aceofspadeshq at gee mail.com
CBD:
cbd.aoshq at gee mail.com
Buck:
buck.throckmorton at protonmail.com
joe mannix:
mannix2024 at proton.me
MisHum:
petmorons at gee mail.com
J.J. Sefton:
sefton at cutjibnewsletter.com
Time, Keeps Flowing Like A River (on and on), To The ONT.
Sorry, I'm getting to this really late, so I'm mostly just going to throw up some links and that'll have to do.
Oh, Another Star Wars Movie
The First Trailer for Star Wars IX dropped today
The reviewer at the link didn't like it, and he's happy to tell you why. I did notice one line, however:
Disney reveled that Star Wars Episode IX: The Rise of Skywalker will play to fan serviceI wonder if he knows what “fan service” is? In any event, you can watch the trailer at the links. See Rey fight a spaceship with her sword! (really) May the farce be with you.
This Is Awful
Florida Good Samaritan Shot Dead After Picking up Tabs at Waffle House This guy is doing a nice thing, and because he didn't pick up their check (or hadn't gotten to it yet, the article isn't clear), these garbage people start a fight and kill him. Just awful. What To Get Someone Who Has Nothing
Christmas, 1978. My mum says, "Marshall, it's either Milky or an Atari. You can't have both." #SophiesChoice pic.twitter.com/uutOzM9a82
— Marshall Julius (@MarshallJulius) April 9, 2019
ARKANSAS MEN ARRESTED FOR TAKING TURNS SHOOTING EACH OTHER WHILE WEARING BULLETPROOF VEST AFTER DRINKING “After drinking”. Not sure that clarification was necessary. Time To Take Sides! Guy Refuses To Pay For His Date's $176 Lobster Dinner
The Heart Wants What The Heart Wants
Politics Meet the Man Behind Trump’s Biden Tweet At the cutting edge of political debate lies a troll. And yes, I don't think that bodes well for the long term health of the nation. I know some of y'all don't understand or like it when I post memes on the ONT, but that's so much of what constitutes our cultural “thinking” these days, even if it seems like a stupid thing for a middle aged man to be doing.
Time Speaking of being a middle aged man, the reason I have so little time to write this tonight is that tonight my parents took me out for a birthday dinner. They're in their 80s and praise the Lord in good health, but they just sold the house I grew up in and moved into a condo. Our conversation revolved around the old neighborhood and the people who lived there. The man who lived behind us is dying in intensive care. Another neighbor died a year or so ago, his house was just sold at a tax auction and someone is starting the process of flipping it. I don't envy them the job, he was a hoarder and the house has been empty for years. Empty of people anyway, all the stuff he hoarded (and who knows how many bugs and rodents) is still there. I think it's only when you get to middle age that you really get a sense of the world existing before and after you, that we're all just moving through it. Driving through the old neighborhood today...there is the house I grew up in, but it's no longer ours. Here is the house where I first fooled around with a naked girl, her family moved out shortly after I graduated high school. Where is she now? I have no idea. Over there is the house with a pool. One fine summer evening a group of us kids tossed crab apples over the fence and scared the crap out of the older lady who lived there as she took a late evening swim. My dad whaled the tar out of me for that stunt, but the lady we scared so badly died decades ago. All those people, all those lives, moved through the neighborhood, but they're all gone now, including finally my parents. The houses are still there, and the roads and the parks and the streams, and they're all the same. Different people are moving through them on their journeys through life. It gives one a sense of transience that can be....disquieting. I dunno. I guess I'm just waxing philosophical tonight. I just realized that I'm twice as many years away from my birth as my birth was from WWII. Crazy.
(1964 was a more innocent time)
Comments
(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at April 12, 2019 09:59 PM (kQs4Y)
Posted by: Mrs. Leggy at April 12, 2019 09:59 PM (Vf4Y7)
Posted by: wing at April 12, 2019 09:59 PM (JFzNN)
Posted by: Zettai Roshia-no Botto at April 12, 2019 10:00 PM (CLcKT)
Posted by: Bitter Clinger at April 12, 2019 10:00 PM (qYw16)
Posted by: Muad'dib at April 12, 2019 10:00 PM (zMvJD)
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at April 12, 2019 10:01 PM (kQs4Y)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at April 12, 2019 10:02 PM (aKsyK)
So now they want to undo what they did with Last Jedi. Sorry, Mouse, you picked your horse (Kennedy)- now fucking live with her.
Also, septic tank dude is disturbing.
Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at April 12, 2019 10:02 PM (bQ/du)
I'm so upset that I'm literally dancing uncontrollably.
Posted by: Weirddave at April 12, 2019 10:02 PM (nxDuJ)
Posted by: Muad'dib at April 12, 2019 10:03 PM (zMvJD)
I don't have tight nuts or a rusty tool, but I did buy a coping saw today that it turned out I didn't need.
Oh and good news on the job front: not only not fired, but I spoke to the boss who would have put up the ad I described, but he was giving me some new directives to follow at work. Somehow I have a hunch he wouldn't have bothered with that, if I was on my way out the door.
Posted by: qdpsteve at April 12, 2019 10:04 PM (miE9U)
Posted by: Tonypete at April 12, 2019 10:05 PM (Y4EXg)
560 I like Peter Berg's The Rundown, Friday Night Lights, and The Kingdom, up until the end. Moral equivalence preaching ruined it.
Posted by: Mister Christopher (in Atlanta yo) at April 12, 2019 10:01 PM (XOi3t)
The Kingdom reminds me of Enemy at the Gates- and I'll tell you why.
Bruce Willis' character reminds me in the early going like how they portrayed Ed Harris in the EATG. He was a real person who had feelings and a history. He was sympathetic. Then, they flipped the switch and made him evil because, reasons.
You can have two adversaries in a movie and one of them beat the other or one of them be wrong, without making them evil. To do otherwise is a disservice to the audience.
Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at April 12, 2019 10:05 PM (bQ/du)
Posted by: Puddleglum at April 12, 2019 10:05 PM (2fs3P)
Posted by: Muad'dib at April 12, 2019 10:03 PM (zMvJD
Are you snowed in that you are taking recipe suggestions?
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at April 12, 2019 10:05 PM (aA3+G)
Posted by: Braenyard having a 29+ moment at April 12, 2019 10:06 PM (lfmil)
Posted by: junior at April 12, 2019 10:06 PM (Fp6vo)
Posted by: Puddleglum at April 12, 2019 10:05 PM (2fs3P)
Ditch the cat and clear your history...............
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at April 12, 2019 10:06 PM (aA3+G)
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar at April 12, 2019 10:06 PM (wCCjE)
Posted by: ALH at April 12, 2019 10:06 PM (8wKjk)
I became less angry once I accepted that the recent Star Wars and Star Trek iterations were fan fiction and not the real thing.
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at April 12, 2019 10:06 PM (kQs4Y)
We then spent a good hour hurling at each other in the garage in an epic war that only ended when all of the darts were dangling from our bleeding flesh.
Ahhh, good times. Good times.
Not coincidently, both of us were born in Arkansas, though mercifully, neither of us learned to speak there.
Posted by: Sharkman at April 12, 2019 10:07 PM (smc0A)
Posted by: vmom superior, order of sweet merciless ninjas at April 12, 2019 10:07 PM (dm05u)
Are you snowed in that you are taking recipe suggestions?
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at April 12, 2019 10:05 PM (aA3+G)
Got it in one. Syruping is done and I can't cut firewood like I planned.
Posted by: Muad'dib at April 12, 2019 10:07 PM (zMvJD)
Posted by: logprof at April 12, 2019 10:08 PM (XAYDB)
Posted by: hogmartin invites you to the summer MIMoMe (link: nick) at April 12, 2019 10:08 PM (t+qrx)
Posted by: Muad'dib at April 12, 2019 10:03 PM (zMvJD)
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I just put some ricotta and lemon (juice and grated peel) into the mix, and serve with fresh blueberries between the pancakes.
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at April 12, 2019 10:08 PM (kQs4Y)
Posted by: freaked at April 12, 2019 10:08 PM (UdKB7)
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Posted by: kbdabear at April 12, 2019 10:08 PM (0Ntuf)
Posted by: Blanco Basura - It's OK, I'm with the banned at April 12, 2019 10:09 PM (J7fhH)
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at April 12, 2019 10:09 PM (kQs4Y)
Posted by: JT at April 12, 2019 10:09 PM (4Qe0G)
Posted by: Pete Seria at April 12, 2019 10:09 PM (7ZQe3)
Posted by: vmom superior, order of sweet merciless ninjas at April 12, 2019 10:09 PM (dm05u)
sense of the world existing before and after you, that we're all just
moving through it.
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True. And becoming a genealogical research addict doesn't help ... ;-)
Posted by: ShainS -- PhD candidate in Angry Orange Male studies at April 12, 2019 10:09 PM (WqPYg)
Posted by: ALH at April 12, 2019 10:09 PM (8wKjk)
I don't think of myself as old but if I'm middle age I will live to 134.
Life goes by fast.
Be good to each other. Let your family and friends know you love them.
Love all of you!
Posted by: free tibet at April 12, 2019 10:09 PM (CL76w)
Posted by: freaked at April 12, 2019 10:08 PM (UdKB7)
I'll suck-start a shotgun before I watch Avatar.
Posted by: hogmartin invites you to the summer MIMoMe (link: nick) at April 12, 2019 10:10 PM (t+qrx)
Posted by: Muad'dib at April 12, 2019 10:10 PM (zMvJD)
Posted by: Puddleglum at April 12, 2019 10:05 PM (2fs3P)
Ditch the cat and clear your history...............
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian
They are bringing there cat. It's part alley cat, part Nazgul. I don't need to clear the history. I just encrypt the pics and videos. Uh, if I had pics and videos that needed encrypting.....and I don't......
Posted by: Puddleglum at April 12, 2019 10:10 PM (2fs3P)
Posted by: Son_of_Tookey at April 12, 2019 10:10 PM (2LON+)
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Posted by: kbdabear at April 12, 2019 10:10 PM (0Ntuf)
They have no interest in acquiring or being acquired. They make WD-40. It's water dispersant (not a lubricant) 40, as in the 40th formula they tried.
Their ticker symbol is WD40. They're perfect.
Posted by: Bandersnatch at April 12, 2019 10:11 PM (fuK7c)
Septic Sam there is literally shit-faced.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion of a Poperin Pear at April 12, 2019 10:12 PM (f1Vqw)
I used to have a Loc-tite promo t-shirt what said:
*nut-on-bolt illustration*
"Use Loc-tite or kiss your nuts goodbye"
Posted by: JQ at April 12, 2019 10:12 PM (gP/Z3)
Killing off Han killed any interest I had in seeing the sequels. As far as I'm concerned they don't exist.
Posted by: Tuna at April 12, 2019 10:12 PM (jm1YL)
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at April 12, 2019 10:12 PM (aA3+G)
I love the Real One, and the Empire Strikes Back.
I admit to liking Return of the Jedi well enough. it had moments.
The rest can rot in a cesspool of rat shite.
Blech!
Posted by: Pug Mahon at April 12, 2019 10:12 PM (PXJBj)
They are bringing there cat. It's part alley cat, part Nazgul. I don't need to clear the history. I just encrypt the pics and videos. Uh, if I had pics and videos that needed encrypting.....and I don't......
Posted by: Puddleglum at April 12, 2019 10:10 P
No, you need to clear your history right now.
Posted by: Bob from NSA at April 12, 2019 10:13 PM (zMvJD)
sense of the world existing before and after you, that we're all just
moving through it.
The local museum does a Monday Morph where they show a picture of a building in town from 100 years ago, and then it turns into the same building in the present day.
You get the sense that the past is all around you if you just step back and look for it.
Posted by: ALH at April 12, 2019 10:13 PM (8wKjk)
I love the Real One, and the Empire Strikes Back.
I admit to liking Return of the Jedi well enough. it had moments.
The rest can rot in a cesspool of rat shite.
Blech!
Posted by: Pug Mahon at April 12, 2019 10:12 PM (PXJBj)
i could never follow whatt was going on.....
Posted by: phoenixgirl at April 12, 2019 10:13 PM (0O7c5)
All Soy Wars is missing now is Brie Larson.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion of a Poperin Pear at April 12, 2019 10:14 PM (f1Vqw)
Posted by: All Hail Eris---
Yep - this. No improvements necessary.
Posted by: Tonypete at April 12, 2019 10:14 PM (Y4EXg)
Posted by: Diogenes at April 12, 2019 10:14 PM (0tfLf)
Posted by: Tuna at April 12, 2019 10:15 PM (jm1YL)
Bruce Willis' character reminds me in the early going like how they portrayed Ed Harris in the EATG. He was a real person who had feelings and a history. He was sympathetic. Then, they flipped the switch and made him evil because, reasons.
You can have two adversaries in a movie and one of them beat the other or one of them be wrong, without making them evil. To do otherwise is a disservice to the audience.
Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at April 12, 2019 10:05 PM (bQ/du)
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Sounded interesting, so I looked it up. FYI -- not "The Kingdom" but "Moonrise Kingdom" with Bruce Willis. I'll check it out, thanks.
Posted by: ShainS -- PhD candidate in Angry Orange Male studies at April 12, 2019 10:15 PM (WqPYg)
Posted by: Irongrampa at April 12, 2019 10:16 PM (KATBx)
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at April 12, 2019 10:16 PM (kQs4Y)
Posted by: JQ at April 12, 2019 10:17 PM (gP/Z3)
Is that sufficiently deep?
Posted by: Irongrampa
Its not as deep as that septic tank, but it smells a WHOOOOOOLE lot bettah !
Posted by: JT at April 12, 2019 10:18 PM (4Qe0G)
Posted by: Chris M at April 12, 2019 10:18 PM (6XZdO)
Florida Good Samaritan Shot Dead After Picking up Tabs at Waffle House
This is what you get from someone with a freeloader mentality. It is one thing for some one to voluntarily do something nice for you. It is quite another when the "giftee" thinks they have a right to get something for free.
Posted by: nerdygirl at April 12, 2019 10:18 PM (+lVUW)
Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion of a Poperin Pear at April 12, 2019 10:14 PM
The Beckyest Becky in all of Beckydom? That one?
Posted by: Zettai Roshia-no Botto at April 12, 2019 10:18 PM (CLcKT)
Not quite twice in my case, but close. It's crazy to know that Vietnam vets are in their '70s now, or dang close. Shit. I still see myself as a callow youth with good hair and mild acne.
What the hell happened?
Posted by: Pug Mahon at April 12, 2019 10:18 PM (PXJBj)
My favorite part of the article (yes, there was one bigly shining bright spot): This tweet, and the attached meme, will now be archived forever as part of the Presidential Records Act. Take a bow, Hands On Joe, you're going down in History, along with going down with your campaign as it sinks. Say hello to the Cuck Krystol Cruise Line guys while you're in Davy Jones' locker.
Posted by: RickZ at April 12, 2019 10:19 PM (Y8PSl)
And today is tomorrow's yesterday.
And tomorrow is the next day's yesterday.
Yesterday, all my troubles seemed so far away....
Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion of a Poperin Pear at April 12, 2019 10:19 PM (f1Vqw)
Posted by: Pug Mahon at April 12, 2019 10:20 PM (PXJBj)
Posted by: Zettai Roshia-no Botto at April 12, 2019 10:20 PM (CLcKT)
Posted by: vmom superior, order of sweet merciless ninjas at April 12, 2019 10:21 PM (dm05u)
Funny, ms mouse and I were talking about that, but as a military brat, I have no clue what that means...
Posted by: Anon a mouse at April 12, 2019 10:21 PM (6qErC)
Posted by: Pug Mahon at April 12, 2019 10:21 PM (PXJBj)
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at April 12, 2019 10:21 PM (9Om/r)
Posted by: Infidel at April 12, 2019 10:21 PM (lwX7s)
"After drinking". Not sure that clarification was necessary.
I saw that movie. Blunt Force Trauma.
It was okay.
Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at April 12, 2019 10:23 PM (ufGqN)
Posted by: Marcus A. Hrothgar at April 12, 2019 10:24 PM (wCCjE)
Now it looks as though they're here to stay...
Posted by: Tuna at April 12, 2019 10:24 PM (jm1YL)
Today is yesterday's tomorrow.
Is that sufficiently deep?
Posted by: Irongrampa at April 12, 2019 10:16 PM (KATBx)
--IGP!!
Did you get to listen to any more of the Jennys?
Posted by: logprof at April 12, 2019 10:24 PM (XAYDB)
Posted by: Anon a mouse at April 12, 2019 10:24 PM (6qErC)
There is no such thing as "bullet proof".
Posted by: navybrat swimming upstream at April 12, 2019 10:24 PM (w7KSn)
Posted by: vmom superior, order of sweet merciless ninjas at April 12, 2019 10:24 PM (dm05u)
Posted by: qdpsteve
Glad you didn't have to suffer too long wondering. The not knowing is awful.
Posted by: nerdygirl at April 12, 2019 10:25 PM (+lVUW)
Does anyone know how to tell the manufacture date of a used car from the
VIN or carfax? Checking on recalls. Really need a new vehicle and
found one I like. Have armed myself with the art of manliness article
on negotiating, auto trader, etc.
Posted by: Infidel at April 12, 2019 10:21 PM (lwX7s)
What year/type of car, and whats the vin number?
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at April 12, 2019 10:25 PM (9Om/r)
Posted by: Infidel at April 12, 2019 10:21 PM (lwX7s)
You can look for recalls (free) at:
https://www.nhtsa.gov/recalls
Posted by: hogmartin invites you to the summer MIMoMe (link: nick) at April 12, 2019 10:25 PM (t+qrx)
Posted by: Infidel at April 12, 2019 10:21 PM (lwX7s)
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Date of manufacture used to be stamped on a panel that was riveted to the inside of the drivers door. Not sure if they still do that.
Posted by: Calm Mentor at April 12, 2019 10:25 PM (6csDQ)
Posted by: Pug Mahon at April 12, 2019 10:25 PM (PXJBj)
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In fairness, Harrison Ford wanted out. Killing Han was the only real way to do that. And Han Solo is the kind of character that will always be trying to get in the spotlight, which is a problem when you're trying to push a new cast front and center.
Luke, on the other hand, was a sure sign that the people in charge have no idea what they're doing.
Posted by: junior at April 12, 2019 10:26 PM (Fp6vo)
I wish people would get away from the idea that WD40 is a lube or a penetrant.
It's piss poor as either. It IS superb for dispersing moisture from hard to clean areas (distributor caps come to mind) quickly.
Posted by: Irongrampa at April 12, 2019 10:26 PM (KATBx)
Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at April 12, 2019 10:27 PM (eIlkN)
was the only real way to do that. And Han Solo is the kind of character
that will always be trying to get in the spotlight, which is a problem
when you're trying to push a new cast front and center.
Luke, on the other hand, was a sure sign that the people in charge have no idea what they're doing.
Posted by: junior at April 12, 2019 10:26 PM (Fp6vo)
No shit. Its all been down hill after vader tossed the old prune down the neon shaft.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at April 12, 2019 10:27 PM (9Om/r)
Posted by: chavez the hugo at April 12, 2019 10:27 PM (KP5rU)
If Soy Wars had Hope Solo to replace Han, I might, might watch it. Well, a clip or two, but it would depend on Hope doing her famous disappearing light saber trick.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion of a Poperin Pear at April 12, 2019 10:27 PM (f1Vqw)
Posted by: Irongrampa at April 12, 2019 10:26 PM (KATBx)
Or a protectant. It isn't. It won't.
Posted by: hogmartin invites you to the summer MIMoMe (link: nick) at April 12, 2019 10:28 PM (t+qrx)
Got back just a bit ago from meeting up with Jim and BackwardsBoy at his gig. His band is tight. Good music, good time and, most of all, they're a couple of really good dudes. Top notch 'Rons all the way.
Posted by: Insomniac at April 12, 2019 10:28 PM (NWiLs)
Posted by: Marcus A. Hrothgar
I don't remember what I did yesterday.
I didn't poop in public, though.
Posted by: JT at April 12, 2019 10:28 PM (4Qe0G)
PB Blaster is good stuff
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar at April 12, 2019 10:28 PM (wCCjE)
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at April 12, 2019 10:27 PM (9Om/r)
"Tossing the old prune down the neon shaft" is too good not to be a euphemism for SOMETHING.
Posted by: hogmartin invites you to the summer MIMoMe (link: nick) at April 12, 2019 10:29 PM (t+qrx)
Posted by: Zettai Roshia-no Botto at April 12, 2019 10:20 PM (CLcKT)
Beats the alternative!
Posted by: Bacon Jeff at April 12, 2019 10:29 PM (3JQ/p)
Posted by: Bandersnatch at April 12, 2019 10:11 PM (fuK7c)
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Don't know if that was an old symbol, but today it's WDFC -- and if you'd bought about 10 years ago, you'd be up about 600% ...
Posted by: ShainS -- PhD candidate in Angry Orange Male studies at April 12, 2019 10:29 PM (WqPYg)
Posted by: Adriane the Toemaytoe Tamatoe Critic ... at April 12, 2019 10:29 PM (LPnfS)
Not a fan. I sincerely believe that Tom Selleck would have killed as Indiana Jones. Holy shit. Selleck can do funny, then shoot the bad guy in the throat.
Ford is a stiff. I argue about this with my baby brother, but, good Lord, Harrison Ford is ridiculous.
Posted by: Pug Mahon at April 12, 2019 10:30 PM (PXJBj)
No. Of course not.
To a be a journalist is to be ignorant about everything except your own certitude and regard.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at April 12, 2019 10:30 PM (uAgHA)
Are your arms tired ?
Posted by: JT at April 12, 2019 10:30 PM (4Qe0G)
Posted by: Hairyback Guy at April 12, 2019 10:30 PM (Z+IKu)
Posted by: Irongrampa at April 12, 2019 10:30 PM (KATBx)
Are your arms tired ?
Posted by: JT at April 12, 2019 10:30 PM (4Qe0G)
Exhausted. I tipped my waitress and when she picked herself up off the floor she was PISSED.
Posted by: Insomniac at April 12, 2019 10:31 PM (NWiLs)
Posted by: JT at April 12, 2019 10:28 PM (4Qe0G)
That's a start!
Posted by: Marcus A. Hrothgar at April 12, 2019 10:31 PM (wCCjE)
Posted by: Pug Mahon at April 12, 2019 10:31 PM (PXJBj)
At least I'm not a Lightning or Penguins fan.
It could be worse --for about 40' of game time.
Posted by: logprof at April 12, 2019 10:32 PM (XAYDB)
Posted by: JT at April 12, 2019 10:32 PM (4Qe0G)
Posted by: JT at April 12, 2019 10:28 PM (4Qe0G)
Sorry, but you have no future with our agency.
Posted by: EPA at April 12, 2019 10:32 PM (NWiLs)
Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at April 12, 2019 10:33 PM (eIlkN)
Posted by: Insomniac at April 12, 2019 10:33 PM (NWiLs)
Years ago, my father managed to get a couple cases of some good shit. There were two products, "reed stuff" we called it, which was a spray-on lube, and then "green stuff" which was a spray penetrating oil. We dubbed them such for the color of the lettering on the cans.
The Green Stuff was some of the best penetrating oil I've ever seen. You could spray it on some rusted tight nuts and it would break it free. It would take it a while sometimes, but it would do the trick.
I have no idea what it was, and I wish I could get some again.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion of a Poperin Pear at April 12, 2019 10:34 PM (f1Vqw)
Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion of a Poperin Pear at April 12, 2019 10:27 PM (f1Vqw)
--Hope Solo gives Death Star a whole new meaning.
Posted by: logprof at April 12, 2019 10:34 PM (XAYDB)
Posted by: Tuna at April 12, 2019 10:34 PM (jm1YL)
Posted by: Notsothoreau at April 12, 2019 10:34 PM (Lqy/e)
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I've got the game Dynasty Warriors 9. It's alright. Koei tried some new things - including an open world - with varying degrees of success. Anyway, the reason why I bring it up is this.
The game is set in the Three Kingdoms era (and while it was originally inspired by the novel, it's moved somewhat to being more historically accurate over the years). So I was riding around the countryside going from city to city, and it suddenly hit me - I was looking at a representation of a city that had existed roughly 1800 years ago. I was playing in a civilization that had existed continuously for much, much longer than that. Here in the West, civilizations have been pretty volatile. The US has only existed for a few hundred years. In China, that's not the case. Rulers have come and gone, but the Han civilization has existed for thousands of years.
And some of those cities on that map are still around (albeit not nearly as important as they used to be).
That's a long, long time. And I felt a strong sense of awe over that.
Posted by: junior at April 12, 2019 10:35 PM (Fp6vo)
Posted by: chavez the hugo at April 12, 2019 10:35 PM (KP5rU)
Posted by: Pug Mahon at April 12, 2019 10:30 PM (PXJBj)
--Burt Reynolds turned down the role of Han Solo, BTW.
Posted by: logprof at April 12, 2019 10:35 PM (XAYDB)
Posted by: JT at April 12, 2019 10:28 PM (4Qe0G)
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That's a start!
Posted by: Marcus A. Hrothgar at April 12, 2019 10:31 PM (wCCjE)
No, that's an achievement. It will go well on any presidential candidate's resume(e) (since accent marks are verboten) as that's more of an achievement then any of the current Klown Kar Kandidates have. Well, except for maybe Hands On Biden. He grabs a lot of achievement, accomplishing scaring the bejeesus out of women and little kids.
Posted by: RickZ at April 12, 2019 10:35 PM (Y8PSl)
Speaking of that, the "Hash Brownie " episode of Barney Miller was on this evening.
Posted by: JT at April 12, 2019 10:36 PM (4Qe0G)
Posted by: Additional Blond Agent, STEM guy at April 12, 2019 10:36 PM (7s3Gx)
Posted by: Insomniac at April 12, 2019 10:33 PM (NWiLs)
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Does that mean you and Jim got to go meet Backwards Boy? How cool is that?!
Posted by: bluebell at April 12, 2019 10:36 PM (aXucN)
The tenth number indicates the year the car was made, or the year of manufacture.
It begins with A for 1980, the first year a standard 17-digit VIN was
used. Subsequent years follow the alphabet of to "Y" in the year 2000.
In 2001, the year changes to the number "1", and ascends to "9" In 2009.
In 2010, the alphabet starts again with the letter "A" for 2010 model years.
Posted by: ShainS -- PhD candidate in Angry Orange Male studies at April 12, 2019 10:36 PM (WqPYg)
Who is stupid enough to think that Bill Clinton, all of the Kennedys, and pretty much every male democrat politician out there hasn't made smutty comments about women? The difference between Trump and them is that Trump is not a professional politician. He hasn't spent his whole life being careful about where he says his naughties, and to whom he says them. He also doesn't have the "press" covering for him like the Kennedys did.
Posted by: nerdygirl at April 12, 2019 10:37 PM (+lVUW)
Posted by: bluebell at April 12, 2019 10:37 PM (aXucN)
'55/56 Fords and Chevvies, usually. They would come apart with ease, there being only enough rust as was easily defeated by any penetrant.
OTOH, working on stuff from NY is a terror.
Posted by: Irongrampa at April 12, 2019 10:37 PM (KATBx)
--Burt Reynolds turned down the role of Han Solo, BTW.
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You ever see the SNL skit where they have Burt Reynolds auditioning for the role of Darth Vader?
Posted by: junior at April 12, 2019 10:37 PM (Fp6vo)
Posted by: bluebell at April 12, 2019 10:36 PM (aXucN)
That's exactly what it means. And it was very cool. Got to meet the rest of the band too.
Posted by: Insomniac at April 12, 2019 10:38 PM (NWiLs)
the boss who would have put up the ad I described, but he was giving me
some new directives to follow at work.
Posted by: qdpsteve
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Woohoo! Good for you.
I also received very good news from the big boss - (at my request), I'm being "involuntarily separated" either mid May or June - with a nice severance package.If I would have retired voluntarily, no severance, no buyout of earned vacation, and no favorable treatment of matching funds for 401(k). Instead, the big Kahuna was willing to ignore years of good reviews and create a "you're a disaster and we need to get rid of you" special performance document for me.
Such is the state of american firms these days.
I'll cry all the way to the bank.
Posted by: Tonypete at April 12, 2019 10:38 PM (Y4EXg)
Posted by: junior at April 12, 2019 10:37 PM (Fp6vo)
--Nope.
Burt also turned down the role of John McClain.
Posted by: logprof at April 12, 2019 10:38 PM (XAYDB)
Great, another free NYT visit wasted, and their comments were already closed.
I decline to be lectured on proper political behavior by a media that spent two years lying at the top of their lungs about the president being a traitor to America.
And the illustration at the article? From this video, well worth your time. Trump as Bugs Bunny.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QHJfh1uG644
Posted by: MW at April 12, 2019 10:38 PM (hNTtn)
Posted by: bluebell at April 12, 2019 10:39 PM (aXucN)
Date of manufacture used to be stamped on a panel that was riveted to the inside of the drivers door. Not sure if they still do that.
Posted by: Calm Mentor at April 12, 2019 10:25 PM (6csDQ)
I have looked at the other sites. Thank you, votermom and anon. I found out it was manufactured in Arlington, TX, but not date of manufacture. Seems not to have had any recalls. I'm thinking the tag on the inside driver door. I may be a "new" for me car on Monday. n Can't buy a car on Sunday in CO.
Posted by: Infidel at April 12, 2019 10:39 PM (lwX7s)
Posted by: JT at April 12, 2019 10:39 PM (4Qe0G)
I'll cry all the way to the bank.
Posted by: Tonypete at April 12, 2019 10:38 PM (Y4EXg)
Good for you, man! Whenever I got let go I got a final paycheck and a boot in the ass.
Posted by: Insomniac at April 12, 2019 10:39 PM (NWiLs)
Posted by: redc1c4 at April 12, 2019 10:39 PM (ER1jH)
Posted by: Insomniac at April 12, 2019 10:38 PM (NWiLs)
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That's so awesome. I'm glad you guys got to do that. What kind of music do they play?
Posted by: bluebell at April 12, 2019 10:39 PM (aXucN)
There is no such thing as "bullet proof".
Posted by: navybrat swimming upstream
Also, drunk shooters could easily aim poorly and shoot their friend in the head.
Posted by: nerdygirl at April 12, 2019 10:40 PM (+lVUW)
Posted by: Tuna at April 12, 2019 10:34 PM (jm1YL)
Indeed. Enlisted men are stupid, but extremely cunning and sly, and bear considerable watching.
Posted by: hogmartin invites you to the summer MIMoMe (link: nick) at April 12, 2019 10:40 PM (t+qrx)
Posted by: Insomniac at April 12, 2019 10:38 PM (NWiLs)
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That's so awesome. I'm glad you guys got to do that. What kind of music do they play?
Posted by: bluebell at April 12, 2019 10:39 PM (aXucN)
It's a 3-piece blues band. And like I said upthread , they're tight.
Posted by: Insomniac at April 12, 2019 10:41 PM (NWiLs)
Posted by: redc1c4, Repo Man, long, long ago at April 12, 2019 10:41 PM (ER1jH)
Posted by: Can't resist temptation at April 12, 2019 10:42 PM (2DOZq)
Posted by: hogmartin invites you to the summer MIMoMe (link: nick) at April 12, 2019 10:40 PM (t+qrx)
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that was my sig on Usenet, and is also the sig on my moronhrode.com e-mail addy.
Posted by: redc1c4, 11H10 long, long ago at April 12, 2019 10:42 PM (ER1jH)
Posted by: Infidel at April 12, 2019 10:43 PM (lwX7s)
Luke, on the other hand, was a sure sign that the people in charge have no idea what they're doing.
Posted by: junior
I haven't followed the Star Wars movies since the original 3. Have they had Luke transition to a female yet? That would make the franchise appeal to the idiot millenials.
Posted by: nerdygirl at April 12, 2019 10:43 PM (+lVUW)
- Navy Officers Manual 1896
Posted by: Panhandler at April 12, 2019 10:43 PM (BdkLu)
Posted by: Phil Hartmark F/K/A Truck Monkey at April 12, 2019 10:43 PM (flINI)
Remember how I told you about the mayor who got in a shootout with his own police department and was arrested for being a drug dealer? His replacement has *also* been arrested for being a criminal, after a month or so.
You can't make this crap up.
Posted by: Locarno at April 12, 2019 10:43 PM (3WLXg)
Growing up in one place is utterly foreign to me.
Childhood friends is also alien to me.
Such is the life of a military brat.
Posted by: SMH at April 12, 2019 10:43 PM (RU4sa)
Not a fan. I sincerely believe that Tom Selleck would have killed as Indiana Jones. Holy shit. Selleck can do funny, then shoot the bad guy in the throat.
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As long as were speculating about a hypothesis, if Selleck were Indiana Jones he'd've told Lucas and Spielberg that he wasn't doing Crystal Skull and he sure as hell wasn't doing it with Shithead LaBeef!
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Tyrannosaur Wrangler at April 12, 2019 10:44 PM (+y/Ru)
The cats are all in for the evening. Might have some time to watch some vid with Milady.
Let's see. There's the series with the lesbian ship captain. Or the series with the lesbian secret agent. Or the series with the adulterous gay/bi former test pilot. There's this show about an atheist kid and his gay sister. Ennnhhh...
Ah! Here we go. Blonde Crazy, 1931. James Cagney, Joan Blondell.
Blondell in the bathtub
https://youtu.be/R9Ey-H02KOU
Posted by: mindful webworker's feeling old fashioned tonight at April 12, 2019 10:44 PM (V0CWC)
Posted by: Phil Hartmark
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You never know where you're going until you get there.
Posted by: Daffy and Bugs at April 12, 2019 10:44 PM (Y4EXg)
Posted by: Shepherd Lover at April 12, 2019 10:44 PM (3W5SM)
http://vindb.org/check.php?vin=1GNSKBE01ER238411
and naow it's time to go start the fire for dinner, before herself explodes
Posted by: redc1c4, 11H10 long, long ago at April 12, 2019 10:45 PM (ER1jH)
Posted by: redc1c4, 11H10 long, long ago at April 12, 2019 10:42 PM (ER1jH)
I believe I came across a long-ago post from you on another venue, while doing a cursory search to find the source of the quote. Same nick, anyhow.
Long story short, it has so many attributions I'll just put it down as 'author unknown'.
Posted by: hogmartin invites you to the summer MIMoMe (link: nick) at April 12, 2019 10:45 PM (t+qrx)
Posted by: Lirio100 at April 12, 2019 10:45 PM (K8QSo)
Posted by: Jewells45 at April 12, 2019 10:45 PM (dUJdY)
Posted by: chavez the hugo at April 12, 2019 10:46 PM (KP5rU)
Good grief... all these years and people still don't get it.
Posted by: Shepherd Lover at April 12, 2019 10:44 PM (3W5SM)
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NOW you tell me....
(WD stands for "water displacement" and this was the 49th formula they tried.)
Posted by: Shep Smith at April 12, 2019 10:46 PM (ER1jH)
first from an email asking for money:
Huge news, team: Speaker Nancy Pelosi -- our trailblazing leader in the House -- just received the John F. Kennedy Profile in Courage Award.
and seen on yahoo:
Former Pittsburgh Steelers running back Rashard Mendenhall accused the team's current quarterback Ben Roethlisberger of being racist while supporting ex-teammate Antonio Brown on Twitter this week.
Posted by: mallfly the Peach of Hoboken at April 12, 2019 10:46 PM (ZqRa6)
Posted by: Shep Smith at April 12, 2019 10:46 PM (ER1jH)
Posted by: Jewells45 at April 12, 2019 10:45 PM (dUJdY)
Sorry to hear it. Here's hoping tomorrow is a much better day for you!
Posted by: Insomniac at April 12, 2019 10:47 PM (NWiLs)
At least the Pirates won in 10 innings tonight.
Posted by: Puddleglum at April 12, 2019 10:47 PM (2fs3P)
Posted by: redc1c4 at April 12, 2019 10:47 PM (ER1jH)
Posted by: hogmartin invites you to the summer MIMoMe (link: nick) at April 12, 2019 10:47 PM (t+qrx)
Ex-Florida mayor who faces attempted murder charges smoked crack nightly for years, court records say
Posted by: weft cut-loop at April 12, 2019 10:48 PM (uAgHA)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FvHnW2VzF-Y
There seems to be an official video but this one has a bit of an explanation at the beginning.
I had not seen this mentioned anywhere yet.
Posted by: Off the reservation at April 12, 2019 10:48 PM (vWMNq)
Posted by: Chi-Town Jerry at April 12, 2019 10:49 PM (438dO)
Posted by: Dan K. at April 12, 2019 10:49 PM (BmtOt)
Former Pittsburgh Steelers running back Rashard Mendenhall accused the team's current quarterback Ben Roethlisberger of being racist while supporting ex-teammate Antonio Brown on Twitter this week.
Rashard Mendenhall makes Ben look like a Rhodes Scholar. Also, he's missing a few cards from his deck. I'm not saying Rashard if batshit crazy but he's batshit crazy.
Posted by: Puddleglum at April 12, 2019 10:49 PM (2fs3P)
Posted by: Jewells45
Get one of those Joy Buzzers and shake hands with everyone.
They'll all remember you, even if they don't buy anything.
Posted by: JT at April 12, 2019 10:50 PM (4Qe0G)
that was from a Sylvester and Elmer Fudd cartoon. Title was either 'Back Alley Oproar' or 'Notes To You', I think it was the former
Posted by: mallfly the Peach of Hoboken at April 12, 2019 10:50 PM (ZqRa6)
Posted by: logprof at April 12, 2019 10:50 PM (XAYDB)
Posted by: Infidel at April 12, 2019 10:50 PM (lwX7s)
Posted by: hogmartin invites you to the summer MIMoMe (link: nick) at April 12, 2019 10:45 PM (t+qrx)
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undoubtedly me, as i've used the same nick all along.
it is, at best, apocryphal. supposedly the Army Officer's guide from back in the day, but yeah.
Zero's and other lifers on the mil groups back then occasionally gave me shit for using it.
i told they i'd stop when i no longer served with ossifers who acted like they though it was true.
Posted by: redc1c4 at April 12, 2019 10:50 PM (ER1jH)
Posted by: Jewells45 at April 12, 2019 10:50 PM (dUJdY)
PUHLEASE
I'm 6.4 times as far away from my birth as my birth was from the end of WWII.
And you do realize that is my lawn there.
Posted by: teej at April 12, 2019 10:51 PM (27q/y)
Guy orders food and drink around $20.
Girl orders food and drink around $120.
Girl mad because guy will not pay her check.
Should have blown him.
Unintended consequences of femminaziism.
Posted by: The Man from Athens at April 12, 2019 10:52 PM (QMwOT)
I was told there was no math here.
Posted by: JT at April 12, 2019 10:52 PM (4Qe0G)
Posted by: Jewells45 at April 12, 2019 10:52 PM (dUJdY)
I used to make beaded stuff rather like your own and always wanted to 'do shows'.
Unfortunately, I haven't had the time to play in the bead boxes for several years. (Somedays it seems like I never will again)
Your creations are beautiful, imo, and priced reasonably!
Posted by: JQ at April 12, 2019 10:53 PM (gP/Z3)
Bing says Army Manual 1894, so it makes sense it'd show up a couple of years later in the Navy. >8^>
Posted by: Additional Blond Agent, STEM guy at April 12, 2019 10:53 PM (7s3Gx)
And you do realize that is my lawn there.
How do you figure it if you were born before the end of WWII?
Posted by: Panhandler at April 12, 2019 10:54 PM (BdkLu)
Posted by: weft cut-loop at April 12, 2019 10:54 PM (uAgHA)
Count yerself lucky, Dave!
Posted by: Chi-Town Jerry at April 12, 2019 10:55 PM (438dO)
Posted by: Jewells45 at April 12, 2019 10:55 PM (dUJdY)
Title was either 'Back Alley Oproar' or 'Notes To You', I think it was
the former
Posted by: mallfly the Peach of Hoboken
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You're probably right - I'm too lazy to look it up. I do remember however Bugs as "Leopold" in Long Haired Hare (maybe). One of my favs. Posted by: Daffy and Bugs at April 12, 2019 10:55 PM (Y4EXg)
No. Of course not.
To a be a journalist is to be ignorant about everything except your own certitude and regard.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at April 12, 2019 10:30 PM (uAgHA)
JJ Abrams doesn't know what fan service is either. He thinks it's repeating the same old stuff and getting the nostalgia pop. Fan service is characters being bad ass in new situations with maybe a little nostalgiac call back.
Posted by: Buzzion at April 12, 2019 10:55 PM (ha3id)
It's a...weird feeling. I was poor for so long that getting 'stuff' meant a lot to me. It meant stability, having a couch, an easy chair, a...collection, a library of my own books.
Now, suddenly, I'm looking at buying stuff and thinking 'well, who's going to take care of that in 20 years?'
Odd.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at April 12, 2019 10:55 PM (xJa6I)
Huge news, team: Speaker Nancy Pelosi -- our trailblazing leader in the House -- just received the John F. Kennedy Profile in Courage Award.
For what? Do all speakers of the house get that award, or did she get it just for being a female? As a female, I hate it when ladies get awards just for being female. It's insulting and patronizing.
Posted by: nerdygirl at April 12, 2019 10:55 PM (+lVUW)
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at April 12, 2019 10:55 PM (xJa6I)
So, 2.2*29 years old.
Posted by: Additional Blond Agent, STEM guy at April 12, 2019 10:56 PM (7s3Gx)
Guy orders food and drink around $20.
Girl orders food and drink around $120.
Girl mad because guy will not pay her check.
Should have blown him.
Unintended consequences of femminaziism.
Posted by: The Man from Athens at April 12, 2019 10:52 PM (QMwOT)
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Meant to post about this one earlier. He dodged a big bullet with this psycho. She's a conditional feminazi. She turns it on/off when it suits her.
Posted by: Calm Mentor at April 12, 2019 10:56 PM (6csDQ)
Posted by: logprof at April 12, 2019 10:56 PM (XAYDB)
Posted by: Additional Blond Agent, STEM guy at April 12, 2019 10:57 PM (7s3Gx)
Posted by: Jewells45 at April 12, 2019 10:58 PM (dUJdY)
UH OH: Libs are noticing that Nancy Pelosi, Chuck Schumer and other elected Dems aren't defending Ilhan Omar's 9/11 comments
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Tyrannosaur Wrangler at April 12, 2019 10:58 PM (+y/Ru)
Fan service is characters being bad ass in new situations with maybe a little nostalgiac call back.
Posted by: Buzzion
Um, fan service is literally T & A.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at April 12, 2019 10:58 PM (uAgHA)
Shit shit shit
Aren't there medications for that?
Posted by: Additional Blond Agent, STEM guy at April 12, 2019 10:57 PM (7s3Gx)
Loperamide.
Posted by: Insomniac at April 12, 2019 10:59 PM (NWiLs)
Posted by: The Man from Athens at April 12, 2019 10:59 PM (QMwOT)
Posted by: Burger Chef at April 12, 2019 11:00 PM (RuIsu)
Posted by: JQ at April 12, 2019 11:00 PM (gP/Z3)
Posted by: B Banzai at April 12, 2019 11:00 PM (wCCjE)
The piece is pompous, and it seems many of the commenters are trying to out-pompous the writer. The Trump hate bleeds through the well-crafted phrases in some, while in others, some try insult, but it comes out badly.
Posted by: Les Kinetic at April 12, 2019 11:00 PM (+fPHo)
Fan service is characters being bad ass in new situations with maybe a little nostalgiac call back.
Posted by: Buzzion
Um, fan service is literally T & A.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at April 12, 2019 10:58 PM (uAgHA)
There's that too.
Posted by: Buzzion at April 12, 2019 11:00 PM (ha3id)
Posted by: hogmartin
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All officers know the truth, in the end it's the EMs that get things done.
I've had reason to feel sorry, especially for O-1 to O-3s. In the back of their minds, they realize that somewhere out there (and perhaps close by) are EM's who are affecting their fate.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at April 12, 2019 11:01 PM (YvUf/)
Posted by: JT at April 12, 2019 11:01 PM (4Qe0G)
Posted by: Calm Mentor at April 12, 2019 10:56 PM (6csDQ)
If he married her, she'd turn it on with someone else while he paid the bills. Then she'd sue for divorce and get alimony.
Modern love, feminist-style. Ain't it grand?
Posted by: RickZ at April 12, 2019 11:01 PM (Y8PSl)
Posted by: logprof at April 12, 2019 11:01 PM (XAYDB)
I say take busloads of illegals, drive them to every declared sanctuary
city and drop them off downtown after giving each one a card the says
"Trump says you will welcome me with open arms!". Save a few busloads
and deposit them in the wealthiest, most liberal neighborhoods in each
city.
Posted by: The Man from Athens at April 12, 2019 10:59 PM (QMwOT)
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... and the illegals are required to wear the red MAGA hats glued to their heads!
Posted by: ShainS -- PhD candidate in Angry Orange Male studies at April 12, 2019 11:01 PM (WqPYg)
UH OH: Libs are noticing that Nancy Pelosi, Chuck Schumer and other elected Dems aren't defending Ilhan Omar's 9/11 comments
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Tyrannosaur Wrangler at April 12, 2019 10:58 PM (+y/Ru)
Chuckie would not dare; New Yorkers would hang him from Lady Liberty.
They should do this to Omar. Fuck her!!
Posted by: The Man from Athens at April 12, 2019 11:01 PM (QMwOT)
Florida man arrested after aggressively eating handfuls of pasta
Posted by: weft cut-loop at April 12, 2019 10:54 PM (uAgHA)
Must've been all'arrabiata.
Posted by: hogmartin invites you to the summer MIMoMe (link: nick) at April 12, 2019 11:02 PM (t+qrx)
Help me Horde, you're my only hope.
In PowerPoint there USED to be a multilevel button next to Bullet and Numbering buttons in the paragraph box on the home page.
Now, nada, and I can't find an answer on how to make a multilevel outline style format on the PP slide.
Save me! I'll be ever so grateful...
Posted by: In Vino Veritits at April 12, 2019 11:02 PM (w3OLr)
city and drop them off downtown after giving each one a card the says
"Trump says you will welcome me with open arms!". Save a few busloads
and deposit them in the wealthiest, most liberal neighborhoods in each
city.
Posted by: The Man from Athens at April 12, 2019 10:59 PM (QMwOT)
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... and the illegals are required to wear the red MAGA hats glued to their heads!
Posted by: ShainS -- PhD candidate in Angry Orange Male studies at April 12, 2019 11:01 PM (WqPYg)
OOOOOOOOOWWWWW!! Nice touch!!
Posted by: The Man from Athens at April 12, 2019 11:02 PM (QMwOT)
Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at April 12, 2019 11:02 PM (eIlkN)
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Well, I think you need to use scientific notation.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Tyrannosaur Wrangler at April 12, 2019 11:02 PM (+y/Ru)
https://preview.tinyurl.com/y2nj76rt
Posted by: Evasiveboat42 at April 12, 2019 11:04 PM (Rz2Nc)
What could fairer than distributing illegals to welcoming neighborhoods where they can freely contribute diversity and excellence!
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgari at April 12, 2019 11:04 PM (wCCjE)
Odd.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at April 12, 2019 10:55 PM (xJa6I)
*****
I know right?
I want to get a new truck but just realized whatever I buy will be my last one.
Feels...icky.
Posted by: Diogenes at April 12, 2019 11:04 PM (0tfLf)
Now see JT, that there is math.
When I do it, it ain't math.
It's more like gazzintas.
And I need to turn out the lights.
11:00 am funeral, another one way too young, and 4 pm gig.
Posted by: teej at April 12, 2019 11:04 PM (27q/y)
UH OH: Libs are noticing that Nancy Pelosi, Chuck Schumer and other elected Dems aren't defending Ilhan Omar's 9/11 comments
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Tyrannosaur Wrangler
Apparently, the democrat memo that you are supposed to cover up how extremist you really are, didn't get sent to Donkey Chompers and Omar, The Terrorists' Friend. They're in trouble with the more experienced professional politicians.
Would it be islamaphobic of me to suggest that Omar should be checked for a suicide vest every time she enters the Capitol?
Posted by: nerdygirl at April 12, 2019 11:05 PM (+lVUW)
Cool, will check your etsy shop again in a couple of weeks-- time enough to add pics of the new stuff?
Does etsy accept Visa "gift cards"? because that's what I use for online shopping.
Posted by: JQ at April 12, 2019 11:05 PM (gP/Z3)
Posted by: Locke Common at April 12, 2019 11:05 PM (RZQqA)
Help me Horde, you're my only hope.
In PowerPoint there USED to be a multilevel button next to Bullet and Numbering buttons in the paragraph box on the home page.
Now, nada, and I can't find an answer on how to make a multilevel outline style format on the PP slide.
Save me! I'll be ever so grateful...
Posted by: In Vino Veritits at April 12, 2019 11:02 PM (w3OLr)
Can't you just tab the line over and it'll automatically give the next sub-numeral or bullet?
Posted by: Insomniac at April 12, 2019 11:05 PM (NWiLs)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at April 12, 2019 11:01 PM (YvUf/)
If they're smart, they should be terrified.
Posted by: hogmartin invites you to the summer MIMoMe (link: nick) at April 12, 2019 11:06 PM (t+qrx)
Posted by: Locarno at April 12, 2019 11:06 PM (3WLXg)
Posted by: The Man from Athens
The gated communities that many of those wealthy liberals live in would be a barrier. And the illegals' children won't be getting into the private schools that entertainment industry liberals send their kids to.
Posted by: nerdygirl at April 12, 2019 11:07 PM (+lVUW)
Help me Horde, you're my only hope.
In PowerPoint there USED to be a multilevel button next to Bullet and Numbering buttons in the paragraph box on the home page.
Now, nada, and I can't find an answer on how to make a multilevel outline style format on the PP slide.
Save me! I'll be ever so grateful...
Posted by: In Vino Veritits at April 12, 2019 11:0
Have you tried doing the bullets and numbering and after you hit enter you press the tab key. Usually that drops the next entry down a level.
Posted by: Buzzion at April 12, 2019 11:07 PM (ha3id)
Cruelest comment I heard "He did that every night!"
Posted by: navybrat swimming upstream at April 12, 2019 11:07 PM (w7KSn)
Nope. That went away I guess with PP 2019. All it does is indent 50% across and no next level down numb/bull...
Posted by: In Vino Veritits at April 12, 2019 11:07 PM (w3OLr)
Posted by: Locarno at April 12, 2019 11:06 PM (3WLXg)
HEY!!! That's...that's...not an entirely bad idea, actually.
Posted by: Insomniac at April 12, 2019 11:07 PM (NWiLs)
Posted by: Locke Common at April 12, 2019 11:08 PM (RZQqA)
Nope. That went away I guess with PP 2019. All it does is indent 50% across and no next level down numb/bull...
Posted by: In Vino Veritits at April 12, 2019 11:07 PM (w3OLr)
Well that's real retarded.
Posted by: Insomniac at April 12, 2019 11:08 PM (NWiLs)
Posted by: Ex-ex at April 12, 2019 11:08 PM (RU4sa)
Dick Shawn did that.
Posted by: JT at April 12, 2019 11:10 PM (4Qe0G)
Feels...icky.
Posted by: Diogenes at April 12, 2019 11:04 PM (0tfLf)
Recently, I've been trying really hard not to think about issues like that. It is a strange and disquieting feeling.
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgari at April 12, 2019 11:10 PM (wCCjE)
Gotta use PP. It's for international college level classes and MS PP/Word etc. is the only universal software available globally per the U.
Posted by: In Vino Veritits at April 12, 2019 11:10 PM (w3OLr)
Posted by: Jewells45 at April 12, 2019 11:11 PM (dUJdY)
Posted by: JT at April 12, 2019 11:11 PM (4Qe0G)
http://tinyurl.com/y5gajwo7
"There are a few things you can't do with lists in PowerPoint that you can in other Office programs, such as Word. For example, PowerPoint does not support nested lists (you can press Tab or click Increase List Level Increase Indent button to create the same effect, but a new indented bullet or number style is not set automatically by PowerPoint).
Posted by: hogmartin invites you to the summer MIMoMe (link: nick) at April 12, 2019 11:11 PM (t+qrx)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at April 12, 2019 11:01 PM (YvUf/)
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i sent my never to be sufficiently damned Med Plt leader off to his promotion and new command with a ~$35K statement of charges...
of course, he made it easy: took the incoming hand receipt at face value, w/ no inventory prior to signing, never did his 10%s, and never did an annual 100% after AT, which is when you write off all missing shit as lost in the field.
he deserved it.
Posted by: redc1c4 at April 12, 2019 11:11 PM (ER1jH)
Feels...icky.
Posted by: Diogenes**
Oh, gawd. I bought a new car last fall and just realized:
It'll probably puke out right after I retire and can't afford another (dependable!) vehicle...
Posted by: JQ at April 12, 2019 11:11 PM (gP/Z3)
Posted by: Deep Thoughts From Inside A Bottle at April 12, 2019 11:12 PM (Y8PSl)
Posted by: Buzzion at April 12, 2019 11:12 PM (ha3id)
I like it. It likes me.
It is paid for.
Hey, did you read this about cars coming our way? They will know where you are at all times, how many times you stop to pee, your favorite restaurants, all your favorite music, and will transmit all that data to the manufacturer.
Your car is watching you.
https://www.rollcall.com/news/policy/cars-data-privacy
Posted by: navybrat swimming upstream at April 12, 2019 11:12 PM (w7KSn)
Would it be islamaphobic of me to suggest that Omar should be checked for a suicide vest every time she enters the Capitol?
Posted by: nerdygirl at April 12, 2019 11:05 PM (+lVUW)
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They troll because they can, without paying any penalty. They, especially Omar, love this shit. They can make any outrageous, "look at me!" statement, and then run and hide behind "brown female" when they get return fire. They are laughing their sick asses off as they do this. They will not stop, and the fact that Nanzi put Omar on the Foreign Affairs Committee tells one all they need to know.
Posted by: Calm Mentor at April 12, 2019 11:12 PM (6csDQ)
Posted by: logprof at April 12, 2019 11:12 PM (XAYDB)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at April 12, 2019 11:12 PM (2kj6M)
Posted by: JQ at April 12, 2019 11:12 PM (gP/Z3)
Posted by: Locarno at April 12, 2019 11:13 PM (3WLXg)
Posted by: JT at April 12, 2019 11:14 PM (4Qe0G)
Posted by: navybrat swimming upstream at April 12, 2019 11:14 PM (w7KSn)
Posted by: mikeyG - Nationalist White at April 12, 2019 11:14 PM (LL1Be)
That's the reparations mentality ...
Posted by: Kingsnake at April 12, 2019 11:15 PM (3JbJY)
One reason I just put another $400 bandaid on the '97 GMC 4WD!
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgari at April 12, 2019 11:15 PM (wCCjE)
when I win lottery will hire 4chan to make YOU suffer.
Isnt that pete buttijudge the sodomy party candydate for prezzy?
Came home to a John Lautner guesthouse flooded in shit from main house above, landlord neglect. Fuck you weerddave.
Posted by: adobe juan kenobe at April 12, 2019 11:16 PM (8QvcY)
That means Land Of Fuego.
Posted by: JT at April 12, 2019
******
So people who go there are on fuego?
Posted by: Diogenes at April 12, 2019 11:16 PM (0tfLf)
Heh, I looked up how to jew down a used car salesman. Lo and behold. It's out there. Never bought a car from a dealer. (private or otherwise) Have been reading up on negotiating skills. Ack.
Posted by: Infidel at April 12, 2019 11:16 PM (lwX7s)
Posted by: Locarno at April 12, 2019 11:16 PM (3WLXg)
It goes to the Land of Fuego.
Posted by: JT at April 12, 2019 11:14 PM (4Qe0G)
In the Land Down Under, do clocks run backwards? Maybe Ponce de Leon was looking for that fountain of youth in all the wrong places.
Posted by: RickZ at April 12, 2019 11:16 PM (Y8PSl)
Odd.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at April 12, 2019 10:55 PM (xJa6I)
If you're gone it ain't your problem. If it makes you happy now go for it. On the other hand, leave a will and surprise someone.
Posted by: Can't resist temptation at April 12, 2019 11:16 PM (2DOZq)
Posted by: Surfperch at April 12, 2019 11:17 PM (tVQUs)
Posted by: logprof at April 12, 2019 11:18 PM (XAYDB)
Posted by: Diogenes at April 12, 2019 11:16 PM (0tfLf)
No, they are en fuego!
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgari at April 12, 2019 11:18 PM (wCCjE)
Posted by: Irongrampa at April 12, 2019 11:18 PM (KATBx)
Posted by: Anna Puma at April 12, 2019 11:18 PM (3Fpmk)
I know a guy that got an airplane that way.
And a hangar space.
And no money to pay for either.
Posted by: navybrat swimming upstream at April 12, 2019 11:19 PM (w7KSn)
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Cleanup and banhammer here please WD.
Posted by: Calm Mentor at April 12, 2019 11:19 PM (6csDQ)
Posted by: Jewells45 at April 12, 2019 11:19 PM (dUJdY)
Posted by: Zettai Roshia-no Botto at April 12, 2019 11:19 PM (CLcKT)
Posted by: logprof at April 12, 2019 11:20 PM (XAYDB)
Posted by: Can't resist temptation at April 12, 2019 11:16 PM (2DOZq)
To my ex-wife, who provided me many years of misery, I leave all my debts, public and private, . . . .
Posted by: RickZ at April 12, 2019 11:20 PM (Y8PSl)
Your car knows what you weigh.
Daily.
Posted by: navybrat swimming upstream at April 12, 2019 11:14 PM (w7KSn)
Car better keep its damn mouth shut....
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at April 12, 2019 11:20 PM (xJa6I)
Feels...icky.
Posted by: Diogenes
I got me a 2013 Nissan Frontier 4x4 with six-speed manual and old-timey roll-down windows, manual locks. Fucking dinosaur truck (who knew they even made these things anymore?). Dealer was thrilled to sell it. Great fucking deal. My thoughts:
Well, hell, gonna keep it till I die.
Posted by: Pug Mahon at April 12, 2019 11:20 PM (PXJBj)
Odd.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards
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I'm wondering about that stuff that I already have.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at April 12, 2019 11:20 PM (Ou6XS)
Posted by: Locarno at April 12, 2019 11:06 PM (3WLXg)
HEY!!! That's...that's...not an entirely bad idea, actually.
Posted by: Insomniac
Florida Man is also the world's preventive defense against an Alien invasion.
Posted by: Puddleglum at April 12, 2019 11:20 PM (2fs3P)
Posted by: Thrifty Scottsman, drunk at April 12, 2019 11:20 PM (8QvcY)
Posted by: JT at April 12, 2019 11:20 PM (4Qe0G)
Posted by: Calm Mentor
Yeah, you're right. Those Somali muslims in Omar's district aren't going to stop voting for her because she downplays terrorist acts.
Posted by: nerdygirl at April 12, 2019 11:20 PM (+lVUW)
Odd.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at April 12, 2019 10:55 PM (xJa6I)
If you're gone it ain't your problem. If it makes you happy now go for it. On the other hand, leave a will and surprise someone.
Posted by: Can't resist temptation at April 12, 2019 11:16 PM (2DOZq)
Someone's getting a shitload of guns...
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at April 12, 2019 11:21 PM (xJa6I)
Feels...icky.
Posted by: Diogenes at April 12, 2019 11:04 PM (0tfLf)
I've been in that mode the last year or 2. I'm selling my old atv that is 15 and buying a new one tomorrow. It will be the last one. The next truck in a year or 2 will also be the last one, next dog? Last one on and on
Posted by: Fat Jack at April 12, 2019 11:21 PM (aA3+G)
Car does not discriminate about data.
Think about lighting up a smoke?
Car knows.
Car knows all things.
Posted by: navybrat swimming upstream at April 12, 2019 11:21 PM (w7KSn)
I must say that Miley has got macaroni pie down pat now.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion of a Poperin Pear at April 12, 2019 11:22 PM (f1Vqw)
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at April 12, 2019 11:22 PM (l9m7l)
Posted by: Irongrampa
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Yeah, my father always said that until he (my father) was about 30 years old, he thought his father was really naive.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at April 12, 2019 11:23 PM (Ou6XS)
Posted by: Anna Puma at April 12, 2019 11:23 PM (3Fpmk)
.....
You are.......kinda special.
Posted by: Bitter Clinger at April 12, 2019 11:23 PM (KnIfp)
Posted by: yankeefifth at April 12, 2019 11:24 PM (MTjB1)
Posted by: mikeyG - Nationalist White at April 12, 2019 11:24 PM (LL1Be)
Shit. Go Avs. Go Jets.
My two favorite squadrons.
Posted by: Pug Mahon at April 12, 2019 11:24 PM (PXJBj)
Thinking to bring his turntable and some fave LPs to play in his room.
Will also "spring" him for a while to take him out for a meal.
Yeah, that whole *Why Buy Anything Else?* comes into play here...
Posted by: JQ at April 12, 2019 11:25 PM (gP/Z3)
Posted by: Calm Mentor at April 12, 2019 11:19 PM (6csDQ)
--It's bathetic that someone would waste even a few seconds typing that.
Posted by: logprof at April 12, 2019 11:25 PM (XAYDB)
I was thinking about my gun collection. I have daughters with no son in laws. My 3 nephews are strangers to me. I will probably tip the canoe over and go down with the
Posted by: Fat Jack at April 12, 2019 11:25 PM (aA3+G)
My will states than any and all personal property of mine (guns,cars truck, boat etc) goes to my daughters to be disposed of or kept as they see fit.
I'll be done with it anyhow.
Posted by: Irongrampa at April 12, 2019 11:25 PM (KATBx)
I've had reason to feel sorry, especially for O-1 to O-3s. In the back of their minds, they realize that somewhere out there (and perhaps close by) are EM's who are affecting their fate.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at April 12, 2019 11:01 PM (YvUf/)
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*smiles*
NCOs are the backbone for a reason.
Posted by: SMH at April 12, 2019 11:26 PM (RU4sa)
Posted by: Zettai Roshia-no Botto at April 12, 2019 11:26 PM (CLcKT)
Posted by: hogmartin
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I had, at my hand, the files for thousands of officers. They had no idea the power that I possessed over their future.
Posted by: That's all I'm saying at April 12, 2019 11:26 PM (vlwMR)
Posted by: tbodie at April 12, 2019 11:27 PM (R5V4T)
Odd.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at April 12, 2019 10:55 PM (xJa6I)
If you're gone it ain't your problem. If it makes you happy now go for it. On the other hand, leave a will and surprise someone.
Posted by: Can't resist temptation
Yeah. If your heirs don't want your stuff and don't want to bother selling it themselves, they can hire someone to do an estate sale and split the dough.
Enjoy your purchases.
Posted by: nerdygirl at April 12, 2019 11:28 PM (+lVUW)
Shit. Go Avs. Go Jets.
My two favorite squadrons.
Posted by: Pug Mahon at April 12, 2019 11:24 PM (PXJBj)
--That's what bars are for. A couple of pints a night can still be cheaper than cable these days.
Even if not, at least you're paying for tasty beverages instead of just content.
Posted by: logprof at April 12, 2019 11:28 PM (XAYDB)
It's a...weird feeling. I was poor for so long that getting 'stuff' meant a lot to me. It meant stability, having a couch, an easy chair, a...collection, a library of my own books.
Now, suddenly, I'm looking at buying stuff and thinking 'well, who's going to take care of that in 20 years?'
Odd.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at April 12, 2019 10:55 PM (xJa6I)
So, you buy single-use stuff.
Like Valu-Rite
Posted by: Iron Mike Golf at April 12, 2019 11:29 PM (di1hb)
My father would always say that you had to be 40 before you had good sense. He's right of course.
When I turned 40 back in 2007, I asked him, well Dad, do I have good sense now?
He replied that no, sorry, he had bumped that up to 60 now since he last said it.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion of a Poperin Pear at April 12, 2019 11:29 PM (f1Vqw)
Posted by: Puddleglum at April 12, 2019 11:29 PM (2fs3P)
Even if not, at least you're paying for tasty beverages instead of just content.
....
And you can support your local bartender!
Posted by: Bitter Clinger at April 12, 2019 11:30 PM (KnIfp)
Posted by: Puddleglum at April 12, 2019 11:29 PM (2fs3P)
--Blu drank?
Posted by: logprof at April 12, 2019 11:30 PM (XAYDB)
These people are making the prequels look good in comparison.
Posted by: Anna Puma at April 12, 2019 11:30 PM (3Fpmk)
I remember thinking this, when I told the cashier at our local Food Lion that my daughter was getting her nose pierced, and she told me about getting hers done in her country when she married, before she emigrated and became a citizen, and how the best way to take care of it was to put a drop of WD-40 on it until it healed completely.
Perhaps it was a communication breakdown and I misunderstood, but she was pretty specific about the oil.
Posted by: barbarausa at April 12, 2019 11:30 PM (W7IZQ)
Posted by: SMH
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I had a Command Sgt. Major that was associated with my unit. If that sounds vague, it is deliberate.
Everyone, and I mean everyone, was *extremely* considerate of the guy. He knew people...
Posted by: That's all I'm saying at April 12, 2019 11:31 PM (vlwMR)
Shit shit shit
Aren't there medications for that?
Posted by: Additional Blond Agent, STEM guy at April 12, 2019 10:57 PM (7s3Gx)
I think there are medications both for and against.
Posted by: Off the reservation at April 12, 2019 11:31 PM (vWMNq)
Posted by: Anna Puma at April 12, 2019 11:31 PM (3Fpmk)
I feel your pain. So many 'open' files that can't be closed yet.
Posted by: Infidel at April 12, 2019 11:31 PM (lwX7s)
Posted by: Anna Puma at April 12, 2019 11:31 PM (3Fpmk)
No Maths!!!
Posted by: Edna Mode at April 12, 2019 11:32 PM (0ReGO)
I remember thinking this, when I told the cashier at our local Food Lion that my daughter was getting her nose pierced, and she told me about getting hers done in her country when she married, before she emigrated and became a citizen, and how the best way to take care of it was to put a drop of WD-40 on it until it healed completely.
Perhaps it was a communication breakdown and I misunderstood, but she was pretty specific about the oil.
Posted by: barbarausa at A
works for clit removal too
Posted by: yankeefifth at April 12, 2019 11:32 PM (MTjB1)
Posted by: navybrat swimming upstream at April 12, 2019 11:32 PM (w7KSn)
Posted by: Anna Puma at April 12, 2019 11:32 PM (3Fpmk)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at April 12, 2019 11:01 PM (YvUf/)
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*smiles*
NCOs are the backbone for a reason.
Posted by: SMH at April 12, 2019 11:26 PM (RU4sa)
I had mixed reviews of junior officers. Some were good people (I think of LT Ring in Heartbreak Ridge), who simply need to prove themselves.
My favorite LT was a former SGT in the 82nd Airborne. He was one of a precious few I ever met with a patch on his right shoulder (keep in mind I served in Reagan's Army, and pulled guard duty in Germany during Desert Storm). Fooker was hard core, but was a natural leader without being a shouty prick. In hindsight, I see him as a Dick Winters kind of leader.
Posted by: Pug Mahon at April 12, 2019 11:33 PM (PXJBj)
Posted by: barbarausa at April 12, 2019 11:33 PM (W7IZQ)
Kids these days will never know the joys of getting Robitized in a proper fashion.
Posted by: Bitter Clinger at April 12, 2019 11:35 PM (KnIfp)
Posted by: Can't resist temptation at April 12, 2019 11:35 PM (2DOZq)
Car does not discriminate about data.
Think about lighting up a smoke?
Car knows.
Car knows all things.
Posted by: navybrat swimming upstream
Uh, oh. Is my new Jeep's computer system going to go all HAL on me?
Posted by: nerdygirl at April 12, 2019 11:36 PM (+lVUW)
Codeine has zero effect on me. I would be the annoying anomaly in any kind of double-blind codeine-based study.
Posted by: Pug Mahon at April 12, 2019 11:37 PM (PXJBj)
I learned a lot from him.
Posted by: Diogenes at April 12, 2019 11:37 PM (0tfLf)
And her nose doesn't squeak when she sneezes ?
Posted by: JT at April 12, 2019 11:37 PM (4Qe0G)
Posted by: In Vino Veritits at April 12, 2019 11:37 PM (w3OLr)
Posted by: barbarausa at A
you should, great icebreaker, especially first dates.
so, does wd40 work on clit removal? want to find out? hey where you going? why are you running? you forgot your keys!
Posted by: yankeefifth at April 12, 2019 11:37 PM (MTjB1)
ROTC. Ugh, often. Babes in the woods.
I do not recall working with an OCS guy.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at April 12, 2019 11:37 PM (CDGwz)
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I know what it is in anime, and Disney Star Wars is, shall we say, short of candidates for that sort of thing.
Unless they mean stuff for fans of original Star Wars, and, oh yeah, they don't have any of that either.
Posted by: Methos at April 12, 2019 11:38 PM (kOpft)
I learned a lot from him.
Posted by: Diogenes
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How did he come by his commission?
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at April 12, 2019 11:39 PM (CDGwz)
Posted by: JT at April 12, 2019 11:39 PM (4Qe0G)
....
My body doesn't tolerate any opiate derivative. It all makes want to or actually vomit.
Posted by: Bitter Clinger at April 12, 2019 11:39 PM (KnIfp)
I don't think Hindus do the FGM?
Posted by: barbarausa at April 12, 2019 11:40 PM (W7IZQ)
*Battery Commander. Field Artillery (for you civvies)
Posted by: Pug Mahon at April 12, 2019 11:40 PM (PXJBj)
Posted by: Pug Mahon at April 12, 2019 11:37 PM (PXJBj)
That's Tylenol 3 and Tylenol 4.
Posted by: Can't resist temptation at April 12, 2019 11:41 PM (2DOZq)
Most LT's and Ensigns just need seasoning. I like Montreal Steak when grilling them, or a nice jalapeno mango for kabobs.
Posted by: General Cannibal at April 12, 2019 11:41 PM (w3OLr)
Didja watch Jeopardy ?
Posted by: JT
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They're gonna have to shoot the guy.
I have noticed that one of his great strengths is The Button. Fairly often, one of the others is trying to ring in, but, too late.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at April 12, 2019 11:41 PM (CDGwz)
Fan service, Slave Leia costume.
So far not seen anything like that in the Disney movies.
Posted by: Anna Puma at April 12, 2019 11:42 PM (3Fpmk)
Codeine has zero effect on me. I would be the annoying anomaly in any kind of double-blind codeine-based study.
Posted by: Pug Mahon at April 12, 2019 11:37 PM (PXJBj)
That sort of implies you're resistant to other sorts of opioids. That's a major drawback if you have surgery.
Posted by: Ace's liver at April 12, 2019 11:43 PM (h2Bdk)
And her nose doesn't squeak when she sneezes ?
Posted by: JT at April 12, 2019 11:37 PM (4Qe0G)
Willingly putting a hole in yourself outside of earlobes and belly buttons for women is not a natural act in my opinion.
Posted by: The Man from Athens at April 12, 2019 11:43 PM (QMwOT)
Posted by: Can't resist temptation at April 12, 2019 11:35 PM (2DOZq)
Used cranks? We're back to talking about Blow Job Billy again?
Bar name idea: Cranks and Skanks.
Posted by: RickZ at April 12, 2019 11:44 PM (Y8PSl)
I have noticed that one of his great strengths is The Button. Fairly often, one of the others is trying to ring in, but, too late.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at April 12, 2019 11:41 PM (CDGwz)
Button-pushing seems to be the key. That ken Jennings guy was quick on the draw, but also had the ability to come up with the right answer quickly.
Kinda like Broseiden.
Posted by: Pug Mahon at April 12, 2019 11:44 PM (PXJBj)
It's great but it makes me miss Winnipeg.
Posted by: logprof at April 12, 2019 11:44 PM (XAYDB)
Posted by: The Man from Athens at April 12, 2019 11:43 PM (QMwOT)
Why is putting holes in your earlobes or belly button a natural act? All kinds of piercings give me the willies.
Posted by: Ace's liver at April 12, 2019 11:44 PM (h2Bdk)
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For better or worse, I think that the only Pointers I encountered were Field Grade officers, so, they had been around.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at April 12, 2019 11:44 PM (CDGwz)
Google "Mister Lifto"
Posted by: navybrat swimming upstream at April 12, 2019 11:45 PM (w7KSn)
That, and he's not afraid to bet ALL of his money on a Daily Double.
He only lost once doing that, but it was fairly early in the game, but he came back from that.
Posted by: JT at April 12, 2019 11:45 PM (4Qe0G)
Jennings and Arthur Chu proved conclusively you don't have to be intelligent to be a Jeopardy champ. Maybe it is the button pushing reflex.
Posted by: Ace's liver at April 12, 2019 11:46 PM (h2Bdk)
Said it cleanses your soul and gives you enlightenment. Very strange conversation.
Posted by: Bitter Clinger at April 12, 2019 11:46 PM (KnIfp)
Posted by: logprof at April 12, 2019 11:46 PM (XAYDB)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at April 12, 2019 11:39 PM (CDGwz)
ROTC.
Posted by: Diogenes at April 12, 2019 11:47 PM (0tfLf)
That, and he's not afraid to bet ALL of his money on a Daily Double.
He only lost once doing that, but it was fairly early in the game, but he came back from that.
Posted by: JT
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Well, it's easier to be bold when you're up by $$$$$ already.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at April 12, 2019 11:48 PM (CDGwz)
Mid-grade ring knockers were usually OK in my experience, had gotten the BS beaten out of them by their NCOs and learned their jobs well, usually knew they were not headed for Pentagon job or star buckled down to do the job well 'cause it was worth doing. Often hats off and first names off duty. Ate many a steak in the Maj's backyard.
Posted by: In Vino Veritits at April 12, 2019 11:48 PM (w3OLr)
https://youtu.be/SnqyflPNTvw
Posted by: Anna Puma at April 12, 2019 11:49 PM (3Fpmk)
strange religious organization so that he could trip out on some weird
South American tribal elixir called Ayahuasca.
Said it cleanses your soul and gives you enlightenment. Very strange conversation.
---
It lets you talk to machine elves from another dimension.
Or so I've heard from youtube.
Posted by: Methos at April 12, 2019 11:50 PM (kOpft)
Posted by: Bitter Clinger at April 12, 2019 11:46 PM (KnIfp)
Yeah , same claim as peyote and LSD. Robin from the Howard Stern show did it. She tried to defend it but it sounded horrible with no subsequent enlightenment .
Posted by: Can't resist temptation at April 12, 2019 11:50 PM (2DOZq)
Posted by: The Man from Athens at April 12, 2019 11:43 PM (QMwOT)
Why is putting holes in your earlobes or belly button a natural act? All kinds of piercings give me the willies.
Posted by: Ace's liver at April 12, 2019 11:44 PM (h2Bdk)
Dunno. Makes the "chicks" look hawt for the most part.
As for the rest, I am not a fan of shrapnel as a fashion statement.
Posted by: The Man from Athens at April 12, 2019 11:50 PM (QMwOT)
The ritual scarifications, that is where I hop off the crazy train.
YMMV
Posted by: navybrat swimming upstream at April 12, 2019 11:51 PM (w7KSn)
Posted by: Anna Puma at April 12, 2019 11:52 PM (3Fpmk)
But like all the others, he retired after eighteen months and we got another no-hoper. That base was where careers went to die.
Posted by: Ace's liver at April 12, 2019 11:52 PM (h2Bdk)
Posted by: Ace's liver
I hated getting my ears pierced. However, once it's done, it is so much easier for earrings than using those clip ons.
Posted by: nerdygirl at April 12, 2019 11:52 PM (+lVUW)
As for the rest, I am not a fan of shrapnel as a fashion statement.
Posted by: The Man from Athens at A
not with the nose, especially the ring. who wants some chick with snot running off the ring in her nose? even the one's in the side. who wants some chick that sneezes out the side of her nose?
Posted by: yankeefifth at April 12, 2019 11:53 PM (MTjB1)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at April 12, 2019 11:39 PM (CDGwz)
ROTC.
Posted by: Diogenes
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Branch?
In the end, it's like any management position, leaders are born, not made. ROTC has produced thousands of fine officers, but a ROTC 2nd Lt. at his first assignment is...well, he has stuff to learn.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at April 12, 2019 11:53 PM (xSo9G)
strange religious organization so that he could trip out on some weird
South American tribal elixir called Ayahuasca.
Said it cleanses your soul and gives you enlightenment. Very strange conversation.
---
It lets you talk to machine elves from another dimension.
Or so I've heard from youtube.
Posted by: Methos at April 12, 2019 11:50 PM (kOpft)
~~~
Cleansing your soul? I think not. Your colon and every inch of intestine south of your stomach? You betcha! On the bright side you'll find that set of keys you've been missing since '93.
Posted by: The Man from Athens at April 12, 2019 11:55 PM (QMwOT)
Posted by: Can't resist temptation at April 12, 2019 11:50 PM (2DOZq)
.....
He said it makes you come face to face with all the problems in your life and your past errors.
I told him it sounded like he was paying $400 for a bad acid trip,
Posted by: Bitter Clinger at April 12, 2019 11:55 PM (KnIfp)
twice as many years away from my birth as my birth was from WWII.
Crazy."
Let's try that with WWI, and maybe you and I could talk.
Posted by: Stringer Davis at April 12, 2019 11:55 PM (8ZmvG)
As for the rest, I am not a fan of shrapnel as a fashion statement.
Posted by: The Man from Athens at A
not with the nose, especially the ring. who wants some chick with snot running off the ring in her nose? even the one's in the side. who wants some chick that sneezes out the side of her nose?
Posted by: yankeefifth at April 12, 2019 11:53 PM (MTjB1)
YES!! THIS!!
Posted by: The Man from Athens at April 12, 2019 11:55 PM (QMwOT)
Take a break for a few hours. I think it's probably best for everyone involved.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at April 12, 2019 11:56 PM (wYseH)
Posted by: logprof at April 12, 2019 11:56 PM (XAYDB)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at April 12, 2019 11:53 PM (xSo9G)
Maybe great leaders are born. Most people can learn to be a good leader if they have good mentors.
Posted by: Ace's liver at April 12, 2019 11:56 PM (h2Bdk)
Posted by: Burger Chef at April 12, 2019 11:56 PM (RuIsu)
In hindsight I believe I served in a weird transitional time. Basic training at Fort Sill was still male only; except our BC was a woman. Some batteries behind ours had female drill sergeants.
Went to Fort Sam for AIT. Hot fit chicks everywhere. Pretty much had a proto-boner for 16 weeks. (met my wife there)
I hated marching with women. Hated even more having a female call cadence. Different cadence, different voice pitches. Blech.
Made me glad to have done basic when I did.
Posted by: Pug Mahon at April 12, 2019 11:56 PM (PXJBj)
Posted by: In Vino Veritits at April 12, 2019 11:57 PM (w3OLr)
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It just looks...weird. Like Siamese twins.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at April 12, 2019 11:58 PM (xSo9G)
Long day.
Posted by: The Man from Athens at April 12, 2019 11:58 PM (QMwOT)
In the end, it's like any management position, leaders are born, not made. ROTC has produced thousands of fine officers, but a ROTC 2nd Lt. at his first assignment is...well, he has stuff to learn.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at April 12, 2019 11:53 PM (xSo9G)
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It is a crying shame that butterbars are not taught to lean heavily on their NCOs to help them get started and learn. I know they are trying to create leaders that can stand on their own, but they need those folks.
Posted by: Calm Mentor at April 13, 2019 12:00 AM (6csDQ)
Art Bell used to have some guy on talking about that stuff.
You will confront you fears.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion of a Poperin Pear at April 13, 2019 12:04 AM (f1Vqw)
Long day.
Posted by: The Man from Athens at April 12, 2019 11:58 PM (QMwOT)
Goodnight, sleep well.
Posted by: Evasiveboat42 at April 13, 2019 12:05 AM (Rz2Nc)
Posted by: Burger Chef at April 13, 2019 12:05 AM (RuIsu)
Jesus. I"m twice as many years from Obama's inauguration as my birth was from WWII. Crazier!
Posted by: Jeff Powell at April 13, 2019 12:07 AM (hgC3T)
Only took them ten years to give you that vertigo Chef.
Posted by: Anna Puma at April 13, 2019 12:07 AM (3Fpmk)
Posted by: Evasiveboat42 at April 13, 2019 12:09 AM (Rz2Nc)
Anyway when I was there it was a division, though everyone called it a base. Two uniformed military - the CO and his XO. Plus hundreds of civil servants and contractors doing weapons system assessment.
But the CO had to be a captain, for some reason. So you can see why anyone with ambition would want to avoid a post with a single direct report. We normally got screw-ups who didn't screw up badly enough to be forced out, but didn't have 20 in yet, so they were on the mercy retirement track.
They'd be there for 18 months. Took 'em a good six months to get oriented, and after that they would typically try to do something, anything, at which point the civil servants (in the same place for 25, 30 years) would gum up the process for the next 12 months. Rinse, lather, repeat.
That was a long time ago, though. Hopefully things are different now.
Posted by: Ace's liver at April 13, 2019 12:11 AM (h2Bdk)
Posted by: ShainS -- PhD candidate in Angry Orange Male studies at April 12, 2019 10:15 PM (WqPYg)
Crap. Brain fart. Not 'The Kingdom' but 'The Siege'. I have no idea what Moonrise Kingdom is about.
Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at April 13, 2019 12:13 AM (bQ/du)
Only took them ten years to give you that vertigo Chef.
Posted by: Anna Puma
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I just want to see an XF-85 fly. Wait...there's film:
http://tinyurl.com/y3kot6eh
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at April 13, 2019 12:14 AM (CDGwz)
declared sanctuary city and drop them off downtown after giving each
one a card the says "Trump says you will welcome me with open arms!".
Save a few busloads and deposit them in the wealthiest, most liberal
neighborhoods in each city.
Posted by: The Man from Athens at April 12, 2019 10:59 PM (QMwOT)
Mizzou and Evergreen have empty dorms. Give the dreamers cards for the residential cafeterias too.
Posted by: Kindltot at April 13, 2019 12:14 AM (TN7xY)
I remember a montage beginning one of these movies with graphics describing the oil finds and then Shell moving in, etc.
Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at April 13, 2019 12:14 AM (bQ/du)
http://tinyurl.com/y3kot6eh
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at April 13, 2019 12:14 AM (CDGwz)
How they ever envisioned that thing coping with incoming interceptors...
Posted by: Ace's liver at April 13, 2019 12:15 AM (h2Bdk)
Posted by: Anna Puma at April 13, 2019 12:16 AM (3Fpmk)
matter of degree, I guess.
The woman who told me WD-40 only did it to please her mother, and tradition, because they were already planning to emigrate.
My daughter wears a little stud, and it pleases her. Over 21, so not my circus.
I do love my Food Lion, though: it reminds me of what "multi culti" should be, but is not. Real people, from all over, all speaking English and working their asses off, happy to be American now, but still having their own traditions too.
We have two Harris Teeters, two Giants, an Aldi, A Lotte, and a wegman's within a ten mile circle, and I stay with Food Lion, not jusy because of the prices.
Posted by: barbarausa at April 13, 2019 12:16 AM (W7IZQ)
Good evening, all. Just thought I'd barge in here with another topic in case anyone has been thinking about it.
Been following the Theranos story? Elizabeth Holmes?
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at April 13, 2019 12:16 AM (13CQC)
*looks it up*
Yep, 'The Kingdom' with Jennifer Garner and Jamie Foxx.
Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at April 13, 2019 12:17 AM (bQ/du)
Posted by: Anna Puma at April 13, 2019 12:17 AM (3Fpmk)
Save a few busloads and deposit them in the wealthiest, most liberal
neighborhoods in each city.
Posted by: The Man from Athens
Lefties will demonstrate against busing.
Maybe with ax handles and dogs.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at April 13, 2019 12:18 AM (aKsyK)
How they ever envisioned that thing coping with incoming interceptors...
Posted by: Ace's liver
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They assumed that the adversaries would be so baffled by what they were seeing, that they would be easy prey.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at April 13, 2019 12:18 AM (CDGwz)
Almost 3 times.
Thanks for making me feel old before bed.
(Next time at least include a puppy video or a half-nekid girl or something.)
Posted by: GWB at April 13, 2019 12:18 AM (vRPav)
Posted by: Burger Chef at April 13, 2019 12:19 AM (RuIsu)
Posted by: Irongrampa at April 13, 2019 12:19 AM (KATBx)
Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at April 13, 2019 12:20 AM (bQ/du)
Stand in a freezer with an industrial fan blowing in your face.
Posted by: Weirddave at April 13, 2019 12:20 AM (i1+He)
Posted by: Anna Puma at April 13, 2019 12:17 AM (3Fpmk)
They tried the same thing with airships in the 1920s, where it actually made some sense. The trapeze design was pretty similar too. Same problem - the air stream around the mother ship is too unstable for a safe... whatever you call it. Landing? Docking?
Posted by: Ace's liver at April 13, 2019 12:20 AM (h2Bdk)
I remember the old lady who lived across the street from us back in the mid 60s. when I was a horse nut. I'm not sure why I was visiting her one day. Maybe I was selling Girl Scout cookies and she invited me inside so she could peruse the list and get a bit of company. Back then, GS cookies were 35 cents a box.
I'm sorry that I didn't understand about lonely old people who perk up when they get visitors, back when I was a child. I was tender-hearted and would have visited her more often had I known.
Anyway, I admired a horse statue she had in her bow window. It was a particularly well-formed and realistic horse statue in porcelain (so many are crap), and the glaze was a beautiful bay color. You could see into it. I noted that one of the hind legs had broken off and had been glued. She told me I could have it. I remember being breathless with delight. "REALLY? Are you sure?!" It probably gave her pleasure to give it to someone who was so taken with it. You know how it is when you get older and things begin to lose their grip on you.
I wonder what became of that statue after I graduated high school. I may have given it to my cousin, who was also a horse nut for a brief time, and three years younger than I.
Is it weird that I think about moments like these from my youth, and regret that I wasn't more aware of the happiness I could bring to people, had I chosen to do so, instead of being self-absorbed in the way that young people so typically are.
Posted by: Miley, the Duchess at April 13, 2019 12:21 AM (NMAzL)
Posted by: logprof at April 13, 2019 12:21 AM (XAYDB)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at April 13, 2019 12:18 AM (CDGwz)
"Comrade... I see space alien! No, no vodka!"
Posted by: Ace's liver at April 13, 2019 12:21 AM (h2Bdk)
Posted by: Can't resist temptation at April 13, 2019 12:22 AM (2DOZq)
You jest, but we're now doing the same thing with fighters - swarm drones to fly with them and handle bad guys. Weird is normal with airpower.
Posted by: GWB at April 13, 2019 12:22 AM (vRPav)
Posted by: Can't resist temptation at A
so, not tom cruise for you then?
Posted by: yankeefifth at April 13, 2019 12:23 AM (MTjB1)
Posted by: Zettai Roshia-no Botto at April 13, 2019 12:24 AM (CLcKT)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at April 13, 2019 12:18 AM (CDGwz)
"Comrade... I see space alien! No, no vodka!"
Posted by: Ace's liver at April 13, 2019 12:21 AM (h2Bdk)
I wonder if they were trying to copy the Me-163 Komet thing.
Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at April 13, 2019 12:24 AM (bQ/du)
Is it weird that I think about moments like these from my youth, and regret that I wasn't more aware of the happiness I could bring to people.
Posted by: Miley, the Duchess
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Don't even get me started.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at April 13, 2019 12:25 AM (13CQC)
The land was eventually sold, after she died, and developed.
She used to read to us from an illustrated edition of the Ancient Mariner
Posted by: barbarausa at April 13, 2019 12:26 AM (W7IZQ)
I remember a montage beginning one of these movies with graphics describing the oil finds and then Shell moving in, etc.
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Yeah. It was about an FBI team (I think) going to Saudi Arabia to investigate terrorism. The cast included Jaime Foxx and Jennifer Garner, iirc.
Haven't seen it, though.
Posted by: junior at April 13, 2019 12:26 AM (Fp6vo)
I'd reently read that former Theranos employees are having trouble finding new jobs because of the scandal, and that Elizabeth Holmes is claiming to be a 'victim'...
Posted by: Zettai Roshia-no Botto
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Victimhood is Lizzie's defense. She's being bullied, blah-blah.
I feel sorry for those ex-employees. They were abused and misled by her. Not their fault their hard work was going down a hole.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at April 13, 2019 12:27 AM (13CQC)
Posted by: Ripley at April 13, 2019 12:27 AM (NbRJx)
Posted by: Can't resist temptation at April 13, 2019 12:27 AM (2DOZq)
Oookay, forget what I said about the coping saw. I just made a giant mess in my room with it...
Posted by: qdpsteve at April 13, 2019 12:27 AM (miE9U)
Posted by: yankeefifth at April 13, 2019 12:28 AM (MTjB1)
so does their baby, who picks them from her nostril and pitches them into the rug, from where I comb and retrieve them so said baby does not eat them, when I am babysitting
Posted by: barbarausa at April 13, 2019 12:28 AM (W7IZQ)
Oookay, forget what I said about the coping saw. I just made a giant mess in my room with it...
Posted by: qdpsteve at April 13, 2019 12:27 AM (miE9U)
Coping saw problems? You're just going to have to deal with it.
Posted by: Can't resist temptation at April 13, 2019 12:29 AM (2DOZq)
Posted by: Miley, the Duchess
kind of depends how much time you spend doing so. more than a few mins is a waste.
Posted by: yankeefifth at April 13, 2019 12:29 AM (MTjB1)
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Maybe a little. Though my understanding is that the thing was essentially a rocket plane, and I suspect that it might have set the mothership on fire.
Posted by: junior at April 13, 2019 12:29 AM (Fp6vo)
Posted by: qdpsteve at April 13, 2019 12:29 AM (miE9U)
I did not see one 20-something person with ear gauges, face piercings, full sleeve/neck/face tattoos, or unnaturally colored hair.
It was quite refreshing. It was as if people thought they could express themselves and be unique by talking and thinking and being genuinely interesting.
Of course I did see roaming crowds of men singing in the streets a night or two laughing a slugging Jack Daniels out of the bottle.
Posted by: Bitter Clinger at April 13, 2019 12:30 AM (KnIfp)
Posted by: barbarausa at A
como se dice "ugh" in espanol?
Posted by: yankeefifth at April 13, 2019 12:30 AM (MTjB1)
Posted by: Ripley at April 13, 2019 12:27 AM (NbRJx)
Seems only fair. That crying baby picture at the border wasn't spontaneous.
And it probably won't hurt Trump politically. It's not like he's gonna carry California in 2020.
Posted by: Ace's liver at April 13, 2019 12:30 AM (h2Bdk)
On the plus side, got more fiber in my diet already...
Posted by: qdpsteve at April 13, 2019 12:30 AM (miE9U)
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We might get inexpensive flying vehicles that can carry passengers. But...
Remember the traffic scenes in the future segment from Back to the Future 2? Yeah, that. Flying will be like driving on streets today. Otherwise you risk accidents over high traffic areas (like pretty much any urban area).
Posted by: junior at April 13, 2019 12:31 AM (Fp6vo)
Posted by: junior at A
lol, yeah was as dangerous to pilots as bomber.
were there a mothership my guess would be, release, glide away, ignite. guess if the germans had the resources to build motherships for the me163 they would have done something else more useful.
Posted by: yankeefifth at April 13, 2019 12:32 AM (MTjB1)
I think it's still "ugh".
I'm mostly concerned that she would have some internal injury from eating a little piece of metal.
When she drops a cheerio or her passy I just hand it back
bad granny
Posted by: barbarausa at April 13, 2019 12:33 AM (W7IZQ)
If a "flying car" becomes a reality, no way will ordinary citizens be trusted to drive them.
They'll be 100% automated/autonomous IMHO.
Posted by: qdpsteve at April 13, 2019 12:33 AM (miE9U)
Posted by: yankeefifth at April 13, 2019 12:29 AM (MTjB1)
Not that you are qualified to judge, but no, I don't brood overly. I've learned not to torment myself with things from the past. For a long time I could get stuck in regret and mortification, but no longer.It's possible to change one's mental terrain, with practice. Invaluable. Learn how to close the door after a bit.
Posted by: Miley, the Duchess at April 13, 2019 12:34 AM (NMAzL)
were there a mothership my guess would be,
release, glide away, ignite. guess if the germans had the resources to
build motherships for the me163 they would have done something else more
useful.
Posted by: yankeefifth at April 13, 2019 12:32 AM (MTjB1)
Well, the Japanese had the Baka, which was essentially that.
the Germans reversed the idea with the Mistel, where the large bomber full of explosive was piloted from a smaller fighter mounted on top.
Posted by: Kindltot at April 13, 2019 12:34 AM (TN7xY)
like it was mentioned earlier, if they are so great and not a burden, why would you not want more of them?
Posted by: yankeefifth at April 13, 2019 12:34 AM (MTjB1)
Posted by: Bitter Clinger at April 13, 2019 12:35 AM (KnIfp)
Posted by: Ripley at April 13, 2019 12:27 AM (NbRJx)
Surprise, he won. The ninth circuit issued a stay on the judge's order that he couldn't send asylum seekers back to Mexico to wait for a ruling. Now he can.
Posted by: Evasiveboat42 at April 13, 2019 12:35 AM (Rz2Nc)
I've been working for years on forgiving myself for my mistakes and embarrassing moments
Posted by: qdpsteve at April 13, 2019 12:35 AM (miE9U)
And don't bathe in the T-stoff/S-Stoff fuel.
Posted by: Anna Puma at April 13, 2019 12:35 AM (3Fpmk)
Posted by: the Barrel at April 13, 2019 12:35 AM (miE9U)
Posted by: Kindltot at April 13, 2019 12:35 AM (TN7xY)
Posted by: Zettai Roshia-no Botto at April 13, 2019 12:35 AM (CLcKT)
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at April 13, 2019 12:25 AM (13CQC)
We can only impact in the present, so it's good to learn from past cluelessness.
Posted by: Miley, the Duchess at April 13, 2019 12:36 AM (NMAzL)
Posted by: Bitter Clinger at April 13, 2019 12:36 AM (KnIfp)
Posted by: Anna Puma at April 13, 2019 12:36 AM (3Fpmk)
Posted by: Burger Chef at April 13, 2019 12:36 AM (RuIsu)
Posted by: Evasiveboat42 at April 13, 2019 12:37 AM (Rz2Nc)
Posted by: Miley, the Duchess at A
did not make any judgement, merely stated that doing it for more than a few mins is a waste. maybe self indulgent. the value in recounting those incidents is that you learned the value of being kind to people that need someone to be kind to them. dedicating much time to the reminiscing, as with all reminiscing, is not that useful.
Posted by: yankeefifth at April 13, 2019 12:37 AM (MTjB1)
I've been reading recently about how FDR wanted to turn Germany into a pauper/100% agricultural state post-war.
As I understand it, a lot of his state deparment employees were aghast about that and more or less refused to put it into practice. Then FDR died, and Stalin took half of Germany for his trouble anyway, so no need to cripple them any further.
Posted by: qdpsteve at April 13, 2019 12:38 AM (miE9U)
Posted by: junior at April 13, 2019 12:29 AM (Fp6vo)
They could have dropped it before lighting the engine.
But nobody would want to fly with one of those under the wing. The fuel was hypergolic - one bad seal and it spontaneously explodes, and this was not a theoretical consideration. The fact that they flew at all was a sign the Germans were at an advanced state of desperation.
Anyway carrying it around doesn't fix the range problem much since it's going to need to land not far from the release point.
Posted by: Ace's liver at April 13, 2019 12:38 AM (h2Bdk)
Posted by: Kindltot at A
that is interesting, had never heard of that.
Posted by: yankeefifth at April 13, 2019 12:38 AM (MTjB1)
Posted by: Anna Puma at April 13, 2019 12:35 AM (3Fpmk)
Yup. All you will find is teeth and the synthetic flight suit.
Posted by: Kindltot at April 13, 2019 12:39 AM (TN7xY)
Posted by: barbarausa at April 13, 2019 12:26 AM (W7IZQ)
That's sweet. It sounds like a childhood storybook, where kids learn things from older non-family folks in the neighborhood (back when kids were allowed to be free-range). That was kind of a theme in kids books when I was coming up.
Posted by: Miley, the Duchess at April 13, 2019 12:39 AM (NMAzL)
Well, the Japanese had the Baka, which was essentially that.
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The Japanese plane was essentially a stand-off bomber. Admittedly, the "bomb" was guided in by its human pilot, but the plane was still basically a bomber.
Get in range, launch the "bomb", and let the bomb pilot glide it into its target.
Posted by: junior at April 13, 2019 12:40 AM (Fp6vo)
On your second day at the Academy, they start beating your head up against the idea that you are there to oversee sergeants, not command them. All that over-the-top, my-way, highway business was a consequence of high-pressure training of the VN era, and a couple of great American film stars and their many fans.
A biggish issue the Air Force is having is that a lot of technical officers, to include pilots, who love their work, have no problem leading others in that job, but are not politically motivated to want supreme command and generalship. There's only so high you get promoted doing a task or research, and it used to be assumed that after a little of that every officer would naturally want command and policy-formation authority. Many do not.
In industry and agency work, one of the sadder spectacles I've ever witnessed was people cranked-up to high-pressure "leadership," which all too often consists of twisting their nuts until they become natural pricks. All that phony alpha crap only applies, real world, in a handful of situations. Real leadership in everything else works a completely different way, but once an organization has that shit in is "culture," you'll never get rid of it. Asses will be kicked and names taken right up until they paint over the sign out front.
Posted by: Stringer Davis at April 13, 2019 12:40 AM (8ZmvG)
On the plus side, got more fiber in my diet already...
Posted by: qdpsteve at April 13, 2019 12:30 AM (miE9U)
The thickness sander says hold my beer.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at April 13, 2019 12:40 AM (9Om/r)
When she drops a cheerio or her passy I just hand it back
bad granny
Posted by: barbarausa at A
misread your comment, nearly inhaled lungful of scotch then coughed it everywhere. wht?!
Posted by: yankeefifth at April 13, 2019 12:40 AM (MTjB1)
Posted by: Anna Puma at April 13, 2019 12:40 AM (3Fpmk)
Posted by: yankeefifth at April 13, 2019 12:42 AM (MTjB1)
There was sawdust EVERYWHERE.
Posted by: qdpsteve at April 13, 2019 12:42 AM (miE9U)
dedicating much time to the reminiscing, as with all reminiscing, is not that useful.
History is bunk.
Posted by: Henry Ford at April 13, 2019 12:43 AM (aKsyK)
That wouldn't be bad at all so he merrily proceeded to think the best. Many men do this until they get proof to the contrary, as this man did shortly receive.
Posted by: Alec Rawls at April 13, 2019 12:44 AM (wh9C3)
Posted by: Miley, the Duchess at April 13, 2019 12:44 AM (NMAzL)
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Not a bad idea, actually. I could see drones performing that sort of work. Cargo plane flies up into the air with a load of missiles, meets a squadron that's already launched its payload, and kicks a bunch of drones out the cargo bay. Each drone is attached to a missile, flies it over to the plane, and delivers it (either attaching it to a rail, or into a bay). Once the drone is finished, it releases the now secured weapon, and flies back to the cargo plane, which returns to base.
Posted by: junior at April 13, 2019 12:45 AM (Fp6vo)
History is bunk.
Posted by: Henry Ford at A
not sure why you think that has something to do with my comment.
those who fail to learn history are condemned to repeat it.
however, how many times do you need to learn the same lesson? when you have learned something how much time do you spend rereading? kind of inefficient.
Posted by: yankeefifth at April 13, 2019 12:45 AM (MTjB1)
Posted by: Miley, the Duchess at April 13, 2019 12:44 AM (NMAzL)
And soon there will be nothing but teeth and the synthetic flight suit . . .
Posted by: Kindltot at April 13, 2019 12:46 AM (TN7xY)
Posted by: Anna Puma at April 13, 2019 12:47 AM (3Fpmk)
we were free range, that's how me met her: her property was not fended, and we were playing in the woods. We apparently crossed onto her property, and she noticed and called us in.
Lovely old lady, beautiful home, unbelieveable antiques, that she used every day.
Our parents told us not to bother her, but she told us it was okay to play in her woods if we were good, and sometimes called us in to visit.
It was pretty awesome.
yankeefifth, misread how? didn't mean to make you spit good scotch
Posted by: barbarausa at April 13, 2019 12:48 AM (W7IZQ)
Posted by: Kindltot at A
sure, but whoever is down there will have more picks to play their banjo.
Posted by: yankeefifth at April 13, 2019 12:48 AM (MTjB1)
There was sawdust EVERYWHERE.
Posted by: qdpsteve at April 13, 2019 12:42 AM (miE9U)
yeah, thank god for dust collection systems. The nastiest wood I ever worked with is spanish cedar. Damn, that shit gets everywhere, and tastes like shit, and you WILL be tasting it.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at April 13, 2019 12:50 AM (9Om/r)
Posted by: yankeefifth at April 13, 2019 12:32 AM (MTjB1)
You have met the Germans in WW2, right? 'They would have done something more useful' was not exactly in their lexicon. They had a lot of interesting ideas, but went with 'all of the above' a few too many times.
Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at April 13, 2019 12:50 AM (bQ/du)
Posted by: nerdygirl at April 12, 2019 11:07 PM
If I ever win a billion dollar lottery ...
Posted by: Chuck C at April 13, 2019 12:51 AM (zCabI)
Even beyond that, not everyone wants to be a Leader Of Men. The other services have warrant officers to give people a technical track. The policy all USAF pilots must be officers, even drone pilots, is just... dumb.
Posted by: Ace's liver at April 13, 2019 12:51 AM (h2Bdk)
have done something more useful' was not exactly in their lexicon. They
had a lot of interesting ideas, but went with 'all of the above' a few
too many times.
Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at April 13, 2019 12:50 AM (bQ/du)
The whole development and procurement system was set up to compete for ministry funds, and what it competed on was new big ideas. Also, if you designed something wonderful and new you got a deferral from going to the front.
Posted by: Kindltot at April 13, 2019 12:52 AM (TN7xY)
Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at April 13, 2019 12:52 AM (bQ/du)
Strip of Marcie, the journalist, interviewing the WW1 flying ace: "This is your reporter interviewing the famous "lone beagle" after his flight across the Atlantic. How did you feel after you landed? How did you feel when you took off? How do you feel? If you were a tree, what kind of tree would you like to be? How does it feel to have feelings? How do you feel???"
[Snoopy kicks Marcie in the butt]
Marcie: "Back to our studio!"
Posted by: qdpsteve at April 13, 2019 12:52 AM (miE9U)
there was another design that was pretty much a disposable one where the cockpit was recoverable but the rest was plywood, and that one flew but killed almost all the pilots who tried it , and another concept that was supposed to be armored enough to ram bombers.
Posted by: Kindltot at April 13, 2019 12:56 AM (TN7xY)
Posted by: Anna Puma at April 13, 2019 12:56 AM (3Fpmk)
Posted by: From hints provided... at April 13, 2019 12:57 AM (twG1r)
There are some cute notions of resupply, and in-flight engine maintenance that makes you remember the Pan-Am Clippers.
Posted by: Stringer Davis at April 13, 2019 12:57 AM (8ZmvG)
not such a good thing to do once the allies had fighter escorts all the way.
Posted by: yankeefifth at April 13, 2019 12:57 AM (MTjB1)
Posted by: Kindltot at April 13, 2019 12:56 AM (TN7xY)
I remember seeing something about the flying ram/wedge idea. IIRC, it was a flying wing design.
Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at April 13, 2019 12:58 AM (bQ/du)
Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at April 13, 2019 12:50 AM (bQ/du)
By the winter of 1941 they realized they were going to lose a war of attrition. The "wonder weapons" were an effort to shake things up. It's true they probably could have lasted longer if they didn't build the V-2 or the Me163, but they didn't want to last longer. They wanted to win.
It's funny how things can go from looking rosy to desperation in about six months.
Posted by: Ace's liver at April 13, 2019 12:58 AM (h2Bdk)
Posted by: DynamiteDan at April 13, 2019 01:03 AM (MqzWH)
Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at April 13, 2019 12:52 AM (bQ/du)
The Zeppelins were hopelessly obsolete as a weapons system by WW II. They were used a couple times for spy missions before the war started, pretending engine trouble and drifting over sensitive territory, but once the war started the were relegated to ferrying officers around far behind enemy lines and were eventually cut up and scrapped for the valuable duralumin frame.
A Me-163 carrier would have had to have been some kind of bomber.
Posted by: Ace's liver at April 13, 2019 01:04 AM (h2Bdk)
Posted by: Anna Puma at April 13, 2019 01:05 AM (3Fpmk)
Posted by: Anna Puma at April 13, 2019 01:06 AM (3Fpmk)
Posted by: Ace's liver
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I think this has been a topic before. Some number of WWII RAF pilots were NCO's.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at April 13, 2019 01:06 AM (xSo9G)
Posted by: Ace's liver at April 13, 2019 12:58 AM (h2Bdk)
So Hillary, Barry and the Deep State before and after Trump's election?
Posted by: RickZ at April 13, 2019 01:06 AM (Y8PSl)
Posted by: Anna Puma at April 13, 2019 01:07 AM (3Fpmk)
Dammit man! We are not talking practical! Can it be done (sort of?) Is it cool? Lol.
I always wondered how useful it would be to use a zeppelin with some sort of parasite, recoverable craft for exploration. Unfortunately, we ran out of unexplored land around these parts.
May not be a great idea due to the sensitivity of zeppelin-like craft to storms.
Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at April 13, 2019 01:08 AM (bQ/du)
Your call.
ferrying officers around far behind enemy lines
I don't think that's what you meant at all.I did read "Dan Dunn, Secret Operative 48, and The Zeppelin of Doom," though. Ronald Reagan may have been in the movie.
Posted by: Stringer Davis at April 13, 2019 01:08 AM (8ZmvG)
It is always necessary to hate officers. It is our way.
The fault lies not in our stars.
Posted by: Stringer Davis at April 13, 2019 01:10 AM (8ZmvG)
"Bob has 3056 candy bars. He eats 2749. What does Bob now have?"
Severe diabetes and morbid obesity...
Posted by: qdpsteve at April 13, 2019 01:11 AM (miE9U)
Posted by: yankeefifth at April 13, 2019 01:12 AM (MTjB1)
Posted by: From hints provided... at April 13, 2019 12:57 AM (twG1r)
Barely allowed to stay on my lawn.
Posted by: Miley, the Duchess at April 13, 2019 01:13 AM (NMAzL)
We can only impact in the present, so it's good to learn from past cluelessness.
Posted by: Miley, the Duchess
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Yup. That's why I'll be reading to little kids from an illustrated edition of the Ancient Mariner when I'm ancient and living in the woods.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at April 13, 2019 01:14 AM (13CQC)
Posted by: choogle at April 13, 2019 01:14 AM (WfcdW)
I've also come to a depressing conclusion. MI6 is an enemy intelligence agency, which should be treated no differently by America than the KGB. In fact, the UK could be said to have done that which the left has accused Russia; the UK used their intelligence apparatus to first interfere in and then attempt to overturn our election. It's a straight-up act of war. In another time, bombing London in retaliation would not be inappropriate.
Posted by: Rusty Nail at April 13, 2019 01:16 AM (ju9gW)
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at April 13, 2019 01:14 AM (13CQC)
--Isn't it "Rime of the Ancient Mariner"?
(I only got a 4 on the AP English Lit Exam, not a 5.)
Posted by: logprof at April 13, 2019 01:17 AM (XAYDB)
Trumps plan to send the illegal to sanctuary cities is is sort of a "Let Them Burn" strategy. He should do it no matter what his advisors are telling him. I want to see the SF and Portland police blocking the buses and turning them back on the orders of their commie mayors.
Posted by: Ripley at April 13, 2019 12:27 AM (NbRJx)
Surprise, he won. The ninth circuit issued a stay on the judge's order that he couldn't send asylum seekers back to Mexico to wait for a ruling. Now he can.
Posted by: Evasiveboat42
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w00t, really? Hadn't heard that.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at April 13, 2019 01:19 AM (13CQC)
the other thread, someone said barrett-jackson has ruined car buying for the average guy; i commented that, ahem, you could buy a fairly recent bentley for $40,000, the same as a jeep (as happened yesterday). well, i could hear the recriminations (silently, i can hear these things), so i say this: the average salary for a man is $50,000 and a woman &40,000 so together they have $90,000, and if they save 5-10,000 a year (foregoing trips to disneyland or buying that lake cottage on the govt. dime if you're govt employees, in a few years you, yes you, can afford that bentley. hah! and that's for a fairly new bentley with pretty low mileage that cost just a few years ago around $300,000. and what, you may ask, mr smartypants, was the average salary in 1982, the year of the movies? $14,000. and i bet you couldn't afford a bentley then, so there.
Posted by: musical jolly chimp at April 13, 2019 01:19 AM (Pg+x7)
Posted by: Kindltot at April 13, 2019 01:20 AM (TN7xY)
--Isn't it "Rime of the Ancient Mariner"?
(I only got a 4 on the AP English Lit Exam, not a 5.)
Posted by: logprof
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Yes, but I was copy/pasting. Never type when you can click.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at April 13, 2019 01:20 AM (13CQC)
May not be a great idea due to the sensitivity of zeppelin-like craft to storms.
Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at April 13, 2019 01:08 AM (bQ/du)
This was tried in the 1920s. It actually made a lot of sense back then, since planes were relatively short range and the lift of an airship increases with volume but the weight of the structure varies with surface area. So the bigger you build it the more efficient it is. In theory you could build one big enough to haul around just about anything.
There was a company in the early 2000s that was building an airship that would be used to haul around large, bulky things like dam turbines and such, and the numbers worked out even if the company didn't. You could build one large enough to carry an air wing.
The problem is, as I noted above, the air stream around the mother ship is too unstable to make capturing the returning aircraft safe. If you get a stray gust of wind coming from the wrong direction the aircraft will hit the airship.
Also, I suspect the relatively slow speed of the airship would put performance constraints on the air wing - you'd need to design aircraft with a relatively low stall speed.
Posted by: Ace's liver at April 13, 2019 01:20 AM (h2Bdk)
I've also come to a depressing conclusion. MI6 is an enemy intelligence agency
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That is depressing. I like to think of the Brits as straight-up at their core.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at April 13, 2019 01:22 AM (13CQC)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at April 13, 2019 01:23 AM (4knXT)
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I think the war was winnable by the Germans through late summer of 1942.
The failure to capture the Caucasus oil fields followed by the the failure in Stalingrad was the end of any real hopes of victory.
Of course the final nail in the coffin was Kursk in 1943...
Posted by: 18-1 at April 13, 2019 01:23 AM (cRkMZ)
I don't think that's what you meant at all.I did read "Dan Dunn, Secret Operative 48, and The Zeppelin of Doom," though. Ronald Reagan may have been in the movie.
Posted by: Stringer Davis at April 13, 2019 01:08 AM (8ZmvG)
Eh... yeah. I meant "far behind the front line". Ferrying them around behind enemy lines would be an explosively bad idea. And I heard about that movie but have never seen it. It's supposed to be good.
Posted by: Ace's liver at April 13, 2019 01:23 AM (h2Bdk)
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at April 13, 2019 01:20 AM (13CQC)
--College buddy of mine was for a while an English teacher in HS.
Went to Cumbria in 2002, bought him an illustrated instructional copy of the Rime at Dove Cottage. Really cool. Coleridge was one of the first ever rock climbers, and he started in the Lake District.
Posted by: logprof at April 13, 2019 01:24 AM (XAYDB)
Man, that's cold.
Posted by: Cicero
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He was a crusty old guy.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at April 13, 2019 01:25 AM (CDGwz)
Posted by: Eleanor, What the Cat Dragged In at April 13, 2019 01:25 AM (QU+qf)
Posted by: qdpsteve at April 13, 2019 01:26 AM (miE9U)
Composite construction Zeppelin. Entire upper surface solar cells. Keel of Lith-Ion batteries. Electric ducted fan engines.
Posted by: Anna Puma at April 13, 2019 01:27 AM (3Fpmk)
Posted by: Steve Steve Miller at April 13, 2019 01:30 AM (4knXT)
Into da future...
Posted by: Steve Steve Miller at April 13, 2019 01:30 AM (4knXT)
--Get off your ass Steve, and build the damn Wall!
Posted by: logprof at April 13, 2019 01:32 AM (XAYDB)
Posted by: Anna Puma at April 13, 2019 01:27 AM (3Fpmk)
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And a Charcoal fueled hibachi for cooking?
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at April 13, 2019 01:32 AM (4knXT)
an illustrated edition of the Ancient Mariner when I'm ancient and
living in the woods.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at April 13, 2019 01:14 AM (13CQC)
I'll read from "Canticle For Leibowitz."
Posted by: Miley, the Duchess at April 13, 2019 01:33 AM (NMAzL)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at April 13, 2019 01:34 AM (4knXT)
Posted by: Ace's liver at April 13, 2019 12:58 AM (h2Bdk)
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Tell me about it.
Posted by: Erich von Ludendorff at April 13, 2019 01:37 AM (4knXT)
Posted by: gp at April 13, 2019 01:37 AM (mk9aG)
https://preview.tinyurl.com/yxubec4a
Goes to a file index with well over a thousand topics, alphabetically listed, including this one:
https://preview.tinyurl.com/y6tdkrc6
That goes to an index file with hundreds of Hillary's emails. I'm sure an enterprising someone (not working for MSNBC or CNN, natch) will dig through them to find all the juicy ones.
Posted by: RickZ at April 13, 2019 01:38 AM (Y8PSl)
Posted by: yankeefifth at April 13, 2019 01:39 AM (MTjB1)
HOLY F*CKING SH!T!! OMG!
Click those links morons! Holy Moly!
Posted by: gp at April 13, 2019 01:42 AM (mk9aG)
Posted by: yankeefifth at April 13, 2019 01:39 AM (MTjB1)
I doubt the switch was an actual switch. Rather an arrangement he had with a compatriot to release the dirt on the occasion of Assange's arrest.
(Evenin', Horde).
Posted by: Average Guy at April 13, 2019 01:42 AM (LMcFk)
Just finished Citino's "The Wehrmacht Retreats - 1943". Good but odd book. It's as much meta-commentary on the historiography of certain aspects of WWII, and revisiting/challenging common beliefs, as narrative or analysis of the title subject. Bibliography and notes are a treasure trove, but lots of stuff in German, which will be hard to come by locally.
Next is Glantz's Kursk book, with an appetizer of Hastings' "Das Reich" about the II SS Panzer's merry jaunt from southern France to Normandy. All while I figure out what is next on the list.
Posted by: rhomboid at April 13, 2019 01:42 AM (QDnY+)
Composite construction Zeppelin. Entire upper surface solar cells. Keel of Lith-Ion batteries. Electric ducted fan engines.
Posted by: Anna Puma at April 13, 2019 01:27 AM (3Fpmk)
Heh. As a lifelong airship buff I can tell you the landscape is littered with the bleached bones of companies seduced by the idea of getting all your lift from helium and just using engine power when there's someplace particular you want to go.
Ultimately the problem is airplanes cheaper to build because we already build thousands of them. Essentially, WW II killed the airship by pouring the resources of the world's economies into the development of long range bombers, which aren't functionally that different from commercial aircraft - just remove the bomb bays and add seats.
There's no niche for airships that's so perfect you could overcome the last 80 years of airplane R&D. It's literally one of those industries where the way to make a billion dollars is to start with ten billion and build airships.
Posted by: Ace's liver at April 13, 2019 01:43 AM (h2Bdk)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at April 13, 2019 01:32 AM
Provided you use helium instead of hydrogen, no problem. Use a campfire if it suits you.
Posted by: Rusty Nail at April 13, 2019 01:44 AM (ju9gW)
Posted by: Ace's liver at April 13, 2019 12:58 AM (h2Bdk)
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Tell me about it.
Posted by: Erich von Ludendorff at April 13, 2019 01:37 AM (4knXT)
Mon Dieu!
Posted by: Napoleon at April 13, 2019 01:45 AM (h2Bdk)
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at April 13, 2019 01:20 AM (13CQC)
Or drunk.
Posted by: From hints provided... at April 13, 2019 01:46 AM (twG1r)
The switch wouldn't be effective if it were in his hands only. The switch would certainly be flipped by a trusted associate in the case of his death or arrest, I would imagine.
Posted by: Rusty Nail at April 13, 2019 01:47 AM (ju9gW)
Posted by: Ace's liver at April 13, 2019 01:48 AM (h2Bdk)
I'll read from "Canticle For Leibowitz."
Posted by: Miley, the Duchess
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Haha, I'll actually read from Dr. Seuss.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at April 13, 2019 01:49 AM (13CQC)
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at April 13, 2019 01:49 AM (13CQC)
Hmm, just clicked on a ink. First email I see is full of redactions. Who did that?
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at April 13, 2019 01:50 AM (13CQC)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at April 13, 2019 01:32 AM
Provided you use helium instead of hydrogen, no problem. Use a campfire if it suits you.
Posted by: Rusty Nail at April 13, 2019 01:44 AM (ju9gW)
Those "around the world in a balloon" guys used an enclosed helium cell they'd heat if they wanted to go higher. It's a lot more efficient than heating air.
Posted by: Ace's liver at April 13, 2019 01:51 AM (h2Bdk)
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at April 13, 2019 01:50 AM (13CQC)
With the Clinton emails, my guess is whoever passed them along did some redacting. Unless Assange has more of a conscience than I thought he has.
Posted by: RickZ at April 13, 2019 01:54 AM (Y8PSl)
Border surveillance ?
Posted by: Adriane the Toemaytoe Tamatoe Critic ... at April 13, 2019 01:55 AM (LPnfS)
With the Clinton emails, my guess is whoever passed them along did some redacting. Unless Assange has more of a conscience than I thought he has.
Posted by: RickZ
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I highly doubt it's Assange. So far it's very mild. I hope the redactions are strictly to protect the innocent and shiv the guilty.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at April 13, 2019 01:57 AM (13CQC)
So, Seth Rich did the redacting?
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at April 13, 2019 01:58 AM (13CQC)
Posted by: Born Free at April 13, 2019 01:58 AM (vCNRU)
Posted by: Kindltot at April 13, 2019 02:00 AM (TN7xY)
Man, that's cold.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at April 13, 2019 01:23 AM (4knXT)
Rind of the Ancient Mariner is quite sour.
Or zesty?
Posted by: Miley, the Duchess at April 13, 2019 02:00 AM (NMAzL)
For me it was dressing my cousin's large breed poodle ("Popcorn") in a sweatshirt and laughing as it stumbled thru the house. Apparently we had a little too much fun because at some point Popcorn relieved her bowels and left a trail of poop down the hall and into the living room. My uncle was walking from the kitchen and smooshed his bare toes right into it. My cousin was sent to his room and I had to sit on my aunt's bed for what seemed like an eternity.
Posted by: Gorgeous Porgie at April 13, 2019 02:01 AM (IdqLb)
The Rind of the Ancient Walker In The Chappaqua Woods is quite leathery.
Posted by: RickZ at April 13, 2019 02:03 AM (Y8PSl)
Posted by: Rusty Nail at A
right.
Posted by: yankeefifth at April 13, 2019 02:03 AM (MTjB1)
Posted by: yankeefifth at April 13, 2019 02:03 AM (MTjB1)
Thank you for that post
I have t been to my childhood home in a very long time. I looked it up on google maps. It was so crazy. I spent endless hours climbing the trees and playing in the creek behind the house. We caught frogs and snakes and turtles.
I don't know if any of the families are still there.
Dunno if I'll ever get back
Great post. Thank you
Posted by: Nurse ratched at April 13, 2019 02:06 AM (PkVlr)
you know, wikileaks did try to redact the manning emails they sent out but they missed lots.
Posted by: yankeefifth
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Why'd they redact stuff?
All the Hillary emails in that file are unclassified, but it is kind of funny to see the "hrod17@clintonemail.com" address on them.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at April 13, 2019 02:09 AM (13CQC)
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at April 13, 2019 02:10 AM (9Om/r)
-82_Twin_Mustang.jpg
if you look closely, you can see my house in this pic.
/no shit.
Posted by: redc1c4 at April 13, 2019 02:10 AM (ER1jH)
unclassified, but it is kind of funny to see the
"hrod17@clintonemail.com" address on them.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at April 13, 2019 02:09 AM (13CQC)
Hrod17 probably references the 1917 T bucket roadster she gave her first beej in.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at April 13, 2019 02:13 AM (9Om/r)
SJWs are pissing and moaning that the Winnipeg Jets are having White Out parties during the Stanley Cup Playoffs.
Get
A
Fucking
Life
https://vdare.com/posts/increasing-diversity-means-increasing-childishness
Posted by: logprof at April 13, 2019 02:16 AM (XAYDB)
/no shit.
Posted by: redc1c4 at April 13, 2019 02:10 AM (ER1jH)
Target acquired.
Posted by: Google at April 13, 2019 02:17 AM (twG1r)
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at April 13, 2019 02:09 AM (13CQC)
One thing, if anything, Assange proved is that her server was in 'no way say-cure'.
I'm sure there's a NYPD cop somewhere with a flash drive copy of Huma's/Clinton's emails taken off of Carlos Danger's laptop. Funny how that got buried thanks to the Russia, Russia, Russia 'look! over there! a squirrel!' hoax.
Posted by: RickZ at April 13, 2019 02:18 AM (Y8PSl)
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at April 13, 2019 02:13 AM (9Om/r)
That's a lie. Hillary has no tongue for a man. Hell, she outsourced blowjobs when she was First Lady.
Posted by: RickZ at April 13, 2019 02:20 AM (Y8PSl)
What are White Out parties?
Posted by: Miley, the Duchess at April 13, 2019 02:26 AM (NMAzL)
One thing, if anything, Assange proved is that her server was in 'no way say-cure'.
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That's for sure. She should probably be grateful that someone redacted shit, too. There are whole emails from Huma that are redacted. Nothing but the To and the From.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at April 13, 2019 02:30 AM (13CQC)
Thanks again.
Posted by: Nick Rip at April 13, 2019 02:31 AM (IdqLb)
Posted by: Google at April 13, 2019 02:17 AM (twG1r)
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i wasn't in front of my house when i flipped your "street view" car off...
even when he came back and asked why i flipped him off.
"Because Google is evil, that's why."
fuck you and him, but especially him, because he's a traitor helping you.
Posted by: redc1c4 at April 13, 2019 02:32 AM (ER1jH)
Posted by: Miley, the Duchess at April 13, 2019 02:35 AM (NMAzL)
even when he came back and asked why i flipped him off.
"Because Google is evil, that's why."
fuck you and him, but especially him, because he's a traitor helping you.
Posted by: redc1c4 at April 13, 2019 02:32 AM (ER1jH)
Your house is on streetview? Good to know...
Posted by: Burglars Everywhere at April 13, 2019 02:36 AM (tVQUs)
Google is 3vil.
Posted by: redc1c4 at April 13, 2019 02:38 AM (ER1jH)
Posted by: Burglars Everywhere at April 13, 2019 02:36 AM (tVQUs)
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you must have not got the memo: yours is too, so we can track your car back to your house after you come to mine.
we're good, right?
Posted by: redc1c4 at April 13, 2019 02:42 AM (ER1jH)
What are White Out parties?
Posted by: Miley, the Duchess at April 13, 2019 02:26 AM (NMAzL)
--Outside the arena where the Jets play, there's an organized street party where the fans wear all white (as do the fans inside the arena at home games). Penn State also does something similar; they may have originated the tradition.
Posted by: logprof at April 13, 2019 02:42 AM (XAYDB)
Posted by: redc1c4 at April 13, 2019 02:38 AM (ER1jH)
Do not worry, citizen. Google is a private monopoly and therefore cannot be evil.
Perish the thought.
Posted by: Politicians Everywhere, Bought and Paid for by Google at April 13, 2019 02:43 AM (tVQUs)
Posted by: Burglars Everywhere at April 13, 2019 02:36 AM (tVQUs)
If you squint you can see the marksmanship trophies through the front window.
Posted by: Ace's liver at April 13, 2019 02:43 AM (h2Bdk)
we're good, right?
Posted by: redc1c4 at April 13, 2019 02:42 AM (ER1jH)
You joke, but the US deployed a system over a Mexican city... Nogales, I think, that took 360 hi-res photos every so often and stored them. When some narco trafficantes shot up some rivals all they had to do was roll back the tape and track the whole network back to the guy who ordered the hit. Rolled up the whole crew.
I'm glad they took down some gangsters, but the implications...
Posted by: Ace's liver at April 13, 2019 02:48 AM (h2Bdk)
Posted by: Burglars Everywhere at April 13, 2019 02:36 AM (tVQUs)
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you must have not got the memo: yours is too, so we can track your car back to your house after you come to mine.
we're good, right?
Posted by: redc1c4 at April 13, 2019 02:42 AM (ER1jH)
We're good.
Google does blur out plates you know. Not to mention that our car will probably have been "donated".
Posted by: Burglars Everywhere, Scoping out the Joint from the comfort of their homes at April 13, 2019 02:49 AM (tVQUs)
Posted by: Burglars Everywhere at April 13, 2019 02:36 AM (tVQUs)
If you squint you can see the marksmanship trophies through the front window.
Posted by: Ace's liver at April 13, 2019 02:43 AM (h2Bdk)
Good eye. I wonder if they're worth any money.
Posted by: Stupid Burglars Everywhere at April 13, 2019 02:52 AM (tVQUs)
Posted by: Miley, the Duchess at April 13, 2019 02:52 AM (NMAzL)
Posted by: Miley, the Duchess at April 13, 2019 02:52 AM (NMAzL)
Would me wearing a Comey mask suffice?
Posted by: The Septic Tank Guy at April 13, 2019 02:54 AM (tVQUs)
Posted by: Puddleglum at April 13, 2019 03:02 AM (2fs3P)
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Would me wearing a Comey mask suffice?
Posted by: The Septic Tank Guy at April 13, 2019 02:54 AM (tVQUs)
No, it's got to be the real guy. I'd let him rot down there. Brennan, too. I probably would need more septic tanks for all the people who need to be in one.
Posted by: Miley, the Duchess at April 13, 2019 03:06 AM (NMAzL)
Posted by: The Septic Tank Guy at April 13, 2019 02:54 AM (tVQUs)
No, it's got to be the real guy. I'd let him rot down there. Brennan, too. I probably would need more septic tanks for all the people who need to be in one.
Posted by: Miley, the Duchess at April 13, 2019 03:06 AM (NMAzL)
Please let me into your tank!
Posted by: The Septic Tank Guy James Comey and John Brennan at April 13, 2019 03:15 AM (tVQUs)
Being in a tank with almost whatever can kill you from lack of oxygen.
Posted by: Skip at April 13, 2019 03:16 AM (BbGew)
Posted by: Tank Nazi at April 13, 2019 03:17 AM (NMAzL)
Posted by: Ace's liver at April 13, 2019 02:43 AM (h2Bdk)
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i know someone nearby who does that. i just use the "run down, looks like crap" maskriovka style.
that, and anything that's worth a shit is locked up in a safe if you do "smash and grab" your way in.
Posted by: redc1c4 at April 13, 2019 03:17 AM (ER1jH)
Posted by: Miley, the Duchess at April 13, 2019 03:20 AM (NMAzL)
Posted by: Skip at April 13, 2019 03:21 AM (BbGew)
that, and anything that's worth a shit is locked up in a safe if you do "smash and grab" your way in.
Posted by: redc1c4 at April 13, 2019 03:17 AM (ER1jH)
I wish the same were true with cars. The epidemic of car break-ins in my neighborhood has gotten so bad that a guy a couple houses down put a faux security camera on the dashboard of his dilapidated van.
At least I have a motion sensor porch light.
Posted by: Surfperch at April 13, 2019 03:24 AM (tVQUs)
Posted by: The Septic Tank Guy James Comey and John Brennan at April 13, 2019 03:15 AM (tVQUs)
No way! This tank only swings one way and that doesn't include a dick with a dick like you.
Posted by: 'Tank' Abrams at April 13, 2019 03:27 AM (Y8PSl)
Yet here I am now
Posted by: Skip at April 13, 2019 03:28 AM (BbGew)
One story I remember was 3 people in one family, 2 brothers and a son of one died in a grain silo from fine grain particals filling lungs.
One after another went in looking to help the previous person.
Posted by: Skip at April 13, 2019 03:35 AM (BbGew)
Posted by: Surfperch at April 13, 2019 03:40 AM (tVQUs)
math!
You're 50? Born in 1970? Or thereabouts.
Posted by: m at April 13, 2019 03:46 AM (ZfNws)
Posted by: Summer of Love at April 13, 2019 03:47 AM (FJrl0)
Posted by: Skip at April 13, 2019 03:35 AM (BbGew)
Did they have it as a genius award joke book, or as a cautionary work file?
Posted by: m at April 13, 2019 03:52 AM (ZfNws)
Then the door closed on my fingers.
To the vodka!
Posted by: AOSHQ Majordomo at April 13, 2019 03:55 AM (ycWCI)
Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 13, 2019 03:56 AM (ycWCI)
Posted by: Skip at April 13, 2019 04:06 AM (BbGew)
Posted by: Jake Kengle at April 13, 2019 04:08 AM (qMzqr)
Posted by: Skip at April 13, 2019 04:08 AM (BbGew)
that, and anything that's worth a shit is locked up in a safe if you do "smash and grab" your way in.
Posted by: redc1c4 at April 13, 2019 03:17 AM (ER1jH)
Hahahaha. Only you would know a word like "maskriovka". That's twice today I had to look something up, which, if I may say without boasting, is a rare thing.
Posted by: Ace's liver at April 13, 2019 04:10 AM (h2Bdk)
Posted by: Skip at April 13, 2019 04:12 AM (BbGew)
Posted by: Vic at April 13, 2019 04:25 AM (mpXpK)
Posted by: Ace's liver at April 13, 2019 04:10 AM (h2Bdk)
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i may look dumb, but it's just a disguise.
what's really funny is how many people around me fall for it.
turns out that fat drunk and stupid IS a great way to go through life. ;-)
Posted by: redc1c4 at April 13, 2019 04:32 AM (ER1jH)
Posted by: redc1c4 at April 13, 2019 04:47 AM (ER1jH)
g'mornin', 'rons
Posted by: AltonJackson at April 13, 2019 04:52 AM (KCxzN)
Posted by: My life is insanity at April 13, 2019 04:57 AM (Z/jzm)
Posted by: JT at April 13, 2019 04:59 AM (4Qe0G)
Posted by: m at April 13, 2019 04:59 AM (ZfNws)
Posted by: Skip at April 13, 2019 05:01 AM (BbGew)
Posted by: m at April 13, 2019 05:09 AM (ZfNws)
Posted by: m at April 13, 2019 05:11 AM (ZfNws)
I'm here right now!
My parents bought this house when I was 2 1/2. They were going to sell it about 25 years ago, and move closer to my grandpa to take care of him. I remember how sad I felt. So many good memories growing up here with my siblings. Circumstances changed and they didn't sell.
After dad died and we realized that mom can't be alone, my oldest son and I play tag team, living here with her. It's odd being here in my old bedroom. It doesn't look the same- all my 'stuff' has been gone from here for some 35 plus years, none of the neighbors are the same. Some houses have changed owners several times. Mom has been here the longest. It's kind of cool to be so familiar with everything. I think it will always feel like 'home.'
Posted by: My life is insanity at April 13, 2019 05:18 AM (Z/jzm)
Posted by: RickZ at April 12, 2019 10:35 PM (Y8PSl)
If we could find a video of him *saying* he's a very hands-on guy, and then add a slideshow of his worst handsy shots.
Posted by: m at April 13, 2019 05:20 AM (ZfNws)
http://tinyurl.com/y22k4a38
Posted by: Skip at April 13, 2019 05:21 AM (BbGew)
Posted by: Skip at April 13, 2019 05:23 AM (BbGew)
Posted by: Skip at April 13, 2019 05:34 AM (BbGew)
Posted by: Skip at April 13, 2019 05:36 AM (BbGew)
As kids we were very lucky that mom and dad had the foresight to buy here. Growing up in the era of free-range childhoods, we had a nice, safe place to roam.
My dad moved so many times when he was a kid, sometimes he was in 4 different schools in one year. He told me that he never wanted his kids to grow up that way. I guess his promise to us worked- 55 plus years later, still here!
Posted by: My life is insanity at April 13, 2019 05:45 AM (Z/jzm)
Posted by: sock_rat_eez, triumphalist Trumpian at April 13, 2019 05:46 AM (wA4OO)
Posted by: My life is insanity at April 13, 2019 05:46 AM (Z/jzm)
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Posted by: Skip at April 13, 2019 05:56 AM (BbGew)
Posted by: My life is insanity at April 13, 2019 05:56 AM (Z/jzm)
Posted by: My life is insanity at April 13, 2019 05:58 AM (Z/jzm)
Posted by: My life is insanity at April 13, 2019 06:01 AM (Z/jzm)
>>Might get a chance to do some flower garden clean-up today. Otherwise it's indoor spring cleaning. But first a decent breakfast...maybe french toast. Haven't made that in a while.
Still waiting on mom to get up. Birds chirping outside, grandmother clock in hall ticking loudly, doesnt wake her up.
Im starving!
Posted by: My life is insanity at April 13, 2019 07:00 AM (Z/jzm)
Posted by: My life is insanity at April 13, 2019 07:01 AM (Z/jzm)
Posted by: saf at April 13, 2019 07:53 AM (5IHGB)
Hired hand tells Farmer there's a Scum Jumper coming throught the county. Pa tells sons "If he comes here, give him a drink of water but don't give him any money for anything. I'm goin' to plow the north forty." "OK, Pa."
Handsome, raffish Scum Jumper arrives, asks for water. Sons ask what he does. "For 25 cents, I'll swim in your septic tank." "Really? Here's a quarter."
Jumper goes off camera, splashes are heard, Jumper returns covered in filth. Sons say "Eeew! That's disgusting! All right, you got your 25 cents. Now move along down the road!"
Jumper sits on the porch swing, puts heels up on the rail, leans back, cracks a predatory smile. "That 'Move along!' part? That'll be fifty dollars."
"Pa! Pa! You got fifty dollars?" "You idiots..."
Posted by: Whiggish Boffin at April 13, 2019 01:02 PM (PlFyV)
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