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aceofspadeshq at gee mail.com CBD: cbd at cutjibnewsletter.com Buck: buck.throckmorton at protonmail.com joe mannix: mannix2024 at proton.me MisHum: petmorons at gee mail.com J.J. Sefton: sefton at cutjibnewsletter.com | Saturday Overnight Open Thread (1/4/20)December 8 - 6:00 PM It started to snow. The first snow of the season and the wife and I took our cocktails and sat for hours by the window watching the huge soft flakes drift down from heaven. It looked like a Grandma Moses Print. So romantic we felt like newlyweds again. I love snow! December 9 We woke to a beautiful blanket of crystal white snow covering every inch of the landscape. What a fantastic sight! Can there be a lovelier place in the whole world? Moving here was the best idea I've ever had! Shoveled for the first time in years and felt like a boy again. I did both our driveway and the sidewalks. This afternoon the snowplow came along and covered up the sidewalks and closed in the driveway, so I got to shovel again. What a perfect life! December 12 The sun has melted all our lovely snow. Such a disappointment! My neighbor tells me not to worry- we'll definitely have a white Christmas. No snow on Christmas would be awful! Bob says we'll have so much snow by the end of winter, that I'll never want to see snow again I don't think that's possible. Bob is such a nice man, I'm glad he's our neighbor. December 14 Snow, lovely snow! 8 inches last night. The temperature dropped to -20. The cold makes everything sparkle so. The wind took my breath away, but I warmed up by shoveling the driveway and sidewalks. This is the life! The snowplow came back this afternoon and buried everything again. I didn't realize I would have to do quite this much shoveling, but I'll certainly get back in shape this way. I wish l wouldn't huff and puff so. December 15 20 inches forecast. Sold my van and bought a 4x4 Blazer. Bought snow tires for the wife's car and 2 extra shovels. Stocked the freezer. The wife wants a wood stove in case the electricity goes out. I think that's silly. We aren't in Alaska, after all. December 16 Ice storm this morning. Fell on my ass on the ice in the driveway putting down salt. Hurt like hell. The wife laughed for an hour, which I think was very cruel. December 17 Still way below freezing. Roads are too icy to go anywhere. Electricity was off for 5 hours. I had to pile the blankets on to stay warm. Nothing to do but stare at the wife and try not to irritate her. Guess I should've bought a wood stove, but won't admit it to her. God I hate it when she's right. I can't believe I'm freezing to death in my own living room. December 20 Electricity's back on, but had another 14 inches of the damn stuff last night. More shoveling! Took all day. The damn snowplow came by twice. Tried to find a neighbor kid to shovel, but they said they're too busy playing hockey. I think they're lying. Called the only hardware store around to see about buying a snow blower and they're out. Might have another shipment in March. I think they're lying. Bob says I have to shovel or the city will have it done and bill me. I think he's lying. December 22 Bob was right about a white Christmas because 13 more inches of the white shit fell today, and it's so cold, it probably won't melt till August. Took me 45 minutes to get all dressed up to go out to shovel and then I had to piss. By the time I got undressed, pissed and dressed again. I was too tired to shovel. Tried to hire Bob who has a plow on his truck for the rest of the winter, but he says he's too busy. I think the asshole is lying. December 23 Only 2 inches of snow today And it warmed up to 0. The wife wanted me to decorate the front of the house this morning. What is she, nuts?!! Why didn't she tell me to do that a month ago? She says she did but I think she's lying. December 24 6 inches - Snow packed so hard by snowplow, l broke the shovel. Thought I was having a heart attack. If I ever catch the son of a bitch who drives that snow plow, I'll drag him through the snow by his balls and beat him to death with my broken shovel. I know he hides around the corner and waits for me to finish shoveling and then he comes down the street at a 100 miles an hour and throws snow all over where I've just been! Tonight the wife wanted me to sing Christmas carols with her and open our presents, but I was too busy watching for the damn snowplow. December 25 Merry freaking Christmas! 20 more inches of the damn slop tonight -Snowed in. The idea of shoveling makes my blood boil. God, I hate the snow! Then the snowplow driver came by asking for a donation and I hit him over the head with my shovel. The wife says I have a bad attitude. I think she's an idiot. If I have to watch "It's A Wonderful Life" one more time, I'm going to stuff her into the microwave. December 26 Still snowed in. Why the hell did I ever move here? It was all HER idea. She's really getting on my nerves. December 27 Temperature dropped to -30 and the pipes froze; plumber came after 14 hours of waiting for him, he only charged me $1,400 to replace all my pipes. December 28 Warmed up to above -20. Still snowed in. The BITCH is driving me crazy!!! December 29 10 more inches. Bob says I have to shovel the roof or it could cave in. That's the silliest thing I ever heard. How dumb does he think I am? December 30 Roof caved in. I beat up the snow plow driver, and now he is suing me for a million dollars, not only the beating I gave him, but also for trying to shove the broken snow shovel up his ass. The wife went home to her mother. Nine more inches predicted. December 31 I set fire to what's left of the house. No more shoveling. January 8 Feel so good. I just love those little white pills they keep giving me. Why am I tied to the bed? Flying car or goofy helicopter? You should have known..........NSFW-Language What were the odds? Never mind it's math and it's Saturday night. Every local newspaper announces the first baby born in the new year, but the story is even bigger in Carmel, Indiana. Dawn Gilliam and Jason Tello weren't expecting their twins to arrive for another seven weeks, but children have a way of stepping on your holiday plans. The twins were born on different days, in different years, and even in a different decade. Joslyn Grace Guilen Tello was born at 11:37 p.m. on December 31, 2019 at Ascension St. Vincent Carmel and her twin brother, Jaxon DeWayne Mills Tello, was born at 12:07 a.m. on January 1, 2020. The Saturday ONT normally doesn't have The Quotes of The Day. However this quote is just too go to pass on tonight. “She’s knuckling down, learning the lingo and practicing martial arts to give off the impression she’s tough and to ward off potential bullies,” an anonymous source Although 2019 is in the rear view mirror, let us take a look at some of the most bizarre stories. Crimes, unfortunately, happen every day across America, but there are some you read about that leave you scratching your head. Ranging from dancing with lions to police pursuits involving toy trucks, here are seven of the weirdest and most bizarre crime stories of the year. Man in reindeer slippers attempts to steal woman's wheelchairShower. Bar of soap, joke requires assembly. Japanese robot dogs for friendship. The dogs, known as Aibos, are companion robots made by Sony -- robots that don't necessarily do much apart from providing company and comfort. From a report: We have heard about the Mexican Cartels and their extensive hold on illegal drugs. Flying under the radar is their involvement in the avocado and lime crops. THE VIOLENT SAGA OF MEXICAN CARTELS AT WAR TO CONTROL LIMES AND AVOCADOS Meet someone who can literally say, I'd give my right arm for........... Many people have two arms. Far fewer of them can say that they have one of their arms on a shelf by their sink. This 37-year-old guy is one of the few who can proudly show his amputated arm. Thanks to a helpful taxidermist and a hungry colony of beetles, he was able to turn his amputated limb into a unique conversation piece. 20 years ago, then 17-year-old Mark Holmgrem borrowed his brother’s motorbike. This decision would change his life forever. He drove so fast and crashed on the motorbike, which tore the nerves in his shoulder, which left his right arm numb and unmovable. Science on a Saturday ONT? Sure why not!!! On this day: 4 Jan 1986 This dope uses dope and is tonight's Genius Award Winner. A Louisiana woman is behind bars on a felony drug possession charge after police discovered her methamphetamine stash in a small plastic container that was helpfully labeled “Dope.” Cops responded Saturday night to a West Monroe residence after an unidentified complainant reported finding “suspected narcotics” inside the apartment, which is home to Candyce Neel, 41. According to a probable cause affidavit, through “further investigation,” an officer found the “Dope” container with “suspected methamphetamine inside.” Neel, cops say, left the apartment “prior to deputies speaking with her.” However, she was later arrested after being found hiding behind the residence. After being read her rights, Neel reportedly “admitted ownership of the suspected narcotics.” Tonight's ONT has been brought to you by the Dark Side. Notice: Posted with permission by the Ace Media Empire and its redheaded stepchild, AceCorp, LLC. Comments(Jump to bottom of comments)1
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Posted by: Linn Ridge. Kiss my Bot. at January 04, 2020 10:00 PM (MIUG6) 2
Evening Horde!
Posted by: Tonypete at January 04, 2020 10:00 PM (Y4EXg) 3
2nd darn
Posted by: Skip at January 04, 2020 10:00 PM (ZCEU2) 4
Hooray!
Posted by: Legally Sufficient at January 04, 2020 10:00 PM (fNFgo) 5
That's a long joke...
Posted by: lin-duh at January 04, 2020 10:00 PM (UUBmN) 6
Thirſt!
Posted by: Zettai Roshia-no Asetto at January 04, 2020 10:01 PM (7WaWV) 7
Now to read the content!
Posted by: Linn Ridge. Kiss my Bot. at January 04, 2020 10:01 PM (MIUG6) 8
Or 3rd. Well good night horde, see you here tomorrow
Posted by: Skip at January 04, 2020 10:01 PM (ZCEU2) 9
5 That's a long joke...
Posted by: lin-duh at January 04, 2020 10:00 PM (UUBmN) You wouldn't understand. Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at January 04, 2020 10:01 PM (aA3+G) 10
F*ck... I've got ſixſt again... Bugger me dead...
Posted by: Zettai Roshia-no Asetto at January 04, 2020 10:02 PM (7WaWV) 11
Linn!!
Posted by: Tonypete at January 04, 2020 10:02 PM (Y4EXg) 12
Looks like Jedediah is sleeping in the barn tonight.
Posted by: Tonypete at January 04, 2020 10:03 PM (Y4EXg) 13
I've seen that joke and it's still funny as hell.
Posted by: Jewells45 at January 04, 2020 10:04 PM (dUJdY) 14
Close, but not close enough!
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar at January 04, 2020 10:04 PM (BiNEL) 15
Hey everybody.
Jus saw a story at FB from ABC News, PDT wants John Kerry investigated and charged for his chumminess with Iran. Sh!t just got real. Posted by: qdpsteve at January 04, 2020 10:04 PM (L2ZTs) 16
in line with the snj, saw this in the powerline photo funnies:
january 1 - beginning of a new decade, looking good. january 2 - australia burning down. january 3 - WW III. stated well, tho... Posted by: mjc at January 04, 2020 10:04 PM (Pg+x7) 17
hiya
Posted by: JT at January 04, 2020 10:05 PM (arJlL) Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 04, 2020 10:05 PM (7rVsF) 19
How do. Next week is my last week of regular employment (hooray!)
Contemplating a plan of traveling cross country to hit every MoMe held this year (OK, it's a bit of a fantasy but a girl can dream!) Posted by: Dr Alice at January 04, 2020 10:05 PM (gKjjH) 20
13 I've seen that joke and it's still funny as hell.
Posted by: Jewells45 at January 04, 2020 10:04 PM (dUJdY) I might be living that joke Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at January 04, 2020 10:06 PM (aA3+G) 21
Wanted to share with everyone, two notes about my Fast Foodie column:
Apparently it's going places. In yesterday's edition of Orange County News, not only was it reprinted, but it got a promotional blurb and pic on the front page! Also, my editor wants me to try new things. So just today for the very first time, I enjoyed a beef Banh Mi sandwich. Tasty! Posted by: qdpsteve at January 04, 2020 10:06 PM (L2ZTs) 22
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Mexican avocado cartels only exist because of Americans' insatiable appetite for guacamole. Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 04, 2020 10:05 PM (7rVsF) Guilty. Posted by: Splunge at January 04, 2020 10:06 PM (dOV9E) 23
Second half of the NE, Titans game. Go Titans!!
Posted by: Jewells45 at January 04, 2020 10:06 PM (dUJdY) 24
If attacked tonight, I will strike back at as many targets as parts left over from Ace's shelves.
Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at January 04, 2020 10:06 PM (JCrfD) 25
How do. Next week is my last week of regular employment (hooray!)
Contemplating a plan of traveling cross country to hit every MoMe held this year (OK, it's a bit of a fantasy but a girl can dream!) Posted by: Dr Alice --- We'd love to see you at the SWOHMoMe! I have a feeling the TxMoMe will be even larger and more luxurious this year. Posted by: Tonypete at January 04, 2020 10:07 PM (Y4EXg) 26
The joke is out of date. As we know, snowfall and cold weather are things of the past due to Trump voters destroying the earth. Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 04, 2020 10:07 PM (7rVsF) 27
21 Wanted to share with everyone, two notes about my Fast Foodie column:
Apparently it's going places. In yesterday's edition of Orange County News, not only was it reprinted, but it got a promotional blurb and pic on the front page! Also, my editor wants me to try new things. So just today for the very first time, I enjoyed a beef Banh Mi sandwich. Tasty! Posted by: qdpsteve at January 04, 2020 10:06 PM (L2ZTs) Congratulations! I knew you when you were just one of the little people. Well, online. Well, OK, you responded to some of my comments. Still counts as a celebrity encounter. Posted by: Splunge at January 04, 2020 10:08 PM (dOV9E) 28
The good old "Moving to the UP" joke.
Posted by: Mikey NTH - The Outrage Outlet is Concerned that It Did Not Get Everything It Wanted at January 04, 2020 10:08 PM (o59NR) 29
MH.. we lived that joke several years ago. Worst winter I can ever remember. But poor hubby can't shovel so we were literally snowed in. Some kids finally came by and shoveled the driveway. We were stuck in the house for 3 days. Thank God I had plenty of booze.
Posted by: Jewells45 at January 04, 2020 10:08 PM (dUJdY) 30
Good live albums are rare. Thin Lizzy; Live and Dangerous is one of them. Kiss; Alive (1975) is another. Grand Funk; Caught in the Act as well. Also, Judas Priest; Unleashed in the East.
But there are a lot of crappy live albums out there. Posted by: Pug Mahon, Not Paying Attention at January 04, 2020 10:09 PM (x8Wzq) Posted by: Dr Alice at January 04, 2020 10:09 PM (gKjjH) 32
Splunge, aw shucks :-)
Posted by: qdpsteve at January 04, 2020 10:09 PM (L2ZTs) Posted by: Dr. T at January 04, 2020 10:09 PM (Vgw1E) 34
Dr Alice, thanks!
Posted by: qdpsteve at January 04, 2020 10:09 PM (L2ZTs) 35
Posted by: Tonypete at January 04, 2020 10:02 PM (Y4EXg)
{{Cuz!}} I just got my Christmas present to me: a book on how to pray the rosary. Figure can't hurt, might help. The religious discussion here a couple weeks ago gave me the idea Posted by: Linn Ridge. Kiss my Bot. at January 04, 2020 10:10 PM (MIUG6) 36
Contemplating a plan of traveling cross country to hit every MoMe held this year (OK, it's a bit of a fantasy but a girl can dream!)
Posted by: Dr Alice at January 04, 2020 10:05 PM (gKjjH) I love this plan. Posted by: marinemom at January 04, 2020 10:10 PM (ep6ak) 37
Good live albums are rare. Thin Lizzy; Live and Dangerous is one of them. Kiss; Alive (1975) is another. Grand Funk; Caught in the Act as well. Also, Judas Priest; Unleashed in the East.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Not Paying Attention Believe it or not, but Warren Zevon's live album, Stand in the Fire (I think) is really great. Posted by: Moon Moon Blutarski at January 04, 2020 10:10 PM (VNfwt) 38
Hi everyone, I love all of you. ALL OF YOU. But obviously keeping my hands in neutral territory.
Yeah, drinking again. But sincere. Posted by: BeckoningChasm at January 04, 2020 10:11 PM (l9m7l) 39
Thirst!
Posted by: redc1c4 at January 04, 2020 10:11 PM (zHXTb) 40
Is there an Executive Summary for the joke?
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at January 04, 2020 10:11 PM (XVuno) 41
Believe it or not, but Warren Zevon's live album, Stand in the Fire (I think) is really great. Posted by: Moon Moon Blutarski at January 04, 2020 10:10 PM (VNfwt) Short but awesome Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at January 04, 2020 10:11 PM (aA3+G) 42
I've got your avocado right here ... aw, c'mon, just try it!
Posted by: Beto at January 04, 2020 10:11 PM (DMUuz) 43
I just got my Christmas present to me: a book on how to pray the rosary. Figure can't hurt, might help. The religious discussion here a couple weeks ago gave me the idea Posted by: Linn Ridge. Kiss my Bot. Takes less time than you think and I always feel better having done so. Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 04, 2020 10:12 PM (7rVsF) 44
Congratulations! I knew you when you were just one of the little people. Well, online. Well, OK, you responded to some of my comments. Still counts as a celebrity encounter.
Posted by: Splunge at January 04, 2020 10:08 PM (dOV9E) --------- qdpsteve is our brush with greatness. Posted by: bluebell at January 04, 2020 10:12 PM (/669Q) 45
I want a Japanese robot dog.
Posted by: Arkansas Biden Baby at January 04, 2020 10:12 PM (EgshT) 46
Live albums have dies because we get full concerts all over YouTube now. That KISS Alive album really saved them because the original studio version of Rock and Roll All Night tanked. The live version was the hit.
Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at January 04, 2020 10:13 PM (JCrfD) 47
Mexican avocado cartels only exist because of Americans' insatiable appetite for guacamole.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 04, 2020 10:05 PM (7rVsF) ---------- I got a monkey on my back. Can't help it. Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at January 04, 2020 10:13 PM (XVuno) 48
Believe it or not, but Warren Zevon's live album, Stand in the Fire (I think) is really great.
Posted by: Moon Moon Blutarski at January 04, 2020 10:10 PM (VNfwt) I do not doubt it. I like Warren. Posted by: Pug Mahon, Not Paying Attention at January 04, 2020 10:13 PM (x8Wzq) 49
Thank God I had plenty of booze.
Posted by: Jewells45 at January 04, 2020 10:08 PM (dUJdY) This is something I say every day. Posted by: marinemom at January 04, 2020 10:13 PM (ep6ak) 50
Yeah, I don't get that joke. What is this "snow" it keeps talking about??? *runs away...*
Posted by: lin-duh at January 04, 2020 10:13 PM (UUBmN) 51
So... Aunt Becky is going to 'get hard'? Gotta be some 'keistering' jokes in there somewhere...
Posted by: Zettai Roshia-no Asetto at January 04, 2020 10:13 PM (7WaWV) 52
Thank God I had plenty of booze.
Posted by: Jewells45 at January 04, 2020 10:08 PM (dUJdY) --------- Benjamin Franklin expressed this precise sentiment. Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at January 04, 2020 10:14 PM (XVuno) 53
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at January 04, 2020 10:06 PM (aA3+G)
That joke is why I vowed never above the Mason-Dixon Line! Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar at January 04, 2020 10:14 PM (BiNEL) 54
Contemplating a plan of traveling cross country to hit every MoMe held this year (OK, it's a bit of a fantasy but a girl can dream!)
Posted by: Dr Alice at January 04, 2020 10:05 PM (gKjjH) I love this plan. Posted by: marinemom at January 04, 2020 10:10 PM (ep6ak) I like the one where we all buy a used bus and kit out the most baller MoMe party wagon ever fielded, traveling across the country bringing a rotating crew to everyone who can't travel a few hundred miles to meet some random internet weirdos. Muad'dib said he'd drive, so we're already halfway there. Posted by: hogmartin at January 04, 2020 10:14 PM (t+qrx) 55
Cheap Tricks' live cuts are far superior to their studio versions.
Posted by: Moon Moon Blutarski at January 04, 2020 10:15 PM (VNfwt) 56
Ridiculous that she could get 2 or 3 years much less the 45 years they threaten her with.
Posted by: Easy Andy at January 04, 2020 10:15 PM (2DOZq) Posted by: The ARC of History! at January 04, 2020 10:15 PM (I2/tG) 58
Death to HOAs!
Posted by: Blanco Basura - Not scanning your email for ad targeting at January 04, 2020 10:15 PM (xkSJa) 59
I just got my Christmas present to me: a book on how to pray the rosary. Figure can't hurt, might help. The religious discussion here a couple weeks ago gave me the idea
Posted by: Linn Ridge --- Marvelous! Wonderful!! Real hugs {{Linn}}. You will love it. Reach out by email if you have questions. I pray it routinely and it has honestly helped me smooth out a host of situations. I am so happy for you. Posted by: Tonypete at January 04, 2020 10:15 PM (Y4EXg) 60
the link to the disco version of have a cigar is worth clicking. the same group does interstellar overdrive, money and a very good cover of arnold layne, which is maybe more psychedelic than the original.
Posted by: mjc at January 04, 2020 10:15 PM (Pg+x7) 61
So... Aunt Becky is going to 'get hard'? Gotta be some 'keistering' jokes in there somewhere...
Posted by: Zettai Roshia-no Asetto at January 04, 2020 10:13 PM (7WaWV) -------- I'm sure in women's prisons the badasses carve monster schlongs out of toothbrush handles, or something. Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at January 04, 2020 10:16 PM (XVuno) Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 04, 2020 10:16 PM (7rVsF) 63
I'm sure in women's prisons the badasses carve monster schlongs out of toothbrush handles, or something. Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at January 04, 2020 10:16 PM (XVuno) Here b!tch is a micro-d!ck....... Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at January 04, 2020 10:16 PM (aA3+G) 64
..How do. Next week is my last week of regular employment (hooray!)
Contemplating a plan of traveling cross country to hit every MoMe held this year (OK, it's a bit of a fantasy but a girl can dream!) Posted by: Dr Alice at January 04, 2020 10:05 PM (gKjjH) If you're a Medical Doctor, you'll be most welcomed at the Texas Mo Meet. I mean, we've got horses, cattle, guns, fire, knives, booze. What could possibly go wrong? If you're a Psychiatrist, you'll have your hands full at the Texas Mo Meet. I mean, we've got horses, cattle, guns, fire, knives, booze AND THE MORONS WHUT USES 'EM. Oh, and we've got cigars, too. Which are sometimes *only* a cigar. If you're an Academic Doctor, you'll be very welcome at the Texas Mo Meet. I mean, we've got horses, cattle, guns, fire, knives, booze AND THE MORONS WHUT USES 'EM. I will eagerly await reading the White Paper to follow. *grins* In other words.. seeya there, Doc! Jim Sunk New Dawn Galveston, TX Posted by: Jim at January 04, 2020 10:17 PM (QzJWU) 65
Cheap Tricks' live cuts are far superior to their studio versions.
Posted by: Moon Moon Blutarski at January 04, 2020 10:15 PM (VNfwt) Same with early Priest. Genocide live was orders of magnitude superior to the studio version. Posted by: Pug Mahon, Not Paying Attention at January 04, 2020 10:17 PM (x8Wzq) 66
Houston has its drawbacks but I don't have to shovel 95 degree weather off the driveway.
When you get trapped on Westheimer someday and have to saw your foot off and eat it, remember that you said this. Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at January 04, 2020 10:17 PM (JCrfD) 67
Good Evening
Posted by: wing at January 04, 2020 10:17 PM (JFzNN) 68
At least that snow joke/story has a happy ending.
Posted by: Margarita DeVille at January 04, 2020 10:17 PM (M/9m0) 69
I like the one where we all buy a used bus and kit out the most baller MoMe party wagon ever fielded, traveling across the country bringing a rotating crew to everyone who can't travel a few hundred miles to meet some random internet weirdos. Muad'dib said he'd drive, so we're already halfway there. Posted by: hogmartin at January 04, 2020 10:14 PM (t+qrx) I'll buy the van. Posted by: marinemom at January 04, 2020 10:18 PM (ep6ak) 70
20 -- Omaha lived that joke four or five years back. Right inches every third day and twelve inches on Christmas Eve. Family Christmas was cancelled because nobody could get out of the driveway.
Posted by: Captain Josepha Sabin -- current occupation: cat furniture at January 04, 2020 10:18 PM (0oVJn) 71
I wonder what the prison lingo is for vente decaf skinny latte.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Tyrannosaur Wrangler at January 04, 2020 10:18 PM (+y/Ru) 72
Houston - It is the heat AND the humidity!
Posted by: Quint at January 04, 2020 10:18 PM (n13/j) 73
Muad'dib said he'd drive, so we're already halfway there.
Posted by: hogmartin at January 04, 2020 10:14 PM (t+qrx) ------------ I'll send cookies for snacks. Posted by: bluebell at January 04, 2020 10:19 PM (/669Q) 74
Right = eight. Damn autocucumber.
Posted by: Captain Josepha Sabin -- current occupation: cat furniture at January 04, 2020 10:19 PM (0oVJn) 75
When you get trapped on Westheimer someday and have to saw your foot off and eat it, remember that you said this. Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) No, I get trapped on 288. That's when I say my Rosary. Beats screaming at other drivers. Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 04, 2020 10:19 PM (7rVsF) 76
Martha "M Diddy" Stewart would be a good advisor to Aunt Becky, unless our own dear bluebell steps up...
Posted by: Zettai Roshia-no Asetto at January 04, 2020 10:19 PM (7WaWV) 77
Hello, how are you?
It's a cold windy night, but things could be worse. At least we don't have snow predicted. Posted by: ALH at January 04, 2020 10:20 PM (A7tBu) 78
I had no idea Judy Henske had anything to do with disco.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at January 04, 2020 10:20 PM (aKsyK) 79
I'm trying to imagine what 52 below zero would feel like.
Posted by: Tuna at January 04, 2020 10:20 PM (RueoN) 80
I like the one where we all buy a used bus and kit out the most baller MoMe party wagon ever fielded, traveling across the country bringing a rotating crew to everyone who can't travel a few hundred miles to meet some random internet weirdos.
Posted by: hogmartin --- Wow that would be fun! Posted by: Tonypete at January 04, 2020 10:20 PM (Y4EXg) 81
Hahahaha, Tom Shillue doing Biden on the Gutfeld show.
Posted by: redridinghood at January 04, 2020 10:21 PM (wiXsO) 82
I like the one where we all buy a used bus and kit out the most baller MoMe party wagon ever fielded, traveling across the country bringing a rotating crew to everyone who can't travel a few hundred miles to meet some random internet weirdos.
Posted by: hogmartin Count me in!! Posted by: Linn Ridge. Kiss my Bot. at January 04, 2020 10:21 PM (MIUG6) 83
I parked in the street or empty parking lots when I lived in the Hudson Valley area. Gas Treatment, lock defreezer, windshield wash, ice scraper and car washes every few of days will make anyone hate winter . (I never got snow tires or chains. I just rode on deflated tires)
Posted by: Easy Andy at January 04, 2020 10:21 PM (2DOZq) Posted by: Soothsayer Delicto at January 04, 2020 10:22 PM (8BH94) 85
I'm trying to imagine what 52 below zero would feel like. Posted by: Tuna at January At first you're really, really cold, after a bit you're not cold anymore and get really sleepy. Posted by: Some rat in the swamp at January 04, 2020 10:22 PM (LOq4H) 86
..Houston - It is the heat AND the humidity!
Posted by: Quint at January 04, 2020 10:18 PM (n13/j) It's not so bad here. Y'just gotta learn to chew the air before you breathe it. Jim Sunk New Dawn Galveston, TX Posted by: Jim at January 04, 2020 10:23 PM (QzJWU) 87
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I'm trying to imagine what 52 below zero would feel like. Posted by: Tuna at January 04, 2020 10:20 PM (RueoN) I went out in -45f once, just so I could say I have. I wasn't out there long. It hurt to breathe. Posted by: davidt at January 04, 2020 10:23 PM (l3+k2) 88
That joke is so you, Mis Hum! I mean, it put me in mind of you. Not that you would go all whacko after a few feet of snow...
Posted by: Legally Sufficient at January 04, 2020 10:23 PM (fNFgo) 89
What is this snow you speak of? Shoveling, what is that?
75 degrees and sunny here today. (ducks head sand runs) Posted by: marinemom at January 04, 2020 10:23 PM (ep6ak) 90
Good evening, Horde!
Posted by: Ladyl at January 04, 2020 10:24 PM (TdMsT) 91
73 Muad'dib said he'd drive, so we're already halfway there.
Posted by: hogmartin at January 04, 2020 10:14 PM (t+qrx) ------------ I'll send cookies for snacks. Posted by: bluebell at January 04, 2020 10:19 PM (/669Q) I've heard you don't know your way around a kitchen? Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at January 04, 2020 10:24 PM (aA3+G) 92
Part of Mexico's problem is that a large portion of their young people are here in the US which allows them an outlet...as opposed to being forced to fix their country.
Posted by: 18-1 at January 04, 2020 10:24 PM (WdocV) Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at January 04, 2020 10:24 PM (JCrfD) 94
88 That joke is so you, Mis Hum! I mean, it put me in mind of you. Not that you would go all whacko after a few feet of snow...
Posted by: Legally Sufficient at January 04, 2020 10:23 PM (fNFgo) I'm ready for it, new snow blower and plow. Bring it on Mother Nature........ Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at January 04, 2020 10:25 PM (aA3+G) 95
87 79
I'm trying to imagine what 52 below zero would feel like. Posted by: Tuna at January 04, 2020 10:20 PM (RueoN) I went out in -45f once, just so I could say I have. I wasn't out there long. It hurt to breathe. Posted by: davidt When I was stationed in Nebraska, it went down to -35 one time. I went outside just to feel what that was like. It was uncomfortable. Posted by: Puddlglum at January 04, 2020 10:25 PM (b/3fK) 96
I'm trying to imagine what 52 below zero would feel like.
Posted by: Tuna at January At first you're really, really cold, after a bit you're not cold anymore and get really sleepy. ___ And then you get in the Tauntaun. Posted by: Han Solo at January 04, 2020 10:25 PM (WdocV) 97
I went out in -45f once, just so I could say I have.
I wasn't out there long. It hurt to breathe. Posted by: davidt at January 04, 2020 10:23 PM (l3+k2) I would get instant frost bite. Posted by: ALH at January 04, 2020 10:25 PM (A7tBu) Posted by: Jim at January 04, 2020 10:25 PM (QzJWU) 99
speaking of Houston, that was a hell of a win today.
Posted by: Quint at January 04, 2020 10:25 PM (n13/j) 100
bluebell, wow thanks :-)
Posted by: qdpsteve at January 04, 2020 10:25 PM (L2ZTs) 101
I'm trying to imagine what 52 below zero would feel like.
Posted by: Tuna at January 04, 2020 10:20 PM (Rueo I've been thinking about doing cryotherapy. That's 2 of 3 minutes at almost -200 degrees F. Posted by: Easy Andy at January 04, 2020 10:26 PM (2DOZq) Posted by: Soothsayer Delicto at January 04, 2020 10:26 PM (8BH94) 103
I've heard you don't know your way around a kitchen?
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at January 04, 2020 10:24 PM (aA3+G) --------- I know how to find the coffee maker. That's all I really need. Posted by: bluebell at January 04, 2020 10:26 PM (/669Q) Posted by: Bitter Clinger at January 04, 2020 10:26 PM (UPJ5a) Posted by: Soothsayer Delicto at January 04, 2020 10:26 PM (8BH94) 106
73 Muad'dib said he'd drive, so we're already halfway there.
Posted by: hogmartin at January 04, 2020 10:14 PM (t+qrx) I call Shotgun. Posted by: Gref at January 04, 2020 10:26 PM (AMIL/) 107
Contemplating a plan of traveling cross country to hit every MoMe held this year (OK, it's a bit of a fantasy but a girl can dream!)
Posted by: Dr Alice at January 04, 2020 10:05 PM (gKjjH) Hint: the Colorado Morondezvous is April 25 (I think) in the Denver area, exact location TBD. Posted by: Emmie at January 04, 2020 10:26 PM (87gB3) 108
A Louisiana woman is behind bars on a felony drug possession charge after police discovered her methamphetamine stash in a small plastic container that was helpfully labeled "Dope."
I once helped convict a drug dealer. The issue was whether the methamphetamine, weighing scale, and pistol that the cops found in the car belonged to the dealer or not (there was also a passenger in the car). I and two other people on the jury thought that there wasn't enough evidence to tie the items to the drug dealer, so we were holding out for acquittal, with the other nine jurors prepared to convict. The meth (suitably sealed), gun, and scale were with us in the jury room, and one of the jurors suddenly noticed that the guy's name was written on the bottom of the scale, in flowing metallic ink. Thirty seconds later, the vote was 12-0 to convict. Posted by: The ARC of History! at January 04, 2020 10:27 PM (I2/tG) 109
103 I've heard you don't know your way around a kitchen?
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at January 04, 2020 10:24 PM (aA3+G) --------- I know how to find the coffee maker. That's all I really need. Posted by: bluebell at January 04, 2020 10:26 PM (/669Q) Sanka is not coffee. Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at January 04, 2020 10:27 PM (aA3+G) 110
I'm trying to imagine what 52 below zero would feel like.
Posted by: Tuna Helps if it's a dry cold. And not windy either. Posted by: Vendette at January 04, 2020 10:27 PM (pXNaM) 111
..I've been thinking about doing cryotherapy. That's 2 of 3 minutes at almost -200 degrees F.
Posted by: Easy Andy at January 04, 2020 10:26 PM (2DOZq) I can introduce you to my ex? Jim Sunk New Dawn Galveston, TX Posted by: Jim at January 04, 2020 10:27 PM (QzJWU) 112
Cheap Tricks' live cuts are far superior to their studio versions.
Posted by: Moon Moon Blutarski at January 04, 2020 10:15 PM (VNfwt) --- Live @ Budokahan (SP?) proved that... Posted by: redc1c4 at January 04, 2020 10:27 PM (zHXTb) 113
Ridiculous that she could get 2 or 3 years much less the 45 years they threaten her with.
*** They want to punish one of the lesser members of their clique, harshly, so they can say to the plebes, see look at all that law and order! Posted by: 18-1 at January 04, 2020 10:27 PM (WdocV) 114
Snow?
Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 04, 2020 10:27 PM (EZebt) 115
Posted by: Bitter Clinger at January 04, 2020 10:26 PM (UPJ5a)
Taking the night off or outside on a smoke break? Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at January 04, 2020 10:28 PM (aA3+G) 116
Pink floyd live was the most dynamically perfect sound I've ever heard...
Posted by: Builder Berg at January 04, 2020 10:28 PM (lpCmy) 117
Comparison of temperature scales Fahrenheit 0 degrees: cold 100 degrees: hot Celsius 0 degrees: cold 100 degrees: dead Kelvin 0 degrees: dead 100 degrees: dead Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 04, 2020 10:28 PM (7rVsF) 118
I'm ready for it, new snow blower and plow. Bring it on Mother Nature........
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at January 04, 2020 10:25 PM (aA3+G) * * * * Careful what you wish for... Mother Nature! He didn't mean it!!!! Posted by: Legally Sufficient at January 04, 2020 10:28 PM (fNFgo) 119
speaking of Houston, that was a hell of a win today.
It was indeed! That was a fun game to watch. Both teams battled hard. Posted by: Jewells45 at January 04, 2020 10:28 PM (dUJdY) Posted by: Hallmark at January 04, 2020 10:28 PM (VNfwt) Posted by: The Koolaid Man at January 04, 2020 10:29 PM (WdocV) 122
incidentally, in sicily the mafia is doing something similar as the cartels in mexico. they're taking over the vineyards - they simply say sign it over or we'll kill you and your family. the growers are banding together, arming themselves and man road blocks. it's medieval.
Posted by: mjc at January 04, 2020 10:29 PM (Pg+x7) 123
Sanka is not coffee.
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at January 04, 2020 10:27 PM (aA3+G) -------- Hey! What did I do to tick you off? Posted by: bluebell at January 04, 2020 10:29 PM (/669Q) 124
Careful what you wish for... Mother Nature! He didn't mean it!!!! Posted by: Legally Sufficient at January 04, 2020 10:28 PM (fNFgo) I know and I did.... Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at January 04, 2020 10:29 PM (aA3+G) Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at January 04, 2020 10:29 PM (aKsyK) 126
{{{Ladyl}}}
How do you be? Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar at January 04, 2020 10:30 PM (BiNEL) 127
Taking the night off or outside on a smoke break?
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at January 04, 2020 10:28 PM (aA3+G) ...... Wedding reception was from 2:30-8:00 today. Already wrapped up for the night. Posted by: Bitter Clinger at January 04, 2020 10:30 PM (UPJ5a) 128
wife retires in april. in may, we are going to beaufort, s.c to visit her brother. then, heading for vegas to visit our son. then, head back slowly to wisconsin. hope it takes all summer.
Posted by: chavez the hugo at January 04, 2020 10:30 PM (KP5rU) 129
Lori Loughlin prison movie.
Ohhhhhh yeeeaah! Posted by: Bitter Clinger Christmas at Riker's Posted by: Hallmark at January 0 Sushi behind bars. Posted by: LGBTQ HALLMARK at January 04, 2020 10:30 PM (NSFCQ) 130
Sanka is not coffee.
Neither is the decaf Starbucks I'm struggling to stop getting every morning but at least it's got the sugar bomb I need to power through the day. :-) Posted by: qdpsteve at January 04, 2020 10:31 PM (L2ZTs) 131
Then you're Tauntaun Macoute.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. And I thought they smelled bad on the OUTSIDE Posted by: Han at January 04, 2020 10:31 PM (VNfwt) 132
Hey! What did I do to tick you off? Posted by: bluebell at January 04, 2020 10:29 PM (/669Q) I'm not I haven't ripped on the Patriots yet, have I? Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at January 04, 2020 10:31 PM (aA3+G) 133
Hint: the Colorado Morondezvous is April 25 (I think) in the Denver area, exact location TBD.
Posted by: Emmie at January 04, 2020 10:26 PM Will you announce this when known? I wouldn't mind dropping in for a bite. Posted by: Alferd Parker at January 04, 2020 10:31 PM (DMUuz) 134
The "flying car" is just an autogyro. They have been around since the 1920's. The Bensen Gyrocopter made it into production, and sold quite well, but it was never intended to be roadworthy.
The Waterman Aerobile was a flying car, or roadable airplane, and a few units were and sold, so it was "produced". Actor Bob Cummings bought one, and used it. But you cannot take off and land from roads, leastwise not legally. It would be a huge risk of collision, or secondary wrecks caused by gawkers. The fantasy of being stuck on a stalled freeway, and being able to limber up the rotors, and take off into the wild blue yonder will have to remain a fantasy. And if you had a VTOL-capable aircraft, why would you not just fly everywhere, and not use the roads at all? Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 04, 2020 10:31 PM (LxWV7) 135
We've had a really warm winter this year in Houston and although I don't want snow I wish it would at least get cold enough so I can wear my new outfits I got for Christmas.
Posted by: redridinghood at January 04, 2020 10:32 PM (wiXsO) 136
Wedding reception was from 2:30-8:00 today.
Already wrapped up for the night. Posted by: Bitter Clinger at January 04, 2020 10:30 PM (UPJ5a) ----------- Congratulations to you and the new Mrs. Clinger! Posted by: bluebell at January 04, 2020 10:32 PM (/669Q) 137
I bet Hezekiah there has the high score too.
Posted by: Buzzion at January 04, 2020 10:32 PM (mVckf) 138
Helps if it's a dry cold. And not windy either.
Posted by: Vendette at January 04, 2020 10:27 PM (pXNaM) That's important, right there. On a still night, you can go outside in ordinary cool weather clothes at -20° F with no trouble at all, for a little while. As long as you don't move around too much, or else you start becoming very aware of your clothes (which are now around 0° F). If it's windy, don't bother. Posted by: hogmartin at January 04, 2020 10:32 PM (t+qrx) 139
So I was reading a novel by the guy that did Gorky Park, in fact it was the same series. He was describing a common picnic in Siberia where a group of friends would huddle around the fire, drink vodka and eat Russian tapas.
The Siberian vodka was extra high proof because it gets so bloody cold there.So this guy accidentally sets the bottle a bit too far from the fire as they sing, drink, etc. He grabs the bottle and downs it and is dead in seconds. The cold shocked his body so bad it was over. Posted by: Quint at January 04, 2020 10:32 PM (n13/j) 140
......head back slowly to wisconsin. hope it takes all summer.
Posted by: chavez the hugo at January 04, 2020 10:30 PM (KP5rU) So, a 2 week trip? Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at January 04, 2020 10:32 PM (aA3+G) 141
>>> Live albums have dies because we get full concerts all over YouTube now. That KISS Alive album really saved them because the original studio version of Rock and Roll All Night tanked. The live version was the hit.
Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here Probably same can be said for Peter Frampton. Frampton comes alive. Posted by: Tinker at January 04, 2020 10:33 PM (jPtGI) 142
MisHum, we fired the NFL a few years ago at our house.
Posted by: bluebell at January 04, 2020 10:33 PM (/669Q) 143
I'm in Houston but my boycott has held steady.
Posted by: Easy Andy at January 04, 2020 10:34 PM (2DOZq) 144
140: mishum, HA!
Posted by: chavez the hugo at January 04, 2020 10:34 PM (KP5rU) 145
The LBTQBLAHBLAHs have been leaning on Hallmark hard. I wonder how long until they have a Very Special Christmas on Brokeback Mountain movie?
Having Girl/Girl is generally safer with most demographics but with an older female audience I expect they'll go the other way.... Posted by: 18-1 at January 04, 2020 10:34 PM (WdocV) 146
AOP - Watching 'Louisiana Story', 1948. Great footage of oil rig operation. Dangerous work.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 04, 2020 10:35 PM (xSo9G) 147
Congratulations to you and the new Mrs. Clinger!
Posted by: bluebell at January 04, 2020 10:32 PM (/669Q) ..... I had my eye on some prospects. But I'm trying to be a good boy and commit my attention to one in particular. She's made me go the gym with her for three straight mornings and told me I can't smoke in my sunroom anymore because it stinks up the house. Strangely, I haven't had the urge to chuck her and her toothbrush out the door. Posted by: Bitter Clinger at January 04, 2020 10:36 PM (UPJ5a) 148
That was a fun game to watch. Both teams battled hard.
Posted by: Jewells45 at January 04, 2020 10:28 PM (dUJdY) Here, this is for you: https://stoatnet.org/havefun.jpg Posted by: hogmartin at January 04, 2020 10:36 PM (t+qrx) 149
FIRST!!!!!
Posted by: Sponge at January 04, 2020 10:36 PM (Zz0t1) 150
zevon's stand in the fire is the best live album ever. spontaneous, drunk on his ass fun. still listen to it.
Posted by: chavez the hugo at January 04, 2020 10:36 PM (KP5rU) 151
Any new terrorist incineration today?
Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench) at January 04, 2020 10:36 PM (myjNJ) 152
Cut cable, so I only have OTA programming.
I watch a lot of GRIT. There were some HOT women acting back then. Posted by: Sponge at January 04, 2020 10:37 PM (Zz0t1) 153
Congrats on the column, qdpsteve! Don't forget us little people on your way up the ladder!
Posted by: Legally Sufficient at January 04, 2020 10:37 PM (fNFgo) 154
I'm trying to imagine what 52 below zero would feel like.
Posted by: Tuna at January 04, 2020 10:20 PM (RueoN) I have experienced fifty below. It is crisp. Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 04, 2020 10:37 PM (LxWV7) 155
Sounds serious, Mr. Clinger.
Posted by: bluebell at January 04, 2020 10:37 PM (/669Q) 156
Legally, no worries thanks! :-)
Posted by: qdpsteve at January 04, 2020 10:37 PM (L2ZTs) 157
Freezing rain tonight in W. NC.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 04, 2020 10:37 PM (xSo9G) Posted by: Bitter Clinger at January 04, 2020 10:38 PM (UPJ5a) 159
Here, this is for you:
https://stoatnet.org/havefun.jpg Posted by: hogmartin at January 04, 2020 10:36 PM (t+qrx) She, however, was not. Posted by: Sponge at January 04, 2020 10:38 PM (Zz0t1) 160
126 {{{Ladyl}}}
How do you be? Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar at January 04, 2020 10:30 PM (BiNEL) {{{Hrothgar}}} A little stressed, but nothing terrible. How are you? Posted by: Ladyl at January 04, 2020 10:38 PM (TdMsT) 161
I ate kale, if that tells you anything.
Posted by: Bitter Clinger at January 04, 2020 10:38 PM (UPJ5a) Sounds like True Love to me. Posted by: ALH at January 04, 2020 10:38 PM (A7tBu) Posted by: Fuck The NFL at January 04, 2020 10:38 PM (w3OLr) 163
I ate kale, if that tells you anything.
Posted by: Bitter Clinger at January 04, 2020 10:38 PM (UPJ5a) --------- Whoa. When's the wedding and are we invited? Posted by: bluebell at January 04, 2020 10:38 PM (/669Q) 164
154 I'm trying to imagine what 52 below zero would feel like.
Posted by: Tuna at January 04, 2020 10:20 PM (RueoN) I have experienced fifty below. It is crisp. Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 04, 2020 10:37 PM (LxWV7) Last winter we had one morning of -36, it was invigorating feeding the birds and the whitetail deer that morning. It was still. But walking on the porch and wooden steps all you could hear was creaking and cracking. Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at January 04, 2020 10:39 PM (aA3+G) 165
fucking kale. that shit keeps ginsberg alive and shitting.
Posted by: chavez the hugo at January 04, 2020 10:40 PM (KP5rU) 166
I ate kale, if that tells you anything.
Posted by: Bitter Clinger at January 04, 2020 10:38 PM (UPJ5a) * * * * Holy shit! Posted by: Legally Sufficient at January 04, 2020 10:40 PM (fNFgo) 167
Whoa. When's the wedding and are we invited? Posted by: bluebell at January 04, 2020 10:38 PM (/669Q) ..... I haven't told her yet that I'm a Moron. Don't want to scare her off. Posted by: Bitter Clinger at January 04, 2020 10:40 PM (UPJ5a) 168
I ate kale, if that tells you anything.
Posted by: Bitter Clinger at January 04, 2020 10:38 PM If this keeps up, you're going to have re-christen yourself as "Whipped Clinger"... Posted by: Zettai Roshia-no Asetto at January 04, 2020 10:40 PM (7WaWV) 169
She, however, was not.
Posted by: Sponge at January 04, 2020 10:38 PM (Zz0t1) I think that's why it's such a funny picture. Posted by: hogmartin at January 04, 2020 10:40 PM (t+qrx) 170
Neither is the decaf Starbucks I'm struggling to stop getting every morning but at least it's got the sugar bomb I need to power through the day. :-)
Posted by: qdpsteve at January 04, 2020 10:31 PM (L2ZTs) There's other ways to get a sugar high instead of funding companies that hate you. Posted by: Sponge at January 04, 2020 10:41 PM (Zz0t1) 171
Last winter we had one morning of -36, it was invigorating feeding the birds and the whitetail deer that morning. It was still. But walking on the porch and wooden steps all you could hear was creaking and cracking.
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at January 04, 2020 10:39 PM (aA3+G) I've heard that called "squeaky cold". Posted by: hogmartin at January 04, 2020 10:41 PM (t+qrx) 172
Sponge, true
Posted by: qdpsteve at January 04, 2020 10:41 PM (L2ZTs) 173
Qasem Soleimani is on Twitter now:
"Well: 1) It's very hot 2) All the beer is warm 3) All the virgins are men 4) This Adolf guy won't shut up 5) Lot of pissed off suicide bombers saying this wasn't what they signed up for -- Qasem Soleimani (@Qasam_Soleimani)" Posted by: Duncanthrax The Austere at January 04, 2020 10:41 PM (DMUuz) 174
45 below with a 40 mph wind. fargo n.d. cold as fuck.
Posted by: chavez the hugo at January 04, 2020 10:42 PM (KP5rU) 175
{{{Ladyl}}}
Pretty much the same here, just minor stress, which I need to work out, or, in other words, life! Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar at January 04, 2020 10:42 PM (BiNEL) 176
{{{Jim of Galveston}}}
Was just discussing your fine virtues with Slap!!! Posted by: Ladyl at January 04, 2020 10:42 PM (TdMsT) 177
Anywhere below zero, it hurts to breathe and when you breathe out, icicles will form, on your nose, on your beard, if you have one.
It's all bad. People have this idea that the planet should be safe at all times, pleasant, happy. That is the farthest thing from the truth I have ever heard. The planet is a very hostile place, it hates you and wants you dead, immediately. It's up to you to prevent that and to overcome it. Posted by: attila the thrilla at January 04, 2020 10:43 PM (w7KSn) 178
Anything below 70 degrees is cold.
Posted by: ALH at January 04, 2020 10:43 PM (A7tBu) 179
151 Any new terrorist incineration today?
Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench) at January 04, 2020 10:36 PM (myjNJ) Gotta love Trump. Iran: typical threats of attacks and violence. Trump: we have 52 targets picked out for each of the hostages you took all those years ago. You try this shit and we start hitting them. It's like he's not just about blister and wants this crap to stop. Posted by: Buzzion at January 04, 2020 10:43 PM (mVckf) 180
Also it was really nice to meet Muhammed in person. He and his 9 year old wife really are great, great people.
Posted by: Qasem Soleimani at January 04, 2020 10:43 PM (WdocV) 181
Qasem Soleimani is on Twitter now:
Saw one earlier today where he says "there are no children in Hell. And Jeffrey Epstein has the hots for me." Posted by: Legally Sufficient at January 04, 2020 10:43 PM (fNFgo) 182
I haven't told her yet that I'm a Moron.
Don't want to scare her off. Posted by: Bitter Clinger at January 04, 2020 10:40 PM (UPJ5a) -------- We're not scary! Mostly. Well, maybe chavez the hugo, a little bit, until you realize that he's really a teddy bear. Posted by: bluebell at January 04, 2020 10:43 PM (/669Q) 183
Last winter we had one morning of -36, it was invigorating feeding the birds and the whitetail deer that morning. It was still. But walking on the porch and wooden steps all you could hear was creaking and cracking. Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at January 04, 2020 10:39 PM (aA3+G) I think it was somewhere around the bilzzard of 78 where we had -86 wind chills. I didn't go outside. Posted by: Sponge at January 04, 2020 10:43 PM (Zz0t1) 184
The coldest I recall was hunting in PA. You could spit on a tree limb and the saliva wold freeze into an icicle before falling off. I am sure more northerly Morons have experienced worse.
Posted by: Quint at January 04, 2020 10:43 PM (n13/j) 185
174 45 below with a 40 mph wind. fargo n.d. cold as fuck.
Posted by: chavez the hugo at January 04, 2020 10:42 PM (KP5rU) I've been to Devil Lake ND twice in February. Always windy there. Always. Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at January 04, 2020 10:44 PM (aA3+G) 186
175 {{{Ladyl}}}
Pretty much the same here, just minor stress, which I need to work out, or, in other words, life! Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar at January 04, 2020 10:42 PM (BiNEL) Yeah--there's been a lot of "life" in the past couple of months... Posted by: Ladyl at January 04, 2020 10:44 PM (TdMsT) 187
I saw 50 below in Fairbanks one winter. You can feel and hear your nose hairs freeze.
We took a mug of water, tossed the water up in the air. A portion froze into small ice crystals and hung in the air (ice fog). Of the remainder, maybe half hit the ground as ice chunks and half was still liquid. I was going to try the same experiment with hot water, but decided it was too damn cold. Posted by: Muldoon at January 04, 2020 10:45 PM (m45I2) 188
We're not scary! Mostly. Well, maybe chavez the hugo, a little bit, until you realize that he's really a teddy bear.
..... It's not y'all I'm worried about. I'm afraid someone will show her how to search the comments for things I've said! Posted by: Bitter Clinger at January 04, 2020 10:45 PM (UPJ5a) 189
179
Trump: we have 52 targets picked out for each of the hostages you took all those years ago. You try this shit and we start hitting them. He is also changing the judiciary for the next generation with his partner, Cocaine Mitch. You gotta love that man. Posted by: ALH at January 04, 2020 10:45 PM (A7tBu) 190
Probably same can be said for Peter Frampton. Frampton comes alive.
Posted by: Tinker at January 04, 2020 10:33 PM (jPtGI) I had never heard of Frampton before that album came out, and then it was all over the airwaves. I got thoroughly sick of it. Self-indulgent as hell. "Waiting For Columbus" by Little Feat is a fine live album. Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 04, 2020 10:45 PM (LxWV7) 191
163 I ate kale, if that tells you anything.
Posted by: Bitter Clinger at January 04, 2020 10:38 PM (UPJ5a) --------- Whoa. When's the wedding and are we invited? Posted by: bluebell at January 04, 2020 10:38 PM (/6 And is it open bar. Posted by: Buzzion at January 04, 2020 10:45 PM (mVckf) 192
Look as buzzion asking the important questions....
Posted by: lin-duh at January 04, 2020 10:47 PM (UUBmN) 193
It's not y'all I'm worried about. I'm afraid someone will show her how to search the comments for things I've said! Posted by: Bitter Clinger at January 04, 2020 10:45 PM (UPJ5a) You mean you haven't "vented" in front of her yet? What are you waiting for? Get it done my good man. Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at January 04, 2020 10:47 PM (aA3+G) 194
You gotta love that man.
Posted by: ALH I honestly don't think I could love him anymore than I already do. Best POTUS ever! Posted by: Moon Moon Blutarski at January 04, 2020 10:47 PM (VNfwt) 195
Thanks MisHum, that comment was over the top.
Posted by: four seasons at January 04, 2020 10:47 PM (PisyI) 196
I've skied when it was -5 in the Catskills but it wasn't as cold as when it was 25 degrees in Louisiana.
Posted by: Easy Andy at January 04, 2020 10:47 PM (2DOZq) Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar at January 04, 2020 10:48 PM (BiNEL) 198
oh oh, bluebell is on to me. she's not wrong.
Posted by: chavez the hugo at January 04, 2020 10:48 PM (KP5rU) Posted by: Bitter Clinger at January 04, 2020 10:48 PM (UPJ5a) 200
It's going to be low 60's in DFW tomorrow. I'll be playing some golf. Well, trying to, anyway.
Posted by: Sponge at January 04, 2020 10:49 PM (Zz0t1) Posted by: Ladyl at January 04, 2020 10:49 PM (TdMsT) 202
..{{{Jim of Galveston}}}
Was just discussing your fine virtues with Slap!!! Posted by: Ladyl at January 04, 2020 10:42 PM (TdMsT) Don't believe a word dat boy sayz! He's a type of weasel! Jim Sunk New Dawn Galveston, TX Posted by: Jim at January 04, 2020 10:49 PM (QzJWU) 203
178 Anything below 70 degrees is cold.
Posted by: ALH at January 04, 2020 10:43 PM (A7tBu) This is true. Posted by: marinemom at January 04, 2020 10:49 PM (ep6ak) 204
I've heard that called "squeaky cold".
Posted by: hogmartin at January 04, 2020 10:41 PM (t+qrx) The snow squeaks when you walk on it. Or drive on it. Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 04, 2020 10:49 PM (LxWV7) 205
I've skied when it was -5 in the Catskills but it wasn't as cold as when it was 25 degrees in Louisiana.
Posted by: Easy Andy at January 04, 2020 10:47 PM (2DOZq) Yup, that humidity thing. Just like with heat, the humidity makes it worse. Posted by: Vendette at January 04, 2020 10:49 PM (pXNaM) 206
Don't believe a word dat boy sayz! He's a type of weasel! Jim Sunk New Dawn Galveston, TX Posted by: Jim at January 04, 2020 10:49 PM (QzJWU) You are well-thought-of!!! Posted by: Ladyl at January 04, 2020 10:50 PM (TdMsT) 207
Ladyl, thanks!
Posted by: qdpsteve at January 04, 2020 10:50 PM (L2ZTs) 208
I'm always right, chavez. Just ask my husband.
Posted by: bluebell at January 04, 2020 10:50 PM (/669Q) 209
He is also changing the judiciary for the next generation with his partner, Cocaine Mitch.
You gotta love that man. Posted by: ALH at January 04, 2020 10:45 PM (A7tBu) I fully expect most of those judges will evolve and grow in office, but I am also sure that not all of them will, so this is a dramatic change for the better! Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar at January 04, 2020 10:50 PM (BiNEL) 210
Yup, that humidity thing. Just like with heat, the humidity makes it worse.
Posted by: Vendette at January 04, 2020 10:49 PM So a 'dry cold' is actually a thing?! Posted by: Zettai Roshia-no Asetto at January 04, 2020 10:50 PM (7WaWV) 211
Mewling Quim.
Posted by: Fuck The NFL at January 04, 2020 10:50 PM (w3OLr) 212
It's not y'all I'm worried about.
I'm afraid someone will show her how to search the comments for things I've said! Posted by: Bitter Clinger at January 04, 2020 10:45 PM (UPJ5a) Yeah right people have been here for years and look at me like a demigod because I have about a 50% success rate at finding comments with search. Posted by: Buzzion at January 04, 2020 10:50 PM (mVckf) 213
I spent some time in Spikane when it was 30 below. The snow looks like glitter in the sunlight and the snow crunches just like in that video. I always dressed as though the car would break down
At a different place, we were walking back home with a bottle of wine and it started icing up. Posted by: Notsothoreau at January 04, 2020 10:51 PM (Lqy/e) 214
21 Wanted to share with everyone, two notes about my Fast Foodie column:
Apparently it's going places. In yesterday's edition of Orange County News, not only was it reprinted, but it got a promotional blurb and pic on the front page! Also, my editor wants me to try new things. So just today for the very first time, I enjoyed a beef Banh Mi sandwich. Tasty! Posted by: qdpsteve at January 04, 2020 10:06 PM (L2ZTs) Steve, when you hit the bigtime, remember us morons! Posted by: LeftCoast Dawg at January 04, 2020 10:51 PM (sy5kK) 215
Thanks MisHum, that comment was over the top.
Posted by: four seasons at January 04, 2020 10:47 PM (PisyI) * * * * ^^^This^^^ Agreed. Posted by: Legally Sufficient at January 04, 2020 10:51 PM (fNFgo) 216
Spokane not Spikane.
Posted by: Notsothoreau at January 04, 2020 10:51 PM (Lqy/e) 217
Thank MisHum for Have a Cigar. That was even more awesome than I thought it would be.
Posted by: ... at January 04, 2020 10:51 PM (lmYIz) 218
Megyn Kelly replying to Colin Kaepernick's idiotic tweet @megynkelly Because everything is racist. Everything. Even fighting back against terrorists who kill Americans. Nike, feeling proud? Posted by: redridinghood at January 04, 2020 10:52 PM (wiXsO) 219
Pussies.
Posted by: Fuck The NFL at January 04, 2020 10:52 PM (w3OLr) 220
Yeah right people have been here for years and look at me like a demigod because I have about a 50% success rate at finding comments with search.
Posted by: Buzzion at January 04, 2020 10:50 PM Not to mention the fact that you're talking to a dead guy. Posted by: Beetlejuice at January 04, 2020 10:52 PM (DMUuz) 221
Blood avocados.
Posted by: Headless Body of Agnew at January 04, 2020 10:52 PM (EnQC8) 222
LeftCoast, will do :-)
Posted by: qdpsteve at January 04, 2020 10:52 PM (L2ZTs) 223
Kateurday ONT Compliance Pics
https://tinyurl.com/tmrasm4 https://tinyurl.com/w38yw3v https://tinyurl.com/vod879z https://tinyurl.com/upy4wjv Posted by: kbdabear at January 04, 2020 10:52 PM (qAR6u) 224
208: i know! my wife has never been wrong either. 46 years, perfect record. i had no idea how fucking stupid i was.
Posted by: chavez the hugo at January 04, 2020 10:53 PM (KP5rU) 225
46 Live albums have dies because we get full concerts all over YouTube now. That KISS Alive album really saved them because the original studio version of Rock and Roll All Night tanked. The live version was the hit.
Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at January 04, 2020 10:13 PM (JCrfD) "Goin' To New York" - Live version, Climax Blues Band sounds almost nothing like their studio version. Posted by: LeftCoast Dawg at January 04, 2020 10:53 PM (sy5kK) 226
So a 'dry cold' is actually a thing?!
Posted by: Zettai Roshia-no Asetto at January 04, 2020 10:50 PM (7WaWV) * * * * Oh, yeah. And it beats the shit out of a "wet cold" trust me. Posted by: Legally Sufficient at January 04, 2020 10:53 PM (fNFgo) 227
The Pentagon apparently tried a classic trick with Trump - according to the New York Times, when they presented options on how to respond to the killing of the American contractor to Trump, threw in killing Soleimani as an option, merely to make the other options look reasonable.
Old, old bureaucratic trick. "Mr. President, here are your three options: 1) Nuke Iran 2) Surrender to Iran 3) Fire a couple of cruise missiles at an empty building in Teheran in the middle of the night, so as not to hurt anyone" The trick is to present two outrageous proposals, plus the one that you want the President to take. Trump apparently had accepted one of the "moderate" proposals, and then changed his mind after the Iranians attacked our embassy, using their proxies. Posted by: The ARC of History! at January 04, 2020 10:53 PM (I2/tG) 228
You may not like the NFL and I can understand that but Derrick Henry is a monster tonight.
Posted by: Moon Moon Blutarski at January 04, 2020 10:53 PM (VNfwt) 229
The snow squeaks when you walk on it. Or drive on it.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon At 50 below it screams in agony. Posted by: Some rat in the swamp at January 04, 2020 10:54 PM (LOq4H) 230
So a 'dry cold' is actually a thing?!
I was born and raised in western Montana so I was used to and not that bothered by cold weather, until I spent January in Newport, Rhode Island. There's something different about the cold coming off the Atlantic. Posted by: Panhandler at January 04, 2020 10:54 PM (S/rwf) 231
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But you cannot take off and land from roads, leastwise not legally. It would be a huge risk of collision, or secondary wrecks caused by gawkers. The fantasy of being stuck on a stalled freeway, and being able to limber up the rotors, and take off into the wild blue yonder will have to remain a fantasy. And if you had a VTOL-capable aircraft, why would you not just fly everywhere, and not use the roads at all? boy, have i got a deal for you! Posted by: paul moller at January 04, 2020 10:54 PM (kf5Ci) 232
\Megyn Kelly replying to Colin Kaepernick's idiotic tweet
@megynkelly Because everything is racist. Everything. Even fighting back against terrorists who kill Americans. Nike, feeling proud? Posted by: redridinghood at January 04, 2020 10:52 PM (wiXsO) Krappernick's parents have been silent on his dipshittery. I guess they should. They did their best. Money and fame ruined his ass. Not them. I got a Nike hat for Christmas from a friend and his wife. I didn't have the heart to tell them I'll not wear it. But, I didn't pay for it....I'll likely wear it when needing one and seeing them. Posted by: Sponge at January 04, 2020 10:54 PM (Zz0t1) 233
Megyn Kelly replying to Colin Kaepernick's idiotic tweet @megynkelly Because everything is racist. Everything. Even fighting back against terrorists who kill Americans. Nike, feeling proud? Posted by: redridinghood Nike probably is proud. Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at January 04, 2020 10:55 PM (aKsyK) 234
People have this idea that the planet should be safe at all times, pleasant, happy.
That is the farthest thing from the truth I have ever heard. The planet is a very hostile place, it hates you and wants you dead, immediately. It's up to you to prevent that and to overcome it. Posted by: attila the thrilla at January 04, 2020 10:43 PM (w7KSn) There's a neat strain of sci-fi that runs counter to the theme that aliens are all super-strong conquerors with superior intellect: humans are actually terrifying. We are born with way too many teeth in our skulls, so we have to remove up to four of them so there's enough room in our heads. Infections from human bites can be deadly, even to other humans. We jump from airplanes and dive in arctic water for fun. We hike up mountains because they're there, and if we survive freezing to death, and a boulder pins us on the way down, we'll cut our own limbs off and walk to safety. Lesser injuries - like mere fractured bones - we can just heal from, in a few weeks. And it's all because we live on Earth, a.k.a. Space Australia, where we build cities near fault lines and under volcanoes, in deserts, places that routinely get 40mph winds, places that don't get sunlight for months, and everything in between. Posted by: hogmartin at January 04, 2020 10:55 PM (t+qrx) 235
187 I saw 50 below in Fairbanks one winter. You can feel and hear your nose hairs freeze.
We took a mug of water, tossed the water up in the air. A portion froze into small ice crystals and hung in the air (ice fog). Of the remainder, maybe half hit the ground as ice chunks and half was still liquid. I was going to try the same experiment with hot water, but decided it was too damn cold. Posted by: Muldoon at January 04, 2020 10:45 PM (m45I2) 25 below, Great Lakes Naval Station Ill, 1979. I was ordered to 'guard a bridge and make sure no one stole it' for 4 hours. Posted by: Don Q at January 04, 2020 10:55 PM (NgKpN) Posted by: Drink Like Vikings at January 04, 2020 10:56 PM (Ftz+b) Posted by: Sponge at January 04, 2020 10:56 PM (Zz0t1) 238
Yeah right people have been here for years and look at me like a demigod because I have about a 50% success rate at finding comments with search. Posted by: Buzzion at January 04, 2020 10:50 PM (mVckf) --------- Buzz, if you play your cards right and don't let on to the future Mrs. Clinger that you know how to search the comments, we might get invited to this wedding after all. Posted by: bluebell at January 04, 2020 10:56 PM (/669Q) 239
Oddly enough driving on paved roads at 30-40 below zero is not slippery, because the ice/snow is so cold that it can't melt at the interface between tire and snow enough to create the slippery surface.
Besides, your tires are frozen flat on one side. Posted by: Muldoon at January 04, 2020 10:56 PM (m45I2) 240
I hate cold
Posted by: vmom 2020 at January 04, 2020 10:57 PM (G546f) 241
Kateurday ONT Compliance Pics
I'm going with link 2 as the winner tonight. I'm sorry to say though link 3 was not flattering. Kate really does not have any hips . I can though overlook that if necessary. Posted by: Easy Andy at January 04, 2020 10:57 PM (2DOZq) 242
boy, have i got a deal for you!
Posted by: paul moller at January 04, 2020 10:54 PM (kf5Ci) #twoweeks, right? Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 04, 2020 10:57 PM (LxWV7) 243
before avocados the Mexicans had to have armed guards for their agave plants as tequila has been booming. It is not just a Mexican thing though, it is a money thing. The truffle hunters in France and Northern Italy often have their dogs poisoned as the competition for the crop is so fierce.
Posted by: Quint at January 04, 2020 10:57 PM (n13/j) 244
You mean you haven't "vented" in front of her yet? What are you waiting for? Get it done my good man. ...... Lol. You want me to grow old and alone, dontcha! I've already had a handful of regulars start telling stories on me that I've had to describe as "he's exaggerating". If you think bringing a girlfriend around your parents is embarrassing, try bringing one around your bar regulars. Posted by: Bitter Clinger at January 04, 2020 10:58 PM (UPJ5a) 245
Hate to be a dick, but the "live" version of the hit "Rock and Roll All Night" by KISS was ....99% a studio recording, just like the rest of the Kiss ALIVE, and most parts were re-recorded by studio musicians.
Even the crowd applause was added later. MOST live albums have studio elements, but KISS Alive! flipped the percentages around. Posted by: JoeF. at January 04, 2020 10:58 PM (o1fzk) 246
Yeah right people have been here for years and look at me like a demigod because...
Posted by: Buzzion ------- ...because you speak from the Great Beyond. Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 04, 2020 10:58 PM (CDGwz) 247
56 Ridiculous that she could get 2 or 3 years much less the 45 years they threaten her with.
And somewhere, Hillary Clinton is free as a thick-ankled bird. Posted by: Mr. Peebles at January 04, 2020 10:58 PM (X0nhL) 248
#236 The drill instructors have a fetish for that bridge.
Posted by: torabora at January 04, 2020 10:58 PM (HYouL) 249
25 below, Great Lakes Naval Station Ill, 1979.
I was ordered to 'guard a bridge and make sure no one stole it' for 4 hours. Posted by: Don Q at January 04, 2020 10:55 PM (NgKpN) Really doesn't seem fair that some get basic in the Great Lakes and others in Florida. You should have gotten a bonus or something . Posted by: Easy Andy at January 04, 2020 10:59 PM (2DOZq) 250
219 Pussies.
Posted by: Fuck The NFL at January 04, 2020 10:52 PM (w3OLr) Knock it off, or I will knock it off for you. Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at January 04, 2020 10:59 PM (aA3+G) 251
I don't think I've ever encountered less than -25 below a couple of times. Don't really mind the cold all that much. I'd rather have 10 and dry instead of 40 and damp any day and every day. I'm in my 60s and I can handle 8-10 inches of snow with the machine pretty good. It gets old but not insurmountable.
I watch a lot of youtubers. One guy, a farmer, Millennial Farmer in West-Central Minnesota, in his latest video is snow blowing the farm yard with his tractor. But, a month ago he blew his back. He's hitting his sidewalk and in front of the garages with a shovel and he's using the shovel like a 10 year old, fast, real fast, too fast. The guy has probably a million dollars of heavy equipment and he doesn't own a walk behind snow blower. Everyone is commenting, you are going to die. It doesn't matter if you are a millennial or not. You are going to die. Posted by: Groundhog at January 04, 2020 10:59 PM (VYwSh) 252
But, I didn't pay for it....I'll likely wear it when needing one and seeing them.
Posted by: Sponge at January 04, 2020 10:54 PM (Zz0t1) Put a Trump button on it. Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 04, 2020 10:59 PM (LxWV7) 253
Really doesn't seem fair that some get basic in the Great Lakes and others in Florida. You should have gotten a bonus or something .
Posted by: Easy Andy at January 04, 2020 10:59 PM (2DOZq) They closed boot camp in Florida and San Diego. When I went through, it was all at Great Mistakes. Posted by: hogmartin at January 04, 2020 10:59 PM (t+qrx) 254
Check out the picture of Olivia Wilde on her Wikipedia page and tell me who she looks almost like a dead-ringer for...
Posted by: JoeF. at January 04, 2020 11:00 PM (o1fzk) 255
So a 'dry cold' is actually a thing?!
Posted by: Zettai Roshia-no Asetto at January 04, 2020 10:50 PM (7WaWV) Absolutely. It's like 80 degrees in Phoenix (dry as a bone) vs. 80 degrees in most of the South on any given day (humid as all get-out). But with the cold, it just seeps into your bones faster when the humidity is up, no matter how well you're dressed. Posted by: Vendette at January 04, 2020 11:00 PM (pXNaM) Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at January 04, 2020 11:00 PM (aA3+G) Posted by: The ARC of History! at January 04, 2020 11:00 PM (I2/tG) 258
Posted by: hogmartin at January 04, 2020 10:55 PM (t+qrx)
Very nice summary. In spite of ourselves we continue to thrive, even though we do crazy things, and if things aren't crazy enough, we'll find a place where they are and do even crazier things! Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar at January 04, 2020 11:01 PM (BiNEL) 259
249 25 below, Great Lakes Naval Station Ill, 1979.
I was ordered to 'guard a bridge and make sure no one stole it' for 4 hours. Posted by: Don Q at January 04, 2020 10:55 PM (NgKpN) Really doesn't seem fair that some get basic in the Great Lakes and others in Florida. You should have gotten a bonus or something . Posted by: Easy Andy at January 04, 2020 10:59 PM (2DOZq) Boot was in San Diego, during the summer (yup, marching in the Sun). Great Mistakes was for Electronic Tech A school. Weather wise? that was a very interesting year. Posted by: Don Q at January 04, 2020 11:02 PM (NgKpN) Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at January 04, 2020 11:02 PM (JCrfD)
Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing 262
Wilde looks like Skanky Daniels in that pic!
Posted by: Zettai Roshia-no Asetto at January 04, 2020 11:02 PM (7WaWV) 263
By the way, having lived in MN, I can relate to the joke and it's one of my favorites.
Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing 264
Nobody mentions Allman Brothers Live at Fillmore East? Ten Years After Live in Frankfort West Germany? Concert for Bangladesh? 4 Way Street Bob Seeger and the Silver Bullett Band? Woodstock, for cryin' out loud? Ah well, best turn in. Posted by: teej at January 04, 2020 11:02 PM (043pn) 265
Deep Purple's Made In Japan is a great live album, especially Child in Time
Posted by: Drink Like Vikings at January 04, 2020 11:03 PM (Ftz+b) Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at January 04, 2020 11:03 PM (JCrfD) 267
Damn near died one sunny super cold early morning when I took a couple steps away from the truck and fell flat on my back.
All that saved me was muscle memory from high school wrestling to keep my head from bouncing off the sidewalk. Posted by: torabora at January 04, 2020 11:03 PM (HYouL) 268
They closed boot camp in Florida and San Diego. When I went through, it was all at Great Mistakes.
Posted by: hogmartin at January 04, 2020 10:59 PM (t+qr Must have been a sadist who made that decision. ( my friend who is the luckiest person alive, did boot camp in Florida. Another did the Great Lakes) Posted by: Easy Andy at January 04, 2020 11:04 PM (2DOZq) 269
It's like 80 degrees in Phoenix (dry as a bone) vs. 80 degrees in most of the South on any given day (humid as all get-out). But with the cold, it just seeps into your bones faster when the humidity is up, no matter how well you're dressed.
Posted by: Vendette at January 04, 2020 11:00 PM (pXNaM) Conversely, when I go to bed on a really dry cold night - even though it's not cold in the house - I'll run the humidifier in the bedroom for an hour before I go to bed and be warmer than if I'd bumped the thermostat up. 20% humidity feels a lot colder indoors than 35 or 40, because sweat evaporates more readily. I think that's it, anyway. Posted by: hogmartin at January 04, 2020 11:04 PM (t+qrx) 270
They closed boot camp in Florida and San Diego. When I went through, it was all at Great Mistakes.
Posted by: hogmartin at January 04, 2020 10:59 PM (t+qr Must have been a sadist who made that decision. ( my friend who is the luckiest person alive, did boot camp in Florida. Another did the Great Lakes) Posted by: Easy Andy at January 04, 2020 11:04 PM (2DOZq) I did boot, A and Nuke School in Orlando. Not a bad place to spend some time single. Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at January 04, 2020 11:05 PM (JCrfD) 271
You too can knock it off.
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at January 04, 2020 11:00 PM (aA3+G) It was annoying. Posted by: ... at January 04, 2020 11:05 PM (lmYIz) 272
the last patriot playoff game for decades. it's over, tom. oh well.
Posted by: chavez the hugo at January 04, 2020 11:05 PM (KP5rU) 273
They closed boot camp in Florida and San Diego. When I went through, it was all at Great Mistakes.
Posted by: hogmartin at January 04, 2020 10:59 PM (t+qr Must have been a sadist who made that decision. ( my friend who is the luckiest person alive, did boot camp in Florida. Another did the Great Lakes) Posted by: Easy Andy at January 04, 2020 11:04 PM (2DOZq) My lucky friend was assigned to the missile frigate USS Goldsboro which was immediately dry docked in Honolulu for two years. After two years of shore duty he was transferred to the USS Enterprise. Lucky little shit. Posted by: Easy Andy at January 04, 2020 11:06 PM (2DOZq) 274
Very nice summary. In spite of ourselves we continue to thrive, even though we do crazy things, and if things aren't crazy enough, we'll find a place where they are and do even crazier things!
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar at January 04, 2020 11:01 PM (BiNEL) It's a nice way to think about humans, in the whole scheme of things. We're the ones who looked at terrifying predatory megafauna and said, "you know, in a few thousand years, that thing is going to be named 'Mr. Pancakes' and a little girl is going to be pushing it around in a stroller." Posted by: hogmartin at January 04, 2020 11:06 PM (t+qrx) 275
Welp, it is below zero here in Anchorage, headed to -11 tonight. Damned cold for this little town. Apparently it isn't going to warm up much for a week. The good news is that it doesn't snow when it's this cold, so no more shoveling.
Fairbanks is only going to about -30 tonight, but in FBX the wind doesn't blow, so it doesn't feel nearly as cold as it does here by the ocean. There's always a breeze here, and with the water off the ocean, it feels nastier. Imma stay indoors this fine evening. Posted by: tcn in AK at January 04, 2020 11:07 PM (vVOK2) 276
Everyone is commenting, you are going to die. It doesn't matter if you are a millennial or not. You are going to die. Posted by: Groundhog I had an appointment with a cardiologist who told me nobody over age 40 should shovel snow. Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at January 04, 2020 11:07 PM (aKsyK) 277
Wanted to share with everyone, two notes about my Fast Foodie column:
Apparently it's going places. In yesterday's edition of Orange County News, not only was it reprinted, but it got a promotional blurb and pic on the front page! Also, my editor wants me to try new things. So just today for the very first time, I enjoyed a beef Banh Mi sandwich. Tasty! Posted by: qdpsteve at January 04, 2020 10:06 PM (L2ZTs) i am glad you mentioned it as you told me once you were going to do a review of the Popeye's chicken sandwich, and I think the Impossible Whopper. I didn't recall where the column was located. Posted by: Quint at January 04, 2020 11:07 PM (n13/j) 278
woodstock would need elevation to suck snake taint. absolute garbage.
Posted by: chavez the hugo at January 04, 2020 11:07 PM (KP5rU) 279
They closed boot camp in Florida and San Diego. When I went through, it was all at Great Mistakes. Posted by: hogmartin at January 04, 2020 10:59 PM (t+qrx) I didn't realize you had served, Hogmartin. Posted by: Ladyl at January 04, 2020 11:08 PM (TdMsT) 280
Quint, the Westminster Herald-Journal is home base for my column.
Unfortunately I don't think the publisher is putting my columns up online yet. We shall see. Posted by: qdpsteve at January 04, 2020 11:08 PM (L2ZTs) 281
Quint, also thanks :-)
Posted by: qdpsteve at January 04, 2020 11:09 PM (L2ZTs) 282
@ 21 congrats steve, very cool.
Now how is that new year's resolution about eating healthier going? Be honest. I'm trying to do the same, just cutting back on carbs a bit I think might be healthier for me. On another note I was going to post on the movie thread but the ONT came up and I'll stick it here. Jewels talked to me into watching a CNN movie /special on Linda Ronstadt. Which I wasn't interested in. But it's very good if you grew up when I did high school and college in the 70s she was always in the background of your life. I'm getting old, these shows make me nostalgic. Posted by: Farmer at January 04, 2020 11:09 PM (ZXO0q) 283
the last line in the Saturday joke is my life.
Posted by: Madtom at January 04, 2020 11:09 PM (go+84) 284
I didn't realize you had served, Hogmartin.
Posted by: Ladyl at January 04, 2020 11:08 PM (TdMsT) Ah, no. Not me. I was just a Sonar Tech. Posted by: hogmartin at January 04, 2020 11:09 PM (t+qrx) 285
(that last one was for Duncanthrax)
Posted by: hogmartin at January 04, 2020 11:10 PM (t+qrx) 286
Ah, no. Not me. I was just a Sonar Tech. Posted by: hogmartin at January 04, 2020 11:09 PM (t+qrx) I'm ashamed to say I don't know what a sonar tech is, but it sounds impressive. Posted by: Ladyl at January 04, 2020 11:10 PM (TdMsT) 287
I did boot, A and Nuke School in Orlando. Not a bad place to spend some time single.
Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at January 04, 2020 11:05 PM (JCrfD) Boot in San Diego. A School in Great Lakes. Nuc School in Orlando. Washed out (or Scramed as my friends put it) Then Crypto C School in Fort Gordon GA (yup, Army base, and yes, that was down right weird). Then stationed on the USS Iwo Jima, or as the crew so eloquently put it, the USS I Want One Jammed In My Ass. The fist thing they asked you when you reported onboard? 'Who did YOU piss off?'. Was an interesting couple of years. Posted by: Don Q at January 04, 2020 11:10 PM (NgKpN) 288
Nobody mentions Allman Brothers Live at Fillmore East? Ten Years After Live in Frankfort West Germany? Concert for Bangladesh? 4 Way Street Bob Seeger and the Silver Bullett Band? Woodstock, for cryin' out loud? Ah well, best turn in. Posted by: teej at January 04, 2020 11:02 PM (043pn) We wanted to save some of the good ones for you, so you would want to take the credit and hang around. Guess it didn't work. Posted by: LeftCoast Dawg at January 04, 2020 11:10 PM (sy5kK) 289
farmer! only thing i remember about ronstadt were the cutoffs. that girl could fill out a pair of shorts.
Posted by: chavez the hugo at January 04, 2020 11:11 PM (KP5rU) 290
And now to Sunday, then to the lawyer, then to be thrown into prison. Probably need a good resume service...
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at January 04, 2020 11:11 PM (l9m7l) 291
I'm ashamed to say I don't know what a sonar tech is, but it sounds impressive.
Posted by: Ladyl at January 04, 2020 11:10 PM (TdMsT) It was a self-deprecating dig on my own rating. Yes, I was a submarine sonar tech. Posted by: hogmartin at January 04, 2020 11:11 PM (t+qrx) 292
They closed boot camp in Florida and San Diego. When I went through, it was all at Great Mistakes. Posted by: hogmartin When I joined in 1971 I was asked my preference of boot camp location. I requested San Diego. Went to Great Lakes. I joined in Louisville, KY so I guess it made sense. But why did they ask? Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at January 04, 2020 11:11 PM (aKsyK) 293
Have I been banhammered?
Posted by: Nurse ratched at January 04, 2020 11:12 PM (PkVlr) 294
But why did they ask?
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at January 04, 2020 11:11 PM (aKsyK) It's Uncle Sam's way.. Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at January 04, 2020 11:12 PM (aA3+G) Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 04, 2020 11:13 PM (7rVsF) Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at January 04, 2020 11:13 PM (aA3+G) 297
It was a self-deprecating dig on my own rating. Yes, I was a submarine sonar tech.
Posted by: hogmartin at January 04, 2020 11:11 PM (t+qrx) * * * * Thank you for your service. So, you were like Jonesy in The Hunt for Red October? Posted by: Legally Sufficient at January 04, 2020 11:13 PM (fNFgo) 298
293; doesn't look like it from here, nurse.
Posted by: chavez the hugo at January 04, 2020 11:13 PM (KP5rU) 299
I went camping one weekend that went sub-zero. In the morning the wine in the bota was slush.
When the booze freezes it's time to pack it in. Posted by: Vlad the impaler,whittling away like mad at January 04, 2020 11:13 PM (YSPhN) 300
But why did they ask?
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at January 04, 2020 11:11 PM (aKsyK) Nobody actually knows. It's one of those ineffable Navy mysteries. Posted by: hogmartin at January 04, 2020 11:13 PM (t+qrx) 301
Then Crypto C School in Fort Gordon GA (yup, Army base, and yes, that was down right weird).
Fort Boredom when I was there. Posted by: Blanco Basura - Not scanning your email for ad targeting at January 04, 2020 11:13 PM (xkSJa) Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 04, 2020 11:14 PM (7rVsF) 303
But why did they ask?
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at January 04, 2020 11:11 PM (aKsyK) They ask so you will learn that your preferences are meaningless! Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar at January 04, 2020 11:14 PM (BiNEL) 304
Farmer, thanks and I'm a Linda fan too. (But not of her recent mouthing off.)
Re the diet, it's going... okay overall. I would say I'm figuring some things out. Right now I'm having some Yoplait yogurt, because I keep reading yogurt is good for me at this stage plus I need something for when I have a sweets craving that won't undo all my progress. I'm also eating a lot more salmon and steak, and been trying to avoid fast food more often. (In the past I probably would have gotten myself something like Taco Bell tonight, but this time I'm just having the yogurt.) So I'm stumbling along and hoping to find a new, healthier rut to fall into basically. I'll keep y'all posted. Posted by: qdpsteve at January 04, 2020 11:14 PM (L2ZTs) 305
They always ask. Don't want an answer, just part of the routine.
Posted by: Madtom at January 04, 2020 11:15 PM (go+84) 306
I had an appointment with a cardiologist who told me nobody over age 40 should shovel snow.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at January 04, 2020 11:07 PM (aKsyK) Hell, I am a lot older than that, and I shovel snow. But I do it lazy-style. Take plenty of breaks, lean on the shovel, and contemplate the wonders of Nature. And I use a push shovel, which just plows the snow aside. I do very little lifting. And I have a power snow thrower for the heavier snowfalls, and tractor with a loader and a back blade, too. And I also have Arizona, which is nice this time of year. Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 04, 2020 11:15 PM (LxWV7) 307
Jeepers.
Sorry. Posted by: Nurse ratched at January 04, 2020 11:15 PM (PkVlr) 308
mishum, coyotes by you, or wolves? coyotes are singing here tonite. crazy.
Posted by: chavez the hugo at January 04, 2020 11:15 PM (KP5rU) 309
I ended up in San Diego eventually.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at January 04, 2020 11:15 PM (aKsyK) 310
Tom's hair remains perfect.
Posted by: squirrelly dan at January 04, 2020 11:15 PM (Au/5M) 311
So, you were like Jonesy in The Hunt for Red October?
Posted by: Legally Sufficient at January 04, 2020 11:13 PM (fNFgo) Setting aside hollywood vs. reality, yes, basically that job. Posted by: hogmartin at January 04, 2020 11:16 PM (t+qrx) 312
296 Posted by: Nurse ratched at January 04, 2020 11:12 PM (PkVlr)
No, I'm being generous tonight. Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at January 04, 2020 11:13 PM (aA3+G) smart move MisHum. very smart move. Posted by: western washington woodpeckers at January 04, 2020 11:16 PM (sy5kK) 313
Ha - CBS 60 Minutes this Sunday will be Epstein didn't kill himself - and the Pats are about to lose to the Thumbtacks.
Posted by: Jerk McJerkison at January 04, 2020 11:16 PM (2N7oZ) 314
This Horde hive mind thing is rather scary when you stop and think about it!
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar at January 04, 2020 11:16 PM (BiNEL) 315
When I joined in 1971 I was asked my preference of boot camp location. I requested San Diego. Went to Great Lakes. I joined in Louisville, KY so I guess it made sense.
But why did they ask? Posted by: Bertram Cabot --- "Son, what did you do as a civilian?" I was a mechanic. "Very well. You'll be a cook." To 2nd recruit sailor: "Son, what did you do as a civilian?" I was a cook. "Very well. You'll be a mechanic." That's why they asked. Posted by: Tonypete at January 04, 2020 11:16 PM (Y4EXg) Posted by: torabora at January 04, 2020 11:16 PM (HYouL) 317
It was a self-deprecating dig on my own rating. Yes, I was a submarine sonar tech.
Posted by: hogmartin at January 04, 2020 11:11 PM (t+qrx) I, for one, am very impressed! Posted by: Ladyl at January 04, 2020 11:16 PM (TdMsT) 318
smart move MisHum. very smart move.
Posted by: western washington woodpeckers at January 04, 2020 11:16 PM (sy5kK) Ha. Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at January 04, 2020 11:16 PM (aA3+G) 319
Another thing I want to start doing is drinking lots of water every day. Hopefully that will help with the soft drink cravings.
I hate having to pee all the time, but that would be preferable to some of the health issues I've been having of late. Posted by: qdpsteve at January 04, 2020 11:16 PM (L2ZTs) 320
CBS Fake News will do a thing on 60 Minutes tomorrow on Epstein's death (which Epstein didn't cause). I'll tell you right now: The forensic "expert" 60 Minutes has on to tell us what happened will tell us it was suicide. Posted by: Soothsayer Delicto at January 04, 2020 11:17 PM (0hpd3) Posted by: Nurse ratched at January 04, 2020 11:17 PM (PkVlr) 322
Orlando was no bargain either. Stepped off the plane around 1:00 AM to 85 degrees and all the humidity in June. They made us march in the barracks on red flag days.
Posted by: Van down by the river at January 04, 2020 11:17 PM (XhuAl) 323
So, you were like Jonesy in The Hunt for Red October?
Posted by: Legally Sufficient at January 04, 2020 11:13 PM (fNFgo) Setting aside hollywood vs. reality, yes, basically that job. Posted by: hogmartin at January 04, 2020 11:16 PM (t+qrx) * * * * Very impressive! There was much more description of the job in the book than in the movie. You are the "ears" for the submarine, which runs blind through the water. Posted by: Legally Sufficient at January 04, 2020 11:17 PM (fNFgo) 324
I was a large mainframe computer operator when I enlisted. They made me a BT. Go figger. It's the Navy.
Posted by: Madtom at January 04, 2020 11:17 PM (go+84) Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at January 04, 2020 11:18 PM (aA3+G) Posted by: Soothsayer Delicto at January 04, 2020 11:18 PM (0hpd3) 327
To 2nd recruit sailor: "Son, what did you do as a civilian?" I was a cook. "Very well. You'll be a mechanic." I was a ham radio operator and aced the electronics test. They made me a diesel mechanic. Really. Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at January 04, 2020 11:18 PM (aKsyK) 328
..I'm ashamed to say I don't know what a sonar tech is, but it sounds impressive.
Posted by: Ladyl at January 04, 2020 11:10 PM (TdMsT) Ladyl. Just like bats "see" in the dark, by emitting sounds and zeroing-in on the reflected sound waves bouncing off the nearby mosquito.. Well, submarines "see" underwater by "listening" to various sounds put into the water by ships, other subs and live, undersea creatures. They can also emit their own sound waves ("..one ping only, Vasily"), but are loathe to do so, as that reveals their position. But yeah, just like bats. So, if you were wondering why Hogmartin was taking a nap while hanging upside down from he rafters at the Mo Meet, well, now you know. Jim Sunk New Dawn Galveston, TX Posted by: Jim at January 04, 2020 11:18 PM (QzJWU) 329
286 Ah, no. Not me. I was just a Sonar Tech. Posted by: hogmartin at January 04, 2020 11:09 PM (t+qrx) I'm ashamed to say I don't know what a sonar tech is, but it sounds impressive. Posted by: Ladyl at January 04, 2020 11:10 PM (TdMsT) It does sound better than "listens to whale farts" :p Posted by: Buzzion at January 04, 2020 11:18 PM (mVckf) 330
Misum, you talkin' bars or wildlife?
Posted by: Madtom at January 04, 2020 11:19 PM (go+84) 331
what 52 below zero would feel like
It is really cold. :-) Pray for no wind. I grew up in eastern North Dakota (and just back from a week in Scottsdale) Posted by: free tibet at January 04, 2020 11:19 PM (4Dw3M) Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 04, 2020 11:19 PM (7rVsF) 333
Is being a sonar operator kind of like being a Naval gazer?
Posted by: California Street Shitters at January 04, 2020 11:19 PM (AXhj1) 334
It does sound better than "listens to whale farts" :p
Posted by: Buzzion at January 04, 2020 11:18 PM (mVckf) Feeding shrimp sound like crackling cellophane. Posted by: hogmartin at January 04, 2020 11:19 PM (t+qrx) 335
Ouch! Patriots are OUT!
Posted by: Chi-Town Jerry at January 04, 2020 11:19 PM (CjFDo) Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at January 04, 2020 11:19 PM (aA3+G) 337
Whoohoo!
Posted by: Nurse ratched at January 04, 2020 11:20 PM (PkVlr) 338
Is being a sonar operator kind of like being a Naval gazer?
Posted by: California Street Shitters at January 04, 2020 11:19 PM (AXhj1) No, the Naval Gazer would be the division urinalysis coordinator. Posted by: hogmartin at January 04, 2020 11:20 PM (t+qrx) 339
I had an appointment with a cardiologist who told me nobody over age 40 should shovel snow.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at January 04, 2020 11:07 PM (aKsyK) I injured my shoulder shoveling snow last winter. I like to throw it well away from the driveway, and the throwing is what did it. 12 hours a week of tennis with no injury, but one hour of shoveling and my shoulder has been sore for almost a year. Shoveling snow SUCKS. Posted by: Ladyl at January 04, 2020 11:20 PM (TdMsT) 340
I was a ham radio operator and aced the electronics test. They made me a diesel mechanic. Really.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. --- There's the right way, the wrong way, (and can we all say it together?) the Navy way. Posted by: Tonypete at January 04, 2020 11:20 PM (Y4EXg) 341
Another thing I want to start doing is drinking lots of water every day. Hopefully that will help with the soft drink cravings.
I hate having to pee all the time, but that would be preferable to some of the health issues I've been having of late. Posted by: qdpsteve at January 04, 2020 11:16 PM (L2ZTs) You want to start drinking lots of water? What's holding you back? Water rationing got that bad in California? Maybe you could identify as a snail darter. Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 04, 2020 11:20 PM (LxWV7) 342
the end of the patriots. for a long fucking time.
Posted by: chavez the hugo at January 04, 2020 11:20 PM (KP5rU) 343
But why did they ask?
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at January 04, 2020 11:11 PM (aKsyK) They ask so you will learn that your preferences are meaningless! Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar ------- The final determination is *always*, 'The needs of the service'. Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 04, 2020 11:21 PM (xSo9G) 344
AOP, it's a discipline thing, not an availability thing :-)
Posted by: qdpsteve at January 04, 2020 11:21 PM (L2ZTs) 345
I was a ham radio operator and aced the electronics test. They made me a diesel mechanic. Really.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. ------ See 343 Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 04, 2020 11:22 PM (xSo9G) 346
I'll tell you right now: The forensic "expert" 60 Minutes has on to tell us what happened will tell us it was suicide.
They also won't ask that ABC girl about her story they spiked. That story disappeared like the Las Vegas massacre. Posted by: t-bird at January 04, 2020 11:22 PM (x/2Z8) 347
Wow. Posted by: Soothsayer Delicto at January 04, 2020 11:22 PM (0hpd3) 348
Ouch! Patriots are OUT!
Posted by: Chi-Town Jerry Team mgmt shouldn't've let Tom force them to hire Giselle as their new star running back Posted by: qdpsteve at January 04, 2020 11:22 PM (L2ZTs) 349
The announcers are hinting this is Tom's last game in New England. I haven't been following it, but is he leaving the Patriots, or the NFL? He is still a top 5 QB, and healthy. Giselle must have put her foot down, or maybe it was another body part or two. Posted by: LeftCoast Dawg at January 04, 2020 11:23 PM (sy5kK) 350
Happy-ish Saturday Evening, all ...
I thought "they" were making a bent handle snow shovel that made scooping more ergonomic. Of course, I live in a desert ... Posted by: Adriane the Astrology Sign Critic ... at January 04, 2020 11:23 PM (LPnfS) 351
The announcers are hinting this is Tom's last game in New England.
I haven't been following it, but is he leaving the Patriots, or the NFL? He is still a top 5 QB, and healthy. Giselle must have put her foot down, or maybe it was another body part or two. Posted by: LeftCoast Dawg at January 04, 2020 11:23 PM (sy5kK) He's an unrestricted free agent after the season is over. Posted by: Vendette at January 04, 2020 11:24 PM (pXNaM) 352
That story disappeared like the Las Vegas massacre.
Posted by: t-bird at January 04, 2020 11:22 PM (x/2Z What Las Vegas massacre? /s Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar at January 04, 2020 11:24 PM (BiNEL) Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 04, 2020 11:25 PM (7rVsF) 354
Feeding shrimp sound like crackling cellophane.
Posted by: hogmartin at January 04, 2020 11:19 PM (t+qrx) * * * * That's cool. Bet it took a long time to build your catalog of sounds and meanings. Hopefully the job was not too boring. Posted by: Legally Sufficient at January 04, 2020 11:25 PM (fNFgo) 355
..Team mgmt shouldn't've let Tom force them to hire Giselle as their new star running back
Posted by: qdpsteve at January 04, 2020 11:22 PM (L2ZTs) Would've been more effective if they'd have signed Moochelle as Center. She's got the size. Jim Sunk New Dawn Galveston, TX Posted by: Jim at January 04, 2020 11:25 PM (QzJWU) 356
Giselle must have put her foot down, or maybe it was another body part or two.
Posted by: LeftCoast Dawg Three, the magic number is three, there are three areas of interest. Posted by: Some rat in the swamp at January 04, 2020 11:25 PM (LOq4H) 357
343 But why did they ask?
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at January 04, 2020 11:11 PM (aKsyK) They ask so you will learn that your preferences are meaningless! Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar ------- The final determination is *always*, 'The needs of the service'. Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 04, 2020 11:21 PM (xSo9G) Yup, its why I retired before I really wanted to. I was a full time single parent (had full custody of my twins) and was teaching Sat Coms for the Navy in San Diego. Next assignment? Needs of the Navy transfer (didn't even get to talk to the detailer) to a unit that would provide boarding teams to search shit in the Gulf. Essentially full time deployment. Even a Ship assignment would not have been gone as much. Luckily, I could retire. Posted by: Don Q at January 04, 2020 11:26 PM (NgKpN) 358
I thought "they" were making a bent handle snow shovel that made scooping more ergonomic.
Of course, I live in a desert ... Posted by: Adriane the Astrology Sign Critic ... at January 04, 2020 11:23 PM (LPnfS) There actually is such a shovel and the difference is very significant, even in the desert! Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar at January 04, 2020 11:26 PM (BiNEL) 359
I haven't been this happy since November 2016.
Posted by: Nurse ratched at January 04, 2020 11:27 PM (PkVlr) 360
But yeah, just like bats.
So, if you were wondering why Hogmartin was taking a nap while hanging upside down from he rafters at the Mo Meet, well, now you know. Jim Sunk New Dawn Galveston, TX Posted by: Jim at January 04, 2020 11:18 PM (QzJWU) Very cool! Is it related to radar? My dad, an EE, was involved in the early development of radar in the Navy. Posted by: Ladyl at January 04, 2020 11:27 PM (TdMsT) 361
Burrows will end up in New England somehow.
Posted by: Easy Andy at January 04, 2020 11:27 PM (2DOZq) 362
Nurse, did you owe Soleimani some money? ;-)
Posted by: qdpsteve at January 04, 2020 11:27 PM (L2ZTs) 363
359 I haven't been this happy since November 2016.
Posted by: Nurse ratched at January 04, 2020 11:27 PM (PkVlr) Hi Nurse! What is making you joyful? Posted by: Ladyl at January 04, 2020 11:28 PM (TdMsT) 364
He's an unrestricted free agent after the season is over.
Posted by: Vendette at January 04, 2020 11:24 PM ( Who's got the cap space and the quarterback need with a team he would want to join? They just want a fucking offseason story like Brett Favre primadonnaing about retirement every year. Watch him agree to a deal that guarantees him to retire as a patriot with decent money Posted by: Buzzion at January 04, 2020 11:29 PM (mVckf) 365
My dad, an EE, was involved in the early development of radar in the Navy.
Posted by: Ladyl at January 04, 2020 11:27 PM (TdMsT) Sonar is like audio radar, Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar at January 04, 2020 11:29 PM (BiNEL) Posted by: Nurse ratched at January 04, 2020 11:29 PM (PkVlr) 367
You want to start drinking lots of water? What's holding you back? Water rationing got that bad in California? Maybe you could identify as a snail darter. Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 04, 2020 11:20 PM (LxWV7) I saw a story that Gavin Newsome signed a new law, limiting everyone in California to 55 liters of water a day, or you get a big fine. The response was that isn't enough water for to wash clothes and take a shower in the same day. Remember, California Democrat legislators have been cancelling the building of new reservoirs for about 30 years now. Looks like it has finally caught up with them. The Democrat answer is to limit access to water, instead of increasing supply. And penalize anyone who objects. The thing about stories like this is that I don't have to come up with a punchline, because those that are the subject of the story ARE the punchline. Posted by: LeftCoast Dawg at January 04, 2020 11:30 PM (sy5kK) 368
Sonar is like audio radar,
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar at January 04, 2020 11:29 PM (BiNEL) Aaahhhh. Posted by: Ladyl at January 04, 2020 11:30 PM (TdMsT) Posted by: qdpsteve at January 04, 2020 11:30 PM (L2ZTs) 370
That's cool. Bet it took a long time to build your catalog of sounds and meanings. Hopefully the job was not too boring.
Posted by: Legally Sufficient at January 04, 2020 11:25 PM (fNFgo) Well, the actual job was maybe 20% of the total work. Anyone who was on a smaller ship or submarine would probably say the same. There are a lot of 'other duties as assigned'. Posted by: hogmartin at January 04, 2020 11:31 PM (t+qrx) 371
369: can't happen, steve.
Posted by: chavez the hugo at January 04, 2020 11:31 PM (KP5rU) 372
chavez, they're both in the same division?
Posted by: qdpsteve at January 04, 2020 11:31 PM (L2ZTs) 373
Ladyl, nothing important.
I am overjoyed that the patriots lost in the first round to the wild card Tennessee Titans. Posted by: Nurse ratched at January 04, 2020 11:31 PM (PkVlr) 374
The announcers are hinting this is Tom's last game in New England.
Brady's put their mansion on the market. You heard it here first, he'll be in Miami next year. Posted by: Diogenes at January 04, 2020 11:31 PM (axyOa) 375
Nurse, did you owe Soleimani some money? ;-)
Posted by: qdpsteve at January 04, 2020 11:27 PM (L2ZTs) She had him in her dead pool, along with RBG. And the year is young. Posted by: GnuBreed at January 04, 2020 11:32 PM (Z4rgH) 376
373 Ladyl, nothing important.
I am overjoyed that the patriots lost in the first round to the wild card Tennessee Titans. Posted by: Nurse ratched at January 04, 2020 11:31 PM (PkVlr) That is good news! Although my SIL, a native Mainer, loves the Patriots. Posted by: Ladyl at January 04, 2020 11:33 PM (TdMsT) 377
Remember, California Democrat legislators have been cancelling the building of new reservoirs for about 30 years now. Looks like it has finally caught up with them. The Democrat answer is to limit access to water, instead of increasing supply. And penalize anyone who objects.
Part of the greater prog strategy to move the masses into other states. Posted by: Diogenes at January 04, 2020 11:33 PM (axyOa) 378
They just want a fucking offseason story like Brett
Favre primadonnaing about retirement every year. Watch him agree to a deal that guarantees him to retire as a patriot with decent money Posted by: Buzzion at January 04, 2020 11:29 PM (mVckf) I'd agree with that. Plus even though he'll be 43 at the start of next season I don't think he's going to go anywhere that won't let him be the starter. Posted by: Vendette at January 04, 2020 11:33 PM (pXNaM) 379
There actually is such a shovel and the difference is very significant, even in the desert!
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar at January 04, 2020 11:26 PM (BiNEL) They sell them at home. I have never bought one. I do have a telescoping handle snow scoop to carry in a vehicle for digging it out. Plastic scoop blade about ten by ten inches, shaped like a grain scoop. Even full of wet snow, it's not too heavy. Sidewalks and driveways, you use a snow-push blade. You plow snow with it, you don't throw it, if you plan your session well. Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 04, 2020 11:33 PM (LxWV7) 380
Gonna be Ravens Niners.
I hate the niners. It would be wonderful if the Seahawks met them In the NFC championship game and won, but it's a long shot. Posted by: Nurse ratched at January 04, 2020 11:34 PM (PkVlr) 381
It's hot down here and Uncle Ted is a real a-hole.
Posted by: Zombie Salami at January 04, 2020 11:34 PM (EgshT) 382
Part of the greater prog strategy to move the masses into other states.
Posted by: Diogenes at January 04, 2020 11:33 PM (axyOa) Releasing spores which will go on to infect healthy organisms. Posted by: hogmartin at January 04, 2020 11:34 PM (t+qrx) 383
I saw a story that Gavin Newsome signed a new law, limiting everyone in California to 55 liters of water a day, or you get a big fine. The response was that isn't enough water for to wash clothes and take a shower in the same day. You don't need water for toilets. Just use Aisle 5 in the Safeway. Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at January 04, 2020 11:34 PM (aKsyK) 384
..Very cool!
Is it related to radar? My dad, an EE, was involved in the early development of radar in the Navy. Posted by: Ladyl at January 04, 2020 11:27 PM (TdMsT) Pre-dates radar by a decade or two. Except for some truly exotic blue-laser prototype "radars" made in an effort to look down through the depths, radio-frequency radars are exclusively used for atmospheric and space search, from ground level up into the heavens. Sonar, using sound waves, is used in the depths. Unless you're a bat. Jim Sunk New Dawn Galveston, TX Posted by: Jim at January 04, 2020 11:34 PM (QzJWU) 385
375 Nurse, did you owe Soleimani some money? ;-)
Posted by: qdpsteve at January 04, 2020 11:27 PM (L2ZTs) She had him in her dead pool, along with RBG. And the year is young. Posted by: GnuBreed at January 04, 2020 11:32 PM (Z4rgH) It's January 4, and nurse rached has essentially won the 2020 Dead Pool. 38 points. damn. Just one more reason why we hate her. Posted by: western washington woodpeckers at January 04, 2020 11:35 PM (sy5kK) 386
Gonna be Ravens Niners.
I hate the niners. It would be wonderful if the Seahawks met them In the NFC championship game and won, but it's a long shot. Posted by: Nurse ratched at January 04, 2020 11:34 PM (PkVlr) Concur Nurse, but the Seahawks are so busted up I don't see them going very deep in the playoffs. Posted by: Diogenes at January 04, 2020 11:36 PM (axyOa) 387
rumor is,brady to the lions. old timing fuck needs a dome. detroit is probably dumb enough to do it.
Posted by: chavez the hugo at January 04, 2020 11:37 PM (KP5rU) 388
Posted by: western washington woodpeckersM If you fuckers quit destroying the siding on the west side of my house I'd stop shooting your feathered derriers. And collecting the feathers. And adorning my hats with them. Posted by: Nurse ratched at January 04, 2020 11:38 PM (PkVlr) 389
Pre-dates radar by a decade or two. Except for some truly exotic blue-laser prototype "radars" made in an effort to look down through the depths, radio-frequency radars are exclusively used for atmospheric and space search, from ground level up into the heavens.
Sonar, using sound waves, is used in the depths. Unless you're a bat. Jim Sunk New Dawn Galveston, TX Posted by: Jim at January 04, 2020 11:34 PM (QzJWU) Did the early sonars emit pings and do ranging, or were they just passive listening systems like the listening horns they had for airplane warnings? Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 04, 2020 11:38 PM (LxWV7) 390
It's hot down here and Uncle Ted is a real a-hole. Posted by: Zombie Salami Wait till Hillary lands on your ass. Posted by: Some rat in the swamp at January 04, 2020 11:38 PM (LOq4H) 391
Pre-dates radar by a decade or two. Except for some truly exotic blue-laser prototype "radars" made in an effort to look down through the depths, radio-frequency radars are exclusively used for atmospheric and space search, from ground level up into the heavens. Sonar, using sound waves, is used in the depths. Unless you're a bat. Jim Sunk New Dawn Galveston, TX Posted by: Jim at January 04, 2020 11:34 PM (QzJWU) Thank you, Jim. You are most erudite! Posted by: Ladyl at January 04, 2020 11:38 PM (TdMsT) 392
Brady's last pass won't be a pick 6 in a playoff game
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at January 04, 2020 11:40 PM (aA3+G) 393
Concur Nurse, but the Seahawks are so busted up I don't see them going very deep in the playoffs.
Posted by: Diogenes at January 04, 2020 11:36 PM (axyOa) Today, I saw two cars, at the same time, on the same road, in Gilbert, AZ, with Seahawks license plate frames, and one had a vanity plate supporting SeaHawks. Both AZ plates, too. Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 04, 2020 11:41 PM (LxWV7) 394
My theory on Epstein...
The pretty, young "lawyer" that was visiting him before his death was his reward for working with the Clintons. Basically the offer was work with us, you get some fun and then, well, a clean ending to the party...Otherwise you get a lifetime of our people beating and raping the shit out of you...like that dirty cop that almost killed him (but didn't even though the guards let it happen....) Posted by: 18-1 at January 04, 2020 11:42 PM (WdocV) 395
Pre-dates radar by a decade or two. Except for some truly exotic blue-laser prototype "radars" made in an effort to look down through the depths, radio-frequency radars are exclusively used for atmospheric and space search, from ground level up into the heavens.
Sonar, using sound waves, is used in the depths. Posted by: Jim at January 04, 2020 11:34 PM (QzJWU) Yes, it's pretty much the reverse of how it works in air. RF (radio, radar) doesn't get very far at all in water, but can propagate over the horizon in air. In water (the speed of sound in water is about 4x as fast as in air), sounds can travel for miles, and phenomena like convergence zones can refract it up away from the bottom and propagate it out several times like a radio signal skipping off the ionosphere. Posted by: hogmartin at January 04, 2020 11:42 PM (t+qrx) 396
I'd agree with that.
Plus even though he'll be 43 at the start of next season I don't think he's going to go anywhere that won't let him be the starter. Posted by: Vendette at January 04, 2020 11:33 PM (p And unless they're hiring Belicheck too they would probably regret that. I think they work great together and Brady wouldn't be the star he is without his coach. Remember when Brady got injured they probably would have still made the playoffs that year with Matt Cassel if it wasn't such a fluke year where all the other division teams did insanely well. And then Cassel proceeded to do fuck all as a starter elsewhere. He would probably do good but I don't think he would be the same threat he is in New England. Posted by: Buzzion at January 04, 2020 11:42 PM (mVckf) 397
..Did the early sonars emit pings and do ranging, or were they just passive listening systems like the listening horns they had for airplane warnings?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 04, 2020 11:38 PM (LxWV7) "ASDIC" was the late WWI development of what we now call Sonar. By the British, ol' chap. It was always an emitter-listener technology, as it was used by various sub-hunting surface ships in order to find and fix their prey. Only later when they installed the more refined versions of this tech on Submarines, did they develop the doctrine of NOT emitting sound waves into the water, but rather, passive listening and range-finding via the Doppler Effect. Jim Sunk New Dawn Galveston, TX Posted by: Jim at January 04, 2020 11:42 PM (QzJWU) 398
But why did they ask? Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at January 04, 2020 11:11 PM (aKsyK) Because there was a field on the form for that information, and they are not allowed to fill it out on their own initiative. Posted by: Kindltot at January 04, 2020 11:43 PM (1glZx) 399
Today, I saw two cars, at the same time, on the same road, in Gilbert,
AZ, with Seahawks license plate frames, and one had a vanity plate supporting SeaHawks. Both AZ plates, too. Probably techies that moved here from the Seattle area. The relatively low cost of land and housing has been attracting tech companies here for decades. Posted by: Blanco Basura - Not scanning your email for ad targeting at January 04, 2020 11:44 PM (xkSJa) 400
Did the early sonars emit pings and do ranging, or were they just passive listening systems like the listening horns they had for airplane warnings?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 04, 2020 11:38 PM (LxWV7) Echo sounders have been around since just before WWI, but since early submarines were primarily submersible patrol torpedo boats (often conducting surface torpedo and gun runs), they wouldn't have used active sonar for targeting. Surface ships had adapted echo sounding into ASDIC, as Jim mentioned. Posted by: hogmartin at January 04, 2020 11:47 PM (t+qrx) 401
It's gonna be a Green Bay- Tennessee Super Bowl. Book it.
Posted by: Pete Seria at January 04, 2020 11:47 PM (7ZQe3) 402
I'd stop shooting your feathered derriers. And collecting the feathers. And adorning my hats with them.
Posted by: Nurse ratched at January 04, 2020 11:38 PM (PkVlr) This is close to wearing fur coats, in our humble view. And after you get your ass shot by an Annie Oakley twin, you get humble really quick! Posted by: western washington woodpeckers at January 04, 2020 11:48 PM (sy5kK) 403
369 Nurse, thanks.
So what's the SB looking like thus far? Packers v Seahawks? ;-) Posted by: qdpsteve at January 04, 2020 11:30 PM (L2ZTs) Hand in your man card to the nearest moron, please. Posted by: jsg at January 04, 2020 11:48 PM (YSJ+E) 404
jsg, that ship has long since sailed
Posted by: qdpsteve at January 04, 2020 11:49 PM (L2ZTs) 405
Diary of a snow shoveler
If I wanted snow, I'd move somewhere North of South Carolina. Them as likes it can have it. At least snow is gluten-free, for such as care about that. Posted by: Miklos, head on a swivel, like Janus at January 04, 2020 11:49 PM (QzkSJ) 406
If any of you morons are in Northern Illinois we are having the program on January 12th, 2 p.m., 611 East 3rd Street Sterling Illinois, regarding the hundredth anniversary of the American Legion which occurred in 2019.
If you are interested stop by, I am the curator and director of the society and just tell me your moron. If you're close by you might find it very interesting. Posted by: Farmer at January 04, 2020 11:49 PM (ZXO0q) 407
Posted by: Pete Seria at January 04, 2020 11:47 PM (7ZQe3)
Whatever your popping can you spare 2? Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at January 04, 2020 11:49 PM (aA3+G) Posted by: Soothsayer Delicto at January 04, 2020 11:50 PM (0hpd3) 409
399 Today, I saw two cars, at the same time, on the same road, in Gilbert,
AZ, with Seahawks license plate frames, and one had a vanity plate supporting SeaHawks. Both AZ plates, too. AZ snowbirds don't just come from the Midwest. By May, western Washington will have a lot of AZ plates all over the roads. Posted by: LeftCoast Dawg at January 04, 2020 11:50 PM (sy5kK) 410
this place is getting all technical and shit. i liked nurse's dirty talking better, myself. woodpeckers always pissed me off. noisy fucks.
Posted by: chavez the hugo at January 04, 2020 11:50 PM (KP5rU) 411
Surface ships had adapted echo sounding into ASDIC, as Jim mentioned.
Posted by: hogmartin Heh. He said Asdic Posted by: Beavis, Butthead 'n Miklos at January 04, 2020 11:51 PM (QzkSJ) 412
And after you get your ass shot by an Annie Oakley twin, you get humble really quick!
Posted by: western washington woodpeckers She's going to have to shoot me From inside my house, because I'm popping your ass from the Adirondack chairs on my deck. With an Irish covfefe in a travel mug next to me. Posted by: Nurse ratched at January 04, 2020 11:52 PM (PkVlr) 413
Whatever your popping can you spare 2?
--- I thought that might spur some discussion. How 'bout Dem Bucks. Actually I had a classic Bourbon Old Fashioned tonight. I may just give up the WI version for good Posted by: Pete Seria at January 04, 2020 11:52 PM (7ZQe3) 414
i got five grand riding on a ravens super bowl win.
Posted by: chavez the hugo at January 04, 2020 11:52 PM (KP5rU) Posted by: Soothsayer Delicto at January 04, 2020 11:54 PM (0hpd3) Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at January 04, 2020 11:54 PM (aA3+G) 417
Five grand?
Posted by: Zettai Roshia-no Asetto at January 04, 2020 11:54 PM (7WaWV) 418
The Cowboys will make some crazy coach pick in the middle of the playoffs and win the espn time talking about it race.
Posted by: Quint at January 04, 2020 11:55 PM (n13/j) Posted by: LeftCoast Dawg at January 04, 2020 11:56 PM (sy5kK) 420
Five grand?
Posted by: Zettai Roshia-no Asetto at January 04, 2020 11:54 PM (7WaWV) since we are not even at the division games, I hope he is getting some pretty good odds. I haven't looked at the odds to win, are the Raven's faves? Posted by: Quint at January 04, 2020 11:56 PM (n13/j) 421
hog... I know you can't talk *much* about it, but that what you can, the floor is yours.
What I find remarkable, is that up until well into the 1960s, the Sonar on the boats was pretty much the same (though much more refined) as it was at the start of WWII. Then, with the advent of the Integrated Circuit era, WOW. Here comes the audio libraries, filter-matrixes, waterfall displays and all manner of other advancements. I wonder if they had an audio file of the New Dawn and her 13"x13" prop and 2 cylinder diesel? Back when my Old Man was still on Fleet Class boats, I could visit the Sonar Room (a tiny, curtained-off alcove), nearly at will. Come the SN-592 (Snook), and that space became Secured, Off-Limits, and about 70% of all the consoles and displays in the Conning Tower were all hidden under heavy, fitted green vinyl covers. And now, I cringe to even think of a TV crew ever being allowed belowdecks on one. Jim Sunk New Dawn Galveston, TX Posted by: Jim at January 04, 2020 11:56 PM (QzJWU) 422
i got five grand riding on a ravens super bowl win.
Posted by: chavez the hugo at January 04, 2020 11:52 PM (KP5rU) Dollars, or Zulacks? lol Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at January 04, 2020 11:57 PM (9Om/r) 423
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Saints will win it all. Posted by: Soothsayer Delicto at January 04, 2020 11:54 PM (0hpd3) Dang it, Soothsayer, I would have shared the pot with you. Posted by: LeftCoast Dawg at January 04, 2020 11:57 PM (sy5kK) 424
yup. i'm stupid. if the niners win, my son will pocket ten grand. he bet on the niners before the end of the super bowl last year.
Posted by: chavez the hugo at January 04, 2020 11:57 PM (KP5rU) 425
Wilma looks nice in red. Posted by: Soothsayer Delicto at January 04, 2020 11:58 PM (0hpd3) 426
I don't know squat about subs but they have always interested me. The only thing I recall is when Clancy's book came out a bunch of sneeky Pete's interviewed him to figure out how he knew so much.
Posted by: Quint at January 04, 2020 11:59 PM (n13/j) 427
berserker, dollars. yeah, i know. but, i don't have to kick the hooker out of my house.
Posted by: chavez the hugo at January 04, 2020 11:59 PM (KP5rU) 428
Must be 5K Venezuelan bolívar or Zambian kwacha we're talkin' here...
Posted by: Zettai Roshia-no Asetto at January 05, 2020 12:00 AM (7WaWV) 429
The Cowboys will make some crazy coach pick in the middle of the playoffs and win the espn time talking about it race.
Posted by: Quint at January 04, 2020 11:55 PM (n13/j) When they're not talking for the bazillionth time about the National Championship Game. Seriously, a few days ago in the middle of another bowl game, in between a set of plays the play by play guy and the analyst discussed (with graphics) Joe Burrows' throwing speed or something inane like that. Focus on the game you're broadcasting!!!! Posted by: Vendette at January 05, 2020 12:00 AM (pXNaM) 430
Hey fappers. I miss anything interesting?
Posted by: Insomniac - Ex Cineribus Resurgo at January 05, 2020 12:00 AM (NWiLs) 431
Patriots are mort. Posted by: Soothsayer Delicto at January 05, 2020 12:01 AM (0hpd3) 432
the only thing i like about the nfl is the betting.
Posted by: chavez the hugo at January 05, 2020 12:01 AM (KP5rU) 433
i got five grand riding on a ravens super bowl win.
Posted by: chavez the hugo at January 04, 2020 11:52 PM (KP5rU) How can you afford that? Posted by: Surfperch, green, but not made of money at January 05, 2020 12:01 AM (tVQUs) 434
insom, you missed nothing.
Posted by: chavez the hugo at January 05, 2020 12:02 AM (KP5rU) 435
Hi Insom!
The woodpeckers have been taunting me. And the patriots lost at home in the first round of the playoffs. It's. Awesome. Posted by: Nurse ratched at January 05, 2020 12:03 AM (PkVlr) Posted by: Soothsayer Delicto at January 05, 2020 12:03 AM (0hpd3) 437
433; never get high on your own supply.
Posted by: chavez the hugo at January 05, 2020 12:03 AM (KP5rU) 438
..Hey fappers. I miss anything interesting?
Posted by: Insomniac - Ex Cineribus Resurgo at January 05, 2020 12:00 AM (NWiLs) Nothing worth losing any sleep over. /snrk Jim Sunk New Dawn Galveston, TX Posted by: Jim at January 05, 2020 12:04 AM (QzJWU) 439
somehow muh Texans came back in second half to force overtime and give the Bills a wedgie.
Posted by: boulder t'hobo at January 05, 2020 12:04 AM (ykYG2) 440
It's odds, I'm sure.
So if San Fran was 50:1 to win the SB last year, you throw $200 at it and it's $10K if they win. A guy I know took the Ravens the year they won. When the season opened they were at 75:1 and he bet $1K. Posted by: jsg at January 05, 2020 12:04 AM (YSJ+E) 441
Must be 5K Venezuelan bolívar or Zambian kwacha we're talkin' here...
Posted by: Zettai Roshia-no Asetto at January 05, 2020 12:00 AM (7WaWV) 5k Iranian Rial; less than a half a penny. Posted by: Surfperch, green, but not made of money at January 05, 2020 12:05 AM (tVQUs) 442
Sam Wyche is mortadell.
Posted by: Soothsayer Delicto at January 05, 2020 12:03 AM (0hpd3) "You don't live in Cleveland, you live in Cincinatti!" Say what you will, but we don't have characters like Bum Phillips, Sam Wyche, and that nut Glanville anymore. Posted by: Quint at January 05, 2020 12:05 AM (n13/j) 443
..The woodpeckers have been taunting me.
*** Posted by: Nurse ratched at January 05, 2020 12:03 AM (PkVlr) Pinnochio adds "flashing" to his rap sheet. Jim Sunk New Dawn Galveston, TX Posted by: Jim at January 05, 2020 12:06 AM (QzJWU) 444
Posted by: chavez the hugo at January 05, 2020 12:03 AM (KP5rU)
Whose money are you betting, then? Posted by: Surfperch, green, but not made of money at January 05, 2020 12:06 AM (tVQUs) 445
omehow muh Texans came back in second half to force overtime and give the Bills a wedgie.
Posted by: boulder t'hobo at January 05, 2020 12:04 AM (ykYG2) For me it was impossible not to recall the last time the Bills and a team from Houston met in the playoffs. And since the Texans and Titans won, it was like an Oilers win. Posted by: Quint at January 05, 2020 12:06 AM (n13/j) 446
5k Iranian Rial; less than a half a penny.
Posted by: Surfperch, green, but not made of money at January 05, 2020 12:05 AM (tVQUs) Well, they have sort of neglected the poor old rial, since Barky gave them all those greenbacks. Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 05, 2020 12:07 AM (LxWV7) 447
5k Iranian Rial; less than a half a penny.
Posted by: Surfperch, green, but not made of money at January 05, 2020 12:05 AM 5,000 ZMK = 35¢... Posted by: Zettai Roshia-no Asetto at January 05, 2020 12:07 AM (7WaWV) 448
this place is getting all technical and shit. i
liked nurse's dirty talking better, myself. woodpeckers always pissed me off. noisy fucks. Posted by: chavez the hugo at January 04, 2020 11:50 PM (KP5rU) I can either do technical or goofball, but goofball is my natural state. less work. lol Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at January 05, 2020 12:08 AM (9Om/r) 449
i got five grand riding on a ravens super bowl win.
Posted by: chavez the hugo "Five Ravens Riding" What day of Christmas is this? Posted by: Miklos, on the Julian ONT calendar at January 05, 2020 12:08 AM (QzkSJ) 450
Brady will retire
Posted by: DB at January 05, 2020 12:09 AM (iTXRQ) 451
A lot of people who served in Iraq in the Military and as civvies bet on the Dinar. It was not a good bet as I recall.
Posted by: Quint at January 05, 2020 12:09 AM (n13/j) 452
44; mine, dude. wife think i'm insane. i don't argue with her.
Posted by: chavez the hugo at January 05, 2020 12:09 AM (KP5rU) 453
Pinnochio adds "flashing" to his rap sheet.
Jim Sunk New Dawn Galveston, TX Posted by: Jim at January 05, 2020 12:06 AM (QzJWU) Lie to me! Tell the truth! Lie to me! Tell the truth! Lie to me! Tell the truth! Lie to me! Tell the truth! Lie to me! Tell the truth! Posted by: Pinocchio's girlfriend at January 05, 2020 12:09 AM (LxWV7) 454
Well, they have sort of neglected the poor old rial, since Barky gave them all those greenbacks.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon The Iranians refused US dollars; the cash was paid in Euros, Swiss francs, etc. Posted by: Miklosanian at January 05, 2020 12:10 AM (QzkSJ) 455
Brady will retire Posted by: DB at January 05, 2020 12:09 AM (iTXRQ) I haven't followed the story at all but I am with you. It would be foolish of him to go somewhere else. He could be the king of that town and open a bunch of car dealerships as former greats used to do. Why tarnish his brand in Boston? Posted by: Quint at January 05, 2020 12:11 AM (n13/j) 456
berserker, goofball is much more fun.
Posted by: chavez the hugo at January 05, 2020 12:11 AM (KP5rU) 457
That Amish chick doesn't look happy.
"Sure asshole, you won't let me have a dishwasher but you're playing video games?!" Posted by: Cannibal Bob at January 05, 2020 12:12 AM (VqhL9) 458
berserker, goofball is much more fun.
Posted by: chavez the hugo at January 05, 2020 12:11 AM (KP5rU) yeah, my brother wonders how I got through life without a helmet. lol Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at January 05, 2020 12:12 AM (9Om/r) 459
Lie to me! Tell the truth! Lie to me! Tell the truth! Lie to me! Tell the truth! Lie to me! Tell the truth! Lie to me! Tell the truth!
Posted by: Pinocchio's girlfriend Too long in Schifter's secret basement pain palace. Posted by: Miklos, with settled science at January 05, 2020 12:13 AM (QzkSJ) 460
Practicing for Rumspringa.
Posted by: jsg at January 05, 2020 12:13 AM (YSJ+E) 461
458: i was born with a helmet! mom never let me forget that shit.
Posted by: chavez the hugo at January 05, 2020 12:14 AM (KP5rU) 462
435 Hi Insom!
The woodpeckers have been taunting me. Posted by: Nurse ratched at January 05, 2020 12:03 AM (PkVlr) It's just their way of showing affection. Posted by: Insomniac - Ex Cineribus Resurgo at January 05, 2020 12:15 AM (NWiLs) Posted by: Adriane the Music Critic ... at January 05, 2020 12:16 AM (LPnfS) 464
The woodpeckers have been taunting me.
Posted by: Nurse ratched at January 05, 2020 12:03 AM (PkVlr) It's just their way of showing affection. Posted by: Insomniac Keep your pigtails away from grinning woodpeckers with access to inkwells. Posted by: Miklos, saw it in black and white at January 05, 2020 12:16 AM (QzkSJ) 465
HUF 5,000 = $16.93...
Posted by: Zettai Roshia-no Asetto at January 05, 2020 12:17 AM (7WaWV) 466
Ok, back to War and Peace. No not my marriage, the book.
Posted by: Cannibal Bob at January 05, 2020 12:17 AM (VqhL9) Posted by: Miklos, buying an iPhone just for the possibility at January 05, 2020 12:17 AM (QzkSJ) 468
I am starting to worry about Planet Fitness. They have dropped their $5 down and blah blah a month schtick. They are not advertising 20 cents down. What is next, a handful of lint?
Posted by: Quint at January 05, 2020 12:19 AM (n13/j) 469
Sounds like there should be trampolines.
Posted by: Miklos, buying an iPhone just for the possibility at January 05, 2020 12:17 AM And sodomy... And a lash, perhaps... Posted by: Zettai Roshia-no Asetto at January 05, 2020 12:19 AM (7WaWV) 470
I dislike shaggy dog jokes.
Posted by: logprof at January 05, 2020 12:19 AM (oZuI0) 471
430 Hey fappers. I miss anything interesting?
Posted by: Insomniac - Ex Cineribus Resurgo at January 05, 2020 12:00 AM (NWiLs) Former Westboro Church memeber. https://lauren-drain.tumblr.com/ Posted by: squirrelly dan at January 05, 2020 12:19 AM (6gb7G) 472
HUF 5,000 = $16.93...
Posted by: Zettai Roshia-no Asetto I knew guys at Shakey's Pizza who huffed the dough. IN AMERICA Posted by: Miklos, visit Hungary, Land Of the $16.93 Huff Job at January 05, 2020 12:19 AM (QzkSJ) 473
"Sure asshole, you won't let me have a dishwasher but you're playing video games?!"
Posted by: Cannibal Bob at January 05, 2020 12:12 AM (VqhL9) Story idea for Moron authors: there are no actual drone operators. Drones, like the one that whacked Salami, are all controlled by video game players who think they are merely playing a game. Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 05, 2020 12:19 AM (LxWV7) 474
pink floyd. limey fucks tuning guitars. endlessly. try to listen to them not stoned. like a dozen pythons in heat farting. absolute shit. the worst waste of recording media in history.
Posted by: chavez the hugo at January 05, 2020 12:20 AM (KP5rU) 475
I once saw a guy try to get an Amish girl's phone number at one of their markets.
Posted by: jsg at January 05, 2020 12:21 AM (YSJ+E) 476
Ok, back to War and Peace. No not my marriage, the book.
Posted by: Cannibal Bob at January 05, 2020 12:17 AM (VqhL9) It was a dark and stormy night in Moscow ... and - 52 degrees! Posted by: Adriane the Music Critic ... at January 05, 2020 12:21 AM (LPnfS) 477
Drones, like the one that whacked Salami, are all controlled by video game players who think they are merely playing a game.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 05, 2020 12:19 AM (LxWV7) Ender's Game ... Posted by: Adriane the Sci Fi Critic ... at January 05, 2020 12:22 AM (LPnfS) 478
Story idea for Moron authors: there are no actual drone operators. Drones, like the one that whacked Salami, are all controlled by video game players who think they are merely playing a game.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon Can I do the cover art PLEASE? It will involve Claudia Cardinale and have nothing to do with the plot or characters, But it WILL SELL BOOKS Posted by: Miklosian IPR, LLC at January 05, 2020 12:23 AM (QzkSJ) 479
Lauren Drain could crush a bloke's skull between her thighs, easily...
Posted by: Zettai Roshia-no Asetto at January 05, 2020 12:24 AM (7WaWV) 480
Can I do the cover art PLEASE? It will involve Claudia Cardinale and have nothing to do with the plot or characters, But it WILL SELL BOOKS
Posted by: Miklosian IPR, LLC at January 05, 2020 12:23 AM (QzkSJ) Make it so, Number Miklosianone ... Posted by: Adriane the Sci Fi Critic ... at January 05, 2020 12:25 AM (LPnfS) 481
planet fitness. moon zappa. whateverthefuck.. we all gonna die. can't fight fashion. it keeps churning.
Posted by: chavez the hugo at January 05, 2020 12:26 AM (KP5rU) 482
477 Drones, like the one that whacked Salami, are all controlled by video game players who think they are merely playing a game.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 05, 2020 12:19 AM (LxWV7) Ender's Game ... Posted by: Adriane the Sci Fi Critic ... at January 05, 2020 12:22 AM (LPnfS) Yep my immediate thought. And for good measure The Last Starfighter. One of my favorite movies. It was always a stop and watch whenever it was randomly playing on tv. I own it on Blu-ray now. Posted by: Buzzion at January 05, 2020 12:26 AM (mVckf) 483
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Family History....kinda related, My Grandfather, an inventor by trade and farmer (so the family history goes) was suddenly pulled from his farm life to a Navy instillation on the east coast during WWII to join a work force trying to correct the multiple issues with the Navy's MK 14 torpedo. He was credited with improving the the detonator "pistol?" that blew the torpedo under the ship. We were always told he farmed peas along the Rock River for Jolly Green Giant. Posted by: Nightwatch on the ramparts at January 05, 2020 12:28 AM (kFkpX) 484
aint buzzion the dead guy? what the fuck?
Posted by: chavez the hugo at January 05, 2020 12:28 AM (KP5rU) 485
planet fitness. moon zappa. whateverthefuck.. we all gonna die. can't fight fashion. it keeps churning.
Posted by: chavez the hugo So...I can have your leisure suits? Don't trust that stuff to the kids. Posted by: Stylish Miklos at January 05, 2020 12:29 AM (QzkSJ) 486
Did'ja ever wonder why it's a "Special Relationship" with Britain when it's their tits in a wringer?
Thanks for nothing Boris. You can go to the back of the trade deal line again. Posted by: Zombie Andy Rooney at January 05, 2020 12:30 AM (0x00j) 487
We were always told he farmed peas along the Rock River for Jolly Green Giant.
Posted by: Nightwatch on the ramparts at January 05, 2020 12:28 AM (kFkpX) Cool history. Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 05, 2020 12:31 AM (LxWV7) 488
Goodnight all, thanks for the chat tonight.
Glad I could share with you all. :-) Posted by: qdpsteve at January 05, 2020 12:32 AM (L2ZTs) 489
485; if you can find them, they're your's.
Posted by: chavez the hugo at January 05, 2020 12:32 AM (KP5rU) 490
Goodnight all, thanks for the chat tonight.
Glad I could share with you all. :-) Posted by: qdpsteve at January 05, 2020 12:32 AM (L2ZTs) good night steve Posted by: Quint at January 05, 2020 12:33 AM (n13/j) 491
He was credited with improving the the detonator "pistol?" that blew the torpedo under the ship.
One of the flaws was in the "pistol" that was supposed to set off the warhead on direct contact with a hull. Because of odd design, plus too soft steel, plus poor machining by a contractor, well, no good. Maybe he helped with that. Posted by: Miklos, running too deep at January 05, 2020 12:33 AM (QzkSJ) 492
night all. be well.
Posted by: chavez the hugo at January 05, 2020 12:33 AM (KP5rU) 493
So glad the PATS ain't going.....tired of their "We be like....
not this year bitches....not this year. heh Posted by: Nightwatch on the ramparts at January 05, 2020 12:33 AM (kFkpX) 494
485; if you can find them, they're your's.
Posted by: chavez the hugo Thanks! There were also three cravats and a Nehru jacket. Posted by: Miklos from Bratislava, wild and crazy guy at January 05, 2020 12:36 AM (QzkSJ) 495
Miklos, in addition to the firing flaw, the depth settings were off on American torpedoes, making them run too deep.
Posted by: Kazi at January 05, 2020 12:36 AM (0x00j) 496
I assume the screenwriter for Last Starfighter had read Ender's Game but didn't understand it.
Posted by: boulder t'hobo at January 05, 2020 12:37 AM (ykYG2) 497
Miklos, in addition to the firing flaw, the depth settings were off on American torpedoes, making them run too deep.
Posted by: Kazi Yes, and the magnetic detonators had been calibrated for Chesapeake Bay, quite different from the open Pacific. Posted by: Miklos, not stupid like they say at January 05, 2020 12:37 AM (QzkSJ) 498
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you are probably correct..My memory as a child was that he helped perfect "the detonator"...calling up distant past is always a tricky thing. Posted by: Nightwatch on the ramparts at January 05, 2020 12:39 AM (kFkpX) 499
pink floyd. limey fucks tuning guitars. endlessly.
try to listen to them not stoned. like a dozen pythons in heat farting. absolute shit. the worst waste of recording media in history. Posted by: chavez the hugo at January 05, 2020 12:20 AM (KP5rU) I only know 2 pink floyd songs. Time and Comfortably numb. They are 2 of the dozen or so varying personal kryptonite songs I learned over the years to teach friends who wanted to learn them and never fucking followed through. Have to say though, Gilmore does have some fun to play leads, because his style is pretty dynamic, but the songs themselves are just sooooo...fuckingggg....slowwww. I'm not built for that. lol Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at January 05, 2020 12:39 AM (9Om/r) 500
alternatively TLS was by someone who read Ender's Game and responded, "yeah that's nice, Orson Card... but I'm going full isekai instead"
Posted by: boulder t'hobo at January 05, 2020 12:41 AM (ykYG2) 501
496 I assume the screenwriter for Last Starfighter had read Ender's Game but didn't understand it.
Posted by: boulder t'hobo at January 05, 2020 12:37 AM (ykYG2) Who knows. I mean it's a different premise and it is much more of a heroes journey story. The arcade game was just the aptitude test to identify starfighters. More like they watched Star Wars a whole bunch and wanted an earthling adaptation Posted by: Buzzion at January 05, 2020 12:41 AM (mVckf) 502
@ 483 Night Watch
Wow, that's very cool. My grandfather Farmed peas at some point along the Rock River in the 40s or 50s. I farmed the farm for 32 years after he passed away. Whereabouts was your grandfather's Farm on the Rock River? Posted by: Farmer at January 05, 2020 12:45 AM (ZXO0q) 503
Speaking of math, the 21st century began in 2001, not 2000. The twins arrived a year too early to officially straddle the decade.
Posted by: Abby Normal at January 05, 2020 12:45 AM (zLLOw) 504
503 Speaking of math, the 21st century began in 2001, not 2000. The twins arrived a year too early to officially straddle the decade.
Posted by: Abby Normal at January 05, 2020 12:45 AM (zLLOw) Are you a decade old when you're 10 or 11? Posted by: Buzzion at January 05, 2020 12:46 AM (mVckf) 505
..Miklos, in addition to the firing flaw, the depth settings were off on American torpedoes, making them run too deep.
Posted by: Kazi at January 05, 2020 12:36 AM (0x00j) Which caused the magnetic induction detonators to not detect the magnetic field of the MASSIVE STEEL SHIP dozens and dozens of feet above, and thus not kaboom the KA BOOM charge in the warhead. Pistol. Depth. Induction-less. Study this out. The Naval Bureau of Ships and Bureau of Ordnance had, since the Dreadnaught Era, become a vast, moribund, hidebound SWAMP of feather-bedders, Elitists, Ring-Knockers and otherwise all around Do Nothings. The U.S. Navy fought its way out from UNDER BuShips and BuOrd, well before finding itself able to fight back AGAINST the Imperial Japanese Navy and the Krauts. Given the fiascos of the Zumwalt, Ford, (non) Rail-Gun, Canceled Zummie Ammo, Littoral and other such crap it's pretty damn clear. We're gonna have to fight THAT particular battle, once again. Jim Sunk New Dawn Galveston, TX Posted by: Jim at January 05, 2020 12:46 AM (QzJWU) 506
allways thought pink Floyd was britains grateful dead shine on was epic
Posted by: vizzy at January 05, 2020 12:48 AM (YGg5b) 507
What always struck me the most about "Last Starfighter" is how Robert Preston just shines in any role he plays, even at the end of his career like that. You get the feeling that he's the kind of man who would always be incredibly fun to be around.
Posted by: Tom Servo at January 05, 2020 12:48 AM (V2Yro) 508
This missile that whacked you-know-who:
I am reading that it was a kinetic device. With blades. No explosive charge necessary, the pure force of contact was enough to neutralize the target. True? Posted by: navybrat, at large at January 05, 2020 12:49 AM (w7KSn) 509
506 allways thought pink Floyd was britains grateful dead shine on was epic
Posted by: vizzy at January 05, 2020 12:48 AM (YGg5b) Funny that I never liked "The Wall" all that much, but Animals and Wish You Were Here are two of my favorite albums of all time. Their non-radio play songs were always better than their big "hits". Posted by: Tom Servo at January 05, 2020 12:50 AM (V2Yro) 510
wish you were here was my first album purchase my older bros worked at record world and I had access to crate loads of records from 65-73 great time especially if you into learning git'ar
Posted by: vizzy at January 05, 2020 12:54 AM (YGg5b) 511
Funny that I never liked "The Wall" all that much,
but Animals and Wish You Were Here are two of my favorite albums of all time. Their non-radio play songs were always better than their big "hits". Posted by: Tom Servo at January 05, 2020 12:50 AM (V2Yro) That always seems to be the case with bands. Thank the pencil pushers. Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at January 05, 2020 12:55 AM (9Om/r) 512
Sorry Amish Guy, you have died of dysentery.
Posted by: Oregon Trail at January 05, 2020 12:56 AM (a1s18) 513
This missile that whacked you-know-who:
I am reading that it was a kinetic device. With blades. No explosive charge necessary, the pure force of contact was enough to neutralize the target. True? Posted by: navybrat, at large at January 05, 2020 12:49 AM (w7KSn) A little while back there was a discussion about it. There was a link with some pictures if I remember right. It was a nasty looking mofo. Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at January 05, 2020 12:58 AM (9Om/r) 514
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The family farm was outside of Rockford Illinois...I was there once when I was 12 after he died. Fished the river, wandered around the barn and tractor buildings all falling down and the fields along the river all overgrown, many years since they were worked. Posted by: Nightwatch on the ramparts at January 05, 2020 12:58 AM (kFkpX) 515
>This missile that whacked you-know-who:
I am reading that it was a kinetic device. With blades. CIA calls it 'the flying Ginsu' https://tinyurl.com/ukjhycb Posted by: DB at January 05, 2020 12:59 AM (iTXRQ) 516
Having learned to play electric guitar to "Fillmore East" by the Allman Brothers Band, I'd have suggested it for tonight's list had Teej not mentioned it first. AOP suggested another all-time great live album, "Waiting For Columbus" by Little Feat, from my list of faves. Lots of folks don't care for the Grateful Dead, but I don't give a shit what they think; "Europe '72" is a classic, as is their earlier "Live Dead" with "Bertha" and "The Other One", whence my nic is cribbed. Lou Reed's "Rock Roll Animal" opens up with "Intro/Sweet Jane" featuring Dick Wagner and Jimmy McCarty (iirc) from Mitch Ryder's band Detroit just torching the stage... Last, Alison Krauss Union Station Live at the Louisville Palace from April 2002 is terrific. Maybe even better than that.
Posted by: Cowboyneal at January 05, 2020 01:03 AM (U2zo0) 517
I don't care that Pink Floyd wasn't in the guitar tuning business.
A great deal of their music denoted an Epoch, and will stand the test of time. Same for the Beatles. Best ever? WHO CARES? They both were huge, and they both will endure. Show me the works of their critics that will stand the same tests of time. There are bands I like, better. There are songs I like more. But to not acknowledge them as greats is to plunge one's self into a deep, overly-critical denial. Richard Bong might not have flown the most perfect approach in the pattern in his P-38. But he killed more Japanese fighters than any other U.S. Aviator in WWII. And Ted Williams might've been an asshole. But he still has the unbeaten Batting Average on record. "This" doesn't necessarily negate "THAT". And thus endeth the lesson. Jim Sunk New Dawn Galveston, TX Posted by: Jim at January 05, 2020 01:04 AM (QzJWU) 518
I got a Nike hat for Christmas from a friend and his wife. I didn't have the heart to tell them I'll not wear it.
But, I didn't pay for it....I'll likely wear it when needing one and seeing them. Posted by: Sponge at January 04, 2020 10:54 PM Return it and buy a different hat. No guy is going to remember the hat or notice you aren't wearing it. In the alternative, remove the swoosh with scissors and tweezers. Posted by: Chuck C at January 05, 2020 01:04 AM (r6GXX) 519
Wow, thanks, DB!
Posted by: navybrat, at large at January 05, 2020 01:05 AM (w7KSn) 520
This missile that whacked you-know-who:
I am reading that it was a kinetic device. With blades. No explosive charge necessary, the pure force of contact was enough to neutralize the target. True? Posted by: navybrat, at large at January 05, 2020 12:49 AM (w7KSn) Well, the bodies were certainly burnt, as was the car, but I suppose a kinetic warhead could cause a fuel tank fire. Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 05, 2020 01:06 AM (LxWV7) 521
I got a Nike hat for Christmas from a friend and his wife. I didn't have the heart to tell them I'll not wear it. But, I didn't pay for it....I'll likely wear it when needing one and seeing them. Posted by: Sponge at January 04, 2020 10:54 PM Return it and buy a different hat. No guy is going to remember the hat or notice you aren't wearing it. In the alternative, remove the swoosh with scissors and tweezers. Posted by: Chuck C at January 05, 2020 01:04 AM (r6GXX) Or buy a little patch that says fuck and just sew it right before the swoosh. Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at January 05, 2020 01:07 AM (9Om/r) 522
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pink floyd... Posted by: chavez the hugo at January 05, 2020 12:20 AM (KP5rU) Amen to that, chavez. The only song of theirs that I actually like, and not really for musical reasons, is "The Wall." Posted by: Hierominous Botch at January 05, 2020 01:08 AM (YqED9) 523
Hey, y'all! Now to go catch up in the comments
Posted by: Boomer Redneque, Deplorable and proud of it at January 05, 2020 01:08 AM (KXHve) 524
well, we don't know what kind of rocket took out the Iranian guy, but we do know we have this supersonic slap-chop missile, that's for sure
your tax dollars at work Posted by: DB at January 05, 2020 01:10 AM (iTXRQ) 525
This missile that whacked you-know-who:
I am reading that it was a kinetic device. With blades. No explosive charge necessary, the pure force of contact was enough to neutralize the target. True? Posted by: navybrat ------- Dunno, but there certainly seemed to be minimal blast damage to the surroundings. Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 05, 2020 01:11 AM (CDGwz) 526
Bugs Bunny in a turban, bowing to what's left of Salami;
Salami, Salami Ka Blooey! Screw all these people protesting killing that walking anus. He was responsible for over 600 American dead and who knows how many Americans maimed in Iraq. I hope he heard it coming and knew his time was up. Posted by: Old Blue at January 05, 2020 01:11 AM (VNmG1) 527
..Well, the bodies were certainly burnt, as was the car, but I suppose a kinetic warhead could cause a fuel tank fire.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 05, 2020 01:06 AM (LxWV7) A kinetic weapon at Mach 1.2 will create heat. Muchly. And like you said, likely to ignite every form of POL on board the vehicle. A Mach 2.2 F-4 Phantom could create enough skin friction-heat, to *ruin* the polycarbonate canopy on an extended Mach2+ run. The SR-71, at Mach 3+, had to be largely fabricated from Titanium, and it's paired front-canopy windshields were formed from laminated quartz panes, the only material able to withstand that level of heat for hours on end. Speed is Hot. Always. And in Every Way. Jim Sunk New Dawn Galveston, TX Posted by: Jim at January 05, 2020 01:11 AM (QzJWU) 528
now I'm watching "protesters" (anti-war/pink pussies/socialists/commies/left coast per their usual hair-trigger outrage over Orange Man Bad/ we DEMAND you let us be outraged and fu*K over your attempt at a normal life.....types
sigh......... Posted by: Nightwatch on the ramparts at January 05, 2020 01:13 AM (kFkpX) 529
Ah. Soleimani hamburger.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 05, 2020 01:15 AM (xSo9G) 530
That missile is a raghead be cool tool, and it gives me a fucking hardon. Its a vengeance weapon, and it leaves virtually no collateral damage.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at January 05, 2020 01:16 AM (9Om/r) 531
>Tucker Carlson on Soleimani killing: 'There are an awful lot of bad people in this world. We can't kill them all'
how do we know unless we try Posted by: DB at January 05, 2020 01:16 AM (iTXRQ) Posted by: Kindltot at January 05, 2020 01:17 AM (1glZx) 533
Nightwatch, I skimmed an article over at Zip's place saying that the millenials crashed the selective service website this weekend. They're all worried that they will be drafted and have to go fight in WWIII. The dumbasses don't even know how the system works. Hasn't been a draft since 1973 and IIRC, it would take an act of Congress to reinstate it.
Posted by: Old Blue at January 05, 2020 01:17 AM (VNmG1) 534
The SR-71, at Mach 3+, had to be largely fabricated from Titanium, and it's paired front-canopy windshields were formed from laminated quartz panes, the only material able to withstand that level of heat for hours on end. === Apparently the fuel tanks leaked like sieves at ambient, because of expansion considerations. They sealed up at operating temperature. Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 05, 2020 01:19 AM (xSo9G) 535
Tucker Carlson on Soleimani killing: 'There are an awful lot of bad people in this world. We can't kill them all'
how do we know unless we try Posted by: DB at January 05, 2020 01:16 AM (iTXRQ) If you kill enough bad people, some of the others may consider becoming un-bad. Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 05, 2020 01:19 AM (LxWV7) 536
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Sorry that I embrace HEAT while the AUSSIES are getting a righteous ass beating.....but from a purely biological stand point (and excluding my brethren down under) HEAT kills unwanted germs....every time... Posted by: Nightwatch on the ramparts at January 05, 2020 01:20 AM (kFkpX) 537
>Tucker Carlson on Soleimani killing: 'There are an awful lot of bad people in this world. We can't kill them all' how do we know unless we try Posted by: DB at January 05, 2020 01:16 AM (iTXRQ) Bingo. If at first you don't succeed.... Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at January 05, 2020 01:20 AM (9Om/r) 538
DB, he does have a point. There were an awful lot of SS that walked after WWII. Joachim Peiper comes to mind. That f*cker should have been hanged for Malmedy alone.
Posted by: Old Blue at January 05, 2020 01:21 AM (VNmG1) 539
If you kill enough bad people, some of the others may consider becoming un-bad. Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon ------- Worst case, *those* particular people will not kill anyone else. Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 05, 2020 01:21 AM (xSo9G) 540
Bingo. If at first you don't succeed....
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at January 05, 2020 01:20 AM (9Om/r) If you keep whacking Salami's replacements, eventually word will get out that "Quds Force Commander" does not look good on one's resume. "Hey, Achmed, you want to be Quds Force Commander? Pays a million bucks a year, hot and cold running hookers and blow, snappy uniforms." "No thanks, I just had my pants pressed." Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 05, 2020 01:25 AM (LxWV7) 541
This missile that whacked you-know-who: I am reading that it was a kinetic device. With blades. No explosive charge necessary, the pure force of contact was enough to neutralize the target.
True? Posted by: navybrat, at large at January 05, 2020 12:49 AM (w7KSn) I thought - Shows what thinking will do for you - my mom - that they used the flying ginsu recently but not on you know who. Maybe in Syria or Yemen within this last month or two. But, fog of war, etc. Posted by: Adriane the Sci Fi Critic ... at January 05, 2020 01:26 AM (LPnfS) 542
..Apparently the fuel tanks leaked like sieves at ambient, because of expansion considerations. They sealed up at operating temperature.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 05, 2020 01:19 AM (xSo9G) This is correct. Immediate re-fuel at appx FL30, followed by rapid climb and acceleration to operational altitudes and speeds. The JP-7 fuel required an entire FLEET of QC-135 tankers to support SR missions, worldwide. That fuel was made specifically to resist "boil-off" at altitude, and was *also* the coolant that kept he leading edges of the wings from overheating. After which, it served as a total-loss fluid in the SR's hydraulic systems, before it was consumed in the engines. When the SR was outta gas, a "dead stick" landing was NOT an option. Cause it as also outta hydraulics, and thus no control authority remained at the stick or rudders. That airplane was concurrent with the Gemini Program. Slide-rule math and design. And we couldn't make one now on a dare. Jim Sunk New Dawn Galveston, TX Posted by: Jim at January 05, 2020 01:26 AM (QzJWU) 543
>Apparently the fuel tanks leaked like sieves at ambient, because of expansion considerations. They sealed up at operating temperature.
and had to be mid-air refueled right away, bc so much fuel was lost getting up to flight level Posted by: DB at January 05, 2020 01:26 AM (iTXRQ) Posted by: Old Blue at January 05, 2020 01:27 AM (VNmG1) 545
I don't care that Pink Floyd wasn't in the guitar tuning business.
A great deal of their music denoted an Epoch, and will stand the test of time. Same for the Beatles. -- Brief drive-by good morning to everyone. Little one is having nightmares and I'm on duty. I posted about it recently, but I was given a nice pair of headphones for Christmas. Not $200 or anything crazy, but nicer than my old ears can translate into sound. Once everything had calmed down and the kids were at their gifts I decided to try them out. I listen mostly to classical these days, but I went through my music collection to see what might have lots of everything all at once. Ah, there's the Doors "LA Woman." That should work. Holy crap, it was amazing. I can see why they were wildly popular with kids sitting around listening to records on their headphones. Now I'm using them and slowly listening to other things when I get the chance. Posted by: Moron Robbie - Neither Epstein or General Salami killed himself at January 05, 2020 01:28 AM (LfZE2) 546
And we couldn't make one now on a dare.
Jim ------ Kelly Johnson was a one-off. Read a nice biography of the guy. Don't recall title. Anna Puma would. Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 05, 2020 01:29 AM (CDGwz) 547
Story idea for Moron authors: there are no actual drone operators. Drones, like the one that whacked Salami, are all controlled by video game players who think they are merely playing a game.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 05, 2020 12:19 AM (LxWV7) --Hmmmmmm Posted by: logprof at January 05, 2020 01:29 AM (oZuI0) 548
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One cannot (scratches head) be too surprised by the actions of millennial's who are probably in all probability a generation in desperate need of remedial education as they are currently.....presenting/acting/loosing their collective minds. GEN-X did this? Or was it too many Burning Man Festivals? Posted by: Nightwatch on the ramparts at January 05, 2020 01:30 AM (kFkpX) 549
Kelly Johnson was a one-off. Read a nice biography of the guy. Don't recall title. Anna Puma would. Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. ---- Belay that, it was 'Skunk Works: A Personal Memoir Of My Years At Lockheed'. Good book. Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 05, 2020 01:32 AM (CDGwz) 550
O'Reilly's 'Killing the SS' recommended read.
Detail: millions in taxpayer $$$ paid out to Nazis in Social Security alone. Posted by: torabora at January 05, 2020 01:33 AM (HYouL) 551
..Kelly Johnson was a one-off. Read a nice biography of the guy. Don't recall title. Anna Puma would.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 05, 2020 01:29 AM (CDGwz) Just reading his Wikipedia entry is enough to make us all realize: We ain't him, and ain't never gonna be, either. That was a GIANT who walked among us. And we should be thankful that he did. Same to Gen. James Doolittle. Great men. Small us'ns. Jim Sunk New Dawn Galveston, TX Posted by: Jim at January 05, 2020 01:33 AM (QzJWU) 552
Well, I am off to the snoozer. Night, Horde.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 05, 2020 01:38 AM (LxWV7) 553
Ok, what if they aren't drones the gamers control, but actual pilots and planes...
Posted by: Kazi at January 05, 2020 01:38 AM (0x00j) 554
Night AOP
Posted by: Kazi at January 05, 2020 01:38 AM (0x00j) 555
it's late
I'm out Posted by: DB at January 05, 2020 01:39 AM (iTXRQ) 556
..Well, I am off to the snoozer. Night, Horde.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 05, 2020 01:38 AM (LxWV7) Likewise. Alarm in five hours. /zzzzzz Jim Sunk New Dawn Galveston, TX Posted by: Jim at January 05, 2020 01:39 AM (QzJWU) 557
I studied under a couple of Lockheed engineers who were adjunct profs. They had interesting stories. More intriguing, they would occasionally foist off some term-long project that clearly was inspired by what they were doing. When a software project is communicated to you as 'Let's say that you have to ID profiles of particular objects at various angles...', it kind of hints at applications.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 05, 2020 01:42 AM (CDGwz) 558
True story.......
I was riding my bike to work at St. Joe's Hospital on the day of Kelly's funeral. The U-2's were overflying Forrest Lawn and one of them blasted straight effing up in full afterburner (remember a U-2) I was watching mesmerized and rolled right into the intersection against the red and missed getting creamed by a car by inches....driver F-bombed me and gave me the salute. Posted by: Nightwatch on the ramparts at January 05, 2020 01:42 AM (kFkpX) 559
Night all. And to paraphrase Irongrandpa, heads held high and proud, because we are Americans!
Posted by: Old Blue at January 05, 2020 01:42 AM (VNmG1) 560
*cashes out*
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 05, 2020 01:45 AM (CDGwz) 561
I enjoyed the Bob Lee Swagger novels by Stephen Hunter, thrillers, Swagger was a Viet Nam sniper and gets into police/military adventures, anyway, one of the books had a scene where Swagger goes to a military base in Nevada to observe the conclusion of an operation, he watches in a large room where a bunch of young people are glued to screens, backward baseball caps on their heads, they're flying military drones all over the world, there's a signal and one of their operations pops up on the big screen, everyone in the room keeps an eye on it because that's their custom when something big happens, they watch a drones-eye view of a small convoy carrying the fugitive drives along a mountain road somewhere in Pakistan or Afghanistan, the drone approaches, launches, and the convoy is wiped out, the young people all cheer and make remarks like "he didn't like that!" and then get back to work on their home screens. It was fun fiction.
Posted by: yop at January 05, 2020 01:47 AM (nqhkI) 562
..True story.......
I was riding my bike to work at St. Joe's Hospital on the day of Kelly's funeral. The U-2's were overflying Forrest Lawn and one of them blasted straight effing up in full afterburner (remember a U-2) I was watching mesmerized and rolled right into the intersection against the red and missed getting creamed by a car by inches....driver F-bombed me and gave me the salute. Posted by: Nightwatch on the ramparts at January 05, 2020 01:42 AM (kFkpX) Minor correction. Respectfully. No version of the U-2 ever did have, nor now does have, an afterburner. That vertical climb you witnessed? Pure primary thrust, coupled with one of the lightest airframes in weight-for-size, ever constructed. And I'll promise you it didn't carry a full fuel load, either. Normal angle of climb for a fully loaded U-2 still exceeded 45 degrees. A more shallow climb would result in over-speeding the airframe, with disasterous results soon to follow. One of the most technically difficult planes to fly, ever. And still in operation, today. What a frikkin' marvel of aeronautics, it is. Night, Horde! Jim Sunk New Dawn Galveston, TX P.S. It's predecessor, the Martin B-57-R Canberra, is also still flying. Two of them. Newest was made in 1954. Ellington (former) AFB, (now "airport") Webster, TX. Still the active runway for the Johnson Space Center/NASA/Mission Control. Posted by: Jim at January 05, 2020 01:50 AM (QzJWU) 563
One cannot (scratches head) be too surprised by the
actions of millennial's who are probably in all probability a generation in desperate need of remedial education as they are currently.....presenting/acting/loosing their collective minds. GEN-X did this? Or was it too many Burning Man Festivals? Posted by: Nightwatch on the ramparts at January 05, 2020 01:30 AM (kFkpX) I went to a local eatery tonight for some take out There was a long wait so I got to talking with the Millennials who worked there. Of course I was talking about random history and trivia and of course they turned it to a discussion of Trump and Iran. They knew that Trump was to blame. I asked what was it he was to be blamed for and explained some of the history of Quds etc. I did not go off because there was no point it. But to them, the only thing that mattered is Trump was "to blame". I don't think Millennials even know who Gen X is. They have the Boomer meme and are sticking with it. I have to be fair here, I don't know the names of the post Millennial generations, to me, they are Millennials. But you are probably right that Gen X is to blame for a lot of this stuff. My catch phrase is that Millennials should sue their teachers and look side eyed at their parents. It doesn't take a mathematician to understand Gen X is involved in all this. I once critiqued a Millennial by telling him that his generation was the only modern generation not to rebel. I told him that they should have rebelled against the lefty bs their teachers shoved down their throats. He replied that "we perfected it". They had no interest in rebelling but to take it to the nth degree. When people say the young today are not only positive towards socialism, but towards Communism, that is not hyperbole. Of course that only describes a certain percentage, but it is a significant percentage. Posted by: Quint at January 05, 2020 01:52 AM (n13/j) 564
Not apropos of anything at all here, but "Wayfaring Stranger" by Emmylou Harris is awesome:
https://youtu.be/BoTrGWL9_o4 Posted by: logprof at January 05, 2020 01:56 AM (oZuI0) 565
Emmylou is always apropos.
Posted by: Quint at January 05, 2020 01:57 AM (n13/j) 566
We morons will be exploring this tomorrow...but Oblabla gave then living now dead terrorist a pardon in writing in the Iran deal.
Stand by for paroxysms of outrage by the usual traitors...and a new Impeachment. Posted by: torabora at January 05, 2020 02:01 AM (HYouL) 567
I saw Emmylou Harris open for Elton John at his legendary Dodger Stadium concert in (guessing) '77?
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at January 05, 2020 02:02 AM (XVuno) 568
> Story idea for Moron authors: there are no actual drone operators. Drones, like the one that whacked Salami, are all controlled by video game players who think they are merely playing a game.
It's called Ender's Game. Good book, bad movie. Posted by: bonhomme at January 05, 2020 02:02 AM (i0wNm) 569
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Thank you for the clarification. Yet the sight of a U-2 in vertical climb out from level flight was not a figment of my imagination, it was in fact, a form of the "Lost Wing man" maneuver traditionally performed by jet aircraft formations during military funerals....cept this time it was 2 U-2's. I was there... Posted by: Nightwatch on the ramparts at January 05, 2020 02:03 AM (kFkpX) 570
Correction: Google tells me it was '75.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at January 05, 2020 02:04 AM (XVuno) 571
What would be funny is if Trump sent now dead terrorist a pardon revocation letter...
by the US mail. Posted by: torabora at January 05, 2020 02:06 AM (HYouL) 572
What would be funny is if Trump sent now dead terrorist a pardon revocation letter...
by the US mail. Posted by: torabora at January 05, 2020 02:06 AM (HYouL) C.O.D. Posted by: Quint at January 05, 2020 02:07 AM (n13/j) Posted by: Nightwatch on the ramparts at January 05, 2020 02:10 AM (kFkpX) 574
God save us from fucking idiots posturing themselves as experts.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at January 05, 2020 02:11 AM (XVuno) 575
We morons will be exploring this tomorrow...but Oblabla gave then living
now dead terrorist a pardon in writing in the Iran deal. Pardons only cover past actions. He was droned for the attack on the embassy. Posted by: Blanco Basura - Not scanning your email for ad targeting at January 05, 2020 02:19 AM (xkSJa) 576
567 I saw Emmylou Harris open for Elton John at his legendary Dodger Stadium concert in (guessing) '77?
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at January 05, 2020 02:02 AM (XVuno) --Emmylou Harris playing "Deeper Well" live: https://youtu.be/9vObUlijqEs Posted by: logprof at January 05, 2020 02:20 AM (oZuI0) 577
I love how the dead-assed Iranian has been eulogized as a brilliant general. No, slaughtering groups of innocent people not at war does not make you a brilliant general.
Try defeating another army in the field of battle first, dickhead. Posted by: logprof at January 05, 2020 02:22 AM (oZuI0) Posted by: Anna Puma at January 05, 2020 02:28 AM (T+std) 579
I love how the dead-assed Iranian has been eulogized as a brilliant general. No, slaughtering groups of innocent people not at war does not make you a brilliant general.
Try defeating another army in the field of battle first, dickhead. Posted by: logprof at January 05, 2020 02:22 AM (oZuI0) Gen. McClellan was more of a general than that Slimy character, but that ain't saying much -- for either one of them. Posted by: RickZ at January 05, 2020 02:29 AM (Y8PSl) 580
Lockheed has been bleeding edge since World War II.
Kelly Johnson first came up with the P-38 as a fresh hire. Then came the P-80. But before the P-80 another jet fighter which even had canards far in front of a small wing. In fact one can see the F-104 just lurking under this never beyond paper design plane. Posted by: Anna Puma at January 05, 2020 02:36 AM (T+std) 581
Gen. McClellan was more of a general than that Slimy character, but that ain't saying much -- for either one of them.
Posted by: RickZ at January 05, 2020 02:29 AM (Y8PSl) --McClellan at least loved his soldiers --did not treat them as cannon/drone/vest-bomb fodder. Posted by: logprof at January 05, 2020 02:38 AM (oZuI0) 582
for real, I have ESPN News on right now and guys are throwing hatchets. I think that is a sign it is time to sign off. That stuff should be on the Ocho, or even the Nueve.
Posted by: Quint at January 05, 2020 02:40 AM (n13/j) 583
Apparently, the Netherlands Bach Society has taken up the task of recording live *all* of Bach's material.
So far, it's awesome: Bach - Cantata Jesu, der du meine Seele BWV 78 - Van Veldhoven | Netherlands Bach Society https://youtu.be/JAlt2NAfaYA Posted by: logprof at January 05, 2020 02:41 AM (oZuI0) Posted by: Anna Puma at January 05, 2020 02:43 AM (T+std) 585
568 > Story idea for Moron authors: there are no actual drone operators. Drones, like the one that whacked Salami, are all controlled by video game players who think they are merely playing a game.
It's called Ender's Game. Good book, bad movie. Posted by: bonhomme at January 05, 2020 02:02 AM (i0wNm) dude! I leveled a couple days ago! Posted by: Drone Operator at January 05, 2020 02:45 AM (NgKpN) 586
Gen. McClellan was more of a general than that Slimy character, but that ain't saying much -- for either one of them.
Posted by: RickZ at January 05, 2020 02:29 AM (Y8PSl) I am not breaking any new ground here for sure. McClellan was great at forming a well disciplined army out of nothing. The problem was he was unwilling to risk that army to win. The movie Gettysburg has a lot of flaws. But there is one line Martin Sheen delivered that that rang true to me. He said, " To be a good soldier you have to love the army. To be a good commander, you have to be willing to order the death of the thing you love". Now of course that is just a line and it leaves a lot of things open. The worst commanders ordered death because they did not plan well. But at some point you have to take calculated risks. I think that is the point. McClellan didn't want to risk the army he created. One thing I have learned by studying Civil War era history is the troops hated a commander that wasted them but even more they hated a commander that did not win. You can act as if you care by being nice, by being lax, and even by being pious. They really hated the pious like General Polk and General Howard. They wanted to win and not be wasted for no good reason. Posted by: Quint at January 05, 2020 02:47 AM (n13/j) 587
Cicero, any "experts" in particular you have in mind?
That I can still be surprised is, in itself, amazing, but sure enough today I saw a snippet of some nonsensical article citing "experts" claiming that offing the biggest criminal in the criminal regime controlling Iran will "weaken moderates". Not making this up. Of course the same nonsense immediately appeared in the wake of 9/11 (recall that killing nutcase terrorists just, in fact, helped the terrorist cause). Posted by: rhomboid at January 05, 2020 02:49 AM (El6T/) 588
"Orthodoxy attracts vulnerable people. And to leave that is to be twice as vulnerable. Radicalism is a way to project their vulnerability onto the world."
Posted by: BourbonChicken at January 05, 2020 02:59 AM (LxTcq) 589
Hello overnighters.
There was a really good movie about drone operators and a mission, called Eye in the Sky, starring Snape and Jesse Pinkman. It was so far from the video game stereotype. It was real and gripping. The operators were 12,000 miles away but they were looking at real people and a real dilemma and agonizing over whether or not to kill. It was also Snape's last movie before he died. Really excellent performance. Posted by: Bandersnatch at January 05, 2020 03:00 AM (gd9RK) 590
588 "Orthodoxy attracts vulnerable people. And to leave that is to be twice as vulnerable. Radicalism is a way to project their vulnerability onto the world."
Posted by: BourbonChicken at January 05, 2020 02:59 AM (LxTcq) --Applies to orthodox (small letter 'o') as well? Posted by: logprof at January 05, 2020 03:05 AM (oZuI0) 591
1. The more folks report about the Mexican drug lords and now veggie lords, the more the wall appeals to me. Mexico is a failed state, thank you socialism. However, their troubles are not ours. Build the wall. Two of them. With a moat in between. Filled with crocs. Hungry crocs.
2. To the Iranians: Payback's a bitch ain't it. Love the 52 target tweet by PDT. You know he is a big map of Iran with the all marked in. 3. That Muslim-loving, coke-snorting, dick-up-the-ass-taking, affirmative action "president" we had before PDT would rather pay billions to suck Iranian dick than defend the USA. PDT coats the pineapple in honey, dips it into the can of glass shards and says."Bend over bitch! My turn." Posted by: The Man from Athens at January 05, 2020 03:10 AM (QMwOT) 592
war is......they want to do us...
but we do them first....and again....and again....and again til they do not want to do us.....ever again. end of war for us.......this time. Posted by: Nightwatch on the ramparts at January 05, 2020 03:10 AM (kFkpX) 593
Are we at war yet? Why did the young conservatives for freedom cross the road? Because that was the side of the street the army enlistment office for iraq/iran was on! Mitt romney is already sending his sons on a mormon mission in case their is another draft.
Posted by: raimondo at January 05, 2020 03:14 AM (PZChp) 594
No explosive charge necessary, the pure force of contact was enough to neutralize the target.
"It slices, it dices-but wait ! There's more!" Posted by: Miklos from Ronco Armaments PLC at January 05, 2020 03:15 AM (QzkSJ) Posted by: logprof at January 05, 2020 03:15 AM (oZuI0) 596
592 typical war monger bull sh*t. when are you leaving to go fight???
Posted by: raimondo at January 05, 2020 03:15 AM (PZChp) 597
war is......they want to do us...
but we do them first....and again....and again....and again til they do not want to do us.....ever again. end of war for us.......this time. Posted by: Nightwatch on the ramparts at January 05, 2020 03:10 AM (kFkpX) yeah, that is the explanation. Apply so much pressure that they no longer want to resist. There really are not other options. It doesn't help that at least half this nation blames Americans in this situation and not the other side. Think of this happened under Obama. The media would be rallying the country in this righteous cause. It is sad to think about it, but there is no point in the end. We have to do what is right but also, at some point, figure out how we have created a country where half the people root for the other side. Posted by: Quint at January 05, 2020 03:16 AM (n13/j) 598
"It slices, it dices-but wait ! There's more!"
Posted by: Miklos from Ronco Armaments PLC at January 05, 2020 03:15 AM (QzkSJ) --Look at that tomato!!! https://youtu.be/WPzolLg7PwM Posted by: logprof at January 05, 2020 03:18 AM (oZuI0) 599
are Trump war North Carolina africn american 18! romney side mormon case!! draft bacause irag side iran conservative? mitt already army!
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Posted by: raimondo at January 05, 2020 03:14 AM (PZChp)
we already know you are dumb, but in this case you are really dumb if you think we need a draft to defeat Iran. Their country is more divided than ours but unlike us, those people play for keeps. If it goes that far, we can easily destabilize that country and let their people sort it out. Of course none o this is easy but only a damn dummy thinks we are going to invade with hundreds of thousands of men. Also a democrat might. Posted by: Quint at January 05, 2020 03:19 AM (n13/j) 601
We have to do what is right but also, at some point,
figure out how we have created a country where half the people root for the other side. Posted by: Quint at January 05, 2020 03:16 AM (n13/j) Better yet, we need to figure out how to boil that half away into space. Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at January 05, 2020 03:23 AM (9Om/r) 602
It's 2020.
Therefore, everything that occurred in the '80s happened over three decades ago. Relax and enjoy Only Life from 1988. https://youtu.be/clzpX_hUQfc (I swear I'm 29!) Posted by: logprof at January 05, 2020 03:27 AM (oZuI0) 603
It's called Ender's Game. Good book, bad movie.
Posted by: bonhomme at January 05, 2020 02:02 AM (i0wNm) "The enemy's gate is 'down'" Posted by: Fox2! at January 05, 2020 03:29 AM (qyH+l) 604
601 the reason is called conservatism. The enemy of my enemy (you) is my friend!
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Can he do a Lace Wigs spell?
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at January 05, 2020 03:38 AM (H5knJ) Posted by: Fox2! at January 05, 2020 03:38 AM (qyH+l) 608
I never realized how boring axe throwing was. Watching British darts and their weird indoor lawn bowling is better than this.
Posted by: Quint at January 05, 2020 03:44 AM (n13/j) 609
606 MisHum or any lurking COB - clean-up on aisle 603, please.
Posted by: Fox2! at January 05, 2020 03:30 AM (qyH+l) The same spam is on the movie thread at comment 540: Posted by: micheal pan at January 05, 2020 03:28 AM (e2hUZ) Posted by: m at January 05, 2020 04:18 AM (KXX3K) 610
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Spells again? Wonder if this guy went to Hogwarts school of witchcraft
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g'mornin', 'rons Posted by: AltonJackson at January 05, 2020 04:46 AM (DUIap) 614
--You . . . are a dumbass.
Posted by: logprof at January 05, 2020 03:15 AM (oZuI0) raindumbo is sock. Posted by: don't ask at January 05, 2020 04:50 AM (/LQkF) Posted by: squirrelly dan at January 05, 2020 05:04 AM (8j6Fo) 616
Everyone went to sleep?
The snow joke, too funny! The year of our groundhog day blizzard -2010- we shovelled before we went to bed, but the bulk of the snow came overnite. By morning we had 20+ inches and it was drifted some places more than 3 feet! We shovelled most of the day, but the plow never got to our street until later in the afternoon. And he only plowed a very narrow 2 car width. I was working overnites, delivering the newspapers, but the nite of the storm the paper wasn't printed as no one could get to the plant, so we didn't have to deliver. But the next nite, after shovelling all day,(took us forever to get through the end of our driveway!) i needed to get to our distribution center by midnight. My son was helping me, and as we were coming out to the garage we hear the snow plow. They were out doing cleanup. We quickly pull the car out and start down the driveway just getting to the city sidewalk, and the plow is coming close enough that I'm not going to make it onto the road before he gets to my driveway! Damn! I jump out of my car and wave my arms, shouting for him to stop. He kept going, dumping a good 3 feet of snow up the entire apron of our driveway. So my son runs back to the house to grab the shovels (as i stand there screaming some not very nice words!) We are shovelling like crazy, and the plow turned around, came closer, waved us back and carefully cleaned out the end of my drive with the huge city plow! That storm was the most snow I had seen at one time since the 70s. It was beautiful yet frustrating at every turn! Posted by: My life is insanity at January 05, 2020 05:41 AM (Z/jzm) 617
The Cowboys will make some crazy coach pick in the middle of the playoffs and win the espn time talking about it race. Posted by: Quint Marvin Lewis has been interviewed. Please hire him, Jerry! Please! Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 05, 2020 05:41 AM (7rVsF) 618
but not sleep spell. It is 5:42 and I'm not asleep yet nor was I once all night
Posted by: SarahW .and does alot of spell at January 05, 2020 05:43 AM (g1vnC) 619
I always get plowed in unless I get the bottom cleared out, then there is a chance they will ease up and not fill it in.
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Never the proper spell when you need it
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Nice the Birds play late, 4:40pm
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Well, shucks folks. Up and ready to go to work. Y'all be safe out there this beautiful Sunday morning. Be back later. By the way, no snow here in ETEX this am.
Posted by: Eromero at January 05, 2020 05:53 AM (UUkQp) 623
G'morning, all.
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at January 05, 2020 05:55 AM (tT0V4) 624
G'mornin' everyone !
Posted by: sock_rat_eez, we are being gaslighted 24/365 at January 05, 2020 05:56 AM (zlgJP) 625
616 The year of our groundhog day blizzard -2010-
Posted by: My life is insanity at January 05, 2020 05:41 AM (Z/jzm) What a great snow-story! Posted by: m at January 05, 2020 05:57 AM (KXX3K) 626
Was at leasst 50 degrees yesterday, winds have been howling today
Posted by: Skip at January 05, 2020 05:59 AM (ZCEU2) 627
nood !
Posted by: sock_rat_eez, we are being gaslighted 24/365 at January 05, 2020 06:01 AM (zlgJP) 628
>>, then there is a chance they will ease up and not fill it in.
Posted by: Skip at January 05, 2020 05:45 AM (ZCEU2) Not here! That storm was an outlier, but they very seldom plow curb to curb on the 1st pass. You should see what they do in our 'downtown' area. 1st winter we lived here i couldnt believe it. Then later when i took on the second job delivering, and saw the clean up production overnite, wow! They put out no parking signs on the downtown streets for the nite of the clean up. Small town-shops and businesses all have on the street parking-in front. They plow all of the snow that they left at the curb and spilled onto the sidewalks to the center of the streets, and have front end loaders and dump trucks lined up to remove the snow. Then the salters come out to salt the mess that is left. Meanwhile, the entire downtown and the surrounding streets-the footprint of the original part of the city-have a maze of snow walls that you cant drive over to get to where you need to go! Posted by: My life is insanity at January 05, 2020 06:01 AM (Z/jzm) 629
So Lori Loughlin is going to jail, but James Comey, Andy McCabe, John Brennan and James Clapper aren't? WTF is wrong with our justice system?
Is Ms Laughlin a threat to the public? That antifa professor hit someone over the head with a bicycle lock. I'm pretty sure he didn't get 2 to 3 years! Posted by: Concerned People's Front at January 05, 2020 06:12 AM (vGJY7) 630
Had not known Obama have salami amnesty in 2015 according to an article
In the telegraph Posted by: willow at January 05, 2020 06:33 AM (TlRI0) 631
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