Wednesday Night ONT - July 29, 2026 [TRex]

Good evening Horde. The time has come for mid-week shenanigans of the overnight variety. The bar is open and (mostly) re-stocked. No Dr. Pepper. Sorry. But each patron gets a free restroom token as compensation.

Welcome to the Wednesday night ONT which means another edition of random overnight fun and games. Pull up a chair and join the fun. Good will offerings of amusing puns are encouraged. Pants are optional. Be nice to your fellow commenters and AoS contributors. If you're a troll, go away.

This is a Tucker, Candace, Megyn, and Bill Kristol free zone. Everyone probably needs a cleanse from Fifth Amendment Fauci, so let's stipulate that he is an evil, narcissistic fraud and avoid letting his existence burn any more of our brain cells.

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Lots of ugly out there. Hold fast to what is right and true. May the Horde find common cause, comfort, and refuge from the maelstrom in the AoS corner of the interweb. Prayers for all among the Horde. Your admission to the ONT is authorized. Welcome.

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Puppies!

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Impressive skill at an impressive building:

Probably apocryphal, but there is story that goes something like this:

Young German tour guide at the Cologne cathedral: "It was a miracle that the cathedral stood through the bombing of the city during World War II!"
Seasoned American voice from the back of the group: "Ahem. We left it standing because it was a visible way point into Germany and back home for our bombers. It was not a miracle."

If you visit, say hello the Three Wise Men. They are reportedly resting at room temperature in a gold box behind the altar.

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Anyone ever get a traffic ticket in McBee, South Carolina? Not naive to think this kind of thing doesn't happen, but it is egregious in any time and place. Shows how badly things can go wrong when some people get access to power. Predators that abuse public positions of power deserve tar and feathers. At least roadside bandits don't pretend to uphold the public trust.

Multiple current and former members of the McBee Police Department turned themselves in to agents with the South Carolina Law Enforcement Division (SLED) on Monday morning in Chesterfield County.
One person who did not surrender Monday was former Officer Jerriell Wright. Wright contacted Queen City News Chief Investigative Reporter Jody Barr in December 2024, just three months after he was shot at 62 times in an ambush following a Sept. 19, 2024, traffic stop in town.
Wright provided months of text messages between himself, former Lt. Greg Block, and McBee Mayor Glenn Odom - messages that Wright said provided evidence that the mayor and former McBee Police Chief Mike Irvin implemented a 10 tickets per shift quota in the one-stoplight town.

Wright's messages also showed the mayor was critical of Block's lack of ticket production. To satisfy the mayor, Wright said McBee Town Councilman Robbie Liles and current MPD Chief Timmy Knight ordered him to help Block by taking time out of his shift to write tickets using Block's login credentials to access the state's computerized electronic ticketing system.
Wright had text messages to underpin a lot of what he alleged happened. His months of text chains with the mayor showed Glenn Odom's lust for traffic tickets and the $440 fine variety, according to Wright. The mayor, he said, was never satisfied, no matter how high his daily ticket totals climbed.

"Basically, he was saying I ran a red light, which I never passed through the red light. He said I was speeding... I never passed through the intersection," Jackson told me in a March 2026 interview at his jobsite in Longs, S.C. I showed Jackson the same photographs I showed every other person we contacted.
"I was explaining to him I never passed to the light. And he said, I'm not going to argue with you. I can impound your vehicle and take you into custody and stuff. So, I just let it be and kind of went on and took the tickets and paid the tickets," Jackson said.

Read the full bizarre story here.

Bastards.

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Mandatory Maiden

Let's change the tone to something more upbeat. Where Eagles Dare is a great drumming songs. Who better to explain how it works than Nicko McBrain?

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ONT Movie Night

You can have the Odyssey movie (or most anything else that Hollywood makes). I'll take Airplane.

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Niche YouTube Channel of the Week

Tonight's feature is a YouTube channel called Uncanny Expeditions. Anders primarily devotes his channel to going as far as legally possible on public land to see activity in an around Area 51 and 52. He has traveled to locations around the Mojave and New Mexico as well. His journeys often attempt to debunk or resolve rumor and myth rather than amplify them.

He is not afraid to drive, hike and camp well off the beaten path. He researches the history of specific facilities to explain when they were built, how they developed and what they were used for. His approach is one of curiosity and tangible evidence. For example, rather than just reading about a crash location in a remote location, he travels to see what remains after the clean-up.

His videos often include glimpses of helicopters, fighter jets, Janet flights and even F-117 flights.

Yes, the "authorities" are very aware he exists.

His channel has over 206k subscribers and some of his videos attract over a million views. Some of the footage isn't dramatic but documents activity or lack of activity. It also illustrates just how vast and rugged the landscape is.

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The Pittsburgh police scanner is back! Thank you people of Pittsburgh and thank you Pittsburgh scanner!

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Ella Langley for the big ONT finish:

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Correspondence can be sent to moronhobbies at protonmail dot com where it will be promptly be ignored on grounds of Fifth Amendment privilege. Are you lurking ????

Posted by: Open Blogger at 10:00 PM

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Posted by: JohnFNotKerry at July 29, 2026 10:00 PM (B2pWp)

2 On the advice of my attorney, according to the wording of the U.S. Constitution, I plead the First.

Posted by: mindful webworker - On advice of counsel, I drink a fifth at July 29, 2026 10:00 PM (/YSzp)

3 2

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 29, 2026 10:00 PM (mmrXZ)

4 YAY ONT! Now for the content!

Posted by: JohnFNotKerry at July 29, 2026 10:00 PM (B2pWp)

5
Well, now it's so tangled there's no point.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 29, 2026 10:00 PM (mmrXZ)

6 Well, 2A is better than 5A anyway.

Posted by: mindful webworker - congrats, john at July 29, 2026 10:00 PM (/YSzp)

7 Pig ignrnt

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 29, 2026 10:00 PM (+yTe/)

8 Greetings T-Rex and everyone else!

Posted by: JohnFNotKerry at July 29, 2026 10:01 PM (B2pWp)

9 Do those pigs fly ??

Posted by: runner at July 29, 2026 10:01 PM (g47mK)

10 Howdy, Dino! Them's some nice looking show hogs.

Posted by: Matthew Kant Cipher at July 29, 2026 10:01 PM (2M7lc)

11 The Florida government will implement a mandatory curriculum on the history and horrors of communism beginning with the 2026/2027 school year.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 29, 2026 10:03 PM (+yTe/)

12 Good evening morons und danke Dino

I'm a Pepper. You can be a Pepper too.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 29, 2026 10:04 PM (RIvkX)

13 Read the full bizarre story here.

Bastards.

That's strange. It'd never happen in Mayberry.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at July 29, 2026 10:04 PM (1Ff7Z)

14 Evenin'

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come. at July 29, 2026 10:05 PM (sAmhv)

15 I just finished a Pepper. Probably have another.

Decent day today for a change.

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at July 29, 2026 10:05 PM (CHHv1)

16 "Relapsing so hard she's smoking her nicotine patches."
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Yeah man I've had the white monkey on my back too man.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 29, 2026 10:07 PM (RIvkX)

17 Thank you, TRex!

Also, this serves as a reminder that all chaps are open in the behind area. Otherwise they would be pants.

Posted by: Piper at July 29, 2026 10:07 PM (OoFl2)

18 I just finished a Pepper. Probably have another.

Decent day today for a change.
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at July 29, 2026 10:05 PM (CHHv1)

Could I interest you in a cold RC?

Posted by: OrangeEnt at July 29, 2026 10:07 PM (1Ff7Z)

19 Mystery music behind top pic: Good to know we can sometimes get true classical tunes.

I thought it was going to be
https://youtu.be/RhY1x8CpWeI

Posted by: mindful webworker - bugs and pork at July 29, 2026 10:07 PM (/YSzp)

20 Predators that abuse public positions of power deserve tar and feathers. At least roadside bandits don't pretend to uphold the public trust.

Next time you need help, call BLM. HOW DARE YOU BESMIRCH OUR HEROES IN BLUE!!??

Posted by: Why do you hate America? at July 29, 2026 10:08 PM (TbWk/)

21 Decent day today for a change.
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at July 29, 2026 10:05 PM (CHHv1)
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An ice-cold Dr. Pepper can do that.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 29, 2026 10:08 PM (RIvkX)

22 Could I interest you in a cold RC?
Posted by: OrangeEnt at July 29, 2026 10

With peanuts?

Posted by: Piper at July 29, 2026 10:08 PM (OoFl2)

23 Could I interest you in a cold RC?
Posted by: OrangeEnt at July 29, 2026 10

With peanuts?
Posted by: Piper at July 29, 2026 10:08 PM (OoFl2)

We never did that out west. You mean put them in the bottle, or just eat them while drinking?

Posted by: OrangeEnt at July 29, 2026 10:09 PM (1Ff7Z)

24 Could I interest you in a cold RC?
Posted by: OrangeEnt at July 29, 2026 10:07 PM (1Ff7Z)
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Might as well offer free government cheese.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 29, 2026 10:10 PM (RIvkX)

25 Pig business can get out of hand quickly. Become a real shitshow.

Posted by: Hog Farm Lagoon at July 29, 2026 10:10 PM (JM9I6)

26 9 Do those pigs fly ??
Posted by: runner at July 29, 2026 10:01 PM (g47mK)

Where we're going, we don't need roads.

Posted by: Pigs in Space at July 29, 2026 10:10 PM (r7+Q7)

27 Peanuts are for Coke, not RC.

That sheriff sounds like a real summbitch...

Posted by: Matthew Kant Cipher at July 29, 2026 10:10 PM (2M7lc)

28 19 Mystery music behind top pic: Good to know we can sometimes get true classical tunes.

Posted by: mindful webworker - bugs and pork at July 29, 2026 10:07 PM
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Good suggestion. That was a candidate. So was War Pigs and Three Little Pigs (Green Jelly).

Posted by: TRex - hog wrangler dino at July 29, 2026 10:10 PM (yqadF)

29
But each patron gets a free restroom token as compensation.

Why does the restroom token have a cinder block attached to it?

Posted by: BifBewalski - at July 29, 2026 10:10 PM (P+jBU)

30 Forgive one more on Fauci, the latest mindful illustration webwork for your pain or pleasure as the case may be.

https://bit.ly/fauci-demon-candle

Posted by: mindful webworker - I bleed the firth *hic* at July 29, 2026 10:11 PM (/YSzp)

31 - - smoked her nicotine patches - - -

That IS an addiction!

Posted by: LRob in OK at July 29, 2026 10:11 PM (Jr+re)

32 The poor Pittsburgh police. They get to solve everyone’s bad decisions.

Posted by: H at July 29, 2026 10:11 PM (BP8jQ)

33 Thanks for the outstanding Wednesday Night ONT, T Rex!

And thanks for the Pittsburgh scanner! Sounds like we have a Moron in the Three Rivers area who is wandering around in assless chaps. I mean, who else would wear such a thing in public?

Posted by: Legally Sufficient at July 29, 2026 10:11 PM (D/6p1)

34 Might as well offer free government cheese.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 29, 2026 10:10 PM (RIvkX)

In the silver colored cardboard can?

Posted by: OrangeEnt at July 29, 2026 10:11 PM (1Ff7Z)

35 Could I interest you in a cold RC?
Posted by: OrangeEnt at July 29, 2026 10:07 PM (1Ff7Z)
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Might as well offer free government cheese.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 29, 2026 10:10 PM (RIvkX)

Whoa ho ho there my friend, them's fightin' words.

Posted by: RC cola reigns supreme at July 29, 2026 10:12 PM (TbWk/)

36 Thanks for the ONT.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at July 29, 2026 10:12 PM (zZu0s)

37 I chewed my fentanyl patch after changing to a new one.

Posted by: Waste Not, Want Not at July 29, 2026 10:13 PM (JM9I6)

38 Good evening all. Thanks for being here.

Posted by: TRex - bar restocker dino at July 29, 2026 10:13 PM (yqadF)

39 Pittsburgh Police Scanner....the guy walking around in assless chaps.

I have to admit...I was intrigued to know where someone would actually get a hold of a pair of assless chaps. Surely, that's not an easy purchase.

Turns out it is. You can buy the freakin things as Walmart. I'm not sure why you would. Getting in a car with leather seats that has been sitting in the sun all day can't be fun.

Posted by: Orson at July 29, 2026 10:13 PM (dIske)

40 And thanks for the Pittsburgh scanner! Sounds like we have a Moron in the Three Rivers area who is wandering around in assless chaps. I mean, who else would wear such a thing in public?
Posted by: Legally Sufficient at July 29, 2026 10:11 PM (D/6p1)
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Ahem. If a Horde member walked around in assless chaps it WOULD be impressive.

Where is your sense of honor?

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at July 29, 2026 10:14 PM (ZOv7s)

41 There's a live clip on youtube of Ginger Baker playing with Hawkwind that's pretty intense. Mid-late 70s era, I'm guessing.

Posted by: Dr. Varno at July 29, 2026 10:14 PM (nDXEV)

42 Tom and Nancy Seaver shilled for RC Cola. So did Meredith Macrae.

Posted by: It's The Mad Cola! at July 29, 2026 10:15 PM (JM9I6)

43 Could I interest you in a cold RC?
Posted by: OrangeEnt
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Could I get a moon pie with it?

Posted by: Florida Peasant at July 29, 2026 10:15 PM (Lo97M)

44 Not a country fan, but I like her and her song.

Posted by: Don Black at July 29, 2026 10:16 PM (ZxPkt)

45 And thanks for the Pittsburgh scanner! Sounds like we have a Moron in the Three Rivers area who is wandering around in assless chaps. I mean, who else would wear such a thing in public?
Posted by: Legally Sufficient at July 29, 2026 10:11 PM (D/6p1)
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Ahem. If a Horde member walked around in assless chaps it WOULD be impressive.

Where is your sense of honor?
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at July 29, 2026 10:14 PM (ZOv7s)
* * * *
*SNORT*

Posted by: Legally Sufficient at July 29, 2026 10:16 PM (D/6p1)

46 Okay, I actually do like the song. I think it may be overrated because all contemporary music is generally shit, but it does have decent lyrics, a nice melody and she has a nice voice. I think its resonance is because it expresses the longing of a woman for a man she can't have in a very traditional way that has been verboten for a decade.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at July 29, 2026 10:17 PM (ZOv7s)

47 Dr. Pepper is great, but I understand if you have suicidal tendencies, a Pepsi is probably what you want.

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at July 29, 2026 10:17 PM (CHHv1)

48 RC + Moon Pie

Posted by: Don Black at July 29, 2026 10:18 PM (ZxPkt)

49 40 And thanks for the Pittsburgh scanner! Sounds like we have a Moron in the Three Rivers area who is wandering around in assless chaps. I mean, who else would wear such a thing in public?
Posted by: Legally Sufficient at July 29, 2026 10:11 PM (D/6p1)
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Ahem. If a Horde member walked around in assless chaps it WOULD be impressive.

Where is your sense of honor?
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at July 29, 2026 10:14 PM (ZOv7s)

If it was a moron they'd be talking about the codpiece, not the chaps.

Posted by: Bilwis - Wizard of Clwyd at July 29, 2026 10:18 PM (r7+Q7)

50 Airplane!

Man, 14 year old me loved some Julie Haggerty.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Bonafide Gen X at July 29, 2026 10:18 PM (0aYVJ)

51 Hi everyone!

Posted by: COMountainMarie at July 29, 2026 10:18 PM (ok2JK)

52 Elle Langley is a gem! I hope she breaks all the music chart records. I've been listening to both of her albums on YTM. She doesn't have any bad songs, lots of great ones. She's good.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come. at July 29, 2026 10:18 PM (sAmhv)

53 Not a country fan, but I like her and her song.
Posted by: Don Black at July 29, 2026 10:16 PM (ZxPkt)
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This is pretty much standard 80s fare for country as far as I recall, but it is well done and in the current age, a breath of fresh air. Palpable sense of longing, which resonates with young people today, and summons nostalgia among the 29 year old crowd.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at July 29, 2026 10:19 PM (ZOv7s)

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Posted by: mindful webworker - bugs and pork
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Nope, it was

www.youtube.com/watch?v=wDJfd9ufE84

=1

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 29, 2026 10:20 PM (+yTe/)

55 Sorry I'm late, some advice for anybody else here who might want to take up snake charming- the snake goes in the basket, the flute goes in your mouth. You DO NOT want to mix that up, believe me

Posted by: tankdemon at July 29, 2026 10:20 PM (FCZQZ)

56 Choosin Texas... supposedly top of the charts for weeks?

Not seeing it. OK song, but... compared to what I normally listen to? nah...

Posted by: Romeo13 at July 29, 2026 10:21 PM (mP0Kj)

57 We got that cheese in a box in home ec. Gross.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 29, 2026 10:22 PM (RIvkX)

58 55 Sorry I'm late, some advice for anybody else here who might want to take up snake charming- the snake goes in the basket, the flute goes in your mouth. You DO NOT want to mix that up, believe me
Posted by: tankdemon at July 29, 2026 10:20 PM (FCZQZ)

Wait! Is that part of the new Owners Manual they give all new Brides?

Posted by: Romeo13 at July 29, 2026 10:22 PM (mP0Kj)

59 When I was a kid, Dad would sometimes pile us all into the Rambler to have some A&W (Alf and Willy's he called it). My siblings and parents would get root beer. I always got Dr. Pepper. Man, that tasted good back in the day.

Grand Avenue, Billings, Montana. It ain't there no more.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Bonafide Gen X at July 29, 2026 10:23 PM (0aYVJ)

60 COMountainMarie!!

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at July 29, 2026 10:23 PM (paeOl)

61 I ran across this classic commercial late last night, but thought it deserved a bigger audience. Which is most attractive; the car, the chick, or the cat?

https://youtu.be/ofaCGy-wVV0

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at July 29, 2026 10:23 PM (qx7Zg)

62 Sorry I'm late, some advice for anybody else here who might want to take up snake charming- the snake goes in the basket, the flute goes in your mouth. You DO NOT want to mix that up, believe me
Posted by: tankdemon at July 29, 2026 10:20 PM (FCZQZ)

Too late.

Posted by: "Swollenlips" McKenzie at July 29, 2026 10:24 PM (1Ff7Z)

63 Thanks also for the Nicko interview, TRex! Love that man, and that song...

Posted by: Matthew Kant Cipher at July 29, 2026 10:24 PM (2M7lc)

64 Anyone ever get a traffic ticket in McBee, South Carolina? Not naive to think this kind of thing doesn't happen, but it is egregious in any time and place.

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They were doing this to get money for the town, right?

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at July 29, 2026 10:25 PM (znREB)

65 Thanks for the ONT, Rex.

I like Ella. Pretty girl. Good song. She talks like me.

Accent is not as bad now but I used to have people stare at me like I was speaking a foreign language out West. Which was weird and I had to learn how to say my one syllable name correctly vs two syllables. Said it fast like I was chy knee. I'd be thinking, "Do I have something in my teeth? Why are they looking like that at me." I reached a point where I didn't care.

In a nutrition class in early nursing school regional food was mentioned. In the South, hominy represented and all heads turned to me. I informed them regally I had never had hominy (the puffy kind), while completely forgetting that that's where grits come from.

Possibly because I did not cook much at all. And the one time I did for a date I blew up the oven.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at July 29, 2026 10:25 PM (hzuYO)

66 "Pigs in wood chips"? I don't think that's the saying.

Posted by: GWB at July 29, 2026 10:25 PM (kU0PQ)

67 Predators that abuse public positions of power deserve tar and feathers.

No, they should be publicly hanged.
Pour encourager les autres.

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at July 29, 2026 10:25 PM (s522d)

68 Good evening all. Thanks for being here.
Posted by: TRex - bar restocker dino at July 29, 2026 10:13 PM (yqadF)

Was that you in the top photo on Monday? Moving shelves to get ready to restock the bar?

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at July 29, 2026 10:25 PM (qx7Zg)

69 50 Airplane!

Man, 14 year old me loved some Julie Haggerty.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Bonafide Gen X at July 29, 2026 10:18 PM (0aYVJ)

Julie Hagerty was great in Lost in America. I couldn't believe she broke the core of the nest-egg.

Posted by: Darrell Harris at July 29, 2026 10:25 PM (E8k6e)

70 >> the snake goes in the basket, the flute goes in your mouth. You DO NOT want to mix that up, believe me

Posted by: tankdemon
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See where they busted a drug dealer in NM? Bunch of drugs and
50 of the most poisonous snakes in the world.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 29, 2026 10:26 PM (+yTe/)

71 63 Thanks also for the Nicko interview, TRex! Love that man, and that song...

Posted by: Matthew Kant Cipher at July 29, 2026 10:24 PM
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You're welcome. Thought you might appreciate it!

Posted by: TRex - drum tech dino at July 29, 2026 10:26 PM (yqadF)

72 Possibly because I did not cook much at all. And the one time I did for a date I blew up the oven.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at July 29, 2026 10:25 PM (hzuYO)
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How did you blow up the oven?

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at July 29, 2026 10:26 PM (paeOl)

73 Predators that abuse public positions of power deserve tar and feathers.

^^THIS^^

Posted by: GWB at July 29, 2026 10:26 PM (kU0PQ)

74 Hey, TRex. I hope you are well.

Posted by: Bulg at July 29, 2026 10:26 PM (77rzZ)

75 41 There's a live clip on youtube of Ginger Baker playing with Hawkwind that's pretty intense. Mid-late 70s era, I'm guessing.
Posted by: Dr. Varno

Lemmy (of Motorhead fame) was in Hawkwind. I wonder if him and Baker were in Hawkwind at the same time. That would have been intense!

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come. at July 29, 2026 10:27 PM (sAmhv)

76 Oh hey! Good news!
Freddy the german football fan says he & his buddies are planning a trip back to the US in the fall to watch college football

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at July 29, 2026 10:27 PM (znREB)

77 Bulg!

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at July 29, 2026 10:27 PM (paeOl)

78 74 Hey, TRex. I hope you are well.

Posted by: Bulg at July 29, 2026 10:26 PM
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Hey Bulg! How's the Forester?

Posted by: TRex - county fair dino at July 29, 2026 10:28 PM (yqadF)

79
That ticket-quota story is one for the books all right. You could make a feature-length comedy of it.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 29, 2026 10:28 PM (mmrXZ)

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If you visit, say hello the Three Wise Men. They are reportedly resting at room temperature in a gold box behind the altar

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"Brother Maynard ! Bring up the Holy Hand Grenade! How does it work ?? Consult the Book of Armaments, 2:9-21 !.."

Posted by: runner at July 29, 2026 10:29 PM (g47mK)

81 76 Oh hey! Good news!
Freddy the german football fan says he & his buddies are planning a trip back to the US in the fall to watch college football

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at July 29, 2026 10:27 PM
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Excellent. The world heals in unexpected ways.

Posted by: TRex - travel agent dino at July 29, 2026 10:29 PM (yqadF)

82 Even now, T Rex's descendants cause terror.

https://tinyurl.com/TRex-at-fedex

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at July 29, 2026 10:29 PM (qx7Zg)

83

I'll wait for the Youtube video of the BANNED ending of AIRPLANE!

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at July 29, 2026 10:29 PM (Cqx++)

84 SMH!

Posted by: Bulg at July 29, 2026 10:30 PM (77rzZ)

85 Because, fbofw he's our Senator, I watched Lankford giving Fauci multiple opportunities to plead the fifth. Ten exciting minutes.

If you just can't resist:
https://youtu.be/616olFa3ARU

I will say, however much of a RINO Lankford may be, he doesn't have a body count. That we know of.

Posted by: mindful webworker - on the advice of my bartender, I chug the fifth at July 29, 2026 10:30 PM (/YSzp)

86 78 The new Forester rocks!

Posted by: Bulg at July 29, 2026 10:31 PM (77rzZ)

87 We secretly replaced Lenin's corpse with Mitch McConnell's. Let's see if anyone notices.
/whispers

Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 29, 2026 10:31 PM (RIvkX)

88 60 {{{SMH}}}💕

Posted by: COMountainMarie at July 29, 2026 10:31 PM (ok2JK)

89 @75 Baker in Hawkwind was way past Lemmy's tenure.

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at July 29, 2026 10:31 PM (CHHv1)

90 And thanks for the Pittsburgh scanner! Sounds like we have a Moron in the Three Rivers area who is wandering around in assless chaps. I mean, who else would wear such a thing in public?
Posted by: Legally Sufficient at July 29, 2026 10:11 PM (D/6p1)
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Ahem. If a Horde member walked around in assless chaps it WOULD be impressive.

Where is your sense of honor?
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at July 29, 2026 10:14 PM (ZOv7s)

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A real moron would wear them backwards.

Posted by: Diogenes at July 29, 2026 10:32 PM (2WIwB)

91 I wondered if they could milk the franchise one more time, but it does look like it has its amusements.

JUMANJI: OPEN WORLD - Official Trailer
https://youtu.be/zhApeaHMvfs

Posted by: mindful webworker - on the advice of my bartender, I chug the fifth at July 29, 2026 10:32 PM (/YSzp)

92 OK, Mr McBrain is really Dolf Lundgren’s older brother, right?
Compelling Stage name, perhaps?

Posted by: Gunslinger at July 29, 2026 10:32 PM (N91F8)

93 We got that cheese in a box in home ec. Gross.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 29, 2026 10:22 PM (RIvkX)

Well, this was what Grandma got in the 70s. It came in plain silver colored cylinders. Same with peanut butter. Don't know what else she got.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at July 29, 2026 10:33 PM (1Ff7Z)

94 Its a shame Nicko Mcbrain retired from live touring. Not hearing anything super encouraging about his replacement.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at July 29, 2026 10:33 PM (S41Gd)

95
Julie Hagerty was great in Lost in America. I couldn't believe she broke the core of the nest-egg.
Posted by: Darrell Harris

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LOLOL I couldn't either, and I'd have left her there in Vegas!

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 29, 2026 10:33 PM (mmrXZ)

96 I ran across this classic commercial late last night, but thought it deserved a bigger audience. Which is most attractive; the car, the chick, or the cat?

https://youtu.be/ofaCGy-wVV0
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf
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I think the chick is most attractive.
Farrah Fawcett was a hottie back in the day.

Posted by: Florida Peasant at July 29, 2026 10:33 PM (Lo97M)

97 SMH, I saw your post earlier today about watching horses eating grass and cats chasing butterflies. Very nice. Thank you.

Posted by: Bulg at July 29, 2026 10:33 PM (77rzZ)

98 I'm a Pepper. You can be a Pepper too.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 29, 2026 10:04 PM (RIvkX)

Which is NOT the same as being a Piper.

Posted by: GWB at July 29, 2026 10:33 PM (kU0PQ)

99 Freddy the german football fan says he & his buddies are planning a trip back to the US in the fall to watch college football
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at July 29, 2026 10:27 PM (znREB)
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He should drink a Highball at nightfall.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 29, 2026 10:34 PM (RIvkX)

100 Irish singer-songwriter Glen Hansard died in a motorcycle accident early this morning. He won an Oscar for best song a few years ago.
This video seems appropriate for the occasion.

https://youtu.be/d_ucPrbSDWY

Posted by: tankdemon at July 29, 2026 10:34 PM (FCZQZ)

101 I wouldn't mind a cold RC. Been decades but as I recall they were okay. And moved up a notch in my estimation when Dr Pepper abandoned their original formula.

You can give my moon pie to someone else, though, thanks.

Posted by: mindful webworker - for a delicious summer treat, just add rum at July 29, 2026 10:35 PM (/YSzp)

102 I ran across this classic commercial late last night, but thought it deserved a bigger audience. Which is most attractive; the car, the chick, or the cat?

https://youtu.be/ofaCGy-wVV0
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at July 29, 2026 10:23 PM (qx7Zg)

Not the car. I don't like the pointy nose look on the later cougars. Farrah's pointies are another story.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at July 29, 2026 10:35 PM (1Ff7Z)

103
Which is NOT the same as being a Piper.
Posted by: GWB at July 29, 2026 10:33 PM (kU0PQ)

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Cuz then you'd be um.... no longer with us

Posted by: Matthew Kant Cipher at July 29, 2026 10:36 PM (2M7lc)

104 A real moron would wear them backwards.
Posted by: Diogenes at July 29, 2026 10:32 PM (2WIwB)
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"I wore my boxer shorts backwards for you!"

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at July 29, 2026 10:36 PM (ZOv7s)

105 I think I need to watch Airplane! again.

Posted by: JohnFNotKerry at July 29, 2026 10:36 PM (B2pWp)

106 23 Could I interest you in a cold RC?
Posted by: OrangeEnt at July 29, 2026 10

With peanuts?
Posted by: Piper at July 29, 2026 10:08 PM (OoFl2)

We never did that out west. You mean put them in the bottle, or just eat them while drinking?
Posted by: OrangeEnt at July 29, 2026 10:09 PM (1Ff7Z)

Salted. In the bottle. The coke must be ice cold, though.

Posted by: Piper at July 29, 2026 10:36 PM (Wmg4n)

107 You're welcome, Bulg. : )

With all the evil crap in the world, it's easy to miss the beauty in it.

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at July 29, 2026 10:36 PM (paeOl)

108
Accent is not as bad now but I used to have people stare at me like I was speaking a foreign language out West.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat

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I can scarcely believe that people who speak Texan or Southern don't do it on purpose. I don't believe people speak like that naturally. It's just not natural.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 29, 2026 10:36 PM (mmrXZ)

109 Having ticket quotas and unfair citations in the town of Paradise was a theme in the Jesse Stone series. He pushed back when he became chief.

Posted by: polynikes at July 29, 2026 10:36 PM (KC5Lt)

110 They were doing this to get money for the town, right?
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at July 29, 2026 10:25 PM (znREB)

(quickly stuffs money in pocket)

Uh, yeah. Of course.

Posted by: The Sheriff at July 29, 2026 10:37 PM (1Ff7Z)

111 Hey, A. H. Lloyd.

Posted by: Bulg at July 29, 2026 10:37 PM (77rzZ)

112 I think the chick is most attractive.
Farrah Fawcett was a hottie back in the day.
Posted by: Florida Peasant at July 29, 2026 10:33 PM (Lo97M)
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My roommate in college had her classic poster in our dorm room.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 29, 2026 10:37 PM (FZ29D)

113 Assless chaps FTW on Pittsburgh Scanner!

Posted by: Count de Monet at July 29, 2026 10:38 PM (wVcYX)

114 I think the chick is most attractive.
Farrah Fawcett was a hottie back in the day.
Posted by: Florida Peasant at July 29, 2026 10:33 PM (Lo97M)
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Feminine beauty has been verboten for a decade or more. That's got to have had an impact in our weird tranny outbreak.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at July 29, 2026 10:38 PM (ZOv7s)

115 See where they busted a drug dealer in NM? Bunch of drugs and
50 of the most poisonous snakes in the world.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 29, 2026 10:26 PM (+yTe/)

I thought the senate was still in session?

Posted by: OrangeEnt at July 29, 2026 10:39 PM (1Ff7Z)

116 Hey, A. H. Lloyd.
Posted by: Bulg at July 29, 2026 10:37 PM (77rzZ)
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Hello! How are things? Hanging in there? God bless you!

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at July 29, 2026 10:39 PM (ZOv7s)

117
Oy yam deh silence.

Posted by: Malignant Garden Gnome at July 29, 2026 10:39 PM (VWtfl)

118 107 That’s so true, SMH. So true.

Posted by: Bulg at July 29, 2026 10:40 PM (77rzZ)

119
They were doing this to get money for the town, right?
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport

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Presumably.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 29, 2026 10:41 PM (mmrXZ)

120 27 Peanuts are for Coke, not RC.

That sheriff sounds like a real summbitch...
Posted by: Matthew Kant Cipher at July 29, 2026 10:10 PM (2M7lc)

Right. An RC coke, though I have also had it with a cheer wine coke or Dr. pepper coke.

Posted by: Piper at July 29, 2026 10:41 PM (Wmg4n)

121 They were doing this to get money for the town, right?
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport

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Presumably.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 29, 2026 10:41 PM (mmrXZ)
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$20 not good enough for them?

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 29, 2026 10:42 PM (FZ29D)

122 12 Good evening morons und danke Dino

I'm a Pepper. You can be a Pepper too.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 29, 2026 10:04 PM (RIvkX)

Do you ever associate with Pepper's ghost?

Posted by: tankdemon at July 29, 2026 10:42 PM (FCZQZ)

123 I can scarcely believe that people who speak Texan or Southern don't do it on purpose. I don't believe people speak like that naturally. It's just not natural.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 29, 2026 10:36 PM (mmrXZ)
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I'm a thoroughly midwestern Michigander. My mother was born in NYC, but my father's family has been in Ohiah since it was settled.

My wife is from Appalachia. Talk about a culture shock. All my kids have a bit of a twang, some more than others. My wife passes for local, unless she gets pissed and then it's lights out. Full on losing her religion.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at July 29, 2026 10:42 PM (ZOv7s)

124 The wonderful police officers in McBee, SC did nothing wrong, you goober. You just hate cops.

YOU are the problem.

Everyone in this country needs to unquestionably respect police officers.

Posted by: Michael Berry at July 29, 2026 10:43 PM (pDKdk)

125 STOP BOILING US!

Posted by: Peanuts at July 29, 2026 10:44 PM (RIvkX)

126 Having ticket quotas and unfair citations in the town of Paradise was a theme in the Jesse Stone series. He pushed back when he became chief.
Posted by: polynikes at July 29, 2026 10:36 PM (KC5Lt)
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I really enjoyed the movies. Tom Selleck inhabited the role. Can't imagine the books would be as good.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at July 29, 2026 10:44 PM (ZOv7s)

127 I wouldn't mind a cold RC. Been decades but as I recall they were okay. And moved up a notch in my estimation when Dr Pepper abandoned their original formula.

You can give my moon pie to someone else, though, thanks.
Posted by: mindful webworker - for a delicious summer treat, just add rum at July 29, 2026 10:35 PM (/YSzp)

Hadn't seen them for years, either, but they started showing up a year or two ago in the local Dollar Tree. Had one, tasted ok. I mean, it wasn't Coke or Pepsi, but it was the go to when you didn't have the money for the others.

As for the moon pie... (insert vomiting smiley here)

Posted by: OrangeEnt at July 29, 2026 10:45 PM (1Ff7Z)

128 Anyone ever get a traffic ticket in McBee, South Carolina? Not naive to think this kind of thing doesn't happen, but it is egregious in any time and place.

Not McBee, but a buddy of mine got a ticket in Deland, FL which apparently was also a famous ticket trap.

It was like 6:30am and I was in the office while he was in FL doing a delivery for us. We were on the phone going over the day's business plan, and all of a sudden he said: "Why is that guy waving at me?"

He got pulled over by a police officer ON FOOT....for going 21mph in a 15. It was a spendy mistake.

Posted by: NC Ref at July 29, 2026 10:45 PM (JLqL/)

129 I can scarcely believe that people who speak Texan or Southern don't do it on purpose. I don't believe people speak like that naturally. It's just not natural.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 29, 2026 10:36 PM (mmrXZ

You should have seen my kid’s NJ speech pathologist try to make it through pin and pen. It’s the same to us. When she spoke to us, she got it. This is how we say it.

I couldn’t get over pharaoh in NJ. It’s Fay- Roh, darn it.

Posted by: Piper at July 29, 2026 10:45 PM (Wmg4n)

130 116 Thank you, A. H. I’m still mourning my sister, who died in June.

But the wife and I did buy me a new car earlier this month, which I like very much.

So, there’s bad and there’s good.

How are you?

Posted by: Bulg at July 29, 2026 10:45 PM (77rzZ)

131 When I moved to NYC they thought I was a country bumpkin.

Posted by: polynikes at July 29, 2026 10:45 PM (KC5Lt)

132 The wonderful police officers in McBee, SC did nothing wrong, you goober. You just hate cops.

YOU are the problem.

Everyone in this country needs to unquestionably respect police officers.
Posted by: Michael Berry at July 29, 2026 10:43 PM (pDKdk)
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What we have here is a situation of disrespect for law enforcement.

Posted by: Sheriff Buford T. Justice at July 29, 2026 10:45 PM (ZOv7s)

133 Do you ever associate with Pepper's ghost?
Posted by: tankdemon at July 29, 2026 10:42 PM (FCZQZ)
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No but I plan to

Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 29, 2026 10:46 PM (RIvkX)

134 Off to bed, Nightsie noodles, y’all.

Posted by: Piper at July 29, 2026 10:46 PM (Wmg4n)

135 Anyone ever get a traffic ticket in McBee, South Carolina?

You can bet those Duke boys didn't with the General.Lee!

Posted by: Diogenes at July 29, 2026 10:47 PM (2WIwB)

136 Piper! Hello!

Posted by: Bulg at July 29, 2026 10:47 PM (77rzZ)

137 Hi Bulg! Story to run, but bedtime was 30 mins ago.

Posted by: Piper at July 29, 2026 10:48 PM (Wmg4n)

138 Even in towns where ticket quotas are illegal…check your local budgets.

People are guilty to the tune of x amount in fines.

That right there is your quota.

“Nobody likes me!” The cops whine. Well, you do nothing about that. Well, except that whistleblower mentioned in the story. He’s one of the good guys. But how many other cops played go along to get along?

If you had more cops throwing the BS flag every so often, you’d find people in the country would be more receptive to the cops.

Posted by: Cow Demon at July 29, 2026 10:48 PM (pDKdk)

139 How are you?
Posted by: Bulg at July 29, 2026 10:45 PM (77rzZ)
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Things are going pretty well. Not sure if you saw that my wife has stage zero breast cancer, surgery in two weeks, no need for chemo, so we're rolling with it. Grandkids are doing great, finally getting the house in order, so I can't complain.

Glad to hear the pieces are falling into place with you.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at July 29, 2026 10:48 PM (ZOv7s)

140 I really enjoyed the movies. Tom Selleck inhabited the role. Can't imagine the books would be as good.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at July 29, 2026 10:44 PM (ZOv7s)

I think 2/3 of the series was based on the books but the rest were just written as scripts.

Posted by: polynikes at July 29, 2026 10:48 PM (KC5Lt)

141 With all the evil crap in the world, it's easy to miss the beauty in it.
Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at July 29, 2026 10:36 PM (paeOl)

You may like this, then:

https://tinyurl.com/4uhkc7xc

Posted by: OrangeEnt at July 29, 2026 10:49 PM (1Ff7Z)

142 Do you ever associate with Pepper's ghost?
Posted by: tankdemon at July 29, 2026 10:42 PM (FCZQZ)

Waldo, or Claude?

Posted by: OrangeEnt at July 29, 2026 10:51 PM (1Ff7Z)

143 My last experience with the police in my small town was more than fair and the town prosecutor actually just had my ticket dismissed. I guess exception to the rule.

Posted by: polynikes at July 29, 2026 10:51 PM (KC5Lt)

144
Back in 2008, an aunt of mine who lived in Alameda, CA, died and my mother flew out there.

First day, we stopped at some diner, and were going about our business when I realized a hush had descended across the whole place. Then it hit me, they were all listening to my mother and me talk. We were specimens.

The waitress kept coming over and asking me something, and finally just gushed "I love to hear you talk!"

I just went with it and had fun.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 29, 2026 10:51 PM (w6EFb)

145 139 Prayer up for your wife, A. H.

Posted by: Bulg at July 29, 2026 10:51 PM (77rzZ)

146

We lived in SC for many years and McBee was a quiet town. I guess it is screwed up now.

It is very sad how so many small towns are now whackadoodle.

Posted by: four seasons at July 29, 2026 10:52 PM (/QHx4)

147 Do you ever associate with Pepper's ghost?
Posted by: tankdemon at July 29, 2026 10:42 PM (FCZQZ)

Waldo, or Claude?
Posted by: OrangeEnt at July 29, 2026 10:51 PM (1Ff7Z)

Ned?

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at July 29, 2026 10:52 PM (qx7Zg)

148
If it was a moron they'd be talking about the codpiece, not the chaps.
Posted by: Bilwis - Wizard of Clwyd at July 29, 2026 10:18 PM (r7+Q7)

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Ian Anderson liked his codpiece and tights. I don't believe I have seen others in this outfit, so Morons should take notes for Halloween or the MoMe. His was fancy.

Our only interaction during this tour in the summer of 1975 was him glaring at me after he said something to the bass player. He came over to him, as he missed a cue or something looking at me, then shot angry lasers at me and pointed with his flute.

I did nothing to deserve this, standing on a chair in row 5 and right in the bass player's path. (He's the guy in the goofy zebra suit.) It was not like I flashed him or did anything but stand there.

The acoustic player met his future bride in the Jackson, MS airport gift shop. He said they could not undertand each other's English and she'd never heard of the band.

Wonderful concert, however. Sounded great live, very entertaining, as many of the bands in the mid-70's to '80's did. Great time! I still wish I had gone to the after party! Flew back to school out West the next day.

https://tinyurl.com/yn9zvzv3

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at July 29, 2026 10:52 PM (hzuYO)

149 Right. An RC coke, though I have also had it with a cheer wine coke or Dr. pepper coke.
Posted by: Piper at July 29, 2026 10:41 PM (Wmg4n)

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*slaps forehead*

I forgot about you the way you southern Coke-heads describe pop... 😉

Posted by: Matthew Kant Cipher at July 29, 2026 10:52 PM (2M7lc)

150 I had a couple of girlie posters as a teenager. I thought I had them hidden, but my mom found them, and made my dad deliver a lecture about objectifying women and such.

He did his job, but part of me thought that Dad was thinking, I am so glad my son is not a homo.

I miss my folks.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Bonafide Gen X at July 29, 2026 10:52 PM (0aYVJ)

151 For those who scorn the sun, the job progress update is: Confirmed that the second interview went as well as I hoped. Expect there will be a client interview round before any official job offer is extended. Don't have a date and time on that yet. Be assured I will ask for prayers again when I know anything on that. I appreciate all the support y'all have given.

Posted by: RandomDave (if you can spare a bit, please click) at July 29, 2026 10:53 PM (aJQbY)

152 STOP BOILING US!
Posted by: Peanuts at July 29, 2026 10:44 PM (RIvkX)

Ok. How about a shell coating?

Posted by: Nagaraya at July 29, 2026 10:54 PM (1Ff7Z)

153 I had sports posters on my walls and playboys hidden.

Posted by: polynikes at July 29, 2026 10:54 PM (KC5Lt)

154 Also, Dr Pepper is best cola, so I am very disappointed in you, T-Rex. Shame, shame.

Posted by: RandomDave (if you can spare a bit, please click) at July 29, 2026 10:54 PM (aJQbY)

155 *slaps forehead*

I forgot about you the way you southern Coke-heads describe pop... 😉
Posted by: Matthew Kant Cipher at July 29, 2026 10:52 PM (2M7lc)

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There is only one Coke, the real one, for me. I allow one a week to clear my head and pipes.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at July 29, 2026 10:55 PM (hzuYO)

156 Prayer up, RandomDave.

Posted by: Bulg at July 29, 2026 10:55 PM (77rzZ)

157 Prayer up for your wife, A. H.
Posted by: Bulg at July 29, 2026 10:51 PM (77rzZ)
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Thank you. I pray that you will find healing and peace.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at July 29, 2026 10:55 PM (ZOv7s)

158
I appreciate all the support y'all have given.

Posted by: RandomDave (if you can spare a bit, please click) at July 29, 2026 10:53 PM (aJQbY)

____________

Happy to have helped.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 29, 2026 10:56 PM (O0L8i)

159 ---
Things are going pretty well. Not sure if you saw that my wife has stage zero breast cancer, surgery in two weeks, no need for chemo, so we're rolling with it. Grandkids are doing great, finally getting the house in order, so I can't complain.

Glad to hear the pieces are falling into place with you.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at July 29, 2026 10:48 PM (ZOv7s)
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Prayers for her complete recovery, sir.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at July 29, 2026 10:57 PM (hzuYO)

160 For whatever reason I decided to give up all soda 22 years ago. I can still imagine the taste of Dr. Pepper and Fresca though.

Posted by: polynikes at July 29, 2026 10:57 PM (KC5Lt)

161 Praying for the missus and family A.H.

Posted by: ... at July 29, 2026 10:58 PM (vE0+H)

162 145 139 Prayer up for your wife, A. H.

Posted by: Bulg
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Seconded.
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Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 29, 2026 10:58 PM (+yTe/)

163 I had sports posters on my walls and playboys hidden.
Posted by: polynikes at July 29, 2026 10:54 PM (KC5Lt)

Brother and I found a bundle of porno mags, and thought, Cool. Playboy! But what we saw was profoundly disturbing. Hustler was tame compared to what we saw. We quickly threw the whole mess into the irrigation ditch. Fucking sick world out there, and this was in the 1980s.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Bonafide Gen X at July 29, 2026 10:59 PM (0aYVJ)

164 For those who scorn the sun, the job progress update is: Confirmed that the second interview went as well as I hoped. Expect there will be a client interview round before any official job offer is extended. Don't have a date and time on that yet. Be assured I will ask for prayers again when I know anything on that. I appreciate all the support y'all have given.
Posted by: RandomDave (if you can spare a bit, please click) at July 29, 2026 10:53 PM (aJQbY)
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Did you tell them what we said? We don't want anything...to happen.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 29, 2026 10:59 PM (RIvkX)

165 That Farrah poster in the 70s was awesome. That chick was cheated by hitting it big before the term “supermodel” was in currency. Because she was definitely the first “supermodel,”

Posted by: Bulg at July 29, 2026 11:00 PM (77rzZ)

166 Sarge? Why do I talk like this but sing like this?

Posted by: Gomer Pyle, USMC at July 29, 2026 11:02 PM (wVcYX)

167 Evening, TRex and ONT Horde. Killed my cellphone today. Cremating the remains in my redneck firepit.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 29, 2026 11:03 PM (1z8ji)

168 Thank you for all your prayers. The Horde is a marvel. We're a bunch of degenerates who nevertheless trust in God for salvation. As we should.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at July 29, 2026 11:03 PM (ZOv7s)

169 >>Lemmy (of Motorhead fame) was in Hawkwind. I wonder if him and Baker were in Hawkwind at the same time. That would have been intense!
Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come. at July 29, 2026 10:27 PM (sAmhv)

Lemmy was actually fired from Hawkwind mid-70s, the Ginger Baker era was about 81-82.

https://tinyurl.com/4vbyux6a

It's more theatrical a la Arthur Brown than the LSD days of yore.

Posted by: Dr. Varno at July 29, 2026 11:04 PM (nDXEV)

170 I can scarcely believe that people who speak Texan or Southern don't do it on purpose. I don't believe people speak like that naturally. It's just not natural.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 29, 2026 10:36 PM (mmrXZ)

What you would or should find fascinating is when you hear British people imitating "Americans", they sound like they're imitating southerners - but it's often not southerners they're imitating at all. It's how twang-less "American" sounds to their proper English ear.

In other words the accent has drifted in a particular direction toward that twang. In yet other words, that is to say *you* have a twang, you just don't know it.

Posted by: ... at July 29, 2026 11:04 PM (vE0+H)

171 Is it getting hot in here?

Posted by: The popcorn at July 29, 2026 11:04 PM (2Ez/1)

172 San Franpsycho,

Perhaps I'll share it after it's too late for them to back out

Posted by: RandomDave (if you can spare a bit, please click) at July 29, 2026 11:05 PM (aJQbY)

173 If someone needs a wholesome smile, try this.

https://youtube.com/shorts/3RKZJsWatYc

I *think* Fen would approve.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at July 29, 2026 11:05 PM (qx7Zg)

174 Posted by: Pug Mahon, Bonafide Gen X at July 29, 2026 10:59 PM (0aYVJ)

I had the Playboys for the articles.

Posted by: polynikes at July 29, 2026 11:06 PM (KC5Lt)

175 @Osint613
38m
U.S. military:

"At 10 p.m. ET on July 29, U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) forces successfully completed a heavy wave of strikes against Iran in response to yesterday's attempted missile attacks on U.S. forces.

CENTCOM assets struck dozens of Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) targets in Iran, including military command centers, missile and drone facilities, coastal surveillance and defense sites, and maritime capabilities. The strikes aimed to further diminish threats posed by Iran and its proxies to American forces, commercial shipping, and neighboring Gulf countries.

On July 28, IRGC forces launched multiple ballistic missiles from Iran in an attempted surprise attack on U.S. forces based in the Middle East. All Iranian missiles were successfully intercepted

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 29, 2026 11:06 PM (+yTe/)

176 Hello, Horde! 😊💕

My CA19-9 numbers are staying steady, well below what is considered the threshold for active disease. Had to get an iron infusion today, which I was not expecting, but that's okay - we leave on Sunday for 10 days to visit the grandsons, so the extra energy will help!

Unfortunately, the protocol with the pump includes prednisone (which they say should be metabolized quickly without affecting the rest of the body), and I have gained back 40 of the 100 pounds that I had lost since going on Mounjaro in 2022. I look like I have swallowed a basketball....😭😭😭

Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at July 29, 2026 11:07 PM (SRRAx)

177 We need more of Buddy Rich explaining drumming. With lots of swearing.

Posted by: Dr. Varno at July 29, 2026 11:07 PM (nDXEV)

178 Killed my cellphone today. Cremating the remains in my redneck firepit.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
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That loan offer was a rouse?

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 29, 2026 11:08 PM (+yTe/)

179 168, A. H., we are all here for you. God bless you, as well.

Posted by: Bulg at July 29, 2026 11:08 PM (77rzZ)

180 In other words the accent has drifted in a particular direction toward that twang. In yet other words, that is to say *you* have a twang, you just don't know it.
Posted by: ... at July 29, 2026 11:04 PM (vE0+H)
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It's axiomatic that the British find Southern accents easier than midwestern ones and the reason is that the vowels are so inconsistent. Midwesterners have a strong Germanic influence but it is uneven. I find it very easy to slide into a Southern accent and when I was in the Army, I picked it up without thinking about it, much to the amusement of my girlfiend (the future Mrs. Lloyd).

Southerners have the most delightful turns of phrase, quite the contrast with the more Germanic directness of Northerners.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at July 29, 2026 11:08 PM (ZOv7s)

181 My understanding is the Southern accent derived from the British upper class accent .

Posted by: polynikes at July 29, 2026 11:09 PM (KC5Lt)

182
How did you blow up the oven?
Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at July 29, 2026 10:26 PM (paeOl)
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Have told this one. Did not know to light the pilot light, being from an electric home and not cooking or paying attention. I was heating bread for my chicken cacciatore, one of the few meals I could cook as my grad school male roommates made me learn the year prior.

The oven door flew open with a BANG, singed my long hair on one side. I went deaf, in shock, smelled burning hair. I had a hematoma on my thigh that I did't notice til later that night from the door.

The college guy asked wth was that? I was lip reading at this point,frozen with wooden spoon. He turned all the gas off and gave me a beer. We abandoned the meal as asbestos fell into it from the ceiling of post WWII apt. Sat in silence on the sofa for an hour and he left. I assume he said goodbye. I saw him years later after we married others at a hockey game and he waved and smiled at me.

I did not cook for my husband til we married, playing it safe.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at July 29, 2026 11:09 PM (hzuYO)

183 I had the Playboys for the articles.
Posted by: polynikes at July 29, 2026 11:06 PM (KC5Lt)

I’ll believe you if you read it in braille.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at July 29, 2026 11:10 PM (IAdFa)

184 Excellent news, Teresa!!!

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at July 29, 2026 11:11 PM (hzuYO)

185 We need more of Buddy Rich explaining drumming. With lots of swearing.
Posted by: Dr. Varno at July 29, 2026 11:07 PM (nDXEV

No one complained. Buddy Rich was a hand to hand combat instructor in the Army.

Posted by: polynikes at July 29, 2026 11:11 PM (KC5Lt)

186 I don't know why I feel the need to explain this, but Pepper's ghost is an illusion using windows and lighting. Sometimes it was used to show the transformation of a comely young lady into an inhuman beast.

http://tiny.cc/h7l7101

Posted by: tankdemon at July 29, 2026 11:11 PM (FCZQZ)

187 I had the Playboys for the articles.
Posted by: polynikes at July 29, 2026 11:06 PM (KC5Lt)
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That's the thing. Hefner made a point of doing consequential interviews with famous people and commissioning work from known authors. It gave a veneer of respectability to his smut, legitimizing the concept of the amoral sex fiend who dresses sharp and subverts Christian morality.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at July 29, 2026 11:12 PM (ZOv7s)

188 A friend of mine had a gas oven that blew him back across the kitchen and into a wall.

Posted by: ... at July 29, 2026 11:13 PM (vE0+H)

189 Dr. Pepper is NOT a cola. It is Dr. Pepper flavor.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at July 29, 2026 11:13 PM (IAdFa)

190 Evening all,

We have a launch in about 3 hours.

SpaceX - Falcon 9 - NROL-95 - SLC-40
Cape Canaveral SFS - Space Affairs Live
Launch Date: July 30, 2026
Launch Time: 3:09 a.m. EDT (0709 UTC, 09:09 CEST)

https://youtu.be/1-ScMofSZKQ

Posted by: Joyenz at July 29, 2026 11:13 PM (2F0/Y)

191 My understanding is the Southern accent derived from the British upper class accent .
Posted by: polynikes at July 29, 2026 11:09 PM (KC5Lt)
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Ah, but there are variants. Tidewater. Deep South. Appalachia. IYKYK.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at July 29, 2026 11:14 PM (ZOv7s)

192 Joyenz, Hello!

Posted by: Bulg at July 29, 2026 11:15 PM (77rzZ)

193 Dr. Pepper is NOT a cola. It is Dr. Pepper flavor.
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at July 29, 2026 11:13 PM (IAdFa)

Spoiled prune juice.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 29, 2026 11:15 PM (1z8ji)

194 preliminary reports:
The following areas in Iran have been reported to have been hit in strikes by U.S. tonight:

1. Khorramshahr, Khuzestan
2. Abadan, Khuzestan
3. Bandar-e Mahshahr, Khuzestan
4. Nurabad, Fars
5. Bushehr, Bushehr
6. Qeshm Island, Hormozgan
7. Bandar Abbas, Hormozgan
8. Sirik, Hormozgan
9. Ahvaz, Khuzestan Province
Additionally, explosions were reported in Arvandkenar, Kish Island and Shadegan in Iran from U.S. airstrikes

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 29, 2026 11:15 PM (+yTe/)

195 Good news, TiFW! God continues to bless you!

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at July 29, 2026 11:16 PM (IAdFa)

196 > Southerners have the most delightful turns of phrase, quite the contrast with the more Germanic directness of Northerners.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at July 29, 2026 11:08 PM

Gott segne dein Herz.

Posted by: Bitte at July 29, 2026 11:16 PM (2Ez/1)

197
Most Hollywood actors can't do a Southern accent for shit. It's not real, just Hollywood sounding like what they think it's supposed to sound like.

Brit actors can indeed do them well. One Brit actress was on Letterman or one of them back in the '90s or so. Host asked her to "do a Southern accent".

She looked puzzled and said, "which one?" Which produced puzzlement from the host. She went through and flawlessly did quite a few different ones.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 29, 2026 11:16 PM (w6EFb)

198 Spoiled prune juice.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 29, 2026 11:15 PM (1z8ji)

Good! More for me then!

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at July 29, 2026 11:17 PM (IAdFa)

199 It's been my experience that British/Aussie/ Canuck/ Kiwi actors are much better at authentic American accents than American actors.

Much as I love "Justified," many of the American actors did the Savannah lilt, rather than anything that came close to the Kentucky sound. Southern accents are not all about sounding like Foghorn Leghorn or Scarlett O'Hara.

Hell, I was shocked to learn that Damien Lewis is a Limey.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Bonafide Gen X at July 29, 2026 11:17 PM (0aYVJ)

200 Southerners have the most delightful turns of phrase, quite the contrast with the more Germanic directness of Northerners.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at July 29, 2026 11:08 PM (ZOv7s)
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Long Island husband now says he's fixin' to do stuff. He's Southern at heart and loves my family.

My accent gets worse if I am on the phone with my mother, or home, or have had more than two glasses of wine or drinkies.

Culture shock was his family coming to our garden wedding in MS from the NE. Plus they were Catholic and my family Presbyterian. Added to the stress for me for the wedding and my voice was a few octaves higher than normal when we said our vows (I was shocked over my voice and my eyes got big). Otherwise it all was wonderful and a beautiful day. No civil or religious wars.

We did have a deal that the wedding kiss would be a little peck and done. He decided otherwise and I was not happy. I could hear my father snickering behind us as my groom laid one on me.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at July 29, 2026 11:17 PM (hzuYO)

201 A friend of mine had a gas oven that blew him back across the kitchen and into a wall.
Posted by: ...
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My German brother-in-law had a neighbor that blew up his house with a schnapps still.

Posted by: wth at July 29, 2026 11:17 PM (oq9dX)

202 I listened to that Ella Langley tune. Gotta say, in one ear, and out the other. Typical '80's country. Nowhere near as bad as the shit they peddle as "country" now. but not a patch on classic country either.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 29, 2026 11:17 PM (1z8ji)

203 Just watched Top Gun Maverick again tonight. Seems appropriate in light of the new airstrikes in Iran.

The Mission Impossible portion of the movie at the end was over the top but I loved it.

Posted by: polynikes at July 29, 2026 11:18 PM (KC5Lt)

204 I did not cook for my husband til we married, playing it safe.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at July 29, 2026 11:09 PM (hzuYO)
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I think a key point in winning over Mrs. Lloyd was when I demonstrated my ability to cook. Not just grilling, but the ability to use a saucepan to good effect. She was clearly impressed.

The grandkids assume that if Grandpa made it, it must be good. Well of course.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at July 29, 2026 11:18 PM (ZOv7s)

205
There is an accent map of the US that's quite interesting. Big then you can zoom in on.

There was a linguist who spoke at Furman one time many moons ago, and my mother went to hear him with some of her friends. He was a quite cunning linguist, and could identify were you born within miles (resolution decreasing as you went west, though). Or, at least where you first learned to speak.

They'd try to fool with a put-on accent, which he'd see right through, and correctly identify their real accent through the botched fake accent.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 29, 2026 11:19 PM (w6EFb)

206 Good! More for me then!
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at July 29, 2026 11:17 PM (IAdFa)

Enjoy!

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 29, 2026 11:19 PM (1z8ji)

207 >> NROL-95

That means classified. We won't get to see much footage beyond the launch and booster return.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 29, 2026 11:21 PM (w6EFb)

208 I fully admit that I did talk a little bit Southern when I was in the Army. Because most of my buddies were from the South.

I still say y'all, sometimes.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Bonafide Gen X at July 29, 2026 11:21 PM (0aYVJ)

209
She looked puzzled and said, "which one?" Which produced puzzlement from the host. She went through and flawlessly did quite a few different ones.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 29, 2026 11:16 PM (w6EFb)

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Yep. They are all different. My father sounded like he was from SC. Very refined.

We don't have the twang of TN nor the cajun language from LA (I have cajun cousins).

My one cousin came up from NOLA for college and my Daddy would laugh that the dorm boys called him a "coonass." That was new to me.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at July 29, 2026 11:22 PM (hzuYO)

210 Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at July 29, 2026 11:09 PM (hzuYO)
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I'm glad you didn't get seriously hurt.

God sometimes has funny ways of letting us know that the person you're dating isn't "the one".

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at July 29, 2026 11:22 PM (paeOl)

211 What the hell accent was Jodi Foster trying to do in Silence of the Lambs? I know it was supposed to be a West Virginia accent but I know people from WV and they didn't sound close to that. Admittedly I think WV has multiple accents.

Posted by: polynikes at July 29, 2026 11:22 PM (KC5Lt)

212 Much as I love "Justified," many of the American actors did the Savannah lilt, rather than anything that came close to the Kentucky sound. Southern accents are not all about sounding like Foghorn Leghorn or Scarlett O'Hara.

Hell, I was shocked to learn that Damien Lewis is a Limey.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Bonafide Gen X at July 29, 2026 11:17 PM (0aYVJ)
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To be fair, it was mostly filmed in California. I can't blame the producers for accents being imperfect because the show overall was great. I'm rewatching Season 3 with my youngest and she absolutely loves it because of the family history (Harlan is the county north of Bell, where "we trace our bloodline.")

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at July 29, 2026 11:23 PM (ZOv7s)

213 You can see live performances of To Kill A Mockingbird in Harper Lee's hometown of Monroeville, Alabama at the courthouse.
They're great.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at July 29, 2026 11:23 PM (2Ez/1)

214 >>>With the United States resuming strikes against Iran, chances of Iranian military action against one or more of the Gulf States over the coming week have significantly risen on Polymarket, as traders predict there is a 26% chance that Iran launches strikes against one of the countries on July 31.
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Interesting about that; earlier conversation said Iran's early attacks consisted of 100 missiles, their latest attack consisted of 6. Yeah, they are running out of goodies.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 29, 2026 11:24 PM (+yTe/)

215 I still say y'all, sometimes.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Bonafide Gen X at July 29, 2026 11:21 PM (0aYVJ)

Y'all and fixin to is a big part of my lingo.

Posted by: polynikes at July 29, 2026 11:24 PM (KC5Lt)

216 I'm glad you didn't get seriously hurt.

God sometimes has funny ways of letting us know that the person you're dating isn't "the one".
Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at July 29, 2026 11:22 PM (paeOl)
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Thanks! He, at least, did not run out the door, but turned off the gas and removed me from the galley kitchen of that ghetto apt. I'm sure he was deaf, too. It was LOUD.

I think if I had been bending over it would have been lights out based on the hematoma on my thigh I found later. I did not feel that pain at all from the adrenaline for hours.

It was a fourplex. The college girl I knew two doors down asked me the next day if I "felt the earthquake." I told her that was just me trying to cook.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at July 29, 2026 11:24 PM (hzuYO)

217 Hell, most of my dad's kin live in Arkansas, Texas, Louisiana, Oklahoma. wildly different accents.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Bonafide Gen X at July 29, 2026 11:25 PM (0aYVJ)

218 lol ChristyBlinkyTheGreat

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at July 29, 2026 11:26 PM (paeOl)

219 Y'all and fixin to is a big part of my lingo.
Posted by: polynikes at July 29, 2026 11:24 PM (KC5Lt)

One I use a lot is "I'm all het up about this!"

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Bonafide Gen X at July 29, 2026 11:26 PM (0aYVJ)

220 Culture shock was his family coming to our garden wedding in MS from the NE. Plus they were Catholic and my family Presbyterian.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at July 29, 2026 11:17 PM (hzuYO)
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When we became Catholic my wife's southern kin were mortified. I was already on thin ice as a Yankee Carpet Bagger who stole her away, but that was the last straw.

Then her grandfather died. He was a WW II vet. As soon as I heard about it, I contacted the funeral home about his benefits, and of course the family had done nothing, so I gave direction about how to get the paperwork.

We drove down and at the viewing I was treated with cold hostility. The next day they held the burial and I dutifully put on my dress uniform and played "Taps" over his grave, and suddenly I was a member of the family in good standing.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at July 29, 2026 11:27 PM (ZOv7s)

221 I think a key point in winning over Mrs. Lloyd was when I demonstrated my ability to cook. Not just grilling, but the ability to use a saucepan to good effect. She was clearly impressed.

The grandkids assume that if Grandpa made it, it must be good. Well of course.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at July 29, 2026 11:18 PM (ZOv7s)

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Yep! He taught me to cook! He did not marry me for my cooking or housekeeping skills.

He's the spaghetti, lasagna and chili cook. Grands love his spaghetti.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at July 29, 2026 11:28 PM (hzuYO)

222 I ran across this classic commercial late last night, but thought it deserved a bigger audience. Which is most attractive; the car, the chick, or the cat?
https://youtu.be/ofaCGy-wVV0
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf
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What the hell was the resolution on that, 320 X 140?
I worked with a guy back in the 70s who had worked as a cat handler at the San Diego Wild Animal Park, and had moonlighted with the people who owned that cougar. He had tales.
The cat's name was Chauncy, and he was a ham and a prima donna. He would only do one take. They could rehearse him multiple times, but when he saw the camera, once through and that was it. He said the cat was a dream to work with, very seldom got pissy, and would act, mainly, like a big, loveable housecat, but... He said, once, the cat was laying down, sort of napping, and some gofer came over to the owners to deliver a message. He stood right in front of the cat's nose and started talking really fast and loud. That pissed off the cat, who the reached out a paw and whacked the guys legs out from under him. The guy goes on his ass and looks up at the cat, standing and staring at him. Piddled in his pants scrambling backwards.

Posted by: buddhaha at July 29, 2026 11:28 PM (RIlaO)

223
Here is that accent map page:
https://t.ly/VOI_x

It's a crude web page, so you'll have to fight with a bit -- old time simple page

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 29, 2026 11:29 PM (w6EFb)

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