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Wednesday Night ONT - August 12, 2026 [TRex]
Good evening Horde! The time has come for mid-week shenanigans of the overnight variety. The bar is open and (mostly) re-stocked with Tab. Only the best for the Horde...
Welcome to the Wednesday night ONT which means another edition of random overnight fun and games. Pull up a chair and join the fun. Good will offerings of amusing puns are encouraged. Pants are optional. Be nice to your fellow commenters and AoS contributors. If you're a troll, go away. This is a Tucker, Candace, Megyn, and Bill Kristol free zone. Please. [Top photo from NASA: Shock waves are visible around a T-38 trainer aircraft during NASA's Air-to-Air Background Oriented Schlieren flights in 2019. Schlieren imaging makes normally invisible changes in air density visible, giving researchers a way to see the same shock waves that can create sonic booms on the ground.]One of the big lessons of the past twenty five years is that the preening self-regard of the laptop class is largely unjustified. There's a lot of ignored wisdom out there. Third, speaking of the laptop class, the press is much, much worse than I thought it was at the beginning of this exercise, and I was pretty skeptical about the press then.Read the whole thing.
Heh.
Thijs de Buck, an MRI physicist based in Utrecht, the Netherlands, recently posted on Reddit that he built a speed and distance tracker for his hamster's wheel, with the data automatically uploaded to Mollie's own Strava account. Mollie, his 10-month-old hamster, is now committed to logging nightly runs with distance, pace, and time. One recent activity showed 6.06 miles in 4 hours and 37 minutes. The next night, Mollie logged 5.55 miles in 3 hours and 56 minutes.
And the little guy's not exactly phoning it in. De Buck said Mollie is averaging almost 10 kilometers per night, with a current record of 10.8 kilometers after the first week of tracking. "I really believe he'll be able to exceed that soon," he said. Mollie also has a weirdly consistent schedule for a hamster. Over one seven-day stretch, he started within the same 10-minute window on five nights, between 9:54 and 10:04 p.m. He tends to run in short bursts, sometimes reaching about 4 to 5 kilometers per hour on the live monitor, then hops off for water.
Let's pause a bit and talk about the 'rules' for callsigns. It's rumored that Air Force fighter jocks get to pick their own callsigns... which is where you get things like 'Ripper' and 'Ace' and 'Thor.' Not in the Navy. Callsigns are bequeathed for doing something stupid or memorable. The more you fight the more it sticks. Usually a new guy in a squadron is given something like 'FNG' (Fucking New Guy) or 'New Jack' or 'Don't Speak.' Eventually, someone does something noteworthy, and the King (or Queen) of the JOPA [Junior Officer Protection Agency] calls a kangaroo court known as a 'callsign review board.'
Some of it feels a little like a science class. Some of it feels a little like a technology class. Some of it feels like madness and giggles purely for the sake of having fun. Over 45 million people have watched their video on how a TV works. Their video showing popcorn popping has over 24 million views. Spinning a record to pieces? Spinning a CD to destruction? Paint vibrating on a speaker? Airbag deploy? Camera shutter? They've got it all. When things happen so quickly, we miss what really happens. They've been at it for 15 years and have over 15 million subscribers. This is a favorite:
There is no truth to the rumor that TRex is set to be announced as the new White House Press Secretary. Correspondence can be sent to moronhobbies at protonmail dot com where it will be promptly be ignored. Are you lurking ????
Comments
(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: mindful webworker - asking the important questions at August 12, 2026 10:00 PM (B18Qw)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 12, 2026 10:00 PM (VQ0bX)
Posted by: OrangeEnt at August 12, 2026 10:01 PM (1Ff7Z)
Posted by: Tonypete at August 12, 2026 10:02 PM (udaaY)
Posted by: JohnFNotKerry at August 12, 2026 10:03 PM (zMzlR)
One recent activity showed 6.06 miles in 4 hours and 37 minutes. The next night, Mollie logged 5.55 miles in 3 hours and 56 minutes.
Piker.
Posted by: the server hampsters at August 12, 2026 10:03 PM (VHUov)
Posted by: Diogenes at August 12, 2026 10:04 PM (2WIwB)
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You found a good one. eueToob prefers to put the crap up front
so the ASCAP fees are less.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 12, 2026 10:05 PM (VQ0bX)
Posted by: gp at August 12, 2026 10:06 PM (Jr5Lq)
Posted by: OrangeEnt at August 12, 2026 10:06 PM (1Ff7Z)
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This is absolutely, categorically, and completely false.
Air Force callsigns are about puns and embarrassing incidents. A pilot who overshot the runway and ended up in sand is "Baja." Get it? Baja racing. It's all in-jokes and also name puns. Ask me how I know.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 12, 2026 10:06 PM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at August 12, 2026 10:06 PM (zZu0s)
Posted by: COMountainMarie at August 12, 2026 10:07 PM (hJKeX)
Posted by: Dr. Varno at August 12, 2026 10:07 PM (nDXEV)
I'd rather be sitting in a deck chair up over Kansas City.
https://youtu.be/JtTmx30HNrk
Posted by: mindful webworker - breaking the fun barrier at August 12, 2026 10:08 PM (B18Qw)
She already feels mutilated.
Men love boobs. Right?
It’s a shitty thing to say. I’ve been married. And my Boobs have been mutilated.
Posted by: AYFKM? at August 12, 2026 10:03 PM (pXM6/)
You have no idea how she feels, or what her relationship with her husband is like. You are accusing someone of being shitty. You don't know. That makes you the shitty one in this discussion.
Posted by: tcn in AK at August 12, 2026 10:08 PM (+Z9Sn)
Posted something on ALH yesterday you might find a little interesting.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at August 12, 2026 10:09 PM (1Ff7Z)
Posted by: scampydog at August 12, 2026 10:09 PM (CG21m)
An old friend from a "past life" (30 years back, FB friend for a decade or so) got woken up on diet and the vax, and lost a lot of weight.
But now every damn thing is conspiracy, no prescriptions are good, all just serve Big Pharma. AND there were No Planes on 9/11, another fraud. AND USA is the real terrorist, Muslims are apparently fine. And of course Israel runs Trump and US military policy.
So sad ... now I need to come up with a cogent response, but it is late, so, for another day I guess.
Posted by: illiniwek at August 12, 2026 10:09 PM (vbXSk)
Posted by: Dr. Varno at August 12, 2026 10:09 PM (nDXEV)
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at August 12, 2026 10:06 PM
13 Hey! Mr. REX🦖🦖! Yay!
Posted by: COMountainMarie at August 12, 2026 10:07 PM
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Howdy gang!
Posted by: TRex - general lee dino at August 12, 2026 10:10 PM (Q7yzj)
Mr. Washington. 92 Crane Ave - Miller's Crossing Fleatique. Caller said that the store is selling individual parts of human remains.
Pittsburgh Scanner is blue-balling me. I really want to see the followup tweet to that one.
Posted by: mikeski at August 12, 2026 10:10 PM (VHUov)
Been enjoying Gav & Dan's antics for years. Never miss one.
BTW, they're the Slow-Mo Guys. Just FTR. No "tion".
Posted by: mindful webworker - slooooowwwww mmmmmoooo at August 12, 2026 10:11 PM (B18Qw)
Posted by: gp at August 12, 2026 10:11 PM (Jr5Lq)
But now every damn thing is conspiracy, no prescriptions are good, all just serve Big Pharma. AND there were No Planes on 9/11, another fraud. AND USA is the real terrorist, Muslims are apparently fine. And of course Israel runs Trump and US military policy.
Posted by: illiniwek
Red Pills should come with Tinfoil Hats.
Posted by: mikeski at August 12, 2026 10:11 PM (VHUov)
Posted by: vmom deport deport stab deport at August 12, 2026 10:12 PM (Ydd86)
youtube.com/watch?v=tKE7zt_1Z20
Posted by: gp at August 12, 2026 10:12 PM (Jr5Lq)
Posted by: Pooter at August 12, 2026 10:12 PM (JM9I6)
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd
See also Naval Aviator's callsigns. I give you: STAB — short for “Shit Twice And Boltered.” 'Digestive emergencies' in the cockpit of an F/A-18 on two separate flights.
Posted by: Tonypete at August 12, 2026 10:12 PM (udaaY)
Posted by: epador at August 12, 2026 10:13 PM (TRnzq)
The Wendy's in Pittsburgh is a happening place
Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 12, 2026 10:14 PM (WOnE5)
Posted by: gp
Ask your Dr. if licking P is for you.
Posted by: Tonypete at August 12, 2026 10:14 PM (udaaY)
Posted by: mikeski at August 12, 2026 10:10 PM
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You don't. The next tweet said the item was reported to be a rib.
I checked back though. No resolution.
Posted by: TRex - lost sheperd dino at August 12, 2026 10:14 PM (Q7yzj)
Posted by: vmom deport deport stab deport
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Me too! Maybe the dino will let us know where and when....
Posted by: The Grateful - R at August 12, 2026 10:14 PM (XfIK1)
Posted by: Darrell Harris at August 12, 2026 10:14 PM (0CU3H)
Stupid hippy cars...you can bet they have a Coexist sticker, right along side a 'Trump Hitler' sticker....
Coexist indeed 🙄....
Posted by: COMountainMarie at August 12, 2026 10:14 PM (hJKeX)
I've got a bunch from misc garage sales. Why people would want to part with tiptop quality kitchen and cookware for two bits apiece, I dunno.
Posted by: gp at August 12, 2026 10:14 PM (Jr5Lq)
Posted by: tcn in AK at August 12, 2026 10:08 PM (+Z9Sn)
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Some people just want to judge everyone. I thought it was funny, and there's some layers in this, because my wife knows that my great-grandfather wrote letters home to my great-grandmother during WW I about how he missed "the twins."
So yeah, guys like bewbs, and we're sad when our wives lose them. Fuck cancer.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 12, 2026 10:15 PM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: vmom deport deport stab deport
I've been scouring the thrift shops near here for antique pyrex. No luck so far but I have met some interesting folks in the kitchenware aisle I must say.
Posted by: Tonypete at August 12, 2026 10:15 PM (udaaY)
Posted by: vmom deport deport stab deport at August 12, 2026 10:15 PM (Ydd86)
Posted by: Ole Buzzard at August 12, 2026 10:16 PM (JM9I6)
Posted by: vmom deport deport stab deport at August 12, 2026 10:12 PM (Ydd86)
Why not? Those things almost never break.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at August 12, 2026 10:16 PM (1Ff7Z)
Pittsburgh is one entertaining place, I tells ya!
Cool top pic of the T-38 shock waves. So beautifully linear!
Posted by: Legally Sufficient at August 12, 2026 10:16 PM (D/6p1)
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at August 12, 2026 10:17 PM (0aYVJ)
Posted by: Tater and Booger at August 12, 2026 10:17 PM (1Ff7Z)
Not to be confused with Hyrax, a small, stout, and furry herbivorous mammal native to Africa and the Middle East.
Posted by: Archimedes at August 12, 2026 10:17 PM (Riz8t)
I do remember memorizing the Periodic Table in pre-med chemistry with many college boys. Who were apparently as traumatized by the university class as I was as no one asked me out. It remains a mystery, as I was finally ready.
Hope you all are well and fighting commies and muzzies daily. Goodnight.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreatisParanoid at August 12, 2026 10:17 PM (hzuYO)
Posted by: Tonypete at August 12, 2026 10:12 PM (udaaY)
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Yeah, I saw that a while ago. A lot of "cool" callsigns are backhanded compliments at best. At first glance "Maverick" sounds cool and wild, and then you realize it's "Blue Falcon" in code. Not a team player.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 12, 2026 10:18 PM (ZOv7s)
Not in the Navy.
Callsigns are bequeathed for doing something stupid or memorable. The more you fight the more it sticks.
In my scout troop, the youths set one rule, "Own Your Nickname, We're Not Changing It". One time a scout noted that he had no nickname despite hsving been in the troop for a couple of years. I informed him that one almost always acquired a nickname after having done something extremely stupid. From this, the young man told his mother that "Mr. Krebs thinks I'm smart." "Why is that?" "Because he said you earn a nickname if you do something stupid, and I have no nickname."
I told his mother that I never said that he had not done stupid things. What had bappened was, of the many stupid things he had done, none rose to the level of being stupid enough to call down a nickname upon him.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at August 12, 2026 10:18 PM (s9VOe)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 12, 2026 10:18 PM (VQ0bX)
Walked in on two women enjoying the bed in the B&B?
Why complain? Just charge customers extra for that. Right?
Posted by: mindful webworker - specialty services at August 12, 2026 10:18 PM (B18Qw)
Posted by: Dr. Varno at August 12, 2026 10:18 PM (nDXEV)
The Wendy's in Pittsburgh is a happening place
Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 12, 2026 10:14 PM
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I do wonder how many police calls at the Wendy's the Pittsburgh Scanner people decide to skip for fear of taking over the rest of the content. Their whole gig could change to the Wendy's Scanner.
Posted by: TRex - pyrex hoarder dino at August 12, 2026 10:18 PM (Q7yzj)
Just thought you should know.
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at August 12, 2026 10:19 PM (zs/VU)
Until they do. Usually around the 3rd or 4th. Suddenly everything works!
Tonight, anyway. Tomorrow, maybe not.
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at August 12, 2026 10:20 PM (CHHv1)
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars
Clearly not a regular here.
Posted by: Tonypete at August 12, 2026 10:20 PM (udaaY)
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at August 12, 2026 10:20 PM (0aYVJ)
Posted by: Archimedes at August 12, 2026 10:17 PM (Riz8t)
Or Hydrox. The original chocolate sandwich cookie.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at August 12, 2026 10:20 PM (1Ff7Z)
youtube.com/watch?v=Vxqe_ZOwsHs
Posted by: gp at August 12, 2026 10:21 PM (Jr5Lq)
Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at August 12, 2026 10:21 PM (sAmhv)
Posted by: Archimedes
Could they run a server?
Posted by: Wheels Within Wheels at August 12, 2026 10:21 PM (JM9I6)
Posted by: Legally Sufficient at August 12, 2026 10:16 PM
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Good evening LS! Thanks for being here.
Posted by: TRex - pyrex stacker dino at August 12, 2026 10:21 PM (Q7yzj)
I'm getting back to work in a few minutes. The animals are resting so work can get done.
Anyways, this was on Deadline.
I hope they make this movie!
They need to make this movie!
We got screwed out of black Superman. We deserve this.
As trans onscreen representation takes a hit in Hollywood, Lilly Wachowski is attempting to make a film with an all-transgender cast… if only the industry will let her.
The Matrix co-auteur recently explained that despite some excitement over the script, financiers “really don’t want to make” her dystopian political thriller The Hunted, which is co-written with partner Mickey Ray Mahoney and budgeted at $10 million, due to the film’s “wall-to-wall trans cast.”
“People like it, but they really don’t want to make it because it’s wall-to-wall trans cast,” said Wachowski on KCRW’s The Business podcast. “I have to get creative and figure out different ways that I can get this in front of people.”
Posted by: Stateless - Keeping 15 year old Ralphy happy and alive. He's a puppy at heart. at August 12, 2026 10:21 PM (Sco7b)
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at August 12, 2026 10:17 PM (0aYVJ)
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They work. The excesses of the original have aged well. I wrote a scathing denunciation of the sequel, and have never been happier to have been completely wrong.
As a side note, I considered trying to switch over to the Navy so that I could score the trifecta, having done Army and Air Force.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 12, 2026 10:21 PM (ZOv7s)
Arlington Heights. Arlington Ave. Caller said that a woman wearing only a red fish net body suit is outside flagging guys down offering them services. Caller does not like this.
.....and Pittsburgh Scanner wasn't willing to cop to their prostitution sting?
or
.....joke's on you, though, because she's only offering tax preparation services.
Posted by: mikeski at August 12, 2026 10:21 PM (VHUov)
Posted by: YellowBird at August 12, 2026 10:22 PM (MEbkQ)
youtube.com/watch?v=Vxqe_ZOwsHs
Posted by: gp at August 12, 2026 10:21 PM (Jr5Lq)
Sodium (Na) in water is very interesting.
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at August 12, 2026 10:22 PM (zs/VU)
Posted by: mikeski
You don't. The next tweet said the item was reported to be a rib.
I checked back though. No resolution.
Posted by: TRex
You're right. That's not nearly as funny as I was expecting.
Posted by: mikeski at August 12, 2026 10:22 PM (VHUov)
youtube.com/watch?v=Vxqe_ZOwsHs
Posted by: gp at August 12, 2026 10:21 PM (Jr5Lq)
I sit corrected. Thanks!
I misremembered Na vs. Li.
Posted by: Darrell Harris at August 12, 2026 10:23 PM (0CU3H)
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd
Legions of Dependapotamuses have joined the chat.
Posted by: Tonypete at August 12, 2026 10:23 PM (udaaY)
Might not hear from me much, depends on whether I can keep myself from watching the whole thing.... I'm such a hopeless fanboy
Posted by: Matthew Kant Cipher at August 12, 2026 10:24 PM (97l2N)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 12, 2026 10:24 PM (WOnE5)
youtube.com/watch?v=HY7mTCMvpEM
Posted by: gp at August 12, 2026 10:24 PM (Jr5Lq)
Posted by: YellowBird at August 12, 2026 10:22 PM
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I would throw money at Subaru if they would make a proper manual WRX STi hatchback again. There are rumors one is coming in 2027 but don't know volumes or markets. Stay tuned and keep fingers crossed...
Posted by: TRex - pyrex appraiser dino at August 12, 2026 10:25 PM (Q7yzj)
Posted by: Pug Mahon
For the longest time, I thought my nickname was 'Stunad!'. That's what Dad called me until I left home.
(Actually a great man. Miss you Pop.)
Posted by: Tonypete at August 12, 2026 10:25 PM (udaaY)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 12, 2026 10:24 PM (WOnE5)
Yeah, agree, but she was chewing the scenery big-time. I found it off-putting.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at August 12, 2026 10:26 PM (0aYVJ)
Posted by: gp at August 12, 2026 10:26 PM (Jr5Lq)
Posted by: Matthew Kant Cipher at August 12, 2026 10:24 PM
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Excellent.
Posted by: TRex - pyrex repair service dino at August 12, 2026 10:26 PM (Q7yzj)
(Actually a great man. Miss you Pop.)
Posted by: Tonypete at August 12, 2026 10:25 PM (udaaY)
Better than being called either slingshit or terrapin turd.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at August 12, 2026 10:26 PM (1Ff7Z)
Posted by: Tonypete at August 12, 2026 10:23 PM (udaaY)
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Mrs. Lloyd very much enjoyed being numbered among the Dependa because we were so very boring.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 12, 2026 10:27 PM (ZOv7s)
I'd think that you wouldn't want to lick Lithium at all. Wouldn't the moisture from your tongue make it go 'splody 'splody?
Posted by: Darrell Harris
Sure, it might, or at least burst into flame, in addition to giving you one hell of a tongue burned by caustic.
Thing is, though, reactive metals like the alkalis are stored in an oil to stop them being exposed to air or water, so you'd have to contend with that gustatory delight first and foremost, as it would coat the metallic morsel.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at August 12, 2026 10:27 PM (s9VOe)
Posted by: Archimedes at August 12, 2026 10:17 PM (Riz8t)
Or Hydrox. The original chocolate sandwich cookie.
O Gas-X, an over-the-counter medication containing simethicone, used to quickly relieve bloating, pressure, and discomfort from intestinal gas. It works locally in the digestive tract by combining smaller gas bubbles into larger ones so the body can pass the gas more easily.
Posted by: Archimedes at August 12, 2026 10:27 PM (Riz8t)
Posted by: mikeski
ha, yes. And of course, there is a woman involved. heh
I was surprised to hear she was a Ted Cruz advocate, even had some political web thang, an aspect I never knew about her. But ... sigh, So Are the Hours of Our Days ... heh.
Posted by: illiniwek at August 12, 2026 10:27 PM (vbXSk)
Posted by: no one of any consequence at August 12, 2026 10:27 PM (qFwJc)
You lost your answering service velociraptor in the meteor strike, didn't you.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at August 12, 2026 10:28 PM (qx7Zg)
Posted by: Iris at August 12, 2026 10:28 PM (286+n)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at August 12, 2026 10:28 PM (o5Cl5)
Now to read the content.
Posted by: RandomDave (if you can spare a bit, please click) at August 12, 2026 10:28 PM (aJQbY)
Why no, I wasn't popular.
Posted by: Winston AKA Pops at August 12, 2026 10:28 PM (zNcSj)
Posted by: TRex - pyrex appraiser dino at August 12, 2026 10:25 PM
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Agreed. The new WRX isn't much to get excited about. Bigger brakes and the dynamic suspension. Oh and $10k more that I paid. Very Meh.
Now a hatch STi, that's a whole 'nother thing
Posted by: YellowBird at August 12, 2026 10:28 PM (MEbkQ)
Posted by: Stateless
When you say "people like it," but you exclude the "wall-to-wall trans cast" xerselves, are there still "people," plural, or is it now just you?
Posted by: mikeski at August 12, 2026 10:29 PM (VHUov)
It’s not a joke. It’s traumatic.
Posted by: AYFKM? at August 12, 2026 10:12 PM (yEz+x)
Everyone is different though. You have to make allowances for differences in situation and temper.
For example I call my wife a cunt to her face all the time. She's British. She expects it. Now if I called her a libtard, or said she was like her mother, those would be fighting words.
Sorry for what you went through btw. Very. I happen to like legs FWIW.
Posted by: ... at August 12, 2026 10:29 PM (vE0+H)
Posted by: Archimedes
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Accept no substitutes!
Posted by: Oreo at August 12, 2026 10:30 PM (o5Cl5)
Posted by: ... at August 12, 2026 10:31 PM (vE0+H)
Neglect not the horrible fate of young ladies who painted radium salts onto watch dials and would lick the brush to create as fine a point at its tip as possible.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at August 12, 2026 10:32 PM (s9VOe)
Posted by: gKWVE at August 12, 2026 10:32 PM (88C+u)
Posted by: gKWVE at August 12, 2026 10:33 PM (88C+u)
I wandered onto a youtube (it could have been from here) about the different jobs on an aircraft carrier. While I would have loved to have flown just once with a pilot, the most dangerous jobs are the guys on the carrier.
They all are in different colors and on this one the guys in green who launch and recover the jets with cables. Hook runners.
It was a very cool youtube. I think this is the one.
https://tinyurl.com/mu4h6zjy
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreatisParanoid at August 12, 2026 10:33 PM (hzuYO)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 12, 2026 10:33 PM (VQ0bX)
Posted by: Pooter at August 12, 2026 10:12 PM (JM9I6)
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I know, right?
Posted by: Quim at August 12, 2026 10:33 PM (o5Cl5)
Posted by: scampydog at August 12, 2026 10:09 PM
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Doggo!
Posted by: TRex - pyrex insurance coverage dino at August 12, 2026 10:34 PM (Q7yzj)
Posted by: Stateless
TIL the Wachowski Brothers both went trans. I was trying to figure out if they had a sister named Lilly. Nope, it's one of the originals.
Or maybe I did know this before and conveniently forgot it in the ensuing decade because who cares about the mental illnesses of Hollyweird?
Posted by: mikeski at August 12, 2026 10:35 PM (VHUov)
Posted by: Dr. Varno at August 12, 2026 10:35 PM (nDXEV)
Posted by: ... at August 12, 2026 10:31 PM (vE0+H)
were it not for my wife, I would not have a microwave in the house. they suck. I almost never use it, except for popcorn. And then I stand right there like Bob Wiley, 30 seconds to go, 20 seconds to go...
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at August 12, 2026 10:35 PM (0aYVJ)
Posted by: gKWVE at August 12, 2026 10:32 PM (88C+u)
Or a Timex. Nothing will happen to it. It'll just keep on ticking.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at August 12, 2026 10:35 PM (1Ff7Z)
One night he had to land a Turkey at Moffett Field near San Francisco in horrible weather. On final a wind shear grabbed hold of his plane and only by going to full burners was he able to save himself and the plane.
The base commander duly got an angry letter in the mail from a regular complainer demanding to know 'when will this Reign of Terror' will end? The angry letter was forwarded to Page's CO.
So his callsign became ROT.
Posted by: Anna Puma at August 12, 2026 10:37 PM (2GVsD)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at August 12, 2026 10:37 PM (6/7Fs)
Now to read the content.
Posted by: RandomDave (if you can spare a bit, please click) at August 12, 2026 10:28 PM (aJQbY)
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Prayers!
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreatisParanoid at August 12, 2026 10:37 PM (hzuYO)
Posted by: gKWVE at August 12, 2026 10:37 PM (88C+u)
Posted by: gp at August 12, 2026 10:37 PM (Jr5Lq)
Old Pyrex is great. New Pyrex is shit.
They are using a different kind of sand or something now.
A few years ago I bought new Pyrex to cook Christmas Eve dinner. Took it out of the oven and it exploded.
Thank goodness KFC was still open on Christmas Eve.
Posted by: four seasons at August 12, 2026 10:38 PM (/QHx4)
Posted by: mikeski at August 12, 2026 10:29 PM (VHUov)
If it doesn't get made, hundreds will be disappointed.
Asian entertainment for the win.
Okay, and select Hollywood stuff but that pile of crap to dig through is getting bigger and bigger.
Posted by: Stateless - Keeping 15 year old Ralphy happy and alive. He's a puppy at heart. at August 12, 2026 10:38 PM (Sco7b)
I wandered onto a youtube (it could have been from here) about the different jobs on an aircraft carrier.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreatisParanoid at August 12, 2026 10:33 PM
***
You're welcome. I agree with the aircraft carrier thing. I would love to have a front row seat to watch carrier operations. Seems unlikely but holding out hope someday, somehow...
Posted by: TRex - fake pyrex detector dino at August 12, 2026 10:39 PM (rBp1O)
Posted by: mikeski at August 12, 2026 10:35 PM (VHUov)
They BOTH went trans?
Damn.
I have to get back to work. All of you good people have a good night.
Posted by: Stateless - Keeping 15 year old Ralphy happy and alive. He's a puppy at heart. at August 12, 2026 10:40 PM (Sco7b)
Posted by: Skip at August 12, 2026 10:41 PM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: free tibet at August 12, 2026 10:41 PM (iNp3L)
Then sometime in the 80s maybe they decided to cheap out on the glass. It breaks in the heat of an oven. Just guessing on the year, but I distinctly remember dear Mom being mightily pissed off at shit breaking in the oven.
Posted by: Common Tater at August 12, 2026 10:41 PM (rFdmY)
(Actually a great man. Miss you Pop.)
Posted by: Tonypete at August 12, 2026 10:25 PM (udaaY)
I heard that from my grandmother a lot. That and little sfachimm, however the hell you spell it.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at August 12, 2026 10:41 PM (S41Gd)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 12, 2026 10:42 PM (1z8ji)
Posted by: Common Tater at August 12, 2026 10:42 PM (rFdmY)
They are using a different kind of sand or something now.
Old Pyrex was borosilicate glass. The new stuff is soda-lime glass, which is much cheaper but doesn't have the resistance to thermal shock of the old stuff.
Posted by: Archimedes at August 12, 2026 10:42 PM (Riz8t)
Posted by: nerdygirl at August 12, 2026 10:43 PM (0Htd1)
Posted by: free tibet
well, you might get better specific impulse from loading your rocket with hydrox than with an oreo
Posted by: gKWVE hasn't tried soaking the oreo in liquid o2 tho at August 12, 2026 10:43 PM (88C+u)
Posted by: Skip at August 12, 2026 10:41 PM (Ia/+0)
It isn't. It's 7:45.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at August 12, 2026 10:45 PM (1Ff7Z)
I don't think elemental S would harm you. It's not acutely toxic, and it's indigestible AFAIK. I doubt it tastes like much of anything.
Posted by: gp at August 12, 2026 10:46 PM (Jr5Lq)
Posted by: illiniwek at August 12, 2026 10:09 PM (vbXSk)
Tell he has an intracranial lead deficiency disorder, but that suck-starting a Glock could cure him.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 12, 2026 10:46 PM (1z8ji)
Thank goodness KFC was still open on Christmas Eve.
Posted by: four seasons at August 12, 2026 10:38 PM (/QHx4)
You just reminded me I had a friend in 1999 who had one go - from the oven as well - on Christmas Day. She couldn't believe it.
Posted by: ... at August 12, 2026 10:47 PM (vE0+H)
Posted by: gKWVE at August 12, 2026 10:47 PM (88C+u)
My father called me Gertrude for reasons unknown as it is not even close to my name.
The man I married has many nicknames for me for different reasons and calamities. I answer to them all.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at August 12, 2026 10:50 PM (hzuYO)
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at August 12, 2026 10:51 PM (0aYVJ)
Been there, done that. It's pretty cool.
I hope our F16 guy is still around to appreciate it.
Posted by: GWB at August 12, 2026 10:52 PM (kU0PQ)
Internet is acting funky, too.
Posted by: Methos, inauthentic X-bot account at August 12, 2026 10:52 PM (vSvIl)
Posted by: Orson at August 12, 2026 10:52 PM (dIske)
Posted by: Stateless - Keeping 15 year old Ralphy happy and alive. He's a puppy at heart. at August 12, 2026 10:21 PM (Sco7b)
Isn't "Lilly" Wachowski a man posing as a woman?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 12, 2026 10:52 PM (1z8ji)
To the extent it oxidizes and then mixes with H2O, it forms acids. It might be a good experiment to get a beaker of saliva, put a pH probe in it, and then dump in some elemental S and observe it over time.
Posted by: gp at August 12, 2026 10:52 PM (Jr5Lq)
Posted by: Anna Puma at August 12, 2026 10:37 PM
****
Great origin story.
Posted by: TRex - flock-free dino at August 12, 2026 10:53 PM (XfIK1)
Damn.
I have to get back to work. All of you good people have a good night.
Posted by: Stateless - Keeping 15 year old Ralphy happy and alive. He's a puppy at heart. at August 12, 2026 10:40 PM (Sco7b)
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Yeah. Shades of the Ferris Bueller "So that's how it is in their family."
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 12, 2026 10:54 PM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: Tom Servo at August 12, 2026 10:54 PM (QFcqn)
My grandpa called grandma The Wheelie. Because she was his sidekick on all of their long road trips. I doubt they ever spent more than a few years in one spot.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at August 12, 2026 10:56 PM (0aYVJ)
Posted by: gKWVE at August 12, 2026 10:32 PM (88C+u)
Practically insoluble in water or spit. Same as licking wax or plastic.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 12, 2026 10:56 PM (1z8ji)
Posted by: Iris at August 12, 2026 10:56 PM (286+n)
Posted by: Skip at August 12, 2026 10:41 PM (Ia/+0)
It isn't. It's 7:45.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at August 12, 2026 10:45 PM (1Ff7Z)
*checks watch*
*shows 6:18*
Posted by: Future Senator Blutarsky at August 12, 2026 10:57 PM (wVcYX)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
heh .. well he does the carnivore thing, and guess his advocacy of that is of some merit. And some of the rest is "alt-right"? maybe, or is that an older version of alt-right? heh
I don't wat him dead, and will try to clarify that Israel may have their own issues, but Islam is actively taking over Europe, and Minnesota, and much of the world.
How much of the "Alt-Islam World" is actually "Western", idk. Saudis and others kinda pretend, but where we really stand with them, idk. They have a lot invested in our markets, and that has made them even more wealthy than their oil ... and they must love our military helping them. sigh
Posted by: illiniwek at August 12, 2026 10:57 PM (vbXSk)
But my OCD is happy that the bottom row is full, now. Please stop discovering new elements.
Posted by: mikeski at August 12, 2026 10:57 PM (VHUov)
Heat the wrong thing in Pyrex in the microwave and you can have a splodey splodey.
How do you know if something is the wrong thing?
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at August 12, 2026 10:57 PM (Cqx++)
Posted by: Tom Servo at August 12, 2026 10:54 PM (QFcqn)
Norah Jones?
Posted by: Diogenes at August 12, 2026 10:57 PM (2WIwB)
Posted by: nerdygirl at August 12, 2026 10:58 PM (0Htd1)
Posted by: gKWVE at August 12, 2026 10:37 PM (88C+u)
Porker-porker?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 12, 2026 11:00 PM (1z8ji)
At least, that's the way I remember the story.
Posted by: gp at August 12, 2026 11:00 PM (Jr5Lq)
Posted by: gKWVE at August 12, 2026 11:00 PM (88C+u)
Not entirely. Real callsigns are assigned - albeit less formally - by others. Sometimes they get assigned right out of pilot training*. Some people manage to not do anything ... notable after that. Others get picked up for being an oddball or quirky**. And not just pilots, but crewmembers and anyone pilot-adjacent.
Now, some people are lame enough they do pick their own. Nobody cares enough to assign them one. Nobody socializes enough with them to see the sorts of social faux pas that often lead to them.
(* "Flame-face" Martin. Yes, there was alcohol involved.)
(** "Skippy" - assigned because he packed peanut butter when we went to Thailand for exercises. He really couldn't handle Thai food.)
Posted by: GWB at August 12, 2026 11:00 PM (kU0PQ)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
Yes. See #102. The Wachowski Brothers (The Matrix) both flipped their wigs.
Posted by: mikeski at August 12, 2026 11:00 PM (VHUov)
Posted by: Orson at August 12, 2026 11:00 PM (dIske)
How do you know if something is the wrong thing?
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr.
By the splodey, mostly.
Posted by: mikeski at August 12, 2026 11:01 PM (VHUov)
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at August 12, 2026 10:50 PM (hzuYO)
That's a tell that you've got good people around you who love you.
Posted by: GWB at August 12, 2026 11:01 PM (kU0PQ)
Posted by: Diogenes at August 12, 2026 10:57 PM (2WIwB)
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I don't think she was born yet.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 12, 2026 11:02 PM (ZOv7s)
I've proposed, many times, a search for the elements with zero and negative atomic numbers. No funding yet.
Posted by: gp at August 12, 2026 11:02 PM (Jr5Lq)
Posted by: Tom Servo at August 12, 2026 11:02 PM (QFcqn)
Internet is acting funky, too.
Posted by: Methos, inauthentic X-bot account at August 12, 2026 10:52 PM (vSvIl)
Time to turn off Barky's Flak Tower of Horrors?
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at August 12, 2026 11:03 PM (qx7Zg)
Posted by: some lesbo selling dildos at August 12, 2026 11:03 PM (oq9dX)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 12, 2026 11:03 PM (O0L8i)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at August 12, 2026 10:57 PM (Cqx++)
I forget. It might just be something that sits at too high a temperature for too long? I would say Brit Lass's beeswax went considerably higher than 212. I recall reading some things were worse than others.
It's also bad luck because it has to do with existing bubbles in the glass. I personally wouldn't heat anything in pyrex in the microwave for very long.
Posted by: ... at August 12, 2026 11:03 PM (vE0+H)
That first category should be "Sure, it's probably fine... unless it's below freezing."
Posted by: GWB at August 12, 2026 11:03 PM (kU0PQ)
Posted by: Diogenes at August 12, 2026 11:03 PM (2WIwB)
Posted by: four seasons at August 12, 2026 11:04 PM (/QHx4)
Fire King made good stuff too, be on the lookout for that. Anchor-Hoching I think, out of Ohio. Owens Corning out of New York state was a fine company as well.
Posted by: Common Tater at August 12, 2026 11:05 PM (rFdmY)
Posted by: weft cut-loop at August 12, 2026 11:05 PM (diia5)
Countdown to surgery on Friday, to reshape muh belly. Been warned it will hurt a while after. Meh.
🎶 It's only pain and that is all.
Why do it hurt the way it do? 🤕
What does 3/5 of a mile in ten seconds work out to in MPH?
https://youtu.be/2DWhlTzMAMw
G'night, y'all.💤
Posted by: mindful webworker - oops. Math. Sorry. at August 12, 2026 11:06 PM (B18Qw)
Posted by: Diogenes at August 12, 2026 11:03 PM (2WIwB)
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I've had a bunch over the years. In Army BCT, the cadre called me "Cliffie" but my fellow trainees called me "Frasier."
Kind of funny generational Cheers/Frasier divide. But in the ANG, I never really got a callsign/moniker.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 12, 2026 11:07 PM (ZOv7s)
That first category should be "Sure, it's probably fine... unless it's below freezing."
Posted by: GWB at August 12, 2026 11:03 PM (kU0PQ)
Oh thure! You thay that now. Where were you thix month ago?
Posted by: Bilwis - Wizard of Clwyd at August 12, 2026 11:07 PM (r7+Q7)
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at August 12, 2026 11:07 PM (qx7Zg)
Posted by: Tom Servo at August 12, 2026 10:54 PM (QFcqn)
Norah Jones?
Posted by: Diogenes at August 12, 2026 10:57 PM (2WIwB)
___________________
You might have the wrong Jones. I'll go with Rickie Lee Jones.
Posted by: Orson at August 12, 2026 11:07 PM (dIske)
Posted by: Common Tater at August 12, 2026 11:08 PM (rFdmY)
Google AI sez Angela Bofill or Sue Ann Carwell.
Posted by: gp at August 12, 2026 11:09 PM (Jr5Lq)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 12, 2026 11:10 PM (JvZF+)
Posted by: Orson at August 12, 2026 11:07 PM (dIske)
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I'm going to go with Anita Baker or Taylor Dayne.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 12, 2026 11:10 PM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: Orson at August 12, 2026 11:07 PM (dIske)
Madeleine Peyroux? She sounds a little like Billie Holliday.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 12, 2026 11:10 PM (1z8ji)
They are using a different kind of sand or something now.
A few years ago I bought new Pyrex to cook Christmas Eve dinner. Took it out of the oven and it exploded.
Posted by: four seasons
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Uppercase label - PYREX is made in Europe and uses the original formulation of Borosilicate glass.
Lower case(sort of sloppy font) label is American and cheap need it up.years ago using tempered "regular" glass.
The American crap will put up with high heat better than standard glass, but it won't take quick temperature changes anywhere near as well.as the European or "old" Pyrex.
Posted by: buddhaha at August 12, 2026 11:11 PM (drwAN)
Posted by: gp at August 12, 2026 11:11 PM (Jr5Lq)
Posted by: Common Tater at August 12, 2026 11:11 PM (rFdmY)
Posted by: Diogenes at August 12, 2026 10:57 PM (2WIwB)
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I don't think she was born yet.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 12, 2026 11:02 PM (ZOv7s)
***
Valid point.
But now I think I'll put on the CD. Haven't listened in awhile.
Posted by: Diogenes at August 12, 2026 11:11 PM (2WIwB)
Posted by: GWB at August 12, 2026 11:03 PM (kU0PQ)
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I'm here for it, as long as it's a dude.
Posted by: Mayor Pete at August 12, 2026 11:11 PM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: Diogenes at August 12, 2026 11:03 PM (2WIwB)
It's the clever kids that give the nicknames that stick.
They tend to be among the most observant, if not, the most popular.
Posted by: LTG at August 12, 2026 11:12 PM (BeyMP)
Posted by: buddhaha at August 12, 2026 11:12 PM (drwAN)
Posted by: GWB at August 12, 2026 11:13 PM (kU0PQ)
"Oh, no! Not ceiling joinery! First World Problems has metastasized into the ONT! Say it ain't so!"
Posted by: mnw at August 12, 2026 11:14 PM (RCjYY)
I love this cartoon, Ms. Sally is one of the most creative animators in the world. Quality is a bit dodgy but it's too much fun. I watch this regularly. You'll have fun.
Plus, I'm on beer five.
https://tinyurl.com/4ua43e2c
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at August 12, 2026 11:14 PM (CHHv1)
Posted by: Orson at August 12, 2026 11:00 PM (dIske)
also, don't stick your testicles together with those reaally powerful little magnets at college summer camp.
Posted by: sal at August 12, 2026 11:14 PM (f+FmA)
Last night was overcast. Tonight I will see Perseids. I will!
Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 12, 2026 11:15 PM (JvZF+)
Posted by: Captain Josepha Sabin at August 12, 2026 11:15 PM (DK5Sh)
Posted by: Common Tater at August 12, 2026 11:11 PM (rFdmY)
Everyone has cheaped out. Even the classic Linsmore Waterford glasses made today are markedly different in heft and feel from those made 20 years ago.
Posted by: LASue at August 12, 2026 11:15 PM (qtfk+)
Posted by: GWB at August 12, 2026 11:13 PM (kU0PQ)
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The same barrel?
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 12, 2026 11:15 PM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: mnw at August 12, 2026 11:14 PM (RCjYY)
Dang! I thought that too.
Horde mind.
Posted by: sal at August 12, 2026 11:16 PM (f+FmA)
I knew this was the place to ask!
(I looked at a bunch of those “female vocalists of the 80’s” online lists and not one mentioned her name.
Sic transit Gloria.
Oh wait that was Laura Branigan.
Posted by: Tom Servo at August 12, 2026 11:16 PM (b2kfj)
Somewhere in the northern part of the city. No street, you'll see why. Caller owns an Airbnb and walked in on two women really enjoying the bed part of the Airbnb together. Caller is mad and wants them kicked out.
So why did the Airbnb owner think he could just walk into the house, much less the bedroom, while the house was rented out?
Or were the engineers stress-testing the bed trespassing?
Posted by: mikeski at August 12, 2026 11:17 PM (VHUov)
Everyone has cheaped out. Even the classic Linsmore Waterford glasses made today are markedly different in heft and feel from those made 20 years ago.
Posted by: LASue at August 12, 2026 11:15 PM (qtfk+)
__________
"But we increased share price by $0.02 in Q2!" - The Friggin' MBAs
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 12, 2026 11:17 PM (O0L8i)
Posted by: LASue at August 12, 2026 11:15 PM (qtfk+)
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It's called the "en-shitification" and it's about how companies squandered long-term credibility for short-term gain.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 12, 2026 11:18 PM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: RandomDave (if you can spare a bit, please click) at August 12, 2026 11:19 PM (aJQbY)
Mrs.D has Spiderman on. It's the one where three of them are together battling bad guys. And aunt Mae is dead.
I'm turning up Norah Jones.
Posted by: Diogenes at August 12, 2026 11:19 PM (2WIwB)
Oh wait that was Laura Branigan.
Posted by: Tom Servo at August 12, 2026 11:16 PM (b2kfj)
I didn't know she was sick!
Posted by: OrangeEnt at August 12, 2026 11:20 PM (1Ff7Z)
Interesting case in TX and CA. A Texas woman is acting as the surrogate mother for a California couple. The baby has complications. The couple wants to end the pregnancy. The surrogate mother refuses to. Her body, her choice, right?
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 12, 2026 11:20 PM (O0L8i)
Oh wait that was Laura Branigan.
Posted by: Tom Servo at August 12, 2026 11:16 PM (b2kfj)
I didn't know she was sick!
Posted by: OrangeEnt at August 12, 2026 11:20 PM (1Ff7Z)
I didn't know she was going anywhere.
Posted by: Diogenes at August 12, 2026 11:22 PM (2WIwB)
(Actually a great man. Miss you Pop.)
Posted by: Tonypete at August 12, 2026 10:25 PM (udaaY)
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I use Boy F.'s Italian name as a nickname other people think it is his real name.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 12, 2026 11:23 PM (JvZF+)
The app works but it is uglier than Chelsea Clinton.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at August 12, 2026 11:23 PM (XV/Pl)
Posted by: mnw at August 12, 2026 11:23 PM (RCjYY)
Posted by: Captain Josepha Sabin at August 12, 2026 11:15 PM (DK5Sh)
Pyrex to me will always be that 8 oz glass measuring cup.
Posted by: LTG at August 12, 2026 11:23 PM (BeyMP)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 12, 2026 11:25 PM (JvZF+)
Posted by: Common Tater at August 12, 2026 11:25 PM (rFdmY)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 12, 2026 11:20 PM (O0L8i)
bet they argue their baby
SLAVE
Posted by: r hennigantx at August 12, 2026 11:26 PM (/+uur)
Countdown to surgery on Friday, to reshape muh belly. Been warned it will hurt a while after. Meh.
🎶 It's only pain and that is all.
Why do it hurt the way it do? 🤕
G'night, y'all.💤
Posted by: mindful webworker - oops. Math. Sorry. at August 12, 2026 11:06 PM (B18Qw)
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It is rare to have post-op teaching for surgery these days. So I will teach you (if you see this).
You will have pain but it is going to get better every single day. I had 2 c-sections and remembered all the nurse teaching I gave.
1) You will be asked to take deep breaths and cough to rid lungs of remnant anesthesia gunk. Brace your belly with a pillow and hold it. You need to do this to prevent pnemonia. Also use the incentive spirometer.
You don't realize how much you use your abdominal muscles when you sneeze. Brace, baby, brace with that pillow for a few days as it helps.
2) The first time you get out of bed it will hurt. After that not as bad. Keep moving and it gets better daily.
You will do well and I want to hear how well you are doing. XXXX
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at August 12, 2026 11:26 PM (hzuYO)
Posted by: Lord Percy at August 12, 2026 11:27 PM (2NMTK)
"Gloria" was the Blues team's chosen warmup song in 2019. When they won the Stanley Cup, one local radio station played "Gloria" on a continuous loop for a whole day.
Posted by: mnw at August 12, 2026 11:27 PM (RCjYY)
What was lab glassware made from? I always wanted some beakers and flasks, and a bunsen burner. Science!
Posted by: Common Tater at August 12, 2026 11:25 PM (rFdmY)
__________
Ace Glass, Vineland, NJ
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 12, 2026 11:29 PM (O0L8i)
Posted by: r hennigantx at August 12, 2026 11:30 PM (/+uur)
Meh. Lemme know when we're disposing of Rubidium.
Posted by: Dark Lixtiquatal at August 12, 2026 11:30 PM (DZ9Lv)
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Eric Swalwell better watch out
Posted by: 496 at August 12, 2026 11:33 PM (ymrLq)
Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at August 12, 2026 11:33 PM (2NHgQ)
He was clean, married, Christian, and well spoken.
He was killed so that the next Charlie knows he will be killed.
Little secret is that every youtuber that is semi-conservative has been shot at.
Posted by: r hennigantx at August 12, 2026 11:33 PM (/+uur)
Posted by: Dark Lixtiquatal at August 12, 2026 11:34 PM (DZ9Lv)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 12, 2026 11:20 PM (O0L8i)
Is there not an iron-clad contract with language to cover an eventuality of that nature?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 12, 2026 11:34 PM (1z8ji)
He'll have A LOT of time to ponder that assertion. 30 years or so probably. But at least he'll get plenty of letters from his multitude of young women fans!
That's all he'll be getting... from a heterosexual source, anyway.
Posted by: mnw at August 12, 2026 11:34 PM (RCjYY)
Apparently the sand in southern New Jersey has a high quartz content that makes very good lab glassware.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 12, 2026 11:34 PM (O0L8i)
He was an excellent human being and helped me through a tough spot in my life way more than he knew.
Posted by: 496 at August 12, 2026 11:36 PM (ymrLq)
Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at August 12, 2026 11:33 PM (2NHgQ)
They know there is ghey and elbowsnian gene.
It is in the records and can be told to parents.
Posted by: r hennigantx at August 12, 2026 11:37 PM (/+uur)
SWAG? The .357 is faster. A quick check of the Lyman book shows roughly 200 fps for similar weights. Can't be more specific without more details. I did think it was interesting how the cavitation patterns differed.
Posted by: Oddbob at August 12, 2026 11:37 PM (vTZFs)
The app works but it is uglier than Chelsea Clinton.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at August 12, 2026 11:23 PM (XV/Pl)
Have mercy. Just put her down.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at August 12, 2026 11:38 PM (dK+Kv)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 12, 2026 11:34 PM (O0L8i)
Most sand is high in quartz; much sand is essentially pure quartz.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 12, 2026 11:39 PM (1z8ji)
Interesting case in TX and CA. A Texas woman is acting as the surrogate mother for a California couple. The baby has complications. The couple wants to end the pregnancy. The surrogate mother refuses to. Her body, her choice, right?
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh
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Absolutely right. I suppose there was a contract that said the couple would call the shots in such an event -- or any event -- but ts.
Funny thing: Erica Jong once weighed in on a situation like this. She said the mother (meaning, for lack of a better them, the birthing person) wins. Motherhood is sacred.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 12, 2026 11:39 PM (XJ22o)
No drugs; no booze; healthy diet whether they wanted one or not.
Posted by: mnw at August 12, 2026 11:40 PM (RCjYY)
Posted by: GWB at August 12, 2026 11:13 PM (kU0PQ)
Longer, heavier bullet is going slower, all of these contribute to stability in water.
Longer bullet has less wobble for one thing. Low speed works in water better, and the heavier bullet has mass which is inertia
Posted by: Kindltot at August 12, 2026 11:40 PM (rbvCR)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
If a court says it violates public policy, it's not iron-clad (or, to put it another way, it rusted).
Posted by: Dark Lixtiquatal at August 12, 2026 11:42 PM (DZ9Lv)
Posted by: mnw at August 12, 2026 11:42 PM (RCjYY)
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 12, 2026 11:18 PM (ZOv7s)
It is also the focus on the financialization over the production functions of manufacturing. There are a number of reasons for it, but focusing on share price and overhead for profits is a main one.
Posted by: Kindltot at August 12, 2026 11:42 PM (rbvCR)
No drugs; no booze; healthy diet whether they wanted one or not.
Posted by: mnw
Dunno about the no booze, but there's plenty of drugs in prison.
Posted by: Dark Lixtiquatal at August 12, 2026 11:42 PM (DZ9Lv)
Is there not an iron-clad contract with language to cover an eventuality of that nature?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
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There probably is, but there are probably also terms in case the "birthing person" defies the gamete donors. Like she's... stuck with the kid? Liable for all the money they spent on her plus more for violating contract?
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 12, 2026 11:43 PM (XJ22o)
No drugs; no booze; healthy diet whether they wanted one or not.
Posted by: mnw at August 12, 2026 11:40 PM (RCjYY)
I took Theories of Crime Causation in 1981 as I wanted to write a paper on Retail Theft for a Masters.
They had LSD on stamp and you could smoke the letters.
Posted by: r hennigantx at August 12, 2026 11:43 PM (/+uur)
Prisoners who do a long stretch in the pen come out older, of course, but they look like they've been in a state of suspended animation otherwise.
No drugs; no booze; healthy diet whether they wanted one or not.
Posted by: mnw
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Really? I saw some before-and-after shots of people who did relatively short stints and omg. Tatted, defeated, ragged. Of course that was "Don't go to jail, kidz" propaganda, so maybe they were cherry-picked.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 12, 2026 11:45 PM (XJ22o)
Posted by: r hennigantx at August 12, 2026 11:45 PM (/+uur)
Pretty much.
Clifford Irving (forged the Howard Hughes bio) was in a prison CAMP, not a real prison prison. He got caught with hooch. "What happens now?" he asked.
"Now Clifford, you're going to JAIL."
Posted by: mnw at August 12, 2026 11:46 PM (RCjYY)
Posted by: Dark Lixtiquatal at August 12, 2026 11:42 PM (DZ9Lv)
Often it turns out that some guards are the dealers.
Posted by: Kindltot at August 12, 2026 11:47 PM (rbvCR)
The new hotness is drug-soaked paper documents.
Posted by: gp at August 12, 2026 11:49 PM (Jr5Lq)
"Make Me Psychic" by Sally Cruikshank, 1978, 8 minutes.
I love this cartoon, Ms. Sally is one of the most creative animators in the world. Quality is a bit dodgy but it's too much fun. I watch this regularly. You'll have fun.
I liked that. I subscribed to check out more later.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at August 12, 2026 11:49 PM (Cqx++)
Posted by: r hennigantx at August 12, 2026 11:30 PM (/+uur)
The Left perceived a threat and one of their foot soldiers took action.
If even if there was no larger conspiracy involved, very successful from their standpoint.
Charlie Kirk was expected to have a large presence in politics going forward.
Now he's off the board.
Posted by: LTG at August 12, 2026 11:50 PM (BeyMP)
A LOT of them come out looking really well-preserved, though.
Anyone who thinks they'll have plenty of booze and drugs in prison, just like outside, is delusional. I mean real prison, not prison camps. Inmates in prisons eat Campers for lunch.
Posted by: mnw at August 12, 2026 11:51 PM (RCjYY)
Sorry for such a day-walker question, and don't answer if you don't want to go there, but what's with those 5 empty USB drives in Wisconsin?
Like, election officials at some polling place(s) failed to properly download data and it wasn't discovered until these 5 sticks were delivered to... a tabulation center?
I'd have thought digital data could be tabulated on a server and wouldn't have to be physically transported.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 12, 2026 11:51 PM (XJ22o)
Posted by: Kindltot at August 12, 2026 11:40 PM (rbvCR)
Sunday night, guys. Sunday.
Posted by: GWB at August 12, 2026 11:52 PM (kU0PQ)
Morticia
A LOT of them come out looking really well-preserved, though.
Posted by: mnw
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I can believe it. Like I say, I was viewing propaganda.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 12, 2026 11:52 PM (XJ22o)
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I found Ace of Spades via Instapundit.
My perhaps numerous comments here do not, I think, justify Ed Driscoll's repeated Ace Cut and Pastes.
Maybe Ed is lazy, maybe good promo for Ace, ask the Ewok out front.
Posted by: Miklos has comments older than Jason Arday's diploma at August 12, 2026 11:53 PM (XOG/m)
How do you people think I got "Miklos"?
Posted by: Miklos washes out every Saturday, whether he needs it or not at August 12, 2026 11:55 PM (XOG/m)
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at August 12, 2026 11:57 PM (CHHv1)
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd
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Ding Dong. Who's at the door? Why, it's MBA calling.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 12, 2026 11:57 PM (VQ0bX)
Back home, sleeping in our own bed sure does feel great after a 1/2 week on a sleeper sofa bed and 1/2 week in a hospital bed 🎉🎉🎉
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at August 12, 2026 11:58 PM (SRRAx)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
A job AI probably can't do (yet)
Attorney specialized in all the shit involving the increasingly multiple ways of kid making contracts + citizenship issues.
Posted by: Miklos, Solicitor at August 12, 2026 11:59 PM (XOG/m)
The late tabulation of those absentee ballots didn't seem to change anything. Wong was losing by the same margin both before and after.
It might've been better if Wong had won, from the standpoint of the GOP picking up that seat.
The guy who replaced Gauleiter Platner in ME as the DEM nominee is now extremely competitive with Collins, which Platner wasn't by the time he quit.
Posted by: mnw at August 12, 2026 11:59 PM (RCjYY)
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One
*partially sings, partially just hums lullaby*
Posted by: Comforting ole Mammy Miklos at August 13, 2026 12:01 AM (XOG/m)
A lot of cut and paste boxes with a few original sentences.
I'm hoping he'll get his mojo back soon.
Posted by: LTG at August 13, 2026 12:01 AM (BeyMP)
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at August 13, 2026 12:01 AM (CHHv1)
NASA is working on a "quiet" supersonic aircraft design, the X-59. The goal is to make a more gentle "thump" rather than the sharp crack, and open things up for supersonic commercial flights over land.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 13, 2026 12:03 AM (w6EFb)
Hearing that makes us feel good too!
Thing I hated most about my five day hospital stay was the noise. Hard to sleep with ceaseless racket. Not as noisy as jail, but near enough.
Posted by: gp at August 13, 2026 12:04 AM (Jr5Lq)
Posted by: pookysgirl is not sharing! at August 13, 2026 12:05 AM (Wt5PA)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends
Old Papa, who built a successful accounting firm, told me why he would never hire an MBA (and this was decades ago)-
"They think they know everything, with experience in nothing. And they want too much money."
I have tried to imagine the conversation when an MBA tried to justify his value to a CPA.
Posted by: Miklos is amused by the latter thought at August 13, 2026 12:05 AM (XOG/m)
Patricia Krenwinkel learned to train seeing eye dogs. I think she's the only one who's still locked up. Might be wrong. Susan Atkins kicked the oxygen habit. Van Houten got paroled, IIRC.
Posted by: mnw at August 13, 2026 12:06 AM (RCjYY)
Posted by: pookysgirl
MURICA!!!!
Posted by: Miklos has no Freak Flag to fly, unless it's the Gadsden at August 13, 2026 12:06 AM (XOG/m)
Posted by: four seasons at August 13, 2026 12:07 AM (/QHx4)
In the hospital now, and the nursing home, there are probably about 20 things beeping incessantly at any one time.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 13, 2026 12:08 AM (w6EFb)
Posted by: mnw at August 13, 2026 12:08 AM (RCjYY)
Posted by: free tibet at August 13, 2026 12:09 AM (iNp3L)
Posted by: JQ at August 13, 2026 12:10 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley
Been there
One Robby the Robot from Lost in Space would probably do it
Posted by: Miklos has no fond memories at August 13, 2026 12:11 AM (XOG/m)
Posted by: pookysgirl is not sharing! at August 13, 2026 12:05 AM (Wt5PA)
Lots of copycats out there you can make, I've seen some raves. This seems to be fairly definitive:
1 Stick Salted Butter, Softened
1 tsp Cinnamon
1 Tbsp Honey
1/4 C sugar
Posted by: ... at August 13, 2026 12:12 AM (vE0+H)
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at August 13, 2026 12:12 AM (CHHv1)
Posted by: ... at August 13, 2026 12:12 AM (vE0+H)
Posted by: mnw at August 12, 2026 11:59 PM (RCjYY)
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I get the political significance, but what th happened? Someone in an armored truck delivered 5 precious USB sticks to a Sacred Tabulation Temple and it turned out they were empty? Like, someone forgot to dip them in the Magical Pond of Knowledge and sent them to the priests with no runes to interpret?
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 13, 2026 12:13 AM (XJ22o)
Posted by: JQ at August 13, 2026 12:13 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: Dark Lixtiquatal at August 13, 2026 12:14 AM (DZ9Lv)
Posted by: JQ
Consult your Doctor if you show signs of Confuzzelment, discombobulation, or general disgronification.
Posted by: Prof. Dr Chikoinanda Wnankpa, with CDC approved Remedies for all Instances at August 13, 2026 12:14 AM (XOG/m)
In the hospital now, and the nursing home, there are probably about 20 things beeping incessantly at any one time.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley
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And plenty of blinking lights for your entertainment?
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 13, 2026 12:15 AM (XJ22o)
This should have been such a no questions asked slamdunk.
Instead they have totally botched it.
Almost seems it might be intentional.
Posted by: LTG at August 13, 2026 12:15 AM (BeyMP)
Ugh, sorry to hear that, Dark One.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 13, 2026 12:16 AM (XJ22o)
Posted by: Case at August 13, 2026 12:16 AM (fV9m3)
We've made the decisions with Mama, and she's now in hospice. They are very, very nice people. She'll be with us at home.
It's clear she's reached the last stage.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 13, 2026 12:16 AM (w6EFb)
The infuser they had me tethered to would shriek an alarm every four hours, and not stop until tended by a nurse. Room mate had to have damn TV on 24/7. I had to post a 'keep the door closed' sign to muffle the noise from the corridor.
It seems like a little thing, but in confinement, uncontrollable unnecessary noise really grinds you down.
Posted by: gp at August 13, 2026 12:17 AM (Jr5Lq)
Posted by: Ernest T. Miklos-Bass at August 13, 2026 12:18 AM (XOG/m)
Posted by: Miklos at August 13, 2026 12:19 AM (XOG/m)
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 13, 2026 12:03 AM (w6EFb)
Boom Supersonic is working on the Overture passenger plane, they have had the XB-1 demonstration jet up and running, and Boom is developing their own turbofan
Posted by: Kindltot at August 13, 2026 12:19 AM (rbvCR)
Here's an eclipse shot of opportunity someone took (I would guess from Spain) today, posted in reply on Andrew McCarthy's X feed:
https://t.ly/XZJ5_
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 13, 2026 12:19 AM (w6EFb)
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley
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And plenty of blinking lights for your entertainment?
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 13, 2026 12:15 AM (XJ22o)
Not in my experience in hospitals. All the interesting things get turned away from the patient.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at August 13, 2026 12:20 AM (qx7Zg)
Posted by: gp at August 13, 2026 12:20 AM (Jr5Lq)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 13, 2026 12:20 AM (JvZF+)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 13, 2026 12:20 AM (JvZF+)
Van Houten got paroled, IIRC.
Posted by: mnw
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Yes. I just read she was released at the age of 73, which seems like she got a decent chunk of time to live out.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 13, 2026 12:20 AM (XJ22o)
I have no idea.
I'm inclined to think it was because election workers are dumber than the proverbial box of rocks. The Board of Election Commissioners in places like Milwaukee (and St. Louis) doesn't exactly get the rocket scientists.
Posted by: mnw at August 13, 2026 12:21 AM (RCjYY)
Posted by: Case at August 13, 2026 12:16 AM (fV9m3)
A high school ring was a must, bigtime. Once in college, I never wore it again. I did buy a college ring too, but only wore it for a few years. Would still not scrap them.
Publius' Clemson ring would choke a horse. He only wears it on special occasions.
Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at August 13, 2026 12:21 AM (w6EFb)
Back home, sleeping in our own bed sure does feel great after a 1/2 week on a sleeper sofa bed and 1/2 week in a hospital bed 🎉🎉🎉
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth
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Halloooo, Teresa!
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 13, 2026 12:21 AM (XJ22o)
Posted by: JQ at August 13, 2026 12:21 AM (rdVOm)
I'm inclined to think it was because election workers are dumber than the proverbial box of rocks. The Board of Election Commissioners in places like Milwaukee (and St. Louis) doesn't exactly get the rocket scientists.
Posted by: mnw
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Disgusting. Public servants. Let's nationalize everything!
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 13, 2026 12:23 AM (XJ22o)
Posted by: Blonde Morticia
Achtung! Alles Lookenspeepers!
Das computermaschine ist nicht für gefingerpoken und mittengrabben.
Ist easy schnappen der springenwerk, blowenfusen und poppencorken mit spitzensparken.
Ist nicht für gewerken bei das dummkopfen.
Das rubbernecken sightseeren keepen das cottenpickenen hans in das pockets muss.
Relaxen und watchen das blinkenlichten.
Posted by: ancient nerd humor at August 13, 2026 12:23 AM (VHUov)
Thanks, all.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 13, 2026 12:24 AM (w6EFb)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 13, 2026 12:24 AM (JvZF+)
That's tough reading. Really sorry. Most people live long enough to have to go through it.
Posted by: mnw at August 13, 2026 12:24 AM (RCjYY)
We've made the decisions with Mama, and she's now in hospice. They are very, very nice people. She'll be with us at home.
It's clear she's reached the last stage.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 13, 2026 12:16 AM (w6EFb)
**********
My father died at home under Hospice Care, which we only used for oxygen and me trying a morphine patch when his breathing was labored.
My heart goes out to you. It is difficult but also good that she'll be home (if that makes sense). My entire comfort for the 5yrs he was bedridden was that he had great care at home with people who loved him.
Prayers all will be peaceful.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at August 13, 2026 12:24 AM (hzuYO)
Posted by: mnw at August 13, 2026 12:21 AM (RCjYY)
They are Democrats, so crooked. Crooked explains everything.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 13, 2026 12:25 AM (1z8ji)
Posted by: four seasons at August 13, 2026 12:25 AM (/QHx4)
Posted by: Miley, okravangelist
I didn't know you even had a horse
Posted by: Miklos abides at August 13, 2026 12:26 AM (XOG/m)
Posted by: JQ at August 13, 2026 12:13 AM (rdVOm)
Linux. Mint. It works, and it is free.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 13, 2026 12:27 AM (1z8ji)
A high school ring was a must, bigtime. Once in college, I never wore it again. I did buy a college ring too, but only wore it for a few years. Would still not scrap them.
Publius' Clemson ring would choke a horse. He only wears it on special occasions.
Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at August 13, 2026 12:21 AM (w6EFb)
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My now and then wise mother told me to consider a nice ring vs class ring for about the same cost.
We went to the jeweler and my parents bought me a diamond and sapphire white gold "dinner ring" for my right hand. Have worn it daily since I was 16yrs old, swimming, skiing, and mountain hikes. My engagement and wedding bands are the same stones. It worked out well! It is promised to our 5yr old grandgirl once I clock out.
Our nieces did the same thing vs a class ring that is good for about a year.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at August 13, 2026 12:29 AM (hzuYO)
Posted by: Diogenes at August 13, 2026 12:30 AM (2WIwB)
Posted by: ancient nerd humor
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I ran it through Google Translate, and it looked right.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 13, 2026 12:30 AM (XJ22o)
_ American Principles Project
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 13, 2026 12:30 AM (VQ0bX)
They have made an art of it.
They have an impressive scoreboard of stolen elections.
It goes back to Kennedy in 1960.
They get away with it more often than not.
What we are seeing today is just a continuation.
Posted by: LTG at August 13, 2026 12:31 AM (BeyMP)
The was the eclipse shot Andrew McCarthy was going for, the one he was hoping to get. This is sort of preliminary, and I'm sure he'll have some really detailed version soon:
https://t.ly/I7iuf
That's the curve of the Moon's shadow against the sunset western sky.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 13, 2026 12:31 AM (w6EFb)
I buried my brother and my mother. My kids won't have to do that. They don't realize yet how much agony I'm sparing them.
Nobody likes to contemplate their own death. I put it off for years.
Posted by: mnw at August 13, 2026 12:31 AM (RCjYY)
Publius' Clemson ring would choke a horse. He only wears it on special occasions.
Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at August 13, 2026 12:21 AM (w6EFb)
I don't remember if high school and/or college rings were a thing where I grew up. I know that I never had either. I cannot abide the thought of wearing one. Rings can be a severe hazard when working with power tools, or even just servicing a car battery.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 13, 2026 12:31 AM (1z8ji)
Posted by: Blonde Morticia
Well, I trained Google Translate
Posted by: Miklos can make sense or nonsense on demand at August 13, 2026 12:32 AM (XOG/m)
These procedures include prescription of puberty blockers and cross-sex hormones, as well as surgical operations that cause permanent bodily damage.
The initiative was originally proposed last year in response to an executive order from President Donald Trump to end gender-mutilating procedures on children.
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Took them long enough
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 13, 2026 12:32 AM (VQ0bX)
Linux won't run the Adobe Creative Suite.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 13, 2026 12:34 AM (XJ22o)
Posted by: Dark Lixtiquatal at August 13, 2026 12:35 AM (DZ9Lv)
Posted by: Igotnothing at August 13, 2026 12:35 AM (wo6er)
U.S. Health and Human Services has announced it will end the use of Medicaid and CHIP funds to pay for “sex-rejecting procedures” for children.
Posted by: Braenyard
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So, trans genocide.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 13, 2026 12:36 AM (XJ22o)
There's an old joke, which I can't remember exactly. Three friends go in a bar. The bartender says to the first one, I see you're a Harvard man. How did you know the guy asks. Something about the way he pronounced certain words.
Second guy is identified as a Yale man, for a similar reason.
Bartender says to third, I see you're a Clempson man. Again, how did you know? Bartender replies, "I saw your ring when you were picking your nose."
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 13, 2026 12:36 AM (w6EFb)
It goes back to Kennedy in 1960.
...
Posted by: LTG
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Lyndon Johnson ~1948.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 13, 2026 12:36 AM (VQ0bX)
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 13, 2026 12:34 AM (XJ22o)
Whatever that is? There is probably a Linux-friendly substitute that will do most of the tasks in the Adobe package. Libre Office pretty much mimics MS Office, and can even save files to formats that Windows can open.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 13, 2026 12:37 AM (1z8ji)
I ran it through Google Translate, and it looked right.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia
Well, I trained Google Translate
Posted by: Miklos
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Well, I trained you.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 13, 2026 12:37 AM (XJ22o)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
Dad had to have his wedding band cut off after a (home) shop incident-- smashed his hand somehow-- OUCH!
At work, the mechanics weren't allowed rings of any kind. Line workers, only wedding rings. No one was allowed other jewelry like watches, bracelets or necklaces. (Some of the younger
Posted by: JQ at August 13, 2026 12:37 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: Miklos approves at August 13, 2026 12:38 AM (XOG/m)
Posted by: mnw at August 13, 2026 12:38 AM (RCjYY)
Publius' Clemson ring would choke a horse. He only wears it on special occasions.
Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at August 13, 2026 12:21 AM (w6EFb)
My ring vanished years ago. I never figured out where it went. That was a good chunk of gold.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at August 13, 2026 12:38 AM (S41Gd)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 13, 2026 12:31 AM (1z8ji)
You really don't want to have a ring catch on something when you fall off a ladder, either.
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at August 13, 2026 12:39 AM (zs/VU)
Posted by: cute lil' Miklos, wagging the best he can at August 13, 2026 12:39 AM (XOG/m)
There is probably a Linux-friendly substitute that will do most of the tasks in the Adobe package. Libre Office pretty much mimics MS Office, and can even save files to formats that Windows can open.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
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There is, and I've heard of creators who have made the switch, but call me lazy about doing a big conversion. Libre Office hasn't always treated me well either.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 13, 2026 12:39 AM (XJ22o)
So, trans genocide.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia
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Soon, there will never be another trans except in geek
tents at the circus.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 13, 2026 12:39 AM (VQ0bX)
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 13, 2026 12:36 AM (XJ22o)
A genocide that rivals the Israeli "genocide" of the Paleosimians in its complete lack of effectiveness.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 13, 2026 12:40 AM (1z8ji)
Here's a time lapse video of the shadow sweeping across the field of view:
https://t.ly/MMdAM
He was in the Balearic Sea for this. He set up dozens of cameras on a ship there, and it took him around 12 hours to get everything set up.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 13, 2026 12:40 AM (w6EFb)
Posted by: Diogenes at August 13, 2026 12:40 AM (2WIwB)
Posted by: Or so Publius says at August 13, 2026 12:41 AM (XOG/m)
You really don't want to have a ring catch on something when you fall off a ladder, either.
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy
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Knew a guy that happened to. It wasn't a ladder -- it was a hook on a tank. Tore his finger clean off, and he was shipped home.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 13, 2026 12:42 AM (XJ22o)
Posted by: Blonde Morticia
My home Office has Cuba Libres
Posted by: Miklos, mixologist of "work" and pleasure at August 13, 2026 12:42 AM (XOG/m)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
Dad had to have his wedding band cut off after a (home) shop incident-- smashed his hand somehow-- OUCH!
At work, the mechanics weren't allowed rings of any kind. Line workers, only wedding rings. No one was allowed other jewelry like watches, bracelets or necklaces. (Some of the younger brats employees defied the rules with their "body jewelry" and got away with eyebrow rings and snotrings and nose-studs. Ick.)
Posted by: JQ at August 13, 2026 12:37 AM (rdVOm)
I wore my wedding ring for one week. I was coming down a ladder and there was a #8 finishing nail sticking out of a 2x4 and it slipped under the ring. Had I decided to hop off the ladder at that instant, as I usually did, it would have ripped my finger off. Never wore any kind of ring after that, no jewelry of any kind, not even a watch. I knew an electrician who had his ring hit a wire and burned through his finger. Yeah, no bling here.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at August 13, 2026 12:44 AM (S41Gd)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 13, 2026 12:44 AM (1z8ji)
Posted by: Igotnothing at August 13, 2026 12:35 AM (wo6er)
Reminds me of one of my own experiences with a black kid in my youth.
I'm totally not racist yall.
I'm a totally self denying white boy who refuses to notice any differences in spite of the overwhelming evidence that the others seem to have declared open season on my like.
Posted by: LTG at August 13, 2026 12:46 AM (BeyMP)
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at August 13, 2026 12:46 AM (zs/VU)
Dad had to have his wedding band cut off after a (home) shop incident-- smashed his hand somehow-- OUCH!
Posted by: JQ
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Yup, happened to me. I broke my arm and my hand swelled up to twice its normal size and they had to cut a ring off.
Being the Jason Arday of grueling experiences here tonight, I won the Rachmaninoff Competition two days later and saved a bus full of kids that was about to go over a cliff by grabbing the bumper and dragging it to safety.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 13, 2026 12:47 AM (XJ22o)
My knuckles are large from working with my hands all my life. My hands are really... not pretty IMO and so I'd rather not call attention to them with fancy rings anyway. (Not that the rings would stay "upright" on my fingers.)
Posted by: JQ at August 13, 2026 12:48 AM (rdVOm)
A tall black kid in my 5th grade called me Klondike Kat after I helped him with some school work.
Posted by: Igotnothing
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That sounds pretty cool. I never got a cool nickname like that.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 13, 2026 12:48 AM (XJ22o)
My smartass chatbot just told me, "I actually think you'd enjoy Linux Mint quite a bit—as long as you treat it as an addition to your toolkit rather than a replacement for the machine you rely on to create content."
Fucking presumptuous...
It also gave me a recipe for a Cuba Libre. Maybe I ought to add that to my toolkit, like Miklos.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 13, 2026 12:52 AM (XJ22o)
Bartender asks ??....."Well, when me and my best buddies got out of the Army, we promised to meet at least once a year and have a few. And for a long time we did."
Bartender says.... so, your buddies have all passed on?
"Hell no, two remarried horrible women and one gave up drinking"
Posted by: Genial Bartender Miklos at August 13, 2026 12:53 AM (XOG/m)
This is actually kind of funny:
@FrankLuntz
I am calling for a total and complete shutdown of primary polling in the Midwestern United States until we can figure out what the hell is going on.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 13, 2026 12:53 AM (XJ22o)
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at August 13, 2026 12:53 AM (zs/VU)
Posted by: Blonde Morticia
Nobel Peace Prize AWARDED
Posted by: The Swedish Academy of Miklos at August 13, 2026 12:55 AM (XOG/m)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
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Step over here for a moment.
_engine lathe
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 13, 2026 12:55 AM (VQ0bX)
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy
Former Shop Class teacher?
Posted by: Inquiring Mind of Miklos at August 13, 2026 12:56 AM (XOG/m)
publius and Miley, hugs for you both, you are doing the right thing for Mama, may she be at peace.
JQ, that's all that I wear for jewelry too, just my wedding band, well meaning friends have suggested that I remove it, but I am happy right where it is.
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at August 13, 2026 12:57 AM (ibDUx)
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy
Does Anna Puma live in Illinois?
This could be fun
Posted by: Miklos so hopes at August 13, 2026 12:57 AM (XOG/m)
Posted by: Genial Bartender Miklos
I heard one like that. But an Irish guy, who eventually ordered one fewer Guinness.
"Aw, Paddy, I'm sorry for your loss."
"What loss? Sean gave up drinkin' fer Lent."
Posted by: mikeski at August 13, 2026 12:58 AM (VHUov)
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz
We don't even ask for a deposit on bar tabs
Posted by: Trusting bartender Miklos at August 13, 2026 12:59 AM (XOG/m)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
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A lot of epoxy formulations require heat to set up. Check with the supplier you bought the stuff from. At one place I worked, we bought a fiberglass "doghouse" to mount some comm equipment out in the boonies. At one point we made some mods to the gear which required cutting some parts of the casing, and then building a little box around it. We dutifully made a disposable mold to build this on, then matted and "goo'd" the thing together. Next day, no setup. Finally called the supplier. "Oh, you have to have the stuff at over 120°F to kick off the catalyst." We rigged up a box over it out of rigid foam panels and stuck a heater in it. It set up fine.
Posted by: buddhaha at August 13, 2026 01:01 AM (drwAN)
Posted by: Miklos suspects that some jokes predate written language at August 13, 2026 01:01 AM (XOG/m)
Does Anna Puma live in Illinois?
This could be fun
Posted by: Miklos
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Plexiglass Membership for everyone! And no ads!!!
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 13, 2026 01:03 AM (XJ22o)
@FrankLuntz
I am calling for a total and complete shutdown of primary polling in the Midwestern United States until we can figure out what the hell is going on.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 13, 2026 12:53 AM (XJ22o)
Well, Mr. Putz, you keep forgetting that people will vote but won't talk to you and don't like you.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at August 13, 2026 01:06 AM (qx7Zg)
Posted by: mea culpa at August 13, 2026 01:06 AM (k0pmD)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 13, 2026 01:08 AM (VQ0bX)
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf
I miss my roomie Kevin
he was a rock solid......um...conservative
Posted by: Lank Putz at August 13, 2026 01:10 AM (XOG/m)
This is just basic fact.
Not really controversial.
Punching above their weight.
That 2 to 3 percent of young Black males aged between 11 to the lower twenties account for an overwhelming number of the violent crimes in our country.
Minus them out and our American crime rates are really vanishingly low.
Posted by: LTG at August 13, 2026 01:10 AM (BeyMP)
I got no problem with going back to that model.
Posted by: Tom Servo at August 13, 2026 01:11 AM (b2kfj)
Posted by: Pooter at August 12, 2026 10:12 PM (JM9I6)
Portland has a Couch St., which I believe is named after a town father. It's pronounced Cooch, I guess because his name was. Visitors are nonplussed.
Posted by: SciVo at August 13, 2026 01:12 AM (Sy6m/)
I was an Electronics Tech in the Navy, worked on live gear every day.
I wore my wedding ring on a chain around my neck, so it would not do the arcy sparky thing.
After she screwed around on me and we got divorced, I suddenly realized it had been a collar...
Posted by: Romeo13 at August 13, 2026 01:12 AM (mP0Kj)
Posted by: buddhaha at August 13, 2026 01:01 AM (drwAN)
This is polyester resin, like what boats are made of. It gets slow acting in cold weather, but temps in the 50's or higher should be no problem, and it has been in the 60's here last few days. Heat accelerates it, but the reaction itself is exothermic, and a thick application can get quite warm of its own doing.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 13, 2026 01:12 AM (1z8ji)
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at August 13, 2026 01:13 AM (ibDUx)
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz
Good for you! I plan to keep wearing mine as well.
Posted by: JQ at August 13, 2026 01:14 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: SciVo
Interesting
Posted by: Davenport, Iowa at August 13, 2026 01:15 AM (XOG/m)
@FrankLuntz
I am calling for a total and complete shutdown of primary polling in the Midwestern United States until we can figure out what the hell is going on.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia
Call for it all you want, jackass. Did you make this call in the presence of the geniuses you enlist to play grimacing and dim witted monkeys with their tongues lolling out as they futilely attempt to master their controllers to reflect their opinions as you spoke?
No? Then you have no basis for taking such a stand, sir, and you may go back to playing house with Kevin McCarthy, ex-SOTH, and you two can race your little kiddie cars around his faux Oval Office there.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at August 13, 2026 01:16 AM (s9VOe)
My XH was a CTM. No ring allowed. Not that he *ever* wore one... or acted like he was actually married...
Posted by: JQ at August 13, 2026 01:16 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: Davenport, Iowa at August 13, 2026 01:15 AM (XOG/m)
Do the Brahmins in Davenport still practice settee?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 13, 2026 01:17 AM (1z8ji)
Dealing with some high current electric stuff for years, I was never comfortable wearing it. I explained this to my wife about 2 months after we were married, and she had no problem with me not wearing it. Now that I'm retired, I got it out... and it doesn't fit. Which is not surprising because I weigh about 60# more than the day we were married.
In the army, I and my cow-orkers would get regularly hassled for not wearing my dog tags. Finally, had some General write us notes, like in high school, giving us permission to carry them in our pockets. Carried that piece of paper in my wallet. Bending over a piece of equipment featuring 350V B battery and having your dog tags swing into it was not anything any of us wanted to experience.
Posted by: buddhaha at August 13, 2026 01:17 AM (drwAN)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
All such are quite flammable indeed Sir
Posted by: Lower Caste Miklos at August 13, 2026 01:19 AM (XOG/m)
Now now, Luntz was clearly being playful and self-deprecating. Even the predicticators know they're failenating.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 13, 2026 01:20 AM (XJ22o)
https://youtu.be/1tXqxPbq7XE
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at August 13, 2026 01:21 AM (qx7Zg)
Thunderdome Wendy's
A tasty meal, a Frosty, and live entertainment!
What is McDonalds' countering marketing move -- reviving the McRib and having the HamBurgler and Mayor McCheese making out in the kiddos' play room?
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at August 13, 2026 01:22 AM (s9VOe)
Do the Brahmins in Davenport still practice settee?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
All such are quite flammable indeed Sir
Posted by: Lower Caste Miklos
It's cushions that they're pushin'!
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at August 13, 2026 01:24 AM (s9VOe)
A tasty meal, a Frosty, and live entertainment!
What is McDonalds' countering marketing move -- reviving the McRib and having the HamBurgler and Mayor McCheese making out in the kiddos' play room?
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot
This ONT Scanner list is the 3rd and 4th mention of "that Wendy's."
At least, I'm probably forgetting some.
It's got a reputation, apparently.
Posted by: mikeski at August 13, 2026 01:25 AM (VHUov)
Posted by: SciVo
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The story I heard was that his wife was trying to.put on airs, and insisted that it be pronounced "in the French manner" : Cooosh.
Of course, the lumberjack and dock workers butchered it into Cooch. An amusing story, even if it isn't true. Who knows?
The locals have fun with tourons over this, as well as watching them trying to find "Carny" street on a map, spelled Kearney.
Posted by: buddhaha at August 13, 2026 01:26 AM (drwAN)
She reflexively defended a strong black lesbian woman of color against one of her own players.
For that alone she should immediately be fired as the Head Coach of the Indiana Fever.
Posted by: LTG at August 13, 2026 01:31 AM (BeyMP)
Oh my, just read one of the big power operators in the UK had to warn customers to not use any large appliances during the eclipse.
You see, solar output gets reduced over those solar panel farms even during partial eclipses....
What a way to run a grid....
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 13, 2026 01:32 AM (w6EFb)
Stephanie White unwittingly
She should legally change her name to add that third word to her monicker.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at August 13, 2026 01:35 AM (s9VOe)
You see, solar output gets reduced over those solar panel farms even during partial eclipses....
What a way to run a grid....
Posted by: publius
Dafuq do they do at night?
Posted by: mikeski at August 13, 2026 01:35 AM (VHUov)
Posted by: mikeski at August 13, 2026 01:35 AM (VHUov)
They take the shades off the lunar panels, of course.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 13, 2026 01:37 AM (1z8ji)
Pishtash
Posted by: Stephen Cole-bear, late of Late Night at August 13, 2026 01:38 AM (XOG/m)
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at August 13, 2026 01:40 AM (ibDUx)
Posted by: buddhaha
Now do Tchoupitoulas
Posted by: Former Nawlinzer Mikleuse at August 13, 2026 01:40 AM (XOG/m)
Europe is just fucked energy wise. Sold their souls to the climate cultists.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 13, 2026 01:43 AM (w6EFb)
Linux won't run the Adobe Creative Suite.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 13, 2026 12:34 AM (XJ22o)
Whatever that is?
It is pricey as all get out, is what it is. Subscription, of course, so the revenue stream never dries up.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at August 13, 2026 01:44 AM (s9VOe)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 13, 2026 01:44 AM (1z8ji)
It's a demand thing. The eclipse was going to happen there when people were getting off work, which is a peak demand period. And they're dependent on the solar farms for some fraction of generation, and the heat wave and high market prices cut into what reserves they had.
It's just a stupid thing that anybody with any knowledge would know would be a problem with solar and other "renewable" sources. Tthey are unreliable -- there are these things called clouds that cause that the solar irradiance curve to be quite erratic, and wind is erratic. Erratic and unpredictable is not what you need for power generation.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 13, 2026 01:47 AM (w6EFb)
Emma Watson
Kristen Stewart
Jennifer Lawrence
Can't find another year like it.
Posted by: LTG at August 13, 2026 01:48 AM (BeyMP)
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley
I worked on many EU-funded energy research projects about "renewables" and other energy topics. There were time when I would wake up in a half-dream of nothing but algae (algae is the Future!).
Not a single one made economic sense, other than one that theoretically could produce electricity from all spectra (not just visible light) at a theoretical efficiency approaching 100%. Very different kind of solar collectors, little nano-sized antennas.
But alas, when I found that Idaho National Laboratory had been trying that and run into technical issues, the University of Vienna physicists said "but ours will work!"
Alas again
Posted by: Miklos was paid for fruitless endeavours at August 13, 2026 01:51 AM (XOG/m)
Posted by: Debby
LOL! It does look rather like that...
Posted by: JQ at August 13, 2026 01:51 AM (rdVOm)
That periodic table has more elements than I recall from school. Different names, too.
But my OCD is happy that the bottom row is full, now. Please stop discovering new elements.
Posted by: mikeski
It was interesting being in grad school at Berkeley back in the time when they had a near lock on creating new elements. A lot of students made their bones by figuring out how to run tests to determine the new critters' chemical properties, one atom at a time.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at August 13, 2026 01:53 AM (s9VOe)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
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I've never heard of any special formulation for polyester resins.
The one I was talking about didn't require long term heat. We had a temp probe into the box and just heated it up to 130° for about an hour then left it run on its own, and , yeah, it got nicely exothermic.
Posted by: buddhaha at August 13, 2026 01:53 AM (drwAN)
Idiotic.
Posted by: Reforger at August 13, 2026 01:56 AM (Zqvxn)
Solution-
Heating wires to melt the snow, powered from....????
Posted by: Miklos verstehe nicht at August 13, 2026 01:56 AM (XOG/m)
They are working on Element 120 now.
There is a predicted island of stability way up there with certain magic numbers of neutrons. The problem is they can get the desired number of protons, but getting something with the predicted stable number of neutrons is much harder to do.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 13, 2026 01:59 AM (w6EFb)
Posted by: Reforger at August 13, 2026 01:59 AM (Zqvxn)
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz
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Metropolis movie poster popped into my brain.
Posted by: scampydog at August 13, 2026 02:00 AM (CG21m)
Posted by: JQ at August 13, 2026 02:01 AM (rdVOm)
Element 118 there is named Oganesson. It should be a noble gas. But it is not. Well, it's not predicted to be -- they don't enough of a sample of it to actually see what it would be like.
The nucleus has so much positive charge the inner shell electrons are "orbiting" near light speed, and there are strong relativistic effects which just mess the expected classical behavior up. It will be solid, and likely a semiconductor at room temp, they think.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 13, 2026 02:02 AM (w6EFb)
Now there are more squares, and Penthouse is no more
I feel sorry for the kids (well, the few binary-identifying ones)
Posted by: Misspent Youth of Miklos at August 13, 2026 02:03 AM (XOG/m)
Posted by: Reforger at August 13, 2026 02:04 AM (Zqvxn)
Posted by: JQ
Miklos is taking a break under the table
Kick him nice if you need something
Posted by: Yer Pal the Regular at barstool 6 at August 13, 2026 02:05 AM (XOG/m)
Is his wife named Thijs de Doe?
Yes, today's Pyrex, even if made in the US, is utter trash.
Something something sold the brand name something.
I hear that French-made Pyrex is still the real deal.
Seen on X:
A man attracted to other men is gay.
A woman attracted to other women is lesbian.
A person attracted to attention is queer.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at August 13, 2026 02:05 AM (IG3/x)
Posted by: LTG at August 13, 2026 02:05 AM (BeyMP)
50hz ac power. We were too cheap to buy a new alarm clock, so set ours ahead 10min/hr of sleep time each night, to wake on time in the mornings. LOL.
Posted by: JQ at August 13, 2026 02:08 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: Dark Lixtiquatal at August 13, 2026 02:09 AM (DZ9Lv)
When I first viewed the ONT picture of the NASA shock waves I thought I was looking at the inside of a scratch and dent refrigerator where the gasket got all crunched up.
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz
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Metropolis movie poster popped into my brain.
Posted by: scampydog
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Bent mini-blinds.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 13, 2026 02:09 AM (XJ22o)
Posted by: Reforger at August 13, 2026 02:09 AM (Zqvxn)
Posted by: JQ at August 13, 2026 02:09 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: buddhaha at August 13, 2026 01:26 AM (drwAN)
Is there a Tar-zhey there?
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at August 13, 2026 02:10 AM (IG3/x)
Posted by: LTG at August 13, 2026 02:05 AM (BeyMP)
She looks pretty mannish nowadays, IMO.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at August 13, 2026 02:12 AM (IG3/x)
Norah Jones - Come Away With Me
https://youtu.be/lbjZPFBD6JU
Posted by: SciVo at August 13, 2026 02:13 AM (Sy6m/)
What a waste of land! And destroyed habitat for local fauna. Ugh.
Posted by: JQ at August 13, 2026 02:14 AM (rdVOm)
Ahh, I 'memba now-- 50 minutes per hour. That's the ticket!
Posted by: JQ at August 13, 2026 02:15 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at August 13, 2026 02:17 AM (IG3/x)
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia
Drugs *were* involved. Somehow.
Posted by: JQ at August 13, 2026 02:18 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: JQ at August 13, 2026 02:14 AM (rdVOm)
I did a lot of mechanican work at the one in Nowhere Nevada. It was a huge waste of money and everybody involved walked away pretty well off. That was a huge concrete pour.
Posted by: Reforger at August 13, 2026 02:18 AM (Zqvxn)
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia
And now they're all scratched up by the automatic sorter, and worth 1/10th of what they were.....
Posted by: mikeski at August 13, 2026 02:19 AM (VHUov)
Posted by: Reforger at August 13, 2026 02:19 AM (Zqvxn)
Elon Musk: How much is it?
(you probably remember that he asked the same question about Twitter, back when)
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at August 13, 2026 02:19 AM (IG3/x)
Just reading, it's indeed a bitch to get the required number of neutrons. They're working on some exotic ways to do it, but still aren't there.
There are experimental hints that island of stability is there as predicted. It should be centered around Z = 114.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 13, 2026 02:21 AM (w6EFb)
Posted by: JQ at August 13, 2026 02:22 AM (rdVOm)
Go to local bank or credit union & get full value. LOL.
Posted by: JQ at August 13, 2026 02:24 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia
CoinStar machines can be a great source of part-time retirement income!
Posted by: Financially Savvy Miklos at August 13, 2026 02:25 AM (XOG/m)
Posted by: JQ at August 13, 2026 02:22 AM (rdVOm)
It definitely is. The entire left agenda is aimed at destroying Western Civilization, and has been for over fifty years.
The days when even lefties like Woody Guthrie wrote songs praising (e.g.) the Grand Coulee Dam are long gone.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at August 13, 2026 02:25 AM (IG3/x)
Posted by: Financially Savvy Miklos, on second thought at August 13, 2026 02:25 AM (XOG/m)
Posted by: JQ at August 13, 2026 02:26 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia
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In his defense it was BOGO on a handle of tequila and he was feeling lucky with the Lotto tickets.
Posted by: scampydog at August 13, 2026 02:26 AM (CG21m)
Posted by: JQ at August 13, 2026 02:24 AM (rdVOm)
Yeah, it doesn't take all that long to count and roll them.
If you have enough coins that this becomes onerous, you can buy your own coin sorter, at all kinds of different levels of price and technological sophistication.
I get the sense that even vending machine operators don't have to deal with as many coins nowadays, since so many of them take cards.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at August 13, 2026 02:27 AM (IG3/x)
Posted by: JQ
They even give you the paper coin rolls for FREE
Posted by: Miklos is personally responsible for the Penny Shortage at August 13, 2026 02:27 AM (XOG/m)
Posted by: LTG at August 13, 2026 02:05 AM (BeyMP)
She looks pretty mannish nowadays, IMO.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at August 13, 2026 02:12 AM (IG3/x)
Place in time pertains for actresses. They look best in their teens if we're being really honest about it.
Most women reach their beauty peak around 15.
Posted by: LTG at August 13, 2026 02:27 AM (BeyMP)
It was set for Bulgarian coins, for some reason
Posted by: Miklos and the Horde CRIES OUT at August 13, 2026 02:29 AM (XOG/m)
A long, long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away, I worked in a large coin op laundromat.
I had a plastic tube that held exactly $10 in quarters, and was just enough larger that you could slip the tube down it.
Counting the day's take took less than ten minutes.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at August 13, 2026 02:30 AM (IG3/x)
Dump your coffee can full of coins & let it whirl. Pretty soon, it spits out a ticket that you take to the teller window to get cash or make deposit. (also kicks out the damaged coins and pocket lint)
Posted by: JQ at August 13, 2026 02:30 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: LTG at August 13, 2026 02:27 AM (BeyMP)
I don't know about that, but I do know that most English women start to develop a pronounced resemblance to Monty Python in drag once they hit their mid-to-late 30s.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at August 13, 2026 02:31 AM (IG3/x)
Well, this got me off on a nuclear tangent. There are other islands of stability predicted at higher Z's, 126, and way up at 164. This would be *massive* nuclei indeed.
And beyond that, there is some theoretical reasoning that a "continent of stability" might exist well beyond that. At that level, you would have nuclei as we think of it, but a quark soup. This would be quark matter for the nucleus. And yes, it could still form atoms of a sort with electrons around it.
This would be truly "exotic matter", beyond any of our kin. Who the hell knows what it would be like.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 13, 2026 02:32 AM (w6EFb)
Posted by: LTG
Thanks, buddy! I feel so freaking beautiful now! More than 4x "peak" LOL.
But I don't care.. never was a beauty queen anyway. (and the "pretty" girls had to fight off so many jerks)
Posted by: JQ at August 13, 2026 02:34 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at August 13, 2026 02:35 AM (IG3/x)
Counting the day's take took less than ten minutes.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia
I have seen what happens when casinos wash their daily take of quarters.
That shit be nasty
Posted by: Dainty Miklos at August 13, 2026 02:35 AM (XOG/m)
Posted by: Dainty Miklos at August 13, 2026 02:35 AM (XOG/m)
Oh, yeah.
Bills aren't any better.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at August 13, 2026 02:36 AM (IG3/x)
AND! Found a twenty in my clean jeans' pocket. It got laundered, heh.
Posted by: JQ at August 13, 2026 02:38 AM (rdVOm)
LOL!
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia
If Elon were to buy the UK, that would include the Bank of England.
This could be entirely self-financing, with some inflation for holders of Pounds Sterling
Posted by: Miklos seen what Soros done at August 13, 2026 02:38 AM (XOG/m)
AND! Found a twenty in my clean jeans' pocket. It got laundered, heh.
Posted by: JQ
Your money's no good here, Miss.
The ususal?
Posted by: Genial Bartender Miklos (no tips, not allowed on Work Release) at August 13, 2026 02:40 AM (XOG/m)
I'm thinking if any experimental physicists get any ideas about how to create some of that quark soup matter, they might want to hold off on it.
Might better not try that anywhere on Erf.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 13, 2026 02:41 AM (w6EFb)
Posted by: JQ at August 13, 2026 02:34 AM (rdVOm)
Pretty girls were raped at very young ages. That's the truth of what's going on.
No wonder why dykes gained traction.
Posted by: LTG at August 13, 2026 02:41 AM (BeyMP)
The ususal?
Posted by: Genial Bartender Miklos (no tips, not allowed on Work Release)
Why, thank you! Yes, please!
And I'll put a few $ on your commissary account...
Posted by: JQ at August 13, 2026 02:43 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: JQ
In my case, they were quite good at it.
Almost professional, even
Posted by: Unrequited Miklos at August 13, 2026 02:43 AM (XOG/m)
youtube.com/@dramecs
youtube.com/@Plumesmusic
They're worth adding to your Subscriptions, to increase the odds of a little pick-me-up sitting to the right of whatever video you're watching.
Posted by: SciVo at August 13, 2026 02:45 AM (Sy6m/)
Posted by: Miklos also wants to know what about these pitchers of Long Islands at August 13, 2026 02:47 AM (XOG/m)
Pretty girls were raped at very young ages. That's the truth of what's going on.
No wonder why dykes gained traction.
Posted by: LTG
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And my oft-repeated theory: why girls decided to "become" men.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 13, 2026 02:48 AM (XJ22o)
Posted by: Skip at August 13, 2026 02:48 AM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: Miklos also wants to know what about these pitchers of Long Islands
Wooooooh! That's a lip-smackin' toddy, Miklos!
Thank you!
Posted by: JQ at August 13, 2026 02:51 AM (rdVOm)
Good thing I'm not a kid today-- asshoes would probly try to turn me into a " " " boy " " "
Posted by: JQ at August 13, 2026 02:56 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: JQ
*resumes well-deserved rest under the far corner table under a couple of table cloths*
Posted by: Miklos done Double Duty at August 13, 2026 02:57 AM (XOG/m)
No wonder why dykes gained traction.
Posted by: LTG at August 13, 2026 02:41 AM (BeyMP)
Robert Stacy McCain wrote of lesbian supermodels and "The Curse Of Beauty" in 2014:
https://tinyurl.com/2czchr7e
Posted by: SciVo at August 13, 2026 02:59 AM (Sy6m/)
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at August 13, 2026 02:59 AM (IG3/x)
Posted by: JQ at August 13, 2026 03:00 AM (rdVOm)
I'm not supposed to notice that these racial dynamics only seem to go one way.
Posted by: LTG at August 13, 2026 03:02 AM (BeyMP)
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at August 13, 2026 02:59 AM (IG3/x)
463 Night, Rodrigo!
Posted by: JQ
The Borgias get up to no good during nighttime hours
Posted by: Miklos the late nite Historian at August 13, 2026 03:02 AM (XOG/m)
Dump your coffee can full of coins & let it whirl. Pretty soon, it spits out a ticket that you take to the teller window to get cash or make deposit. (also kicks out the damaged coins and pocket lint)
Posted by: JQ
They really dislike coin-like things that aren't quite the right size or weight, too.
I had a couple Cayman Islands coins in a batch I ran thru the one at my credit union. It made a huge marbles-in-the-clothes-dryer racket, and eventually dumped those coins back out. Which was nice, since I meant to keep them as souvenirs. Not sure how they got stuffed into the spare-change jar.
It never had an issue with Canadian coins, which show up fairly often in MN, and generally get treated as equal to American ones. It probably wouldn't know what to do with a Loonie, though.
Posted by: mikeski at August 13, 2026 03:04 AM (VHUov)
Posted by: LTG
I will say this *one time only*--
When I worked in a military club, overseas... my waitressing shift was often scheduled in the area where funk/dance music was DJ'd. Very dark crowd, IYKWIM. I was often propositioned, but thankfully had a very good Master At Arms to protect me & other staff.
I overheard convos that would (or maybe not?) curl your hair. Very derogatory toward YT wimmen. VERY! And we're talking about early 1980s.. can just imagine how much worse it is, since obastard.
Posted by: JQ at August 13, 2026 03:09 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: mikeski
After Hungary joined the EU, Hungarians were pleased to discover that their forint coins worth about 20 cents were accepted as 1 Euro in machines in Euroland, and the about 50 cent heavier coins were accepted as 1 British pound in machines there.
Posted by: Miklos tested this and it worked at August 13, 2026 03:09 AM (XOG/m)
WaPo
https://t.co/s67QJws9QM
Posted by: m at August 13, 2026 03:12 AM (odBC9)
If anyone cared to look into the actual numbers they would be actually shocked.
Truth be told, blacks are insanely more prone to violence than any other people.
We will continue to ignore this because not want to be racist.
Posted by: LTG at August 13, 2026 03:12 AM (BeyMP)
Again, the '80s. This shyte has been brewing for a very long time, and it's *everybody* against YT.
Posted by: JQ at August 13, 2026 03:16 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: Islamic Communists against Homosexuals (sometimes) at August 13, 2026 03:18 AM (XOG/m)
Posted by: JQ at August 13, 2026 03:23 AM (rdVOm)
In an interview, he was asked about his extravagant use of clothes and makeup etc.
As I recall, he said "When young, I was always called the one with the big nose. So I decided, be the one with the big nose and a bit of style. Fuck them"
Posted by: Miklos notes that Johnny Rotten is rather normie too for years now at August 13, 2026 03:23 AM (XOG/m)
Posted by: Skip at August 13, 2026 03:24 AM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: JQ at August 13, 2026 03:26 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: Skip
School starts in a week, young Mister Skipper
Posted by: Auntie Miklos expects good marks at August 13, 2026 03:27 AM (XOG/m)
Boy George on Life After Prison | Archive Interview | Friday Night with Jonathan Ross
youtube
https://tinyurl.com/yc6ewabt
17:19
Posted by: m at August 13, 2026 03:28 AM (odBC9)
Posted by: JQ at August 13, 2026 03:26 AM (rdVOm)
Oh, my gosh, JQ!
Posted by: m at August 13, 2026 03:28 AM (odBC9)
Posted by: JQ
I grew up in South Carolina and Hungary.
Never heard of such a thing.
Posted by: Miklos was a free range non-milk carton kid at August 13, 2026 03:29 AM (XOG/m)
Posted by: m at August 13, 2026 03:30 AM (odBC9)
Posted by: m at August 13, 2026 03:31 AM (odBC9)
Posted by: JQ at August 13, 2026 03:33 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at August 13, 2026 03:36 AM (ibDUx)
Posted by: JQ at August 13, 2026 03:37 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: Skip at August 13, 2026 03:37 AM (Ia/+0)
https://t.co/s67QJws9QM
Posted by: m at August 13, 2026 03:12 AM (odBC9)
By John Ondrasik
John Ondrasik, a singer-songwriter, performs as Five for Fighting.
ICYMI, here is the Five For Fighting song (piano-driven pop rock) that I linked recently, that will punch you in the feelz if you're at all sentimental:
Five for Fighting - 100 Years
https://youtu.be/tR-qQcNT_fY
Posted by: SciVo at August 13, 2026 03:38 AM (Sy6m/)
Posted by: m at August 13, 2026 03:43 AM (odBC9)
Five for Fighting - 100 Years
https://youtu.be/tR-qQcNT_fY
Posted by: SciVo at August 13, 2026 03:38 AM (Sy6m/)
2004
That reminds me a lot of How to Save a Life (2005).
Posted by: m at August 13, 2026 03:52 AM (odBC9)
Posted by: Skip at August 13, 2026 03:58 AM (Ia/+0)
For the bubble to pop, they have to see that their bets won't pay out the way they hope. For it to pop gently, they still have to pay out a bit. And we need for them to be at least somewhat wrong, since their bets are so massive I suspect that for them to fully pay off, we'd all be paying them for every bit of compute we need. Personal computers exploded in popularity for a reason, and a world without them would be a human dystopia.
There is a narrow channel of possibility where both the things we need can happen. A technology that enhances productivity can improve the value of the employee to the employer, if it is not able to replace him entirely, due to enabling the creation of more saleable value per man-hour. If the bubble pops from realization that there is no GenAI coming, no "synthetic cognition" or 'singularity', just another productivity tool, then maybe it could pop gently and in a pro-employment way. So, I know what to pray for.
Posted by: SciVo at August 13, 2026 04:02 AM (Sy6m/)
Posted by: SciVo at August 13, 2026 04:04 AM (Sy6m/)
Posted by: m at August 13, 2026 04:06 AM (odBC9)
Go to local bank or credit union & get full value. LOL.
Posted by: JQ
True, but you can't buy a 30-pack of Busch Light and some smokes in a bank or credit union.
Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at August 13, 2026 04:06 AM (sAmhv)
I'm up early, long story, but it involves a colorful dream I'll save for the new thread. Who's up?
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 13, 2026 04:07 AM (wzUl9)
Posted by: Skip
He has found out about coffee
Next he will find where I keep the brandy
Posted by: Auntie Miklos, remembering that "Uncle" Spiro left some ouzo at August 13, 2026 04:08 AM (XOG/m)
Posted by: Prof. Dr. Jason Ardayklos at August 13, 2026 04:10 AM (XOG/m)
WaPo
https://t.co/s67QJws9QM
Posted by: m at August 13, 2026
***
Karma karma karma karma, karma chameleon
(Not a slap at Boy George, it's just the only one of his songs I can think of)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 13, 2026 04:10 AM (wzUl9)
Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at August 13, 2026 04:11 AM (sAmhv)
Posted by: m at August 13, 2026 04:11 AM (odBC9)
True, but you can't buy a 30-pack of Busch Light and some smokes in a bank or credit union.
Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at August 13, 2026
***
Gettin' so's you need a bank loan to buy those things
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 13, 2026 04:11 AM (wzUl9)
Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at August 13, 2026 04:12 AM (sAmhv)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 13, 2026 04:07 AM (wzUl9)
I think the numbers were boosted by some play-by-play on the Hong is Wrong governor race.
Posted by: m at August 13, 2026 04:12 AM (odBC9)
Posted by: m
My favorite was
HONG SCHLONGED
Posted by: Miklos wishes he had come up with that at August 13, 2026 04:15 AM (XOG/m)
Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at August 13, 2026
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I had to look it up, and somebody mentioned one of them above, but there was "Do You Really Want to Hurt Me," "Church of the Poison Mind," and "Miss Me Blind."
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 13, 2026 04:15 AM (wzUl9)
(Not a slap at Boy George, it's just the only one of his songs I can think of)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 13, 2026 04:10 AM (wzUl9)
In the 2009 Jonathan Ross interview (linked at comment 478 up above) Boy George says that, as he was being escorted into prison, inmates greeted him by calling out "karma chameleon!".
Posted by: m at August 13, 2026 04:17 AM (odBC9)
The trouble with being up this early is that I'm getting hungry, yet I don't want to go work out quite yet. Though I'm certainly not going to wait until it gets light at six am. First World Problems. . . .
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 13, 2026 04:18 AM (wzUl9)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere
There was better music at the time
*cranks up eclectic 80s faves at volume, because all the neighbors are out of town or hard of hearing*
Posted by: Miklos parties on at August 13, 2026 04:20 AM (XOG/m)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 13, 2026 04:20 AM (wzUl9)
Posted by: Miklos has enough real life material at August 13, 2026 04:21 AM (XOG/m)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere
There was better music at the time
*cranks up eclectic 80s faves at volume, because all the neighbors are out of town or hard of hearing*
Posted by: Miklos parties on at August 13, 2026
***
Bonnie Tyler's "Holding Out for a Hero" from the soundtrack of Footloose was the last truly *exciting* single in pop music history.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 13, 2026 04:22 AM (wzUl9)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming
maybe
In New Orleans, the early daylight hours are probably the safest
Posted by: Miklos just guesses at August 13, 2026 04:24 AM (XOG/m)
Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at August 13, 2026 04:24 AM (sAmhv)
You have interesting dreams.
Do they ever seem like the basis for a story?
Posted by: Miklos has enough real life material at August 13, 2026
***
Yes. I dreamed that I ran into the ex-Mrs. Wolfus No. 2, and it scared me, so that I wrote a story in which a man and a woman, two old lovers, meet. During the course of their conversation, we realize that they used to abduct, torture, and murder young runaway girls back in the "good old days." A very disturbing story for sure.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 13, 2026 04:26 AM (wzUl9)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 13, 2026 04:28 AM (wzUl9)
Posted by: m at August 13, 2026 04:28 AM (odBC9)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere
That would make a pretty good, disturbing movie. Especially if you realize that they got away with it and grew old.
Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at August 13, 2026 04:29 AM (sAmhv)
https://tinyurl.com/56ancexx
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 13, 2026 04:30 AM (W90Ou)
My Buick hit 100,000 miles yesterday evening. On the way to the book club meeting, I saw it had 99,999, so I drove into a bank parking lot and made a few circles until it clicked over. Miss Linda took a pic of the odometer. Not bad for a ten-year-old car, 65K of it under my ownership.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 13, 2026 04:31 AM (wzUl9)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere
*
That would make a pretty good, disturbing movie. Especially if you realize that they got away with it and grew old.
Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at August 13, 2026
***
That's exactly what happened.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 13, 2026 04:32 AM (wzUl9)
Posted by: m at August 13, 2026 04:32 AM (odBC9)
Posted by: Skip at August 13, 2026 04:33 AM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 13, 2026 04:33 AM (wzUl9)
https://tinyurl.com/vpxcte5m
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 13, 2026 04:34 AM (W90Ou)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming
There is probably a market for that.
On the topic of Buicks-
Mine (inherited) has never had ballots in the trunk, to my knowledge.
But it is a 2010 LaCrosse with 53k on the clock.
Posted by: Miklos don't get around much at August 13, 2026 04:34 AM (XOG/m)
Posted by: Miklos v. Multiplicity at August 13, 2026 04:36 AM (XOG/m)
.
The latter had undeniable talent, but apparently some kind of psychological pain that he took out on himself. I'm surprised to read that he made it to 53, surviving drugs, pneumonia, and a coma, before falling to heart disease on Christmas Day in 2016.
Say what else you will about Boy George, it's an accomplishment in this life to be comfortable with yourself, and he plainly has that.
Posted by: SciVo at August 13, 2026 04:37 AM (Sy6m/)
why would you choose to be employed at a Thunderdome Wendy's. seems dangerous to be there
Posted by: paulnjax at August 13, 2026 07:28 AM (PPnyU)
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