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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?
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
----- 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 StomachHow great was it seeing Sophie Cunningham as a Ring Card Girl at the UFC fight last night!
— Vince Langman (@LangmanVince) July 12, 2026
You know this is gonna drive the black racist lesbians in the WNBA batshit crazy! pic.twitter.com/KEHOgDgLFl
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. *** 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. ----- Sometimes you just want to fight
She wasn't ready for it to be that easy!
— Declaration of Memes (@LibertyCappy) July 11, 2026
🤣 pic.twitter.com/mav01qAYun
----- 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
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.
----- Thanks, Piper! Don't forget to check out Piper's X page.
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?
“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
Comments
(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: Mrs. IS ROTH at July 12, 2026 10:00 PM (rkhpv)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 12, 2026 10:00 PM (3oLMy)
Posted by: mindful webworker - this time will be different at July 12, 2026 10:01 PM (ci8WY)
Posted by: OrangeEnt at July 12, 2026 10:01 PM (1Ff7Z)
Posted by: Hokey Pokey at July 12, 2026 10:01 PM (YlWIZ)
Posted by: 496 at July 12, 2026 10:01 PM (sOtuf)
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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)
Posted by: 496 at July 12, 2026 10:03 PM (sOtuf)
Posted by: Piper at July 12, 2026 10:03 PM (hftzA)
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)
Posted by: Hokey Pokey at July 12, 2026 10:03 PM (YlWIZ)
Posted by: tankdemon at July 12, 2026 10:04 PM (2RJDy)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at July 12, 2026 10:04 PM (u/oMr)
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)
Posted by: Cow Demon at July 12, 2026 10:04 PM (4g5V+)
'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)
Posted by: tankdemon at July 12, 2026 10:04 PM (2RJDy)
Posted by: OrangeEnt at July 12, 2026 10:05 PM (1Ff7Z)
Posted by: Huck Follywood at July 12, 2026 10:05 PM (t93WW)
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)
"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)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at July 12, 2026 10:05 PM (u/oMr)
Posted by: Lurking Cheshirecat at July 12, 2026 10:06 PM (w3u3d)
AI AI Oh
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at July 12, 2026 10:06 PM (0aYVJ)
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)
Posted by: Piper at July 12, 2026 10:07 PM (hftzA)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 12, 2026 10:07 PM (3oLMy)
Posted by: mrp at July 12, 2026 10:07 PM (rj6Yv)
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)
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)
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)
'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)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at July 12, 2026 10:08 PM (u/oMr)
Posted by: Case at July 12, 2026 10:08 PM (IY9No)
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)
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)
Posted by: huerfano at July 12, 2026 10:09 PM (VJX5o)
Posted by: Piper at July 12, 2026 10:10 PM (hftzA)
Posted by: Oddbob at July 12, 2026 10:10 PM (vTZFs)
Posted by: davidt at July 12, 2026 10:10 PM (Q+gd/)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at July 12, 2026 10:10 PM (u/oMr)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 12, 2026 10:11 PM (eQy7F)
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)
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)
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)
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at July 12, 2026 10:12 PM (BI5O2)
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)
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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)
Second picture, the person in back: is that a dude?
Posted by: Archimedes at July 12, 2026 10:12 PM (Riz8t)
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)
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)
Posted by: davidt at July 12, 2026 10:13 PM (Q+gd/)
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)
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)
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)
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)
Posted by: Tuna at July 12, 2026 10:14 PM (lJ0H4)
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)
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at July 12, 2026 10:15 PM (BI5O2)
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)
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)
Posted by: tankdemon at July 12, 2026 10:17 PM (2RJDy)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
https://tinyurl.com/3pjunk7t
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 12, 2026 10:18 PM (uAj3p)
>>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)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 12, 2026 10:18 PM (RIvkX)
(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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 12, 2026 10:19 PM (3oLMy)
https://bit.ly/they-point-at-each-other
Posted by: mindful webworker hears fireworks at July 12, 2026 10:19 PM (ci8WY)
Hunh.
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at July 12, 2026 10:20 PM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at July 12, 2026 10:20 PM (BI5O2)
>>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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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/)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 12, 2026 10:22 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: Diogenes at July 12, 2026 10:22 PM (2WIwB)
Posted by: Orson at July 12, 2026 10:21 PM (dIske)
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lol
Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at July 12, 2026 10:22 PM (4Uk/z)
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)
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)
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at July 12, 2026 10:23 PM (BI5O2)
Posted by: with other things one might find in a catbox at July 12, 2026 10:24 PM (gKWVE)
Otherwise, not so much.
Posted by: mnw at July 12, 2026 10:24 PM (RCjYY)
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)
Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at July 12, 2026 10:25 PM (2NHgQ)
Posted by: Doof at July 12, 2026 10:03 PM (QLC6i)
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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)
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)
Posted by: OrangeEnt, Clutching Chest at July 12, 2026 10:25 PM (1Ff7Z)
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)
"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)
A Devilish Invention: The Crossbow
https://youtu.be/utv-uJSdT1s
Posted by: mindful webworker remembers at July 12, 2026 10:25 PM (ci8WY)
Posted by: runner at July 12, 2026 10:25 PM (GD0B3)
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)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at July 12, 2026 10:26 PM (u/oMr)
Posted by: RandomDave at July 12, 2026 10:26 PM (aJQbY)
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)
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)
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Very brief. 20 seconds or so.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 12, 2026 10:27 PM (O0L8i)
Posted by: mnw at July 12, 2026 10:27 PM (RCjYY)
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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)
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)
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)
I absolutely love her armadillo hand bag.
Posted by: Community Notes at July 12, 2026 10:28 PM (NzX/y)
Posted by: gKWVE at July 12, 2026 10:28 PM (gKWVE)
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)
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at July 12, 2026 10:28 PM (l4RKn)
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)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 12, 2026 10:29 PM (O0L8i)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 12, 2026 10:27 PM (O0L8i)
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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)
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)
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)
And without a reflective belt! Ooh la la.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 12, 2026 10:25 PM (u82oZ)
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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)
Posted by: runner at July 12, 2026 10:30 PM (GD0B3)
Posted by: huerfano at July 12, 2026 10:09 PM (VJX5o)
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Do not wear while using heavy machinery.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at July 12, 2026 10:30 PM (u/oMr)
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)
Posted by: Madge at July 12, 2026 10:31 PM (2Ez/1)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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Seeing and hearing him
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at July 12, 2026 10:32 PM (BI5O2)
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)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at July 12, 2026 10:33 PM (Cqx++)
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)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at July 12, 2026 10:34 PM (u/oMr)
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at July 12, 2026 10:34 PM (sYM3s)
Posted by: runner at July 12, 2026 10:34 PM (GD0B3)
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)
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)
Posted by: Piper at July 12, 2026 10:31 PM (hftzA)
potato, potahto
Posted by: runner at July 12, 2026 10:35 PM (GD0B3)
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)
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)
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)
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)
What is it?
Posted by: Cocaine Mitch at July 12, 2026 10:36 PM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at July 12, 2026 10:37 PM (2NHgQ)
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)
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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 - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 12, 2026 10:37 PM (3oLMy)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at July 12, 2026 10:37 PM (u/oMr)
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)
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)
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)
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at July 12, 2026 10:38 PM (qx7Zg)
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)
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)
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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)
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)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 12, 2026 10:40 PM (1z8ji)
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)
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)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at July 12, 2026 10:41 PM (u/oMr)
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)
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Next season, giant cucarachas !
Posted by: runner at July 12, 2026 10:43 PM (GD0B3)
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)
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)
Posted by: Sofia Vergara at July 12, 2026 10:44 PM (Riz8t)
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)
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at July 12, 2026 10:45 PM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: JTB at July 12, 2026 10:45 PM (yTvNw)
Posted by: four seasons at July 12, 2026 10:47 PM (/QHx4)
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)
I've seen video, but not a photo.
https://tinyurl.com/kcj64jhk
Posted by: Archimedes at July 12, 2026 10:48 PM (Riz8t)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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+)
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)
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)
Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up
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...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)
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)
Posted by: four seasons at July 12, 2026 10:52 PM (/QHx4)
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)
Posted by: Lemmiwinks at July 12, 2026 10:52 PM (THY4u)
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)
Posted by: sal at July 12, 2026 10:53 PM (f+FmA)
Posted by: runner at July 12, 2026 10:54 PM (GD0B3)
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)
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+)
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)
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)
Posted by: Community Notes at July 12, 2026 10:56 PM (nCgQz)
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)
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)
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at July 12, 2026 10:56 PM (2Ez/1)
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+)
Posted by: TxAnn at July 12, 2026 10:57 PM (SjAWL)
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)
Posted by: four seasons at July 12, 2026 10:57 PM (/QHx4)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
Posted by: Chick dressed like an octopus at July 12, 2026 10:59 PM (2Ez/1)
His Conservative side only popped out in an election year for most of his career.
----
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)
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)
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)
Posted by: Count de Monet at July 12, 2026 11:00 PM (wVcYX)
Posted by: Kindltot at July 12, 2026 11:00 PM (rbvCR)
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)
Posted by: free tibet at July 12, 2026 11:01 PM (iNp3L)
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at July 12, 2026 11:01 PM (+EWjf)
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)
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)
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)
Posted by: four seasons at July 12, 2026 11:02 PM (/QHx4)
https://tinyurl.com/bddbvv5s
Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at July 12, 2026 11:02 PM (2NHgQ)
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)
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)
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)
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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)
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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)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 12, 2026 11:05 PM (1z8ji)
Posted by: JTB at July 12, 2026 11:05 PM (yTvNw)
Posted by: four seasons at July 12, 2026 11:06 PM (/QHx4)
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)
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at July 12, 2026 11:07 PM (kYmoU)
Posted by: Count de Monet at July 12, 2026 11:07 PM (wVcYX)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 12
Awww! Good on you!
Posted by: Piper at July 12, 2026 11:08 PM (hftzA)
Posted by: mindful webworker with titanium enchanted hammer at July 12, 2026 11:08 PM (ci8WY)
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)
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)
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)
Posted by: Piper at July 12, 2026 11:09 PM (hftzA)
Posted by: ... at July 12, 2026 11:09 PM (vE0+H)
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)
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)
And there's some weird stuff going on in the fashion world.
Posted by: wth at July 12, 2026 11:11 PM (oq9dX)
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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)
==
It's a message. Change in coming.
Posted by: runner at July 12, 2026 11:12 PM (GD0B3)
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)
Posted by: runner at July 12, 2026 11:12 PM (GD0B3)
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)
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)
Posted by: Kindltot at July 12, 2026 11:13 PM (rbvCR)
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)
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)
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)
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)
Posted by: Count de Monet
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All hopped up on goofballs.
Posted by: wth at July 12, 2026 11:15 PM (oq9dX)
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)
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)
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)
Get better soon Blondie. I've said a little prayer at least for you to get some good sleep if nothing else.
Posted by: ...
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You're the best!
Posted by: Blonde Morticia's Phone at July 12, 2026 11:16 PM (mmrXZ)
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)
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)
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)
"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)
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)
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)
Posted by: PaleRider at July 12, 2026 11:19 PM (PV+Zw)
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)
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)
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)
Posted by: GWB at July 12, 2026 11:22 PM (kU0PQ)
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at July 12, 2026 11:22 PM (sYM3s)
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)
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)
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)
Posted by: turambar at July 12, 2026 11:25 PM (Q0yOR)
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)
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)
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)
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++)
Posted by: Lemmiwinks at July 12, 2026 11:29 PM (THY4u)
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)
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)
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++)
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)
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)
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)
Posted by: Piper at July 12, 2026 11:32 PM (hftzA)
Posted by: Dark Lixtiquatal at July 12, 2026 11:32 PM (DZ9Lv)
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at July 12, 2026 11:33 PM (S41Gd)
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)
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)
"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)
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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)
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)
*Who I would call a 'golden ear'...
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 12, 2026 11:36 PM (XeU6L)
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)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 12, 2026 11:37 PM (XeU6L)
Posted by: Skip at July 12, 2026 11:38 PM (Ia/+0)
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)
Posted by: four seasons at July 12, 2026 11:38 PM (/QHx4)
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)
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)
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)
Posted by: that darn kid who likes turtles at July 12, 2026 11:41 PM (g9zlb)
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)
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at July 12, 2026 11:42 PM (qx7Zg)
Posted by: four seasons at July 12, 2026 11:43 PM (/QHx4)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
Posted by: four seasons at July 12, 2026 11:49 PM (/QHx4)
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)
*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)
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)
Posted by: four seasons at July 12, 2026 11:51 PM (/QHx4)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 12, 2026 11:53 PM (3oLMy)
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)
Posted by: Piper at July 12, 2026 11:54 PM (hftzA)
Trump has got to try something different.
Posted by: mnw at July 12, 2026 11:55 PM (RCjYY)
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)
@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)
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)
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)
Posted by: four seasons
You asked for it!
https://youtu.be/fWhNkjfxVLw
Posted by: mikeski at July 13, 2026 12:00 AM (VHUov)
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)
Posted by: Tom Servo at July 13, 2026 12:01 AM (HJ3jx)
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)
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)
The Paolo, he like this plan too.
Posted by: The Paolo at July 13, 2026 12:04 AM (g9zlb)
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)
Posted by: four seasons at July 13, 2026 12:04 AM (/QHx4)
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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)
Posted by: JQ at July 13, 2026 12:05 AM (rdVOm)
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)
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)
Teac X1000R. *sigh*
Posted by: JQ at July 13, 2026 12:11 AM (rdVOm)
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)
Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at July 13, 2026 12:14 AM (Vvh2V)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 13, 2026 12:14 AM (3oLMy)
Posted by: 496 at July 13, 2026 12:15 AM (sOtuf)
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)
Posted by: four seasons at July 13, 2026 12:16 AM (/QHx4)
Think of the difference between stairsteps, and smooth slopes...
Posted by: JQ at July 13, 2026 12:17 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: 496
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Obugger gave them planeloads (literally) of hard cash. With that one can buy all our adversaries could produce.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 13, 2026 12:18 AM (3oLMy)
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.
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Iran is now reduced to harassing commercial ships. They are about as powerful as Somalia, but they won't go away. We need to fund the Iranian revolution that keeps getting beat down by the IRG.
Posted by: Lemmiwinks at July 13, 2026 12:18 AM (THY4u)
Posted by: Lemmiwinks at July 13, 2026 12:18 AM (THY4u)
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I agree - I'd like to see us dropping pallets of guns and ammo for the people to rise up.
Enough about Iran. What were we talking g about? Oh yes. It was Sophie Cunningham.
Posted by: 496 at July 13, 2026 12:21 AM (sOtuf)
Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at July 13, 2026 12:21 AM (Vvh2V)
496,
It is the strangest winter andsummer we have had inyears.
We have strict bans on any outdoor water usage.
Interesting that the neighbors yards look like a golfcourse.
One neighbor hates us because our grass isdead.
Husband says *uck him we might not have water ina couple of months.
Hope he can suck water out from his grass, lol
Posted by: four seasons at July 13, 2026 12:24 AM (/QHx4)
Posted by: Case at July 13, 2026 12:24 AM (IY9No)
496,
If we had bombed the entire place we would notbe dealingwith this now.
Posted by: four seasons
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And killed the innocent Zoroastrian citizens potential to rebuild a civil nation. For all the people he's killed he really does not want people to die.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 13, 2026 12:24 AM (3oLMy)
Posted by: 496 at July 13, 2026 12:14 AM (sOtuf)
Well that’s one reason i was critical of the cease fire coming when it did. At best we only hit about half of their stuff before we quit the first time.
They spent 47 years getting ready for this . They had put away incredible stockpiles of weaponry, a big reason why this war was necessary.
Posted by: Tom Servo at July 13, 2026 12:26 AM (HJ3jx)
Posted by: Lemmiwinks at July 13, 2026 12:18 AM (THY4u)
Yeah I would try to kick that revolution into high gear. I would also explain to them their country is a house over run by rats, either you remove the rats from the building or we burn the whole fucking thing down to be sure.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at July 13, 2026 12:27 AM (S41Gd)
Posted by: Case at July 13, 2026 12:24 AM (IY9No)
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That's a lot of it. It must be a confusing mess otherwise he would allow Israel to send in ops to take out selective generals and commanders. Israel hasn't broached that subject.
Iran's a physically big country and it's easy to envision that each area is under control of different factions.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 13, 2026 12:29 AM (3oLMy)
Posted by: Adriane the O the Times, O the Morals Critic . . . at July 13, 2026 12:30 AM (3ZUWJ)
Posted by: four seasons
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Do you have a well?
Is it against regs to have well?
Is the cost of a well prohibitive?
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 13, 2026 12:32 AM (3oLMy)
I do hope we get a good wet winter. We both could use it!
Posted by: 496 at July 13, 2026 12:33 AM (sOtuf)
Posted by: 496 at July 13, 2026 12:34 AM (sOtuf)
Posted by: Case at July 13, 2026 12:24 AM (IY9No)
It's kind of what happens when you take out large swaths of the civilian leadership.
Posted by: Romeo13 at July 13, 2026 12:34 AM (mP0Kj)
Posted by: Skip at July 13, 2026 12:36 AM (Ia/+0)
In his own words:
Bill Clinton _ Palis didn’t want a state they wanted to kill Israelis
@VividProwess
Bill Clinton: “The Palestinians were offered a state. They refused. A state wasn't their goal. Killing Jews was."
https://tinyurl.com/mry9hfnj
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 13, 2026 12:36 AM (3oLMy)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 13, 2026 12:29 AM (3oLMy)
Iran has an interesting “Mosaic Defense” system; the country is split into 31 or 32 different areas of control, and each one has an independent defense system and military structure. They nominally answer to Tehran, but only if they are in the mood at the time.
It’s probably the reason why taking out a lot of the central leaders hasn’t had much of an effect on their military responses.
Posted by: Tom Servo at July 13, 2026 12:37 AM (HJ3jx)
Posted by: Adriane the O the Times, O the Morals Critic
Mary Fahl. She's great. Too bad October Project only made 2 albums. Though she did continue on as a solo artist.
Posted by: mikeski at July 13, 2026 12:37 AM (VHUov)
Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at July 13, 2026 12:14 AM (Vvh2V)
Tubes have a hi-fi thing about them. All my amps are tube, they were always tube, and they'll always be tube. I did for a short period go with a rack setup. The preamp was what they call a modeler. Basically it reproduces the tones of a bunch of different tube amps, and it had onboard effects. I could call up any amp tone, assign what effects I needed, lock it in, and call it up with a switchboard on the floor, which if I remember right could call up over 100 presets. I was running that into a tube power amp. Sounded great, but where you noticed it going wrong was the feel. The whole dynamic of the pick hitting the strings, and how rapid the sound appeared, the touch sensitivity, all of it, was different. I went back to tube amps.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at July 13, 2026 12:38 AM (S41Gd)
Braenyard,
No well. Mostly it is the ranchers who have wells which they need.
We don't give a flip if the grass is dead.
We get it that some people want beautifull lawns but not during a severe drought.
The house across the street is vacant. Every night the sprinklers are running. We figure it's so the yard will lookgood on Zillow when they list it.
Posted by: four seasons at July 13, 2026 12:40 AM (/QHx4)
Posted by: Skip at July 13, 2026 12:40 AM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: four seasons at July 13, 2026 12:40 AM (/QHx4)
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads
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If the Kurds, Yazidis, and Baloch, had discipline and could be trusted. Arm them and let them have a go at it. None of them like the IRGC.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 13, 2026 12:41 AM (3oLMy)
It’s probably the reason why taking out a lot of the central leaders hasn’t had much of an effect on their military responses.
Posted by: Tom Servo at July 13, 2026 12:37 AM (HJ3jx)
Gaus.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 13, 2026 12:41 AM (1z8ji)
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at July 13, 2026 12:43 AM (ibDUx)
Posted by: four seasons at July 13, 2026 12:40 AM (/QHx4)
Run a hose across the street and steal their water, LOL.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 13, 2026 12:43 AM (1z8ji)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 13, 2026 12:41 AM (3oLMy)
Didn't they steal all the weapons we tried to give to the civilians? At that point I wouldn't trust those fuckers any farther than I can throw a cheesecake under water.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at July 13, 2026 12:44 AM (S41Gd)
I hate the thought of innocents dying there..
I wish we could arm the.
Did't we try getting arms in there but some group stole them?
Posted by: four seasons at July 13, 2026 12:45 AM (/QHx4)
IYKYK.
Posted by: JM in Illinois at July 13, 2026 12:46 AM (vIhue)
Posted by: four seasons at July 13, 2026 12:46 AM (/QHx4)
Posted by: Dark Lixtiquatal at July 13, 2026 12:48 AM (DZ9Lv)
Posted by: four seasons at July 13, 2026 12:40 AM (/QHx4)
Run a hose across the street and steal their water, LOL.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 13, 2026 12:43 AM (1z8ji)
The people across the street from my brother have sprinklers. The problem is their timer is fucked up, so the things come on every few hours, and they're in florida for a few months. The landscapers are going nuts trying to plan when to mow the lawn in between the sprinkler sessions. Its been going on for weeks.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at July 13, 2026 12:48 AM (S41Gd)
Posted by: JQ
That's what's literally recorded on the CD, but that's not what comes out of the CD player's output jacks.
It's the sort of math you get to do in electrical engineering courses, so it's way past the "no math" rule here, but the Nyquist-Shannon sampling theorem says if you sample a "smooth" analog signal into the digital domain with enough samples, you can recreate that "smooth" signal perfectly from the samples. And if that weren't true, a whole lot of things we take for granted just wouldn't work, like CT scanners and MRI machines.
A CD is good up to 22.05KHz, which is only an issue if you're recording dog whistles. DVDs and BluRays go 2-4x higher, so they can record dog whistles, too.
And even if "stairsteps" was what came out of the CD player, you'd need literally infinite energy to make a speaker cone move like that.
Posted by: mikeski, professional nerd at July 13, 2026 12:49 AM (VHUov)
I wish we could arm the.
Did't we try getting arms in there but some group stole them?
Posted by: four seasons at July 13, 2026 12:45 AM (/QHx4)
yeah, the Turds..er..Kurds.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at July 13, 2026 12:49 AM (S41Gd)
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Rolol, that's it - Keystone cops, Chinese fire drill.
That's why we're not going in. Our game is deplete, deplete, deplete. We took out a major RR supply line last night. They are drying up. One by one they are showing themselves and we are eliminating that one. Soon they will have none and there we will be with all the chips. Be a good time to arm the civilians and the various tribes that hate the IRGC.
aside: I liked that Trump linked to the Michael Savage post on deporting all of the foreigners of the Democratic Socialist Party.
We need to clean house.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 13, 2026 12:50 AM (3oLMy)
Snap, crackle and pop?! Ugh... Mostly due to dirty or worn vinyl... or a poor quality pressing.
I have hundreds of CDs now but can't find *all* the titles of my vinyl collection, so they will remain sleeved until I get them copied again. Maybe won't ever happen? I dunno. Yootoob is great.
Posted by: JQ at July 13, 2026 12:51 AM (rdVOm)
http://tiny.cc/fxl6101
The harsh or "bright" sound that plagued some early CDs was a result of the use of pre-emphasis for those discs, with some discs not having the pre-emp "flags" set correctly, and some players not having the necessary decoder installed.
Posted by: goozer at July 13, 2026 12:52 AM (eTh1u)
Posted by: Dark Lixtiquatal
I can occasionally get a search engine to find things here with:
site:acecomments.mu.nu
and
"a very specific search term so I don't get 40 million hits"
Posted by: mikeski at July 13, 2026 12:52 AM (VHUov)
We need to clean house.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 13, 2026 12:50 AM (3oLMy)
Wake me when he organizes all the hunters in 4 or 5 midwestern states to go into Dearborn, take the women and children, and slaughter all the men.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at July 13, 2026 12:53 AM (S41Gd)
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads
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Don't know whose idea it was. Kurds are OK but they have a deep threat from Turkey so the obvious conclusion would be that they would use the weapons to defend themselves. That fear resolved they would gladly turn to the IRGC. Same with the Beloch, they've got big issues with Pakistan but hate for IRGC.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 13, 2026 12:53 AM (3oLMy)
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at July 13, 2026 12:55 AM (ibDUx)
Posted by: JQ at July 13, 2026 12:51 AM (rdVOm)
I think most of the music I learned in the last 10 years or so has been off of youtube. I just bring up the songs and have at it.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at July 13, 2026 12:56 AM (S41Gd)
I was carefully avoiding any mention of math, LOL. Not an engineer, but have a cave-woman's understanding of the digital aspect.
CDs are great. Nearly indestructible, too. Sound reproduction has come a looonng way over decades. I am not/was not knocking digital at all!
I do miss the artwork and liner notes, though.
Posted by: JQ at July 13, 2026 12:56 AM (rdVOm)
It is a small town here. The man that has the snowremoval contract is really hurting.
No snow last winter and no lawn service. No landscaping etc.
Chris is agreat guy working to take care of his family.
We still pay him even for the lawn service he can't do.
We don't want him to lose his business.
It is a small price to pay to help himkeep his business.
Posted by: four seasons at July 13, 2026 12:57 AM (/QHx4)
The biggest job for the Royal Persian Army will be to expand itself by providing arms and training to loyal non-muslims in the area they control. Next job is to completely subjugate the muslims in that area, or drive them out altogether.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 13, 2026 12:58 AM (1z8ji)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 13, 2026 12:53 AM (3oLMy)
Kurds are still muslims, just a different flavor of crazy. No reason to think they would be happy in a multi-culti democratic Persia.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 13, 2026 01:02 AM (1z8ji)
Posted by: JM in Illinois at July 13, 2026 01:03 AM (hXFMA)
Posted by: goozer
This explains a lot, for me. Thank you.
Posted by: JQ at July 13, 2026 01:05 AM (rdVOm)
We still pay him even for the lawn service he can't do.
We don't want him to lose his business.
It is a small price to pay to help himkeep his business.
Posted by: four seasons at July 13, 2026 12:57 AM (/QHx4)
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This country could use a few more good people like you.
Posted by: JM in Illinois at July 13, 2026 01:05 AM (hXFMA)
Posted by: JQ at July 13, 2026 01:06 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division
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Doubtful that's going to happen but the promotion from Trump that they all be deported is chumming the waters.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 13, 2026 01:06 AM (3oLMy)
IF that story was true (but I’m saying I don’t believe it) then it meant the plan was:
1) give some nameless Middle East arms merchants a bunch of weapons no money down, because they promise to give them to someone else.
2) Hope that everything just works out.
3) if it doesn’t work out, go to Plan B.
4) there is no plan B.
That just cannot have been the actual plan.
Posted by: Tom Servo at July 13, 2026 01:07 AM (HJ3jx)
Posted by: goozer
Also the "old dog, new tricks" problem of getting guys who'd worked 100% analog for 20-40 years to do digital recording correctly.
"What? 'Add dither?' You mean, 'add noise intentionally?' F--k that noise, literally. I'm not adding noise to my recording."
And thus the undithered recording sounded like ass.
Posted by: mikeski at July 13, 2026 01:07 AM (VHUov)
So I guess Christoffel symbols and the Riemann curvature tensor are right out, then?
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 13, 2026 01:07 AM (w6EFb)
Have a good night everyone
Posted by: Skip at July 13, 2026 01:09 AM (Ia/+0)
We don't want him to lose his business.
It is a small price to pay to help himkeep his business.
Posted by: four seasons
Aww... You're good people! Bless you.
Posted by: JQ at July 13, 2026 01:09 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: four seasons at July 13, 2026 01:10 AM (/QHx4)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
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I think they just want a place of their own. We can't wipe all Islamists off the earth so the next best thing is Islamists content to have their own nation and not be interested in incrementally taking over the word.
Let them have their own land and, I don't know, kill each other it they wish. But no Islam in this hemisphere.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 13, 2026 01:12 AM (3oLMy)
A lot of classic bands as a result remastered their back catalogs for digital world in the 90s and 00s and often located the original master tapes. For labels, they often had crappy copies of those original masters used to cut vinyl because sound monitors and audio equipment was just not as good in the late 60s and early seventies to notice. Add in subpar vinyl, often recycled, warped, etc, and crappy car and fm quality, the full range if the music was often buried under noise.
So ultimately it is the listener's choice how to listen to music. Same goes for the different lossy or lossless digital files. Most people don't notice but those that do spend lots of time arguing about it.
Posted by: whig's phone at July 13, 2026 01:13 AM (E4rtv)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 13, 2026 01:14 AM (3oLMy)
I remember a pretty good article a good ways back on the who analogy vs digital thing and side tangents like tubes vs transistors and that sort of thing.
It boils down to which sort of distortion you prefer. He went into how the distortion patterns of tubes are sort of "nicer" and somehow more tolerable if not "musical" to the human hearing system.
And something amusing was blind testing that showed people preferred their distortion over the most undistorted playback that could be mustered. And even over live, direct sound to ear of the real thing being played right there.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 13, 2026 01:15 AM (w6EFb)
Libs of TikTok
@libsoftiktok
McConnell’s team just shared this photo from the hospital, reveal he suffered from a fall and pneumonia
Why don't we believe that?
Posted by: m at July 13, 2026 01:16 AM (6wpGE)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 13, 2026 01:12 AM (3oLMy)
I would be OK with a free Kurdistan, comprised of parts of Turkey, Syria, and Iraq, and maybe a sliver of Iran. But they have to fucking stay there. I don't think they would be a useful tool for overthrowing the mullahs.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 13, 2026 01:16 AM (1z8ji)
m,
I saw the picture of he and his wife.
I wonder how old the pic is because he looks way better than he has for years.
Posted by: four seasons at July 13, 2026 01:18 AM (/QHx4)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 13, 2026 01:18 AM (3oLMy)
At this stage of life, and with my hearing issues, it just doesn't matter that much anymore, LOL.
I had no intention of starting a digital/analogue debate! Just got a bunch of older, nice quality LPs which have been well cared-for. (And replaced as many recordings as possible with CDs.) Tried to explain, perhaps wrongly, the 'difference' and got jumped. Bah.
It's ALL GOOD! Music is great!
Posted by: JQ at July 13, 2026 01:22 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 13, 2026 01:22 AM (1z8ji)
Posted by: publius
I saw The Riemann Curvature Tensor open for Outrun The Sunlight at The Sphere last year.
https://youtu.be/MUWSr3vp8VU
Posted by: mikeski at July 13, 2026 01:22 AM (VHUov)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 13, 2026 01:24 AM (1z8ji)
Posted by: four seasons
Years ago, we would have said "photoshop."
Now we say "AI." It's faster to type that. Progress!
Posted by: mikeski at July 13, 2026 01:24 AM (VHUov)
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at July 13, 2026 01:24 AM (ibDUx)
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I'm coming into that, missing pitches, hearing some better than others. Ewetoobs sounding as if I have tin cans for speakers.
- Not sure how much of that is compression because they are such, owned by Gargle, chickenshits.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 13, 2026 01:25 AM (3oLMy)
Posted by: JQ
You didn't come here for an argument? Abuse is down the hall.....
Posted by: mikeski python at July 13, 2026 01:26 AM (VHUov)
Posted by: m at July 13, 2026 01:26 AM (6wpGE)
JQ,
Right on!
i can't tell the difference. Much respect for people who have the ability to distinguish that.
Posted by: four seasons at July 13, 2026 01:27 AM (/QHx4)
Then I tore into the old sump pulled out of the basement sump. It was unrepairable, so I liberated the copper from its windings, and scrapped the rest.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 13, 2026 01:28 AM (1z8ji)
Posted by: m at July 13, 2026 01:26 AM (6wpGE)
Might be a genuine photo, just taken years ago.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 13, 2026 01:30 AM (1z8ji)
Here's a tone generator. It's easy, direct and simple
even I can do it.
https://tinyurl.com/3mkdty6w
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 13, 2026 01:30 AM (3oLMy)
Posted by: mikeski python
Well, I didn't come here for abuse either, but ya know? Hmm... maybe I'll just wander down the hall for a bit. LOL!
Posted by: JQ at July 13, 2026 01:32 AM (rdVOm)
I used to be able to localize a leak in a tire or tube with my hearing. If I could hear the hiss, I could pinpoint the location.
Not anymore by a long shot.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 13, 2026 01:33 AM (w6EFb)
- Not sure how much of that is compression because they are such, owned by Gargle, chickenshits.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 13, 2026 01:25 AM (3oLMy)
I noticed that too.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at July 13, 2026 01:34 AM (S41Gd)
Posted by: Braenyard
Wow, thanks for that!
Now I can check my tinnitus freq's!
Posted by: JQ at July 13, 2026 01:37 AM (rdVOm)
That's the best of ONTs.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 13, 2026 01:38 AM (3oLMy)
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb)
Did they also includes something to explain the meaning and significance of the mathematical symbols we use?
Because I guarantee you that an alien civilization isn't going to understand the symbols involved in 3x3 even if the concept is perfectly clear.
Posted by: FeatherBlade at July 13, 2026 01:38 AM (C0Nlv)
My husband is almost deaf. My hearing is great.
I will tell him i hear something that sounds strange and he thinks i am nuts, lol.
Posted by: four seasons at July 13, 2026 01:38 AM (/QHx4)
Not anymore by a long shot.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 13, 2026 01:33 AM (w6EFb)
I wonder how high the mics on cellphones can range? If they could range up to 16-20 kHz, you could write an app for them to activate a vibe alert if the mic picks up a loud hiss. Start the app, pass the phone over the tire, and it vibes when you find the leak.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 13, 2026 01:40 AM (1z8ji)
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at July 13, 2026 01:41 AM (ibDUx)
Posted by: four seasons at July 13, 2026 01:41 AM (/QHx4)
Posted by: Braenyard
Wow, thanks for that!
Now I can check my tinnitus freq's!
Posted by: JQ
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If there were a soundboard where one could remaster his collection to suit himself it would be super. It would be like being in the studio correcting the balances the way one wants to hear them.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 13, 2026 01:42 AM (3oLMy)
*shrugs*
Posted by: JQ at July 13, 2026 01:43 AM (rdVOm)
Because I guarantee you that an alien civilization isn't going to understand the symbols involved in 3x3 even if the concept is perfectly clear.
Posted by: FeatherBlade at July 13, 2026 01:38 AM (C0Nlv)
I think they used diagrams to explain the meanings of pi, and other constants.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 13, 2026 01:43 AM (1z8ji)
They didn't use any our symbols. The assumption is that aliens capable of finding and retrieving the probe would know math and physics well, no matter how exactly they encoded that in their language or whatever they use that's the equivalent of language.
The hydrogen atom was used to define time and distance units (hyperfine transition). As AOP mentioned, pi was also used. One of the first pictures was sort of calibration thing that used pi. It was basically "this is supposed to be a circle", calibrate accordingly.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 13, 2026 01:48 AM (w6EFb)
One problem. Their book tells them to take over the world. It's spelled out pretty clearly.
Posted by: ... at July 13, 2026 01:50 AM (vE0+H)
Posted by: four seasons at July 13, 2026 01:52 AM (/QHx4)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 13, 2026 01:55 AM (1z8ji)
I was saying the other day how the Left, regardless of will at any given time, can never beat Islam.
Why? Because the Left requires daily instruction.
Islamists don't. It's all already written.
Posted by: ... at July 13, 2026 01:55 AM (vE0+H)
Posted by: four seasons at July 13, 2026 01:55 AM (/QHx4)
Posted by: four seasons at July 13, 2026 01:56 AM (/QHx4)
They encoded earth's location via a pulsar map. Pulsars are unique. No two pulsars are alike, so they gave the distance from the sun to a collection of pulsars, and encoded the frequencies of each.
Now, the sun moves over time of course, and that will change. Theoretically, no problem, because those unique pulsars can be rewound back in time, and they could find out which pulsars had those frequencies at that exact time in the past.
But, just in case, they put a radioactive sample on board that could be used for radiometric dating, and provided the calibration. That sample will tell anyone who finds exactly how old the probe is.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 13, 2026 01:57 AM (w6EFb)
Posted by: ...
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Yes, but some are inclined to take the orthodoxy more seriously than other. It would be more satisfactory if confined to their hemisphere. Let them fight amongst themselves for primacy.
But most importantly, and why I linked the Trump recommendation above, they do not belong here, not one of them. There will be no peace until the Islamist and the communist is not here.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 13, 2026 01:59 AM (3oLMy)
Posted by: four seasons at July 13, 2026 02:00 AM (/QHx4)
They should leave.
None of them were forced to come here and if they don't like it? Tough sh!t. Go away! None are held here against their will.
Posted by: JQ at July 13, 2026 02:04 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: MAxIE at July 13, 2026 02:07 AM (9DOTQ)
They are here to steal our money which they then use to take over our country.
I have never understood giving money to people coming here from other countries.
You can't support yourself, stay the fuck in your country.
Posted by: four seasons at July 13, 2026 02:08 AM (/QHx4)
Posted by: JQ
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You can also check and see what pitches you are missing or how much they are missing. A browser search will correlate Htz to pitches. Like A the pitch that all tune to is 440 Htz.
Middle C on the piano is 261.63 Htz.
Working on it one can determine where the hearing deficit is when listening to music. They should make a soundboard so that we may correct it. Graphic equalizer doesn't cut it.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 13, 2026 02:08 AM (3oLMy)
Posted by: frammish at July 13, 2026 02:08 AM (rcENI)
Barring some catastrophe, like a collision with a space rock which probability is very low, but still non-zero, the life estimate for those Voyager golden records are 1 billion year on the low end, and 5 billion on the high end.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 13, 2026 02:09 AM (w6EFb)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 13, 2026 02:16 AM (3oLMy)
Posted by: frammish
Your troubles are over.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 13, 2026 02:16 AM (3oLMy)
Posted by: four seasons at July 13, 2026 02:18 AM (/QHx4)
Time-consuming exercise!
We had annual "hearing tests" at work. What a joke (mostly) because there'd be 6 of us, sitting quietly in our booths in a truck, with headphones on & push-buttons in our hands, listening to the canned instructions and tones... All while work trucks and forklifts and carts were driving by outside, rumbling and banging over the bumps...!!!
We'd get a printout at the end. My "hearing" was all over the map, depending on outside interference noise. Usually it said to refer to a hearing specialist-- not always due to *loss* but also (a couple of times) due to *vast improvement over previous test*! What a crock.
Yeah, I need to see a $peciali$t. Just need to pony up the bux.
Posted by: JQ at July 13, 2026 02:18 AM (rdVOm)
Based on the current models of the mass distribution and gravitational field of the Galaxy, in a billion years, Voyager will be on the opposite side of the Galaxy from the Sun. Both will have completed around 4 orbits of the center by then.
And that's about the limit for life on earth, at least everything but simple, extremophile life. Complex life will be toast by then.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 13, 2026 02:20 AM (w6EFb)
Posted by: Case at July 13, 2026 02:21 AM (IY9No)
I guess they could if you were willing to pay a whole bunch of money.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 13, 2026 02:21 AM (w6EFb)
I wonder if Graham will lie in state at the Capital or if his family will have a family funeral?
I guess we'll know tomorrow.
Posted by: four seasons at July 13, 2026 02:22 AM (/QHx4)
Posted by: four seasons at July 13, 2026 02:23 AM (/QHx4)
Posted by: four seasons at July 13, 2026 02:24 AM (/QHx4)
Posted by: four seasons at July 13, 2026 02:25 AM (/QHx4)
Posted by: JQ at July 13, 2026 02:26 AM (rdVOm)
179 & 152 is almost loud
4520 up depends on how I hold my head.
The common vocal range for adult males is approximately 90 to 155 Hz, while for adult females, it ranges from 165 to 255 Hz. This range reflects the fundamental frequencies typically used in speech.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 13, 2026 02:29 AM (3oLMy)
Posted by: four seasons at July 13, 2026 02:31 AM (/QHx4)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 13, 2026 02:31 AM (3oLMy)
Just saw this: RIP actor Sam Neill. He was 78.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 13, 2026 02:34 AM (w6EFb)
Posted by: four seasons at July 13, 2026 02:36 AM (/QHx4)
Other people I can hear mostly ok, but there are a few at the care home who don't enunciate clearly. The younger they are, the worse... it's like rapid-fire slanguage. Not meaning *dirty words* just odd contractions and fast speech. It's weird.
Posted by: JQ at July 13, 2026 02:36 AM (rdVOm)
My husband speaks softly too.
I have good hearing and he gets upset when i tell him he needs to speak louder, lol.
Posted by: four seasons at July 13, 2026 02:39 AM (/QHx4)
They should leave.
None of them were forced to come here and if they don't like it? Tough sh!t. Go away! None are held here against their will.
Posted by: JQ at July 13, 2026 02:04 AM (rdVOm)
“You come here, you play by our rules. You don’t like that we have Christians and Jews here, with the occasional Buddhists and Hindus here, who practice their faith without causing trouble for others? Cool. There’s the door. Bye.”
Posted by: Cow Demon at July 13, 2026 02:40 AM (4g5V+)
Posted by: four seasons
Understood!
Hubby gets agitated when I ask him to repeat. Sure, it must be a PITA for him as well...
Oftentimes, I just smile and nod. And hope I haven't agreed to anything that I'll regret!
Posted by: JQ at July 13, 2026 02:42 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: Cow Demon
Egg-Fkin-Zactly!!!!!!
Posted by: JQ at July 13, 2026 02:43 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: four seasons at July 13, 2026 02:44 AM (/QHx4)
Posted by: four seasons at July 13, 2026 02:45 AM (/QHx4)
Posted by: frammish at July 13, 2026 02:08 AM (rcENI)
This might be a pun?
Posted by: m at July 13, 2026 02:46 AM (6wpGE)
Posted by: four seasons at July 13, 2026 02:50 AM (/QHx4)
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at July 13, 2026 02:50 AM (/eAef)
Frank Sinatra, who had a very thick accent but when you listen to his records you understand every word he pronounces.
Enunciation and diction.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 13, 2026 02:54 AM (3oLMy)
We will never get them out of our country.
Posted by: four seasons
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Trump is chumming the waters.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 13, 2026 02:57 AM (3oLMy)
Posted by: m at July 13, 2026 02:57 AM (6wpGE)
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)
Yes, yes it is. Unless she got it after she ate Uncle Ben.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 13, 2026 03:02 AM (l3cgK)
Portland Oregon.
A naked man at a park tried to kidnap a 7 y/o girl in broad daylight.
Police said they were busy with other calls so they could not respond.
Bystanders and family members restrained the perv.
To bad no one had a gun.
.
Posted by: four seasons at July 13, 2026 03:03 AM (/QHx4)
How do you walk in narrow halls with that monstrosity?
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 13, 2026 03:05 AM (l3cgK)
Portland Oregon.
A naked man at a park tried to kidnap a 7 y/o girl in broad daylight.
Police said they were busy with other calls so they could not respond.
Bystanders and family members restrained the perv.
To bad no one had a gun.
.
Posted by: four seasons at July 13, 2026 03:03 AM (/QHx4)
"Sorry, officer, he tried to escape into the wood chipper"
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 13, 2026 03:06 AM (l3cgK)
Posted by: four seasons at July 13, 2026 03:07 AM (/QHx4)
Time for me to hit the sack.
Everyone, have a good evening
and sweet dreams. 'night
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 13, 2026 03:07 AM (3oLMy)
Posted by: four seasons at July 13, 2026 03:08 AM (/QHx4)
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 13, 2026 03:09 AM (l3cgK)
Posted by: four seasons at July 13, 2026 03:09 AM (/QHx4)
Posted by: four seasons at July 13, 2026 03:11 AM (/QHx4)
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia)
Someone upthread (I'm too lazy to look back) said it's rather like *concept cars* only for clothing.
For exhibition only; not meant for the general public.
And that's a Good Thing! I sure as heck wouldn't wear any of that crap, even if I were younger and had an *occasion* for it!
Posted by: JQ at July 13, 2026 03:11 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 13, 2026 03:11 AM (l3cgK)
Posted by: JQ at July 13, 2026 03:12 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 13, 2026 03:13 AM (l3cgK)
Posted by: four seasons at July 13, 2026 03:13 AM (/QHx4)
To bad no one had a gun.
****
No parent present to beat the perv to death?
Posted by: clarence at July 13, 2026 03:14 AM (HpRTp)
To bad no one had a gun.
****
No parent present to beat the perv to death?
Posted by: clarence at July 13, 2026 03:14 AM (HpRTp)
You can be certain if that happened, the police would go after the folks that did it to the fullest extent of the law. The po-po and local Gov'ts don't like it when people take justice into their own hands, but they sure do like letting killers out to roam the streets and parks...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 13, 2026 03:16 AM (l3cgK)
Posted by: clarence
It's frigging *Portland*-- no way to NOT go to jail for doing the necessary.
Posted by: JQ at July 13, 2026 03:16 AM (rdVOm)
Bystanders and family members restrained the perv.
To bad no one had a gun.
.
Posted by: four seasons at July 13, 2026 03:03 AM (/QHx4)
"Sorry, officer, he tried to escape into the wood chipper"
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 13, 2026 03:06 AM (l3cgK)
A savage beating, followed by everyone swearing they saw nothing…
Posted by: Cow Demon at July 13, 2026 03:19 AM (4g5V+)
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 13, 2026 03:16 AM (l3cgK)
And then whine about 1) people taking the law into their own hands and 2) why does nobody like us?
Posted by: Cow Demon at July 13, 2026 03:20 AM (4g5V+)
(suggested edit)
Posted by: JQ at July 13, 2026 03:21 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: clarence at July 13, 2026 03:27 AM (HpRTp)
Posted by: JQ at July 13, 2026 03:29 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: JQ at July 13, 2026 03:30 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: Skip at July 13, 2026 03:47 AM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: JQ at July 13, 2026 04:01 AM (rdVOm)
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)
She xeeted out a photo of her with Sydney Sweeney in November, from the NASCAR Cup Series Championship:
"one of us forgot our tits at home 😜"
https://tinyurl.com/54aayhar
Posted by: SciVo at July 13, 2026 04:07 AM (Sy6m/)
Posted by: JQ at July 13, 2026 04:01 AM (rdVOm)
I don't think I've ever taken Nytol...
But some pain killers worked really well (but constipated me)...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 13, 2026 04:15 AM (l3cgK)
Posted by: Braenyard
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Except that if you only use the fundamental frequencies, everyone would sound the same. The harmonics allow us to distinguish one person from another. Plus, all.of the percussives, like Ps and Ts would blur out, because the odd harmonics are what "makes" them. Speech is perfectly fine within the old telephone limits: 300 to 3000 Hz. Music is pickier. If you want to tell a trumpet from a cornet, the range expands up to around 15000, and to really hear any of the bass instruments, you have to get down to 20 Hz... except for some big pipe organs with a 16Hz pedal.
When I was kid, my hearing ran up.well above 18kHz. My aunt had a TV with a sweep transformer with loose laminations, and the thing would squeal.at the horizontal sweep freq, 15750, and drove me nuts. No one else could hear it. Now, years of shooting, riding motorcycles without earplugs and playing in bands have knocked the top down to about 4200, and, I have some pretty deep notches. MP3s sound ok.
Posted by: buddhaha at July 13, 2026 04:30 AM (a8Wd8)
Posted by: m at July 13, 2026 04:31 AM (6wpGE)
Posted by: Skip at July 13, 2026 04:31 AM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 13, 2026 04:33 AM (wzUl9)
The picture of McConnell.
Lol, he has not looked that good for years.
Posted by: four seasons at July 13, 2026 03:11 AM (/QHx4)
He has been in rehab. It was good for him.
Posted by: m at July 13, 2026 04:44 AM (6wpGE)
Posted by: clarence at July 13, 2026 03:27 AM (HpRTp)
Jail, maybe, but not prison. Because the right to trial by jury is that palladium of civil liberty and the only safe guarantee for the life liberty and property of the citizen (h/t, TX Declaration of Independence, 1836).
Posted by: Cow Demon at July 13, 2026 05:25 AM (4g5V+)
https://tinyurl.com/y2dkmb7x
Posted by: Statman at July 13, 2026 06:18 AM (8oVFj)
inexpensive used belt drive from germany "dual." gimbal mounted tone arm pivot (four tiny bearings). any of the "500 series should do... these will be semi- auto (full auto military only) so the tonearm will lift and platter will stop. tonearm is manually returned and positioned for start.
anything ar or thorens (early swiss, later german) is great but spendy.
i always thought garrards were junk but they made some rare high end ones. avoid multi player autos.
Posted by: cmeat at July 13, 2026 11:56 AM (R11M+)
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