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Saturday Overnight Open Thread (11/9/19)
Talk about a student who really applied himself. Medieval executioner. H/T Anonosaurus Wrecks
One afternoon in May 1573, a 19-year-old man named Frantz Schmidt stood in the backyard of his father's house in the German state of Bavaria, preparing to behead a stray dog with a sword. He'd recently graduated from "decapitating" inanimate pumpkins to practicing on live animals. If he passed this final stage, Schmidt would be considered ready to start his job, as an executioner of people. We know the details of this morbid scene because Schmidt meticulously chronicled his life as an executioner, writing a series of diaries that painted a rich picture of this profession during the sixteenth century. His words provided a rare glimpse of the humanity behind the violence, revealing a man who took his work seriously and often felt empathy for his victims. But what's more, Schmidt wasn't necessarily all that unusual; historical anecdotes reveal that the prevailing stereotype of the hooded, blood-spattered, brutish executioner falls far short of the truth. So then, what was it like to do this work hundreds of years ago in Europe? And how did "executioner" become a legitimate job title in the first place?
From the files of: Hmmm, we didn't see this coming.
After six years in the natural medicine business, Green Angel CBD owner John Dee has faced an obstacle so large that he could be forced to close his doors: the New York Police Department's 75th Precinct. Over the weekend, Dee sent a 106-pound shipment of hemp flower from a Vermont farm via FedEx Freight. FedEx thought the $30,000 shipment might be pot, so it informed the Williston Police Department in Vermont. After investigating, the cops produced a police report showing that the company was a licensed hemp grower and that the hemp's THC content was 0.06 percent, well within the legal limit.
Literally and figuratively, a Feel Good Story.
More than a year after undergoing a 14-hour operation to transplant a penis, scrotum, and lower abdominal wall, a severely injured veteran reports that he has regained normal sensation and function of his new body parts. The young man now has “near-normal” erections, the ability to achieve orgasms, and normal sensation in the shaft and tip of his transplanted penis, according to his medical team at Johns Hopkins School of Medicine. He urinates while standing up with a “strong stream” and no issues with urgency or straining. (The transplant did not include donor testicles, to avoid the possibility of fathering non-genetically related children.)
The doctors reported the update on their patient November 7 in the New England Journal of Medicine.
A perfect song for that Man Cave.
There still is a lot of NFL football left. However, one sportsbook company is making refunds to a certain bettor.
Were it not for a missed field goal during the first round of the playoffs last season, the Bears and quarterback Mitch Trubisky — who went 12-4 during the regular season — would have been competing for a berth in the NFC Championship game. But, Cody Parkey’s field goat failed to make it through the uprights and the Bears fell to the Eagles by a point. Despite the way the season ended, there was plenty of optimism for the Bears this season and for Trubisky, who finished last season with 24 touchdowns, 12 interceptions and more than 3,000 passing yards, to continue to improve. There was so much optimism for Trubisky that some sportsbooks even took bets on him winning this year’s MVP award.
Unfortunately for Chicago, the Bears are now 3-5 on the season and Trubisky has looked like anything but an MVP. He’s been so bad in fact that one oddsmaker, PointsBet Sportsbook, has decided to refund MVP bets that were placed on the 25-year-old.
Which reminds me of my favorite polka.
What do you give to the folks who have everything? Give them a gift card rather than this.
2020 Pooping Dogs Calendar Is Here!
Talk about a gift that keeps on giving; each month reveals yet another beautiful pooch answering nature’s call. Also important: $1 from each “Pooping Pooches” calendar is donated to the Maui Humane Society to support animals in need. Available on Etsy and Amazon.
Interesting thing to do. Expensive to boot I imagine.
Just maybe you aren't so weird and different after all.
We understand common fears like being afraid spiders or clowns, or a rational fear of heights, it’s something we deal with. Believe it or not, there are some people out there with who have to live with more strange phobias like the fear of chopsticks or the number 13. Here are 5 of the most obscure phobias recognised by science.
#5 is not a phobia, it just means you're a dumb sh!t.
Needle. Eyes. Not a good combo. Genius Award Winner.
Come on guys, you have to know when enough is enough. I mean, do you really think that putting a needle and ink INSIDE your eyeball is a good idea? Because if you do, I think you might want to re-evaluate your choices. I get it might seem like a good idea at the time, but come on. Turns out an Australia woman thought it was indeed a great idea to get the over the top tattoo…which caused her to lose her eyesight. The woman, who apparently has already spent nearly $26,000 on tattoos, says she went blind after undergoing an eyeball procedure to tattoo the whites of her eyes.
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Comments
(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at November 09, 2019 10:00 PM (aKsyK)
Posted by: Zettai Epusutin-wa Jisatsu Shinakatta at November 09, 2019 10:01 PM (7WaWV)
Posted by: zeera BMGG - Books Make Great Gifts! at November 09, 2019 10:01 PM (PYdI2)
Posted by: qdpsteve at November 09, 2019 10:01 PM (L2ZTs)
Posted by: tbodie at November 09, 2019 10:01 PM (9vbJt)
Posted by: Skip at November 09, 2019 10:01 PM (ZCEU2)
Posted by: Zettai Epusutin-wa Jisatsu Shinakatta at November 09, 2019 10:01 PM (7WaWV)
https://youtu.be/T5eJSfoQFyA
Posted by: Zaklog the Great at November 09, 2019 10:02 PM (QW8zG)
Posted by: zeera BMGG - Books Make Great Gifts! at November 09, 2019 10:02 PM (PYdI2)
Posted by: wing at November 09, 2019 10:03 PM (JFzNN)
It's only a matter of time before there's another underground/illegal trading of cannabis with much higher THC content. It'll be called SuperPot. :-P
Posted by: qdpsteve at November 09, 2019 10:04 PM (L2ZTs)
Posted by: RI Red at November 09, 2019 10:05 PM (LVpEN)
Posted by: zeera BMGG - Books Make Great Gifts! at November 09, 2019 10:05 PM (PYdI2)
Posted by: BifBewalski at November 09, 2019 10:06 PM (VcFUs)
Posted by: ALH at November 09, 2019 10:06 PM (9HQoP)
A really good Christian movie BLOOD RAIN it's a Korean movie where people are being killed one by one I can't really give it away but it's a mystery but it has a very heavy Christian theme
Also
Detective K another Korean Movie he's trying to root out corruption and solve a murder of high ranking nobles son
This is also Christian themed. And a comedy
Posted by: Patrick From Ohio at November 09, 2019 10:06 PM (dKiJG)
Have a good night everyone
Posted by: Skip at November 09, 2019 10:06 PM (ZCEU2)
"Oh you know, the usual. Serving Hillary her favorite three-course dinner."
"And what's that?"
"One bourbon, one scotch, one beer."
Posted by: qdpsteve at November 09, 2019 10:07 PM (L2ZTs)
Posted by: RI Red at November 09, 2019 10:05 PM (LVpEN)
He's the guy that didn't kill himself.
Posted by: ALH at November 09, 2019 10:07 PM (9HQoP)
Posted by: qdpsteve at November 09, 2019 10:09 PM (L2ZTs)
Posted by: Chi-Town Jerry at November 09, 2019 10:09 PM (438dO)
Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at November 09, 2019 10:10 PM (N3JsI)
Posted by: A Desparado under an Eave at November 09, 2019 10:10 PM (Sqrkf)
Posted by: davidt at November 09, 2019 10:11 PM (l3+k2)
Posted by: redc1c4 at November 09, 2019 10:12 PM (wqFbh)
Posted by: French Castle Guards at November 09, 2019 10:13 PM (DMUuz)
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar knows EDKH at November 09, 2019 10:14 PM (BiNEL)
what's better to use in cognac peppercorn sauce, black, green or multi-colored peppercorns?
Posted by: qdpsteve at November 09, 2019 10:15 PM (L2ZTs)
Posted by: sock_rat_eez, we are being gaslighted 24/365 at November 09, 2019 10:15 PM (JwHjN)
Posted by: Legally Sufficient at November 09, 2019 10:16 PM (+KLFa)
Werewolves Of London is a song that could have been made into a movie back in the day. I feel the same way about (don't laugh) Cruel Summer by Bananarama.
Posted by: qdpsteve at November 09, 2019 10:16 PM (L2ZTs)
Posted by: qdpsteve at November 09, 2019 10:09 PM (L2ZTs)
It is easy to go broke saving money at Costco!
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar knows EDKH at November 09, 2019 10:16 PM (BiNEL)
Posted by: LeftCoast Dawg at November 09, 2019 10:16 PM (sy5kK)
Posted by: Patrick From Ohio at November 09, 2019 10:16 PM (dKiJG)
Posted by: boulder t'hobo at November 09, 2019 10:17 PM (ykYG2)
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at November 09, 2019 10:17 PM (QkoCY)
Posted by: qdpsteve at November 09, 2019 10:17 PM (L2ZTs)
I haven't seen the Detective K movie that you described. But I have seen another one. "Detective K and the Case of the Virtuous Widow" has him investigating the apparent death of a widow immediately after the death of her husband.
It was a lot of fun, and not entirely serious.
Posted by: junior at November 09, 2019 10:18 PM (cSguU)
Then again, I was 14 before I figured out that Taco Bell wasn't the Mexican Telephone Company.
"D'oh!"
/homer simpson
Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX
Posted by: Jim at November 09, 2019 10:18 PM (QzJWU)
Posted by: buzzion at November 09, 2019 10:18 PM (Z7lwY)
Posted by: Zettai Epusutin-wa Jisatsu Shinakatta at November 09, 2019 10:20 PM (7WaWV)
Posted by: JC. Just JC. at November 09, 2019 10:20 PM (377Zs)
Cruel Summer was prominently used in The Karate Kid, and comes to mind whenever I recollect the movie.
Posted by: junior at November 09, 2019 10:20 PM (cSguU)
Posted by: Ladyl at November 09, 2019 10:20 PM (TdMsT)
His hair was perfect!
Posted by: Chi-Town Jerry at November 09, 2019 10:20 PM (438dO)
Posted by: buzzion at November 09, 2019 10:18 PM (Z7lwY)
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Saw that around here a couple of weeks ago. Up, but not yet turned on. Downtown businesses today have windows painted with Christmas themes. I don't even wanna think about it...
Posted by: Legally Sufficient at November 09, 2019 10:20 PM (+KLFa)
Posted by: GnuBreed at November 09, 2019 10:21 PM (Z4rgH)
A rabbi, a priest and a kangaroo all walk into a bar. The rabbi orders a glass of Mogen David wine and a blintz. Not to be outdone, the priest orders a glass of sacramental wine and a pile of Ritz crackers.
Then the kangaroo asks the bartender whether Epstein really killed himself. The bartender says "no."
Posted by: Amy Schumer at November 09, 2019 10:22 PM (XVuno)
Better to put them up early than to leave them up all year. That just looks slovenly. But it can be tempting to put them up before extreme cold hits, so maybe we can look the other way sometimes.
Posted by: That's One Today at November 09, 2019 10:22 PM (hkCNq)
Posted by: qdpsteve at November 09, 2019 10:17 PM (L2ZTs)
Ok!
It is really easy to go broke saving money at Costco!
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar knows EDKH at November 09, 2019 10:22 PM (BiNEL)
Posted by: Chi-Town Jerry at November 09, 2019 10:22 PM (438dO)
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar knows EDKH at November 09, 2019 10:16 PM (BiNEL)
Buying mustard, wheelie bin size, right?
Posted by: Halfwise at November 09, 2019 10:23 PM (HzJQJ)
Posted by: buzzion at November 09, 2019 10:18 PM (Z7lwY)[/]
Well, they died back in 2012, and never got the chance to take their lights down in the first place.
*BREAK*
New LED Christmas Lights rock.
Did the industry skip mercury fouled Chinese curly fluorescent Clistmas Lights completely?
Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX
Posted by: Jim at November 09, 2019 10:23 PM (QzJWU)
Posted by: buzzion at November 09, 2019 10:18 PM (Z7lwY)
I've got anxiety just thinking about Christmas preparations!
Posted by: Ladyl at November 09, 2019 10:23 PM (TdMsT)
Now I need to find a good discount cognac. Does Val-U-Rite make it?
Posted by: qdpsteve at November 09, 2019 10:24 PM (L2ZTs)
Posted by: qdpsteve at November 09, 2019 10:09 PM (L2ZTs)
It is easy to go broke saving money at Costco!
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar knows EDKH at November 09, 2019 10:16 PM (BiNEL)
When I was married with family, it was a weekly stop. I love shopping there. The gas is usually about 15 to 20 cents cheaper there than anywhere else, and I drive so much in a year, the card pays for itself just for that.
The things that don't go bad, like cleaning stuff, laundry and dishwasher detergent, plastic and foil wrap/bags, stuff like that, the savings are huge.
But I don't have a family to eat the 5 heads of romaine, the 5 pounds of sweet peppers, or other fresh stuff, in the size/quantity they offer. Some go shopping and split up the stuff for multiple families. But the fresh stuff I buy goes bad when I am maybe half done using it.
But yeah, the steaks are great. Those NY strips are a great deal. I cook one (or two if there is company) and freeze the rest.
Posted by: LeftCoast Dawg at November 09, 2019 10:24 PM (sy5kK)
Posted by: Jim at November 09, 2019 10:25 PM (QzJWU)
It is really easy to go broke saving money at Costco!
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar knows EDKH at November 09, 2019 10:22 PM (BiNEL)
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I usually get at least one item each year on which the savings equals or exceeds the cost of membership. That justifies it for me! That, and the availability of certain grocery items...
Posted by: Legally Sufficient at November 09, 2019 10:25 PM (+KLFa)
Two gallon jugs Of detergent
Three pounds of cookies
...
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar knows EDKH at November 09, 2019 10:26 PM (BiNEL)
A rabbi, a priest and a kangaroo all walk into a bar. The rabbi orders a glass of Mogen David wine and a blintz. Not to be outdone, the priest orders a glass of sacramental wine and a pile of Ritz crackers.
Then the kangaroo asks the bartender whether Epstein really killed himself. The bartender says "no."
Posted by: Amy Schumer at November 09, 2019 10:22 PM (XVuno)
OMG I love this place.
Posted by: LeftCoast Dawg at November 09, 2019 10:27 PM (sy5kK)
Plus, it's time for Christmas music.
It's the most wonderful time of the year!
Posted by: ALH at November 09, 2019 10:27 PM (9HQoP)
Posted by: qdpsteve at November 09, 2019 10:24 PM (L2ZTs)
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Have you tried Looking Glass's Brandy? It's a fine girl.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at November 09, 2019 10:28 PM (XVuno)
Haven't strictly done the math, but I am more than convinced that it is true. Tires and batteries alone make it worthwhile!
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar knows EDKH at November 09, 2019 10:28 PM (BiNEL)
Posted by: April at November 09, 2019 10:28 PM (OX9vb)
Posted by: qdpsteve at November 09, 2019 10:28 PM (L2ZTs)
Let's secretly replace the diner's coffee with Crystal Folger's, and then ask the diners if Jeffery Epstein killed himself.
Posted by: LeftCoast Dawg at November 09, 2019 10:28 PM (sy5kK)
Posted by: Zettai Epusutin-wa Jisatsu Shinakatta at November 09, 2019 10:29 PM (7WaWV)
Posted by: Legally Sufficient at November 09, 2019 10:29 PM (+KLFa)
Posted by: LeftCoast Dawg at November 09, 2019 10:27 PM (sy5kK)
Soooo worth the price of admission!
Posted by: Ladyl at November 09, 2019 10:30 PM (TdMsT)
Me too. So willowed from the last thread:
'' The Robe" Richard Burton, Jean Simmons Also has a beautifully moving score.
''Quo Vadis" Robert Taylor, Deborah Kerr, Peter Ustinov
Posted by: Tuna at November 09, 2019 10:30 PM (jm1YL)
Posted by: That's One Today
Yeah, I don't blame people. I have some outdoor work to do next week and it's supposed to be in the twenties. Yuch.
Posted by: nerdygirl at November 09, 2019 10:30 PM (+lVUW)
Posted by: qdpsteve at November 09, 2019 10:30 PM (L2ZTs)
Posted by: LeftCoast Dawg at November 09, 2019 10:27 PM (sy5kK)
Soooo worth the price of admission!
Posted by: Ladyl at November 09, 2019 10:30 PM (TdMsT)
I paid triple, but the Platinum Membership is worth it.
Posted by: LeftCoast Dawg at November 09, 2019 10:31 PM (sy5kK)
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at November 09, 2019 10:31 PM (QkoCY)
(The transplant did not include donor testicles, to avoid the possibility of fathering non-genetically related children.)
Wait, what??
Posted by: Soothsayer, very senile at November 09, 2019 10:32 PM (m3gWd)
Posted by: Sod buster at November 09, 2019 10:32 PM (Fxgkp)
It is, isn't it?
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at November 09, 2019 10:31 PM (QkoCY)
Best bargain I've ever found, dear MisHum. Gotta hit the tip jar again.
Posted by: Ladyl at November 09, 2019 10:32 PM (TdMsT)
This year I decided I want to put up a tree in the kitchen, so I bought a pencil tree. They are the skinny trees that fit in tight spaces.
Posted by: ALH at November 09, 2019 10:32 PM (9HQoP)
Posted by: April at November 09, 2019 10:28 PM (OX9vb)
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I'm not liking it either. It's a problem with a small but vocal portion of humanity that never progressed beyond childhood.
Posted by: Legally Sufficient at November 09, 2019 10:33 PM (+KLFa)
Posted by: Insomniac at November 09, 2019 10:33 PM (NWiLs)
Posted by: April at November 09, 2019 10:28 PM (OX9vb)
I'm sure it couldn't have anything to do with a childhood fetish fostered by remaining on their parent's health insurance until they're 26!
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar knows EDKH at November 09, 2019 10:33 PM (BiNEL)
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Ah. The Rachel Dolezal model.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at November 09, 2019 10:34 PM (XVuno)
(The transplant did not include donor testicles, to avoid the possibility of fathering non-genetically related children.)
Were they afraid the testicles would come pre-loaded??
Posted by: Soothsayer, very senile at November 09, 2019 10:34 PM (m3gWd)
I haven't seen the Detective K movie that you described. But I have seen another one. "Detective K and the Case of the Virtuous Widow" has him investigating the apparent death of a widow immediately after the death of her husband.
It was a lot of fun, and not entirely serious.
Posted by: junior at November 09, 2019 10:18 PM (
Yes that's the one. Remember that the villages were secret Christians and Christianity was a illegal
Posted by: Patrick From Ohio at November 09, 2019 10:34 PM (dKiJG)
Posted by: April at November 09, 2019 10:28 PM (OX9vb)
It seems no one observes the proprieties any more.
Posted by: Ladyl at November 09, 2019 10:34 PM (TdMsT)
Heard my first Christmas song in Macy's yesterday. A 1940's big band version of Jingle Bells. Very snappy
Posted by: Tuna at November 09, 2019 10:34 PM (jm1YL)
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Posted by: qdpsteve at November 09, 2019 10:34 PM (L2ZTs)
Posted by: Insomniac at November 09, 2019 10:33 PM (NWiLs)
Just keep working on perfecting your pouncing skills!
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar knows EDKH at November 09, 2019 10:34 PM (BiNEL)
Posted by: Insomniac at November 09, 2019 10:33 PM (NWiLs)
* * * *
Maybe... but we love you anyway, just the way you are!
Posted by: Legally Sufficient at November 09, 2019 10:35 PM (+KLFa)
Ah. The Rachel Dolezal model.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at November 09, 2019 10:34 PM (XVuno)
Thread winner. No question at all.
Posted by: Ladyl at November 09, 2019 10:35 PM (TdMsT)
I've been mostly lurking of late because, frankly, not much to add
I do, however, have a MIL Update:
After a week and a half in ICU, she was sent to various step down units and eventually released to a local nursing home for skilled care and rehab. She has now progressed to the point that she will be transitioning to an Assisted Living facility. This is indeed good news, and we're in the process of deterring which one (an arduous process, as it turns out).
Posted by: ibguy at November 09, 2019 10:35 PM (EHVbt)
Posted by: Ladyl at November 09, 2019 10:23 PM (TdMsT)
I thought that was just me. As a father and now a grandfather I always feel I'm going to fall way short in the gift and hospitality departments. And then Christmas dawns and everything works out and I figure out once again that I put myself through all that BS for nothing.
At least I don't try to buy my way out of feeling doubt. Too frugal for that, I suppose.
Posted by: Halfwise at November 09, 2019 10:35 PM (HzJQJ)
Don't go changin', just to please me...
Posted by: qdpsteve at November 09, 2019 10:36 PM (L2ZTs)
Posted by: April at November 09, 2019 10:28 PM (OX9vb)
I don't give a shit either way.
/snrk
Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX
Posted by: Jim at November 09, 2019 10:36 PM (QzJWU)
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar knows EDKH at November 09, 2019 10:16 PM (BiNEL)
Buying mustard, wheelie bin size, right?
Posted by: Halfwise
I have a relative who shops at Costco. When she visits she gives me things like a 4 pound jar of jelly bellies. Drives me crazy. One year her contribution to Thanksgiving dinner was to be pickles and olives. She brought 4 half gallon jars. Where the heck do people who buy this stuff store it?
Posted by: nerdygirl at November 09, 2019 10:36 PM (+lVUW)
Posted by: qdpsteve at November 09, 2019 10:09 PM (L2ZTs)
Costco is worth $60/yr imo
Posted by: vmom happy to have read a good book! at November 09, 2019 10:36 PM (G546f)
Posted by: Soothsayer, very senile at November 09, 2019 10:34 PM (m3gWd)
What a mental picture that paints.
Posted by: ALH at November 09, 2019 10:36 PM (9HQoP)
Wait, what??
Posted by: Soothsayer, very senile at November 09, 2019 10:32 PM (m3gWd)
If he lost his OE testicles, he's not going to be able to father any genetically-related ones, either. Unless maybe he has a twin brother who could give him one.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 09, 2019 10:37 PM (/sgva)
Posted by: Zettai Epusutin-wa Jisatsu Shinakatta at November 09, 2019 10:37 PM (7WaWV)
I already miss getting gas there. Despite the lines, it's nice because Costco has the only graffiti-free pumps in all of Lakewood.
Posted by: qdpsteve at November 09, 2019 10:37 PM (L2ZTs)
Posted by: nerdygirl at November 09, 2019 10:36 PM (+lVUW)
Other people's houses ???
Posted by: Adriane the Practical Critic ... at November 09, 2019 10:37 PM (LPnfS)
Remember, do NOT mention the dental plan benefits!
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar knows EDKH at November 09, 2019 10:37 PM (BiNEL)
Posted by: JC. Just JC. at November 09, 2019 10:37 PM (377Zs)
And yeah, the Bears still suck. Even though I grew up in Cleveland, the Packers have always been *my* team. I'm from the Lombardi era and he was a hero of mine.
Posted by: cfo mom at November 09, 2019 10:39 PM (RfzVr)
Posted by: qdpsteve at November 09, 2019 10:39 PM (L2ZTs)
I do comment about it on occasion here (well, more than once a week) because I'm primarily an historian and sanitation (and lack thereof) matters in history.
Also the Horde has a thing for edgy jokes, which I indulge in.
So when there's a story about (say) some sewer system discovered in an Anatolian village 9800 BC, I'm going to comment about it, and add poop jokes.
Posted by: boulder t'hobo at November 09, 2019 10:39 PM (ykYG2)
Posted by: ibguy at November 09, 2019 10:35 PM (EHVbt)
Did her gentleman friend succumb to his injuries, or is he still hanging in there?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 09, 2019 10:39 PM (/sgva)
This is good news.
May her health and strength return ...
Posted by: Adriane the Practical Critic ... at November 09, 2019 10:39 PM (LPnfS)
https://www.easypronounce.com/How-to-Pronounce-Say-Definition-Define-Toyota-Supra-848714.html
Just sayin'.
Posted by: ibguy at November 09, 2019 10:39 PM (EHVbt)
Posted by: Insomniac at November 09, 2019 10:33 PM (NWiLs)
I see very little difference from the rest of us.
Posted by: You think your are special? at November 09, 2019 10:40 PM (vqIkG)
Posted by: Sod buster at November 09, 2019 10:40 PM (Fxgkp)
Posted by: Ladyl at November 09, 2019 10:34 PM (TdMsT)
Ladyl
We went from civilized behavior being normal to a veneer of civilization being the standard rather quickly, not sure I want to see what comes next!
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar knows EDKH at November 09, 2019 10:42 PM (BiNEL)
I'm so glad your MIL is better. It must be so hard for after the loss of her friend.
I admit--I don't understand the Toyota Supra link!
Posted by: Ladyl at November 09, 2019 10:42 PM (TdMsT)
Who here is a old PC floppy disk and matrix printer nerd?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6B522GbH3D8
Posted by: Soothsayer, very senile at November 09, 2019 10:42 PM (m3gWd)
Posted by: Sod buster at November 09, 2019 10:40 PM (Fxgkp)
* * * *
What is "stir up Sunday"?
Posted by: Legally Sufficient at November 09, 2019 10:42 PM (+KLFa)
Posted by: Legally Sufficient at November 09, 2019 10:42 PM (+KLFa)
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Oh, now you've done it.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at November 09, 2019 10:43 PM (XVuno)
I guess it's not too early to get one and put it in the yard.
Posted by: ALH at November 09, 2019 10:43 PM (9HQoP)
Posted by: boulder t'hobo at November 09, 2019 10:43 PM (ykYG2)
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I blame Beto
Posted by: vmom happy to have read a good book! at November 09, 2019 10:43 PM (G546f)
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Posted by: qdpsteve at November 09, 2019 10:34 PM (L2ZT
And I have gotten my money's worth already by using all 3!
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But it works well, if clumsy.
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Posted by: LeftCoast Dawg at November 09, 2019 10:43 PM (sy5kK)
Ladyl
We went from civilized behavior being normal to a veneer of civilization being the standard rather quickly, not sure I want to see what comes next!
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar knows EDKH at November 09, 2019 10:42 PM (BiNEL)
I'm with you, Hrothgar.
Although, I started using naughty language after my husband died. Maybe as a result of PTSD? It's weird.
Posted by: Ladyl at November 09, 2019 10:44 PM (TdMsT)
You all probably ignored it but that link above is to some youtuber who plays pop songs with his "floppytron" orchestra.
Posted by: Soothsayer, very senile at November 09, 2019 10:45 PM (m3gWd)
Posted by: free tibet at November 09, 2019 10:45 PM (GKdVx)
Posted by: Insomniac at November 09, 2019 10:33 PM (NWiLs)
You're in the right place. We don't judge.
Posted by: ALH at November 09, 2019 10:45 PM (9HQoP)
Darn it, I asked you to NOT discuss the new and improved dental plan! We want people to think NGU will be the staff dentist!
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar knows EDKH at November 09, 2019 10:45 PM (BiNEL)
Posted by: boulder t'hobo at November 09, 2019 10:39 PM (ykYG2)
That's different.
Posted by: April at November 09, 2019 10:45 PM (OX9vb)
They got rid of the polska kielbasa though. Dang anti-Polish activists!!
Posted by: qdpsteve at November 09, 2019 10:46 PM (L2ZTs)
Posted by: Legally Sufficient at November 09, 2019 10:42 PM (+KLFa)
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Oh, now you've done it.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at November 09, 2019 10:43 PM (XVuno)
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Done what?!?!
*puts head in hands, moans and sobs*
Posted by: Legally Sufficient at November 09, 2019 10:46 PM (+KLFa)
Posted by: Soothsayer, very senile at November 09, 2019 10:46 PM (m3gWd)
Posted by: Bandersnatch, camp fire pics welcome at e-mail in nic at November 09, 2019 10:46 PM (gd9RK)
I've been mostly lurking of late because, frankly, not much to add
I do, however, have a MIL Update:
After a week and a half in ICU, she was sent to
various step down units and eventually released to a local nursing home
for skilled care and rehab. She has now progressed to the point that she
will be transitioning to an Assisted Living facility. This is indeed
good news, and we're in the process of deterring which one (an arduous
process, as it turns out).
Posted by: ibguy at November 09, 2019 10:35 PM (EHVbt)
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good news is ALWAYS welcome...and 10 or do days in an ICu is a rough row to hoe. good on her for escaping!
do the SNF (skilled nursing facility) smell test.
when you walk in, if it smells like unwashed bodies, human waste, or disinfectant/cleaners... leave.
the first two tell you they aren't taking care of people, and the last one is usually a sign they are trying to cover up the smell of the others.
and yeah, i've been in health care for over 29 years. both of the SNF's my dad was in passed the test.
Posted by: redc1c4 at November 09, 2019 10:46 PM (+W/Q4)
He probably wouldn't have wanted mine, as I wasn't hung.
Posted by: Jeffery Epstein at November 09, 2019 10:46 PM (l3+k2)
Posted by: Soothsayer, very senile at November 09, 2019 10:45 PM (m3gWd)
I actually went to the link, and then found out it was a Michael Jackson song, and everything he ever did sucked diseased donkey dick.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 09, 2019 10:46 PM (/sgva)
Posted by: April at November 09, 2019 10:28 PM (OX9vb)
If you live or work in San Francisco, the poop location emoji is a must-have. Except by now, entire parts of the city on the app are layered with that emoji. Usefulness not guaranteed.
Posted by: LeftCoast Dawg at November 09, 2019 10:47 PM (sy5kK)
Bless you for remembering!
Unfortunately, he did, in fact, succumb. TBF, he wasn't in the best of health going into it, so injuries that *may* have otherwise been survivable we're not.
Posted by: ibguy at November 09, 2019 10:47 PM (EHVbt)
Posted by: Soothsayer, very senile at November 09, 2019 10:47 PM (m3gWd)
Got a ton of airplay on KROQ back in the day.
Joker takes place in 1981, btw.
Posted by: qdpsteve at November 09, 2019 10:47 PM (L2ZTs)
^ This!
It gets so cold and I'm... 29... ish.
Gets harder to do the outdoor decorating every year.
Posted by: JQ at November 09, 2019 10:47 PM (gP/Z3)
Posted by: ibguy at November 09, 2019 10:47 PM (EHVbt)
Posted by: Jeffery Epstein at November 09, 2019 10:46 PM (l3+k2)
Thread winner here!
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 09, 2019 10:48 PM (/sgva)
Posted by: Everything Trump touches dies at November 09, 2019 10:48 PM (sypxv)
Posted by: buzzion at November 09, 2019 10:18 PM (Z7lwY)
I drive through Madison Wisconsin five nights a week for work..... 105.1 FM has already started playing 24/7 Christmas music (they started it Nov. 1st).
Crazy.
Posted by: Some Guy in Wisconsin at November 09, 2019 10:48 PM (nEmT7)
The ONT Classical Music Interlude
"The Ride of the Valkyries" by Richard Wagner, transcribed for organ by Edwin Lemare and performed by Anthony Newman at the organ of the Church of St. John the Divine, New York.
https://youtu.be/jd63y1xbkUc
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at November 09, 2019 10:48 PM (7rVsF)
Posted by: Ladyl at November 09, 2019 10:44 PM (TdMsT)
I understand perfectly, for me this is a habit I'm trying to break, and PTSD probably the root cause!
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar knows EDKH at November 09, 2019 10:48 PM (BiNEL)
Hilarious and True comment from that youtube song linked above:
"She looks like evil Taylor Swift from the mirror universe."
Posted by: Soothsayer, very senile at November 09, 2019 10:49 PM (m3gWd)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 09, 2019 10:37 PM (/sgva)
I can't stop laughing.
Detroit OEM, or those knock-off Chinese ones?
Posted by: LeftCoast Dawg at November 09, 2019 10:49 PM (sy5kK)
I guess it's not too early to get one and put it in the yard.
Posted by: ALH at November 09, 2019 10:43 PM (9HQoP)
Could you possibly put two in your yard? One for me.
My house would be burned down if I put out a Trump sign in this neighborhood.
Posted by: Ladyl at November 09, 2019 10:49 PM (TdMsT)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at November 09, 2019 10:49 PM (XVuno)
The guy had planted it as deer food.
They was taking plaster tire tracks, foot prints, dog smelling prints, and
they took twenty seven eight-by-ten colour glossy photographs with circles
and arrows and a paragraph on the back of each one explaining what each
one was to be used as evidence against us. Took pictures of the approach,
the getaway, the northwest corner the southwest corner and that's not to
mention the aerial photography.
Yeah, pretty much this.
Posted by: GnuBreed at November 09, 2019 10:49 PM (Z4rgH)
Posted by: ibguy at November 09, 2019 10:47 PM (EHVbt)
Condolences, ibguy, and also I am pleased to hear that your MIL is progressing.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 09, 2019 10:49 PM (/sgva)
Hubby drove his truck less than 300 miles in the last year. I drove my car about 500 miles. Not really cost effective for us.
Posted by: cfo mom at November 09, 2019 10:49 PM (RfzVr)
Posted by: ALH at November 09, 2019 10:50 PM (9HQoP)
132 (The transplant did not include donor testicles, to avoid the possibility of fathering non-genetically related children.)
He probably wouldn't have wanted mine, as I wasn't hung.
Posted by: Jeffery Epstein at November 09, 2019 10:46 PM (l3+k2)
Ha!
Posted by: Soothsayer, very senile at November 09, 2019 10:50 PM (m3gWd)
Remember this song?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r_GH6M7cUq4
Posted by: Soothsayer, very senile at November 09, 2019 10:46 PM (m3gWd)
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Must have missed that one. We were living in Panama in 1981.
Posted by: Legally Sufficient at November 09, 2019 10:50 PM (+KLFa)
I understand perfectly, for me this is a habit I'm trying to break, and PTSD probably the root cause!
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar knows EDKH at November 09, 2019 10:48 PM (BiNEL)
Sudden death of a loved one can really scramble your brain, I discovered.
Posted by: Ladyl at November 09, 2019 10:50 PM (TdMsT)
Grands bathed, snacked and read to. One out and the oldest one fading fast.
I most notice how big they are getting when they are stretched out asleep in bed. Where does the time go?
Posted by: Tonypete at November 09, 2019 10:51 PM (Y4EXg)
Thank you! It's funny: I've been spending a lot of time on her care, and one of the nurses at the rehab center commented that we must be very close.
I said "not really, it I love my wife very much, and I firmly believe that the 5th Commandment extends to in-laws.
As to the Supra, and at the risk of opening wounds
, it's in relation to a conversation we had regarding the abbreviation of a certain co-blogger's nic.....Posted by: ibguy at November 09, 2019 10:51 PM (EHVbt)
He probably wouldn't have wanted mine, as I wasn't hung.
Posted by: Jeffery Epstein at November 09, 2019 10:46 PM (l3+k2)
IT'S FUNNY BECAUSE EPSTEIN DIDN'T KILL HIMSELF.
Posted by: BEN ROETHLISBERGER at November 09, 2019 10:51 PM (tVQUs)
Posted by: ALH at November 09, 2019 10:50 PM (9HQoP)
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Fee Fi Fo Fum
I smell the post of a Soros scum...
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at November 09, 2019 10:51 PM (XVuno)
He probably wouldn't have wanted mine, as I wasn't hung.
Posted by: Jeffery Epstein at November 09, 2019 10:46 PM (l3+k2)
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Hahahahaha!
Posted by: Legally Sufficient at November 09, 2019 10:52 PM (+KLFa)
Posted by: Ladyl at November 09, 2019 10:49 PM (TdMsT)
There is nothing better than living in the Second Reddest County in Georgia.
Posted by: ALH at November 09, 2019 10:52 PM (9HQoP)
Posted by: Patrick From Ohio at November 09, 2019 10:52 PM (dKiJG)
*eyeroll...are you still here?
Posted by: April at November 09, 2019 10:53 PM (OX9vb)
Oh yeah, me too. Real life is all spats and monocles. Like, I might make fart jokes here but really the scandal of my day is that Mumsy said someone tried to eat her cucumber sandwich with a fork. And not even a salad fork, a dinner fork.
People!
So I'm glad I can come here in pretend flannel and mingle with ordinaries. It makes me feel benevolent.
Posted by: Bandersnatch, camp fire pics welcome at e-mail in nic at November 09, 2019 10:53 PM (gd9RK)
Posted by: ibguy at November 09, 2019 10:53 PM (EHVbt)
Posted by: Patrick From Ohio at November 09, 2019 10:52 PM (dKiJG)
You know there actually was a "Gay" brand of double-edge razor blades?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 09, 2019 10:54 PM (/sgva)
Posted by: kbdabear at November 09, 2019 10:54 PM (qAR6u)
Posted by: Ladyl
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Ah, leftist tolerance at it's finest!
Posted by: Tonypete at November 09, 2019 10:54 PM (Y4EXg)
Posted by: Soothsayer, very senile at November 09, 2019 10:54 PM (m3gWd)
Fee Fi Fo Fum
I smell the post of a Soros scum...
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at November 09, 2019 10:51 PM (XVuno)
I saw an ad on Craigslist for professional protesters for an LBGTQ rally, averaging $400-$600 per week.
I had no idea it was so lucrative. Maybe a nice side gig for retirees?
Posted by: ALH at November 09, 2019 10:55 PM (9HQoP)
Posted by: Soothsayer, very senile at November 09, 2019 10:55 PM (m3gWd)
Posted by: April at November 09, 2019 10:53 PM (OX9vb)
I think it's programmed to drop a turd on every new thread.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 09, 2019 10:55 PM (/sgva)
Posted by: ALH at November 09, 2019 10:55 PM (9HQoP)
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Do protest demonstrations have greeters?
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at November 09, 2019 10:55 PM (XVuno)
https://preview.tinyurl.com/y5w88hwf
I suppose this old news here by now...
Posted by: Zettai Epusutin-wa Jisatsu Shinakatta at November 09, 2019 10:55 PM (7WaWV)
Posted by: Ladyl at November 09, 2019 10:56 PM (TdMsT)
But I don't plug them in, turn them on, until after Thanksgiving.
Posted by: cfo mom at November 09, 2019 10:56 PM (RfzVr)
Posted by: Ladyl
Mine came when I went to college. It's a hard habit to break.
Posted by: nerdygirl at November 09, 2019 10:56 PM (+lVUW)
Posted by: vmom happy to have read a good book! at November 09, 2019 10:56 PM (G546f)
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You know who else was crass and obnoxious in real life?
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at November 09, 2019 10:56 PM (XVuno)
Posted by: Ladyl
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YOU TAKE THAT BACK!! LOL
Posted by: Tonypete at November 09, 2019 10:57 PM (Y4EXg)
Members of the Horde are much more civilized at the Momes (IRL) than they are here!
Posted by: Ladyl at November 09, 2019 10:56 PM (TdMsT)
I always stick my pinkies out when slurping coffee out of the saucer.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at November 09, 2019 10:57 PM (7rVsF)
Posted by: ALH at November 09, 2019 10:57 PM (9HQoP)
Posted by: qdpsteve at November 09, 2019 10:57 PM (L2ZTs)
Posted by: Soothsayer, very senile at November 09, 2019 10:55 PM (m3gWd)
There are two in town that I stop at, because hedges and other sight line obstructions make it impossible to see cross traffic until one is in the intersection. By rights, the town should have erected stop signs instead.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 09, 2019 10:57 PM (/sgva)
Posted by: Soothsayer, very senile at November 09, 2019 10:57 PM (m3gWd)
Posted by: Tonypete at November 09, 2019 10:54 PM (Y4EXg)
Hey! How are you?
I got in the faces of some leftists at my polling place, who were trying to give me sample Democrat ballots. I was so proud of myself!
Posted by: Ladyl at November 09, 2019 10:58 PM (TdMsT)
Posted by: Ladyl at November 09, 2019 10:50 PM (TdMsT)
Yes indeed, I know of a book about this!
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar knows EDKH at November 09, 2019 10:59 PM (BiNEL)
Posted by: free tibet
I've done the "invite" which they offer at the beginning of the Christmas season. I'm pretty sure you need a card to check out.
Posted by: nerdygirl at November 09, 2019 10:59 PM (+lVUW)
Posted by: Ladyl at November 09, 2019 10:56 PM
Well, you know what they say about an armed society...
Posted by: Zettai Epusutin-wa Jisatsu Shinakatta at November 09, 2019 10:59 PM (7WaWV)
Posted by: Ladyl at November 09, 2019 10:49 PM (TdMsT)
There is nothing better than living in the Second Reddest County in Georgia.
Posted by: ALH
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Hall? Cherokee?
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at November 09, 2019 10:59 PM (sHVgQ)
It's creepy how they stare at you. (The Tubeway Army song above).
Posted by: Soothsayer, very senile at November 09, 2019 10:59 PM (m3gWd)
Posted by: Ladyl
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YOU TAKE THAT BACK!! LOL
Posted by: Tonypete at November 09, 2019 10:57 PM (Y4EXg)
But it's TRUE!!!
Posted by: Ladyl at November 09, 2019 10:59 PM (TdMsT)
But I don't plug them in, turn them on, until after Thanksgiving.
Posted by: cfo mom at November 09, 2019 10:56 PM (RfzVr)
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I agree with the reasoning for getting the lights and decor up a little early. Always seems to be a winter storm just before Thanksgiving. But September is a little much...
Posted by: Legally Sufficient at November 09, 2019 10:59 PM (+KLFa)
I got in the faces of some leftists at my polling place, who were trying to give me sample Democrat ballots. I was so proud of myself!
Posted by: Ladyl
I'm so proud of you. *sniff, wipes tear*
I am good Ladyl! And your fine self?
Posted by: Tonypete at November 09, 2019 11:00 PM (Y4EXg)
Which lead me to delurk: anyone afraid of mustard should be deported to Zimbabwe where there is no mustard.
Posted by: parker at November 09, 2019 11:00 PM (kO3Bf)
Posted by: ALH at November 09, 2019 11:00 PM (9HQoP)
Later, I understood it.
Posted by: attila the thrilla at November 09, 2019 11:01 PM (w7KSn)
https://preview.tinyurl.com/y5w88hwf
I suppose this old news here by now...
Posted by: Zettai Epusutin-wa Jisatsu Shinakatta at November 09, 2019 10:55 PM (7WaWV)
Are they inflated with helium? Or just Hot Air?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 09, 2019 11:01 PM (/sgva)
Posted by: cfo mom at November 09, 2019 11:01 PM (RfzVr)
Posted by: Soothsayer, very senile at November 09, 2019 11:01 PM (m3gWd)
Posted by: Kindltot at November 09, 2019 11:02 PM (0TbLI)
Incidentally, Taylor Dayne > taylor swift.
Posted by: Soothsayer, very senile at November 09, 2019 10:47 PM (m3gWd)
Well my friend from High School was a DJ for a radio station and he talked about Taylor Dayne and her visit, let's just say her mouth had other talents.
Posted by: Patrick From Ohio at November 09, 2019 11:02 PM (dKiJG)
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Welcome! Glad you decided to join in the fun!
Posted by: Legally Sufficient at November 09, 2019 11:03 PM (+KLFa)
Posted by: ibguy at November 09, 2019 11:03 PM (EHVbt)
Posted by: Ladyl at November 09, 2019 10:58 PM (TdMsT)
Isn't it illegal to campaign in a polling place? Next time, call the sheriff.
Posted by: ALH at November 09, 2019 11:03 PM (9HQoP)
Posted by: Tonypete at November 09, 2019 11:00 PM (Y4EXg)
Fine as frog hair, as my old dad would say!
FINALLY over the hideous inner ear thing.
High scorer three out of six times this week.
Got to snuggle with my buddy's rescue greyhound tonight.
Life is good!
Posted by: Ladyl at November 09, 2019 11:04 PM (TdMsT)
Thanks, MisHum. It was fun going down Memory Lane.
Posted by: Captain Josepha Sabin -- current occupation: cat furniture at November 09, 2019 11:04 PM (2NFQT)
Posted by: Zettai Epusutin-wa Jisatsu Shinakatta at November 09, 2019 10:59 PM
So, you were at the TXMoMee?
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar knows EDKH at November 09, 2019 11:04 PM (BiNEL)
Posted by: Democracy at November 09, 2019 11:02 PM (Ttyuf)
These Democrat sample ballots are no good, they're not printed on toilet paper.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 09, 2019 11:04 PM (/sgva)
Remember this song?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r_GH6M7cUq4
Posted by: Soothsayer, very senile at November 09, 2019 10:46 PM (m3gWd)
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Must have missed that one. We were living in Panama in 1981.
Posted by: Legally Sufficient at November 09, 2019 10:50 PM (+KLFa)
I didn't know of this song when it came out, but there were kid videos in the late '90's that had the chorus in it.
Little LCD kid videos played it over and over.
Posted by: LeftCoast Dawg at November 09, 2019 11:04 PM (sy5kK)
Got me thinking - I should get a barcode tattoo of my SS number, maybe under my boob
that way cops can id my body if I'm ever murdered and dumped
#beprepared
Posted by: vmom happy to have read a good book! at November 09, 2019 11:04 PM (G546f)
Posted by: cfo mom
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Shucks ma'am, anyone here would do it. Thanks. We are making progress. They already have the eye roll and "the face", down pat. Soon I plan to introduce swearing, sarcasm, cigarette butt flicking and spitting!
Posted by: Tonypete at November 09, 2019 11:05 PM (Y4EXg)
African kleptocratic tribalistic authoritarian racist pseudo-socialism - is there anything it can't do?
Note: possibly THE richest/most productive farmland on the planet is found in Zimbabwe, Mozambique, and Angola.
Posted by: rhomboid at November 09, 2019 11:05 PM (QDnY+)
Cleanup on Aisle 201.
Posted by: ibguy at November 09, 2019 11:03 PM (EHVbt)
and 141, also MisHum.
You're awesome, btw!
Posted by: ALH at November 09, 2019 11:05 PM (9HQoP)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at November 09, 2019 11:05 PM (sHVgQ)
Posted by: ALH at November 09, 2019 11:03 PM (9HQoP)
In, yes
At, no
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar knows EDKH at November 09, 2019 11:06 PM (BiNEL)
African kleptocratic tribalistic authoritarian racist pseudo-socialism - is there anything it can't do?
Note: possibly THE richest/most productive farmland on the planet is found in Zimbabwe, Mozambique, and Angola.
Posted by: rhomboid at November 09, 2019 11:05 PM (QDnY+)
Too many colonels, not enough Mustard. Fuckers don't have a clue.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 09, 2019 11:06 PM (/sgva)
Posted by: vmom happy to have read a good book! at November 09, 2019 11:06 PM (G546f)
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar knows EDKH at November 09, 2019 11:04 PM
No, but I wish I could have been there!
Posted by: Zettai Epusutin-wa Jisatsu Shinakatta at November 09, 2019 11:06 PM (7WaWV)
They get unplugged on Jan. 6th. Taken down? The next weekend with reasonable weather for the task...
Posted by: JQ at November 09, 2019 11:06 PM (gP/Z3)
Posted by: rhomboid at November 09, 2019 11:07 PM (QDnY+)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at November 09, 2019 11:05 PM (sHVgQ)
We have a few more Democrats.
Posted by: ALH at November 09, 2019 11:07 PM (9HQoP)
Posted by: ibguy at November 09, 2019 11:07 PM (EHVbt)
that way cops can id my body if I'm ever murdered and dumped
#beprepared
Posted by: vmom happy to have read a good book! at November 09, 2019 11:04 PM (G546f)
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Wondering if it would be easier and cheaper to get chipped.
Posted by: Legally Sufficient at November 09, 2019 11:07 PM (+KLFa)
Posted by: nerdygirl at November 09, 2019 11:07 PM (+lVUW)
Posted by: Ladyl
I started when I went to work at the railroad. 98 percent male and 20 - 30 years older than me. I learned a whole new vocabulary in less than a year.
Posted by: cfo mom at November 09, 2019 11:07 PM (RfzVr)
Buck Rogers is on. It's the first episode of the awful second season when they added the Hawk-Man to the show.
Posted by: Soothsayer, very senile at November 09, 2019 11:07 PM (m3gWd)
In, yes
At, no
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar
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GA has a good rule. Nothing within 200'. That keeps 'em away.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at November 09, 2019 11:08 PM (sHVgQ)
Posted by: Legally Sufficient at November 09, 2019 11:07 PM (+KLFa)
might confuse the aliens at my next abduction
Posted by: vmom happy to have read a good book! at November 09, 2019 11:08 PM (G546f)
Like Hillary's dream of becoming the "First Woman President"?
Posted by: nerdygirl at November 09, 2019 11:07 PM (+lVUW)
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*high five*
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at November 09, 2019 11:08 PM (XVuno)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at November 09, 2019 11:08 PM (sHVgQ)
Posted by: Legally Sufficient at November 09, 2019 11:07 PM (+KLFa)
might confuse the aliens at my next abduction
Posted by: vmom happy to have read a good book! at November 09, 2019 11:08 PM (G546f)
Dat probing, tho!
Posted by: Insomniac at November 09, 2019 11:09 PM (NWiLs)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 09, 2019 11:04 PM (/sgva)
I asked them at my polling place "Where are the Democrat Socialist ballots? These aren't the right ones!"
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar knows EDKH at November 09, 2019 11:09 PM (BiNEL)
Posted by: Legally Sufficient at November 09, 2019 11:07 PM (+KLFa)
You can get that for free with every order of a "666" tattoo on the forehead.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 09, 2019 11:10 PM (/sgva)
Ha!
did they have armpit tattoos? what was it?
Posted by: vmom happy to have read a good book! at November 09, 2019 11:10 PM (G546f)
Posted by: Ladyl at November 09, 2019 10:56 PM (TdMsT)
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Helps when most of the attendees are armed.
Posted by: SMH at the way EDKH at November 09, 2019 11:10 PM (RU4sa)
I got in the faces of some leftists at my polling place, who were trying to give me sample Democrat ballots. I was so proud of myself!
Posted by: Ladyl at November 09, 2019 10:58 PM (TdMsT)
Quite honestly go seek some psychological help.
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I thought it was unlawful to campaign around a polling place. A sample ballot from a political party is exactly this.
If one agrees with today's leading Democrats, I would agree with the comment that psychological help is needed.
Unless, of course, one didn't hang themselves like Jeffery Epstein.
Posted by: LeftCoast Dawg at November 09, 2019 11:10 PM (sy5kK)
When I first started learning Russian, I was given a sheet of Russian words, and had to pronounce them correctly.
I came to one word, and said "kielBAsa".
My Russian tutor said, no, it's "kielbaSA".
"Not in Chicago, it isn't", I replied.
Posted by: The ARC of History! at November 09, 2019 11:11 PM (I2/tG)
Posted by: Hillary Clinton at November 09, 2019 11:11 PM (ykYG2)
Posted by: SMH at the way EDKH at November 09, 2019 11:10 PM (RU4sa)
SMH! Dahlin!
Posted by: Ladyl at November 09, 2019 11:11 PM (TdMsT)
I think in VA it's 100 ft but it's definitely outside the actual polling building!
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar knows EDKH at November 09, 2019 11:12 PM (BiNEL)
Posted by: Hillary Clinton at November 09, 2019 11:11 PM
And many of us thank God Almighty for that!
Posted by: JQ at November 09, 2019 11:12 PM (gP/Z3)
"Not in Chicago, it isn't", I replied.
Posted by: The ARC of History! at November 09, 2019 11:11 PM (I2/tG)
That's how it's pronounced in Ukrainian.
Posted by: Ladyl at November 09, 2019 11:12 PM (TdMsT)
My Russian tutor said, no, it's "kielbaSA".
==
it's pronounced KillEpstein
Posted by: Hillary at November 09, 2019 11:12 PM (G546f)
My Russian tutor said, no, it's "kielbaSA".
"Not in Chicago, it isn't", I replied.
Posted by: The ARC of History! at November 09, 2019 11:11 PM (I2/tG)
In Edmonton, at the Ukrainian butcher shops, it's "koo-ba-SAW".
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 09, 2019 11:12 PM (/sgva)
Everything the Clintons touch dies.
And Epstein didn't kill himself.
Posted by: The ARC of History! at November 09, 2019 11:12 PM (I2/tG)
Posted by: Hillary Clinton at November 09, 2019 11:11 PM
And many of us thank God Almighty for that!
Posted by: JQ at November 09, 2019 11:12 PM (gP/Z3)
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Amen!
Posted by: Legally Sufficient at November 09, 2019 11:12 PM (+KLFa)
Pish. Where I grew up it was kibassee.
And before you pull Chicago on me, the Polish national shrine, Our Lady of Czestochova, is in my home town.
Posted by: Bandersnatch, camp fire pics welcome at e-mail in nic at November 09, 2019 11:13 PM (gd9RK)
Posted by: parker at November 09, 2019 11:13 PM (kO3Bf)
Posted by: Soothsayer, very senile
There are people in my area who have no idea how to use a roundabout.The roundabout in my area has really light traffic, so easy as heck to use.
Posted by: nerdygirl at November 09, 2019 11:13 PM (+lVUW)
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar
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I announce in a loud voice, "I vote against any candidate whose people are handing out literature."
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at November 09, 2019 11:13 PM (sHVgQ)
Posted by: Ladyl
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I was raised on swear words.
My dad made other sailors blush.
My mom made my dad blush.
Posted by: SMH at the way EDKH at November 09, 2019 11:14 PM (RU4sa)
==
anyone here not alive in 1981, it's past your bedtime!
I'll have to check.
I know I was alive before and after, but I may have been dead that year.
Posted by: Blanco Basura - Not scanning your email for ad targeting at November 09, 2019 11:14 PM (xkSJa)
Posted by: Soothsayer, very senile at November 09, 2019 11:07 PM (m3gWd)
I saw Buck Rogers in the theatre before it was made into a tv show. As a young boy, I loved that show, they had some of the hottest women on that show.
Posted by: Patrick From Ohio at November 09, 2019 11:14 PM (dKiJG)
Posted by: boulder t'hobo at November 09, 2019 11:15 PM (ykYG2)
Posted by: Bandersnatch
Doylestown?
We went there after my MIL died, to light candles
Posted by: Hillary at November 09, 2019 11:15 PM (G546f)
Posted by: Bandersnatch, camp fire pics welcome at e-mail in nic at November 09, 2019 11:15 PM (gd9RK)
==
anyone here not alive in 1981, it's past your bedtime!
Posted by: vmom happy to have read a good book! at November 09, 2019 11:06 PM (G546f)
1981?
I can't remember.
Just like Jeffery Epstein can't remember if he hanged himself.
Posted by: LeftCoast Dawg at November 09, 2019 11:15 PM (sy5kK)
Posted by: Ladyl at November 09, 2019 11:12 PM (TdMsT)
Is that before or after you get the consulting gig?
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar knows EDKH at November 09, 2019 11:15 PM (BiNEL)
Posted by: Bandersnatch, camp fire pics welcome at e-mail in nic at November 09, 2019 11:15 PM (gd9RK)
Posted by: Bandersnatch, camp fire pics welcome at e-mail in nic at November 09, 2019 11:15 PM (gd9RK)
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I was a free man in Paris
I felt unfettered and alive.
Posted by: Joni Mitchell at November 09, 2019 11:16 PM (XVuno)
Posted by: Ladyl at November 09, 2019 11:12 PM (TdMsT)
Is that before or after you get the consulting gig?
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar knows EDKH at November 09, 2019 11:15 PM (BiNEL)
Lol!
I'm an honorary member (by marriage) of the Ukie community in Ohio.
Posted by: Ladyl at November 09, 2019 11:16 PM (TdMsT)
Posted by: LeftCoast Dawg at November 09, 2019 11:17 PM (sy5kK)
My dad made other sailors blush.
My mom made my dad blush.
Posted by: SMH at the way EDKH at November 09, 2019 11:14 PM (RU4sa)
Ha!
Posted by: Ladyl at November 09, 2019 11:17 PM (TdMsT)
Actually a fairly practical thing - facilitating battlefield transfusions or blood replacement for unconscious soldiers. But as it was mostly an SS thing, it could be "unfavorable" to have them when captured, that branch not being the most popular part of the generally unloved German military of the time.
Common nowadays to have your blood type on your name tag when in sporty regions.
Posted by: rhomboid at November 09, 2019 11:17 PM (QDnY+)
Posted by: vmom happy to have read a good book! at November 09, 2019 11:18 PM (G546f)
I felt unfettered and alive.
Posted by: Joni Mitchell
That's a damn good song. She's a damn good singer/songwriter.
I thought she was a folkie growing up. I was a folkie. All the girl singers who played acoustic guitar were folk singers.
It was only listening to her as an adult that I realized she'd been a jazz singer all along.
Posted by: Bandersnatch, camp fire pics welcome at e-mail in nic at November 09, 2019 11:18 PM (gd9RK)
Posted by: Hillary Clinton at November 09, 2019 11:11 PM
And many of us thank God Almighty for that!
Posted by: JQ at November 09, 2019 11:12 PM (gP/Z3)
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Amen!
Posted by: Legally Sufficient at November 09, 2019 11:12 PM (+KLFa)
AMEN x 100!
Posted by: Ladyl at November 09, 2019 11:19 PM (TdMsT)
Posted by: JQ at November 09, 2019 11:19 PM (gP/Z3)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 09, 2019 11:12 PM (/sgva)
I make what I call Ukrainian sushi. A Triscuit, wasabi, slice of garlic sausage and sushi ginger.
Nobody expects the wasabi. But then they want another and another.
(And yeah, it's the green stuff in a tube wasabi)
Posted by: Halfwise at November 09, 2019 11:19 PM (HzJQJ)
Posted by: SMH at the way EDKH at November 09, 2019 11:20 PM (RU4sa)
the stained glass windows are so interesting
Posted by: vmom happy to have read a good book! at November 09, 2019 11:20 PM (G546f)
Posted by: Tonypete at November 09, 2019 10:57 PM (Y4EXg)
But it's TRUE!!!
Posted by: Ladyl at November 09, 2019 10:59 PM (TdMsT)
I *have* to be "civilized" at a Tx Mo Meet.
No choice.
The 'ettes would slap me to death, long before all the Morons would clear leather with evil intent in their hearts and dealing death from the guns in their hands.
So, I just "Jimmy Carter" my way through the days, with lust in my heart.
Barely made it through Tx Mo Meet 2019.
2020? Worriesome. The '40s dressed 'ettes with lipstick and heels damn near did me in on the spot.
I mean, I was all boogie woogie bugle from the Company B, in three seconds flat.
And then there was LadyL on the Browning M-1919 machine gun.
What's a Moron to DOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!???
*anguish!*
*winks, grins*
Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX
Posted by: Jim at November 09, 2019 11:20 PM (QzJWU)
I also learned that "POgrom" is pronounced "paGROM" in Russian.
Literally, it means "under the storm".
Posted by: The ARC of History! at November 09, 2019 11:20 PM (I2/tG)
Posted by: parker at November 09, 2019 11:20 PM (kO3Bf)
Posted by: ALH at November 09, 2019 11:03 PM (9HQoP)
In, yes
At, no
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar knows EDKH
They have to be a certain distance away.
Posted by: nerdygirl at November 09, 2019 11:21 PM (+lVUW)
Posted by: SMH at the way EDKH at November 09, 2019 11:22 PM (RU4sa)
And there's no way you will not be there in 2020, right?
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar knows EDKH at November 09, 2019 11:23 PM (BiNEL)
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at November 09, 2019 11:23 PM (QkoCY)
Posted by: rhomboid at November 09, 2019 11:17 PM (QDnY+)
I just recently found out I can put medical ID info onmy phone that can be accessed from.the emergency call screen, for paramedics, I guess
Posted by: vmom happy to have read a good book! at November 09, 2019 11:24 PM (G546f)
Posted by: Tuna at November 09, 2019 11:24 PM (jm1YL)
Posted by: parker at November 09, 2019 11:24 PM (kO3Bf)
Posted by: Bandersnatch, camp fire pics welcome at e-mail in nic at November 09, 2019 11:18 PM (gd9RK)
Best of both, and usually all at once.
Go listen to Big Yellow Taxi, with your Jazz Filter plugged in.
And now, your Rock Filter.
Finally, your Volkfilter, ja?
Songwriter? Yes.
Arranger, too. GENIUS in the doing.
Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX
Posted by: Jim at November 09, 2019 11:24 PM (QzJWU)
Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX
Posted by: Jim at November 09, 2019 11:20 PM (QzJWU)
You darling flatterer, you!!!
But you are a perfect gentleman!
Posted by: Ladyl at November 09, 2019 11:24 PM (TdMsT)
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Don't make me pull over this car or Epstein ne s'est pas tue!
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at November 09, 2019 11:25 PM (XVuno)
Posted by: parker at November 09, 2019 11:20 PM (kO3Bf)
* * * *
That's a great one! Growing up near ranching family, I heard everything in the world referred to as either "bastards" or "SOBs." Especially recalcitrant female cows. Hearing it from childhood was no big deal, but I better not say any of those words myself or I was in big trouble!
Posted by: Legally Sufficient at November 09, 2019 11:25 PM (+KLFa)
Posted by: Captain Josepha Sabin -- current occupation: cat furniture at November 09, 2019 11:25 PM (2NFQT)
Yes, seated next to me by the chief purser, up in biz class, where a bunch of us had been moved cuz one of us was an Air Canada pilot, though in our group for other reasons. Purser was great. Moved us up, then, for the young single guys, selected an attractive younger woman from coach and brought her up, one for each of us. Free booze. The ginger was very pretty and Canadian-nice, we exchanged a few letters, and gawd knows what I was up to or off to back then, and this was waaay before email etc, so ..... thing never got going.
L1O11. Guy put me up to sit in the jump seat for landing, which was awesome. Captain told me last passenger to use the seat on that flight to Toronto had been a guy named Gretzky, the week before.
Posted by: rhomboid at November 09, 2019 11:26 PM (QDnY+)
the stained glass windows are so interesting
Posted by: vmom
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Yes, it is. I haven't been there in years - I need to get back. Heading to the Basilica of the Immaculate Conception in DC in January. Really looking forward to it. Next Texas hill county trip I want to see some of the painted churches.
https://texashillcountry.com/historic-painted-churches/
Posted by: Tonypete at November 09, 2019 11:27 PM (Y4EXg)
Posted by: Bandersnatch, camp fire pics welcome at e-mail in nic at November 09, 2019 11:27 PM (gd9RK)
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar knows EDKH at November 09, 2019 11:23 PM (BiNEL)
Yes. I'll be the chaperone.
It is my penance, or my opportunity.
Stay tuned for Next Year's installment of the As The Mo Meet Turns!
/snrk
Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX
Posted by: Jim at November 09, 2019 11:28 PM (QzJWU)
Posted by: vmom happy to have read a good book! at November 09, 2019 11:24 PM
And one can access that information even when your mobile is locked! Doing that is generally a bad idea from a privacy perspective, in my exalted opinion unless you've got something paramedics or others (co-workers?) actually need to know about...
Posted by: Zettai Epusutin-wa Jisatsu Shinakatta at November 09, 2019 11:28 PM (7WaWV)
Posted by: Captain Josepha Sabin -- current occupation: cat furniture at November 09, 2019 11:25 PM (2NFQT)
I've had shelties and collies. Conformation dictates a fold in the ear in a precise spot. Ears that stand upright are incorrect. They used to be called "prick ears."
Posted by: Ladyl at November 09, 2019 11:28 PM (TdMsT)
My Russian tutor said, no, it's "kielbaSA".
==
it's pronounced KillEpstein
Posted by: Hillary
That made me laugh out loud.
Posted by: nerdygirl at November 09, 2019 11:28 PM (+lVUW)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 09, 2019 11:06 PM (/sgva)
They don't have that many candlesticks, neither ...
Posted by: Adriane the Practical Critic ... at November 09, 2019 11:29 PM (LPnfS)
281 Ummm..has anyone looked closely at the photo up top? Dude who's serving the beers looks like he's naked from the waist down.
Posted by: Tuna at November 09, 2019 11:24 PM (jm1YL)
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Khaki.
Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at November 09, 2019 11:30 PM (t5m5e)
Posted by: ALH at November 09, 2019 11:30 PM (9HQoP)
Posted by: Zettai Epusutin-wa Jisatsu Shinakatta at November 09, 2019 11:30 PM (7WaWV)
Thank you, MisHum, for keeping it clean!
Posted by: ALH at November 09, 2019 11:32 PM (9HQoP)
S'est is the present tense of ser.
Posted by: Bandersnatch, camp fire pics welcome at e-mail in nic at November 09, 2019 11:32 PM (gd9RK)
Posted by: Tuna at November 09, 2019 11:33 PM (jm1YL)
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When I was young, foolish, and road racing bikes, I had my blood type marked on my helmet. Pretty much SOP for racers.
Still have my dog tags around, somewheres. We might need those again.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at November 09, 2019 11:33 PM (sHVgQ)
Posted by: VM's phone at November 09, 2019 11:33 PM (G546f)
If not, is there any reason I can't start the rumor that they were?
Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX
Posted by: Jim at November 09, 2019 11:34 PM (QzJWU)
Posted by: ALH
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Buncombe. But in GA, it was Fulton and Cobb.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at November 09, 2019 11:34 PM (sHVgQ)
If not, is there any reason I can't start the rumor that they were?
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I'll allow it.
Posted by: The AoSHQ Comment Propriety Review Referee at November 09, 2019 11:34 PM (XVuno)
I felt unfettered and alive.
Posted by: Joni Mitchell
I always thought Joni had an oddly angular face, and a large adam's apple.
Posted by: nerdygirl at November 09, 2019 11:34 PM (+lVUW)
Posted by: Bandersnatch, camp fire pics welcome at e-mail in nic at November 09, 2019 11:34 PM (gd9RK)
Posted by: Zettai Epusutin-wa Jisatsu Shinakatta at November 09, 2019 11:30 PM (7WaWV)
Has the makings of a New Orleans Krewe chant:
Hey, hey pocky way,
Epstein ne s'est pa tue...
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 09, 2019 11:35 PM (/sgva)
Well what's that pink thing in the middle?
Posted by: Tuna at November 09, 2019 11:33 PM (jm1YL)
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It's brown. The floor.
Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at November 09, 2019 11:35 PM (t5m5e)
Having an online dictionary is quick, and key. I find dictionary.reverso.net pretty good.
Posted by: rhomboid at November 09, 2019 11:36 PM (QDnY+)
Posted by: Bandersnatch, camp fire pics welcome at e-mail in nic at November 09, 2019 11:36 PM (gd9RK)
Posted by: nerdygirl
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What a sad story she is. It's as if fame and money aren't what they are cracked up to be.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at November 09, 2019 11:36 PM (sHVgQ)
Are you close to Ashville? It's a fast growing area.
Posted by: ALH at November 09, 2019 11:36 PM (9HQoP)
Posted by: Diogenes at November 09, 2019 11:37 PM (j5P46)
If not, is there any reason I can't start the rumor that they were? ''
None whatsoever as they are both deader than door nails but Bourdain had a young daughter and I'd hate to think that he was involved in Epstein's sick perversions.
Posted by: Tuna at November 09, 2019 11:37 PM (jm1YL)
Posted by: Bandersnatch, camp fire pics welcome at e-mail in nic at November 09, 2019 11:36 PM (gd9RK)
You are far too erudite for me. And I took eight years of French!
Posted by: Ladyl at November 09, 2019 11:37 PM (TdMsT)
Think it's time for this guy to hav another near-death experience, but without the near- part.
Posted by: qdpsteve at November 09, 2019 11:37 PM (L2ZTs)
Posted by: Bandersnatch, camp fire pics welcome at e-mail in nic at November 09, 2019 11:36 PM (gd9RK)
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FYI, they're conjugating back in the Chess Thread.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at November 09, 2019 11:38 PM (XVuno)
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Well what's that pink thing in the middle?
Posted by: Tuna at November 09, 2019 11:33 PM (jm1YL)
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Who knows? If it ain't brown, I frown.
Posted by: Shep!! at November 09, 2019 11:38 PM (RVcmP)
Posted by: Michelle Fields at November 09, 2019 11:38 PM (kf5Ci)
Posted by: ALH
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Close? I'm right in the belly of the beast.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at November 09, 2019 11:38 PM (sHVgQ)
Posted by: Bandersnatch, camp fire pics welcome at e-mail in nic at November 09, 2019 11:36 PM (gd9RK)
* * * *
I'm listening. It's just that in spite of taking French in high school, I have no idea what you are taking about. However, I do recognize the word "avoir"!
Posted by: Legally Sufficient at November 09, 2019 11:38 PM (+KLFa)
You're not the boss of moi!
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar knows EDKH at November 09, 2019 11:38 PM (BiNEL)
Posted by: VM's phone at November 09, 2019 11:38 PM (G546f)
Posted by: Zettai Epusutin-wa Jisatsu Shinakatta at November 09, 2019 11:39 PM (7WaWV)
They do have programmable RFID chips that you can implant, they hold only a couple of MB of data, and are mostly considered useful for small data transfers or carrying RFID signatures for various types of locks and passwords for devices. Those you can get implanted by "body modification" salons, like the ones that implant gems and studs and gauges.
As for alien abduction, I am sure I have overposted this one but what the heck
https://youtu.be/_Ug6gAO8n0s
Posted by: Kindltot at November 09, 2019 11:39 PM (1glZx)
Posted by: Captain Josepha Sabin -- current occupation: cat furniture at November 09, 2019 11:39 PM (2NFQT)
ARC have you kept up your russki? My preferred practice method is
watching WWII documentaries or dramas [Shtrafbat is good, and the series
Osvobozhdeniye - "Liberation" - looks good too], or watching russki TV
newz.
Having an online dictionary is quick, and key. I find dictionary.reverso.net pretty good.
i tend to start at wiktionary.org. then, if i get no luck there, i go to dictionary.reverso.net. desperation move is ru.wiktionary.org and pasting the definition into translate.google.com.
Posted by: Anachronda at November 09, 2019 11:40 PM (kf5Ci)
So the Baby Trump balloon made an appearance at the LSU - Alabama game, which President Trump attended.
The Baby Trump balloon, just like Jeffery Epstein, was not hanged.
However, it was stabbed and is now flat/mort.
Just like Jeffery Epstein.
Posted by: LeftCoast Dawg at November 09, 2019 11:41 PM (sy5kK)
Posted by: Captain Josepha Sab
Are shelties a wonderful breed? I miss my Middie terribly.
Posted by: Ladyl at November 09, 2019 11:41 PM (TdMsT)
I took French, but remember very little of it.
Ou est la bibliotheque
Posted by: ALH at November 09, 2019 11:41 PM (9HQoP)
Posted by: Captain Josepha Sabin -- current occupation: cat furniture
The dog I had a number of years ago was a Sheltie. He had "hound ears". They flopped over completely, instead of just the tops. Shelties are smart, little dogs.
Posted by: nerdygirl at November 09, 2019 11:42 PM (+lVUW)
Anyway, sure, je suis ne'. But je m'ai tue'.
Unlike Jeffrey Epstein.
Posted by: Bandersnatch, camp fire pics welcome at e-mail in nic at November 09, 2019 11:42 PM (gd9RK)
Posted by: mercenary13 at November 09, 2019 11:42 PM (tiu9g)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at November 09, 2019 11:38 PM (sHVgQ)
We went to see the Biltmore House. It was nice, but Versailles, it ain't.
Posted by: ALH at November 09, 2019 11:43 PM (9HQoP)
And that's all I have to say about that.
Posted by: tcn in AK at November 09, 2019 11:43 PM (vVOK2)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at November 09, 2019 11:45 PM (sHVgQ)
Same here. My class name was Francoise. I hated it.
Posted by: Tuna at November 09, 2019 11:45 PM (jm1YL)
Posted by: Pepe le Pew at November 09, 2019 11:46 PM (vVOK2)
Posted by: ALH
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Ah. But, they do speak English there.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at November 09, 2019 11:46 PM (sHVgQ)
Posted by: Captain Josepha Sabin -- current occupation: cat furniture at November 09, 2019 11:46 PM (2NFQT)
In Edmonton, at the Ukrainian butcher shops, it's "koo-ba-SAW".
yeah, well, in polish the l is that one with the line through it, which is pronounced like a w.
same as the reason that the name of the city Lodz is pronounced wooj. (l has the line, o has an accent mark, z has an accent mark).
Posted by: Anachronda at November 09, 2019 11:46 PM (kf5Ci)
Posted by: Ladyl at November 09, 2019 11:46 PM (TdMsT)
LONG-AWAITED LES NESSMAN, ALFRED HITCHCOCK PROJECT FINALLY GREEN-LIT:
New Jersey homeowners say aggressive turkeys are terrorizing community.
https://www.foxnews.com/us/new-jersey-turkeys-terrorizing-community
Posted by: SMH at the way EDKH at November 09, 2019 11:46 PM (RU4sa)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at November 09, 2019 11:45 PM (sHVgQ)
Combien ca coute? Ecrivez le s'il vous plait/
Posted by: ALH at November 09, 2019 11:46 PM (9HQoP)
That leads all the way back to why the Brits call it a loo.
Either you all know it, or I'll tease it and tell the story, or I'll pass out because it's late and I'm drinking.
Posted by: Bandersnatch, camp fire pics welcome at e-mail in nic at November 09, 2019 11:46 PM (gd9RK)
Posted by: Zettai Epusutin-wa Jisatsu Shinakatta at November 09, 2019 11:47 PM (7WaWV)
Remember this song?
Posted by: Soothsayer, very senile at November 09, 2019 10:46 PM (m3gWd)
I object to the built-in trap in the phrasing of this question.
Being alive in 1981 doesn't mean you remember 1981. (I was 25 that year.)
Posted by: RickZ at November 09, 2019 11:47 PM (Y8PSl)
So speak ENGLISH or hold your tongues with pliers.
Speaking without pliers, glad I delurked. The horde is amazing. And always amusing. Sleep tight, drink coffee to your content when you arise.
Posted by: parker at November 09, 2019 11:47 PM (kO3Bf)
Posted by: Zettai Epusutin-wa Jisatsu Shinakatta at November 09, 2019 11:47 PM (7WaWV)
Posted by: nerdygirl
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What a sad story she is. It's as if fame and money aren't what they are cracked up to be.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc.
That's true of a lot of people in the entertainment industry. I sometimes wonder if the personality traits that make them sparkle in front of cameras or onstage are a problem in real life.
Posted by: nerdygirl at November 09, 2019 11:48 PM (+lVUW)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at November 09, 2019 11:46 PM (sHVgQ)
You do have a point, there. Plus, they probably like the American tourists.
Posted by: ALH at November 09, 2019 11:48 PM (9HQoP)
Posted by: Captain Josepha Sabin -- current occupation: cat furniture at Novemb
Middie was shown in obedience and was a star. She was the smartest dog I've ever had. I loved her fiercely.
Posted by: Ladyl at November 09, 2019 11:48 PM (TdMsT)
Posted by: Bandersnatch, camp fire pics welcome at e-mail in nic at November 09, 2019 11:48 PM (gd9RK)
In Southern California.
You don't think Joni Mitchell's music was a touchstone along the way to the adulthood that lay just beyond, then you weren't THERE.
So much of the music then, pulled you in to living the life in the lyrics, the siren in the song.
If you don't think that my life of motorcycling horizons, embracing the live aboard life on the New Dawn, and before then, climbing the Fortune 1000 ladder up to the boardroom and driving flags of claim in this professional field, or the next?
For me, it was literature, but then it was MUSIC, that drove the soul to aspire.
And aspire I did. Conquered much of what I faced, lost a few challenges, and was squashed like a bug at the last.
The victories though, can never be taken, stolen nor scrubbed from my thoughts.
Good news?
Victories, abound.
Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX
Posted by: Jim at November 09, 2019 11:48 PM (QzJWU)
Posted by: Shep Smith at November 09, 2019 11:49 PM (XVuno)
All girls signed up
I don't know if I remember any of the French but I could probably still draw the guy's face
Posted by: VM's phone at November 09, 2019 11:49 PM (G546f)
Posted by: Bandersnatch, camp fire pics welcome at e-mail in nic at November 09, 2019 11:48 PM
Really.
Posted by: Zettai Epusutin-wa Jisatsu Shinakatta at November 09, 2019 11:49 PM (7WaWV)
Posted by: ALH at November 09, 2019 11:48 PM
Everyone hates us as much as they love our money.
Posted by: Rusty Nail at November 09, 2019 11:50 PM (I99aF)
Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX
Posted by: Jim at November 09, 2019 11:48 PM (QzJWU)
You've had a much more exciting life than I've had. That's for sure.
Posted by: Ladyl at November 09, 2019 11:50 PM (TdMsT)
Unfortunately, I don't travel to Russia anymore, now that my wife has moved here - I was spending about a month a year in the Motherland prior to that. I still do watch Russian TV occasionally.
Shtrabat ("Punishment Battalion") is indeed excellent.
Brigada ("The Brigade") is also very good - it shows a group of friends forming a criminal gang as the Soviet Union collapses, and growing steadily more powerful for the next decade.
Also good is Zhizn i Sudba ("Life and Fate"), a TV treatment of Vassilly Grossman's novel about the Battle of Stalingrad, along with much else.
I believe all of these are available on YouTube with English subtitles.
Posted by: The ARC of History! at November 09, 2019 11:50 PM (I2/tG)
Posted by: RickZ at November 09, 2019 11:50 PM (Y8PSl)
Posted by: Shep Smith at November 09, 2019 11:49 PM (XVuno)
You should go to the Biltmore House and hook up with Anderson Cooper. The family lives on the top floor, I was told.
Posted by: ALH at November 09, 2019 11:51 PM (9HQoP)
Posted by: parker at November 09, 2019 11:47 PM (kO3Bf)
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Sweet dreams! And the coffee will be consumed upon arising. You know us well!
Posted by: Legally Sufficient at November 09, 2019 11:51 PM (+KLFa)
Great minds think alike 'cuz that's what I already ordered from The Spice House. :-)
Posted by: qdpsteve at November 09, 2019 11:51 PM (L2ZTs)
So what's up with you morons? It's getting too damn cold here Northern Illinois is way below the average. F*** this global warming b*******.
Posted by: Farmer at November 09, 2019 11:52 PM (Ml5lM)
Huh. OK. I fake more French than I know. In German it's "to be" with changes of state (born, died) but "to have" with actions (killed myself, unlike Jeffrey Epstein) and I thought French was similar.
Posted by: Bandersnatch, camp fire pics welcome at e-mail in nic at November 09, 2019 11:52 PM (gd9RK)
Posted by: qdpsteve at November 09, 2019 11:52 PM (L2ZTs)
Posted by: Insomniac at November 09, 2019 11:52 PM (NWiLs)
Posted by: Tuna at November 09, 2019 11:53 PM (jm1YL)
Posted by: redc1c4 at November 09, 2019 11:53 PM (C9AB2)
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What's worse is that the prediction for this winter is that Epstein still didn't kill himself.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at November 09, 2019 11:53 PM (XVuno)
Posted by: Zettai Epusutin-wa Jisatsu Shinakatta at November 09, 2019 11:53 PM (7WaWV)
Posted by: Rusty Nail at November 09, 2019 11:55 PM (I99aF)
There are no suicides in Soviet jails.
You always have help.
Posted by: The NKVD! at November 09, 2019 11:56 PM (I2/tG)
Posted by: Bandersnatch, camp fire pics welcome at e-mail in nic at November 09, 2019 11:52 PM
Maybe, aber Epstein hat sich nicht umgebracht!
Posted by: Zettai Epusutin-wa Jisatsu Shinakatta at November 09, 2019 11:56 PM (7WaWV)
Posted by: rhomboid at November 09, 2019 11:57 PM (QDnY+)
Posted by: qdpsteve at November 09, 2019 11:52 PM (L2ZTs)
to make good tartar sauce, capers are required.
Posted by: LeftCoast Dawg at November 09, 2019 11:58 PM (sy5kK)
My Russian was a lot better when my girlfriend (now wife) didn't speak any English.
When my wife got here, I had my Russian tutor tutor her in English, amusingly.
Posted by: The ARC of HIstory! at November 10, 2019 12:00 AM (I2/tG)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at November 10, 2019 12:00 AM (XVuno)
You've had a much more exciting life than I've had. That's for sure.
Posted by: Ladyl at November 09, 2019 11:50 PM (TdMsT)
I suspect that your portfolio's prospects are more optimistic than mine.
Yet mine might yet be enough to carry me through, to the end.
I damn well couldn't challenge you with a racquet on any court, under any rules.
But if you want to sail over the horizon, or build a house, or ride across the continent, then I'm your guy.
Writing a book though, would have to be a collaboration. I have the ideas and the skills. But lack the self-editorialism, the organization or the discipline of time.
At least I can cook my way out of the panic of deadlines, right?
right?
RIGHT?
Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX
Posted by: Jim at November 10, 2019 12:02 AM (QzJWU)
There are no suicides in Soviet jails.
You always have help.
Posted by: The NKVD!
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The scene: Jail cell. Epstein is seated on cot.
[Sid Blumenthal enters, silently drops sheet on the cot. Leaves]
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at November 10, 2019 12:02 AM (sHVgQ)
Posted by: rhomboid at November 10, 2019 12:02 AM (QDnY+)
Posted by: qdpsteve at November 09, 2019 11:52 PM (L2ZTs)
Absolutely not. Capers are the unopened flowers/pod of the caper bush. They have no heat and only taste good salted in brine, when they become divine. Also, the large capers suck, IMO, and have to be chopped. Stick with the nonpareils, the small round ones.
'Capers and peppercorns are similar somewhat'? Pshaw. Where did you get your cooking/food terminology/ideas from anyway? My ex-wife? A car repair manual?
Posted by: RickZ at November 10, 2019 12:03 AM (Y8PSl)
Posted by: qdpsteve at November 10, 2019 12:03 AM (L2ZTs)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at November 10, 2019 12:03 AM (sHVgQ)
Posted by: qdpsteve at November 09, 2019 11:52 PM (L2ZTs)
Capers are embryonic sardines. They wash ashore on Cape Cod when there is a high tide on a moonless night, hence the name.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 10, 2019 12:03 AM (/sgva)
Posted by: qdpsteve at November 10, 2019 12:04 AM (L2ZTs)
Posted by: April at November 09, 2019 10:28 PM (OX9vb)
Then there's the children's book "Everybody Poops". Supposed to teach kids about pooping, I guess. Because in the previous thousands of years of human existence, kid's haven't been able to figure out pooping without a book. Next there'll be a potty-training app (actually, I'm willing to bet there already is one).
Everybody poops? No Shit!
Posted by: Average Guy at November 10, 2019 12:04 AM (BaHwF)
Posted by: RickZ at November 10, 2019 12:03 AM (Y8PSl)
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*piano music stops*
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at November 10, 2019 12:04 AM (XVuno)
Posted by: qdpsteve at November 10, 2019 12:04 AM (L2ZTs)
Posted by: Bandersnatch, camp fire pics welcome at e-mail in nic at November 10, 2019 12:04 AM (gd9RK)
You always have help.
Posted by: The NKVD!
In Soviet Russia, suicide commits you.
Posted by: BourbonChicken at November 10, 2019 12:05 AM (LxTcq)
Posted by: Insomniac at November 10, 2019 12:05 AM (NWiLs)
Posted by: qdpsteve at November 10, 2019 12:05 AM (L2ZTs)
1] it's quite doable
2] having one day to do it demystifies it all - math, science, and fraternities give you more than half the alphabet anyway, same/close to Greek
Posted by: rhomboid at November 10, 2019 12:06 AM (QDnY+)
Posted by: qdpsteve at November 10, 2019 12:03 AM
Really! And 'B' is 'V' and '6' is 'B'... Crazy, I know...
Posted by: Zettai Epusutin-wa Jisatsu Shinakatta at November 10, 2019 12:06 AM (7WaWV)
********
Saw a cartoon in the New Yorker, of all places, which has the answer:
First you firebomb their house, THEN you ask them what they need.
Posted by: Noam Sayen at November 10, 2019 12:07 AM (WJcbb)
Posted by: Insomniac at November 10, 2019 12:05 AM (NWiLs)
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I will call your capers and raise you maraschino cherries
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at November 10, 2019 12:07 AM (XVuno)
Posted by: qdpsteve at November 10, 2019 12:07 AM (L2ZTs)
Posted by: rhomboid at November 10, 2019 12:08 AM (QDnY+)
No. 2 Son had some early pooping issues. I had recently separated from his mother, my wife, and was doing everything I could to keep up the we're all in this together thing. She found a poop therapist in Cambridge.
Cambridge was a long drive from the South Shore, but wife was a power babe and she was plugged in to the best of everything. Of course I'd do the driving and pay half of the poop therapy.
Poop therapist recommended rewards for good pooping.
At the end of the day every poop from that kid cost me $50.
Posted by: Bandersnatch, camp fire pics welcome at e-mail in nic at November 10, 2019 12:09 AM (gd9RK)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at November 10, 2019 12:04 AM (XVuno)
Well change the roll, dang it.
Posted by: RickZ at November 10, 2019 12:09 AM (Y8PSl)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at November 10, 2019 12:09 AM (XVuno)
Posted by: mjc at November 10, 2019 12:09 AM (Pg+x7)
Posted by: Insomniac at November 09, 2019 11:52 PM (NWiLs
Ima kick you HARD, right in the soft posterior of the ass which your Nurse loves so much.
GOT THAT?
You've got NURSE RATCHED.
You got her THROUGH your most darkest, snarkiest, smartassery right here in the ONT.
She saw the gold in your heart, went mining and STRUCK GOLD.
In YOUR heart.
Fuck that "losing" shit.
You've been found, captured and claimed by one of the winningest winners of them all.
That is called VICTORIES ABOUND, in case you failed to notice?
The job shit will sort itself out. I gots some shit to write you there, anyway. Watch for my mail, a day or two out.
*kicks you again, but with love and not anger*
Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX
Posted by: Jim at November 10, 2019 12:09 AM (QzJWU)
Posted by: rhomboid
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I use them in my piccata recipe. Yum.
Posted by: Tonypete at November 10, 2019 12:09 AM (Y4EXg)
Posted by: Zettai Epusutin-wa Jisatsu Shinakatta at November 10, 2019 12:09 AM (7WaWV)
Posted by: Bandersnatch, camp fire pics welcome at e-mail in nic at November 10, 2019 12:10 AM (gd9RK)
Posted by: RickZ at November 10, 2019 12:10 AM (Y8PSl)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at November 10, 2019 12:10 AM (XVuno)
Posted by: RickZ at November 10, 2019 12:10 AM (Y8PSl)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at November 10, 2019 12:07 AM (XVuno)
Eh, I dunno. Maraschino cherries actually taste of something. Also look good on sundaes. And are part of Old Fashioneds.
Posted by: Insomniac at November 10, 2019 12:10 AM (NWiLs)
Posted by: Ladyl
Put it the neighbor's yard.
Posted by: Aviator at November 10, 2019 12:10 AM (2cuLk)
Posted by: The Barrel Telephone Service at November 10, 2019 12:11 AM (I99aF)
Also maraschino cherries are the flavor of Dr Pepper.
Posted by: qdpsteve at November 10, 2019 12:11 AM (L2ZTs)
Close tags to stave off the bourbon addled forgetfulness, much less the much abused "win".
*hic!*
Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galllllllphestin *burp* Texas.
Posted by: Jim at November 10, 2019 12:11 AM (QzJWU)
The alphabet is easy. Other parts of Russian (like when to use perfective vs. imperfective verbs) is more difficult.
In honor of October Revolution Day a couple of days ago (they've since changed the name), my wife told me how to correctly say "All Power To The Soviets!" in Russian.
Posted by: The ARC of HIstory! at November 10, 2019 12:11 AM (I2/tG)
Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX
Posted by: Jim
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Dad?
Posted by: Tonypete at November 10, 2019 12:12 AM (Y4EXg)
Posted by: VM's phone at November 10, 2019 12:12 AM (G546f)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at November 10, 2019 12:12 AM (aKsyK)
These shall be my last pre-barrel words. G'nite Horde.
Posted by: Bandersnatch, camp fire pics welcome at e-mail in nic at November 10, 2019 12:12 AM (gd9RK)
Posted by: qdpsteve at November 10, 2019 12:12 AM (L2ZTs)
Posted by: Insomniac at November 10, 2019 12:12 AM (NWiLs)
Would think for a plutocrat like you, it would be all oligarch-style: luxurious dachas on the Black Sea and Baikal, miniature giraffes, caviar, hawt high-end hookers.
Posted by: rhomboid at November 10, 2019 12:13 AM (QDnY+)
I can relate to the questing spirit. Music is also my muse.
Squashed like a bug too, I am.
Still, I burn.
Posted by: pawn at November 10, 2019 12:13 AM (PveK5)
Would think for a plutocrat like you, it would be all oligarch-style: luxurious dachas on the Black Sea and Baikal, miniature giraffes, caviar, hawt high-end hookers.
Posted by: rhomboid at November 10, 2019 12:13 AM (QDnY+)
Opulence. He has it.
Posted by: Insomniac at November 10, 2019 12:13 AM (NWiLs)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at November 10, 2019 12:07 AM (XVuno)
Speaking of capers, here is a classic animated cartoon featuring the tune, Canadian Capers:
https://hooktube.com/watch?v=Dq-XuxkaJ2g
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 10, 2019 12:13 AM (/sgva)
Would think for a plutocrat like you, it would be all oligarch-style: luxurious dachas on the Black Sea and Baikal, miniature giraffes, caviar, hawt high-end hookers.
Posted by: rhomboid at November 10, 2019 12:13 AM (QDnY+)
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Hush hush meeting with Putin. Can't give details...
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at November 10, 2019 12:13 AM (XVuno)
Posted by: Blanco Basura - Not scanning your email for ad targeting at November 10, 2019 12:14 AM (xkSJa)
Posted by: VM's phone at November 10, 2019 12:14 AM (G546f)
Posted by: Insomniac at November 10, 2019 12:15 AM (NWiLs)
Posted by: mnw at November 10, 2019 12:15 AM (Cssks)
Posted by: qdpsteve at November 10, 2019 12:15 AM (L2ZTs)
Posted by: Insomniac at November 10, 2019 12:05 AM (NWiLs)
Haven't had quinoa yet, have you?
As has been stated, capers make a tartar sauce. (And tartar sauce is easy to make and you can make small batches; the white mayonnaise in a jar with a smattering of capers sucks.) Capers are also very important in a butter/lemon juice/Dijon mustard/white wine/caper sauce for sauteed chicken.
Posted by: RickZ at November 10, 2019 12:15 AM (Y8PSl)
Posted by: qdpsteve at November 10, 2019 12:16 AM (L2ZTs)
"Communism = Soviet Power + Electrification of the Entire Country"
Seriously. I mean, WTFF?
Posted by: rhomboid at November 10, 2019 12:16 AM (QDnY+)
Just put a wet giraffe into the dryer, set to "HIGH".
Very, very high.
Whether that's YOU or the dryer setting, I shall leave to your discretion.
Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX
Posted by: Jim at November 10, 2019 12:17 AM (QzJWU)
Not that my wife agrees with the slogan "All Power To The Soviets!", but I was getting the word endings wrong when I said it in Russian.
If you are going to mouth Communist propaganda in Russian, at least get the grammar right.
I already know how to say "The Radiant Future of Mankind Under Communism" correctly in Russian, fortunately.
Posted by: The ARC of HIstory! at November 10, 2019 12:18 AM (I2/tG)
Posted by: Insomniac at November 10, 2019 12:18 AM (NWiLs)
Posted by: qdpsteve at November 10, 2019 12:19 AM (L2ZTs)
1. Epstein didn't kill himself.
2. My laptop computer was full of evidence that could nail the Clintons and the Deep State. Where is it now?
3. *squirt*
Posted by: Anthony Weiner at November 10, 2019 12:19 AM (BNg6W)
I have a facsimile poster of that - a Lenin saying.
Posted by: The ARC of HIstory! at November 10, 2019 12:19 AM (I2/tG)
Posted by: The ARC of HIstory! at November 10, 2019 12:18 AM (I2/tG)
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Nice insider Chernobyl reference!
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at November 10, 2019 12:19 AM (XVuno)
Then facebook/twitter/etc can go fuck themselves with the understanding of how little power they actually have.
Posted by: Rusty Nail at November 10, 2019 12:19 AM (I99aF)
Cambridge was a long drive from the South Shore, but wife was a power babe and she was plugged in to the best of everything. Of course I'd do the driving and pay half of the poop therapy.
Poop therapist recommended rewards for good pooping.
At the end of the day every poop from that kid cost me $50.
Posted by: Bandersnatch, camp fire pics welcome at e-mail in nic at November 10, 2019 12:09 AM (gd9RK)
that's got to be the shittiest deal I've ever heard of.
Posted by: Tom Servo at November 10, 2019 12:19 AM (V2Yro)
Posted by: mjc at November 10, 2019 12:20 AM (Pg+x7)
Posted by: The ARC of HIstory! at November 10, 2019 12:18 AM (I2/tG)
It got very radiant for a bunch of them near Chernobyl.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 10, 2019 12:20 AM (/sgva)
Posted by: mjc at November 10, 2019 12:20 AM (Pg+x7)
More and more, movies are becoming just incredibly detailed animated cartoons.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 10, 2019 12:22 AM (/sgva)
Posted by: The ARC of HIstory! at November 10, 2019 12:18 AM (I2/tG)
Distilled to a single word, this is "Chernobyl".
They are in glowing health and have radiant smiles.
/Pravda
/Tass
Jim
Sunk New Dawnski
Galvestongrad, Texoberg
Posted by: Jim at November 10, 2019 12:22 AM (QzJWU)
Posted by: Insomniac at November 10, 2019 12:24 AM (NWiLs)
The amazing talents of the un-stupid should be mocking and defeating the idiotic Gestapo wannabes at FascistBook and UBoob. Wouldn't be hard.
Code names, replacement names - changing, with a single reference website. On video, spell out the name, do variations on spelling out the name.
Come on, America, prove you're not really already some wealthy version of a pathetic beaten-down submissive slave populace like China or North Korea.
Posted by: rhomboid at November 10, 2019 12:24 AM (QDnY+)
but now carnival rides.
Posted by: mjc at November 10, 2019 12:25 AM (Pg+x7)
"The Radiant Future of Mankind Under Communism" predates Chernobyl by decades - it probably was the number #1 Soviet propaganda slogan.
Aleksandr Zinoviev wrote a satirical novel about the Soviet Union called "The Radiant Future" in 1978.
Posted by: The ARC of HIstory! at November 10, 2019 12:25 AM (I2/tG)
Capers are very important in giving discreet vinegar or brine/vinegar, taste pops in certain dishes and sauces. Delicious!
Say, did you drop that jar of capers, there, behind you?
Posted by: Surprise Anal Otter at November 10, 2019 12:26 AM (w3OLr)
I already know how to say "The Radiant Future of Mankind Under Communism" correctly in Russian, fortunately.
many of the readings in the advanced textbook (continuing with russian by charles e. townsend, published by the good folks over at slavica.com) my little study group was working through were selections of russian bureaucratese. my cohort found them a struggle, but i though they were amusing.
Posted by: Anachronda at November 10, 2019 12:26 AM (kf5Ci)
it is a little known FACT that he was active in Jane Fonda's "Save the Whales" campaign.
Posted by: mnw at November 10, 2019 12:27 AM (Cssks)
Posted by: Insomniac at November 10, 2019 12:24 AM (NWiLs)
You would be happy were we actually RUSSIan[/B} BOTS.
We are worse.
We are U.S Government Drones, and we are Here to Help You!
/Reagan's warning
Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX
Posted by: Jim at November 10, 2019 12:27 AM (QzJWU)
Posted by: Insomniac at November 10, 2019 12:28 AM (NWiLs)
So Im done here for the evening.
Hasta la nite nite, Horde!
Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX
Posted by: Jim at November 10, 2019 12:28 AM (QzJWU)
Posted by: mnw at November 10, 2019 12:27 AM (Cssks)
Save the Whales! Collect the entire set!
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 10, 2019 12:29 AM (/sgva)
It is forbidden to cross the river and enter The Place of Glow. There be Dragons, Demons and Surprise Anal...
Posted by: High Priest, Clan Fukinoble at November 10, 2019 12:30 AM (w3OLr)
Black bread was awesome. Ditto the butter, and sour cream. Beyond that .... not so much. Chocolate, that was OK, like low-end European stuff.
Posted by: rhomboid at November 10, 2019 12:31 AM (QDnY+)
Posted by: rickl at November 10, 2019 12:32 AM (7vvoJ)
Go to the country, build you a home
Plant a little garden, eat a lot of peaches
Try an find Jesus on your own.
-JP
Posted by: pawn at November 10, 2019 12:32 AM (PveK5)
Posted by: High Priest, Clan Fukinoble at November 10, 2019 12:33 AM (w3OLr)
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX
Posted by: Jim at November 10, 2019 12:09 AM (QzJWU)
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what he said, w/o the italics,
Posted by: redc1c4 at November 10, 2019 12:33 AM (8hiZZ)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 10, 2019 12:33 AM (/sgva)
Posted by: rhomboid at November 10, 2019 12:34 AM (QDnY+)
Posted by: rickl at November 10, 2019 12:32 AM
Overbed tables...
Posted by: Zettai Epusutin-wa Jisatsu Shinakatta at November 10, 2019 12:34 AM (7WaWV)
[italics headfake]
;-)
Posted by: qdpsteve at November 10, 2019 12:34 AM (L2ZTs)
Finally had a customer who really shouldn't own a firearm.
Man, "What kind of shot shells for a Remington 870 do you have?"
Me, "Do you mean 12ga or 20ga?"
Man, "I don't know."
Posted by: Anna Puma at November 10, 2019 12:34 AM (rgMTu)
Posted by: Rusty Nail at November 10, 2019 12:19 AM (I99aF)
It amuses me, in a very angry way, how 'whistleblower' has morphed into protection of anonymity for the 'second (or lower)-hand knowledge' whistleblower (which was never the intent) versus protection from retaliation for the quite public 'first-hand knowledge' whistleblower. One might think the Dems are making up the rules for impeachykins as they go.
Posted by: RickZ at November 10, 2019 12:35 AM (Y8PSl)
Posted by: Donna&&&&V. at November 10, 2019 12:36 AM (d6Ksn)
Perhaps one of your more "tolerant" neighbors is in need of one... maybe secretly replace a "hate has no home here" sign? (and is there any less of a sanctimonius lie?)
Posted by: Drink Like Vikings at November 10, 2019 12:36 AM (c0/ow)
Posted by: Zettai Epusutin-wa Jisatsu Shinakatta at November 10, 2019 12:36 AM (7WaWV)
Posted by: rickl at November 10, 2019 12:32 AM (7vvoJ)
Like High Priest says, overbed sidetable. Amazon has several of them, not expensive.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 10, 2019 12:36 AM (/sgva)
Now I just have to look for one whose wheels work on carpeted surfaces. Most run on bare floors.
Posted by: rickl at November 10, 2019 12:37 AM (7vvoJ)
Interesting bone, the hyoid is... It's the only bone in the human body that is not connected to any other bone...
Posted by: Zettai Epusutin-wa Jisatsu Shinakatta at November 09, 2019 10:20 PM (7WaWV)
*singing* ...and the hyoid bone's connected to the....Epstein did not kill himself....
Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt at November 10, 2019 12:38 AM (ufFY8)
Posted by: Zettai Epusutin-wa Jisatsu Shinakatta at November 10, 2019 12:38 AM (7WaWV)
Posted by: Anna Puma at November 10, 2019 12:39 AM (rgMTu)
There were American oranges for sale one day. Amazing. Sunkist boxes. Jumped in line right away, felt no guilt about taking away some from locals.
Posted by: rhomboid at November 10, 2019 12:39 AM (QDnY+)
Mount it on a flat dolly.
Posted by: High Priest, Clan Fukinoble at November 10, 2019 12:39 AM (w3OLr)
Posted by: rickl at November 10, 2019 12:32 AM (7vvoJ)
Believe it or not, Rickl, a hospital bed tray table.
Posted by: RickZ at November 10, 2019 12:40 AM (Y8PSl)
Posted by: Richard McEnroe at November 10, 2019 12:40 AM (ABuva)
"Ask Eric Ciaramella why Jeffery Epstein didn't kill himself."
It is a litle tiresome hearing even the Fox hosts tiptoe around it. I say blowtorch all the guilty fuckers with the truth/Trump cleansing fire.
Posted by: Drink Like Vikings at November 10, 2019 12:41 AM (c0/ow)
Posted by: High Priest, Clan Fukinoble at November 10, 2019 12:39 AM (w3OLr)
There's a repair for that, now.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 10, 2019 12:41 AM (/sgva)
Posted by: Drink Like Vikings at November 10, 2019 12:41 AM (c0/ow)
But I could pull the lever or kick a chair out from under them and hang someone, especially for what is now considered a capitol crime.
Of course I'm not sure what they would hang you for back in medieval times. I'd probably feel bad for hanging someone because they mocked the king or something like that.
Posted by: Bitter Clinger at November 10, 2019 12:42 AM (iIUKh)
i live in an ice cold house with a broken sofa that i fitfully sleep on.
yeah, i envy you, but i don't hate you.
i've asked tried: to the best of my knowledge, to solve the "issue", whatever it is, but, given the lack of response, there is *nothing* i can do to mend the situation.
so this is my life until i die. it's a simple binary choice: homelessness or ostracized: pick one. i'm a grunt: i picked being indoors with shelter, plumbing, running water and food.
i may be dumb, but i ain't stupid.
YMMV.
Posted by: redc1c4 at November 10, 2019 12:43 AM (Ci6sH)
Posted by: Sleesha, 27th Labian High Priestess at November 10, 2019 12:43 AM (w3OLr)
Posted by: Anna Puma at November 10, 2019 12:43 AM (rgMTu)
Posted by: Drink Like Vikings at November 10, 2019 12:45 AM (c0/ow)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 10, 2019 12:47 AM (/sgva)
I was just berated for ninety minutes by a young man, and when he finished, I explained in thirty seconds why none of his shit matters in the slightest.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at November 10, 2019 12:47 AM (eysPz)
Nah, I'm pretty fucking weird and different.
Posted by: Insomniac at November 09, 2019 10:33 PM (NWiLs)
You are different, which is fine, but I have never seen you fucking weird, so I can't say you are pretty when doing that.
Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt at November 10, 2019 12:47 AM (ufFY8)
reagan told a joke on this: a worker was determined to buy a car. but there wasn't a financing system in the soviet union so you had to pay cash. so the worker saved and saved until he had 1,000 rubles and went to the lada dealership, picked out a model, and plunked down his thousand rubles. "congratulations, comrade, you've just bought the finest car in the world, the pride of soviet industry. now, come back two years from now, tuesday, to pick up the car." and the buyer said "oh no, i can't come tuesday ten years from now." "but, tovariush' the salesman asked "how can you possibly know you're unavailable ten years from now?' and the man said 'that's when the plumber is coming to fix the pipes."
Posted by: mjc at November 10, 2019 12:48 AM (Pg+x7)
Posted by: mjc at November 10, 2019 12:49 AM (Pg+x7)
Posted by: Bitter Clinger at November 10, 2019 12:42 AM (iIUKh)
Most hangings back before the British military developed the long drop method (1872) were strangulation affairs. See: The Tyburn Hanging Tree.
Posted by: RickZ at November 10, 2019 12:49 AM (Y8PSl)
would normally lead to scarcity in most popular products. Did it ever
work out the other way, where there was an absolute glut of some things
in stores?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 10, 2019 12:33 AM (/sgva)
Some parts got overproduced and others underproduced, but I am not sure about gluts in stores. Since nothing had any actual value other than as a trade item, it generally got bought up as investments.
What I am told is that since production was planned at units in the whole, and larger sized units were easier to make, the larger sized things got produced in excess. Large clothing was the example I got, children sizes and petite sized clothing was harder to come by. Also smaller nails, since it was easier to make larger nails. I expect roofing nails were hard to come by.
Austrian economists love looking at the Soviet economy as their Gosplan had to make all production and price assignments, and it was done through negotiation from directives from the Duma, against what the factory managers thought they actually could produce. There was absolutely no feedback on prices to bring production into alignment with actual need. I am told that they used foreign shoppers to price things in Market Economy countries to have some idea about what prices to assign, but the basic problem with Marxist labor value theory is that it forgets to take actual demand into consideration, so production was never brought into coordination with need and demand, only set to will and production schedules.
(as I preach about things I vaguely understand)
Posted by: Kindltot at November 10, 2019 12:50 AM (1glZx)
Posted by: David Carradine at November 10, 2019 12:51 AM (NWiLs)
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at November 10, 2019 12:47 AM (eysPz)
So what didn't you do to deserve such a berating? Not save the whales? Not save the planet? Not separately recycle glass, plastic and paper waste? Not be vegan?
Posted by: RickZ at November 10, 2019 12:54 AM (Y8PSl)
Posted by: kbdabear at November 10, 2019 12:54 AM (qAR6u)
Posted by: Sleesha, 27th Labian High Priestess at November 10, 2019 12:57 AM (w3OLr)
Posted by: David Carradine at November 10, 2019 12:51 AM (NWiLs)
Yeah, David, just not in a closet for fun and sexual thrills.
Posted by: RickZ at November 10, 2019 12:57 AM (Y8PSl)
"how can you possibly know you're unavailable ten years from now?' and the man said 'that's when the plumber is coming to fix the pipes."
Posted by: mjc
Coming soon to a Venezuela near you.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at November 10, 2019 12:58 AM (aKsyK)
Posted by: Summer of Love at November 10, 2019 12:59 AM (FJrl0)
much better than my bastardization.
punchline: the salesman said "come back in ten years and your car will be ready." and the buyer asked "morning or afternoon?" and the salesman said 'what possible difference could it make in ten years?" and the man said "the plumber's coming in the morning."
Posted by: mjc at November 10, 2019 12:59 AM (Pg+x7)
Posted by: lousagirl at November 10, 2019 01:00 AM (+dLD3)
Posted by: Drink Like Vikings at November 10, 2019 01:00 AM (c0/ow)
Posted by: lousagirl at November 10, 2019 01:00 AM (+dLD3)
Just the good people, huh?
*sulks*
Posted by: Insomniac at November 10, 2019 01:01 AM (NWiLs)
Posted by: mjc at November 10, 2019 01:01 AM (Pg+x7)
Posted by: RickZ at November 10, 2019 12:54 AM (Y8PSl)
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None of the above.
His long tirade boiled down to being angry about the fact that a white man knocked up his black mom.
I explained that he has to man up and be a brother just like I have to be a father. And to cut out the counterproductive racist bullshit, and hand the phone back to his mother.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at November 10, 2019 01:03 AM (eysPz)
nay! i say... gurgle, burble, i loved reagan...
Posted by: mjc at November 10, 2019 01:04 AM (Pg+x7)
The trouble with our Liberal friends is not that they're ignorant; it's just that they know so much that isn't so. Ronald Reagan ...
Posted by: lousagirl at November 10, 2019 01:04 AM (+dLD3)
Posted by: lousagirl at November 10, 2019 01:05 AM (+dLD3)
Posted by: lousagirl at November 10, 2019 01:06 AM (+dLD3)
I explained that he has to man up and be a brother just like I have to be a father. And to cut out the counterproductive racist bullshit, and hand the phone back to his mother.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at November 10, 2019 01:03 AM (eysPz)
Good Lord.
Posted by: Insomniac at November 10, 2019 01:06 AM (NWiLs)
Posted by: Kindltot at November 10, 2019 01:07 AM (1glZx)
Posted by: lousagirl at November 10, 2019 01:06 AM (+dLD3)
Aw shucks...
*kicks dirt*
Posted by: Insomniac at November 10, 2019 01:07 AM (NWiLs)
Could it possibly be that he's angry at his mom? Disappointed even? And maybe a tad bit racist?
Just spitballin' here, boss.
Posted by: OldDominionMom at November 10, 2019 01:09 AM (dH/BH)
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at November 10, 2019 01:03 AM (eysPz)
Could it possibly be that he's angry at his mom? Disappointed even? And maybe a tad bit racist?
Just spitballin' here, boss.
Posted by: OldDominionMom at November 10, 2019 01:09 AM (dH/BH)
Someone was shakin the bush.
Posted by: anchorbabe fashion cop at November 10, 2019 01:10 AM (ufFY8)
Posted by: Drink Like Vikings at November 10, 2019 01:00 AM
Oh my, this is funny.
Posted by: Rusty Nail at November 10, 2019 01:11 AM (I99aF)
Posted by: Drink Like Vikings at November 10, 2019 01:11 AM (c0/ow)
Posted by: Venezuela at November 10, 2019 01:11 AM (ycWCI)
How ya like those apples Kindltot
Posted by: lousagirl at November 10, 2019 01:12 AM (+dLD3)
Posted by: anchorbabe fashion cop at November 10, 2019 01:10 AM (ufFY
There was some talk of poisonous bushes in the gardening thread today, too!
Posted by: OldDominionMom at November 10, 2019 01:12 AM (dH/BH)
Posted by: Lt. Columbo at November 10, 2019 01:14 AM (qAR6u)
Posted by: Venezuela at November 10, 2019 01:11 AM
I hope it bombs on general principle. And speaking of disappointing cinema...
Posted by: Rusty Nail at November 10, 2019 01:15 AM (I99aF)
Posted by: Insomniac at November 10, 2019 01:06 AM (NWiLs)
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Ain't no thing.
His mom's a straight up good lady. His dad's actually decent enough too... just racist as hell, and that's where he picks this shit up.
I've dealt with worse than his ten year old ass on a good day, and my thirty seconds of straight talk did a good deal to set his mind right.
I'll continue to listen patiently and check his ass in the future, to the degree necessary.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at November 10, 2019 01:15 AM (eysPz)
Posted by: Aetius451AD at November 10, 2019 01:17 AM (ycWCI)
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at November 10, 2019 01:15 AM (eysPz)
Good on ya.
Posted by: Insomniac at November 10, 2019 01:17 AM (NWiLs)
Posted by: Insomniac at November 10, 2019 01:18 AM (NWiLs)
Posted by: Venezuela at November 10, 2019 01:11 AM (ycWCI)
Jack will be a Trump voter, Wendy will be a supermuscled powrgrll, and Danny will want to be a girl.
Posted by: kbdabear at November 10, 2019 01:19 AM (qAR6u)
Posted by: Sleesha, 27th Labian High Priestess at November 10, 2019 12:57 AM
So, I just finished watching the movie "Jeff, Who Lives At Home". It could have been a funny comedy. It had a good cast. But right in the middle there just had to be a subplot about a middle aged straight woman being encouraged to go gay (which of course she does).
You know, if gays are so plentiful, out, and proud, why do they seem to need to do so much recruiting from the straight community? Just asking.
Posted by: Rusty Nail at November 10, 2019 01:19 AM (I99aF)
Waves at YD.........how ye be.
Posted by: westminsterdogshow at November 10, 2019 01:19 AM (/UQ/R)
"War"
Posted by: lousagirl at November 10, 2019 01:19 AM (+dLD3)
Posted by: Lt. Columbo at November 10, 2019 01:14 AM (qAR6u)
Which most of us would be ok with if there were a description of damage to things other than just his sick throat.
Posted by: OldDominionMom at November 10, 2019 01:19 AM (dH/BH)
Posted by: Richard McEnroe at November 10, 2019 01:20 AM (ABuva)
But that was eclipsed by Bitchbusters. In fairness, I have not watched it, and never will on principle.
Posted by: Drink Like Vikings at November 10, 2019 01:20 AM (c0/ow)
Posted by: lousagirl at November 10, 2019 01:20 AM (+dLD3)
campaign signs so close to the polling places in every single election.
I never see him win anything. WUWT?
Posted by: Richard McEnroe at November 10, 2019 01:20 AM
Is he related to that cocksucker "Votar"?
Posted by: Rusty Nail at November 10, 2019 01:22 AM (I99aF)
The trouble with our Liberal friends is not that they're ignorant; it's just that they know so much that isn't so. Ronald Reagan...
Posted by: lousagirl at November 10, 2019 01:04 AM (+dLD3)
Best Quote 1A.
Best Quote 1B: "The nine most terrifying words in the English language are 'I'm from the government, and I'm here to help'."
Posted by: RickZ at November 10, 2019 01:25 AM (Y8PSl)
Posted by: Drink Like Vikings at November 10, 2019 01:20 AM (c0/ow)
Robert DeNiro was a psycho in the Cape Fear remake, but when you watch Robert Mitchum in the original he's brilliantly menacing.
Posted by: kbdabear at November 10, 2019 01:25 AM (qAR6u)
Posted by: Aetius451AD at November 10, 2019 01:26 AM (ycWCI)
Posted by: westminsterdogshow at November 10, 2019 01:19 AM (/UQ/R)
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Hangin' in there. Been a hell of a lot worse. How bout yourself?
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at November 10, 2019 01:26 AM (eysPz)
Posted by: Aetius451AD at November 10, 2019 01:27 AM (ycWCI)
Posted by: Aetius451AD at November 10, 2019 01:28 AM (ycWCI)
Posted by: Drink Like Vikings at November 10, 2019 01:29 AM (c0/ow)
Thinking about going to see No Safe Spaces tomorrow afternoon. Anyone seen it?
Posted by: westminsterdogshow at November 10, 2019 01:34 AM (/UQ/R)
How is the pregnancy going?
Posted by: westminsterdogshow at November 10, 2019 01:36 AM (/UQ/R)
Posted by: Drink Like Vikings at November 10, 2019 01:40 AM (c0/ow)
Posted by: Fritz at November 10, 2019 01:45 AM (wo3c/)
Let's go Blues. 7 straight, doo dah, doo dah.
Nothing good happens after midnight.
Posted by: mnw at November 10, 2019 01:49 AM (Cssks)
How is the pregnancy going?
Posted by: westminsterdogshow at November 10, 2019 01:36 AM (/UQ/R)
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Well, they put up a measure to end-run TABOR every cycle. I really thought it would pass this year, but most of the people didn't turn out for the off-year, I guess. It actually got shot down hard. I suspect because Dem voters stayed home.
It will next year. The Californians will turn out in force for the Democratic Presidential nominee in the General Election, and TABOR will finally be toast after three decades of effort by the Dems.
Coattails, and all.
As for the pregnancy, it's proceeding apace. Nothing's new. We're going to the doctor on Monday for more information.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at November 10, 2019 01:51 AM (eysPz)
Earworm of sonic death.
Posted by: Fritz at November 10, 2019 01:58 AM (wo3c/)
Posted by: RickZ at November 10, 2019 12:49 AM (Y8PSl)
In Neal Stephenson's trilogy The Baroque Cycle, he describes the practice of young waifs to charge the sentenced to hang (Jeffery Epstein was not a client) a few pence to grab their ankles to quicken their hanging strangulations,
an example of the free enterprise system in action.
Hayek ftw.
Posted by: GnuBreed at November 10, 2019 02:06 AM (Z4rgH)
Posted by: westminsterdogshow at November 10, 2019 02:21 AM (/UQ/R)
Posted by: pink nipples at November 10, 2019 02:21 AM (DZsvp)
Hayek ftw.
Posted by: GnuBreed at November 10, 2019 02:06 AM (Z4rgH)
Akin to paying the headsman not to make a hash of it -- and one's neck.
Considering the entertainment grisly executions were back then before TV's and hand-held electrical toys, I'd pay to have my demise quickened and clean, too.
Posted by: RickZ at November 10, 2019 02:24 AM (Y8PSl)
man, and when he finished, I explained in thirty seconds why none of his
shit matters in the slightest.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at November 10, 2019 12:47 AM (eysPz)
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i'm trying to figure out why you put up with that shit for 9 seconds, let alone 90, not to even consider 90 minutes.
but that's just me. i'm not diplomatic.
Posted by: redc1c4 at November 10, 2019 02:45 AM (vdeMK)
Posted by: redc1c4 at November 10, 2019 02:45 AM (vdeMK)
Not being diplomatic is diplomacy by other means.
Posted by: RickZ at November 10, 2019 03:03 AM (Y8PSl)
Posted by: redc1c4 at November 10, 2019 03:05 AM (ha9sh)
Posted by: JT at November 10, 2019 03:13 AM (arJlL)
Posted by: lousagirl at November 10, 2019 01:00 AM (+dLD3)
Does God listen to the prayers of the inebriated? I'm inclined to think "Why not?"
But really, this is just an excuse to post this link to Over The Rhine's "Drunkard's Prayer": https://youtu.be/f3ZucFa_Ra4
Posted by: Average Guy at November 10, 2019 03:15 AM (BaHwF)
Does God listen to the prayers of the inebriated? I'm inclined to think "Why not?"
God: "Enough of this, I need some laughs!"
** switches prayers receiver from
"the pious" to "the inebriated" **
Posted by: George Stephanopoulos is an Unbiased Urinalist! Now You Tell One! at November 10, 2019 04:21 AM (EPaen)
Posted by: George Stephanopoulos is an Unbiased Urinalist! Now You Tell One! at November 10, 2019 04:23 AM (EPaen)
/delurk
Apropos of nothing,Read Riddles in the Dark from The Hobbit to my boys tonight. Their enthusiasm for the whole affair warmed my heart. Younger said it was his favorite chapter yet, it got real dusty all of a sudden.
/end delurk
Posted by: Jasonius at November 10, 2019 04:38 AM (kki5J)
I'm sitting here watching my new laptop perform a Windows 10 update. It's 23% done and has been chugging away for about an hour. Windows told me it was going to do an update and my only choice was now or later.
I'm typing this on my old Mac Pro desktop, which I converted to Linux Mint back in May. Linux does frequent updates, but each one is only a tiny part of the OS and only takes a couple of minutes. The user has complete control over when or even whether to perform the update.
Posted by: rickl at November 10, 2019 04:44 AM (7vvoJ)
Posted by: Surprise Anal Otter at November 10, 2019 04:45 AM (plTx4)
Posted by: rickl at November 10, 2019 04:46 AM (7vvoJ)
Posted by: JT at November 10, 2019 04:48 AM (arJlL)
Posted by: rickl at November 10, 2019 04:49 AM (7vvoJ)
Posted by: rickl at November 10, 2019 04:50 AM (7vvoJ)
Posted by: rickl at November 10, 2019 04:53 AM (7vvoJ)
Morphine is a most excellent drug.
Posted by: rickl at November 10, 2019 05:00 AM (7vvoJ)
Posted by: rickl at November 10, 2019 05:01 AM (7vvoJ)
g'mornin', 'rons
Posted by: AltonJackson at November 10, 2019 05:04 AM (YM2Ls)
Posted by: rickl at November 10, 2019 05:15 AM (7vvoJ)
Well, one out of two ain't too bad.
When I broke the fuck out of my leg, they offered me morphine in the ambulance, but honestly, I wasn't in pain yet. Even at the emergency room, I didn't hurt at first. But I KNEW it was a'coming.
Oh, Nurse...
Posted by: GnuBreed at November 10, 2019 05:20 AM (Z4rgH)
When I was in the hospital, they assessed my pain level and prescribed 45 mg twice a day. That carried over into rehab.
But they kept trying to give it to me in the morning. I said I would rather wait until after my physical therapy to take it. They kept telling me that the prescriber's orders said morning and evening. I said, "That was fine when I was in the hospital and just sitting around reading or watching TV. But now that I'm getting physical therapy to improve my balance and coordination, I think it would be better to concentrate on that first and take the morphine afterwards." They eventually caught on but it took a lot of explaining on my part.
Posted by: rickl at November 10, 2019 05:27 AM (7vvoJ)
Posted by: creeper at November 10, 2019 05:30 AM (fE1wp)
Posted by: rickl at November 10, 2019 05:39 AM (7vvoJ)
rickl, I've followed with interest your predicament, and whatever level of pain control YOU choose is the right one. No one knows you better than you.
Best wishes, natch. You're one of the good ones.
Posted by: GnuBreed at November 10, 2019 05:44 AM (Z4rgH)
Posted by: rickl at November 10, 2019 05:46 AM (7vvoJ)
Did you see my comment yesterday? I wondered if some form of PTSD was responsible for that episode the other night. Dog knows you've been through the wringer lately.
Posted by: creeper at November 10, 2019 05:48 AM (fE1wp)
Posted by: Skip at November 10, 2019 05:49 AM (ZCEU2)
Posted by: rickl at November 10, 2019 05:50 AM (7vvoJ)
Posted by: Eromero at November 10, 2019 05:51 AM (UUkQp)
Posted by: My life is insanity at November 10, 2019 05:51 AM (Z/jzm)
Posted by: rickl at November 10, 2019 05:53 AM (7vvoJ)
I haven't had a real computer in many years, so my experience is out of date.
Posted by: Skip at November 10, 2019 05:53 AM (ZCEU2)
Posted by: Eromero at November 10, 2019 05:53 AM (UUkQp)
"I've rode with him, and I got no complaints."
Laconic praise at its best.
Posted by: GnuBreed at November 10, 2019 05:54 AM (Z4rgH)
Posted by: rickl at November 10, 2019 05:55 AM (7vvoJ)
Posted by: creeper at November 10, 2019 05:56 AM (fE1wp)
Easy to find on YouTube.
We'll pass through Atlanta this week and catch her show there in a tavern venue, as we head south for winter.
Posted by: Les Kinetic at November 10, 2019 05:58 AM (4ZE6o)
Posted by: Skip at November 10, 2019 05:59 AM (ZCEU2)
Whatever...you sound great and that's what matters.
Posted by: creeper at November 10, 2019 06:00 AM (fE1wp)
Whatever...you sound great and that's what matters.
Posted by: creeper at November 10, 2019 06:00 AM (fE1wp)
Thanks. I certainly hope so. I've never experienced anything like that and I hope I never do again.
Posted by: rickl at November 10, 2019 06:02 AM (7vvoJ)
Posted by: Skip at November 10, 2019 06:02 AM (ZCEU2)
Posted by: rickl at November 10, 2019 06:03 AM (7vvoJ)
As I understand it, factory quotas were assigned by bureaucrats, so it all depended on whatever (bullshit) metric the bureaucrats chose.
The example I remember is paper. The bureaucracy first set the quota in terms of weight. Result: the factories turned out nothing but heavy brown wrapping paper. Then they tried setting the quota in terms of square meters. Result: the factories turned out nothing but tissue paper.
So in those cases, there might be a glut of one or the other, yes, or more likely a barely adequate amount of whatever kind of paper made it easiest to fulfill the quota, but a shortage of every other kind of paper.
The idea of trying to produce as much of each type of paper as people actually wanted to buy was never even on the table, of course.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at November 10, 2019 06:06 AM (tJvHx)
rickl, you "sound" much better today.
Glad to see it.
Btw - I've read it's dangerous to take morphine pills over one week old.
Can get address to you that you may ship them to for proper disposal.
Posted by: teej at November 10, 2019 06:07 AM (9WcJw)
Posted by: rickl at November 10, 2019 06:12 AM (7vvoJ)
Not Jewish or much of a Beck Fan boy, but it made some sense to me.
Posted by: hobbes at November 10, 2019 09:59 AM (sfR2q)
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