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I think this is a remarkable photograph, showing Tower Bridge being built in 1889. It is most beautifully colourised by Jordan Lloyd (known as Dynamic Chrome) and is one of my favourite pieces of colourised art.

Grumpy kitten.

Her only fan is an ass.

The farm is out for a walk.

Baby goat does a snow-dive.

Water fowl.

Crows want to show their human friend their favorite tree.

When your friend won't let you work.

When you get home from work and your friend wants to put you to real work.

When they say "agile as a cat" they don't mean this cat.

Kitten bullied by goose runs to its bodyguard.

Doggos enjoying a warehouse.

Wife sets up a camera so her husband won’t sneak food… but his response is way too genius pic.twitter.com/PkOd4oatwN
— Wolf of X (@WolfofX) September 13, 2026

The spectacular speedflying show by Valentin Delluc at the Fairy Chimneys in Cappadocia.

[📹 Red Bull]pic.twitter.com/HpIa8tLl7R
— Massimo (@Rainmaker1973) November 19, 2023

Lindsay Clancy juror deliberations:

don’t invite me to the function unless we’re doing whatever the hell this is pic.twitter.com/EcnbuCtJK2
— horse dentist (@equine__dentist) September 13, 2026

I can never get enough of Bobby hearing a story

[📹 robertsquirrel] pic.twitter.com/e079uPSTHI
— Massimo (@Rainmaker1973) September 9, 2026

Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace at 07:10 PM

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1 Her only fan is an ass.

Is this about me?

Posted by: AOC Donkey Chompers at September 14, 2026 07:14 PM (OkYzo)

2 Gracious

Posted by: Hokey Pokey at September 14, 2026 07:14 PM (W8opP)

3 The cat didi it, dear.

Posted by: Hokey Pokey at September 14, 2026 07:14 PM (W8opP)

4 Lampshade forever

Posted by: Hokey Pokey at September 14, 2026 07:15 PM (W8opP)

5 Hola

Posted by: Thanatopsis at September 14, 2026 07:15 PM (hG5L0)

6 The cake lady is in on it.

Posted by: Hokey Pokey at September 14, 2026 07:15 PM (W8opP)

7
Cats are always sneaking into the fridge at my house.

Posted by: Frank Barone at September 14, 2026 07:16 PM (OkYzo)

8 How is the bridge standing without struts?

Posted by: toby928(c) at September 14, 2026 07:16 PM (4NO2D)

9 What no good boy?

Posted by: Hokey Pokey at September 14, 2026 07:16 PM (W8opP)

10 FUCK POP UP ADS

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at September 14, 2026 07:16 PM (XZaPZ)

11 I stand corrected.

Posted by: Hokey Pokey at September 14, 2026 07:17 PM (W8opP)

12 Pop fuck up ads

Posted by: Hokey Pokey at September 14, 2026 07:17 PM (W8opP)

13 I am just fascinated with how the footings for bridges were constructed. There are bridges from 2,000 years ago still functional.

Posted by: Ben Had at September 14, 2026 07:18 PM (E0Et6)

14 Squirrel History Cafe
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Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at September 14, 2026 07:18 PM (FZ29D)

15 I forgot the html to fix that.

Posted by: Boss Moss at September 14, 2026 07:19 PM (5Go8e)

16 Oh good. No shooting.

Posted by: Hokey Pokey at September 14, 2026 07:19 PM (W8opP)

17 Squirrel with biscuits and gravy.

Posted by: Ben Had at September 14, 2026 07:20 PM (E0Et6)

18 I am just fascinated with how the footings for bridges were constructed. There are bridges from 2,000 years ago still functional.
Posted by: Ben Had at September 14, 2026 07:18 PM (E0Et6)

Pons Fabricius.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at September 14, 2026 07:20 PM (zZu0s)

19 Baby goat does a snow-dive.

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That's Hunter Biden's dream.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Gird Your Loins! at September 14, 2026 07:20 PM (ndZc7)

20 That photo is gorgeous. Amazing colorization.

Yeah, the cat ate the cake in the fridge...that's my story and I'm sticking to it!

Posted by: LizLem at September 14, 2026 07:21 PM (Eng1Z)

21 Although it was restored in the ... 1400s? Its like from 63 BC?

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at September 14, 2026 07:21 PM (zZu0s)

22 Feeling centered.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at September 14, 2026 07:21 PM (ZOv7s)

23
The cat didi it, dear.
Posted by: Hokey Pokey

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For that effort, he might as well have used a stuffed animal.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at September 14, 2026 07:21 PM (mmrXZ)

24 Thanks for your work today, Ace!

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at September 14, 2026 07:21 PM (NnhvP)

25 Juan McCain.

Posted by: Boss Moss at September 14, 2026 07:21 PM (5Go8e)

26 Some sports Karens are now upset over Sweeney's half nekkid sports ad.

Some of them probably should have checked their intertubes history before they started bitching.

Posted by: polynikes at September 14, 2026 07:22 PM (KC5Lt)

27 Bobby will listen to anything as long as he knows there will be free peanuts at the end.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at September 14, 2026 07:22 PM (6ydKt)

28 Good evening everyone

Posted by: Skip at September 14, 2026 07:22 PM (Ia/+0)

29 Center/

Posted by: Boss Moss at September 14, 2026 07:23 PM (5Go8e)

30 Would have been funnier if the guy had put on a McBurgler outfit to steal the cheesecake. The cat could have co-starred.

Posted by: polynikes at September 14, 2026 07:23 PM (KC5Lt)

31 Would there be any interest in "How it came about" thread on the blog?

Posted by: Ben Had at September 14, 2026 07:24 PM (E0Et6)

32 Blood pressure chilled out

Posted by: Hokey Pokey at September 14, 2026 07:24 PM (W8opP)

33 Ace, no matter how tempting, don't let crows lead you off somewhere far from help.

Posted by: toby928(c) at September 14, 2026 07:25 PM (4NO2D)

34 Close tags are the hobgoblin of genius shelving designer and constructors.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at September 14, 2026 07:25 PM (0sNs1)

35 Although it was restored in the ... 1400s? Its like from 63 BC?
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at September 14, 2026 07:21 PM (zZu0s)
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Not to be confused with London Bridge.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at September 14, 2026 07:25 PM (ZOv7s)

36 I think this is a remarkable photograph, showing Tower Bridge being built in 1889. It is most beautifully colourised by Jordan Lloyd (known as Dynamic Chrome) and is one of my favourite pieces of colourised art.
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One of my favorite parts of the Sherlock Holmes movie with Robert Downey, Jr. was the shots of the Tower Bridge under construction. It also served as a nice "Chekov's Gun" for the climax of the movie.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at September 14, 2026 07:26 PM (FZ29D)

37 I do like the commercial where in the middle of the night the dog pulls on the towel on the fridge to to open it and passes out in front of the fridge after having eaten everything. The dad and kid discover him and just look at the mess. Then a close up of the dad saying ' what the F '.

Posted by: polynikes at September 14, 2026 07:26 PM (KC5Lt)

38 Although it was restored in the ... 1400s? Its like from 63 BC?
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at September 14, 2026 07:21 PM (zZu0s)

That was 11 years after Minx 0.7.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at September 14, 2026 07:27 PM (dK+Kv)

39 Not to be confused with London Bridge.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at September 14, 2026 07:25 PM (ZOv7s)

Which is now in Arizona.

Posted by: polynikes at September 14, 2026 07:27 PM (KC5Lt)

40 London Bridge Houses of Parliament......

Posted by: Boss Moss at September 14, 2026 07:28 PM (5Go8e)

41 The spectacular speedflying show by Valentin Delluc at the Fairy Chimneys in Cappadocia.
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That guy is going to die. Too many uncontrollable variables.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at September 14, 2026 07:28 PM (XeU6L)

42 7
Cats are always sneaking into the fridge at my house.
Posted by: Frank Barone at September 14, 2026 07:16 PM (OkYzo)

Had a beagle the figured out how to open the fridge. And beagles + food = mayhem. What a damned mess.

Posted by: tcn in AK at September 14, 2026 07:28 PM (Ntshk)

43 31 Would there be any interest in "How it came about" thread on the blog?
Posted by: Ben Had at September 14, 2026 07:

Yes! I love things like this!

Posted by: Piper at September 14, 2026 07:28 PM (ZdaMQ)

44 I walked across tjat Bridge a few times

Posted by: Skip at September 14, 2026 07:29 PM (Ia/+0)

45 Would there be any interest in "How it came about" thread on the blog?
Posted by: Ben Had
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Look, I made a mistake, okay?

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at September 14, 2026 07:30 PM (XeU6L)

46 Pittsburgh won and Greenbay lost.

Posted by: Boss Moss at September 14, 2026 07:30 PM (5Go8e)

47
The Big Dummy went to the doggie chiropractor for a final visit today. They later send a report on the work done and findings.

There's a section that may say something like, "Diana was cheerful, outgoing and loves attention." I asked them, "Do you have ones that say, 'Rover is a psychopath'?" They hemmed and hawed and said essentially, yes, but diplomatically expressed.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at September 14, 2026 07:31 PM (eRlcH)

48 My Mom work for the soil conservation corp in Little Rock in around 63 64 65.
One of her projects was to take a map of Arkansas about 4' x 5' and then colour code the different soils with colored pencils.
She said she worked on it off and on for about a year.
I always assumed it was a big print from a medium format camera printed to a textured paper.

Posted by: r hennigantx at September 14, 2026 07:31 PM (/+uur)

49 31 Would there be any interest in "How it came about" thread on the blog?
Posted by: Ben Had at September 14, 2026 07:24 PM (E0Et6)

It all started with participation trophies....

Posted by: tcn in AK at September 14, 2026 07:31 PM (Ntshk)

50 Not to be confused with London Bridge.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at September 14, 2026 07:25 PM (ZOv7s)

Which is now in Arizona.
Posted by: polynikes
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And the Queen Mary?

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at September 14, 2026 07:31 PM (XeU6L)

51 Painting of 6 aos memes and 2 long weekend threads. See nic.

Posted by: polynikes at September 14, 2026 07:32 PM (KC5Lt)

52 Would there be any interest in "How it came about" thread on the blog?
Posted by: Ben Had at September 14, 2026 07:24 PM

Heck, yeah! Although I think we've discussed the Garand M1 and JMB's (PBUH) 1911, a discussion of the M2 would be cool. Some Lee-Enfield threads might draw NZFrank in, as well.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at September 14, 2026 07:32 PM (0sNs1)

53 Try again
I walked across that Bridge a few times

Posted by: Skip at September 14, 2026 07:32 PM (Ia/+0)

54 Big Ben Parliament.......

Posted by: Boss Moss at September 14, 2026 07:32 PM (5Go8e)

55 She also had to mark the county seats on a big map with no roads or hiways.
So she took a Texaco map with the markings and then guessed on the big print with no roads where the seat was and marked it with a stencil.

Posted by: r hennigantx at September 14, 2026 07:33 PM (/+uur)

56 46 Pittsburgh won and Greenbay lost.
Posted by: Boss Moss at September 14, 2026 07:30 PM (5Go8e)

To be fair, Green Bay was playing against both the opposing team and the referee squad. FFS.

Posted by: tcn in AK at September 14, 2026 07:33 PM (Ntshk)

57 That cat stole that entire cake, who'd have thought it!

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at September 14, 2026 07:33 PM (K32Fz)

58 Duncanthrax, I'm thinking more in terms of how a rifle was invented.

Who in the world came up with chain mail?

Posted by: Ben Had at September 14, 2026 07:33 PM (E0Et6)

59 And the Queen Mary?
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at September 14, 2026 07:31 PM (XeU6L)

I think she's dead.

Posted by: polynikes at September 14, 2026 07:33 PM (KC5Lt)

60
Would there be any interest in "How it came about" thread on the blog?
Posted by: Ben Had at September 14, 2026 07:24 PM (E0Et6)

_________

I was fourth prize in a raffle.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at September 14, 2026 07:34 PM (eRlcH)

61 Painting of 6 aos memes and 2 long weekend threads. See nic.
Posted by: polynikes at September 14, 2026 07:32 PM

Nice! Although "Sunlit Whales" was not what I was expecting for an AoSHQ meme.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at September 14, 2026 07:34 PM (0sNs1)

62 When you're down on your luck
and you aint got a buck
In London you're a goner
Even London Bridge
Has fallen down
And moved to Arizona

Posted by: r hennigantx at September 14, 2026 07:35 PM (/+uur)

63 Would there be any interest in "How it came about" thread on the blog?
Posted by: Ben Had at September 14, 2026 07:

Hah I thought you were talking about all the aos inside jokes.

Posted by: polynikes at September 14, 2026 07:35 PM (KC5Lt)

64 Who in the world came up with chain mail?

I had a friend who made a chain mail shirt. He bought several big boxes of those keyring things and slowly worked them together in patterns every Friday Night game of Champions we'd play and eventually made a shirt. Kinda tore up his fingers but it was so cool when it was done. Of course, back then they didn't have that kind of quality of nickel-plated steel either

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at September 14, 2026 07:36 PM (K32Fz)

65 Not to be confused with London Bridge.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at September 14, 2026 07:25 PM (ZOv7s)

Which is now in Arizona.
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I have it on good authority that it fell down

Posted by: Common Tater at September 14, 2026 07:36 PM (No2m8)

66 Cat Caper is funny

Posted by: Skip at September 14, 2026 07:36 PM (Ia/+0)

67 And the Queen Mary?
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at September 14, 2026 07:31 PM (XeU6L)

I think they buried her next to her husband and daughter, the queen.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at September 14, 2026 07:36 PM (6ydKt)

68 Would there be any interest in "How it came about" thread on the blog?
Posted by: Ben Had

It came about because Ace forgot to close a tag.

Posted by: t-bird at September 14, 2026 07:36 PM (BvTxf)

69 I'm thinking more in terms of how a rifle was invented

I remember reading a book that described how they made the best rifle barrels. They'd take nails and pound them flat, heat them and turn them into a billet, then curve it around a mold and weld it in place (not with a welder, just heat and pounding). The grooving was carved out with a steam powered lathe. This was in the early 1800s.

Part of why rifles were so rare and expensive.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at September 14, 2026 07:37 PM (K32Fz)

70 London Bridge is falling down,
Falling down, falling down,
London Bridge is falling down,
My fair Lady.

The author of the book “The Traditional Games of England, Scotland and Ireland” Alice Bertha Gomme suggests that the origin of “London Bridge Is Falling Down” refers to the use of a medieval punishment known as immurement. Immurement is when a person is encased into a room with no openings or exits and left there to die.

Posted by: r hennigantx at September 14, 2026 07:37 PM (/+uur)

71 I'll get the door hon

Posted by: r hennigantx at September 14, 2026 07:38 PM (/+uur)

72 If they're so good at building bridges, why is there a Ferry Cross The Mersey?

Posted by: Gerry And The Pacemakers at September 14, 2026 07:38 PM (Fn+3X)

73 Is Piper going to be offering live-stream commentary on The Emmies fashion hits and faux-paws?

Posted by: Duncanthrax at September 14, 2026 07:39 PM (0sNs1)

74 I broke a chain mail and my mom died about 34 years later.

So there is that!

Posted by: r hennigantx at September 14, 2026 07:39 PM (/+uur)

75 YAAAY!! The Emmys are on in 22 minutes!!!

I'm screwing with you. But I'll let the rest of you get back to the Emmy parties. I wonder if trannies are still the cause du jour.

Oh, it's probably those poor illegals.

Anyway back to work.

Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy - 105 years old! Puppy at heart! at September 14, 2026 07:39 PM (Sco7b)

76 I loved the Cappadocia clip, although I was a bit surprised they allowed him to fly so fast around the balloons. I can easily imagine things going very wrong.

Regardless, it's one of the most breathtaking places in the entire world. If you have the means, go there.

Posted by: Archimedes at September 14, 2026 07:40 PM (Riz8t)

77 Chain Letter.

Posted by: Boss Moss at September 14, 2026 07:40 PM (5Go8e)

78 Not to be confused with London Bridge.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd

Or, interestingly, Lloyd Bridges

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at September 14, 2026 07:40 PM (K32Fz)

79 Which is now in Arizona."

In Oklahoma, not Arizona,
What does it matter?

Posted by: man at September 14, 2026 07:40 PM (pfXMo)

80 Part of why rifles were so rare and expensive.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at September 14, 2026 07:37 PM (K32Fz)

I sir disagree
Blunderbusses over the shit pond in hot aire ballons at noon.

Posted by: r hennigantx at September 14, 2026 07:40 PM (/+uur)

81 73 Is Piper going to be offering live-stream commentary on The Emmies fashion hits and faux-paws?
Posted by: Duncanthrax at September 14, 2026 07:39 PM (0sNs1)

That actually would be a legitimate reason to watch...

Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy - 105 years old! Puppy at heart! at September 14, 2026 07:40 PM (Sco7b)

82
So the train mov'd slowly along the Bridge of Tay,
Until it was about midway,
Then the central girders with a crash gave way,
And down went the train and passengers into the Tay!
The Storm Fiend did loudly bray,
Because ninety lives had been taken away,
On the last Sabbath day of 1879,
Which will be remember'd for a very long time.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at September 14, 2026 07:41 PM (eRlcH)

83 31 Would there be any interest in "How it came about" thread on the blog?
Posted by: Ben Had at September 14, 2026 07:24 PM (E0Et6)

I think you knew the reaction would be... moronic.

Posted by: tcn in AK at September 14, 2026 07:41 PM (Ntshk)

84 77 Chain Letter.
Posted by: Boss Moss at September 14, 2026 07:40 PM (5Go8e)

Moms still dead

Posted by: r hennigantx at September 14, 2026 07:41 PM (/+uur)

85 At one point, I was known as the County Seat.

Posted by: Paul Lynde at September 14, 2026 07:41 PM (Fn+3X)

86 If they're so good at building bridges, why is there a Ferry Cross The Mersey?
Posted by: Gerry And The Pacemakers

"So you can get to the Mull of Kintyre, whatever the hell that is"
--Paul McCartney

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at September 14, 2026 07:41 PM (K32Fz)

87 I had a friend who made a chain mail shirt. He bought several big boxes of those keyring things and slowly worked them together in patterns every Friday Night game of Champions we'd play and eventually made a shirt. Kinda tore up his fingers but it was so cool when it was done. Of course, back then they didn't have that kind of quality of nickel-plated steel either
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at September 14, 2026 07:36 PM (K32Fz)
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A friend of mine in college made chain mail and convinced several of us to assist him in cutting the links and weaving them together. It was a fairly relaxing task, actually. The manly equivalent of knitting while watching television.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at September 14, 2026 07:42 PM (FZ29D)

88 Yes the best barrels were billets wound around a spindle, hammer welded into a tube.

Posted by: fd at September 14, 2026 07:42 PM (MWfyi)

89 Would there be any interest in "How it came about" thread on the blog?
Posted by: Ben Had

Wild yeast.

Posted by: toby928(c) at September 14, 2026 07:42 PM (4NO2D)

90 If they're so good at building bridges, why is there a Ferry Cross The Mersey?
Posted by: Gerry And The Pacemakers
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No one ever did a song about the Firth of Fourth Ferry.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at September 14, 2026 07:42 PM (XeU6L)

91
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at September

Hey! Your tea cup from down stairs, turn it into a little planter. You can enjoy its beauty and the memories.

Posted by: Piper at September 14, 2026 07:42 PM (ZdaMQ)

92 The grooving was carved out with a steam powered lathe"

Feeling groovy...

Posted by: man at September 14, 2026 07:43 PM (pfXMo)

93 Ice Fairs broke the town of London as your could walk over the Thames in around 1811 to 1814 in the winter and not pay to toll.

Posted by: r hennigantx at September 14, 2026 07:43 PM (/+uur)

94 I sir disagree
Blunderbusses over the shit pond in hot aire ballons at noon.
Posted by: r hennigantx at September 14, 2026 07:40 PM (/+uur)

I might actually pay to watch that.

Posted by: tcn in AK at September 14, 2026 07:43 PM (Ntshk)

95 Collector mistakes gallery’s broken vacuum cleaner for art, offers to buy it

https://tinyurl.com/yta3dxdk

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Well, they're more sophisticated than us.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Gird Your Loins! at September 14, 2026 07:43 PM (ndZc7)

96 I sir disagree
Blunderbusses over the shit pond in hot aire ballons at noon.

So be it!
I shall gun down your balloon, sirrah

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at September 14, 2026 07:44 PM (K32Fz)

97
I might actually pay to watch that.
Posted by: tcn in AK at September 14, 2026 07:43 PM (Ntshk)

__________

You can watch it for free.

https://youtu.be/lzmhZQVna8E

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at September 14, 2026 07:45 PM (eRlcH)

98 I might actually pay to watch that.
Posted by: tcn in AK at September 14, 2026 07:43 PM (Ntshk)

ok

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lzmhZQVna8E

Posted by: r hennigantx at September 14, 2026 07:45 PM (/+uur)

99 95 Collector mistakes gallery’s broken vacuum cleaner for art, offers to buy it

https://tinyurl.com/yta3dxdk

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Well, they're more sophisticated than us.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Gird Your Loins! at September 14, 2026 07:43 PM (ndZc7)

To be fair, it was probably better designed and more attractive than the rest of the gallery exhibits.

Posted by: tcn in AK at September 14, 2026 07:46 PM (Ntshk)

100 Temp dropping.

Posted by: Boss Moss at September 14, 2026 07:46 PM (5Go8e)

101 I will not watch the Emmys themselves, but am keeping an eye out on the dresses.

Posted by: Piper at September 14, 2026 07:47 PM (ZdaMQ)

102 Collector mistakes gallery’s broken vacuum cleaner for art, offers to buy it"

Hey, I've got duct tape and bananas!

Posted by: man at September 14, 2026 07:47 PM (pfXMo)

103 Or, interestingly, Lloyd Bridges
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at September 14, 2026 07:40 PM (K32Fz)

He was great in Police Story as "Wolf". 1974.

A different time.

Posted by: Izzy Mandelbaum at September 14, 2026 07:48 PM (cCXR+)

104 So be it!
I shall gun down your balloon, sirrah
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at September 14, 2026 07:44 PM (K32Fz)

MoMe might have a new sport

Posted by: r hennigantx at September 14, 2026 07:48 PM (/+uur)

105 A friend of mine in college made chain mail and convinced several of us to assist him in cutting the links and weaving them together. It was a fairly relaxing task, actually. The manly equivalent of knitting while watching television.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at September 14, 2026 07:42 PM (FZ29D)

That was my first thought--a good handicraft to occupy a man's time, with a pleasing product.

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at September 14, 2026 07:49 PM (zYpTz)

106 but am keeping an eye out on the dresses."

Or lack thereof?

Posted by: man at September 14, 2026 07:49 PM (pfXMo)

107 98 I might actually pay to watch that.
Posted by: tcn in AK at September 14, 2026 07:43 PM (Ntshk)

ok

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lzmhZQVna8E
Posted by: r hennigantx at September 14, 2026 07:45 PM (/+uur)

Ew.

Posted by: tcn in AK at September 14, 2026 07:49 PM (Ntshk)

108
97/98. Horde mind.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at September 14, 2026 07:49 PM (eRlcH)

109 On the way back from shopping passed 7/11; gas 3.50
Wally will be better, yeah. No, Wally wants 3.80.
Dig in all my pockets for cash. Gotta be a cash price, right?
No, cash or credit 0.30 less than Wally.
Eating that free hamburger right now.

eat it Wally.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at September 14, 2026 07:49 PM (JS6jE)

110 Collector mistakes gallery’s broken vacuum cleaner for art, offers to buy it"
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And...Voila! 'Found Art'!

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at September 14, 2026 07:50 PM (XeU6L)

111 101 I will not watch the Emmys themselves, but am keeping an eye out on the dresses.
Posted by: Piper at September 14, 2026 07:47 PM (ZdaMQ)

Bob Mackie died today
So in many years ago you could walk thru the costume artist at Disney Studios.
My mom would have stayed and got a job if they would have let her.

Posted by: r hennigantx at September 14, 2026 07:50 PM (/+uur)

112 MoMe might have a new sport
Posted by: r hennigantx at September 14, 2026 07:48 PM (/+uur)

No way. Weasel would never stand for the lack of range safety. You'd be grounded before you even took off.

Posted by: tcn in AK at September 14, 2026 07:50 PM (Ntshk)

113 Mag Men >> Great Race

Posted by: r hennigantx at September 14, 2026 07:51 PM (/+uur)

114 I know it sounds unbelievable but the 60 Minutes segment on the rescued flier was actually good. James Mitchener's book Tales of the South Pacific (upon which the musical South Pacific was based) is a collection of short stories inspired by Mitchener's WWII service. One story concerns the Japanese astonishment at how many resources the US was willing to risk to rescue one guy. Pretty much the same thing.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Gird Your Loins! at September 14, 2026 07:56 PM (ndZc7)

115
Mag Men >> Great Race
Posted by: r hennigantx at September 14, 2026 07:51 PM (/+uur)

Any movie with Terry Thomas is great.

Can you imagine the love child of Terry Thomas and Tank Abrams?

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at September 14, 2026 07:58 PM (eRlcH)

116 like Bartleby the scrivener, I prefer not to.

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at September 14, 2026 07:59 PM (VyBeY)

117 not much more manly than making armor and weapons. I wish they had done an armor-based show like Forged in Fire but it probably takes a lot longer to make armor

One story concerns the Japanese astonishment at how many resources the US was willing to risk to rescue one guy

The world still seems baffled and amused by how much we'll do to save one of our boys.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at September 14, 2026 08:00 PM (K32Fz)

118 Which is now in Arizona."

In Oklahoma, not Arizona,
What does it matter?
Posted by: man at September 14, 2026 07:40 PM (pfXMo

Unless they moved it again it's in Lake Havasu. AZ.

Posted by: polynikes at September 14, 2026 08:00 PM (KC5Lt)

119 eat it Wally.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at September 14, 2026 07:49 PM (JS6jE)

Free Wally!

Posted by: r hennigantx at September 14, 2026 08:00 PM (/+uur)

120 X dot com
Polymarket/status/2099556797354823691
U.S. military publicly acknowledges for the first time that it has deployed space weapons in orbit.

Wonder if this refers to the Chinese sat that tipped off the Iranians on the American soldiers whom they then killed.

Posted by: 88C+u at September 14, 2026 08:02 PM (88C+u)

121 eat it Wally.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at September 14, 2026 07:49 PM

Hey, it was Dad who was hard on the Beaver!

Posted by: Wally Cleaver at September 14, 2026 08:02 PM (0sNs1)

122 Great Race

Tony Cutis

Natalie Wood

Jack Lemon

Peter Faulk

Posted by: r hennigantx at September 14, 2026 08:03 PM (/+uur)

123 According to a Houston Chronicle report, Paxton said that at age 12 another boy threw a berry at him during a game of hide-and-seek. The freak accident left him temporarily near-blind and forced weeks of immobile recovery to save his vision.

Later, as a freshman at Baylor University, he took an elbow to the same side of his face during a basketball game, an injury serious enough to require doctors to repair facial bones.

The result is what people notice today.
His left eye is green, his good eye.
His right eye is brown and shaded by a drooping lid.
This is his personal story,
not a political weakness.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at September 14, 2026 08:03 PM (JS6jE)

124 Gavin Newsom says he won't run for president in 2028 if Kamala Harris runs

Posted by: SMOD at September 14, 2026 08:04 PM (gWCxi)

125 Two unrelated threads from Quick Hits:

19 Why do I care about Jack Schlossberg?

Why does anyone care about Jack Sclossberg.

ProTip: No One cares about Jack Schlossberg. No one. Be honest. You don't even know who Jack Schlossberg is.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at September 14, 2026 06:08 PM (RIvkX)

You're right. Pulling a blank. It's like the male equivalent of a stripper name, like his parents were down with the notion of producing a douchey lounge lizard. But I never would've guessed Kennedy, and don't care enough to look it up.

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20 The two little asshole white girls dancing to a death in an obvious college stairwell.So incredibly happy I am well past the Dating Times.
Posted by: tubal at September 14, 2026 06:08 PM (Gqar

It sounds so grim! Like a witch talking about the Burning Times.

I am old enough to remember when people expected their pre-marital years to produce fond memories of youthful folly. Even then it wasn't always true, and now I think it isn't even the norm. Just a trial to get through.

Posted by: SciVo at September 14, 2026 08:04 PM (ke3zm)

126 And...Voila! 'Found Art'!
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc.

Charlie the poodle always finds water from any mud hole he finds to be better than the clean water I put out for him.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Gird Your Loins! at September 14, 2026 08:04 PM (ndZc7)

127 The world still seems baffled and amused by how much we'll do to save one of our boys.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor
--

Illustrative
of
Why they are losing

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at September 14, 2026 08:05 PM (JS6jE)

128 A friend of mine in college made chain mail and convinced several of us to assist him in cutting the links and weaving them together. It was a fairly relaxing task, actually. The manly equivalent of knitting while watching television.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at September 14, 2026 07:42 PM (FZ29D)
---
Ancient armor can be more readily understood once you realize the level of technology. Steel wire is much easier to make than steel plate. Same thing with small scales. It is time intensive, but you have lots of people with lots of time, and as others have observed, the sewing skillset (which common) could be used.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at September 14, 2026 08:05 PM (ZOv7s)

129 Charlie the poodle always finds water from any mud hole he finds to be better than the clean water I put out for him.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Gird Your Loins! at September 14, 2026 08:04 PM (ndZc7)

Its raining cats and dogs

I just stepped in a Poodle

Posted by: r hennigantx at September 14, 2026 08:08 PM (/+uur)

130 Some divers in shark infested waters wear chain mail.

Posted by: polynikes at September 14, 2026 08:09 PM (KC5Lt)

131 Little chill in the air tonight. Great sleeping weather.

Posted by: JackStraw at September 14, 2026 08:09 PM (viF8m)

132 somebody didn't pay the bills

Posted by: what the cat drug in at September 14, 2026 08:10 PM (jrgJz)

133 schlossberg is an example of the kind of garbage that passes for a scion of the kennedy clan these days.
think mr. hankey on two stick legs, you're not too far off.

*spit*

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at September 14, 2026 08:10 PM (VyBeY)

134 Some divers in shark infested waters wear chain mail.
Posted by: polynikes
---------

And, slaughterhouse workers.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at September 14, 2026 08:12 PM (XeU6L)

135
Natalie Wood

Not just Natalie Wood, but Natalie Wood in a pie-covered corset. Yum, yum.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at September 14, 2026 08:13 PM (eRlcH)

136 Some divers in shark infested waters wear chain mail.
Posted by: polynikes at September 14, 2026 08:09 PM (KC5Lt)
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It is very effective against cuts and slashes, but vulnerable to bludgeoning (which can break the bones underneath) or a piercing weapon that can split the rings apart.

All armor has tradeoffs, and one that D&D players never experienced was heat exhaustion. Under the armor you have to wear some sort of padding and that traps heat.

It's a good thing in Northern Europe, but in warmer climates it's an issue. You can see why so many armies (Greeks, Romans) did not wear pants, which lock in heat.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at September 14, 2026 08:14 PM (ZOv7s)

137 schlossberg is an example of the kind of garbage that passes for a scion of the kennedy clan these days.
think mr. hankey on two stick legs, you're not too far off.

*spit*
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at September 14, 2026 08:10 PM (VyBeY)

Michael Skakel, a cousin of the Kennedy family, was convicted in 2002 for the 1975 murder of his neighbor Martha Moxley is probably worse than Schlossberg.

Posted by: polynikes at September 14, 2026 08:14 PM (KC5Lt)

138 Whew! Had to leave the camper for a bit. The dog wind today is epic. Eye-watering, ghastly, vile, wicked. Evil.

I blame Big Dog Treat.

Posted by: tcn in AK at September 14, 2026 08:14 PM (Ntshk)

139 My pants lock in a ton of heat.

Posted by: sniffybigtoe at September 14, 2026 08:14 PM (P4bJX)

140 U.S. military publicly acknowledges for the first time that it has deployed space weapons in orbit.
___

Like we're the only ones with pew pews in space.

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at September 14, 2026 08:15 PM (Rln0i)

141
years to produce fond memories of youthful folly. Even then it wasn't always true, and now I think it isn't even the norm. Just a trial to get through.
Posted by: SciVo at September 14, 2026 08:04 PM (ke3zm)

___________

"When they were old and uselessly wise their thoughts would go back to those days with insistent regret; they had been days when desire was always present because it was always overcome, when many beds had been offered and refused, when the sensual urge, because restrained, had for one second been sublimated in renunciation, that is into real love. Those days were the preparation for a marriage which, even erotically, was no success; a preparation which, however, was in a way sufficient to itself, exquisite and brief, like those melodies which outlive the forgotten works they belong to and hint in their delicate and veiled gaiety at themes which later in the finished work were to be developed without skill, and fail."

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at September 14, 2026 08:16 PM (eRlcH)

142 Michael Skakel, a cousin of the Kennedy family, was convicted in 2002 for the 1975 murder of his neighbor Martha Moxley is probably worse than Schlossberg.
Posted by: polynikes at September 14, 2026 08:14 PM (KC5Lt)

That might more a factor of access than of any ethical or moral restraint.

Posted by: tcn in AK at September 14, 2026 08:16 PM (Ntshk)

143 it's in Lake Havasu. AZ.
Posted by: polynikes

Yup turned down a job working at the base of it.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at September 14, 2026 08:16 PM (NnhvP)

144 I will not watch the Emmys themselves, but am keeping an eye out on the dresses.
Posted by: Piper

Selena Gomez looked stunning in the gold gown she's wearing.

Posted by: Tuna at September 14, 2026 08:17 PM (lJ0H4)

145 Think I will go to bed and when the Emmie winners are announced in morning won't care anyway.
Have a good night everyone

Posted by: Skip at September 14, 2026 08:17 PM (Ia/+0)

146 139 My pants lock in a ton of heat.
Posted by: sniffybigtoe at September 14, 2026 08:14 PM (P4bJX)

Dude, release the chakra! -- Dumbfuck Al Gore

Posted by: tcn in AK at September 14, 2026 08:17 PM (Ntshk)

147 GatewayPundit....6:40PM

BREAKING: Supreme Court Denies Trump’s Emergency Request to Restrict Mail-In Ballots Ahead of Midterms

Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy - 105 years old! Puppy at heart! at September 14, 2026 08:18 PM (Sco7b)

148 Selena Gomez looked stunning in the gold gown she's wearing.
Posted by: Tuna at September 14, 2026 08:17 PM (lJ0H4)

Victoria Justice had an Instagram yesterday. She could still pass for a teenager and she's 33.

Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy - 105 years old! Puppy at heart! at September 14, 2026 08:19 PM (Sco7b)

149 BREAKING: Supreme Court Denies Trump’s Emergency Request to Restrict Mail-In Ballots Ahead of Midterms
Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy - 105 years old! Puppy at heart! at September 14, 2026 08:18 PM (Sco7b)

Man, I am getting tired of this.

Posted by: Bed That The SCOTUS Just Shit at September 14, 2026 08:20 PM (cCXR+)

150 Michael Skakel's reason why he couldn't have killed her was that he was in a tree masterbating at the time.

That's the Kenndy DNA right there.

Posted by: sniffybigtoe at September 14, 2026 08:20 PM (P4bJX)

151 BREAKING: Supreme Court Denies Trump’s Emergency Request to Restrict Mail-In Ballots Ahead of Midterms

Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy - 105 years old! Puppy at heart!

Proving once again that the judiciary is worse than useless.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Gird Your Loins! at September 14, 2026 08:21 PM (ndZc7)

152 That's the Kenndy DNA right there.

and there! and there! Some over there too.

Posted by: toby928(c) at September 14, 2026 08:22 PM (4NO2D)

153 GatewayPundit....6:40PM

BREAKING: Supreme Court Denies Trump’s Emergency Request to Restrict Mail-In Ballots Ahead of Midterms

Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy - 105 years old! Puppy at heart! at September 14, 2026 08:18 PM (Sco7b)

7-2. guess which two.

Hint: it's the only two who use logic.

Posted by: polynikes at September 14, 2026 08:22 PM (KC5Lt)

154 Man, I am getting tired of this.
Posted by: Bed That The SCOTUS Just Shit at September 14, 2026 08:20 PM (cCXR+)

After 2020, it's just easier to be surprised and happy when they get one right. I guess this goes down to the state level.

I'd like Trump to order in authorities to every polling station not done by midnight. Flood the place and watch everything. He's learned a lot...

We'll see.

Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy - 105 years old! Puppy at heart! at September 14, 2026 08:24 PM (Sco7b)

155 Hint: it's the only two who use logic.
Posted by: polynikes

Alito and Thomas.

Posted by: Tuna at September 14, 2026 08:24 PM (lJ0H4)

156 And the Queen Mary?
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc.

Stayed there once for a conference in Long Beach. Had a room near one of the supposedly haunted rooms. Haunting would have been cool. Instead all I got was constant tour groups making a racket outside my door.

Posted by: She Hobbit at September 14, 2026 08:24 PM (ftFVW)

157 gee. what a surprise.

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at September 14, 2026 08:25 PM (VyBeY)

158 Michael Skakel's reason why he couldn't have killed her was that he was in a tree masterbating at the time.

That's the Kenndy DNA right there.
Posted by: sniffybigtoe at September 14, 2026 08:20 PM (P4bJX)

What's weird is his conviction was overturned based on bad representation after eleven years and they chose not to re-try him. RFK Jr was one of his attorneys.

Posted by: polynikes at September 14, 2026 08:25 PM (KC5Lt)

159 Clearly the founding fathers intended for ballots to be deliverd to hundreds of people at the same addtress wether its a vacant lot or motel room.

Posted by: sniffybigtoe at September 14, 2026 08:26 PM (P4bJX)

160 any excuse to let one of the Real People off the hook.

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at September 14, 2026 08:29 PM (VyBeY)

161 147 GatewayPundit....6:40PM

BREAKING: Supreme Court Denies Trump’s Emergency Request to Restrict Mail-In Ballots Ahead of Midterms

Posted by: Stateless -
--

Is there
a
GoFundMe
for
Roberts?

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at September 14, 2026 08:30 PM (Cq/ve)

162 Mail In ballots should only be allowed for military, overseas expatriates and those that going to a polling station is physically impossible.

Posted by: polynikes at September 14, 2026 08:30 PM (KC5Lt)

163 155 Hint: it's the only two who use logic.
Posted by: polynikes

Alito and Thomas.
Posted by: Tuna at September 14, 2026 08:24 PM (lJ0H4)

This is why we need 107 Supreme Court Justices like the Founders wanted.

I'm working on something right now and I was doing research into all the men who signed the Declaration of Independence. You'd think each of them would have at least a book or two about their story, but surprisingly no.

But there were a lot who literally sacrificed everything.

Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy - 105 years old! Puppy at heart! at September 14, 2026 08:30 PM (Sco7b)

164
Willowed from the last thread: 319 Not sure if it counts as a cookie, but my grandma would send us a box of snacks for Xmas and always included homemade slovak nutroll pastry things. Not too sweet and awesome with tea. I probably should try to figure out how to make them.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at September 14, 2026 07:19 PM (HeG1i)

Those sound like rugelach- my dad made those every Christmas. Cream cheese pastry rolled into a circle, spread with a thin layer of apricot or plum preserves, sprinkled with toasted walnuts or pecans, then cut into triangles, rolled up like a crescent roll, brushed with egg wash and sprinkled with sugar. And yes, excellent with coffee or tea! Rose Levy Beranbaum has an recipe in her Christmas cookie book, which I might dd, is both a great cookbook as well as gorgeous.

Posted by: moki at September 14, 2026 08:31 PM (wLjpr)

165 105 years old!

-
Didja see this?

102-year-old veteran sings 'God Bless America' at baseball game on 9/11

https://tinyurl.com/42mkyfnb

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Gird Your Loins! at September 14, 2026 08:31 PM (ndZc7)

166 36 I think this is a remarkable photograph, showing Tower Bridge being built in 1889. It is most beautifully colourised by Jordan Lloyd (known as Dynamic Chrome) and is one of my favourite pieces of colourised art.
----
One of my favorite parts of the Sherlock Holmes movie with Robert Downey, Jr. was the shots of the Tower Bridge under construction. It also served as a nice "Chekov's Gun" for the climax of the movie.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at September 14, 2026 07:26 PM (FZ29D)

When i saw that image, the first thing i thought of was the climactic battle at the end of that movie. i know RDJ playing Holmes p*ssed some poeple off back then but i do really enjoy that one and even the sequel whenever they come on

Posted by: Nelly at September 14, 2026 08:34 PM (K4R9U)

167 Don't need no D to vote and all should be allowed to vote over their Obama Phone!

L'Shaun Ibrim Jackson, community organizer and part time barber

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at September 14, 2026 08:42 PM (gm9Sb)

168 Tower Bridge took 8 years to build. People back then had to have patience.

Posted by: Delurker at September 14, 2026 08:48 PM (2Drhq)

169 Part of why rifles were so rare and expensive.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at September 14, 2026 07:37 PM (K32Fz)

Spanish rifle barrels were done that way. Northern Spain had iron and coal, and water power to run their "Basque forges" which depended on a system of blowing air from water pressure.
Spanish ore was heavy in Phosphorous, which made a ductile wrought iron and a soft steel that would not shatter, both of which were desirable in old fashioned guns. There were gunsmiths that made wrought iron barrels using old horseshoes which were considered very fine in quality and beaten beyond what the forges could do, and one gunsmith did make a barrel out of nails, but that was referred to in the book I read on the subject as sort of a masterwork to show he could do it more than an industry practice.
Rifles are hard to make and require precision that was not found in the normal gunworks. IIRC wheellocks tended to all be rifled since they were high end mechanisms.

Posted by: Kindltot at September 14, 2026 08:49 PM (rbvCR)

170 Men in girls sports is totes fair. From mlb...

Even at 52 years old, there is not much that Ichiro cannot do on the baseball diamond.

The Hall of Famer proved as much when he launched eight home runs in the Mariners Alumni Home Run Derby last month. As if we needed any more evidence, he provided it with a sterling pitching performance -- yes, a pitching performance -- at the Tokyo Dome on Sunday.

Ichiro was on the mound in an annual All-Star Game against the best high school girls baseball players in Japan. And he dominated. Ichiro pitched a complete game shutout on 127 pitches with a whopping 17 strikeouts to steer his team to victory.

He also served as the team's leadoff hitter and rapped a pair of hits.

Hey. He's 52. They're the best high school girls in all of Japan...complete game shutout.

Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy - 105 years old! Puppy at heart! at September 14, 2026 08:52 PM (Sco7b)

171
Tower Bridge took 8 years to build. People back then had to have patience.
Posted by: Delurker at September 14, 2026 08:48 PM (2Drhq)

__________

The Fred Hartman bridge over the Houston Ship Channel took that long. Watching it go up very slowly while having to drive through a two-lane tunnel tried my patience.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at September 14, 2026 08:52 PM (eRlcH)

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