Wednesday Night ONT - October 21, 2026 [TRex]

Good evening Horde! The time has come for mid-week shenanigans of the overnight variety. The bar is open and fully stocked. Step up and place your order.

Welcome to the Wednesday night ONT which means another edition of random overnight fun and games. Pull up a chair and join the fun. Good will offerings of amusing puns are encouraged. Pants are optional. Be nice to your fellow commenters and AoS contributors.

If you're a troll, go away.

This is a Tucker, Candace, Megyn, and Bill Kristol free zone. Please.

[Top photo: The Walk Toward the Thousand Yard Range]

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ONT Shopping Guide

Am I the last to learn that Goodyear Blimp tires are sold online?

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ONT X activity monitor

Spotted on the TSA X account recently:

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ONT Department of Dino Nostalgia

Wow. July 1964 magazine cover.

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Mandatory Metallica

Heavy metal songs with bell chimes are cool. Pretty sure that's in the rules somewhere. For Whom the Bell Tolls is a great example. Also a great demonstration of bass guitar carrying the weight of a song. Cliff Burton reportedly had the opening riff before joining Metallica. It took Cliff, James and Lars to refine and develop the riff into a complete song.

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Niche YouTube Channel of the Week

Tonight's feature is a YouTube channel called Hand Tool Rescue. A recurring theme of this feature is my endless fascination that a relatively niche interest - if done well - can find and sustain an audience. Tonight's channel is a great example. It is a YouTube channel dedicated to showing restorations of hand tools. That's it.

Looking for a video showing restoration of an antique vise, an old metal lathe, hand plane, nail gun, hammer drill, safe, chainsaw, lawnmower, coffee mill, belt sander, paint sprayer, soviet chain mortiser, and more? This is your place. The restorations themselves are well done and fascinating to watch. The subject matter is even better because many tools are antiques and rarities that you may never have heard of or seen before. Yes, it is almost educational.

Most videos are about 25 minutes. The channel has over 1.2 million subscribers and popular videos often attract millions of views. How are there 8.3 million views of a 1920s Maytag washing machine engine? Maybe tool repair and rescue is a modern resurrection story? The channel is about nine years old and there are plenty of older videos worth watching.

I selected this video as an example mostly because the tool looks like something from a horror movie. It is a longer video, so bookmark and play back later.

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Mini Rant: How much do you think adult mission costs for the Country Music Hall of Fame in Nashville? Standard, basic, no-frills, no extras, no guided tours, no shows, no souvenirs, no ticketing fees, no credit card fees, no taxes, no discounts, etc.

Guess. I'll wait.

$32. Really? I understand that they need to pay all the expenses to keep it operating and keep the lights on and they are entitled to ask for any price they can get, but $32 per adult?

Surely that must be an outlier, right? Not so fast my friend. NASCAR charges $29, baseball charges $35, and football charges $45.45 (before taxes and fees). Yikes.

As long as there is sufficient demand at the price point, there is zero incentive to charge less. There is only one hall of fame for each flavor.

In terms of entertainment, I may be interested but not at any price point. However, I always have the choice of "none of the above." This isn't a rant about how everything used to cost less or a dissertation on inflation.

Three questions:

1) Shouldn't a hall of fame be a love letter from the sport or hobby to the fan base? Shouldn't the purpose be to deepen the relationship? Shouldn't the mission be different than any other entertainment alternative? Shouldn't the objective to get as many people through the doors as possible?

2) Our mental model is often to ask ourselves what we would be willing to pay before we see what the venue is charging. That way, we gauge our interest level and budget independent of what the venue posts as an admission price. Do others do this? (If you come up with a price but don't honor it, then you need to re-calibrate your process for coming up with your price to give it more credibility.)

3) Do most visitors pay the full admission charge? Are there such a large amount of discounts, tour group packages, hotel packages, etc. that most don't pay the stated rate? Do most not expect most to pay the "regular" admission price? If some walk-ins are willing to pay the full rate, that's a welcome bonus but is the full rate is irrelevant for most which makes a visit more viable? Or are there just many people willing to pay the full admission?

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Pittsburgh Scanner

The Pittsburgh police scanner is an internet treasure. Thank you people of Pittsburgh and thank you Pittsburgh scanner!

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Charlie Daniels for the big ONT finish:

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To the best of my knowledge, I did not marry a sibling to get this gig. Correspondence can be sent to moronhobbies at protonmail dot com where it will be sorted and processed and filed. Are you lurking ????

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1 gy456y456b45

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at October 21, 2026 10:00 PM (mmrXZ)

2 Third?

Posted by: Darrell Harris at October 21, 2026 10:00 PM (0CU3H)

3 Yay!

Posted by: COMountainMarie at October 21, 2026 10:00 PM (96kpa)

4 FOUR!!!!!

Posted by: 88C+u at October 21, 2026 10:02 PM (88C+u)

5
It's the Rex of T!

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 21, 2026 10:02 PM (eRlcH)

6 Yes. Waited all day to make the eMudhra reference.

Posted by: 88C+u now owns this site at October 21, 2026 10:02 PM (88C+u)

7 Wow. July 1964 magazine cover.

Jet Age architecture. Should have never ended.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at October 21, 2026 10:04 PM (1Ff7Z)

8 Kind of want to set up shop in the Super Service Station pictured in the content.
Thanks for the ONT, Dino.

Posted by: scampydog at October 21, 2026 10:04 PM (nIaeT)

9 Evening, TRex, and ONT Horde!

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 21, 2026 10:04 PM (wSl27)

10 As a public service, hereby reposting a link to a dizzying collection of investigative pieces going back years on Minneapolis' darling congressthing:

https://tinyurl.com/4sz55daw

Posted by: rhomboid at October 21, 2026 10:05 PM (U/Byj)

11 Wow. July 1964 magazine cover.

Jet Age architecture. Should have never ended.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at October 21, 2026 10:04 PM (1Ff7Z)
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Someone should photoshop in a Tesla flying car...

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at October 21, 2026 10:05 PM (FZ29D)

12 Am I the last to learn that Goodyear Blimp tires are sold online?

Speaking of blimps, Rosie O'Donnell has returned to the US.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at October 21, 2026 10:05 PM (1Ff7Z)

13 3 Yay!

Posted by: COMountainMarie at October 21, 2026 10:00 PM
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Yippee!

Posted by: TRex- hump day dino at October 21, 2026 10:05 PM (PBn7F)

14 5
It's the Rex of T!

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 21, 2026 10:02 PM
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Here and at your service!

Posted by: TRex- classical dino at October 21, 2026 10:06 PM (PBn7F)

15 Good evening Doggo and AOP!

Posted by: TRex- jetsons dino at October 21, 2026 10:07 PM (PBn7F)

16 Sorry I'm late, but when I was singing in the shower,a choir of angels appeared and told me what I was doing to music was a disgrace and that any further attempt to sing would result in getting an allergy to bacon.

Posted by: tankdemon at October 21, 2026 10:07 PM (XLtZW)

17 Chickens on a plane. Aeroflot, Moscow-Vladivostok, early 90s. Impressive.

Posted by: rhomboid at October 21, 2026 10:07 PM (U/Byj)

18 That's quite an address on that magazine cover.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at October 21, 2026 10:07 PM (Cqx++)

19 Thank you for the ONT TRex.

I was surprised at the Hall of Fame ticket prices.
AMERICAN DOLLARS??????

To put things in perspective, I asked AI how much tickets were to the happiest place on Earth.

The Obama Presidential Center opened to the public on June 19, 2026.

Here are the official admission prices:
Ticket Price (USD)
Adults (12+) $30
Children (3–11) $23
Children 2 and under Free
Illinois residents (adults) $26
Illinois residents (children 3–11) $15
Guided campus tour, including museum $75–$95

Bragging rights alone might be worth the cost.

Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy - 106 years old! Puppy at heart! at October 21, 2026 10:07 PM (Sco7b)

20 Somebody took the brown acid.

Posted by: JackStraw at October 21, 2026 10:07 PM (viF8m)

21 Mini Rant: How much do you think adult mission costs for the Country Music Hall of Fame in Nashville?

I dunno, $32 seems pretty cheap for a country music mission. Even if to the Congo.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at October 21, 2026 10:08 PM (1Ff7Z)

22 Ah, when I was a kid my father would gas up at a Sinclair station, and they gave you a wax dinosaur with a fill up.

They were very cool to kids that loved dinosaurs.

Posted by: Happy at October 21, 2026 10:08 PM (zko5i)

23 Thanks for the ONT.

Willowed:
366 @357. Then what's the use in voting if it's all rigged anyway?
Posted by: Case at October 21, 2026 09:59 PM (Dd7BU)

Not what I am saying. But believing in the moral/legal fiber of communists to think what Omar did is beyond the pale is a bad gamble.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at October 21, 2026 10:08 PM (zZu0s)

24 I had a Sinclair green dinosaur. No Sinclair stations out here I think, probably got it at the NY World's Fair.

Posted by: rhomboid at October 21, 2026 10:09 PM (U/Byj)

25 Charlie Daniels for the big ONT finish:

Well, whaddyaknow. I had no idea he could play the guitar.

Posted by: Darrell Harris at October 21, 2026 10:09 PM (0CU3H)

26 Saw Charlie Daniels 3 times in concert in the 70s. Once on the bill with The Allman Brothers, once with The Marshall Tucker Band. Once with the Skynyrd fellas. Mostly at the Capitol Theater in Passaic, NJ.

Posted by: Old Hippie at October 21, 2026 10:10 PM (EdP2u)

27 Art thread??

Posted by: runner at October 21, 2026 10:10 PM (AKptf)

28 gy456y456b45
Posted by: Blonde Morticia

Succinctly put.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at October 21, 2026 10:10 PM (NnhvP)

29 van Gogh !

Posted by: runner at October 21, 2026 10:10 PM (AKptf)

30 Someone should photoshop in a Tesla flying car...
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at October 21, 2026 10:05 PM (FZ29D)

Next to the Jetson's car.

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

31 There’s a Sinclair gas station less than a block from my son’s house in Seattle.

It’s sketchy af.

Posted by: nurse ratched at October 21, 2026 10:11 PM (yEz+x)

32 Thanks for the interesting and engaging ONT, T Rex!

I believe the last time we went to the Center of the West in Cody, Wyoming, it was $21 each for admission. Of course, that was good for two days.

That Sinclair station looks cool and almost other worldly!

Posted by: Legally Sufficient at October 21, 2026 10:11 PM (D/6p1)

33 I don't think $32 is unreasonable for Country Music HOF.

Visited there in 1983. Lots of tributes to Hank Williams Sr and the Sun Records era Elvis.

Posted by: Joemarine at October 21, 2026 10:12 PM (y171U)

34 Hi TRex: love the top pic!

Posted by: Iris at October 21, 2026 10:12 PM (286+n)

35 The Sinclair station has a spider look to it.

Posted by: davidt at October 21, 2026 10:12 PM (Q+gd/)

36 Shouldn't Charlie's star feature a fiddle rather than a guitar?

Posted by: tankdemon at October 21, 2026 10:13 PM (XLtZW)

37 32 Thanks for the interesting and engaging ONT, T Rex!

Posted by: Legally Sufficient at October 21, 2026 10:11 PM
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You are welcome and good evening!

Posted by: TRex- service station dino at October 21, 2026 10:13 PM (PBn7F)

38 Succinctly put.
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at October 21, 2026 10:10 PM (NnhvP)

Say it five times. Fast.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at October 21, 2026 10:13 PM (1Ff7Z)

39 I had a few Sinclair Dinos. Got them at both the World's Fair and there was a Sinclair station on 66th St. in Bay Ridge my Dad fueled up at. Going to the gas station with Dad was the most fun outing I had. I knew every make and year of car by the time I was 3. Probably drove him nuts.

Posted by: Auto Autist at October 21, 2026 10:13 PM (EdP2u)

40 $32. Really?
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Saw today that WS tix to game 1 - in Milwaukee are around $3k per. Juuuust a bit more than things cost in town.

Posted by: scampydog at October 21, 2026 10:13 PM (nIaeT)

41 Evenin'

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at October 21, 2026 10:14 PM (sAmhv)

42 1 gy456y456b45
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at October 21, 2026 10:00 PM (mmrXZ)

CAPTCHAs these days are getting out of hand.

Posted by: tankdemon at October 21, 2026 10:14 PM (XLtZW)

43 Thanks for the ONT Trex.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at October 21, 2026 10:14 PM (NnhvP)

44 34 Hi TRex: love the top pic!

Posted by: Iris at October 21, 2026 10:12 PM
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Hello Iris! Good to virtually see you.

Posted by: TRex- fill er up dino at October 21, 2026 10:14 PM (PBn7F)

45 Hilarious:

Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) when asked by MS Now tonight if she married her brother:

"Not to my knowledge."

Posted by: The ARC of History! at October 21, 2026 10:15 PM (aD4fx)

46 Top photo: The Walk Toward the Thousand Yard Range]

TRex, I am impress.
I recognize that. How did you do it?

Posted by: RI Red at October 21, 2026 10:15 PM (LMRVO)

47 I thought I was not going to comment because I couldn't think of anything to comment.

Then I decided I was overthinking it.

So this is me commenting about not having anything to comment.

Posted by: mindful webworker - thinking over things at October 21, 2026 10:15 PM (vmXN+)

48 van Gogh !
Posted by: runner

Expected the mystery click to be the Go-Gos. Was not correct.

Posted by: mikeski at October 21, 2026 10:15 PM (VHUov)

49
gy456y456b45
Posted by: Blonde Morticia

Succinctly put.
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron

Very well put!

Posted by: Nick Yemana 12th precinct at October 21, 2026 10:15 PM (Cqx++)

50 That Sinclair station is very cool. Stuff used to look like something, didnt they?

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at October 21, 2026 10:15 PM (zZu0s)

51 I don't think $32 is unreasonable for Country Music HOF.

Visited there in 1983. Lots of tributes to Hank Williams Sr and the Sun Records era Elvis.
Posted by: Joemarine at October 21, 2026 10:12 PM (y171U)

There is a fairly hefty admission charge to gain entry to the battlefield at Little Bighorn. That is more of a pissoff than private museums.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 21, 2026 10:15 PM (wSl27)

52 43 Thanks for the ONT Trex.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at October 21, 2026 10:14 PM
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Yessir. Good to see you recently at the Place for the Thing.

Posted by: TRex- historical dino at October 21, 2026 10:15 PM (PBn7F)

53 Here's a fun fact I bet most of you don't know.

The International Tennis Hall of Fame is in Newport, RI. It's free to walk the grounds and see the grass courts which are beautiful. $25 to get into the actual museum. Free for kids under 12.

This year's inductees were Roger Federer and Mary Carillo.

Posted by: JackStraw at October 21, 2026 10:16 PM (viF8m)

54 Saw today that WS tix to game 1 - in Milwaukee are around $3k per. Juuuust a bit more than things cost in town.
Posted by: scampydog at October 21, 2026 10:13 PM (nIaeT)

For a single game? With concessions is it $5K?

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at October 21, 2026 10:16 PM (zZu0s)

55 40 $32. Really?
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Saw today that WS tix to game 1 - in Milwaukee are around $3k per. Juuuust a bit more than things cost in town.
Posted by: scampydog at October 21, 2026 10:13 PM (nIaeT)

I saw an article....somewhere. Days have been blurring.

I think Milwaukee once sold $1000 Forever Tickets good for any game ever. People are using them now and there were issues.

Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy - 106 years old! Puppy at heart! at October 21, 2026 10:17 PM (Sco7b)

56 What happens when a lefty believe their own propaganda about the ease of buying a gun? This, this happens:

@ginamilan_
🚨 Florida attorney Lisa C. White has been arrested and is being held without bond in Mississippi after threatening to kill ICE agents.

According to the criminal complaint, White went to a gun store in Long Beach on September 23, identified herself as an activist and protester, and said she wanted to purchase a firearm to kill ICE agents. She reportedly asked whether the guns could penetrate body armor, adding that if they couldn’t, she would aim for the head, shoulder, arm, or leg.

Store employees refused to complete the sale and reported the incident to authorities.

White has been a member of The Florida Bar since 1995 and previously practiced law in Broward County.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at October 21, 2026 10:17 PM (nEUC6)

57 Sorry I'm late, but when I was singing in the shower,a choir of angels appeared and told me what I was doing to music was a disgrace and that any further attempt to sing would result in getting an allergy to bacon.
Posted by: tankdemon

When I sing in the shower, the shampoo curdles. I didn't realize there were that many skill levels below mine.

Posted by: mikeski at October 21, 2026 10:17 PM (VHUov)

58 Yeah, the Baseball hall of fame is ridiculous. First of all, it has absolutely not "legitimate" connection to Major League Baseball, which seems to be a contradiction within itself.

If you look at their finances (which you can since they claim to be operated as a Non-profit)....they seem suspect. Supposedly, they have about 250,000 visitors annually, along with special events like induction ceremonies and exhibition games. They list their revenue as follows:

Total Annual Rev: $17.16 Million
Operating expenses: $16.48 Million (yeah...right)
Reinvested surplus: $683,112
Total employees: 236 (that seems high for the size of the place)

Posted by: Orson at October 21, 2026 10:18 PM (dIske)

59 46 Top photo: The Walk Toward the Thousand Yard Range]

TRex, I am impress.
I recognize that. How did you do it?

Posted by: RI Red at October 21, 2026 10:15 PM
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By waving my arms around in an artistic fashion. They may be short, but they have strange and mystical powers.

Posted by: TRex- artistic dino at October 21, 2026 10:18 PM (PBn7F)

60 There's a Sinclair station in Rapid City, SD with a 60 ft Brontosaurus out front. Pretty cool.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at October 21, 2026 10:18 PM (r2Icn)

61 Nice pic TRex.
The mystery music is good too, even if I don't like the dude.

Posted by: Diogenes at October 21, 2026 10:18 PM (2WIwB)

62 Saw today that WS tix to game 1 - in Milwaukee are around $3k per. Juuuust a bit more than things cost in town.
Posted by: scampydog

For a single game? With concessions is it $5K?
Posted by: Aetius451AD

Don't ask about the valet parking.

Posted by: mikeski at October 21, 2026 10:19 PM (VHUov)

63 weft, that's a wild one. Gun store employees often face a difficult decision when a customer seems sketch. This case obviously didn't fall in that category. Would love to see video/audio of the encounter. Hilarious. Wonder if the guys kept a straight face.

Posted by: rhomboid at October 21, 2026 10:19 PM (U/Byj)

64 I think Milwaukee once sold $1000 Forever Tickets good for any game ever. People are using them now and there were issues.
Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy - 106
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Yep. True. Not going well - those tickets got called. Ownership is doing a pretty good job of managing through the chaos. Charlie Foxtrot, but they're at least trying.

Posted by: scampydog at October 21, 2026 10:20 PM (nIaeT)

65 Those museum entry fees are outrageous!! Why the world famous Paul A. Johnson Pencil Sharpener Museum in Logan, Ohio is a must see for any discerning, serious penicilophiliac.

And it's free!!

Posted by: Tonypete at October 21, 2026 10:20 PM (V8Zwm)

66 White has been a member of The Florida Bar since 1995 and previously practiced law in Broward County.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at October 21, 2026 10:17 PM (nEUC6)

She also seems to have a very loose grasp on the atmosphere of a gun store.

I always find it hilarious in that the ones I have been to, it is more like an old school library (or church.) No one talks loudly. Everyone is polite and pays attention to where everyone else is.

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

67 I saw an article....somewhere. Days have been blurring.

I think Milwaukee once sold $1000 Forever Tickets good for any game ever. People are using them now and there were issues.
Posted by: Stateless

That was last night's ONT.

Posted by: mikeski, de-blurring at October 21, 2026 10:21 PM (VHUov)

68 After Voting Report, AOP?

Were people gaslighting themselves thinking Alberta would vote "Yes?"

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

69 This might be fun:

@AAGDhillon
DCA TO SLC FOR DOJ — another day. Another flight in pursuit of justice. Tune in tomorrow for a major
indictment.

Posted by: IrishEi ?! at October 21, 2026 10:21 PM (3ImbR)

70 TBetter1/2 recognized the Place right away!

Will done TRex!

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at October 21, 2026 10:21 PM (NnhvP)

71 Total Annual Rev: $17.16 Million
Operating expenses: $16.48 Million (yeah...right)
Reinvested surplus: $683,112
Total employees: 236 (that seems high for the size of the place)
Posted by: Orson at October 21, 2026 10:18 PM (dIske)

Yeah....this stinks.
I wonder if they are using Somali accounting?

Posted by: Diogenes at October 21, 2026 10:22 PM (2WIwB)

72 TRex, I am impress.
I recognize that. How did you do it?

Posted by: RI Red at October 21, 2026 10:15 PM
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By waving my arms around in an artistic fashion. They may be short, but they have strange and mystical powers.

Very van Goghy.

Posted by: RI Red at October 21, 2026 10:22 PM (LMRVO)

73 I always find it hilarious in that the ones I have been to, it is more like an old school library (or church.) No one talks loudly. Everyone is polite and pays attention to where everyone else is.
Posted by: Aetius451AD

And strings of firecrackers are right out.

Posted by: mikeski at October 21, 2026 10:22 PM (VHUov)

74 Hey TRex, I knew nothing of the blimp-related tires before this ONT, so no, you're not the only one. Also, people complain about the high prices of nonessential goods and services, yet they don't restrain themselves from paying those prices. We have more power than we could ever imagine, if only we could exercise self-control.

Posted by: JohnFNotKerry at October 21, 2026 10:22 PM (cooUp)

75 Also in Newport, the National Sailing Hall of Fame. Got some friends in that one.

Only $20.

Posted by: JackStraw at October 21, 2026 10:23 PM (viF8m)

76 Gun store employees often face a difficult decision when a customer seems sketch. This case obviously didn't fall in that category. Would love to see video/audio of the encounter. Hilarious. Wonder if the guys kept a straight face.
Posted by: rhomboid

I'm definitely curious to know if they strung her along long enough to ask for ID or if they just wrote down her license plate.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at October 21, 2026 10:23 PM (nEUC6)

77 The Obama Presidential Center opened to the public on June 19, 2026.

Here are the official admission prices:
Ticket Price (USD)
Adults (12+) $30
Children (3–11) $23
Children 2 and under Free
Illinois residents (adults) $26
Illinois residents (children 3–11) $15
Guided campus tour, including museum $75–$95

Bragging rights alone might be worth the cost.
Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy - 106 years old! Puppy at heart! at October 21, 2026 10:07 PM (Sco7b)

The Clinton Library is still twenty bucks, same as in town.

Posted by: Bilwis - Wizard of Clwyd at October 21, 2026 10:23 PM (r7+Q7)

78 Growing up, I saw Sinclair stations all over the Midwest. Then they seemingly disappeared. Now I'm in the PNW and they're making a comeback.

Posted by: PabloD at October 21, 2026 10:23 PM (mXZsC)

79 When I sing in the shower, the shampoo curdles. I didn't realize there were that many skill levels below mine.
Posted by: mikeski at October 21, 2026 10:17 PM (VHUov)

Did I mention what they said about Yoko?

Posted by: tankdemon at October 21, 2026 10:24 PM (XLtZW)

80 weft, excellent point, hadn't thought about it. The savvy move would have been to get her ID. But from now fading memory of my last gun store purchase, they would have had to sort of fake the first part of the process - indicating the sale was happening - to get the ID and begin filling out the mortgage application, er, 4473.

Posted by: rhomboid at October 21, 2026 10:25 PM (U/Byj)

81 The Obama Presidential Center opened to the public on June 19, 2026.

Surprised White people don't have to pay a surcharge.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at October 21, 2026 10:25 PM (1Ff7Z)

82 I mourn for the glory that was the ONT.

SORRY dude, appreciate the effort, I couldn't do any better, but we are a lesser race...

Posted by: Just Sayin at October 21, 2026 10:25 PM (5tIjZ)

83 64 I think Milwaukee once sold $1000 Forever Tickets good for any game ever. People are using them now and there were issues.
Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy - 106
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Yep. True. Not going well - those tickets got called. Ownership is doing a pretty good job of managing through the chaos. Charlie Foxtrot, but they're at least trying.
Posted by: scampydog at October 21, 2026 10:20 PM (nIaeT)

Back when I gave a crap, I remember Milwaukee in the AL East. Obviously back then I was a Toronto fan.

I hated when they played Milwaukee. They were always hellish no matter their records in any year.

AI confirmed Milwaukee is Toronto's lowest winning percentage 42.5% of any team with 100 games.

Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy - 106 years old! Puppy at heart! at October 21, 2026 10:25 PM (Sco7b)

84 Depending on the size of the store, they may have either been waiting for regular police visitors or another employee just kept her occupied while another called the police.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at October 21, 2026 10:26 PM (zZu0s)

85 Please. "The Clinton Library and Massage Parlor". One of Rush's great jokes.

Does bubba have a library? Hadn't even thought about it.

If he does, are you allowed to smuggle documents out in your socks? Just, you know, to duplicate the real feel of the Clinton Admin. and the intellect and character of its members.

Posted by: rhomboid at October 21, 2026 10:26 PM (U/Byj)

86 I almost had an actual Sinclair dino. Got hit in an accident while still the crate. One side was messed up but I could have fixed it easy. Went to get a truck and came back to it gone.
Probably saved my life as when I told the wife about it she openly admitted she would have killed me had I brought it home.

Posted by: Reforger at October 21, 2026 10:27 PM (pvX2v)

87 The Clinton Library is still twenty bucks, same as in town.
Posted by: Bilwis - Wizard of Clwyd
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I wonder if they have the cigar on display there.

Posted by: Florida Peasant at October 21, 2026 10:27 PM (Lo97M)

88 That was last night's ONT.
Posted by: mikeski, de-blurring at October 21, 2026 10:21 PM (VHUov)

Thanks.

See days have been blurring.
Without booze.

Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy - 106 years old! Puppy at heart! at October 21, 2026 10:27 PM (Sco7b)

89 The Obama Presidential Center opened to the public on June 19, 2026.

Here are the official admission prices:
Ticket Price (USD)
Adults (12+) $30
Children (3–11) $23

3-11 and 12+?

* checks Obamacare legislation *

Shouldn't that be 3-25 and 26+?

Posted by: mikeski at October 21, 2026 10:27 PM (VHUov)

90 There is this after a quick web search:

William J. Clinton Library and Museum

Little Rock.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at October 21, 2026 10:28 PM (zZu0s)

91 Total employees: 236 (that seems high for the size of the place)
Posted by: Orson
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Have visited the HOF. A bunch of college students/interns working there. And some salty old folk - who were knowledgeable. They youngins were well trained and nice. A lot of ppl and $$ running through the place. And the town.

Posted by: scampydog at October 21, 2026 10:28 PM (nIaeT)

92 If he does, are you allowed to smuggle documents out in your socks? Just, you know, to duplicate the real feel of the Clinton Admin. and the intellect and character of its members.
Posted by: rhomboid

The Hillary robot throws ashtrays.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at October 21, 2026 10:28 PM (r2Icn)

93 After Voting Report, AOP?

Were people gaslighting themselves thinking Alberta would vote "Yes?"
Posted by: OrangeEnt at October 21, 2026 10:21 PM (1Ff7Z)

I am thinking there was something very wrong with the counting process. Earliest returns had it at 75-25, and it never varied more than a single digit or two all the way through the count. No urban-rural divide AT. ALL.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 21, 2026 10:29 PM (wSl27)

94 TRex! Loving the stylized pictures from Corsicana - you have an artist's eye.

(Of course, you know the artist is gonna want that back at some point...)

Posted by: Schnorflepuppy (OT but harmless) at October 21, 2026 10:30 PM (xVpNO)

95 Went to the Hockey Hall of Fame in Toronto years ago. Was good. The Cup was on display, if I recall correctly - or maybe just the retired rings full of names? Anyway, was fun to try to spot the fake names (guys who weren't on the team but had their names engraved, in the early wild years). And also to find one name that was real, dad of a guy on my recreational team who was a Bruins pillar during the Orr years.

Posted by: rhomboid at October 21, 2026 10:30 PM (U/Byj)

96 82 I mourn for the glory that was the ONT.

SORRY dude, appreciate the effort, I couldn't do any better, but we are a lesser race...

Posted by: Just Sayin at October 21, 2026 10:25 PM (5tIjZ)
***
Do you need instructions for how to request a refund?

Posted by: TRex- unimpressed dino at October 21, 2026 10:30 PM (PBn7F)

97 TRex! Loving the stylized pictures from Corsicana - you have an artist's eye.

(Of course, you know the artist is gonna want that back at some point...)
Posted by: Schnorflepuppy

Especially since he's already short an ear.

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

98 …Gun store employees often face a difficult decision when a customer seems sketch.…
Posted by: rhomboid

"Phased plasma rifle in a 40 watt range"

https://youtu.be/X1hLe8rSir0

Posted by: mindful webworker - not sketch at all at October 21, 2026 10:31 PM (vmXN+)

99
No Sinclair stations out here I think, probably got it at the NY World's Fair.
Posted by: rhomboid

=================

There are, a wayyyy up the I-5.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at October 21, 2026 10:31 PM (mmrXZ)

100 >>Went to the Hockey Hall of Fame in Toronto years ago.

That's one I'd like to visit.

Posted by: JackStraw at October 21, 2026 10:31 PM (viF8m)

101 "Just what ya see, pal"

"Hey, you can't do that" (Ahnold loads shotgun)

"Wrong"

(iconic gun store movie moment)

Posted by: rhomboid at October 21, 2026 10:32 PM (U/Byj)

102 Yeah....this stinks.
I wonder if they are using Somali accounting?
Posted by: Diogenes at October 21, 2026 10:22 PM (2WIwB)
___________________________

Oh, you haven't heard the best part. So far I've checked the Baseball HOF, and the Tennis HOF. You can use your SNAP (EBT) benefits card and get free admission to both venues (all museums) for FREEEEEEEEEEEE.

And, the Country Music Hall of Fame --- residents of Nashville-Davidson and bordering counties who receive SNAP and Families First benefits can use their EBT card at the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum to purchase a heavily discounted Family Membership for $5 (normally $125). So $5 up front gets you free unlimited access to all museums for the year.

Someone want to tell me why the hell SNAP cards can be used on privately owned Non-profit museums?

Posted by: Orson at October 21, 2026 10:32 PM (dIske)

103 94 TRex!

Posted by: Schnorflepuppy (OT but harmless) at October 21, 2026 10:30 PM
***
Schnorf! Good evening. Hope your chair is unwobbly.

Posted by: TRex- chair repair dino at October 21, 2026 10:32 PM (PBn7F)

104
Sorry I'm late, but when I was singing in the shower,a choir of angels appeared and told me what I was doing to music was a disgrace and that any further attempt to sing would result in getting an allergy to bacon.
Posted by: tankdemon

===============

I don't see why this would make you late, unless you tried to negotiate.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at October 21, 2026 10:32 PM (mmrXZ)

105 Van Gogh! Until you take the rotor out of the distributor.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 21, 2026 10:33 PM (wSl27)

106 @cenkuygur
We’re going to drop a bombshell documentary on @The Young Turks tomorrow morning called The Closetocracy. Which US Senator did we catch using male escorts?

Posted by: which one didn't at October 21, 2026 10:34 PM (88C+u)

107 Is there a Pickleball Hall of Fame?

Posted by: Too Soon? at October 21, 2026 10:34 PM (EdP2u)

108 Had my picture taken with the Cup a few times. Best Trophy in all sports.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at October 21, 2026 10:35 PM (r2Icn)

109 Schnorf! Good evening. Hope your chair is unwobbly.
Posted by: TRex- chair repair dino at October 21, 2026 10:32 PM (PBn7F)

It's far from me in the garage. I don't fear it, but I do respect its power.

Posted by: Schnorflepuppy (OT but harmless) at October 21, 2026 10:36 PM (xVpNO)

110 Is there a Pickleball Hall of Fame?
Posted by: Too Soon? at October 21, 2026 10:34 PM (EdP2u)

That would be a dilly.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 21, 2026 10:36 PM (wSl27)

111 In the 60’s, many Sinclair gas stations had this wonderful machine called a Mold-a-Rama which used wax injection to make molded figures for a quarter or two. There were 6 different Dino’s you could get, I had the whole set on my shelf for most of my youth.

This link shows a pair of T-Rex’s that someone still has.

https://tinyurl.com/mswzc5ba

Posted by: Tom Servo at October 21, 2026 10:36 PM (bqogw)

112
DCA TO SLC FOR DOJ — another day. Another flight in pursuit of justice. Tune in tomorrow for a major
indictment.
Posted by: IrishEi ?!

==============

What's the action in Utah?

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at October 21, 2026 10:36 PM (mmrXZ)

113
1) Shouldn't a hall of fame be a love letter from the sport or hobby to the fan base?
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Sure, but league owners are hard pressed. Attendance is down and the cost of leasing good players is outrageous. I mean the owners are barely making this months payroll.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 21, 2026 10:37 PM (vOxCS)

114 I am thinking there was something very wrong with the counting process. Earliest returns had it at 75-25, and it never varied more than a single digit or two all the way through the count. No urban-rural divide AT. ALL.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon

Not that I was following it all that closely, but I also thought the CEXIT vote would be greater.

Thinking about it, though, 25% voting for leaving is a pretty powerful statement. Imagine Minnesota voting 25% to secede. Oh, uh, actually I can imagine that…

Posted by: mindful webworker - the united aren't at October 21, 2026 10:37 PM (vmXN+)

115 Good evening

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at October 21, 2026 10:38 PM (CHHv1)

116 @cenkuygur
We’re going to drop a bombshell documentary on @The Young Turks tomorrow morning called The Closetocracy. Which US Senator did we catch using male escorts?
Posted by: which one didn't at October 21, 2026 10:34 PM (88C+u)
----
Stones...glass houses...some assembly required.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at October 21, 2026 10:38 PM (FZ29D)

117 I don't see why this would make you late, unless you tried to negotiate.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at October 21, 2026 10:32 PM (mmrXZ)

Getting lectured by an entire heavenly choir can tend to get rather tume consuming, as every angel seems to have his own point t to bring up. The good news is thst I now almost have a grasp on the meaning of "pentatonic."

Posted by: tankdemon at October 21, 2026 10:38 PM (XLtZW)

118 Had my picture taken with the Cup a few times. Best Trophy in all sports.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at October 21, 2026 10:35 PM (r2Icn)

Went to Wing Nite at the Elnora Hotel this evening. One of the tables in that bar was graced by the Stanley Cup back in the years when the Oilers won it. I have sat at that table many times. There is a picture of the Cup on the wall above it.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 21, 2026 10:38 PM (wSl27)

119 In fairness to Ilhan Omar's marriage to her brother, if your culture is okay with goat fuc*ing, incest with a sibling wouldn't seem so bad.

Posted by: nerdygirl at October 21, 2026 10:38 PM (0Htd1)

120 "Price is Right" with Bob Barker is on while I'm working on something here.

Women in the 1980's were very attractive. I'm thinking everyone being dressed up for the show is a big factor. I think everyone looks skinnier and healthier.

Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy - 106 years old! Puppy at heart! at October 21, 2026 10:38 PM (Sco7b)

121 82 I mourn for the glory that was the ONT.

SORRY dude, appreciate the effort, I couldn't do any better, but we are a lesser race...
Posted by: Just Sayin
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Well bless your heart.

Posted by: scampydog at October 21, 2026 10:38 PM (nIaeT)

122
We’re going to drop a bombshell documentary on @The Young Turks tomorrow morning called The Closetocracy. Which US Senator did we catch using male escorts?
Posted by: which one didn't

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Do The Pharmatocracy. Which US Senator did we catch using anti-dementia drugs?

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at October 21, 2026 10:39 PM (mmrXZ)

123 We've traveled through Nashville a handful of times, staid over once or twice. Thought we'd tour the HoF ... saw the price and toured the gift shop instead. Even that was very meh ... Much more fun to be had at the eateries and honky-tonks. Have done Cooperstown back in the last Century. The Hall was okay ... highlight for me was the Honus Wagner card. Heh, I was the only one to stop and look at it. The ball field was open and a person could walk around, see how small it was, admire the stream ... I didn't walk the base-paths. Maybe a sense of respect/awe?? Don't know. I believe the field's locked down these days. A real shame if that's true. I came away with a real sense of a "smaller" game, much more personal and alive, kind of thing.

Posted by: YellowBird at October 21, 2026 10:39 PM (MEbkQ)

124 111 In the 60’s, many Sinclair gas stations had this wonderful machine called a Mold-a-Rama which used wax injection to make molded figures for a quarter or two. There were 6 different Dino’s you could get, I had the whole set on my shelf for most of my youth.

This link shows a pair of T-Rex’s that someone still has.

https://tinyurl.com/mswzc5ba
Posted by: Tom Servo at October 21, 2026 10:36 PM (bqogw)
_________________________

I miss stuff like that. There used to be a vending machine at a PA Turnpike rest area that would design professional business cards. Good card stock and great font selection all mapped out. For a couple years there in High School, I was a Certified and Fully Accredited BOOB Inspector.

Posted by: Orson at October 21, 2026 10:39 PM (dIske)

125 ***
Someone want to tell me why the hell SNAP cards can be used on privately owned Non-profit museums?

Posted by: Orson
--

Don't go touching my Doritoes.

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

126 Went to Wing Nite at the Elnora Hotel this evening. One of the tables in that bar was graced by the Stanley Cup back in the years when the Oilers won it. I have sat at that table many times. There is a picture of the Cup on the wall above it.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon

Pretty damn cool.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at October 21, 2026 10:40 PM (r2Icn)

127 Mr Aspirin Factory, it really is. Names of the winning players forever etched on the trophy (well, it's stand). Over a century old. Nothing else like it.

And, even before the 10-month 127 game seasons, one of the toughest trophies to win (of course all major sports competitions at top-level are incredibly difficult, a universe beyond what normal people can imagine).

Also - and I hope this is continuing - a cultural/social treasure being chased by the players. Still remember a story in the WaPo, 90s?, sports writer rode the bus with the Bruins, who'd just eliminated the Caps (SOP back then) in the semis, I think.

Writer asked some of the players - so how much do you get ($) for winning this round? Empty stares. "We don't know. We want to win the Cup". They wanted the ring, their name on the Cup. Certainly an artifact of hockey's social origins in that era (predominantly Canadian kids from middle or working class backgrounds, from small towns). Very striking.

Posted by: rhomboid at October 21, 2026 10:42 PM (U/Byj)

128 Where my EBT card at?

Posted by: La'Shondra at October 21, 2026 10:42 PM (iY1mc)

129 I think that Lisa C. White's sentencing should be determined by the spouses of ICE agents.

Posted by: nerdygirl at October 21, 2026 10:42 PM (0Htd1)

130 Thinking about it, though, 25% voting for leaving is a pretty powerful statement. Imagine Minnesota voting 25% to secede. Oh, uh, actually I can imagine that…

Posted by: mindful webworker - the united aren't
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Ain't gonna' happen.
They should start voting to succeed.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 21, 2026 10:43 PM (vOxCS)

131 Someone want to tell me why the hell SNAP cards can be used on privately owned Non-profit museums?"

It's called "museums for all", and having the card gets a reduced price. It's not billed to the card... yet.

Posted by: man at October 21, 2026 10:43 PM (pfXMo)

132
The 1964 Sinclair station looks like a
bacteriophage.

Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at October 21, 2026 10:43 PM (biznJ)

133 We’re going to drop a bombshell documentary on @The Young Turks tomorrow morning called The Closetocracy. Which US Senator did we catch using male escorts?
-
Fetterman.

It wasn't anything sexual, he just needed spare parts.

Posted by: Methos, inauthentic X-bot account at October 21, 2026 10:43 PM (vSvIl)

134 Went to Wing Nite at the Elnora Hotel this evening. One of the tables in that bar was graced by the Stanley Cup back in the years when the Oilers won it. I have sat at that table many times. There is a picture of the Cup on the wall above it.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon

Elnora is 140 miles from Edmonton. What's the relation, and why was the Cup there?

Posted by: Wondering at October 21, 2026 10:44 PM (EdP2u)

135 Normal people start making money in those mining towns things may start to straighten up.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 21, 2026 10:44 PM (vOxCS)

136
The Young Turks are neither.

Posted by: Change my mind at October 21, 2026 10:44 PM (iY1mc)

137 Where my EBT card at?
Posted by: La'Shondra at October 21, 2026 10:42 PM (iY1mc)

Don't end a sentence with a preposition.

Posted by: Diogenes at October 21, 2026 10:44 PM (2WIwB)

138 Charlie Daniels weren’t no Chet Atkins, but he could play guitar. “Long Haired Country Boy” is an original, Drop D tuning and one of those tunes that is really fun to play.

Preacher man on the TV, puttin’ down the Rock and Roll

Wants me to send a donation, ‘cuz he’s worried about my Soul

Jesus walked on the water, I know that it’s true

Sometimes I think that ole preacher man wants to do a little walkin’ too

(Chorus)

Posted by: Common Tater at October 21, 2026 10:44 PM (2AlIJ)

139 Had my picture taken with the Cup a few times. Best Trophy in all sports.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory

Recommend keeping pants up so as to not expose the cup.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at October 21, 2026 10:44 PM (NnhvP)

140 wasn't anything sexual, he just needed spare parts."

AB Normal?

Posted by: man at October 21, 2026 10:44 PM (pfXMo)

141 Writer asked some of the players - so how much do you get ($) for winning this round? Empty stares. "We don't know. We want to win the Cup". They wanted the ring, their name on the Cup. Certainly an artifact of hockey's social origins in that era (predominantly Canadian kids from middle or working class backgrounds, from small towns). Very striking.
Posted by: rhomboid at October 21, 2026 10:42 PM (U/Byj)

We even have a term for it: "hockey town", meaning some small town somewhere that is known for nothing else, but produced one or two famous hockey players.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 21, 2026 10:45 PM (wSl27)

142 But what if I bought a ticket for my actively clucking lawn dinosaur?

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at October 21, 2026 10:45 PM (jb8Ss)

143 Hi hordigans. Can you all cross your fingers that my kids all sleep tonight????

Posted by: Funsize at October 21, 2026 10:45 PM (3j87q)

144 "Please check with your airline before bringing your actively clucking feathered lawn dinosaur."

https://youtu.be/J1yA1Kq3uvk

Posted by: mindful webworker - could we ever feel much finer at October 21, 2026 10:45 PM (vmXN+)

145
All, I thought I'd share the photo of my mother we're using for her obituary photo. This was taken at Miley's and my wedding in Sept of 2022. She was 92 at the time, and this is the last photo of her in later years when she was her true "full self" I think:

https://t.ly/sx5ca

She was the best mother anyone could ask for. I won't she was the best, but no one could've been better.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at October 21, 2026 10:46 PM (w6EFb)

146 Rhomboid -- we did Chicago minor league hockey last week. Lucked into 4 tickets on the glass. Still very special to be that close to a bunch of obviously hard-working guys totally caught up in the game. The Cup is pretty darn far away for them, but they love the game and it shows.

FWIW - we really like the fans who show up for the minors. Friendly, helpful people who love the game.

Posted by: YellowBird at October 21, 2026 10:46 PM (MEbkQ)

147 >>> 17 Chickens on a plane. Aeroflot, Moscow-Vladivostok, early 90s. Impressive.
Posted by: rhomboid at October 21, 2026 10:07 PM (U/Byj)

Is this the bus to Cartegena?

Posted by: Joan Wilder at October 21, 2026 10:47 PM (jb8Ss)

148 Don't end a sentence with a preposition.
Posted by: Diogenes
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Darn those rules.

Posted by: scampydog at October 21, 2026 10:47 PM (nIaeT)

149 111 In the 60’s, many Sinclair gas stations had this wonderful machine called a Mold-a-Rama which used wax injection to make molded figures for a quarter or two. There were 6 different Dino’s you could get, I had the whole set on my shelf for most of my youth.

This link shows a pair of T-Rex’s that someone still has.

https://tinyurl.com/mswzc5ba
Posted by: Tom Servo at October 21, 2026 10:36 P

I used to have them too. They were sooo cool.

Posted by: Happy at October 21, 2026 10:47 PM (zko5i)

150 A year ago, I would have assumed that Young Turks "bombshell" would be about Lindsey Graham.

It has to be a Republican in a close race this year.

Posted by: tankdemon at October 21, 2026 10:47 PM (XLtZW)

151 Elnora is 140 miles from Edmonton. What's the relation, and why was the Cup there?
Posted by: Wondering at October 21, 2026 10:44 PM (EdP2u)

One of the Oilers trainers/medics was from Elnora. Protocol allows team members and some of the coaching staff to tour the Cup around to show off to their home folks.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 21, 2026 10:48 PM (wSl27)

152 DCA TO SLC FOR DOJ — another day. Another flight in pursuit of justice. Tune in tomorrow for a major
indictment.
Posted by: IrishEi ?!

==============

What's the action in Utah?
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at October 21, 2026 10:36 PM (mmrXZ)
* * * *
Not sure, but it could have to do with the Lt. Gov.'s refusal to hand over voter ID information to the Feds.

Posted by: Legally Sufficient at October 21, 2026 10:48 PM (D/6p1)

153 We even have a term for it: "hockey town", meaning some small town somewhere that is known for nothing else, but produced one or two famous hockey players.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon

Viking, AB must be the ultimate hockey town because the six Sutter Brothers came from there.

Posted by: More Famous Than The Hanson Brothers, Even at October 21, 2026 10:48 PM (EdP2u)

154 Don't end a sentence with a preposition.
Posted by: Diogenes
-----
Darn those rules.
Posted by: scampydog at October 21, 2026 10:47 PM (nIaeT)

***

I am sadz. Thought I threw up a softball but the Horde failed to swing.

Posted by: Diogenes at October 21, 2026 10:48 PM (2WIwB)

155 >>We even have a term for it: "hockey town", meaning some small town somewhere that is known for nothing else, but produced one or two famous hockey players.

As a kid I went to hockey camp in Haliburton, Ontario. Quintessential hockey town.

Posted by: JackStraw at October 21, 2026 10:49 PM (viF8m)

156 "Shouldn't a hall of fame be a love letter from the sport or hobby to the fan base?"

Posted by: Open Blogger at 10:00 PM

Yes, it should, but venal concerns have overwhelmed any love of the game for the mandarins in the league offices. And...the corporate money that they rely on doesn't give a flying f*ck about the romance of athletics.

Yes...it sucks.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at October 21, 2026 10:49 PM (k5CNB)

157 I am sadz. Thought I threw up a softball but the Horde failed to swing.
Posted by: Diogenes
------
You did. Slow fuse.

Posted by: scampydog at October 21, 2026 10:50 PM (nIaeT)

158 122
We’re going to drop a bombshell documentary on @The Young Turks tomorrow morning called The Closetocracy. Which US Senator did we catch using male escorts?
Posted by: which one didn't

______________________

Lindsey Graham is dead, right? Well, I guess he's out. But, seriously, have you ever looked at the portraits of the Republican US Senators? More than 75% of them look pretty damn effeminate.

Posted by: Orson at October 21, 2026 10:50 PM (dIske)

159
I'm watching Ilhan's interview with Chris Hayes. God, she looks tired and scared. I'm comparing it to her smirking declaration in November 2025 that "We [Somalis] aren't going anywhere." Not the same assured, superior pose.

And I suddenly know what MSNOW's enthusiasm for her reminds me of. The Anthony Wiener sexting scandal. Rachel Maddow was the big source on that one, and she totally whiffed when he copped to it. No "Our reporting fell short" or "It turns out that..." just a bunch of dumb jokes.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at October 21, 2026 10:50 PM (mmrXZ)

160 So, why did you cross the road?
Why does everything taste like you?
And what are the REAL 11 herbs and spices?

Posted by: The Chicken Griller at October 21, 2026 10:50 PM (iY1mc)

161 All, I thought I'd share the photo of my mother we're using for her obituary photo. This was taken at Miley's and my wedding in Sept of 2022. She was 92 at the time, and this is the last photo of her in later years when she was her true "full self" I think:

https://t.ly/sx5ca

She was the best mother anyone could ask for. I won't she was the best, but no one could've been better.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at October 21, 2026 10:46 PM (w6EFb)

Thank you for posting, Publius. We all share your loss. What a sweet lady!

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 21, 2026 10:50 PM (wSl27)

162 "Ending a sentence with a preposition is one thing up with which I will not put ..."

Churchill used it. GB Shaw may have said it first or not ... Those two had a histoy

Posted by: YellowBird at October 21, 2026 10:50 PM (MEbkQ)

163 I think Milwaukee once sold $1000 Forever Tickets good for any game ever. People are using them now and there were issues.
Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy - 106 years old! Puppy at heart! at October 21, 2026 10:17 PM (Sco7b)

I seem to remember seeing some of those in Chicago's Museum of Science and Industry, in the 80s.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at October 21, 2026 10:51 PM (qx7Zg)

164 YellowBird, know exactly what you mean. Only in-person games for me now are minor league (which is nice because the cost is not absurd). Timekeeper and one of the penalty box guys skate at the pickup I do (well, did for years and hope to return soon).

Brother's BiL had a nephew who played here 2 seasons, we'd meet him for dinner after some games. Great insight into how these guys are now taken care of (and watched).

Would love to have a Div I college hockey team close by, but alas. Still want to make the Frozen Four some day. Intensity of college hockey is unmatched, plus all the b.s. is stripped out.

Posted by: rhomboid at October 21, 2026 10:51 PM (U/Byj)

165 I saw Van Gogh's Starry Night up close and personal at the Met Museum in NYC. The paint was thick with a pallette (I guess, maybe his tongue or nose as he was in the asylum). No glass barrier at the time to keep tomato juice from thugs. Just me and that painting.

The type of painting is called impasto. I'd never seen anything like it before and stared a long time in surprise. In places the paint was at least .5" thick.

I used to spend days alone in the Met when my dude went to NYC on business. I loved it.

Read a book about his sister-in-law, Johanna Van Gogh Bonger (fiction) called The Secret Life of Sunflowers, written by Marta Molnar. A good book. Van Gogh's SIL is who made him famous by selling his art after his death.

His art was rejected by the Paris Salon of the time of Post Impressionalism. He only sold one painting...to his brother. However, he kept on painting in his unique fashion, while dealing with depression and poverty.

At his funeral, and he had few friends, people were offered a painting for free and they rejected them, thinking they were worthless.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at October 21, 2026 10:52 PM (hzuYO)

166
https://t.ly/sx5ca

She was the best mother anyone could ask for. I won't she was the best, but no one could've been better.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley

==============

Awwwww. What a smile.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at October 21, 2026 10:52 PM (mmrXZ)

167 A drinking town with a hockey problem.

Posted by: Molson, eh? at October 21, 2026 10:52 PM (iY1mc)

168 137 Where my EBT card at?
Posted by: La'Shondra at October 21, 2026 10:42 PM (iY1mc)

Don't end a sentence with a preposition.
Posted by: Diogenes at October 21, 2026 10:44 PM (2WIwB)
____________________

Where my EBT card at, MF? (gave it a little Samuel L. Jackson panache)

Posted by: Orson at October 21, 2026 10:53 PM (dIske)

169 Got the garbage can out on the road in time for pickup tomorrow. So, guess everything's done for today.

https://youtu.be/wyto_j-bt6M

G'nite, y'all.💤

Posted by: mindful webworker - when I don't feel blue at October 21, 2026 10:53 PM (vmXN+)

170 150 A year ago, I would have assumed that Young Turks "bombshell" would be about Lindsey Graham.

It has to be a Republican in a close race this year.
Posted by: tankdemon at October 21, 2026 10:47 PM (XLtZW)

I just looked them up. I've heard of them before.

If it is a conservative, I don't think it'd matter much. When you're lied to consistently over and over, why would this 'bombshell' matter or even make a dent. Dead bodies or it didn't happen.

Wow. I just went to DailyKos. Our Venn diagram circles have NO OVERLAP.

Everyone have a good night.

A lady on the 'Price is Right' just won a new automobile. $6932. American dollars. Just worth more than yours now.

Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy - 106 years old! Puppy at heart! at October 21, 2026 10:54 PM (Sco7b)

171 This was taken at Miley's and my wedding in Sept of 2022. She was 92 at the time, and this is the last photo of her in later years when she was her true "full self" I think:

https://t.ly/sx5ca

She was the best mother anyone could ask for. I won't she was the best, but no one could've been better.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at October 21, 2026 10:46 PM (w6EFb)

Great photo. My condolences on her passing.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at October 21, 2026 10:54 PM (qx7Zg)

172 Viking, AB must be the ultimate hockey town because the six Sutter Brothers came from there.
Posted by: More Famous Than The Hanson Brothers, Even at October 21, 2026 10:48 PM (EdP2u)

I have passed through Viking many times. On Highway 36, pass it by t go north to Cold Lake. There is a Viking Sandstone in the Alberta subsurface. Productive of gas in many places, and an excellent marker bed, too.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 21, 2026 10:55 PM (wSl27)

173 Where my EBT card at, MF? (gave it a little Samuel L. Jackson panache)
Posted by: Orson at October 21, 2026 10:53 PM (dIske)

And there it is! With a nice twist.
Well done.

Posted by: Diogenes at October 21, 2026 10:55 PM (2WIwB)

174 https://t.ly/sx5ca

She was the best mother anyone could ask for. I won't she was the best, but no one could've been better.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at October 21, 2026 10:46 PM (w6EFb)

Awwww.
She looks so incredibly sweet.

Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy - 106 years old! Puppy at heart! at October 21, 2026 10:55 PM (Sco7b)

175 Shaw vs. Churchill:

Shaw: "Here are two tickets for the opening of my new play. Keep one for yourself and bring a friend -- if you have one."

Churchill: "I can't attend the first night; I'll come the second night if there is one."

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at October 21, 2026 10:55 PM (k5CNB)

176 Evening, all! My first day of subbing went well. I'll be filling in randomly 2-4 days a week, depending on what's happening in my own life. Doesn't pay much but it helps, and it gets me out of the house. The kids were mostly great

, and overall I enjoyed it... if it paid better, I'd consider a new career, but this is one of those situations where you're supposed to go deeply into debt to get a higher-level degree to do this full time just to get paid moderately instead of meagerly.

Tomorrow I have a screening call in the morning, then after lunch I'm going to deeply inspect the stove burner and make sure that there's no other problems visible before i order parts.

Posted by: RandomDave at October 21, 2026 10:55 PM (aJQbY)

177 I think Milwaukee once sold $1000 Forever Tickets good for any game ever. People are using them now and there were issues.
Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy - 106 years old! Puppy at heart! at October 21, 2026 10:17 PM (Sco7b)

I seem to remember seeing some of those in Chicago's Museum of Science and Industry, in the 80s.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at October 21, 2026 10:51 PM (qx7Zg)

I thought I was responding to the Sinclair dinosaur machines. Not my best copy/paste.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at October 21, 2026 10:56 PM (qx7Zg)

178 Utah turned blue, you can hear Joe Smith's shoulders bumping the coffin sides as he spins.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 21, 2026 10:56 PM (vOxCS)

179 Yeah yet another cool unique thing about the Cup, team members and staff allowed to "host" it for a limited time after they won it.

Used to go to Quebec City every winter for x-c skiing, and eating. Saw the Nordique when they were still there, and then their minor league replacements, but failed to make it to a small town game in the QMJHL, one of the storied seedbeds of hockey legends. Some day.

Posted by: rhomboid at October 21, 2026 10:56 PM (U/Byj)

180 {{{publius}}}

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at October 21, 2026 10:56 PM (jb8Ss)

181 145
All, I thought I'd share the photo of my mother we're using for her obituary photo. This was taken at Miley's and my wedding in Sept of 2022. She was 92 at the time, and this is the last photo of her in later years when she was her true "full self" I think:

https://t.ly/sx5ca

She was the best mother anyone could ask for. I won't she was the best, but no one could've been better.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at October 21, 2026 10:46 PM (w6EFb)

*********
My deepest condolences, Publius.

She was loved til the end. What more can any of us ask for?

She knew you were there. A life well lived.

May God shine His face on you all and provide comfort as she is at peace.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at October 21, 2026 10:57 PM (hzuYO)

182 This was taken at Miley's and my wedding in Sept of 2022. She was 92 at the time, and this is the last photo of her in later years when she was her true "full self" I think:

https://t.ly/sx5ca

She was the best mother anyone could ask for. I won't she was the best, but no one could've been better.
Posted by: publius
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Great pic and great memories, publius.

Posted by: scampydog at October 21, 2026 10:57 PM (nIaeT)

183 >>Would love to have a Div I college hockey team close by, but alas. Still want to make the Frozen Four some day. Intensity of college hockey is unmatched, plus all the b.s. is stripped out.

Visit Boston during the Beanpot Tournament. Played at the Garden, no I won't call it TD Garden, every February between BU, BC, Northeastern and Harvard. Great hockey and a ton of cross city fun.

Posted by: JackStraw at October 21, 2026 10:57 PM (viF8m)

184 A very nice photo publius.

Posted by: Diogenes at October 21, 2026 10:58 PM (2WIwB)

185 Rhomboid ... Envious that you've played pick-up and have that kid of relationship with family friends who played. V cool.

We live in Chicago's north suburbs (Arrrrgggh) and can attend either the Wolves out in Rosemont or the Admirals up in Milwaukee. Have done both this last year.

As a kid growing up in WI, we'd fiddle with the old antenna in the attic until the Blackhawks came through, sort of. Lots of memories of watching those teams on a snowy BW set.

Remains my favorite sport, though the exhibition baseball league up in Kenosha is fun too. Not quite the feel of AA or AAA, but a great place to go to a game.

Posted by: YellowBird at October 21, 2026 10:59 PM (MEbkQ)

186 Churchill: "I can't attend the first night; I'll come the second night if there is one."
Posted by: CharlieBrowpublishing.
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A handful have had great quotes through time. Churchill stands in a very small group.

Posted by: scampydog at October 21, 2026 10:59 PM (nIaeT)

187 JackStraw that's an excellent idea and it's crossed my mind in the past. And a good friend can usually get me passes on Alaska to fly there mostly free. Will begin cogitations thereon .......

Posted by: rhomboid at October 21, 2026 11:00 PM (U/Byj)

188 She was the best mother anyone could ask for. I won't she was the best, but no one could've been better.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at October 21, 2026 10:46 PM (w6EFb)
* * * *
What a great photo! Condolences on your loss and thanks to God that she had such a long and full life! May God hold you and Miley and all who loved your dear Mom close in the coming days.

Posted by: Legally Sufficient at October 21, 2026 11:01 PM (D/6p1)

189 At where would I be finding my EBT card, pray tell?

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at October 21, 2026 11:01 PM (vBZcw)

190 A fitting meme for the top photo:

https://youtu.be/7dmGCSjxXN4?t=82

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at October 21, 2026 11:01 PM (qx7Zg)

191
Charlie Daniels, Passaic NJ., - No Place to Go.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=jI_AvSF8bvU

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 21, 2026 11:01 PM (vOxCS)

192 here my EBT card at?
Behind the A and the T

Posted by: MAC V SOG at October 21, 2026 11:01 PM (P4Pk9)

193 T Rex...did you paint the picture above?

I see comments you did.

Please keep in mind that I will apparently remain naive til the day I die.

I truly believed in Santa longer than normal. I also really thought I caught a bird (it pecked me) snipe hunting in 5th grade when we first moved to the farm.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at October 21, 2026 11:02 PM (hzuYO)

194 Posted by: Funsize

That is a big ask... Children sleeping!
Good luck.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at October 21, 2026 11:02 PM (NnhvP)

195 Get outta da way, bitch
Get outta da way, bitch
Get outta da way, bitch

Posted by: The Ludacris Cam at October 21, 2026 11:02 PM (vBZcw)

196 Like many Churchill (and other quotes), authenticity not certain, but what the heck:

"He has all the virtues I dislike and none of the vices I admire"

Posted by: rhomboid at October 21, 2026 11:03 PM (U/Byj)

197 Evening all,

We have a launch early in the morning.

Rocket Lab - Electron - We're Not Hawking Around
LC 1 - Mähia, NZ - Space Affairs Live
Launch Date: October 22, 2026
Launch Time: 03:11 AM EDT (0711 UTC, 09:11 CEST)

https://youtu.be/sJrSRKgCGFw

Posted by: Joyenz at October 21, 2026 11:03 PM (2F0/Y)

198 A handful have had great quotes through time. Churchill stands in a very small group.
Posted by: scampydog

He wasn't bad, for a half-American.

Posted by: Samuel Johnson at October 21, 2026 11:03 PM (88C+u)

199 Scampydog ... more Churchill? You bet!

GB Shaw to Winston: "Here are tickets to my opening night. Bring a friend, if you have one ..."

Winston back to Shaw: "I'll come the second night, if there is one."

I'm short on details. But the exchange MAY have been in person. Sure hope it was.

Posted by: YellowBird at October 21, 2026 11:03 PM (MEbkQ)

200 Ach ... CBD beat me to the punch(line)

Posted by: YellowBird at October 21, 2026 11:04 PM (MEbkQ)

201 no one could've been better.
Posted by: publius

Prayers up for she and yours. Great pic!

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at October 21, 2026 11:04 PM (NnhvP)

202
And one more, this is her in her prime, with my father on their wedding day at her mother's house, about to leave for their honeymoon:

https://t.ly/4ZgZm

That was in 1957. They were married for 66 years.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at October 21, 2026 11:04 PM (w6EFb)

203 122
We’re going to drop a bombshell documentary on @The Young Turks tomorrow morning called The Closetocracy. Which US Senator did we catch using male escorts?
Posted by: which one didn't

The massive amounts of indifference this will cause will be amusing.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at October 21, 2026 11:04 PM (sAmhv)

204 >>Tomorrow I have a screening call in the morning, then after lunch I'm going to deeply inspect the stove burner and make sure that there's no other problems visible before i order parts.
Posted by: RandomDave

Congrats on finding some paying work... hope that Dream Job eventually finds you.

As to stove burner, I'm assuming electric element. (?)

And didn't you say you were using "the other one" of same size in the meantime? Can you swap the burner elements to see whether the problem is an element or a controller issue?

Posted by: JQ at October 21, 2026 11:05 PM (rdVOm)

205 GB Shaw to Winston: "Here are tickets to my opening night. Bring a friend, if you have one ..."

Winston back to Shaw: "I'll come the second night, if there is one."

I'm short on details. But the exchange MAY have been in person. Sure hope it was.
Posted by: YellowBird
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Shaw - i like his quotes too. His brain...mad scientist. Unpredictable.

Posted by: scampydog at October 21, 2026 11:06 PM (nIaeT)

206 That was in 1957.
Posted by: publius

Quintessential 50's pic!

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at October 21, 2026 11:07 PM (NnhvP)

207 >>JackStraw that's an excellent idea and it's crossed my mind in the past. And a good friend can usually get me passes on Alaska to fly there mostly free. Will begin cogitations thereon .......

If your cogitating brings you out this way let me know. I might come join you. It really is a great tournament.

Posted by: JackStraw at October 21, 2026 11:07 PM (viF8m)

208 A fitting meme for the top photo:

https://youtu.be/7dmGCSjxXN4?t=82
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at October 21, 2026 11:01 PM (qx7Zg)

If nurse is around, she otter see the meme at 3:42.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at October 21, 2026 11:08 PM (qx7Zg)

209 publius, Rascally Mr. Miley, God bless you, and God bless your mom.

Posted by: nerdygirl at October 21, 2026 11:08 PM (0Htd1)

210 A handful have had great quotes through time. Churchill stands in a very small group.
Posted by: scampydog

Yogi Berra is unsurpassed. And he's in the Baseball HOF. And he was an excellent hockey player and a big hockey fan.

Posted by: When You Come To A Fork In The Road, Take It at October 21, 2026 11:09 PM (EdP2u)

211 Longer
Dan Fogelberg
1979...the year we married

https://tinyurl.com/bdr5b9z3

Goodnight and have a pleasant tomorrow.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at October 21, 2026 11:10 PM (hzuYO)

212
That was in 1957.
Posted by: publius

===============

That's the one I wanted!

(Did you share that one with us before? It's vaguely familiar.)

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at October 21, 2026 11:11 PM (mmrXZ)

213 Yogi Berra is unsurpassed. And he's in the Baseball HOF. And he was an excellent hockey player and a big hockey fan.
Posted by: When You Come To A Fork In The Road
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Hitting is 90% half mental.

Posted by: scampydog Yogi was a quote machine at October 21, 2026 11:12 PM (nIaeT)

214 Would love to have a Div I college hockey team close by, but alas. Still want to make the Frozen Four some day. Intensity of college hockey is unmatched, plus all the b.s. is stripped out.
Posted by: rhomboid at October 21, 2026 10:51 PM (U/Byj)

I'll go, along with a few other alums, to see St. Lawrence play: Colgate / Cornell / Niagara / Canisius.

It's too long a trip up to Canton to see home games, but a trip as far as Cornell or Colgate is doable.

Posted by: browndog says woof at October 21, 2026 11:12 PM (oCio0)

215 A handful have had great quotes through time. Churchill stands in a very small group.
Posted by: scampydog

When you're so quotable that other people's quotes get attributed to you, just because. Not too many names in that group.

Churchill, Einstein, Twain.

And Berra, who didn't say all the things he said.

Posted by: mikeski at October 21, 2026 11:13 PM (VHUov)

216 >> (Did you share that one with us before? It's vaguely familiar.)

I probably did, back in Sept of 2023, when my father died. I posted a few pictures of him, I do remember.

Note those wingtips!

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at October 21, 2026 11:13 PM (w6EFb)

217 Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian appeared to add yet another stipulation to Tehran's growing list of demands that must be met if it is to get back to the negotiating table with the US.
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If jackasses had wings they would fly out of Iran.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 21, 2026 11:13 PM (vOxCS)

218 Thank you for sharing pictures of Mama, publius. What a lovely woman.

Posted by: JQ at October 21, 2026 11:13 PM (rdVOm)

219 The hour grows late and we old-timers conk out early. Safe travels and fortunate meetings to all ...

Posted by: YellowBird at October 21, 2026 11:14 PM (MEbkQ)

220 Yogi was also a gunner's mate in the USN and participated in the Normandy landings.

A different world.

Posted by: rhomboid at October 21, 2026 11:15 PM (U/Byj)

221 RandomDave-- here are a few dot coms that have good info on repair, as well as parts:

repairclinic

ereplacementparts

appliancepartspros

Posted by: JQ at October 21, 2026 11:16 PM (rdVOm)

222 Do I have a penis?

Not to my knowledge.

*wink*

Posted by: Big Mike at October 21, 2026 11:16 PM (5UoeS)

223 My first day of subbing went well. I'll be filling in randomly 2-4 days a week, depending on what's happening in my own life. Doesn't pay much but it helps, and it gets me out of the house. The kids were mostly great , and overall I enjoyed it... if it paid better, I'd consider a new career, but this is one of those situations where you're supposed to go deeply into debt to get a higher-level degree to do this full time just to get paid moderately instead of meagerly.

Posted by: RandomDave at October 21, 2026 10:55 PM (aJQbY)

Congrats on surviving your first day. I started down that path back in California. Aced the certification exam (moderator said she never had anyone score that highly on the English portion). Was well on my way to becoming a sub when the school site tech job came through, thank God.

Full time teaching cert in CA entails a two-year Masters program then a full year as an unpaid teacher's assistant. Yeah, pass..

Posted by: Joe Kidd at October 21, 2026 11:18 PM (08OqX)

224 220 Yogi was also a gunner's mate in the USN and participated in the Normandy landings.

A different world.
Posted by: rhomboid at October 21, 2026 11:15 PM (U/Byj)

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Dan Rowan of Rowan & Martin fame was an Army aviator in the Pacific. He shot down two Japanese planes flying a P40 Warhawk.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at October 21, 2026 11:18 PM (vBZcw)

225
And one more, and I may have posted this back when Daddy died as well. But this is another wedding photo with her in her wedding dress at the church. On her left is her mother, and on the right of my father is his parents.

July 27th of 1957, is the exact date of those photos.

https://t.ly/vocU_

That was a long, long time ago, indeed.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at October 21, 2026 11:19 PM (w6EFb)

226 Breaking story tonight that sadly is not surprising in the least: “ BREAKING: California Democrat who claimed ICE Agents kidnapped his missing wife was just arrested and charged with her murder after her burned remains were just located.”

Posted by: Tom Servo at October 21, 2026 11:19 PM (bqogw)

227 Omar, what a lying piece of shit she is:

https://tinyurl.com/5xdzw7b3

Posted by: beckster at October 21, 2026 11:20 PM (kX27y)

228 226 Breaking story tonight that sadly is not surprising in the least: “ BREAKING: California Democrat who claimed ICE Agents kidnapped his missing wife was just arrested and charged with her murder after her burned remains were just located.”

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That has to be incredibly embarrassing.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at October 21, 2026 11:20 PM (vBZcw)

229 Metallica? Gosh that's loud. Couldn't we relax with a little Celine Dion?

Posted by: Macaroni at October 21, 2026 11:20 PM (oq9dX)

230 Rising gasoline prices and mounting economic pressures have fueled public frustration, while a Pew Research Center poll found that 65% of Americans disapprove of the administration's handling of the conflict.
_--

You can't hate the media enough.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 21, 2026 11:20 PM (vOxCS)

231 >>Yogi Berra is unsurpassed. And he's in the Baseball HOF. And he was an excellent hockey player and a big hockey fan.

Also over in Newport is Cardines Field, home of the oldest amateur baseball league in the US. Also the oldest wooden baseball park in the country.

During WWII a bunch of major leaguers who were in the service played there including Bob Feller, Phil Rizzuto and Yogi Berra.

Posted by: JackStraw at October 21, 2026 11:21 PM (viF8m)

232
On *our* left, her right, and his left for his parents. Sheesh. I was talking about Riemann curvature tensors the other night and I don't even know left and right any more apparently.

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

233 browndog I'm envious. Love college hockey.

You're the Sabres fan right?

Just FYI, back in the early 90s, in Russia (Far East), I actually used a discussion of hockey, specifically Alexander Mogilny, to break the ice (groan) with a Russian MinDef guy whose facility we needed to use. Mogilny was the star of the Far East elite Soviet team, Central Army Sports Club/Khabarovsk. When I mentioned I'd seen him several times in the NHL, the conversation just changed. (For others - Mogilny was the first Soviet hockey defector, always wore #87, for the year he went on the lamb in Sweden)

The NGO guy whose operations needed the warehouse asked me after "WT hell were you guys talking about?". He was amused and happy with the results.

Posted by: rhomboid at October 21, 2026 11:21 PM (U/Byj)

234 Tim Berra played in MLB for 11 seasons. When he first got to the Majors, he was asked if there were any similarities in play between him and his Dad. He replied "Our similarities are different".

Posted by: Nobody GoesThere No More, It's Too Crowded at October 21, 2026 11:23 PM (EdP2u)

235 https://t.ly/sx5ca

She was the best mother anyone could ask for. I won't she was the best, but no one could've been better.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at October 21, 2026 10:46 PM (w6EFb)

What a peach! May her memory continue to bless and comfort you and yours..

Posted by: Joe Kidd at October 21, 2026 11:24 PM (08OqX)

236 215 When you're so quotable that other people's quotes get attributed to you, just because. Not too many names in that group.
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lol. Exactly. The internet wouldn't allow anyone to post anything untrue.

Posted by: scampydog Yogi was a quote machine at October 21, 2026 11:24 PM (nIaeT)

237 Socialism is a philosophy of failure, the creed of ignorance, and the gospel of envy, its inherent virtue is the equal sharing of misery. --Churchill

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at October 21, 2026 11:25 PM (XeU6L)

238 California Democrat who claimed ICE Agents kidnapped his missing wife was just arrested and charged with her murder after her burned remains were just located

Gurinder Gill, Sacramento County. Born in Punjab. Not involved in politics as far as I know.

Posted by: Indians are sure taking some Ls this week at October 21, 2026 11:25 PM (88C+u)

239 Thanks Cicero. Know of many of the entertainment world's WWII participation, but Dan Rowan's, I did not.

Speaking of the subject, a movie's coming soon that might get be back in the theater for the first time since ..... hmmm. Four to five years at least.

"Jimmy", a biopic of Jimmy Stewart, with a lot of his WWII Army Air Force experiences.

Posted by: rhomboid at October 21, 2026 11:26 PM (U/Byj)

240 JQ - yeah, electrical, and yeah, the other large burner works fine, if I don't see any damage to the socket (or some simple fix like a loose wire) after I drop the belly-pan I can try that swap. Unfortunately it's one where I have to go in from underneath to service. My biggest complaint about the design, honestly... well, that, and the fact that they didn't put the two large and two small on the same sides, they did them alternating, so it's terrible for things like two-burner griddles.

Posted by: RandomDave at October 21, 2026 11:27 PM (aJQbY)

241 Posted by: rhomboid at October 21, 2026 11:21 PM (U/Byj)

That Sabres squad with La Fontaine, Mogliny, and Howerchuk was so much fun to watch.

I played golf with Alex when he was rehabbing his broken leg, he played in a walking cast. Man could he hit the ball ...

Here's a great video on his escape to the West:

https://shorturl.at/3vrHt

Posted by: browndog says woof at October 21, 2026 11:29 PM (oCio0)

242 Haven't liked Celine Dion since she threw up cover for the looters after Katrina. "For the first time in their lives those people have something. Let them have those things".

Posted by: The Heineken Guy at October 21, 2026 11:29 PM (EdP2u)

243
Would love to have a Div I college hockey team close by, but alas. Still want to make the Frozen Four some day. Intensity of college hockey is unmatched, plus all the b.s. is stripped out.
Posted by: rhomboid at October 21, 2026 10:51 PM (U/Byj)

___________

Used to go to Yale games at Ingalls Rink, which was just down the street from the Sterling Chemistry Labs. Indeed, during the winter, we'd go down at lunchtime to skate. Good times.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 21, 2026 11:30 PM (eRlcH)

244 Dan Rowan of Rowan & Martin fame was an Army aviator in the Pacific. He shot down two Japanese planes flying a P40 Warhawk.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at October 21, 2026 11:18 PM (vBZcw)

He also dated Sam Giancana's girlfriend for a while. Sam was not amused..

Posted by: Joe Kidd at October 21, 2026 11:33 PM (08OqX)

245 Metallica? Gosh that's loud. Couldn't we relax with a little Celine Dion?
Posted by: Macaroni at October 21, 2026 11:20 PM (oq9dX)

Time to send him William Shatner's new CD: "What the ---- is Heavy Metal?" Yes, that's the title. He did a live show with The *Uckers, which explains the missing from the title.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at October 21, 2026 11:34 PM (qx7Zg)

246 Pew Research is run by an Obama guy.

Posted by: Reforger at October 21, 2026 11:34 PM (pvX2v)

247 Haitian mobsters kidnapped four El Salvadorans who were piloting a humanitarian mission. Buckele published a note to the mobsters, in part:

- But I want you, the gang leaders, to understand something clearly: today’s attack is nothing in front of what is coming if you do not hand over the four hostages alive.

And don’t take our words for baseless threats. We already end up with the gangs in El Salvador, and you can end up with us too.

You still have time to avoid that. -

Naiy Buckele

https://tinyurl.com/ykchr4wu

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 21, 2026 11:35 PM (vOxCS)

248 Trump most unpopular president at mid term ever, except Truman in 1946.

1946 Republicans flipped 12 senate seats

Ignore all that.

Tmj says all is well.

lol

Sad!

Posted by: AOS Cope at October 21, 2026 11:35 PM (gi3Dm)

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