Chess Thread 09-15-2018

Pic #2: WIM Ivette Garcia Morales

Note on Problems

A white back, after some discussion, I decided to just present the problems as "White|Black to Play" and leave it up to you to figure out the best course of action. Well, I received a mild complaint last week on the MCP because the best course of action was a draw, and that's kind of a difficult evaluation to make. Because even though you may see the draw, how do you know for certain that there's not a win that you've overlooked? So based on that, I've added a "Goal" to each problem that's normally hidden, but you can view if you swipe the blank area with your mouse. We'll see how that works.

As always, the chess/dress pr0n thread is an open thread, so there is no such thing as an off-topic comment.

Easier Problem - White To Play (782)

Goal: There's a mate-in-2 here for you to find.
Hint: Surprisingly, the solution does NOT require any kind of wacky-ass underpromotion that you would almost certainly never see OTB

8/4P2P/6k1/8/5K2/8/8/8 w - - 0 1

Oh Capablanca

Neat song about chess:

People have asked whether she's singing about an actual game played by Capablanca. I have no idea.

(h/t 'Off the reservation')

More Challenging Problem - White To Play (791)

Find a winning line for White. Don't settle for a draw. This is a complicated position. The more I looked into it, the more I saw, and the decision tree expanded like kudzu. I have found two solutions (i.e. two completely different first moves by White) and so thefore there could be more. Coming up with a hint was hard, so I broke up the goal into two parts and hopefully you'll be able to get an idea how to solve this one:

Goal 1: Get the pawn safely to the queening square
Goal 2: Exploit your newly created material advantage

Hint: Force Black to trade off his queen while avoiding his threats of perpetual check

6K1/5PR1/3R4/4k3/8/8/q7/8 w - - 0 1

Dress Pr0n For The 'Ettes:

Playful monochrome in a #1950s novelty print dress, Mexican origins suggested by motifs of Mariachi musicians spinning around the skirt. Although printed cotton, it is given some extra sparkle with the addition of sequins outlining leaf motifs on the bodice @RISDMuseum #sparkle pic.twitter.com/4Gsm4TTDLK
— Dr Kate Strasdin (@kateStrasdin) July 27, 2018

Greetings from Portugal(click for larger sized version)

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Solutions Update

Easier Problem - White To Play

8/4P2P/6k1/8/5K2/8/8/8 w - - 0 1

1.h8=Q Kf7

That was the only legal move for Black.

2.e8Q#

Kaboom!

More Challenging Problem - White To Play

6K1/5PR1/3R4/4k3/8/8/q7/8 w - - 0 1

So White's strategic goals are:
1. Get that pawn queened
2. Force Black into a position where he has to trade his queen for White's queen.

For Black:
1. Avoid trading queens
2. Try to force a draw by perpetual checking.

One set of solutions starts out with the move

1.Rd5+

If Black responds with 1...Qxd5 then it's an easy win: 2.Rg5+ Ke6 3.Rxd5 Kxd5 4.f8Q

However, if black chooses 1...Kxd5 with the idea to get a draw through endless perpetual checks, then

2.f8=Q Kd4+
3.Rf7 Qd5 (not 3... Qg2+ 4.Qg7+ puts an end to the checks)
4 Qg7+ Kc5
5.Qc3+ Kb6
6.Qb4+ Ka6
7.Qa4+ Kb6
8.Qa7+ Kc6
9.Qb7+

And this check is what White has been trying to get to force the exchange.

9...Kc5
10.Qxd5+ Kxd5 and wins

If Black instead moves 2...Ke4+ then White's maneuvering is similar:

3.Qf7 Qa8+
4.Qf8 Qd5+
5.Qf7 Qd8+
6.Qf8 Qd5+
7.Kh8 Qh5+
8.Rh7 Qe5+
9.Qg7 Qe8+
10.Qg8 Qe5+
11.Rg7 Qh5+
12.Qh7+

Another solution begins with 1.Ra6:

1. Ra6 Qxa6
2. f8=Q Qe6+
3. Qf7 Qc8+
4. Qf8 Qe6+
5. Rf7 Kd4 (5... Qg6+ 6. Qg7+)
6. Qg7+ Kc5
7. Qc3+ Kb5
8. Qd3+ Kc5
9. Qf5+ Qd5
10. Qxd5+ and wins

A solution is:

1.Rgg6 Qb3

Black's queen needs to stay on that diagonal.

2.Rde6+ Qxe6

Otherwise, the pawn queens.

3.Rxe6+ Kxe6
4.f8=Q 1-0

Hope to see you all next week!

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Note: that cryptic line of letters and numbers you see underneath each board diagram is a representation of the position in what is known as "Forsyth-Edwards Notation", or F.E.N. It's actually readable by humans. Most computer applications nowadays can read FEN, so those of you who may want to study the position, you can copy the line of FEN and paste into your chess app and it should automatically recreate the position on its display board. Or, Windows users can just "triple click" on it and the entire line will be highlighted so you can copy and paste it into your chess app.

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So that about wraps it up for this week. Chess thread tips, suggestions, bribes, rumors, threats, and insults may be sent to my yahoo address: OregonMuse little-a-in-a-circle yahoo dott com.

Posted by: OregonMuse at 05:10 PM

Comments

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1 Chess!

Posted by: Surfperch at September 15, 2018 05:11 PM (hVHEm)

2 I like that chess player.

Posted by: HH at September 15, 2018 05:12 PM (mIJBI)

3 OOOOO, shiny!!!

Posted by: lin-duh at September 15, 2018 05:13 PM (kufk0)

4 highlighted so you can copy and past it into your chess app.

Posted by: OregonMuse at 05:10 PM

Copy and past?

Posted by: Surfperch at September 15, 2018 05:14 PM (hVHEm)

5 Secret Service dude with a Mohawk?

Posted by: klaftern at September 15, 2018 05:17 PM (RuIsu)

6 Is the girl in the fluffy pistachio thing going for a Hepburn look? If so, she's should keep on doing it. She's good at it.

Posted by: hogmartin at September 15, 2018 05:18 PM (y87Qq)

7 I know nothing about chess, but the ladies' dresses are fine!

Posted by: jayhawkone at September 15, 2018 05:19 PM (ZD+J8)

8 Trump looks like a fun guy.

Posted by: Max Power at September 15, 2018 05:19 PM (QCc6B)

9 I watched that famous Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall movie last night, where have all the classy women gone?

Posted by: Tinfoilbaby at September 15, 2018 05:20 PM (6Ll1u)

10 The open thread had screwed up margins. Couldn't read on my phone. Been pretty bored. Lol.

Posted by: Max Power at September 15, 2018 05:21 PM (QCc6B)

11 The weird thing about that Ivette Garcia Morales photo at top is that the black king rook on the board in front of her is from a different set -- different color from the other black pieces, different shape from the white rooks. So strange.

Posted by: zombie at September 15, 2018 05:21 PM (c+2jX)

12 Especially Melania's!!

Posted by: jayhawkone at September 15, 2018 05:21 PM (ZD+J8)

13 Where is the "Goal" listed for the dress pictures?

Posted by: Duncanthrax at September 15, 2018 05:22 PM (+28h2)

14 Problem 1:

Censored

Posted by: zombie at September 15, 2018 05:22 PM (c+2jX)

15 Copy and past?
Posted by: Surfperch at September 15, 2018 05:14 PM (hVHEm)

Huh. I've been posting that boilerplate text for months and you're the first person who caught that error. Thank you, I fixed it.

Posted by: OregonMuse, AoSHQ Thought Leader & Contributing Editor, Vanity Fair Magazine at September 15, 2018 05:23 PM (Y4xYR)

16 Is that The Andrews Sisters in the b/w pic or are they just watching the fleet come in?

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at September 15, 2018 05:23 PM (ZX8Kg)

17 Copy and past?
Posted by: Surfperch at September 15, 2018 05:14 PM

Ace's Time Machine.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at September 15, 2018 05:23 PM (+28h2)

18 Top 20?

Posted by: Thanatopsis at September 15, 2018 05:23 PM (FM0GI)

19 Pic #2: WIM Ivette Garcia Morales

Whoa. She's going to make some pawn a happy king.

Posted by: Grump928(C) Native Texan and Alabama Alumn, Twice as Smug as You at September 15, 2018 05:23 PM (yQpMk)

20 13 Where is the "Goal" listed for the dress pictures?
Posted by: Duncanthrax

The goal is to find a series of moves that make the dress come off. Very suave moves.

Posted by: zombie at September 15, 2018 05:24 PM (c+2jX)

21 Why are all of those women from the 40's (50's?) smiling?
I thought women were all miserable and oppressed before the Wymynz Movement.

Posted by: Margarita DeVille at September 15, 2018 05:24 PM (0jtPF)

22 On the chess set on my small tablet it looks to be made from wood, so its possible it might have taken the stain lighter, the white pieces might be clear.
Just a possibility

Posted by: Skip at September 15, 2018 05:24 PM (T4oHT)

23 Huh. I've been posting that boilerplate text for months and you're the first person who caught that error. Thank you, I fixed it.
Posted by: OregonMuse, AoSHQ Thought Leader & Contributing Editor, Vanity Fair Magazine at September 15, 2018 05:23 PM (Y4xYR)

I'm just as surprised as you are that I actually read (well, skimmed) the boilerplate text.

Posted by: Surfperch at September 15, 2018 05:25 PM (hVHEm)

24 ps. The Jayhawks are 2-1 for the first time since 2009, or the first time this decade! Rock Chalk!!

Posted by: jayhawkone at September 15, 2018 05:25 PM (ZD+J8)

25 21 Why are all of those women from the 40's (50's?) smiling?
I thought women were all miserable and oppressed before the Wymynz Movement.
Posted by: Margarita DeVille at September 15, 2018 05:24 PM (0jtPF)

-------

That's a shot of a White Wimmenz Slave Auction, Salt Lake City, ca. 1934

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at September 15, 2018 05:26 PM (ZX8Kg)

26 (11) It's a sign. She wants to meet you. Behind the bus station in Pine Bluff AR.

Posted by: klaftern at September 15, 2018 05:27 PM (RuIsu)

27 A grim life of havin' babies and makin' grub for the Master awaits.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at September 15, 2018 05:27 PM (ZX8Kg)

28 Easy Prob:
1. h8+Q Kf7
2. e8+Q#

Posted by: WOPR - Nationalist at September 15, 2018 05:27 PM (J70i0)

29 Is that The Andrews Sisters in the b/w pic or are they just watching the fleet come in?
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at September 15, 2018 05:23 PM (ZX8Kg)

I don't know who the fourth would be. To be fair, I don't even know what the Andrews Sisters looked like either so if that is them, I don't know which they are.

Posted by: hogmartin at September 15, 2018 05:27 PM (y87Qq)

30 Solution for problem #2:

Play really fast, moving your rooks around in as confusing a manner as possible, until black gets distracted and blunders.

Posted by: zombie at September 15, 2018 05:28 PM (c+2jX)

31 Why are all of those women from the 40's (50's?) smiling?

I thought women were all miserable and oppressed before the Wymynz Movement.

Pre- Grievance Culture.

Posted by: Mr. Peebles at September 15, 2018 05:28 PM (oVJmc)

32 Finally finished the yard. Mowing and edging and sawing and sweeping. Didn't feel good doing it, but it feels good to be done.

Now for the last of the Leinenkugel's Summer Shandy.

Posted by: rickl at September 15, 2018 05:28 PM (sdi6R)

33 It's the End Times! Bring on the Big XII!

Posted by: jayhawkone at September 15, 2018 05:29 PM (ZD+J8)

34 I got problem 1 after half a dozen other people did.

Posted by: rickl at September 15, 2018 05:29 PM (sdi6R)

35 Solution for problem #2:

Play really fast, moving your rooks around in as confusing a manner as possible, until black gets distracted and blunders.
Posted by: zombie at September 15, 2018 05:28 PM (c+2jX)

Our judges would also have accepted "shoot the hostage in the leg - take away the terrorists' initiative and make them react to you".

Posted by: hogmartin at September 15, 2018 05:29 PM (y87Qq)

36 Wow on FLOTUS. Shoes are beautiful!

Posted by: Gem at September 15, 2018 05:29 PM (XoAz8)

37
Do women grandmasters get penalized more often than men?

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at September 15, 2018 05:29 PM (LsBY9)

38 Zombie, I censored your answer at #14 because I didn't want the answer up there so early as a spoiler.

Posted by: OregonMuse, AoSHQ Thought Leader & Contributing Editor, Vanity Fair Magazine at September 15, 2018 05:30 PM (Y4xYR)

39 zombie, the depth and bredth of your eclectic knowledge never ceases to amaze me. You would have made quite a librarian. Coming from me that's a high compliment.

Posted by: Max Power at September 15, 2018 05:30 PM (QCc6B)

40 For problem #2, the goal is to get the black queen off the diagonal, allowing white to queen, so I assume the first moves are

1. Ra6 Qb3
2. Ra3

If the Q takes the rook, then white queens, and the attempt at perpetual check is quickly thwarted by interposing the R at f7, then the Q at g7 -- which is check, forcing a trade.

Posted by: zombie at September 15, 2018 05:31 PM (c+2jX)

41 Look at the pictures of these women, and compare it to fashion week. What happened?

Posted by: Tinfoilbaby at September 15, 2018 05:31 PM (6Ll1u)

42
Why are all of those women from the 40's (50's?) smiling?

They're actually wincing?

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at September 15, 2018 05:31 PM (LsBY9)

43 Easier problem:

Makes "okay" sign.

Posted by: Moron Robbie - Straight outta Wakanda, it's J-Tuff in da house! at September 15, 2018 05:31 PM (JTUFF)

44 Ouch. Well, it looks someone else also got #1 correct early, so there you are. Looks like my censorship of zombie was for naught.

Posted by: OregonMuse, AoSHQ Thought Leader & Contributing Editor, Vanity Fair Magazine at September 15, 2018 05:32 PM (Y4xYR)

45 How about a chest, dress and boobies thread!?!?

The 4 gals from the 40's are cute and FLOTUS is, as always, a class act.

Anybody ever play strip chess with a couple of bridesmaids?
Asking for a friend . . . .

Posted by: The Man from Athens at September 15, 2018 05:33 PM (QMwOT)

46 38 Zombie, I censored your answer at #14 because I didn't want the answer up there so early as a spoiler.
Posted by: OregonMuse

There is no First Amendment is chess, Mr. Bond!

Posted by: zombie at September 15, 2018 05:33 PM (c+2jX)

47 40 For problem #2, the goal is to get the black queen off the diagonal, allowing white to queen, so I assume the first moves are
1. Ra6 Qb3
2. Ra3

Yes, that's one way you can do it.

If the Q takes the rook, then white queens, and the attempt at perpetual check is quickly thwarted by interposing the R at f7, then the Q at g7 -- which is check, forcing a trade.
Posted by: zombie at September 15, 2018 05:31 PM (c+2jX)

And indeed, that is the correct strategy.

Posted by: OregonMuse, AoSHQ Thought Leader & Contributing Editor, Vanity Fair Magazine at September 15, 2018 05:34 PM (Y4xYR)

48 Sorry. Late this week.

The game in the Oh Capablanca video is supposed to be one of the singer's games played last year.

Posted by: Off the reservation at September 15, 2018 05:34 PM (vWMNq)

49 41 Look at the pictures of these women, and compare it to fashion week. What happened?
Posted by: Tinfoilbaby at September 15, 2018 05:31 PM (6Ll1u)

Liberalism

Posted by: The Man from Athens at September 15, 2018 05:34 PM (QMwOT)

50 38 Zombie, I censored your answer at #14 because I didn't want the answer up there so early as a spoiler.
Posted by: OregonMuse

But I gave my answer in old-school "English notation," so no one would have been able to understand it anyway!

Posted by: zombie at September 15, 2018 05:34 PM (c+2jX)

51 39 zombie, the depth and bredth of your eclectic knowledge never ceases to amaze me. You would have made quite a librarian. Coming from me that's a high compliment.
Posted by: Max Power

Maybe I am a librarian!

(Cue spooky theremin music.)

Posted by: zombie at September 15, 2018 05:35 PM (c+2jX)

52 Women of the 40 & 50's were not over burdened with the knowledge they were oppressed, sex starved,and career deprived.

Posted by: Skip at September 15, 2018 05:35 PM (T4oHT)

53 I like that chess player.
Posted by: HH at September 15, 2018 05:12 PM (mIJBI)

Those eyebrows should be outlawed by the World Chess Federation.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at September 15, 2018 05:36 PM (ZX8Kg)

54
Check out the "Fake Wind" link at Drudge. The Weather Channel's Mike Seidel was out there pretending he was in a high wind and about to be blown away. The camera pans around and there's two people casually strolling by in the background.

It's similar to the reporter in the canoe when some people just walk by. The water was just ankle deep.

I remember Mike Seidel. He used to be one of the weather guys on WYFF, Channel 4 here in Greenville, SC years back in the '90s.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion of a Poperin Pear at September 15, 2018 05:36 PM (8O3HH)

55
Zombie, I censored your answer

Approved. She once mentioned Alex Jones.

Posted by: Google, YouTube, Twitter at September 15, 2018 05:36 PM (LOgQ4)

56 Easy problem.

1. h8=Q any
2. e8=Q#

I don't get it. Unless the goal is something else. I'll peek before posting. Ok.

Posted by: Off the reservation at September 15, 2018 05:36 PM (vWMNq)

57 Women of the 40 50's were not over burdened with the knowledge they were oppressed, sex starved,and career deprived.

All Grievance Culture offers anyone is unhappiness. There is no path to a rewarding life in any of it. It's cancerous.

Posted by: Mr. Peebles at September 15, 2018 05:37 PM (oVJmc)

58 But I gave my answer in old-school "English notation," so no one would have been able to understand it anyway!
Posted by: zombie at September 15, 2018 05:34 PM (c+2jX)

We're all 29 here so of course it was gibberish.

Posted by: WOPR - Nationalist at September 15, 2018 05:37 PM (J70i0)

59
Why are all of those women from the 40's (50's?) smiling? I thought women were all miserable and oppressed before the Wymynz Movement.

Posted by: Margarita DeVille at September 15, 2018 05:24 PM (0jtPF)

Because they're all wearing sensible shoes

Posted by: Flawless Male Logic at September 15, 2018 05:38 PM (TAmPV)

60 Game thread means video games right? PS4 Spiderman got good reviews. As a 29 year old gamer, the gameplay footage looks designed to appeal to 14 year olds. It's tough to find games I want to play.

No Man's Sky continues to be satisfying, though. The updates are constant, and while it's more of a simulation than a game, it is eerily compelling and beautiful.

Posted by: Max Power at September 15, 2018 05:38 PM (QCc6B)

61 Ah, so now floor chess is a thing?

Posted by: logprof at September 15, 2018 05:38 PM (e7oj4)

62 They're not the Andrews Sisters.

Posted by: JT at September 15, 2018 05:38 PM (XSPsI)

63 Anybody ever play strip chess with a couple of bridesmaids?
Asking for a friend . . . .
Posted by: The Man from Athens at September 15, 2018 05:33 PM

3-D chess? You would want it to be challenging, correct?

Posted by: Spock at September 15, 2018 05:38 PM (+28h2)

64 The Korean chick is standing on a mirror.

Posted by: JT at September 15, 2018 05:39 PM (XSPsI)

65 And yet they get all butt-hurt when it gets pointed out that they're fake news.

Posted by: Gem at September 15, 2018 05:39 PM (XoAz8)

66 52 Women of the 40 & 50's were not over burdened with the knowledge they were oppressed, sex starved,and career deprived.
Posted by: Skip at September 15, 2018 05:35 PM (T4oHT)

Because they acted like ladies, made men feel like kings and got loads of dick because of it.

Win win if you ask me.

Posted by: The Man from Athens at September 15, 2018 05:40 PM (QMwOT)

67 Finally finished the yard. Mowing and edging and sawing and sweeping. Didn't feel good doing it, but it feels good to be done.

Hey! No lawn shaming!!!!

Posted by: Adriane the Perpetual Landscaping Critic ... at September 15, 2018 05:40 PM (AoK0a)

68 LSU vs. Auburn:

It's a damn shame they can't both lose.

Posted by: logprof at September 15, 2018 05:41 PM (e7oj4)

69 Those four ladies are not the Andrews sisters. Here are the Andrews Sisters.

http://tinyurl.com/hexmrar

Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at September 15, 2018 05:43 PM (mpXpK)

70 1950's novelty dress?

juli lynne charlot invented the poodle skirt in 1947. she was a performer, singer with xavier cugat, toured with the marx brothers, but her iconic 1950's fashion invention made her a millionaire. her company thrived for decades and she now lives in mexico where she made mexican print dresses and is writing her memoirs. i wouldn't be surprised if she designed the dress in the photo at top.

in any case, a remarkable woman and a remarkable success. her poodle skirt is one of the classic images of the time.

Posted by: mjc, the very, at September 15, 2018 05:44 PM (Pg+x7)

71 Ms. Morales looks as if she might delight in drinking cognac from the skulls of her opponents after defenestrating them on the board.

Posted by: Sharkman at September 15, 2018 05:44 PM (fRQju)

72 I like 50s dresses.

Hubby is watching some documentary about the game Go.

Posted by: votermom pimping NEW Moron-authored books! at September 15, 2018 05:44 PM (CE6iV)

73 Melania's dressed very retro.

Looks like she's out to snort a line with The Donald.

(Or he's going to snort a line off her)

Posted by: logprof at September 15, 2018 05:44 PM (e7oj4)

74 54
Check out the "Fake Wind" link at Drudge. The Weather Channel's Mike Seidel was out there pretending he was in a high wind and about to be blown away. The camera pans around and there's two people casually strolling by in the background.

It's similar to the reporter in the canoe when some people just walk by. The water was just ankle deep.

I remember Mike Seidel. He used to be one of the weather guys on WYFF, Channel 4 here in Greenville, SC years back in the '90s.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion of a Poperin Pear at September 15, 2018 05:36 PM (8O3HH)

I saw a tweet from Joe Bastardi earlier where he explains what was probably happening. He thinks Seidel was just trying to shield his microphone from the wind.

https://twitter.com/BigJoeBastardi/status/
1040951724335407104

Posted by: rickl at September 15, 2018 05:44 PM (sdi6R)

75 64 The Korean chick is standing on a mirror.
Posted by: JT at September 15, 2018 05:39 PM (XSPsI)

--I wish.

Posted by: logprof at September 15, 2018 05:44 PM (e7oj4)

76 Here's a neat little article on 40's suits:

https://vintagedancer.com/1940s/1940s-victory-suit/

Shorter skirts, unlined, and fewer colors because of war restrictions.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, Literate Savage at September 15, 2018 05:45 PM (kQs4Y)

77 For some reason, I picture that first dress being worn by a young Dale Evans in the 1940s. The lady was a fox.

Now to try to figure out the chess problems. Fun but usually futile.

Posted by: JTB at September 15, 2018 05:45 PM (V+03K)

78 Aw shit.

Hello, Barrel.

Posted by: logprof at September 15, 2018 05:45 PM (e7oj4)

79 welp.

Posted by: hogmartin at September 15, 2018 05:45 PM (y87Qq)

80 The Barrel hungers...

Posted by: All Hail Eris, Literate Savage at September 15, 2018 05:45 PM (kQs4Y)

81 At the capa capacablanca
Chess games and passion were always in fashion

Posted by: Insomniac at September 15, 2018 05:45 PM (NWiLs)

82 Hard Prob:

1. Ra6 Qxa6
2. f8+Q Qc4+
3. Kh8 Qh4+
4. Rh7 Qf6+
5. Qg7 and the queen trade is forced.

I think the key is to get the white king on the dark diagonal with the black king. But I was wrong last week, so probably wrong again.

Posted by: WOPR - Nationalist at September 15, 2018 05:46 PM (J70i0)

83 What is logprof trying to do?

Posted by: The Barrel at September 15, 2018 05:46 PM (vWMNq)

84 Missed the garden thread because I was out picking tobacco.
About 4-5 pounds. It won't make cigars but does make decent pipe tobacco.
It's starting to self seed ferociously so if I had actual dirt instead of a layer of dust over gravel on top of basalt, I might grow something decent.
The volunteer millet is getting ready to seed. Bird feed for the win!

Posted by: Winston at September 15, 2018 05:46 PM (wgCUV)

85 Thank you for the recap, logprof!

Posted by: Insomniac at September 15, 2018 05:46 PM (NWiLs)

86 I. See. Two. Threads.

Posted by: Jean-Luc Picard at September 15, 2018 05:46 PM (+28h2)

87 83 What is logprof trying to do?

==
he's got us surrounded!

Posted by: votermom pimping NEW Moron-authored books! at September 15, 2018 05:47 PM (CE6iV)

88 That's the second time you have done that logprof.

Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at September 15, 2018 05:47 PM (mpXpK)

89 Women's shoes you like to see, discuss

Posted by: Tinfoilbaby at September 15, 2018 05:47 PM (6Ll1u)

90 Problem 1:

1. h8(Q); Kf7. Black's move is forced even though he is not in check.
2. e8(Q)#.

Problem 2:

1. Rh6. (Followed by any move by black in which his queen stays on the diagonal where it is pinning white's pawn.)
2. Kh7.

Now if QxP, RxQ. Otherwise, f8(Q).

If a more detailed answer to #2 is desired, I don't have it.

Posted by: jdgalt at September 15, 2018 05:47 PM (3SFo/)

91 If OM can censor zombie ...

... OM ... clean-up on aisle 75 ... clean-up on aisle 75.

Posted by: Off the reservation at September 15, 2018 05:48 PM (vWMNq)

92 ... nice profile on charlot at wikipedia. apparently, she invented the poodle skirt because she needed a dress for a party. women liked it and the rest is history.

i thought it was worth noting because the poodle skirt wasn't just a design some company came up with - it was invented by an individual who made a going concern.

Posted by: mjc, the very, at September 15, 2018 05:48 PM (Pg+x7)

93 I don't know who the fourth would be. To be fair, I don't even know what the Andrews Sisters looked like either so if that is them, I don't know which they are.
Posted by: hogmartin at September 15, 2018 05:27 PM (y87Qq)

--------

I think the fourth one is Gummo Andrews.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at September 15, 2018 05:48 PM (ZX8Kg)

94 89 Women's shoes you like to see, discuss
Posted by: Tinfoilbaby at September 15, 2018 05:47 PM (6Ll1u)

Ankle straps!

Also, Docs and Steampunk boots.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, Literate Savage at September 15, 2018 05:48 PM (kQs4Y)

95 That's the second time you have done that logprof.
Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at September 15, 2018 05:47 PM (mpXpK)

Yeah but the first time was three times in one thread.

Posted by: hogmartin at September 15, 2018 05:48 PM (y87Qq)

96 I have no idea why I'm in the Hobos Division of Moron Football instead of the Barrel Division.

Posted by: logprof at September 15, 2018 05:49 PM (e7oj4)

97 logproof
It's been good to know ya

Posted by: Winston at September 15, 2018 05:49 PM (wgCUV)

98 The Korean chick is standing on a mirror.

Posted by: JT at September 15, 2018 05:39 PM (XSPsI)
Better than sitting on a glass coffee table I suppose

Posted by: Kindltot at September 15, 2018 05:49 PM (2K6fY)

99
This might be the very first time the barrel has claimed a victim from the chess/dress thread.

Posted by: Flawless Male Logic at September 15, 2018 05:49 PM (TAmPV)

100 Problem 2

White wins by avoiding perpetual check, I'd say, so h8 is where the white king needs to head, with a detour:

King goes to h7, threatening to queen. If black Q checks on h file, white rook interposes, black Q checks on diagonal, white K withdraws to h8, where black K prevents check on long diagonal.

If black takes only check available, on the 8th rank, rook interposes and no further check is available.

On any black move besides check (K takes R, for example), white queens the pawn.

I haven't played it out, but I'm satisfied that I can win the resulting position as white in either case.

Posted by: BJM at September 15, 2018 05:49 PM (O74hG)

101 88 That's the second time you have done that logprof.
Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at September 15, 2018 05:47 PM (mpXpK)

--Sheeeit, if only.

I've lost track of how many I actually have.

The Barrel has a designated parking spot with my name on it.

Posted by: logprof at September 15, 2018 05:51 PM (e7oj4)

102
Thank you for the recap, logprof!
Posted by: Insomniac

The recapablanca.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at September 15, 2018 05:52 PM (IqV8l)

103 Yeah but the first time was three times in one thread.

A hat trick !

Posted by: JT at September 15, 2018 05:52 PM (XSPsI)

104 I was feeling pretty good about getting the lawn mowed until I saw this:

67 Finally finished the yard. Mowing and edging and sawing and sweeping. Didn't feel good doing it, but it feels good to be done.

PDT and FLOTUS look comfortable and happy together.

Posted by: AmericanKestrel at September 15, 2018 05:52 PM (IDhUW)

105 Hubby is watching some documentary about the game Go.

Posted by: votermom pimping NEW Moron-authored books! at September 15, 2018 05:44 PM (CE6iV)

Ask him where he is watching it. Netflix? Hulu? This is something I would be interested in.

Posted by: OregonMuse, AoSHQ Thought Leader & Contributing Editor, Vanity Fair Magazine at September 15, 2018 05:53 PM (Y4xYR)

106 89 Women's shoes you like to see, discuss
Posted by: Tinfoilbaby at September 15, 2018 05:47 PM (6Ll1u)

--Shoes with mirrors on 'em.

Seriously, though, those shiny patent leather shoes or boots . . . bunk.

Posted by: logprof at September 15, 2018 05:53 PM (e7oj4)

107 This might be the very first time the barrel has claimed a victim from the chess/dress thread.
Posted by: Flawless Male Logic at September 15, 2018 05:49 PM

Rather than a victim, I prefer to think of it as a snack.

Posted by: The Barrel at September 15, 2018 05:53 PM (+28h2)

108 Winston, why can't you use it for cigars? Or maybe a sweetened cigarillo.

Posted by: Max Power at September 15, 2018 05:53 PM (QCc6B)

109 Better than sitting on a glass coffee table I suppose

That's from one of Wambaugh's novels.

Posted by: JT at September 15, 2018 05:53 PM (XSPsI)

110 Problem 2.

White needs to connect his rooks, queen the pawn and force a trade for black's queen. Then he's at least got 2 rooks against a lone king. So he has to unpin the king, avoid stalemate and avoid perpetual check.

I already see someone has posted one solution but there must be several. So I'm just going to check the ones posted.

Posted by: Off the reservation at September 15, 2018 05:54 PM (vWMNq)

111
Women's shoes you like to see, discuss
Posted by: Tinfoilbaby at September 15, 2018 05:47 PM

Any 'Pleaser' brand shoes on Amazon. The wife loves them. Reasonable price, great quality.

Posted by: Forgot My Nic at September 15, 2018 05:54 PM (LOgQ4)

112 I've lost track of how many I actually have.

The Barrel has a designated parking spot with my name on it.
Posted by: logprof at September 15, 2018 05:51 PM (e7oj4)

*brushes dust from nametag*
*steps out from valet booth*
*catches keys from logprof*

Good evening, Mr. logprof! Welcome back. Have a pleasant stay.

Posted by: hogmartin at September 15, 2018 05:54 PM (y87Qq)

113
Rather than a victim, I prefer to think of it as a snack.

Posted by: The Barrel at September 15, 2018 05:53 PM (+28h2)

The chess thread is brain food

Posted by: Flawless Male Logic at September 15, 2018 05:55 PM (TAmPV)

114 Good evening, Mr. logprof! Welcome back. Have a pleasant stay.
Posted by: hogmartin at September 15, 2018 05:54 PM (y87Qq)

I think the Barrel keeps a coffee mug with logprof's name on it.

Posted by: OregonMuse, AoSHQ Thought Leader & Contributing Editor, Vanity Fair Magazine at September 15, 2018 05:56 PM (Y4xYR)

115 Quick!

Somebody distract OM from Logprof's boner by blowing the margins!

Posted by: Sharkman at September 15, 2018 05:56 PM (fRQju)

116 Mandatory music:

https://youtu.be/iVaqQe3V498

Posted by: logprof at September 15, 2018 05:57 PM (e7oj4)

117 Just got home from my show... best show I've had yet!! I did good!! So happy

Thank you God!

Posted by: Jewells45 at September 15, 2018 05:58 PM (dUJdY)

118 Fatal shark attack on Cape Cod

https://tinyurl.com/y9aem9vc

Posted by: tu3031 at September 15, 2018 05:58 PM (jDF8P)

119 Posted by: Jewells45 at September 15, 2018 05:58 PM (dUJdY)

Congratulations, Jewell. I am happy for you and Amen!

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at September 15, 2018 05:59 PM (AllCR)

120 115 Quick!
Somebody distract OM from Logprof's boner by blowing the margins!

Posted by: Sharkman at September 15, 2018 05:56 PM (fRQju)

Um.

Phrasing.

Posted by: OregonMuse, AoSHQ Thought Leader & Contributing Editor, Vanity Fair Magazine at September 15, 2018 05:59 PM (Y4xYR)

121 Congrats jewells, hope you made a mint!

Posted by: San Franpsycho at September 15, 2018 06:00 PM (EZebt)

122 A woman's outfit is completed by her shoes and accessories, any man that pays attention knows that. My job as a man was to get the right accessories under the dress, by making her feel good. Do it right and it works for a loving couple. Her job was to make me less of a slob, so it all worked out. Duh.

Posted by: Tinfoilbaby at September 15, 2018 06:01 PM (6Ll1u)

123 Fatal shark attack on Cape Cod

"Show me the way to go home

I'm tired and I wanna go to bed

Posted by: JT at September 15, 2018 06:02 PM (XSPsI)

124 Jewells - Perseverence pays off. Congratulations

Posted by: Skip at September 15, 2018 06:03 PM (T4oHT)

125 My job as a man was to get the right accessories under the dress,

Well, yeah.

Posted by: JT at September 15, 2018 06:03 PM (XSPsI)

126 "Oh, Capablanca" sounds like the opening theme to the next James Bond movie,

"On Her Majesty's Secret Chess Team".

Posted by: naturalfake at September 15, 2018 06:03 PM (CRRq9)

127 Oregonmuse @ 10

The murkle of the internet will allow you to watch Japanese Go masters playing live, with Japanese commentary. Don't have the link, but my son is a regular partaker.

Posted by: BJM at September 15, 2018 06:04 PM (O74hG)

128 yay Jewells!

Posted by: votermom pimping NEW Moron-authored books! at September 15, 2018 06:04 PM (CE6iV)

129 maxpower
The leaves are too small this year. It was brutally hot. It's the second year I've tried to grow tobacco.
Quantity is an issue because of the poor soil. Also, this year I let it grow wild to see what happened. I won't make that mistake again. I am hoping to get enough to roll some cigars but the infrastructure is difficult. I'd need to build a proper curing barn and a proper curing space. It makes me appreciate the entire cigar growing and manufacturing process.

Posted by: Winston at September 15, 2018 06:05 PM (wgCUV)

130 Don't know what happened to that "5" at the end of the comment # there, OM.

Posted by: BJM at September 15, 2018 06:06 PM (O74hG)

131 She totally wants me.

Posted by: fluffy at September 15, 2018 06:06 PM (obpfe)

132 His bishop was small

Huh huh huh huh

Not mine, though.

Posted by: logprof at September 15, 2018 06:06 PM (e7oj4)

133 Fatal shark attack on Cape Cod

Need a bigger boat.

Posted by: Quint at September 15, 2018 06:07 PM (LOgQ4)

134 Oh you guys I needed this so bad. I was really doubting myself and if I should even be doing this. This was such a boost for me. I got so many compliments too.. just made my whole damn week!

Posted by: Jewells45 at September 15, 2018 06:07 PM (dUJdY)

135 Oh, just got back from lunch in Chelsea with AltonJackson. Shot this on the way out:

https://stoatnet.org/eljiffy.jpg

Yes, that's where it's from. All of it.

Posted by: hogmartin at September 15, 2018 06:07 PM (y87Qq)

136 Glad to hear it, Jewells.

Posted by: rickl at September 15, 2018 06:08 PM (sdi6R)

137 ... one of the interesting things about the poodle skirt is that it was seamless. as i said, charlot needed a dress for a party, so she went to her mother's factory which made felt and cut out a big circle from a single piece, added the appliques and voila!

Posted by: mjc, the very, at September 15, 2018 06:08 PM (Pg+x7)

138 Congratulations Jewell's!!!

Shark attack? Another victim of Trump's Gurricane Florence Catastrophe!!!111!!

Posted by: Winston at September 15, 2018 06:08 PM (wgCUV)

139 Chess Thread Rocks!

Dress Pic #1.......first one on the left with the wings.

She can fly me to the moon.

Posted by: Hairyback Guy at September 15, 2018 06:08 PM (EoRCO)

140 Just got home from my show... best show I've had yet!! I did good!! So happy Thank you God!

Posted by: Jewells45

Nice !

Posted by: JT at September 15, 2018 06:09 PM (XSPsI)

141 138 Hurricane.
I can't type

Posted by: Winston at September 15, 2018 06:09 PM (wgCUV)

142 105 OM, it is Netflix, title "The Surrounding Game"

Posted by: votermom pimping NEW Moron-authored books! at September 15, 2018 06:10 PM (CE6iV)

143 hogmartin--you just had lunch with Chelsea? Didn't the vacant expression get on your nerves?

Posted by: Northernlurker, but call me Teem at September 15, 2018 06:10 PM (nBr1j)

144 Posted by: Jewells45 at September 15, 2018 06:07 PM (dUJdY)

It's good to have these pick me-ups!. That's how I felt when I got your jewelry. Don' doubt yourself ^). You're very, very talented and having beautiful things to wear and look at is a blessing for your customers.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at September 15, 2018 06:10 PM (AllCR)

145 Thank you Fen..I appreciate it.

Thanks to you all. You really are my support group!!

Posted by: Jewells45 at September 15, 2018 06:11 PM (dUJdY)

146 hogmartin--you just had lunch with Chelsea? Didn't the vacant expression get on your nerves?
Posted by: Northernlurker, but call me Teem at September 15, 2018 06:10 PM (nBr1j)

The city in Washtenaw County, not the dimwitted unfortunate-looking Clinton.

There were a lot of horses around though, so you know, I really can't say she wasn't there. I never would have noticed.

Posted by: hogmartin at September 15, 2018 06:11 PM (y87Qq)

147 Problem 1:

h8(Q) Kf7
e8(Q)#

Problem 2:

Rd5+

Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at September 15, 2018 06:12 PM (RU6DO)

148 That video opens a James Bond movie about chess, rather than Baccarat or Texas Hold'em.

Posted by: BourbonChicken at September 15, 2018 06:12 PM (rnAwa)

149 108 Winston, why can't you use it for cigars? Or maybe a sweetened cigarillo.
***********************************

Close enough for government work!

Posted by: Bill Clinton at September 15, 2018 06:13 PM (FcAj4)

150 So this was Sharkornado attack in Myrtle beach?

Posted by: Skip at September 15, 2018 06:14 PM (T4oHT)

151 Yeah Bill C.
That was a humidor you had. The hard work was already done.

Posted by: Winston at September 15, 2018 06:15 PM (wgCUV)

152 135---Yes, that's where it's from. All of it.
Posted by: hogmartin at September 15, 2018 06:07 PM (y87Qq)
-----------------------
I had no idea!
For some reason I pictured a factory in Bumfuck, GA.

Posted by: Margarita DeVille at September 15, 2018 06:15 PM (0jtPF)

153 According to George Washington University, Florence has killed more people than World War II.

Posted by: Fish at September 15, 2018 06:16 PM (OJSib)

154 Snake attack, water moccasins nado

Posted by: Tinfoilbaby at September 15, 2018 06:17 PM (6Ll1u)

155 In problem 2:

Rd5+

If Queen takes rook then rook checks king and exchanges for queen (then queening pawn).

If king takes rook then pawn queens.

Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at September 15, 2018 06:17 PM (RU6DO)

156 I predict that the Tigers will win the LSU-Auburn game.

Posted by: logprof at September 15, 2018 06:17 PM (e7oj4)

157 According to George Washington University, Florence has killed more people than World War II.

Posted by: Fish at September 15, 2018 06:16 PM (OJSib)

That's true. Besides, all the deaths in WWII were the result of the stock market crash in '29 (things I've learned from Argentinian commies).

Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at September 15, 2018 06:18 PM (RU6DO)

158 Hi Jewells--what is the name of your store? Is it on Etsy?

Posted by: Ladyl at September 15, 2018 06:18 PM (TdMsT)

159 Late to Thread. But re: the top pic of Ms. Garcia Morales: She looks smart!!! I'd like to have a deep conversation with her.

Posted by: SteveOReno , I proudly self-identify as a Moron at September 15, 2018 06:18 PM (2sCft)

160 I predict that the Tigers will win the LSU-Auburn game.

Lunatic. The Tigers are guaranteed to lose the LSU-Auburn game.

Posted by: Grump928(C) Native Texan and Alabama Alumn, Twice as Smug as You at September 15, 2018 06:18 PM (yQpMk)

161 142 105 OM, it is Netflix, title "The Surrounding Game"
Posted by: votermom pimping NEW Moron-authored books! at September 15, 2018 06:10 PM (CE6iV)

Thank you!

Posted by: OregonMuse, AoSHQ Thought Leader & Contributing Editor, Vanity Fair Magazine at September 15, 2018 06:19 PM (Y4xYR)

162 I predict that the Tigers will win the LSU-Auburn game.
Posted by: logprof at September 15, 2018 06:17 PM (e7oj4)

That seems like a sure bet.

Posted by: SteveOReno , I proudly self-identify as a Moron at September 15, 2018 06:19 PM (2sCft)

163 Hey, my beer is half empty!

Posted by: Grump928(C) Native Texan and Alabama Alumn, Twice as Smug as You at September 15, 2018 06:19 PM (yQpMk)

164 And FLOTUS, Melania, is stunning as usual.

Posted by: SteveOReno , I proudly self-identify as a Moron at September 15, 2018 06:20 PM (2sCft)

165 I had no idea!
For some reason I pictured a factory in Bumfuck, GA.
Posted by: Margarita DeVille at September 15, 2018 06:15 PM (0jtPF)

Nope! ~~Bumfuck~~Chelsea Michigan. And AltonJackson is a very nice real person, in case anyone still thinks he's a bot.

We had lunch at https://www.sh52bbq.com/ and then we checked out the site for the MoMe and there was a dog and some horses. Now I have to clean bugs off the back of my cell phone. So that's my adventure for the day.

Posted by: hogmartin at September 15, 2018 06:20 PM (y87Qq)

166 the top pic of Ms. Garcia Morales: She looks smart!!! I'd like to have a deep conversation with her.

And put an accessory under her dress, right ?

Posted by: JT at September 15, 2018 06:20 PM (XSPsI)

167 Pretty move, TPOP!

Posted by: BJM at September 15, 2018 06:20 PM (O74hG)

168 LadyL.. just click on my nic and it takes you to my store. Thanks.. hope you find something you like and I love love love custom work. NaCly. Backwards Boy, Miley, Eris many more have bought from me or asked for custom orders. Happy shopping

Posted by: Jewells45 at September 15, 2018 06:21 PM (dUJdY)

169 Here's a Swedish food that makes lutefisk taste like peppermint candy:

Surstromming or herring that's been fermented for 6 months.

It's supposed to be the world's stinkiest food.

Here's two Swedish(??) guys trying it out:

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

Posted by: naturalfake at September 15, 2018 06:22 PM (CRRq9)

170 the top pic of Ms. Garcia Morales: She looks smart!!! I'd like to have a deep conversation with her.

And put an accessory under her dress, right ?
Posted by: JT at September 15, 2018 06:20 PM (XSPsI)

She could queen me all day long.

Posted by: SteveOReno , I proudly self-identify as a Moron at September 15, 2018 06:23 PM (2sCft)

171 I predict that the return of Murphy Brown will be bad.

Posted by: Grump928(C) Native Texan and Alabama Alumn, Twice as Smug as You at September 15, 2018 06:24 PM (yQpMk)

172 Thanks, BJM.

Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at September 15, 2018 06:25 PM (RU6DO)

173
Why do we never get Nike stock updates on threads that require effort to put seeds into the ground to grow something, threads that appreciate the companionship and caring for our pets, or threads that involve the mental expenditure of moving objects in space in order to defeat an opponent in a game?

#TimeToDeplatformAoS

Posted by: Comraderie at September 15, 2018 06:25 PM (LOgQ4)

174 I predict that the return of Murphy Brown will be bad.

She's coming back?? OMG...

Posted by: Jewells45 at September 15, 2018 06:25 PM (dUJdY)

175 I predict that the return of Murphy Brown will be bad.

I concur.

I didn't even recognize her.

Posted by: JT at September 15, 2018 06:25 PM (XSPsI)

176 Sources Say Thousands Yet To Die In Hurricane Florence Due To Trump Inaction

Posted by: This...Is CNN at September 15, 2018 06:26 PM (jDF8P)

177 I predict that the return of Murphy Brown will be bad.
Posted by: Grump928(C) Native Texan and Alabama Alumn, Twice as Smug as You at September 15, 2018 06:24 PM (yQpMk)

There's going to be a return of Murphy Brown?? Is hilarity going to ensure when Candace Bergen forgets to put on her Depends?

Posted by: OregonMuse, AoSHQ Thought Leader & Contributing Editor, Vanity Fair Magazine at September 15, 2018 06:26 PM (Y4xYR)

178 She's coming back?? OMG...
Posted by: Jewells45 at September 15, 2018 06:25 PM (dUJdY)

Remember Murphy Brown? She's back - in POG form.

Posted by: hogmartin at September 15, 2018 06:27 PM (y87Qq)

179
If all the bodies of people killed by Hurricane Florence were laid across the surface of the moon, it would cover the entire surface three meters deep.

#TruthAboutFlo

Posted by: Comraderie at September 15, 2018 06:28 PM (LOgQ4)

180 Solutions up.

Posted by: OregonMuse, AoSHQ Thought Leader & Contributing Editor, Vanity Fair Magazine at September 15, 2018 06:28 PM (Y4xYR)

181 Remember Murphy Brown? She's back - in POG form.

Oh yes I remember her show very well. I watched it. Back when I was a dumb liberal.

Posted by: Jewells45 at September 15, 2018 06:28 PM (dUJdY)

182 I didn't even recognize her.
She has not aged well. Not well at all...

Posted by: tu3031 at September 15, 2018 06:29 PM (jDF8P)

183 Did you see that Bewitched was coming back? Samantha is a single black woman, and Darren is a bumbling fool?

Posted by: Tinfoilbaby at September 15, 2018 06:29 PM (6Ll1u)

184 Melanie has amazing shoes!

Posted by: Rosasharn at September 15, 2018 06:29 PM (PzBTm)

185 I didn't even recognize her.
She has not aged well. Not well at all...

She still walks like Groucho.

Posted by: Grump928(C) Native Texan and Alabama Alumn, Twice as Smug as You at September 15, 2018 06:30 PM (yQpMk)

186 171 I predict that the return of Murphy Brown will be bad.
Posted by: Grump928(C) Native Texan and Alabama Alumn, Twice as Smug as You at September 15, 2018 06:24 PM (yQpMk)

--As if the first iteration were any good.

Posted by: logprof at September 15, 2018 06:30 PM (e7oj4)

187

If it's Murphy Brown, flush it down.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at September 15, 2018 06:30 PM (IqV8l)

188 63 Anybody ever play strip chess with a couple of bridesmaids?
Asking for a friend . . . .
Posted by: The Man from Athens at September 15, 2018 05:33 PM

3-D chess? You would want it to be challenging, correct?
Posted by: Spock at September 15, 2018 05:38 PM (+28h2)

Stimulating

Posted by: The Man from Athens at September 15, 2018 06:31 PM (QMwOT)

189 Here's two Swedish(??) guys trying it out:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hRAluSEqufs
Posted by: naturalfake at September 15, 2018 06:22 PM (CRRq9)

Freaking Hilarious!!!!!! I think people have the same reaction when getting nekkid with Hillary.

Thanks NFlake!

Posted by: Hairyback Guy at September 15, 2018 06:31 PM (EoRCO)

190 Alf is coming back too

Posted by: Tinfoilbaby at September 15, 2018 06:31 PM (6Ll1u)

191 Oh yes I remember her show very well. I watched it. Back when I was a dumb liberal.
Posted by: Jewells45 at September 15, 2018 06:28 PM (dUJdY)

I wonder if Tater is lined up to play the tenacious hard-hitting investigative journalAHAHAHAHAHAHA sorry I couldn't say it. I tried though!

Posted by: hogmartin at September 15, 2018 06:31 PM (y87Qq)

192 163 Hey, my beer is half empty!
Posted by: Grump928(C) Native Texan and Alabama Alumn, Twice as Smug as You at September 15, 2018 06:19 PM (yQpMk)

Now THAT's a state of emergency!!!

Posted by: The Man from Athens at September 15, 2018 06:32 PM (QMwOT)

193 I can't even remember who else was in that show. And where has Candice Bergen been for the last 20 years?

Posted by: Grump928(C) Native Texan and Alabama Alumn, Twice as Smug as You at September 15, 2018 06:32 PM (yQpMk)

194
168 LadyL.. just click on my nic and it takes you to my store. Thanks.. hope you find something you like and I love love love custom work. NaCly. Backwards Boy, Miley, Eris many more have bought from me or asked for custom orders. Happy shopping
Posted by: Jewells45 at September 15, 2018 06:21 PM (dUJdY)

Perfect! Thank you. I hope to start some Christmas shopping (or me-shopping) early this year.

Congratulations on your good day!

Posted by: Ladyl at September 15, 2018 06:32 PM (TdMsT)

195 I actually thought she was dead.

Posted by: Grump928(C) Native Texan and Alabama Alumn, Twice as Smug as You at September 15, 2018 06:32 PM (yQpMk)

196 Remember Murphy Brown? She's back - in POG form.

Oh yes I remember her show very well. I watched it. Back when I was a dumb liberal.
Posted by: Jewells45 at September 15, 2018 06:28 PM (dUJdY)
++++
Good Grief, that should be awful. What is the show going to show today's Murphy Brown doing investigative reporting at The Villages?? How old is Candice Bergen?

Posted by: SteveOReno , I proudly self-identify as a Moron at September 15, 2018 06:32 PM (2sCft)

197 Millennials have no original ideas

Posted by: Tinfoilbaby at September 15, 2018 06:33 PM (8oSf7)

198 She still walks like Groucho.

Too bad she doesn't talk like Harpo.

Posted by: JT at September 15, 2018 06:33 PM (XSPsI)

199 e8?! Can't the king just hide in e6?

Posted by: t-bird at September 15, 2018 06:33 PM (TQyCa)

200 The girl in the mint green dress looks exactly like my niece.

Posted by: Ladyl at September 15, 2018 06:34 PM (TdMsT)

201 190 Alf is coming back too
Posted by: Tinfoilbaby at September 15, 2018 06:31 PM (6Ll1u)

The gut that played the dad (Willie) on the show is dead.
I heard the midget in the Alf suit also passed away but on that I could be wrong.

Maybe this time he'll eat the cat....

Posted by: The Man from Athens at September 15, 2018 06:34 PM (QMwOT)

202 Murphy Brown was a thing back when Bush 41 was president, yes? What, 25, 26 years ago?

Posted by: Grump928(C) Native Texan and Alabama Alumn, Twice as Smug as You at September 15, 2018 06:34 PM (yQpMk)

203 Shit, almost 30 years ago.

Posted by: Grump928(C) Native Texan and Alabama Alumn, Twice as Smug as You at September 15, 2018 06:35 PM (yQpMk)

204 At least Hollywood has brought back The Equalizer, even if it falls short of the original.

I guess I should be grateful that the 'tards are not resurrecting and ruining too many other *good* shows (Moonlighting comes to mind).

Posted by: logprof at September 15, 2018 06:35 PM (e7oj4)

205 Thank you LadyL!!

Posted by: Jewells45 at September 15, 2018 06:36 PM (dUJdY)

206 People have been born, had kids, and died since then.

Posted by: Grump928(C) Native Texan and Alabama Alumn, Twice as Smug as You at September 15, 2018 06:36 PM (yQpMk)

207 Oops, now I see who moved to e8. That's a chess barrel for me.

Posted by: t-bird at September 15, 2018 06:36 PM (9uM40)

208 Murphy Brown was a thing back when Bush 41 was president, yes? What, 25, 26 years ago?
Posted by: Grump928(C) Native Texan and Alabama Alumn, Twice as Smug as You at September 15, 2018 06:34 PM (yQpMk)

++++
I'm sure the plot lines of the re-boot will be full of Wokeness!! I can't wait for all the Trump bashing and hysterical tilting at liberal windmills....

Posted by: SteveOReno , I proudly self-identify as a Moron at September 15, 2018 06:36 PM (2sCft)

209 Jewells - good for you! Nice to hear someone making headway doing what they love.

Posted by: cfo mom at September 15, 2018 06:37 PM (RfzVr)

210 Samantha is a single black woman, and Darren is a bumbling fool?
Posted by: Tinfoilbaby at September 15, 2018 06:29 PM

It writes itself in a Leftist world

Posted by: Skip at September 15, 2018 06:38 PM (T4oHT)

211 I predict that the return of Murphy Brown will be bad.

-

I wonder if it will air right before the new Magnum PI.

Sadly, I'm not joking.

Posted by: Moron Robbie is monkeying with his signature at September 15, 2018 06:38 PM (JTUFF)

212 I guess I should be grateful that the 'tards are not resurrecting and ruining too many other *good* shows (Moonlighting comes to mind).
Posted by: logprof at September 15, 2018 06:35 PM (e7oj4)

Stay tuned for Magnum PI. Magnum will be a neck-beard lumbersexual who might be gay. Higgins will be a Minority in good standing. TC will be a sassy black chick. Rick will be amalgam.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Gentleman Moron at September 15, 2018 06:38 PM (ISGB5)

213 Jewells - good for you! Nice to hear someone making headway doing what they love.

Posted by: cfo mom

Yeah.

like Steve writing resignation letters !

Posted by: JT at September 15, 2018 06:38 PM (XSPsI)

214 Remember how courageous Murphy Brown was in standing up for her right to have a baby out of Wedlock and defiantly stood up to Vice President Dan "Potatoe" Quayle? Good Times!!

Posted by: SteveOReno , I proudly self-identify as a Moron at September 15, 2018 06:39 PM (2sCft)

215 I heard the midget in the Alf suit also passed away but on that I could be wrong.
Posted by: The Man from Athens at September 15, 2018 06:34 PM (QMwOT)

Well it wasn't MY turn to let him out.

It wasn't, was it?

Oh dear.

Oh. Dear. Oh, this is terrible.

Posted by: hogmartin at September 15, 2018 06:39 PM (y87Qq)

216 171 I predict that the return of Murphy Brown will be bad.
Posted by: Grump928(C) Native Texan and Alabama Alumn, Twice as Smug as You at September 15, 2018 06:24 PM (yQpMk)
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Yep.
The original was amusing enough for a couple of seasons but got stale pretty quick.
I can't see how a revival will work.

Posted by: Margarita DeVille at September 15, 2018 06:40 PM (0jtPF)

217 You know, it's interesting how the same people who can imagine the "okay" sign standing for "white power" can't come up with a new TV show concept.

Posted by: Moron Robbie is monkeying with his signature at September 15, 2018 06:40 PM (JTUFF)

218 Alf is coming back, as Murphy Brown.

Posted by: klaftern at September 15, 2018 06:40 PM (RuIsu)

219 Wonder what James Monroe has up his sleeve.

Posted by: JT at September 15, 2018 06:40 PM (XSPsI)

220 Can anyone recommend a chess app for Android that would allow me to copy and paste in the FEN code for these problems?

Posted by: Toad-O at September 15, 2018 06:40 PM (cct0t)

221 Alf is coming back, as Murphy Brown.

Posted by: klaftern

She couldn't look any worse !

Posted by: JT at September 15, 2018 06:41 PM (XSPsI)

222 Murphy Brown was a thing back when Bush 41 was president, yes? What, 25, 26 years ago?

But way before that, what was it, a Clairol commercial where most of us saw her? A beauty. I know she was a much bigger model than that, but that's all I saw of her.

Posted by: t-bird at September 15, 2018 06:41 PM (oTMWb)

223 Hah. BYU just got caught with 14 men on the field.

Posted by: eleven at September 15, 2018 06:41 PM (NLLmE)

224 Yep.
The original was amusing enough for a couple of seasons but got stale pretty quick.
I can't see how a revival will work.
Posted by: Margarita DeVille at September 15, 2018 06:40 PM (0jtPF)

++++
But now they have the evil PDJT as their foil. How can this re-boot of Murphy Brown not be comedy gold every damn week??

Posted by: SteveOReno , I proudly self-identify as a Moron at September 15, 2018 06:41 PM (2sCft)

225 219 Wonder what James Monroe has up his sleeve.
Posted by: JT at September 15, 2018 06:40 PM (XSPsI)
----

Italian cannibal horror films.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, Literate Savage at September 15, 2018 06:41 PM (kQs4Y)

226 Candice had that chicken neck thing going.

She liked to hide it with scarfs and collars but she was still a chicken neck.

Old, fat and chicken neked is no way to go through life Candice.

Posted by: Hairyback Guy at September 15, 2018 06:42 PM (EoRCO)

227 ~~Millennials~~ Communists have no original ideas

Posted by: Tinfoilbaby at September 15, 2018 06:33 PM

FTFY. I can't blame a generation of youth, indoctrinated in public school systems, for believing the bullshit of a John Kerry, Jane Fonda, Bill Ayers, or a Hillary Clinton -- people we should have been able to put behind bars for the rest of their natural lives.

I feel guilty.

I'll get over the guilt. Will the country survive? That I don't know.

Posted by: Forgot My Nic at September 15, 2018 06:43 PM (LOgQ4)

228 Italian cannibal horror films.
Posted by: All Hail Eris, Literate Savage at September 15, 2018 06:41 PM (kQs4Y)

There's more than just the one?

Posted by: hogmartin at September 15, 2018 06:43 PM (y87Qq)

229 That's definitely not the Andrew sisters, I'm pretty sure, I think.

Posted by: Kreplach at September 15, 2018 06:44 PM (kT3/m)

230 There's more than just the one?
Posted by: hogmartin at September 15, 2018 06:43 PM (y87Qq)
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The hero with a thousand faces.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, Literate Savage at September 15, 2018 06:44 PM (kQs4Y)

231 Italian cannibal horror films.

Posted by: All Hail Eris

Featuring Cannibal Bob with a mustache and a bad accent ?

Posted by: JT at September 15, 2018 06:45 PM (XSPsI)

232 Wow, CBS is showing BYU as ranked at #64.

Posted by: Moron Robbie - Straight outta Wakanda, it's J-Tuff in da house! at September 15, 2018 06:46 PM (JTUFF)

233 No, I don't think it's the Andrews Sisters. Pretty sure it's not.

Posted by: SteveOReno , I proudly self-identify as a Moron at September 15, 2018 06:46 PM (2sCft)

234
Gay Italian cannibal horror films.

"Mama Mia! That'sa spicy man ball!"

Posted by: naturalfake at September 15, 2018 06:47 PM (CRRq9)

235 No, I don't think it's the Andrews Sisters. Pretty sure it's not.
Posted by: SteveOReno , I proudly self-identify as a Moron at September 15, 2018 06:46 PM (2sCft)

Vic said as much in post #69.

Posted by: hogmartin at September 15, 2018 06:47 PM (y87Qq)

236 >>>Yeah.

like Steve writing resignation letters !

Posted by: JT at September 15, 2018 06:38 PM

===========================
Yeah, I hope he's around tonite, I want to find out what he finally did. Hopefully slept it off and STFU. I understand being wound up, but he was on the verge of going down very destructive path.

Posted by: cfo mom at September 15, 2018 06:47 PM (RfzVr)

237 Last Man Standing will have more viewers than Roseanne without Roseanne in the first month

Posted by: Tinfoilbaby at September 15, 2018 06:47 PM (6Ll1u)

238 Wow, Auburn, way to shit the bed right on The Plains.

Posted by: logprof at September 15, 2018 06:48 PM (e7oj4)

239 Wow, CBS is showing BYU as ranked at #64.
Posted by: Moron Robbie - Straight outta Wakanda, it's J-Tuff in da house! at September 15, 2018 06:46 PM (JTUFF)

I didn't even know they ranked college football teams outside of the top 25?

Posted by: SteveOReno , I proudly self-identify as a Moron at September 15, 2018 06:48 PM (2sCft)

240 No, I don't think it's the Andrews Sisters. Pretty sure it's not.

Posted by: SteveOReno

Its not The Mills Brothers either.

Posted by: JT at September 15, 2018 06:48 PM (XSPsI)

241 Cannibal Bob as Guido Sarducci? With People breath.

Posted by: klaftern at September 15, 2018 06:48 PM (RuIsu)

242
Wonder what James Monroe has up his sleeve.

Doctrine

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at September 15, 2018 06:48 PM (IqV8l)

243 Last Man Standing will have more viewers than Roseanne without Roseanne in the first month
Posted by: Tinfoilbaby at September 15, 2018 06:47 PM (6Ll1u)

Let's hope Tim Allen keeps his Planet of the Apes tweets to himself.....

Posted by: SteveOReno , I proudly self-identify as a Moron at September 15, 2018 06:49 PM (2sCft)

244 Based on my theory that Jordan-Hare is work 14 points, LSU is clearly the better team.

Posted by: Grump928(C) Native Texan and Alabama Alumn, Twice as Smug as You at September 15, 2018 06:49 PM (yQpMk)

245 "Mama Mia! That'sa spicy man ball!"

Posted by: naturalfake

LOL !

Posted by: JT at September 15, 2018 06:49 PM (XSPsI)

246 worth

FMK

Posted by: Grump928(C) Native Texan and Alabama Alumn, Twice as Smug as You at September 15, 2018 06:49 PM (yQpMk)

247 Wow, Auburn, way to shit the bed right on The Plains.
Posted by: logprof at September 15, 2018 06:48 PM (e7oj4)

I thought Oklahoma was where the wind shits the bed right on The Plains.

Posted by: hogmartin at September 15, 2018 06:49 PM (y87Qq)

248 I thought Oklahoma was where the wind shits the bed right on The Plains.
Posted by: hogmartin at September 15, 2018 06:49 PM (y87Qq)

One of my favorite musicals!!!

Posted by: SteveOReno , I proudly self-identify as a Moron at September 15, 2018 06:50 PM (2sCft)

249 222---But way before that, what was it, a Clairol commercial where most of us saw her? A beauty. I know she was a much bigger model than that, but that's all I saw of her.
Posted by: t-bird at September 15, 2018 06:41 PM (oTMWb)
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She was in a lot of movies. Carnal Knowledge. The Love Story sequel. Other stuff.

And yes, she was a great beauty in her prime.

She was beyond the beautiful-romantic-lead age when Murphy Brown came out.

Posted by: Margarita DeVille at September 15, 2018 06:50 PM (0jtPF)

250 I didn't even know they ranked college football teams outside of the top 25?
Posted by: SteveOReno , I proudly self-identify as a Moron at September 15, 2018 06:48 PM (2sCft)

--Yes, they do.

But for the past five seasons, only the Playoff Committee's rankings mean anything. The rest are jack shit.

Posted by: logprof at September 15, 2018 06:50 PM (e7oj4)

251 Ooh, Melania's shoes!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Posted by: bluebell at September 15, 2018 06:50 PM (C1PQi)

252 Cannibal Bob as Guido Sarducci? With People breath.

Posted by: klaftern

Bita the Pope in the Pizza Contest.

Posted by: JT at September 15, 2018 06:51 PM (XSPsI)

253 I just started Wes Anderson's "Isle of Dogs". I love that the Japanese "Cat Power" cat face and image is omnipresent and threatening. I'm sure the dogs are plotting their revenge.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, Literate Savage at September 15, 2018 06:51 PM (kQs4Y)

254 Cubs win. Cleveland clinches. Now we need Milwaukee to lost. They start in ten minutes. Do your bathroom break now.

Posted by: grammie winger at September 15, 2018 06:51 PM (lwiT4)

255 Yeah, I hope he's around tonite, I want to find out what he finally did. Hopefully slept it off and STFU. I understand being wound up, but he was on the verge of going down very destructive path.
Posted by: cfo mom at September 15, 2018 06:47 PM (RfzVr)

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I wouldn't worry. He had calmed down and shortened up that letter a lot even before the end of that thread.

Posted by: Calm Mentor at September 15, 2018 06:52 PM (I16G8)

256 But for the past five seasons, only the Playoff Committee's rankings mean anything. The rest are jack shit.
Posted by: logprof at September 15, 2018 06:50 PM (e7oj4)

++++
Should the college football playoffs be expanded to include eight teams from the current four? Discuss.

Posted by: SteveOReno , I proudly self-identify as a Moron at September 15, 2018 06:52 PM (2sCft)

257 Do your bathroom break now.

I don't hafta go right now.

Posted by: JT at September 15, 2018 06:52 PM (XSPsI)

258 Wow, Cougars beat the Badgers in Madison.

Posted by: logprof at September 15, 2018 06:52 PM (e7oj4)

259 I wonder if it will air right before the new Magnum PI.

Sadly, I'm not joking.
Posted by: Moron Robbie is monkeying with his signature at September 15, 2018 06:38 PM (JTUFF)
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NO

Posted by: bluebell at September 15, 2018 06:53 PM (C1PQi)

260 You are assuming that they were born as sisters. *rewrites history just a little*. Try searching again.

Posted by: Google.com at September 15, 2018 06:53 PM (dVAq+)

261 235---Vic said as much in post #69.
Posted by: hogmartin at September 15, 2018 06:47 PM (y87Qq)
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Yeah, but he may not know that much about those really modern acts.

Posted by: Margarita DeVille at September 15, 2018 06:53 PM (0jtPF)

262
Yea, Alabama! Drown 'em Tide!
Every 'Bama man's behind you,
Hit your stride.
Go teach the Bulldogs to behave,
Send the Yellow Jackets to a watery grave.
And if a man starts to weaken,
That's a shame!
For Bama's pluck and grit have
Writ her name in Crimson flame.
Fight on, fight on, fight on men!
Remember the Rose Bowl, we'll win then.
Go, roll to victory,
Hit your stride,
You're Dixie's football pride,
Crimson Tide, Roll Tide, Roll Tide!!

Posted by: Grump928(C) Native Texan and Alabama Alumn, Twice as Smug as You at September 15, 2018 06:53 PM (yQpMk)

263 Those aren't the Andrews Sisters. Ok, back to baseball. Only two weeks left in the regular season. Don't waste it.

Posted by: grammie winger at September 15, 2018 06:53 PM (lwiT4)

264 She was beyond the beautiful-romantic-lead age when Murphy Brown came out.
Posted by: Margarita DeVille at September 15, 2018 06:50 PM (0jtPF)

I first saw her in "The Sand Pebbles".

Steve McQueen should have left her to be ravished by those mad Chinamen.

Posted by: Hairyback Guy at September 15, 2018 06:54 PM (EoRCO)

265 Stay
tuned for Magnum PI. Magnum will be a neck-beard lumbersexual who might
be gay. Higgins will be a Minority in good standing. TC will be a sassy
black chick. Rick will be amalgam.

Magnum is a SEAL who comes back from Afghanistan, possibly Latino. Higgins is now a chick. TC is still a black guy flying the same helicopter. Rick is still a white guy. Looks like there's lots of chicks and Asians.

Posted by: tu3031 at September 15, 2018 06:54 PM (jDF8P)

266 Cubs win. Cleveland clinches. Now we need Milwaukee to lost. They start in ten minutes. Do your bathroom break now.
Posted by: grammie winger at September 15, 2018 06:51 PM (lwiT4

Drinking gallons of water so I can super hydrate!!

Posted by: SteveOReno , I proudly self-identify as a Moron at September 15, 2018 06:54 PM (2sCft)

267 bluebell!

Your door prizes have been passed on to AltonJackson for safekeeping. He practiced a bit in the parking lot before he left. Good technique!

Posted by: hogmartin at September 15, 2018 06:55 PM (y87Qq)

268 ---Vic said as much in post #69.
Posted by: hogmartin at September 15, 2018 06:47 PM (y87Qq)
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Yeah, but he may not know that much about those really modern acts.

Posted by: Margarita DeVille

He used to babysit for them.

Posted by: JT at September 15, 2018 06:55 PM (XSPsI)

269 Those aren't the Andrews Sisters. Ok, back to baseball. Only two weeks left in the regular season. Don't waste it.
Posted by: grammie winger at September 15, 2018 06:53 PM (lwiT4)
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grammie, I'm hoping CBD and I will still be friends by the end of the season. In these next two weeks the Sox play the Yankees six times.

Posted by: bluebell at September 15, 2018 06:55 PM (C1PQi)

270 Wow, Cougars beat the Badgers in Madison.
Posted by: logprof at September 15, 2018 06:52 PM (e7oj4)

Wow. Big upset.

Posted by: SteveOReno , I proudly self-identify as a Moron at September 15, 2018 06:55 PM (2sCft)

271 Should the college football playoffs be expanded to include eight teams from the current four? Discuss.
Posted by: SteveOReno , I proudly self-identify as a Moron at September 15, 2018 06:52 PM (2sCft)

--I like four.

*Should* is a strong word. It may be funner, but I'm fine with just four.

I would only support eight if there were guaranteed spots for conference winners and three at-large slots.

Posted by: logprof at September 15, 2018 06:55 PM (e7oj4)

272 I didn't even know they ranked college football teams outside of the top 25?

Posted by: SteveOReno , I proudly self-identify as a Moron at September 15, 2018 06:48 PM (2sCft)

--

Yeah, CBS will rank them up to #129. I think there are some AP rankings up to 50 or so, too. Meaningless, but gives some idea of standings.

Posted by: Moron Robbie - Straight outta Wakanda, it's J-Tuff in da house! at September 15, 2018 06:55 PM (JTUFF)

273 About that AZ Senate race...

https://tinyurl.com/y793s3n2

Posted by: Ha at September 15, 2018 06:56 PM (MAstk)

274 Maybe they'll bring back The Lone Ranger except this time he's all #BLM, going around shooting ICE agents and helping undocumented workers.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Tyrannosaur Wrangler at September 15, 2018 06:56 PM (+y/Ru)

275 >>> Cubs win. Cleveland clinches. Now we need Milwaukee to lost. They start in ten minutes. Do your bathroom break now.

Red Sox leading the Mets.

Posted by: fluffy at September 15, 2018 06:56 PM (obpfe)

276 Sorry Vic, I couldn't resist.

Posted by: JT at September 15, 2018 06:56 PM (XSPsI)

277 Your door prizes have been passed on to AltonJackson for safekeeping. He practiced a bit in the parking lot before he left. Good technique!
Posted by: hogmartin at September 15, 2018 06:55 PM (y87Qq)
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It took me a minute to get what you were talking about. I was thinking of something else. Ha.

Posted by: bluebell at September 15, 2018 06:56 PM (C1PQi)

278 Wow, Cougars beat the Badgers in Madison.

Crap. Wasn't watching that one at all. Priorities. Ok Here come the Brewers. Everybody cross their fingers that they all walk into a door.

Posted by: grammie winger at September 15, 2018 06:56 PM (lwiT4)

279 262. Is the nearly-religious fervor generated by Saban in fact the manifestation of a collective memory of the worldwide Slavic super civilization under the dominion of spacefaring Slavic Overlords?
Ancient Slavonaut theorists say yes

Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine, GECSPLAN, SMR and Ancient Slavonaut Newsletters at September 15, 2018 06:56 PM (fA1SL)

280 Should the college football playoffs be expanded to include eight teams from the current four?

You mean seven spots because OBVIously a permanent spot goes to Notre Dame.

Posted by: NBC at September 15, 2018 06:57 PM (dVAq+)

281 Red Sox leading the Mets.
Posted by: fluffy at September 15, 2018 06:56 PM (obpfe)
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After that horrible display yesterday.

Posted by: bluebell at September 15, 2018 06:57 PM (C1PQi)

282 (breaks for cold drinks)

Hot out there today. Over 100, I think. Started hoeing weeds in the SW corner of my lot; that got transmogrified into cutting down the many, many limbs of a mostly-dead oleander bush, and that shifted into cutting the dead wood out of surprisingly still-living Pomegranate tree. Now I have a yuuge pile of limbs to cut up and bag, because I cannot burn them.

My Triumph TR6 got rehomed today, despite the starter piling up when the lady took it for a test drive. Ignition switch didn't return to "run" after she started the engine, and the starter stayed engaged, and got spun apart by the engine. I removed it, and took the end cover off, and inside was...rubble. Only way to describe it. I have ordered a new one, and it will ship Monday.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 15, 2018 06:57 PM (iwUO9)

283 grammie, I'm hoping CBD and I will still be friends by the end of the season. In these next two weeks the Sox play the Yankees six times.

Posted by: bluebell

Good thing you got that lucky haircut !

Posted by: JT at September 15, 2018 06:58 PM (XSPsI)

284 grammie, I know baseball and all but did you see Melania's shoes in that picture above? They're gorgeous.

Posted by: bluebell at September 15, 2018 06:58 PM (C1PQi)

285 --I like four.

*Should* is a strong word. It may be funner, but I'm fine with just four.

I would only support eight if there were guaranteed spots for conference winners and three at-large slots.
Posted by: logprof at September 15, 2018 06:55 PM (e7oj4)

Hmm. I like that proposal. I hate seeing four teams with two from the same power five conference. I'd like to see some of the zero or one-loss teams from the other non-power five conferences at least have a chance to get to the big dance.

Posted by: SteveOReno , I proudly self-identify as a Moron at September 15, 2018 06:59 PM (2sCft)

286 Here's the lineup for the new Magnum P.I.:

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7942796/?ref_=nv_sr_1

I'm sure they're all fine people but they lack a certain, I dunno, substance?

Tom Selleck was a demigod.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, Literate Savage at September 15, 2018 06:59 PM (kQs4Y)

287 About that AZ Senate race...

https://tinyurl.com/y793s3n2

Posted by: Ha at September 15, 2018 06:56 PM (MAstk)

I saw that. Sinema is a diseased front-hole.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 15, 2018 06:59 PM (iwUO9)

288 Should the college football playoffs be expanded to include eight teams from the current four? Discuss.
Posted by: SteveOReno , I proudly self-identify as a Moron at September 15, 2018 06:52 PM (2sCft)
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NO.
There will be just as much controversy over the 8 picks as there is over the 4.
I don't care what number you pick for a playoff --- doesn't basketball have 548 teams now?---- there will be bubble teams and bitching.

Posted by: Margarita DeVille at September 15, 2018 07:00 PM (0jtPF)

289 Tom Selleck was a demigod.

And now he shills reverse mortgages.

How far the mighty have fallen.

Posted by: JT at September 15, 2018 07:00 PM (XSPsI)

290 I bet the rebooted Murphy Brown will have her going transgender rather than single mom

Posted by: votermom pimping NEW Moron-authored books! at September 15, 2018 07:01 PM (CE6iV)

291 Italian cannibal horror films.

Posted by: All Hail Eris

------

Italian cannibals put garlic on everyone.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at September 15, 2018 07:01 PM (ZX8Kg)

292 Tom Selleck was a demigod.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, Literate Savage at September 15, 2018 06:59 PM (kQs4Y)

Toxic masculinity!

Posted by: Insomniac at September 15, 2018 07:01 PM (NWiLs)

293 there will be bubble teams and bitching.

Posted by: Margarita DeVille

Not like tennis.

Posted by: JT at September 15, 2018 07:01 PM (XSPsI)

294 262. Is the nearly-religious fervor generated by Saban in fact the manifestation of a collective memory of the worldwide Slavic super civilization under the dominion of spacefaring Slavic Overlords?
Ancient Slavonaut theorists say yes
Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine, GECSPLAN, SMR and Ancient Slavonaut Newsletters at September 15, 2018 06:56 PM (fA1SL)

Aren't Saban and Belichik both of the same nationality? Enlighten me Uncle Palp.

Posted by: SteveOReno , I proudly self-identify as a Moron at September 15, 2018 07:01 PM (2sCft)

295 Tom Selleck was a demigod.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, Literate Savage at September 15, 2018 06:59 PM (kQs4Y)

He was the coolest TV character, bar none. And now as Commisioner Reagan, he has a crazy amount of gravitas.

He also kicked as as Quigley.

Hero worship. Yes I Much!

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Gentleman Moron at September 15, 2018 07:02 PM (ISGB5)

296 Hmm. I like that proposal. I hate seeing four teams with two from the same power five conference. I'd like to see some of the zero or one-loss teams from the other non-power five conferences at least have a chance to get to the big dance.
Posted by: SteveOReno , I proudly self-identify as a Moron at September 15, 2018 06:59 PM (2sCft)

--Yeah, maybe a sixth spot for a mid-major champ who is undefeated, like UCF last year.

Posted by: logprof at September 15, 2018 07:02 PM (e7oj4)

297 Japanese, in angry mode, sounds like the speaker was toilet-trained at gunpoint.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, Literate Savage at September 15, 2018 07:03 PM (kQs4Y)

298 Here come The Dodgers

Posted by: Tinfoilbaby at September 15, 2018 07:04 PM (6Ll1u)

299 289 Tom Selleck was a demigod.

And now he shills reverse mortgages.

How far the mighty have fallen.
Posted by: JT at September 15, 2018 07:00 PM (XSPsI)

--Doesn't he have a show now?

Blue Bloods?

Posted by: logprof at September 15, 2018 07:04 PM (e7oj4)

300 grammie, I'm hoping CBD and I will still be friends by the end of the season. In these next two weeks the Sox play the Yankees Oakland A's six times.

fify

Posted by: Hands - perenially disappointed by the Mariners at September 15, 2018 07:04 PM (786Ro)

301 Italian cannibals put garlic on everyone.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at September 15, 2018 07:01 PM (ZX8Kg)

And serve them with a chewy cab.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, Literate Savage at September 15, 2018 07:04 PM (kQs4Y)

302 Japanese, in angry mode, sounds like the speaker was toilet-trained at gunpoint.
Posted by: All Hail Eris, Literate Savage at September 15, 2018 07:03 PM (kQs4Y)
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You say that like it's not the way it's supposed to be done.

Posted by: bluebell at September 15, 2018 07:04 PM (C1PQi)

303 297 LOL Eris

although only true for men
Japanese men and Japanese women almost sound like they're speaking different languages.

Posted by: votermom pimping NEW Moron-authored books! at September 15, 2018 07:04 PM (CE6iV)

304 Ahg, fify FAIL

Posted by: Hands - perenially disappointed by the Mariners at September 15, 2018 07:04 PM (786Ro)

305 Tom Selleck was a demigod.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, Literate Savage at September 15, 2018 06:59 PM (kQs4Y)

He was the coolest TV character, bar none. And now as Commisioner Reagan, he has a crazy amount of gravitas.

He also kicked as as Quigley.

Hero worship. Yes I Much!

-
He was also good in the Jesse Stone TV movies.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Tyrannosaur Wrangler at September 15, 2018 07:05 PM (+y/Ru)

306 I bet the rebooted Murphy Brown will have her going transgender rather than single mom

Saw a preview of it. Looks like it will feature massive TDS.

Not that I'll watch it.

Posted by: tu3031 at September 15, 2018 07:05 PM (jDF8P)

307 294. Saban's from a Jugo family what settled in Best Virginia. They're thrice-blessed in that regard.
Belichik - well, dude's got an SMR name, 'White One,' so there it is. (Huh. Another Jugo, from PA stock, originally. )

Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine, GECSPLAN, SMR and Ancient Slavonaut Newsletters at September 15, 2018 07:05 PM (fA1SL)

308 That's okay, Hands. You're perennially disappointed anyway.

JK. I knew what you meant.

Posted by: bluebell at September 15, 2018 07:05 PM (C1PQi)

309 297. Japanese women sound like they're reciting poetry. Japanese men speak like they're spitting out hot gravel.

Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine, GECSPLAN, SMR and Ancient Slavonaut Newsletters at September 15, 2018 07:06 PM (fA1SL)

310 I would let Ivette Garcia Morales play with my Bishop.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 15, 2018 07:07 PM (iwUO9)

311 I meant, of course, male Japanese speakers, who sound like they are shitting 30mm word-shells out of 5mm a-holes.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, Literate Savage at September 15, 2018 07:09 PM (kQs4Y)

312 >>> Japanese women sound like they're reciting poetry.

I remember calling Bloomberg while working overnights. At that hour the call went to Tokyo. Very pleasant on the ears.

Posted by: fluffy at September 15, 2018 07:09 PM (obpfe)

313 Epic choke job at home by Auburn.

Posted by: logprof at September 15, 2018 07:10 PM (e7oj4)

314 Lots of pretty young women in the stands at Auburn in need of consolation.

Posted by: logprof at September 15, 2018 07:11 PM (e7oj4)

315 Chinese speakers of either sex always sound mad.

Posted by: votermom pimping NEW Moron-authored books! at September 15, 2018 07:11 PM (CE6iV)

316 Well, off to go visit my dear old Mom OReno for the evening. She's 85 years old and Alzheimers, but I'm glad she's still around to visit. She lost my dad in March this year, after 67 years of happily wedded bliss. And she's still fun to be with. We'll watch her favorite show, "Molly B's Polka Party" on RFD-TV. Good times. Have a good and blessed evening, Horde!! Play nice.

Posted by: SteveOReno , I proudly self-identify as a Moron at September 15, 2018 07:11 PM (2sCft)

317 Have fun, Steve.

Posted by: JT at September 15, 2018 07:12 PM (XSPsI)

318 Texas Board Of Ed Votes To Pull Hillary Clinton And Helen Keller From Social Studies Curriculum

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Seems fair. One is blind, deaf and dumb and the other is morally blind, deaf and dumb.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Tyrannosaur Wrangler at September 15, 2018 07:13 PM (+y/Ru)

319 Have a good visit, SteveOReno. Enjoy.

Posted by: hogmartin at September 15, 2018 07:13 PM (y87Qq)

320 My British mom wore a suit when she married my American dad in 1944, not too long before he left to go across to France with the 813th Tank Destroyer Battalion. She was stunning. He was a handsome first Lieutenant.

Posted by: Mrs. Leggy at September 15, 2018 07:13 PM (WY9Hg)

321 StevOReno, I love that there is still a polka underground. One of the Detroit stations used to have polka programming for the Hamtramck crowd back in the day.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, Literate Savage at September 15, 2018 07:13 PM (kQs4Y)

322 LSU! Geaux Tigers!

Posted by: Toad-O at September 15, 2018 07:14 PM (cct0t)

323 My British mom wore a suit when she married my American dad in 1944, not too long before he left to go across to France with the 813th Tank Destroyer Battalion. She was stunning. He was a handsome first Lieutenant.

Posted by: Mrs. Leggy

Nice !

Posted by: JT at September 15, 2018 07:14 PM (XSPsI)

324 I remember one "Chess Life" column by Chess Grandmaster
Andy Soltis. In his story, Mr White asks Mr Black if he would like to play a game of chess.

Mr Black: I really don't know how to play.
Mr White: Oh, come on! I insist.

The game went (for obvious reasons I use the old descriptive notation)

White Black
1. P-K4 P-K4
2. P-Q4 P-Q4
3. QPxP QPxP
4. QxQch KxK!!

It turns out Mr Black was being honest rather than self deprecating. He really DIDN'T know how to play, and was just mirroring moves.

How many moves can a game last with Black not knowing how to play, just mimicking moves, before White realizes this?

Reviewing chess openings, I see a sequence in
A39, Encyclopedia of Chess Openings, goes

White Black
1. P-QB4 P-QB4
2. N-QB3 N-QB3
3. P-KN3 P-KN3
4. B-KN2 B-KN2
5. N-KB3 N-KB3
6. O-O O-O
7. P-Q4 and at that point, mimicking moves breaks down. Can anyone find a longer sequence of actual moves being mimicked in an opening?

Posted by: Alan D McIntire at September 15, 2018 07:14 PM (Qsbec)

325 Lou Saban was a good coach.

He's dead now.

Posted by: Hairyback Guy at September 15, 2018 07:14 PM (EoRCO)

326 WE GOT MOVIE SIGN!!!

Posted by: OregonMuse, AoSHQ Thought Leader & Contributing Editor, Vanity Fair Magazine at September 15, 2018 07:14 PM (Y4xYR)

327 Polka seems to be very much alive and well in the Midwest. Who knew?

Posted by: SteveOReno , I proudly self-identify as a Moron at September 15, 2018 07:14 PM (2sCft)

328 Well almost 1,200 words written in under two bours. Wow. Too bad work had to interrupt.

Posted by: Anna Puma at September 15, 2018 07:15 PM (c1sSU)

329 Nood movies

Posted by: fluffy at September 15, 2018 07:16 PM (obpfe)

330 176 Sources Say Thousands Yet To Die In Hurricane Florence Due To Trump Inaction
Posted by: This...Is CNN at September 15, 2018 06:26 PM (jDF8P)

As they say, correlation is not causation, as doing nothing never causes something.

Posted by: Burnt Toast at September 15, 2018 07:17 PM (1g7ch)

331 nood

Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at September 15, 2018 07:17 PM (mpXpK)

332 And now as Commisioner Reagan, he has a crazy amount of gravitas.

Unfortunately used for nonsense by the writers occasionally.

Posted by: DaveA at September 15, 2018 07:18 PM (FhXTo)

333 315. Chinese speakers of either sex always sound mad.
Posted by: votermom
**
Cantonese is about the worst dialect. And, sigh, Angel-clan speak VN, which is every bit as painful.

Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine, GECSPLAN, SMR and Ancient Slavonaut Newsletters at September 15, 2018 07:18 PM (fA1SL)

334 Would you be my
Could you be my
NOOD!

Posted by: Hands at September 15, 2018 07:19 PM (786Ro)

335 Oh crap.

Posted by: grammie winger at September 15, 2018 07:19 PM (lwiT4)

336 I meant, of course, male Japanese speakers, who sound like they are shitting 30mm word-shells out of 5mm a-holes.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, Literate Savage at September 15, 2018 07:09 PM

Well....there's an interesting mental image.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at September 15, 2018 07:41 PM (LvUOD)

337 Japanese men and Japanese women almost sound like they're speaking different languages.

Posted by: votermom pimping NEW Moron-authored books!

That's because they are.

https://tinyurl.com/o9hcn6m

Less so in real life, more so in film/tv. Way more so in anime, where speaking style is often shorthand for a number of personality traits.

Posted by: mikeski at September 15, 2018 08:07 PM (P1f+c)

338 Don't know about you, but I liked the IGM from Brazil last week more than I like Ms. Garcia. Her smile seems more genuine.

Posted by: Otto Zilch at September 15, 2018 10:00 PM (U2esv)

339 Love my FLOTUS and her shoes and hubby is doing is a great job too.

Posted by: Summer of Love at September 15, 2018 10:57 PM (FJrl0)

340 Problem 2:

1. Rgg6 Qb3
2. Kg7 Qb7
3. Rde6+ Kd5
4. Kg8 Qc8+
5. f8=Q...

Posted by: Nemo at September 15, 2018 11:04 PM (4+efp)

341 Problem 2:
1. Rgg6 Qb3 (or Qc4)
2. Rge6+

If2. ..... Qxd6 then3. Rxd6+ Kxd64. f8=Q...
If
2. ..... Kf6 or2. ..... Kf5
then3. f8=Q+...
If
1. ..... Qd5 then2. Rxd5+ Kxd53. f8=Q...

If
1. ..... Qe6 then2. Rgxe6+ Kf5 or Kf4....3. f8=Q+...
If
1. ..... Qxf7 then2. Kxf7...
If
1. ..... Q<anywhere> else then2. f8=Q...

Posted by: Rich Rostrom at September 16, 2018 04:39 AM (bT9ZN)

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