'Twas My Lucky Bun-Day Cafe

Paint Mines, El Paso
Kristin Mae photography

When dogs clearly have a favorite person.

This was me all day. I don't know what the problem was. I never woke up.

A weird-looking goblin-dog was returned by a family because their own dog, a chihauhau, rejected it. But he's got a forever home now.

Men rescue a kangaroo from a reservoir and the roo shakes their hands afterwards. Kind of. I think he's actually getting ready to punch them and the guy just grabs his paw so he doesn't.

Band records a hardrock cover of "Dayman" from Always Sunny.

Koala baby grabs on to a dog thinking it's a surrogate mom and I don't think the dog is cool with it.

Rescue donkeys like being serenaded.

Stray dog hides in a Dollar General until a man rescues her.

Baby elephant protecting its family..🐘😅 pic.twitter.com/imsjtpkY2u
— 𝕐o̴g̴ (@Yoda4ever) June 15, 2026

Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace at 07:35 PM

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1 Good evening everyone

Posted by: Skip at June 15, 2026 07:36 PM (Ia/+0)

2 Left my boxing gloves in the last thread

May I buy you a drink?

Posted by: Ben Had at June 15, 2026 07:39 PM (5P5DO)

3 chihuahua, not chihauhau

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at June 15, 2026 07:39 PM (VyBeY)

4 Willowed: meaning, that all the gazillions of oil that hit the market, that Trump talked about last week, were Qatari tankers that got released, for a credit line of a billion dollars ?
Posted by: runner at June 15, 2026 07:34 PM (GD0B3)
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It's a lie. Read it again. Who is the source? "three diplomatic officials now confirm."

See what they're doing. "Oh, it's THREE sources. Wow, must be true then! They'd never make up THREE fake sources!"

Always the same nonsense, always undercuts Trump, and yet I guess people want to believe.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 15, 2026 07:40 PM (ZOv7s)

5 Ok, how many of you does this T-shirt fit for personality (besides me)?

When God made me, he grinned and said "This'll be fun"

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 15, 2026 07:40 PM (qx7Zg)

6 Its the simple bear necessitates

Posted by: Skip at June 15, 2026 07:42 PM (Ia/+0)

7 Elephants!

Posted by: Case at June 15, 2026 07:42 PM (+zXtV)

8 >>> 7 Elephants!
Posted by: Case at June 15, 2026 07:42 PM (+zXtV)

Heffalumps!

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at June 15, 2026 07:45 PM (R+iUD)

9 >>> Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 15, 2026 07:40 PM (ZOv7s)

We are SMAHHHRRT! Not dumb like everyone says! and that Orange Man is very very Bad!!!

Posted by: EXPERTS! at June 15, 2026 07:46 PM (R+iUD)

10 Helena Handbasket, you have your own critter Cafe every day.

Posted by: Ben Had at June 15, 2026 07:46 PM (5P5DO)

11
Elephants and cats are always good.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia's Phone at June 15, 2026 07:46 PM (n7rxJ)

12 "I men her on Monday, 'twas my lucky bun-day, if you know what I mean.

I love her each weekday, each velvety cheek day if you know what I mean."

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 15, 2026 07:47 PM (ZOv7s)

13 >>> 10 Helena Handbasket, you have your own critter Cafe every day.
Posted by: Ben Had at June 15, 2026 07:46 PM (5P5DO)

I will have to send an update on my goofy heifer...

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at June 15, 2026 07:48 PM (R+iUD)

14 here's an anthem for the registered nurses out there
youtu.be/acxvwbaonmA

Posted by: gKWVE at June 15, 2026 07:48 PM (gKWVE)

15 Yaks are the most utilitarian animal on the planet.

Posted by: Ben Had at June 15, 2026 07:48 PM (5P5DO)

16 Stop wastin' my time
You know what I want
You know what I need
Or maybe you don't

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at June 15, 2026 07:49 PM (B0NCh)

17 Never seen a dog that wired

Posted by: Skip at June 15, 2026 07:49 PM (Ia/+0)

18
Yeah, well, they're like, credentialed, and authoritative, and TRUMP SAYS STUFF, WITHOUT EVIDENCE.

Posted by: Auspex at June 15, 2026 07:50 PM (Y8DZL)

19
Are there Yaks in our country?

I don't know where they live.

Posted by: four seasons at June 15, 2026 07:51 PM (/QHx4)

20
*flat, blaring nerd voice*

Hi everyone!

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 15, 2026 07:51 PM (O0L8i)

21 Yeah, well, they're like, credentialed, and authoritative, and TRUMP SAYS STUFF, WITHOUT EVIDENCE.
Posted by: Auspex at June 15, 2026 07:50 PM (Y8DZL)
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The inclusion of that phrase only when Trump is talking is what killed legacy media. The old rule was you just let them talk, but places like Associated Press decided they would be "truth-tellers" but only ask one side for evidence.

And now they're all dying. Sad. Anyway...

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 15, 2026 07:53 PM (ZOv7s)

22 four seasons, definitely. There are even Yak raisers in Texas.
Milk and butter. Check
Fiber for clothing. Check
Pull your cart or plow. Check
Dung for your fire. Check
Meat. Check

Posted by: Ben Had at June 15, 2026 07:56 PM (5P5DO)

23 19
Are there Yaks in our country?

I don't know where they live.

Posted by: four seasons at June 15, 2026 07:51 PM (/QHx4)
_____________________________

I bet you didn't know this. The term "Yak" is ethnic slang for "white people". The term originates from the NOI (Nation of Islam). It's short for "Yakubian", and the NOI doctrine is this:

A scientist named Yakub created the white race through a selective breeding project thousands of years ago.

Posted by: Orson at June 15, 2026 07:56 PM (dIske)

24 Evening, Ace, and Cafe layabouts! That "goblin dog" is wound up tighter than a 2-dollar watch. Looks like it's part chupacabra?

And couldn't that kangaroo simply hop out of the pond? Water was barely knee-deep.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 15, 2026 07:57 PM (1z8ji)

25
Ben Had,

I had no idea.

Thanks for the info.

Posted by: four seasons at June 15, 2026 07:58 PM (/QHx4)

26 I'm waiting for National hug a Yak day

Posted by: Ben Had at June 15, 2026 07:58 PM (5P5DO)

27 Evening, Horde...How goes it?

I started reading a new book today that's an "alternate future history."

In this alternate reality, we didn't set foot on the Moon until 1971.

LBJ is still an asshole, however, so some things never change.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at June 15, 2026 07:59 PM (gnNyN)

28
Orson,

That is interesting.

Posted by: four seasons at June 15, 2026 08:00 PM (/QHx4)

29 Milk and butter. Check
Fiber for clothing. Check
Pull your cart or plow. Check
Dung for your fire. Check
Meat. Check
Posted by: Ben Had at June 15, 2026 07:56 PM (5P5DO)

and an essential ingredient in Yakisoba.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 15, 2026 08:00 PM (1z8ji)

30 >>Are there Yaks in our country?

>>I don't know where they live.

Block Island a small but beautiful Island off the coast of Rhode Island. The place is covered with inns and B&Bs. One of the inns is owned by a family that also has a small exotic animal farm that is open to visitors.

They have or at least had a yak in their collection.

Posted by: JackStraw at June 15, 2026 08:01 PM (viF8m)

31 Hey AOP!

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at June 15, 2026 08:01 PM (WhKnE)

32 AOP, just a little while until I get to give you a hug.

Posted by: Ben Had at June 15, 2026 08:02 PM (5P5DO)

33 "In this alternate reality, we didn't set foot on the Moon until 1971."

Doesn't seem to make much difference. It's like if the Mustang came out in 67.

Posted by: fd at June 15, 2026 08:02 PM (vFG9F)

34

AOS is such a great place.

I learn so much about different subjects here.

We are blessed to have Ace.

Posted by: four seasons at June 15, 2026 08:02 PM (/QHx4)

35 Never seen a dog that wired
Posted by: Skip at June 15, 2026 07:49 PM (Ia/+0)

For Reef, that's Tuesday.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 15, 2026 08:03 PM (zZu0s)

36 It doesn't seem like it would make much difference, I mean.

Posted by: fd at June 15, 2026 08:03 PM (vFG9F)

37 I am sure someone has a herd of Yaks here
Long ago was surprised in way upstate Pa a field of Bison

Posted by: Skip at June 15, 2026 08:04 PM (Ia/+0)

38 34
AOS is such a great place.
I learn so much about different subjects here.
We are blessed to have Ace.

Posted by: four seasons at June 15, 2026 08:02 PM (/QHx4)

The horde is amazing!

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at June 15, 2026 08:04 PM (zYpTz)

39 A scientist named Yakub created the white race through a selective breeding project thousands of years ago.
Posted by: Orson at June 15, 2026 07:56 PM (dIske)

Huh.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 15, 2026 08:04 PM (zZu0s)

40 "In this alternate reality, we didn't set foot on the Moon until 1971."

Doesn't seem to make much difference. It's like if the Mustang came out in 67.
Posted by: fd at June 15, 2026 08:02 PM (vFG9F)
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The asteroid named Icarus that was scheduled to destroy the planet in 1968 was a bit of a game changer...

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at June 15, 2026 08:04 PM (gnNyN)

41 I bet you didn't know this. The term "Yak" is ethnic slang for "white people". The term originates from the NOI (Nation of Islam). It's short for "Yakubian", and the NOI doctrine is this:

A scientist named Yakub created the white race through a selective breeding project thousands of years ago.
====
Fascinating.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 15, 2026 08:04 PM (RIvkX)

42 We probably would have had Space Food Sticks for a couple of years longer.

Posted by: fd at June 15, 2026 08:05 PM (vFG9F)

43 Left my boxing gloves in the last thread

May I buy you a drink?
Posted by: Ben Had at June 15, 2026 07:39 PM

* looks around for kitchen table proximity *

Posted by: Duncanthrax at June 15, 2026 08:05 PM (0sNs1)

44 four seasons, a meet up of the Horde is the blog in real life. So many wonderful people.

Posted by: Ben Had at June 15, 2026 08:05 PM (5P5DO)

45 39 A scientist named Yakub created the white race through a selective breeding project thousands of years ago.
Posted by: Orson
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I feel dumber just for reading that tripe.

Posted by: whig at June 15, 2026 08:06 PM (E4rtv)

46 "The asteroid named Icarus that was scheduled to destroy the planet in 1968 was a bit of a game changer..."

That might shift priorities.

Posted by: fd at June 15, 2026 08:06 PM (vFG9F)

47 I better call it a night
Have a good night everyone

Posted by: Skip at June 15, 2026 08:07 PM (Ia/+0)

48 Pricks and MiniDicks keep finding rakes to step on.

Josh Johnson, who in a June 4 press release was listed as a franchise co-owner of the Keizer store. But in the BAM 2025 listing of franchisee Josh's name is absent from that store.

So is this a material omission that needs to be reported to the FTC?

Posted by: Anna Puma at June 15, 2026 08:07 PM (2GVsD)

49 Jesse Watters is a reliable mouthpiece like Jennifer Griffin. He is spinning hard.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 15, 2026 08:07 PM (RIvkX)

50 Duncanthrax, you would appreciate the laugh about the kitchen table I had with a friend the other day.

Scritches to my favorite girl and a hug to both of you.

Posted by: Ben Had at June 15, 2026 08:08 PM (5P5DO)

51 Thank you Ace for a Café where one doesn't have to worry about stepping in Happy Foot residue.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at June 15, 2026 08:08 PM (0sNs1)

52 A scientist named Yakub created the white race through a selective breeding project thousands of years ago.
Posted by: Orson at June 15, 2026 07:56 PM (dIske)

Huh.
Posted by: Aetius451AD

Where's ZOD? He has a breeding project.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at June 15, 2026 08:08 PM (d9FiM)

53 In Inuit mythology.

White people arose from Sedna having sex with the family dog.

Posted by: Anna Puma at June 15, 2026 08:08 PM (2GVsD)

54 I hadn't heard "Yak".
The Yakub stuff was on-and-off heard among some rappers in the 1990s but I'm pretty sure most blacks don't bother with it today. Especially since black (actual) Muslims have laughed NoI off the stage.
The only time I read about Yakub these days is on /pol/ where they find the lore... "kino". It's not on par with the Silmarillion but it's maybe on par with Warhammer 40000.

Posted by: gKWVE at June 15, 2026 08:08 PM (gKWVE)

55 four seasons, a meet up of the Horde is the blog in real life. So many wonderful people.
Posted by: Ben Had
___

So true, and Ben Had is the best of the best!

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at June 15, 2026 08:09 PM (c8xsU)

56 Jesse Watters is a reliable mouthpiece like Jennifer Griffin. He is spinning hard.

Like a Beyblade?

Posted by: Anna Puma at June 15, 2026 08:09 PM (2GVsD)

57
The horde is amazing!

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at June 15, 2026 08:04 PM (zYpTz)

___________

*polishes fingernails on lapel*
*inspects them with self-satisfied air*

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 15, 2026 08:10 PM (O0L8i)

58 "The asteroid named Icarus that was scheduled to destroy the planet in 1968 was a bit of a game changer..."

That might shift priorities.
Posted by: fd at June 15, 2026 08:06 PM (vFG9F)
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That seems to be what happened in this alternate universe. The Soviets and Americans came together and co-developed the technology needed to divert the asteroid from destroying the Earth. In the process they laid the foundation for a One World Government that eventually leads to exploration of the Solar System.

Among the peculiarities in the late twenty-first century are robots that are less capable than the machines we have now (in our world) because humans focused their efforts in making "superchimps" or "simps" instead of harnessing computational power to create AI.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at June 15, 2026 08:10 PM (gnNyN)

59 We might be at the point to where we could mount a serious mission deflect an asteroid. Not led by NASA though, but they can help.

Posted by: fd at June 15, 2026 08:10 PM (vFG9F)

60 Pricks and MiniDicks keep finding rakes to step on.
====
I have been trying to avoid this black hole of pathos.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 15, 2026 08:11 PM (RIvkX)

61 We might be at the point to where we could mount a serious mission deflect an asteroid. Not led by NASA though, but they can help.
Posted by: fd at June 15, 2026 08:10 PM (vFG9F)
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I'm hanging on to my SpaceX shares....just in case!

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at June 15, 2026 08:12 PM (gnNyN)

62 SMH, you all the best ! You and so many others have enriched my life in so many ways it is impossible to explain.

Posted by: Ben Had at June 15, 2026 08:12 PM (5P5DO)

63 I feel dumber just for reading that tripe.
Posted by: whig at June 15, 2026 08:06 PM (E4rtv)
_____________________

Where's your sense of imagination? If we play our cards right, we might be able to finagle some reparations from the Mesopotamians.

Posted by: Orson at June 15, 2026 08:12 PM (dIske)

64 I thought Yakub originated in the writings of the Nation Of Islam's founder Wallace Fard Muhammad.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at June 15, 2026 08:12 PM (0sNs1)

65 "White people arose from Sedna having sex with the family dog.
Posted by: Anna Puma "

You can do that?

Posted by: Pawl at June 15, 2026 08:13 PM (vFG9F)

66 Hadrian, you owe me

Posted by: Ben Had at June 15, 2026 08:13 PM (5P5DO)

67 >>>I don't know what the problem was.

The cats problem is he doesn't like that thing tied around his neck, so he's going all limp.

Not sure what's going on with ace.

Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at June 15, 2026 08:13 PM (syz1S)

68 So true, and Ben Had is the best of the best!
Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at June 15, 2026 08:09 PM (c8xsU)

Ditto that.

Hi, SMH!

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at June 15, 2026 08:14 PM (zYpTz)

69 And it continues:

Andrew Kerr
@AndrewKerrNC
·
4h
NYTimes didn't mention that Newsom asked the Native American tribe to donate huge money to his wife's charity JUST AFTER he used his office to block its rival tribe from opening a competing casino.

P.S. comment 199 in the last thread called ace a zionist cunt.

Posted by: beckster at June 15, 2026 08:14 PM (kX27y)

70 In the Muv-Luv Alternative universe, Man gets to the Moon to find aliens have beaten him there.

Posted by: Anna Puma at June 15, 2026 08:15 PM (2GVsD)

71 P.S. comment 199 in the last thread called ace a zionist cunt.
Posted by: beckster at June 15, 2026 08:14 PM (kX27y)
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His crow army will not like that.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 15, 2026 08:15 PM (RIvkX)

72 Evening, folken,

I'm on my own tonight. Linda is not feeling well and is resting. It was hot all day, no rain.

The local utility co. came by and was outfitting all the apartments with new digital thermostats and improved flow tap/shower heads. So far so good. I happened to mention I had two cats, and one of the guys looked surprised. "I didn't smell nothin'!" Apparently I keep the place pretty clean.

My new Casio digital sport watch with a better night light arrived. I'm looking forward to using it for tomorrow's workout, though not to the workout itself, not in this hot weather.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 15, 2026 08:16 PM (wzUl9)

73 Best in most cases not to quote the trolls. Unless they are quotable. Then maybe. Use your best judgement.

Posted by: fd at June 15, 2026 08:16 PM (vFG9F)

74 The goblin dog acted like he was possessed. No wonder the Chihuahua wanted nothing to do with him.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 15, 2026 08:16 PM (wzUl9)

75 Here it is:

199 "It was an absurd conclusion to come to and I'm ashamed to have made it."

It was actually pretty mild for you, Zionist cunt.
Posted by: ungowa88 at June 15, 2026 08:06 PM (YgpAe)

Posted by: beckster at June 15, 2026 08:16 PM (kX27y)

76 Scritches to my favorite girl and a hug to both of you.
Posted by: Ben Had at June 15, 2026 08:08 PM

* hugs back to you *

Scritches delivered. She is, if anything becoming more affectionate lately. She really is a dog in a cat body, including becoming quite demanding for treats and tastes of our meals.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at June 15, 2026 08:16 PM (0sNs1)

77 Ok we get the picture.

Posted by: fd at June 15, 2026 08:17 PM (vFG9F)

78 Not sure what's going on with ace.
Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at June 15, 2026 08:13 PM

Have we disappointed him yet again?

Posted by: Duncanthrax at June 15, 2026 08:18 PM (0sNs1)

79 Hi Dash!

How are you doing?

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at June 15, 2026 08:18 PM (c8xsU)

80 News conference for B-52H crash.

Confirmed eight are dead. Families being notified now.

The aircraft was involved in the radar upgrade program, ie the B-52J.

Posted by: Anna Puma at June 15, 2026 08:19 PM (2GVsD)

81 Duncanthrax, she is a Sprite in a cats body. Heart memories are no joke and you two hold a huge one.

Posted by: Ben Had at June 15, 2026 08:19 PM (5P5DO)

82 Scritches to my favorite girl and a hug to both of you.
Posted by: Ben Had at June 15, 2026 08:08 PM

* hugs back to you *

Scritches delivered. She is, if anything becoming more affectionate lately. She really is a dog in a cat body, including becoming quite demanding for treats and tastes of our meals.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at June 15, 2026 08:16 PM (0sNs1)

yeah no cat ever wants to steal the good part of dinner or get treats.

Posted by: Oldcat at June 15, 2026 08:19 PM (uhVAy)

83 Stop wastin' my time
You know what I want
You know what I need
Or maybe you don't
Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at June 15, 2026

***
In the immortal words of the Amazing Rhythm Aces:

"Well, baby . . . . well, maybe
I shouldn't call you 'baby' no more?
You see, Miss, it's like this:
You don't wanna sell me no bacon,
Don't you open up the store!"

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 15, 2026 08:19 PM (wzUl9)

84 His crow army will not like that.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 15, 2026 08:15 PM (RIvkX)
______________

Anyone else find it amusing that people who use Zionist think it is a derogatory term? But, the process of using the term Zionist in such a fashion only shows the bigotry of the user.

Same premise: They should substitute "Rollo Tomasi" for Zionist. If you enjoyed "LA Confidential" you will get that reference.

Posted by: Orson at June 15, 2026 08:20 PM (dIske)

85 Crew was a mix of military, government, and contractors. Ouch.

Posted by: Anna Puma at June 15, 2026 08:20 PM (2GVsD)

86 >>>Men rescue a kangaroo from a reservoir and the roo shakes their hands afterwards. Kind of. I think he's actually getting ready to punch them and the guy just grabs his paw so he doesn't.

I think the problem with that narrative is the word "rescue". The water came up how high? To his knees?

He wasn't rescued. He was captured. He would have been perfectly content to continue doing whatever he was doing until he was ready to leave. Which he would have done just fine without anyone's "help".

So, yeah, he would have liked to do some damage to his captors.

Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at June 15, 2026 08:20 PM (syz1S)

87 I should get back to work on the computer.

On the other hand, Snowflake is outside and if yesterday was any indication, it may be difficult to watch 'Catnado' on Tubi with her in the house. The head perked up and she went searching for cats.

I have some cute pictures of her on the rock next to my monkey statue.

Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at June 15, 2026 08:20 PM (Sco7b)

88 79 Hi Dash!

How are you doing?
Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at June 15, 2026 08:18 PM (c8xsU)

Life is good, and we live in interesting times. Hope all is well with you & family.

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at June 15, 2026 08:21 PM (zYpTz)

89 Oldcat, I have never met a cat cat that has the vocabulary of Duncanthrax's girl. She is amazing.

Posted by: Ben Had at June 15, 2026 08:21 PM (5P5DO)

90 yeah no cat ever wants to steal the good part of dinner or get treats.
Posted by: Oldcat at June 15, 2026 08:19 PM (uhVAy)
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*** Kaylee the Calico Kitty Cat (the cutest little cat of them all) has entered the chat... ***

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at June 15, 2026 08:21 PM (gnNyN)

91
A scientist named Yakub created the white race through a selective breeding project thousands of years ago.
Posted by: Orson

The original Dr. Funkenstein.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at June 15, 2026 08:22 PM (Cqx++)

92 The Yangs vs the Khoms

Posted by: polynikes at June 15, 2026 08:22 PM (GseMx)

93 AOP, just a little while until I get to give you a hug.
Posted by: Ben Had at June 15, 2026 08:02 PM (5P5DO)

Looking forward to it, Ben Had!

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 15, 2026 08:24 PM (1z8ji)

94 Why did it take Animal Control weeks to let the guy who called them adopt the dog? I thought it was three days to give opportunity for possible owner to make claim.

Posted by: polynikes at June 15, 2026 08:26 PM (GseMx)

95 Oldcat, I have never met a cat cat that has the vocabulary of Duncanthrax's girl. She is amazing.
Posted by: Ben Had at June 15, 2026

***
My late part-Coon red tabby, Arizona, knew three words: his name, the word "no," and the word "feed." Of which the third was clearly the most important. "No" he was aware of; he'd look at me when I said it; and then, half the time, he'd go on with whatever he was doing anyway.

All of my cats have known their names at least. Marie-Antoinette got her name later in life; she'd belonged to a woman who passed away, and the person who rescued her didn't know the original name and called her after the French queen. And Marie learned it and any part of it, including if someone said it on TV.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 15, 2026 08:27 PM (wzUl9)

96 >>>Rescue Donkeys Run To This Man The Moment He Starts Singing

That would cure me of any temptation I had to break out in song.

Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at June 15, 2026 08:27 PM (syz1S)

97 This out of control bear must be a Democrat because he's getting all handsy with the girls.

https://tinyurl.com/bddjzdtr

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks and His All White Jury! at June 15, 2026 08:27 PM (ndZc7)

98 94 Why did it take Animal Control weeks to let the guy who called them adopt the dog? I thought it was three days to give opportunity for possible owner to make claim.

Posted by: polynikes at June 15, 2026

***
He should have just called them back and said the dog ran away, then kept her.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 15, 2026 08:28 PM (wzUl9)

99 I was born in El Paso. Nightly trivia.

Posted by: Piper at June 15, 2026 08:28 PM (p4NUW)

100 I was born in El Paso. Nightly trivia.
Posted by: Piper at June 15, 2026 08:28 PM (p4NUW)

Any relation to Felina?

https://youtu.be/KAO7vs_Q9is

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 15, 2026 08:30 PM (qx7Zg)

101 I was born in El Paso. Nightly trivia.
Posted by: Piper at June 15, 2026 08:28 PM (p4NUW)

Not in Rosie's Cantina, one hopes!

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 15, 2026 08:30 PM (1z8ji)

102 P.S. comment 199 in the last thread called ace a zionist cunt.
Posted by: beckster at June 15, 2026 08:14 PM (kX27y)

-1 for not calling him a gay zionist cunt.

Be better, trolls. Be better.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 15, 2026 08:30 PM (G3T/K)

103 Admit it, if you didn't know it was AI, you'd love this.

https://tinyurl.com/2h6spm95

Posted by: Archimedes at June 15, 2026 08:31 PM (Riz8t)

104 I was born in El Paso. Nightly trivia.
Posted by: Piper at June 15, 2026

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In '93, I was near there on a road trip to Guadalupe Mountains National Park in TX -- right across the NM border from Carlsbad, and in the same mountain range. Beautiful, dry, and hot even in late May. The heat index on the Weather Channel showed a temp *lower* than the actual air temp. That amazed me.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 15, 2026 08:31 PM (wzUl9)

105 This out of control bear must be a Democrat because he's getting all handsy with the girls.

https://tinyurl.com/bddjzdtr
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks and His All White Jury! at June 15, 2026 08:27 PM (ndZc7)

Those girls are lucky the bear wasn't hungry.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 15, 2026 08:31 PM (1z8ji)

106 Piper, in this iteration.

Posted by: Ben Had at June 15, 2026 08:32 PM (5P5DO)

107 >>Any relation to Felina?

That girl could whirl.

Posted by: JackStraw at June 15, 2026 08:32 PM (viF8m)

108 Not in Rosie's Cantina, one hopes!
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 15, 2026

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Hell of a job for the cantina staff, cleaning up the blood of the handsome young stranger lying dead on the floor!

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 15, 2026 08:33 PM (wzUl9)

109 106 Piper, in this iteration.
Posted by: Ben Had at June 15, 2026 08

😂

Posted by: Piper at June 15, 2026 08:34 PM (p4NUW)

110 Hell of a job for the cantina staff, cleaning up the blood of the handsome young stranger lying dead on the floor!
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 15, 2026 08:33 PM (wzUl9)

And the red boot tracks leading to the back door.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 15, 2026 08:34 PM (1z8ji)

111 Wolfus, they just threw some sawdust on it and carried on.

Posted by: Ben Had at June 15, 2026 08:35 PM (5P5DO)

112
I was born in Bethesda Maryland 70 mumbly years ago.

Posted by: four seasons at June 15, 2026 08:36 PM (/QHx4)

113 107 >>Any relation to Felina?

That girl could whirl.
Posted by: JackStraw at June 15, 2026

Nope. Much more boring, in William Beaumont Hospital. But I do know the song!

Posted by: Piper at June 15, 2026 08:36 PM (p4NUW)

114

Catador

https://shorturl.ly/K3Kwb

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at June 15, 2026 08:36 PM (Cqx++)

115 Posted by: Archimedes at June 15, 2026 08:31 PM (Riz8t

I wish I could play my sax like that.

Posted by: polynikes at June 15, 2026 08:36 PM (GseMx)

116 My quote from the Amazing Rhythm Aces' "I'll Be Gone" was gleaned from one of the lyrics websites -- which had the lyrics wrong in two places, and I had to correct. So do three others I checked. I know that song (and that fantastic album, Too Stuffed to Jump) well, and Howard Russell Smith, the lead singer, was bluesy, but he didn't mumble.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 15, 2026 08:37 PM (wzUl9)

117 four seasons, definitely. There are even Yak raisers in Texas.
Milk and butter. Check
Fiber for clothing. Check
Pull your cart or plow. Check
Dung for your fire. Check
Meat. Check
Posted by: Ben Had
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Yurt fabric...of a sort. Yak yurt.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at June 15, 2026 08:37 PM (XeU6L)

118 I was born in the Ellsworth AFB hospital.

Posted by: polynikes at June 15, 2026 08:38 PM (GseMx)

119 Wolfus, they just threw some sawdust on it and carried on.
Posted by: Ben Had at June 15, 2026

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Yeah, they couldn't call Stanley Steemer, could they?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 15, 2026 08:38 PM (wzUl9)

120 Catador
https://shorturl.ly/K3Kwb
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at June 15, 2026 08:36 PM (Cqx++)

When the bull kicked dust on him at the start, I thought there was going to be trouble.

Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at June 15, 2026 08:40 PM (syz1S)

121 Mike Hammer, a hair shirt from Yak is comfort not a penance.

Posted by: Ben Had at June 15, 2026 08:40 PM (5P5DO)

122 I was born in the Ellsworth AFB hospital.
Posted by: polynikes

I like Rapid City. That part of the country is beautiful.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at June 15, 2026 08:42 PM (wOO3z)

123 I have the honor (?) to have been born in Cook County Hospital in late August. My mother said that at the start of September, three days later, when we left Chicago, it was snowing.

I was told we also lived in Tulsa, OK (where an earthquake nearly killed the very small Wolfus), in Van Buren, AR (near Walmart's Bentonville), and Dallas, TX. No idea what led my parents to be such wanderers. They were hardly Bonnie and Clyde (a bookkeeper and a nurse), staying two jumps ahead of the law.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 15, 2026 08:42 PM (wzUl9)

124 122 I was born in the Ellsworth AFB hospital.
Posted by: polynikes

I like Rapid City. That part of the country is beautiful.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at June 15, 2026 08:42 PM (wOO3z)

It also was on my retirement relocation option list. Surprisingly the real estate was not cheap.

Posted by: polynikes at June 15, 2026 08:45 PM (GseMx)

125 In roughly 120 days will be Tx,MoMe 11. I cannot thank you all enough for making this event so special.

AltonJackson normally starts the count down but I have preempted him.

Posted by: Ben Had at June 15, 2026 08:46 PM (5P5DO)

126 yeah no cat ever wants to steal the good part of dinner or get treats.
Posted by: Oldcat at June 15, 2026 08:19 PM (uhVAy)
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My cats have learned to leave my plate alone until I'm done with it. Then, they know they have free rein.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at June 15, 2026 08:51 PM (amcLV)

127 I was born in the Ellsworth AFB hospital.
Posted by: polynikes

I like Rapid City. That part of the country is beautiful.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at June 15, 2026
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It also was on my retirement relocation option list. Surprisingly the real estate was not cheap.
Posted by: polynikes at June 15, 2026

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Neither was the eastern part of SD a few years ago. When I wrote to the state government, they were very welcoming and eager to have me move there. But I couldn't find a house I liked that I could afford.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 15, 2026 08:52 PM (wzUl9)

128 I had 5 different states on my option list and ended up staying in Texas. Go figure.

Posted by: polynikes at June 15, 2026 08:54 PM (GseMx)

129 Catador
https://shorturl.ly/K3Kwb
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at June 15, 2026 08:36 PM (Cqx++)

AI, but amusing.

Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at June 15, 2026 08:54 PM (rv0XX)

130 I question why anyone that is retired would live in a state with a state income tax.

Posted by: Ben Had at June 15, 2026 08:55 PM (5P5DO)

131 Iran v New Zealand starts now.

Posted by: Piper at June 15, 2026 08:55 PM (OoFl2)

132 I like Rapid City. That part of the country is beautiful.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at June 15, 2026

Son went to South Dakota Mines. Great school, great small city. We loved visiting. We ain't been back since he graduated in 2013. Nee to remedy that.

Late sister lived west of Custer with her husband. She loved it.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, I've got friends in crawl spaces at June 15, 2026 08:57 PM (0aYVJ)

133 I just find the Platner thing fascinating. They must really believe their internal polling.

Did that work for Kamala? How many of the same polling groups/people?

Or, maybe they don't figure anyone has a real shot, so they are floating another envelope widening candidate.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 15, 2026 08:57 PM (zZu0s)

134 It also was on my retirement relocation option list. Surprisingly the real estate was not cheap.
Posted by: polynikes at June 15, 2026 08:45 PM (GseMx)

The Oil Fracking Boom several years back ran up real estate prices.

Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at June 15, 2026 08:58 PM (rv0XX)

135 >>I question why anyone that is retired would live in a state with a state income tax.

I go back and forth on this. I've moved around a lot in my life and the idea of packing up and starting all over again does not excite me. Plus, I really like where I live.

Definitely cheaper options but if I don't like where I live what's the point?

Posted by: JackStraw at June 15, 2026 08:58 PM (viF8m)

136 four seasons

I was born in the Bethesda Naval Hospital Maryland OPSEC years ago. So was Village Idiot's Apprentice.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at June 15, 2026 08:58 PM (u82oZ)

137 I question why anyone that is retired would live in a state with a state income tax.
Posted by: Ben Had at June 15, 2026

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If the cost of living and of property (including property tax) is insanely high in the tax-free haven, the taxed territory might be the smarter choice -- if the taxes are average. Certainly a state which taxes Social Security would not be a good idea for a retiree.

I don't want to live where it's hot all year any more, either. Thus I am not considering TX, which I like otherwise, or FL.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 15, 2026 08:59 PM (wzUl9)

138 Iran v New Zealand starts now.
Posted by: Piper at June 15, 2026 08:55 PM (OoFl2)

Soccer or for sheep?

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 15, 2026 09:00 PM (qx7Zg)

139
A scientist named Yakub created the white race through a selective breeding project thousands of years ago.

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I just read up a little on Yakub and associated mythology. Anybody who could accept that crap is mentally retarded. And also, not to be trusted. Nation of Islam is a religion created by a retarded psychopath, for retarded psychopaths.

Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at June 15, 2026 09:00 PM (biznJ)

140
NaCly Dog,

Me too

Posted by: four seasons at June 15, 2026 09:00 PM (/QHx4)

141 I question why anyone that is retired would live in a state with a state income tax.
Posted by: Ben Had at June 15, 2026 08:55 PM (5P5DO

Property tax is an issue in Texas whereas the state income tax wasn't much of an issue in some states if you were retired. And speaking of property tax, FL is trying to do an end around on Texas. Maybe that will get Texas to look at some options . My issue right now is I moved to a development with a MUD tax. I knew what I was getting into though.

Posted by: polynikes at June 15, 2026 09:01 PM (GseMx)

142 Village Idiot's Apprentice and I lived in Japan at the same time, at different bases. We were both north of Libya in 1986. He was in the main spaces keeping the power going to the shaft of his ASW ship, while I was close to Tripoli on a gas-turbine powered DD that monitored the Libyans.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at June 15, 2026 09:02 PM (u82oZ)

143 four seasons

Small world.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at June 15, 2026 09:03 PM (u82oZ)

144 My issue right now is I moved to a development with a MUD tax. I knew what I was getting into though.
Posted by: polynikes at June 15, 2026

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What is that? [Something] Under Development?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 15, 2026 09:03 PM (wzUl9)

145 Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 15, 2026 08:59 PM (wzUl9)

Texas is big. The Panhandle region was an option.

Posted by: polynikes at June 15, 2026 09:05 PM (GseMx)

146 Best in most cases not to quote the trolls. Unless they are quotable.

Quotable Trolls was always one of my favorite Reader's Digest features.

Posted by: Oddbob at June 15, 2026 09:05 PM (a7Qt+)

147 I feel dumber just for reading that tripe.
Posted by: whig at June 15, 2026 08:06 PM (E4rtv)

Wait! We haven't started on the critical reading of Vril: The Power of the Coming Race!

Posted by: Kindltot at June 15, 2026 09:05 PM (rbvCR)

148 polynikes, being able to claim a homestead exemption off set a lot of that unless you are a renter

Posted by: Ben Had at June 15, 2026 09:05 PM (5P5DO)

149 . . . while I was close to Tripoli on a gas-turbine powered DD that monitored the Libyans.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at June 15, 2026

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Were they the same Libyans who sold Doc Brown the plutonium?

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

150 What is that? [Something] Under Development?
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 15, 2026 09:03 PM (wzUl9)

Yes sewer and water . Tax to build or expand the system to accommodate the new development. In theory it will decrease and eventually go away.

Posted by: polynikes at June 15, 2026 09:07 PM (GseMx)

151 ***
Were they the same Libyans who sold Doc Brown the plutonium?
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 15, 2026 09:06 PM (wzUl9)

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Don't whitewash it. Doc Brown STOLE the plutonium from the Libyans.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at June 15, 2026 09:08 PM (u/oMr)

152 polynikes, being able to claim a homestead exemption off set a lot of that unless you are a renter
Posted by: Ben Had at June 15, 2026 09:05 PM (5P5DO)

I still pay over 6000 a year .

Posted by: polynikes at June 15, 2026 09:08 PM (GseMx)

153 Paul is on the cock...I mean clock

Posted by: steevy at June 15, 2026 09:08 PM (YwEeS)

154 Texas is big. The Panhandle region was an option.
Posted by: polynikes at June 15, 2026

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I thought of Amarillo or Canyon City, near Palo Duro Canyon. All the houses I looked at on Realtor appeared pretty worn out.

Peronally I've always thought the portion of TX that extends westward to El Paso and south of the NM border should be called "the Panhandle." Panhandles are normally horizontal, while the block of TX that sticks up toward Oklahoma is not.

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

155 >>Small world.

I was born in Stuttgart when my dad was serving in the Army. Same hospital as my great grandmother as it turned out.

Fast forward to me at 20 working as diving instructor in PR. Our dive shop was in the Caribe Hilton Hotel. Pretty girl steps onto the beach. Jack, not being a complete fool, approaches pretty girl.

It turns out she was from the Boston area, hey me too!, and she was also born in the same hospital delivered by the same doctor 1 week after me.

Posted by: JackStraw at June 15, 2026 09:09 PM (viF8m)

156 Let me see now...

You have income tax, State and federal. Property tax on your home and land. Personal property tax in some States. Auto license and insurance. Gas tax. Cost of utilities, and need for them. Inheritance tax. It would be nice if there were some sort of comprehensive spreadsheet, into which you could plug your retirement income, and how many taxable items of personal property you own, any other important factors, and it would spit out which State would afford you the best standard of living for the least drain on your resources.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 15, 2026 09:09 PM (1z8ji)

157 138 Iran v New Zealand starts now.
Posted by: Piper at June 15, 2026 08:55 PM (OoFl2)

Soccer or for sheep?
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June

Soccer, lol. I think it may be a boring game, though. It would be fun if NZ won, but I think Iran has it.

Posted by: Piper at June 15, 2026 09:10 PM (OoFl2)

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

I really like Amarillo.

Posted by: polynikes at June 15, 2026 09:10 PM (GseMx)

159 Don't whitewash it. Doc Brown STOLE the plutonium from the Libyans.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at June 15, 2026

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Well, he just forgot to pay them, that was all!

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 15, 2026 09:10 PM (wzUl9)

160 Vril?

Antarctic secret bases ja?

Posted by: Anna Puma at June 15, 2026 09:10 PM (2GVsD)

161 In Inuit mythology.

White people arose from Sedna having sex with the family dog.
Posted by: Anna Puma at June 15, 2026 08:08 PM (2GVsD)
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The Inuit were sore, cold losers.

Posted by: mrp at June 15, 2026 09:12 PM (rj6Yv)

162 Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere

That was in a different time line. After my team took revenge on the Russian Czar for sabotaging Apollo 11 and leaving Armstrong and Aldrin stranded on the moon. The resulting nuclear war only had nuclear strikes on Minot, Faslane, Air Base 200 Apt-Saint-Christol, and Russia.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at June 15, 2026 09:13 PM (u82oZ)

163 Vril?

Antarctic secret bases ja?
Posted by: Anna Puma at June 15, 2026 09:10 PM (2GVsD)

Sorry, I have a speech impediment, can't do a "k" or hard "c".

Posted by: The Whale at June 15, 2026 09:14 PM (1z8ji)

164
No state tax in Wyoming.

Property tax on our house is $1200 a year.

Posted by: four seasons at June 15, 2026 09:15 PM (/QHx4)

165
I really like Amarillo.
Posted by: polynikes at June 15, 2026

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In '14 I road-tripped in my new-to-me Buick Regal, a shakedown cruise if you will, to Palo Duro Canyon. Stayed in Amarillo, saw the Cadillac Ranch on the old Route 66, and had dinner in the little college town, Canyon. Driving east to Palo Duro, you think you're heading out to nowhere, and you've missed the turn . . . until suddenly the Earth drops away on your right, and there's The Canyon. Impressive place.

Trivia: Georgia O'Keeffe taught art in Canyon a few years before she discovered Taos and northern NM.

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

166 Paul is on the cock...I mean clock
Posted by: steevy at June 15, 2026 09:08 PM (YwEeS)

Was the MANFRED guy a troll? Seems like i have seen the nic before.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 15, 2026 09:16 PM (zZu0s)

167 It would be nice if there were some sort of comprehensive spreadsheet, into which you could plug your retirement income, and how many taxable items of personal property you own, any other important factors, and it would spit out which State would afford you the best standard of living for the least drain on your resources.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 15, 2026 09:09 PM (1z8ji)

Well, Alaska has no sales tax, except local to some municipalities, which charge about 2% max. We do have property tax, for real estate, which pays for schools. If your car is more than 15 years old, you don't pay for yearly or bi-yearly license fees, so that's free. No income tax. And we get the PFD, so that offsets most of the other taxes, except the property tax, which obviously exceeds it.

OTOH, everything costs more, including health care. Without good insurance, you are kinda fucked on health care. Very few doctors accept Medicare, so you will need private insurance, NOT Obamacare. Any number of my friends have moved to AZ to avoid those costs. Not ideal.

I grow all my own veggies, can and freeze most of it, and don't spend money on that. We catch salmon, smoke and can most of that, so...

Posted by: tcn in AK at June 15, 2026 09:17 PM (XjQMV)

168 Vril?

Antarctic secret bases ja?
Posted by: Anna Puma at June 15, 2026 09:10 PM (2GVsD)

It does sound like an anime title. Bosomy blonds with bows in their hair and nazi caps under the ice...

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 15, 2026 09:17 PM (zZu0s)

169 "A few years before she discovered Taos"

And Tacos, IYKWIM

Posted by: Georgia O'Keefe at June 15, 2026 09:17 PM (0e5Te)

170 Definitely cheaper options but if I don't like where I live what's the point?
Posted by: JackStraw

Exactly - what is perfect for one Moron may be different than was is perfect for another. My post retirement move was, and remains, perfect for us.

Very low prop taxes
No state income taxes
Very low governmental fees - hunting licenses, DMV, etc.
A church on every corner
Mountains
Waterfalls
Very low prop taxes
Southern manners
Fishing
No line at the DMV
Redneck bars where dinner is $12. Two pieces of catfish, hushpuppies, six fried shrimp and fries. Cold beer.
Did I mention very low prop taxes?

Posted by: Tonypete at June 15, 2026 09:18 PM (SKC9R)

171 Was the MANFRED guy a troll? Seems like i have seen the nic before.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 15, 2026 09:16 PM (zZu0s)

MANFRED THE HEAT-SEEKING OBOE? Not a troll, AFAIK, but he is kind of out there.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 15, 2026 09:18 PM (1z8ji)

172 Was the MANFRED guy a troll? Seems like i have seen the nic before.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 15, 2026 09:16 PM (zZu0s)

Hard to say. He's a treat to try and make sense of, that's for sure ...

Posted by: browndog says woof at June 15, 2026 09:18 PM (3sXRv)

173 We don't pay for fish. If DH shot a moose, we would be set for meat for the year, but that's a lot of work and I'm not getting younger. Lol.

But, we live in paradise.

My point is that any place can be made to work, if you want it. We want this. As the song says, "Not everyone thinks we got it made but we do, don't we?" Why yes, yes we do.

Posted by: tcn in AK at June 15, 2026 09:19 PM (XjQMV)

174 I had Canyon, TX, and Canyon City, TX, mixed up. They are nowhere near each other.

Confusing the issue is Cañon City in CO.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 15, 2026 09:19 PM (wzUl9)

175
I can't figure out what MANFRED is.

Posted by: four seasons at June 15, 2026 09:19 PM (/QHx4)

176 Posted by: Tonypete at June 15, 2026 09:18 PM (SKC9R

What part of TN do you live?

Posted by: polynikes at June 15, 2026 09:20 PM (GseMx)

177 Vril?

Antarctic secret bases ja?
Posted by: Anna Puma at June 15, 2026 09:10 PM (2GVsD)

Eventually all the conspiracy theories go back to Wells, Bulwer-Lytton and Edgar Rice-Burroughs.

Posted by: Kindltot at June 15, 2026 09:20 PM (rbvCR)

178 Eventually all the conspiracy theories go back to Wells, Bulwer-Lytton and Edgar Rice-Burroughs.
Posted by: Kindltot at June 15, 2026

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Bulwer-Lytton wrote science fiction?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 15, 2026 09:21 PM (wzUl9)

179 Not sure, but I wouldnt be surprised to hear MANFRED used to write for David Lynch.

Posted by: Wally at June 15, 2026 09:21 PM (0e5Te)

180 Kindltot

Pellucidar for the win!

Posted by: NaCly Dog at June 15, 2026 09:22 PM (u82oZ)

181 I can't figure out what MANFRED is.

Posted by: four seasons at June 15, 2026 09:19 PM (/QHx4)

His posts remind me of the goblin dog in that video above.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 15, 2026 09:22 PM (1z8ji)

182
Lol AOP

Posted by: four seasons at June 15, 2026 09:22 PM (/QHx4)

183 What part of TN do you live?
Posted by: polynikes

Cumberland County

Posted by: Tonypete at June 15, 2026 09:23 PM (SKC9R)

184 Also, Tug Bar. One mile down the road. We can stumble home from there if necessary. Shooting events all winter. Santa on a fire truck at Christmas time. Everyone there knows our names, and is happy to see us. Some places defy all the downsides. This is one of them.

Really, look it up. The Sunday bloody Mary is, remarkable. And a bargain at $75.

Posted by: tcn in AK at June 15, 2026 09:23 PM (XjQMV)

185
Tennessee is a beautiful state.

Posted by: four seasons at June 15, 2026 09:24 PM (/QHx4)

186 Cumberland County
Posted by: Tonypete at June 15, 2026 09:23 PM (SKC9R)

Mind the Gap! Might be Easterners sneaking in.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 15, 2026 09:24 PM (1z8ji)

187 Vril?

Antarctic secret bases ja?
Posted by: Anna Puma at June 15, 2026 09:10 PM (2GVsD)

Yes, but speaking of secret Antarctic bases, (and Nazis on the moon) have you read David Drake's Fortress?

Posted by: Kindltot at June 15, 2026 09:24 PM (rbvCR)

188 MANFRED THE HEAT-SEEKING OBO is three standard deviations from normal, but not a political troll like the unnamed ones that CBD smites on sight.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at June 15, 2026 09:25 PM (u82oZ)

189 I could have sworn i have seen the nic in posts before over the course of years.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 15, 2026 09:25 PM (zZu0s)

190 Eventually all the conspiracy theories go back to Wells"

Dawn?

Posted by: man at June 15, 2026 09:25 PM (XuXeR)

191 Posted by: Tonypete at June 15, 2026 09:23 PM (SKC9R)

TN was an option. Probably the only location I'm having second thoughts on my choice to stay in TX.

Posted by: polynikes at June 15, 2026 09:25 PM (GseMx)

192 Well, time for me to prepare supper.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 15, 2026 09:26 PM (1z8ji)

193 Mind the Gap! Might be Easterners sneaking in.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon

It's interesting - damn few New Yorkers, PA, NJ or New England folks moving in. Loads of folks from MI, WI, MN and IL. More than a few from FL and CA too. The Califolks are refugees, not invaders, so that's nice.

Posted by: Tonypete at June 15, 2026 09:26 PM (SKC9R)

194 I can't figure out what MANFRED is.

Posted by: four seasons at June 15, 2026 09:19 PM (/QHx4)

Sometimes he actually engages, or at least he did in the past.

Posted by: Kindltot at June 15, 2026 09:26 PM (rbvCR)

195
Was the MANFRED guy a troll? Seems like i have seen the nic before.
Posted by: Aetius451AD
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MANFRED's been here a good while. He comes and goes. If you click his links he's not a troll or a Dem.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 15, 2026 09:27 PM (pMmVV)

196 Bulwer-Lytton wrote science fiction?
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 15, 2026 09:21 PM (wzUl9)

Yes, he wrote the Vril book.

Posted by: Kindltot at June 15, 2026 09:27 PM (rbvCR)

197
Husband bought a beef roast today for the crockpot.

Do any of you brown it before putting it in the crockpot?

Posted by: four seasons at June 15, 2026 09:29 PM (/QHx4)

198 >>Do any of you brown it before putting it in the crockpot?

Yes.

Posted by: JackStraw at June 15, 2026 09:30 PM (viF8m)

199 I forgot one, Theosophy, but that is a combination of Bulwer-Lytton, Atlantis and Spiritualism.

Posted by: Kindltot at June 15, 2026 09:30 PM (rbvCR)

200
Thanks JackStraw.

I was thinking about browning it in bacon grease.

Posted by: four seasons at June 15, 2026 09:32 PM (/QHx4)

201 four seasons, if you brown the roast before putting it in the crock pot it will come out better. There is the risk of non-seared meat coming out grey and that is not optimal.

I also like to clear the pan with some water, and make a light gravy with it, to put in the crock pot too.

Posted by: Kindltot at June 15, 2026 09:32 PM (rbvCR)

202 I do like to play golf year round which was a factor. But now you can get a golf simulator that is almost as fun as playing the real thing. Except for putting which is half the game.

Posted by: polynikes at June 15, 2026 09:32 PM (GseMx)

203 I can't figure out what MANFRED is.

Posted by: four seasons at June 15, 2026 09:19 PM (/QHx4)

Me neither. His posts kind of trigger my as-of-now undiagnosed ADHD. I tend to skim. No offense.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, I've got friends in crawl spaces at June 15, 2026 09:33 PM (0aYVJ)

204
Kindltot,

Gravy is essential. I love sauces and gravy.

Posted by: four seasons at June 15, 2026 09:34 PM (/QHx4)

205 Do any of you brown it before putting it in the crockpot"

Indeed. A bit of butter, and a shake of salt and pepper. Get a nice sear on all sides...

Posted by: man at June 15, 2026 09:34 PM (XuXeR)

206 I also like to clear the pan with some water, and make a light gravy with it, to put in the crock pot too"

Beer. More better gooder.

Posted by: man at June 15, 2026 09:35 PM (XuXeR)

207 Do any of you brown it before putting it in the crockpot"

Indeed. A bit of butter, and a shake of salt and pepper. Get a nice sear on all sides...
Posted by: man at June 15, 2026 09:34 PM (XuXeR)

A former cow-orker was married to a man who was a chef. He seared all four sides of the roast, then made the best corned beef ever. Just in time for St. Paddy's Day.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, I've got friends in crawl spaces at June 15, 2026 09:36 PM (0aYVJ)

208 I brown everything in bacon grease, including salmon.

Posted by: Wenda at June 15, 2026 09:37 PM (UIfeN)

209 I just finished watching The Minions Movie, and the best part of it was Sandra Bullock being insane.
The rest was silly shading into clinically stupid.

Posted by: Kindltot at June 15, 2026 09:37 PM (rbvCR)

210 The precooked Hormel Beef Roast you can microwave in 3 1/2 minutes is pretty damn good.. Close enough to home cooked that it could fool some people.

Posted by: polynikes at June 15, 2026 09:37 PM (GseMx)

211 I've got two buns left in the bread box and one straggling hotdog in the frig. Looks like it's time to make a stadium dog to clear out some of these leftovers.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at June 15, 2026 09:39 PM (SRceu)

212
polynikes,

Yes it is very good. Great for a quick meal.

Posted by: four seasons at June 15, 2026 09:39 PM (/QHx4)

213 Beer. More better gooder.
Posted by: man at June 15, 2026 09:35 PM (XuXeR)

It is really good, but all I have in the house is apple juice. Not ideal, and far too sweet for a nice pot roast.

If you have white sweet potatoes, they go very nice into a pot roast or a stew instead of potatoes. The red ones are better used for roasting instead.

Posted by: Kindltot at June 15, 2026 09:39 PM (rbvCR)

214 Eventually all the conspiracy theories go back to Wells"

Dawn?
Posted by: man at June 15, 2026

***
Adobe

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 15, 2026 09:40 PM (wzUl9)

215 Posted by: four seasons at June 15, 2026 09:39 PM (/QHx4

The gravy is really good too right?

Posted by: polynikes at June 15, 2026 09:41 PM (GseMx)

216 I brown everything in bacon grease, including salmon.
Posted by: Wenda at June 15, 2026 09:37 PM (UIfeN)

Before we moved I had a nice ceramic jar of bacon grease. Living in a small apartment has certain disadvantages. I miss my old kitchen with awesome gas range.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, I've got friends in crawl spaces at June 15, 2026 09:41 PM (0aYVJ)

217 I've got two buns left in the bread box

Kinky!

Posted by: yeasty prevert at June 15, 2026 09:42 PM (3U3sD)

218
Gotta have gravy for the taters.

Posted by: four seasons at June 15, 2026 09:42 PM (/QHx4)

219 I was born in small Catholic hospital in Hell's Kitchen.

Zip it, Straw.

Posted by: IrishEi ?! at June 15, 2026 09:42 PM (3ImbR)

220 203 Me neither. His posts kind of trigger my as-of-now undiagnosed ADHD. I tend to skim. No offense.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, I've got friends in crawl spaces at June 15, 2026 09:33 PM (0aYVJ)

Ditto...

Posted by: Joemarine at June 15, 2026 09:44 PM (y171U)

221 Rub it with oil, little slits for garlic cloves, maybe chunks of onion and roll in flour. Then brown it.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 15, 2026 09:44 PM (pMmVV)

222 >>Zip it, Straw.

Why are you attacking me? I'm feeling very vulnerable and distressed.

Posted by: JackStraw at June 15, 2026 09:46 PM (viF8m)

223 I might head off to bed early tonight. This morning I woke half an hour before I'd planned, didn't work out thanks to the heat, and didn't nap much this afternoon. I'm feeling sluggish.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 15, 2026 09:47 PM (wzUl9)

224 Well, spaghetti sauce made, pasta is on the boil.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 15, 2026 09:48 PM (1z8ji)

225 218
Gotta have gravy for the taters.

Posted by: four seasons at June 15, 2026 09:42 PM (/QHx4)

Currently in process. I believe the roast will be done in about 1-1/2 hours, so no hurry.

Posted by: tcn in AK at June 15, 2026 09:49 PM (F5Hzk)

226 The Maillard Reaction(browning) is essential for the best flavor.

Posted by: davidt at June 15, 2026 09:51 PM (Q+gd/)

227 >>The Maillard Reaction(browning) is essential for the best flavor.

And deglaze the pan with red wine. Get all those charred bits, thats where the flavor hides.

Posted by: JackStraw at June 15, 2026 09:53 PM (viF8m)

228 Oven roasting a bottom round roast. Butter the outside, fat side up, Montreal Steak seasoning, then 10 minutes at 500 degrees, probably about 1-1/2 hours at 325. Rest a good 15 minutes, then a lovely medium rare thin sliced roast, 6 lbs, lasts about a week.

Lots of gravy.

The last of the roast goes in a vat of gravy and served over mashed. Oh, my, yes.

My mother could make a three pound roast last a week for a family of seven. I'm not so penurious.

Posted by: tcn in AK at June 15, 2026 09:55 PM (F5Hzk)

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