First World Problems...

To the extent that I am aware of her, I find Miley Cyrus to be distasteful, for all of the usual reasons: Hollywood pomposity, celebrity promiscuity, tattoos and piercings, aggressive hints of post-modern sexuality...all typical stuff.

But!

This is an absolutely spectacular version of Dolly Parton's "Jolene," and I have a hard time disliking someone who can do such a good job on this song.

Posted by: CBD at 01:55 PM

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1 Hola

Posted by: Thanatopsis at September 06, 2026 01:56 PM (hG5L0)

2 2nd?

Posted by: Thanatopsis at September 06, 2026 01:57 PM (hG5L0)

3 3rd

Posted by: Thanatopsis at September 06, 2026 01:58 PM (hG5L0)

4 There are rules to follow around here

Posted by: Skip at September 06, 2026 01:58 PM (qEb4U)

5 Damn. Killed the thread

Posted by: Thanatopsis at September 06, 2026 01:58 PM (hG5L0)

6 Hey! I nooded.
I think.

Posted by: Thanatopsis at September 06, 2026 01:59 PM (hG5L0)

7 Well, at least in that video she's not covered in tats, so I'll give her that.

Posted by: Angzarr the Cromulent at September 06, 2026 02:00 PM (XMwZJ)

8 My FWP this morning was car battery wasn't starting the car. Got a new one.

Posted by: Skip at September 06, 2026 02:00 PM (qEb4U)

9 It's a great song... Well done

Posted by: It's me donna at September 06, 2026 02:01 PM (+gK6I)

10 Wow.

That is a great rendition from Miley.

Posted by: nurse ratched at September 06, 2026 02:02 PM (sbGbc)

11 Mikey is starting to grow up a little and probably regrets some of her stupider moves of the past decade or so.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at September 06, 2026 02:02 PM (6ydKt)

12 Surprised she didn't twerk, well done.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at September 06, 2026 02:03 PM (NnhvP)

13 I read somewhere that she's trying to ditch the trashy bad gurl image. She did appear to somewhat more of the old Hanna image in that vid.

Posted by: Will Robinson. at September 06, 2026 02:04 PM (A3xvt)

14 I saw some photos posted in X of Dolly when she was in her 20s. Jolene must have been a smoke show if Dolly couldn't compete with her.

Posted by: JackStraw at September 06, 2026 02:05 PM (viF8m)

15 Ugh. That songs hits me.

Better go fold the laundry and get my ass outside to the beach to cheer myself up.

Y’all are the best.

KEEP MOVING.

Posted by: nurse ratched at September 06, 2026 02:07 PM (sbGbc)

16 Yeah just the fact that she isn’t wearing skin tight booty shorts with a strapon dildo is a plus.

I suspect her next album will take her back to her country roots and this video is the opening gambit.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at September 06, 2026 02:07 PM (6ydKt)

17 Here's a first world problem for you: Power outages due to storm damage. Southeast Michigan got hammered last week - Detroit Edison had about 340,000 customer without power. So they do the right things, get the crews going, get 2500 linemen from out of state and they go to work. I have great respect for the guys putting the grid back together.

But management, for some reason, has to give these pie-in-the-sky estimates of when everyone will be back up. "Everyone will be up in 2 days." It's been 5 days for us. DTE is still saying everyone will be up by end of day tomorrow - there are just over 30,000 out now but their own outage map visible online shows that there are thousands of breaks with 2 to 5 customers. It is physically impossible to fix all these breaks in 36 hours.

I wish Detroit Edison would stop blowing smoke up our shorts and give factual estimates of how long we'll be out. That's my first world problem gripe.

Posted by: George V at September 06, 2026 02:07 PM (g6ahB)

18 I liked her when she was Joe Montana's little sister.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at September 06, 2026 02:09 PM (2Ez/1)

19 She is among the handful of girl pop singers with solid gifts that shine when they choose the right material....

Posted by: Joe Kidd at September 06, 2026 02:09 PM (nbLIj)

20 One reason not to click is don't really want Miley videos tonshow up on my YouTube app. Do watch most of Pixy's and then they show up.

Posted by: Skip at September 06, 2026 02:14 PM (qEb4U)

21 So they do the right things, get the crews going, get 2500 linemen from out of state and they go to work. I have great respect for the guys putting the grid back together.
-------

My respect for linemen is almost unbounded. Post-Helene, I would stop and speak to them, expressing thanks for their work. This was in W. NC, some of the crews were from as far away as Montreal and Texas.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at September 06, 2026 02:14 PM (XeU6L)

22 Here’s a first world problem:

Hunter Biden said “may have to” enter the 2028 presidential race in an interview Sunday, a notable shift from his previous dismissals of the idea.
Speaking with radio host John Catsimatidis on WABC’s “Cats Roundtable,” Biden was asked whether he had considered a White House bid. “If I get your endorsement, I may have to,” he told Catsimatidis, a billionaire grocery chain owner and ally of President Donald Trump. Biden added that his central concern would be the roughly 50 million Americans he said are still struggling with addiction.
Asked what would qualify him for office, Biden pointed to the Constitution rather than his own resume. “He is my qualification for becoming president, if you believe in the Constitution of the United States of America that you swear to uphold and protect,” he said, adding that he wants the next president “to commit to one thing: adhering to the rule of law.”

Posted by: SpeakingOf at September 06, 2026 02:14 PM (6ydKt)

23 Okay. I honestly thought the "Alabama State Honeybees" was just a joke. Joke's on me. And you.

https://tinyurl.com/yc44enmy

Posted by: IrishEi?! at September 06, 2026 02:14 PM (3ImbR)

24 Miley has been tearing thru the ranks of swinging dicks, no kids, and I'm thinking she should get knocked up.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at September 06, 2026 02:15 PM (eP2ub)

25 I was a lineman for the county.

Posted by: Glen Campbell at September 06, 2026 02:15 PM (2Ez/1)

26 Sounded kind of like Dolly.

Posted by: javems at September 06, 2026 02:16 PM (zFsEm)

27 Here are the Honeybees in action, if you can call it that:

https://tinyurl.com/2d8jnbxb

Posted by: IrishEi?! at September 06, 2026 02:16 PM (3ImbR)

28 Okay. I honestly thought the "Alabama State Honeybees" was just a joke. Joke's on me. And you.
--------

I mention, from time-to-time, the Kennesaw College Hooters.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at September 06, 2026 02:16 PM (XeU6L)

29 Hunter Biden said “may have to” enter the 2028 presidential race

====

Do it do it oh please do it.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at September 06, 2026 02:17 PM (RIvkX)

30 >>>Sounded kind of like Dolly.
~~~~~

A lot. She did a really good job.

Posted by: IrishEi?! at September 06, 2026 02:18 PM (3ImbR)

31 I sure Miley is a FWP for whatever man she's with...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 06, 2026 02:19 PM (l3cgK)

32 20 One reason not to click is don't really want Miley videos tonshow up on my YouTube app. Do watch most of Pixy's and then they show up.
Posted by: Skip at September 06, 2026 02:14 PM (qEb4U)

The algorithim is more than likely going to shower you with 2000s-2010s pop divas than just Miley.

I’d expect a few Miley videos, plus Katy Perry, Beyonce, and Brittney Spears if YT gets the impression you’re into that sort of thing.

Since your close to 29, also watch out for Madonna and Celine Dion.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at September 06, 2026 02:19 PM (6ydKt)

33 Dolly was clearly in Miley's corner and wanted her to do well. So that's in her favor.

Posted by: m at September 06, 2026 02:20 PM (odBC9)

34
22

Asked what would qualify him for office, Biden pointed to the Constitution rather than his own resume. “He is my qualification for becoming president, if you believe in the Constitution of the United States of America that you swear to uphold and protect,” he said, adding that he wants the next president “to commit to one thing: adhering to the rule of law.”
Posted by: SpeakingOf at September 06, 2026 02:14 PM

---------

Pretending his father's 50-year criminal career and his own part in that never happened. I suppose there's a reason he's doing this, having to do with getting money.

Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at September 06, 2026 02:22 PM (t1fZA)

35 Do it do it oh please do it.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at September 06, 2026 02:17 PM (RIvkX)

A fellow trainwreck fan, I see.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at September 06, 2026 02:23 PM (6ydKt)

36 Haha haha I wouldn't listen to that piece of trash, I don't care what it's singing.

Posted by: Bob at September 06, 2026 02:24 PM (8fcNE)

37 I can't stand her, either, but she did a good job. Not as good as Dolly, of course.

Amazing that Dolly wrote two of her biggest hits (Jolene and I Will Always Love You) in 24hrs.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at September 06, 2026 02:25 PM (hzuYO)

38 Miley Cyrus is Dolly Parton's god daughter.

Posted by: Additional Blond Agent, STEM Guy at September 06, 2026 02:26 PM (iIyc0)

39 I'm sure folks know Miley Cyrus is Dolly's goddaughter.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at September 06, 2026 02:26 PM (2Cry5)

40 Bingo

Posted by: Martini Farmer at September 06, 2026 02:26 PM (2Cry5)

41 So this is an homage to her godmom.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 06, 2026 02:28 PM (l3cgK)

42 Afternoon, all. My FWP is .... I dunno. The fact that IT jobs are the one sector that took a big loss last quarter? Hoping most of those were H1B losses, freeing up slots for Americans!

Posted by: RandomDave (if you can spare a bit, please click!) at September 06, 2026 02:29 PM (yA535)

43 That song is from 2012, Mikey looks like a drugged out science experiment now and her voice is destroyed from cigarettes.

Posted by: Max Power at September 06, 2026 02:29 PM (TO3+g)

44 More than likely, Jim.

Posted by: Additional Blond Agent, STEM Guy at September 06, 2026 02:29 PM (iIyc0)

45 I read that Dolly still has unreleased music that will come out eventually.

There is one song, that Dolly made for the opening of her DreamMore resort & spa at Dollywood, that is kept in a sort of time capsule which won’t be released until 2046.

She included the song on a CD with a CD player included so people would be able to listen to it despite whatever playback medium is used two decades from now.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at September 06, 2026 02:31 PM (6ydKt)

46 Strawberry Switchblade did a nice version way back in the before fore time.

https://youtu.be/lq0UleP-VGg

Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at September 06, 2026 02:33 PM (dXd++)

47 She included the song on a CD with a CD player included so people would be able to listen to it despite whatever playback medium is used two decades from now.

Wise...

Posted by: RandomDave (if you can spare a bit, please click!) at September 06, 2026 02:34 PM (yA535)

48 20 One reason not to click is don't really want Miley videos tonshow up on my YouTube app. Do watch most of Pixy's and then they show up.
Posted by: Skip at September 06, 2026 02:14 PM (qEb4U)

You can "train" your algorithm by clicking the three vertical dots beside the thumbnails in the youtube feed and clicking "Don't recommend channel."

Posted by: m at September 06, 2026 02:34 PM (odBC9)

49 43 That song is from 2012, Mikey looks like a drugged out science experiment now and her voice is destroyed from cigarettes.
Posted by: Max Power at September 06, 2026 02:29 PM (TO3+g)

She doesn't look so sweet now... Has tats etc..

Posted by: It's me donna at September 06, 2026 02:34 PM (+gK6I)

50 43 That song is from 2012, Mikey looks like a drugged out science experiment now and her voice is destroyed from cigarettes.
Posted by: Max Power at September 06, 2026 02:29 PM (TO3+g)
The Hulsen-Haeseler dance has destroyed many, both female and male.

Posted by: Eromero at September 06, 2026 02:35 PM (LHPAg)

51 Scions of the last president running to be the new president is more second-to-third-world, especially when the elections are rigged.

Posted by: the Castros and the Kims at September 06, 2026 02:36 PM (88C+u)

52 43 That song is from 2012, Mikey looks like a drugged out science experiment now and her voice is destroyed from cigarettes.
Posted by: Max Power at September 06, 2026 02:29 PM (TO3+g)

I’ve only seen her in that clip from her podcast that went around recently where she was complaining that nobody wanted to date her because of her crazy/naked stage.

Apparently she is still working, and has a new album coming out on September 18th titled “Bass Persuades”.

So I was wrong, she isn't going back to country if the title is anything to go by.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at September 06, 2026 02:38 PM (6ydKt)

53 I am working on a FWP in that I'm firing Chase bank. They've been taking $5 from my savings account any month my balance falls below $300. I can't remember the last time they paid any kind of interest on that balance, but I guess they now need a monthly cash infusion to keep the lights on.

There are several direct deposits that have to be rerouted, SS being the most significant. That will entail an office visit to confirm the turnaround time. Once I'm certain my new bank is online (I'm going with SoFi), Chase becomes a memory.

I kind of hope the branch manager doesn't involve himself and try to talk me out the decision. Got no beef with him and the staff has always been pleasant to deal with. They don't make the fee policy. If he asks, I'll briefly but firmly tell him that I can't afford to do business with organization that acts like I need it more than vice-versa..

Posted by: Joe Kidd at September 06, 2026 02:38 PM (nbLIj)

54
There is one song, that Dolly made for the opening of her DreamMore resort & spa at Dollywood, that is kept in a sort of time capsule which won’t be released until 2046.

She included the song on a CD with a CD player included so people would be able to listen to it despite whatever playback medium is used two decades from now.

Posted by: SpeakingOf

Watch out for Veeger!

Posted by: Carbon unit at September 06, 2026 02:39 PM (Cqx++)

55 Content is offensive.

ESADIAF.

Posted by: Ped Xing at September 06, 2026 02:40 PM (8V8sz)

56 We've been eyeing the Musk Bonds.
Anyone have any insights?
6% on what is the equivalent of GMAC bonds 40 years ago looks pretty attractive.
Quick. Somebody talk me off the ledge.

Posted by: MkY at September 06, 2026 02:41 PM (q6tQZ)

57
I wish Detroit Edison would stop blowing smoke up our shorts and give factual estimates of how long we'll be out. That's my first world problem gripe.
Posted by: George V at September 06, 2026 02:07 PM (g6ahB)

_________

My belief is in a power outage, you're on your own. Don't believe anything the power company says. Prepare yourself mentally at least for something prolonged. Don't ask me how I learned this.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at September 06, 2026 02:42 PM (eRlcH)

58 So, back to FWP's... I finally got the property mowed yesterday, but... there's rows of dead grass everywhere. And it stinks.

I don't bag. It's way too much property for that. I try to run the tractor back and forth over these rows to spread it around, but to no avail.

I've even tried to burn it when dry. No go.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at September 06, 2026 02:43 PM (2Cry5)

59
I have gotten to the point where I do not want to acknowledge that music is produced by human beings.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at September 06, 2026 02:44 PM (eRlcH)

60

MAGA Inc., the super PAC tied to Trump, disclosed a $10 million ad buy on Saturday — $5 million boosting Paxton, $5 million hammering James Talarico — its first major general-election spend of the midterms. The money goes to television, connected TV, and digital ads across the state.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at September 06, 2026 02:44 PM (Cqx++)

61 My first world problem at work is people are stupid. News at 11.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at September 06, 2026 02:45 PM (zZu0s)

62
I don't bag. It's way too much property for that. I try to run the tractor back and forth over these rows to spread it around, but to no avail.

I've even tried to burn it when dry. No go.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at September 06, 2026 02:43 PM (2Cry5)

____________

I mow twice, once in one direction, then a second time at a 90 degree angle to the first. Looks much better and the "salad" is chopped much finer.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at September 06, 2026 02:46 PM (eRlcH)

63 Don't ask me how I learned this.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at September 06, 2026 02:42 PM (eRlcH)

I’m going with Hurricane Harvey.

Hurricane Hugo knocked power out here for two weeks, was months waiting for people out in the boonies.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at September 06, 2026 02:46 PM (6ydKt)

64 I love how for the "FWP" post on the main page, YouTube offered me:

Bob Ross - Waterfall Wonder (Season 16 Episode 11)
instead of
Miley Cyrus - The Backyard Sessions - "Jolene"

Now if I go into the FWP post by clicking "comments", the video is the correct one as CBD intended. I'm not sure what's causing these hilarious video substitutions on the main page, but I see this all the time.

Ain't technology grand?

Now if you'll excuse me, I think I'm going to listen to Bob Ross and have a happy little nap. This guy's better than Sominex.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant, a Moron behind enemy lines at September 06, 2026 02:47 PM (O7YUW)

65 61 My first world problem at work is people are stupid. News at 11.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at September 06, 2026 02:45 PM (zZu0s)

I think that's a 2nd and 3rd world problem too...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 06, 2026 02:47 PM (l3cgK)

66 Elon Musk’s X Money

Anyone else thinking this?
Again, I'm comparing it to corporate paper from years ago when I actually watched such.

Posted by: MkY at September 06, 2026 02:48 PM (q6tQZ)

67
I’m going with Hurricane Harvey.

_________

We never lost power at all during Harvey. It was Ike in 2008 and we were in Ohio. Lost power for 9 days. Lost power for 5 after Beryl in 2024.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at September 06, 2026 02:48 PM (eRlcH)

68 61 My first world problem at work is people are stupid. News at 11.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at September 06, 2026 02:45 PM (zZu0s)

I have a theory... when God Created Man he set high and low limits on how intelligent one man could be...

But he also created a Pool of intelligence... all the intelligence points allowed to the entire species of Man...

So... we have hit the point where we have maxed the Pool... so as Mankind's population increases? the average IQ is getting lower...

Posted by: Romeo13 at September 06, 2026 02:49 PM (mP0Kj)

69 It was a stirring rendition.....but it was 13 years ago.

That Miley Cyrus is extinct.

Posted by: BigWyo at September 06, 2026 02:50 PM (y09V+)

70

Unbelievable dildo fuck up. Worst call ever.

Posted by: Dick Whizzer at September 06, 2026 02:51 PM (8V8sz)

71 That's the problem with Miley, isn't it? She is a talented performer. She's just so icky.

Posted by: sharksauce at September 06, 2026 02:51 PM (i5+F2)

72 I refuse to click.

Posted by: epador at September 06, 2026 02:51 PM (TRnzq)

73 We never lost power at all during Harvey. It was Ike in 2008 and we were in Ohio. Lost power for 9 days. Lost power for 5 after Beryl in 2024.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at September 06, 2026 02:48 PM (eRlcH)

Those Generac home backup generators look tempting but I know the price and install costs are going to be up there beyond my reach.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at September 06, 2026 02:52 PM (6ydKt)

74 So... we have hit the point where we have maxed the Pool... so as Mankind's population increases? the average IQ is getting lower...
Posted by: Romeo13 at September 06, 2026 02:49 PM (mP0Kj)

They made a movie about it.

Owww my balls!
Brawndo’s got what plants crave. It’s got electrolytes.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at September 06, 2026 02:55 PM (6ydKt)

75 9 days w/o power after Helene. BiL and SiL were out 14 days. Parts of Asheville were without for weeks and months. What a fucking mess.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at September 06, 2026 02:55 PM (QUPkp)

76 My first world problem is trying to keep my active husband from further injuring his torn muscle in his hip before he sees ortho at some point in the near future. Maybe I need to drug him.

Today's issue was him wanting to have grass in shady areas of our yard. We have mature maples and being a redneck country girl I don't see what the big deal is in spots, as no one cares but him.

I dragged my sorry self out (I'm getting a sinus deal...probably from subconscious stress. I'd rather have minor surgery than a sinus infection) to wheelbarrow peat moss and dirt down the hill to the backyard. I asked if he was finally done and he said yes.

He's going to drive me loco.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at September 06, 2026 02:56 PM (hzuYO)

77 61 My first world problem at work is people are stupid. News at 11.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at September 06, 2026 02:45 PM (zZu0s)

People are people.

Posted by: m at September 06, 2026 02:56 PM (odBC9)

78 53 I am working on a FWP in that I'm firing Chase bank. They've been taking $5 from my savings account any month my balance falls below $300. I can't remember the last time they paid any kind of interest on that balance, but I guess they now need a monthly cash infusion to keep the lights on.

Posted by: Joe Kidd at September 06, 2026 02:38 PM
-----

Get a gun and you can rob a bank.
Get a bank and you can rob everybody.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at September 06, 2026 02:56 PM (2Ez/1)

79 Don't be jealous, but I have a mint Hannah Montana lunch box.

Posted by: Any Bids? CBD? at September 06, 2026 02:59 PM (Fn+3X)

80 People are people.
Posted by: m at September 06, 2026 02:56 PM (odBC9)

I've been in Quality control/assurance for... 30 years. I know that, but they still surprise me every time. It shouldn't, but it does.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at September 06, 2026 03:01 PM (zZu0s)

81 There was a storm system in ETex a few years ago with not-quite-tornado speed winds, which knocked down a shitload of trees in a dozen or so counties. This was right at the beginning of hot as f*ck season so of course people were complaining about how long it was taking to get power back, with trees down all over.

A week or so after I was in the waiting room of a service place and one of the other clients was an employee at the local power supply company... she mentioned several of the linemen had been getting IVs to get re-hydrated so they could keep working.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at September 06, 2026 03:01 PM (+fdRY)

82 Buttmad because a cob posted something you don't like? that's a first world problem

Posted by: 88C+u at September 06, 2026 03:01 PM (88C+u)

83 Miley Cyrus is a talented vocalist, as is Lady Gaga. Who knew.

Posted by: ... at September 06, 2026 03:01 PM (vE0+H)

84 He's going to drive me loco.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at September 06, 2026 02:56 PM (hzuYO)

The best thing to do under a large tree is to make a flower bed or drip some decorative gravel.

Many a man has lost his mind trying to get grass to grow under the canopy of a thirty year old oak tree.

It’s possible, but is it worth it?

Posted by: SpeakingOf at September 06, 2026 03:01 PM (6ydKt)

85 drip = drop.

Yes, I am on the iPad, how could you tell?

Posted by: SpeakingOf at September 06, 2026 03:02 PM (6ydKt)

86 There's a new Leaflit youtube video up, responding to an Asmongold trashing of the Clancy fans.

@LeaflitAsari

Posted by: m at September 06, 2026 03:02 PM (odBC9)

87 Power outages were reason #37 for my CalExit last year. The night before Thanksgiving one year, they cut the power because it was too windy. Woke up the next morning to conditions that the Pilgrims would have related to. Thought about waiting for Squanto to show up and help me build a fire (oh wait, couldn't do that either because windy..), but wound up going to a friend's place and cooking both our dinners in his kitchen.

Power came back on that Friday evening...

Posted by: Joe Kidd at September 06, 2026 03:03 PM (nbLIj)

88
Don't be jealous, but I have a mint Hannah Montana lunch box.
Posted by: Any Bids? CBD? at September 06, 2026 02:59 PM (Fn+3X)

https://youtu.be/s8hIVIZ-GlE

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at September 06, 2026 03:03 PM (zZu0s)

89 Went to the store to get jeans today.

Everything is either pre-worn
4 sizes too big
or >$150

I miss just being able to go to Sears and getting normal jeans for a normal price

Posted by: 18-1 at September 06, 2026 03:03 PM (sKqQm)

90 It's Labor Eve.

Posted by: Celebrate Responsibly at September 06, 2026 03:03 PM (2Ez/1)

91 84 He's going to drive me loco.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at September 06, 2026 02:56 PM (hzuYO)

The best thing to do under a large tree is to make a flower bed or drip some decorative gravel.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at September 06, 2026 03:01 PM (6ydKt)

Or woodchips. And a birdbath.

Posted by: m at September 06, 2026 03:04 PM (odBC9)

92 I'm torn between losing power in the summer vs. winter. I think summer would suck more... unless we had a portable A/C unit. Which we don't.

At least in winter we can run the gas fireplace or the kerosene heater.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at September 06, 2026 03:04 PM (2Cry5)

93 There's a new Leaflit youtube video up, responding to an Asmongold trashing of the Clancy fans.

@LeaflitAsari
Posted by: m at September 06, 2026 03:02 PM (odBC9)

Her song with Clancey as Professor X was a bit disturbing.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at September 06, 2026 03:05 PM (zZu0s)

94 My belief is in a power outage, you're on your own. Don't believe anything the power company says. Prepare yourself mentally at least for something prolonged. Don't ask me how I learned this.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at September 06, 2026 02:42 PM (eRlcH)

Agreed - that's why we have the generator. And we were expecting 2 or maybe even 3 more days based on the huge number of line breaks with our outage being only 6 houses. Well, butter my biscuit and call me a butt because the power came on 45 minutes after my first post complaining.

Had I known the sheer power of the AoS comment process I would have bitched about this sooner.

Posted by: George V at September 06, 2026 03:05 PM (g6ahB)

95 93 There's a new Leaflit youtube video up, responding to an Asmongold trashing of the Clancy fans.

@LeaflitAsari
Posted by: m at September 06, 2026 03:02 PM (odBC9)

Her song with Clancey as Professor X was a bit disturbing.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at September 06, 2026 03:05 PM (zZu0s)

Yep.

Posted by: m at September 06, 2026 03:06 PM (odBC9)

96 on topic of X (and ways around it) Pixy recommended a view. Names like "shitter.thepixora.com" and "tw.eir-nya.gay" and "nitter.meowing.monster".
My computer was getting a rash even looking at those websites.

Posted by: 88C+u at September 06, 2026 03:06 PM (88C+u)

97 Had I known the sheer power of the AoS comment process I would have bitched about this sooner.
Posted by: George V at September 06, 2026 03:05 PM (g6ahB)

CBD or JJ must have put in a word for you on their BBS.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at September 06, 2026 03:07 PM (zZu0s)

98 87 Power outages were reason #37 for my CalExit last year. The night before Thanksgiving one year, they cut the power because it was too windy. Woke up the next morning to conditions that the Pilgrims would have related to. Thought about waiting for Squanto to show up and help me build a fire (oh wait, couldn't do that either because windy..), but wound up going to a friend's place and cooking both our dinners in his kitchen.

Power came back on that Friday evening...

Posted by: Joe Kidd at September 06, 2026 03:03 PM (nbLIj)

You also couldn't do it because you probably didn't have a permit to do it...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 06, 2026 03:08 PM (l3cgK)

99 Get a gun and you can rob a bank.
Get a bank and you can rob everybody.
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at September 06, 2026 02:56 PM (2Ez/1)

Heh..I might use that...

Posted by: Joe Kidd at September 06, 2026 03:08 PM (nbLIj)

100 100

Posted by: m at September 06, 2026 03:08 PM (odBC9)

101 I miss just being able to go to Sears and getting normal jeans for a normal price
Posted by: 18-1 at September 06, 2026 03:03 PM (sKqQm)

I just buy mine from Levis.com

I know my size, so the biggest problem is finding something I want that’s in stock.

The prices though, when did Levis get designer jeans prices?

Posted by: SpeakingOf at September 06, 2026 03:08 PM (6ydKt)

102 Target has men's jeans on sale for $20 through tomorrow.

Posted by: Same as in town at September 06, 2026 03:08 PM (2Ez/1)

103
It’s possible, but is it worth it?
Posted by: SpeakingOf at September 06, 2026 03:01 PM (6ydKt)

*********
Not to me it is not worth it, but I'd do anything for him not to have a limp in the future. I could be snowblowing this winter based on what the docs find and determine. We now have a snowblower that pulls you and I could do it. I might snowblow the entire neighborhood til the gas runs out, but I will try.

He got some sort of Kentucky Blue Grass (I think) that grows in the shade. Today I told him, "We've never had grass in parts of the yard!" I then told him if it doesn't grow this spring he's going to let nature do its thing. He agreed.

My hope and prayer is that stuff I've read state that other muscles sort of take over for this internal tear and they don't recommend surgery for this one. Especially at 72yrs. I can only imagine him on crutches for 6wks post op and trying to do stuff he should not.

Grateful in all things and that he is active. However, he got his OCD from his parents.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at September 06, 2026 03:09 PM (hzuYO)

104 There's a new Leaflit youtube video up, responding to an Asmongold trashing of the Clancy fans.

They also have a video "groom your girlfriend" the gist of which is we should try to be the best we can be not fat, lazy couchslobs glued to reddit.

And...its amusing because the left would have agreed to this idea wholeheartedly 20 years ago. Hell the left used to have a whole thing on how Americans should stop eating McDs and being fat. Now that's rayciss hate speech or something

Posted by: 18-1 at September 06, 2026 03:09 PM (sKqQm)

105 90 It's Labor Eve.

Posted by: Celebrate Responsibly at September 06, 2026 03:03 PM (2Ez/1)

Labor eve happened twice to my wife, but never in September...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 06, 2026 03:09 PM (l3cgK)

106 I miss just being able to go to Sears and getting normal jeans for a normal price
Posted by: 18-1

Unless you're a cowboy or cowgirl, no one over 25 should wear jeans anyway.

Posted by: Straight Talk at September 06, 2026 03:09 PM (Fn+3X)

107 Update on the Saxony-Anhalt election:

With about 80% of all precincts counted, the AfD has about 46% of the vote, with most of the other parties, somehow, doing even worse than the exit poll earlier today predicted.

This still isn't enough for a majority of seats, because of the electoral math, but the wild card is that the BSW, a leftist but also pro-nationalist party that's shown some sympathy for the AfD, may draw just enough votes to be represented in the state assembly. In that case, the two parties together would have a majority.

Regardless, the establishment is freaking out, screaming that it's Nazism and 1933 all over again. As usual.

Posted by: Dr. T at September 06, 2026 03:10 PM (lHPJf)

108 Leaflit's new youtube video is

the foids keep going

foid = female + humanoid/android

Posted by: m at September 06, 2026 03:10 PM (odBC9)

109 Unless you're a cowboy or cowgirl, no one over 25 should wear jeans anyway.

We would like to subscribe to your news letter

Posted by: Ann Althouse and George Will at September 06, 2026 03:10 PM (sKqQm)

110
This still isn't enough for a majority of seats, because of the electoral math, but the wild card is that the BSW, a leftist but also pro-nationalist party that's shown some sympathy for the AfD

AfD is a standard leftwing economic policy party so if there really is a nationalist leftwing party it would make sense to partner.

And...you do have to laugh - AfD are NAZI-like because they want to stop giving welfare to immigrants which obviously was the problem with the NAZIs right?

Posted by: Ann Althouse and George Will at September 06, 2026 03:12 PM (sKqQm)

111 104 There's a new Leaflit youtube video up, responding to an Asmongold trashing of the Clancy fans.

They also have a video "groom your girlfriend" the gist of which is we should try to be the best we can be not fat, lazy couchslobs glued to reddit.

And...its amusing because the left would have agreed to this idea wholeheartedly 20 years ago. Hell the left used to have a whole thing on how Americans should stop eating McDs and being fat. Now that's rayciss hate speech or something
Posted by: 18-1 at September 06, 2026 03:09 PM (sKqQm)

I'll watch that!

Posted by: m at September 06, 2026 03:13 PM (odBC9)

112 Thanks for the earworm

Miley is Dolly's God-daughter, so I suppose she has the right to do the cover.

Posted by: Martin Tell at September 06, 2026 03:14 PM (sFNX2)

113 106 I miss just being able to go to Sears and getting normal jeans for a normal price
Posted by: 18-1

Unless you're a cowboy or cowgirl, no one over 25 should wear jeans anyway.

Posted by: Straight Talk at September 06, 2026 03:09 PM (Fn+3X)

I've worn them most of my life. When they start getting holes, I use them for outdoor/yard work. I find it insane that anyone would purposefully purchase jeans with holes in them already.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 06, 2026 03:14 PM (l3cgK)

114
Her song with Clancey as Professor X was a bit disturbing

Nowadays Clancy can't even sing

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at September 06, 2026 03:14 PM (2OLVu)

115 And only 24 hours left to wear white-no exceptions!

Posted by: Textile Dye Federation at September 06, 2026 03:14 PM (Fn+3X)

116 Regardless, the establishment is freaking out, screaming that it's Nazism and 1933 all over again. As usual.

Posted by: Dr. T at September 06, 2026 03:10 PM (lHPJf)

Will Germany pull a France to block AfD?

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 06, 2026 03:15 PM (l3cgK)

117 the problem with the NAZIs right?
Nothin says lovin like somethin from the oven

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at September 06, 2026 03:16 PM (2OLVu)

118 Unless you're a cowboy or cowgirl, no one over 25 should wear jeans anyway.
Posted by: Straight Talk at September 06, 2026 03:09 PM (Fn+3X)

My dad wore suits to his office for thirty years.
The last thirty years he said screw it, and wore jeans and polo shirts like everybody else.

It’s not 1935 anymore where even the bums had ties and fedoras on.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at September 06, 2026 03:16 PM (6ydKt)

119 Dungarees are worn by 16 year old bobby soxers. Please, be an adult and wear grown-up clothes!

Posted by: You're Not Gidget at September 06, 2026 03:16 PM (Fn+3X)

120 One of the common addictions of the retired domesticated American suburban male is lawn care.
Strict adherence to fertilizing schedules, micrometer measurements of blade heights, and criss-cross diagonal mowing patterns are just a few of the telltale signs.

Posted by: Learn to golf at September 06, 2026 03:16 PM (2Ez/1)

121 111 104 There's a new Leaflit youtube video up, responding to an Asmongold trashing of the Clancy fans.

They also have a video "groom your girlfriend" the gist of which is we should try to be the best we can be not fat, lazy couchslobs glued to reddit.

And...its amusing because the left would have agreed to this idea wholeheartedly 20 years ago. Hell the left used to have a whole thing on how Americans should stop eating McDs and being fat. Now that's rayciss hate speech or something
Posted by: 18-1 at September 06, 2026 03:09 PM (sKqQm)

I'll watch that!
Posted by: m at September 06, 2026 03:13 PM (odBC9)

That's fun.
(It's just 3 minutes.)

Posted by: m at September 06, 2026 03:17 PM (odBC9)

122 You also couldn't do it because you probably didn't have a permit to do it...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 06, 2026 03:08 PM (l3cgK)

That would be my reason #38, Jim...

Posted by: Joe Kidd at September 06, 2026 03:17 PM (nbLIj)

123 I suspect with football season started good lineman will be harder to find. Especially tackles. Always in demand.

Posted by: Pete Bog at September 06, 2026 03:17 PM (3jdt5)

124 Miley Cyrus, who now dropped her last name, is a very talented vocalist. The Jolene video is from 2012. She went through a crazy stage, and she is a liberal. But she is calmer, quieter and still an amazing artist. Her vocals on “I Used to be Young” are something to listen to. http://tiny.cc/vrz9101

Posted by: Piper at September 06, 2026 03:19 PM (ZdaMQ)

125 Men look smoking hot in a well fitted pair of jeans. Especially if they have a nice ass.

Posted by: nurse ratched at September 06, 2026 03:19 PM (km3rg)

126 123 I suspect with football season started good lineman will be harder to find. Especially tackles. Always in demand.
Posted by: Pete Bog at September 06, 2026 03:17 PM
+++++
I used to be one in Wichita.

Posted by: Glen Campbell at September 06, 2026 03:20 PM (2Ez/1)

127 "Dungaree Doll" by Eddie Fisher reached #7 on the charts in 1956.

Posted by: Break That Record! at September 06, 2026 03:21 PM (Fn+3X)

128 Oh and one of the places I went was Duluth Trading Co

They have the best made long sleeve Henley shirt...the problem? They only make them in a long tail size which means it looks like you are wearing a robe or something

Posted by: 18-1 at September 06, 2026 03:21 PM (sKqQm)

129 125 Men look smoking hot in a well fitted pair of jeans. Especially if they have a nice ass.

Posted by: nurse ratched at September 06, 2026 03:19 PM (km3rg)

What I don't have in ass I more than make up in belly...does that count?

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 06, 2026 03:21 PM (l3cgK)

130 Will Germany pull a France to block AfD?
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 06, 2026 03:15 PM (l3cgK)

This was a local state election.

The CDU/CSU are still in charge federally, at least until the next election, where AfD has the second largest party in the Bundestag.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at September 06, 2026 03:21 PM (6ydKt)

131 125 Men look smoking hot in a well fitted pair of jeans. Especially if they have a nice ass.
Posted by: nurse ratched at September 06, 2026 03:19 PM
###
As usual, the thread devolves into coarse, prurient blather.

Posted by: Tsk, tsk, tsk .. at September 06, 2026 03:23 PM (2Ez/1)

132 What I don't have in ass I more than make up in belly...does that count?
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia)

Dunlap's Disease and jeans are a poor combination.

Posted by: Belt and Suspenders? at September 06, 2026 03:24 PM (Fn+3X)

133 I've worn them most of my life. When they start getting holes, I use them for outdoor/yard work. I find it insane that anyone would purposefully purchase jeans with holes in them already.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September

I should probably stay out of this conversation. lol.

Posted by: Piper at September 06, 2026 03:24 PM (ZdaMQ)

134 Will Germany pull a France to block AfD?
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 06, 2026 03:15 PM (l3cgK)

This was a local state election.

The CDU/CSU are still in charge federally, at least until the next election, where AfD has the second largest party in the Bundestag.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at September 06, 2026 03:21 PM (6ydKt)

Yes, but it's generally seen as having broader implications. Whatever else happens, the CDU can only keep the AfD out of power in Saxony-Anhalt by allying with all the Leftist parties, and that may cause such a backlash among its own voters as to cause a revolt in the Bundestag. If the AfD (or anyone else) tries to take advantage of that by calling a vote of no confidence, there's no telling what may happen.

Note too that another state (Mecklenburg-Vorpommern), where the AfD is also very strong, will have elections in two weeks on the back of this.

Posted by: Dr. T at September 06, 2026 03:24 PM (lHPJf)

135 You say prurient blather like it’s a bad thing.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at September 06, 2026 03:24 PM (6ydKt)

136 >Men look smoking hot in a well fitted pair of jeans. Especially if they have a nice ass.
----

Stop, you're embarrassing me!

Posted by: Don Black at September 06, 2026 03:25 PM (ZxPkt)

137 If I never see this girl's stuck-out tongue again, it will be a blessing.
That said, I kind of classify her in the group of talented children exploited by their parents in Hollywood/entertainment, who went absolutely nuts as they "matured", probably with horrifying good reason.
Some came out on the other side, and some did not (Amanda Bynes come to mind), but maybe Cyrus will be one of the survivors. her talent is certainly intact.

Posted by: barbarausa at September 06, 2026 03:25 PM (enw9G)

138 They only make them in a long tail size which means it looks like you are wearing a robe or something
Posted by: 18-1 at September 06, 2026 03:21 PM

Well, then don't tuck your pants into your shirt.

Posted by: Plumber's crack at September 06, 2026 03:25 PM (2Ez/1)

139 125 Men look smoking hot in a well fitted pair of jeans. Especially if they have a nice ass.
Posted by: nurse ratched

I am going to send you a picture as soon as I find it. 🤣😂

Posted by: Piper at September 06, 2026 03:26 PM (ZdaMQ)

140 Uncle Joe Carson wore a belt and suspenders on every episode of Petticoat Junction from 1963-70.

Posted by: Was Also A Dentist (Edgar, Not Joe) at September 06, 2026 03:26 PM (Fn+3X)

141 *puts tape over phone camera*

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at September 06, 2026 03:28 PM (zZu0s)

142 Willie Nelson said Levi's were designed with a Mexican woman's ass in mind

Posted by: Don Black at September 06, 2026 03:29 PM (ZxPkt)

143 Note too that another state (Mecklenburg-Vorpommern), where the AfD is also very strong, will have elections in two weeks on the back of this.
Posted by: Dr. T at September 06, 2026 03:24 PM (lHPJf)

They need 42 seats for a majority.
AfD currently has 39, last I looked.
The BWS party is a sort of center-left party that is against immigration (but for nearly every other lefty cause) and they have 5 seats.

The leader of BWS has indicated they can work with AfD, at least on some issues, so they may be able to form a coalition even without CDU.

We have to wait and see how it all shakes out as they get together and try to make deals this week.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at September 06, 2026 03:30 PM (6ydKt)

144 Piper, Leaflit has a fashion video, too. About medieval dress for today.

Posted by: m at September 06, 2026 03:31 PM (odBC9)

145 Not only did Miley do a great job on that song, but she looks wholesome, feminine, and normal in that video.

Posted by: Emmie, celebrating 250 years of God's grace at September 06, 2026 03:31 PM (OlzlW)

146 I used to be one in Wichita.
Posted by: Glen Campbell at September 06, 2026 03:20 PM (2Ez/1)

I’ll bet that was a shocker! Little local humor there.

Posted by: Pete Bog at September 06, 2026 03:31 PM (PjGKJ)

147 142 Willie Nelson said Levi's were designed with a Mexican woman's ass in mind
Posted by: Don Black at September 06, 2026 03:29 PM

This is cute:

https://youtu.be/9g_TLBB0EuQ

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at September 06, 2026 03:31 PM (2Ez/1)

148 146 I used to be one in Wichita.
Posted by: Glen Campbell at September 06, 2026 03:20 PM (2Ez/1)

I’ll bet that was a shocker! Little local humor there.
Posted by: Pete Bog at September 06, 2026 03:31 PM

https://youtu.be/-HFCuBLAjXo

Posted by: The Wayback Machine at September 06, 2026 03:34 PM (2Ez/1)

149 125 Men look smoking hot in a well fitted pair of jeans. Especially if they have a nice ass.
Posted by: nurse ratched at September 06, 2026 03:19 PM

Makes note to self to hit the squat rack before the MoMe.

Posted by: Pete Bog at September 06, 2026 03:34 PM (PjGKJ)

150 Men look smoking hot in a well fitted pair of jeans. Especially if they have a nice ass.

Well, that leaves me out.

Howabout if you have nice calves?

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at September 06, 2026 03:35 PM (qRla/)

151 At some point, as one gets older, what we wear is the least of our worries. Even in public.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at September 06, 2026 03:35 PM (2Cry5)

152 The prices though, when did Levis get designer jeans prices?
Posted by: SpeakingOf at September 06, 2026 03:08 PM (6ydKt)

Levi’s has different grades. You can get the less expensive models on Amazon. But if you want a solid pair of Levi’s, you want selvedge denim. If you want the best of selvedge, blue tabs are almost as nice as my MOUSSY denim.

Posted by: Piper at September 06, 2026 03:36 PM (ZdaMQ)

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