Merry Christmas

Posted by: rdbrewer at 10:43 AM

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1 Merry Christmas.

Posted by: toby928(C) is nothing if not helpful at December 25, 2014 09:03 AM (rwI+c)

2 Merry Christmas to you all. Even you Dorcas.

Posted by: Kindltot at December 25, 2014 09:04 AM (t//F+)

3 Merry Merry everyone!

Posted by: alexthechick - Ho ho ho guess what I have now? at December 25, 2014 09:04 AM (IrByp)

4 Merry Christmas, all

Posted by: Bigby's Fistful of Eggnog at December 25, 2014 09:06 AM (Cq0oW)

5 Merry Christmas Horde!

Oh., and corgis are instigators from the word go.

Posted by: Brother Cavil at December 25, 2014 09:11 AM (AXimz)

6 Merry Christmas folks.

Posted by: Now I have a machine gun. Ho ho ho at December 25, 2014 09:24 AM (ZfC/B)

7 I take it that all comments on this thread must include the phrase Merry Christmas. OK then.

Posted by: rickl at December 25, 2014 09:58 AM (sdi6R)

8 Merry Christmas horde!

Posted by: shinypie at December 25, 2014 10:10 AM (2x+zv)

9 If you are seeing your Christmas tree like that you should go back to bed.

Having a Merry Christmas so far...

Posted by: freaked at December 25, 2014 10:12 AM (JdEZJ)

10 9 If you are seeing your Christmas tree like that you should go back to bed.

Having a Merry Christmas so far...
Posted by: freaked at December 25, 2014 10:12 AM (JdEZJ)

Actually, that's exactly what it looks like without my glasses.

Merry Christmas!

Posted by: rickl at December 25, 2014 10:17 AM (sdi6R)

11 Merry Christmas to all you tiny box kinfolk! I care for you more than words can express. Cooked bacon! and eggs for the girls. I had 2X coffee/Bailey's/CC this morning while involved in the kitchen. Getting ready to dive into presents. Mrs. E is really gonna love her shepard's crook! I know you thought peroneys, but don't go there. It's made of oak. The staff, that is. Dang, this is going south.

Posted by: Erowmero at December 25, 2014 10:18 AM (go5uR)

12 Merry Christmas to all. Now, off to watch the kid cover the living room floor in bits of wrapping paper.

Posted by: JEM at December 25, 2014 10:45 AM (MihIm)

13 Wasn't this thread under The Dump a minute ago?

But, I have had a few drinks.

Posted by: Ricardo Kill at December 25, 2014 10:46 AM (QIrzm)

14 A Merry Christmas to all, and to all a Good Night!

Posted by: Christopher Taylor at December 25, 2014 10:50 AM (39g3+)

15 Merry Christmas!

Posted by: Pete at December 25, 2014 10:59 AM (J2FDT)

16 Merry Christmas, Horde! It could be the mimosas talking, but I love y'all.

Posted by: no good deed at December 25, 2014 10:59 AM (w3a0Z)

17 Merry Christmas, ye Bretheren of thee Horde!

Ach, a finer family of fellow brigands, miscreants, bootleggers and such, isn't to be found!

I'm proud to be counted amongst ye numbers.

Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX

Posted by: Jim at December 25, 2014 11:05 AM (RzZOc)

18
DON'T SAY MERRY CHRISTMAS!

Posted by: American Airlines Passenger From Hell at December 25, 2014 11:08 AM (1Y+hH)

19
DON'T SAY MERRY CHRISTMAS!

Posted by: American Airlines Passenger From Hell at December 25, 2014 11:08 AM (1Y+hH)

20 Merry Christmas y'all!

The wife got me two boxes of .45 ACP. What a great wife!

Posted by: EC at December 25, 2014 11:09 AM (doBIb)

21 My wife's in the hospital with kidney failure. I'm going over there with our 3 daughters and MIL to open some presents with her. Merry Christmas!

Posted by: Chris M at December 25, 2014 11:11 AM (6RZos)

22
No Chinks for this Yid, but I am gonna cook pot roasted turkey with leeks and chorizo in apple cider.

Channeling my inner "sheygitz."

Merry Christmas to all and hang in there.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at December 25, 2014 11:12 AM (CMkNk)

23 Merry Christmas pixel people! Bailey's in coffee. May have to make another pot. May even get snow later.

Posted by: Infidel at December 25, 2014 11:12 AM (du6mO)

24 Prayers to you and yours ChrisM!

Posted by: Infidel at December 25, 2014 11:13 AM (du6mO)

25 Posted by: American Airlines Passenger From Hell at December 25, 2014 11:08 AM (1Y+hH)

OK, that double post makes up for Ricardo Kill's failure to say Merry Christmas.

Posted by: rickl at December 25, 2014 11:13 AM (sdi6R)

26 Jim,
That was perfect!

Merry Christmas, Horde!

Posted by: Carol at December 25, 2014 11:13 AM (sj3Ax)

27 21 Posted by: Chris M at December 25, 2014 11:11 AM (6RZos)

All good thoughts and prayers.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at December 25, 2014 11:13 AM (CMkNk)

28 Prayers Chris M, and a hope for a Merry Christmas and a better New Year.

Posted by: fairweatherbill gatekeeper of pestilence at December 25, 2014 11:13 AM (NDTpp)

29 Oh.

Merry Christmas.

Posted by: Ricardo Kill at December 25, 2014 11:15 AM (QIrzm)

30 Merry Christmas!

Good old cat lost his battle with cancer this morning. I'm surprised he lasted this long. And tomorrow we deal with an electrical inspection to repair the line after storm damage. For now, I'll drink tea, enjoy the Horde on my new cheap tablet, and figure out what to cook for breakfast.

Posted by: notsothoreau at December 25, 2014 11:15 AM (Lqy/e)

31 We're having Monkey Bread, a tradition from the MereWife's family. Sort of a giant cinnamon roll with apples. Goes great with coffee.

Posted by: American Airlines Passenger From Hell at December 25, 2014 11:18 AM (1Y+hH)

32 Merry Christmas to all the horde!
I've been really good so I hope Santa brings me a new derringer.
Maybe two!!! I've been that good.

Posted by: Diogenes at December 25, 2014 11:19 AM (08Znv)

33 Heh heh, off sock

Posted by: Meremortal at December 25, 2014 11:19 AM (1Y+hH)

34 31 Posted by: American Airlines Passenger From Hell at December 25, 2014 11:18 AM (1Y+hH)

Reminds me of that scene at the banquet from "Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom."

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at December 25, 2014 11:20 AM (CMkNk)

35 Thanks for the prayers, everyone. The good news is the doctors think they have found the cause, and there's a good chance she'll regain enough kidney function to get off dialysis in a month or two. Her mood has definitely improved with that news.

Posted by: Chris M at December 25, 2014 11:22 AM (6RZos)

36 I'd have loved to have been on that plane. I'd have broken into "We Wish You A Merry Christmas" as the miserable self-loather was being escorted off the plane.

Posted by: Meremortal at December 25, 2014 11:22 AM (1Y+hH)

37 Posted by: Chris M at December 25, 2014 11:22 AM (6RZos)

Excellent and best wishes.

Posted by: Meremortal at December 25, 2014 11:23 AM (1Y+hH)

38 Have a Kwazy Kwanzaa.

Posted by: The Great White Snark at December 25, 2014 11:25 AM (LImiJ)

39 Working today. White privilege ain't free. It's still a great Christmas, though.

Posted by: Cloyd Freud, Unemployed at December 25, 2014 11:29 AM (lG2E3)

40 Merry Christmas, Horde.

And to Chris M, best wishes to the Mrs.

Posted by: BackwardsBoy, Curmudgeon Extraordinaire at December 25, 2014 11:30 AM (0HooB)

41 I'm sorry, notsothoreau and Chris M.

Posted by: rickl at December 25, 2014 11:31 AM (sdi6R)

42 Merry Christmas!! Mass at 11:00 then bread baking. Foccacia then basic rustic eye-talian. Drinking.

Posted by: Viv Savage at December 25, 2014 11:36 AM (HRo7B)

43 It is a fine day, a beautiful day!

Posted by: Ebenezer Scrooge at December 25, 2014 11:41 AM (F2IAQ)

44 Season's Greetings!

Oh, and Aloha!

Posted by: Barry and Michelle at December 25, 2014 11:42 AM (vSxTY)

45 Merry Christmas, all of you. ChrisM, sad to hear that your wife has to be in hospital this day of all days, but if her prognosis is improving, I guess that has to be seen as a blessing.

Condolences about your kitty, notsothoreau. My old cat is 16 now, and I know, sooner or later. I will be going down that same road as you.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 25, 2014 11:42 AM (dwLMj)

46 Merry Christmas!!!! Much love to Ace, you dedicated cobloggers, and all you wonderful people on the interwebs!!

We have a lovely service last night, with all the good Christmas hymns, and a great tenor singing behind me that I could blend with. Along with my baritone husband, I have to say we sounded pretty good!

Made beignets for breakfast this morning, and had to get up early because the dog wanted his stocking. Everybody loved their presents, and that makes me happy. Thank you Almighty that we are all here and breathing!

Posted by: Moki at December 25, 2014 11:44 AM (bAB8f)

47 Christmas Cheer Open Thread Compliance Pics

https://twitter.com/kbdabear/status/548157478748577794

https://twitter.com/kbdabear/status/548157840742158336

https://twitter.com/kbdabear/status/548158620375212032

Posted by: kbdabear at December 25, 2014 11:45 AM (GrXXa)

48 Ralphie Parker shoots an eye out

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t_t01_6a2kQ

Posted by: kbdabear at December 25, 2014 11:46 AM (GrXXa)

49 notsothoreau and Chris M, prayers for you and much comfort. We have battled kidney issues in our family for years, so my heart goes out to you and your wife and family.

Posted by: Moki at December 25, 2014 11:47 AM (bAB8f)

50 Brattleboro wants to wish Presdent Obama a Happy Holidays. We love you and hurry back from Hawaii because we need you...

Posted by: Mary Clogginstien at December 25, 2014 11:48 AM (D5iCY)

51 I said it before, and I'll say it again:

Mary, May God, our father, bless you and guide you this joyous season,
and may you find great happiness in this time of celebration of the
birth of our Savior, Jesus Christ.

Posted by: Kindltot at December 25, 2014 11:51 AM (t//F+)

52 Amen.

Posted by: Infidel at December 25, 2014 11:54 AM (du6mO)

53 Merry Christmas all.

Anyone heard from Vic?

Posted by: Golfman in NC at December 25, 2014 11:56 AM (wVWRM)

54 53-maybe he took the day off?

Posted by: Moki at December 25, 2014 11:57 AM (bAB8f)

55 Sorry, not'.

Posted by: Ricardo Kill at December 25, 2014 11:57 AM (QIrzm)

56 Merry Christmas, Morons! And a Fappy New Year!

Posted by: Insomniac at December 25, 2014 11:59 AM (mx5oN)

57 maybe he took the day off?

Vic has been having some health issues (he had cancer awhile back and has been on chemo), and some folks are worried about him.

Posted by: Grey Fox at December 25, 2014 12:01 PM (FG1UN)

58 Merry Christmas to all you rons ettes. Have a good holiday!!!!

Posted by: THE TICK at December 25, 2014 12:01 PM (b+jgQ)

59 We love you and hurry back from Hawaii because we need you...

Like a root canal performed with needle-nosed pliers.

Posted by: Hans Gruber at December 25, 2014 12:02 PM (Dwehj)

60 Merry Christmas everyone. Prayers for all struggling with family or personal health issues. Now off for awhile to feed my horses and enjoy the day god gave us.

Posted by: PaleRider, click on my sig and vote for Lost Fantasy daily at December 25, 2014 12:03 PM (7w/kf)

61 The newest novel from my favorite crime writer, Michael Connelly "The Burning Room", and a fresh bottle of Jim Beam. A very Merry Christmas indeed.

I must have been a good boy.

Posted by: fairweatherbill gatekeeper of pestilence at December 25, 2014 12:12 PM (NDTpp)

62 60 PR

Just voted again, looks like y'all are in 9th place - Huzzah!

Posted by: speedster1 on the (new) ipad at December 25, 2014 12:12 PM (C0wzD)

63 and hurry back from Hawaii because we need you...

No need to worry. You know he'll be back in time for March Madness.

Merry Christmas from Occupied California.

Posted by: t-bird at December 25, 2014 12:13 PM (FcR7P)

64 Any football today?

Posted by: couch potato at December 25, 2014 12:19 PM (3MNCs)

65 What's all this about Christmas?

Posted by: Charlie Gibson at December 25, 2014 12:20 PM (4IFRz)

66
Merry Christmas.

Posted by: YIKES! still auto banned from regular interwebs at December 25, 2014 12:20 PM (CnVNi)

67 Merry Christmas to all!

Successfully navigated over the river and through the woods yesterday. Safe travels to any of y'all out and sbout today.

Posted by: tbodie at December 25, 2014 12:21 PM (3CXto)

68 Sbout = about

Posted by: tbodie at December 25, 2014 12:23 PM (3CXto)

69 Merry Christmas, to all of you who weren't raped by Republican elves last night, that is.

Posted by: Lena Dunham at December 25, 2014 12:24 PM (4IFRz)

70 We love you and hurry back from Hawaii because we need you...

Like a root canal performed with needle-nosed pliers.

Posted by: Hans Gruber at December 25, 2014 12:02 PM (Dwehj)

or ball surgery with a rusty soup can lid.

Merry Christmas to the horde!

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at December 25, 2014 12:27 PM (FMbng)

71 Gift wrap used to start Yule log. Jewish family members preparing for Traditional Holiday Observance (=movies) before Christmas Dinner this evening.

Posted by: Trimegistus at December 25, 2014 12:28 PM (vtCEb)

72 Twitter is Cable Access for comedians and mental cases. Discuss.

Posted by: toby928(C) is nothing if not helpful at December 25, 2014 12:28 PM (rwI+c)

73 Apropos of nothing, I have 21 followers.

Posted by: toby928(C) is nothing if not helpful at December 25, 2014 12:29 PM (rwI+c)

74 It's up to the reader to determine which category I fall into.

Posted by: toby928(C) is nothing if not helpful at December 25, 2014 12:30 PM (rwI+c)

75 Not doing Christmas or dinner today but decided I'd do brunch. Eggs, sausage, seasoned taters, biscuits all covered in gravy, Mexican cheese, jalapenos, and, Chollula.

Had seconds. Stuffed. And the pup had some too.

Posted by: Ricardo Kill at December 25, 2014 12:31 PM (QIrzm)

76 Merry Christmas to all you Morons.

Posted by: shredded chi at December 25, 2014 12:33 PM (SC4DV)

77 I'm color blind and cannot view the color of the picture. Chromatist!

Posted by: Yellow Snowflake at December 25, 2014 12:34 PM (XzRw1)

78 77 YS

Um, then how do you know you're yellow?

Posted by: speedster1 on the (new) ipad at December 25, 2014 12:36 PM (C0wzD)

79 Merry Christmas Horde!

This is the place I come first everyday, and I wish the best to Ace, Gabe, Drew, CBD, Annapuma, DIT, the d'ohs, Jim SND, JJ, MPPPP, The Vic, B Finnegan, the dump, and that black chick who you turned me on to in Ferguson video yesterday.

A very special mention to the cob troll patrol

And all the rest, here on Ace's island.

Posted by: scottst at December 25, 2014 12:39 PM (1i8zf)

80
if I had twitter, I'd follow you

-- your 22nd follower...in spirit

Posted by: Soothsayer's Imaginary Home For Incorrigible Boys & Girls at December 25, 2014 12:39 PM (USlTa)

81 I have to redo Christmas today. My father was in the hospital all last night for some emergency eye procedure because his regular eye doctor is a frigging imbecile and kept missing the problem. He would have been blind by Friday if he didn't get the procedure. Thanks prick for wrecking the Christmas eve feast.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at December 25, 2014 12:42 PM (FMbng)

82 Merry Christmas to all the Horde!

Posted by: Darles Chickens at December 25, 2014 12:44 PM (Nzz0U)

83 23rd,,, also in spirit.

My torn meniscus and shingles asked me to wish you all a merry Christmas.
Really,,, they did.

Emmanuel

Posted by: teej says go K-State at December 25, 2014 12:44 PM (jGqoT)

84 former Nightwish frontwoman Tarja Turunen sings Ave Maria: http://tinyurl.com/loktxtb

Floor Jansen, Joacim Cans, Michael Kiske, Chuck Billy, and Udo Dirkschneider sing Silent Night (from Christmas Metal Symphony 2013): http://tinyurl.com/nd4e2zs

Posted by: ol_dirty_/b/tard at December 25, 2014 12:46 PM (hS3lf)

85 Wife gave our dog a leftover pancake. BEST XMAS EVER as far as the dog's concerned. Dogs have simple tastes.

Posted by: Trimegistus at December 25, 2014 12:47 PM (vtCEb)

86 Dammit. Good smells are issuing from Mrs928's kitchen, and it's 3 hours until the scheduled feast.

Posted by: toby928(C) is nothing if not helpful at December 25, 2014 12:47 PM (rwI+c)

87 I may have to graze.

Posted by: toby928(C) is nothing if not helpful at December 25, 2014 12:47 PM (rwI+c)

88 "Dogs have simple tastes."

Yes they do. Belly full. Belly rub.

All good.

Posted by: Ricardo Kill at December 25, 2014 12:50 PM (QIrzm)

89 Sorry, Berserker.

As they say in the the medical field, it's a "practice."

(And they may not be worth a shit.)

Posted by: Ricardo Kill at December 25, 2014 12:51 PM (QIrzm)

90 How about a vintage Christmas morning photo? Here is the luckiest kid you've ever seen..., at least he felt that way. That's a Jensen Model 5, which I played with for years and years. It powered a lot of Erector set kludges.
http://tinyurl.com/kyrrjqe

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 25, 2014 12:53 PM (F2IAQ)

91 Merry Christmas Horde! Life has made it necessary for me to comment way less than I used to but I still love the Horde (in a manly sort of way, of course). Brunch with the in laws this morning, presents later today, napping now with the dogs. I'll be in and out of consciousness so I thought I'd say hello now in case I sleep the day away.

Posted by: joncelli at December 25, 2014 12:54 PM (ENczY)

92 Wish I could check em out o_t_/b/tard.

If I could put one up it would be Kathy Mattea singing Mary Did You Know.

Posted by: teej says go K-State at December 25, 2014 12:54 PM (jGqoT)

93
Ever give a dog a big piece of meat and watch the dummy just swallow it?

Savor it, you fool I yell!

Posted by: Soothsayer's Imaginary Home For Incorrigible Boys & Girls at December 25, 2014 12:55 PM (USlTa)

94 Love each other fellow babies.

It's what He would want.

Posted by: teej says go K-State at December 25, 2014 12:57 PM (jGqoT)

95 teej -Tough call on torn meniscus vs. shingles.

Having experienced shingles, you have my profound sympathy. I know it is no consolation..., but it goes away in time.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 25, 2014 12:57 PM (F2IAQ)

96 Ever give a dog a big piece of meat and watch the dummy just swallow it?

Savor it, you fool I yell!

Posted by: Soothsayer
--------------

Our dog would swallow a rock dropped on the kitchen floor..., and relish it no more or less than it's food, as far as I can tell.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 25, 2014 12:59 PM (F2IAQ)

97 "Savor it, you fool I yell!"

They're so afraid that something or someone is going to show up and take it away from them. Centuries and centuries of genetic programming.

Posted by: Ricardo Kill at December 25, 2014 12:59 PM (QIrzm)

98

Merry Christmas and a Happy Helter Skelter...

Thank you Barack Obama

Posted by: Charles Manson at December 25, 2014 01:00 PM (LoIJo)

99 Merry Christmas everyone!

I hope everyone got what they wanted on this day we remember getting the only thing we really need.

Posted by: Methos at December 25, 2014 01:01 PM (A6vWB)

100 Love ya, Horde!

Merry Christmas!

Posted by: Mindy at December 25, 2014 01:02 PM (rcXlm)

101 There was a hell of a party in the diesel repair shop across the street last night. Things got started about 2 with beer and then Junior showed two jars of AppleJack and a bunch of 2" thick deer steaks. When I left about 5, Hank Williams was at full volume, guns were being loaded for indoor target practice, and things were starting to spiral out of control. This morning there were several 4 wheelers and pickup trucks still parked out front; it looks like a few husbands are AWOL from their double wides this Christmas morning. I hope they're alive but I'm not going over to check.

Merry Christmas you freakin' Morons!

Posted by: Xavier at December 25, 2014 01:04 PM (RHLb7)

102 http://tinyurl.com/kyrrjqe
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 25, 2014 12:53 PM (F2IAQ

Nice one.

Posted by: m at December 25, 2014 01:05 PM (G891H)

103 Merry Christmas! Faith, hope, and love were the best presents ever on that very first Christmas.

Posted by: Count de Monet at December 25, 2014 01:05 PM (JO9+V)

104 So where's the Book Thread?

Wait, today isn't Sunday? Dang. Feels like it.

Well then I guess I'll just have to wish a Merry Christmas to y'all.

Posted by: HH at December 25, 2014 01:06 PM (Ce4DF)

105 Sounds like a Hell of a Christmas Eve, Xav'.

Posted by: Ricardo Kill at December 25, 2014 01:06 PM (QIrzm)

106 This is A Thing, are you listenin'?
Who the hell, is Charlie Gibson?
Plush versus Hardwood
I'd say it's All Good
Bounding through Ace's Wonderland.

Gone away is the old Troll
'Cause we tore, him a new asshole
He sucks cock by choice
Just one of our Toys
Bouncin' 'round through Ace's Wonderland.

On the lake the canoe had a problem
Lost my Mossberg and AR 15
Horde will ask if everything's okay, man.
The Val-U-Rite will make a better scene.

Later on, we'll conspire
As the Progs start the fire
They think they have balls,
But they're first 'Gainst the Wall
Sloshin' 'round through Ace's Wonderland.

In the basement we can build a shelter.
Stock it full of goodies, guns and gold.
When all the shit goes fucking Helter-Skelter
The idiots will do as they are told.

But by our Faith, As God is Willing
There will be no more killing
We frolic and play; The Moron Horde Way
Enjoying...
Life in Ace's...
Wonder-laaaaaaaaaaand!

*drops mic*

Posted by: ColdBeer1 (Slap) (T) at December 25, 2014 01:07 PM (16bOT)

107 'It powered a lot of Erector set kludges.'

I got my Erector set when I was 8. My Mom thought I was to young for it but Dad got it anyway. I built all kinds of stuff with it for years after. That was before Lego.

Right after I got it I learned about electricity by jamming one of the metal beams in an electrical outlet. Maybe Mom was right but I survived with a healthy respect for electricity.

Posted by: freaked at December 25, 2014 01:08 PM (JdEZJ)

108 "Savor it, you fool I yell!"

They're so afraid that something or someone is going to show up and take it away from them. Centuries and centuries of genetic programming.

Or 6 years of dem rule......

Posted by: rickb223 at December 25, 2014 01:09 PM (rnMEE)

109 freaked - I regard my Erector ('sets', because I played with the thing so much that my dad gave me a second set to provide more parts. Thanks Pop.) as the most valuable toys that I had. I learned a lot about how things are constructed, and how mechanics work.

I kind of feel sorry for the Lego generations.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 25, 2014 01:11 PM (F2IAQ)

110 on this day we remember getting the only thing we really need.
Posted by: Methos

Rid of Obama?

Posted by: rickb223 at December 25, 2014 01:12 PM (rnMEE)

111 Its not very Christmas-y, but mucking about with my rear wiper which stopped working. I figured it was corrosion, but nooooo

Probably the motor. When I turn it 'on' it won't move unassisted, but it doesn't take any effort to get it to go back n forth like it would were it the fuse/wiring.

Still, checking those next just to be certain...

Posted by: Bigby's Fistful of Eggnog at December 25, 2014 01:13 PM (Cq0oW)

112 Have a wonderful 18 everyone

Posted by: King Putt at December 25, 2014 01:15 PM (LoIJo)

113 Bigby - Are you saying that it moves freely by hand?

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 25, 2014 01:15 PM (F2IAQ)

114 "Or 6 years of dem rule......"

Or, in many ways, the real story of Barack Obama.

Posted by: Ricardo Kill at December 25, 2014 01:16 PM (QIrzm)

115 Mr Hanky South Park Christmas... in many ways the story of Barack Obama

Posted by: phreshone at December 25, 2014 01:18 PM (LoIJo)

116 For
unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government
shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful,
Counsellor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace.

Merry Christmas, me droogies.

Posted by: Bob's House of Flannel Shirts and Wallet Chains at December 25, 2014 01:19 PM (yxw0r)

117 Are you saying that it moves freely by hand?

Yes

Posted by: Bigby's Fistful of Eggnog at December 25, 2014 01:20 PM (Cq0oW)

118 Christmas is the day that the other 364 have been waiting for, the one day that we don't have to worship the other kingly one.

Posted by: denvertodd at December 25, 2014 01:21 PM (Uo5UE)

119 104 So where's the Book Thread?

Posted by: HH at December 25, 2014 01:06 PM (Ce4DF)

These two sound pretty tempting:

https://tinyurl.com/kf7sde5

https://tinyurl.com/mn2metm

Today is the 100th anniversary and I've been reading about it all morning.

Posted by: rickl at December 25, 2014 01:23 PM (sdi6R)

120 Bigby - Hmm. Sure sounds like a stripped cog in the gearbox. You might be able to remove/disassemble the thing and take a look. That's what I would do. It's at least possible that it is a simple repair.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 25, 2014 01:25 PM (F2IAQ)

121 Helpful Chrismas hint:
Please check the packaging and wrapping paper before burning. In a long ago time, Pa missed Barbie's Ken in a pile of paper. Now we have the traditional Christmas sorting of the paper pile. It may seem strange but it is a common family experience that helps keep us family.

Merry Christmas to all and a peaceful New Year.

Posted by: Man from Wazzustan at December 25, 2014 01:26 PM (uPxUo)

122 If it helps, and if you have one working wiper, you can use a piece of wire to connect it to the good one. Had to do that to a Fiat, as the repair would have involved taking out the dash. Good luck!

Posted by: notsothoreau at December 25, 2014 01:30 PM (Lqy/e)

123 NYPD find arsenal after busting man who 'talked about killing cops' "Two guns, two bulletproof vests, brass knuckles, and a holster were recovered from his Edsall Avenue home near 72nd Place after police obtained a search warrant." http://is.gd/SttUyY

Unless the "two guns" were a pair of Ma Deuces, I live in a different world than New Yorkers.

Posted by: toby928(C) is nothing if not helpful at December 25, 2014 01:31 PM (rwI+c)

124 Got the middle kid an old read-along-with book/record of the Charlie Brown Christmas Special (since he's Peanuts mad right now) and he pestered me until I set up the phonograph, so I availed myself of the opportunity to play my old Gene Autry 78 of 'Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer' and found my late grandfather's copy of 'Monster's Holiday,' the Christmas-themed sequel to 'Monster Mash', by Bobby 'Boris' PIckett on 45.

Posted by: --- at December 25, 2014 01:31 PM (MMC8r)

125 If anyone is curious about "The Interview":

www.solarmovie.com

Loads surprisingly fast with little buffering. And I'm on a cell connection.

Posted by: Ricardo Kill at December 25, 2014 01:32 PM (QIrzm)

126 Savor it, you fool I yell!

This is what I heard a lot as a child. And as a young adult. And my current fully mature state.
I want to savor a belly full of enriching protein, sugar and carbs, thank you.

Anyways no matter what it tastes like, once it is down it is past hesitation, past regrets, and all you have to worry about is recall.

Posted by: Kindltot at December 25, 2014 01:32 PM (t//F+)

127 Like the other day when the reported "Arsenal" contained "hundreds of rounds of ammo". I just shake my head. If your magazine doesn't contain thousands of rounds, you ain't trying.

Posted by: toby928(C) is nothing if not helpful at December 25, 2014 01:33 PM (rwI+c)

128 Sure sounds like a stripped cog in the gearbox.

possible. Only I think that might be freer movement? Not goinng to remove it today in any case, "next year" is good enough

Posted by: Bigby's Fistful of Eggnog at December 25, 2014 01:35 PM (Cq0oW)

129 Posted by: rickl at December 25, 2014 01:23 PM (sdi6R)

Yeah, that's something I've come across over the years, but never read any real details about it. So thanks.

And sort of kind of along the same theme, ever seen the movie "A Midnight Clear"? It's about a group of U.S. Army scouts that get caught up in the Battle of the Bulge, going through all sorts of stuff, then attempting to get through German lines to safety. Very poignant film, and hearing the song at the end as the credits run is very moving, as it fits perfectly with the story.

Posted by: HH at December 25, 2014 01:36 PM (Ce4DF)

130 If it helps, and if you have one working wiper

Rear wiper is the issue

Posted by: Bigby's Fistful of Eggnog at December 25, 2014 01:36 PM (Cq0oW)

131 You probably could rig a string to the rear wiper . . .

Posted by: Count de Monet at December 25, 2014 01:40 PM (JO9+V)

132 *Windshield wiper kludge:

1) Tie a string between the tips of the wiper blades.

2) Lower both front windows an inch or two. Tie another string from tip of driver's blade through car (drivers and passenger's windows) to tip of passenger's blade.

3) Operate wipers manually by pulling left and right on string running through car windows overhead.

*Yer screwed if you have a two door. Otherwise, enter and exit vehicle through rear doors.

Posted by: Ed Anger at December 25, 2014 01:43 PM (RcpcZ)

133
Hands up! Don't schuss!

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars(TM) at December 25, 2014 01:46 PM (jmIQu)

134 NYPD find arsenal after busting man who 'talked about killing cops' "Two guns, two bulletproof vests,

Two guns, one plate carrier, aka, my truck.

Posted by: rickb223 at December 25, 2014 01:46 PM (tJipK)

135 hahahaha

Posted by: Bigby's Fistful of Eggnog at December 25, 2014 01:47 PM (Cq0oW)

136 Ed, you're a mechanic, aren't you?

Posted by: Ricardo Kill at December 25, 2014 01:48 PM (QIrzm)

137 Happy Christmas Horde.

Mega Millions and PowerBall both rolled over.

Posted by: Anna Puma at December 25, 2014 01:48 PM (5HyS+)

138 on this day we remember getting the only thing we really need.

--

Relations with Cuba?!

Posted by: Cidskus Amabo at December 25, 2014 01:49 PM (MbqmP)

139 123
NYPD find arsenal

I'll try and say this nicely. I hate fcking NY.

Posted by: Thin veneer of civility at December 25, 2014 01:49 PM (XzRw1)

140 A great Christmas morning. Wrapping paper strewn about. Gifts. And the wife is happy.
I'm man-spreading on the couch and consider myself blessed.
More eggnog!

Posted by: Diogenes at December 25, 2014 01:51 PM (08Znv)

141 Oh, rear wiper. Sorry. Alternate kludge:

1) Run string from wiper blade tip through dog carrier on top of vehicle and back under vehicle to wiper blade tip.

2) Place spouse in dog carrier, beep horn to signal wiper speed.

Posted by: Ed Anger at December 25, 2014 01:52 PM (RcpcZ)

142
101 There was a hell of a party in the diesel repair shop across the street last night. Things got started about 2 with beer and then Junior showed two jars of AppleJack and a bunch of 2" thick deer steaks. When I left about 5, Hank Williams was at full volume, guns were being loaded for indoor target practice, and things were starting to spiral out of control. This morning there were several 4 wheelers and pickup trucks still parked out front; it looks like a few husbands are AWOL from their double wides this Christmas morning. I hope they're alive but I'm not going over to check.

Merry Christmas you freakin' Morons!
Posted by: Xavier at December 25, 2014 01:04 PM (RHLb7)

Sounds like just the kind of group who'd be willing to host a "no rules" Moron Meetup!

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars(TM) at December 25, 2014 01:52 PM (jmIQu)

143 "Relations with Cuba?!"

What about relations WITH a Cuban?

Posted by: Ricardo Kill at December 25, 2014 01:52 PM (QIrzm)

144 25 years to the day since they killed Nicolae Elena Ceausescu. Merry Christmas to everyone else.

Posted by: Baldy at December 25, 2014 01:52 PM (+35FH)

145 Dog just ate a Christmas stocking tangerine.
Stupid dog.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 25, 2014 01:54 PM (F2IAQ)

146 And sort of kind of along the same theme, ever seen the movie "A Midnight Clear"? It's about a group of U.S. Army scouts that get caught up in the Battle of the Bulge, going through all sorts of stuff, then attempting to get through German lines to safety. Very poignant film, and hearing the song at the end as the credits run is very moving, as it fits perfectly with the story.

-
I liked that movie, too. I thought it was a near perfect blend of realism and symbolism.

Posted by: The Great White Snark at December 25, 2014 01:54 PM (LImiJ)

147 Mega Millions and PowerBall both rolled over.

Yay! I get to try again.

Posted by: no good deed at December 25, 2014 01:55 PM (w3a0Z)

148
Yesterday -- Christmas Eve -- was the birthday of the stunningly beautiful Ava Gardner. She'd have turned 92 if she was still with us.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars(TM) at December 25, 2014 01:55 PM (jmIQu)

149 Upstairs in the bedroom on a shelf is the Teddy bear I got for Christmas when I was five or six. His name is Cinnamon.

Posted by: The Great White Snark at December 25, 2014 01:57 PM (LImiJ)

150 Mike you know the rule about tangerines...

Posted by: Anna Puma at December 25, 2014 01:58 PM (5HyS+)

151 I had a girlfriend who had power windows in her Explorer. The window jammed all the way down at one point and she wanted my help in troubleshooting it.
The two gears that operated it got jammed together somehow, probably by trying to override each other at the end of the travel, and once I determined that I would need OB-GYN instruments to service it correctly, I sent her into the house for some tool or item, and while she was out of ear-shot rapped the pivot the main gear turned on with a padded hammer to knock the jammed teeth apart.
I was glad it worked instead of breaking things irreparably.

Posted by: Kindltot at December 25, 2014 01:58 PM (t//F+)

152 Wiper troubles: just get one of your kids to ride on the hood with a squeegee.

Posted by: Trimegistus at December 25, 2014 01:59 PM (kes01)

153 Tangerine? Is she is all they claim?
With her eyes of night and lips as bright as flame?

Posted by: Kindltot at December 25, 2014 02:01 PM (t//F+)

154 Nood Football thread

Posted by: ManWithNoParty, unperson from Free Market Jesus Paradise at December 25, 2014 02:02 PM (YNkME)

155 Upstairs in the bedroom on a shelf is the Teddy bear I got for Christmas when I was five or six. His name is Cinnamon.

I have a Santa that stands about 12" tall that is 52 yrs. old. Got it from my grandfather who passed away before I was born.

Posted by: rickb223 at December 25, 2014 02:03 PM (tJipK)

156
My parents had a tradition where they would save a rattle from each of their four kids. Mine, which I still have, is a red bird. My sister's was an angel, but it perished when her house burned to the ground twenty years ago. My two brothers, I assume, still have theirs: a conventional dumbbell shaped rattle for one and one out of a set of multiple rattles that spun on an axis for the youngest brother.

Having no "natural issue" of my own, I'll probably give my bird to my goddaughter, the eldest child of the middle brother.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars(TM) at December 25, 2014 02:03 PM (jmIQu)

157 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=32CwrOZVobo

Posted by: --- at December 25, 2014 02:04 PM (MMC8r)

158 'A couple hundred rounds?' Sounds like he had an Enfield .303. That's the only 'gun' I know of that the owner only has 'a couple hundred rounds'. And what kind of idiot has a (presumably empty) holster? Where's his sidearm, confiscated at arrest? Oh wait, I have a suitcase full of those.

Posted by: Erowmero at December 25, 2014 02:05 PM (go5uR)

159 Nood Football thread

Musta got 'vaporated.

Posted by: rickb223 at December 25, 2014 02:05 PM (tJipK)

160 Looks like Dave has 24 more hours to find a better looking Rutgers cheerleader

Posted by: Golfman in NC at December 25, 2014 02:05 PM (mKbIO)

161 Musta got 'vaporated.
Posted by: rickb223 at December 25, 2014 02:05 PM (tJipK)

******
It was pointed out that the games are tomorrow, I think.

Posted by: ManWithNoParty, unperson from Free Market Jesus Paradise at December 25, 2014 02:07 PM (YNkME)

162 Rutgers thread go Kaboom.

Posted by: Ricardo Kill at December 25, 2014 02:08 PM (QIrzm)

163 "That's the only 'gun' I know of that the owner only has 'a couple hundred rounds'."

That's funny you say that. Only got three-four boxes for mine.

Posted by: Ricardo Kill at December 25, 2014 02:09 PM (QIrzm)

164 Looks like Dave has 24 more hours to find a better looking Rutgers cheerleader

www dot jizzhut dot com.
Um, a friend told me.

Posted by: rickb223 at December 25, 2014 02:12 PM (tJipK)

165
Today is the birthday of Ken "The Snake" Stabler (born 1945), former QB for the Oakland Raiders.

I still get a laugh out of his response when he was caught in some sort of nekkid romp with Carol Doda, the surgically enhanced stripper of SF's North Beach fame: "This'll hurt my work with youth!"

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars(TM) at December 25, 2014 02:12 PM (jmIQu)

166 *Windshield wiper kludge:

1) Tie a string between the tips of the wiper blades.

2)
Lower both front windows an inch or two. Tie another string from tip of
driver's blade through car (drivers and passenger's windows) to tip of
passenger's blade.

3) Operate wipers manually by pulling left and right on string running through car windows overhead.

*Yer screwed if you have a two door. Otherwise, enter and exit vehicle through rear doors.

Posted by: Ed Anger at December 25, 2014 01:43 PM (RcpcZ)

On most cars, this won't work. The wiper arms are connected to the motor by a gear train and/or linkage rods, and one element of that gear train is nearly always a worm gear on the motor shaft itself. Worm gears of that nature are, by nature, non-reversing. Meaning the worm can spin, and thereby turn the "worm wheel" it meshes with, but turning the worm wheel, no matter how forcefully, won't make the worm spin. (basically for the same reason you can't make a nut spin on the thread of the bolt by pushing on it)

If you have an antique car with vacuum wipers, yes, this kludge will work.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 25, 2014 02:18 PM (dwLMj)

167
#166: You just have to disconnect all that stuff that doesn't work anyways.

Posted by: Ed Anger at December 25, 2014 02:25 PM (RcpcZ)

168 You want a "better looking Rutgers chearleader"

It's New Jersey so you'll take a big haired skank in a Trans Am

You'll get Chris Christie's twin sister

Posted by: phreshone at December 25, 2014 02:26 PM (LoIJo)

169 nood

Posted by: rickb223 at December 25, 2014 02:30 PM (tJipK)

170 As my incessant whining here has attested, I have had to work my 12 hours mids through Christmas (24-25-26). My sister and I decided to have a Christmas Feast at 0700 this morning since I worked (she is a recent widow as her husband died in October. Thats a long sad story which I'll skip here). She had 2 small turkey breast, a small ham, Scottish eggs (hardboiled eggs surrounded in bacon. I love the Scots!!), green bean casserole, mashed potatoes, sweet potatoes, cranberry stuff, jello, cheese-pickles. It really was very good considering it was seemingly thrown together quickly (it wasn't). Simple is the best. She had been thinking about it at work. I do the same thing. I have to go back to work tonight so I will stop over at her place again and eat again. So my Christmas went well. She is doing ok all things considered. She is watching my LotR SE DVDs so she is set for 12 hours at least (her cable is out).

Posted by: puddleglum not at work at December 25, 2014 02:49 PM (hvugu)

171 Thanks to the conservative blogger Bill Jacobsen who said in response to leftist Jews in 2009:"Passover is no time to be celebrating the end of Christian America." He posted it on Christmas Day which being Jewish he doesn't celebrate. Evangelicall Christians are not the enemies of the State of Israel:

Merry Christmas! Happy Hanukkah!

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 25, 2014 03:41 PM (Dj3AB)

172 Had to work at the hotel overnight last night. Tried to post here, but got a message my work computer was banned (?!). Got up about an hour ago, have to work overnight again tonight, after which I'm off for two nights.

I'm thanking a gracious God today for many things -- a new pair of eyes (cataract surgery), a new bathroom in my apartment, watching A Tree Grows In Brooklyn with my friends earlier this week, the wonder of the season, and finding this wonderful Horde on the internet.

Merry Christmas to one and all!

Posted by: DynamiteDan at December 25, 2014 03:41 PM (CO0Ee)

173 Merry Christmas to you, Dan

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 25, 2014 03:47 PM (Dj3AB)

174 To all Morons and Moronettes: Hope you all have a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.

Posted by: Lord Whorfin at December 25, 2014 04:11 PM (kMoe2)

175 Merry Christmas to the horde and their families
God Bless us and keep us and God Bless America

Posted by: ginaswo at December 25, 2014 04:42 PM (2EgyQ)

176 Berserker
Prayers for your dad
Thank God they caught it in time
I had a bad eye surgeon leave an implant in upside down and woke up with an elliptical cat eye
Which would be keel were it not for the pain driving me to my knees and imminent blindness
Freakin idiots
But all turned out ok bc I had loved ones to swoop me to ER like you swooped your Dad to a good guy

Merry Christmas

Posted by: ginaswo at December 25, 2014 04:53 PM (2EgyQ)

177 Chris M
Prayers!!!!

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