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Paul Signac I don't get the point!
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(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: TheJamesMadison, The Winter Soldier at September 13, 2019 09:34 AM (DjIxe)
Posted by: Moron Robbie- why don't Democrats speak ebonics to entice Blacks to vote for them? at September 13, 2019 09:34 AM (dSvao)
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You copied the whole thread!
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, The Winter Soldier at September 13, 2019 09:34 AM (DjIxe)
Posted by: Fox2! at September 13, 2019 09:35 AM (MwFQu)
Posted by: dantesed at September 13, 2019 09:35 AM (88xKn)
Posted by: Jimmy Durante at September 13, 2019 09:35 AM (CPk08)
Posted by: Moron Robbie- why don't Democrats speak ebonics to entice Blacks to vote for them? at September 13, 2019 09:35 AM (dSvao)
Posted by: Goodwife Cleo at September 13, 2019 09:35 AM (VIWDj)
Posted by: Someguy at September 13, 2019 09:35 AM (Wj9tV)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, The Winter Soldier at September 13, 2019 09:35 AM (DjIxe)
Posted by: Alcoholic Asshole Shut In at September 13, 2019 09:35 AM (CPk08)
Posted by: rhennigantx at September 13, 2019 09:35 AM (JFO2v)
Posted by: Moron Robbie- why don't Democrats speak ebonics to entice Blacks to vote for them? at September 13, 2019 09:36 AM (dSvao)
Posted by: Fox2! at September 13, 2019 09:36 AM (MwFQu)
Posted by: Cato, Collectivism Delenda Est at September 13, 2019 09:36 AM (J+mig)
Hoping the stink goes up the chimney
Posted by: Bruce at September 13, 2019 09:36 AM (vd8XM)
Posted by: Moron Robbie- why don't Democrats speak ebonics to entice Blacks to vote for them? at September 13, 2019 09:36 AM (dSvao)
Posted by: BackwardsBoy - #PurgeProgressivism at September 13, 2019 09:36 AM (HaL55)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, The Winter Soldier>>
Good thing he was in early.
Posted by: FrodoB, learning to reload at September 13, 2019 09:37 AM (pBbuX)
Posted by: FrodoB, learning to reload at September 13, 2019 09:37 AM (pBbuX)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc. ,etc. at September 13, 2019 09:37 AM (cg4r6)
Posted by: Pliney at September 13, 2019 09:37 AM (nzKWW)
Posted by: Puddin Head at September 13, 2019 09:38 AM (2LelM)
Six-Year-Old Saying, 'Why Don't We Just Give Everything Away For Free?' Surges To Top Of Democratic Polls
Posted by: rhennigantx at September 13, 2019 09:38 AM (JFO2v)
Posted by: BackwardsBoy - #PurgeProgressivism at September 13, 2019 09:38 AM (HaL55)
347 This would've been helpful to know, say, 27 years ago.
Posted by: Insomniac at September 13, 2019 09:28 AM (NWiLs)
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Come on man, I knew this in high school. Everyone knew this. The degree is kinda meaningless. It's the connections made at Duke vs State U that matter.
Posted by: Lurking Lurker - Not In My Purview at September 13, 2019 09:35 AM (FiUMj)
Good for you, but I didn't. Fact is I believed all that head down, hard work, get good grades stuff. Maybe that was foolish in retrospect but it's what I had to work with.
Posted by: Insomniac at September 13, 2019 09:39 AM (NWiLs)
Posted by: FrodoB, learning to reload at September 13, 2019 09:39 AM (pBbuX)
Posted by: BurtTC at September 13, 2019 09:39 AM (cY3LT)
Such is the motto of the cat, I'm sure. Handsome beast, and the room looks comfortable and well-appointed.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at September 13, 2019 09:40 AM (ClOmq)
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So this person tweeted this:
@forcedexit
Disabled people in Canada have been pushed toward euthanasia by bureaucrats denying the kind of independent living support that would help a suicidal disabled person want to live - who then offered the patient euthanasia instead.
And then this lovely WH correspondent for the Las Vegas Review Journal tweeted this in response:
@debrajsaunders
They never will be missed.
She's taking some major blow black.
Posted by: Tami at September 13, 2019 09:37 AM (cF8AT)
Posted by: joe, living dangerously at September 13, 2019 09:40 AM (KUaJL)
Posted by: Gref at September 13, 2019 09:41 AM (AMIL/)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc. ,etc. at September 13, 2019 09:41 AM (cg4r6)
Posted by: Mr. Peebles at September 13, 2019 09:41 AM (oVJmc)
Posted by: Roland THTG at September 13, 2019 09:41 AM (88+cf)
He pokes at the fire while looking forward to next Saturday's game of poker.
She peeks at the mailman while looking forward to next Saturday's game of poke 'er.
Posted by: Muldoon at September 13, 2019 09:41 AM (m45I2)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc. ,etc. at September 13, 2019
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That, of course, will be the task of the maids.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at September 13, 2019 09:41 AM (ClOmq)
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Aren't we already pretty much doing exactly that, at least as far as the illegals and certain "oppressed minorities" are concerned?
Posted by: TrivialPursuer at September 13, 2019 09:42 AM (k4dH2)
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Posted by: ibguy at September 13, 2019 09:42 AM (4fdwv)
Posted by: Gref--
Looks like the front 2 legs have a brace set high, and then there is a brace lower that connects to all 4 legs.
Posted by: FrodoB, learning to reload at September 13, 2019 09:42 AM (pBbuX)
Posted by: Boulder t'hobo at September 13, 2019 09:42 AM (onY2f)
This is my favorite painting posted here in a while.
Posted by: BurtTC at September 13, 2019 09:43 AM (cY3LT)
Posted by: dantesed at September 13, 2019 09:43 AM (88xKn)
Posted by: rhennigantx
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S oit's a 10 way tie at the top?
Posted by: FrodoB, learning to reload at September 13, 2019 09:43 AM (pBbuX)
Posted by: Insomniac at September 13, 2019 09:43 AM (NWiLs)
Interesting semi-Escher effect with the chair cross-braces. Was this painted before Escher got started?
Posted by: Gref--
Looks like the front 2 legs have a brace set high, and then there is a brace lower that connects to all 4 legs.
Posted by: FrodoB, learning to reload at September 13, 2019 09:42 AM (pBbuX)
It takes a second to visualize that, at least it did for me.
Posted by: Gref at September 13, 2019 09:44 AM (AMIL/)
Posted by: JTB at September 13, 2019 09:44 AM (bmdz3)
Posted by: Vashta Nerada at September 13, 2019 09:44 AM (YslsA)
Posted by: pep at September 13, 2019 09:44 AM (T6t7i)
Posted by: Gref--
Looks like the front 2 legs have a brace set high, and then there is a brace lower that connects to all 4 legs.
Posted by: FrodoB, learning to reload at September 13, 2019
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I agree about the front 2 legs. The lower brace in the center looks to connect the 2 that run front to back, from front legs to rear legs.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at September 13, 2019 09:44 AM (ClOmq)
Posted by: Bonnie Raitt and John Prine at September 13, 2019 09:45 AM (NVYyb)
Posted by: Bonnie Raitt and John Prine at September 13, 2019 09:45 AM (NVYyb)
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No, they're above a nude beach and she's eyeing that voluptuous and exotic Brazilian beauty.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, The Winter Soldier at September 13, 2019 09:45 AM (DjIxe)
Posted by: Biggs Darklighter at September 13, 2019 09:45 AM (N4xQB)
Posted by: Lurking Lurker - Not In My Purview at September 13, 2019 09:35 AM (FiUMj)
Good for you, but I didn't. Fact is I believed all that head down, hard work, get good grades stuff. Maybe that was foolish in retrospect but it's what I had to work with.
Posted by: Insomniac at September 13, 2019 09:39 AM (NWiLs)
Most people get taught that merit gets rewarded. I did. The reality is that everything is a fucking popularity contest run by incompetent assholes.
People wonder how I got to be such a curmudgeon at such a young age...
Posted by: Cato, Collectivism Delenda Est at September 13, 2019 09:46 AM (J+mig)
the center looks to connect the 2 that run front to back, from front
legs to rear legs.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius
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Yep, just didn't want to type that much.
Posted by: FrodoB, learning to reload at September 13, 2019 09:46 AM (pBbuX)
Posted by: Bonnie Raitt and John Prine at September 13, 2019 09:45 AM (NVYyb)
Work was fine.
Posted by: Someguy at September 13, 2019 09:46 AM (Wj9tV)
Posted by: Insomniac at September 13, 2019 09:43 AM (NWiLs)
Yes, I think that's intentional. (Notice I didn't say that's the point?)
This isn't the happy home it appears to be on the outside, looking in.
Posted by: BurtTC at September 13, 2019 09:46 AM (cY3LT)
Posted by: henry at September 13, 2019 09:46 AM (JMDly)
Posted by: dantesed at September 13, 2019
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Did people use litter pans in those days? There was no "kitty litter" as we know it now; I suppose people used sand or dirt. But I'd think they'd be more inclined to let the cat out (where he would use the garden, probably).
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at September 13, 2019 09:46 AM (ClOmq)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at September 13, 2019 09:47 AM (ClOmq)
His:
Hers:
Posted by: Muldoon at September 13, 2019 09:47 AM (m45I2)
Posted by: Cicero Skip at September 13, 2019 09:47 AM (FIrEF)
Posted by: Jane D'oh at September 13, 2019 09:48 AM (ptqGC)
Posted by: Sharkman at September 13, 2019 09:48 AM (ePjOB)
Posted by: Biggs Darklighter at September 13, 2019 09:45 AM (N4xQB)
Sisterhood!
Posted by: Insomniac at September 13, 2019 09:48 AM (NWiLs)
Posted by: Jane D'oh at September 13, 2019 09:48 AM (ptqGC)
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"Look at him! He won't notice!"
-The Paolo
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, The Winter Soldier at September 13, 2019 09:48 AM (DjIxe)
Posted by: Vanya at September 13, 2019 09:48 AM (IUT0Y)
Posted by: Muldoon at September 13, 2019 09:48 AM (m45I2)
Her: Yes, I might hurt myself a bit if I jump but then maybe a man who doesn't spend all his time STARING INTO THE FIRE might rescue me, and then give me an orgasm, and wouldn't that be grand? Yes it would. If only I could take the kitty.
Posted by: joncelli, because somebody had to at September 13, 2019 09:48 AM (RD7QR)
His:
Hers:
Posted by: Muldoon at September 13, 2019 09:47 AM (m45I2)
His: I understand fire. You poke it, it reacts like it's supposed to.
Hers: He never "pokes" me anymore.
Posted by: BurtTC at September 13, 2019 09:49 AM (cY3LT)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at September 13, 2019 09:49 AM (ClOmq)
Posted by: Lurking Lurker - Not In My Purview at September 13, 2019 09:49 AM (FiUMj)
Her: Hurry up, I think I see the police coming up the steps
Posted by: Pig to man dreaming of lions at September 13, 2019 09:49 AM (NwIkk)
His: I understand fire. You poke it, it reacts like it's supposed to.
Hers: He never "pokes" me anymore.
Posted by: BurtTC at September 13, 2019 09:49 AM (cY3LT)
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His: Well if you weren't such a bi...
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, The Winter Soldier at September 13, 2019 09:49 AM (DjIxe)
Posted by: Vanya at September 13, 2019 09:49 AM (IUT0Y)
finished changing her last name in her work systems and has been getting
some really catty comments from older feminists about it.
#womensupportingwomen
Posted by: Biggs Darklighter at September 13, 2019 09:45 AM (N4xQB)
My husband's sisters have always kept their maiden names *through all their marriages.*
'cause they're strong, brave feminists.
Posted by: Jane D'oh at September 13, 2019 09:50 AM (ptqGC)
Posted by: Muldoon at September 13, 2019 09:48 AM (m45I2)
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Dont be alarmed..... yo.
Posted by: fixerupper at September 13, 2019 09:50 AM (8XRCm)
Posted by: Vanya at September 13, 2019
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He's wishing her female friends were hot.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at September 13, 2019 09:50 AM (ClOmq)
Posted by: Muldoon at September 13, 2019 09:50 AM (m45I2)
My husband's sisters have always kept their maiden names *through all their marriages.*
'cause they're strong, brave feminists.
Posted by: Jane D'oh at September 13, 2019 09:50 AM (ptqGC)
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Well, it cut down on the paperwork, I'm sure.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, The Winter Soldier at September 13, 2019 09:50 AM (DjIxe)
Posted by: Muldoon at September 13, 2019 09:47 AM (m45I2)
His: It's too cold in here, let me turn the fire up.
Her: it's too hot in here, let me open a window.
Posted by: Someguy at September 13, 2019 09:51 AM (Wj9tV)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at September 13, 2019 09:51 AM (ClOmq)
Posted by: Biggs Darklighter at September 13, 2019 09:45 AM
You mean the old feminists who are sticking it to the patriarchy by retaining daddy's last name?
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at September 13, 2019 09:51 AM (ejd/p)
sisters have always kept their maiden names *through all their marriages.*
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*points at the cause and and effect
Posted by: fixerupper at September 13, 2019 09:51 AM (8XRCm)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius
So is she. I try not to judge.
Posted by: pep at September 13, 2019 09:51 AM (T6t7i)
Hers: He never "pokes" me anymore.
Posted by: BurtTC at September 13, 2019 09:49 AM (cY3LT)
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His: Well if you weren't such a bi...
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, The Winter Soldier at September 13, 2019 09:49 AM (DjIxe)
Hers: If I told you once, I told you a million times, I don't mind how small it is.
Posted by: BurtTC at September 13, 2019 09:51 AM (cY3LT)
His:
Hers:
Posted by: Muldoon at September 13, 2019 09:47 AM (m45I2)
Hers: He isn't talking to me. Why isn't he talking to me? He's been working an awful lot lately. Is he having an affair? I bet he's having an affair. Oh my God, I've been such a fool! What will the ladies at the Garden Society think of me?!"
His: Fire needs stoking.
Posted by: Insomniac at September 13, 2019 09:52 AM (NWiLs)
Posted by: Beckoningchasm at September 13, 2019 09:53 AM (oAp/W)
Damn wood isn't dry
Hers: What is he thinking about? Does he like my shoes? The clouds are especially fluffy this afternoon, and the sky is full of promise for a magical day! I wonder if I should buy that dress I saw yesterday? Why didn't the maid clean these window panes? Is that Mr. Johnson walking down there? Who is the woman?!?! Oooh- I must call my friends!
Posted by: Huck Follywood, a low grade social fever at September 13, 2019 09:53 AM (NVYyb)
*thinking silently* not the dress question please not the dress question
Hers
Does this dress make my butt look big?
Posted by: rhennigantx at September 13, 2019 09:53 AM (JFO2v)
Posted by: Moki at September 13, 2019 09:53 AM (mFoNl)
Posted by: Pinochet Air Tours Flt Attendant at September 13, 2019 09:53 AM (zL/eJ)
Damn wood isn't dry
Hers: What is he thinking about? Does he like my shoes? The clouds are especially fluffy this afternoon, and the sky is full of promise for a magical day! I wonder if I should buy that dress I saw yesterday? Why didn't the maid clean these window panes? Is that Mr. Johnson walking down there? Who is the woman?!?! Oooh- I must call my friends!
Posted by: Huck Follywood, a low grade social fever at September 13, 2019 09:53 AM (NVYyb)
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I'm suddenly reminded of Ulysses's final chapter...
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, The Winter Soldier at September 13, 2019 09:53 AM (DjIxe)
Mommy??? I have Daddys last name, Joey and Jimmy have Daddies last name too. You dont have Daddys last name.
Why dont you want to be in our family???
Posted by: fixerupper at September 13, 2019 09:53 AM (8XRCm)
His: Fire needs stoking.
Posted by: Insomniac at September 13, 2019
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I think that's got it.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at September 13, 2019 09:54 AM (ClOmq)
*******
Reminds me of the old Ogden Nash (perhaps) bit:
Little Willie on one of his dashes
Fell in the fire and burned to ashes
Soon the room grew very chilly
'Cause nobody wanted to poke up Willie
Posted by: Muldoon at September 13, 2019 09:54 AM (m45I2)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Tyrannosaur Wrangler at September 13, 2019 09:54 AM (+y/Ru)
Posted by: Kris at September 13, 2019 09:54 AM (OyyDO)
Posted by: Vashta Nerada at September 13, 2019 09:54 AM (YslsA)
Or maybe just a bustle in her hedgerow, but hey, intimate grooming standards were different back then.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at September 13, 2019 09:55 AM (cB5if)
Posted by: joe, living dangerously at September 13, 2019 09:55 AM (KUaJL)
Posted by: Pig to man dreaming of lions at September 13, 2019 09:55 AM (NwIkk)
Posted by: Hoary Puffleg at September 13, 2019 09:56 AM (j0JAA)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, The Winter Soldier at September 13, 2019 09:34 AM (DjIxe)
And you, of course, wouldn't know anything about that.
Posted by: creeper at September 13, 2019 09:56 AM (IBQUk)
Posted by: David Brooks at September 13, 2019 09:56 AM (T6t7i)
Posted by: BackwardsBoy - #PurgeProgressivism at September 13, 2019 09:56 AM (HaL55)
********
Y'all are crazy.
And either currently or previously married.
Posted by: Muldoon at September 13, 2019 09:57 AM (m45I2)
Neither scenario is good.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at September 13, 2019 09:57 AM (ClOmq)
Posted by: Vashta Nerada at September 13, 2019 09:57 AM (YslsA)
'cause they're strong, brave feminists.
Posted by: Jane D'oh at September 13, 2019 09:50 AM (ptqGC)
My stepmother kept her maiden name for work, but used her married name in private life. Which, I sort of understood. She had already established herself by the time she met my dad.
Posted by: Colorado Alex In Exile at September 13, 2019 09:57 AM (wCmLp)
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at September 13, 2019 09:57 AM (kQs4Y)
Little Willie on one of his dashes
Fell in the fire and burned to ashes
Soon the room grew very chilly
'Cause nobody wanted to poke up Willie
Posted by: Muldoon at September 13, 2019 09:54 AM
"R is for Rhoda, consumed by a fire"
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at September 13, 2019 09:57 AM (ejd/p)
Posted by: Moki at September 13, 2019 09:53 AM (mFoNl)
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That's a good way of putting it, moki. It also looked like the artist outlined every thing in black, which my second-grade teacher said was a no-no.
Posted by: bluebell at September 13, 2019 09:57 AM (aXucN)
Posted by: kallisto at September 13, 2019 09:58 AM (GaIDK)
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at September 13, 2019 09:58 AM (cB5if)
Posted by: Gref at September 13, 2019 09:58 AM (AMIL/)
Methinks there is hi-jinks afoot!
Posted by: Pinochet Air Tours Flt Attendant at September 13, 2019 09:58 AM (zL/eJ)
Posted by: Colorado Alex In Exile at September 13, 2019 09:58 AM (wCmLp)
And either currently or previously married.
Posted by: Muldoon at September 13, 2019 09:57 AM (m45I2)
Wrong. He's clearly a fraud.
Posted by: Someguy at September 13, 2019 09:59 AM (Wj9tV)
is kinda meaningless. It's the connections made at Duke vs State U that
matter."Posted by: Lurking Lurker
The contacts made at college can help, but many have connections going back to their family, or their high school friends if they hung out in certain cliques, or various political favors. SOME of that used to be OK, in that it maintained a certain social order, but the flip side is it became MOSTLY about maintaining certain privilege. Not White Privilege, but certain families maintaining power.
That may have morphed into what we have today, with the leftists cancel culture extending their political clout into academia and now across the corporate world. But I think BigMoney was in control for a long time, and the 20 globalist banks running trillions still pull the strings on their puppets.
For the individual, being independent of that may have a cost, but liberty and America's future lies with thinkers not tied to TheBoss.
Posted by: illiniwek at September 13, 2019 09:59 AM (Cus5s)
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes
So Paulo is an all-hours kind of guy?
Posted by: pep at September 13, 2019 09:59 AM (T6t7i)
Now, they're tied: 53% disapprove, 45% approve for each.
And this is all with a level of dishonest, constant, negative media and entertainment, attacking Republicans 24/7 as never seen before
I keep asking, if you are one of the millions of voters who voted for Obama and Trump, what is the Democratic party offering you to get your vote?
All I can see is, vote for us and we'll stop calling you a white supremacist. For now.
Posted by: RoyalOil, Vicroy Canadian Territories at September 13, 2019 09:59 AM (k81AA)
That's totally reasonable, IMO.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at September 13, 2019 09:59 AM (cB5if)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at September 13, 2019 09:57 AM (ClOmq)
Is this the moment of silence before the huge fight?
Posted by: Vanya at September 13, 2019 09:59 AM (IUT0Y)
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at September 13, 2019 09:59 AM (kQs4Y)
Whew.. I was worried I might be the weird one here.
Posted by: IP at September 13, 2019 10:00 AM (QPvMy)
Posted by: Kemp at September 13, 2019 10:00 AM (NjdpD)
Posted by: IC at September 13, 2019 10:00 AM (3SIip)
Posted by: joe, living dangerously at September 13, 2019
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Maybe the kitten has knocked over a vase for the third or fourth time, and the husband has told her In No Uncertain Terms that the cat has to go. "That's the last word I have to say on the subject." He seats himself to poke at the fire, while she turns to the window so he won't see her tears. (Though I'd think, if she loves the kitten, she'd scoop it up and be holding it.)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at September 13, 2019 10:00 AM (ClOmq)
https://mcescher.com
Also, B. Kliban (non-cat cartoons):
http://www.coldbacon.com/kliban2.html
Mmmmmm, bacon . . .
Posted by: Sharkman at September 13, 2019 10:00 AM (ePjOB)
): Chinese scholars from the World Civilization Research Association claim that some European languages, including English, are dialects derived from Mandarin.
Posted by: Boulder t'hobo at September 13, 2019 10:00 AM (onY2f)
Posted by: Cato, Collectivism Delenda Est at September 13, 2019 10:00 AM (J+mig)
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Except, of course, for possession or use of a plastic straw.
I had a hate lunch at Chick-fil-A yesterday. The drink came with a plastic straw! Does their evil know no bounds?
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Tyrannosaur Wrangler at September 13, 2019 10:01 AM (+y/Ru)
> Whew.. I was worried I might be the weird one here.
So far they have not managed to diagnose heterosexuality as a mental illness. But give them time.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at September 13, 2019 10:01 AM (cB5if)
Posted by: Vanya
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Nope. This is the moment immediately before the END of the huge fight.
He has the poker in his hand remember.
Posted by: Tonypete at September 13, 2019 10:01 AM (Y4EXg)
Posted by: klaftern at September 13, 2019 10:01 AM (RuIsu)
and the husband has told her In No Uncertain Terms that the cat has to
go. "That's the last word I have to say on the subject." He seats
himself to poke at the fire, while she turns to the window so he won't
see her tears.
He's going to throw the cat in the fire?
Posted by: pep at September 13, 2019 10:02 AM (T6t7i)
Posted by: Colorado Alex In Exile at September 13, 2019
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Early agents for Thrush?
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at September 13, 2019 10:02 AM (ClOmq)
I had the opportunity to visit the Escher museum in The Hague one summer. I highly recommend it. I love his stuff.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at September 13, 2019 10:02 AM (ejd/p)
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Dude, please, Womandarin.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Tyrannosaur Wrangler at September 13, 2019 10:03 AM (+y/Ru)
IPspouse kept her late husbands last name and hyphenated it with mine for work (without the hyphen actually) for work because of her being published and all.
Outside of work she doesnt use it. I'm good with either way though.
Posted by: IP at September 13, 2019 10:03 AM (QPvMy)
Posted by: kallisto at September 13, 2019 10:03 AM (GaIDK)
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Nonsense.
Two Wongs don't make a Wight.
Posted by: Muldoon at September 13, 2019 10:03 AM (m45I2)
Posted by: Boulder t'hobo at September 13, 2019 10:00 AM (onY2f)
*makes sarcastic jerk off motion*
Posted by: Vanya at September 13, 2019 10:03 AM (IUT0Y)
Chair by Escher.
Posted by: klaftern
No. It's fine. The bottom bars form an H. The high bar on the front runs side to side. It just looks like it morphs into the H, but it doesn't. It's poor technique.
Posted by: pep at September 13, 2019 10:03 AM (T6t7i)
): Chinese scholars from the World Civilization Research Association claim that some European languages, including English, are dialects derived from Mandarin.
Posted by: Boulder t'hobo at September 13, 2019 10:00 AM (onY2f)
The proto-Indo Europeans shake their heads and go back to tending their horses.
Posted by: joncelli, because somebody had to at September 13, 2019 10:03 AM (RD7QR)
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But could you find the exit?
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Tyrannosaur Wrangler at September 13, 2019 10:04 AM (+y/Ru)
Posted by: RedMindBlueState
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How'd you get off the staircase?
Posted by: Tonypete at September 13, 2019 10:04 AM (Y4EXg)
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes
So Paulo is an all-hours kind of guy?
Posted by: pep at September 13, 2019 09:59 AM (T6t7i)
How did you know I am a postman? No man is better with the post.
Posted by: The Paolo at September 13, 2019 10:04 AM (J+mig)
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Nonsense.
Two Wongs don't make a Wight.
Posted by: Muldoon at September 13, 2019 10:03 AM (m45I2)
Posted by: Pinochet Air Tours Flt Attendant at September 13, 2019 10:04 AM (zL/eJ)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at September 13, 2019 10:04 AM (7rVsF)
https://tinyurl.com/y2ke8uk7
I gotta say I like Signac's landscapes, which seem ahead of their time.
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at September 13, 2019 10:04 AM (kQs4Y)
Posted by: BackwardsBoy - #PurgeProgressivism at September 13, 2019 10:04 AM (HaL55)
IPspouse kept her late husbands last name and
hyphenated it with mine for work (without the hyphen actually) for work
because of her being published and all.
Outside of work she doesnt use it. I'm good with either way though.
Posted by: IP
Mind does the same, for the same reason.
Posted by: pep at September 13, 2019 10:04 AM (T6t7i)
Posted by: klaftern at September 13, 2019 10:04 AM (RuIsu)
Posted by: rhennigantx at September 13, 2019 10:04 AM (JFO2v)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Tyrannosaur Wrangler at September 13, 2019 10:04 AM
That was easy. The stairs were a bitch, though.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at September 13, 2019 10:05 AM (ejd/p)
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at September 13, 2019 10:05 AM (cB5if)
Posted by: creeper at September 13, 2019 10:05 AM (IBQUk)
Posted by: NALNAMSAM - not as lean, not as mean, still a Marine at September 13, 2019 10:05 AM (qFllo)
Posted by: IP at September 13, 2019 10:05 AM (QPvMy)
): Chinese scholars from the World Civilization Research Association claim that some European languages, including English, are dialects derived from Mandarin.
Posted by: Boulder t'hobo at September 13, 2019 10:00 AM (onY2f)
ancient chinese secret
Posted by: rhennigantx at September 13, 2019 10:05 AM (JFO2v)
Insomniac: check out this book:
https://tinyurl.com/y6spl6gv
It explains some of the work lies we were told and grew up believing. I believed them. Unfortunately, hard work does not equal success or rewards. Being an extroverted, competitive jock type leads to success, not hard work.
Posted by: shibumi, future dental floss tycoon at September 13, 2019 10:05 AM (l/6vt)
IPspouse kept her late husbands last name and hyphenated it with mine for work (without the hyphen actually) for work because of her being published and all.
Outside of work she doesnt use it. I'm good with either way though.
Posted by: IP at September 13, 2019
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My mother was an RN and a working mom, divorced, before it became fashionable. However, I've seen her phone listing in the city directory from 1948, and she was using her maiden name at that point, several years before I was born but after she married my father.
I'm beginning to suspect my mother was a proto-feminist before the term was even coined.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at September 13, 2019 10:05 AM (ClOmq)
Posted by: Boulder t'hobo at September 13, 2019 10:00 AM (onY2f)
The proto-Indo Europeans shake their heads and go back to tending their horses.
Posted by: joncelli, because somebody had to at September 13, 2019 10:03 AM (RD7QR)
And apparently Mandarin is descended from Turkish Jive, because these guys are a bunch of Jive Turkeys.
Posted by: Cato, Media Delenda Est at September 13, 2019 10:05 AM (J+mig)
My ex-wife - who has remarried - kept my name.
My now-wife ket her maiden name.
Posted by: blaster at September 13, 2019 10:05 AM (9VeU0)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Tyrannosaur Wrangler at September 13, 2019 10:04 AM
That was easy. The stairs were a bitch, though.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at September 13, 2019 10:05 AM (ejd/p)
Repelled or just blindly charged in?
Posted by: Pinochet Air Tours Flt Attendant at September 13, 2019 10:06 AM (zL/eJ)
): Chinese scholars from the World Civilization Research Association claim that some European languages, including English, are dialects derived from Mandarin.
Posted by: Boulder t'hobo at September 13, 2019 10:00 AM (onY2f)
HO LEE FUK
Posted by: rhennigantx at September 13, 2019 10:06 AM (JFO2v)
My ex-wife - who has remarried - kept my name.
My now-wife ket her maiden name.
Posted by: blaster
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Hmmm - Possible story line for the writers here.
Posted by: Tonypete at September 13, 2019 10:07 AM (Y4EXg)
MC Hammer: you can't touch this
M.C. Escher: you can't draw this.
Any random member of Congress during the House banking scandal: Joe Flood, M.C.: you can't cash this.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at September 13, 2019 10:07 AM (cB5if)
Posted by: Pinochet Air Tours Flt Attendant at September 13, 2019 10:06 AM
It helps if you close your eyes.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at September 13, 2019 10:07 AM (ejd/p)
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at September 13, 2019 10:07 AM (kQs4Y)
rewards. Being an extroverted, competitive jock type leads to success,
not hard work.
Posted by: shibumi, future dental floss tycoon
Hard work is a necessary antecedent to success. It doesn't guarantee it.
Posted by: pep at September 13, 2019 10:07 AM (T6t7i)
Posted by: Vanya at September 13, 2019 10:03 AM (IUT0Y)
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AIM FOR THE L5 L6 LEGRANGE!!!!!
Posted by: fixerupper at September 13, 2019 10:07 AM (8XRCm)
Posted by: Tami at September 13, 2019 10:07 AM (cF8AT)
Him: Pocket FishermanHer: Pocket Sewing Machine.
Both need something to take the place of the lost pocket lint.
Posted by: Popiel Industries at September 13, 2019 10:07 AM (vqIkG)
Posted by: IC
As the little cat swats at his swinging balls on each stroke.
Posted by: Sharkman at September 13, 2019 10:08 AM (ePjOB)
): Chinese scholars from the World Civilization Research Association claim that some European languages, including English, are dialects derived from Mandarin.
Posted by: Boulder t'hobo at September 13, 2019 10:00 AM (onY2f)
HO LEE FUK
Posted by: rhennigantx at September 13, 2019 10:06 AM (JFO2v)
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Does this strike anyone else as very similar to Germans trying to lay claim to every advance in civilization through Aryans?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, The Winter Soldier at September 13, 2019 10:08 AM (DjIxe)
Posted by: Cicero Kaboom! Kid. at September 13, 2019 10:09 AM (Vy7tf)
That's adorable. Reminds me of my goddaughter when she was a baby. The power of music compelled her.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at September 13, 2019 10:09 AM (ejd/p)
Posted by: Caliban at September 13, 2019 10:09 AM (QE8X6)
Posted by: Someguy at September 13, 2019 10:09 AM (Wj9tV)
Chinese scholars from the World Civilization Research Association claim that some European languages, including English, are dialects derived from Mandarin.
Next they'll be telling us human life began in China rather than Africa.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at September 13, 2019 10:09 AM (aKsyK)
(Chairback, parquet(?) on the floor, the woman's shadow)
Posted by: GWB at September 13, 2019 10:09 AM (mRtYs)
"Not now dearest, I'm trying to get the fireplace going with this Harbor Freight hacksaw. Don't be alarmed."
Posted by: klaftern at September 13, 2019 10:09 AM (RuIsu)
Posted by: dagny at September 13, 2019 10:10 AM (nRWPy)
Posted by: Cicero Kaboom! Kid. at September 13, 2019
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Maybe the kitten is a Persian. They prefer sitting on laps and being petted to playing, I hear.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at September 13, 2019 10:10 AM (ClOmq)
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If your thought bubbles portrayed a past event or reflection on what already happened you are a pessimist.
If your thought bubbles portrayed a future event or anticipation you are an optimist.
I your thought bubble indicated what the cat is thinking you are realist.
Posted by: Muldoon at September 13, 2019 10:10 AM (m45I2)
Ah, a fan of the classics. Some prefer his later "Ronco" period, but the true connoisseur always goes for the early "Popiel" ouvre.
Posted by: Ron Popiel Died For Our Sins at September 13, 2019 10:10 AM (cB5if)
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Yo!!! Squinty eyes!!!! We stole all of your "L"s and we're keeping them until we reach a new trade deal!!
Posted by: fixerupper at September 13, 2019 10:10 AM (8XRCm)
Poking the fire a little so a spark will catch the rug they have right next to the fireplace and burn the house down, because he is tired of his life ... and his wife looking out the window, back turned to him hoping for something better herself. Cat senses the tension.
This is the mundane existence that happens when you marry up to get that job that you now hate. He has the car packed, will drop the wife off at the church door, but instead of parking, drive off to live off grid in Montana.
Posted by: illiniwek at September 13, 2019 10:10 AM (Cus5s)
Posted by: Sharkman at September 13, 2019 10:08 AM
*crosses "get a cat" off the to do list*
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at September 13, 2019 10:10 AM (ejd/p)
My now-wife kept her maiden name.
Wow, when my ex dumped it for her maiden name she called to tell me she did it. Said there were too many Mrs. IP's out there and something something something, IDK..I quit listening at that point
I finally said she could call herself the Queen of England for all I cared, as long as the kids were good with it.
Posted by: IP at September 13, 2019 10:10 AM (QPvMy)
https://tinyurl.com/y6spl6gv
It explains some of the work lies we were told and grew up believing. I believed them. Unfortunately, hard work does not equal success or rewards. Being an extroverted, competitive jock type leads to success, not hard work.
Posted by: shibumi, future dental floss tycoon at September 13, 2019 10:05 AM (l/6vt)
Thanks, that looks interesting.
Posted by: Insomniac at September 13, 2019 10:11 AM (NWiLs)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, The Winter Soldier at September 13, 2019 10:08 AM (DjIxe)
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Yep.
I'm sure the Chinese will have their own einsatzgruppen scouring the continents for proof of ancient Chinese secrets.
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at September 13, 2019 10:11 AM (kQs4Y)
everybody, say point!) that while I would never dress like that at home,
it creates for me a sense of longing for a time when people did,
indeed, dress "up" at home.
This is my favorite painting posted here in a while.
Posted by: BurtTC at September 13, 2019 09:43 AM (cY3LT)
One of the things I adore about the Shorpy site is pictures of, for example, families going to the Malhuer (Oregon) county fair in Vale in 1940 wearing ties and dresses.
Posted by: Kindltot at September 13, 2019 10:11 AM (xG/b0)
Posted by: BackwardsBoy - #PurgeProgressivism at September 13, 2019 10:11 AM (HaL55)
The man, broken by years of toil to provide for his vile family, seeks comfort from fire and pussy, while the woman, cold and bitter, contemplates flinging herself from the balcony to a well deserved slow death on the cobblestones below...
Posted by: Lance Peckerwood, Midget Dentist at September 13, 2019 10:11 AM (UFLLM)
Quality Street comes to mind. Which I don't really mind, they are adequate as far as providing a chocolate fix. But I would rather eat good chocolate than stuff like that.
As for maiden vs married names, it was a nightmare taking my husbands name after we were married, but I am glad I did. And all the single ladies at my place of employment were nasty about it.
Posted by: Moki at September 13, 2019 10:11 AM (mFoNl)
Two Wongs don't make a Wight.
Posted by: Muldoon at September 13, 2019 10:03 AM (m45I2)
Sounds highry unrikery to me, too.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 13, 2019 10:11 AM (jEgzt)
Typical whitey. They stole our plans for quonset entangenmint.
Posted by: Al Sharpton at September 13, 2019 10:11 AM (T6t7i)
I thought Africa started everything or was it the Muslims who invented everything?
Posted by: dantesed at September 13, 2019 10:11 AM (88xKn)
Posted by: Caliban at September 13, 2019 10:09 AM (QE8X6
Dern tootin'!
Posted by: Flying purple people eater. at September 13, 2019 10:11 AM (Vy7tf)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, The Winter Soldier at September 13, 2019 10:08 AM (DjIxe)
Perhaps. But that's only because we Russians *did* inwent everyting.
Posted by: Chekov at September 13, 2019 10:11 AM (mRtYs)
Posted by: Agent Cooper at September 13, 2019 10:11 AM (iAwUQ)
Posted by: creeper at September 13, 2019 10:11 AM (IBQUk)
Posted by: dagny at September 13, 2019 10:11 AM (nRWPy)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 13, 2019 10:12 AM (jEgzt)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, The Winter Soldier at September 13, 2019 10:08 AM (DjIxe)
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Yep.
I'm sure the Chinese will have their own einsatzgruppen scouring the continents for proof of ancient Chinese secrets.
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at September 13, 2019 10:11 AM (kQs4Y)
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Are they looking for the Ark of the Covenant?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, The Winter Soldier at September 13, 2019 10:12 AM (DjIxe)
Posted by: Vanya at September 13, 2019 10:03 AM (IUT0Y)
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AIM FOR THE L5 L6 LEGRANGE!!!!!
Posted by: fixerupper at September 13, 2019 10:07 AM (8XRCm)
Phased plasma rifle in the L5-L6 LeGrange?
Posted by: Insomniac at September 13, 2019 10:12 AM (NWiLs)
This guy was a French painter, not a Swedish film director. :-)
Posted by: Ron Popiel Died For Our Sins at September 13, 2019 10:12 AM (cB5if)
*********
If your thought bubbles portrayed a past event or reflection on what already happened you are a pessimist.
If your thought bubbles portrayed a future event or anticipation you are an optimist.
I your thought bubble indicated what the cat is thinking you are realist.
Posted by: Muldoon at September 13, 2019 10:10 AM (m45I2)
I always thought that if you saw bubbles, it meant the beer and bubbly were fresh. Does that make me an alcoholic romantic?
Posted by: Pinochet Air Tours Flt Attendant at September 13, 2019 10:12 AM (zL/eJ)
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at September 13, 2019 10:09 AM (ejd/p)
Right! I just wanna pinch her cheeks!
Posted by: Tami at September 13, 2019 10:12 AM (cF8AT)
Bwahahahaha
The VA got my name wrong. I am experienced enough to know better than to try to correct it. It's been interesting, I'm now known, and addressed, as 'Mr. Hamper' by hundreds of bureaucrats.
I've become quite used to it, and find it highly amusing.
That's only part of their fumbling. Anyone who thinks the government ought to be in charge of healthcare is a freaking idiot. They're all caught up in a 'vision' that only can exist in their febrile imagination. The reality is very different.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc. ,etc. at September 13, 2019 10:13 AM (cg4r6)
Posted by: Insomniac
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Don't forget skipping parties and social gatherings to study
Would have been kinda nice if I'd known 30 years ago that's where you meet the people and make the valuable real world connections
That and, if you don't go to a top school or are at least one of the top five in your graduating class, all those "A's" aren't worth the paper they are printed on.
You're better off going to parties and getting C's. At least you'll meet some guy whose dad owns a company and can get you a good job
Posted by: RoyalOil, Vicroy Canadian Territories at September 13, 2019 10:13 AM (k81AA)
My father's second wife took his last name as well, which is one of the reasons I plan on changing my last name once I'm out of my father's sphere of influence. I don't like people thinking that that horrid scrunt is my mother.
Posted by: Allie at September 13, 2019 10:13 AM (WN6kz)
ok, over 200 so it's fine to go OT now.
from the morning report:
Aha, no fucking way that ever happens pop I say as I grab my extremely cold Singha beer. He nods approvingly.
And don't judge me... it's almost 0800 here hordlings.
Posted by: NALNAMSAM - not as lean, not as mean, still a Marine at September 13, 2019 08:49 AM (qFllo)
I'm not judging you for the TIME of drinking, but rather the CHOICE. I have no idea how you can stomach that unless you've had something to pave the way...
Posted by: SturmToddler at September 13, 2019 10:13 AM (8D42x)
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I'm hearing that in a Chinese accent.
*self-reports*
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at September 13, 2019 10:14 AM (kQs4Y)
Posted by: Lurking Lurker - Not In My Purview at September 13, 2019 10:14 AM (FiUMj)
Posted by: BackwardsBoy - #PurgeProgressivism at September 13, 2019 10:14 AM (HaL55)
I know that's getting scarce these days but back when that was painted, that was a big deal.
In fact some folks only got the Sunday paper. Going for a walk to get it was part of the ritual.
Posted by: jakee308 - Hylozoist at September 13, 2019 10:14 AM (cxIsI)
Posted by: Muldoon at September 13, 2019 10:14 AM (m45I2)
Posted by: Moki at September 13, 2019 10:11 AM (mFoNl)
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Really? It was totally the norm to take the husband's name when I got married, and I think you and I are probably about the same age. My husband and I worked at the same (big) place and I think people would have called me by his last name even if I didn't change it, LOL. Very few women kept their maiden names, and the ones who did were all older than I.
Posted by: bluebell at September 13, 2019 10:15 AM (aXucN)
Then she remarried and never bothered with SSA.
When my step-dad died and she had to file for Social Security benefits for my two young brothers, she found that she had a mountain of paperwork waiting for her.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, The Winter Soldier at September 13, 2019 10:15 AM (DjIxe)
Posted by: BignJames at September 13, 2019 10:16 AM (X/Pw5)
In fact some folks only got the Sunday paper. Going for a walk to get it was part of the ritual.
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I did that in college daily. My morning would be walking to the 7-11 and getting a paper and a danish to drink with the coffee that was brewing at home.
God that sounds like ancient history, even though it was the 90s, LOL.
Posted by: Lurking Lurker - Not In My Purview at September 13, 2019 10:16 AM (FiUMj)
Posted by: Piers Gaveston at September 13, 2019 10:16 AM (onY2f)
Posted by: pep at September 13, 2019 10:07 AM (T6t7i)
See I'm not sure that's always true either. I've seen many a person achieve great success in terms of money and position not by working hard, but by humping over the people who did work hard. Those people were connected and/or played a good social game, but were lazy, conniving cutthroats, not hard workers.
Posted by: Insomniac at September 13, 2019 10:16 AM (NWiLs)
Posted by: jakee308 - Hylozoist at September 13, 2019 10:16 AM (cxIsI)
Posted by: Cannibal Bob at September 13, 2019 10:16 AM (Zv1X1)
Posted by: Lurking Lurker - Not In My Purview at September 13, 2019 09:35 AM (FiUMj)
Good for you, but I didn't. Fact is I believed all that head down, hard work, get good grades stuff. Maybe that was foolish in retrospect but it's what I had to work with.
Posted by: Insomniac at September 13, 2019 09:39 AM (NWiLs)
Most people get taught that merit gets rewarded. I did. The reality is that everything is a fucking popularity contest run by incompetent assholes.
People wonder how I got to be such a curmudgeon at such a young age...
Posted by: Cato, Collectivism Delenda Est at September 13, 2019 09:46 AM (J+mig)
Insom, I learned the same thing, because I came from people that were honest.
I was in the arts -- music.
I finally learned it's not what you can do, it's who you know. Period. End of story.
Now I thank God I never "made it" in the art world. No career is worth my soul.
Posted by: Flyover, Fan of subversive company training at September 13, 2019 10:17 AM (B5K06)
Posted by: Kindltot at September 13, 2019 10:11 AM (xG/b0)
Or sporting events. Men in ties and jackets and hats, not oversized jerseys and baseball caps.
Posted by: Colorado Alex In Exile at September 13, 2019 10:17 AM (wCmLp)
Posted by: Insomniac at September 13, 2019 10:16 AM (NWiLs)
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That's hard work in and of itself.
Posted by: Lurking Lurker - Not In My Purview at September 13, 2019 10:17 AM (FiUMj)
Posted by: TheQuietMan at September 13, 2019 10:17 AM (mpeBU)
Posted by: Muldoon
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Time for a Far Side cartoon: http://tinyurl.com/y6s5tn73
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc. ,etc. at September 13, 2019 10:17 AM (cg4r6)
Posted by: Tami at September 13, 2019 10:12 AM
Those chubby little cheeks are definitely not safe around Mediterranean types.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at September 13, 2019 10:17 AM (ejd/p)
Posted by: Muldoon at September 13, 2019 10:14 AM (m45I2)
Depends. Which one would you rather see nekkid?
Posted by: Insomniac at September 13, 2019 10:17 AM (NWiLs)
Posted by: dagny at September 13, 2019 10:17 AM (nRWPy)
Allow me to recommend the son-in-law business. There's almost not work involved at all, except for when you occasionally have to pretend to be heterosexual.
I recommend a poster of Pierce Brosnan at the head of the bed.
Posted by: Beta O'Cuck at September 13, 2019 10:18 AM (cB5if)
Posted by: Chinese Historical Research at September 13, 2019 10:18 AM (NwIkk)
I should put it in the Wee Free Library.
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at September 13, 2019 10:18 AM (kQs4Y)
You're better off going to parties and getting C's. At least you'll meet some guy whose dad owns a company and can get you a good job
Posted by: RoyalOil, Vicroy Canadian Territories
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It is unconscionable to use social connections to get ahead!!
Posted by: Lori Loughlin at September 13, 2019 10:18 AM (Y4EXg)
God that sounds like ancient history, even though it was the 90s, LOL.
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You eat 7-11 danish? Do you eat the spicy bite as well?
Posted by: Puddin Head at September 13, 2019 10:18 AM (2LelM)
Posted by: Insomniac at September 13, 2019 10:17 AM (NWiLs)
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Fran. But you need hearing protection to be in her presence.
Posted by: fixerupper at September 13, 2019 10:18 AM (8XRCm)
Posted by: TheQuietMan at September 13, 2019 10:18 AM (mpeBU)
Posted by: Broseidon - New Work Computer, Same Work Ethic at September 13, 2019 10:18 AM (oZ6kz)
Posted by: kallisto at September 13, 2019 10:19 AM (GaIDK)
People wonder how I got to be such a curmudgeon at such a young age...
Posted by: Cato, Collectivism Delenda Est at September 13, 2019 09:46 AM (J+mig)
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I've taught my kids the opposite. Well not the full opposite, but I have given them a heads up on how the world works. Hard work is fine and all. But the world isn't fair, never will be fair and the good guys usually don't win.
Posted by: Lurking Lurker - Not In My Purview at September 13, 2019 10:19 AM (FiUMj)
Posted by: Broseidon - New Work Computer, Same Work Ethic at September 13, 2019 10:20 AM (oZ6kz)
They KNOW who's doubling or tripling or whatever on an account number.
They have records that are filed under that number.
So finding and prosecuting those who use fake SS numbers could be found arrested and deported.
But it doesn't happen. I imagine that they were concerned about a national ID at the time so they made rules that the SSA can't give out that data to even Congress and def. not to FBI or LE.
Now that it's so widespread, we might as well make it official but only if as part of the deal that all the people using a fake id get arrested and if they're here illegally they get deported.
Posted by: jakee308 - Hylozoist at September 13, 2019 10:20 AM (cxIsI)
Posted by: Puddin Head at September 13, 2019 10:18 AM (2LelM)
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Heh. In my teens and 20s I could are just about anything. Stomach of steel.
Posted by: Lurking Lurker - Not In My Purview at September 13, 2019 10:20 AM (FiUMj)
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at September 13, 2019 10:20 AM (kQs4Y)
Not sure what your law specialty is, but contract administration (government contracts) would be an area where you could benefit from your law background. Sometimes they prefer lawyers. Might be overqualified for some positions but it's something.
I have no connections and have gotten my jobs through ads, reaching out or recruiters calling me from Linked In.
My daughter who went to the small school in TN got her first job from a professor. Making bank as she says. My younger daughter went to a more prestigious school but found job from ad.
So yes connections help but my experience shows not the only way. HTH.
Posted by: Iris at September 13, 2019 10:20 AM (lSFe/)
Posted by: rhennigantx at September 13, 2019 10:21 AM (JFO2v)
seurat is much different. he not only breaks down colors, he reduces the things to basic shapes placed in an ordered space. sometimes he even employs the golden section as an organizing principle. it's approach is a more fundamental restructuring of a painting.
Posted by: musical jolly chimp at September 13, 2019 10:21 AM (Pg+x7)
Looking back and seeing them now, I think I did well.
Posted by: IP at September 13, 2019 10:21 AM (QPvMy)
Posted by: NALNAMSAM - not as lean, not as mean, still a Marine at September 13, 2019 10:21 AM (qFllo)
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at September 13, 2019 10:17 AM (ejd/p)
Oh you know us well!
Posted by: Tami at September 13, 2019 10:21 AM (cF8AT)
Posted by: Broseidon - New Work Computer, Same Work Ethic at September 13, 2019 10:22 AM (oZ6kz)
Posted by: Pig to man dreaming of lions at September 13, 2019 10:22 AM (NwIkk)
Posted by: Lurking Lurker - Not In My Purview at September 13, 2019 10:22 AM (FiUMj)
Posted by: Broseidon - New Work Computer, Same Work Ethic at September 13, 2019 10:18 AM (oZ6kz)
Ball soup is a delicacy in Singapore.
Posted by: Insomniac at September 13, 2019 10:22 AM (NWiLs)
Posted by: pep
Unless you're the Obamas.
Posted by: Brother Cavil, Nonservapunk at September 13, 2019 10:23 AM (P83tS)
This is more in Seurat than in Ingres.
Specifically, the chick is wearing way too many close for Ingres.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at September 13, 2019 10:23 AM (cB5if)
Posted by: Colorado Alex In Exile
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Men working in factories, wearing ties, and hats.
The Victorians had it right, we're all sinners, but we can all be better than we are. There was a time when people strove to make a good impression on others, strove to improve themselves.
Most people today would say that dress is just superficial. I would say that it reflects on self-esteem.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc. ,etc. at September 13, 2019 10:23 AM (cg4r6)
Posted by: kallisto at September 13, 2019 10:19 AM (GaIDK)
One of the more cheerful comments on this thread. Thank you. And I like the painting; It's restful.
Posted by: Hoary Puffleg at September 13, 2019 10:23 AM (j0JAA)
Posted by: Chinese Historical Research at September 13, 2019 10:18 AM (NwIkk)
If you created it in the first place, why not just do it again? Or did they magically take away your knowledge of it too? *cue spooky music*
Posted by: BackwardsBoy - #PurgeProgressivism at September 13, 2019 10:23 AM (HaL55)
Posted by: dagny at September 13, 2019 10:24 AM (nRWPy)
Posted by: Cannibal Bob at September 13, 2019 10:24 AM (Zv1X1)
Posted by: pep
Unless you're the Obamas.
Posted by: Brother Cavil, Nonservapunk
Or Harry Reid. Or...
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at September 13, 2019 10:24 AM (cB5if)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc. ,etc. at September 13, 2019 10:23 AM (cg4r6)
If there's one thing people like these days, it is not self-esteem.
Posted by: Someguy at September 13, 2019 10:24 AM (Wj9tV)
Posted by: Allie at September 13, 2019 10:25 AM (WN6kz)
Posted by: Lurking Lurker - Not In My Purview at September 13, 2019 10:19 AM (FiUMj)
That's a good thing to have taught them. They'll be prepared instead of miserable and frustrated.
Posted by: Insomniac at September 13, 2019 10:25 AM (NWiLs)
Posted by: NALNAMSAM - not as lean, not as mean, still a Marine at September 13, 2019 10:21 AM (qFllo)
ok, i'll give you that. but it's a low bar...
I always remember needing at least 2 fosters as soon as I got off the boat before I could handle the Singha taste.
and MILs pad Thai? you're a lucky, lucky man.
Posted by: SturmToddler at September 13, 2019 10:25 AM (8D42x)
Really? It was totally the norm to take the husband's name when I got married, and I think you and I are probably about the same age. My husband and I worked at the same (big) place and I think people would have called me by his last name even if I didn't change it, LOL. Very few women kept their maiden names, and the ones who did were all older than I.
Posted by: bluebell at September 13, 2019 10:15 AM (aXucN)
First place I worked. Second was no problem. But the paperwork of changing names took over six months-granted, it was from overseas, so that added to the problem. But my Career Destruction Officer in DC made everythig twice as hard as it had to be.
Posted by: Moki at September 13, 2019 10:25 AM (mFoNl)
The best balance is to know people and know your shit.
But it's rare and there are so many fakers.
I've been surprised since the late 70's that half our stuff doesn't fall apart within a couple years.
Altho STEM was late to the Equal Opportunity Quota fest, it was in full gear early on in the colleges.
Posted by: jakee308 - Hylozoist at September 13, 2019 10:25 AM (cxIsI)
Posted by: Someguy at September 13, 2019 10:25 AM (Wj9tV)
Posted by: Anna Puma at September 13, 2019 10:26 AM (HyZSs)
(And welcome to Friday Horde. Here's hoping you beat the indifference of a chaotic, ravenous universe.)
Posted by: joncelli, because somebody had to at September 13, 2019 10:26 AM (RD7QR)
Looking back and seeing them now, I think I did well.
Posted by: IP at September 13, 2019 10:21 AM (QPvMy)
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Yep. Meet as many people as you can. And not just in your area of work. Meet everyone everywhere. Six degrees of separation and all that.
I have my current job (I have a new job every 6-12 months as a consultant) was found through a friend of mine. His friend (who I never met), also a consultant, found out that his client was looking for someone like me. He asked our mutual friend if he knew anyone. And the rest is history.
It's how I've earned about 75% of my income during my career.
Posted by: Lurking Lurker - Not In My Purview at September 13, 2019 10:26 AM (FiUMj)
Which is why I'm probably completely and totally fucked.
Posted by: Insomniac at September 13, 2019 10:26 AM (NWiLs)
Posted by: Puddin Head at September 13, 2019 10:18 AM (2LelM)
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Heh. In my teens and 20s I could are just about anything. Stomach of steel.
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The wife and I hit a 7-11 late after having a few too many. I was hungry and asked for the spicy bite. The Paki stated 'Dont Eat the Spicy Bite'. I took his advise and have stayed true to this maxim ever since.
Posted by: Puddin Head at September 13, 2019 10:27 AM (2LelM)
Posted by: Chris W at September 13, 2019 10:27 AM (slf9T)
Posted by: IP at September 13, 2019 10:21 AM (QPvMy)
That was wise counsel IP.
Posted by: Cannibal Bob at September 13, 2019 10:27 AM (Zv1X1)
Posted by: kallisto at September 13, 2019 10:27 AM (GaIDK)
I feel like the people who are saying hard work doesn't mean much are saying so because they're talking about a sector of the economy where the labor market is oversaturated. Obviously when law schools are pumping out way more graduates with law degrees than there are actual legal jobs for those people, then your hard work isn't going to matter very much because your hard work isn't going to stand out. Same goes for creative endeavors. You need someone to notice you to get produced or published or whatever.
But you can't tell me that your average engineer isn't going to benefit from hard work. None of my friends in engineering school got their jobs based on connections they made (unless you count internships they did in college, which is just a slightly earlier way to apply for the job). Same goes for people doing trade work. Your plumber or electrician is going to make money directly proportional to the work they put in.
Posted by: joe, living dangerously at September 13, 2019 10:27 AM (KUaJL)
brilliant ... my mind then goes to
Two Wongs don't make a Wright. (as in Orville, Wilbur, Frank Lloyd)
Posted by: illiniwek at September 13, 2019 10:27 AM (Cus5s)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc. ,etc. at September 13, 2019 10:23 AM (cg4r6)
Appearance matters. My generation has been raised with the lie that it doesn't and how dare you judge someone based on how they look. I'm not saying that you have to be supermodel perfect, but dressing well, keeping your hair cut, shaved, and striving to maintain your weight a) tells the rest of the world that you have self-control, b) tells people you interact with that you respect them, and c) often gives off an aura of professionalism and competence that causes people to respect you in turn.
Posted by: Colorado Alex In Exile at September 13, 2019 10:29 AM (wCmLp)
Posted by: Pig to man dreaming of lions at September 13, 2019 10:29 AM (NwIkk)
My ex-wife - who has remarried - kept my name.
My now-wife ket her maiden name.
Posted by: blaster at September 13, 2019 10:05 AM (9VeU0)
I know a ghey couple (two wimminz), married, and one of them kept her ex-husband's last name. Of the three possible options, that's the one she went with.
Claims it's because of the children... yes, she has children. I won't go into details, but there are other reasons why that makes no damned sense.
Posted by: BurtTC at September 13, 2019 10:30 AM (cY3LT)
Posted by: Hillary Radium Clinton at September 13, 2019 10:30 AM (Ndje9)
It's become even more important since all companies now use gate keepers who screen for personality first and competence second.
Posted by: jakee308 - Hylozoist at September 13, 2019 10:30 AM (cxIsI)
Posted by: Broseidon - New Work Computer, Same Work Ethic at September 13, 2019 10:18 AM (oZ6kz)
You don't wear the wool suit to the baseball game.
You wear it to the killing grounds so you can snap every other man's neck with your bare hands and climb the stack of corpses to the top of the mountain to establish your Alpha Supremacy.
Posted by: Allie at September 13, 2019 10:30 AM (sm6Pk)
Posted by: jakee308 - Hylozoist at September 13, 2019 10:31 AM (cxIsI)
Posted by: kallisto at September 13, 2019 10:31 AM (GaIDK)
Posted by: dagny
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Possibly, on average. I've been surrounded by Dookies my entire life, including some in the family. They're bright enough, but certainly, taken on the whole, no brighter than the Purdue and Ga. Tech alums I've mixed with.
If the contrast is, oh, NC State, well...that's a different story.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc. ,etc. at September 13, 2019 10:31 AM (cg4r6)
Posted by: bluebell at September 13, 2019 10:31 AM (aXucN)
The value in hard work is two-fold: first, you are prepared to take advantage of opportunities when they arise, and second, you leave a good impression with those you work with and develop a reputation that feeds back into the first part.
Posted by: Colorado Alex In Exile at September 13, 2019 10:32 AM (wCmLp)
"remember: if people are talking behind your back, it only means you are two steps ahead."
- fannie flagg
Posted by: musical jolly chimp at September 13, 2019 10:32 AM (Pg+x7)
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It's not black and white. If you give 0 effort, all the connections in the world won't help. But hard work alone also doesn't mean much. I've run into a lot of smart, hard working people who are in their 40s or 50s and still cube dwelling, with managers above them 1/2 as smart or good at their job. The managers are the social types though and in corporate America that's what gets you up the ladder.
As someone who is in a new corporate environment every few months, I see this all the time. And it's pretty universal, regardless of industry.
Posted by: Lurking Lurker - Not In My Purview at September 13, 2019 10:32 AM (FiUMj)
That's what seersucker is for. Very comfy in the heat.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at September 13, 2019 10:32 AM (cB5if)
Posted by: dagny at September 13, 2019 10:17 AM (nRWPy)
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My oldest daughter wants to keep her, our, last name. So, she's going to change her middle name to her maiden name and her last name will be the same as her husband.
Posted by: Blake - used salesman salesman
at September 13, 2019 10:32 AM (qC1Sy)
Posted by: Pig to man dreaming of lions at September 13, 2019 10:22 AM (NwIkk)
That's true. It's a deeply-entrenched habit of mine that started as a kid, being made responsible for my parents' moods and behaviors, and then the behaviors of my younger brother on top of that. It became a necessary survival strategy, but one that's dysfunctional and maladaptive for the outside world. You just end up getting rolled and thrown away.
Posted by: Insomniac at September 13, 2019 10:33 AM (NWiLs)
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Even though I'm only 29, I played in a over-30 hardball league in Northern CA a couple decades ago. I played college football (and probably could have played on the baseball team), but had only played softball in my 20's.
Anyway, most guys in the league had played minor league professional ball, and some were guys who made it to the show. There were some superstars even (I think Kevin Mitchell who'd played for the SF Giants) was in the league.
The one thing I always remember was most all of them complaining about and being so resentful that there was so much politics and who-you-know involved even there. You'd think it would have been purely merit-based. I wondered if maybe it was just sour grapes.
Posted by: ShainS -- Cancel #ErasureCulture at September 13, 2019 10:33 AM (WqPYg)
Posted by: Allie at September 13, 2019 10:30 AM (sm6Pk)
Have you considered moving to Vox? Less toxic masculinity.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 13, 2019 10:34 AM (jEgzt)
Posted by: Chris W
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Perspective is a tool of white supremacy.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc. ,etc. at September 13, 2019 10:34 AM (cg4r6)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc. ,etc. at September 13, 2019 10:31 AM (cg4r6)
Does Duke have an engineering school? I've never heard of a "Duke engineer".
Posted by: BignJames at September 13, 2019 10:34 AM (X/Pw5)
Posted by: Lurking Lurker - Not In My Purview at September 13, 2019 10:34 AM (FiUMj)
Posted by: Colorado Alex In Exile at September 13, 2019 10:29 AM (wCmLp)
Something I was told often, but never took to heart (probably much to my own detriment) was : "YOU don't matter. All that matters is what you have to offer others."
Posted by: Allie at September 13, 2019 10:34 AM (sm6Pk)
Anyone have any experience with either? Recommendations?
Posted by: jwest at September 13, 2019 10:34 AM (/roJx)
Oh well. Back to the painting.
Posted by: Kris at September 13, 2019 10:35 AM (OyyDO)
That's what seersucker is for. Very comfy in the heat.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at September 13, 2019 10:32 AM (cB5if)
Seersucker is ghey.
Posted by: Insomniac at September 13, 2019 10:35 AM (NWiLs)
I don't get it.
Posted by: Trigglypuff at September 13, 2019 10:35 AM (ZYB2s)
Posted by: Blake - used salesman salesman
at September 13, 2019 10:32 AM (qC1Sy)
I thought that was common, though. My grandmother did that.
Posted by: Allie at September 13, 2019 10:35 AM (sm6Pk)
I don't even see that. Vote for them and they'll step up calling you a white supremacist, all the way up to mandatory reparations.
Posted by: Ian S. at September 13, 2019 10:35 AM (ZGrMX)
As someone who is in a new corporate environment every few months, I see this all the time. And it's pretty universal, regardless of industry.
Posted by: Lurking Lurker - Not In My Purview at September 13, 2019 10:32 AM (FiUMj)
That's true, but I'd be wary of lumping in the same definition of success for everyone. Not everyone wants to climb the corporate ladder. Some people like to do their job, clock out at the end of the day and spend the rest of their time with their family. If you don't like managing people, or playing the social game, you didn't "win" if you're making more money, but are also more miserable.
Posted by: joe, living dangerously at September 13, 2019 10:36 AM (KUaJL)
Well, at least I got told this morning I was turned down for a position I was perfectly qualified for.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at September 13, 2019 10:36 AM (7rVsF)
If you take this as a statement about the worth of human beings, it's awful and untrue. If this is about your value in the workplace, it's the gospel truth.
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at September 13, 2019 10:36 AM (ppBhU)
Posted by: Kolchak at September 13, 2019 10:37 AM (cB5if)
Posted by: ShainS -- Cancel #ErasureCulture at September 13, 2019 10:33 AM (WqPYg)
I can tell you finance is very much a relationships business, and there's tons money involved. If anything performance tends to be inverse to size(though this is understandable, it really is easier to make money on a % basis on smaller deals).
Posted by: Someguy at September 13, 2019 10:37 AM (Wj9tV)
Posted by: Lurking Lurker - Not In My Purview at September 13, 2019 10:34 AM (FiUMj)
Yep. They bring a bow tie, you bring a cravat.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at September 13, 2019 10:37 AM (ZYB2s)
Posted by: joe, living dangerously at September 13, 2019 10:36 AM (KUaJL)
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That's true and a good point. We're all programmed to think never ending promotions is a good thing. It's not for everyone.
Posted by: Lurking Lurker - Not In My Purview at September 13, 2019 10:37 AM (FiUMj)
Posted by: Puddin Head at September 13, 2019 10:37 AM (2LelM)
Well, at least I got told this morning I was turned down for a position I was perfectly qualified for.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at September 13, 2019 10:36 AM (7rVsF)
^Case in point right here. At least they communicated with you instead of just leaving you twisting in the wind.
Posted by: Insomniac at September 13, 2019 10:37 AM (NWiLs)
Posted by: Ian S. at September 13, 2019 10:37 AM (ZGrMX)
Posted by: Lurking Lurker - Not In My Purview at September 13, 2019 10:34 AM (FiUMj)
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If everyone is wearing slacks and a dress shirt, wear a tuxedo with bat wing collar and sport a top hat.
If everyone is wearing a tuxedo with bat wing collar and sporting a top hat, wear an ermine-trimmed robe and don a crown.
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at September 13, 2019 10:38 AM (kQs4Y)
Passed this morning at age 70.
Posted by: Lowfibass at September 13, 2019 10:38 AM (ujwI/)
Posted by: Ian S. at September 13, 2019 10:38 AM (ZGrMX)
Posted by: Muldoon at September 13, 2019
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I know, I know, that voice (which she always exaggerated for comic effect in her roles) -- but she was very hot when she did The Nanny.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at September 13, 2019 10:38 AM (ClOmq)
Recommend getting some addresses from the roofing company so you can drive by and see what they look like in real life.
They all look great in the brochures, but reality is sometimes different.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at September 13, 2019 10:38 AM (cB5if)
If everyone is wearing a tuxedo with bat wing collar and sporting a top hat, wear an ermine-trimmed robe and don a crown.
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at September 13, 2019 10:38 AM (kQs4Y)
If everyone's wearing a robe and crown, don't wear anything.
Posted by: joe, living dangerously at September 13, 2019 10:39 AM (KUaJL)
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Relax, buy ammo and don't give one inch at September 13, 2019 10:39 AM (bcbK8)
Posted by: BignJames
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They have a *very* low-ranked school of engineering.
Things haven't been the same since since The Gang of 90 killed the lacrosse program.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc. ,etc. at September 13, 2019 10:39 AM (cg4r6)
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at September 13, 2019 10:39 AM (ejd/p)
Posted by: kraken at September 13, 2019 10:39 AM (90T4r)
If everyone is wearing a tuxedo with bat wing collar and sporting a top hat, wear an ermine-trimmed robe and don a crown.
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at September 13, 2019 10:38 AM (kQs4Y)
And what if they're all wearing ermine-trimmed robes and crowns? You're in deep shit then.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at September 13, 2019 10:39 AM (ZYB2s)
If everyone is wearing a tuxedo with bat wing collar and sporting a top hat, wear an ermine-trimmed robe and don a crown.
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at September 13, 2019 10:38 AM (kQs4Y)
If everyone's wearing a robe and crown, don't wear anything.
Posted by: joe, living dangerously at September 13, 2019 10:39 AM (KUaJL)
One word, epaulettes.
Posted by: Someguy at September 13, 2019 10:39 AM (Wj9tV)
Posted by: Lurking Lurker - Not In My Purview at September 13, 2019
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Unfortunately here nowadays, everybody wears shorts and a tank top even outside the home. Slacks and a polo shirt are considered "putting on airs."
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at September 13, 2019 10:40 AM (ClOmq)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc. ,etc. at September 13, 2019 10:17 AM (cg4r6)
nyeh nyeh nyeh nyeh nyeh, dad. nyeh nyeh nyeh nyeh nyeh nyeh nyeh nyeh, dad.
Posted by: Martin Crane, listening to his sons speak at September 13, 2019 10:40 AM (DTX3h)
Posted by: Surfperch at September 13, 2019 10:40 AM (tVQUs)
Posted by: jwest at September 13, 2019 10:34 AM (/roJx)
I had my previous house re roofed w/metal. I had my present house (2010) built w/metal roof....no issues, worry free, though a bit more expensive.
Posted by: BignJames at September 13, 2019 10:40 AM (X/Pw5)
I think the rule of thumb is: dress for the job you want.
Not that it helped me in the end, but I always dressed in dress shirt and slacks in a work environment where everyone else was in jeans. Why give anyone a chance to think worse of you?
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at September 13, 2019 10:40 AM (7rVsF)
So this person tweeted this:
@forcedexit
Disabled people in Canada have been pushed toward euthanasia by bureaucrats denying the kind of independent living support that would help a suicidal disabled person want to live - who then offered the patient euthanasia instead.
And then this lovely WH correspondent for the Las Vegas Review Journal tweeted this in response:
@debrajsaunders
They never will be missed.
She's taking some major blow black.
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She finally responded. Did you all know where that line came from? She put no quotation marks around it nor did she site where it came from. We were all suppose to 'know' that.
@debrajsaunders
This is a reference to a Gilbert & Sullivan song in The Mikado. The Lord High Executioner has a "little list" of people who "never will be missed." I was making a statement about how easy it is for some to decide others, inconvenient people, can go.
That is not what I think.
Posted by: Tami at September 13, 2019 10:40 AM (cF8AT)
Posted by: joe, living dangerously at September 13, 2019 10:39 AM (KUaJL)
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If everyone is wearing nothing, wear a sock.
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at September 13, 2019 10:40 AM (kQs4Y)
Posted by: jwest at September 13, 2019 10:34 AM (/roJx)
I have metal standing rib sheet roofing on my home in Alberta. I like it. Not noisy in rain, resistant to hail damage, and fireproof. Basically zero maintenance, too.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 13, 2019 10:40 AM (jEgzt)
Posted by: Tami at September 13, 2019 10:12 AM (cF8AT)
Says Paolo......
Posted by: GWB at September 13, 2019 10:40 AM (mRtYs)
That in itself would make me think long and hard before hiring a Duke grad.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at September 13, 2019 10:41 AM (cB5if)
Two whites don't make a Wong, either.
Posted by: The Gipper Lives at September 13, 2019 10:41 AM (Ndje9)
Also, if the pricing on a roof seems too good to be true they're probably using illegals.
Posted by: Ian S. at September 13, 2019 10:41 AM (ZGrMX)
from hard work. None of my friends in engineering school got their jobs
based on connections" joe
yeah, my engineering friends were flying around interviewing and got good jobs. But I think the DC DeepState think is a different realm of controlled power. That also extends into certain communities of government workers saving certain jobs for friends and family, and they are expected to serve TheMachine.
In Illinois, Madigan is the heir to TheBoss Daly, after Daly the son was done. Now the Madigan daughter who was AG for a long time, is joining a powerful IL/DC law firm Kirkland and Ellis, which AG William Barr also worked for before becoming AG. Barr's father also hired Epstein at one point (or was it Epstein's father?) ... then left the position ...
so many strange connections, but yes, engineer types can still get good jobs based on their abilities, though even that is often outsourced making the path not so clear.
Posted by: illiniwek at September 13, 2019 10:41 AM (Cus5s)
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at September 13, 2019 10:40 AM (kQs4Y)
And suspenders.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at September 13, 2019 10:41 AM (ZYB2s)
Posted by: kraken at September 13, 2019 10:41 AM (90T4r)
Posted by: Puddin Head
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I have no idea, but the cartoon at last night's ONT would describe them perfectly.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc. ,etc. at September 13, 2019 10:41 AM (cg4r6)
Posted by: Surfperch at September 13, 2019
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You can't see his neck, that's all. He has his head turned away and down, probably sniffing something he just hoicked up onto the rug.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at September 13, 2019 10:42 AM (ClOmq)
Illegal Immigration costs the USA over 300 Billion Dollars a year. There is no reason for this, and things are being set in motion to have this number come WAY DOWN. Democrats could end Loopholes and it would be a whole lot easier, and faster. But it will all happen anyway!....
....VERY stupidly negotiated Trade Deals, and Illegal Immigration, are a tremendous cost and burden to our Country. They are BOTH coming along very well and someday, in the not too distant future, America will see a very positive change. Remember, America First!
Posted by: Tami at September 13, 2019 10:42 AM (cF8AT)
Posted by: Lurking Lurker - Not In My Purview at September 13, 2019 10:42 AM (FiUMj)
Posted by: Lurking Lurker - Not In My Purview at September 13, 2019 10:37 AM (FiUMj)
We're constantly told that if you're not gunning for the top spot, non-stop, you're lazy.
Posted by: Allie at September 13, 2019 10:42 AM (sm6Pk)
And they went through all the ways they used their connections to advance their children.
In ways you are never told or hear about; you'd never think about.
Bottom line was: If you aren't in that club, you're never fucking getting in.
Yes, they are given cush no-show jobs to pad their resume; Iay-up "wins" to pad accomplishments; papers are written for them; tests taken for them; they're placed on boards and commissions.
You being on the "Dean's List" doesn't mean shit-- they spent the weekend with the Dean at their lake house.
You might roll out of college with a 4.0 GPA, they're walking into a VP job.
You might make VP in five years, they'll already have been promoted twice.
They started the race at the finish line and the rest of us were lied to for near 16 years that your schooling was a fair race.
Formal education teaches you nothing but how to be a good cog to be ground up in their machine
Posted by: RoyalOil, Vicroy Canadian Territories at September 13, 2019 10:43 AM (k81AA)
Posted by: kraken
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Uh, to take the bus, or train...or, for that matter, to be seen in public.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc. ,etc. at September 13, 2019 10:43 AM (cg4r6)
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Relax, buy ammo and don't give one inch at September 13, 2019 10:43 AM (bcbK8)
355 @realDonaldTrump 19 seconds ago
Illegal Immigration costs the USA over 300 Billion Dollars a year.
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The actual number is 298B. This is yet another Trump lie!!
- MSM
Posted by: Lurking Lurker - Not In My Purview at September 13, 2019 10:43 AM (FiUMj)
Posted by: Marcus T at September 13, 2019 10:43 AM (GRy4E)
Posted by: joe, living dangerously at September 13, 2019 10:39 AM (KUaJL)
The next step after crown and robe is toga virilis and laurels
Posted by: TheQuietMan at September 13, 2019 10:43 AM (mpeBU)
Posted by: kraken at September 13, 2019 10:43 AM (90T4r)
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Relax, buy ammo and don't give one inch at September 13, 2019 10:43 AM (bcbK
They usually do.
Posted by: Insomniac at September 13, 2019 10:43 AM (NWiLs)
Posted by: Blake - used salesman salesman
at September 13, 2019 10:32 AM (qC1Sy)
I thought that was common, though. My grandmother did that.
Posted by: Allie at September 13, 2019 10:35 AM (sm6Pk)
It was the practice until all the social norms were trashed.
Posted by: Flyover, Fan of subversive company training at September 13, 2019 10:43 AM (B5K06)
Posted by: kraken
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I still kinda get dressed up to fly, when I'm in first. Not a suit or anything, but make myself somewhat presentable to the world.
Posted by: Lurking Lurker - Not In My Purview at September 13, 2019 10:44 AM (FiUMj)
I was able to drop out of engineering and get a job based on connections, but I kept it (and got my next one) by working hard.
Posted by: Ian S. at September 13, 2019 10:45 AM (ZGrMX)
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at September 13, 2019 10:45 AM (5aX2M)
How did I get here?
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at September 13, 2019 10:45 AM (ZYB2s)
You know, I tried wearing a three piece suit to a drywalling gig, but the other guys just laughed at me.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at September 13, 2019 10:45 AM (cB5if)
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at September 13, 2019 10:38 AM (kQs4Y)
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And if everyone is wearing ermine-trimmed robes and crowns, wear papal vestments and a mitre.
Posted by: No One of Consequence at September 13, 2019 10:45 AM (CAJOC)
Now the managers are all about who they went to college with. And they are 90% worthless and pointless.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Relax, buy ammo and don't give one inch at September 13, 2019 10:46 AM (bcbK8)
Posted by: kraken at September 13, 2019 10:43 AM (90T4r)
You English?.....the grave diggers wear ties.
Posted by: BignJames at September 13, 2019 10:46 AM (X/Pw5)
Second Best: Bad grades and connections
Third Best: Good grades no connections
Worst: Bad grades and no connections
No absolutes
Posted by: Lurking Lurker - Not In My Purview at September 13, 2019 10:46 AM (FiUMj)
Posted by: Lurking Lurker - Not In My Purview at September 13, 2019 10:37 AM (FiUMj)
We're constantly told that if you're not gunning for the top spot, non-stop, you're lazy.
Posted by: Allie at September 13, 2019 10:42 AM (sm6Pk)
It's a strange balance to have to maintain in a job interview when they ask that "where do you see yourself in 5 years?" question. If you see yourself doing the job you're being interviewed for, you have no ambition. If you see yourself further ahead on the ladder, you have no commitment to the job you're being interviewed for and are just looking at it as a stepping stone.
Posted by: josephistan at September 13, 2019 10:46 AM (7HtZB)
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at September 13, 2019 10:46 AM (5aX2M)
Posted by: IP at September 13, 2019 10:47 AM (QPvMy)
Flew,with my father in law once. He bought my ticket. He flew first class. I didn't. Funny how things like that leave an impression.
Posted by: kraken at September 13, 2019 10:47 AM (90T4r)
President @realDonaldTrump announced he would lift a ban on federal funding for faith-based Historically Black Colleges and Universities, saying @TheJusticeDept has found that restriction unconstitutional.
He's really putting a dent in the D's hold on AA's.
Posted by: Tami at September 13, 2019 10:47 AM (cF8AT)
Posted by: kraken
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I still kinda get dressed up to fly, when I'm in first. Not a suit or anything, but make myself somewhat presentable to the world.
Posted by: Lurking Lurker - Not In My Purview at September 13, 2019 10:44 AM (FiUMj)
Same.
I wear nice clothes in First, but flying coach, I'm going to be comfortable. But they are going to be clean clothes and I am going to shower, at least.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Relax, buy ammo and don't give one inch at September 13, 2019 10:47 AM (bcbK8)
I thought that was common, though. My grandmother did that.
Posted by: Allie at September 13, 2019 10:35 AM (sm6Pk)
It was the practice until all the social norms were trashed.
Posted by: Flyover, Fan of subversive company training at September 13, 2019 10:43 AM (B5K06)
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I did not know this.
Thanks, Horde!
Cool.
I'd no idea my daughter was somewhat retro.
Posted by: Blake - used salesman salesman
at September 13, 2019 10:47 AM (qC1Sy)
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Good luck getting a job at a FAANG without a degree. And it better be a Stanford degree unless you're a superstar in the field.
Posted by: Lurking Lurker - Not In My Purview at September 13, 2019 10:47 AM (FiUMj)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at September 13, 2019 10:47 AM (ZYB2s)
Posted by: Marcus T at September 13, 2019 10:48 AM (GRy4E)
President @realDonaldTrump announced he would lift a ban on federal funding for faith-based Historically Black Colleges and Universities, saying @TheJusticeDept has found that restriction unconstitutional.
He's really putting a dent in the D's hold on AA's.
Posted by: Tami at September 13, 2019 10:47 AM (cF8AT)
Damn Trump and his policies of racism!
Posted by: joe, living dangerously at September 13, 2019 10:48 AM (KUaJL)
Posted by: BignJames at September 13, 2019 10:40 AM (X/Pw5)
Any rough estimate on what metal costs per "square"?
If I'm reading the insurance quote on my old roof correctly, they are giving my about $700 per square in material.
Posted by: jwest at September 13, 2019 10:48 AM (/roJx)
Posted by: kraken at September 13, 2019 10:48 AM (90T4r)
Posted by: josephistan at September 13, 2019
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Not to mention, the guy interviewing you will think you'll be gunning for his job, and will stamp "Do Not Hire" on your resume.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at September 13, 2019 10:48 AM (ClOmq)
Posted by: kraken at September 13, 2019 10:41 AM (90T4r)
...and go shopping in "The City."
Posted by: Flyover, Fan of subversive company training at September 13, 2019 10:48 AM (B5K06)
Flew,with my father in law once. He bought my ticket. He flew first class. I didn't. Funny how things like that leave an impression.
Posted by: kraken at September 13, 2019 10:47 AM (90T4r)
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Domestic first is nothing to write home about. International first....that shit is nice!
Posted by: Lurking Lurker - Not In My Purview at September 13, 2019 10:48 AM (FiUMj)
Posted by: dananjcon at September 13, 2019 10:49 AM (u6xw0)
Posted by: josephistan at September 13, 2019 10:46 AM (7HtZB)
You can always says "this job with the word senior in front of the title".
Posted by: Someguy at September 13, 2019 10:49 AM (Wj9tV)
Turns out that AA's are really not all that fond of illegal aliens.
Many of them aren't down with free abortions for trannies, either.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at September 13, 2019 10:49 AM (cB5if)
Posted by: Lurking Lurker - Not In My Purview at September 13, 2019 10:42 AM (FiUMj)
Always dress for the job you want.
https://youtu.be/YnXPGF0pvJU
Posted by: josephistan at September 13, 2019 10:49 AM (7HtZB)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at September 13, 2019 10:47 AM (ZYB2s)
sandwich board
Posted by: BignJames at September 13, 2019 10:49 AM (X/Pw5)
Beto's fans went crazy, and have reported the rep to the FBI, etc.
https://tinyurl.com/y4o7eyor
Posted by: Jane D'oh at September 13, 2019 10:49 AM (ptqGC)
Posted by: Roland THTG at September 13, 2019 10:49 AM (88+cf)
@debrajsaunders
This is a reference to a Gilbert & Sullivan song in The Mikado. The Lord High Executioner has a "little list" of people who "never will be missed." I was making a statement about how easy it is for some to decide others, inconvenient people, can go.
That is not what I think.
Posted by: Tami at September 13, 2019 10:40 AM (cF8AT)
Interesting. Apparently the Zodiac killer rewrote the words to that very same song in one of his letters to the police.
Posted by: Kris at September 13, 2019 10:49 AM (OyyDO)
Posted by: Lurking Lurker - Not In My Purview at September 13, 2019
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What is a FAANG?
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at September 13, 2019 10:49 AM (ClOmq)
Posted by: Lurking Lurker - Not In My Purview at September 13, 2019 10:44 AM (FiUMj)
I often wear a suit or slacks and a jacket with no tie. I find that a good suit is more comfortable than jeans and a t-shirt, has more pockets to carry stuff, and you get treated better by everyone.
Posted by: Colorado Alex In Exile at September 13, 2019 10:50 AM (wCmLp)
Posted by: kraken
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Check out how America dressed in the 60s/70s to attend a Football Game. Coats, ties, hats. Now flash forward to see Lord Humongus and his family at a game.
Posted by: Puddin Head at September 13, 2019 10:50 AM (2LelM)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at September 13, 2019 10:50 AM (ZYB2s)
It, honestly, wasn't very funny. Nothing like his work on the Chapelle show apart from a couple of bits. Just mostly him doing bitter rants about how much the world sucks now, mostly due to PC and SJW stuff. I'm not saying he's a Conservative, but he's sure leaning that way not.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Relax, buy ammo and don't give one inch at September 13, 2019 10:50 AM (bcbK8)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at September 13, 2019 10:47 AM (ZYB2s)
A Chik Fil-A uniform?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 13, 2019 10:50 AM (jEgzt)
Posted by: rhennigantx at September 13, 2019 10:50 AM (JFO2v)
How did I get here?
Posted by: Cicero
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Ah. You're actually Stockdale, aren't you?
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc. ,etc. at September 13, 2019 10:50 AM (cg4r6)
Posted by: Deep State is in Deep Shit at September 13, 2019 10:50 AM (BqBId)
Flew,with my father in law once. He bought my ticket. He flew first class. I didn't. Funny how things like that leave an impression.
Posted by: kraken at September 13, 2019 10:47 AM (90T4r)
Back in the old days, when smoking was still allowed on planes, we flew everywhere first class on the corporate dime. It was better than sex (almost).
Posted by: jwest at September 13, 2019 10:50 AM (/roJx)
Posted by: josephistan at September 13, 2019 10:46 AM (7HtZB)
I always wondered if they want the irrationally optimistic version, or the more realistic assessment of where I'll probably actually be in 5 years. I don't know how well, "Still interviewing for shitty jobs like this and getting ghosted" would go over.
Posted by: Biggs Darklighter at September 13, 2019 10:50 AM (N4xQB)
It, honestly, wasn't very funny. Nothing like his work on the Chapelle show apart from a couple of bits. Just mostly him doing bitter rants about how much the world sucks now, mostly due to PC and SJW stuff. I'm not saying he's a Conservative, but he's sure leaning that way not.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Relax, buy ammo and don't give one inch at September 13, 2019 10:50 AM (bcbK
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"Not!"
-Wayne and Garth
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, The Winter Soldier at September 13, 2019 10:51 AM (DjIxe)
Posted by: IP at September 13, 2019 10:51 AM (QPvMy)
Posted by: Lurking Lurker - Not In My Purview at September 13, 2019
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What is a FAANG?
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The big tech companies - Facebook, Apple, Amazon, Netflix, Google
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at September 13, 2019 10:49 AM (ClOmq)
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Posted by: No One of Consequence at September 13, 2019 10:51 AM (CAJOC)
The patriarchal beast stirs the cinders with his iron phallus. The handmaiden, recovering from her nightly rape/beating, stares blankly out the window, hoping death will come soon. The kitty cat looks away in disgust.
Posted by: gp, Decaffeinated By Popular Demand at September 13, 2019 10:51 AM (mk9aG)
If I'm reading the insurance quote on my old roof correctly, they are giving my about $700 per square in material.
Posted by: jwest at September 13, 2019 10:48 AM (/roJx)
At the time I did mine....roughly 2.5-3x more than asbestos shingles.
Posted by: BignJames at September 13, 2019 10:51 AM (X/Pw5)
Posted by: Lurking Lurker - Not In My Purview at September 13, 2019 10:44 AM (FiUMj)
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Dressing for flying is slip on shoes, comfortable slacks, no belt and a tee shirt with sweater. This will get you through TSA in a snap.
Posted by: Puddin Head at September 13, 2019 10:51 AM (2LelM)
Posted by: Lurking Lurker - Not In My Purview at September 13, 2019 10:34 AM (FiUMj)
One of the worst things, IMO, embraced by HR departments everywhere is casual Friday, which for many corporate offices, has devolved into casual workweek. IMO, the more casual you dress, the less serious you feel toward your job. Even people like Richard Rawlins, of GasMonkey Garage Rehab fame, makes sure that every garage he remodels provides classy uniform shirts for employees with the company's logo because it projects professionalism.
So much of the USA dresses like crap in their daily life, whether it's shopping, dinner out, etc. And it's carried over into the workplace. I've noticed many businesses , including banks are trying to reverse this trend by providing logo shirts, etc. But corporate offices are still behind.
Posted by: Jen the original at September 13, 2019 10:51 AM (4MzAP)
Posted by: Lurking Lurker - Not In My Purview at September 13, 2019 10:51 AM (FiUMj)
@debrajsaunders
This is a reference to a Gilbert & Sullivan song in The Mikado. The Lord High Executioner has a "little list" of people who "never will be missed." I was making a statement about how easy it is for some to decide others, inconvenient people, can go.
That is not what I think.
Posted by: Tami at September 13, 2019
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Then Debra J. should have made her comment clearer, and explicitly stated not only that G and S wrote the line , but also how it applied to the current situation.
These people have no idea how to write the English language clearly.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at September 13, 2019 10:52 AM (ClOmq)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at September 13, 2019 10:47 AM (ZYB2s)
You're supposed to wear clothes in business class? Huh.
Posted by: joncelli, because somebody had to at September 13, 2019 10:52 AM (RD7QR)
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at September 13, 2019 10:52 AM (cB5if)
Posted by: Lurking Lurker - Not In My Purview at September 13, 2019
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What is a FAANG?
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at September 13, 2019 10:49 AM (ClOmq)
Facebook, Apple, Amazon, Netflix, Google
And I've worked at two of the five and turned down a third with an ISU education and no connections.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Relax, buy ammo and don't give one inch at September 13, 2019 10:52 AM (bcbK8)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at September 13, 2019 10:49 AM (ClOmq)
Facebook, Apple, Amazon, Netflix, Google.
Posted by: Someguy at September 13, 2019 10:52 AM (Wj9tV)
Posted by: Tom Servo at September 13, 2019 10:52 AM (Kpl3J)
Shame we lost that - now people will go out in public in their pajamas.
Posted by: Vashta Nerada at September 13, 2019 10:52 AM (YslsA)
Posted by: Lurking Lurker - Not In My Purview at September 13, 2019
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What is a FAANG?
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at September 13, 2019 10:49 AM (ClOmq)
Facebook, Amazon, Apple, Netflix, Google - our Tech Overlords
Posted by: josephistan at September 13, 2019 10:52 AM (7HtZB)
Posted by: Broseidon - New Work Computer, Same Work Ethic at September 13, 2019 10:53 AM (oZ6kz)
Flew,with my father in law once. He bought my ticket. He flew first class. I didn't. Funny how things like that leave an impression.
Posted by: kraken at September 13, 2019 10:47 AM (90T4r)
Wow.
Just...wow.
Posted by: Flyover, Fan of subversive company training at September 13, 2019 10:53 AM (B5K06)
Posted by: Puddin Head at September 13, 2019 10:51 AM (2LelM)
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TSA Pre Check is your friend. No removing shoes, no taking laptops out of the bag. Dedicated line. Security in under 10 minutes.
Posted by: Lurking Lurker - Not In My Purview at September 13, 2019 10:53 AM (FiUMj)
Posted by: Broseidon - New Work Computer, Same Work Ethic at September 13, 2019 10:53 AM (oZ6kz)
In the 70s? Lol. No. You've got your decades off.
Posted by: dagny at September 13, 2019 10:53 AM (nRWPy)
Posted by: Broseidon - New Work Computer, Same Work Ethic at September 13, 2019 10:53 AM (oZ6kz)
Can't go around calling people FAAGs now, though
Posted by: joe, living dangerously at September 13, 2019 10:53 AM (KUaJL)
Posted by: Broseidon - New Work Computer, Same Work Ethic at September 13, 2019 10:53 AM (oZ6kz)
LOL
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Relax, buy ammo and don't give one inch at September 13, 2019 10:53 AM (bcbK8)
Posted by: joe, living dangerously at September 13, 2019 10:54 AM (KUaJL)
Jonah is being mocked and belittled mercilessly.
Posted by: Blake - used salesman salesman
at September 13, 2019 10:54 AM (qC1Sy)
Posted by: Lurking Lurker - Not In My Purview at September 13, 2019 10:53 AM (FiUMj)
It's exactly like airport security was in the pre-9/11 days. Except now you have to pay extra for it.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at September 13, 2019 10:54 AM (ZYB2s)
Nah, they hire plenty of people from UIUC, Michigan, Brown, U-Dub, Washington University in St. Louis...
Source: went to one of those schools, know people who work in all of those companies.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at September 13, 2019 10:54 AM (cB5if)
Posted by: Lurking Lurker - Not In My Purview at September 13, 2019 10:54 AM (FiUMj)
Posted by: IP at September 13, 2019 10:54 AM (QPvMy)
Classes on sales.
Everything you do in this life is sales--you're either selling your time or a product
Coming out of high school knowing "people do business with people they know, like and trust" would have been a million times more useful than "college graduates make more than high school graduates "
Posted by: RoyalOil, Vicroy Canadian Territories at September 13, 2019 10:55 AM (k81AA)
Posted by: kraken at September 13, 2019 10:55 AM (90T4r)
Posted by: joe, living dangerously at September 13, 2019 10:55 AM (KUaJL)
Of course, back in the olde days you didn't need to sprint across acres and acres of mega-port to get to your flight.
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at September 13, 2019 10:55 AM (kQs4Y)
In the 70s? Lol. No. You've got your decades off.
Posted by: dagny at September 13, 2019
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People still wore at least clean jeans and shirts with collars. If the weather was cold, they'd have jackets or coats plus some kind of hat or cap.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at September 13, 2019 10:55 AM (ClOmq)
Correction: can't think of a classmate offhand who works for Netflix, though that doesn't mean there isn't one. Facebook, Amazon, Apple, Google... yep.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at September 13, 2019 10:56 AM (cB5if)
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at September 13, 2019 10:56 AM (5aX2M)
Posted by: gp, Decaffeinated By Popular Demand at September 13, 2019 10:56 AM (mk9aG)
Posted by: Someguy at September 13, 2019 10:39 AM (Wj9tV)
And nothing but epaulettes.
Posted by: GWB at September 13, 2019 10:56 AM (mRtYs)
Posted by: gp
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Now, that's what I call an art review.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc. ,etc. at September 13, 2019 10:56 AM (cg4r6)
Posted by: Lurking Lurker - Not In My Purview at September 13, 2019 10:51 AM (FiUMj)
Ask a stupid question, get a stupid answer. Your answer is the first choice. If for some reason I wanted to keep the job and impress the questioner (not likely, but maybe the pay was good) you could say "On Mars, overseeing this companies growing interplanetary expansion." That's bound to make a good corporate apparatchik smile.
Posted by: Tom Servo at September 13, 2019 10:56 AM (Kpl3J)
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They didn't have that when I was doing a shit ton of flying. Don't fly much anymore. Don't miss it. They never let me bring my pony aboard either.
Posted by: Puddin Head at September 13, 2019 10:56 AM (2LelM)
Posted by: jwest at September 13, 2019 10:48 AM (/roJx)
My roof was redone on insurance, after a hailstorm destroyed the asphalt shingles. I had to kick in more money to upgrade to metal roofing, but I am glad I did. The vinyl siding was trashed, too, and the wood siding had the paint hammered off it, so that all got replaced by stucco. Again, more money, but zero maintenance, and resistance to future hailstorms.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 13, 2019 10:56 AM (jEgzt)
Fuck that shit.
I LIKE working in an industry where I can wear jeans if I want to.
But...yeah, if you want to get ahead, you need to dress the part.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Relax, buy ammo and don't give one inch at September 13, 2019 10:56 AM (bcbK8)
Posted by: josephistan at September 13, 2019 10:56 AM (7HtZB)
Classes on sales.
But then you would have gone through your entire life without learning how to snap someone with a towel. Would you really want that?
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at September 13, 2019 10:56 AM (ZYB2s)
Typing. Not only meeting girls, but learning a skill I have benefitted from since the PC boom.
Thanks, mom.
Posted by: Vashta Nerada at September 13, 2019 10:56 AM (YslsA)
Posted by: Colorado Alex In Exile at September 13, 2019 10:50 AM (wCmLp)
These days I wear jeans, comfortable shoes (blue suede, of course) t-shirt or polo and always a sport jacket. You need the pockets when traveling.
Posted by: jwest at September 13, 2019 10:56 AM (/roJx)
Nah, they hire plenty of people from UIUC, Michigan, Brown, U-Dub, Washington University in St. Louis...
Source: went to one of those schools, know people who work in all of those companies.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at September 13, 2019 10:54 AM (cB5if)
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All those colleges are Tier1 or Tier 1-A (not sure what UIUC is). So my point still stands, I said Stanford as a general stand in for top college. Notice you didn't mention anyone from Southwest Arkansas State
Posted by: Lurking Lurker - Not In My Purview at September 13, 2019 10:57 AM (FiUMj)
My father was ultra-adamant about me having absolutely NO connections.
He had this romanticized idea of something along the lines of "the harder and more miserable it is for you, the sharper your still will be forged".
It didn't quite work out that way.
Posted by: Allie at September 13, 2019 10:57 AM (WN6kz)
Classes on sales.
Everything you do in this life is sales--you're either selling your time or a product
Coming out of high school knowing "people do business with people they know, like and trust" would have been a million times more useful than "college graduates make more than high school graduates "
Posted by: RoyalOil, Vicroy Canadian Territories at September 13, 2019 10:55 AM (k81AA)
My ideal HS curriculum had only two classes your senior year. One was a class on the nuts and bolts of the legal system, and the other was a class to prepare you for the adult world, such as how to buy a suit, how to interview for a job, how to balance a checkbook, etc. A week on sales techniques would probably be a good addition.
Posted by: Colorado Alex In Exile at September 13, 2019 10:57 AM (wCmLp)
Posted by: Tom Servo at September 13, 2019 10:56 AM (Kpl3J)
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How about:
"Sub-assistant to the regional Bad-Speak Executor of Unsafe Words on Titan."
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, The Winter Soldier at September 13, 2019 10:57 AM (DjIxe)
It, honestly, wasn't very funny. Nothing like his work on the Chapelle show apart from a couple of bits. Just mostly him doing bitter rants about how much the world sucks now, mostly due to PC and SJW stuff. I'm not saying he's a Conservative, but he's sure leaning that way not.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Relax, buy ammo and don't give one inch at September 13, 2019 10:50 AM (bcbK
Watch the Sebastian Maniscalco special "Aren't You Embarrassed". It's much funnier, and he doesn't get political. In fact, he might even lean conservative based on his material.
Posted by: Pine Barrens at September 13, 2019 10:57 AM (oh+79)
Now the managers are all about who they went to college with. And they are 90% worthless and pointless.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Relax, buy ammo and don't give one inch at September 13, 2019 10:46 AM (bcbK
Unfortunately, I can't. Don't have the wiring for it I guess.
Posted by: Insomniac at September 13, 2019 10:58 AM (NWiLs)
Posted by: IP at September 13, 2019
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Those cone-like hipster things with barely any brim are not *real* fedoras. You want something like men wore in the Thirties or Forties, with a tall straight-sided crown and a noticeable brim. Sadly, even Stetson doesn't make those any more. You have to go vintage, or have one custom-made.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at September 13, 2019 10:58 AM (ClOmq)
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at September 13, 2019 10:56 AM (5aX2M)
For me, Chappelle's 10 out of 10 will always be "I'm Rick James, Bitch!!!"
Posted by: Tom Servo at September 13, 2019 10:58 AM (Kpl3J)
Posted by: Tom Servo at September 13, 2019 10:56 AM (Kpl3J)
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That's a damn good answer.
Posted by: Lurking Lurker - Not In My Purview at September 13, 2019 10:58 AM (FiUMj)
Posted by: IP at September 13, 2019 10:54 AM (QPvMy)
Point of order - hipsters wear Trilby hats, which have shorter brims than true fedoras.
Posted by: josephistan at September 13, 2019 10:59 AM (7HtZB)
It, honestly, wasn't very funny. Nothing like his work on the Chapelle show apart from a couple of bits. Just mostly him doing bitter rants about how much the world sucks now, mostly due to PC and SJW stuff. I'm not saying he's a Conservative, but he's sure leaning that way not.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Relax, buy ammo and don't give one inch at September 13, 2019 10:50 AM (bcbK
Watch the Sebastian Maniscalco special "Aren't You Embarrassed". It's much funnier, and he doesn't get political. In fact, he might even lean conservative based on his material.
Posted by: Pine Barrens at September 13, 2019 10:57 AM (oh+79)
I'll check it out.
Most comedy made in the last 20 years isn't really that great, unless it's by one of the big names.
Jerry Seinfeld still has 'it', surprisingly. Catch his live act if you can.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Relax, buy ammo and don't give one inch at September 13, 2019 10:59 AM (bcbK8)
When I was there, UIUC (now called "Illinois", annoyingly) was ranked 4th/5th for CS in the country.
I think it may have gone down some, thanks to the general collapse of Illinois finances.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at September 13, 2019 10:59 AM (cB5if)
Posted by: Jen the original at September 13, 2019 10:51 AM (4MzAP)
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The tech kidz get livid at the thought of dress codes. It's an ongoing bitch where I work.
It's not HR, it's nerd culture.
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at September 13, 2019 10:59 AM (kQs4Y)
Most comedy made in the last 20 years isn't really that great, unless it's by one of the big names.
Jerry Seinfeld still has 'it', surprisingly. Catch his live act if you can.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Relax, buy ammo and don't give one inch at September 13, 2019 10:59 AM (bcbK
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"My vagina!!!!"
-Amy Schumer
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, The Winter Soldier at September 13, 2019 10:59 AM (DjIxe)
Beto's fans went crazy, and have reported the rep to the FBI, etc.
https://tinyurl.com/y4o7eyor
Posted by: Jane D'oh at September 13, 2019 10:49 AM (ptqGC)
Good for Cain. That *is* precisely what the 2nd Amendment is for, after all.
Posted by: rickl at September 13, 2019 10:59 AM (xjiRE)
Posted by: jwest at September 13, 2019 10:48 AM (/roJx)
My roof was redone on insurance, after a hailstorm destroyed the asphalt shingles. I had to kick in more money to upgrade to metal roofing, but I am glad I did. The vinyl siding was trashed, too, and the wood siding had the paint hammered off it, so that all got replaced by stucco. Again, more money, but zero maintenance, and resistance to future hailstorms.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 13, 2019 10:56 AM (jEgzt)
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My wife and I would like to get metal roofing for our house (current roof is pretty old). Is it loud in rain/hail storms?
Posted by: No One of Consequence at September 13, 2019 11:00 AM (CAJOC)
Posted by: jwest at September 13, 2019 10:34 AM (/roJx)
Get whatever has the longest guarantee including labor.
And make sure of the company that's guaranteeing it as far as longevity, skill, connections to the community.
Posted by: jakee308 - Hylozoist at September 13, 2019 11:00 AM (cxIsI)
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at September 13, 2019 10:56 AM (5aX2M)
For me, Chappelle's 10 out of 10 will always be "I'm Rick James, Bitch!!!"
Posted by: Tom Servo at September 13, 2019 10:58 AM (Kpl3J)
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YEEEEEAAAAHHHH!!!
Posted by: Chappelle's Lil Jon at September 13, 2019 11:00 AM (BDZWU)
Now the managers are all about who they went to college with. And they are 90% worthless and pointless.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Relax, buy ammo and don't give one inch at September 13, 2019 10:46 AM (bcbK
Unfortunately, I can't. Don't have the wiring for it I guess.
Posted by: Insomniac at September 13, 2019 10:58 AM (NWiLs)
I can't do the math stuff either. But I am pretty good at Tech, got lucky getting to play with computers when I was a middle schooler. Back when that was rare
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Relax, buy ammo and don't give one inch at September 13, 2019 11:00 AM (bcbK8)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at September 13, 2019 11:00 AM (aKsyK)
Posted by: Pine Barrens at September 13, 2019 10:57 AM (oh+79)
He's hilarious.
Posted by: josephistan at September 13, 2019 11:00 AM (7HtZB)
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia
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Well, I can tell you that my viking outfit didn't work out so well.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc. ,etc. at September 13, 2019 11:00 AM (cg4r6)
Posted by: Lurking Lurker - Not In My Purview at September 13, 2019 11:01 AM (FiUMj)
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at September 13, 2019 11:01 AM (ppBhU)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc. ,etc. at September 13, 2019 10:23 AM (cg4r6)
I agree. And the first step is just being neat and clean, even without the wherewithal to dress well.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at September 13, 2019 11:01 AM (wYseH)
Posted by: Broseidon - New Work Computer, Same Work Ethic at September 13, 2019 11:01 AM (oZ6kz)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at September 13, 2019 10:58 AM (ClOmq)
Nah......villagehatshop.com
Posted by: BignJames at September 13, 2019 11:01 AM (X/Pw5)
In 2002 or so I had a 1930-40's era McCaully fedora made from beaver felt that was stolen from my car. It was awesome but it'd be over $200 bucks to replace it from a vintage shop.
Posted by: IP at September 13, 2019 11:01 AM (QPvMy)
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia
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Well, I can tell you that my viking outfit didn't work out so well.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc. ,etc. at September 13, 2019
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Yeah, the horns on the helmet catch on the door frame. And there's no real place to hang your sword.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at September 13, 2019 11:02 AM (ClOmq)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr.
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'I'm only 29' status:
[ ] Confirmed
[X] Dubious
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc. ,etc. at September 13, 2019 11:02 AM (cg4r6)
Later all.
Posted by: Lurking Lurker - Not In My Purview at September 13, 2019 11:02 AM (FiUMj)
-Amy Schumer
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, The Winter Soldier at September 13, 2019 10:59 AM (DjIxe)
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That's not a joke, that's a horror story!
Posted by: Blake - used salesman salesman
at September 13, 2019 11:02 AM (qC1Sy)
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Relax, buy ammo and don't give one inch at September 13, 2019 10:47 AM (bcbK
And that's why you don't fit in.
Posted by: GWB at September 13, 2019 11:02 AM (mRtYs)
Posted by: No One of Consequence at September 13, 2019 11:00 AM (CAJOC)
no
Posted by: BignJames at September 13, 2019 11:03 AM (X/Pw5)
Our high school basketball team made it to second place one year, and I played with most of them at the Y in the summer. I didn't think of it till many years later, but most of them were connected to important community figures, except the tall black guy at center, and another family of blacks usually had a strong player on the team.
The second string guys were not that great as players but higher in social ranking, so it goes. I got tall later, and didn't even try out, so not complaining about that. (Jim Wisman was a year or two behind me, known for getting slapped by Bobby Knight the chair thrower at Indiana. Wisman and a few maybe made the hs team on ability and hustle, idk)
Posted by: illiniwek at September 13, 2019 11:03 AM (Cus5s)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius
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On the upside, people seemed to leave me alone.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc. ,etc. at September 13, 2019 11:03 AM (cg4r6)
Posted by: Caliban at September 13, 2019 11:03 AM (QE8X6)
Posted by: Broseidon - New Work Computer, Same Work Ethic at September 13, 2019 11:03 AM (oZ6kz)
Posted by: gp, Decaffeinated By Popular Demand at September 13, 2019 11:03 AM (mk9aG)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at September 13, 2019 11:02 AM (ClOmq)
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1. Identify as
2. Sue under ADA
3. Profit!
Posted by: Blake - used salesman salesman
at September 13, 2019 11:03 AM (qC1Sy)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at September 13, 2019 11:02 AM (ClOmq)
Pfft. Swords are for poseurs. Vikings always did their best work with battle axes.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at September 13, 2019 11:03 AM (ZYB2s)
Posted by: No One of Consequence at September 13, 2019 11:00 AM (CAJOC)
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Nothing better than rain on a tin roof for sleeping.
Posted by: Puddin Head at September 13, 2019 11:04 AM (2LelM)
Posted by: BignJames at September 13, 2019 11:03 AM (X/Pw5)
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Why did I read that answer as: "The check is in the mail?"
Posted by: Blake - used salesman salesman
at September 13, 2019 11:04 AM (qC1Sy)
But was it a longsword or broadsword
...and that's when the fight started.
Posted by: IP at September 13, 2019 11:04 AM (QPvMy)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 13, 2019 10:56 AM (jEgzt)
I should hope I won't have to kick anything more in. It's hard to get an exact figure on what the new roof costs and what the removal of the old shingles are, along with scaffolding, dumpsters, etc. All together they've budgeted $164,000.
Posted by: jwest at September 13, 2019 11:04 AM (/roJx)
When my husband traveled a lot on business, we nearly always flew first or business class, and on the occasions we were in coach, we still dressed well.
We were flying back from Barcelona years ago, having flown over in coach (urgh), and our son was in a collared shirt and sports coat. When we approached check in, we were upgraded to business class for the flight home. I've always believed it had to do with dressing the part.
Posted by: Jane D'oh at September 13, 2019 11:04 AM (ptqGC)
Posted by: Allie at September 13, 2019 11:04 AM (WN6kz)
I tried self-esteaming my clothes once but I burned myself.
Posted by: JackStraw at September 13, 2019 11:05 AM (ZLI7S)
Posted by: No One of Consequence at September 13, 2019 11:00 AM (CAJOC)
Not that I have experienced. I did have all the old shingles stripped off, and thin plastic-foam underlayment placed beneath the metal, as recommended by the roofing suppliers.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 13, 2019 11:05 AM (jEgzt)
Posted by: Broseidon - New Work Computer, Same Work Ethic at September 13, 2019 11:05 AM (oZ6kz)
Posted by: Broseidon - New Work Computer, Same Work Ethic at September 13, 2019 11:05 AM (oZ6kz)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at September 13, 2019 10:58 AM (ClOmq)
Nah......villagehatshop.com
Posted by: BignJames at September 13, 2019
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I've visited their site, and it's not bad. But most modern fedoras, even the high-end ones, have noticeable taper in the crown. I used to buy fedoras from Meyer the Hatter here in town, and wondered why they never looked quite right.
You can also buy a good '40s style Akubra fedora from David Morgan, or Hats Direct in Australia. I have two Federation IVs, and they are great.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at September 13, 2019 11:06 AM (ClOmq)
Posted by: Allie at September 13, 2019 11:04 AM (WN6kz)
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Rats. And I was going to look for some "Allie's Special Reserve Valu-Rite."
Posted by: Blake - used salesman salesman
at September 13, 2019 11:06 AM (qC1Sy)
Posted by: gp, Decaffeinated By Popular Demand at September 13, 2019 11:03 AM (mk9aG)
Um, no. Kids figure out the social pecking order regardless. The rich kids know who they are, and make sure everyone else knows it too. The vicious little shits will always be vicious little shits no matter how they're dressed.
Posted by: Insomniac at September 13, 2019 11:06 AM (NWiLs)
This door is not ADA compliant, my claymore can't even fit through!
Posted by: Broseidon - New Work Computer, Same Work Ethic at September 13, 2019 11:05 AM (oZ6kz)
two clacks and it will
Posted by: Quilter's Irish Death at September 13, 2019 11:06 AM (5l6gb)
Posted by: simplemind at September 13, 2019 11:06 AM (8E6rR)
Posted by: illiniwek at September 13, 2019 11:06 AM (Cus5s)
Posted by: Broseidon - New Work Computer, Same Work Ethic at September 13, 2019 11:05 AM (oZ6kz)
I'm pretty sure it wasn't the outfit that was hot, it was that when you were a teenager, supersaturated with hormones, teenage girls were hot.
Posted by: joe, living dangerously at September 13, 2019 11:07 AM (KUaJL)
Posted by: Tom Servo at September 13, 2019 10:52 AM (Kpl3J)
This AM, fill in host on Sirius kept playing a cut from Harris' drunken slurred giggle fest at Biden. I believe she just destroyed her own campaign. IF she were to somehow get the nom, Trump's team will play that clip over and over. Anyone who listens to it knows she was chemically trashed last night on something.
Posted by: Jen the original at September 13, 2019 11:07 AM (4MzAP)
They want to see how you handle the question and how truthful or inventive you are with the answer.
I learned that too late when I was old and unemployed (thanks TFG) and gave up after a couple meetings with HR employees (all women) with BA's in art history or some such and a smarmy attitude even tho this was a greasy mechanic type job.
I said "what" to the question and just looked at her dumb struck. It was my first time interviewing in 18 years.
I had no clue of the changes wrought by all the people shooting their fellow co workers and the lawyers answer to problems in quota hiring since I last got a job.
What a f**king mess. Maybe now with the jobs coming back they'll actually start to hire folks for what they can do and not the bullshit they can spout at the drop of a hat.
Posted by: jakee308 - Hylozoist at September 13, 2019 11:07 AM (cxIsI)
schools. They should put all students in uniforms. That would
eliminate a lot of trouble that comes from social class differences,
sexual temptations, taunting and bullying and theft, and our high
schoolers wouldn't look like mooks and whores while walking from/to
school.
Posted by: gp, Decaffeinated By Popular Demand at September 13, 2019 11:03 AM (mk9aG)
Several years ago, all the public schools in Chatham County (Savannah) did exactly that. Every public school student wears uniforms. We were already doing it in private schools. The uniforms really cut down on some of the behavior issues I've been told.
Posted by: Jane D'oh at September 13, 2019 11:07 AM (ptqGC)
I wear it when I'm walking the dog. It keeps rain off well and it makes me look a little less scary. It's bad enough that I'm a large bald man with a rottweiler
The hat does keep my head warm, though. It does not have vents, so I have to keep taking it off to let my head breathe when it's warm out.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Relax, buy ammo and don't give one inch at September 13, 2019 11:07 AM (bcbK8)
Posted by: Broseidon - New Work Computer, Same Work Ethic at September 13, 2019 11:08 AM (oZ6kz)
Bare metal roofing on the board is quite noisy. If you drop an insulation layer between, it is not. And is durable, fire resistant, less likely to be chainsawed open by mutants during face colander time, and is available in lovely colors!
Posted by: Pendulous Richard at September 13, 2019 11:08 AM (UFLLM)
Posted by: Nick in Tallahassee at September 13, 2019 11:08 AM (wGbBR)
Posted by: Tom Servo at September 13, 2019 10:52 AM (Kpl3J)
This AM, fill in host on Sirius kept playing a cut from Harris' drunken slurred giggle fest at Biden. I believe she just destroyed her own campaign. IF she were to somehow get the nom, Trump's team will play that clip over and over. Anyone who listens to it knows she was chemically trashed last night on something.
Posted by: Jen the original at September 13, 2019 11:07 AM (4MzAP)
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She's been done since she started.
She had the NYT in her back pocket, but the NYT was never able to convince the hoi polloi to like her.
Even the NYT abandoned her weeks back.
She's lost her media support and she has never developed popular support.
It's going to be hilarious when she finishes 3rd or 4th in the California primary.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, The Winter Soldier at September 13, 2019 11:08 AM (DjIxe)
Posted by: Broseidon - New Work Computer, Same Work Ethic at September 13, 2019 11:09 AM (oZ6kz)
Posted by: jakee308 - Hylozoist at September 13, 2019 11:07 AM (cxIsI)
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I once was asked, in an interview, "What would make you a bad employee?"
I thought for a moment, looked at the gals, said, "A winning lottery ticket."
They both about died laughing but, still didn't get the job.
I know, shocker.
Posted by: Blake - used salesman salesman
at September 13, 2019 11:09 AM (qC1Sy)
I wear it when I'm walking the dog. It keeps rain off well and it makes me look a little less scary. It's bad enough that I'm a large bald man with a rottweiler
The hat does keep my head warm, though. It does not have vents, so I have to keep taking it off to let my head breathe when it's warm out.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Relax, buy ammo and don't give one inch at September 13, 2019
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I still have two of my Stetson Temple models that I bought in the '90s too. Vintage hats are better in most ways, but I'm still attached to these two.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at September 13, 2019 11:09 AM (ClOmq)
Posted by: IP at September 13, 2019 11:09 AM (QPvMy)
Posted by: Jane D'oh at September 13, 2019 11:04 AM (ptqGC)
In good restaurants( I'm not talking five star, but better than Applebees) you'll get better tables also.
Posted by: Jen the original at September 13, 2019 11:09 AM (4MzAP)
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Relax, buy ammo and don't give one inch at September 13, 2019 11:09 AM (bcbK8)
I once was asked, in an interview, "What would make you a bad employee?"
I thought for a moment, looked at the gals, said, "A winning lottery ticket."
They both about died laughing but, still didn't get the job.
I know, shocker.
Posted by: Blake - used salesman salesman
at September 13, 2019 11:09 AM (qC1Sy)
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"Sex appeal. The ladies won't keep their hands off me."
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, The Winter Soldier at September 13, 2019 11:10 AM (DjIxe)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 13, 2019 11:05 AM (jEgzt)
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Did you get the panel style, or the ones that look like regular shingles?
Posted by: No One of Consequence at September 13, 2019 11:10 AM (CAJOC)
If Biden is nominated, Trump's campaign ads should be the videos of Biden reaching for the chests of little girls, while the girls flinch away and call to their parents for help.
The videos exist. The behavior is disgusting. Use those videos, and Biden can never win.
Posted by: gp, Decaffeinated By Popular Demand at September 13, 2019 11:10 AM (mk9aG)
Posted by: Soothsayer at September 13, 2019 11:10 AM (uZjSX)
Posted by: Broseidon - New Work Computer, Same Work Ethic at September 13, 2019 11:11 AM (oZ6kz)
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Relax, buy ammo and don't give one inch at September 13, 2019
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Meyer the Hatter is still going, and they even have a website.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at September 13, 2019 11:11 AM (ClOmq)
Posted by: Soothsayer at September 13, 2019 11:11 AM (uZjSX)
Posted by: Jane D'oh at September 13, 2019 11:04 AM (ptqGC)
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Yes. I can tell the difference when I put a little more effort into it.
Dress for the class you want to fly!
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at September 13, 2019 11:11 AM (kQs4Y)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, The Winter Soldier at September 13, 2019 11:10 AM (DjIxe)
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In my case, not even remotely believable, which left that answer right out.
Posted by: Blake - used salesman salesman
at September 13, 2019 11:11 AM (qC1Sy)
Posted by: kraken at September 13, 2019 11:12 AM (90T4r)
Seattle used to have Bernie Utz's hat shop. A legit wonderland for habadashery. Sadly, they closed last year.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Relax, buy ammo and don't give one inch at September 13, 2019 11:09 AM (bcbK
Bernie's closed, damn. One of only few reasons to make the trip to Seattle.
Posted by: Quilter's Irish Death at September 13, 2019 11:12 AM (5l6gb)
On the other side, you've got the Southern European view, especially from the French and the Italians, who have always known that "Girls go crazy for a Sharp Dressed Man." And as to women's styles - who would any man rather be seen with, some pudgy east German hausfrau, or an Italian Diva?
The Italians screw up a lot of things, but damn do they know how to Look Good while they're doing it.
Posted by: Tom Servo at September 13, 2019 11:12 AM (Kpl3J)
Football? Hell, go to church. Sweats and team jerseys.
Posted by: Roland THTG at September 13, 2019 11:12 AM (88+cf)
Posted by: Broseidon - New Work Computer, Same Work Ethic at September 13, 2019 11:12 AM (oZ6kz)
Eddie Money has used his ticket to Paradise.
Posted by: Soothsayer at September 13, 2019 11:11 AM (uZjSX)
He's got one more to spare
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Relax, buy ammo and don't give one inch at September 13, 2019 11:12 AM (bcbK8)
Posted by: jakee308 - Hylozoist at September 13, 2019 11:07 AM (cxIsI)
Wouldn't count on it but hope springs eternal.
Posted by: Insomniac at September 13, 2019 11:12 AM (NWiLs)
STEM jobs are based on what you can demonstrate in skill. You don't
need a degree if you can code. You don't need connections, of the social
type, if you can do the math.
Now the managers are all about who they went to college with. And they are 90% worthless and pointless.
i still occasionally catch grief because my degree (of more than 30 years ago!) is in philosophy rather than some stem field. i write embedded code and device drivers, up to and including operating systems and network stacks.
Posted by: Anachronda at September 13, 2019 11:12 AM (sGtp+)
Dress for the class you want to fly!
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at September 13, 2019 11:11 AM (kQs4Y)
Yet, it never fails. I've been seated in first or business class, and some hipster slob will plop down next to me wearing dirty sweats, and flip-flops with smelly feet.
Posted by: Jane D'oh at September 13, 2019 11:12 AM (ptqGC)
Posted by: Broseidon - New Work Computer, Same Work Ethic at September 13, 2019 11:12 AM (oZ6kz)
You've gone mad.
Posted by: Insomniac at September 13, 2019 11:13 AM (NWiLs)
Posted by: Broseidon - New Work Computer, Same Work Ethic at September 13, 2019
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The Mad Hatter concurs.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at September 13, 2019 11:13 AM (ClOmq)
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He's got one more to spare
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards
Would you like to make a prediction?
Posted by: Soothsayer at September 13, 2019 11:13 AM (uZjSX)
Posted by: Jen the original at September 13, 2019 11:07 AM (4MzAP)
Damn, I would like to see that.
Posted by: jewells45 at September 13, 2019 11:13 AM (BLT3V)
So Disney is going for Choose your own ending for Star Wars. What could go wrong??
Posted by: Anna Puma at September 13, 2019 11:13 AM (HyZSs)
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I got sent home in Jr High for wearing jeans. This was in Michagan.
Posted by: Puddin Head at September 13, 2019 11:14 AM (2LelM)
"Little Willie" verse is by Harry Graham from original "Ruthless Rhymes for Heartless Homes".
Posted by: Grannymimi at September 13, 2019 11:14 AM (u5LFV)
Posted by: dagny at September 13, 2019 11:14 AM (nRWPy)
And you must not be "old." And it helps enormously if you are not a white male.
Posted by: gp, Decaffeinated By Popular Demand at September 13, 2019 11:14 AM (mk9aG)
Seaxes
You can tell the designs that worked well for actual fighting. They're rare cause they were used until they wore out.
The stuff in the graves and barrows is all ceremonial mostly.
Full of jewels and engravings and such.
A real marauders weapon was a simple piece of iron with maybe a blood groove and with both edges sharp with a point.
The point was necessary when they went toe to toe in a shield line. The guy behind you would stab over you and your shield to the guy on the front opposite while you stabbed under your shield to get them in the leg or ankles.
You don't see the real tactics they use in sword fighting in movies.
They go for the ankles and the shoulders. Stabbing either. They don't spend a lot of time clashing steel together.
Posted by: jakee308 - Hylozoist at September 13, 2019 11:15 AM (cxIsI)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at September 13, 2019 11:15 AM (ClOmq)
the .999 pure silver shingles are a good option .... in case of monetary catastrophe. Other than that I can't imagine a reroof costing that much. Maybe for some copper versions, idk. Or a large house with an intricate roof I suppose. .... yikes ... my middle American low cost virtues are showing I guess. ha.
Posted by: illiniwek at September 13, 2019 11:15 AM (Cus5s)
It's not HR, it's nerd culture.
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at September 13, 2019 10:59 AM (kQs4Y)
Millennials get A LOT of things wrong, but the dress code is one thing they do right.
I will never in a million years understand the need to be uncomfortable at work. There is zero legitimate reason I can't wear shorts and a t-shirt, it makes exactly no difference in my productivity. If anything, it makes me a better worker.
Posted by: What's a Seawolf? at September 13, 2019 11:15 AM (k76MH)
My dad was tickled to death. He'd been an AF pilot for 22 years, and had flown coach many times but never first class.
My mother described how Daddy dressed in a nice suit and tie, and she wore a pretty dress and heels and nice jewelry.
I love my husband for doing that for them.
Posted by: Jane D'oh at September 13, 2019 11:15 AM (ptqGC)
Where I work, promotions are 95% about social office politics anyway.
Posted by: Allie at September 13, 2019 11:16 AM (WN6kz)
Posted by: Pig to man dreaming of lions at September 13, 2019 11:16 AM (NwIkk)
Posted by: IP at September 13, 2019 11:16 AM (QPvMy)
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That's why I wear a cod piece with my tights. My tunic is quite striking as well.
Posted by: Puddin Head at September 13, 2019 11:16 AM (2LelM)
Posted by: yacht rocker at September 13, 2019 11:16 AM (B+t5k)
Posted by: Anna Puma at September 13, 2019 11:17 AM (HyZSs)
Posted by: Chris M at September 13, 2019 11:17 AM (eAZVt)
My dad was tickled to death. He'd been an AF pilot for 22 years, and had flown coach many times but never first class.
My mother described how Daddy dressed in a nice suit and tie, and she wore a pretty dress and heels and nice jewelry.
I love my husband for doing that for them.
Posted by: Jane D'oh at September 13, 2019 11:15 AM (ptqGC)
For our 10 anniversary, me and the wife flew first class to Savannah!
I sat in front of McCauley Culkin, LOL
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Relax, buy ammo and don't give one inch at September 13, 2019 11:17 AM (bcbK8)
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I got sent home in Jr High for wearing jeans. This was in Michagan.
Posted by: Puddin Head at September 13, 2019
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The hottest girl I knew in school got sent home one day in 1967 or -68 for wearing culottes. I'd have liked to escort her to make sure she went straight home, but nobody asked me.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at September 13, 2019 11:18 AM (ClOmq)
Posted by: Anachronda at September 13, 2019 11:12 AM (sGtp+)
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I've got a philosophy degree, too! I'm a SQL Server developer. When people seem surprised by my degree, I just tell them I focused heavily on logic.
Posted by: No One of Consequence at September 13, 2019 11:18 AM (CAJOC)
Get an antenna or two to bypass the blocking.
I live in a trailer and that's what I had to do. A lot of signal can get thru your windows but it's spotty depending on where the xmitter is relative to you.
The metal roof acts as one side of a faraday cage so you can imagine.
You can also buy a repeater and put it on a pole or run it inside. They are expensive tho. $150+
Posted by: jakee308 - Hylozoist at September 13, 2019 11:18 AM (cxIsI)
Posted by: Puddin Head at September 13, 2019 11:19 AM (2LelM)
Posted by: Augustine at September 13, 2019 11:19 AM (BDZWU)
Posted by: kraken at September 13, 2019 11:12 AM (90T4r)
I have to go to the garage to get a good signal on my trac phone.....no issues w/wifi.
Posted by: BignJames at September 13, 2019 11:19 AM (X/Pw5)
Posted by: Nick in Tallahassee at September 13, 2019 11:08 AM (wGbBR)
My private high school would make you shave with a shitty disposable razor if you came to school unshaven. If you saw a guy with cuts all over his face, you knew what happened.
Posted by: Biggs Darklighter at September 13, 2019 11:20 AM (N4xQB)
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I got sent home in Jr High for wearing jeans. This was in Michagan.
Posted by: Puddin Head at September 13, 2019
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The hottest girl I knew in school got sent home one day in 1967 or -68 for wearing culottes. I'd have liked to escort her to make sure she went straight home, but nobody asked me.
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My sister had a pair. They were popular for about two minutes in the mid sixties.
Posted by: Puddin Head at September 13, 2019 11:20 AM (2LelM)
I always hated "What's your greatest weakness?". I think I'd answer
"That I never learned the proper answer to that question." if I had to
be interviewed again now.
Where I work, promotions are 95% about social office politics anyway.
i've worked hard to avoid promotions and intend to do so until they pry the keyboard off my cold dead fingers and wheel me out of my office.
Posted by: Anachronda at September 13, 2019 11:21 AM (sGtp+)
Posted by: Biggs Darklighter at September 13, 2019 11:22 AM (N4xQB)
The hottest girl I knew in school got sent home one day in 1967 or
-68 for wearing culottes. I'd have liked to escort her to make sure she
went straight home, but nobody asked me.
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My sister had a pair.
yes, yes, but how were her culottes?
Posted by: Anachronda at September 13, 2019 11:22 AM (sGtp+)
Posted by: All Hail Eris
Works for me.
Posted by: Miklos, sartorially splendid at September 13, 2019 11:26 AM (QzkSJ)
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Hers: 'What's that smell . . . ? I bet he . . . ?'
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George Bush Slices Don Rumsfeld Like an F*ckin' Hammer
Democratic Forays into Erotica
New Shows On Gore's DNC/MTV Network
Nicknames for Potatoes, By People Who Really Hate Potatoes
Star Wars Euphemisms for Self-Abuse
Signs You're at an Iraqi "Wedding Party"
Signs Your Clown Has Gone Bad
Signs That You, Geroge Michael, Should Probably Just Give It Up
Signs of Hip-Hop Influence on John Kerry
NYT Headlines Spinning Bush's Jobs Boom
Things People Are More Likely to Say Than "Did You Hear What Al Franken Said Yesterday?"
Signs that Paul Krugman Has Lost His Frickin' Mind
All-Time Best NBA Players, According to Senator Robert Byrd
Other Bad Things About the Jews, According to the Koran
Signs That David Letterman Just Doesn't Care Anymore
Examples of Bob Kerrey's Insufferable Racial Jackassery
Signs Andy Rooney Is Going Senile
Other Judgments Dick Clarke Made About Condi Rice Based on Her Appearance
Collective Names for Groups of People
John Kerry's Other Vietnam Super-Pets
Cool Things About the XM8 Assault Rifle
Media-Approved Facts About the Democrat Spy
Changes to Make Christianity More "Inclusive"
Secret John Kerry Senatorial Accomplishments
John Edwards Campaign Excuses
John Kerry Pick-Up Lines
Changes Liberal Senator George Michell Will Make at Disney
Torments in Dog-Hell
The Ace of Spades HQ Sex-for-Money Skankathon
A D&D Guide to the Democratic Candidates
Margaret Cho: Just Not Funny
More Margaret Cho Abuse
Margaret Cho: Still Not Funny
Iraqi Prisoner Claims He Was Raped... By Woman
Wonkette Announces "Morning Zoo" Format
John Kerry's "Plan" Causes Surrender of Moqtada al-Sadr's Militia
World Muslim Leaders Apologize for Nick Berg's Beheading
Michael Moore Goes on Lunchtime Manhattan Death-Spree
Milestone: Oliver Willis Posts 400th "Fake News Article" Referencing Britney Spears
Liberal Economists Rue a "New Decade of Greed"
Artificial Insouciance: Maureen Dowd's Word Processor Revolts Against Her Numbing Imbecility
Intelligence Officials Eye Blogs for Tips
They Done Found Us Out, Cletus: Intrepid Internet Detective Figures Out Our Master Plan
Shock: Josh Marshall Almost Mentions Sarin Discovery in Iraq
Leather-Clad Biker Freaks Terrorize Australian Town
When Clinton Was President, Torture Was Cool
What Wonkette Means When She Explains What Tina Brown Means
Wonkette's Stand-Up Act
Wankette HQ Gay-Rumors Du Jour
Here's What's Bugging Me: Goose and Slider
My Own Micah Wright Style Confession of Dishonesty
Outraged "Conservatives" React to the FMA
An On-Line Impression of Dennis Miller Having Sex with a Kodiak Bear
The Story the Rightwing Media Refuses to Report!
Our Lunch with David "Glengarry Glen Ross" Mamet
The House of Love: Paul Krugman
A Michael Moore Mystery (TM)
The Dowd-O-Matic!
Liberal Consistency and Other Myths
Kepler's Laws of Liberal Media Bias
John Kerry-- The Splunge! Candidate
"Divisive" Politics & "Attacks on Patriotism" (very long)
The Donkey ("The Raven" parody)