1 St

2 Yes!! Hi Weird Dave!

3 The classics

There are a few Colorado Morons. Wonder which one owns that van?

4 I nooded

5 Holy Shit that is one big girl!

6 Whoa! What the hell am I doing on an ONT thread?

FWIW, on the shark-attack map, within the last couple years somebody got chomped in Casco Bay, Maine, just off Harpswell.

7
*sticks gum to bottom side of table*

Good evening, Hordians.

8 Didn't dwell on the Ewok graphic because it's obviously the work of a pervert.

9 Mama Cass!

10 Did you ever read the back of old bootleg VHS tapes from China?

-
Alien?

11 Read the content and watched a coupla videos and almost number 11!

12 Another fantastic ONT, WeirdDave! Thanks.

13
Spetsnaz isn't there to rescue hostages. Spetsnaz is there to kill insurgents. They protect the regime, not the people.

14 Evenin'

15 But I only romance part of ze nec~!

16 Girls v Boys
... Just found him on the street...

Didn't they have a 'tourist' video recently wear somebody from Germany or England wandered across some southern guys...
and ended up chasing gators, going to a range, etc.?

17 TIL that I have an Amazon fetish

I was expecting a cute delivery girl. But it was literal.

18 Good evening good people.

19 *sticks gum to bottom side of table*

Good evening, Hordians.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 15, 2026 10:06 PM (HdYcL)

I pity you, because Pooky will find you. He was a high school janitor and although gum was banned, he still had to scrape it off places.

20 Best memeos ever on the interwebs!🤪!
Thanks WD!

21 16. Yes. I posted it on the ONT a few months ago.

22 God made men, Sam Colt made them equal.

23 17 TIL that I have an Amazon fetish

I was expecting a cute delivery girl. But it was literal.
Posted by: mikeski at May 15, 2026 10:11 PM (VHUov)

Trust me, you do NOT want to fool with Dahomey Amazons....

24 ILIAD

He spelled "lied" wrong.

25 I chortled

26 Also, VeryTallMaddy is very hot.

Would.

27 "Prostate Examination on an Ewok" has reminded me that I could never have made it as a doctor. Eew.

28
And if you're a hostage and you get in the way of Spetsnaz killing insurgents, Spetsnaz will kill you too.

29 Bingo! Alien.

30 Holy Shit that is one big girl!
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at May 15, 2026 10:03 PM (/lPRQ)

Enlarged to show detail.

31 "care and feeding of Ace"

Third time this has been used on here. I think, just maybe, it can be retired now.

Happy evening to the early overnighters. Yay! It's a hard-to-beat WeirdDave Friday!

32 I miss Betty Page.

33 Did you ever read the back of old bootleg VHS tapes from China?

-
Alien?
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy


Could have been Rosemary's Baby.

34 13
Spetsnaz isn't there to rescue hostages. Spetsnaz is there to kill insurgents. They protect the regime, not the people.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 15, 2026 10:08 PM (HdYcL)

That is true. Their reputation has taken a hit due to their performance in the ongoing Ukraine war but they are hard fuckers in a hard country.

35 32 I miss Betty Page.
Posted by: wth at May 15, 2026 10:18 PM (oq9dX)

Remember her in her prime, not how she ended up.

36 A woman I used to work with was wickedly tall. Like 6'7" or so - she had a 40" inseam -and spent huge $$$$ to get decent clothes that looked good on her.

And a huge list of 'Tall Girl' problems that were epic.

37 Aquarium shark attack is a little more interactive that I'd want to experience!

38 27 "Prostate Examination on an Ewok" has reminded me that I could never have made it as a doctor. Eew.
Posted by: nerdygirl at May 15, 2026 10:16 PM (0Htd1)

There's always gynecology.

39 The taller guy commenting on the race is named Cleetus something. He's on several TV car shows and can race. He has run a couple of second level NASCAR races this year and does well if he doesn't crash. He crashes. The interviews afterward are hilarious!

40 Spetsnaz isn't there to rescue hostages. Spetsnaz is there to kill insurgents. They protect the regime, not the people.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh

Even notice whenever America Special Forces are mentioned in the news it is always SEAL Team Six or Delta Force?

Those guys do it all. Literally.

41 TIL that I have an Amazon fetish

I was expecting a cute delivery girl. But it was literal.
Posted by: mikeski


Throw in the Futurama Snu Snu / Busted Hips scene.

42
Didn't they have a 'tourist' video recently wear somebody from Germany or England wandered across some southern guys...
and ended up chasing gators, going to a range, etc.?
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher

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

Yeah, that was fun. It was a UK couple, and they ran into some Southerners -- men and women actually.

43 I miss Betty Page.
Posted by: wth

Remember her in her prime, not how she ended up.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards

Helen Wood has also entered the chat. (Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, Pal Joey, and Deep Throat)

44 38 27 "Prostate Examination on an Ewok" has reminded me that I could never have made it as a doctor. Eew.
Posted by: nerdygirl at May 15, 2026 10:16 PM (0Htd1)

There's always gynecology.
Posted by: Amy Schumer at May 15, 2026 10:20 PM (gKWVE)
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Actually, I'm a gynecologist, but this is my lunch hour.

45 So many WTFs, so little time....

46 40 Spetsnaz isn't there to rescue hostages. Spetsnaz is there to kill insurgents. They protect the regime, not the people.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh

Even notice whenever America Special Forces are mentioned in the news it is always SEAL Team Six or Delta Force?

Those guys do it all. Literally.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at May 15, 2026 10:21 PM (/lPRQ)

There are more Tier 1 operators than SEAL Team Six and Delta. But Team Six really likes headlines, much to the disapproval of the other Operators.

Most Delta guys don't talk much but they do get a lot of attention.

47 It is a third degree misdemeanor to be a paid necromancer in Pennsylvania. However, pro bono necromancy or necromancy for entertainment purposes only may be allowed.

I saw Pro-Bono Necromancy open for Ghostly Kisses at The Graveyard in 2022.

https://youtu.be/iMSXbTrrPNk

48 Yay WeirdDave! Last of the great ONTers.

49 43 I miss Betty Page.
Posted by: wth

Remember her in her prime, not how she ended up.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards

Helen Wood has also entered the chat. (Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, Pal Joey, and Deep Throat)
Posted by: Tonypete at May 15, 2026 10:22 PM (Kyh8Y)

Her I don't know but Rita Hayworth was in Pal Joey. Rowr.

50 "care and feeding of Ace"

Third time this has been used on here. I think, just maybe, it can be retired now.

Happy evening to the early overnighters. Yay! It's a hard-to-beat WeirdDave Friday!
Posted by: mindful webworker - or is it Gilligan's Island?

===

Just Maybe....

Write a little routine where banned URLs just get that graphic every time they try to go to the home page or post a message ?

Then run it through an AI to make it photorealistic...

51 Hammers, copper plumbing, green hair. No two of those things should go together.

52 32 I miss Betty Page.
Posted by: wth at May 15, 2026 10:18 PM (oq9dX)

Perhaps a little more range time would help.

53
Hammers, copper plumbing, green hair. No two of those things should go together.

Posted by: Oddbob at May 15, 2026 10:26 PM (vTZFs)

__________

Saw the green hair and said to myself, "This will turn out badly."

54 OK. Cleetus' last TV/ewetube name is McFarland. Made up somehow. Real last name is Mitchell. Interesting.

55 Gina Carano is baaaack! She looks great.

https://tinyurl.com/4kr54hke

56 Are there Seal Teams 1-5?

57 Hammers, copper plumbing, green hair. No two of those things should go together.

Posted by: Oddbob at May 15, 2026 10:26 PM (vTZFs)

__________

Saw the green hair and said to myself, "This will turn out badly."
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 15, 2026 10:27 PM (HdYcL)

***

I was thinking, green hair: "You're on your own, kid."

58 Maddy would be a good house painter. Or grocery store stocker.

59 Are there Seal Teams 1-5?
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport

No. How do you think they became #6?

60 A woman I used to work with was wickedly tall. Like 6'7" or so - she had a 40" inseam -and spent huge $$$$ to get decent clothes that looked good on her.

And a huge list of 'Tall Girl' problems that were epic.
Posted by: Tonypete

A typical residential door is 6'8", according to my 6'8" cousin who ducks through all doors by reflex.

So based on that video, "verytallmaddy" would tower over your coworker. She's gotta be 7-foot-..... let me google that for me.

She says she's 7-foot-5.

61 “Good evening good people”

There he goes again! Tony is always calling everyone names.

62 All things considered, 99 cents for fudge is not a bad deal.

63 Are there Seal Teams 1-5?


Maybe they ALL use Seal Team 6 as a nom de guerre.

(That Froggy wording may/could be/almost certainly is wrong!)

64 What about a Manatee Team?

65 Gina Carano is baaaack! She looks great.

https://tinyurl.com/4kr54hke

Posted by: runner at May 15, 2026 10:28 PM (GD0B3)

If you say so.

66 Are there Seal Teams 1-5?
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport

No. How do you think they became #6?
Posted by: Count Dracul

Also, don't ask about what happened to the testers for Preparations A through G.

67 The girls v. boys thing:

I was working in Yellowstone, and my buddy introduced me to a guy he met. Dude was snapping pictures and fell over a boulder. Buddy helped him up and they became friends. We all partied at the employee cantina (I was too young, but it was Wyoming in 1984, so, eh) Stranger dude was super cool, played guitar, and was hitting on a super-hot chick named CJ. Later we all adjourned around midnight to the overlook at the Lower falls of the Yellowstone to smoke some skunk-weed.

Dude was the son of Saul Zaentz. He told me about the film his Dad produced. Amadeus. Seriously, though, he was genuinely cool as hell. And I am pretty sure he scored with CJ.

68 Gina Carano was great in Haywire, probably the only realistic scene of a girl kicking a dude's ass when she merc'd Michael Fasbender.

69 Are there Seal Teams 1-5?
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport

No. How do you think they became #6?
Posted by: Count Dracul

Also, don't ask about what happened to the testers for Preparations A through G.
Posted by: mikeski at May 15, 2026 10:31 PM (VHUov)


That Heinz 56 tastes like ass.

70 64 What about a Manatee Team?
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at May 15, 2026 10:31 PM (LmPA0)
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Twenty bucks, same as in town.

(Obligatory)

71 There's talk that "Maddy" is AI.

72 56 Are there Seal Teams 1-5?
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at May 15, 2026 10:28 PM (LmPA0)

There WERE just two SEAL teams, one West Coast and one East. Seal Team Six is the Development Group (DEVGRU) that was the real speartip who developed tactics to spread through the rest of the SEAL community. Team Six got all the hairy missions.

I don't know how many Teams there actually are now but they expanded, and contracted, during GWOT.

73 Spawn loved the old timer doing 3-gun. 😍

74 The BIG girl: pituitary gigantism? She’s well proportioned, so maybe she’s just Dutch.

75 71 There's talk that "Maddy" is AI.
Posted by: gKWVE at May 15, 2026 10:35 PM (gKWVE)

Might be, I've seen some tall girls who were clearly AI, but this one seems to actually duck under doorways. I'd like to learn more.

76 Cure 81 Hams are pretty decent, but Cures 1 thru 80 weren’t too good, specifically

77 Can’t thank Gary until I get the brain cell!

78 Also is Delta Force part of an Alpha Bravo Charlie series or Alpha Beta Gamma alphabet?

79 I don't know but I treasure my Barack Seal Team 6 Action Figure.

80 Are there Seal Teams 1-5?
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport

Things did not work out... optimally.
Same with TFs Alpha - Charlie.

81 Hard to imagine a more embarrassing incident to explain than a shark attack in Iowa.

82 78 Also is Delta Force part of an Alpha Bravo Charlie series or Alpha Beta Gamma alphabet?
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at May 15, 2026 10:37 PM (LmPA0)

Delta is Army.
SEALS are Navy.

83 Also, don't ask about what happened to the testers for Preparations A through G.
Posted by: mikeski


Heinz 1 thru 56...

A-1 was a success though.

84 I think dancing with Maddy would be fun, I promise to not motorboat.

85 Motorboat what? Maddy's navel?
...brb

86 Hey, All.

Anyone know why the flags in VA were at half staff today?

87 Cool ONT bro.

88 I don't know if Piper's around, but she could always prep a Katie Porter Moooooo-Moooooo fashion set if Doof's causing her headaches.

89 Delta is the guys who look like roadies for Slayer.

90 I think dancing with Maddy would be fun, I promise to not motorboat.

Mess around with Maddy you will regret it.

91 86 Hey, All.

Anyone know why the flags in VA were at half staff today?
Posted by: Bulg at May 15, 2026 10:42 PM (77rzZ)

Teacher (I think) shooting somewhere.

The White Witch sheds icicles.

92 Annie Oakley didn't put her hand inside the lever either.

93 Anyone know why the flags in VA were at half staff today?
Posted by: Bulg

They are mourning the death of real democracy.
Their democracy that is -


Supreme Court Denies Virginia Democrats’ Bid to Revive Illegally Gerrymandered Congressional Map

94 Hello, Horde! Back from a week in NYC, and before that a long weekend in Salt Lake City at a Cholangiocarcinoma Conference. Going to Galveston this weekend to see Jeff Foxworthy. After that, I will be home for a while....

95 Anyone know why the flags in VA were at half staff today?
Posted by: Bulg

Peace Officers Memorial Day

96 Don’t ask about teams Alpha, Bravo, and Charlie, and don’t ask about Seal Teams 1-5.

97 I looked it up. Peace Officers Memorial Day in Virginia

98 Hello, Horde! Back from a week in NYC, and before that a long weekend in Salt Lake City at a Cholangiocarcinoma Conference. Going to Galveston this weekend to see Jeff Foxworthy. After that, I will be home for a while....
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, Texas, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at May 15, 2026 10:47 PM (RiICY)

How many of the "You Might Be a Redneck" jokes are you expecting to match ;-) ?

99 Bull sharks, which tolerate fresh water well, used to ascend the Mississippi as far as Illinois/Iowa. As I understand it, they can’t do that anymore due to damn construction:

100 Motorboat what? Maddy's navel?
...brb
Posted by: gKWVE
......

Think she'd let me hump her leg like a poodle?

101 Teresa, it's always good to hear about your travels and activities. I couldn't keep up!

102 So, what is a “Peace Officer?”

103 Bull sharks. I miss them.

104 AOP followed the pace car and ended up in Kansas.

105 What did the fish say when it hit a wall?
.
.
.
Dam.

106 Gina Carano is baaaack! She looks great.

https://tinyurl.com/4kr54hke

Posted by: runner at May 15, 2026 10:28 PM (GD0B3)

If you say so.
Posted by: Pedro Pascal at May 15, 2026 10:31 PM (vSvIl)


Jeez!
What a hom...errr...never mind.

107 Date Maddy and find out what a dwarf man thinks dating a regular sized woman.

108 99 dam construction

109 Cool ONT bro.
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at May 15, 2026 10:43 PM (CHHv1)
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Be ashamed if something happened to it!

110 God bless you TIFW. I always remember you in my weekly prayer meetings. In less reverent terms: keep on truckin’!

111 Hard to imagine a more embarrassing incident to explain than a shark attack in Iowa
——-

I bet there’s a Code for that

112 I think it might be a national remembrance, the Governess of Iowa has done the same

113 Paul Sperry @paulsperry_
·

BREAKING: Declassified FBI docs expose the malfeasance of Judge Boasberg who offered dirty FBI agent Kevin Clinesmith the excuse he was just innocently taking a "short-cut" to save time when he changed the wording in a CIA email that would have exculpated Trump adviser Carter Page b/c the new docs show Clinesmith also w/h exculpatory evidence on another Trump aide--Walid Phares--proving such corrupt behavior was his M.O., not a one-off, as Boasberg made it seem.

Boasberg gave Clinesmith, a fellow Democrat, no jail-time for his felony. Clinesmith's back practicing law, and Boasberg is still on the bench.
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Fucking Boasberg.

114
Boasberg gave Clinesmith, a fellow Democrat, no jail-time for his felony. Clinesmith's back practicing law, and Boasberg is still on the bench.

Posted by: Axeman

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

See? Nothing happens.

115 So, what is a “Peace Officer?”
Posted by: Bulg

Stupid peace gets outta hand, dont'cha know?

116 99 Bull sharks, which tolerate fresh water well, used to ascend the Mississippi as far as Illinois/Iowa. As I understand it, they can’t do that anymore due to damn construction:
Posted by: Bulg at May 15, 2026 10:50 PM (77rzZ)
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One of my kids did a semester abroad in Brisbane, Australia, a couple years back. Same deal about sharks and golf course water hazards.

Not that it impacted her, as she was trying to figure out the rules of Australian Football and coming to the conclusion that there aren't any....

117
Lots of shit happening.

Unbelievable

118 After that, I will be home for a while....
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, Texas, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake,
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You could have dropped us a card, you know.

119 The flag is at half-staff so often that I no longer bother to find out why.

It has lost all meaning, Did Barney Frank's boy-toy die? Golly.

120 102 So, what is a “Peace Officer?”
Posted by: Bulg at May 15, 2026 10:51 PM (77rzZ)

An officer that 'keeps the peace'. You know, a copper.

121 The older man shooting three gun: his scooting was a little slow, but his shooting was spot on!

122
Dogs fed and taken care of, evening prayers said. Good night, Hordians.

123 See? Nothing happens.

Posted by: Blonde Mortixtl at May 15, 2026 10:59 PM (XJ22o)
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That's my line.

124 Not that it impacted her, as she was trying to figure out the rules of Australian Football and coming to the conclusion that there aren't any....
Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher

The refs have to wear white fedoras. That's it.
( now watch someone correct my kapélology. )

125 It has lost all meaning, Did Barney Frank's boy-toy die? Golly.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Trumpy can do magic at May 15, 2026 11:01 PM (0aYVJ)

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Since Harvey Milk's tragic death there was never any good reason to return the flag to full staff.

126 If you say so.
Posted by: Pedro Pascal at May 15, 2026 10:31 PM (vSvIl)


Jeez!
What a hom...errr...never mind.
Posted by: Diogenes
---

Repulsive?

127 122 G’night, Hadrian. Sleep well.

128 Only half the hostages will die, tops.

129 Never express an ewok's anal gland within 50' of a public food establishment.

130 >>Bull sharks, which tolerate fresh water well, used to ascend the Mississippi as far as Illinois/Iowa. As I understand it, they can’t do that anymore due to damn construction:

Bull sharks scare me much more than Great Whites or Makos. They are psychos that will chase you right up to the shore. Evil creatures.

131 The refs have to wear white fedoras. That's it.
( now watch someone correct my kapélology. )

Posted by: Count Dracul at May 15, 2026 11:03 PM (diia5)
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I think they frown on Weapons of Mass Destruction on the field.

132 Bull sharks scare me much more than Great Whites or Makos. They are psychos that will chase you right up to the shore. Evil creatures.

They're probably just thinking, "Long pig, the other white meat."

133 >> Also is Delta Force part of an Alpha Bravo Charlie series or Alpha Beta Gamma alphabet?

That prompted me to look this up, and as I suspected, my eyes began to glaze over. Some aspects of military nomenclature and hierarchy makes sense to me, and some don't and I get all confusitated. May be because I'm getting to be 29.

Anyway, it comes from the Alpha, Bravo, Charlie series, A, B, C, D. But in a convoluted way.

You've got your basic platoon, company, battalion, regiment/brigade/group whatever hierarchy, and that gets sort of complex. I don't think regiments really exist as operational units, but I'm not sure.

At any rate, Army Special Forces, the whole, is a division sized unit. On a chart, that is divided into Groups, but they use a regiment symbol (III). Each regiment is divided into battalions. Now, they divide the battalions into C, B, and A "teams". This is where A-team comes from. The A-team is a small operational group. The B team is the company HQ, and the C-team is the battalion HQ.

Somehow Delta force got called the "D team", or SFOD-D, supposedly to obfuscate a bit, and make it look like some normal additional "team" level or something.

134 As much damage as bull sharks would do to you, an average jet would do more.

135 The older man shooting three gun: his scooting was a little slow, but his shooting was spot on

Ayup. Speed is fine. Accuracy is final.

136 Repulsive?
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 15, 2026 11:04 PM (9EFgU)

Looks like Bruce Jenner.

137 115 So, what is a “Peace Officer?”
Posted by: Bulg

Stupid peace gets outta hand, dont'cha know?
Posted by: Count Dracul at May 15, 2026 10:59 PM (diia5)

Peace Officers go patrolling and roust it wherever and whenever they can, demand its ID without any reasonable articulable suspicion of a crime, then arrest, beat, tase, and pepper spray it for resisting for asking what it did wrong.

138 Boasberg gave Clinesmith, a fellow Democrat, no jail-time for his felony. Clinesmith's back practicing law, and Boasberg is still on the bench.
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Fucking Boasberg.
Posted by: Axeman at May 15, 2026 10:58 PM (Fi81e)

Whut... just because he was the Judge who was in charge of the FISA court when they signed off on spying on Republican American Citizens? including some in Congress?

Totes OK... right.... right????

139 Actually, maybe not as far north as Iowa. Only to Alton, Illinois, which seems to be across the Mighty Mississipp from Missouri. But still…

140 Somehow Delta force got called the "D team", or SFOD-D, supposedly to obfuscate a bit, and make it look like some normal additional "team" level or something.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at May 15, 2026 11:07 PM (w6EFb)

Much like SEAL Team 6, they sit outside the normal chain hierarchy... mainly because their missions are often so classified they wanted to disguise what they were...

141 >>As much damage as bull sharks would do to you, an average jet would do more.

Jets or jet skis don't usually hunt you. A Bull Shark will.

If they are around it's best to not be in the water.

142 JackStraw, maybe they just want your weed.

143 Is this a good time to bring up lampreys?

144 143

No.
— Zombie Henry I

145 Lampreys are kind of awesome in a way. The Democrat Party should adopt them as their Spirit Animal for themselves and their voters.

146 116:Not that it impacted her, as she was trying to figure out the rules of Australian Football and coming to the conclusion that there aren't any....
Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher


Heh! Co-worker and I used to do the same thing on midshift. Got Fox Sports available and they show Aussie Rules Football.

147 123 See? Nothing happens.

Posted by: Blonde Mortixtl at May 15, 2026 10:59 PM (XJ22o)
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That's my line.
Posted by: Guy Who Always Says Nothing's Going to Happen
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Now that she is transmutating into Aztecian being, only tzompantli will satisfy.

148 testers for Preparations A through G

Heinz 1 thru 56...

A-1 was a success

1-up through 6-up did not test-market well.

149 Much like SEAL Team 6, they sit outside the normal chain hierarchy... mainly because their missions are often so classified they wanted to disguise what they were...
Posted by: Romeo13


But, as noted above, the only time you ever hear about SF Anything on the news it is always Delta or Team 6.

150 >>Is this a good time to bring up lampreys?

How's the bareboat testing going? I promise you will have the time of you life.

151 Posted by: Wyatt Earp at May 15, 2026 11:09

Howdy there!!!

You outta Philly yet? I still worry about you.

152 Everybody knows about the “A-Team”. They even had a TV show!

153 Preparations A through G

Heinz 1 thru 56...

A-1 was a success

1-up through 6-up did not test-market well.

WD-01 thru WD-39

Vick's formulas 1 to 43...

154 Now Jack Daniel's No. 7.

Just saw on the TV, so you know it is true, when the distillery started up they decided first to make whiskey... then realized they needed something that they could sell...

They made several batches and decided No. 7 was the best.

155 How's the bareboat testing going? I promise you will have the time of you life.
Posted by: JackStraw
--

That sound's...kinky.

156 Evening, WD, and ONT Horde. Now at Super 8 motel in Amarillo, located between the Big Texan and Buc-EEs.

157 Formula 409

Guys were just hoggin’ overtime on that

158 Read that Amarillo is up and coming crossroads of the nation. What's it look like to you?

159 >>That sound's...kinky.

It is. And that isn't even the best part.

160 155 How's the bareboat testing going? I promise you will have the time of you life.
Posted by: JackStraw
--

That sound's...kinky.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 15, 2026 11:34 PM (9EFgU)

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Ask me about my through-hull ball valves.

161 Now at Super 8 motel in Amarillo

Didn’t you get there by morning?

162 >>>Now Jack Daniel's No. 7.

Just saw on the TV, so you know it is true, when the distillery started up they decided first to make whiskey... then realized they needed something that they could sell...

They made several batches and decided No. 7 was the best.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher

>Too much charcoal. Makes you crazy. Bourbon is a little milder. If I want to fuck some shit up, I drink Tennessee whiskey.

163 Preparations A through G

Heinz 1 thru 56...

A-1 was a success

1-up through 6-up did not test-market well.

WD-01 thru WD-39

Vick's formulas 1 to 43...
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher

Motels 1-5 and Supers 1-7 fell over and sank into the swamp.

164
Is this a good time to bring up lampreys?

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43)

No. My Dad worked on their control in the Great Lakes. His workplace had entire walls covered in jars filled with formaldehyde in which were preserved either ammocoetes (the larval stage of sea lampreys) or adults.

Disgusting things, they were. Yes, they put food on our table, but they were disgusting.

165 Only half the hostages will die, tops.
Posted by: Spetsnaz at May 15, 2026 11:05 PM (4NO2D)

I can live with that. It's just like Saigon, eh Slick?

166 Well, I'm off to tell the ladies on Twitter that Yes, you do look better without makeup.

Thank you, Horde, for existing and allowing me to exist too.

PS: Hordettes, yes, you do look better without makeup.

167 Well, Amarillo Blvd looks sorta sketchy. This motel is nice. Had a great meal at the Big Texan restaurant, which is huuuge.

Fuel pump on the car took a dump after we took on fuel at Kit Carson, CO. Runs for a while, seems to get hot, and quits. Was out and under car three times, no solution. Installed a brand new Yang Poon pump from Amazon; it was dead OOTB. Will get a new one from O'Reilly in the morning.

168 Motels 1-5 and Supers 1-7 fell over and sank into the swamp.
Posted by: mikeski at May 15, 2026 11:40 PM (VHUov)

Wurst Western and Pastor Johnson hotel chains didn't make the cut, even in Rock Ridge.

169 Phillips 1- 65 were all dry holes.

170 Whatcha doing in Texas, AOP?

Canada land too cold?

171 Didn’t you get there by morning?
Posted by: Common Tater at May 15, 2026 11:39 PM (bNzW0)

Got here about 7 PM. Some big range fires burning in W. TX and the OK panhandle. We saw them. smelled the smoke.

172 Whatcha doing in Texas, AOP?

Canada land too cold?
Posted by: nurse ratched at May 15, 2026 11:45 PM (A5RD0)

Here to join a Route 66 tour with some folks from the Studebaker club. Plan to ride with the crew from here to Kingman, AZ, and then peel off to Apache Junction. Driving the '64 Convertible.

173 75 Trombones is right out.

174 Wasn't it Bull Shark(s) that caused Shark Summer in NJ in 1916? Shark(s) went way up river and creek, eating teens and children of no coler along the way. It was a sensation.

175
Daughter and I spent one evening in a motel just off I-40 in Amarillo. This was during our journey from Oakland, CA to Delaware in her Ford Ranger while towing a U-Haul trailer in 2013.

Very sketchy, that place was. The door at the end of the hallway that emptied onto the parking lot had a mysterious habit of getting propped open throughout the night.

176 Wyatt!
Good to see you here.

177 Spamburger was whining on X about the way Virginia’s appeal of the gerrymander case got laughed out of the SCOTUS today.

178 Here to join a Route 66 tour with some folks from the Studebaker club. Plan to ride with the crew from here to Kingman, AZ, and then peel off to Apache Junction. Driving the '64 Convertible.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon


Holy Cow does that sound like fun! Good for you!

Happy trails!!!

179 Wasn't it Bull Shark(s) that caused Shark Summer in NJ in 1916? Shark(s) went way up river and creek, eating teens and children of no coler along the way. It was a sensation.
Posted by: Norton From Newark at May 15, 2026 11:49 PM (oftw2)

Bull sharks swam up the Rio San Juan and infested Lago de Nicaragua, the huge lake that makes up half of southern Nicaragua. The old dictator Somoza contracted with Japanese fishermen to come fish them out, which they did very effectively. "Enviromentalists" were highly displeased. Folks that lived by the lake were delighted.

180 I ran over an armadillo in Amarillo.

181 Very sketchy, that place was. The door at the end of the hallway that emptied onto the parking lot had a mysterious habit of getting propped open throughout the night.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars


Did they have hourly and weekly rates?

182 Omfg
Mariners suck in the 9th. May as well gove the Pardes another five runs.


Shit. Dammit. Kill me.

183 Yes, they put food on our table, but they were disgusting.
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Your dad made you guys eat Lamprey? That’s hardcore

184 Did they have hourly and weekly rates?
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher

It's the sticky sheets that bother me most.

185 Thanks! The fuel pump issue is pretty minor. I have enough tools to fix it OK, and it is accessible, albeit with some effort, if I lie on my back under the rear of the car,. Will buy a new pump tomorrow, and install it, and we should be good to go. About the only other possible cause for the pump stopping is some piece of debris in the tank floating around and clogging the pickup pipe, which lacks a sock filter (never used back then).

186 >>Wasn't it Bull Shark(s) that caused Shark Summer in NJ in 1916?

Yes.

187 Your dad made you guys eat Lamprey? That’s hardcore

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Meh. It's like spaghetti, but with teeth on one end.

188 Very sketchy, that place was. The door at the end of the hallway that emptied onto the parking lot had a mysterious habit of getting propped open throughout the night.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars


Probably smokers going out to burn a fag in the parking lot.

189 It's the sticky sheets that bother me most.
Posted by: Mike Lindell at May 15, 2026 11:57 PM (oftw2)

Yet the Teflon MyPillow never sold well.

190 Amateur Tip - sometimes you can bang on the bottom of the gas tank, hard, a few times, with say a rubber mallet, and get the pump going OK, at least long enough to get to a parts store.

“Percussive maintenance”. Failing (worn out) engine starters can get a few more starts out of ‘em with a hammer, too, this way. It works!

191 We just throw them off buildings.

192 Yikes! It's 2300 here. Laptop still thinks it's 2200, but we crossed in Central Time zone. I need to get some sack time. I've been under the car 3 times. It's not terribly difficult, but it wears on one.

193 Good looking car.
Carburetor man said, in order to keep my warranty, I had to install a fuel filter before and after the fuel pump.

194 Thanks! The fuel pump issue is pretty minor. I have enough tools to fix it OK, and it is accessible, albeit with some effort, if I lie on my back under the rear of the car,. Will buy a new pump tomorrow, and install it, and we should be good to go. About the only other possible cause for the pump stopping is some piece of debris in the tank floating around and clogging the pickup pipe, which lacks a sock filter (never used back then).
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon


Back around '97 I was driving an old S-10 Blazer in a Hawaiian lava field... miles from the road the pump stopped. It was an aftermarket electric unit I installed and fortunately had a clue that the power line somehow got cut. (no Tikka Tikka Tikka when moving the key from off to run).
Had a toolbox and a spool of wire so reran the power from the fuse box to it.
Success. That was the time I did not die in a lava field.

195
Now that she is transmutating into Aztecian being, only tzompantli will satisfy.

Posted by: Braenyard

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All things considered, I think my demands are entirely reasonable!

196 Amateur Tip - sometimes you can bang on the bottom of the gas tank, hard, a few times, with say a rubber mallet, and get the pump going OK, at least long enough to get to a parts store.

“Percussive maintenance”. Failing (worn out) engine starters can get a few more starts out of ‘em with a hammer, too, this way. It works!
Posted by: Common Tater at May 16, 2026 12:03 AM (bNzW0)

Oh yeah. This is an in-line low=pressure pump that sits between the right side of the fuel tank and the frame and spring. Lie on ground, squirm around, reach in and change it. Don't even have to jack the car up. If I had a hoist available, sure it would go on the hoist. Not really hard to reach, just a PITA.

197 Well. Shit.

198 Your dad made you guys eat Lamprey? That’s hardcore
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Meh. It's like spaghetti, but with teeth on one end.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43)
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So, little ones?

Lop the head off, squeeze the guts out.

Meanwhile, heat up some olive oil, throw in some crushed garlic, a pinch of red pepper, maybe some black olives, sun dried tomatoes, and capers. Toss in the baby lamprey. Be careful not to overcook.

Serve with rigatoni.

199 There are definitely people enjoying the good life whose heads belong on that wall. So, entirely reasonable.

200 Mechanical fuel pumps, it’s difficult to find good ones these days. They are often made you know where, now.

I tested one, it measured 15 psi, spec was 3 to 5 psi. The only thing preventing flooding is a teeny tiny viton tipped needle & seat. My suspicion is some of these Classic Car engine fires you see are caused by this.

Fuel level in the float bowl, is a critical spec. All the other calibrations are predicated on this being correct. On the Holley 2300 you could pull the cover and watch while the engine was idling, if careful. I thought they worked kinda like a toilet tank, you know, fill up, empty, fill up. Nope, it’s supposed to maintain a specific fuel height range on a constant basis.

201 One man's list of items more trustworthy than a liberal.

https://youtube.com/shorts/6yGmNS_k3qo

#10 is a winner.

202 So, little ones?

Lop the head off, squeeze the guts out.

Meanwhile, heat up some olive oil, throw in some crushed garlic, a pinch of red pepper, maybe some black olives, sun dried tomatoes, and capers. Toss in the baby lamprey. Be careful not to overcook.

Serve with rigatoni.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at May 16, 2026 12:10 AM (/lPRQ)

Eel will keet.

203 All good.

https://tinyurl.com/4j3m29zp

204 Ah, so it ain’t one of those in-tank fuel pumps? That’s good.

I change the Fuel filters on electronic fuel injected engines often. More frequent than the 30,000 miles usually indicated anyhow. I swear it runs noticeably smoother and quieter.

205 "Bull sharks, which tolerate fresh water well, used to ascend the Mississippi as far as Illinois/Iowa. As I understand it, they can’t do that anymore due to damn construction"

That's exactly how they feel about it too.

206 Fuel level in the float bowl, is a critical spec. All the other calibrations are predicated on this being correct. On the Holley 2300 you could pull the cover and watch while the engine was idling, if careful. I thought they worked kinda like a toilet tank, you know, fill up, empty, fill up. Nope, it’s supposed to maintain a specific fuel height range on a constant basis.
Posted by: Common Tater

Nah. Same thing. If the water in your tank was draining slowly all the time. Float valves are pretty simple.

207 I tested one, it measured 15 psi, spec was 3 to 5 psi. The only thing preventing flooding is a teeny tiny viton tipped needle & seat. My suspicion is some of these Classic Car engine fires you see are caused by this.

Fuel level in the float bowl, is a critical spec. All the other calibrations are predicated on this being correct. On the Holley 2300 you could pull the cover and watch while the engine was idling, if careful. I thought they worked kinda like a toilet tank, you know, fill up, empty, fill up. Nope, it’s supposed to maintain a specific fuel height range on a constant basis.
Posted by: Common Tater at May 16, 2026 12:13 AM (bNzW0)

Current fuel is a little less dense than the fuel of yore. So the carb floats don't float as high. Means the bowl gets a little more full than it used to do to close the float valve. So carb runs richer. As a rule of thumb, I like to set the float about 1/16" lower than spec, if modern fuel is to be used. To get it any better, I would need an air-fuel ratio meter to sample the exhaust gases.

208 Off, forged nic.

209 Pug Mahon,

If you're thinking about going to the air show at Mountain Home AFB, be aware that the amount of traffic overwhelms the local road system at the end of the show. The normal one hour drive from the base to Boise turns into a two, sometimes three, hour ordeal.

210 >> Posted by: Blonde Mortixtl

I just noticed "Mortixtl" which is not Morticia, which I've been reading that as until it just hit me.

Inquiring minds want to know what's going on.

211 Well, the sack is calling me. Must get sleep. Night, Horde.

212 Thanks for the ONT.

213 Sorry I'm late, I didn't realize it would take so long for those bastsrds to drag that giant wooden horse into the city.

214 Is this a good time to bring up lampreys?

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at May 15, 2026 11:21 PM (6C3mT)
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By all means.

215 Inquiring minds want to know what's going on.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at May 16, 2026 12:23 AM (w6EFb)

A couple of nights ago, someone got on an Aztec kick and added "xtl" to his name. It caught on. Just a minor fad, not to worry, it will go away.

Unlike that "Michael Jackson!" tattoo on your left butt cheek.

216 Same thing. If the water in your tank was draining slowly all the time. Float valves are pretty simple.
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No, really. I’m not making this up. The float height is set as a proxy, merely to achieve the proper fuel height in the bowl. I didn’t say it was complex, just that they don’t work like a toilet tank. The idea generally is to maintain sufficient fuel in the bowl at all times, under all conditions, from idle to wide open throttle under load. It might be simple, but it is very important.

I have used O2 sensors to adjust carburetors. They can be dialed in for very good fuel metering. They are not anywhere close right out of the box, I discovered. This is a probably CYA policy, because they don’t want people grenading their motors. A carbureted V8 in a car can achieve 25 mpg at cruise on the highway. Just like fuel injected engines, actually.

217 Sorry, somebody has to to say it. Lampreys suck.

218 A carbureted V8 in a car can achieve 25 mpg at cruise on the highway. Just like fuel injected engines, actually.
Posted by: Common Tater at May 16, 2026 12:30 AM (bNzW0)

With or without the cow magnets attached to the fuel line?

219 Inquiring minds want to know what's going on.
Posted by: publius

A couple of nights ago, someone got on an Aztec kick and added "xtl" to his name. It caught on. Just a minor fad, not to worry, it will go away.
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy

A "tl," at least. It started during one of Ace's threads about some politico named Xochitl Hinojosa.

It will go away, but it may flare up once in a while after it does.

220
Here to join a Route 66 tour with some folks from the Studebaker club. Plan to ride with the crew from here to Kingman, AZ, and then peel off to Apache Junction. Driving the '64 Convertible.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon

You'll miss seeing the Route 66 Museum somewhere in Oklahoma, which is a hoot.

221 >> , someone got on an Aztec kick

Ah, thanks. I missed that, but was thinking it had to be something I missed.

222 118 After that, I will be home for a while....
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, Texas, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake,
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You could have dropped us a card, you know.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 15, 2026 11:00 PM (9EFgU)

We were so busy every day that by the time we got back to the hotel we were too tired to do anything other than put on our jammies and fall into bed!

We saw 4 Broadway shows, the Museum of Modern Art, the Museum of Natural History, the Metropolitan Museum, Carnegie Hall, the 9/11 Memorial (museum was closed on Tuesday), One World Tower Observation Deck, the Empire State Building, Rockefeller Center, the statue of Liberty, Central Park (carriage ride), Starbucks Reserve, the LEGO Store, FAO Schwartz, Macy's, Times Square, and all of the touristy shops along the way.

We had a lot of fun, and most of the people were very nice and willing to help this little old lady on her scooter. We put that poor scooter through her paces - we logged a LOT of miles while we were there! My friend didn't want to go on the subway, so we took busses when we had to; our hotel was centrally located.

223 Well. Shit.
Posted by: nurse ratched

I don't take requests, Ma'am.

224 Here to join a Route 66 tour with some folks from the Studebaker club. Plan to ride with the crew from here to Kingman, AZ, and then peel off to Apache Junction. Driving the '64 Convertible.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon

You'll miss seeing the Route 66 Museum somewhere in Oklahoma, which is a hoot.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at May 16, 2026 12:37 AM (s9VOe)

One day I will do Rt 66 on a motorcycle. I don't actually have a bucket list, but that one thing I do want to do.

225
Sorry, I drifted off looking through photos on Windoze laptop.

How is it that photos can disappear from a folder? I must have a couple dozen such with nothing in them.

226 Current fuel is a little less dense than the fuel of yore. So the carb floats don't float as high. Means the bowl gets a little more full than it used to do to close the float valve. So carb runs richer. As a rule of thumb, I like to set the float about 1/16" lower than spec, if modern fuel is to be used. To get it any better, I would need an air-fuel ratio meter to sample the exhaust gases.

Posted by: Doug Marcaida at May 16, 2026 12:20 AM (GQnTc)

I have to do with harley carbs all the time. The old float specs are out the window with this modern crap they call fuel.

227
By "putting food on the table", I meant that his salary earned from his job performing sea lamprey control is what put food on the table. We were never served Sea Lamprey Surprise as a meal.

228
Heya, Teresa. What a week!

229 A carbureted V8 in a car can achieve 25 mpg at cruise on the highway. Just like fuel injected engines, actually.
Posted by: Common Tater

Probably easier to just go with the fuel injection and ECM.

230
I have to do with harley carbs all the time. The old float specs are out the window with this modern crap they call fuel.
Posted by: Berserker
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Do you do that on a dyno?

231 One day I will do Rt 66 on a motorcycle. I don't actually have a bucket list, but that one thing I do want to do.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at May 16, 2026 12:45 AM (snZF9)

My advice is to do it sooner, rather than "one day".

Tomorrow isn't guaranteed for any of us, and it would be a shame if you reached the end of your life and had regrets about all of the things you wanted to do but never got around to doing.

Rust me, the memories will be worth it 😊💕

232 Here to join a Route 66 tour with some folks from the Studebaker club. Plan to ride with the crew from here to Kingman, AZ, and then peel off to Apache Junction. Driving the '64 Convertible.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
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I've hit old 66 probably 6 or 7 times (not counting Holbrook, which is "local") traversing I40. Dot-Indian motels, mostly.
But... I rode the whole of 66 back in '58, to visit relatives in LA. Now that it's a tourist attraction, instead of the simple way to get from here to there, I'm planning a trip of the leg from Seligman to Kingman.
The temps have moderated down in the valley lately, it's not supposed to crack a hundred until Thursday. If you matta be here, it's not too hot.
I have to be down there Tues & Wed. Only 99° those days.😁
Been running low 80s high 70s up here at 6000'.

233 228. Heya, Teresa. What a week!
Posted by: Blonde Mortixtl at May 16, 2026 12:52 AM (XJ22o)

It was amazing! My friend's 14-year-old daughter was with us, and it was such a joy to see the looks of amazement in her eyes. She missed a week of school, but the experiences she had were an entirely different kind of education. She had a lot of fun - we all did - and she was excited to go back to school and tell her friends about everything she saw.

She was especially excited about getting to see Daniel Radcliffe (Harry Potter) up close and personal (we had seats on the stage, and at one point in the sheer w, he was sitting right in front of her).

A marvelous time was had by all 😊💕

234
I got off on a gamma ray burst kick tonight. Here's a little animation of a black hole "eating" a star, which is plausible explanation (of a couple or three) of what produced the longest duration GRB seen yet, which happened back in July 2025:

https://is.gd/yIRp90

235 How is it that photos can disappear from a folder? I must have a couple dozen such with nothing in them.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot:
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Pics of old girlfriends and your wife found them?

236
Pics of old girlfriends and your wife found them?

Posted by: buddhaha

Nah. They were mostly from trips taken between 2010 and 2018.

237 I have to do with harley carbs all the time. The old float specs are out the window with this modern crap they call fuel.
Posted by: Berserker
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Do you do that on a dyno?

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at May 16, 2026 12:54 AM (XeU6L)

No, no need to. With harley carbs, stock, S&S, mikuni HSR42 etc they just leak out the overflow hose, unless the float is stupid high then it will dump into the manifold. All you need to do is set them to where it don't dump out of the overflow hose and you're good. I'm a little more scientific, or lunatic. I'll hold the bowl onto the carb without the screws, turn the gas on, wait about 30 seconds, shut the gas, and pull the bowl down and visually look at the level, and adjust it if needed. Works every time.

238
Gonna go roust up some of my ill behaved antecedents. I found one -- a great granduncle -- who FAFOed with another youngun' in 1907 and got stabbed to death for his effort. The stabber expired within one week of having arrived in prison to serve his sentence for manslaughter.

239 I think they discontinued Lamprey Helper.

Folks said it sucked.

_____

Pulled up this YooToob-suggested time travel comedy. About half-way through, we realized we'd seen it before. Kinda cute and plenty goofy. Merely fifteen minutes, which more movies ought to be.

SOMEWHERE IN BETWEEN
https://youtu.be/dSqemws9p08

_____

By the say, if you know about Fridays with Frank the cop, he just posted his 200th episode. One of his "customers" has about the worst emotional breakdowns a person could have on a mere traffic stop. (13:20)

https://youtu.be/86b0U_Ozy78

240 My advice is to do it sooner, rather than "one day".

Tomorrow isn't guaranteed for any of us, and it would be a shame if you reached the end of your life and had regrets about all of the things you wanted to do but never got around to doing.

Rust me, the memories will be worth it 😊💕

Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at May 16, 2026 12:55 AM (RiICY)

I was watching a vid of a dude that tours on a motorcycle. He had a great line. He said life is like a roll of toilet paper, the less that remains the faster it spins, lol. Within the next year or so, maybe even this year I'll be looking to some cruising.

241 I got off on a gamma ray burst kick tonight.
Posted by: publius

Sssshh.

Everyone, stay calm. Do not make publius angry.

242 I change the Fuel filters on electronic fuel injected engines often. More frequent than the 30,000 miles usually indicated anyhow. I swear it runs noticeably smoother and quieter.
Posted by: Common Tater
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At $800+ per injector, I'm a bit paranoid about the 10k recommendation on the Cummins. I've installed extra fuel.filter and water separator cartridges in the fuel line.

243 At $800+ per injector, I'm a bit paranoid about the 10k recommendation on the Cummins. I've installed extra fuel.filter and water separator cartridges in the fuel line.

Posted by: buddhaha at May 16, 2026 01:18 AM (a+u3Q)

Man, no shit. My brother has a 2006 Ram pickup with the cummins diesel. He was looking into new injectors, not that he needs them but he's planing for the future. Holy shit those fuckers are pricey.

244
Teresa, did you guys see Every Brilliant Thing? Was that the Daniel Radcliffe performance?

What did you think of it?

245 Probably easier to just go with the fuel injection and ECM.

It wasn't when we built up my '66 283 several years ago. A lot of electric-pump systems call for a pressurized feed/return loop, but all the fuel injection conversion units offered also required a fully pressurizable gas tank, which would have meant a whole new tank, and of course a "computer."

Instead we did old school stuff, solid lifters, a single plane manifold designed to go with a small Holley 4 barrel, 'half-race' cam, headers, and a 5-speed Tremec. Engine went from 160 HP to 250, and road mileage from 16 to 29.

246 By the say, if you know about Fridays with Frank the cop, he just posted his 200th episode. One of his "customers" has about the worst emotional breakdowns a person could have on a mere traffic stop. (13:20)

https://youtu.be/86b0U_Ozy78
Posted by: mindful webworker - Horde mind auxiliary neuron at May 16, 2026 01:14 AM (cz4n2)

I so could never have been a cop.

247 _____

By the say, if you know about Fridays with Frank the cop, he just posted his 200th episode. One of his "customers" has about the worst emotional breakdowns a person could have on a mere traffic stop. (13:20)

https://youtu.be/86b0U_Ozy78
Posted by: mindful webworker - Horde mind auxiliary neuron
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Guess interactions with cops have changed.
Mine have been more like interacting with a DI.

248 Instead we did old school stuff, solid lifters, a single plane manifold designed to go with a small Holley 4 barrel, 'half-race' cam, headers, and a 5-speed Tremec. Engine went from 160 HP to 250, and road mileage from 16 to 29.

Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at May 16, 2026 01:24 AM (zdLoL)

And if you break down on on the side of the road you will always get it home.

249 A couple of nights ago, someone got on an Aztec kick and added "xtl" to his name. It caught on. Just a minor fad, not to worry, it will go away.
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy

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That reminds me of the day or so where everybody added "bot" to their name because conservatives online were "all bots" according to some urinalist.

250 It's enormous that you are getting thoughts from this post
as well as from our dialogue made at this time.

251 >> Do not make publius angry.

Heh. Took me a second or two to get that.

252 Didn't they have a 'tourist' video recently wear somebody from Germany or England wandered across some southern guys...
and ended up chasing gators, going to a range, etc.?
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at May 15, 2026 10:10 PM (/lPRQ)

There is a French guy on TikTok who visited Texas, he said his only danger was when he ordered slightly spicy ribs that came with a side of emotional support pickles, and got told "bless you" so many times he nearly converted.

253
A "tl," at least. It started during one of Ace's threads about some politico named Xochitl Hinojosa.

It will go away, but it may flare up once in a while after it does.
Posted by: mikeskitl

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You should see what Dark Litigator has done to his name. Like, he poked a hole in its tongue and drew a knotted cord through it.

254 It's enormous that you are getting thoughts from this post
as well as from our dialogue made at this time.
Posted by: Pressure washing services

Can't you just sell us the machines, like old times? What's up with this new machines-as-a-service business model?

Also, replace yourself with a free AI and maybe your English will make sense.

255 We saw 4 Broadway shows, the Museum of Modern Art, the Museum of Natural History, the Metropolitan Museum, Carnegie Hall, the 9/11 Memorial (museum was closed on Tuesday), One World Tower Observation Deck, the Empire State Building, Rockefeller Center, the statue of Liberty, Central Park (carriage ride), Starbucks Reserve, the LEGO Store, FAO Schwartz, Macy's, Times Square, and all of the touristy shops along the way.
-Teresa in Fort Worth

Holy cow, Teresa. That's a lot. Glad for you & yours.

256 A "tl," at least. It started during one of Ace's threads about some politico named Xochitl Hinojosa.

It will go away, but it may flare up once in a while after it does.
Posted by: mikeskitl at May 16, 2026 12:37 AM (VHUov)

silly, I know

257 Abel, Baker, Charlie, Dog . . .

258 You should see what Dark Litigator has done to his name. Like, he poked a hole in its tongue and drew a knotted cord through it.
Posted by: Blonde Mortixtl

I reformed it a bit. I couldn't understand myself.

259 Guess interactions with cops have changed.
Mine have been more like interacting with a DI.
Posted by: Braenyard

I've always said, you'd be fortunate to get stopped by Frank. Strict and by the book, but mostly friendly. Maybe they edit out all the worst interactions.

Of course, if he was pulling folks out of their cars and beating them for minor infractions, he probably wouldn't be the internet star that he is.

260 Time to fold it up for the night. Maybe I'll make it to the coffee and prayer thread. MiladyJo just ground the coffee for the morning, the great smell of which is always an incentive to get to sleep, the consciousness time-travel system.

https://youtu.be/Z6keBL3HYag

G'nite, y'all.💤

261 Speaking of litigating, I'm opposing 2 demurrers at 9am Monday and there's no tentative ruling on either. Bugger. Dealing with insurance defense lawyers who think i don't know the difference between a cause of action as "count" and a cause of action under the primary rights doctrine as the injury underlying the basis for that part of the suit. And then there's the guy who thinks the 2-year catchall statute of limitations is more specific than the 3-year statute for all tortious damage to property (except neglect resulting in injury or death to animals by 3 classes of defendants none of which are the two main defendants (the corporate deep pockets) in my suit).

262 Posted by: Xindltotl

LOL

263 261 Speaking of litigating,
Posted by: Dark Lixtiquatal
****

I understood that post. Which means I have spent more time with lawyers than is healthy. And why I have not wanted to study law even when people have said I would be good at it.

264 Abel, Baker, Charlie, Dog . . .
Posted by: Xindltotl

Confirm? This is Colonel Trautman, please acknowledge.

265 I have actually considered going into law; I need to reinvent myself and get a real profession going, after some setbacks (mostly my own fault tbh), and I have an interest pursuing those qui tam actions against fraudsters. Loathing, spite, disgust, resentment, hatred, and contempt are perfectly legitimate motivations, if channeled in a healthy and productive manner.

My bachelor's is in math, so other options include accounting, business information systems, computer science, or electrical engineering. I have a lot of interests and varied experience!

266 Hmm. Not much I can do with such a short nick, but I think that works, especially with speaking of dark motives...

267 There's a lot of interesting aspects to practicing law. None of it involves dealing with opposing counsel. Yuck. "How can breach of bailment apply to veterinarians? Veterinarians are subject to professional negligence, not ordinary negligence." "Professional negligence is just ordinary negligence by professionals." "No it's not." "Yeah, read the case you rely on. Right there, page...." Lot of that.

268 I was an unarmed private security officer for a number of years, which is in the same general category of Persuasion Professions like schoolteachers and salespeople, whose job it is to talk people into doing things. Originally, I was just intending it as something to keep busy while looking for something better; but as long as I'm learning I'm interested, and I was learning a ton about people and the world every week. So I'm not worried about my patience for idiotic arguments, as that muscle grew from imperceptible to massively swole.

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Blue states are hemorrhaging population and even worse, trillions in dollars of wealth they need to steal to fund their communist pipe-dreams.

Blue states have bled $2 trillion in wealth to red states in the last decade -- and New York leads the pack.New York had the biggest fall in cumulative adjusted gross income (AGI) -- losing $660 billion between 2012 and 2023.

California came next with $503 billion in the same time period.

In contrast, Florida gained $1.3 trillion, and Texas gained $371 billion between 2012 and 2023.

It comes as billionaire bigwigs are beginning their Big Apple exodus as a result of Mayor Mamdani's wealth-bashing agenda.

Hedge fund titan Ken Griffin and Marc Rowan both announced recently that they will move jobs out of New York in response to Mamdani's calls to "tax the rich."

From Ed Morrissey, Steve Jobs' Useless Widow's Vanity Project The Atlantic says that Democrats must reduce the toxicity of their brand by denouncing racist preferences, but will not.

Racial preferences in college admissions have long been deeply unpopular, and three years ago, the Supreme Court declared them unlawful, in a sweeping ruling that portended doom for other race-conscious policies to promote diversity or remedy past discrimination. Some research indicates that, in the aftermath of the civil-rights era, the achievement gap between rich and poor students now dwarfs the gap between white and Black students. Even so, well-intentioned blue-state Democrats keep pushing for race-based affirmative action, to their own political detriment, rather than supporting a much fairer policy of providing a leg up to economically disadvantaged people of all races.

In February, the California State Assembly passed, by a 54--14 vote, a measure seeking to place on the November ballot a change in the state constitution to allow racial preferences in K--12 education and in higher-education scholarships. (The state Senate has not yet acted on the measure.) In New York City, Mayor Zohran Mamdani released a 375-page Racial Equity Plan last month that said, "New York's history has been one of colonization, exploitation and racial oppression"; among other measures, the plan reaffirms the city's intent to steer contracts to minority-owned businesses. Late last year, Democratic supermajorities in the Maryland House and Senate overrode Governor Wes Moore's veto of legislation to study reparations for the descendants of enslaved people.

In huge swaths of the country, the Democratic brand has become anathema. The party will struggle to recapture the White House and reclaim the Senate unless it can persuade some red-state voters to take a fresh look at it. One obvious move would be for the Democrats, who have hemorrhaged working-class voters, to abandon their stubborn support for politically radioactive racial preferences. Significantly more Americans believe that economically disadvantaged people of any race deserve special consideration in admissions and employment decisions, and such efforts do not run afoul of laws against racial discrimination. Nevertheless, many Democrats cannot bring themselves to accept the Supreme Court's ruling--or the public's attitude--even when doing so would help their prospects immensely.

Blue cities built dozens of monuments to obese drug addict George Floyd of the Sacred Cardiac Myopathy, but putting up a single mural honoring the slain immigrant Iryna Zarutska is too "divisive" to let stand.

A mural painted to honor Iryna Zarutska -- the Ukrainian refugee who was murdered while riding a North Carolina train -- is being taken down after outrage in Providence, Rhode Island.

On Tuesday, a construction crew was seen near the exterior of The Dark Lady, an LGBTQ+ club in downtown Providence, working to remove the partly finished mural. The mural, which was painted on canvas, was lowered to the ground, folded up and taken away, WJAR-TV reported.

Artist Ian Gaudreau confirmed the news that the artwork was going to be removed after local outrage.

"A lot of people voiced their frustrations, and voices were heard, and the work is coming down as a reaction to that," Gaudreau told WJAR-TV Monday.

The mural's removal came as residents and elected officials complained about the artwork. The office of Mayor Brett Smiley told Fox News that he wanted the artwork taken down, saying that the art is "divisive and does not represent Providence."

"The murder of the individual depicted in this mural was a devastating tragedy, but the misguided, isolating intent of those funding murals like the one across the county is divisive and does not represent Providence," Smiley said in a statement.

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Chairman of the Narragansett Republican Party Anthony D'Ellena created a petition in an effort to keep the mural of Zarutska in Providence.

"This is exactly what Democrats do -- they try to erase the memory of their victims and they don't fix their soft-on-crime policies," D'Ellena told WPRI-TV. "They erase the evidence, so no one sees the deadly price of their policies."

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Records from the North Carolina Department of Adult Correction show Brown has a prior criminal history, including convictions for larceny, breaking and entering and armed robbery.

"Iryna was riding home on the train when a deranged monster, who had been arrested over a dozen times and was released through no-cash bail, stood up and viciously slashed a knife through her neck and body," President Trump said.

Don't worry: They have a new killer they're going to have to bury the evidence about.

They always have a new killer.

NEW: Repeat offender and Broadway dancer shoves a 76-year-old retired teacher down New York City subway stairs, killing him.

32-year-old Rhamell Burke was seen grinning in court after allegedly carrying out the horrific murder.

The victim, Ross Falzone, was a social worker for… pic.twitter.com/cBlbscyOOW

— Collin Rugg (@CollinRugg) May 11, 2026

This guy has been let out of jail repeatedly. The last time, he attacked a liberal woman, who refused to press charges because she couldn't bear to see a "black man in jail."

So now she's accessory to the murder this lunatic thug committed.

Savanah Hernandez
@Savsays

May 11
WTF: So apparently this criminal, Rhamell Burke, attacked a young woman on the subway and chased her until she found police who could help her.

She then DECLINED to press charges because she "didn't want to put another black man in jail".

5 weeks later, Burke shoves a 76-year-old retired teacher down a flight of stairs, killing him.

And it gets WORSE because apparently NYPD officers had sent Burke to the Bellevue Hospital for psychiatric evaluation earlier that day and within FIVE HOURS of his release, he went on to kill 76-year-old, Ross Falzone, while still wearing his hospital PSYCHIATRIC BRACELET.

Burke had also already been arrested four times prior for assault, burglary and resisting arrest.

Yet another horrific death that could have been prevented if NYC had enacted basic law and order and put this man in prison where he belonged...

Another accessory to murder:

“I now have the autonomy to be my authentic self on the bench and make decisions without fear of reprisals that might be contrary to what mainstream media people, who don’t see value in my people or our community, agree with.”

These are the words of the activist judge who… https://t.co/0D2mUllmxx pic.twitter.com/fw6fQfwPPB

— I Meme Therefore I Am 🇺🇸 (@ImMeme0) May 9, 2026

Sad! Woke hag Leslie Stahl feels "blindsided" that Bari Weiss pushed her aside for a Bibi Netanyahu interview and assigned it to some other liberal.

CBS News boss Bari Weiss blindsided "60 Minutes" legend Lesley Stahl by handing Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's first major US broadcast interview since the Iran war to Major Garrett -- a CBS News veteran who isn't part of the iconic show's correspondent roster, according to a report.

The decision stunned staffers because Stahl, the longtime "60 Minutes" star, had spent months trying to land the Netanyahu sit-down, according to the Status newsletter. She was bypassed in favor of Garrett -- a respected Washington journalist who is currently chief White House correspondent at CBS News.

The move marked the second time in recent months that Weiss reportedly secured a marquee interview for "60 Minutes" only to hand the assignment to Garrett instead of one of the program's own correspondents.

In March, Weiss tapped Garrett to interview Secretary of War Pete Hegseth -- then instructed that the high-profile sit-down air on "60 Minutes" despite Garrett not being one of the program's correspondents, according to Status.

According to Status, tensions erupted after Weiss personally booked Netanyahu for the interview and once again assigned Garrett to conduct it rather than Stahl or another "60 Minutes" correspondent.

The move reportedly sparked frustration among correspondents and producers, who viewed Netanyahu as having effectively gone around the traditional "60 Minutes" team with Weiss' assistance.

Some staffers believed Netanyahu preferred Garrett because he was viewed as a more agreeable interviewer, according to the report.

He's no prize himself. But I assume Stahl is worse.

Below: Badly Aging Skank Anita Sarkesian femsplains why she refuses to debate any of her claims with anyone who disagrees with her.

She claims it's very easy for people to argue for the status quo, whereas it's very very hard for leftwing morons like her to argue for "social justice" positions.

You see, we can just "say three words" and win the day, but they are forced to explain complex ideas to push their POV.

Complex ideas like "you're racist," "you need to be faaaaiir," "you hate women," etc.

Here is the clip.
Sarkeesian is responding to a question about what her biggest challenges are in trying to "shift the greater culture in games" and ending abuse and harassment.
This is her complete answer to that question. No clipping, no edits, nothing out of context. pic.twitter.com/9LNTZbIqqn

— Alex "The Hatman" Baldwin (@TheHat2) May 14, 2026