1 I believe.

I BELIEVE!

2 1st

3 Damn- congrats, Cicero! Howdy, WD

4 On Time!

5 Good evening good people.

6 Good evening morons y gracias wd por el ont

7 Sorry. I was just skipping past the Ashton Kutcher episodes.

8 I think in 4 years we should go after them in curling.
But American style - Roomba for brooms, .22 starter pistol to get it going (blank pushes a good bit of gas out the muzzle).

9 The Most Awful Bond:

Kevin Bacon

10 Top, Carrot Top.

11 Sorry I'm late, my Teddy Bear was explaining to me that it was perfectly fine to cancel my therapist appointment because I was not actually suffering any delusions.

12 Ah, heck, read the post

13 Question: Does bowling have an infield fly rule?

14 Most awful Bond? Page, "Eliot" Page.

15 Terrible Bond casting: Elliot (formerly Ellen) Page.

(Dishonorable mention for George Lazenby.)

16 I want one too, Weird Dave.

17 Andy Dick, 007

18 How about David Spade? Perfectly awful Bond, according to DH.

19 Michael Sera(sp?)

Thanks for the ONT.

20 Who is the dude who plays Mr. Bean? Probably him.

21 Please tell me Vancouver is NOT flying flags at half-staff over a hockey game. Seriously.

22 I laughed way too hard at the male bee life cycle meme.

23 The Most awful Bond.? Alan Alda. Talk about gold plated suckitude.

24 Dammit, who was that one whiny guy? Was in UHF. Milo?

25 I flinched when that bowling lady let go of the ball backwards.

26 Woody Allen would have made a great Bond!

27 Who is the dude who plays Mr. Bean? Probably him.
Posted by: tcn in AK at February 27, 2026 10:10 PM (I40wl)

In Black adder, you could actually see him as cunning and dashing by turns. Not the worst.

28 Sylvester Stallone.

29 worst possible Bond? Jack Black

30 26 Woody Allen would have made a great Bond!
Posted by: Jus Sayin at February 27, 2026 10:11 PM (r+qgd)

He was Jimmy Bond! In the original Casino Royale. With David Niven.

31 I want that stove

32 Other Question: Is there a part of downtown LA where the sorority girls meet to fight with pillows?

33 Hey WD.

Hope you are well. I enjoyed your hugs and talk about Jim SND.

I miss him too.

34 Impressive video
-- but can she do it blindfolded?

35 31 I want that stove
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at February 27, 2026 10:13 PM (vfth7)

Me too. I could cook the hell out of anything on that stove.

36 I LOLed over the cat in the armadillo shell.

37 Evenin'

38 36 I LOLed over the cat in the armadillo shell.
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at February 27, 2026 10:14 PM (7bBwZ). Me too

39 29 worst possible Bond? Jack Black


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No love for Gilbert Gottfried?

40 Worst Bond?
Will Ferrell

41 Yay, ONT!

42 The Russian girl taking down the AK and putting back together was impressive.

43 Hello, Horde! 😊💕

The coolest stove ever is sitting in our kitchen as we speak. Chambers stove circa 1930's. Gifted to us 25 years ago by a work friend whose parents bought her a new gas stove for her historic house.

The (not original to the house) stove that came with our circa 1907 house didn't have a working oven, and the stove was perfect for our decor.

Sucker weighs at least a couple of hundred pounds....

44 Joe Pesci. "Awful? Awful how?"

45 Steve Buscemi would be a hell of a Bond.

46 Woody Allen as “Jimmy” Bond.

47 Nice Chambers range.

48 Worst James Bond actor

Their serious choice: Timothee Chalamet

Snark: Nathan Lane

49 Gary Oldman would be a great Bond.

50 20 Who is the dude who plays Mr. Bean? Probably him.
Posted by: tcn in AK at February 27, 2026 10:10 PM (I40wl)

Rowan Atkinson. He was in Never Say Never Again.

51 Oh, and worst possible Bond replacement - Timothee Chalamet.

52 Worst possible Bond? Yoga or Yogurt.

53 Who is the dude who plays Mr. Bean? Probably him.
Posted by: tcn in AK at February 27, 2026 10:10 PM (I40wl)

He already has starred as James Bond, although they called him Johnny English.

54 Tonight's game: (Surrogate James Bond)

___________________________

I have two:

Crispin Glover
Gilbert Gottfried (unfortunately deceased)

55 David Niven did the role better.

56 Expansive ONT WeirdDave! Thanks!

57 26 Woody Allen would have made a great Bond!
Posted by: Jus Sayin at February 27, 2026 10:11 PM (r+qgd)

Have you seen Casino Royale (1967 version?)

58 BTW, we donate regularly to the monks in WYO. They are very much the real deal. Prayer warriors, particularly for those who donate and ask. Of course, they will pray if you ask, and don't donate, because it is their job to do so.

https://www.carmelitemonks.org/

59 evening, all

60 Worst Bond replacement? Joy Reid with Don Lemon as Moneypenny.

61 Woody Allen as “Jimmy” Bond.
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at February 27, 2026 10:17 PM (ZVgZ4)

He was by far the "worst" of the actual actors playing the role, but in fairness, it was a sendup of the Bond trope.

I still maintain that "Eliot" Page is the worst possible choice, since she is a neutered woman cosplaying as a man.

62 Worst Bond?

Pete Buttigieg.

63 13 Question: Does bowling have an infield fly rule?
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43)
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I remember bowling balls as being HEAVY.
Slinging them into the ceiling seems quite a feat.

64 Range is very nice. Might be hard to keep clean.

65 14 Most awful Bond? Page, "Eliot" Page.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 27, 2026 10:07 PM (8zz6B)

15 Terrible Bond casting: Elliot (formerly Ellen) Page.

(Dishonorable mention for George Lazenby.)
Posted by: tankdemon at February 27, 2026 10:07 PM (jle4A)

Horde Mind in effect!

66 Outstanding ONT, Weird Dave. You might want one, but I don't think you'd like having one..

67 Worst Bond? Phoebe Waller-Bridge. She already sucked at being Indiana Jones' replacement.

68 Worst James Bond? Norman Fell

(stolen from early 80s Letterman)

69 Dude who plays Mr Bean? Rowan Atkinson? Check out Johnny Dangerously.

70 42 The Russian girl taking down the AK and putting back together was impressive.
Posted by: Chairman LMAO at February 27, 2026 10:16 PM (cWLG3)

But how is she at sammiches?

71 Mr Bean has played a Bond like character.

He also had a turn as a detective in the series Maigret.

He wouldn’t be the worst Bond, in fact he would probably make an interesting Bond.

72 Lashana lynch

73

Goldberg. Whoopi Goldberg

74 Aargh. I meant Johnny English.

75 They had a fan blindfolded pillow fight between innings of the Banana Ball game last night. They were swinging!

76 But how is she at sammiches?
Posted by: tankdemon at February 27, 2026 10:22 PM (jle4A)

I would eat her borscht.

77 Worst Bond? I sure hope Elliot (formerly Ellen) Page hasn’t been taken.

78 22 I laughed way too hard at the male bee life cycle meme.
Posted by: tankdemon

Me too

Oh, our town has a Gay Street and a Nutt Road.
So recently on a fb neighborhood post, about toad work, someone asked
"What's going on at Nutt & Gay?"

79 Worst Bond? Timpon Walz.

80 69 Dude who plays Mr Bean? Rowan Atkinson? Check out Johnny Dangerously.
Posted by: Darles Chickens at February 27, 2026 10:22 PM (vOKvj)

Johnny Dangerously was Michael Keaton in a send-up of 1930's gangster flicks. Johnny English was the Atkinson Bond parody.

81 Good evening Horde. Thanks WD!

82 Worse actor to play Bond?

Nicolas Cage.

Worse actor to play any character?

Nicolas Cage.

83 The American win over Canada was like Trump beating Hill-Dawg.

It was easily predictable for me, unlike for most people. Unfortunately, I gave up wagering when my youngest was born, so I didn't bet on USA hockey like I did on Trump '16.

But it was an easy one... most bettors bet on the past, instead of the present, and if past is prologue Canada should have been the sure thing.

Problem was, this was the first Olympic games in the last 14 years that the NHL released players for the Olympics - and Canadian pro players have been consistently outclassed by Americans for 30 seasons, and particularly for the last 10.

The talent pool was shallow for them, and deep for us. I only got it wrong insofar as it was closer than I thought it'd be - and I didn't know the USA would sweep gold - but I knew we'd sweep Canada.

84
But how is she at sammiches?
Posted by: tankdemon
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She will teach you.

85 Stanley Myron Handelman would have made a good Bond, kinda nebbish like Woody Allen.

86 Well, you have to limit your Bonds to English actors.

And that’s hard as most English actors are good, it’s hard to find a really bad English actor.

Maybe Simon Pegg, but that’s only because he looks nothing like a Bond.

I would pay money to see Rickey Gervsis do an Office type sendup of Bond.

87 Accountability. Where the hell is it?

One bright place: So, the count of thugs who invaded the Minneapolis church and have been arrested? Count is 39.

Deputy AG Harmeet Dhillon is on the job

88 Gary Oldman would be a great Bond.
Posted by: davidt at February 27, 2026 10:18 PM (Q+gd/)

The short black actor?

89 If she was still around, I'd recommend Lawanda Page (Aunt Ester from Sanford & Son) for an American 007. She might have a PPK, but you have to watch out for her purse.

90 Bad Bond? Steven Seagal. Or Will Sasso.

91 My parched a stove very much like that one.

92 Posted by: Archer at February 27, 2026 10:26 PM (wvc0i)

15 yards

Unnecessary Hate

93 Problem was, this was the first Olympic games in the last 14 years that the NHL released players for the Olympics - and Canadian pro players have been consistently outclassed by Americans for 30 seasons, and particularly for the last 10.

The talent pool was shallow for them, and deep for us. I only got it wrong insofar as it was closer than I thought it'd be - and I didn't know the USA would sweep gold - but I knew we'd sweep Canada.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at February 27, 2026 10:27 PM (BI5O2)

Without an almost supernatural performance by Hellebuyck, the Canadians win that game by three goals easily. Yes, the US won the game, but it wasn't because we outclassed them.

94 Worst Bond replacement? Joy Reid with Don Lemon as Moneypenny.
Posted by: DJ Jazzy Mel at February 27, 2026 10:20 PM (ZTJjv)

Winner.

95 Benny Hill might have made a poor Bond. Or Onslow from Keeping Up Appearances.

96 Correction: the thugs invaded the church in St. Paul, Minnesota

97 Oh, British actors
That's harder

Mainly because I'm not acquainted with their low-talent class

98 Gary Oldman would be a great Bond.
Posted by: davidt at February 27, 2026 10:18 PM (Q+gd/)

The short black actor?
Posted by: GWB at February 27, 2026 10:30 PM (nCVYJ)

Whatchu talkin bout, Moneypenny?

99 Worst Bond?

John Candy

Moose out front should have told you.

100 Worst Bond: Chespirito

101 Damn.
My parents had a stove like that one.

102 Worst Bond?
Herman. Peewee Herman.

103 Worst Bond replacement? Joy Reid with Don Lemon as Moneypenny.
Posted by: DJ Jazzy Mel at February 27, 2026 10:20 PM (ZTJjv)

Winner.
Posted by: GWB
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But...who for Pussy Galore?

104 Sean Connery would probably be a terrible Bond actor. now

105 So recently on a fb neighborhood post, about toad work, someone asked
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at February 27, 2026 10:25 PM (vfth7)

Toad work?
I got NUTTin'.

106 How about Adam Sandler as Worst 007?

107 @102 Herman, Mr. P. W. Herman

108 103 Worst Bond replacement? Joy Reid with Don Lemon as Moneypenny.
Posted by: DJ Jazzy Mel at February 27, 2026 10:20 PM (ZTJjv)

Winner.
Posted by: GWB
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But...who for Pussy Galore?
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at February 27, 2026 10:34 PM (XeU6L)

You mean Taint Abundant

109 86 Well, you have to limit your Bonds to English actors.

And that’s hard as most English actors are good, it’s hard to find a really bad English actor.

Maybe Simon Pegg, but that’s only because he looks nothing like a Bond.

I would pay money to see Rickey Gervsis do an Office type sendup of Bond.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at February 27, 2026 10:29 PM (XV/Pl)

Not neceassarily true. The two best Bonds were Connery, who is Scottish, and Brosnan, who is Irish. (Of course the worst Bond, Lazenby, was Australian.)

110 The new Bond?
Megan Rapinoe of course.

111 I’m thinking field stripping an M4 is a lot easier. Looks like she had trouble with the piston .

112 Cock Aplenty

113 Correction: the thugs invaded the church in St. Paul, Minnesota
Posted by: JM in Illinois at February 27, 2026 10:32 PM (eBcaT)

Well, they couldn't spell Manyhumpolis.

114 43 Hello, Horde! 😊💕

The coolest stove ever is sitting in our kitchen as we speak. Chambers stove circa 1930's. Gifted to us 25 years ago by a work friend whose parents bought her a new gas stove for her historic house

Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at February 27, 2026 10:16 PM (SRRAx)

The stove in the house I grew up in was a beautiful beast. Four burners plus a larger fifth center burner, over which a cast aluminum griddle would go. Oh, and the pilot lights had these little trivets over them, which was great for melting butter or keeping your coffee warm. There were three metal covers that you would pull up and over to conceal the burners when not in use. Sleek, is the best word to describe it.

To the left of the oven was drawer for storing pots. You used a match to light the oven. Start the gas, strike the match, hold it to the little intake port, and ...whoosh. Mostly, your eyebrows were not a required sacrifice to appease this oven-god. Mostly...

115 I want one.

Posted by: WeirdDave

Maybe ask Ace to get them for the COBs!

116 Schwimmer, especially if Anniston is the Bond girl.

117 Try this actor for size:
Driver, Adam Driver
Or
Ren, Sith Kylo Ren

118 George Lazenby was offered the lead in a second Bond movie (Golden Gun) but turned it down, he thought spy movies were going out of style.

119 Dame Judy Dench—a national treasure

120 86 Well, you have to limit your Bonds to English actors.

Hey, if Vivien Leigh can play Scarlett O'Hara, and Cynthia Erivo can be cast as Jesus Christ in JC Superstar, then Bond shouldn't be limited to British actors.

121 Without an almost supernatural performance by Hellebuyck, the Canadians win that game by three goals easily. Yes, the US won the game, but it wasn't because we outclassed them.
Posted by: tankdemon at February 27, 2026 10:32

It doesn't change the fact that I called the US beating Canada in both men's and women's hockey ahead of the games. It was predictable for me, even though my boss laughed me off about it.

Just like Hillary should have beat Trump, and didn't, and everyone laughed that off. But I won a good deal of money off that.

It's how you win big bets and I'm fuckin' kicking myself for not betting these games.

C'est la vie, as the Canadians say.

*shrugs*

122 One bright place: So, the count of thugs who invaded the Minneapolis church and have been arrested? Count is 39.

Deputy AG Harmeet Dhillon is on the job
Posted by: JM in Illinois at February 27, 2026 10:29 PM (X50dQ)
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This gives me enormous emotional relief.

123 Worst Bond replacement? Joy Reid with Don Lemon as Moneypenny.
Posted by: DJ Jazzy Mel at February 27, 2026 10:20 PM (ZTJjv)

Winner.
Posted by: GWB
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But...who for Pussy Galore?
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at February 27, 2026 10:34 PM (XeU6L)

Since we're talking worst... Pelosi? Olbermann? Bruce Jenner?

124 If we can include Irishmen, Litttle Jackie Wright would have made a poor Bond.

125 Slim Whitman would have made a great Bond. Just imagine Thunderball as a musical.

126 @120 But still, Henry Cavill could've been a contender.

127 I've mentioned before that Daliah Lavi, of Casino Royale, lived a couple of doors down the street.

128 Henry Cavill has such bad luck with casting

129 Since we're talking worst... Pelosi? Olbermann? Bruce Jenner?
Posted by: GWB
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Hillary

130 Worst Bond?

Carrot Top.

131 Happy evening! Fun content, WD! We went to the Hummingbird in Mobile for dinner, I had gussied up southern food - collards with field peas and a cornbread crostini, plus a mini buttermilk biscuit with sorghum and house made butter topped with smoked sea salt. It was so good.

132 103 Worst Bond replacement? Joy Reid with Don Lemon as Moneypenny.
Posted by: DJ Jazzy Mel at February 27, 2026 10:20 PM (ZTJjv)

Winner.
Posted by: GWB
----------

But...who for Pussy Galore?
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc.

Anderson Pooper

133 If we can include Irishmen, Litttle Jackie Wright would have made a poor Bond.
Posted by: Bob Todd at February 27, 2026 10:39 PM (oftw2)

Well, if that's the standard, then why not Rosie ODonnell as worst?

134 Henry Cavill has such bad luck with casting
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at February 27, 2026 10:41 PM (vfth7)

I thought Immortals was underrated.

135 I’m thinking field stripping an M4 is a lot easier. Looks like she had trouble with the piston .
Posted by: Opinion fact at February 27, 2026 10:36 PM (4hjRS)

The think with the AK is that the button on the back of the receiver is pretty stiff, dust cover has to slide in just right, and the gas tube is always a pain to get out. 45 seconds is not bad for a tear down and reassembly.

136 Hey WD.

Hope you are well. I enjoyed your hugs and talk about Jim SND.

I miss him too.
Posted by: nurse ratched
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His last rifle is being raffled - see details at linky in nic

137 Wilfrid Brambell would be a poor Bond, also.

138 Honorable mention for worst Bond film actors? Judy Stench.

139 Posted by: Kindltot at February 27, 2026 10:43 PM (rbvCR)

I’ve never field stripped an AK. But it appeared the things you pointed it was were she had the most trouble.

140 Wilfrid Brambell would be a poor Bond, also.
Posted by: A Hard Days Night at February 27, 2026 10:43 PM (oftw2)

Wilfred Brimley would have been a good diabetic Bond.

141 Honorable mention for worst Bond film actors? Judy Stench.
Posted by: DJ Jazzy Mel
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There's nothing like a dame.

142 "Who's a great big boy?"
"I'm a great big boy!"

Love it!

143 Accountability. Where the hell is it?

One bright place: So, the count of thugs who invaded the Minneapolis church and have been arrested? Count is 39.

Deputy AG Harmeet Dhillon is on the job
Posted by: JM in Illinois



But they burn a cross on the front law?

144 Prince Harry could portray Bond, with M played by his wife. M's briefings would be one long tirade at 007.

His first mission would be to get out and figure how to save the world by himself. Just bring me lots of money.

145 >>>I'll start: Peter Dinklage

>Clint Howard. Tranya, shaked not stirred.

146 Gordon G. Chang@GordonGChang . 1h

Americans have common enemies, and Anthropic has sided with them. Expropriate the company,

147 There were three metal covers that you would pull up and over to conceal the burners when not in use. Sleek, is the best word to describe it.

To the left of the oven was drawer for storing pots. You used a match to light the oven. Start the gas, strike the match, hold it to the little intake port, and ...whoosh. Mostly, your eyebrows were not a required sacrifice to appease this oven-god. Mostly...
Posted by: Joe Kidd at February 27, 2026 10:37 PM (nbLIj)

Ours has one big "cover" - called the mother-in-law cover - that pulls out over the entire griddle/burner area. To the right of the oven is a chamber that stores pots specifically made to fit in the Thermowell (the 1930's version of a crockpot). We still have to light a match (we use a BBQ flamer) to ignite the burners and the oven.

The selling point of Chambers stoves was/is that the oven is so well insulated that in the morning you can preheat the oven to 600°, let it heat for 10 minutes, then turn off the gas and put your food (like a roast or a stew) in the oven for the rest of the day. By the time hubby got home from work, dinner would be done.

148 Worst Bond: Rosie O'Donnell
Runner-Up: Sean Connery. I mean, he's been dead for a few years now, so probably couldn't do his own stunts....

149 I’m thinking field stripping an M4 is a lot easier. Looks like she had trouble with the piston .
Posted by: Opinion fact


Looked like three or four fumbles.

150 Wil Wheaton plays Bond as Wesley Crusher.

151 An AK is *very* easy to strip. I can do it with my eyes shut in less than 10. Reassembly is slower, but still... eyes shut.

But, I've had AKs and SKSs since I was a kid. Those rifles are second nature and there's no way I could do an AR even close to as fast. It would probably take me an hour.

152 Harry

153 Dean

154 Stanton

155 Elon Musk@elonmusk . 19h

Anthropic hates Western Civilization

156 His last rifle is being raffled - see details at linky in nic
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at February 27, 2026

$ sent!

157 Pedro Pascal for Bond. For the modern audience.

158

Neil Connery

159 I can't tell you how many of those old stoves I saw ending up as scrap when I used to do kitchens. We worked in older towns with old houses that were mostly 2 family houses. The oldest I remember was build in 1874 and most probably in early 1900's. Many still had gas pipes in the wall for lighting before houses got electricity. The houses were in the families for generations. The older ones always take the second floor, their kids take the first floor when they become adults and have kids, their kids grow up, grandparents on second floor die off, parents now take the second floor, and it just repeats. The end result is many of the second floor kitchens were ancient because by the time the older ones moved upstairs they didn't give a shit about renovationg. When I started doing kitchens it was at the point where all those kitchens were finally on the last legs. All those old stoves were there, and nobody wanted them. I would get sick watching those things go to scrap. We had to sledgehammer a beautiful 2 tone cast iron gas on gas because it was 100's of pounds, it would never go down the stairs, and most likely was assembled on the job when it was new.

160 His last rifle is being raffled - see details at linky in nic
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at February 27, 2026 10:43 PM (/lPRQ)

Note taken, thanks.

161 His last rifle is being raffled - see details at linky in nic
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at February 27, 2026

$ sent!
Posted by: Piper


I never met him, but if I did I would prolly throw in for a couple tickets. Kim was trusted to liquidate what was left and that one rifle is the last to go.

162 I worked in a bowling alley during college. I had to stop that video for my sanity.

163 My grandma's old, wood-fired, kitchen stove is in a small-town museum now.

164 Sweet.

As an unjabbed Canuck treated like shit, I'm thrilled with the US hockey win. We don't deserve nice things....

I have 3.5 last beers before I start pills tomorrow. My family doctor has been here for about 10 or 12 years. My last time seeing him was 2019. But i called in, he talked with me and prescribed stuff. I won't be drinking when I take the pills.

There's also people coming in to check on me now. I asked for help after caregiving 24 - 7 for 14 years. My brain is on overdrive.. I'll let you know how the Ontario medical system helps.

I'm going to bed after my last few beers. My friends' cat Snowflake is here sleeping on my bed. Of course, she's always welcome here. But still, maybe my stress levels would be lower without wildlife making themselves at home...

165 The selling point of Chambers stoves was/is that the oven is so well insulated that in the morning you can preheat the oven to 600°, let it heat for 10 minutes, then turn off the gas and put your food (like a roast or a stew) in the oven for the rest of the day. By the time hubby got home from work, dinner would be done.
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at February 27, 2026 10:50 PM (SRRAx)

Fan-CEE..

Another thing I remember was the slide lock for the burner knobs. The knobs rode on these semi-circular stems, and you had to slide the lock to one side, allowing the knob to turn. I wish I could remember the name of that range..

166 I know there's a million kinds of ARs, and I'm sure some of them are pretty simple. But they all look too complex, and it's why I never bought one. They're fun to shoot, but I wouldn't want the trouble of owning one. And they aren't powerful enough. I view them like sports cars vs. pickup trucks.

167 Rodney Dangerfield

168
I never met him, but if I did I would prolly throw in for a couple tickets. Kim was trusted to liquidate what was left and that one rifle is the last to go.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at February 27, 2026 10:58 PM (/lPRQ)

I was very lucky to meet him at the 2024 TX MOME. He was everything everyone says he was. Truly.

169 {{{{STATELESS!!!}}}}

Welcome back! So glad to see you!

170 And Don Lemon is being sued in civil court.

171 Wow Stateless...good to see you!

172 I wish I could remember the name of that range..
Posted by: Joe Kidd at February 27, 2026 11:02 PM (nbLIj)

Home On, maybe?

173
I'm going to bed after my last few beers. My friends' cat Snowflake is here sleeping on my bed. Of course, she's always welcome here. But still, maybe my stress levels would be lower without wildlife making themselves at home...

Posted by: Stateless at February 27

Wait right there young man! Do you know how worried I have been about you?! I could kiss you and whack you upside the head at the same time! I need to get my email address to you so if you do this again, and I don’t even know where you have been yet, you can tell me you are okay

174 And Don Lemon is being sued in civil court.
Posted by: no one of any consequence at February 27, 2026 11:05 PM (qFwJc)

There relly needs to be an "Uncivil Court" for shitmaggots like him.

175 But how is she at sammiches?

Makes over a dozen in 46 seconds flat.

176 Worst Bond: Robert De Niro

177 Posted by: Stateless at February 27

Wait right there young man! Do you know how worried I have been about you?! I could kiss you and whack you upside the head at the same time! I need to get my email address to you so if you do this again, and I don’t even know where you have been yet, you can tell me you are okay
Posted by: Piper at February 27, 2026 11:06 PM (OoFl2)

Second that! And Stateless should have my e-mail, too, since i still spend most of the year in Canada (albeit the good side), and could get to his AO in a day or so if he needed help in a pressing way.

178 157 Pedro Pascal for Bond. For the modern audience.
Posted by: Methos at February 27, 2026 10:56 PM (vSvIl)

But 007, you've been undercover at the bathhouse for months and you still haven't found Dr. No!

179 I owned a beautiful stove from the early 50’s I had to scrap. Double oven, one of the first pushbutyon electrics, classic mid century styling including a built in fluorescent bulb that lit the stove top at night.
Had to scrap it when the main heating element in the oven went out, and I found that the last factory making parts for it had gone out of business 20 years ago.

180 Stateless, you can get mine from Doof, he posts his on hisONTs, he will give you all my contact info. If you are on x, @piper_moves. DM there.

181 172 I wish I could remember the name of that range..
Posted by: Joe Kidd at February 27, 2026 11:02 PM (nbLIj)

Home On, maybe?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 27, 2026 11:05 PM (8zz6B)

Well, it wasn't Rover...

182 I know there's a million kinds of ARs, and I'm sure some of them are pretty simple. But they all look too complex, and it's why I never bought one. They're fun to shoot, but I wouldn't want the trouble of owning one. And they aren't powerful enough. I view them like sports cars vs. pickup trucks.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice


Nah, they are all they same. Like Barbie Doll, you just dress it up they way you like. They are idiot proof WFT basic tear down.

183 A friends cabin had a Monarch wood stove. It was beautiful. It was the sole heat source for the two bedroom, great room cabin. We would ski into the cabin during college. In the morning, everyone stayed in bed as long as they could hold their pee because first person up had to start the fire. If you couldn't hold it any longer. You had race outside in the snow to the frozen outhouse, then race back to the cold cabin to start the wood stove. Damn, I miss those days.

184 I am off to bed.

Stateless, please reach out. 🫶

185 They called J6 an insurrection.

But blue cities, sanctuary cities, are harboring wanted criminals, releasing them from custody secretly, and refusing to cooperate with Federal authorities. And that's just fine.

NYC required two forms of ID and a social security card to get paid to shovel snow, but requires no ID for voting. Also just fine.

186 If you couldn't hold it any longer. You had race outside in the snow to the frozen outhouse, then race back to the cold cabin to start the wood stove. Damn, I miss those days.
Posted by: Beartooth

Two Words -
Piss Bucket

187 You had race outside in the snow to the frozen outhouse, then race back to the cold cabin to start the wood stove. Damn, I miss those days.
Posted by: Beartooth at February 27, 2026 11:17 PM (ggkmJ)

Did nobody ever attempt to bank the fire to keep it going overnight?

188 STATELESS!

Do NOT disappear like that again!

189 >>>I know there's a million kinds of ARs, and I'm sure some of them are pretty simple. But they all look too complex, and it's why I never bought one.

>Anything I can do with an AR I can do with a M14.

190 I.actually jerked my head back and to the side when that bowling ball.was coming at my head. A learned reflex after having about 3 pair of glasses broken at the bridge playing basketball and getting royal hell about it at home.

I hope the owner of that cat wearing the armadillo shell uses gloves and washes the hell out of the cat. Armadillos are one of the major pools of Mycobacterium lepromatosis.in America. Depending on the cat, anything from exam nitrile to heavy lineman gloves.

191 You had race outside in the snow to the frozen outhouse, then race back to the cold cabin to start the wood stove. Damn, I miss those days.
Posted by: Beartooth at February 27, 2026 11:17 PM (ggkmJ)

Did nobody ever attempt to bank the fire to keep it going overnight?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 27, 2026 11:20 PM (8zz6B)

The fire box was pretty small and drinking was involved, so often someone forgot to bank the fire.

192 Also, if anyone here likes AKs (unlikely, I know it's an AR crowd), here's my read on them:

Russian AKs are pretty much the worst, aside from the pre-1980 Chink ones (and the post-80 Norincos are no great shakes either, but still better than Russian ones).

The exception is Tula armory, especially the Korean War vintage SKSs. Those are good Russian guns with milled receivers.

But - in general, for the best AKs, you want to look outside the Warsaw Pact. For standard anti-personnel rifle configurations, I like Sako best, followed by Zastava-Krugevac armory.

For RPKs, Romanian ones are great, but sometimes the furniture burns under sustained fire - no big deal, it's all smoke and no fire, and you can easily replace that wood if it chars. Bulgarian ones are OK, too - but still, even with the milled receiver, it's made to shitty Warsaw Pact specs.

193
I'm going to bed after my last few beers. My friends' cat Snowflake is here sleeping on my bed. Of course, she's always welcome here. But still, maybe my stress levels would be lower without wildlife making themselves at home...

Posted by: Stateless

Cats and dogs are supposed to relieve stress.
You need Snowflake and Trumpy.
(At least the memory)

194 "Most awful actor to play James Bond" : I'm gonna go with Rob Reiner, because he's old, fat, and a commie. Also dead.

195 I know there's a million kinds of ARs, and I'm sure some of them are pretty simple. But they all look too complex, and it's why I never bought one. They're fun to shoot, but I wouldn't want the trouble of owning one. And they aren't powerful enough. I view them like sports cars vs. pickup trucks.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at February 27, 2026 11:03 PM (BI5O2)

Not complex at all. You can strip one down at least as fast as the AK in that video. Shit, you can build one from scratch in under an hour if you had a few of the tools.

196 Bowling mishap #2. Lol

197 S/b: Zastava-Kragujevac

198 Worst James Bond - Melissa McCarthey

199 Thank you all so much.

I will be here more often and get contact info to you. It's weird when you're suddenly alone. I'm taking care of the dog....until the end. He has so much life in him. But I do carry him up stairs and lift him here and there.

Miraculously, I do have amazing friends across the street. Sammy has been here before when I needed to be talked off of ledges. Sammy is an engineer and the most talented guy ever.

I think if we got AOP, Sammy and a guy Aaron together, while they teach me freaking life skills, they could probably make homemade tanks. We'd liberate New England first and move north...

200 A couple of those bowlers took out the sprinkler head. The initial few gallons are black with oil from the pipe threading and smell nasty. Not good for a wood floor. Also going to bring out the fire department, too. Messy, nasty, those "bowlers" should be ashamed.

201 Are we still taking nominations for worst Bond?

Can I offer up Jim Parsons (Sheldon on Big Band Theory)?

In the deceased category - Don Knotts

Cary Grant would have made an excellent Bond.

Jack Elam would have been an interesting choice too.

202 Fun fact: after the war and ensuing power games, Tito turned most of Kragujevac over to peacetime light industrial work. They continued churning out those excellent AKs, but you're probably more familiar with their horrible automobile - the Yugo.

203 Rosie O'Donnell to play James Bond, and if you don't agree you are misogynists.

204 A couple of those bowlers took out the sprinkler head. The initial few gallons are black with oil from the pipe threading and smell nasty. Not good for a wood floor. Also going to bring out the fire department, too. Messy, nasty, those "bowlers" should be ashamed.
Posted by: Hittin' The Pipe


How come it never looks like that in the movies?

Be nice if they made the person setting off a head gets doused with nasty water (and... that's it).
Conversely a system with a pull station for a massive dump can mess some things up, even kill people like foam and halon.

205 Ted Knight for Bond. Or Bob Newhart. Or Jm J. Bullock.

206 The brunette assembling the AK...I want one.
I married the wrong woman, I know this, this video simply proves it.

207 FBI agent Aaron Spivak says NY Fbi office was hacked and some Epstein files are missing or destroyed. Including interview with girl in picture with Clinton and Maxwell in hot tub. Also picture of 13 year old girl sexual assault victim.

208 The think with the AK is that the button on the back of the receiver is pretty stiff, dust cover has to slide in just right, and the gas tube is always a pain to get out. 45 seconds is not bad for a tear down and reassembly.

Posted by: Kindltot at February 27, 2026 10:43 PM (rbvCR)


Yeah the thing with the AK is you have to muscle some of it. The button in the back, the recoil spring, and the damn lever holding the gas tube/upper grip. Nothing real hard, but nothing like the AR which basically glides apart. Some AK cleaning kits that I saw actually have a slot in the container that holds the cleaning parts that hooks onto the lever for the gas tube to give you leverage. I just can't remember if they were all that way or just certain ones.

209 Stephen Hawking would've made a terrible Bond

210 "I want one"
-------------

I have a stove of similar vintage, not a complex, taking up space in my garage right now. I only wish I could get my wife to part with it. I was in her Aunt's kitchen the entire time my wife was growing up and into adulthood...

211
Second that! And Stateless should have my e-mail, too, since i still spend most of the year in Canada (albeit the good side), and could get to his AO in a day or so if he needed help in a pressing way.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon

You are a really good man.

212 Those bowling mistakes make flinch. All of them.

213 Also, I kinda want that stove. I do have a gas stove, fuck you WA state, I have one. Come and get it.

214 Just got back from Trivia Night at the German Center. No, no National Socialist trivia. Our team, named '"It's a Wunderbar Life," scored 28 out of a possible 42 in four rounds. One section was all about streaming shows, so we didn't do well on that, and another was about things that are short; ditto.

The fun part was the names of the teams. Nearly everybody worked a German word or two in: "Hier Fur Das Bier," "Ich Weiss Nicht," etc. My favorite, though, was "Don't Make Bunny Use Her Westbank Voice." (A local joke; you wouldn't understand.)

The last round was "German Animals" -- the meaning of the German words for certain animals. Apparently "waschbaer" (sp?), which looks like "washing bear," is their word for "raccoon." Makes sense, though.

215 205 Ted Knight for Bond. Or Bob Newhart. Or Jm J. Bullock.

Posted by: Too Close For Comfort at February 27, 2026 11:34 PM (oftw2)

That blonde girl.
I was 12.

That was a pretty woman..

216 And I do NOT understand how those bowlers fuck up that grandly.

Oh well, back to 'Messiah of Evil'.

217 I "don't" know what to think about that chiasmus.

218 195 I know there's a million kinds of ARs, and I'm sure some of them are pretty simple. But they all look too complex, and it's why I never bought one. They're fun to shoot, but I wouldn't want the trouble of owning one. And they aren't powerful enough. I view them like sports cars vs. pickup trucks.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at February 27, 2026 11:03 PM (BI5O2)

Not complex at all. You can strip one down at least as fast as the AK in that video. Shit, you can build one from scratch in under an hour if you had a few of the tools.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at February 27, 2026 11:24 PM (snZF9)

More powerful than AR's....just not as good past 300 yards. And a bit heavier.

I need to shoot mine more, now that I think about it. Weight matters...

219 Brandon, Joe Biden with Corn Pop as the Bond villain. The Bond girls would have to be under 12.

220 That was a pretty woman..
Posted by: Stateless

Yes, Lydia Cornell had a fine physique 40+ years ago.

221 They continued churning out those excellent AKs, but you're probably more familiar with their horrible automobile - the Yugo.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at February 27, 2026 11:33 PM (BI5O2)

Best/worst story I heard about the Yugo is that you never filled the gas tank all the way up, because if you did gasoline would start to run out into the back seat.

222 That fat mexican tranny who is on those dumb bimbo debate videos as James Bond

223 In the category of worst possible Bond that could conceivably actually be cast in the role: that Bentdick Briarpatch guy who played Gay Khan.

224

Speaking of Anthropic ...

While watching the national news this evening, I applied to Anthropic for a job.

When I came to the mandatory "Why Anthropic?" question, the "Anthropic Banned from Federal Government" story came on. Yes, Really.

I added to my 1-line answer: "Being Banned from business with the Federal Government should be a minor issue."

I wonder how long it will take Anthropic to respond.


Also ... Bpnd: TIM CONWAY. ... The Elephant Sketch, The Dentist Sketch, McHale's Navy. ...

225 Worst Bond replacement? Joy Reid with Don Lemon as Moneypenny.
Posted by: DJ Jazzy Mel at February 27, 2026 10:20 PM (ZTJjv)

Winner.
Posted by: GWB
----------

But...who for Pussy Galore?
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at February 27, 2026 10:34 PM (XeU6L)

Given Reid and LeMon, Poosy has to be Taylor Lorenz.

226 Danny DeVito?

227 Hi everyone, happy Weekend to the Horde, the best people on the planet. If we take over a country like Greenland, if you'll let me in, I promise to stay in the corner and not say much of anything.

228 Second that! And Stateless should have my e-mail, too, since i still spend most of the year in Canada (albeit the good side), and could get to his AO in a day or so if he needed help in a pressing way.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon

You are a really good man.

Posted by: Piper at February 27, 2026 11:38 PM (OoFl2)

The horde.
All very good people.

I'll be back now.

As an aside, my friends' cat Snowflake is sleeping on my bed. It was cold, even for my part of Canada. They are my friends' outdoor cats.

But when it's cold, they can sleep here.
I'm fine being their safe place to hide.

229 Best/worst story I heard about the Yugo is that you never filled the gas tank all the way up, because if you did gasoline would start to run out into the back seat.
Posted by: Tom Servo at February 27, 2026 11:46 PM (etYFQ

Yeah, flammable liquids all over the user's asscheeks is generally a good sign that you've purchased a truly bad product.

230 210 Last sentence:

'It' not 'I'.....

grumble grumble grumble.....

231 People cried about the Pinto, but at least you had to actually get in an accident before it set your ass on fire.

232 Hi everyone, happy Weekend to the Horde, the best people on the planet. If we take over a country like Greenland, if you'll let me in, I promise to stay in the corner and not say much of anything.

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at February 27, 2026 11:48 PM (CHHv1)

What fun would that be? Its the fucking horde man, jump into the shit and bask in it's....hmm... don't really have a word for it, but its the fucking horde man!!

233 Thomas Orde-Lees would have been a terrible Bond

234 "I saw nothing and did nothing wrong... no matter how many photos they show of me"
testimony _President William Jefferson Clinton

235 The bowling clip is top notch. I know these people. Good stuff.

Let's have another round!

236 FBI agent Aaron Spivak says NY Fbi office was hacked and some Epstein files are missing or destroyed. Including interview with girl in picture with Clinton and Maxwell in hot tub. Also picture of 13 year old girl sexual assault victim.
Posted by: exodus 21:22-25 at February 27, 2026 11:34 PM (gUag2)

“Hacked,” like with a cloth?

237 People cried about the Pinto, but at least you had to actually get in an accident before it set your ass on fire.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at February 27, 2026 11:53 PM (BI5O2)

You always needed to have a pinto repair kit with you. A grenade and a can of beer. If it breaks down you pull the pin and drink the beer.

238 ARs come in many flavors -

- Plain Vanilla - 5.56 / .223 / wilde and its spawn the .30 Blackout
- 7.62 x 39 and its spawn - 22 ARC, 6mm ARC, .338 ARC 6.5mm Grendel
- Thumpers .450 BM, .458 SOCOM, .50 Beowolf
- Some oddballs .350, .224, 6.8mm, etc.

and that is the AR-15 rifle calibers.

239 FBI agent Aaron Spivak says NY Fbi office was hacked and some Epstein files are missing or destroyed. Including interview with girl in picture with Clinton and Maxwell in hot tub. Also picture of 13 year old girl sexual assault victim.
Posted by: exodus 21:22-25 at February 27, 2026 11:34 PM (gUag2)

“Hacked,” like with a cloth?
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at February 27, 2026 11:56 PM (ZVgZ4)

What were they eating that that hacked up phlegm and destroys the files?

240 Katie Porter probably has her staff use gasoline as a solvent to pry loose the dingleberries from her ass-mane during her mandatory quarterly hygiene.

241 Yay! *another round*

I may have sucked at bowling, but I never broke anything or bounced more than ONE LANE over, LOL!

242 Early night for me tonight.

Stateless - welcome back! Don't disappear like that - people here really do care and worried if you were ok.

Somehow I recall writing something like that in the past...

Good Nite everyone....

243 *OPENAI REACHED AGREEMENT WITH PENTAGON TO DEPLOY AI MODELS

Sam Altman, statement:

https://tinyurl.com/3e37rsam

244 Katie Porter probably has her staff use gasoline as a solvent to pry loose the dingleberries from her ass-mane during her mandatory quarterly hygiene.
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at February 27, 2026 11:58 PM (4/BuS)

There's nothing wrong with Katie Porter that liberal use of super glue and gorilla glue wouldn't solve.

245
234 "I saw

nothing and did nothing wrong... no matter how many photos they show of me

nuzzink. NUZZINK".

testimony _President William Jefferson Clinton Sgt Hans Shultz.

Posted by: Braenyard - Feb 27, 2026 11:55 PM (7rP4D)


There, FIFY.

246
Bob Denver

Now imagine Alan Hale, Russell Johnson, and Jim Bacchus

247 The monks building that monastery...wow. I want to see it someday! I read if you give them 48hrs they might let you see from the outside, I guess. A 16mi private road and you'd better be invited or neighbors do something to you.

The stove is impressive. I would be afraid of it and having to light the pilot light due to blowing one up in college. Not quite that old.

Fear enough for me to now count to seven with the ignition button clicking on ours for both burners and the ovens.

Once you have one nearly kill you there are memories of a large hematoma on my right thigh, singed hair on one side, and being deaf for hours from the BOOM. I never saw that guy again I was trying to cook for!

248 As I have said for decades, you folks are the best.

Casting corner: Don Knotts as the psychotic killer. Tell me that wouldn't be awesome.

249 Yay! *another round*

I may have sucked at bowling, but I never broke anything or bounced more than ONE LANE over, LOL!

Posted by: JQ at February 27, 2026 11:58 PM (rdVOm)

I used to bowl good when I was a kid. My father bowled once a week on a league with his friends and my uncle. I used to go and I would bowl a few games by myself out of bordom. I was 14, and was eventually bowling into the 140's and 150's. Then it ended up where so many teams started showing up I couldn't get an empty lane anymore, so I stopped. Years later I had joined this band, and after one of the practices somebody gets the bright idea of wanting to go bowling. How bad it could it be, like riding a bike right? Yeah, I bowled a 46 or 48. Haven't bowled since. lol

250 I just had a funny memory. When I got my first AK, I exclaimed at how impossibly weak and unreliable it must be, given the sizes and number of springs it has.

My dad laughed and told me it would be fine, and that I should clean it after each use like any other rifle, but that I could probably get away with shooting an entire can of ammo through it if needed.

251 Chewbacca Bond

252 Yeah, I bowled a 46 or 48. Haven't bowled since. lol
Posted by: Berserker
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*high five!*

My very best score EVER, was 102. After a few months of going every Saturday afternoon with my friend. She was a little better, but not much. We only started doing it because they took groups to the bowling alley & taught us the basics during PE class in middle school.

253 Elon's not happy tonight.

254
Once you have one nearly kill you there are memories of a large hematoma on my right thigh, singed hair on one side, and being deaf for hours from the BOOM. I never saw that guy again I was trying to cook for!
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat
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I feel uncomfortable with my new one because I cannot personally light it. I always watch to make sure it lights. I miss using a match and listening to the whoosh as all the ports light up.

255 Elon's not happy tonight.
Posted by: pawn at February 28, 2026 12:13 AM (+rKuc)

What happened? Did Amber come back and turn his fancy billionaire mattress into a commode?

256 ...In the paper, “Large-Scale Online Deanonymization with LLMs,” the researchers show that modern large language models (LLMs) can re-identify people behind pseudonymous online accounts at a scale and accuracy that far surpass previous techniques.
...
Given posts, comments, or interview transcripts written under a pseudonym, the pipeline extracts identity-relevant signals, searches for likely matches using semantic embeddings, and then uses higher-level reasoning to verify the most promising candidates while filtering out false positives. The result is a scalable attack that mirrors—and in some cases exceeds—the effectiveness of a dedicated human investigator.

https://tinyurl.com/48ctpmtz

257 Elon is probably a bit upset that his nemesis "Scam" Altman just nailed a huge deal.

The guy arguably stole a non-profit and is now cashing in.

258 I miss using a match and listening to the whoosh as all the ports light up.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 28, 2026 12:13 AM (7rP4D)

From when I was 8yrs old we lived in the house my father had built on the farm. All electric.

No one told me you had to light the pilot light, nor did I ask. The burners worked for heating water as far as I can remember. In college I think I had coffee in the morning, but maybe not. My fridge had milk, cheese, OJ and beer. I had cereal and bread.

I never cooked, which was evident by blowing the oven up. That came as a huge and loud surprise.

I do love cooking with gas now. After only electric in Florida.

Had an ancient oven in our first home and I told my husband I was only cooking on burners due to the stress of pilot lights. I am no pioneer woman!

This was one fear my parents did not consider when I moved West in college. Joining a cult was probably one, or being kidnapped and killed. Not dying from an oven blowing up.

259 Well, 2220 here now, and I am getting sleepy. Going to hit the sack. Night, Horde.

260 ...In the paper, “Large-Scale Online Deanonymization with LLMs,” the researchers show that modern large language models (LLMs) can re-identify people behind pseudonymous online accounts at a scale and accuracy that far surpass previous techniques.
...

Even my most vulgar and bigoted comments are mine, and I'd never have made them if I weren't prepared to defend them, in the event of my unwanted exposure.

I don't fear the tech homos, or their gay robots.

261 I pray I wake to a better world tomorrow.

262 I've had gas stoves before, but never baked in any of the ovens. First one didn't work at all, next one was such a bitch to light and scared me that I'd blow up the apartment... Just gave up and then have had electric ones ever since. Not necessarily by choice-- it just ended up that way.

Newer ones aren't as scary. They light themselves. Easy peasy!

263 and that is the AR-15 rifle calibers.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at February 27, 2026 11:56 PM (/lPRQ)

I did way too much research on it, just for fun. The 6mm ARC is interesting to me, not only because it was developed for operators (cave stalkers not door knockers), but also because it's the AR-15 equivalent of the 6.5mm Creedmoor.

The 6.5 Creed uses the same boltface as the .308 Winchester, necked down to a smaller bore, so it ends up with a long, skinny bullet that has a small cross-section for atmospheric drag relative to its weight. That's why it has such loft, being able to hit a thousand-yard target with a low-power cartridge.

Similarly, 6mm ARC is necked-down 6.5 Grendel, using the same boltface. And there's a company that makes a 6mm ARC barrel that is designed for the "Blackhawk Down" style of silencer, that goes back down over the barrel a ways, so it gets more air cushion with less barrel extension. That's kind of my dream gun, once I have the money... I think it would be essentially ideal for if the temperature on our cool (but no longer cold) civil war gets dialed up a couple more notches.

264 >Newer ones aren't as scary. They light themselves. Easy peasy!
Posted by: JQ
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Trust new tech? Nope. I watch until it's completely lit.

265 Don Knotts in his prime could have played a great psychotic killer. I don’t think he would have taken the part though: too far from his preferred public persona.

266 Worst Bond: the orignal 00-Adam Schiff
Imagine him trying to get schwifty.

Schiff:
Staring into Peril, You expect me to be Afraid?
NOooo. Mr. Bond, I expect you to LIE !!!

Schiff -- LIB'd out
Americans are blessed with great plenty; we are a generous people and we have a moral obligation to assist those who are suffering from poverty, disease, war and famine.

Non-woke translation: We're going to TAKE THINGS from you in the name of the Common Good.

Schiffty Pol Pot ruminations:
The legacy of the Armenian Genocide is woven into the fabric of America

Shiffty Kalifornia UberAlles
We will not let terrorists change our way of life; we will not live in fear; and we will not undermine the civil liberties that characterize our Democracy.

non-woke translation: Those who govern will decide who MUST be sacrificed so that 'they' may live. You will not only sponsor your adversaries but actively defend them as well.

OBOE Beginning it possible to believe in Greater Enmity for a LIB beyond both Clinton's. Who knew?
https://tinyurl.com/forWARd-LIBdOutLogic
https://tinyurl.com/forWARd-3MonkeyWTC

267 At BCC: "DePaul Art Museum Closing In June: ‘It’s A Huge Loss’"

Considering the extraordinary quality of their exhibition, a real tragedy, as you can see in the photos:

https://tinyurl.com/4w8mp6rd

268 Cooking with gas is so much better than electric: much more controllable.

269 I've had electric ranges for so long... it's okay. I can live with that.

270 Montreal Narco Network Busted For Smuggling Super Fentanyl Into America

A Montreal-based narco network exported carfentanil and next-generation synthetic opioids ... American consumers , leading to the arrest of four yesterday, and a seizure of more than 600,000 tablets of synthetic drugs in December.

“We’re getting crushed with carfentanil, xylazine, etizolam, isotonitazene — all those different new psychoactive substances which are coming out of China. So it’s just another phase of the attack,” [ [retired acting DEA chief] Derek Maltz said.

271 265 Don Knotts in his prime could have played a great psychotic killer. I don’t think he would have taken the part though: too far from his preferred public persona.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at February 28, 2026 12:32 AM (ZVgZ4

Don Knotts as Art the Clown.
Be terrified. Very terrified...

272 I've had gas stoves before, but never baked in any of the ovens. First one didn't work at all, next one was such a bitch to light and scared me that I'd blow up the apartment... Just gave up and then have had electric ones ever since. Not necessarily by choice-- it just ended up that way.

Newer ones aren't as scary. They light themselves. Easy peasy!

Posted by: JQ at February 28, 2026 12:26 AM (rdVOm)

I put a dual fuel stove in the new kitchen. All the "bakers" over the years when I was doing kitchens would say electric was better for baking. I wasn't going to argue since I don't know shit about baking (no really). Mrs B is a really good baker, and since we had an electric oven in the last house I didn't want to ruin her mojo, so I went with dual fuel for the new one because there was a gas cooktop in the old kitchen here and I really learned to love gas burners. Ironically there is no gas in street, so I have propane just for the damn stove burners. We're just about out of propane and 5 different companies this past week said oh fuck you, no propane for you, you're small potatoes since we don't use a billion pounds of propane in a year. Bastards, i gotta figure out what to do

273 166 I know there's a million kinds of ARs, and I'm sure some of them are pretty simple. But they all look too complex, and it's why I never bought one. They're fun to shoot, but I wouldn't want the trouble of owning one. And they aren't powerful enough. I view them like sports cars vs. pickup trucks.

Long time ago I chose an AK over an AR. AK had the unbreakable rep and was much cheaper and the world was filled with cheap 7.62. That new Springfield M16A2 really appeals to me though. Have always been impressed with their products and I always thought if I ever got an AR I wanted a retro one

274 >>> Cooking with gas is so much better than electric: much more controllable.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit

>Glass tops are nifty. Easy to keep clean. But it takes 13 minutes to boil water for tea. Crazy

Gas stove, 3 minutes and done.

275 Thanks for the ONT, WD. Good evening Horde.

276 Bastards, i gotta figure out what to do
Posted by: Berserker
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Wow. How very snotty and condescending of those propane "suppliers"! WTF, that they can't be bothered with a homeowner?

Can you hook up a portable propane tank?

277 I searched and searched, but I don’t see it yet…

WORST POSSIBLE BOND:

Ncuti Gatwa.

The “man” who ruined Dr. Who forever!
No contest.

{Drops mic, walks away}

278 273 Q: "Which platform, AR or AK?"
A: "Yes."

279 Glass-top electric is the suckiest of the suck of electric cooktops.

Gimme "genuine Cal-Rod" coil elements!

Gas is great, but not available in my house.

280 >Glass tops are nifty. Easy to keep clean. But it takes 13 minutes to boil water for tea. Crazy

Gas stove, 3 minutes and done.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at February 28, 2026 12:42 AM (gVUi7)

When the electric stove in the last house died we bought a glass top. I thought nice and clean. Then it took 45 minutes to boil water because you need pots with a perfectly flat bottom, and I mean like machined flat, or else the heat would just cycle on and off because of any air gap. We had to get all new pots, then it was fast.

281 @261 Me too. I hope your prayers are answered.

282 James Bond:

Shia LeBoeuf

283 Bond. James Bond: Brad Dourif.

284 Wow. How very snotty and condescending of those propane "suppliers"! WTF, that they can't be bothered with a homeowner?

Can you hook up a portable propane tank?

Posted by: JQ at February 28, 2026 12:43 AM (rdVOm)

I was told different things from each company. I have two 100 pound tanks. When we first moved here we used the company the former homeowner used. They came right out and exchanged the tanks. That was 4 years ago. It took that long to use both tanks. We called the company again, they couldn't find out account, and when eh finally dug it up his supervisor told him to close our account, we don't use enough. Another company who services our area tells us, oh uh, we just happen to not service your section of town. basically bullshit story. Another says, oh you use it for cooking only, oh fuck you, and on and on. There is a trailer/RV repair place down the street that fills tanks, so if I can't find anybody I'll have to bring the tanks there myself.

285 277 I searched and searched, but I don’t see it yet…
WORST POSSIBLE BOND:
Ncuti Gatwa. The “man” who ruined Dr. Who forever! No contest.

the only Level of Villanry that the LIBs have yet to exceed
https://www.doctorwho.tv/characters/sil

286 There is a trailer/RV repair place down the street that fills tanks, so if I can't find anybody I'll have to bring the tanks there myself.
Posted by: Berserker
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What a PITA.. but at least you have a source. Ugh. Heavy! Might want to rent-a-goon to help you rassle those tanks around?

287 Ncuti Gatwa.

The “man” who ruined Dr. Who forever!
No contest.

I stopped watching Dr. Who when they went full-bore woke: I didn’t even know the name of the actor who augured the series into the ground at the very last.

288 Bers--

A couple of buddies could help ya with the tanks... and what a great reason to throw a party!

289 worst possible Bond? Jack Black
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No love for Gilbert Gottfried?
Posted by: Cicero

He dead.

Bobcat Goldthwait.

290 Bers--

A couple of buddies could help ya with the tanks... and what a great reason to throw a party!

Posted by: JQ at February 28, 2026 01:02 AM (rdVOm)

They're probably not that heavy. What can they be, 100 pounds plus the weight of the tank? The empty tanks feel pretty light. I'm just not into driving around with a frigging MOAB in the bed of the truck. lol

291 Several entries for Rosie O'Donnell. My contribution would be Rosie O'Donnell as a "transman".

292 Gas is great, but not available in my house.
Posted by: JQ at February 28, 2026 12:45 AM (rdVOm)
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I picture you in a wilderness log cabin dueling the pellet stove with an andiron.

293 287 Ncuti Gatwa.
The “man” who ruined Dr. Who forever!
No contest.

I stopped watching Dr. Who when they went full-bore woke: I didn’t even know the name of the actor who augured the series into the ground at the very last.

Like another lousy episode of Dr. Who LIB roam the earth shouting the empty phrase: expropriate, Expropriate, EXPROPRIATE. w/Adam Schiff as DAVROS

Now here was someone who had talent:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5UQtLzWZ6D8

294 It's possibly sad when you look at paintings and think "Why would someone paint this?" and you know that "someone" is you.

Good night.

295 I'm just not into driving around with a frigging MOAB in the bed of the truck. lol
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division
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Might want to chock them a bit.

296 Reporter: Are you concerned that striking Iran might raise oil prices?

U.S. President Donald Trump: I’m not concerned. I’m concerned about people’s lives. I'm concerned about long term health for this country, that's what I’m concerned about.
--

My president.

297 How about Whoopi Goldberg as the new James Bond: Jamie Bond, the new, black, wheelchair bound, blind, neurodivergent, feminist, 007!

298 282 James Bond:

Shia LeBoeuf
Posted by: Oedipus at February 28, 2026 12:51 AM (6txWC)

That was my first thought, but when I did a search to get the spelling right, some more recent photos popped up, and he's aged into a much more serious face. He's seen things, he's.. done things. He's tired. It's entirely possible that he could actually be interesting now.

299 Gas is great, but not available in my house.
Posted by: JQ at February 28, 2026 12:45 AM (rdVOm)
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I picture you in a wilderness log cabin dueling the pellet stove with an andiron.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 28, 2026 01:11 AM (7rP4D)

I can't get gas in my street. Everybody around us has it, not my "section" of street. Its starting to piss me off actually. 10K a year in taxes, I'm not in a cheap area, and they treat my street like little house on the fucking prairie.

300 I'm just not into driving around with a frigging MOAB in the bed of the truck.
****

Strap the tank to an appliance dolly and strap that down in the truck bed.

301 I picture you in a wilderness log cabin dueling the pellet stove with an andiron.
Posted by: Braenyard
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HAHAHA! Some days it feels like that!

This house is just old, and lacks a few modern conveniences like gas & sewer. It's within city limits by about 1/10th mile (unfortunately-- the fking school taxes are killing me!) but it's very quiet out here.

Could use some updates, but all the $ is going for hubby's nursing home now. If there's anything left, I'll use it as down payment on a nicer, smaller place after he's gone.

302 somebody gets the bright idea of wanting to go bowling. How bad it could it be, like riding a bike right? Yeah, I bowled a 46 or 48. Haven't bowled since. lol
Posted by: Berserker

It's a muscle-memory thing. Do it the same way every time and it works.

But it's the "golf" kind of muscle memory, not the "riding a bike" kind. Take a year off and you're starting from square one.

303 *OPENAI REACHED AGREEMENT WITH PENTAGON TO DEPLOY AI MODELS

Sam Altman, statement:

https://tinyurl.com/3e37rsam
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 27, 2026 11:59 PM (7rP4D)

Oh well, I've lived a good life. I'll go find a nice chain link fence to grab hold of, so Skynet can wash its flames over my disintegrating body.

304 Hey Horde, guess that I missed Friday by an hour or so. I read the first 200 comments and jumped ahead or I would never have gotten here at all. Very nice ONT, WD, thank you.

JQ, you know what to do!

305 14 Most awful Bond? Page, "Eliot" Page.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 27, 2026 10:07 PM (8zz6B)

15 Terrible Bond casting: Elliot (formerly Ellen) Page.

(Dishonorable mention for George Lazenby.)
Posted by: tankdemon at February 27, 2026 10:07 PM (jle4A)

Nailed it. Shut it down.

306 Hi, Debby!

*Chivas with one small ice cube*

307 There's gas in our road, *I think.*

Neighbors across from me, and the house at the end have gas furnaces, but not sure if sourced from "our" road, or piped in from elsewhere.

308 Open Source Intel@Osint613 . 10h

U.S. President Donald Trump:

"The Cuban government is talking with us, and they're in a big deal of trouble, as you know. They have no money, they have no anything right now...

and maybe we'll have a friendly takeover of Cuba...

We have people living here that want to go back to Cuba..."
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Cuba would be a lovely vacation spot.

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@colorblindk1d

The New York Times ran a piece on their homepage about a guy getting deported even though he had lived in the US since a teenager and had been here for 20 years, and waited until the end of the article to mention that 19 of those years were spent in prison for murder.

"Bioethicist:" drinking milk is Nazi (cuz it's white).

I would like to enter into evidence Exhibit A: Bioethics Professor at New York University, Arthur Caplan. As with most bioethics experts, we can stipulate based on undisputed public statements by Professor Caplan that he is ignorant of when life begins, so he supports abortion. He also does not know the difference between the DNA structure of a man and the DNA structure of a woman, so he believes in transgerderism. Others may argue that killing and mutilating human beings is an act of malice, but a) that does not disqualify anyone from being a bioethicist, and b) there is no rule that a professor has to be born with common sense or even a brain.

His ignorance of basic biology in these areas is not the point. It is more about his knowledge of chemistry. Under consideration is his public assessment of the properties of whole milk. "Nazis were enamored of whole milk as well," he wrote in his blog. "I am suspicious. Milk drinking is political. Drinking whole white milk has played a big role in racist and far-right thinking. In America, drinking whole milk has for years been a part of alt-right, white nationalist messaging in tweets, memes, and videos."

Per Google's AI digest, he finds RFKJr.'s and MAHA's preference for whole milk, with mlkfats included, is actually a Nazi Plot.

Bioethicist Arthur Caplan has argued that the recent, high-profile promotion of whole milk by certain political figures is linked to white supremacist, neo-Nazi, and eugenicist ideologies
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Key details regarding this argument include:

The Argument: Caplan suggests that the push for whole milk in schools is not just about nutrition, but acts as a "dog whistle" for far-right, white nationalist, and fascist groups.
Historical Context: Caplan notes that the Nazi regime was, in fact, "enamored" with whole milk as part of their ideology.
Modern Political Context: Caplan has connected this rhetoric to the promotion of whole milk by figures in the Trump administration and others, arguing that the effort is tainted by racism.
Reception: Critics have labeled this argument as "woke nonsense," arguing that the efforts are solely intended to improve health, not to promote bigotry.

In a February 2026 post, Caplan specifically referred to milk as a "symbol of neo-Nazi hate" and a "long standing obsession of fascists".

Remember about eight years ago 4chan was doing pranks where they claimed various outrageous things were "Nazi code" to get the media (and the very smart professors) to repeat these made-up lies? Well, one of those hoaxes was the claim that White Supremacists drink white milk to signal their allegiance to each other.

And now? A "bioethicist" claims it's really real, man.

The so-called "godfather of evidence-based medicine" is asked why he signed a statement calling genital mutilation for children "medically necessary" despite a complete lack of evidence. First he denies he signed such a statement, then concedes he signed it, because he hadn't bothered to read it first.

Me: "Why did you sign a statement calling 'gender affirming care' for minors medically necessary?"

Godfather of evidence-based medicine: "WHAT! That's RIDICULOUS! If you can find the words medically necessary in my statement I'll have to jump off a bridge."

Me: *pulls up his… pic.twitter.com/4iHbUneG8r

— Mia Hughes (@_CryMiaRiver) February 25, 2026

Thanks to ArthurK/Comrade Arthur.

Food for thought:

Wesley Yang
@wesyang

Transgenderism is an ongoing project of attempting to normalize a bizarre subculture built around esoteric pseudo-medical practices from the outermost fringe of human extremity and make it compulsory for every American to join that subculture and to make that subculture the mainstream culture of the Western world. One requires only the most cursory understanding of the pioneering figures responsible for the mainstreaming of transgenderism -- who they were and what their motives were -- to understand this as a matter of certainty.

It is as if ascetics who scourge themselves with whips in public or amputee fetishists began teaching their beliefs to young schoolchildren and recruiting them to join their ranks. One is forced into the strange position of referencing practices that are not more bizarre than transgenderism -- that are indeed arguably less bizarre -- to make an analogy in an attempt to restore some semblance of sanity and proportionality to our thinking about this. The normalization has already gone far enough that the whole culture suffers from vertigo where it is unable to orient itself in space or time.

Giving the same off-label cancer drugs that are used to chemically castrate adult sex offenders to pubescent children who have been brainwashed to fear the decisive stage of mental, physical, and emotional maturation that resolves gender dysphoria in children in most cases is self-evidently an act of madness and medicalized child abuse unmatched by anything in the history of modern medicine. It took the self-lobotomization of the American professional and managerial classes for our truth-seeking apparatus not to see this fact that is self-evident to any normal person with normal human instincts.

This self-lobotomization occurred across mainstream institutions of all kinds -- all it required was the incantation of a few odious euphemisms, the manipulation of rewards and punishments, and confident claims by various authorities that self-evidently ludicrous claims were in fact settled science.

Now we are in phase one of recognizing that there was never any science to any of it.

It was all a lie told by cultists who managed to infiltrate and corrupt society's knowledge-generating, certifying, and enforcement apparatus -- it was the most outrageous of all such possible lies, so outrageous that nobody could believe that anyone would attempt it, much less succeed, unless there was some actual substance behind it, some real grounds for epistemic and moral confidence. There was none.

Eric S. Raymond
@esrtweet

To understand this, I think we need to remember the famous quote by Theodore Dalyrimple:

"In my study of communist societies, I came to the conclusion that the purpose of communist propaganda was not to persuade or convince, not to inform, but to humiliate; and therefore, the less it corresponded to reality the better. When people are forced to remain silent when they are being told the most obvious lies, or even worse when they are forced to repeat the lies themselves, they lose once and for all their sense of probity. To assent to obvious lies is in some small way to become evil oneself. One's standing to resist anything is thus eroded, and even destroyed. A society of emasculated liars is easy to control."

Dalyrimple did not foresee at the time he wrote that that the emasculation would in many cases become literal as well as figurative.

The point of transgenderist propaganda isn't to persuade, but to degrade, humiliate, and destroy.

#FAFO green obstructionist edition.
cc: @AceofSpadesHQ https://t.co/w9qNesifQP pic.twitter.com/fgLqrwf4WU

— Arthur Kimes (@ComradeArthur) February 26, 2026

Underage prostitution flourishes in Los Angeles as a direct result of SB357, the law championed by State Senator Scott Wiener who is now the front runner to replace Nancy Pelosi in the House of Representatives. https://t.co/vz8oSMxGbm pic.twitter.com/aumpO8saKJ

— Wesley Yang (@wesyang) February 20, 2026