Saturday Night Club ONT - July 25, 2026 [Disco & Dino]

Welcome to Club ONT - a collaboration of The Disco and The Dino. We built this place for you so you can have some fun. Come in in, grab a drink or 3. Keep it light and friendly. Jerks need not enter the premises (the moose out front is keeping track and is rumored to be in a feisty mood tonight).

[Top photo: Seacrets - on the bay in Ocean City, MD]

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Saturday Night Jokes and Other Funnies

Heisenberg and Schrödinger get pulled over for speeding.

The officer asks Heisenberg, "Do you know how fast you were going?"

Heisenberg replies, "No, but we know exactly where we are!"

The confused officer says, "You were going 200 miles an hour!" Heisenberg throws his arms up and cries, "Great! Now we're lost!"

The officer looks over the car and asks Schrödinger if the two men have anything in the trunk. "A cat," Schrödinger replies.

The officer opens the trunk and yells, "Hey! This cat is dead." Schrödinger angrily replies, "Well, he is now!"

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What do you call a robot's one night stand?

Screws, nuts, and bolts.

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Drink of the Night

Tonight we drew the 7 of diamonds from our deck of playing card cocktails

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Club ONT Department of Decisions

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Club ONT Department of Potato Weaponry

You had me at "belt fed potato canon":

Appreciate the clever humor incorporated in telling the story (for example, welding is an "adult hot glue gun"). There is a commercial during the video, but at least you'll know that commercial support is going to a good cause.

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Club ONT Department of viral videos

Many of you have probably seen this clip many times this week. This is for those who haven't

Two things: that look and that bounce! 🔥🔥 pic.twitter.com/PcmF8x5uoh
— Fun Viral Vids 😊 (@Fun_Viral_Vids) July 21, 2026

For some reason, the clip is all over X. She's cute and looks like she's having a good time. Her "upper assets" bounce. She looks fun. OK - good reasons!

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Club ONT Department of interesting golf rules

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Club ONT Jukebox

Gimme some sugar!

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Top 10ish Comments of the Week

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Club ONT is brought to you by: consequences

Know what a cashless society means?
No strippers
Is that the America you want?
— Thrilla the Gorilla (@ThrillaRilla369) July 25, 2026

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Cash will ALWAYS be accepted at Club ONT. No stripping required. Restroom tokens are once again required. Strip all you want once you close that stall door!

Posted by: Open Blogger at 10:00 PM

Comments

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Posted by: JohnFNotKerry at July 25, 2026 10:00 PM (B2pWp)

2 Good eveing good people.

Posted by: Tonypete at July 25, 2026 10:00 PM (O6Iwc)

3 YAY ONT! Now for the content!

Posted by: JohnFNotKerry at July 25, 2026 10:01 PM (B2pWp)

4 The Aston Martin of course ...

Posted by: browndog says woof at July 25, 2026 10:01 PM (3sXRv)

5 Geronimo!

Posted by: Hokey Pokey at July 25, 2026 10:01 PM (YlWIZ)

6 “Ho! Ho! Ho! To the bottle I go
To heal my heart and drown my woe
Rain may fall, and wind may blow
And many miles be still to go
But under a tall tree will I lie
And let the clouds go sailing by”
― J.R.R. Tolkien

Posted by: mindful webworker - present at July 25, 2026 10:01 PM (jrd4M)

7 I wanna go underwater and then watch pigeons, can I have a different Bond car?

Posted by: InspiredHistoryMike at July 25, 2026 10:02 PM (KaHlS)

8 I’d try the flamingo

Posted by: H at July 25, 2026 10:02 PM (oLx2/)

9 Evenin'

The Mad Max car. It had some sneaky weaponry and a glorious engine roar!

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at July 25, 2026 10:03 PM (Hpgos)

10
*burns popcorn in ONT microwave*

Good evening, Hordians.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 25, 2026 10:03 PM (O0L8i)

11 Club ONT Department of Decisions - Batmobile

Posted by: mindful webworker - holy decisions at July 25, 2026 10:03 PM (jrd4M)

12 I can't drive, so it's gonna have to be KITT.

Posted by: Methos, inauthentic X-bot account at July 25, 2026 10:04 PM (vSvIl)

13 Hm. Barred again.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at July 25, 2026 10:05 PM (1Ff7Z)

14 The DeLorean, and head for the 80s.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at July 25, 2026 10:05 PM (qx7Zg)

15 Good evening Ds!

Posted by: COMountainMarie at July 25, 2026 10:06 PM (ok2JK)

16 Stopped to catch some good vibrations
Meow

Posted by: Lurking Cheshirecat at July 25, 2026 10:06 PM (w3u3d)

17 Club ONT is brought to you by: consequences

Know what a cashless society means?
No strippers
Is that the America you want?

A moron-worthy follow-up comment from the thread:

My understanding is that OF has drastically disrupted the stripper industry and the strip joints are left with wore out meth whores.
RIP brick-and-mortar stripping.

Posted by: mikeski at July 25, 2026 10:06 PM (VHUov)

18 Club ONT Department of Decisions

If the soft-sci-fi stuff works, the BttF Delorean. And I'll catch y'all on last week's ONT.

If that doesn't, but the hard-sci-fi stuff works, then KITT.

If only current tech works, then the Bondmobile.

Posted by: mikeski at July 25, 2026 10:08 PM (VHUov)

19 15 Good evening Ds!

Posted by: COMountainMarie at July 25, 2026 10:06 PM
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Howdy COMM!

Posted by: TRex - Club ONT microwave technician dino at July 25, 2026 10:09 PM (XfIK1)

20 Howdy everyone!

Posted by: Doof at July 25, 2026 10:09 PM (QMAsf)

21 I'm taking The A-Team van all day, every day.

I'd put wall-to-wall shag carpet, captains chairs and a bed and a mini-bar in it, then repaint the outside with Wizards and Dragons.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at July 25, 2026 10:10 PM (XV/Pl)

22 Beefeater is only available in low-power (40% ABV) these days.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at July 25, 2026 10:10 PM (Cqx++)

23 - Just checked. Temp has dropped to 88°. So I opened up the front door.
That cooler air feels at least not horrible.

Posted by: TeeJ at July 25, 2026 10:10 PM (/XKEa)

24 The Archies made the Monkees real by comparison.

Posted by: mindful webworker - hey hey at July 25, 2026 10:11 PM (jrd4M)

25 "brought to you by the Oxford Comma:"
https://instapundit.com/
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Posted by: Helena Handbasket at July 25, 2026 10:11 PM (vDZgA)

26 Howdy, Club horde!

Thanks, Disco & Dino!

Posted by: JQ at July 25, 2026 10:11 PM (rdVOm)

27 Yay, ONT!

Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at July 25, 2026 10:12 PM (+9wcF)

28 I never make the Top 10ish Comments. Can't be sure, is that a good thing or a bad thing? Oh, right, don't care.

Posted by: mindful webworker - bottom 25ish at July 25, 2026 10:12 PM (jrd4M)

29 Evening, Horde. Still need to do my Bible reading for tonight...

Posted by: RandomDave (if you can spare a bit, please click) at July 25, 2026 10:13 PM (aJQbY)

30 Hey, All.

Posted by: Bulg at July 25, 2026 10:13 PM (77rzZ)

31 You have to take the Aston Martin. There are dual machine guns behind the headlamps, and no thoughtless bastard is going to cut you off, or stop short on you ever again.

Posted by: Orson at July 25, 2026 10:13 PM (dIske)

32 30 Hey, All.

Posted by: Bulg at July 25, 2026 10:13 PM
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Bulg! Where ya been?

Posted by: TRex - subaru ambassador dino at July 25, 2026 10:14 PM (XfIK1)

33 Club ONT Department of Potato Weaponry
You had me at "belt fed potato canon"

1) Dude! Sweet!!

B) The imminent death of strip clubs will really limit that guy's chance of seeing boobs IRL.

Posted by: mikeski at July 25, 2026 10:14 PM (VHUov)

34 I also vote for the Bond car, since the Avanti is not available

Posted by: Texican ette at July 25, 2026 10:14 PM (SNf74)

35 Hi there JQ! We are rarely on this thread at the same time. How are you?

Posted by: The Grateful - Acta Non Verba at July 25, 2026 10:14 PM (XfIK1)

36 As for cars - Delorean followed by KITT

Posted by: RandomDave (if you can spare a bit, please click) at July 25, 2026 10:15 PM (aJQbY)

37 Once you've gone through 17 holes, 18th may as well be your turn in the barrel

Posted by: sid's bathhouse at July 25, 2026 10:15 PM (gKWVE)

38 I just ate the spiciest lamb vindaloo of my life, and now I know why they shit in the street. Pray for me. Not even sure I'm kidding about this.

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at July 25, 2026 10:16 PM (2+SeL)

39 Good evening!

Posted by: Piper at July 25, 2026 10:16 PM (hftzA)

40 Would you even have to drive KITT?

Posted by: JohnFNotKerry at July 25, 2026 10:17 PM (B2pWp)

41 I also vote for the Bond car, since the Avanti is not available

I have a neighbor with a maroon Avanti. It is also not available.

Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at July 25, 2026 10:17 PM (+9wcF)

42 "Guess which one..."
https://shorturl.at/dth2h

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at July 25, 2026 10:18 PM (vDZgA)

43 A. The Aston Martin

2. The potato gun stuff held me up. The guy is funny and apparently has LOTS of money.

Posted by: LRob in OK at July 25, 2026 10:18 PM (Jr+re)

44
The car with a full tank of gas.

Picture up top shows two fried eggs in a pan of very hot oil.

And good evening!

Posted by: Blonde Mortixtl at July 25, 2026 10:18 PM (mmrXZ)

45 >>> 38 I just ate the spiciest lamb vindaloo of my life, and now I know why they shit in the street. Pray for me. Not even sure I'm kidding about this.
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at July 25, 2026 10:16 PM (2+SeL)

Are there no nearby woods???

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at July 25, 2026 10:19 PM (vDZgA)

46 32 Buyin’ a new car, and lookin’ at possible sites for a new house.

Also, trying to not get so spun up by current news, so taking somewhat of a break from the Blog.

Posted by: Bulg at July 25, 2026 10:20 PM (77rzZ)

47 Those cars... choices, choices...

The General Lee has probably been wrecked & frame wracked too many times, so nope.

That DeLorean seemed to have ignition issues. Unreliable, so nope.

Kitt would never shut up, so definitely nope.

Ghostbusters too weird/haunted and A-team van probably reeks of cigar smoke, sweat and testosterone. Nope.

Mad Max & all the cop tv show cars probably worn out engines and bullet holes, so nope.

That leaves the Bond car. No doubt top of the line, and nice little "features"... Yeah, ok... Just pray it doesn't explode when I turn the key!

Posted by: JQ at July 25, 2026 10:20 PM (rdVOm)

48 Thanks for the ONT, Disco and Dino! Your hard work is very much appreciated!

That's an interesting golf rule.

Posted by: Legally Sufficient at July 25, 2026 10:20 PM (D/6p1)

49 The Archies made the Monkees real by comparison.

The story I heard was that Don Kirshner created The Archies when the Monkees got above their raisin' and decided that they weren't just a TV cast but real musicians.

Posted by: Oddbob at July 25, 2026 10:20 PM (vTZFs)

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>>> 38 I just ate the spiciest lamb vindaloo of my life, and now I know why they shit in the street. Pray for me. Not even sure I'm kidding about this.
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at July 25, 2026 10:16 PM (2+SeL)

Are there no nearby woods???
Posted by: Helena Handbasket

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Early entry for next week's Top 10ish Comments of the Week

Posted by: Blonde Mortixtl at July 25, 2026 10:20 PM (mmrXZ)

51 But seriously, is there anywhere nearby you can get liquid pepto bismol? That sounds painful.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at July 25, 2026 10:20 PM (vDZgA)

52 Gonna sit over here in the corner and lurk. JQ, would you be so kind as to bring me a double of whatever you got?
No hurry...🤪

Posted by: COMountainMarie at July 25, 2026 10:21 PM (ok2JK)

53 @38

>>Pray for me. Not even sure I'm kidding about this.

My recommendation is handful of Tums chased with about a quart of Brioschi.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at July 25, 2026 10:21 PM (XV/Pl)

54 Hope everyone had a great day. I got to watch dolphins play by our boat, then I floated around in the pool, and rounded that out by eating really amazing shish kabobs. It’s been good!

Posted by: Piper at July 25, 2026 10:21 PM (hftzA)

55 46 32 Buyin’ a new car, and lookin’ at possible sites for a new house.

Posted by: Bulg at July 25, 2026 10:20 PM
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We missed you on the Wed ONT. Have a look.

Posted by: TRex - time machine dino at July 25, 2026 10:22 PM (XfIK1)

56 then I floated around in the pool

But . . . what about the vacuuming?

Posted by: LRob in OK at July 25, 2026 10:22 PM (Jr+re)

57 The time machine is enticing, but as we know from the movies, it keeps getting you into more and more trouble every time you use it.

I'm going for the General Lee to piss of the woke mob

Posted by: Lemmiwinks at July 25, 2026 10:23 PM (9CZQg)

58 - Wow! Down to 86° so quick?
Guess I'll move the box fan upstairs to the bedroom window and start pulling that cooler air in.
And yes, have note to self for next town trip.
Buy another box fan.

Posted by: TeeJ at July 25, 2026 10:23 PM (/XKEa)

59 I always wanted a 1928 Porter.

Posted by: That's My Mother Dear at July 25, 2026 10:23 PM (JM9I6)

60 Now this is a headline I didn't expect to see.

William Shatner, 95, set to debut his new heavy metal band this fall.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at July 25, 2026 10:24 PM (qx7Zg)

61 Apparently there was a terror attack in Berlin on their gay pride rally. And the suspect is a jihadi.

I found out about this because a saw a facebook reel from some pink haired woman but the funny thing is the video went like this:

0-15s: We are all outraged to hear there was a terror attack on gay pride in Berlin

15-20s: Yes fine the suspect is Muslim but I won't judge Muslim people

20s-60s: But you know what makes me really mad? All those straight white men with crosses in their bios happy about this.

Posted by: 18-1 at July 25, 2026 10:24 PM (sKqQm)

62 Howdy, Grateful!

Doin' ok. You?

Posted by: JQ at July 25, 2026 10:24 PM (rdVOm)

63 48 Thanks for the ONT, Disco and Dino! Your hard work is very much appreciated!

Posted by: Legally Sufficient at July 25, 2026 10:20 PM
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Thank you LS and good evening!

Posted by: TRex - national park curator dino at July 25, 2026 10:24 PM (XfIK1)

64 Potato guy was good. Between A-Team Van and Magnum's car for me.

Posted by: From about That Time at July 25, 2026 10:24 PM (sl73Y)

65 >>> 58 - Wow! Down to 86° so quick?
Guess I'll move the box fan upstairs to the bedroom window and start pulling that cooler air in.
And yes, have note to self for next town trip.
Buy another box fan.
Posted by: TeeJ at July 25, 2026 10:23 PM (/XKEa)

If you live in a humid climate a whole house fan doesn't do much, but I loved having one when I was in CO.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at July 25, 2026 10:24 PM (vDZgA)

66 40 Would you even have to drive KITT?
Posted by: JohnFNotKerry at July 25, 2026 10:17 PM (B2pWp)

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The funny thing about My Mother the Car is that she was full of snarky advice but never actually drove five feet.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at July 25, 2026 10:24 PM (u/oMr)

67 Hi, Piper

Glad you had a good day. Dolphins would be special, but we don't see many in the Midwest.

I saw a pink one in the Amazon River, though.

Posted by: mnw at July 25, 2026 10:25 PM (RCjYY)

68 56 then I floated around in the pool

But . . . what about the vacuuming?
Posted by: LRob in OK at July 25, 2026 10:22 PM

I did that yesterday, don’t worry!

Posted by: Piper at July 25, 2026 10:25 PM (hftzA)

69 I'm going for the General Lee to piss of the woke mob

What if I took one of the Ferraris and painted the flag on it or would that be cheating?

Posted by: Oddbob at July 25, 2026 10:25 PM (vTZFs)

70 I hiked up a mountain today. The feeling when you get to the top is AMAZING.

Of course the last 10% right before that sucks...

Posted by: 18-1 at July 25, 2026 10:25 PM (sKqQm)

71 A team. You've been drinking. It's the only one that has room for vroom vroom.

Posted by: Dark Lix. at July 25, 2026 10:25 PM (DZ9Lv)

72 Gotta go with the Aston Martin. Someone gets too chatty, ejection seat. Thanks for the ONT, double D's.

Posted by: scampydog at July 25, 2026 10:25 PM (41CYW)

73 Hey there, COMM! Yeah, have a double Iced Tea!

Posted by: JQ at July 25, 2026 10:26 PM (rdVOm)

74 >>> 54 Hope everyone had a great day. I got to watch dolphins play by our boat, then I floated around in the pool, and rounded that out by eating really amazing shish kabobs. It’s been good!
Posted by: Piper at July 25, 2026 10:21 PM (hftzA)

Oooh, recipe tomorrow? I'm assuming there is no connection between watching dolphins and having shish kabobs for dinner.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at July 25, 2026 10:26 PM (vDZgA)

75 28 I never make the Top 10ish Comments. Can't be sure, is that a good thing or a bad thing? Oh, right, don't care.
Posted by: mindful webworker - bottom 25ish

I've made it 4.5 times. The glory warms the heart, but fame is fleeting.

Posted by: All Is Vanity at July 25, 2026 10:27 PM (JM9I6)

76 72 Thanks for the ONT, double D's.

Posted by: scampydog at July 25, 2026 10:25 PM
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Doggo!

Posted by: TRex - tour guide dino at July 25, 2026 10:27 PM (XfIK1)

77 On the drink above - here we go AGAIN with the coconut! No. It's the consistency, not the taste.

Posted by: LRob in OK at July 25, 2026 10:27 PM (Jr+re)

78 Buyin’ a new car, and lookin’ at possible sites for a new house.

Posted by: Bulg at July 25, 2026 10:20 PM (77rzZ)

We have room in the tent out back, for those of us not allowed in the club.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at July 25, 2026 10:27 PM (1Ff7Z)

79 Glad you had a good day. Dolphins would be special, but we don't see many in the Midwest.

I saw a pink one in the Amazon River, though.
Posted by: mnw at July 25, 2026 10:25 PM (RCjYY)

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You should have reported it. They've been looking for him.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at July 25, 2026 10:28 PM (u/oMr)

80 38 I just ate the spiciest lamb vindaloo of my life, and now I know why they shit in the street. Pray for me. Not even sure I'm kidding about this.
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at July 25, 2026 10:16 PM (2+SeL)

What's the rating in specific-impulse?

Posted by: Nelo Muks at July 25, 2026 10:28 PM (gKWVE)

81 Doggo!
Posted by: TRex - tour guide dino
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Dino!

Posted by: scampydog at July 25, 2026 10:28 PM (41CYW)

82 The story I heard was that Don Kirshner created The Archies when the Monkees got above their raisin' and decided that they weren't just a TV cast but real musicians.
Posted by: Oddbob at July 25, 2026 10:20 PM (vTZFs)

Weren't they all involved in the business before the show?

Posted by: OrangeEnt at July 25, 2026 10:29 PM (1Ff7Z)

83 1. Mad Max Interceptor
2. General Lee

3. Any of the rest, except for the Delorean. What a turd that thing was.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, call BR549 at July 25, 2026 10:30 PM (0aYVJ)

84 You've been drinking.

Actually, I haven't but that's an excellent suggestion. I will take it under advisement.

Posted by: Oddbob at July 25, 2026 10:30 PM (vTZFs)

85 Little known trivia...Andy Kim, canada's most talented singer and sexy man ever, co-wrote and sang back up on "Sugar, Sugar". Wonder if he is still alive giving canada's death mills working overtime 24/7.

Potatoe Gun Guy has a lot, and I mean a lot, of time on his hands.

Posted by: Dan Quail at July 25, 2026 10:30 PM (ftsic)

86 Weren't they all involved in the business before the show?

Peter Tork was the only one who could actually play his instrument when the show started.

Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at July 25, 2026 10:30 PM (+9wcF)

87 78 Buyin’ a new car, and lookin’ at possible sites for a new house.

Posted by: Bulg

I know of a nice 70s mobile home, good lot, but the north side of the trailer has a thick coat of algae. Bring some bleach and a power washer.

Posted by: Your Smiling Realtor at July 25, 2026 10:31 PM (JM9I6)

88 On the drink above - here we go AGAIN with the coconut! No. It's the consistency, not the taste.
Posted by: LRob in OK

Cream of coconut is a sweet, thick syrup. Once you stir or blend it into a drink, you won't notice the consistency.

Posted by: JQ at July 25, 2026 10:31 PM (rdVOm)

89 72 Gotta go with the Aston Martin. Someone gets too chatty, ejection seat. Thanks for the ONT, double D's.

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A 60's era British car is never going to start when you actually need it to

Posted by: Lemmiwinks at July 25, 2026 10:31 PM (9CZQg)

90 When I saw the photo up top, the first thing I thought of was SpongeBob. Not sure why, since I've never seen the show...

Posted by: Legally Sufficient at July 25, 2026 10:31 PM (D/6p1)

91 I always wanted a 1928 Porter.
Posted by: That's My Mother Dear at July 25, 2026 10:23 PM (JM9I6)

Psst. I'm really a Model A in disguise.

Posted by: Ann Sothern at July 25, 2026 10:32 PM (1Ff7Z)

92 I think Michael Nesmith was a song writer/guitar player before and after the Monkees.

Posted by: LRob in OK at July 25, 2026 10:33 PM (Jr+re)

93 Bulg is here? Oh, good. I can post this and close the tab.

https://bit.ly/joy-rae-brown

Joy Rae Brown was an American model, film and television actress, and nightclub singer. She was noted for her pin-up photos and roles in B-movies…

Not safe for church service viewing

Posted by: mindful webworker - cute at July 25, 2026 10:33 PM (jrd4M)

94 - Humid climate?
Earlier today it was 98° with heat index 117°.
Not gonna complain. Widow texted me this afternoon that a town about an hour north, heat index 127°

Posted by: TeeJ at July 25, 2026 10:33 PM (/XKEa)

95 Weren't they all involved in the business before the show?

I imagine so. They had some actual talent. But once they had some success, they started wanting creative control over the show and Kirshner basically did Bill Cosby's line of "I brought you into this world, I can take you out. Make another one just like you." And he did.

Posted by: Oddbob at July 25, 2026 10:34 PM (vTZFs)

96 Roll with me on this, JQ, OK? I'm working a multi day gag here.

Posted by: LRob in OK at July 25, 2026 10:34 PM (Jr+re)

97 Ghostbusters hearse for sure. There was a dude that made one and brought it to a couple car shows at work family days. It was so cool, and I was so jealous.

Posted by: She Hobbit at July 25, 2026 10:34 PM (ftFVW)

98 The Ferrari.

I’ve driven one. I was 15. It was awesome.

Posted by: nurse ratched. at July 25, 2026 10:34 PM (XFI3v)

99 High today was 70.

Posted by: Dark Lix. at July 25, 2026 10:35 PM (DZ9Lv)

100 the cocktail looks like a rum drink that they just swapped out for gin

Posted by: Otto Penn at July 25, 2026 10:35 PM (JHVDg)

101 Definitely the DeLorean. I love history. I'd need to take some silver with me....

Posted by: GWB at July 25, 2026 10:35 PM (kU0PQ)

102 nurse, did you get to the drags?

Posted by: LRob in OK at July 25, 2026 10:36 PM (Jr+re)

103 86

Peter Tork logged a few months in an OK prison, for possession of hashish.

His real crime, imo, was being stupid enough to possess hashish in OK.

Posted by: mnw at July 25, 2026 10:36 PM (RCjYY)

104 Peter Tork was the only one who could actually play his instrument when the show started.
Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at July 25, 2026 10:30 PM (+9wcF)

Mike was recording as Mike Blessing before the show. Micky was of course, Circus Boy, and could play the guitar. Davy did music hall. They all had a background, they weren't just four actor guys who couldn't play music.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at July 25, 2026 10:36 PM (1Ff7Z)

105 Davy Jones was in the show Oliver! in the West End and later on Broadway. He was Tony-nominated. Appeared on Ed Sullivan.

Posted by: The Artful Dodger at July 25, 2026 10:36 PM (JM9I6)

106 60 Now this is a headline I didn't expect to see.

William Shatner, 95, set to debut his new heavy metal band this fall.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf

Amateur.

Posted by: Christopher Lee at July 25, 2026 10:37 PM (Hpgos)

107 Lots of people love Pet Sounds, but I think their 1971 album Surf's Up! is just as fine.

Posted by: Feel Flows at July 25, 2026 10:38 PM (JM9I6)

108 I don't really trust people who hate coconut so much.

Deep down

Posted by: Otto Penn at July 25, 2026 10:38 PM (JHVDg)

109 Oooh, recipe tomorrow? I'm assuming there is no connection between watching dolphins and having shish kabobs for dinner.
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at July 25, 2026 10:26
No, they were beef. And yes! Remind me if I forget. lol.

Posted by: Piper at July 25, 2026 10:38 PM (hftzA)

110 69 I'm going for the General Lee to piss of the woke mob

What if I took one of the Ferraris and painted the flag on it or would that be cheating?

Posted by: Oddbob at July 25, 2026 10:25 PM (vTZFs)

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With all the commies we have in this country, you could paint the American flag on it and cause just as many aneurysms as you could with the Confederate flag. Would that be considered a win-win situation?

Posted by: Lemmiwinks at July 25, 2026 10:38 PM (9CZQg)

111 No Pour Some Sugar on Me?! I am dissapoint.

Posted by: She Hobbit at July 25, 2026 10:38 PM (Fh5di)

112
Peter Tork was the only one who could actually play his instrument when the show started.
Posted by: Blanco Basura

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Davey Jones had starred on Broadway in Oliver!

Posted by: Blonde Mortixtl at July 25, 2026 10:38 PM (mmrXZ)

113 Not safe for church service viewing
Posted by: mindful webworker - cute at July 25, 2026 10:33 PM (jrd4M)

*Leo Dicaprio pointing meme*

Hey! She was in Hillbillys in a Haunted House. Saw that one via Rifftrax.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, call BR549 at July 25, 2026 10:39 PM (0aYVJ)

114 Posted by: LRob in OK at July 25, 2026 10:34 PM

Oops. Didn't know that. Sorry. LOL!

P.S. I also dislike the consistency, but love the flavor of coconut, so had hoped to help you.

Posted by: JQ at July 25, 2026 10:39 PM (rdVOm)

115 I'll be leaving as soon as the rockets and stars posters get here.

Posted by: mnw at July 25, 2026 10:39 PM (RCjYY)

116 A 60's era British car is never going to start when you actually need it to
Posted by: Lemmiwinks
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Anti- theft system.

Posted by: scampydog at July 25, 2026 10:40 PM (41CYW)

117 Regarding the second joke, apparently there was a real headline in the NY Post about an escaped mental patient who went on a raping spree.

The headline was "Nut bolts and screws" probably with at least one exclamation point.

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at July 25, 2026 10:40 PM (CHHv1)

118 78 Buyin’ a new car, and lookin’ at possible sites for a new house.

Posted by: Bulg

Wow! That part time tutoring job is payin off!

Posted by: nurse ratched. at July 25, 2026 10:40 PM (XFI3v)

119 Davy Jones was in the show Oliver! in the West End and later on Broadway. He was Tony-nominated. Appeared on Ed Sullivan.
Posted by: The Artful Dodger at July 25, 2026 10:36 PM (JM9I6)

The same night as the Beatles.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at July 25, 2026 10:40 PM (1Ff7Z)

120 Crime?

Hell, Tork should win some kind of award for being able to FIND hashish in OK

Posted by: Otto Penn at July 25, 2026 10:40 PM (JHVDg)

121 https://bit.ly/joy-rae-brown

Joy Rae Brown was an American model, film and television actress, and nightclub singer. She was noted for her pin-up photos and roles in B-movies…

Not safe for church service viewing
Posted by: mindful webworker - cute at July 25, 2026

***
Aka, it says, "Joi Lansing." A couple of years ago I saw her in a 1950s Superman episode with George Reeves, where she plays a smart policewoman who goes undercover as . . . Superman's wife!

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 25, 2026 10:40 PM (wzUl9)

122 83 1. Mad Max Interceptor
2. General Lee

3. Any of the rest, except for the Delorean. What a turd that thing was.
Posted by: Pug Mahon

Cocaine is a hell of a drug.

Posted by: John DeLorean at July 25, 2026 10:42 PM (Hpgos)

123 Davy Jones was in the show Oliver! in the West End and later on Broadway. He was Tony-nominated. Appeared on Ed Sullivan.
Posted by: The Artful Dodger at July 25, 2026

***
Is that who he played? I can see it.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 25, 2026 10:42 PM (wzUl9)

124 I'd have to go with the magnum Ferrari.

Posted by: 496 at July 25, 2026 10:43 PM (sOtuf)

125 Joi Lansing died fairly young of breast cancer, which is doubly sad.

Posted by: Wearing Pink Cleats at July 25, 2026 10:43 PM (JM9I6)

126
Gotta go with the Aston Martin. Someone gets too chatty, ejection seat. Thanks for the ONT, double D's.
Posted by: scampydog

Jethro Bodine had one of those seats on his double naught spy car. Put Granny right up into a tree, it did!

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at July 25, 2026 10:44 PM (Cqx++)

127 A 60's era British car is never going to start when you actually need it to
Posted by: Lemmiwinks at July 25, 2026 10:31 PM (9CZQg)

See the Mad Men episode in which the English guy knows the jig is up about his embezzling funds, so he tries to off himself with the promo Jaguar he was given.
It doesn't work, so he hangs himself in his office.

Posted by: sal at July 25, 2026 10:44 PM (f+FmA)

128 I'd have to go with the magnum Ferrari.
Posted by: 496.

I wouldn't mind a ride in Magnum's Ferrari.

Posted by: She Hobbit at July 25, 2026 10:44 PM (ftFVW)

129 And you know, Davey Jones had starred on Broadway in Oliver!

Posted by: Carlos Mencia at July 25, 2026 10:44 PM (3sXRv)

130 102 nurse, did you get to the drags?
Posted by: LRob in OK

Heh. My gymnastics coach told us whoever won this big competition in Houston could drive the interstate back to Dallas in his Ferrari. Everyone else was in the van.

I won. I drove. I only pushed it to 124. Then I got a little spooked.

But it was exhilarating.

Posted by: nurse ratched. at July 25, 2026 10:45 PM (yEz+x)

131 Mike was recording as Mike Blessing before the show. Micky was of course, Circus Boy, and could play the guitar. Davy did music hall. They all had a background, they weren't just four actor guys who couldn't play music.

That's one thing I love about this place. When I'm wrong you all have no trouble smacking my dumb ass down.

Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at July 25, 2026 10:45 PM (+9wcF)

132 The DeLorean was originally a pretty good idea. Then, a Renault engine or equivalent of about a third the proposed horsepower showed up and THEN they decided to build it in (I think) Ireland.

Posted by: LRob in OK at July 25, 2026 10:45 PM (Jr+re)

133 Now this is a headline I didn't expect to see.

William Shatner, 95, set to debut his new heavy metal band this fall.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf

Amateur.
Posted by: Christopher Lee at July 25, 2026 10:37 PM (Hpgos)

It's hard to follow in the footsteps of a descendant of Charlemagne, but he's trying.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at July 25, 2026 10:45 PM (qx7Zg)

134 Gotta go with the Aston Martin. Someone gets too chatty, ejection seat. Thanks for the ONT, double D's.
Posted by: scampydog
*
Jethro Bodine had one of those seats on his double naught spy car. Put Granny right up into a tree, it did!
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at July 25, 2026

***
"Oh, go ahead, eject me. See if I care."
( -- M to Bond in Skyfall)

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 25, 2026 10:45 PM (wzUl9)

135 Evening all,

The Soyuz will be undocking from the ISS in 3 hours.

Roscosmos - Soyuz MS-28
Undocking International Space Station ISS
Date: Sunday, July 26, 2026
Time: 3:02 a.m. EDT (0702 UTC, 09:02 CEST)

https://youtu.be/xdmdOR5u2OU

Posted by: Joyenz at July 25, 2026 10:46 PM (2F0/Y)

136 I always found it funny that Tom Selleck was too tall for the Ferrari. Good thing it was a convertible.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, call BR549 at July 25, 2026 10:46 PM (0aYVJ)

137 What. No Munstermobile?

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at July 25, 2026 10:46 PM (u/oMr)

138 Steve Marriott, lead singer for Small Faces and Humble Pie, also played the Artful Dodger as a young lad.

Don't know if it was the same production that Davey Jones was in, likely not

Posted by: Otto Penn at July 25, 2026 10:46 PM (JHVDg)

139 Of course that coach assaulted many of my teammates and me, but I got to drive a cool car!

It was the early 80s. To be expected. Meh.

Posted by: nurse ratched. at July 25, 2026 10:47 PM (GI9/m)

140 It's begun. Bye!

Posted by: mnw at July 25, 2026 10:47 PM (RCjYY)

141 Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 25, 2026 10:40 PM (wzUl9)

Just noticed "Plot it yourself" is audio. Bleh. Wanna read, not listen.

Will send pic to eldest to have her buy the others before someone else gets them.*

*saving titles for tomorrow's book thread

Posted by: OrangeEnt at July 25, 2026 10:47 PM (1Ff7Z)

142 Good night, all. Lots of sun today and I am very tired.

Posted by: Piper at July 25, 2026 10:48 PM (hftzA)

143 124 I'd have to go with the magnum Ferrari.

Posted by: 496 at July 25, 2026 10:43 PM (sOtuf)

---

Do you have a good enough mustache to drive that car.

Posted by: Lemmiwinks at July 25, 2026 10:48 PM (9CZQg)

144 Gentlemen, thank you for the ONT in the Club.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at July 25, 2026 10:48 PM (qx7Zg)

145 Now this is a headline I didn't expect to see.

William Shatner, 95, set to debut his new heavy metal band this fall.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf

I love this.

William Shatner is the coolest mo-fo alive. He will die in some spectacular fashion. A few years from now.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, call BR549 at July 25, 2026 10:48 PM (0aYVJ)

146 The third song in the thematic music is... a slightly different focus....

Posted by: GWB at July 25, 2026 10:49 PM (kU0PQ)

147 Joi Lansing played Lester Flatt's wife on The Beverly Hillbillies.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at July 25, 2026 10:49 PM (Cqx++)

148 Joyenz

I just watched the ISS pass overhead 10 minutes ago.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 25, 2026 10:49 PM (u82oZ)

149 Shatner just keeps getting cooler

Posted by: Otto Penn at July 25, 2026 10:49 PM (JHVDg)

150 The Aston Martin of course ...
Posted by: browndog says woof at July 25, 2026 10:01 PM (3sXRv)

This.

Posted by: Diogenes at July 25, 2026 10:49 PM (2WIwB)

151 Has anyone sent Smokey the Bear to Canada?

I think it's time, but make sure it's from the period when Sam Elliot voiced him.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at July 25, 2026 10:50 PM (qx7Zg)

152 Club ONT Jukebox
Gimme some sugar!

Jukebox B-Sides:

Marillion - Sugar Mice
https://youtu.be/S3zmbvddK2k

Tapping the Vein - Sugar Falls
https://youtu.be/_0n5wvmzCUw

Focus - Sugar Island
https://youtu.be/To8WMDIQuhg

Brutus - Sugar Dragon
https://youtu.be/4frMgTrgd4Y

Maybe too sweet, especially after Brutus:
Yui Horie - Sugar Sweet Nightmare
https://youtu.be/BAchFngRQeA

Still not sweet enough? hic sunt dracones:
Yoko Ishida - Sugar Baby Love
https://youtu.be/DR_zriJjyJs

Posted by: mikeski at July 25, 2026 10:50 PM (VHUov)

153 Speaking of classic cars, we saw a '66 (?) Chevy Chevelle, a Super Sport, on the avenue this evening. Steel blue, matching interior, a muffler that let you know the car was coming. He had the windows rolled down and cruised past us in an eyeblink as Linda was saying, "Is that old car strong enough to pass us . . .?"

The Chevelle I think was better proportioned than the full-size Chevy of that year, the Impala and Caprice. Chevelle was built on the same A-Body platform as the Pontiac Tempest -- which had a special model we know now as the GTO.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 25, 2026 10:50 PM (wzUl9)

154 >>Shatner just keeps getting cooler

He sure does seem to enjoy life!

Posted by: JQ at July 25, 2026 10:50 PM (rdVOm)

155 I just watched the ISS pass overhead 10 minutes ago.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 25, 2026 10:49 PM (u82oZ)

Very cool. It's been a long time since I have seen it.

Posted by: Joyenz at July 25, 2026 10:51 PM (2F0/Y)

156 Davy Jones was in the show Oliver! in the West End and later on Broadway. He was Tony-nominated. Appeared on Ed Sullivan.
Posted by: The Artful Dodger at July 25, 2026 10:36 PM (JM9I6)

I actually remember seeing that- they did "I'd Do Anything for You", if I recall.
Big, big fan of the Monkees.

Posted by: sal at July 25, 2026 10:51 PM (f+FmA)

157 149 Shatner just keeps getting cooler
Posted by: Otto Penn at July 25, 2026 10:49 PM (JHVDg)

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I figured he was done when they found his wife at the bottom of the pool. I was wrong.

Robert Blake should have asked him for advice.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at July 25, 2026 10:52 PM (u/oMr)

158 Songwriters for the Monkees, like Carol King, had been promised they would get to do all the songs, and were upset that the boys would be allowed to record their own songs.

Nesmith had a nice run after the show.

I like Some of Shelly's Blues. Have the words & chords right here on the piano.
https://youtu.be/SwCbLuCOwbk

Posted by: mindful webworker - traded the wool hat for a cowboy hat at July 25, 2026 10:52 PM (jrd4M)

159 I'll take the Monkees over the Archies any day of the week. Don "Frankenstein" Kircher couldn't control his beast. Too bad, Don

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at July 25, 2026 10:54 PM (Cqx++)

160 Steve Marriott, lead singer for Small Faces and Humble Pie, also played the Artful Dodger as a young lad.

Now that fella could sing. There is a song "Good Times" where he sings back up to Stevie Wright, a talented singer in his own right, of The Easybeats, from Oz.

Posted by: Friday On My Mind at July 25, 2026 10:54 PM (ftsic)

161 The Superman fart reference (COTW) made me wonder...
If a fly buzzes through someone's fart cloud does it react the same way we do when we drive by a BBQ place?

Posted by: Diogenes at July 25, 2026 10:54 PM (2WIwB)

162 I may be totally wrong, but the monkees always seemed like they had a blast making their show. It looked like they had a ton of fun.

Posted by: 496 at July 25, 2026 10:55 PM (sOtuf)

163
You have to give the Rooskies their due. The Soyuz has been one heck of a reliable workhorse of a spacecraft in service since 1967.

The Chicoms basically copied it for their own orbital capsule, whatever they call it, Shenzou or some crap. The Rooskies did provide them technical assistance on it.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 25, 2026 10:55 PM (w6EFb)

164 The smoke is getting thick again, but from the southwest. A couple of new fires in SE Oregon and the Owyhee.

Our first summer here was largely smoke-free.

Starting to remind me of Front Range Colorado.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, call BR549 at July 25, 2026 10:56 PM (0aYVJ)

165 That's one thing I love about this place. When I'm wrong you all have no trouble smacking my dumb ass down.
Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at July 25, 2026 10:45 PM (+9wcF)

But not in an ill-mannered way.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at July 25, 2026 10:56 PM (1Ff7Z)

166 Pontiac Tempest -- which had a special model we know now as the GTO.

-----------

The same body length, height, weight, wheel base, and wheel track as the '64 Skylark. Positraction, independent rear suspension, mint green metallic paint...

Posted by: Mona Lisa Vito at July 25, 2026 10:57 PM (u/oMr)

167 Dang! One of the comments of the week is from tonight's Hobby Thread? Someone was on the ball!

Posted by: GWB at July 25, 2026 10:57 PM (kU0PQ)

168 No no no.

Nesmith was the only accomplished musician as far as playing an instrument. Davey Jones was a singer, so I guess that counts, and banging a tambourine. Chicks dug him, of course.

The one demographic that didn’t diss the Monkees were other bands, because they knew how the industry worked. The Wrecking Crew and other session musicians played on scores and scores of top hits and albums. The Monkees became a “real” band eventually, or wanted to be.

Tork’s house in Laurel Canyon was party station, at all times. Everyone was loaded with cash and drugs, it was after the Pill, but before AIDS

Posted by: Common Tater at July 25, 2026 10:57 PM (3ElP1)

169 The doctor says to the old lady: "I can't determine the cause with certainty, but it would be best if you reduced your alcohol consumption and we'll see if it improves."

The old lady replies: "Can't I just increase it and we'll see if it gets worse?"

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at July 25, 2026 10:57 PM (qx7Zg)

170 nurse, did you get to the drags?
Posted by: LRob in OK

Heh. My gymnastics coach told us whoever won this big competition in Houston could drive the interstate back to Dallas in his Ferrari. Everyone else was in the van.

I won. I drove. I only pushed it to 124. Then I got a little spooked.

But it was exhilarating.
Posted by: nurse ratched. at July 25, 2026 10:45 PM (yEz+x)

***

You can drive my BMW anytime.

Posted by: Diogenes at July 25, 2026 10:57 PM (2WIwB)

171 >> Shatner just keeps getting cooler

He is The Shat.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 25, 2026 10:57 PM (w6EFb)

172 137 What. No Munstermobile?
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at July 25, 2026 10:46 PM (u/oMr)

The Batmobile enters the chat ...

Posted by: zombie George Barris at July 25, 2026 10:57 PM (3sXRv)

173 Know what a cashless society means?
No strippers

What?! You just slide your card in the slot....

Posted by: GWB at July 25, 2026 10:58 PM (kU0PQ)

174 I may be totally wrong, but the monkees always seemed like they had a blast making their show. It looked like they had a ton of fun.
Posted by: 496 at July 25, 2026 10:55 PM (sOtuf)

Agree. And, even if, in the beginning, they were not skilled musicians, they became musicians. Always liked them.

I say this as a diehard thrash metal fan.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, call BR549 at July 25, 2026 10:58 PM (0aYVJ)

175 William Shatner is the coolest mo-fo alive. He will die in some spectacular fashion. A few years from now.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, call BR549 at July 25, 2026 10:48 PM (0aYVJ)

Hopefully after Takei goes.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at July 25, 2026 10:59 PM (1Ff7Z)

176 I won. I drove. I only pushed it to 124. Then I got a little spooked.

But it was exhilarating.
Posted by: nurse ratched. at July 25, 2026 10:45 PM (yEz+x)

***

You can drive my BMW anytime.
Posted by: Diogenes at July 25, 2026 10:57 PM (2WIwB)

Baby, you can drive my car ...

Posted by: zombie Jhn Lennon at July 25, 2026 10:59 PM (3sXRv)

177 Evening, Double D's and ONT Horde. I would take the General Lee. could fix it.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 25, 2026 11:00 PM (1z8ji)

178 We were notified by our cousin that our last Uncle from our mom's family has stage 4 cancer. He's the last surviving kid from our American grandmother.

They tried one round of chemo, but it made him too weak. Doctors decided against further treatment. He can't move around on his own anymore and his wife was struggling with it. One of their sons has come home to help and hopefully they can get some in-home assistance.

They don't think he has long to live. This will be our fourth loss since dad passed last July.

Please keep his family in your prayers.

Posted by: Joyenz at July 25, 2026 11:00 PM (2F0/Y)

179 For one of the Beatles Ed Sullivan appearances, Borscht-Belt comedian Morty Gunty was also on the bill. None of the audience was there to see Gunty and he had a rough time of it. Least he got paid, I guess.

Posted by: Brown's, The Nevele, Kutscher's at July 25, 2026 11:01 PM (JM9I6)

180 Know what a cashless society means?
No strippers

What?! You just slide your card in the slot....
Posted by: GWB

The strippers prefer tap to pay.

Posted by: She Hobbit at July 25, 2026 11:01 PM (ftFVW)

181 179 For one of the Beatles Ed Sullivan appearances, Borscht-Belt comedian Morty Gunty was also on the bill. None of the audience was there to see Gunty and he had a rough time of it. Least he got paid, I guess.

---------

A nearly-unknown Jimi Hendrix opened a few shows for the Monkees. It did not go well.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at July 25, 2026 11:02 PM (u/oMr)

182 Joy Rae Brown was an American model, film and television actress, and nightclub singer. She was noted for her pin-up photos and roles in B-movies…
Posted by: mindful webworker - cute at July 25, 2026 10:33 PM (jrd4M)

So... which song does she go with?

Posted by: GWB at July 25, 2026 11:02 PM (kU0PQ)

183 I also vote for the Bond car, since the Avanti is not available
Posted by: Texican ette at July 25, 2026 10:14 PM (SNf74)

But I already have one of those (well, two, if we are keeping score). Drove the driveable one to Rowley for Pizza Nite. Just got back home a few minutes ago. Car ran great, too.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 25, 2026 11:03 PM (1z8ji)

184 I think Stephen Stills rented the same house from Tork. Crosby, Weed, Pills and Hash practiced there a lot. They eventually all got busted for dope, not surprisingly. Except Stills, who escaped from a bathroom window and absconded.

Posted by: Common Tater at July 25, 2026 11:03 PM (3ElP1)

185 The "pre-fab Four" - when they knew the series was not going to be renewed - got a bit trippier. It was the era.

Must be time to watch the Monkees movie Head (196

again. Been a while. The "true story" of how everybody hated them.

https://youtu.be/OfYob-y2m7o

Posted by: mindful webworker - Frank Zappa was in it at July 25, 2026 11:04 PM (jrd4M)

186 Know what a cashless society means?
No strippers

What?! You just slide your card in the slot....
Posted by: GWB

The strippers prefer tap to pay.
Posted by: She Hobbit at July 25, 2026 11:01 PM (ftFVW)

Where does one enter the code?

Posted by: Diogenes at July 25, 2026 11:05 PM (2WIwB)

187
Chicoms just about copy and steal everything they do, don't they?

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 25, 2026 11:05 PM (w6EFb)

188

Maxwell Smart's Sunbeam Tiger

https://t.ly/t47UF

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at July 25, 2026 11:05 PM (Cqx++)

189 I'd have to go with the magnum Ferrari.
Posted by: 496 at July 25, 2026 10:43 PM (sOtuf)

You know he would hunt you down and shoot you with his 1911, though.

Posted by: GWB at July 25, 2026 11:06 PM (kU0PQ)

190 You can't detest the media enough - >

Forget gasoline: This overlooked fuel could raise the price of nearly everything you buy
_FOX

Wishing them to hell is a curse and God admonishes us not to curse.
This is #2 on Brave news feed.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others at July 25, 2026 11:07 PM (JS6jE)

191 Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 25, 2026 11:00 PM (1z8ji)

AOP, you're gonna cry when you see the sale price of the first car:

https://tinyurl.com/42dj9tax

Posted by: OrangeEnt at July 25, 2026 11:08 PM (1Ff7Z)

192 I'd have to go with the magnum Ferrari.
Posted by: 496

You know he would hunt you down and shoot you with his 1911, though.
Posted by: GWB

But what if you dressed up like a nun?

Posted by: She Hobbit at July 25, 2026 11:08 PM (ftFVW)

193
Chicoms just about copy and steal everything they do, don't they?
Posted by: publius

The Taiwanese do it too. Or at least they used to. While on liberty on Taiwan in the early 70's we used to buy bootleg LPs there for 50 cents at record stores. We copied them to tape and played the tapes because the vinyl wore down quickly. Bookstores sold books real cheap as well.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at July 25, 2026 11:09 PM (Cqx++)

194 A nearly-unknown Jimi Hendrix opened a few shows for the Monkees. It did not go well.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at July 25, 2026 11:02 PM (u/oMr)

We want Davy! We want Davy!

Posted by: Screaming Girls at July 25, 2026 11:09 PM (1Ff7Z)

195 You can drive my BMW anytime.
Posted by: Diogenes

I bet you say that to all the girls.

Posted by: nurse ratched. at July 25, 2026 11:10 PM (yEz+x)

196 "But what if you dressed up like a nun?"

Nuns don't post on Ace of Spades... BLAM!

Posted by: PabloD at July 25, 2026 11:10 PM (OygQN)

197 Maxwell Smart's Sunbeam Tiger

https://t.ly/t47UF

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at July 25, 2026 11:05 PM (Cqx++)

Sobs!!!

Posted by: Herbie #53 at July 25, 2026 11:11 PM (2WIwB)

198 Some time ago a route driven in an old Jag, I think, brought out from storage was impressive. I wish I had saved the link.
Went back and saved this thriller from the other night - >

24 Hours Nürburgring Challenge 2013： On-board camera

www.youtube.com/watch?v=SzWT50obhvw

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others at July 25, 2026 11:11 PM (JS6jE)

199 >>Shatner just keeps getting cooler

He sure does seem to enjoy life!
Posted by: JQ at July 25, 2026 10:50 PM (rdVOm)

That's probably where most of the coolness comes from. When he decided to embrace Kirk and his fans, he seemed to open up and become a fun guy.

Posted by: GWB at July 25, 2026 11:12 PM (kU0PQ)

200 Know what a cashless society means?
No strippers

What?! You just slide your card in the slot....
Posted by: GWB

The strippers prefer tap to pay.
Posted by: She Hobbit

* golf clap *

Wait, that was an 'Ette?

* standing-ovation golf clap *

Posted by: mikeski at July 25, 2026 11:13 PM (VHUov)

201 A nearly-unknown Jimi Hendrix opened a few shows for the Monkees. It did not go well.
Posted by: Cicero

To the aghast, jaw-dropped Monkees fans, Jimi said, "I guess you're not ready for that yet. But your kids are gonna love it."😁

Posted by: mindful webworker - heh at July 25, 2026 11:14 PM (jrd4M)

202
14 The DeLorean, and head for the 80s.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at July 25, 2026 10:05 PM (qx7Zg)

Oh yeah! A time travel car? You kiddin’ me?

Posted by: Tom Servo at July 25, 2026 11:14 PM (ClnUm)

203 David Crosby drove a Mercedes 300, that was OK, even if you Hated The Establishment and totally Groovy. Don’t drive a Cadillac. (Only The Man would drive one of those )

Posted by: Common Tater at July 25, 2026 11:15 PM (3ElP1)

204 133 Now this is a headline I didn't expect to see.

William Shatner, 95, set to debut his new heavy metal band this fall.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf

He talked about this at his recent appearance here. Sounds, from what he said, that it might be something to look forward to.

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at July 25, 2026 11:15 PM (CHHv1)

205 >>Shatner just keeps getting cooler

He sure does seem to enjoy life!
Posted by: JQ
That's probably where most of the coolness comes from. When he decided to embrace Kirk and his fans, he seemed to open up and become a fun guy.
Posted by: GWB

"You don't become cooler with age, but you do care progressively less about being cool, which is the only true way of being cool. This is called the Geezer's Paradox."

Posted by: the meme about that at July 25, 2026 11:15 PM (VHUov)

206
William Shatner, 95, set to debut his new heavy metal band this fall.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf

He talked about this at his recent appearance here.

Shat comments on the ONT?

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at July 25, 2026 11:16 PM (Cqx++)

207 You can drive my BMW anytime.
Posted by: Diogenes

I bet you say that to all the girls.
Posted by: nurse ratched. at July 25, 2026 11:10 PM (yEz+x)

Only the ones who can shoot better than me!

Posted by: Diogenes at July 25, 2026 11:16 PM (2WIwB)

208 191 Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 25, 2026 11:00 PM (1z8ji)

AOP, you're gonna cry when you see the sale price of the first car:

https://tinyurl.com/42dj9tax

Posted by: OrangeEnt
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I need a second driver. Haven't watched the complete video and AOP is never going to finish that 49 Ford. I'm going to the next one.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others at July 25, 2026 11:17 PM (JS6jE)

209 Know what a cashless society means?
No strippers

What?! You just slide your card in the slot....
Posted by: GWB

The strippers prefer tap to pay.
Posted by: She Hobbit at July 25, 2026 11:01 PM (ftFVW)

Where does one enter the code?
Posted by: Diogenes at July 25, 2026 11:05 PM (2WIwB)

There are buttons.

Posted by: GWB at July 25, 2026 11:18 PM (kU0PQ)

210 14 The DeLorean, and head for the 80s.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at July 25, 2026 10:05 PM (qx7Zg)

Same, but I’d head for the 50s which would mean the 1965 Hart Cellar Immigration Act was still a decade away.

Posted by: TxAnn at July 25, 2026 11:18 PM (SjAWL)

211 People always talk crap on X, but there’s an unusually heavy amount of crap being slung around there tonight.

Posted by: Tom Servo at July 25, 2026 11:19 PM (ClnUm)

212 I am 60. I would love to make it to Shatner-level 95. That fooker is still fucking shit up. and laughing all the way.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, call BR549 at July 25, 2026 11:20 PM (0aYVJ)

213 Posted by: mikeski at July 25, 2026 10:50 PM (VHUov)

Thanks for the extra tunes.

Posted by: GWB at July 25, 2026 11:22 PM (kU0PQ)

214 There are buttons.
Posted by: GWB at July 25, 2026 11:18 PM (kU0PQ)

Insert meme of sweating man paralyzed with fear deciding which "button" to press, here.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at July 25, 2026 11:22 PM (1Ff7Z)

215 William Shittner is a bleedin heart faggot can'tadian commie

fuck him and the whore he rode in from

Posted by: what the cat drug in at July 25, 2026 11:23 PM (jrgJz)

216 William Shatner, 95, set to debut his new heavy metal band this fall.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf

Didn't he do a rap song/album? The Shat is the shiznit. A true renaissance man.

Posted by: She Hobbit at July 25, 2026 11:23 PM (ftFVW)

217 Posted by: what the cat drug in at July 25, 2026 11:23 PM (jrgJz)

You seem nice.

Posted by: JQ at July 25, 2026 11:24 PM (rdVOm)

218 In light of the Shiloh Hendrix case I was chagrined to see a Soros DA in FL has argued publicly masturbating in front of children may be wrong but isn't illegal and that's why she can't charge the guy.

So...calling a man in the N word? Crime. Sex acts in front of kids? Not a crime

Posted by: 18-1 at July 25, 2026 11:24 PM (sKqQm)

219 Goodnight all

Posted by: Joyenz at July 25, 2026 11:24 PM (2F0/Y)

220 I need a second driver. Haven't watched the complete video and AOP is never going to finish that 49 Ford. I'm going to the next one.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others at July 25, 2026 11:17 PM (JS6jE)

I don't have the money required to attend and be verified to bid at any of those auctions. But, only 2k for that Studie? In that condition? Buyer got lucky.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at July 25, 2026 11:24 PM (1Ff7Z)

221 The strippers prefer tap to pay.
Posted by: She Hobbit

Where does one enter the code?
Posted by: Diogenes

There are buttons.
Posted by: GWB

Like a guy at a strip club would be able to find.....

Posted by: mikeski at July 25, 2026 11:25 PM (VHUov)

222 William Shittner is a bleedin heart faggot can'tadian commie

fuck him and the whore he rode in from
Posted by: what the cat drug in at July 25, 2026 11:23 PM (jrgJz)

Bleeding heart faggot? You mean George Takei.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at July 25, 2026 11:25 PM (1Ff7Z)

223 AOP, you're gonna cry when you see the sale price of the first car:

https://tinyurl.com/42dj9tax

Posted by: OrangeEnt

If it sold for $2000, that was a hell of deal for the buyer. It ought to appraise around twelve thousand, unless it had some serious hidden flaws. I have a gold colored 63 GT hawk here, with a black vinyl roof.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 25, 2026 11:26 PM (1z8ji)

224 212 I am 60. I would love to make it to Shatner-level 95. That fooker is still fucking shit up. and laughing all the way.
Posted by: Pug Mahon

I feel the same way about Betty White. She gets away with so much. It’s hilarious.

Posted by: nurse ratched. at July 25, 2026 11:26 PM (rcIu8)

225
People always talk crap on X, but there’s an unusually heavy amount of crap being slung around there tonight.
Posted by: Tom Servo

Could you be more specific?

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at July 25, 2026 11:27 PM (Cqx++)

226 I don't have the money required to attend and be verified to bid at any of those auctions. But, only 2k for that Studie? In that condition? Buyer got lucky.
Posted by: OrangeEnt

I initially read this as "I don't have the monkey required to attend," and that requirement would make a classic-car auction a lot more exciting.

Posted by: mikeski at July 25, 2026 11:27 PM (VHUov)

227 Latter seasons of Get Smart Max drove a Karmann Ghia.

Posted by: Air-cooled Report at July 25, 2026 11:28 PM (JM9I6)

228 what the cat drug in at July 25, 2026 11:23 PM (jrgJz)

I bet you're fun at parties.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, call BR549 at July 25, 2026 11:28 PM (0aYVJ)

229 If it sold for $2000, that was a hell of deal for the buyer. It ought to appraise around twelve thousand, unless it had some serious hidden flaws. I have a gold colored 63 GT hawk here, with a black vinyl roof.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 25, 2026 11:26 PM (1z8ji)

Maybe the market for them isn't very hot right now. As a defunct brand, could it be buyers think they can't get parts?

Posted by: OrangeEnt at July 25, 2026 11:29 PM (1Ff7Z)

230 I feel the same way about Betty White. She gets away with so much. It’s hilarious.
Posted by: nurse ratched. at July 25, 2026 11:26 PM (rcIu

Last time I saw her was in an episode of Community. she was friggin' hilarious. She loved life.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, call BR549 at July 25, 2026 11:30 PM (0aYVJ)

231
I feel the same way about Betty White. She gets away with so much. It’s hilarious.
Posted by: nurse ratched

Did she get resurrected?

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at July 25, 2026 11:30 PM (Cqx++)

232 I initially read this as "I don't have the monkey required to attend," and that requirement would make a classic-car auction a lot more exciting.
Posted by: mikeski at July 25, 2026 11:27 PM (VHUov)

I don't have one of those, either. Never liked monkeys or found them funny on tv shows or movies.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at July 25, 2026 11:30 PM (1Ff7Z)

233 Latter seasons of Get Smart Max drove a Karmann Ghia.
Posted by: Air-cooled Report
---------

AKA as a 'Common Gear'

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 25, 2026 11:30 PM (XeU6L)

234 Latter seasons of Get Smart Max drove a Karmann Ghia.
Posted by: Air-cooled Report at July 25, 2026 11:28 PM (JM9I6)

The Sunbeam he drove, was it a Tiger or an Alpine? Alpine was the white-bread 4 cylinder model, that they sold many of. Commonly dismissed as a "ladies' sports car".

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 25, 2026 11:31 PM (1z8ji)

235 You know that A Team rig would look good with that 'tater cannon on the roof.

Posted by: Diogenes at July 25, 2026 11:31 PM (2WIwB)

236
Andrew McCarthy got this close-up of Starship launching yesterday:

https://t.ly/wmK6O

One of his cameras gave its life for that video.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 25, 2026 11:31 PM (w6EFb)

237 US To Resume Mexican Cattle Imports
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Did we eat all of the Argentinian cattle?

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others at July 25, 2026 11:32 PM (JS6jE)

238 Did she get resurrected?
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr.

Her final laugh.

Posted by: She Hobbit at July 25, 2026 11:32 PM (ftFVW)

239 Betty White starred in Life With Elizabeth in the 1953 era. Starred in another sitcom in the late 50s.

Posted by: True TV Pioneer at July 25, 2026 11:32 PM (JM9I6)

240 You know that A Team rig would look good with that 'tater cannon on the roof.
Posted by: Diogenes at July 25, 2026 11:31 PM (2WIwB)

They'd just miss with it.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at July 25, 2026 11:33 PM (1Ff7Z)

241 Maybe the market for them isn't very hot right now. As a defunct brand, could it be buyers think they can't get parts?
Posted by: OrangeEnt at July 25, 2026 11:29 PM (1Ff7Z)

They may think so, but parts availabilty for Studebakers is amazingly good. Oldsmobile and Pontiac are defunct brands, too, now.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 25, 2026 11:33 PM (1z8ji)

242 You know he would hunt you down and shoot you with his 1911, though.

Posted by: GWB at July 25, 2026 11:06 PM (kU0PQ)
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He'd have to catch me and I've got his car!

Posted by: 496 at July 25, 2026 11:35 PM (sOtuf)

243 You know that A Team rig would look good with that 'tater cannon on the roof.
Posted by: Diogenes at July 25, 2026 11:31 PM (2WIwB)

Just occurred to me: what about the van in Angels' Revenge?

Posted by: Pug Mahon, call BR549 at July 25, 2026 11:35 PM (0aYVJ)

244 Might have been thinking about boobs, though.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, call BR549 at July 25, 2026 11:35 PM (0aYVJ)

245 I had forgotten Maxwell Smart drove an Opel GT in the final season.

Posted by: Mind Like A Sieve at July 25, 2026 11:37 PM (JM9I6)

246 They may think so, but parts availabilty for Studebakers is amazingly good. Oldsmobile and Pontiac are defunct brands, too, now.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 25, 2026 11:33 PM (1z8ji)

Well, Studies have been gone since the mid 60s, so maybe the younger buyers have no recollection of them being on the road? My mom's uncle was a Studebaker man. I can't recall ever seeing any on the road when I was a kid. The interesting fact is Studebaker didn't go out of business, they just stopped making cars. The name could be reactivated by whoever owns the marque now. With the truck market being large, I don't see why a Champion couldn't get market share these days.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at July 25, 2026 11:37 PM (1Ff7Z)

247
Elon has confirmed. They're going for a Ship tower catch on the the next test flight, Flight 14. This will be an orbital flight, looping around once to get back over Texas.

They'll be trying to catch it with the chopsticks.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 25, 2026 11:37 PM (w6EFb)

248 236
Andrew McCarthy got this close-up of Starship launching yesterday:

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 25, 2026 11:31 PM (w6EFb)

I at first thought, Andrew McCarthy, Brat Pack Andrew McCarthy?

Posted by: TxAnn at July 25, 2026 11:39 PM (SjAWL)

249 The name could be reactivated by whoever owns the marque now. With the truck market being large, I don't see why a Champion couldn't get market share these days.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at July 25, 2026 11:37 PM (1Ff7Z)

I think the name is in the public domain, now.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 25, 2026 11:40 PM (1z8ji)

250 Reading on wiki, The Tiger was used in the opening credits, but they often subbed in an Alpine for filming because there was little room under the Tiger's bonnet for fake machine guns and other devices.

Posted by: Lots To Learn at July 25, 2026 11:40 PM (JM9I6)

251 Elon has confirmed. They're going for a Ship tower catch on the the next test flight, Flight 14. This will be an orbital flight, looping around once to get back over Texas.

They'll be trying to catch it with the chopsticks.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 25, 2026 11:37 PM (w6EFb)

Elon's getting hungry.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at July 25, 2026 11:40 PM (qx7Zg)

252 >>Brat Pack Andrew McCarthy?

This is the astrophotography, Andrew James McCarthy. Also not to be confused with Andrew McCarthy, the sort of RINO squish prosecutor and NR columnist.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 25, 2026 11:41 PM (w6EFb)

253 My dad wasn’t a car guy, or maybe he was, kids are expensive. He knew every frickin’ car by sight.

We saw a Studebaker on the interstate during vacation once, they were different looking and he mentioned that right away. I think it was an Avanti.

Posted by: Common Tater at July 25, 2026 11:41 PM (3ElP1)

254 So this guy on YT (ghosttownliving) bought an old silver mine in the Inyo mountains, "the range separates the Owens Valley to the west from Saline Valley to the east, which is pretty much Death Valley North. I've no idea how he got rich (not mining). Anyhow, he's a hard core mountain goat type and hikes into old prospects trying, it seems, to drum up tourism interest - he built a hotel for adventure tourists. All of this made a bit easier using scouting drones; old decrepit miner lean-tos and huts preserved by enthusiasts.

Posted by: 13times at July 25, 2026 11:42 PM (FtTNa)

255 Studebaker had a long history, they made wooden wagons and stuff like that back in the settler/pioneer days.

Posted by: Common Tater at July 25, 2026 11:43 PM (3ElP1)

256 52 Gonna sit over here in the corner and lurk. JQ, would you be so kind as to bring me a double of whatever you got?
No hurry...🤪
Posted by: COMountainMarie at July 25, 2026 10:21 PM (ok2JK)

JQ if you're serving, I wouldn't say no to a beer.

Thank you.

I'm just going to sit over here and ponder how it all went wrong....

Actually, at this point in life...,I have a pretty good idea. It starts with me thinking I was a whole lot smarter than I actually was and goes south from there....

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK's Phone) at July 25, 2026 11:44 PM (QGaXH)

257 A couple of questions.
Does the A Team van come with the full auto Mini 14's?
Which version of the Delorian is it?
Gotta be the flying version that runs on banana peels.

Posted by: Reforger at July 25, 2026 11:45 PM (Xd758)

258 At least four American Presidents rode in Studebaker wagons, coaches.

Posted by: Since 1959 at July 25, 2026 11:45 PM (JM9I6)

259 1859

Posted by: Dun! at July 25, 2026 11:46 PM (JM9I6)

260 Betty White (Mrs. Bickerman), 'Lake Placid'

“- Mrs. Bickerman: Murders and rapes in the city, people bomb planes, can the police stop 'em? No! But feed one little cow to a crocodile...
- Sheriff Hank Keough: You're gonna stay right here until the police show. You're under full house arrest.
- Mrs. Bickerman: Thank you, officer fuck-meat!”

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 25, 2026 11:46 PM (XeU6L)

261 Well, I am falling asleep right here in my chair. I'd love to stay and chat, but my body is demanding I get horizontal. Night, Horde.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 25, 2026 11:46 PM (1z8ji)

262 Eh, the world is full of smart people who are unsuccessful.

Persistence is the most valuable trait. At some point people can get burned out

Posted by: Common Tater at July 25, 2026 11:46 PM (3ElP1)

263 Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 25, 2026 11:41 PM (w6EFb)

I knew of the squish but not the astrophotographer. I do now though! Merci mon ami.

Posted by: TxAnn at July 25, 2026 11:48 PM (SjAWL)

264 Eh, the world is full of smart people who are unsuccessful.
--------

Also, intelligent people who behave stupidly.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 25, 2026 11:49 PM (XeU6L)

265
Elon's Starship facilities at the Cape are coming along nicely as well. 39-A will be Starship capable, along with two more pads at LC-37.

When fully operational, the launch capabilities for Starship are going to be something else. Imagine multiple launches with both booster and ship coming back for tower catches and rapid turn around.

Multiple tanker launches to refuel in orbit for lunar operations.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 25, 2026 11:50 PM (w6EFb)

266 Champion in the public domain, maybe. But Studebaker shouldn't be, should it?

Posted by: OrangeEnt at July 25, 2026 11:50 PM (1Ff7Z)

267 89 72 Gotta go with the Aston Martin. Someone gets too chatty, ejection seat. Thanks for the ONT, double D's.

---

A 60's era British car is never going to start when you actually need it to
Posted by: Lemmiwinks at July 25, 2026 10:31 PM (9CZQg)

Lucas 'Prince of Darkness' electrical system makes an appearance....

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK's Phone) at July 25, 2026 11:50 PM (QGaXH)

268 >> I do now though!

Scroll through his feed there -- lots of amazing shots. See the "Fall of Icarus" for instance.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 25, 2026 11:50 PM (w6EFb)

269 There are buttons.
Posted by: GWB at July 25, 2026 11:18 PM (kU0PQ)

Insert meme of sweating man paralyzed with fear deciding which "button" to press, here.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at July 25, 2026 11:22 PM (1Ff7Z)

That meme becomes NSFW with the buttons I was thinking of.

Posted by: GWB at July 25, 2026 11:51 PM (kU0PQ)

270 Nothing in this world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent.

Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not; the world is full of educated derelicts.

Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent. The slogan 'Press On!' has solved and always will solve the problems of the human race.”

― Calvin Coolidge

Posted by: Common Tater at July 25, 2026 11:52 PM (3ElP1)

271 Also, intelligent people who behave stupidly.
Posted by: Mike Hammer

Intelligence and Wisdom are different stats.

Posted by: E. Gary Gygax at July 25, 2026 11:52 PM (VHUov)

272 167 Dang! One of the comments of the week is from tonight's Hobby Thread? Someone was on the ball!
Posted by: GWB at July 25, 2026 10:57 PM (kU0PQ)

Mom made the COW? Nice...

Posted by: Joe Kidd at July 25, 2026 11:53 PM (nbLIj)

273
Studebaker had a long history, they made wooden wagons and stuff like that back in the settler/pioneer days.
Posted by: Common Tater

Wheelbarrow Johnny

www.imdb.com/title/tt0556926

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at July 25, 2026 11:53 PM (Cqx++)

274 178. Hey, Joyenz. I hope that you are well.

Posted by: Bulg at July 25, 2026 11:53 PM (77rzZ)

275
Andrew there collaborated with Reid Wiseman on the Artemis II mission to get some fantastic composite Moon shots as well.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 25, 2026 11:54 PM (w6EFb)

276 Hey, Nurse,👨‍⚕️

Posted by: Bulg at July 25, 2026 11:55 PM (77rzZ)

277 Nothing in this world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent.

Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not; the world is full of educated derelicts.

Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent. The slogan 'Press On!' has solved and always will solve the problems of the human race.”
― Calvin Coolidge

Genius is 1 percent inspiration and 99 percent perspiration, and Coolidge was one wordy motherf.....

Posted by: T. Edison at July 25, 2026 11:55 PM (VHUov)

278 This is about the time Jim SunkNewDawn would pop in and enliven the conversation.

Cheers, Jim!

Posted by: nurse ratched. at July 25, 2026 11:55 PM (yEz+x)

279 Nothing in this world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent.
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"Eighty percent of success is showing up" -- Woody Allen.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 26, 2026 12:00 AM (XeU6L)

280 Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent. The slogan 'Press On!' has solved and always will solve the problems of the human race.”

― Calvin Coolidge
Posted by: Common Tater at July 25, 2026 11:52 PM (3ElP1)

Got me all the way to Texas last October...

Posted by: Joe Kidd at July 26, 2026 12:01 AM (nbLIj)

281 That meme becomes NSFW with the buttons I was thinking of.
Posted by: GWB at July 25, 2026 11:51 PM (kU0PQ)

Same ones I was thinking of....

Posted by: OrangeEnt at July 26, 2026 12:01 AM (1Ff7Z)

282 “The harder I work, the luckier I get”
Unknown

Posted by: Common Tater at July 26, 2026 12:01 AM (3ElP1)

283 Heading for the last round-up.

Here's a cover of Act Naturally I hadn't heard before. Positively gonzo.

https://youtu.be/-tV0Ajoq4iw

G'nite, y'all.💤

Posted by: mindful webworker - i'm your puppet at July 26, 2026 12:03 AM (jrd4M)

284 The Starsky car. It will handle just fine once you put radials on it. That is assuming it's not rusty like most Torinos were

Posted by: Azjaeger at July 26, 2026 12:06 AM (3/XaG)

285 What is the object that 'two things' girl has hanging from her right shoulder?

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK's Phone) at July 26, 2026 12:07 AM (QGaXH)

286 278 This is about the time Jim SunkNewDawn would pop in and enliven the conversation.

Cheers, Jim!
Posted by: nurse ratched. at July 25, 2026 11:55 PM (yEz+x)

I first encountered Jim in Galveston, his nom de plume back then, on the old Hot Air before it imploded by the change to disqus. He was one of my TX compadres. I was sad to hear that ALS had taken him. 🍻 Cheers indeed!

Posted by: TxAnn at July 26, 2026 12:08 AM (SjAWL)

287 175 William Shatner is the coolest mo-fo alive. He will die in some spectacular fashion. A few years from now.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, call BR549 at July 25, 2026 10:48 PM (0aYVJ)

Hopefully after Takei goes.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at July 25, 2026 10:59 PM (1Ff7Z)

Maybe he'll take Takei with him and leave us forever wondering if it was really an accident.

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK's Phone) at July 26, 2026 12:10 AM (QGaXH)

288 217 Posted by: what the cat drug in at July 25, 2026 11:23 PM (jrgJz)

You seem nice.
Posted by: JQ at July 25, 2026 11:24 PM (rdVOm)

Exactly what I would have posted if I wasn't stuck 45 minutes behind the thread in some sort of Twilight Zone time warp....

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK's Phone) at July 26, 2026 12:16 AM (QGaXH)

289 Guy is walking into a bar.

Nun outside says "For shame! There are so many better ways that you could be spending your time."

Guy says "Don't knock it until you've tried it, Sister."

Nun: "That's true. I've never in my life allowed liquor to pass my lips. Very well. I've heard that ladies usually drink gin? Bring me a double gin."

Guy goes in, says to the bartender: "Shot of bourbon and a double gin."

Bartender: "Is that damned nun out there again?"

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at July 26, 2026 12:17 AM (qpyNK)

290 242 You know he would hunt you down and shoot you with his 1911, though.

Posted by: GWB at July 25, 2026 11:06 PM (kU0PQ)
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He'd have to catch me and I've got his car!

Posted by: 496
- - - - - -

TC and his chopper have entered the chat...

Posted by: As Not Seen On TV at July 26, 2026 12:18 AM (SlhzX)

291 Exactly what I would have posted if I wasn't stuck 45 minutes behind the thread in some sort of Twilight Zone time warp....
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK's Phone) at July 26, 2026 12:16 AM (QGaXH)

You were stuck in Central Time, too?

Posted by: OrangeEnt at July 26, 2026 12:20 AM (1Ff7Z)

292 > William Shatner is the coolest mo-fo alive. He will die in some spectacular fashion. A few years from now.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, call BR549 at July 25, 2026 10:48 PM (0aYVJ)

Quite possible also involving Keith Richards and/or Willie Nelson.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at July 26, 2026 12:20 AM (qpyNK)

293 “NOT drunk is he who from the floor
Can rise alone and still drink more.
But DRUNK is he who prostrate lies
Without the power to drink OR rise
Thomas Love Peacock, author

Posted by: Zeera , Damn Right I voted for all of this! at July 26, 2026 12:24 AM (BfoY9)

294
Don't knock The Knack
Don't shit The Shat

Posted by: Dark Lixtiquatal at July 26, 2026 12:25 AM (DZ9Lv)

295 William Shatner is the coolest mo-fo alive. He will die in some spectacular fashion. A few years from now.
Posted by: Pug Mahon

Shatner may actually live long enough to die in a transporter accident. Wouldn't that be ironic?

Posted by: Dark Lixtiquatal at July 26, 2026 12:26 AM (DZ9Lv)

296 226 I don't have the money required to attend and be verified to bid at any of those auctions. But, only 2k for that Studie? In that condition? Buyer got lucky.
Posted by: OrangeEnt

I initially read this as "I don't have the monkey required to attend," and that requirement would make a classic-car auction a lot more exciting.
Posted by: mikeski at July 25, 2026 11:27 PM (VHUov)

It's the chimp attacks that separate the men from the boys. Just ignore the screams and keep raising your paddle.

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at July 26, 2026 12:26 AM (2+SeL)

297
From the DM, one that just makes you shake your head. A 37 year old woman was found dead on a hiking trail in CA:

https://t.ly/SLSZU

Cause of death: seizures from alcohol withdrawal.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 26, 2026 12:28 AM (w6EFb)

298 JQ if you're serving, I wouldn't say no to a beer.
Thank you.
I'm just going to sit over here and ponder how it all went wrong....
Actually, at this point in life...,I have a pretty good idea. It starts with me thinking I was a whole lot smarter than I actually was and goes south from there....
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan

Hi, ARiK!
*slides a beer down the bar*
*no charge, since I'm so late with it*
Sorry-- there was a lull in conversation, so went & showered. HOT today! Ugh.

Totally understand your line of thinking tonight. Been wondering a lot the same lately, myself...

Posted by: JQ at July 26, 2026 12:30 AM (rdVOm)

299 Happy Saturday Horde, I am up to date with content and comments.

Cheers, nurse and TxAnn, to JimSND, a very nice man.

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at July 26, 2026 12:30 AM (ibDUx)

300 Good night folks, thank you for being here. It is very much appreciated.

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at July 26, 2026 12:30 AM (CHHv1)

301 291 Exactly what I would have posted if I wasn't stuck 45 minutes behind the thread in some sort of Twilight Zone time warp....
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK's Phone) at July 26, 2026 12:16 AM (QGaXH)

You were stuck in Central Time, too?
Posted by: OrangeEnt at July 26, 2026 12:20 AM (1Ff7Z)

I'm on Pacific Time but I always seem to be 45 minutes to an hour behind the thread....

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK's Phone) at July 26, 2026 12:32 AM (QGaXH)

302 A-Team - I think I need a full size van, comfy seats and lots of floor room for the dog(s). Thanks for the ONT.

Posted by: ChE99 at July 26, 2026 12:34 AM (GijjF)

303 Cheers, Debby! Happy Caturday night to you, too!

Posted by: JQ at July 26, 2026 12:37 AM (rdVOm)

304 299 Happy Saturday Horde, I am up to date with content and comments.

Cheers, nurse and TxAnn, to JimSND, a very nice man.
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at July 26, 2026 12:30 AM (ibDUx)

Raises beer in silent toast to Jim SND.

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK's Phone) at July 26, 2026 12:38 AM (QGaXH)

305 Hi JQ, a double please.

Good night BC.

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at July 26, 2026 12:38 AM (ibDUx)

306 The hurrier I go, the behinder I get.

Posted by: wth at July 26, 2026 12:38 AM (oq9dX)

307 *To Jim SND*

clink

Posted by: JQ at July 26, 2026 12:38 AM (rdVOm)

308 *Chivas for you, Debby*

clink again

Posted by: JQ at July 26, 2026 12:39 AM (rdVOm)

309 > 278 This is about the time Jim SunkNewDawn would pop in and enliven the conversation.

Posted by: nurse ratched. at July 25, 2026 11:55 PM (yEz+x)

He is missed.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at July 26, 2026 12:40 AM (qpyNK)

310 Back to the Future but only if fully functional and fully fueled (Mr. Fusion and some banana peels acceptable).

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at July 26, 2026 12:43 AM (tDhJ5)

311 Well... don't everybody talk at the same time...

Posted by: JQ at July 26, 2026 12:49 AM (rdVOm)

312 Okay. Hubby was very agitated today, much more so than usual. He's been spacey and picky-- so unlike himself for the past few weeks.

This place is my only relief, a little space of sanity in my f'd up life.

Thanks for being here.

Posted by: JQ at July 26, 2026 12:53 AM (rdVOm)

313 295 William Shatner is the coolest mo-fo alive. He will die in some spectacular fashion. A few years from now.
Posted by: Pug Mahon

Shatner may actually live long enough to die in a transporter accident. Wouldn't that be ironic?

Perhaps like in one of his earlier films: Devil's Rain -- Shatner-Brundlefly! coming back as the next big StarTrek villain species like Andromeda/Magog and STG/Atlantis-Michael/wraith

Real Shat Facts:
He discovered/Averted Paramount on-set fire when trying to sneak a smoke between takes (NO, he didn't set it).

Strange but true: Nimoy and Takei appeared original Mission Impossible Team w/Martin Landau (who went Spartacus->Space1999). ST would have been very different if lead by Martin Landau

Desilu/Lucille Ball (yes that one) was the big believer/sponsor of ST original series as and original MI

WrathofKhan/Montalbán never met Shatner on stage, all clips were filmed separately -- the greatest galactic rivalry that ever existed was between two men who never met (some things never change)

Montalbán runs his own theater Hollywood with some unique continuing performances -- on one wall is Khan in a Nasa/ST-like space suit, Monroe & RFK/baby on the other

Posted by: MANFRED the Heat Seeking OBOE at July 26, 2026 12:55 AM (7j9vo)

314 Good evening morons and Слава Двоим!

Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 26, 2026 12:55 AM (JvZF+)

315 My silly Cat-- he's been sleeping on the doormat lately. Like an ol' dog, LOL. And he follows me around like a dog.

Puppy-cat!

Posted by: JQ at July 26, 2026 12:58 AM (rdVOm)

316 I wouldn't mind a ride in Magnum's Ferrari.
Posted by: She Hobbit
----
Only if Magnum was in it too....

Posted by: lin-duh at July 26, 2026 12:58 AM (VCgbV)

317 Uh oh. New weather lexicon. Apparently my part of the world is now in “a heat dome”. I thought it was just late July. Wonder if when January rolls around we will be in a “Snow Cone”?

Posted by: Pete Bog at July 26, 2026 12:59 AM (BGSp9)

318 . 311 Well... don't everybody talk at the same time...

Posted by: JQ
--

Well, CENTCOM has no posting on their activity tonight.
Always conscerned when they are too busy to make an
activity report

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others at July 26, 2026 12:59 AM (JS6jE)

319 Thanks JQ.

ARIK, I hope that you enjoyed your trip, it sounded like fun.

I just put my cooled down cooked wild rice in the fridge. I am making a wild rice salad to bring to a cookout tomorrow. There is no lettuce involved so explosive diarrhea should not be a problem.

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at July 26, 2026 01:00 AM (ibDUx)

320 Hello, Horde! 😊💕

Sorry I missed the Las Vegas hobby thread - we were out with friends and neighbors this evening. We went to the Cheesecake Factory for dinner, then saw "Hamilton" at Bass Hall downtown. In keeping with TiFW Bucket List rules, we had primo seats, so we enjoyed ourselves very much!

It took Mr. TiFW an hour to finally get out of the parking garage, but we are now home and tucked into bed for the evening.

Tomorrow I am taking Mr. TiFW and Rebecca to see The Fifth Element on the big screen. I f'in hate that movie, but this is a birthday treat for the two of them, as they love it....

Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at July 26, 2026 01:01 AM (SRRAx)

321 Well, CENTCOM has no posting on their activity tonight.
Always conscerned when they are too busy to make an
activity report

Posted by: Braenyard

I'd take that as a positive sign. Hope they're just too busy bombing the fk out of eye-ran, to bother with posting!

Posted by: JQ at July 26, 2026 01:01 AM (rdVOm)

322 SPCX closed, after hours, yesterday at ~113 (lowest yet) and Tesla closed at ~311, the lowest it's been in a good while.
If you think Elon's going to fail now's not a good time to buy.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others at July 26, 2026 01:02 AM (JS6jE)

323 Amen JQ!

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at July 26, 2026 01:03 AM (ibDUx)

324 Only if Magnum was in it too....
Posted by: lin-duh at July 26, 2026 12:58 AM (VCgbV)

Then you’d have two old shifters that could not hook up.

But only one of em could sell you a reverse mortgage.

Posted by: Pete Bog at July 26, 2026 01:04 AM (BGSp9)

325 310 Back to the Future but only if fully functional and fully fueled (Mr. Fusion and some banana peels acceptable).
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessi

Fusion powered anyting is a really dumb idea -- just as was Terminator III -- and the fusion pods cameo'd in it.

Bezo's backing fusion at the center of his orbital Babylon 5 rotating cylinder is ideal as both a dyson sphere, Ringworld like agricultural space as well as for, propulsion and truely stellar beamed propulsion, asteroid deflector and charged particle beam weapon -- gee, why didn't fELON think of that first?

cut scene: Harry Lime's fingers pushing against the welded sewer drain as fELON's filth an corruption foam up around his waist and Trump (in grand Rorschach style) looks down and says NO... because Bezo's delivered it all (with PRIME!)

Posted by: MANFRED the Heat Seeking OBOE at July 26, 2026 01:05 AM (7j9vo)

326 Well, CENTCOM has no posting on their activity tonight.
Always conscerned when they are too busy to make an
activity report

Posted by: Braenyard

I'd take that as a positive sign. Hope they're just too busy bombing the fk out of eye-ran, to bother with posting!
Posted by: JQ at July 26, 2026 01:01 AM (rdVOm)

Perhaps their Twitter person had Taco Bell, and made several runs to the privy.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at July 26, 2026 01:05 AM (qx7Zg)

327 Speaking of eye-ran, I got a chuckle at Powerline today:

tinyurl.com/3cnmdheb

Posted by: JQ at July 26, 2026 01:05 AM (rdVOm)

328
Yes. We can thank Lucy for Star Trek. She went to bat for it and got them to give it a second chance.

And Roddenberry did want Martin Landau for the role of Spock. Also, they were thinking about Jack Lord for the role of Capt. Kirk.

Just imagine how that would've been. Beam me up, Dano! Or, Book 'im, Scotty.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 26, 2026 01:08 AM (w6EFb)

329
Landau would've been a good Romulan.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 26, 2026 01:10 AM (w6EFb)

330 Teresa, I am glad that you enjoyed such a nice evening. Happy Birthday greetings to Mr. TiFW and Rebecca.

May God continue to keep safe our President and Armed Forces.

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at July 26, 2026 01:10 AM (ibDUx)

331
Just thinking about Jack Lord's hair, and then The Shat's famous toupees. Night Court did a funny episode where Bull donned "The Shatner Turbo 2000" rug.

And that reminds me of ol' Burt Reynolds. There at the last in an interview, he recounted how it was The Shat who got him into the toupees, hooking him up with some famous rug-maker to the stars. Burt said looking back if he had to do it all over again, he'd just forget the toupee and go all natural.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 26, 2026 01:13 AM (w6EFb)

332
www.youtube.com/watch?v=vlQo0Ds2v0M

I think JQ will appreciate this. (Somebody recently remarked about liking this.)

Posted by: Dark Lixtiquatal at July 26, 2026 01:13 AM (DZ9Lv)

333 www.youtube.com/watch?v=vlQo0Ds2v0M

Oh, YES!!!

Thank you, Dark Lixtiquatal!

Posted by: JQ at July 26, 2026 01:16 AM (rdVOm)

334 327 Speaking of eye-ran, I got a chuckle at Powerline today:

tinyurl.com/3cnmdheb
Posted by: JQ

...already suggested, they want nuclear weapons, bury 100MTon (2xTSar bomb) at each site rigged to go.

Would be so big they couldn't be moved, and would leave neither mountain nor material behind, IRG wouldn't be able to deter their own crazies from setting it off -- but inside is really just a joker-like purple cloud which envelops the mountain with the message: we knew you'd do it/haHaHA...

which will demonstrate to the world precisely what they will do with it, or even more effecitve/portable WMD.

Posted by: MANFRED the Heat Seeking OBOE at July 26, 2026 01:20 AM (7j9vo)

335 Tomorrow I am taking Mr. TiFW and Rebecca to see The Fifth Element on the big screen. I f'in hate that movie, but this is a birthday treat for the two of them, as they love it....

Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at July 26, 2026 01:01 AM (SRRAx)

I thought I was the only one who hated that movie. There was this time in the mid to late 90's where I felt movies drifted away from everything I had previously knew them to be. Either because I had outgrown them, something odd had taken place in Pedowood, or my dad and movie friend was gone.

I was never quite sure which it was or if it was all three. This was one of those movies.

Posted by: ... at July 26, 2026 01:20 AM (vE0+H)

336 Well, CENTCOM has no posting on their activity tonight.
Always conscerned when they are too busy to make an
activity report

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others at July 26, 2026 12:59 AM (JS6jE)

X is useless in the topic tonight. Some say yes, CENTCOM is bombing tonight; some say No, Trump has declared a new cease fire tonight.

Posted by: Tom Servo at July 26, 2026 01:24 AM (ClnUm)

337 In a homage to my upbringing, it’s a toss up:

Either Bond’s Aston Martin, or KITT.

Bond is one of the very few things my father got into that I likewise got into, Thanks to him and ABC showing Bond flicks every so often.

And Knight Rider? Can you conceive of what that did for a seven year old boy? Once I heard the theme song I ran to the TV. Good times…

Posted by: Cow Demon at July 26, 2026 01:26 AM (An2iq)

338 Oh, YES!!!
Thank you, Dark Lixtiquatal!
Posted by: JQ

It was good for me too.

Posted by: Dark Lixtiquatal at July 26, 2026 01:27 AM (DZ9Lv)

339 329
Landau would've been a good Romulan.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 26, 2026 01:10 AM (w6EFb)

But..he was awesome as Commander John Koenig.

Posted by: Cow Demon at July 26, 2026 01:28 AM (An2iq)

340 38 I just ate the spiciest lamb vindaloo of my life, and now I know why they shit in the street. Pray for me. Not even sure I'm kidding about this.
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at July 25, 2026 10:16 PM (2+SeL)

Was it…BOMBAY VINDALOO???

Posted by: Dream Theater at July 26, 2026 01:29 AM (An2iq)

341 328
Yes. We can thank Lucy for Star Trek. She went to bat for it and got them to give it a second chance.

And Roddenberry did want Martin Landau for the role of Spock. Also, they were thinking about Jack Lord for the role of Capt. Kirk.

Just imagine how that would've been. Beam me up, Dano! Or, Book 'im, Scotty.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley

Roddenberry was always Kryptonite to ST/IMHO. WrathOKhan wuz w/o Roddenberry, written by a non-ST fan who tricked method/actor Shatner into giving the performance he wanted (and wuz ideal) by wearing him down by repeating the same lines until his exasperation gave him the line he didn't think the director wanted -- deadpan'd/tired/morose -- which made the movie!

Contrast Roddenberry's most memorable contribution: (because it's true)
If their words were water they would Drown us All
-- yes, they will!

reversion to character: (obligatory cut-scene)
https://tinyurl.com/forWARd-RememberThisWell
Klingon Ambassador, libbing out-- there will be no peace as long as (charlie) Kirk lives!

LET's GO BRANDON! TRiUMPh!

Posted by: MANFRED the Heat Seeking OBOE at July 26, 2026 01:30 AM (7j9vo)

342 It was good for me too.
Posted by: Dark Lixtiquatal

*blows smoke rings*

Posted by: JQ at July 26, 2026 01:30 AM (rdVOm)

343 Was it…BOMBAY VINDALOO???
Posted by: Dream Theater

I know you guys are getting a bit old, but you forgot the link.

https://youtu.be/gZhlbP8CGMM

Posted by: mikeski is helping! at July 26, 2026 01:37 AM (VHUov)

344 The funny thing about My Mother the Car is that she was full of snarky advice but never actually drove five feet.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at July 25, 2026 10:24

You know Cicero...it just occurred to me that I am one of the last, of a few people ever alive on this planet, to have ever seen an original broadcast of My Mother the Car.

Posted by: Farmer, with his own historic take at July 26, 2026 01:38 AM (55Qr6)

345
Jack Lord's Steve Mcgarrett hair:

https://t.ly/UP0fV

That should be in the Smithsonian.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 26, 2026 01:39 AM (w6EFb)

346
My Mother the Car is always considered the biggest bomb ever, the Worst TV Show Ever, but it's not bad at all compared to the modern drek they turn out now.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 26, 2026 01:54 AM (w6EFb)

347 Farmer, I watched it once at a friend's house, my Mom was not big on TV viewing. Greetings to a fellow fossil.

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at July 26, 2026 02:00 AM (ibDUx)

348 I sort of remember My Mother the Car-- bro & I thought it was funny-- we were so little at the time.

Yes, agree that recent programs are total crap. Modern Family was especially irritating. Hubby was a constant channel-flipper, so didn't have to suffer much of it LOL.

Posted by: JQ at July 26, 2026 02:04 AM (rdVOm)

349 As soon as hubby went into nursing home, I dumped the *channel line up* and just kept cable internet. Cut the bill in half! It's still too high, though. Haven't pulled the trigger on StarLink yet.

Posted by: JQ at July 26, 2026 02:08 AM (rdVOm)

350 340 38 I just ate the spiciest lamb vindaloo of my life, and now I know why they shit in the street. Pray for me. Not even sure I'm kidding about this.
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at July 25, 2026 10:16 PM (2+SeL)

Was it…BOMBAY VINDALOO???
Posted by: Dream Theater at July 26, 2026 01:29 AM (An2iq)

Y'know, maybe if you quit eating things that are poisonous.... you wouldn't shit like a goose and need a new asshole when yer done.

Just sayin'.

Posted by: tcn in AK at July 26, 2026 02:09 AM (4ZZWr)

351 Sweet dreams Horde, I stayed up too late last night.

Much obliged, JQ.

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at July 26, 2026 02:22 AM (ibDUx)

352 'Night, Debby! Have fun at the cookout!

Posted by: JQ at July 26, 2026 02:23 AM (rdVOm)

353 Yes, agree that recent programs are total crap. Modern Family was especially irritating. Hubby was a constant channel-flipper, so didn't have to suffer much of it LOL.

Posted by: JQ
---

Every year I spend about 6 hrs on the phone Comcast/Xfinity.
My special offer is up and the price is double. So, after much jaw boning I have a new special offer and my old price.
I dumped cable years ago and would pull the TV out of the closet for football. It hasn't come out of the closet since they hit the first knee.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others at July 26, 2026 02:24 AM (JS6jE)

354 Not a sports fan here. Hubby isn't either. But he *needed* tv. :shrug:

I got a Roku because hub's room didn't have a cable to it & too much hassle to run the wire. Yay, wireless! But eventually he couldn't work the Roku remote, but was able to shuffle into living room for regular cable tv there.

I can live without "tv"-- spend more time on computer than I ever did just watching television. Only switch on the tv when visitors want to watch it.

Posted by: JQ at July 26, 2026 02:35 AM (rdVOm)

355 Dump pauses attack on Iran as certain military supplies are running low. Maybe the pentagon can fire dodge and tax cuts for the rich at them. BTW corpus christi texas despite being on the ocean is running out of water!

Posted by: raimondo at July 26, 2026 02:37 AM (TeBE8)

356 Hush, rainman. The adults are talking.

Posted by: JQ at July 26, 2026 02:38 AM (rdVOm)

357 Thanks again, Dark Lixtiquatal, I've been enjoying that concert tonight!

Bookmarked. Need to see if DVD is available!

Posted by: JQ at July 26, 2026 02:42 AM (rdVOm)

358
You know Cicero...it just occurred to me that I am one of the last, of a few people ever alive on this planet, to have ever seen an original broadcast of My Mother the Car.
Posted by: Farmer, with his own historic take

You and the Apollo astronauts are a vanishing breed

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at July 26, 2026 02:43 AM (ixS3i)

359
Charlie Duke is still kicking pretty good. I saw the other day where he hosted some event commemorating the 57th anniversary of Apollo 11.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 26, 2026 02:45 AM (w6EFb)

360
My hope is that at least one of the Moonwalkers is still alive when we set foot on the lunar surface again. A living pass the torch kind of moment.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 26, 2026 02:46 AM (w6EFb)

361
I saw the perfect example of that adage attributed to Mark Twain about never argue with a fool because onlookers will have trouble telling the difference.

It was one of these flat-earth gravity doesn't exist types, it's "density and buoyancy". They had a gravimetry expert on, some guy that does precision gravitational measurements using equipment sensitive enough to detect if Stacey Abrams happened to be close by. He got to trying to explain how buoyancy depends on gravity, and you can experimentally verify that gravity is an independent force that governs the whole thing.

He was patient at first, but then was reduced to a ranting, cursing, apparent wild man by the absolute density of the idiot, his inability to comprehend even the most basic statements he made.

The flat earth idiot maintained his own composure. The guy who knew what he was talking about was reduced to a ranting lunatic looking crazy person.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 26, 2026 02:51 AM (w6EFb)

362
Hush, rainman. The adults are talking.
Posted by: JQ

Picture a wall with an infinite number of thumbtacks stuck in it. Picture, too, an infinite supply of red yarn with which you can connect two thumbtacks. There is ray-ray's world and he gleefully flits among its infinite choices, all the while failing to make a lick of sense with his "connections".

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at July 26, 2026 02:52 AM (ixS3i)

363
I went with her mother to gDaughter's horseback riding lesson today. It was a revelation to witness her perform all the necessary tasks to prepare for the exercise and to watch her ride, this child who stopped and turned to me with upraised arms to signal that it was time for me to carry her back home when she was eighteen months old.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at July 26, 2026 03:02 AM (ixS3i)

364
The four living Moonwalkers are Buzz Aldrin (96), David Scott (94), Harrison Schmitt (91) and Charlie Duke (90).

Charlie is the young one, and was the youngest man to walk the moon at the time.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 26, 2026 03:08 AM (w6EFb)

365 I know you guys are getting a bit old, but you forgot the link.

https://youtu.be/gZhlbP8CGMM
Posted by: mikeski is helping! at July 26, 2026 01:37 AM (VHUov)

A little tricky to get the link on an iPad. Thanks!

Posted by: Cow Demon at July 26, 2026 03:08 AM (pKv0r)

366 Man, can finally sit. Time for a shot. Its late, but screw it. They don't call it a night cap for nothing.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at July 26, 2026 03:09 AM (S41Gd)

367 It has been a long day.

I got a text this morning reminding me that it's the last day to file for the Senate race in Maine.

By 1 pm I already signed a fraudulent mortgage agreement (on a Saturday! Money talks)

Then I got drunk and beat up some chicks and more or less sexually assaulted some more, but ran out of time.

Then three hours getting "Free Palestine" tatoo'd on my forehead in rainbow colors, and a not really Nazi thing on my LEFT pectoral. Sent money from some offshore accounts to ActBlue while in the chair. I expect some serious campaign cash by Venmo like now already.

Finally an oyster po-boy (heh) and off to bed with this crazy blue haired chick who is making my campaign t-shirts and who will find me to be the man she always wanted from the Most Wanted list.

Posted by: Miklos for Senate (dollars, Euros, yuan accepted) at July 26, 2026 03:10 AM (sxR7k)

368 Woodford, JD, or... something else Bers?

*you got it*

Posted by: JQ at July 26, 2026 03:11 AM (rdVOm)

369 355: what a shock. You don’t understand logistics either!

Posted by: Cow Demon at July 26, 2026 03:11 AM (pKv0r)

370 Hey there, Miklos! You busy, busy man! LMAO

Posted by: JQ at July 26, 2026 03:12 AM (rdVOm)

371 They don't call it a night cap for nothing.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division

Yo Night

Ima put a cap in yo ass

Posted by: Late Night Jive Turkey translator at July 26, 2026 03:13 AM (sxR7k)

372 Posted by: Cow Demon at July 26, 2026 03:11 AM

Heh. Rainman doesn't understand anything. Thinks mommy runs trains or whatever, because he doesn't know how she would *pull* such a thing.

Posted by: JQ at July 26, 2026 03:15 AM (rdVOm)

373 You busy, busy man! LMAO
Posted by: JQ

Yep

Arraignment at 8:30 AM Monday

Posted by: Miklos depends on the Layties' votes at July 26, 2026 03:16 AM (sxR7k)

374 You and the Apollo astronauts are a vanishing breed
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at July 26, 2026 02:43

Times marches on. As evidenced by your granddaughter. Hope she realizes someday how lucky she was to be born here in such a loving family.

Posted by: Farmer, with his own historic take at July 26, 2026 03:17 AM (55Qr6)

375 Heh. Rainman doesn't understand anything. Thinks mommy runs trains or whatever, because he doesn't know how she would *pull* such a thing.
Posted by: JQ at July 26, 2026 03:15 AM (rdVOm)

Alcohol is a hell of a drug.

Posted by: Cow Demon at July 26, 2026 03:23 AM (pKv0r)

376 And I'm a robot

Posted by: I'm Barry Gibb and I'm pounding you into oblivion at July 26, 2026 03:31 AM (BnKuy)

377 Woodford, JD, or... something else Bers?

*you got it*

Posted by: JQ at July 26, 2026 03:11 AM (rdVOm)

All. lol

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at July 26, 2026 03:31 AM (S41Gd)

378 Gig tonight, Bers?

Posted by: JQ at July 26, 2026 03:33 AM (rdVOm)

379 Ah, yes... "some is good, but ALL is better" LOL

Posted by: JQ at July 26, 2026 03:37 AM (rdVOm)

380 Gig tonight, Bers?

Posted by: JQ at July 26, 2026 03:33 AM (rdVOm)

No, just the usual saturday night jam.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at July 26, 2026 03:52 AM (S41Gd)

381 House is finally cooled off. Been so hot lately, the one a/c unit could barely keep up. But hey, 80* is better than 100+, right?

Wish I felt safe enough to leave main floor windows open all night. Even here in podunk, there's plenty of riffraff.

Posted by: JQ at July 26, 2026 03:52 AM (rdVOm)

382 Ah, yes... "some is good, but ALL is better" LOL

Posted by: JQ at July 26, 2026 03:37 AM (rdVOm)

Ferengi Rules of Acqusition #242- more is good, all is better.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at July 26, 2026 03:53 AM (S41Gd)

383 Ferengi Rules of Acqusition #242- more is good, all is better.
Posted by: Bers

Heh. I was *close*

Posted by: JQ at July 26, 2026 03:54 AM (rdVOm)

384 Heh. I was *close*

Posted by: JQ at July 26, 2026 03:54 AM (rdVOm)

The Grand Nagus wouldn't see it that way. lol

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at July 26, 2026 03:55 AM (S41Gd)

385 >>The Grand Nagus wouldn't see it that way.

I stand ready for the punishment. It is my own fault.

Posted by: JQ at July 26, 2026 03:57 AM (rdVOm)

386 >>The Grand Nagus wouldn't see it that way.

I stand ready for the punishment. It is my own fault.

Posted by: JQ at July 26, 2026 03:57 AM (rdVOm)

He would probably demand you be naked since they don't like women wearing clothes, so you might as well just shoot the rotten bastard and be done with it. At that point you probably get to be grand nagus. lol

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at July 26, 2026 04:02 AM (S41Gd)

387 Well, if it's that simple... *bang!*

LOL. I'm not a swindling Ferengi type. Much more respect for the Klingons, although I'd not want to be one of them.

Posted by: JQ at July 26, 2026 04:05 AM (rdVOm)

388 Trying to keep my chin up. Today sucked really, and there's this HUGE question mark over hubby's health. It's not like him to be combative. This is new and scary.

*deep breath*

Hard to sleep.

Posted by: JQ at July 26, 2026 04:08 AM (rdVOm)

389 *pours shot of Belvedere*

Ahhh... nice & smoooth. Wish the likka sto would get off their high horse & carry Russian Standard again.

Posted by: JQ at July 26, 2026 04:15 AM (rdVOm)

390 Sorry to be a downer. Carry on...

Posted by: JQ at July 26, 2026 04:24 AM (rdVOm)

391 Which vehicle to pick depends on whether you're also choosing the associated 'Verse. If it's just a car made up like the one in the TV show or movie, then the A-Team's 1983 GMC Vandura would be very practical, or Magnum's 1979/81/84 Ferrari 308 GTS convertible would instantly make me 1000x as attractive (though I shudder to think how much the insurance would be).

If it would actually be the real thing, meaning that you would be choosing to live in the world where those events are realistic, then I'm not sure I would want to live in any of them. Most shows don't hold up well under scrutiny, and actually get rather horrifying the more you think about the implications. "Wait, slow down, rewind, everyone just ignored what? Like, that is *normal* in their minds?!"

I don't even mean sci-fi or sci-fantasy elements. I mean (supposedly) human elements, in ordinary, mundane, contemporary sitcoms and dramas. Although... on second thought, a world where serious vehicle accidents are stereotypically harmless could be nice. I could live in the A-Team world, I guess.

Posted by: SciVo at July 26, 2026 04:33 AM (Sy6m/)

392 Pixy's up!

Posted by: SciVo at July 26, 2026 04:35 AM (Sy6m/)

393 Scivo beat me to it. Tech thread arriveth.

Posted by: Pete Bog at July 26, 2026 04:37 AM (BGSp9)

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