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(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at June 19, 2026 09:58 PM (ZVgZ4)
Posted by: Blanco Basura -Z28.310 at June 19, 2026 09:58 PM (+9wcF)
Posted by: Skip at June 19, 2026 09:59 PM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: Skip at June 19, 2026 09:59 PM (Ia/+0)
Again.
CURSE YOU, RED BARON!
Posted by: tankdemon at June 19, 2026 09:59 PM (LrJiL)
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at June 19, 2026 09:59 PM (ZVgZ4)
Posted by: mindful webworker - Jose, can you si? at June 19, 2026 10:00 PM (9bb3y)
Posted by: Cameron Burgess at June 19, 2026 10:03 PM (gKWVE)
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at June 19, 2026 10:03 PM (ZVgZ4)
You can't just bypass hundreds of years of lichdom and go straight to demilichdom.
Posted by: mikeski at June 19, 2026 10:04 PM (VHUov)
Posted by: Piper at June 19, 2026 10:04 PM (OoFl2)
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at June 19, 2026 10:06 PM (SRRAx)
Again.
CURSE YOU, RED BARON!
Posted by: tankdemon at June 19, 2026 09:59 PM (LrJiL)
At least you didn't meet an angry dragon, and watch it fall in flames and ash while your parachute burned.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 19, 2026 10:06 PM (qx7Zg)
Except attracting girls.
Well.....no, that's definitely out.
Posted by: Dr. T at June 19, 2026 10:07 PM (jGGMD)
Posted by: RandomDave at June 19, 2026 10:07 PM (aJQbY)
.308 / 7.62×51
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 19, 2026 10:07 PM (VPNgR)
Posted by: four seasons at June 19, 2026 10:08 PM (/QHx4)
Posted by: tankdemon at June 19, 2026 10:09 PM (LrJiL)
I completely agree.
Posted by: JackStraw at June 19, 2026 10:09 PM (viF8m)
Posted by: From about That Time at June 19, 2026 10:11 PM (sl73Y)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 19, 2026 10:11 PM (VPNgR)
I think I've seen some of those scenes in Godzilla movies.
Thank you WD!
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at June 19, 2026 10:11 PM (B0dAE)
Posted by: tankdemon at June 19, 2026 10:09 PM (LrJiL)
Oh! Ask us!
Posted by: the muslims at June 19, 2026 10:11 PM (gKWVE)
Holy smokes is it garbage. Juvenile, shallow and as non-informative as it could be.
Posted by: Tonypete at June 19, 2026 10:12 PM (ItpVy)
Both of the wolves are whores?
Posted by: four seasons
Whoa. That came out of left field. Not ok.
Posted by: nurse ratched. at June 19, 2026 10:12 PM (21WNI)
I completely agree.
Posted by: JackStraw
The last guy was going gaga over Chipotle.
How bad are the restaurants in the rest of the world?
Posted by: mikeski at June 19, 2026 10:12 PM (VHUov)
Both of the wolves are whores?
Posted by: four seasons at June 19, 2026 10:08 PM (/QHx4)
Where did I put that 20 dollar bill?
Posted by: tankdemon at June 19, 2026 10:13 PM (LrJiL)
Posted by: Another Anon at June 19, 2026 10:14 PM (4h45B)
Japan is building up their military
While I was not born when the Nips got frisky, I read a lot of comic books in which they were definitely the bad guys.
I'm awfully glad they're on our side this time.
Posted by: Archimedes at June 19, 2026 10:14 PM (Riz8t)
Foreign fans here for the World Cup are posting all about how great this county is, great food, friendly people, lovely vistas, and it's just the most wholesome thing in the world.
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And their MSM and ours are saying, "Who are you going to believe, us or your lying eyes and taste buds?"
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 19, 2026 10:14 PM (O0L8i)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at June 19, 2026 10:14 PM (Cqx++)
I completely agree.
Posted by: JackStraw at June 19, 2026 10:09 PM (viF8m)
I was informed that it was all fakey fake clickbait, or something.
I choose to ignore them. There is something happening. A lot of the folks coming here for the World Cup have lived their entire lives learning that America was horrible. And they are not the old money rich folks on some kind of beer and wine safari. They are regular folks who flew over coach to see their teams.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, I'm not weird, your face is weird! at June 19, 2026 10:14 PM (0aYVJ)
Posted by: tankdemon at June 19, 2026 10:09 PM (LrJiL)
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Requesting thought, critical thinking and logic at the same time is a bit much for these people.
_when synapses collide
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 19, 2026 10:14 PM (VPNgR)
Mostly because it is how I feel right now but without that much drama.
How did the chicken get into the room with the balloon on her head and then pop it?
My day: my dude had a peridontist mess with him for a gum graft. Apparently braces in the past can cause receeding gums for his front lower teeth (otherwise perfect with one cavity in his entire life). I hate dental work like this, and wisdom teeth were enough for my sons.
His graft site (roof of mouth) bled like a gunshot wound for 30min. I had to peer in there with a flashlight and discuss this grossness with their office. A suture has maybe popped and I told him he could not remove it. He can't spit, either, and I am thinking if you do not like blood you would not have enjoyed our event.
I am a nurse and did not enjoy it but it FINALLY quit bleeding with pressure/gauze, wet teabag, and ice on his cheek.
All was well til he tried to take a nap (head elevated) and then texted me he was bleeding a lot.
I do hope this is not how my night is going to be.
The bad pain from graft starts in 3 days.
I may take drugs soon, too.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at June 19, 2026 10:15 PM (hzuYO)
Posted by: From about That Time
Hey, I was top-ten with a comment about the Content.
And "first" on the lawyer thread, with a comment about the Content. And a sock change.
Of course, that way of thinking means I've been "first" maybe 6 or 8 times, ever.....
Posted by: mikeski at June 19, 2026 10:16 PM (VHUov)
Posted by: Archimedes at June 19, 2026 10:16 PM (Riz8t)
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at June 19, 2026 10:17 PM (WBro8)
Posted by: Orson at June 19, 2026 10:18 PM (dIske)
Two wolf moon moon.
Posted by: Archimedes at June 19, 2026
I feel like this could be the start of a song.
Posted by: Piper at June 19, 2026 10:19 PM (OoFl2)
Bring payphones back. But they're giant touchscreens made to look like iPhones. And the audio is always set to speakers, so everyone else hears your conversation (just like regular iPhone users in public). Camera, however, stays disabled. No need to share THAT much about your babydaddy chillax'n at your home.
Posted by: Another Anon at June 19, 2026 10:19 PM (4h45B)
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at June 19, 2026 10:19 PM (ZVgZ4)
Posted by: four seasons
I think you call them "bitches" when they're canines.
Posted by: mikeski at June 19, 2026 10:19 PM (VHUov)
Two wolf moon moon.
Posted by: Archimedes at June 19, 2026 10:16 PM (Riz8t)
++++++++++
M-O-O-N spells moon.
Posted by: Tom Cullen at June 19, 2026 10:20 PM (dIske)
Posted by: four seasons at June 19, 2026 10:20 PM (/QHx4)
Except attracting girls.
Posted by: Dr. T
Would your choice on Friends have been Phoebe, over Rachel or Monica? Then it could work.
"Yeah, this is my baby dragon. I've got a baby unicorn in the van over there....."
Posted by: mikeski at June 19, 2026 10:22 PM (VHUov)
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 19, 2026 10:22 PM (G3T/K)
Mississippi residents are richer, on average, than UK citizens.
___________
Take Greater London out of the calculations and it's even more glaring.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 19, 2026 10:22 PM (O0L8i)
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and their neighbors. Gave some boats to the Philippines, sold some naval high tech to India along with personal assistance also new, never before internal legislation OK'ing sharing home made sekret tech with neighbors. Included in alliance is Taiwan, Viet Nam Thighland, and other South China Sea friends.
Xi has more than Trump to worry about.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 19, 2026 10:23 PM (VPNgR)
One time, there were a lot of extra people who went to the pizza place, so in order to make sure that the staff wouldn't get too confused, the person who ordered for us got an order form and dutifully proceeded to order separate pizzas. Made a "list" of it with 1), 2), 3), etc. I think we had 6 or 7 pizzas ordered that evening.
About 30 minutes later, the owner came to us rather sheepishly and asked if any if us would like to buy the "extra" pizzas for $5 apiece.
Turns out one of the new employees misunderstood and thought we wanted 1 of this pizza, 2 of the next pizza, 3 of the following pizza, etc.
We still laugh about that all these years later 😂😂😂
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at June 19, 2026 10:23 PM (SRRAx)
Posted by: Eyegore at June 19, 2026 10:23 PM (Cqx++)
>>How bad are the restaurants in the rest of the world?
The everyday stuff that most of us eat are ok. But nowhere has the kind of variety and abundance we do here. And even when they try to copy a hamburger most places do not succeed. Their overall experience is just not close. And most of us are pretty friendly and good people. And trust me, even when some of us get real barbecue we get a little misty, imagine how bad UK barbecue is.
The average American lives really well compared to the rest of the world. There's a reason so many try to break in here and so few want to leave.
Posted by: JackStraw at June 19, 2026 10:24 PM (viF8m)
It is Ace. . Aren't we allowed to express our opinions here?
Oh no, I might have offended someone here.
Posted by: four seasons at June 19, 2026 10:25 PM (/QHx4)
I think I've seen some of those scenes in Godzilla movies.
Thank you WD!
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at June 19, 2026 10:11 PM (B0dAE)
Sort of looks like an AI production, putting Japanese insignia an American soldiers and weapons?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 19, 2026 10:26 PM (1z8ji)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at June 19, 2026 10:26 PM (6/7Fs)
Posted by: Archimedes at June 19, 2026 10:27 PM (Riz8t)
About 30 minutes later, the owner came to us rather sheepishly and asked if any if us would like to buy the "extra" pizzas for $5 apiece.
Turns out one of the new employees misunderstood and thought we wanted 1 of this pizza, 2 of the next pizza, 3 of the following pizza, etc.
We still laugh about that all these years later 😂😂😂
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth
.....and to this day, the owner gets pissed when he hears "The Twelve Days Of Christmas."
Posted by: mikeski at June 19, 2026 10:27 PM (VHUov)
I figure my husband and I, if he survives this weekend's fun of dental recovery, and I would be the only conservatives there. Far outnumbered, big time. I think not!
I'm going to RSVP thank you but we have plans (to stay home possibly, but I cannot deal with Trump haters in one large group on our country's 250th birthday).
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at June 19, 2026 10:27 PM (hzuYO)
Of course, that way of thinking means I've been "first" maybe 6 or 8 times, ever.....
Posted by: mikesk
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Bragging about your fast computer, eh?
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 19, 2026 10:27 PM (VPNgR)
Posted by: Methos at June 19, 2026 10:28 PM (vSvIl)
The blue diamond eye skull thing....man I sooo want that.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at June 19, 2026 10:28 PM (snZF9)
Posted by: mrp at June 19, 2026 10:28 PM (rj6Yv)
Posted by: Pug Mahon,
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Evangelical America, I hope this helps them back home.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 19, 2026 10:30 PM (VPNgR)
Posted by: four seasons at June 19, 2026 10:30 PM (/QHx4)
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Need more Gundam
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We lost the Philippines last time this happened.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at June 19, 2026 10:30 PM (6/7Fs)
You don't live together to try it out.
Flame me i don't give a shit
Posted by: four seasons
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I've done the "living in sin" thing before. But didn't want to do it again after BF passed away.
Now-hubby invited me to move in, but I said no. I had a job & house, all settled in. He wanted to know why not...Because I don't want to *play house*
About a month after we married, I asked boss for a week off-- for moving. He was concerned: "Already?! But you just got married!"
Uh, yeah dude... it's time to move IN.
Posted by: JQ at June 19, 2026 10:32 PM (rdVOm)
You don't live together to try it out.
Flame me i don't give a shit
Posted by: four seasons at June 19, 2026 10:20 PM (/QHx4)
We lived together for a while before getting married because we were paying our own way through college, and both families thought we were too young to get married.
The difference was that we KNEW we wanted to get married - we weren't doing a trial run.
We celebrate 46 years of wedded bliss in August. 💕💕💕💕
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at June 19, 2026 10:32 PM (SRRAx)
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Need more Gundam
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We lost the Philippines last time this happened.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at June 19, 2026 10:30 PM (6/7Fs)
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Japan kicked their defense spending into high gear after the Norks launched IRBMs over the Home Islands back in the 90s.
Posted by: mrp at June 19, 2026 10:32 PM (rj6Yv)
Posted by: From about That Time at June 19, 2026 10:11 PM (sl73Y)
Absolutely! You’d miss the top 10 or worse if you did. But you can go back and read at leisure after first posting, and I do.
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at June 19, 2026 10:32 PM (ZVgZ4)
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at June 19, 2026 10:27 PM (hzuYO)
yeah uh...sorry I can't make it. I got ball surgery with a rusty soup can lid scheduled that day and I don't want to miss that.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at June 19, 2026 10:32 PM (snZF9)
Posted by: Joyenz at June 19, 2026 10:33 PM (2F0/Y)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 19, 2026 10:33 PM (1z8ji)
Posted by: Braenyard
They do have a rudimentary sort of cunning, as shown by the "The Left" meme up there.
Posted by: mikeski at June 19, 2026 10:34 PM (VHUov)
Posted by: Skip at June 19, 2026 09:59 PM (Ia/+0)
Look up the Amelia "Deport Deport now" song or any of the world cup tourist videos. They will put a smile on your face. Also, watch the chicken balloon video over a few times.
Posted by: moki at June 19, 2026 10:34 PM (wLjpr)
Please stop.
Posted by: nurse ratched. at June 19, 2026 10:34 PM (A5RD0)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at June 19, 2026 10:35 PM (Cqx++)
___________________
I hate to admit it, but tipping is a factor in the US. Not so much fast food, but any restaurant above and beyond. I spent quite a bit of time traveling, and the US is pretty much the only place that encourages tips in restaurants. You are the patron. The waiter and the chef try to be patronizing. So they, for the most part, will go that extra step in food quality and service. Europeans are mystified by these perks.
In the rest of the world it's a different atmosphere altogether. In a lot of restaurants (especially in France) they act like they're doing you a favor by allowing you to eat there. I'm not talking about the high end Michelin star restaurants. I'm talking about cafes and mid-level. They put as much effort into their entres as well....CBD may disagree, but I walked out of more than one restaurant in Europe, including one in Belgium that had a tomato worm in the salad bigger than my finger.
Posted by: Orson at June 19, 2026 10:36 PM (dIske)
Posted by: Kindltot at June 19, 2026 10:36 PM (rbvCR)
I do hope this is not how my night is going to be.
The bad pain from graft starts in 3 days.
I may take drugs soon, too.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at June 19, 2026 10:15 PM (hzuYO)
I seriously hope he isn't on blood thinners, for both your sakes.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 19, 2026 10:37 PM (qx7Zg)
You don't live together to try it out.
Flame me i don't give a shit
Posted by: four seasons
I agree. If you go into it with a 'trying it out' mentality, you'll always be straddling the fence, never jumping in the deep end, to mix metaphors. Commit mentally, emotionally, and if possible ceremonially, before you commit physically, and it will all go smoother.
I say this as an engaged-until-we-can-marry-no-matter-the-obstacles guy
Posted by: RandomDave at June 19, 2026 10:37 PM (aJQbY)
Furriners feasting America had me grinning like crazy.
Dogs getting startled had me roaring with laughter; the table getting upended was the icing on the cake.
The D&D video: never played D&D, but this is exactly how I always presumed it would be.
Japan building up? I've said it before, I'll say it again, Japan is getting militant. Germany wants to have the biggest military force in Europe. Meloni better start getting the trains to run on time, IYKWIMAITTYD.
About the moo cows, though, from a ranch-dwelling Okie, let me advise you, the cowboys can tell you all those bent-up tailgates and bashed-in sides on their pick'm'ups aren't from traffic accidents, they're from the cattle just crowding around thinking they're going to be fed. They can crush you just by accident.
Mamas with calves are nothing to be trifled with.
And then there's the bulls.
Speaking of: Daughter in high schoolbrought some city boys out here once, and seeing the herd of angus in the field, they asked, "Do you milk those cows?" Sure, I said, go out and milk that big one with just one udder. Living in cattle country and that dumb. Sheesh!🤠
Posted by: mindful webworker - bow wow moo hic at June 19, 2026 10:39 PM (9bb3y)
Posted by: Kindltot at June 19, 2026 10:36 PM (rbvCR)
I did not know that any C96 was full-auto. Full auto on any weapon that can only load 8 or 9 rounds is damned stupid. Hit one attacker, miss the rest, then use the gun as a club when the remaining attackers swarm you.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 19, 2026 10:39 PM (1z8ji)
Stupid linear brain. I read this as "My thirty-six-year-old female husband....." and my brain didn't stop to reorder it until the (41M) part didn't fit into the sentence.
Posted by: mikeski at June 19, 2026 10:40 PM (VHUov)
Posted by: polynikes at June 19, 2026 10:41 PM (KC5Lt)
Posted by: Kindltot
I did not know that any C96 was full-auto. Full auto on any weapon that can only load 8 or 9 rounds is damned stupid. Hit one attacker, miss the rest, then use the gun as a club when the remaining attackers swarm you.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
I think you'd get swarmed while you were assembling and loading your CCW jigsaw puzzle.
Posted by: mikeski at June 19, 2026 10:42 PM (VHUov)
Posted by: GWB at June 19, 2026 10:42 PM (kU0PQ)
Posted by: polynikes
Internet Meme that the minimum length of a CVS receipt is seven yards.
Posted by: mikeski at June 19, 2026 10:42 PM (VHUov)
At 50. You’re not being a whore. Or a tramp. Youre not going to be a baby mama on the dole.
Don’t be a judgemental bitch.
Posted by: nurse ratched. at June 19, 2026 10:43 PM (LdAYY)
The difference was that we KNEW we wanted to get married - we weren't doing a trial run.
We celebrate 46 years of wedded bliss in August. 💕💕💕💕
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at June 19, 2026 10:32 PM (SRRAx)
I’m glad you kids are no longer living in sin.
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at June 19, 2026 10:43 PM (ZVgZ4)
Four seasons, enough. You can keep your lily white legs together or your teeny little dick dry all you want, but you don't get to lecture other people about what they do, Enough. It ends NOW
Posted by: Weirddave at June 19, 2026 10:44 PM (df/te)
Posted by: mindful webworker - bow wow moo hic at June 19, 2026 10:39 PM (9bb3y)
The Wisconsin Democratic Party put out a "Happy Dairy Month" Tweet with a picture of 2 bulls.
Posted by: tankdemon at June 19, 2026 10:45 PM (LrJiL)
Posted by: polynikes at June 19, 2026 10:45 PM (KC5Lt)
Posted by: Romeo13 at June 19, 2026 10:46 PM (mP0Kj)
At 50. You’re not being a whore. Or a tramp. Youre not going to be a baby mama on the dole.
Agreed.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 19, 2026 10:46 PM (1z8ji)
Posted by: tankdemon at June 19, 2026 10:45 PM (LrJiL)
I chuckled when I saw that.
"Sorry, Dad"
Posted by: Pug Mahon, I'm not weird, your face is weird! at June 19, 2026 10:47 PM (0aYVJ)
Posted by: polynikes at June 19, 2026 10:41 PM (KC5Lt)
CVS is notorious for extremely long receipts even for just one or two items.
Posted by: tankdemon at June 19, 2026 10:47 PM (LrJiL)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 19, 2026 10:39 PM (1z8ji)
The schnellfeur was a Mauser design for the 30's, Astra also made the 712 which was full auto. Both used detachable magazines and were generally meant to sell to China. There were other sales too, but mostly they were sold to China
The one in the video may have been modified, or it might have a busted sear. That one, though, was a model for WWI in 9mm from the hammer and the grips.
Posted by: Kindltot at June 19, 2026 10:47 PM (rbvCR)
I completely agree.
Posted by: JackStraw
The last guy was going gaga over Chipotle.
How bad are the restaurants in the rest of the world?
Posted by: mikeski
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Sometimes anything new and palatable is awesome.
That or have another plate of spotted dick and whirled peas...
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at June 19, 2026 10:47 PM (/lPRQ)
But that's on a different level from most of what is being posted on social media. The people posting are big sports fans, they aren't here to sample fine dining and stay in fancy place or even mid-level places. They are here for the World Cup. They raving about Buc-eess and Chipolte and bars with cheese steaks.
As I'm sure you know from traveling they are fed a bigger dose censorship and far left government than we are. And they've heard we MAGA types of the devil.
World Cup is so much bigger to these people than the Super Bowl is to us. Some of them are here for weeks. They came to party and got way better than they expected. Kinda cool. Yea us.
Posted by: JackStraw at June 19, 2026 10:48 PM (viF8m)
Now-hubby invited me to move in, but I said no. I had a job & house, all settled in. He wanted to know why not...Because I don't want to *play house*
About a month after we married, I asked boss for a week off-- for moving. He was concerned: "Already?! But you just got married!"
Uh, yeah dude... it's time to move IN.
Posted by: JQ at June 19, 2026 10:32 PM (rdVOm)
We did it all out of order. We found a house first, then got engaged, then married, then moved into the house. My roman catholic genuine Italian grandmother would have lost her shit if we even thought about moving in before we were married. I would have done it, but I didn't want to be blamed for granny wearing black the rest of her life and whipping herself like Silas in the Da Vinci code.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at June 19, 2026 10:48 PM (snZF9)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 19, 2026 10:39 PM (1z8ji)
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IIRC, WSC carried a C96 in a cavalry charge at Omdruman. I bet it was switched to semi-auto
Posted by: mrp at June 19, 2026 10:49 PM (rj6Yv)
Also fuck that chicken.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at June 19, 2026 10:49 PM (xcxpd)
Gojira wasn't in it, at all. I mean, come on, you're Japan. Get with the game.
Posted by: GWB at June 19, 2026 10:49 PM (kU0PQ)
Posted by: Pug Mahon, I'm not weird, your face is weird!
Does mean they cannot go on a beer, wine, liquor safari with all the small producers and free tasting tours.
I highly recommend it.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at June 19, 2026 10:50 PM (/lPRQ)
Posted by: From about That Time at June 19, 2026 10:50 PM (sl73Y)
Posted by: tankdemon at June 19, 2026 10:47 PM (LrJi
Thanks I was not aware of that. And I used to manage a CVS when they were a small northeast company run out of Woonsocket, RI.
Posted by: polynikes at June 19, 2026 10:52 PM (KC5Lt)
Posted by: mrp
That is up by Pall Mall, Fentress County. You really can't get much farther out or you'd be going back in.
Posted by: Tonypete at June 19, 2026 10:52 PM (ItpVy)
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at June 19, 2026 10:53 PM (ZVgZ4)
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at June 19, 2026 10:53 PM (DL7HR)
Gojira wasn't in it, at all. I mean, come on, you're Japan. Get with the game.
Posted by: GWB at June 19, 2026 10:49 PM (kU0PQ)
Also missing Mothra and Gamora. They're probably close to Mechagojira(sp.) though.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 19, 2026 10:54 PM (qx7Zg)
Posted by: mrp at June 19, 2026 10:49 PM (rj6Yv)
Indeed it was, but there was no switch then. Semi-auto was all you got. Churchill gave high praise to his Broomhandle Mauser, too.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 19, 2026 10:54 PM (1z8ji)
I highly recommend it.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at June 19, 2026 10:50 PM (/lPRQ)
They choose to drain Boston of all of its beer.
Man, I love that story.
Fooking Scots.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Ulster Scot at June 19, 2026 10:54 PM (0aYVJ)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 19, 2026 10:54 PM (VPNgR)
Got married first. I didn't and Her Majesty didn't want us living together first because of the stepdaughter.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 19, 2026 10:55 PM (O0L8i)
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at June 19, 2026 10:56 PM (ZVgZ4)
Posted by: Ol Faithful at June 19, 2026 10:56 PM (hyQrc)
That or roll me into the ditch and the gators will take care of the rest...
I think it'll be the later.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at June 19, 2026 10:57 PM (/lPRQ)
"Thighland"?
Posted by: GWB at June 19, 2026 10:57 PM (kU0PQ)
Bad taxidermy is FUN taxidermy.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43)
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Same for fine art restoration!
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at June 19, 2026 10:57 PM (XJ22o)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at June 19, 2026 10:58 PM (Cqx++)
Posted by: Berserker
LMAO! You're a good grandson!
Posted by: JQ at June 19, 2026 10:58 PM (rdVOm)
- Rush Limbaugh
Posted by: Ol Faithful at June 19, 2026 10:56 PM (hyQrc)
Nope. Not gonna do it. Nosiree.
Not gonna repeat my comment from earlier today on 2028.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 19, 2026 10:59 PM (qx7Zg)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 19, 2026 10:59 PM (VPNgR)
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at June 19, 2026 10:56 PM (ZVgZ4)
My grandparents were a little younger (1915ish), but yeah, they saw some amazing advances in a very short time frame. Grandpa ended up working for Boeing and NASA.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Ulster Scot at June 19, 2026 10:59 PM (0aYVJ)
"Politics is Hollywood for the ugly".
- Rush Limbaugh
Posted by: Ol Faithful
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Politics' rejoinder: Hollywood is Washington's ATM.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at June 19, 2026 10:59 PM (XJ22o)
Buddy - "Uhhhh, I really don't think I can do that."
Posted by: Tonypete at June 19, 2026 11:00 PM (ItpVy)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr.
I believe Tinian airfield is quietly being reactivated.
A couple of other Pacific island airfields have recently been restored (google Earth, etc).
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at June 19, 2026 11:00 PM (/lPRQ)
Nope. Not gonna do it. Nosiree.
Not gonna repeat my comment from earlier today on 2028.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf
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Oh yes you are.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at June 19, 2026 11:00 PM (XJ22o)
youtube.com/watch?v=DADmZdbQ9x8
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 19, 2026 10:54 PM (VPNgR)
Good, but at this time of the night, I sort of was waiting for an Indian Head test pattern and the station to go off the air. Guess I fit that pay phone meme better than I thought.
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at June 19, 2026 11:01 PM (ZVgZ4)
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at June 19, 2026 11:01 PM (DL7HR)
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 19, 2026 11:01 PM (qx7Zg)
Posted by: gKWVE at June 19, 2026 11:03 PM (gKWVE)
How hard can it be to make a mechanical apparatus that moves your arm in a wave?
I'm sure AOP can spin that up in a shake.
Posted by: JackStraw at June 19, 2026 11:03 PM (viF8m)
Not gonna repeat my comment from earlier today on 2028.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf
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Oh yes you are.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at June 19, 2026 11:00 PM (XJ22o)
You've been warned!
The 2028 Democrat Presidential ticket will be Biden/Biden. I'm not sure if Hunter or Jill will be on top.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 19, 2026 11:03 PM (qx7Zg)
Hold on. We're probably not wearing pants.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf
Somehow, your autocorrect changed "any member of the Horde" to "All Hail Eris."
Posted by: mikeski at June 19, 2026 11:04 PM (VHUov)
Buddy - "Uhhhh, I really don't think I can do that."
Posted by: Tonypete at June 19, 2026 11:00 PM (ItpVy)
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Might want to have yourself digitally recorded doing the waving thing. Then you can have a laser projector light show on the porch every night for as long as there's electricity.
Posted by: mrp at June 19, 2026 11:04 PM (rj6Yv)
My F-N-L fought all thru the pacific. I told him once before he passed that I would hate having to fight them today.
He agreed. Said once was enough.
Posted by: Diogenes at June 19, 2026 11:05 PM (2WIwB)
Not gonna repeat my comment from earlier today on 2028.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf
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Oh yes you are.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at June 19, 2026 11:00 PM (XJ22o)
You've been warned!
The 2028 Democrat Presidential ticket will be Biden/Biden. I'm not sure if Hunter or Jill will be on top.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 19, 2026 11:03 PM (qx7Zg)
- - - - - - - -
Giggity giggity!
Posted by: G. Quagmire at June 19, 2026 11:05 PM (4h45B)
Feminists that believe physical work is below them
Male feminists that hate, fear, and want to rape those feminists
Racial minority supremacists with no impulse control
Jihadis
Insane violent trannies
The old commies had some sort of organization structure they could make work in combat but the current left? They rely on the straight white men not in their coalition to cow the populace and create some sort of order.
Though in fairness it is working in places like Britain.
Posted by: 18-1 at June 19, 2026 11:05 PM (sKqQm)
Posted by: JackStraw at June 19, 2026 11:03 PM (viF8m)
Wind-powered, just like those "flying ducks".
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 19, 2026 11:05 PM (1z8ji)
Posted by: JackStraw at June 19, 2026 11:07 PM (viF8m)
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 19, 2026 11:03 PM (qx7Zg)
Jill will be on top. Hunter always fucks up.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 19, 2026 11:07 PM (1z8ji)
Posted by: javems at June 19, 2026 11:07 PM (zFsEm)
Hold on. We're probably not wearing pants.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf
Somehow, your autocorrect changed "any member of the Horde" to "All Hail Eris."
Posted by: mikeski at June 19, 2026 11:04 PM (VHUov)
I remember her talking most about threads with pants required.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 19, 2026 11:08 PM (qx7Zg)
nurse,we aren't allowed to have differing opinions here?
We might offend someone here?
fuck them and the horse they rode in.
Goodnight all.
Posted by: four seasons at June 19, 2026 11:08 PM (/QHx4)
Seriously enjoyable ONT issue.
All good, but especially loved the Japan military clip.
Lots of US hardware…F15s, F35s, C130s, Ospreys. All good stuff. And I’m heartened by the fact that, if anyone can further pimp out existing stuff, they can. Just think about all the chrome and neon they could put on it all…
Posted by: Gunslinger at June 19, 2026 11:09 PM (3hOgI)
Posted by: L'Observateur Mikleuse at June 19, 2026 11:10 PM (6VErX)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 19, 2026 11:11 PM (O0L8i)
We are allowed to have differing opinions. But. We are also allowed to call out people who personally attack other people and are assholes.
I’ve been called out.
You’ve been called out.
Don’t get personal. Or do. Your choice.
Posted by: nurse ratched. at June 19, 2026 11:11 PM (A5RD0)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 19, 2026 11:12 PM (1z8ji)
Posted by: JQ at June 19, 2026 11:12 PM (rdVOm)
Four seasons, enough. You can keep your lily white legs together or your teeny little dick dry all you want, but you don't get to lecture other people about what they do, Enough. It ends NOW
Posted by: Weirddave
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If you check, you will see four seasons made one statement that has been quoted by several other commenters. You are pointing a finger in the wrong direction.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 19, 2026 11:13 PM (VPNgR)
Posted by: JQ at June 19, 2026 11:12 PM (rdVOm)
You need a bigger cat. One that can catch and kill Canada geese. Or pheasants.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 19, 2026 11:14 PM (1z8ji)
Posted by: JQ
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Squab for supper?
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 19, 2026 11:14 PM (VPNgR)
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at June 19, 2026 11:14 PM (D2IX4)
Seriously enjoyable ONT issue.
All good, but especially loved the Japan military clip.
Lots of US hardware…F15s, F35s, C130s, Ospreys. All good stuff. And I’m heartened by the fact that, if anyone can further pimp out existing stuff, they can. Just think about all the chrome and neon they could put on it all…
Posted by: Gunslinger at June 19, 2026 11:09 PM (3hOgI)
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IIRC, the Japanese have created a Fleet Information Warfare Command that creates a seamless bond with operational US fleet elements. Everything the Japanese see or hear is instantly available to US forces.
Posted by: mrp at June 19, 2026 11:16 PM (rj6Yv)
"So far this month, Microsoft has provided patches to address 360 browser vulnerabilities ... the vast, and presumably sustained, uptick in the number of browser vulnerabilities has led to Microsoft no longer enumerating Chromium CVEs in the Security Update Guide."
So many defects, they won't even count and list them anymore. AI is digging them out briskly.
Posted by: gp at June 19, 2026 11:18 PM (Jr5Lq)
Posted by: Braenyard
LOL. Evidently. I'll clean up the mess of feathers in the morning. He had a rat for breakfast-- only had to sweep away the tail, entrails and *the green part* of that.
Birds are messy.
Posted by: JQ at June 19, 2026 11:18 PM (rdVOm)
"Some Seattle soccer fans have mixed feelings about patriotically backing the U.S. team during the FIFA Men’s World Cup, given the actions of President Donald Trump,” the post from The Seattle Times said.
From what I could see, maybe half a dozen people were quoted. 65,000 in the stands. Thousands more in the streets.
Fu*k you Seattle Times. You really do suck.
Posted by: Diogenes at June 19, 2026 11:19 PM (2WIwB)
Posted by: gp
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I try to avoid Microsnot at every turn. Its got tentacles.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 19, 2026 11:20 PM (VPNgR)
Posted by: I saw it on a bumper sticker at June 19, 2026 11:20 PM (D2IX4)
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at June 19, 2026 11:20 PM (0nHVk)
Posted by: mrp at June 19, 2026 11:21 PM (rj6Yv)
Posted by: Quarter Twenty
...all the slaves go back to the fields?
Well, I guess we're only half-slaves. The government lets us keep half.
Posted by: mikeski at June 19, 2026 11:21 PM (VHUov)
Posted by: JQ
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A coyote disassembled a wild turkey on my front lawn last week.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at June 19, 2026 11:22 PM (XeU6L)
I walked through thousands of fans on my way to the waterfront to catch my Boat home.
So much red, white and blue. So many American flags. So much happiness and joy and cheering.
I didn’t see a single protest sign.
Posted by: nurse ratched. at June 19, 2026 11:23 PM (A5RD0)
Their Chromium is the base engine inside Chrome. And Brave, BTW.
I tried to completely divorce from Google's stuff. I failed.
Thanks for the back brace tips, Braenyard! I will report back after trying them.
Posted by: gp at June 19, 2026 11:23 PM (Jr5Lq)
Posted by: Mike Hammer
I can just imagine what THAT looked like. Yeesh.
Posted by: JQ at June 19, 2026 11:24 PM (rdVOm)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc.,
I guess the Roadrunner got away
Posted by: L'Observateur Mikleuse at June 19, 2026 11:24 PM (6VErX)
Posted by: ... at June 19, 2026 11:25 PM (vE0+H)
Posted by: JQ
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Even after wind, rain, and a mowing, there are still some feathers around.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at June 19, 2026 11:26 PM (XeU6L)
Posted by: Quarter Twenty
...all the slaves go back to the fields?
Well, I guess we're only half-slaves. The government lets us keep half.
Posted by: mikeski at June 19, 2026 11:21 PM (VHUov)
So all the money we make each year goes to the government until Juneteenth. Then we get to keep what we make? checks out, or there about.
Posted by: Bilwis Devourer of Innocent Souls, I'm starvin' over here at June 19, 2026 11:28 PM (w/O5Q)
Rented a gas powered auger twice. Mostly it would sit on top and turn. Had a friend on the other side and it ate our lunch.
Rented a 4" trencher and it sat on top of the clay, mostly. And ate my lunch. (heavy bitch)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 19, 2026 11:29 PM (VPNgR)
Posted by: nurse ratched. at June 19, 2026 11:23 PM (A5R
I bet it was awesome!
My grandson is at the baseball game. They went up early to get the experience. He is having a great time.
Posted by: Diogenes at June 19, 2026 11:29 PM (2WIwB)
Posted by: gp at June 19, 2026 11:32 PM (Jr5Lq)
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Just like old times!
Posted by: Station Hypo at June 19, 2026 11:32 PM (6/7Fs)
Posted by: That cat made me feel dirty at June 19, 2026 11:34 PM (BldAX)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 19, 2026 11:34 PM (1z8ji)
My grandson is at the baseball game. They went up early to get the experience. He is having a great time.
Posted by: Diogenes
Gorgeous evening. The Mariners would have gained a ton of fans had they offered $10 tickets to anyone with a foreign passport and a free American hotdog and coke.
Butts in seats.
And it’s the red socks. Fuck those guys in particular.
Posted by: nurse ratched. at June 19, 2026 11:35 PM (A5RD0)
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Get some sailboat-grade blocks. Harken is good.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at June 19, 2026 11:37 PM (6/7Fs)
Posted by: nurse ratched. at June 19, 2026 11:35 PM (A5RD0)
Concur...although they've been holding onto a 1 - nil lead.
(SWIDT?)
Posted by: Diogenes at June 19, 2026 11:37 PM (2WIwB)
Posted by: Dark Lixtiquatal at June 19, 2026 11:37 PM (DZ9Lv)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc.
Like Darleen's last birthday party
Posted by: Miklos remains stoically stoic at June 19, 2026 11:38 PM (6VErX)
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Just like old times!
Posted by: Station Hypo at June 19, 2026 11:32 PM (6/7Fs)
***
Excellent WW 2 reference!
Posted by: Diogenes at June 19, 2026 11:39 PM (2WIwB)
Now, as most of us here are a mere two score and nine, it's never too early to consider how we want to be as we approach the creakier years.
On these videos by Nurse Jen, when she gets to the "free guide" plug at the end, you can safely quit watching. Otherwise, pretty good info:
➡️Why Healthy 70 Year Olds Suddenly Decline (6 Reasons)
https://youtu.be/qEUVfFvAi_E
➡️For Ages 60–80 If You Still Have These 7 Abilities, You’re Winning at Aging
https://youtu.be/Khs8kvCTbBA
➡️6 Surgeries You’ll Likely Regret After 65 (The Data Doesn’t Lie)
https://youtu.be/BppjYSC3-_0
There's more, but that should hold you for a few years.
🤪
Stepping away from the blog for a bit. Pizza's ready, and we'll probably have some movie time with it.🍕📽️
Posted by: mindful webworker - a bit past 29 at June 19, 2026 11:39 PM (9bb3y)
Posted by: Hokey Pokey at June 19, 2026 11:40 PM (YlWIZ)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at June 19, 2026 11:37 PM (6/7Fs)
Heh. The far pulley is an old die-cast V-belt pulley that I put up there because the original plastic pulley broke. Maybe the bearing needs oil. It's easy enough to reach, lean stepladder against pole, go up two steps, and its right there.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 19, 2026 11:41 PM (1z8ji)
https://youtube.com/shorts/jpgoizctpAQ
Suitable for work, but perhaps not The Grateful.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 19, 2026 11:42 PM (qx7Zg)
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Just like old times!
Posted by: Station Hypo at June 19, 2026 11:32 PM (6/7Fs)
COTW.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at June 19, 2026 11:43 PM (dK+Kv)
Kirishima, Atago, Maya, on and on. Of course it's not surprising, many Japanese ship names are cultural, historical, or geographical names, so they'll stay in the rotation.
A few years back I toured a JNSDF destroyer in Kure. The rising sun ensigns on all the ships there was a striking picture. Years ago at a volunteer gig I met a JNSDF submariner, had been XO on one of their newest subs. He was starting a very prestigious year's assignment at Annapolis. Positive he got a sub command when that was over, though he never contacted me later.
Posted by: rhomboid at June 19, 2026 11:44 PM (U/Byj)
Heh. The far pulley is an old die-cast V-belt pulley that I put up there because the original plastic pulley broke. Maybe the bearing needs oil. It's easy enough to reach, lean stepladder against pole, go up two steps, and its right there.
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Then I guess I'll keep my turnbuckles plus wire rope ideas to myself.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at June 19, 2026 11:45 PM (6/7Fs)
the Japanese have created a Fleet Information Warfare Command that creates a seamless bond with operational US fleet elements. Everything the Japanese see or hear is instantly available to US forces.
Does it go both ways? Is AF's fresh water condenser operating?
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at June 19, 2026 11:47 PM (Cqx++)
Then I guess I'll keep my turnbuckles plus wire rope ideas to myself.
Posted by: Cicero
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I wanted to hear about a motor drive...
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at June 19, 2026 11:47 PM (XeU6L)
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Isn't that kind of like naming a cruise ship "Titanic"? Not good feng shui.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at June 19, 2026 11:48 PM (6/7Fs)
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 19, 2026 11:48 PM (qx7Zg)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at June 19, 2026 11:45 PM (6/7Fs)
You want to put them on a fancy hat. Like a pilgrim ninja. Right?
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at June 19, 2026 11:48 PM (DL7HR)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at June 19, 2026 11:48 PM (6/7Fs)
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 19, 2026 11:03 PM (qx7Zg)
**********
Ewwwwwww!! Can someone hand me the eye bleach?
Posted by: Brazzers at June 19, 2026 11:50 PM (yWllJ)
Posted by: rhomboid at June 19, 2026 11:51 PM (U/Byj)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at June 19, 2026 11:47 PM (XeU6L)
That's entirely too much work for too little return.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 19, 2026 11:52 PM (1z8ji)
Oops duh. One score and nine.
Hate it when a bunch of hot cheese and sauce slides off the pizza crust.
Posted by: mindful webworker - in Roman numberals at June 19, 2026 11:52 PM (9bb3y)
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Isn't that kind of like naming a cruise ship "Titanic"? Not good feng shui.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at June 19, 2026 11:48 PM (6/7Fs)
We did it in World War II:
Yorktown (CV-5, CV-10)
Lexington (CV-2, CV-16)
Hornet (CV-8, CV-12)
Wasp (CV-7, CV-1
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 19, 2026 11:54 PM (qx7Zg)
Posted by: rhomboid at June 19, 2026 11:56 PM (U/Byj)
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True. Also, Enterprise.
Then there was the Harvey Milk. Somehow nobody saw any reason to commission more than one.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at June 19, 2026 11:56 PM (6/7Fs)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 19, 2026 11:56 PM (Zn6QU)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
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Mission creep. It's a way of life.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at June 19, 2026 11:56 PM (XeU6L)
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I didn't know that. Rochefort was a weirdo, but a true genius.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at June 19, 2026 11:59 PM (6/7Fs)
Posted by: Hokey Pokey at June 19, 2026 11:59 PM (YlWIZ)
Rented a 4" trencher and it sat on top of the clay, mostly. And ate my lunch. (heavy bitch)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 19, 2026 11:29 PM (VPNgR)
Do like the plumbers do now. Use a pressure washer and some sort of trash pump.
Posted by: Kindltot at June 20, 2026 12:00 AM (rbvCR)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 19, 2026 11:07 PM (1z8ji)
::applause:: It took me a second but I loved the joke.
Posted by: Nerd Herd at June 20, 2026 12:01 AM (NZPfR)
Posted by: rhomboid at June 20, 2026 12:01 AM (U/Byj)
Posted by: Tom Servo at June 20, 2026 12:01 AM (nuNhM)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at June 20, 2026 12:01 AM (6/7Fs)
So sorry, not sorry.
I am ashamed i had a opinion that i didn't please people here.
Rock on with your opinions.
Been nice knowing those of you who aren't assholes
Posted by: four seasons at June 20, 2026 12:02 AM (/QHx4)
Us an old tireless bike wheel with the bearings still in it. It is large enough to not jump easy.
Posted by: Kindltot at June 20, 2026 12:04 AM (rbvCR)
I've got to give a lot of these foreigners credit for trying wild new foods like biscuits-and-gravy, chicken-and-waffles, Mexican food, and all kinds of meats and sauces at the barbecue joints.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at June 20, 2026 12:05 AM (XJ22o)
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I didn't know he got the Medal of Freedom from Reagan. He deserved it. Thanks.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at June 20, 2026 12:05 AM (6/7Fs)
Posted by: four seasons at June 20, 2026 12:02 AM (/QHx4)
That's only Whig. That guy is the Patron Saint of Knowing a Lot of Stuff.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at June 20, 2026 12:06 AM (dK+Kv)
How bad are the restaurants in the rest of the world?
Much worse than you think. I saw a video where a foreign woman was nearly having an orgasm eating at Golden Corral. Chipotle is Michelin starred compared to that.
Posted by: Ian S. at June 20, 2026 12:07 AM (sabhw)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at June 20, 2026 12:01 AM (6/7Fs)
No worries. I wish we still named carriers after famous battles and famous ships.instead of the USS Gerald R. Ford, we could have had the USS Yorktown. The USS Enterprise is already in the same class, and the third ship the USS Hornet. The Lexington, Saratoga, Ranger, and Wasp might have followed.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 20, 2026 12:08 AM (qx7Zg)
I am ashamed i had a opinion that i didn't please people here.
Rock on with your opinions.
Been nice knowing those of you who aren't assholes
Posted by: four seasons at June 20, 2026 12:02 AM (/QHx4)
I, for one, like having you here, even if I do not agree with every position you take. I am ambivalent on the shacking up thing. If you are going to have kids, get married. If that's not possible, it really doesn't matter all that much.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 20, 2026 12:08 AM (1z8ji)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at June 19, 2026 11:45 PM (6/7Fs)
I put in a trellis for my cane berries, and I strung new trellises for two of my grape rows, using heavy gauge wire and turnbuckles. So far so good, but the grapes are still on the old wires, the real test is when they take the full weight of the vines and grapes next summer.
Posted by: Kindltot at June 20, 2026 12:10 AM (rbvCR)
Posted by: Kindltot at June 20, 2026 12:04 AM (rbvCR)
The "new" pulley has been in there for several years, and the jumping is pretty recent. Post has quite a lean to it now. Probably insufficient tension on line, plus stiff bearing on pulley. Remedy: oil pulley bearing, and use loader bucket on tractor to push post back upright, and relocate prop.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 20, 2026 12:11 AM (1z8ji)
The was one called King's Table that I & bunch of friends went to (decades ago). We were sky'd on various substances and *hongry!*
Man, that hours-old, dried-out fried chicken was The Best! We ate until we bulged. Never went back.
Posted by: JQ at June 20, 2026 12:12 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: Miklos so opinionates at June 20, 2026 12:13 AM (6VErX)
212 Wait. The original Enterprise wasn't sunk. It was scrapped after the war. I withdraw my comment and blame alcohol.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at June 20, 2026 12:01 AM (6/7Fs)
That’s why Roddenberry picked “Enterprise” for the name of his ship. It was the magic carrier that went through every battle unscathed.
Posted by: Tom Servo at June 20, 2026 12:14 AM (nuNhM)
The Scots are having a grand time in Boston and the suburbs, they are called the Tartan Army and they proudly sing our national anthem quite more enthusiastically than our paid sports oligarchs do. What they are enjoying most about America right now is not our food but our freedom.
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at June 20, 2026 12:16 AM (0nHVk)
Posted by: Miklos so opinionates
They'd be a modern, overproduced, autotuned band.
Debut album "Float like a butterfly, Sing like a bee."
Posted by: mikeski at June 20, 2026 12:16 AM (VHUov)
Posted by: Tom Servo
Far from unscathed
The Big E took numerous bomb hits
Posted by: Miklos the Stickler at June 20, 2026 12:16 AM (6VErX)
Debut album "Float like a butterfly, Sing like a bee."
Posted by: mikeski
And?
I'm only in it for the money
Posted by: Mercenary Musical Miklos at June 20, 2026 12:18 AM (6VErX)
Posted by: ... at June 20, 2026 12:19 AM (vE0+H)
I'll take the USS Kolombongara or USS Tassafaronga, even a USS Savo Island (an epic defeat and disaster, in memoriam to the hands lost) over a Harvey Milk or Cesar Chavez (even before the recent revelations).
Posted by: rhomboid at June 20, 2026 12:19 AM (U/Byj)
Posted by: JQ at June 20, 2026 12:22 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: Tom Servo at June 20, 2026 12:01 AM (nuNhM)
There already is!
https://is.gd/wrft7M
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at June 20, 2026 12:24 AM (ZVgZ4)
Posted by: four seasons
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Hey, flouncing's not permitted. Just take a minute.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 20, 2026 12:24 AM (VPNgR)
Posted by: ... at June 20, 2026 12:19 AM (vE0
Yes, she did. But if possible, I would like to let it go. It’s the last comment I am going to make on it. Thank you for understanding that part, it is appreciated.
Posted by: Piper at June 20, 2026 12:25 AM (Wmg4n)
Posted by: JQ
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Looked back, don't understand the big beef.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 20, 2026 12:27 AM (VPNgR)
Here it is:
https://tinyurl.com/47ba9m43
Posted by: Orson at June 20, 2026 12:27 AM (dIske)
Posted by: four seasons at June 20, 2026 12:02 AM (/QHx4)
Four Seasons, come back.
Posted by: Pete Bogs Agentic alter ego at June 20, 2026 12:28 AM (BGSp9)
I'd better skeedaddle to Hooterville, life was simpler there.
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at June 20, 2026 12:31 AM (0nHVk)
Posted by: mikeski
Can’t understand the lyrics. I just hear a buzzing in my ears.
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at June 20, 2026 12:31 AM (ZVgZ4)
The ref absolutely gives zero fucks, though. (That's a cardin').
Posted by: Locarno at June 20, 2026 12:32 AM (wiYsG)
Posted by: Locarno at June 20, 2026 12:35 AM (wiYsG)
I'd better skeedaddle to Hooterville, life was simpler there.
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at June
I really don’t want to rehash this, but it’s all the way at the top, after my wolf comment, it’s not the first time, but I hope it’s the last. I don’t want her to leave either, despite it. I hope she stays. Truly.
Posted by: Piper at June 20, 2026 12:36 AM (Wmg4n)
Posted by: Weirddave at June 20, 2026 12:36 AM (bfFZM)
I did not know that any C96 was full-auto.
In the 1890s when it was designed regular machine guns were pretty new. I don't think full auto hand held at all existed til towards the end of WW1. There may have been some Chinese copies with that feature designed in the 20s...it seemed to be a status thing in some non major countries to have a full auto pistol. I think Argentina or Spain made some full auto 1911 copies
Posted by: Azjaeger at June 20, 2026 12:37 AM (3/XaG)
Posted by: Piper at June 20, 2026 12:39 AM (Wmg4n)
With a heartfelt apology to Pipes for failing to honor her request this single time - I want to state for my own record that 27 comments later any ambiguity of comment #17 was clarified in words and punctuated in tone. I am a precise writer, I know precision when I see it.
Carry on.
Posted by: ... at June 20, 2026 12:41 AM (vE0+H)
Ps. Snoopy is patriotic all over x and that is pretty fun, to feel like we are back! 🇺🇸
Posted by: Piper at June 20, 2026 12:41 AM (Wmg4n)
Posted by: Braenyard
Yeah, even the Horde's assholes are better people than 99% of the rest of the Internet.
Posted by: as mikeski underestimates at June 20, 2026 12:42 AM (VHUov)
The Favorite, circa 2010, and
Tea With Mussolini, circa 1999
Thought the first one was really interesting & well done, and the second one sukked.
Franco Zefferili made "Mussolini." He was an interesting character. He was elected to the Italian Senate on the Forza Italia ticket, Berlusconi's right wing party. In that capacity, he spoke in favor of the Biblical injunctions against homosexuality. Many years later, he announced he was gay.
Posted by: mnw at June 20, 2026 12:43 AM (RCjYY)
Posted by: Azjaeger at June 20, 2026 12:44 AM (3/XaG)
This place is special, helped me through the toughest times of my life. I am forever grateful for each and every one of you.
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at June 20, 2026 12:44 AM (0nHVk)
Posted by: LASue at June 20, 2026 12:44 AM (6mVIs)
Posted by: ... at June 20, 2026 12:45 AM (vE0+H)
I completely agree.
Posted by: JackStraw at June 19, 2026 10:09 PM (viF8m)
I was told by someone who works in downtown Seattle that they really cleaned up the city for this: . planted trees, cleaned out the demented drug addicts... which only shows it can be done if they just want to do it. Anyway, Im looking forward to the Australian yt on the beauty of mountainous seatte. Rainier was especially lovely today.
Posted by: LASue at June 20, 2026 12:47 AM (6mVIs)
Posted by: LASue at June 20, 2026 12:49 AM (6mVIs)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 20, 2026 12:49 AM (VPNgR)
Posted by: ... at June 20, 2026 12:45 AM (vE0+H)
The hell you will. Who will I look to for my own thoughts?
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at June 20, 2026 12:51 AM (dK+Kv)
Posted by: Locarno at June 20, 2026 12:35 AM (wiYsG)
---------
I heard that she was dead for like, two weeks.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at June 20, 2026 12:52 AM (6/7Fs)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 20, 2026 12:53 AM (1z8ji)
Posted by: Hello Fresh at June 20, 2026 12:54 AM (6/7Fs)
Posted by: mnw at June 20, 2026 12:56 AM (RCjYY)
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at June 20, 2026 12:56 AM (0nHVk)
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at June 20, 2026 12:56 AM (0nHVk)
Night, Debby. Sleep tight.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 20, 2026 12:58 AM (1z8ji)
Those who know me would suggest that I typically remain baffled. Without regard to context.
Posted by: Pete Bogs Agentic alter ego at June 20, 2026 12:58 AM (BGSp9)
Almost all of us are born with a love of beauty and happiness. Learning to enjoy misery and ugliness is taught.
Posted by: JackStraw at June 20, 2026 12:58 AM (viF8m)
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at June 20, 2026 12:51 AM (dK+Kv)
LOL
Posted by: ... at June 20, 2026 12:59 AM (vE0+H)
This place is special, helped me through the toughest times of my life. I am forever grateful for each and every one of you.
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at June 20, 2026 12:44 AM (0nHVk)
Just my two assholish cents: This place has become way too sensitive. It's okay to have very strong disagreements. I can think you're (not Debby, you!) are grossly wrong on something important and it not be the end of the world. At the end of the day, I'm just a jerk with an internet connection. Like you. Maybe consider that being upset about my opinions of your opinions is ridiculous. Now universalize that sentiment.
Is now a good time to bring up the War of Northern Aggression?
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at June 20, 2026 01:01 AM (DL7HR)
Apparently it is better to have all your data in one place to facilitate having it stolen. Or something like that.
Posted by: Pete Bogs Agentic alter ego at June 20, 2026 01:03 AM (BGSp9)
I remain baffled by the kerfuffle despite scrolling back and forth several times.
Those who know me would suggest that I typically remain baffled. Without regard to context.
Posted by: Pete Bogs Agentic alter ego
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Same here. I thought maybe some comments had been removed or something because I remain baffled.
But that's okay! Don't anyone explain it to me -- really.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at June 20, 2026 01:04 AM (XJ22o)
That's stupid. /s
People need to have a heart attack or something to lighten up about internet stuff.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at June 20, 2026 01:04 AM (dK+Kv)
Posted by: wth at June 20, 2026 01:04 AM (oq9dX)
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at June 20, 2026 01:01 AM (DL7HR)
Is there ever a bad time? And don’t say the boys in nutmeg or butternut or whatever are a metaphorical Mary Anne.
Posted by: Pete Bogs Agentic alter ego at June 20, 2026 01:06 AM (BGSp9)
I was going to make a joke about white out on your screen here, but probably inappropriate.
Posted by: ... at June 20, 2026 01:06 AM (vE0+H)
I was told by someone who works in downtown Seattle that they really cleaned up the city for this: . planted trees, cleaned out the demented drug addicts... which only shows it can be done if they just want to do it.
Posted by: LASue
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Interesting, aren't we supposed to love the "authentic," gritty, non-bougie, quaint richness that the unhomed and justice-involved bring us? As for those billionaires and the garish stuff they build -- bye!
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at June 20, 2026 01:06 AM (XJ22o)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 20, 2026 01:07 AM (1z8ji)
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at June 20, 2026 01:07 AM (ZVgZ4)
I LOL'd!
Yeah, guys-- FLAVOR. Beats the 'ell out of beans and mushy peas, right?
Posted by: JQ at June 20, 2026 01:08 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: wth at June 20, 2026 01:04 AM (oq9dX)
And also Ella Langley. An affectation I can understand.
Posted by: Pete Bogs Agentic alter ego at June 20, 2026 01:08 AM (BGSp9)
Almost all of us are born with a love of beauty and happiness. Learning to enjoy misery and ugliness is taught.
Posted by: JackStraw
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That's why you have to be educated to appreciate the new Ob-scenity in Chicago. It takes a trained eye.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at June 20, 2026 01:08 AM (XJ22o)
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at June 20, 2026 01:07 AM (ZVgZ4)
I can't wait until my youngest discovers internet message boards. Dude would argue if you offered him ice cream.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at June 20, 2026 01:09 AM (dK+Kv)
I am in town but avoided downtown.
Posted by: LASue at June 20, 2026 01:09 AM (6mVIs)
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 20, 2026 01:09 AM (qx7Zg)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 20, 2026 01:09 AM (VPNgR)
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at June 20, 2026 01:09 AM (ZVgZ4)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
* gets out yarn and thumbtacks *
I'm not sure yet, but I bet it's my tax dollars, somehow.
Posted by: mikeski w/ tinfoil hat at June 20, 2026 01:10 AM (VHUov)
Posted by: JQ at June 20, 2026 01:08 AM (rdVOm)
Brits can do better. Prime rib roast with Yorkshire pudding. Shepherd's pie. Cornish pasties. Even bangers and mash.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 20, 2026 01:11 AM (1z8ji)
Posted by: Locarno at June 20, 2026 01:11 AM (wiYsG)
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at June 20, 2026 01:09 AM (dK+Kv)
No he wouldn't.
Posted by: ... at June 20, 2026 01:12 AM (vE0+H)
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at June 20, 2026 01:12 AM (ZVgZ4)
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at June 20, 2026 01:09 AM (dK+Kv)
No he wouldn't.
Posted by: ... at June 20, 2026 01:12 AM (vE0+H)
I am going to get him.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at June 20, 2026 01:13 AM (dK+Kv)
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at June 20, 2026 01:13 AM (DL7HR)
Posted by: Pete Bogs Agentic alter ego at June 20, 2026 01:08 AM (BGSp9)
She's cute. Definitely has singers' lungs, LOL. Too bad about the ink.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 20, 2026 01:14 AM (1z8ji)
Posted by: frankie at June 20, 2026 01:14 AM (a16Yj)
It wasn't until I started traveling a lot internationally that I understood the difference between what we consider big sports to what people around the world consider it. It's way beyond the World Cup and just Europe.
I remember seeing throngs of Indians clearing customs with me for some cricket match. Not a WC type thing, just some lesser game. Happened all over with rugby and soccer too.
They take their sports way more seriously than we do.
Posted by: JackStraw at June 20, 2026 01:14 AM (viF8m)
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at June 20, 2026 01:13 AM (DL7HR)
When Brit Lass first offered me the full English, I thought she meant something completely different.
Posted by: ... at June 20, 2026 01:15 AM (vE0+H)
I thought the Fido Feline and Kollege memes were funny!
I don't quite get the Golden Calf one, but I've been Golden Corral in Victorville, north of L.A. it was over the Christmas holidays and wife and I were just driving around. Since it was the holiday season she said we could eat there. It was raining lightly when we went in.When we came out an hour or two later it was snowing and there were 4 inches of snow on the car. The ride back over the pass to the civilized world was....interesting.
She says she'll never go to Golden Corral again. She says if I want to go I can take her cousin.
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK's Phone) at June 20, 2026 01:15 AM (QGaXH)
Meet exoplanet HD 80606 b, one hell of an extreme "hot Jupiter".
https://t.ly/lzDqa
It orbits a sun-like star about 127 ly away in Ursa Major. It's about 4x Jupiter mass, but about the same radius. It's orbit is one hell of a skinny ellipse, eccentricity of 0.93 and semi-major axis of about .46 AU.
That ellipse is so extreme, it's periastron is 1/10th that of Mercury. JSWT has been observing it and during that close approach, it's temperature shoots up by 1100F, far more than they thought. Then, after it whips around, it cools back down. If you plopped it our solar system, the apoapsis would be a smidge less the 1AU. A very comet like orbit for one huge gas giant.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at June 20, 2026 01:17 AM (w6EFb)
They take their sports way more seriously than we do.
Posted by: JackStraw at June 20, 2026 01:14 AM (viF8m)
The question remains. All those airline flights run into very serious money. It's a lifestyle that the average working stiff simply cannot afford. Do they put it all on a credit card, and then work two-three years to pay off the balance?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 20, 2026 01:18 AM (1z8ji)
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at June 20, 2026 01:13 AM (DL7HR)
When Brit Lass first offered me the full English, I thought she meant something completely different.
Posted by: ... at June 20, 2026 01:15 AM (vE0+H)
Dear Penthouse Forum,
I never thought it would happen to me ...
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at June 20, 2026 01:18 AM (DL7HR)
Posted by: wth at June 20, 2026 01:18 AM (oq9dX)
Also what is their purported science behind the pregnancy?
I know someone is just trying to upset Christians or whatever but this is what you call being educated way beyond one's intelligence.
Posted by: ... at June 20, 2026 01:19 AM (vE0+H)
Posted by: publius
Did they account for the fossil fuels? And the cow farts?
Posted by: The Left at June 20, 2026 01:20 AM (VHUov)
270
I remain baffled by the kerfuffle despite scrolling back and forth several times.
I most strongly object to you calling this a kerfluffle. It was quite obviously a contretemps.
Posted by: Tom Servo at June 20, 2026 01:22 AM (nuNhM)
Also what is their purported science behind the pregnancy?
I know someone is just trying to upset Christians or whatever but this is what you call being educated way beyond one's intelligence.
Posted by: ...
Some things are so stupid only an intellectual can believe them.
Posted by: mikeski at June 20, 2026 01:22 AM (VHUov)
Posted by: Tom Servo at June 20, 2026 01:22 AM (nuNhM)
Definitely a tinge of ballyhoo.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at June 20, 2026 01:23 AM (dK+Kv)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 20, 2026 01:18 AM (1z8ji)
Interest only home loan is how my brother-in-law does it. He lives in England. But at the end he owes the entire balance of his house. It's funny as he thinks he's getting his mom and dads stuff but they are leaving it to my wife and I.
Posted by: Reforger at June 20, 2026 01:23 AM (wjnjX)
Posted by: wth at June 20, 2026 01:23 AM (oq9dX)
Posted by: wth at June 20, 2026 01:23 AM (oq9dX)
I think at least 70% is merely influencer hustle.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at June 20, 2026 01:25 AM (dK+Kv)
Posted by: Tom Servo at June 20, 2026 01:22 AM (nuNhM)
Definitely a tinge of ballyhoo.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at June 20, 2026 01:23 AM (dK+Kv)
It had the scent of violence. So it were a donnybrook.
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at June 20, 2026 01:25 AM (DL7HR)
Posted by: ...
All the complex organic chemicals needed for life just sort of came together in a puddle one day. -- some people
We're going to run out of oil soon because the Earth doesn't produce simple organic chemicals. -- the same people
Posted by: mikeski at June 20, 2026 01:26 AM (VHUov)
Yea, I don't completely understand it either. On average they make less than we do. But I think it has a lot to do with lifestyle.
We live bigger in our daily lives than they do. All those restaurants and bars they are bragging on are everyday for us and we have a lot of toys. But I do know they are way more fanatical about sports than we are. This World Cup is not their first rodeo.
Posted by: JackStraw at June 20, 2026 01:26 AM (viF8m)
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at June 20, 2026 01:17 AM (w6EFb)
I got tripped up by "periastron". Sounds like a skin tag you know where. Perihelion works for me. It's a different Solar system, but its star is still a Sun.
Wouldn't surprise me to learn that some sort of life might exist on that planet; sure enough the pot is getting stirred regularly!
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 20, 2026 01:26 AM (1z8ji)
The heat pulse that thing gets when it whips close to the star drives shock wave winds, like 11,000 mph.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at June 20, 2026 01:27 AM (w6EFb)
I wish they would just move here.
Posted by: Reforger at June 20, 2026 01:28 AM (wjnjX)
Posted by: JQ at June 20, 2026 01:29 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at June 20, 2026 01:25 AM (dK+Kv)
This is very cynical, and probably true. But to paraphrase Philippians, it is best that the virtues of the US be preached whether sincerely or not.
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at June 20, 2026 01:30 AM (DL7HR)
Posted by: Locarno
......
I don't know what this means but it almost sounds like sports or something.
Posted by: wth at June 20, 2026 01:31 AM (oq9dX)
Uh-huh. Bet they fought over which of them got to take it home and prepare for themselves!
Posted by: JQ at June 20, 2026 01:31 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: wth at June 20, 2026 01:18 AM (oq9dX)
A good meat pie, or Cornish pastie is a thing of beauty. Basically all the elements of a burger and fries, just packaged differently.
When I am in Arizona, and go to Phoenix or Glendale for an event, I try to stop at the George and Dragon pub on Central in PHX, for a beer and some Brit grub, because they do a fine job of it there.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 20, 2026 01:32 AM (1z8ji)
Posted by: as mikeski underestimates a
*buffs nails*
Posted by: El Mikloso at June 20, 2026 01:32 AM (6VErX)
Posted by: Tom Servo at June 20, 2026 01:22 AM (nuNhM)
Definitely a tinge of ballyhoo.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at June 20, 2026 01:23 AM (dK+Kv)
And Donnybrook is right out....,
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK's Phone) at June 20, 2026 01:32 AM (QGaXH)
Posted by: wth at June 20, 2026 01:31 AM (oq9dX)
It's football!!
Posted by: ... at June 20, 2026 01:32 AM (vE0+H)
Hah. The most general term is "-apsis", periapsis vs apoapsis. "Astron" means star in general.
Something closer to what you envisioned would be one of several for the apsides of a black hole. "Peribothron" would mean "near(est) the hole".
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at June 20, 2026 01:33 AM (w6EFb)
You should have seen what happened when a British exchange student asked me to knock her up back when I was in college. Em-barr-assing!
Posted by: Weirddave at June 20, 2026 01:33 AM (VOQu9)
Something closer to what you envisioned would be one of several for the apsides of a black hole. "Peribothron" would mean "near(est) the hole".
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at June 20, 2026 01:33 AM (w6EFb)
Imma go with "closest approach" and "furthest excursion". I wonder if that "hot Jupiter" has moons? Sounds to me like what we really have there is a double star, but the second one was just too small to fire up.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 20, 2026 01:36 AM (1z8ji)
Posted by: JQ at June 20, 2026 01:29 AM (rdVOm)
There is an honest to gawd Fish and Chips place in a storefront near me. One wall is filled with all manner of English packaged foods.
Union Jack Fish and Chips in Huntington Beach, Ca
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK's Phone) at June 20, 2026 01:36 AM (QGaXH)
Posted by: Weirddave at June 20, 2026 01:33 AM (VOQu9)
LOL!
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 20, 2026 01:37 AM (1z8ji)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 20, 2026 01:41 AM (1z8ji)
Posted by: wth at June 20, 2026 01:41 AM (oq9dX)
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK's Phone) at June 20, 2026 01:41 AM (QGaXH)
Posted by: publius
And yet I've never heard the word on a golf course.
Posted by: mikeski at June 20, 2026 01:42 AM (VHUov)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
Hahahaha, and the jokes wrote themselves!
"Hey, let's go get Big Dick's!"
Posted by: JQ at June 20, 2026 01:43 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: wth
They're big. One is enough for dinner. But that sort of food, yes. A calzone with stew ingredients instead of pizza ingredients.
Posted by: mikeski at June 20, 2026 01:44 AM (VHUov)
Posted by: wth at June 20, 2026 01:41 AM (oq9dX)
Sort of, I guess. A Cornish pastie was the Cornish miner's lunch, back in the day. A turnover in the form of a semicircle, made of flaky pastry, stuffed with meat, potatoes, and veggies. They could be warmed up over a carbide miners' lamp. That general format for a hand-held meal shows up all over the world.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 20, 2026 01:46 AM (1z8ji)
Because I might be on here off and on all night/morning/eternity.
My husband's mouth thing from dental graft is of course bleeding again at bedtime to make this day more special.
More like a cut/wound vs gunshot this time. We hope that's a good thing as we are tired. He claims he can bleed alone this time vs me helping determine if it's getting better or not. Golly.
We both just want to go to sleep. Will probably wake to a puddle of blood in the wee hours. The DMD called him tonight (routine) and said that was probably the worst of it. We have her cell # and maybe should ask her over.
I think the worst of it is the entire deal. Ordeal.
I should suggest a leech next time to gross him out entirely (and me as well). That will be my next advice.
Or I will do drugs, too, to honor our vows.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at June 20, 2026 01:46 AM (hzuYO)
The rule of thumb for apsides is you use the Greek names and Latin for the proper names. Except when you don't. It's perijove for Jupiter, not some peri-Zeus.
For Mecury, it would be peri/apophermion.
Venus is a special case. Using Greek, it would be periaphrodision (or something close), which sounds like aphrodisiac. If you used the Latin, you'd get peri-venereion (or whatever the Latin declension or whatever you call it would be), but that sound like venereal, so they went with pericytherion, after the island Aphrodite was born on. Or maybe came out of the sea to, or however the legend goes.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at June 20, 2026 01:46 AM (w6EFb)
"Hey, let's go get Big Dick's!"
Posted by: JQ at June 20, 2026 01:43 AM (rdVOm)
Kind of like the t-shirts that advertised imaginary products branded 'Big Johnson'
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK's Phone) at June 20, 2026 01:47 AM (QGaXH)
"Hey, let's go get Big Dick's!"
Posted by: JQ at June 20, 2026 01:43 AM (rdVOm)
Oh yeah. Jokes abounded, and Dick was well aware of them. It was a one-man shop, and I think he just burned out.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 20, 2026 01:48 AM (1z8ji)
Today/tonight has been, well, Less Than Stellar here too. Thought I'd turn in early but noooooo. Can't sleep either.
Sending good vibes your way!
Posted by: JQ at June 20, 2026 01:50 AM (rdVOm)
I should suggest a leech next time to gross him out entirely (and me as well). That will be my next advice.
Or I will do drugs, too, to honor our vows.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at June 20, 2026 01:46 AM (hzuYO)
Maybe a little alum applied to the wound would stop the bleeding? Or a hot iron?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 20, 2026 01:51 AM (1z8ji)
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan
I remember those. Many of the guys at work wore them. Crude, but funny.
Posted by: JQ at June 20, 2026 01:52 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: JQ
Mostly just the spotted dick, whirled peas, and (whole) fish pie.
A lot of Brit food is boring because it is actually too familiar.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at June 20, 2026 01:52 AM (/lPRQ)
Meanwhile, Australia and Paraguay will probably be having a spectacularly dirty match. They both have had a pair of games Bill Laimbeer would approve of, and I don't think they'll tone it down when they fight to see who gets second place.
For those who aren't soccer fans, usually the US team tends to have amazing defense and nonexistent offense. This US team is decidedly not like that: we actually have a good offense that scores pretty well! But, as if to even things out, our defense is sketchy as hell. Those guys are definitely going to get burned by a better team.
Posted by: Locarno at June 20, 2026 01:53 AM (wiYsG)
Posted by: JQ at June 20, 2026 01:52 AM (rdVOm)
The art work on them was very good, for the genre it was.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 20, 2026 01:54 AM (1z8ji)
Posted by: Locarno
......
I don't know what this means but it almost sounds like sports or something.
Posted by: wth
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Maybe Obamao can show us his Sweet Sixteen picks to help us plebes understand.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at June 20, 2026 01:54 AM (/lPRQ)
Hope you and hubs are ok.
Not to turn this into a math blog but the fifth and seventh prime numbers will help you find the answers.
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK's Phone) at June 20, 2026 01:55 AM (QGaXH)
You should have seen what happened when a British exchange student asked me to knock her up back when I was in college. Em-barr-assing!
Posted by: Weirddave
If they ask you if you want to "smoke a fag"... whatever it is it is not worth the risk.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at June 20, 2026 01:57 AM (/lPRQ)
Today/tonight has been, well, Less Than Stellar here too. Thought I'd turn in early but noooooo. Can't sleep either.
Sending good vibes your way!
Posted by: JQ at June 20, 2026 01:50 AM (rdVOm)
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Thanks. Sorry you're having a bad one, too.
I don't know why the font grew for this comment.
My comment on the ONT, I started disliking phone booths and holding the receiver far away from my face as it stunk like halitosis. Gross. I have many issues and that one is in the past.
The issue I was made fun of this week was the opening of an ironing board. The one my mother had/has weighs about 50lbs and I think it pinched my finger or something as a kid. I don't like them.
Maybe I could iron my husband's mouth wound like the cowboys. Give him whiskey and stick my curling iron up there to staunch the bleeding. My branding iron is in the shop.
Oh how I want to go to sleep then wake at 0800 for his antibiotic and to let the repair guy in to work in the basement. I will probably look pretty scary at that point.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at June 20, 2026 01:57 AM (hzuYO)
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at June 20, 2026 01:59 AM (ZVgZ4)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 20, 2026 01:51 AM (1z8ji)
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Oh, lawsie. I swear I did not see this comment before I mentioned ironing his bleeding. Bless my husband's heart for real.
Now I am concerned that I am thinking like AOP in the wee hours of hades. I may go stare at him and see if he's still with us. I knew this was not going to be easy and he's lucky to be married to such a fine looking old bag who went to nursing skool, but not dental.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at June 20, 2026 02:01 AM (hzuYO)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 20, 2026 02:02 AM (1z8ji)
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK's Phone) at June 20, 2026 02:03 AM (QGaXH)
Posted by: JQ at June 20, 2026 02:05 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at June 20, 2026 02:05 AM (ZVgZ4)
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at June 20, 2026 02:01 AM (hzuYO)
Alum was a semi-serious suggestion. It's used in "styptic pencils" to stop bleeding from razor cuts when shaving. Maybe get some of that Israeli bandage material that is meant to stop bleeding from gunshot wounds, and apply a little wad of it as a compress to the wound in his mouth?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 20, 2026 02:06 AM (1z8ji)
A moon's orbit couldn't survive that close approach. The tidal gradient would just disrupt the orbit. The parent star is part of a binary, and that extreme eccentricity of the planet is likely the result of something called the Karzai or something close mechanism. That can drive eccentricity to extremes like this.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at June 20, 2026 02:07 AM (w6EFb)
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at June 20, 2026 02:09 AM (CHHv1)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 20, 2026 02:09 AM (1z8ji)
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK's Phone) at June 20, 2026 02:10 AM (QGaXH)
*corks wine, chugs dregs*
Ready for another hot summer's day tomorrow.
https://youtu.be/Z6vFt7FTBQ8
G'nite, keeds.💤
Posted by: mindful webworker - all swol wots end swoll at June 20, 2026 02:14 AM (9bb3y)
Store wants real money for a 4000 psi pressure washer.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 20, 2026 02:17 AM (VPNgR)
Store wants real money for a 4000 psi pressure washer.
Posted by: Braenyard
Sounds like the right tool for digging.
Through sandstone.
Posted by: mikeski at June 20, 2026 02:21 AM (VHUov)
Store wants real money for a 4000 psi pressure washer.
Posted by: Braenyard
Suddenly, my yard & landscape issues seem trivial.
Posted by: JQ at June 20, 2026 02:23 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 19, 2026 11:03 PM (qx7Zg)
Jill will be on top. Hunter always fucks up.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 19, 2026 11:07 PM (1z8ji)
{takes notes}
Nice one. Now I'm thinking of her as Dr. Cowgirl Biden, and wondering how long my silly brain will hold onto it.
Posted by: SciVo at June 20, 2026 02:26 AM (Sy6m/)
Posted by: SciVo
Alcohol can help you forget things like that.
Posted by: mikeski at June 20, 2026 02:29 AM (VHUov)
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at June 20, 2026 01:57 AM (/lPRQ)
I can't count the number of times Brit Lass has said to me "Oh I could murder a fag!". And she doesn't even smoke.
Posted by: ... at June 20, 2026 02:38 AM (vE0+H)
Posted by: Braenyard
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Using those things is counterintuitive. Unlike a drill, you don't push it into the dirt. You actually have to lift it up so that the end is just scraping the ground.
The first time I rented one I had your experience. The auger would dig in and then we couldn't hold it, it would just torque us around. My older neighbor across the street came over and told us that it was entertaining, but he didn't want the siren noise when he had to call 911, and then explained that we had to hold it up so that it could lift the dirt up and out. We did that and dug 11 2.5' deep post holes for a fence in a little over an hour.
Posted by: buddhaha at June 20, 2026 02:39 AM (RW118)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
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Russian Piroshki. Wife uses cream cheese in the dough, and they're great. The meat and veggies are all cooked before they go into the dough, and then baked in the oven. She'll make a batch of them, then individually wrap them and into the freezer. Quick lunch: unwrap and into the microwave.
Posted by: buddhaha at June 20, 2026 03:00 AM (RW118)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
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The real styptic is a cotton swab with silver nitrate. It's the chemical equivalent of a hot iron. When it's applied, you can actually smell burnt flesh. I had it done when I managed to rip open a varicose vein on my ankle and it wouldn't stop bleeding. The urgent care doc used it. When I mentioned that I'd like to pick up a couple of those swabs for my home wound care kit, he told me that they only sell them to medical.professionals.
I suspect that I could get something on the web from China or wherever, but who knows what it actually would be.
Posted by: buddhaha at June 20, 2026 03:12 AM (RW118)
Posted by: buddhaha at June 20, 2026 03:16 AM (RW118)
Posted by: raimondo at June 20, 2026 03:18 AM (nmiJT)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 20, 2026 03:22 AM (VPNgR)
Posted by: raimondo at June 20, 2026 03:27 AM (nmiJT)
Posted by: buddhaha
Just the insomniacs and midshift drones are up now. Troll bots too.
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at June 20, 2026 03:32 AM (WBro8)
The next game in Philly will be played Monday....France vs Iraq. Not expecting those happy vibes this time. Ugh.
Posted by: Kareem of Wheat at June 20, 2026 03:33 AM (xverI)
I see your comments just fine, but I'm typically doing other things and just catching up on comments between. I did not know that about the styptic.
Posted by: SciVo at June 20, 2026 03:33 AM (Sy6m/)
What's this we business, moron. Stupid Indian shitlib-impersonator hasn't served a day in his miserable fatherless life.
Don't you have to get back to the call center to scam old people?
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at June 20, 2026 03:34 AM (dK+Kv)
Posted by: Cow Demon at June 20, 2026 03:43 AM (An2iq)
Posted by: Puddleglum
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Thanks. I got shadow banned out of Disqus for the inexcusable crime of changing my email to a protonmail.address, which they defined as defacto spam. My objection was ignored. I'm sure that one of their people looked at my posts, realized that there was nothing spammy about them but also realized that I argued from the non-left position, and figured good riddance. Disqus is in San Francisco.
Posted by: buddhaha at June 20, 2026 03:44 AM (RW118)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 20, 2026 01:41 AM (1z8ji)
Up here we have Skinny Dick's Halfway Inn. Halfway between Nenana and Fairbanks. The t-shirt art is two polar bears making more polar bears, natch.
Posted by: tcn in AK at June 20, 2026 03:44 AM (bl07w)
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at June 20, 2026 03:34 AM (dK+Kv)
Pretty sure he needs to report to the local truck stop toilet.
Posted by: tcn in AK at June 20, 2026 03:45 AM (bl07w)
Posted by: m at June 20, 2026 04:31 AM (6wpGE)
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