Overnight Open Thread [06/15/2026]

It is immensely amusing to watch the angry, jealous, envious jabberers criticize Elon Musk for having the temerity to create a vibrant and successful space exploration company that he mostly funds with good old cash flow from another vibrant, successful business...StarLink! Who knew that there was a demand for fast and stable internet services in the ex-urbs and rural America? And it won't break the bank either!

Deep in their cold hearts and their tiny little brains they know that they could never have created something like SpaceX or StarlInk or Tesla, and instead of being impressed, they get angry and want to tear him down. His answer to them, as was his answer when they tried to blackmail him into changing Twitter/X is clear.

Another thing that is interesting is that even after the ridiculous EV subsidies have been canceled, his car company seems to be doing okay, unlike many of the others that are imploding. I am no fan of EVs for anything other than performance cars, but if he can make a go of it without sucking on the government teat, it has nothing to do with me. In fact: Good for him!

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That's not a mullet; that's an abomination. Not even Doof's mullet is that awful.

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Remember this? The music is...eh, but the video is impressive, and still a bit goofy. It doesn't take itself too seriously, which is a relief!

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Speaking of taking yourselves too seriously! I actually like the song, but this is ridiculously pompous and self-important.

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And here is something to clear your head of that nonsense.

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Meanwhile, in Alabama's lieutenant gubernatorial race... (Yes, it is real) #alpolitics pic.twitter.com/n4AbmGG2lf
— Jeff Poor (@jeff_poor) June 12, 2026

I have no explanation for that. Maybe it's an Alabama thing?

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More than you ever wanted to know about the interstate highway system!
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The Sound Behind the Door

A man is driving down the road and his car breaks down near a monastery. He goes to the monastery, knocks on the door, and says, "My car broke down. Do you think I could stay the night?"
The monks graciously accept him, feed him dinner, and even fix his car. As the man tries to fall asleep, he hears a strange sound. A sound unlike anything he's ever heard before. The Sirens that nearly seduced Odysseus into crashing his ship comes to his mind. He doesn't sleep that night.
He tosses and turns trying to figure out what could possibly be making such a seductive sound. The next morning, he asks the monks what the sound was, but they say, "We can't tell you. You're not a monk." Distraught, the man is forced to leave.
Years later, after never being able to forget that sound, the man goes back to the monastery and pleads for the answer again. The monks reply, "We can't tell you. You're not a monk."
The man says, "If the only way I can find out what is making that beautiful sound is to become a monk, then please, make me a monk."
The monks reply, "You must travel the earth and tell us how many blades of grass there are and the exact number of grains of sand. When you find these answers, you will have become a monk."
The man sets about his task. After years of searching he returns as a gray-haired old man and knocks on the door of the monastery. A monk answers. He is taken before a gathering of all the monks.
"In my quest to find what makes that beautiful sound, I travelled the earth and have found what you asked for: By design, the world is in a state of perpetual change. Only God knows what you ask. All a man can know is himself, and only then if he is honest and reflective and willing to strip away self deception."
The monks replied, "Congratulations. You have become a monk. We shall now show you the way to the mystery of the sacred sound." The monks lead the man to a wooden door, where the head monk says, "The sound is beyond that door." The monks give him the key, and he opens the door. Behind the wooden door is another door made of stone. The man is given the key to the stone door and he opens it, only to find a door made of ruby. And so it went that he needed keys to doors of emerald, pearl and gold.
Finally, they come to a door made of diamonds. The sound has become very clear and definite. The monks say, "This is the last key to the last door." The man is apprehensive to no end. His life's wish is behind that door! With trembling hands, he unlocks the door, turns the knob, and slowly pushes the door open. Falling to his knees, he is utterly amazed to discover the source of that haunting and seductive sound…
But, of course, I can't tell you what it is because you're not a monk.

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The Farside

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1 1

Posted by: JohnFNotKerry at June 15, 2026 10:02 PM (g14+z)

2 YAY ONT! Now for the content!

Posted by: JohnFNotKerry at June 15, 2026 10:02 PM (g14+z)

3 thus

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 15, 2026 10:03 PM (pMmVV)

4 Yay, ONT!

Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at June 15, 2026 10:03 PM (+9wcF)

5 That's what I.said!

Posted by: buddhaha at June 15, 2026 10:03 PM (uyNHw)

6 Yay ONT!

Posted by: Zeera. I voted for ALL of this at June 15, 2026 10:03 PM (CFA2h)

7 Hey, where all da white wimmen at?

Posted by: Sheriff Bart at June 15, 2026 10:03 PM (u/oMr)

8 Good evening good people.

Posted by: Tonypete at June 15, 2026 10:04 PM (SKC9R)

9 The mullet's OK but lose the bangs

Posted by: Zeera. I voted for ALL of this at June 15, 2026 10:04 PM (CFA2h)

10 Happy-ish Monday Evening, all y'all ...

Posted by: Adriane the Chronological Critic . . . at June 15, 2026 10:04 PM (3ZUWJ)

11 Thanks Mr. Dildo!

Posted by: COMountainMarie at June 15, 2026 10:05 PM (uTEOj)

12 Hidee Ho, Fellow Morons!

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at June 15, 2026 10:07 PM (ZVgZ4)

13 Oh look, an orangutan moon.

CBD is mooning us.

Yeah, I know it's Mars.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at June 15, 2026 10:07 PM (1Ff7Z)

14
Dildos have lots of uses, lol.

Posted by: four seasons at June 15, 2026 10:08 PM (/QHx4)

15 For the *much* better video watch "Weird Al" Yankovic's "Smells Like Nirvana"
(note: same janitor!)
https://youtu.be/FklUAoZ6KxY?
si=ph8NcX7uuzVGp0rC

Posted by: KCSteve at June 15, 2026 10:08 PM (2+WvJ)

16 I might not be a monk, but Lil Pooky is definitely a monkey. There is nothing that he won't try to climb.

Posted by: pookysgirl will never have enough safety measures in place at June 15, 2026 10:08 PM (Wt5PA)

17 Thanks for the ONT.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 15, 2026 10:09 PM (G3T/K)

18 Another great moment in evolution.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 15, 2026 10:09 PM (pMmVV)

19 Dildos have lots of uses, lol.

Posted by: four seasons

confetti at basketball games, e.g.

Posted by: Adriane the Chronological Critic . . . at June 15, 2026 10:09 PM (3ZUWJ)

20 Gary Larson...can't beat him😜!

Posted by: COMountainMarie at June 15, 2026 10:09 PM (uTEOj)

21 I have become comfortably numb.

Posted by: JohnFNotKerry at June 15, 2026 10:10 PM (g14+z)

22 Is that a picture of Mars, or Armenian 7 with the Enterprise entering orbit?

Posted by: Diogenes at June 15, 2026 10:10 PM (2WIwB)

23 Johnny Cash = good work on Hurt!

Thanks for the ONT, CBD.

Posted by: LRob in OK at June 15, 2026 10:10 PM (Jr+re)

24 Why have stupid Starlink when you can give billions of dollars in subsidies to telecommunications companies to come up with rural Internet connectivity?

Silly CBD.

Posted by: Texas Government at June 15, 2026 10:11 PM (T6aVk)

25 Musk is just following the capitalization of space as outlined by Robert A. Heinlein.

Sooner or later he'll start lobbing rocks at Cheyenne Mountain from his moon base.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at June 15, 2026 10:11 PM (/lPRQ)

26 Is that a picture of Mars, or Armenian 7 with the Enterprise entering orbit?
Posted by: Diogenes at June 15, 2026 10:10 PM (2WIwB)

That's Vendikar!

Posted by: Anan 7 at June 15, 2026 10:11 PM (1Ff7Z)

27 I've stated it before, I'll state is again.
Elon Musk is the real life Tony Stark. And we should be grateful to have him as an American citizen!

Posted by: Tracy at June 15, 2026 10:11 PM (emy0U)

28 I think I know what the monk saw. It's in a Twilight Z- . Zzzzzaaaaaaaaaaaappppppp!!!!!

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 15, 2026 10:13 PM (qx7Zg)

29 Geez, of all the COBs who cannot post on time.

Posted by: Pete Bog's agentic AI alter ego at June 15, 2026 10:14 PM (evNCU)

30 Watch it light up.

https://tinyurl.com/yjh6a3ap

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 15, 2026 10:14 PM (pMmVV)

31 I might not be a monk, but Lil Pooky is definitely a monkey. There is nothing that he won't try to climb.
Posted by: pookysgirl will never have enough safety measures in place

Get some of those metal shields they use to keep tree rats from climbing trees, bird feeders, etc.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at June 15, 2026 10:15 PM (/lPRQ)

32 That is correct. I have established an agentic alter ego to regularly post snark and non sequiturs thereby freeing my time to read the content.

Ha Snark! A good agentic AI will do that.

Posted by: Pete Bog's agentic AI alter ego at June 15, 2026 10:15 PM (evNCU)

33 https://youtu.be/FklUAoZ6KxY?si=
ph8NcX7uuzVGp0rC
Posted by: KCSteve

Hopefully no cows were harmed during the production of this video ...

Posted by: Adriane the Chronological Critic . . . at June 15, 2026 10:15 PM (3ZUWJ)

34 Good evening morons y gracias CBD

Interstate Highways
2-digits - through routes
3 digits - connectors and side routes
Even number - east/west
Odd number - north/south
Exit number - miles from start

Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 15, 2026 10:16 PM (RIvkX)

35 Here in AZ, the primary is 7/21, and.the attack ads I'm seeing on YouTube are vicious.. I can't wait for October. We should be well into "yo mama" territory by then.

Posted by: buddhaha at June 15, 2026 10:16 PM (uyNHw)

36 I've come from grandson's high school graduation. It was from the State accredited Academy for home schooling students. About a third of the grads had hair like mullet dude (and dudettes) ((and parents))
Fascinating.
Anyway, grandson of Diogenes did well and will be entering the Air Force.

*sniff...sniff*
*wipes rear*

Posted by: Diogenes at June 15, 2026 10:16 PM (2WIwB)

37 Evenin'

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at June 15, 2026 10:16 PM (sAmhv)

38 I've stated it before, I'll state is again.
Elon Musk is the real life Tony Stark. And we should be grateful to have him as an American citizen!
Posted by: Tracy

African Americans are most proud to call him one of their own.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at June 15, 2026 10:17 PM (/lPRQ)

39 Greetings Horde

Thank you CBD

A question if we have any medical types familiar with the Zepbound Kwik Pen among us tonight.

The Dr. showed us how you twist the top of the pen to '1' to administer one dose of medicine. That was the first dose. Now it's time to administer the second weekly dose. The top of the pen is fully retracted back to zero. Do we twist the top back to '1' to administer one dose or do we go past '1' to '2' for the second dose?

I plan to take the pen to the pharmacy tomorrow and ask the same question but just wonder if anyone has first hand knowledge.

Thank you in advance.

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK's Phone) at June 15, 2026 10:17 PM (QGaXH)

40 Greetings.

Posted by: Grayman27 at June 15, 2026 10:17 PM (AvoqE)

41 KCSteve...

Use tinyURL or some other app.

Otherwise bad things will happen.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at June 15, 2026 10:17 PM (PLxDd)

42 I didn't realize CompuServe was still around - or somebody's using the domain name.

Still not going to try emailing that address. It probably belongs to Raimondo's Penis Pumpers, LLC.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf - Zapped at June 15, 2026 10:17 PM (qx7Zg)

43
That's Vendikar!
Posted by: Anan 7

That popinjay Fox beamed down there!

Posted by: Scotty at June 15, 2026 10:17 PM (Cqx++)

44
The cost per lb to LEO of the Space Shuttle was about $30K. In the fully reusable Falcon configurations, Elon's cost is $300/lb. SpaceX charges $1200-$1400 per lb or so, more for expendable configurations. That's a factor of 1/100.

That number alone shows just what Elon has accomplished.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at June 15, 2026 10:18 PM (w6EFb)

45 The best way to nirvana is to embrace the angst and slit your wrists.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at June 15, 2026 10:18 PM (SRceu)

46 Starlink kit came in today.

No complaints so far.

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at June 15, 2026 10:19 PM (s6tef)

47 Anyway, grandson of Diogenes did well and will be entering the Air Force.

*sniff...sniff*
*wipes rear*
Posted by: Diogenes at June 15, 2026 10:16 PM (2WIwB)
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Mazel tov to you and him and his family

Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 15, 2026 10:19 PM (RIvkX)

48 Exit number - miles from start
Posted by: San Franpsycho

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I remember Ohio Turnpike exits being in sequence, not miles.

Not sure when it changed,.

Posted by: 2009Refugee at June 15, 2026 10:20 PM (gpQ8/)

49
When it's all said and done, Elon will likely get the cost down to just $90/lb.

SpaceX alone has the majority, about 51% of all world launched per year. For American launches, it's about 82%. Elon launches more rockets, successfully, than everybody else in the world combined.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at June 15, 2026 10:21 PM (w6EFb)

50 44
The cost per lb to LEO of the Space Shuttle was about $30K. In the fully reusable Falcon configurations, Elon's cost is $300/lb. SpaceX charges $1200-$1400 per lb or so, more for expendable configurations. That's a factor of 1/100.

That number alone shows just what Elon has accomplished.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at June 15, 2026 10:18 PM (w6EFb)

Publius

Do your numbers reflect manned vs unmanned payloads? I would expect all the human life support to drastically increase the overhead cost...no?

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK's Phone) at June 15, 2026 10:22 PM (QGaXH)

51 OMG! Gary Larson is a national treasure. I've always loved this particular one. Brilliant.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, I've got friends in crawl spaces at June 15, 2026 10:24 PM (0aYVJ)

52 What the new monk found behind the final door

https://youtu.be/dQw4w9WgXcQ

Posted by: mindful webworker - shaggy monk stories suck at June 15, 2026 10:24 PM (32Bdv)

53 Mazel tov to you and him and his family
Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 15, 2026 10:19 PM (RIvkX)

Thank you.
Very proud of him.
And a huge hat tip to Bluebell who helped me get started on home schooling years ago.

Posted by: Diogenes at June 15, 2026 10:24 PM (2WIwB)

54 GDP per Capita by State

State _ 2025 _ GDP _ per _ Capita
Washington, D.C. _ 278k
New York _ 123k
Massachusetts _ 115k
Washington _ 112k
Delaware _ 111k
California _ 108k
North Dakota _ 102k
Connecticut _ 102k
Alaska _ 102k

What's in your wallet?

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 15, 2026 10:25 PM (pMmVV)

55 one cratered, pockmarked planetoid looks like every other cratered, pockmarked planetoid.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 15, 2026 10:25 PM (1z8ji)

56 ©1987 AoSHQ LLC. contact us @ ChaoticEvilHobbit@compuserve.com

Compuserve, huh?

Remember CompUSA?

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 15, 2026 10:25 PM (G3T/K)

57 The cost per lb to LEO of the Space Shuttle was about $30K. In the fully reusable Falcon configurations, Elon's cost is $300/lb. SpaceX charges $1200-$1400 per lb or so, more for expendable configurations. That's a factor of 1/100.

That number alone shows just what Elon has accomplished.
Posted by: publius

A f*cking mazing what one can do when not encumbered by striving to elevate DEI as the #1 goal.

Posted by: Tonypete at June 15, 2026 10:26 PM (SKC9R)

58 When it's all said and done, Elon will likely get the cost down to just $90/lb.

Ninety dollars a lb? What's a lb?

Let's ask RobWords:

https://tinyurl.com/mr29mkwa

Posted by: OrangeEnt at June 15, 2026 10:26 PM (1Ff7Z)

59 I have the entire Far Side Collection, as well as Calvin and Hobbes and Bloom County. Being Gen X, they were my go-to.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, I've got friends in crawl spaces at June 15, 2026 10:26 PM (0aYVJ)

60 Congrats to your grandson, Diogenes! Well done young man!!

CBD, what the living hell was that raccoon thing? Is that a real commercial or is it a spoof??

Posted by: moki at June 15, 2026 10:26 PM (wLjpr)

61 Good Evening, All:

Posted by: Bulg at June 15, 2026 10:26 PM (77rzZ)

62 Hey Braenyard!

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at June 15, 2026 10:27 PM (s6tef)

63

One of our nephews graduated from the Naval War College a few days ago.

He is now a Commander.

We are so proud of him. He is a great man..

Posted by: four seasons at June 15, 2026 10:27 PM (/QHx4)

64 OOps! Forgot the link to the complete list.

https://tinyurl.com/24pvktv2

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 15, 2026 10:27 PM (pMmVV)

65 Good evening Bulg - my sympathies.

Posted by: Tonypete at June 15, 2026 10:27 PM (SKC9R)

66 >> I would expect all the human life support to drastically increase the overhead cost...no?

Yes, indeed. A Crew Dragon mission to the ISS costs about $140M. The payload cost there would work out to something like $10K/lb. Still about 1/3 of the STS. I think the SLS pushes $40K/lb.

The workhorse is unmanned, especially now, putting up satellites to do all sorts of useful things, civilian and military. Elon has turned that into basically a routine, cheap thing.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at June 15, 2026 10:28 PM (w6EFb)

67 How are you doing Bulg?

Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 15, 2026 10:28 PM (RIvkX)

68 Posted by: Pug Mahon, I've got friends in crawl spaces at June 15, 2026 10:26 PM
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Excellent new nic. Well done.

Posted by: TRex - referential dino at June 15, 2026 10:28 PM (IQ6Gq)

69 Unfortunate combination: lightbulb head with a mullet.

Posted by: wth at June 15, 2026 10:28 PM (oq9dX)

70 Bulg!

My condolences to you and your family.

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at June 15, 2026 10:28 PM (s6tef)

71
SpaceX alone has the majority, about 51% of all world launched per year.

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The European Space Agency will soon bring its visionary thinking and cutting-edge engineering to the fray. Then Musk will become am also-ran!

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 15, 2026 10:29 PM (O0L8i)

72 59 I also have the complete The Far Side and the Calvin and Hobbes collections:

Posted by: Bulg at June 15, 2026 10:30 PM (77rzZ)

73 Woah, gay mullet man has a serious identity problem. He don't know if he wants to be a rainbow flag, a box of skittles, a gay hobbit, or a red neck that survived a paint factory explosion.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at June 15, 2026 10:30 PM (snZF9)

74 Unfortunate combination: lightbulb head with a mullet.
Posted by: wth at June 15, 2026 10:28 PM (oq9dX)

And a socket ass, too, I reckon.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 15, 2026 10:30 PM (1z8ji)

75
One of our nephews graduated from the Naval War College a few days ago.
He is now a Commander.

Pretty fast promotions these days!

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at June 15, 2026 10:30 PM (Cqx++)

76 Saw this, and it's too cute not to share.

One of our most quoted quotes right now is from our three-year-old daughter when she was FaceTiming my parents after the death and burial of her big brother's dog, Jake.
"What happened to Jake?" my dad asked her.
"He dead," she said.
"He is??"
"an, said Dad" she added.
"He in da mud," she finished.
My mom said she wants those words on her tombstone: She dead. She gone. She in da mud.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf - Zapped at June 15, 2026 10:30 PM (qx7Zg)

77 It’s amazing how Elon was a hero of every leftist. Then one day he changed his political views and he’s worse than Hitler. The party of tolerance and diversity for ya.

Posted by: Heroq at June 15, 2026 10:30 PM (xg+/D)

78
The cost of the STS per launch, dividing the cost of the whole program over its lifetime by the number of launches comes out to $1.5B/launch. The marginal cost would work out to maybe $450 - $700M, something in that range.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at June 15, 2026 10:31 PM (w6EFb)

79 Woah, gay mullet man has a serious identity problem. He don't know if he wants to be a rainbow flag, a box of skittles, a gay hobbit, or a red neck that survived a paint factory explosion.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at June 15, 2026 10:30 PM (snZF9)
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Like the Bible says, they are Legion, for they are many.

And that dude has a major convention going on in him.

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at June 15, 2026 10:31 PM (s6tef)

80 We are so proud of him. He is a great man..

Posted by: four seasons at June 15, 2026 10:27 PM (/QHx4)
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We're also proud!

Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 15, 2026 10:32 PM (RIvkX)

81 Woah, gay mullet man has a serious identity problem.

If, in some malignant universe, this "man" was part of my family, I would ask him, no TELL him to come closer so I could slap the (you know what) out of him!

Seriously, is there some spreading psycho-problem getting to the young people today? Who, besides this particular idiot, thinks the look is good?

Posted by: LRob in OK at June 15, 2026 10:33 PM (Jr+re)

82 More than you ever wanted to know about the interstate highway system!
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Design standards are promulgated by AASHTO, The American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials.

They used to call themselves The American Association of State Highway Officials but did not like it when people referred to them by their acronym.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at June 15, 2026 10:34 PM (/lPRQ)

83
And that dude has a major convention going on in him.

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at June 15, 2026 10:31 PM (s6tef)

You made it safely to Missouri!!!

Posted by: moki at June 15, 2026 10:34 PM (wLjpr)

84 63

One of our nephews graduated from the Naval War College a few days ago.

He is now a Commander.

We are so proud of him. He is a great man..

Posted by: four seasons at June 15, 2026 10:27 PM (/QHx4)

Congrats!

Posted by: Joemarine at June 15, 2026 10:34 PM (y171U)

85 If, in some malignant universe, this "man" was part of my family, I would ask him, no TELL him to come closer so I could slap the (you know what) out of him!

Seriously, is there some spreading psycho-problem getting to the young people today? Who, besides this particular idiot, thinks the look is good?
Posted by: LRob in OK at June 15, 2026 10:33 PM (Jr+re)

Most normal mullet-heads, like hockey players, and rural Albertans, would slap the ever-loving shit out of those freakazoids in the Danish contest.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 15, 2026 10:35 PM (1z8ji)

86 Thanks for the ONT, CBD!

Cute monk joke...

Posted by: Legally Sufficient at June 15, 2026 10:36 PM (D/6p1)

87 CBD, what the living hell was that raccoon thing?

Posted by: moki at June 15, 2026 10:26 PM (wLjpr)

I have no idea! It is beyond my understanding, and if only we had someone from Alabama to opine about it....

But Piper is dead and buried!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at June 15, 2026 10:36 PM (PLxDd)

88 Is... excuse me, was Piper our only Alabama moron?

Posted by: moki at June 15, 2026 10:38 PM (wLjpr)

89 I have questions about the Ukrainian vandals. First, congrats to UK counter-intel for unmasking the seasoned Russian operative with the impenetrable alias, 23-year-old Evgeny Lyukshin, Codename: EL. Great job, guys.

Second, the op could not have been to make Keir Starmer look gay, since looking at him makes him look gay. Was it to make him look like a mean cheapskate, trifling with the affections and bank accounts of his lovers?

Third, does this mean that their Uniparty Establishment will stop demonizing the actual British right-wing, seeing them as the boogeyman behind everything, now that they know that's what the Russians want?

Fourth, if it took them this long for their intelligence service to figure it out, given that it was barely even hidden, that's a bad look. And if they figured it out sooner but kept it to themselves, how is that different from doing it themselves?

Posted by: SciVo at June 15, 2026 10:38 PM (Sy6m/)

90 What that joke needs is a memorandum of understanding.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at June 15, 2026 10:38 PM (Cqx++)

91 39 A question if we have any medical types familiar with the Zepbound Kwik Pen among us tonight.

Thank you in advance.
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK's Phone) at June 15, 2026 10:17 PM (QGaXH)

I use a daily injector pen for my Forteo. I never went to a pharmacist, but the instruction manual that came with it was very helpful as were a few YouTube videos on how to use it.

Posted by: Joemarine at June 15, 2026 10:38 PM (y171U)

92 Mullet styles: Southern Mullet, Hockey Mullet, Punk Mullet. And apparently the one above - I Am Gonna Cut You or Myself Mullet?

Posted by: scampydog at June 15, 2026 10:38 PM (41CYW)

93 Posted by: moki at June 15, 2026 10:34 PM (wLjpr)

Another rejection letter this morning. Still nothing but goose eggs.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at June 15, 2026 10:39 PM (1Ff7Z)

94 Eight crew members are dead in a B-52 bomber crash shortly after takeoff from Edwards Air Force Base, northeast of Los Angeles, on Monday morning, the base said.

RIP

Strapping on boots or suits or helmets is a very dangerous profession.
Hope we have the ball to take care of their people.

Posted by: r hennigantx at June 15, 2026 10:39 PM (/+uur)

95 All, thank you all for your prayers regarding my sister’s passing. I have spoken to many family members, and am holding up fairly well.

For all of you who are estranged from family, please try to reconcile if you can, before it’s too late. I will never regret doing so with my sister before her passing.

Posted by: Bulg at June 15, 2026 10:40 PM (77rzZ)

96 That raccoon thing appears to be a political hit job on a fake Republican. Kind of funny, actually.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 15, 2026 10:40 PM (1z8ji)

97
Another rejection letter this morning. Still nothing but goose eggs.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at June 15, 2026 10:39 PM (1Ff7Z)

No!

OrangeEnt, I'm really sorry. It's a good story. Did they give any idea of how they would change it or was it the boilerplate?

Posted by: moki at June 15, 2026 10:40 PM (wLjpr)

98 Amen Bulg

Posted by: moki at June 15, 2026 10:41 PM (wLjpr)

99 Hope we have the ball to take care of their people.

Posted by: r hennigantx at June 15, 2026 10:39 PM (/+uur)

Apparently it was one of the four test B-52s in service. I guess they tested the various new weapons systems and engines and avionics.

Ballsy stuff to do, and they are heroes.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at June 15, 2026 10:41 PM (PLxDd)

100 That raccoon thing appears to be a political hit job on a fake Republican.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 15, 2026 10:40 PM (1z8ji)

Nope. A very real candidate.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at June 15, 2026 10:42 PM (PLxDd)

101 87 CBD, what the living hell was that raccoon thing?

Posted by: moki at June 15, 2026 10:26 PM (wLjpr)

I have no idea! It is beyond my understanding, and if only we had someone from Alabama to opine about it....

But Piper is dead and buried!
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at June hey! I don’t have a pet raccoon! Are you supposed to get one here? I have been cheated!

Posted by: Piper at June 15, 2026 10:42 PM (OoFl2)

102 56 ©1987 AoSHQ LLC. contact us @ ChaoticEvilHobbit@compuserve.com

Compuserve, huh?

Remember CompUSA?

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 15, 2026 10:25 PM (G3T/K)

I worked in the corporate HQ of CompUSA for 15 years in the Advertising Department. From September '92 to when it was shut down in Jan '08. It was a mostly great 15 years.

Posted by: goozer at June 15, 2026 10:43 PM (eTh1u)

103 If Austin Metcalf wouldn’t mind, I’d wire his grave site with 220 volts.

Posted by: Eromero at June 15, 2026 10:43 PM (LHPAg)

104 B-52 bomber crash

Saw some photos but can't decide where the crash happened. The strike area was very small, indicating a nearly vertical path. I've got lots of hours in B-52s and short of a major physical/structural problem, I don't have a clue.

May they rest in peace.

Posted by: LRob in OK at June 15, 2026 10:43 PM (Jr+re)

105 Ballsy stuff to do, and they are heroes.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at June 15, 2026 10:41 PM (PLxDd)

Marines say that a new manual is written in blood.

RIP

Please help the families.

Posted by: r hennigantx at June 15, 2026 10:44 PM (/+uur)

106 Thank you.
Very proud of him.
And a huge hat tip to Bluebell who helped me get started on home schooling years ago.
Posted by: Diogenes

Congrats on both counts.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at June 15, 2026 10:44 PM (+EHgv)

107 I don’t have a pet raccoon! Are you supposed to get one here? I have been cheated!

Posted by: Piper at June 15, 2026 10:42 PM (OoFl2)

It's their little hands! Too cute, until they rip up the wiring in your attic to the tune of 20000

Posted by: moki at June 15, 2026 10:44 PM (wLjpr)

108

It is heartbreaking about the loss of our crew on the jet that crashed today.

I can't imagine how the families are coping.

May God be with them all.

Posted by: four seasons at June 15, 2026 10:44 PM (/QHx4)

109 OrangeEnt, I'm really sorry. It's a good story. Did they give any idea of how they would change it or was it the boilerplate?
Posted by: moki at June 15, 2026 10:40 PM (wLjpr)

It wasn't the SF or Western, Moki. It was a noir short story. They liked it, but: "The piece has a confident noir voice, and the blackmail premise gives the story a strong period mystery hook. We also appreciated the way the plot brings together the stag-film secret, Charles Windom’s return, and the final reveal about Pansy’s motive.

That said, the story feels a bit too familiar in its private-eye setup. The atmosphere is enjoyable, but some of the character types and genre beats come across more as classic noir pastiche than something with a fresh enough edge for this issue."

So, I guess it was too on the nose. I can email it to you if you'd like to read it.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at June 15, 2026 10:45 PM (1Ff7Z)

110 You made it safely to Missouri!!!
Posted by: moki
___

moki!

Yes we did. And Starlink service this evening after a week of pretty much no cell service unless you face west at a certain time.

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at June 15, 2026 10:45 PM (s6tef)

111 John Wahl is running for Lt. Gov. His fiancee has raccoons. People in North Alabama, are weird.

Posted by: Piper at June 15, 2026 10:45 PM (OoFl2)

112 Nope. A very real candidate.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at June 15, 2026 10:42 PM (PLxDd)

I didn't say the guy wasn't a real candidate...

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 15, 2026 10:47 PM (1z8ji)

113

Better raccoons than cats, lol.

Posted by: four seasons at June 15, 2026 10:47 PM (/QHx4)

114 When I see the Buff story I hate every EBT and Welfare so much more.
Just fuckin do something.
Just fucking work.
Join and serve.
Just do the enough to be part of society.

PS Find every Somali that touched the Learing Center money and send them the Africa.

Posted by: r hennigantx at June 15, 2026 10:47 PM (/+uur)

115 OrangeEnt, I'm really sorry. It's a good story. Did they give any idea of how they would change it or was it the boilerplate?
Posted by: moki at June 15, 2026 10:40 PM (wLjpr)

Put a chick in it and make her gay and lame!

Posted by: Kathleen Kennedy at June 15, 2026 10:48 PM (rv0XX)

116 _
{{{SMH at God's mercy!}}}

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 15, 2026 10:48 PM (pMmVV)

117 So, I guess it was too on the nose. I can email it to you if you'd like to read it.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at June 15, 2026 10:45 PM (1Ff7Z)

Yes, please! I've finally caught up on some nonsense around here so I can do productive things!!!

Posted by: moki at June 15, 2026 10:48 PM (wLjpr)

118 When I see the Buff story I hate every EBT and Welfare so much more.
Just fuckin do something.
Just fucking work.
Join and serve.
Just do the enough to be part of society.

PS Find every Somali that touched the Learing Center money and send them the Africa.
Posted by: r hennigantx
___

Amen.

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at June 15, 2026 10:48 PM (s6tef)

119
It's their little hands! Too cute

Do they hold hands when they sleep?

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at June 15, 2026 10:49 PM (Cqx++)

120 For all of you who are estranged from family, please try to reconcile if you can, before it’s too late. I will never regret doing so with my sister before her passing.
Posted by: Bulg at June 15, 2026 10:40 PM (77rzZ)

Bulg, hang tough. So good that you reconciled with her. That perhaps takes some of the sting away.

I've lost both parents, but losing my little sister hurt like hell. She and I were very close, shared the same sarcastic sense of humor.

Continued prayers.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, I've got friends in crawl spaces at June 15, 2026 10:49 PM (0aYVJ)

121 I had a Capybara but my Ocelot ate it.

Posted by: r hennigantx at June 15, 2026 10:49 PM (/+uur)

122 but losing my little sister hurt like hell. She and I were very close, shared the same sarcastic sense of humor.

Continued prayers.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, I've got friends in crawl spaces at June 15, 2026 10:49 PM (0aYVJ)

I gave me lil sis my old but good truck and she died in it.
rough

Posted by: r hennigantx at June 15, 2026 10:50 PM (/+uur)

123 113

Better raccoons than cats, lol.

Posted by: four seasons at June 15, 2026 10:47 PM (/QHx4)

I love my cats. They are awesome. But I have weird animals, nothing is just normal here. My cats are hybrids with a lot of serval, my dog is a Shiba, just no raccoons.

Posted by: Piper at June 15, 2026 10:50 PM (OoFl2)

124 Yes we did. And Starlink service this evening after a week of pretty much no cell service unless you face west at a certain time.

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at June 15, 2026 10:45 PM (s6tef)

Specially timed service! The way of the future!!

Seriously, I'm so very happy you and Ex Ex are safe in your darling new home! God is very good!!

Posted by: moki at June 15, 2026 10:51 PM (wLjpr)

125 Put a chick in it and make her gay and lame!
Posted by: Kathleen Kennedy at June 15, 2026 10:48 PM (rv0XX)

Chick? Check

Gay? Well....

Posted by: OrangeEnt at June 15, 2026 10:51 PM (1Ff7Z)

126 I had a Capybara but my Ocelot ate it.
Posted by: r hennigantx at June 15, 2026 10:49 PM (/+uur)

Speaking of which, has anybody seen Tankdemon recently?

Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at June 15, 2026 10:51 PM (rv0XX)

127 Moki, it's on its way in a couple of minutes.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at June 15, 2026 10:51 PM (1Ff7Z)

128

I am so allergic to cats so I've never been able to bond with them.

I do think cats are cool.

Posted by: four seasons at June 15, 2026 10:52 PM (/QHx4)

129 For all of you who are estranged from family, please try to reconcile if you can, before it’s too late. I will never regret doing so with my sister before her passing.
Posted by: Bulg
___

{{{Bulg}}}

So glad that you were able to reconcile with your sister.

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at June 15, 2026 10:52 PM (s6tef)

130 Interstate Highway was cool but he didn't mention I-4 running across Fla. Nor did he explain what the deal is with I-74 in NC? Seem out of place?

In L.A. we have two freeways that start and end after a short distance - The Marina Freeway - Ca-90 and The Terminal Island freeway Ca-47

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK's Phone) at June 15, 2026 10:52 PM (QGaXH)

131 I think giant river otters should be imported into every semi-fresh water river lake in NA

Posted by: r hennigantx at June 15, 2026 10:52 PM (/+uur)

132 I love my cats. They are awesome. But I have weird animals, nothing is just normal here. My cats are hybrids with a lot of serval, my dog is a Shiba, just no raccoons.
Posted by: Piper at June 15, 2026 10:50 PM (OoFl2)

Senses a potential mark.

Posted by: Manuel, the sloth pedlar at June 15, 2026 10:52 PM (1z8ji)

133 I do think cats are cool.

Except for the part where they always scheme to kill you.

Posted by: LRob in OK at June 15, 2026 10:52 PM (Jr+re)

134 The Terminal Island freeway Ca-47
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK's Phone) at June 15, 2026 10:52 PM (QGaXH)

Escape from LA LA

Posted by: r hennigantx at June 15, 2026 10:53 PM (/+uur)

135
Lol LRob

Posted by: four seasons at June 15, 2026 10:53 PM (/QHx4)

136 For all of you who are estranged from family, please try to reconcile if you can, before it’s too late. I will never regret doing so with my sister before her passing.
Posted by: Bulg

Excellent advice. I have 7 sibs. There are a couple that have distanced themselves from the rest of us. We don't know why and our lives are much easier since those two are now incommunicado.

BUT, I know you are right. Perhaps we can all work it out soon.

Posted by: Tonypete at June 15, 2026 10:53 PM (SKC9R)

137 I am so allergic to cats so I've never been able to bond with them.

I do think cats are cool.

Posted by: four seasons
___

I'm pretty much covered in kitteh hair due to having two shorthairs that shed like crazy.

I now wear clothes that the cats hairs can blend in.

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at June 15, 2026 10:54 PM (s6tef)

138 OrangeEnt, I'm really sorry. It's a good story. Did they give any idea of how they would change it or was it the boilerplate?
Posted by: moki at June 15, 2026 10:40 PM (wLjpr)

Put a chick in it and make her gay and lame!
Posted by: Kathleen Kennedy at June 15, 2026 10:48 PM (rv0XX)

Put in a Rachel Ward-type character from "Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid"?

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf - Zapped at June 15, 2026 10:54 PM (qx7Zg)

139 It's their little hands! Too cute, until they rip up the wiring in your attic to the tune of 20000
Posted by: moki
---

And if one of us in the attic accidentally touches a wire...Zap.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 15, 2026 10:54 PM (pMmVV)

140 Blessings and sweet dreams, all!

Posted by: moki at June 15, 2026 10:54 PM (wLjpr)

141 four seasons, like you I am highly allergic to cats now, but I owned several before the onset of the allergies. I like them!

Posted by: LRob in OK at June 15, 2026 10:55 PM (Jr+re)

142 120 Thank you, Pug Mahon.

Posted by: Bulg at June 15, 2026 10:55 PM (77rzZ)

143 Bulg, I am so sorry about your sister. That is hard.

Posted by: Piper at June 15, 2026 10:55 PM (OoFl2)

144 niters, moki!

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at June 15, 2026 10:55 PM (s6tef)

145 I now wear clothes that the cats hairs can blend in.
Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at June 15, 2026 10:54 PM (s6tef)

Pro tip: avoid camel-hair coats. Could be dangerous.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 15, 2026 10:55 PM (1z8ji)

146 Barefoot Bartok:
youtube.com/watch?v=vP3zgzEcx2c

Posted by: gp at June 15, 2026 10:55 PM (Jr5Lq)

147

I love how cats slink around trying to decide who or what they are going to kill.

Posted by: four seasons at June 15, 2026 10:55 PM (/QHx4)

148 Moki, sent. It's in docx.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at June 15, 2026 10:55 PM (1Ff7Z)

149
I now wear clothes that the cats hairs can blend in.
Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at June 15, 2026

Saijo is blowing his coat right now. When he shakes, it looks like it is snowing. It’s everywhere.

Posted by: Piper at June 15, 2026 10:57 PM (OoFl2)

150 Iran NZ game is a home game for Iran. Every Iranian in LA is there lol. Parking lot must be 92% BMW 3-series.

Posted by: Heroq at June 15, 2026 10:57 PM (xg+/D)

151 I love how cats slink around trying to decide who or what they are going to kill.
Posted by: four seasons at June 15, 2026 10:55 PM (/QHx4)

My kitty is snoozing on the desk here. She will get to lick spaghetti sauce off the plate, if she wants it.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 15, 2026 10:57 PM (1z8ji)

152 Gotta check out early tonight. Trying to get to the election place early to avoid the crowd. It's a primary and I wish most of the offices had a choice marked "None of the Above"!

Posted by: LRob in OK at June 15, 2026 10:58 PM (Jr+re)

153 In L.A. we have two freeways that start and end after a short distance

There is a 3 mile stretch of highway in Lincoln, NE labeled I-180. I thought it was weird so I googled it and it turns out that there are 4 short highways called I-180 in 4 different states, none having anything to do with another.

Posted by: Oddbob at June 15, 2026 10:58 PM (vTZFs)

154

Piper,

Our Chigi is shedding like crazy. Lots of vacuuming happening.

Posted by: four seasons at June 15, 2026 11:00 PM (/QHx4)

155 Gotta check out early tonight. Trying to get to the election place early to avoid the crowd. It's a primary and I wish most of the offices had a choice marked "None of the Above"!
Posted by: LRob in OK at June 15, 2026 10:58 PM (Jr+re)

My state has that option, but not for every office. I don't know why.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at June 15, 2026 11:00 PM (1Ff7Z)

156 Marlin Perkins: here we see the T Rex in it's natural habitat:

https://youtu.be/4eLrPxre4rE

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf - Zapped at June 15, 2026 11:01 PM (qx7Zg)

157 Bartok was kind of unusual person, wasn't he?

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 15, 2026 11:01 PM (pMmVV)

158 {{SMH}}, {{Tonypete}}

Posted by: Bulg at June 15, 2026 11:02 PM (77rzZ)

159 Kitty is licking a clean track across the plate loaded with spaghetti sauce.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 15, 2026 11:02 PM (1z8ji)

160 66 The workhorse is unmanned, especially now, putting up satellites to do all sorts of useful things, civilian and military. Elon has turned that into basically a routine, cheap thing.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at June 15, 2026 10:28 PM (w6EFb)

Imagine what AI powered robots could do. No life support, not affected by long mission times. Could send them out 50 or 100 years...

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK's Phone) at June 15, 2026 11:03 PM (QGaXH)

161 NE labeled I-180. I thought it was weird so I googled it and it turns out that there are 4 short highways called I-180 in 4 different states, none having anything to do with another.
Posted by: Oddbob at June 15, 2026 10:58 PM (vTZFs)

In the interstate highway system, spurs off the main interstate have a 1 in front. Like 184 going into Boise. It ends when you get downtown. Loops have 2 in front, or 4, depending on how friggin' huge the city is. Like 225 and 270 in Denver.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, I've got friends in crawl spaces at June 15, 2026 11:04 PM (0aYVJ)

162 There's a 280 here and one in New Jersey

Both are connectors to I-80

Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 15, 2026 11:05 PM (RIvkX)

163 That monk joke....it's funnier today than it would have been 200 years ago. Because we have "immediate gratification" syndrome. 100 years ago, they'd read it like every other drawn out thing they had to read back then, and instead of realizing the author pulled one over on them by wasting their time. They would turn turn to James Madison to see if he got the joke and he'd shrug and say:

"I don't get it."

Posted by: Orson at June 15, 2026 11:05 PM (dIske)

164
Pug,

Did you see that an illegal was arrested for causing the Green River tunnel fiasco?

Posted by: four seasons at June 15, 2026 11:05 PM (/QHx4)

165 143 Thank you, Piper:

Posted by: Bulg at June 15, 2026 11:06 PM (77rzZ)

166 The release is short but strong.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 15, 2026 11:06 PM (pMmVV)

167 "Bartok was kind of unusual person, wasn't he?"

I've heard prolly all his stuff, but I don't know much about him as a person. Hungarian, so you do get their kind of unusual. Became a US citizen shortly before his death. So sez Wikipedia.

Posted by: gp at June 15, 2026 11:06 PM (Jr5Lq)

168 Pug,

Did you see that an illegal was arrested for causing the Green River tunnel fiasco?

Posted by: four seasons at June 15, 2026 11:05 PM (/QHx4)

An arrest. Good. I thought that whole thing was fishy.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, I've got friends in crawl spaces at June 15, 2026 11:07 PM (0aYVJ)

169
Pug,

At first they were blaming a guy in a pickup.

Posted by: four seasons at June 15, 2026 11:08 PM (/QHx4)

170 I am no fan of EVs for anything other than performance cars,

EV>>>>ED

Sometimes a guy needs a jump start

Posted by: Miklosian musings at June 15, 2026 11:08 PM (6VErX)

171 "Bartok was kind of unusual person, wasn't he?"

I've heard prolly all his stuff, but I don't know much about him as a person. Hungarian, so you do get their kind of unusual. Became a US citizen shortly before his death. So sez Wikipedia.
Posted by: gp

Bartok insisted and arranged that his remains would never be returned to Hungary until Hungary was free of communist dictatorship.

His family decided it was Ok enough by 1988.

Posted by: Moderately Magyar Miklos at June 15, 2026 11:12 PM (6VErX)

172 >> Imagine what AI powered robots could do. No life support, not affected by long mission times.

That's exactly what Elon's vision for a Mars colony would be. Robots to build the base for humans to follow.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at June 15, 2026 11:12 PM (w6EFb)

173 Hey, Miklos. Good to see you.

Posted by: Bulg at June 15, 2026 11:15 PM (77rzZ)

174 Good to see you.
Posted by: Bulg

*adjusts monocles*

And yourself, Sir

Posted by: Miklos had the first 100 degree day here today, not the last of 26 at June 15, 2026 11:18 PM (6VErX)

175 I THOUGHT THIS WAS A JOKE, BUT IT'S TRUE (and I can't stop laughing):

Seattle is hosting a FIFA World Cup "Pride Match" on June 26, 2026 at Lumen Field....because of course they are. BUT, HERE'S THE HILARIOUS PART.

The two teams chosen to participate in this event are....(wait for it)..... IRAN and EGYPT.

There will be issues. LMAO

Posted by: Orson at June 15, 2026 11:18 PM (dIske)

176 Imagine what AI powered robots could do. No life support, not affected by long mission times. Could send them out 50 or 100 years...
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK's Phone) at June 15, 2026 11:03 PM (QGaXH)

Although we don't like to think it, I think it's inevitable that this how the great majority of solar system exploration and possible development will be done. I can see humans not visiting at all until life sustaining habitats have already been built.

As you say, no life support needed; imagine how much extra cargo can be carried per trip if that isn't a requirement.

Posted by: Tom Servo at June 15, 2026 11:19 PM (edUvp)

177

Orson,

Hopefully we'll see video of their reactions.

Posted by: four seasons at June 15, 2026 11:19 PM (/QHx4)

178 Orson,

Hopefully we'll see video of their reactions.

Posted by: four seasons at June 15, 2026 11:19 PM (/QHx4)
______________________

Hell yes...I'm tuning in. Homosexuality is outright criminalized in both those countries. They have got to be pissed.

Posted by: Orson at June 15, 2026 11:20 PM (dIske)

179 Seattle is hosting a FIFA World Cup "Pride Match"
The two teams chosen to participate in this event are....(wait for it)..... IRAN and EGYPT.

There will be issues. LMAO
Posted by: Orson

I hope the players have been informed that they can acquire up to $900 of souvenirs from any place in town at no cost

Posted by: Miklos figures When in Rome at June 15, 2026 11:21 PM (6VErX)

180 Saw some photos but can't decide where the crash happened. The strike area was very small, indicating a nearly vertical path. I've got lots of hours in B-52s and short of a major physical/structural problem, I don't have a clue.

May they rest in peace.
Posted by: LRob in OK at June 15, 2026 10:43 PM (Jr+re

I haven't seen a photo, but one description said the scorch mark was next to the runway, not past it. I don't know what that means; my mind jumps to the video of the horrific MD-11 Cargo jet a few months ago, where it veered hard left and down as soon as it left the ground.

Posted by: Tom Servo at June 15, 2026 11:22 PM (edUvp)

181 I THOUGHT THIS WAS A JOKE, BUT IT'S TRUE (and I can't stop laughing):

Seattle is hosting a FIFA World Cup "Pride Match" on June 26, 2026 at Lumen Field....because of course they are. BUT, HERE'S THE HILARIOUS PART.

The two teams chosen to participate in this event are....(wait for it)..... IRAN and EGYPT.

There will be issues. LMAO
Posted by: Orson at June 15, 2026 11:18 PM (dIske)

Make sure you don't park close to the stadium. I don't think flying people are covered under comprehensive insurance.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf - Zapped at June 15, 2026 11:23 PM (qx7Zg)

182 Losing a sibling sucks. Damn it.

Posted by: Bulg at June 15, 2026 11:23 PM (77rzZ)

183 Hey hey we’re the Monk-ees

Posted by: epador at June 15, 2026 11:23 PM (/SscP)

184 I'm a little annoyed with Musk. I'd been keeping an eye on the possibility of switching to StarLink but really couldn't expand our internet budget to accommodate it. We switched service to a fiber internet provider that halved our monthly bill. After we went through that trouble, StarLink's price dropped to compete meaningfully with our new lower bill. But it's inefficient to change providers again for a similar cost. Argh. I really wanted to try StarLink.

Posted by: Emmie, celebrating 250 years of God's grace at June 15, 2026 11:23 PM (FMtrg)

185 Make sure you don't park close to the stadium. I don't think flying people are covered under comprehensive insurance.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf - Zapped at June 15, 2026 11:23 PM (qx7Zg)
____________________________

Heh... "Act of Mohammad" Exclusion.

Posted by: Orson at June 15, 2026 11:24 PM (dIske)

186
I need to check out Starlink. Our internet service here is shitty.

Posted by: four seasons at June 15, 2026 11:24 PM (/QHx4)

187 I haven't seen a photo, but one description said the scorch mark was next to the runway, not past it. I don't know what that means; my mind jumps to the video of the horrific MD-11 Cargo jet a few months ago, where it veered hard left and down as soon as it left the ground.
Posted by: Tom Servo

Definitely still on the airfield. Whether it's next to the runway it was using to takeoff, another runway or taxiway is another matter... maybe I will look see again...

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at June 15, 2026 11:26 PM (/lPRQ)

188 MD-11 Cargo jet a few months ago, where it veered hard left and down as soon as it left the ground.
****

It literally blew an engine right off the plane. I can't see how a buff would have the same kind of failure.

Posted by: clarence at June 15, 2026 11:27 PM (quqLE)

189 186
I need to check out Starlink. Our internet service here is shitty.
Posted by: four seasons at June 15, 2026 11:24 PM (/QHx4)
_________________

You and me both. I've been procrastinating. All I have in my locale is one provider (Verizon) which is DSL out here in the hills.

Posted by: Orson at June 15, 2026 11:27 PM (dIske)

190 I need to check out Starlink. Our internet service here is shitty.
Posted by: four seasons at June 15, 2026 11:24 PM (/QHx4)

Starlink may be an option for me. I pay for Internet at both my Alberta and Arizona residences. If I can get one "portable" Starlink system for less than the sum of the two fixed (both "district radio") ISP's, I could see a savings.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 15, 2026 11:28 PM (1z8ji)

191 I need to check out Starlink. Our internet service here is shitty.
Posted by: four seasons
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Only had it for a few hours now, but it works like a charm.

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at June 15, 2026 11:28 PM (s6tef)

192 178 Orson,

Hopefully we'll see video of their reactions.

Posted by: four seasons at June 15, 2026 11:19 PM (/QHx4)
______________________

Hell yes...I'm tuning in. Homosexuality is outright criminalized in both those countries. They have got to be pissed.
Posted by: Orson at June 15, 2026 11:20 PM (dIske)

Serve us right if the Iranians get a look at the Seattle freak show and go home and reassess the peace deal, saying the US really is demonic....we shouldn't be bargaining with the devil...,

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK's Phone) at June 15, 2026 11:29 PM (QGaXH)

193

Orson, since everything is online these days, trying to pay bills and other stuff, it sucks when the internet crashes and you have to start over again.

Why can't things be simple again?

Posted by: four seasons at June 15, 2026 11:29 PM (/QHx4)

194 "May they rest in peace." Amen.

Posted by: gp at June 15, 2026 11:29 PM (Jr5Lq)

195 Hey guys,

We have an undocking from the ISS..

SpaceX/NASA - CRS-SPX-34
Undocking International Space Station ISS
Date: June 16, 2026
Undocking Time: 12:05 p.m. EDT (1705 UTC, 19:05 CEST)

https://youtu.be/2KfdqVKYak8

Posted by: Joyenz at June 15, 2026 11:32 PM (2F0/Y)

196 In L.A. we have two freeways that start and end after a short distance - The Marina Freeway - Ca-90 and The Terminal Island freeway Ca-47
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan
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If it doesn't have "US" or 'I" in front of the number, it's not federal, and what little structure those numbers have goes out the window.
CA91 through L.A. runs east-west.
The one that really annoys me is Nevada, where mileage markers reset at county boundaries.. At least they have the courtesy to note what county you're in on the markers.

Posted by: buddhaha at June 15, 2026 11:32 PM (uyNHw)

197 Eight months on T-Mobile fiber now. Have had two multihour outages. Other than that, it runs like a raped ape. $80/mo. It amazes me that they can run a bare, unsheathed fiber underground without worrying about environmental-induced degradation, but they do it, by gum. At least for the street to house segment.

Posted by: gp at June 15, 2026 11:34 PM (Jr5Lq)

198 8 crew on a test flight, sigh, all incinerated to ash.

Considering it was on the airfield about halfway down runway, something failed big time before much altitude.

RIP. Not going to be much to go on if flight recorder ash.

Posted by: epador at June 15, 2026 11:34 PM (/SscP)

199 starlink.com/roam

$55/100GB, $80/300GB, $175/unlimited

Posted by: clarence at June 15, 2026 11:36 PM (quqLE)

200

Eight families and and the circle of friends were destroyed today.

I pray for them.

They gave their lives for our country.

Posted by: four seasons at June 15, 2026 11:38 PM (/QHx4)

201 But it's inefficient to change providers again for a similar cost. Argh. I really wanted to try StarLink.
Posted by: Emmie,
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If you don't have an RV, buy one. That'll give you the excuse to get the little antenna Roaming service.

Posted by: buddhaha at June 15, 2026 11:39 PM (uyNHw)

202

As Douglas Adams opined, The Universe is mind-boggingly big, if you traveled at top speed we are able to achieve for 100 years, you would be 0.064 light-years away from Earth.

Basically at the edge of the oort cloud and smack dab in the middle of a whole lot of nothing.

The closest star from earth is 4.25 light years away and you would have to travel for an additonal 6.5k years to reach it.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at June 15, 2026 11:39 PM (XV/Pl)

203 Raccoons only hold hands when they sleep to make sure their partner isn't picking their pockets

Posted by: Kindltot at June 15, 2026 11:40 PM (rbvCR)

204 ------
If you don't have an RV, buy one. That'll give you the excuse to get the little antenna Roaming service.
Posted by: buddhaha
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AMERICA

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 15, 2026 11:40 PM (pMmVV)

205
We pay $65 for shitty internet here.
We would pay more for great internet.

Posted by: four seasons at June 15, 2026 11:42 PM (/QHx4)

206 "If you don't have an RV, buy one."

YouTube algorithm routes to me all the RV ownership disaster videos. Major quality and service complaints on those things.

Posted by: gp at June 15, 2026 11:43 PM (Jr5Lq)

207 Watch this movie before buying an RV:
youtube.com/watch?v=VTo581Bf8hk

Posted by: gp at June 15, 2026 11:45 PM (Jr5Lq)

208 RV; be handy or be rich.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 15, 2026 11:49 PM (pMmVV)

209
Did any of you see the fiasco of a couple towing their truck behind their RV?

They had the truck hooked up to the bumper of the RV.

Needless to say, the bumper tore away and the truck was totaled.

Posted by: four seasons at June 15, 2026 11:49 PM (/QHx4)

210 *adjusts monocles*

And yourself, Sir
Posted by: Miklos had the first 100 degree day here today, not the last of 26 at June 15, 2026 11:18 PM (6VErX)

Why are you wearing more than one? Unless you have one stacked next to the other. Then it would be binocular.

You might as well wear glasses! Don't get the big plastic kind like liberals and nitwit Julia Roberts (who looks extra weird because of her crocodile mouth).

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at June 15, 2026 11:49 PM (WONhk)

211 If you and your wife think RV'ing would be fun start small and used to see how you get on with it. You can always work your way up.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 15, 2026 11:51 PM (pMmVV)

212 111 John Wahl is running for Lt. Gov. His fiancée has raccoons. People in North Alabama, are weird.
Posted by: Piper

The best definition is I've got is everyone here in North Alabama/Huntsville is a nerd or an engineer.

The racoon thing has become a running joke, Wahl is probably going to win the primary tomorrow.

Posted by: Gmac-WTF did you think was going to happen? at June 15, 2026 11:51 PM (Q/FnY)

213 Once upon a time the most overrated band in the world was the Beatles. Their boosters are dead now . Today it's queen because if Bohemian rhapsody isn't, like, your most favourite song of forever your not even allowed to be white. Nirvana's time is coming soon.
Has there been another drum-bass-guitar-vocalist band since OK Go to make such a cultural mark?

Posted by: Nato at June 15, 2026 11:51 PM (XAyZ8)

214 Taxpayer funds intended for rural broadband—most notably the $42.45 billion Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment (BEAD) Program and the Universal Service Fund—are currently transitioning into the contracting and construction phase, following recent federal overhauls, Supreme Court rulings, and stricter accountability legislation.

This was signed into law in 2021. Not a damn thing has been provided.

Posted by: Orson at June 15, 2026 11:51 PM (dIske)

215
Any of you out there on the west coast might be able to catch a very young moon just over the horizon about right now. Record naked eye youngest moon seen is about 15 hours. It's about 25 hours old now (well, in elapsed time, and believe or not the age of the Moon is not exactly defined this way).

And this lunation, the time between successive new moon will be the shortest of the year. However, if you measure it from full Moon to full Moon, it will be longer, and maybe the longest this year. The Moon is a harsh orbital mistress.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at June 15, 2026 11:52 PM (w6EFb)

216 Teen Spirit is nowhere near their best song, and it has been overplayed as much as anything. Nirvana, however, was the last truly great band. And it doesn't seem that Kurt was washed when either his mental illness or his awful friends did him in. His last song "You Know You're Right" has still got it. Full punk roar mixed with total pop sensibilities like virtually no one else ever.

Posted by: Azjaeger at June 15, 2026 11:54 PM (3/XaG)

217 Let me try and submit my most muted, and respectful comment tonight.
EFF NIRVANA and all of the other Creed-Jam-Nickel-Pearl-Back bullshit that followed. It all sounded the same, and completely sucked out all of the oxygen out of the universe, and choked out some seriously great bands in the late ‘80s.
Like XYZ, for example.
I am bitter about this.
Oh, and I neglected to mention…Get Off My Lawn!

Posted by: Gunslinger at June 15, 2026 11:54 PM (3hOgI)

218
This was signed into law in 2021. Not a damn thing has been provided.
Posted by: Orson
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Kinda like NASA's rockets.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 15, 2026 11:55 PM (pMmVV)

219 USA in 2020. There's a lunation for you. Went plumb loony.

Posted by: gp at June 15, 2026 11:55 PM (Jr5Lq)

220
Nope, sorry, won't be the longest. That's still in winter. But the time between full Moons is longer.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at June 15, 2026 11:57 PM (w6EFb)

221 My sister and I had a falling out after dad died. She went off the deep end psychologically. Not sure we'll reconcile, but I have prayed for it.

Posted by: AnchorPoint at June 15, 2026 11:58 PM (XY7MO)

222 Firebird in a different way, Igor.

youtube.com/watch?v=zc6sZVhdOXw

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 16, 2026 12:00 AM (pMmVV)

223 Posted by: Gunslinger at June 15, 2026 11:54 PM

:fistbump:

Posted by: JQ at June 16, 2026 12:00 AM (rdVOm)

224 Like 184 going into Boise. It ends when you get downtown.
Posted by: Pug Mahon
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When I was commuting between AZ and OR while I was moving, I ran through that stretch of I84. I kept wondering why the signs describing a split in the roads showed I84 going both left and right. About the third time through that stretch it finally dawned on me that (letter I) 84 went right and (number1) 84 went left.
Duh.
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There's a 280 here and one in New Jersey
Both are connectors to I-80
Posted by: San Franpsycho
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I was riding a fairing free motorcycle on 280, up behind Redwood City when I encountered a June Bug - on my t-shirt'ed chest at, shall we say, extra legal speed .
I had a baseball sized lump for four days.
But it was a great road.40 years ago, most of it was through wide open space. I imagine by now it's been walled in to cut the noise to the houses they've covered the hills with.

Posted by: buddhaha at June 16, 2026 12:01 AM (uyNHw)

225 This was signed into law in 2021. Not a damn thing has been provided.
Posted by: Orson at June 15, 2026 11:51 PM (dIske)

42 billion dollars. If the Government was to cancel existing contracts (ha!) and contract out to Starlink at $1000 per household (on the high side) there could be 42 million households hooked up in a couple of years.

Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at June 16, 2026 12:02 AM (rv0XX)

226 24 Why have stupid Starlink when you can give billions of dollars in subsidies to telecommunications companies to come up with rural Internet connectivity?

Silly CBD.
Posted by: Texas Government at June 15, 2026 10:11 PM (T6aVk)

WE AGREE!!!

Posted by: Texas voters at June 16, 2026 12:04 AM (T6aVk)

227 And this lunation, the time between successive new moon will be the shortest of the year. However, if you measure it from full Moon to full Moon, it will be longer, and maybe the longest this year. The Moon is a harsh orbital mistress.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at June 15, 2026 11:52 PM (w6EFb)

No Moon to be seen here. But a pretty spectacular Prairie sunset, with the underside of the clouds brilliantly illuminated in rose pink, with some yellow-orange right in the horizon.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 16, 2026 12:05 AM (1z8ji)

228 I have good Internet here in the sticks but I wonder if Starlink would be cheaper.

Posted by: Cow Demon at June 16, 2026 12:06 AM (T6aVk)

229 In the interstate highway system, spurs off the main interstate have a 1 in front. Like 184 going into Boise. It ends when you get downtown. Loops have 2 in front, or 4, depending on how friggin' huge the city is. Like 225 and 270 in Denver.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, I've got friends in crawl spaces at June 15, 2026 11:04 PM (0aYVJ)

Odd numbers as the first number is a spur, an even number is a loop. (In TX Loop 410 goes around San Antonio, Loop 610 goes around Houston. There is a spur, I-110, officially, in El Paso, that runs south from I-10 to the border with Mexico. There is a I-310 in the New Orleans area.)

Posted by: Cow Demon at June 16, 2026 12:09 AM (T6aVk)

230

Our internet here goes out several times a day.

We're retired so it's only irritating when we are trying to pay bills online. You have to start over.

We feel for the people who are working from home. It has to be a pain in the ass.

Posted by: four seasons at June 16, 2026 12:09 AM (/QHx4)

231 NM's going to have the biggest wind farm in the US. Well, that's something.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 16, 2026 12:10 AM (pMmVV)

232 NM's going to have the biggest wind farm in the US. Well, that's something.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 16, 2026 12:10 AM (pMmVV)

They should put an array of wind turbines completely encircling DC. Biggest source of hot air there is.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 16, 2026 12:12 AM (1z8ji)

233 216 Teen Spirit is nowhere near their best song, and it has been overplayed as much as anything. Nirvana, however, was the last truly great band. And it doesn't seem that Kurt was washed when either his mental illness or his awful friends did him in. His last song "You Know You're Right" has still got it. Full punk roar mixed with total pop sensibilities like virtually no one else ever.
Posted by: Azjaeger at June 15, 2026 11:54 PM (3/XaG)

Nirvana's last song, on the Beavis and Butt-Head Experience, is "I Hate Myself And Want To Die".

I never got Nirvana, never understood the hype around them, and saw "Smells Like Teen Spirit" and rolled m eyes.

Posted by: Cow Demon at June 16, 2026 12:12 AM (T6aVk)

234 I got recommended some creepy video with some leftard or leftards complaining about "right wing" comedians. I have no idea if the comedians are funny, probably not because no one is funny anymore. Not the point.

That said I looked at the comments and it was hilarious. One leftard saying "The point of racist jokes was always to fight racism".

Seriously. Is anyone going to tell him??

Posted by: ... at June 16, 2026 12:13 AM (vE0+H)

235 Oh, there was a whole group of bands that attempted to do what Nirvana did because it sold. That always happens. But they didn't have "it". For me the worst legacy of grunge was that because most of the leading proponents were decidedly not career focused professionals, most of them imploded. Which led directly to the industry deciding to push rap and electronic which was mostly created by producers with disposable front people so they wouldn't have a product shortage

Posted by: Azjaeger at June 16, 2026 12:13 AM (3/XaG)

236 "Our internet here goes out several times a day."

If you have a smartphone, maybe you can turn on its hotspot feature, and use that WiFi instead of the home internet service, during the infrequent times when you need to do something critical.

Posted by: gp at June 16, 2026 12:13 AM (Jr5Lq)

237 We need to have a meme: guy in straw hat, trousers down, butt planted on a little hole in the ground. Row of wind turbines in the background. "Whatcha doing, Elmer? Planting."

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 16, 2026 12:14 AM (1z8ji)

238 starlink.com/roam

$55/100GB, $80/300GB, $175/unlimited
Posted by: clarence

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iNwC0sp-uA4

Posted by: Musical Miklos at June 16, 2026 12:15 AM (6VErX)

239 We feel for the people who are working from home. It has to be a pain in the ass.
Posted by: four seasons

Sometimes

Posted by: OnlyFans at June 16, 2026 12:17 AM (6VErX)

240 In the interstate highway system, spurs off the main interstate have a 1 in front. Like 184 going into Boise. It ends when you get downtown. Loops have 2 in front, or 4, depending on how friggin' huge the city is. Like 225 and 270 in Denver.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, I've got friends in crawl spaces at June 15, 2026 11:04 PM (0aYVJ)

I never understood why, eons ago, neither I-225 nor I-270 were made into loop highways around Denver. Not until E-470 did people there think "Hey! A loop highway around the city would be good!" In the late 1980s.

Posted by: Cow Demon at June 16, 2026 12:17 AM (T6aVk)

241 "Whatcha doing, Elmer? Planting."
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon

Can't say as I am familiar with that technique...now over in Pixley, well not in Pixley but close to Pixley, I'd say closer to Pixley than not Pixley...

Posted by: Hank Kimball, County Agent at June 16, 2026 12:19 AM (6VErX)

242 Scots and Pretendindians like Igor too.

youtube.com/watch?v=g73_S7AQiYg

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 16, 2026 12:20 AM (pMmVV)

243 Pixley? You can't get there from here.

Posted by: gp at June 16, 2026 12:20 AM (Jr5Lq)

244 I never understood why, eons ago, neither I-225 nor I-270 were made into loop highways around Denver. Not until E-470 did people there think "Hey! A loop highway around the city would be good!" In the late 1980s.
Posted by: Cow Demon at June 16, 2026 12:17 AM (T6aVk)

Big cities need "Avoidways". Big loop encircling the city, with only four interchanges, N,S, E, W. Licence plate cameras: if your plate indicates that you are resident of the city or county, you are assessed a hundred-dollar fine for driving on it.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 16, 2026 12:21 AM (1z8ji)

245
There is a wind farm a few miles from us.

You drive past it and nothing is working. This is Wyoming, land of wind.

Scams

Posted by: four seasons at June 16, 2026 12:21 AM (/QHx4)

246 242 I had that LP in the seventies.

Posted by: gp at June 16, 2026 12:21 AM (Jr5Lq)

247 We need to have a meme: guy in straw hat, trousers down, butt planted on a little hole in the ground. Row of wind turbines in the background. "Whatcha doing, Elmer? Planting."
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon

If they built a small structure to help with that, it could be called Elmer's gantry

Posted by: Late Nite out back at June 16, 2026 12:22 AM (6VErX)

248 211 If you and your wife think RV'ing would be fun start small and used to see how you get on with it. You can always work your way up.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 15, 2026 11:51 PM (pMmVV)

That's how I wanted to start. Get something smallish, get our feet wet, get some experience. Problem is my wife is total opposite. She's go big or go home. So right from the jump I had to buy a larger truck which we paired with a brand new 30' camper. Then she started watching u-tube videos and buying every conceivable thing we MIGHT one day need. I bought two folding chairs with attached tables from Costco - 59.99 each.

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK's Phone) at June 16, 2026 12:23 AM (QGaXH)

249 242 I had that LP in the seventies.
Posted by: gp

And somehow remember the 70s!

Posted by: Miklos, who partook modestly in the high school lower parking lot at June 16, 2026 12:24 AM (6VErX)

250 So is the top photo our Moon, or some other body? Don't think its Mars, too cratery.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 16, 2026 12:24 AM (1z8ji)

251 "You drive past it and nothing is working."

I actually emailed a windpower company once to ask them (very politely and with genuine curiosity) why only one turbine out of dozens was turning. They replied. Don't remember what it was, but it ended with "Does THAT answer your question?"

Posted by: gp at June 16, 2026 12:24 AM (Jr5Lq)

252 Licence plate cameras: if your plate indicates that you are resident of the city or county, you are assessed a hundred-dollar fine for driving on it.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 16, 2026 12:21 AM (1z8ji)

I get what you are trying to say but I am no fan of license plate cameras.

Posted by: Cow Demon at June 16, 2026 12:26 AM (T6aVk)

253 I actually emailed a windpower company once to ask them (very politely and with genuine curiosity) why only one turbine out of dozens was turning. They replied. Don't remember what it was, but it ended with "Does THAT answer your question?"
Posted by: gp at June 16, 2026 12:24 AM (Jr5Lq)

Do you know just how hard it is to get rectified wombat grease for the frenulator gears?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 16, 2026 12:26 AM (1z8ji)

254 Do you know just how hard it is to get rectified wombat grease for the frenulator gears?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon

damn near impossible

might have some, for the right price

Posted by: Big Wombat at June 16, 2026 12:28 AM (6VErX)

255 I get what you are trying to say but I am no fan of license plate cameras.
Posted by: Cow Demon at June 16, 2026 12:26 AM (T6aVk)

They would be used strictly for keeping locals from clogging up the through route for travelers. You could write the software such that any plates not registered in the city/county would be wiped from the system in 24 hours.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 16, 2026 12:30 AM (1z8ji)

256 >>>Licence plate cameras: if your plate indicates that you are resident of the city or county, you are assessed a hundred-dollar fine for driving on it.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 16, 2026 12:21 AM (1z8ji)
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I can see, young fella, by the way you drive your car that your not familiar with the driving ways of your southern cousins.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 16, 2026 12:31 AM (pMmVV)

257 >>>There is a wind farm a few miles from us.

You drive past it and nothing is working. This is Wyoming, land of wind.

Scams

Posted by: four seasons

>There is no inventory of spare parts to keep these monstrosities maintained. You have to cannibalize one for the other. They are all an engineer's wet dream.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at June 16, 2026 12:32 AM (SRceu)

258 Saw some newz that said USA electric power is now 12% solar. Article did not specify if that is 12% of 'rated capacity,' or 12% of actual delivered power.

Posted by: gp at June 16, 2026 12:32 AM (Jr5Lq)

259 On a slightly serious note, enviro freaks have no idea how much lubricating oil a big wind turbine uses.

Hint-about 250-400 liters minimum.

The cost of an oil change is substantial, then that oil must be disposed of.

Posted by: the stuff Miklos knows somehow at June 16, 2026 12:32 AM (6VErX)

260 I had a Capybara but my Ocelot ate it.
Posted by: r hennigantx at June 15, 2026 10:49 PM (/+uur)

If you had a Copybara then you could have multiples and not worry about your Eatsalot.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at June 16, 2026 12:32 AM (ZVgZ4)

261 I can see, young fella, by the way you drive your car that your not familiar with the driving ways of your southern cousins.

Posted by: Braenyard

Do you know the Penal Code in this state?

Posted by: Kentucky Fried Miklos at June 16, 2026 12:33 AM (6VErX)

262 Billy Cobham is the drummer on both the Sebesky and McLaughlin albums.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 16, 2026 12:34 AM (pMmVV)

263 251 "You drive past it and nothing is working."

I actually emailed a windpower company once to ask them (very politely and with genuine curiosity) why only one turbine out of dozens was turning. They replied. Don't remember what it was, but it ended with "Does THAT answer your question?"
Posted by: gp at June 16, 2026 12:24 AM (Jr5Lq)

Tehachapi Pass, East out of Bakersfield into the Desert, HUNDREDS of derelict windmills. Very few work at all... and why? California pays to put windmills IN, but nothing to help maintain them.... so when they run out of the oil you need to lubricate them? instead of expensive maintenance because there is little to no access to many of them (hills)... they would just take the government money to replace it.

Posted by: Romeo13 at June 16, 2026 12:34 AM (mP0Kj)

264
Do you know the Penal Code in this state?
Posted by: Kentucky Fried Miklos
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Sure don't. Around here it's get out the way.
Get over or get run over.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 16, 2026 12:36 AM (pMmVV)

265 257,263 IDNKT!

Posted by: gp at June 16, 2026 12:37 AM (Jr5Lq)

266 258 Saw some newz that said USA electric power is now 12% solar. Article did not specify if that is 12% of 'rated capacity,' or 12% of actual delivered power.
Posted by: gp at June 16, 2026 12:32 AM (Jr5Lq)

And its zero percent at night, or when really cloudy, or stormy...

And funny enough, most people don't know you need to CLEAN THEM OFF every few months. Here in Calif Central Valley, where it does not rain for months at a time, I need to hose them off about every 2 months.

I see a 30% or more increase in production when I clean them off... vice when they are covered in bird shit and agriculture dust.

Posted by: Romeo13 at June 16, 2026 12:37 AM (mP0Kj)

267 Further adventures with the Buick Wildcat brake job;

Well, despite what the car owner told me, none of the brake adjuster screws had been altered. His eyewitness must have been smoking something. "Well, he sure ground the Hell out of something. Wheel on my bench grinder is all fucked up." Well, that's as may be, but the 4 adjusting screw assemblies for the brakes are all in factory condition, allowing for age. None seized up. No grind marks at. all. Needing a little lube, but otherwise perfect. But the previous "mechanic" had put two leading shoes on the left brake, and two trailing shoes on the right. Doh!

Anyway, I put the front drums (finned aluminum with iron liners, a Buick thing) in my brake lathe, and took a couple of light cuts to clean them up. Then stuck them in the cabinet and blasted the outside with glass bead to make them nice and clean and pretty. Because why have finned aluminum drums unless they are pretty? There are just enough slots in the wheels that you can see the, too.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 16, 2026 12:39 AM (1z8ji)

268 >>> 250 So is the top photo our Moon, or some other body? Don't think its Mars, too cratery.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 16, 2026 12:24 AM (1z8ji)

I bet it's a movie "view" of Mars, not a real picture.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at June 16, 2026 12:40 AM (R+iUD)

269 Sure don't. Around here it's get out the way.
Get over or get run over.

Posted by: Braenyard

You take the short cut by where that big oak tree used to be, and left where Miss Ada used to live

Posted by: Redneck Navigator Miklos at June 16, 2026 12:40 AM (6VErX)

270 “Smells Like Nirvana”

https://m.youtube.com/watch?
v=FklUAoZ6KxY&ra=m

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at June 16, 2026 12:41 AM (ZVgZ4)

271 221 My sister and I had a falling out after dad died. She went off the deep end psychologically. Not sure we'll reconcile, but I have prayed for it.
Posted by: AnchorPoint at June 15, 2026 11:58 PM (XY7MO)

I have a sister who is two years older than me. Haven't heard from her since our parents funeral in 2016. Don't really care if I never do. She was always a mean spirited antagonistic narcissist who never missed an opportunity to mock me or rat me out to our parents. I've heard from her exactly 5 times in our adult lives and each time was bad news. The end was when she walked away from our parents just when they needed her the last years of their lives. She lived a mile away from them. I was across the country but she didn't lift a finger to help.

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK's Phone) at June 16, 2026 12:41 AM (QGaXH)

272 I never got Nirvana, never understood the hype around them, and saw "Smells Like Teen Spirit" and rolled m eyes.

Posted by: Cow Demon at June 16, 2026 12:12 AM (T6aVk)

I hated that whole grunge era of music with the heat of 1000 suns. It was just sooo fucking depressing and was whiny shit. I never could put my finger on exactly what the attitude or belief system was. I was an old school metal guitar player. We practically used guitar cabinets as wall paper, the whole back line. Everything go louder than everything else. Drummers had huge drum sets. Double bass, 2 floor toms, 8 toms, cymbals out the wazoo. Bigger, badder. It was all about the thunder. It was an attitude, fucking viking. Then...this grunge thing comes around with this tiny dick syndrome. Lets use little amps, lets use small drum sets like the ones kids learn on, lets use pos guitars that people used to step over, etc. I don't know what the word is for that. I never could figure it out. It was a sign of things to come. No drive, no aspirations, just whine about shit. I don't know, I look around at these younger fucking retard leftists and somehow its connected. I just can't put my finger on it.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at June 16, 2026 12:42 AM (snZF9)

273 The cost of an oil change is substantial, then that oil must be disposed of.
Posted by: the stuff Miklos knows somehow at June 16, 2026 12:32 AM (6VErX)

Run that oil through a micro-fine filter to catch any sub-micron steel particles from the gears (magnets, too!), and resell to users who are happy to get quality oil cheap. I would buy it for use in tired engines, and mowers and suchlike.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 16, 2026 12:44 AM (1z8ji)

274 243 Pixley? You can't get there from here.
Posted by: gp at June 16, 2026 12:20 AM (Jr5Lq)

There's a Pixley in central California about an hour north of Bakersfield on the 99 (CA-99). Supposedly it was the inspiration for the one in the TVshow...

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK's Phone) at June 16, 2026 12:46 AM (QGaXH)

275 Then stuck them in the cabinet and blasted the outside with glass bead to make them nice and clean and pretty. Because why have finned aluminum drums unless they are pretty? There are just enough slots in the wheels that you can see the, too.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 16, 2026 12:39 AM (1z8ji)

I can't live without my glass beader. When I do a new harley engine everything gets beaded. Engine cases, heads, rods, everything that isn't chrome. I love my beader. lol

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at June 16, 2026 12:47 AM (snZF9)

276 …It's a primary and I wish most of the offices had a choice marked "None of the Above"!
Posted by: LRob in OK

We've been doing the last-minute research on the ballot choices tomorrow. Some of the candidates, definitely feel like "none of the above" should be an option. The flyers these guys send out have too much brag of what they'll do but not how they'll do it, and too much sliming of their opponents.

TW Shannon for Lt Gov - first chance to vote for him since he was up against Lankford. His flyer says almost nothing about what he'll do, but from what I know, he's a good guy.

The one question on the ballot is raising the minimum wage, up to $15/hr over the next couple of years. Yow! I think they should have a place to fill in what the voter things minimium wage should be. I'd put $0.

Posted by: mindful webworker - if voting was worthwhile, they'd ban it at June 16, 2026 12:47 AM (32Bdv)

277 I look around at these younger fucking retard leftists and somehow its connected. I just can't put my finger on it.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division

The cultural rot started when the Mambo went out of style. That was Castro and the communists, but no they didn't listen with all that rocking and rolling music.

Posted by: El Mikloso, former bandleader and Cha-Cha Champion at June 16, 2026 12:47 AM (6VErX)

278 Trucker Faces Homicide Charges For 2025 Green River Tunnel Inferno That Killed 3
https://shorturl.at/sOCs6
Cowboy State Daily

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at June 16, 2026 12:48 AM (R+iUD)

279 This river don't go to Aintry.

Posted by: gp at June 16, 2026 12:48 AM (Jr5Lq)

280 Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at June 16, 2026 12:42 AM (snZF9)

It's connected. Godlessness and ingratitude. There was also an element that they were observing humanity rather than participating in it. What you were seeing was that they were bigger than the music. Bigger than their own creation.

Artists historically tended to create to see what they can make - like you said, aspirational. This was more like a bunch of namby pamby folk singers got ahold of the bigboy toys and wanted to wear them as a skin suit - but couldn't abide being outshined by the presence of their own creation. That's ego for you. Even envious of the thing they are making.

Posted by: ... at June 16, 2026 12:48 AM (vE0+H)

281
You take the short cut by where that big oak tree used to be, and left where Miss Ada used to live
Posted by: Redneck Navigator Miklos
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Rural delivery 101.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 16, 2026 12:48 AM (pMmVV)

282 You could write the software such that any plates not registered in the city/county would be wiped from the system in 24 hours.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 16, 2026 12:30 AM (1z8ji)

You could, sure, but why would we be so stupid as to do that?

Posted by: Police at June 16, 2026 12:49 AM (T6aVk)

283
Yeah, that top image is more "artist's conception". And I'm not sure what body that artist was conceiving myself, either.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at June 16, 2026 12:49 AM (w6EFb)

284 Tehachapi Pass, East out of Bakersfield into the Desert, HUNDREDS of derelict windmills. Very few work at all... and why? California pays to put windmills IN, but nothing to help maintain them.... so when they run out of the oil you need to lubricate them? instead of expensive maintenance because there is little to no access to many of them (hills)... they would just take the government money to replace it.
Posted by: Romeo13
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Sorta like Bangkok temples. There's hundreds of them, most in some state of disrepair. I asked about it, and, allowing for translation difficulties and my complete ignorance of Buddhist theology, what I heard was that a person gets heavenly "points" for building a temple, but no.points are awarded for maintaining an existing one.

Posted by: buddhaha at June 16, 2026 12:50 AM (uyNHw)

285 260 I had a Capybara but my Ocelot ate it.
Posted by: r hennigantx at June 15, 2026 10:49 PM (/+uur)

If you had a Copybara then you could have multiples and not worry about your Eatsalot.
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at June 16, 2026 12:32 AM (ZVgZ4)

At the Capy....

Capycabara....

The hottest spot north of...,

Aw...screw it...

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK's Phone) at June 16, 2026 12:50 AM (QGaXH)

286 The one question on the ballot is raising the minimum wage, up to $15/hr over the next couple of years. Yow! I think they should have a place to fill in what the voter things minimium wage should be. I'd put $0.
Posted by: mindful webworker - if voting was worthwhile, they'd ban it at June 16, 2026 12:47 AM (32Bdv)

The minimum wage in reality is always zero. Most people do not realize this. (We do here on AoS but not so much outside it.)

Posted by: Cow Demon at June 16, 2026 12:51 AM (T6aVk)

287 I can't live without my glass beader. When I do a new harley engine everything gets beaded. Engine cases, heads, rods, everything that isn't chrome. I love my beader. lol
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at June 16, 2026 12:47 AM (snZF9)

I need to put better lights in mine. Maybe something equivalent to 400 Watts worth of incandescent bulbs, but LED. You need a lot of light so as not to miss spots. I have a bunch of those LED light bars from one of those "corncob" LED high-bay lamps. Each needs 18 volts DC to run. I could mount six of them into the top cover of the cabinet, and build a power supply to run them. They do have plastic cover lenses.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 16, 2026 12:52 AM (1z8ji)

288 Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at June 16, 2026 12:42 AM

Nailed it-- "No drive, no aspirations, just whine about shit"

Soy-soaked, learned helplessness. And the "music" was so fking depressing... yeesh! Like they're all downed out on heroin and it's somebody else's fault.

Take a hot shot, @ssholes, do us all a favor and stfu already!

Posted by: JQ at June 16, 2026 12:53 AM (rdVOm)

289 Santa Clara?

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at June 16, 2026 12:53 AM (0nHVk)

290 So...OK has a state income tax, and it has a ballot initiative to approve raising the minimum wage to $15?

Not to mention the Reps, Sens and Gov are collectively the teachers union's bitch.

Tell me how conservative OK is again?

Posted by: Cow Demon at June 16, 2026 12:54 AM (T6aVk)

291 Tehachapi Pass, East out of Bakersfield into the Desert, HUNDREDS of derelict windmills. Very few work at all... and why? California pays to put windmills IN, but nothing to help maintain them.... so when they run out of the oil you need to lubricate them? instead of expensive maintenance because there is little to no access to many of them (hills)... they would just take the government money to replace it.
Posted by: Romeo13 at June 16, 2026 12:34 AM (mP0Kj)

They did look pretty cool when they did work... Sometime last century.

Posted by: Reforger at June 16, 2026 12:54 AM (SDQyB)

292 The cultural rot started when the Mambo went out of style. That was Castro and the communists, but no they didn't listen with all that rocking and rolling music.
Posted by: El Mikloso, former bandleader and Cha-Cha Champion at June 16, 2026 12:47 AM (6VErX)
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That's what I told them.
_Perez Prado's ghost

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 16, 2026 12:54 AM (pMmVV)

293 Yeah, that top image is more "artist's conception". And I'm not sure what body that artist was conceiving myself, either.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley

I sometimes try to envision heavenly bodies

Artistically, I mean

Posted by: Admissions by Miklos at June 16, 2026 12:55 AM (6VErX)

294
About 3 days is about when I can ever see the Moon. I may have made the second day one time when that new Moon was very early relative to midnight.

Anyway, the record naked eye youngest Moon sighting is held by astronomer Stephen J. O'Meara, and 15 hours and 32 minutes old. He is renown for almost superhuman eyesight and observational skills. He set that moon sighting record in Hawaii, at high elevation, too, but it was naked eye.

He is also known for being the first to see Halley's Comet in 1985, and to determine the rotational period of Uranus.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at June 16, 2026 12:55 AM (w6EFb)

295 Family estrangement sucketh royally. Our married son traveled over a cliff, with his wife, and he went from rude to insulting to mean to cutting us off completely from them and from our two grandchildren. Haven't had contact with them (we tried) since my mom's funeral back in '21.

Would like to have them all back in our lives, but not if they're still infected with TDS, mask madness, gender confusion, and, especially, those vicious attitudes. Better not to have contact with them if it's just going to be mean-spirited. But we've missed out on our grandbabies' childhood. Just cruel, especially heart-wrenching for MiladyJo.

May their hearts be softened and minds corrected by the Spirit of Truth.

Posted by: mindful webworker - family can be unfamilial at June 16, 2026 12:55 AM (32Bdv)

296 >>> 283
Yeah, that top image is more "artist's conception". And I'm not sure what body that artist was conceiving myself, either.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at June 16, 2026 12:49 AM (w6EFb)

Well it's red so they meant Mars? But I wouldn't be surprised if some slacker effects dude borrowed a shot of the "Moon" from Space 1999 or some other old show and added a red filter.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at June 16, 2026 12:55 AM (R+iUD)

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