Tuesday Overnight Open Thread

Tuesday Overnight Open Thread - October 27, 2026

Howdy Hordelings! The Tuesday ONT has arrived. On time, as always. Open thread, as always. Ready to be whelmed?

[I won't be on until late this evening. Photo and mystery click are clues as to where I am and why I'll be late!]

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Route 66 Turns 100

What's left of it anyway

In the 1940s and '50s, Route 66 was one of America's most popular highways, driving business to small towns from Chicago to Santa Monica. But today, the road and its people have been largely forgotten. Ghost towns, empty motels, and abandoned gas stations line its path. Chief correspondent Abby Narishkin grew up along the road. In celebration of its 100th anniversary, she drove down the old route herself to visit the people and businesses still keeping this Americana legacy alive.

Video segment at the link

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Keeping "The Mother Road" alive

This motel is keeping the history of Route 66 alive with its wigwam rooms

U.S. Highway 66, also known as “the Mother Road,” was built in 1926 to connect Chicago to Los Angeles. Historians say Route 66 became a lifeline during the Great Depression, a major corridor during World War Two, and later a symbol of freedom for postwar families traveling west.
As the interstate system expanded, it gradually replaced Route 66, leaving many mom-and-pop stops behind.
But the Wigwam Motel in Holbrook, Arizona is one of the businesses still standing along the historic highway.
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“It’s America, it’s amazing, they don’t write songs about I-10, they write songs about Route 66,” Richards said.
Richards said fewer places like the Wigwam Motel remain today.
“These we’re losing more of these places -- we’re not really gaining them,” Richards said.

Video segment at that link too.

As for the well known song about Route 66, I'm partial to this version

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The "anti-Route 66"?

Route 66’s unsung alternative, with historic inns and misty mountains

Sometimes travelling through the sugar-maple forests of Vermont feels faintly absurd. I was canoeing across a blue-green lake, deep in the Green Mountains, in the pearl glow of sunset. My paddle sang through the water as flutelike birdsong filled the silence. Blue jays whistled. Damselflies hovered. This was prime black bear habitat, but I saw no signs. Instead, a bass breached the surface.
Zoom out to a drone’s-eye view — above the water, above the beaver dam, above my lakeshore log cabin at Sterling Ridge Resort in Jeffersonville — and you’d see that there was no one else around
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Five days earlier, in late June, I had flown to Boston, picked up a rental car and driven 150 miles northwest into the Green Mountain State, the mercury nudging 30C [86F], to begin my journey along Route 100, which would eventually end up here. I was chasing the most wholesome road trip possible, one with historic inns, misty mountains and dairy farms reached by slow, radio-static country roads — an anti-Route 66, if you like. It’s easy to find that here, plus hippy-dippy liberalism, fierce small-town identity and an almost suspicious amount of cheese. We all pine to hide in the woods sometimes, and I wanted the jazzy moo of dairy cows, the burble of waterfalls and nowhere much to be. If Vermont is beautiful in summer, I could only imagine how spectacular the state’s sorbet-shaded foliage, abundance of pumpkin farms and explosive mountain light would be in leaf-peeping season.

Nice photos at the link. Article is from a Brit but is decent, nonetheless.

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How common is your birthday?

JJ Sefton need not look!

Ranked: The Most and Least Common Birthdays in America

September dominates the top of the ranking, claiming eight of the first 10 spots. September 9 takes first place, followed by September 20, September 19, and September 14. July 7 breaks the pattern in fifth place, while December 28 ranks sixth despite falling during the year-end holiday period.

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How many of you are into 3D printing?

Here are some ideas for you!

6 gloriously useless 3D printing projects that are way more fun than bedroom organizers

I stopped buying cable organizers once I started 3D printing my own

What kind of stuff have you 3D printed??

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Signature sandwiches from each state.

No hot dog???

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This has been hitting my X feed a lot recently. I don't think this is from an actual episode of The Flintstones. Or is it??

Anyway, it's kinda funny - I think.

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Halloween is just a few days away. Perhaps something related that you've never seen before?

The infamous banned Halloween cold open from The Office that you won’t find on @peacock or @netflix. Michael Scott really had no boundaries. https://t.co/vppKA1PWbv
— Dunder Mifflin (@DunderMifflinAS) October 21, 2026

Flintstones... Halloween... Let's cross the streams!

Fruity Pebbles Halloween commercial 🍊🍇🍒 https://t.co/xpzdjckE8h
— Bite-Sized Nostalgia (@landofthe80s) October 27, 2026

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DJ Doof - Not-So-Random Stuff Edition

RIP Donnie Iris, who passed away yesterday at age 83

Scott Weiland (Stone Temple Pilots) was born on this date in 1967

Lou Reed passed away on this date in 2013

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Tonight's ONT brought to you by painful memories

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Posted by: Doof at 10:00 PM

Comments

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1 st!

Posted by: Crusader at October 27, 2026 10:00 PM (Cjcf6)

2 Good evening morons en bedankt Disko

Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 27, 2026 10:01 PM (RIvkX)

3 I loved Donnie Iris. A lot of people know his hit "Ah Leah"...I dated a Leah--she was a selfish bitch.

Another great song of his was "Do You Compute?". Donnie will be missed.

Posted by: Crusader at October 27, 2026 10:02 PM (Cjcf6)

4 Enjoy the show Doof

Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 27, 2026 10:02 PM (RIvkX)

5 Thanks for the ONT.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at October 27, 2026 10:02 PM (zZu0s)

6 Not on Route 66, but we still have the Tee Pee Motel going down in here in Wharton County, Texas!

Posted by: DanMa'am at October 27, 2026 10:03 PM (8uzBS)

7 Good evening Horde. Thanks Disco! Enjoy the show.

Posted by: TRex - moving pictures dino at October 27, 2026 10:04 PM (XfIK1)

8 Called the otters.

Posted by: clarence at October 27, 2026 10:04 PM (LOuD5)

9 pink, pink sunshine!

Posted by: they had a fuzzbox and they used it at October 27, 2026 10:04 PM (88C+u)

10 Went to Kingman this year, so was on 66. Couple of places to see there. Might hit Flagstaff in late winter. I think there's more to see there.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at October 27, 2026 10:04 PM (1Ff7Z)

11 Thanks for the ONT, Doof.

I just thought of something that would make every Leftist head explode.

Ilhan Ohmar (or whatever her name is) is found guilty.

And Trump PARDONS her.

Imagine that. Game, set and match.

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at October 27, 2026 10:04 PM (CHHv1)

12 September dominates the top of the ranking, claiming eight of the first 10 spots. September 9 takes first place, followed by September 20, September 19, and September 14. July 7 breaks the pattern in fifth place, while December 28 ranks sixth despite falling during the year-end holiday period.
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This is because the world needs as many Virgos as possible. Without us it would be all Lord of the Flies up in here.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 27, 2026 10:05 PM (RIvkX)

13 I live along Route 66.

We had a celebration this year as part of our annual "Summerfest."

You can still find old sections of Route 66 nearby that are a few miles off the main highway (I-44).

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at October 27, 2026 10:05 PM (FZ29D)

14 I've always been amazed there's never a run of birthdays near mine, as I am 100 percent sure I was conceived on Valentine's Day.

All that Christmas Spirit produces the September babies, yes?

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at October 27, 2026 10:06 PM (Vvh2V)

15 >>>No hot dog???

Michigan

Posted by: one hour sober at October 27, 2026 10:06 PM (J4Dwc)

16 Had a dentist as a kid, my mother's at her same age so pretty old, smoked Marlboros as he worked on you. In your eyes, up your nose, cig dangling from his lips as he worked.
Different times.

Posted by: From about That Time at October 27, 2026 10:07 PM (sl73Y)

17 "Tofu Wrap" seems like the perfect sandwich for the hipster crowd in Portland, Oregon.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at October 27, 2026 10:07 PM (FZ29D)

18 Not even a link to the song by the original writer??

Must have just been an oversight.

Well, here's Bobby singing it himself:

https://tinyurl.com/yp6cbuf6

Posted by: OrangeEnt at October 27, 2026 10:07 PM (1Ff7Z)

19 Pretty picture.

Posted by: Count de Monet at October 27, 2026 10:07 PM (wVcYX)

20 Onion burgers! Yeah!

Nice ONT, Doofster!

Posted by: LRob in OK at October 27, 2026 10:08 PM (Jr+re)

21 I just thought of something that would make every Leftist head explode.

Ilhan Ohmar (or whatever her name is) is found guilty.

And Trump PARDONS her.

Imagine that. Game, set and match.
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Nope. I'd prefer a high-level camera crew is assembled and she is dropped in shark-infested waters. But only after the water has been thoroughly chummed.

She hates this country. She had the nerve to think she should *lead* the very country she hates. She deserves the outcome I proscribed.

Posted by: Crusader at October 27, 2026 10:08 PM (Cjcf6)

22 Route 66...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1nbRoyJXSfQ

Posted by: davidt at October 27, 2026 10:08 PM (Q+gd/)

23 Day of the dead comes early at AoSHQ.

Posted by: Unsportsmanlike Conduct is a Capital Crime to Me at October 27, 2026 10:08 PM (N5vqe)

24 Never heard of a "Denver Sandwich". If we're not Jonah Goldberg arguing about whether a burrito counts as a sandwich, probably the best tortas there are "southwestern" cheesesteaks with various peppers and onions.

Posted by: 88C+u at October 27, 2026 10:08 PM (88C+u)

25 Hello, Tammy!

Posted by: LRob in OK at October 27, 2026 10:09 PM (Jr+re)

26 Ranked: The Most and Least Common Birthdays in America

I'd guess February 29 is the least common.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at October 27, 2026 10:10 PM (1Ff7Z)

27 I just thought of something that would make every Leftist head explode.

Ilhan Ohmar (or whatever her name is) is found guilty.

And Trump PARDONS her.

Imagine that. Game, set and match.

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at October 27, 2026 10:04 PM (CHHv1)

It would make my fucking head explode. She needs to be on Air Pinochet.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at October 27, 2026 10:10 PM (vzuC7)

28 And yes, Lobster Rolls are excellent, and not overrated pace that earlier map.
So this map wins on points.

Posted by: 88C+u at October 27, 2026 10:10 PM (88C+u)

29 I lived I Ohio for many, many years and never heard of a " Polish Boy" sandwich. Never.

Posted by: Tuna at October 27, 2026 10:10 PM (lJ0H4)

30 I am not sure a bierock is a sandwich. Many around this area in my youth. Sort of a doughy roll around some meat. Tasty, though.

Posted by: LRob in OK at October 27, 2026 10:11 PM (Jr+re)

31 before Depeche Mode, there was Composition of Sound
youtu.be/jw8FcBN3X2g

Posted by: when vince clarke thought he could sing at October 27, 2026 10:11 PM (88C+u)

32 Connecticut is lobster roll? Who makes these lists?

Posted by: JackStraw at October 27, 2026 10:12 PM (viF8m)

33 Brat, don't forget the sauerkraut.

Posted by: davidt at October 27, 2026 10:12 PM (Q+gd/)

34 I dated a Leah--she was a selfish bitch.

Posted by: Crusader at October 27, 2026 10:02 PM (Cjcf6)

I wanted to date a Leah I knew in college. She had a great a.... attitude towards life.*

*No, I didn't get to date her. Too good looking, so I was afraid to ask.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at October 27, 2026 10:12 PM (1Ff7Z)

35 Another dandy and whelming ONT, Sir Doof!

The pastrami burger is indeed a "thing" in this part of the west. Haven't tried one yet.

Hope you enjoy the concert!

Posted by: Legally Sufficient at October 27, 2026 10:12 PM (D/6p1)

36 Sort of a doughy roll around some meat.

A relative of the kolache.

Posted by: LRob in OK at October 27, 2026 10:13 PM (Jr+re)

37 re Weiland, I was just listening to "Sour Girl" again

Posted by: 88C+u at October 27, 2026 10:13 PM (88C+u)

38 Never heard of a "Denver Sandwich". If we're not Jonah Goldberg arguing about whether a burrito counts as a sandwich, probably the best tortas there are "southwestern" cheesesteaks with various peppers and onions.
Posted by: 88C+u at October 27, 2026 10:08 PM (88C+u)

Lemme guess. A Denver Sandwich is a Denver Omelet between two pieces of Texas Toast?

Posted by: Count de Monet at October 27, 2026 10:13 PM (wVcYX)

39 Hope you had fun seeing Rush in DC, Doof! Thanks for the ONT.

My birthday is rare. Which makes sense.

When I worked in the newborn nursery and NICU we were always busy in August/September from the Christmas and New Year's babies arriving.

Also if there was a hurricane in September, we would be busy in June.

Storms predict not only dumps of snow or rain, but 9mo later a lot of new babies.

I don't have any idea what a slug sandwich is. That's pretty weird. For FL, yeah, a good Cuban is great.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at October 27, 2026 10:13 PM (hzuYO)

40 "Loose meat" seems kind of vague.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at October 27, 2026 10:14 PM (Cqx++)

41 before Depeche Mode, there was Composition of Sound
youtu.be/jw8FcBN3X2g
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Corrosion of Conformity > Composition of Sound.

Posted by: Crusader at October 27, 2026 10:14 PM (Cjcf6)

42 "The infamous banned Halloween cold open from The Office that you won’t find on @peacock or @netflix. Michael Scott really had no boundaries."

I have not seen that, that's great. His costume is the apex of bad ideas.

Posted by: Bilwis - Wizard of Clwyd at October 27, 2026 10:14 PM (r7+Q7)

43 Louisiana is also correct for a po'boy. Shrimp po'boys to be exact.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at October 27, 2026 10:14 PM (hzuYO)

44 Route 66 Theme, one of the great TV themes.

https://tinyurl.com/46d6emk6

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Where's My Cookie? at October 27, 2026 10:15 PM (ndZc7)

45 The best version of Rt. 66

https://tinyurl.com/5e6apsm4

Posted by: Archimedes at October 27, 2026 10:15 PM (Riz8t)

46 >>"Loose meat" seems kind of vague.

Good band name.

Posted by: JackStraw at October 27, 2026 10:15 PM (viF8m)

47 Nice ONT Disco. Enjoy the concert.
Mentioned it before in the comments that I had a couple of beers with Donnie Iris. He was very smiley and pleasant to chat with. RIP.

Posted by: scampydog at October 27, 2026 10:15 PM (41CYW)

48 I assume a Denver Sandwich is the two butt cheeks you gonna clap when "Sheena" turns out to be a man

Posted by: gotta be sure dat gurl is pure at October 27, 2026 10:15 PM (88C+u)

49
I just thought of something that would make every Leftist head explode.

Ilhan Ohmar (or whatever her name is) is found guilty.

And Trump PARDONS her.

Imagine that. Game, set and match.

Posted by: BeckoningChasm

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Why in God's name?

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at October 27, 2026 10:16 PM (mmrXZ)

50 RIP Donnie Iris, who passed away yesterday at age 83

Sheesh. This guy. Chekov on Sunday. Mrs. McMillen on Monday.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at October 27, 2026 10:16 PM (1Ff7Z)

51 How common is your birthday?

All the common days are June-October, implying that people have nothing better to do in the winter months than get it on.

And I didn't realize induced or c-section "planned" births were that common.

So many people intentionally not having kids on the holidays, or on the 13th of the month.

But a big spike in the last two weeks of the year, minus Christmas day, for the tax write-off.

Posted by: mikeski at October 27, 2026 10:16 PM (VHUov)

52 "Tofu Wrap" seems like the perfect sandwich for the hipster crowd in Portland, Oregon.

I used to be good friends with a professional chef who worked for a major record producer. He pretty much ate nothing but something called “tofu pups”. Now, she did also make the food for the rest of his staff, so she did get to make food beyond microwaving fake hot dogs, but it always annoyed her that the guy she actually worked for didn’t eat anything other than fake food.

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at October 27, 2026 10:16 PM (kYmoU)

53 So did Bibi win? But all the polls said he would lose! How could they have been wrong?

Posted by: Tom Servo at October 27, 2026 10:16 PM (xOuxV)

54 Cadillac Ranch was depressing. It was probably interesting when it was new but allowing it to degenerate into a spray can graffiti hell was a mistake. Everybody wants to make "their mark" and make someone else's art about themselves. It's shallow and narcissistic. And depressing. Did I mention depressing?

Posted by: Oddbob at October 27, 2026 10:16 PM (vTZFs)

55 Not on Route 66, but we still have the Tee Pee Motel going down in here in Wharton County, Texas!
Posted by: DanMa'am at October 27, 2026 10:03 PM (8uzBS)

I have seen that place and took a drive through it for a closer look. Classic.

Posted by: Count de Monet at October 27, 2026 10:17 PM (wVcYX)

56 Watching Emergency! right now. Bobby Troup and his wife are on screen. Great timing.

Posted by: Getting My Kicks. at October 27, 2026 10:17 PM (EdP2u)

57 Kolache the night stalker.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at October 27, 2026 10:17 PM (Cqx++)

58 Roy Orbison had a song Oh Leah. Different.

Posted by: LRob in OK at October 27, 2026 10:17 PM (Jr+re)

59 Sorry I'm late, I had a slight flare up of lycanthropy.

Posted by: tankdemon at October 27, 2026 10:17 PM (/zOzV)

60 Great ONT Doof! Thank you!

Hopefully Im not accused of being a dinner date whore tonight.

Posted by: nurse ratched at October 27, 2026 10:17 PM (yEz+x)

61 Sorry I'm late, I had a slight flare up of lycanthropy.
Posted by: tankdemon at October 27, 2026 10:17 PM (/zOzV)
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Wolf, bear, shark, or leopard?

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at October 27, 2026 10:19 PM (FZ29D)

62 "Loose meat" seems kind of vague.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at October 27, 2026 10:14 PM (Cqx++)

aka Sloppy Joe.

A Chef Dad staple for growing tykes.

Posted by: Count de Monet at October 27, 2026 10:19 PM (wVcYX)

63 Sorry I'm late, I had a slight flare up of lycanthropy.
Posted by: tankdemon at October 27, 2026 10:17 PM (/zOzV)
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Wolf, bear, shark, or leopard?
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at October 27, 2026 10:19 PM (FZ29D)
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And is it contagious? Will a mask (or two) protect me?

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at October 27, 2026 10:19 PM (FZ29D)

64 Ilhan Ohmar (or whatever her name is) is found guilty.

And Trump PARDONS her.

Imagine that. Game, set and match.
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at October 27, 2026 10:04 PM (CHHv1)

BC is a kind, thoughtful person.

I am not.

I want that commie bit** stripped of her fraudulent citizenship, have all her assets confiscated, and her ass deported and blackballed from ever setting her nasty feet in this country again.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at October 27, 2026 10:19 PM (1Ff7Z)

65 Signature sandwiches from each state.

I thought we had a map like this on an earlier ONT. But that one got it wrong and gave the Juicy Lucy to a different state. (Wisconsin, maybe?)

This one gets it right, and puts it in its home state of Minnesota.

Posted by: mikeski at October 27, 2026 10:20 PM (VHUov)

66 Ilhan Ohmar (or whatever her name is) is found guilty.

And Trump PARDONS her.

I could accept that if it comes in exchange for a full confession of everything she's been involved with including her multiple husbands' multiple corruptions and a permanent irrevocable self-deportation.

Posted by: Oddbob at October 27, 2026 10:21 PM (vTZFs)

67 Half my family has September birthdays. Parents. Aunts. Uncles. Lots of boom-boom on those cold winter nights in the northern Appalachians.

Posted by: Ex Rex Reeder at October 27, 2026 10:21 PM (QaH55)

68 So did Bibi win? But all the polls said he would lose! How could they have been wrong?
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Just a wild-ass guess on my part, but I think the polls were wrong because all of them *hate* the Jews and would willingly fellate Muslims, even progressive "men" who assert that they are hetero-sexual.

Posted by: Crusader at October 27, 2026 10:21 PM (Cjcf6)

69 Ethiopia is the only country with a 13 month calendar. Birthdays there would be different. I guess Somalia would be different in that your father could also be your uncle.

Posted by: I'm My Own Grandpa at October 27, 2026 10:22 PM (EdP2u)

70 Evening, all!

Thanks for the ONT, Doof. Enjoy the show!

Relatively productive day, job-search-wise. Interview seemed to go okay, we'll see if I make it to the next round. Couple screening calls for other positions that would also be good. Tomorrow I teach again, a different group at a different school. Haven't heard back from the interview I made the road trip for - should hear by the end of the week. I need to prep the coffee before I fall asleep.

Tomorrow we also have a Halloween function at church, then Saturday night I get to have the locusts descend.

Posted by: RandomDave at October 27, 2026 10:22 PM (aJQbY)

71 Sorry I'm late, I had a slight flare up of lycanthropy.
Posted by: tankdemon

Wolf, bear, shark, or leopard?
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel

Probably sloth. Full moon was yesterday.

Posted by: mikeski at October 27, 2026 10:22 PM (VHUov)

72 John William Kolache (September 23, 1926 – July 17, 1967) was an American jazz saxophonist, bandleader, and composer.

Posted by: Count de Monet's Fractured Facts at October 27, 2026 10:22 PM (wVcYX)

73 29 I lived I Ohio for many, many years and never heard of a " Polish Boy" sandwich. Never.
Posted by: Tuna at October 27, 2026 10:10 PM (lJ0H4)

Yeah, I call bullshit on that as well (as a former NEOhioan).

Posted by: browndog says woof at October 27, 2026 10:22 PM (oCio0)

74 Pork Chop Sandwiches!

Posted by: GI Joe at October 27, 2026 10:22 PM (GtjIi)

75 Wolf, bear, shark, or leopard?
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel
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Capybara.

Posted by: scampydog at October 27, 2026 10:22 PM (41CYW)

76 I lived I Ohio for many, many years and never heard of a " Polish Boy" sandwich. Never.
Posted by: Tuna at October 27, 2026 10:10 PM (lJ0H4)

We had them in Indiana. Mmmmmm.

Posted by: Pete Buttgigger at October 27, 2026 10:22 PM (1Ff7Z)

77 John William Kolache

Named for a dessert!

Posted by: LRob in OK at October 27, 2026 10:23 PM (Jr+re)

78 BC is a kind, thoughtful person.

Slander, sir! Sheer slander! Tomorrow, staving poles at sunrise! Choose your second, sir!

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at October 27, 2026 10:23 PM (CHHv1)

79 Evening, Doof, and ONT Horde! I was prepared to scorn the Depech Mode cover of Rte. 66, but it was surprisingly good. I toured 66 from Amarillo to Kingman last May, and it was great. Saw many of those landmarks from the video.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 27, 2026 10:23 PM (hg8Lt)

80 Cadillac Ranch was depressing. It was probably interesting when it was new but allowing it to degenerate into a spray can graffiti hell was a mistake.
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The same could be said of so much of American culture.

Posted by: Crusader at October 27, 2026 10:23 PM (Cjcf6)

81 WTH? How does "baked potato" end up as a signature sandwich? (Also, I'm guessing everyone east of the cascades disagrees on the "Seattle Dog.")

Posted by: GWB at October 27, 2026 10:24 PM (kU0PQ)

82 Yesterday was the full Koontz, here's some appropriate tunes;

https://youtu.be/Y4lOlydXPGQ
https://youtu.be/p9kbj_aeO2k
https://youtu.be/c18iVOUpecI
https://youtu.be/LWz0JC7afNQ

Posted by: tankdemon at October 27, 2026 10:26 PM (/zOzV)

83 I've been to Reno, Chicago, Fargo, Minnesota
Buffalo, Toronto, Winslow, Sarasota
Wichita, Tulsa, Ottawa, Oklahoma
Tampa, Panama, Mattawa, La Paloma
Bangor, Baltimore, Salvador, Amarillo
Tocopilla, Barranquilla, and Padilla, I'm a killer

Posted by: Count de Monet's Been Everywhere, Man at October 27, 2026 10:26 PM (wVcYX)

84 September birthdays...do the math...Christmas and New Years PLUS 9 months...

Yep, that checks out.

Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy - 106 years old! Puppy at heart! at October 27, 2026 10:26 PM (Sco7b)

85 this is my halloween season song
youtu.be/SbAxbmAHgx4
the girl is never there

Posted by: 88C+u at October 27, 2026 10:26 PM (88C+u)

86 Evenin’, All.

Posted by: Bulg at October 27, 2026 10:28 PM (77rzZ)

87 Kolache the night stalker.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at October 27, 2026 10:17 PM (Cqx++)

The werewolf of Warsaw? That Kolache?

Posted by: OrangeEnt at October 27, 2026 10:28 PM (1Ff7Z)

88 There can be only one

https://youtu.be/Q131ZJ6YkG0

Posted by: Don Black at October 27, 2026 10:28 PM (ZxPkt)

89 That Route 66 Depeche Mode would go great with that 1966 red, drop-top Cadillac that Glenn Reynolds pointed to yesterday. As of Sunday it only had 4 bids, with the top one at $9,000. And only 79,000 miles.

Posted by: GWB at October 27, 2026 10:29 PM (kU0PQ)

90 Cadillac Ranch was depressing. It was probably interesting when it was new but allowing it to degenerate into a spray can graffiti hell was a mistake.
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The same could be said of so much of American culture.
Posted by: Crusader at October 27, 2026 10:23 PM (Cjcf6)

When I got to visit it back in 2019, it had just undergone a significant improvement. Some stupid with a ~~flare gun~~ open flame had burnt all the layers of paint off of about half the cars.

Posted by: Count de Monet's Been Everywhere, Man at October 27, 2026 10:29 PM (wVcYX)

91 I took the Kingman to Seligman leg of Route 66 back in 2014. Haunting and beautiful at the same time. And Peach Springs has a nice view of the western end of the Grand Canyon.

Burma Shave!

Posted by: Additional Blond Agent at October 27, 2026 10:29 PM (iIyc0)

92 WTH? How does "baked potato" end up as a signature sandwich?
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Words have meaning, and we just push back on this stupidity.

A "sandwich" has bread that encloses the other ingredients.

We can debate what "bread" means but we can all agree that potato skin divided in half is NOT "bread".

Posted by: Crusader at October 27, 2026 10:29 PM (Cjcf6)

93 Fred Flintstone on the Grand Canyon: "Yeah, they say it's gonna be a big thing someday."

Sad to say I remember the episode.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at October 27, 2026 10:30 PM (vBZcw)

94 Why do lycanthropes make such bad fashion models?

Because they can only wear wolf.

Posted by: Bulg at October 27, 2026 10:30 PM (77rzZ)

95 Tammy Al Thor!!!!
Please contact me @ moon hill farm (all one word) at outlook dot com. I have some items for you that you may be interested in.

Posted by: SnailRacer at October 27, 2026 10:30 PM (5EDOG)

96 Somewhere in the deep recesses of my brain im recalling a Denver Sandwich being somewhat like a western omelet in bread.
This could and probably is totally wrong.

Posted by: From about That Time at October 27, 2026 10:31 PM (sl73Y)

97 73 29 I lived I Ohio for many, many years and never heard of a " Polish Boy" sandwich. Never.
Posted by: Tuna at October 27, 2026 10:10 PM (lJ0H4)

Yeah, I call bullshit on that as well (as a former NEOhioan).
Posted by: browndog says woof at October 27, 2026 10:22 PM (oCio0)

^^I third this statement.

Posted by: Iris at October 27, 2026 10:31 PM (286+n)

98 Tomorrow, staving poles at sunrise! Choose your second, sir!
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at October 27, 2026 10:23 PM (CHHv1)

12:34:56am will be fine.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at October 27, 2026 10:32 PM (1Ff7Z)

99 Cadillac Ranch was depressing. It was probably interesting when it was new but allowing it to degenerate into a spray can graffiti hell was a mistake. Everybody wants to make "their mark" and make someone else's art about themselves. It's shallow and narcissistic. And depressing. Did I mention depressing?
Posted by: Oddbob at October 27, 2026 10:16 PM (vTZFs)

I saw it back in May. It is fun to view. I did not indulge in the spray painting. The paint is over a half inch thick in some places. The break chips of the thick paint off, and slab and polish it to make costume jewelry. Kind of cool, I thought. Consider it to be an audience-participation art installation, minus all the pretentiousness that usually attends "art installations".

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 27, 2026 10:32 PM (hg8Lt)

100 depeche' Route 66 is a b-side to Behind The Wheel. Sometimes merged together on the single.

Posted by: 88C+u at October 27, 2026 10:32 PM (88C+u)

101 Now, were the Flintstones Neanderthals? Probably too large for Homo floresiensis.

Maybe Erectus. That might explain why Wilma married beneath her station.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at October 27, 2026 10:33 PM (vBZcw)

102 My Dad was the only one in our extended clan who had an April birthday. There are scores of us - cousins, uncles, aunts, grandkids, great grandkids. He was the only one.

A lot of December birthdays, though.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Sounding the Carnyx at October 27, 2026 10:33 PM (0aYVJ)

103 Why did Doctor Frankenstein keep measuring his monster?

Because he wanted to make sure that he’d grew some.

Posted by: Bulg at October 27, 2026 10:33 PM (77rzZ)

104 Why do lycanthropes make such bad fashion models?

Because they can only wear wolf.
Posted by: Bulg at October 27, 2026 10:30 PM (77rzZ)

*points* There wolf.

Posted by: Igor at October 27, 2026 10:34 PM (wVcYX)

105 To Betty: "That Fred, you know he's always Erectus."

*titters*

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at October 27, 2026 10:35 PM (vBZcw)

106 Now, were the Flintstones Neanderthals? Probably too large for Homo floresiensis.

Maybe Erectus. That might explain why Wilma married beneath her station.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at October 27, 2026 10:33 PM (vBZcw)

No, they were modern humans in a dystopian future stuck living on the ruined surface of earth while the Jetsons lived in sky cities.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at October 27, 2026 10:36 PM (1Ff7Z)

107
And Trump PARDONS her.

I could accept that if it comes in exchange for a full confession of everything she's been involved with including her multiple husbands' multiple corruptions and a permanent irrevocable self-deportation.
Posted by: Oddbob

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AND the confession would have to occur on nationwide television and platform livestreams and include all her motives. E.g., "I wanted to cheat the American people because I've always resented white wealth" etc.

Beckoning Chasm, what on earth are you thinking anyway?

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at October 27, 2026 10:36 PM (mmrXZ)

108 >>>Donnie Iris - Ah Leah

That's a great song. But, he sure had an odd look, at least in that video. Kinda looks like Horshack from Welcome Back Kotter, if he decided to get some glasses with thick black frames and then topped it off with a poorly-fitted yellow suit and a bow tie.

Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at October 27, 2026 10:37 PM (syz1S)

109 Samantha showed up in the Flintstones.

Posted by: Bulg at October 27, 2026 10:37 PM (77rzZ)

110 AOP, I guess art is what viewers make of it so I accept your take as perfectly valid.

I will admit some grudging respect for the spray paint vendors who capitalized on it by selling cheap paint on the roadside.

Posted by: Oddbob at October 27, 2026 10:37 PM (vTZFs)

111 No, they were modern humans in a dystopian future stuck living on the ruined surface of earth while the Jetsons lived in sky cities.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at October 27, 2026 10:36 PM (1Ff7Z)

Sort of prefiguring Zardoz, then?

Posted by: Kindltot at October 27, 2026 10:37 PM (rbvCR)

112 Didn't Donnie Iris die recently?

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at October 27, 2026 10:38 PM (vBZcw)

113 Route 66 TV Show (1960 - 1964)
Starring Martin Milner and George Maharis

The adventures of two young drifters across America.

Posted by: Count de Monet at October 27, 2026 10:38 PM (wVcYX)

114 Now, were the Flintstones Neanderthals?
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43)

No, they were modern humans in a dystopian future stuck living on the ruined surface of earth while the Jetsons lived in sky cities.
Posted by: OrangeEnt

That would explain the simultaneous existence of humans, mammoths, and several otherwise-non-overlapping dinosaur species.

Posted by: mikeski at October 27, 2026 10:38 PM (VHUov)

115 Corrosion of Conformity > Composition of Sound.
Posted by: Crusader at October 27, 2026 10:14 PM (Cjcf6)

Help me Jesus help me clean my room

Posted by: 88C+u at October 27, 2026 10:39 PM (88C+u)

116 That's a great song. But, he sure had an odd look, at least in that video. Kinda looks like Horshack from Welcome Back Kotter, if he decided to get some glasses with thick black frames and then topped it off with a poorly-fitted yellow suit and a bow tie.

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It's a dorky Buddy Holly vibe.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at October 27, 2026 10:39 PM (vBZcw)

117 Samantha showed up in the Flintstones.
Posted by: Bulg at October 27, 2026 10:37 PM (77rzZ)

She wasn't the only one. Hubba hubba, Ann Margrock.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at October 27, 2026 10:40 PM (1Ff7Z)

118 That would explain the simultaneous existence of humans, mammoths, and several otherwise-non-overlapping dinosaur species.
Posted by: mikeski at October 27, 2026 10:38 PM (VHUov)

It was all the Great Gazoo's fault. If he hadn't been doing those experiments....

Posted by: OrangeEnt at October 27, 2026 10:40 PM (1Ff7Z)

119 I will admit some grudging respect for the spray paint vendors who capitalized on it by selling cheap paint on the roadside.
Posted by: Oddbob at October 27, 2026 10:37 PM (vTZFs)

They now sell it from the little trailer, right on the site, that serves as a gift shop.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 27, 2026 10:41 PM (hg8Lt)

120 Now, were the Flintstones Neanderthals?
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43)

No, they were modern humans in a dystopian future stuck living on the ruined surface of earth while the Jetsons lived in sky cities.
Posted by: OrangeEnt

That would explain the simultaneous existence of humans, mammoths, and several otherwise-non-overlapping dinosaur species.
Posted by: mikeski at October 27, 2026 10:38 PM (VHUov)

And one space alien.

Posted by: The Great Gazoo (voiced by Harvey Korman) at October 27, 2026 10:41 PM (wVcYX)

121 And Trump PARDONS her.

I could accept that if it comes in exchange for a full confession of everything she's been involved with including her multiple husbands' multiple corruptions and a permanent irrevocable self-deportation.
Posted by: Oddbob

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

AND the confession would have to occur on nationwide television and platform livestreams and include all her motives. E.g., "I wanted to cheat the American people because I've always resented white wealth" etc.
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What is wrong with you all? She *deserves* my sentence--dropped into appropriately chummed waters to a waiting audience of great white sharks. She *despises* this country. She should know at the time of her death that this country took their revenge.

Posted by: Crusader at October 27, 2026 10:41 PM (Cjcf6)

122 Route 66 TV Show (1960 - 1964)
Starring Martin Milner and George Maharis

The adventures of two young drifters across America.
Posted by: Count de Monet at October 27, 2026

***
Glenn Corbett, later to play Zephraim Cochrane on Trek, replaced Maharis for the last season.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 27, 2026 10:42 PM (wzUl9)

123 Sort of prefiguring Zardoz, then?
Posted by: Kindltot at October 27, 2026 10:37 PM (rbvCR)

But with less revealing clothes.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at October 27, 2026 10:42 PM (1Ff7Z)

124 Samantha showed up in the Flintstones.
Posted by: Bulg at October 27, 2026 10:37 PM (77rzZ)

She wasn't the only one. Hubba hubba, Ann Margrock.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at October 27, 2026

***
I remember the latter, but not the former. Makes sense, though, as they were both on the same network, ABC.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 27, 2026 10:43 PM (wzUl9)

125 Death may have been a sweet release for Donnie Iris. He doesn't have to sing Ah! Leah at state fairs anymore,

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at October 27, 2026 10:43 PM (vBZcw)

126 Evening Horde thx Doof.
Excellent and eclectic music selection. Rush, STP, Donnie Iris (RIP) , Depeche Mode and Lou Reed.
Just had STP on today, Interstate Love Song and Depeche Mode's "Violator" on last week. Have to play Rush and Reed's _New York tomorrow

Posted by: Smell the Glove at October 27, 2026 10:44 PM (f8snw)

127 The adventures of two young drifters across America.
Posted by: Count de Monet
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In a 60 & 61 Corvette.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at October 27, 2026 10:44 PM (XeU6L)

128 I remember the latter, but not the former. Makes sense, though, as they were both on the same network, ABC.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 27, 2026 10:43 PM (wzUl9)

Almost all the "guest stars" had stone age names except for a few. I remember Tuesday Weld was Tuesday Wednesday, but not the others.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at October 27, 2026 10:45 PM (1Ff7Z)

129 Wolf, bear, shark, or leopard?
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at October 27, 2026 10:19 PM (FZ29D)
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And is it contagious? Will a mask (or two) protect me?
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at October 27, 2026 10:19 PM (FZ29D)

Probably sloth. Full moon was yesterday.
Posted by: mikeski at October 27, 2026 10:22 PM (VHUov)

Wolf (I'm a traditionalist at heart.) Slightly contagious, though cháin mail (preferably with some silver integrated into it) would be more effective than a mask.

In re: Sloth--Would you really expect a timely transformation from ME?

Posted by: tankdemon at October 27, 2026 10:45 PM (/zOzV)

130 I traveled most of 66 (picked up in St Louis) on my first trip.to LA in 1956. My most vivid memory? Seeing that the "drunk Indian" stereotype was real when I was stuck in Gallup for 6 hrs.

I don't remember them originally, probably because there was some variant of "Teepee style" motor court (that was the name for "motel" then) repeatedly on the route from Oklahoma on, but I see the Wigwams now on every trip heading west for any destination except SoCal or Phoenix.

Posted by: buddhaha at October 27, 2026 10:46 PM (qhNz+)

131 In re: Sloth--Would you really expect a timely transformation from ME?
Posted by: tankdemon

Point granted.

Posted by: mikeski at October 27, 2026 10:47 PM (VHUov)

132 That X video of the song from The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly by Morricone was well done.

As for Route 66, I visited the Cadillac Ranch in '14 when I went to Palo Duro Canyon nearby; and I've been on Central Ave. in Albuquerque, which is 66, many times.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 27, 2026 10:47 PM (wzUl9)

133 Beckoning Chasm, what on earth are you thinking anyway?

The word "thinking" doesn't generally apply to me. So there's that. But there's also Trump's ability to find the weak spot.

He offers her a pardon. She accepts it, and she is forever compromised and her power is gone. The Left would see her as tainted beyond redemption.

She refuses the pardon. She goes back to Somalia. Where, let's be honest here, she's raped and murdered.

I don't see a downside.

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at October 27, 2026 10:47 PM (CHHv1)

134 The most mind blowing thing about the Great Gazoo is that he was voiced by Harvey Korman.

Posted by: Tom Servo at October 27, 2026 10:47 PM (xOuxV)

135 The adventures of two young drifters across America.
Posted by: Count de Monet
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In a 60 & 61 Corvette.
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I liked "Adam-12" better.

Posted by: Crusader at October 27, 2026 10:49 PM (Cjcf6)

136 134 The most mind blowing thing about the Great Gazoo is that he was voiced by Harvey Korman.

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Hadley Lamar?

Well goldarnit!

Posted by: Taggart at October 27, 2026 10:49 PM (vBZcw)

137 Does anyone drive art 66 from LA to Chicago?

Posted by: nurse ratched at October 27, 2026 10:51 PM (yEz+x)

138 Submitted for your consideration: The character "Q" on Star Trek TNG was Rodenberry's version of Hanna Barbera's "The Great Gazoo" from The Flintsones.

Posted by: Count de Monet has opinions at October 27, 2026 10:51 PM (wVcYX)

139

Rep. Pramila Jayapal, D-Wash., led 175 members of the House Democratic Caucus in a letter to Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Markwayne Mullin and Attorney General Todd Blanche, criticizing the probe into Omar's immigration history as a partisan attack and accusing them of trying to sway her bid for another term in Congress.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at October 27, 2026 10:51 PM (Cqx++)

140 Never heard of a "Denver Sandwich". If we're not Jonah Goldberg arguing about whether a burrito counts as a sandwich, probably the best tortas there are "southwestern" cheesesteaks with various peppers and onions.
Posted by: 88C+u at October 27, 2026

***
Bison burger. Colorado's one contribution to world cuisine.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 27, 2026 10:52 PM (wzUl9)

141 113 Route 66 TV Show (1960 - 1964)
Starring Martin Milner and George Maharis

The adventures of two young drifters across America.
Posted by: Count de Monet at October 27, 2026 10:38 PM (wVcYX)

I have no childhood memories of that show, I was alive but my parents were probably watching the Flintstones.

Posted by: Joemarine at October 27, 2026 10:52 PM (y171U)

142 I liked "Adam-12" better.

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Drifters in a city-owned Plymouth Belvedere.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at October 27, 2026 10:53 PM (vBZcw)

143 He offers her a pardon. She accepts it, and she is forever compromised and her power is gone. The Left would see her as tainted beyond redemption.

She refuses the pardon. She goes back to Somalia. Where, let's be honest here, she's raped and murdered.

I don't see a downside.
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at October 27, 2026 10:47 PM (CHHv1)

Thank goodness this didn't get weird.

Posted by: oofda at October 27, 2026 10:53 PM (UK1NN)

144
And I didn't realize induced or c-section "planned" births were that common.

Posted by: mikeski at October 27, 2026 10:16 PM (VHUov)

Our 2nd boys birthday was May 28th. Because of a scheduled c-section (due to his big headed brother and father), he was to be delivered a week early. One aunt had a bday of May 20, an uncle, May 22nd.

So his Mama chose his birthday as May 21st.

They try to do this to make sure their lungs are mature. Now they have better technology and, heck, every baby has a few ultrasounds. In 1984, unless medically needed, insurance didn't pay.

So both boys were surprises. I wanted a boy the first time and never set my heart on a girl the second. A healthy baby boy was wonderful and the only thing I wanted both times.

To select a holiday or whatever is a bit weird, but I guess I did similar so he didn't share a birthday. Plus his aunt is weird.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at October 27, 2026 10:53 PM (hzuYO)

145 Worked for many years in the SoCal, Arizona, Utah part of the world. Made the drive on I-40 many times going or coming from back east. The freeway largely followed and replaced Rt. 66. My girlfriend and I once made the detour from Flag up along 66 and then down to Kingman. This was back in the early 90's. I'm sure it was more lively back in the 30's and 40's, but it was deader than dead when we saw it. Lonely and sad. A precursor to every small town bypassed by the modern highways later on.

Posted by: Ex Rex Reeder at October 27, 2026 10:54 PM (QaH55)

146 Pramila Jayapal is MY REPRESENTATIVE !

yay.

Posted by: nurse ratched at October 27, 2026 10:54 PM (yEz+x)

147 meh, the elk sausage sandwiches were also better than bison burgers

Posted by: 88C+u at October 27, 2026 10:54 PM (88C+u)

148 Why do lycanthropes make such bad fashion models?

Because they can only wear wolf.
Posted by: Bulg at October 27, 2026

***
That one got a flicker of a smile from Miss Linda. Congrats to you, Bulg, it's something I can rarely manage.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 27, 2026 10:55 PM (wzUl9)

149 Great ONT Doof!
I'm waaay down on the birthday list (Jan. 1)....

Posted by: COMountainMarie at October 27, 2026 10:56 PM (96kpa)

150
Re The Office Halloween.

Nothing will ever beat the Reno 911 kids' tour of the sheriff's station. Officer Junior mixes it up with a "motherfucker" in detention, apologizes to the kids for the smell of jizz in an empty jail cell, tells an incidental story of how a deputy got electrocuted unlocking a jail cell (fried his belt buckle, which slid down and sliced his testicles off), gives them a lesson on making jailhouse hooch from raisins or tomatoes, advises them on how to avoid getting "assfucked" by some of the bigger fellas, and describes a "circle the wagons" incident that made them bolt the bunks to the wall.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at October 27, 2026 10:56 PM (mmrXZ)

151 32 Connecticut is lobster roll? Who makes these lists?
Posted by: JackStraw at October 27, 2026 10:12 PM (viF8m)

Actually, I'd probably agree with this. I prefer ME lobster rolls with mayo, but CT uses butter. A little plain for my taste, but people seem to like CT lobster rolls.

Posted by: Darrell Harris at October 27, 2026 10:56 PM (0CU3H)

152 Rep. Pramila Jayapal, D-Wash., led 175 members of the House Democratic Caucus in a letter to Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Markwayne Mullin and Attorney General Todd Blanche, criticizing the probe into Omar's immigration history as a partisan attack and accusing them of trying to sway her bid for another term in Congress.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at October 27, 2026 10:51 PM (Cqx++)

My response? "You're next, sweet cheeks."

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 27, 2026 10:56 PM (hg8Lt)

153 113 Route 66 TV Show (1960 - 1964)
Starring Martin Milner and George Maharis

The adventures of two young drifters across America.
Posted by: Count de Monet at October 27, 2026 10:38 PM (wVcYX)

They tried a revival in 1993 that lasted about 4 episodes.

Posted by: tankdemon at October 27, 2026 10:56 PM (/zOzV)

154 147 meh, the elk sausage sandwiches were also better than bison burgers

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In my flying days I used to go over to Catalina for a bison burger at the world famous Airport In The Sky. Made from local Catalina bison.

They were underwhelming.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at October 27, 2026 10:57 PM (vBZcw)

155 Does anyone drive art 66 from LA to Chicago?
Posted by: nurse ratched at October 27, 2026 10:51 PM (yEz+x)

Every vid I've seen starts in Chicago.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at October 27, 2026 10:57 PM (1Ff7Z)

156 Ilhan Ohmar (or whatever her name is) is found guilty.
And Trump PARDONS her.

Posted by: BeckoningChasm
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Ok, as long as the fine strips her of every cent, and then she is deported to Somalia, like the middle of the country, with only the clothes on her back (and her hijab 😁

Posted by: buddhaha at October 27, 2026 10:57 PM (qhNz+)

157 My response? "You're next, sweet cheeks."
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 27, 2026 10:56 PM (hg8Lt)

See! Another person nicer than me. I would have said something else.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at October 27, 2026 10:59 PM (1Ff7Z)

158 There's a reason In N Out Burger doesn't use bison meat.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at October 27, 2026 10:59 PM (vBZcw)

159 Does anyone drive art 66 from LA to Chicago?
Posted by: nurse ratched at October 27, 2026 10:51 PM (yEz+x)

Every vid I've seen starts in Chicago.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at October 27, 2026 10:57 PM (1Ff7Z)

Like the pac-man computer map laid out to get to Wally World.

Posted by: Clark W. Griswold at October 27, 2026 10:59 PM (wVcYX)

160 Joe Locke on vibes:
youtube.com/watch?v=BgdifLtmFoE

Posted by: gp at October 27, 2026 11:00 PM (Jr5Lq)

161 Ackshully about as cromulent as it gets. Too bad no Harvey Korman voicing.

138 Submitted for your consideration: The character "Q" on Star Trek TNG was Rodenberry's version of Hanna Barbera's "The Great Gazoo" from The Flintsones

Posted by: Hokey Pokey at October 27, 2026 11:00 PM (hxMfc)

162 Rep. Pramila Jayapal, D-Wash., led 175 members of the House Democratic Caucus in a letter to Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Markwayne Mullin and Attorney General Todd Blanche, criticizing the probe into Omar's immigration history as a partisan attack and accusing them of trying to sway her bid for another term in Congress
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We should investigate Payapal next.

Why do we keep pretending that muslims and muslim-adjacents belong here?

Posted by: Crusader at October 27, 2026 11:00 PM (Cjcf6)

163 Just re-watched The Man From U.N.C.L.E. film from 2015. No, it's not like the series, and yet it is. The two leads, one dark and American, one blond and Russian, who make a great spy team. Exciting camera work, funny dialog in the right places, some clever plot twists, neat editing with the split-screen scenes -- and it had a fine setup for a sequel that sadly has never been made.

If you'd never seen the show and know nothing about it, the movie makes a great Cold War spy thriller. If you are a long-time fan, the similarities outweigh the big differences.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 27, 2026 11:00 PM (wzUl9)

164 Ilhan Ohmar (or whatever her name is) is found guilty.

And Trump PARDONS her.

Imagine that. Game, set and match.
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at October 27, 2026 10:04 PM (CHHv1)

But only after she's deported.

Posted by: GWB at October 27, 2026 11:01 PM (kU0PQ)

165 There's a reason In N Out Burger doesn't use bison meat.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at October 27, 2026 10:59 PM (vBZcw)

Properly-made bison burgers are just fine. Too expensive for a fast food joint.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 27, 2026 11:01 PM (hg8Lt)

166 Kent McCord was very young 21-22 years old when Adam-12 was filmed.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 27, 2026 11:01 PM (RIvkX)

167 I liked "Adam-12" better.
Posted by: Crusader
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"Car 54"

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at October 27, 2026 11:02 PM (XeU6L)

168 If you'd never seen the show and know nothing about it, the movie makes a great Cold War spy thriller. If you are a long-time fan, the similarities outweigh the big differences.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 27, 2026 11:00 PM (wzUl9)

I've only rarely watched MFU. But I can imagine what kind of "big differences" they were. Didn't watch the movie because I know all those based on old shows disappoint me.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at October 27, 2026 11:03 PM (1Ff7Z)

169 Route 66 TV Show (1960 - 1964)
Starring Martin Milner and George Maharis

The adventures of two young drifters across America.
Posted by: Count de Monet at October 27, 2026 10:38 PM (wVcYX)

And when they got to California, Martin joined the LAPD.

Posted by: GWB at October 27, 2026 11:04 PM (kU0PQ)

170
"Car 54"
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc.
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Per wiki:

1961 Plymouth Belvedere during most of the first season, followed by a 1962, and later a 1963, Plymouth Savoy.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at October 27, 2026 11:04 PM (XeU6L)

171 Jack Webb was set to retool Adam 12 around 1982, with McCord as the veteran and a new young actor as the rookie, but he croaked before it got off the ground.

Posted by: See The Man..... at October 27, 2026 11:05 PM (EdP2u)

172 My wife like bison burgers and orders it whenever its on the menu. Personally, I'd rather spend the cost difference toward a good beer to go with my regular old beef burger.

Posted by: Oddbob at October 27, 2026 11:05 PM (vTZFs)

173 155 Does anyone drive art 66 from LA to Chicago?
Posted by: nurse ratched at October 27, 2026 10:51 PM (yEz+x)

Every vid I've seen starts in Chicago.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at October 27, 2026 10:57 PM (1Ff7Z)

Back when RTÉ.66 was still a thing, California was actually a destination. These days, people are leaving in droves.

Posted by: tankdemon at October 27, 2026 11:06 PM (/zOzV)

174 If you'd never seen the show and know nothing about it, the movie makes a great Cold War spy thriller. If you are a long-time fan, the similarities outweigh the big differences.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 27, 2026 11:00 PM (wzUl9)

With a few tweaks, and Henry Cavill speaking in his own accent, it could have been a post-WWII Tommy Hambledon spy flick.

Posted by: Kindltot at October 27, 2026 11:06 PM (rbvCR)

175 1961 Plymouth Belvedere during most of the first season, followed by a 1962, and later a 1963, Plymouth Savoy.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at October 27, 2026 11:04 PM (XeU6L)

Painted in red and white so as not to confuse the residents of NYC during filming.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at October 27, 2026 11:06 PM (1Ff7Z)

176 Properly-made bison burgers are just fine. Too expensive for a fast food joint.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 27, 2026 11:01 PM (hg8Lt)

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In my yoot I had a short waiting tables at a restaurant that served hybrid Beefalo meat. For some reason that didn't bring in the masses. The place went tango Uniform in about three months.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at October 27, 2026 11:06 PM (vBZcw)

177 I don't see a downside.
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at October 27, 2026 10:47 PM (CHHv1)

****
Please tell me she's still deported with her merry gang of pear head Somolians?

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at October 27, 2026 11:07 PM (hzuYO)

178 Submitted for your consideration: The character "Q" on Star Trek TNG was Rodenberry's version of Hanna Barbera's "The Great Gazoo" from The Flintsones
Posted by: Count de Monet

The best character with universe-scale reality warping powers is Haruhi Suzumiya.

Because she didn't know she had them.

Posted by: mikeski at October 27, 2026 11:07 PM (VHUov)

179 Jack Webb was set to retool Adam 12 around 1982, with McCord as the veteran and a new young actor as the rookie, but he croaked before it got off the ground.
Posted by: See The Man..... at October 27, 2026 11:05 PM (EdP2u)

He should have jumped sooner.

Posted by: Bud Wise Er at October 27, 2026 11:07 PM (1Ff7Z)

180 Painted in red and white so as not to confuse the residents of NYC during filming.
Posted by: OrangeEnt
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Look! It's the Fire Police!

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at October 27, 2026 11:07 PM (XeU6L)

181 What is wrong with you all? She *deserves* my sentence--dropped into appropriately chummed waters to a waiting audience of great white sharks. She *despises* this country. She should know at the time of her death that this country took their revenge.
Posted by: Crusader at October 27, 2026 10:41 PM (Cjcf6)

Let's be nice to the sharks. She wears a small, CLEAN, bikini, and no head wrap. That way, it can be shown on news programs. No nudity, just violence.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at October 27, 2026 11:08 PM (qx7Zg)

182 1961 Plymouth Belvedere during most of the first season, followed by a 1962, and later a 1963, Plymouth Savoy.
Posted by: Mike Hammer

Ward Cleaver got a new Plymouth every year the last four years of LITB. Ford was the sponsor the first few years.
Jim Anderson drove a Mercury for the entire run of Father Knows Best, 1954-60, IIRC.

Posted by: Uncle Billy Drove An Imperial at October 27, 2026 11:09 PM (EdP2u)

183 When I was on vacation in Tibet I ran across hybrid yak meat several times. They're called Dzo or some such thing. It was edible but no Angus patty.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at October 27, 2026 11:09 PM (vBZcw)

184 I have a long weird story about buffalo burgers and Kamala Harris, one day I'll tell it to you

Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 27, 2026 11:10 PM (RIvkX)

185 30 I am not sure a bierock is a sandwich. Many around this area in my youth. Sort of a doughy roll around some meat. Tasty, though.
Posted by: LRob in OK

If that qualifies as a sandwich, so should a pasty.

Posted by: nerdygirl at October 27, 2026 11:10 PM (0Htd1)

186 1961 Plymouth Belvedere during most of the first season, followed by a 1962, and later a 1963, Plymouth Savoy.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at October 27, 2026 11:04 PM (XeU6L)

I heard that in Joe E. Brown's voice.

Posted by: Fusion Kidd at October 27, 2026 11:11 PM (1Ff7Z)

187
*No, I didn't get to date her. Too good looking, so I was afraid to ask.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at October 27, 2026 10:12 PM (1Ff7Z)

*********
Should you go back in time: ask her! What did you have to lose? Her saying no? No biggie and the odds might have been in your favor.

My husband's theory was the odds were good she'd say yes and never hesitated with me.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at October 27, 2026 11:12 PM (hzuYO)

188 For those living in VA, job seekers can meet employers at a free Nexus234 career fair Thursday, Oct. 29, at Manassas’ Hylton Performing Arts Center. Registration might be required. Check website.

Posted by: Mrs JTB at October 27, 2026 11:12 PM (yTvNw)

189 Route 66 the TV show came to the town I grew up in. Mesquite, Tx. This from Facebook:

Route 66 comes to Mesquite, Tx. Filmed at the Mesquite Rodeo grounds. The episode "A Long Piece of Mischief"
Hollywood's Marin Milner, George Maharis, Denver Pyle and Slim Pickens among others. This aired January 19th, 1962 on CBS.

Posted by: Case at October 27, 2026 11:13 PM (Dd7BU)

190 Another loss was the newest voice of Bugs Bunny and others. Eric Bauza, 46, died yesterday. He idolized Mel Blanc, and got to follow in his footsteps.

CNN: https://tinyurl.com/Voiceless-bugs

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at October 27, 2026 11:14 PM (qx7Zg)

191 Painted in red and white so as not to confuse the residents of NYC during filming.
Posted by: OrangeEnt
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Look! It's the Fire Police!
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc.
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Image: https://shorturl.at/0rPMr

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at October 27, 2026 11:14 PM (XeU6L)

192 No state claims a ham and Swiss on rye? Or a Reuben? Maybe New York could have the Reuben.

Posted by: nerdygirl at October 27, 2026 11:14 PM (0Htd1)

193 Should you go back in time: ask her! What did you have to lose? Her saying no? No biggie and the odds might have been in your favor.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at October 27, 2026 11:12 PM (hzuYO)

Aw, if I could go back in time, I'd go a lot further back than that. She's one of many I hesitated saying something to.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at October 27, 2026 11:14 PM (1Ff7Z)

194 Ward Cleaver got a new Plymouth every year the last four years of LITB. Ford was the sponsor the first few years.
Jim Anderson drove a Mercury for the entire run of Father Knows Best, 1954-60, IIRC.
Posted by: Uncle Billy Drove An Imperial at October 27, 2026 11:09 PM (EdP2u)

Wilbur Post drove a Studebaker Champ pickup to haul Mr. Ed's horse trailer around. His wife drove a Studebaker Lark. And Ed himself once drove an old Divco milk truck.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 27, 2026 11:15 PM (hg8Lt)

195 168 I've only rarely watched MFU. But I can imagine what kind of "big differences" they were. Didn't watch the movie because I know all those based on old shows disappoint me.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at October 27, 2026 11:03 PM (1Ff7Z)

David McCallum was a teen heart-throb during MFU's initial run, but after the show's cancellation he was replaced by other teen idols (e.g. Davey Jones, Bobby Sherman, David Cassidy).

Posted by: Joemarine at October 27, 2026 11:15 PM (y171U)

196 For the people asking about the Israel elections no group got a majority in the kinesest. So they have to make a majority coalition. It remains to be seen who gets that.

Posted by: BruceWayne at October 27, 2026 11:15 PM (YZ0Fo)

197 Kent McCord was the dad on FarScape. One of the top five shows of all time

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at October 27, 2026 11:16 PM (CHHv1)

198
Rep. Pramila Jayapal, D-Wash., led 175 members of the House Democratic Caucus in a letter to Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Markwayne Mullin and Attorney General Todd Blanche, criticizing the probe into Omar's immigration history as a partisan attack and accusing them of trying to sway her bid for another term in Congress.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr.

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

lol "trying to sway her bid." Everyone knows she's safe by 50 points and Trump could even add a few more.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at October 27, 2026 11:16 PM (mmrXZ)

199 Sorry for whatever I did. It's just me.

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at October 27, 2026 11:16 PM (CHHv1)

200 Image: https://shorturl.at/0rPMr
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at October 27, 2026 11:14 PM (XeU6L)

In black and white, it looked real.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at October 27, 2026 11:17 PM (1Ff7Z)

201 TRUMP LIED AND FRANCE DIED !!!!!!!!!!!

Or something like that I think or whatever .....

Posted by: Jackson K. at October 27, 2026 11:18 PM (jGtoG)

202 Rep. Pramila Jayapal, D-Wash., led 175 members of the House Democratic Caucus in a letter to Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Markwayne Mullin and Attorney General Todd Blanche, criticizing the probe into Omar's immigration history as a partisan attack and accusing them of trying to sway her bid for another term in Congress.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr.

That's a 73/27 district. It is to laugh.

Posted by: BruceWayne at October 27, 2026 11:19 PM (YZ0Fo)

203 Sorry for whatever I did. It's just me.
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at October 27, 2026 11:16 PM (CHHv1)

You haven't done anything wrong.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at October 27, 2026 11:19 PM (1Ff7Z)

204 TRUMP LIED AND FRANCE DIED !!!!!!!!!!!

Or something like that I think or whatever .....
Posted by: Jackson K. at October 27, 2026 11:18 PM (jGtoG)

It wasn't

Trump Farted and my house collapsed!!!

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at October 27, 2026 11:20 PM (qx7Zg)

205 Howdy Hordelings! Hope you've been whelming yourselves while I was enjoying a concert in our nation's capital.

Posted by: Doof at October 27, 2026 11:20 PM (894PC)

206 In black and white, it looked real.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at October 27, 2026 11:17 PM (1Ff7Z)

I expect by then, they would have been using panchromatic movie film. It renders all colors as shades of gray.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 27, 2026 11:21 PM (hg8Lt)

207 Howdy Hordelings! Hope you've been whelming yourselves while I was enjoying a concert in our nation's capital.
Posted by: Doof at

Did they slappa the bass?

Posted by: BruceWayne at October 27, 2026 11:21 PM (YZ0Fo)

208 I bought a little bag of air today.

The company was kind enough to put in a few potato chips.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at October 27, 2026 11:22 PM (qx7Zg)

209 Do you all think that Macron's staff has quietly started considering options to "bug out"?

Or is the unrest not there yet?

Posted by: Crusader at October 27, 2026 11:23 PM (Cjcf6)

210 Rep. Pramila Jayapal, D-Wash., led 175 members of the House Democratic Caucus in a letter to Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Markwayne Mullin and Attorney General Todd Blanche, criticizing the probe into Omar's immigration history as a partisan attack and accusing them of trying to sway her bid for another term in Congress.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr.

That's a 73/27 district. It is to laugh.
Posted by: BruceWayne at October 27, 2026 11:19 PM (YZ0Fo)

DHS and IRS should do a thorough investigation of Jayapal. She's probably as dirty a hell.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 27, 2026 11:23 PM (hg8Lt)

211 Sorry for whatever I did. It's just me.
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at October 27, 2026 11:16 PM (CHHv1)
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He knows what he did.

Posted by: Robert the Cat at October 27, 2026 11:23 PM (RIvkX)

212 DHS and IRS should do a thorough investigation of Jayapal. She's probably as dirty a hell.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at

She's from Seattle, of course he is

Posted by: BruceWayne at October 27, 2026 11:24 PM (YZ0Fo)

213 I've only rarely watched MFU. But I can imagine what kind of "big differences" they were. Didn't watch the movie because I know all those based on old shows disappoint me.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at October 27, 2026

***
This one could have been ruined in so many ways, like that horrible I Spy movie was. A blond (or black!) Solo, a dark Illya, a silly campish plot poking fun at the old material . . . but it wasn't ruined, and it made me happy to see.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 27, 2026 11:24 PM (wzUl9)

214
I saw U P on a locomotive in that Depeche Mode video.

Posted by: BifBewalski - at October 27, 2026 11:24 PM (QVmho)

215 Did they slappa the bass?
Posted by: BruceWayne at October 27, 2026 11:21 PM (YZ0Fo)

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Oooh baby. Slappa my jiggly ass.

Posted by: Lorenz Taylor at October 27, 2026 11:25 PM (vBZcw)

216 For 74 and 75 Reed and Malloy drove a four door Matador, as AMC sold a lot of police cars to LAPD. Malloy got an awful looking 2 door Matador as his personal car, a weird Mustardy color. He drove it to Reed's house to show it to him and drive Jim to work. You can tell that Milner was unhappy with the hideous car. His daily driver before this on the show was a good looking 68 Mustang, and of course he had driven cool Corvettes on Route 66.

Posted by: Fugly Transport at October 27, 2026 11:25 PM (EdP2u)

217 DHS and IRS should do a thorough investigation of Jayapal. She's probably as dirty a hell.
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I so agree.

Posted by: Crusader at October 27, 2026 11:25 PM (Cjcf6)

218 Did they slappa the bass?
Posted by: BruceWayne at October 27, 2026 11:21 PM (YZ0Fo)

Haha! They actually had 2 new videos from those 2 guys. One before the band came out and one at the very end.

Posted by: Doof at October 27, 2026 11:25 PM (894PC)

219 I expect by then, they would have been using panchromatic movie film. It renders all colors as shades of gray.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 27, 2026 11:21 PM (hg8Lt)

The always reliable internet say Car 54 was filmed using orthochromatic film.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at October 27, 2026 11:25 PM (1Ff7Z)

220 Ward Cleaver got a new Plymouth every year the last four years of LITB. Ford was the sponsor the first few years.
Jim Anderson drove a Mercury for the entire run of Father Knows Best, 1954-60, IIRC.
Posted by: Uncle Billy Drove An Imperial at October 27, 2026 11:09 PM (EdP2u)

Wilbur Post drove a Studebaker Champ pickup to haul Mr. Ed's horse trailer around. His wife drove a Studebaker Lark. And Ed himself once drove an old Divco milk truck.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 27, 2026

***
In its first year, Chevy sponsored U.N.C.L.E., so the cars were all Chevies, including the Impala convertible the leads drove in two or three episodes. After that, all Chrysler products, except for the occasional Mercedes or Renault Dauphine for scenes set in Europe.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 27, 2026 11:26 PM (wzUl9)

221 208 I bought a little bag of air today.

The company was kind enough to put in a few potato chips.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at October 27, 2026 11:22 PM (qx7Zg)

Do people who love you know you are on the internet making jokes like this?

Posted by: can we contact someone? at October 27, 2026 11:27 PM (UVDc2)

222 they slappa the bass?
Posted by: BruceWayne at October 27, 2026 11:21 PM (YZ0Fo)

Haha! They actually had 2 new videos from those 2 guys. One before the band came out and one at the very end.
Posted by: Doof at

Noice. I slaps the bass

Posted by: BruceWayne at October 27, 2026 11:27 PM (YZ0Fo)

223 This one could have been ruined in so many ways, like that horrible I Spy movie was. A blond (or black!) Solo, a dark Illya, a silly campish plot poking fun at the old material . . . but it wasn't ruined, and it made me happy to see.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 27, 2026 11:24 PM (wzUl9)

I'd watch it if I could find a Blockbuster somewhere. Either that, on YouTube.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at October 27, 2026 11:27 PM (1Ff7Z)

224
Scott Weiland (Stone Temple Pilots) was born on this date in 1967

Damn. I'm old. My lawn. Get hence.

More content.

Posted by: BifBewalski - at October 27, 2026 11:27 PM (QVmho)

225 84 September birthdays...do the math...Christmas and New Years PLUS 9 months...

Yep, that checks out.
Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy - 106 years old! Puppy at heart! at October 27, 2026 10:26 PM (Sco7b)
__________________________

Checks out...but it's depressing and not a little bit annoying.

What we have here is a woman who only allows it once a year. In fact, a lot of women who only allow it once a year. And, before anyone gets upset and says, 'but, it could be the male guarding the gate." Heh...listen to yourself. Do you hear how absurd and silly that sounds?

Posted by: Orson at October 27, 2026 11:29 PM (dIske)

226 Oooh baby. Slappa my jiggly ass.
Posted by: Lorenz Taylor at October 27, 2026 11:25 PM (vBZcw)

Speaking of old slags... Madison Cornbread was no billed by a grand jury. Lying bit**

Posted by: OrangeEnt at October 27, 2026 11:29 PM (1Ff7Z)

227 The always reliable internet say Car 54 was filmed using orthochromatic film.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at October 27, 2026 11:25 PM (1Ff7Z)

Well, that would certainly render a red car as black.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 27, 2026 11:29 PM (hg8Lt)

228 Scott Weiland (Stone Temple Pilots) was born on this date in 1967
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His widow had some very *choice* words upon his passing.

Posted by: Crusader at October 27, 2026 11:29 PM (Cjcf6)

229 If you'd never seen the show and know nothing about it, the movie makes a great Cold War spy thriller. If you are a long-time fan, the similarities outweigh the big differences.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 27, 2026 11:00 PM (wzUl9)
*
With a few tweaks, and Henry Cavill speaking in his own accent, it could have been a post-WWII Tommy Hambledon spy flick.
Posted by: Kindltot at October 27, 2026

***
Very good point. Tommy was a true ancestor to Solo and Bond, yet with a sense of humor that the latter rarely had (in the novels, now, not the movies).

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 27, 2026 11:30 PM (wzUl9)

230 I didn't know that Coney Island was in Michigan.

Also, salmon sandwich? Like all mashed up?

Posted by: weft cut-loop at October 27, 2026 11:30 PM (nEUC6)

231 I'd watch it if I could find a Blockbuster somewhere. Either that, on YouTube.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at October 27, 2026

***
Can your library order it? That's where I got this DVD.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 27, 2026 11:30 PM (wzUl9)

232 221 208 I bought a little bag of air today.

The company was kind enough to put in a few potato chips.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at October 27, 2026 11:22 PM (qx7Zg)

Do people who love you know you are on the internet making jokes like this?
Posted by: can we contact someone? at October 27, 2026 11:27 PM (UVDc2)

Oh, I share them with family too. They know.

Perhaps I should find the one about the sick chemist....

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at October 27, 2026 11:31 PM (qx7Zg)

233 Coney Island is in nyc. But Detroit perfecting the coney dog

Posted by: BruceWayne at October 27, 2026 11:31 PM (YZ0Fo)

234 Also, salmon sandwich? Like all mashed up?
Posted by: weft cut-loop at October 27, 2026 11:30 PM (nEUC6)

Nah. They slit a baguette lengthwise, and put a whole fish in it.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 27, 2026 11:31 PM (hg8Lt)

235 Time I headed off to the pillow land, all. 'Til tomorrow!

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 27, 2026 11:32 PM (wzUl9)

236 Back when RTÉ.66 was still a thing, California was actually a destination. These days, people are leaving in droves.
Posted by: tankdemon at October 27, 2026 11:06 PM (/zOzV)

And none of them want to go to Chicago.

Posted by: GWB at October 27, 2026 11:33 PM (kU0PQ)

237 “What do you do with a sick chemist?”

“If you can’t helium, and you can’t curium, then you might as well barium.”

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at October 27, 2026 11:33 PM (qx7Zg)

238 I bought a little bag of air today.
The company was kind enough to put in a few potato chips.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf

I bought a "Party Size" bag of chips and the cashier held it up, squinted at the bag & said "Party size? What, party of two?!" shook his head and continued scanning groceries.

Posted by: JQ at October 27, 2026 11:33 PM (rdVOm)

239 Can your library order it? That's where I got this DVD.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 27, 2026 11:30 PM (wzUl9)

Maybe. They have a large selection of recent movies, though. Might be too old. Lemme look.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at October 27, 2026 11:35 PM (1Ff7Z)

240 I bought a "Party Size" bag of chips and the cashier held it up, squinted at the bag & said "Party size? What, party of two?!" shook his head and continued scanning groceries.

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I love a cashier with attitude.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at October 27, 2026 11:37 PM (vBZcw)

241 Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 27, 2026 11:30 PM (wzUl9)

Nope. I'd have to order it from Central Distribution. But... kid owes late fee, so....

Posted by: OrangeEnt at October 27, 2026 11:37 PM (1Ff7Z)

242 Well, I did some more assembly work on the little Honda generator, and it runs fine! Could not get the ignition module to run on the 12-volt battery-charging output of the generator; maybe the circuit breaker is kaput. But an angle grinder plugged into the 120 volt outlet ran fine. I shut off the fuel valve, and let it run its little carburetor dry. The mended fuel tank does not leak. And I took the muffler off, and checked the spark arrestor. Perfect, it was.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 27, 2026 11:37 PM (hg8Lt)

243 I bought a "Party Size" bag of chips and the cashier held it up, squinted at the bag & said "Party size? What, party of two?!"
Posted by: JQ

Aren't those the best parties?

Posted by: mikeski at October 27, 2026 11:39 PM (VHUov)

244 I love a cashier with attitude.
Posted by: Cicero

Me too. His name is Ken. Always friendly & witty. Alas, he retired a couple of years ago. Staff held a public farewell party for him & encouraged customers to stop by to see him off... Great guy.

Posted by: JQ at October 27, 2026 11:40 PM (rdVOm)

245 Aren't those the best parties?
Posted by: mikeski at October 27, 2026 11:39 PM (VHUov)

Wolf makes a move on a sweet young thing:

Would you like to come to my party? All the best people will be there.

Who?

Oh, just you and me.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at October 27, 2026 11:41 PM (1Ff7Z)

246 too. His name is Ken. Always friendly & witty. Alas, he retired a couple of years ago. Staff held a public farewell party for him & encouraged customers to stop by to see him off... Great guy.

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Awwwww...

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at October 27, 2026 11:41 PM (vBZcw)

247 Could not get the ignition module to run on the 12-volt battery-charging output of the generator;
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Perhaps the battery charging output is not constant DC?

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at October 27, 2026 11:41 PM (XeU6L)

248 >>Aren't those the best parties?

LOL!

Posted by: JQ at October 27, 2026 11:41 PM (rdVOm)

249
196 For the people asking about the Israel elections no group got a majority in the kinesest. So they have to make a majority coalition. It remains to be seen who gets that.
Posted by: BruceWayne at October 27, 2026 11:15 PM (YZ0Fo)

Bibi is the reigning ground champion of coalition building. That’s why lots of Israelis are pissed at him but he stays in power.

Posted by: Tom Servo at October 27, 2026 11:43 PM (xOuxV)

250 Bibi is the reigning ground champion of coalition building. That’s why lots of Israelis are pissed at him but he stays in power.
Posted by: Tom Servo at

Yup. But we will see

Posted by: BruceWayne at October 27, 2026 11:45 PM (YZ0Fo)

251 I also get irritated at the bag of air Baked Lays.

Who do they think they are fooling?

Duh. "This bag is full to the top with air chips!"

They know we'll buy them anyway at times.

Speaking of times, I saw that guy Bongingo (sp?no care!) in the UK DM says to "stock up." Like the UK govt told their people yesterday: beans and diapers...which make sense. If you are in a nuke war and eat a lot of canned beans you are going to need diapers.

We lived 30yrs in FL and are always sort of stocked up. Then le covide and more. We do need bottled water and, by golly, we will have TP.

I think there will be some boom booms after the midterms, no matter who wins in Iran. However, I don't see that as the reason. I am confused and it's probably due to lack of sleep for over a month.

I don't know who UK is prepping for as they've already been invaded with Europe by barbarians and this is nothing new. Maybe martial law?

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at October 27, 2026 11:50 PM (hzuYO)

252 I don't know who UK is prepping for as they've already been invaded with Europe by barbarians and this is nothing new. Maybe martial law?
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at October 27, 2026 11:50 PM (hzuYO)

Yep, the government is fed up with the people and are determined to replace them with a new one.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at October 27, 2026 11:53 PM (1Ff7Z)

253
I don't know who UK is prepping for

The return of Benny Hill !

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at October 27, 2026 11:54 PM (Cqx++)

254 The return of Benny Hill !
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at October 27, 2026 11:54 PM (Cqx++)

Hill's Angels are haram!

Posted by: OrangeEnt at October 27, 2026 11:54 PM (1Ff7Z)

255 196 For the people asking about the Israel elections no group got a majority in the kinesest. So they have to make a majority coalition. It remains to be seen who gets that.
Posted by: BruceWayne at October 27, 2026 11:15 PM (YZ0Fo)
*******************

Without either existing coalition attaining a majority, the outcome will be a hung Knesset and new elections. It will take multiple elections with this same outcome before the parties are willing to break free from their current coalitions and forge a majority center-right coalition.

Posted by: My Ridiculously Circuitous Plan at October 27, 2026 11:55 PM (fSXJB)

256 The goyim shall never be free of our banana tax!

Posted by: Netanyahu Ascendent! at October 27, 2026 11:56 PM (RZ9Rt)

257
I don't know who UK is prepping for as they've already been invaded with Europe by barbarians and this is nothing new. Maybe martial law?
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at October 27, 2026 11:50 PM (hzuYO)

___________

The godless Bolshevik hordes. Just like the Nordic countries. The Russian war machine, meticulously organized, superbly equipped and manned by soldiers with the light of battle in their eyes.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 27, 2026 11:59 PM (eRlcH)

258 The UK is preparing for a meme war with the US.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at October 27, 2026 11:59 PM (qx7Zg)

259 Posted by: Netanyahu Ascendent! at October 27, 2026 11:56 PM (RZ9Rt)

I got a banana for you

Posted by: Fick Nuentes at October 28, 2026 12:01 AM (88C+u)

260 The UK is preparing for a meme war with the US.

Their only defense is to turn off the Internet. When they do, people will have to use physical money, and a lot of people won't have any.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at October 28, 2026 12:01 AM (qx7Zg)

261 "This has been hitting my X feed a lot recently. I don't think this is from an actual episode of The Flintstones. Or is it??"
Yes, that was from an episode. I knew the line just from seeing the picture. I wouldn't say I'm proud of that, but I do remember it.

Posted by: Chemist at October 28, 2026 12:05 AM (y3OHo)

262 Back when RTÉ.66 was still a thing, California was actually a destination. These days, people are leaving in droves.
Posted by: tankdemon at October 27, 2026 11:06 PM (/zOzV)

Route 66 goes both ways.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at October 28, 2026 12:07 AM (X5qGl)

263 Perhaps the battery charging output is not constant DC?
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at October 27, 2026 11:41 PM (XeU6L)

Well, it's single-phase AC through a bridge rectifier. But I just realized why it didn't work. The 12 volt output floats; not grounded. Ignition module is grounded. I only connected the (+) wire. Doh! I will re-check it tomorrow. Now I don't know if the 12 volt output will deliver enough juice at cranking speed to fire the ignition. Somehow, I doubt it. But if it will run itself, once started, then I can get away with maybe 8 double-A cells in holders, to provide a couple of amps at 12 volts for the few seconds it takes to crank it up.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 28, 2026 12:08 AM (hg8Lt)

264 But if it will run itself, once started, then I can get away with maybe 8 double-A cells in holders, to provide a couple of amps at 12 volts for the few seconds it takes to crank it up.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon

Or a lawn mower battery?

Posted by: JQ at October 28, 2026 12:11 AM (rdVOm)

265 Route 66 goes both ways.
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at October 28, 2026 12:07 AM (X5qGl)

No! NO! It's straight.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at October 28, 2026 12:12 AM (1Ff7Z)

266 The air is put in the bag to protect the chips. You buy the chips based on weight and due to Archimedes’s principle the air inside weighs nothing (if weighed in air). If you had bought a bag absolutely stuffed with chips and very little air, you would find it’s all crumbs before you got it home.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at October 28, 2026 12:13 AM (6VD39)

267
Whatever the UK is scared off, it's the fault of the US. We're like the Husband of the World.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 28, 2026 12:13 AM (eRlcH)

268 >>The air is put in the bag to protect the chips.

Have you ever bought a bag of chips at Costco? Big bags. Huge. More than half air. So much air, that the chips rattle around and break *anyway*!

Posted by: JQ at October 28, 2026 12:16 AM (rdVOm)

269 Have you ever bought a bag of chips at Costco? Big bags. Huge. More than half air. So much air, that the chips rattle around and break *anyway*!
Posted by: JQ at October 28, 2026 12:16 AM (rdVOm)

This could have been socked as "Zombie Andy Rooney" you know.

Posted by: Kindltot at October 28, 2026 12:21 AM (rbvCR)

270 This could have been socked as "Zombie Andy Rooney" you know.
Posted by: Kindltot

Damn. A missed opportunity! LOL, you're so right.

Posted by: JQ at October 28, 2026 12:22 AM (rdVOm)

271 Whatever the UK is scared off, it's the fault of the US. We're like the Husband of the World.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 28, 2026 12:13 AM (eRlcH)

We filed for divorce in 1776 and finally resolved it by 1783. The ex-wife tried to change the terms of the divorce in 1812-1815, but despite her best efforts achieved nothing. Since then we’ve helped her out in her conflicts with her neighbors, twice, but got no lasting gratitude. She’s been a whiny so and so for the longest time since then, but she’s not our responsibility anymore, especially since she’s taken up with these third world low lifes she keeps inviting into her home. I hear they’re abusing her children, but she doesn’t seem to care. At least they’re not our children.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at October 28, 2026 12:25 AM (6VD39)

272 Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at October 28, 2026 12:25 AM

Comment of the week!!!

Posted by: JQ at October 28, 2026 12:27 AM (rdVOm)

273 If you don’t like Costco chips the way they are sold, don’t buy them.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at October 28, 2026 12:27 AM (6VD39)

274 >>If you don’t like Costco chips the way they are sold, don’t buy them.

I don't. And, I don't.

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

275 I am too curmudgeonly for your praise.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at October 28, 2026 12:29 AM (6VD39)

276 >>I don't. And, I don't.

(Not after that one time) They also seemed rather stale. Probably because of too much air in the bag.

Don't have that problem with smaller bags, that have only *just enough air to keep the chips whole*

Posted by: JQ at October 28, 2026 12:31 AM (rdVOm)

277 I am too curmudgeonly for your praise.
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit

Not true, IMO. You stated it perfectly at 271.

*applause*

Posted by: JQ at October 28, 2026 12:32 AM (rdVOm)

278
I'm getting all hot an bothered about ED 138, the new potential dwarf planet just discovered by Vera Rubin. Well, they've been tracking it since March, but just announced it today. It's about 46 au distance now, and they've got a half-assed orbit for it, but high error bars.

When they get around to it, which may take a while, they'll turn Hubble and JWST on it, and will get the orbit pinned down. And, it will most likely have a moon(let), which Hubble can easily see, and that will determine the mass.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at October 28, 2026 12:33 AM (w6EFb)

279 The seattle dog is a hot dog, its delicious. No jalapeños for me though.

Posted by: Funsize at October 28, 2026 12:34 AM (3j87q)

280 Well, shit.

Posted by: tcn in AK at October 28, 2026 12:34 AM (5WPt1)

281 Hey, tcn. What's up?

Posted by: JQ at October 28, 2026 12:35 AM (rdVOm)

282 I'm nothing and no one. Carry on.

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at October 28, 2026 12:38 AM (CHHv1)

283 ...campaigning for the jihadi candidate for Senate in Michigan Abdul El-Sayed,
Obama: He’s got the White House looking like Saddam Hussein opened a cheesecake factory. Just gold everywhere.
---

...What did you order at the Cheesecake Factory?
Bessent: Bessent: I have what I always had, the French dip cheeseburger. Reporter: Excellent. And so recent news, we’ve got former President Obama comparing White House decorations or construction to the Cheesecake Factory,...Any reaction to that?

Bessent: Well, two things. This is the man who built the museum who looks like Darth Bader’s tomb. And I would just tell the… I had a great meal, always have a great meal, and I would tell the Martha’s Vineyard’s set to give it a try
_Geller Report

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 28, 2026 12:41 AM (+UcOf)

284
They've already go a pretty good idea of the orbit. They found "precovery" data going back to 2016. They may not even need Hubble and JWST much for that.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at October 28, 2026 12:42 AM (w6EFb)

285 281 Hey, tcn. What's up?
Posted by: JQ at October 28, 2026 12:35 AM (rdVOm)

World Series malarkey. And no, he was not OUT at 2nd base, no matter how many times they review that.

I'm heartily sick of replay nonsense. Bring back the almighty umpire, but make sure he knows his shit, instead of these posers they pass off as plate umpires these days.

I think I know where the damned strike zone is. Why don't they?

Posted by: tcn in AK at October 28, 2026 12:44 AM (5WPt1)

286 If you can get them in your area: Calidad Tortilla Chips, made with corn, sea salt and cheap oil; total ingredients.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 28, 2026 12:45 AM (+UcOf)

287 {{{BeckoningChasm}}}

You got us! (uh... well... we're not *nothing* or *no one* anyway...)

Sorry you're feeling down.

Posted by: JQ at October 28, 2026 12:46 AM (rdVOm)

288 Back when RTÉ.66 was still a thing, California was actually a destination. These days, people are leaving in droves.
Posted by: tankdemon
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California was amazing in the 50s, 60, and into the 70s. It started turning to shit in the late 70s, which is why I bailed in 82. Moved to Portland p, which was great to about 2008 or so, and really turned to shit by 2018. I stuck around even after I "retired" (another story) for family and I loved the great music scene which almost made up for the politics, but covid finished that off.
I'm a Jonah. 😎 Hope it doesn't follow me to AZ.

Posted by: buddhaha at October 28, 2026 12:46 AM (qhNz+)

289 I'm heartily sick of replay nonsense. Bring back the almighty umpire, but make sure he knows his shit, instead of these posers they pass off as plate umpires these days.

I think I know where the damned strike zone is. Why don't they?
Posted by: tcn in AK at October 28, 2026 12:44 AM (5WPt1)

You can think, see, and remember the rules. Is that listed in the MLB job requirements?

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at October 28, 2026 12:47 AM (qx7Zg)

290 Tcn-- ah. I don't follow sports, so cannot formulate any opinion there.

But I believe televised crap is, well, you know...

Posted by: JQ at October 28, 2026 12:48 AM (rdVOm)

291 For anyone that cares, sportsball had free TV for three innings, TB came fr, some slight scrubbing, behind to win 4-3.

That Omqr xxxx needs to be put out in Somalia broke and destitute with no congressional perks of any kind.

Posted by: Gmac-WTF did you think was going to happen at October 28, 2026 12:48 AM (Q/FnY)

292 At least they’re not our children.

George Washington, George Washington…
…
but not the British children…

IYKYK.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at October 28, 2026 12:49 AM (6VD39)

293 I'm a Jonah. 😎 Hope it doesn't follow me to AZ.
Posted by: buddhaha at October 28, 2026 12:46 AM (qhNz+)

Seems they’ve already californicated your elections, or was that home grown?

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at October 28, 2026 12:51 AM (6VD39)

294 1lhan needs to learn, firsthand, about *asset forfeiture* before she's stripped of: citizenship, employment, pension, and residence.

Posted by: JQ at October 28, 2026 12:57 AM (rdVOm)

295 Do they have cottonmouth's in AZ?

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 28, 2026 12:58 AM (+UcOf)

296 residency

Posted by: JQ at October 28, 2026 12:58 AM (rdVOm)

297 But I believe televised crap is, well, you know...
Posted by: JQ at October 28, 2026 12:48 AM (rdVOm)

I do believe that, had DH not had his knee replaced last week, we would be at Tropicana watching the Brewers win the World Series. It doesn't happen all that often, like, ever. As it is, things get tense during the last innings.

Posted by: tcn in AK at October 28, 2026 01:04 AM (5WPt1)

298 In Iowa, a loose meat sandwich would have been known as a Maid Rite. That chain went from about 400 restaurants to 60-80. The sandwich was invented in Muscatine. All per wiki.

Posted by: Trivial History at October 28, 2026 01:05 AM (hV6Hr)

299 Many people under 29 would absolutely not believe the way the world was in the 70s and back. There were ashtrays everywhere. It was odd if an adult DIDNT smoke. You could smoke on planes. On buses. In stores. At work. Luxury cars you could tell because they had ashtrays and sometimes even lighters at four seating positions. Yes kids, that round thing you plug stuff into was once where the cigarette lighter went. And most of us lived.

Posted by: Azjaeger at October 28, 2026 01:06 AM (k8IBH)

300
1lhan needs to learn, firsthand, about *asset forfeiture* before she's stripped of: citizenship, employment, pension, and residence.
Posted by: JQ

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

Sadly, I think most of her loot is overseas, out of the reach of Uncle Sam. But take her Toyota Camry anyway!

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at October 28, 2026 01:07 AM (mmrXZ)

301 Sweet dreams Horde. like tcn, I am disappointed in the results of the ball game.

Posted by: The Strangeloves at October 28, 2026 01:10 AM (ibDUx)

302 1lhan needs to learn, firsthand, about *asset forfeiture* before she's stripped of: citizenship, employment, pension, and residence.

Posted by: JQ at October 28, 2026 12:57 AM (rdVOm)

And right before being ejected from a Pinochet flight and hitting the shit strewn land of somolia like plummeting space debris.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at October 28, 2026 01:10 AM (vzuC7)

303 Many people under 29 would absolutely not believe the way the world was in the 70s and back. There were ashtrays everywhere. It was odd if an adult DIDNT smoke. You could smoke on planes. On buses. In stores. At work. Luxury cars you could tell because they had ashtrays and sometimes even lighters at four seating positions. Yes kids, that round thing you plug stuff into was once where the cigarette lighter went. And most of us lived.

Posted by: Azjaeger at October 28, 2026 01:06 AM (k8IBH)

yeah, when you had a cigarette lighter in all 4 ashtrays you were living large.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at October 28, 2026 01:11 AM (vzuC7)

304
I just got to reading about the next leap in atomic clock tech -- the optical atomic clock. This will use visible light frequencies rather than microwave frequencies. This will get the precision to 1/10^18 to 1/10^19.

At this level, the clocks will not also see changes in tick rate due to the sun and Moon tidal field and the earth's orbital variations, but to tiny shifts in the local mass.

Get a heavy rain and the ground gets saturated with water? The additional mass will slow the clocks. High pressure system moves in? The additional mass will show up in tick rate. Magma moving around underneath? They will see it.

This is going to open up whole new avenues of geodesy, using just clocks. Time itself.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at October 28, 2026 01:12 AM (w6EFb)

305
And almost seriously, almost, if Stacey Abrams gets to close, it will slow the clocks a bit.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at October 28, 2026 01:13 AM (w6EFb)

306 And almost seriously, almost, if Stacey Abrams gets to close, it will slow the clocks a bit.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at October 28, 2026 01:13 AM (w6EFb)

Not surprised. The mass of her ass can bend light.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at October 28, 2026 01:18 AM (vzuC7)

307 Not surprised. The mass of her ass can bend light.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at October 28, 2026 01:18 AM (vzuC7)

It sure as hell isn't the weight of her intellect.

Posted by: tcn in AK at October 28, 2026 01:20 AM (5WPt1)

308 yeah, when you had a cigarette lighter in all 4 ashtrays you were living large.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division

Oh, yeah...

*remembering Dad's Mercury Grand Marquis*

Freaking land-yacht!

Posted by: JQ at October 28, 2026 01:23 AM (rdVOm)

309 Cheesesteak, ain't that the truth

Posted by: Skip at October 28, 2026 01:25 AM (Ia/+0)

310 Seems they’ve already californicated your elections, or was that home grown?
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit
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That was dog-in-the-manger GOPe in Maricopa County (Phoenix).The D's pulled their usual crap and the old guard Rs let them get away with it. Mucho TDS there. The Maricopa vote has a huge effect on statewide offices because of the outsized population there. The entire state has about 7.5 million people, but over 5 million are in the Phoenix metro area.
A lot of the GOPe has been forced out, but not all. We'll see in 7 days.

Posted by: buddhaha at October 28, 2026 01:25 AM (qhNz+)

311 Trump campaigning in Mississippi is a good sign for Republicans

Tmj says so

lol

Sad!

Posted by: AOS cope at October 28, 2026 01:26 AM (AbqfY)

312 Do they have cottonmouth's in AZ?
Posted by: Braenyard
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No, but Coral Snakes and 13 varieties of rattlers.

Posted by: buddhaha at October 28, 2026 01:28 AM (qhNz+)

313
They're almost of the verge of something profound with these new time precision. At that 10^-18/19 level optical atomic clocks across the globe can act as low frequency gravitational wave detectors. This has profound cosmological purpose. While with light, you can only look back so far, absolute limit somewhere under 400K year limit of cosmic time.

The gravitational wave background, roughly analgous to the CMB, can go back to the very beginning.

They've already confirmed this "gravitional wave hum" exists, it's just getting all the different signals separated out that is the problem. These clocks will be able to do some of that. This should be able to see an "inflation" signal. And the nature of the waves will shed light on how that worked.

I expect we're going to see some amazing cosmological discoveries made.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at October 28, 2026 01:32 AM (w6EFb)

314 (cough) stupid head cold

Evenin'

RUSH!!

RIP Donnie Iris! The Pride of Ellwood City! He was born in my hometown! (New Castle, PA).

I'm popping cough drops, taking over the counter drugs (that I need to replenish later today), and taking the head cold treatment of my people: canned chicken soup, grilled cheese sandwich, ginger ale. I'll be fine. (cough) if anybody gets sick, don't blame me. Science has proven whether cold cooties can go over the interwebs.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at October 28, 2026 01:34 AM (sAmhv)

315 Sorry you're under the weather, Puddleglum.

If there's a Red Bento near you, I highly recommend their "heart attack" sushi roll. Enough jalapeño and wasabi the clear your sinuses for at least a couple days!

That, or eat a spoonful of chinese hot mustard straight from the jar or tube.

WOOHOOOO!

Get well soon.

Posted by: JQ at October 28, 2026 01:39 AM (rdVOm)

316 No, but Coral Snakes and 13 varieties of rattlers.
Posted by: buddhaha at October 28, 2026 01:28 AM (qhNz+)

Speak of snakes, and who should appear, but the Paki fag.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 28, 2026 01:39 AM (hg8Lt)

317 316 No, but Coral Snakes and 13 varieties of rattlers.
Posted by: buddhaha at October 28, 2026 01:28 AM (qhNz+)

Speak of snakes, and who should appear, but the Paki fag.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 28, 2026 01:39 AM (hg8Lt)

wut

Posted by: m at October 28, 2026 01:47 AM (odBC9)

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