Thursday Overnight Open Thread

Thursday Overnight Open Thread - October 1, 2026

Howdy Hordelings! Welcome to the Thursday ONT! Mixed bag of content for those who care. Open thread, as always. On time, as always. What's on YOUR mind tonight?

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Just deliver the damn mail!

USPS To Put Cameras in Trucks That Scan Roads for ‘Community Safety’

The United States Postal Service is running a pilot program to put cameras in its mail carrier trucks that continuously scan roads and signs, map roadways and sidewalks, and improve “community safety,” according to a letter posted by a labor union and a statement from the agency to 404 Media. The idea is that, since the trucks are constantly traveling anyway, they can be used as a way to collect data, eventually potentially across the nation.
“The purpose of this pilot is to leverage the Postal Service’s unique ability to collect this valuable data due to the scale and frequency with which our fleet of postal vehicles travel the streets of every community across the country,” the letter, posted by NALC Branch 238 to Facebook, reads.
The letter, written by the United States Postal Service (USPS) Labor Relations to Brian Renfroe, the president of the National Association of Letter Carriers, says the USPS will partner with Next Base, a dashcam company, for the pilot. At the moment, the cameras will be used in the Washington, DC area, and will be installed on a hundred vehicles, the letter says.

"Community Safety" -- riiiiiiiiiigggghhhhhht

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Buc-ee's is kinda asshoe when it comes to trademarks and logos

Buc-ee’s and Ohio gas station chain settle trademark infringement lawsuit

Texas-based travel center Buc-ee’s and Ohio gas station chain Mickey’s have settled a trademark infringement lawsuit over the companies’ cartoon animal logos.
On Sept. 15, Buc-ee’s and Coles IP Holdings, the parent company of Mickey’s, reached a confidential agreement during a settlement conference, according to court records. The settlement stems from a lawsuit Buc-ee’s filed in February, claiming Mickey’s cartoon moose logo is too similar to its own cartoon beaver logo.
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The filing said that like Buc-ee’s logo, Mickey’s logo incorporates “a cartoon animal facing right with wide eyes and a smile, overlaying a round background.” It argued that the similarities between the two logos would likely cause confusion among customers.

What am I missing? What could possibly be confusing about the differences in those 2 logos?

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Wholesome content

She kept growing. So did his arms. pic.twitter.com/bwiurUYtVR
— Joy Spark (@FakeJoySpark) October 1, 2026

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Sir Charles speaks some truth

Charles Barkley just said the quiet part out loud and I’m not mad about it.

“No ICE, no prisons, socialism” isn’t a platform, it’s a fever dream that never survives contact with real life. And yes, you need ID to vote, same as you need it to buy a beer, board a plane, or pick…
— Sarah Sizzle (@sizzle_sarah) October 1, 2026

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Kewl stuff

This is how linemen connect 22,000-volt power lines without ever turning the electricity off.

For extra high voltage lines, linemen often wear specialized conductive suits (Faraday suits) woven with metal fibers. pic.twitter.com/0DLDIV3YQY
— Massimo (@Rainmaker1973) October 1, 2026

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Lake Powell water level is getting lower than usual

Why Lake Powell Keeps Dropping Through The Fall

Lake Powell rises for about ten weeks a year and falls for the other forty-two. The Rocky Mountain snowpack melts from roughly April into July, the reservoir climbs, and then the melt stops while Glen Canyon Dam carries on releasing water downstream at a rate the river cannot replace. That is the whole mechanism, and it explains why every autumn brings another run of headlines about falling water. In 2026 the pattern was unusually stark. The lake peaked on June 1, and by September 15 it had set a modern record low of 3,516.62 feet, the lowest since the reservoir first filled in the 1960s. It is still going down.

What Happens If Flaming Gorge Is Drained To Save Lake Powell

To keep Lake Powell from collapsing, water managers have been quietly draining another giant reservoir upstream, one most Americans have never heard of: Flaming Gorge. It is a bold, and increasingly desperate, move to buy the shrinking Colorado River system a little more time. As of 2026, the latest release is the biggest one yet, and it comes with a very real cost. Here is what actually happens when you drain Flaming Gorge to save Lake Powell.

Both of these articles seem to be "just the facts" style. No mention of the climate bogeyman that I could find. Refreshing.

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DJ Doof - Random 80s Rock Edition

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1 Dropped the phone on the floor or I would have been a continder.
Therefore, I will be contintent.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 01, 2026 10:03 PM (+UcOf)

2 1

Posted by: JohnFNotKerry at October 01, 2026 10:03 PM (OoT17)

3 Doof! Horde! ONT!

Posted by: Schnorflepuppy (OT but harmless) at October 01, 2026 10:03 PM (xVpNO)

4 yep

Posted by: Hokey Pokey at October 01, 2026 10:03 PM (wxsGM)

5 "True religion must ever be, at one and the same time, the eternal foundation and the guiding star of all enduring civilizations."

Otherwise, superstition and corruption. Hardly ever see that, right?

Posted by: mindful webworker - right at October 01, 2026 10:03 PM (8ddVQ)

6 Dang. YAY ONT! Now for the content!

Posted by: JohnFNotKerry at October 01, 2026 10:03 PM (OoT17)

7
That sky looks like Paris today.

Posted by: four seasons at October 01, 2026 10:03 PM (/QHx4)

8 Thanks for the ONT Doof!

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at October 01, 2026 10:03 PM (NnhvP)

9 Good evening morons e grazie Disco

Awesome sunset.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 01, 2026 10:04 PM (RIvkX)

10 How many Great Whites are out there waiting for their next meal?

Posted by: OrangeEnt at October 01, 2026 10:04 PM (1Ff7Z)

11 Not firts.

But, not sicond.

Just, nother.

Posted by: mindful webworker - whistling aimlessly at October 01, 2026 10:05 PM (8ddVQ)

12 Good evening good people.

Posted by: Tonypete at October 01, 2026 10:05 PM (CI1Dh)

13 Evening all,

We have a launch tonight.

SpaceX - Falcon Heavy - NROL-97 - LC-39A
Kennedy Space Center - Space Affairs Live
Launch Date: October 1, 2026 (EDT)
Launch Time: 11:53 p.m. EDT (October 2, 0353 UTC, 05:53 CEST)

https://youtu.be/aqYtiH1UduQ

Posted by: Joyenz at October 01, 2026 10:05 PM (2F0/Y)

14 Hey, where the white wimmen at?

Posted by: Sheriff Bart at October 01, 2026 10:05 PM (wpRMV)

15
Not far from Flaming Gorge. It is worrisome, lots of small businesses will be gone.

Posted by: four seasons at October 01, 2026 10:05 PM (/QHx4)

16 The filing said that like Buc-ee’s logo, Mickey’s logo incorporates “a cartoon animal facing right with wide eyes and a smile, overlaying a round background.” It argued that the similarities between the two logos would likely cause confusion among customers.

The Moose-Beaver out front should have told you.

Posted by: Tonypete at October 01, 2026 10:06 PM (CI1Dh)

17 Iran Urges Americans to Vote for Democrats

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Vote Democrat or we kill you!

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Where's My Cookie? at October 01, 2026 10:06 PM (ndZc7)

18 I was just a wandering amongst the cottonwoods.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at October 01, 2026 10:06 PM (PY8/y)

19 yeah, that "wholesome content" dude has been maxing his bench press for sure -- that's awesome that they're still playing together like that!

Posted by: Schnorflepuppy (OT but harmless) at October 01, 2026 10:06 PM (xVpNO)

20 Orange of a different color.

Posted by: Case at October 01, 2026 10:07 PM (9+0gc)

21 That dad has spent years in the gym.

Posted by: JohnFNotKerry at October 01, 2026 10:07 PM (OoT17)

22 Nice ONT, Doof! Thanks.

Posted by: LRob in OK at October 01, 2026 10:07 PM (Jr+re)

23 My hair stood on end watching that 22KV line connection with the juice still flowing -- and for those of you who've met me, you'll know that's quite an accomplishment for what little hair I have left!

(Those who have not met me, TXMoMe is coming up ... just sayin' ...)

Posted by: Schnorflepuppy (OT but harmless) at October 01, 2026 10:07 PM (xVpNO)

24 Good evening everyone!

Posted by: Doof at October 01, 2026 10:07 PM (QMAsf)

25 Hello, friends!

Posted by: Piper at October 01, 2026 10:08 PM (ZdaMQ)

26 no, really

Posted by: Hokey Pokey at October 01, 2026 10:08 PM (wxsGM)

27 What am I missing? What could possibly be confusing about the differences in those 2 logos?

You're missing nothing. Not the same enough to fool. Color scheme is different, so is logo shape.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at October 01, 2026 10:09 PM (1Ff7Z)

28 I've met you at the TXMoMe, Schnorflepuppy!

Posted by: DanMa'am at October 01, 2026 10:09 PM (8uzBS)

29 leverage the Postal Service’s unique ability
I don't care if it has the ability to make world peace. It doesn't have any CONSTITUTIONAL AUTHORITY to do so. None. So, not only no, but HELL NO.

Posted by: GWB at October 01, 2026 10:10 PM (kU0PQ)

30 Awww that dad & daughter vid

Posted by: vmom deport deport stab deport at October 01, 2026 10:10 PM (Ydd86)

31 The United States Postal Service is running a pilot program to put cameras in its mail carrier trucks that continuously scan roads and signs, map roadways and sidewalks, and improve “community safety,”
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Community safety is for cops. Privatize the postal service, it's an archaic device. And by the way your maps would never have been as good as Musk's.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 01, 2026 10:11 PM (+UcOf)

32 I hear the cottonwoods whispering above..

Posted by: Tammy at October 01, 2026 10:11 PM (Fn+3X)

33 Children of the Sun, much better when presented in the movie as part of the score.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 01, 2026 10:11 PM (+UcOf)

34 The Moose-Beaver out front should have told you.
Posted by: Tonypete

A Moover? A Bease? Does it depend on which parent was female and which was male, like ligers and tigons?

Posted by: mikeski at October 01, 2026 10:11 PM (VHUov)

35 Yo Doof! Howdy Horde

Posted by: Matthew Kant Cipher at October 01, 2026 10:11 PM (RNvK7)

36 Tonight's ONT brought to you by etichal questions

i'd rather drink that drink to my own health
i think tonight i'd rather love myself

Posted by: 88C+u at October 01, 2026 10:11 PM (88C+u)

37 That is a pretty amazing sunset in the top pic.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 01, 2026 10:12 PM (4znQE)

38 Charles Barkley just said the quiet part out loud and I’m not mad about it.

“No ICE, no prisons, socialism” isn’t a platform, it’s a fever dream that never survives contact with real life.

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I thought he was black.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Where's My Cookie? at October 01, 2026 10:12 PM (ndZc7)

39
Just like some city has cameras on garbage trucks looking for code violations.

Posted by: four seasons at October 01, 2026 10:12 PM (/QHx4)

40 What could possibly be confusing about the differences in those 2 logos?

City dwellers who don't know what a beaver is? Or the difference between "round" and "hexagonal"?

Posted by: GWB at October 01, 2026 10:12 PM (kU0PQ)

41 I thought the first music vid would be the hymn.
Silly me... it's ONT.

Posted by: sal at October 01, 2026 10:12 PM (f+FmA)

42 First Whelm of the month. Seems just about the right size.

Posted by: Or, We'll Make It Fit at October 01, 2026 10:13 PM (Fn+3X)

43 There’s a very simple analogy to explain the Lake Powell situation.
You can never fill a bathtub if it has a 4” drain wide open sucking the water out faster than you put it in.

In the case of Lake Powell, there are three wide open drains - Las Vegas, Los Angeles, and Phoenix.

Posted by: Tom Servo at October 01, 2026 10:13 PM (slH4t)

44 Not far from Flaming Gorge. It is worrisome, lots of small businesses will be gone.

Posted by: four seasons at October 01, 2026 10:05 PM (/QHx4)

Easy. Tell Mexico tough shit. Treaty or not, the water ran out before it got to you. So solly.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at October 01, 2026 10:14 PM (1Ff7Z)

45 Someone said Piper was home. What is she doing staggering in this time of night? With a burned out credit card, no doubt.

Posted by: Case at October 01, 2026 10:14 PM (9+0gc)

46 Great content Herr Doof!

Go Wild, beat the Preds

Posted by: Zeera , Damn Right I voted for all of this! at October 01, 2026 10:14 PM (K7v1x)

47 Our only regret is that Buc-ee's lawyers got to them first. I mean, "Mickey Moose?" C'mon, that's just baiting us.

Posted by: Disney's 14th Assault Lawyer division at October 01, 2026 10:14 PM (VHUov)

48 I have caught many fish at Lake Powell, from medium catfish to big old stripers.

Posted by: huerfano at October 01, 2026 10:15 PM (2Xqig)

49 >>How many Great Whites are out there waiting for their next meal?

All of them.

Posted by: JackStraw at October 01, 2026 10:15 PM (viF8m)

50 (Those who have not met me, TXMoMe is coming up ... just sayin' ...)
Posted by: Schnorflepuppy (OT but harmless) at October 01, 2026 10:07 PM (xVpNO)

Maybe see about bring James along. Of course, it'd probably be too icky for him with Trumpers around.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at October 01, 2026 10:15 PM (1Ff7Z)

51 the main thing today is that I recentered my old broken shovel handle between a couple of L brackets and convinced my wife to run the drill with the socket head in it to turn it while I tried to shave it down to fit the solid socket of my trenching shovel.
It got too dark and one of the screws came un-done, so I will have to finish it in the morning.

So, apparently I can form some sort of rudimentary lathe.

Posted by: Kindltot - Yes, I can form some sort of rudimentary lathe at October 01, 2026 10:15 PM (rbvCR)

52
Doof is the man. Oops, maybe trans, who knows anymore, lol.

Posted by: four seasons at October 01, 2026 10:16 PM (/QHx4)

53 Evenin'

At work right now. No access to Amazon. Checked the score online. Steelers are losing to the Browns. The AFC North is a joke. All four teams will finish 8-8, and one of them will lose in the first round of the playoffs. Probably Baltimore.

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at October 01, 2026 10:16 PM (EweRc)

54 Charles Barkley is an uncontrollable mouth that is not afraid to say what he thinks (?) or the truth. _ Bless him.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 01, 2026 10:16 PM (+UcOf)

55 I'm a hot rodder with a greasy ballpeen hammer, Dear....

Posted by: The Cramps, Fissure of Rolando at October 01, 2026 10:16 PM (Fn+3X)

56 Thinking outside the box.

Vice President Says Covid Relief Funds Were Used By Fraudsters To Assassinate The President Of Haiti

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Where's My Cookie? at October 01, 2026 10:17 PM (ndZc7)

57 How many Great Whites are out there waiting for their next meal?

All of them?

Posted by: Oddbob at October 01, 2026 10:17 PM (vTZFs)

58 Los Angeles should be cut off from the Colorado River.
Let them drink desal, or seawater if they refuse to make it.

Posted by: 88C+u at October 01, 2026 10:17 PM (88C+u)

59 The Moose-Beaver out front should have told you.
Posted by: Tonypete at October 01, 2026 10:06 PM (CI1Dh)

If you can't tell a moose from a beaver, you are not invited to my house, ever.

Nor any other woman that I know.

Beavers are....

Posted by: tcn in AK at October 01, 2026 10:17 PM (GYqb1)

60 That sky looks like Paris today.

Posted by: four seasons at October 01, 2026 10:03 PM (/QHx4)

You mean, because of the fires?

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at October 01, 2026 10:18 PM (PY8/y)

61 How many Great Whites are out there waiting for their next meal?

All of them.
Posted by: JackStraw at October 01, 2026 10:15 PM (viF8m)

Oh, you figured out it was a trick question.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at October 01, 2026 10:18 PM (1Ff7Z)

62 >>>This is how linemen connect ...
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Milwaukee for the win.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 01, 2026 10:18 PM (+UcOf)

63 The electrical video gave me serious anxiety. I cannot imagine doing that.

Posted by: 496 at October 01, 2026 10:19 PM (f4J0Y)

64
Nemo, yep Paris or wherever in France today.

Posted by: four seasons at October 01, 2026 10:19 PM (/QHx4)

65 How many Great Whites are out there waiting for their next meal?
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Once Bitten Twice Shy? Nope, they're all starting their diet tomorrow.
Thanks for the ONT, Disco.

Posted by: scampydog at October 01, 2026 10:19 PM (41CYW)

66 54 Charles Barkley is an uncontrollable mouth that is not afraid to say what he thinks (?) or the truth. _ Bless him.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 01, 2026 10:16 PM (+UcOf)

I suspect Charles does not suffer fools gladly. Nor does he give one solid fuck what others think about his political positions.

It is rather refreshing.

Posted by: tcn in AK at October 01, 2026 10:19 PM (GYqb1)

67 Hello, Horde! 😊💕

Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at October 01, 2026 10:19 PM (SRRAx)

68 The Moose-Beaver out front should have told you.
Posted by: Tonypete

A Moover? A Bease? Does it depend on which parent was female and which was male, like ligers and tigons?
Posted by: mikeski at October 01, 2026 10:11 PM (VHUov)

I think it technically has to be a something-doodle.

Posted by: GWB at October 01, 2026 10:19 PM (kU0PQ)

69 Thanks Doof!
I have always loved Triumph.
Allied Forces is an awesome album.
Stryker was/is an overtly “Jesus Band”, but I’ve always thought Triumph was a covert Jesus Band. The lyrics have consistently convinced me of that.

Discuss….

Posted by: Gunslinger at October 01, 2026 10:19 PM (N91F8)

70
Looks like leap seconds are going to be eliminated. The CGPM, General Conference on Weights and Measures thing month is likely going to vote to eliminate them in May 2027.

The possibility of a negative leap second due to the earth's little rotation speed up starting in 2020, which likely would've crashed the internet scared them enough to do this. The earth's little speed up has abated looks like, so we wouldn't have needed one, but it scared them enough to do this.

So, UTC will then just run free, ticking at atomic rate. Otherwise, they've just kicked the can down the road on a replacement scheme.

They've raised the tolerance of the difference between UT1 (precise mean solar time) and UTC to one hour. It will take at least 500 years before that difference gets anywhere close to that, maybe 20 minute tops in 500 years.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at October 01, 2026 10:20 PM (w6EFb)

71 45 Someone said Piper was home. What is she doing staggering in this time of night? With a burned out credit card, no doubt.
Posted by: Case at October 01, 2026 10:14 PM

Far more boring, I taught tonight and then decorated the studio for Halloween plus put out new merchandise. It’s now fall at the Barre with autumn colors, to include a really pretty brown legging. I sold 2 of the new shirts before I even hung them up! That was kind of fun. But, to your point, I did order some new clothes earlier today that are not workout related. 🤣

Posted by: Piper at October 01, 2026 10:20 PM (ZdaMQ)

72 From the 'way back' machine. Where is Dennis Rodman?

Posted by: Ben Had at October 01, 2026 10:21 PM (10NPz)

73 >>Oh, you figured out it was a trick question.

Around here that's a pretty old joke. We have a lot of them.

Posted by: JackStraw at October 01, 2026 10:21 PM (viF8m)

74 Los Angeles should be cut off from the Colorado River.
Let them drink desal, or seawater if they refuse to make it.
Posted by: 88C+u at October 01, 2026 10:17 PM (88C+u)

(snif)

If only that was done for me.

Posted by: Owens Lake/River at October 01, 2026 10:21 PM (1Ff7Z)

75 Buc-ee's is asshoe and they will never get a dime of my $$. They' are just ridiculous with this stupid lawfare. Besides, there was a plethora of rabid beaver attacks in Doof's home state this year.

I'll make my own gas, thank you.

Posted by: Don't Give A Dam! at October 01, 2026 10:22 PM (Fn+3X)

76 If NV, SoCal and AZ didn’t have 7,000 18 hole golf courses and every home have an outdoor pool, perhaps water wouldnt be as much of a problem.

Posted by: nurse ratched at October 01, 2026 10:22 PM (yEz+x)

77 Son #2 used to balance our first girlie on his hands like that. Age 5yrs she's a terrific skier and takes gymnastics. I think she's going to be too tall for that sport soon.

She's fearless but gives me fear when I watch her ski.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at October 01, 2026 10:23 PM (hzuYO)

78 The electrical video gave me serious anxiety. I cannot imagine doing that.
Posted by: 496 at October 01, 2026 10:19 PM (f4J0Y)

You mean the live wire sticking out of the joint? Yeah, unless they sealed it after the vid cut off. Doesn't seem safe, does it?

Posted by: OrangeEnt at October 01, 2026 10:23 PM (1Ff7Z)

79 Iran Urges Americans to Vote for Democrats

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Vote Democrat or we kill you!
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Where's My Cookie? at October 01, 2026 10:06 PM (ndZc7)

DEATH TO AMERICA VOTE DEMOCRAT! May not be the message they think it is.

Posted by: Kindltot - Yes, I can form some sort of rudimentary lathe at October 01, 2026 10:23 PM (rbvCR)

80 Los Angeles should be cut off from the Colorado River.
Let them drink desal, or seawater if they refuse to make it.
Posted by: 88C+u

Forget it Jake, it's Chinatown.
-- Lawrence Walsh

Posted by: Tonypete at October 01, 2026 10:23 PM (CI1Dh)

81 While living on the CA Central Coast (Monterey) I witnessed the linesmen using helicopters to inspect the high voltage towers over by Ft. Ord.

The balls on those guys. Just stepping out the door like nothing, standing on the towers.

Fucking unreal. I thought it was a stunt at first.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at October 01, 2026 10:24 PM (RORbl)

82
The floodgates to our reservoir will be closed down tomorrow. F you downstream.

Hubby and I are so looking forward to our shower. Gets rank after three months, lol.

Posted by: four seasons at October 01, 2026 10:25 PM (/QHx4)

83 Who was the first high voltage lineman who said to himself "Yeah, I think these gloves will do the trick?"

Nope nope nope nope

Posted by: 496 at October 01, 2026 10:25 PM (f4J0Y)

84 Fabulous photo up top. Thanks for the ONT, Doof!

Thanks for the articles on Flaming Gorge and Lake Powell. Maybe incorrect assumptions about water levels are being followed due to protocol and without common sense?

Posted by: Legally Sufficient at October 01, 2026 10:25 PM (D/6p1)

85 Actual silly conversation with my daughter this morning:

Her: "Mom, I dreamt there was a bunch of people getting stabbed in our house. .. And that I ate a lot of cereal."

Me pondering: "So, there was cereal killing?"

Her: "I want a new mom"

Posted by: vmom deport deport stab deport at October 01, 2026 10:26 PM (Ydd86)

86 If NV, SoCal and AZ didn’t have 7,000 18 hole golf courses and every home have an outdoor pool, perhaps water wouldnt be as much of a problem.
Posted by: nurse ratched at October 01, 2026 10:22 PM (yEz+x)

Come on! There's only 6995!

Posted by: OrangeEnt at October 01, 2026 10:26 PM (1Ff7Z)

87 Good evening Horde and thanks Disco!

Posted by: TRex - oktoberfest dino at October 01, 2026 10:26 PM (XfIK1)

88 Dennis Rodman was just introduced at the Trump rally tonight in Durant OK. Trump is pals with him.

Posted by: It Was Cool at October 01, 2026 10:27 PM (Fn+3X)

89 76 If NV, SoCal and AZ didn’t have 7,000 18 hole golf courses and every home have an outdoor pool, perhaps water wouldnt be as much of a problem.

Posted by: nurse
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There should be an evaporation tax.
Golf courses w/drip irrigation would
receive a tax reduction.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 01, 2026 10:27 PM (+UcOf)

90 What am I missing? What could possibly be confusing about the differences in those 2 logos?

A leftist might not be able to differentiate a beaver from a moose with horns...
And someone colorblind might not be able to tell Red for Black in the lettering...

"When did beavers have horns?"--Leftist who believes meat comes from the store, not animals

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 01, 2026 10:27 PM (l3cgK)

91 Vice President Says Covid Relief Funds Were Used By Fraudsters To Assassinate The President Of Haiti
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Where's My Cookie? at October 01, 2026 10:17 PM (ndZc7)

At this point I am starting to wonder if lizard-people really do exist, and if the Earth is actually hollow and populated with dinosaurs and powered with Vril.

Posted by: Kindltot - Yes, I can form some sort of rudimentary lathe at October 01, 2026 10:27 PM (rbvCR)

92 Pres Trump is a loyal friend for sure.

Posted by: vmom deport deport stab deport at October 01, 2026 10:27 PM (Ydd86)

93 Dennis Rodman was just introduced at the Trump rally tonight in Durant OK.

Where, strangely, Rodman went to college - or played basketball.

Posted by: LRob in OK at October 01, 2026 10:28 PM (Jr+re)

94 “How many Great Whites are out there waiting for their next meal?“

One of the most underrated bands, I believe.
Rock Me is in my top 10 of best songs ever.
Bluesey, tempo, mood changes, are all just awesome.

Posted by: Gunslinger at October 01, 2026 10:28 PM (N91F8)

95 Piper, I would like some of those energy pills you take.
Honestly, I think you do more in a single day than I do all week. But then I'm old so I guess it all works out.🙂

Posted by: Case at October 01, 2026 10:29 PM (9+0gc)

96 I'm a hot rodder with a greasy ballpeen hammer, Dear....
Posted by: The Cramps, Fissure of Rolando

What I learned today. John Lennon's line about "Here come old flat-top, he come grooving up slowly" comes from a Chuck Berry song about a driving incident turned into a song when a "flat-top" taunted him while passing.

https://tinyurl.com/27ve5kt4

The more you know . . .

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Where's My Cookie? at October 01, 2026 10:29 PM (ndZc7)

97 Be good, be good...be good, be good....be good, be good....be good, be good...be good...Johnny....

Love that song but it sure doesn't seem deep

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at October 01, 2026 10:29 PM (s1VwS)

98 Was stationed at Edwards AFB a long time ago. They sprinkled the golf course continuously all year. The rattlesnakes enjoyed the moisture!

Most of the western US is desert. WA and OR and ID are OK, I guess. The plains aren't.

Posted by: LRob in OK at October 01, 2026 10:30 PM (Jr+re)

99 As to nurse's comment on golf: I had to look it up. She's right. (Presently.)
Palm Springs has its own aquifer so historically they didn't need to drink the rivers. (Steve Sailer, of all people, wrote about this a decade or two ago.)
But these days they've been draining the Colorado River like everyone else, to refill that aquifer.

Posted by: 88C+u at October 01, 2026 10:30 PM (88C+u)

100 I think my 95yr old mother has decided she's tired of living. Acting different. Nothing is wrong with her other than some aches in her legs/back, which she's treated for. She's led a blessed life and despite burying one son she remained happy and content til now.

When you outlive your family and peers I guess it is time. She's got round the clock sitters and my brother lives nearby. Something changed in the past couple of weeks.

I'm sort of sick to my stomach with dread of what's ahead, but will be happy for her as she knows where she's going. I will probably have an ulcer soon to distract me.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at October 01, 2026 10:30 PM (hzuYO)

101
An Einstein Bros bagel place opened up recently near me. Went there this morning and had a bagel with lox, cream cheese, onion and capers. Was it good!

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 01, 2026 10:30 PM (eRlcH)

102

Did anyone see the article about Ivanka Trump's 15 y/o daughter who is fluent in Mandaran? She calls XI or whatever he is named Uncle?

Posted by: four seasons at October 01, 2026 10:31 PM (/QHx4)

103 91 Vice President Says Covid Relief Funds Were Used By Fraudsters To Assassinate The President Of Haiti
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Where's My Cookie? at October 01, 2026 10:17 PM (ndZc7)

At this point I am starting to wonder if lizard-people really do exist, and if the Earth is actually hollow and populated with dinosaurs and powered with Vril.
Posted by: Kindltot - Yes, I can form some sort of rudimentary lathe at October 01, 2026 10:27 PM (rbvCR)

I mean, at this point, the conspiracy theorists have a better track record.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at October 01, 2026 10:31 PM (s1VwS)

104 If NV, SoCal and AZ didn’t have 7,000 18 hole golf courses and every home have an outdoor pool, perhaps water wouldnt be as much of a problem.
Posted by: nurse ratched at October 01, 2026 10:22 PM (yEz+x)

I lived in Phoenix (Tempe, actually) for 9 months. I kept thinking, what a stupid place to build a gigantic city. The frying pan that is the Valley of the Sun will die when the water dries up.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Sounding the Carnyx at October 01, 2026 10:31 PM (0aYVJ)

105 Just deliver the damn mail!

USPS To Put Cameras in Trucks That Scan Roads for ‘Community Safety’
____________________________________

How this would play in a private corporation:

"Hey, boss. We're playing around with the idea of putting cameras in all out delivery vehicles to help keep the community safe."

"That's great. You have a good heart. WE, HOWEVER, do not have the funds for that. We had a net loss of $9 Billion last year. So, I want you to think about where we can make cuts."

"But, boss."

"Cuts, Howard....cuts. And, lets start with the fancy paintwork on all out vehicles. We have over 200,000 vehicles, and we pay for that red white and blue striping with the eagle's head. That costs us. Going forward, every post office gets a stencil and some black paint. The stencil says "MAIL"....that's all, and that's enough. Cuts, Howard, bring me cuts."

Posted by: Orson at October 01, 2026 10:31 PM (dIske)

106 94 “How many Great Whites are out there waiting for their next meal?“

---------
Is it still too early to make an "on fire" joke?

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at October 01, 2026 10:31 PM (wpRMV)

107 Forget it Jake, it's Chinatown.-- Lawrence Walsh
Posted by: Tonypete

"Rango" is also good.

Posted by: 88C+u at October 01, 2026 10:32 PM (88C+u)

108 Rodman's far from stupit or he wouldn't be around.
Although lil' Kim threw him out of NoKo because he
got drunk and threw up in the hotel hall.

Would rather Prezzie didn't associate w/him but that's his business.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 01, 2026 10:32 PM (+UcOf)

109 What Happens If Flaming Gorge Is Drained To Save Lake Powell

I read that at first as Flaming George, and I certainly don't want to see him drained...ever...
Homey don't play dat game.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 01, 2026 10:32 PM (l3cgK)

110 Fly Dubai

https://tinyurl.com/5n73nbtn

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 01, 2026 10:33 PM (+UcOf)

111
Be good, be good...be good, be good....be good, be good....be good, be good...be good...Johnny....

_________

CH Soyara's Johnny B. Goode (Gentleman John)

https://soyaraborzoi.com/Johnny.htm

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 01, 2026 10:33 PM (eRlcH)

112 VIDEO: Former DOJ Lawyer John Yoo Says Christa Pike Could Face a Firing Squad (LAWSPLAINING)

-
I could kick in a few rounds.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Where's My Cookie? at October 01, 2026 10:34 PM (ndZc7)

113 > “How many Great Whites are out there waiting for their next meal?“

One of the most underrated bands, I believe.
----------
A secretary I knew, way back in the day, was sorta' a groupie when they'd hit the Washington D.C. area. Nice girl. Not really my type... but, you know, go with the flow. Concerts where cool...

Posted by: Martini Farmer at October 01, 2026 10:34 PM (RORbl)

114 Lotta shlepping today, in the Sun. I am sore, exhausted, and now i'm hungry for vietnamese food. Or i could go for some chow fun. Have uou seen the price of chow fun? Chow what the fuck? I'm too tired to even contemplate making a salad.

Posted by: Dark Lix at October 01, 2026 10:35 PM (Fv808)

115 Good evening good people.
Posted by: Tonypete at October 01, 2026 10:05 PM (CI1Dh)

Screw you too, pal.

Posted by: A bad person at October 01, 2026 10:35 PM (TbWk/)

116 Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 01, 2026 10:33 PM (+UcOf)

Nice.
I was worried your link was going to be "I Got Two Tickets To Paradise"

Posted by: no virgins for you, habibi at October 01, 2026 10:35 PM (88C+u)

117 Posted by: four seasons at October 01, 2026 10:16 PM (/QHx4)

GFY

Posted by: Doof at October 01, 2026 10:36 PM (QMAsf)

118 That last pic. LOL.

I once worked at a place that made us take annual ethics tests...one day another co-worker comes to me jokingly and says, "Can you give me the answers to the Ethics test?"...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 01, 2026 10:36 PM (l3cgK)

119 >>Vice President Says Covid Relief Funds Were Used By Fraudsters To Assassinate The President Of Haiti

That's why the assassins were deported to the US a week or so ago.

Yea, we conspiracy theorists are racking up W's.

Posted by: JackStraw at October 01, 2026 10:36 PM (viF8m)

120
Back in the day I was a sexatary. Fun times.

Posted by: four seasons at October 01, 2026 10:36 PM (/QHx4)

121 An Einstein Bros bagel place opened up recently near me. Went there this morning and had a bagel with lox, cream cheese, onion and capers. Was it good!
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh

Well? Was it?

Posted by: Dark Lix at October 01, 2026 10:38 PM (Fv808)

122 one day another co-worker comes to me jokingly and says, "Can you give me the answers to the Ethics test?"...

The answer is always "Why no, Ms. HR Lady, I would never do anything like that."

Posted by: Oddbob at October 01, 2026 10:38 PM (vTZFs)

123 112 VIDEO: Former DOJ Lawyer John Yoo Says Christa Pike Could Face a Firing Squad (LAWSPLAINING)

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If there was any real justice, they would shoot her (torso only) and retrieve her skull so it could be made into a souvenir goblet for her victim's family.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at October 01, 2026 10:38 PM (wpRMV)

124 There is no possible confusion between buc-ee's and Mickey's logos. None whatsoever.

Posted by: Ralph at October 01, 2026 10:39 PM (8WZD4)

125 An Einstein Bros bagel place opened up recently near me. Went there this morning and had a bagel with lox, cream cheese, onion and capers. Was it good!
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh

So the Jews have gotten to you, too.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Where's My Cookie? at October 01, 2026 10:39 PM (ndZc7)

126 CH Soyara's Johnny B. Goode (Gentleman John)
https://soyaraborzoi.com/Johnny.htm
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 01, 2026 10:33 PM (eRlcH)

Sayo Komada covers Johnny B Goode on the Shamisen

https://tinyurl.com/525xnd5s

Posted by: Kindltot - Yes, I can form some sort of rudimentary lathe at October 01, 2026 10:39 PM (rbvCR)

127 Back in the day I was a sexatary. Fun times.

Posted by: four seasons

At least two of the Fortune 500 firms I worked for had pimps on the payroll. Not the sleazebag scum that worked the streets and cheap motels - nope. These guys were full time employees and wore the most expensive suits money could buy and, to a man, had $200 haircuts.

Posted by: Tonypete at October 01, 2026 10:39 PM (CI1Dh)

128 USPS delivers my meds. Yesterday, the second time, verified delivered by text, they didn't deliver them. They've also fouled up deliveries from Canada via California. Always California.
So, no purchases from Vancouver stores, go to Winnipeg.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 01, 2026 10:40 PM (+UcOf)

129 Sayo Komada covers Johnny B Goode on the Shamisen

https://tinyurl.com/525xnd5s

This was pretty good.
“Hit the ONT for your daily dose of culture”

Posted by: Gunslinger at October 01, 2026 10:42 PM (N91F8)

130
If the US Post Office collects data, it will be to sell
it, so that they will be somewhat less bankrupt.

Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at October 01, 2026 10:42 PM (azNOR)

131 Emily in that bottom meme reminds me of the women who are trying to make Patrick Clancy the bad guy after Lindsey strangled her three kids. She's that type of gal.

Posted by: nerdygirl at October 01, 2026 10:43 PM (0Htd1)

132 121 An Einstein Bros bagel place opened up recently near me. Went there this morning and had a bagel with lox, cream cheese, onion and capers. Was it good!
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh

Capers are the Kardashians of the food world. Instantly recognizable but completely worthless.

Posted by: Seriously, why bother at October 01, 2026 10:43 PM (TbWk/)

133 112 VIDEO: Former DOJ Lawyer John Yoo Says Christa Pike Could Face a Firing Squad (LAWSPLAINING)

-
I could kick in a few rounds.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks

I suggested that the other day. Just go back to the old fashioned firing squad. Or use a gatling gun.

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at October 01, 2026 10:43 PM (7Vi0c)

134 CH Soyara's Johnny B. Goode (Gentleman John)

https://soyaraborzoi.com/Johnny.htm
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 01, 2026 10:33 PM (eRlcH)

Oh my goodness! What a beautiful pooh!

Posted by: tcn in AK at October 01, 2026 10:43 PM (GYqb1)

135 How many Great Whites are out there waiting for their next meal?“

One of the most underrated bands, I believe.

My sister was once on a party boat with Jack Russell, with her girl friends.

Her exact words: "Jesus, what a prick."

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Sounding the Carnyx at October 01, 2026 10:44 PM (0aYVJ)

136 Posted by: four seasons at October 01, 2026 10:16 PM (/QHx4)
GFY
Posted by: Doof

Woah. I just looked upstream and it wasn't a Rush insult.

Posted by: Dark Lix at October 01, 2026 10:45 PM (Fv808)

137 131 Emily in that bottom meme reminds me of the women who are trying to make Patrick Clancy the bad guy after Lindsey strangled her three kids. She's that type of gal.
Posted by: nerdygirl at October 01, 2026 10:43 PM (0Htd1)

Or have sex with 7 frat bros, say how awesome it was, then sue for rape 2 years later.

Posted by: Schr�dinger's Feminism at October 01, 2026 10:45 PM (TbWk/)

138 Posted by: Dark Lix at October 01, 2026 10:38 PM (Fv80

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Not sure you care neighbor but Mai's on Clement St closed today.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 01, 2026 10:46 PM (RIvkX)

139 Las Vegas recycles its sewer water to drinkable tap water (toilet to tap) and it goes back into Lake Mead. Good job Las Vegas!

Posted by: Joemarine at October 01, 2026 10:46 PM (y171U)

140 My sister was once on a party boat with Jack Russell, with her girl friends.

Her exact words: "Jesus, what a prick."
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Sounding the Carnyx at October 01, 2026 10:44 PM (0aYVJ)

----------

People who know say Jack Russell was a holy terrier.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at October 01, 2026 10:46 PM (wpRMV)

141 Flock cameras, post office vehicles, they DO want to spy on us. It's getting to the point where you won't be able to scratch yourself in public without FBI agents laughing at you.

Posted by: nerdygirl at October 01, 2026 10:46 PM (0Htd1)

142 At least two of the Fortune 500 firms I worked for had pimps on the payroll. Not the sleazebag scum that worked the streets and cheap motels - nope. These guys were full time employees and wore the most expensive suits money could buy and, to a man, had $200 haircuts.
Posted by: Tonypete at October 01, 2026 10:39 PM (CI1Dh)

In my next life, I will be a finance major.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at October 01, 2026 10:47 PM (s1VwS)

143 Community Safety" -- riiiiiiiiiigggghhhhhht

So. Flock trucks.

Posted by: Diogenes at October 01, 2026 10:47 PM (2WIwB)

144 My sister was once on a party boat with Jack Russell, with her girl friends.

Her exact words: "Jesus, what a prick."
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Sounding the Carnyx at October 01, 2026 10:44 PM (0aYVJ)

----------

People who know say Jack Russell was a holy terrier.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at October 01, 2026 10:46 PM (wpRMV)

Geez, really dogging the guy aren't you?

Posted by: Canine puns are fun at October 01, 2026 10:47 PM (TbWk/)

145 So, it takes an Einstein to make a bagel?

Posted by: Thought He Passed On In 1955 at October 01, 2026 10:48 PM (Fn+3X)

146 So, it takes an Einstein to make a bagel?
Posted by: Thought He Passed On In 1955 at October 01, 2026 10:48 PM (Fn+3X)

Relatively speaking.

Posted by: Have you SEEN GenZ?! at October 01, 2026 10:48 PM (TbWk/)

147 Or have sex with 7 frat bros, say how awesome it was, then sue for rape 2 years later.
Posted by: Schr�dinger's Feminism at October 01, 2026 10:45 PM (TbWk/)

Sorry, honey, if you decide to be the town pump, you're probably not gonna be believed when you cry rape.

Way to make the world bend to your "emotions" on discovering you are a whore.

How about joining a convent and spending the rest of your days atoning for your sins? No?

Then fuck right off.

Posted by: tcn in AK at October 01, 2026 10:48 PM (GYqb1)

148 124 There is no possible confusion between buc-ee's and Mickey's logos. None whatsoever.

Posted by: Ralph at October 01, 2026 10:39 PM (8WZD4)

It's like that blonde joke trying to tell the two horses apart...
In the end, they measured the horses and found the white one was 3 hands taller than the black one...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 01, 2026 10:49 PM (l3cgK)

149 Chow what the fuck? I'm too tired to even contemplate making a salad.

Posted by: Dark Lix
--

I'll have shrimp with lobster sauce, thank you.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 01, 2026 10:49 PM (+UcOf)

150 124 There is no possible confusion between buc-ee's and Mickey's logos. None whatsoever.
Posted by: Ralph at October 01, 2026 10:39 PM (8WZD4)

_______________________

I think the primary issue is that Buc-ee's didn't want people to assume that it was the same brand under a different name. There are a lot of businesses that do that, especially in the restaurant business. The name is different, but there are similarities in the logo.

Burger King uses a different name in Australia (Hungry Jack's). Different name, and a logo with similarities.

Panera Bread also has locations called St. Louis Bread Co. There are logo similarities.

Denny's operates as The Burger Den and The Meltdown in different locations, but the sign color is similar.

Add to that Buc-ee's just opening up a location in Ohio last April.

Posted by: Orson at October 01, 2026 10:49 PM (dIske)

151 How corrupt and evil are Democrats?

>>Attorney General Letitia James appointed special prosecutor in alleged Cornell 'gang rape' case

>>New York Governor Kathy Hochul on Thursday said she issued an executive order to appoint Attorney General Letitia James as a special prosecutor for the alleged “gang rape” that took place at a Cornell fraternity in 2024.

>>"This has, in turn, undercut my faith, and the public's faith, in the District Attorney's ability to effectively investigate and prosecute the case at this time,” Hochul added.

https://tinyurl.com/bd7w3kbm

Posted by: JackStraw at October 01, 2026 10:49 PM (viF8m)

152
Small town here. Almost everyone here has Ring cameras.

WTH are you watching? It's the new way of spying on your neighbors.

Gossips love the cameras.

Posted by: four seasons at October 01, 2026 10:50 PM (/QHx4)

153 The problem with bagels is that they make me start thinking about topology, and then my ears start to buzz and the world gets kind of fuzzy and I have to think about other things for a while.

Posted by: Kindltot - Yes, I can form some sort of rudimentary lathe at October 01, 2026 10:50 PM (rbvCR)

154 Just deliver the damn ~~mail~~ ballots !

Posted by: wth at October 01, 2026 10:50 PM (oq9dX)

155 The bagels are relatively good, then?

Posted by: Duck! Dodge! Hide! at October 01, 2026 10:51 PM (Fn+3X)

156 58 Los Angeles should be cut off from the Colorado River.
Let them drink desal, or seawater if they refuse to make it.
Posted by: 88C+u
I always wondered why they would build such a big city in an area that can't provide enough water.

Posted by: nerdygirl at October 01, 2026 10:51 PM (0Htd1)

157 I have showered off the day. Whoever invented the tankless hot water heater, I salute you.

Posted by: Piper at October 01, 2026 10:51 PM (ZdaMQ)

158 153 The problem with bagels is that they make me start thinking about topology, and then my ears start to buzz and the world gets kind of fuzzy and I have to think about other things for a while.

Posted by: Kindltot - Yes, I can form some sort of rudimentary lathe at October 01, 2026 10:50 PM (rbvCR)

Admit it...it's the holes...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 01, 2026 10:51 PM (l3cgK)

159 >>In my next life, I will be a finance major.

Careful. Denzel Washington is watching and he will fuck you up with your own credit card.

Posted by: JackStraw at October 01, 2026 10:52 PM (viF8m)

160 151 How corrupt and evil are Democrats?

>>Attorney General Letitia James appointed special prosecutor in alleged Cornell 'gang rape' case

>>New York Governor Kathy Hochul on Thursday said she issued an executive order to appoint Attorney General Letitia James as a special prosecutor for the alleged “gang rape” that took place at a Cornell fraternity in 2024.

>>"This has, in turn, undercut my faith, and the public's faith, in the District Attorney's ability to effectively investigate and prosecute the case at this time,” Hochul added.

https://tinyurl.com/bd7w3kbm
Posted by: JackStraw at October 01, 2026 10:49 PM (viF8m)

Sure sounds like these ladies are all in on rape as a way to make their way in the world.

Bitches gonna bitch.

They can fuck off, as well.

Posted by: tcn in AK at October 01, 2026 10:52 PM (GYqb1)

161 If NV, SoCal.and AZ didn't have 15 million illegals living there, that would save billions of gallons.

Posted by: Diogenes at October 01, 2026 10:53 PM (2WIwB)

162 159 >>In my next life, I will be a finance major.

Careful. Denzel Washington is watching and he will fuck you up with your own credit card.
Posted by: JackStraw at October 01, 2026 10:52 PM (viF8m)

I would accept my fate. Because I respect Denzel that much.

But seriously....I really should have gone into business/finance if I wanted to have the finer/sexier things in life.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at October 01, 2026 10:53 PM (s1VwS)

163 I lived in Phoenix (Tempe, actually) for 9 months. I kept thinking, what a stupid place to build a gigantic city. The frying pan that is the Valley of the Sun will die when the water dries up.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Sounding the Carnyx at October 01, 2026 10:31 PM (0aYVJ)

Arizona does a fine job of managing its water compared to California. They build dams, not tear them down. And they don't dump fresh water into the sea to "save" stupid baitfish.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 01, 2026 10:54 PM (4znQE)

164 So, it takes an Einstein to make a bagel?
Posted by: Thought He Passed On In 1955

Relatively speaking.
Posted by: Have you SEEN GenZ?!
......

I don't have the energy.

Posted by: wth at October 01, 2026 10:54 PM (oq9dX)

165 Admit it...it's the holes...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 01, 2026 10:51 PM (l3cgK)

its the actual surface modelling of a torus.

Posted by: Kindltot - Yes, I can form some sort of rudimentary lathe at October 01, 2026 10:55 PM (rbvCR)

166 So, it takes an Einstein to make a bagel?
Posted by: Thought He Passed On In 1955 at October 01, 2026 10:48 PM (Fn+3X)

Eisenstein followed all his steps.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at October 01, 2026 10:55 PM (1Ff7Z)

167 166 So, it takes an Einstein to make a bagel?
Posted by: Thought He Passed On In 1955 at October 01, 2026 10:48 PM (Fn+3X)

Eisenstein followed all his steps.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at October 01, 2026 10:55 PM (1Ff7Z)

One of the worst Warhammer 40 novels.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at October 01, 2026 10:56 PM (s1VwS)

168
The number of holes is very important in topology.

Front holes, back holes, etc, etc.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at October 01, 2026 10:57 PM (w6EFb)

169 My sister was once on a party boat with Jack Russell, with her girl friends.

Her exact words: "Jesus, what a prick."
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Sounding the Carnyx at October 01, 2026 10:44 PM (0aYVJ)

----------

People who know say Jack Russell was a holy terrier.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at October 01, 2026 10:46 PM (wpRMV)

Geez, really dogging the guy aren't you?
Posted by: Canine puns are fun at October 01, 2026 10:47 PM (TbWk/)

***
Word is his bark was worse than his bite.

Posted by: Diogenes at October 01, 2026 10:57 PM (2WIwB)

170
Then you've got the all important Hairy Ball Theorem.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at October 01, 2026 10:58 PM (w6EFb)

171 165 Admit it...it's the holes...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 01, 2026 10:51 PM (l3cgK)

its the actual surface modelling of a torus.

Posted by: Kindltot - Yes, I can form some sort of rudimentary lathe at October 01, 2026 10:55 PM (rbvCR)

Topologically, a mug is a torus...as long as that mug has a handle with a hole in it...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 01, 2026 10:58 PM (l3cgK)

172 Just think how good life would be if men would remember to not stick their dicks into crazy?

Except for me, of course, DH has complete access there.

But I'm only partly crazy.

I hit rock bottom as a mom about a week after adopting my son. I told DH "I'm getting nothing out of this boy." Turns out the boy is a psychopath, but at no time ever did I consider harming a hair on his little head. I don't consider that now.

Who are these bitches that are so in thrall to Satan that they think the right thing is to hurt kids?

They should be sterilized by the state, and never be allowed within a 100 year radius of any children, ever.

Posted by: tcn in AK at October 01, 2026 10:58 PM (GYqb1)

173 Eisenstein followed all his steps.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at October 01, 2026 10:55 PM (1Ff7Z)

-----------

Schrodinger's bagel is baked and unbaked at the same time.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at October 01, 2026 10:58 PM (wpRMV)

174 The USPS can barely deliver my mail but they want to be at the forefront of a surveillance state.

They need to rediscover their core mission.

Posted by: Cow Demon at October 01, 2026 10:58 PM (XUHiS)

175 >>Sure sounds like these ladies are all in on rape as a way to make their way in the world.

>>Bitches gonna bitch.

>>They can fuck off, as well.

Somebody posted a clip of Sunny Hostin, or whatever her name is, on The View saying that if what the women told cops after the initial incident is truly what she told the cops at the time then under NY law it wasn't rape. I was shocked to hear her say that and some of the lawyers here can clarify but according to that witch being drunk and consenting to group sex under NY law is not rape which is why the local DA did not pursue the case.

This sounds like Duke Part 2 and they are going to destroy the 6 guys for politics.

Posted by: JackStraw at October 01, 2026 10:59 PM (viF8m)

176 170
Then you've got the all important Hairy Ball Theorem.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at October 01, 2026 10:58 PM (w6EFb)

Singular, not plural...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 01, 2026 10:59 PM (l3cgK)

177 I had a variation sort of on the classic dream (nightmare?) - you know, it’s finals week at College, and suddenly you realize you’ve never attended a single class all semester. Uh-oh!

This time, I’m back in the military, and haven’t taken a PT test in who knows how long. Years. They had been doing me a solid and pencil whipping them or something, because we were busy I think. I was trying to remember the last time I’d even done a single push-up and then I woke up. Maybe I need to get in some kind of exercise.

Posted by: Common Tater at October 01, 2026 10:59 PM (zh/Tt)

178 Admit it...it's the holes...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 01, 2026 10:51 PM (l3cgK)

If I were worried about holes, this would obsess me

youtu.be/QAZfHHi58AU

Posted by: Kindltot - Yes, I can form some sort of rudimentary lathe at October 01, 2026 11:00 PM (rbvCR)

179 Not sure you care neighbor but Mai's on Clement St closed today.
Posted by: San Franpsycho

Don't know it. My viet place on valencia closed last year. Sad when they go. The past is a foreign country.

Posted by: Dark Lix at October 01, 2026 11:00 PM (Fv808)

180 Just think how good life would be if men would remember to not stick their dicks into crazy?

-
And we could all have Skittles shitting unicorns as pets!

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Where's My Cookie? at October 01, 2026 11:02 PM (ndZc7)

181 Admit it...it's the holes...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 01, 2026 10:51 PM (l3cgK)

All 18 of those bastards every Tuesday.

Posted by: Diogenes at October 01, 2026 11:03 PM (2WIwB)

182 >>But seriously....I really should have gone into business/finance if I wanted to have the finer/sexier things in life.

I've been doing startups for most of my career and consequently I've dealt with a lot of finance guys over the years.

I'm on Team Denzel. And you are a better person for who you are. Great White's look at those guys with disdain.

Posted by: JackStraw at October 01, 2026 11:04 PM (viF8m)

183 153 The problem with bagels is that they make me start thinking about topology, and then my ears start to buzz and the world gets kind of fuzzy and I have to think about other things for a while.

Posted by: Kindltot - Yes, I can form some sort of rudimentary lathe at October 01, 2026 10:50 PM (rbvCR)

Admit it...it's the holes...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 01, 2026 10:51 PM (l3cgK)

Whatcha be wantin' Mac is all the nooks and crannies to hold the melted butter.

Posted by: Thomas' English Muffins at October 01, 2026 11:04 PM (wVcYX)

184 I figure the punishment has been delivered already. These are seven dudes whose wieners have sloshed into their friends' splooge, as well as one [likely] highly diseased cooter. That is bragging rights for precisely no man. I'm happy I never got on such a list.

Posted by: 88C+u at October 01, 2026 11:04 PM (88C+u)

185 The past is a foreign country.
Posted by: Dark Lix at October 01, 2026 11:00 PM (Fv80

=====

I said downstairs, I'm literally outliving all the good places to eat.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 01, 2026 11:06 PM (RIvkX)

186 Schrodinger's bagel is baked and unbaked at the same time.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at October 01, 2026 10:58 PM (wpRMV)

Mine always seem to come out half—baked.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at October 01, 2026 11:06 PM (1Ff7Z)

187 That is bragging rights for precisely no man. I'm happy I never got on such a list.
Posted by: 88C+u at October 01, 2026 11:04 PM (88C+u)

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You have to arrive early to get the lower numbers.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at October 01, 2026 11:06 PM (wpRMV)

188
161 If NV, SoCal.and AZ didn't have 15 million illegals living there, that would save billions of gallons.
Posted by: Diogenes at October 01, 2026 10:53 PM (2WIwB)

But then who would mow all he landscaped golf courses and do all the pool maintenance?

Posted by: Tom Servo at October 01, 2026 11:06 PM (slH4t)

189 Or have sex with 7 frat bros, say how awesome it was, then sue for rape 2 years later.
Posted by: Schr�dinger's Feminism

It would be more constructive for her to get help with her booze behavior. College guys are youngish, but hopefully they'll learn to stay away from drunken sleazebags who are going to have regrets the morning after.

Posted by: nerdygirl at October 01, 2026 11:07 PM (0Htd1)

190
It wasn't until recently that I truly intuitively grokked the difference between topology and geometry. And then I could truly appreciate the can't tell the difference between a donut and a coffee mug joke.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at October 01, 2026 11:07 PM (w6EFb)

191 I was shocked to hear her say that and some of the lawyers here can clarify but according to that witch being drunk and consenting to group sex under NY law is not rape which is why the local DA did not pursue the case.

This sounds like Duke Part 2 and they are going to destroy the 6 guys for politics.
Posted by: JackStraw at October 01, 2026 10:59 PM (viF8m)
********
I've seen girls in the ED (and one in a university clinic when I was a student) who were raped. In the university girl's case she had a needle mark on her hip from being sedated.

There are rape kits. There is shock and grief. The police are called and names given. This is rape, or what I thought of it.

This female waited 2yrs (I think) before claiming rape, after consensual sex with three frat boys. For drugs. This is prostitution in my book. She was drugged and then another group came in (from what I read). She took more ketamine to deal with the second group.

I could be wrong and she complained the next day, but I remember reading two years. This is not rape it's extortion. Maybe finding her conscious or ethics and feeling humiliated...but it was not rape in the sense people think of it. My opinion.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at October 01, 2026 11:07 PM (hzuYO)

192
Christy,

Agree.

Posted by: four seasons at October 01, 2026 11:08 PM (/QHx4)

193
You know does not have a voice?

Children who are raped.

Posted by: four seasons at October 01, 2026 11:10 PM (/QHx4)

194 Christy,

Agree.

Posted by: four seasons at October 01, 2026 11:08 PM (/QHx4)

Kind of like taking a contract to build 50 feet of fence for $150, and then finding out, once you get there, that the job needs a hundred feet, but they won't pay you any more.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 01, 2026 11:11 PM (4znQE)

195 Trying to figure out women will drive you crazy. Best to leave that subject alone.

Posted by: Case at October 01, 2026 11:12 PM (9+0gc)

196 But then who would mow all he landscaped golf courses and do all the pool maintenance?
Posted by: Tom Servo at October 01, 2026 11:06 PM (slH4t)

Point taken.

Posted by: Diogenes at October 01, 2026 11:13 PM (2WIwB)

197 188
161 If NV, SoCal.and AZ didn't have 15 million illegals living there, that would save billions of gallons.
Posted by: Diogenes at October 01, 2026 10:53 PM (2WIwB)

But then who would mow all he landscaped golf courses and do all the pool maintenance?

Posted by: Tom Servo at October 01, 2026 11:06 PM (slH4t)

I've mostly stopped watering front and back yards...my last water bill was over $260 for 2 months, almost $90 of that in sewer fees. Less than 9000 gallons used over 2 months during summer...some of that cleaning the 75 gallon aquatic turtle tank...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 01, 2026 11:13 PM (l3cgK)

198 The Fat Electrician has a video about Buc-ee's going after all these other companies due to "logo similarities":

YouTube:
https://tinyurl.com/5y443f6x

(Queued up to 15m, 29s, everything before that is background on Buc-ee's itself.)

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant, a Moron behind enemy lines at October 01, 2026 11:13 PM (O7YUW)

199 >>I could be wrong and she complained the next day, but I remember reading two years. This is not rape it's extortion. Maybe finding her conscious or ethics and feeling humiliated...but it was not rape in the sense people think of it. My opinion.

Just going by what I've heard so far including, and I want to emphasize this before she inevitably flips and starts condemning the guys, Sunny whatever her name is said she told the cops she consented to group sex when she reported what happened.

The whole situation is disgusting but there's a difference between being a pig and being a rapist. And both Hochul and James are proven liars and scumbags who will say and do anything for power.

This isn't even politics. This is something much darker and after the Clancy trial I'm starting to think there might be about 20 women left in the country who aren't evil demons. You 20 know who you are.

Posted by: JackStraw at October 01, 2026 11:16 PM (viF8m)

200 I'm sort of sick to my stomach with dread of what's ahead, but will be happy for her as she knows where she's going. I will probably have an ulcer soon to distract me.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at October 01, 2026 10:30 PM (hzuYO

Hopefully she bounces back..

Might be meds, depression or other things. I still visit one of my Mother's friends whose in her 90's. She always says she's old and bitchy. My best to all of you.

Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy 105 years old - puppy at heart at October 01, 2026 11:17 PM (Sco7b)

201 These are seven dudes whose wieners have sloshed into their friends' splooge, as well as one [likely] highly diseased cooter.

Well, that doesn't sound romantic at all.

Posted by: nerdygirl at October 01, 2026 11:17 PM (0Htd1)

202
So many people today are about "me me".

F your feelings. What are you doing to make our Country great?

Posted by: four seasons at October 01, 2026 11:18 PM (/QHx4)

203 201 These are seven dudes whose wieners have sloshed into their friends' splooge, as well as one [likely] highly diseased cooter.

Well, that doesn't sound romantic at all.
Posted by: nerdygirl at October 01, 2026 11:17 PM (0Htd1)

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You'll see the difference once they add the soundtrack

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at October 01, 2026 11:18 PM (wpRMV)

204 You'll see the difference once they add the soundtrack
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at October 01, 2026 11:18 PM (wpRMV)

Revolting Cocks, I assume

Posted by: 88C+u at October 01, 2026 11:21 PM (88C+u)

205 These are seven dudes whose wieners have sloshed into their friends' splooge, as well as one [likely] highly diseased cooter.

Well, that doesn't sound romantic at all.
Posted by: nerdygirl at October 01, 2026 11:17 PM (0Htd1)

Well, so much for getting a banana split from DQ.

Posted by: Diogenes at October 01, 2026 11:21 PM (2WIwB)

206 “How many Great Whites are out there waiting for their next meal?“

One of the most underrated bands, I believe.
Posted by: Gunslinger

Burning down the club you're playing at, killing your guitarist and 100 or so of your fans, and disfiguring 100 or so more, really does hurt your ratings.

Posted by: mikeski at October 01, 2026 11:23 PM (VHUov)

207 Listen, without a contemporaneous complaint, you cannot have contemporaneous evidence, and all you have is an accusation and nothing more.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at October 01, 2026 11:24 PM (XV/Pl)

208 Howdy, horde.

Good stuff tonight, Doof! Thanks for the ONT

Posted by: JQ at October 01, 2026 11:24 PM (rdVOm)

209 We are still talking about the fantasy pr0n novel Seven Cocks for Slutty Sarah that was set at Cornell?

Posted by: Anna Puma at October 01, 2026 11:26 PM (2GVsD)

210

Hiya JQ!

I hope your day has been good.

You are amazing.

Posted by: four seasons at October 01, 2026 11:27 PM (/QHx4)

211
Andrew McCarthy is putting together his 2027 Cosmic Cat calendar, which includes this gem of an image:

https://t.ly/tSXXP

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at October 01, 2026 11:28 PM (w6EFb)

212 Then you've got the all important Hairy Ball Theorem.
Posted by: publius

"Every cow has at least one cowlick."

Posted by: mikeski knows exactly this much topology at October 01, 2026 11:29 PM (VHUov)

213 Bed time! Good night, everyone!

Posted by: Piper at October 01, 2026 11:29 PM (ZdaMQ)

214 Hi, four seasons!

Thanks, but I'm not sure about the "amazing" part... LOL

Posted by: JQ at October 01, 2026 11:29 PM (rdVOm)

215 You'll see the difference once they add the soundtrack

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at October 01, 2026 11:18 PM (wpRMV)

LOL, that's nasty.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 01, 2026 11:30 PM (l3cgK)

216

JQ, I am sure about the amazing part.

Posted by: four seasons at October 01, 2026 11:30 PM (/QHx4)

217 'Night, Piper!

Posted by: JQ at October 01, 2026 11:32 PM (rdVOm)

218 Good night Piper

Posted by: Anna Puma at October 01, 2026 11:32 PM (2GVsD)

219 on topic, Soft Cell
youtu.be/7AtdhDYupto
rip Dave Ball

Posted by: 88C+u at October 01, 2026 11:34 PM (88C+u)

220
A donut, however, doesn't have to have a cowlick.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at October 01, 2026 11:34 PM (w6EFb)

221 >>We are still talking about the fantasy pr0n novel Seven Cocks for Slutty Sarah that was set at Cornell?

"College girl gets drunk/high and sleeps with several guys in one night."

Dumb story. Dudes were just as slutty & nasty as her. Gross.

Posted by: JQ at October 01, 2026 11:35 PM (rdVOm)

222
And the Hairy Ball Theorem means that at least one spot on earth must have zero (horizontal) wind speed.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at October 01, 2026 11:36 PM (w6EFb)

223 Burning down the club you're playing at, killing your guitarist and 100 or so of your fans, and disfiguring 100 or so more, really does hurt your ratings.

Posted by: mikeski at October 01, 2026 11:23 PM (VHUov)

We got into trouble for blowing some ceiling tiles off the ceiling at a legendary venue in brooklyn..which will remain nameless at this time. Bomb guy accidentally supercharged the bombs. Oops...

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at October 01, 2026 11:36 PM (vzuC7)

224 "College girl gets drunk/high and sleeps with several guys in one night."

Dumb story. Dudes were just as slutty & nasty as her. Gross.
Posted by: JQ at October 01, 2026 11:35 PM (rdVOm)

Isn't she a good sport!

Posted by: Bernaise at October 01, 2026 11:38 PM (1Ff7Z)

225
Hopefully she bounces back..

Might be meds, depression or other things. I still visit one of my Mother's friends whose in her 90's. She always says she's old and bitchy. My best to all of you.
Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy 105 years old - puppy at heart at October 01, 2026 11:17 PM (Sco7b)
********
Thank you. Something's different when I talk to her on the phone. Can't explain it.

Her own mother also did this with back pain but ended up in the hospital. She cooperated with PT, etc, to get discharged. I flew in to care for her with a cousin who's also a RN. She got home and did not want to leave her bed (she was a very active gardener). She was simply done and died a month later.

So I've sort of seen it before. My mother is very sharp, emails daily, works on Ancestry as a hobby. Reads a lot of books and does crossword puzzles. Grocery shops online. Takes care of medical/hair appts with drivers or sitters.

We'll see but I have a feeling she's like her mother and ready to go. She's also 95yrs and the same age as her mother. I both dread this but understand how she may feel to have lost everyone her age.

I don't want to live this long.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at October 01, 2026 11:41 PM (hzuYO)

226 Franpsycho,

If you're still here, I just looked up Mai's and wow, when I first moved here in 1988, I lived on 5th between Clement and Geary, like around the corner and halfway down the block. I had no money back then. Sad to see it close. That whole area was much, much more Irish than it is now. What is now the Chase branch was a bar where I had my first legal drink in CA just after midnight on my birthday in 1988.

Posted by: Dark Lixtiquatal at October 01, 2026 11:41 PM (Fv808)

227 Heard today that Buceee's will be opening their first Oklahoma store in Oklahoma City.

And Trump was in Oklahoma today.

Coincidences? I don't think so.

Posted by: mindful webworker - connecting the dashes at October 01, 2026 11:41 PM (8ddVQ)

228 It would be more constructive for her to get help with her booze behavior. College guys are youngish, but hopefully they'll learn to stay away from drunken sleazebags who are going to have regrets the morning after.
Posted by: nerdygirl at October 01, 2026 11:07 PM (0Htd1)

It gets even better. You know that second round of ketamine she took? Snorted it off a frat bro's dick. This isn't rumor, it's actually in the statement of facts in her complaint. She wasn't surreptitiously slipped a roofie in her White Claw. She snorted. A line of ketamine. Off a guy's boner.

Posted by: Sordid! at October 01, 2026 11:42 PM (TbWk/)

229 If the waitresses are dressed like this at your next gig, may want to rebook.

https://youtu.be/xYY8vA-g8-k

Posted by: Anna Puma at October 01, 2026 11:43 PM (2GVsD)

230
If it was not because of social media we would not be aware of this story.

I think this stuff has been happening for centuries.

Guys want to stick their wick into something moist and warm.

It is human nature.

Posted by: four seasons at October 01, 2026 11:43 PM (/QHx4)

231 >>>This isn't even politics. This is something much darker and after the Clancy trial I'm starting to think there might be about 20 women left in the country who aren't evil demons. You 20 know who you are.

Posted by: JackStraw
---

HueTube is doing monkeybusiness with 'copy url at this time' so not presenting Jimmy Buffet's --- 'Let's Get Drunk & Screw'.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 01, 2026 11:44 PM (+UcOf)

232 A donut, however, doesn't have to have a cowlick.
Posted by: publius

But they might have "cat-licks"-- our cat got into a pack of donuts one night & licked the choco frosting off. Next morning, none of us kids realized they'd ever been frosted and simply chowed down a few. Mom saw the remainder and was furious: "Who scraped all the frosting off the donuts?!"

Posted by: JQ at October 01, 2026 11:44 PM (rdVOm)

233 It gets even better. You know that second round of ketamine she took? Snorted it off a frat bro's dick. This isn't rumor, it's actually in the statement of facts in her complaint. She wasn't surreptitiously slipped a roofie in her White Claw. She snorted. A line of ketamine. Off a guy's boner.
Posted by: Sordid! at October 01, 2026 11:42 PM (TbWk/)
************

GROSS! And the next day she had her fame. Possibly 2yrs later the delayed walk of shame.

I thankfully never knew anyone like this.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at October 01, 2026 11:45 PM (hzuYO)

234 232 A donut, however, doesn't have to have a cowlick.
Posted by: publius

But they might have "cat-licks"-- our cat got into a pack of donuts one night & licked the choco frosting off. Next morning, none of us kids realized they'd ever been frosted and simply chowed down a few. Mom saw the remainder and was furious: "Who scraped all the frosting off the donuts?!"

Posted by: JQ at October 01, 2026 11:44 PM (rdVOm)

Or Ariana Grande licks

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 01, 2026 11:45 PM (l3cgK)

235 And they don't dump fresh water into the sea to "save" stupid baitfish.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon

To be fair, it doesn't have coastline.

Posted by: Dark Lixtiquatal at October 01, 2026 11:45 PM (Fv808)

236
Topology: all about holes and hairy balls.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at October 01, 2026 11:45 PM (w6EFb)

237 Isn't she a good sport!
Posted by: Bernaise at October 01, 2026 11:38 PM (1Ff7Z)

Don't get saucy with me!

Posted by: Harvey Korman as Count de Monet at October 01, 2026 11:45 PM (TbWk/)

238 Topologically, a mug is a torus...as long as that mug has a handle with a hole in it...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia)

So if you shoot a guy in the face....

Posted by: Dark Lixtiquatal at October 01, 2026 11:47 PM (Fv808)

239 If it was not because of social media we would not be aware of this story.
I think this stuff has been happening for centuries.
Guys want to stick their wick into something moist and warm.
It is human nature.
Posted by: four seasons

College-age guys? "Moist" and "warm" are both optional. "Appropriately-sized" is about the only requirement.

Posted by: mikeski at October 01, 2026 11:47 PM (VHUov)

240 238 Topologically, a mug is a torus...as long as that mug has a handle with a hole in it...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia)

So if you shoot a guy in the face....

Posted by: Dark Lixtiquatal at October 01, 2026 11:47 PM (Fv80

As long as the hole goes all the way through clearly...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 01, 2026 11:48 PM (l3cgK)

241 Sorry I'm late. I was trying to find a a school of Atlantic Smelt off the coast of Bora-Bora.

Posted by: tankdemon at October 01, 2026 11:49 PM (1mVbO)

242 >>>I don't want to live this long.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat
---

Selfish?

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 01, 2026 11:50 PM (+UcOf)

243
It is possible to have a flat (zero intrinsic curvature at every point) torus. But a smooth embedding requires 4 dimensions. There's no way to curve a 2D surface into a torus in only 3 ambient dimensions.

However, if you relax the smoothness, you get this fractal flat torus in 3D:

https://t.ly/Qi3SA

That surface is "smooth" up to one derivate. It has tangent planes. However, it blows up at the second derivative level.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at October 01, 2026 11:51 PM (w6EFb)

244 Welcome to the Spooky Season! (Pumpkin spice not required.)

https://youtu.be/iz0lXNNkqac

Posted by: tankdemon at October 01, 2026 11:52 PM (1mVbO)

245 So many people today are about "me me".
Posted by: four seasons

Me me memes

Posted by: Dark Lixtiquatal at October 01, 2026 11:52 PM (Fv808)

246 233 It gets even better. You know that second round of ketamine she took? Snorted it off a frat bro's dick. This isn't rumor, it's actually in the statement of facts in her complaint. She wasn't surreptitiously slipped a roofie in her White Claw. She snorted. A line of ketamine. Off a guy's boner.
Posted by: Sordid! at October 01, 2026 11:42 PM (TbWk/)
************

GROSS! And the next day she had her fame. Possibly 2yrs later the delayed walk of shame.

I thankfully never knew anyone like this.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at October 01, 2026 11:45 PM (hzuYO)

Whores are gonna whore.

Stupid bitch makes it awfully difficult for any REAL rape victim to get justice. Selfish little idiot.

Posted by: tcn in AK at October 01, 2026 11:55 PM (GYqb1)

247 >>College girl gets drunk/high and sleeps with several guys in one night."

Not being gross but there was no sleeping. You can and should read what she said at the time.

And you can because her statements at the time have been released. You can read part here. She was not a victim of anything. I don't want a part of anyone involved but in my opinion and the opinion of the DA at the time it happened this was not rape.

Make your own decision but this case is obviously going to be on the ballot in November so knowing the facts will be helpful.

https://tinyurl.com/3sja49d6

Posted by: JackStraw at October 01, 2026 11:55 PM (viF8m)

248

tcn,

You are right.

Posted by: four seasons at October 01, 2026 11:56 PM (/QHx4)

249 241 Sorry I'm late. I was trying to find a a school of Atlantic Smelt off the coast of Bora-Bora.
Posted by: tankdemon at October 01, 2026 11:49 PM (1mVbO)

Sweetie, Bora Bora is Pacific, not Atlantic. Get your poop in a group, already.

Posted by: tcn in AK at October 01, 2026 11:56 PM (GYqb1)

250 thanks for the ONT Doof

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at October 01, 2026 11:56 PM (CHHv1)

251 241 Sorry I'm late. I was trying to find a a school of Atlantic Smelt off the coast of Bora-Bora.
Posted by: tankdemon

But, Bora-Bora isn't....forget it.

Posted by: He Who Smelt It at October 01, 2026 11:57 PM (Fn+3X)

252 Bomb guy accidentally supercharged the bombs. Oops...
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division

www.youtube.com/watch?v=sp-TYnl6-64

Posted by: Dark Lixtiquatal at October 01, 2026 11:57 PM (Fv808)

253 She was as much a willing participant as Lindsay Clancy was in murdering her three children.

Posted by: Anna Puma at October 01, 2026 11:57 PM (2GVsD)

254 202
So many people today are about "me me".

F your feelings. What are you doing to make our Country great?

Posted by: four seasons at October 01, 2026 11:18 PM (/QHx4)

What's wrong with "me, me, me"?

https://youtu.be/VnT7pT6zCcA

Posted by: tankdemon at October 01, 2026 11:58 PM (1mVbO)

255 Did Tank Demon get a Bali High?

Posted by: Anna Puma at October 01, 2026 11:59 PM (2GVsD)

256 *** It is a bold, and increasingly desperate, move to buy the shrinking Colorado River system
---

Federal Government may be closer to taking over California
than I thought. This will be the way, incrementally.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 01, 2026 11:59 PM (+UcOf)

257 253 She was as much a willing participant as Lindsay Clancy was in murdering her three children.
Posted by: Anna Puma

That's right. She was hypnotized too.

Posted by: Miss Pat, The Hip Hypnotist at October 01, 2026 11:59 PM (Fn+3X)

258 >>Not being gross but there was no sleeping. You can and should read what she said at the time.

I get it, Jack. It wasn't rape... I was trying to be polite-- "sleep" as a figure of speech. Didn't read the report but don't need to. Woman was/is a total slut, and the dudes she banged were no better.

Posted by: JQ at October 01, 2026 11:59 PM (rdVOm)

259 Sorry I'm late. I was trying to find a a school of Atlantic Smelt off the coast of Bora-Bora.
Posted by: tankdemon

That excuse seems rather fishy ...

Posted by: Adriane the Meteorology Critic. . . at October 01, 2026 11:59 PM (3ZUWJ)

260 249 241 Sorry I'm late. I was trying to find a a school of Atlantic Smelt off the coast of Bora-Bora.
Posted by: tankdemon at October 01, 2026 11:49 PM (1mVbO)

Sweetie, Bora Bora is Pacific, not Atlantic. Get your poop in a group, already.
Posted by: tcn in AK at October 01, 2026 11:56 PM (GYqb1)

No wonder it took so long.

Posted by: tankdemon at October 01, 2026 11:59 PM (1mVbO)

261
My opinions must be accepted.

Posted by: four seasons at October 02, 2026 12:00 AM (/QHx4)

262 Headline (AP):

"Third aircraft carrier and thousands of troops head to Mideast as Trump weighs new Iran strikes"

The article says about 9,000 service personnel - 7000 USN and 2000 Marines.

Posted by: mrp at October 02, 2026 12:00 AM (rj6Yv)

263 I don't want to live this long.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at October 01, 2026 11:41 PM (hzuYO)

I intend to live just long enough to sit on my front porch, in my rocking chair, shaking my cane at everyone who goes past and cursing them out in very purple language, and telling them to get the hell off my lawn.

Hopefully with friends, doing the same.

A girl can dream.

Posted by: tcn in AK at October 02, 2026 12:00 AM (GYqb1)

264 i want tcn to live long enough to see mammoth herds walking around Alaska again

Posted by: because mammoths are awesome at October 02, 2026 12:01 AM (88C+u)

265 I intend to live just long enough to sit on my front porch, in my rocking chair, shaking my cane at everyone who goes past and cursing them out in very purple language, and telling them to get the hell off my lawn.

Hopefully with friends, doing the same.

A girl can dream.
Posted by: tcn in AK

I'm old, but don't have a rocker. So, I do it at Cracker Barrel.

Posted by: Not The Rainbow Rocker, Though at October 02, 2026 12:03 AM (Fn+3X)

266 261
My opinions must be accepted.

Posted by: four seasons at October 02, 2026 12:00 AM (/QHx4)

Check the AoSHQ Style Manual. I believe the accepted terminology is:

Everyone is entitled to my opinion.

Posted by: tcn in AK at October 02, 2026 12:04 AM (GYqb1)

267 shaking my cane at everyone who goes past and cursing them out in very purple language, and telling them to get the hell off my lawn.

-tcn

Is cursing then out in purple language the same as cussing a blue streak?

Is that what happens when you see red?

Posted by: vmom deport deport stab deport at October 02, 2026 12:05 AM (Ydd86)

268 LOL, tcn... I can just see it...

youtu.be/anmAvGrgzgQ?t=39

Posted by: JQ at October 02, 2026 12:05 AM (rdVOm)

269 >>I get it, Jack. It wasn't rape... I was trying to be polite-- "sleep" as a figure of speech. Didn't read the report but don't need to. Woman was/is a total slut, and the dudes she banged were no better.

Agreed.

But only the guys have been named and only the guys are facing prosecution. And now the corrupt female governor of NY has taken the outrageous step of issuing and Executive Order and removing the local male District Attorney and replacing him with that fat, ignorant, corrupt piece of shit Stacey Abrams to railroad the guys for a crime they did not commit.

This is not an isolated case, just the latest example. At some point people should stop asking why there is a crisis of young men wanting nothing to do with women. It's not rocket science.

Posted by: JackStraw at October 02, 2026 12:08 AM (viF8m)

270 I don't want to live this long.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at October 01, 2026 11:41 PM (hzuYO)

Watching decline is horrible. Both Mom and Dad went away very quickly but still I took care of them. I saw decline.

And now puppy upstairs. He's been sleeping a lot. I got him anxiety treats from Amazon. We'll see.

All of you have a great night.

Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy - 105 years old! Puppy at heart! at October 02, 2026 12:08 AM (Sco7b)

271 College women have the same hormonal motivations as college men.
Times past there was a sense of propriety and an ability to stfu.
There was no social affirmation to being a slut or a cad. Behind closed doors or out in the woods stayed there.
After oats were sewn folks of both sexes settled down into a mature lifestyle. It seems the current generation has no living memory of this cultural affirmation.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 02, 2026 12:09 AM (+UcOf)

272 271 College women have the same hormonal motivations as college men.
Times past there was a sense of propriety and an ability to stfu.
There was no social affirmation to being a slut or a cad. Behind closed doors or out in the woods stayed there.
After oats were sewn folks of both sexes settled down into a mature lifestyle. It seems the current generation has no living memory of this cultural affirmation.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 02, 2026 12:09 AM (+UcOf)

We have a couple of generations of children in some places who don't know who their daddy was...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 02, 2026 12:10 AM (l3cgK)

273 I just want to outlive my wife-- I don't want to be left alone, but I damned sure don't want her to suffer that heartbreak.

Posted by: tankdemon at October 02, 2026 12:11 AM (1mVbO)

274 This is not an isolated case, just the latest example. At some point people should stop asking why there is a crisis of young men wanting nothing to do with women. It's not rocket science.
Posted by: JackStraw at October 02, 2026 12:08 AM (viF8m)

Two different things Jack (and note I am not defending either of these chicks.)

-I am betting Clancey is a full on psychopath. Anyone with two brain cells to rub together usually knows they feel 'off.' And he married her and had three kids with her.

-this chick consented to sex with seven guys in a single night. Any guy with half a brain should have known this was a bad situation. Porn= it can happen. Real life, something is wrong.

This is not getting some zimas and being forced to listen to the Eagles because the gal has huge tits. And then she changes her mind. This is an obvious wackedoo who obviously had more than one screw loose.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at October 02, 2026 12:12 AM (Y/06r)

275 Selfish?

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 01, 2026 11:50 PM (+UcOf)
******
Maybe on my part.

Both my 95yr old grandmother and mother had/have plenty of people around them. Were active. But suddenly were done.

My point being in that she no longer has peers. Her last best friend died 3mo ago, and she had gotten a bit demented at times.

My mother is/was alert and the same as she's always been. I just think she's done.

I think that's the reason as I don't know. But something has changed.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at October 02, 2026 12:12 AM (hzuYO)

276
How does the whore who is making accusations even know who screwed her?

Some guys might be falsey accused.

Posted by: four seasons at October 02, 2026 12:12 AM (/QHx4)

277 273 I just want to outlive my wife-- I don't want to be left alone, but I damned sure don't want her to suffer that heartbreak.
Posted by: tankdemon at October 02, 2026 12:11 AM (1mVbO)

I got one younger than me, for that very purpose. I can't help it if he gets broken faster than I do! I'm rather hoping that we both go out in a blaze of glory, but, y'know, that's really not in my hands, is it?

Posted by: tcn in AK at October 02, 2026 12:14 AM (GYqb1)

278 How does the whore who is making accusations even know who screwed her?

Some guys might be falsey accused.

Posted by: four seasons at October 02, 2026 12:12 AM (/QHx4)

My guess is that this is the stuff of local legend. Everyone at the school at the time probably knew the players involved.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at October 02, 2026 12:14 AM (Y/06r)

279 273 I just want to outlive my wife-- I don't want to be left alone, but I damned sure don't want her to suffer that heartbreak.

Posted by: tankdemon at October 02, 2026 12:11 AM (1mVbO)

I'm living that. It's no fun.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 02, 2026 12:16 AM (l3cgK)

280 I'm living that. It's no fun.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 02, 2026 12:16 AM (l3cgK)

Sorry, man.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at October 02, 2026 12:17 AM (Y/06r)

281
This is not an isolated case, just the latest example. At some point people should stop asking why there is a crisis of young men wanting nothing to do with women. It's not rocket science.

Posted by: JackStraw
---

NY Governor was the dorm slut.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 02, 2026 12:17 AM (+UcOf)

282 I'm living that. It's no fun.
Posted by: jim

*raises glass in silent solidarity*

Posted by: JQ at October 02, 2026 12:18 AM (rdVOm)

283 276
How does the whore who is making accusations even know who screwed her?

Some guys might be falsey accused.

Posted by: four seasons at October 02, 2026 12:12 AM (/QHx4)

I know a guy who told a story...
He had relations with a woman, and lo and behold a year later he has summons to appear in court for child support (I think it was NY state). In the end his lawyer told her lawyer that if she didn't pull the suit, he would explain, in graphic detail how it was very unlikely he had enough "juice" left to impregnate her. The suit was dropped. In the end she got child support payments from the court from four other guys for that child...
In the end,

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 02, 2026 12:19 AM (l3cgK)

284 This is an obvious wackedoo who obviously had more than one screw loose.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at October 02, 2026 12:12 AM (Y/06r)

If she had seven guys at once, I'm sure she was pretty loose by the end of it!

Posted by: OrangeEnt at October 02, 2026 12:20 AM (1Ff7Z)

285 My mother is/was alert and the same as she's always been. I just think she's done.

I think that's the reason as I don't know. But something has changed.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at October 02, 2026 12:12 AM (hzuYO)

I do believe that at some point, you are just done. My parents outlived their friends, even though my dad took up mountain running at the ripe old age of 70 and had groupies in the running community that were younger than I am. Both mom and dad had memory issues, particularly after dad's stroke, and once they gave up the running life and didn't have anyone to play cards with, I think it became clear they weren't particularly interested in much. Dad still did crossword puzzles, mom still played solitaire, they like having dinner out and all that, but, at some point, they were done.

Didn't help that dad was killed by the that damned clot shot. Mom lasted three years after that, but she couldn't entirely remember that dad was gone, so who knows? She was the memory care busybody which kept her in the mix, but eventually even that gave out.

Dad was 91, Mom was 94. That's a good run for anyone.

Now I get to pray their asses out of Purgatory into Heaven.

Posted by: tcn in AK at October 02, 2026 12:20 AM (GYqb1)

286 In the end, she shacked up with her boyfriend. The entire thing had been a scam to get as much money for the child she had with her boyfriend.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 02, 2026 12:20 AM (l3cgK)

287 >>Two different things Jack (and note I am not defending either of these chicks.)

It's not.

Forget Clancy for a minute, look at the jury. Watch the interviews where they flat out say they wanted their verdict to be a victory for feminism whatever the fuck that means.

Look what a bunch of leftist women did to 1 black man, formerly their favorite people on the planet, when he dared to venture off the plantation and oppose them.

I live amongst these creatures and have all my life. I will once again suggest you go look at the stats about leftist women. And I guarantee over the next few weeks there will be an outpouring of support for the Cornell slut from them. Watch and see.

Posted by: JackStraw at October 02, 2026 12:21 AM (viF8m)

288 In the end she got child support payments from the court from four other guys for that child

Wasn't that Freddy Krueger's origin story?

Posted by: 88C+u at October 02, 2026 12:21 AM (88C+u)

289 284 This is an obvious wackedoo who obviously had more than one screw loose.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at October 02, 2026 12:12 AM (Y/06r)

If she had seven guys at once, I'm sure she was pretty loose by the end of it!

Posted by: OrangeEnt at October 02, 2026 12:20 AM (1Ff7Z)

"Every Which Way but Loose" > "Loose in Every Which Way"

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 02, 2026 12:22 AM (l3cgK)

290 I'm living that. It's no fun.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 02, 2026 12:16 AM (l3cgK)

Oh, honey, she's still there. With any luck, she's in heaven working on your behalf. You can't possibly fault her for wanted to spend eternity with Jesus. But, know that the loneliness is earthly, and not eternity.

I pray you find condolence in the truth that she is beyond suffering. You will find her. You will.

Posted by: tcn in AK at October 02, 2026 12:23 AM (GYqb1)

291 290 I'm living that. It's no fun.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 02, 2026 12:16 AM (l3cgK)

Oh, honey, she's still there. With any luck, she's in heaven working on your behalf. You can't possibly fault her for wanted to spend eternity with Jesus. But, know that the loneliness is earthly, and not eternity.

I pray you find condolence in the truth that she is beyond suffering. You will find her. You will.

Posted by: tcn in AK at October 02, 2026 12:23 AM (GYqb1)

We both went through our own illnesses at the same time. We would argue over who would go first...she wanted to because she didn't want to have to deal with my passing. In the end she won the argument, but I did finally have the last word at her funeral.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 02, 2026 12:25 AM (l3cgK)

292 Aetius

Bonnie Blue, after sleeping with half the men of the world is now auctioning off the naming of her baby.

Posted by: Anna Puma at October 02, 2026 12:26 AM (2GVsD)

293 292 Aetius

Bonnie Blue, after sleeping with half the men of the world is now auctioning off the naming of her baby.

Posted by: Anna Puma at October 02, 2026 12:26 AM (2GVsD)

Corporate Sponsorship? Brawndo Blue?

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 02, 2026 12:27 AM (l3cgK)

294 -I am betting Clancey is a full on psychopath. Anyone with two brain cells to rub together usually knows they feel 'off.' And he married her and had three kids with her.

-this chick consented to sex with seven guys in a single night. Any guy with half a brain should have known this was a bad situation. Porn= it can happen. Real life, something is wrong.
----

It's a world gone crazy. Clancy is a psycho and should be put down and discredited/shamed to the world.

The chick that consented, why should the guy know it was a bad situation. This kind of thing has been promoted for the last 50 years. What's new is the 180 flip.
It should never have made the news. The cops and DA should have counseled the girl to reconsider her actions if at all. They had a night of bacchanal. Making it public is the stupid part.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 02, 2026 12:27 AM (+UcOf)

295 I did finally have the last word at her funeral.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 02, 2026 12:25 AM (l3cgK)

Death is never the final word. Thanks be to God.

Posted by: tcn in AK at October 02, 2026 12:27 AM (GYqb1)

296
My mind is getting blown by that flat, "infinitely corrugated" torus. Mathematically, it's in between a true smooth surface and a true fractal surface. They call it a smooth fractal.

Everywhere the surface has a well defined tangent plane, but the surface normal fails, and doesn't exist. And that's blowing my mind. Tangents plane that exist, but no normal exists to the planes.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at October 02, 2026 12:28 AM (w6EFb)

297 >>Making it public is the stupid part.

Sums it up.

Posted by: JQ at October 02, 2026 12:28 AM (rdVOm)

298 Corporate Sponsorship? Brawndo Blue?

Bud Light should jump at the chance.

Posted by: Anna Puma at October 02, 2026 12:29 AM (2GVsD)

299 Making it public is the stupid part.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 02, 2026 12:27 AM (+UcOf)

Well, if she wasn't humiliated by the act itself, she will be now. So, at least there is some justice in the world.

Whores should probably keep that to themselves, but I guess they can't help it.

Posted by: tcn in AK at October 02, 2026 12:29 AM (GYqb1)

300 Everyone gets old, we take care of the aged.
That's what we do. They don't pass out gold
stars for being responsible.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 02, 2026 12:30 AM (+UcOf)

301 If she had seven guys at once, I'm sure she was pretty loose by the end of it!

Posted by: OrangeEnt at October 02, 2026 12:20 AM (1Ff7Z)

Like throwing a hotdog down a hallway loose?

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at October 02, 2026 12:30 AM (vzuC7)

302 Well, if she wasn't humiliated by the act itself, she will be now. So, at least there is some justice in the world.

Whores should probably keep that to themselves, but I guess they can't help it.

Posted by: tcn
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How can she be humiliated with all these dough does reinforcing her actions?

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 02, 2026 12:31 AM (+UcOf)

303 Everywhere the surface has a well defined tangent plane, but the surface normal fails, and doesn't exist. And that's blowing my mind. Tangents plane that exist, but no normal exists to the planes.
Posted by: publius

This is why I'm an engineer and not a mathematician. I simultaneously understood every word of that and, like you, didn't understand a bit of it.

Posted by: mikeski at October 02, 2026 12:31 AM (VHUov)

304 >>They don't pass out gold
stars for being responsible.

But maybe they should. You get *more of* what you reward, right?

Everything's so freaking backward now!

Posted by: JQ at October 02, 2026 12:32 AM (rdVOm)

305 >>Making it public is the stupid part.

Given the world we live in now, why would you think that?

Book deal or Netflix, which do you think she will offered first?

Posted by: JackStraw at October 02, 2026 12:32 AM (viF8m)

306
I feel bad for children who get caught up in the *ucked situations.

What are we teaching our children.

Posted by: four seasons at October 02, 2026 12:34 AM (/QHx4)

307 What are we teaching our children.

Posted by: four seasons at October 02, 2026 12:34 AM (/QHx4)

I know what I taught mine. What else can we do?

Posted by: tcn in AK at October 02, 2026 12:36 AM (GYqb1)

308
John Nash ("beautiful mind") and another mathematician named Kuiper (not related the astronomer after which the Kuiper Belt is named) proved that such a 3D embedding of the flat torus existed in the '50s, but had no idea what it would look like.

Then some other work in the '70s "convex integration" laid the framework for finding it.

And it wasn't until 2012 that the crazy infinitely corrugated torus was discovered and visualized.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at October 02, 2026 12:37 AM (w6EFb)

309 Re Snow Job and the Seven Fratboys:

When I arrived at college in the fall of 1970, the 1960s just past, right? I imagined a hedonistic campus culture. Or at least a girl or two who wanted to fool around.

But I was for some reason attracted to young ladies who were nice, chaste, and Just Good Friends.

At the time, I was not sufficiently grateful for my good fortune in this regard.😜

I remember September. Seems like it was only yesterday. (For one more half-hour here in CDST.🕦 )

I will leaves you now with this
https://youtu.be/YVedK1VUfLM

G'nite, y'all.💤

Posted by: mindful webworker - ought'm at October 02, 2026 12:37 AM (8ddVQ)

310 That Cornell 304?

She's a very kinky girl
The kind you don't take home to mother.
A SuperFreak, even!

Posted by: Rick James at October 02, 2026 12:37 AM (wVcYX)

311 I understand when you say at some point, people are just done. My father in law, a great guy, lived til age 94, but over the last couple of years he told most of his visitors that he was ready to go now. He said he liked his children and their families, but it still didn’t make up for knowing that all his own brothers and sisters, and his wife, and his friends throughout life, and his business partners, and that just about everyone he’d known was now gone.
He said he felt like the last survivor out of his group, and he never wanted to be the lone survivor.
So we mourned his death when it came, but also knew that he was ready for it and at peace,

Posted by: Tom Servo at October 02, 2026 12:37 AM (slH4t)

312 https://tinyurl.com/mwp48aa4

It's just that time of year up here.

Moose out front....

Posted by: tcn in AK at October 02, 2026 12:41 AM (GYqb1)

313 those moose were totally gay for each other.

Posted by: 88C+u at October 02, 2026 12:45 AM (88C+u)

314
Sometimes we see a moose walking around town. They are magnificent animals. We know to stay away from them.

Posted by: four seasons at October 02, 2026 12:45 AM (/QHx4)

315 Yikes! Tcn, that video blows me away...

Had a yearling mule deer in my yard a month ago. Nothing like that moose dealio.

Posted by: JQ at October 02, 2026 12:46 AM (rdVOm)

316 When we lived in Anchorage, I watched two bulls walk down opposite sides of the street, across several fence lines, eyeballing each other the entire time. They finally decided to smack each other, even though there was no cow in sight, which leads me to believe that they just like smacking each other.

I was happy to be on the second floor of my place at the time.

Nothing dumber than a bull moose in rut.

Posted by: tcn in AK at October 02, 2026 12:48 AM (GYqb1)

317 Sexual relations should remain inside marriage. Even that still has the occasional problem, but with love and patience people can work on their difficulties.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at October 02, 2026 12:48 AM (3hgMF)

318
Nemo,

AMEN!!

Posted by: four seasons at October 02, 2026 12:49 AM (/QHx4)

319 315 Yikes! Tcn, that video blows me away...

Had a yearling mule deer in my yard a month ago. Nothing like that moose dealio.
Posted by: JQ at October 02, 2026 12:46 AM (rdVOm)

I watched a bull moose smack into a chain link fence just because... he needed to smack something. These are not the brightest bulbs in the sign.

Posted by: tcn in AK at October 02, 2026 12:49 AM (GYqb1)

320 Like throwing a hotdog down a hallway loose?
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at October 02, 2026 12:30 AM (vzuC7)

Probably.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at October 02, 2026 12:49 AM (1Ff7Z)

321 Ah, Trump fooled us on Space Force unis!

Here's a vid from Military Times showing what the current preliminary designs look like:

https://tinyurl.com/9w4aytvj

(first five minutes of vid)

Posted by: OrangeEnt at October 02, 2026 12:58 AM (1Ff7Z)

322 >> I simultaneously understood every word of that and, like you, didn't understand a bit of it.

Well, my mind has unblown and reassembled itself. The normal vector, as we think it does exist. The tangent plane is a plane, and it must have a normal in 3D space.

The "normal doesn't exist" was a misstatement in some description I was reading. What fails is any notion of derivatives of those normals and tangent vectors.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at October 02, 2026 12:58 AM (w6EFb)

323 My mind is getting blown by that flat, "infinitely corrugated" torus. Mathematically, it's in between a true smooth surface and a true fractal surface. They call it a smooth fractal.
------
Looked at schematics. No wonder Nash went over the edge.

Posted by: Diana Moon Glampers, Handicapper General at October 02, 2026 01:01 AM (XeU6L)

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