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Evening everyone! Welcome to the ONT!

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Fido Friday: And the Oscar for best actor goes to...


Choose your pill

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Time for bed

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Looks like fun


Royalty

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That outta do it

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To serve and protect


Growing up

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Connecting with mom

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Don't get too drunk


Deployment

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Take me on

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Farm kids hit different


Blackheads

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A pool where drowning is mandated

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Busted


Who wants pho?

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Tonight's question

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Bonus Fido Friday


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Tonight's ONT has been brought to you by Tanks:


Posted by: WeirdDave at 10:00 PM




Comments

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1 I can't get no satisfaction
I can't get no grammatic correction

Posted by: mindful webworker - wick it which at August 21, 2026 10:00 PM (1BE2o)

2 Good eveing good people.

Posted by: Tonypete at August 21, 2026 10:00 PM (Y8Lgz)

3 Hondo

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 21, 2026 10:01 PM (nqf1u)

4 Good evening morons e grazie wd

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 21, 2026 10:03 PM (RIvkX)

5 Please stop referring to democrats as the Democratic Party.

There’s nothing democratic about them.

Posted by: nurse ratched at August 21, 2026 10:04 PM (yEz+x)

6
What is so Weird about WeirdDave?


I don't get it

Posted by: Moderately Eccentric Miklos at August 21, 2026 10:05 PM (4RYRd)

7 What ever happened to Aha! anyway? A name like that was for the ages.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at August 21, 2026 10:05 PM (17rPF)

8 red pill
sleepware: 3 in summer, 1 in winter. If I squint, 4 is a nightie for the wifey?

Posted by: RandomDave (if you can spare a bit, please click) at August 21, 2026 10:06 PM (aJQbY)

9 Everything is wrong
I made a C- in AP biology in 12th grade
(I found a scrap book from 197
I made a 4 on the AP test about 90%

Posted by: r hennigantx at August 21, 2026 10:07 PM (/+uur)

10 Mastery of instruments, and I’m going to be real expansive with the word instrument.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at August 21, 2026 10:07 PM (ZVgZ4)

11 5 Please stop referring to democrats as the Democratic Party.

There’s nothing democratic about them.
Posted by: nurse ratched at August 21, 2026 10:04 PM (yEz+x)

They crowned whats her name

Posted by: r hennigantx at August 21, 2026 10:08 PM (/+uur)

12 The Dear Wife and I visited the local county fair today.

One of the vendors was selling a deep fried curly seasoned potato for $10. Ten f***ing dollars!! For one big potato.


What has the world come to?

On a happier note, a group of gals from our HS were manning (womaning?) a booth promoting Turning Point USA and were all up on what happened to Charlie Kirk. They were lovely, well-spoken young ladies - just delightful. One of them told me they have chapters in most of the high schools in TN.

Perhaps the world is not the stinking, shithole mess I think it is. Sometimes.

Posted by: Tonypete at August 21, 2026 10:08 PM (Y8Lgz)

13 With a loooong shirt, it’s a nightie: no underpants.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at August 21, 2026 10:09 PM (ZVgZ4)

14 Good evening Horde. Thanks WD!

The farm kids video is gold.

Posted by: TRex - moo dino at August 21, 2026 10:09 PM (cCn4/)

15 Setting up the new home desktop tonight. This may take a while...

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at August 21, 2026 10:09 PM (17rPF)

16 I would absolutely patronize Pho King Good Phood.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 21, 2026 10:09 PM (RIvkX)

17 Speaking of Arleigh-Burke destroyers. I watched a video of one, an escort, bobbing up and down made from the steady deck of a CVN.
Yeah.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 21, 2026 10:10 PM (nqf1u)

18 Where's the chick version of sleepwear?

Posted by: nckate at August 21, 2026 10:10 PM (enNUy)

19 Pho King is a fink!

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at August 21, 2026 10:10 PM (17rPF)

20 Aha! was a one hit wonder in the USA. I think they did better in Europe.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at August 21, 2026 10:10 PM (ZVgZ4)

21 Have you ever seen the precipitation?

There is an ill-intentioned lunar satellite in ascendancy

Posted by: Creedence Clearwater Scientific at August 21, 2026 10:10 PM (bd3ok)

22 I enjoy when business signs like that lean into the joke/stereotype.

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

23 There's nothing on the sleeping chart that shows multiple layers and/or nightcap.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 21, 2026 10:11 PM (RIvkX)

24 Blue pill, music speaks to everyone.
And I can't play a lick of it.

Posted by: From about That Time at August 21, 2026 10:11 PM (sl73Y)

25 “I would absolutely patronize Pho King Good Phood.”

Me too.
I raffled.

Posted by: Gunslinger at August 21, 2026 10:11 PM (N91F8)

26 Mastery of instruments, and I’m going to be real expansive with the word instrument.
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit

Do you play the organ in church?

Posted by: Innocent Lil' Miklos at August 21, 2026 10:11 PM (4RYRd)

27 I enjoy when business signs like that lean into the joke/stereotype.
Posted by: RandomDave

The Milk & Honey ice cream shop in my hometown used to post on their sign - "We have crushed nuts".

Posted by: Tonypete at August 21, 2026 10:12 PM (Y8Lgz)

28 Choose your pill

Is that even a question? The red pill. I can't cuss someone out in hurdy-gurdy or djembe.

Though "knowing how to play the didgeridoo" comes with "knowing circular breathing," so I could cuss someone out continuously for, like, 30 minutes.

This may require more thought.

Posted by: mikeski at August 21, 2026 10:12 PM (VHUov)

29 Choose your pill"

No thanks...

*wanders off for gin and tonic

Posted by: man at August 21, 2026 10:12 PM (XuXeR)

30 The cats have captured a mouse. They don't eat them, they just play with them. It's sort of a spectator sport.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 21, 2026 10:13 PM (ZOv7s)

31 Which sentient toilet?

The blue pill.



Thanks for another Fabulous FONT, WD.

Posted by: mindful webworker - easy to decide at August 21, 2026 10:13 PM (1BE2o)

32 Sofa King Great Recliners

Posted by: r hennigantx at August 21, 2026 10:13 PM (/+uur)

33 With a loooong shirt, it’s a nightie: no underpants.
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit

pics

rules

Posted by: Miklos the Stickler at August 21, 2026 10:13 PM (4RYRd)

34 These nights, I go with 1. But in the past I have worn a robe with pants which would be 7?

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at August 21, 2026 10:13 PM (ZVgZ4)

35 Man! Gotta get me one of those Polish mini-tanks!

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 21, 2026 10:13 PM (1z8ji)

36 21 Have you ever seen the precipitation?

There is an ill-intentioned lunar satellite in ascendancy

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Is the lavatory still to be found on the starboard aspect of the corridor?

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at August 21, 2026 10:14 PM (17rPF)

37 FYI, Pooky asked me the same question about the umber pigment when I worked in the paint lab, and I still don't have the answer.

Posted by: pookysgirl, not a chemist but a tech at August 21, 2026 10:14 PM (Wt5PA)

38 This may require more thought.
Posted by: mikeski at August 21, 2026 10:12 PM (VHUov)
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I know how to play a bunch of instruments and I struggle to regularly practice with one.

I'd love to know what the various Vibrant People are talking about as I walk by.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 21, 2026 10:14 PM (ZOv7s)

39 Where's the chick version of sleepwear?
Posted by: nckate

Right there, at number 6?

Posted by: mikeski is 2.5, rounding depends on temperature at August 21, 2026 10:14 PM (VHUov)

40 The biggest stoner in my AP Bio class is now a big time urologist in NYC. The teacher would mock him for being high in class.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 21, 2026 10:15 PM (RIvkX)

41 The cute girl and the ring balloon: you can see what she thought would happen. How drunk was she?

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at August 21, 2026 10:16 PM (ZVgZ4)

42 ngl, that blackhead mask joke had me laughing like a loon.

Woke the hubby up, showed him and he laughed, then went back to bed.

The couple that laughs together stays together.

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at August 21, 2026 10:16 PM (w65YX)

43 I'd take the blue pill and take up the bagpipes. I'll teach those bastards!

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Oh yeah? Well, You're Another One! at August 21, 2026 10:17 PM (ndZc7)

44 Where's the chick version of sleepwear?
Posted by: nckate at August 21, 2026 10:10 PM (enNUy)

4 was girlfriend borrowing a shirt

Posted by: Methos, inauthentic X-bot account at August 21, 2026 10:17 PM (vSvIl)

45 Methos, yeah, that makes sense.

Posted by: RandomDave (if you can spare a bit, please click) at August 21, 2026 10:17 PM (aJQbY)

46 Blue pill. I don't want to talk to most people as it is.

Posted by: Oddbob at August 21, 2026 10:17 PM (vTZFs)

47 I would absolutely patronize Pho King Good Phood.
Posted by: San Franpsycho

So is it "foe king good food" or "fuh king good fudd?"

Posted by: mikeski is hunting wabbits, for his pho at August 21, 2026 10:18 PM (VHUov)

48 Cartoon. Imaginary lover?

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Oh yeah? Well, You're Another One! at August 21, 2026 10:18 PM (ndZc7)

49 The biggest stoner in my AP Bio class is now a big time urologist in NYC. The teacher would mock him for being high in class.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 21, 2026 10:15 PM (RIvkX)

Well, that's a piss-cutter.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 21, 2026 10:18 PM (1z8ji)

50 That poor dog is actually pretty smart!

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at August 21, 2026 10:19 PM (ZVgZ4)

51 Very early B.Kliban ("Cat") cartton from Playboy.

King and queen in the throne room, looking very peeved. King: "Here it is Friday night and the jester's broken!"

Glad we don't have that problem here. Thanks WD.

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at August 21, 2026 10:19 PM (CHHv1)

52 49 The biggest stoner in my AP Bio class is now a big time urologist in NYC. The teacher would mock him for being high in class.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 21, 2026 10:15 PM (RIvkX)

Well, that's a piss-cutter.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 21, 2026 10:18 PM (1z8ji)

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Bet he's fingered more dicks than Liberace.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at August 21, 2026 10:19 PM (17rPF)

53 Is that water park in the USA? If so, how does he afford the insurance?

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at August 21, 2026 10:20 PM (ZVgZ4)

54 Musical talent seems a lot more genetic in nature than philological talent.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 21, 2026 10:20 PM (RIvkX)

55 IDK. I can't get no satisfaction?

The farm kid video was adorable. Some tough, wise little children there. 👍

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at August 21, 2026 10:21 PM (NFX2v)

56 The cute girl and the ring balloon: you can see what she thought would happen. How drunk was she?
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit

I hope that was a bridesmaid. It'd be sad for the bride to have a broken nose on her big day.

Posted by: mikeski at August 21, 2026 10:21 PM (VHUov)

57 In Banana Ball, the Firefighters have a Dalmation Bat Boy.

Posted by: Johnny On The Spot at August 21, 2026 10:22 PM (JM9I6)

58 OddBob, I find you to be a charming conversationalist

Posted by: Ben Had at August 21, 2026 10:22 PM (gIjzl)

59 So is it "foe king good food" or "fuh king good fudd?"
Posted by: mikeski is hunting wabbits, for his pho at August 21, 2026 10:18 PM (VHUov)
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I'm good either way!

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 21, 2026 10:22 PM (RIvkX)

60 21 Have you ever seen the precipitation?

There is an ill-intentioned lunar satellite in ascendancy

Posted by: Creedence Clearwater Scientific

Verily, I am not he whom you seek
I was not sired by a patrician

Posted by: Archimedes at August 21, 2026 10:22 PM (Riz8t)

61 Man! Gotta get me one of those Polish mini-tanks!
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon

I've been here all along

https://tinyurl.com/kw89p4af

Miklos says you can have me for 32,000 Euros plus S&H

Posted by: The Wretched Bitchin' Panhard at August 21, 2026 10:23 PM (4RYRd)

62 It would have been funnier if the guy in the cartoon said FLOCK OF SEAGULLS!

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at August 21, 2026 10:23 PM (17rPF)

63 Gotta take the red pill.

Being able to speak every spoken language would be kinda handy.

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at August 21, 2026 10:23 PM (w65YX)

64 OddBob, I find you to be a charming conversationalist
Posted by: Ben Had

{{ Ben Had }}

You're not most people.

Posted by: Oddbob at August 21, 2026 10:23 PM (vTZFs)

65 Sleepwear: What? No knee-length nightshirt?

Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at August 21, 2026 10:24 PM (2cxCi)

66 OddBob, I find you to be a charming conversationalist
Posted by: Ben Had

Now THAT'S how you pick up the chicks

Posted by: Miklos with knowing wink at August 21, 2026 10:24 PM (4RYRd)

67 Avoid the generic version of the blue pill. It only confers an absolute mastery of the swynet.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 21, 2026 10:24 PM (1z8ji)

68 The Farm Kids are cute! Backbone of America!

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at August 21, 2026 10:27 PM (ZVgZ4)

69 Sorry I'm late, as I was trying to cross the gloomy swamp, I thought I saw a little light off in the distance showing the way. So I followed it.

I ended up covered head to toe in rancid swamp sludge.

Wills o' the wisp are asshoe.

Posted by: tankdemon at August 21, 2026 10:27 PM (gWecR)

70 Yes!
Another fine Friday night ONT!
So, I know WD doesn't like me...that's ok. No one likes everyone...
BUT...no one does memeage like Dave!
Thank you sir. You do kick it😃!!!!

Posted by: COMountainMarie at August 21, 2026 10:28 PM (hJKeX)

71 Hey Ben Had!

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at August 21, 2026 10:28 PM (w65YX)

72 The cat photograph reminds me of that photo from some nights back. What did they call the technique?

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at August 21, 2026 10:28 PM (ZVgZ4)

73
The cute girl and the ring balloon: you can see what she thought would happen. How drunk was she?
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit

She was supposed to dive through it like Flipper.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at August 21, 2026 10:29 PM (Cqx++)

74 The farm kids video is gold.
Posted by: TRex - moo dino

Imma stealing the chicken joke. Don't care if I'm stealing it from a preschooler.

Posted by: mikeski at August 21, 2026 10:30 PM (VHUov)

75 SMH, love ya.

Posted by: Ben Had at August 21, 2026 10:30 PM (gIjzl)

76 I take both pills. Duh.
It's not like one's reality and one's not. They're both magic and I've always wanted to learn how to play the bagpipes and the Mongol lute, plus learn Gaelic.

Posted by: GWB at August 21, 2026 10:30 PM (kU0PQ)

77 Well, that's a piss-cutter.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon

You mean the garrison cover of US Marines?

Posted by: Tonypete at August 21, 2026 10:30 PM (Y8Lgz)

78 Persyn on the far right, is that the suspected Islamic bomber of the New York capitol building?

Her last name is Bowie. Age 36. Brown hair and brown eyes. After 9/11 she was a little girl waving an American flag. Until the Democrat Party and Islam radicalized her.

Posted by: Anna Puma at August 21, 2026 10:30 PM (2GVsD)

79 The cute girl and the ring balloon: you can see what she thought would happen. How drunk was she?
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit

I hope that was a bridesmaid. It'd be sad for the bride to have a broken nose on her big day.
Posted by: mikeski

Serbians

It is the Way of their People

Posted by: Miklos of the North Balkans at August 21, 2026 10:30 PM (4RYRd)

80 ---
I know how to play a bunch of instruments and I struggle to regularly practice with one.

I'd love to know what the various Vibrant People are talking about as I walk by.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd
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My grandpa couldn't understand why a person, after learning the piano and a second instrument couldn't pick up any other instrument and after familiarizing himself with it, play it.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 21, 2026 10:31 PM (nqf1u)

81 Do you really need to know the Khoisan family of click languages?

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at August 21, 2026 10:31 PM (ZVgZ4)

82 Evenin'

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at August 21, 2026 10:32 PM (ErLti)

83 Do you really need to know the Khoisan family of click languages?
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit

I have a glass Coke bottle

Posted by: Miklos Must be Crazy at August 21, 2026 10:33 PM (4RYRd)

84 Do you really need to know the Khoisan family of click languages?
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit

No, but there's not much call for mastery of the theremin, either.

Posted by: mikeski at August 21, 2026 10:33 PM (VHUov)

85 "If you are using Burnt Umber instead of Burnt Hombre, you are doing it wrong." - Douglas Adams.

Posted by: Anna Puma at August 21, 2026 10:33 PM (2GVsD)

86 Red Pill.

Fluent in every language would be useful in picking up hot foreign ladies.

And probably other stuff. Whatever.

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at August 21, 2026 10:34 PM (ErLti)

87 12 One of the vendors was selling a deep fried curly seasoned potato for $10. Ten f***ing dollars!! For one big potato.

Posted by: Tonypete at August 21, 2026 10:08 PM (Y8Lgz)

You fail to appreciate the value added by deep frying. Besides, imagine how much something like thst would cost in town.

Posted by: tankdemon at August 21, 2026 10:34 PM (gWecR)

88 Red pill so you can yell "Double dumbass on you!" in Swahili.

Posted by: Anna Puma at August 21, 2026 10:35 PM (2GVsD)

89 Almost to 100, and nobody's picked up "Tonight's question?"

Fine! I'll go first.

The Porcelain Freak.

Posted by: mikeski at August 21, 2026 10:35 PM (VHUov)

90 The jammies don't have socks. In the winter I wear #1 plus socks

Posted by: 496 at August 21, 2026 10:35 PM (+8CcA)

91 >>>I've been here all along

https://tinyurl.com/kw89p4af

Miklos says you can have me for 32,000 Euros plus S&H

Posted by: The Wretched Bitchin' Panhard
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Good tread.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 21, 2026 10:36 PM (nqf1u)

92 An absolute mastery of SkyNet?! That might be useful in the After Times.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at August 21, 2026 10:36 PM (ZVgZ4)

93 Did Porcelain Freak ever open for Super Tramp?

Posted by: Anna Puma at August 21, 2026 10:36 PM (2GVsD)

94
86 Red Pill.

Fluent in every language would be useful in picking up hot foreign ladies.

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Yep. Chloroform only gets you so far.

Posted by: Bill Cosby at August 21, 2026 10:36 PM (17rPF)

95 You fail to appreciate the value added by deep frying. Besides, imagine how much something like thst would cost in town.
Posted by: tankdemon at August 21, 2026 10:34 PM (gWecR)

$20.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at August 21, 2026 10:37 PM (ZVgZ4)

96 My grandpa couldn't understand why a person, after learning the piano and a second instrument couldn't pick up any other instrument and after familiarizing himself with it, play it.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 21, 2026 10:31 PM (nqf1u)
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That's actually true to a point. My first instrument was French Horn (but of course). From that I moved to tuba, then trumpet, and baritone just for kicks. I could probably play trombone, but never bothered to try. Basically learn one brass, play all of them if you want to. But keyboard is very different. Same with strings and woodwinds.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 21, 2026 10:37 PM (ZOv7s)

97 Blue, final answer.

Thanks for the ONT.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at August 21, 2026 10:38 PM (zZu0s)

98 No, but there's not much call for mastery of the theremin, either.
Posted by: mikeski

Damn. Seven years of college down the drain

Posted by: Music major Sen. John Blutarsky at August 21, 2026 10:38 PM (4RYRd)

99 COM, I don't dislike you

Posted by: Weirddave at August 21, 2026 10:38 PM (nN2dM)

100 No, but there's not much call for mastery of the theremin, either.
Posted by: mikeski at August 21, 2026 10:33 PM (VHUov)

I used to be a theremin player, but I lost my touch.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 21, 2026 10:38 PM (1z8ji)

101 Did Porcelain Freak ever open for Super Tramp?
Posted by: Anna Puma at August 21, 2026 10:36 PM (2GVsD)
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Pine Knob in '86. Great show!

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 21, 2026 10:38 PM (ZOv7s)

102 Thanks, WD.

Posted by: GWB at August 21, 2026 10:39 PM (kU0PQ)

103 Farm kids hit different>>
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Charming.


Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 21, 2026 10:39 PM (nqf1u)

104 65 Sleepwear: What? No knee-length nightshirt?
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at August 21, 2026 10:24 PM (2cxCi)

Would that fall under 4?

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at August 21, 2026 10:39 PM (ZVgZ4)

105 Instruments. I play some guitar and took a semester of piano in college. If the one that was in our living room most of my life was still around, I might have gotten in enough practice to pull an A, which would have put me over for cum laude. Missed it by THAT much...

Posted by: Joe Kidd at August 21, 2026 10:39 PM (nbLIj)

106 53 Is that water park in the USA? If so, how does he afford the insurance?
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at August 21, 2026 10:20 PM (ZVgZ4)

Looks very dangerous.

Posted by: Joemarine at August 21, 2026 10:40 PM (y171U)

107 My wife and I both sleep naked in bed together, and it has been a benefit to our marriage.

Posted by: JohnFNotKerry at August 21, 2026 10:40 PM (zMzlR)

108 Tanks:

If WWI engineers could see the toys of today...

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 21, 2026 10:40 PM (nqf1u)

109 Basically learn one brass, play all of them if you want to. But keyboard is very different. Same with strings and woodwinds.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd

yep

Looks similar but plays different

Kinda like Darleen, Marleen, and Charleen

Posted by: Miklos hits it like Jerry Lee at August 21, 2026 10:41 PM (4RYRd)

110 Job search progress report:
Another day another slew of no real progress. But at least some responses from recruiters. Over the course of the week that's... 5, maybe 6 reachbacks? None have resulted in interviews yet. I hope for some next week....

Posted by: RandomDave (if you can spare a bit, please click) at August 21, 2026 10:41 PM (aJQbY)

111 Weird Dave, would you be so kind as to send me a "Hello" text to my 587.... number? I smashed up my smart phone, and lost all my contacts.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 21, 2026 10:41 PM (1z8ji)

112 The Theremin is a very cool instrument. I have one, bought it from Bob Moog himself when I was in No. Carolina. Beautiful craftsmanship.

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at August 21, 2026 10:42 PM (CHHv1)

113 99 WD

💕💕😊😊

Posted by: COMountainMarie at August 21, 2026 10:42 PM (hJKeX)

114 Do you really need to know the Khoisan family of click languages?
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at August 21, 2026 10:31 PM (ZVgZ4)

Î

Posted by: GWB at August 21, 2026 10:42 PM (kU0PQ)

115 Red pill so you can yell "Double dumbass on you!" in Swahili.
Posted by: Anna Puma at August 21, 2026 10:35 PM (2GVsD)
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I missed the earlier slagging on Jonah Goldberg, but I recall one of his recurring (lame) gags was how he wanted to translate an English pun into Klingon, and was too stupid to understand that certain languages don't have the same concepts.

What is it with people who think saying "But I don't understand..." makes them look smart? When did being retarded become a conservative virtue?

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 21, 2026 10:42 PM (ZOv7s)

116 112 The Theremin is a very cool instrument. I have one, bought it from Bob Moog himself when I was in No. Carolina. Beautiful craftsmanship.

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How are the vibrations? Good?

Posted by: Pet Sounds at August 21, 2026 10:43 PM (17rPF)

117 Fluent in every language would be useful in picking up hot foreign ladies.


And vice versa

Posted by: Voulez-vous coucher avec moi, ce soir at August 21, 2026 10:43 PM (4RYRd)

118 Red pill so you can yell "Double dumbass on you!" in Swahili.
Posted by: Anna Puma at August 21, 2026 10:35 PM (2GVsD)

Uhura could already do that.

Posted by: GWB at August 21, 2026 10:43 PM (kU0PQ)

119 Donald Duckin' FTW

Posted by: No pants, no problem at August 21, 2026 10:44 PM (TbWk/)

120 My wife and I both sleep naked in bed together, and it has been a benefit to our marriage.
Posted by: JohnFNotKerry at August 21, 2026 10:40 PM (zMzlR)
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Must be fun when one of the kids wakes up with a nightmare and wants to get between you.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 21, 2026 10:44 PM (ZOv7s)

121 My two grandsons who live in CO are 8 and 4, and spend time in the summer and other times of the year at their paternal grandparents cattle ranch.They love the farm chores, including collecting eggs from the couple dozen chickens they have.

Posted by: 4-H, FFA Types at August 21, 2026 10:44 PM (JM9I6)

122 The jammies don't have socks. In the winter I wear #1 plus socks
Posted by: 496 at August 21, 2026 10:35 PM (+8CcA)

I put on fresh socks every night.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at August 21, 2026 10:44 PM (ZVgZ4)

123 The Dear Wife and I visited the local county fair today.

One of the vendors was selling a deep fried curly seasoned potato for $10. Ten f***ing dollars!! For one big potato.

What has the world come to?

Posted by: Tonypete at August 21, 2026 10:08 PM (Y8Lgz)

So, how many did you buy?

Posted by: OrangeEnt at August 21, 2026 10:44 PM (1Ff7Z)

124 Red Pill.

Fluent in every language would be useful in picking up hot foreign ladies.

And probably other stuff. Whatever.
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at August 21, 2026 10:34 PM (ErLti)

Yes. But you could also speak to the local doctor and get your prescription.

Posted by: GWB at August 21, 2026 10:45 PM (kU0PQ)

125 I'm diggin' the farm kids. I hope there's lots of them...lots and lots...of them, out there!

Posted by: COMountainMarie at August 21, 2026 10:45 PM (hJKeX)

126 Yep. Chloroform only gets you so far.
Posted by: Bill Cosby at August 21, 2026 10:36 PM (17rPF)
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But not as bad as someone going on an ether bender.

Posted by: Hunter S. Thompson at August 21, 2026 10:45 PM (ZOv7s)

127 as far as sleep #4, maybe there's some sensitivity issue in one spot or another.

Posted by: 88C+u at August 21, 2026 10:46 PM (88C+u)

128 What is it with people who think saying "But I don't understand..." makes them look smart? When did being retarded become a conservative virtue?
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 21, 2026 10:42 PM (ZOv7s)

More commonly a tactic of the Left, nowadays.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at August 21, 2026 10:46 PM (ZVgZ4)

129 120 We are empty nesters, so that's not happening.

Posted by: JohnFNotKerry at August 21, 2026 10:47 PM (zMzlR)

130 Insurance? What’s that? The water park looks fun, but that man will own nothing at some point, once some drunk bastard splits his skull open

Posted by: Common Tater at August 21, 2026 10:47 PM (bd3ok)

131 Sleepwear: What? No knee-length nightshirt?
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy

Would that fall under 4?
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit

If she's fun-size.

Posted by: mikeski at August 21, 2026 10:47 PM (VHUov)

132 Here's a song by the late Arizona musician Jerry Riopelle:

https://youtu.be/W91RrF6NLN8

Jerry invented an instrument sort of like a theremin, but it worked by means of the player interrupting laser beams with his/her hands.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 21, 2026 10:47 PM (1z8ji)

133 What happened to option no. 7? Sleeping in linen strips?

Posted by: Lon Chaney Jr. at August 21, 2026 10:48 PM (17rPF)

134 A. H. Loyd

They saw Columbo use that tactic to catch killers.

Posted by: Anna Puma at August 21, 2026 10:48 PM (2GVsD)

135 red pill

I like languages. And turtles.

Posted by: it puts the lotion in the basket at August 21, 2026 10:49 PM (22uAl)

136 Some people claim the earliest known use of “Adenochrome” in print was Hunter Thompson’s “Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas”. He was definitely a strange cat.

Posted by: Common Tater at August 21, 2026 10:50 PM (bd3ok)

137 Fluent in every language would be useful in picking up hot foreign ladies.

No telling what else you might pick up.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at August 21, 2026 10:50 PM (ZVgZ4)

138 What has the world come to?

Posted by: Tonypete at August 21, 2026 10:08 PM (Y8Lgz)

So, how many did you buy?
Posted by: OrangeEnt

Honest man just trying to make a living.

I did manage to sell Mr. Douglas the spuds for $8.99/lb

Posted by: Mr. Haney, drove all the way over from Pixley at August 21, 2026 10:50 PM (4RYRd)

139 133 What happened to option no. 7? Sleeping in linen strips?
Posted by: Lon Chaney Jr. at August 21, 2026 10:48 PM (17rPF)

Whu... what the fuck happened to this place? it looks like an Arab larping shithole

Posted by: Rameses II at August 21, 2026 10:51 PM (88C+u)

140 Define "Instrument."

Posted by: Orson at August 21, 2026 10:51 PM (dIske)

141 What happened to option no. 7? Sleeping in linen strips?
Posted by: Lon Chaney Jr. at August 21, 2026 10:48 PM (17rPF)

Went out of style with Lazarus.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at August 21, 2026 10:52 PM (ZVgZ4)

142 Job search progress report:
Another day another slew of no real progress. But at least some responses from recruiters. Over the course of the week that's... 5, maybe 6 reachbacks? None have resulted in interviews yet. I hope for some next week....

Posted by: RandomDave (if you can spare a bit, please click) at August 21, 2026 10:41 PM (aJQbY)

Keep at it, brother. Someone out there will be a right fit.
I hope you've got your resume out on all the job search websites/boards. Get on LinkedIn (ugh, I hate "social media"). And don't despair. (Yeah, that's the hard part.)

Posted by: GWB at August 21, 2026 10:53 PM (kU0PQ)

143 An original RCA Theramin is worth keeping an eye out for, if you frequent likely spots. They didn’t make very many and command quite a price from collectors. Probably a few out there still in a basement or barn somewhere

Posted by: Common Tater at August 21, 2026 10:53 PM (bd3ok)

144 Surgical instruments? Financial instruments? Think of the possibilities!

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at August 21, 2026 10:53 PM (ZVgZ4)

145 Costello was giving Abbot a massage/rubdown. Lou asked Bud, "which one of these liniments should I use?" Bud replied, "I don't care, use either." Costello got the can marked ether down from the shelf.....

Posted by: Hu's On First? at August 21, 2026 10:53 PM (JM9I6)

146 Red pill without question for me.

And I don't get the 1950 Democrats?

Posted by: polynikes at August 21, 2026 10:54 PM (KC5Lt)

147 What is it with people who think saying "But I don't understand..." makes them look smart?

Justice Brown-Jackson does this a lot. I think it's a passive-aggressive way of saying "I don't understand because you aren't making sense."

Posted by: Oddbob at August 21, 2026 10:54 PM (vTZFs)

148 GWB yeah I resisted LinkedIn for months and finally got on it in January. Sadly it's the easiest place to find jobs in my field.

Posted by: RandomDave (if you can spare a bit, please click) at August 21, 2026 10:55 PM (aJQbY)

149 1950s Democrats: communist beatniks.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at August 21, 2026 10:55 PM (ZVgZ4)

150 >>>as far as sleep #4, maybe there's some sensitivity issue in one spot or another.

Posted by: 88C+u

>#4 may be perfectly acceptable when you crawl out of the shower back into bed after the explosive diarrhea has leaked down your leg.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at August 21, 2026 10:56 PM (FR9Sb)

151 128 What is it with people who think saying "But I don't understand..." makes them look smart? When did being retarded become a conservative virtue?
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 21, 2026 10:42 PM (ZOv7s)

More commonly a tactic of the Left, nowadays.
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at August 21, 2026 10:46 PM (ZVgZ4)

Or "that doesn't make any sense" without offering any substantive rebuttal. It has the same intellectual heft as "nuh UH" without the economy of language.

Posted by: No thoughts just scripting at August 21, 2026 10:58 PM (TbWk/)

152 Surgical instruments? Financial instruments? Think of the possibilities!
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit

I'd be worried that the pills came from a genie. They hate it when people rules-lawyer them.

Posted by: mikeski at August 21, 2026 10:58 PM (VHUov)

153 >#4 may be perfectly acceptable when you crawl out of the shower back into bed after the explosive diarrhea has leaked down your leg.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at August 21, 2026 10:56 PM (FR9Sb)

Ummmm.... You're probably best off sleeping in the shower at that point. Don't ask me how I know.

Posted by: GWB at August 21, 2026 10:58 PM (kU0PQ)

154 1950s Democrats: communist beatniks.
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at August 21, 2026 10:55 PM (ZVgZ4)

I resemble that remark. *bongo solo*

Posted by: Maynard G. Krebs at August 21, 2026 10:58 PM (wVcYX)

155 #4 is also known as the Winnie the Pooh

Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at August 21, 2026 10:59 PM (WO8Le)

156 #4 is also known as the Winnie the Pooh
Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at August 21, 2026 10:59 PM (WO8Le)

In China, they call it the Xi string...

Posted by: Joe Kidd at August 21, 2026 11:03 PM (nbLIj)

157 1950s Democrats: communist beatniks.
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at August 21, 2026 10:55 PM (ZVgZ4)

Sorry that character looks like he's from Dogpatch.

Posted by: polynikes at August 21, 2026 11:05 PM (KC5Lt)

158 Justice Brown-Jackson does this a lot. I think it's a passive-aggressive way of saying "I don't understand because you aren't making sense."
Posted by: Oddbob at August 21, 2026 10:54 PM (vTZFs)
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Yes, and she's widely regarded as a retard (by her own colleagues!) because of it. "Explain again like I'm a kid how 1+1=2."

I mean, I get it as a rhetorical trick, but that doesn't work when all you have is a B.A. from Goucher. To be sure, he has a bunch of "chairs" because he's such a fat ass no single chair can support him, but when you pull that stunt against Roger Kimball and he replies in classical Greek, *you* look like the rube.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 21, 2026 11:05 PM (ZOv7s)

159 What ever happened to Aha! anyway? A name like that was for the ages.

Aha mainted popularity in Europe and elsewhere, the two principles are deuches to each other, similar to the brothers from Oasis, but they've stuck it out.

Still tour a fair bit.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at August 21, 2026 11:06 PM (XV/Pl)

160 Over the course of the week that's... 5, maybe 6 reachbacks?

And not even the goddamn common courtesy of a reacharound...

Posted by: Senior DI Hartmann at August 21, 2026 11:06 PM (TbWk/)

161 DH always slept nekkid until we had a son. Then he added the judicious application of undies. Now he includes the undershirt because.... IDK why.

Posted by: tcn in AK at August 21, 2026 11:06 PM (ur4t4)

162 "Which part do you not understand?"

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 21, 2026 11:07 PM (RIvkX)

163 *part

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 21, 2026 11:08 PM (RIvkX)

164 I'm a number 3 and I pretty much don't sleep with any covering, just a sheet to keep my tootsies warm.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at August 21, 2026 11:08 PM (XV/Pl)

165 We are empty nesters, so that's not happening.
Posted by: JohnFNotKerry at August 21, 2026 10:47 PM (zMzlR)
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Ah, the empty nest! We had that for a few months.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 21, 2026 11:09 PM (ZOv7s)

166 It’s best for it to be cool enough for a blanket. If it’s too warm for a blanket, no Bueno.

Posted by: Common Tater at August 21, 2026 11:10 PM (bd3ok)

167 >>>And I don't get the 1950 Democrats?

Posted by: polynikes
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Should be 1933.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 21, 2026 11:12 PM (nqf1u)

168 I'm going to go red pill. I have a natural ability for instruments, and there are plenty that I have noooo desire to play, so give me the language pill. Thats more valuable than playing a frigging tuba.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at August 21, 2026 11:12 PM (S41Gd)

169 Why does the Disney Winnie the Pooh seem poorly dressed with just a shirt when the original Milne Winnie was quite proper in nothing at all?

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at August 21, 2026 11:14 PM (ZVgZ4)

170 Sadly it's the easiest place to find jobs in my field.
Posted by: RandomDave (if you can spare a bit, please click) at August 21, 2026 10:55 PM (aJQbY)

Are you familiar with government jobs dot com? I applied for my last full time gig there.

Posted by: Joe Kidd at August 21, 2026 11:14 PM (nbLIj)

171 Blue Pill all damn day long.

Spring / Summer / Fall - 6
Winter - 4 ... and why is this so abhorrent to the poster?

Posted by: browndog says woof at August 21, 2026 11:15 PM (3sXRv)

172 Everything is wrong
I made a C- in AP biology in 12th grade
(I found a scrap book from 197
I made a 4 on the AP test about 90%
Posted by: r hennigantx at August 21, 2026 10:07 PM (/+uur)
==

I received a B in Biology II and got a 4 on my AP. I had read James Watson's "The Double Helix" and wrote a proposal for an experiment based on what little I learned from the book. The AP biology essay question covered the same material as the proposal. Heh.

Posted by: mrp at August 21, 2026 11:16 PM (rj6Yv)

173 1950s Democrats: I’m thinking folk singers and trade unionists and communists all.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at August 21, 2026 11:16 PM (ZVgZ4)

174 but when you pull that stunt against Roger Kimball and he replies in classical Greek, *you* look like the rube.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd


I doubt Jonah could handle a response from Hank Kimball

Posted by: Miklos, county agent, well not the whole county, because "county" is defined by the humus at August 21, 2026 11:16 PM (4RYRd)

175
Breaking radio silence for...

Hiccups.

Dammit.

Posted by: BifBewalski - at August 21, 2026 11:17 PM (tGr7e)

176 I'm a 1 or 5. I don't want to have to find something to put on in case I have to make a quick exit.

Posted by: polynikes at August 21, 2026 11:18 PM (KC5Lt)

177 What is it with people who think saying "But I don't understand..." makes them look smart? When did being retarded become a conservative virtue?
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd


There is a very good post out there on 'X', of the left pretending not to understand things, making discourse impossible.

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at August 21, 2026 11:18 PM (f87vz)

178 I'm going to go red pill. I have a natural ability for instruments, and there are plenty that I have noooo desire to play, so give me the language pill. Thats more valuable than playing a frigging tuba.
Posted by: Berserker

Gotta agree. Singing in Mongolian is way more metal than playing a tuba.

Posted by: mikeski at August 21, 2026 11:18 PM (VHUov)

179 We are hiring

Posted by: Mail Order "Brides" by Miklos (se habla Ukrainski) at August 21, 2026 11:19 PM (4RYRd)

180 The employment search process seems to be just one giant humiliation ritual, not a good-faith effort to match suitable candidates with fitting job openings. It's like they got together and agreed to see how many different ways they can fuck with the applicants and in how large a number.

Posted by: Worse than dating, and dating is hell at August 21, 2026 11:19 PM (TbWk/)

181 Hello, Horde! 😊💕

Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at August 21, 2026 11:20 PM (SRRAx)

182 plenty that I have noooo desire to play, so give me the language pill. Thats more valuable than playing a frigging tuba.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division

Taj Mahal's live album "The Real Thing" featured a 4 or 5 piece tuba/brass section. Blues with tubas, who'da thunk it?

Posted by: Ain't Gwine Whistle Dixie (Any Mo) at August 21, 2026 11:20 PM (JM9I6)

183 There is a very good post out there on 'X', of the left pretending not to understand things, making discourse impossible.
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at August 21, 2026 11:18 PM (f87vz)
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Yes, it is telling that our super-conservatives are now using leftist tactics to support leftist positions.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 21, 2026 11:21 PM (ZOv7s)

184 Not accepting any gifts from djinn (trust me, you’d do better dealing with the fae), so maybe I don’t take either pill.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at August 21, 2026 11:23 PM (ZVgZ4)

185 Hello, Horde! 😊💕
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth,

Hello, Plucky Wee One!

Posted by: the Horde at August 21, 2026 11:23 PM (4RYRd)

186 Yes, it is telling that our super-conservatives are now using leftist tactics to support leftist positions.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 21, 2026 11:21 PM (ZOv7s)
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They know better than what they put on paper or post on a website. The money soothes their conscience.

Posted by: mrp at August 21, 2026 11:24 PM (rj6Yv)

187 183
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Yes, it is telling that our super-conservatives are now using leftist tactics to support leftist positions.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd


I don't understand.

Posted by: Tucker Carleson and his retard gaze at August 21, 2026 11:24 PM (f87vz)

188 Not accepting any gifts from djinn (trust me, you’d do better dealing with the fae), so maybe I don’t take either pill.
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit

*rubs lamp*

Wish Cotton was a monkey, wish Cotton was a monkey

Posted by: that Little Rascal Miklos at August 21, 2026 11:24 PM (4RYRd)

189 Some Asian streaming services have pulled the anime series Chainsmoker Cat because it 'promotes smoking' and violate laws.

Government, always finding new depths of stupidity.

https://youtu.be/aRiVUVNUhIs

Yeah, that is certainly promoting smoking.

Posted by: Anna Puma at August 21, 2026 11:26 PM (2GVsD)

190 The employment search process seems to be just one giant humiliation ritual, not a good-faith effort to match suitable candidates with fitting job openings. It's like they got together and agreed to see how many different ways they can fuck with the applicants and in how large a number.
Posted by: Worse than dating, and dating is hell at August 21, 2026 11:19 PM (TbWk/)
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The best way to find a job is to use human social networks. Not online stuff, but people you know, who know people, and so on. That's how stuff gets done. You know a guy at church who knows a guy who knows a nice lady. I'm a grandfather, so I can't claim to be hip and current, but my kids are using it. You network with people in a given career field and get a sense of who is hiring and what they need.

The employer puts obstacles because they don't want to have to fire someone right after hiring. They want to know if this person will really work and at this point, a lot of the traditional filters (like college degrees) have been completely corrupted.

But if the guy doing the hiring is told "This person can do it" from someone they trust, that's different.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 21, 2026 11:26 PM (ZOv7s)

191 Taj Mahal's live album "The Real Thing" featured a 4 or 5 piece tuba/brass section. Blues with tubas, who'da thunk it?
Posted by: Ain't Gwine Whistle Dixie (Any Mo) at August 21, 2026 11:20 PM (JM9I6)

Brass bass in the blues has been around forever. More presence than a string bass, which helped when records were made acoustically. I had the privilege of seeing Taj Mahal live at the Max Singer concert hall in Calgary, many years ago. Put on a great show.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 21, 2026 11:28 PM (1z8ji)

192 We are hiring

Posted by: Mail Order "Brides" by Miklos (se habla Ukrainski) at August 21, 2026 11:19 PM (4RYRd)

Say yes to the mess.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at August 21, 2026 11:28 PM (S41Gd)

193 If super-conservatives are using leftist tactics to support leftist positions maybe they aren’t super-conservative but just leftists trying to pull a fast one on you.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at August 21, 2026 11:31 PM (ZVgZ4)

194 When I lost my job decades ago, my father gave me a book (What Color Is Your Parachute) that was the usual self-help garbage, but it contained the idea that one way to find a job you want is to look at companies you want to work for locally and just drop in. Ask about what they do, show interest in the operation, talk with other employees, and let it be known that you admire their work and would like to be part of their team.

It may turn out that they are expanding, or have been thinking of adding a position, and someone who is so geeked about working for the to stop in is naturally going to get a closer look.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 21, 2026 11:31 PM (ZOv7s)

195 Taj Mahal does Cakewalk Into Town: lots of brass bass here.

https://youtu.be/WU764hR3I7Q

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 21, 2026 11:32 PM (1z8ji)

196 Say yes to the mess.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division

We maintain strict levels of hygiene according to HAACP, ISO, and USDA standards.

No cheap Chinese knock-ups here

Posted by: Mail Order "Brides" by Miklos QA department at August 21, 2026 11:33 PM (4RYRd)

197 Chainsmoker Cat is the most effective anti-smoking propaganda I have ever seen!

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at August 21, 2026 11:35 PM (ZVgZ4)

198 Evenin’, All. Hey, Weird Dave.

Posted by: Bulg at August 21, 2026 11:38 PM (77rzZ)

199 57 In Banana Ball, the Firefighters have a Dalmation Bat Boy.
Posted by: Johnny On The Spot at August 21, 2026 10:22 PM (JM9I6)

So, I have a confession to make....

I contacted the Banana Ball organization and asked them if they had a "Make A Wish" program for adults with terminal illnesses, since seeing them in person is a Bucket List item of mine (there is a team in the DFW area).

I didn't think it would lead to anything, but I figured it didn't hurt to ask. Well, A couple of weeks ago I got an email from them asking when I wanted to go (handicapped seats, too, so win!).

So Mr. TiFW and I now have 2 tickets for the last Saturday in September to go and see our local team playing the Banana Ball guys! 🎉🎉🎉

Looks like they have a full day of fun lined up for all of their fans - I am going to drag Mr. TiFW kicking and screaming for as much of the full fan experience that we can stand (he prefers to spend his time sitting on the couch watching guy movies) so that we can make another memory 😊💕

I will take lots of pictures to share at the Texas MoMe -

Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at August 21, 2026 11:40 PM (SRRAx)

200 Brass bass in the blues has been around forever. More presence than a string bass, which helped when records were made acoustically. I had the privilege of seeing Taj Mahal live at the Max Singer concert hall in Calgary, many years ago. Put on a great show.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 21, 2026 11:28 PM (1z8ji)

I think Leon Redbone used to use a tuba in place of bass. Yeah, don't ask me how I even know about this dude. I had a friend who had strange music tastes. He also owned every zappa album ever made, so...

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at August 21, 2026 11:43 PM (S41Gd)

201 Well, I got all the damned black paint off the dune buggy body tube. Wore out about 60 razor blades and a dozen sticky discs for the D/A sander. Interior is all stripped down to the gel coat. Exterior needs a lot of high-build primer sanded off, but that is easy to do.

Got new fiberglass laid up in the repaired corners, and the resin set up just fine. When you stop to think about it, fiberglass is amazing shit. A can of gooey syrup, plus some floppy fabric, plus "magic", and you have a solid piece with real structural strength.

And I have most of a quart of DP 40 non-sanding epoxy primer-sealer, and the corresponding hardener. Enough to do this puppy; makes a surface that paint sticks to like glue, and prevents any under-colors from bleeding through.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 21, 2026 11:44 PM (1z8ji)

202 When I applied for my first postdoc, the researcher I wanted to work with saw my PhD professor as a rival, and looked askance at his recommendations for me. But this same researcher had worked with my Ms professor (I got both Ms and PhD for reasons), and that was what got me the in. His recommendations (my Ms professor’s) were gold. I was worth taking on. This lead eventually to a NRL postdoc, and that got me the job offer at my university, as well as my work and winning personality, good looks, etc. No, it was the NRL cachet, and maybe my work.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at August 21, 2026 11:45 PM (ZVgZ4)

203 It may turn out that they are expanding, or have been thinking of adding a position, and someone who is so geeked about working for the to stop in is naturally going to get a closer look.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 21, 2026 11:31 PM (ZOv7s)

Funny you mention that. There's a Home Goods store within walking distance from Casa Sin Problemas and the website had a cashier's position open. After filling out the online app, I showered, put on a nice shirt, and walked down to chat up the cashiers, to see if the manager was around. She was. Interview was Thursday. Pretty sure I'm in...

Posted by: Joe Kidd at August 21, 2026 11:46 PM (nbLIj)

204 Has anybody mentioned boobs yet?

Posted by: Bulg at August 21, 2026 11:47 PM (77rzZ)

205 Has anybody mentioned boobs yet?
Posted by: Bulg

Mainly just thinking

It's early

Posted by: Miklos, down at Bob's Boobs 'n Booze at August 21, 2026 11:54 PM (4RYRd)

206 I think Leon Redbone used to use a tuba in place of bass. Yeah, don't ask me how I even know about this dude. I had a friend who had strange music tastes. He also owned every zappa album ever made, so...
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at August 21, 2026 11:43 PM (S41Gd)

Leon Redbone lived just outside of New Hope, PA. Realtor was taking me around the neighborhood. Made me promise that I wouldn't run up to the door and bother him. Apparently the last guy he took up there did exactly that...

Posted by: Joe Kidd at August 21, 2026 11:54 PM (nbLIj)

207 Leon Redbone
_-_
He also tuned his guitar down a whole step, so it was easy to play "in the people's key"...B flat. Took me a bit to figure that out when I first encountered him and was a novice on the guitar..

Posted by: Don in SoCo at August 21, 2026 11:57 PM (QlGmE)

208 Has anybody mentioned boobs yet?

Posted by: Bulg at August 21, 2026 11:47 PM (77rzZ)

Here. Just don't count back from 10.

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/avUZkZhj0yE

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at August 21, 2026 11:57 PM (S41Gd)

209 If people called me "redbone" I might be a bit sensitive too

Posted by: Miklos, like how would they even know that at August 21, 2026 11:57 PM (4RYRd)

210
The Chicoms are about to launch a big lunar orbiter and lander mission to the Moon, probably this Sunday. They will orbit a while, the attempt to land a lander down near the rim of Shackleton crater. The lander will carry a rover, and a hopper.

If we're not careful, the Chicoms are gonna get the jump on us, and you know how well they'll honor any space treaties about territorial claims and all that good crap.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 21, 2026 11:57 PM (w6EFb)

211 205. Heh. Hey, Miklos.

Posted by: Bulg at August 21, 2026 11:58 PM (77rzZ)

212
They're still claming they're gonna land a human Chicom on the Moon before 2030, and say they're going to establish a moon base by 2035. Right there at the lunar south pole. Where we're planning out operations.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 21, 2026 11:58 PM (w6EFb)

213 Good night folks. Going to bed sober means a lot of cosmic ideas I have no ability to realize. Good thing that won't be a problem tonight.

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at August 22, 2026 12:00 AM (CHHv1)

214 If we're not careful, the Chicoms are gonna get the jump on us, and you know how well they'll honor any space treaties about territorial claims and all that good crap.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley

The good news is half the components come from Temu

Posted by: Miklos, figuring they must be pissed Elon did the chopsticks landing first at August 22, 2026 12:00 AM (4RYRd)

215 WeirdDave brings the content.

Posted by: wth at August 22, 2026 12:01 AM (oq9dX)

216 If people called me "redbone" I might be a bit sensitive too
_-_
That's a different set of guys...
https://youtube.com/YdjNIWrFo-0

Posted by: Don in SoCo at August 22, 2026 12:01 AM (QlGmE)

217 >>The Chicoms are about to launch a big lunar orbiter and lander mission to the Moon, probably this Sunday. They will orbit a while, the attempt to land a lander down near the rim of Shackleton crater. The lander will carry a rover, and a hopper.
------------

If their space equipment works as well as their military equipment, then we can watch it all blow up at the halfway point. LOL.

Posted by: JQ at August 22, 2026 12:02 AM (rdVOm)

218 They're still claming they're gonna land a human Chicom on the Moon before 2030, and say they're going to establish a moon base by 2035. Right there at the lunar south pole. Where we're planning out operations.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 21, 2026 11:58 PM (w6EFb)

Musk should land a robot at the Lunar south pole, to lie in wait for the heathen Chinee. Program it to say, "You been heah for fo' howah. You go now!"

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 22, 2026 12:04 AM (1z8ji)

219 Going to bed sober means you spent your whole damn paycheck in one damn place. On Tuesday.

Posted by: Miklos from Red-neck-o-lina at August 22, 2026 12:05 AM (4RYRd)

220 Does #4 wear socks too?

Posted by: wth at August 22, 2026 12:05 AM (oq9dX)

221
Yes, I'm hoping this mission blows up in their faces, quite literally. Preferably on the pad.

That said, they've landed successfully on the Moon 4 times so far, and even got a rover on Mars. One of those Moon missions returned samples.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 22, 2026 12:05 AM (w6EFb)

222 All things must pass. So, before I pass out…

https://youtu.be/GH3bgLY0TnQ

G'nite, y'all.💤

Posted by: mindful webworker - passing it along at August 22, 2026 12:06 AM (1BE2o)

223 If we're not careful, the Chicoms are gonna get the jump on us



*silently lies in wait*

Posted by: Cato from the Pink Panther movies at August 22, 2026 12:07 AM (4RYRd)

224 Taj Mahal does Cakewalk Into Town: lots of brass bass here.
https://youtu.be/WU764hR3I7Q
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon

Cory Wong knows how it's done.

Wait for it..... then wait for it again.....

https://youtu.be/ImT4z4L4rvs

Posted by: but don't wait too long, it's at 0:53 at August 22, 2026 12:07 AM (VHUov)

225
I don't even want to think about how many of our traitors probably "helped" the Chicoms with the tech and engineering know how. Equivalent of Fauci and co with Wuhan.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 22, 2026 12:09 AM (w6EFb)

226 Nice harmonies...danger hair.

Posted by: Don in SoCo at August 22, 2026 12:09 AM (QlGmE)

227 Does #4 wear socks too?
Posted by: wth

Lil' Miklos wears a raincoat sometimes

Posted by: Miklos doesn't mind the wet at August 22, 2026 12:10 AM (4RYRd)

228 I don't even want to think about how many of our traitors probably "helped" the Chicoms with the tech and engineering know how. Equivalent of Fauci and co with Wuhan.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley

Loral Space Systems

Clinton, William Jefferson

Posted by: Miklos Remembers at August 22, 2026 12:11 AM (4RYRd)

229 But if the guy doing the hiring is told "This person can do it" from someone they trust, that's different.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 21, 2026 11:26 PM (ZOv7s)

There are nearly no architect jobs that advertise. You just send out the resumes, follow up with phone calls, and maybe get an interview. Helps to have your ear to the grapevine, know who's hiring, who's moving, who's worth working for and who is complete asshoe.

I have never answered an ad to get a job as an architect.

Posted by: tcn in AK at August 22, 2026 12:13 AM (ur4t4)

230 Cory Wong knows how it's done.

Wait for it..... then wait for it again.....

https://youtu.be/ImT4z4L4rvs
Posted by: but don't wait too long, it's at 0:53 at August 22, 2026 12:07 AM (VHUov)

That's actually pretty interesting to listen to. Melodic, it is.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 22, 2026 12:15 AM (1z8ji)

231 When you stop to think about it, fiberglass is amazing shit. A can of gooey syrup, plus some floppy fabric, plus "magic", and you have a solid piece with real structural strength.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 21, 2026 11:44 PM (1z8ji)

Back in the day a lot of dudes would use fiberglass to mold their gas tanks and rear fenders into the frame of of the old world harley choppers. Yeah, not as good as doing the metal fab, but it worked good enough. About 3-4 months ago I had to resurrect a genuine 1950's panhead that was built into a chopper in 1969. It was the real deal late 60's chopper, like traveling back in time. It sat for 15 years with gas in the tank. It smelled horrible, we thought the tank would be a goner. Somehow the dude who built it (dead now) lined the inside bottom of the gas tank with fiberglass, and all we did was throw some fresh gas in it, shake it around, let it it sit for a bit, drain it, and the tank was fine. It didn't continue to smell like old gas as they often do. So yeah, its amazing shit.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at August 22, 2026 12:16 AM (S41Gd)

232 One of those Moon missions returned samples.




For Authentic original Chinese lunar rocks and such-all call BR-549

Posted by: Junior Samples was a bit on the spherical side at August 22, 2026 12:18 AM (4RYRd)

233 Very nice, Teresa, I have been to four Banana Ball games, three in Savannah and one in Norfolk last summer. Always a fun time.

Posted by: Yellow Fever at August 22, 2026 12:19 AM (JM9I6)

234 Evening all,

We have a launch in about 2 hours.

SpaceX - Falcon 9 - Starlink 15-20
SLC-4E - Vandenberg SFB, CA - Space Affairs Live
Launch Date: August 22, 2026
Launch Time: 12:25 a.m. PDT (0725 UTC, 09:25 CEST)

https://youtu.be/PE3fVHlNxko

Posted by: Joyenz at August 22, 2026 12:19 AM (2F0/Y)

235 Leon Redbone lived just outside of New Hope, PA. Realtor was taking me around the neighborhood. Made me promise that I wouldn't run up to the door and bother him. Apparently the last guy he took up there did exactly that...

Posted by: Joe Kidd at August 21, 2026 11:54 PM (nbLIj)

I'm about 45 minutes from there. Its a....strange place. Rode the motorcycle there once just to say I did it.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at August 22, 2026 12:20 AM (S41Gd)

236 Back in the day a lot of dudes would use fiberglass to mold their gas tanks and rear fenders into the frame of of the old world harley choppers. Yeah, not as good as doing the metal fab, but it worked good enough. About 3-4 months ago I had to resurrect a genuine 1950's panhead that was built into a chopper in 1969. It was the real deal late 60's chopper, like traveling back in time. It sat for 15 years with gas in the tank. It smelled horrible, we thought the tank would be a goner. Somehow the dude who built it (dead now) lined the inside bottom of the gas tank with fiberglass, and all we did was throw some fresh gas in it, shake it around, let it it sit for a bit, drain it, and the tank was fine. It didn't continue to smell like old gas as they often do. So yeah, its amazing shit.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at August 22, 2026 12:16 AM (S41Gd)

Friend of mine dumped three old generators on me to get them running. One of them is a Yang Poon knockoff of a Hyundai, 440o watts. Take off the fuel cap, and the smell would knock a buzzard off a shitpile at 80 paces. That metal tank is going to get boiled out with caustic soda. The genuine Hyundai is hydro-locked.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 22, 2026 12:21 AM (1z8ji)

237 I don't even want to think about how many of our traitors probably "helped" the Chicoms with the tech and engineering know how. Equivalent of Fauci and co with Wuhan.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley

Loral Space Systems

Clinton, William Jefferson

Posted by: Miklos Remembers at August 22, 2026 12:11 AM (4RYRd)

Yeah, that jerkoff clinton gave them computers, missile tech, god knows what else.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at August 22, 2026 12:22 AM (S41Gd)

238 I'm about 45 minutes from there. Its a....strange place. Rode the motorcycle there once just to say I did it.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at August 22, 2026 12:20 AM (S41Gd)

I don't think you have to worry about bothering Leon any more. RIP, dude.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 22, 2026 12:23 AM (1z8ji)

239 Thank you for the ONT.

Farm kids are different because we are feral. No one knew where we were or asked til sunset.

There were always farm cars to learn to drive at age 12yrs. My friend and I "waterskied" with her 13yr old bro driving through woods on a farm road in our swimsuits, hanging onto the luggage rack and ducking for limbs vs losing heads.

Set fire to stuff did get us noticed & it was never my fault at a friend's house from smoking cigs, where her brother put the fires out. In once case hay near her Dad's shop. Another time friends set her mother's car on fire at a church thing (cigs). Again, not my fault and man was her father mad (you could see the trunk) and the backseat was springs.

You had to watch the little siblings. One thought our goat's poop was Milk Duds and we stopped him from tasting.

Never bored and I told my sons and tell our grands do not say the word, "bored," around me as it does not exist.

I loved the blackhead removal meme and surely feel bad about it.

Tired from grand girl's first bday party with her chimp siblings. She's one tough baby who knows how to strong arm them when they mess with her. Ate her entire slice of cake and may explode.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at August 22, 2026 12:23 AM (hzuYO)

240 lue city Mayors with "impressive" "job" "experience"

Seattle. Katie Wilson, founder of the nonprofit Seattle Transit Riders, union

NYC, Z. Mamdani, Foreclosure prevention counselor, politics

Chicago, Brandon Johnson, Social Studies Teacher, every other job was politics

LA, Karen Bass, Real Job as a physician's assistant, then all politics

Boston, Michelle Wu, perfect SAT score, Harvard Law cum laude, policies as stupid as the other four

Posted by: JM in Illinois at August 22, 2026 12:24 AM (llBIB)

241 Friend of mine dumped three old generators on me to get them running. One of them is a Yang Poon knockoff of a Hyundai, 440o watts. Take off the fuel cap, and the smell would knock a buzzard off a shitpile at 80 paces. That metal tank is going to get boiled out with caustic soda. The genuine Hyundai is hydro-locked.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 22, 2026 12:21 AM (1z8ji)

yeah, unfortunately we can't boil tanks with paint jobs. Nobody wants to touch them.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at August 22, 2026 12:25 AM (S41Gd)

242 I built a ten foot long two sided fiberglass sink that was for developing film in the high school where I used to work. It's fun working with the resin and mat. I used colorant to make it a medium gray. The frame was poplar and plywood beneath.

Posted by: oldnorthstate at August 22, 2026 12:25 AM (JM9I6)

243 I have never answered an ad to get a job as an architect.
Posted by: tcn in AK

Neither have I!

Posted by: Minimum Wage Miklos at August 22, 2026 12:25 AM (4RYRd)

244 Friend of mine dumped three old generators on me to get them running.
_-_
I spend a good bit of time on those things. I am rebuilding a Honda EV4010, running one, and have another ready to go. Those all run on propane. Backup is a Harbor Freight gasoline-powered Honda knockoff. Two young 'ens and their laptops get way ahead of the solar panel output.

Posted by: Don in SoCo at August 22, 2026 12:27 AM (QlGmE)

245 Goodnight and rock on, Morons and 'ettes

Evil Wind
Bad Company 1979

https://tinyurl.com/yshm3s2p

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at August 22, 2026 12:30 AM (hzuYO)

246 & it was never my fault



ChristyBlinky was clearly raised right

Posted by: Miklos wonders what only children say when busted at August 22, 2026 12:30 AM (4RYRd)

247
49 The biggest stoner in my AP Bio class is now a big time urologist in NYC. The teacher would mock him for being high in class.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 21, 2026 10:15 PM

------

A big man in urea.

Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at August 22, 2026 12:32 AM (mS8PE)

248 I spend a good bit of time on those things. I am rebuilding a Honda EV4010, running one, and have another ready to go. Those all run on propane. Backup is a Harbor Freight gasoline-powered Honda knockoff. Two young 'ens and their laptops get way ahead of the solar panel output.
Posted by: Don in SoCo at August 22, 2026 12:27 AM (QlGmE)

Funny story on these three. The big one is a Generac 17.5 kW whole-house generator, gasoline powered. Other two are portable. Buddy got a contract to tear down a derelict building belonging to the fire department in a small town about a half hour from here. There old generators stored in it. "Oh, those? The RCMP seized them, and gave them to us to store. Take 'em away." So he did.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 22, 2026 12:33 AM (1z8ji)

249 60 21 Have you ever seen the precipitation?

There is an ill-intentioned lunar satellite in ascendancy

Posted by: Creedence Clearwater Scientific

Verily, I am not he whom you seek
I was not sired by a patrician
Posted by: Archimedes at August 21, 2026 10:22 PM (Riz8t)

Gestated on the Confluent Waterway

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at August 22, 2026 12:35 AM (IG3/x)

250 Happy Friday Horde!

Good night Christy.

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at August 22, 2026 12:36 AM (ibDUx)

251 The RCMP seized them, and gave them to us to store. Take 'em away." So he did.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon

Those old Dudley Do-Rights were pretty reliable back in the day.

Not sure about now, may be beyond repair.

Posted by: Miklos below the Mason-Dixon at August 22, 2026 12:37 AM (4RYRd)

252 Perceived it via the viniferous liana.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at August 22, 2026 12:38 AM (IG3/x)

253 Not sure about now, may be beyond repair.
Posted by: Miklos below the Mason-Dixon at August 22, 2026 12:37 AM (4RYRd)

I'm guessing either they were stolen, or used to power a grow-op. All appear to be an easy fix.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 22, 2026 12:39 AM (1z8ji)

254 Generac 17.5 kW
_-_
That's quite a find. I have a completely worn out Generac 7 kw that I need to either haul away or crack open and rebuild. Something else always come up before I jump in and do it. Maybe when the son-in-law comes to visit...he's a good one to keep busy, or he thinks up stuff ..

Posted by: Don in SoCo at August 22, 2026 12:40 AM (QlGmE)

255 Perceived it via the viniferous liana.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at August 22, 2026 12:38 AM (IG3/x)

Golf clap!

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 22, 2026 12:41 AM (1z8ji)

256 Perceived it via the viniferous liana.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia

*laughs in a loud Marvin Gaye voice*

Posted by: Miklos about to lose my mind at August 22, 2026 12:42 AM (4RYRd)

257 Itinerant Orchestra
Observing Through My Dorsal Portal
Beaming Theotokos

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at August 22, 2026 12:42 AM (IG3/x)

258 Democrats is Greek for "cancer." Don't be fooled by anyone who says otherwise--they're Democrats.

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at August 22, 2026 12:45 AM (CHHv1)

259 viniferous liana.
_-_
Tarzan not know name, him just swing on them.
Yeah, I think that Marvin Gaye reference went over my head....sigh...I'm used to it.

Posted by: Don in SoCo at August 22, 2026 12:47 AM (QlGmE)

260 The Celestially Bedazzled Pennon

Posted by: Can Miklos play? at August 22, 2026 12:48 AM (4RYRd)

261 Tarzan not know name, him just swing on them.
Yeah, I think that Marvin Gaye reference went over my head....sigh...I'm used to it.
Posted by: Don in SoCo at August 22, 2026 12:47 AM (QlGmE)

Tarzan's last words: "Who greased the grapevines?"

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 22, 2026 12:50 AM (1z8ji)

262 Well now, the boobs of great hypnotism one again appeared in my youtube. Anyway, I share, so...

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/k-geORbKPV0

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at August 22, 2026 12:51 AM (S41Gd)

263
As long as they're bedazzled, not vajazzled.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 22, 2026 12:51 AM (w6EFb)

264 Well, the Peon Meal, wieners and sauerkraut, was good. I ate it all. Used spicy Italian sausage instead of wieners.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 22, 2026 12:52 AM (1z8ji)

265 Who greased the grapevines?
_-_
I read that to my daughter, and she started singing, "George, George, George of the jungle, strong as he can be..."

Posted by: Don in SoCo at August 22, 2026 12:53 AM (QlGmE)

266 Hmmm...the 1970 Hippie Democrat has 3 arms, and the Confederate soldier has no grip on his flagpole. AI?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 22, 2026 12:54 AM (1z8ji)

267 Who greased the grapevines?

I

was I

Posted by: Jane's female rival at August 22, 2026 12:59 AM (4RYRd)

268 As long as they're bedazzled, not vajazzled.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley

That would require whole different colors

Posted by: Patriotic Aesthete Miklos at August 22, 2026 01:00 AM (4RYRd)

269 I

was I
Posted by: Jane's female rival at August 22, 2026 12:59 AM (4RYRd)

Cheetahs never prosper.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 22, 2026 01:00 AM (1z8ji)

270 Used spicy Italian sausage instead of wieners.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon

When I restock hot dog materiel, I have to carefully compare the buns to the wieners. Regular, bun length, deli style kosher...

Apparently with wieners, size matters

Posted by: Miklos learns things at August 22, 2026 01:05 AM (4RYRd)

271 It came up as a Ewetoob auto suggestion, and I am enjoying it: Organ Groove, Vol. II, by Hammond Noir. Soul jazz, and '60's noir atmosphere.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 22, 2026 01:06 AM (1z8ji)

272 @joshgerstein
3h
BREAKING: In unusual 9PM Friday filing w/Federal Register, Postal Service finalizes regulation to deny delivery of mail-in ballots that don't match addresses in database BUT says won't implement until court orders are lifted. #SCOTUS action awaited.
--

Helloooo, John Roberts

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 22, 2026 01:09 AM (Cq/ve)

273 Sounds like they really jacked up the mix on the percussion, cymbals, and rim shots with the drumsticks. But somehow it works. Mental images of a Havana bar in 1959...

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 22, 2026 01:10 AM (1z8ji)

274 Goodnight, All.

Posted by: Bulg at August 22, 2026 01:11 AM (77rzZ)

275 Soul jazz, and '60's noir atmosphere.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon

Smoking jacket and vodka martini.

Posted by: Miklos beckons to the exotic Natasha at August 22, 2026 01:11 AM (4RYRd)

276 Goodnight, Bulg

Posted by: All at August 22, 2026 01:12 AM (4RYRd)

277 Nite, Bulg. Sweet boobie dreams!

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 22, 2026 01:12 AM (1z8ji)

278 Well, that is an AI project. Have to say it is entertaining, in an atmospheric sort of way.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 22, 2026 01:16 AM (1z8ji)

279 Natasha, be a good girl and find a passport I haven't used in a while...perhaps the Greek or Latvian...and that doesn't say Miklos on it...and have Giacomo open another of this Prosecco you so love

Posted by: International Noir Jazz Man of Miklosian Mystery at August 22, 2026 01:19 AM (4RYRd)

280 Helloooo, John Roberts
Posted by: Braenyard

He's over at Dave's, man

Posted by: 404 Justice not found at August 22, 2026 01:22 AM (4RYRd)

281 Well, getting late here, and I am getting sleepy. Night, Horde.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 22, 2026 01:31 AM (1z8ji)

282 Hmmm...the 1970 Hippie Democrat has 3 arms, and the Confederate soldier has no grip on his flagpole. AI?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon

Where'd they find an AI unwoke enough to draw a klansman?

Posted by: mikeski at August 22, 2026 01:31 AM (VHUov)

283 This thread is hereby adjourned, other than an occasional pro-forma comment

Posted by: John (cough, puke) Thune at August 22, 2026 01:31 AM (4RYRd)

284 Don't know where John is, here's Ridge:
youtube.com/watch?v=oWVVZrjdU-

Posted by: Don in SoCo at August 22, 2026 01:33 AM (QlGmE)

285 Happy Friday Night, horde! Whoever's still here...

Posted by: JQ at August 22, 2026 01:34 AM (rdVOm)

286 Working on the downhill but still here.
Link didn't work for me.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 22, 2026 01:37 AM (Cq/ve)

287 He's over at Dave's, man
Posted by: 404 Justice not found at August 22, 2026 01:22 AM (4RYRd)

Whaa…? Dave’s not here, man.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at August 22, 2026 01:37 AM (ZVgZ4)

288 Posted by: JQ

"Lock up after. register closed so whatever. Went with Shirleen to make the night deposit"

Posted by: note on counter at August 22, 2026 01:37 AM (4RYRd)

289 Shake your groove thing!

youtu.be/w3e8SXWjNg4

Posted by: JQ at August 22, 2026 01:37 AM (rdVOm)

290 Happy Friday Night, horde! Whoever's still here...

Posted by: JQ at August 22, 2026 01:34 AM (rdVOm)

I'm here, just poured a shot.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at August 22, 2026 01:38 AM (S41Gd)

291 "Lock up after. register closed so whatever. Went with Shirleen to make the night deposit"
Posted by: note on counter

So-- I can run an *open drawer*? Woot!

Posted by: JQ at August 22, 2026 01:38 AM (rdVOm)

292 Open the pod bay doors, HAL.

I’m afraid I can’t do that, Dave.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at August 22, 2026 01:38 AM (ZVgZ4)

293 Howdy, Bers!

*pours shots for both of us*

Cheers!

Posted by: JQ at August 22, 2026 01:39 AM (rdVOm)

294 Hey {{JQ}} - I read your message from last night this morning and am still praying for you and hubby. I feel like you are handling it so well.

Posted by: ... at August 22, 2026 01:41 AM (vE0+H)

295 Open the pod bay doors, HAL.

I’m afraid I can’t do that, Dave.
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit
-------

You had to be there, that one day at work:

Guy on forklift (Dave) asked manager (Hal) to open the door for him... LOL!

Yeah, it was *just like that*

Posted by: JQ at August 22, 2026 01:41 AM (rdVOm)

296 youtube.com/watch?v=oWVVZrjdU-8
My apologies on the link....knocked one too many characters off of the end...this one should work.

Posted by: Don in SoCo at August 22, 2026 01:41 AM (QlGmE)

297
Well, I'm finally ahead of normal rainfall for the year with this last rain I got before midnight, 1.47".

GSP itself is still a few inches behind normal.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 22, 2026 01:41 AM (w6EFb)

298 Howdy, Bers!

*pours shots for both of us*

Cheers!

Posted by: JQ at August 22, 2026 01:39 AM (rdVOm)


cheers!

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at August 22, 2026 01:41 AM (S41Gd)

299 >>I read your message from last night this morning and am still praying for you and hubby. I feel like you are handling it so well.
Posted by: ... at August 22, 2026 01:41 AM

Thank you so very much! All prayers are welcome.

Don't know about "handling it so well" though-- some days I come home and just fall apart.

That's the way it goes, I guess...

Posted by: JQ at August 22, 2026 01:43 AM (rdVOm)

300 I'm back JQ, had to get sheets out of the dryer and back on the bed, Cheers!

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at August 22, 2026 01:43 AM (ibDUx)

301 or
Herb and his women.

Peaches & Herb is an American vocal duo. Herb Fame has remained a constant as "Herb" since the duo was created in 1966; seven different women have filled the role of "Peaches", most notably Francine Edna "Peaches" Hurd Barker, the original "Peaches" who lent her nickname to the duo, and Linda Greene Tavani, the third "Peaches", who appeared on the duo's biggest hits "Shake Your Groove Thing" and "Reunited

Years active - 1966–1970, 1976-1986, 1990-present

Herb Fame (born October 1, 1941) - Got to admire those who keep on keeping on.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 22, 2026 01:45 AM (Cq/ve)

302 duck.ai prompt:Open the pod bay doors, Hal.
Response: I’m sorry, Dave. I’m afraid I can’t do that.

It's getting better. Last time it didn't call me Dave.

Posted by: Don in SoCo at August 22, 2026 01:45 AM (QlGmE)

303 Don't know about "handling it so well" though-- some days I come home and just fall apart.

That's the way it goes, I guess...

Posted by: JQ at August 22, 2026 01:43 AM (rdVOm)

I wouldn't expect anything else. I still say you're handling it well.

Posted by: ... at August 22, 2026 01:47 AM (vE0+H)

304
JQ, did I see you post you hit 106F today?

I went to Wunderground's PWS map, and got to looking up there in Idaho and did some hot spots. But then, something wasn't working right with Wunderground on Chrome and I went off on a tangent trying to figure that out, and sort of lost track.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 22, 2026 01:48 AM (w6EFb)

305 duck.ai prompt:Open the pod bay doors, Hal.
Response: I’m sorry, Dave. I’m afraid I can’t do that.

It's getting better. Last time it didn't call me Dave.
Posted by: Don in SoCo

Follow that with "Surely, you can't be serious?"

Posted by: mikeski at August 22, 2026 01:49 AM (VHUov)

306 Ha. Cowboy ragtime, works.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 22, 2026 01:49 AM (Cq/ve)

307 duck.ai delivers again, mikeski:
I am serious—and don’t call me Shirley.

Posted by: Don in SoCo at August 22, 2026 01:51 AM (QlGmE)

308 I wouldn't expect anything else. I still say you're handling it well.

Posted by: ...
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Admirably.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 22, 2026 01:51 AM (Cq/ve)

309 Ha. Cowboy ragtime, works.
_-_
Great bunch of people on that stage, too. Not just talented musicians but great people. Those Texas fiddle contests are fun.

Posted by: Don in SoCo at August 22, 2026 01:54 AM (QlGmE)

310 Hi, Debby!

*Chivas for you*


Publius-- yes, thermometer (in the shade!) at my place read 106 today. Ugh!!!

Posted by: JQ at August 22, 2026 01:55 AM (rdVOm)

311 Bastardi says you should consider buying an extra bag of pellets for this winter. Two if they are on sale.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 22, 2026 01:57 AM (Cq/ve)

312 Good morning!

Regarding the "Biden Roofied?" post.....

My contention was that Biden's Deep State handlers did the opposite before that debate...they WITHHELD Joe's daily drug cocktail so he would perform as poorly as he did. What else can explain the unusual timing of the debate? They knew that Joe was deteriorating much faster than they planned for, and they had to get him out ASAP. They probably also were hoping that any momentum Trump gained from the debate would be forgotten over the summer. Ooops.

Posted by: Midnight Rambler at August 22, 2026 01:58 AM (C1H7N)

313
I saw a hot zone up there around the panhandle. One station was saying 103F. There's not too many stations up there, or at least it wasn't showing too many.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 22, 2026 01:59 AM (w6EFb)

314 Right, Braenyard-- pellets are never "on sale" here. Always full price, and it goes up every year. Pfft.

I still have ~40 bags left over from last season, so got a good start. Assuming the stove doesn't crap out.

Posted by: JQ at August 22, 2026 02:00 AM (rdVOm)

315 Somewhere about the beginning of the last quarter of the song he hits (lightly) a Bob Wills lic. Man know how to tip his hat.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 22, 2026 02:01 AM (Cq/ve)

316 My contention was that Biden's Deep State handlers did ...
Posted by: Midnight Rambler
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Many theories. I'd like to hear Blinkey's observation.
And Muldoon's.



Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 22, 2026 02:04 AM (Cq/ve)

317 Publius-- Accuweather charted us at 108* today-- no idea where their sensor(s) located.

All I know, is that it was FKing HOT and the breeze felt like a blast furnace.

Posted by: JQ at August 22, 2026 02:04 AM (rdVOm)

318 Humidity is currently 28%, up from 18% this afternoon.

"ItS A dRy HeAt!!!"

Posted by: JQ at August 22, 2026 02:06 AM (rdVOm)

319 We had some serious thunderstorms last night. Lots of lightening. Some big trees came down. Also some flooding. Some parts of the area lost electricity. But today and tonight has been clear and a little cooler. I didn't lose my power but it was a wonder I didn't. Some of these summer storms really pack a punch.

Posted by: Case at August 22, 2026 02:08 AM (VrYHL)

320 Going to look a a house Monday. From the pictures it appears to have a modern fireplace. The kind the breaths air from outside, not taking the warm inside air. It has a solid glass screen allowing full radiant energy into the room.
Less romantic but more efficient.

Had open hearth fireplaces growing up and a big one with ex.
Many affectionate evenings in front of an open fire.
Mostly at my parents when I was in high school.


Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 22, 2026 02:10 AM (Cq/ve)

321 hits (lightly) a Bob Wills lic
_-_
Very observant. Ridge is a traditionalist in the best sense of the word.

Posted by: Don in SoCo at August 22, 2026 02:11 AM (QlGmE)

322 Publius-- yes, thermometer (in the shade!) at my place read 106 today. Ugh!!!

Posted by: JQ at August 22, 2026 01:55 AM (rdVOm)

Damn. That's satan's ass crack territory. I think it was 81 here. I swear, this is not our usual summer. We get a couple hotter and humid days to fuck with us and make us think everything is back to normal and then we get cooler drier days. I took a ride down south into the shore areas to some of the barrier islands. I had to put on a sweatshirt for the ride back. Right now its saying 68 outside. It actually wasn't too hot of a summer last year either. I don't think its climate change, but more like climate shift, or trade. We swapped with somebody.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at August 22, 2026 02:14 AM (S41Gd)

323 Nice, Braenyard!

Good luck!

Posted by: JQ at August 22, 2026 02:15 AM (rdVOm)

324 Jeepers JQ, I would have melted in a 106 temperature, it sounds like it is still really uncomfortable where you are. I hope that you have a bedroom a/c unit and that it is cranking out some cooker air.

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at August 22, 2026 02:15 AM (ibDUx)

325 ^cooler^

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at August 22, 2026 02:15 AM (ibDUx)

326 Humidity is currently 28%, up from 18% this afternoon.

"ItS A dRy HeAt!!!"

Posted by: JQ at August 22, 2026 02:06 AM (rdVOm)

90% humidity jersey says hold my frigging bear.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at August 22, 2026 02:17 AM (S41Gd)

327
Our all-time official high at GSP is 107F. And I remember that, several days of 100F+ temps, and outside it was like an oven. A breeze felt too hot.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 22, 2026 02:17 AM (w6EFb)

328 >>Damn. That's satan's ass crack territory.
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Yep it sure is, Bers!

Couple-three (?) years ago, my lil thermometer pegged at 120... I sent a pic to sis, LOL. Not sure what the *official* temp was, think 122? Thank God that's not the usual!

Posted by: JQ at August 22, 2026 02:18 AM (rdVOm)

329 Our average humidity in summer is mid 70's, but sometimes its higher, and mix that with upper 90's temperature sometimes and you find out that hell has a basement.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at August 22, 2026 02:20 AM (S41Gd)

330
The heat index at 106F with RH in the 18 - 28% range would be from 105 to 112F. :-) Still feels hot as hell, dRy hEAt not withstanding.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 22, 2026 02:20 AM (w6EFb)

331
My heat index here peaked at 122F on July 2. Temp never broke 100F in July, but it did hit 100F on the nose a few days ago.

On July 2, the dew point hit a station record of 82F, and that's what drove up the heat index that high. Dew point hit 82F again several days ago, but the heat index "only" got to 115F or so.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 22, 2026 02:22 AM (w6EFb)

332 Oh yeah, Debby! I've been hiding indoors with my lil living room AC, except to go out & move sprinkler or check the mail!

At least it's not terrible out, when I go for lunch with hubby. The worst heat is ~3 or 4 p.m.

Still over 80 right now, which sucks because I can't easily cool *the rest of the house* yet.

Posted by: JQ at August 22, 2026 02:22 AM (rdVOm)

333 Couple-three (?) years ago, my lil thermometer pegged at 120... I sent a pic to sis, LOL. Not sure what the *official* temp was, think 122? Thank God that's not the usual!

Posted by: JQ at August 22, 2026 02:18 AM (rdVOm)

If that shit ever happens here I'm having a fire sale and leaving a vapor trail in my wake.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at August 22, 2026 02:23 AM (S41Gd)

334 Hahaha, Bers-- I'd die without AC! Even the little bit I've got, helps so very very much! One cool room, a sanctuary, is better than none at all.

If I'm ever able to GTFO of this house, next place with have central air! And GFA heat!

Posted by: JQ at August 22, 2026 02:26 AM (rdVOm)

335 Things seem to settle down around here in September. Daylight will get shorter and the heat will not be as bad.
This last storm had wind gusts of 58 mph according to the weather people. No wonder some big trees fell.

Posted by: Case at August 22, 2026 02:30 AM (VrYHL)

336 Even rough & tough outdoor Cat comes indoors periodically, to escape the heat. He flops on the cool tiles and stretches out for a while. Can almost hear the *pshhhhht* as he hits the floor. LOL!

Posted by: JQ at August 22, 2026 02:30 AM (rdVOm)

337
They knew that Joe was deteriorating much faster than they planned for, and they had to get him out ASAP. They probably also were hoping that any momentum Trump gained from the debate would be forgotten over the summer. Ooops.
Posted by: Midnight Rambler

Except that their ace out of their bullpen was Red Kammie, the Momentum Killer.

Where is the piercing and damning criticism for James Clyburn of South Carolina, the impresario of "qualified black wimmins"?

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at August 22, 2026 02:31 AM (trSL4)

338 Still over 80 right now, which sucks because I can't easily cool *the rest of the house* yet.

Posted by: JQ at August 22, 2026 02:22 AM (rdVOm)

I would take a sawzall to a wall and stick a 24,000btu AC unit in it. You'll be able to hang meat in the house.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at August 22, 2026 02:31 AM (S41Gd)

339 They sell HVAC packages that have A/C and furnace (that's what they're called around here) together. They use the same duct work just set the thermostat heat or cool. I prefer gas furnace it's cheaper to run than electric. Electric is cheaper to install.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 22, 2026 02:31 AM (Cq/ve)

340
Well, that's embarrassing, and shows just how bad memory can be. Looking up the records, the 107F all time high occurred in 2012, and was just sort of a one-off.

The several day streaks of 100F was in August of 2007. High hit 105F one of those days. That's the one I was remembering.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 22, 2026 02:34 AM (w6EFb)

341 Duct work? What's that? LOL! Ain't no existing ductwork in this house. Never had a furnace here.

Posted by: JQ at August 22, 2026 02:35 AM (rdVOm)

342 Wall mounted rattlers are quieter than when placed in the window.
In the window is vibration and harmonic noise that's greatly diminished with a wall mount. It can be placed higher up. Not being at ear level helps too.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 22, 2026 02:35 AM (Cq/ve)

343 They sell HVAC packages that have A/C and furnace (that's what they're called around here) together. They use the same duct work just set the thermostat heat or cool. I prefer gas furnace it's cheaper to run than electric. Electric is cheaper to install.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 22, 2026 02:31 AM (Cq/ve)

Thats what my old house had. Then I had a new upgraded version done 2 months before I sold it. It was a Lennox system. It had the furnace with the A-coil. Damn it worked great.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at August 22, 2026 02:37 AM (S41Gd)

344
The Democratic Party has never evolved: "Slavery now, slavery tomorrow, and slavery forever"

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at August 22, 2026 02:38 AM (trSL4)

345
And with the published daily records, they don't put in humidity and dew point (or pressure and some others). Now, they record and keep all that data, they just don't publish it in the standard records you can get online.

My late cousin would've known just how to get it.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 22, 2026 02:38 AM (w6EFb)

346 Lol Bers, when I moved into hubs apartment after we got married there was an uninsulated porch converted to a bedroom that we called the meat locker, it was soooo cold in there.

Sweet dreams Horde, I am running out of gas and I've got the bed all made up, see you tomorrow.

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at August 22, 2026 02:39 AM (ibDUx)

347 Wall mounted rattlers are quieter than when placed in the window.
In the window is vibration and harmonic noise that's greatly diminished with a wall mount. It can be placed higher up. Not being at ear level helps too.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 22, 2026 02:35 AM (Cq/ve)

The house I grew up in had a 32,000BTU wall unit before we went central. Yeah it was quiet and man the house was a igloo. I'm talking serious freeze your ass off. It was glorious. It was a ranch, so it was on one end of the house and would just blow through the whole house. You had to sleep under a blanket.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at August 22, 2026 02:40 AM (S41Gd)

348
Heh, I'm just thinking of the first time I realized my memory of something was all messed up. I was confronted with absolute proof that something I *clearly* remembered did not happen anywhere near the way I remembered it.

That's quite a shock the first time. How is my memory lying like that?! It's just the way the human brain works, or doesn't.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 22, 2026 02:42 AM (w6EFb)

349 Wall mounted rattlers? Huh?

My AC is a Toshiba, 8000BTU, portable floor unit. Vents out the window, and runs whisper-quiet.

Posted by: JQ at August 22, 2026 02:43 AM (rdVOm)

350 Try this one.
https://tinyurl.com/ycn4j63v

Enter your area or zip code in the box, upper left.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 22, 2026 02:45 AM (Cq/ve)

351 NWS says it's still 90* out.

They always post cooler temp than Accu.

Posted by: JQ at August 22, 2026 02:47 AM (rdVOm)

352 349 Wall mounted rattlers? Huh?

My AC is a Toshiba, 8000BTU, portable floor unit. Vents out the window, and runs whisper-quiet.

Posted by: JQ
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That's good for occasional. I turned mine on in May and it will run through September. I do wash the filter. Haven't had your heat this year but usually by mid July which will also run a second unit until ~Sept 1.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 22, 2026 02:49 AM (Cq/ve)

353 Accuweather says it's 92* and raining. LMFAO!

It's not raining, and isn't that hot now.

Again, have no idea of their sensor placement...

Posted by: JQ at August 22, 2026 02:49 AM (rdVOm)

354 There's a 6kBTU unit upstairs, but I don't spend much time up there anymore, so don't run it.

Posted by: JQ at August 22, 2026 02:51 AM (rdVOm)

355 My Wunderground has local participant stations like Publius.
I get current weather from them; wind and temp that's more accurate than the airport that's 15 miles away. Airport weather is a better forecast.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 22, 2026 02:53 AM (Cq/ve)

356
The way a lot of this works is with satellite and radar data. They break the whole area up into a grid of some size depending on the resolution and sort of "estimate" all the variables in that grid. They're getting better and better and that, but the local variation can still be well outside of that.

The stuff they can measure with satellites is getting unbelievable. Like soil moisture, even.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 22, 2026 02:56 AM (w6EFb)

357
Here's a hyperlocal precipitation thingy:

https://precip.ai/

Now, they'll try to sell you a subscription after so long, but I've noticed "side channels" that can get you into that that will show you some data the main site wants to charge for.

Anyway, that's the latest and greatest thing to get hyperlocal rainfall estimates from all the satellite and radar data. It's some complex data processing.

Anyway, see how that compares to what you actually measure.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 22, 2026 02:58 AM (w6EFb)

358 212
They're still claming they're gonna land a human Chicom on the Moon before 2030, and say they're going to establish a moon base by 2035. Right there at the lunar south pole. Where we're planning out operations.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 21, 2026 11:58 PM (w6EFb)

I wouldn't put it past them to fake it. And of course, all the social taboo around Moon Landing Skepticism would do all the work for them of making all Right-Thinking People very aggressively gullible. Putting the skeptics into a Boy Who Cried Wolf kind of position.

Posted by: SciVo at August 22, 2026 02:59 AM (L3Npt)

359 Wunderground is cool, I have it bookmarked. Thing is, there are micro-climates and differences in elevation-- such that current readings relatively near me are from 70s to 90s!

But I can check my own thermometers (yes, plural) right here. Sure, there's probably a fair amount of error, but it's close enough...

Posted by: JQ at August 22, 2026 03:00 AM (rdVOm)

360 Ten years ago Wunderground was a jewel. It had every thin graphed down to the minute. And many more local participants.
... Then IBM bought it.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 22, 2026 03:02 AM (Cq/ve)

361
The only way the Chicoms could fake a human landing on the Moon is if just about every First World govt on the planet went along with it. And then there are astronomers, independent, who track all manner of spacecraft.

It was one of those independent guys who first discovered that Falcon 9 2nd stage was going to crash into the Moon back on Aug 5.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 22, 2026 03:08 AM (w6EFb)

362 Publius, in case you missed it.

https://tinyurl.com/ycn4j63v

Enter your area or zip code in the box, upper left.

There is a column containing Dewpoint, Humidity, and more.
Also column with more WX links to the right.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 22, 2026 03:17 AM (Cq/ve)

363 It's 76* in my living area, which is about half of the downstairs... it's comfortable.

Open a door? HOT air out there! Shut the door --nope-- not gonna cool off before I go to bed tonight.

Posted by: JQ at August 22, 2026 03:18 AM (rdVOm)

364
Thanks Braenyard. I can easily get all the current data like this, and forecast 6 ways to Sunday.

What I'm talking about is *historical* daily data, like what was the dew point and barometric pressure at, say GSP, back on Aug 22, 1967. The standard daily records just track temp, hi low and avg, rainfall, and the heating and cooling degree-days counts. All the other stuff is recorded and stored somewhere, they just don't make it easily available.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 22, 2026 03:20 AM (w6EFb)

365 I wouldn't put it past them to fake it. And of course, all the social taboo around Moon Landing Skepticism would do all the work for them of making all Right-Thinking People very aggressively gullible. Putting the skeptics into a Boy Who Cried Wolf kind of position.

Posted by: SciVo
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Govt will wind up negotiating with China. They won't establish a beach head while Trump is in office so who knows about negotiations.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 22, 2026 03:22 AM (Cq/ve)

366 106 is S.F.'s record high (2017) which i was here for. It was hottt (but dry) but the worst part was that it was in the upper 60's that night (and the night before) so it never cooled off. It was awful.

Posted by: Dark Lixtiquatal at August 22, 2026 03:23 AM (Fv808)

367 Hi, Dark Lixtiquatal!

It *usually* cools into the sixties here at night (sometimes low 70s) but dang it, it's still ~90F outside! Ugh. Sucks. Pacific time.

Posted by: JQ at August 22, 2026 03:28 AM (rdVOm)

368
"Lunarmodule5" is a Youtube channel that has the unedited full mission audio of every Apollo mission there was, and many others. Here's the playlist for Apollo 11:

https://t.ly/G-eSa

Now, these are "accelerated" in the sense that periods of silence are edited out, but this is the audio of the whole damned mission from the pre-launch press conference to splashdown and beyond. Note how long, how many hours this adds up to. And I've listened to these at length.

Now, just imagine what it would require to fake all that. Every little problem, every little hiccup, and all the little surprises of the whole mission.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 22, 2026 03:35 AM (w6EFb)

369 90% humidity jersey says hold my frigging bear.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at August 22, 2026 02:17 AM (S41Gd)

Only if it's a red panda*!

* (not a real bear)

Posted by: SciVo at August 22, 2026 03:35 AM (L3Npt)

370
There's even audio there of Gunther Wendt calling off the checklist for the hatch closing of Apollo 11.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 22, 2026 03:36 AM (w6EFb)

371 I have my own weather station. Forecasts here are for Wasilla, which is half an hour away, along the inlet, so the weather is quite varied. Anchorage is across the inlet, so that's not a good source, either. We have a very specific microclimate, good for the garden, good for lots of snow in the winter, not like Wasilla or Anchorage.

Plus the weather assholes are clueless.

Posted by: tcn in AK at August 22, 2026 03:39 AM (ur4t4)

372
And the Russians were listening to the telemetry, and tracking every bit of every Apollo flight. They knew every aspect of our missions in real time. And we did there's as well.

If we had faked anything, the Russians would've had a propaganda coup right there to announce to the world.

What did they do? They congratulated us on our successful landing.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 22, 2026 03:40 AM (w6EFb)

373 Today's high of 68, low last night of 52. Perfect.

Posted by: tcn in AK at August 22, 2026 03:41 AM (ur4t4)

374 Humidity 94%
Temperature 85°F



Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 22, 2026 03:42 AM (Cq/ve)

375 I'll just leave the AC on all night. Haven't had to do that ever before. Oh well!

Good night, horde. Nice chatting with you all.

Posted by: JQ at August 22, 2026 03:48 AM (rdVOm)

376 >>>All the other stuff is recorded and stored somewhere, they just don't make it easily available.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley
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Good luck with that. As I understand it they've been going back and 'correcting' the data. You'll have to find a very independent source.



Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 22, 2026 03:49 AM (Cq/ve)

377 Time to rise and shine
Another work day

Posted by: Skip at August 22, 2026 03:51 AM (Ia/+0)

378 I don't think a moon landing could be faked.
And chances are it will turn into the first moon death

Posted by: Skip at August 22, 2026 04:04 AM (Ia/+0)

379 The temp is supposed to be 109 today. Perfect day to power wash all the inside walls in the barn.

Posted by: Ben Had at August 22, 2026 04:14 AM (gIjzl)

380 Low to mid 80s here all week, I'll take that

Posted by: Skip at August 22, 2026 04:16 AM (Ia/+0)

381 Pixy's up!

Posted by: m at August 22, 2026 04:30 AM (odBC9)

382 All the moon discussion was fun!
I didn't see any Three Wolf Moon mentions.

Posted by: m at August 22, 2026 04:31 AM (odBC9)

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