Sunday Overnight Open Thread - July 12, 2026 [Doof]

Howdy Hordelings! Welcome to the Sunday ONT. Hope your weekend has been a good one. Open thread, as always. Fashion and music, as always. What's on YOUR mind tonight?

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Believe this one? If so, I've got some bridges for sale

McConnell’s team just shared this photo from the hospital, reveal he suffered from a fall and pneumonia pic.twitter.com/8p1RhNYjjx
— Libs of TikTok (@libsoftiktok) July 12, 2026

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Sophie Cunningham gets better by the day

How great was it seeing Sophie Cunningham as a Ring Card Girl at the UFC fight last night!

You know this is gonna drive the black racist lesbians in the WNBA batshit crazy! pic.twitter.com/KEHOgDgLFl
— Vince Langman (@LangmanVince) July 12, 2026

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How many of you drink Diet Coke regularly? Did you know it could do THIS??

Woman Drinks Diet Coke to Dissolve Huge Mass in Her Stomach

They say soda is bad for you, and that is probably right in most cases, but if you happen to have a stomach clogged with undigested food, it can apparently be a big help! A team of doctors from Massachusetts recently reported the unusual case of an elderly woman with a large benzoar in her stomach who managed to dissolve the large mass by drinking 1.5 liters of Diet Coke per day.
Writing in the New England Journal of Medicine, the doctors reported that the patient had been experiencing a burning pain in her upper abdomen and right side of her torso for about a month when she finally came in for a checkup. She had tried two common over-the-counter medications for acid reflux, but they had no effect.
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Because of her history of diabetes, the woman was prescribed diet soda, but because she didn’t enjoy carbonated drinks, the recommended 3 liters were cut down to just 1.5 liters per day. Still, the treatment proved remarkably effective! During her second day of treatment, the patient reported a “tugging” sensation in her stomach, after which her nausea and discomfort disappeared. A subsequent endoscopy confirmed that the benzoar had dissolved.

I've used Coca Cola to dissolve corrosion on car battery terminals. I'm not at all surprised at what cola / diet cola can do.

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Sometimes you just want to fight

She wasn't ready for it to be that easy!

🤣 pic.twitter.com/mav01qAYun
— Declaration of Memes (@LibertyCappy) July 11, 2026

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Important anniversary yesterday

Alexander Hamilton was shot and killed by Vice President Aaron Burr during a pistol duel in New Jersey on this day in 1804. pic.twitter.com/uSiYqWEqQT
— Today in History (@TodayinHistory) July 11, 2026

Brings to mind this awesome throwback commercial

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'Ette Couture (Courtesy of Piper)

It's that time of the week - when we turn the ONT over to our good friend Piper for a bit. Here's this week's fashion pr0n.

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Paris Haute Couture Fall/Winter 2026: Where Drama met more Drama!

Paris wrapped another round of Haute Couture magic (July 6–9, 2026), and mon dieu, what a week! While the city sweated through record heat, the runways delivered pure escapism. Here’s our playful roundup of the absolute crème de la crème.

Matthieu Blazy’s Chanel: A Whimsical Fairytale Garden

Matthieu Blazy transformed Paris’s Grand Palais into an enchanted garden for Chanel’s Fall/Winter 2026 Haute Couture show. Picture a magical garden alive with oversized blooms, cascading florals, and hanging vines, the perfect backdrop for a collection that blended house heritage with pure fantasy.

Tweed suits got a fresh, romantic update with delicate embellishments while feathery textures, iridescent fabrics, and pops of vibrant color (lunar teals, ember pinks, and acid greens) brought the fairytale to life. Classic codes like camellias and pearls were reimagined in playful ways. Blazy continues to breathe new life into Chanel while honoring its soul.

Jonathan Anderson at Dior: Garden Party Meets Avant-Garde

Anderson continued his Dior journey with a lush, nature-inspired collection full of ruffles, florals, and architectural tailoring. Picture voluminous bubble skirts, pleated masterpieces, and flower-embellished pieces that felt both romantic and modern. The Jardin des Tuileries setting? Perfection. It was a love letter to couture craftsmanship with a cheeky energy. By the way, Mr. Anderson designed Taylor Swift’s wedding gown.

Schiaparelli’s Surrealist Spectacle

Daniel Roseberry stayed true to the house’s playful DNA with “The Call of the Void”: bold, body-skimming pieces, exaggerated embellishments, and the signature surreal touch. Think sculptural latex alongside glittering florals and architectural details that made you do a double-take. Pure theater, and we loved every second.

Iris van Herpen: Sonic Starquakes – Where Science Becomes Wearable Art

No one blends fashion, technology, and the cosmos quite like Iris van Herpen. For her Fall/Winter 2026 Haute Couture collection “Sonic Starquakes,” she dove deep into astrophysics, creating pieces inspired by vibrating stars, exploding supernovae, spiraling galaxies, and the turbulent beauty of plasma.

This wasn’t just inspiration, it was innovation. Van Herpen introduced actual plasma into couture for the first time, with glowing, charged ions captured in hand-blown glass and tulle. The result? Ethereal dresses that looked like they were woven from starlight itself. If you love fashion that commands a room, this was your show

Paris Couture 2026 proved once again that fashion isn’t just clothes, it’s fantasy and storytelling in wearable form. Whether you’re team dramatic or whimsical, this season gave us all the inspiration we need to be a little bigger and bolder in what we wear.

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Thanks, Piper!

Don't forget to check out Piper's X page.

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DJ Doof - Stuff I Heard Today Edition

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Speaking of music - how many of you have gotten back into listening to vinyl? I've been dabbling in it, but I need a good turntable (recommendations welcomed!) for my growing collection. Anyway, sometimes the old ways are good ways.

Never before in our industry has a format come back from the dead quite like vinyl

In case you hadn’t realised, vinyl is making a bit of a comeback. Who would have guessed that a plastic disc which first arrived on the scene in 1931 would still be bringing so much joy 95 years later?
Although a lot has changed in the world over that time, the format itself and the techniques used to create it haven’t evolved massively. So, is vinyl currently as good as it gets, or could it be improved upon?

Personal opinion - listening to music on vinyl is a great throwback experience. Warmth and imperfections take the listener back to a different era. For my tastes, I say listening to a CD with big-ass, over-the-ear headphones is the best for audio clarity. What say you?

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“Guys, the new 1981 Citation is here. I know you’ve been hard at work with our ad team. What’s the nicest thing we can say about this piece of shit?” pic.twitter.com/WQWugJ85yT
— Super 70s Sports (@Super70sSports) July 1, 2026

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1 st?

Posted by: Mrs. IS ROTH at July 12, 2026 10:00 PM (rkhpv)

2 Deport – Deport - Deport

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 12, 2026 10:00 PM (3oLMy)

3 So, ONT, we meet again at last.

Posted by: mindful webworker - this time will be different at July 12, 2026 10:01 PM (ci8WY)

4 Nice filter work on that top pic.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at July 12, 2026 10:01 PM (1Ff7Z)

5 Shazam

Posted by: Hokey Pokey at July 12, 2026 10:01 PM (YlWIZ)

6 Thank you for the swell ONT, Doof. I sure do like me some Sophie Cunningham.

Posted by: 496 at July 12, 2026 10:01 PM (sOtuf)

7 Sen. Lindsey Graham Dies at 71:The senator died from a 'brief and sudden illness,' his office said.

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Given that the Washington, DC slop trough has one fewer twisted old homosexual sadist frantically snuffling in it tonight, do I get a rebate?

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at July 12, 2026 10:03 PM (BI5O2)

8 Thank you as well Piper. I'm not much of one for fashion, but I know it's a lot of work pulling it together each week. Thanks

Posted by: 496 at July 12, 2026 10:03 PM (sOtuf)

9 Hello, friends!

Posted by: Piper at July 12, 2026 10:03 PM (hftzA)

10 Thank you for the swell ONT, Doof. I sure do like me some Sophie Cunningham.
Posted by: 496 at July 12, 2026 10:01 PM (sOtuf)

She seems like she'd be very fun to spend time with.

Posted by: Doof at July 12, 2026 10:03 PM (QLC6i)

11 I no longer draw the line at batteries in clothing.

Posted by: Hokey Pokey at July 12, 2026 10:03 PM (YlWIZ)

12 Sorry I'm late, my fly swatter didn't come with an instruction manual.

Posted by: tankdemon at July 12, 2026 10:04 PM (2RJDy)

13 Man, those are some really unattractive runway models. But then, that's probably the point.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at July 12, 2026 10:04 PM (u/oMr)

14 Personal opinion - listening to music on vinyl is a great throwback experience. Warmth and imperfections take the listener back to a different era. For my tastes, I say listening to a CD with big-ass, over-the-ear headphones is the best for audio clarity. What say you?

This engineer's opinion says your opinion is more facty than opiniony.

Vinyl worked because its imperfections sound nice to humans. But you can just record those same imperfections into a digital format and have the same experience over and over without worrying about wearing out your albums, if that's what you want.

Posted by: mikeski at July 12, 2026 10:04 PM (VHUov)

15 The 1981 Chevy Citation. It runs and drives.

Posted by: Cow Demon at July 12, 2026 10:04 PM (4g5V+)

16 Before WHITESNAKE there was a commercial for Claud AI. ...
'We don't want to lose the most beautiful parts of life'
Coming from Sam Altman it sounds like a threat.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 12, 2026 10:04 PM (3oLMy)

17 That tip pic looks like it is about to become the setting of a gator attack.

Posted by: tankdemon at July 12, 2026 10:04 PM (2RJDy)

18 Paris Couture 2026 must have been a joyous occasion! Everyone there looks so happy!

Posted by: OrangeEnt at July 12, 2026 10:05 PM (1Ff7Z)

19 Vice President Aaron Burr is buried not far from President Grover Cleveland's grave.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at July 12, 2026 10:05 PM (t93WW)

20 Sorry I'm late, my fly swatter didn't come with an instruction manual.
Posted by: tankdemon

Mister Miyagi is impressed that you took them down in midair with the edge of the swatter, though.

Posted by: mikeski at July 12, 2026 10:05 PM (VHUov)

21 From the sidebar:

"CNBC ranks Tennessee as dead last in its “Worst States to Live” analysis. The specific reason is that cross-dressing men in TN are denied access to children and women’s private spaces."

They're right!! Don't move here!! We laugh out loud at blue haired trannies and fags. And we shoot p*dos!! Twice. It's horrible! If a man goes into a woman's bathroom the gals will hold him down until their boyfriends and husbands (both!) storm in to complete the ass kicking!

Oh the humanity!!

Posted by: Tonypete at July 12, 2026 10:05 PM (y4MhN)

22 I like how The Turtle is holding a newspaper on his knee. Proof of life.

Subtle.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at July 12, 2026 10:05 PM (u/oMr)

23 Meow

Posted by: Lurking Cheshirecat at July 12, 2026 10:06 PM (w3u3d)

24 Mitch McConnell's team is bad
AI AI Oh

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at July 12, 2026 10:06 PM (0aYVJ)

25 Good evening Horde. Thanks Disco and Piper!

Appreciate a little Whitesnake. Been a while since I've heard that.

The last lady in the fashion segment looks like she's wearing cabbage.

Posted by: TRex - fashionable dino at July 12, 2026 10:07 PM (IQ6Gq)

26 We have the Northern Command and the Southern Lakeside Mini-Command.

Posted by: Piper at July 12, 2026 10:07 PM (hftzA)

27 >>>Believe this one?
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I believe he's physically alive.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 12, 2026 10:07 PM (3oLMy)

28 It's Stormy.

LINK: https://tinyurl.com/ye4vs7r9

Posted by: mrp at July 12, 2026 10:07 PM (rj6Yv)

29 This engineer's opinion says your opinion is more facty than opiniony.

Posted by: mikeski at July 12, 2026 10:04 PM (VHUov)

It's a fact that your opinion is factual

Posted by: Doof at July 12, 2026 10:07 PM (QLC6i)

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Appreciate a little Whitesnake. Been a while since I've heard that.

The last lady in the fashion segment looks like she's wearing cabbage.
Posted by: TRex - fashionable dino at July 12, 2026

Glow in the dark plasma cabbage!

Posted by: Piper at July 12, 2026 10:07 PM (hftzA)

31 The nicest thing you can say about that piece of shit chevy citation?

You don't need to piss away silly money on big caliber ammo to shred it.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at July 12, 2026 10:07 PM (S41Gd)

32 Before WHITESNAKE there was a commercial for Claud AI. ...
'We don't want to lose the most beautiful parts of life'
Coming from Sam Altman it sounds like a threat.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 12, 2026 10:04 PM (3oLMy)

I'd rather have lovely Claudette RI instead of Claude AI. (RI --> Real Intelligence)

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at July 12, 2026 10:08 PM (qx7Zg)

33 Wait. I thought the lovely and vivacious Mrs. McConnell was back in the PRC reporting to her handlers.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at July 12, 2026 10:08 PM (u/oMr)

34 Models kinda weird looking. I guess they are supposed to be. I will never understand fashion.

Posted by: Case at July 12, 2026 10:08 PM (IY9No)

35 Paris Haute Couture Fall/Winter 2026: Where Drama met more Drama!

Is this another one where we guess which ones are real and which ones are AI?

If so, the first one is real and all the rest are AI.

Posted by: mikeski at July 12, 2026 10:09 PM (VHUov)

36 "CNBC ranks Tennessee as dead last in its “Worst States to Live” analysis. The specific reason is that cross-dressing men in TN are denied access to children and women’s private spaces."

They're right!! Don't move here!! We laugh out loud at blue haired trannies and fags. And we shoot p*dos!! Twice. It's horrible! If a man goes into a woman's bathroom the gals will hold him down until their boyfriends and husbands (both!) storm in to complete the ass kicking!

Oh the humanity!!
Posted by: Tonypete at July 12, 2026 10:05 PM (y4MhN)
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They did you a potentially huge favor! Can you believe CNBC thinks trannie rights are imoortant?

Posted by: Huck Follywood at July 12, 2026 10:09 PM (t93WW)

37 That pale blue dress with the stuff sewed on looks like it would catch on everything.

Posted by: huerfano at July 12, 2026 10:09 PM (VJX5o)

38 Thank you, 496! It’s worth every penny I make doing it!

Posted by: Piper at July 12, 2026 10:10 PM (hftzA)

39 I no longer draw the line at batteries in clothing.

Extension cords are still right out though.

Posted by: Oddbob at July 12, 2026 10:10 PM (vTZFs)

40 After Graham's death someone deemed McConnell had to be seen.

Posted by: davidt at July 12, 2026 10:10 PM (Q+gd/)

41 The Citation was GM's answer to the Honda Accord. Not much of an answer at all, unless you're a veteran of WWII in the Pacific and you've never forgiven the sneaky Japs for Bataan.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at July 12, 2026 10:10 PM (u/oMr)

42 Thanks for the fashion, Piper-fir your time and attention . The things that designers come up with boggles my mind, sometimes. I did like the first blue dress, however, but would dispense with the red tie thing on top. The tentacle octopus is the stuff of nightmares, although I suppose the model herself is attractive. I wonder whether models ever think , "This is totally bizarre stuff" I guess they do.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 12, 2026 10:11 PM (eQy7F)

43 I like how The Turtle is holding a newspaper on his knee. Proof of life.

Subtle.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at July 12, 2026 10:05 PM (u/oMr)

He was checking for his name in the obituaries. See the surprised look?

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at July 12, 2026 10:11 PM (S41Gd)

44 Appreciate a little Whitesnake. Been a while since I've heard that.

The last lady in the fashion segment looks like she's wearing cabbage.
Posted by: TRex - fashionable dino at July 12, 2026

Glow in the dark plasma cabbage!
Posted by: Piper at July 12, 2026 10:07 PM (hftzA)

I think the lady in the end of this video is better dressed.

https://youtu.be/_OO2PuGz-H8

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at July 12, 2026 10:11 PM (qx7Zg)

45
The models are horrified they are modeling shitty looking rags.

As long as the check clears they don't care.

Posted by: four seasons at July 12, 2026 10:11 PM (/QHx4)

46 Right now, there's a Beltway dungeon dungeon full of catamites waiting on tenterhooks to find out if they've been manumitted, or if they're going to become grave goods for the great Lindsey Graham.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at July 12, 2026 10:12 PM (BI5O2)

47 35 Paris Haute Couture Fall/Winter 2026: Where Drama met more Drama!

Is this another one where we guess which ones are real and which ones are AI?

If so, the first one is real and all the rest are AI.
Posted by: mikeski at July 12, 2026 10:09 PM (VHUov

Oh we need to do that again! Because all the AI ones are from my crazy ideas! That should tell you something.

Posted by: Piper at July 12, 2026 10:12 PM (hftzA)

48 I've used Coca Cola to dissolve corrosion on car battery terminals. I'm not at all surprised at what cola / diet cola can do.
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It'll take the rust off old drill bits.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 12, 2026 10:12 PM (3oLMy)

49 Jonathan Anderson at Dior: Garden Party Meets Avant-Garde

Second picture, the person in back: is that a dude?

Posted by: Archimedes at July 12, 2026 10:12 PM (Riz8t)

50 After Graham's death someone deemed McConnell had to be seen.
Posted by: davidt

They had to wait for his """wife""" to get back from China for the photo op.

Posted by: mikeski at July 12, 2026 10:12 PM (VHUov)

51 Thanks for the Sunday ONT, Doof!

Great photo up top. Nice and moody, with a glowing moon.

Thanks for the fashion update, Piper! That black octopus outfit is one I doubt I will ever see IRL.

Posted by: Legally Sufficient at July 12, 2026 10:13 PM (D/6p1)

52 There must be a secret contest of some sort amongst fashion designers to see who can come up with the weirdest stuff that then sells.

Posted by: davidt at July 12, 2026 10:13 PM (Q+gd/)

53 My Brother was the designated Vinyl archivist for our family, he pretty much has one of the largest collections I've ever seen, he has around 2000+ albums.

I started getting back into vinyl and my brother has been sending me care packages periodically.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at July 12, 2026 10:13 PM (XV/Pl)

54 They had to wait for his """wife""" to get back from China for the photo op.
Posted by: mikeski at July 12, 2026 10:12 PM (VHUov)

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Community Note: No they didn't.

Posted by: Copilot AI at July 12, 2026 10:14 PM (u/oMr)

55 42 Thanks for the fashion, Piper-fir your time and attention . The things that designers come up with boggles my mind, sometimes. I did like the first blue dress, however, but would dispense with the red tie thing on top. The tentacle octopus is the stuff of nightmares, although I suppose the model herself is attractive. I wonder whether models ever think , "This is totally bizarre stuff" I guess they do.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 12

Couture is bizarre and will look completely different in ready to wear versions. Though I am afraid what will come through are larger cut outs and dramatically low waistlines.

Everyone to the floor for more planks and crunches!

Posted by: Piper at July 12, 2026 10:14 PM (hftzA)

56 DOOF!
Yeah, per vinyl...the digital formats never really captured the nuances of a well kept album. I was always totally anal about keeping my albums in pristine condition. When my husband died some years ago, I started clearing out much clutter. In retrospect, I wish I didn't let go of so much vinyl 😞.
I did keep some vintage stuff though...

Posted by: COMountainMarie at July 12, 2026 10:14 PM (uTEOj)

57 Sen. Graham died from a ruptured aorta. No coming back from that.

Posted by: Tuna at July 12, 2026 10:14 PM (lJ0H4)

58 Goood eeeeevvvening.

Gee whiz, most of that Haute Couture leaves me Colld. Goofy, unflattering, and mainly just not pretty.

Don't mind me, though. I'm just an old curmudgeon from the middle of a previous century.

Posted by: mindful webworker modeling blue jeans and a short-sleeve shirt at July 12, 2026 10:15 PM (ci8WY)

59 I'm glad he died suddenly. Maybe his people were surprised, and couldn't burn all the evidence in time.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at July 12, 2026 10:15 PM (BI5O2)

60 Right now, there's a Beltway dungeon dungeon full of catamites waiting on tenterhooks to find out if they've been manumitted, or if they're going to become grave goods for the great Lindsey Graham.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice

I saw Catamites On Tenterhooks open for Black Spikes at The Dungeon earlier this year.

https://youtu.be/miZbo-cww1s

Posted by: mikeski at July 12, 2026 10:15 PM (VHUov)

61 This engineer's opinion says your opinion is more facty than opiniony.

Posted by: mikeski at July 12, 2026 10:04 PM (VHUov)

It's a fact that your opinion is factual

Ah, but is it satisfactual?

Posted by: Archimedes at July 12, 2026 10:16 PM (Riz8t)

62 I'm not sure I could recognize Sophie Cunningham unless somebody pointed her out to me.

Posted by: tankdemon at July 12, 2026 10:17 PM (2RJDy)

63 >>Sen. Graham died from a ruptured aorta. No coming back from that.

Posted by: Tuna at July 12, 2026 10:14 PM

I think you get almost enough time to hit the floor before it's all over.

Posted by: huerfano at July 12, 2026 10:17 PM (VJX5o)

64 Good evening Horde. Thanks Disco and Piper!

Appreciate a little Whitesnake. Been a while since I've heard that.

The last lady in the fashion segment looks like she's wearing cabbage.
Posted by: TRex - fashionable dino at July 12, 2026 10:07 PM (IQ6Gq)

Rock on!

Posted by: Doof at July 12, 2026 10:17 PM (QLC6i)

65 Sen. Graham died from a ruptured aorta. No coming back from that.

They said he died after a brief, sudden illness. That would seem to qualify.

Posted by: Archimedes at July 12, 2026 10:17 PM (Riz8t)

66 Wanna know how bad the Citation was...?

My grandfather ditched his 66 Chevelle for one. I got the Chevelle for $100. My own hard earned money. It wasn't a SS or anything... just basic. Automatic too.

2 Months after buying that piece of shit he wanted to buy back the Chevelle.

Yea... no dice old man.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 12, 2026 10:17 PM (jehhT)

67 13 Man, those are some really unattractive runway models. But then, that's probably the point.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at July 12, 2026

Runway models are tall and kind of ruler shaped. The exact opposite of me! But it’s the shape clothes hang on the best.

Posted by: Piper at July 12, 2026 10:17 PM (hftzA)

68 Sen. Graham died from a ruptured aorta. No coming back from that.
Posted by: Tuna at July 12, 2026 10:14 PM (lJ0H4)

Sorta puts the Iranian claim in the crapper.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at July 12, 2026 10:18 PM (1Ff7Z)

69 Two young boys help elderly man across the street in Auckland , New Zealand. Faithpot site:

https://tinyurl.com/3pjunk7t

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 12, 2026 10:18 PM (uAj3p)

70 @59

>>I'm glad he died suddenly. Maybe his people were surprised, and couldn't burn all the evidence in time.

If his aorta ruptured, he died pretty quickly.

Probably was unconscious within seconds and dead within a minute or two.

My SIL dropped dead in front of us, one second they are asking for help, a second later they are dead.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at July 12, 2026 10:18 PM (XV/Pl)

71 Good evening morons en bedankt Disko und Piper

Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 12, 2026 10:18 PM (RIvkX)

72 1981 Chevy Citation, we'll get you to that recall appointment...eventually.

(If it wasn't a transmission recall. It was a brakes recall. It, also, had a fire hazard recall, but I think that was one of the transmission issues. The fluid line leaked)

Posted by: Orson at July 12, 2026 10:18 PM (dIske)

73 I'm not sure I could recognize Sophie Cunningham unless somebody pointed her out to me.

Yup, beautiful, statuesque 6'1" blonds with an obviously sparkling personality being so common and all.

Posted by: Archimedes at July 12, 2026 10:18 PM (Riz8t)

74 52 There must be a secret contest of some sort amongst fashion designers to see who can come up with the weirdest stuff that then sells.
Posted by: davidt at July 12, 2026 10:13 PM (Q+gd/)

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Most fashion houses make bank selling off-the-rack dresses, cheap suits, mass market ties and underwear. The bizarre frippery they spew out for the big fashion shows is designed strictly to get their names in the press. No one would actually buy those outrageous circus costumes to wear.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at July 12, 2026 10:18 PM (u/oMr)

75 Piper
Thank you for going where I fear to tread.

Matthieu Blazy is Chanel, but not as you know it.
That women should never be in the same room as an open flame.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 12, 2026 10:19 PM (u82oZ)

76 Sen. Graham died from a ruptured aorta. No coming back from that.
Posted by: Tuna

If true - dead before he hit the floor. Years ago a (seemingly) very fit 2nd baseman on our softball just dropped jogging off the field from a ruptured aorta. Deader than shit right there.

Posted by: Tonypete at July 12, 2026 10:19 PM (y4MhN)

77 I'm not sure I could recognize Sophie Cunningham unless somebody pointed her out to me.
Posted by: tankdemon at July 12, 2026 10:17 PM (2RJDy)

She's in that vid walking around the ring holding a card over her head. That's Sophie Cunningham.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at July 12, 2026 10:19 PM (1Ff7Z)

78 Sorry I'm late, my fly swatter didn't come with an instruction manual.
Posted by: tankdemon

You could tell her yourself. Or him, or them, I don't ... um, judge...

Posted by: Adriane the O the Times, O the Morals Critic . . . at July 12, 2026 10:19 PM (3ZUWJ)

79 Models look like they are in pain others look angry - Probably at the clothes they are made to wear. Hey, girls, if you don't like your job you can work somewhere else.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 12, 2026 10:19 PM (3oLMy)

80 Speaking of Sophie Cunningham, this meme seems inevitable. What took so long?

https://bit.ly/they-point-at-each-other

Posted by: mindful webworker hears fireworks at July 12, 2026 10:19 PM (ci8WY)

81 They let you wear dress clothes while you're in the bed in the hospital?
Hunh.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at July 12, 2026 10:20 PM (2Ez/1)

82 Whenever I'm King, I'm digging that motherfucker up and putting his corpse on trial.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at July 12, 2026 10:20 PM (BI5O2)

83 @73

>>Yup, beautiful, statuesque 6'1" blonds with an obviously sparkling personality being so common and all.

She's the Bill Lambier of the WNBA.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at July 12, 2026 10:20 PM (XV/Pl)

84 62 I'm not sure I could recognize Sophie Cunningham unless somebody pointed her out to me.
Posted by: tankdemon

She's the tall athletic blonde pointing at you... and then at her own sweaty feet.

Posted by: 4chan at July 12, 2026 10:20 PM (gKWVE)

85 Orson's Fashion Litmus Test:

If someone is wearing something that could be mistaken for a Halloween costume, it's not fashion. It's performance.

Posted by: Orson at July 12, 2026 10:21 PM (dIske)

86 We have the Northern Command and the Southern Lakeside Mini-Command.
Posted by: Piper at July 12, 2026 10:07 PM (hftzA)

The nationwide reach of Doof Enterprises!

Posted by: Doof at July 12, 2026 10:21 PM (QLC6i)

87 She's the tall athletic blonde pointing at you... and then at her own sweaty feet.
Posted by: 4chan

I'm not proud of it but I've kissed worse things.

Posted by: Tonypete at July 12, 2026 10:21 PM (y4MhN)

88 Vinyl was quite the ritual at the stereo system altar.

Turn on the system, select an album, remove the album from the cover and sleeve by the edges, carefully placing on the holy turntable, clean the vinyl, and then, very,very carefully lifting the turntable's arm and placing the stylus at the beginning of the record without scratching it.

Posted by: davidt at July 12, 2026 10:22 PM (Q+gd/)

89 Sen. McConnell is a golem. An animated figure made of clay.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 12, 2026 10:22 PM (RIvkX)

90 Do they show normal fashions at the zoo they call a fashion show?

Posted by: Diogenes at July 12, 2026 10:22 PM (2WIwB)

91 If someone is wearing something that could be mistaken for a Halloween costume, it's not fashion. It's performance.
Posted by: Orson at July 12, 2026 10:21 PM (dIske)
___

lol

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at July 12, 2026 10:22 PM (4Uk/z)

92 I'm not sure I could recognize Sophie Cunningham unless somebody pointed her out to me.
Posted by: tankdemon at July 12, 2026 10:17 PM (2RJDy)

ISWYDT. I seem to be the only one, though.

Posted by: Doof at July 12, 2026 10:23 PM (QLC6i)

93 Turn on the system, select an album, remove the album from the cover and sleeve by the edges, carefully placing on the holy turntable, clean the vinyl, and then, very, very carefully lifting the turntable's arm and placing the stylus at the beginning of the record without scratching it.
Posted by: davidt

Us poors stacked coins on the tone arm when the needle wore out to eek out a few more plays.

Posted by: Tonypete at July 12, 2026 10:23 PM (y4MhN)

94 I didn't know a dick could go so far up your ass it ruptures your aorta.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at July 12, 2026 10:23 PM (BI5O2)

95 I dunno, Mitch right now seems to be residing in Schroedinger's catbox.

Posted by: with other things one might find in a catbox at July 12, 2026 10:24 PM (gKWVE)

96 I've researched this a bit. They say you have a GOOD chance of surviving an aortic dissension... if the aortic tear occurs in the main operating theatre at the Mayo Clinic, and Dr. Oz is all scrubbed up and waiting for you.

Otherwise, not so much.

Posted by: mnw at July 12, 2026 10:24 PM (RCjYY)

97 I didn't know a dick could go so far up your ass it ruptures your aorta.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice

Ask an Emergency Department Physician. Prepare yourself to be astounded and disgusted.

Posted by: Tonypete at July 12, 2026 10:25 PM (y4MhN)

98 And no one has mentioned the handbag in the first fashion pic. She’s carrying a silver armadillo. These designers must laugh their asses off when people praise their creations. It has to be an inside joke amongst all of them.

Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at July 12, 2026 10:25 PM (2NHgQ)

99 She seems like she'd be very fun to spend time with.

Posted by: Doof at July 12, 2026 10:03 PM (QLC6i)
-------
Oh, exactly. She seems like a good kid... a real kick in the pants. If she wasn't I wouldn't give a damn about her

Posted by: 496 at July 12, 2026 10:25 PM (sOtuf)

100
I wonder how many of the models are beautiful.

They are paid to look strange so they don't detract from the hideous rags they are modeling.

I hope they are paid well.

Posted by: four seasons at July 12, 2026 10:25 PM (/QHx4)

101 Otherwise, not so much.
Posted by: mnw at July 12, 2026 10:24 PM (RCjYY)

So there is a chance?

Posted by: OrangeEnt, Clutching Chest at July 12, 2026 10:25 PM (1Ff7Z)

102 {{{SMH}}}

Have a great night.

Maybe, since tall is important, you can model for the US Army in Kevlar Tank Jumpers.
And without a reflective belt! Ooh la la.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 12, 2026 10:25 PM (u82oZ)

103
"Vinyl" in a sense may continue on far past the end of this planet. This came up a few nights ago on an ONT. While they're weren't vinyl, both Voyager probes contained phonograph records made of gold plated copper with sounds and video from earth, a "message in a bottle tossed in the interstellar ocean" as Billions and Billions Carl Sagan described it.

They even included a needle to play it back, and instructions on how to do so. Sagan and Frank Drake were pretty clever in how they encoded those instructions and the map of its point of origin in both space and time. They used the universal language of mathematics and the physical constants.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 12, 2026 10:25 PM (w6EFb)

104 That bow-tie History Guy inserts himself into a recurring AOS debate

A Devilish Invention: The Crossbow

https://youtu.be/utv-uJSdT1s

Posted by: mindful webworker remembers at July 12, 2026 10:25 PM (ci8WY)

105 In the first "fashion" photo, the model is holding a rat. I think these so called designers hate their jobs.

Posted by: runner at July 12, 2026 10:25 PM (GD0B3)

106 The tentacle octopus is the stuff of nightmares, although I suppose the model herself is attractive.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke

Though I am afraid what will come through are larger cut outs and dramatically low waistlines.
Posted by: Piper

Old and busted: thong whale-tails

New hotness: whatever the same thing is called when it's on the front side instead

Posted by: mikeski at July 12, 2026 10:26 PM (VHUov)

107 "Pardon me miss, but do you happen to have the orange traffic cone dress in a size 20?"

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at July 12, 2026 10:26 PM (u/oMr)

108 I understand (disagree, but understand) that since the models are 'just the furniture for the designs', they can't smile and look like they're having a good time. But it would make the clothing design sell better among the masses if they bothered to do things like match the colors to the model's skin tones better, or for example not make the blue dress so 'busy' with oversized gubbins. There were a few (especially the last two and one of the ones in the lower third) that were almost sane and almost suitable for wearing in public - do better, Piper! I expect to be baffled by every outfit!

Posted by: RandomDave at July 12, 2026 10:26 PM (aJQbY)

109 98 And no one has mentioned the handbag in the first fashion pic. She’s carrying a silver armadillo. These designers must laugh their asses off when people praise their creations. It has to be an inside joke amongst all of them.
Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at July 12,

I was waiting for someone to notice that!

Posted by: Piper at July 12, 2026 10:26 PM (hftzA)

110
They said he died after a brief, sudden illness. That would seem to qualify.

Posted by: Archimedes at July 12, 2026 10:17 PM (Riz8t)

___________

Very brief. 20 seconds or so.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 12, 2026 10:27 PM (O0L8i)

111 96 sb "aortic dissection" not dissension.

Posted by: mnw at July 12, 2026 10:27 PM (RCjYY)

112 >>>listening to a CD with big-ass, over-the-ear headphones is the best for audio clarity. What say you?
---

If you can get a CD without compression.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 12, 2026 10:27 PM (3oLMy)

113 "For my tastes, I say listening to a CD with big-ass, over-the-ear headphones is the best for audio clarity. What say you?"

Doof,
Agreed. Even with my newest hearing aids (and they are very good) if I want to hear every note and subtle harmony I use my Bose over the ear headset on a CD player. As much as I prefer physical media over streaming I never felt the pull to return to vinyl.

Posted by: JTB at July 12, 2026 10:27 PM (yTvNw)

114 I was waiting for someone to notice that!
Posted by: Piper at July 12, 2026 10:26 PM (hftzA)

I did ! @105

Posted by: runner at July 12, 2026 10:28 PM (GD0B3)

115 37> That pale blue dress with the stuff sewed on looks like it would catch on everything.

I absolutely love her armadillo hand bag.

Posted by: Community Notes at July 12, 2026 10:28 PM (NzX/y)

116 Daniel Roseberry's piece in black vinyl or leather or whatever-that-is looks like it belongs on a coenobite.

Posted by: gKWVE at July 12, 2026 10:28 PM (gKWVE)

117 Concerning the loss of Lindsey Graham:

All I know is when someone with a questionable private life has a very immediate and unexpected death, disallowing preparaton to "hide the bodies"...there is always the chance of something slipping into the public domain that best remain private.

Posted by: Orson at July 12, 2026 10:28 PM (dIske)

118 Don't talk sh*t about the Citation! I had a 1980 Citation and it was awesome!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at July 12, 2026 10:28 PM (l4RKn)

119 This engineer's opinion says your opinion is more facty than opiniony.
Posted by: mikeski

It's a fact that your opinion is factual
Posted by: Doof

Ah, but is it satisfactual?
Posted by: Archimedes

It's my opinion, so it's at least self-satisfactual.

Posted by: mikeski at July 12, 2026 10:29 PM (VHUov)

120
Doof of Clan Doof

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 12, 2026 10:29 PM (O0L8i)

121 Very brief. 20 seconds or so.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 12, 2026 10:27 PM (O0L8i)

----------

His health took a sudden turn for the worst at the 18 second mark.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at July 12, 2026 10:29 PM (u/oMr)

122 Ask an Emergency Department Physician. Prepare yourself to be astounded and disgusted.
Posted by: Tonypete at July 12, 2026 10:25 PM (y4MhN)

Im sure. They had to invent the Rod Stewart Gastric Lavage, after all.

But, happily, it wasn't enough to save Lindsey Graham.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at July 12, 2026 10:29 PM (BI5O2)

123 Reposting from this morning because it's there.
mindful graphic webwork

https://bit.ly/death-grabs-lindsay

Don't usually just use a common template, but I was in a hurry. And getting lazy in my old age.

Soon saw someone else using the same meme template. Predictably.

Posted by: mindful webworker wastes another comment slot at July 12, 2026 10:29 PM (ci8WY)

124 Maybe, since tall is important, you can model for the US Army in Kevlar Tank Jumpers.
And without a reflective belt! Ooh la la.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 12, 2026 10:25 PM (u82oZ)
___

lol, thanks Salty, but I'm not the modeling type.

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at July 12, 2026 10:30 PM (4Uk/z)

125 What is the basis for the rumors of Graham having a "questionable" private life, or that he was gay ? Is the basis as solid as ace being gay and all that ??

Posted by: runner at July 12, 2026 10:30 PM (GD0B3)

126 37 That pale blue dress with the stuff sewed on looks like it would catch on everything.
Posted by: huerfano at July 12, 2026 10:09 PM (VJX5o)

----------

Do not wear while using heavy machinery.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at July 12, 2026 10:30 PM (u/oMr)

127
Having lived in SC for many years Graham didn't piss me off.

Jan 6 changed that for me when he wanted protestors shot.

Posted by: four seasons at July 12, 2026 10:31 PM (/QHx4)

128 You're soaking in it.

Posted by: Madge at July 12, 2026 10:31 PM (2Ez/1)

129 I have more vinyl now than ever before, all played on the same turntable I bought in university in the mid 80s.
Though the receiver is better than my old Sherwood, people donate stuff to the Salvation Army that I could never have afforded when I was a student.

Posted by: Asko at July 12, 2026 10:31 PM (kiLvz)

130 114 I was waiting for someone to notice that!
Posted by: Piper at July 12, 2026 10:26 PM (hftzA)

I did ! @105
Posted by: runner at July 12, 2026 10:28

But it’s obviously not a rat. It’s a swanky, disease carrying silver armadillo. 😂

Posted by: Piper at July 12, 2026 10:31 PM (hftzA)

131 92 ISWYDT. I seem to be the only one, though.
Posted by: Doof at July 12, 2026 10:23 PM (QLC6i)

I'm glad somebody did.

Posted by: tankdemon at July 12, 2026 10:31 PM (2RJDy)

132 She seems like she'd be very fun to spend time with.

Posted by: Doof at July 12, 2026 10:03 PM (QLC6i)

Oh yes! And not useless in a bar fight! She is a black belt in TKD.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at July 12, 2026 10:32 PM (l4RKn)

133 His health took a sudden turn for the worst at the 18 second mark.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at July 12, 2026 10:29 PM (u/oMr)
-------

"How did Mr. Graham die?"

"Suddenly, and then suddenly."

Posted by: 496 at July 12, 2026 10:32 PM (sOtuf)

134 What is the basis for the rumors of Graham having a "questionable" private life

-------

Seeing and hearing him

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at July 12, 2026 10:32 PM (BI5O2)

135 What is the basis for the rumors of Graham having a "questionable" private life, or that he was gay ?

He was a lifelong bachelor and sounded a bit light in the loafers. Kind of irrelevant now, though.

Posted by: Archimedes at July 12, 2026 10:33 PM (Riz8t)

136 Clean the LP with a cleaning machine before placing it on the turntable. Then use a Zerostat.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at July 12, 2026 10:33 PM (Cqx++)

137 Reposting from last night's ONT because it didn't get enough Likes.

July 12, 2011 01:33 AM

Fifteen years ago [last]night I left my first comment on AoS. Had been reading posts for a while before that but hadn't ventured into comments because, well, you know how irritating comments are. Then I looked. And got hooked.

It was a long comment, longer than we can leave anymore, ranting about some gal named Palin.

"For all her joyous spirit, she also knows the terrible price that might be, very well will be, extracted from her, and her family, if she runs, and if she wins. She is willing to bear what comes, not for her sake, but for the sake of service."

http://acecomments.mu.nu/?blog=86&post=318656#c13750041

A real trip to look through who some of the commenters who were on that post. Talk about absent friends…!

Posted by: mindful webworker - only vibranium-level members get like buttons at July 12, 2026 10:33 PM (ci8WY)

138 Does the orange dress come in a size for someone who has, you know, boobs?

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at July 12, 2026 10:34 PM (u/oMr)

139 If you lie with the dogs, you'll get fleas, ticks and Lyme disease, if you lie with the armadillos you get leprosy.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at July 12, 2026 10:34 PM (sYM3s)

140 It's rather a shame that someone who voted for Trump's agenda 100%, and sponsored the Save act, and worked hard to pass it, and did a lot of Trump's bidding in Congress is dead. And the individuals who do nothing but oppose Trump's agenda (the people's agenda) are sleeping happily in their beds.

Posted by: runner at July 12, 2026 10:34 PM (GD0B3)

141 116 Daniel Roseberry's piece in black vinyl or leather or whatever-that-is looks like it belongs on a coenobite.
Posted by: gKWVE at July 12, 2026 10

You get sewn into those outfits. There is no pulling that on.

Posted by: Piper at July 12, 2026 10:34 PM (hftzA)

142 She seems like she'd be very fun to spend time with.

Posted by: Doof at July 12, 2026 10:03 PM (QLC6i)

Oh yes! And not useless in a bar fight! She is a black belt in TKD.

Just when I thought I couldn't be more smitten...

Posted by: Archimedes at July 12, 2026 10:34 PM (Riz8t)

143 But it’s obviously not a rat. It’s a swanky, disease carrying silver armadillo. 😂
Posted by: Piper at July 12, 2026 10:31 PM (hftzA)

potato, potahto

Posted by: runner at July 12, 2026 10:35 PM (GD0B3)

144 118 Don't talk sh*t about the Citation! I had a 1980 Citation and it was awesome!
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at July 12, 2026 10:28 PM (l4RKn)

_________________________________

The 1980 Chevrolet Citation’s biggest issue was its lethal rear-brake defect, which caused the rear wheels to lock under moderate-to-heavy braking. This design flaw frequently caused the car to spin out of control, resulting in dozens of injuries, fatalities, and a major lawsuit from the U.S. Department of Justice.

But, other than that, the multitude of fires, the defected rear suspension welds, and the multiple power train issues....IT WAS FANTASTIC!!!!

Posted by: Orson at July 12, 2026 10:35 PM (dIske)

145
I can't understand the nostalgia for vinyl. Why would you want to return to bad pressings, clicks, the need for a turntable and cartridge, etc.?

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 12, 2026 10:35 PM (O0L8i)

146 Kind of irrelevant now, though.
Posted by: Archimedes at July 12, 2026 10:33 PM (Riz8t)

No.

This is my last chance to ridicule him for his homosexuality, and I'm not letting it go.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at July 12, 2026 10:35 PM (BI5O2)

147 My main and mostly-final impression of Graham is when he supported the Dubya amnesty scheme in 2007. In front of the National Council of La Raza. Because amnesty would send a message "tell the bigots to shut up".
I don't want to leave too big of a poo on Graham's grave today, because McConnell is worse these days, but I'm no fan of the guy.

Posted by: gKWVE at July 12, 2026 10:35 PM (gKWVE)

148 A hospital?
What is it?

Posted by: Cocaine Mitch at July 12, 2026 10:36 PM (2Ez/1)

149 Don’t know or care if Sen Graham was gay. If he was he didn’t go on about it ad nauseam. RIP Senator, I may not have agreed with you all the time, that said you were a pro life advocate.

Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at July 12, 2026 10:37 PM (2NHgQ)

150 I don't really care about other people's sex lives very much.

However, it's my observation that heterosexual men rarely live to be 71, yet never married or had children.

I'm sure there are exceptions. Don't throw rocks at me.

Posted by: mnw at July 12, 2026 10:37 PM (RCjYY)

151 >>>the new 1981 Citation
---

One of my guys bought a new Cavalier, he wasn't a hard driver, it was a POS within a year.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 12, 2026 10:37 PM (3oLMy)

152 Say what you will about the Citation, but it was a big step up from the Vega.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at July 12, 2026 10:37 PM (u/oMr)

153 You get sewn into those outfits. There is no pulling that on.
Posted by: Piper at July 12, 2026 10:34 PM (hftzA)

If you read Clive Barker's story (and why would you) you learn that the cenobites sew their outfits directly onto their flesh.

Posted by: gKWVE at July 12, 2026 10:37 PM (gKWVE)

154 88 Vinyl was quite the ritual at the stereo system altar.
Turn on the system, select an album, remove the album from the cover and sleeve by the edges, carefully placing on the holy turntable, clean the vinyl, and then, very,very carefully lifting the turntable's arm and placing the stylus at the beginning of the record without scratching it.

Of course when I was a kidster, sometimes I had to put a dime (maybe a nickel!) on the arm to keep the record from skipping...
So very much not high tech...we weren't rich folk, but still dug the tunes 🎵 🎶 🎼!

Posted by: COMountainMarie at July 12, 2026 10:38 PM (uTEOj)

155 Had a lovely visit to the Anglican Church in North America. Beautiful church with lovely stained glass windows. They are using the facilities of another church . The people were very friendly. The priest seemed like a nice , reverent guy and I enjoyed the sermon by a visiting Englishman ( I think he must be starting an Anglican Church in North America in another state. ) Anyway, great sermon on the parable of the seeds and the sower and I was interested that the man had been in a chaplain in the royal Air Force.

Here is the end of an evening prayer by John Bailie
( 1896-1960) who a Scottish theologian , teacher and writer who was the President of The World Council of Churches, especially desiring close relations between Christian denominations:

"And now, O Lord, give me a quiet mind, as I lay down to rest. Dwell in my thoughts till sleep overtake me. Let me not be fretted by the lesser interests of life. Let no troubled dreams disturb me, so that I may awake refreshed and ready for the tasks of another day."

From a wonderful book of prayers ancient and more modern- "The Harper Collins Book of prayers compiled by Robert Van de Weyer.

Good night, all!

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 12, 2026 10:38 PM (9AdGW)

156 I hear it's supposed to get hot enough in my neck of the woods that the (un)official state plant will start wilting. Those poor traffic cones and barrels have to suffer so much!

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at July 12, 2026 10:38 PM (qx7Zg)

157 I has a question about Citations -

If you receive one during your service years, it's a good thing.

If you get one while you are driving, it's a bad thing.

What's up with that.

Posted by: Tonypete at July 12, 2026 10:38 PM (y4MhN)

158
If Graham was gay at least he did not make that the main part of
his public life.

He seemed to be a family oriented man.

Posted by: four seasons at July 12, 2026 10:38 PM (/QHx4)

159 >>>it's my observation that heterosexual men rarely live to be 71, yet never married or had children.
--

I don't spend much time observing homosexuals. - > of either sex.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 12, 2026 10:39 PM (3oLMy)

160 152 Say what you will about the Citation, but it was a big step up from the Vega.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at July 12, 2026 10:37 PM
>>>>>>>>>

Sitting right here, boss.

Posted by: The Chevette at July 12, 2026 10:39 PM (2Ez/1)

161 That vinyl story was stupid. Too many of their so-called "engineers" were obsessing about the "greenness" of vinyl records. Tards.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 12, 2026 10:40 PM (1z8ji)

162 I will never be happy til I have a metal armadillo purse like that first model. Or whatever rodent that could be.

I also cannot imagine wearing latex or vinyl or whatever some of that is. Probably not latex. Pleather? Nope!

I love Sophie Cunningham, no lesbo. She's grand.

Regarding vinyl records, I still have most of mine from HS and college. Someone broke into my apt between moves and stole my turntable and some of my albums, and may he have plague fleas forever. We still have a lot and listen to them shooting pool. I would have to look at the type of turntable as no idea.

I have my grandmother's 100yr old mahogany Victrola Credenza in the LR. A brother of hers took out speakers? from the inside and that is storage shelving now, but it still plays from the top and I have the crank up handle. Also have a collection of her records: super thick plastic. Big band stuff or classical.

This is how it looks:
https://tinyurl.com/2pytb6ja

I come from generations who keep everything. I then claim it and reupholster and keep it for those I leave to either inherit or sell it. This irritates my husband but I don't care!

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at July 12, 2026 10:40 PM (hzuYO)

163 For Sen. McConnell!

youtu.be/uBxMPqxJGqI

Bummer about Graham. He was inconsistent as a conservative but that pic of him adjusting his tie and looking at the camera while some raging harpy behind him, screaming at him, that look on his face! Amazing! For that alone, I liked him. Otherwise, he was a modern day Senator. They are mostly meh.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at July 12, 2026 10:41 PM (sAmhv)

164 I only listen to music from wax cylinders.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at July 12, 2026 10:41 PM (u/oMr)

165 I only listen to music from wax cylinders.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at July 12, 2026 10:41 PM (u/oMr)

I ear you.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at July 12, 2026 10:43 PM (1Ff7Z)

166 I will never be happy til I have a metal armadillo purse like that first model. Or whatever rodent that could be.

===

Next season, giant cucarachas !

Posted by: runner at July 12, 2026 10:43 PM (GD0B3)

167 I only listen to music from wax cylinders.

You trendy types irritate the hell out of me. Give me an organ grinder with a monkey any day.

Posted by: Archimedes at July 12, 2026 10:43 PM (Riz8t)

168 Say what you will about the Citation, but it was a big step up from the Vega.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at July 12, 2026 10:37 PM
>>>>>>>>>

Sitting right here, boss.
Posted by: The Chevette at July 12, 2026 10:39 PM (2Ez/1)

Hey, they weren't -that- bad. If you knew what you were doing, you could get it going faster than the speedometer could show, stock. Yeah, it was only 85.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at July 12, 2026 10:43 PM (qx7Zg)

169 Next season, giant cucarachas !

What?

Posted by: Sofia Vergara at July 12, 2026 10:44 PM (Riz8t)

170
I hate the people who run for office who say vote for me, I am queer, bi, i rape people.

WTF are you going to do that will make our country great?

Posted by: four seasons at July 12, 2026 10:44 PM (/QHx4)

171 I seem to recall the senator being branded with the moniker "Grahamnesty" many, many times on the very pages of this here self same Smart Military Blog.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at July 12, 2026 10:45 PM (2Ez/1)

172 Serious question for Piper and the Horde, not snark. Has anyone actually seen any of those runway outfits worn in public? I don't go to such events but I've never even seen a photo of one.

Posted by: JTB at July 12, 2026 10:45 PM (yTvNw)

173
JTB,

Nope. I live in Wyoming so we don't see those fashions.

Posted by: four seasons at July 12, 2026 10:47 PM (/QHx4)

174 I make no secret of the fact that I disliked Graham. First in line to shower Ukraine with US tax dollars. Always first in line pushing the next half-assed war. It would not surprise me to learn that there was a connection between Graham and the multitude of Defense Contractors, and his net worth is a lot higher than it should be. When I hear the term "Chicken Hawk", he's was always the first person that came to mind right up there with McCain.

His Conservative side only popped out in an election year for most of his career. Less so in the very recent past, but he was never shy about spending out money.

Posted by: Orson at July 12, 2026 10:48 PM (dIske)

175 Serious question for Piper and the Horde, not snark. Has anyone actually seen any of those runway outfits worn in public? I don't go to such events but I've never even seen a photo of one.

I've seen video, but not a photo.

https://tinyurl.com/kcj64jhk

Posted by: Archimedes at July 12, 2026 10:48 PM (Riz8t)

176 Has anyone actually seen any of those runway outfits worn in public?
Posted by: JTB

That's not the point of the runway outfits. They are meant to sell the dream and image of the brand, not the garments themselves.

Posted by: Tonypete at July 12, 2026 10:48 PM (y4MhN)

177 I don't listen to vinyl. Practical reasons. I just don't have the room for a record player. I have lots of cd's though and an ancient Panasonic mini system. The CD player on that works just fine.

I'm streaming Ella Langley at the moment. I'll stop eventually. She's not moving any needles, style wise, but she's really good.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at July 12, 2026 10:49 PM (sAmhv)

178 172 Serious question for Piper and the Horde, not snark. Has anyone actually seen any of those runway outfits worn in public? I don't go to such events but I've never even seen a photo of one.
Posted by: JTB at July 12, 2026 10:45 PM

The only place you would see something like this would be The Met. These are the art pieces that get toned down for both bespoke and ready to wear.

Posted by: Piper at July 12, 2026 10:49 PM (hftzA)

179 >>>Sitting right here, boss.
Posted by: The Chevette at July 12, 2026 10:39 PM

I used to carpool with three other people, one of whom had a Chevette. Every fourth week was brutal.

Posted by: huerfano at July 12, 2026 10:49 PM (VJX5o)

180 172 Serious question for Piper and the Horde, not snark. Has anyone actually seen any of those runway outfits worn in public? I don't go to such events but I've never even seen a photo of one.
Posted by: JTB at July 12, 2026 10:45 PM (yTvNw)

Serious comment: has anyone seen anything from these runway shows worn in public…ever? I think there is a vast disconnect between them and what is worn by the hoi polloi.

Posted by: Cow Demon at July 12, 2026 10:49 PM (4g5V+)

181
Piper, thanks for the fashion! I'm sick so I can't type much, but it's great,

Posted by: Blonde Morticia's Phone at July 12, 2026 10:50 PM (mmrXZ)

182
Next season, giant cucarachas !
Posted by: runner at July 12, 2026 10:43

Luis Vuitton did a lobster bag.

Posted by: Piper at July 12, 2026 10:50 PM (hftzA)

183 that pic of him adjusting his tie and looking at the camera while some raging harpy behind him, screaming at him, that look on his face! Amazing! For that alone, I liked him. Otherwise, he was a modern day Senator. They are mostly meh.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up
-----

...Looked all over for a link to Lindsey adjusting his tie...

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 12, 2026 10:51 PM (3oLMy)

184 181
Piper, thanks for the fashion! I'm sick so I can't type much, but it's great,
Posted by: Blonde Morticia's Phone at July 12, 2026 10:50 PM (mmrXZ)

Oh no! I hate that for you. I hope you feel better and really hope you didn’t get the terrible stomach virus.

Posted by: Piper at July 12, 2026 10:51 PM (hftzA)

185
It cracks me up seeing tourists in Wyoming in their cowboy attire.

Really? Be your real self.

Posted by: four seasons at July 12, 2026 10:52 PM (/QHx4)

186 I only listen to music from wax cylinders.

You trendy types irritate the hell out of me. Give me an organ grinder with a monkey any day.
Posted by: Archimedes

* looks up *

* returns to pounding on a hollow log with a rock *

Posted by: caveman mikeski at July 12, 2026 10:52 PM (VHUov)

187 They couldn't use a video of Mitch McConnell because everyone would realize that he just got back from the taxidermist

Posted by: Lemmiwinks at July 12, 2026 10:52 PM (THY4u)

188 174> but he was never shy about spending out money.

Fun Fact: Lindsey Graham was part of Congress that added over $34 Trillion to the US National debt.

Yeah, he spent the money.

Posted by: Community Notes at July 12, 2026 10:53 PM (nCgQz)

189 Our son is a DJ, for his second job. I have no idea how many albums he owns, except it's a lot.

Posted by: sal at July 12, 2026 10:53 PM (f+FmA)

190 That's the thing about vinyl, it demands space.

Posted by: runner at July 12, 2026 10:54 PM (GD0B3)

191 He was checking for his name in the obituaries. See the surprised look?
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division

My late grandfather used to look at the obituaries, just to make sure he wasn't in them. Funny guy, my late grandfather!!

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at July 12, 2026 10:54 PM (sAmhv)

192 188 174> but he was never shy about spending out money.

Fun Fact: Lindsey Graham was part of Congress that added over $34 Trillion to the US National debt.

Yeah, he spent the money.
Posted by: Community Notes at July 12, 2026 10:53 PM (nCgQz)

So it was zero before he got there?

Posted by: Cow Demon at July 12, 2026 10:55 PM (4g5V+)

193 166> I will never be happy til I have a metal armadillo purse like that first model.

One must wonder what kind of drug fueled party not only inspired but green-lighted the making of that handbag.

Posted by: Community Notes at July 12, 2026 10:55 PM (nCgQz)

194 That's not the point of the runway outfits. They are meant to sell the dream and image of the brand, not the garments themselves.
Posted by: Tonypete

Our brand image is "Dread Cthulhu flaying the sanity from your feeble minds."

Posted by: that last Schiaparelli thing at July 12, 2026 10:55 PM (VHUov)

195 192> So it was zero before he got there?

$4.95 Trillion in 1995

Posted by: Community Notes at July 12, 2026 10:56 PM (nCgQz)

196 One must wonder what kind of drug fueled party not only inspired but green-lighted the making of that handbag.
Posted by: Community Notes

The green-lighting was the last dress, though.

Posted by: mikeski and/or Wesley Crusher at July 12, 2026 10:56 PM (VHUov)

197 It cracks me up seeing tourists in Wyoming in their cowboy attire.

Really? Be your real self.

Posted by: four seasons at July 12, 2026 10:52 PM (/QHx4)

But what if my real self likes 15 gallon hats, silver concho vests, and big wooly chaps? What then?

Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at July 12, 2026 10:56 PM (+EWjf)

198 Lindsey adjusting his tie:

https://tinyurl.com/bd4hazuu

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at July 12, 2026 10:56 PM (2Ez/1)

199
That's not the point of the runway outfits. They are meant to sell the dream and image of the brand, not the garments themselves.
Posted by: Tonypete at July 12, 2026 10:48 PM (y4MhN)

Like concept cars.

Posted by: Cow Demon at July 12, 2026 10:57 PM (4g5V+)

200 When my nephew graduated from college a few years ago I bequeathed him my mint condition 1979 Pioneer turntable and receiver, the first thing I bought when I graduated and joined the ranks of working stiffs. I also handed over all of my albums (which ranged from the Monkees to Cat Stevens) and the case that held my 45s. Of course I had to explain how the plastic thing worked that went in the middle of the 45. Kid graduated summa cum laude and had never seen one before.

Posted by: TxAnn at July 12, 2026 10:57 PM (SjAWL)

201 Small town life:
We ran out of Very Special cat food on a Saturday. Mr S goes to church with the owner of the feed store, which is closed on Sunday. When he told her, she said "I'll leave you a bag outside by the west door and you can pay me on Monday." Made our Sunday so much better.

Posted by: sal at July 12, 2026 10:57 PM (f+FmA)

202
Idaho

Stsy home, lol

Posted by: four seasons at July 12, 2026 10:57 PM (/QHx4)

203 Piper,
I actually like a bunch of the fashion tonight... except those latex dresses.
I liked that armadillo purse, so cute!
The flow of the material in that fashion show video was beautiful.

Posted by: lin-duh at July 12, 2026 10:57 PM (pLWz4)

204
I don't know if somebody was trying to send a message to me or not, but coming back from the hospital, lightning struck probably 1500' behind me off in a field, probably right at a tree line.

It was big simultaneous flash and crack. I thought it was ahead of me, but when I got home, I checked the lightning strike system, and found it. The flash I saw was a reflection turns out. I knew it was close, as no delay and it was the crack of a shock wave, not thunder.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 12, 2026 10:58 PM (w6EFb)

205 194> They are meant to sell the dream and image of the brand,

I think "dream" is soft-selling what is inspired by that tentacled black latex thing on the cancer patient model.

Posted by: Community Notes at July 12, 2026 10:58 PM (nAS9C)

206 They couldn't use a video of Mitch McConnell because everyone would realize that he just got back from the taxidermist
Posted by: Lemmiwinks at July 12, 2026 10:52 PM (THY4u)

The animatronics weren't working yet. The voice synthesizer sounded too good - no glitches.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at July 12, 2026 10:58 PM (qx7Zg)

207 He was checking for his name in the obituaries. See the surprised look?
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division

My late grandfather used to look at the obituaries, just to make sure he wasn't in them. Funny guy, my late grandfather!!
Posted by: Puddleglum

I remember a comedian doing a joke about reading the obits and crossing out the names in the phone book.....

Posted by: mikeski at July 12, 2026 10:58 PM (VHUov)

208 I have a stereo component system. It would probably be considered vintage today. I have a Denon turntable that one of my brothers found for me at a garage sale. He told me that it is a high quality turntable and to never sell it cheaply, because new they go for hundreds of dollars. It works much more smoothly than my old Garrard. Definitely a nice turntable. I have a lot of vinyl albums.
My late, oldest brother had a good share of the original rock and roll albums from the fifties, Everly Brothers, Chuck Berry, Jerry Lee Lewis, Elvis, Fats Domino. I have no idea what happened to his old record collection, but I would give my eye teeth to have it. I'm guessing his second wife dumped it when he died.

Posted by: nerdygirl at July 12, 2026 10:58 PM (0Htd1)

209 Mom said there'd be shows like this.

Posted by: Chick dressed like an octopus at July 12, 2026 10:59 PM (2Ez/1)

210 I make no secret of the fact that I disliked Graham. First in line to shower Ukraine with US tax dollars. Always first in line pushing the next half-assed war. It would not surprise me to learn that there was a connection between Graham and the multitude of Defense Contractors, and his net worth is a lot higher than it should be. When I hear the term "Chicken Hawk", he's was always the first person that came to mind right up there with McCain.

His Conservative side only popped out in an election year for most of his career.
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Yes; he was among the very worst of the war grifters. He's in good company in the GOP on that count, but along with McCain, he was always one of the most flagrant of them.

I wouldn't bother tearing into him for it, it's so commonplace on "our" side. And theirs, for that matter.

I will always bitterly resent Lindsey Graham for being a rabid ""insurrection""Jacobin, and for shrieking very homosexually that the Senate bought guns for the Capitol Police and he wanted to see them use them, so he could work up a blue veiner for his rent boy on J6.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at July 12, 2026 10:59 PM (BI5O2)

211 that pic of him adjusting his tie and looking at the camera while some raging harpy behind him, screaming at him, that look on his face! Amazing! For that alone, I liked him. Otherwise, he was a modern day Senator. They are mostly meh.

Posted by: Puddleglum

I remember that that video. It was during the Kavanaugh hearings.

Posted by: Tuna at July 12, 2026 10:59 PM (lJ0H4)

212 24 min
TAMPA, Fla. — U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) completed a new wave of offensive strikes against Iran, July 12, hitting dozens of targets at multiple locations with precision munitions to degrade Iran’s ability to continue attacking international shipping flowing through the Strait of Hormuz.

CENTCOM forces struck Iranian military air-defense systems, coastal radar sites, missile and drone capabilities, and small boats using U.S. fighter aircraft, naval vessels, one-way attack aerial drones, and one-way attack sea drones for the first time.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 12, 2026 11:00 PM (3oLMy)

213 Ol' Mitch looks pretty chipper for an 84-yo with recent cardiac arrest, pneumonia, and a fall.

Posted by: Count de Monet at July 12, 2026 11:00 PM (wVcYX)

214 I always found the early Citations, Escorts and Mustang II bodies to be oddly similar

Posted by: Kindltot at July 12, 2026 11:00 PM (rbvCR)

215 203 Piper,
I actually like a bunch of the fashion tonight... except those latex dresses.
I liked that armadillo purse, so cute!
The flow of the material in that fashion show video was beautiful.
Posted by: lin-duh at July 12, 2026 10:57 PM

If you liked that, look at her S / S. It’s mesmerizing.

https://tinyurl.com/yaa75td6

Posted by: Piper at July 12, 2026 11:01 PM (hftzA)

216 My uncle was single until he was 72.Married an Aussie gal that he met in Athens on one of his CIA stations. He was in radio communications and being single they never had to worry about his family in sending him around the world. He was on Swan Island in the Gulf listening to the air support getting called of for the Bay of Pigs. That pissed him off until the end.

Posted by: free tibet at July 12, 2026 11:01 PM (iNp3L)

217 Are these the Wyoming tourists you were talking about?

youtu.be/aYDfwUJzYQg

Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at July 12, 2026 11:01 PM (+EWjf)

218 I bought a lot of cassette tapes in high school—the Columbia Record and Tape Club. I know some people complained about the prices after the initial d20 albums for a penny or whatever it was but it beat the alternative: there were no record stores near me. Got turned on to some great artists the few times I decided to accept the album of the month, to: Boz Scaggs, maybe Peter Frampton.

However, I started buying vinyl at college. There were a couple of good record stores in town and I was beginning to realize that cassettes were very fragile. They deteriorated over time. They got stuck in players. So I would buy vinyl and immediately record onto cassette for listening in the car and such. I still have most of those records and they’re in a lot better shape than some of the used vinyl I buy today from that era!

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at July 12, 2026 11:01 PM (kYmoU)

219 13 Man, those are some really unattractive runway models. But then, that's probably the point.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43)
I'll say this though, the men are just as pretty as the women.

Posted by: nerdygirl at July 12, 2026 11:02 PM (0Htd1)

220 Mom said there'd be shows like this.
Posted by: Chick dressed like an octopus

At least the tentacles are on the outside.

Posted by: a random anime girl at July 12, 2026 11:02 PM (VHUov)

221
Who knows exactly who Graham was.

God knows and to me that is all that matters.

Posted by: four seasons at July 12, 2026 11:02 PM (/QHx4)

222 Braenyard
https://tinyurl.com/bddbvv5s

Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at July 12, 2026 11:02 PM (2NHgQ)

223 I'll say this though, the men are just as pretty as the women.
Posted by: nerdygirl

Time out! nerdygirl to a neutral corner until the model shakes off that low blow.....

Posted by: the ref at July 12, 2026 11:03 PM (VHUov)

224 213> Ol' Mitch looks pretty chipper for an 84-yo with recent cardiac arrest, pneumonia, and a fall.

I wonder if there is a Central Casting Agency for aged-out and near-dead (if not actually dead) politicians to act as body doubles until its politically expedient to announce the politician's death. Or even for those who have mental breakdowns and disappear for months or years on end.

I would like to see this company's financials, it must have been a good year.

Posted by: Community Notes at July 12, 2026 11:04 PM (nAS9C)

225 I forgot to add that Coke is my soda of choice. Always.

I did go through a very brief 2 month Diet Coke episode in my 30's when it first came out and I had a newborn and toddler. We knew no one in FL when we moved there and that was the fuel I ran on if needed. I don't like diet anything and drank Coke like a normal person afterwards.

I average 1 or 2 Coke's a week if I need a boost of energy and/or if I have a headache I take with 2 Advil and it cures me.

Perhaps this with genetics is why my cholesterol has never been high as my pipes are cleared of corrosion.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at July 12, 2026 11:04 PM (hzuYO)

226 151 >>>the new 1981 Citation
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One of my guys bought a new Cavalier, he wasn't a hard driver, it was a POS within a year.

Posted by: Braenyard

I bought a 1993 Chevy Cavalier and it lasted me about 13-14 years. It was a very solid car and got me where I wanted to go. No issues with it until its final year and then everything just crapped out and I traded it in for a Saturn. That car was garbage and I got rid of it in 2014 for a Honda Civic and that car is a solid little tank. I love it. It just works! I still miss that Cavalier. Nothing fancy, just ran.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at July 12, 2026 11:04 PM (sAmhv)

227 I've used Coca Cola to dissolve corrosion on car battery terminals. I'm not at all surprised at what cola / diet cola can do.

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Coke and Pepsi both have phosphoric acid in them to give them a unique flavor and balance out the sweetness

Phosphoric acid is the main ingredient in a product called Crud Cutter. Crud Cutter is used to dissolve rust off of old machinery.

Don't freak out though, the acid in your stomach is hydro-chloric (HCl) and it is a way stronger acid than phosphoric.

While we're at it, don't disrespect vinegar (acetic acid). It will burn and crack your skin and make your fingernails fall off if you are over-exposed to it.

Posted by: Lemmiwinks at July 12, 2026 11:05 PM (THY4u)

228 Well, I just rescued a tweety bird. Some little tiny thing, smaller than a sparrow. It got in the house somehow, and was flying around in a panic. The cat was fascinated. Cornered it in the front entry hall, and cupped it in my hands. Opened the front door and the screen door, and off it went, into the tree line.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 12, 2026 11:05 PM (1z8ji)

229 I am curious how long it took that model to get into those black latex(?) pants. Does she have to oil herself up? Or were they just sprayed on?

Posted by: JTB at July 12, 2026 11:05 PM (yTvNw)

230
Good work AOP.

Posted by: four seasons at July 12, 2026 11:06 PM (/QHx4)

231 229 I am curious how long it took that model to get into those black latex(?) pants. Does she have to oil herself up? Or were they just sprayed on?
Posted by: JTB at July 12, 2026 11:05 PM (yTvNw

You get sewn into those outfits. Imagine if you have to pee!

Posted by: Piper at July 12, 2026 11:07 PM (hftzA)

232 As I recall, phosphoric acid used to be a popular cocktail ingredient, and is seeing a minor resurgence among people who like vintage drinks.

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at July 12, 2026 11:07 PM (kYmoU)

233 At the least, Graham was not running a male brothel out of his residence, like Barney Frank, Banking Queen.

Posted by: Count de Monet at July 12, 2026 11:07 PM (wVcYX)

234 228 Well, I just rescued a tweety bird. Some little tiny thing, smaller than a sparrow. It got in the house somehow, and was flying around in a panic. The cat was fascinated. Cornered it in the front entry hall, and cupped it in my hands. Opened the front door and the screen door, and off it went, into the tree line.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 12

Awww! Good on you!

Posted by: Piper at July 12, 2026 11:08 PM (hftzA)

235 That tentacle octopus outfit: didn't Thor's sister wear that in one of those marvelous movies?

Posted by: mindful webworker with titanium enchanted hammer at July 12, 2026 11:08 PM (ci8WY)

236 229 I am curious how long it took that model to get into those black latex(?) pants. Does she have to oil herself up? Or were they just sprayed on?
Posted by: JTB at July 12, 2026 11:05 PM (yTvNw)

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You know those soft-serve vanilla cones coated in chocolate? Same principle.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at July 12, 2026 11:08 PM (6/7Fs)

237 207 He was checking for his name in the obituaries. See the surprised look?
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division

My late grandfather used to look at the obituaries, just to make sure he wasn't in them. Funny guy, my late grandfather!!
Posted by: Puddleglum

I remember a comedian doing a joke about reading the obits and crossing out the names in the phone book.....
Posted by: mikeski at July 12, 2026 10:58 PM (VHUov)

That's actually from an old Stephen King interview. He was describing the two real life girls on which he based "Carrie" and said one of them did that. Struck me as so weird when I heard it decades ago that I've never forgotten it.

Posted by: Bilwis Devourer of Innocent Souls, I'm starvin' over here at July 12, 2026 11:09 PM (w/O5Q)

238 183:...Looked all over for a link to Lindsey adjusting his tie...

Posted by: Braenyard

It was during the Kavanaugh hearings.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at July 12, 2026 11:09 PM (sAmhv)

239 Lin-Duh, sorry, her 2025 F /w. Not spring summer.

Posted by: Piper at July 12, 2026 11:09 PM (hftzA)

240 Get better soon Blondie. I've said a little prayer at least for you to get some good sleep if nothing else.

Posted by: ... at July 12, 2026 11:09 PM (vE0+H)

241 Braenyard
https://tinyurl.com/bddbvv5s
Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at July 12, 2026 11:02 PM (2NHgQ)

It sure was nice that one of The Village People went to work with him that morning, despite that little misunderstanding the night before.

Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at July 12, 2026 11:11 PM (+EWjf)

242 I am curious how long it took that model to get into those black latex(?) pants. Does she have to oil herself up? Or were they just sprayed on?
Posted by: JTB

Ingredients:

1 (one) runway model

1 (one) 55 gallon drum of Plasti-Dip (R)

Posted by: mikeski at July 12, 2026 11:11 PM (VHUov)

243 Mitch looks like shit.
And there's some weird stuff going on in the fashion world.

Posted by: wth at July 12, 2026 11:11 PM (oq9dX)

244 https://tinyurl.com/yaa75td6
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Wow Piper.she certainly knows how to make fabric flow like water, amazing.

Posted by: lin-duh at July 12, 2026 11:12 PM (pLWz4)

245 Some little tiny thing, smaller than a sparrow. It got in the house somehow, and was flying around in a panic.

==

It's a message. Change in coming.

Posted by: runner at July 12, 2026 11:12 PM (GD0B3)

246 Cars, you say?

Beautiful motor vehicles from yesteryear
Bits & Pieces site

https://bit.ly/cars-from-yesteryear

Posted by: mindful webworker - want! at July 12, 2026 11:12 PM (ci8WY)

247 ...or it could be nothing...

Posted by: runner at July 12, 2026 11:12 PM (GD0B3)

248 At the least, Graham was not running a male brothel out of his residence, like Barney Frank, Banking Queen.
Posted by: Count de Monet

NY Post has a photo of Sen. Graham's residence. Nothing special. Kind of run down looking brick townhouse. He certainly live in a fancy home.

Posted by: Tuna at July 12, 2026 11:13 PM (lJ0H4)

249 I never stopped listening to vinyl. In the late 90's I bought a new Pioneer stereo, but it didn't come with a turntable. I thought no problem, I had my great JVC turntable. Turned out the stereo had no dedicated input for a turntable and you had to use the aux - which had no amplification. My father in law got me a new Pioneer turntable with the preamp built in, and it's still going great. I'm sure there are lots of good ones out there, I would beware of paying humongous prices though. I play it through the speakers, I don't like things stuck on me.

Also, my best friend's dad worked for GM and bought the mom a new Citation when they first came out. Huge lemon.

Posted by: Happy at July 12, 2026 11:13 PM (iiHzL)

250 It gets harder to rescue the birds when the cats get ahold of them first

Posted by: Kindltot at July 12, 2026 11:13 PM (rbvCR)

251
Wth is it with fashions for young anoxeric people.

It is discrimation against old grannies, lol.

Posted by: four seasons at July 12, 2026 11:13 PM (/QHx4)

252 Vinyl worked because its imperfections sound nice to humans. But you can just record those same imperfections into a digital format and have the same experience over and over without worrying about wearing out your albums, if that's what you want.
Posted by: mikeski

About 20 years ago I got it into my head to digitize my LP's. I got a few done, but never finished because it was very time consuming. I had a gadget that you could use to connect the stereo amplifier to your computer. You could download the digitizing software to your computer. It was basically inputing the music into your computer, then the software digitized it. I still have some of the digitized music on my laptop, and it has the little LP noises that you get when you play an LP on your turntable.

Posted by: nerdygirl at July 12, 2026 11:14 PM (0Htd1)

253 but if you happen to have a stomach clogged with undigested food

Well, ummm, she was probably seriously dehydrated. Adding adequate liquid over a period of time will tend to dissolve that mass.

Posted by: GWB at July 12, 2026 11:14 PM (kU0PQ)

254 Also, my best friend's dad worked for GM and bought the mom a new Citation when they first came out. Huge lemon.
Posted by: Happy at July 12, 2026 11:13 PM (iiHzL)

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Probably built on a Monday, Tuesday or Friday. The others were pretty good.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at July 12, 2026 11:15 PM (6/7Fs)

255 Ol' Mitch looks pretty chipper for an 84-yo with recent cardiac arrest, pneumonia, and a fall.
Posted by: Count de Monet
.......

All hopped up on goofballs.

Posted by: wth at July 12, 2026 11:15 PM (oq9dX)

256 57 Sen. Graham died from a ruptured aorta. No coming back from that.

Posted by: Tuna at July 12, 2026 10:14 PM (lJ0H4)

Happened to my squadron commander, many years ago. He was playing basketball at the base gym and keeled over, dead before he hit the floor. There were people there who attempted CPR, no dice. They said if it had happened in an ER / Trauma Center, they couldn't have saved him.

Too bad, he was a good guy. RIP Major Truman.

Posted by: a.moron at July 12, 2026 11:15 PM (X5Jzz)

257 Sen. Graham died from a ruptured aorta. No coming back from that.
Posted by: Tuna

In 2021, Richie Faulkner of Judas Priest suffered an aortic aneurysm and complete aortic dissection while playing the solo in, ironically, "Painkiller". He survived after > 10 hours of emergency surgery. Of course, he was 41 not 71 and in pretty good shape.

Posted by: Dark Lixtiquatal at July 12, 2026 11:16 PM (DZ9Lv)

258
According to the DM, we have this with Graham's last hours:
https://t.ly/eTQUG

He had just talked to Trump and complained he wasn't feeling so hot. Someone told him he'd better go see a doctor, and he said he would Sunday, after his Meet the Press appearance. He then joked that he couldn't die yet, as he had too much to do....

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 12, 2026 11:16 PM (w6EFb)

259
Get better soon Blondie. I've said a little prayer at least for you to get some good sleep if nothing else.
Posted by: ...

==========

You're the best!

Posted by: Blonde Morticia's Phone at July 12, 2026 11:16 PM (mmrXZ)

260 Beautiful motor vehicles from yesteryear
Bits & Pieces site

https://bit.ly/cars-from-yesteryear
Posted by: mindful webworker - want! at July 12, 2026 11:12 PM (ci8WY)

All modified, from slightly to radically.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 12, 2026 11:16 PM (1z8ji)

261 Doof, I saved all my vinyl from my youth and have added to it as it has come back. The records are more expensive because many are thicker, than some of the paper thin pressings of the past.

I'd look at Audio-Technica first. Multiple price points, solid performance. What do you want it to do, they do bluetooth now. My set up wanted it out in the room, not back in the audio stack, and I had some old Crosby Christmas 78's I wanted to play. I'm running a LP120XBT-USB.

Digital I think probably always sounds better, or more true. But I like the album sound. Have enjoyed grabbing albums I missed growing up.

Posted by: Black JEM at July 12, 2026 11:18 PM (UQRAm)

262 222 Braenyard
https://tinyurl.com/bddbvv5s

Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine
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purrrfect, that's a keeper, thanks.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 12, 2026 11:18 PM (3oLMy)

263 103
"Vinyl" in a sense may continue on far past the end of this planet. This came up a few nights ago on an ONT. While they're weren't vinyl, both Voyager probes contained phonograph records made of gold plated copper with sounds and video from earth, a "message in a bottle tossed in the interstellar ocean" as Billions and Billions Carl Sagan described it.

They even included a needle to play it back, and instructions on how to do so. Sagan and Frank Drake were pretty clever in how they encoded those instructions and the map of its point of origin in both space and time. They used the universal language of mathematics and the physical constants.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 12, 2026 10:25 PM (w6EFb)

Send more Chuck Berry.

Posted by: The Aliens at July 12, 2026 11:19 PM (X5Jzz)

264 Well, ummm, she was probably seriously dehydrated. Adding adequate liquid over a period of time will tend to dissolve that mass.
Posted by: GWB at July 12, 2026 11:14 PM (kU0PQ)

That story talks about a "benzoar". Isn't the correct term "bezoar"?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 12, 2026 11:19 PM (1z8ji)

265 52 There must be a secret contest of some sort amongst fashion designers to see who can come up with the weirdest stuff that then sells.
Posted by: davidt

Do they actually sell those clothes to real people? I can't imagine anyone going anywhere in those silly looking outfits. I thought I read somewhere that they have more moderated versions that people actually wear.

Posted by: nerdygirl at July 12, 2026 11:19 PM (0Htd1)

266 I suppose the fashion 'could' be appreciated for the spectacle but I just don't get why they seem to showcase weird stuff that I can't imagine anyone actually wearing to a wedding or formal ball or whatever where they would want to look attractive. Perhaps they get eyeballs and then more people buy actual clothes from them, or perhaps rich people today are so weird they buy and wear the weird stuff.

Posted by: PaleRider at July 12, 2026 11:19 PM (PV+Zw)

267 I got a few done, but never finished because it was very time consuming.

I started digitizing my collection as soon as I started using iTunes. Just a bit at a time, and I make it a point to always and immediately digitize any album I buy so that I never fell behind.

I ended up buying a FireWire device for my computer because USB wasn’t really fast enough to transfer audio in real time. I still have it. The last computer I owned with FireWire is now dedicated to being a ripping station.

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at July 12, 2026 11:20 PM (kYmoU)

268 252> About 20 years ago I got it into my head to digitize my LP's.

There are a number of Traditional Audio Effect software packages that will automagically add vinyl cracks and surface noise, tape saturation, tube warmth, slight analog imperfections, slight compression, subtle wow and flutter (tiny pitch variations) and EQ curves that mimic record playback so well that a converted pristine digital recording is no different than if it came from an old LP.

Posted by: Community Notes at July 12, 2026 11:20 PM (/TiS1)

269 148 A hospital?
What is it?

Posted by: Cocaine Mitch at July 12, 2026 10:36 PM (2Ez/1)

A big building full of doctors, but that isn't important right now.

Posted by: Lt Frank Drebin at July 12, 2026 11:22 PM (X5Jzz)

270 Honestly, when you hold that "whelmage" up against Fix It Again Tony and some others, "It works" is a fairly strong endorsement.

Posted by: GWB at July 12, 2026 11:22 PM (kU0PQ)

271 These yacht girls sign contracts to sell product. Basically slaves. None of them ever smile. Drones.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at July 12, 2026 11:22 PM (sYM3s)

272 I bought a 1993 Chevy Cavalier and it lasted me about 13-14 years. ... Nothing fancy, just ran.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up
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The 80's were a bad decade for GM. 87/88 it started turning around.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 12, 2026 11:23 PM (3oLMy)

273 265> Do they actually sell those clothes to real people?

I'm trying to imagine how fast an employer would send the employee home who was wearing that black tentacled thing.

Posted by: Community Notes at July 12, 2026 11:23 PM (/TiS1)

274
Voyager 1 will reach the one light-day mark on Nov. 18 of this year at exactly 10:16:07 Zulu.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 12, 2026 11:25 PM (w6EFb)

275 Thanks for the Big Head Todd and the Monsters. Great tune, great band. Their show at Red Rocks is amazing.

Posted by: turambar at July 12, 2026 11:25 PM (Q0yOR)

276
That story talks about a "benzoar". Isn't the correct term "bezoar"?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon

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Yes. They actually misspelled it twice.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia's Phone at July 12, 2026 11:26 PM (mmrXZ)

277
CENTCOM forces struck Iranian military air-defense systems, coastal radar sites, missile and drone capabilities, and small boats using U.S. fighter aircraft, naval vessels, one-way attack aerial drones, and one-way attack sea drones for the first tim

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In other words, drones that are actually bombs guided by gamers located 5,000 miles away

Posted by: Lemmiwinks at July 12, 2026 11:27 PM (THY4u)

278 That story talks about a "benzoar". Isn't the correct term "bezoar"?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon

Correct.

A benzoar is when you choke over the price of a Mercedes.

Posted by: mikeski at July 12, 2026 11:27 PM (VHUov)

279
Sagan and Frank Drake were pretty clever in how they encoded those instructions and the map of its point of origin in both space and time. They used the universal language of mathematics and the physical constants.

It's a COOKBOOK!

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at July 12, 2026 11:27 PM (Cqx++)

280 I want to play Sophie Cunningham in a game of 1 on 1 and dunk on her.

Posted by: Lemmiwinks at July 12, 2026 11:29 PM (THY4u)

281
Husband worked for a corporation for many years.

Suits everyday and cleanshaven, etc.

The day he retired he told me wasn't going to get haircuts anymore and he was going to grow a ponytail, lol.

He did and it was hilarious.

He was sick of corporate shit.

I 'm glad he was able to grow a ponytail cause years later he is bald.

Posted by: four seasons at July 12, 2026 11:31 PM (/QHx4)

282 In other words, drones that are actually bombs guided by gamers located 5,000 miles away
Posted by: Lemmiwinks at July 12, 2026 11:27 PM (THY4u)

Like that's a bad thing? Like the enemy doesn't?

Posted by: Hokey Pokey at July 12, 2026 11:31 PM (YlWIZ)

283
I want to play Sophie Cunningham in a game of 1 on 1 and dunk on her.
Posted by: Lemmiwinks

She'll poke you in the eye.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at July 12, 2026 11:31 PM (Cqx++)

284 Voyager 1 will reach the one light-day mark on Nov. 18 of this year at exactly 10:16:07 Zulu.

I think I will have to raise a Gemini 9 to its honor that day!

Bourbon: 1½ oz
White Rum: ½ oz
Sweet Vermouth: ¼ oz
Grenadine Drops: 3

Old Fashioned Glass. On the rocks. A twist of lemon.

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at July 12, 2026 11:31 PM (kYmoU)

285 I want to play Sophie Cunningham in a game of 1 on 1 and dunk on her.
Posted by: Lemmiwinks at July 12, 2026 11:29 PM (THY4u)

You could get up real close to her, and not collide with her boobies.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 12, 2026 11:31 PM (1z8ji)

286 RE: Mitch's net worth est @ $1.4 mil. VERY low for all members of Congress, let alone for long time Senators.

That doesn't necessarily move the "esteem needle" for me.

Robespierre's nickname was "the incorruptible." He never took a dime and lived in a spare room at a butcher's house. So what?

I'm more interested in how they vote... on amnesty, for example.

Posted by: mnw at July 12, 2026 11:32 PM (RCjYY)

287 I am off to bed. Looks like more rain tomorrow, so will probably take the girls and J’s mom for a mani / pedi. Unless people want to do nothing again. Maybe we will play board games. Or I will teach myself to play pool. Something.

Posted by: Piper at July 12, 2026 11:32 PM (hftzA)

288 I still remember my 14th birthday, 9th grade, 1981, getting my first stereo and records #2 and #3, BOC - Fire of Unknown Origin and AC/DC - Highway to Hell. (I already had Back in Black.) Within a few weeks I got Police - Ghost in the Machine, and Rush - Moving Pictures. I'd spend hours listening to entire side after entire side. Something special to that.

Posted by: Dark Lixtiquatal at July 12, 2026 11:32 PM (DZ9Lv)

289 I still have all my albums from back in the day. Over the years I added a few here and there that I found that were unopened. I found an unopened copy of Rush's Permanent Waves at a guitar show for $20. Yeah, one day I'll set up my old turntable and pipe it through the small practice PA I have in the music room and revisit the old vinyl. I'm almost afraid to look at them. I learned a lot of music off of them back in the day. A shit ton of needle lifting, replaying parts over and over. Probably a lot of scars and visible abuse on those things.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at July 12, 2026 11:33 PM (S41Gd)

290 283
I want to play Sophie Cunningham in a game of 1 on 1 and dunk on her.
Posted by: Lemmiwinks

She'll poke you in the eye.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at July 12, 2026 11:31 PM (Cqx++)

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the original post was pure sexual innuendo, in other words, I'll be doing all the poking.

Posted by: Lemmiwinks at July 12, 2026 11:33 PM (THY4u)

291 @274

And in 18k years it will be 1 light year away from earth and smack dab in the middle of a whole lot of nothing.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at July 12, 2026 11:34 PM (XV/Pl)

292 Wow, interesting stuff tonight! Thanks Doof & Piper!

"High fashion" scares me.. Yes, stuff like that is worn at the Met Gala. I couldn't even. LOL.

>>However, I started buying vinyl at college. There were a couple of good record stores in town and I was beginning to realize that cassettes were very fragile. They deteriorated over time. They got stuck in players. So I would buy vinyl and immediately record onto cassette for listening in the car and such. I still have most of those records and they’re in a lot better shape than some of the used vinyl I buy today from that era!
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair

This is the way. I have a collection of 70s & 80s vinyl that has been played 3 or 4 times *at most* and is kept in anti-static sleeves, with special sized (vented) zip-lock style bags protecting the album covers.

Posted by: JQ at July 12, 2026 11:34 PM (rdVOm)

293 Never before in our industry has a format come back from the dead quite like vinyl...
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The other day I was talking to a guy who I to be a'golden ear'. He has thousands of dollars in very expensive gear. In the old days, we would have called the guy a 'golden ear', i.e. he spends more time listening to the equipment than the music.

During the course of the conversation, he let drop that he had just returned a cartridge to Grado. Says he, 'a $5,000 cartridge should have less than 6 db of crosstalk'. I damn near fell through the floor. How does one respond to a comment like that?

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 12, 2026 11:35 PM (XeU6L)

294 Parting gift

Unfortunately sloppy video in 2nd half, but she's got a voice.

https://youtu.be/6kpKyXfztiU

G'nite, y'all.💤

Posted by: mindful webworker - ready to go... to bed at July 12, 2026 11:35 PM (ci8WY)

295 The other day I was talking to a guy who I to be a'golden ear'.

*Who I would call a 'golden ear'...

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 12, 2026 11:36 PM (XeU6L)

296 @274

And in 18k years it will be 1 light year away from earth and smack dab in the middle of a whole lot of nothing.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at July 12, 2026 11:34 PM (XV/Pl)

Kirk and spock will find it before then, and they'll make a movie. lol

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at July 12, 2026 11:36 PM (S41Gd)

297 Damn, I'm tired. Time to wrap it up.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 12, 2026 11:37 PM (XeU6L)

298 Guessed it was 11:30

Posted by: Skip at July 12, 2026 11:38 PM (Ia/+0)

299 During the course of the conversation, he let drop that he had just returned a cartridge to Grado. Says he, 'a $5,000 cartridge should have less than 6 db of crosstalk'. I damn near fell through the floor. How does one respond to a comment like that?

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 12, 2026 11:35 PM (XeU6L)

Well, you could just call him an asshole and walk away. lol

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at July 12, 2026 11:38 PM (S41Gd)

300
Sleep well Mike!

Posted by: four seasons at July 12, 2026 11:38 PM (/QHx4)

301 And in 18k years it will be 1 light year away from earth and smack dab in the middle of a whole lot of nothing.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at July 12, 2026 11:34 PM (XV/Pl)

Kirk and spock will find it before then, and they'll make a movie. lol
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at July 12, 2026 11:36 PM (S41Gd)

It's more likely that some other species will blow it up, as light target practice - and the boredom.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at July 12, 2026 11:38 PM (qx7Zg)

302 287 I am off to bed. Looks like more rain tomorrow, so will probably take the girls and J’s mom for a mani / pedi. Unless people want to do nothing again. Maybe we will play board games. Or I will teach myself to play pool. Something.
Posted by: Piper

Hiya Piper!

Here in Seattle we find all kinds of fun things to do when it’s raining. There’s this store we have here called REI and they make RAINCOATS! We go outside and do all sorts of fun stuff!

Posted by: nurse ratched. at July 12, 2026 11:39 PM (yEz+x)

303 262 222 Braenyard
https://tinyurl.com/bddbvv5s

Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine
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Second thoughts, he's a bitch; not as good at it as Bessent but that's a good one.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 12, 2026 11:39 PM (3oLMy)

304 How does one respond to a comment like that?

I like turtles.

Posted by: that darn kid who likes turtles at July 12, 2026 11:41 PM (g9zlb)

305 272 The 80's were a bad decade for GM. 87/88 it started turning around.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 12, 2026 11:23 PM (3oLMy)

I had a 1982 Buick Regal and had to get a new engine at 33K miles. My Depression era father whipped out the portable typewriter and carbon paper and fired off a letter to GM with every receipt I had kept demanding they pay for it. They did nothing of course and I vowed I’d never buy another American car. My moratorium was lifted so when my current foreign born car (with U.S. citizenship) turns Flinstonian, I’ll buy Ameircan.

Posted by: TxAnn at July 12, 2026 11:41 PM (SjAWL)

306 Doof and Piper - thank you for the ONT. I like the top photo. I'm still waiting to see a designer release the misandrist dress, based on the porcupine, with really long, sharp needles.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at July 12, 2026 11:42 PM (qx7Zg)

307
If it ever rains again here we will be dancing in the rain.

Posted by: four seasons at July 12, 2026 11:43 PM (/QHx4)

308 286 RE: Mitch's net worth est @ $1.4 mil. VERY low for all members of Congress, let alone for long time Senators.
That doesn't necessarily move the "esteem needle" for me.
Robespierre's nickname was "the incorruptible." He never took a dime and lived in a spare room at a butcher's house. So what?
I'm more interested in how they vote... on amnesty, for example.
Posted by: mnw
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Now, let's talk about his wife. Then about the money they shuttled to China.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 12, 2026 11:44 PM (3oLMy)

309
It will take V'ger 1 about 30K years to reach the edge of the Oort Cloud.

There is a little red dwarf, about 1/4 of the sun's mass that headed out way like a bat out of hell at 112 km/s. In 40K years, V'ger 1 will be 1.7 light years away, and that will be the first closest pass of the probe to a star.

V'ger 2 will make a close approach to another red dwarf, Ross 288, in the same 40K years, and approach Sirius at 4.3 ly in 300K years.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 12, 2026 11:44 PM (w6EFb)

310 I have a collection of 70s & 80s vinyl that has been played 3 or 4 times *at most* and is kept in anti-static sleeves, with special sized (vented) zip-lock style bags protecting the album covers.

Posted by: JQ at July 12, 2026 11:34 PM (rdVOm)

I have a collection of 70s & 80's vinyl thats been played no more than 300 or 400 times and are kept in original sleeves in a milk crate and protected by another milk crate of old garbage effects pedals stacked on top. lol

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at July 12, 2026 11:45 PM (S41Gd)

311 Hiya Piper!

Here in Seattle we find all kinds of fun things to do when it’s raining. There’s this store we have here called REI and they make RAINCOATS! We go outside and do all sorts of fun stuff!
Posted by: nurse ratched. at July 12, 2026 11:39 PM (yEz+x)

I made friends Chilean student at the local college and took him out for a walk in the woods. It started raining and he looked a bit freaked about it and asked, "now what do we do?"
I told him, "Now we get wet"

Posted by: Kindltot at July 12, 2026 11:45 PM (rbvCR)

312 @Osint613

Channel 12 Israel: In recent days, reports said Israel warned the Americans of Iran’s intent to assassinate Trump.

We can now report that Western foreign intelligence detected Iranian preparations for an assassination on Turkish soil. This prompted the switch of the presidential aircraft.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 12, 2026 11:47 PM (3oLMy)

313 Husband worked for a corporation for many years.
Suits everyday and cleanshaven, etc......
Posted by: four seasons

My oldest brother had moved to Texas to work for a corporation. They wore suits, but with cowboy hats and dress boots. It was fine with him, because we had horses when we were younger. So, he had a nice dark brown Stetson, and a pair of suede cowboy boots.

Posted by: nerdygirl at July 12, 2026 11:48 PM (0Htd1)

314
Braenyard,

The evil people will never stop.

Posted by: four seasons at July 12, 2026 11:49 PM (/QHx4)

315 I have a collection of 70s & 80's vinyl thats been played no more than 300 or 400 times and are kept in original sleeves in a milk crate and protected by another milk crate of old garbage effects pedals stacked on top. lol
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division

Hahaha!

Most of mine aren't *original* pressings, but replacements XH & I bought in Japan. Their LPs seemed to have better quality control anyway and that's where we got the special sleeves and cover protectors.

When we split up-- he got the tapes and I got the vinyl.

Posted by: JQ at July 12, 2026 11:50 PM (rdVOm)

316 295 The other day I was talking to a guy who I to be a'golden ear'.

*Who I would call a 'golden ear'...
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 12, 2026 11:36 PM (XeU6L)

**Whom I would call...

Posted by: Darrell Harris at July 12, 2026 11:51 PM (eej4q)

317 Hiya Piper!

Here in Seattle we find all kinds of fun things to do when it’s raining. There’s this store we have here called REI and they make RAINCOATS! We go outside and do all sorts of fun stuff!
Posted by: nurse ratched. at July 12, 2026

I am laughing at this. I am on vacation at the lake with J’s mom, my daughter, his daughter. We rented a boat for the week. We have gone out in it when no rain, and I ran in it this morning. But J’s mom won’t be down for frolicking in the rain and 2 teen girls are, well 2 teen girls. Maybe they will change their minds when I haul out the board games. Either way, we will persevere!

Posted by: Piper at July 12, 2026 11:51 PM (hftzA)

318
nerdygirl,

That is cool.

Posted by: four seasons at July 12, 2026 11:51 PM (/QHx4)

319 >>>he got the tapes and I got the vinyl
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Sounds like the makings of a country song.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 12, 2026 11:53 PM (3oLMy)

320 Youtube Algorithm: "mikeski, you might like this drum playthrough."

me: 3:30 total? I can waste that much time.

First Youtube comment: "Someone's dad is absolutely killing it."

😂

https://youtu.be/wHtNRWptZhY

Posted by: mikeski is older than the drummer, tho at July 12, 2026 11:53 PM (VHUov)

321 Ran in the rain, not the boat. Clearly it is bed time.

Night, y’all!

Posted by: Piper at July 12, 2026 11:54 PM (hftzA)

322 What the U.S. has been doing to Iran the last 3 nights isn't working.

Trump has got to try something different.

Posted by: mnw at July 12, 2026 11:55 PM (RCjYY)

323
305 272 The 80's were a bad decade for GM. 87/88 it started turning around.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 12, 2026 11:23 PM (3oLMy)

I had a 1982 Buick Regal and had to get a new engine at 33K miles.”

I remember that ‘81 citation - what a piece of shit car! Yeah GM had been totally dominant up through the mid 70’s, and they pissed it all away. My opinion was that the ‘72 models were the last great cars they made, and the ‘77 model year was the last overall good year. After that it was all shit.

Posted by: Los Senatos Bandidos at July 12, 2026 11:55 PM (HJ3jx)

324 Before everyone goes to bed you can bookmark this for a friend who is not quite up to speed. (politically)

@trump_repost -
» DEMOCRATIC SOCIALISM MUST BE CRIMINALIZED; LEADERS DEPORTED

Trump validation: https://youtu.be/55mGpfhO-lg?t=1642
link to site: www.youtube.com/watch?v=55mGpfhO-lg

Jul 12, 2026 · 10:16 PM UTC

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 12, 2026 11:57 PM (3oLMy)

325 I made friends Chilean student at the local college and took him out for a walk in the woods. It started raining and he looked a bit freaked about it and asked, "now what do we do?"
I told him, "Now we get wet"
Posted by: Kindltot

Do live in a state where you get snowy winters? That could be really fun for him. You could show him how to make snow angels, slide on an ice slick, and so on.

Posted by: nerdygirl at July 12, 2026 11:58 PM (0Htd1)

326
322 What the U.S. has been doing to Iran the last 3 nights isn't working.

Trump has got to try something different.
Posted by: mnw at July 12, 2026 11:55 PM (RCjYY)

Everyone knows I’ve been highly critical of our actions over the last 8 weeks or so, but we gotta define “not working”. I’m quite fine with giving them a pounding every night and seeing what happens.

I will say that I’m not sure if we have any actual strategy anymore, or are just winging it on a day by day basis.

Posted by: Los Senatos Bandidos at July 12, 2026 11:59 PM (HJ3jx)

327 If it ever rains again here we will be dancing in the rain.
Posted by: four seasons

You asked for it!

https://youtu.be/fWhNkjfxVLw

Posted by: mikeski at July 13, 2026 12:00 AM (VHUov)

328 Do live in a state where you get snowy winters? That could be really fun for him. You could show him how to make snow angels, slide on an ice slick, and so on.
Posted by: nerdygirl at July 12, 2026 11:58 PM (0Htd1)

Chile gets snow, too. Skiing in the Andes is a big attraction.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 13, 2026 12:00 AM (1z8ji)

329 lol off old sock!

Posted by: Tom Servo at July 13, 2026 12:01 AM (HJ3jx)

330 I still have my Pioneer PL-L30 linear tracking turntable that I purchased waaaaaaayyyyy back in 1986. It still works, though my entire vinyl collection boxed up and stored away in my studio (except for the records that come with some of the super deluxe box sets I have, like from Rush or the latest from Schiller for example, which is how I know the turntable still works.)

I pretty much switched over to CDs almost at the same time as I purchased that turntable, though, as I quickly discovered their superiority to vinyl in every way through the research I had to do when I had to start selling them to the customers coming into my Sound Warehouse location. No, the larger artwork does not count in my view, because it has always been about the sound for me (though I am always disappointed in bare bones packaging.) I still chuckle at the "audiophiles", hipster douchebags and sheeple who think that vinyl/analog is superior. I look at them the same way I look at the Flat Earthers, Grassy Knollers, Truthers, etc....

Posted by: goozer at July 13, 2026 12:02 AM (eTh1u)

331 I’m quite fine with giving them a pounding every night and seeing what happens.

I will say that I’m not sure if we have any actual strategy anymore, or are just winging it on a day by day basis.
Posted by: Los Senatos Bandidos at July 12, 2026 11:59 PM (HJ3jx)

Sure keeps Chasten in line.

Posted by: Pete Bootygag at July 13, 2026 12:03 AM (1z8ji)

332 I’m quite fine with giving them a pounding every night and seeing what happens.

The Paolo, he like this plan too.

Posted by: The Paolo at July 13, 2026 12:04 AM (g9zlb)

333 Chile gets snow, too. Skiing in the Andes is a big attraction.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 13, 2026 12:00 AM (1z8ji)

He said when it rained the never did anything outside. I told him if we did that in the PNW we wouldn't do anything half the year.

Posted by: Kindltot at July 13, 2026 12:04 AM (rbvCR)

334
Lol mikeski

Posted by: four seasons at July 13, 2026 12:04 AM (/QHx4)

335 The 80's were a bad decade for GM. 87/88 it started turning around.

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The 80's American cars made me a Mazda man.

Posted by: Lemmiwinks at July 13, 2026 12:04 AM (THY4u)

336 >>...waaaaaaayyyyy back in 1986..."

Ha. Hahaha, LOL, *snort*!

Posted by: JQ at July 13, 2026 12:05 AM (rdVOm)

337 322 What the U.S. has been doing to Iran the last 3 nights isn't working.
Trump has got to try something different.
Posted by: mnw
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Play poker much? We're at the casino. Trump owns the casino the casino always wins. We sit at the table, a hand is played (they shoot missiles -their chips), we negate most of their missiles and blow the shit out of their stuff, we win the hand. Over and over we are pulling their chips off the table.

We're sitting at the table pulling their chips every hand.
Our stack of Iranian chips is getting bigger and bigger - their loss.
Meanwhile, our high dollar chips, are sitting there untouched.

So, we sit there taking chips every hand while they lose chips every hand. It's a winning game for the house. When the time comes he will play the big chips and they will have nothing.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 13, 2026 12:08 AM (3oLMy)

338
We have a Toyota Tundra and and an oldChrysler Mivivan

Three years hubby some pos shit Nissan, i think a pathfinder.

I hate it. The seats are very short, very uncomfortable.

It is made for midgets.

Posted by: four seasons at July 13, 2026 12:11 AM (/QHx4)

339 XH also got the reel-to-reel unit & tapes. And the better components of our stereo systems.

Teac X1000R. *sigh*

Posted by: JQ at July 13, 2026 12:11 AM (rdVOm)

340 I just read more about our current incursions into Iran. Apparently we struck "missile and drone sites, naval assets, ammunition storage facilities, communication networks, and surveillance locations"

How did they still have missile sites and ammunition storage facilities, etc? I really would have thought we'd have knocked those out a fee months ago. Better late than never though.

Posted by: 496 at July 13, 2026 12:14 AM (sOtuf)

341 I much prefer vinyl. It took me a couple of years to get used to the brittle sound of CDs. I don't like digitized music, or synthesized music. Everything that's released now has been run through some sort of pitch correction or auto tune and it's almost unbearable for me to listen to. I don't have technically good ears for music in the traditional sense, but they're very sensitive to something. One thing Berserker made me aware of is the difference between tube amps and whatever they started using in the 80s (?). After that, all the instruments sounded like they'd been replaced with those organs they used to sell in the malls. I can't really explain it more than that. It sounds fake and flat. Not flat as opposed to sharp, but flat as in mo dimension or warmth.

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at July 13, 2026 12:14 AM (Vvh2V)

342 You asked for it!
https://youtu.be/fWhNkjfxVLw
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nice

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 13, 2026 12:14 AM (3oLMy)

343 Four Seasons - I hope you're doing well and that it rains soon. We could use some here too.

Posted by: 496 at July 13, 2026 12:15 AM (sOtuf)

344 What the U.S. has been doing to Iran the last 3 nights isn't working.

Trump has got to try something different.
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What is it you think would be accomplished in 3 days?

That isn't nearly enough time to exterminate the IRGC, and they're clearly going to keep firing missiles as long as any of them are around to do so.

Posted by: Methos at July 13, 2026 12:16 AM (vSvIl)

345
496,

If we had bombed the entire place we would notbe dealingwith this now.

Posted by: four seasons at July 13, 2026 12:16 AM (/QHx4)

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