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Super-cute: Miniature horse badly rejected by her mother is raised by a family, and their dogs.Comments
(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: Skip at March 31, 2020 08:02 PM (ZCEU2)
Posted by: clutch cargo at March 31, 2020 08:02 PM (8B6Ng)
Posted by: Skip at March 31, 2020 08:03 PM (ZCEU2)
Posted by: pep at March 31, 2020 08:03 PM (T6t7i)
Posted by: eleven at March 31, 2020 08:03 PM (Qf83p)
Posted by: Harry Paratestes at March 31, 2020 08:03 PM (ZkXld)
Posted by: Anna Puma at March 31, 2020 08:03 PM (w2O4c)
Posted by: Skip at March 31, 2020 08:03 PM (ZCEU2)
Posted by: Bruce at March 31, 2020 08:03 PM (vd8XM)
Thanks for these "Quarantine Cafes," Ace. They're a nice non-news free-for-all in the midst of the bullshit.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at March 31, 2020 08:04 PM (Q8c/L)
Posted by: 🐧 at March 31, 2020 08:04 PM (C+evo)
Posted by: Axeman at March 31, 2020 08:04 PM (Eicbe)
Posted by: Duncan at March 31, 2020 08:04 PM (+HZ1v)
Posted by: clutch cargo at March 31, 2020 08:04 PM (8B6Ng)
Posted by: eleven at March 31, 2020 08:03 PM (Qf83p)
+++++++++++++
C'mon. You know once you're in, you're NEVER out!
Posted by: Andrew Gillum at March 31, 2020 08:04 PM (Q8c/L)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 31, 2020 08:04 PM (KZzsI)
Posted by: krakatoa at March 31, 2020 08:05 PM (zHyL2)
Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at March 31, 2020 08:05 PM (XrCyE)
Posted by: Dog on the porch at March 31, 2020 08:05 PM (z79tQ)
How are you folks locked up with your spousal units doing?
"I married George for better or for worse, but not for lunch every day." - Wife of fired Yankees GM George Weiss
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at March 31, 2020 08:05 PM (7rVsF)
Posted by: thathalfrican - sucker free on my phone at March 31, 2020 08:05 PM (/bbFo)
Posted by: jhawk90 at March 31, 2020 08:06 PM (9IkUJ)
Posted by: Well-hung shameless man at March 31, 2020 08:06 PM (Q8c/L)
Does the back say Like A Fish Needs a Bicycle?
Posted by: Dog on the porch at March 31, 2020 08:04 PM (z79tQ)
There. Now I feel better.
Posted by: OneEyedJack at March 31, 2020 08:06 PM (z79tQ)
Posted by: Bandersnatch at March 31, 2020 08:06 PM (gd9RK)
Posted by: jsg at March 31, 2020 08:06 PM (aiWhJ)
Posted by: EVIL ICON at March 31, 2020 08:04 PM (C+evo)
Thinking same - never seen a housebroken horse. They're not really the brightest animals out there. But, maybe it's possible. Might also explain the tile floors and the drain.
Posted by: clutch cargo at March 31, 2020 08:06 PM (8B6Ng)
Clemente!
Willie Stargell swinging a telephone pole!
(And that's '71. That A's won the first of their threepeat in '72.)
Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at March 31, 2020 08:06 PM (XrCyE)
Re the model predictions, compare CA with NY here:
https://covid19.healthdata.org/projections
CA ~5100 total deaths, peaks around May 1, tails off early June.
NY peaks in 9 days, much narrower, sharper curve. ~16,000 total deaths, tailing off by May 1st.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion of a Poperin Pear at March 31, 2020 08:06 PM (rCwaK)
Horses were first domesticated on the Pontic-Caspian steppes 5,000 years ago. This was a feat of speakers of proto-Indo-European dialect. For the first several hundred years horses were used only for food (they didn't need fodder in the winters) but then one day some especially clever PIE-speaking brute figured out that you could ride one.
And after that they were off to the races.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at March 31, 2020 08:06 PM (guGkK)
Posted by: USNtakim profoundly deplorable. at March 31, 2020 08:07 PM (0OmEj)
Posted by: Axeman at March 31, 2020 08:07 PM (Eicbe)
I work every day but my wife is with the kids which has gone better than expected. Though they're all going stir crazy getting on each other's nerves.
Posted by: thathalfrican - sucker free on my phone at March 31, 2020 08:07 PM (/bbFo)
Posted by: WuHAN Solo at March 31, 2020 08:07 PM (F+rC2)
Posted by: USNtakim
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Of course!
Posted by: Tonypete at March 31, 2020 08:07 PM (Y4EXg)
Horses were first domesticated on the Pontic-Caspian steppes 5,000 years ago. This was a feat of speakers of proto-Indo-European dialect. For the first several hundred years horses were used only for food (they didn't need fodder in the winters) but then one day some especially clever PIE-speaking brute figured out that you could ride one.
And after that they were off to the races.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at March 31, 2020 08:06 PM (guGkK)
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"Horse" is a simple, one-syllable synonym for "obsolete farm equipment."
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at March 31, 2020 08:07 PM (Q8c/L)
Posted by: Mikey NTH - Quarantine Special - Free Delivery of Lockdown Laments from The Outrage Outlet! at March 31, 2020 08:07 PM (in24S)
Three urinalists walk into a bar.
Barkeeper hands each one of them a book entitled, "Coding for Dummies".
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at March 31, 2020 08:08 PM (pNxlR)
Posted by: Duncan at March 31, 2020 08:08 PM (+HZ1v)
Posted by: AlaBAMA at March 31, 2020 08:08 PM (l2bVb)
Posted by: jhawk90 at March 31, 2020 08:06 PM (9IkUJ)
I'm barely familiar with air fryers, guess I've got plenty of time to research these things!
Posted by: clutch cargo at March 31, 2020 08:08 PM (8B6Ng)
Posted by: Judge Smails at March 31, 2020 08:08 PM (Z+IKu)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at March 31, 2020 08:06 PM (guGkK)
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Wasn't agricultural use before racing?
/me runs away
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at March 31, 2020 08:08 PM (Q8c/L)
Posted by: AOC at March 31, 2020 08:08 PM (9t0Zz)
Prayers definitely up. What's the word on the kids?
Posted by: thathalfrican - sucker free on my phone at March 31, 2020 08:08 PM (/bbFo)
Posted by: Skip at March 31, 2020 08:09 PM (ZCEU2)
Posted by: AOC at March 31, 2020 08:08 PM (9t0Zz)
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I'll patron who I want, when I want, how I want. Deal with it, toots.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at March 31, 2020 08:09 PM (Q8c/L)
Posted by: A Horse Called Luna at March 31, 2020 08:09 PM (l3+k2)
So day drinking and getting paid, I should be happy, but I will be happy when the fire burns past. How are you?
Posted by: Bandersnatch at March 31, 2020 08:04 PM (gd9RK)
Doing well thanks. Bugged out to FL. Finished up a contract gig in nyc and was about to start a new job when this whole global pandemic situation hit, so I'm staying with family. Not idealll, but not the end of the world.
Posted by: Harry Paratestes at March 31, 2020 08:09 PM (ZkXld)
OMG, "you people?" Why do you hate strong, powerful, retarded women?
Posted by: AOC at March 31, 2020 08:09 PM (9t0Zz)
Posted by: vmom 2020 at March 31, 2020 08:09 PM (G546f)
Posted by: WuHAN Solo
Springsteen is old enough he can be forgiven if his formatting is off.
Posted by: Prince Ludwig the Deplorable at March 31, 2020 08:09 PM (SfYbS)
Posted by: Bandersnatch at March 31, 2020 08:09 PM (gd9RK)
Posted by: Joe Mannix
Are you trying to stirrup trouble?
Posted by: Miklos, with a pleasant Late Happy Hour at March 31, 2020 08:09 PM (QzkSJ)
Thanks for these "Quarantine Cafes," Ace. They're a nice non-news free-for-all in the midst of the bullshit.
Thank *you.*
I'm super-stressed. I just blew up in a Signal group and I've been getting very snappy with commenters. (I figured it would be better to blow up in signal than here.)
i quit vaping so i'm edgy. I do use the patch but that doesn't deliver too much nicotine.
anyway, I do like getting away from the stressful stuff.
Posted by: ace at March 31, 2020 08:10 PM (PbpT7)
Posted by: Colin at March 31, 2020 08:10 PM (BWQyy)
Chloroquine and quinine sound similar enough, right?
Posted by: Walter Freeman at March 31, 2020 08:10 PM (+oVP5)
Posted by: 13times at March 31, 2020 08:10 PM (K3B2k)
Posted by: eleven at March 31, 2020 08:10 PM (Qf83p)
Posted by: ace at March 31, 2020 08:10 PM (PbpT7)
Posted by: Bandersnatch
They were doing sexy times with them?
Posted by: Bruce at March 31, 2020 08:11 PM (vd8XM)
Tucker talking. Corona most likely came from type of horseshoe bat. No horseshoe bats sold in Wuhan wet market. No horseshoe bat colony anywhere near Wuhan.
However, Wuhan bio labs were using horseshoe bats and strains of the viruses they carry.
Conclusion. WuFlu leaked out of that ChiCom lab in Wuhan.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion of a Poperin Pear at March 31, 2020 08:11 PM (rCwaK)
anyway, I do like getting away from the stressful stuff.
Posted by: ace at March 31, 2020 08:10 PM (PbpT7)
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Let me know how it goes if you think to at some point. It isn't even the nicotine, I've discovered. It's a part of it, but the hand-to-mouth/fidget piece is *really* hard to not have.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at March 31, 2020 08:11 PM (Q8c/L)
Posted by: rhomboid at March 31, 2020 08:11 PM (El6T/)
Posted by: Joe Mannix
Are you trying to stirrup trouble?
Posted by: Miklos
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Reign it in boys.
Posted by: Tonypete at March 31, 2020 08:11 PM (Y4EXg)
Posted by: USNtakim profoundly deplorable
Prayers up.
Posted by: Sock Monkey..rolling my eyes at the whippersnappers at March 31, 2020 08:11 PM (4aS1x)
Posted by: Walter Freeman at March 31, 2020 08:10 PM (+oVP5)
Just avoid the stuff with the skull and crossbones on the label.
Posted by: Wanda and Dead Gary at March 31, 2020 08:11 PM (guGkK)
Posted by: Humphreyrobot at March 31, 2020 08:11 PM (jNKVZ)
i love that place and period so I look forward to suggestions
Posted by: ace at March 31, 2020 08:11 PM (PbpT7)
Posted by: Duncan at March 31, 2020 08:11 PM (+HZ1v)
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at March 31, 2020 08:07 PM (Q8c/L) "
Not when you've got Amish in the neighborhood.
Posted by: sock_rat_eez, we are being gaslighted 24/365 at March 31, 2020 08:11 PM (cqteU)
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at March 31, 2020 08:11 PM (Dc2NZ)
Posted by: Prince Ludwig the Deplorable at March 31, 2020 08:11 PM (SfYbS)
America needs journalists like...
Posted by: AlaBAMA at March 31, 2020 08:08 PM (l2bVb)
The funny thing is we really do to maintain a free society. Haven't really had enough (if any) honest journalists for years and I honestly fear for what may be coming.
Posted by: moon_over_vermont at March 31, 2020 08:11 PM (1dJNh)
Posted by: chinee wet market butcher at March 31, 2020 08:11 PM (eu2qw)
Posted by: ace at March 31, 2020 08:11 PM (PbpT7)
Posted by: Walter Freeman at March 31, 2020 08:10 PM (+oVP5)
++++++++++
You need a *lot* of tonic water, but gin acts as an activator. Ideal ratio is 2:1 gin:tonic, and you need to consume at least 3/5 a day...
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at March 31, 2020 08:12 PM (Q8c/L)
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In many ways, this too is the story of Mini Micro Bloomberg.
Posted by: ShainS at March 31, 2020 08:12 PM (WqPYg)
WTF is signal? And why so stressed boss? Besides the whole your city is a shitty horror movie thing
Posted by: thathalfrican - sucker free on my phone at March 31, 2020 08:12 PM (/bbFo)
Are you trying to stirrup trouble?
Posted by: Miklos
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Reign it in boys.
Posted by: Tonypete at March 31, 2020 08:11 PM (Y4EXg)
Oh, hoof it!
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at March 31, 2020 08:12 PM (7rVsF)
Posted by: Bruce at March 31, 2020 08:12 PM (vd8XM)
How are you folks locked up with your spousal units doing?
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at March 31, 2020 08:05 PM (7rVsF)
Do you know where I can get some fish tank cleaner?
J/k
Posted by: Emmie at March 31, 2020 08:12 PM (ouBhA)
Since nobody can follow the Ace Common-Sense Social Distant Commenting Rules, I'm off to read more Aubrey-Maturin. I just started book 15. Or 16. Somewhere in there.
Might go for a tipple of vino as well. Because Tuesday.
Posted by: filbert at March 31, 2020 08:12 PM (NiXyF)
Posted by: The Shape of Vodka at March 31, 2020 08:12 PM (2oYEN)
Posted by: Prince Ludwig the Deplorable at March 31, 2020 08:12 PM (SfYbS)
54 "Horse" is a simple, one-syllable synonym for "obsolete farm equipment."
Posted by: Joe Mannix
Are you trying to stirrup trouble?
Posted by: Miklos
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Reign it in boys.
Posted by: Tonypete at March 31, 2020 08:11 PM (Y4EXg)
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I'm sure we can saddle this like men.
Posted by: ShainS at March 31, 2020 08:12 PM (WqPYg)
Posted by: Prince Ludwig the Deplorable at March 31, 2020 08:11 PM (SfYbS)
++++++++++++++
This doesn't seem reasonable, but I'll ruminate on it.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at March 31, 2020 08:13 PM (Q8c/L)
Posted by: Duncan at March 31, 2020 08:13 PM (+HZ1v)
Posted by: Thrawn at March 31, 2020 08:13 PM (Ta69/)
I've been snacking more as far as taht goes
the other thing I notice is that my lungs get used to periodic deep inhalations, and now I feel i need to take a deep breath to mimic vaping and relieve stress
Posted by: ace at March 31, 2020 08:13 PM (PbpT7)
They! closed! the! bars!
Posted by: Harry Paratestes at March 31, 2020 08:13 PM (ZkXld)
Have you consider a rigorous routine of masturbation?
Posted by: JackStraw at March 31, 2020 08:13 PM (ZLI7S)
Let them eat urinalist cakes!
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at March 31, 2020 08:13 PM (pNxlR)
Posted by: R.E.M. at March 31, 2020 08:14 PM (NGm/n)
*makes a few notes*
Posted by: Walter Freeman at March 31, 2020 08:14 PM (+oVP5)
This is serious business. We're pondering withers nobler to face the slings and arrows and stuff.
Posted by: Bandersnatch at March 31, 2020 08:14 PM (gd9RK)
Posted by: AOC at March 31, 2020 08:09 PM (9t0Zz)
Say, AOC, did you hear the one about the Jew, the Catholic, and the colored boy who went to heaven?
Posted by: Judge Smails at March 31, 2020 08:14 PM (Z+IKu)
Posted by: DB- just DB at March 31, 2020 08:14 PM (iTXRQ)
Posted by: Ripley at March 31, 2020 08:14 PM (MxEKc)
Posted by: Boss Moss at March 31, 2020 08:14 PM (E2o2V)
Posted by: Insomniac - Ex Cineribus Resurgo at March 31, 2020 08:14 PM (NWiLs)
Be sure to keep social distance between books. Read 15 but skip to 18, then back to 16, and so forth.
Posted by: no one in particular at March 31, 2020 08:14 PM (Jhqq9)
and we don't have any.
Posted by: zmdavid at March 31, 2020 08:14 PM (xqRaG)
Posted by: Muad'dib at March 31, 2020 08:14 PM (/bKbU)
Posted by: Duncan at March 31, 2020 08:13 PM (+HZ1v)
I used luhan paneling in my man cave, am I at risk?
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar at March 31, 2020 08:14 PM (BiNEL)
Posted by: Joe Sundown at March 31, 2020 08:15 PM (Eicbe)
TuCa is saying that the bats weren't food.
Posted by: Bandersnatch at March 31, 2020 08:09 PM (gd9RK)
Go on.
Posted by: Richard Gere at March 31, 2020 08:15 PM (2N7oZ)
Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing
at March 31, 2020 08:15 PM (WEBkv)
Posted by: Chuck C at March 31, 2020 08:15 PM (r6GXX)
{{{Northern Lurker}}}
Prayers up for your friend.
{{{Ladyl}}}
Prayers up for your daughter and her patients and her team.
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar at March 31, 2020 08:12 PM (BiNEL)
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar at March 31, 2020 08:15 PM (BiNEL)
Posted by: Pete Seria at March 31, 2020 08:15 PM (7ZQe3)
Posted by: AlaBAMA at March 31, 2020 08:15 PM (l2bVb)
Who's lots of fun of course of course!
Posted by: Insomniac - Ex Cineribus Resurgo at March 31, 2020 08:16 PM (NWiLs)
Just inform me on the facts, without opinion.
Let me form my own opinions.
Posted by: davidt at March 31, 2020 08:16 PM (l3+k2)
Posted by: Bandersnatch at March 31, 2020 08:09 PM (gd9RK)
Just bite the heads off, don't eat them for Gods sake.
Posted by: Ozzie Osbourne at March 31, 2020 08:16 PM (guGkK)
87 People need to pull back the reins on the horse puns.
Posted by: Prince Ludwig the Deplorable at March 31, 2020 08:11 PM (SfYbS)
++++++++++++++
This doesn't seem reasonable, but I'll ruminate on it.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at March 31, 2020 08:13 PM (Q8c/L)
I hear that hydrochloroequine will be key to stopping Wuhan Flu.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at March 31, 2020 08:16 PM (pNxlR)
Posted by: Prince Ludwig the Deplorable at March 31, 2020 08:16 PM (SfYbS)
*firstworldproblem*
Posted by: vmom 2020 at March 31, 2020 08:16 PM (G546f)
As for Russian exiles ("Whites" - anti-commies) in China, decades ago I was in Harbin, capital of the Manchurian region (now the province of Heilongjiang - "Black Dragon", cool name for a province actually).
It was of course a big center of Russian exile White-guard types in the 1920s/30s. And it shows. The architecture - thought I was back in Leningrad. And the bread stalls on corners - bread stalls, in China? - selling among other things Russian black bread - though I assume some of the Russian cultural influence pre-dates the 20s.
And just a few years after that, different job, a colleague in another bureau who provided technical advice had actually grown up in Harbin, son of Russian exiles. He said he actually was with his family, dressed in Sunday best, for the parade welcoming the Japanese puppet Pu Yi that is the opening scene in "The Last Emperor". He said just as in the movie, the Japanese Army went door to door, to, um, "boost enthusiasm" for the event - and make sure everybody went.
Posted by: rhomboid at March 31, 2020 08:17 PM (El6T/)
{{{Northern Lurker}}}
Prayers up for your friend.
{{{Ladyl}}}
Prayers up for your daughter and her patients and her team.
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar at March 31, 2020 08:12 PM (BiNEL)
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar at March 31, 2020 08:15 PM (BiNEL)
Thank you, dear {{{Hrothgar}}}
How are you holding up?
Posted by: Ladyl at March 31, 2020 08:17 PM (TdMsT)
Posted by: hogmartin at March 31, 2020 08:17 PM (t+qrx)
Posted by: Sock Monkey..rolling my eyes at the whippersnappers at March 31, 2020 08:17 PM (4aS1x)
Posted by: Northernlurker at March 31, 2020 08:17 PM (Uu+Jp)
87 People need to pull back the reins on the horse puns.
Posted by: Prince Ludwig the Deplorable at March 31, 2020 08:11 PM (SfYbS)
++++++++++++++
This doesn't seem reasonable, but I'll ruminate on it.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at March 31, 2020 08:13 PM (Q8c/L)
I hear that hydrochloroequine will be key to stopping Wuhan Flu.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at March 31, 2020 08:16 PM (pNxlR)
That's the mane ingredient to the cure.
Posted by: Insomniac - Ex Cineribus Resurgo at March 31, 2020 08:17 PM (NWiLs)
Note it's not saying this was a ChiCom bioweapon. That's a diversion. Debunk the bioweapon red herring, not the leak of natural virus being studied from the lab.
ChiCom bio-safety incompetence likely released this thing on the world.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion of a Poperin Pear at March 31, 2020 08:17 PM (rCwaK)
Posted by: Skip at March 31, 2020 08:17 PM (ZCEU2)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at March 31, 2020 08:18 PM (guGkK)
Posted by: Harry Paratestes at March 31, 2020 08:13 PM
This guy? He gets it.
How goes it, Harry?
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at March 31, 2020 08:18 PM (rBtIz)
Posted by: Tinfoilbaby at March 31, 2020 08:18 PM (8JqLB)
Posted by: Fredo Cuomo One Week Ago at March 31, 2020 08:18 PM (WdocV)
Posted by: Skip at March 31, 2020 08:17 PM (ZCEU2)
Tough to bridle that impulse.
Posted by: Insomniac - Ex Cineribus Resurgo at March 31, 2020 08:18 PM (NWiLs)
Posted by: Skip at March 31, 2020 08:17 PM (ZCEU2)
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If only for a bit.
Posted by: Axeman at March 31, 2020 08:18 PM (Eicbe)
Posted by: Prince Ludwig the Deplorable
Just a little bit?
Posted by: Miklos, roped in at March 31, 2020 08:19 PM (QzkSJ)
Posted by: Duncan at March 31, 2020 08:19 PM (+HZ1v)
She wasn't amused.
Posted by: Curly Shuffle at March 31, 2020 08:19 PM (ch6++)
Posted by: GnuBreed at March 31, 2020 08:19 PM (XF4b8)
Posted by: sock_rat_eez, we are being gaslighted 24/365 at March 31, 2020 08:19 PM (cqteU)
Posted by: Walter Freeman at March 31, 2020 08:10 PM (+oVP5)
Can't be too careful.
Posted by: Mikey NTH - Quarantine Special - Free Delivery of Lockdown Laments from The Outrage Outlet! at March 31, 2020 08:19 PM (in24S)
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at March 31, 2020 08:20 PM (rBtIz)
And I want a baby goat, too.
Posted by: Jane D'oh at March 31, 2020 08:20 PM (ptqGC)
Posted by: Skip
Whinny's right, he's right.
Posted by: Miklos, hot to trot at March 31, 2020 08:20 PM (QzkSJ)
They were a handful and they eventually got rid of them because a couple of them were biters.
Posted by: jsg at March 31, 2020 08:20 PM (aiWhJ)
Posted by: DamnedYankee at March 31, 2020 08:20 PM (e284m)
Posted by: davidt at March 31, 2020 08:21 PM (l3+k2)
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at March 31, 2020 08:20 PM (rBtIz)
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Just barding our time.
Posted by: Axeman at March 31, 2020 08:21 PM (Eicbe)
Posted by: Boss Moss at March 31, 2020 08:21 PM (E2o2V)
Posted by: Eromero at March 31, 2020 08:21 PM (XhWtx)
Well duh, the hoodie is made and distributed by the Communist Chinese Party.
Its Employer SWAG.
What did you expect it to read?
Posted by: 🐧 at March 31, 2020 08:21 PM (uYQjf)
Posted by: Muad'dib at March 31, 2020 08:14 PM (/bKbU)
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Not me. I prefer the adult ones.
Posted by: Catherine the Great at March 31, 2020 08:21 PM (Q8c/L)
Posted by: Miklosty of Chincoteague at March 31, 2020 08:21 PM (QzkSJ)
Posted by: Prince Ludwig the Deplorable at March 31, 2020 08:21 PM (SfYbS)
We may run out of pigs.
Posted by: DamnedYankee at March 31, 2020 08:20 PM (e284m)
I thought it was "feed a cold, starve a journalist".
Posted by: hogmartin at March 31, 2020 08:21 PM (t+qrx)
Posted by: Dan Smoot's Apprentice at March 31, 2020 08:21 PM (H8QX8)
Posted by: Jane D'oh at March 31, 2020 08:21 PM (ptqGC)
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at March 31, 2020 08:20 PM (rBtIz)
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Just barding our time.
Posted by: Axeman at March 31, 2020 08:21 PM (Eicbe)
Hopefully, these horse puns will just stall out. But hay! What do I know?
Posted by: Ladyl at March 31, 2020 08:21 PM (TdMsT)
How goes it, Harry?
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at March 31, 2020 08:18 PM (rBtIz)
It's going, it's going.
A bit bored, to be honest. Being unemployed and homeless is an interesting experience. But overall, no real complaints.
Whats new in the land of massholes?
Posted by: Harry Paratestes at March 31, 2020 08:21 PM (ZkXld)
drove across Wyoming once- saw some wild horses near Rock Springs. Pretty cool.
Posted by: DB- just DB at March 31, 2020 08:14 PM (iTXRQ)
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Nevada is filled with mustangs ... but they're in awful condition and emaciated. I remember as a kid in the 70's there was big controversy because the Dept. of Interior (IIRC) was shooting them from helicopters as mercy killings.
Posted by: ShainS at March 31, 2020 08:22 PM (WqPYg)
Posted by: Prince Ludwig the Deplorable at March 31, 2020 08:21 PM (SfYbS)
+++++++++++
Why? They giving you the trots?
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at March 31, 2020 08:22 PM (Q8c/L)
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at March 31, 2020 08:20 PM (rBtIz)
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Just barding our time.
Posted by: Axeman at March 31, 2020 08:21 PM (Eicbe)
Hopefully, these horse puns will just stall out. But hay! What do I know?
Posted by: Ladyl at March 31, 2020 08:21 PM (TdMsT)
Look at you, feeling your oats.
Posted by: Insomniac - Ex Cineribus Resurgo at March 31, 2020 08:22 PM (NWiLs)
Posted by: Axeman at March 31, 2020 08:21 PM
You probably should. I hear horse it kinda dry.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at March 31, 2020 08:22 PM (rBtIz)
Posted by: Bandersnatch at March 31, 2020 08:22 PM (gd9RK)
Posted by: Muad'dib at March 31, 2020 08:14 PM (/bKbU)
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Not me. I prefer the adult ones.
Posted by: Catherine the Great
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Whoa there Catherine, let's not go off half-cocked.
Posted by: Tonypete at March 31, 2020 08:22 PM (Y4EXg)
Posted by: Jane D'oh at March 31, 2020 08:22 PM (ptqGC)
Posted by: Northernlurker at March 31, 2020 08:22 PM (Uu+Jp)
69 >>>58 Any suggestions for a fiction book set in interwar Shanghai?
Know a guy in his 70s born in shanghai. Think his polish pop escaped poland to there before to usa. Have to ask him for stories.
The stars that hang high over shanghai.
Bring back the memory of a thrill.
I been lookin high I been lookin low
Lookin for my shanghai lil
She's a something something to our industry.
Posted by: getting the banned back for show tunes at March 31, 2020 08:22 PM (eu2qw)
Posted by: ace
50 push ups, 50 crunches and 10 minutes of stretching.
I completely agree. I've done taht before.
But for some reason I cannot motivate to do it. I just keep planning on doing it.
But tomorrow never comes.
Posted by: ace at March 31, 2020 08:23 PM (PbpT7)
https://tinyurl.com/w9mp5yw
Yankees fans, ignore the Red Sox stuff. It's the Boston Pops, what do you expect?
Posted by: Basement Cat at March 31, 2020 08:23 PM (pPNCa)
Posted by: rhomboid at March 31, 2020 08:23 PM (El6T/)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 31, 2020 08:23 PM (miJU3)
Needed some fresh veggies, stopped in at Rich Person's Albertson's (there is a ghetto Albertsons next burb over), 'cause they always have the best stock, and the Gen Manager is a perv who's staff is 90 percent stone cold hotties who's dress, lipstick and demeanor suggests that they appreciate both oysters and snails....
I seem to have lost my original train of thought, but in summary: Stuffed to the gills with almost everything except: No TP, PT, Kleenex, or, oddly, Sriracha.
...
...
...
Hope whomever washes the Sriracha off their hands before using the other stuff...
Posted by: My Pimp Shot My Dealer at March 31, 2020 08:23 PM (NB2oF)
And remember, these guys are far too dumb to code. They need to be put out of their misery.
Posted by: Eeyore at March 31, 2020 08:23 PM (ZbwAu)
Posted by: OJ at March 31, 2020 08:23 PM (l3+k2)
Posted by: Ripley at March 31, 2020 08:23 PM (MxEKc)
"I married George for better or for worse, but not for lunch every day." - Wife of fired Yankees GM George Weiss
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at March 31, 2020 08:05 PM (7rVsF)
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My friend sent me a meme with a picture of two women talking in a kitchen:
Woman 1: Where's your husband?
Woman 2: In the garden.
Woman 1: I didn't see him.
Woman 2: You have to dig a little.
Posted by: bluebell at March 31, 2020 08:23 PM (/669Q)
Posted by: Drive-By Brian Stelter at March 31, 2020 08:24 PM (l2bVb)
Posted by: ShainS at March 31, 2020 08:24 PM (WqPYg)
anyway, I do like getting away from the stressful stuff.
Posted by: ace at March
wait, I thought vaping was edgy?
Posted by: not so at March 31, 2020 08:24 PM (HALdu)
Posted by: Roy Rogers at March 31, 2020 08:24 PM (E2o2V)
Posted by: Seinfeld at March 31, 2020 08:24 PM (q1Pj5)
Posted by: Uranus at March 31, 2020 08:24 PM (dQF3z)
That right there is cheating! But I guess in here we could call it Whinny The Flu.
Posted by: t-bird at March 31, 2020 08:24 PM (gHCnG)
Posted by: Mikey NTH - Quarantine Special - Free Delivery of Lockdown Laments from The Outrage Outlet! at March 31, 2020 08:07 PM (in24S)
Only another month to go!
Posted by: m at March 31, 2020 08:24 PM (ghFVE)
Posted by: rhomboid at March 31, 2020 08:24 PM (El6T/)
But tomorrow never comes.
Posted by: ace
Apollo to Rocky in RIII on the beach: "There is no tomorrow!"
Posted by: Soothsayer, very senile at March 31, 2020 08:24 PM (++3nO)
Posted by: not so at March 31, 2020 08:25 PM (HALdu)
Posted by: Lady in Black at March 31, 2020 08:25 PM (JoUsr)
Posted by: Roy Rogers at March 31, 2020 08:24 PM (E2o2V)
+++++++++++++
Of all people, I figured you'd be spurred on by them.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at March 31, 2020 08:25 PM (Q8c/L)
Posted by: JT at March 31, 2020 08:25 PM (arJlL)
Posted by: Uranus at March 31, 2020 08:24 PM (dQF3z)
++++++++++++++
Last I checked, there's no mandate for antisocial distancing...
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at March 31, 2020 08:25 PM (Q8c/L)
Posted by: JT at March 31, 2020 08:25 PM (arJlL)
When I first came here, I thought it was yellow paint spilled on the road.
Posted by: Eeyore at March 31, 2020 08:25 PM (ZbwAu)
Quinine. That has something to do with five in Latin.
Posted by: Boss Moss
I think it means five nines.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at March 31, 2020 08:25 PM (aKsyK)
Posted by: Tami at March 31, 2020 08:25 PM (cF8AT)
Posted by: not so at March 31, 2020 08:25 PM (HALdu)
yeah horses are great but the roi is sucky, get a dog.
Posted by: not so at March 31, 2020 08:25 PM (HALdu)
As if.
Posted by: Catherine the Great at March 31, 2020 08:26 PM (2N7oZ)
Drink Taiwanese Oo Long whole leaf tea. It's Heaven That's true unless your tongues don't have the UBSY34CDJ77RRD gene.
Posted by: Humphreyrobot at March 31, 2020 08:26 PM (jNKVZ)
Posted by: de Press at March 31, 2020 08:26 PM (Tnijr)
Posted by: Northernlurker at March 31, 2020 08:22 PM (Uu+Jp)
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Is there a Gallop poll?
Posted by: Axeman at March 31, 2020 08:26 PM (Eicbe)
When masturbation's lost its fun you're fucking lonely.
Posted by: Green Day at March 31, 2020 08:26 PM (9t0Zz)
A bit bored, to be honest. Being unemployed and homeless is an interesting experience. But overall, no real complaints.
Whats new in the land of massholes?
Posted by: Harry Paratestes at March 31, 2020 08:21 PM
Damn. Sorry to hear that. Especially now. Anything in the pipeline?
Here? The Egg Drop Croup has been making my last few weeks more exciting than I like.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at March 31, 2020 08:26 PM (rBtIz)
Posted by: Soothsayer, very senile at March 31, 2020 08:26 PM (++3nO)
Posted by: ace
50 push ups, 50 crunches and 10 minutes of stretching.
I completely agree. I've done taht before.
But for some reason I cannot motivate to do it. I just keep planning on doing it.
But tomorrow never comes.
Posted by: ace at March 31, 2020 08:23 PM (PbpT7)
You're still stuck at the montage phase.
Posted by: Ace's liver at March 31, 2020 08:27 PM (wGeit)
you know i've tried that trick of looking at myself in the mirror like Rocky did in Rocky III. It didn't work!
Posted by: ace at March 31, 2020 08:27 PM (PbpT7)
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar at March 31, 2020 08:27 PM (BiNEL)
Whinny the flu
Kept me all locked up
And left me bouncing off the walls
Whinny the flu
Whinny the flu
Willy, nilly , silly virus you have there
Posted by: Skip at March 31, 2020 08:27 PM (ZCEU2)
Posted by: Gentlemen, this is democracy manifest at March 31, 2020 08:27 PM (LWu6U)
Posted by: Walter Freeman at March 31, 2020 08:27 PM (+oVP5)
Posted by: Ben Had at March 31, 2020 08:27 PM (asmhK)
Posted by: ace at March 31, 2020 08:27 PM (PbpT7)
Posted by: jsg at March 31, 2020 08:27 PM (aiWhJ)
Posted by: rhomboid at March 31, 2020 08:27 PM (El6T/)
Cat aerobics, Ace. Cat aerobics.
Posted by: Walter Freeman at March 31, 2020 08:27 PM (+oVP5)
Prancercize.
Posted by: Insomniac - Ex Cineribus Resurgo at March 31, 2020 08:27 PM (NWiLs)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at March 31, 2020 08:25 PM (aKsyK)
+++++++++++++
I had no idea the Quinine's uptime was that good.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at March 31, 2020 08:28 PM (Q8c/L)
Posted by: Eeyore at March 31, 2020 08:28 PM (ZbwAu)
Posted by: Asscheeks of Saturn at March 31, 2020 08:28 PM (y3cH7)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at March 31, 2020 08:28 PM (aKsyK)
Menthol Virginia Slims, since you asked.
Posted by: Drive-By Brian Stelter at March 31, 2020 08:28 PM (l2bVb)
Posted by: Ladyl at March 31, 2020 08:28 PM (TdMsT)
Posted by: Ripley at March 31, 2020 08:23 PM (MxEKc)
Sorry, didn't mean to be a neighsayer.
Posted by: Dan Smoot's Apprentice at March 31, 2020 08:28 PM (H8QX8)
Posted by: Sharkman at March 31, 2020 08:28 PM (PYQ4e)
Posted by: Walter Freeman at March 31, 2020 08:27 PM (+oVP5)
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Is that like "goat yoga?"
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at March 31, 2020 08:28 PM (Q8c/L)
Posted by: Sock Monkey..rolling my eyes at the whippersnappers at March 31, 2020 08:28 PM (4aS1x)
Posted by: Naked Brian Stelter Covered in Olive Oil and Stripper Glitter at March 31, 2020 08:29 PM (PbpT7)
Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy The ChiComTerrorVirus is in the house! at March 31, 2020 08:29 PM (dNzKv)
Posted by: FrodoB,because Hobbits don't usually wear socks at March 31, 2020 08:29 PM (dQF3z)
When I first came here, I thought it was yellow paint spilled on the road.
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I'm in SC. The pollen is tremendous right now. I have a screened-in back porch. Every day, I go out with my little vacuum and get at least a tablespoon (not teaspoon!) from the fabric and indoor/outdoor rug. I hate this miserable pollenado that hits every year.
Posted by: Lady in Black at March 31, 2020 08:29 PM (JoUsr)
Posted by: Northernlurker at March 31, 2020 08:29 PM (Uu+Jp)
Posted by: Mr. Ed at March 31, 2020 08:30 PM (rCwaK)
right, see 203. The pre-montage phase.
Posted by: ace at March 31, 2020 08:27 PM (PbpT7)
I do this every time the house needs cleaned. I picture myself doing all sorts of things, you know, vacuuming the floor, cleaning the kitchen, cleaning the bathroom...
Then I roll over and take a nap.
Posted by: Ace's liver at March 31, 2020 08:30 PM (wGeit)
Posted by: rhomboid at March 31, 2020 08:30 PM (El6T/)
Posted by: JT at March 31, 2020 08:30 PM (arJlL)
I've gotten lost in there for hours.
Posted by: JackStraw at March 31, 2020 08:30 PM (ZLI7S)
Posted by: Walter Freeman at March 31, 2020 08:27 PM (+oVP5)
Cat scans. When they circle your position.
Posted by: Cat Lady at March 31, 2020 08:30 PM (q1Pj5)
The challenge now is to take Once Upon a Time in Hollywood out of the BluRay and put something else in.
But there is nothing better.
Posted by: Bandersnatch at March 31, 2020 08:30 PM (gd9RK)
Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy The ChiComTerrorVirus is in the house! at March 31, 2020 08:29 PM (dNzKv)
Any of them have a productive cough?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 31, 2020 08:30 PM (miJU3)
I think nien chieng wrote about buying excellent Russian cakes in a Shanghai bakery in her book To Live and Die in Shanghai. Also agree that Russian exiles to china probably increased a lot 1905+.
Theres a period film "the white russian?" I forget the name but the lead actor of that film is the lead actor in Grand Budapest Hotel.
Posted by: 13times at March 31, 2020 08:30 PM (K3B2k)
But for some reason I cannot motivate to do it. I just keep planning on doing it.
But tomorrow never comes.
There are some trainers that are doing live workout broadcasts daily on YouTube.
This guy for example:
https://preview.tinyurl.com/ycmqjuh5
Maybe if you have a set time to do the workout it'll be easier to keep the commitment.
Posted by: bonhomme at March 31, 2020 08:31 PM (9t0Zz)
Posted by: Jane D'oh at March 31, 2020 08:22 PM (ptqGC)
Good night Jane, remember deep breaths...
through an N100 mask!
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar at March 31, 2020 08:31 PM (BiNEL)
Posted by: moon_over_vermont at March 31, 2020 08:31 PM (1dJNh)
Posted by: Naked Brian Stelter Covered in Olive Oil and Stripper Glitter at March 31, 2020 08:29 PM (PbpT7)
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Well that escalated quickly.
Escalated into a guffaw.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at March 31, 2020 08:31 PM (Q8c/L)
Here? The Egg Drop Croup has been making my last few weeks more exciting than I like.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at March 31, 2020 08:26 PM (rBtIz)
Had a really cool job lined up for a small lawfirm that worked with start up tech companies.
Was supposed to do a shadowing day on March 19th with the guy who runs the place, then start the following week.
But then nyc went in to lock down. My sublet was up so i was like... well....
and here I am.
No idea if that job will still be available after all of this is over.
Posted by: Harry Paratestes at March 31, 2020 08:32 PM (ZkXld)
Posted by: Walter Freeman at March 31, 2020 08:27 PM (+oVP5)
+++++++++++++
Is that like "goat yoga?"
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at March 31, 2020 08:28 PM (Q8c/L)
I've heard about this... cat juggling.
Posted by: hogmartin at March 31, 2020 08:32 PM (t+qrx)
Posted by: Northernlurker at March 31, 2020 08:32 PM (Uu+Jp)
Posted by: moon_over_vermont at March 31, 2020 08:31 PM (1dJNh)
You can fix anything with extra icing.
Posted by: Ace's liver at March 31, 2020 08:32 PM (wGeit)
Why were they tested?
Posted by: Kilroy wasn't here at March 31, 2020 08:32 PM (2DOZq)
Posted by: moon_over_vermont
Just keep adding icing !
Posted by: JT at March 31, 2020 08:32 PM (arJlL)
Posted by: moon_over_vermont at March 31, 2020 08:31 PM (1dJNh)
Get out the bike pump.
Posted by: Dan Smoot's Apprentice at March 31, 2020 08:32 PM (H8QX8)
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar at March 31, 2020 08:31 PM (BiNEL)
++++++++++++
Is that compatible with the S-100 bus?
https://youtu.be/ow78cUDdTOg
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at March 31, 2020 08:32 PM (Q8c/L)
Posted by: moon_over_vermont at March 31, 2020 08:31 PM (1dJNh)
"Honey, I baked you a Frisbee."
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 31, 2020 08:32 PM (miJU3)
Different symptom clusters for different folks.
Posted by: Walter Freeman at March 31, 2020 08:32 PM (+oVP5)
Cough, shortness of breath. One had crushing chest pain. One went to his clinic because his CPAP machine broke and was diverted to the ER because he was short of breath. Swore up and down that it was just his COPD acting up. Wound up on a vent for 5 days and was one of the few who improved and came off.
Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy The ChiComTerrorVirus is in the house! at March 31, 2020 08:32 PM (dNzKv)
63 years ago April Fools day) and the whole thing fell. I am not a
happy camper. I think she may notice.
Posted by: moon_over_vermont at March 31, 2020 08:31 PM (1dJNh)
Birthday Brownies?
Posted by: Count de Monet at March 31, 2020 08:32 PM (q1Pj5)
Posted by: Humphreyrobot at March 31, 2020 08:33 PM (jNKVZ)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at March 31, 2020 08:33 PM (aKsyK)
Posted by: getting the banned back togetjer at March 31, 2020 08:33 PM (eu2qw)
Why were they tested?
Cause the doctor said "This ain't right, I think you got the COVID."
Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy The ChiComTerrorVirus is in the house! at March 31, 2020 08:34 PM (dNzKv)
I don't like anyone who had a horse growing up!
Posted by: Seinfeld at March 31, 2020 08:24 PM (q1Pj5)
_________
"I had a pony!"
Posted by: ShainS at March 31, 2020 08:34 PM (WqPYg)
Someone mentioned Texas Instrument's "Little Professor" the other day.
Educational toys were fun.
Their tv commercials were fun, even if you didn't have the product.
Like abacuses!
Posted by: Soothsayer, very senile at March 31, 2020 08:34 PM (++3nO)
Posted by: Dan Smoot's Apprentice at March 31, 2020 08:34 PM (H8QX8)
Posted by: eleven at March 31, 2020 08:03 PM (Qf83p)
+++++++++++++
C'mon. You know once you're in, you're NEVER out!
Posted by: Andrew Gillum at March 31, 2020 08:04 PM (Q8c/L)
Smell my finger.
Posted by: Joe 'Long Digits' Biden at March 31, 2020 08:34 PM (Vy7tf)
Posted by: pookysgirl, super effective at March 31, 2020 08:34 PM (XKZwp)
Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at March 31, 2020 08:05 PM (XrCyE)
Bears vs Coronavirus???
...
Da Bears.
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at March 31, 2020 08:35 PM (0ReGO)
A buddy sent me this:
Wife: There's someone at the door.
Me: Is it a penguin?
Wife: What?
Me: *banging my fist on the table* Is it a penguin?!
Wife: I don't think *looks out window * holy shit, it is!
Me: *cocking shotgun* so it begins...
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at March 31, 2020 08:35 PM (rBtIz)
I an getting antsy. I feel like I wandered into the set of a really bad movie! At least there are no Zombie sightings as far as I know, so there's that!
And I trust my commie infanticidal maniac governor Coonman as far as I can throw my truck!
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar at March 31, 2020 08:35 PM (BiNEL)
Posted by: Radio Control Submarine Unit at March 31, 2020 08:35 PM (IB++I)
Posted by: Humphreyrobot at March 31, 2020 08:35 PM (jNKVZ)
Me: Is it a penguin?
Wife: What?
Me: *banging my fist on the table* Is it a penguin?!
Wife: I don't think *looks out window * holy shit, it is!
Me: *cocking shotgun* so it begins...
I enjoy this, but I do not understand it at all.
Posted by: ace at March 31, 2020 08:35 PM (PbpT7)
Posted by: moon_over_vermont at March 31, 2020 08:31 PM (1dJNh)
Put a Life Alert on it.
Posted by: jsg at March 31, 2020 08:36 PM (aiWhJ)
Posted by: Chris Matthews at March 31, 2020 08:36 PM (y3cH7)
Posted by: Seinfeld at March 31, 2020 08:24 PM (q1Pj5)
_________
"I had a pony!"
Posted by: ShainS
"Who figures an immigrant had a pony ?"
"All those pictures of immigrants comin' over on boats...I never saw one sittin' on a pony !"
Posted by: JT at March 31, 2020 08:36 PM (arJlL)
Allergy sufferers are gonna be hurting if they can't get their meds and tissues.
Posted by: Big V Caffeinated at March 31, 2020 08:36 PM (XEC2p)
And after that they were off to the races.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero)
Remember at the end of Dances With Wolves when Pretentious Narrator was lamenting the passing of the "Great Horse Culture Of The Plains"? In an attempt to make us feel guilty about the Indian Wars?
They left out the part where that Great Culture was less than 300 years old and only existed because white men from Spain brought horses over in the 1500s. If not for them, there would have been a couple od scattered bands of starving Indians vainly chasing buffalo herds on foot, mostly unsuccessfully.
Posted by: Sharkman at March 31, 2020 08:36 PM (PYQ4e)
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at March 31, 2020 08:07 PM (Q8c/L)
You are speaking a foreign language to me.
Posted by: Amish and other Separatists at March 31, 2020 08:36 PM (Vy7tf)
https://youtu.be/V3kxCQw25xs
Posted by: Prince Ludwig the Deplorable at March 31, 2020 08:36 PM (SfYbS)
Isn't there a song that goes there's someone knocking at the door?
Posted by: Soothsayer, very senile at March 31, 2020 08:37 PM (++3nO)
@ NadineGB204
A suspected Covid-19 male patient is lying in bed in the hospital, wearing an oxygen mask over his mouth and nose. A young student female nurse appears and gives him a partial sponge bath.
"Nurse," he mumbles from behind the mask, "are my testicles black?"
...
12:36 AM · Mar 28, 2020·Twitter for iPhone
Embarrassed, the young nurse replies, "I don't know, Sir. I'm only here to wash your upper body and feet."
He struggles to ask again, "Nurse, please check for me. Are my testicles black?"
Concerned that he might elevate his blood pressure and heart rate from worrying about his testicles, she overcomes her embarrassment and
pulls back the covers.
She raises his gown, holds his manhood in one hand and his testicles gently in the other.
She looks very closely and says, "There's nothing wrong with them, Sir. They look fine."
The man slowly pulls off his oxygen mask, smiles at her, and says very slowly,
"Thank you very much. That was wonderful. Now listen very,
very, closely:
"Are - my - test - results - back?"
Posted by: andycanuck at March 31, 2020 08:37 PM (TQ/zJ)
Daughter sent me a funny meme about the steps of knitting.
1) Stab it
2) Strangle it
3) Scoop the guts out
4) Throw it off a cliff
I'm so stealing that if I ever teach anyone again
Posted by: Sal at March 31, 2020 08:37 PM (bo8pf)
Posted by: Hairyback Guy at March 31, 2020 08:37 PM (Z+IKu)
Posted by: bluebell at March 31, 2020 08:37 PM (/669Q)
Posted by: Arkansas Biden Baby at March 31, 2020 08:37 PM (EgshT)
Look I didn't bring her up, you did.
Posted by: eleven at March 31, 2020 08:37 PM (Qf83p)
Posted by: JT at March 31, 2020 08:38 PM (arJlL)
Our flights here were virtually empty; being on a 737-900 with less than 30 passengers on board was eerie. Entering the hospital was interesting, they had a tent setup and people in full hazmat suits screening visitors. Anyway, Arizona is in lockdown as of about 30 minutes ago, so hubs & I are just hanging around the hotel.
Posted by: Jordan61 at March 31, 2020 08:38 PM (IuyMw)
Posted by: bonhomme at March 31, 2020 08:38 PM (9t0Zz)
This being a smart military blog, here's a combination warships-and-cats video (about 27 minutes). Yes, it's about famous warships and their mousers. Mostly British, but includes some USN examples. Interesting history, and guaranteed not to overdo the cute.
https://tinyurl.com/smmabp8
Posted by: Basement Cat at March 31, 2020 08:38 PM (pPNCa)
They even posted a photo. It looks like a female.
Posted by: CaliGirl at March 31, 2020 08:38 PM (7bcfy)
https://youtu.be/ow78cUDdTOg
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at March 31, 2020 08:32 PM (Q8c/L)
Thanks
Good times, good times!
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar at March 31, 2020 08:38 PM (BiNEL)
Posted by: Sarah Jessica Parker at March 31, 2020 08:38 PM (/LQkF)
Posted by: Skip at March 31, 2020 08:39 PM (ZCEU2)
Posted by: AlaBAMA at March 31, 2020 08:39 PM (l2bVb)
Posted by: redc1c4 , ONT Rx tech at March 31, 2020 08:39 PM (vwf8z)
Posted by: bluebell at March 31, 2020 08:40 PM (/669Q)
Posted by: redc1c4 , ONT Rx tech at March 31, 2020 08:40 PM (vwf8z)
"Thank you very much. That was wonderful. Now listen very,
very, closely: "Are - my - test - results - back?"
Posted by: andycanuck
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I've heard that joke hundreds of times and I STILL laugh.
Posted by: Tonypete at March 31, 2020 08:40 PM (Y4EXg)
Posted by: Ben Had
In stressful times, they help maintain our equineimity.
Posted by: Miklos, equanimous at March 31, 2020 08:40 PM (QzkSJ)
Posted by: Sharkman at March 31, 2020 08:36 PM (PYQ4e)
It's worse than that. The plains Indians weren't even living on the plains with the advent of horses. They used horses to make war on the existing plains tribes and drive those other tribes onto less productive land.
Posted by: Ace's liver at March 31, 2020 08:40 PM (wGeit)
Posted by: Ben Had at March 31, 2020 08:40 PM (asmhK)
Posted by: thathalfrican - sucker free on my phone at March 31, 2020 08:05 PM
#metoo
Posted by: NaughtyPine at March 31, 2020 08:41 PM (/+bwe)
Posted by: Duncan at March 31, 2020 08:13 PM (+HZ1v)
I used luhan paneling in my man cave, am I at risk?
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar at March 31, 2020 08:14 PM (BiNEL)
It is, in fact 'lauan', as in Philippine Mahogany. All vowels are pronounced separately in Filipino. So 'LA - ooh - ON.
Class dismissed. Bring a damned cognac next time instead of your wormy apple.
Posted by: Cicero Kaboom! Kid. Cunning Linguist at March 31, 2020 08:41 PM (Vy7tf)
Posted by: JT at March 31, 2020 08:41 PM (arJlL)
I thought they had mastered the fine art of stampeding them off cliffs before they ever met a horse?
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar at March 31, 2020 08:41 PM (BiNEL)
Posted by: Tonypete at March 31, 2020 08:41 PM (Y4EXg)
Posted by: Cheriebebe at March 31, 2020 08:41 PM (a4qVe)
Posted by: Humphreyrobot at March 31, 2020 08:41 PM (jNKVZ)
Posted by: Miklos, equanimous at March 31, 2020 08:40 PM (QzkSJ)
That's good.
Posted by: Dan Smoot's Apprentice at March 31, 2020 08:41 PM (H8QX8)
Horses were first domesticated on the Pontic-Caspian steppes 5,000 years ago.
This is seared into my eohippus.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at March 31, 2020 08:41 PM (aKsyK)
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at March 31, 2020 08:41 PM (rBtIz)
Posted by: Sock Monkey..rolling my eyes at the whippersnappers at March 31, 2020 08:42 PM (4aS1x)
Cats. They are excellent machines that learn to adapt their behavior to human behavior to get what they want.
There is something about me that trains cats to do this "I want to go out" fake out to get food. In the past year, Miley's cat, Harli, has adapted to that.
5 minutes ago, she caught my eye and did a bee line for the back door. She even points at the door, sticking her head forward and pointing right out.
I go and start to the open the door. She waits until my hand gets close to the knob, then immediately runs off to the food bowl.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion of a Poperin Pear at March 31, 2020 08:42 PM (rCwaK)
This being a smart military blog, here's a combination warships-and-cats video (about 27 minutes). Yes, it's about famous warships and their mousers. Mostly British, but includes some USN examples. Interesting history, and guaranteed not to overdo the cute.
https://tinyurl.com/smmabp8
Posted by: Basement Cat at March 31, 2020 08:38 PM (pPNCa)
I watch every one of his videos. He makes even the dry stuff interesting. I was fascinated with the one on... boilers.
Posted by: Ace's liver at March 31, 2020 08:42 PM (wGeit)
Posted by: ace at March 31, 2020 08:35 PM
Just embrace the surreality.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at March 31, 2020 08:42 PM (rBtIz)
Has anyone heard from Al Gore?
Posted by: Hairyback Guy at March 31, 2020 08:37 PM (Z+IKu)
___________
Last I heard he was in Yellowstone looking for a masseuse to finally release his Second Chakra after all these years. Why?
Posted by: ShainS at March 31, 2020 08:43 PM (WqPYg)
Posted by: moon_over_vermont at March 31, 2020 08:31 PM (1dJNh
Bake two more. Fry some bacon. Offer maple syrup.
Posted by: Cicero Kaboom! Kid. Cunning Linguist at March 31, 2020 08:43 PM (Vy7tf)
Posted by: Diogenes at March 31, 2020 08:43 PM (axyOa)
Posted by: phoenixgirl at March 31, 2020 08:43 PM (0O7c5)
I'm trying your idea of three double spaces, but I predict they won't come through in the posted result.
This site's formatting controls have always been very broken.
What amuses me the most is how you go out of your way to provide controls for boldface, italics, underlining, and strikethrough, NONE OF WHICH WORKS!
(Update: Trying to post the above as a single paragraph produced this unhelpful message:
"Your message has been rejected because long strings of unbroken text are
very annoying. Use the space bar or tinyurl.com as appropriate."
Yes, dear.
It happens over and over even as I add more spaces, so I'm going to keep adding more until I succeed.)
Posted by: jdgalt at March 31, 2020 08:43 PM (3SFo/)
I thought they had mastered the fine art of stampeding them off cliffs before they ever met a horse?
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar at March 31, 2020 08:41 PM (BiNEL)
Imagine trying to drive a buffalo herd off a cliff in Kansas.
Posted by: Ace's liver at March 31, 2020 08:44 PM (wGeit)
Posted by: davidt at March 31, 2020 08:44 PM (l3+k2)
Posted by: Diogenes at March 31, 2020 08:44 PM (axyOa)
Posted by: Walter Freeman at March 31, 2020 08:44 PM (+oVP5)
Posted by: pookysgirl, super effective at March 31, 2020 08:44 PM (XKZwp)
Posted by: bluebell
Seconded !
PRAYERS UP !
Prayers up from me and teh kittehs. My cousin in NC just lost her husband to dementia (he died in his sleep) and there's no way I could travel to be with her, so we have to communicate by phone and e-mail.
Posted by: Basement Cat at March 31, 2020 08:44 PM (pPNCa)
Our flights here were virtually empty; being on a 737-900 with less than 30 passengers on board was eerie. Entering the hospital was interesting, they had a tent setup and people in full hazmat suits screening visitors. Anyway, Arizona is in lockdown as of about 30 minutes ago, so hubs & I are just hanging around the hotel.
Posted by: Jordan61 at March 31, 2020 08:38 PM (IuyMw)
My condolences to you.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 31, 2020 08:44 PM (miJU3)
Posted by: NaughtyPine at March 31, 2020 08:44 PM (/+bwe)
Conclusion. WuFlu leaked out of that ChiCom lab in Wuhan.
___________________
Yes, there was an article several years ago in which some woman scientist in the Wuhan lab was talking about how they were experimenting with bat viruses, and trying to make one that would infect humans by using the ACE2 receptors. And of course, now we have a global pandemic, that started in Wuhan, caused by a bat virus that infects humans using the ACE2 receptor.
It's not a coincidence.
Posted by: TrivialPursuer at March 31, 2020 08:44 PM (k4dH2)
Posted by: jdgalt at March 31, 2020 08:45 PM (3SFo/)
Posted by: davidt
Just blowin' his own horn
Posted by: JT at March 31, 2020 08:45 PM (arJlL)
Posted by: phoenixgirl at March 31, 2020 08:45 PM (0O7c5)
Begun, the penguin war has.
Posted by: bonhomme at March 31, 2020 08:38 PM (9t0Zz)
And we're just the birds to end this.
Posted by: Skipper, Kowalski, Rico, and Private at March 31, 2020 08:45 PM (in24S)
Posted by: Marble Mouthed Vet at March 31, 2020 08:45 PM (q1Pj5)
Posted by: Sock Monkey..rolling my eyes at the whippersnappers at March 31, 2020 08:45 PM (4aS1x)
Posted by: CaliGirl at March 31, 2020 08:45 PM (7bcfy)
Jeez, sorry to hear that. How are you holding up?
Posted by: Harry Paratestes at March 31, 2020 08:45 PM (ZkXld)
Posted by: Prince Ludwig the Deplorable at March 31, 2020 08:46 PM (SfYbS)
Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion of a Poperin Pear at March 31, 2020 08:46 PM (rCwaK)
Posted by: eleven at March 31, 2020 08:46 PM (Qf83p)
Posted by: pookysgirl, super effective at March 31, 2020 08:44 PM (XKZwp)
What are you gonna do? They told me cities were great places to land chicks, but when I get here... nothin'.
Posted by: Chad the tree at March 31, 2020 08:46 PM (wGeit)
Posted by: Soothsayer, v
Abacii
Posted by: JT at March 31, 2020 08:38 PM (arJlL)
Abaci (it's not an -i stem)
Posted by: Radio Control Submarine Unit at March 31, 2020 08:46 PM (IB++I)
Mom was all full of love for what we're doing remote teaching and how much she appreciates everything and oh I'm only asking you to pay attention because I was just diagnosed with Stage 3 breast cancer and daughter knows all about it.
So I'm not mostly a praying being but I sent prayers.
Posted by: Bandersnatch at March 31, 2020 08:46 PM (gd9RK)
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at March 31, 2020 08:41 PM (rBtIz)
Thanks man. I think / hope it'll all work out. If not this job, I'll find another. Assuming the economy comes back to life.
Posted by: Harry Paratestes at March 31, 2020 08:46 PM (ZkXld)
Posted by: bonhomme at March 31, 2020 08:38 PM
Doo be doo be doo....
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at March 31, 2020 08:46 PM (rBtIz)
My horse gets 65 miles to the gallon.
Posted by: Ben Had at March 31, 2020 08:40 PM (asmhK
That's 650 miles per hat!
Posted by: Mikey NTH - Quarantine Special - Free Delivery of Lockdown Laments from The Outrage Outlet! at March 31, 2020 08:46 PM (in24S)
Posted by: ShainS at March 31, 2020 08:43 PM (WqPYg)
Ah, the Second Chakra! Very good......
I believe Al could give us good insight on the Chinese "influence" in our country among other things.
Posted by: Hairyback Guy at March 31, 2020 08:47 PM (Z+IKu)
And after that they were off to the races.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero)
The first X Games event
Posted by: Kilroy wasn't here at March 31, 2020 08:47 PM (2DOZq)
Posted by: Soothsayer, v
Abacii
Posted by: JT at March 31, 2020 08:38 PM (arJlL)
Abaci (it's not an -i stem)
Posted by: Radio Control Submarine Unit
Its an ear worm.
Posted by: JT at March 31, 2020 08:47 PM (arJlL)
Posted by: Bandersnatch at March 31, 2020 08:47 PM (gd9RK)
Yes, all the pollen is tree spooge. It's just one big plant bukake orgy out there.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion of a Poperin Pear at March 31, 2020 08:46 PM (rCwaK
There's a mental image I could have done without.
Posted by: AlaBAMA at March 31, 2020 08:48 PM (l2bVb)
Man's Fate by Andre Malraux (1933)
Lust, Caution by Eileen Chang (1979)
Old Shanghai: Gangsters in Paradise (1984)
Shanghai: A Novel by Yokomitsu Riichi
No Dogs and Not Many Chinese by Frances Wood (199
Midnight by Mao Dun (1933)
Miss Jill by Emily Hahn (1947)
List stolen from The Guardian
Posted by: Sharkman at March 31, 2020 08:49 PM (PYQ4e)
Posted by: Jordan61 at March 31, 2020 08:49 PM (IuyMw)
Posted by: JackStraw at March 31, 2020 08:49 PM (ZLI7S)
az has been officially closed for 43 minutes and i can't take it!!!! don't fence me in!!!!
Posted by: phoenixgirl at March 31, 2020 08:43 PM (0O7c5)
_________
If you read the actual EO, it states the following (which 99% of Arizonans will never know because neither the media nor the idiot virtue-signaling squish RINO Governor will tell you): "No person shall be required to documentation or proof of their activities to justify their activities under this order."
IOW, lolgf.
Posted by: ShainS at March 31, 2020 08:49 PM (WqPYg)
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar at March 31, 2020 08:49 PM (BiNEL)
Posted by: Bert G at March 31, 2020 08:50 PM (OMsf+)
Posted by: Soothsayer, v
Abacii
Posted by: JT at March 31, 2020 08:38 PM (arJlL)
Abaci (it's not an -i stem)
Posted by: Radio Control Submarine Unit
Its an ear worm.
Posted by: JT at March 31, 2020 08:47 PM (arJlL)
I would like to order one mongoose.
P.S., Send me another.
Posted by: Cicero Kaboom! Kid. Cunning Linguist at March 31, 2020 08:50 PM (Vy7tf)
So I'm not mostly a praying being but I sent prayers.
Posted by: Bandersnatch at March 31, 2020 08:46 PM (gd9RK)
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Good for you. I'm sure He is very happy to hear from you.
Posted by: bluebell at March 31, 2020 08:50 PM (/669Q)
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at March 31, 2020 08:50 PM (rBtIz)
Posted by: ghbucky at March 31, 2020 08:51 PM (s9Eo8)
Posted by: Ben Had at March 31, 2020 08:51 PM (asmhK)
Posted by: pookysgirl, super effective at March 31, 2020 08:51 PM (XKZwp)
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at March 31, 2020 08:51 PM (aA3+G)
Posted by: not so at March 31, 2020 08:52 PM (HALdu)
Mom was all full of love for what we're doing remote teaching and how much she appreciates everything and oh I'm only asking you to pay attention because I was just diagnosed with Stage 3 breast cancer and daughter knows all about it.
So I'm not mostly a praying being but I sent prayers.
Posted by: Bandersnatch at March 31, 2020 08:46 PM (gd9RK)
My parents never told us anything about their health. Even after we grew up - I got a call from my dad one day to let me know he was about to go in for open heart surgery. Like within a few hours.
It irritated me at the time, but if I had kids I think I'd keep them in the dark, too.
Posted by: Ace's liver at March 31, 2020 08:52 PM (wGeit)
I've gotten lost in there for hours.
Posted by: JackStraw at March 31, 2020 08:30 PM (ZLI7S)
Me too...and I'm always tearing up at some point.
Posted by: Tami at March 31, 2020 08:53 PM (cF8AT)
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at March 31, 2020 08:51 PM (aA3+G)
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On the contrary, I'm pretty sure I know less than most here.
Posted by: bluebell at March 31, 2020 08:53 PM (/669Q)
I was closing up the hangar and looked at my watch and realized i was 25 minutes past curfew....Sped home hoping the state police weren't out arresting scofflaws..
Posted by: DBCooper at March 31, 2020 08:53 PM (bttOm)
Posted by: Bandersnatch at March 31, 2020 08:46 PM (gd9RK)
Good on you Bander.
And prayers up for that Mom!
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar at March 31, 2020 08:53 PM (BiNEL)
Posted by: James "Buster" Hymannd at March 31, 2020 08:53 PM (qM84C)
Posted by: Ace's liver at March 31, 2020 08:52 PM (wGeit)
I had to give my Mom a stern talking to when I found out my Dad had taken an ambulance ride I never knew anything about til he got home.
Posted by: ghbucky at March 31, 2020 08:53 PM (s9Eo8)
Posted by: ALH at March 31, 2020 08:54 PM (Lhcx9)
The best part of teaching is convincing kids to struggle through things that are hard and seeing them grow, especially when they figure something out. The worst is paperwork.
Now it's all paperwork.
I've decided not to buy any more liquor when it runs out because I have started having a drink every day.
Posted by: NaughtyPine at March 31, 2020 08:54 PM (/+bwe)
__________________
A class action lawsuit was filed in AZ today on behalf of some students here who were denied refunds. I don't think the schools will win this.
Posted by: TrivialPursuer at March 31, 2020 08:54 PM (k4dH2)
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at March 31, 2020 08:54 PM (aA3+G)
Posted by: James "Buster" Hymannd at March 31, 2020 08:55 PM (qM84C)
Posted by: Ace's liver at March 31, 2020 08:52 PM (wGeit)
I had to give my Mom a stern talking to when I found out my Dad had taken an ambulance ride I never knew anything about til he got home.
Posted by: ghbucky at March 31, 2020 08:53 PM (s9Eo
Oh, adult children should be kept in the loop. But children children don't always respond well to uncertainty.
Posted by: Ace's liver at March 31, 2020 08:55 PM (wGeit)
Posted by: Hairyback Guy at March 31, 2020 08:47 PM (Z+IKu)
________
Yep, my disgust with the traitorous Clintons and Algore went off the charts after learning of their selling out to the ChiComms (I worked for Ford Aerospace which was eventually acquired by Loral and Friend of Bill, Bernard Schwartz). Unbelievable still after all these years and the treason that has occurred since by so many in our government.
Posted by: ShainS at March 31, 2020 08:56 PM (WqPYg)
__________________
A class action lawsuit was filed in AZ today on behalf of some students here who were denied refunds. I don't think the schools will win this.
Posted by: TrivialPursuer at March 31, 2020 08:54 PM (k4dH2)
The fact there has to be a lawsuit is a mirror to the black soul of the world.
Posted by: AlaBAMA at March 31, 2020 08:56 PM (l2bVb)
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at March 31, 2020 08:51 PM (aA3+G)
Come on, MisHum, you've been here long enough that you know that bluebell knows a lot of things denied to mere mortals!
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar at March 31, 2020 08:56 PM (BiNEL)
__________________
A class action lawsuit was filed in AZ today on behalf of some students here who were denied refunds. I don't think the schools will win this.
Posted by: TrivialPursuer at March 31, 2020 08:54 PM (k4dH2)
I was saying the same thing the other day. Under landlord tenant law, I think there are some great lawsuits to be had here.
Plus the tuition bullshit.
I'd be ripshit if I was told during my last year of my MBA or law school program that all classes were now online. "okay, then I deserve a huge fucking discount."
Undergrad I would have been more pissed about missing out on the party scene...
Posted by: Harry Paratestes at March 31, 2020 08:56 PM (ZkXld)
__________________
A class action lawsuit was filed in AZ today on behalf of some students here who were denied refunds. I don't think the schools will win this.
Posted by: TrivialPursuer at March 31, 2020 08:54 PM (k4dH2)
I wouldn't be so sure. Presumably there's fine print in the residence contract.
Posted by: Ace's liver at March 31, 2020 08:56 PM (wGeit)
Posted by: jsg at March 31, 2020 08:56 PM (aiWhJ)
Posted by: bluebell at March 31, 2020 08:56 PM (/669Q)
Posted by: phoenixgirl at March 31, 2020 08:43 PM (0O7c5)
Nobody puts phoenixgirl in the corner.
On the brighter side, AZ has deemed golf an essential business.
Posted by: GnuBreed at March 31, 2020 08:57 PM (XF4b8)
Posted by: James "Buster" Hymannd at March 31, 2020 08:55 PM (qM84C)
Nothing and it goes great with bat soup
Posted by: TheQuietMan at March 31, 2020 08:57 PM (nab2T)
Posted by: f'd at March 31, 2020 08:57 PM (Tnijr)
Posted by: AlaBAMA at March 31, 2020 08:56 PM (l2bVb)
I view it as a tribute to the lawyers (and the judiciary), who have managed to insert themselves into the very fabric of what should be everyday life in a civilized society!
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar at March 31, 2020 08:57 PM (BiNEL)
The Jet Pilot. Rummy, spicy, balanced, STRONG son.
and:
Lost Lake. Namesake cocktail of the best Tiki bar in Chicago.
Posted by: Pastafarian at March 31, 2020 08:58 PM (sgHEm)
Posted by: Ace's liver at March 31, 2020 08:52 PM
On the flip side, my family thinks my dad's cancer saved my older brother. Suddenly he took a lot of responsibility and stopped hanging out with his rougher friends. When his other buddies were drinking on Junior Skip Day, he went to see Dad in the hospital.
It also made me take better care of BabyBro, who was a weirdo. (We didn't know what Asperger's was back then.)
My dad's birthday was today.
Posted by: NaughtyPine at March 31, 2020 08:58 PM (/+bwe)
Posted by: f'd at March 31, 2020 08:57 PM (Tnijr)
They make money from clicks like anyone else, I guess. The Reiner said this and Cher said that posts get a lot of looks.
Posted by: AlaBAMA at March 31, 2020 08:58 PM (l2bVb)
Wonder if the urban dictionary has a word for that.
Posted by: Big V Caffeinated at March 31, 2020 08:58 PM (XEC2p)
Posted by: phoenixgirl at March 31, 2020 08:43 PM (0O7c5)
Nobody puts phoenixgirl in the corner.
On the brighter side, AZ has deemed golf an essential business.
Posted by: GnuBreed at March 31, 2020 08:57 PM (XF4b
Who knew there's an alternate definition of "essential" that means "has political clout"
Posted by: Ace's liver at March 31, 2020 08:58 PM (wGeit)
It irritated me at the time, but if I had kids I think I'd keep them in the dark, too.
Posted by: Ace's liver at March 31, 2020 08:52 PM (wGeit)
This convo has been had with both parents who now are in their 80s, so there were no surprises.
I have stage 4 cancer my son is well aware of what's going on. It's not right to not share if you know. YMMV
Posted by: Cheriebebe at March 31, 2020 08:59 PM (a4qVe)
Posted by: CN at March 31, 2020 09:00 PM (ONvIw)
Posted by: notsothoreau at March 31, 2020 09:00 PM (JKNZq)
Posted by: Ace's liver at March 31, 2020 08:58 PM (wGeit)
Damn good thing corporations can contribute to politicians!
Posted by: Zombie Juan McCain! at March 31, 2020 09:00 PM (BiNEL)
Posted by: eleven at March 31, 2020 09:01 PM (Qf83p)
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at March 31, 2020 09:01 PM (H5knJ)
Posted by: Soothsayer, v
Abacii
Posted by: JT at March 31, 2020 08:38 PM (arJlL)
Abaci (it's not an -i stem)
Posted by: Radio Control Submarine Unit
Its an ear worm.
Posted by: JT at March 31, 2020 08:47 PM (arJlL)
I would like to order one mongoose.
P.S., Send me another.
Posted by: Cicero Kaboom! Kid. Cunning Linguist at March 31, 2020 08:50 PM (Vy7tf)
"mittat alium mongoosem, quam primus."
Posted by: Radio Control Submarine Unit at March 31, 2020 09:02 PM (IB++I)
Posted by: Skip at March 31, 2020 09:02 PM (ZCEU2)
Posted by: Ace's liver
Also, the Noble Earth-Loving Savages perfected the practice of driving entire herds of buffalo over cliffs by surrounding them with grass fires. Out of hundreds of dead animaks they probably only were able to harvest a few before the meat would rot.
Posted by: Sharkman at March 31, 2020 09:03 PM (PYQ4e)
I have stage 4 cancer my son is well aware of what's going on. It's not right to not share if you know. YMMV
Posted by: Cheriebebe at March 31, 2020 08:59 PM (a4qVe)
Sadly, at some point, I think you really need to make sure your closest family members know what the score is.
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar at March 31, 2020 09:03 PM (BiNEL)
Posted by: Ace's liver at March 31, 2020 08:58 PM (wGeit)
If you think about it, this is the only definition of essential.
Posted by: Radio Control Submarine Unit at March 31, 2020 09:03 PM (IB++I)
Posted by: jeannebodine at March 31, 2020 09:04 PM (t1tHS)
Posted by: Skip at March 31, 2020 09:02 PM (ZCEU2)
Obey your betters comrade, or it will go all the worst for you and yours!
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar at March 31, 2020 09:04 PM (BiNEL)
Posted by: Walter Freeman at March 31, 2020 09:05 PM (+oVP5)
Posted by: Ace's liver
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I delayed passing the word of my late wife's passing until I knew my oldest was on board an already scheduled flight from London to home.
I didn't see any point in having him know and then ruminating on it during some 10 hours in the air and not being able to do a damn thing about it or talk to anyone.
Posted by: Tonypete at March 31, 2020 09:05 PM (Y4EXg)
Posted by: Cheriebebe at March 31, 2020 08:59 PM (a4qVe)
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I recall you saying this before, and I had forgotten. I'm sorry. I will keep you in my prayers.
Posted by: bluebell at March 31, 2020 09:05 PM (/669Q)
They each talk about what they would have done about the Wu Han flu, but Trump deals not just with that crisis, but with a million things including (I bet) the world's worst bad actors = Iran, North Korea, Russia, etc. - looking for anyway to take advantage of us when we're down. Attack? More disease? Who knows; certainly not Clinton and Biden (or Cuomo).
Posted by: LASue at March 31, 2020 09:05 PM (Ed8Zd)
Posted by: ALH at March 31, 2020 09:05 PM (Lhcx9)
And, y'know, torture prisoners for fun, bcuz no cable tv.
Posted by: getting the banned wagons circled, save the last round for yself at March 31, 2020 09:05 PM (tNxFY)
Posted by: redridinghood at March 31, 2020 09:06 PM (wiXsO)
Posted by: Drink Like Vikings at March 31, 2020 09:06 PM (NMaJ8)
Not from me. Well maybe if it's about their decapitation.
Posted by: f'd at March 31, 2020 09:06 PM (Tnijr)
Posted by: jsg at March 31, 2020 08:56 PM (aiWhJ)
Don't they all work for Amazon-Is that why?
Posted by: LASue at March 31, 2020 09:07 PM (Ed8Zd)
Posted by: dagny at March 31, 2020 09:08 PM (6KKvB)
Posted by: Ace's liver
Also, the Noble Earth-Loving Savages perfected the practice of driving entire herds of buffalo over cliffs by surrounding them with grass fires. Out of hundreds of dead animaks they probably only were able to harvest a few before the meat would rot.
Posted by: Sharkman at March 31, 2020 09:03 PM (PYQ4e)
Amerindians were humans who also modified the environment in as a big way as they could to their own advantage. If anything, the development of a real 'nature' consciousness is very recent and trying to connect it with 'original', 'natural' or 'ancient' ways of life is just an enlightenment tic.
Posted by: Radio Control Submarine Unit at March 31, 2020 09:08 PM (IB++I)
They each talk about what they would have done about the Wu Han flu, but Trump deals not just with that crisis, but with a million things including (I bet) the world's worst bad actors = Iran, North Korea, Russia, etc. - looking for anyway to take advantage of us when we're down. Attack? More disease? Who knows; certainly not Clinton and Biden (or Cuomo).
Posted by: LASue at March 31, 2020 09:05 PM (Ed8Zd)
Cuomo can't run his state. Hillary can't run anything except her mouth. And part of that time, that's on Huma's nether regions.
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at March 31, 2020 09:08 PM (YqDXo)
Posted by: Sock Monkey..rolling my eyes at the whippersnappers at March 31, 2020 09:09 PM (4aS1x)
Two more useless and worthless people.
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at March 31, 2020 09:09 PM (YqDXo)
Yes! No sooner do I post on the last thread, everyone is here!
Posted by: Dog on the porch at March 31, 2020 08:05 PM
You gonna run with the big dogs, you have to get off the porch.
;-)
Posted by: Fredo this? at March 31, 2020 09:09 PM (DMUuz)
Posted by: Prince Harry at March 31, 2020 09:09 PM (dOV9E)
Posted by: Ben Had at March 31, 2020 09:09 PM (asmhK)
I have stage 4 cancer my son is well aware of what's going on. It's not right to not share if you know. YMMV
Posted by: Cheriebebe at March 31, 2020 08:59 PM (a4qVe)
I agree. My husband hid his cancer diagnosis from most of his family, including our kids, and behaved mysteriously. It was stressful and they were angry when they found out. People want to offer support, feel useful and involved, they want to pray and offer thanks when the person does better or is healed.
Posted by: CN at March 31, 2020 09:10 PM (ONvIw)
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar at March 31, 2020 09:03 PM (BiNEL)
The other difficult convo is final wishes. I don't want a wake or hoopla, my husband won't hear of it. We had to talk about where I wanted to be interred, THAT was really tough. DNR, again hubs won't agree. I'm okay with his decisions tho because I know he will find some peace in them as well. Tough stuff tho.
Posted by: Cheriebebe at March 31, 2020 09:10 PM (a4qVe)
https://valorguardians.com/blog/?p=97703
Posted by: Anna Puma at March 31, 2020 09:10 PM (w2O4c)
Was gonna mention the AZ lockdown said Nail salons were essential so if you need a pedi, come on by..
Posted by: DBCooper at March 31, 2020 09:10 PM (bttOm)
They each talk about what they would have done about the Wu Han flu, but Trump deals not just with that crisis, but with a million things including (I bet) the world's worst bad actors = Iran, North Korea, Russia, etc. - looking for anyway to take advantage of us when we're down. Attack? More disease? Who knows; certainly not Clinton and Biden (or Cuomo).
Posted by: LASue at March 31, 2020 09:05 PM (Ed8Zd)
Russia and Saudi Arabia are in a price war (gas) and Trump's talking to them both.
He's got some kind of private deal going on with Macron.
just a couple of things
Posted by: Braenyard at March 31, 2020 09:10 PM (vv8pr)
Star Wars is on. It's the anti-religious (anti-Christian) episode in which Picard has to explain to aliens that their "devil" is just a silly superstition.
Posted by: Soothsayer, very senile at March 31, 2020 09:10 PM (++3nO)
Posted by: Sock Monkey..rolling my eyes at the whippersnappers at March 31, 2020 09:09 PM (4aS1x)
Tail fan - sniper cover.
Posted by: Cicero Kaboom! Kid. Cunning Linguist at March 31, 2020 09:10 PM (Vy7tf)
Posted by: bluebell
I don't believe that for a moment
Posted by: JT at March 31, 2020 09:11 PM (arJlL)
Posted by: Radio Control Submarine Unit at March 31, 2020 09:08 PM (IB++I)
Which fortunately for our current liberals' propaganda was not to a very great extent, owing to their backwardness.
A Stone Age people not having much effect on the environment. Go figure.
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at March 31, 2020 09:11 PM (YqDXo)
Posted by: TrivialPursuer at March 31, 2020 08:44 PM (k4dH2)
Article on China's "Bat Woman" Scientific American
https://tinyurl.com/t4fxu88
Also an OLD video on why bats carry so many viruses...
https://youtu.be/Ao0dqJvH4a0
Posted by: clutch cargo at March 31, 2020 09:11 PM (8B6Ng)
Prayers.
Posted by: vmom 2020 at March 31, 2020 09:11 PM (G546f)
Posted by: ALH at March 31, 2020 09:12 PM (Lhcx9)
Posted by: CN at March 31, 2020 09:12 PM (ONvIw)
Posted by: Sock Monkey..rolling my eyes at the whippersnappers
They want to have sex with you !
Posted by: JT at March 31, 2020 09:12 PM (arJlL)
The strange part was that they all walked to the edge of the bluff, looking into the window right at me, before they fanned out their tail feathers.
Posted by: Sock Monkey..
Tornado coming.
Or they're gonna kill you.
Posted by: Soothsayer, very senile at March 31, 2020 09:13 PM (++3nO)
Posted by: DBCooper at March 31, 2020 09:13 PM (bttOm)
Posted by: Jen the original at March 31, 2020 09:13 PM (tYD/t)
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar at March 31, 2020 09:03 PM (BiNEL)
The other difficult convo is final wishes. I don't want a wake or hoopla, my husband won't hear of it. We had to talk about where I wanted to be interred, THAT was really tough. DNR, again hubs won't agree. I'm okay with his decisions tho because I know he will find some peace in them as well. Tough stuff tho.
Posted by: Cheriebebe at March 31, 2020 09:10 PM (a4qVe)
I am so sorry, Cheriebebe. I will pray for you and your family.
Posted by: LASue at March 31, 2020 09:13 PM (Ed8Zd)
They know Thanksgiving is 8 months away.
Posted by: ALH at March 31, 2020 09:13 PM (Lhcx9)
Posted by: Cheriebebe at March 31, 2020 09:13 PM (a4qVe)
Run you fool.
Posted by: JackStraw at March 31, 2020 09:14 PM (ZLI7S)
Which fortunately for our current liberals' propaganda was not to a very great extent, owing to their backwardness.
A Stone Age people not having much effect on the environment. Go figure.
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at March 31, 2020 09:11 PM (YqDXo)
Well, we don't have any mastodons or native American horses.
Posted by: Braenyard at March 31, 2020 09:14 PM (vv8pr)
Posted by: dagny
Only if you are dealing with a spitting cobra.
Posted by: Aviator at March 31, 2020 09:14 PM (2cuLk)
Posted by: Drink Like Vikings at March 31, 2020 09:14 PM (NMaJ8)
Posted by: Burning Times Gangster Turkeys at March 31, 2020 09:14 PM (PYQ4e)
Friend of mine's nephew has a substantial herd of mini horses, way smaller than that one, and most of em are meaner'n a snake.
Cute though.
Posted by: Gooshy at March 31, 2020 09:14 PM (GwYl1)
Posted by: lowandslow at March 31, 2020 09:14 PM (4thlk)
on the bluff about 20 feet behind my house. That's not the weird part.
It's spring, that's what they do. The strange part was that they all
walked to the edge of the bluff, looking into the window right at me,
before they fanned out their tail feathers.
Posted by: Sock Monkey..rolling my eyes at the whippersnappers at March 31, 2020 09:09 PM (4aS1x)
Sneaky bastards. I have them in my yard frequently. Yesterday, one was standing under my office window about 6:30am - about 8' and let loose a gobble. Nearly jumped out of my skin. I got a video of them walking down the street, and a neighbor lady commenting how loud they were. That time of year!
Posted by: clutch cargo at March 31, 2020 09:14 PM (8B6Ng)
Posted by: Cheriebebe at March 31, 2020 09:14 PM (a4qVe)
Posted by: DBCooper at March 31, 2020 09:13 PM (bttOm)
Damn, I should run out and get a haircut before I go back to WA. I'm waaaaay overdue already, and who knows when they'll open back up again up there.
Posted by: Jordan61 at March 31, 2020 09:15 PM (IuyMw)
Posted by: Ripley at March 31, 2020 09:15 PM (MxEKc)
Posted by: dagny
Only if you are dealing with a spitting cobra.
Posted by: Aviator at March 31, 2020 09:14 PM (2cuLk)
Busy trying to keep up I heard Fouci say 6' but lost the context.
Posted by: Braenyard at March 31, 2020 09:16 PM (vv8pr)
Posted by: phoenixgirl at March 31, 2020 09:16 PM (0O7c5)
Posted by: TrivialPursuer at March 31, 2020 08:44 PM (k4dH2)
Article on China's "Bat Woman" Scientific American
https://tinyurl.com/t4fxu88
Also an OLD video on why bats carry so many viruses...
https://youtu.be/Ao0dqJvH4a0
Posted by: clutch cargo at March 31, 2020 09:11 PM (8B6Ng)
As a young man I took a SERE class, and the instructor told us "don't eat bats or rats no matter how hungry you are" because of diseases. Based on the other stuff he was telling us to eat, that was significant.
Posted by: Ace's liver at March 31, 2020 09:16 PM (wGeit)
Prays up for you and your family.
Posted by: DBCooper at March 31, 2020 09:16 PM (bttOm)
Posted by: Skip at March 31, 2020 09:16 PM (ZCEU2)
Posted by: pookysgirl, super effective at March 31, 2020 09:17 PM (XKZwp)
Posted by: Ace's liver at March 31, 2020 08:55 PM (wGeit)
Ahh, I see your point
Posted by: ghbucky at March 31, 2020 09:17 PM (s9Eo8)
Picard is clearly violating the Prime Directive.
Posted by: Soothsayer, very senile at March 31, 2020 09:17 PM (++3nO)
>>> 18 Tomorrow the presser should be delivered by Belichick, Saban, and Ditka.
Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at March 31, 2020 08:05 PM (XrCyE)
Bears vs Coronavirus???
...
Da Bears.
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at March 31, 2020 08:35 PM (0ReGO)
Thanks for the laugh.
Posted by: Cuthbert the Witless at March 31, 2020 09:17 PM (9VsP4)
Posted by: TrivialPursuer at March
good
Posted by: not so at March 31, 2020 09:17 PM (HALdu)
Posted by: bluebell
=====
I don't believe that for a moment
Posted by: JT at March 31, 2020 09:11 PM
Me, either. Fashion tips, donut burning, color shades, homeschooling, punctuation, cooking, MLB stats for a team that's won < 30% of the World Titles of #1 in that category, and partial differential equations are just a *few* of the subjects in which your expertise is well-known here.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at March 31, 2020 09:18 PM (DMUuz)
Posted by: Jewells45 at March 31, 2020 09:18 PM (dUJdY)
Posted by: Skip at March 31, 2020 09:16 PM (ZCEU2)
Insects
Posted by: ghbucky at March 31, 2020 09:18 PM (s9Eo8)
Posted by: Soothsayer, very senile at March 31, 2020 09:18 PM (++3nO)
I am going to have to rescind my request to start my Social Security. I'll take unemployment first.
Mr. H is thrilled. He's expecting me to cook breakfast AND dinner...
Posted by: ALH at March 31, 2020 09:19 PM (Lhcx9)
looking into the window right at me, before they fanned out their tail feathers.
Posted by: Sock Monkey..rolling my eyes at the whippersnappers
They want you.
They want you BAD.
Posted by: Gooshy at March 31, 2020 09:19 PM (GwYl1)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at March 31, 2020 09:19 PM (XVuno)
Posted by: Braenyard
MIT professor touting his study. Claims droplets could be airborne at 27'. Not real world typical circumstances.
Posted by: Aviator at March 31, 2020 09:20 PM (2cuLk)
Posted by: vmom 2020 at March 31, 2020 09:20 PM (G546f)
I haven't been to the supermarket in almost 3 weeks.
Are the cashiers wearing masks?
Posted by: Soothsayer, very senile at March 31, 2020 09:18 PM (++3nO)
Not at my local supermarket, but a lot of the customers are.
Posted by: Ace's liver at March 31, 2020 09:20 PM (wGeit)
Posted by: Soothsayer
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They were not this morning here in OH. I did see one young adult shopper in full hazmat gear, including eye protection. She was so rattled she could barely function.
Everyone else was pretty much business as usual.
Posted by: Tonypete at March 31, 2020 09:20 PM (Y4EXg)
Posted by: lowandslow at March 31, 2020 09:21 PM (4thlk)
Posted by: Ben Had at March 31, 2020 09:21 PM (asmhK)
A Stone Age people not having much effect on the environment. Go figure.
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at March 31, 2020 09:11 PM (YqDXo)
Well, a few things suggest this may or may not be fully true. It's certainly true they couldn't seed clouds or consume oceans of oil. Yet, many of the structures they made still exist (see England) and the fires they set in some forests did change the landscape quite a bit, and might have affected climate.
However, they did not have rockets, guns, or monster trucks. Thus, I think we are better for the earth, because those things are awesome, and make the earth more awesome.
Perspective.
Posted by: Radio Control Submarine Unit at March 31, 2020 09:21 PM (IB++I)
Are the cashiers wearing masks?
Posted by: Soothsayer, very senile at March 31, 2020 09:18 PM (++3nO)
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My dry cleaning lady wears a horse mask. Not sure what to make of it but the shirts look good.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at March 31, 2020 09:21 PM (XVuno)
Everyone else was pretty much business as usual.
Posted by: Tonypete at March 31, 2020 09:20 PM (Y4EXg)
Not here in KY either. I'm guessing that poor gal you saw is immuno-compromised.
Posted by: ghbucky at March 31, 2020 09:22 PM (s9Eo8)
Posted by: CN at March 31, 2020 09:22 PM (ONvIw)
Posted by: DBCooper at March 31, 2020 09:10 PM (bttOm)
I need to get barber shops on the essential list
Posted by: TheQuietMan at March 31, 2020 09:22 PM (Ty/7D)
Posted by: no good deed at March 31, 2020 09:23 PM (MmFTx)
Posted by: pookysgirl, super effective at March 31, 2020 09:17 PM (XKZwp)
Didn't know, so sorry. I know it was a rough ride.
But, ah, as to the other, ah, well, you knew, ah, him best. Good shooting.
Posted by: Braenyard at March 31, 2020 09:23 PM (vv8pr)
Posted by: Walter Freeman at March 31, 2020 09:23 PM (+oVP5)
carry out. I'm not sure how to acquire a cannon or correctly shoot his
ashes. I also don't know what I'm aiming for, as he said "whatever seems
appropriate at the time."
Posted by: pookysgirl, super effective at March 31, 2020 09:17 PM
(XKZwp)
Tell him if you can't find an reenactor arty company, he may have to settle for a fougasse or a dust explosion initiator on a windy day.
(snrk)
field expedients 4-evah!
Posted by: Kindltot at March 31, 2020 09:23 PM (6rS3m)
Posted by: Cicero
Are they made out of blanket material?
Posted by: Aviator at March 31, 2020 09:23 PM (2cuLk)
Posted by: Braenyard
MIT professor touting his study. Claims droplets could be airborne at 27'. Not real world typical circumstances.
Posted by: Aviator at March 31, 2020 09:20 PM (2cuLk)
I hate when that kind of stuff is presented without context. The most likely way you're going to pick this thing up is touching a contaminated surface and later rubbing your eyes. The odds of picking it up from a sneeze 27' away have got to be astronomically small you may as well start worrying about meteorites.
Posted by: Ace's liver at March 31, 2020 09:23 PM (wGeit)
safeway put up a plexiglass shield to protect them from the shoppers.....but none are wearing masks yet....i mentioned on an earlier thread a guy walked in the store as i was leaving wearing a bandana train robber style......i'm gonna do that!!!!! i haven't checked my neighborhood app in the last few hours.....maybe he was a robber.......
Posted by: phoenixgirl at March 31, 2020 09:23 PM (0O7c5)
Posted by: ALH at March 31, 2020 09:23 PM (Lhcx9)
put plexiglass shields between the cashiers and the customer to lessen
the risk. It's very strange
Posted by: CN at March 31, 2020 09:22 PM (ONvIw)
Same in my area. All are wearing gloves. There are some people shopping in the stores who look like they are geared up to do mold removal
Posted by: TheQuietMan at March 31, 2020 09:24 PM (Ty/7D)
Yeah, and Costco reduced their hours this week.
I'd like to go tomorrow.
But it'll piss me off if I see the usual fanfare of foreign customers casually shopping and touching every single item in the store,.
Posted by: Soothsayer, very senile at March 31, 2020 09:24 PM (++3nO)
Posted by: TheQuietMan at March 31, 2020 0
Meeting my hairdresser at her home for my scheduled appt. I think she needs the $. She had hip surgery and has been off for 20 days.
Posted by: Infidel at March 31, 2020 09:24 PM (vF+fs)
Such generous gifts and deeply appreciated!
Posted by: Cheriebebe at March 31, 2020 09:24 PM (a4qVe)
Posted by: Aviator at March 31, 2020 09:23 PM (2cuLk)
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As long as she doesnt ask me to muck out her stall I don't ask questions.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at March 31, 2020 09:24 PM (XVuno)
Posted by: vmom 2020 at March 31, 2020 09:24 PM (G546f)
"Make American make its own medicines and medical supplies again."
Posted by: JAS at March 31, 2020 09:24 PM (2BZBZ)
Posted by: DBCooper at March 31, 2020 09:25 PM (bttOm)
Everyone else was pretty much business as usual.
Posted by: Tonypete at March 31, 2020 09:20 PM (Y4EXg)
Not here in KY either. I'm guessing that poor gal you saw is immuno-compromised.
Posted by: ghbucky at March 31, 2020 09:22 PM (s9Eo
Might be. Have a buddy who lost his spleen in a car accident, and he's... terrified.
Posted by: Ace's liver at March 31, 2020 09:25 PM (wGeit)
Posted by: pookysgirl, super effective at March 31, 2020 09:17 PM (XKZwp)
In the event you need planing advice, I believe you should contact Jim Sunk New Dawn and Ben Had, and the Horde will take it from there!
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar at March 31, 2020 09:25 PM (BiNEL)
Posted by: ALH at March 31, 2020 09:19 PM (Lhcx9)
Egg sandwich for breakfast & peanut butter sandwich for dinner. Easy peezy ...
Posted by: Adriane the Season 8 Critic ... at March 31, 2020 09:25 PM (LPnfS)
Are the cashiers wearing masks?
In my neck of the woods, they have to stand behind plexiglass shields, but I haven't seen any face masks so far.
Posted by: Basement Cat at March 31, 2020 09:25 PM (pPNCa)
safeway put up a plexiglass shield to protect them from the shoppers.....
How do they hand you, say, receipts, or cigarettes, or scratch tickets?
Posted by: Soothsayer, very senile at March 31, 2020 09:25 PM (++3nO)
U.S. Influenza-Related from October 1, 2019 to March 14, 2020:
TOTAL ILLNESSES: 46,000,000
HOSPITALIZATIONS: 565,000
DEATHS: 43,000 (including 100 children)
Here are the U.S. COVID-19 stats as of March 31, 2020:
TOTAL ILLNESSES: 175,669
HOSPITALIZATIONS: 22,000
DEATHS: 3,424
Posted by: shibumi in a tinfoil hat at March 31, 2020 09:25 PM (ZCiJZ)
Posted by: Aviator at March 31, 2020 09:20 PM (2cuLk)
So Fouci was saying normal maximum flight distance is 6'.
Posted by: Braenyard at March 31, 2020 09:25 PM (vv8pr)
Such generous gifts and deeply appreciated!
Posted by: Cheriebebe at March 31, 2020 09:24 PM (a4qVe)
Came in late, I'll go upthread and find out what I'm praying for, but checking if you need on the prayer list?
Posted by: ghbucky at March 31, 2020 09:26 PM (s9Eo8)
carry out. I'm not sure how to acquire a cannon or correctly shoot his
ashes. I also don't know what I'm aiming for, as he said "whatever seems
appropriate at the time."
Posted by: pookysgirl, super effective at March 31, 2020 09:17 PM
(XKZwp)
I remember coming across a company that will incorporate ashes into fireworks, which could be a spectacular send off.
Posted by: Northernlurker at March 31, 2020 09:26 PM (Uu+Jp)
Posted by: Soothsayer, very senile at March 31, 2020 09:24 PM (++3nO)
Souk al-Costco here!
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar at March 31, 2020 09:26 PM (BiNEL)
A lot are just homemade sheets of plexi.
Posted by: AlaBAMA at March 31, 2020 09:26 PM (l2bVb)
Posted by: vmom 2020 at March 31, 2020 09:24 PM (G546f)
I think so too! Some of the employees at my local CVS had started wearing masks a few weeks back, and then one day they all stopped.
Posted by: Ace's liver at March 31, 2020 09:26 PM (wGeit)
Posted by: Puddleglum at March 31, 2020 09:26 PM (C3BnY)
Posted by: ALH at March 31, 2020 09:19 PM
Does he understand the potential impact on the Quests for First?
Posted by: Duncanthrax at March 31, 2020 09:27 PM (DMUuz)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at March 31, 2020 09:27 PM (aKsyK)
Posted by: Cheriebebe at March 31, 2020 09:27 PM (a4qVe)
Posted by: DBCooper at March 31, 2020 09:27 PM (bttOm)
Posted by: Aviator at March 31, 2020 09:27 PM (2cuLk)
Posted by: vmom 2020 at March 31, 2020 09:27 PM (G546f)
Posted by: Braenyard at March 31, 2020 09:25 PM (vv8pr)
Laden or unladen?
Posted by: TheQuietMan at March 31, 2020 09:28 PM (Ty/7D)
Posted by: vmom 2020 at March 31, 2020 09:24 PM (G546f)
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That must not be CA. Here, it's illegal for the employer to tell a male employee he can't wear a dress.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at March 31, 2020 09:28 PM (XVuno)
Those places are vectors for human trafficking. Where do you think they will go?
Posted by: 🐧 at March 31, 2020 09:28 PM (uYQjf)
Who authorized the release of that data!
Posted by: Doctor Farci at March 31, 2020 09:28 PM (BiNEL)
Posted by: Walter Freeman at March 31, 2020 09:28 PM (+oVP5)
Really doesn't matter how the Chinese Bat Flu came about, China needs to get a beat down.
They are responsible for unleashing chaos and anarchy upon the world.
They must pay a heavy price for what they have done.
Posted by: Digging Deeper at March 31, 2020 09:28 PM (FVrDO)
How do they hand you, say, receipts, or cigarettes, or scratch tickets?
Posted by: Soothsayer, very senile at March 31, 2020 09:25 PM (++3nO)
it's only blocks them at the register....so like a 3x3 shied
Posted by: phoenixgirl at March 31, 2020 09:28 PM (0O7c5)
Posted by: Aviator at March 31, 2020 09:20 PM (2cuLk)
That would have to be one cannon shot of a sneeze or cough
Posted by: TheQuietMan at March 31, 2020 09:28 PM (Ty/7D)
Posted by: Captain Josepha Sabin -- current occupation: cat furniture at March 31, 2020 09:30 PM (JMQ4Y)
Words to live by:
Never let a crisis go to waste!
Posted by: Doctor Farci at March 31, 2020 09:30 PM (BiNEL)
Posted by: Ripley at March 31, 2020 09:15 PM
I'm sure that letter was meant for kids who depend on school for meals, social interaction, and kind adults. And motivated high schoolers - I know a few who are really bummed because they're missing prom, graduation parties, spring band and choir concerts, and the Robotics Team.
Posted by: NaughtyPine at March 31, 2020 09:30 PM (/+bwe)
Posted by: Walter Freeman at March 31, 2020 09:28 PM (+oVP5)
I would think that memo in and of itself could be the basis of a lawsuit.
Posted by: Ace's liver at March 31, 2020 09:30 PM (wGeit)
$1797
https://preview.tinyurl.com/wpp7zwj
Posted by: bonhomme at March 31, 2020 09:30 PM (i0wNm)
Posted by: Ben Had at March 31, 2020 09:30 PM (asmhK)
I was going to email tomorrow when the prayer list went up and I knew there were changes.
Thank you!
Posted by: Cheriebebe at March 31, 2020 09:31 PM (a4qVe)
Masks are effective and more so than nothing.
Posted by: AlaBAMA at March 31, 2020 09:31 PM (l2bVb)
Posted by: Humphreyrobot at March 31, 2020 09:31 PM (rQSC+)
Posted by: Duncanthrax at March 31, 2020 09:27 PM (DMUuz)
I plan on making the Wall of Shame every week!
Posted by: ALH at March 31, 2020 09:31 PM (Lhcx9)
And who is going to do enforce that?
Most of the world, including the US are subservient to China.
Who do think is going to make the iPhone?
Posted by: 🐧 at March 31, 2020 09:31 PM (uYQjf)
They must pay a heavy price for what they have done.
Posted by: Digging Deeper at March 31, 2020 09:28 PM (FVrDO)
I wonder what would happen if the US or any major power defaulted on Chinese loans. Then asked them to sue. Against counter-suits for damages for mishandling bio-engineered materials.
How much US debt does China hold?
Posted by: Kindltot at March 31, 2020 09:31 PM (6rS3m)
Posted by: Digging Deeper at March 31, 2020 09:28 PM (FVrDO) ['/i]
You lacist, lound eye!
Posted by: Ching Chong at March 31, 2020 09:31 PM (BiNEL)
How do they hand you, say, receipts, or cigarettes, or scratch tickets?
Posted by: Soothsayer, very senile at March 31, 2020 09:25 PM (++3nO)
it's only blocks them at the register....so like a 3x3 shied
Posted by: phoenixgirl at March 31, 2020 09:28 PM (0O7c5)
I think it's only to protect from sneezes. My CVS still makes you pick up the grody stylus and sign for prescriptions. If I get Chinese Lung Rot, that'll be where it's from.
Posted by: Ace's liver at March 31, 2020 09:32 PM (wGeit)
It's not in Shanghai, but there's an interesting memoir by a White Russian working for the Chinese government in Yunnan: _Forgotten Kingdom_ by Peter Goullart. Search around and you can probably find cheap copies on whatever your favorite ebook platform is.
Posted by: Thing From Snowy Mountain, No Adjetives Today at March 31, 2020 09:32 PM (dwojT)
Posted by: pookysgirl, super effective at March 31, 2020 09:32 PM (XKZwp)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at March 31, 2020 09:28 PM (XVuno)
They can do that here to but after the first days humiliation they will either quit or put their pants back on.
Posted by: Braenyard at March 31, 2020 09:32 PM (vv8pr)
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This isn't a lawsuit situation.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at March 31, 2020 09:32 PM (XVuno)
Clemente!
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That's actually the '71 World Series, but nevermind. It was the first World Series I ever paid attention to. I remember watching it on a weekend with my brother and cousins when we were visiting at their place in a town about 60 miles away from my house and all of us playing ball with the neighborhood kids in a lot behind the local Methodist church. Damn, it was like yesterday, 70 degrees and the sky as blue as a crayon. I hate being old, and I hate that being young then should seem so quaint, because it was a good time to be young.
Posted by: SloPitch Whiffer at March 31, 2020 09:32 PM (TXOkZ)
Posted by: Sock Monkey..rolling my eyes at the whippersnappers at March 31, 2020 09:32 PM (4aS1x)
Masks are effective and more so than nothing.
Posted by: AlaBAMA at March
meh there was not going to be much hoarding there were not many to be had.
Posted by: not so at March 31, 2020 09:33 PM (HALdu)
Posted by: phoenixgirl at March 31, 2020 09:33 PM (0O7c5)
Is the 27' corona virus germ laminar-flow or swept-wing or Delta? Seems like it's using something, maybe a canard to delay the stall before it falls on you.
Posted by: DBCooper at March 31, 2020 09:33 PM (bttOm)
How much US debt does China hold?
Posted by: Kindltot at March 31, 2020 09:31 PM (6rS3m)
I had a similar thought- my guess is that Trump will find a way to make China pay for the Wuhan Flu. Just like Mexico is paying for the wall. Not directly of course, but paying nevertheless.
Posted by: LASue at March 31, 2020 09:33 PM (Ed8Zd)
Posted by: Infidel at March 31, 2020 09:33 PM (vF+fs)
Forbes had an interesting article on how the US is exporting most of its masks.
The world is willing to pay more than the freeloaders here in the US for the masks.
Posted by: 🐧 at March 31, 2020 09:34 PM (uYQjf)
True story: the last time I was at the supermarket, on 3/11 I think, the food/salad bar was filled and people were picking at it, as usual.
Posted by: Soothsayer, very senile at March 31, 2020 09:34 PM (++3nO)
Posted by: Humphreyrobot at March 31, 2020 09:31 PM (rQSC+)
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How hard is it to slide a fiver in the stripper's g-string with one of those old folk's extended grab devices?
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at March 31, 2020 09:34 PM (XVuno)
I have stage 4 cancer my son is well aware of what's going on. It's not right to not share if you know. YMMV
Posted by: Cheriebebe at March 31, 2020 08:59 PM (a4qVe)
I'm not sure if this is in time to make the list tomorrow, but I just sent an email to Annie P.
I am so sorry.
Posted by: ghbucky at March 31, 2020 09:35 PM (s9Eo8)
Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at March 31, 2020 09:35 PM (8IOEj)
Posted by: Humphreyrobot at March 31, 2020 09:31 PM (rQSC+)
That's got to make getting a lap dance very uncomfortable
Posted by: TheQuietMan at March 31, 2020 09:35 PM (Ty/7D)
Posted by: jhawk90 at March 31, 2020 09:35 PM (9IkUJ)
How do they hand you, say, receipts, or cigarettes, or scratch tickets?
Posted by: Soothsayer, very senile at March 31, 2020 09:25 PM (++3nO)
Yep. The shield is just where the cashier is standing. Although I bagged my stuff myself - they seem to just be pushing everything to the end of the counter. But it keeps you close to 6' away. Trader Joe's not, and there was some pregnant girl when I was there the other day. Felt bad for her with no mask, no gloves and I'm wearing gloves and a N100 mask.
Posted by: clutch cargo at March 31, 2020 09:35 PM (8B6Ng)
Masks are effective and more so than nothing.
Posted by: AlaBAMA at March
meh there was not going to be much hoarding there were not many to be had.
Posted by: not so at March 31, 2020 09:33 PM (HALdu)
I hope they got the results they wanted, because I (and many others) will never trust them again.
Posted by: Ace's liver at March 31, 2020 09:35 PM (wGeit)
Again, bullshit. If I have an option to not touch the virus and then pull off the glove and toss it in the trash, that's better than say accidentally touching my face or mouth.
The people pushing this shit are assholes.
Posted by: AlaBAMA at March 31, 2020 09:35 PM (l2bVb)
Posted by: jhawk90 at March 31, 2020 09:35 PM (9IkUJ)
I think someone feedbagged them.
Posted by: ghbucky at March 31, 2020 09:36 PM (s9Eo8)
Posted by: JT at March 31, 2020 09:36 PM (arJlL)
Posted by: vmom 2020 at March 31, 2020 09:36 PM (G546f)
Posted by: Weasel at March 31, 2020 09:37 PM (MVjcR)
Posted by: jhawk90
They faded in the stretch
Posted by: JT at March 31, 2020 09:36 PM (arJlL)
They were bridled.
Posted by: ghbucky at March 31, 2020 09:37 PM (s9Eo8)
Why not keep a few plastic sandwich bags in your pocket to use for PIN pads and grody stylus handling?
Posted by: 🐧 at March 31, 2020 09:37 PM (uYQjf)
Posted by: Skip at March 31, 2020 09:37 PM (ZCEU2)
Posted by: Ace's liver at March
why did somebody trust them after the lies under obama re eb?
Posted by: not so at March 31, 2020 09:37 PM (HALdu)
Posted by: jhawk90 at March 31, 2020 09:35 PM (9IkUJ)
I think someone feedbagged them.
Posted by: ghbucky at March 31, 2020 09:36 PM (s9Eo
*pokes thread with a rod*
Posted by: Insomniac - Ex Cineribus Resurgo at March 31, 2020 09:37 PM (NWiLs)
Posted by: DBCooper
Lifting body design.
Posted by: Aviator at March 31, 2020 09:38 PM (2cuLk)
Posted by: Insomniac - Ex Cineribus Resurgo at March 31, 2020 09:37 PM (NWiLs)
Stewart?
Posted by: TheQuietMan at March 31, 2020 09:38 PM (Ty/7D)
Posted by: AlaBAMA at March 31, 2020 09:35 PM (l2bVb)
I'm still all in on getting rid of every alphabet agency when this is all said and done, then starting over.
Posted by: clutch cargo at March 31, 2020 09:38 PM (8B6Ng)
Again, bullshit. If I have an option to not touch the virus and then pull off the glove and toss it in the trash, that's better than say accidentally touching my face or mouth.
The people pushing this shit are assholes.
Posted by: AlaBAMA at March 31, 2020 09:35 PM (l2bVb)
They're assuming that normal people will basically not use masks or gloves (the studies didn't confirm that people really used them, only that they were instructed to use them and had them.)
You can tell this because they will swear up and down the effectiveness of these for medical professionals. There's no medical profession magic, fellas. Some basic use precautions will make it less transmissable.
Additionally, wearing masks and gloves I've noticed reminds people to keep a distance in public.
Posted by: Radio Control Submarine Unit at March 31, 2020 09:38 PM (IB++I)
Posted by: pookysgirl, super effective at March 31, 2020 09:32 PM (XKZwp)
Well, that's better.
Posted by: Braenyard at March 31, 2020 09:38 PM (vv8pr)
Posted by: lowandslow at March 31, 2020 09:39 PM (4thlk)
That's not a bad idea. Can't get gloves to save my life.
Posted by: Ace's liver at March 31, 2020 09:39 PM (wGeit)
Changing the subject, our grocery store was out of donuts today and now we need a donut!!
Posted by: Cheriebebe at March 31, 2020 09:39 PM (a4qVe)
When I was a kid, there were only two divisions in the NL, and the Phillies and the Pirates were both in the Eastern Division. Which led to a fierce cross-Pennsylvania rivalry. I always thought it was fitting that Mike Schmidt hit his 500th career homer off a Pirates pitcher in Three Rivers Stadium. Harry Kalas's call of that moon shot was one for the ages.
Posted by: Basement Cat at March 31, 2020 09:39 PM (pPNCa)
Ahh well the Shorts Brothers had an idea, or maybe a weirder germ like a Dyke Delta.
Posted by: DBCooper at March 31, 2020 09:39 PM (bttOm)
Posted by: SloPitch Whiffer at March 31, 2020 09:39 PM (TXOkZ)
Posted by: Humphreyrobot
That is SO not a sneeze guard.
Posted by: mikeski at March 31, 2020 09:40 PM (P1f+c)
Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy The ChiComTerrorVirus is in the house! at March 31, 2020 09:40 PM (dNzKv)
Posted by: LASue at March 31, 2020 09:33 PM (Ed8Zd)
It's so nice to have a president with a brain.
Posted by: Braenyard at March 31, 2020 09:40 PM (vv8pr)
I'm pretty sure if you wore a hospital gown in public people will also keep their distance.
Posted by: 🐧 at March 31, 2020 09:40 PM (uYQjf)
Additionally, wearing masks and gloves I've noticed reminds people to keep a distance in public.
Posted by: Radio Control Submarine Unit at March 31, 2020 09:38 PM (IB++I)
Proper use of gloves is literally a ninety second YouTube video. You have to know how to take them off properly, and it's common sense.
Posted by: Ace's liver at March 31, 2020 09:40 PM (wGeit)
Posted by: Skip at March 31, 2020 09:41 PM (ZCEU2)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at March 31, 2020 09:41 PM (aKsyK)
Posted by: Puddleglum at March 31, 2020 09:41 PM (C3BnY)
Posted by: Humphreyrobot at March 31, 2020 09:31 PM (rQSC+)
Those aren't sneeze guards!
Posted by: NC Ref at March 31, 2020 09:41 PM (4lmk/)
Posted by: Cat Ass
Oddly enough, we used to joke about how awful the USPS was. Now they look like a well oiled machine compared to everyone else. At least the just deliver the junk mail and don't try to end the President.
Posted by: AlaBAMA at March 31, 2020 09:41 PM (l2bVb)
You were rocking the overalls.
Posted by: Ben Had at March 31, 2020 09:42 PM (asmhK)
Posted by: at March 31, 2020 09:40 PM (uYQjf)
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My mask has an embroidered skull and crossbones on it. I get a wide berth.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at March 31, 2020 09:42 PM (XVuno)
Posted by:
Especially if the back is gaping open.
Posted by: Aviator at March 31, 2020 09:42 PM (2cuLk)
Posted by: vmom 2020 at March 31, 2020 09:36 PM (G546f)
Haven't heard of it and duck duck go says it's dog dewormer. Hey if it works tho I don't care!
Posted by: Cheriebebe at March 31, 2020 09:42 PM (a4qVe)
Posted by: SloPitch Whiffer at March 31, 2020 09:39 PM
Beautiful.
Posted by: NaughtyPine at March 31, 2020 09:42 PM (/+bwe)
I'm pretty sure if you wore a hospital gown in public people will also keep their distance.
Full hooded Haz Mat Positive Air Pressure suit.
Posted by: rickb223 at March 31, 2020 09:42 PM (W2taJ)
If by "jobs" you mean, a place they can park their asses until retirement and kick the taxpayers in the groin from time to time, then they are excelling at their jobs.
Posted by: 🐧 at March 31, 2020 09:42 PM (uYQjf)
Posted by: Humphreyrobot at March 31, 2020 09:31 PM (rQSC+)
Those aren't sneeze guards!
Posted by: NC Ref at March 31, 2020 09:41 PM (4lmk
That Mercedes. She's a squirter.
Sorry. I denounce myself.
Posted by: AlaBAMA at March 31, 2020 09:42 PM (l2bVb)
hit his 500th career homer off a Pirates pitcher in Three Rivers
Stadium. Harry Kalas's call of that moon shot was one for the ages.
Posted by: Basement Cat at March 31, 2020 09:39 PM (pPNCa)
I swear to God every time the Cub played the Phillies it seemed like Steve Carlton pitched every game and Porn Stache Schmidt batted in every inning
Posted by: TheQuietMan at March 31, 2020 09:43 PM (Ty/7D)
You were rocking the overalls.
Posted by: Ben Had at March 31, 2020 09:42 PM (asmhK)
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Thanks! Making the video was a lot of fun. Glad people seemed to enjoy it!
Posted by: Weasel at March 31, 2020 09:43 PM (MVjcR)
Posted by: TrivialPursuer at March 31, 2020 08:44 PM (k4dH2)
Article on China's "Bat Woman" Scientific American
Take away quote from that article "China announced a permanent ban on wildlife consumption and trade except for research, or medicinal or display purposes.". lol. Chinese eat that shit BECAUSE of its' purported 'medicinal qualities'.
Posted by: Cicero Kaboom! Kid. Cunning Linguist at March 31, 2020 09:44 PM (Vy7tf)
Posted by: Weasel at March 31, 2020 09:43 PM (MVjcR)
I enjoyed it! Thanks.
Posted by: AlaBAMA at March 31, 2020 09:44 PM (l2bVb)
Posted by: at March 31, 2020 09:40 PM (uYQjf)
Up here in NJ if you wear a Make America Great hat, they tend to stay away from you also. Mike make a snide comment, but nether the less, they keep their distance
Posted by: Nevergiveup at March 31, 2020 09:44 PM (85Gof)
Reuters reports that Malaysia's Karex Bhd, a company that is responsible for producing one out of every five condoms globally, spent over a week without producing a single condom at its three factories after the government imposed a lockdown to halt the spread of the coronavirus.
This has resulted in a shortfall of 100 million condoms which normally would be marketed worldwide under such brands as Durex, distributed through aid programs like the United Nations Population Fund, and the U.K.'s National Health Service (NHS).
Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy The ChiComTerrorVirus is in the house! at March 31, 2020 09:44 PM (dNzKv)
Might get a bit warm and stuffy in the summer. Plus there is the hassle of natural body functions.
Posted by: 🐧 at March 31, 2020 09:44 PM (uYQjf)
Posted by: LASue at March 31, 2020 09:33 PM (Ed8Zd)
I've been thinking the same thing. PDT won't let the Chi-Coms get away with it if there is any way to make them pay.
Posted by: Marybeth at March 31, 2020 09:45 PM (4pK1/)
I enjoyed it! Thanks.
Posted by: AlaBAMA at March 31, 2020 09:44 PM (l2bVb)
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Glad to hear it. I plan on doing some more of those!
Posted by: Weasel at March 31, 2020 09:45 PM (MVjcR)
Planned Parenthood starts putting out Help Wanted ads.
Posted by: 🐧 at March 31, 2020 09:45 PM (uYQjf)
Posted by: Cicero Kaboom! Kid. Cunning Linguist at March 31, 2020 09:44 PM (Vy7tf)
Thought they did it because they were starving.
Posted by: Braenyard at March 31, 2020 09:46 PM (vv8pr)
Posted by: Captain Josepha Sabin -- current occupation: cat furniture at March 31, 2020 09:46 PM (JMQ4Y)
Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy The ChiComTerrorVirus is in the house! at March 31, 2020 09:44 PM (dNzKv)
We were already due for a baby boom in about nine months.
Posted by: Ace's liver at March 31, 2020 09:46 PM (wGeit)
I enjoyed it! Thanks.
Posted by: AlaBAMA at March 31, 2020 09:44 PM (l2bVb)
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Glad to hear it. I plan on doing some more of those!
Posted by: Weasel at March 31, 2020 09:45 PM (MVjcR
Get some ballistics gel and watermelons for the next one!
Posted by: AlaBAMA at March 31, 2020 09:46 PM (l2bVb)
there have been a lit of anecdotal accounts and some studies on ut curing some cancers
search "fenbendazole cancer treatment"
Posted by: vmom 2020 at March 31, 2020 09:47 PM (G546f)
Posted by: Skip at March 31, 2020 09:47 PM (ZCEU2)
safeway put up a plexiglass shield to protect them from the shoppers.....
How do they hand you, say, receipts, or cigarettes, or scratch tickets?
awkwardly, judging by my experience at big lots this afternoon. cashier was reaching around the plexiglass shield to take an item from my basket for scanning, then again to set it down on the other side of the counter. then again to take them from the counter and put them in bags. and again to hand me my receipt. it looked uncomfortable.
Posted by: Anachronda at March 31, 2020 09:47 PM (kf5Ci)
I remember the 1980 WS, for obvious reasons. Took the Phightins a mere 97 years to win their first WS.
Incidentally, about Mike Schmidt's 500th homer: the other thing I remember about that was the graciousness of the Pittsburgh fans-- they gave Schmitty a standing O.
Posted by: Basement Cat at March 31, 2020 09:47 PM (pPNCa)
I'm pretty sure the plan is to devaluate the dollar so much that the bonds the Chinese are holding become worthless.
Posted by: 🐧 at March 31, 2020 09:47 PM (uYQjf)
Posted by: pookysgirl, super effective at March 31, 2020 09:48 PM (XKZwp)
Posted by: Skip at March 31, 2020 09:48 PM (ZCEU2)
Everyone's stuck at home with no weenie beanies? I hear a baby boom in about 9 months!
Posted by: mikeski at March 31, 2020 09:48 PM (P1f+c)
I'm pretty sure the plan is to devaluate the dollar so much that the bonds the Chinese are holding become worthless.
Posted by: ??? at March 31, 2020 09:47 PM (uYQjf)
And your cash.
Posted by: Braenyard at March 31, 2020 09:48 PM (vv8pr)
That would definitely grant you lots of walking room at Publix.
Posted by: AlaBAMA at March 31, 2020 09:49 PM (l2bVb)
Posted by: Jewells45 at March 31, 2020 09:49 PM (dUJdY)
Posted by: pookysgirl, super effective at March 31, 2020 09:49 PM (XKZwp)
Thank you, I am very blessed and doing as pretty well.
Posted by: Cheriebebe at March 31, 2020 09:49 PM (a4qVe)
Posted by: Basement Cat
'Murica!
Posted by: Puddleglum at March 31, 2020 09:49 PM (C3BnY)
Posted by: LASue at March 31, 2020 09:33 PM (Ed8Zd)
This is incorrect.
Posted by: Zod at March 31, 2020 09:49 PM (XzT/D)
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I imagine the competition for the remaining stock is stiff.
Posted by: Tonypete at March 31, 2020 09:49 PM (Y4EXg)
Posted by: Chris Matthews at March 31, 2020 09:50 PM (y3cH7)
Posted by: Skip at March 31, 2020 09:50 PM (ZCEU2)
Posted by: Cheriebebe at March 31, 2020 09:50 PM (a4qVe)
I am not a germophobe at all, but I like the peace of mind it lends to folks.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Flying Kites at Night at March 31, 2020 09:50 PM (x8Wzq)
Also a money saving move. Roll up Excessmass and Birthday gift giving all at once.
Posted by: 🐧 at March 31, 2020 09:50 PM (uYQjf)
580 CIA, FBI, DOJ, CDC.... Are there any government agencies that can do their fucking jobs?
Posted by: Cat Ass
Oddly enough, we used to joke about how awful the USPS was. Now they look like a well oiled machine compared to everyone else.
irrelevant. whenever they raise postal rates, we're reminded that they aren't a government agency.
Posted by: Anachronda at March 31, 2020 09:51 PM (kf5Ci)
Posted by: Skip at March 31, 2020 09:51 PM (ZCEU2)
Posted by: Sapwolf at March 31, 2020 09:52 PM (nuv3n)
Posted by: Miklos, in the stands at March 31, 2020 09:52 PM (QzkSJ)
Over in the UK, the Army just put up a 4000 bed field hospital at something called the ExCel center in London.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion of a Poperin Pear at March 31, 2020 09:52 PM (f1Vqw)
Adultery rates have dropped precipitously since everyone is quarantined with their spouses.
Our dropping birth rate is about to get a boost since everyone spent the first two weeks screwing.
Many people will break drug addictions during this time since their drug dealers are too afraid to deal right now.
All those home improvement projects that were put off for years are almost done.
Posted by: AlaBAMA at March 31, 2020 09:52 PM (l2bVb)
Posted by: pookysgirl
"Why are there 12 girls named Ko'Rona Vyress?"
Posted by: rickb223 at March 31, 2020 09:53 PM (W2taJ)
Posted by: mikeski at March 31, 2020 09:48 PM (P1f+c)
****Diet coke all over the iPad and a bit on a nearby lapdog****
Posted by: Cheriebebe at March 31, 2020 09:53 PM (a4qVe)
Posted by: ALH at March 31, 2020 09:53 PM (Lhcx9)
Posted by: phoenixgirl at March 31, 2020 09:53 PM (0O7c5)
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I imagine the competition for the remaining stock is stiff.
Posted by: Tonypete at March 31, 2020 09:49 PM (Y4EXg)
You got a head of everyone on that pun.
Posted by: AlaBAMA at March 31, 2020 09:53 PM (l2bVb)
Why not keep a few plastic sandwich bags in your pocket to use for PIN pads and grody stylus handling?
is that a plastic sandwich bag in your pocket, or are you happy to see me?
Posted by: 2020 pickup lines at March 31, 2020 09:54 PM (kf5Ci)
You probably remember the epic 1979 Phillies/Cubs game that ended in a final score of 23 to 22. If you're stuck at home during quarantine, you can watch the entire slugfest here:
https://tinyurl.com/vm472bh
Posted by: Basement Cat at March 31, 2020 09:54 PM (pPNCa)
Similar with gloves.
I see people becoming dependant on these items and complacent when wearing masks and gloves.
But let them go ahead and deck themselves on above and then touch their face repeatedly to adjust the mask and remove their gloves improperly and shuck them on the public streets. Not only that. They rudely get right next to other people because they feel protected and they dont care if they themselves infect someone else.
Posted by: Floridachick at March 31, 2020 09:55 PM (IzLAj)
The ExCel is a large convention hall down by the waterfront. I've done some trade shows there.
Posted by: JackStraw at March 31, 2020 09:55 PM (ZLI7S)
Posted by: Skip at March 31, 2020 09:55 PM (ZCEU2)
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I imagine the competition for the remaining stock is stiff.
Posted by: Tonypete at March 31, 2020 09:49 PM (Y4EXg)
They need to stretch out the supplies as long as possible.
Posted by: Ripley at March 31, 2020 09:55 PM (MxEKc)
Adultery rates have dropped precipitously since everyone is quarantined with their spouses.
Posted by: AlaBAMA at March 31, 2020 09:52 PM (l2bVb)
Positive for whom?
Posted by: The Paulo at March 31, 2020 09:55 PM (wGeit)
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I imagine the competition for the remaining stock is stiff.
Posted by: Tonypete at March 31, 2020 09:49 PM (Y4EXg)
You got a head of everyone on that pun.
Posted by: AlaBAMA
Don't break the pun run.
Posted by: rickb223 at March 31, 2020 09:55 PM (W2taJ)
Posted by: Coach Miklos at March 31, 2020 09:56 PM (QzkSJ)
Posted by: Skip at March 31, 2020 09:56 PM (ZCEU2)
This is a problem we have to keep pounding away at.
Posted by: Joe Biden at March 31, 2020 09:57 PM (2cuLk)
Posted by: Sock Monkey..rolling my eyes at the whippersnappers at March 31, 2020 09:09 PM
It's almost as if they were ... organized.
Posted by: Les Nessman at March 31, 2020 09:57 PM (r6GXX)
Posted by: JT at March 31, 2020 09:58 PM (arJlL)
Posted by: Cheriebebe at March 31, 2020 09:58 PM (a4qVe)
Posted by: Joe Biden
I'm sure Joe has a reservoir of tips.
Posted by: Asst. Coach Miklos at March 31, 2020 09:58 PM (QzkSJ)
Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy The ChiComTerrorVirus is in the house! at March 31, 2020 09:40 PM (dNzKv)
Ah comrade, you do not understand, WE are doing our assigned jobs, and flawlessly at that!
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar at March 31, 2020 09:58 PM (BiNEL)
"Make American make its own medicines and medical supplies again."
Sorry for the boomerang, Donks. You wanted everybody on medication to control them. Well, now you made them worry about availability of Chinese meds.
Posted by: t-bird at March 31, 2020 09:59 PM (EYsyU)
Posted by: Slapweasel at March 31, 2020 09:59 PM (Ckg4U)
Adultery rates have dropped precipitously since everyone is quarantined with their spouses.
Our dropping birth rate is about to get a boost since everyone spent the first two weeks screwing.
Many people will break drug addictions during this time since their drug dealers are too afraid to deal right now.
All those home improvement projects that were put off for years are almost done.
Posted by: AlaBAMA at March 31, 2020 09:52 PM (l2bVb)
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And my kids aren't getting those Cadbury mini eggs in their Easter baskets that they usually get.
One of these things is not like the other.
Posted by: bluebell at March 31, 2020 09:59 PM (/669Q)
Posted by: Skip at March 31, 2020 09:59 PM (ZCEU2)
Just saw, fleeing NYCers have cleaned out grocery stores in the Hamptons. The locals ain't happy:
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8171753
Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion of a Poperin Pear at March 31, 2020 10:00 PM (f1Vqw)
Posted by: AltonJackson
If you are finished, unload & show clear
at March 31, 2020 10:00 PM (DUIap)
We need a Complete Fuck-ups Agency (CFU). They might surprise us!
Posted by: t-bird at March 31, 2020 10:01 PM (EYsyU)
Posted by: pookysgirl, super effective at March 31, 2020 09:49 PM (XKZwp)
Roll birthday and Christmas into one.
Posted by: Burnt Toast at March 31, 2020 10:02 PM (1g7ch)
phoenixgirl that would concern me alot too
Posted by: Skip at March 31, 2020 09:55 PM (ZCEU2)
she's still healthy, she'd been in a private room for the last week and a 1/2....she can't go home because we can't get 24 hour care for her during this crisis and the medical supplies aren't available. poor thing....ugh....the state shut down visitors 3 weeks ago to all care facilities....so she hasn't had visitors for 3 weeks.
Posted by: phoenixgirl at March 31, 2020 10:02 PM (0O7c5)
I postulate that the vocal cords, when worked hard for singing, can create very tiny droplets others can take deep into their lungs.
I have adopted some habits for this virus,.that maybe are extreme, but cost me nothing. (Over 65 and take blood pressure medicine so realistically I should be in the Dr. Strangelove deep mine shaft a high ratio of young women).
I will now avoid singers and talkers exercising their vocal cords.
Posted by: FlimFlammed at March 31, 2020 10:03 PM (ZTDnL)
Hot air is/was the way. Just putting shit up to get people to post.
5, 6, 7 8 thousand comments? Wow.
Posted by: guy who says its hillary at March 31, 2020 10:04 PM (RfmMM)
Not bad, I just got an 1895 Swedish Mauser ( built in Oberdorf before production moved to Sweden). 125 year old gun that can shoot damn good factory ammo.142g bergers
Posted by: Jean at March 31, 2020 10:08 PM (B7KlG)
Posted by: Weasel at March 31, 2020 09:43 PM (MVjcR)
Very much enjoyed the outtakes!
Posted by: JC. Idaho bot. at March 31, 2020 10:09 PM (377Zs)
Posted by: Sharkman at March 31, 2020 08:36 PM (PYQ4e)
It's worse than that. The plains Indians weren't even living on the plains with the advent of horses. They used horses to make war on the existing plains tribes and drive those other tribes onto less productive land.
Posted by: Ace's liver at March 31, 2020 08:40 PM (wGeit)
The Sioux lived on the banks of the Mississippi till the Chippewa beat their ass and drove them out onto the plains. They discovered horses shortly afterwards and the rest is history.
Posted by: Fra Filippo at March 31, 2020 10:17 PM (7MUvN)
Posted by: Igotnothing at March 31, 2020 10:35 PM (lY6OQ)
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