Saturday Night Club ONT - August 22, 2026 [Disco & Dino]

Welcome to Club ONT - a whelming collaboration of The Disco and The Dino.

Open thread - bar is open, too. Come in in, grab a drink or 2. Or 3. Keep it light and friendly. The moose is checking ID tonight, so please check in before entering.

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Saturday Night Jokes and Other Funnies

A little three year old boy is sitting on the toilet. His mother thinks he has been in there too long, so she goes in to see what's up.

The little boy is sitting on the toilet reading a book. But about every 10 seconds or so he puts the book down, grips onto to the toilet seat with his left hand and hits himself on top of the head with his right hand.

His mother says, "Billy, are you all right? You've been in here for a while."

Billy says, "I'm fine, mommy... I just haven't gone 'doody' yet."

Mother says, "Ok, you can stay here a few more minutes. But, Billy, why are you hitting yourself on the head?"

Billy says, "works for ketchup."

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A woman visited Dr. Smith for advice on enlarging her small chest. The doctor told her, "Every day after your shower, throw your hands in the air and yell: 'Scooby doobie doobies, I want bigger boobies!'"

She did it faithfully for months, and it worked perfectly!

One morning, she hurried onto a crowded bus and realized she had forgotten her ritual. Panicked, she stood in the aisle, threw her hands up, and shouted, "Scooby doobie doobies, I want bigger boobies!"

A man sitting nearby leaned over and asked, "Are you a patient of Dr. Smith's?"

"Yes!" she gasped. "How did you know?"

The man smiled and said: "Hickory dickory dock"

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Drink of the Night

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

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Club ONT Department of Proper Punctuation

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Club ONT Department of Disco Balls

You think you've seen disco balls before. You most assuredly have not seen THESE kind of disco balls

Singer Kacey Musgraves performs while swinging on a pair of 'disco balls' pic.twitter.com/iwCumMMLkQ
— TaraBull (@TaraBull) August 22, 2026

[Disco says: Stop thinking what you're thinking!]

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Club ONT Department of Home Entertainment

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Club ONT Department of Aviation

F-16 onboard out of Edwards Air Force Base through the Sidewinder:

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Club ONT Department of Moron Backstories

Don't be fooled by the name "Bobby" - This has to be the tale of a younger Miklos

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Club ONT Department of Women's Sports

White man prepares for the WNBA. Very inspiring to women. pic.twitter.com/4semudsE6f
— JP Sears (@AwakenWithJP) August 22, 2026

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Club ONT Jukebox

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Top 10ish Comments of the Week

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Club ONT is brought to you by: restroom ideas

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Club ONT restrooms follow a strict "XX" or "XY" policy. Tokens are still required.

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Comments

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1 Yeet!

Posted by: nurse ratched at August 22, 2026 09:18 PM (yEz+x)

2 Nice - ONT time!

Posted by: 496 at August 22, 2026 09:20 PM (sOtuf)

3 Howdy nurse!
*slides bourbon down the bar*

Posted by: Doof at August 22, 2026 09:20 PM (QMAsf)

4 sha Zam!

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 22, 2026 09:21 PM (hPgrk)

5 Doof, make that drink for me and put it in a tiki mug.

I appreciate the Soft Cell. Their best really is "Sex Dwarf" though.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at August 22, 2026 09:21 PM (kpS4V)

6 Thank you Double D's!

Off to wade into content....

Greetings to all....

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK's phone) at August 22, 2026 09:23 PM (xw7BC)

7 Well, if it's music you want, how about Madonna from 2009, performing a mashup of Hung Up and A New Level by Pantera, with Madonna on lead guitar, and no, it's not AI.

https://tinyurl.com/rjr7x8vw

Posted by: Thomas Bender at August 22, 2026 09:23 PM (XV/Pl)

8 * hands Doof an Old Line Whiskey* Bottled for the National Security Assoc.

Posted by: Ben Had at August 22, 2026 09:24 PM (gIjzl)

9 That time I tried to put a Washington in Doof's g-string....
Posted by: Miklos winces at the recollection at August 20, 2026 10:28 PM (4RYRd)
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I put a roll of quarters in his budgy smuggler!

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at August 22, 2026 09:24 PM (kpS4V)

10 So, I'm streaming KC @ Tampa Bay
it's a local Tampa Bay station

all the commercials are for personal injury law firms

Posted by: Don Black at August 22, 2026 09:24 PM (ZxPkt)

11 Moose wouldn't take my ID.

Something about not being in the proper State.....

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK's phone) at August 22, 2026 09:25 PM (xw7BC)

12 OK Doof, How about a concert report?
I couldn't make it, but it sounds like Geddy's voice is really holding up well

Posted by: InspiredHistoryMike at August 22, 2026 09:25 PM (KaHlS)

13 Thanks Doof!

How’s it hanging?

Posted by: nurse ratched at August 22, 2026 09:26 PM (yEz+x)

14 That dino is feeding the kids broccoli. Must be fattening them up.

Posted by: Don't believe I know that one at August 22, 2026 09:27 PM (MWfyi)

15 Did Daylight Saving Time end? Why was I not informed about this?

Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at August 22, 2026 09:28 PM (2xF0u)

16 Moose wouldn't take my ID.

Something about not being in the proper State.....
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan

There's a two-drink minimum. That's before you enter.

Posted by: mikeski at August 22, 2026 09:29 PM (VHUov)

17 Evening, all!

Posted by: RandomDave (if you can spare a bit, please click) at August 22, 2026 09:29 PM (aJQbY)

18 Re: the potty training joke - my eldest daughter was potty training. It was winter and sometimes in winter we have an indoor hatch of ladybugs. Not hundreds, but we'd get a dozen or two. Anyway I smashed one and put it in the toilet and went on with my day. My daughter happened to be the next one to use the toilet - we heard her scream ecstatically "I made a ladybug!"

Posted by: 496 at August 22, 2026 09:29 PM (sOtuf)

19 We're currently living Kacey Musgraves song 'My House'

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK's phone) at August 22, 2026 09:30 PM (xw7BC)

20 Must be fattening them up.
Posted by: Don't believe I know that one at August 22, 2026 09:27 PM (MWfyi)
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Not with broccoli he's not.

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at August 22, 2026 09:30 PM (YlYJ8)

21 Doof,
I was at the grocery today and saw something that made me think of you. Vlasic makes dill pickle flavored corn puffs called Pickle Balls. No idea how they taste.

Posted by: JTB at August 22, 2026 09:31 PM (yTvNw)

22 Someone's clock off?

Posted by: OrangeEnt at August 22, 2026 09:34 PM (1Ff7Z)

23 Doof,
I was at the grocery today and saw something that made me think of you. Vlasic makes dill pickle flavored corn puffs called Pickle Balls. No idea how they taste.
Posted by: JTB at August 22, 2026 09:31 PM (yTvNw)
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Yeah, I've seen those at my local grocery store as well. Thought about getting some, just see how they taste.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 22, 2026 09:35 PM (FZ29D)

24 I was at the grocery today and saw something that made me think of you. Vlasic makes dill pickle flavored corn puffs called Pickle Balls. No idea how they taste.
Posted by: JTB

Like vinegar-soaked styrofoam packing peanuts, probably.

When I had braces as a kid, I tried "hull-less popcorn," which is butter-flavored Cheezy Poofs. They tasted like styrofoam dusted with whatever that crap in a microwave-popcorn bag is.

Posted by: mikeski at August 22, 2026 09:35 PM (VHUov)

25 I'm gratified you didn't pluralize "Daylight Saving". Sometimes I feel like a voice crying in the Wilderness.

Winning!

Posted by: Common Tater at August 22, 2026 09:35 PM (SJYw0)

26 Unpopular opinion... Manson's Tainted Love is my favorite.

Posted by: She Hobbit at August 22, 2026 09:36 PM (ftFVW)

27 Did Daylight Saving Time end? Why was I not informed about this?
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy

Someone's clock off?
Posted by: OrangeEnt

The movie and/or music threads took the night off, so they opened the Club early.

Posted by: mikeski at August 22, 2026 09:36 PM (VHUov)

28 Those disco balls?

Pfft. We've seen those years ago.

Posted by: Castro Street at August 22, 2026 09:37 PM (1Ff7Z)

29 That dino is feeding the kids broccoli. Must be fattening them up.
Posted by: Don't believe I know that one at August 22, 2026 09:27 PM (MWfyi)
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Naw.

They're feeding *him* broccoli.

That's how the dinosaurs *really* died.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 22, 2026 09:38 PM (FZ29D)

30 Another in the Tainted Love collection-

https://tinyurl.com/2rkkx4c7

Yes, it's weird...

Posted by: Ex Rex Reeder at August 22, 2026 09:38 PM (QaH55)

31 I thought they were going to just settle on daylights saving time.

Posted by: fd at August 22, 2026 09:39 PM (MWfyi)

32 I have a painting that gives a wide view of the top photo. See nic.

Posted by: polynikes at August 22, 2026 09:39 PM (KC5Lt)

33 Got back last weekend from spending time in Iceland for the solar eclipse. Which was rained out. Lessons learned: Never fly Iceland Air. Do not go to Keflavik International Airport. Icelandic cuisine is not something to seek out. Wish we'd looked into Borgos, Spain, instead, where we could have seen the spectacle we invested so much $$ into. OTOH, 90-degree heat with no a/c would suck more than the humidity, rain, bland food and crowds. On the gripping hand, we might not have caught the flu on the way home and been sick as dogs all this past week, so there's that...

Posted by: tankascribe at August 22, 2026 09:39 PM (NtoJk)

34 That dino is feeding the kids broccoli. Must be fattening them up.
Posted by: Don't believe I know that one

It's how dinos show mercy. You feel better about being eaten alive if all you can have is broccoli.

Posted by: mikeski at August 22, 2026 09:40 PM (VHUov)

35 I'm still waiting for prices to come down, now that chips & snacks are no longer SNAP-eligible.

...waiting ...waiting ...

Damned if I'll pay $5-7 for one puny bag of junk food.

Posted by: JQ at August 22, 2026 09:40 PM (rdVOm)

36 Nobody wanted to admit they were snooping. I definitely would have take a mini Kraken (or two) and signed someone else's name.

Posted by: She Hobbit at August 22, 2026 09:41 PM (ftFVW)

37 25 I'm gratified you didn't pluralize "Daylight Saving". Sometimes I feel like a voice crying in the Wilderness.

Winning!
Posted by: Common Tater at August 22, 2026 09:35 PM (SJYw0)

Something I learned recently... Arizona (the State) does not do Daylight Saving Time. But but but - the Navajo Nation does! So if you're staying overnight in the campground in Tuba City make sure you adjust your clock so you don't miss the 11 AM check out time.

Note: our phones and GPS devices did NOT adjust. They stayed on Standard Time.

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK's phone) at August 22, 2026 09:41 PM (xw7BC)

38 Imelda May

Tainted Love

https://youtu.be/BMOgSdc8OAI

what does it mean if there's an upright bass in the band?

Posted by: Don Black at August 22, 2026 09:42 PM (ZxPkt)

39 >>>so there's that...

Posted by: tankascribe
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Go Iceland!
Go, Iceland!

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 22, 2026 09:42 PM (hPgrk)

40 So, I'm streaming KC @ Tampa Bay
it's a local Tampa Bay station

all the commercials are for personal injury law firms
Posted by: Don Black at August 22, 2026 09:24 PM (ZxPkt)

We're everywhere.

Posted by: Morgan and Morgan, esq and Jewelry at August 22, 2026 09:42 PM (1Ff7Z)

41 So, I'm streaming KC @ Tampa Bay
it's a local Tampa Bay station

all the commercials are for personal injury law firms
Posted by: Don Black

Is that better or worse than the national broadcasts, where they're all for sports betting sites?

Posted by: mikeski at August 22, 2026 09:43 PM (VHUov)

42 I have a painting that gives a wide view of the top photo.

Great view, polynikes! I have a friend who loves that part of Mexico and is forever painting beach cabana scenes, both with and without dramatic sunsets.

Posted by: tankascribe at August 22, 2026 09:43 PM (NtoJk)

43 Thanks Doof!

How’s it hanging?
Posted by: nurse ratched at August 22, 2026 09:26 PM (yEz+x)

See video upthread!

Posted by: Kacey Musgraves at August 22, 2026 09:44 PM (1Ff7Z)

44 My dog was half asleep on the floor when a puppy barked on TV. She jumped up barking and ran through the house looking for it.

Posted by: Case at August 22, 2026 09:44 PM (VrYHL)

45 >> Did Daylight Saving Time end? Why was I not informed about this?

Didn't you hear. As a compromise, they passed a law where the NIST guys out in Boulder just randomly change back and forth. It's a surprise. And keeps you on your toes.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 22, 2026 09:45 PM (w6EFb)

46
Without clicking on "more", guess who is conducting the Vienna Philharmonic in Mozart's Symphony No. 38.

https://youtu.be/IKNwEejUZkE

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 22, 2026 09:45 PM (O0L8i)

47
Go to time.gov and see all the time-zone details in their glory. You'll see the Arizona Injun thing there.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 22, 2026 09:46 PM (w6EFb)

48 Hey, being in Iceland was fine. Getting to, and leaving, Iceland sucked major big league. I did have a good time "romping with geology" as my best friend put it. Another lesson learned: Don't go to the National Museum of Iceland. Not unless you enjoy the caterwauling of singer Bjork. That's all they had in the place. Luckily, admission was free because otherwise I would've complained to the management.

Posted by: tankascribe at August 22, 2026 09:47 PM (NtoJk)

49 Very early and STILL not first? Wow.

Posted by: GWB at August 22, 2026 09:48 PM (kU0PQ)

50 Mozart's Symphony No. 38.

Sir John Barbirolli

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 22, 2026 09:48 PM (hPgrk)

51 I find myself torn between trying to finish my current book tonight or try to finish it up tomorrow morning before the Sunday Morning Book Thread....

(70 pages to go)

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 22, 2026 09:49 PM (FZ29D)

52 Without clicking on "more", guess who is conducting the Vienna Philharmonic in Mozart's Symphony No. 38.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 22, 2026 09:45 PM (O0L8i)

Lileks?

Posted by: OrangeEnt at August 22, 2026 09:49 PM (1Ff7Z)

53
Here is the current Time Lord of the United States, the guy responsible for telling you what time it is:

https://t.ly/zJYUv

If you asked him, "What time is it?", he probably say, like Yogi Berra, "You mean right now?"

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 22, 2026 09:49 PM (w6EFb)

54
Sir John Barbirolli
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others

__________

No. No liquor bottles.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 22, 2026 09:50 PM (O0L8i)

55 Cooking supper. Three eggs smashed into an omelet of sorts - anyone else heard of 'boiled omelets'? - and some toast. Then it will be time for Bible reading and bed, probably. An, ugh, 'virtual recruiter' call scheduled for Monday - it's not the pay I want but it would be something. Hoping something else from this week comes through, honestly...

Posted by: RandomDave (if you can spare a bit, please click) at August 22, 2026 09:50 PM (aJQbY)

56 Mozart's Symphony No. 38.
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Just, don't eat the pork chops.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 22, 2026 09:50 PM (hPgrk)

57 Without clicking on "more", guess who is conducting the Vienna Philharmonic in Mozart's Symphony No. 38.
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Sir Mix-a-Lot.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at August 22, 2026 09:50 PM (kpS4V)

58 You most assuredly have not seen THESE kind of disco balls

Whoever told you that was a good look is NOT your friend.

Posted by: GWB at August 22, 2026 09:50 PM (kU0PQ)

59 I find myself torn between trying to finish my current book tonight or try to finish it up tomorrow morning before the Sunday Morning Book Thread....

(70 pages to go)
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 22, 2026 09:49 PM (FZ29D)

Don't forget the front matter!!

Posted by: OrangeEnt at August 22, 2026 09:51 PM (1Ff7Z)

60 Leave it until the morning, Perf.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at August 22, 2026 09:51 PM (kpS4V)

61 Note: our phones and GPS devices did NOT adjust. They stayed on Standard Time.
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Reminds me, old school American electric Alarm clocks ran off the 60hz line frequency for 120 volts AC. When military members would arrive on US bases in Europe, they had 120 volts AC, but the line frequency was 50hz. This causes the clock to run a lot slower, and the poor bastard would end up being an hour late or whatever by the next morning. Oops. They warned us about that during the inbriefing. Wind up Westclox backup for the squared away hooah hooah types anyway.

Posted by: Common Tater at August 22, 2026 09:52 PM (SJYw0)

62 HOLY SHIT

LETS GO MARINERS!

Posted by: nurse ratched at August 22, 2026 09:53 PM (yEz+x)

63 47
Go to time.gov and see all the time-zone details in their glory. You'll see the Arizona Injun thing there.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 22, 2026 09:46 PM (w6EFb)

We had left Kingman late morning and had a late lunch in Flagstaff in Little America. I was going to go north from Flagstaff to the South Rim but missed my turn and backtracked 30 miles to Williams. We finally got to the south rim around 5. After messing around there for a while we exited the east entrance to the park around ?. We finally got to Tuba City at what I thought was 8:30 PM only to find it was 9:30!

No big deal. We survived even though we had to hook up camper in the dark.

Just after an already long day to lose another hour was disappointing....

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK's phone) at August 22, 2026 09:53 PM (xw7BC)

64 Same style of aferbeat conducting.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 22, 2026 09:54 PM (hPgrk)

65 >>American electric Alarm clocks ran off the 60hz line frequency for 120 volts AC. When military members would arrive on US bases in Europe, they had 120 volts AC, but the line frequency was 50hz. This causes the clock to run a lot slower

Same in Japan.

Posted by: JQ at August 22, 2026 09:54 PM (rdVOm)

66 Sad Trombone for Karmelo:

https://tinyurl.com/2jmjvs24

Posted by: OrangeEnt at August 22, 2026 09:55 PM (1Ff7Z)

67 Hey! I am NOT a wastrel!

Posted by: GWB at August 22, 2026 09:55 PM (kU0PQ)

68
And note there are two little enclaves of Standard Time within the broader Injun zone.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 22, 2026 09:55 PM (w6EFb)

69 Dave - see if you can get on with the Post Office. Judging from some of the debacles I've seen it must not be insurmountable. They have a high turnover and are always hiring. Wages start around $20 an hour, night differential, Sunday time and a half, etc. Ordinarily 12 hour days 6 days a week for a while but nobody says you have to make a career out of it either.

Posted by: Common Tater at August 22, 2026 09:56 PM (SJYw0)

70 68
And note there are two little enclaves of Standard Time within the broader Injun zone.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 22, 2026 09:55 PM (w6EFb)

I will check that out.

You come up with the most fascinating stuff.

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK's phone) at August 22, 2026 09:57 PM (xw7BC)

71 Evenin’, All. Let the boob talk begin!

Posted by: Bulg at August 22, 2026 09:58 PM (77rzZ)

72 You got a skinny little runt named Flanagan here?

Posted by: mixed movie references at August 22, 2026 09:59 PM (r7+Q7)

73
Over the long term, they keep the grid in sync with UTC. There will be variations due to load. So over the short term, it will drift, but over the long term, months, a frequency counting clock should track UTC well.

Leap seconds are a big example there. You don't just step the grid cycle count on a dime.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 22, 2026 09:59 PM (w6EFb)

74 Hello, Horde! 😊♥️

Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, Texas, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at August 22, 2026 09:59 PM (SRRAx)

75 Read a post over at SmallDeadAnimals (that has a photo) of an immigrant issue I didn't know existed. I see signs of this when I fly, but never figured out what was going on, until tonight.

Apparently, flyers of the India persuasion have decided that they are going to grab all the airport wheel chairs so they receive preferential boarding and treatment on international flights. This isn't just a sporadic event. It happens all the time and at every airport world wide. It's so bad that flights with a significant number of Indians on them are always behind schedule. And, it messes up flight schedules downstream every single day of the week.

It's insane.

Check out this photo:
https://tinyurl.com/mrxm5a52

Am I the only one that never picked up on this previously?

Posted by: Orson at August 22, 2026 10:02 PM (dIske)

76 Dave - see if you can get on with the Post Office. Judging from some of the debacles I've seen it must not be insurmountable.
Posted by: Common Tater at August 22, 2026 09:56 PM (SJYw0)

It was for me. Tried hard for a few years to get a gov't job. Scored high on tests, but I had no preference points and never heard back on any of the positions.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at August 22, 2026 10:02 PM (1Ff7Z)

77 Evenin'

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at August 22, 2026 10:02 PM (f87vz)

78 The Pirates were on Fox tonight. Played the Dodgers. Had a 3-0 lead, but, well, the Pirates, so....they lost 4-3.

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at August 22, 2026 10:03 PM (f87vz)

79 68
And note there are two little enclaves of Standard Time within the broader Injun zone.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 22, 2026 09:55 PM (w6EFb)

I see that. Would be nice if they gave us a little more resolution on the boundaries. Obviously Tuba City is not in the Std Time enclave. LOL!

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK's phone) at August 22, 2026 10:04 PM (xw7BC)

80 Am I the only one that never picked up on this previously?"

Well, after many connections in urrup... yeah.

Posted by: man at August 22, 2026 10:05 PM (XuXeR)

81
Am I the only one that never picked up on this previously?
Posted by: Orson at August 22, 2026 10:02 PM (dIske)

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I took my every-other-year flight a couple of months ago and as I was deplaning there was a line of wheelchairs all the way up the jetway. People are asshoe.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 22, 2026 10:05 PM (O0L8i)

82 Grok, I want to see a mash-up of the Pittsburgh Scanner and the Top 10ish Comments of the Week as seen on Ace of Spades Overnight Threads.

Posted by: mindful webworker - as predicted by the ancient scrolls at August 22, 2026 10:06 PM (8ddVQ)

83 79 68
And note there are two little enclaves of Standard Time within the broader Injun zone.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 22, 2026 09:55 PM (w6EFb)

I see that. Would be nice if they gave us a little more resolution on the boundaries. Obviously Tuba City is not in the Std Time enclave. LOL!
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK's phone) at August 22, 2026 10:04 PM (xw7BC)

And not a single tuba in sight the whole time we were there!

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK's phone) at August 22, 2026 10:07 PM (xw7BC)

84 >> Would be nice if they gave us a little more resolution on the boundaries. Obviously Tuba City is not in the Std Time enclave. LOL!

The enclave thing is just crazy, IMO, "non simply connected" areas. They can't do that with congressional districts, but there you go with time zone boundaries.

I'd be interested in how well some "geographically area" device tracks those little boundaries. Would you see it jump back and forth as you stepped back and forth across the boundary?

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 22, 2026 10:07 PM (w6EFb)

85 the Tainted Love saga is missing Coil's haunting cover, with Marc Almond as the angel of death

Posted by: 88C+u at August 22, 2026 10:07 PM (88C+u)

86 Check out this photo:
https://tinyurl.com/mrxm5a52

Am I the only one that never picked up on this previously?

Posted by: Orson
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Friend told me an Indian acquaintance told him that Indians value the highly, that is why they use is sparingly.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 22, 2026 10:08 PM (hPgrk)

87
Jetway Jesus people are also the handicapped placard people, the supermarket scooter people, the I-need-extra-time people.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 22, 2026 10:08 PM (O0L8i)

88 Left fielder Randy Arrozarena takes the first pitch of the game for a homer.

Mariners down 4-2 bottom of the 9th. Two outs. Double. Single to score a run. Randy up to bat. Homers. Wins the game.

Amazing for that young man! He gets the player of the game tonight!

Posted by: nurse ratched at August 22, 2026 10:08 PM (yEz+x)

89 41: I don't normally watch HS football or the LLWS but I'm at work and ESPN was on the TV. I did not see any betting commercials, which surprised me. ESPN ruthlessly exploiting children for profit but NOT showing betting firms commercials. Seems to be a wasted opportunity.

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at August 22, 2026 10:10 PM (f87vz)

90 Dang - all week long I've been hitting F5 like a monkey on Crack, waiting for the ONT to get here at 10:00 pm EST, only to have to wait.

And now tonight, when I get in on time again, you guys pull a fast one and start things really early!

Oh, well - I'll always take an ONT, whenever it arrives. Thanks, Dino and Disco! 😊♥️

Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, Texas, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at August 22, 2026 10:10 PM (SRRAx)

91 Jetway Jesus people are also the handicapped placard people, the supermarket scooter people, the I-need-extra-time people.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 22, 2026 10:08 PM (O0L8i)

I had to use a supermarket scooter once after pulling a hamstring muscle. It was weird zipping around WalMart. I almost felt like yelling, "Get outta my way, I'm late for Bingo!"

Posted by: OrangeEnt at August 22, 2026 10:10 PM (1Ff7Z)

92 78 The Pirates were on Fox tonight. Played the Dodgers. Had a 3-0 lead, but, well, the Pirates, so....they lost 4-3.
Posted by: Puddleglum

Mariners Cubs in my area.

Great game!

Posted by: nurse ratched at August 22, 2026 10:11 PM (yEz+x)

93 That time I tried to put a Washington in Doof's g-string....
Posted by: Miklos winces at the recollection at August 20, 2026 10:28 PM (4RYRd)
--

I put a roll of quarters in his budgy smuggler!

Posted by: All Hail Eris,

Thanks Doof!

How’s it hanging?

Posted by: nurse ratched at August 22, 2026 09:26 PM (yEz+x)

I imagine if he's walking around with dollar bills and a roll of quarters in his knickers, he's chafing a bit.

Posted by: moki at August 22, 2026 10:11 PM (wLjpr)

94
Working at the show today was much calmer than yesterday, though not without an odd incident that someone may get in trouble for. I may be the proximate cause of that trouble, though not the incident.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 22, 2026 10:12 PM (O0L8i)

95 84 I'd be interested in how well some "geographically area" device tracks those little boundaries. Would you see it jump back and forth as you stepped back and forth across the boundary?
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 22, 2026 10:07 PM (w6EFb)

I notice it's pretty accurate with speed limits.

For the time zone, you'd need to find a road that crosses back and forth over the boundary - maybe between two adjoining states?

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK's phone) at August 22, 2026 10:12 PM (xw7BC)

96 Posted by: moki at August 22, 2026 10:11 PM (wLjpr)

Moki, did you get my email?

Posted by: OrangeEnt at August 22, 2026 10:13 PM (1Ff7Z)

97 Good evening good people.

Posted by: Tonypete at August 22, 2026 10:13 PM (he2p7)

98 You guys are early tonight

Posted by: Lurking Cheshirecat at August 22, 2026 10:14 PM (w3u3d)

99 I notice it's pretty accurate with speed limits.

For the time zone, you'd need to find a road that crosses back and forth over the boundary - maybe between two adjoining states?
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK's phone) at August 22, 2026 10:12 PM (xw7BC)

It doesn't catch construction zone speed limit changes.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at August 22, 2026 10:15 PM (1Ff7Z)

100 That time I tried to put a Washington in Doof's g-string....
Posted by: Miklos winces at the recollection

I put a roll of quarters in his budgy smuggler!
Posted by: All Hail Eris

Thanks Doof!
How’s it hanging?
Posted by: nurse ratched

I imagine if he's walking around with dollar bills and a roll of quarters in his knickers, he's chafing a bit.
Posted by: moki

Never mind the likely-panicking budgie.....

Posted by: mikeski at August 22, 2026 10:16 PM (VHUov)

101
Friend told me an Indian acquaintance told him that Indians value the highly, that is why they use is sparingly.

Posted by: Braenyard -

=============

Too many adverbs.

Posted by: Emperor Joseph II at August 22, 2026 10:16 PM (XJ22o)

102 I even made the top 100

Posted by: Lurking Cheshirecat at August 22, 2026 10:16 PM (w3u3d)

103 Common Tater, I applied for a mail carrier position last Sunday. Took the test. No followup....

Posted by: RandomDave (if you can spare a bit, please click) at August 22, 2026 10:16 PM (aJQbY)

104
Somewhere, you can probably find an exact legal definition of those enclave boundaries.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 22, 2026 10:16 PM (w6EFb)

105 'Tainted Love' as a phrase all by itself has always given me a chuckle.

Posted by: Tonypete at August 22, 2026 10:16 PM (he2p7)

106 Too many adverbs.
Posted by: Emperor Joseph II at August 22, 2026 10:16 PM (XJ22o)

Crap! Which one to remove?

Posted by: Wolfie at August 22, 2026 10:17 PM (1Ff7Z)

107
Moki, did you get my email?

Posted by: OrangeEnt at August 22, 2026 10:13 PM (1Ff7Z)

nope, because my computer died and my literary horde account didn't transfer, I just found out! Dangit. I'll start up a new email and get it to you

Posted by: moki at August 22, 2026 10:17 PM (wLjpr)

108 Club ONT Department of Home Entertainment
-
Yeah, I'm old enough to remember when you spent more time playing a video game than modding it.

Posted by: Methos, inauthentic X-bot account at August 22, 2026 10:17 PM (vSvIl)

109 nope, because my computer died and my literary horde account didn't transfer, I just found out! Dangit. I'll start up a new email and get it to you
Posted by: moki at August 22, 2026 10:17 PM (wLjpr)

No problem.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at August 22, 2026 10:19 PM (1Ff7Z)

110 Tainted Love' as a phrase all by itself has always given me a chuckle.
Posted by: Tonypete at August 22, 2026 10:16 PM (he2p7)

Inbetween Love

Posted by: polynikes at August 22, 2026 10:19 PM (KC5Lt)

111
This purports to be a close up of the exact boundary:

https://t.ly/EKUF0

This is a Hopi vs Navajo thing. And note there is a tiny little Navajo enclave within the larger Hopi enclave!

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 22, 2026 10:20 PM (w6EFb)

112 It was for me. Tried hard for a few years to get a gov't job
-----

How long ago was that, though? Things are different now. Preference points help, no doubt. But hiring practices are a lot different than they were, too.

Posted by: Common Tater at August 22, 2026 10:20 PM (SJYw0)

113 Just to reiterate, I really do appreciate the donations, the prayers, and the fellowship, folks.

Posted by: RandomDave (if you can spare a bit, please click) at August 22, 2026 10:21 PM (aJQbY)

114 Let the boob talk begin!
Posted by: Bulg

For your edutainment needs

https://bit.ly/jeanne-crain
https://bit.ly/janet-leigh

Posted by: mindful webworker - classics at August 22, 2026 10:22 PM (8ddVQ)

115 I discovered from reading recently that "Anasazi" is now One Of Those No Longer Approved Words. It has been replaced by "Ancestral Puebloans", I guess. At least until somebody gets a bug up their ass about that.

Posted by: Common Tater at August 22, 2026 10:22 PM (SJYw0)

116 Bananas just defeated the Coconuts 4-3 at Busch Stadium in St. Looie. Great game, looks like everyone had fun.

Posted by: Princess Potassia! at August 22, 2026 10:23 PM (JM9I6)

117 106 Too many adverbs.
Posted by: Emperor Joseph II
---

Decided to go with what was there or ONT would be up before it was presentable.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 22, 2026 10:23 PM (hPgrk)

118
Those background dancers for Gloria Gaynor look as though they are rabid practitioners of Spazzercize.

One hopes that the choreographer was given his/her walking papers.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at August 22, 2026 10:23 PM (ixS3i)

119
Gloria Jones... big whoop

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at August 22, 2026 10:24 PM (ixS3i)

120 Tater, my experience was that it really helped to know someone to get your resume through to the people who understood what was needed and could evaluate your resume from that angle instead of the HR angle...

Which, of course, is one of the problems you face when you spend 10+ years working around the same people, your external contacts dwindle.

Posted by: RandomDave (if you can spare a bit, please click) at August 22, 2026 10:24 PM (aJQbY)

121 How long ago was that, though? Things are different now. Preference points help, no doubt. But hiring practices are a lot different than they were, too.
Posted by: Common Tater at August 22, 2026 10:20 PM (SJYw0)

The nineties and early oughts.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at August 22, 2026 10:24 PM (1Ff7Z)

122 Hey, All. I mentioned boobs. What’s up with you slackers?

Posted by: Bulg at August 22, 2026 10:25 PM (77rzZ)

123 Too many adverbs.
Posted by: Emperor Joseph II

"Lolly, lolly, lolly get you're adverbs here:"

quickly, carefully, loudly, well, yesterday, soon, now, later, here, there, outside, nearby, always, never, often, sometimes, very, quite, almost, too.

Posted by: Tonypete at August 22, 2026 10:25 PM (he2p7)

124 You guys are early tonight
Posted by: Lurking Cheshirecat

Are you suggesting we are premature?

Posted by: Tonypete at August 22, 2026 10:26 PM (he2p7)

125 Bulg,
mWW sent you something to drool
Over and occupy you for a bit.

Posted by: nurse ratched at August 22, 2026 10:26 PM (tFJUJ)

126 Common Tater, I applied for a mail carrier position last Sunday. Took the test. No followup....
-----
Right, keep bugging them. Keep applying for every position that opens up. They have mail handlers and clerks too. At some point you don't have to keep taking the psych test and all that stuff.

"How many times it is acceptable to call in sick?"
0 times
1 time a month
5 times a month
etc.

"I often think about cutting my co-workers into tiny pieces and keeping them as macabre mementos in my deep-freeze"

Very Often
Sometimes
Not Very Often

Posted by: Common Tater at August 22, 2026 10:26 PM (SJYw0)

127 Thanks for the swanky Club ONT, Disco and Dino!

Love the Dr. Smith joke!

Punctuation saves lives and gets the T Rex some halfway decent arms! Yay, Oxford comma!

Posted by: Legally Sufficient at August 22, 2026 10:26 PM (D/6p1)

128
Decided to go with what was there or ONT would be up before it was presentable.

Posted by: Braenyard

=================

d5et4ed5t4wtd45t first, explain later.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 22, 2026 10:27 PM (XJ22o)

129 115 I discovered from reading recently that "Anasazi" is now One Of Those No Longer Approved Words. It has been replaced by "Ancestral Puebloans", I guess. At least until somebody gets a bug up their ass about that.
Posted by: Common Tater

How about Pueblo Cannibals. Is that ok?

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at August 22, 2026 10:27 PM (f87vz)

130 Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at August 22, 2026 10:23 PM (ixS3i)

Gloria Jones.

She was pre-Gaynor.

Posted by: polynikes at August 22, 2026 10:27 PM (KC5Lt)

131 I’ll be over here at the wobbly table looking for COMM and DDS and Rat if he shows up. When does JQ’s shift start?

Posted by: nurse ratched at August 22, 2026 10:28 PM (tFJUJ)

132

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the highly what

Posted by: Don Black at August 22, 2026 10:28 PM (ZxPkt)

133
Got home from the show, let the dogs out to take care of business, went to the Vigil Mass up the road (which I don't like doing), came home again, had a bowl of ice cream, lay down to take a nap and started a long, unpleasant coughing fit.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 22, 2026 10:28 PM (O0L8i)

134 Good evening morons and Слава Двоим!

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

135 Thanks Doof!

How’s it hanging?

Posted by: nurse ratched at August 22, 2026 09:26 PM (yEz+x)

Hangage is normal this evening. How are things with you?

Posted by: Doof at August 22, 2026 10:29 PM (QMAsf)

136 118
Those background dancers for Gloria Gaynor look as though they are rabid practitioners of Spazzercize.

One hopes that the choreographer was given his/her walking papers.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot:

Nope. The choreographer was a dealer!

Posted by: Cocaine is a hell of a drug at August 22, 2026 10:29 PM (f87vz)

137 Grok did not quite grok the assignment.

1. Downtown. Stanwix Street.
Caller says that some naked lady is outside being naked.
(Classic Club ONT energy. Tokens still required.)

Posted by: mindful webworker - grokken shpeil at August 22, 2026 10:29 PM (8ddVQ)

138
I discovered from reading recently that "Anasazi" is now One Of Those No Longer Approved Words

__________

Like Esquimaux? Or Heathen Savages?

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 22, 2026 10:30 PM (O0L8i)

139 Wow. #1 on the COTW.

Grabs statuette

" I would like to that the Three Ds (totally not a bra size) for this unexpected recognition of my typing.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 22, 2026 10:30 PM (u82oZ)

140 Orange ent, found it and responded!

Posted by: moki at August 22, 2026 10:30 PM (wLjpr)

141 For about a month, there was a Waffle House menu item named after me.

Only at store #1623 though

Posted by: Miklos romance, Waffle House rendezvous at August 22, 2026 10:31 PM (4RYRd)

142 I discovered from reading recently that "Anasazi" is now One Of Those No Longer Approved Words

Wonder if anyone is going to tell those people in those expensive houses on the north end of Pine, AZ that. They've got a road sign like they're a town and everything.

Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at August 22, 2026 10:31 PM (+9wcF)

143 How about Pueblo Cannibals. Is that ok?
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at August 22, 2026 10:27 PM (f87vz)

All involved agree that the "Anasazi" - the ancestal enemies - were not indigenous to Chaco Canyon. They'd migrated up from Mesoamerica and taught them human sacrifice and cannibalism. Then the people of the area booted them out and migrated to the pueblos they now live in.
We huwites and Latinos don't like those bastards either... nor did a lot of Mesoamericans, which is why they allied with us against the Aztecs.
I'm fine with restricting "Anasazi" to the demon worshippers and not applying it to the Hopi / Navaho / etc.

Posted by: 88C+u at August 22, 2026 10:32 PM (88C+u)

144 Tainted Love reminds me of dancing in Studio 54.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 22, 2026 10:32 PM (RIvkX)

145 Hey, All. I mentioned boobs. What’s up with you slackers?
Posted by: Bulg at August 22, 2026 10:25 PM (77rzZ)

Crain's weren't really visible. My Dad said Janet didn't know how to adjust a microphone.

One thing I gotta say is '40s hairstyles did women no favors.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at August 22, 2026 10:32 PM (1Ff7Z)

146 RandomDave, is there a usps processing plant nearby? Better pay, possibly permanent career. Worked for me.

Posted by: Steck at August 22, 2026 10:33 PM (LlRQB)

147 Evening, Disco and Dino, and the Club ONT Horde!

Got all* the black paint stripped, finally, of my project dune buggy body tube. And the hood/dash panel, which I had neglected until today. Still have to D/A sand most of it to get rid of a thick layer of high-build primer.

*for some values of "all", namely all the paint that could be reached by a variety of power-operated sanding tools. There are a few dribs and drabs that will have to be hand sanded, or scraped.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 22, 2026 10:33 PM (1z8ji)

148 Sorry I'm late, I was trying to point out the North Star to some of the aborigines out in the Northern Territories.

Posted by: tankdemon at August 22, 2026 10:33 PM (PMi3m)

149 That dino is feeding the kids broccoli. Must be fattening them up.
Posted by: Don't believe I know that one at August 22, 2026 09:27 PM (MWfyi)

Well, *that* isn't going to work.

Posted by: GWB at August 22, 2026 10:33 PM (kU0PQ)

150 Those background dancers for Gloria Gaynor look as though they are rabid practitioners of Spazzercize.

One hopes that the choreographer was given his/her walking papers.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot:

the Pips

This is known

Posted by: Miklos Knows at August 22, 2026 10:33 PM (4RYRd)

151 Without clicking on "more", guess who is conducting the Vienna Philharmonic in Mozart's Symphony No. 38
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Leopold!

Posted by: 496 at August 22, 2026 10:34 PM (sOtuf)

152 the Pips
Posted by: Miklos Knows

"Woo! Woo!!"

I always wanted to be a Pip.

Posted by: Tonypete at August 22, 2026 10:34 PM (he2p7)

153 Hey, All. I mentioned boobs. What’s up with you slackers?
Posted by: Bulg

A mere mention is pretty slack

Posted by: Miklos thinks this topic should be fully developed at August 22, 2026 10:35 PM (4RYRd)

154 I remember a couple of the questions the PO evaluation were a little sneaky. If answered the wrong way, forget it. Bzzzt.

I tried to get on with a big manufacturing firm. You've heard of them. They have this laborious hiring process. A couple hours worth of testing at the computer for aptitude and all that stuff, and three (3) separate hour long interviews. One guy was very impressed with my resume, and I took that as a good sign.

What was obvious though, they patterned the entire thing as if they were hiring office people at a high corporate level. Some of it is applicable, but this was for line assembly stuff. Not inter-office politics where Jan is really pissed off at Debby. I actually went through it a couple few times, on the assumption they really want to see how much abuse somebody is willing to put up with.

They didn't hire me, but at one point out of the blue sometime later they called me up and encouraged me to apply again, and take the test, and the interviews... Again again. 9 hours worth.

I told them "You have all the information you need about me by now. I don't know what to tell you. I'm ready to go to work, otherwise forget it.

Posted by: Common Tater at August 22, 2026 10:35 PM (SJYw0)

155 Leopold!
Posted by: 496

https://t.ly/5CmFV

Posted by: Tonypete at August 22, 2026 10:35 PM (he2p7)

156 Howdy, horde!

Just got in from putting throw rugs *back* over the deck rail... of course we had a t-storm just after I'd washed & hung 'em out the first time.

Posted by: JQ at August 22, 2026 10:35 PM (rdVOm)

157 Got home from the show, let the dogs out

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 22, 2026 10:28 PM (O0L8i)

So you're the one!

Posted by: Baha Men at August 22, 2026 10:35 PM (1Ff7Z)

158 I always wanted to be a Pip.
Posted by: Tonypete

You failed the audition too?

Posted by: Miklos so white at August 22, 2026 10:36 PM (4RYRd)

159 I have a painting that gives a wide view of the top photo. See nic.
Posted by: polynikes at August 22, 2026 09:39 PM (KC5Lt)

Nice!

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 22, 2026 10:36 PM (1z8ji)

160 125 Nurse, what thread was that in?

Posted by: Bulg at August 22, 2026 10:37 PM (77rzZ)

161 Teresa how did you celebrate your wedding anniversary?

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 22, 2026 10:37 PM (RIvkX)

162 Orange ent, found it and responded!
Posted by: moki at August 22, 2026 10:30 PM (wLjpr)

I like your second point. I'll change it around.

Tomorrow on the book thread, Perf may post something I sent him. I have some more asks of the Horde. I just hope it doesn't bore them....

Posted by: OrangeEnt at August 22, 2026 10:38 PM (1Ff7Z)

163 Howdy, nurse!

*sends pitcher of Margaritas & several glasses to wobbly table*

Posted by: JQ at August 22, 2026 10:38 PM (rdVOm)

164 An, ugh, 'virtual recruiter' call scheduled for Monday - it's not the pay I want but it would be something.
Posted by: RandomDave (if you can spare a bit, please click) at August 22, 2026 09:50 PM (aJQbY)

It might not turn out. But it might also give you a line on something else. Here's to hoping!

Posted by: GWB at August 22, 2026 10:38 PM (kU0PQ)

165 On the gripping hand, we might not have caught the flu on the way home and been sick as dogs all this past week, so there's that...
Posted by: tankascribe at August 22, 2026 09:39 PM (NtoJk)

Did any hot Icelandic babes demand a sample of your genetic material?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 22, 2026 10:39 PM (1z8ji)

166 153 Hey, Miklos!

Posted by: Bulg at August 22, 2026 10:39 PM (77rzZ)

167 Nicolai Shutorov was the Tenor btw.

Posted by: Tonypete at August 22, 2026 10:39 PM (he2p7)

168 Hello club goers!

Posted by: Piper at August 22, 2026 10:40 PM (ZdaMQ)

169 Gloria Jones... big whoop
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot

You got that right, sucka

Posted by: Geraldine Jones, satanically motivated at August 22, 2026 10:40 PM (4RYRd)

170 All involved agree that the "Anasazi" - the ancestral enemies - were not indigenous to Chaco Canyon.
----
They should have built a wall, then? Wait. The indigenous weren't indigenous, either. So maybe the other guys are lying about those other guys. Maybe the Anasazi weren't the enemies, but those other guys. They are the Good Guys! It's all so confusing!

I need to go lay down now, I think.

Posted by: Common Tater at August 22, 2026 10:40 PM (SJYw0)

171 >> point out the North Star

Right now, Polaris is about 0.7 degrees away from the celestial pole, about 1.4 Moon widths. But it is getting closer. Around 2100 AD, it will be at the closest, a little less than one Moon width. After that, precession will slowly drift it away.

It wasn't really until 1500 AD or so that Polaris got really close enough to be called the pole star.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 22, 2026 10:40 PM (w6EFb)

172 A hot Icelandic babe is an oxymoron, right?

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at August 22, 2026 10:41 PM (17rPF)

173 publius, Rascally Mr. Miley

I thought Polaris was always used for navigation. Since the Greeks.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 22, 2026 10:41 PM (u82oZ)

174 JQ!

Good to see you love! Hope some folks show up or this pitcher is all mine! That may get silly.

Posted by: nurse ratched at August 22, 2026 10:41 PM (kKz2D)

175 The [Hopi, Tiwa, Keres] should have built a wall, then?

Yes.

Posted by: 88C+u at August 22, 2026 10:42 PM (88C+u)

176 172 I think that Bjork is kinda cute.

Posted by: Bulg at August 22, 2026 10:42 PM (77rzZ)

177 {{{nurse ratched}}}

Is the commute getting easier as people leave Seattle?

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 22, 2026 10:43 PM (u82oZ)

178 Hey, Miklos!
Posted by: Bulg

Hey Miklos!
You're so fine
You're so fine you blow my mind
Hey Miklos!

Posted by: Miklos has inspired works of music and dance at August 22, 2026 10:43 PM (4RYRd)

179 A hot Icelandic babe is an oxymoron, right?
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at August 22, 2026 10:41 PM (17rPF)

It is a volcanic island, however. So, no.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at August 22, 2026 10:43 PM (1Ff7Z)

180 Is that better or worse than the national broadcasts, where they're all for sports betting sites?
Posted by: mikeski at August 22, 2026 09:43 PM (VHUov)

I'll go with "better", since on line sports books, and online gambling in general, have contributed greatly to the enshittification of society. Gambling was better when it was illegal.

I remember my father furtively buying Irish Sweepstakes tickets. He never won anything, but it was fun to listen to the horse race on the radidio.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 22, 2026 10:43 PM (1z8ji)

181 Quick update on Brit Lass - going through some not nice and not common female symptoms. Physical exam by doc was ok and it only thankfully includes a little pain at the mo, but they have ordered several imaging tests etc early next week. Appreciate any thoughts and she does too. Right now it's not serious but she is of course quite worried and managing with a few happy pills and resting.

Thanks, all. Love you horde and hordettes.

Posted by: ... at August 22, 2026 10:43 PM (vE0+H)

182 177 {{{nurse ratched}}}

Is the commute getting easier as people leave Seattle?
Posted by: NaCly Dog

Hiya salty!
Nope. Cruise ships bringing in thousands daily.

Why do they call it “tourist season” if we can’t shoot em. Mount em on the car and drive away.

Posted by: nurse ratched at August 22, 2026 10:44 PM (yEz+x)

183 ...

Prayers ascending for a good outcome.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 22, 2026 10:44 PM (u82oZ)

184 I think that Bjork is kinda cute.
Posted by: Bulg

In a kind of weird inbred Icelandic way

Posted by: Miklos can see that if he squints at August 22, 2026 10:44 PM (4RYRd)

185 Hey Miklos!
You're so fine
You're so fine you blow my mind
Hey Miklos!
Posted by: Miklos has inspired works of music and dance at August 22, 2026 10:43 PM (4RYRd)

---------

FUN FACT: Toni Basil is 82 years old.

Well, maybe not that fun.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at August 22, 2026 10:45 PM (17rPF)

186
Unpopular opinion... Manson's Tainted Love is my favorite.
Posted by: She Hobbit

Manson's version is my favorite as well. Here is his official NSFW video on ewetoob.
https://youtu.be/o38fhA7q5FA?

Posted by: BifBewalski - at August 22, 2026 10:45 PM (Tldw4)

187 Why do they call it “tourist season” if we can’t shoot em. Mount em on the car and drive away.
Posted by: nurse ratched

*cancels planned excursion*

Posted by: Miklos thinks TSA will let you bring body armor in checked baggage at August 22, 2026 10:46 PM (4RYRd)

188 Not unless you enjoy the caterwauling of singer Bjork. That's all they had in the place. Luckily, admission was free because otherwise I would've complained to the management.
Posted by: tankascribe at August 22, 2026 09:47 PM (NtoJk)

There is a youtube video of Bjork "explaining" how a color television set works. She takes one apart, and describes the function of each part. It is a hoot, and she was very cute.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 22, 2026 10:46 PM (1z8ji)

189 Thanks, all. Love you horde and hordettes.
Posted by: ... at August 22, 2026 10

Definitely sending prayers and positive energy!

Posted by: Piper at August 22, 2026 10:46 PM (ZdaMQ)

190 170 All involved agree that the "Anasazi" - the ancestral enemies - were not indigenous to Chaco Canyon.
----
They should have built a wall, then? Wait. The indigenous weren't indigenous, either. So maybe the other guys are lying about those other guys. Maybe the Anasazi weren't the enemies, but those other guys. They are the Good Guys! It's all so confusing!

I need to go lay down now, I think.
Posted by: Common Tater

On my next show, I'll speak secret truths about this. It will blow your mind. (whispers 'Jews').

Posted by: Tucker Carleson at August 22, 2026 10:46 PM (f87vz)

191 >> I thought Polaris was always used for navigation. Since the Greeks.

During the time of the ancient Egyptians, the pole star was Thuban. By about the year Zero, the pole was a empty patch roughly halfway between Kochab and Polaris.

Kochab was closer to the pole in the time of the Ancient Greek Homos.

Polaris became technically the closest "bright enough" star around 500 AD. But it was still a good bit away.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 22, 2026 10:47 PM (w6EFb)

192 188 Not unless you enjoy the caterwauling of singer Bjork.

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To be fair, she probably doesn't caterwaul ALL the time.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at August 22, 2026 10:47 PM (17rPF)

193 FUN FACT: Toni Basil is 82 years old.

Well, maybe not that fun.
Posted by: Cicero

Things were better and more fun in the 80s

Posted by: Miklos means the decade at August 22, 2026 10:48 PM (4RYRd)

194 >>Hope some folks show up or this pitcher is all mine! That may get silly.

LOL, nurse! You could be our entertainment after that!

youtu.be/Ll34HfggyEg

Posted by: JQ at August 22, 2026 10:48 PM (rdVOm)

195 193 FUN FACT: Toni Basil is 82 years old.

Well, maybe not that fun.
Posted by: Cicero

Things were better and more fun in the 80s
Posted by: Miklos means the decade at August 22, 2026 10:48 PM (4RYRd

Sideways ponytails!

Posted by: Piper at August 22, 2026 10:49 PM (ZdaMQ)

196 OK Doof, How about a concert report?
I couldn't make it, but it sounds like Geddy's voice is really holding up well
Posted by: InspiredHistoryMike at August 22, 2026 09:25 PM (KaHlS)

Twas a great show! If you're a fan and you have the means, I highly recommend going to see them. Will be seeing them again in DC a week or so after the Oct MoMe in Texas.

Posted by: Doof at August 22, 2026 10:50 PM (QMAsf)

197 publius, Rascally Mr. Miley

Well, those angle boards used for elevation were pretty skeevy on calibration.

Thanks for the info.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 22, 2026 10:51 PM (u82oZ)

198 FUN FACT: Toni Basil is 82 years old.
Well, maybe not that fun.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43)

Funner fact:

She was born in 1943. "Mickey" was 1982.

So, for the music video, she wore her own high-school cheerleading uniform, at the age of (about) 39.

Posted by: mikeski at August 22, 2026 10:51 PM (VHUov)

199 Posted by: ... at August 22, 2026 10:43 PM (vE0+H)
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Prayer for a speedy and complete healing.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 22, 2026 10:51 PM (RIvkX)

200
According to the Internet, the Greek Homos basically used the Little Dipper as the North marker. Kochab and another one were called the guardians of the pole.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 22, 2026 10:51 PM (w6EFb)

201 High school football started this past week out here. Don't know how these kids stand this heat to get out and play in it, but they do. They showed on the news a cottonmouth snake had taken up residence in one players helmet. It's a good thing he noticed it. The phone cameras came out showing the snake coiled up in the helmet and of course nobody wanted to get too near it. They had to call animal control out to the field to get rid of it. Coach just said, life in the country.
Bet they all check their helmets now.

Posted by: Case at August 22, 2026 10:52 PM (VrYHL)

202 JQ!

What a GREAT tune! Never heard it before. Thank you!

And yes. That would be me.

Posted by: nurse ratched at August 22, 2026 10:52 PM (yEz+x)

203 It's insane.

Check out this photo:
https://tinyurl.com/mrxm5a52

Am I the only one that never picked up on this previously?
Posted by: Orson at August 22, 2026 10:02 PM (dIske)

I saw that. I'd be tempted to pull the fire alarm, and watch those useless Jeets scramble like bunny rabbits.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 22, 2026 10:52 PM (1z8ji)

204 Sideways ponytails!
Posted by: Piper

What was the thing with those plastic things girls used to pull their hair through at the top?

I thought cute

Posted by: Miklos may have been Dreaming of Jeannie at August 22, 2026 10:54 PM (4RYRd)

205 What was the thing with those plastic things girls used to pull their hair through at the top?

I thought cute
Posted by: Miklos may have been Dreaming

Banana clips?

Posted by: Piper at August 22, 2026 10:55 PM (ZdaMQ)

206 Posted by: Piper at August 22, 2026 10:46 PM (ZdaMQ)

Thank you and Salty and San Fran and anyone I miss, it will not be missed.

Posted by: ... at August 22, 2026 10:55 PM (vE0+H)

207 So, for the music video, she wore her own high-school cheerleading uniform, at the age of (about) 39.
Posted by: mikeski at August 22, 2026 10:51 PM (VHUov)

I liked Michelle Malkin's cheerleading uniform.

(pant)

Posted by: OrangeEnt at August 22, 2026 10:56 PM (1Ff7Z)

208
Here's a precession circle with dates and star names:

https://t.ly/LwWtU

That circle takes about 26,000 years. You can see the empty patch around 1AD.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 22, 2026 10:57 PM (w6EFb)

209 Before a 10 hour or so flight from Seoul to Portland, my travel companion and I called the airline to inform that wheelchair assistance might be needed. We were assured that wheelchairs would be waiting at boarding in Seoul.

We clarified that no assistance was need at boarding, but after ten hours with open bar some might be helpful at arrival.

Posted by: In Business Class, they let you do stuff at August 22, 2026 10:59 PM (4RYRd)

210 Bedtime. Sweet dreams, all.

Posted by: Piper at August 22, 2026 11:00 PM (ZdaMQ)

211
Not of much use hereabouts tonight, and so to bed. Good night, Hordians.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 22, 2026 11:01 PM (O0L8i)

212 Banana clips?
Posted by: Piper

I dunno

Just plastic cone shaped things on the top of head with hair pulled through like a ponytail

Like I Dream of Jeannie, but in the 80s

Posted by: 80s kid Miklos at August 22, 2026 11:02 PM (4RYRd)

213 I saw that. I'd be tempted to pull the fire alarm, and watch those useless Jeets scramble like bunny rabbits.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon

FREE CHEESEBURGERS

Posted by: Miklos bets they would eat them around the corner at August 22, 2026 11:03 PM (4RYRd)

214 Make the wheelchairs load last. That will fix the problem. And they load in the back of the plane. And sit in the back of the plane. Easier to get to the bathrooms.

Next problem.

Posted by: nurse ratched at August 22, 2026 11:04 PM (yEz+x)

215 Like I Dream of Jeannie, but in the 80s

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Is there an award for Most Limited Imagination? If there is, I nominate Tony Nelson for it.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at August 22, 2026 11:05 PM (17rPF)

216 the Greek Homos basically used the Little Dipper

So who was the Big Dipper?

Posted by: Miklos does not really want to know at August 22, 2026 11:05 PM (4RYRd)

217 209 Before a 10 hour or so flight from Seoul to Portland, my travel companion and I called the airline to inform that wheelchair assistance might be needed. We were assured that wheelchairs would be waiting at boarding in Seoul

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Incheon is the best airport on Earth.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at August 22, 2026 11:07 PM (17rPF)

218 >> So who was the Big Dipper?

The Gipper?

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 22, 2026 11:08 PM (w6EFb)

219 So who was the Big Dipper?
Posted by: Miklos does not really want to know at August 22, 2026 11:05 PM (4RYRd)

Tommy Douglas? (not dead enough)

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 22, 2026 11:08 PM (1z8ji)

220 Is there an award for Most Limited Imagination? If there is, I nominate Tony Nelson for it.
Posted by: Cicero

I had the general idea when I just a kid who wanted to be an astronaut. Or cowboy or fireman.

I mean Doooooooood

Posted by: Precocious Lil' Miklos at August 22, 2026 11:09 PM (4RYRd)

221 Well, hell. Two of my doc's have left me this week. I don't think they died or anything, but have gone somewhere or quit.

One, the eyeball professor I loved at the university at least gave some notice and I got in with a partner at her office. That's done and she sent everyone an email as it is 2026.

The ARNP I go to twice a year, mostly for Rx, well, that office sent a letter today and she's been gone for a month. They have a portal and my email. "Thanks a lot, Todd!" *Gilda Radner playing Lisa Loopener on SNL.*

This ticks me off as I liked her and she never bothered me about vaccines or other things I refuse to do. I didn't even dread going to see her. They had a month to notify me, the dimwits.

So NOW I will try to get in with a younger ARNP in her office who is probably neurotic and bossy. And if I hate her find someone else. This stinks!

I realize compared to the problems of others this is a big, sloppy nothingburger. Two in one week is a record!

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at August 22, 2026 11:09 PM (hzuYO)

222 Mrs. F's gyno just quit too.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 22, 2026 11:10 PM (RIvkX)

223 216 the Greek Homos basically used the Little Dipper

So who was the Big Dipper?
Posted by: Miklos does not really want to know at August 22, 2026 11:05 PM (4RYRd)

Wilt Chamberlain

Posted by: Bilwis - Wizard of Clwyd at August 22, 2026 11:10 PM (r7+Q7)

224 Make the wheelchairs load last. That will fix the problem. And they load in the back of the plane. And sit in the back of the plane. Easier to get to the bathrooms.

Next problem.
Posted by: nurse ratched

That dovetails nicely with "the last people on wind up side-checking their carry-on suitcase."

If you're physically handicapped, you wouldn't have shown up with a carry-on, right? You would have checked your suitcase at the counter, regardless of its size?

Posted by: mikeski at August 22, 2026 11:10 PM (VHUov)

225 Yabut, Chaco Canyon isn’t the center of the Universe. (Well .. depends on what you believe, right?

There are lots of cliff dwellings all over the Southwest, in the 4 Corners region. Whomever built those things were trying to defend against someone. And they used to call them Anasazi cliff dwellings. But now the narrative has changed.

I think it sounds like the Hopi or Navaho decided they didn’t like those guys, But who decided the Anasazi means “Enemy”, see where I’m goin’ with that? The Park Service formerly held it meant “Old Ones” or somesuch.

Posted by: Common Tater at August 22, 2026 11:10 PM (bd3ok)

226 Incheon is the best airport on Earth.
Posted by: Cicero

You can just fly there?

Now you tell me

Posted by: Gen. Douglas MacArthur at August 22, 2026 11:11 PM (4RYRd)

227 So who was the Big Dipper?
Posted by: Miklos does not really want to know at August 22, 2026 11:05 PM (4RYRd)

J.P. Richardson, of course!

Posted by: OrangeEnt at August 22, 2026 11:12 PM (1Ff7Z)

228 215 Laward for Most Limited Imagination? If there is, I nominate Tony Nelson for it.
Posted by: Cicero

The whole premise was that he was queer for Dr. Bellows

Posted by: Auspex at August 22, 2026 11:13 PM (Y8DZL)

229 I know who my Little Buddy is

Posted by: the Skipper at August 22, 2026 11:14 PM (4RYRd)

230 I think it sounds like the Hopi or Navaho decided they didn’t like those guys, But who decided the Anasazi means “Enemy”, see where I’m goin’ with that? The Park Service formerly held it meant “Old Ones” or somesuch.
Posted by: Common Tater

Isn't that true of basically all tribal languages?

"What do you call yourselves?" "The sneeches." "What does that mean?" "People."

"What do you call those other guys?" "The grinches." "What does that mean?" "Not people."

Posted by: mikeski at August 22, 2026 11:14 PM (VHUov)

231 For that matter, in general, planes should be boarded 'back rows first'.

Posted by: RandomDave (if you can spare a bit, please click) at August 22, 2026 11:15 PM (aJQbY)

232 225:The Park Service formerly held it meant “Old Ones” or somesuch.

I kind of like that one. A Lovecraftian vibe to it.

Posted by: Tucker Carleson at August 22, 2026 11:16 PM (f87vz)

233 Country GDPs Compared to the USA

China, Germany, & Japan = USA
Canada = NY
Australia = FL
Russia = TX
UK = CA
Taiwan = WA

Its a pic.

https://tinyurl.com/uys2vsyv

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 22, 2026 11:16 PM (hPgrk)

234 off gutter snipe sock

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at August 22, 2026 11:17 PM (f87vz)

235 I discovered from reading recently that "Anasazi" is now One Of Those No Longer Approved Words. It has been replaced by "Ancestral Puebloans", I guess. At least until somebody gets a bug up their ass about that.
Posted by: Common Tater

Hey. Who said that ain't the boss of me.

Posted by: Diogenes at August 22, 2026 11:17 PM (2WIwB)

236 The whole premise was that he was queer for Dr. Bellows
Posted by: Auspex at August 22, 2026 11:13 PM (Y8DZL)

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If I was Maj. Tony Nelson I'd never make it into space because I'd be too busy plowing Barbara Eden.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at August 22, 2026 11:17 PM (17rPF)

237 Was on a day trip with a neighbor couple once. Went to impress them with my new CB by hailing a 18 wheeler passing by.
The driver answered by replying, "Doing fine, how's it hanging with you"?
Neighbor's wire then queried "They hang?', It was quiet for a while, save a single snort I could not suppress.

Posted by: javems at August 22, 2026 11:17 PM (Njbvu)

238 The whole premise was that he was queer for Dr. Bellows
Posted by: Auspex

The irony is that Dr. Bellows was gay!

Posted by: Hayden Rorke at August 22, 2026 11:18 PM (JM9I6)

239 For that matter, in general, planes should be boarded 'back rows first'.
Posted by: RandomDave

*rear cabin passengers misbehave*

"This is your Captain speaking. You in rows 51 and 52, don't make me come back there"

Posted by: Miklos with 15,000 hours of comment stick time at August 22, 2026 11:18 PM (4RYRd)

240 231 For that matter, in general, planes should be boarded 'back rows first'.

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If they don't let business class passengers in first, how will they sneer at the parade of mooks headed for the cheap seats?

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at August 22, 2026 11:19 PM (17rPF)

241 Unfortunately when I hear “The Old Ones” I first think of Ted Cassidy playing the android Ruk in that Star Trek episode,

Posted by: Common Tater at August 22, 2026 11:20 PM (bd3ok)

242 Its a pic.

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So

It happened

Posted by: Miklos knows the Rules at August 22, 2026 11:20 PM (4RYRd)

243 Gotta admit camping in Chaco Canyon was creepy af.

You could hear voices howling through the canyon at night. We were supposed to stay three nights.

Nope. After the first one, we did a day hike along the rim up to some of the ruins and then split.

Nope. Nope. Nope.

Posted by: nurse ratched at August 22, 2026 11:21 PM (yEz+x)

244 oops, should have scrolled further.
Here it is alphabetically.

https://tinyurl.com/37nw2akj

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 22, 2026 11:22 PM (hPgrk)

245 For that matter, in general, planes should be boarded 'back rows first'.
Posted by: RandomDave

"Window, then middle, then aisle" would be faster, so the aisle and middle people didn't have to get back out of their seats when the window guy showed up.

At least now that they've crammed in so many seats that there's no hope of sliding past someone already seated, unless they're a double-amputee.

But then it'd split up families sitting in a row, I guess..... so window-middle-aisle, but group up tickets purchased together.

Posted by: mikeski at August 22, 2026 11:22 PM (VHUov)

246 You could hear voices howling through the canyon at night. We were supposed to stay three nights.
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The stop & shop had brake fluid on Sale!

Posted by: Heap Big Drunk at August 22, 2026 11:23 PM (bd3ok)

247 Isn't that true of basically all tribal languages? ... sneeches / grinches
Posted by: mikeski

Well, yeah, but there's general grinches and there's "we're coming to eat you".
The Pueblos didn't do it before the "Anasazi" period and they don't do it now. There was something really really bad that came over that region at that time.
Maybe we're facing that "Anasazi" period now. I can't look at the pink protestors for Lindsay Clancy and see anything other than that

Posted by: 88C+u at August 22, 2026 11:23 PM (88C+u)

248 For that matter, in general, planes should be boarded 'back rows first'.
Posted by: RandomDave (if you can spare a bit, please click) at August 22, 2026 11:15 PM (aJQbY)

Too much weight aft, and not enough forward, and the plane might rear back on its ass.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 22, 2026 11:23 PM (1z8ji)

249 But then it'd split up families sitting in a row, I guess..... so window-middle-aisle, but group up tickets purchased together.
Posted by: mikeski

What are you people complaining about this time?

Posted by: Bernie Sanders (D-USSR) from private jet at August 22, 2026 11:25 PM (4RYRd)

250 AOP, it's been a long time since I saw a plane that wasn't overstuffed with people all the way forward....

Probably February of 2020, last flights out of PA before lockdown. Planes were nearly empty.

Posted by: RandomDave (if you can spare a bit, please click) at August 22, 2026 11:26 PM (aJQbY)

251 Too much weight aft, and not enough forward, and the plane might rear back on its ass.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon

I see that you studied at the Hank Johnson School of Engineering, Physics, and Geology

Posted by: University of Miklos, Guam campus at August 22, 2026 11:27 PM (4RYRd)

252
Mrs. Bellows, Emmaline Henry, wasn't too bad herself. I'm looking for a photo of her in a miniskirt from the show, but not having immediate luck.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 22, 2026 11:27 PM (w6EFb)

253 Too much weight aft, and not enough forward, and the plane might rear back on its ass.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon

If you take the GAU-8 out of an A-10, that happens. Swapping the big gun requires a jack under the tail.

Posted by: mikeski at August 22, 2026 11:28 PM (VHUov)

254 Hiya salty!
Nope. Cruise ships bringing in thousands daily.

Why do they call it “tourist season” if we can’t shoot em. Mount em on the car and drive away.
Posted by: nurse ratched at August 22, 2026 10:44 PM (yEz+x)

Perhaps it's time to have someone hand out knock-off AirTags to the tourists, who tells them to keep them under their clothes. Tell them that the PD just announced a 3 tourist bag limit, and we want to be sure each tourist is found.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at August 22, 2026 11:28 PM (qx7Zg)

255 Hm, then it necessarily follows they deplane in the reverse order, right?

Posted by: Common Tater at August 22, 2026 11:29 PM (bd3ok)

256 Flying during the holidays in Dec 2020 was a joy.

Son #1 and I flew to San Diego to be with Marine. We stayed at an Airbnb and got to be together for the first time for Christmas in a couple years.

Plane was maybe 25% full. Everyone pleasant and courteous and happy.

And drinks were free!

Posted by: nurse ratched at August 22, 2026 11:30 PM (X0iLW)

257 Planing is an exercise in entropy.

Deplaning is an exercise in patience.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 22, 2026 11:31 PM (RIvkX)

258 Why do they call it “tourist season” if we can’t shoot em. Mount em on the car and drive away.
Posted by: nurse ratched

Somali tourist greeters might help

very persistent Somali tourist greeters

Posted by: Ever Helpful Miklos at August 22, 2026 11:31 PM (4RYRd)

259 Did anyone ask whether Doof is deaf? Recovering nicely?

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at August 22, 2026 11:31 PM (qx7Zg)

260 I can't look at the pink protestors for Lindsay Clancy and see anything other than that

Same demonic spirits.

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at August 22, 2026 11:31 PM (f87vz)

261 Tater, the idea overall is, "reduce the amount of struggling past other idiots who are halfway in the aisle, or shoving things that are too big into the overhead bins". FILO, LIFO.

Posted by: RandomDave (if you can spare a bit, please click) at August 22, 2026 11:32 PM (aJQbY)

262 Deplaning is an exercise in patience.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 22, 2026 11:31 PM (RIvkX)

That's easy for you to say.

Posted by: Tattoo at August 22, 2026 11:32 PM (1z8ji)

263 Deplaning is an exercise in patience.
Posted by: San Franpsycho

It just a job, Boss

Posted by: Herve Villechaise as Tattoo at August 22, 2026 11:32 PM (4RYRd)

264 Be some Horde Mindin' goin' on up in here

Posted by: Miklos as Rush Limbaugh as Fritz Hollings as Foghorn Leghorn at August 22, 2026 11:34 PM (4RYRd)

265 LOL, Miklos.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 22, 2026 11:35 PM (1z8ji)

266 Lightning dancing on the runway, plane circling waiting, and waiting and we're running out of gas we're going to spend the night in another city. The bar is open.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 22, 2026 11:36 PM (hPgrk)

267 The finest aircraft have seats trimmed in rich Corinthian leather.

*waggles eyebrows*

Posted by: Ricardo Montalban at August 22, 2026 11:37 PM (17rPF)

268 "Ancestral Puebloans"

Where are the Nodownloans, Nocollateralloans, Unsecuredloans, and Paydayloans on the family tree?

Posted by: Dark Lixtiquatal at August 22, 2026 11:38 PM (Fv808)

269 The finest aircraft have seats trimmed in rich Corinthian leather.

*waggles eyebrows*
Posted by: Ricardo Montalban at August 22, 2026 11:37 PM (17rPF)

Well, tanning the hides of poor Corinthians didn't work out well. Too many thin spots.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 22, 2026 11:38 PM (1z8ji)

270 As it turned out, the “Rich Corinthian Leather” was sourced from New Jersey. True story.

Posted by: Common Tater at August 22, 2026 11:40 PM (bd3ok)

271 I always wanted to have a drink in the Cocktail Bar in the upper hump of a 747.

Alas

Posted by: Miklos, foiled again at August 22, 2026 11:40 PM (4RYRd)

272 270 As it turned out, the “Rich Corinthian Leather” was sourced from New Jersey. True story.

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Another great advancement stole by them Greek homos.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at August 22, 2026 11:41 PM (17rPF)

273 As it turned out, the “Rich Corinthian Leather” was sourced from New Jersey. True story.
Posted by: Common Tater

There they go, lyin' agin

Posted by: Corinth, Mississippi at August 22, 2026 11:41 PM (4RYRd)

274 I've been saying for years flying is a drag. It didn't use to be but every year seems worse.

Posted by: Case at August 22, 2026 11:43 PM (VrYHL)

275 270 As it turned out, the “Rich Corinthian Leather” was sourced from New Jersey. True story.

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Korean Airlines has (had?) a lounge at the aft of the business class on the upper deck of its A380s. Tended by a gorgeous attendant in a kimono.

It didn't suck.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at August 22, 2026 11:44 PM (17rPF)

276 I've been saying for years flying is a drag. It didn't use to be but every year seems worse.
Posted by: Case

Coffee, Tea or me?

Posted by: Flight Attendants in drag at August 22, 2026 11:45 PM (4RYRd)

277 270 As it turned out, the “Rich Corinthian Leather” was sourced from New Jersey. True story.
Posted by: Common Tater

Nothing says exotic like New Jersey!

I'm trying to remember what car manufacturer that was from. Plymouth? Lincoln?

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at August 22, 2026 11:45 PM (f87vz)

278 Damn. Cut & paste fail.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at August 22, 2026 11:45 PM (17rPF)

279 Tended by a gorgeous attendant in a kimono.

It didn't suck.
Posted by: Cicero

It?

Posted by: Miklos thought women wear those kimonos at August 22, 2026 11:46 PM (4RYRd)

280 I knew it was a mistake giving my proofreader the night off.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at August 22, 2026 11:46 PM (17rPF)

281 Damn. Cut & paste fail.
Posted by: Cicero

I thought maybe her other outfit was rich Corinthian leather.

Posted by: mikeski at August 22, 2026 11:47 PM (VHUov)

282 As it turned out, the “Rich Corinthian Leather” was sourced from New Jersey. True story.
Posted by: Common Tater

There they go, lyin' agin
Posted by: Corinth, Mississipp
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Turns out, the Cordoba wasn't actually Spanish either.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 22, 2026 11:47 PM (XeU6L)

283 Perhaps it's time to have someone hand out knock-off AirTags to the tourists, who tells them to keep them under their clothes. Tell them that the PD just announced a 3 tourist bag limit, and we want to be sure each tourist is found.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf

Omg. I love you.

Posted by: nurse ratched at August 22, 2026 11:48 PM (yEz+x)

284 I'm trying to remember what car manufacturer that was from. Plymouth? Lincoln?
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at August 22, 2026 11:45 PM (f87vz)

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A unique level of personal luxury in the new Chrysler CORDOBA.

*waggles eyebrows*

Posted by: Ricardo Montalban at August 22, 2026 11:48 PM (17rPF)

285 Coffee, Tea or me?
Posted by: Flight Attendants in drag at August 22, 2026 11:45 PM (4RYRd)

You'd better be Karen Valentine under that get up.

(Karen Valentine... sigh)

Posted by: OrangeEnt at August 22, 2026 11:49 PM (1Ff7Z)

286 Turns out, the Cordoba wasn't actually Spanish either.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc.

Coupe de Ville was just a fancy-pants name for Town Car

Posted by: Lincoln Division of Ford Motor Company at August 22, 2026 11:50 PM (4RYRd)

287 Eugene Levy did a hilarious send-up of Montalban's Cordoba commercials on Second City TV. If I wasn't such a lazy bastard I could probably post a link.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at August 22, 2026 11:52 PM (17rPF)

288 Evening folks. "Mystics in Bali" is...something. Those Indonesian witches sure like to laugh. Everything must be fun to her.

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at August 22, 2026 11:52 PM (CHHv1)

289 15 I discovered from reading recently that "Anasazi" is now One Of Those No Longer Approved Words. It has been replaced by "Ancestral Puebloans", I guess. At least until somebody gets a bug up their ass about that.
Posted by: Common Tater

How about Pueblo Cannibals. Is that ok?
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at August 22, 2026 10:27 PM (f87vz)

Mesa Monkeys is right out...

Posted by: Joe Kidd at August 22, 2026 11:55 PM (nbLIj)

290 Mrs. Bellows (Emmaline Henry) was cast to play Ginger on Gilligan's Island, but turned it down to play the wife Of Mickey Rooney on his unsuccessful show "Mickey". She regretted that.

Posted by: TV Addict at August 22, 2026 11:56 PM (JM9I6)

291 161 Teresa how did you celebrate your wedding anniversary?
Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 22, 2026 10:37 PM (RIvkX)

Well, last year we had a kickass party - pretty hard to top that this year!

Restaurant Week in DFW always falls in August, so this year we are spreading out the anniversary celebration to include visiting 6 different places (we normally only go once or twice, but who knows how much longer I will have the desire/ability to eat great food?).

Tonight's installment was Mercury Chophouse, which was really good. I figure getting to eat great steak all month long is a pretty good way to keep the party going this year! We have already been to a couple of places; we are going out again tomorrow night, then twice next weekend, then once again the weekend after that 😊💕🍹

Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at August 22, 2026 11:56 PM (SRRAx)

292 Coupe de Ville was just a fancy-pants name for Town Car
Posted by: Lincoln Division of Ford Motor Company at August 22, 2026 11:50 PM (4RYRd)

Cadillacs and Lincolns held their value until they got real ratty. "Personal Luxury Cars" like the Cordoba and Monte Carlo got a little age on them, straight to beater-hood.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 22, 2026 11:56 PM (1z8ji)

293 I've been saying for years flying is a drag. It didn't use to be but every year seems worse.
Posted by: Case

Yup. I have to agree with those who say that airplanes have pretty much become a Greyhound Bus Station in the sky. We have sworn that henceforth if we fly anywhere, it's gonna be First Class, because we can actually afford it (just balked at it in the past) and life is too damn short. Although right now you couldn't pay me to get on a plane. There's another total solar eclipse next year that'll brush the tip of Spain but I think if I even mention it (and planning should probably started a year ago), I'll end up divorced.

Posted by: tankascribe at August 22, 2026 11:57 PM (NtoJk)

294 Chrysler CORDOBA

Plymouth adjacent. I was close.

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at August 22, 2026 11:57 PM (f87vz)

295 We used to listen to music and dream about the life ahead of us.

Now we listen to those same songs and remember the people, places, and moments we didn't know we'd miss so much

** Not my thought, but a good one.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at August 22, 2026 11:57 PM (qx7Zg)

296 I think that in fact it used to be that the plane was filled from back to front, possibly with business/first going before that. I should remember, flew a lot in the 80s and 90s.

But this idiotic thing with carry-ons has rendered the whole thing a (dangerous, vastly complicating) farce. Instead of strictly limiting carry-ons, enforcing rules, it went the other direction, to the point that some planes (the 737 MAX, for example) now have *expanded* overhead capacity.

So now it can take 20 minutes to get off a plane, and delays/unpleasantness/injuries from a generally unathletic and incompetent population slinging 40-lb carry-on bags overhead. Flying has never bothered me and I even enjoyed it sometimes, now the carry-on thing alone has soured it quite a bit.

Posted by: rhomboid at August 22, 2026 11:58 PM (U/Byj)

297 289 15 I discovered from reading recently that "Anasazi" is now One Of Those No Longer Approved Words. It has been replaced by "Ancestral Puebloans", I guess. At least until somebody gets a bug up their ass about that.
Posted by: Common Tater
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What do the Anasazi beans have to say about this?

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at August 22, 2026 11:58 PM (hzuYO)

298 Cadillacs and Lincolns held their value until they got real ratty. "Personal Luxury Cars" like the Cordoba and Monte Carlo got a little age on them, straight to beater-hood.

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The lucky ones got a hopping suspension and metalflake paint job in their second life.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at August 23, 2026 12:00 AM (17rPF)

299 If they loaded planes from
Both the front and back, it would go much faster and all the wheelchairs who didn’t provide actual proof they are wheelchair bound go in the back.

I dunno. Sick of assholes ruining everything for everyone.

Posted by: nurse ratched at August 23, 2026 12:00 AM (yEz+x)

300 Mrs. Bellows (Emmaline Henry) was cast to play Ginger on Gilligan's Island, but turned it down to play the wife Of Mickey Rooney on his unsuccessful show "Mickey". She regretted that.
Posted by: TV Addict at August 22, 2026 11:56 PM (JM9I6)

But millions of Gilligan's Island fans didn't.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 23, 2026 12:00 AM (1z8ji)

301 What do the Anasazi beans have to say about this?
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at August 22, 2026 11:58 PM (hzuYO)

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It doesn't matter. Faculty lounge AWFL Karens have decreed that outrage must ensue.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at August 23, 2026 12:02 AM (17rPF)

302 But this idiotic thing with carry-ons has rendered the whole thing a (dangerous, vastly complicating) farce. Instead of strictly limiting carry-ons, enforcing rules, it went the other direction, to the point that some planes (the 737 MAX, for example) now have *expanded* overhead capacity.

So now it can take 20 minutes to get off a plane, and delays/unpleasantness/injuries from a generally unathletic and incompetent population slinging 40-lb carry-on bags overhead. Flying has never bothered me and I even enjoyed it sometimes, now the carry-on thing alone has soured it quite a bit.

Yeah, you haven't lived until you've been bashed in the shoulder by some ditz yanking her ten-ton carryon out of the overhead only to let it drop straight down on an unsuspecting stranger. The amount of shit people travel with never fails to amaze me, especially the ones who trundle frickin' steamer trunks through the terminal.

The earth muffin jackass sitting next to me all the way to Iceland had so much crap with him, I don't understand why they let him on the plane. He had stuff in the overhead, crammed into the back of the seat, sticking out of his pockets and underneath the seat.

Posted by: tankascribe at August 23, 2026 12:02 AM (NtoJk)

303 the Romans sure tanned some Corinthian hides

Posted by: 88C+u at August 23, 2026 12:03 AM (88C+u)

304 Buick 225 held up well.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 23, 2026 12:04 AM (hPgrk)

305 If they loaded planes from
Both the front and back, it would go much faster and all the wheelchairs who didn’t provide actual proof they are wheelchair bound go in the back.

I dunno. Sick of assholes ruining everything for everyone.
Posted by: nurse ratched at August 23, 2026 12:00 AM (yEz+x)

If I have to take a plane somewhere, and encounter that shit, I will just exclaim, loudly, to no one in particular, "Jesus Christ, lookit all the crippled Pakis!"

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 23, 2026 12:04 AM (1z8ji)

306 Posted by: Flight Attendants in drag at August 22, 2026 11:45 PM (4RYRd)

On our flight out to San Francisco in March, we ended up with a cross-dressing flight attendant. They were VERY well put together - slight in stature, so it wasn't quite as off-putting as if it had been someone the size of a linebacker. Nails were immaculate, as was the hair, but it was still kind of weird to hear a male voice and look up to see what looked like a woman.

I am sure they had placed this person in First Class for a reason - not sure some of the folks in coach would have been as "understanding" as most of the people around us were.

Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at August 23, 2026 12:04 AM (SRRAx)

307 Flying sucks. Last time, my checked bag was 2# over limit. (Two freaking pounds!) So, I was told to remove some items and put them into my carry-on instead. Somehow, it was gonna keep the plane from being "overloaded."

WTAF? Limit was only 40#, iirc, so not as if the luggage monkeys couldn't lift it... I mean, *I* had to sling it and I'm no Charles Atlas. Sheesh.

Posted by: JQ at August 23, 2026 12:05 AM (rdVOm)

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