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Tuesday Overnight Open Thread - July 14, 2026 [Doof]
Storming The Bastille!
Have you seen the bridge? Why truckers say the Gordie Howe bridge changes everything
After years of construction, months of anticipation, and one very public delay, the Gordie Howe International Bridge finally has an opening date – and Canada’s trucking industry says it can’t come soon enough. The long-awaited crossing between Windsor and Detroit will open to traffic on July 27 after Canada, Michigan, and the U.S. government reached an agreement following weeks of behind-the-scenes negotiations over toll revenue and governance. For Stephen Laskowski, president and CEO of the Ontario Trucking Association and Canadian Trucking Alliance, the impact stretches far beyond truck drivers. *** Instead of navigating city traffic and multiple traffic lights, trucks will head straight to a modern border plaza designed to speed up inspections, particularly for agri-food shipments. The result, he said, is faster crossings, better security, and lower operating costs. The trucking industry estimates companies could save anywhere from $20,000 to $100,000 annually, depending on the size of their fleet and how often they cross the border. Laskowski also believes having another major international crossing competing for commercial traffic will benefit the entire industry. Competition, he said, drives efficiency.Seems like the truckers should have just said "it'll be a beauty, eh?"
The Cape Bridges project reached a major milestone this week when the Federal Highway Administration approved the project’s final Environmental Impact Statement and issued a formal go-ahead. The action marks the first time that the Highway Administration has approved such a final statement for a roadway project in Massachusetts since 1991 and marks a significant step forward, according to a June 30 press release from the governor’s office. The state Department of Transportation is in charge of the project to replace the Sagamore and Bourne bridges.These new bridges will be used by the staff en route to/from the Northern Command of Doof Enterprises. There is an internal betting pool as to whether or not the Key Bridge near the Mid-Atlantic Command of Doof Enterprises will rebuilt before one or both of the Cape bridges. ----- This sound was a huge part of my pre-teen years!
A beautiful sound… pic.twitter.com/SC1Y5s3M1x
— I❤️Nostalgia '𝕏' (@Ilovenostalgia) July 12, 2026
Did kids really wander around the front seat of vehicles in the early 60's?
Imagine surviving and even thriving after being strapped into a $1.88 Sears, “hope harness” only to grow up and get blamed for everything by generations after you. #boomers
— Lloyd Legalist (@LloydLegalist) July 11, 2026
* Sears Catalog, 1961. pic.twitter.com/JUqtt5WP6I
Retro technology
Tv sure has changed hasn’t it? pic.twitter.com/4xn45k2d9W
— Johnny Midnight ⚡️ (@its_The_Dr) July 9, 2026
Do you remember this?
Today in 1979, Disco Demolition Night at Comiskey Park goes off the rails when fans storm the field as local DJ Steve Dahl detonates records in the outfield. Chicago police arrest 39 and the White Sox forfeit the nightcap of a doubleheader with the Tigers. pic.twitter.com/VmznitIB4c
— Super 70s Sports (@Super70sSports) July 12, 2026
[In retrospect, Disco Doof does not look favorably upon this]
“Montrose – we were about to explode,” he reflected to Guitar Player. “We were gonna be the American Led Zeppelin, and he couldn’t take it. I don’t know what it was. He was afraid of success. He’d sit there in the studio holding his face like, ‘Oh God, what are we gonna do?’ I’m like, ‘Fuck, let’s jam! Let’s make some music.’” Ronnie Montrose was one of the most in-demand session men in rock, having laid down guitar parts for the likes of Van Morrison, Edgar Winter, Herbie Hancock, and Boz Scaggs. Fancying his own project, he formed his namesake band in 1973 with a young Hagar behind the mic, cut the Montrose and Paper Money LPs before Hagar was fired, precipitating his solo career. Such fraught relationships with his band members and the routine dismissal of new recruits would scupper whatever momentum Montrose had enjoyed. “I’ve never seen a guy like that,” Hagar added. “He fired everybody. The second you had one smidgen of success with him, he broke up the band.” Montrose would continue without Hagar, but the hard rock explosion they promised was never realised, their founding guitarist smoothing the sound to a funkier direction with Bob James fronting the new style while Van Halen was conquering the Billboard charts. A string of solo albums would follow across the 1990s before he sadly took his own life in 2012.
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(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: mindful webworker - ordering a cafe black at July 14, 2026 10:01 PM (ci8WY)
Posted by: lin-duh at July 14, 2026 10:01 PM (RWoFI)
Posted by: Reforger at July 14, 2026 10:01 PM (/Hx86)
Posted by: nurse ratched. at July 14, 2026 10:01 PM (rxv4u)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 14, 2026 10:01 PM (59EWv)
Posted by: Tonypete at July 14, 2026 10:01 PM (VmkSV)
Would it be inappropriate to congratulate them on their WC performance?
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 14, 2026 10:03 PM (ExV1e)
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at July 14, 2026 10:03 PM (zZu0s)
Posted by: OrangeEnt at July 14, 2026 10:04 PM (1Ff7Z)
Posted by: Doof at July 14, 2026 10:04 PM (QLC6i)
Posted by: The Grateful - Acta Non Verba at July 14, 2026 10:04 PM (XfIK1)
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 14, 2026 10:05 PM (ExV1e)
Posted by: Diogenes at July 14, 2026 10:05 PM (2WIwB)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 14, 2026 10:05 PM (59EWv)
Posted by: man at July 14, 2026 10:05 PM (7VniJ)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=mT1gmKUoqbY
Posted by: Dark Lixtiquatal at July 14, 2026 10:05 PM (DZ9Lv)
The game was forfeited to the Texas Rangers (the only forfeit in MLB history due to fan behavior).
Posted by: Tonypete at July 14, 2026 10:05 PM (VmkSV)
Posted by: TRex - bad motor scooter dino at July 14, 2026 10:06 PM (XfIK1)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 14, 2026 10:06 PM (XeU6L)
Posted by: The Grateful - Acta Non Verba at July 14, 2026 10:04 PM (XfIK1)
Yup - let them eat it!
Posted by: Doof at July 14, 2026 10:06 PM (QLC6i)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 14, 2026 10:07 PM (59EWv)
Posted by: man at July 14, 2026 10:07 PM (7VniJ)
With maple syrup. And powdered sugar.
Made in the style my late oldest brother once made for us. MiladyJo said, "showing how obsessive I am about food, I finally made it after intending to for fifty years."
She keeps our relationship fresh!
Posted by: mindful webworker - LOTS of maple syrup at July 14, 2026 10:07 PM (ci8WY)
Posted by: LRob in OK at July 14, 2026 10:07 PM (Jr+re)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=mT1gmKUoqbY
Posted by: Dark Lixtiquatal at July 14, 2026 10:05 PM (DZ9Lv)
Different version behind the top photo
Posted by: Doof at July 14, 2026 10:07 PM (QLC6i)
Posted by: mindful webworker - ordering a cafe black at July 14, 2026 10:01 PM (ci8WY)
I know it's hard to believe but...there really was a Disco Inferno.
Posted by: Nerd Herd at July 14, 2026 10:08 PM (NZPfR)
Swell ONT content!
Posted by: TRex - bad motor scooter dino at July 14, 2026 10:06 PM (XfIK1)
I was expecting "undemolished dino"
Posted by: Doof at July 14, 2026 10:08 PM (QLC6i)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 14, 2026 10:09 PM (J7HCx)
Guess what we had for dinner! Yup.🌮🌮
Posted by: mindful webworker - with chicken and cherry salsa at July 14, 2026 10:09 PM (ci8WY)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 14, 2026 10:07 PM (59EWv)
They are too clueless to even understand that.
Posted by: Diogenes at July 14, 2026 10:10 PM (2WIwB)
Posted by: Nerd Herd at July 14, 2026 10:08 PM (NZPfR)
And he lost to a girl.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at July 14, 2026 10:10 PM (1Ff7Z)
Posted by: Piper at July 14, 2026 10:11 PM (pZEOD)
All over the car.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic
They stopped by age 11, I guess, since the bondage gear from Sears says "for 1 to 10-year-olds."
Posted by: mikeski at July 14, 2026 10:11 PM (VHUov)
The other cop hasn't been named yet. But he did flush 18 years seniority down the drain.
Posted by: Tonypete at July 14, 2026 10:11 PM (VmkSV)
Posted by: The Grateful
-----
They have no bread.
Posted by: Mike Hammer,
*******
Then cake it is! Who am I to argue with Marie Antoinette (or whomever is reported to have said it)...
Posted by: The Grateful - Acta Non Verba at July 14, 2026 10:11 PM (XfIK1)
Posted by: Doof at July 14, 2026 10:12 PM (QLC6i)
Posted by: Doof at July 14, 2026 10:08 PM
***
When someone next asks me about my day, I shall respond that I'm "undemolished, thank you for asking."
Posted by: TRex - American Led Zeppelin dino at July 14, 2026 10:13 PM (XfIK1)
Posted by: Piper at July 14, 2026 10:11 PM (pZEOD)
So no more MMM Bop?
Posted by: Doof at July 14, 2026 10:13 PM (QLC6i)
Posted by: Diogenes at July 14, 2026 10:14 PM (2WIwB)
Posted by: Tonypete at July 14, 2026 10:14 PM (VmkSV)
/
Posted by: man at July 14, 2026 10:14 PM (7VniJ)
Tyrus and paleontologist test T. rex speed myths with new evidence
Posted by: LRob in OK at July 14, 2026 10:15 PM (Jr+re)
Posted by: Piper at July 14, 2026 10:11 PM (pZEOD)
So no more MMM Bop?
Posted by: Doof
Ummm..sure!
Posted by: Piper at July 14, 2026 10:16 PM (p4NUW)
Happy Bastille Day to those who celebrate. Did you bring cake for everyone?
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No French.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 14, 2026 10:17 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at July 14, 2026 10:17 PM (Cqx++)
But even if they are the bigger problem remains. Cape Cod is already too crowded and has been since I was in high school. Making it easier to get more people onto the Cape is not gonna fix that problem.
Posted by: JackStraw at July 14, 2026 10:17 PM (viF8m)
What could go wrong?
Posted by: Common Tater at July 14, 2026 10:17 PM (3pMUQ)
All over the car.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic
---
Lay upon the back window shelf and watch the sky go by.
Cars were made for people back then.
Today you conform to the car back then
they built the car for your comfort.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 14, 2026 10:19 PM (J7HCx)
Posted by: Doof
I love watching old live shots of rock bands from back in the day.
Posted by: Dark Lixtiquatal at July 14, 2026 10:19 PM (DZ9Lv)
Posted by: TRex - American Led Zeppelin dino at July 14, 2026 10:13 PM (XfIK1)
I offer an alternative - "I have emerged undemolished!"
Posted by: Doof at July 14, 2026 10:19 PM (QLC6i)
Should I be disappointed there's no 1812 Overture for this?
Posted by: Diogenes
Related?
https://youtu.be/f4En-2FfOgA
Posted by: mikeski at July 14, 2026 10:19 PM (VHUov)
Posted by: Rosie O'Donnell at July 14, 2026 10:20 PM (u/oMr)
POCO - The number of great musicians who went played with that group. Their record label let them down ...
Michael Stanley Band - Never could break out of the Cleveland / Rust Belt straightjacket. Again, anothe band where the record label didn't back them they way the should have.
Posted by: browndog says woof at July 14, 2026 10:20 PM (3sXRv)
"Also use as walking harness"!?!?!?
Nobody really did that back in the day, that I knew of.
Posted by: mindful webworker - time traveler from the 1950s at July 14, 2026 10:20 PM (ci8WY)
Note the new hash tonight. I'm baby sitting my mother at the nursing home the first night this time. I want to make sure all the getting out of bed out of her head tendency is gone. It appears to bed.
They told me this was not allowed at all. Nope, nope, nope. But, well, they couldn't force me to leave. If they needed to do that, they'd have to call the cops, and unless I was doing something that warranted being arrested, well they wouldn't call said cops.
And they added there's no official visiting hours, so....
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley at July 14, 2026 10:21 PM (iKvf9)
>>What could go wrong?
Heh. They used to give those out occasionally at Red Sox games for promotions. Even when we were kids we'd be like, are these people nuts?
Posted by: JackStraw at July 14, 2026 10:21 PM (viF8m)
Posted by: Common Tater at July 14, 2026 10:21 PM (3pMUQ)
Posted by: JackStraw at July 14, 2026 10:17 PM (viF8m)
And it might flip over, too! -Rep. Hank Johnson
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at July 14, 2026 10:22 PM (+EWjf)
I had an "older" neighbor who allowed all the kids in the 'hood to pile into the back of his Toyota HiLux for a trip to the beach. He was like 15.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at July 14, 2026 10:22 PM (u/oMr)
Shadows Fall
Savatage
Iced Earth
Agent Steel
Nevermore
Metal Church
Okay, this falls into a pretty specific genre. But still. I stand by this list.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, All Erudite and Stuff at July 14, 2026 10:22 PM (0aYVJ)
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at July 14, 2026 10:22 PM (aOqrc)
But then, it also coulda been The Chainsmokers "#Selfie," so no mystery click is the correct choice.
Posted by: mikeski at July 14, 2026 10:22 PM (VHUov)
What could go wrong?
Posted by: Common Tater
--
They had two dollar bleacher night. Friend drove a taxi, Taxis entered the parking area free and parked free. So, two bucks and 25¢ beer. What are you going to do?
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 14, 2026 10:22 PM (J7HCx)
But even if they are the bigger problem remains. Cape Cod is already too crowded and has been since I was in high school. Making it easier to get more people onto the Cape is not gonna fix that problem.
Posted by: JackStraw at July 14, 2026 10:17 PM (viF8m)
I enjoy coming up here in the off-season. However - this time I brought my golf clubs. There are quite a few courses up here!
Posted by: Doof at July 14, 2026 10:23 PM (QLC6i)
If our Common Tater is here, we can talk Apollo 8-balls, gimbals, and reference frames if you're still interested.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley at July 14, 2026 10:23 PM (iKvf9)
Posted by: Doof
Ok, I hate you right now. I have Hanson going through my head now.
*types* *deletes*
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at July 14, 2026 10:23 PM (zZu0s)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 14, 2026 10:23 PM (RIvkX)
What could go wrong?
Posted by: Common Tater at July 14, 2026 10:17 PM
Heh.
I remember when Seattle had free baseballs for the first 10,000 thru the gates.
Yeah. That lasted until the first shitty call.
Posted by: Diogenes at July 14, 2026 10:23 PM (2WIwB)
Posted by: Tonypete at July 14, 2026 10:11 PM (VmkSV)
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*** Sir Psycho Sexy was unavailable for comment ***
Posted by: Red Hot Chili Peppers at July 14, 2026 10:23 PM (FZ29D)
Shadows Fall
Savatage
Iced Earth
Agent Steel
Nevermore
Metal Church
Okay, this falls into a pretty specific genre. But still. I stand by this list.
Posted by: Pug Mahon
Kinda sad that Savatage did make it big.
.....after they became Trans-Siberian Orchestra.
Posted by: mikeski at July 14, 2026 10:23 PM (VHUov)
Posted by: LRob in OK at July 14, 2026 10:15 PM
***
My speed is no myth. My undemolished emergence is proof.
Posted by: TRex - speedy dino at July 14, 2026 10:24 PM (XfIK1)
The game was forfeited to the Texas Rangers (the only forfeit in MLB history due to fan behavior).
Posted by: Tonypete at July 14, 2026 10:05 PM (VmkSV)
I was in attendance
Sat in the lower deck behind home plate with 8 of my classmates.
We just had bough a case of Stroh's just before all hell broke loose with Billy Martin charging out of the dugout to defend Jeff Burroughs.
Had seriously thought of streaking the field, but chickened out ...
Posted by: browndog says woof at July 14, 2026 10:24 PM (3sXRv)
Posted by: Count de Monet at July 14, 2026 10:24 PM (wVcYX)
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at July 14, 2026 10:22 PM (aOqrc)
Wouldn't know. Our first color TV set was in the late 1970s.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, All Erudite and Stuff at July 14, 2026 10:25 PM (0aYVJ)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43)
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Ridden hundreds of miles in the bed of pickups.
It was quite common.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 14, 2026 10:25 PM (J7HCx)
Posted by: Doof at July 14, 2026 10:25 PM (QLC6i)
Nope, but I did hear "If I have to stop this car . . . . " a few times. She never stopped. Heh!
Posted by: LRob in OK at July 14, 2026 10:25 PM (Jr+re)
And they added there's no official visiting hours, so....
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley at July 14, 2026 10:21 PM (iKvf9)
This really puts a crimp into our "No-pants Naughty Nightshift Nurses" lifestyle.
Posted by: The Naughty Nightshift Nurses at July 14, 2026 10:26 PM (+EWjf)
Posted by: Case at July 14, 2026 10:26 PM (IY9No)
Posted by: mikeski at July 14, 2026 10:26 PM (VHUov)
Posted by: Perry the Platypus at July 14, 2026 10:26 PM (+0Wk3)
Yes, and without tethers! I know, I was there! Related phenomenon: it was years after shoulder and lap belts were standard that my mother finally got out of the habit of sticking her arm out to keep us from lurching forward at sudden stops.
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at July 14, 2026 10:26 PM (aOqrc)
Posted by: Archimedes at July 14, 2026 10:27 PM (Riz8t)
Posted by: wth at July 14, 2026 10:27 PM (oq9dX)
It is 2000% scam.
And with you people come up with a code word or phrase.
I have no issue in bombing a scam center.
Posted by: r hennigantx at July 14, 2026 10:27 PM (/+uur)
If you just paid $500 for a goddamned TV, why, I want to see some fucking color, dammit. “Bonanza” was the way you did that.
Posted by: Common Tater at July 14, 2026 10:27 PM (3pMUQ)
Posted by: Legally Sufficient at July 14, 2026 10:27 PM (D/6p1)
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at July 14, 2026 10:27 PM (zZu0s)
Posted by: Perry the Platypus at July 14, 2026 10:26 PM (+0Wk3)
A platypus commenter?
PERRY the platypus commenter!
Posted by: Doof at July 14, 2026 10:27 PM (QLC6i)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at July 14, 2026 10:28 PM (u/oMr)
Posted by: Butch at July 14, 2026 10:28 PM (98xTj)
Posted by: JohnFNotKerry at July 14, 2026 10:28 PM (ZAfEX)
Posted by: Tonypete at July 14, 2026 10:11 PM (VmkSV)
----
Sheesh.
My middle school sex ed was out of a book. No practical exercises at all.
I am sadz.
Posted by: Diogenes at July 14, 2026 10:28 PM (2WIwB)
Posted by: Don Black at July 14, 2026 10:29 PM (ZxPkt)
.....after they became Trans-Siberian Orchestra.
Posted by: mikeski at July 14, 2026 10:23 PM (VHUov)
I like TSO, but Criss Oliva was a fucking virtuoso. Killed by a drunk driver, 30 years old. His wife died a few years later, having never fully recovered from her injuries. His brother Jon had his own issues afterward. Mourning.
Man, I fucking love Savatage.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, All Erudite and Stuff at July 14, 2026 10:29 PM (0aYVJ)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 14, 2026 10:30 PM (RIvkX)
"Red Rider, later known as Tom Cochrane & Red Rider, is a Canadian rock band popular in the 1980s. While they achieved significant success in Canada, the band never had a song in the top 40 in the United States, although "Lunatic Fringe" from their second album, 1981's As Far as Siam, became popular on US album-oriented rock radio Continued in Wikipedia"
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at July 14, 2026 10:30 PM (+EWjf)
Pffft.
Honey West > Bailey Quarters
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at July 14, 2026 10:30 PM (u/oMr)
Posted by: Don Black at July 14, 2026 10:30 PM (ZxPkt)
Posted by: Pug Mahon, All Erudite and Stuff at July 14, 2026 10:30 PM (0aYVJ)
Posted by: Tonypete at July 14, 2026 10:31 PM (VmkSV)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at July 14, 2026 10:28 PM
***
Been a few years, but isn't there an outline of the original perimeter on the ground traced in stone? Much like the path of the Berlin wall in Berlin, Germany?
Posted by: TRex - memory challenged dino at July 14, 2026 10:31 PM (XfIK1)
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at July 14, 2026 10:31 PM (aOqrc)
On the LM, it makes sense for the lunar surface.
But the CM, what good would it do them?
Posted by: Common Tater at July 14, 2026 10:31 PM (3pMUQ)
Posted by: Pug Mahon, All Erudite and Stuff at July 14, 2026 10:32 PM (0aYVJ)
There are a bunch. And the off-season on the Cape is very underrated.
I was never a very good golfer but I did some work golf events at different course there over the years. If you are ever up there during the Christmas season take a ferry ride to Nantucket. They really do a nice Christmas season.
Posted by: JackStraw at July 14, 2026 10:32 PM (viF8m)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at July 14, 2026 10:30 PM (u/oMr)
Anne Francis peaked when she filmed "Forbidden Planet.
It was all downhill from there ...
Posted by: browndog says woof at July 14, 2026 10:32 PM (3sXRv)
Posted by: Common Tater at July 14, 2026 10:32 PM (3pMUQ)
Then off in the corner is a console yelling, "run cowards! I live!"
Posted by: Anna Puma at July 14, 2026 10:32 PM (2GVsD)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 14, 2026 10:32 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: TRex - speedy dino at July 14, 2026 10:24 PM (XfIK1)
Especially when The Grateful is angry?
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at July 14, 2026 10:32 PM (qx7Zg)
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at July 14, 2026 10:31 PM (aOqrc)
Disney's Dismal World of Depressing Grayscale
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at July 14, 2026 10:32 PM (u/oMr)
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at July 14, 2026 10:33 PM (aOqrc)
We started doing fellowship dinners at church, sometimes on feast days - just to have a reason to get together. We were going to do one (maybe) on the Feast of the Martyrdom of John the Baptist. I wanted to do a cake on a silver platter - head-shaped.
For some reason we didn't manage to get that fellowship dinner together. /sigh/
I should have planned for Bastille Day. Could still be apropos....
Posted by: GWB at July 14, 2026 10:33 PM (kU0PQ)
Posted by: mnw at July 14, 2026 10:33 PM (RCjYY)
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at July 14, 2026 10:33 PM (kYmoU)
Had a good round today but my buddy had a fall. He's a lot older and he slipped on a chip shot near a pond. Damn near fell in. He'll be out for a few weeks. Meanwhile I'm nursing a bottle of wine while it nurses me after sprinting 70 yards to get him up and secured.
Golf be hard...yo!
Posted by: Diogenes at July 14, 2026 10:33 PM (2WIwB)
Posted by: Kindltot at July 14, 2026 10:34 PM (rbvCR)
Posted by: JackStraw at July 14, 2026 10:32 PM (viF8m)
Will keep that in mind - thanks!
Posted by: Doof at July 14, 2026 10:34 PM (QLC6i)
On the LM, it makes sense for the lunar surface.
But the CM, what good would it do them?
Posted by: Common Tater at July 14, 2026 10:31 PM (3pMUQ)
I think Mike Collins explained it pretty well in his book. But, I am not a smart man. I got like half of it.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, All Erudite and Stuff at July 14, 2026 10:35 PM (0aYVJ)
My middle school sex ed was out of a book. No practical exercises at all.
I am sadz.
Posted by: Diogenes at July 14, 2026 10:28 PM (2WIwB)
The 2-dimensional line drawings of a lady's reproductive bits were of no practical use at all later on. I felt like a new 2nd LT with a map and compass on a field exercise. Lost and bewildered.
Posted by: Count de Monet at July 14, 2026 10:35 PM (wVcYX)
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at July 14, 2026 10:33 PM
***
Excellent piece of historical trivia.
Posted by: TRex - keymaster dino at July 14, 2026 10:35 PM (XfIK1)
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit
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Caught my navigator like that. He was very appreciative.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 14, 2026 10:36 PM (J7HCx)
Had a good round today but my buddy had a fall. He's a lot older and he slipped on a chip shot near a pond. Damn near fell in. He'll be out for a few weeks. Meanwhile I'm nursing a bottle of wine while it nurses me after sprinting 70 yards to get him up and secured.
Golf be hard...yo!
Posted by: Diogenes at July
This is awful. And I am really trying not laugh.
Posted by: Piper at July 14, 2026 10:36 PM (p4NUW)
I guess it took this long for people to forget that.
Posted by: Chemist at July 14, 2026 10:36 PM (6qXCU)
Posted by: Anna Puma at July 14, 2026 10:36 PM (2GVsD)
If your out at night, and hear something rustling behind you, don't look and keep running.
It's Bigfoot, and he wants to ask about your car's extended warranty.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at July 14, 2026 10:37 PM (qx7Zg)
Posted by: Diogenes at July
This is awful. And I am really trying not laugh.
Posted by: Piper at July 14, 2026 10:36 PM (p4NUW)
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Pics?
Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 14, 2026 10:37 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: Count de Monet at July 14, 2026 10:35 PM (wVcYX)
That is an apt description.
Posted by: Diogenes at July 14, 2026 10:37 PM (2WIwB)
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at July 14, 2026 10:38 PM (aOqrc)
Babies and really young toddlers sat in mom's lap. Also toddlers pretty much bounced around in the back seat.
Posted by: nerdygirl at July 14, 2026 10:38 PM (0Htd1)
There's no end to what they'll take
Flaunt the fruits of noble birth
wash the salt into the earth
And they're marching to Bastille day
The guillotine will claim her bloody prize
free the dungeons of the innocent
The king will kneel and let his kingdom rise
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at July 14, 2026 10:38 PM (S41Gd)
https://youtu.be/uoeU9fI98uk
NOT.
Posted by: Anna Puma at July 14, 2026 10:38 PM (2GVsD)
Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at July 14, 2026 10:38 PM (2NHgQ)
Fucking heartless Bastids!!1
Posted by: Joe Schmo from the Alamo at July 14, 2026 10:38 PM (rjFy0)
Dad's a giver!
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at July 14, 2026 10:38 PM (ixS3i)
I am sadz.
Posted by: Diogenes
The 2-dimensional line drawings of a lady's reproductive bits were of no practical use at all later on. I felt like a new 2nd LT with a map and compass on a field exercise. Lost and bewildered.
Posted by: Count de Monet
Related:
https://youtu.be/Z9CMOMgPb00
Posted by: mikeski at July 14, 2026 10:39 PM (VHUov)
Had a good round today but my buddy had a fall. He's a lot older and he slipped on a chip shot near a pond. Damn near fell in. He'll be out for a few weeks. Meanwhile I'm nursing a bottle of wine while it nurses me after sprinting 70 yards to get him up and secured.
Golf be hard...yo!
Posted by: Diogenes
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As one approaches elder years a best exercise is practicing getting up off the floor. It uses most muscles and demands strength and coordination. Do 5 a day.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 14, 2026 10:40 PM (J7HCx)
Posted by: publius
Hope she's still doing better.
When she fell and got banged up, then got better mentally, was this another testimonial to the efficaciousness of percussive maintenance?🙄
Posted by: mindful webworker needs a good whomp up'side the haid hisself at July 14, 2026 10:40 PM (ci8WY)
Posted by: 18-1 at July 14, 2026 10:40 PM (sKqQm)
Posted by: mnw at July 14, 2026 10:41 PM (RCjYY)
Babies and really young toddlers sat in mom's lap. Also toddlers pretty much bounced around in the back seat.
Posted by: nerdygirl at July 14, 2026 10:38 PM (0Htd1)
For me I think dad said they had a cloth basket type of bassinet, for the front floorboards with my mom.
Posted by: Kindltot at July 14, 2026 10:41 PM (rbvCR)
Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at July 14, 2026 10:38 PM (2NHgQ)
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So you held it over his head for 40 years?
Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 14, 2026 10:41 PM (RIvkX)
https://youtu.be/uoeU9fI98uk
NOT.
Posted by: Anna Puma
Seriously.
Fern, maybe.....
Posted by: mikeski regrets this comment at July 14, 2026 10:41 PM (VHUov)
Posted by: Case at July 14, 2026 10:41 PM (IY9No)
Lord, I miss my parents.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, All Erudite and Stuff at July 14, 2026 10:42 PM (0aYVJ)
Babies and really young toddlers sat in mom's lap. Also toddlers pretty much bounced around in the back seat.
Posted by: nerdygirl at July 14, 2026 10:38 PM (0Htd1)
Yeah well a mothers arms were a pretty good child restraint No?
Posted by: Joe Schmo from the Alamo at July 14, 2026 10:42 PM (rjFy0)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 14, 2026 10:42 PM (RIvkX)
———
There are quite a few old time radio programs that are largely available today only because they were recorded to disk and mailed overseas for military broadcasts on AFRTS.
One of the more popular (I guess) radio programs of all time was “Mr. Keen, Tracer of Lost Persons” and ran for over 20 years, but less than 50 episodes are extant.
Posted by: Common Tater at July 14, 2026 10:43 PM (3pMUQ)
Posted by: Anna Puma at July 14, 2026 10:43 PM (2GVsD)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=mT1gmKUoqbY
Posted by: Dark Lixtiquatal at July 14, 2026 10:05 PM (DZ9Lv)
Good job. I had to scan the frigging comments to see if anybody posted a Rush bastille day vid before I did.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at July 14, 2026 10:44 PM (S41Gd)
Posted by: Diogenes at July
This is awful. And I am really trying not laugh.
Posted by: Piper at July 14, 2026 10:36 PM (p4NUW)
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Pics?
Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 14, 2026
***
I've got pics of my buddy's hand and blood soaked towel.
And pics of my empty bottle of wine...well once I finish it.
Not sure how to post them though.
Posted by: Diogenes at July 14, 2026 10:44 PM (2WIwB)
Posted by: 18-1 at July 14, 2026 10:40 PM (sKqQm)
It's not a good feeling, is it.
One week many many many moons ago I made the top spot because I had had surgery and was convalescing that week. It probably happened once or twice since, but not sure. At that point in 2010 I don't think I had ever even been on the list.
Posted by: ... at July 14, 2026 10:44 PM (vE0+H)
I had a great PT guy after my second spine surgery. He showed me a great move that makes getting off the floor a whole lot easier.
You're right, it's something everyone should practice doing cause falling is inevitable.
Posted by: JackStraw at July 14, 2026 10:44 PM (viF8m)
Nope, but I did hear "If I have to stop this car . . . . " a few times. She never stopped. Heh!
Posted by: LRob in OK
Whiffleball bat waved wildly into the back of the family wagon.
My brother and I stopped fighting immediately and laughed hysterically, making dad all the more furious.
Posted by: nurse ratched. at July 14, 2026 10:45 PM (LdAYY)
The first commercially sponsored television program to be broadcast in color was "Premiere," which aired on June 25, 1951, on CBS. This variety show marked a significant step in the introduction of color television.
- Wikipedia
Posted by: mindful webworker - remember the little "color at July 14, 2026 10:45 PM (ci8WY)
Babies and really young toddlers sat in mom's lap. Also toddlers pretty much bounced around in the back seat.
Posted by: nerdygirl
The early 70s car seats that were just metal frames that hung off the top edge of the front seat.
All the padding and protection of the kiddie seat in a grocery cart, and it put Junior up high enough to fly through the windshield rather than bonking his head on the dash.....
Posted by: babbeh mikeski sat in one of those at July 14, 2026 10:46 PM (VHUov)
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I’m gonna start drinking Beer again for this! Great idea
Posted by: Common Tater at July 14, 2026 10:46 PM (3pMUQ)
One week many yahrens ago, I had 1,800+ comments. Sven had over 2,000.
Aim to do better.
Posted by: Anna Puma at July 14, 2026 10:46 PM (2GVsD)
While the middle three were around, they had constant "He touched me" and "Can I move somewhere else" stuff going on all the time. There were stern chats during stops.
Posted by: LRob in OK at July 14, 2026 10:47 PM (Jr+re)
I went over this with Grok (which is great for this kind of specific thing), to make sure I had it straight in my head.
Their local reference frame was inertial and "aligned with the fixed stars" frame (Mr. Einstein and spacetime curvature ignored as they are vanishingly small here). This frame was called the "Basic Reference Coordinate System" strangely enough and was very, very close to the standard astronomical frame know as ECI. X axis points to the equinox and the Z axis is aligned with the earth's pole.
So, your 8-ball horizon would be the equatorial plane of the Erf.
The origin of that was the center of the Erf but they switched to the Moon's center when the spacecraft entered the lunar sphere of influence. But the XYZ axes maintained the ECI like alignment.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley at July 14, 2026 10:47 PM (iKvf9)
>>Did kids really wander around the front seat of vehicles in the early 60's?
Not us, nosirree... Mom put us in harness similar to that ad. Front seat, yes. Wander around, no.
Bonus! Harness and tether attached to laundry line would keep a tot within reach while Mom pinned up the wash.
Posted by: JQ at July 14, 2026 10:47 PM (rdVOm)
The answer from the tiktokiots is...raise the minimum wage! Or...have the government give people more money by taxing whoever they don't like this week.
But costs aren't supposed to be going up...they are supposed to be going down. Look at TVs. You can buy a TV better then the best TV 20 years ago for 1/5th the price and in modern Bidenbux no less!
This is the same progression everything you buy should have gone through over the last 20 years. Why hasn't it? Well...government. Everything government gets involved with explodes in cost and then of course the cost of that government further spikes costs via inflation.
So the answer? STOP THE SPENDING. Let's have a few years with no cash transfers outside of SS at the state or federal level. You want someone to be able to live ok off a McDs salary? You'll get it. Just like what happened with TVs but now with everything.
Posted by: 18-1 at July 14, 2026 10:47 PM (sKqQm)
Posted by: 18-1 at July 14, 2026 10:48 PM (sKqQm)
Posted by: Anna Puma at July 14, 2026 10:46 PM (2GVsD)
That was weird. Horde mind or
Posted by: ... at July 14, 2026 10:49 PM (vE0+H)
Posted by: pookysgirl, stretching out after a long day in the car at July 14, 2026 10:49 PM (cibwl)
Posted by: 18-1 at July 14, 2026 10:49 PM (sKqQm)
You're right, it's something everyone should practice doing cause falling is inevitable.
Posted by: JackStraw at July 14, 2026 10:44 PM
How about getting up on the edge of the 9th green?
Posted by: Diogenes at July 14, 2026 10:49 PM (2WIwB)
Nope, but I did hear "If I have to stop this car . . . . " a few times. She never stopped. Heh!
Posted by: LRob in OK
And the ever popular, “I’m giving you til the count of 3”.
Posted by: TxAnn at July 14, 2026 10:50 PM (SjAWL)
https://youtu.be/uoeU9fI98uk
NOT.
Posted by: Anna Puma at July 14, 2026 10:38 PM (2GVsD)
Could be worse. Could be Chainsmoker Cat.
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at July 14, 2026 10:51 PM (+EWjf)
Posted by: Case at July 14, 2026 10:51 PM (IY9No)
Posted by: Anna Puma at July 14, 2026 10:46 PM (2GVsD)
That was weird. Horde mind or
Posted by: ... at July 14, 2026 10:49 PM (vE0+H)
I spent a lifetime one summer at Ft Sill OK.
Posted by: Diogenes at July 14, 2026 10:51 PM (2WIwB)
Posted by: The Grateful - Acta Non Verba at July 14, 2026 10:51 PM (XfIK1)
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Maybe in New York or LA?
1967 was kind of the watershed year, when many many sitcoms and programs and news affiliates started filming & broadcasting in color. I vaguely recall my parents, who were not poor, getting a new Color television for one of the Apollo missions.
My college professor auntie treated television like some weird affliction. She had it on a roll cart, stuffed in a guest room, an expensive high quality B/W job, that was only wheeled out for special occasions or something.
Posted by: Common Tater at July 14, 2026 10:52 PM (3pMUQ)
Just wait until Japan makes ones of these that move and talk...and have working lower parts.
Posted by: 18-1 at July 14, 2026 10:52 PM (sKqQm)
Posted by: Taft at July 14, 2026 10:53 PM (VFFUY)
Babies and really young toddlers sat in mom's lap. Also toddlers pretty much bounced around in the back seat.
Posted by: nerdygirl at July 14, 2026 10:38 PM (0Htd1)
Yeah, and those lovely GM X-frame cars of the late 50s/early 60s made sure those toddlers were converted to a pink mist in a head on accident.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at July 14, 2026 10:53 PM (S41Gd)
An Italian takes Zoohoo Mamadani to task for not including Little Italy on a map of NYC neighborhoods (salty and hilarious language)
https://youtube.com/shorts/9APyiuzmN6g
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at July 14, 2026 10:54 PM (ixS3i)
Posted by: Don Black at July 14, 2026 10:54 PM (ZxPkt)
Yep, they let me know without saying that it would be all right as long as I didn't disturb the other residents, but it was against official facility policy.
They couldn't tell me it was okay directly but had to use the wink and nod tactics.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley at July 14, 2026 10:54 PM (iKvf9)
I almost hate to mention the Signal 30 films of the fifties and sixties. Your comment reminded me.
Posted by: LRob in OK at July 14, 2026 10:54 PM (Jr+re)
Posted by: 496 at July 14, 2026 10:55 PM (szbjN)
Bend, Oregon has a really good rock station. old school AOR music. Sometimes you hit the jackpot.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, All Erudite and Stuff at July 14, 2026 10:55 PM (0aYVJ)
I can't say I get many recipes on line so its not exactly in my wheelhouse, and while a number of the women in my life do they aren't going to like getting that recipe from a woman with her boobs hanging out...
Posted by: 18-1 at July 14, 2026 10:56 PM (sKqQm)
she's a keeper
https://tinyurl.com/bdfvxejx
Posted by: Don Black
The poor thing needs to monetize that channel. She can only afford one button.....
Posted by: mikeski may be missing the points at July 14, 2026 10:56 PM (VHUov)
she's a keeper
https://tinyurl.com/bdfvxejx
Posted by: Don Black at July 14, 2026 10:54 PM (ZxPkt)
Before I sign up for that, what's her wine cellar like???
Posted by: Diogenes at July 14, 2026 10:56 PM (2WIwB)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 14, 2026 10:56 PM (RIvkX)
Never saw Honey West.
But Penny (Sky) King gave me feelings I didn't understand at that age. (As with Annette.)
Posted by: mindful webworker - time traveler from a past millennium at July 14, 2026 10:58 PM (ci8WY)
There is sunken Liberty ship, SS Richard Montgomery, which has been sitting in the Thames estuary since 1944 with its masts sticking above the water as if warning passing ships to steer well clear.
And ships are well advised to steer clear as the wreck contains some 1,400 tonnes of explosives aboard that have never been removed.
Now the British are going forward with a daft scheme to cut away the masts and display them ashore. The same masts which are a big clue to other ships to stay out of the exclusion zone.
What could go wrong? The Francis Scott Key bridge fiasco would like to have word with the British.
Posted by: Anna Puma at July 14, 2026 10:58 PM (2GVsD)
Wine
Golf
This checks out.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 14, 2026
Yeah.
Kind of a weird day on the course.
Posted by: Diogenes at July 14, 2026 10:58 PM (2WIwB)
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Reminds me of the 1990s crash-test dummy PSAs for child safety seats:
"...your 'Little Pumpkin' would be nothing but Squash!"
Posted by: JQ at July 14, 2026 10:59 PM (rdVOm)
Le Marseillaise was originally entitled "Chant de guerre pour l'armee du Rhin."
"Le Marseillaise" is a bit catchier.
Posted by: mnw at July 14, 2026 10:59 PM (RCjYY)
I will personally come and kick your ass of you don’t.
Posted by: nurse ratched. at July 14, 2026 11:00 PM (7KluB)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 14, 2026 11:00 PM (RIvkX)
Never saw Honey West.
But Penny (Sky) King gave me feelings I didn't understand at that age. (As with Annette.)
Posted by: mindful webworker - time traveler from a past millennium at July 14, 2026 10:58 PM (ci8WY)
Connie Hines (Mr Ed).
My tummy felt weird.
Posted by: Diogenes at July 14, 2026 11:00 PM (2WIwB)
Posted by: Anna Puma at July 14, 2026 11:01 PM (2GVsD)
Posted by: Joe Schmo from the Alamo
We had 6 kids in my family and we all survived. Also, we had a small farm and my dad had a pickup truck. We could ride around the farm in the bed of the truck. That was fun, very bouncy.
Posted by: nerdygirl at July 14, 2026 11:01 PM (0Htd1)
Will we have exercise periods at the TxMoMe? With potential ass-kickings?
Posted by: LRob in OK at July 14, 2026 11:01 PM (Jr+re)
Now the British are going forward with a daft scheme to cut away the masts and display them ashore. The same masts which are a big clue to other ships to stay out of the exclusion zone.
Posted by: Anna Puma
Give 'em all a map with "hic sunt kaboomes" written on it about there.
Posted by: mikeski at July 14, 2026 11:01 PM (VHUov)
I will personally come and kick your ass of you don’t.
Posted by: nurse ratched. at July 14, 2026 11:00 PM (7KluB)
Oooooo!!!
You're place or mine???
Posted by: Diogenes at July 14, 2026 11:02 PM (2WIwB)
Posted by: Iris at July 14, 2026 11:02 PM (286+n)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 14, 2026 11:02 PM (J7HCx)
Posted by: San Franpsycho
You could make faces at the driver of the car behind yours.
Posted by: nerdygirl at July 14, 2026 11:02 PM (0Htd1)
So there is always something
Posted by: Kindltot at July 14, 2026 11:02 PM (rbvCR)
Posted by: nerdygirl at July 14, 2026 11:02 PM (0Htd1)
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We would give the "peace" sign to hippies and then go nuts when they gave it back.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 14, 2026 11:03 PM (RIvkX)
I will personally come and kick your ass of you don’t.
Posted by: nurse ratched. at July 14, 2026 11:00 PM (7KluB)
Does this include standing up from a cross legged seat on the ground with no hands?
Posted by: Kindltot at July 14, 2026 11:04 PM (rbvCR)
One night at the drive-in, my little sister poured a bag of popcorn down the heater vents up behind the back seat.
Hilarity did not ensue when Mom turned the heater on for the ride home...
Posted by: sal at July 14, 2026 11:04 PM (f+FmA)
It is the EU and UK, so the warning in all 50 languages would cover the map.
Posted by: Anna Puma at July 14, 2026 11:05 PM (2GVsD)
she's a keeper
https://tinyurl.com/bdfvxejx
Posted by: Don Black at July 14, 2026 10:54 PM (ZxPkt)
I like her flair, but I think she occasionally slipped into an American accent. But her Italian accent was molto bene.
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at July 14, 2026 11:05 PM (ZVgZ4)
Posted by: ... at July 14, 2026 11:05 PM (vE0+H)
she's a keeper
https://tinyurl.com/bdfvxejx
Posted by: Don Black at July 14, 2026 10:54 PM (ZxPkt)
Before I sign up for that, what's her wine cellar like???
Posted by: Diogenes at July 14, 2026 10:56 PM (2WIwB)
Is that a new euphemism?
Posted by: Nerd Herd at July 14, 2026 11:05 PM (NZPfR)
Now the British are going forward with a daft scheme to cut away the masts and display them ashore. The same masts which are a big clue to other ships to stay out of the exclusion zone.
Posted by: Anna Puma
Give 'em all a map with "hic sunt kaboomes" written on it about there.
Posted by: mikeski at July 14, 2026 11:01 PM (VHUov)
Any bets that the first ship to hit it is a Royal Navy boomer, and it's nukes go Kaboom?
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at July 14, 2026 11:06 PM (qx7Zg)
192 Le Marseillaise was originally entitled "Chant de guerre pour l'armee
Posted by: mnw at July 14, 2026 10:59 PM (RCjYY)
I took 4 years of French in jr/sr high and for the final in yr 3, we had to stand in the hall with the teacher and sing Le Marseillaise. To this day, nigh on 50 years later, I can remember about 75% of it.
Posted by: TxAnn at July 14, 2026 11:06 PM (SjAWL)
Posted by: RandomDave at July 14, 2026 11:07 PM (aJQbY)
Itony would be HMS Prince of Wales.
Posted by: Anna Puma at July 14, 2026 11:08 PM (2GVsD)
But, seriously, my younger sister who has some physical limitations, let her husband go to bed on one end of their house, went out into the cool evening on the deck to do something with some rugs she washed that day, fell and broke her elbow. Could NOT get onto her feet and her husband could not hear her. She shuffled on her side the length of the house to wake him. I was literally speechless when she told me. "Younger" in this case means 70+ years old.
Posted by: LRob in OK at July 14, 2026 11:08 PM (Jr+re)
Yea, there too. When I was young and playing lots of sports I didn't think anything about getting up off the ground. Didn't really require much thinking. But it definitely is a bit different as I get older and stiffer.
And I don't want to be like a tortoise and rely on Leon to flip me over.
Posted by: JackStraw at July 14, 2026 11:09 PM (viF8m)
So there is always something
Posted by: Kindltot at July 14, 2026 11:02 PM (rbvCR)
Russia ceased supporting Cuba a long time ago. Why would they give (or sell) the Cubans drones?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 14, 2026 11:10 PM (1z8ji)
Calculating the geometry and physics involved in my still-developing brain, I dove to the 2nd row floorboard and turned so that my back and head were against the back of the front seat, arching over the transmission hump.
Wham!
Both cars were pretty messed up, but not totaled. I was unscathed. My Mom and the other driver were bruised and had bloodied noses and lips.
Posted by: Count de Monet at July 14, 2026 11:10 PM (wVcYX)
Posted by: Don Black at July 14, 2026 11:10 PM (ZxPkt)
Oldest of 5 kids. We had the station wagon with the 3rd seat that faced backwards. Always a fight about who sat back there.
Finally mom had enough and we would draw straws.
First rest stop we changed seats.
It was so cool riding backwards.
Posted by: four seasons at July 14, 2026 11:10 PM (/QHx4)
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at July 14, 2026 11:11 PM (ZVgZ4)
Thomas Paine was imprisoned there after being sentenced to die. The jailers put a chalk mark on the outside of the cell doors for those scheduled for the guillotine.
Paine writes that they omitted him because his cell door was open, & so they didn't notice the chalk mark. No problem. Just correct the mistake on the following day.
That night, Robespierre fell. Thus, Paine writes, his life was saved.
Posted by: mnw at July 14, 2026 11:11 PM (RCjYY)
What could go wrong?
Posted by: Common Tater at July 14, 2026 10:17 PM
Heh.
I remember when Seattle had free baseballs for the first 10,000 thru the gates.
Yeah. That lasted until the first shitty call.
Posted by: Diogenes at July 14, 2026 10:23 PM (2WIwB)
Bat Day at Yankee Stadium. Little wooden nightsticks given to randos in the South Bronx.
Yeah, that wasn't such a bright idea. Probably best that they ended it.
Posted by: Darrell Harris at July 14, 2026 11:12 PM (TgFUA)
Posted by: Anna Puma at July 14, 2026 11:01 PM (2GVsD)
The next episode of Chainsmoker Cat airs on Thursday. To my embarrassment, I look forward to seeing it, just to see what happens next.
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at July 14, 2026 11:12 PM (+EWjf)
Posted by: LRob in OK at July 14, 2026 11:12 PM (Jr+re)
Gaelic is ever worse. How is Slainthe pronounced slawnchuh?
Why is Thomas Meagher's name pronounced Marr?
I am the worst Irishman ever.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, All Erudite and Stuff at July 14, 2026 11:12 PM (0aYVJ)
"...your 'Little Pumpkin' would be nothing but Squash!"
Posted by: JQ
I'm just warped enough that I laughed at that.
Posted by: nerdygirl at July 14, 2026 11:12 PM (0Htd1)
Some of us do, in the form of a Turkish Get Up with 25# dumbbell for reps.
Posted by: Community Notes at July 14, 2026 11:12 PM (a4flb)
Missed it by THAT much...
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at July 14, 2026 11:13 PM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy
"Morbid curiosity" is a thing. "Hatewatching" is a thing.
I think some anime exist only because of these things.
Posted by: mikeski at July 14, 2026 11:13 PM (VHUov)
Will we have exercise periods at the TxMoMe? With potential ass-kickings?
Posted by: LRob in OK at July 14, 2026 11:01 PM (Jr+re)
Mandatory PT sessions, I fear.
Posted by: Count de Monet at July 14, 2026 11:14 PM (wVcYX)
Posted by: mnw at July 14, 2026 11:14 PM (RCjYY)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at July 14, 2026 11:14 PM (Cqx++)
More clarification on the 8-ball horizon. The Basic Reference Coordinate System, very close to modern ECI, was the master inertial frame. At any time, the current alignment of the IMU might vary. The particular alignment in use at any time was dubbed the REFSMMAT, "Reference to Stable Member Matrix". This was a rotation matrix, 3D, which described the relative rotation to the BRCF.
So, the 8-ball horizon, would be whatever happened to be the XY plane of the given REFSMMAT.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley at July 14, 2026 11:15 PM (iKvf9)
Posted by: Pug Mahon, All Erudite and Stuff at July 14, 2026 11:15 PM (0aYVJ)
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at July 14, 2026 11:11 PM (ZVgZ4)
An able-bodied helper with a hoist?
Posted by: Count de Monet at July 14, 2026 11:15 PM (wVcYX)
And then those same people arguing that of course importing millions of foreigners to the US will have no impact on the salaries of American workers...
Posted by: 18-1 at July 14, 2026 11:15 PM (sKqQm)
Oldest of 5 kids. We had the station wagon with the 3rd seat that faced backwards. Always a fight about who sat back there.
Posted by: four seasons at July 14, 2026 11:10 PM (/QHx4)
What, you didn't "call it"? That's how we did it in our family- also five kids.
Posted by: sal at July 14, 2026 11:15 PM (f+FmA)
Should be interesting.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at July 14, 2026 11:16 PM (qx7Zg)
Posted by: LRob in OK at July 14, 2026 11:16 PM (Jr+re)
Get yourself on your hands and knees. Pick one leg, whichever is your stronger and better balance leg and move from your knee to your foot. Put the hand on the side of that leg on your knee and support yourself with your foot and the opposite hand that is still on the floor. Then move your other leg from your knee to your foot so now you are crouching on both feet. Then stand up.
Practice that a few times a day until it become second nature.
Posted by: JackStraw at July 14, 2026 11:17 PM (viF8m)
Posted by: four seasons at July 14, 2026 11:17 PM (/QHx4)
the cargo area behind the 2nd row had floor panels that would fold out and make 2 small bench seats facing each other.
the faux wood panels on the sides
I miss giant American cars
Posted by: Don Black at July 14, 2026 11:18 PM (ZxPkt)
Today I had (x 3 million it feels like) a skin biopsy due to my vast history of skin cancer for now most of my life. Which is nothing compared to what others face.
The only good thing about it is seeing the freaks of people who are at this university hospital, walking the halls. I saw one tattoo "visitor" with a man who looked worse than her...and she had at least 3 septum cattle rings. A group of med students walked by saying, "they are dropping like flies." They did not come from the door where I'd be called.
The MD, RN and ARNP told me I was delightful to meet. I asked my husband later if they were mocking me and he said, no, that I am very entertaining.
I have no idea what I yammered about as when under a tiny bit of stress things flow. I am used to biopsies and would rather not be there, but I am a delightful patient to meet.
Heaven knows compared to the freaks I saw in the hallways I would agree with them. They are probably a lot stupider than me as well.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at July 14, 2026 11:19 PM (hzuYO)
Get
Up
Off
The
Floor.
If you can’t you’re in a LOT of trouble. Learn you can do it before you need to.
Posted by: nurse ratched. at July 14, 2026 11:19 PM (Wh2D7)
I told them and they were like "65? Oh, that's adorable."
I understand what they mean now...
Posted by: sal at July 14, 2026 11:19 PM (f+FmA)
the cargo area behind the 2nd row had floor panels that would fold out and make 2 small bench seats facing each other.
the faux wood panels on the sides
I miss giant American cars
Posted by: Don Black at July 14, 2026 11:18 PM (ZxPkt)
Could they handle being rammed by a Bison?
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at July 14, 2026 11:19 PM (qx7Zg)
Posted by: Pug Mahon, All Erudite and Stuff at July 14, 2026 11:20 PM (0aYVJ)
Then move your other leg from your knee to your foot so now you are crouching on both feet.
That's the Hokey Pokey!
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at July 14, 2026 11:21 PM (Cqx++)
Posted by: LRob in OK at July 14, 2026 11:22 PM (Jr+re)
Posted by: 18-1 at July 14, 2026 11:15 PM (sKqQm)
There is a fine line between having no central belief system at all, and just lying to people about what it is.
Posted by: ... at July 14, 2026 11:22 PM (vE0+H)
So there is always something
Posted by: Kindltot
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Just like old times.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 14, 2026 11:22 PM (J7HCx)
Posted by: nerdygirl at July 14, 2026 11:22 PM (0Htd1)
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at July 14, 2026 11:22 PM (ZVgZ4)
Get
Up
Off
The
Floor.
If you can’t you’re in a LOT of trouble. Learn you can do it before you need to.
Posted by: nurse ratched. at July 14, 2026 11:19 PM (Wh2D7)
Else the Bacon Wenches at the TXMOME will point at you and state loudly, "No bacon for you.!"
Posted by: Count de Monet at July 14, 2026 11:22 PM (wVcYX)
>>the cargo area behind the 2nd row had floor panels that would fold out and make 2 small bench seats facing each other.
>>the faux wood panels on the sides
I miss giant American cars
We had one of those. We had a couple different Griswold family trucksters, faux wood paneling of course, including a Pontiac Bonneville 455 which I eventually inherited when it was well into beater territory.
I could pack 6 guys, 8 in a pinch, and enough gear to last us a weekend on Cape Cod among other road trips. Great car. Like driving a battleship but damn we had fun with that beast.
Posted by: JackStraw at July 14, 2026 11:23 PM (viF8m)
Posted by: nurse ratched. at July 14, 2026 11:00 PM (7KluB)
Oooooo!!!
You're place or mine???
Posted by: Diogenes at July 14, 2026 11:02 PM (2WIwB)
I will never understand men's penchant for masochism.
Posted by: pookysgirl has been told that she's cute when she's angry at July 14, 2026 11:23 PM (cibwl)
A cool thing when we took road trips was stopping somewhere to have a picnic. Parents did not have the money to stop and eat at a restaurant. There weren't fast food places back in the olden days.
It used to be safe to pull over where there were picnic tables to picnic and kids could run around.
Posted by: four seasons at July 14, 2026 11:24 PM (/QHx4)
When I was in HS, I once asked my young woman French teacher if she could translate a line in a book I was reading-- something De Gaulle said to Gen. Massu, upon greeting him at the airport.
My French teacher said she couldn't translate. Odd, So I took it to the German teacher. He laughed.
"Alors Massu. Toujours con?"
Posted by: mnw at July 14, 2026 11:24 PM (RCjYY)
Posted by: LRob in OK at July 14, 2026 11:22 PM (Jr+re)
I hope you roll out from beneath it before you try to get up!
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at July 14, 2026 11:24 PM (ZVgZ4)
Posted by: Pug Mahon
Ain't THAT the truth! BTDT, hate it.
Calf cramp so strong I can barely straighten it out; need to apply full weight on heel, sometimes requires a bit of bouncing to accomplish. Fortunately, these happen rarely.
Posted by: JQ at July 14, 2026 11:25 PM (rdVOm)
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf
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Depends on your definition of handle.
You would survive. You would be able to drive away. You would pay the body shop a shit ton of money.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 14, 2026 11:25 PM (J7HCx)
Posted by: mikeski at July 14, 2026 11:25 PM (VHUov)
Posted by: LRob in OK at July 14, 2026 11:25 PM (Jr+re)
Posted by: LRob in OK at July 14, 2026 11:22 PM (Jr+re)
I'm not on the ground, or floor, every day, but those days when I have to get down there once, it's usually several times.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 14, 2026 11:25 PM (1z8ji)
Posted by: mnw at July 14, 2026 11:26 PM (RCjYY)
Instead I had an ejector car seat with a plastic steering wheel. I also used to stand in the back of my mother's red Pontiac convertible and at stop lights warn others that my mother was driving and to get out of the way (I was said to be 2yrs old). My parents did not care if I was ejected.
My husband (same age) was a wicked toddler who would rock his crib to the dresser and climb down and apparently wake everyone. There was some sort of straight jacket for toddler's cribs and his horrible parents used one on him. In spite of them he's the best of the litter in all ways.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at July 14, 2026 11:26 PM (hzuYO)
Practice that a few times a day until it become second nature.
Posted by: JackStraw
Just tried this. Much easier than I thought it would be!
THANK YOU, JackStraw!!!
Posted by: JQ at July 14, 2026 11:27 PM (rdVOm)
Posted by: ... at July 14, 2026 11:27 PM (vE0+H)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
When she is, how you say, in the mood, it is a trial, no?
Posted by: Paolo at July 14, 2026 11:27 PM (VHUov)
Posted by: JQ
Magnesium oil
Posted by: nurse ratched. at July 14, 2026 11:27 PM (D5/Cc)
Posted by: scampydog at July 14, 2026 11:28 PM (41CYW)
Meh.
Maybe when they're done celebrating their underwhelming, symbolic little jailbreak they can all go ahead and ritualistically burn themselves in a nationwide auto-da-fé as an act of contrition for their excesses in the Vendeé.
Might as well celebrate the salient point of the Revolution, after all.
They can go ahead and fuel the pyre with all existing copies of the sheet music for the Marsellaise, for good measure. Their subsequent insults against and G-d and man alike in the modern era and their pitiful submission to Islam warrant the execration of their national memory.
*spits*
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at July 14, 2026 11:28 PM (BI5O2)
"Hi there Mr. Pin Cushion. Let's have a history lesson. GPS was invented by the Dept. of Defense in...(drum roll)...1973 by everyone's favorite, Generation X. We did so with your generation in mind. You guys have a tendency to get lost coming up the basement stairs to get to you parent's kitchen. Generation X, also, invented child-proof bottle tops with your generation in mind. Although, for entertainment purposes, we didn't put them on the Tide Pod containers. We wanted to see what your generation would do. You didn't disappoint.
Posted by: Orson at July 14, 2026 11:29 PM (dIske)
We always did that. It wasn't just a money thing, we loved it. Rest areas used to be a lot nicer and we would drive to places like the Adirondacks or the coast for family trips. The whole point was to be outside and see the area. We would look for a place with a nice view and stop and have a picnic lunch. It was part of the trip.
Posted by: JackStraw at July 14, 2026 11:29 PM (viF8m)
Posted by: mnw at July 14, 2026 11:24 PM (RCjYY)
Quelle connerie! That’s a word that the French a lot more than we English speakers do with the equivalent English word. They use it so much that it’s no more offensive than saying $h!t in English.
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at July 14, 2026 11:30 PM (ZVgZ4)
Posted by: Case at July 14, 2026 11:31 PM (IY9No)
Posted by: 496 at July 14, 2026 11:31 PM (Ehi8B)
Posted by: mnw at July 14, 2026 11:24 PM (RCjYY)
C’est drole! 😁 (I don’t know how to put the accent circumflex over the o). Je suis technologically challenged.
Posted by: TxAnn at July 14, 2026 11:32 PM (SjAWL)
Posted by: mikeski at July 14, 2026 11:25 PM (VHUov)
Not really. When we were dating and Pooky told me that he had a burn mark on his backside from falling asleep too close to a space heater when he was three, I should've taken that as my cue to run.
Posted by: pookysgirl failed her Wisdom check there at July 14, 2026 11:32 PM (cibwl)
You're very welcome but don't thank me. Thank my awesome PT guy. My parts don't bend like they used to and he showed me that and it made it so much easier.
Posted by: JackStraw at July 14, 2026 11:32 PM (viF8m)
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at July 14, 2026 11:32 PM (BI5O2)
Posted by: Count de Monet at July 14, 2026 11:33 PM (wVcYX)
Many rest stops along the highways are still very nice and seem safe. Others not so much. A couple of years ago I happened to be driving east from El Paso on I10 and the sun came up in an absolutely beautiful sunrise in the middle of nowhere in Texas just as I came upon a rest stop. I pulled over and the ground was covered in trash. I quickly got my photo and left, a little worried about running over something that might puncture a tire.
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at July 14, 2026 11:33 PM (kYmoU)
"Hi there Mr. Pin Cushion. Let's have a history lesson. GPS was invented by the Dept. of Defense in...(drum roll)...1973 by everyone's favorite, Generation X.
See, you got blocked for saying "by" rather than "during."
Unless GPS was invented by an eight-year-old.
Posted by: mikeski of Generation X at July 14, 2026 11:33 PM (VHUov)
Posted by: Bulg at July 14, 2026 11:34 PM (77rzZ)
Posted by: mikeski at July 14, 2026 11:34 PM (VHUov)
Posted by: LRob in OK at July 14, 2026 11:35 PM (Jr+re)
Isometric exercise. Visualize and do. Pull the navel to the spine as close as possible, tighten, hold for 10. Repeat ten times. Do it before arising in the morning. It also helps to draw the knees up before beginning. Do it while driving. While walking is advanced.
While driving hold the wheel at 3 & 9 pressing hands toward each other then do the isometric.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 14, 2026 11:35 PM (J7HCx)
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at July 14, 2026 11:36 PM (ZVgZ4)
I don't either. I can't even put the little accent mark in Spanish.
Please don't explain how to do it, Horde. Like trying to teach a pig to sing.
Posted by: mnw at July 14, 2026 11:36 PM (RCjYY)
Posted by: pookysgirl has been told that she's cute when she's angry at July 14, 2026 11:23 PM (cibwl)
So... I'm going to let you in on a little secret.
It's mostly not appropriate for men to talk about the things they really like and want to do so "beat me up mommy" works as something of a publicly acceptable substitute.
This is not to say that stuff doesn't exist, it quite obviously does. But I'm saying it may appear a little more widespread and common than real statistics would indicate, and that's my guess why.
Posted by: ... at July 14, 2026 11:36 PM (vE0+H)
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My younger brother was awful. My folks used the harness but he kept busting out of it. They tried everything. Finally the pediatrician, with a slightly worried expression, said "I can't believe I'm saying this, but I think you need to secure a top on his crib." They basically made a cage. He's a great guy now though!
Posted by: 496 at July 14, 2026 11:36 PM (Ehi8B)
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at July 14, 2026 11:39 PM (BI5O2)
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at July 14, 2026 11:39 PM (CHHv1)
Posted by: JackStraw at July 14, 2026 11:40 PM (viF8m)
Posted by: mnw at July 14, 2026 11:40 PM (RCjYY)
Unless GPS was invented by an eight-year-old.
Posted by: mikeski of Generation X at July 14, 2026 11:33 PM (VHUov)
________________________________
I'm generation x....I was stringing tennis racquets in a family owned pro shop since I was seven. I paid taxes...that makes me a contributor to the defense fund. I therebye make claim that Generation X was included in invention of GPS.
Posted by: Orson at July 14, 2026 11:41 PM (dIske)
Now the British are going forward with a daft scheme...
Posted by: Anna Puma
Give 'em all a map with "hic sunt kaboomes" written on it about there.
Posted by: mikeski at July 14, 2026 11:01 PM (VHUov)
Any bets that the first ship to hit it is a Royal Navy boomer, and it's nukes go Kaboom?
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf
As if no one knows what comes next.
https://tinyurl.com/forWARd-WeaponizedKragleWH :FACT!
metalTRiUMPh
LET's GO BRANDON!
Who Wants a TACO; I sure DO!
https://www.tinyurl.com/ctHARRIS-FamousLastWords
Posted by: MANFRED the Heat Seeking OBOE at July 14, 2026 11:41 PM (VLEzb)
If you can get from your back or side to all fours, you can get up.
Ask you PT or OT to show you. It’s not necessarily strength. It’s technique. You can do it. Learn how. Before you need to.
Please.
And practice. Every day.
Posted by: nurse ratched. at July 14, 2026 11:41 PM (Xwwcf)
On an iPhone or iPad you just hold the letter down until a pop-up menu appears showing the options: c’est drôle! One problem is that autocucumber wants you to write in English not some other language.
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at July 14, 2026 11:42 PM (ZVgZ4)
— A. Ziffel
Posted by: Bulg at July 14, 2026 11:42 PM (77rzZ)
Posted by: Orson at July 14, 2026 11:29 PM (dIske)
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There was a recent study, presented here, showing the great similarities between Boomers, Gen X and Gen Z.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 14, 2026 11:44 PM (J7HCx)
Posted by: Babe at July 14, 2026 11:45 PM (wVcYX)
Posted by: mnw at July 14, 2026 11:45 PM (RCjYY)
Will we have exercise periods at the TxMoMe? With potential ass-kickings?
Posted by: LRob in OK at July 14, 2026 11:01 PM (Jr+re)
Mandatory PT sessions, I fear.
Posted by: Count de Monet at July 14, 2026 11:14 PM (wVcYX)
***
And knock out 20 while you're down there!
Posted by: Diogenes at July 14, 2026 11:46 PM (2WIwB)
Posted by: four seasons at July 14, 2026 11:47 PM (/QHx4)
In settings there is a Languages and Regions section where you can choose your preferred languages. It will still try to guess what language you’re trying to use, but it will be correct more often.
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at July 14, 2026 11:48 PM (kYmoU)
>>A cool thing when we took road trips was stopping somewhere to have a picnic. Parents did not have the money to stop and eat at a restaurant. There weren't fast food places back in the olden days.
Sam here. Remember roadside tables?
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at July 14, 2026 11:48 PM (Cqx++)
_-_
Fits with my experience. I see bigger differences of urban/rural, ethnicity, religion.
Posted by: Don in SoCo at July 14, 2026 11:48 PM (ehoYw)
That one I actually argued about, though.
She was right about the crib-cage; my daughter would have been super pissed off about that. But I think she would have enjoyed the baby-minder.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at July 14, 2026 11:49 PM (BI5O2)
Posted by: four seasons at July 14, 2026 11:49 PM (/QHx4)
Posted by: JackStraw at July 14, 2026 11:29 PM (viF8m)
The highlight of the annual pilgrimage to my grandmother’s house in Mobile was the mileage countdown to the next Stuckeys. And they always had one on each side of I10. Sigh…..good times.
Posted by: TxAnn at July 14, 2026 11:49 PM (SjAWL)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 14, 2026 11:10 PM (1z8ji)
I suspect the Colombian news is about as good as the US news.
Posted by: Kindltot at July 14, 2026 11:50 PM (rbvCR)
Rest stops were AWESOME!
Posted by: nurse ratched. at July 14, 2026 11:50 PM (ApcYo)
Posted by: Bulg at July 14, 2026 11:51 PM (77rzZ)
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at July 14, 2026 11:51 PM (CHHv1)
Posted by: four seasons at July 14, 2026 11:51 PM (/QHx4)
Posted by: nurse ratched
I use an albuterol inhaler... found that "rinse mouth after use" means: swish vigorously, gargle, spit -- 6 to 8 times.
Would magnesium still help?
Posted by: JQ at July 14, 2026 11:52 PM (rdVOm)
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at July 14, 2026 11:55 PM (CHHv1)
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at July 14, 2026 11:56 PM (ZVgZ4)
I was going to get something by Zappa, but ran across some old Dead, so, I figured, wth. I had more than a touch of gray already when this came out. Nothing but gray, now.
https://youtu.be/80USYpvvF1M
G'nite, y'all.💤
Posted by: mindful webworker - on the road to Wednesday at July 14, 2026 11:57 PM (ci8WY)
Damn, I just tested it on a faux email and it worked. I swear, this place is a veritable cornucopia of knowledge.
Posted by: TxAnn at July 14, 2026 11:57 PM (SjAWL)
Posted by: nurse ratched. at July 14, 2026 11:19 PM (Wh2D7)
When I broke my right shoulder and buggered up my right knee in a fall, I spent about a month unable to get down onto the floor or back up off it, and I lived worried I would tumble and then roll around on the floor like a crushed bug. It is a humbling feeling.
Posted by: Kindltot at July 14, 2026 11:58 PM (rbvCR)
If it's not one thing it will be something else.
Posted by: Case at July 14, 2026 11:58 PM (IY9No)
Posted by: Boss Moss at July 14, 2026 11:59 PM (nwXuw)
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at July 14, 2026 11:55 PM (CHHv1)
BC 0, RtC 1
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at July 14, 2026 11:59 PM (qx7Zg)
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at July 14, 2026 11:59 PM (ZVgZ4)
Magnesium oil is for topical application only. FO NOT TAKE ORALLY!
Apply magnesium oil to the bottom of your feet before bed. It helps with sleep and lower leg cramping.
Wash your hands after application so you don’t inadvertently rub your eyes during sleep. It helps me.
Posted by: nurse ratched. at July 14, 2026 11:59 PM (GI9/m)
Posted by: Bulg at July 15, 2026 12:00 AM (77rzZ)
My grandfather was a professor but also did consulting with various industries but he hated to fly. So he was a big road trip guy and he and my grandmother loved taking me and sister along. We drove to Florida a couple times which was a big deal back then and that's when I got introduced to Stuckey's. Whoa. Also saw my first and last Sambo's in Florida.
Posted by: JackStraw at July 15, 2026 12:00 AM (viF8m)
Posted by: Boss Moss at July 14, 2026 11:59 PM (nwXuw)
Well, we’re waiting.
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at July 15, 2026 12:00 AM (ZVgZ4)
Posted by: TxAnn
And well over half of it is correct!
Posted by: mikeski at July 15, 2026 12:02 AM (VHUov)
Posted by: mnw at July 15, 2026 12:02 AM (RCjYY)
"It'll tickle your innards".
Posted by: Count de Monet at July 15, 2026 12:02 AM (wVcYX)
Posted by: Bulg at July 15, 2026 12:00 AM
+++++++
You know about the cup sizes?
Posted by: Frank Costanza at July 15, 2026 12:03 AM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: Boss Moss at July 15, 2026 12:03 AM (nwXuw)
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Welp, there goes the viewership.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 15, 2026 12:04 AM (J7HCx)
Posted by: Bulg at July 15, 2026 12:00 AM (77rzZ)
Naturally. Occasionally augmented, even.
Posted by: Count de Monet at July 15, 2026 12:04 AM (wVcYX)
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at July 15, 2026 12:05 AM (kYmoU)
Have ya'll seen on Fox about people checking into the Airbnb rental and there is a photo on the wall of their family?
It is creepy.
Posted by: four seasons at July 15, 2026 12:06 AM (/QHx4)
Posted by: Boss Moss at July 15, 2026 12:07 AM (nwXuw)
Posted by: JQ at July 15, 2026 12:08 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at July 15, 2026 12:08 AM (CHHv1)
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at July 14, 2026 11:48 PM (kYmoU)
I am not so committed to French that I want change my preferred language: it’s just that if you try to type French on the fly with English as your preferred language, you’ll need to check every word to see that it hasn’t “corrected” it to the closest English equivalent. Interestingly, c’est drôle passes autocucumber muster with no changes. Must be used often enough in English to be accepted.
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at July 15, 2026 12:08 AM (ZVgZ4)
I had to just kind of weeble-wobble back and forth like a flipped turtle until I could get on all fours and crawl back upstairs, since I was alone in the house.
Got myself to the freezer in the kitchen and hauled myself up to where I could grab some ice and whiskey. After a couple hours of ice and whiskey, I got to standing with the help of the counter and some shelves, splinted the thumb with chopsticks and duct tape, retrieved the phone and called my girlfriend for help.
At the end of it, I felt more sorry for poor Sancho than myself. You never saw a more pathetic dog in your life. He thought he killed me and just stood there crying the whole time.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at July 15, 2026 12:08 AM (BI5O2)
Posted by: JackStraw at July 15, 2026 12:09 AM (viF8m)
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Read this about a month ago too. Speculating it's a bunch of liberals who want to bend over for Hamas.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 15, 2026 12:09 AM (J7HCx)
Oh, the car.
My car broke down in Balmorhea, TX and there was no fixing it within 100 miles. The AAA guy took about four hours to get there. He offered to buy it from me and tow me to El Paso, where I could fly the rest of the way home.
It was mebbe a 3-hour drive. I get in the cab with him and I hear "Hello!" His wife was in the back, with -- a little girl. Then another little girl rolled out of nowhere. Then a third hopped out of nowhere else. Not in many years have I seen kids hop, fly, lie down, dance, bounce around, and defy gravity inside a moving vehicle the way those kids did. Every now and then the dad would stretch his arm back and snap his fingers very emphatically, they'd calm down for 30 seconds and start flying around again. Funniest jumble of a ride I ever had. I had fun talking to those people.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 15, 2026 12:09 AM (mmrXZ)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 14, 2026 11:10 PM (1z8ji)
Easy to buy and build.
Posted by: Diogenes at July 15, 2026 12:09 AM (2WIwB)
Posted by: Frankie at July 15, 2026 12:10 AM (S+pqy)
Posted by: Kindltot at July 15, 2026 12:10 AM (rbvCR)
That's quite an image of the storming of the Bastille. I'm sure it was mentioned somewhere upthread that there were, like, 4 people detained there at the time, and 2 of them were insane.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 15, 2026 12:10 AM (mmrXZ)
Posted by: Bulg at July 14, 2026 11:51 PM (77rzZ)
Don't be silly, cats can't type
Posted by: Kindltot at July 15, 2026 12:11 AM (rbvCR)
Posted by: Diogenes at July 14, 2026 11:46 PM (2WIwB)
But sir, there are 24 cans in a pack of beer. What do I do with the other 4?
Posted by: AZ Hi Desert (Gringo fuertemente armado-Tempus belli) at July 15, 2026 12:11 AM (SQkDW)
You don’t have to change it. Just add it. You can have multiple preferred languages.
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at July 15, 2026 12:12 AM (kYmoU)
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at July 15, 2026 12:13 AM (CHHv1)
Have ya'll seen on Fox about people checking into the Airbnb rental and there is a photo on the wall of their family?
It is creepy.
Posted by: four seasons at July 15, 2026 12:06 AM (/QHx4)
You mean a photo of the renters’ family. That is creepy. A picture of the owner’s family might be indiscreet, but not creepy.
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at July 15, 2026 12:13 AM (ZVgZ4)
Posted by: Bulg at July 15, 2026 12:14 AM (77rzZ)
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at July 15, 2026 12:15 AM (ZVgZ4)
Nemo,
The family renting the place.
Of course more info is needed.
I have wondered if extended family is doing it. I don't know.
It is creepy no matter who responsible for doing that.
Posted by: four seasons at July 15, 2026 12:16 AM (/QHx4)
Posted by: Boss Moss at July 15, 2026 12:17 AM (nwXuw)
Posted by: Kindltot at July 15, 2026 12:11 AM (rbvCR)
That’s what they want you to think!
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at July 15, 2026 12:17 AM (ZVgZ4)
The bartender beats the guy up and throws him out.
The following night the guy returns and makes the same order. "One beer for me, one for you, and one for everyone who's here!" The bartender thinks "He can't be that brazen. He must have money today."
So he serves beer to everyone. Again the man walks out after he's done. "Hey! What about the bill?" "I don't have any money."
The bartender beats the man up again and throws him out.
Third night. The man says: "One beer for me and one for everyone who's here in the bar." The bartender asks "What about me? Don't I get a beer?
"No. You get way too aggressive when you drink."
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at July 15, 2026 12:17 AM (IG3/x)
That I didn't know. Is that some federal thing, or does it vary by state? And just what facilities does it apply to?
It seems hospitals around here can throw people out, but that's a LEO thing. I'm just wondering the details of how it all works.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley at July 15, 2026 12:17 AM (iKvf9)
Have ya'll seen on Fox about people checking into the Airbnb rental and there is a photo on the wall of their family?
It is creepy.
Posted by: four seasons at July 15, 2026 12:06 AM (/QHx4)
You mean a photo of the renters’ family. That is creepy. A picture of the owner’s family might be indiscreet, but not creepy.
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit
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I'd be a lot easier to see if there were a link.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 15, 2026 12:18 AM (J7HCx)
Posted by: Cuba at July 15, 2026 12:18 AM (u/oMr)
Posted by: Boss Moss at July 15, 2026 12:19 AM (nwXuw)
Posted by: four seasons at July 15, 2026 12:20 AM (/QHx4)
Posted by: ... at July 15, 2026 12:20 AM (vE0+H)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 15, 2026 12:18 AM (J7HCx)
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Forget that... foxnews also has a story on "catfish girl". I think she's real purdy.
Posted by: 496 at July 15, 2026 12:20 AM (ot8Q5)
If it’s extended family, ok, that gets a pass from me. Otherwise that sounds too much like the opening scenes of a horror movie.
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at July 15, 2026 12:21 AM (ZVgZ4)
It is creepy.
Posted by: four seasons at July 15, 2026 12:06 AM (/QHx4)
I would burn it down to the bedrock.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at July 15, 2026 12:21 AM (S41Gd)
Posted by: 496 at July 15, 2026 12:21 AM (ot8Q5)
Here you go, fs
https://shorturl.at/Ak8yK
Posted by: ... at July 15, 2026 12:21 AM (vE0+H)
BREAKING: South Korean stock YouTuber reportedly stabbed by a viewer who lost money after following his investment advice
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Don't know why Kramer comes to mind.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 15, 2026 12:22 AM (J7HCx)
Posted by: Cuba at July 15, 2026 12:18 AM (u/oMr)
And they got fuzzy dice hanging off the nose.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at July 15, 2026 12:22 AM (S41Gd)
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 15, 2026 12:10 AM (mmrXZ)
So they weren't all leftists then
Posted by: ... at July 15, 2026 12:23 AM (vE0+H)
It kinda cracked me up thinking it could be a photo of the family who were not invited.
Still, it is creepy as fuck.
Posted by: four seasons at July 15, 2026 12:24 AM (/QHx4)
Footage, reportedly taken during Iranian drone and missile strikes against Kuwait earlier, shows a Shahed-136 impact. The U.S. continues to trade strikes with Iran, as targets inside Bahrain and Kuwait are now bearing the brunt of Iranian fires.
https://tinyurl.com/mr3d7d5z
Not moving that fast, looks like target practice
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 15, 2026 12:25 AM (J7HCx)
I'm not expecting much at that price, but I'm willing to be pleasantly surprised. Pleasantly being defined as it feeds, fires, and ejects with no problems. If it digests my wimpy skeet loads, I'll try running some factory buckshot through it.
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at July 15, 2026 12:25 AM (+EWjf)
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 15, 2026 12:10 AM (mmrXZ)
Wasn't one of them the Marquis de Sade?
Who, as I recall, was promptly thrown back in prison by the new regime.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at July 15, 2026 12:25 AM (IG3/x)
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at July 15, 2026 12:26 AM (ZVgZ4)
It is creepy.
Posted by: four seasons
Not hard to do, depending on the renter's name and location.
"Bob Smith from Minneapolis?" Tough.
"Walter Abramovich III from Bemidji?" You can find him on Facebook and print out a pic pretty easy.
Posted by: mikeski at July 15, 2026 12:26 AM (VHUov)
Posted by: Cuba at July 15, 2026 12:18 AM (u/oMr)
And they got fuzzy dice hanging off the nose.
Posted by: Berserker-
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For some reason, Cuba's comment brought to mind Boss Hoss bikes.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 15, 2026 12:26 AM (XeU6L)
_ZH
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 15, 2026 12:26 AM (J7HCx)
Posted by: Case at July 15, 2026 12:27 AM (IY9No)
1.) WRONG! This is creepy as all get out.
2.) This is reason # 10,000 why I don't have social media and adamantly refuse to allow my wife to post photos of the kids on hers - this weirdo was probably harmless, but many weirdos are not.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at July 15, 2026 12:28 AM (BI5O2)
If it is, it reminds me of the true story of a bride and groom to be from like the early 2000's (I think they met in college), going through old family photos to put together for the wedding, and there was one photo from when the groom was like 4 years old, standing at Disney World, and behind him walking by were the bride's parents pushing her in a stroller.
Posted by: ... at July 15, 2026 12:28 AM (vE0+H)
Who, as I recall, was promptly thrown back in prison by the new regime.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at July 15, 2026 12:25 AM (IG3/x)
What would you do with him?
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at July 15, 2026 12:29 AM (ZVgZ4)
I'm not expecting much at that price, but I'm willing to be pleasantly surprised. Pleasantly being defined as it feeds, fires, and ejects with no problems. If it digests my wimpy skeet loads, I'll try running some factory buckshot through it.
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at July 15, 2026 12:25 AM (+EWjf)
Damn, yang poon shotgun. You probably should tie a string to the trigger for the first 100 rounds.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at July 15, 2026 12:30 AM (S41Gd)
Watch us land one of our drone-boats inside a moving US Navy warship during RIMPAC. This world-first resupply mission was performed completely autonomously using a Splash Industries Typhoon USV
https://tinyurl.com/4vxuztnn
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 15, 2026 12:30 AM (J7HCx)
I don't know why I get the feeling that the Taco Bell thing is a cover for something else. It just seems too "perfect" and will throw everyone off the scent of what actually occurred. Then again maybe Occam's razor really does apply for once.
Posted by: ... at July 15, 2026 12:31 AM (vE0+H)
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at July 15, 2026 12:33 AM (BI5O2)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 15, 2026 12:26 AM (XeU6L)
Hmm, no clue why. They are all American iron. I saw one with a hemi and a blower. How much of a death wish do you need to ride that?
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at July 15, 2026 12:33 AM (S41Gd)
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at July 15, 2026 12:29 AM (ZVgZ4)
He was a forcible rapist in real life, and they had a guillotine just sitting there....
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at July 15, 2026 12:33 AM (IG3/x)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 15, 2026 12:34 AM (1z8ji)
God, this is chair is terrible. I'd think I'd pay them money for it just to destroy it.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley at July 15, 2026 12:34 AM (iKvf9)
Bastille patrons:
4 men accused of forgery
2 men who were mentally ill
1 aristocrat, Comte de Solages, who had been imprisoned at his family's request
The Marquis de Sade had been transferred out about 10 days earlier. He'd made his cell into a hotel room.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia's Phone at July 15, 2026 12:34 AM (mmrXZ)
Posted by: Boss Moss at July 15, 2026 12:35 AM (nwXuw)
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at July 15, 2026 12:33 AM (BI5O2)
Not to mention assembled by a dude sitting on a jungle floor, wearing a diaper on his head, and holding it with his feet as he assembles it.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at July 15, 2026 12:35 AM (S41Gd)
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at July 15, 2026 12:30 AM (S41Gd)
I am definitely going to inspect the barrel and make sure the hole for the bore goes all the way through.
But then, I do that for new Rugers too.
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at July 15, 2026 12:36 AM (+EWjf)
Posted by: mikeski
Nevermind, now that I see the article. Because:
It's a big aerial beach photo.
Posted by: ...
Yup. They were at that beach 10 years ago when someone took a photo of the whole beach. Few dozen people in it. Not really a "photo of their family."
Weirdly coincidental, but if you keep going back there to vacation.....
Posted by: mikeski at July 15, 2026 12:37 AM (VHUov)
Posted by: mikeski at July 15, 2026 12:38 AM (VHUov)
2.) This is reason # 10,000 why I don't have social media and adamantly refuse to allow my wife to post photos of the kids on hers - this weirdo was probably harmless, but many weirdos are not.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice
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Agree 100%
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The wall photo is an aerial photo so the chance that the owner was able to pick out, from a random photo selection, that family, from a different time is slim.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 15, 2026 12:38 AM (J7HCx)
Posted by: ... at July 15, 2026 12:28 AM (vE0+H)
That sounds like fate, or God’s Providence. I know that after I met my wife in science fiction circles in New Orleans in 1991, I had already seen her from the Masquerade at NolaCon II, the 46th World Science Fiction Convention, held in New Orleans in 1988. She was in a group display with several of her friends. I actually saw her backstage as I was helping a friend photograph the costumes. Didn’t meet her till 1991 when we were introduced by a mutual friend at the wedding of a Marine Captain who was also a science fiction fan and a mutual friend, just not the one who did the introductions.
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at July 15, 2026 12:40 AM (ZVgZ4)
Posted by: Boss Moss at July 15, 2026 12:40 AM (nwXuw)
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at July 15, 2026 12:41 AM (CHHv1)
Posted by: ...
Maybe there is something to that Asian "red string of fate" theory.
Posted by: mikeski at July 15, 2026 12:41 AM (VHUov)
So there is always something
Posted by: Kindltot
Are the Cubans really stupid? Cause launching drones at the US would be like picking a fight with an NFL front four at a bar.
Posted by: Azjaeger at July 15, 2026 12:41 AM (3/XaG)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 15, 2026 12:38 AM (J7HCx)
And it's more than likely not AI because the family says they are their swimming suits. So it's not like their likeness was taken and thrown into a random picture. What's really odd is they looked and noticed themselves in it.
Posted by: ... at July 15, 2026 12:43 AM (vE0+H)
But, is there anything the IRGC won't tolerate? As long as they keep control?
Posted by: mnw at July 15, 2026 12:43 AM (RCjYY)
But, is there anything the IRGC won't tolerate?
Posted by: mnw at July 15, 2026 12:43 AM (RCjYY)
A five year old stealing an apple and keeping both his hands?
Posted by: ... at July 15, 2026 12:46 AM (vE0+H)
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at July 15, 2026 12:46 AM (aOqrc)
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at July 15, 2026 12:35 AM (S41Gd)
I watched some Pakistanis making .30 Mauser pistol ammo. When it was time to charge the primed cases with powder, the worker (who was sitting on the floor) placed a bunch of them mouth-up in a tray, poured powder over the cases, struck off the excess with a straight-edge, and handed the tray off to the next guy.
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at July 15, 2026 12:46 AM (+EWjf)
Posted by: ... at July 15, 2026 12:46 AM (vE0+H)
But now I have to analyze their photos for boys who will potentially stalk my baby in the hopes of getting more theme park vacations in the future. Great. Just great.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at July 15, 2026 12:47 AM (BI5O2)
Bad Motorscooter
Rock Candy
Rock the Nation (above)
Damn. Those were some songs. I guess it was like the proto-VH, except Dave kept it more interesting with his more diverse tastes in music.
Sounds like you could have a prick measuring contest between Ronnie Montrose and Ritchie Blackmore.
Posted by: Axeman at July 15, 2026 12:47 AM (ikSmX)
Posted by: ... at July 15, 2026 12:28 AM (vE0+H)
My brother and his wife were born 3 days apart in the same year, and in the same hospital. My mother and her mother were in the hospital at the same time. No sure at this point my brother would call it God's providence, but something more malevolent, lol.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at July 15, 2026 12:48 AM (S41Gd)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 15, 2026 12:48 AM (J7HCx)
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at July 15, 2026 12:46 AM (+EWjf)
I can totally see that.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at July 15, 2026 12:50 AM (S41Gd)
_Grassley
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We're waiting for some action, we've heard all the talk we care to hear. We want to see some convictions and jail time sentences.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 15, 2026 12:50 AM (J7HCx)
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Don't know why Kramer comes to mind.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 15, 2026 12:22 AM (J7HCx)
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"You think these hands have been soaking in diswashing liquid??!!"
Posted by: Axeman at July 15, 2026 12:51 AM (ikSmX)
The American public is already sick of the war, and the DEMs know that. That's why they blocked the Defense Authorization bill today.
Posted by: mnw at July 15, 2026 12:52 AM (RCjYY)
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at July 15, 2026 12:53 AM (+EWjf)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 15, 2026 12:50 AM (J7HCx)
I want to see George Patto come back to life and personally deliver a giant Publisher's Clearing House check to my front door, redeemable for a lifetime supply of Pappy Van Winkle.
Let's see which happens first.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at July 15, 2026 12:54 AM (BI5O2)
Also a banger Montrose track. And Sammy belts them out like a boss.
Posted by: Axeman at July 15, 2026 12:56 AM (ikSmX)
Posted by: raimondo at July 15, 2026 12:58 AM (czyz5)
350
Oh, the car.
My car broke down in Balmorhea, TX and there was no fixing it within 100 miles. The AAA guy took about four hours to get there. He offered to buy it from me and tow me to El Paso, where I could fly the rest of the way home.”
Balmorhea! We stopped there once to go to the famous swimming area. Well worth it! The best swimming pool in the absolute middle of nowhere you’ll ever find. Like 2 huge swimming pools joined together at right angles except it’s 25 feet deep and at the bottom there’s a river bed with boulders and aquatic plants and fish. People bring scuba gear to go down into it.
But you’re right , it is a long way from anywhere! Real close to that “Y” where I-20 and I-10 join up (if you’re headed west)
Posted by: Tom Servo at July 15, 2026 12:58 AM (wLnmp)
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at July 15, 2026 01:01 AM (aOqrc)
I was just watching a replay of the Soyuz MS-29 launch, crew replacement to the ISS earlier. I think they've docked as well, and I'll fast forward through that replay.
Anyway, the Korolev Cross is indeed a pretty cool thing to see.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley at July 15, 2026 01:02 AM (iKvf9)
Posted by: Taft
www.youtube.com/watch?v=TtBzsblzkys
Budgie & Judas Priest - Running from My Soul (1974)
Posted by: Dark Lixtiquatal at July 15, 2026 01:03 AM (DZ9Lv)
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at July 15, 2026 01:07 AM (CHHv1)
425 Erode when? In 2031?
The American public is already sick of the war, and the DEMs know that. That's why they blocked the Defense Authorization bill today.
Posted by: mnw at July 15, 2026 12:52 AM (RCjYY)
Not quite true. The public was sick of high gas prices, because that affects them personally. But most don’t give a shit one way or the other about the actual war.
Which is the primary reason I have been advocating, do whatever we can to have full control of shipping through the straits. The rest of the country can go hang as long as we control that COMPLETELY.
Posted by: Tom Servo at July 15, 2026 01:07 AM (wLnmp)
Posted by: Cow Demon at July 15, 2026 01:07 AM (pKv0r)
Il n'y a pas de fin à ce qu'ils prendront
Afficher les fruits de la naissance noble
Laver le sel dans la terre
Mais ils marchent pour le jour de la Bastille
La guillotine réclamera son prix sanglant
Libérez les donjons des innocents
Eh bien, le roi doit s'agenouiller pour laisser son royaume s'élever
Posted by: Prof Neil E Peart at July 15, 2026 01:09 AM (pKv0r)
Peur nue sur chaque visage
Voyez-les incliner la tête pour mourir
Comme nous nous inclinions quand ils sont passés
Et ils marchent pour le jour de la Bastille
La guillotine réclamera son prix sanglant
Chantez, ou chœurs de cacophonie
Eh bien, le roi s'est agenouillé pour laisser son royaume s'élever
Leçons enseignées mais jamais apprises
Tout autour de nous, la colère brûle
Guider l'avenir par le passé
Il y a longtemps, le moule a été coulé
Car ils ont marché vers le jour de la Bastille
La guillotine a remporté son prix sanglant
Entendre les échos des siècles
Eh bien, le pouvoir n'est pas tout ce que l'argent achète
Posted by: Prof Neil E Peart at July 15, 2026 01:09 AM (pKv0r)
Posted by: Cow Demon at July 15, 2026 01:11 AM (pKv0r)
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at July 15, 2026 01:07 AM (CHHv1)
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There is a Seinfeld quote for almost every occasion, I believe.
Posted by: Axeman at July 15, 2026 01:12 AM (ikSmX)
I acknowledge…not a square inch of earth wasn’t conquered by someone else at some point.
Posted by: Cow Demon at July 15, 2026 01:14 AM (pKv0r)
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at July 15, 2026 01:07 AM (CHHv1)
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There is a Seinfeld quote for almost every occasion, I believe.
Posted by: Axeman at July 15, 2026 01:12 AM (ikSmX)
Swinefeld.
That show sucked.
Posted by: Cow Demon at July 15, 2026 01:15 AM (pKv0r)
Posted by: mnw
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They are getting less and less supplies. We took out a major railway bridge at the beginning of this session. The article didn't say from where but it was either NNW or E.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 15, 2026 01:16 AM (J7HCx)
Posted by: Axeman
I thought that was "The Simpsons."
Posted by: which was said on neither show at July 15, 2026 01:17 AM (VHUov)
Posted by: Skip at July 15, 2026 01:18 AM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: Cow Demon at July 15, 2026 01:18 AM (pKv0r)
Posted by: mnw
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Where do you get your information?
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 15, 2026 01:19 AM (J7HCx)
Posted by: Axeman at July 15, 2026 01:20 AM (ikSmX)
Posted by: Skip at July 15, 2026 01:20 AM (Ia/+0)
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There is a Seinfeld quote for almost every occasion, I believe.
Posted by: Axeman at July 15, 2026 01:12 AM (ikSmX)
And no matter how down you’re feeling, you’ll always laugh when George talks about “Shrinkage”.
Posted by: Tom Servo at July 15, 2026 01:20 AM (wLnmp)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 15, 2026 01:19 AM (J7HCx)
He’s sick of the war so he assumes everyone else is.
Posted by: Cow Demon at July 15, 2026 01:21 AM (pKv0r)
Posted by: Tom Servo at July 15, 2026 12:58 AM (wLnmp
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I was stuck the entire time in this bodega that was connected to the gas Station. Not a bad place. I wandered out and found a little veterans memorial.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia's Phone at July 15, 2026 01:22 AM (mmrXZ)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 15, 2026 01:24 AM (J7HCx)
Posted by: Tom Servo at July 15, 2026 01:20 AM (wLnmp)
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"I was in the pool!!" is one I use more often.
Also, "Was that wrong? Should I not have done that?"
My wife and I have both exchanged "And you want to be my latex salesman?"
Posted by: Axeman at July 15, 2026 01:25 AM (ikSmX)
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at July 15, 2026 01:28 AM (IG3/x)
Haven't tried to 'catch up' since retiring. My bad, LOL.
Posted by: JQ at July 15, 2026 01:29 AM (rdVOm)
When one imports the third world, one becomes the third world.
The corresponding figure for Germany, France, etc is appx 30%.
My source for this is a Gatestone Institute article today. In my experience, Gatestone is accurate and reliable usually.
Posted by: mnw at July 15, 2026 01:32 AM (RCjYY)
Posted by: fly gal at July 15, 2026 01:32 AM (jrfOX)
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia
Is it short for "Balrog of Moria," but just spelled weird?
Posted by: mikeski at July 15, 2026 01:33 AM (VHUov)
No disrespect intended toward any Morons who are from the Great State of Texas, but "Balmorhea" sounds like some kind of disease.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia
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Think of it as being Irish. It's not, but think of it that way.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia's Phone at July 15, 2026 01:35 AM (mmrXZ)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 15, 2026 01:36 AM (J7HCx)
Still have one of the 4x12 cabs
Posted by: MAxIE at July 15, 2026 01:36 AM (9DOTQ)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 15, 2026 01:37 AM (J7HCx)
I'm not sick of the war, and I haven't assumed a damn thing. I support what Trump is doing, and I wish he'd done it much sooner.
Braenyard
Look at the Real Clear Politics (RCP) average of all polls. If you want to say the polls are all wrong, and the public likes the war more and more with each passing day, go for it.
Posted by: mnw at July 15, 2026 01:38 AM (RCjYY)
Posted by: Blonde Morticia's Phone at July 15, 2026 01:39 AM (mmrXZ)
Le Ça Ira -
https://t.ly/bx8B5
Goes to EweTube, about 2 mins.
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at July 15, 2026 01:41 AM (ZVgZ4)
Posted by: mnw at July 15, 2026 01:41 AM (RCjYY)
Well, here's what my bot said:
Although Rhea is an Irish (and also Scottish) surname, Balmorhea itself is not an Irish name.
The town's name is an invented combination of the surnames of its founders and developers:
Bal — from Ernest D. Balcom
Mor — from H. R. Morrow
Rhea — from John and Joe Rhea
Together they formed Bal-Mor-Rhea, which became Balmorhea.
So the ending "-rhea" comes from the surname Rhea, which does have Irish roots in many families, but Balmorhea is a uniquely Texan place name rather than a name of Irish origin. It's pronounced BAL-muh-RAY, not "bal-mor-HEE-uh."
Posted by: Blonde Morticia's Phone at July 15, 2026 01:41 AM (mmrXZ)
@SaraGonzalesTX
I asked Senator Thom Tillis about his vote against the Save America act and whether it has anything to do with the money he’s receiving from industries who profit off of cheap illegal labor.
He was VERY mad about the question.
We deserve better than these America Last losers!
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What an ass, he is.
https://tinyurl.com/yxdakrtk
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 15, 2026 01:43 AM (J7HCx)
Piaf's Marseilles is about as good as it gets too.
Want to see something spectacular?
I don't know how to do links, but you.tube Celine Dion "Hymn a l'amour" 2024 Olympics.
She starts singing at the 5 minute mark, but the first 5 minutes are the fireworks and light show, which is also worth checking out.
Posted by: mnw at July 15, 2026 01:46 AM (RCjYY)
Posted by: mnw
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Your answer to my question is polls. You form your opinion from polls.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 15, 2026 01:46 AM (J7HCx)
No.one wants to get nuked that will happen if Iran has the capacity
Posted by: Skip at July 15, 2026 01:47 AM (Ia/+0)
The author of that article said we have to consider when to confiscate the nukes from France and England, since they'll have Islamist governments.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia's Phone at July 15, 2026 01:47 AM (mmrXZ)
So the ending "-rhea" comes from the surname Rhea, which does have Irish roots in many families, but Balmorhea is a uniquely Texan place name rather than a name of Irish origin. It's pronounced BAL-muh-RAY, not "bal-mor-HEE-uh."
Posted by: Blonde Morticia's Phone
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Best answer yet.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 15, 2026 01:50 AM (J7HCx)
Where do you get YOUR information? That the polls (all) are wrong, and that the public by and large actually supports the war?
Posted by: mnw at July 15, 2026 01:51 AM (RCjYY)
Balmorhea was platted in 1906.[5] Its founders were Ernest D. Balcom, H. R. Morrow, and John and Joe Rhea; the town's name is an amalgamation of their surnames.[6][7]
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 15, 2026 01:56 AM (J7HCx)
Where do you get YOUR information? That the polls (all) are wrong, and that the public by and large actually supports the war?
Posted by: mnw
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The polls predicted that Trump would lose the election.
The polls are consistently wrong.
Adding them all up, dividing them to an average
does not increase their accuracy.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 15, 2026 01:58 AM (J7HCx)
The author of that article said we have to consider when to confiscate the nukes from France and England, since they'll have Islamist governments.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia's Phone
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Agreed but don't leave out England.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 15, 2026 02:00 AM (J7HCx)
Posted by: Reforger at July 15, 2026 02:01 AM (/Hx86)
Posted by: Braenyard
Good thing they were Balcom, Morrow, and Rhea, and not something like Head, Upton, and Bottoms.
Posted by: mikeski at July 15, 2026 02:01 AM (VHUov)
So the ending "-rhea" comes from the surname Rhea, which does have Irish roots in many families, but Balmorhea is a uniquely Texan place name rather than a name of Irish origin. It's pronounced BAL-muh-RAY, not "bal-mor-HEE-uh."
Posted by: Blonde Morticia's Phone
It should be mentioned that Balmorhea HS was the 2020 Division II 6 man football state champions and it probably says that on the huge sign has you entered town. If you're ever passing through, be sure to take a good look at the bright red lamp shades on the street lamps next to the ice machine.
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at July 15, 2026 02:02 AM (/eAef)
Damn, do I have to go back to that pinprick of a town to catch up on the things I missed?
Posted by: Blonde Morticia's Phone at July 15, 2026 02:09 AM (mmrXZ)
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at July 15, 2026 02:10 AM (ibDUx)
Posted by: JQ at July 15, 2026 02:16 AM (rdVOm)
Iran is not simply losing a war. It is losing the economic foundations that have kept the Islamic regime alive for nearly 5 decades.
https://tinyurl.com/3p3877jn
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 15, 2026 02:17 AM (J7HCx)
Posted by: JQ at July 15, 2026 02:19 AM (rdVOm)
https://t.ly/ujT7m
EweTube, about a minute and a half, doesn’t include the aftermath.
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at July 15, 2026 02:20 AM (ZVgZ4)
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at July 15, 2026 02:24 AM (ibDUx)
Not getting much done in the yard lately, LOL.
Posted by: JQ at July 15, 2026 02:28 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at July 15, 2026 02:28 AM (ibDUx)
Posted by: JQ at July 15, 2026 02:29 AM (rdVOm)
Good night, Debby! JQ, how long have you been lurking?
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 15, 2026 02:30 AM (mmrXZ)
Posted by: JQ at July 15, 2026 02:30 AM (rdVOm)
Been lurking on/off most of the evening... in between chores & puttering around house.
Posted by: JQ at July 15, 2026 02:31 AM (rdVOm)
"Also use as walking harness"!?!?!?
Nobody really did that back in the day, that I knew of.
Posted by: mindful webworker - time traveler from the 1950s at July 14, 2026 10:20 PM (ci8WY)
My maternal grandmother put my mom on a tether, and she was born in.. what.. like 1945? 46? Admittedly it was considered very peculiar at the time, but many decades later she was diagnosed with ADD, once it was a thing that doctors were equipped to recognize. (And it has to be pretty severe to spot it in an adult, after they've developed a range of coping mechanisms.) It was likely a matter of simple necessity.
Posted by: SciVo at July 15, 2026 02:32 AM (Sy6m/)
Said it was tense.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 15, 2026 02:32 AM (J7HCx)
Posted by: frammish at July 15, 2026 02:35 AM (rcENI)
Part of me wishes she hadn't been so careful...
Posted by: JQ at July 15, 2026 02:36 AM (rdVOm)
I'm debating at whether this chair is worse than the hard floor. I've tried both, hard to tell which is worse.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley at July 15, 2026 02:42 AM (iKvf9)
Nursing home furniture is crap here, too... I usually sit on the bed next to hubby, while we watch tv.
But yeah, you probably can't/don't wish to do that there with your mom.
Bless you for *standing watch* over her!
Posted by: JQ at July 15, 2026 02:47 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at July 15, 2026 02:47 AM (ZVgZ4)
Posted by: JQ at July 15, 2026 02:51 AM (rdVOm)
Nothing to be found. I hate to ask the staff for anything, 'cause I'm not supposed to be here.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley at July 15, 2026 02:51 AM (iKvf9)
She's asleep and the least bump or movement will wake here. No sign of her going out of her head, and she's sleeping fairly easy. A little twitching, but that was normal for her well before all this mess started.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley at July 15, 2026 02:53 AM (iKvf9)
publius, any idea when you'll be able to get your mom out of there?
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 15, 2026 02:55 AM (mmrXZ)
Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at July 15, 2026 02:56 AM (sAmhv)
She's sleeping. You should be, also. You say she's doing well...
Go home. Get some rest. Would Mama want you to set yourself on fire just to keep her warm?
How can you be her advocate if you're dead tired?
Posted by: JQ at July 15, 2026 02:56 AM (rdVOm)
I don't know why spending hours and hours making sausage is fun. It sure is a lot of work! And it makes a holy cow of dirty dishes. But my 11yo loves helping me run the Kitchen Aid grinder attachment.
My wife was away the last five days in Victoria with her mother & sisters. I had a great time taking over the cooking (for myself and the six kids): pad kee mao, pah see ew, pulled pork, kugua niurou (1/3 with kugua and 2/3 with bok choi to keep the kids happy), and beef barbacoa. But if I had to do this full time, the whole house would fall apart. Thank goodness she got home today.
The Costco here sells pork shoulders in pairs, so I'm trying to use the other one. And the liver from the last two or three half-cows that we never use. 5 pounds of shoulder for sausage and 3 for capicola. As usual with my meat projects, the capicola will be ready just in time for a fast. At least we have a few days to eat it this time. . . .
Posted by: frammish at July 15, 2026 02:58 AM (rcENI)
Posted by: browndog says woof
Yep! Great band!
Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at July 15, 2026 02:59 AM (sAmhv)
Well, scored a pillow! Somebody made the rounds in here, and I just asked, and she fetched one, two actually. This is much better.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley at July 15, 2026 03:00 AM (iKvf9)
Posted by: JQ at July 15, 2026 03:01 AM (rdVOm)
About 4AM was when she reportedly starting the stunts of trying to get out of bed. Back in her mail carrying days, that's usually about when she had to wake up, and I wonder if that was some vestige of that that got activated when her mind was out of whack.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley at July 15, 2026 03:02 AM (iKvf9)
Posted by: JQ at July 15, 2026 03:04 AM (rdVOm)
If we can just get her strength back up enough and get that massive wound from the leg surgery healed up (still draining), we'll bring her home.
If she was still doing the out of her mind climbing out of bed thing, I was going to bring her home anyway, and just try. But so far, so good.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley at July 15, 2026 03:11 AM (iKvf9)
The author of that article said we have to consider when to confiscate the nukes from France and England, since they'll have Islamist governments.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia's Phone at July 15, 2026 01:47 AM (mmrXZ)
Except…we don’t know that.
Posted by: Cow Demon at July 15, 2026 03:13 AM (pKv0r)
IIANM, Medicare covers the first 20 days in skilled nursing after 3-day hospital (full admission, not "observation") stay.
As long as Mama is getting 24/7 care and it's not breaking your bank, this is a good time for you to rest and plan.
Prayers continuing for your family...
Posted by: JQ at July 15, 2026 03:26 AM (rdVOm)
The author of that article said we have to consider when to confiscate the nukes from France and England, since they'll have Islamist governments.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia's Phone at July 15, 2026 01:47 AM (mmrXZ)
Except…we don’t know that.
Posted by: Cow Demon at July 15, 2026 03:13 AM (pKv0r)
Having just re-read A Canticle for Liebowitz, I'd say sooner rather than later.
Posted by: tcn in AK at July 15, 2026 03:29 AM (bl07w)
Posted by: raimondo at July 15, 2026 03:37 AM (czyz5)
Except…we don’t know that.
Posted by: Cow Demon
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It might not happen democratically (Islamists get voted in at the highest levels and greatest numbers); once the gradual mutation is complete, neighboring powers could pounce for the spoils. These include Turkey and Russia.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 15, 2026 03:38 AM (mmrXZ)
And with that, I must sleep! GOod night, all.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 15, 2026 03:39 AM (mmrXZ)
Posted by: Skip at July 15, 2026 04:24 AM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: m at July 15, 2026 06:15 AM (6wpGE)
the scorps played that year and, not really speaking english, didn't understand why the audience was screaming "coho!" over and over. insane coho lips was tied in with disco sucks.
my buddy had an old ross bicycle that he wrote "bad motor scooter" on one side of the top tube in 'pactra modeling paint. years later my guzzi had one speaker that would play that if you pressed the button. "get on your bad moto guzzi and ride!"
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