 I'm crossing the beams!

This one has a woman wearing pajamas and fuzzy house slippers getting her kicks in at the end:

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Pride in workmanship doesn't enter into it.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at May 23, 2026 10:25 AM (ndZc7)

240 231 It's been alleged that SOP for Chinese manufacturers is this:

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That's accurate, but you left out "use your customer's proprietary IP without authorization to sell knock-off copies out the back door at fat profit margins."

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at May 23, 2026 10:27 AM (u/oMr)

241 At this point, I believe them capable of any and all manner of vile deeds.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 23, 2026 09:57 AM (ZOv7s)

And to think that I once thought that Ian Fleming's villains that faced Bond, James Bond, were mere fictional characters!

Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) ~ THIS NoVA MoMe in Virginia! ~ at May 23, 2026 10:27 AM (hOUT3)

242 The Chinese haven't made quality metal since the Great Leap Forward, when the peasants melted down their farm tools in backyard furnaces to increase steel "production."

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I believe they were even forced to melt down even their cooking pots, so they were left with nothing to cook in. I'm sure Mao had plenty of cookware for his many delicacies, however.

Posted by: Lady in Black at May 23, 2026 10:28 AM (qBdHI)

243 133 Happy Memorial Day weekend. Let us pause and give thanks for those who died so we could live in freedom.
Posted by: Legally Sufficient at May 23, 2026 09:09 AM (D/6p1)

🇺🇸

Posted by: m at May 23, 2026 10:28 AM (6wpGE)

244 Kindergarten graduation? That's definitely just for the parents because the kids won't remember a thing . Same for birthday parties before 4 years old.

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at May 23, 2026 10:28 AM (qrzX6)

245 We have a newly ordained priest starting in June to help out our 85 yr old pastor. Both of them are wildly conservative and gladly give the stink eye to some of our flower children era parishioners.

It's interesting - the new guy was born and raised Jewish.

Posted by: Tonypete at May 23, 2026 10:28 AM (vhPr1)

246 Trump Ready to End Daylight Saving Time Clock Changes

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Get down, get funky!

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at May 23, 2026 10:29 AM (ndZc7)

247 The frames and slides of old Chinese Norinco 1911s are said to forged from retired railroad track rails.

I vaguely recall hearing about some nice custom guns built on Norinco frames from the 1990s. Supposedly, the same era Norinco and Polytech M14 receivers were good too.

Posted by: Oddbob at May 23, 2026 10:29 AM (vTZFs)

248 That's accurate, but you left out "use your customer's proprietary IP without authorization to sell knock-off copies out the back door at fat profit margins."
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at May 23, 2026 10:27 AM (u/oMr)
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Trump knows this, of course, and he makes agreements with China knowing they will break them, but that's part of the plan because he can use that to justify retaliatory tariffs.

It's the same with Iran. He took the initial hit, but now Iran is the one violating international law and the spineless EUnuchs look like total simps by refusing to defend freedom of navigation.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 23, 2026 10:30 AM (ZOv7s)

249 Memorial Day always reminds me of time with my dad when I was a kid. He was the Commander of a VFW post and Memorial Day was a busy day for him and he would take me along.

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at May 23, 2026 10:30 AM (qrzX6)

250 34
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at May 23, 2026 10:21 AM (2Ez/1)

Please to report your experience for those of us that are Starlink curious!

Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) ~ THIS NoVA MoMe in Virginia! ~ at May 23, 2026 10:30 AM (hOUT3)

251 Multiple stories about how normal rains are now being called "100 year floods!" by Chinese officials to explain how flooding is becoming pervasive on the lower Yangtze.

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Propaganda - a limerick

The people in the flood zone are antsy
So Chinese map makers have to get fancy
To quell the people's fears
It seems every couple years
They have re-draw the Damn Yangtze!

Posted by: muldoon at May 23, 2026 10:30 AM (qgHp7)

252 Sco7b)

226 I'm still job hunting. I had a phone call with a recruiter yesterday that seemed to go well but the hiring company required an online "personality assessment" before even a first round interview. Apparently I failed "personality." Which, really, is what roughly 99% of people I meet tell me implicitly so I guess it's nice to hear it explicitly.
Posted by: Oddbob at May 23, 2026 10:15 AM (vTZFs)

Young recruiter to older applicant: “I’m glad to see you apply here, first question I have is, what do you think is your greatest weakness?”
Older applicant:: “well I don’t much care about what other people think of me.”
Young recruiter: “Well I don’t think that’s much of a weakness at all.”
Older applicant: “I don’t give a fuck what you think.”

Posted by: Tom Servo at May 23, 2026 10:31 AM (U0opd)

253 It would seem going through Congress a plan to go all year daylight summer llan all year and drop changing clocks.
To me better standard time would be better, winter it will be dark way late in morning
Posted by: Skip

Let's go all the way and institute Zulu time usage.

Posted by: Tonypete at May 23, 2026 10:31 AM (vhPr1)

254 No reason the Chinese couldn't make quality steel except they don't want to . Same for the sheet rock, piping , seafood, pet food, etc.
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg
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Communism is not a workable economic theory. E.g. sheet rock, Chinese sheet rock has a bacterium in it that generates hydrogen sulfide gas and carbon disulfide. But, by that time, the shell company selling that sheet rock has disappeared when the houses start having problems. Then they sold this drywall for gunsafes, again until the rust, etc. showed up.

Adding melamine to up protein levels in pet foods killed a lot of US pets, and so on. Shrimp is doused in antibiotics until it just passes customs or comes through uninspected and so on.

Posted by: whig at May 23, 2026 10:31 AM (E4rtv)

255 Mrs. E met with her oncologist yesterday. To put it simply, all her good numbers are up and all her bad numbers are down. She now goes on a shot every two months. We would appreciate continued prayers.

Posted by: Eromero at May 23, 2026 10:32 AM (LHPAg)

256
That's definitely just for the parents because the kids won't remember a thing . Same for birthday parties before 4 years old.

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at May 23, 2026 10:28 AM (qrzX6)

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Odd to say, I remember mine. I had a button that said, "I'm 4 Today!" So not only was it my first memory, but I never had one where I couldn't read.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 23, 2026 10:32 AM (HdYcL)

257 “ On the last and greatest day of the festival, Jesus stood and said in a loud voice, “Let anyone who is thirsty come to me and drink. Whoever believes in me, as Scripture has said, rivers of living water will flow from within them.”

John 7:37-38

Posted by: Marcus T at May 23, 2026 10:32 AM (qr9oS)

258 I'm not a big fan of products made in India either.

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at May 23, 2026 10:33 AM (qrzX6)

259 So just what does it mean for a priest to be "wildly conservative?"

Posted by: I gotta ask at May 23, 2026 10:33 AM (2Ez/1)

260 Let's go all the way and institute Zulu time usage.

This makes sense but would require a short period of uncomfortable adaptation. Therefore, it will never happen.

Posted by: Oddbob at May 23, 2026 10:33 AM (vTZFs)

261 Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 23, 2026 10:32 AM (HdYcL)

That's why i said before 4 for birthdays.

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at May 23, 2026 10:34 AM (qrzX6)

262 >>I vaguely recall hearing about some nice custom guns built on Norinco frames from the 1990s.

Yeah, pre-ban Norincos were a popular platform for many custom builds. Mine is a sweet shooter.

Posted by: one hour sober at May 23, 2026 10:34 AM (J4Dwc)

263 It's interesting - the new guy was born and raised Jewish.
Posted by: Tonypete at May 23, 2026 10:28 AM (vhPr1)
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Converts have a particular zeal.

Our parish is one of the entry points for newly ordained priests. Each one does a three year tour here to learn the ropes before moving on to a more permanent assignment. Over my time here, I've seen them become more orthodox and traditional. It's quite nice.

I should mention that Pentecost marks our family's anniversary of entering the Church. Twenty years ago this weekend. Next month is our 25th wedding anniversary. How time flies!

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 23, 2026 10:34 AM (ZOv7s)

264 255 Mrs. E met with her oncologist yesterday. To put it simply, all her good numbers are up and all her bad numbers are down. She now goes on a shot every two months. We would appreciate continued prayers.
Posted by: Eromero at May 23, 2026 10:32 AM (LHPAg)

Thanks for the update, really good to hear Mrs. E is doing well; however, prayers for her will continue nonetheless!

Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) ~ THIS NoVA MoMe in Virginia! ~ at May 23, 2026 10:34 AM (hOUT3)

265 Posted by: Quarter Twenty at May 23, 2026 10:21 AM (2Ez/1)

Please to report your experience for those of us that are Starlink curious!
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) ~ THIS NoVA MoMe in Virginia!
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Plan to.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at May 23, 2026 10:35 AM (2Ez/1)

266 I had a big birthday party in kindergarten. The whole class was there. Earliest thing I can remember. Unsure as to why so much effort went into that. It never did after that.

Posted by: Boss Moss at May 23, 2026 10:36 AM (5kMf4)

267 the spineless EUnuchs look like total simps by refusing to defend freedom of navigation.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd
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They actually are total simps and cowards to boot. It is their jobs, power, and lights on the line, not ours from the Gulf being closed. And UK cannot even bestir itself to drill for high priced oil even in its North Sea allotments. Net Zero dunces while they sell out the auto, power generation, and chemical industries to the Chicoms.

Posted by: whig at May 23, 2026 10:36 AM (E4rtv)

268 252
Young recruiter to older applicant: “I’m glad to see you apply here, first question I have is, what do you think is your greatest weakness?”
Older applicant:: “well I don’t much care about what other people think of me.”
Young recruiter: “Well I don’t think that’s much of a weakness at all.”
Older applicant: “I don’t give a fuck what you think.”
Posted by: Tom Servo at May 23, 2026 10:31 AM (U0opd)

; )

Posted by: m at May 23, 2026 10:36 AM (6wpGE)

269 And to think that I once thought that Ian Fleming's villains that faced Bond, James Bond, were mere fictional characters!
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) ~ THIS NoVA MoMe in Virginia! ~ at May 23, 2026 10:27 AM (hOUT3)

The difference between Fleming’s villains and ours is that they were (generally) all highly intelligent. All of our enemies come from the character roster of Idiocracy. Power combined with incredible levels of stupidity.

Posted by: Tom Servo at May 23, 2026 10:36 AM (U0opd)

270 I know I pray for the same thing every week, but that's because the problem isn't going away and it's important to me.

As always, I pray for everyone defrauding the gov't to be caught and prosecuted, without regard for the protected classes of the progressive stack, and none of this "oh our resources are limited so that's too small to bother with." Not only is mercy for the guilty cruelty for the victims -- which are all of us, as our pockets are picked by the resulting budget deficit-driven inflation -- but it's also an unnecessary temptation for those struggling with success in life.

Just as an alcoholic in recovery doesn't just have dinner at the pub and count on willpower, but may even detour around his old haunts, we pray for God to lead us not into temptation but deliver us from evil. And watching near retards get outsized rewards from lying on a form -- and get away with it -- is a real temptation to anyone with financial troubles, or even just a profound lack of retirement.

So, as always, I ask God to sharpen the investigators' minds and harden the prosecutors' hearts, so that every single last fraudster may receive a long stretch of hard time in Federal prison. Amen.

Posted by: SciVo at May 23, 2026 10:37 AM (Sy6m/)

271
So just what does it mean for a priest to be "wildly conservative?"

Posted by: I gotta ask at May 23, 2026 10:33 AM (2Ez/1)

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Little things like reading the Baltimore Catechism, Pascendi Dominici gregis and the Anti-Modernist Oath.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 23, 2026 10:37 AM (HdYcL)

272 We talk about how western economies have flourished in part because they have a well-developed system of business ethics that allow them to operate on a "high-trust" basis.

Chinese culture is a great example of an economy that never developed that system of business ethics. It is a "low trust" culture, where making a one-shot killing by screwing your customer is prioritized over building long-term trust relationships.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at May 23, 2026 10:38 AM (u/oMr)

273 Amazon listings are full of one vendor with many different names for the same item. When one gets too many putrid reviews, a 'new' company selling the same item pops up.
Posted by: whig

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True. One tell is the grammar and spelling in the product descriptions.

And some of the company names are hilarious.

Posted by: muldoon at May 23, 2026 10:38 AM (qgHp7)

274 So just what does it mean for a priest to be "wildly conservative?"
Posted by: I gotta ask

No 'Peace sign" bullshit during the sign of peace,
No applause in the nave,
Supporter of the Latin Mass even though the Bishop has forbidden it,
Beer okay, if not required, during Knights of Columbus meetings,
Tell me your sins, NOT THE STORY, during Confession,
etc. . .

Posted by: Tonypete at May 23, 2026 10:39 AM (vhPr1)

275 That's definitely just for the parents because the kids won't remember a thing . Same for birthday parties before 4 years old.

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at May 23, 2026 10:28 AM (qrzX6)
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No, the kids love it! Are you saying kids shouldn't experience fun things if they won't have perfect memory recall?

One of the delights of watching children grow up is when the realize things have happened before and start to anticipate them. It was awesome watching my elder grandchild explain Christmas to her younger brother. She remember it, he didn't, but he got very excited hearing about it!

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 23, 2026 10:39 AM (ZOv7s)

276 Apparently I failed "personality." Which, really, is what roughly 99% of people I meet tell me implicitly so I guess it's nice to hear it explicitly.
Posted by: Oddbob
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Depending on the circumstances of that particular company, it could easily be a lie to hide discrimination to hire H1Bs or age/race/sex issues.

If you know the name of the test you took, and you are probably entitled to the results depending on state and federal law, then you should be able to find something like it online and figure out any issues with it.

Posted by: whig at May 23, 2026 10:39 AM (E4rtv)

277 I gotta say I'm a bit underwhelmed by the Turner Classic offerings this weekend.

My friend claims Tom Hanks has a new I guess documentary on Monday. Maybe on History?

Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at May 23, 2026 10:39 AM (l26NL)

278 258 I'm not a big fan of products made in India either.
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at May 23, 2026 10:33 AM (qrzX6)

Not to worry about those prescription meds made for you in Mumbai using finest water from Ganges, oh yes!

Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) ~ THIS NoVA MoMe in Virginia! ~ at May 23, 2026 10:39 AM (hOUT3)

279 No 'Peace sign" bullshit during the sign of peace,
No applause in the nave,
Supporter of the Latin Mass even though the Bishop has forbidden it,
Beer okay, if not required, during Knights of Columbus meetings,
Tell me your sins, NOT THE STORY, during Confession,
etc. . .
Posted by: Tonypete at May 23, 2026 10:39 AM (vhPr1)
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Kneelers for Communion? We have four at the moment.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 23, 2026 10:40 AM (ZOv7s)

280 True. One tell is the grammar and spelling in the product descriptions.

And some of the company names are hilarious.
Posted by: muldoon
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And the gamed reviews where a 'verified' reviewer discusses an entirely different product.

Posted by: whig at May 23, 2026 10:40 AM (E4rtv)

281 And some of the company names are hilarious.
Posted by: muldoon at May 23, 2026 10:38 AM (qgHp7)

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To be fair, I remember when "Toyota" seemed like some screwy Oriental name that only a kook would buy.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at May 23, 2026 10:40 AM (u/oMr)

282 I'm not a big fan of products made in India either.
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg

I once bought some toothpaste on Amazon. Then I saw it was from India. Nope.

Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at May 23, 2026 10:41 AM (l26NL)

283 Halloween was another fun milestone. "We do this thing were we go out and get candy! We do! We can dress up and get candy!"

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 23, 2026 10:41 AM (ZOv7s)

284 To be fair, I remember when "Toyota" seemed like some screwy Oriental name that only a kook would buy.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at May 23, 2026 10:40 AM (u/oMr)
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People would modify the tailgate to say "Toy."

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 23, 2026 10:42 AM (ZOv7s)

285
Tell me your sins, NOT THE STORY, during Confession

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I've found the more briefly, sincerely and straightforwardly you confess, the faster and easier the whole thing is.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 23, 2026 10:43 AM (HdYcL)

286 >where making a one-shot killing by screwing your customer is prioritized over building long-term trust relationships.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at May 23, 2026 10:38 AM
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And you have MY word on it!

Posted by: Joe Isuzu at May 23, 2026 10:44 AM (2Ez/1)

287 Posted by: SciVo at May 23, 2026 10:37 AM (Sy6m/)

I simplify my everyday prayer to asking God not to let evil prevail over good and giving me strength not to take matters into my own hands.

I pray acknowledging that God's word indicates that he has a hands off policy for the most part and allows the world to choose evil or good. I just ask him to intervene occasionally though his will be done.

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at May 23, 2026 10:44 AM (qrzX6)

288 Oh, and thanks for prayers answered when cancelling my cable. Customer service 'Achmed', with an Indian accent no less, actually cancelled my account without an retention lecture and heartache. He simply made sure I wanted to do what I asked, clicked a few buttons, and 'Viola!', old account gone.

I love my Starlink setup so far - much faster and more reliable than that of my cable setup.

Posted by: Tonypete at May 23, 2026 10:44 AM (vhPr1)

289 It is a "low trust" culture, where making a one-shot killing by screwing your customer is prioritized over building long-term trust relationships.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at May 23, 2026 10:38 AM (u/oMr)

To be fair, by the time the customer complains, my company will have declared bankrupcty and changed its name at least three times!

Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) ~ THIS NoVA MoMe in Virginia! ~ at May 23, 2026 10:44 AM (hOUT3)

290 I've found the more briefly, sincerely and straightforwardly you confess, the faster and easier the whole thing is.

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You could organize it by confessing in categories based on the Ten Commandments.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at May 23, 2026 10:45 AM (u/oMr)

291 >>That's accurate, but you left out "use your customer's proprietary IP without authorization to sell knock-off copies out the back door at fat profit margins."

Years ago I was walking through a trade show to my company's booth and I walked by a pavilion that was sponsored by the CCP to show off Chinese products. I walked by one set of products that from the outside looked identical to a line of products we had introduced a couple years earlier. I mean identical down to the last detail.

We used very benign chemicals for the active agent inside our product. We found out a bit later the Chinese version was using what amounted to poison. China is asshoe.

Posted by: JackStraw at May 23, 2026 10:46 AM (viF8m)

292 Tell me your sins, NOT THE STORY, during Confession,
etc. . .
Posted by: Tonypete at May 23, 2026 10:39 AM (vhPr1)

Best confession on film was in “I love you to Death”. The Italian husband (played by Kevin Kline) is telling his confessor about 5 or 6 women he’d had sex with, who were not his wife. The confessor says incredulously “that all happened last week?” And Kline replies, in his best Italian accent “oh no, that was just last Tuesday.”

Posted by: Tom Servo at May 23, 2026 10:47 AM (U0opd)

293 Can't say remember many early school class birthday parties, but think there were a few, and maybe when a couple kids hadcsame day or week.

Posted by: Skip at May 23, 2026 10:47 AM (Ia/+0)

294 Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 23, 2026 10:39 AM (ZOv7s)

I won't get caught in the Ace-Endorsed confrontational vortex.

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at May 23, 2026 10:47 AM (qrzX6)

295 To be fair, I remember when "Toyota" seemed like some screwy Oriental name that only a kook would buy.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at May 23, 2026 10:40 AM
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Really?

Posted by: Daihatsu, Hitachi, Hyundai, Nissan, Datsun and Isuzu at May 23, 2026 10:48 AM (2Ez/1)

296 Posted by: Daihatsu, Hitachi, Hyundai, Nissan, Datsun and Isuzu at May 23, 2026 10:48 AM (2Ez/1)

The Datsun 240 was sweet looking.

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at May 23, 2026 10:50 AM (qrzX6)

297 Depending on the circumstances of that particular company, it could easily be a lie to hide discrimination to hire H1Bs or age/race/sex issues.

Possibly. There were the usual age, sex, race questions but it did include a "decline to answer" option for those.

If you know the name of the test you took, and you are probably entitled to the results depending on state and federal law, then you should be able to find something like it online and figure out any issues with it.

It was called a "Talent Insight assessment" administered by Gallup. That might be interesting but honestly, I don't care that much. It wasn't that great of a job anyway.

Posted by: Oddbob at May 23, 2026 10:50 AM (vTZFs)

298 People would modify the tailgate to say "Toy."
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 23, 2026 10:42 AM (ZOv7s)

I remember a couple that just said “yo”.

Posted by: Tom Servo at May 23, 2026 10:50 AM (U0opd)

299 They can't help themselves:

A judge on Thursday handed down an extraordinary prison sentence — nearly 42 years — to the former leader of a Minnesota nonprofit who was convicted in a staggering $250 million fraud case that helped ignite an immigration crackdown by the Trump administration.

Posted by: muldoon at May 23, 2026 10:51 AM (qgHp7)

300 I totally forgot who Pretti was.

Posted by: banana Dream at May 23, 2026 10:51 AM (3uBP9)

301 A judge on Thursday handed down an extraordinary prison sentence — nearly 42 years — to the former leader of a Minnesota nonprofit who was convicted in a staggering $250 million fraud case that helped ignite an immigration crackdown by the Trump administration.
Posted by: muldoon at May 23, 2026 10:51 AM (qgHp7)
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The pacing of the crackdown has been interesting. We're now to the phase banking regulators are choking off credit and remittances, stuff people wanted a year ago, but of course after all the hoopla, these barely get a mention.

Self-deportations are going to take off.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 23, 2026 10:53 AM (ZOv7s)

302 To be fair, I remember when "Toyota" seemed like some screwy Oriental name that only a kook would buy.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43)

When I was a kid, I confused "Toyota" and "Tonka". I thought one company made them both.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at May 23, 2026 10:53 AM (ndZc7)

303 Posted by: muldoon at May 23, 2026 10:51 AM (qgHp7)

Yeah before the fraud Trump wasn't cracking down and doing bad immigration things like igniting stuff.

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at May 23, 2026 10:54 AM (qrzX6)

304 The airline I hired into in the early 90s used the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory for pre-employment screening. I think all the major airlines used it for such a purpose. Maybe some or all still do. Dunno...

Bunch of weird-ass true/false questions, I recall.

Posted by: one hour sober at May 23, 2026 10:54 AM (J4Dwc)

305 259 So just what does it mean for a priest to be "wildly conservative?"
Posted by: I gotta ask at May 23, 2026 10:33 AM (2Ez/1)

Probably gets high on mescaline and dances around the altar dressed up like a toucan.
When he pulls out the obsidian dagger, you know it's time to leave.

Posted by: Yyrog the Lich King at May 23, 2026 10:55 AM (yYROg)

306 So just what does it mean for a priest to be "wildly conservative?"
Posted by: I gotta ask at May 23, 2026 10:33 AM (2Ez/1)

Always speaks in Latin.

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at May 23, 2026 10:55 AM (qrzX6)

307 The Datsun 240 was sweet looking.

Of the Z series, the 260 had the best lines. IMO, of course. Since the 80s I thought a 260Z with a v6 and a centrifugal supercharger would be amazing.

Posted by: Oddbob at May 23, 2026 10:55 AM (vTZFs)

308 304 The airline I hired into in the early 90s used the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory for pre-employment screening. I think all the major airlines used it for such a purpose. Maybe some or all still do. Dunno...

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I understand Delta has gone over completely to the Pantone scale.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at May 23, 2026 10:56 AM (u/oMr)

309 So just what does it mean for a priest to be "wildly conservative?"
Posted by: I gotta ask at May 23, 2026 10:33 AM (2Ez/1)

Always speaks in Latin.
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at May 23, 2026 10:55 AM (qrzX6)
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Threadwinner.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 23, 2026 10:56 AM (ZOv7s)

310
To be fair, I remember when "Toyota" seemed like some screwy Oriental name that only a kook would buy.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at May 23, 2026 10:40 AM (u/oMr)
My first Toyota in the early 70's? 'Oh, look at that little clutch and brake pedal, and the gear shift?

Posted by: Eromero at May 23, 2026 10:56 AM (LHPAg)

311 35 Went for a walk with esteemed spouse. There was a robin sitting on the top of a holly tree. It looked like the bird equivalent of an angel on the top of a Christmas tree, and as we came back I saw a allium ( which I guess someone had picked and then thrown on the ground) 😕I picked it up and will bring it home. An allium is part of the onion family.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 23, 2026 07:59 AM (m6Eem)

A while back I painted some dried allium and KT was kind enough to post a photo...
https://acecomments.mu.nu/?post=407009

Posted by: Admirale's Mate at May 23, 2026 10:57 AM (/enuJ)

312 The airline I hired into in the early 90s used the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory for pre-employment screening. I think all the major airlines used it for such a purpose. Maybe some or all still do. Dunno...

I still have my test results from when I took it 25 years ago.

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at May 23, 2026 10:58 AM (qrzX6)

313 To be fair, I remember when "Toyota" seemed like some screwy Oriental name that only a kook would buy.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at May 23, 2026 10:40 AM
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Really?
Posted by: Daihatsu, Hitachi, Hyundai, Nissan, Datsun and Isuzu

During WWII, the military devised a new Japanese airplane designation system because yanks couldn't be expected to wrap their mouths around such weird ass names as Mitsubishi and Nakajima.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at May 23, 2026 10:58 AM (ndZc7)

314 I took a test at a place in Michigan. The HR director said with that 40 question test, they could determine exactly how good a programmer you'd be. It was me and basically a room full of Indians.

A very pretty young black lady pulled me aside later and said I was the only person they ever had to score perfect.

Go white guy!

Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at May 23, 2026 10:58 AM (Sco7b)

315 Oddbob,
Link to 7 page pdf describing the results of that test.

paragonresources.com/library/guide.pdf

FWIW, I would check out your scores and find out just what (if any) might have raised red flags because that could be an issue applying to other jobs.

When I was a manager long ago at a big retailer, we administered the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI) mainly to catch potential dishonest workers before they were hired. I took it when I first started working there myself and I guessed that I passed.

Posted by: whig at May 23, 2026 10:58 AM (E4rtv)

316
Q: So, where'd you go to kindergarten?

A: The School of Hard Knocks.

(Queen of the Apostles in Toledo)

https://tinyurl.com/5dc2p4a3

Posted by: Can't make this up at May 23, 2026 10:59 AM (2Ez/1)

317 309 So just what does it mean for a priest to be "wildly conservative?"
Posted by: I gotta ask at May 23, 2026 10:33 AM (2Ez/1)

Always speaks in Latin.
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at May 23, 2026 10:55 AM (qrzX6)
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Threadwinner.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 23, 2026 10:56 AM (ZOv7s)

semper Latine loquitur

Posted by: m at May 23, 2026 10:59 AM (6wpGE)

318 304 The airline I hired into in the early 90s used the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory for pre-employment screening. I think all the major airlines used it for such a purpose. Maybe some or all still do. Dunno...

Bunch of weird-ass true/false questions, I recall.
Posted by: one hour sober at May 23, 2026 10:54 AM (J4Dwc)
I have taken that MMPI a half dozen times through the years. 3 times in the last 10 years.

Posted by: Eromero at May 23, 2026 11:00 AM (LHPAg)

319 I took a personality test one time. Tested negative.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at May 23, 2026 11:00 AM (ndZc7)

320 314 I took a test at a place in Michigan. The HR director said with that 40 question test, they could determine exactly how good a programmer you'd be. It was me and basically a room full of Indians.

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Get out now

Posted by: Zombie Gen. George Custer at May 23, 2026 11:00 AM (u/oMr)

321 Sitting right here, boss.

Posted by: Suzuki at May 23, 2026 11:00 AM (2Ez/1)

322 304 The airline I hired into in the early 90s used the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory for pre-employment screening. I think all the major airlines used it for such a purpose. Maybe some or all still do. Dunno...

Bunch of weird-ass true/false questions, I recall.
Posted by: one hour sober

Test is oriented toward picking up dishonesty (socio and psycho pathic tendencies) and weeding out those that who were low IQ.

Posted by: whig at May 23, 2026 11:01 AM (E4rtv)

323 Its the never talked about 'wildly Leftists ' you need to worry about

Posted by: Skip at May 23, 2026 11:01 AM (Ia/+0)

324 Posted by: Eromero at May 23, 2026 11:00 AM (LHPAg)

Ha you should have just given them your first test results each time you were requested to take it. (unless the first one said you were a psychopath 😃

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at May 23, 2026 11:02 AM (qrzX6)

325 What i remember about the test was 'Its a Trap !! '

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at May 23, 2026 11:03 AM (qrzX6)

326 I have taken that MMPI a half dozen times through the years. 3 times in the last 10 years.
Posted by: Eromero at May 23, 2026 11:00 AM (LHPAg)
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During the lockdown, my ANG unit did virtual drill and one of the make-work projects was some stupid personality/human relations crap where we all took a test and then the contractor reviewed the results on the Teams call (or Zoom, I forget).

Anyhow, folks my not be surprised to know I was quite the outspoken senior NCO, and eventually my lack of commentary was noted and and I was called out on it. What were my results? What were my thoughts?

I said I thought it was bunk because it assumes we act the same way in all settings. We don't. I carry myself one way on active duty, another way at my civilian job, and then still another way relaxing with friends and family. People should adjust to circumstances, not be their best self.

As is often the case, awkward silence was the response.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 23, 2026 11:04 AM (ZOv7s)

327 Test is oriented toward picking up dishonesty (socio and psycho pathic tendencies) and weeding out those that who were low IQ.
Posted by: whig at May 23, 2026 11:01 AM
*******

Remember, Jerry: it's not a lie if YOU believe it.

Posted by: George Costanza at May 23, 2026 11:05 AM (2Ez/1)

328 >>I still have my test results from when I took it 25 years ago.

I never got my results, but I didn't really care. I must've passed because they hired me (and then furloughed me 10 months later).

Posted by: one hour sober at May 23, 2026 11:06 AM (J4Dwc)

329 FWIW, the 'weird' true/false were designed for easy scoring but also to make it difficult to game every question which a dishonest person tries to do. So they ask the same basic question in multiple different ways to trap those along with some obvious gimmes.

Good survey and testing design does this because a) people will lie on surveys, and b) in an exam with limited choices, it becomes easier to figure out for some people what the desired answer is from cues in the question design, not actual knowledge or understanding.

I quit using those type tests for higher level classes because it took me much longer to construct a valid test instrument for a course that way than simply positing a hypothetical and have them answer it in essay form.

Posted by: whig at May 23, 2026 11:06 AM (E4rtv)

330 304 The airline I hired into in the early 90s used the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory for pre-employment screening. I think all the major airlines used it for such a purpose. Maybe some or all still do. Dunno...

Bunch of weird-ass true/false questions, I recall.
Posted by: one hour sober at May 23, 2026 10:54 AM (J4Dwc)
Hell I always walked out thinking I failed. But, I was always hired or stayed hired. The psych interview was the scary part, knowing the doc had some issues.

Posted by: Eromero at May 23, 2026 11:06 AM (LHPAg)

331 Wow, looks like "Trump" is becoming synonymous with "failure". Everything he touches is turning to shit. His own party hates him. ROFL

Posted by: Sid at May 23, 2026 11:07 AM (kGrfb)

332 Nood. KT is up.

Posted by: whig at May 23, 2026 11:08 AM (E4rtv)

333 315 Oddbob,
Link to 7 page pdf describing the results of that test.

paragonresources.com/library/guide.pdf

FWIW, I would check out your scores and find out just what (if any) might have raised red flags because that could be an issue applying to other jobs.

Posted by: whig at May 23, 2026 10:58 AM (E4rtv)

Cool! Thanks.

Posted by: m at May 23, 2026 11:09 AM (6wpGE)

334 Just blacken in the ovals so that they make interesting patterns on the score sheet.

Posted by: My 24 year old self at May 23, 2026 11:09 AM (2Ez/1)

335 Sid lives in bizarro world. Take your medicine retard.

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at May 23, 2026 11:10 AM (qrzX6)

336 I have taken that MMPI a half dozen times through the years. 3 times in the last 10 years.
Posted by: Eromero

As have I. Consider this - It must be administered, scored, and interpreted by a qualified licensed clinical psychologist or psychiatrist.

Yeah, they're normal.

Posted by: Tonypete at May 23, 2026 11:13 AM (vhPr1)

337 Just blacken in the ovals so that they make interesting patterns on the score sheet.

Ya know, that could make an interesting AI project. Take a few million or so scantron test sheets and see if the correct answers form an identifiable pattern. Place your bets on "ant track" or "falling rain."

Posted by: Oddbob at May 23, 2026 11:16 AM (vTZFs)

338 Apparently the scam that the CCP played was that a smart peasant would get the degree in behalf of some CCP official's idiot kid.

Thus we see entire apartment buildings tipping over in the mud, and bridges falling off of their anchor-points.
Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop

Not unlike the Ivey Leagues here.
Except here the official's idiot kid just shows up and gets an 'A'.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at May 23, 2026 11:19 AM (/lPRQ)

339 they hired me (and then furloughed me 10 months later).

What a shame there isn't some similar corporate profile you can make them take at the interview, to show who's going to do that.

Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at May 23, 2026 11:27 AM (zdLoL)

340 Odd to say, I remember mine. I had a button that said, "I'm 4 Today!" So not only was it my first memory, but I never had one where I couldn't read.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh

Are you certain that wasn't your 40th Birthday?

Posted by: Ain't It Funny How Time Slips Away? at May 23, 2026 02:47 PM (oftw2)

341 A!I'm you whippersnappers obviously don't remember our first foray into permanent Daylight time. As a result of the fuel crisis, Nixon signed the law setting Daylight time permanently. Not really so much though, since Ford signed the law revoking it in August. Tried it for all of 3 months and got pissed about it.

All the complaints about Chinese um come under the heading of synchronicity. My wife has the YouTube channel "The China Show" on right now.

Posted by: buddhaha at May 23, 2026 07:38 PM (mSL0+)

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