Wednesday Night ONT - June 11, 2026 [TRex]

Good evening Horde. The time has come for mid-week shenanigans. The bar is open and freshly re-stocked.

Welcome to the Wednesday night ONT which means another edition of random overnight fun and games. Pull up a chair and join the fun. Good will offerings of amusing puns are encouraged. Pants are optional but why would you be wearing pants for the ONT? Be nice to your fellow commenters and AoS contributors. This is a Tucker, Candace, Megyn and Bill Kristol free zone. Please.

Will reading the ONT content improve your odds of winning the Powerball lottery? Dunno but couldn't hurt to read the content and ensure you're right with the universe.

[Top photo credit: AgnieszkaMonk]

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Wednesday ONT Science News Desk

This seems newsy...

Antares Achieves Criticality of Mark-0 Reactor

Antares today announced that its Mark-0 microreactor achieved initial criticality at Idaho National Laboratory (INL) under U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) authorization - making Antares the first private company to bring an advanced reactor to criticality under the DOE Reactor Pilot Program. The demonstration was conducted in partnership with DOE, INL, and BWX Technologies, Inc. (BWXT), with integration and observation support from the U.S. Army.

This reactor validates key reactor physics parameters for Antares' reactors and contributes verification and validation data back to the Department of War's Project Pele. The Mark-0 was authorized by DOE under the Reactor Pilot Program, with the U.S. Army integrated throughout as a future end user. This model of interagency coordination directly supports the Army's microreactor deployment timeline.

The demonstration and the licensing pathway it establishes represent a key step toward deploying electricity-producing microreactors for U.S. military installations by September 30, 2028.

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Aliens are Among us

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Wednesday ONT Space News Desk

Shakeup at JPL? Control over iconic NASA center could change for 1st time in nearly 100 years

NASA plans to open up competition for control over the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), which has historically been operated by the California Institute of Technology (Caltech). This move is part of an even larger reorganization by the agency (though NASA asserts that this doesn't mean layoffs).

"NASA announced today that they will compete the contract for operating JPL, with Caltech's current agreement ending on Sept. 30, 2028," reads a statement today (May 22) from JPL. Caltech has managed JPL since the lab's inception in the 1930s, and has done so for NASA since the agency was established in 1958. According to the JPL statement, Caltech has been preparing for this possible transition since last summer, so the news "comes as no surprise." But the potential change is part of a larger shakeup for the agency.

Until now, JPL and Caltech have been heavily intertwined, with mission personnel, scientists, leadership, and others working closely "across the pond" between JPL and Caltech. JPL mission and program meetings often include Caltech employees and sometimes even take place on its Pasadena campus.

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Wednesday ONT Department of Resting Places

Never seen this before, not new, and don't have any idea how it found me. Pretty sure that means that I must share it with you.

A visit to Plot E - final resting place of the the dishonored dead.

Plot E of the Oise-Aisne American cemetery in northern France.
Go ahead and look. You won't find it listed on the Veterans Administration website, nor any of the literature provided by the cemetery. Maps will show Plots A, B, C, and D only, those containing 6012 American dead from WWI. Google Earth will just show an expanse of green. It's like it doesn't exist, which is exactly what its creators intended.
But it's very much there, and serves a necessary if somewhat unsavory purpose.
Plot E is where American servicemen are buried who were executed - by firing squad or hanging - for capital crimes committed in the European theatre during or shortly after WWII.
Some of the victims were children. Many were women. Most are forgotten by the modern age, though at least one - Sir Eric Teichman, killed on his ancestral estate confronting two U.S. soldiers poaching on the land - was a prominent member of society who still has his own Wikipedia page.

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Wednesday ONT Fashion Thread

Bona fide T. rex leather purse is going up for auction - and it could fetch $500K

Bidding paddles are sure to go flying in the air as auctioneer Alexandre Giquello of Hôtel Drouot in Paris, France, accepts offers on the first-ever handbag made with collagen from lab-grown Tyrannosaurus rex fossils, which were reportedly exhumed in the US...
With an asking price ranging from €300,000 to 500,000 ($347,081 to $578,469), the ancient accessory is an expensive, albeit exclusive piece that will go to the highest bidder with the deepest pockets.
Following an extensive process - including harvesting T. rex DNA, conducting phylogenetic analyses, inserting the materials into a specialized bio-leather cell line genome, transforming the cells into skin and sustainably tanning the skin to create the leather - the scientists have managed to make primeval magic.

Should I be impressed with the scientific homage to prehistoric dino ancestors or horrified at the involuntary transformation of T. rex DNA into a purse?

Eess next...dino wear. Very nice.

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YouTube is filled with niche channels. When anyone can broadcast their own content, the barriers to entry are low. The possibility of monetization creates incentives to create content. Of course, easier access does not mean higher quality. There is a staggering amount of garbage, but there are gems out there.

People with very specific content somehow get connected to others with sympathies for that specific content. Instead of "broadcasting," it is called "narrowcasting." More to say about this in coming ONTs, but we're going to feature one niche YouTube channel with a surprisingly (at least to me) large following each Wednesday.

Tonight's feature is Matt Horn, the drum tech. 96k+ subscribers and videos that often exceed 100k views each. His videos are usually his point of view as he goes about his working day and does his job. Nothing fancy. No highly polished graphics or editing. No bad narrator or overhyped dramatic background music.

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The Pittsburgh police scanner keeps giving. Tonight's offering is particularly bountiful. Thank you people of Pittsburgh and thank you Pittsburgh scanner!

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Speaking of aliens and space... the Beastie Boys provide the big ONT finish:

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1 w45vtygwsegtvwe

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at June 10, 2026 10:00 PM (n7rxJ)

2 1st

Posted by: JohnFNotKerry at June 10, 2026 10:00 PM (g14+z)

3 Le Redoutable 1876

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 10, 2026 10:00 PM (QtjPW)

4 damn now for the content

Posted by: JohnFNotKerry at June 10, 2026 10:00 PM (g14+z)

5 Meow

Posted by: Lurking Cheshirecat at June 10, 2026 10:01 PM (w3u3d)

6 Looks like candy corns in their own little wig wams.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at June 10, 2026 10:03 PM (/lPRQ)

7 Thanks for the ONT.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 10, 2026 10:03 PM (zZu0s)

8 Evening, Horde...How goes it?

I got back from my church men's group meeting just in time for the ONT.

Had a lovely walk back home and saw two whitetail does frolicking in a nearby park.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at June 10, 2026 10:04 PM (gnNyN)

9 On the plot e article the type is white on white background. Just me?

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 10, 2026 10:05 PM (zZu0s)

10 "Sabotage" is a decent soundtrack to the LA elections.

Posted by: gKWVE at June 10, 2026 10:05 PM (gKWVE)

11
I will choose a bathysphere
I will choose free will

Posted by: Dark Lixtiquatal at June 10, 2026 10:05 PM (W5mpo)

12 You realize that there are now two generations of Americans who would be as baffled by that phone as those Martian muppets.

Posted by: Oddbob at June 10, 2026 10:06 PM (vTZFs)

13 As for the guy with the cuffs, I have many questions.

Posted by: gKWVE at June 10, 2026 10:06 PM (gKWVE)

14 9 On the plot e article the type is white on white background. Just me?

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 10, 2026 10:05 PM
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I just tried again and it looks fine on my computer. Black font on a light yellow background.

Posted by: TRex - typecast dino at June 10, 2026 10:06 PM (IQ6Gq)

15 Niche YouTube channels - a new path in the rabbit hole!

Good evening everyone. Nice ONT, Dino.

Posted by: Doof at June 10, 2026 10:07 PM (QMAsf)

16 I *much* doubt they used T Rex DNA. Calling major shens on that.

Posted by: gKWVE at June 10, 2026 10:07 PM (gKWVE)

17 Leela: [Looking at a hand-held device] "Impressive. They're busting mad rhymes with an 80% success rate."

Bender: "I believe that qualifies as ill. At least from a technical standpoint.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at June 10, 2026 10:07 PM (gnNyN)

18 Sorry I'm late, if your penicillin instructions say, "Take with food," that food probabky shouldn't be an Activia yogurt.

Posted by: tankdemon at June 10, 2026 10:08 PM (Hd1lH)

19 I will choose a bathysphere
I will choose free will
Posted by: Dark Lixtiquatal at June 10, 2026 10:05 PM (W5mpo)

Noice.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Not Mel Cooley at June 10, 2026 10:08 PM (0aYVJ)

20 17 Bender: "I believe that qualifies as ill. At least from a technical standpoint.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at June 10, 2026 10:07 PM
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Ha!

Posted by: TRex - paul revere dino at June 10, 2026 10:09 PM (IQ6Gq)

21 94, considering how many men we had under arms, that is a very small number.

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

22 Aetius, I'm seeing black text on a slightly toasted background (not quite white, not quite very-light-tan)

Posted by: RandomDave at June 10, 2026 10:10 PM (aJQbY)

23 I just tried again and it looks fine on my computer. Black font on a light yellow background.
Posted by: TRex - typecast dino at June 10, 2026 10:06 PM (IQ6Gq)

I have night/dark mode turned on on the phone, that could be what's doing it.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 10, 2026 10:10 PM (zZu0s)

24 I had forgotten how entertaining those Muppet Martians could be.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at June 10, 2026 10:11 PM (gnNyN)

25 Hey, TRex!

Posted by: Bulg at June 10, 2026 10:12 PM (77rzZ)

26 Wednesday ONT fashion?
Does Piper know about this?

Posted by: I gotta ask at June 10, 2026 10:12 PM (2NpzS)

27 I saw Tyrannosaurus Purse open for Birdsongs Of The Mesozoic at Red Rocks in '03.

https://youtu.be/JRqMs83Dlng

Posted by: mikeski thanks the drum tech at June 10, 2026 10:12 PM (VHUov)

28 My next car will have an all-ankylosaurus leather interior.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at June 10, 2026 10:12 PM (OlKt3)

29 I always loved the Martian muppets on Sesame Street. Always hoped they'd show up in the episode that was on that day.

Posted by: Dear God I'm getting old at June 10, 2026 10:12 PM (TbWk/)

30 I *much* doubt they used T Rex DNA. Calling major shens on that.
Posted by: gKWVE at June 10, 2026 10:07 PM (gKWVE)
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I'm sure they took a page from Jurassic Park and spliced in some frog DNA.

Nothing could possibly go wrong with that.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at June 10, 2026 10:13 PM (gnNyN)

31 ZOD IMPERIAL.

Posted by: ZOD at June 10, 2026 10:13 PM (UfDpa)

32 25 Hey, TRex!

Posted by: Bulg at June 10, 2026 10:12 PM
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Hey Bulg!

Posted by: TRex - martian muppet dino at June 10, 2026 10:13 PM (IQ6Gq)

33 Thanks Dino!

And, Beastie Boys for the finale. On the scale…
0(hate) to 10(Love) they are a solid 6-7. Innovative and fresh for the time, but this seriously cheesy video is a 10, without a doubt.

Posted by: Gunslinger at June 10, 2026 10:14 PM (3hOgI)

34 Should I be impressed with the scientific homage to prehistoric dino ancestors or horrified at the involuntary transformation of T. rex DNA into a purse?
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I keep seeing the Left whining about how the "establishment" keeps women excluded from STEM. That, of course, is nonsense.

BUT, you let a few in and they abuse science by making an accessory out of an historic scientific find.

(disclaimer: could have been a gay guy)

Posted by: Orson at June 10, 2026 10:15 PM (dIske)

35 The frog DNA never made sense in Crichton's book and makes less sense now.
I had a coworker a decade ago who pointed out if they really used frog DNA, the dinosaurs "would be four inches long and hop"

Posted by: gKWVE at June 10, 2026 10:15 PM (gKWVE)

36 "After a cautious approach, it ended up being a fat housecat."

😆

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at June 10, 2026 10:15 PM (kpS4V)

37 Boobs!

Posted by: Bulg at June 10, 2026 10:15 PM (77rzZ)

38 Holy cow. That cat in the Pittsburgh Scanner is living the dream. Get to be taken care of, clean and safe, lazing around, and still be mistaken for a prince among dangerous wild animals. I want to be that cat.

Posted by: SciVo at June 10, 2026 10:16 PM (Sy6m/)

39 But the tabby identified as a tiger.

Posted by: all tabbies do at June 10, 2026 10:16 PM (gKWVE)

40 Chrysler engineering and rich Cretaceous leather. Visit your local Chrysler dealership and find out what you've been missing.

Posted by: Ricardo Montalban at June 10, 2026 10:17 PM (u/oMr)

41 w45vtygwsegtvwe
_-_
Uh-oh. It's the caliber wars again.

Posted by: Don in SoCo at June 10, 2026 10:17 PM (cONmN)

42 Thank you, people of Pittsburgh, for making me look forward to Wednesday night. Y'all are the gift that keeps on giving!

(Thanks T Rex for finding this stuff!)

Posted by: moki at June 10, 2026 10:17 PM (wLjpr)

43 "After a cautious approach, it ended up being a fat housecat."
😆
Posted by: All Hail Eris

I knew a family that had a "panther" like that. Big-ass black housecat. I think it was half Maine Coon and half-a-side-of-beef.

My favorite bit from the Scanner this week was the last one. "Repopulating the main stairwell."

Posted by: mikeski at June 10, 2026 10:18 PM (VHUov)

44 Oh. It’s just the Broom Guy.

!?!?!?

Posted by: Tom Servo at June 10, 2026 10:18 PM (orF8y)

45 Thanks for the ONT!

Shenanigans and lobster traps.... reminds me that there's a nice dirt road to the beach on the north shore of PEI called Shenanigans Way. It's on the east side - pretty much north of Souris. Lovely sunsets off that west-facing beach and the water is somehow warm.

It's lovely country with lovely people up there. I recommend it!

Posted by: 496 at June 10, 2026 10:18 PM (JQ6N+)

46 33 And, Beastie Boys for the finale. On the scale…
0(hate) to 10(Love) they are a solid 6-7. Innovative and fresh for the time, but this seriously cheesy video is a 10, without a doubt.

Posted by: Gunslinger at June 10, 2026 10:14 PM
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Well put. Exactly right. (and bonus points for a lyric that involves stir frying in a wok).

Posted by: TRex - frog DNA-free dino at June 10, 2026 10:18 PM (IQ6Gq)

47
I remember the Martians as well. "Yip, yip, yip".

My favorite is probably this one:

t.ly/kolvJ

Rita Moreno is the voice of Dear Liza there.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at June 10, 2026 10:18 PM (w6EFb)

48 24 I had forgotten how entertaining those Muppet Martians could be.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at June 10, 2026 10:11 PM (gnNyN)

Yup.

Posted by: tankdemon at June 10, 2026 10:19 PM (Hd1lH)

49

What this world needs is a good two dollar room
And a good two dollar broom

Posted by: The broom guy at June 10, 2026 10:19 PM (Cqx++)

50 Good evening good people.

Posted by: Tonypete at June 10, 2026 10:19 PM (LZxDN)

51 Top of Insty. Fucking insane, but utterly predictable.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 10, 2026 10:20 PM (zZu0s)

52 44 Oh. It’s just the Broom Guy.

!?!?!?

Posted by: Tom Servo at June 10, 2026 10:18 PM
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Makes you wonder what kind of history the Broom Guy has such that everyone knows he is the "Broom Guy."

Posted by: TRex - yip yip yip dino at June 10, 2026 10:21 PM (IQ6Gq)

53 #40
Chrysler engineering and rich Cretaceous leather. Visit your local Chrysler dealership and find out what you've been missing.

Oh, this was sweet! Nice job.
Chrysler admitted that there was really no such thing as Rich, Corinthian Leather. It was total BS.
But hearing it from Ricardo Montalban…you really wanted to check it out.

Posted by: Gunslinger at June 10, 2026 10:21 PM (3hOgI)

54 Should I be impressed with the scientific homage to prehistoric dino ancestors or horrified at the involuntary transformation of T. rex DNA into a purse?

I did think the DNA helix on the strap was an appropriately nerdy design choice.

Posted by: mikeski at June 10, 2026 10:21 PM (VHUov)

55 Broom guy- generally harmless ... until you drop some litter on the floor. Then - watch out for Broom Guy!!

Posted by: LASue at June 10, 2026 10:21 PM (lCppi)

56 Well put. Exactly right. (and bonus points for a lyric that involves stir frying in a wok).
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And a neck pinch from Mr. Spock.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at June 10, 2026 10:22 PM (kpS4V)

57 Makes you wonder what kind of history the Broom Guy has such that everyone knows he is the "Broom Guy."
Posted by: TRex - yip yip yip dino

I wonder if he goes to "That" Wendy's.

Or was it "That" Burger King?

Posted by: mikeski at June 10, 2026 10:22 PM (VHUov)

58 Chrysler admitted that there was really no such thing as Rich, Corinthian Leather.

I take exception to that.

Posted by: Richard Corinthian, Master Tanner at June 10, 2026 10:23 PM (u/oMr)

59 Wowzers! CalTech had JETS in 1926? only 23 years after the Wright Brothers first flight?

/Looks around...

Hey... wait a sec, is someone playin around with the Hadron Collider again?

Posted by: Romeo13 at June 10, 2026 10:23 PM (mP0Kj)

60 You know the Ds would love to try to get Trump interred in Plot e when he passes.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at June 10, 2026 10:23 PM (Npncq)

61 I definitely want to meet Broom Guy

Posted by: LASue at June 10, 2026 10:23 PM (lCppi)

62 Interesting on the JPL. Thanks for the ONT, Dino.

Posted by: scampydog at June 10, 2026 10:24 PM (ROmrp)

63 T-Rex DNA used to grow handbag leather?

DO ANY OF THESE PEOPLE WATCH HORROR MOVIES?

Posted by: Romeo13 at June 10, 2026 10:24 PM (mP0Kj)

64 You know the Ds would love to try to get Trump interred in Plot e when he passes.
Posted by: OrangeEnt

Bury Orangemanbad alongside their favorite soldiers? No way, Jose.

Posted by: mikeski at June 10, 2026 10:24 PM (VHUov)

65 I did think the DNA helix on the strap was an appropriately nerdy design choice.
Posted by: mikeski at June 10, 2026 10:21 PM (VHUov)

It needs a few ATs and CGs

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at June 10, 2026 10:25 PM (u/oMr)

66 I *much* doubt they used T Rex DNA. Calling major shens on that. Posted by: gKWVE

Controversial T. Rex Soft Tissue Find Finally Explained
https://tinyurl.com/44zyds4e

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at June 10, 2026 10:25 PM (glnUu)

67 >> Chrysler engineering

It surprises me every time I'm reminded of it, but Chrysler was big in rockets at one time. Redstone rocket was Chrysler.

And then the S-IB, the first stage of the Saturn IB rocket, the orbital only launch vehicle for the Apollo CSM, was Chrysler. It was derisively nicknamed "Cluster's last stand" due to the configuration of a cluster of Redstone tanks and H-1 engines.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at June 10, 2026 10:25 PM (w6EFb)

68 Broom guy- generally harmless ... until you drop some litter on the floor. Then - watch out for Broom Guy!!
Posted by: LASue at June 10, 2026 10:21 PM (lCppi)

He's just a distraction for real menace - the Dustpan Man.

Posted by: Count de Monet at June 10, 2026 10:25 PM (wVcYX)

69 Pet etiquette question...

Is it considered bad form to taunt two of my kitties about their impending vet appointment tomorrow morning?

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at June 10, 2026 10:26 PM (gnNyN)

70 54 Should I be impressed with the scientific homage to prehistoric dino ancestors or horrified at the involuntary transformation of T. rex DNA into a purse?

I did think the DNA helix on the strap was an appropriately nerdy design choice.
Posted by: mikeski at June 10, 2026 10:21 PM (VHUov)

Whut next? They bring back the Naugas? The ones they hunted to extinction for Naugahyde?

Posted by: Romeo13 at June 10, 2026 10:26 PM (mP0Kj)

71 12 You realize that there are now two generations of Americans who would be as baffled by that phone as those Martian muppets.
Posted by: Oddbob at June 10, 2026 10:06 PM (vTZFs)

I was in an antiques store last Christmas season and saw a young couple, maybe early 20s, looking at such a phone. The guy was telling the girl 'I think my grandma had one of these'.

Friendly, helpful guy that I am I showed them how it worked and started describing how area codes with low numbers went to more populated areas and how at one time you'd get a live operator to help you.

I think I scared them a little.

My wife says I shouldn't be left alone to wander thru stores anymore.

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK's Phone) at June 10, 2026 10:26 PM (QGaXH)

72 It surprises me every time I'm reminded of it, but Chrysler was big in rockets at one time. Redstone rocket was Chrysler.

FUN FACT: GM had a prototype of a jet-powered car but the lawyers said no. It kept burning up pedestrians.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at June 10, 2026 10:27 PM (u/oMr)

73 Tyrannosaurs and tigers! Oh my!

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at June 10, 2026 10:27 PM (ndZc7)

74 T-Rex DNA used to grow handbag leather?

DO ANY OF THESE PEOPLE WATCH HORROR MOVIES?
Posted by: Romeo13 at June 10, 2026 10:24 PM (mP0Kj)
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Good point.

That handbag is going to develop some form of animal cunning, biting the hands off of anyone stupid enough to reach into it.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at June 10, 2026 10:27 PM (gnNyN)

75 Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 10, 2026 10:09 PM (zZu0s)

Be interesting to see how many are there for crimes against allies compared to enemy civilians.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at June 10, 2026 10:27 PM (Npncq)

76 Drove by German cemeteries in Normandy. Black crosses over mass graves.

Posted by: Javems at June 10, 2026 10:28 PM (zFsEm)

77 I went to a Mennonite to Bakery today which was an interesting experience they had a digital payment screen so full of modern tech

Posted by: 18-1 at June 10, 2026 10:28 PM (thjq9)

78 That handbag is going to develop some form of animal cunning, biting the hands off of anyone stupid enough to reach into it.

In time it will grow arms, but fortunately not long enough to do any real damage.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at June 10, 2026 10:29 PM (u/oMr)

79 My next car will have an all-ankylosaurus leather interior.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at June 10, 2026 10:12 PM (OlKt3)

Real ankylosaurus, or faux ankylosaurs? Faux is easier to get the stains out of.

Posted by: Kindltot at June 10, 2026 10:29 PM (rbvCR)

80 Good point.

That handbag is going to develop some form of animal cunning, biting the hands off of anyone stupid enough to reach into it.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at June 10, 2026 10:27 PM (gnNyN)

Wait, does that mean Womenz won't need to keep the bear trap in their purse anymore? The one MOM told me was there to keep kids out of it? (I was like 6 at the time).

Posted by: Romeo13 at June 10, 2026 10:29 PM (mP0Kj)

81 Be interesting to see how many are there for crimes against allies compared to enemy civilians.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at June 10, 2026 10:27 PM (Npncq)

Its kind of ugly to speculate. Rapes? More 'likely' to be German. Kids? Anyone.

Gah.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 10, 2026 10:29 PM (zZu0s)

82 Thank you for ONT Mr. TRex.

Hope everyone is doing well.

Is there going to be a Memorial for the late Piper? Someplace we can send donations? I have an old gym bag I don't need anymore...

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK's Phone) at June 10, 2026 10:30 PM (QGaXH)

83 What this world needs is a good two dollar room
And a good two dollar broom

Posted by: The broom guy at June 10, 2026 10:19 PM (Cqx++)

What the uk needs is a good one pound boomstick.

We can get by with a two dollar boomstick.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 10, 2026 10:30 PM (qx7Zg)

84 I was in an antiques store last Christmas season and saw a young couple, maybe early 20s, looking at such a phone. The guy was telling the girl 'I think my grandma had one of these'.

Friendly, helpful guy that I am I showed them how it worked and started describing how area codes with low numbers went to more populated areas and how at one time you'd get a live operator to help you.

I think I scared them a little.
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan

I am recommending you for the Honorable Order of the Curmudgeon, Second Class, with Belt-Onion clusters.

Unless that wasn't the whole story. If you got to "party lines," I'll make it First Class.

Posted by: mikeski at June 10, 2026 10:30 PM (VHUov)

85 Wait, does that mean Womenz won't need to keep the bear trap in their purse anymore? The one MOM told me was there to keep kids out of it? (I was like 6 at the time).
Posted by: Romeo13 at June 10, 2026 10:29 PM (mP0Kj)
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She had to tell you it was a beartrap because if you knew the truth that it was dino hide, your 6-year-old mitts would have been all over that handbag (and you would now be typing with hook hands).

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at June 10, 2026 10:31 PM (gnNyN)

86 >>>The demonstration and the licensing pathway it establishes represent a key step toward deploying electricity-producing microreactors
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SMRs, bringing clean, inexpensive, reliable, sine wave electricity to your new neighborhood. Come see our model homes now!

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 10, 2026 10:32 PM (QtjPW)

87 Thanks for the Wednesday Night ONT, T Rex!

The Mark-o microreactor is a big deal. If they truly can get the licensing process streamlined, it could change our energy infrastructure within ten years.

Handsome purse but I believe it's stretching to call it T Rex "leather."

Posted by: Legally Sufficient at June 10, 2026 10:32 PM (D/6p1)

88 I'm sitting right here.

Posted by: The pink Princess model phone with pushbuttons at June 10, 2026 10:33 PM (2NpzS)

89 17 Leela: [Looking at a hand-held device] "Impressive. They're busting mad rhymes with an 80% success rate."

Bender: "I believe that qualifies as ill. At least from a technical standpoint.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at June 10, 2026 10:07 PM (gnNyN)

I have no idea what ' busting mad rhymes' means.

And what qualifies as 'ill'?

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK's Phone) at June 10, 2026 10:33 PM (QGaXH)

90 I think I scared them a little.
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan

I am recommending you for the Honorable Order of the Curmudgeon, Second Class, with Belt-Onion clusters.

Unless that wasn't the whole story. If you got to "party lines," I'll make it First Class.
Posted by: mikeski at June 10, 2026 10:30 PM (VHUov)

I would have loved to see the selfie demonstration. Or how to keep the phone charged.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 10, 2026 10:33 PM (qx7Zg)

91 I think I scared them a little.
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan

Probably. But not because you explained rotary phones to them. I'm guessing they were more horrified by the excessive old person hair growing out of your ears.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at June 10, 2026 10:33 PM (glnUu)

92 87 Thanks for the Wednesday Night ONT, T Rex!

The Mark-o microreactor is a big deal. If they truly can get the licensing process streamlined, it could change our energy infrastructure within ten years.

Handsome purse but I believe it's stretching to call it T Rex "leather."
Posted by: Legally Sufficient at June 10, 2026 10:32 PM (D/6p1)

I'm sure California will somehow make them illegal here.

Posted by: Romeo13 at June 10, 2026 10:34 PM (mP0Kj)

93 Wowzers! CalTech had JETS in 1926? only 23 years after the Wright Brothers first flight?

/Looks around...

Hey... wait a sec, is someone playin around with the Hadron Collider again?
Posted by: Romeo13 at June 10, 2026 10:23 PM (mP0Kj)

The French were playing around with jet engine designs during WWI, but the design they were pursuing would not develop sufficient pressure for continuous operation.

Posted by: Kindltot at June 10, 2026 10:34 PM (rbvCR)

94 It surprises me every time I'm reminded of it, but Chrysler was big in rockets at one time. Redstone rocket was Chrysler.

And then the S-IB, the first stage of the Saturn IB rocket, the orbital only launch vehicle for the Apollo CSM, was Chrysler. It was derisively nicknamed "Cluster's last stand" due to the configuration of a cluster of Redstone tanks and H-1 engines.
Posted by: publius

A division of General Tire (Aerojet-General) built both solid and liquid rocket motors and engines. I picked up an original copy of Ignition! back in the late 70's from one of the guys there. Alas, it was lost during one of my many moves.

Posted by: Tonypete at June 10, 2026 10:35 PM (LZxDN)

95 A friend and I way back in grade school used to make the martian brrrring and yip yip sounds to each other in class to be annoying.

Posted by: banana Dream at June 10, 2026 10:35 PM (3uBP9)

96 “Friendly, helpful guy that I am I showed them how it worked and started describing how area codes with low numbers went to more populated areas and how at one time you'd get a live operator to help you.”

Ancient history, pulse dialing was…before the touch-tone we have even now.
Remember the locks they would put on the dial to keep you from using it? It was easily defeated!
You could just hit the “hang up” buttons at the top, very quickly, counting the numbers and “dialing”with the presses, with a slight pause between numbers.

Also, unknown trivia…the 4th number from a pay phone, was always a 9.
Not that there was caller ID in the age of pay phones, but a pager would reveal that…

Posted by: Gunslinger at June 10, 2026 10:36 PM (3hOgI)

97 >>>Should I be impressed with the scientific homage to prehistoric dino ancestors or horrified at the involuntary transformation of T. rex DNA into a purse?
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Don't touch it.
It may contain active DNA that modern humans cannot tolerate. Even today touching reptiles can be hazardous to your health.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 10, 2026 10:36 PM (QtjPW)

98 I don't mind the idea of featuring obscure you tube channels on the ONT as long as they're not silly movie review sites....

Posted by: OrangeEnt at June 10, 2026 10:36 PM (Npncq)

99 You guys playing cards?

Posted by: Oldsmobile Rocket 88 (1949) at June 10, 2026 10:37 PM (wVcYX)

100 41 w45vtygwsegtvwe
_-_
Uh-oh. It's the caliber wars again.
Posted by: Don in SoCo at June 10, 2026 10:17 PM (cONmN)

More stuff I don't understand....someday I hope to meet one of the more senior regulars in person and have all this explained to me. Slowly. As you would to a small child...

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK's Phone) at June 10, 2026 10:37 PM (QGaXH)

101 It may contain active DNA that modern humans cannot tolerate. Even today touching reptiles can be hazardous to your health.

Posted by: Braenyard

As many partners of lounge lizards have discovered a week or so after their encounters.

Posted by: Tonypete at June 10, 2026 10:38 PM (LZxDN)

102 Funny how Superman could always find a convenient phone booth to duck into.

Posted by: Didja notice? at June 10, 2026 10:38 PM (2NpzS)

103 Someone pointed out that since they defunded usaid we're seeing a whole bunch of right leaning politicians win in Latin America I wonder if it's a direct result

Posted by: 18-1 at June 10, 2026 10:38 PM (thjq9)

104 I clicked through but they never say what the capacity of that micro-reactor is.

Posted by: PaleRider at June 10, 2026 10:40 PM (CFj4+)

105 Thanks for the Wednesday Night ONT, T Rex!

The Mark-o microreactor is a big deal. If they truly can get the licensing process streamlined, it could change our energy infrastructure within ten years.

Handsome purse but I believe it's stretching to call it T Rex "leather."
Posted by: Legally Sufficient at June 10, 2026 10:32 PM (D/6p1)

There is a theory that dinosaurs had feathers, and became birds. Don't know if it's true, but it does make me wonder what Tyrannosaurus Rex might have become. Perhaps ostriches, and they stick their heads in the ground because they're no longer the king.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 10, 2026 10:40 PM (qx7Zg)

106 Funny how Superman could always find a convenient phone booth to duck into.
Posted by: Didja notice?

How ignorant and oblivious did Lois Land and Jimmy Olsen have to be to NOT recognize that Superman and Clark Kent were the same guy?

Ooops - I probably should have given a spoiler alert knowing this gang.

Posted by: Tonypete at June 10, 2026 10:40 PM (LZxDN)

107 When I was a kid, my friend's house, ten miles out of town, had a party line phone. It had the dial, but you had to listen first to make sure nobody was on the line.

Even better, one of my aunts lived somewhere south of Austin NV, and her phone did not even have a dial. She had an Arabian horse ranch. I reckon she and Ben Had would have gotten along famously.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Not Mel Cooley at June 10, 2026 10:41 PM (0aYVJ)

108 More stuff I don't understand....someday I hope to meet one of the more senior regulars in person and have all this explained to me. Slowly. As you would to a small child...
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan

That one's easy. Blonde Morticia actually hates being first, so she lets her pet cat type all her "first" posts.

Posted by: mikeski at June 10, 2026 10:42 PM (VHUov)

109 I'm reading a 1973 story in which the lead character moves from New York to Cleveland, "a city that I had always thought of as primarily for Ukrainians, hoodlums, and other nontechnical types."

Still true?'

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at June 10, 2026 10:42 PM (kpS4V)

110 Is it considered bad form to taunt two of my kitties about their impending vet appointment tomorrow morning?
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel
I don't know about cats, but judging from youtubes, there are dogs that recognize the word "vet" and don't like it. Also "bath".

Posted by: nerdygirl at June 10, 2026 10:43 PM (0Htd1)

111 I don't mind the idea of featuring obscure you tube channels on the ONT as long as they're not silly movie review sites....
Posted by: OrangeEnt

I agree, especially this guy.

https://m.youtube.com/watch

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at June 10, 2026 10:43 PM (glnUu)

112 Wait, does that mean Womenz won't need to keep the bear trap in their purse anymore? The one MOM told me was there to keep kids out of it? (I was like 6 at the time).
Posted by: Romeo13 at June 10, 2026 10:29 PM (mP0Kj)

Turned out it wasn't a bear trap, it was tampons, but the explanation would have killed you.

A man or boy enters that territory quaking in terror.

Posted by: tcn in AK at June 10, 2026 10:43 PM (bl07w)

113 That one's easy. Blonde Morticia actually hates being first, so she lets her pet cat type all her "first" posts.
Posted by: mikeski

Well!! My pussy doesn't even own a PC!

Posted by: Zombie Mrs. Slocombe at June 10, 2026 10:43 PM (LZxDN)

114 There is a theory that dinosaurs had feathers

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Some dinosaurs definitely had feathers. All may have had feathers at certain life stages, such as when they're chicks.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at June 10, 2026 10:43 PM (ndZc7)

115 Caltech and JPL have been needing a shake up for a long time. Too many sinecure elitists like Fauci.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at June 10, 2026 10:44 PM (SRceu)

116 There is a theory that dinosaurs had feathers, and became birds. Don't know if it's true, but it does make me wonder what Tyrannosaurus Rex might have become. Perhaps ostriches, and they stick their heads in the ground because they're no longer the king.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf

One of the flightless birds, for sure. That way you wouldn't have to explain how they re-learned how to use their arms/wings.

Posted by: mikeski at June 10, 2026 10:44 PM (VHUov)

117 I don't know about cats, but judging from youtubes, there are dogs that recognize the word "vet" and don't like it. Also "bath".
Posted by: nerdygirl at June 10, 2026 10:43 PM (0Htd1)
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Mine know *exactly* what the cat crates are for and hide as soon as I start getting one ready for them...

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at June 10, 2026 10:44 PM (gnNyN)

118 44 Oh. It’s just the Broom Guy.

!?!?!?
Posted by: Tom Servo at June 10, 2026 10:18 PM (orF8y)

I had something like that happen to me a couple of years ago. As I was entering the Harbor Freeway a somewhat well dressed man was stopped on the side of the on-ramp. He was out of his car signaling frantically like he needed help. I thought I saw a woman in the car. Thinking it might be a medical emergency I called 911 which rings into the CHP. I described the situation and the dispatcher described him back to a 'T' before I even finished.

'Oh that's just so and do. So that's where he is today. It's a scam. People stop and he tries to sell them jewelry or something.' We'll send someone out to get him off the ramp....

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK's Phone) at June 10, 2026 10:45 PM (QGaXH)

119 >>>Ancient history, pulse dialing was…before the touch-tone we have even now.
Remember the locks they would put on the dial to keep you from using it? It was easily defeated!
You could just hit the “hang up” buttons at the top, very quickly, counting the numbers and “dialing”with the presses, with a slight pause between numbers.

Also, unknown trivia…the 4th number from a pay phone, was always a 9.
Not that there was caller ID in the age of pay phones, but a pager would reveal that…
Posted by: Gunslinger
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411 - time at the tone is ...

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 10, 2026 10:45 PM (QtjPW)

120 Dinosaurs are now thought to have had garish colors, elaborate headpieces, feathers, and sequins.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at June 10, 2026 10:45 PM (kpS4V)

121 Funny how Superman could always find a convenient phone booth to duck into.
Posted by: Didja notice? at June 10, 2026 10:38 PM (2NpzS)

I never really liked the Superman movies, but there was one scene in the first Christopher Reeve movie where he headed for a phone booth to change out, and it was one of the more modern ones that was a kind of plastic bubble thing. I chuckled.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Not Mel Cooley at June 10, 2026 10:45 PM (0aYVJ)

122 I'm reading a 1973 story in which the lead character moves from New York to Cleveland, "a city that I had always thought of as primarily for Ukrainians, hoodlums, and other nontechnical types."

Still true?'
Posted by: All Hail Eris

John Demjanjuk has joined the chat. (Originally Ivan Mykolaiovych Demjanjuk

Posted by: Zombie Mrs. Slocombe at June 10, 2026 10:45 PM (LZxDN)

123 When I was a kid, my friend's house, ten miles out of town, had a party line phone. It had the dial, but you had to listen first to make sure nobody was on the line.

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We had a party line when I was a kid.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at June 10, 2026 10:46 PM (ndZc7)

124 Uh-oh. It's the caliber wars again.
Posted by: Don in SoCo at June 10, 2026 10:17 PM (cONmN)

More stuff I don't understand....someday I hope to meet one of the more senior regulars in person and have all this explained to me. Slowly. As you would to a small child...
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK's Phone) at June 10, 2026 10:37 PM (QGaXH)

For a long time, you could start a fierce discussion by taking a stand on certain topics. Most common were

9mm vs .45 caliber pistols
Longbows vs. crossbows
Mary Ann vs. Ginger (Gilligan's Island)

There were a few more that I've forgotten. It could snowball to fifty or a hundred comments on a good day.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 10, 2026 10:46 PM (qx7Zg)

125 Pittsburgh Scanner Penn Ave. and Bakery Square; multiple callers indicate that there is a dude riding a motorbike with what appears to be a monkey on their back macing people on the sidewalk
_________________________________________

There is a perfectly logical explanation for this. The dude riding the motorbike just broke the monkey out of a make-shift cage. He had been forced to perform slave labor dancing for an Organ Grinder who was part of the City Restoration program at Bakery Square. The Grinder gave pursuit, but the monkey was near sighted, so the Motorbike dude took no chances and was macing everyone.

Posted by: Orson at June 10, 2026 10:47 PM (dIske)

126 Dinosaurs are now thought to have had garish colors, elaborate headpieces, feathers, and sequins.
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes

Well, San Francisco dinosaurs, sure.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at June 10, 2026 10:47 PM (ndZc7)

127 For a long time, you could start a fierce discussion by taking a stand on certain topics. Most common were

9mm vs .45 caliber pistols
Longbows vs. crossbows
Mary Ann vs. Ginger (Gilligan's Island)

There were a few more that I've forgotten. It could snowball to fifty or a hundred comments on a good day.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf

Or LadyL, during one of her first posts, asking about the rules here.

Posted by: Tonypete at June 10, 2026 10:47 PM (LZxDN)

128 Perfessor, it's probably bad form, but more importantly, they'll probably hide extra well in the morning, because they know Those Words.

Posted by: RandomDave at June 10, 2026 10:48 PM (aJQbY)

129 Dinosaurs are now thought to have had garish colors, elaborate headpieces, feathers, and sequins.
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at June 10, 2026 10:45 PM (kpS4V)

Elton John is a dinosaur?

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 10, 2026 10:48 PM (qx7Zg)

130 YouTube is full of video of the Rush Live concerts featuring Anika on drums.

Girl is a beast.

The band sounds good and tight and have shaken off a decade of rust.

Amazing.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at June 10, 2026 10:48 PM (XV/Pl)

131 How ignorant and oblivious did Lois Land and Jimmy Olsen have to be to NOT recognize that Superman and Clark Kent were the same guy?
Posted by: Tonypete

Wasn't one of the explanations that he had such fine control over his facial muscles that "Clark" didn't really look like Superman?

And that he'd have to have such control so the guy who could punch Fort Knox inside-out could also hold a pencil without blasting it into sawdust.....

Posted by: mikeski at June 10, 2026 10:49 PM (VHUov)

132 I agree, especially this guy.

https://m.youtube.com/watch
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at June 10, 2026 10:43 PM (glnUu)

That guy, for sure.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at June 10, 2026 10:49 PM (Npncq)

133 120 Dinosaurs are now thought to have had garish colors, elaborate headpieces, feathers, and sequins.
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at June 10, 2026 10:45 PM (kpS4V)

Fabulous!

Posted by: tcn in AK at June 10, 2026 10:49 PM (bl07w)

134 There is a theory that dinosaurs had feathers, and became birds. Don't know if it's true, but it does make me wonder what Tyrannosaurus Rex might have become. Perhaps ostriches, and they stick their heads in the ground because they're no longer the king.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 10, 2026 10:40 PM (qx7Zg)

The current thinking is that Theropods, (T-rexes, deinonychus, all of them two footed dinos) included various bird genus, of which only Aves, modern birds that is, survived the KT event.
And most theropods had feathers, the way that pterosaurs and azhdarchids had pycnofibers and were "fuzzy".
There is no evidence that T-Rexes had feathers, though they may have had some on a ruff on the neck, or on the spine.

Posted by: Kindltot at June 10, 2026 10:49 PM (rbvCR)

135 Elton John is a dinosaur?
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 10, 2026 10:48 PM (qx7Zg)

No, he's a worn out old queen, with a prolapsed asshole.

Posted by: tcn in AK at June 10, 2026 10:50 PM (bl07w)

136 How ignorant and oblivious did Lois Land and Jimmy Olsen have to be to NOT recognize that Superman and Clark Kent were the same guy?
Ooops - I probably should have given a spoiler alert knowing this gang.
Posted by: Tonypete

As we all know, journalists aren't too bright.

Posted by: nerdygirl at June 10, 2026 10:50 PM (0Htd1)

137 My college town was so small it was not necessary to dial a prefix; pick up the receiver and dial the necessary four digits.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 10, 2026 10:50 PM (QtjPW)

138 YouTube is full of video of the Rush Live concerts featuring Anika on drums.

Girl is a beast.

The band sounds good and tight and have shaken off a decade of rust.

Amazing.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at June 10, 2026 10:48 PM (XV/Pl)

Alex and Geddy choosing her over some grizzled veteran rock drummer is pure genius. Good for her. Neil would approve.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Not Mel Cooley at June 10, 2026 10:50 PM (0aYVJ)

139
Jared Isaacman is trying to get NASA back to the Apollo can-do glory days. And that means getting rid of bureaucratic sclerosis and all that shit.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at June 10, 2026 10:52 PM (w6EFb)

140 Evenin'

Posted by: Puddleglum, chillin' in Amish Country at June 10, 2026 10:52 PM (bfy6w)

141 >>>The current thinking is that Theropods, (T-rexes, deinonychus, all of them two footed dinos) included various bird genus, of which only Aves, modern birds that is, survived the KT event.

Posted by: Kindltot
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They were able to, just fly away.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 10, 2026 10:53 PM (QtjPW)

142 137 My college town was so small it was not necessary to dial a prefix; pick up the receiver and dial the necessary four digits.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 10, 2026 10:50 PM (QtjPW)

My dad's old phone had no dial. You just picked up the receiver, hit the hook once, and told the operator whom you wished to speak with.

We had a party line, with four other houses on the line. Best way to catch up on the local gossip, since most of the ladies were home all day and once the housework was done, they yakked endlessly. Heaven forbid I should want to phone a friend. No time for that, honey.

Kinda boring once we got our own line.

Posted by: tcn in AK at June 10, 2026 10:53 PM (bl07w)

143 ZeroHedge: "RFK Jr. Responds To "Explosion" in Tick-Borne, WEF-Touted Alpha-Gal Syndrome"

One of the epicenters is Martha’s Vineyard where 50% of the adult population is now affected. It is really a devastating disease. You can’t eat red meat for the rest of your life.

Yikes!

Posted by: Joemarine at June 10, 2026 10:53 PM (y171U)

144 Well, San Francisco dinosaurs, sure.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at June 10, 2026 10:47 PM (ndZc7)

That's why they died out. They all turned into fags.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at June 10, 2026 10:53 PM (xgQ0E)

145 Evening, marshwiggle.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at June 10, 2026 10:53 PM (kpS4V)

146 Is it considered bad form to taunt two of my kitties about their impending vet appointment tomorrow morning?

It is if you were planning on sleeping between now and then.

Posted by: Oddbob at June 10, 2026 10:54 PM (vTZFs)

147 Dinosaurs are now thought to have had garish colors, elaborate headpieces, feathers, and sequins.
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at June 10, 2026 10:45 PM (kpS4V)

Gnarly!

Posted by: Liberace's hairdresser's boyfriend at June 10, 2026 10:54 PM (wVcYX)

148 139
Jared Isaacman is trying to get NASA back to the Apollo can-do glory days. And that means getting rid of bureaucratic sclerosis and all that shit.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley
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Good luck with that
_Elon

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 10, 2026 10:54 PM (QtjPW)

149 @138

>>Alex and Geddy choosing her over some grizzled veteran rock drummer is pure genius.

Well, they wanted to make sure there was at least on women at their concerts.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at June 10, 2026 10:54 PM (XV/Pl)

150 I remember when rocks were young
Me and T-Rex had so much fun

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at June 10, 2026 10:55 PM (ndZc7)

151 84 I am recommending you for the Honorable Order of the Curmudgeon, Second Class, with Belt-Onion clusters.

Unless that wasn't the whole story. If you got to "party lines," I'll make it First Class.
Posted by: mikeski at June 10, 2026 10:30 PM (VHUov)

They ran off before I even got to my joke about not wanting to talk to ones mother-in-law 'in person', much less 'person to person'.

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK's Phone) at June 10, 2026 10:55 PM (QGaXH)

152 Elton John is a dinosaur?
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf

No, that's Adrian Belew.

https://youtu.be/pYapzXFLP-E

Posted by: mikeski at June 10, 2026 10:55 PM (VHUov)

153 Yeah. Rush tickets are $250 per seat minimum. In a stadium. For 2/3 of a band that has not put out an album in over a decade. It's a no for me, dawg.

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls, drive-in mutant at June 10, 2026 10:56 PM (yjflf)

154 >>>One of the epicenters is Martha’s Vineyard where 50% of the adult population is now affected. It is really a devastating disease. You can’t eat red meat for the rest of your life.

Yikes!
Posted by: Joemarine
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Fauci, they ought to wring his neck which is not a euphemism for chocking the chicken.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 10, 2026 10:57 PM (QtjPW)

155 Ah, the old-style phones. Wish today's handheld POSs had even half the sound quality of those old beasts.

Howdy, horde!

Posted by: JQ at June 10, 2026 10:58 PM (rdVOm)

156 > Dinosaurs are now thought to have had garish colors, elaborate headpieces, feathers, and sequins.
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so, very early Vegas showgirls

Posted by: Don Black at June 10, 2026 10:58 PM (ZxPkt)

157 The thing with the tick meat disease is that it is very recent I don't see how that naturally evolves, and it's very obvious so it would have been something that would have been diagnosed years ago if it was around this is different from Lyme disease

Posted by: 18-1 at June 10, 2026 10:58 PM (thjq9)

158 I have no idea what ' busting mad rhymes' means.
And I have no idea what ' busting mad rhymes' means.
And what qualifies as 'ill'?

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan

"Ill" is falling short of "sick".

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at June 10, 2026 10:59 PM (/lPRQ)

159 Okay kiddos, from the original Top Gun; this is the unreleased background music of when Goose is killed. Get the hankies.

https://youtu.be/kXSw_LgX2qo

Posted by: Anna Puma at June 10, 2026 11:00 PM (2GVsD)

160 Ah, the old-style phones. Wish today's handheld POSs had even half the sound quality of those old beasts.

Howdy, horde!
Posted by: JQ at June 10, 2026 10:58 PM (rdVOm)

Bet you have the classic Bell ringtone too, don't you?

Posted by: OrangeEnt at June 10, 2026 11:00 PM (xgQ0E)

161 @153

>>It's a no for me, dawg.

I got my tickets a when they went on sale, I got 4 good tickets for the shows at MSG in July.

This is going to be the last hurrah, and their set list is pretty damn broad, looks like they are going to go through their entire catalog.

It was pretty awesome to see Aimee Mann on stage with them for Time Stand Still.

She looks damn good.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at June 10, 2026 11:01 PM (XV/Pl)

162 There is a theory that dinosaurs had feathers, and became birds. Don't know if it's true, but it does make me wonder what Tyrannosaurus Rex might have become. Perhaps ostriches, and they stick their heads in the ground because they're no longer the king.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 10, 2026 10:40 PM (qx7Zg)

There’s a Chinese fossil bed that has produced some truly spectacular finds, incredible detail. Casts of skin with pinion holes and all kinds of stuff.

Should add that the line thought to be related to birds is the Theropods, the Bird Hipped dinosaurs. Most of the predators and 2 legged ones. The Sauropods, the great big ones, still look like they completely died out, as did the marine creatures like the Mosasaur.

Posted by: Tom Servo at June 10, 2026 11:02 PM (orF8y)

163 >>The thing with the tick meat disease is that it is very recent I don't see how that naturally evolves, and it's very obvious so it would have been something that would have been diagnosed years ago if it was around this is different from Lyme disease

Well. I'm sure it's because of wet-markets and bat soup! No way was it "lab created"

/do I need to sarc?

Posted by: JQ at June 10, 2026 11:02 PM (rdVOm)

164 94 A division of General Tire (Aerojet-General) built both solid and liquid rocket motors and engines. I picked up an original copy of Ignition! back in the late 70's from one of the guys there. Alas, it was lost during one of my many moves.
Posted by: Tonypete at June 10, 2026 10:35 PM (LZxDN)

I worked at their Azusa plant while it was still Gencorp. The rocket stuff had moved to Sacramento by then. I think the place was started by Werner Von Braun originally.

A popular joke at Corporate get togethers was

'what site are you from?'

'Azusa'

'Geshundtite'

Northrop owns it now. I'm sure they're still telling that joke, engineers being engineers, you know...,

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK's Phone) at June 10, 2026 11:02 PM (QGaXH)

165 Benjamin Netanyahu - None's new@netanyahu 3 PM

The anti-Semitic dictator Erdogan, who commits genocide against the Kurds, supports the terrorist organization Hamas, oppresses his own people, and puts political opponents in prison, is the last one who can preach morality to the State of Israel.

The State of Israel and the IDF, the most moral army in the world, will continue to act forcefully against Iran and its proxies that threaten the Middle East and the entire world.
Jun 10, 2026 · 11:30 AM UTC

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 10, 2026 11:02 PM (QtjPW)

166 >The thing with the tick meat disease is that it is very recent
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a Bill Gates production
he wants to get humans to stop eating animals
the humans are not cooperating
so- give them an artificial, tick-borne allergy

conspiracy theory or real evil?

Posted by: Don Black at June 10, 2026 11:03 PM (ZxPkt)

167 Bet you have the classic Bell ringtone too, don't you?
Posted by: OrangeEnt

No. Because even THAT doesn't sound right on these new phones!

Posted by: JQ at June 10, 2026 11:03 PM (rdVOm)

168 It was pretty awesome to see Aimee Mann on stage with them for Time Stand Still.

She looks damn good.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at June 10, 2026 11:01 PM (XV/Pl)

She does. I saw her a few months ago doing her 20th anniversary tour (sorta) for Lost in Space.

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls, drive-in mutant at June 10, 2026 11:03 PM (yjflf)

169 Ah, the old-style phones. Wish today's handheld POSs had even half the sound quality of those old beasts.

Howdy, horde!
Posted by: JQ at June 10, 2026 10:58 PM (rdVOm)

I miss slamming the headset.

Thankfully, I never needed to hit something with a heavyweight desk phone. Phone books in my area were heavy enough for most insects.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 10, 2026 11:04 PM (qx7Zg)

170 Evening all,

I hope everyone had a wonderful day.

We have a launch in the morning.

SpaceX - Falcon 9 - Starlink 17-44
SLC-4E - Vandenberg SFB - Space Affairs Live
Launch Date: June 11, 2026
Launch Time: 8:04 a.m. EDT (15:04 UTC, 17:04 CEST)

https://youtu.be/2Tb0CnxldCI

Posted by: Joyenz at June 10, 2026 11:05 PM (2F0/Y)

171 Maybe computer control will fix this, but I've always said that the true reason we don't have flying cars is that the average retard can't even be trusted to control a vehicle in two dimensions, much less three.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at June 10, 2026 11:05 PM (IG3/x)

172 I'm sure they're still telling that joke, engineers being engineers, you know...
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan

I feel seen.

Posted by: mikeski at June 10, 2026 11:05 PM (VHUov)

173 57m
Large-scale ballistic missile launches from Iran are ongoing, likely targeting regional allies and U.S. military installations.
_ZH

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 10, 2026 11:05 PM (QtjPW)

174 Yeah. Rush tickets are $250 per seat minimum. In a stadium. For 2/3 of a band that has not put out an album in over a decade. It's a no for me, dawg.

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls, drive-in mutant at June 10, 2026 10:56 PM (yjflf)

A bit pricey. I would pay it just to see the new drummer. I watched both full shows so far. She's off the charts. She thunders. Geddy's voice on the other hand sounds like 2 cats fucking, and they seem to be rotating songs from night to night, so you don't know what you'll see. Not into chef's surprise. They played Anthem, closer to the heart, the FULL 2112 side A, and passage to bangkok during the second night show, but not during the first night. That would have pissed me off if I went the first night and missed those songs.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at June 10, 2026 11:06 PM (snZF9)

175 No. Because even THAT doesn't sound right on these new phones!
Posted by: JQ at June 10, 2026 11:03 PM (rdVOm)

Close as it can get, I guess. You could always download the Flint movies ringtone.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at June 10, 2026 11:06 PM (sCij6)

176 Shot a 96 today at a golf course I haven't been too in years. Well, shot a '96'. I had lots of help from St. Mulligan. Lots and lots of help. I did make out on golf balls though. Found lots of them. Went shootin' boom sticks with a friend of mine at a gun club that is behind the middle of no where. Great place. Plan to go back tomorrow and shoot some more. I head back to Babylon DC on Saturday. Meh.

Posted by: Puddleglum, chillin' in Amish Country at June 10, 2026 11:07 PM (bfy6w)

177 >>I miss slamming the headset.

Oh, YASSSSS!

Nothing so satisfying, as that good, old-fashioned SLAM! when hanging up in anger...

Posted by: JQ at June 10, 2026 11:07 PM (rdVOm)

178 Maybe computer control will fix this, but I've always said that the true reason we don't have flying cars is that the average retard can't even be trusted to control a vehicle in two dimensions, much less three.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia

Expecting them to keep up an "aircraft" level of maintenance seems like a lost cause, too.

And if you make something idiot-proof, nature builds a better idiot.

Posted by: mikeski would not live near a 3d freeway at June 10, 2026 11:08 PM (VHUov)

179 Sorry I'm late, if your penicillin instructions say, "Take with food," that food probabky shouldn't be an Activia yogurt.
Posted by: tankdemon at June 10, 2026 10:08 PM (Hd1lH)

I.probably laughed too hard at this.

Posted by: Diogenes at June 10, 2026 11:08 PM (2WIwB)

180 96 ...Also, unknown trivia…the 4th number from a pay phone, was always a 9.
Not that there was caller ID in the age of pay phones, but a pager would reveal that…
Posted by: Gunslinger at June 10, 2026 10:36 PM (3hOgI)

Interesting trivia.

When Florida changed their license plate format to 3 letters and three numbers back in the late '70's, it became common knowledge that plates starting with 'Z' were rental cars. I recall they had to change it after a few incidents of tourists being targeted because of the plate.

I still have an old style Florida plate in the rear window of my truck.

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK's Phone) at June 10, 2026 11:08 PM (QGaXH)

181 Seems like the Moesasaur should have survived after taking out its competitors with pipe wrenches and rubber mallets.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at June 10, 2026 11:08 PM (u/oMr)

182 When phones were owned by The Phone Company, which was responsible for their repair and maintenance: Would withstand a nuclear blast. Could be used to bludgeon a person to death and it'd still be fine.

When buying and repairing the phone became the customer's responsibility: cardboard and tin foil that you were lucky if it lasted more than a year.

Of course, hardly anyone now has land lines in the first place.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at June 10, 2026 11:09 PM (IG3/x)

183 >>>No. Because even THAT doesn't sound right on these new phones!
Posted by: JQ
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The old phones had a pair of bells.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 10, 2026 11:11 PM (QtjPW)

184 Of course, hardly anyone now has land lines in the first place.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at June 10, 2026 11:09 PM (IG3/x)

Turns out light in kitchen

Posted by: OrangeEnt at June 10, 2026 11:11 PM (sCij6)

185 I’m never donating blood again.

You don’t need to know where I got it, who’s it was or why it’s in a 5 gallon bucket.

Posted by: Kindltot at June 10, 2026 11:11 PM (rbvCR)

186 > Expecting them to keep up an "aircraft" level of maintenance seems like a lost cause, too.

Posted by: mikeski would not live near a 3d freeway at June 10, 2026 11:08 PM (VHUov)

Good point.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at June 10, 2026 11:11 PM (IG3/x)

187 A bit pricey. I would pay it just to see the new drummer. I watched both full shows so far. She's off the charts. She thunders. Geddy's voice on the other hand sounds like 2 cats fucking, and they seem to be rotating songs from night to night, so you don't know what you'll see. Not into chef's surprise. They played Anthem, closer to the heart, the FULL 2112 side A, and passage to bangkok during the second night show, but not during the first night. That would have pissed me off if I went the first night and missed those songs.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at June 10, 2026 11:06 PM (snZF9)

I know some will, but I won't pay that for anyone in a stadium or arena.

I tried to lobby my wife to pay something like that to see BOC a while back during the holidays. But the venue was so intimate that attending that show would have made me and Buck Dharma common-law married under Texas law. (Still sad I didn't see that one.)

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls, drive-in mutant at June 10, 2026 11:12 PM (yjflf)

188 @174

>>they seem to be rotating songs from night to night, so you don't know what you'll see.

They have a vast catalog of songs and are puling them out. They did Vital Signs which is one of my favorites.

Geddy's 72 and can't belt it like he could when he was younger.

But it's all good for Rush fans. Crowds seem to be very into it.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at June 10, 2026 11:12 PM (XV/Pl)

189 The old phones had a pair of bells.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 10, 2026 11:11 PM (QtjPW)

All old phones were males.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at June 10, 2026 11:12 PM (sCij6)

190 I love RUSH, but my hearing is crapping out, so it's a no for me on this. I'm sure they'll make there way to the DC area at some point, but I'm going to have to pass. I will wait for the concert DVD/CD and get that.

Posted by: Puddleglum, chillin' in Amish Country at June 10, 2026 11:13 PM (bfy6w)

191 I still have a nice SWBell "princess" phone. Solid as a rock, with dial in the handset.

No landline, now... Phone will become part of my estate I guess. LOL.

Posted by: JQ at June 10, 2026 11:13 PM (rdVOm)

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