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Saturday Overnight Open Thread (1/25/20)

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The Saturday Night Joke

An older couple decides to retire for the evening. The husband was almost asleep as his head hit his pillow, but his wife felt a little romantic and wanted to talk.

She says, “You know, when we were courting, you liked to hold my hand”.

Wearily, he reaches across and holds her hand for a few seconds, and then tries to get back to sleep.

A few moments later she says, “After that, you used to kiss me softly”.

Mildly irritated, he turns over and gives her a peck on the cheek and again settles down for the night.

Thirty seconds later she says, “Then after that, you used to bite me lightly on my neck”.

Angrily, he throws back the bed covers and gets out of bed.

“Where are you going?” she asks.

“To get my teeth!”


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'A young Moron in training.' I don't disagree. H/T Hank Curmudgeon.


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You can't fool Mother Nature. And you can't fool the IRS.I guess if you're going to be a crook, go big or stay home.

TAMPA — As another tax season gets underway, Ramon Christopher Blanchett learned that it doesn’t pay to mess with the Internal Revenue Service.

U.S. District Judge James S. Moody Jr. sentenced the 29-year-old Tampa man on Thursday to 34 months in prison for filing a false return that netted him a $980,000 refund on income of less than $19,000. The penalty was near the top of the sentencing guidelines and reflected “the seriousness of your conduct,’’ Moody told him.

Three years ago, Blanchett electronically filed his 2016 return with a W-2 from a Tampa nursing home that included false information about his wages and the amount of taxes withheld. The IRS sent him the whopping refund, which he deposited into a SunTrust account. The bank held on to the money for a full year but then issued a check to Blanchett in 2018. He spent $51,117 on a Lexus before the IRS realized its mistake and began forfeiture proceedings to get back the money.


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Hip, hip hooray for third world countries. And this my friends is one of the reasons you get f*cking killer viruses floating around the globe.

An Asian man has been filmed dipping a live baby mouse into a bowl of sauce before eating it.

The disgusting footage showed the man picking up a baby mouse with chopsticks before calmly devouring the squeaking rodent that was still moving.

The revolting meal, which was accompanied by a plate of tomatoes, is reportedly considered a delicacy in the Guangdong province of southeast China.

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Some of you may know that I had a Twitter account and was bounced off of it for being "hateful". Me, hateful? If I had an Instgram account I would probably be bounced off that.

Catalin Onc and Elena Engelhardt run an Instagram account called Another Beautiful Day Official. In June, they decided they wanted their next beautiful day to be funded by their followers, and started a GoFundMe for about 10k Euros to support their cycling trip through Africa. The pair have been criticized for the financial support they receive from Onc’s mother, who works two jobs. In response to the criticism they’ve received, they said:


“Some will just tell us to get jobs, like everyone else and stop begging. But when you have the impact we do on others’ life, getting a job is not an option. We could model and make fast money, but we don’t want to advertise consumerism. A normal job at this point would be detrimental.”


Influencers? Lord help us all. Pretty please. Amen.


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Some of you will get this. Others won't. The joy of geography.


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Are you a Ghost Busters fan? Bill Murray says he's coming back.

Bill Murray is famously a tough man to get a hold of. He’s not one of those actors with an agent pestering him with calls about work; what he has is a voicemail only an elite few know about, and which he rarely checks. He’s missed out on big roles, those he’s wanted and those he hasn’t. So perhaps this is a bit of a surprise: He’s officially set to return as Peter Venkman, one of the four heroes of the original two Ghostbusters, in the reboot/sequel Ghostbusters: Afterlife.

The scoop was scored by Vanity Fair, who got the news from the horse’s mouth. While speaking to the publication, Murray confirmed he’d be joining fellow stars Dan Aykroyd and Ernie Hudson, themselves back as fellow ’busters Ray Stantz and Winston Zeddemore. Sadly, Harold Ramis, aka Egon Spengler, passed away in 2014.


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I don't think this would work with my driveway. Would it works with yours?


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Look who is settling down in Canada.

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The ONT regularly pokes at law enforcement officials. This story gives new meaning to Protect and Serve.

K9 bites cow, deputy stuns dog, cow charges deputy in wild event


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You may or may not know my favorite NFL team is the Green Bay Packers. Another reason I'm rooting for KC. Patrick Mahomes is a down to earth young man.

Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes came under fire on social media over his old tweets about the George Zimmerman and Trayvon Martin case and his apparent support for law enforcement.

The tweets surfaced prior to the AFC Championship game between the Chiefs and the Tennessee Titans. The old social media posts appeared to show Mahomes and his former high school football teammate talking back-and-forth about the case and the trial, Fox News reported.

The pro-law enforcement quarterback was initially being hit on Twitter for his alleged support of Zimmerman, who was cleared of all charges in the highly controversial 2013 shooting of Martin.


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You too can identify an animal by its poop. Well, at least eleven of them. No shit.

A lot of things will lie to you in your life, but not poop. Close examination of animal scat will help you identify not only the species but how recently the animal was there, its sex, what it ate, and even where it might be going.

Below is everything you should know (and possibly more than you want to know) about 11 common critters in the US. So grab a stick, and let’s poke some poop.

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The ONT Musical Interlude

I missed this musical, did you?

Gaddafi: A Living Myth
With Libya in the news, perhaps it's time to revisit Gaddafi: A Living Myth, the 2006 opera that was billed as an "all singing, all dancing, free-spirited version of the Dictator's life."


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Flying isn't hard. Landing is. Just ask this Genius Award Winner.H/T Hank Curmudgeon

Authorities are investigating after a California man died after hurtling about 400 feet across a river in his car after being pursued by police. David Callahan, 58, of Fresno hit an embankment of the San Joaquin River, launched into the air and landed on the opposite bank on Monday, Fresno Police Sgt. Bob Reynolds told CBS affiliate KGPE-TV.

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Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at 10:00 PM




Comments

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1 ONT is live, folks!

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at January 25, 2020 10:00 PM (Dc2NZ)

2 First!

Posted by: Darles Chickens at January 25, 2020 10:00 PM (F7Xdn)

3 Right on time.

Posted by: Charles the Simple at January 25, 2020 10:00 PM (HuH1F)

4 St

Posted by: Traveling Man&&&& at January 25, 2020 10:00 PM (mGj+b)

5 meep meep

Posted by: Sherpa_K2 at January 25, 2020 10:00 PM (BsCoj)

6 Good Evening

Posted by: wing at January 25, 2020 10:00 PM (JFzNN)

7 Top 5 - yippee!

Posted by: NALNAMSAM - not as lean, not as mean, still a Marine at January 25, 2020 10:00 PM (+ldAm)

8 Rats! Pipped at the post!

Posted by: Darles Chickens at January 25, 2020 10:00 PM (F7Xdn)

9 Thirſt!

Posted by: Zettai Roshia-no Asetto at January 25, 2020 10:00 PM (7WaWV)

10
g'evenin', 'rons

Posted by: AltonJackson at January 25, 2020 10:00 PM (mAKSg)

11 Darn...missed by that much.

Posted by: Traveling Man&&&& at January 25, 2020 10:01 PM (mGj+b)

12 Good evening y'all

Posted by: westminsterdogshow at January 25, 2020 10:01 PM (/UQ/R)

13 Just that I'm late again.

Posted by: Charles the Simple at January 25, 2020 10:01 PM (HuH1F)

14 LOL joke

Posted by: Vmom 2020 at January 25, 2020 10:02 PM (G546f)

15 The joke. LOL

Posted by: DR.WTF at January 25, 2020 10:03 PM (aS1PU)

16 This is a publicity shot for MisHum's Costa Rica yoga retreat and Horde redoubt.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at January 25, 2020 10:03 PM (Dc2NZ)

17 ROFL on the Saturday night joke

Posted by: westminsterdogshow at January 25, 2020 10:03 PM (/UQ/R)

18 "Young moron in training" link seems to be broken.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at January 25, 2020 10:03 PM (Ki5SV)

19 First link is 404 for me.

Posted by: banana Dream at January 25, 2020 10:03 PM (l6b3d)

20 Cheers, all!

Posted by: Drink Like Vikings at January 25, 2020 10:04 PM (57fJu)

21 16 This is a publicity shot for MisHum's Costa Rica yoga retreat and Horde redoubt.
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at January 25, 2020 10:03 PM (Dc2NZ)


I wish...........

Remember the Snow Shoveler's Diary joke from a couple of weeks ago? I might be that guy.

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at January 25, 2020 10:04 PM (aA3+G)

22 Ha.. maybe not. Slacker I am indeed. Love the pic by the way. Looks like Laniki beach in Kailua on Oahu... brings back fond memories indeed.

Posted by: NALNAMSAM - not as lean, not as mean, still a Marine at January 25, 2020 10:04 PM (+ldAm)

23 19 First link is 404 for me.
Posted by: banana Dream at January 25, 2020 10:03 PM (l6b3d)

-----------------------------------------

You need to upgrade to platinum membership.

Posted by: No One of Consequence at January 25, 2020 10:05 PM (CAJOC)

24 19 Same here on the moron link.

Posted by: NALNAMSAM - not as lean, not as mean, still a Marine at January 25, 2020 10:05 PM (+ldAm)

25 Good evening, Horde!

Visiting two of my granddaughters, ages 3 and 5.

My daughter and son in law might as well take down the walls and install trapezes.

I'm very very tired.

Posted by: Ladyl at January 25, 2020 10:06 PM (AOQ4d)

26 I'm rooting for KC; mainly coz I like Mahomes. Die, 49ers, die.

Posted by: IC at January 25, 2020 10:06 PM (sYDum)

27 That top photo looks like one of the islands near where I grew up.

Posted by: IC at January 25, 2020 10:06 PM (sYDum)

28 Top 30?

Posted by: Boswell at January 25, 2020 10:07 PM (32YRo)

29 Harry and that tramp shot ... fittingly they give Trailer Trash a new, lower definition.

Posted by: Gmac - Winning never gets old ... like me. But old beats the alternative! at January 25, 2020 10:08 PM (qZdIZ)

30 Nooded

Posted by: Traveling Man&&&& at January 25, 2020 10:08 PM (mGj+b)

31 Here's the proper link for the first link (hopefully)

https://tinyurl.com/tawa7uo

Posted by: No One of Consequence at January 25, 2020 10:09 PM (CAJOC)

32 Man - Bulkward/Dispatch/Salem would actually kill their next of kin with chainsaws and grappling hooks to have 40 plus comments in the first five minutes of a post - I shitteth thee not.

Posted by: Boswell at January 25, 2020 10:09 PM (32YRo)

33 24 19 Same here on the moron link.
Posted by: NALNAMSAM - not as lean, not as mean, still a Marine at January 25, 2020 10:05 PM (+ldAm)

Should be working now. I hope.

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at January 25, 2020 10:09 PM (aA3+G)

34 Neil Young? BOOOOOOO!!!

Posted by: Insomniac - Ex Cineribus Resurgo at January 25, 2020 10:09 PM (NWiLs)

35
here's the "moron in training" link, un-fubared

https://a-tx-lone-star.tumblr.com/post/190384571565

Posted by: AltonJackson at January 25, 2020 10:09 PM (mAKSg)

36
No Best in Show for Miss Delilah today. But in the course of the day she managed to narrow the odds from 722 to 1 down to 7 to 1.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 25, 2020 10:10 PM (7rVsF)

37 Good to be home after a long day at work.

Howyadoin', Horde?



Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX

Posted by: Jim at January 25, 2020 10:10 PM (QzJWU)

38 Fucking loathe Neil Young.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, of the Butte Mahons at January 25, 2020 10:10 PM (x8Wzq)

39 Posted by: Insomniac - Ex Cineribus Resurgo at January 25, 2020 10:09 PM (NWiLs)

Too bad.
I like Neil Young.

Maybe we will have an all Neil, SQ & Yoko ONTs for a month.

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at January 25, 2020 10:10 PM (aA3+G)

40 That was a cute video. Kid has his priorities straight.

Posted by: Traveling Man&&&& at January 25, 2020 10:11 PM (mGj+b)

41 The old chap, (the wanker formerly known as Prince) Harry, wouldn't look out of place in a wifebeater

Posted by: Drink Like Vikings at January 25, 2020 10:11 PM (57fJu)

42 Huzzah!

Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 25, 2020 10:11 PM (u82oZ)

43
Maybe we will have an all Neil, SQ & Yoko ONTs for a month.

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at January 25, 2020 10:10 PM


Suzi Quattro?

Posted by: AltonJackson at January 25, 2020 10:11 PM (mAKSg)

44 Maybe we will have an all Neil, SQ & Yoko ONTs for a month.
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at January 25, 2020 10:10 PM (aA3+G)
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We'll be good, MisHum! Don't wish us into the cornfield!

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at January 25, 2020 10:12 PM (Dc2NZ)

45 Neil Young music is ok. But thanks Pug...you have punished the rest of us now.

Posted by: Traveling Man&&&& at January 25, 2020 10:13 PM (mGj+b)

46 after hurtling about 400 feet across a river in his car

Must have been quite a chase. 400 feet, accidentally, is an awfully long ways for a car to fly.

Posted by: t-bird at January 25, 2020 10:13 PM (QrTqV)

47 runner, if still around, I'm guessing you were thinking of "Quiet Flows the Don", really no relation to "But Here the Dawn is Quiet" (my translation of that other Russian movie). I said "guessing".

Posted by: rhomboid at January 25, 2020 10:13 PM (El6T/)

48
Oh, sure, just thwart my plans to be first top ten top fifty .. never mind. Hi.

I'll check out the content, but first a stop at the buffet and bar.


You going to finish that?

Posted by: mindful webworker - look ma, no seatbelt at January 25, 2020 10:14 PM (0mP7b)

49 Neil Young music is ok. But thanks Pug...you have punished the rest of us now.
Posted by: Traveling Man&&&& at January 25, 2020 10:13 PM (mGj+b)

wunt me. Twas Insom!

Posted by: Pug Mahon, of the Butte Mahons at January 25, 2020 10:14 PM (x8Wzq)

50 The reptile people eat mice like that.

Posted by: V at January 25, 2020 10:14 PM (8MiT5)

51
An Asian man has been filmed dipping a live baby mouse into a bowl of sauce before eating it.




That is just beyond disgusting.

Posted by: Kurt Eichenwald at January 25, 2020 10:14 PM (ucFdD)

52 Posted by: Pug Mahon, of the Butte Mahons at January 25, 2020 10:14 PM (x8Wzq)

You're not blameless either

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at January 25, 2020 10:14 PM (aA3+G)

53 off sock

Posted by: TheQuietMan at January 25, 2020 10:15 PM (ucFdD)

54 That's definitely a Moron in training

Posted by: Vmom 2020 at January 25, 2020 10:15 PM (G546f)

55 We never get any Tanya Tagaq content anymore...

Posted by: Zettai Roshia-no Asetto at January 25, 2020 10:16 PM (7WaWV)

56 No One of Consequence

Thanks for the correct link. He is a young Moron. Hammer time, indeed.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 25, 2020 10:16 PM (u82oZ)

57 The guy in teh hurtling car may have watched a few too many movies. Not understanding physics and such.
The important question of course, was he wearing his seat belt?

Posted by: Winston a dreg of society at January 25, 2020 10:16 PM (Tt761)

58 Ironic to hear about Bill Murray tonight. Earlier in the evening, Wife and daughter decided to see just how bad the grrrl power Ghostbusters was.


They agreed it was bad bad bad. Maybe worse.

Posted by: 2009Refugee at January 25, 2020 10:16 PM (8AONa)

59 Top pic

Y'see that big ol' gnarly death-dealing ginormous body of water out there? You go play out there. I'm'a gonna just wade in this puddle in the foreground, but not without concerns for what's in it, too.

Posted by: mindful webworker - landlubber forever at January 25, 2020 10:16 PM (0mP7b)

60 *cough*

Posted by: coronavirus at January 25, 2020 10:16 PM (nfcV2)

61 Cough, cough, cou-

Posted by: Chinese Peasant at January 25, 2020 10:16 PM (l3+k2)

62 Hey everybody.

At one time I had all of the following Neil Young albums:

- Deja Vu (CSNY)
- Harvest
- American Stars 'n Bars
- Trans (his new wave album)
- Everybody's Rockin' (his 1950s throwback album)
- Old Ways (his country album)
- Freedom
- Harvest Moon
- Decade (his 1970s hits album)

Now I only have Harvest.

Posted by: qdpsteve at January 25, 2020 10:17 PM (L2ZTs)

63 33 24 19 Same here on the moron link.
Posted by: NALNAMSAM - not as lean, not as mean, still a Marine

Should be working now. I hope.
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian

Thanks. Works now and the kid is definitely a moron,

Posted by: NALNAMSAM - not as lean, not as mean, still a Marine at January 25, 2020 10:17 PM (+ldAm)

64 Oops, I also had Re-Ac-Tor, Neil's 1981 grunge album.

Posted by: qdpsteve at January 25, 2020 10:17 PM (L2ZTs)

65 So that's what Peter Gabriel's song Sledgehammer is about, eh?

Posted by: BackwardsBoy. #DemocratsSuck at January 25, 2020 10:17 PM (HaL55)

66 Bernie!!! Bernie!!! Bernie!!!

Posted by: Guy Who Says "Bernie" A Lot! at January 25, 2020 10:17 PM (I2/tG)

67 What a full of shit ONT. Luxurious!

Talk about marking your territory.

Posted by: RickZ at January 25, 2020 10:17 PM (Y8PSl)

68 Isn't Gaddafi the guy who died with a stick up his ass? So, when they show that in the musical, how do they do it? Special effects?

Posted by: nerdygirl at January 25, 2020 10:18 PM (+lVUW)

69 Howyadoin', Horde?

Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX

Posted by: Jim at January 25, 2020 10:10 PM (QzJWU)

Hey Jim - well, President's team did a good job today, CCN still sucks and the pet thread was cute - also, weird Dave's neighbor care AHOLE into his lawn pointing at Dave's house - without evidence - and some chick from NPR shot herself in front of Mike Pompeo in an interview and the press cheered, then applied for her job. I think that's it for now - oh, yeah, anime is still for kids and perverts but you knew that.

Posted by: Boswell at January 25, 2020 10:18 PM (32YRo)

70
If people aren't convinced by Schiff's detailed presentation of Trump's crimes, pretty soon they'll be denying that 2+2 equals 9.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 25, 2020 10:18 PM (7rVsF)

71 Y'see that big ol' gnarly death-dealing ginormous body of water out there? You go play out there. I'm'a gonna just wade in this puddle in the foreground, but not without concerns for what's in it, too.
Posted by: mindful webworker - landlubber forever at January 25, 2020 10:16 PM (0mP7b)


Heh, in the south pacific we went up a little creek with a little pond just like that one and there was a 5 ft. bull shark in it.

Posted by: DR.WTF at January 25, 2020 10:18 PM (aS1PU)

72 Thanks for another dandy ONT, Mis Hum! Nice photo up top reminds me of a place I used to live... ah, youth!

Actually, I only made it as far as the ice fishing video before totally laughing my ass off! I will catch the rest of this girthy ONT a little later...

Posted by: Legally Sufficient at January 25, 2020 10:19 PM (fNFgo)

73 Had to be something crappy like Coronavirus.

Couldn't be something good like Dogfishvirus.

Posted by: jsg at January 25, 2020 10:19 PM (S9ODh)

74 I hope to experience that photo in person on Thursday on Eagle Beach in Aruba.

Great ONT MisHum! Thank you for all your hard work and dedication!

Posted by: Cheribebe at January 25, 2020 10:19 PM (a4qVe)

75 I do not believe an appropriate response to 41 deaths, all elderly, is to quarantine 52 million people, and have the Premier of China being very serious,

Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 25, 2020 10:19 PM (u82oZ)

76 I thought Gaddafi was sodomised unto death with a bayonette...

Posted by: Zettai Roshia-no Asetto at January 25, 2020 10:20 PM (7WaWV)

77 73
Had to be something crappy like Coronavirus.



Couldn't be something good like Dogfishvirus.

Posted by: jsg at January 25, 2020 10:19 PM (S9ODh)


Corvettevirus.

Posted by: davidt at January 25, 2020 10:20 PM (l3+k2)

78 Errr, bayonet...

Posted by: Zettai Roshia-no Asetto at January 25, 2020 10:21 PM (7WaWV)

79 Good to be home after a long day at work.

Howyadoin', Horde?



Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX
Posted by: Jim at January 25, 2020 10:10 PM (QzJWU)


**shrugs** I'm OK. Should have done some writing today, but didn't. Just sat inside all day (which was no real loss, as it was gray and rainy).

Went outside once, to move my car, still in my pajamas. A couple passed by with their dog and gave me a strange look. I was almost tempted to bust out "The Old Grey Mare," but I didn't.

https://tinyurl.com/stu5mm6

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at January 25, 2020 10:21 PM (Ki5SV)

80 Posted by: Zettai Roshia-no Asetto at January 25, 2020 10:16 PM (7WaWV)

You, Pug, Insom, Alton are skating away on the thin ice of the new day

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at January 25, 2020 10:21 PM (aA3+G)

81 "Bayonettes" are for girls...

Posted by: Zettai Roshia-no Asetto at January 25, 2020 10:22 PM (7WaWV)

82 Misanthropic Humanitarian

The ice fishing is a classic. Loved him talking to his sister about upping the life insurance.

And that kid has his priorities on right.

Thank you.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 25, 2020 10:22 PM (u82oZ)

83 https://www.nature.com/news/inside-the- chinese-lab-poised-to-study-world-s-most- dangerous-pathogens-1.21487

TL;DL outside experts were concerned with China's lack of seeking outside help in building this facility, and they were concerned about viruses escaping.
ChiComs just went and said FU to the world and built it.

SMFH.

Posted by: squirrelly dan at January 25, 2020 10:22 PM (NcCWh)

84 Mishum, my wife loved your joke.

Posted by: Sock Monkey...rebel without a subjunctive clause at January 25, 2020 10:22 PM (r/mKb)

85 Posted by: Cheribebe at January 25, 2020 10:19 PM (a4qVe)

Please send me a post card.

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at January 25, 2020 10:23 PM (aA3+G)

86 Corvettevirus.
Posted by: davidt


Not usually fatal in younger patients, but deadly to middle-aged males, who suddenly become unexpectedly attractive to younger females, and are subsequently killed by their wives.

Posted by: mikeski at January 25, 2020 10:24 PM (P1f+c)

87 Why does it have to be cold?
How come we can't just have an off-season for plants and bugs without it having to be c-o-l-d?

Posted by: Margarita DeVille at January 25, 2020 10:24 PM (M/9m0)

88 ..

Posted by: Boswell at January 25, 2020 10:18 PM (32YRo)



Thanks!

You, sir, just might be the one to give J.J. Sefton a morning off, every now n' then!



Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX

Posted by: Jim at January 25, 2020 10:25 PM (QzJWU)

89 Remember the Snow Shoveler's Diary joke from a couple of weeks ago? I might be that guy.
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at January 25, 2020 10:04 PM (aA3+G)
* * * *

Say it ain't so!

(That joke was rather funny as I recall...)

Posted by: Legally Sufficient at January 25, 2020 10:25 PM (fNFgo)

90 Have a great night, everyone, filled with sweet dreams and sound sleep.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 25, 2020 10:25 PM (u82oZ)

91 I missed this musical, did you?
Gaddafi: A Living Myth


Springtime for Muhammar?

Posted by: mindful webworker - with laugh track at January 25, 2020 10:25 PM (0mP7b)

92 Thirst!
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HRH came home from being on call, so i was diverted from the 30ish poast number.


Posted by: redc1c4 at January 25, 2020 10:25 PM (K6DB5)

93 Is it that much trouble taking the garbage can to the curb ?

Posted by: jsg at January 25, 2020 10:25 PM (S9ODh)

94 Posted by: redc1c4 at January 25, 2020 10:25 PM (K6DB5)

Excuses, excuses, excuses

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at January 25, 2020 10:26 PM (aA3+G)

95 Maybe we will have an all Neil, SQ & Yoko ONTs for a month.

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at January 25, 2020 10:10 PM (aA3+G)


And here I thought listening to the Democrat shamwowpeachment manglers was torture!

Beria would be proud of you!!

Posted by: RickZ at January 25, 2020 10:26 PM (Y8PSl)

96 So is the cure for Coronavirus a lime wedge suppository?

Posted by: Drink Like Vikings at January 25, 2020 10:26 PM (57fJu)

97 >>> Suzi Quattro?
Posted by: AltonJackson

Wasn't she Pinky Tuscadaro (sp?)

Posted by: 6to4to3 at January 25, 2020 10:26 PM (ilTjN)

98 75
There's no way it's just at 41 deaths

Posted by: Vmom 2020 at January 25, 2020 10:27 PM (G546f)

99 I don't feel like going to sleep, but I don't feel like doing anything else.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at January 25, 2020 10:27 PM (Ki5SV)

100 high 70s here today, CAVU weather, low humidity, light breeze...

another traumatic SoCal winter here in The Valley, like totally!

Posted by: redc1c4 at January 25, 2020 10:27 PM (K6DB5)

101 People with actual health care experience would already know this (although my personal primary care physician does not), but, after seeing commentary all over hell on the subject, here's a reminder:

Those "surgical" face masks are to protect other people from your coughs and sneezes. They do not do anything at all to keep germs, bacteria, virus, from getting to you as you breathe. So if this thing starts to get bad, sure, wear a mask if you have a cough, but don't think you can protect yourself.

I have a couple of gas masks that work for your typical gases, and crude heavy fallout. I don't for a moment think they'd work against hard-line bacilli, or any virus in the world. I'm not sure there is a filter rated for that.
We always have months and months worth of food in stock, and liquor. Took delivery on a dozen bottles of Drambuie today, so we're good on rusty nails until the end of the world. And we went out for Chinese New Year, so that's off the list. May just hunker down until the "Iowa Caucuses" are over.

Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at January 25, 2020 10:27 PM (oRpiG)

102 Asking the important questions: should future lawyers get tats?

https://tinyurl.com/wzf5v8y

Bonus question: if Schiff got tats, where would he place them and what would they look like?

Posted by: Basement Cat at January 25, 2020 10:27 PM (pPNCa)

103 Go long on colander face masks and canned goods.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at January 25, 2020 10:27 PM (Dc2NZ)

104
A short classical music interlude.

The Gendarmes Duet from Offenbach's Genevieve du Brabant. You may recognize the melody, on which a more famous song is based.

https://youtu.be/qlPiPbbsqmg

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 25, 2020 10:28 PM (7rVsF)

105 Greg Gutfeld show is killing it.

Posted by: JAS at January 25, 2020 10:28 PM (DBGf/)

106 MisHum, some Neil Young ONTs wouldn't be bad.

Posted by: qdpsteve at January 25, 2020 10:28 PM (L2ZTs)

107 Went outside once, to move my car, still in my pajamas. A couple passed by with their dog and gave me a strange look. I was almost tempted to bust out "The Old Grey Mare," but I didn't.

I've snuck outside in my pajamas to take my trash dumpster to the end of the driveway, but I wait until after dark, so no one sees me.

Posted by: nerdygirl at January 25, 2020 10:28 PM (+lVUW)

108 Bonus question: if Schiff got tats, where would he place them and what would they look like?

"LOSER" across his forehead.

Posted by: Blanco Basura - forgetting to remove my socks. at January 25, 2020 10:29 PM (SchxB)

109 You know damn well Schiff has a porn tattoo on his lower back.

Posted by: jsg at January 25, 2020 10:30 PM (S9ODh)

110 Posted by: qdpsteve at January 25, 2020 10:28 PM (L2ZTs)

And what are you angling for?

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at January 25, 2020 10:30 PM (aA3+G)

111 Neil went kind of nuts (in both good and bad ways) in the mid-1980s.

His heavy metal phase:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HbJgfX840jg

Posted by: qdpsteve at January 25, 2020 10:30 PM (L2ZTs)

112 Corona.
Pfeh.

Posted by: SARS at January 25, 2020 10:30 PM (nfcV2)

113 Go long on colander face masks and canned goods.
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes


I really need to buy a metal colander. I'll look like a dork wearing my plastic one.

Posted by: mikeski at January 25, 2020 10:30 PM (P1f+c)

114
A Southern man don't need him around, anyhow.

Posted by: LeftCoast Dawg at January 25, 2020 10:30 PM (sy5kK)

115 MisHum, nothing. Just saying, for once you and I are on the same page esthetically. :-)

Posted by: qdpsteve at January 25, 2020 10:30 PM (L2ZTs)

116 Bonus question: if Schiff got tats, where would he place them and what would they look like?
Posted by: Basement Cat at January 25, 2020 10:27 PM (pPNCa)
* * * *

Oh great... now I'll have nightmares!

Posted by: Legally Sufficient at January 25, 2020 10:31 PM (fNFgo)

117 MisHum, some Neil Young ONTs wouldn't be bad.

Neil Young became a US citizen so he could vote against Trump in 2020. You sure you want to be promoting that sort of behavior?

Posted by: Blanco Basura - forgetting to remove my socks. at January 25, 2020 10:31 PM (SchxB)

118 Manitowoc Minute...classic.

Posted by: Traveling Man&&&& at January 25, 2020 10:31 PM (mGj+b)

119 Will do MisHum!

Posted by: Cheribebe at January 25, 2020 10:31 PM (a4qVe)

120 Posted by: Zettai Roshia-no Asetto at January 25, 2020 10:16 PM (7WaWV)

You, Pug, Insom, Alton are skating away on the thin ice of the new day
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at January 25, 2020 10:21 PM (aA3+G)

Crud. You guys. We need to say something nice about Neil.

I'll start.

I love the combing your hair with a balloon look, Mr. Young.

Bold. Very bold.

*hesitates*

*hits post anyway*

Posted by: Pug Mahon, of the Butte Mahons at January 25, 2020 10:32 PM (x8Wzq)

121 Blanco, not promoting Neil's behavior.
Just his music.

Posted by: qdpsteve at January 25, 2020 10:32 PM (L2ZTs)

122
Corona virus?

That's why I don't drink Mexican beer.

Posted by: LeftCoast Dawg at January 25, 2020 10:32 PM (sy5kK)

123 Supravirus.

Posted by: davidt at January 25, 2020 10:33 PM (l3+k2)

124 what am I ? Chopped liquified liver?

Posted by: Ebola at January 25, 2020 10:33 PM (nfcV2)

125 117 MisHum, some Neil Young ONTs wouldn't be bad.

Neil Young became a US citizen so he could vote against Trump in 2020. You sure you want to be promoting that sort of behavior?
Posted by: Blanco Basura - forgetting to remove my socks. at January 25, 2020 10:31 PM (SchxB)

OK, all Ted Nugent all the time. 99% of all artists are fucking lefties.



Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at January 25, 2020 10:33 PM (aA3+G)

126 Thanks!

You, sir, just might be the one to give J.J. Sefton a morning off, every now n' then!

Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX
Posted by: Jim at January 25, 2020 10:25 PM

Thanks Jim! JJ and Ace would object since my spelling is so bad, but I am up at that time of the morning, so if JJ gets cold, I'm here.

Posted by: Boswell at January 25, 2020 10:33 PM (32YRo)

127 Eats live mouse with dipping sauce.

Wonders why they get shit like coronavirus.

Posted by: jsg at January 25, 2020 10:33 PM (S9ODh)

128 Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at January 25, 2020 10:27 PM (oRpiG)

The main reason is that the virus can enter through the sides of the mask or through the eyes. The masks can help reduce the chances but it's no condom.

Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at January 25, 2020 10:33 PM (2DOZq)

129
The reptile people eat mice like that.
Posted by: V


https://youtu.be/LZYoAmZX4rI

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at January 25, 2020 10:34 PM (aKsyK)

130 115 MisHum, nothing. Just saying, for once you and I are on the same page esthetically. :-)
Posted by: qdpsteve at January 25, 2020 10:30 PM (L2ZTs)


I know, I was razzing you.

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at January 25, 2020 10:34 PM (aA3+G)

131 So it looks like we might need to get a new washer/dryer. They're 20+ years old, and the motor crapped out on the dryer.

Any recommendations from the Horde? We were looking at a Maytag Bravos model.

Posted by: No One of Consequence at January 25, 2020 10:34 PM (CAJOC)

132
Why are these viruses spreading? Global warming. And Trump.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 25, 2020 10:34 PM (7rVsF)

133 Egon DIED?!
Well shit.... Ghostbusters won't be the same without the guy who was terrified beyond the capacity for rational thought.

This looks extraordinarily BAD.

Posted by: Guy who said Egon is dead at January 25, 2020 10:34 PM (RfmMM)

134 How about a scuba mask and oxygen tank- would thst keep you safe from infection?

Posted by: Vmom 2020 at January 25, 2020 10:34 PM (G546f)

135 I thought Gaddafi was sodomised unto death with a bayonette...

According to Hollywood Babylon, Ramon Navarro died with his Oscar up his ass.

Thing was, it was probably there before he died.


Many of us have wished that this would catch on in Hollywood.b

Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at January 25, 2020 10:34 PM (oRpiG)

136 OK, all Ted Nugent all the time. 99% of all artists are fucking lefties.



Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at January 25, 2020 10:33 PM (aA3+G)


WANGO TANGO!!!

Posted by: Cheribebe at January 25, 2020 10:34 PM (a4qVe)

137 You know damn well Schiff has a porn tattoo on his lower back.
Posted by: jsg at January 25, 2020 10:30 PM (S9ODh)


Tramp stamp?

Posted by: Traveling Man&&&& at January 25, 2020 10:35 PM (mGj+b)

138
Have to say, however, that Unplugged CD Neil did about 25 years ago was some good music.

Needle and the Damage Done was a great performance, even if the subject matter sucked.

Posted by: LeftCoast Dawg at January 25, 2020 10:35 PM (sy5kK)

139 You know damn well Schiff has a porn tattoo on his lower back.

Posted by: jsg at January 25, 2020 10:30 PM (S9ODh)


Tramp stamp.

Posted by: RickZ at January 25, 2020 10:35 PM (Y8PSl)

140 Neil Young giving Daft Punk a run for their money in '83:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RufZYJKKbTg

Posted by: DR.WTF at January 25, 2020 10:35 PM (aS1PU)

141 131 I kinda want a Speed Queen

Posted by: Vmom 2020 at January 25, 2020 10:35 PM (G546f)

142 Neil Young's a dick, but I got all his great albums. I don't like his recent stuff with Will Nelson's hippie sons, but he's always putting out archival releases from the '70's which are awesome.

Posted by: JoeF. at January 25, 2020 10:35 PM (o1fzk)

143 Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at January 25, 2020 10:33 PM (aA3+G)

A Southern man don't need Neil Young.

Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at January 25, 2020 10:35 PM (2DOZq)

144 Funny joke, MisHum! That top pic reminds me, I need to make a trip to the beach real soon.

Posted by: ALH at January 25, 2020 10:36 PM (A7tBu)

145 Again, gotta agree with MisHum.

If I have to filter my listening to just artists who agree with me, I have no one to listen to.

Posted by: qdpsteve at January 25, 2020 10:36 PM (L2ZTs)

146 Has no one yet said...?

Poppins: Went outside once, to move my car, still in my pajamas....

How did your car get in your pajamas?

* waggles big painted-on eyebrows and fat cigar *

Posted by: mindful webworker - marx my words at January 25, 2020 10:36 PM (0mP7b)

147 Tramp stamp?
Posted by: Traveling Man&&&&


If Melania had one, would it be a Trump Stamp?

Posted by: mikeski at January 25, 2020 10:36 PM (P1f+c)

148


Wasn't she Pinky Tuscadaro (sp?)


She was her sister (or was it cousin?) Leather Tuscadero.

Posted by: Mr. Peebles at January 25, 2020 10:36 PM (oVJmc)

149 Maybe we will have an all Neil, SQ Yoko ONTs for a month.

Well you can try to torture me Mis Hum, but you can't *make* me click on anything. ;-D

Posted by: cfo mom at January 25, 2020 10:36 PM (RfzVr)

150 Adam Schiff tattoo

https://tinyurl.com/vzg8vy5

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at January 25, 2020 10:36 PM (aA3+G)

151 1972 Neil Young is gold. Those live shows are awesome to listen to late night.

Posted by: squirrelly dan at January 25, 2020 10:37 PM (iLaBB)

152 MisHum, ah. Razz away. :-)

Posted by: qdpsteve at January 25, 2020 10:37 PM (L2ZTs)

153 Full disclosure, MH.

I've never liked Neil Young. His politics mean nothing to me (even though I ain't surprised).

I know that most of the musicians I like are lefties, or at least stoner libertarians. That don't matter. I likes what I likes.

Pretty simple.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, of the Butte Mahons at January 25, 2020 10:37 PM (x8Wzq)

154 131 I kinda want a Speed Queen
Posted by: Vmom 2020
----
*fist bump*
That's what I'm getting next.

Posted by: lin-duh at January 25, 2020 10:37 PM (UUBmN)

155 150

Ok let's not all click that at the same time ...

Posted by: Vmom 2020 at January 25, 2020 10:37 PM (G546f)

156 133 Egon DIED?!
Well shit.... Ghostbusters won't be the same without the guy who was terrified beyond the capacity for rational thought.

This looks extraordinarily BAD.
Posted by: Guy who said Egon is dead at January 25, 2020 10:34 PM (RfmMM)

-------------------------------

It also sounds like Rick Moranis won't be back, sad to say...

Posted by: No One of Consequence at January 25, 2020 10:38 PM (CAJOC)

157 How did your car get in your pajamas?
Posted by: mindful webworker - marx my words


Spandex jammies sound uncomfortable.

Posted by: mikeski at January 25, 2020 10:38 PM (P1f+c)

158
Maybe we will have an all Neil, SQ Yoko ONTs for a month.

Comments decline from 600-800 to 4.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 25, 2020 10:38 PM (7rVsF)

159 I kinda want a Speed Queen
Posted by: Vmom 2020


I'm right here!!

Posted by: Grace Slick 1973 at January 25, 2020 10:38 PM (L2ZTs)

160 Neil Young became a US citizen so he could vote against Trump in 2020. You sure you want to be promoting that sort of behavior?
Posted by: Blanco Basura - forgetting to remove my socks. at January 25, 2020 10:31 PM (SchxB)

As long as he pays his US taxes, who TF cares?

That is some nice coin into the Treasury coffers.

He could move back to Canada, or anywhere else for that matter, and still whine about Trump.

Posted by: LeftCoast Dawg at January 25, 2020 10:38 PM (sy5kK)

161 So it looks like we might need to get a new washer/dryer. They're 20+ years old, and the motor crapped out on the dryer.

Any recommendations from the Horde? We were looking at a Maytag Bravos model.
Posted by: No One of Consequence at January 25, 2020 10:34 PM (CAJOC)


We just bought an Electrolux front loader set in November. Had a great sale price AND a couple of good rebates. Have been very impressed. I've been a "Maytag" girl my entire life. Very happy with the purchase and yes we did buy the pedestals.

Posted by: Cheribebe at January 25, 2020 10:38 PM (a4qVe)

162 Posted by: Pug Mahon, of the Butte Mahons at January 25, 2020 10:37 PM (x8Wzq)

I knew you didn't like him for his music. Your comment wasn't political observation.


Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at January 25, 2020 10:38 PM (aA3+G)

163 Neil went kind of nuts (in both good and bad ways) in the mid-1980s.

His heavy metal phase:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HbJgfX840jg

Posted by: qdpsteve at January 25, 2020 10:30 PM



I hit that link, and saw in the sidebar, under 'Suggested For You', "Edward Snowden -- How your smart phone spies on you"

I think they're on to me!

I decided to listen to "Cinnamon Girl" instead...

Posted by: Zettai Roshia-no Asetto at January 25, 2020 10:39 PM (7WaWV)

164 OK, all Ted Nugent all the time. 99% of all artists are fucking lefties.


Exactly. If you apply the purity test to artists there's nothing to listen to. Neil Young has some awesome songs.

Posted by: Bandersnatch at January 25, 2020 10:39 PM (gd9RK)

165 158
Maybe we will have an all Neil, SQ Yoko ONTs for a month.

Comments decline from 600-800 to 4.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 25, 2020 10:38 PM (7rVsF)

Cool.

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at January 25, 2020 10:39 PM (aA3+G)

166 A short classical music interlude.

Another short classical music interlude (a bit under 4 minutes): Rossini's "Duetto buffo di due gatti," in which two grown men meow like cats.

Yeah, I know it's the ONT and not the Pet Thread, but Rossini beats listening to Yoko:

https://tinyurl.com/s8q4327

Posted by: Basement Cat at January 25, 2020 10:39 PM (pPNCa)

167 Wasn't it in that Watson bat soup video that he described "Three squeeks"?

The mouse squeeks once when you pick it up with the chopsticks.

The mouse squeeks a second time when it is dipped in the sauce.

Posted by: mindful webworker - ggaaahhhggg at January 25, 2020 10:39 PM (0mP7b)

168 Hopefully Pencilneck will wind up with a Trump Stamp when the dust settles.

Posted by: Drink Like Vikings at January 25, 2020 10:40 PM (57fJu)

169 Only China would go full YOLO building a level 4 bio weapons research and development facility.

Posted by: squirrelly dan at January 25, 2020 10:40 PM (iLaBB)

170
Have the whiny-ass "This election is too important to the world" stuff from the Eurotrash types started yet?

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 25, 2020 10:40 PM (7rVsF)

171 Trump stops motorcade to shake hands with firemen saluting him: https://tinyurl.com/wmyozdx

Posted by: Bozo Conservative....unfrozen caveman moron at January 25, 2020 10:40 PM (T3JyM)

172 I like what I like but if I find out someone is a raging lefty the music just doesn't appeal to me anymore. I try to stay ignorant but sometimes it's impossible because they don't know how to keep their mouths shut.

Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at January 25, 2020 10:41 PM (2DOZq)

173 104
....You may recognize the melody, on which a more famous song is based.
https://youtu.be/qlPiPbbsqmg

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 25, 2020 10:28 PM (7rVsF)
-------------------------------
Well, dang.
Heh.

Posted by: Margarita DeVille at January 25, 2020 10:41 PM (M/9m0)

174 Neil Young became a US citizen so he could vote against Trump in 2020. You sure you want to be promoting that sort of behavior?
Posted by: Blanco Basura


He moved to Malibu, California, where a vote against Trump is about as useful as tits on a bull.

If the lefties want to be that stupid, let 'em be.

Posted by: mikeski at January 25, 2020 10:41 PM (P1f+c)

175 A short classical music interlude.

The Gendarmes Duet from Offenbach's Genevieve du Brabant. You may recognize the melody, on which a more famous song is based.

https://youtu.be/qlPiPbbsqmg
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 25, 2020 10:28 PM (7rVsF)


That was lovely.

Allow me to contribute - Bing Crosby and Rosemary Clooney having fun in 1960:

https://tinyurl.com/yx7e9psq

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at January 25, 2020 10:41 PM (Ki5SV)

176
Thanks for the ONT, MisHum. Back after I check out what's in some of these tabs.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 25, 2020 10:41 PM (13CQC)

177 I've never liked Neil Young. His politics mean nothing to me (even though I ain't surprised).

I know that most of the musicians I like are lefties, or at least stoner libertarians. That don't matter. I likes what I likes.

Pretty simple.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, of the Butte Mahons at January 25, 2020 10:37 PM (x8Wzq)


I can understand that. I like group called The Rainmakers. Band from KC in the early 80's. Good music, but they did better in Norway, of all places. You can find them on utube.

Posted by: Traveling Man&&&& at January 25, 2020 10:42 PM (mGj+b)

178 Just had leftovers of Thai pork fried rice with green curry. Before bedtime. How weird will my dreams be tonight?

Posted by: Pug Mahon, of the Butte Mahons at January 25, 2020 10:42 PM (x8Wzq)

179 Bruce Springsteen could be to the right of Hannity and I still wouldn't like him.

Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at January 25, 2020 10:43 PM (2DOZq)

180 178 think Mad World

Posted by: Vmom 2020 at January 25, 2020 10:43 PM (G546f)

181 Mis Hum
You could do a mash up of Neil, Yoko and the yodeler from earlier today.
Don't let the hamsters hear it though. They might run away.

Posted by: Winston a dreg of society at January 25, 2020 10:44 PM (Tt761)

182 Any Kate Upton fans here?


https://preview.tinyurl.com/ukfjuyr

Posted by: davidt at January 25, 2020 10:44 PM (l3+k2)

183

I want a Speed King

https://youtu.be/XXgMN_KjzW0

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at January 25, 2020 10:45 PM (aKsyK)

184 Another short classical music interlude (a bit under 4 minutes): Rossini's "Duetto buffo di due gatti," in which two grown men meow like cats.

Yeah, I know it's the ONT and not the Pet Thread, but Rossini beats listening to Yoko:

https://tinyurl.com/s8q4327
Posted by: Basement Cat at January 25, 2020 10:39 PM (pPNCa)


That was enjoyable. I understood every word they sang.

Posted by: DR.WTF at January 25, 2020 10:45 PM (aS1PU)

185 181 Mis Hum
You could do a mash up of Neil, Yoko and the yodeler from earlier today.
Don't let the hamsters hear it though. They might run away.
Posted by: Winston a dreg of society at January 25, 2020 10:44 PM (Tt761

I'm afraid if I did that the hamsters would attack and eat me.

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at January 25, 2020 10:45 PM (aA3+G)

186 Yes to the SpeedQueen. Hubby and I so glad we bought ours after being very unhappy with the previous fancy, intelligent, efficient model (GE Cabrio) that did not clean the clothes worth a a darn and whoa unto you if you accidentally left a dime in your pants pocket - call the repairman.

Now we get to make the decisions about water levels, temperatures, etc. It does not take 90 minutes to do a load. I kid you not, we have had ours for 3 years and at least once a week my husband says "I love our washer."

Posted by: cfo mom at January 25, 2020 10:45 PM (RfzVr)

187 According to Hollywood Babylon, Ramon Navarro died with his Oscar up his ass.

That book is a piece of utter garbage.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at January 25, 2020 10:45 PM (Ki5SV)

188 Thank you, as always, MisHum for a great ONT.

I want to apologize to everyone, ever, in the entire world for my recent behavior. With luck, this will be a short-term thing, due to the weird chest pains.

Anyway, hope you all are having a great Saturday. Love you all, and see you tomorrow!

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at January 25, 2020 10:45 PM (l9m7l)

189 Just had leftovers of Thai pork fried rice with green curry. Before bedtime. How weird will my dreams be tonight?
Posted by: Pug Mahon, of the Butte Mahons at January 25, 2020 10:42 PM (x8Wzq)

Speaking China , they have had an outbreak of brain parasites because of pork dishes they consumed.

Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at January 25, 2020 10:45 PM (2DOZq)

190 178 think Mad World
Posted by: Vmom 2020 at January 25, 2020 10:43 PM (G546f)

As long as walkers don't show up, I should be fine.

Wish me luck.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, of the Butte Mahons at January 25, 2020 10:46 PM (x8Wzq)

191 Hong Kong is closing all schools. Again YOLO cannot be stopped.

Posted by: squirrelly dan at January 25, 2020 10:46 PM (frty6)

192 Any Kate Upton fans here?
Posted by: davidt


Is the pope Cath...

um...

Yes, there are Kate Upton fans here.

Posted by: mikeski at January 25, 2020 10:47 PM (P1f+c)

193 That was enjoyable. I understood every word they sang

In contrast to most Italican operas.

Posted by: Basement Cat at January 25, 2020 10:47 PM (pPNCa)

194 was reading the sidebar on the Bee purchasing CNN. recommend not to read it while holding a glass of fluids near a keyboard, nor while drinking such fluids facing a monitor.

Posted by: boulder t'hobo at January 25, 2020 10:47 PM (ykYG2)

195 Posted by: davidt at January 25, 2020 10:44 PM (l3+k2)

I ain't clicking on that. No way.

Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at January 25, 2020 10:48 PM (2DOZq)

196 was reading the sidebar on the Bee purchasing CNN. recommend not to read it while holding a glass of fluids near a keyboard, nor while drinking such fluids facing a monitor.
Posted by: boulder t'hobo at January 25, 2020 10:47 PM (ykYG2)


The last line is hilarious.

Posted by: DR.WTF at January 25, 2020 10:48 PM (aS1PU)

197 Yo!

Posted by: Chi-Town Jerry at January 25, 2020 10:49 PM (CjFDo)

198 Speaking China , they have had an outbreak of brain parasites because of pork dishes they consumed.
Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at January 25, 2020 10:45 PM (2DOZq)

Well.

I already can't donate blood because I once ate a hamburger in Germany in the 1980s.

that said. Pretty sure the pork we get is local.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, of the Butte Mahons at January 25, 2020 10:49 PM (x8Wzq)

199 The Gendarmes Duet from Offenbach's Genevieve du Brabant. You may recognize the melody, on which a more famous song is based.

https://youtu.be/qlPiPbbsqmg
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 25, 2020 10:28 PM (7rVsF)
* * * *

Cool! Thanks, Hadrian the Seventh.

Posted by: Legally Sufficient at January 25, 2020 10:50 PM (fNFgo)

200 185
We couldn't have that.
I'm no music critic or very knowledgeable. I mean I've enjoyed jug bands while sober.
However, Hadrians selections are more my style now.
The local classical NPR station is begging for money and playing such awful stuff. I think they are trying to get people to pay or we get this crap.
Not going to do it.
NPR needs to be out begging for pennies on street corners.

Posted by: Winston a dreg of society at January 25, 2020 10:50 PM (Tt761)

201
That was enjoyable. I understood every word they sang

In contrast to most Italican operas.


Opera in English is not more intelligible. Listen to Dame Joan Sutherland and it's often difficult to tell what language she's singing in.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 25, 2020 10:50 PM (7rVsF)

202 Trump stops motorcade to shake hands with firemen saluting him: https://tinyurl.com/wmyozdx

Posted by: Bozo Conservative....unfrozen caveman moron at January 25, 2020 10:40 PM (T3JyM)


Funny how a billionaire can be a man of the people. Trump is so secure in his own skin. Not fake at all.

Trump really has altered the political landscape for the better. Golden Scalp Weasel doesn't give a shit about the same people for whom I don't give a shit. Bigly.

Posted by: RickZ at January 25, 2020 10:50 PM (Y8PSl)

203 The Rainmakers.
https://youtu.be/rUxhDnj1FAI

They've got some other good songs.

Posted by: Traveling Man&&&& at January 25, 2020 10:51 PM (mGj+b)

204 178 think Mad World

Same here, but with Odgen Marsh burning in the background (from The Crazies).

Apropo considering the Chinese situation.

Posted by: Bringer of Info at January 25, 2020 10:51 PM (7s3Gx)

205 Speaking China , they have had an outbreak of brain parasites because of pork dishes they consumed.
Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at January 25, 2020 10:45 PM (2DOZq)


I'd like to see a parasite try coming after me. This festering toxoplasmosis infestation in my squishy thinkmeats would wreck those chumps. Thanks, cats!

Posted by: hogmartin at January 25, 2020 10:51 PM (t+qrx)

206 166
Another short classical music interlude (a bit under 4 minutes): Rossini's "Duetto buffo di due gatti," in which two grown men meow like cats.
https://tinyurl.com/s8q4327
Posted by: Basement Cat at January 25, 2020 10:39 PM (pPNCa)
----------------------------------
That's a good one!

Posted by: Margarita DeVille at January 25, 2020 10:51 PM (M/9m0)

207 That was enjoyable. I understood every word they sang

In contrast to most Italican operas.

Opera in English is not more intelligible. Listen to Dame Joan Sutherland and it's often difficult to tell what language she's singing in.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 25, 2020 10:50 PM (7rVsF)


The piece you posted earlier was sung in English. I'll bet you couldn't tell.

Posted by: DR.WTF at January 25, 2020 10:51 PM (aS1PU)

208 CFO mom,
Do you have the top load or front load model?

Posted by: lin-duh at January 25, 2020 10:51 PM (UUBmN)

209 Okay gotta take off this icky sock

Posted by: qdpsteve at January 25, 2020 10:52 PM (L2ZTs)

210 honored to be under 200!

Posted by: None shall pass at January 25, 2020 10:52 PM (JdcHc)

211
Trump is unashamedly and unapologetically American. No wonder the Democrats and Europeans hate him.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 25, 2020 10:52 PM (7rVsF)

212 China is freaking out because since the Party has decided this a-choo virus is a thing, every local party leader is competing with one another to overreact more than the other party leaders.

It is stupid. and 4chan is trolling.

Posted by: boulder t'hobo at January 25, 2020 10:52 PM (ykYG2)

213 Any recommendations from the Horde? We were looking at a Maytag Bravos model.
Posted by: No One of Consequence

Just did a ton of research on this, after buying a new Maytag set about 7 years ago -- and HATED it. This impeller thing is a really bad idea when it comes to getting dirty clothes clean, so you may want to filter your searches by agitator. After so many complaints in the last few years, most of the makers have started offering agitator models again. I ended up choosing the GE Model # GTW845CSNWS for capacity and user friendliness. (Deep water option will at least allow you to fill to the top, where many models decide for you how much water the load will need. They do not do this well.) It's due to be delivered in a couple of weeks so I can't report on its performance yet.

My best advice is to find a used set (seriously) that works the way washers and dryers are supposed to, before they got "smart".

Posted by: one of the quiet ones at January 25, 2020 10:52 PM (2GPSc)

214 well, forget that.

Posted by: None shall pass at January 25, 2020 10:52 PM (JdcHc)

215 Posted by: Pug Mahon, of the Butte Mahons at January 25, 2020 10:49 PM (x8Wzq)

Of course not suggesting there is a danger here. Just pointing out another scary thing in China.

Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at January 25, 2020 10:53 PM (2DOZq)

216
I can understand that. I like group called The Rainmakers. Band from KC in the early 80's. Good music, but they did better in Norway, of all places. You can find them on utube.
Posted by: Traveling Man&&&&


They'll turn us all into beggars 'cause they're easier to
please
They're feeding our people that Government Cheese


https://youtu.be/WLzFhOslZPM

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at January 25, 2020 10:53 PM (aKsyK)

Posted by: Kat Timpf at January 25, 2020 10:54 PM (DBGf/)

218 Pug Mahon *fistbump*

Got the mad cow disease myself. Been living with it since 1992. I don't know how I managed to score a maths degree with kuru prions rampaging around my cranium but, hey.

Posted by: boulder t'hobo at January 25, 2020 10:54 PM (ykYG2)

219 Just rebuilt a Maytag LAT 2600 top loader. Glad I did.

Posted by: None shall pass at January 25, 2020 10:54 PM (JdcHc)

220 Laugha whilea you canna monkeyboy.

Posted by: Kat Timpf at January 25, 2020 10:55 PM (DBGf/)

221 I've been listening to a lot of bebop jazz , John Coltrane and Charlie Parker. Sirius has a couple of good jazz channels.

Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at January 25, 2020 10:56 PM (2DOZq)

222 Tried highlighting @217 to reveal teh hidden text, to no avail...

Posted by: Zettai Roshia-no Asetto at January 25, 2020 10:57 PM (7WaWV)

223 Pug Mahon *fistbump*

Got the mad cow disease myself. Been living with it since 1992. I don't know how I managed to score a maths degree with kuru prions rampaging around my cranium but, hey.
Posted by: boulder t'hobo at January 25, 2020 10:54 PM (ykYG2)

I keep the madness at bay by realizing that there are plenty of folk far crazier than I.

Also bourbon.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, of the Butte Mahons at January 25, 2020 10:58 PM (x8Wzq)

224 Pug Mahon #178: Just had leftovers of Thai pork fried rice with green curry. Before bedtime. How weird will my dreams be tonight?

Just meditate upon the top pic for a few minutes before you log off. Should direct your dreams to the right path.

Posted by: mindful webworker - life is but a dream at January 25, 2020 10:58 PM (0mP7b)

225 OT. Wonder Woman is on and Gal Gadot is a beauty.

That is all.

Posted by: DR.WTF at January 25, 2020 10:58 PM (aS1PU)

226 221 I've been listening to a lot of bebop jazz , John Coltrane and Charlie Parker. Sirius has a couple of good jazz channels.
Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at January 25, 2020 10:56 PM (2DOZq)

Jazz isn't dead, it just smells funny

Posted by: Zombie Frank Zappa at January 25, 2020 10:58 PM (aA3+G)

227 199
The Gendarmes Duet from Offenbach's Genevieve du Brabant. You may recognize the melody, on which a more famous song is based.


Huh. Did not know Offenbach was a jarhead.

Posted by: pep at January 25, 2020 10:58 PM (T6t7i)

228
Lived in England in 83-84, so I can never give blood again. But gays can, no questions asked!

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 25, 2020 10:58 PM (7rVsF)

229

Bird flu?

Avian flu?

Mad Cow?

Posted by: Soothsayer, now with a gentle glide applicator tip at January 25, 2020 10:59 PM (mkI/3)

230
Hong Kong is closing all schools.

King Kong closed New York City.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at January 25, 2020 10:59 PM (aKsyK)

231 Love all of you, and good night to you all.

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at January 25, 2020 11:00 PM (l9m7l)

232 225
OT. Wonder Woman is on and Gal Gadot is a beauty.


I'd take her over Kate Upton any day.

Posted by: pep at January 25, 2020 11:00 PM (T6t7i)

233 Lived in England in 83-84, so I can never give blood again.


That is entirely not true.

Posted by: Bandersnatch at January 25, 2020 11:00 PM (gd9RK)

234 Hong Kong is closing all schools.

King Kong closed New York City.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at January 25, 2020 10:59 PM (aKsyK)

It's on like Donkey Kong.

Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at January 25, 2020 11:00 PM (2DOZq)

235 I fat-fingered the Kat Timpf sock post. It's not barrel-worthy, is it?

Posted by: JAS at January 25, 2020 11:00 PM (DBGf/)

236
Q: Why do people take an instant dislike to jazz?

A: It saves time.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 25, 2020 11:01 PM (7rVsF)

237 lin-duh - top load. I like to be able to throw that extra item in that I found I dropped on the way to the laundry, lol.

Posted by: cfo mom at January 25, 2020 11:01 PM (RfzVr)

238
Funny how a billionaire can be a man of the people. Trump is so secure in his own skin. Not fake at all.

Trump really has altered the political landscape for the better.

Posted by: RickZ at January 25, 2020 10:50 PM (Y8PSl)


He is real, what you see is what you get. The guy is pro-American, the most of any President since Reagan.

By the end of his second term, if things keep rolling the way they have the last 3 years, he will be compared to George Washington by historians, with the asterisk from Globalist writers who hate him for stopping the destruction if the United States.

Posted by: LeftCoast Dawg at January 25, 2020 11:01 PM (sy5kK)

239 boeing managed not to kill anyone today :
cnbc.com/2020/01/25/boeings-777x-largest-ever-twin-engine-jet-takes-off-in-maiden-flight.html

Posted by: boulder t'hobo at January 25, 2020 11:01 PM (ykYG2)

240 Love all of you, and good night to you all.
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at January 25, 2020 11:00 PM (l9m7l)

And a good night to you.

Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at January 25, 2020 11:01 PM (2DOZq)

241
My best advice is to find a used set (seriously) that works the way washers and dryers are supposed to, before they got "smart".
Posted by: one of the quiet ones


But I MUST talk to my washer with my Alexa!

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at January 25, 2020 11:02 PM (aKsyK)

242
Posted by: boulder t'hobo at January 25, 2020 11:01 PM (ykYG2)

OK, it took off. Then what?

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 25, 2020 11:03 PM (7rVsF)

243 If you are spending big money, maybe Maytag and Whirlpool still
mean something. My experience is anecdotal but the quality has gone
down. Every time we had to replace a 20 year old American made appliance or
fixture, we regretted it.

I got so fed
up with modern famous brands that were a joke I did some research. I
had much better luck with the American made Speed Queen washer/dryers.
They are actually made in the USA and have fewer electronics to go pear
shaped.

There is a reason almost every
laundromat uses Speed Queen.

Posted by: Quint at January 25, 2020 11:03 PM (n13/j)

244 Bertram, if your most stimulating conversation all week has been with your washer, something is wrong

Posted by: qdpsteve at January 25, 2020 11:03 PM (L2ZTs)

245 Hadrian, it took off and LANDED!! safely!!!

For a Boeing prototype, that is newsworthy these days.

Posted by: boulder t'hobo at January 25, 2020 11:04 PM (ykYG2)

246 You know how I know my wife loves me?

She just bought me the complete Monty Python's Flying Circus on DVD.

Well. heading in. 'G'night.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, of the Butte Mahons at January 25, 2020 11:04 PM (x8Wzq)

247 First

Oh wait, I thought the Saturday ONT start time had been moved to 2300!

Posted by: Political Commissar Hrothgar at January 25, 2020 11:04 PM (BiNEL)

248 Why do people take an instant dislike to jazz?

Because I prefer to listen to musicians who are all playing the same song.

Posted by: cfo mom at January 25, 2020 11:04 PM (RfzVr)

249
Well, my dear mother fell for a phishing email this morning, compromising the email account with Charter. I just got through changing and updating all the passwords and security info on two accounts I have with them.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion of a Poperin Pear at January 25, 2020 11:04 PM (f1Vqw)

250 Posted by: Pug Mahon, of the Butte Mahons at January 25, 2020 11:04 PM (x8Wzq)

That does say "Love" or a hell of a good shopper.

Posted by: Zombie Frank Zappa at January 25, 2020 11:05 PM (aA3+G)

251 248 Why do people take an instant dislike to jazz?

Because I prefer to listen to musicians who are all playing the same song.
Posted by: cfo mom at January 25, 2020 11:04 PM (RfzVr)

Please pass the paper towel.

Posted by: Zombie Frank Zappa at January 25, 2020 11:05 PM (aA3+G)

252 Love all of you, and good night to you all.
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at January 25, 2020 11:00 PM (l9m7l)
* * * *

Sweet dreams, BeCh!

Posted by: Legally Sufficient at January 25, 2020 11:05 PM (fNFgo)

253 Wuhan Chad on the ground gives details. Spoiler. It's bad, people being left to die, out of resources, everything is shut down, under reporting, ect...
Turn on subtitles in options menu. Worth the 10 minutes.

https://m.youtube.com/ watch?v=wEkIdGht-S8&time_continue=699&feature=emb_title#

Posted by: squirrelly dan at January 25, 2020 11:06 PM (frty6)

254 Off FZ sock.

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at January 25, 2020 11:06 PM (aA3+G)

255 Posted by: Pug Mahon, of the Butte Mahons at January 25, 2020 11:04 PM (x8Wzq)

That does say "Love" or a hell of a good shopper.
Posted by: Zombie Frank Zappa at January 25, 2020 11:05 PM (aA3+G)

both.

Still. I kinda like my bride of 31 years. She's my girl.

Okay. Goodnight for realsies.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, of the Butte Mahons at January 25, 2020 11:06 PM (x8Wzq)

256 Why do people take an instant dislike to jazz?

Because I prefer to listen to musicians who are all playing the same song.
Posted by: cfo mom at January 25, 2020 11:04 PM (RfzVr)


There is good jazz but random note saxophone jazz sucks.

Posted by: DR.WTF at January 25, 2020 11:06 PM (aS1PU)

257
Any landing you walk away from is a good one.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 25, 2020 11:06 PM (7rVsF)

258 228
Lived in England in 83-84, so I can never give blood again. But gays can, no questions asked!
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 25, 2020 10:58 PM (7rVsF)


The "right" for gays to give blood became a Cause at the same time that HIV-positive people were conspiring to give blood in order to infect the rest of the population. It removes the stigma, dontcha know, if lots of people have AIDS. And that's only fair.

Posted by: Emmie at January 25, 2020 11:06 PM (87gB3)

259 Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 25, 2020 11:01 PM (7rVsF)

Tips hat!

Posted by: Political Commissar Hrothgar at January 25, 2020 11:07 PM (BiNEL)

260 Q: Why do people take an instant dislike to jazz?

A: It saves time.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 25, 2020 11:01 PM (7rVsF)


Alan Jay Lerner once gave the same answer to Andrew Lloyd Webber when Webber asked why people seemed to hate him right out of the gate.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at January 25, 2020 11:07 PM (Ki5SV)

261 OK, my stomach is rumbling, which means it's time for night ablutions and then to bed.

Hope you all have a lovely night.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at January 25, 2020 11:08 PM (Ki5SV)

262 No fucking shit, guys who can gag down that commie squaller Neil Young get to act all uppity bitch about jazz and opera.




Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at January 25, 2020 11:08 PM (oRpiG)

263 hiya

Posted by: JT at January 25, 2020 11:08 PM (arJlL)

264 No fucking shit, guys who can gag down that commie squaller Neil Young get to act all uppity bitch about jazz and opera.

Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at January 25, 2020 11:08 PM (oRpiG)


That there is funny.

Posted by: DR.WTF at January 25, 2020 11:09 PM (aS1PU)

265
Because I prefer to listen to musicians who are all playing the same song.

Posted by: cfo mom


Q: What is a minor second?

A: Two violists playing in unison.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 25, 2020 11:09 PM (7rVsF)

266 There's no way it's just at 41 deaths
Posted by: Vmom 2020

The bulk of them have died from being old.

Posted by: Sock Monkey...rebel without a subjunctive clause at January 25, 2020 11:09 PM (r/mKb)

267 I received a "are you in for Bernie" because "he's been fighting against the billionaires and hypocrisy all his life" text.

Figured since they have my cell number, might as well reply,

Sooo...I responded that Bernies wife embezzled millions and bankrupted a university while Bernie himself is worth millions and owns 2 or 3 houses, worth quite a bit of money and that he's nothing more than a hypocrite and a grifter.

I'm waiting to see if I get a response.

Evening all.

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing
at January 25, 2020 11:10 PM (WEBkv)

268 It's not the movie thread but I forgot how much I liked the movie Whiplash .

Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at January 25, 2020 11:10 PM (2DOZq)

269 Everything imaginable seems to be a delicacy in China:

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=zrv78nG9R04

Posted by: Chilled Surfperch at January 25, 2020 11:10 PM (tVQUs)

270 229

Bird flu?

Avian flu?

Mad Cow?

Posted by: Soothsayer, now with a gentle glide applicator tip at January 25, 2020 10:59 PM (mkI/3

Bat-SARs but SARS gets censored by China media and ill assume our own hence Corona virus which most SARS and MERS.

Posted by: squirrelly dan at January 25, 2020 11:10 PM (frty6)

271 There is a reason almost every
laundromat uses Speed Queen.
Posted by: Quint at January 25, 2020 11:03 PM (n13/j


I have bad news. Speed Queen has gone electronic. You have to go used/refurbished if you want dials.

Posted by: Emmie at January 25, 2020 11:11 PM (87gB3)

272 269 Everything imaginable seems to be a delicacy in China:

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=zrv78nG9R04
Posted by: Chilled Surfperch at January 25, 2020 11:10 PM (tVQUs)

They eat fetuses. I've seen the pictures. Pure YOLO over there.

Posted by: squirrelly dan at January 25, 2020 11:12 PM (frty6)

273 Figured since they have my cell number, might as well reply,

Sooo...I responded that Bernies wife embezzled millions and bankrupted a university while Bernie himself is worth millions and owns 2 or 3 houses, worth quite a bit of money and that he's nothing more than a hypocrite and a grifter.

I'm waiting to see if I get a response.

Evening all.
Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing


Now you've done it. You are now going to get robot voiced voice messages from the Social Security Administration Department saying they know what you've done.

Posted by: DR.WTF at January 25, 2020 11:12 PM (aS1PU)

274 blake, re the Bernie texts, I understand doing that. I really do. I'm not criticizing you directly, or as a person.

But I just frankly don't trust any Dems at all at this point. It wouldn't surprise me if they send a lot of the declining texts they get back directly to their friends/thugs at pantifa.

Then again I've been known for being a bit paranoid. So take this however you choose. YMMV.

Posted by: qdpsteve at January 25, 2020 11:13 PM (L2ZTs)

275 I get the ice fishing cuz I done it ...WI native. Packer fan too.

Posted by: rocdoctom at January 25, 2020 11:13 PM (RNNcP)

276 I have bad news. Speed Queen has gone electronic. You have to go used/refurbished if you want dials.





Posted by: Emmie at January 25, 2020 11:11 PM (87gB3)

hmm. I did not know that.

Posted by: Quint at January 25, 2020 11:13 PM (n13/j)

277 That robot trashcan navigates following tape on the pavement. Enterprising children could put that puppy in the next county if they had access to sufficient tape.

Posted by: Kindltot at January 25, 2020 11:13 PM (6rS3m)

278 Ahhhh.
Animal scat.
I remember teaching Mrs D about hunting and how to recognize deer and elk poop. Also if you stick your finger in it to see if it's warm it tells you it's fresh and the animal is near.

Now that I think about it, I've not hunted since.

Posted by: Diogenes at January 25, 2020 11:13 PM (axyOa)

279 No fucking shit, guys who can gag down that commie squaller Neil Young get to act all uppity bitch about jazz and opera.



Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at January 25, 2020 11:08 PM (oRpiG)

My personal opinions, whether you want to read them or not.
Neil Young: He doesn't sing, he whines
Jazz: Ambivalent
Opera: Quit singing about it and do something about it!

Posted by: Vendette at January 25, 2020 11:13 PM (SL4lK)

280 Matt Gaetz on Wattersworld now. Is it just me, or is he not the spitting image of Butthead?

Posted by: Drink Like Vikings at January 25, 2020 11:14 PM (57fJu)

281 The bulk of them have died from being old.
Posted by: Sock Monkey...rebel without a subjunctive clause at January 25, 2020 11:09 PM (r/mKb)

"An estimated 80,000 Americans died of flu and its complications last winter (201, according to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. This means it was the deadliest season in more than four decades -- since 1976, the date of the first published paper reporting total seasonal flu deaths, said CDC Spokeswoman Kristen Nordlund".

I'm not wildly concerned yet

Posted by: CN at January 25, 2020 11:14 PM (ONvIw)

282 I'm using an LG washer and gas dryer of indeterminate age (came with the house) and I just love them! Washer is front load, which I swore I would never have but now love. Both are on pedestals which saves the back when reaching waaaay back in there to get that last piece of clothing (which is a sock nine times out of ten). Clothes get clean and dry, as appropriate.

Mom got a new Maytag washer and dryer and has had nothing but service calls. And they are quite noisy when operating. So disappointing!

Posted by: Legally Sufficient at January 25, 2020 11:14 PM (fNFgo)

283 Guess I shouldn't have eaten those bits of chocolate. Now I won't be able to sleep. Oh well.

Posted by: Traveling Man&&&& at January 25, 2020 11:14 PM (mGj+b)

284 blake, re the Bernie texts, I understand doing that. I really do. I'm not criticizing you directly, or as a person.



But I just frankly don't trust any Dems at all at this point. It
wouldn't surprise me if they send a lot of the declining texts they get
back directly to their friends/thugs at pantifa.



Then again I've been known for being a bit paranoid. So take this however you choose. YMMV.

Posted by: qdpsteve at January 25, 2020 11:13 PM (L2ZTs)

they are doing it to everyone. With the fake headers that make it out like they are a friend. Crooks.

Posted by: Quint at January 25, 2020 11:14 PM (n13/j)

285 I kinda want a Speed Queen
Posted by: Vmom 2020 at January 25, 2020 10:35 PM (G546f)

Palp used to recommend Speed Queen. I sure miss him.

Posted by: Chilled Surfperch, Ancient Slavonaut Theorists Recommend Speed Queen as well at January 25, 2020 11:15 PM (tVQUs)

286 "An estimated 80,000 Americans died of flu and its complications last winter (201, according to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. This means it was the deadliest season in more than four decades -- since 1976, the date of the first published paper reporting total seasonal flu deaths, said CDC Spokeswoman Kristen Nordlund".

I'm not wildly concerned yet
Posted by: CN at January 25, 2020 11:14 PM (ONvIw)


Yeah, and according to NASA, last year was the hottest year on record.

Posted by: DR.WTF at January 25, 2020 11:15 PM (aS1PU)

287 Too bad.
I like Neil Young.



.........'s music. I'll admit to that.

Posted by: Sock Monkey...rebel without a subjunctive clause at January 25, 2020 11:15 PM (r/mKb)

288 Matt Gaetz on Wattersworld now. Is it just me, or is he not the spitting image of Butthead?
Posted by: Drink Like Vikings


I'm not sure.

Please post a pic of your forehead.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at January 25, 2020 11:15 PM (nYWSF)

289 I have bad news. Speed Queen has gone electronic. You have to go used/refurbished if you want dials.
Posted by: Emmie

Not only that, but their max capacity is 3.2 from what I've read, and I like to wash large bedding.

Posted by: one of the quiet ones at January 25, 2020 11:15 PM (2GPSc)

290 Kateurday ONT Compliance Pics

https://tinyurl.com/sxhdesa

https://tinyurl.com/tvuwpm5

https://tinyurl.com/udf7bfj

https://tinyurl.com/wqeqjru

Posted by: kbdabear at January 25, 2020 11:16 PM (qAR6u)

291 "guys who can gag down that commie squaller Neil Young"

commie squalor >> commie squaller

Posted by: Drink Like Vikings at January 25, 2020 11:16 PM (57fJu)

292 Anyway, good evening Horde.

I went to an auction today and was pleased to hear a crowd of people saying we need a r*volu*ion to deal with the donks over this shampeachment.

Nice to find out I was among friends, as I usually assume antique dealer types are libs.

Posted by: CN at January 25, 2020 11:16 PM (ONvIw)

293
I'm not wildly concerned yet
Posted by: CN


How often have we been presented with the disease that's going to be The Stand?

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at January 25, 2020 11:16 PM (aKsyK)

294 But I just frankly don't trust any Dems at all at this point. It wouldn't surprise me if they send a lot of the declining texts they get back directly to their friends/thugs at pantifa.

Then again I've been known for being a bit paranoid. So take this however you choose. YMMV.
Posted by: qdpsteve at January 25, 2020 11:13 PM (L2ZTs)
----------------

qdp, pantifa isn't a problem where I live. Their nonsense well get them jail time, at the very least.

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing
at January 25, 2020 11:17 PM (WEBkv)

295 It would take a heart of stone not to laugh if Catalin Onc and Elena Englehart are robbed by roving gangs on their Africa bicycle trip

Posted by: kbdabear at January 25, 2020 11:17 PM (qAR6u)

296 How often have we been presented with the disease that's going to be The Stand?
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at January 25, 2020 11:16 PM (aKsyK)

I distinctly recall panic over swine flu

Posted by: CN at January 25, 2020 11:18 PM (ONvIw)

297
Not only that, but their max capacity is 3.2 from what I've read, and I like to wash large bedding.
Posted by: one of the quiet ones


Down by the river
I washed my bedding

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at January 25, 2020 11:18 PM (aKsyK)

298 I received a "are you in for Bernie" because "he's been fighting against the billionaires and hypocrisy all his life" text.

Figured since they have my cell number, might as well reply,

Sooo...I responded that Bernies wife embezzled millions and bankrupted a university while Bernie himself is worth millions and owns 2 or 3 houses, worth quite a bit of money and that he's nothing more than a hypocrite and a grifter.

I'm waiting to see if I get a response.

Evening all.

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing


Keep your phone is a portable Faraday Cage. Those commie fucktards will probably try to hack into it, plant kiddie porn on it, then call the cops. I agree with qdpsteve, I don't trust those ratfuckers.

But I do understand why you did what you did.

Posted by: RickZ at January 25, 2020 11:18 PM (Y8PSl)

299 How often have we been presented with the disease that's going to be The Stand?
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at January 25, 2020 11:16 PM (aKsyK)

I think they are rightly paranoid after the Spanish Flu just a hundred years ago.

Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at January 25, 2020 11:18 PM (2DOZq)

300 Guess I shouldn't have eaten those bits of chocolate. Now I won't be able to sleep. Oh well.
Posted by: Traveling Man&&&& at January 25, 2020 11:14 PM (mGj+b)
* * * *

Chocolate was a gift to us from the Almighty and was meant to be eaten and enjoyed. You done good!

Posted by: Legally Sufficient at January 25, 2020 11:19 PM (fNFgo)

301 We got GE front load washer and dryer. Once you get them set as far as temp and dry time, they work good. Just push the power button, then start. Wash a load in about 42 minutes and dry in about 12 minutes.

Posted by: Traveling Man&&&& at January 25, 2020 11:21 PM (mGj+b)

302 I read an article this morning that linked (I don't know how accurately) the disease in China to their love of bat soup. Yeah.. I could believe that!

Posted by: Chi-Town Jerry at January 25, 2020 11:23 PM (CjFDo)

303 Posted by: Traveling Man&&&& at January 25, 2020 11:21 PM (mGj+b

Dry in only 12 minutes ?

Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at January 25, 2020 11:23 PM (2DOZq)

304 Keep your phone is a portable Faraday Cage. Those commie fucktards will probably try to hack into it, plant kiddie porn on it, then call the cops. I agree with qdpsteve, I don't trust those ratfuckers.

But I do understand why you did what you did.
Posted by: RickZ at January 25, 2020 11:18 PM (Y8PSl)
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Wait and see what happens. Could be interesting. Or, nothing much at all will happen.

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing
at January 25, 2020 11:23 PM (WEBkv)

305 blake, fair enough.
RickZ, thanks.

Posted by: qdpsteve at January 25, 2020 11:23 PM (L2ZTs)

306 1. The kid in the video pounding nails will go far with the ladies.

2. Love the pic of the Royal and the Tramp.

3. Ice fishing vid. ROFLMAO! Reminds me of the Tool Time episode.

Posted by: The Man from Athens at January 25, 2020 11:24 PM (CVRjO)

307 I went to an auction today and was pleased to hear a crowd of people saying we need a r*volu*ion to deal with the donks over this shampeachment.

Nice to find out I was among friends, as I usually assume antique dealer types are libs.
Posted by: CN at January 25, 2020 11:16 PM (ONvIw)


Attended the Sportsman Show today in Puyallup. Thousands there. So many they had two different Conservative/Trump booths.
Odd but no Lib/Dem booths at all.

Posted by: Diogenes at January 25, 2020 11:24 PM (axyOa)

308 blake, in fairness, the chances are probably 95% absolutely nothing will happen.

Stil... and as you can see online, some of these people are out-and-out utter psychotics. (They're all mentally damaged, it's just a matter of degrees how much.) I personally wouldn't take any gambles with Bernie supporters.

Posted by: qdpsteve at January 25, 2020 11:25 PM (L2ZTs)

309 NO Newsroom
@BNODesk
BREAKING: Jiangxi province orders communities at risk of coronavirus to be "immediately quarantined and blocked"

Posted by: squirrelly dan at January 25, 2020 11:25 PM (frty6)

310 I think they are rightly paranoid after the Spanish Flu just a hundred years ago.
Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at January 25, 2020 11:18 PM (2DOZq)

That's when international travel was slow and relatively rare, and ocean barriers served to isolate a lot of the continents somewhat, mass WW I troop movements changed that paradigm. Now there are wuhan Chinese kids visiting the DC area as a routine school exchange student activity.

But I'm not worried because I know NHS has got this!

Posted by: Political Commissar Hrothgar at January 25, 2020 11:25 PM (BiNEL)

311
Maybe if the ChiComs weren't trying to treat the virus with massive doses of melamine.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 25, 2020 11:25 PM (7rVsF)

312 Posted by: kbdabear at January 25, 2020 11:17 PM (qAR6u)

Like that young couple biking across the ME?

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at January 25, 2020 11:25 PM (aA3+G)

313 Bertram, if your most stimulating conversation all week has been with your washer, something is wrong
Posted by: qdpsteve
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Ah. That must mean I'm in good shape, my most stimulating conversation has been with a dog.

Posted by: Mike Hammer's parents at January 25, 2020 11:25 PM (sHVgQ)

314 Mike, David Berkowitz on line 1 for you. :-)

Posted by: qdpsteve at January 25, 2020 11:26 PM (L2ZTs)

315 was reading the sidebar on the Bee purchasing CNN. recommend not to read it while holding a glass of fluids near a keyboard, nor while drinking such fluids facing a monitor.

Posted by: boulder t'hobo at January 25, 2020 10:47 PM (ykYG2)


Take away quote:
"Site founder Adam Ford was against the move, but nobody listens to him anymore."

Pray Snopes does not urge filing a complaint with the SEC claiming the Babylon Bee is putting out false information to skew stock prices for their business, and to influence the price of CNN stock.

Because satire is dead.

Posted by: Kindltot at January 25, 2020 11:26 PM (6rS3m)

316 Neil Young? BOOOOOOO!!!
Posted by: Insomniac

Insom's tryin' to scare him !

Posted by: JT at January 25, 2020 11:26 PM (arJlL)

317 Posted by: Traveling Man&&&& at January 25, 2020 11:21 PM (mGj+b

Dry in only 12 minutes ?
Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at January 25, 2020 11:23 PM (2DOZq)


Yep...my word as a Biden. /jk. Really, the dryer is set on 12 minutes and the clothes are dry. To be fair though, we don't overload it either and clean the lint trap every time.

Posted by: Traveling Man&&&& at January 25, 2020 11:27 PM (mGj+b)

318
Bertram, if your most stimulating conversation all week has been with your washer, something is wrong

Conversation? What is this word you speak?

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 25, 2020 11:27 PM (7rVsF)

319 Food. Reason #5 why I never want to go to fucking China or nearly any Asian country.

Posted by: The Man from Athens at January 25, 2020 11:27 PM (CVRjO)

320
Well, doing some more digging and questioning my mother some more, it looks like she entered the wrong password for the phishing attack anyway, so they most likely got a bogus password and couldn't hack it.

I've changed everything anyway.

I've told her don't respond to any more emails, under any circumstances, without checking with me. I hope she follows that.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion of a Poperin Pear at January 25, 2020 11:27 PM (f1Vqw)

321 Stil... and as you can see online, some of these people are out-and-out utter psychotics. (They're all mentally damaged, it's just a matter of degrees how much.) I personally wouldn't take any gambles with Bernie supporters.
Posted by: qdpsteve at January 25, 2020 11:25 PM (L2ZTs)
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I'm a white haired frail old man with bad lungs who was in fear for his life.



Sympathetic witnesses unite!

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing
at January 25, 2020 11:27 PM (WEBkv)

322 I went to an auction today and was pleased to hear a
crowd of people saying we need a r*volu*ion to deal with the donks over
this shampeachment.



Nice to find out I was among friends, as I usually assume antique dealer types are libs.

Posted by: CN at January 25, 2020 11:16 PM (ONvIw)





Attended the Sportsman Show today in Puyallup. Thousands there. So many they had two different Conservative/Trump booths.

Odd but no Lib/Dem booths at all.

Posted by: Diogenes at January 25, 2020 11:24 PM (axyOa)
The Left has their bubbles. There are many major metropolitan areas where supporting a Republican is a hate crime. These people are nuts. It is a numbers game now. Any normal who does not come out to vote, and bring two friends with him, is complacent. A dick thing to say but that is where we are . It is down to the numbers, and it is about who comes out on election day, not what they say in a bar.

Posted by: Quint at January 25, 2020 11:27 PM (n13/j)

323 The Paul Joseph Watson Bat Soup rant made me LOL many times.

Epic.

https://tinyurl.com/vt4to8h

Posted by: Bitter Clinger at January 25, 2020 11:28 PM (C2rVF)

324 Opera: Quit singing about it and do something about it!

Rossini's greatest hit: https://tinyurl.com/tcpuyyc

Posted by: Basement Cat at January 25, 2020 11:29 PM (pPNCa)

325 and not to be a total jerk but you could use the work complicit too. I know the VA GOP has been complicit for a long time.

Posted by: Quint at January 25, 2020 11:30 PM (n13/j)

326 I like Neil Young. Not all of it, but I would recommend Silver and Gold to anyone that liked Harvest. It's one of his later albums and a tribute to his dad.

And I like Rory Gallagher. I think he opened for two concerts I saw and he put on a good show. I watched the Last Waltz and Almost Famous tonight too.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at January 25, 2020 11:30 PM (Lqy/e)

327 295: Heh. Might even be worth making a few calls....

Posted by: The Man from Athens at January 25, 2020 11:30 PM (CVRjO)

328 Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion of a Poperin Pear at January 25, 2020 11:27 PM (f1Vqw)


It use to be we had to take their car keys away
Now, we have to take their tablets away as well

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at January 25, 2020 11:30 PM (aA3+G)

329 I really need to buy a metal colander. I'll look like a dork wearing my plastic one.
Posted by: mikeski

Won't look so bad if you're armed with a spatula.

Posted by: Sock Monkey...rebel without a subjunctive clause at January 25, 2020 11:31 PM (r/mKb)

330 One advantage of front-end loading washing machines: Instant entertainment for babies and toddlers.

Posted by: Vendette at January 25, 2020 11:31 PM (SL4lK)

331 I think they are rightly paranoid after the Spanish Flu just a hundred years ago.
Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at January 25, 2020 11:18 PM (2DOZq)

Spanish Flu death rate was a direct result of the lack of anti-biotics for the pneumatic bacteria that resulted in the fluid rich environment the virus presented in the lungs - its not as much of a problem today, obviously. Ebola and Marburg are Hemorhragic

Posted by: Boswell at January 25, 2020 11:32 PM (32YRo)

332 One advantage of front-end loading washing machines: Instant entertainment for babies and toddlers.

Posted by: Vendette at January 25, 2020 11:31 PM (SL4lK)


Cat tv!

Posted by: RickZ at January 25, 2020 11:32 PM (Y8PSl)

333 According to Hollywood Babylon, Ramon Navarro died with his Oscar up his ass.

The award was presented by Charmin

Posted by: JT at January 25, 2020 11:32 PM (arJlL)

334
Neil Young? BOOOOOOO!!!

Posted by: Insomniac

...............
I agree!
My wife and I went to a CSNY concert during the Bush years.. the political shit going down onstage was unbelievable.. and Young was up there foremost.
Fuck them all!

Posted by: Chi-Town Jerry at January 25, 2020 11:33 PM (CjFDo)

335 Posted by: Boswell at January 25, 2020 11:32 PM (32Y

But the antibiotic resistant strain is what they are paranoid about.

Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at January 25, 2020 11:33 PM (2DOZq)

336 C'mon man. Only PDT can sell rice to China.
And pork and wheat etc.

Posted by: JAS at January 25, 2020 11:33 PM (DBGf/)

337 Also antibiotics don't help with a virus.

Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at January 25, 2020 11:34 PM (2DOZq)

338 One advantage of front-end loading washing machines: Instant entertainment for babies and toddlers.



Posted by: Vendette
........
You mean when you put one of 'em in there and let the others watch??

Posted by: Chi-Town Jerry at January 25, 2020 11:34 PM (CjFDo)

339 And I like Rory Gallagher. I think he opened for two concerts I saw and he put on a good show. I watched the Last Waltz and Almost Famous tonight too.
Posted by: Notsothoreau at January 25, 2020 11:30 PM (Lqy/e)


Yeah, Gallagher is good. I have the live album he did in Dublin in I think it was 73 or so. It was during "The Troubles" with the Brits and the IRA.

Posted by: Traveling Man&&&& at January 25, 2020 11:34 PM (mGj+b)

340 Posted by: Notsothoreau at January 25, 2020 11:30 PM (Lqy/e)

How are you holding up?

Posted by: CN at January 25, 2020 11:35 PM (ONvIw)

341 Food. Reason #5 why I never want to go to fucking China or nearly any Asian country.

Posted by: The Man from Athens at January 25, 2020 11:27 PM (CVRjO)

As i mentioned the other day, Chinese cuisines is one of the great cuisines of the world. No serious chef denies that.

Now China as a nation, and how it treats people is a whole other thing. I have not been following this virus thing. All I have heard about it is on this site. But one thing I noticed recently. At some of these high end fu fu markets well all know, there is something going on. In fact, I take it back, I saw this at Wall Mart too.

I keep seeing kids grabbing vegetables, running around with them in glee, and then placing them back somewhere. I realize that most of the time when people get sick it is not the pork, it is not the meat, it is fruits and vegetables. And though I just realized what I saw, I am seeing it almost every time I go to the market.

One thing I am doing is only choosing vegetables and produce that is stacked at the top. Tall guy privilege I guess.

Posted by: Quint at January 25, 2020 11:35 PM (n13/j)

342 You mean when you put one of 'em in there and let the others watch??

Posted by: Chi-Town Jerry at January 25, 2020 11:34 PM (CjFDo)
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I had nephews that put pillows in the dryer and would give each other a ride in the dryer.

They were and are an engaging bunch of guys.

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing
at January 25, 2020 11:36 PM (WEBkv)

343 Ebola and Marburg type viruses are completely different from the Coronavirus or SARS viruses - they kill by eating organ tissue and causing hemorrhaging in these organs along with crippling fever - not from the bacteria that results in the lungs from the viruses processes - this is how Coronavirus and SAR-type viruses kill people.

Posted by: Boswell at January 25, 2020 11:37 PM (32YRo)

344 Looks like the Dems are going to nominate an out and proud socialist if the latest couple of polls are accurate. Betting markets are zooming up on Sanders.

Whether he wins or not the fact he is viable shows how fucked we are.

Posted by: Hotgas VIP Member at January 25, 2020 11:37 PM (qgWvD)

345 As i mentioned the other day, Chinese cuisines is one of the great cuisines of the world. No serious chef denies that.

One thing I am doing is only choosing vegetables and produce that is stacked at the top. Tall guy privilege I guess.
Posted by: Quint at January 25, 2020 11:35 PM (n13/j)

My husband was treated to a 3 week visit to China due to his university work. He said the food sucked and that "Chinese food" was better here in the US,

Posted by: CN at January 25, 2020 11:38 PM (ONvIw)

346 Well, doing some more digging and questioning my mother some more, it looks like she entered the wrong password for the phishing attack anyway, so they most likely got a bogus password and couldn't hack it.

I've changed everything anyway.

I've told her don't respond to any more emails, under any circumstances, without checking with me. I hope she follows that.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion of a Poperin Pear at January 25, 2020 11:27



My dad got successfully phished and scammed several times in his final years... My sister, who handled his estate, tells me he lost thousands of dollars, perhaps tens of thousands! She spent months sorting things out and she has no idea where all his money went...

Posted by: Zettai Roshia-no Asetto at January 25, 2020 11:38 PM (7WaWV)

347 269 Everything imaginable seems to be a delicacy in China:

I have discussed my culinary adventures in China before.

I threw up all over that country.

Posted by: Moki at January 25, 2020 11:39 PM (mFoNl)

348 You mean when you put one of 'em in there and *let* the others watch??

Posted by: Chi-Town Jerry at January 25, 2020 11:34 PM (CjFDo)

*made*

Posted by: Political Commissar Hrothgar at January 25, 2020 11:39 PM (BiNEL)

349 Dying of third world diseases is progressive and multi-cultural.

Bigots.

Posted by: Bitter Clinger at January 25, 2020 11:39 PM (C2rVF)

350 https://tinyurl.com/s6jkxt8

Title cut from Silver and Gold (accoustic)

Posted by: Notsothoreau at January 25, 2020 11:40 PM (Lqy/e)

351
Good night, Hordians. Up at 0500, take care of the mutts, shower and put on a suit and off to Rosary at 0700.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 25, 2020 11:42 PM (7rVsF)

352 Hope it doesn't rain tomorrow. Maybe get my covered porch upgrade done. Basically have three days with no work starting Monday with cataract surgery, then post op Tuesday, then a VA checkup Wednesday. Sawdust prolly ain't too good in the eyes and I can't stand to wear those funky safety goggles.

Posted by: Traveling Man&&&& at January 25, 2020 11:42 PM (mGj+b)

353 My husband was treated to a 3 week visit to China
due to his university work. He said the food sucked and that "Chinese
food" was better here in the US,


Posted by: CN at January 25, 2020 11:38 PM (ONvIw)

Back when I was in university I helped foreign students, pretty much all Asian, work on their English (pro tip: do not use advice columns unless you want to explain a lot of slang or say, "Don't worry, you'll never hear that again."). Some students from Taiwan invited me over for a home-cooked meal. Wow. Nothing like my Americanized Chinese food-eating self had ever had before. The one thing I remember to this day was the liberal use of mayonnaise.

Posted by: Vendette at January 25, 2020 11:42 PM (SL4lK)

354 You have an excellent and probably 99% chance of surviving a SARs type virus if you are under the age of 70 or over the age of 5 and you get medical care within 24 hours of getting fever and flu like conditions - your chances of surviving a hemorrhagic fever virus from Africa (typically the Congo region) like Marburg are less than 40% regardless of the care - read the documentary novel "Hot Zone" - it'll scare the shit out of you but it will also educate you.

Posted by: Boswell at January 25, 2020 11:43 PM (32YRo)

355 I was in Taiwan mid 1990s. They had good Mongolian barbeque. That is what middle class Chinese-ethnic people ate over there. I don't recall that they cared about "traditional Taiwanese food" much less the aboriginal stuff.

Posted by: boulder t'hobo at January 25, 2020 11:43 PM (ykYG2)

356 similar to the fresh vegetable issue. I read something about the health concerns with buffets that floored me because I never thought about it. I always thout the problems with buffets were sneeze guards or the lack of them.

It turns out that we are are all toughing the same utensils to serve our food and not everyone is so keen on hygiene. It turns out that even the buffets put a time limit on how long to replace utensils because they know they are compromised. It is not a question of making sure they are clean, it is just that they have a time limit for the bacteria.
I never even thought about the utensils.

Posted by: Quint at January 25, 2020 11:43 PM (n13/j)

357 'Night Hadrian.

Posted by: BackwardsBoy. #DemocratsSuck at January 25, 2020 11:43 PM (HaL55)

358 I have discussed my culinary adventures in China before.

I threw up all over that country.
Posted by: Moki at January 25, 2020 11:39 PM (mFoNl)

I wouldn't be surprised if your barf went on to be served as a blue plate special at some diner there.

Posted by: Chilled Surfperch, a Delicacy, much like everything else at January 25, 2020 11:44 PM (tVQUs)

359 Food. Reason #5 why I never want to go to fucking China or nearly any Asian country.
Posted by: The Man from Athens


That's not a good reason. It's not all bat tits and dogs. There's lots of wonderful things in East Asia.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at January 25, 2020 11:44 PM (nYWSF)

360 The first pic is of Kailua (Oahu).

Childhood memories of riding TheBus with friends to go to the beach there.

Posted by: SMH at January 25, 2020 11:44 PM (RU4sa)

361 I am doing okay. I'm starting to eat a little and sleeping okay. I am trying to help my stepson get through this and he's helping me at the house a bit. I posted on the pet thread about trying to help my springer deal with this too. It would be easier if he could talk and understood English

It's just hard.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at January 25, 2020 11:45 PM (Lqy/e)

362 Looks like the Dems are going to nominate an out and proud socialist if the latest couple of polls are accurate. Betting markets are zooming up on Sanders.

Whether he wins or not the fact he is viable shows how fucked we are.

Posted by: Hotgas VIP Member at January 25, 2020 11:37 PM (qgWvD)


I think Trump has at the ready all the lines to destroy any of the Dem Klown Kar Kandidates. With Burnie, it would be something like 'You've never had an honest job in your life!' Or maybe, 'How do you manage three houses on a socialist's salary?'

Lieawatha is easy. All Trump has to do is ask her at a debate 'Who was the first minority hire at Harvard Law?' The correct answer is pasty white Chief Shitting Bull.

I don't fear the Dem Klown Kar Kandidates, I fear those who vote for them.

Posted by: RickZ at January 25, 2020 11:45 PM (Y8PSl)

363
This phishing email pretended to be from Charter (Spectrum) itself, saying "We were unable to process your last payment, please verify your information".

It was an obvious fake. The link went to some gibberish looking URL, and let to some fake Spectrum login page.

They were only after account passwords, as near as I can tell.

I've tried to show her how to look at the URLs, both in the email links and the address bars in the browser, but that just doesn't register somehow.

That "this looks bogus" filter I have, she just doesn't.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion of a Poperin Pear at January 25, 2020 11:46 PM (f1Vqw)

364 I never even thought about the utensils.
Posted by: Quint
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Wait until you read about the door handles.

Posted by: Mike Hammer's parents at January 25, 2020 11:46 PM (sHVgQ)

365 I'm looking forward to that timeline where every province in China has a stele which says in classical Chinese script, MOKI BARFED HERE

Posted by: boulder t'hobo at January 25, 2020 11:46 PM (ykYG2)

366 The biggest excuse For not visiting East Asian countries right now is that you can't afford them.

SKorean, coastal China, and Japanese cities have been for a while extraordinarily expensive.

That's a ligit excuse; this BS bird flu isn't.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at January 25, 2020 11:47 PM (nYWSF)

367 Why don't you have her call Spectrum? We have customers call all the time,asking if that email really is from us.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at January 25, 2020 11:48 PM (Lqy/e)

368 Posted by: Notsothoreau at January 25, 202

Condolences on your spouses passing
I'm so sorry

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at January 25, 2020 11:48 PM (aA3+G)

369 Prayers up for you and your family Notsothoreau.

Posted by: BackwardsBoy. #DemocratsSuck at January 25, 2020 11:48 PM (HaL55)

370
I don't fear the Dem Klown Kar Kandidates, I fear those who vote for them.
Posted by: RickZ


The Anti-Deplorables.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at January 25, 2020 11:48 PM (aKsyK)

371 Excuse me....excuse me..... waiter.....

This is not what I ordered.

I wanted the DNC "Flambe" with the Obama POtatO's toasted.

Please send it back....

Posted by: Nightwatch on the ramparts at January 25, 2020 11:48 PM (kFkpX)

372 I've tried to show her how to look at the URLs, both in the email links and the address bars in the browser, but that just doesn't register somehow.

That "this looks bogus" filter I have, she just doesn't.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion of a Poperin Pear at January 25, 2020 11:46



Can she grasp inspecting email headers?

Posted by: Zettai Roshia-no Asetto at January 25, 2020 11:49 PM (7WaWV)

373 >> Why don't you have her call Spectrum?

Her hearing is such that such would be impossible. Voice quality is crap mostly nowadays, and fast talkers she can't process at all.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion of a Poperin Pear at January 25, 2020 11:49 PM (f1Vqw)

374 Well I have no position on the epidemic, other than that I'm agin' it.

But here's a database-linked map of cases, with some stats, I think Johns Hopkins U. database:

https://preview.tinyurl.com/uwns6z5

Personally I prefer HeyJackass.com, of which this site reminds me, but YMMV.

Posted by: rhomboid at January 25, 2020 11:50 PM (El6T/)

375 I never even thought about the utensils.
Posted by: Quint
------

Wait until you read about the door handles.
Posted by: Mike Hammer's parents

And the McDonald's touch screens......

Posted by: JT at January 25, 2020 11:51 PM (arJlL)

376 My husband was treated to a 3 week visit to China
due to his university work. He said the food sucked and that "Chinese
food" was better here in the US,

Posted by: CN at January 25, 2020 11:38 PM (ONvIw)

that doesn't surprise me at all. Most of their great food was created for emporers. The society has been unjust for thousands of years. I hear the same about Korean food. It is way better in America.

Posted by: Quint at January 25, 2020 11:51 PM (n13/j)

377 Thank you. My stepson's relationship with his son's mom blew up a few weeks ago. The son is not quite two. She came down with the baby and he thought she wanted to comfort him. But she threw a major hissy fit last night and this morning. I still don't believe it.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at January 25, 2020 11:51 PM (Lqy/e)

378 >> Can she grasp inspecting email headers?

I've tried to show her that, but it just doesn't register. She tries to understand what I'm saying, but that all just looks like gibberish to her.

She was born in 1930, and this is a whole new world. At her age, she just can't learn new tricks.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion of a Poperin Pear at January 25, 2020 11:51 PM (f1Vqw)

379 Blessings and patience for all who are caring for older family members.

It is trying.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at January 25, 2020 11:52 PM (wIvHX)

380 Prayers up for you and your family Notsothoreau.
Posted by: BackwardsBoy.

Seconded

Posted by: JT at January 25, 2020 11:52 PM (arJlL)

381 So busy reading the comments Neil's a douchebag lefty that I didn't say thanks for for the Rory clip. That guy had a connection to his guitar which was on that different level. Million Miles Away among my favorites. Thanks MH.

Posted by: Sock Monkey...rebel without a subjunctive clause at January 25, 2020 11:52 PM (r/mKb)

382 Her hearing is such that such would be impossible. Voice quality is crap mostly nowadays, and fast talkers she can't process at all.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion of a Poperin Pear at January 25, 2020 11:49 PM (f1Vqw)


Add to that the fact that most customer service is now farmed out to foreigners and "Bob" or "Kate" have English as a second language.

Posted by: Traveling Man&&&& at January 25, 2020 11:52 PM (mGj+b)

383 Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion of a Poperin Pear at January 25, 2020 11:49 PM (f1Vqw)



Forgive me for asking, but do you or someone else have power of attorney?

Posted by: Vendette at January 25, 2020 11:53 PM (SL4lK)

384 Many folks don't understand checking headers. Half the time, the return address is bogus and they don't notice.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at January 25, 2020 11:53 PM (Lqy/e)

385 this is what Lena looks like now
youtube.com/watch?v=8_n9BCZrk9w

you're welcome

Posted by: boulder t'hobo at January 25, 2020 11:53 PM (ykYG2)

386 There are many things in this world that I am thankful for and not being able to a single song sung, written, or preformed by neil 'i hate trump' young, is one of them.

Posted by: For the record at January 25, 2020 11:54 PM (/LQkF)

387 Going to work in the Urgent care tomorrow.....

My Doc wants to game plan for the next month...sure as sh*t it involves this CHICOM........issue

Posted by: Nightwatch on the ramparts at January 25, 2020 11:54 PM (kFkpX)

388 But she threw a major hissy fit last night and this morning. I still don't believe it.

Sheesh. That's just childish. Too bad you can't spank her.

Posted by: BackwardsBoy. #DemocratsSuck at January 25, 2020 11:55 PM (HaL55)

389
It's just hard.
Posted by: Notsothoreau at January 25, 2020 11:4


So many hugs for you. I am so sorry for your loss.

Posted by: Moki at January 25, 2020 11:55 PM (mFoNl)

390 >> Forgive me for asking, but do you or someone else have power of attorney?

Oh yes. Both of them are amazing fro their age, still in good mental shape considering said age, but stuff like this is a problem.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion of a Poperin Pear at January 25, 2020 11:55 PM (f1Vqw)

391 Thank you. My stepson's relationship with his son's mom blew up a few weeks ago. The son is not quite two. She came down with the baby and he thought she wanted to comfort him. But she threw a major hissy fit last night and this morning. I still don't believe it.
Posted by: Notsothoreau at January 25, 2020 11:51 PM (Lqy/e)
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Good grief, that's terrible.

Prayers offered.

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing
at January 25, 2020 11:55 PM (WEBkv)

392
DNK the accuracy, but over at Zero Hedge, there is a story that the Corona virus was stolen from the Canada lab that is like their CDC, by Chinese spies, and smuggled into China.

The article says that China is weaponizing biological viruses, the reason why they stole it.

https://tinyurl.com/ugxyqgl

Wuhan is about 20 miles from the Chinese Lab, where the virus first appeared.


"...In March 2019, in mysterious event a shipment of exceptionally virulent viruses from Canada's NML ended up in China. The event caused a major scandal with Bio-warfare experts questioning why Canada was sending lethal viruses to China. Scientists from NML said the highly lethal viruses were a potential bio-weapon.

Following investigation, the incident was traced to Chinese agents working at NML. Four months later in July 2019, a group of Chinese virologists were forcibly dispatched from the Canadian National Microbiology Laboratory (NML). The NML is Canada's only level-4 facility and one of only a few in North America equipped to handle the world's deadliest diseases, including Ebola, SARS, Coronavirus, etc...."

Posted by: LeftCoast Dawg at January 25, 2020 11:56 PM (sy5kK)

393 I managed to stay civil although I offered to take back the iphone I gave her. I did tell her that it won't be as easy to be a single mom and a party girl as she thinks.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at January 25, 2020 11:56 PM (Lqy/e)

394 Most of the [Chinese] great food was created for emperors.

That might explain why Taiwanese eat Mongol food. That was prepared for everyone in the tribe. You ate what the khan ate.

Posted by: boulder t'hobo at January 25, 2020 11:57 PM (ykYG2)

395 Dang....scotch calling and a fine cigar


ya all have a fine evening

Posted by: Nightwatch on the ramparts at January 25, 2020 11:57 PM (kFkpX)

396 232
225

OT. Wonder Woman is on and Gal Gadot is a beauty.

I'd take her over Kate Upton any day.


Posted by: pep at January 25, 2020 11:00 PM (T6t7i)

She has great thighs.

Posted by: anchorbabe fashion cop at January 25, 2020 11:58 PM (ufFY8)

397 Oh yes. Both of them are amazing fro their age,
still in good mental shape considering said age, but stuff like this is a
problem.





Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion of a Poperin Pear at January 25, 2020 11:55 PM (f1Vqw)

Hopefully they aren't getting a whole bunch of garbage mail too.

The amount of stuff sent to my grandma, asking for $$, was incredible.

Posted by: Vendette at January 25, 2020 11:58 PM (SL4lK)

398 Add to that the fact that most customer service is
now farmed out to foreigners and "Bob" or "Kate" have English as a
second language.
Posted by: Traveling Man at January 25, 2020 11:52 PM (mGj+b)


Last week I was talking to an East Indian accountant on the phone, with a mild, but distinct accent.
At one point he asked me my name, which I provided, and we worked out the issue he was trying to resolve.


I sat and giggled to myself after the call because I was imagining if I had been able to say, "my name is [Kindltot], but you can call me 'Kumar'"

Posted by: Kindltot at January 25, 2020 11:59 PM (6rS3m)

399
This phishing email came from a charter.net account, which was some hacked account used for this purpose I assume.

The link went to some convoluted looking URL. Trying to explain what makes for a "convoluted/bogus looking" URL vs what a legitimate Spectrum/Charter URL looks like just doesn't make any sense to her. Both look like gibberish to her.

The notion of protocol://name.domain.name/path" just makes no sense. She can't break that down mentally to parse it.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion of a Poperin Pear at January 25, 2020 11:59 PM (f1Vqw)

400 Her hearing is such that such would be impossible. Voice quality is crap mostly nowadays, and fast talkers she can't process at all.
Posted by: publius
--------

Perhaps have her forward all email to you, for review.

The better solution would be a new email address that in fact comes directly to you.

Posted by: Mike Hammer's parents at January 26, 2020 12:00 AM (sHVgQ)

401 The article says that China is weaponizing biological viruses, the reason why they stole it.


That wouldn't surprise me at all.

Posted by: BackwardsBoy. #DemocratsSuck at January 26, 2020 12:01 AM (HaL55)

402 the accountant had a mild, but noticeable accent.

Posted by: Kindltot at January 26, 2020 12:02 AM (6rS3m)

403 you're welcome

Posted by: boulder t'hobo at January 25, 2020 11:53 PM (ykYG2)


No thank you.

(Please note the lack of a comma after 'no'.)

The YouBoob comments are sad, but I guess they always are. So much praise for her 'beauty'. Those people need a dictionary subscription.

Posted by: RickZ at January 26, 2020 12:02 AM (Y8PSl)

404 Okay -Tucker Carlson defending Hunter Biden on Watters World just because he was a "victim" of some trust fund system of the swamp that he didn't chose to be in is the ultimate slap in a regular guys face - he's completely not self aware here. Of course Hunter and children of politicians are part of the problem and these useless souls need no help or love from Carlson.

You see how this goes, dudes working in DC, either in politics or the media, have total "sympathy" as users of the system - their defenders are way too marinated in it. Carlson grew up here and went to the same college and worked in the same graft environment.

Of course it's Hunter's fault that he's a grifting trust fund baby loser - this will not cease until half of the DC government agencies are moved out of the DC

Posted by: Boswell at January 26, 2020 12:04 AM (32YRo)

405 With the "official numbers" the mortality rate is about 3%. But keep in mind, they are not releasing numbers of people in critical condition in the hospitals. Estimates that the mortality rate is around 10% at the low end. The R-Naught is between 2.5-3.5. Spanish Flu was 1.8.

Definitely a potential major regional destabilizer with China, India, and Pakistan.

Posted by: squirrelly dan at January 26, 2020 12:04 AM (lPXYt)

406 one caveat here. Let's all be honest for once. If a random person goes to America and knows nothing of the area, what are the chances they get wonderful food? In my opinion, and not just mine, the average or random restaurant sucks or is at least nothing special.

I know people who say there is not good food in Spain. If you know about michelin ratings or even regional cuisine, you would know why that statement is absurd. Tastes vary there is no question there. But to say there is no good food in Spain is to say more about yourself than Spain.

I was also told by someone I knew very well that there was no milk in Mexico. The point i am making is people can often come up with absolutes about countries they visit that they never would about the USA. Who would claim there is no milk in Cleveland?
Again, i am not surprised that someone had a bad experience in China. Hell, it is a very foreign cuisine, it is not the American version, and it is China. Most of their people don't get any good shit by design.

What gets me is the absolutism. BTW, I think Spain has something like 5 of the top ten Michelin restaurants. And even if that is a bit too far, pretty much all serious chefs call it the nation that is making the most waves now.

And at the low end, Spanish cuisine is still the best. you have bars with jamon Iberico, and other tapas that will blow your mind. But many will go there,. expect American style food at American style times and be disappointed. Just like in Italy. You can get bad food there, they have tons of tourist traps. Just like here, you have to do your research. And even then, the food simply might not be to your liking.

Posted by: Quint at January 26, 2020 12:04 AM (n13/j)

407 It's been real and it's been fun, hell, it's been real fun, but I must bid y'all adieu. Good night, don't let the shampeachment ruin your good dreams.

Posted by: Traveling Man&&&& at January 26, 2020 12:04 AM (mGj+b)

408 >> Perhaps have her forward all email to you, for review.

That's what I've told her. Don't respond to anything without checking with me first. Nothing that wants passwords and credit card/financial shit.

I've got a router to router VPN set up and can remotely access all computers there.

I'm proud of myself with that. It took me several days of learning and playing, but I've got DNS and dynamic routing set up, using OpenWRT running on both Linksys routers.

I can access any machine from either end by name, even change subnets at will and all that will be dynamically updated immediately over the VPN tunnel.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion of a Poperin Pear at January 26, 2020 12:05 AM (f1Vqw)

409 Prayers up for you and your family Notsothoreau.

Prayers from this member of the Horde too.

Posted by: Basement Cat at January 26, 2020 12:06 AM (pPNCa)

410 The amount of stuff sent to my grandma, asking for $$, was incredible.

Posted by: Vendette at January 25, 2020 11:58 PM



Yes... I'm disturbed by the fact that my dad, who never really trusted anyone his whole life was so easily fooled by so many in his later years...

Posted by: Zettai Roshia-no Asetto at January 26, 2020 12:06 AM (7WaWV)

411 Before I go......

Word is, foggy bottom and all...

Opps!! or intentional to cover their total take down of the deplorable's in Hong Kong while the rest of the globe is "distracted?"

Posted by: Nightwatch on the ramparts at January 26, 2020 12:06 AM (kFkpX)

412 Hey Insom. I see you survived another evening of debauchery at the club this evening.

Posted by: BackwardsBoy. #DemocratsSuck at January 26, 2020 12:06 AM (HaL55)

413 what would surprise me is if China was *competent* at 'weaponizing' a virus.

I hear that the Chinese average IQ is 105.... from the Chinese. But we'll leave that aside, given that the North Koreans claim that the Kim family IQ is about 420.

Even if that's true, we can assume China is run by midwits of ~115 IQ, like the DC elite, and like the brain-trust at Chernobyl; and that they are as a result arrogant about that. "This can't go wrong, I checked it myself!"

No, it can go wrong, and that's why you need it checked by others.

Posted by: boulder t'hobo at January 26, 2020 12:07 AM (ykYG2)

414 Posted by: Quint at January 26, 2020 12:04 AM (n13/j)

What a foreign person would get here that they would not get anywhere else is portion size.

Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at January 26, 2020 12:07 AM (2DOZq)

415 The point i am making is people can often come up with absolutes about countries they visit that they never would about the USA.

Posted by: Quint at January 26, 2020 12:04 AM (n13/j)


You can get jellyfish rice balls, covered in seaweed, in Japan. A real treat!

No, I didn't try them.

Posted by: RickZ at January 26, 2020 12:09 AM (Y8PSl)

416 411 Before I go......

Word is, foggy bottom and all...

Opps!! or intentional to cover their total take down of the deplorable's in Hong Kong while the rest of the globe is "distracted?"
Posted by: Nightwatch on the ramparts at Janu

This is a completely chilling thought.

Posted by: Moki at January 26, 2020 12:10 AM (mFoNl)

417 I'm not wildly concerned yet
Posted by: CN

When the rest of the world makes a serious attempt to isolate China or they start restricting travel in the US is when I'll grab the babies and the old ladies and lock the gate. Reasonable concern with healthy skepticism is warranted. Worrying about unknowns with sketchy information is unprofitable. God is sovereign and if it blossoms into a pandemic episode prayer may be your best medicine.

Posted by: Sock Monkey...rebel without a subjunctive clause at January 26, 2020 12:11 AM (r/mKb)

418 Posted by: Quint at January 26, 2020 12:04 AM (n13/j)



What a foreign person would get here that they would not get anywhere else is portion size.

Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at January 26, 2020 12:07 AM (2DOZq)

That is true for sure. I know when we would pick out a place i Europe, we would ignore any place that had their menu translated into five languages. IF you saw a bunch of Japanese or Germans, you went elsewhere. That might sound cruel but that is how people acted back in the normal days.
you want to go to the least welcoming place possible. You want go where the natives go and not tourists. Sometimes it is as simple as moving over a street. If one street is made famous on a guide book, go to the other one.

Posted by: Quint at January 26, 2020 12:11 AM (n13/j)

419 I hear that the Chinese average IQ is 105.... from the Chinese. But
we'll leave that aside, given that the North Koreans claim that the Kim
family IQ is about 420.


If they were that smart, they wouldn't be Communists.

Posted by: BackwardsBoy. #DemocratsSuck at January 26, 2020 12:11 AM (HaL55)

420 >> my dad, who never really trusted anyone his whole life was so easily fooled by so many in his later years...

That's what happens to the elderly. They get docile and trusting somehow. Yet can be stubborn as mules on other things, like my father who won't keep clean to avoid a chronic UTI for instance.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion of a Poperin Pear at January 26, 2020 12:11 AM (f1Vqw)

421 Opps!! or intentional to cover their total take down of the deplorable's in Hong Kong while the rest of the globe is "distracted?"
Posted by: Nightwatch on the ramparts at Jan

I have no doubt in my mind they could and would do such a thing.

Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at January 26, 2020 12:12 AM (2DOZq)

422 I guess I'd better call it a night. Pleasant dreams.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at January 26, 2020 12:13 AM (Lqy/e)

423 Good night, Notsothoreau. May God give you strength and rest.

Posted by: BackwardsBoy. #DemocratsSuck at January 26, 2020 12:15 AM (HaL55)

424 Prayers for strength and comfort Notsothoreau. Reach out to the horde when you need a collective hug and shoulder to cry on.

Posted by: Sock Monkey...rebel without a subjunctive clause at January 26, 2020 12:15 AM (r/mKb)

425 399

This phishing email came from a charter.net account, which was some hacked account used for this purpose I assume.


could be worse. at a previous employer, the c-level executives would occasionally send out messages to the employees. invariably, what i got was a message from someone i didn't know that said "read this .pdf file" and an attached pdf file. note that, where i work, i am required to take annual training that includes admonitions against opening attachments from people that i know. complaining up the chain did no good; the spam-alike messages kept coming.


recently, i got an important e-mail about changes to the login process here at work. it was a "read this powerpoint" e-mail that tried to assure me it wasn't spam by including "THIS IS IMPORTANT! THIS IS NOT SPAM!" in the subject line.

Posted by: Anachronda, feeding off the public trough at January 26, 2020 12:16 AM (kf5Ci)

426
I guess I'd better call it a night. Pleasant dreams.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at January 26, 2020 12:13 AM (Lqy/e)

So sorry for your loss Notsothoreau. May God's blessings be with your family during this tying time. I don't have words but I can offer prayers.

Posted by: Quint at January 26, 2020 12:16 AM (n13/j)

427 trying

Posted by: Quint at January 26, 2020 12:17 AM (n13/j)

428 The point i am making is people can often come up with absolutes about countries they visit that they never would about the USA.



Posted by: Quint at January 26, 2020 12:04 AM (n13/j)



You can get jellyfish rice balls, covered in seaweed, in Japan. A real treat!



No, I didn't try them.

Posted by: RickZ at January 26, 2020 12:09 AM (Y8PSl)

It stood out to me when Tony Bourdain could not stomach Natto. Some culinary faves simply do not translate. It is like yuppies who always ask if a Mexican restaurant is "authentically Mexican". Half of these dummies have no clue what they are talking about, they are just saying gibberish someone else told them to say. A of "authentically Mexican" foods would repulse a New York Yuppie. Unless they like Menudo and grasshoppers.

These damn dummies crap on Tex Mex as if it isn't its own authentic cuisine from a distinct area and culture. The same people that will ask if your "authentic Mexican" is gluten free.

Posted by: Quint at January 26, 2020 12:22 AM (n13/j)

429
Speaking of the novel coronavirus, here's a DM article which quotes some ChiCom nurse "telling the truth":

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-7929657

My hype meter is telling me to be skeptical of this, yet the "Big One" is always possible.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion of a Poperin Pear at January 26, 2020 12:25 AM (f1Vqw)

430 I don't like menudo. Tripas and cow tongue are fabulous, though.

Posted by: Kindltot at January 26, 2020 12:25 AM (6rS3m)

431 OK Hordelings, it's bedtime for Bonzo.

Y'all try to behave. And pray.

Posted by: BackwardsBoy. #DemocratsSuck at January 26, 2020 12:26 AM (HaL55)

432 I don't like menudo. Tripas and cow tongue are fabulous, though.


Posted by: Kindltot at January 26, 2020 12:25 AM (6rS3m)

The problem with eating tongue is that it is had to tell when your are done.

Posted by: Quint at January 26, 2020 12:27 AM (n13/j)

433 The first pic is of Kailua (Oahu).

My middle daughter lives there. Manages a micro brewery. Smarter than I am, obviously.

Posted by: free tibet at January 26, 2020 12:29 AM (DCYln)

434 It stood out to me when Tony Bourdain could not
stomach Natto. Some culinary faves simply do not translate. It is like
yuppies who always ask if a Mexican restaurant is "authentically
Mexican". Half of these dummies have no clue what they are talking
about, they are just saying gibberish someone else told them to say. A
of "authentically Mexican" foods would repulse a New York Yuppie. Unless
they like Menudo and grasshoppers.

These damn dummies crap on
Tex Mex as if it isn't its own authentic cuisine from a distinct area
and culture. The same people that will ask if your "authentic Mexican"
is gluten free.



Posted by: Quint at January 26, 2020 12:22 AM (n13/j)

Plus the fact that many "ethnic" cuisines are influenced by other cuisines. Go to Peru and you're going to find Chinese influence. Vietnamese has French influence. The Philippines has influence from Spain, a chunk of Asia, and even the U.S.

Posted by: Vendette at January 26, 2020 12:30 AM (SL4lK)

435 oh, and nobody is allowed to use tomatoes or potatoes or chocolate unless they live in the New World

sorry, lads. cultural appropriation and all.

Posted by: boulder t'hobo at January 26, 2020 12:33 AM (ykYG2)

436 Plus the fact that many "ethnic" cuisines are
influenced by other cuisines. Go to Peru and you're going to find
Chinese influence. Vietnamese has French influence. The Philippines has
influence from Spain, a chunk of Asia, and even the U.S.


Posted by: Vendette at January 26, 2020 12:30 AM (SL4lK)

for sure. the Peru Chinese thing is the one that stood out to me. Interesting history there. What about Peru and Japan? They had a president Fujimori. I need to check into that history as I am weak on it.

btw, love Vietnamese, at least the stuff in America. The famous Ban Mi certainly come out of a mix with French culture.

Posted by: Quint at January 26, 2020 12:36 AM (n13/j)

437 The hammer kids motto. 'Never found a hole I couldn't fill'. He'll be great at Whack a Mole.

Posted by: Xannibal Bob at January 26, 2020 12:36 AM (hmgiv)

438 I know people who say there is not good food in Spain. If you know about michelin ratings or even regional cuisine, you would know why that statement is absurd. Tastes vary there is no question there. But to say there is no good food in Spain is to say more about yourself than Spain. 



Some of the best and freshest seafood I've ever had was in Galicia's northern coastal towns.

Posted by: Floridachick at January 26, 2020 12:38 AM (fL9qt)

439 Never found a hole I couldn't fill

Indeed.

Posted by: Matt Lauer at January 26, 2020 12:38 AM (ykYG2)

440 Eats live mouse with dipping sauce.

Wonders why they get shit like coronavirus.
Posted by: jsg at January 25, 2020 10:33 PM (S9ODh)

The article never said if it was soy sauce or hot sauce.

You just don't get good culinary journalism anymore.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 26, 2020 12:40 AM (LxWV7)

441 So I never Twatted on Twatter but had an account under Cannibal Bob. Tried to go in and it said it was suspended. Why? No tweets?

Can I find out why?

Posted by: Xannibal Bob at January 26, 2020 12:41 AM (hmgiv)

442 These damn dummies crap on Tex Mex as if it isn't its own authentic cuisine from a distinct area and culture.

Posted by: Quint at January 26, 2020 12:04 AM (n13/j)


The problem those "damn dummies" have with Tex-Mex cuisine is the 'Tex' part. America has no culture, doncha know?

Posted by: RickZ at January 26, 2020 12:41 AM (Y8PSl)

443 Jesus H. The total number of official dead is 56. The total number of people fully recovered is in the 40's.

So it's a 50% chance to live according to those official numbers.

Also read that the crematoriums are overwhelmed and families are distressed because dead family members in the house not getting picked up.

Posted by: squirrelly dan at January 26, 2020 12:43 AM (lPXYt)

444 Late to the party, loved the sign

Posted by: TarzanTurk at January 26, 2020 12:43 AM (kiGn9)

445 How about a scuba mask and oxygen tank- would thst keep you safe from infection?
Posted by: Vmom 2020 at January 25, 2020 10:34 PM (G546f)

A Scott Air-pak, or similar SCBA (self-contained breathing apparatus) would protect you as it has a full-face positive-pressure mask.

But the air supply is good for only 30 minutes or so, less if you are active.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 26, 2020 12:44 AM (LxWV7)

446 These damn dummies crap on Tex Mex as if it isn't its own authentic cuisine from a distinct area and culture.

Posted by: Quint

Bets consumed with Texas polka music.

Posted by: Miklos, accordion at the ready at January 26, 2020 12:44 AM (QzkSJ)

447 never Twatted on Twatter but had an account under Cannibal Bob. Tried to go in and it said it was suspended. Why?

Reza must have sued for infringement.

Posted by: Matt Lauer at January 26, 2020 12:44 AM (ykYG2)

448 /soc

Posted by: boulder t'hobo at January 26, 2020 12:44 AM (ykYG2)

449 Also read that the crematoriums are overwhelmed and families are distressed because dead family members in the house not getting picked up.

Posted by: squirrelly dan at January 26, 2020 12:43 AM (lPXYt)

I'm doing the best I can!!

Posted by: Cart guy at January 26, 2020 12:44 AM (hmgiv)

450 Astros sign that is... sheesh we need an edit feature....

Posted by: TarzanTurk at January 26, 2020 12:45 AM (kiGn9)

451 The problem those "damn dummies" have with Tex-Mex cuisine is the 'Tex' part. America has no culture, doncha know



Those who believe America has no culture have failed Western Civilization studies.

Posted by: Floridachick at January 26, 2020 12:45 AM (fL9qt)

452 You just don't get good culinary journalism anymore.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon

Arby's has Horsey Sauce.

So, probably your basic Mousy Sauce. Check Trader Joe's.

Posted by: Miklos, sticking with the fried rice at January 26, 2020 12:46 AM (QzkSJ)

453 seriously, I have proven i am open to other cuisines . But if you are eating live anything, you are pretty damn dumb. It is cruel for one and serves not purpose at all.

So many think the freshet sushi is the best but not sushi pro would say such a thing. The pro will tell you that they have to age it to the right point. None of the pros will say the fresher the better.

Try fresh steak, it is an abomination. Try an olive of the tree, you will likely puke. The freshest sushi is a cliche. Sure you dont' want bad stuff or outdated stuff, but that is that does not equal the freshest.

Posted by: Quint at January 26, 2020 12:46 AM (n13/j)

454 oh, and nobody is allowed to use tomatoes or potatoes or chocolate unless they live in the New World

sorry, lads. cultural appropriation and all.
Posted by: boulder t'hobo


BACK AWAY FROM THE PAPRIKA

Posted by: Hungry Hungarians at January 26, 2020 12:48 AM (QzkSJ)

455 Those who believe America has no culture have failed Western Civilization studies.

Posted by: Floridachick at January 26, 2020 12:45 AM (fL9qt)


What's Western Civilization studies?

Posted by: Ethnick Studees Collij Grajewett at January 26, 2020 12:48 AM (Y8PSl)

456 But if you are eating live anything, you are pretty damn dumb. It is cruel for one and serves not purpose at all.



I beg to differ.

*waves oyster knife menacingly*

Posted by: Miklos the Mollusc Muncher at January 26, 2020 12:50 AM (QzkSJ)

457 The problem those "damn dummies" have with Tex-Mex cuisine is the 'Tex' part. America has no culture, doncha know







Those who believe America has no culture have failed Western Civilization studies.



Posted by: Floridachick at January 26, 2020 12:45 AM (fL9qt)

The people they crap one need to hear it. They need to know their culture has been marginalized.

I have a feeling that at a lot of Latinos, particularly in Texas will be voting R. Some of my evidence is anecdotal. But I have met some people in places that are supposed to be all left, all the time that make me wonder. It is almost as if the press is lying to us.

Posted by: Quint at January 26, 2020 12:50 AM (n13/j)

458 What's Western Civilization studies?

Posted by: Ethnick Studees Collij Grajewett at January 26, 2020 12:48 AM (Y8PSl)

you are being mean And i say that as a friend. But yeah, drop the studies part.

Posted by: Quint at January 26, 2020 12:52 AM (n13/j)

459 The freshest sushi is a cliche. Sure you dont' want bad stuff or outdated stuff, but that is that does not equal the freshest.

Posted by: Quint at January 26, 2020 12:46 AM (n13/j)


Fresh sea scallops right out of the ocean are wonderful raw without any topping.

Posted by: RickZ at January 26, 2020 12:52 AM (Y8PSl)

460 for sure. the Peru Chinese thing is the one that
stood out to me. Interesting history there. What about Peru and Japan?
They had a president Fujimori. I need to check into that history as I am
weak on it.



Posted by: Quint at January 26, 2020 12:36 AM (n13/j)

Without getting into details, there was quite a bit of immigration of Japanese to Peru in the late 1800s into the first decade or two of the 1900s.

Posted by: Vendette at January 26, 2020 12:53 AM (SL4lK)

461
But if you are eating live anything, you are pretty damn dumb. It is cruel for one and serves not purpose at all.







I beg to differ.



*waves oyster knife menacingly*

Posted by: Miklos the Mollusc Muncher at January 26, 2020 12:50 AM (QzkSJ)

you got me there sir. I try to be liberal and never seem to pull it off. But no way an oyster is a mouse.

Posted by: Quint at January 26, 2020 12:53 AM (n13/j)

462 What do honors graduates in Grievance Studies get? Can't be anything with "laude" in it, because that would just be Wrong.

Posted by: Miklos . B.A in B.S. at January 26, 2020 12:53 AM (QzkSJ)

463 If I'm eating seafood, I want it cooked.

Posted by: Vendette at January 26, 2020 12:55 AM (SL4lK)

464 ..But if you are eating live anything, you are pretty damn dumb. It is cruel for one and serves not purpose at all.


I would imagine that plenty of 'ettes would beg to disagree?



Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX

Posted by: Jim at January 26, 2020 12:55 AM (QzJWU)

465 he freshest sushi is a cliche. Sure you dont' want bad stuff or outdated stuff, but that is that does not equal the freshest.



Posted by: Quint at January 26, 2020 12:46 AM (n13/j)



Fresh sea scallops right out of the ocean are wonderful raw without any topping.

Posted by: RickZ at January 26, 2020 12:52 AM (Y8PSl)

it is situational for sure. in general, who wouldn't want the freshest seafood? But after listening to many top sushi chefs, many of the fish need time before they are at their best. Like "I said, no one wants a fresh steak or olive.

Posted by: Quint at January 26, 2020 12:55 AM (n13/j)

466 What do honors graduates in Grievance Studies get? Can't be anything with "laude" in it, because that would just be Wrong.

Posted by: Miklos . B.A in B.S. at January 26, 2020 12:53 AM (QzkSJ)

Magna cum Grieved?

Posted by: Vendette at January 26, 2020 12:56 AM (SL4lK)

467 I have a feeling that at a lot of Latinos, particularly in Texas will be voting R.





They know who their competition is.

Posted by: Miklos, voting his own self interest at January 26, 2020 12:56 AM (QzkSJ)

468 Magna cum Grieved?
Posted by: Vendette

Nope. Still got that Dead White European People language in it.

Posted by: Miklos, sine qua non at January 26, 2020 12:57 AM (QzkSJ)

469 BACK AWAY FROM THE PAPRIKA

Posted by: Hungry Hungarians at January 26, 2020 12:48 AM (QzkSJ)


Paprika is the food group of our peoples. (Proud Bohunks.)

I go through that stuff like some people go through salt. I've learned to buy the large economy-sized smoked paprika containers. Because.

Posted by: RickZ at January 26, 2020 12:58 AM (Y8PSl)

470 Nope. Still got that Dead White European People language in it.

Posted by: Miklos, sine qua non at January 26, 2020 12:57 AM (QzkSJ)

Magna cum Working for a Think Tank or a Coffee Shop in My Future?

Posted by: Vendette at January 26, 2020 12:59 AM (SL4lK)

471 Correction:


Magna cum Working for a Think Tank and a Coffee Shop in My Future.

Posted by: Vendette at January 26, 2020 01:00 AM (SL4lK)

472


INDIANAPOLIS (WTHR) - Lucas Oil Stadium is officially a sensory-inclusive venue, certified by accessibility advocacy group KultureCity.

The stadium is now equipped with sensory bags that will help those who struggle with sensory regulation due to disorders like autism, dementia and PTSD. The bags include noise-canceling headphones, fidget tools, verbal cue cards and weighted lap pads.

The kits are expected to help visitors who are sensitive to overstimulation and noise.

Medical professionals have also trained the stadium's staff to better assist visitors with sensory needs, teaching them how to help handle overstimulation.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at January 26, 2020 01:01 AM (aKsyK)

473 Magna cum Working for a Think Tank or a Coffee Shop in My Future?
Posted by: Vendette


Hmm

A chain of coffee shops called "Think Tank".


I see dollar signs

Posted by: Miklos, Idea Guy at January 26, 2020 01:01 AM (QzkSJ)

474 you got me there sir. I try to be liberal and never seem to pull it off. But no way an oyster is a mouse.


Posted by: Quint at January 26, 2020 12:53 AM (n13/j)

the worst comment I ever made hear. What the hell was I trying to say? Then again, has anyone ever said that?

Posted by: Quint at January 26, 2020 01:04 AM (n13/j)

475 Hopefully they aren't getting a whole bunch of garbage mail too.

The amount of stuff sent to my grandma, asking for $$, was incredible.
Posted by: Vendette at January 25, 2020 11:58 PM (SL4lK)


We're drowning in the stuff still sent to my deceased f-i-l.

Posted by: Adriane the Red Hat & Kniting Needles Critic ... at January 26, 2020 01:04 AM (LPnfS)

476 It's just hard.
Posted by: Notsothoreau at January 25, 2020 11:45 PM (Lqy/e)

Don't hesitate to call on the Horde for help.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 26, 2020 01:05 AM (LxWV7)

477 Who is trying to smear Our Patrick??? I'd say I don't believe it but nothing Twitter does surprises me. Screw 'em.

I hope one of the mods will link the vid (@gheypatriot retweeted it; Joe Concha too) of the Impeachment Trial redone via the hearing in Animal House. Tucker is Otter and Ted Cruz is Belushi. Schiff is Greg. Schumer is Dean Wormer.

Genius. I cried.

Posted by: Shopgirl #PatrickIsMahomesie at January 26, 2020 01:06 AM (LIoBs)

478 Then again, has anyone ever said that?
Posted by: Quint
-------

It is becoming increasingly difficult to be original here.
I rely on my poop typing skills.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 26, 2020 01:08 AM (sHVgQ)

479 the worst comment I ever made hear. What the hell was I trying to say? Then again, has anyone ever said that?
Posted by: Quint

Well, it was a good try, but not as bad as many of my comments.

ONT is the Big Leagues of Bad Comments.

Posted by: Miklos, once and future champeen at January 26, 2020 01:09 AM (QzkSJ)

480 the worst comment I ever made hear. What the hell was I trying to say? Then again, has anyone ever said that?

Posted by: Quint at January 26, 2020 01:04 AM (n13/j)


Eh, just blame the hookers and blow.

Posted by: RickZ at January 26, 2020 01:09 AM (Y8PSl)

481
Then again, has anyone ever said that?

Posted by: Quint

-------



It is becoming increasingly difficult to be original here.

I rely on my poop typing skills.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 26, 2020 01:08 AM (sHVgQ)

not to be an egoist but that was original. A I never try to be liberal, and b, something about mice and oysters.

Posted by: Quint at January 26, 2020 01:10 AM (n13/j)

482 I never try to be liberal, and b, something about mice and oysters.
Posted by: Quint

It was't cheesy, and you came out of your shell.

Posted by: Miklos, laudatorily at January 26, 2020 01:11 AM (QzkSJ)

483
Eh, just blame the hookers and blow.

Posted by: RickZ at January 26, 2020 01:09 AM (Y8PSl)

I wish

Posted by: Quint at January 26, 2020 01:12 AM (n13/j)

484 Eh, just blame the hookers and blow.
Posted by: RickZ

*takes notes*

Posted by: Hunter Biden at January 26, 2020 01:12 AM (QzkSJ)

485 The sun was shining on the sea,
The beach was very nice ...
And it wasn't odd at all, to talk,
of fresh sea oysters and mice!

Posted by: Adriane the Red Hat & Kniting Needles Critic ... at January 26, 2020 01:12 AM (LPnfS)

486 We're drowning in the stuff still sent to my deceased f-i-l.

Posted by: Adriane the Red Hat Kniting Needles Critic ... at January 26, 2020 01:04 AM (LPnfS)

It'll continue forever until you contact USPS to stop it.
One of the organizations for whom Grandma was getting mail I contacted personally to ask to take her off their mailing list. I knew someone there. He was mortified.

Posted by: Vendette at January 26, 2020 01:13 AM (SL4lK)

487 Genius. I cried.
Posted by: Shopgirl
-----

A friend emailed me a photoshop of Schiff's face pasted onto Barney Fife's body. It's all in the eyes.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 26, 2020 01:13 AM (sHVgQ)

488
Well, it was a good try, but not as bad as many of my comments.



ONT is the Big Leagues of Bad Comments.

Posted by: Miklos, once and future champeen at January 26, 2020 01:09 AM (QzkSJ)

I hear ya sir. your are the king

Posted by: Quint at January 26, 2020 01:15 AM (n13/j)

489 A friend emailed me a photoshop of Schiff's face pasted onto Barney Fife's body. It's all in the eyes.
Posted by: Mike Hammer,

How do you know it was a Photoshop?

Posted by: Miklos, for the Estate of Don Knotts and also the Berry Farm at January 26, 2020 01:15 AM (QzkSJ)

490
How do you know it was a Photoshop?
Posted by: Miklos
-----

The resemblance *is* remarkable.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 26, 2020 01:16 AM (sHVgQ)

491 >> Schiff's face pasted onto Barney Fife's body.

Schiff should've been nipped in the bud. Nip it, nip it, nip it!

Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion of a Poperin Pear at January 26, 2020 01:17 AM (rCwaK)

492 One of the organizations for whom Grandma was getting mail I contacted personally to ask to take her off their mailing list.
Posted by: Vendette at January 26, 2020 01:13 AM (SL4lK)


We've contacted over 100.

3, i think, sent a sympathy card, as he had been a long time donor.

Posted by: Adriane the Red Hat & Kniting Needles Critic ... at January 26, 2020 01:17 AM (LPnfS)

493 I have been called right of attlla the Hun my entire life. Anyone who claims i am liberal needs new eyeglasses.

Evidence, about a few thousand posts here.

Posted by: Quint at January 26, 2020 01:17 AM (n13/j)

494 A friend emailed me a photoshop of Schiff's face pasted onto Barney Fife's body. It's all in the eyes.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 26, 2020 01:13 AM (sHVgQ)


I love the p-shop of Jabba the Goldberg.

Posted by: RickZ at January 26, 2020 01:19 AM (Y8PSl)

495 We've contacted over 100.



3, i think, sent a sympathy card, as he had been a long time donor.

Posted by: Adriane the Red Hat Kniting Needles Critic ... at January 26, 2020 01:17 AM (LPnfS)

Wow.
Most of Grandma's mailings were from people who obviously bought mailing lists and had a PO box set up.

Posted by: Vendette at January 26, 2020 01:19 AM (SL4lK)

496 Well, I am off to the snoozer. Night, Horde.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 26, 2020 01:20 AM (LxWV7)

497
Reading the DM, if you can believe it, they say the doctors and nurses in Wuhan are having to wear diapers under their hazmat suits. Too much time and too dangerous to get in and out of the suits to take piss and crap breaks.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion of a Poperin Pear at January 26, 2020 01:21 AM (rCwaK)

498 never try to be liberal, and b, something about mice and oysters.

Posted by: Quint



It was't cheesy, and you came out of your shell.

Posted by: Miklos, laudatorily at January 26, 2020 01:11 AM (QzkSJ)

no

Posted by: Quint at January 26, 2020 01:21 AM (n13/j)

499 good night all. Take heart in that God loves you, even in your weakness.

Posted by: free tibet at January 26, 2020 01:23 AM (DCYln)

500 Don't have much to contribute lately.. lurking lurkishly..

Appreciate the banter 'round the water cooler.

Good night. Sleep tight. Don't eat bat soup.

A♠❚❙❙❘❘❘

Posted by: mindful webworker - merrily merrily merrily merrily at January 26, 2020 01:27 AM (0mP7b)

501 od night all. Take heart in that God loves you, even in your weakness.

Posted by: free tibet at January 26, 2020 01:23 AM (DCYln)

and you Free Tibet. it is an important message that can not be heard enough.

Posted by: Quint at January 26, 2020 01:28 AM (n13/j)

502 Most of Grandma's mailings were from people who obviously bought mailing lists and had a PO box set up.

Them too.

Makes me cynical, it does ...
: -))

Posted by: Adriane the Red Hat & Kniting Needles Critic ... at January 26, 2020 01:30 AM (LPnfS)

503 Mike H -- have you seen Tom Shillue-as-Schiff in all those skits on Gutfeld's Saturday show? It's performance art.

Posted by: Shopgirl #PatrickIsMahomesie at January 26, 2020 01:31 AM (LIoBs)

504
Ice fishing video reminded me of the scenes in A River Runs Through It where the two Mclean brothers take one of them's future brother-in-law fly fishing in Montana.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at January 26, 2020 01:34 AM (pNxlR)

505 I liked Buffalo Springfield. Stills was the better picker and songwriter. I like Young's early solo work. Then a house full of kids and the need to put food on the table meant popular music was lost to me. So it goes.

Posted by: parker at January 26, 2020 01:34 AM (mmH7U)

506 I had the best response and like Lincoln, dropped it.

Posted by: Quint at January 26, 2020 01:40 AM (n13/j)

507 I liked Buffalo Springfield. Stills was the better
picker and songwriter. I like Young's early solo work. Then a house full
of kids and the need to put food on the table meant popular music was
lost to me. So it goes.

Posted by: parker at January 26, 2020 01:34 AM (mmH7U)

The first i heard of him was when Skynrd trashed him. not that I was a huge Skyrnrd fan, but for someone to that back then meant something. Today they bash each other all the time, it is as normal as putting out a new single. But everyone from my era remembers when we were told about Neil Young that a southern man doesn't need him around anyhow.
it might have been the first tweet ever. It certainly did not do Neil Young any favors.

Posted by: Quint at January 26, 2020 01:46 AM (n13/j)

508 Lincoln destroyed Meade in the best letter ever. He crushed the guy and made an ass or him. But he decided to do something no one does today. He decided not to send it.

Now it is true the word got out and Meade learned exactly what was said and the press did too. But at least Lincoln could say truthfully that he never sent the letter.

Posted by: Quint at January 26, 2020 01:50 AM (n13/j)

509 Any doubt that Lincoln and Trump would not only be fast friends, but understand one another completely?

None here.

Lincoln was the original Presidential Troll.

Coolidge, the second.

Trump, though he be the third, remains the BEST*.

* Churchill, for honorary, non American mention.


Trump deserves to drink in Heaven. He's EARNED it.



Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX

Posted by: Jim at January 26, 2020 02:00 AM (QzJWU)

510 Off to the snoozer with me, now.

Hasta la nite nite, Horde!


Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX

Posted by: Jim at January 26, 2020 02:14 AM (QzJWU)

511
Our local auction house where one could attend live auctions in person and we'd sometimes score some neat items from the odd lots tables appears to have switched over to be an online auction enterprise exclusively.

Enjoy yourselves, greed heads, we aren't coming with you!

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at January 26, 2020 02:18 AM (pNxlR)

512 I saw that segment with Tucker saying Hunter Biden was a nice guy but what Tucker forgets is that all sociopaths are "nice guys." It's how they operate and get where they are.

Funny seeing how smart rich guys like Harry and Bezos let their little heads allow a purposeful ambitious woman roll them over and they now are just licking their heels and showing their soft under bellies. They never knew what hit them.

Posted by: keena at January 26, 2020 02:20 AM (RiTnx)

513 I keep typing and deleting. Time to let it go. Hasta la night horde. Best to everyone.

Posted by: Quint at January 26, 2020 02:27 AM (n13/j)

514 I tried to link to Lincoln's letter but kept getting rejected by the site. I learned long ago that if you get rejected, try fix it rarely works. Three times I tried anyways, but to no avail. We all have the net. if your want to read Lincoln's letter to Meade after Gettysburg the World Wide Web should fix you up.

Posted by: Quint at January 26, 2020 02:32 AM (n13/j)

515 don't misunderstand. Yes the Lincoln quote blocked me, but that is not what I was typing and deleting. I was following the great president's path and not sending what I typed. The linking to his letter was another thing.


Posted by: Quint at January 26, 2020 02:44 AM (n13/j)

516 I liked the story of the IRS issuing a $900000 refund check.

Now let's put the government in charge of our health care.

You know what's amazing? We haven't accidentally fired a nuclear missile at anybody...or them at us.

Posted by: torabora at January 26, 2020 02:46 AM (DMSTT)

517 My Dad is not a nice guy. Gramps ain't no better.

Posted by: Hunter Biden's Kid at January 26, 2020 02:48 AM (DMSTT)

518 The Bernie just released his short list for the inevitable SCOTUS opening.

Judge Jerry, Judge Judy and Judge Reinhold.

Posted by: Sock Monkey...rebel without a subjunctive clause at January 26, 2020 03:02 AM (r/mKb)

519 Judge Boudin.

Posted by: George at January 26, 2020 03:23 AM (qv8cz)

520 Judge Dredd remake, starring Robert De Niro.

Posted by: George at January 26, 2020 03:30 AM (qv8cz)

521 I guess Judge Roy Bean was not even considered .


Not knowing his politics, but I would go with judge reinhold in that group. He just seems like someone of the 80s and the rest virtue signalers of the first degree.

Posted by: Quint at January 26, 2020 03:31 AM (n13/j)

522 Judge Anus from Pink Floyd's The Wall.

Posted by: George at January 26, 2020 03:37 AM (qv8cz)

523 Judge Anus from Pink Floyd's The Wall.

Posted by: George at January 26, 2020 03:37 AM (qv8cz)
Colonel Angus.

Posted by: Quint at January 26, 2020 03:46 AM (n13/j)

524 I want to say things but wont. Next time I will. I am sick of the cock of the walk crapping on people. i am this close to relurking but I will tell off the cock of the walk first./ It is bullshit as 90 percent of the people hear are great people.

Posted by: Quint at January 26, 2020 04:14 AM (n13/j)

525 "405
With the "official numbers" the mortality rate is about 3%. But keep in
mind, they are not releasing numbers of people in critical condition in
the hospitals. Estimates that the mortality rate is around 10% at the
low end. The R-Naught is between 2.5-3.5. Spanish Flu was 1.8.



Definitely a potential major regional destabilizer with China, India, and Pakistan.

Posted by: squirrelly dan at January 26, 2020 12:04 AM (lPXYt)"

The worrying part isn't the numbers coming out of the PRC, it's the images of them using heavy equipment to block roads with berms and tree trunk abatis. They are not fucking around. I think that's a good indicator that it escaped from a lab and the PRC knows it. Recall that researchers in one of the Wuhan labs have done recent work outside of China on how these types of viruses become transmissible to humans, and Canadian labs working on these have expelled Chinese researchers for stealing samples.

If things go nutty, much of the US will be caught unaware - the media is all busy circle jerking over the impeachment clusterfuck.

Posted by: there are only three star wars films at January 26, 2020 04:18 AM (67XdO)

526 Posted by: there are only three star wars films at January 26, 2020 04:18 AM (67XdO)

the funny thing is i have truly not watched either story. People ask how that is possible and I can only say I have seriously not heard three words Thonburg has said.

I do see people wearing masks these days. If this is a serious threat to America, someone needs to come out and say it.LIke I said before, if you go to a random supermarket. You will see the most unclean activities imaginable. For one, parents let their kids grab produce, fun around with it, and put it back. Who thinks the child is the expert of personal hygiene?
I haven't followed the case. But i bet many are on it. It there was ever a case for border control, I don't know what it was. But for some reason no one will care about that. Somehow America will be at fault for not doing enough. Wasn't last year the Australia wildfires and for some reason we were at fault there? Funny you don't hear about them these days. Maybe the anti Americanism has been played out.

Posted by: Quint at January 26, 2020 04:28 AM (n13/j)

527 As another tax season gets underway, Ramon Christopher Blanchett learned
that it doesn't pay to mess with the Internal Revenue Service.



Unless your last name is Clinton

Posted by: Vic at January 26, 2020 04:38 AM (mpXpK)

528 The plan was another hour of sleep, but that didn't work.

Posted by: Skip at January 26, 2020 04:56 AM (ZCEU2)

529 Hopefully Vendette is asleep now. (I am up 5:00 everyday even when I don't have to be. Uggh) but I did want to say because she told me that James Lankford from Oklahoma is a former Baptist minister, that I listened to a clip of his speaking with Judge Jeanine Pirro and I thought it was neat that he used a quote from Proverbs to preface his remarks. He seems like quite a serious, intelligent and articulate fellow in addressing the first day of defense by the Trump team.

The little clip is on the "Daily Thread" over at Conservative Tree House:

https://theconservativetreehouse.com/

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 26, 2020 05:03 AM (WI7YS)

530 So everyone likes this guy "fluffy" He is a comedian and as far at that goes i respect him and give him a lot of leeway.

But this is what i don't understand. in the last famous Fluffy episodes avavalabile on youtube. you have the3 guy:
1) traveling to Saudi Arabia for a tonne of money. So he performs for a tonne of money for princes in a nation with all kinds of aphartheid. They segregeate the sexes, the races, everyone. But Fluffy had a good time.

2) this guy has a famous set where he "clowns" a black guy. He and and his buddy joke on him by giving the gut a racist gift basket. Yeah, hah hah, but really was is that funny? IT seemed to me the guy was an ass basket,, trying to be relevant. Fine, you you scared your friend and blamed it on White Supremacism. Ha ha, you pric, You were racist but somehow we all find it funny.
3. So the last "fluffy" thing I saw was him going on and on about being stopped by the Border patrol/ice. This guys admitted that this was not racial but regular circumstance. But this guy "fluffy" had the balls and cowardice to to call out officer Sanchez, call him a traitor and show everything but his eye line.

Again, so this guy everyone loves named "fluffly"
1), thought the funniest thing ever was using racial stereotypes to insult a black man and scare him.

2) thought the coolest thing ever was to got to Saudi Arabia and perform for Sheiks. He thought the male female apartheid was ok for some reason.

3) but when then guys bus if pulled over in America for lawful reasons, he shames the Border Patrol Officer Sanchez and calls him a traitor. He shows the man sans the eye line. But he tried to humiliate this man and make him and enemy. The same comedian who attacked African Americans and supported the Saudis. At what point do we ask people if they are for real. This prick attacks an American officer? That alone should get him some charges.

I don't hold ill will to this guy, he can be funny. But at what point are we going to say enough is enough? He was racist against blacks, he supported the Saudi regime, and he put a target of fellow hispanic Americans for doing their job. Yet people think this guy is funny.


Posted by: Quint at January 26, 2020 05:09 AM (n13/j)

531 and going back a long way, back to the 80s for sure, the majority of Border Patrol Agents were of Hispanic. I don't know where the term became ice, but we always has the Border Patrol.

Posted by: Quint at January 26, 2020 05:15 AM (n13/j)

532 I don't know where the term became ice, but we always has the Border Patrol.


Posted by: Quint at January 26, 2020 05:15 AM (n13/j)



ICE stands for Immigration and Customs Enforcement

We have had a "border patrol but not ICE. It was formed in 2003 under Bush II as part of the Homeland Security work.

Posted by: Vic at January 26, 2020 05:23 AM (mpXpK)

533 531 Have taken note of that, but then having Spanish speaking agents is helpful to grabbing illegal Spanish speaking immigrants.

Posted by: Skip at January 26, 2020 05:26 AM (ZCEU2)

534 I wish I was on that south Pacific island

Posted by: Skip at January 26, 2020 05:27 AM (ZCEU2)

535 Take heart in that God loves you, even in your weakness.

Posted by: free tibet at January 26, 2020 01:23 AM (DCYln)


Interesting that you should mention that, because I was just reading a quote from a letter of St Pio (An Italian Capuchin priest who died in the 1960s) to one of the people who came to him for spiritual direction. He remarks that if we have a lot of self love or passion about things that should be treated with indifference, or are tempted in life we should life up our heart and confidently and humbly say to God Lord, have mercy on me, because I am only a weakling." Then, with a peaceful and tranquil heart, we should go about our business." This seems like a very good "12 step" approach in our faith. We rely on God's power, not ours.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 26, 2020 05:29 AM (WI7YS)

536 dailytimewaster.blogspot.com/your-hostile-scowl-of-morning
https://tinyurl.com/raya86g
This guy was one bad ass

Posted by: Skip at January 26, 2020 05:30 AM (ZCEU2)

537 Posted by: there are only three star wars films at January 26, 2020 04:18 AM (67XdO)

The Border Patrol has been around a long time. Just because someone spoke Spanish didn't mean they were on the side of illegals. You have to understand the area. Hell, Texas was Spanish speaking before it became an independent state. The idea that a state had to control its borders was not controversial a few decades ago. The poeple who produced this lot have some explaining to do, not me.

I say anyone who didn't know the Border Partrol was 60 - 70 percent Hispanic in the 70s and 80s, simply never learned that history.

Posted by: Quint at January 26, 2020 05:35 AM (n13/j)

538
g'mornin', 'rons

Posted by: AltonJackson at January 26, 2020 05:39 AM (8hUqJ)

539 Mornin,' all.

Posted by: My life is insanity at January 26, 2020 05:41 AM (Z/jzm)

540
Hispanic Border patrol Agents are part of the culture=, they are parr of the region the overseer. . And it just makes sense that boder patrol agents might be hispanic. how stupid are so many Americans. I know they are that stupid. But anyone who lived along the border knows that the majority of agents are hispanic. Sorry ot burst your bubble, it is called real life.

Posted by: Quint at January 26, 2020 05:43 AM (n13/j)

541 So far just coffee and a lap cat this morning

Posted by: Skip at January 26, 2020 05:44 AM (ZCEU2)

542 My plan is to make fried potatoes with eggs. I made a few extra baked potatoes yesterday to slice up this morning. Thinking mixed with bacon, onion and peppers, and over-easy eggs on top.

Posted by: My life is insanity at January 26, 2020 05:54 AM (Z/jzm)

543 Lately, my planned meals turn into something else. Mom being difficult lately, about everything, not just food.

Posted by: My life is insanity at January 26, 2020 05:55 AM (Z/jzm)

544 Excellent hostile scowl !
Perfect for having your mug shot by Nazis.

And what a story to go with it !


G'mornin' everyone !

Posted by: sock_rat_eez, we are being gaslighted 24/365 at January 26, 2020 05:56 AM (zlgJP)

545 I like that kind of mix

Posted by: Skip at January 26, 2020 05:56 AM (ZCEU2)

546 Yeah, Twitter is a joke. Same here. My 10 year old Twitter account was "suspended" because one tweet was determined to be enough to say the only use of my, again, 10 year old account, was "hateful conduct".

A complete joke.

Posted by: deadrody at January 26, 2020 05:57 AM (/jrmI)

547 They should make a movie about that scowl-y guy.

Posted by: My life is insanity at January 26, 2020 05:58 AM (Z/jzm)

548 nood !

Posted by: sock_rat_eez, we are being gaslighted 24/365 at January 26, 2020 06:00 AM (zlgJP)

549 536 dailytimewaster.blogspot.com/your-hostile-scowl-of-morning
https://tinyurl.com/raya86g
This guy was one bad ass
Posted by: Skip at January 26, 2020 05:30 AM (ZCEU2)

Part of the Greatest Generation.

Posted by: m at January 26, 2020 06:04 AM (7juvc)

550 WTF am i doing awake?

this is what i get for going to bed s*ber...

smooth move, Ex-lax!

Posted by: redc1c4 at January 26, 2020 07:21 AM (ATMED)

551 I have bad news. Speed Queen has gone electronic. You have to go used/refurbished if you want dials.





Posted by: Emmie at January 25, 2020 11:11 PM (87gB3)

hmm. I did not know that.

Nope. They still make a few top load models with mechanical timers. We just bought one last year. Pricey, but a good solid machine

https://tinyurl.com/s3l24jy

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