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Uplifting ONT
Everything in tonight's ONT is either good news, heartwarming or funny. NO NEGATIVE CRAP!
I'll post all that shit tomorrow so you can be depressed all weekend.
Keeping it Clean
I think ALL high school students should have to take home ec. Not just laundry, but cooking, cleaning, sewing and shop too. Along with a lifeskills course that teaches them things like how to to balance a checkbook, change a tire and mow a lawn.
I Need A Hero Teen honored after rescuing elderly neighbor from fire
Clemson University hosts event with POWs from WWII, Korea and Vietnam
Doggo survives wildfire by hiding in an oven, finds forever home when rescued
Mom with 'gut feeling' stops school shooter before planned attack Payin' It Forward
These men noticed a lady paying for her gas with pennies and decided to give her some money. Little did they know, she had just lost her husband and was having a rough time. We can all make a difference. pic.twitter.com/j2Pu7erH80
— Kevin W (@kwilli1046) October 25, 2018
This note was left on the gate at the water this afternoon. No name or number left but whoever you are, rest assured your rose is in place in the middle of the lake. pic.twitter.com/GAQcbQRSZJ
— BVGS Rowing (@BVGSRowing) October 18, 2018
News You Didn't Need To Know
JON GRUDEN DESCRIBING HOW HE LOST HIS VIRGINITY MIGHT BE THE FUNNIEST THING YOU READ TODAY Serpentine, son.
And Now For The Weather
Guts This gal's got sand. She can play on my team any day of the week. Japanese Runner Crawls to Finish Line With Broken Leg (VIDEO)
Living in America
A 90-minute flight, 45 presidents, and an 8-year-old American boy Texting mix-up over newborn ends in sweet moment between strangers
WATCH: Kindergarteners in Tennessee learned how to sign "Happy Birthday" to celebrate the 60th birthday of their beloved elementary school custodian, who is hard of hearing. His incredible reaction to the surprise says it all. �� �� https://t.co/bsYEkAQkPN pic.twitter.com/96rAXp3Bgc
— CBS News (@CBSNews) October 25, 2018
A Moment of Silence Mom, 29, who delayed cancer treatment to deliver her baby dies
Capitalism, Am I right? As of last week, more than half of the world is middle class. Tonight's ONT brought to you by “I'm not cleaning that”:
The Yahoo Group is banned from McDonalds for life.
Comments
(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: AshevilleRobert at October 25, 2018 09:54 PM (DjIXP)
Posted by: Zettai Roshia-no Botto at October 25, 2018 09:54 PM (zizgG)
Posted by: Aviator at October 25, 2018 09:55 PM (2cuLk)
You know what I'd like to walk through a field of?
Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion of a Poperin Pear at October 25, 2018 09:56 PM (f1Vqw)
Posted by: K.N. McBride at October 25, 2018 09:57 PM (cfSRQ)
If you all get a moment, here's PDT delivering remarks on the 35th anniversary of the bombing of the Marine barracks in Beirut.
https://youtu.be/cvsiBFIPSWI
It's long but if you only have a few moments, go to 19:00. Mattis introduces Father George P and his prayer is magnificent. For me, keeping with tonight's ONT, it was very uplifting.
Bless us all.
Posted by: Tonypete at October 25, 2018 09:57 PM (9rIkM)
Posted by: Semi-engaged Scroller at October 25, 2018 09:57 PM (RfnqA)
Posted by: K.N. McBride at October 25, 2018 09:57 PM (cfSRQ)
Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion of a Poperin Pear at October 25, 2018 09:56 PM (f1Vqw)
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Again with the tits thing?
Posted by: K.N. McBride at October 25, 2018 09:58 PM (cfSRQ)
4
You know what I'd like to walk through a field of?
Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion of a Poperin Pear at October 25, 2018 09:56 PM (f1Vqw)
5 Crap
Posted by: K.N. McBride at October 25, 2018 09:57 PM (cfSRQ)
Close it up, folks.
Posted by: hogmartin at October 25, 2018 09:58 PM (y87Qq)
When was the last time anyone saw Jane D'oh around?
Posted by: Thing From Snowy Mountain at October 25, 2018 09:59 PM (87ijN)
Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion of a Poperin Pear at October 25, 2018 09:59 PM (f1Vqw)
Posted by: hogmartin at October 25, 2018 09:58 PM (y87Qq)
---Nice.
Sparty on.
Speaking off...was despondent over the weekend, but feeling better now. Didn't realize how badly injured the team was. Next year will be better.
Posted by: K.N. McBride at October 25, 2018 10:00 PM (cfSRQ)
Posted by: some rat in the swamp at October 25, 2018 10:00 PM (LOq4H)
Not not tits. Something else.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion of a Poperin Pear at October 25, 2018 10:01 PM (f1Vqw)
Again with the tits thing?
Well, we were ordered to keep it "happy".
Posted by: some rat in the swamp at October 25, 2018 10:00 PM (LOq4H)
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Uplifting, as it were.
Posted by: K.N. McBride at October 25, 2018 10:01 PM (cfSRQ)
Posted by: Zettai Roshia-no Botto at October 25, 2018 10:01 PM (CLcKT)
Posted by: Semi-engaged Scroller at October 25, 2018 10:02 PM (RfnqA)
popovers and orange julius, ftw.
Posted by: concrete girl at October 25, 2018 10:02 PM (iF2CZ)
Posted by: some rat in the swamp at October 25, 2018 10:03 PM (LOq4H)
Posted by: Smaug at October 25, 2018 10:03 PM (2yfcr)
Charlize Theron is playing Megyn Kelly in a movie about Roger Ailes:
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6318647
I'm sure it's gonna be an SJW #MeToo fest.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion of a Poperin Pear at October 25, 2018 10:03 PM (f1Vqw)
Posted by: concrete girl at October 25, 2018 10:02 PM (iF2CZ)
The only thing I remember making in middle school home ec was snickerdoodles. But wow, those were good.
Posted by: hogmartin at October 25, 2018 10:03 PM (y87Qq)
how is that uplifting?
Posted by: garrett at October 25, 2018 10:04 PM (aMT35)
i loved my home ec classes. i took them in junior high and high school, and kept a couple recipes for nostalgia.
popovers and orange julius, ftw.
Posted by: concrete girl at October 25, 2018 10:02 PM (iF2CZ)
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Fondue. Using kits donated from the backwash of the 70s.
Posted by: K.N. McBride at October 25, 2018 10:04 PM (cfSRQ)
Posted by: Zettai Roshia-no Botto at October 25, 2018 10:04 PM (CLcKT)
As most of you do as well I'm sure, I'm asked for money all the time by people who need a bus ticket to see their dying grandmother. Or some shit.
One night I was at a gas station, this woman pulls up, she does the old "could you spare a few dollars for gas, I need to get to my dying grandmother's hospital bed?" routine. I was in a "what the fuck" mood and said OK, I'll fill up your tank, figuring it's a scam, but whatever.
This woman broke down, literally falling to her knees bawling, and thanking me. Then I looked in her car and looked like she was living in the car. She said with a full tank she can make it to see her son in the hospital before he goes.
I damn near started crying myself. OK fine, I did cry a little myself too. That video brought that emotion back. Damn you Twitters!!!!
Posted by: Lurking Lurker at October 25, 2018 10:04 PM (wD9H7)
Exactly, a little perky.
Posted by: some rat in the swamp at October 25, 2018 10:03 PM (LOq4H)
........
And ........ back to tits.
Posted by: Smaug at October 25, 2018 10:04 PM (2yfcr)
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at October 25, 2018 10:04 PM (nDe2U)
Posted by: davidt at October 25, 2018 10:04 PM (giesC)
Posted by: RickZ at October 25, 2018 10:05 PM (Y8PSl)
Posted by: some rat in the swamp at October 25, 2018 10:03 PM (LOq4H)
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Ah, the memories...
Posted by: K.N. McBride at October 25, 2018 10:05 PM (cfSRQ)
Posted by: Grump928(C) Native Texan and Alabama Alumn, Twice as Smug as You at October 25, 2018 10:05 PM (yQpMk)
Posted by: Semi-engaged Scroller at October 25, 2018 10:05 PM (RfnqA)
Posted by: grammie winger's back in Phoenix at October 25, 2018 10:05 PM (x2QnP)
Posted by: Smaug at October 25, 2018 10:04 PM (2yfcr)
Or front. Either way. I'm easy like Sunday morning.
Posted by: hogmartin at October 25, 2018 10:05 PM (y87Qq)
popovers and orange julius, ftw.
Posted by: concrete girl at October 25, 2018 10:02 PM (iF2CZ)
The hallway outside home ec always smelled good - cake and cookies.
The hallway outside of auto shop always smelled like carburetor cleaner.
Posted by: DR.WTF? at October 25, 2018 10:05 PM (T71PA)
Posted by: Smaug at October 25, 2018 10:05 PM (2yfcr)
Posted by: Count de Monet at October 25, 2018 10:06 PM (QLvwG)
Boys had shop class, girls had home economics.
Posted by: davidt at October 25, 2018 10:04 PM (giesC)
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In my school you had to do both.
So girls learned to use band saws and disc sanders, guys learned to cook.
Why did we stop doing this?
Posted by: K.N. McBride at October 25, 2018 10:06 PM (cfSRQ)
Posted by: Miley, the Duchess at October 25, 2018 10:06 PM (qUahL)
Posted by: some rat in the swamp at October 25, 2018 10:06 PM (LOq4H)
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at October 25, 2018 10:06 PM (9Om/r)
Posted by: Frank Luntz, lactophile at October 25, 2018 10:07 PM (f1Vqw)
Walking through a field of tits would be quite bouncy. Unhappily, it
would be a bruising experience for the tits. And if they were lactating,
it would be squishy and squirty.
Posted by: Semi-engaged Scroller at October 25, 2018 10:05 PM (RfnqA)
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Entirely too much thought went into this.
Posted by: K.N. McBride at October 25, 2018 10:07 PM (cfSRQ)
Or front. Either way. I'm easy like Sunday morning.
Posted by: hogmartin at October 25, 2018 10:05 PM (y87Qq)
........
Me too.
Posted by: Smaug at October 25, 2018 10:07 PM (2yfcr)
Posted by: redc1c4 at October 25, 2018 10:07 PM (kRSP9)
She is 11 now and is the sweetest thing.
Posted by: Sharkman at October 25, 2018 10:07 PM (2eKoI)
Posted by: boulder terlit hobo at October 25, 2018 10:07 PM (ykYG2)
Yes. But I think that both sexes should take both classes.
Posted by: Weirddave at October 25, 2018 10:08 PM (JP6CH)
We had both. And- the most valuable course of my high school career- typing. There were no personal computers yet, but when there were, and when I started programming for a living... Best course ever.
Posted by: t-bird at October 25, 2018 10:08 PM (nIvDu)
Posted by: ALH at October 25, 2018 10:08 PM (dczB+)
So girls learned to use band saws and disc sanders, guys learned to cook.
Why did we stop doing this?
Posted by: K.N. McBride at October 25, 2018 10:06 PM (cfSRQ)
1) Those classes were full of expensive equipment.
2) They were dangerous (you could get cut or burned!)
3) Parents and teachers were pushing for more classes to "prepare" kids for college.
Posted by: Colorado Alex In Exile at October 25, 2018 10:08 PM (SgjGX)
Joan Collins!
Did I win?
Posted by: Count de Monet at October 25, 2018 10:06 PM (QLvwG)
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Here's a cookie. Now go away.
Posted by: K.N. McBride at October 25, 2018 10:08 PM (cfSRQ)
Posted by: Lurking Lurker at October 25, 2018 10:08 PM (wD9H7)
Posted by: Diogenes at October 25, 2018 10:08 PM (H8GoT)
Posted by: some rat in the swamp at October 25, 2018 10:08 PM (LOq4H)
Posted by: t-bird at October 25, 2018 10:08 PM (nIvDu)
I had a computer class as a sophomore that included both touch typing as well as some basics of office software and programming.
Posted by: Colorado Alex In Exile at October 25, 2018 10:09 PM (SgjGX)
Posted by: Semi-engaged Scroller at October 25, 2018 10:09 PM (RfnqA)
Posted by: Zombie Jane Russell at October 25, 2018 10:09 PM (QLvwG)
......
Were you at IU in the very early 80s?
Posted by: Smaug at October 25, 2018 10:09 PM (2yfcr)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 25, 2018 10:10 PM (KHhgg)
Posted by: Smaug at October 25, 2018 10:05 PM (2yfcr)
Same (mid-90s). Wrenching on cars wasn't part of shop, though, that was an elective. Shop was making pinewood derby cars and building model rockets. I don't know why.
I just remember the smell of cyanoacrylate and melting styrofoam.
Posted by: hogmartin at October 25, 2018 10:10 PM (y87Qq)
So girls learned to use band saws and disc sanders, guys learned to cook.
Why did we stop doing this?
Posted by: K.N. McBride at October 25, 2018 10:06 PM (cfSRQ)
Even if you assumed men and women would take up exclusively traditional roles, in a society where the median age for first marriage is over 25, that's a long time to go without a home cooked meal or being able to fix a noisy floorboard yourself.
Posted by: Ace's liver at October 25, 2018 10:10 PM (h2Bdk)
Posted by: boulder terlit hobo at October 25, 2018 10:07 PM (ykYG2)
There was always something about that 'special sauce' I didn't trust.
Posted by: RickZ at October 25, 2018 10:11 PM (Y8PSl)
Posted by: K.N. McBride at October 25, 2018 1
*****
And yet, oddly compelling
Posted by: Diogenes at October 25, 2018 10:11 PM (H8GoT)
https://twitter.com/kbdabear/status/1055503389822468096
https://twitter.com/kbdabear/status/1055503468025311232
https://twitter.com/kbdabear/status/1055503564171296771
https://twitter.com/kbdabear/status/1055503658392190977
https://twitter.com/kbdabear/status/1055503738855714817
Posted by: kbdabear at October 25, 2018 10:11 PM (0Ntuf)
Posted by: some rat in the swamp at October 25, 2018 10:11 PM (LOq4H)
Posted by: Colorado Alex In Exile at October 25, 2018 10:08 PM (SgjGX)
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That's your answer. The College Uber Alles mentality.
It gutted the skilled trades and led to the expectation that 'hired help' would do all the icky cooking stuff.
I saw ads the other day for mail-order meals. Comes with the recipe. Because browning burger and adding tomato sauce some spices and boiling noodles are now beyond the grasp of the millennial mind.
Useless tools.
Posted by: K.N. McBride at October 25, 2018 10:12 PM (cfSRQ)
Posted by: AshevilleRobert at October 25, 2018 10:12 PM (DjIXP)
https://twitter.com/kbdabear/status/1055503823047925760
https://twitter.com/kbdabear/status/1055503913653338112
https://twitter.com/kbdabear/status/1055504011737088000
https://twitter.com/kbdabear/status/1055504114833088513
https://twitter.com/kbdabear/status/1055504205987880961
Posted by: kbdabear at October 25, 2018 10:12 PM (0Ntuf)
Posted by: Emmie at October 25, 2018 10:12 PM (4HMW8)
Posted by: Lirio100 at October 25, 2018 10:13 PM (JK7Jw)
And I'm not going to enable scripts on a Russian website. Wouldn't be prudent.
Posted by: Joe Styzneac at October 25, 2018 10:13 PM (oYD2h)
We had home ec and shop for all at my school in mid 70s,
Posted by: Smaug at October 25, 2018 10:05 PM
Me too! And that's where I'd learnt the manly art of sewing -- a useful skill that serves me well even unto this very day...
Posted by: Zettai Roshia-no Botto at October 25, 2018 10:13 PM (CLcKT)
You know what would be really frustrating? A lactose-intolerant lactophile.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion of a Poperin Pear at October 25, 2018 10:14 PM (f1Vqw)
Posted by: Smaug at October 25, 2018 10:14 PM (2yfcr)
Saw an article some country (England?) kids didn't know how to scramble eggs.
Posted by: some rat in the swamp at October 25, 2018 10:14 PM (LOq4H)
One semester of Home Ec was devoted to cooking, the other to sewing. I made a burgundy-colored jumper which I wore for the next two years.
Posted by: Semi-engaged Scroller at October 25, 2018 10:14 PM (RfnqA)
Posted by: Smaug at October 25, 2018 10:09 PM (2yfcr)
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No. I was on campus briefly in 1991. We lost 31-0. Our punter got flagged for unnecessary roughness.
I dropped my horn on IU's basketball court. Still has the dent.
It was a bad year to be a Spartan.
Posted by: K.N. McBride at October 25, 2018 10:14 PM (cfSRQ)
Posted by: hogmartin at October 25, 2018 10:15 PM (y87Qq)
Posted by: Muldoon aka Three-Finger Seamus at October 25, 2018 10:15 PM (mvenn)
Posted by: Weirddave at October 25, 2018 10:15 PM (JP6CH)
It gutted the skilled trades and led to the expectation that 'hired help' would do all the icky cooking stuff.
I saw ads the other day for mail-order meals. Comes with the recipe. Because browning burger and adding tomato sauce some spices and boiling noodles are now beyond the grasp of the millennial mind.
Useless tools.
Posted by: K.N. McBride at October 25, 2018 10:12 PM (cfSRQ)
It's not just the college mentality, but all three. Budgetary pressures also cut things like band or art classes.
Posted by: Colorado Alex In Exile at October 25, 2018 10:15 PM (SgjGX)
Posted by: Colorado Alex In Exile at October 25, 2018 10:08 PM (SgjGX)
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That's your answer. The College Uber Alles mentality.
It gutted the skilled trades and led to the expectation that 'hired help' would do all the icky cooking stuff.
I saw ads the other day for mail-order meals. Comes with the recipe. Because browning burger and adding tomato sauce some spices and boiling noodles are now beyond the grasp of the millennial mind.
Useless tools.
Posted by: K.N. McBride at October 25, 2018 10:12 PM (cfSRQ)
The other (and probably real) reason is shop classes are expensive.
Posted by: Ace's liver at October 25, 2018 10:15 PM (h2Bdk)
thanking me. Then I looked in her car and looked like she was living in
the car. She said with a full tank she can make it to see her son in the
hospital before he goes.
I walked to work from the train station in downtown Chicago for 10 years and saw some of the best child actors and sad, broken people that I have seen since. A lot of mentally ill people living in boxes over heating grates in the winter.
Posted by: dartist at October 25, 2018 10:16 PM (K22Va)
By the time I was in Jr High, I was a prodigy in Home Ec and Mrs. Petty assigned me to one of the three brand new machines.
I got an early start on Domestic Goddessness.
Posted by: ALH at October 25, 2018 10:16 PM (dczB+)
Posted by: Jigsaw Khashoggi at October 25, 2018 10:16 PM (ykYG2)
I had a computer class as a sophomore that included both touch typing as well as some basics of office software and programming.
Posted by: Colorado Alex In Exile at October 25, 2018 10:09 PM (SgjGX)
Get off my lawn...
I had a high school class called Scientific Math, with taught the SLIDE RULE.
Posted by: Don Quixote at October 25, 2018 10:17 PM (NgKpN)
Posted by: K.N. McBride at October 25, 2018 10:00 PM (cfSRQ)
That's why I made sure I enjoyed the 2013/14 Rose Bowl team. Coach D is the best in the country.
Posted by: clutch at October 25, 2018 10:17 PM (kiSdp)
Saw an article some country (England?) kids didn't know how to scramble eggs.
Posted by: some rat in the swamp at October 25, 2018 10:14 PM (LOq4H)
I think it's more that households are smaller. Cooking for one or two is difficult if you don't want to eat the same thing every day.
Posted by: Ace's liver at October 25, 2018 10:17 PM (h2Bdk)
Me too! And that's where I'd learnt the manly art of sewing -- a useful skill that serves me well even unto this very day...
Posted by: Zettai Roshia-no Botto at October 25, 2018 10:13 PM (CLcKT)
........
Yes, I became obsessed with embroidery. And then girls.
Posted by: Smaug at October 25, 2018 10:17 PM (2yfcr)
Posted by: K.N. McBride at October 25, 2018 10:17 PM (cfSRQ)
It was damned awesome.
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at October 25, 2018 10:18 PM (l9m7l)
Posted by: Miley, the Duchess at October 25, 2018 10:18 PM (qUahL)
A lot of fun, really.
Kids should take that stuff. Better than playing with their phones and computers all day.
Posted by: Bozo Conservative....outlaw in America at October 25, 2018 10:18 PM (S6Pax)
All that positive content in the ONT and all I walked away from thinking was "Damn, I better not ever order a latte at McDonald's".
Posted by: Bitter Clinger at October 25, 2018 10:18 PM (zJZZl)
thanking me. Then I looked in her car and looked like she was living in
the car. She said with a full tank she can make it to see her son in the
hospital before he goes.
I walked to work from the train station in downtown Chicago for 10 years and saw some of the best child actors and sad, broken people that I have seen since. A lot of mentally ill people living in boxes over heating grates in the winter.
Posted by: dartist at October 25, 2018 10:16 PM (K22Va)
___
I've seen that as well my entire life living in big cities. There was something different about her. Which is why I offered to full her tank up to begin with. One of those weird feelings you can't really explain.
Could I have been scammed? I suppose, but I'm pretty close to positive it was legit.
Posted by: Lurking Lurker at October 25, 2018 10:19 PM (wD9H7)
Posted by: Colorado Alex In Exile at October 25, 2018 10:15 PM (SgjGX)
Yet the have money to give every kid an Tablet?
Posted by: Don Quixote at October 25, 2018 10:19 PM (NgKpN)
Posted by: Tuna at October 25, 2018 10:19 PM (jm1YL)
Posted by: chavez the hugo at October 25, 2018 10:19 PM (KP5rU)
Posted by: Muldoon aka Three-Finger Seamus at October 25, 2018 10:19 PM (mvenn)
Posted by: Miley, the Duchess at October 25, 2018 10:19 PM (qUahL)
I have a philosophy that you can get buy in most activities by knowing five basic forms of the activity.
Social dancing? Know five basic figures for five different dances and you'll be good to go.
Woodworking? Know know how to use five basic tools to make five different basic objects and you can make almost anything else.
Auto shop? Know five basic repairs and you'll cover most of what your car will need.
Cooking? Know five basic recipes, involving five different techniques among them all.
It's basically a version of the Pareto Principle.
Posted by: Colorado Alex In Exile at October 25, 2018 10:20 PM (SgjGX)
Posted by: some rat in the swamp at October 25, 2018 10:20 PM (LOq4H)
Mine is pining for the fjords. Meanwhile, I have a new snazzy laptop, and I will never go Mac.
Posted by: Miley, the Duchess at October 25, 2018 10:21 PM (qUahL)
Posted by: garrett at October 25, 2018 10:21 PM (aMT35)
Posted by: DXO at October 25, 2018 10:21 PM (nzKWW)
is difficult if you don't want to eat the same thing every day.
Nah, you just make big meals and save the leftovers. Make a lasagna, freeze a half dozen squares after you eat. Make a stew, then can the leftovers. You get the fun of cooking a great meal, and when you don't feel like cooking there's always a nice selection of good food that just needs to be reheated.
Posted by: Weirddave at October 25, 2018 10:22 PM (JP6CH)
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at October 25, 2018 10:22 PM (l9m7l)
Ok, every class I took except for English came in handy at some point. Math in all ways and at all times.
Posted by: t-bird at October 25, 2018 10:22 PM (Ydn2k)
I had a high school class called Scientific Math, with taught the SLIDE RULE.
Posted by: Don Quixote at October 25, 2018 10:17 PM (NgKpN)
........
Whoa, 1950s? So cool real thinking!
Posted by: Smaug at October 25, 2018 10:23 PM (2yfcr)
Posted by: Don Quixote at October 25, 2018 10:19 PM (NgKpN)
That's just the idiotic confusion leftists have with cause and effect.
Posted by: Ace's liver at October 25, 2018 10:23 PM (h2Bdk)
Posted by: Muldoon aka Three-Finger Seamus at October 25, 2018 10:19 PM (mvenn)
It's the only way to fly. When I'm on my own time and nobody's paying me to dick with computers, I use Macs exclusively.
Posted by: hogmartin at October 25, 2018 10:23 PM (y87Qq)
"Listen you little twerps, I know what I'm talking about!"
Posted by: some rat in the swamp at October 25, 2018 10:23 PM (LOq4H)
I had a high school class called Scientific Math, with taught the SLIDE RULE.
Posted by: Don Quixote at October 25, 2018 10:17 PM (NgKpN)
........
Whoa, 1950s? So cool real thinking!
Posted by: Smaug at October 25, 2018 10:23 PM (2yfcr)
Early 70s, before calculators were even let into classroom... let alone were cheap.
Posted by: Don Quixote at October 25, 2018 10:24 PM (NgKpN)
Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion of a Poperin Pear at October 25, 2018 09:56 PM (f1Vqw)
Nipples so hard they'd hurt your feet?
Posted by: Miley, the Duchess at October 25, 2018 10:24 PM (qUahL)
I had a high school class called Scientific Math, with taught the SLIDE RULE.
Posted by: Don Quixote at October 25, 2018 10:17 PM (NgKpN)
........
Whoa, 1950s? So cool real thinking!
Posted by: Smaug at October 25, 2018 10:23 PM (2yfcr)
I had a chemistry teacher in the late '80s who used a slide rule. In one candid moment he admitted to me the reason was people kept stealing his calculators, but there's no market for a used slide rule.
Posted by: Ace's liver at October 25, 2018 10:24 PM (h2Bdk)
Posted by: Martell at October 25, 2018 10:25 PM (6OiXw)
#TwoParentPrivilege
Posted by: Muldoon at October 25, 2018 10:25 PM (mvenn)
My old laptop finally bit the dust, so I'm learning how to use my new
MacBook- a first for me. Dayum this thing has so many swipes, taps,
finger combinations and crazy ass touchpad maneuvers I look like Mandela
Funeral Fake Sign Language Guy over here.
Posted by: Muldoon aka Three-Finger Seamus"
I hate touchpads. Got a Macbook at work recently so I could do iPhone development. The keyboard is funky and the first thing I did was find a regular mouse to plug into it.
Posted by: AshevilleRobert at October 25, 2018 10:26 PM (DjIXP)
Posted by: GnuBreed at October 25, 2018 10:26 PM (Z4rgH)
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at October 25, 2018 10:22 PM (l9m7l)
When I hear about legendary sauces for which there are no recipes, a single tear runs down my cheek.
Posted by: Miley, the Duchess at October 25, 2018 10:26 PM (qUahL)
Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion of a Poperin Pear at October 25, 2018 10:26 PM (f1Vqw)
Huma! Open the windows and bring Mama some ice cream!
Posted by: Hillary! at October 25, 2018 10:27 PM (98WNR)
Posted by: Tuna at October 25, 2018 10:27 PM (jm1YL)
Oh, that McCafe is a saucy little tart!
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at October 25, 2018 10:27 PM (pNxlR)
Legit as it can get. I remember a guy that would stand in front of a paper box I passed every day. All he ever wanted was coffee, not money. Got stabbed to death. I should see if I can contribute to future positive Ont's.
Posted by: dartist at October 25, 2018 10:28 PM (K22Va)
It was damned awesome.
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at October 25, 2018 10:18 PM (l9m7l)
I think soy sauce is a magical food. Every ancient culture has had go-to sauce of some sort (Rome and garum) and even not so old cultures (Louisiana and Tabasco). But soy, especially the Kikkoman soy, is historical magic in a bottle. I bet it made your quickie stir-fry awesome.
Posted by: RickZ at October 25, 2018 10:28 PM (Y8PSl)
74 That simpson character is wearing the mind controll goggles that screenslaver used to take control of the super heros in Incredibles 2.
Not Simpsons, Futurama. Do try to keep up.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at October 25, 2018 10:28 PM (pNxlR)
KTY got her first college acceptance today.
She was so nervous about opening the envelope that she burst into tears when she read the " Congratulations"
Posted by: votermom pimping NEW Moron-authored books! at October 25, 2018 10:29 PM (dMvl+)
I did have to take Home Economics in middle school and they actually made us sew an item of clothing.
I made a pair of sweatpants that would have fit someone who had one leg about six inches shorter than the other. I think I burned them in shame.
Posted by: Dack Thrombosis at October 25, 2018 10:29 PM (4ErVI)
Posted by: dick morris at October 25, 2018 10:29 PM (ykYG2)
Posted by: qdpsteve at October 25, 2018 10:30 PM (miE9U)
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at October 25, 2018 10:30 PM (nWc4E)
She was so nervous about opening the envelope that she burst into tears when she read the " Congratulations"
Posted by: votermom pimping NEW Moron-authored books! at October 25, 2018 10:29 PM (dMvl+)
Aw :3
Congratulations to votermom and KTY!
Posted by: hogmartin at October 25, 2018 10:31 PM (y87Qq)
Posted by: Margarita DeVille at October 25, 2018 10:32 PM (Rxduq)
Posted by: Ace's liver
I used a slide rule through my Junior year in high school (1973). Then I got a really nice Pickett slide rule for Xmas in 1973 (senior year) in HS, and then everybody got calculators after that. I remember everybody got four function calculators, and they were all like $80-100 bucks then. And by summer, multi function calculators (TI-50) showed up.
But I still have that Pickett in the basement somewhere.
Posted by: Bozo Conservative....outlaw in America at October 25, 2018 10:32 PM (S6Pax)
Posted by: hogmartin at October 25, 2018 10:32 PM (y87Qq)
#TwoParentPrivilege
Posted by: Muldoon at October 25, 2018 10:25 PM (mvenn)
...
Yah, farm lad here, too. Working your dik into the ground as a lad does focus your future.
Posted by: Smaug at October 25, 2018 10:32 PM (2yfcr)
Posted by: Oven Dog at October 25, 2018 10:33 PM (H5knJ)
Tabasco).
Posted by: RickZ at October 25, 2018 10:28 PM (Y8PSl)
I think for Louisiana roux might work better. Hell, it's the basis for most of their cooking. Most of their recipes start with "First, you make a roux".
Posted by: Bert G at October 25, 2018 10:33 PM (OMsf+)
Posted by: Insomniac at October 25, 2018 10:33 PM (NWiLs)
But in early elementary we had to learn to handsew different stitches, and that has actually been one of the most useful things ever.
Also learned other crafts like making hooked rugs etc but sewing is the useful skill.
Posted by: votermom pimping NEW Moron-authored books! at October 25, 2018 10:33 PM (dMvl+)
Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion of a Poperin Pear at October 25, 2018 10:26 PM (f1Vqw)
Like a bed of arousing nails.
Posted by: Miley, the Duchess at October 25, 2018 10:34 PM (qUahL)
Posted by: AshevilleRobert at October 25, 2018 10:34 PM (DjIXP)
She was so nervous about opening the envelope that she burst into tears when she read the " Congratulations"
Posted by: votermom pimping NEW Moron-authored books! at October 25, 2018 10:29 PM (dMvl+)
Very nice!
Posted by: Bert G at October 25, 2018 10:34 PM (OMsf+)
Posted by: rickl at October 25, 2018 10:35 PM (sdi6R)
Posted by: mindful webworker - smiles as if it weren't me it were the dog at October 25, 2018 10:35 PM (fkuu7)
It's sad a lot of younger people didn't have fathers around to teach them things like changing a tire.
Yep. Something got fucked up in the 'raising a family' department in a big way these days.
Posted by: dartist at October 25, 2018 10:35 PM (K22Va)
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at October 25, 2018 10:30 PM (nWc4E)
Instead of calling it "home economics" or "woodshop", just call it "Life Skills 101". Cooking, laundry, basic cleaning, how to balance a checkbook or interpret a bank statement, how to do basic home repairs, and basic car repairs.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 25, 2018 10:35 PM (KHhgg)
Posted by: Don Quixote
DQ, did your classroom have the monster slide rule model hanging in the front of the blackboard? That sucker must have been 6 feet long.
I know, phrasing.
Posted by: Tonypete at October 25, 2018 10:36 PM (9rIkM)
she is going to major in poking needles and bullying sick people, so kinda like home ec
Posted by: votermom pimping NEW Moron-authored books! at October 25, 2018 10:36 PM (dMvl+)
Posted by: TickledPink at October 25, 2018 10:36 PM (TL2pK)
*limp*
Posted by: dick morris"
Walk through a field of breasts? Nah. That's for rolling in.
Posted by: AshevilleRobert at October 25, 2018 10:36 PM (DjIXP)
I believe I bought the calculator in the seventies and mom was still using it up until a couple of years ago.
LED readout and all.
Posted by: Blake - used bridge salesman at October 25, 2018 10:36 PM (WEBkv)
One thing you'll hear some complaints about that kids aren't taught basic finance and balancing checkbooks and personal responsibility. How about the ability to figure simple interest? I've read some parents have pushed for these classes in schools and experienced some pushback even. The conspiracy minded types argue that local businesses want un-educated types - it's easier to sell cars to people who don't understand economics. I'm not necessarily persuaded, but it is true that people who understand money and credit don't get into as much trouble.
Posted by: Common Tater at October 25, 2018 10:37 PM (my9nQ)
Posted by: AshevilleRobert at October 25, 2018 10:36 PM (DjIXP)
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Motorboat.
It's like I don't even know you people...
Posted by: Blake - used bridge salesman at October 25, 2018 10:37 PM (WEBkv)
Posted by: The Russians at October 25, 2018 10:37 PM (Z1eux)
But I still have that Pickett in the basement somewhere.
Posted by: Bozo Conservative....outlaw in America at October 25, 2018 10:32 PM (S6Pax)
I still have my dad's old slide rule around from his NASA days. Do they even make dedicated calculators anymore? Seems like the mobile phone takes that function over along with telling time.
Posted by: Ace's liver at October 25, 2018 10:37 PM (h2Bdk)
Posted by: Bozo Conservative....outlaw in America at October 25, 2018 10:32 PM (S6Pax)
In my class, everyone had TI-81s TI-85s for the kids who wanted to be engineers, and RPN hipsters got HPs.
Posted by: hogmartin at October 25, 2018 10:37 PM (y87Qq)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 25, 2018 10:35 PM (KHhgg)
our local library hosts a workshop series called Adulting 101 - mostly personal finance basics
Posted by: votermom pimping NEW Moron-authored books! at October 25, 2018 10:37 PM (dMvl+)
Posted by: t-bird at October 25, 2018 10:38 PM (Z1eux)
Posted by: rickl"
I hate those dreams where you go to sleep in the dream and then immediately wake up in real life.
Posted by: AshevilleRobert at October 25, 2018 10:38 PM (DjIXP)
Posted by: Common Tater at October 25, 2018 10:37 PM (my9nQ)
Is it? I always figured it was more about discipline than knowlege.
Posted by: Ace's liver at October 25, 2018 10:38 PM (h2Bdk)
Posted by: votermom pimping NEW Moron-authored books! at October 25, 2018 10:39 PM (dMvl+)
LED readout and all.
Posted by: Blake - used bridge salesman at October 25, 2018 10:36 PM (WEBkv)
I remember getting a TI digital watch, when digital watches were the newest hot shit. Had a ruby glass crystal, and LED numbers that lit up when you pushed the button. A friend worked for TI, and got me one at employee price.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 25, 2018 10:39 PM (KHhgg)
Posted by: rickl at October 25, 2018 10:35 PM (sdi6R)
,,,,,,,,,,,,,
Am i still here?
Posted by: Smaug at October 25, 2018 10:39 PM (ek3OS)
One of my more tin foil hat thoughts is the above was intentional, can't have independent people questioning the State.
Posted by: some rat in the swamp at October 25, 2018 10:39 PM (LOq4H)
It's like I don't even know you people...
Posted by: Blake"
That's in-between the rolls.
Posted by: AshevilleRobert at October 25, 2018 10:39 PM (DjIXP)
Couldn't've been any more divine timing.
Posted by: mindful webworker - break glass in case of fire at October 25, 2018 10:40 PM (uh5kC)
I have a calculator from the mid-80s. It's very well-cared for, and it does things I don't understand.
Posted by: Miley, the Duchess at October 25, 2018 10:40 PM (qUahL)
To be honest, everyone loved the sauces. And I would guess that if CBD watched me make them, he/she would faint from the vapors. There were a huge number of go-to ingredients which would, I'm sure, constitute a giant "no go" list.
But if you stay on the list, you never find the next level.
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at October 25, 2018 10:40 PM (l9m7l)
Posted by: votermom pimping NEW Moron-authored books! at October 25, 2018 10:40 PM (dMvl+)
Posted by: Ace's liver at October 25, 2018 10:37 PM (h2Bdk)
Yes, because you can't use a phone on the SAT/ACT.
TI has the market cornered and they catch a lot of not-unearned shit because there's no reason a Z-80 based graphing calculator should cost $80 in 2018. It's a racket.
Posted by: hogmartin at October 25, 2018 10:41 PM (y87Qq)
Youngest finished his basic helicopter training and will now start the advanced school flying the big two rotor jobs. More good news, he actually called to tell me about it and to chat a bit.
Posted by: Jinx the Cat at October 25, 2018 10:41 PM (FTlwv)
One of my roommates back at Clemson once said that he wanted a swimming full of pussy and just dive in. And wallow and writhe.
And I remember one time, he and I and some others, in a drunken stupor, were staggering across campus singing,
A whoring we will go,
A whoring we will go,
Hi ho the merry-o,
A whoring we will go.
Can you image what they'd do to us now? Talk about toxic masculinity. We'd be shot at dawn.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion of a Poperin Pear at October 25, 2018 10:42 PM (f1Vqw)
Posted by: AshevilleRobert at October 25, 2018 10:42 PM (DjIXP)
Yep. Something got fucked up in the 'raising a family' department in a big way these days.
Posted by: dartist at October 25, 2018 10:35 PM (K22Va)
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I'm a 60s-70s kid who had both parents in the home. My Dad didn't teach me anything about tools, cars or yardwork because he grew up in an apartment in the city, as did his Dad. He didn't know anything about any of that.
Shop classes, Home Ec class and learning from friends is how I learned.
Posted by: Calm Mentor at October 25, 2018 10:42 PM (I16G8)
Posted by: Zettai Roshia-no Botto at October 25, 2018 10:42 PM (CLcKT)
Posted by: hogmartin at October 25, 2018 10:43 PM (y87Qq)
Posted by: Colorado Alex In Exile at October 25, 2018 10:44 PM (SgjGX)
Now bitching that sometimes the President uses an iPhone... which is not as secure as a landline...
/facepalm
Posted by: Don Quixote at October 25, 2018 10:44 PM (NgKpN)
will now start the advanced school flying the big two rotor jobs. More
good news, he actually called to tell me about it and to chat a bit.
Posted by: Jinx the Cat"
The CH-46? Rode on those a few times.
Posted by: AshevilleRobert at October 25, 2018 10:44 PM (DjIXP)
Posted by: Chicago Vota at October 25, 2018 10:44 PM (BgzWw)
Shop classes, Home Ec class and learning from friends is how I learned.
Posted by: Calm Mentor at October 25, 2018 10:42 PM (I16G
Do people really need to be taught how to change a tire? Seems like something you can just figure out in a minute or two.
Posted by: Ace's liver at October 25, 2018 10:44 PM (h2Bdk)
Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion of a Poperin Pear at October 25, 2018 10:42 PM (f1Vqw)
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You'd be shot after a bunch of gals decided to take you up on your offer.
Seems like the younger gals are easiest bunch of prudes on the planet.
Posted by: Blake - used bridge salesman at October 25, 2018 10:44 PM (WEBkv)
Posted by: mikeyG at October 25, 2018 10:45 PM (LL1Be)
Posted by: Miley, the Duchess at October 25, 2018 10:45 PM (qUahL)
DQ, did your classroom have the monster slide rule model hanging in the front of the blackboard? That sucker must have been 6 feet long.
I saw one of those for sale at an auction about three years ago. I was tempted to bid for it, but figured the thrill of ownership would wear off pretty damn fast.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at October 25, 2018 10:45 PM (pNxlR)
TI has the market cornered and they catch a lot of not-unearned shit because there's no reason a Z-80 based graphing calculator should cost $80 in 2018. It's a racket.
Posted by: hogmartin at October 25, 2018 10:41 PM (y87Qq)
One should not have to use a calculator to take such tests. If math skills are important, then the test-takers should be able to do the math, mentally, or on paper, the old-fashioned way. If the math is incidental to the question being asked, then structure the test questions so that they test for knowledge, not key-punching acumen.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 25, 2018 10:45 PM (KHhgg)
Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion of a Poperin Pear at October 25, 2018 10:42 PM (f1Vqw)
I was a young Sailor, in the 80's...
Enough... said...
Posted by: Don Quixote at October 25, 2018 10:45 PM (NgKpN)
Posted by: Chicago Vota at October 25, 2018 10:44 PM (BgzWw)
I suspect, after watching billions in IP circle the drain, the suits are reasserting themselves.
Posted by: Ace's liver at October 25, 2018 10:45 PM (h2Bdk)
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at October 25, 2018 10:46 PM (nWc4E)
Posted by: Miley, the Duchess at October 25, 2018 10:46 PM (qUahL)
Our family then moved out to the burbs.. and I finished in public school.. what a joke.. but they did have shop and home ec.. I wish I had availed myself of those opportunities.. I ended up learning all the shop stuff ( mostly woodworking) on my own later in life.
Posted by: Chi-Town Jerry at October 25, 2018 10:46 PM (438dO)
Posted by: Infidel at October 25, 2018 10:46 PM (wgeXB)
Posted by: Colorado Alex In Exile at October 25, 2018 10:46 PM (SgjGX)
Its really the only way of destressing from all the bullshit.
Posted by: Kreplach at October 25, 2018 10:47 PM (kT3/m)
https://tinyurl.com/zky2sjv
Posted by: Jinx the Cat at October 25, 2018 10:47 PM (FTlwv)
I bake it in the oven. I used to let chicken breasts thaw slightly, and cut them into chunks. Then I discovered this is not necessary! Why wasn't I informed of this? Just slap them breasts in, and chunk them when it's fully cooked and tender.
Since I'm pretty much a cro-magnon I gnaw on this for dinner, breakfast and maybe lunch the the next day.
Posted by: Common Tater at October 25, 2018 10:47 PM (my9nQ)
Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion of a Poperin Pear at October 25, 2018 10:42 PM (f1Vqw)
I was a young Sailor, in the 80's...
Enough... said...
Posted by: Don Quixote at October 25, 2018 10:45 PM (NgKpN)
Young man, there's no need to feel down...
Posted by: Ace's liver at October 25, 2018 10:47 PM (h2Bdk)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 25, 2018 10:48 PM (KHhgg)
https://tinyurl.com/zky2sjv
Posted by: Jinx the Cat at October 25, 2018 10:47 PM (FTlwv)
I love those! A guy I worked with in a government job had one on his desk in the mid '90s. They said he could take it with him when he retired, since it was so old it dropped off the government property list.
Posted by: Ace's liver at October 25, 2018 10:49 PM (h2Bdk)
The CH-46? Rode on those a few times.
Posted by: AshevilleRobert
CH-47 Chinook
Posted by: Jinx the Cat at October 25, 2018 10:49 PM (FTlwv)
You know, you can always throw it away. "Sorry guys I neglected the stove and it turned into a murder monster! Which I killed, so no worries, but there's no sauce. Who wants soy? Who wants teriyaki? Who wants Chinese mustard?"
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at October 25, 2018 10:49 PM (l9m7l)
workshops (woodworking, welding, sheet metal fabrication, etc.) and
offers classes to make things. You can also get trained on the equipment
and then pay a monthly fee to have 24/7 access to work on your own
projects.
Posted by: Colorado Alex In Exile
Hey - have a link for that? Send it to my email in my nic please. I'd love to take a welding class.
Posted by: Tonypete at October 25, 2018 10:49 PM (9rIkM)
Wife made this huge batch of Asian soup. Had it the last three days. And it's really, really good.
But I am farting like there's an Academy Award for best fart and I've got to win. Smells like a tire factory caught fire. I didn't even know the human ass could make this smell.
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at October 25, 2018 10:50 PM (H5knJ)
Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion of a Poperin Pear at October 25, 2018 10:42 PM (f1Vqw)
I was a young Sailor, in the 80's...
Enough... said...
Posted by: Don Quixote at October 25, 2018 10:45 PM (NgKpN)
Young man, there's no need to feel down...
Posted by: Ace's liver at October 25, 2018 10:47 PM (h2Bdk)
LOL.... who is feeling down?
I now self identify as a Curmudgeon. An advocate of MANHOOD... and I don't play the PC game.
And yes, I still get laid...
Posted by: Don Quixote at October 25, 2018 10:51 PM (NgKpN)
Posted by: votermom pimping NEW Moron-authored books! at October 25, 2018 10:51 PM (dMvl+)
me anything about tools, cars or yardwork because he grew up in an
apartment in the city, as did his Dad. He didn't know anything about any
of that.
50's-60's here, both parents. Grandparents both immigrants. My dad taught me what he knew and kinda kicked me in the ass to learn what he didn't. My ma taught me how to cook for myself. Kids need both parents.
Posted by: dartist at October 25, 2018 10:51 PM (K22Va)
My husband asked for prayer at the church staff meeting that we could rustle up enough money to travel to see his daughter for Thanksgiving. A day or two later, there was an anonymous gift for $250 in his inbox. We have a super-sweet church family.
My problem is, our financial difficulties are entirely of our own making. We have a problem with being grownups.
So someone gave to us sacrificially to compensate for our irresponsibility. This does not seem right to me.
On the one hand, I am grateful to our benefactor. On the other, I feel a deep sense of shame over the circumstances.
Is my moral compass out of whack?
Posted by: Emmie at October 25, 2018 10:52 PM (4HMW8)
We always used the series of 12345679*63 to test the accumulators, throws a total of 777777777. Works with other multipliers of 9, too.
Posted by: Jinx the Cat at October 25, 2018 10:53 PM (FTlwv)
Mike Rowe and the most uplifting thing that I have seen all week.
Posted by: mikeyG
..................
Mike Rowe is awesome.. I follow him on Facebook.. and his charity is the one I link to for Amazon charity points.
Posted by: Chi-Town Jerry at October 25, 2018 10:53 PM (438dO)
Posted by: Colorado Alex In Exile at October 25, 2018 10:53 PM (SgjGX)
Is my moral compass out of whack?
Posted by: Emmie at October 25, 2018 10:52 PM (4HMW
There's no quandary here - take the money. Your daughter needs to see her parents, and you need to make sure this is the last time.
Posted by: Ace's liver at October 25, 2018 10:54 PM (h2Bdk)
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at October 25, 2018 10:50 PM (H5knJ)
Man, that's a gift right there! Hie thee to the nearest Dem town hall, stat!
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 25, 2018 10:54 PM (KHhgg)
********
That creepy guy at Duck Pond Park with the wandering hands.
(wait for it)
Posted by: Muldoon at October 25, 2018 10:55 PM (mvenn)
Posted by: votermom pimping NEW Moron-authored books!
Thank you. We are pretty proud of him. I probably shouldn't brag about him on a public forum, but the Good News ONT caught me in a weak moment.
Posted by: Jinx the Cat at October 25, 2018 10:55 PM (FTlwv)
Posted by: Ace's liver at October 25, 2018 10:44 PM (h2Bdk)
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Surprisingly, yes, although I knew enough by that time not to need any help. With both my late sister when younger, and my daughter several years ago, I got calls when they had flats.
I got there and in the case of my sister, began just telling her what to do. She pissed and moaned that I didn't just do it for her, but she learned how for life that day.
In my daughter's case, when I pulled up and walked up to the car, she said "you're just going to tell me how and watch me, aren't you?" Smart kid.
Posted by: Calm Mentor at October 25, 2018 10:55 PM (I16G8)
Posted by: boulder terlit hobo at October 25, 2018 10:56 PM (ykYG2)
My husband asked for prayer at the church staff meeting that we could rustle up enough money to travel to see his daughter for Thanksgiving. A day or two later, there was an anonymous gift for $250 in his inbox. We have a super-sweet church family.
My problem is, our financial difficulties are entirely of our own making. We have a problem with being grownups.
So someone gave to us sacrificially to compensate for our irresponsibility. This does not seem right to me.
On the one hand, I am grateful to our benefactor. On the other, I feel a deep sense of shame over the circumstances.
Is my moral compass out of whack?
Posted by: Emmie at October 25, 2018 10:52 PM (4HMW
No, it's not. The problem may have been of your own making, but the gift was still a kind one that you should appreciate. Here's what you do: consider this a chance to make a change for the better. Use the money for your trip, but sit down beforehand and figure out a way to set aside that same amount for a donation to the church in a few months to help another needy family.
Posted by: Colorado Alex In Exile at October 25, 2018 10:56 PM (SgjGX)
the guys i used to work with were fanatics about it, and called it "ra-moho"
it was a little way of giving back.
Posted by: concrete girl at October 25, 2018 10:56 PM (iF2CZ)
I'm glad there were no cell phone cameras back then. Taking pictures was a time consuming thing. You had lots of time to run and hide, or get yourself straightened up.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion of a Poperin Pear at October 25, 2018 10:57 PM (f1Vqw)
Posted by: Common Tater at October 25, 2018 10:57 PM (my9nQ)
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at October 25, 2018 10:57 PM (5aX2M)
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at October 25, 2018 10:57 PM (l9m7l)
Posted by: boulder terlit hobo at October 25, 2018 10:56 PM (ykYG2)
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Yes.
Posted by: Blake - used bridge salesman at October 25, 2018 10:58 PM (WEBkv)
Living in Houston and driving around there, I had the 'opportunity' of changing tyres many, many times. And I was able to teach others.
Posted by: boulder terlit hobo at October 25, 2018 10:58 PM (ykYG2)
church from your own funds, once you've learnt how To Adult, at least
enough to scrounge up $300.
Posted by: boulder terlit hobo at October 25, 2018 10:56 PM
Make it $750, when you can, Emmie...
Posted by: Zettai Roshia-no Botto at October 25, 2018 10:59 PM (CLcKT)
That creepy guy at Duck Pond Park with the wandering hands.
(wait for it)
Posted by: Muldoon
Get down.
And BOOGIE!
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at October 25, 2018 10:59 PM (aKsyK)
That said, working on a car is difficult if you don't have a garage or space to work and store it. I was lucky while living in Cali to find the place I did, where I could park the truck and spend the afternoon changing brake pads and the oil.
Posted by: Colorado Alex In Exile at October 25, 2018 11:00 PM (SgjGX)
Posted by: Common Tater at October 25, 2018 10:57 PM (my9nQ)
You knew the serious Rally navigators, because they carried Curta calculators.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 25, 2018 11:00 PM (KHhgg)
tyre?
are you British, perchance?
Posted by: votermom pimping NEW Moron-authored books! at October 25, 2018 11:00 PM (dMvl+)
Posted by: pope frank n furter at October 25, 2018 11:00 PM (ykYG2)
Broadcastify link: https://tinyurl.com/y7386hsm
Posted by: Bert G at October 25, 2018 11:01 PM (OMsf+)
whenever something unexpectedly good happens, you "pass it on"
"Random acts of kindness" is a cool thing. I wish it was were more popular.
Posted by: dartist at October 25, 2018 11:01 PM (K22Va)
Posted by: Common Tater at October 25, 2018 10:57 PM (my9nQ)
That's what I was thinking of, thanks. Absolutely couldn't remember the name.
Posted by: hogmartin at October 25, 2018 11:02 PM (y87Qq)
Posted by: Jinx the Cat at October 25, 2018 11:03 PM (FTlwv)
tyre?
are you British, perchance?
Posted by: votermom pimping NEW Moron-authored books!
A London Loo Vagabond
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at October 25, 2018 11:03 PM (aKsyK)
Posted by: Tonypete at October 25, 2018 11:03 PM (9rIkM)
Posted by: Zettai Roshia-no Botto at October 25, 2018 11:03 PM (CLcKT)
https://tinyurl.com/y92py5op
Posted by: boulder terlit hobo at October 25, 2018 11:04 PM (ykYG2)
Yeah, "Gods garage" is rarely temp appropriate.
Posted by: some rat in the swamp at October 25, 2018 11:04 PM (LOq4H)
Hey Bers -
Got willowed this morning - What Pole / Bridge spacing on those Kinmans?
Posted by: garrett at October 25, 2018 10:21 PM (aMT35)
Well, I would say regular gibson PAF spacing, but gibson does actually have a bridge spaced configuration on the hotter ones like the 500T. Sooo, not really sure what he makes, so I'm guessing if he makes a PAF type its probably going to be PAF spaced. I do like anything PAF on the hotter side. Better question, what spacing DOES he actually make?
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at October 25, 2018 11:04 PM (9Om/r)
Last time someone asked me that I was in a good mood.
Me: "Sure. Which pump?"
Woman: "Oh, my car's not here."
Me: "Your car isn't here? Where is it?"
Woman: "It's at the other gas station."
Narrator: "The other gas station is 3/4 miles away. It is night. The street has no streetlights or sidewalks."
Me: "You need to work on your script."
Posted by: Chuck C at October 25, 2018 11:04 PM (YTxkQ)
Posted by: Colorado Alex In Exile at October 25, 2018 11:00 PM (SgjGX)
Many larger cities have bay rental shops, where you can rent a service bay by the hour (or a hoist), and have access to compressed air, drain containers, tools, and assistance. Some even have a spray booth so you can repaint your car.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 25, 2018 11:04 PM (KHhgg)
When I see Ace going after Binary Ben Shapiro, I want to pull him aside and say...
"No mercy.... sweep the leg"
Posted by: kbdabear at October 25, 2018 11:04 PM (0Ntuf)
even make dedicated calculators anymore? Seems like the mobile phone
takes that function over along with telling time.
Ironic. There aren't that many dedicated calculators anymore, particularly the HP's. At the same time, I have an emulator (Free42S) that does a superb job of directly mimicking my old real HP-42S.
Sweet!
Posted by: Additional Blond Agent at October 25, 2018 11:05 PM (j0Oc6)
Posted by: Muldoon at October 25, 2018 11:05 PM (mvenn)
Does it.
Posted by: boulder terlit hobo at October 25, 2018 11:05 PM (ykYG2)
What a lovely woman:
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6318315
That is your typical Hillary supporting old woman, I imagine.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion of a Poperin Pear at October 25, 2018 11:06 PM (f1Vqw)
My husband and I both enjoy being generous ourselves, but are usually too short of funds to do much.
I do have a prayer request, and I am thinking of sending it to Fen: my husband has an opportunity that, if he is appropriately diligent, will substantially transform our financial situation. We need prayer that he will be a good steward of the opportunity. These types of opportunities are usually wasted on us, but maybe this time will be different.
Posted by: Emmie at October 25, 2018 11:06 PM (4HMW8)
Does it.
Posted by: boulder terlit hobo at October 25, 2018 11:05 PM (ykYG2)
Done in a William Shatner voice, that is really funny
Posted by: kbdabear at October 25, 2018 11:07 PM (0Ntuf)
Posted by: Jinx the Cat"
Ah, the army twin rotor. Slightly bigger than the Marine CH-46.
Posted by: AshevilleRobert at October 25, 2018 11:07 PM (DjIXP)
Posted by: Bert G at October 25, 2018 11:07 PM (OMsf+)
Posted by: concrete girl at October 25, 2018 11:08 PM (iF2CZ)
I thought most of those died due to the liability issues...
Posted by: some rat in the swamp at October 25, 2018 11:08 PM (LOq4H)
apparently it's about some youtuber named Etika
fans are concerned that his yt channel got hacked/deleted, now there's a rumor that he's dead and cops are at his place
all rumor stuff
Posted by: votermom pimping NEW Moron-authored books! at October 25, 2018 11:08 PM (dMvl+)
Here's a fun image for the Ace of Spades book thread. This is a bookshop in a fantasy comic. The protagonist has picked up a trashy novel and is amused by how silly it is. The author's comments are fun: the gargoyles aren't just for show, they chase down thieves... the eyes over the door are magic eyes that actually watch people... the store provides those floating candles because it forbids any fire or exothermic magic...
http://www.daughterofthelilies.com/dotl/806
BTW I'm pretty sure that any Morons who like web comics would like this one. It's called Daughter of the Lilies, and the woman who writes and draws it is a Christian who said she wanted to make something like the Narnia books, an uplifting and somewhat religious work that isn't preachy or boring. The comic features a world of magic and fantastic creatures... but it is apparently our world in the future, after some catastrophe. The main character is a woman who never reveals her face, and it's a big mystery as to who she really is and why she never shows her face. She's a "mage" (can use magic) whose best skills involve making plants grow. If you read all the way through, she does eventually reveal her face to us readers, but I don't want to spoil the surprise so I won't say more than that.
Posted by: mr_jack at October 25, 2018 11:08 PM (57l0O)
Posted by: boulder terlit hobo at October 25, 2018 11:08 PM (ykYG2)
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at October 25, 2018 11:08 PM (5aX2M)
apparently it's about some youtuber named Etika
fans are concerned that his yt channel got hacked/deleted, now there's a rumor that he's dead and cops are at his place
all rumor stuff
Posted by: votermom pimping NEW Moron-authored books! at October 25, 2018 11:08 PM (dMvl+)
Oh, good Lord. And here I thought something of consequence might be happening.
Posted by: Bert G at October 25, 2018 11:09 PM (OMsf+)
Posted by: Minnfidel at October 25, 2018 11:10 PM (L3YlV)
Posted by: AshevilleRobert at October 25, 2018 11:10 PM (DjIXP)
don't have a garage or space to work and store it. I was lucky while
living in Cali to find the place I did, where I could park the truck and
spend the afternoon changing brake pads and the oil.
Posted by: Colorado Alex In Exile at October 25, 2018 11:00 PM (SgjGX)
You're not kidding. Sometimes a garage isn't enough. I have a 20X30 garage, and I barely have space to do any work on the car. The place is packed with machines and tools. It was set up for harley stuff, but to get a car in a do anything is a bastard. I have to do a disk brake conversion on the car, and it grew into well lets just rebuild the entire front end while I'm at it. I'm not even sure I have the room to do it. I'm dreading it.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at October 25, 2018 11:10 PM (9Om/r)
NOTE: if you try this at home, be very careful as it can cause the duck to quack up.
Posted by: Muldoon at October 25, 2018 11:11 PM (mvenn)
Posted by: qdpsteve at October 25, 2018 11:11 PM (miE9U)
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6318315
That is your typical Hillary supporting old woman, I imagine.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion of a Poperin Pear at October 25, 2018 11:06 PM (f1Vqw)
Well, she has a point. 32 in a 25 zone isn't "just over" the limit, it's better than 25% over the limits. Technically, 32 could get you a ticket in a 30 zone.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 25, 2018 11:12 PM (KHhgg)
NOTE: if you try this at home, be very careful as it can cause the duck to quack up.
Posted by: Muldoon at October 25, 2018 11:11 PM (mvenn)
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Then it's up to you to cover the bill.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at October 25, 2018 11:13 PM (rQM9Y)
can rent a service bay by the hour (or a hoist), and have access to
compressed air, drain containers, tools, and assistance. Some even have a
spray booth so you can repaint your car.
I thought most of those died due to the liability issues...
Posted by: some rat in the swamp at October 25, 2018 11:08 PM (LOq4H)
Yeah, could be. There are none around here, but you know, Jersey...
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at October 25, 2018 11:13 PM (9Om/r)
Posted by: Common Tater at October 25, 2018 11:13 PM (my9nQ)
Sleep with your door locked for a month.
Posted by: the CAT at October 25, 2018 11:13 PM (LOq4H)
Posted by: Jinx the Cat at October 25, 2018 11:13 PM (FTlwv)
Posted by: some rat in the swamp at October 25, 2018 11:08 PM (LOq4H)
They are still around in Canada.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 25, 2018 11:14 PM (KHhgg)
garage, and I barely have space to do any work on the car. The place is
packed with machines and tools. It was set up for harley stuff, but to
get a car in a do anything is a bastard. I have to do a disk brake
conversion on the car, and it grew into well lets just rebuild the
entire front end while I'm at it. I'm not even sure I have the room to
do it. I'm dreading it.
There are people in here who had a stone driveway and no garage in the winter, and thought they had it made.
Posted by: dartist at October 25, 2018 11:15 PM (K22Va)
Alternate nomenclature: "Two Palm Trees Fucking A School Bus"
ProTip: If it's not leaking or smoking, it's probably empty.
Posted by: Common Tater at October 25, 2018 11:16 PM (my9nQ)
Posted by: the CAT"
I already have to throw him out of the bedroom regularly as he seems to think lights out = play time.
Posted by: AshevilleRobert at October 25, 2018 11:16 PM (DjIXP)
Posted by: Chris M at October 25, 2018 11:17 PM (6XZdO)
What a lovely woman:
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6318315
That is your typical Hillary supporting old woman, I imagine.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion of a Poperin Pear at October 25, 2018 11:06 PM (f1Vqw)
Oh yeah, Hillary voter for sure.
Posted by: rickl at October 25, 2018 11:18 PM (sdi6R)
Posted by: AshevilleRobert at October 25, 2018 11:16 PM (DjIXP)
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Much like Anderson Cooper.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at October 25, 2018 11:18 PM (rQM9Y)
Posted by: Zettai Roshia-no Botto at October 25, 2018 11:19 PM (CLcKT)
Posted by: dartist at October 25, 2018 11:15 PM (K22Va)
I did that when I was younger. I remember laying under a car in a monsoon changing a valve body in a trans because I had some date that I did not want to miss. Screw that, those days are over.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at October 25, 2018 11:20 PM (9Om/r)
Posted by: Jinx the Cat at October 25, 2018 11:20 PM (FTlwv)
Posted by: Colorado Alex In Exile at October 25, 2018 10:08 PM (SgjGX)
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That's your answer. The College Uber Alles mentality.
It gutted the skilled trades and led to the expectation that 'hired help' would do all the icky cooking stuff.
I saw ads the other day for mail-order meals. Comes with the recipe. Because browning burger and adding tomato sauce some spices and boiling noodles are now beyond the grasp of the millennial mind.
Useless tools.
Posted by: K.N. McBride at October 25, 2018 10:12 PM (cfSRQ)
The other (and probably real) reason is shop classes are expensive.
Posted by: Ace's liver at October 25, 2018 10:15 PM (h2Bdk)
1. Wrong sort of people teach shop.
2. Vo-Tech HS
Posted by: Barrel Repellent at October 25, 2018 11:21 PM (di1hb)
Posted by: dartis
Stone driveway?!
Luxury!
Posted by: Tonypete at October 25, 2018 11:21 PM (9rIkM)
Posted by: Ace's liver at October 25, 2018 10:44 PM
It's not an instinctual thing. And we don't get as many flats as they did in the time of _A Christmas Story_.
Park on as level surface as possible
Chock the tires.
Find jack in trunk.
Figure out how to remove it from trunk
Find spare. In trunk or underneath car.
Figure out how to remove it.
Find worthless lug wrench. (no tire iron)
Break tension on lug nuts. Hopefully they aren't torqued on too much.
Find jack points on car. If not you might just puncture the sheet metal.
Work scissors jack. Make sure its lifting straight.
Finish removing lug nuts.
Remove tire without tipping jack.
Place spare correctly.
(reverse order)
Most of the difficulty is the default lug wrench isn't a cross lug wrench so you can't generate any torque.
The other difficulty is finding the correct jack points.
Posted by: Chuck C at October 25, 2018 11:22 PM (YTxkQ)
Posted by: Miley, the Duchess
I had an HP programmable calculator in college, and when I was taking a grad level P-chem course, we had to solve this iterative equation. You were supposed to solve it by hand, but I programmed my calculator to solve it, and ran like 4 thousand cycles in 3 minutes, and kind of made my professor grimace.
But he was a fun guy.
Posted by: Bozo Conservative....outlaw in America at October 25, 2018 11:23 PM (S6Pax)
Trivia: American helicopters are officially named after Indian tribes. The "Huey" is officially the Iroquois.
Posted by: Common Tater at October 25, 2018 11:23 PM (my9nQ)
Posted by: bestie1 at October 25, 2018 11:23 PM (7jnV8)
I blame The Greatest Generation. They struggled through the Great Depression and WW II, and swore their kids would get it all. The worst thing they brought with them from WW II was the idea that no kid of theirs would ever work with their hands or backs. College for everyone! Never mind if the kid didn't want to go -- he was going!
My high school was typical of the breed. The school board bragged endlessly about what percentage of kids they sent on to college. They never admitted how many of us dropped out and were forced to take crap jobs because we didn't know how to do anything.
Posted by: Captain Josepha Sabin at October 25, 2018 11:24 PM (7bner)
Posted by: Muldoon at October 25, 2018 11:24 PM (mvenn)
Posted by: Jinx the Cat at October 25, 2018 11:25 PM (FTlwv)
I have 1200 sq. ft. of shop....the motorcycle is under a tarp in front...I need to have a yard sale.
Posted by: the CAT at October 25, 2018 11:25 PM (LOq4H)
Posted by: bestie1 at October 25, 2018 11:25 PM (7jnV8)
Posted by: Muldoon at October 25, 2018 11:25 PM (mvenn)
Posted by: Little Lupe at October 25, 2018 11:25 PM (Tyii7)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 25, 2018 11:26 PM (LsBY9)
https://tinyurl.com/y92py5op
Posted by: boulder terlit hobo at October 25, 2018 11:04 PM (ykYG2)
I can neither confirm nor deny events about which I possess no knowledge.
Posted by: Insomniac at October 25, 2018 11:26 PM (NWiLs)
Posted by: some rat in the swamp at October 25, 2018 11:26 PM (LOq4H)
Posted by: Common Tater at October 25, 2018 11:23 PM
Except those made by Kaman: Huskie, Seasprite, K-Max?
Posted by: Zettai Roshia-no Botto at October 25, 2018 11:26 PM (CLcKT)
Does it.
Posted by: boulder terlit hobo at October 25, 2018 11:05 PM (ykYG2)
NO, SENSEI!!
Posted by: Insomniac at October 25, 2018 11:27 PM (NWiLs)
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Nah. She's busy getting her back shaved tonight.
Posted by: Calm Mentor at October 25, 2018 11:27 PM (I16G8)
Posted by: Ace's liver at October 25, 2018 10:15 PM (h2Bdk)
Yup, that was my first bullet.
I do wonder how much shop classes flourished due to the massive buildup for WWII. After the war US manufacturing was in high gear, and also you had plenty of surplus equipment that could be bought cheap.
Posted by: Colorado Alex In Exile at October 25, 2018 11:27 PM (SgjGX)
The one thing I've noticed is the sheer obliviousness people have sometimes to how their problem will inconvenience others. If your car breaks down in the turn lane at an intersection, your first priority is to get that POS out of the road. People just break down and sit there.
Posted by: Common Tater at October 25, 2018 11:28 PM (my9nQ)
I LOVE riding in helicopters...but our pilot was one of the best.
Posted by: some rat in the swamp at October 25, 2018 11:28 PM (LOq4H)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 25, 2018 11:26 PM (LsBY9)
Helicopters don't fly; the Earth rejects them for being so ugly.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 25, 2018 11:28 PM (KHhgg)
Posted by: Chi-Town Jerry at October 25, 2018 10:46 PM
If it isn't breaking your OPSEC, what years were you at SICP?
Posted by: Chuck C at October 25, 2018 11:29 PM (YTxkQ)
The one thing I've noticed is the sheer obliviousness people have sometimes to how their problem will inconvenience others. If your car breaks down in the turn lane at an intersection, your first priority is to get that POS out of the road. People just break down and sit there.
Posted by: Common Tater at October 25, 2018 11:28 PM (my9nQ)
Just had a new set of tires put on my '08 3/4 ton Suburban. Eight-lug wheels, recommended torque is 140 ft-lbs. Just had the wheels re-torqued today, too.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 25, 2018 11:30 PM (KHhgg)
I blame The Greatest Generation. They struggled through the Great Depression and WW II, and swore their kids would get it all. The worst thing they brought with them from WW II was the idea that no kid of theirs would ever work with their hands or backs. College for everyone! Never mind if the kid didn't want to go -- he was going!
My high school was typical of the breed. The school board bragged endlessly about what percentage of kids they sent on to college. They never admitted how many of us dropped out and were forced to take crap jobs because we didn't know how to do anything.
Posted by: Captain Josepha Sabin at October 25, 2018 11:24 PM (7bner)
Trades come with their own risks, which to many WWII generation and boomers would have seemed a lot more real than the risks from a college career path.
Plus, the people on the school boards are likely college educated professionals, so there's probably some bias as well against the trades. If you have to choose between shop class, that your son won't take, or paying for IB classes that could help your son get into a better college, which would you choose as a school board member?
Posted by: Colorado Alex In Exile at October 25, 2018 11:30 PM (SgjGX)
We are now accepting applications for qualified pilots and crew!
Posted by: Pinochet Airlines at October 25, 2018 11:31 PM (Tyii7)
Does it.
Posted by: boulder terlit hobo at October 25, 2018 11:05 PM (ykYG2)
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That's the other guy's problem.
Posted by: Louis Winthorpe III at October 25, 2018 11:31 PM (rQM9Y)
Posted by: Common Tater at October 25, 2018 11:13 PM (my9nQ)
I recently bought a new car. The manual is about ten pages long, but those pages are filled with 2D barcodes. When you read the barcode with your phone it brings up a detailed video addressing that section.
Anyway, if you have access to the web there's no excuse for not doing something because you don't know how. You may not have the right tools, or the job may simply be too big, but you can always find a youtube video detailing what you're trying to do.
Posted by: Ace's liver at October 25, 2018 11:31 PM (h2Bdk)
Posted by: Captain Josepha Sabin at October 25, 2018 11:24 PM (7bner)
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Yep. I graduated in '81, and Vo Tech was considered to be only for those that couldn't cut college. A second rate education.
Posted by: Calm Mentor at October 25, 2018 11:31 PM (I16G8)
Posted by: Common Tater at October 25, 2018 11:23 PM (my9nQ)
So, what helicopter would be named after Elizabeth Warren's tribe?
Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX
Posted by: Jim at October 25, 2018 11:32 PM (QzJWU)
Posted by: musical jolly chimp at October 25, 2018 11:32 PM (Pg+x7)
Posted by: Jinx the Cat at October 25, 2018 11:33 PM (FTlwv)
Posted by: musical jolly chimp at October 25, 2018 11:33 PM (Pg+x7)
Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX
Posted by: Jim at October 25, 2018 11:32 PM (QzJWU)
The Piasecki PF-2 Paleface.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 25, 2018 11:35 PM (KHhgg)
Posted by: Colorado Alex In Exile at October 25, 2018 11:27 PM (SgjGX)
I'll bet liability insurance is even more expensive than the tools and facilities.
Posted by: Ace's liver at October 25, 2018 11:35 PM (h2Bdk)
Posted by: Secret Square at October 25, 2018 11:36 PM (9WuX0)
Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX
Posted by: Jim at October 25, 2018 11:32 PM
The Sikorsky Smackaho?
I anathemetise myself.
Posted by: Zettai Roshia-no Botto at October 25, 2018 11:36 PM (CLcKT)
Posted by: Jinx the Cat at October 25, 2018 11:33 PM (FTlwv)
If that happens, loosen lug nuts one turn, and drive to and fro a bit, applying brakes sharply. Should bust the wheel loose.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 25, 2018 11:36 PM (KHhgg)
simply be too big, but you can always find a youtube video detailing
what you're trying to do.
Posted by: Ace's liver
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Right but, the vid always says something like *remove the rotor* and the next shot shows it removed. NOT the back-breaking struggle you had to free it from the axle hub after 8 years of rust holding it on. Good times.
Posted by: Tonypete at October 25, 2018 11:37 PM (9rIkM)
Posted by: biancaneve at October 25, 2018 11:37 PM (hkMx0)
********
If that persists for more than 4 hours you should seek medical attention.
Posted by: Muldoon at October 25, 2018 11:38 PM (mvenn)
It seems not only google but bing and duckduckgo have blacklisted NPCs.
NPCs are people, too.
Posted by: flounder, rebel, vulgarian, deplorable, winner at October 25, 2018 11:39 PM (5jVnA)
Posted by: Jinx the Cat at October 25, 2018 11:33 PM (FTlwv)
If that happens, loosen lug nuts one turn, and drive to and fro a bit, applying brakes sharply. Should bust the wheel loose.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 25, 2018 11:36 PM (KHhgg)
I'll have to try that next time. Weirdly, swearing and whacking it with the tire iron didn't do much. Though I felt a bit better.
Posted by: Ace's liver at October 25, 2018 11:39 PM (h2Bdk)
Yup. Gotta live life on edge, loosen the lug nuts and move the vehicle to break it loose.
Posted by: lowandslow at October 25, 2018 11:39 PM (Mr80f)
Not if you have a fine piece of equipment like the Kamov Ka-26.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xy0GMyfGu6s
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at October 25, 2018 11:39 PM (vOkuK)
Posted by: Captain Josepha Sabin at October 25, 2018 11:39 PM (7bner)
Posted by: Muldoon at October 25, 2018 11:39 PM (mvenn)
*remove the rotor* and the next shot shows it removed. NOT the
back-breaking struggle you had to free it from the axle hub after 8
years of rust holding it on. Good times.
Posted by: Tonypete at October 25, 2018 11:37 PM
Just position the iron on the nut at about 10:00, and then jump on it!
Posted by: Zettai Roshia-no Botto at October 25, 2018 11:40 PM (CLcKT)
Posted by: Tonypete at October 25, 2018 11:37 PM (9rIkM)
Of course the video links in the manual will be a lot of use when the car breaks down where there is no cell service.
I try to make a habit of carrying a portable air compressor that runs off juice from the lighter socket, plus a tubeless tire plug kit. Both together will set you back less than the cost of one tow job.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 25, 2018 11:40 PM (KHhgg)
Posted by: lowandslow at October 25, 2018 11:41 PM (Mr80f)
This was a common problem on the first generation of Sexbots.
Posted by: garrett at October 25, 2018 11:42 PM (aMT35)
Posted by: Muldoon at October 25, 2018 11:42 PM (mvenn)
Posted by: Muldoon at October 25, 2018 11:38 PM (mvenn)
I am shocked that Muldoon didn't also list the Ten-Code for this!
Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX
Posted by: Jim at October 25, 2018 11:42 PM (QzJWU)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 25, 2018 11:40 PM (KHhgg)
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So, what, like $15?
Oh. TOW job.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at October 25, 2018 11:43 PM (rQM9Y)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 25, 2018 11:43 PM (KHhgg)
I am cursed.
Posted by: Jinx the Cat at October 25, 2018 11:43 PM (FTlwv)
This place is a bit of a learning annex.
Posted by: some rat in the swamp at October 25, 2018 11:43 PM (LOq4H)
Posted by: garrett at October 25, 2018 11:42 PM (aMT35)
You have to keep a can of Nev R Seize on hand, if you want a rim job from a sexbot.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 25, 2018 11:44 PM (KHhgg)
I helpfully provided a few to him:
- "Mauled at Motel 6"
- "Traumatized by Trip Advisor"
- "Eviscerated at Econo Lodge"
Posted by: qdpsteve at October 25, 2018 11:44 PM (miE9U)
Posted by: garrett at October 25, 2018 11:42 PM (aMT35)
The early models always were a bit twitchy.
Posted by: Bishop at October 25, 2018 11:44 PM (h2Bdk)
Posted by: Anna Puma (HQCaR) at October 25, 2018 11:45 PM (Q5Ara)
Posted by: Jinx the Cat at October 25, 2018 11:45 PM (FTlwv)
(That's a joke, I know I know, big hurricane danger)
Posted by: qdpsteve at October 25, 2018 11:45 PM (miE9U)
Posted by: qdpsteve at October 25, 2018 11:47 PM (miE9U)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
Oh, you said TOW job. My bad.
Posted by: Tonypete at October 25, 2018 11:47 PM (9rIkM)
Our new-to-us 2001 Lexus RX300 needs some door lock actuators replaced. It's a long shot, but since Toyota makes Lexus, I wondered if we could scavenge actuators from the 1996 Toyota Avalon that has been retired. The problem is I've been unable to find anything on the internet about whether they would be compatible.
Do any of the car geniuses here tonight know anything about this?
Posted by: Emmie at October 25, 2018 11:47 PM (4HMW8)
Posted by: dartis
Stone driveway?!
Luxury!
Posted by: Tonypete at October 25, 2018 11:21 PM (9rIkM)
Stone driveway. Full garage (two of 'em!). Low spots, so puddles or ice slabs. Repairs always needed mid-Jan.
Posted by: Barrel Repellent at October 25, 2018 11:47 PM (di1hb)
Posted by: Anna Puma (HQCaR) at October 25, 2018 11:48 PM (Q5Ara)
Posted by: Emmie at October 25, 2018 11:47 PM (4HMW
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Yes.
*puffs pipe thoughtfully*
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at October 25, 2018 11:48 PM (rQM9Y)
"It's an over-panchiever!!"
:-P
Posted by: qdpsteve at October 25, 2018 11:48 PM (miE9U)
Posted by: Captain Josepha Sabin at October 25, 2018 11:39 PM (7bner)
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Yep, true. The wealthiest guy I know went right from HS into his Dad's small commercial plumbing business, as a plumber. He did his work, and along the way for about 5 years audited specific night classes in Marketing and Finance.
Over the last 25 years he has built it to a point that they have over 700 employees, up from 12 when he took it over.
Posted by: Calm Mentor at October 25, 2018 11:49 PM (I16G8)
Jim
Sunk New Dawn
*******
Okay. One quick funny story before I go, speaking of things getting stuck via galvanic action. I was seeing a kid in clinic that I have known since he was about five, chronic heat condition. He is now 18. I hadn't seen him for about a year so we were reviewing his interim medical history. I asked if he'd been to the ER for anything during the interim and he sort of glanced at his mom. She said, "Do you want to tell him or should I?"
He said, "I'll tell him. Well doc, I've got this girlfriend and we were getting a little what you might call sexual activity going on and...well...I'm not circumcised, and my foreskin got stuck back around the...you know... the other part."
I said, "Stop right there, I get the picture. Way too much ibformation."
Posted by: Muldoon at October 25, 2018 11:49 PM (mvenn)
Posted by: Anna Puma (HQCaR) at October 25, 2018 11:49 PM (Q5Ara)
- "Traumatized by Trip Advisor"
- "Eviscerated at Econo Lodge"
Posted by: qdpsteve at October 25, 2018 11:44 PM (miE9U)
- "Claws" Tourists at Travelodge are dismembered by rabid, but sleepy bears.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 25, 2018 11:50 PM (KHhgg)
Posted by: qdpsteve at October 25, 2018 11:50 PM (miE9U)
*puffs pipe thoughtfully*
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at October 25, 2018 11:48 PM (rQM9Y)
Well, good for you!
Posted by: Emmie at October 25, 2018 11:50 PM (4HMW8)
Posted by: Muldoon at October 25, 2018 11:50 PM (mvenn)
Posted by: Kindltot at October 25, 2018 11:51 PM (mUa7G)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at October 25, 2018 11:52 PM (aKsyK)
Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX
Posted by: Jim at October 25, 2018 11:52 PM (QzJWU)
Posted by: qdpsteve at October 25, 2018 11:52 PM (miE9U)
compressor that runs off juice from the lighter socket, plus a tubeless
tire plug kit. Both together will set you back less than the cost of one
tow job.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 25, 2018 11:40 PM (KHhgg)
I carry two cans of Fix-a-Flat. It will get you to the tire store.
Posted by: Kindltot at October 25, 2018 11:52 PM (mUa7G)
Posted by: Emmie
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Search for 'foreign auto parts', narrow search to the Lexus latch solenoid, then do the same for the Accord. See if they are the same part number.
That's all I got.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc. etc. at October 25, 2018 11:53 PM (4bd7D)
Val and Delilah washed and groomed for this weekend's shows in Austin. And that's it from Schloss Hadrian. Good night, Hordians.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 25, 2018 11:53 PM (LsBY9)
Posted by: Muldoon at October 25, 2018 11:54 PM (mvenn)
It is so bad it just might be fun.
https://thisainthell.us/blog/?p=82509
Posted by: Anna Puma (HQCaR) at October 25, 2018 11:54 PM (Q5Ara)
My 1998 Mercury Sable hates ethanol. The engine occasionally runs rough. It used to be fine the part of the year when the gas didn't contain ethanol, but now ethanol is in the gas year-round.
Is there a gas tank additive to help with this that you would recommend, please?
Posted by: Emmie at October 25, 2018 11:54 PM (4HMW8)
Crowd drowns out anti-Trump Dems Adam Schiff, Brad Sherman at California debates, forcing early end
https://tinyurl.com/yau979ce
I frankly don't have much sympathy. Let's see how libs like getting shouted down.
Posted by: qdpsteve at October 25, 2018 11:55 PM (miE9U)
Posted by: BJM at October 25, 2018 11:55 PM (O74hG)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc. etc. at October 25, 2018 11:53 PM (4bd7D)
Thanks, Mike. I've tried that. For some reason, I was able to find some parts numbers before and now I can't find them again. I'm in the Twilight Zone.
Posted by: Emmie at October 25, 2018 11:56 PM (4HMW8)
Do any of the car geniuses here tonight know anything about this?
Posted by: Emmie at October 25, 2018 11:47 PM (4HMW
Well. If the doors look like they could swap from one car to the other, chances are the parts inside the door might swap, too. Or the basic actuator device might be the same, but the linkage rod from it to the door latch might be different.
Find a friendly auto wrecker, and ask them to look up the parts in their Hollander Guide. Hollander is a publishing company that compiles books of parts interchange information. Now on line, too. I'll bet you it is a subscription service, like Mitchell manuals on line, but your local public library might have a subscription. Failing that, befriend your local auto wrecker.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 25, 2018 11:56 PM (KHhgg)
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So, you still have a lead holder and a pointer?
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc. etc. at October 25, 2018 11:57 PM (4bd7D)
When life gives you lemons, make tequila shots.
Posted by: otho at October 25, 2018 11:58 PM (LkFnL)
Posted by: Emmie
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I would call a local pick a part place, formerly known as junkyards, and ask them this question. They have software that will match other make/model parts that will work with your car. Good luck.
Posted by: Calm Mentor at October 25, 2018 11:59 PM (I16G8)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 25, 2018 11:56 PM (KHhgg)
Ooh, thanks! I think I could do that. I have some pretty cool subscriptions available to me through the community college where I work.
Posted by: Emmie at October 25, 2018 11:59 PM (4HMW8)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc. etc. at October 26, 2018 12:00 AM (U2TY5)
Posted by: Emmie at October 26, 2018 12:00 AM (4HMW8)
Posted by: Mike Hammer
I do - left over from my days as a period furniture maker. The master made us do full sized drawings of any pieces we had commissions for.
Grandfather clocks were a monumental bitch to draw on 4 foot drafting tables.
Posted by: Tonypete at October 26, 2018 12:01 AM (9rIkM)
Do any of the car geniuses here tonight know anything about this?
Posted by: Emmie at October 25, 2018 11:47 PM (4HMW
Well. If the doors look like they could swap from one car to the other, chances are the parts inside the door might swap, too. Or the basic actuator device might be the same, but the linkage rod from it to the door latch might be different.
Find a friendly auto wrecker, and ask them to look up the parts in their Hollander Guide. Hollander is a publishing company that compiles books of parts interchange information. Now on line, too. I'll bet you it is a subscription service, like Mitchell manuals on line, but your local public library might have a subscription. Failing that, befriend your local auto wrecker.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 25, 2018 11:56 PM (KHhgg)
Just looking up the parts... they don't look the same. Doesn't necessarily mean they aren't compatible.
Posted by: Bishop at October 26, 2018 12:01 AM (h2Bdk)
Posted by: Anna Puma (HQCaR) at October 26, 2018 12:01 AM (Q5Ara)
Posted by: Emmie at October 26, 2018 12:03 AM (4HMW8)
My 1998 Mercury Sable hates ethanol. The engine occasionally runs rough. It used to be fine the part of the year when the gas didn't contain ethanol, but now ethanol is in the gas year-round.
Is there a gas tank additive to help with this that you would recommend, please?
Posted by: Emmie at October 25, 2018 11:54 PM (4HMW
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Try findjng ethanol gas near you at pure-gas.org before using additives.
Posted by: Calm Mentor at October 26, 2018 12:03 AM (I16G8)
Posted by: Anna Puma
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Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc. etc. at October 26, 2018 12:04 AM (U2TY5)
I think the jump from 96 to 01 is an entire platform change in the cars, so I wouldn't expect much of any interchangabity there.
Search term on ebay.
"2001 Lexus RX-300 door lock actuators"
Bet you'll find some bargains there. Caution though. Buy only OEM, not cheap Chinese knock offs.
Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX
Posted by: Jim at October 26, 2018 12:05 AM (QzJWU)
Posted by: Emmie
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Nope, shouldn't matter.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc. etc. at October 26, 2018 12:05 AM (fZcn6)
Remember the tag line to David Cronenberg's movie The Fly? It was: "Be afraid. Be very afraid."
It turns out that tag line was created by none other than...
Mel Brooks. (link to EW.com)
https://tinyurl.com/y7rfsf9m
Posted by: qdpsteve at October 26, 2018 12:05 AM (miE9U)
Posted by: Emmie at October 25, 2018 11:47 PM (4HMW
FWIW, Rock Auto shows different numbers for door lock actuators between the 1996 Avalon and the 2001 Lexus. $109 for the Lexus ones.
That doesn't mean you couldn't possibly take the Toyota part, modify it slightly, and make it work in the Lexus. You might have to alter a support bracket, or a wire harness, or the linkage rod end.
A Lexus-specific enthusiast help bulletin board might be the place to go.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 26, 2018 12:06 AM (KHhgg)
Posted by: Anna Puma (HQCaR) at October 26, 2018 12:01 AM (Q5Ara)
They're not even timers. They're just clocks, without even an alarm circuit you could wire in. Also, I suspect people who were actually trying to kill someone with a mail bomb wouldn't include a helpful Hollywood style LED display.
Posted by: Bishop at October 26, 2018 12:06 AM (h2Bdk)
Do we need to put out a BOLO for Jane D'Oh and Uncle Palp? I haven't seen either all week, I don't think.
Posted by: Eleanor, What the Cat Dragged In at October 26, 2018 12:06 AM (QU+qf)
Posted by: Zettai Roshia-no Botto at October 25, 2018 09:54 PM (zizgG)
Methodists !!!!
Posted by: Adriane the Movie Critic ... at October 26, 2018 12:07 AM (AoK0a)
I wonder if Robert DeNiro was feeling left out so he had his ex NYC LEO do a copy cat.
Posted by: Anna Puma (HQCaR) at October 26, 2018 12:07 AM (Q5Ara)
Posted by: Mrs. JTB at October 26, 2018 12:08 AM (V+03K)
Posted by: Mike Hammer
Nope. Never took it up as a trade, but had opportunities in several jobs to be "the guy" who knew how to do a reasonable drawing on the rare occasion one was needed.
Posted by: BJM at October 26, 2018 12:08 AM (O74hG)
I need the death and destruction to feed me.
Anyway, sup everyone?
Posted by: thathalfrican - GOOD at October 26, 2018 12:08 AM (IYHxL)
Posted by: Eleanor, What the Cat Dragged In at October 26, 2018 12:06 AM (QU+qf)
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Jane had been talking about a trip to Africa, apparently she is on it. No idea about Uncle Palp.
Posted by: Calm Mentor at October 26, 2018 12:10 AM (I16G8)
I don't need a car alarm, and I don't need the "anti-theft" feature. It's a friggin' 16-year old truck, FFS.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 26, 2018 12:10 AM (KHhgg)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at October 26, 2018 12:11 AM (aKsyK)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc. etc. at October 26, 2018 12:12 AM (YvUf/)
Many of my neighbors were fresh from the city and suburbia was heaven to them. They loved mowing their very own yards with lawnmowers with engines. And they had patios in the back! And charcoal grills! And they didn't share walls with anyone so they didn't have to listen to the neighbors fighting or playing their tvs too loud.
One night, my father heard a strange noise in the back yard and went out to investgate. It was the guy from next door, holding a big clod of dirt in one hand and a flashlight in the other. " There's a rat in your back yard!" the guy hollered. "I'm just gonna throw this dirt at him and scare him away!" My poor father nearly stroked out on the spot. It wasn't a rat, it was a skunk, and it was right under our open dining room window. Having spent his whole life in the city, the guy only understood rats. If it was big and furry, it had to be a rat.
Posted by: Captain Josepha Sabin at October 26, 2018 12:13 AM (7bner)
Posted by: Zettai Roshia-no Botto at October 25, 2018 09:54 PM (zizgG)
Methodists !!!!
Posted by: Adriane the Movie Critic ... at October 26, 2018 12:07 AM
I'd meant to add 'patriots' at the end, but I forgot in my haste for a top slot...
Posted by: Zettai Roshia-no Botto at October 26, 2018 12:14 AM (CLcKT)
Posted by: klaftern at October 26, 2018 12:14 AM (RuIsu)
Why are you trying to send #BOMBS through the mail bro?
Posted by: thathalfrican - GOOD at October 26, 2018 12:16 AM (IYHxL)
I don't need a car alarm, and I don't need the "anti-theft" feature. It's a friggin' 16-year old truck, FFS.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 26, 2018 12:10 AM (KHhgg)
Just park it in downtown Oakland, CA. That sucker will be bypassed in minutes. You'll have to time your reappearance correctly, though if you want to keep more than the frame.
Posted by: Ace's liver at October 26, 2018 12:16 AM (h2Bdk)
Posted by: Zettai Roshia-no Botto at October 26, 2018 12:18 AM (CLcKT)
And in other news, I had a good experience at my doctor's office today, after some bloodwork and a urine test earlier. Doc pronounced me disgustingly healthy.
So apparently I'll be around for a while yet, and undoubtedly will grow old.
Posted by: irongrampa at October 26, 2018 12:18 AM (S/hVx)
Why are you trying to send #BOMBS through the mail bro?
Posted by: thathalfrican
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It's a long story.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc. etc. at October 26, 2018 12:18 AM (fZcn6)
Posted by: Bishop at October 26, 2018 12:06 AM (h2Bdk)
The one X-ray I saw in the Daily Mail showed wires from the pipe simply ending behind the clock. Not tied into the clock PCB.
Heh. Back in the 1950's, early '60's, there was a terror campaign by a cult called the Sons of Freedom Doukhobors in southern British Columbia. They blew up railway bridges, roads, and school buses. Blew up a school bus parked outside the home of my late uncle Leo. Their bombs were time bombs, using a cheap dollar pocket watch as the timer. They would remove the minute hand, polish the hour hand to bright metal, and place a screw in the plastic watch crystal, which the hour hand would hit upon its advance. That gave them up to a 12 hour delay. Then the clever bastards found they could add mass to the balance wheel in the watch, and slow it down to near half-speed, and get close to 20 hours delay.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 26, 2018 12:19 AM (KHhgg)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc. etc. at October 26, 2018 12:19 AM (fZcn6)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 26, 2018 12:10 AM
It's got a manual gearbox, doesn't it?
Posted by: Zettai Roshia-no Botto at October 26, 2018 12:21 AM (CLcKT)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc. etc. at October 26, 2018 12:19 AM (fZcn6)
Heh. Snips that, Kabooms!
No, the system is built into the car, I think. I will unplug the horn relay, once I find it.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 26, 2018 12:22 AM (KHhgg)
Same device lets you punch in a non-standard tire size, and the truck's computer will adjust the speedometer, accordingly.
IIRC, if you have a full owner's manual, there was a complex dance that could be played on the Odometer Reset and some other dash-buttons to also override the PATS, but that's long forgotten in my cranial files.
Wish I could help more!
Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX
Posted by: Jim at October 26, 2018 12:22 AM (QzJWU)
Posted by: Calm Mentor at October 26, 2018 12:03 AM (I16G
I do that about every third fill-up, but it's only available as 91 octane and it's pricey.
Posted by: Emmie at October 26, 2018 12:22 AM (4HMW8)
Posted by: irongrampa at October 26, 2018 12:18 AM (S/hVx)
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that's what you think!
Posted by: random inatentive driver at October 26, 2018 12:24 AM (kRSP9)
Same device lets you punch in a non-standard tire size, and the truck's computer will adjust the speedometer, accordingly.
IIRC, if you have a full owner's manual, there was a complex dance that could be played on the Odometer Reset and some other dash-buttons to also override the PATS, but that's long forgotten in my cranial files.
Wish I could help more!
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*ponders 95' S10 in the driveway. feels new affection for it*
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc. etc. at October 26, 2018 12:24 AM (4bd7D)
Posted by: Zettai Roshia-no Botto at October 26, 2018 12:21 AM (CLcKT)
No, it's automatic, and that is faulty. No direct drive happening. Might be the direct drive clutch, might be a shfit solenoid, too. I was going to put it on the hoist, drop the tranny pan, and look for debris. Clean oil, no debris, might be electrical failure. Muddy black debris - clutch pack failed. Sparkly metal debris - hard parts broke.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 26, 2018 12:24 AM (KHhgg)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 26, 2018 12:10 AM (KHhgg)
The only trick I would know is to remove the related fuse, but I have no idea what else that might mess up.
Posted by: Emmie at October 26, 2018 12:25 AM (4HMW8)
doctor's office today, after some bloodwork and a urine test earlier.
Doc pronounced me disgustingly healthy.
So apparently I'll be around for a while yet, and undoubtedly will grow old.
Posted by: irongrampa at October 26, 2018 12:18 AM
When I'd last had a check up, I'd stayed up all night studying for the urine test and was too tired for the blood work...
Posted by: Zettai Roshia-no Botto at October 26, 2018 12:26 AM (CLcKT)
Wish I could help more!
Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX
Posted by: Jim at October 26, 2018 12:22 AM (QzJWU)
I think there is a full owner's manual in the glove box. And I have a friend who is a service manager at a big Ford dealership in saskatchewan.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 26, 2018 12:26 AM (KHhgg)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 26, 2018 12:19 AM (KHhgg)
That was my first thought when someone said there was a clock.
In the 1940s German saboteurs used dried peas in a tube of water. Over time the peas would soak up the water and expand, eventually pushing the metal contact at the top of the tube against the housing. Probably work with rice, too.
Not something you'd sent through the mail, though.
Posted by: Ace's liver at October 26, 2018 12:27 AM (h2Bdk)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 26, 2018 12:10 AM (KHhgg)
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Perusing the forums, this seems to be a very intentional issue in the software for that truck. Suggestions were to make a deal with a local locksmith guy to kill this feature, as a local dealer guy can't/won't.
Posted by: Calm Mentor at October 26, 2018 12:27 AM (I16G8)
He was a farmer. It turns out he worked the farm since he was a kid, kept up till he was 42, till last Mon.
Dad was retiring this yr and older brother came home after 2 DUIs and losing his job. So Dad says the farm goes to the oldest, despite the other working there for yrs.
Well Mike had depression issues and was being treated for them, doing fine it seemed. He kept talking to his Dad about the situation.
After harvest on Mon. he texted his wife he loved her and their son. She found him later in the work shed hanging and dead.
if someone could send up prayers for Sarah and her family I'd appreciate it. Please pass them on to Fen, I'm too tired right now to do so.
I'm in a state of great sorrow, I've know Sarah since she was 3, sweet girl who doesn't deserve any of this hell.
Posted by: Farmer at October 26, 2018 12:28 AM (yJ1e6)
Posted by: Emmie at October 26, 2018 12:29 AM (4HMW8)
Posted by: Farmer at October 26, 2018 12:28 AM (yJ1e6)
So sad. I'll pray.
Posted by: Emmie at October 26, 2018 12:31 AM (4HMW8)
Awww, that sucks. People contemplating that should really think about what it'll do to the people they leave behind.
Posted by: Ace's liver at October 26, 2018 12:31 AM (h2Bdk)
Back in the 1950's, early '60's, there was a terror campaign by a cult called the Sons of Freedom Doukhobors in southern British Columbia.
But the transition for this pre-industrial, rural, Russian Christian sect was not easy; their concepts of pacifism, animal rights and anti-materialism split the Doukhobor community into three factions. The most active of these was the 'Sons of Freedom', whose millennial zeal manifested itself in now-legendary nude marches and acts of violence that ran counter to their fundamental tenet of non-violence
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at October 26, 2018 12:32 AM (aKsyK)
Posted by: Hillbillyking at October 26, 2018 12:33 AM (gNaOY)
Posted by: irongrampa at October 26, 2018 12:33 AM (S/hVx)
Park on as level surface as possible
Chock the tires.
Find jack in trunk.
Figure out how to remove it from trunk
Find spare. In trunk or underneath car.
Figure out how to remove it.
Find worthless lug wrench. (no tire iron)
Break tension on lug nuts. Hopefully they aren't torqued on too much.
Find jack points on car. If not you might just puncture the sheet metal.
Work scissors jack. Make sure its lifting straight.
Finish removing lug nuts.
Remove tire without tipping jack.
Place spare correctly.
spare self-destructs because it's the original donut that shipped with your 20-year-old car.call tow truck
not that i'm bitter or anything
Posted by: Anachronda at October 26, 2018 12:33 AM (2//jc)
I'm in a state of great sorrow, I've know Sarah since she was 3, sweet girl who doesn't deserve any of this hell.
Posted by: Farmer at October 26, 2018 12:28 AM (yJ1e6)
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Done Farmer. Prayers for the whole family.
Posted by: Calm Mentor at October 26, 2018 12:34 AM (I16G8)
lock actuators between the 1996 Avalon and the 2001 Lexus. $109 for the
Lexus ones.
That doesn't mean you couldn't possibly take the Toyota part, modify
it slightly, and make it work in the Lexus. You might have to alter a
support bracket, or a wire harness, or the linkage rod end.
A Lexus-specific enthusiast help bulletin board might be the place to go.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 26, 2018 12:06 AM (KHhgg)
Weird. When I look up those things on rock auto they are $83, but only have a front left.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at October 26, 2018 12:34 AM (9Om/r)
That's tragic, Farmer. Prayers and condolences for Mike's family.
Posted by: Surfperch at October 26, 2018 12:35 AM (e/W8U)
Posted by: lousagirl at October 26, 2018 12:36 AM (PmCoA)
May Sarah and her son be Blessed with the Peace that Pass all our Understanding.
May they find Strength ...
Posted by: Adriane the Critic ... at October 26, 2018 12:36 AM (AoK0a)
Posted by: Emmie at October 26, 2018 12:38 AM (4HMW8)
Posted by: Farmer at October 26, 2018 12:28 AM (yJ1e6)
Condolences, Farmer.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 26, 2018 12:39 AM (KHhgg)
Posted by: colfax mingo at October 26, 2018 12:39 AM (tCvhJ)
Prayer sent
Posted by: lousagirl at October 26, 2018 12:39 AM (PmCoA)
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at October 26, 2018 12:34 AM (9Om/r)
That's all I found, too. Rock Auto probably quoted me the price in Canadian dollars, since I am at home in Alberta now.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 26, 2018 12:40 AM (KHhgg)
Posted by: colfax mingo at October 26, 2018 12:42 AM (tCvhJ)
Posted by: rickl at October 26, 2018 12:43 AM (sdi6R)
You want happy talk? Here's some damn happy talk, then... from that famously cheery ole GOP cheerleader... MSNBC!
So, listen up, then. OK?
NOW HEAR THIS! But first, remember that 2016 was a PRESIDENTIAL election year, not a gd MIDTERM, & Trump kicked adz in 2016, recall? (It was in all the newspapers)
So... stay with me now:
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on.msnbc.com/2ELRp1t
Posted by: strawdog at October 26, 2018 12:43 AM (Cssks)
Posted by: Emmie at October 26, 2018 12:38 AM (4HMW
If none of the actuators work, it may be a power source issue for the door lock system, unless the actuators failed one by one. Modern lock actuators are often not simple solenoids, but rather tiny electric motors with a gear train, that drives a toothed rack to create the linear motion. They are surprisingly robust, too.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 26, 2018 12:43 AM (KHhgg)
Gee, I hope "Dad" is happy with his stupid decision. [spit]
Posted by: Eleanor: my spirit animal is Bill the Cat at October 26, 2018 12:44 AM (QU+qf)
Posted by: Emmie at October 26, 2018 12:22 AM (4HMW
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You asked. I answered. If you look at it, a can of additive is about the same as loading up a car with pure gas. Whatever you decide, be well.
Posted by: Calm Mentor at October 26, 2018 12:44 AM (I16G8)
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not that i'm bitter or anything
Posted by: Anachronda
That Mission Impossible theme should have been a dead give away ...
Glad you're OK.
Posted by: Adriane the Movie & TV Critic ... at October 26, 2018 12:44 AM (AoK0a)
All the Best to The Legion of Ron an Ette certified Mechanics......
The amount of useful info exchanged here would've been banned if His Hairness wasn't in charge......so I'm gonna enjoy it for the next 6 yrs......
Appreciate y'all!
Posted by: Hillbillyking at October 26, 2018 12:45 AM (gNaOY)
Posted by: Martell at October 26, 2018 12:45 AM (6OiXw)
youtube.com/watch?v=v0fy1HeJv80
Posted by: Fritz at October 26, 2018 12:45 AM (Z9C5C)
Posted by: Jim at October 26, 2018 12:46 AM (QzJWU)
Posted by: colfax mingo at October 26, 2018 12:46 AM (tCvhJ)
It was a cruel and awful thing to do
But I will say that forgiveness is in order, he was sick and beyond and I have got closer to God as a result
I will just never understand it it broke my heart beyond anything I have ever been through
And my pain was nothing compared to my sis and her husband
But there is a peace now, hard to explain
Posted by: lousagirl at October 26, 2018 12:46 AM (PmCoA)
It was a cruel and awful thing to do
But I will say that forgiveness is in order, he was sick and beyond and I have got closer to God as a result
I will just never understand it it broke my heart beyond anything I have ever been through
And my pain was nothing compared to my sis and her husband
But there is a peace now, hard to explain
Posted by: lousagirl at October 26, 2018 12:46 AM (PmCoA)
Holy crap that's messed up.
Posted by: Ace's liver at October 26, 2018 12:50 AM (h2Bdk)
INDIANAPOLIS (WTHR) - A campaign for Indianapolis' upcoming Cease Fire Weekend campaign hit the radio airwaves Thursday afternoon to help get the word out.
Part of the Cease Fire will include a gun buyback program to help stop the violence in Indy.
Indy's Cease Fire Weekend is November 2-4 at the MLK Center located at 40 W. 40th Street, at North Illinois Street on the near northwest side. The event will include wraparound services for people wanting counseling, a free smoke detector and help with employment services as part of a job fair.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at October 26, 2018 12:51 AM (aKsyK)
Posted by: colfax mingo at October 26, 2018 12:53 AM (tCvhJ)
My heart goes out to them
Prayers and love and eventual healing for your friend and family.
Posted by: Martell at October 26, 2018 12:55 AM (6OiXw)
Posted by: lousagirl at October 26, 2018 12:57 AM (PmCoA)
"Life does Life Things......The only way way through it, is to LIVE."
Given the number of folks I interact with, "Life doing it's thing" rears its head on a regular basis......
Those folks that accept that Life Happens and then eventually continue to Live......seem to adjust the Best.
Accepting that Living has pain.......just as it has joy can be tough to reconcile until experienced......
I reckon wisdom is made up of that in part.
Posted by: Hillbillyking at October 26, 2018 12:59 AM (gNaOY)
And 538 has moved NV SEN from tossup to Lean R!
Is it not passing brave,
To be a king.*
And ride in triumph through Persepolis?"
Marlowe/Tamerlane
*king = guess who? orange hair
Posted by: strawdog at October 26, 2018 01:00 AM (Cssks)
Posted by: Calm Mentor at October 26, 2018 12:44 AM (I16G
Thank you for that. At one time, there was some 87 octane available but the suppliers don't offer it currently.
Posted by: Emmie at October 26, 2018 01:00 AM (4HMW8)
Posted by: strawdog at October 26, 2018 01:01 AM (Cssks)
Indy's Cease Fire Weekend is November 2-4 at the MLK Center located at 40 W. 40th Street, at North Illinois Street on the near northwest side. The event will include wraparound services for people wanting counseling, a free smoke detector and help with employment services as part of a job fair.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at October 26, 2018 12:51 AM (aKsyK)
Sounds like a good place to park with a white van, and a couple of grand in cash on hand. "We will buy your gun, no awkward questions, better prices."
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 26, 2018 01:04 AM (KHhgg)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 26, 2018 12:43 AM (KHhgg)
I don't know the history on this car's door locks, but from the discussion boards, it sounds like 2001 Lexus actuator failure is ridiculously common. Our other cars have an unresponsive door or two.
Posted by: Emmie at October 26, 2018 01:04 AM (4HMW8)
May you have many blessings. My 7 granchildren are my blessings, and I hope to hang around to hold great granchildren in my arms. If that comes to pass I will go beyond blessed to estatic.
Posted by: colfax mingo at October 26, 2018 01:04 AM (tCvhJ)
Posted by: lousagirl at October 26, 2018 01:06 AM (PmCoA)
Goodnight, and may God bless your rest and bring victory in the morning.
Posted by: Emmie at October 26, 2018 01:08 AM (4HMW8)
Then a heartfelt (cause humans know....)...... HUG.
Easing the pain of another is a gift........one those capable of sharing should never be stingy with, because the reward ALWAYS surpasses the cost.....
Posted by: Hillbillyking at October 26, 2018 01:08 AM (gNaOY)
Part of the Cease Fire will include a gun buyback program to help stop the violence in Indy.
Indy's Cease Fire Weekend is November 2-4 at the MLK Center located at 40 W. 40th Street, at North Illinois Street on the near northwest side. The event will include wraparound services for people wanting counseling, a free smoke detector and help with employment services as part of a job fair.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at October 26, 2018 12:51 AM (aKsyK)
Are private gun transfers legal in Indiana?
If they are, you and some of your friends should advertise that you'll buy any gun in usable condition for above the price that the buy back is offering with no questions asked. Perhaps you could set up a tent or something about a block away from the event. I guarantee you'll end up saving quite a few pieces of history from the scrap heap.
Posted by: Surfperch at October 26, 2018 01:09 AM (e/W8U)
Chock the tires.
Find jack in trunk.
Figure out how to remove it from trunk
Find spare. In trunk or underneath car.
Figure out how to remove it.
Find worthless lug wrench. (no tire iron)
Break tension on lug nuts. Hopefully they aren't torqued on too much.
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18" length of steel pipe that slides over lug wrench for extra leverage, as breaker bar.
Posted by: Krampus at October 26, 2018 01:09 AM (M1ujL)
Posted by: Emmie at October 26, 2018 01:04 AM (4HMW
sounds like it might be a limit switch failure, allowing the motor to be powered up until it burns out. You might be better off swapping in the actuators from the old Toyota if you are willing to do the necessary modifications to make them work (if they can work at all). There might be some fundamental design difference that makes the wiring incompatible, such as 3-wire vs 2-wire, etc.
This is where a Lexus enthusiast bulletin board could be useful. If it's a common problem, some smart person has already done that homework, and can tell you which Brand X actuator to buy, and what mods need to be done to make it work in the Lexus doors.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 26, 2018 01:11 AM (KHhgg)
My cup runneth over
I have two beautiful grand babies and they are my heart
Posted by: lousagirl at October 26, 2018 01:11 AM (PmCoA)
Posted by: Krampus at October 26, 2018 01:09 AM (M1ujL)
With my Suburban, I carry a 24 inch flex handle, and a 7/8" socket for the lug nuts.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 26, 2018 01:13 AM (KHhgg)
Howdy roonz and roonettez!
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at October 26, 2018 01:14 AM (vbvxt)
Posted by: Emmie at October 26, 2018 01:15 AM (4HMW8)
Posted by: Lori Dougherty at October 26, 2018 01:17 AM (FH7la)
Posted by: lousagirl at October 26, 2018 01:17 AM (PmCoA)
Yes, this is me in the prayer chain.
I am writing to ask for your help. To be clear, I asked for and received help once already, in early July. I wanted all to know that. Circumstances are such that I find myself needing ask another time.
10/23-Calm Mentor is battling an infection that came from an abscessed tooth and could use all the help he could get. He is going through a very difficult time right now. He has a new GoFundMe page:
https://www.gofundme.com/help-with-time-to-find-employment
The campaign tells the story, but this is my situation:
I am partially handicapped, with limited mobility and only 25% use of my strong right arm. Up until June, I was still able to drive for Uber, and did so for over a year. I was deactivated as a driver at that time.
My only family is a brother who I was helping financially while working. My "friends", I found, consisted of those from a marriage of 17 years which ended three years ago. I have been turned down for welfare benefits because, as reported, I made too much money this year to qualify. I applied for SSDI in July, and am awaiting their first denial, ascc I'm told this is their standard practice.
While working, I had built up a small reserve of money, one that was used up recently to pay an oral surgeon to treat a badly abscessed tooth.
I have been everywhere in applying for jobs, and in the past 3.5 months have only gotten 3 days of good freelance work, and 5 days of temp work. I will find something, as failure is not an option. In the meantime, I am looking at homelessness next week. This is the reason for my request. Anything you could do would be greatly appreciated.
Thank you for listening, and I have put my email in my nic if anyone would like to contact me off of the board. I will post this once only per thread for today and tomorrow. Be well.
Posted by: Calm Mentor at October 26, 2018 01:18 AM (I16G8)
Posted by: colfax mingo at October 26, 2018 01:19 AM (tCvhJ)
I was not expecting this in a million years and neither was she.
Exit question: is it normal for late 30 year old's to make out for 4-6 hours straight while staring into each other's eyes and laughing flirting the entire time? It's like we are teenagers. It's crazy.
Posted by: Jerry Seinfeld at October 26, 2018 01:20 AM (idRmA)
Posted by: Calm Mentor at October 26, 2018 01:27 AM (I16G8)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 26, 2018 01:04 AM (KHhgg)
Those kind of buybacks always come with amnesty. They also sweep up mostly junk you wouldn't want to rely on in a pinch.
Posted by: Ace's liver at October 26, 2018 01:28 AM (h2Bdk)
Posted by: Ace's liver at October 26, 2018 01:28 AM (h2Bdk)
But there might be the odd really collectible old piece that the dumb fuck holding it doesn't know its value. And you could offset some of your expenses by selling the real crap guns to the legit buyback.
And you'd be getting them off "the streets" which is the goal of the buyback, after all.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 26, 2018 01:40 AM (KHhgg)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 26, 2018 01:42 AM (KHhgg)
Posted by: Jerry Seinfeld at October 26, 2018 01:20 AM (idRmA)
Get a room already.
Posted by: tcn in AK at October 26, 2018 01:44 AM (NXsWM)
Posted by: Richard McEnroe at October 26, 2018 01:49 AM (PjWy4)
You were kind enough to recommend Dale Carnegie to me not long ago.
He is famously wise, & perhaps his wisdom will help you as well.
Posted by: strawdog at October 26, 2018 01:54 AM (Cssks)
My 1998 Mercury Sable hates ethanol. The engine occasionally runs rough. It used to be fine the part of the year when the gas didn't contain ethanol, but now ethanol is in the gas year-round.
Is there a gas tank additive to help with this that you would recommend, please?
===============================
If you are near the shore or a lake or a river, go to a gas station near the marina (or whatever) to buy non-ethanol gas...
Posted by: Old Toby at October 26, 2018 02:21 AM (4komI)
What a sad tale. Prayers to all including you.
Posted by: colfax mingo at October 26, 2018 12:42
Thanks to all have expressed condolences.
I'm in a huge stage of grief. Sarah is one of the sweetest people we know.
TY colfax mingo. Very much appreciated.
Posted by: Farmer at October 26, 2018 02:21 AM (yJ1e6)
It's because his list is the same as mine. Robert De Niro clinched it, these are all people who have threatened or dog-whistle for violence against my tribe.
I think they are a message: " do you guys really want to play hardball? Because this is what happens, and the next ones won't be fake"
I think the intent is to stop the bullying. It follows the formula - the best way to stop a bully is to punch him in the nose.
Posted by: Fenrisulven at October 26, 2018 03:04 AM (WI9RL)
TY
Posted by: Farmer at October 26, 2018 03:29 AM (yJ1e6)
I would love for them to catch him ( chances of a lone woman is slim)
Posted by: Skip at October 26, 2018 03:34 AM (T4oHT)
Posted by: Skip at October 26, 2018 03:36 AM (T4oHT)
You are probably right. But, if that profile is correct... I have to imagine he isn't too sophisticated. Not being to comprehend how doing this right before the election could result in blowback, giving the people he despises more political power.
And the misspellings? Is that a misdirection? Or indication this was a total rush job? "Florids" is a typo with "s" being next to "a" on keyboard.
I could imagine some dude getting real pissed off one night and throwing this together overnight or next couple days... but I'm not sure this could've been pulled off that quickly. People have said that getting a courier to deliver, at least for the CNN address, takes some coordination.
Posted by: Serious Cat at October 26, 2018 03:38 AM (neVm7)
I would love for them to catch him ( chances of a lone woman is slim)
Posted by: Skip at October 26, 2018 03:34 AM (T4oHT)
I agree about it not being a lone woman, but if a group of women worked together they might be able to figure it out. :p
Posted by: Serious Cat at October 26, 2018 03:40 AM (neVm7)
I listen to Lindsay Stirling sometimes, picked it up from Prager's bumper music.
Posted by: Skip at October 26, 2018 03:44 AM (T4oHT)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j5pIsl-GUoM
He also did Rainy Night In Georgia. RIP Tony.
Posted by: GnuBreed at October 26, 2018 03:44 AM (Z4rgH)
By the way...
I went through 36 of the 50 states that have Absentee and Early Vote data and so far Republicans are casting more votes:
Democrats... 3,593,434
Republicans... 3,963,159
Plus+ 380k
Combined is 7,556,593
(Didn't add up Independents)
Posted by: Serious Cat at October 26, 2018 03:47 AM (neVm7)
Posted by: Skip at October 26, 2018 03:49 AM (T4oHT)
Posted by: Skip at October 26, 2018 03:52 AM (T4oHT)
Scoot over, Cat Stevens, you got company.
Posted by: GnuBreed at October 26, 2018 03:54 AM (Z4rgH)
Yup, and here is a page where the PA numbers, as well as other 35 states...
https://targetearly.targetsmart.com
Posted by: Serious Cat at October 26, 2018 04:01 AM (neVm7)
Posted by: Skip at October 26, 2018 04:02 AM (T4oHT)
Heard Scott Walker on 1210am on way home
Posted by: Skip at October 26, 2018 04:05 AM (T4oHT)
Posted by: Skip at October 26, 2018 04:02 AM (T4oHT)
Interestingly enough, the Irish are voting on removing from their constitution their blasphemy laws, in place since 1855 but rarely enforced (h/t ZH).
Maybe free speech is making a comeback.
Posted by: GnuBreed at October 26, 2018 04:07 AM (Z4rgH)
Posted by: Skip at October 26, 2018 04:22 AM (T4oHT)
Posted by: Skip at October 26, 2018 04:25 AM (T4oHT)
Donald J. Trump
@realDonaldTrump
1 hour ago
Funny how lowly rated CNN, and others, can criticize me at will, even blaming me for the current spate of Bombs and ridiculously comparing this to September 11th and the Oklahoma City bombing, yet when I criticize them they go wild and scream, "it's just not Presidential!"
I actually suspect that is a staff coordinated tweet. Seems like its had a few passed with an editor.
Posted by: Serious Cat at October 26, 2018 04:26 AM (neVm7)
Mexico Grand prix starts today with Friday practice around 10am and 3pm so maybe will be home to see that.
Have a great day, TGIF.
Posted by: Skip at October 26, 2018 04:36 AM (T4oHT)
Before I skedaddle, wishing the Horde a great Friday. May all your surprises be good ones.
Posted by: platypus, gg channel at October 26, 2018 04:44 AM (wedPR)
Yesterday was my mom's 82nd birthday. Her health is definitely in decline. Last Sunday, a close cousin of mine called me to set up him driving 400 miles one way to deliver a cake to my mom; I'm like "Okay, if that is what you want to do".
It was a huge success. Mom couldn't remember about anyone making that big of a deal about her BD in over 30 years. She is still stunned. We went to the casino for a bit, had some cake, then he headed back to Houston.
When she flags a bit about about all the Dr appointments, the new disabilities, the weight losses...
Friends and family are right there to cheer her on. I like to think of myself as head cheerleader.
It was a good day.
Posted by: GnuBreed at October 26, 2018 04:58 AM (Z4rgH)
I suppose so, but....
Shouldn't those things really be taught by parents? Looks to me like one more area our society is falling down, and there's a limit to how much we can expect schools to pick up the slack.
Further, consider what schools, as they are today, would make of it. Boys would be made to sew dresses, and wear them. Wood shop would be stalled completely by students who say their projects identify as made of metal, or stone, or some organic soy shit.
Posted by: Eeyore, fomerly George LeS at October 26, 2018 05:00 AM (59GGI)
Posted by: Eeyore, fomerly George LeS at October 26, 2018 05:01 AM (59GGI)
Posted by: GnuBreed at October 26, 2018 03:54 AM (Z4rgH)
My family laughs then when a cat song comes on sirius xm I change it and saying no fukn terrorist radio dot com
Posted by: LBJs Ghost at October 26, 2018 05:18 AM (JFO2v)
Have a great day, TGIF.
Posted by: Skip at October 26, 2018 04:36 AM (T4oHT)
Martinsville! Baby!
However I had a strange thing happen to me last time there. I used to drink a fosters oil can before each race to kind of get things going. I am walking around drinking a fosters and big black state trooper tells me to throw away my beer. I look around and most everyone has a beer in hand but I decide I do not need an ass whipping that day. Throw beer in trash and trooper stomps off like he is mad I did not give him excuse.
Posted by: LBJs Ghost at October 26, 2018 05:24 AM (JFO2v)
Posted by: Colin at October 26, 2018 05:25 AM (PECiL)
Posted by: rhennigantx at October 26, 2018 05:25 AM (JFO2v)
Posted by: Colin at October 26, 2018 05:25 AM (PECiL)
Did cameltoe and sparky get a bomb. What about Liawatha?
Posted by: rhennigantx at October 26, 2018 05:26 AM (JFO2v)
Posted by: TickledPink at October 26, 2018 05:26 AM (TL2pK)
How is everyone?
Posted by: TickledPink at October 26, 2018 05:26 AM (TL2pK)
Still waiting to decide! Need coffee and sex!
Posted by: rhennigantx at October 26, 2018 05:34 AM (JFO2v)
Posted by: TickledPink at October 26, 2018 05:36 AM (TL2pK)
nope just old married dude that still likes banging his wife...after coffee that is
Posted by: rhennigantx at October 26, 2018 05:43 AM (JFO2v)
"Ain't Going Down This Time"...great live version
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M7M_7LRhXsI
Posted by: Tentotwo at October 26, 2018 05:50 AM (yhf6w)
Posted by: TickledPink at October 26, 2018 05:58 AM (TL2pK)
Scoot over, Cat Stevens, you got company.
Posted by: GnuBreed at October 26, 2018 03:54 AM (Z4rgH)
That's only because she's reached such a stage of ugly she wants to dress in the laundry bag instead of the laundry without people questioning it.
Remember, this is the dumb bitch who tore up a picture of Saint John Paul on Saturday Night Live because he was against abortion. I wonder how her new friends feel about it...
Posted by: Bilwis, Devourer of Low Glycemic Souls at October 26, 2018 06:04 AM (jp0Bv)
Let's smile and be happy and strike fear in the heart of killjoy leftists everywhere.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at October 26, 2018 06:06 AM (hyuyC)
Posted by: Kreplach at October 26, 2018 06:08 AM (kT3/m)
She has chosen her path in life. And according to dogma, she can not go back.
We should keep an eye on her, to see if she has made a wise choice.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at October 26, 2018 06:09 AM (hyuyC)
Posted by: NaCly Dog at October 26, 2018 06:10 AM (hyuyC)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 26, 2018 06:13 AM (LsBY9)
Posted by: Jennifer Squeezer at October 26, 2018 06:15 AM (yhf6w)
Posted by: Kreplach at October 26, 2018 06:08 AM (kT3/m)
nada some sex and coffee talk
Posted by: rhennigantx at October 26, 2018 06:17 AM (JFO2v)
Posted by: TickledPink at October 26, 2018 05:58 AM (TL2pK)
I am old and tired lucky that blood still flows
Posted by: rhennigantx at October 26, 2018 06:18 AM (JFO2v)
Posted by: NaCly Dog at October 26, 2018 06:10 AM (hyuyC)
Every day I see more clearly that many people loves misery and wish it to be shared and spread. It seem like every Dem candidate has a idea that they and only they can correctly move money to the right person or project. As I say I wish someone would as Ocassio what is the official state tampon. Bernie has said many time we have too many deodorant choices.
Posted by: rhennigantx at October 26, 2018 06:23 AM (JFO2v)
Posted by: Kreplach at October 26, 2018 06:26 AM (kT3/m)
Trust me....sometimes I just want to say, "Let me go make you some coffee" and scoot out of bed before things start happening.
Posted by: TickledPink at October 26, 2018 06:27 AM (TL2pK)
Posted by: NaCly Dog at October 26, 2018 06:28 AM (hyuyC)
Because I've heard that a lot of sex without emotional context is ... Let me get back to you.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at October 26, 2018 06:30 AM (hyuyC)
Posted by: NaCly Dog at October 26, 2018 06:28 AM (hyuyC)
Trickle up poverty
Posted by: rhennigantx at October 26, 2018 06:34 AM (JFO2v)
Posted by: Colin at October 26, 2018 06:36 AM (PECiL)
That's a good one.
I find that calling Leftist policy fascist, and backing it up with reason, hits Leftists hard. Their internal self-regard takes a hit.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at October 26, 2018 06:37 AM (hyuyC)
Sounds like your earlier fears of this fellow were unfounded.
Posted by: clutch at October 26, 2018 06:37 AM (kiSdp)
It's because his list is the same as mine. Robert De Niro clinched
it, these are all people who have threatened or dog-whistle for violence
against my tribe.
Posted by: Fenrisulven"
I have considered that possibility but if so why not Pelosi and especially Schumer, two of the most despicable high profile Democrats? And why include Biden who is more like everybodies buffoonish uncle?
Posted by: Ripley at October 26, 2018 06:38 AM (MxEKc)
Posted by: platypus,
Thank yew.
Posted by: JT at October 26, 2018 06:38 AM (nwYk7)
Posted by: TickledPink at October 26, 2018 06:41 AM (TL2pK)
Serious question. I know you are in a long distance relationship. If you were together, could you grow as a couple, and would marriage be that path?
You do not have to answer here. Just something to think about.
Because finding a perfect fit is wonderful, but very rare. Get close and work together for the rest.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at October 26, 2018 06:41 AM (hyuyC)
Posted by: NaCly Dog at October 26, 2018 06:37 AM (hyuyC)
I always think why doesnt someone ask these so called liberal Are you will to use guns and violence to enforce this policy?
making kids go to school use guns
pay school taxes use guns
pay SS and Medicare use guns
join obamacare use guns
22 MM illegal army dont use guns
Posted by: rhennigantx at October 26, 2018 06:43 AM (JFO2v)
Posted by: TickledPink at October 26, 2018 06:41 AM (TL2pK)
I call that my impending doom or the bear
Posted by: rhennigantx at October 26, 2018 06:44 AM (JFO2v)
Have a serene day everyone.
Head on a swivel, and have a SecDef Mattis plan, because the all important (to the Left) election is approaching. And they have a strong track record of causing Reichstag Fire events.
It is a beautiful fall day, with a bright moon, so our hearts should be light.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at October 26, 2018 06:45 AM (hyuyC)
Posted by: Concerned People's Front, Boofing Chapter at October 26, 2018 06:47 AM (hSQF+)
It's not a conservative or someone sympathetic to the conservative cause.
This is a dirty tricks campaign straight out of the Robert Creamer dirty tricks shop.
I am of the opinion that the "investigation" is rigged and that either no one will be found and this shit will be left open for the MSM and donks to milk for the foreseeable future or a designated patsy is going to be killed in a swatting/apprehension in that case the MSM and Donks get to write the epilogue and the clown show rolls on.
Posted by: Kreplach at October 26, 2018 06:49 AM (kT3/m)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 26, 2018 06:50 AM (AllCR)
Posted by: Kreplach at October 26, 2018 06:49 AM (kT3/m)
I believe this will be uncovered and exposed. Now how it will be spun is a whole other story.
Posted by: rhennigantx at October 26, 2018 06:52 AM (JFO2v)
I was joking mostly. All I meant by that was I think I will always have fears and worries as long as I live. If I don't have fears...it probably means something is wrong and/or I don't care.
@549
That is indeed the question isn't it? It's tough to answer, because...things are so great when we are together and I'm so happy, and I'm certain that's not sustainable in a close-distance relationship. That euphoria just isn't sustainable long term. So...if we were together in close proximity for an extended period of time...that's the test, I guess.
Posted by: TickledPink at October 26, 2018 06:54 AM (TL2pK)
Posted by: Secret Square at October 26, 2018 06:55 AM (9WuX0)
Posted by: rhennigantx at October 26, 2018 06:58 AM (JFO2v)
I hope so.
But being that from what is known so far I believe a person of interest should have been developed by now I'm not hopeful.
Take the 1st fake bomb at CNN allegedly dropped off by a courier.
As I have said yesterday, I know how deliveries and packages get in and out of CNN so if it was dropped off by a courier the courier would be logged, the package would be logged and the courier would have been captured on CCTV.
All of the pictures of the fake bomb packages do not have canceled or stamped so they were not "sent" in the mail form Florida.
And the use of "sent" by the FBI is too cute by half.
Most of the packages were "found" at sorting facilities which means they were dropped in a drop/mail box and brought to the sorting facility and "discovered"
It's all bullshit and I don't trust LE specifically the FIB to tell the truth and do an honest and real investigation.
Posted by: Kreplach at October 26, 2018 07:00 AM (kT3/m)
Who is the bigger fukn nut in the pic?
Whoa.
Its too early for a gross pic like that.
People are eating breakfast.
Posted by: JT at October 26, 2018 07:03 AM (nwYk7)
Posted by: Kreplach at October 26, 2018 07:00 AM (kT3/m)
You are not paranoid if you know they are out to get you!
Posted by: rhennigantx at October 26, 2018 07:05 AM (JFO2v)
Take the 1st fake bomb at CNN allegedly dropped off by a courier.
As
I have said yesterday, I know how deliveries and packages get in and
out of CNN so if it was dropped off by a courier the courier would be
logged, the package would be logged and the courier would have been
captured on CCTV.
All of the pictures of the fake bomb packages do not have canceled or stamped so they were not "sent" in the mail form Florida.
And the use of "sent" by the FBI is too cute by half.
Most
of the packages were "found" at sorting facilities which means they
were dropped in a drop/mail box and brought to the sorting facility and
"discovered"
It's all bullshit and I don't trust LE specifically the FIB to tell the truth and do an honest and real investigation.
Posted by: Kreplach at October 26, 2018 07:00 AM
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The NYPD has video of the courier who dropped the package off at cnn. And they most likely have already questioned him on who gave him the package to deliver.
The uncancelled stamps are an issue. To me that means they never went over the counter at the Post Office and were somehow dumped into the mail stream without anyone noticing. From the pictures that I have seen those packages would not fit in any of the free standing mail boxes I use so they got to the sorting facility some other way.
That shows a sophistication that is way out of proportion to the cartoonish "bombs" themselves.
Posted by: The Great White Scotsman at October 26, 2018 07:06 AM (JUOKG)
Donald J. Trump
@realDonaldTrump
1 hour ago
Funny how lowly rated CNN, and others, can criticize me at will, even blaming me for the current spate of Bombs and ridiculously comparing this to September 11th and the Oklahoma City bombing, yet when I criticize them they go wild and scream, "it's just not Presidential!"
I actually suspect that is a staff coordinated tweet. Seems like its had a few passed with an editor.
Posted by: Serious Cat
I love the ones with misspellings and bad grammar - they must drive biographical/psyche intel guys insane.
Posted by: Jean at October 26, 2018 07:08 AM (sFO1P)
Posted by: Jean at October 26, 2018 07:10 AM (sFO1P)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 26, 2018 07:10 AM (AllCR)
Fuck the Left
Posted by: Nevergiveup at October 26, 2018 07:11 AM (bim/x)
Posted by: Jean at October 26, 2018 07:12 AM (sFO1P)
I'm not sure, but about 3 sentences in, the article says that "Rosie gushed"
I threw up a little
Posted by: Bruce at October 26, 2018 07:14 AM (xOkKO)
It's all bullshit and I don't trust LE specifically the FIB to tell the truth and do an honest and real investigation.
What no confidence in Snoozy Sessions and Link Wray?
Posted by: EL DOPO at October 26, 2018 07:14 AM (my0dy)
Posted by: JT at October 26, 2018 07:15 AM (nwYk7)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 26, 2018 07:21 AM (AllCR)
What no confidence in Snoozy Sessions and Link Wray?
Posted by: EL DOPO
I like having the NYPD back checking the FBI, quis custodiet ipsos custodes!
Posted by: Jean at October 26, 2018 07:21 AM (sFO1P)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 26, 2018 07:22 AM (AllCR)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke
People that take pictures of their food and post it, call it food porn.
So it works with that
Posted by: Bruce at October 26, 2018 07:23 AM (xOkKO)
even make dedicated calculators anymore? Seems like the mobile phone
takes that function over along with telling time.
There are a few circular mil/aviation ones still available. Ive seen a big one for use when wearing bunny suits in explosive atmospheres. It has a non sparking bronze rivet!
Posted by: Jean at October 26, 2018 07:24 AM (sFO1P)
http://time.com/5434381/tayari-jones-moral-middle-myth/
So I ask:
How much money can you take from a dead person? 10% 50% 100%
How much of a persons work can you take? 15% 50% 100%
Can I defend my house? myself? my family?
Do I have an absolute right to a trial? Innocent until proven otherwise?
Posted by: rhennigantx at October 26, 2018 07:27 AM (JFO2v)
Lovely
Posted by: Nevergiveup at October 26, 2018 07:29 AM (bim/x)
Posted by: Ripley at October 26, 2018 07:29 AM (MxEKc)
Lovely
Posted by: Nevergiveup at October 26, 2018 07:29 AM (bim/x)
Until she rids herself of clit and labia I aint believing!
Posted by: rhennigantx at October 26, 2018 07:31 AM (JFO2v)
Don't want coffee.
Would like some sex.
Guess I'll make a cup of tea.
Joan Collins in JJs thread.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at October 26, 2018 07:32 AM (kqsXK)
Posted by: Case, who ponders the neon Red Pegasus atop the Magnolia Building at October 26, 2018 07:34 AM (XWvgx)
Posted by: Ripley at October 26, 2018 07:29 AM (MxEKc)
Funny the left is worried about me with a gun, free speech on college campuses, and SCOTUS that know the constitution but not worried about mahammedans, MS13, and Illegal army from the south.
Posted by: rhennigantx at October 26, 2018 07:34 AM (JFO2v)
Posted by: Case
Create Crisis, Profit!
Posted by: Jean at October 26, 2018 07:36 AM (sFO1P)
Catholicism's loss is Islam's loss.
Posted by: NPC Poster 1149782 at October 26, 2018 07:38 AM (oVJmc)
Posted by: JT at October 26, 2018 07:39 AM (imlmn)
Posted by: Sumdumchief at October 26, 2018 07:42 AM (2pjL1)
George Soros
Former CIA director John Brennan
Former Attorney General Eric Holder
US Rep. Maxine Waters
Robert De Niro
Former Vice President Joe Biden
Barack and Michelle Obama
Bill and Hillary Clinton
How the f_ck does some redneck 'get er done' type get the addresses of all these people? This is deep state op.
Posted by: Embedded in my Pre-Frontal Cortex at October 26, 2018 07:42 AM (URwyc)
Posted by: JT at October 26, 2018 07:39 AM
I'd don't think I'd be offended, this time, if she went on SNL and tore up a picture of Pope Francis.
Posted by: Embedded in my Pre-Frontal Cortex at October 26, 2018 07:44 AM (URwyc)
Posted by: Sumdumchief at October 26, 2018 07:44 AM (2pjL1)
I guess the next act in the theater is for the deep state to name a 'person of interest' and fabricate an internet history of right-wingish-ness. Without presenting any proof, just delay this until the election and keep throwing gas on the fire.
Posted by: Embedded in my Pre-Frontal Cortex at October 26, 2018 07:54 AM (URwyc)
Posted by: human at October 26, 2018 08:00 AM (0CeRG)
Posted by: rhennigantx at October 26, 2018 07:31 AM (JFO2v)
Didn't Madonna switch again....Born a Catholic, then Kabbalah, and now she is studying Islam, supposedly.
Posted by: Colin at October 26, 2018 08:35 AM (PECiL)
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