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Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 05, 2026 10:00 PM (VPNgR) 2
Good evening morons en bedankt Dino
Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 05, 2026 10:01 PM (RIvkX) 3
I got nothing
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at October 05, 2026 10:01 PM (wpRMV) Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 05, 2026 10:01 PM (VPNgR) 5
How did ONT time sneak up on me? Where did the day go?
Day go Da-a-ay go ONT come and me want to go wild Posted by: mindful webworker - bet I'm not first at October 05, 2026 10:02 PM (1BE2o) Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 05, 2026 10:02 PM (eRlcH) 7
Idunno, T-Rex, that car looks like a full-track, not a half-track. Thanks for the ONT!
Probably gonna get to bed early tonight, got a long drive tomorrow for Wednesday's interview. Posted by: RandomDave at October 05, 2026 10:03 PM (aJQbY) Posted by: Helena Handbasket at October 05, 2026 10:03 PM (3mtzY) Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 05, 2026 10:03 PM (eRlcH) 10
Evenin'
Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at October 05, 2026 10:03 PM (sAmhv) 11
Saltair opened in 1893 as a family-oriented resort promoted by LDS Church leaders - the "Coney Island of the West" - with dancing, bathing, and later amusement rides.
==== No Nathan's, not Coney Island. Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 05, 2026 10:03 PM (RIvkX) 12
Life cereal is pretty bad, but loved Mikey!
Thanks for a lovely trip down commercial memory lane!!! Posted by: moki at October 05, 2026 10:03 PM (wLjpr) 13
Say, is it too late to have the chopper drop that robot dino on Michelle Wu?
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at October 05, 2026 10:04 PM (wpRMV) 14
Trex, Thank you so much for the photos from the "olden days." Many memories of how things used to be. Posted by: four seasons at October 05, 2026 10:04 PM (/QHx4) 15
Top picture have anything to do with Sinclair Oil or any other Standard Oil derivative gas station?
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at October 05, 2026 10:05 PM (nHcc1) 16
Tear drops are falling from your Spanish eyes
Posted by: Hokey Pokey at October 05, 2026 10:05 PM (wxsGM) 17
I think the tanks are for natural gas most likely, rather than liquid oil/petroleum.
How did they keep the fish lit for smoking? Did they draw well? Has Weasel covered this on the gub thread? Posted by: LRob in OK at October 05, 2026 10:06 PM (Jr+re) 18
The original pavilion burned in April 1925. A second was built and burned in 1970. A third structure was built in 1981 about one mile west of the original site, using a reused aircraft hangar
---------- Which ones sank into the swamp? Posted by: The Swamp King at October 05, 2026 10:06 PM (wpRMV) 19
A&W is the best!!!
Posted by: Diogenes at October 05, 2026 10:07 PM (2WIwB) 20
Yay, ONT!
Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at October 05, 2026 10:07 PM (+9wcF) 21
Life cereal is pretty bad, but loved Mikey!
Thanks for a lovely trip down commercial memory lane!!! Posted by: moki at October 05, 2026 10:03 PM (wLjpr) ---- Yeah, I never liked Life cereal, no matter what Mikey thought about it. Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at October 05, 2026 10:07 PM (FZ29D) 22
That Jerry Reed song brought back some memories.
Posted by: davidt at October 05, 2026 10:09 PM (Q+gd/) 23
What song is it you wanna hear?
Posted by: JackStraw at October 05, 2026 10:09 PM (viF8m) 24
Come and visit Crossville!! We have a Buc-ee's and Waffle House too!!
If you are the outdoorsy type, come for the waterfalls. There are over 50 named waterfalls near here - many with swimming holes. Posted by: Tonypete at October 05, 2026 10:09 PM (ptJRT) 25
Say, is it too late to have the chopper drop that robot dino on Michelle Wu?
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at October 05, 2026 10:04 PM (wpRMV) Yeah. It's extinct already. Posted by: OrangeEnt, low quality inkslinger at October 05, 2026 10:09 PM (1Ff7Z) 26
Is that the Carnival of Souls pavillion?
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at October 05, 2026 10:09 PM (Cqx++) 27
I think the Walt's Texaco pic is from mid/late 60s. Check the cars.
Posted by: LRob in OK at October 05, 2026 10:10 PM (Jr+re) 28
Nice old pic of the track car and Key Bridge. Key Bridge has changed a bit (modern roads) but still looks like that. Don't gawk at it while driving though. Traffic is hell through there.
Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at October 05, 2026 10:10 PM (sAmhv) Posted by: OrangeEnt, low quality inkslinger at October 05, 2026 10:10 PM (1Ff7Z) 30
Tonypete, we lived in Cookeville and travelled around a lot. Was in Crossville frequently but never saw the sign.
Posted by: LRob in OK at October 05, 2026 10:11 PM (Jr+re) 31
Those tall tanks are most likely pressurized gas storage, due to the rounded ends on both top and bottom.
Much of “Carnival of Souls” was filmed inside an abandoned SaltAir, not long before it was torn down. Adds an extra layer of creepiness to an already disturbing movie. Posted by: Tom Servo at October 05, 2026 10:11 PM (B0Z3q) 32
Reportedly a boatload of "migrants" arrived in Spain, carrying an extremely rare female "migrant".
Her fellow "migrants" gang-raped her repeatedly on the voyage, and threw her two-year-old son overboard because would not stop crying. One reason (among many) that you don't see many female "migrants": they know how their men can be guaranteed to behave. Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at October 05, 2026 10:11 PM (qlLNh) 33
I just realized the cover of The Mamas And The Papas album "If You Can Believe Your Eyes And Ears" has a toilet on it.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at October 05, 2026 10:11 PM (wpRMV) 34
That 1956 Texaco sign picture IS truly amazing since the cars portrayed include 1964 and 1967 models
Posted by: MAxIE at October 05, 2026 10:12 PM (9DOTQ) 35
25 Say, is it too late to have the chopper drop that robot dino on Michelle Wu?
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at October 05, 2026 10:04 PM (wpRMV) I mean a house would work fine, just like always, but there is a certain flair to a robot dinosaur impact. Posted by: Bilwis - Wizard of Clwyd at October 05, 2026 10:12 PM (r7+Q7) 36
In the tracked-vehicle photo, the one in the foreground is not a half-track. It is fully tracked, and it looks like a Model T Ford with a track conversion. Prairie farmers in Canada were building such things in that era to get around in snowy winters.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 05, 2026 10:12 PM (i9VX2) 37
Nice little slice of mid 70s Oakland, CA. How about that! White people still lived there.
Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at October 05, 2026 10:12 PM (sAmhv) 38
What is atop the coal company store front? Clock? Thermometer?
Posted by: LRob in OK at October 05, 2026 10:13 PM (Jr+re) 39
Yeah, I never liked Life cereal, no matter what Mikey thought about it.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at October 05, 2026 10:07 PM (FZ29D) Apple Jacks were my favorite, but those were a special treat. My dad insisted on getting Grape Nuts because they were always on sale. I will note that he refused to eat them because of his dentures, but insisted they were the perfect breakfast food for growing children. I hated that stuff with a passion. Posted by: moki at October 05, 2026 10:13 PM (wLjpr) 40
Hi folks.
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at October 05, 2026 10:13 PM (CHHv1) 41
Her fellow "migrants" gang-raped her repeatedly on the voyage, and threw her two-year-old son overboard because would not stop crying.
One reason (among many) that you don't see many female "migrants": they know how their men can be guaranteed to behave. ----------- They really know how to make a girl feel special. Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at October 05, 2026 10:13 PM (wpRMV) Posted by: mikeski at October 05, 2026 10:13 PM (VHUov) 43
I just realized the cover of The Mamas And The Papas album "If You Can Believe Your Eyes And Ears" has a toilet on it.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at October 05, 2026 10:11 PM (wpRMV) Huh. I wonder if they flushed with embarrassment? Posted by: OrangeEnt, low quality inkslinger at October 05, 2026 10:14 PM (1Ff7Z) 44
Apple Jacks were my favorite, but those were a special treat. My dad insisted on getting Grape Nuts because they were always on sale. I will note that he refused to eat them because of his dentures, but insisted they were the perfect breakfast food for growing children. I hated that stuff with a passion.
Posted by: moki at October 05, 2026 10:13 PM (wLjpr) Grandparents used to eat that. With wheat germ on it. Never did find any grapes in it. Posted by: OrangeEnt, low quality inkslinger at October 05, 2026 10:15 PM (1Ff7Z) 45
Life cereal is pretty bad, but loved Mikey!
Posted by: moki Life cereal is pretty bad, but was a mikey who got teased about the commercial. Posted by: mikeski at October 05, 2026 10:15 PM (VHUov) 46
It's gone to shit now but Boston in the 1980s was more fun than a barrel full of Sydney Sweeneys.
A really big barrel. Posted by: JackStraw at October 05, 2026 10:16 PM (viF8m) 47
Rodrigo, They are going to be fine upstanding citizens in the *ucked up country that is taking them in. Yeah boy, bring more of them in to your country. They are great role models. Posted by: four seasons at October 05, 2026 10:16 PM (/QHx4) 48
Grandparents used to eat that. With wheat germ on it. Never did find any grapes in it.
Posted by: OrangeEnt, low quality inkslinger at October 05, 2026 10:15 PM (1Ff7Z) --------- Few people realize you only get grape nuts from half the grape population. Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at October 05, 2026 10:16 PM (wpRMV) 49
Good news! Mrs' multi hour surgery is over, Dr is "very pleased " and assured me that they "got everything they were after"...
Six plus hours... OTOH, MD Anderson has chik fil a in the cafeteria... Posted by: man at October 05, 2026 10:17 PM (61VNf) 50
The cars in the West Yellowstone pic look too new for 1956? Maybe 1966.
Posted by: Common Tater at October 05, 2026 10:17 PM (mm0EH) 51
Good news, man. Prayers up.
Posted by: LRob in OK at October 05, 2026 10:17 PM (Jr+re) 52
Nice little slice of mid 70s Oakland, CA. How about that! White people still lived there.
Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at October 05, 2026 10:12 PM (sAmhv) ==== Where do you see that? Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 05, 2026 10:17 PM (RIvkX) 53
You have anything you'd like me to read? Posted by: OrangeEnt, low quality inkslinger at October 05, 2026 10:10 PM (1Ff7Z) Actually...I'll have something by the end of the week. The first 10 chapters of book 1, if you are feeling like a generous soul! Posted by: moki at October 05, 2026 10:17 PM (wLjpr) Posted by: four seasons at October 05, 2026 10:18 PM (/QHx4) 55
Also, thanks to so many for the prayers and support.
Thanks to ace for this place... Posted by: man at October 05, 2026 10:18 PM (61VNf) 56
Hi folks.
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at October 05, 2026 10:13 PM (CHHv1) Well, not me but I can't speak for the others. Posted by: Diogenes at October 05, 2026 10:19 PM (2WIwB) 57
Good news! Mrs' multi hour surgery is over, Dr is "very pleased " and assured me that they "got everything they were after"... _________ Great news. God bless. No extra parts after they closed everything up? Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 05, 2026 10:19 PM (eRlcH) 58
OTOH, MD Anderson has chik fil a in the cafeteria...
Posted by: man at October 05, 2026 10:17 PM (61VNf) ===== b"h for good health Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 05, 2026 10:20 PM (RIvkX) 59
Where do you see that?
Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 05, 2026 10:17 PM *** 'tis a mystery... Posted by: TRex- airborne dino at October 05, 2026 10:20 PM (XfIK1) 60
No extra parts after they closed everything up?
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh Might have found a 10mm socket in there..... Posted by: mikeski at October 05, 2026 10:20 PM (VHUov) 61
Best Mystery Click ever!
Posted by: The Grateful - R at October 05, 2026 10:21 PM (XfIK1) 62
Might have found a 10mm socket in there.....
Posted by: mikeski at October 05, 2026 10:20 PM (VHUov) Not possible. Nobody ever finds the 10mm. I'm not sure one was ever actually made. Posted by: tcn in AK at October 05, 2026 10:21 PM (GYqb1) 63
49 Good news! Mrs' multi hour surgery is over, Dr is "very pleased " and assured me that they "got everything they were after"...
Posted by: man at October 05, 2026 10:17 PM *** Excellent. Posted by: TRex- doctor dino at October 05, 2026 10:21 PM (XfIK1) Posted by: JackStraw at October 05, 2026 10:21 PM (viF8m) Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 05, 2026 10:22 PM (VPNgR) 66
mid 70s Oakland, CA. How about that! White people still lived there."
Lived in Hayward... well, the 60s. No extra parts after they closed everything up?" I see you've been around my work bench... Posted by: man at October 05, 2026 10:22 PM (61VNf) 67
Grandparents used to eat that. With wheat germ on it. Never did find any grapes in it. Posted by: OrangeEnt, low quality inkslinger at October 05, 2026 10:15 PM (1Ff7Z) Yeah, the name always baffled me. Raisin bran, sure. I even liked it. But no grapes, no raisins, just gravel from the street, slapped in a bowl and covered in milk. Posted by: moki at October 05, 2026 10:22 PM (wLjpr) 68
Storage tanks (petroleum?), Oklahoma City, Oklahoma - 1942.
_________________________________ Those happen to be grain storage tanks. Typical set-up back then (two rows of seven) long cylinders. Posted by: Orson at October 05, 2026 10:22 PM (dIske) Posted by: man at October 05, 2026 10:23 PM (61VNf) 70
34 That 1956 Texaco sign picture IS truly amazing since the cars portrayed include 1964 and 1967 models
--------- The rear end of that T-Bird under the awning looks like a '64. Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at October 05, 2026 10:23 PM (wpRMV) 71
LRob in OK - I did not know that!
Yeah, as he said - the sign is now on the Courthouse's front yard. https://t.ly/EA3BY Posted by: Tonypete at October 05, 2026 10:23 PM (ptJRT) 72
Annual car show in Payson, AZ this weekend. I'll be the guy with the mustache. Unless I shave it off before then.
Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at October 05, 2026 10:24 PM (+9wcF) Posted by: four seasons at October 05, 2026 10:24 PM (/QHx4) 74
Those happen to be grain storage tanks.
Been in/around OK for decades and have never seen grain storage in that configuration. But I've been wrong many times. Posted by: LRob in OK at October 05, 2026 10:24 PM (Jr+re) 75
Life cereal is pretty bad, but was a mikey who got teased about the commercial.
Posted by: mikeski at October 05, 2026 10:15 PM (VHUov) It didn't do him any good eating Life cereal. He died in VietNam.... Posted by: OrangeEnt, low quality inkslinger at October 05, 2026 10:24 PM (1Ff7Z) 76
Grape Nuts: no grapes or nuts
Apple Jacks: no apples They'd never get away with those names today. Also: what genius thought up naming a kid's cereal after a low-rent technique for producing hooch that's about one step above "prison wine"? So-callled "jacking" (works with any fermented product, not just apple juice) consists of putting the containers of beer or wine outside on a cold day. The water will freeze long before the alcohol, so if you just fish out the ice once in a while you wind up with something that's pretty high-proof. Sounds good, except that the methanol, fusel oils, etc. are also concentrated by the freezing process, leading to some memorably hangovers. Distillation, by comparison, can most of the non-ethanol volatiles because they have different boiling points. Watching your still temperature lets you get rid of them -- throw away everything that comes out below the boiling point of ethanol, throw away anything that remains in the pot after the temperature exceeds the boiling point of ethanol. Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at October 05, 2026 10:25 PM (qlLNh) 77
12 Life cereal is pretty bad, but loved Mikey! Thanks for a lovely trip down commercial memory lane!!! Posted by: moki at October 05, 2026 10:03 PM ------ Yeah, Life cereal was bad. Nobody liked it. The ad seemed to try to work around the stark sImple fact that their product sucked. Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at October 05, 2026 10:25 PM (VWtfl) 78
Good news! Mrs' multi hour surgery is over, Dr is "very pleased " and assured me that they "got everything they were after"...
Posted by: man at October 05, 2026 10:17 PM That is wonderful news!!! Prayers for speedy healing and complete remission! How are you holding up? Posted by: moki at October 05, 2026 10:25 PM (wLjpr) 79
32 Reportedly a boatload of "migrants" arrived in Spain, carrying an extremely rare female "migrant".
Her fellow "migrants" gang-raped her repeatedly on the voyage, and threw her two-year-old son overboard because would not stop crying. One reason (among many) that you don't see many female "migrants": they know how their men can be guaranteed to behave. Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at October 05, 2026 10:11 PM (qlLNh) How is it that we have so many lower-than-Neanderthals in this frequently God-forsaken world? Who could do this, to anyone, ever? I'm certain that most of these troglodytes are in thrall to demons, who find easy prey among the IQ challenged filth of the world. God deliver us from evil. Posted by: tcn in AK at October 05, 2026 10:25 PM (GYqb1) Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 05, 2026 10:25 PM (VPNgR) 81
The scouting report that said that if you put the ball in play, the Yankees will screw it up has been amply illustrated tonight. Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 05, 2026 10:25 PM (eRlcH) 82
Been in/around OK for decades and have never seen grain storage in that configuration. But I've been wrong many times.
Posted by: LRob in OK at October 05, 2026 10:24 PM (Jr+re) _____________________ 1942 Posted by: Orson at October 05, 2026 10:25 PM (dIske) 83
Actually...I'll have something by the end of the week. The first 10 chapters of book 1, if you are feeling like a generous soul!
Posted by: moki at October 05, 2026 10:17 PM (wLjpr) Of course! Ready and willin' Posted by: OrangeEnt, low quality inkslinger at October 05, 2026 10:26 PM (1Ff7Z) 84
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Bryn Walker's fashion founders of a luxury women's fashion brand murdered in Oakland CA. Posted by: four seasons at October 05, 2026 10:24 PM (/QHx4) They aren't sure it wasn't a suicide/homicide. Don't be a slave to fashion, folks. Posted by: tcn in AK at October 05, 2026 10:27 PM (GYqb1) 85
No extra parts after they closed everything up?
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 05, 2026 10:19 PM (eRlcH) Just a ticking sound. Where's my watch? Posted by: OrangeEnt, low quality inkslinger at October 05, 2026 10:28 PM (1Ff7Z) 86
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The scouting report that said that if you put the ball in play, the Yankees will screw it up has been amply illustrated tonight. Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 05, 2026 10:25 PM (eRlcH) I'm rather enjoying the Damned Yankees screwing up so blatantly. While I like some of the individual players, I can never support the Yankees in any venue, ever. I blame Steinbrenner. But they always were obnoxious. Posted by: tcn in AK at October 05, 2026 10:28 PM (GYqb1) 87
> Bryn Walker's fashion founders of a luxury women's fashion brand murdered in Oakland CA.
Posted by: four seasons at October 05, 2026 10:24 PM (/QHx4) Murder-suicide, apparently. He'd lost a bunch of money in the market recently. What I don't get is the "Oakland' part. If I were wealthy, the last place you'd find me even visiting is somewhere like Oakland, much less buying a house there. White dude, Asian chick. Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at October 05, 2026 10:28 PM (qlLNh) 88
I had a friend from Price, Utah. She said she was half Mormon and half Italian. Went to Catholic school. One day the bus driver, who was a nun, left the bus running and went inside, so she climbed into the driver's seat and took off. She drove around for a little while and came back to school to find the nun waiting. She was suspended briefly, but she thought the experience was worth it.
Posted by: huerfano at October 05, 2026 10:28 PM (2Xqig) 89
Thanks for another fascinating Monday Night ONT, T Rex!
A flying brontosaurus would have been quite the sight in Boston - or anywhere. Lots of little mining towns between Green River, Utah and Price, Utah are no longer in existence today. But the memories live on. Love to see all the old buildings and to hear they are still around, just repurposed! Posted by: Legally Sufficient at October 05, 2026 10:28 PM (D/6p1) 90
49 Good news! Mrs' multi hour surgery is over, Dr is "very pleased " and assured me that they "got everything they were after"...
Six plus hours... OTOH, MD Anderson has chik fil a in the cafeteria... Posted by: man ====== Did not realize. Glad to hear good news and best wishes for a speedy recovery. Posted by: whig at October 05, 2026 10:28 PM (E4rtv) 91
Sorry I'm late, I had to return Kojak's curling iton.
Posted by: tankdemon at October 05, 2026 10:29 PM (/JnQ1) 92
Is it anywhere close to Searchlight?
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 05, 2026 10:22 PM (VPNgR) Not if it's near Provo. Posted by: OrangeEnt, low quality inkslinger at October 05, 2026 10:29 PM (1Ff7Z) 93
The Mikey ad came out in 1972 and ran until.1986. In 1985 a very young Captain Mike Flynn came to work for me. Immediately everyone called him Mikey.
He hated that commercial. Posted by: Diogenes at October 05, 2026 10:29 PM (2WIwB) 94
Hey AOP what do you see in that Texaco pic???
Posted by: MAxIE at October 05, 2026 10:30 PM (9DOTQ) 95
No one lives in Oakland they must have just been driving through.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 05, 2026 10:30 PM (RIvkX) 96
Evening all,
We have another early morning launch. SpaceX - Falcon 9 - Tranche 1 Transport Layer A SLC-4E - VSFB, CA - Space Affairs Live Launch Date: October 6, 2026 Launch Time: 1:17 a.m. PDT,(0817 UTC, 10:17 CEST) https://youtu.be/g2zSmp6e2Vs Posted by: Joyenz at October 05, 2026 10:30 PM (2F0/Y) 97
How are you holding up?"
That's a good question. I don't know. Somehow holding things together... Posted by: man at October 05, 2026 10:30 PM (61VNf) 98
Well, not me but I can't speak for the others.
Posted by: Diogenes at October 05, 2026 10:19 PM (2WIwB) . Posted by: Marcel Marceau at October 05, 2026 10:30 PM (1Ff7Z) Posted by: four seasons at October 05, 2026 10:31 PM (/QHx4) 100
> How is it that we have so many lower-than-Neanderthals in this frequently God-forsaken world?
Posted by: tcn in AK at October 05, 2026 10:25 PM (GYqb1) I think Neanderthals would be deeply insulted to even being mentioned in the same sentence as these shitstains. For one, we have Neanderthal skeletons where it's clear the tribe took care of crippled members, babies with Down Syndrome, etc. for long periods of time. Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at October 05, 2026 10:31 PM (qlLNh) 101
Mikey secretly ate Kaboom!
Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 05, 2026 10:31 PM (RIvkX) 102
How is it that we have so many lower-than-Neanderthals in this frequently God-forsaken world? Who could do this, to anyone, ever? I'm certain that most of these troglodytes are in thrall to demons, who find easy prey among the IQ challenged filth of the world.
God deliver us from evil. Posted by: tcn in AK ---------- This was society before Christianity in the West (Judaism preceded it but extremely few in biblical times were Jewish). Brutal, tribal, and nasty. If Christianity fails to protect its borders from Islam and human monsters that see those of us in the West as prey, then the really bad old days will return with a vengeance. Posted by: whig at October 05, 2026 10:32 PM (E4rtv) 103
> 95 No one lives in Oakland they must have just been driving through.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 05, 2026 10:30 PM (RIvkX) Seriously, the article I'm looking at says they lived there. I don't understand. Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at October 05, 2026 10:32 PM (qlLNh) Posted by: man at October 05, 2026 10:32 PM (61VNf) 105
94 Hey AOP what do you see in that Texaco pic???
Posted by: MAxIE at October 05, 2026 10:30 PM (9DOTQ) --------- You want an expert on general automotive knowledge? Posted by: Vinny Gambini at October 05, 2026 10:32 PM (wpRMV) 106
I have seen plenty of grain bins, and silos, and elevators around here, and none that looked like those. Grain bins need a place to put grain into them, and a way to get the grain out. Not evident in that picture. My WAG? Helium storage.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 05, 2026 10:33 PM (i9VX2) 107
>>Best Mystery Click ever!
Free Bird is both one of the most memorable songs of my high school years and also inadvertently became my anthem when I moved to PR. Can't hear the song now without remembering all of it. Posted by: JackStraw at October 05, 2026 10:33 PM (viF8m) 108
Prayers up.Man.
Posted by: Diogenes at October 05, 2026 10:34 PM (2WIwB) 109
Good news! Mrs' multi hour surgery is over, Dr is "very pleased " and assured me that they "got everything they were after"...
Six plus hours... OTOH, MD Anderson has chik fil a in the cafeteria... Posted by: man at October 05, 2026 10:17 PM (61VNf) * * * * Praise God! And glad for the Chik fil A! Posted by: Legally Sufficient at October 05, 2026 10:35 PM (D/6p1) 110
105 I believe that is a 1967 Impala
It's just my job 5 days a week Posted by: MAxIE at October 05, 2026 10:35 PM (9DOTQ) 111
Bryn Walker's fashion founders of a luxury women's fashion brand murdered in Oakland CA.
Posted by: four seasons at October 05, 2026 10:24 PM (/QHx4) Has Piper been informed? Posted by: Diogenes at October 05, 2026 10:36 PM (2WIwB) 112
Jerry Reid was a good player, for some reason his favorites were novelty tunes. Guess he picked an open lane.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 05, 2026 10:36 PM (VPNgR) 113
Hey AOP what do you see in that Texaco pic???
Posted by: MAxIE at October 05, 2026 10:30 PM (9DOTQ) Mid-'60's cars. 66 or 67 at a guess. Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 05, 2026 10:36 PM (i9VX2) 114
Thanks, y'all.
Posted by: man at October 05, 2026 10:36 PM (61VNf) 115
Well some parts of the Oakland hills are nice, it's not all ghetto, but all of it is short drive from the ghetto.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 05, 2026 10:36 PM (RIvkX) 116
Free Bird was the theme to our h.s. yearbook.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 05, 2026 10:37 PM (RIvkX) Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 05, 2026 10:38 PM (VPNgR) 118
My WAG? Helium storage.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 05, 2026 10:33 PM (i9VX2) Helium! Of course. It had to be helium, because they kept them anchored to the ground. Posted by: OrangeEnt Smart: That's the second biggest.... at October 05, 2026 10:39 PM (1Ff7Z) 119
>>Grape Nuts: no grapes or nuts
Apple Jacks: no apples No Jacks either. And what really frosted my biscuit was there no Captain Crunch in Captain Crunch. Just shards of glass that tore up you mouth covered in sugar. It's like my entire childhood was one big lie. Posted by: JackStraw at October 05, 2026 10:39 PM (viF8m) 120
Nice mild evening here, but completely clear, too. Rare to have a warm clear night here. Kept seeing a white flash low on the northeastern horizon. Probably lights on a combine showing as it makes a turn in the field. Harvest is in full swing, at a guess I would say 75% done now.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 05, 2026 10:40 PM (i9VX2) 121
For all the times I've seen it requested, I've only seen a cover band play Freebird once.
The usual response is something like: "No charge!" 🖕 Posted by: mikeski at October 05, 2026 10:40 PM (VHUov) 122
I worked in Oakland, they had to keep the place literally like a fortress. Airlocks. Iron fences. Monitored gates.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 05, 2026 10:41 PM (RIvkX) 123
Or, they're suppositories for Godzilla.
Posted by: OrangeEnt Smart: That's the second biggest.... at October 05, 2026 10:42 PM (1Ff7Z) 124
104 Did you get a lollipop?
Posted by: man at October 05, 2026 10:32 PM (61VNf) Nope, but he did ask who loves me. Posted by: tankdemon at October 05, 2026 10:42 PM (/JnQ1) 125
Walts Texaco picture has got to be late sixties, not '56.
Posted by: From about That Time at October 05, 2026 10:42 PM (sl73Y) 126
Breakfast was easy to fix for me and my siblings. Scoop out dry dog food for all of us kids and the dogs. Easy peasy. Posted by: four seasons at October 05, 2026 10:44 PM (/QHx4) 127
My right knee hurts this evening. I think too many times getting on and off the tractor. Cleared some junk out of the far northeast corner of the yard, and weed-whacked and mowed in there. Room to park 2 cars there, now. And I have over half a ton of steel scrap that I must cut up to load in the old pickup.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 05, 2026 10:44 PM (i9VX2) 128
> Brutal, tribal, and nasty.
Posted by: whig at October 05, 2026 10:32 PM (E4rtv) Working hypothesis: this woman's "man" (assuming he can be dignified by that term) died somewhere on the voyage, whether by natural causes or in a confrontation with his fellow "migrants". Whereupon his woman became a public utility, and his child became of no value whatsoever, as he was not the child of any of the remaining "men". Yep. Animal behavior. Lions do that... the first thing a male does when he kills the previous alpha and takes over his harem is kill all the cubs. Not only does this remove babies that don't carrry his genes, killing a lioness's cub will cause her to go into heat right away. But those are lions... savage predators with a murderous instinct for hunting and killing. Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at October 05, 2026 10:44 PM (qlLNh) 129
It's hard to store helium in a gaseous state. Liquid turns to gas at an extremely low temp. Liquid helium is stored in insulated cylinders. We used gaseous in some infrared equipment in hard cylinders like oxygen and nitrogen. I'm not aware Oklahoma ever produced helium although it comes along with natural gas sometimes. At present, most of it is found out around Amarillo.
Posted by: LRob in OK at October 05, 2026 10:45 PM (Jr+re) 130
My right knee hurts this evening. I think too many times getting on and off the tractor.
Get on and off from the other side . . . . . . Posted by: LRob in OK at October 05, 2026 10:46 PM (Jr+re) 131
Breakfast was easy to fix for me and my siblings.
Scoop out dry dog food for all of us kids and the dogs. Easy peasy. Posted by: four seasons at October 05, 2026 10:44 PM (/QHx4) *** Sheesh! You rich people. We had table scraps and had to fight to dog to get any. Posted by: Diogenes at October 05, 2026 10:46 PM (2WIwB) Posted by: four seasons at October 05, 2026 10:48 PM (/QHx4) 133
Sheesh! You rich people.
We had table scraps and had to fight to dog to get any. Posted by: Diogenes There you go with your humble brag! Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at October 05, 2026 10:48 PM (NnhvP) 134
It's hard to store helium in a gaseous state. Liquid turns to gas at an extremely low temp. Liquid helium is stored in insulated cylinders. We used gaseous in some infrared equipment in hard cylinders like oxygen and nitrogen. I'm not aware Oklahoma ever produced helium although it comes along with natural gas sometimes. At present, most of it is found out around Amarillo.
Posted by: LRob in OK at October 05, 2026 10:45 PM (Jr+re) Well, it could be some other pressurized gas. I figured maybe helium as OKC could be a transshipment point for it? Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 05, 2026 10:48 PM (i9VX2) 135
90 49 Good news! Mrs' multi hour surgery is over, Dr is "very pleased " and assured me that they "got everything they were after"...
posted by man --- Glad to hear it. She's had a hard pull. Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 05, 2026 10:49 PM (VPNgR) 136
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This was society before Christianity in the West (Judaism preceded it but extremely few in biblical times were Jewish). Brutal, tribal, and nasty. If Christianity fails to protect its borders from Islam and human monsters that see those of us in the West as prey, then the really bad old days will return with a vengeance. Posted by: whig -- Children should be taught, early on. Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 05, 2026 10:50 PM (VPNgR) 137
But those are lions... savage predators with a murderous instinct for hunting and killing.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at October 05, 2026 10:44 PM (qlLNh) At least the lions have some pride... Posted by: Diogenes at October 05, 2026 10:50 PM (2WIwB) 138
I look at the top picture, and wonder if they set up an animatronic Tyrannosaurus Rex drooling on the ground near the landing site.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at October 05, 2026 10:50 PM (qx7Zg) Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at October 05, 2026 10:51 PM (NnhvP) 140
Get on and off from the other side . . . . . .
Posted by: LRob in OK at October 05, 2026 10:46 PM (Jr+re) Can't be done. The controls for the loader take up all the space. Get on from the left side, or don't get on at all. Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 05, 2026 10:51 PM (i9VX2) 141
> Those tall tanks are most likely pressurized gas storage, due to the rounded ends on both top and bottom.
Yep. I remember a problem from calculus class many years ago that demonstrated why you don't want flat ends on a pressure tank. Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at October 05, 2026 10:52 PM (qlLNh) 142
"Saltair opened in 1893 as a family-oriented resort promoted by LDS Church leaders - the "Coney Island of the West" - with dancing, bathing, and later amusement rides. The original pavilion burned in April 1925. A second was built and burned in 1970. A third structure was built in 1981 about one mile west of the original site, using a reused aircraft hangar."
As usual, Monty Python is all over it: https://tinyurl.com/urtb7tmb Posted by: Jeff Guinn at October 05, 2026 10:52 PM (YSIYC) 143
138 I look at the top picture, and wonder if they set up an animatronic Tyrannosaurus Rex drooling on the ground near the landing site.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at October 05, 2026 10:50 PM (qx7Zg) ---------- No T Rex, but audio-animatronic Mr. Lincoln was there and boy was he confused. Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at October 05, 2026 10:53 PM (wpRMV) 144
I could see a hypothetical future where all the male Muslims were killed off, with the children raised as Christians.
The Muzzies did that the other way with the Janissaries, and payback is a bitch. Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at October 05, 2026 10:54 PM (qlLNh) 145
Yep. I remember a problem from calculus class many years ago that demonstrated why you don't want flat ends on a pressure tank.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at October 05, 2026 10:52 PM (qlLNh) ---------- Really? Why not? Posted by: Zombie Stockton Rush at October 05, 2026 10:54 PM (wpRMV) Posted by: Don Black at October 05, 2026 10:55 PM (ZxPkt) 147
112 Jerry Reid was a good player, for some reason his favorites were novelty tunes. Guess he picked an open lane.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 05, 2026 10:36 PM (VPNgR) Glen Campbell heard a Jerry Reid guitar lick and used it in the song "Southern Nights." Gave him credit for it too. Posted by: Joemarine at October 05, 2026 10:55 PM (y171U) 148
>>My right knee hurts this evening. I think too many times getting on and off the tractor.
Rub some dirt on it. We rockin' tonight. Mr Breeze https://tinyurl.com/2uv5dx4j Posted by: JackStraw at October 05, 2026 10:55 PM (viF8m) 149
Nice collection of antique photos. I Check Shorpy Old Photos nearly every day.
Posted by: Antique Myself at October 05, 2026 10:55 PM (EdP2u) 150
I too got nothin'
Posted by: Don Black at October 05, 2026 10:56 PM (ZxPkt) 151
If laziness was an Olympic sport, how many people do you know who'd try to come in fourth, to avoid walking up to the podium?
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at October 05, 2026 10:56 PM (qx7Zg) 152
I look at the top picture, and wonder if they set up an animatronic Tyrannosaurus Rex drooling on the ground near the landing site.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at October 05, 2026 10:50 PM (qx7Zg) I'm thinking a pterodactyl in that picture, diving on the helo, would of been awesome. Posted by: Diogenes at October 05, 2026 10:58 PM (2WIwB) 153
New London, WI pic made me smile. Mom had family in town there ... one was the county coroner. His wife "set a fiine table" and was definitely a star of the local "social scene." I was too young when we visited to have any real memories, other than the wife's cooking ...
Posted by: YellowBird at October 05, 2026 10:58 PM (MEbkQ) 154
When I heard the mystery click was Free Bird, I thought it might be this one.
https://youtu.be/MQNRKX8GwPo Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at October 05, 2026 10:58 PM (qx7Zg) 155
AM ... good reminder about Shorpy. Time to go back there.
Posted by: YellowBird at October 05, 2026 10:59 PM (MEbkQ) 156
Lots of Norwegian immigrants wound up in Chicago. My father's aunt lived there. Seattle is/was full of them too. Brooklyn was the biggest enclave. There were 60,000 Norwegians in Bay Ridge Brooklyn in 1960, a couple hundred now.
Posted by: Both My Parents Came Over Around 1950 at October 05, 2026 10:59 PM (EdP2u) 157
Free Bird was a classic. Will always remember cruising around in my '68 candy apple red Firebird with that song turned up as loud as my speakers could allow. Freedom is just another word for nothing left to lose as another song says.
Good times. Posted by: Case at October 05, 2026 11:00 PM (9+0gc) 158
> Really? Why not?
Posted by: Zombie Stockton Rush at October 05, 2026 10:54 PM (wpRMV) The pressure inside a tank "wants" to blow the whole thing into a sphere, the natural shape (think soap bubbles). You can work this out with calculus (or I could at one time...I'd have to bone up a lot to do it today). Some extremely high pressure tanks are made as full spheres, but normally a cylinder with rounded ends is a good compromise between strength and fabrication cost. Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at October 05, 2026 11:00 PM (qlLNh) 159
>Sheesh! You rich people.
We had table scraps and had to fight to dog to get any. Posted by: Diogenes ----- You were lucky. We had to nick leftover offal from the butcher's alley bins. Posted by: Don Black at October 05, 2026 11:01 PM (ZxPkt) Posted by: four seasons at October 05, 2026 11:01 PM (/QHx4) 161
Rospotrebnadzor announced this afternoon that 60% of the 197 close contacts of Daria Shipilova have now been released from quarantine. The remainder will be released over the next few days. They were originally scheduled to be released next week.
None presented any symptoms of pneumonia and daily blood tests have cleared every contact. This entire episode is fake news. Posted by: 10x25mm at October 05, 2026 11:02 PM (NhHLV) 162
Thanks for the ONT, TRex! Great as usual.
Posted by: LRob in OK at October 05, 2026 11:03 PM (Jr+re) 163
Good evening, All
Posted by: JM in Illinois at October 05, 2026 11:03 PM (PKL0q) 164
> We had to nick leftover offal from the butcher's alley bins.
Posted by: Don Black at October 05, 2026 11:01 PM (ZxPkt) You had offal? We dreamed of offal, mate. We had to content ourselves with the flies, maggots, and roaches from the offal bin, and the butcher made us pay him for the privilege. Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at October 05, 2026 11:04 PM (qlLNh) 165
I was cuttin' a rug
Down at a place called The Jug With a girl named Linda Lu When in walked a man With a gun in his hand And he was lookin' for you know who We boomers absolutely had the best music. By far. https://tinyurl.com/mn62z4zx Posted by: JackStraw at October 05, 2026 11:04 PM (viF8m) 166
Apple Jacks were my fave cereal too!
Posted by: Jeff Toobin at October 05, 2026 11:05 PM (EdP2u) Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 05, 2026 11:06 PM (VPNgR) 168
161 Rospotrebnadzor announced this afternoon that 60% of the 197 close contacts of Daria Shipilova have now been released from quarantine. The remainder will be released over the next few days. They were originally scheduled to be released next week.
None presented any symptoms of pneumonia and daily blood tests have cleared every contact. This entire episode is fake news. Posted by: 10x25mm at October 05, 2026 11:02 PM (NhHLV) It is fake news. Read here earlier this "news" story came from a single source. Posted by: Joemarine at October 05, 2026 11:06 PM (y171U) 169
161: Rospotrebnadzor announced this afternoon that 60% of the 197 close contacts of Daria Shipilova have now been released from quarantine. The remainder will be released over the next few days. They were originally scheduled to be released next week.
None presented any symptoms of pneumonia and daily blood tests have cleared every contact. *** Robert Malone has a solid piece today up on his substack site. He comes to pretty near the same, calm, conclusion. Not looking like there's anything much to see there. https://tinyurl.com/ytayeewv Posted by: YellowBird at October 05, 2026 11:06 PM (MEbkQ) Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at October 05, 2026 11:07 PM (qx7Zg) 171
162 Thanks for the ONT, TRex! Great as usual.
Posted by: LRob in OK at October 05, 2026 11:03 PM *** Thank you! Hello to the little red truck! Posted by: TRex - helicopter pilot dino at October 05, 2026 11:07 PM (XfIK1) 172
>>>We boomers absolutely had the best music. By far.
https://tinyurl.com/mn62z4zx Posted by: JackStraw --- No angst, no good. Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 05, 2026 11:07 PM (VPNgR) 173
If laziness was an Olympic sport, how many people do you know who'd try to come in fourth, to avoid walking up to the podium?
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf I came in second in procrastination, but they haven't sent me my medal yet. Posted by: mikeski at October 05, 2026 11:08 PM (VHUov) Processing 0.02, elapsed 0.0224 seconds. |
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