Open Thread With Sundry Items of Limited Interest

A silly gainzzz thread on MSN tells you how to keep off all the Trump Presidency Weight that progressive dopes are gaining.

Three burglars broke into a home. This home included valuable things. It also included someone with an AR-15.

With just a bit of persuasion and firepower, they were successfully reformed from dangerous criminals into law-abiding dead bodies.

I saw a tweet earlier which I did not understand because I hadn't seen this story yet. It was someone shrieking that this wasn't "self-defense," it was "murder" in the defense of mere property.

VDH notices something no one in the media has -- it seems the Democrat Party has been pro-Russia since 1972, and yet the media previously always thought that was a pretty good position to take.

If it's now illegal to have a dovish position on Mother Russia, than man, do we have some retroactive prosecutions to get to. And yeah, I'll trade Trump for every Democrat operative, lobbyist, and agitator alive. Put them all in prison. We'll make Trump's cell luxurious and with gold bars so he doesn't mind so much.

This article complains about the so-called "Pink tax" of higher prices charged for goods sold specifically to women. Check out the picture at the bottom of the article.

Maybe they've changed it -- for me, it was a picture of 1950s blacks sitting at a lunch counter -- I assume in protest of Jim Crow laws. Not sure that pink razors costing an extra nickle a blade quite rises to the Selma All Over Again level.

And the below video is just too cute. A little girl has mistaken a broken water heater, put out for the trash, for a robot.

This little girl thought a broken water heater is a real life robot. It's just not fair how cute it is pic.twitter.com/TLbuKKEEbY
— Ben Tolmachoff (@bentolmachoff) March 27, 2017

Posted by: Ace at 08:41 PM

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1 First? At 8:41pm?

Ace, are you feeling better from getting sick yesterday from changing your diet back to carbs recently? Moar Fat and Moar protein. Carbs are for salad bois.

Posted by: Phone of Widespread Pepe at March 28, 2017 08:35 PM (Oz2Jh)

2 2nd?

Posted by: Weasel at March 28, 2017 08:36 PM (Sfs6o)

3 I fell through a interweb wormhole. Little dazed and confused.

Posted by: Phone of Widespread Pepe at March 28, 2017 08:36 PM (Oz2Jh)

4 Si! Si! Dos!!

Posted by: Weasel at March 28, 2017 08:37 PM (Sfs6o)

5 >>>Ace, are you feeling better from getting sick yesterday from changing your diet back to carbs recently? Moar Fat and Moar protein. Carbs are for salad bois.

it's not a diet thing. It's a bad sleep thing, plus an overdoing-it-with-exercise thing.

I had three days of very bad sleep, plus a nagging injury that I haven't let heal.

Posted by: ace at March 28, 2017 08:38 PM (8rNrN)

6 I've been trying to go to sleep about an hour later than usual, and find it makes a big difference in how I sleep for the night.

Posted by: Weasel at March 28, 2017 08:40 PM (Sfs6o)

7 oh i didn't really change my diet to carbs. I just had too many off-diet days the last couple of weeks.

Only three or so, but when you space those out just perfectly, you can really destroy all weight loss potential.

Posted by: ace at March 28, 2017 08:40 PM (8rNrN)

8 I'm working out so my moobs will look like Putin's! He's a sexy man!

Posted by: Beach Barry at March 28, 2017 08:41 PM (bc2Lc)

9 >>> I've been trying to go to sleep about an hour later than usual, and find it makes a big difference in how I sleep for the night.

later? Why later?

a couple of months ago I was on a really good clock (for me) going to bed by 12 or 12:30 and I felt great.

now it's... back to 3, 4 am again.

Posted by: ace at March 28, 2017 08:41 PM (8rNrN)

10 I did the same thing this week, Ace. It'll be OK.

Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, TX at March 28, 2017 08:41 PM (Saqzi)

11 The later I go to bed, the more unlikely it is I'll have a good night's rest. So sometimes I go to bed at 7:30. Or 7. I sleep about ten hours a night.

Posted by: grammie winger at March 28, 2017 08:41 PM (lwiT4)

12 >>> I did the same thing this week, Ace. It'll be OK.

i hope so! Did you heal up?

Posted by: ace at March 28, 2017 08:42 PM (8rNrN)

13 a couple of months ago I was on a really good clock (for me) going to bed by 12 or 12:30 and I felt great.

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I haven't seen midnight in decades.

Posted by: grammie winger at March 28, 2017 08:42 PM (lwiT4)

14 Off-diet days, I mean.

Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, TX at March 28, 2017 08:42 PM (Saqzi)

15 Ace, if you have trouble falling asleep, I recommend reading a garden catalogue. I seriously like them and I'm even planning a garden, but if I read a catalogue in bed, I 'm asleep someplace about cauliflower. If you're not a gardener, I swear you'll never make it past fava bean. (Catalogues are alphabetical.)

Posted by: Wenda (sic) at March 28, 2017 08:43 PM (Kr0FZ)

16 That's no water heater that's my cousin Hymie!

Posted by: Cy.Borg.Robot.Drifter at March 28, 2017 08:43 PM (BO/km)

17 Probably should have said going to bed an hour later than usual - not sure why that hour makes a difference but it sure does for me. I sleep pretty well rather than tossing and turning all night.

Posted by: Weasel at March 28, 2017 08:43 PM (Sfs6o)

18 Good evening, everyone!

That kid is adorable. Thanks, Ace.

Posted by: Captain Whitebread on the all-night request line at March 28, 2017 08:44 PM (rJUlF)

19 >>>The later I go to bed, the more unlikely it is I'll have a good night's rest. So sometimes I go to bed at 7:30. Or 7. I sleep about ten hours a night.

i'd love ten hours.

I think I actually need like 8 1/2 or 9.

i'll try to shoot for an early bedtime -- like 2am.

baby steps, baby steps.

The Daylight Savings Time shift plus a couple of bouts of insomnia has really put me on my ass.

Posted by: ace at March 28, 2017 08:44 PM (8rNrN)

20 Retailers will charge a price people are willing to pay.

Why is dumbness gaining in strength exponentially? When did that start?

Posted by: Max Power at March 28, 2017 08:44 PM (q177U)

21 Oldest daughter is getting married in 8 weeks, and I have GOT to take off this extra weight before the big day!

Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, TX at March 28, 2017 08:44 PM (Saqzi)

22 >>>ce, if you have trouble falling asleep,

it's less that than apnea and related problems keeping me from getting restorative sleep.

Posted by: ace at March 28, 2017 08:45 PM (8rNrN)

23 Laying off the booze makes for a better nights sleep for me, not to mention the cramps.

Posted by: Javems at March 28, 2017 08:45 PM (yOqwj)

24 moar random WTF-ery...

http://www.gaypatriot.net/2017/03/28/lol-whut/

Posted by: redc1c4 at March 28, 2017 08:47 PM (joq+X)

25 Do you use a CPAP for the apnea?

Posted by: Weasel at March 28, 2017 08:47 PM (Sfs6o)

26 The Dem pols acting like they are possessed by Joe McCarthy's ghost seems a tad disingenuous since they have been telling us not to worry about Russia for last seventy years.

Posted by: Eddie Baby at March 28, 2017 08:47 PM (CTCca)

27 Oldest daughter is getting married in 8 weeks, and I have GOT to take off this extra weight before the big day!

Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, TX at March 28, 2017 08:44 PM (Saqzi)
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Same here. Son is getting married in three months. I have been so good with the low carb thing, and the going to the Y thing. No alcohol. No sweets. No anything but chicken, fish, veggies and cottage cheese. Water with lemon. Got on the scale this week - Gained two pounds. I'm about to put my head through a window.

Posted by: grammie winger at March 28, 2017 08:48 PM (lwiT4)

28 The tax is just fantastic that is really what I think.
Oh, by the way, I'd like my pussyhat in pink.

Posted by: Roger Waters at March 28, 2017 08:48 PM (vRcUp)

29 Posted by: grammie winger at March 28, 2017 08:48 PM (lwiT4)
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It's muscle!

Posted by: Weasel at March 28, 2017 08:49 PM (Sfs6o)

30 Looks like the DNC is getting ready to go full throttle batshit crazy commie. This Peraz is an azzhole of the highest order.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at March 28, 2017 08:49 PM (89T5c)

31 We have always been at war with Eastasia.

Posted by: Counterfeit News Network at March 28, 2017 08:49 PM (Zd2ZF)

32 It's muscle!

Posted by: Weasel at March 28, 2017 08:49 PM (Sfs6o)
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I wish. I tape measure myself all over. The tape has not budged. At all.

Posted by: grammie winger at March 28, 2017 08:50 PM (lwiT4)

33 Not to mention asphyxia due to gastroesophageal reflux.

Posted by: Javems at March 28, 2017 08:50 PM (yOqwj)

34 30 Looks like the DNC is getting ready to go full throttle batshit crazy commie. This Peraz is an azzhole of the highest order.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at March 28, 2017 08:49 PM (89T5c)

Fine with me. If they can't figure out why Trump was elected, then why tell them?

Posted by: Captain Whitebread on the all-night request line at March 28, 2017 08:50 PM (rJUlF)

35
Laying off the booze makes for a better nights sleep for me,
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must be nice... i sleep like shit when i'm s*ber.

i'm just cutting back to F with my VA quack's "mind", (to use a term loosely)...

speaking of which, i think it's time to open a bottle of wine and see what else i might consume for dinner, besides that.

cheers!

Posted by: redc1c4 at March 28, 2017 08:50 PM (joq+X)

36 That's not a water heater, that's FAB without her Mao uniform on!

Run chilluns, run!

Posted by: Hairyback Guy at March 28, 2017 08:51 PM (5VlCp)

37 Imagine a world without a Leftist getting their Virtue signaling knickers twisted over an imaginary outrage.

That would be Peace on Earth.

Posted by: Anna Puma at March 28, 2017 08:51 PM (H4GNL)

38 The Democratic party and the Left have only one platform, one purpose, one thought now: To bring down PDT. And they don't care who or what they hurt, like America, to get that done. Now I hate them for that, but ya know who I hate more: RINO scum like mcstain and even that asshole reopublican congress asshole who came out against Nuenes today.

Your either with us or against us...there ain't no middle ground

Posted by: Nevergiveup at March 28, 2017 08:51 PM (SjImc)

39 Barry O. and I should start a punk band, Good Crisis. All the cool kids will love us.

Posted by: Rahm Emmanuel at March 28, 2017 08:51 PM (vRcUp)

40 Posted by: grammie winger at March 28, 2017 08:50 PM (lwiT4)
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It's bulky muscle!!

Posted by: Weasel at March 28, 2017 08:52 PM (Sfs6o)

41 I started sleeping about 4 hours at night, then taking 2-3-hour naps during the days. I'm trying to break myself of this bad habit. No nap today, so maybe I can sleep the whole night through.

My ideal is going to bed around 10:30 then waking up a little before 6:00.

Posted by: Michael the TEXIT at March 28, 2017 08:52 PM (nvMvs)

42 Laying off the booze makes for a better nights sleep for me, not to mention the cramps.

Posted by: Javems

Not to mention the IBS. I wish I had plastic bowels.

Posted by: Hillary Clinton at March 28, 2017 08:52 PM (vRcUp)

43 The broke water heater has more personality than Hillary! and Chelsea combined.

Posted by: Anna Puma at March 28, 2017 08:53 PM (H4GNL)

44 From what I heard new DNC head Tom Perez is Obama's guy. Is this true? Has implications, no?

Posted by: Ignoramus at March 28, 2017 08:54 PM (SIY7D)

45 No one gave me any of those tips during the Barky reign (well ok Ace started the GAINZZ thread before the election). Of course I'm sure it was terribly racist of me to feel stressed about all of Barky's outreach to the Mullahs in Iran and all that jazz.

Posted by: PaleRider at March 28, 2017 08:54 PM (eASYU)

46 This article complains about the so-called "Pink tax" of higher prices charged for goods sold specifically to women. Check out the picture at the bottom of the article.

Shoe0nHead had a good take down on the "Pink Tax" garbage last year.

https://youtu.be/CoCQFJxeHr4

Posted by: Sean at March 28, 2017 08:54 PM (z/Ubi)

47 Tucker has Zac the whack on again.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at March 28, 2017 08:55 PM (IqV8l)

48 It's bulky muscle!!

Posted by: Weasel at March 28, 2017 08:52 PM (Sfs6o)
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Honest to Pete - Yesterday I took the three year old to the pool. He looked at me in my swimsuit and asked me if I had a baby in my belly.

Posted by: grammie winger at March 28, 2017 08:55 PM (lwiT4)

49 I've lost 16 pounds in the last four months. I still drink one can of Diet Mountain Dew in the morning (don't like coffee), but up to around three quarts of water a day.

Breakfast lately is a serving of deli turkey or ham and a container of Greek yogurt. Lean meats and veggies for dinner.

Rainy weather like tonight, though, kicks in the cravings for comfort food. I might maim a hobo for some hamburger steak, mashed potatoes and gravy right now...

Posted by: Captain Whitebread on the all-night request line at March 28, 2017 08:56 PM (rJUlF)

50 Posted by: grammie winger at March 28, 2017 08:55 PM (lwiT4)
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Ask the three year old if he wants to become a four year old.

Posted by: Weasel at March 28, 2017 08:57 PM (Sfs6o)

51 Ace if you can't sleep and you keep having this dream about parasites

you might have worms.

Posted by: Holmes at March 28, 2017 08:58 PM (fi5nC)

52 Ask the three year old if he wants to become a four year old.

Posted by: Weasel at March 28, 2017 08:57 PM (Sfs6o)
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He doesn't swim all that well yet. Tempting.....

Posted by: grammie winger at March 28, 2017 08:58 PM (lwiT4)

53 'Barry O. and I should start a punk band, Good Crisis. All the cool kids will love us.'

Call it "Bloody Dick" and you got a winner.

Posted by: Cy.Borg.Robot.Drifter at March 28, 2017 08:58 PM (BO/km)

54 i'm just cutting back to F with my VA quack's "mind", (to use a term loosely)...

speaking of which, i think it's time to open a bottle of wine and see what else i might consume for dinner, besides that.

cheers!

Posted by: redc1c4 at March 28, 2017 08:50 PM (joq+X)
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If I tip head down, wine will rune out of my gullet as fast as I pour it in.
Met with a VA shrink last year. Mind is good to go, body not so much.

Posted by: Javems at March 28, 2017 08:58 PM (yOqwj)

55 /sock.

Posted by: buzzion at March 28, 2017 08:59 PM (z/Ubi)

56 Shit.

I'm actually physically sick from going to Reddit.

Posted by: Holmes at March 28, 2017 08:59 PM (fi5nC)

57 "One of the teens was armed with a knife and the other with brass knuckles."

Which part of that is needed to peacefully steal property before disappearing quietly into the night?

I know each of them were getting their lives back together before getting their GEDs and attending college to study Aspiring Rapper, but is it wrong to be happy when the good guys win?

Posted by: Moron Robbie at March 28, 2017 09:02 PM (/f1mm)

58 I had a few calls discussing the failed home invasion on the show today. The general consensus is they got what they deserved.

Oklahoma is just Texas with worse publicity.

Posted by: Captain Whitebread on the all-night request line at March 28, 2017 09:03 PM (rJUlF)

59 The Democrats' Russia bullshit would be like Shia LaBeouf addressing an audience of evangelical Christians and saying "A house divided against itself cannot stand, and Trump is a divider! If Jesus were here today, he'd say that it's a sin to support Trump". It's all a manipulative con.

Posted by: Steve and Cold Bear at March 28, 2017 09:03 PM (vRcUp)

60 Damn, that fellow killed all three BGS? That's good shooting. A RO at Gunsite pointed out that rifles and pickup trucks have stopping power. Points for accuracy.

Posted by: The inexplicable Dr. Julius Strangepork at March 28, 2017 09:04 PM (1epXH)

61 'Which part of that is needed to peacefully steal property before disappearing quietly into the night? '

It does sound like it was not your average burglary.

Posted by: Cy.Borg.Robot.Drifter at March 28, 2017 09:04 PM (BO/km)

62 Fuck all y'all.

Posted by: Grump928(C) at March 28, 2017 09:05 PM (LTHVh)

63 And it's going to be hilarious if Ms. Rodriguez, the getaway driver, has parents who end up deported now that she decided to help murder her friends.

Posted by: Moron Robbie at March 28, 2017 09:05 PM (/f1mm)

64
I know each of them were getting their lives back together before getting their GEDs and attending college to study Aspiring Rapper, but is it wrong to be happy when the good guys win?
Posted by: Moron Robbie at March 28, 2017 09:02 PM (/f1mm)

Fun etymology fact: "aspiring" is from the Latin for 'to breathe'.

So, there's that. They aren't aspiring much anymore.

Posted by: hogmartin at March 28, 2017 09:05 PM (8nWyX)

65 'Fuck all y'all.'

You said "all" twice.

Posted by: Cy.Borg.Robot.Drifter at March 28, 2017 09:06 PM (BO/km)

66 So I take it that little girl is a Kraftwerk fan?

Posted by: Steve and Cold Bear at March 28, 2017 09:06 PM (vRcUp)

67
64 comments??

You guys are real beauts, you know that?

Posted by: iSoothsayer iPro iLX at March 28, 2017 09:07 PM (4Ejxg)

68 What about the expensive things that only men buy, like Sex robots, and single malt scotch, and deluxe suicide kits?

Posted by: broseidon on even newer magic glowy rectangle at March 28, 2017 09:07 PM (Pcaua)

69 --
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Everything is Selma and/or Auschwitz. Anyone who doesn't understand that is George Wallace and/or Hitler.

Posted by: Modern Lefties at March 28, 2017 09:07 PM (vqzjE)

70
Does anyone know if these new external, portable Hard Drives with the USB 3.0 work with USB 1.0, or 1.5?

Cuz I'm trying to back up my photography work, and it looks like the dvd burner drive just died. And I don't have a network.

Posted by: No Such Luck at March 28, 2017 09:07 PM (JgB3d)

71
Y'all don't know fuck all, all y'all.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at March 28, 2017 09:08 PM (v1g1+)

72 I'd be interested to know how many and what type of ammo he was using.

It clearly wasn't adequate since one of the peacefully-armed-with-knives-and-brass-knuckles victims made it out to the driveway, but we deserve to know brand names and bullet weights.

Posted by: Moron Robbie at March 28, 2017 09:09 PM (/f1mm)

73 Ok so if tampons shouldn't be taxed, razors, shaving cream, condoms and porn should also be tax free.

Posted by: #neverskankles at March 28, 2017 09:09 PM (vsYKI)

74 Ace ...

... only you know you. But is it possible that you're over-training ?

Posted by: ScoggDog at March 28, 2017 09:10 PM (fiGNd)

75 yeah "murder in defense of property, because intruders armed with knives and brass knuckles don't mean to cause you any bodily harm" Someone knock the idiot who called it murder upside the head.

Although I'll admit I have a horse BB with a member that posted that story this morning and I was saddened that the perps are so young. 16-18 and doing home invasions? How do you get to the point of such violent criminality so early in life?

Does not change the fact that the honest home resident has every right to use deadly force when 3 thugs break in with intent to (at minimum) use brass knuckles and knives to force you to divulge where the valuables are hidden.

Posted by: PaleRider at March 28, 2017 09:10 PM (eASYU)

76 'Does anyone know if these new external, portable Hard Drives with the USB 3.0 work with USB 1.0, or 1.5?'

If you get the USB 3 to 2 to 1 universal serial bus adapter you will be able to universally attach to any universal USB universal adapter.

Posted by: Cy.Borg.Robot.Drifter at March 28, 2017 09:10 PM (BO/km)

77 So, there's that. They aren't aspiring much anymore.

Posted by: hogmartin at March 28, 2017 09:05 PM (8nWyX)

Aspirated rappers?

Posted by: Moron Robbie at March 28, 2017 09:11 PM (/f1mm)

78
Our robot blew seals yesterday (not really, but sprang a leak).

Its four-figure replacement joined our household today. What fun.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at March 28, 2017 09:11 PM (v1g1+)

79 I saw a tweet earlier which I did not understand because I hadn't seen this story yet. It was someone shrieking that this wasn't "self-defense," it was "murder" in the defense of mere property.

Of course. Leftists don't believe in private property.

A middle class person who owns property should just hand it over to disadvantaged yutes when they demand it. It's only fair.

Posted by: rickl at March 28, 2017 09:11 PM (sdi6R)

80 Cy.Borg.Robot.Drifter

thank you

Posted by: No Such Luck at March 28, 2017 09:11 PM (JgB3d)

81 No Such Luck, I believe USB is backwards compatible, you'll just be limited to the transfer speeds of the older tech.

Posted by: broseidon on even newer magic glowy rectangle at March 28, 2017 09:11 PM (Pcaua)

82 A simple "Fuck yall" would have sufficed.

Posted by: Cy.Borg.Robot.Drifter at March 28, 2017 09:12 PM (BO/km)

83 I'm about to put my head through a window.

Posted by: grammie winger at March 28, 2017 08:48 PM (lwiT4)

Don't do that. It's costly. Hospital and window replacement. Don't ask me how I know.

Posted by: Infidel at March 28, 2017 09:12 PM (uKRys)

84 I wonder if those peaceful young men thought the locks on the doors were there to keep the family safe?

Posted by: Moron Robbie at March 28, 2017 09:13 PM (/f1mm)

85 [mass layoffs in American blue-collar industry]

DNC staffers: "Well, this is all part of the perfectly normal transition to a 'green' low-carbon post-industrial service economy. These displaced superfluous employees will surely find new jobs in time."

[mass layoffs at the DNC]

DNC staffers: "Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaagh! Catastrophe! It's the end of the world! Game over, man, game over!"

Posted by: torquewrench at March 28, 2017 09:13 PM (noWW6)

86 This article complains about the so-called "Pink tax" of higher prices charged for goods sold specifically to women
***
So...what stops women from buying the make versions of these products, or to start a company that makes them for less?

Posted by: 18-1 at March 28, 2017 09:13 PM (aZq03)

87 OK. Time to start heading to bed. 'Night all.

Posted by: Weasel at March 28, 2017 09:14 PM (Sfs6o)

88 Aspirated rappers?
Posted by: Moron Robbie at March 28, 2017 09:11 PM (/f1mm)

It's clean. I had to ventilate someone.

Posted by: Xenia Onatopp at March 28, 2017 09:14 PM (8nWyX)

89 Y'all don't know fuck all, all y'all.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at March 28, 2017 09:08 PM (v1g1+)

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I've found the Horde to be a vast supply of diversified knowledge. This seems rather......harsh.

Posted by: Flyboy at March 28, 2017 09:14 PM (gJ3yj)

90 Where are that girl's parents? They shouldn't let her talk to strange robots like that.

Posted by: Dr. Who at March 28, 2017 09:15 PM (vRcUp)

91 Police latest arrested a woman suspected of driving the vehicle used by three men who were attempting to rob a home and were shot to death by the homeowner's son. Elizabeth Marie Rodriguez, 21, of Oolagah was arrested on murder and burglary warrants after going to police and saying she had information about the shooting at the home.

______

Illegals doing the burglaring Americans refuse to do I guess.

Posted by: #neverskankles at March 28, 2017 09:15 PM (vsYKI)

92
[mass layoffs at the DNC]

DNC staffers: "Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaagh! Catastrophe! It's the end of the world! Game over, man, game over!"
Posted by: torquewrench at March 28, 2017 09:13 PM (noWW6)

** tosses a pile of brochures for their pure genius "home insulation installation" retraining programs in their direction **

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at March 28, 2017 09:16 PM (v1g1+)

93 But but but AR15s aren't of any use for self-defense!

Posted by: Insomniac - sin valor at March 28, 2017 09:16 PM (0mRoj)

94 The proper conjugation is Fuck, Fuck You, Fuck all y'all.

Posted by: Grump928(C) at March 28, 2017 09:17 PM (LTHVh)

95 @78 us too. Ours failed and then wifey wanted a flash heater, which was way expensive from estimates, and now we are getting a replacement tank at like $2500 (ouch!) and it has been a week without hot water grrr.

Tomorrow, though, I am going to take a shower! and shave without cutting the crap out of myself.

Posted by: blaster at March 28, 2017 09:17 PM (HV1LS)

96 You know ... an AR ain't my thing. I own a Mini-14.

But for home defense, if you're not into a twelve gauge like me - I get it. An AR is easy operate. Especially if you leave the mag in, safety off, and just pull the charging handle and go. Easy recoil. Plenty of shots before you have to reload.

Not a bad way to go. And DPMS makes a pretty good $500 option now.

Posted by: ScoggDog at March 28, 2017 09:18 PM (fiGNd)

97 I still remember when the latest Indian Jones movie came out, set during the "Red Scare"

They present the anti-communists as buffons but...Indiana Jones is facing off against Soviets. I couldn't figure out if Spielberg was sending a subtle message or just stupid.

Anyway, unlike the Soviet Union, Putin isn't an enemy. he isn't a friend either. Apparently sometime around late 2016 the FSM decided we should be going to warm with everyone that isn't a friend.

Posted by: 18-1 at March 28, 2017 09:18 PM (aZq03)

98 >>I saw a tweet earlier which I did not understand because I hadn't seen
this story yet. It was someone shrieking that this wasn't
"self-defense," it was "murder" in the defense of mere property.

"mere property"

Maybe someone needs to understand that mere property is what separates us from freedom and tyranny?

Posted by: Lizzy at March 28, 2017 09:18 PM (NOIQH)

99 Only crazy reich wingers buy AR15s. It's insane to think you'd ever need an AR15 to protect yourself from a tyrannical government in America.
- Guy who thinks Trump is LITERALLY Hitler

Posted by: #neverskankles at March 28, 2017 09:18 PM (vsYKI)

100 It's not that Americans won't do home invasions, they just expect 15 bucks an hour and dental. Damn burglars unions.

Posted by: broseidon on even newer magic glowy rectangle at March 28, 2017 09:19 PM (Pcaua)

101 Top 101!!!!!!

Posted by: eleven at March 28, 2017 09:19 PM (qUNWi)

102
97 I still remember when the latest Indian Jones movie came out, set during the "Red Scare"

You Will Not Divide Us!

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at March 28, 2017 09:19 PM (v1g1+)

103 ::smug::

Posted by: eleven at March 28, 2017 09:19 PM (qUNWi)

104 Ruger AR-556 Black AR-15 .223 / 5.56 NATO 16.1-inch 30Rd $479.00

http://bit.ly/2mO0rlf

Posted by: Grump928(C) at March 28, 2017 09:20 PM (LTHVh)

105 30 Looks like the DNC is getting ready to go full throttle batshit crazy commie. This Peraz is an azzhole of the highest order.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at March 28, 2017 08:49 PM (89T5c)

That's interesting, because the morning talk radio guy said that it looks like the Democrat Old Guard is being forced out in Philly.

He didn't say that they're being replaced by more radical younger ones, but that's what it looks like.

Posted by: rickl at March 28, 2017 09:20 PM (sdi6R)

106 broseidon

Thank you also. The product literature only says USB 2.0 with reduced transfer speeds.

An external Hard Drive is cheap enough I can just get one and try it.

The external connect anything to anything that cybor @76 suggested would let me run an external burner drive. Of course, with my luck, a few more years and nothing will be able to read the format on the DVDs.

I'm just an amateur photographer and most of my 'stuff' isn't worth a lot of money, but I do have a few a that are worth the effort to save them.

Thanks again, to you both.

Posted by: No Such Luck at March 28, 2017 09:20 PM (JgB3d)

107 Cocaine worked for Pam to get weight off.
Boy, did it work for Pam...

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards at March 28, 2017 09:21 PM (xJa6I)

108 Grump ... have you shot the Ruger ? How is it ?

Posted by: ScoggDog at March 28, 2017 09:21 PM (fiGNd)

109 Apparently sometime around late 2016 the FSM decided we should be going to warm with everyone that isn't a friend.
Posted by: 18-1 at March 28, 2017 09:18 PM (aZq03)

If you're not with them 110%, you're against them.

Posted by: Captain Whitebread on the all-night request line at March 28, 2017 09:22 PM (rJUlF)

110 Grump ... have you shot the Ruger ? How is it ?

I have not. The only .22 I have is a Henry H01.

.30 ftw.

Posted by: Grump928(C) at March 28, 2017 09:22 PM (LTHVh)

111 "Ours failed and then wifey wanted a flash heater, which was way
expensive from estimates, and now we are getting a replacement tank at
like $2500 (ouch!)"

Good grief. If I'm gonna hand over 25 bills for a water heater, that sucker better be powered by Mr. Fusion.

Posted by: torquewrench at March 28, 2017 09:22 PM (noWW6)

112 96 You know ... an AR ain't my thing. I own a Mini-14.

I like the Mini-14 aesthetically speaking, but the fact it uses proprietary magazines has kept me from ever purchasing one.

Posted by: Insomniac - sin valor at March 28, 2017 09:22 PM (0mRoj)

113 So the AHCA is back from the dead.....so the NY Times says. I predicted as much over the weekend.

Posted by: #neverskankles at March 28, 2017 09:22 PM (vsYKI)

114 For home defense the best would be a Mossberg 590 12 ga, one of any AK, a SIG P220, and various S and W revolvers. Don't enter Casa de Eromero unless invited by me or Mrs. E.

Posted by: Eromero at March 28, 2017 09:22 PM (zLDYs)

115 Ooo, the new Fast and Furious features a submarine enemy!

Posted by: where's my wallet? at March 28, 2017 09:23 PM (wpC7C)

116 Just heard the third guy in two days claim that sanctuary cities are safer than non-sanctuary cities.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at March 28, 2017 09:23 PM (IqV8l)

117
That's interesting, because the morning talk radio guy said that it looks like the Democrat Old Guard is being forced out in Philly.

Any voter turnout lower than 110% of the registration rolls' total is automatic grounds for dismissal.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at March 28, 2017 09:23 PM (v1g1+)

118
Fake News is now saying Jared lied about his meeting with a Russian.

That's the lede, of course.
There are no details or evidence to support it, of course.

But the Fake News is running with it.

Posted by: iSoothsayer iPro iLX at March 28, 2017 09:23 PM (4Ejxg)

119 107 Cocaine worked for Pam to get weight off.
Boy, did it work for Pam...
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards at March 28, 2017 09:21 PM (xJa6I)

She was kinda hot on the all-cocaine diet.

Posted by: Insomniac - sin valor at March 28, 2017 09:23 PM (0mRoj)

120 Depending on your tech capability NSL it might be possible to install another internal hard drive and backup to it.

Posted by: Cy.Borg.Robot.Drifter at March 28, 2017 09:24 PM (BO/km)

121 Democrats demand ID when voting for their leaders then oppose voter ID laws.

Democrats fire the entire staff of the old guard, then bitch that Trump fired 20% of Obama's holdovers.

Posted by: #neverskankles at March 28, 2017 09:24 PM (vsYKI)

122 What the heck is it with lefty's that begin their answer to a question with so, . . .

This seems to be the template. It's bizarre.

Posted by: Infidel at March 28, 2017 09:24 PM (uKRys)

123 Aspiring worm farmers.

Posted by: Max Power at March 28, 2017 09:24 PM (q177U)

124 Aspirated rappers?

Posted by: Moron Robbie

They reached their aspiration date.

Posted by: Steve and Cold Bear at March 28, 2017 09:25 PM (vRcUp)

125 " This article complains about the so-called "Pink tax" of higher prices charged for goods sold specifically to women"

Are they prohibited from buying the dull grey men's razors? If not, do the bright pinks and yellows have different dyes and a different manufacturing process? I'm no pink razor expert, but the WRX was cheaper than the Saab twin for a reason.

Posted by: Moron Robbie at March 28, 2017 09:25 PM (/f1mm)

126 Insomniac @ 112- Mini14
We put a Hello Kitty sticker on all Mini14 magazines to prevent confusion.

Posted by: Eromero at March 28, 2017 09:25 PM (zLDYs)

127 My God--you are ON IT, today, Ace. Just joined the Horde and am looking over the day's comments and links. Great info and insights.

Posted by: Ladylibertarian at March 28, 2017 09:25 PM (TdMsT)

128 What a shock!! Miss Lindsey called for Nunes to step down.

Posted by: #neverskankles at March 28, 2017 09:26 PM (vsYKI)

129 We put a Hello Kitty sticker on all Mini14 magazines to prevent confusion.
Posted by: Eromero at March 28, 2017 09:25 PM (zLDYs)

Whimsical. I like it.

Posted by: Insomniac - sin valor at March 28, 2017 09:26 PM (0mRoj)

130 Ace, the cure for insomnia is marriage. Suffered from sleeplessness before. Now I fall asleep within a few seconds.

Posted by: Kodos the Executioner at March 28, 2017 09:27 PM (41bdC)

131 The next three months are a prime AR buying environment as the manufacturers try to liquidate inventory. I don't think we will see prices this low again once everything shakes out.

Posted by: Grump928(C) at March 28, 2017 09:27 PM (LTHVh)

132 128 What a shock!! Miss Lindsey called for Nunes to step down.
Posted by: #neverskankles at March 28, 2017 09:26 PM (vsYKI)

Why can't Lindsey just retire and open a bathhouse in Tahiti.

Posted by: Insomniac - sin valor at March 28, 2017 09:27 PM (0mRoj)

133 Depending on your tech capability NSL it might be possible to install another internal hard drive and backup to it.

Posted by: Cy.Borg.Robot.Drifter at March 28, 2017 09:24

I'm not even sure I remember which drive interface I have. It is fifteen years old now. Time flies.

Posted by: No Such Luck at March 28, 2017 09:27 PM (JgB3d)

134 107 Cocaine worked for Pam to get weight off.
Boy, did it work for Pam...
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards at March 28, 2017 09:21 PM (xJa6I)

She was kinda hot on the all-cocaine diet.
Posted by: Insomniac - sin valor at March 28, 2017 09:23 PM (0mRoj)

It was cute, but her being a cokehead and Cheryl's country music thing totally wrecked the comic/straight man thing they had going, which was one of the best parts of the show.

Pudgy Pam sucking down bear claws and being the foil for Cheryl's completely unhinged antics (while occasionally engaging in illegal hobo fights and drift racing) were some of the best running gags.

Posted by: hogmartin at March 28, 2017 09:28 PM (8nWyX)

135 @111 yeah it's gas and some special features and oh I live in DC area so what are you gonna do? BTW competing bid was $1k more!

Posted by: blaster at March 28, 2017 09:28 PM (HV1LS)

136 Always bothers me when terrorists aren't killed. Theo Van Gogh's murderer, drummer Rigby's murderer and that attacker on the Belgian train who was taken down by 3 Americans. They are more like enemy soldiers than criminals, and should be killed on the spot, even if they've been restrained.

Posted by: Steve and Cold Bear at March 28, 2017 09:28 PM (vRcUp)

137 Palatine police are looking for a man a girl said held his cell phone underneath her fitting room door at Target.

Police said they responded to the Target on East Dundee Road on Sunday afternoon for a report of disorderly conduct. The girl, who is a minor, told them she was in a fitting room when she saw a cell phone being held under the door. The victim said the man holding it fled when she screamed.

How dare they want to arrest him. He was just self-identifying as a pervert. I thought Target was more open minded about these things

Posted by: TheQuietMan at March 28, 2017 09:28 PM (auHtY)

138
Fake News is now saying Jared lied about his meeting with a Russian.

Did Putin plant the kiddie pron on his Subway computer?

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at March 28, 2017 09:28 PM (IqV8l)

139 VDH notices something no one in the media has -- it seems the Democrat Party has been pro-Russia since 1972, and yet the media previously always thought that was a pretty good position to take.

They wanted the Soviets to put them in charge.

Posted by: Kodos the Executioner at March 28, 2017 09:28 PM (41bdC)

140 .30 ftw.
Posted by: Grump928(C) at March 28, 2017 09:22 PM (LTHVh)

May I talk to you about the virtues of the Springfield M1A ?

I like the Mini-14 aesthetically speaking, but the fact it uses proprietary magazines has kept me from ever purchasing one.
Posted by: Insomniac - sin valor at March 28, 2017 09:22 PM (0mRoj)

And that's a fine reason to hold off. I love mine ... but I picked up factory mags for $20 a pop off Brownells. That's still $100 in mags.

My Mini is not, and never will be, pound for pound as accurate as an AR. But it's a pretty good truck gun. Reliable if nothing else.

Posted by: ScoggDog at March 28, 2017 09:29 PM (fiGNd)

141 'I'm not even sure I remember which drive interface I have. It is fifteen years old now. Time flies.'

Well maybe stick it on a cloud account and download to another computer?

Posted by: Cy.Borg.Robot.Drifter at March 28, 2017 09:30 PM (BO/km)

142 "The next three months are a prime AR buying environment as the manufacturers try to liquidate inventory."

Bugger. And here I am not yet having escaped the People's Soviet Socialist Republic of Commiefornia, where the only thing I'm grudgingly allowed to buy, for now, is an AR-0.00000015.

With a permanently affixed ten-round magazine.

And no shoulder thing that goes up.

::: Count Floyd voice :::

"Oooh, scary stuff, eh kids?"

Posted by: torquewrench at March 28, 2017 09:30 PM (noWW6)

143 ...I would like to say that if the practice of leaking information that concerns not just the United States but also Russia, which has become a tradition in Washington in the past few years, continues, there will come a day when the media will publish leaks about the things that Washington asked us to keep secret, for example, things that happened during President Obama's terms in office. Believe me, this could be very interesting information.

Russian Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Maria Zakharova

http://preview.tinyurl.com/lyqxad8

Posted by: gNewt at March 28, 2017 09:31 PM (iV/zR)

144 My dad has been reading "One Second After," which takes place about six miles from where he works, and has been making noises recently about getting a longarm and maybe revolver to supplement the glock.

He's thinking shotgun, I and my brother have been kind of trying to steer him towards an AR, since he kind of needs some sort of optics (He only has one good eye and it is his off-eye) and I think that the recoil would be an issue. Definitely be an issue if Mom has to shoot it...

Posted by: Grey Fox at March 28, 2017 09:31 PM (bZ7mE)

145
I wuv you too, tiny meat-bag.

EXTERMINATE EXTERMINATE

Posted by: Trash Bot Dalek 9000 at March 28, 2017 09:31 PM (fLMbU)

146 I get sick from carbs now. I've spoken to others who do high fat and protein diets and no carbs who get sick as well. I get throw up sick, I won't sleep well for days, I don't dream, and I get depresed. This happened a couple of weeks ago when I had to clean out the freezer and eat food instead of going to waste. I felt terrible. But itialian restuarnt extra cheese pizza with fresh meats does not do that.

I'm shooting for waist 34s by Friday. That would be well over 50 pounds and 10 inches in 4 months. Crazy how most of it came from healthy eating. I'm on a 6 week streak of working out with no injuries from past surgeries (this is a record since 200

. I try and stay in my fat burning zone from noon to when I eat my one meal.

Once I get to 34in waist, I'm going meals from 4pm-8pm.

I'm ahead of my goals. Posting here keeps me honest, motivated, positive, and I enjoy hearing tips from others. Everybody is different so there is just as much trial and error as anything. When I find what works and what does not I try and share.

Posted by: Phone of Widespread Pepe at March 28, 2017 09:31 PM (Oz2Jh)

147 Well maybe stick it on a cloud account and download to another computer?

Posted by: Cy.Borg.Robot.Drifter at March 28, 2017 09:30

I wish I could; 40 GB or more, and I have to pay ten bucks a gigabyte. Like I said, I'm an amateur and it isn't worth it to anyone else but me.

Posted by: No Such Luck at March 28, 2017 09:31 PM (JgB3d)

148 My Mini is not, and never will be, pound for pound as accurate as an AR. But it's a pretty good truck gun. Reliable if nothing else.

Posted by: ScoggDog at March 28, 2017 09:29 PM (fiGNd)

Good enough for the A-Team, good enough for me.

I was going to get a Mini-14 when they were like $550 kitted out like Hannibal Smith's but then they were about $900 so I didn't. Maybe they have slumped in price too.

Gotta check.

Posted by: blaster at March 28, 2017 09:32 PM (HV1LS)

149 Girls finale is April 10th. I know all of you will be glued to the TV right?

Posted by: #neverskankles at March 28, 2017 09:33 PM (vsYKI)

150 --
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78

Our robot blew seals yesterday (not really, but sprang a leak).

Its four-figure replacement joined our household today. What fun.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at March 28, 2017 09:11 PM

-------------------

I swear it's just ice-cream.

Posted by: The Robot (old jokes never die) at March 28, 2017 09:33 PM (vqzjE)

151 course, with my luck, a few more years and nothing will be able to read the format on the DVDs.

Posted by: No Such Luck at March 28, 2017 09:20 PM (JgB3d)

That might be less of a concern than long-term data loss from degradation of the DVDs. I would suggest two copies on separate media at a minimum, and three with one off-site since hard drives are so cheap these days.

Posted by: Moron Robbie at March 28, 2017 09:33 PM (/f1mm)

152 >>What the heck is it with lefty's that begin their answer to a question with so, . . .This seems to be the template. It's bizarre.

Also noticed they now often start with "I mean, ..."

Posted by: Lizzy at March 28, 2017 09:34 PM (NOIQH)

153 He's thinking shotgun, I and my brother have been kind of trying to steer him towards an AR, since he kind of needs some sort of optics (He only has one good eye and it is his off-eye) and I think that the recoil would be an issue. Definitely be an issue if Mom has to shoot it...
Posted by: Grey Fox at March 28, 2017 09:31 PM (bZ7mE)

Definitely go AR. More versatile, more rounds, lightweight, low recoil, and anybody can use one.

Posted by: Insomniac - sin valor at March 28, 2017 09:35 PM (0mRoj)

154 "This little girl thought a broken water heater was a real life robot."

PLEASE PUT DOWN YOUR WEAPON. YOU HAVE TWENTY SECONDS TO COMPLY.

Posted by: ED-209 at March 28, 2017 09:35 PM (noWW6)

155 Do you have another computer? You can get an external case for your internal IDE or SATA drive from somewhere like New egg for about $20. That will turn your old drive into an external drive.

Posted by: Cy.Borg.Robot.Drifter at March 28, 2017 09:35 PM (BO/km)

156 "This little girl thought a broken water heater was a real life robot."

At the end she went to communicated with the manhole cover.

Posted by: Grump928(C) at March 28, 2017 09:36 PM (LTHVh)

157 Pepe, good for you. I've basically plateaued at 230, 38in. Part of my problem is that I get busy during the day and forget to get something to eat, so I end up grabbing fast food which is usually full of carbs. The only thing keeping me from ballooning up is that I still fast, so I stick to one big meal, and the rest of the day I drink chai with cream.

Posted by: Colorado Alex in Exile at March 28, 2017 09:36 PM (fKWf6)

158 Also noticed they now often start with "I mean

Dude!

Posted by: No Such Luck at March 28, 2017 09:36 PM (JgB3d)

159 I was going to get a Mini-14 when they were like $550 kitted out like Hannibal Smith's but then they were about $900 so I didn't. Maybe they have slumped in price too.

Gotta check.

I paid $700 for mine - Range Rifle, stainless. Back in the AWB days. Now I love mine - because I've practiced a god-awful amount with it. But back when I bought it - the AR market wasn't what it is now.

Get an AR. Better options for less.

Posted by: ScoggDog at March 28, 2017 09:36 PM (fiGNd)

160 I wuv you too, tiny meat-bag.

EXTERMINATE EXTERMINATE

Posted by: Trash Bot Dalek 9000

Actually a story about a water heater brought to life by the love of a little girl would be kind of sweet. Kind of like Frosty the Snowman, with a water heater instead.

Posted by: Steve and Cold Bear at March 28, 2017 09:36 PM (vRcUp)

161 I wish I could; 40 GB or more, and I have to pay ten bucks a gigabyte. Like I said, I'm an amateur and it isn't worth it to anyone else but me.
Posted by: No Such Luck at March 28, 2017 09:31 PM (JgB3d)

If you're worried about it, you can get a 64GB USB 2.0 memory stick. Or else try the USB 3.0 hard disk, just make sure you can return it. USB is supposed to be really good about compatibility between versions, but I had to buy the cheapest, lousiest memory stick there is to boot a Linux install on the old Pentium 4 I use for ham radio, because newer stuff wouldn't be recognized.

Posted by: hogmartin at March 28, 2017 09:36 PM (8nWyX)

162 Posted by: Phone of Widespread Pepe at March 28, 2017 09:31 PM (Oz2Jh)

Good on ya, mate!

Posted by: Insomniac - sin valor at March 28, 2017 09:37 PM (0mRoj)

163 105 30 That's interesting, because the morning talk radio guy said that it looks like the Democrat Old Guard is being forced out in Philly.

He didn't say that they're being replaced by more radical younger ones, but that's what it looks like.
Posted by: rickl at March 28, 2017 09:20 PM (sdi6R)

Yep, and an article I read today said that Perez gave more voting slots on the committee to those who are farther left than the mainstream Democrats who ran the Clinton campaign.

Evidently Zombie Fidel Castro isn't leftwing enough so they have to bring out Zombie Josef Stalin.

Plus, Keith Ellison will be a Deputy Chairman though they haven't decided whether he'll have a voting role.

The crazy ought to be exquisite.

Posted by: Michael the Texan (formerly TEXIT) at March 28, 2017 09:38 PM (nvMvs)

164 OK, the little girl with the water heater thing is ridiculously cute and sweet. I may need insulin now...

Posted by: Insomniac - sin valor at March 28, 2017 09:39 PM (0mRoj)

165 The US women's hockey team has settled and will no longer boycott the Olympics.

Waiting for roller derby to be an Olympic sport.

Posted by: Kodos the Executioner at March 28, 2017 09:39 PM (41bdC)

166 >>Actually a story about a water heater brought to life by the love of a
little girl would be kind of sweet. Kind of like Frosty the Snowman,
with a water heater instead.

*scribbles*

"If you were a waterheater, my love...."

Posted by: Rachel Swirsky at March 28, 2017 09:39 PM (NOIQH)

167 165 The US women's hockey team has settled and will no longer boycott the Olympics.

Waiting for roller derby to be an Olympic sport.
Posted by: Kodos the Executioner at March 28, 2017 09:39 PM (41bdC)

Strip roller derby.

Posted by: Insomniac - sin valor at March 28, 2017 09:39 PM (0mRoj)

168 The next three months are a prime AR buying environment as the manufacturers try to liquidate inventory. I don't think we will see prices this low again once everything shakes out.
Posted by: Grump928(C) at March 28, 2017 09:27 PM (LTHVh)

======

Yep. I recently sold a S&W M&P 15T with 10 mags, custom case and 1k rounds of reload FMJ for.....$700. Cost used and new for the gun, mags and ammo....$1300.

Posted by: Flyboy at March 28, 2017 09:40 PM (gJ3yj)

169 Cy.Borg.Robot.Drifter at March 28, 2017 09:35 PM

That is another good Idea, but I still use that computer, although everything is gradually migrating to a new one, which is what brought on the DVD burning binge.

I have obsolete computers around the house dating back to a '286 laptop. Trash for the dump, or I could start a computer museum.

Posted by: No Such Luck at March 28, 2017 09:40 PM (JgB3d)

170
If you were a water heater
And I were a plumber
Would you marry me anyway?
Would that be a bummer?

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at March 28, 2017 09:40 PM (IqV8l)

171 Is it Olympics time already? Seems like we just had it.

Posted by: #neverskankles at March 28, 2017 09:41 PM (vsYKI)

172 Once you've copied the files put the drive back in the old computer.

Posted by: Cy.Borg.Robot.Drifter at March 28, 2017 09:41 PM (BO/km)

173 --
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The saddest realization of my life is that it is not possible for me to lose weight while consuming 2 to 3 thousand calories of beer daily.

Posted by: irright at March 28, 2017 09:41 PM (vqzjE)

174 Maybe the girl has an abusive step dad, and the water heater would say, "I'm Talky Timmy, and I'm gonna kill you".

Posted by: Steve and Cold Bear at March 28, 2017 09:41 PM (vRcUp)

175 Had to move my van with a dead fuel pump today, up a driveway and into the carport so that work crews could work on our porch.

Had no way to do it until it struck me: I put a few cups of gas in a two-liter bottle, connected it to the vacuum line for the brake booster, got it to run and drive uphill the 35 feet to get it where it needed to be.

Posted by: Mr. Peebles at March 28, 2017 09:42 PM (oVJmc)

176 165 The US women's hockey team has settled and will no longer boycott the Olympics.

Posted by: Kodos the Executioner at March 28, 2017 09:39 PM (41bdC)

They should let a boys middle school state runner up stand in for them to see what happens.

Posted by: Moron Robbie at March 28, 2017 09:43 PM (/f1mm)

177 >>The US women's hockey team has settled and will no longer boycott the Olympics.

Kinda wish they had been replaced with a good college men's hockey team on the pretense that they identified as women - just to see what would happen. Seem to recall that the Olympics have signed on to the whole "compete in you self-identified gender category" BS.

Posted by: Lizzy at March 28, 2017 09:44 PM (NOIQH)

178 Ruh-Roh!!
DANGER!! DANGER!! DANGER!!

"Trump is hosting a reception for senators and their spouses at the White House. It attracted both Republicans and Democrats.

He says the bipartisan crowd is "a very good thing" and predicts a deal on health care will happen "very quickly."

He says: "I know that we're all going to make a deal on health care. And that's such an easy one."

Posted by: #neverskankles at March 28, 2017 09:44 PM (vsYKI)

179 5 >>>Ace, are you feeling better from getting sick yesterday from changing your diet back to carbs recently? Moar Fat and Moar protein. Carbs are for salad bois.

it's not a diet thing. It's a bad sleep thing, plus an overdoing-it-with-exercise thing.

I had three days of very bad sleep, plus a nagging injury that I haven't let heal.

Posted by: ace at March 28, 2017 08:38 PM (8rNrN)

From on former insomnia moron to another, I feel your pain. Also as somebody who suffered ungodly nerve damage for 8 years in pain, that did not help either.

The key to pain is you have to control your environment. I had intractable pain and had to eliminate all people and other things who would cause stress thus making the pain flare up. That led to even worse sleepless nights like 4-5 days straight because of the pain.

Now with insomnia it's teaching yourself to wind down early and wake up at Sun up. Drink more than plenty of ice cold water after dinner. Control your environment. Invest in a comfortable healthy bed. Learn to breathe. I take so many death breaths throughout the day and exhale I sound pregnant.

There are some great compounding pharmacies that make topical creams that a doctor can prescribe that are lifesaving. My mixture involved Ketamine, Lidocaine, Gabapintin, Cyclobenzaprine.

There is a great pdf file that's considered the bible for living with intractable pain. This is great for insomnia and stress as well as you have to manage many things to live with intractable pain.

Posted by: Phone of Widespread Pepe at March 28, 2017 09:44 PM (Oz2Jh)

180
I actually have two USB sticks that came with SanDisk backup software, so I should have backups. I just thought I needed to back up to DVD.

I guess I should just quit worrying about it, and do another back up to USB sticks. I didn't realize how much I had.

Posted by: No Such Luck at March 28, 2017 09:46 PM (JgB3d)

181 My 84 yr old mama has an AR-15.

God help the commissar who tries to take it away from her.

Posted by: Margarita DeVille at March 28, 2017 09:46 PM (hCoZK)

182 Getting back on HFLC, after a period of deviation, is a real pain. It sometimes takes me weeks. The main problem is shutting down that little voice that says "No, man, you NEED some potato chips today."

The weird part is that after a lot of struggle, one day I wake up and I don't even want the damn chips, and I can't imagine the person I was who wanted them so badly. That day is when the GAINZZ resume.

Posted by: Splunge at March 28, 2017 09:47 PM (iMxBJ)

183 181 My 84 yr old mama has an AR-15.

God help the commissar who tries to take it away from her.

That's just friggin' cool.

Posted by: ScoggDog at March 28, 2017 09:48 PM (fiGNd)

184 >>Now with insomnia it's teaching yourself to wind down early and wake up at Sun up.

I have read that one here, before.

...good luck getting the Ewok to do it, though.

Posted by: garrett at March 28, 2017 09:48 PM (MmiC2)

185 Well, the Flyers won. Unfortunately, so did all the teams they have to climb over.

Posted by: Kodos the Executioner at March 28, 2017 09:48 PM (41bdC)

186 >>The US women's hockey team has settled and will no longer boycott the Olympics.

Well, at least the dykes on espn will talk about Hockey for 10 minutes this year.

Posted by: garrett at March 28, 2017 09:49 PM (MmiC2)

187 I swear it's just ice-cream.

Posted by: The Robot

But first ...

Posted by: Mel Gibseal at March 28, 2017 09:49 PM (vRcUp)

188 Nood. ONT Nood, no less.

Posted by: Splunge at March 28, 2017 09:50 PM (iMxBJ)

189 I made some killer ice creme this weekend. With real vanilla beans. It's almost gone.

Posted by: Infidel at March 28, 2017 09:50 PM (uKRys)

190 164 OK, the little girl with the water heater thing is ridiculously cute and sweet. I may need insulin now...
Posted by: Insomniac - sin valor at March 28, 2017 09:39 PM (0mRoj)

When I was that age, I often mistook water towers for rockets.

http://www.gettyimages.com/detail/photo/
water-tower-royalty-free___/116198723

Back in those days, they often had pointy tops and were painted in a red & white checkerboard pattern. Just like pictures I saw of rocket gantries at Cape Canaveral.

So when we were in the car, I'd point out the window and say, "There's a rocket!"

Posted by: rickl at March 28, 2017 09:51 PM (sdi6R)

191 They were good boys and didn't stand a chance against the Glock machine gun with the thing that goes up!

Posted by: Anti-2A SJW at March 28, 2017 09:52 PM (Tyii7)

192 --
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As I tell folks: Anything on one drive is asking to disappear. If it's even the slightest bit important to you, it should be on two drives. If it is ACTUALLY important, it needs to be a minimum of three drives and one of those needs to be in a separate physical location.

Posted by: irright at March 28, 2017 09:52 PM (vqzjE)

193 "Had to move my van with a dead fuel pump today, up a driveway and into the carport so that work crews could work on our porch."

One of those brilliant designs where step one of changing out the fuel pump is to drop the gas tank?

::: punches chief engineer in the nut sack :::

Posted by: torquewrench at March 28, 2017 09:52 PM (noWW6)

194 Ace,

About that sleeping problem. I stopped using an alarm clock about 5 years ago. Totally to the stress out of waking up. Turned out that lack of stress helped me get to sleep better.

You can tell yourself when to wake up. Repeat the time and that you are going to wake up in some kind of complete sentence. It really does work.

Lastly dont set a wake up time as often as you can. You take out all that stress (and cortisal) makes for much better sleep and you would be surprised how early you wake up fully refreshed.

For me it was counter intuitive what I needed to do

Posted by: Guy with an idea at March 28, 2017 09:58 PM (5vn7I)

195 There's a new show on Spike TV, "Adam Carolla and Friends". So I'm thinking at least one show I can look forward to where liberal crap won't be shoved at me.
He's now showing how to use tools. I hope Ace is watching this.

Posted by: nerdygirl at March 28, 2017 09:58 PM (+lVUW)

196 Phone of Widespread Pepe, if you're still on this thread, would you drop another hint about the .pdf re pain?

Posted by: The inexplicable Dr. Julius Strangepork at March 28, 2017 10:07 PM (1epXH)

197 Ruh-Roh!!

DANGER!! DANGER!! DANGER!!

"Trump is hosting a reception for senators and their spouses at the White House. It attracted both Republicans and Democrats.

He says the bipartisan crowd is "a very good thing" and predicts a deal on health care will happen "very quickly."

He says: "I know that we're all going to make a deal on health care. And that's such an easy one."

Posted by: #neverskankles at March 28, 2017 09:44 PM (vsYKI)

If the Republicans betray us on repeal, they will lose and they will deserve to lose (and at that point the Republic will be lost).

Posted by: redbanzai at March 28, 2017 10:30 PM (FTXAT)

198 Does anyone care about Streisand? Let her get fat, I don't think she's in high demand.

Posted by: Carol at March 29, 2017 04:41 AM (sj3Ax)

199 >>>Shoe0nHead had a good take down on the "Pink Tax" garbage last year.

https://youtu.be/CoCQFJxeHr4
Posted by: Sean at March 28, 2017 08:54 PM (z/Ubi)

She's hilarious.

Posted by: m at March 29, 2017 06:12 AM (Gqgs8)

200 >>>103 ::smug::
Posted by: eleven at March 28, 2017 09:19 PM (qUNWi)

Yeah, after your mega-fail the other day that we'll all remember forever.

Posted by: m at March 29, 2017 06:35 AM (Gqgs8)

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