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Saturday Overnight Open Thread (12/8/1
The Saturday Night Joke GRANDPA'S ON THE PORCH AGAIN..... A man came to visit his grandparents, and he noticed his grandfather sitting on the porch, in the rocking chair, wearing only a shirt, with nothing on from the waist down. "Grandpa, what are you doing? Your weenie is out in the wind for everyone to see!" he exclaimed. The old man looked off in the distance without answering . "Grandpa, what are you doing sitting out here with nothing on below the waist?" he asked again. The old man slowly looked at him and said "Well...last week I sat out here with no shirt on, and I got a stiff neck. This is your grandma's idea."
Meet Deb.
If you are ever confronted with a jerk in the car wash line, here is what you can do.
FFS Political correctness has come to the world of candy.
An elementary school principal in Nebraska was reportedly placed on leave after telling teachers to avoid decorating their classrooms with Christmas-themed ornamentations so as not to offend those who don’t celebrate the holiday. The principal at Manchester Elementary School, identified by Fox affiliate KPTM as Jennifer Sinclair, sent out a memo earlier this week with guidelines as to what is considered appropriate for classroom decorations and assignments. Teachers were reportedly told that generic winter-themed items, such as sledding and scarves, and the “Frozen” character Olaf, were acceptable. Decorations that included “Santa, Christmas trees, candy canes, reindeer and more,” as reported by the news station, were not acceptable for the elementary school.
So some people don't play well together after drinking together. Genius Award Winners.
Multiple crimes committed during coworkers alcohol-fueled dinner.
On a night in late November, the employees of a restaurant in Akita City, capital of Japan’s northern Akita prefecture, had a problem. A group of about 10 men, all coworkers, had been drinking, and instead of being jovially or sleepily drunk, they’d settled on the belligerent style of intoxication instead. The men started arguing among themselves, and eventually some of them came to blows, damaging the restaurant’s interior and fixtures in the process. Ordinarily, you’d call the cops in to break the brawl up, but in this case, the brawlers themselves were all police officers
I quit! Memorable resignations.
When the time comes to quit a job, you normally pack up your belongings, give a few farewells, and leave through the front doors without a ton of fanfare. Rarely do people act on elaborate fantasies to yell at their bosses or punt the water cooler — but some folks do. See, leaving a job is also the ultimate time to make a grand gesture and never look back — the opportunity to act without consequences, after all, is a rare treat. That’s why these 20 former employees (emphasis on former) seized their chances to make their final work days unforgettable
Per Maet, First thought - Umm I think all they can guarantee is that there won't be any pregnancies during the trip, but I suspect that there will be a good amount of sex and a whole lot of drama. Second thought - I had no idea that lesbians in space was such as thing.
At the time of this video, just how high was David Crosby?
Most Miss (Fill in your state here) want to achieve Peace, Love and Understanding. Oh Miss Kentucky did and then some. Genius Award Winner.
Miss Kentucky winner charged with sending nude photos via Snapchat to her former student
We’ve often heard a good guy with a gun stops a bad guy with a gun, but an incident in South Carolina this week proved that a good gal with a gun will do just as well. An escaped inmate still wearing his orange prison jumpsuit was shot and killed after the man kicked down a woman’s door in the middle of the night, Fox affiliate WGHP reported.
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Comments
(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: Calm Mentor at December 08, 2018 09:53 PM (ffYR/)
Posted by: t-bird at December 08, 2018 09:54 PM (DCYln)
Posted by: lin-duh galt at December 08, 2018 09:54 PM (kufk0)
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at December 08, 2018 09:54 PM (kQs4Y)
Posted by: lin-duh galt at December 08, 2018 09:55 PM (kufk0)
Well, I think I made up for my holey T-shirts. The Duchess dug my deep-fried catfish and corn on the cob, so I'm back in her Grace's good graces.
Posted by: Miley, the Duchess at December 08, 2018 09:55 PM (NMAzL)
Posted by: JAS at December 08, 2018 09:56 PM (3HNOQ)
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at December 08, 2018 09:57 PM (kQs4Y)
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at December 08, 2018 09:57 PM (l9m7l)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at December 08, 2018 09:57 PM (deEx0)
Ah crap, I'm using Miley's old Toshiba laptop, and used her nick. It's me, not her.
Posted by: publius, the Duke of Miley's Ficus at December 08, 2018 09:57 PM (NMAzL)
Posted by: some rat in the swamp at December 08, 2018 09:58 PM (LOq4H)
Posted by: wing at December 08, 2018 09:58 PM (JFzNN)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at December 08, 2018 09:58 PM (aKsyK)
Posted by: Zettai Roshia-no Botto at December 08, 2018 09:58 PM (CLcKT)
But they're sorta of like crap collages; not knit, but sewn/hot glued.
I have a stuffed Cthulhu that would make a capital Christmas sweater.
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at December 08, 2018 09:59 PM (kQs4Y)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at December 08, 2018 09:59 PM (aKsyK)
Posted by: JAS at December 08, 2018 09:59 PM (3HNOQ)
Posted by: ALH at December 08, 2018 10:00 PM (cS3Yq)
Posted by: ALH at December 08, 2018 10:00 PM (cS3Yq)
Posted by: Jewells45 at December 08, 2018 10:01 PM (dUJdY)
Item 8, barbershop quartet
There are five guys behind him in the picture (not including the guy who's quitting)
What are they trying to pull here?
Posted by: hogmartin sees FOUR! LIGHTS! at December 08, 2018 10:01 PM (t+qrx)
Posted by: JAS at December 08, 2018 09:59 PM (3HNOQ)
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That's a moon.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at December 08, 2018 10:01 PM (deEx0)
So this somewhere, tape a mirror to a sweater.
Posted by: some rat in the swamp at December 08, 2018 10:02 PM (LOq4H)
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at December 08, 2018 10:02 PM (kQs4Y)
Posted by: Jewells45 at December 08, 2018 10:01 PM (dUJdY)
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Body paint?
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at December 08, 2018 10:02 PM (deEx0)
Posted by: some rat in the swamp at December 08, 2018 10:02 PM (LOq4H)
Crosby, Stills, Nash, Young and Jones?
Posted by: TheQuietMan at December 08, 2018 10:03 PM (SiINZ)
Posted by: publius, the Duke of Miley's Ficus at December 08, 2018 09:57 PM (NMAzL)
*covers both*
Which one is the real one?
*hesistates*
*light bulb*
*shoots himself in the knee*
GNNNNHHHH weren't expecting THAT, were you?
NGHHHH ohhhh this was a bad idea
Posted by: hogmartin at December 08, 2018 10:03 PM (t+qrx)
Posted by: Jewells45 at December 08, 2018 10:01 PM (dUJdY)
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Borrowing one would seem the only option. Thrift stores if you are willing to spend a little.
Posted by: Calm Mentor at December 08, 2018 10:03 PM (ffYR/)
Posted by: Jewells45 at December 08, 2018 10:01 PM (dUJdY)
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Get a sweatshirt or thrift store sweater and hot glue crap to it, and/or use fabric paint.
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at December 08, 2018 10:03 PM (kQs4Y)
Posted by: publius, the Duke of Miley's Ficus at December 08, 2018 09:57 PM (NMAzL)
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So the thermal paste arrived?
Posted by: No One of Consequence at December 08, 2018 10:04 PM (+F0Wk)
Posted by: JAS at December 08, 2018 10:04 PM (3HNOQ)
Posted by: I'm Brother Cavil, and I recommend The Courage To Be Disliked at December 08, 2018 10:05 PM (lLeln)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at December 08, 2018 09:58 PM (aKsyK)
*spits tea all over laptop*
Posted by: hogmartin at December 08, 2018 10:05 PM (t+qrx)
Thrift shop is another option.
Posted by: Jewells45 at December 08, 2018 10:06 PM (dUJdY)
I'm going to wear an old pair of plaid flannel bottoms, a thick robe and slippers.
Posted by: ALH at December 08, 2018 10:06 PM (cS3Yq)
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at December 08, 2018 10:06 PM (kQs4Y)
Posted by: David Crosby at December 08, 2018 10:06 PM (jGvbj)
That is the what she says, while wearing that sweater and raping you with a baseball bat.
Posted by: Puddleglum at December 08, 2018 10:08 PM (WNAuL)
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at December 08, 2018 10:08 PM (kQs4Y)
Posted by: JAS at December 08, 2018 10:04 PM (3HNOQ)
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It's like the difference between a mongoloid and a Mongol.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at December 08, 2018 10:08 PM (deEx0)
Or as I like to call it: DRAWING THE BLOOD PULLET!!!11!
oh, and here is a vintage Maria Bamford Target Ad
https://youtu.be/Eh9vddkombM
Posted by: Kindltot at December 08, 2018 10:08 PM (mUa7G)
Posted by: publius, the Duke of Miley's Ficus at December 08, 2018 09:57 PM
So the toothpaste and Vaseline mixture I'd recommended some days ago as a thermal paste substiture worked!
Posted by: Zettai Roshia-no Botto at December 08, 2018 10:08 PM (CLcKT)
Posted by: Jewells45
Not sure if this would work, but could you use double sided tape to attack "stuff" to a sweater you already have? I wouldn't use any glass ornaments though, in case they fell off.
Another idea, get a sweater from a thrift store and glue gun "stuff" to it.
Posted by: nerdygirl at December 08, 2018 10:09 PM (+lVUW)
https://nyti.ms/1Kf7PtI
Ace is going to have a hobo-cornicopia year.
Posted by: BourbonChicken at December 08, 2018 10:09 PM (rnAwa)
Yes, it did. And on Wed., Bush funeral day. They didn't deliver the regular mail, but Bezos' shit gets delivered. They even deliver on Sundays.
This laptop is running like a top, now. Running cool and the fan barely comes on.
Posted by: publius, the Duke of Miley's Ficus at December 08, 2018 10:09 PM (NMAzL)
It almost looks edible. Almost.
Posted by: rickl at December 08, 2018 10:09 PM (sdi6R)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at December 08, 2018 10:09 PM (aKsyK)
Get a cheap plain sweatshirt from thrift store and write ditto on it, plus an arrow?
I agree about the borrowing or the thrift stores as other options.
Posted by: LizLem at December 08, 2018 10:10 PM (cdCFg)
Posted by: Insomniac at December 08, 2018 10:10 PM (NWiLs)
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at December 08, 2018 09:59 PM (kQs4Y)
The one in all the pictures? I think that's actually her face.
Posted by: hogmartin at December 08, 2018 10:12 PM (t+qrx)
Posted by: Mary Clogginstien from Brattlboro, VT at December 08, 2018 10:14 PM (qM84C)
She's going full Joker in those pictures knowing she's going to get ripped for it on the Internet, and she gives not one fuck.
Posted by: boulder terlit hobo at December 08, 2018 10:15 PM (ykYG2)
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at December 08, 2018 09:59 PM (kQs4Y)
The one in all the pictures? I think that's actually her face.
Posted by: hogmartin at December 08, 2018 10:12 PM (t+qrx)
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Her.... enthusiasm for those sweaters is a rather off-putting.
Posted by: No One of Consequence at December 08, 2018 10:15 PM (+F0Wk)
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at December 08, 2018 10:15 PM (kQs4Y)
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at December 08, 2018 10:15 PM (l9m7l)
Posted by: lin-duh galt at December 08, 2018 10:15 PM (kufk0)
Posted by: josephistan at December 08, 2018 10:15 PM (Izzlo)
If you check out Heyjackass.com, they keep track of shot placements and death %s; only headshots are a reliable killer.
As of right now for this year, it reports 200 out of 215 died from a head shot. For torso, it's 199 out of 576. If you shoot them in the leg, you might as well just hand 'em a bandaid and an apology -- 7 out of 1033. Arm is similar to leg.
Posted by: GnuBreed at December 08, 2018 10:16 PM (Z4rgH)
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at December 08, 2018 10:15 PM (kQs4Y)
Now I have a machine gun. Ho ho ho!
Posted by: Insomniac at December 08, 2018 10:16 PM (NWiLs)
Step 1) Call the local zoo and see if they have a yak ...
Posted by: Adriane the Garden Party Critic ... at December 08, 2018 10:17 PM (LPnfS)
Posted by: Miley, the Duchess at December 08, 2018 10:17 PM (NMAzL)
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at December 08, 2018 10:15 PM (l9m7l)
Not bad. You?
Posted by: Insomniac at December 08, 2018 10:17 PM (NWiLs)
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at December 08, 2018 10:17 PM (kQs4Y)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at December 08, 2018 10:17 PM (aKsyK)
2. The Nebraska school nonsense. I wonder how many of these incidents are due to rabid SJW-ism of the actual "perp" in the case, and how many are due to indecisive people trying to interpret head office rules about being "non-sectarian" or "inclusive". And how many are due to folks on the right deliberately sabotaging SJW tendencies of the apparat by going way over the top?
Posted by: Captain Ahab at December 08, 2018 10:17 PM (fDU8w)
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at December 08, 2018 10:15 PM (kQs4Y)
Now I have a machine gun. Ho ho ho!
Posted by: Insomniac at December 08, 2018 10:16 PM (NWiLs)
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That one would go over like a fart in a spacesuit...
Posted by: No One of Consequence at December 08, 2018 10:17 PM (+F0Wk)
Tom Jones has always been very cool.
Posted by: rickl at December 08, 2018 10:18 PM (sdi6R)
Posted by: irright at December 08, 2018 10:18 PM (RVcmP)
Posted by: davidt at December 08, 2018 10:18 PM (jGvbj)
Best I could do was tell them on Tuesday afternoon that Thursday was my last day. That was still pretty good.
Posted by: cfo mom at December 08, 2018 10:19 PM (RfzVr)
You have never left my good graces. Not once. Even with the holey t-shirts.
Posted by: Miley, the Duchess at December 08, 2018 10:19 PM (NMAzL)
Posted by: TickledPink at December 08, 2018 10:19 PM (VpnSm)
I like where this is going. Please continue.
Posted by: some rat in the swamp at December 08, 2018 10:19 PM (LOq4H)
She's going full Joker in those pictures knowing she's going to get ripped for it on the Internet, and she gives not one fuck.
Posted by: boulder terlit hobo
So you're saying she doesn't use ground up orphan children for fertilizer in her garden?
Hmmm, those eyes,,,,,,I'm not convinced.
Posted by: Puddleglum at December 08, 2018 10:19 PM (WNAuL)
Posted by: hogmartin sees FOUR! LIGHTS! at December 08, 2018 10:01 PM (t+qrx)
Maybe he worked for a publisher of math textbooks?
Posted by: Captain Ahab at December 08, 2018 10:19 PM (fDU8w)
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at December 08, 2018 10:21 PM (kQs4Y)
She's going full Joker in those pictures knowing she's going to get ripped for it on the Internet, and she gives not one fuck.
Posted by: boulder terlit hobo at December 08, 2018 10:15 PM (ykYG2)
No doubt. She's shilling silly seasonal sweaters,* she's got no illusions about propriety.
* woooo that was fun to say
Posted by: hogmartin at December 08, 2018 10:21 PM (t+qrx)
Posted by: Adriane the Garden Party Critic ... at December 08, 2018 10:21 PM (LPnfS)
Posted by: Jewells45 at December 08, 2018 10:01 PM (dUJdY)
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I had to go to one of those a few years ago.
I got a red sweatshirt and just loosely sewed on some bows, bells, tinsel, and little (unbreakable) ornaments I had.
It didn't take long to do, IIRC.
Then you can just cut the stuff off and use the sweatshirt. Or chuck the whole thing!
Posted by: Margarita DeVille at December 08, 2018 10:21 PM (Rxduq)
Greetings fappers and fappees.
Ugly Christmas sweaters: Junior's is nice, but take a good look at Mrs. Earnhardt's.
https://tinyurl.com/yatbefsg
Posted by: BackwardsBoy at December 08, 2018 10:22 PM (HaL55)
Posted by: No One of Consequence at December 08, 2018 10:04 PM (+F0Wk)
It was delivered in the middle of Bush's funeral. Bezos got a dispensation.
Posted by: Miley, the Duchess at December 08, 2018 10:22 PM (NMAzL)
Posted by: The Gipper Lives at December 08, 2018 10:23 PM (Ndje9)
Posted by: Astronaut Babes, where the stupiter boys at? at December 08, 2018 10:23 PM (X8Oz/)
Posted by: Insomniac at December 08, 2018 10:23 PM (NWiLs)
I'm going to wear an old pair of plaid flannel bottoms, a thick robe and slippers.
Posted by: ALH at December 08, 2018 10:06 PM (cS3Yq)
Last time I was in an office that had a pajama day I offered to show up wearing what I wore to sleep in, but I asked for advice as to what I should be clipping my ID badge to.
Posted by: Kindltot at December 08, 2018 10:23 PM (mUa7G)
Posted by: some rat in the swamp
Step 2) If you have some nice men living close by, ask if you can barrow their electric razor.
Step 3) Ask a different neighbor if you can barrow their extension cord ...
Posted by: Adriane the Garden Party Critic ... at December 08, 2018 10:23 PM (LPnfS)
Posted by: GnuBreed at December 08, 2018 10:16 PM (Z4rgH)
*looks at arm*
*looks at leg*
Huh.
Posted by: hogmartin at December 08, 2018 10:24 PM (t+qrx)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at December 08, 2018 09:58 PM (aKsyK)
A man.
Posted by: RickZ at December 08, 2018 10:24 PM (Y8PSl)
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at December 08, 2018 10:15 PM
I'm happier than a dog with two dicks! You?
Posted by: Zettai Roshia-no Botto at December 08, 2018 10:24 PM (CLcKT)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 08, 2018 10:25 PM (fDU8w)
Posted by: Jonah at December 08, 2018 10:25 PM (bpoha)
So you don't have to be creative or artistic.
You shouldn't even try to do a good job.
Posted by: Margarita DeVille at December 08, 2018 10:26 PM (Rxduq)
The security guard they assigned me wouldn't let me do anything but collect my box of stuff and leave.
Posted by: some rat in the swamp at December 08, 2018 10:26 PM (LOq4H)
I stay warm inside. He passes the cigarette to me through the crack of the storm door so I can take a puff, then I close the door again.
Posted by: Miley, the Duchess
Great, you can smoke inside while he has to stand outside in the rain.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at December 08, 2018 10:27 PM (aKsyK)
Posted by: GnuBreed at December 08, 2018 10:16 PM (Z4rgH)
*looks at arm*
*looks at leg*
Huh.
Posted by: hogmartin at December 08, 2018 10:24 PM (t+qrx)
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Just ask my old friend Mr. McGreg, with a leg for an arm and an arm for a leg.
Posted by: Dr. Nick at December 08, 2018 10:27 PM (+F0Wk)
Posted by: GnuBreed at December 08, 2018 10:16 PM (Z4rgH)
*looks at arm*
*looks at leg*
Huh.
Posted by: hogmartin at December 08, 2018 10:24 PM (t+qrx)
You're either some kind of mutant or one of Jerry's kids.
Posted by: Insomniac at December 08, 2018 10:28 PM (NWiLs)
Posted by: Smaug at December 08, 2018 10:28 PM (iF4iV)
https://hooktube.com/watch?v=E0ho4royFIo
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 08, 2018 10:28 PM (fDU8w)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at December 08, 2018 10:27 PM (aKsyK)
Exactly. And his fried catfish rocks!
Posted by: Miley, the Duchess at December 08, 2018 10:29 PM (NMAzL)
How about you invite me to a party and let me wear whatever the hell I want? Or else don't invite me. I don't care either way.
Posted by: rickl at December 08, 2018 10:29 PM (sdi6R)
Posted by: Kindltot at December 08, 2018 10:30 PM (mUa7G)
Posted by: Miley, the Duchess
Great, you can smoke inside while he has to stand outside in the rain.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at December 08, 2018 10:27 PM (aKsyK)
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Miley's always smokin', or so I've gathered from previous ONTs...
Posted by: No One of Consequence at December 08, 2018 10:30 PM (+F0Wk)
Posted by: JoeF. at December 08, 2018 10:31 PM (o1fzk)
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at December 08, 2018 10:32 PM (l9m7l)
Posted by: Insomniac at December 08, 2018 10:32 PM (NWiLs)
How about you invite me to a party and let me wear whatever the hell I want? Or else don't invite me. I don't care either way.
Posted by: rickl at December 08, 2018 10:29 PM (sdi6R)
Naw, I don't see it that way. Bridezilla wants her guests to beggar themselves to satisfy her warped ideas. "Ugly Sweater" party is more like a costume party or a toga party. Dress down for fun.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 08, 2018 10:33 PM (fDU8w)
No! sniff, I had bwahh, so many invites cry, I couldn't snuffle, decide which to go to...wahhhh.
Posted by: some rat in the swamp at December 08, 2018 10:35 PM (LOq4H)
Posted by: PaleRider is simply irredeemable at December 08, 2018 10:36 PM (pHzbJ)
No! sniff, I had bwahh, so many invites cry, I couldn't snuffle, decide which to go to...wahhhh.
Posted by: some rat in the swamp at December 08, 2018 10:35 PM (LOq4H)
Heh. I guess all the ones for me got lost in the mail. The USPS is so darn unreliable.
Posted by: Insomniac at December 08, 2018 10:36 PM (NWiLs)
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at December 08, 2018 10:15 PM (kQs4Y)
Now I have a machine gun. Ho ho ho!
Which reminds me, I found something interesting in the garage I need to go dig out.
brb.
Posted by: Infidel at December 08, 2018 10:36 PM (PF4TZ)
Posted by: Insomniac at December 08, 2018 10:28 PM (NWiLs)
A little from column A, a little from column B.
Posted by: hogmartin at December 08, 2018 10:37 PM (t+qrx)
Posted by: PaleRider is simply irredeemable at December 08, 2018 10:36 PM (pHzbJ)
Aside from the tree, I don't do any Christmas decorating anyway.
Posted by: Insomniac at December 08, 2018 10:37 PM (NWiLs)
Posted by: PaleRider is simply irredeemable at December 08, 2018 10:36 PM (pHzbJ)
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We've got our outdoor lights up, but nothing inside really. Probably not going to put up a tree, as we're heading out of town for Christmas. But a little more holiday cheer around the house would be nice.
Posted by: No One of Consequence at December 08, 2018 10:38 PM (+F0Wk)
Posted by: Insomniac at December 08, 2018 10:37 PM (NWiLs)
I don't even bother with the tree.
Posted by: hogmartin at December 08, 2018 10:38 PM (t+qrx)
Oops, there's the door to adulthood. Maybe next time, kid!
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at December 08, 2018 10:38 PM (l9m7l)
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Whoa, dude! That ship has sailed.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Tyrannosaur Wrangler at December 08, 2018 10:38 PM (+y/Ru)
Sally Ride was a space lesbian. The media talked that up for no other reason.
Posted by: Steve and Cold Bear at December 08, 2018 10:39 PM (/qEW2)
Oops, there's the door to adulthood. Maybe next time, kid!
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at December 08, 2018 10:38 PM (l9m7l)
Real life is more like Santa kicking Ralphie Parker down the slide.
Posted by: Insomniac at December 08, 2018 10:40 PM (NWiLs)
Posted by: MW at December 08, 2018 10:40 PM (hNTtn)
"Ugly Sweater" party is more like a costume party or a toga party. Dress down for fun.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 08, 2018 10:33 PM (fDU8w)
It still insists that I actually have to "do" something, as opposed to throwing on whatever happens to be at hand. Fuck that noise.
Posted by: rickl at December 08, 2018 10:40 PM (sdi6R)
Posted by: PaleRider is simply irredeemable at December 08, 2018 10:36 PM (pHzbJ)
Lost all the Christmas stuff in a divorce over 20 years ago. Haven't replaced one single item yet -- and have no plans to ever do so.
Posted by: RickZ at December 08, 2018 10:40 PM (Y8PSl)
If you wish for a Christmas bread, you might get one.
Posted by: Adriane the Garden Party Critic ... at December 08, 2018 10:41 PM (LPnfS)
Posted by: JoeF. at December 08, 2018 10:31 PM (o1fzk)
They were bummed because Tom was going to get all of the girls. Except for Crosby who was too stoned to even know where he was
Posted by: TheQuietMan at December 08, 2018 10:41 PM (SiINZ)
If you wish for a Christmas bread, you might get one.
Posted by: Adriane the Garden Party Critic ... at December 08, 2018 10:41 PM (LPnfS)
Or a rock.
Posted by: Insomniac at December 08, 2018 10:41 PM (NWiLs)
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For some reason, quite possibly a repressed memory, whenever anyone mentions a screen door it skeeves me out. I imagine kissing a dusty screen,
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Tyrannosaur Wrangler at December 08, 2018 10:43 PM (+y/Ru)
Posted by: PaleRider is simply irredeemable at December 08, 2018 10:36 PM (pHzbJ)
I'm looking forward to it, but procrastinating. So it may be another week or so before I decorate. I need to buy lights and bake cookies.
Posted by: Miley, the Duchess at December 08, 2018 10:43 PM (NMAzL)
We need one of the Horde video mavens to do one with Chewbacca at home, the knock comes at the door, and there stands Mooch, and the crawler reads: "44.8% shared DNA."
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 08, 2018 10:43 PM (fDU8w)
https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2018/12/
ula-delta-iv-heavy-set-to-launch-nrol-71/
Posted by: rickl at December 08, 2018 10:43 PM (sdi6R)
Posted by: JoeF.
The Chieftains with Tom Jones sang 'Tennessee Waltz' on 'The Long Black Veil' CD. Frank Zappa was in attendance. Everybody involved had a good time.
Posted by: Puddleglum at December 08, 2018 10:43 PM (WNAuL)
Posted by: MW at December 08, 2018 10:40 PM (hNTtn)
In Michigan, previous employers will only confirm that you worked there from x date to y. Officially.
If you want them to say more than that, you list an individual as a reference.
Posted by: hogmartin at December 08, 2018 10:43 PM (t+qrx)
So I am the only one dragging feet on the Christmas decorating? Not
feeling blue or bah-humbug, I just don't feel like decorating. And I
don't have to, no kids will be visiting and be disappointed by the lack.
Just feels like I should decorate and that would boost the seasonal
feelings, but it will be ok either way
I hope I can recover from today to do that this week. Me and B'Gal drove over to the left coast and back for GD's kollidge gradiation party. 240 mi. round trip. Haven't driven that much in several years and I'm paying for it now: T-1 in spinal column hurts like a mo-fo. I-4 is under construction around here and it's like driving on a giant washboard. Had to ice it and put some good Chinese medicine (horse liniment and analgesic patch) on it as soon as I walked through the front door. The drive back was miserably painful. Party was fun, though.
Posted by: BackwardsBoy at December 08, 2018 10:43 PM (HaL55)
Posted by: MW at December 08, 2018 10:40 PM (hNTtn)
With all the rules today, and to avoid lawsuits, I don't know of any employer who, as a reference check, gives out any more info than the years worked at the company. So shit away!
Posted by: RickZ at December 08, 2018 10:44 PM (Y8PSl)
It's a storm door. Made of glass, which is mostly clean. It's a single sheet of glass.
Posted by: Miley, the Duchess at December 08, 2018 10:44 PM (NMAzL)
It's amazing they're all alive--especially Crosby.
Posted by: JoeF. at December 08, 2018 10:44 PM (o1fzk)
A wreath to get that pine scent, a mug of something hot, and some Canadian Brass:
https://tinyurl.com/y6ukhwvj
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at December 08, 2018 10:45 PM (kQs4Y)
Posted by: BackwardsBoy at December 08, 2018 10:43 PM (HaL55)
I-4 has always been under construction and shall always be under construction, forever and ever.
Posted by: Insomniac at December 08, 2018 10:45 PM (NWiLs)
Posted by: RickZ at December 08, 2018 10:40 PM (Y8PSl)
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I had the same thing happen when I moved out before a divorce 5 years ago. I invested in a 3' pre lit table top tree and called it Christmas.
Posted by: Calm Mentor at December 08, 2018 10:45 PM (ffYR/)
That would appear to be the Legendary Toasted Bacon Double Cheese Bacon Bacon & Bacon Beef Bacon Burger (of Blessed Memory).
Yum.
Posted by: Sharkman at December 08, 2018 10:46 PM (2eKoI)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Tyrannosaur Wrangler at December 08, 2018 10:47 PM (+y/Ru)
Posted by: rickl at December 08, 2018 10:47 PM (sdi6R)
Posted by: Adriane the Garden Party Critic ... at December 08, 2018 10:41 PM (LPnfS)
What is a Christmas bread?
Is it one of the good breads, like bread or cornbread or zucchini bread where it's basically bread and you're happy to have it, or is it one of the trick breads like sweetbreads where there's bread in the name but it's outright perfidy at best and not at all bread?
Posted by: hogmartin at December 08, 2018 10:48 PM (t+qrx)
Posted by: Sharkman at December 08, 2018 10:46 PM (2eKoI)
{Bows head}
AAaaa-men.
Posted by: RickZ at December 08, 2018 10:48 PM (Y8PSl)
That burger looks like something from Slater's...
Posted by: qdpsteve at December 08, 2018 10:49 PM (miE9U)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZsX1TmAmeEU
Posted by: rickl at December 08, 2018 10:47 PM (sdi6R)
https://stoatnet.org/tel.gif
Posted by: hogmartin at December 08, 2018 10:49 PM (t+qrx)
Posted by: Calm Mentor at December 08, 2018 10:45 PM (ffYR/)
I'd rather invest in something useful, like starch for underwear.
Posted by: RickZ at December 08, 2018 10:50 PM (Y8PSl)
Oops, there's the door to adulthood. Maybe next time, kid!
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at December 08, 2018 10:38 PM (l9m7l)
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If there were an actual Santa Claus, I'd probably ask for something stupid.
And then I'd get it.
And then I'd have to worry about getting rid of it.
Posted by: Margarita DeVille at December 08, 2018 10:50 PM (Rxduq)
My wife knits and I often call Deb, after seeing those ugly sweaters I'll call her Debbi from no on. Also, for the job resignations, when I left gainful employment, I gave my manager a note the said, "Elavator broken again, this is my two week notice"
Posted by: Evasiveboat42 at December 08, 2018 10:50 PM (Rz2Nc)
"Ares 1 to Mission Control, we have a problem."
"Mission Control to Ares 1,what is the problem?"
Silence.
"Mission Control to Ares 1,what is the problem?"
"Never mind, mission control."
"Mission Control to Ares 1, please describe the nature of the problem."
"It's Nothing. I'm fine."
Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at December 08, 2018 10:50 PM (jn7FC)
After 4 months, I have managed to shave eight large off the 93k he owed. The 2 cards with north of 20 interest rates are gone - paid one off and flipped the other to 0% for eighteen months.
He is OK with his "allowance" and I think he actually likes not having to deal with the financials anymore.
Oh, and although there are no more cigars, he still gets to have his adult beverages (out of his funds), but I have managed to save him $60 a month just by buying at the drugstore that sells at the state minimum, not the corner "party store'.
It's still gonna take a while, but at least homicide/suicide is off the list!
Posted by: cfo mom at December 08, 2018 10:50 PM (RfzVr)
Posted by: Infidel at December 08, 2018 10:50 PM (PF4TZ)
It hasn't really changed since then.
Yeah, I know, I'm Captain Depression. I should just change my sig so it has my PayPal thing. So people could kick a couple of bucks or whatever. And I'd either post happy things or stop posting altogether.
Either way you folks win.
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at December 08, 2018 10:51 PM (l9m7l)
https://twitter.com/kbdabear/status/1071454664598700035
https://twitter.com/kbdabear/status/1071454918911889409
Posted by: kbdabear at December 08, 2018 10:51 PM (0Ntuf)
in the month. I don't really want to put out any money for a sweater I
will only wear once. Any ideas?
Posted by: Jewells45 at December 08, 2018 10:01 PM
Here's my idea:
Buy a cheapo red or green sweatshirt (about $5 at wallyworld) and hotglue various "stuff" to it... you know, like pinecones, holly sprigs, battery- operated lights, etc, etc.
Cheap! Ugly! FTW!
Posted by: JQ at December 08, 2018 10:51 PM (zMzA6)
Posted by: Northernlurker, but call me Teem at December 08, 2018 10:52 PM (MkcN1)
Posted by: Miley, the Duchess at December 08, 2018 10:43 PM (NMAzL)
Why don't you bakelite and buy cookies instead?
(Okay, that was bad.)
Posted by: RickZ at December 08, 2018 10:52 PM (Y8PSl)
No. All of my Christmas tree ornaments look like feet. No need to wonder what my favorite aria from Handel's Messiah is.
Posted by: Quentin Tarantino at December 08, 2018 10:52 PM (/qEW2)
Posted by: hogmartin at December 08, 2018 10:53 PM (t+qrx)
"Ares 1 to Mission Control, we have a problem."
"Mission Control to Ares 1,what is the problem?"
Silence.
"Mission Control to Ares 1,what is the problem?"
"Never mind, mission control."
"Mission Control to Ares 1, please describe the nature of the problem."
"It's Nothing. I'm fine."
Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at December 08, 2018 10:50 PM (jn7FC)
LOL.
"Ares 1 to Mission Control, if you don't already know there's no point trying to explain it to you, over."
Posted by: Insomniac at December 08, 2018 10:53 PM (NWiLs)
It was nice to be rich in time, but not so much fun to be not so rich in money.
That's the key, to be rich in both. :-)
Posted by: qdpsteve at December 08, 2018 10:54 PM (miE9U)
It's still gonna take a while, but at least homicide/suicide is off the list!
Posted by: cfo mom at December 08, 2018 10:50 PM (RfzVr)
Nice going, cfo mom!
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 08, 2018 10:54 PM (fDU8w)
"Mission Control to Ares 1,what is the problem?"
Silence.
"Mission Control to Ares 1,what is the problem?"
"Never mind, mission control."
"Mission Control to Ares 1, please describe the nature of the problem."
"It's Nothing. I'm fine."
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Just do whatever you want.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Tyrannosaur Wrangler at December 08, 2018 10:54 PM (+y/Ru)
Posted by: qdpsteve at December 08, 2018 10:54 PM (miE9U)
whenever anyone mentions a screen door it skeeves me out. I imagine
kissing a dusty screen,
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Tyrannosaur Wrangler at December 08, 2018 10:43 PM (+y/Ru)
I just first heard of the term Trypophobia this week, and I have already heard it used since then, and then you mentioning this.
Maybe it is a gross confirmation bias or something.
Posted by: Kindltot at December 08, 2018 10:55 PM (mUa7G)
Posted by: cfo mom at December 08, 2018 10:50 PM (RfzVr)
Good on you.
Posted by: Insomniac at December 08, 2018 10:55 PM (NWiLs)
Posted by: hogmartin at December 08, 2018 10:55 PM (t+qrx)
Posted by: TickledPink at December 08, 2018 10:56 PM (VpnSm)
Posted by: random lurker commenter at December 08, 2018 10:56 PM (oLa9K)
Posted by: ALH at December 08, 2018 10:57 PM (cS3Yq)
Posted by: PaleRider is simply irredeemable at December 08, 2018 10:36 PM (pHzbJ)
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You'll be OK.
This year I'm gonna turn on the kitchen light, listen to GG&HT, and quietly whisper Merry Christmas.
After that, who knows, 'cause the Christmas Spirit has a way of sneaking up on me.
Posted by: dDan at December 08, 2018 10:57 PM (hwYmz)
Posted by: cfo mom at December 08, 2018 10:50 PM (RfzVr)
I'm so relieved to hear this, cfo mom. God bless!
Posted by: Miley, the Duchess at December 08, 2018 10:57 PM (NMAzL)
Posted by: Insomniac at December 08, 2018 10:57 PM (NWiLs)
*****
Walmart shoplifting suspect's mugshot is a thing of nightmares (link to NY Post)
https://tinyurl.com/yafesamo
Posted by: qdpsteve at December 08, 2018 10:57 PM (miE9U)
Posted by: cfo mom at December 08, 2018 10:57 PM (RfzVr)
Posted by: rickl at December 08, 2018 10:59 PM (sdi6R)
Posted by: colfax mingo at December 08, 2018 10:59 PM (tCvhJ)
Posted by: ALH at December 08, 2018 10:57 PM (cS3Yq)
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Fortunately (for me) pretty far Northeast of town is where it is forecasted to possibly get sporty. I'm pretty far NW.
Posted by: Calm Mentor at December 08, 2018 11:00 PM (ffYR/)
Posted by: qdpsteve at December 08, 2018 10:57 PM (miE9U)
Used to be criminals were nondescript so as not to stand out in a crowd. New century, new rules I guess.
Posted by: RickZ at December 08, 2018 11:00 PM (Y8PSl)
Good on ya with the not murder thing.
Posted by: Infidel at December 08, 2018 11:00 PM (PF4TZ)
Posted by: Insomniac
Mission control: "I understand."
Posted by: some rat in the swamp at December 08, 2018 11:00 PM (LOq4H)
But what is going on after that?
Posted by: cfo mom
I think the guy who got cut off went around to the other end of the car wash and backed into it to get a wash.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at December 08, 2018 11:01 PM (aKsyK)
Posted by: qdpsteve at December 08, 2018 11:01 PM (miE9U)
"Madam President, the entire WH staff is confused and mortified. Why have you nuked London?!?"
"They know why!!"
Posted by: qdpsteve at December 08, 2018 11:02 PM (miE9U)
Posted by: cfo mom at December 08, 2018 10:57 PM (RfzVr)
Jerk jumps line, leaves Jeep, goes inside to buy a car wash. Person with the dashcam pulls ahead, backs into wash, wash starts up (when Jeep guy pays), and is running, washing dashcam car when he gets back. Womp womp. The only problem is, once it's done, Jeep guy pulls ahead and takes the wash that the person behind him paid for. So actually, the dashcam person gets a free wash, paid for by the last person there that day.
I could be wrong, but I think that's how it ends up.
Posted by: hogmartin at December 08, 2018 11:02 PM (t+qrx)
'During a search at the Mahoning County Jail, cops found bags of methamphetamine and a hypodermic needle'
But she seemed so nice.
Posted by: boulder terlit hobo at December 08, 2018 11:02 PM (ykYG2)
Posted by: Quentin Tarantino at December 08, 2018 11:02 PM (/qEW2)
maybe i'll put my pants on when it gets closer to launch time and go outside...
Posted by: Anachronda at December 08, 2018 11:02 PM (2//jc)
Tshirt for the top, or maybe a cami. Have to be dress code compliant.
Posted by: ALH at December 08, 2018 11:02 PM (cS3Yq)
Haha, PaleRider, no... no, you're not the only one!
I'm just short on time, really. Would love to put up the lights and *maybe* will be able to do so tomorrow... but who knows what will 'take priority' before I get the stuff out of storage?.
Posted by: JQ at December 08, 2018 11:02 PM (zMzA6)
Posted by: qdpsteve at December 08, 2018 11:03 PM (miE9U)
Posted by: cfo mom at December 08, 2018 11:03 PM (RfzVr)
Sheesh, this launch coverage sux. Lots of Ego-driven Newspeak. Nothing much technical at all.
Me, me, me, I, I, I, all the time.
Posted by: BackwardsBoy at December 08, 2018 11:03 PM (HaL55)
Posted by: RickZ at December 08, 2018 11:00 PM (Y8PSl)
Meth is a hell of a drug...
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 08, 2018 11:04 PM (fDU8w)
Posted by: colfax mingo at December 08, 2018 11:04 PM (tCvhJ)
Posted by: cfo mom at December 08, 2018 10:57 PM (RfzVr)
The car pulls around to the exit and backs into the car wash.
It's the Shemp Smith maneuver.
Posted by: RickZ at December 08, 2018 11:04 PM (Y8PSl)
-Posted by: BeckoningChasm at December 08, 2018 10:15 PM (l9m7l)
I'm going to take a bath and hopefully slip below the waves forever. If that doesn't happen, I guess I've got a shitload more Christmas cookies to make for these ingrates who have invaded my home.
Merry fuckin' Christmas!
Posted by: Slapweasel, (T) at December 08, 2018 11:04 PM (Ckg4U)
Posted by: Calm Mentor at December 08, 2018 11:00 PM (ffYR/)
It would be fun to get a little snow.
Posted by: ALH at December 08, 2018 11:04 PM (cS3Yq)
After 4 months, I have managed to shave eight large off the 93k he owed. The 2 cards with north of 20 interest rates are gone - paid one off and flipped the other to 0% for eighteen months.
He is OK with his "allowance" and I think he actually likes not having to deal with the financials anymore.
Oh, and although there are no more cigars, he still gets to have his adult beverages (out of his funds), but I have managed to save him $60 a month just by buying at the drugstore that sells at the state minimum, not the corner "party store'.
It's still gonna take a while, but at least homicide/suicide is off the list!
Posted by: cfo mom at December 08, 2018 10:50 PM (RfzVr)
Credit card debit is usually unsecured, the banks should/might be willing to negoatiate this down substantially.
Posted by: Evasiveboat42 at December 08, 2018 11:05 PM (Rz2Nc)
Don't you usually smoke meth? I didn't know you could shoot it. Have I been doing meth wrong all these years? Major faux pas.
Posted by: hogmartin at December 08, 2018 11:06 PM (t+qrx)
I do NOT want to stay in California. But if I *had* to, *and* I had the option of living anywhere I wanted to in the state, I would probably choose one of the towns nearby 395.
Posted by: qdpsteve at December 08, 2018 11:06 PM (miE9U)
Posted by: Anachronda at December 08, 2018 11:06 PM (2//jc)
Posted by: MW
"Oh ... THAT turd. Jeeze, it wasn't even a real steamer. Barely more than a dingle berry really"
Posted by: boulder terlit hobo at December 08, 2018 11:06 PM (ykYG2)
Posted by: lin-duh galt at December 08, 2018 11:06 PM (kufk0)
Shatner is hilarious as always. So hard to believe he was the ever serious Captain Kirk.
Posted by: Quentin Tarantino
You'd think Sulu would be the one to act funny.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at December 08, 2018 11:07 PM (aKsyK)
Shucks, it has been decades since I have seen the tatas other than those pink nipple beauties of Mrs mingo. No Christmas for me. ;-)
Posted by: colfax mingo at December 08, 2018 11:07 PM (tCvhJ)
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The secret to successful shoplifting is to blend in and fly below the radar.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Tyrannosaur Wrangler at December 08, 2018 11:07 PM (+y/Ru)
I hope you can continue to shave that debt down to nothing quickly.
Posted by: qdpsteve at December 08, 2018 11:07 PM (miE9U)
Shatner is hilarious as always. So hard to believe he was the ever serious Captain Kirk.
Posted by: Quentin Tarantino
You'd think Sulu would be the one to act funny.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at December 08, 2018 11:07 PM (aKsyK)
Not funny ha ha, funny queer, mmmhmm.
Posted by: Carl Childers at December 08, 2018 11:07 PM (NWiLs)
Anyone here ever spend a lot of time going up and/or down Highway 395 in California?
i live in ridgecrest, which is just off 395. when i go somewhere, i drive down 395 to kramer junction then hit 58 into barstow.
Posted by: Anachronda at December 08, 2018 11:08 PM (2//jc)
https://twitter.com/kbdabear/status/1071454664598700035
https://twitter.com/kbdabear/status/1071454918911889409
Posted by: kbdabear at D
man, that girl, especially as she is in gif 2 is so overrated. someone really fucked with her when they told her that was a good bikini for her.
Posted by: yankeefifth at December 08, 2018 11:08 PM (MTjB1)
Come to Seattle, we're about a year from setting up schools to teach one how to do drugs.
Posted by: some rat in the swamp at December 08, 2018 11:08 PM (LOq4H)
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The secret to successful shoplifting is to blend in and fly below the radar.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Tyrannosaur Wrangler at December 08, 2018 11:07 PM (+y/Ru)
That's probably the key to most successful crime.
Posted by: Insomniac at December 08, 2018 11:08 PM (NWiLs)
Posted by: colfax mingo at December 08, 2018 11:07 PM (tCvhJ)
You could always do an internet search. Pick the age, the weight, the height.
Posted by: ALH at December 08, 2018 11:08 PM (cS3Yq)
Posted by: Steve and Cold Bear at December 08, 2018 11:08 PM (/qEW2)
Posted by: rickl at December 08, 2018 11:09 PM (sdi6R)
Posted by: ALH at December 08, 2018 11:04 PM (cS3Yq)
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I live in the Acworth/Woodstock area. We seem to always get the absolute most snow. Last December, 12". I moved here from Chicago 32 years ago to get away from that stuff.
Posted by: Calm Mentor at December 08, 2018 11:09 PM (ffYR/)
Good to have friends in grey boxes.
Posted by: cfo mom at December 08, 2018 11:09 PM (RfzVr)
https://preview.tinyurl.com/yau2ys9b
The only arrest that MugShots shows appears to be a meth bust. Golly, who would have quessed?
Oh, btw, nice neck tats Bruce....wait...you can't hear me can you?
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 08, 2018 11:09 PM (2qPhT)
Posted by: rickl at December 08, 2018 11:09 PM (sdi6R)
Posted by: hogmartin at December 08, 2018 11:10 PM (t+qrx)
Posted by: charlie sheen at December 08, 2018 11:10 PM (ykYG2)
though in fairness, kierkegaard gets an undeservedly high ranking as a philosopher.
Posted by: yankeefifth at December 08, 2018 11:10 PM (MTjB1)
Posted by: cfo mom at December 08, 2018 11:09 PM (RfzVr)
Ain't it though?
Posted by: Insomniac at December 08, 2018 11:10 PM (NWiLs)
The perfect crime is one nobody knows was commited.
Posted by: some rat in the swamp at December 08, 2018 11:11 PM (LOq4H)
I can't decide if it looks incredibly delicious...
or like that transporter malfunction in Galaxy Quest.
Sat Night ONT. Yay. Proof life isn't absolutely cruel.
Posted by: mindful webworker - 14 Days 'til Solstice at December 08, 2018 11:11 PM (Fo+RN)
Posted by: hogmartin at December 08, 2018 11:10 PM (t+qrx)
Is it a tawny port?
Posted by: Insomniac at December 08, 2018 11:11 PM (NWiLs)
Posted by: Anachronda at December 08, 2018 11:06 PM (2//jc)
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So the launch is not Moron friendly?
Posted by: No One of Consequence at December 08, 2018 11:11 PM (+F0Wk)
Posted by: The Intragalactic Yoko Ono Artistry Appreciation Society, AoSHQ Colony at December 08, 2018 11:11 PM (DMUuz)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 08, 2018 11:11 PM (2qPhT)
Posted by: Calm Mentor at December 08, 2018 11:09 PM (ffYR/)
We're close to Athens, and a large number of counties are under a winter storm watch tonight. I am so thankful to have a new roof and a husband with the foresight to have the trees close to the house cut down.
Our driveway is pretty steep. If we get ice we aren't going anywhere for a while.
Posted by: ALH at December 08, 2018 11:12 PM (cS3Yq)
Posted by: hogmartin at December 08, 2018 11:12 PM (t+qrx)
Posted by: hogmartin at December 08, 2018 11:12 PM (t+qrx)
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Star Trek replicator malfunction.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 08, 2018 11:12 PM (U7Mh9)
You could always escape out here. Have a guest room and plans to meet WDS in 2 weeks.
Posted by: Infidel at December 08, 2018 11:12 PM (PF4TZ)
Posted by: hogmartin at December 08, 2018 11:12 PM (t+qrx)
Posted by: Evasiveboat42 at December 08, 2018 11:05 PM (Rz2Nc)
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Not without a big credit hit. Also, any amount negotiated off the balance would be considered to be taxable income for the year it occurred. Like a short sale on a house.
Posted by: Calm Mentor at December 08, 2018 11:12 PM (ffYR/)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 08, 2018 11:09 PM (2qPhT)
Must be a dated mugshot. The bullseye tat on his forehead is missing.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 08, 2018 11:13 PM (fDU8w)
Posted by: hogmartin at December 08, 2018 11:06 PM (t+qrx)
Pretty much any powdered drug, and pills crushed up (think oxycontin), can be injected. Back when dilaudid were gel caps, I Knew a guy once who stuck a needle into a dilaudid to extract the gooey center and injected it. Didn't know him for long.
Posted by: RickZ at December 08, 2018 11:13 PM (Y8PSl)
Posted by: rickl at December 08, 2018 11:14 PM (sdi6R)
That took a lot of self-discipline. Way to go!
Posted by: ALH at December 08, 2018 11:14 PM (cS3Yq)
Posted by: hogmartin at December 08, 2018 11:14 PM (t+qrx)
Posted by: hogmartin at December 08, 2018 11:14 PM (t+qrx)
Stopped an Manzanar on the way back last time. Was frustrated to remember I hadn't paid much attention to the commission supposedly examining the Japanese-American internment issue, because the "findings" were so ludicrous and offensive. Of course, nowadays, they'd be standard. So, perhaps the collapse can be traced to 1988, at least.
If one tours the entire exhibit, and reads closely, and thinks, then of course much is learned, and none of it supporting the standard hysterical guilt-ridden quasi-religious dogma. So there's that. But chances of typical visitor doing that? 10%? 5%
Posted by: rhomboid at December 08, 2018 11:14 PM (QDnY+)
(Okay, that was bad.)
Posted by: RickZ at December 08, 2018 10:52 PM (Y8PSl)
Yeah, but delightfully so
Posted by: Miley, the Duchess at December 08, 2018 11:15 PM (NMAzL)
and beamed back to the home planet or sent into the universe to conquer
aliens?
Posted by: colfax mingo at December 08, 2018 11:04 PM (tCvhJ)
these historical documents are quite pleasing
Posted by: Mathesar at December 08, 2018 11:15 PM (QLvwG)
Yeah, if I were on the hook for the $$$ I'd do that, but all these are in his name only. No way I'm gonna convince him to call these companies. He'd mess it up if he did call them. Talks too much and volunteers too much info.
A good idea for some to be sure.
Posted by: cfo mom at December 08, 2018 11:15 PM (RfzVr)
Posted by: yankeefifth at December 08, 2018 11:08 PM (MTjB1)
Right?!?!? She has no waist.
Posted by: random lurker commenter at December 08, 2018 11:15 PM (oLa9K)
Posted by: BackwardsBoy at December 08, 2018 11:15 PM (HaL55)
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Star Trek replicator malfunction.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 08, 2018 11:12 PM (U7Mh9)
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Teleportation failure in The Fly
Posted by: No One of Consequence at December 08, 2018 11:15 PM (+F0Wk)
Posted by: hogmartin at December 08, 2018 11:16 PM (t+qrx)
LOL.
I'll enjoy what is right in front of me every night, but I still like to tease women I have never met in the flesh. I suspect you are what my dad would've called a handsome woman, based on you posts.
BTW, faithful to wife for 52 years. I am old fashioned, my vow was until death do we part, sticking to it.
Posted by: colfax mingo at December 08, 2018 11:17 PM (tCvhJ)
That's - ONE . . .
Posted by: boulder terlit hobo at December 08, 2018 11:17 PM (ykYG2)
How much snow do you have?!!!!
Posted by: cfo mom at December 08, 2018 11:17 PM (RfzVr)
Posted by: hogmartin at December 08, 2018 11:16 PM (t+qrx)
No idea. I don't remember ever seeing this for a Delta IV Heavy launch.
Posted by: rickl at December 08, 2018 11:18 PM (sdi6R)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Tyrannosaur Wrangler at December 08, 2018 10:54 PM (+y/Ru)
You always do, anyway.
Posted by: Miley, the Duchess at December 08, 2018 11:18 PM (NMAzL)
Posted by: Anachronda at December 08, 2018 11:18 PM (2//jc)
Seriously, I hope you have a great time.
Posted by: boulder terlit hobo at December 08, 2018 11:19 PM (ykYG2)
BTW, faithful to wife for 52 years. I am old fashioned, my vow was until death do we part, sticking to it.
Posted by: colfax mingo at December 08, 2018 11:17 PM (tCvhJ)
I read once that men who stick it out with Wife No. 1 report being the happiest in their later years.
I think that's really nice.
Posted by: ALH at December 08, 2018 11:19 PM (cS3Yq)
Posted by: Calm Mentor at December 08, 2018 11:12 PM (ffYR/)
The big credit hit, I think that boat has sailed. If they retroactively go back to original interest rates and drop penalties, it shouldn't have tax implications. Reduciing principle could.
Posted by: Evasiveboat42 at December 08, 2018 11:20 PM (Rz2Nc)
*does actual spit-take*
Sweet honey iced tea, that's Pookette's Penguin! That must be from 10 years ago, when stuffed animals were given as part of a Kohl's fundraiser and Pooky was trying to convert me to Linux. (I remain a Windows believer, even if it doesn't believe in me.) I am sure Deb Crazy Eyes has not stolen Ranch Zou Pengee since he is quite squished and a bit battered these days. But that doesn't stop him from squeaking at me to demand fish. (Yes, Pookette has made up a language for him and once used it to communicate with penguins at the zoo. It was uncanny.) He will settle for chicken nuggets, though!
Posted by: pookysgirl at December 08, 2018 11:20 PM (XKZwp)
Stopped an Manzanar on the
way back last time. Was frustrated to remember I hadn't paid much
attention to the commission supposedly examining the Japanese-American
internment issue, because the "findings" were so ludicrous and
offensive. Of course, nowadays, they'd be standard. So, perhaps the
collapse can be traced to 1988, at least.
went up there a couple of years ago. was disappointed (but not suprised) to see that michelle malkin's book wasn't among those for sale at the book store.
Posted by: Anachronda at December 08, 2018 11:21 PM (2//jc)
I think that's really nice.
Posted by: ALH at December 08, 2018 11:19 PM (cS3Yq)
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I gavd this my best shot for almost 20 years. Wife, for whom I was husband #2, did not allow that to happen.
Posted by: Calm Mentor at December 08, 2018 11:22 PM (ffYR/)
I think that's really nice.
Posted by: ALH at December 08, 2018 11:19 PM (cS3Yq)
After all that time the rough edges have all been smoothed out.
Posted by: random lurker commenter at December 08, 2018 11:22 PM (oLa9K)
Posted by: katya the designated driver at December 08, 2018 11:23 PM (uLD+u)
got my pants on. ready to go out and watch the launch.
Posted by: Anachronda at December 08, 2018 11:06 PM (2//jc)
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So the launch is not Moron friendly?
regardless of whether the launch is moron friendly, the trailer park where i live isn't.
Posted by: Anachronda at December 08, 2018 11:23 PM (2//jc)
May need to rethink.
Posted by: Infidel at December 08, 2018 11:23 PM (PF4TZ)
Posted by: Mathesar at December 08, 2018 11:24 PM (QLvwG)
Posted by: rickl at December 08, 2018 11:24 PM (sdi6R)
Posted by: rickl at December 08, 2018 11:18 PM (sdi6R)
Sounds like they're defueling, if I heard correctly.
I bet it was that Anomaly Chief. He looks shifty. And besides, his title is "Anomaly Chief". I mean, come on.
Posted by: hogmartin at December 08, 2018 11:24 PM (t+qrx)
A good idea for some to be sure.
Posted by: cfo mom at December 08, 2018 11:15 PM (RfzVr)
Any way for you to get financial power of attorney for him? This is a huge burden for you, I'm just looking for a solution, a wat to help and ease the burden.
Posted by: Evasiveboat42 at December 08, 2018 11:25 PM (Rz2Nc)
Took a nap when I got home from church and breakfast. Took a nap from 6:00 to 9:30. Now I'm going to bed. I guess I've been tired.
Good night, Hordians. Sweet dreams. See you on the other side of the Land of Nod.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 08, 2018 11:25 PM (LsBY9)
This happened to me, too.
Lemons, Lemonade.
Posted by: ALH at December 08, 2018 11:25 PM (cS3Yq)
I gavd this my best shot for almost 20 years. Wife, for whom I was husband #2, did not allow that to happen.
21 years with the Daughter of Satan here. Went to counseling and everything for a few years towards the end.
If I'd known what I was doing when I first met her, I would've run away screaming. Instead, I tried my best to no avail as usual.
Oh well, that led me to B'Gal, which was worth it. Just had our 15-year anniversary last month.
Launch cancelled, BTW.
Posted by: BackwardsBoy at December 08, 2018 11:26 PM (HaL55)
Bill Walton/Digger Phelps is the train wreck we never knew we needed
Posted by: TickledPink
I would have watched it but,,,,,,Bill Walton. I can write an essay on my utter loathing of Bill Walton.
But I won't. Because I'm lazy.
Posted by: Puddleglum at December 08, 2018 11:27 PM (WNAuL)
Posted by: BackwardsBoy at December 08, 2018 11:27 PM (HaL55)
That's better than any fictional book or movie.
Posted by: rickl at December 08, 2018 11:28 PM (sdi6R)
All this stuff is things my husband did on his own. I am not a "co-borrower" on any of this and we are not in a community property state. This is his mess, and his only. There are no penalty rates, he just signed up and spent and didn't pay off monthly.
Wonderful man in so very many ways, but has always been bad with $$$. I just have to accept what he did to himself and fix it and not let him do it again.
Posted by: cfo mom at December 08, 2018 11:29 PM (RfzVr)
Posted by: hogmartin at December 08, 2018 11:29 PM (t+qrx)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 08, 2018 11:30 PM (2qPhT)
OK, good luck, I'm glad you are making progress. There is a reason my wife takes care of the money here.
Posted by: Evasiveboat42 at December 08, 2018 11:31 PM (Rz2Nc)
"Trypophobia is a claimed pathological fear of holes, particularly irregular patterns of holes. The term was coined in 2005 from the Greek" (I can't do special characters, so that's all).
Hmmm.
Posted by: Miley, the Duchess at December 08, 2018 11:32 PM (NMAzL)
Posted by: rickl at D
gerald mcraney's wife is an astronaut?
Posted by: yankeefifth at December 08, 2018 11:32 PM (MTjB1)
Why does everyone persist in using WD40 for lube/penetrating oil? It was designed to be used as a moisture dispersant--something that it DOES excel at.
I've used it countless times to dry out distributor caps--works like a charm.
Posted by: irongrampa at December 08, 2018 11:32 PM (S/hVx)
Posted by: Evasiveboat42 at December 08, 2018 11:20 PM (Rz2Nc)
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The problem is that once the interest has accrued and applied, it is too late. Any forgiveness is considered taxable income. If you can negotiate a low to zero interest rate going forward, not the case.
I watched a friend of mine do this. He racked up a lot and then had an agency cut him all sorts of deals on his balances. The agency did not quite prepare him for the income and tax hit he took the next year. He wound up being in almost as much total debt as when he started, but now half of it was non bankruptable as it was to the IRS. He would have been better off just doing a bankruptcy.
Posted by: Calm Mentor at December 08, 2018 11:33 PM (ffYR/)
How much snow do you have?!!!!
Posted by: cfo mom
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Not much. Those of the northern climes would snort in derision. My problem is a steep upward driveway, and waiting too long.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 08, 2018 11:33 PM (2qPhT)
Posted by: yankeefifth at December 08, 2018 11:34 PM (MTjB1)
Well, Miley suggested I'd better get my butt home if I was going to, and I'm glad I did. Road was getting slightly slushy. Temperature on the car said 34F, but it was halfway trying to stick a bit on the roads.
Nice little layer of slush. Another couple hours and it might have been a little tricky.
Posted by: publius, the Duke of Miley's Ficus at December 08, 2018 11:34 PM (f1Vqw)
* which it is most certainly not, tyvm
Posted by: hogmartin at December 08, 2018 11:34 PM (t+qrx)
I've used it countless times to dry out distributor caps--works like a charm.
Posted by: irongrampa
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It's kind of an urban myth thing, "Doesn't work? Use WD-40" And in point of fact, it will help, albeit temporarily.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 08, 2018 11:35 PM (2kj6M)
I think that's really nice.
Posted by: ALH at December 08, 2018 11:19 PM (cS3Yq)
This, of course, depends on Wife No. 1 sticking it out with them.
Posted by: Insomniac at December 08, 2018 11:35 PM (NWiLs)
Yep. But they don't understand our snow and slush is oft different than theirs. Wetter and slicker.
There was a damned Yankee moved in down here back in the '90s and threw off on how stupid we Southerners were about a little snow.
Guess who got stuck in his driveway first little snow we had?
Him. Just a slight little incline, too.
Posted by: publius, the Duke of Miley's Ficus at December 08, 2018 11:36 PM (f1Vqw)
But it was a huge shock to find out one's spouse owed 93k. I just don't want to wreck his credit rating - I may want to max out his cards and go to a non-extradition nation someday!
Posted by: cfo mom at December 08, 2018 11:37 PM (RfzVr)
wouldn't the wd40 make more sense as a perfume for women?
That's what I keep thinking. If you want to attract men, your perfume should smell like things that men like, like cheeseburgers, pizza, burning rubber, new cars, 10W30 motor oil, freshly mowed lawns and stuff like that there.
Posted by: BackwardsBoy at December 08, 2018 11:37 PM (HaL55)
Posted by: Insomniac
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It's as if it is an equation.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 08, 2018 11:37 PM (2kj6M)
Northern snow country Snort
Place vehicle in low, steady up the hill
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at December 08, 2018 11:38 PM (aA3+G)
Merry fuckin' Christmas!
Posted by: Slapweasel, (T) at December 08, 2018 11:04 PM (Ckg4U)
I'm making lemon cookies.
Posted by: Miley, the Duchess at December 08, 2018 11:38 PM (NMAzL)
Posted by: BackwardsBoy
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Hoppes No.9
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 08, 2018 11:39 PM (2kj6M)
Posted by: Puddleglum at December 08, 2018 11:39 PM (WNAuL)
they drive the same cars and use the same tires. don't tell me about chains and snow tires because hardly anyone uses them
salting, sanding, and plowing should not be that difficult for professional truck drivers. what is worse some places, like lots of idiotvilles in colorado, deliberately do not salt, plow, and sand to protect the environment. that's right boulder, looking at you.
Posted by: yankeefifth at December 08, 2018 11:39 PM (MTjB1)
Posted by: irongrampa at December 08, 2018 11:32 PM (S/hVx)
I'd say it's because the situations that call for a moisture displacer are vanishingly rare compared to the situations that call for a CLP, and you can get WD-40 at any gas station of any size anywhere in the easy-to-recognize blue and yellow can whereas a decent general purpose lube/protectant is, for some reason, nowhere as easy to find.
So, lots of people use it for all kinds of things it's terrible at, which leads to people getting irrationally angry about it.
Posted by: hogmartin at December 08, 2018 11:39 PM (t+qrx)
Posted by: hogmartin at December 08, 2018 11:06 PM (t+qrx)
Ha! And I thought you snort it.
Posted by: Miley, the Duchess at December 08, 2018 11:40 PM (NMAzL)
Posted by: some rat in the swamp at December 08, 2018 11:40 PM (LOq4H)
Posted by: BackwardsBoy at December 08, 2018 11:40 PM (HaL55)
wouldn't the wd40 make more sense as a perfume for women?
That's
what I keep thinking. If you want to attract men, your perfume should
smell like things that men like, like cheeseburgers, pizza, burning
rubber, new cars, 10W30 motor oil, freshly mowed lawns and stuff like
that there.
Posted by: BackwardsBoy at December 08, 2018 11:37 PM (HaL55)
and pussy
Posted by: Tom Jones at December 08, 2018 11:40 PM (jGvbj)
Hoppes No.9
Yep.
Fried chicken.
Posted by: BackwardsBoy at December 08, 2018 11:40 PM (HaL55)
Gunsmoke.
Posted by: Insomniac at December 08, 2018 11:41 PM (NWiLs)
Posted by: Count de Monet at December 08, 2018 11:41 PM (QLvwG)
There was a damned Yankee moved in down here back in the '90s and threw off on how stupid we Southerners were about a little snow.
Guess who got stuck in his driveway first little snow we had?
Him. Just a slight little incline, too.
Posted by: publius, the Duke of Miley's Ficus at D
no it is not.
how did he get stuck in his driveway with a little slush?
Posted by: yankeefifth at December 08, 2018 11:41 PM (MTjB1)
You'd be just like that Yankee I was talking about. You'd be the first one to get stuck, or slide off in the ditch first little snow we had down here.
Posted by: publius, the Duke of Miley's Ficus at December 08, 2018 11:41 PM (f1Vqw)
Posted by: colfax mingo at December 08, 2018 11:42 PM (tCvhJ)
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Very wet and slicky now. Also loading up on the trees. I heard a branch crack while I was out.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 08, 2018 11:42 PM (ZMWtN)
I want to see shibumi and Bozo C really bad. I have a picture in my head.
Posted by: cfo mom at December 08, 2018 11:42 PM (RfzVr)
That's
what I keep thinking. If you want to attract men, your perfume should
smell like things that men like, like cheeseburgers, pizza, burning
rubber, new cars, 10W30 motor oil, freshly mowed lawns and stuff like
that there.
Posted by: BackwardsBoy at December 08, 2018 11:37 PM (HaL55)
and pussy
Posted by: Tom Jones at D
that could wind up in a threesome.
Posted by: yankeefifth at December 08, 2018 11:42 PM (MTjB1)
Oh no
We never have slushy snow
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LMAO
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at December 08, 2018 11:42 PM (aA3+G)
You'd be just like that Yankee I was talking about. You'd be the first one to get stuck, or slide off in the ditch first little snow we had down here.
Posted by: publius, the Duke of Miley's F
how did he get stuck in his driveway?
Posted by: yankeefifth at December 08, 2018 11:43 PM (MTjB1)
Posted by: Miley, the Duchess at December 08, 2018 11:40 PM (NMAzL)
Hopefully nobody finds out you're snorting it and I'm shooting it, we'd be the laughingstock of the meth fanciers association. Probably be ejected from the country club on sight.
Posted by: hogmartin at December 08, 2018 11:43 PM (t+qrx)
I'm in LA County, and IMHO there's too many people here :-)
Posted by: qdpsteve at December 08, 2018 11:44 PM (miE9U)
Posted by: Bill Cosby at December 08, 2018 11:44 PM (ykYG2)
We never have slushy snow
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LMAO
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at D
your use if sarc tags is inappropriate, you need derision tags here.
Posted by: yankeefifth at December 08, 2018 11:44 PM (MTjB1)
Ya'll can laugh all you want, but I'd bet money you'd be just like that that Yankee I wuz talking about. First ones stuck in the ditch, and have to get the dumb redneck to pull you out with his tractor.
Posted by: publius, the Duke of Miley's Ficus at December 08, 2018 11:44 PM (f1Vqw)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at D
nothing special about that.
Posted by: yankeefifth at December 08, 2018 11:45 PM (MTjB1)
Seems like the State of California always takes away all the really fun stuff :-/
Posted by: qdpsteve at December 08, 2018 11:45 PM (miE9U)
Posted by: yankeefifth at December 08, 2018 11:39 PM (MTjB1)
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Does it make sense for Southern States, who see snow for a day or two every other year, to keep the full crews, equipment and salt/sand on standby all winter every winter like they were a Northern state? If you want smaller government spending, no it doesn't.
Pretty simple really.
Posted by: Calm Mentor at December 08, 2018 11:45 PM (ffYR/)
There are too many states these days. Please eliminate 3. I am not a crackpot.
Signed,
Grandpa Qdpsteve"
:-P
Posted by: qdpsteve at December 08, 2018 11:46 PM (miE9U)
thereby missing half the thread, i'm sure.
now to leave and go put tonight's dinner on the grill.
back before or after #666?
Posted by: redc1c4 at December 08, 2018 11:46 PM (YtJs4)
I watched a friend of mine do this. He racked up a lot and then had an agency cut him all sorts of deals on his balances. The agency did not quite prepare him for the income and tax hit he took the next year. He wound up being in almost as much total debt as when he started, but now half of it was non bankruptable as it was to the IRS. He would have been better off just doing a bankruptcy.
Posted by: Calm Mentor at December 08, 2018 11:33 PM (ffYR/)
Your friend should have had an accountant or tax lawyer represent him to the IRS. I have no personal experience, but from stories I've been told, the IRS is much more reasonable than the perception. The stories come from professionals, not individuals representing themselves, which is a problem in its self.
Posted by: Evasiveboat42 at December 08, 2018 11:46 PM (Rz2Nc)
Y5 I need the derision tags now
ASAP
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at December 08, 2018 11:47 PM (aA3+G)
There are too many states these days. Please eliminate 3. I am not a crackpot.
Signed,
Grandpa Qdpsteve"
:-P
Posted by: qdpsteve at December 08, 2018 11:46 PM (miE9U)
That would still leave us with a solid 54.
Posted by: Insomniac at December 08, 2018 11:47 PM (NWiLs)
Posted by: Notsothoreau at December 08, 2018 11:47 PM (Lqy/e)
I live in snow country--the Adirondacks-and for some reason this year in my little area near Lake George there has been almost no snow. Surrounding locaions as close as 5-6 miles have gotten swatted pretty damn good, but we have bare ground. Temps are seasonal, so that's not it.
All we've had is one decent snowfall--early at that, which resulted in the transfer station closing and everybody caught with a ton of leaves on the lawns. They'll be here until Spring now.
Posted by: irongrampa at December 08, 2018 11:48 PM (S/hVx)
"My Kid is an Honor Student at a Dumbed-Down Government-Run Indoctrination Camp"
Posted by: qdpsteve at December 08, 2018 11:48 PM (miE9U)
BTW, Insom, please look out for an email from me. I may be needing to write to you soon about something personal... ;-)
Posted by: qdpsteve at December 08, 2018 11:48 PM (miE9U)
Posted by: yankeefifth at December 08, 2018 11:49 PM (MTjB1)
BTW, Insom, please look out for an email from me. I may be needing to write to you soon about something personal... ;-)
Posted by: qdpsteve at December 08, 2018 11:48 PM
Making me nervous here...
Posted by: Insomniac at December 08, 2018 11:49 PM (NWiLs)
Posted by: qdpsteve
"My son was convict of the month at King co. jail."
Posted by: some rat in the swamp at December 08, 2018 11:50 PM (LOq4H)
Posted by: Mother Nature at December 08, 2018 11:50 PM (aA3+G)
Posted by: Infidel at December 08, 2018 11:50 PM (PF4TZ)
Ya'll can laugh all you want, but I'd bet money you'd be just like that that Yankee I wuz talking about. First ones stuck in the ditch, and have to get the dumb redneck to pull you out with his tractor.
Posted by: publius, the Duke of Miley's Ficus
Like the time i got the car stuck in the sand down along the Gulf Coast (who'd have thought a car would sink in sand. I iz smurt) and a bunch of dumb rednecks from Buffalo, NY pushed me out. I've driven in plenty of snow storms south of the Mason/Dixon line and have not had a problem. Growing up in Pennsyltucky helped. Winters are dicey up there.
Posted by: Puddleglum at December 08, 2018 11:50 PM (WNAuL)
Posted by: qdpsteve at December 08, 2018 11:50 PM (miE9U)
Posted by: publius, the Duke of Miley's Ficus at December 08, 2018 11:50 PM (f1Vqw)
But who knows.
BTW: It does NOT involve certain persons I have mentioned here before, thank God.
Posted by: qdpsteve at December 08, 2018 11:51 PM (miE9U)
But who knows.
BTW: It does NOT involve certain persons I have mentioned here before, thank God.
Posted by: qdpsteve at December 08, 2018 11:51 PM (miE9U)
That's good, I suppose.
Posted by: Insomniac at December 08, 2018 11:52 PM (NWiLs)
So where was this Yankee from? NYC? Bawahhh
Posted by: Mother Nature at December 08, 2018 11:52 PM (aA3+G)
Posted by: qdpsteve
"I don't deserve this, I'm building a house!"
Posted by: some rat in the swamp at December 08, 2018 11:53 PM (LOq4H)
Posted by: BackwardsBoy at December 08, 2018 11:53 PM (HaL55)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 08, 2018 11:53 PM (fDU8w)
Posted by: cfo mom at December 08, 2018 11:55 PM (RfzVr)
holes, particularly irregular patterns of holes. The term was coined in
2005 from the Greek" (I can't do special characters, so that's all).
Hmmm.
Posted by: Miley, the Duchess at December 08, 2018 11:32 PM (NMAzL)
well, holes can be very scary.
https://youtu.be/bAIbvlobWDM
Posted by: Kindltot at December 08, 2018 11:55 PM (mUa7G)
Posted by: publius, the Duke of Miley's Ficus at December 08, 2018 11:55 PM (f1Vqw)
Posted by: Notsothoreau at December 08, 2018 11:47 PM (Lqy/e)
Must be a regional thing, I guess.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 08, 2018 11:56 PM (fDU8w)
In all of that time I never had snow tires, chains, or studs. Never got stuck, never went off the road, never hesitated to drive in the stuff.
When I say that the frozen rain/snow combination in our driveway was dicey getting up, that means that it was dicey getting up, because ice/snow/steep, and no room to build any momentum. Ultimately, there is only so much traction available.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 08, 2018 11:56 PM (4bd7D)
Posted by: Infidel at December 08, 2018 11:56 PM (PF4TZ)
Posted by: cfo mom at December 08, 2018 11:09 PM (RfzVr)
Ain't it though?
Posted by Insomniac at
My friends in gray boxes have been a blessing.
Posted by: Miley, the Duchess at December 08, 2018 11:57 PM (NMAzL)
But it was a huge shock to find out one's spouse owed 93k. I just don't want to wreck his credit rating - I may want to max out his cards and go to a non-extradition nation someday!
Posted by: cfo mom at December 08, 2018 11:37 PM (RfzVr)
Well I'm glad you have the POA, and you seem like you have it under control. Three years isn't that long.
Posted by: Evasiveboat42 at December 08, 2018 11:57 PM (Rz2Nc)
Posted by: cfo mom at December 09, 2018 12:00 AM (RfzVr)
Posted by: Infidel at December 08, 2018 11:56 PM (PF4TZ)
I do have a nice heated 2-car garage; in-floor hot water heat. It is very cosy. But the truck is on the hoist in a big unheated shop. But the bay door is open, and faces the South, so the Sun shining in today helped, a lot.
I dress warmly, and use gloves for all but the fiddly stuff. I brought the suspect clutch into the heated garage to work on it.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 09, 2018 12:00 AM (fDU8w)
No or little skill set.
"Cascade Concrete" snow (thick, wet)
Piss poor city response
City is a mass of hills.
Articulated city buses, instant jackknife.
City streets laid out by drunks.
Posted by: some rat in the swamp at December 09, 2018 12:01 AM (LOq4H)
Posted by: cfo mom at December 08, 2018 11:55 PM (RfzVr)
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That sounds right. They can only go after his estate. As I recall, you either have a quit claim on the real estate to have it in your name only, or it is outright owned in your name only.
If they made the bad decision to offer unsecured debt to your husband only, you should be bulletproof.
Posted by: Calm Mentor at December 09, 2018 12:02 AM (ffYR/)
A friend of mine posted a pic of the following bumper sticker at FB:
"My Kid is an Honor Student at a Dumbed-Down Government-Run Indoctrination Camp"
Posted by: qdpsteve
It's one of these pictures:
https://tinyurl.com/y76fq44t
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at December 09, 2018 12:03 AM (aKsyK)
Posted by: cfo mom at December 09, 2018 12:06 AM (RfzVr)
I dress warmly, and use gloves for all but the fiddly stuff. I brought the suspect clutch into the heated garage to work on it.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
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The cold can be a blessing, numbs the pain when one rams one's knuckles into a exposed bolt.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 09, 2018 12:06 AM (HTHlp)
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a bumper sticker i should put on the web and get rich off of.
Posted by: redc1c4 at December 09, 2018 12:06 AM (YtJs4)
Posted by: qdpsteve at December 09, 2018 12:07 AM (miE9U)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc.
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I have occasionally thought before working on a car, "Maybe I should just go ahead and smack my fist into the driveway a couple of times."
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 09, 2018 12:09 AM (ZMWtN)
People with 4 wheel drives simply get the chance to break the laws of physics at a higher rate of speed, something that is lost on the concrete cowboys in snow season.
I love my 4x4, but I will be the one in the right hand lane doing 35 and making it home unscathed.
Posted by: irongrampa at December 09, 2018 12:09 AM (S/hVx)
Posted by: yankeefifth at December 08, 2018 11:34 PM (MTjB1)
I believe that the idea is that having the smell of WD40 on you makes you smell like a man. So women would be attracted to it if you are wearing it because you smell manly.
Posted by: buzzion at December 09, 2018 12:11 AM (cAnNx)
Hmmmm, I always thought it hurt worse, I'm already hurting and now there's a 1/2 strip of my skin on a crossmember, SONOFABITCH!
Posted by: some rat in the swamp at December 09, 2018 12:12 AM (LOq4H)
Posted by: Kindltot at December 09, 2018 12:13 AM (mUa7G)
Posted by: some rat
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Not cold enough.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 09, 2018 12:15 AM (4bd7D)
No or little skill set.
"Cascade Concrete" snow (thick, wet)
Piss poor city response
City is a mass of hills.
Articulated city buses, instant jackknife.
City streets laid out by drunks.
Posted by: some rat in the swamp at December 09, 2018 12:01 AM (LOq4H)
Vancouver, B.C. is much the same, for the same reasons. I vividly remember the Snowpocalypse of November there, a dozen years ago or more. I was headed there to visit my sister. Trans-Canada highway came to dead halt near Abbotsford because of the snow. I was driving my old '85 Diesel Suburban with good snow tires on it. 4X4, of course. I was able to get off the highway, and into an auto dealer mall, but it proved to be a dead end. But that enabled me to get back onto the highway eastbound, which was empty. Took that to the next exit, and headed south to the old Fraser Highway. Took that all the way into Surrey, with a few detours to avoid stalled traffic, and got on the King George Highway. It was stalled out, and all the traffic lights had quit working, because of a power failure. I ended up crossing a median, and driving on the wrong side, with no opposing traffic. Some cop saw me go by, and just shook his head; he was stuck, too.
Finally got onto a bridge over the Fraser River, and landed on Marine Drive in Burnaby. Power still out. Drove Marine Drive all the way to UBC, missing my intended turnoff, Dunbar Street, because the lights were out, and signs all plastered with snow. Looped through the UBC campus, got onto 16th Avenue, and headed back into town, and got to my sister's home about 2:30 A.M. It was like driving in some post-Apocalypse world. I was warm and toasty inside the Suburban, driving through an eerily-empty and snow-covered wasteland.
I probably did 60 miles on side roads to get around the 40 miles of blocked highway, but I did nearly all of it at decent road speeds. Sometimes well above the local speed limit, because cops were otherwise engaged.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 09, 2018 12:15 AM (fDU8w)
Posted by: cfo mom at December 09, 2018 12:06 AM (RfzVr)
Good night, and God bless you and yours.
Posted by: Evasiveboat42 at December 09, 2018 12:15 AM (Rz2Nc)
This. It took me 6 hrs to get home from Denver once. Normally a 3.5 hr drive. Suckers racing by me and in the ditch a mile later.
Posted by: Infidel at December 09, 2018 12:15 AM (PF4TZ)
No or little skill set.
"Cascade Concrete" snow (thick, wet)
Piss poor city response
City is a mass of hills.
Articulated city buses, instant jackknife.
City streets laid out by drunks.
Posted by: some rat in the swamp at December 09, 2018 12:01 AM (LOq4H)
Don't forget that they refuse to salt the roads because the salt run-off might get into Puget Sound.
Posted by: Kindltot at December 09, 2018 12:15 AM (mUa7G)
https://youtu.be/bAIbvlobWDM
Posted by: Kindltot at December 08, 2018 11:55 PM (mUa7G)
Loved that, thank you for posting it.
Posted by: hogmartin at December 09, 2018 12:16 AM (t+qrx)
Posted by: cfo mom
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It's a long way down into the ravine behind the house. I've thought it would be pretty interesting ride.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 09, 2018 12:16 AM (4bd7D)
I love my 4x4, but I will be the one in the right hand lane doing 35 and making it home unscathed.
Posted by: irongrampa at December 09, 2018 12:09 AM (S/hVx)
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Combine that with some base ice and a 4x4 Is no advantage. I got through Indiana heading South to GA one time 30 minutes ahead of snow road closures the whole time. I was in a 2wd Taurus. I drove past people spinning out into ditches for a few hours.
I just stayed at 50 mph on I65 in the right lane, and left a lot of space between me and the next car.
Posted by: Calm Mentor at December 09, 2018 12:16 AM (ffYR/)
Posted by: irongrampa at December 09, 2018 12:09 AM (S/hVx)
X2
Posted by: Evasiveboat42 at December 09, 2018 12:18 AM (Rz2Nc)
I'm in LA County, and IMHO there's too many people here
can't argue with you there; i avoid going that direction as much as possible. even lancaster and/or palmdale is a bit much for me.
Posted by: Anachronda at December 09, 2018 12:18 AM (2//jc)
Posted by: Burger Chef at December 09, 2018 12:21 AM (RuIsu)
Posted by: Kindltot
Yeah, never understood the problem of salt water going into. SALT WATER!
Posted by: some rat in the swamp at December 09, 2018 12:22 AM (LOq4H)
As I've shared here previously, I have relatives who live in Parker, Arizona (right on the AZ/CA border), and I like that solution. They're in another state, but still extremely close to SoCal, so they basically get the perks without most of the issues.
Posted by: qdpsteve at December 09, 2018 12:22 AM (miE9U)
I believe that the idea is that having the smell of WD40 on you
Wow. Lookit the time. Sunrise in... well, 'way too late this time of year. Roostercat gonna crow, though.
Click nic for webworks.
Goodnighhhhttttt
Posted by: mindful webworker - 14 Days 'til Solstice at December 09, 2018 12:23 AM (Fo+RN)
Posted by: Infidel at December 09, 2018 12:24 AM (PF4TZ)
Posted by: some rat
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Maybe there is a market there, like recycled paper.
Sea Salt
Kosher Salt
Road Salt
"This seasoning made from 100% recycled salt"
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 09, 2018 12:25 AM (4bd7D)
Posted by: some rat in the swamp at December 09, 2018 12:22 AM (LOq4H)
Adding more salt to the Puget Sound will turn it into another Great Salt Lake. The Great Salt Lake is in Utah. Utah is full of Mormons. So if Seattle salts the roads, Seattle will become Mormon. Or something like that.
Posted by: RickZ at December 09, 2018 12:27 AM (Y8PSl)
If y'all want the best time ever driving in snow, use one of Uncle Sam's deuce and a halfs--all wheel drive and all 10 wheels chained up.
You are damned near invincible and with the winch I'd say you ARE. Drawback is chaining the rears--big time PITA.
Posted by: irongrampa at December 09, 2018 12:28 AM (S/hVx)
Pahrump is also fairly close to Vegas, I believe.
To this day, I think of Art Bell when I think of Pahrump.
Posted by: qdpsteve at December 09, 2018 12:29 AM (miE9U)
Posted by: Anna Puma (HQCaR) at December 09, 2018 12:29 AM (rRM1E)
Posted by: Jewells45 at December 08, 2018 10:01
Could you buy some ugly appliques and put them temporarily on a sweater you own? Then take them off? Don't know if that's workable.
Posted by: Farmer at December 09, 2018 12:29 AM (yJ1e6)
Posted by: Infidel at December 09, 2018 12:30 AM (PF4TZ)
Posted by: qdpsteve at December 09, 2018 12:31 AM (miE9U)
Someone should put a burger like that in front of Lil Kim. Heart attack in hours if not minutes...
Posted by: qdpsteve at December 09, 2018 12:31 AM (miE9U)
"We should be done with the electric car credits"
(Elon Musk responds: "NOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!")
Posted by: qdpsteve at December 09, 2018 12:33 AM (miE9U)
@9NewsAUS 2h
Thousands of protestors have taken over the streets of Paris, setting fire to cars, smashing shop windows, and attacking military police. #9News
Posted by: weft cut-loop at December 09, 2018 12:33 AM (ZejZP)
"We should be done with the electric car credits"
(Elon Musk responds: "NOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!")
Posted by: qdpsteve
Sir, are you implying that without billions in subsidies, the electric car is a joke?
Posted by: some rat in the swamp at December 09, 2018 12:34 AM (LOq4H)
But I know I know, I'm just a crazy transsexual from Transylvania... :-P
Posted by: qdpsteve at December 09, 2018 12:36 AM (miE9U)
streets of Paris, setting fire to cars, smashing shop windows, and
attacking military police. #9News
Posted by: weft cut-loop at December 09, 2018 12:33 AM (ZejZP)
Apparently riots are spreading to Holland and Belgium too
Posted by: Kindltot at December 09, 2018 12:36 AM (mUa7G)
That's cool. I've got Aleve P.M., Heavy Metal and Budweiser on the way. I'll make my own fun.
Posted by: Slapweasel, (T) at December 09, 2018 12:36 AM (Ckg4U)
Posted by: Anna Puma (HQCaR) at December 09, 2018 12:36 AM (rRM1E)
Posted by: qdpsteve at December 09, 2018 12:36 AM (miE9U)
Posted by: Slapweasel, (T) at December 09, 2018 12:37 AM (Ckg4U)
My sister (the not-as-sane-as-the-other-sister one) was actually a veggie for a LONG time, about 20 years.
Then she realized: life is short, and started eating meat again. She's coming around. :-)
Posted by: qdpsteve at December 09, 2018 12:37 AM (miE9U)
Who, none the less, seems to grasp economics...
Posted by: some rat in the swamp at December 09, 2018 12:38 AM (LOq4H)
Posted by: qdpsteve at December 09, 2018 12:38 AM (miE9U)
Posted by: qdpsteve
I'm just gonna take your word for that.
Posted by: some rat in the swamp at December 09, 2018 12:39 AM (LOq4H)
Posted by: Infidel at December 09, 2018 12:30 AM (PF4TZ)
Yes, they are. Best rule for chains: put them on before you need to, but not too long before. It's a lot easier to mount them in a nice broad, graded, and well-lit chain-up area, than it is in the ditch 2 miles up the road after you have spun out.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 09, 2018 12:39 AM (fDU8w)
Posted by: qdpsteve at December 09, 2018 12:40 AM (miE9U)
Posted by: Kindltot
Two days ago. Haven't seen anything new yet.
But, I'm un-optimistic that the Franch disease will spread. This will be over after the first 32' temps.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at December 09, 2018 12:40 AM (ZejZP)
qdp, little bro is in Pahrump.
last time i was there, terrible's no longer had its shark tank. disappointint.
Posted by: Anachronda at December 09, 2018 12:40 AM (2//jc)
Posted by: Infidel at December 09, 2018 12:41 AM (PF4TZ)
Posted by: some rat in the swamp at December 09, 2018 12:41 AM (LOq4H)
Posted by: Anna Puma (HQCaR) at December 09, 2018 12:41 AM (rRM1E)
Posted by: Anna Puma (HQCaR) at December 09, 2018 12:43 AM (rRM1E)
Crazy relatives are crazy.
I only recently found out, my father's 'new' wife (the one he left my mom for) has been more or less shielding him from me and my sisters, his kids, for over 20 years. We blamed him, but it turns out it's probably mostly the wife's fault. (He lives in Lake Havasu City, btw.)
Posted by: qdpsteve at December 09, 2018 12:43 AM (miE9U)
To this day, I think of Art Bell when I think of Pahrump.
had a "KNYE: things that go pahrump in the night" bumper sticker on a previous car; should have picked up a bunch more while i was there. friend of mine was amused to hear art bell doing local radio ads.
Posted by: Anachronda at December 09, 2018 12:43 AM (2//jc)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 09, 2018 12:39
Lots of places to pull off before and after the passes in CO and UT.
Posted by: Infidel at December 09, 2018 12:44 AM (PF4TZ)
"Life is a terminal disease."
Posted by: qdpsteve at December 09, 2018 12:44 AM (miE9U)
Posted by: choogle at December 09, 2018 12:44 AM (4KkiS)
That's cool. I've got Aleve P.M., Heavy Metal and Budweiser on the way. I'll make my own fun.
Posted by: Slapweasel, (T) at December 09, 2018 12:36 AM (Ckg4U)
What? Did I miss something, what's going on?
Posted by: Evasiveboat42 at December 09, 2018 12:45 AM (Rz2Nc)
You know the drill, we're Americans, so that head is held HIGH and PROUD.
Remember where we live and how exceptional it is.
Goodnite, good people. Be safe and sleep well.
Posted by: irongrampa at December 09, 2018 12:47 AM (S/hVx)
qdp, I think it's closer to the CA border.
it is closer to the ca border, but there's still a bit of space between it and the border, but it's the part of the border next to death valley. so there's still a bit of driving between there and any place with too many people.
(ridgecrest is two valleys west of death valley)
Posted by: Anachronda at December 09, 2018 12:47 AM (2//jc)
Posted by: Infidel at December 09, 2018 12:47 AM (PF4TZ)
One unifying theme is ...... surprise!!!! ..... migration/immigration. I believe all of these festivities (including Fwahnce) are partially inspired by desperation on this issue, and specifically the impending new UN pact on migration. All of the former Warsaw Pact (I think), plus US, Israel, Italy, Australia, are either definitely not signing, or looking that way - with more on the way. But of course the central EU states ..... headlong into it. In Denmark, the PM is going to the signing shindig in Morocco - after the two relevant ministers refused.
So it's a blend of issues, as usual, and the violence is *probably* mostly the handiwork of the same idiotic "anarchist" professional vandal types.
Wouldn't get too excited about any of it, though. Little is likely to change. Italy *has* changed (migrant landings down 90%+ since change of management) - they had an "Italy first" rally today in Rome. Might be some changes on the really absurdly reckless and disastrous immigration front - in Sweden, Germany - but the general thrall of Europeans to stupid ideas under the boot of unrepresentative institutions, and practices will continue. Money's running out a bit, though, so maybe, eventually, some reckoning in view there.
Posted by: rhomboid at December 09, 2018 12:48 AM (QDnY+)
Posted by: weft cut-loop at December 09, 2018 12:40 AM (ZejZP)
Every European leader and aparatchik who had read about 1848 is hitting the Zantac about now.
That one was a widespread rebellion against the stable Europe engineered by Metternich after the Napoleonic wars, and the attempted refusal of the reinstalling of Bourbons in every vacant throne
Posted by: Kindltot at December 09, 2018 12:50 AM (mUa7G)
Slap, yeah some do give a shit. I was going to call you but had work day from hell, 8:45 am till 9:45 pm. i'm too old for this crap.
Be well brother. Call me tomorrow after my time time at work ends when I finally end this horrendous Christmas Open House at work. I'm looking forward to 6 pm tomorrow.
Posted by: Farmer at December 09, 2018 12:51 AM (yJ1e6)
Posted by: some rat in the swamp at December 09, 2018 12:41 AM (LOq4H)
In new-fallen snow, with a 4X4, I don't bother with chains. Drive sanely, and you don't need them. In a semi-truck? Whole different ball game. Those eight tires on the two drive axles are heavily-loaded, and they also have pull the load on the trailer. Chains are a must.
I went from here to Calgary on Tuesday, and coming home, there was a semi-trailer vacuum truck spun out on my home road. Tried to climb a hill in drifted-in snow a foot deep. The owner of the trucking company was there, in a Jeep Cherokee. He saw me pull up behind the rig, and drove down to me, and we chatted a little. I said I had a tow strap, did he want any help? "No, that sucker is loaded, 65,000 pounds. Nothing we can do. I have a tractor on the way here." So I drove the Suburban through the ditch in the tracks made by the Cherokee, and got home, no problem.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 09, 2018 12:51 AM (fDU8w)
Posted by: qdpsteve at December 09, 2018 12:51 AM (miE9U)
That's cool. I've got Aleve P.M., Heavy Metal and Budweiser on the way. I'll make my own fun.
Posted by: Slapweasel, (T) at December 09, 2018 12:36 AM (Ckg4U)
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We all give a great deal of a shit. You know how one post can be driven by. Keep on keeping on, man. All you can do. I cannot imagine how much life sucks at Casa Slap right now, and mine totally sucks.
Posted by: Calm Mentor at December 09, 2018 12:53 AM (ffYR/)
Yes, here in Wa. going over Snoqualmie 4x are usually excempted from the chains rule.
Posted by: some rat in the swamp at December 09, 2018 12:56 AM (LOq4H)
Posted by: Mark1971 at December 09, 2018 12:56 AM (xPl2J)
Posted by: Cosmic Charlie at December 09, 2018 01:00 AM (PUmDY)
Posted by: rhomboid at December 09, 2018 01:02 AM (QDnY+)
Posted by: some rat in the swamp at December 09, 2018 12:56 AM (LOq4H)
What can screw things up for you, driving in 4X4 mode, is trying to make a sudden stop, and swapping ends as a result, or getting crossed-up in the ruts, and get the wheels on one side in a rut, and the wheels on the other in deep snow. That makes for swapping ends, too, or even a rollover.
And both of these are a result of driving too fast for road conditions.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 09, 2018 01:03 AM (fDU8w)
Posted by: some rat in the swamp
But what about bodies wrapped in plastic?
Posted by: weft cut-loop at December 09, 2018 01:05 AM (ZejZP)
But what about bodies wrapped in plastic?
Coming westbound should be fine, eastbound, the ground is too frozen for rapid disposal.
Posted by: some rat in the swamp at December 09, 2018 01:06 AM (LOq4H)
Posted by: some rat in the swamp at December 09, 2018 01:06 AM (LOq4H)
There's a nifty bridge over the Columbia River, though...
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 09, 2018 01:08 AM (fDU8w)
In the US, with the exception of illegal migration, at the margins (gangs, serious known criminals), nothing has changed on the key issues. In Europe, it's plausible that *some* things like migration policy and idiotic cult-based "green" energy idiocy will actually see substantial change.
Posted by: rhomboid at December 09, 2018 01:10 AM (QDnY+)
Sorry to here about that steve. Hope you can connect w/ your Dad sometime in the future.
I'd say she sounds nice, but she actually sounds like a bitch.
Posted by: Farmer at December 09, 2018 01:10 AM (yJ1e6)
Posted by: BourbonChicken at December 09, 2018 01:10 AM (rnAwa)
Forgot about it, Weft, make a note of that.
Posted by: some rat in the swamp at December 09, 2018 01:11 AM (LOq4H)
Posted by: some rat in the swamp
I'll have to consult the Black Lodge, but ok for now.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at December 09, 2018 01:14 AM (ZejZP)
Oh... don't worry about me. I've got beer & metal jamz and ampersands to spare! &&& &&&
&&&
What's that, li'l devil on my shoulder?
Fuck Yeah, Ministry would sound real good right now! ...and then Faith no More ...and then Suicidal Tendencies...
*Off to the Races!*
*static*
Posted by: Slapweasel, (T) at December 09, 2018 01:14 AM (Ckg4U)
I'd like to get to talk to my dad at least once more before he kicks, but right now that's not looking likely. We shall see.
Posted by: qdpsteve at December 09, 2018 01:15 AM (miE9U)
Posted by: BourbonChicken at December 09, 2018 01:10 AM (rnAwa)
What am I, chopped liver?
Posted by: Justine Trudeau at December 09, 2018 01:15 AM (fDU8w)
Posted by: Mark1971
Watching that right now. They are looking for a screaming woman in the desert in.......Nye County, NV.
Posted by: Puddleglum at December 09, 2018 01:16 AM (WNAuL)
But the fact that the most serious Brexiteers (Farage et al) are now talking about a *second* referendum, to reinforce the point, might indicate that, unsurprisingly, the pro-EU, anti-freedom and national culture forces have the chutzpah to simply spike Brexit the first time around.
It feels familiar. I recall in CA, 1,000 years ago (i.e. 20+), after voters in a referendum decreed an end to disastrous "bilingual education", many districts simply defied the law, some using transparent camouflage for their continued bilingual approach. At the time I was stunned. Had never seen such lawlessness, so open, so brazen - in direct defiance of not just common sense and the students' interests, but the express will of the voters.
Now? (laughter)
Posted by: rhomboid at December 09, 2018 01:17 AM (QDnY+)
Posted by: qdpsteve at December 09, 2018 01:15 AM (miE9U)
If he is in Lake Havasu City, why not simply drive out there on a weekend and drop in to visit him? Can't be more than about a 4-hour road trip.
Posted by: Justine Trudeau at December 09, 2018 01:17 AM (fDU8w)
*static*
Posted by: Slapweasel
You mean like Everyday is Halloween pseudo-goth Ministry?
Posted by: weft cut-loop at December 09, 2018 01:18 AM (ZejZP)
Pretty simple really.
Posted by: Calm Mentor at D
well what is the solution? in ny state they have taken to simply closing roads and establishing curfews. that does not seem like a better route.
having every individual take responsibility would be great, like having food and necessities stocked in case of emergency.
Posted by: yankeefifth at December 09, 2018 01:19 AM (MTjB1)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 09, 2018 01:19 AM (fDU8w)
WD40 on you makes you smell like a man. So women would be attracted to
it if you are wearing it because you smell manly.
Posted by: buzzion at December 09, 2018 12:11 AM (cAnNx)
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in my experience, the only thing that attracts women is the smell of money, success and disposable income.
YMMV.
Posted by: redc1c4 at December 09, 2018 01:20 AM (YtJs4)
Oh... don't worry about me. I've got beer & metal jamz and ampersands to spare! &&& &&&
&&&
What's that, li'l devil on my shoulder?
Fuck Yeah, Ministry would sound real good right now! ...and then Faith no More ...and then Suicidal Tendencies...
*Off to the Races!*
*static*
Posted by: Slapweasel, (T) at D
yeah, that is wonderful. so much for the babes, boobs, and bangstick thread.
Posted by: yankeefifth at December 09, 2018 01:20 AM (MTjB1)
What am I, chopped liver?
Posted by: Justine Trudeau
Right-wing protesters opposed to Canada joining a UN pact for better regulating worldwide migration clashed Saturday with pro-immigration groups in the biting cold outside parliament.
An estimated 200 members of far-right groups and 100 counter-protesters lobbed expletive-laced insults at each other on the snow-covered lawn, resulting in one arrest.
Scuffles erupted just as the event got underway, but riot police quickly separated the two sides.
The crowd then began chanting "Reject immigration pact," but was drowned out by shouts of "Shame" and "Refugees welcome, racists go home."
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at December 09, 2018 01:20 AM (aKsyK)
The short/incomplete answer is, my father is NOT someone who is easy to talk to.
He was never, and as far as I know, IS never, afraid to cut me to pieces with his tongue. He never really liked me as a kid, and as a result, I never really liked him.
He was a great provider, and he *did* have a few good days with me and my sisters. But outside of that, our relationship with him as a father was *very* adversarial. When he walked out on my mom right before I turned 18, in the summer of 1984, I did *not* miss him, in the slightest.
Today? I'm more mature, I can kind of understand "his side" of things (among other facts, he worked a job for 40 years that he HATED), and I see that he was, again, a great provider; growing up I never really wanted for much of anything. I also have learned he had interests and hobbies I never knew about when I had a day-to-day relationship with him.
But my fear is that if I and/or my sisters visit him, we will get an EXTREMELY confrontational, heated and frankly hurtful experience out of it. We don't really even know if he *wants* to ever see us again.
So, it would be a giant emotional gamble, and one we're all not sure we're ready to take.
Posted by: qdpsteve at December 09, 2018 01:23 AM (miE9U)
having every individual take responsibility would be great, like having food and necessities stocked in case of emergency.
Posted by: yankeefifth at December 09, 2018 01:19 AM (MTjB1)
Highways departments should have a few of their vehicles and gravel trucks fitted with snowplow blades. And send some of their operators to northern climes to be trained in their use. Sweet, sweet overtime!
And towing companies should have tire chains for at least some of their fleet, so the wrecker can get to the wreck, and then have the traction needed to do the pull.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 09, 2018 01:23 AM (fDU8w)
An estimated 200 members of far-right groups and 100 counter-protesters lobbed expletive-laced insults at each other on the snow-covered lawn, resulting in one arrest.
Scuffles erupted just as the event got underway, but riot police quickly separated the two sides.
The crowd then began chanting "Reject immigration pact," but was drowned out by shouts of "Shame" and "Refugees welcome, racists go home."
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at December 09, 2018 01:20 AM (aKsyK)
"UN pact for better regulating worldwide migration" = treasonous plot to cede immigration control to the U.N.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 09, 2018 01:26 AM (fDU8w)
So, it would be a giant emotional gamble, and one we're all not sure we're ready to take.
Posted by: qdpsteve at December 09, 2018 01:23 AM (miE9U)
I say, go for it anyway. Drop in, say, "Hello Dad, up for a chat?" and see what happens. If he's not cordial, then you can say, "Well, I see I'm wasting my time here. So long, goodbye."
Point being, you have to try.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 09, 2018 01:30 AM (fDU8w)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 09, 2018 01:31 AM (fDU8w)
I can talk to my sisters and we can see what we can work out. A lot depends on what their moods are the next time we're in that area.
Every Easter our family goes to Laughlin, which isn't far from Havasu. We could take a day and see what happens.
Posted by: qdpsteve at December 09, 2018 01:31 AM (miE9U)
Posted by: ramondo at December 09, 2018 01:37 AM (OlNLi)
Posted by: Infidel
God willing I will never have to drive through the Rockies again. I've a real fear of heights and it's gotten worse as I get older.
I'd rather fly than drive over the Rockies. Eveyrone has their quirks.
Posted by: Farmer at December 09, 2018 01:38 AM (yJ1e6)
*IF* that is true, how would talking to your sisters, etc, be productive?
seriously curious.
Posted by: redc1c4 at December 09, 2018 01:38 AM (YtJs4)
Posted by: Jewells45 at December 08, 2018 10:01
Uh... do they still have a goodwill?
Or was that a trick question.
Posted by: 20120818 at December 09, 2018 01:39 AM (jEOf0)
I've gotten better at setting boundaries, which thankfully they (as in, my sisters and mother) seem to have accepted.
Posted by: qdpsteve at December 09, 2018 01:40 AM (miE9U)
Posted by: Slapweasel, (T) at December 09, 2018 01:40 AM (Ckg4U)
Posted by: rak at December 09, 2018 01:40 AM (pEett)
Posted by: Calm Mentor at December 09, 2018 01:41 AM (ffYR/)
We all want to see him and talk with him, but we also all feel any attempt to do so would be a waste of time, because his wife is going to insist on being the middle-person and setting all the rules.
If somehow we could reach him without her, I think we'd all be a lot more positive about making the attempt to see him and speak with him.
One of the big suspicions is that, if/when we ever DO get to meet with my dad, he and/or the wife will frame everything in terms of "what do you want??" (He and his family have a lot more money than my family does at this point.) Of course we can respond "we don't want anything, we just want to see YOU," but how well that response will be accepted, we just don't know.
Posted by: qdpsteve at December 09, 2018 01:44 AM (miE9U)
Posted by: strawdog at December 09, 2018 01:44 AM (Cssks)
part d put in by bush they no longer have to eat dog food because drug
companies charge more for the same drugs they charge in any other
country.
Posted by: ramondo at December 09, 2018 01:37 AM (OlNLi)
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hey House Plant!: without the American Drug Industry R and D effort, which costs boocoo $$, there would be DAMN few drugs for Mediscare to "pay" for.
HTH, you ignorant, window licking, paint chip eating, mouth breathing imbecile.
no love,
me
PS: Besa mi culo, pendeja!
Posted by: redc1c4, the ONT Rx Tech at December 09, 2018 01:44 AM (YtJs4)
I think I like "Best Of Both Worlds" a little better.
Posted by: qdpsteve at December 09, 2018 01:46 AM (miE9U)
Posted by: ramondo at December 09, 2018 01:46 AM (OlNLi)
Posted by: yankeefifth at December 09, 2018 01:48 AM (MTjB1)
Posted by: NCKate at December 09, 2018 01:52 AM (dMTwl)
I blurted out Besa mi culo, pendeja!
and I thought shit was gonna hit the fan . They don't like white womens talking like that to them. Thankfully I had some neighbors in the parking lot as back up.
Cocksucker.
Posted by: Infidel at December 09, 2018 01:54 AM (PF4TZ)
Posted by: NCKate at D
who knows. some inverse relation to the quality of the content and the quality of the comments.
reads like the fucking hold line for the suicide hotline on the island of broken toys.
Posted by: yankeefifth at December 09, 2018 01:55 AM (MTjB1)
I've used it countless times to dry out distributor caps--works like a charm.
Posted by: irongrampa
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It's kind of an urban myth thing, "Doesn't work? Use WD-40" And in point of fact, it will help, albeit temporarily.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 08, 2018 11:35 PM (2kj6M)
WD40 works for de-icing car door locks. Those of us blessed with snow, freezing fog, freezing rain, and sleet (aka Sneet) have learned to squirt the doorlocks regularly for preventative measures, too.
Women should wear Hoppes #9 or WD40 for perfume, if they want a real man.
Posted by: tumbleweed at December 09, 2018 01:56 AM (bE2ic)
Posted by: Calm Mentor at December 09, 2018 01:41
You also, hope some job prospects come up.
Posted by: Farmer at December 09, 2018 01:57 AM (yJ1e6)
Anyone know about this?
Posted by: Infidel at December 09, 2018 02:00 AM (PF4TZ)
Posted by: qdpsteve
Does he have any close friends you can talk to about mediating some coffee / non-consequential meeting?
I can't imagine being in that situation, but the hard and fast inquisition that AOP is suggesting, doesn't seem like the answer.
Get an intermediary to feel out the situation and go from there, maybe.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at December 09, 2018 02:01 AM (ZejZP)
Posted by: Calm Mentor at December 09, 2018 01:41 AM
You also, good friend.
T
Posted by: Farmer at December 09, 2018 02:02 AM (yJ1e6)
scrolling back and forth, back and forth. oh. yeah.
Posted by: yankeefifth at December 09, 2018 02:02 AM (MTjB1)
Posts here aren't getting through to him -- don't think he's even reading them
He wants PHONE CALLS and EMAILS before he starts drinking again, and contemplating suicide.
Posted by: Eleanor, What the Cat Dragged In at December 09, 2018 02:03 AM (QU+qf)
-Posted by: tumbleweed at December 09, 2018 01:56 AM (bE2ic)
Heck no, man. I want the ladies to smell feminine. Not that hot chicks don't inhabit garages and the like.
It is a turn-on to see a lady dressed and smelling like a lady.
I got enough of dude-smells at work.
Posted by: Slapweasel, (T) at December 09, 2018 02:04 AM (Ckg4U)
Posted by: yankeefifth
Only if my graphics card runs DOOM.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at December 09, 2018 02:04 AM (ZejZP)
Posted by: yankeefifth at December 09, 2018 02:05 AM (MTjB1)
Posted by: Slapweasel, (T) at December 09, 2018 02:06 AM (Ckg4U)
Posted by: qdpsteve at December 09, 2018 02:08 AM (miE9U)
Posted by: some rat in the swamp
Do you know how hard it is to find chains that fit yer skateboard?!//1???
Posted by: Adriane the Big Wheel Keep On Turning Critic ... at December 09, 2018 02:08 AM (LPnfS)
...fuck it. I'm a self-contained unit.
Posted by: Slapweasel, (T) at December 09, 2018 02:08 AM (Ckg4U)
Posted by: Slapweasel, (T) at December 09, 2018 02:10 AM (Ckg4U)
Posted by: Shopgirl #PatrickIsMahomesie at December 09, 2018 02:10 AM (ThCjJ)
Posted by: Slapweasel, (T) at December 09, 2018 02:12 AM (Ckg4U)
WDS has my number or I will give it to you now. Chi saved my ass a long time ago.
Posted by: Infidel at December 09, 2018 02:13 AM (PF4TZ)
Posted by: qdpsteve
Bud, I can't imagine that situation. And anything I type out to you is happy talk toss.
There may be no good solution, no unlock hero mode. LIfe, as we've discovered, isn't solvable. It's just a series of events that we accept as lessons or lesions.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at December 09, 2018 02:14 AM (ZejZP)
Posted by: Infidel at December 09, 2018 02:15 AM (PF4TZ)
I and my sisters have accepted that we could hear at any time my father's not only passed away, but already been buried. That's how little communication there is between us anymore.
Posted by: qdpsteve at December 09, 2018 02:16 AM (miE9U)
-I'm fine.
I'd forgotten that reciprocity wasn't always available. I lost myself in the sniveling bullshit that takes you by the balls every now-and-again.
Update: Balls are fine.
Posted by: Slapweasel, (T) at December 09, 2018 02:16 AM (Ckg4U)
scrolling back and forth, back and forth. oh. yeah.
Posted by: yankeefifth at December 09, 2018 02:02
Yeah, I've met you IIR, you are a weird one indeed. LOL Be well good friend, I'm off to bed.
T
Posted by: Farmer at December 09, 2018 02:16 AM (yJ1e6)
I speak not for my stern Brethren around these parts.
Posted by: Slapweasel, (T) at December 09, 2018 02:18 AM (Ckg4U)
Posted by: Slapweasel, (T) at December 09, 2018 02:19 AM (Ckg4U)
Posted by: qdpsteve at December 09, 2018 02:20 AM (miE9U)
Posted by: Slapweasel, (T) at December 09, 2018 02:21 AM (Ckg4U)
Posted by: 10k SoEast Asian Ladies at December 09, 2018 02:22 AM (ZejZP)
It is a turn-on to see a lady dressed and smelling like a lady.
I got enough of dude-smells at work.
Posted by: Slapweasel, (T) at December 09, 2018 02:04 AM (Ckg4U
We live and work in different worlds. In mine, every female is dosed in some cheap flowery version on Chanel No. 5. Makes me sneeze. For once, I'd like a hint of Hoppes so I could ask "Do you clean your own guns?"
Posted by: tumbleweed at December 09, 2018 02:23 AM (bE2ic)
-Posted by: tumbleweed at December 09, 2018 02:23 AM (bE2ic)
I sort-of get that, I guess. I owned a tanning salon, so smelling like pineapple and coconut is a real turn-off.
Posted by: Slapweasel, (T) at December 09, 2018 02:26 AM (Ckg4U)
No or little skill set.
"Cascade Concrete" snow (thick, wet)
Piss poor city response
City is a mass of hills.
Articulated city buses, instant jackknife.
City streets laid out by drunks.
Posted by: some rat in the swamp at December 09, 2018 12:01 AM (LOq4H)
Amen to this!!
Posted by: The Man from Athens at December 09, 2018 02:30 AM (QMwOT)
I totally get the "lost" factor. I was in here the other night, 3am-ish, and luckily Aetius & Skip & a few others chimed in with their support.
My 75-year-old mother took too many painkillers a few days ago, and I made the -- possibly foolish! choice to care for her on my own. Some activated charcoal, a few days of vomiting & everything else, and she's finally improving. But I'm beating myself up over my inadequate caretaking skills.
I'm terrified and exhausted right now. Her health and her finances are messes of the first order, and it's like swimming with ankle weights tied to my ankles/arms/head.
Sorry. This was supposed to be about you. I'm here for you too. I'm just bleeding my own problems at the same time.
Now ~whatsis will no doubt tell me to fuck off. And he'd be right to. Here comes Shopgirl with the water bucket, to kill the ONT joy!!
M'bad.
Posted by: Shopgirl #PatrickIsMahomesie at December 09, 2018 02:31 AM (ThCjJ)
HEY!!!!
Posted by: Pina Colada, Local #239 at December 09, 2018 02:32 AM (LPnfS)
Slap, I also just went thru a bunch of shit with my dad. No sibling support at all."
-Posted by: Infidel at December 09, 2018 02:13 AM (PF4TZ)
Thanks ...seriously. I'm okay now.
Posted by: Slapweasel, (T) at December 09, 2018 02:33 AM (Ckg4U)
Posted by: Slapweasel, (T) at December 09, 2018 02:16 AM (Ckg4U)
One can handle anything as long as the one's balls are fine.
Posted by: The Man from Athens at December 09, 2018 02:33 AM (QMwOT)
HEY!!!!
Posted by: Pina Colada, Local #239
The mummhah mummah mummha. Pay up.
Posted by: J. Bartholomew Buffet Estate, LLC at December 09, 2018 02:35 AM (ZejZP)
Posted by: Sheriff Bart at December 09, 2018 02:35 AM (deEx0)
We all want to see him and talk with him, but we also all feel any attempt to do so would be a waste of time, because his wife is going to insist on being the middle-person and setting all the rules.
If somehow we could reach him without her, I think we'd all be a lot more positive about making the attempt to see him and speak with him.
One of the big suspicions is that, if/when we ever DO get to meet with my dad, he and/or the wife will frame everything in terms of "what do you want??" (He and his family have a lot more money than my family does at this point.) Of course we can respond "we don't want anything, we just want to see YOU," but how well that response will be accepted, we just don't know.
Posted by: qdpsteve at December 09, 2018 01:44 AM (miE9U)
Try it!! Fuck his wife and you'll know where you stand.
Posted by: The Man from Athens at December 09, 2018 02:36 AM (QMwOT)
Posted by: Sheriff Bart at December 09, 2018 02:35 AM (deEx0)
Wit Me
Posted by: The Man from Athens at December 09, 2018 02:37 AM (QMwOT)
-Posted by: weft cut-loop at December 09, 2018 01:18 AM (ZejZP)
I was thinking the techno-metal of Mind is a Terrible Thing to Taste. Early 90's, I think.
Posted by: Slapweasel, (T) at December 09, 2018 02:38 AM (Ckg4U)
Posts here aren't getting through to him -- don't think he's even reading them
He wants PHONE CALLS and EMAILS before he starts drinking again, and contemplating suicide.
Posted by: Eleanor, What the Cat Dragged In at D
not stress for farmer there.
Posted by: yankeefifth at December 09, 2018 02:38 AM (MTjB1)
scrolling back and forth, back and forth. oh. yeah.
Posted by: yankeefifth at December 09, 2018 02:02
Nah, I simply setup the appropriate weights and observation matrices for a least squares bundle adjustment solution. If necessary, I'll set up a Kalman filter, too.
Posted by: tumbleweed at December 09, 2018 02:39 AM (bE2ic)
Trust me on this one.
Posted by: Infidel at December 09, 2018 02:40 AM (PF4TZ)
Posted by: Paulo at December 09, 2018 02:40 AM (LPnfS)
Posted by: tumbleweed at D
lol, you would seem to be operating a level well beyond mine.
Posted by: yankeefifth at December 09, 2018 02:41 AM (MTjB1)
Maybe she not good enough for Paulo!
Posted by: Paulo at December 09, 2018 02:40 AM (LPnfS)
Maybe not. Paulo has high standards and an even higher blood alcohol content.
Posted by: The Man from Athens at December 09, 2018 02:43 AM (QMwOT)
we've got sirens galore coming into the hospital & the med vac just took off as well...
(Trauma center about 1/4 mile north of us).
Posted by: Adriane the Newscasting Critic ... at December 09, 2018 02:46 AM (LPnfS)
Posted by: Slapweasel
Just a joke, in that early Ministry was a 'goth' industial band.
It's a 90's thing.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at December 09, 2018 02:46 AM (ZejZP)
-Posted by: yankeefifth at December 09, 2018 02:38 AM (MTjB1)
At least I know Farmer enough to know he knows better.
Apologies for swerving around the road and setting-off the Eleanor-Alarm.
I just had to get my shit together and I expected too much. If anyone tries to clip my Man-Card under these circumstances, I'll start by breaking a finger.
Posted by: Slapweasel, (T) at December 09, 2018 02:47 AM (Ckg4U)
My parents paid their taxes to the penny, on time, all their married lives. Now this. I'm taking tonight's earlier advice; seeing if her accountant will call the IRS on her behalf.
Posted by: Shopgirl #PatrickIsMahomesie at December 09, 2018 02:49 AM (ThCjJ)
Posted by: Slapweasel, (T) at D
come on more threats
Posted by: yankeefifth at December 09, 2018 02:50 AM (MTjB1)
Posted by: Infidel at December 09, 2018 02:52 AM (PF4TZ)
humf ...
I break ladyfingers all the time.
Dip'em in tea or cocoa. Use 'em for tiramisu ...
Posted by: Adriane the Dessert Critic ... at December 09, 2018 02:53 AM (LPnfS)
Trust me on this one."
-Posted by: Infidel at December 09, 2018 02:40 AM (PF4TZ)
I've gone over all the accounts, investments, funds, taxes, paperwork, deeds, etc. That was the first thing my Brother and I did after he started waning from Reality.
He's stubborn and won't make out a will (yet) but it is covered. Dad was an accountant at a Credit Union and a pack-rat.
His numbers are impeccable. Down to the cent.
Posted by: Slapweasel, (T) at December 09, 2018 02:53 AM (Ckg4U)
-Posted by: yankeefifth at December 09, 2018 02:50 AM (MTjB1)
Internet threats are as empty as this beer can.
*UURRRP!*
I'm just trying to Save Face, amigo.
Posted by: Slapweasel, (T) at December 09, 2018 02:57 AM (Ckg4U)
Posted by: Slapweasel, (T) at D
you know I have held you in high regard since whichever of us showed up here second. doesn't mean we are in agreement.
Posted by: yankeefifth at December 09, 2018 02:58 AM (MTjB1)
*UURRRP!*
Posted by: Slapweasel, (T) at December 09, 2018 02:57 AM (Ckg4U)
That reminds me, I should make an adult beverage.
Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt at December 09, 2018 03:00 AM (8iiMU)
-Posted by: yankeefifth at December 09, 2018 02:58 AM (MTjB1)
Roger that. Feeling is mutual. It would have been cool to hang a couple of years ago. Little did I know that I would have an opportunity to buy a successful business.
Posted by: Slapweasel, (T) at December 09, 2018 03:02 AM (Ckg4U)
Yep. But they don't understand our snow and slush is oft different than theirs. Wetter and slicker.
There was a damned Yankee moved in down here back in the '90s and
threw off on how stupid we Southerners were about a little snow.
Guess who got stuck in his driveway first little snow we had?
Him. Just a slight little incline, too.
Posted by: publius, the Duke of Miley's Ficus at December 08, 2018 11:36 PM (f1Vqw)"
Having lived literally all over the US - while you are not wrong about some regional variation (ice storms being the big one), the general phenomenon of half an inch of white anything shutting some places down in a comical manner is a very real thing.
It's not because the snow is different, it's not because of a lack of salt or plows - it's because so many people have zero clue how to drive on it. You see a similar thing in areas with lots of SoCal transplants exposed to rain any time it rains. They will no shit get stuck trying to get up a *wet* driveway.
Posted by: lurker (the other one) at December 09, 2018 03:02 AM (67XdO)
Posted by: Infidel at December 09, 2018 03:05 AM (PF4TZ)
I am of course the worst possible person to do this. I know very little...my brother, who knows more, but has had minimal contact with us, would use it as an excuse to get her declared incompetent.
Just the fact that you tapped me on the shoulder with the caution, has given me a dose of courage. Thanks for that.
Posted by: Shopgirl #PatrickIsMahomesie at December 09, 2018 03:08 AM (ThCjJ)
It's a 90's thing."
-Posted by: weft cut-loop at December 09, 2018 02:46 AM (ZejZP)
That went right over my head, man. I get back to the Eighties for my FunMetal. The Nineties were dour but that's what I needed before I got back into the swing.
*clink!*
Posted by: Slapweasel, (T) at December 09, 2018 03:11 AM (Ckg4U)
CBD and Weasel should have my email.
Posted by: Infidel at December 09, 2018 03:12 AM (PF4TZ)
Posted by: weft cut-loop at December 09, 2018 03:15 AM (ZejZP)
-Posted by: weft cut-loop at December 09, 2018 03:15 AM (ZejZP)
Guy sez: "Doc, my arm hurts when I do this." *demonstrates motion*
Doc sez: "Stop doing that."
Posted by: Slapweasel, (T) at December 09, 2018 03:20 AM (Ckg4U)
I'm out for tonight (dead on my feet), but will follow up soon, if that's ok.
Slap & co, Good night!
Posted by: Shopgirl #PatrickIsMahomesie at December 09, 2018 03:21 AM (ThCjJ)
Posted by: Slapweasel, (T) at December 09, 2018 03:21 AM (Ckg4U)
Posted by: Slapweasel, (T) at December 09, 2018 03:22 AM (Ckg4U)
Posted by: Infidel at December 09, 2018 03:22 AM (PF4TZ)
Posted by: Infidel at December 09, 2018 03:23 AM (PF4TZ)
Posted by: Slapweasel, (T) at December 09, 2018 03:27 AM (Ckg4U)
Posted by: The Man from Athens at December 09, 2018 02:36 AM (QMwOT)
---
Truer words were e never said...
bend her over and go to town!
Posted by: redc1c4, the ONT Rx Tech at December 09, 2018 03:28 AM (YtJs4)
Posted by: Infidel at December 09, 2018 03:30 AM (PF4TZ)
Posted by: redc1c4 at December 09, 2018 03:31 AM (YtJs4)
Posted by: weft cut-loop at December 09, 2018 03:32 AM (ZejZP)
Posted by: Homer Simpson at December 09, 2018 03:33 AM (8iiMU)
Posted by: Infidel at December 09, 2018 03:33 AM (PF4TZ)
-Posted by: Infidel at December 09, 2018 03:30 AM (PF4TZ)
I'm "Full, All-In Beer" at this point.
Let's take a shortcut here and I'll give you my number via email. (1/5 of this Blog has it, but that is neither here-nor-there.)
home made gravy 71 (alloneword) at "The hooYa" dot com.
P.S.: Use a question-mark when you ask a question... lol.
Posted by: Slapweasel, (T) at December 09, 2018 03:35 AM (Ckg4U)
Posted by: Infidel at December 09, 2018 03:40 AM (PF4TZ)
Posted by: Slapweasel, (T[/b) at December 09, 2018 03:41 AM (Ckg4U)
Posted by: Slapweasel, (T) at December 09, 2018 03:46 AM (Ckg4U)
Posted by: Jewells45 at December 08, 2018 10:01 PM (dUJdY)
Pin stupid stuff to a solid-colored sweater. Like, pin dozens of cotton balls all over the sweater, and go as "hail."
Posted by: m at December 09, 2018 03:47 AM (GkIz4)
No bitchen, blah blah. I read all the blurb. Nothing about alcohol, only the ONE nasty side effect.
Posted by: Infidel at December 09, 2018 03:51 AM (PF4TZ)
Posted by: PG at December 09, 2018 04:02 AM (iqCkn)
So sorry to here about your problems.
Prayers for you, please be well.
T
Posted by: Farmer at December 09, 2018 04:25 AM (yJ1e6)
Posted by: Slapweasel, (T) at December 09, 2018 02:47
I'd have called Slap if it was earlier. Are some brain dead....he said NEVER call after 10.
So I didn't. I worked 9:45 am to 9 pm today. Old and tired here LOL.
Posted by: Farmer at December 09, 2018 04:39 AM (yJ1e6)
Posted by: Sumat Naandur at December 09, 2018 04:54 AM (hrcfq)
Posted by: weirdflunky at December 09, 2018 05:04 AM (oMc1W)
Posted by: Skip at December 09, 2018 05:07 AM (/rm4P)
Cisgender couples are not allowed and all male though ghey can't happen because females have to be allowed. But all female crew is the new thing to empower women as roll models for science.
Just make sure its 4 Leftists.
Posted by: Skip at December 09, 2018 05:17 AM (/rm4P)
Posted by: Skip at December 09, 2018 05:31 AM (/rm4P)
Posted by: Farmer at December 09, 2018 05:31 AM (yJ1e6)
G'Night, Ev'ry-Buddy!
*static*
Posted by: Slapweasel, (T) at December 09, 2018 05:35 AM (Ckg4U)
Posted by: Skip at December 09, 2018 05:39 AM (/rm4P)
Try this one on for size.
https://preview.tinyurl.com/y9nsynjk
Posted by: Infidel at December 09, 2018 05:44 AM (PF4TZ)
Posted by: Infidel at December 09, 2018 05:46 AM (PF4TZ)
Posted by: Skip at December 09, 2018 05:52 AM (/rm4P)
Posted by: Infidel at December 09, 2018 05:52 AM (PF4TZ)
g'mornin', 'rons
Posted by: AltonJackson at December 09, 2018 05:59 AM (KCxzN)
Looks like the Paris protests are going to be a weekly thing, every Saturday until Christmas, from what I'm reading. After sundown yesterday I noticed that those dressed all in black began trying to break into shops that hadn't been boarded up. A sporting goods store was one location that seemed to be a repeated target. They didn't seem to have much luck breaking the windows. The yellow vests weren't involved.
If Macron had any sense he'd call for new elections or step down. But the leftists/socialists are never ones to surrender power, only grab for even more.
Posted by: Embedded in my Pre-Frontal Cortex and Colonized by Patriarchy at December 09, 2018 06:05 AM (e7O7B)
Posted by: JT at December 09, 2018 07:12 AM (bbnDs)
If you want cheap. Go get some ratty gray sweatshirt and with red lipstick write "I've got a machine gun Ho - Ho - Ho"
You're welcome.
Posted by: Blue Bird of F'ing Joy at December 09, 2018 07:20 AM (lD3vL)
Like the joke about when the house fire consumes "the fifty thousand cash I had under the mattress" and the insurance company doesn't believe you but the IRS does, bet that sweatshirt logo will be a hit with the local police even if won't win the contest.
Posted by: Just another flyover Deplorable Bot at December 09, 2018 07:37 AM (uU9xW)
Indeed. She's clearly mugging for the camera. Probably funny and good-natured in reality, not scary-crazy.
Plus, as a commenter over there noted, she appears to have really nice legs.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at December 09, 2018 09:25 AM (ftLC8)
Posted by: Tamaa Bird 1000 Voices at December 10, 2018 04:47 PM (wGqjj)
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