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Saturday Overnight Open Thread (11/13/21)

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(Mystery Click H/T Weasel)


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The Saturday Night Joke


Bill and Doug went to the fair. They came across a small crowd gathered around a stall and went over to take a look. "What's going on?" Bill asked one of the crowd. "We're watching to see if some idiot can ride that bronco machine," he said nodding towards a fearsome looking machine. "Nobody has managed to stay on for the full three minutes yet. And, there's a prize of $1000 for anybody who can."

"I can do that," Bill said confidently. "You can't," said Doug. "You'll get yourself killed if you try and ride that thing."

"Watch this," said Bill, as he climbed aboard the bronco machine. The machine thrashed wildly, up and down, from side to side, around in circles but still a grim faced Bill clung to its back. After two minutes the machine was bucking almost vertically and spinning until Bill was a blur. But when the three minutes were up, Bill was still on the machine's back acknowledging the cheers and cries from the small crowd.

He dismounted, collected his winnings and rejoined Doug. "Where did you learn to ride a bucking bronco like that?" Doug asked. "Remember three months ago," Bill said, "when my wife had whooping cough...?" (H/T ALH)

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Congress mandates safety features. But does the technology exist?

Congress is making its biggest push ever to stop drunk driving with President Biden's huge infrastructure bill. As we previously reported, one of the provisions included a mandate for anti-drunk driving technology in new cars. Now, the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act has passed Congress with the measure intact, Autoblog (AP) reports, and it's expected to be signed by the President soon. As part of the legislation, carmakers will have to include technology to detect and stop drunk drivers by as early as 2026.

First, though, the Department of Transportation will have to determine the best solution to curtail intoxicated drunk driving. Specifically, the bill requires something that will “passively monitor the performance of a driver of a motor vehicle to accurately identify whether that driver may be impaired.” That sounds similar to infrared camera solutions already used today by GM, Nissan and others, Sam Abuelsamid, principal mobility analyst for Guidehouse Insights, tells the AP. It goes without saying that we'd need something more advanced than breathalyzers, which are already used as a punishment for convicted drunken drivers.

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Speaking of auto safety measures. Holy Shit! Moose!

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If you aren't afraid of winters, enjoy fishing and ice hockey. This might be the town and relocation for you.

Last year, like many Americans, Matt Fahrenbruch found himself suddenly doing his job from home. He lived in Topeka, Kan., where he audited programs for the state Legislature.

As remote work continued during the pandemic, and his team’s productivity didn’t suffer, he began to realize that if he could work from home, then home could be anywhere he wanted. He and his wife had often thought about relocating to the Upper Midwest. Fahrenbruch, 39, had studied at the University of North Dakota, and they loved the region.


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(H/T sock monkey)


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Gadgets that are the worst?

Over its 10-year history, The Verge has reviewed hundreds of products: smartphones that have changed the way that we communicate, take photos, and engage with the world; incredible laptops that pack the power of a gaming PC into a portable package; and consoles that have revolutionized how we play.

These are not those products, though. As The Verge turns 10, we’ve taken the time to look back at some of the highest highs of the world of consumer technology… but also the biggest duds that ended up on our desks.

Welcome to The Verge’s gadget hall of shame. Abandon all hope, ye who enter here.


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Social media is garbage. Self-love is important, I guess. Especially when there is a whole lotta self to love.

GO FIGURE I’m fat and gorgeous so I post sexy photos in my underwear – people constantly troll me but they’re just fatphobes

ONE woman is hitting back at the haters saying that she is happy in her own skin even though constantly ridiculed for her weight.

21-year-old Jilly from Pennsylvania, says that others don't understand how she can post photos in underwear and feel sexy, but she says that's just fatphobia.


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So boys are boys and girls are girls in outta space.


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Hard to believe we are approaching Thanksgiving already. Study up, here are some Do's and Don'ts.

You’ve been invited to a Thanksgiving gathering. Hooray! You don’t have to plan, prep, shop, chop and cook for days. While the host will be doing the lion’s share of work to make the day tasty and festive, each guest also bears a portion of responsibility for it unfolds. You don’t need to baste a bird every 30 minutes, but you do need to bring thoughtfulness to the occasion.

It goes without saying you should avoid talking politics, religion, or your thoughts on the COVID vaccine. In the spirit of helpfulness and harmonious interaction, here are some less obvious things not to when invited to someone’s home on Thanksgiving (and what you can do instead).


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The ONT Musical Interlude



On this day: 13 Nov 2016
Leon Russell died in Nashville, he was 74. He led Joe Cocker’s band Mad Dogs & Englishmen, and appeared at George Harrison’s 1971 Concert for Bangladesh. Many of his songs became hits for others, among them 'Superstar' (written with Bonnie Bramlett) for the Carpenters, 'Delta Lady' for Joe Cocker and 'This Masquerade' for George Benson. More than 100 acts have recorded 'A Song for You,' which Russell said he wrote in 10 minutes.


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Born on this day: 13 Nov 1947
Toy Caldwell, lead guitarist and main songwriter of the 1970s Southern Rock group The Marshall Tucker Band. He died on 25 February 1993 age 45. via thisdayinmusic.com


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Genius Award Winner.

A Massachusetts family whose loved one’s casket fell open as it was being lowered into a grave, causing the body to fall out, has sued the funeral home and the cemetery.

The family of Andrew Serrano, a resident of Lawrence who died in March 2019, allege negligence and reckless infliction of emotional distress in the suit filed last Wednesday in Essex Superior Court, The Eagle-Tribune reported.

During the funeral handled by the Perez Funeral Home at city-owned Bellevue Cemetery in Lawrence on April 5, 2019, “one of the side straps on the city-owned casket lowering device broke, causing Mr. Serrano’s casket to fall into the grave and break apart,” according to the suit.

The “corpse fell out of the casket” in full view of “horrified family members who became visibly distraught and hysterical,” the suit said.

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Tonight's ONT has been brought to you by Presents On My Christmas Gift Wish List.


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(H/T Creeper)


Notice: Posted with permission by someone at the Ace Media Empire custodial office. AceCorp, LLC has not been involved.

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at 10:00 PM




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1 Nutz.
And NOT first, again!

Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) - Lie back and think of that sweet graft! ~ at November 13, 2021 10:01 PM (hOUT3)

2 Howdy all.

Posted by: Muad'dib at November 13, 2021 10:02 PM (QHqf9)

3 Ah yes, the subtle bouquet of Boone's Farm

Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) - Lie back and think of that sweet graft! ~ at November 13, 2021 10:02 PM (hOUT3)

4 I should say howdy from snowy NW Wisconsin.

Posted by: Muad'dib at November 13, 2021 10:03 PM (QHqf9)

5 Harumph

Posted by: mot at November 13, 2021 10:03 PM (FmeBQ)

6 Dana Delaney...delicious

Posted by: Hatari Somewhere on Ventura Highway at November 13, 2021 10:03 PM (WF/xn)

7 Evening, horde...How goes it?

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at November 13, 2021 10:03 PM (K5n5d)

8 That moose that ran into the car...it just gets back up like it ain't no thang and runs off into the woods. Meantime, the driver probably was close to a heart attack...

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at November 13, 2021 10:04 PM (K5n5d)

9 Is it really true that the reason Newsom hasn't been seen in public for a while is because he got a bad reaction to the jab?

Posted by: Pete in Texas at November 13, 2021 10:04 PM (S5SYn)

10 Posted by: Pete in Texas at November 13, 2021 10:04 PM (S5SYn)

That or he got a dick stuck in his teeth

Posted by: Hatari Somewhere on Ventura Highway at November 13, 2021 10:05 PM (WF/xn)

11 Is it really true that the reason Newsom hasn't been seen in public for a while is because he got a bad reaction to the jab?
Posted by: Pete in Texas at November 13, 2021 10:04 PM (S5SYn)


Awk, that sounds like misinformation, please report to the nearest re-education camp for reprogramming (or else)!

Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) - Lie back and think of that sweet graft! ~ at November 13, 2021 10:06 PM (hOUT3)

12 5 I should say howdy from snowy NW Wisconsin.
Posted by: Muad'dib at November 13, 2021 10:03 PM (QHqf9)

How much you end up with? We had about 3" that didn't melt on contact

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at November 13, 2021 10:06 PM (aA3+G)

13 >
How much you end up with? We had about 3" that didn't melt on contact
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at November 13, 2021 10:06 PM (aA3+G)


The bulk of ours comes tonight. Maybe 4"

Posted by: Muad'dib at November 13, 2021 10:07 PM (QHqf9)

14 Dana Delaney...delicious
Posted by: Hatari Somewhere on Ventura Highway at November 13, 2021 10:03 PM (WF/xn)


True dat!

Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) - Lie back and think of that sweet graft! ~ at November 13, 2021 10:07 PM (hOUT3)

15 What do you know? I made the Top Ten!

Posted by: Pete in Texas at November 13, 2021 10:07 PM (S5SYn)

16 Great ONT, MH. I drank that Strawberry Hill crap when I was in college. My boyfriend at the time was going to buy a bottle of wine. I asked him to get Mogan David, and he wouldn't because it was too pricey.

Posted by: nerdygirl at November 13, 2021 10:07 PM (+lVUW)

17
How much you end up with? We had about 3" that didn't melt on contact
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at November 13, 2021

That's what Gavin Some said. 3" that melted

Posted by: Hatari Somewhere on Ventura Highway at November 13, 2021 10:07 PM (WF/xn)

18 I read the content!!! Have beautiful moon here too.

Thanks for ONT!

Posted by: Iris at November 13, 2021 10:08 PM (6lKe4)

19 11 Posted by: Pete in Texas at November 13, 2021 10:04 PM (S5SYn)

That or he got a dick stuck in his teeth
Posted by: Hatari Somewhere on Ventura Highway at November 13, 2021 10:05 PM (WF/xn)

I assumed his mask slipped at an inopportune time and the children and/or farm animals might be able to identify him.

Posted by: Bilwis Devourer of Innocent Souls, I'm starvin' over here at November 13, 2021 10:08 PM (cupoy)

20 Perfessor! Things going well here..hope all is good in your neck of the woods.

Posted by: Jewells45 deplorablethug#FJB at November 13, 2021 10:08 PM (nxdel)

21 Thanks for the ONT mishum! Just ordered a Springfield XD-M 10mm from PSA because Fuck Joe Biden! Now to go back and read the content...

Posted by: Norman Spiny at November 13, 2021 10:09 PM (yNb9y)

22 I asked him to get Mogan David, and he wouldn't because it was too pricey.
Posted by: nerdygirl at November 13, 2021 10:07 PM (+lVUW)


ng, I am so hoping you reassessed your relationship with him!

Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) - Lie back and think of that sweet graft! ~ at November 13, 2021 10:09 PM (hOUT3)

23 17 Great ONT, MH. I drank that Strawberry Hill crap when I was in college. My boyfriend at the time was going to buy a bottle of wine. I asked him to get Mogan David, and he wouldn't because it was too pricey.
Posted by: nerdygirl at November 13, 2021 10:07 PM (+lVUW)


MD 20-20 girl?

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at November 13, 2021 10:09 PM (aA3+G)

24 "Congress mandates safety features. But does the technology exist?"

Well if it doesn't, they'll just fine automakers for each vehicle. "But they'll just pass the costs onto the consumers," you say. Aha! They'll pass another law, against automakers passing costs onto consumers.

They're very smart, you know.

Posted by: hogmartin at November 13, 2021 10:09 PM (P4LRL)

25 Gotta get those socks on the correct foots, though.

Posted by: mindful webworker - life socks at November 13, 2021 10:09 PM (6mKL7)

26 Good evening morons and thanks mh

Boone's Farm? Never. But there was the Peppermint Schnapps Incident...

Posted by: San Franpsycho at November 13, 2021 10:09 PM (EZebt)

27 Thanks for the dandy ONT, Mis Hum! Just love the song behind the Mystery Click!!

Great Saturday Night Joke too!

Posted by: Legally Sufficient, Believing in America at November 13, 2021 10:09 PM (rwusL)

28 Evening Hogmartin

Posted by: Muad'dib at November 13, 2021 10:10 PM (QHqf9)

29 Is it really true that the reason Newsom hasn't been seen in public for a while is because he got a bad reaction to the jab?
Posted by: Pete in Texas at November 13, 2021 10:04 PM (S5SYn)


I pray both that his side effects are mild and as inconsequential as he claims they are for all the people he is forcing to be jabbed

Posted by: Kindltot at November 13, 2021 10:10 PM (P9T5R)

30 Hatari, I thought that was Joe Rogan, and it was his own dick.

Posted by: Pete in Texas at November 13, 2021 10:10 PM (S5SYn)

31 whoa... great song on the mystery click!

Posted by: Fastly Strokewater at November 13, 2021 10:10 PM (gWAUD)

32 Posted by: nerdygirl at November 13, 2021 10:07 PM (+lVUW

Hi you're cute. Do you want to see my selection of iced MD 20 20 ?

I have a blanket

/

Posted by: Hatari Somewhere on Ventura Highway at November 13, 2021 10:10 PM (WF/xn)

33 How much you end up with? We had about 3" that didn't melt on contact
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at November 13, 2021 10:06 PM (aA3+G)


The bulk of ours comes tonight. Maybe 4"
Posted by: Muad'dib

But, but, but....What about Global Warming? I thought this "snow" thing was a thing of the past?
HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!

Posted by: Bozo Conservative...Living on the Prison Planet at November 13, 2021 10:10 PM (tjZg/)

34 >Hi you're cute. Do you want to see my selection of iced MD 20 20 ?

I have a blanket

/
Posted by: Hatari Somewhere on Ventur



Has that ever worked?

Posted by: Muad'dib at November 13, 2021 10:11 PM (QHqf9)

35 27 Good evening morons and thanks mh

Boone's Farm? Never. But there was the Peppermint Schnapps Incident...
Posted by: San Franpsycho at November 13, 2021 10:09 PM (EZebt)

That shit comes up as easily as it goes down........

Or so I've been told, I wouldn't know about alcohol abuse......

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at November 13, 2021 10:11 PM (aA3+G)

36 But there was the Peppermint Schnapps Incident...
Posted by: San Franpsycho at November 13, 2021 10:09 PM (EZebt)


I seem to remember (albeit very vaguely) incidents that sound remarkably similar in my past...

Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) - Lie back and think of that sweet graft! ~ at November 13, 2021 10:11 PM (hOUT3)

37 Stellen Skarsgard is the new Baron Harkonnen. He's very brooding and grumbly. Opposite the theatrical fat-man from 1984.

He played the viking villain in the Clive Owen King Arthur.

https://youtu.be/o9kVyJQQHxg

Posted by: BourbonChicken at November 13, 2021 10:12 PM (ybIRR)

38 Has that ever worked?
Posted by: Muad'dib at November 13, 2021 10:11 PM (QHqf9)

I don't think so !

Posted by: Hatari Somewhere on Ventura Highway at November 13, 2021 10:13 PM (WF/xn)

39 8 Evening, horde...How goes it?
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at November 13, 2021 10:03 PM (K5n5d)

Infuriating, unfortunately.

https://outline.com/nDN3j5

This is a link to an article in Politico regarding the Project Veritas raid. Actually sympathetic to O'Keefe, which is the good news. The bad news is that I find it impossible to believe that Josh Gerstein can actually write an article about the PV raid and not mention that someone (at the FBI) leaked some of the contents of the phone to the NYT, which is being sued by PV. He actually mentions the NYT once, but not in reference to this huge conflict of interest. He mentions another lawsuit that PV has with a Democratic entity that I've never heard about, so he really has no excuse. Like I said, infuriating.

Now, off to read The Verge's article about those gadgets. These tech sites are ridiculously liberal in their worldview, so I'm not expecting much.

Posted by: Darrell Harris at November 13, 2021 10:13 PM (mdjgu)

40 "Let's Go Brandon" is an awesome video clip!

Posted by: Legally Sufficient, Believing in America at November 13, 2021 10:13 PM (rwusL)

41 Perfessor! Things going well here..hope all is good in your neck of the woods.
Posted by: Jewells45 deplorablethug#FJB at November 13, 2021 10:08 PM (nxdel)
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More or less...Got a few snow flurries yesterday. And according to last night's ONT, we are the drunkest town in Missouri! (I always knew St. Pat's was crazy around here, but to take the crown for drunken town is impressive!)

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at November 13, 2021 10:13 PM (K5n5d)

42 Has anyone else wanted to shoot the TV when the douchebags start sing-songing in that fucked up car commercial?

Posted by: anchorbabe fashion cop at November 13, 2021 10:13 PM (ufFY8)

43 AC/DC - I'm surprised they haven't been cancelled yet.

https://youtu.be/Gp-PKmbcF7c

The Marshall Tucker Band! Underrated great band. Seems they get overlooked quite a bit.

https://youtu.be/CSbImFVX39k

Posted by: Puddleglum at November 13, 2021 10:14 PM (sAmhv)

44 I saw Space Toilet open for Big Head Todd and the Monsters at the 9:30 club in '95.

Posted by: ballistic at November 13, 2021 10:14 PM (oXNqT)

45 I've no doubt that Boone's Farm was formulated to taste the same, whether being imbibed or puked back out.

Endorsed by Apprentice Alcoholics, everywhere!


Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX

Posted by: Jim at November 13, 2021 10:15 PM (QzJWU)

46 Stellan Skarsgard was in an awesome little movie called "in order of disappearance" or something like that.... a super dark revenge comedy. It's not "funny", per se, but i found it utterly hilarious.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at November 13, 2021 10:15 PM (KqAki)

47 Marshall Tucker was the first concert I ever attended. At the Civic Center in OKC. I was in the eighth grade.

Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at November 13, 2021 10:15 PM (rz+/y)

48 23 I asked him to get Mogan David, and he wouldn't because it was too pricey.
Posted by: nerdygirl at November 13, 2021 10:07 PM (+lVUW)

ng, I am so hoping you reassessed your relationship with him!
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) - Lie back and think of that sweet graft! ~ at November 13, 2021 10:09 PM (hOUT3)


Yeah, that relationship went no where, but guess what he was studying to be. A psychologist.

Posted by: nerdygirl at November 13, 2021 10:15 PM (+lVUW)

49 I love the Marshall Tucker Band

Posted by: Hatari Somewhere on Ventura Highway at November 13, 2021 10:15 PM (WF/xn)

50 I heard some long ago Southern Rock musician say from the stage 'Boones Farm! Better than ExLax!' as he downed half a bottle passed up to him from a fan. Good old days when I was so drunk I don't remember who the band was or how I got home.

Posted by: Eromero at November 13, 2021 10:16 PM (0OP+5)

51 Has anyone else wanted to shoot the TV when the douchebags start sing-songing in that fucked up car commercial?
Posted by: anchorbabe fashion cop at November 13, 2021 10:13 PM (ufFY

That didn't actually narrow it down. And yes.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at November 13, 2021 10:16 PM (KqAki)

52 The top photo made made me laugh aloud.

When my dad was dropping me off for the beginning of freshman year, he said: "[Nearsider], I can't stop you from being stupid anymore. Let me leave you with three pieces of advice. 1 - Pick a drink and stick with it. If you're drinking shitty beer, drink shitty beer all night. If you're drinking expensive scotch, drink expensive scotch all night. Don't mix. 2 - Don't drink anything you didn't make or see made. 3 - No matter what, never, ever, under any conditions, drink Boone's Farm Strawberry Hill."

Posted by: Washington Nearsider, #FJB. If you get it, you get it. at November 13, 2021 10:16 PM (cvNl1)

53 It was dark, warm and humid all day long. Low clouds, heavy air and mist. It is going to be like this until December, like as not, when it will probably snow.

The old-timers used to claim that it only rained twice a winter in Oregon, from the Middle of October until the middle of January, then from the middle of January to the end of March.

Posted by: Kindltot at November 13, 2021 10:17 PM (P9T5R)

54 Our lights are dim, our roads are crumbling, and we don't know what to do.
We're sick and tired, and dying to meet you.

Posted by: BOC Quote Of The Day at November 13, 2021 10:17 PM (ufFY8)

55 52 The top photo made made me laugh aloud.

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Tonight's goal, obtained.

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at November 13, 2021 10:17 PM (aA3+G)

56 More or less...Got a few snow flurries yesterday. And according to last night's ONT, we are the drunkest town in Missouri! (I always knew St. Pat's was crazy around here, but to take the crown for drunken town is impressive!)

We had the flurries yesterday as well...as I was unloading and setting up my show. I was NOT happy. I thought KC was the drunkest town lol!

Posted by: Jewells45 deplorablethug#FJB at November 13, 2021 10:17 PM (nxdel)

57 Posted by: Washington Nearsider, #FJB. If you get it, you get it. at November 13, 2021 10:16 PM (cvNl1)

Your father was a wise man!

Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) - Lie back and think of that sweet graft! ~ at November 13, 2021 10:18 PM (hOUT3)

58 Hrothgar, darlin', did you realize that you were the number one poster this fine evening?

See, dreams really do come true!

Posted by: Legally Sufficient, Believing in America at November 13, 2021 10:18 PM (rwusL)

59 51
Lol

The VW commercial.

Posted by: BOC Quote Of The Day at November 13, 2021 10:18 PM (ufFY8)

60 Marshall Tucker was the first concert I ever attended.

Doobie Brothers was my first. I think I got high just off the smoke in the air.

Posted by: Jewells45 deplorablethug#FJB at November 13, 2021 10:19 PM (nxdel)

61 GO FIGURE I'm fat and gorgeous so I post sexy photos in my underwear - people constantly troll me but they're just fatphobes

Remember the good old days when people had dignity?

Posted by: nerdygirl at November 13, 2021 10:19 PM (+lVUW)

62 Sock fail.

Posted by: anchorbabe fashion cop at November 13, 2021 10:19 PM (ufFY8)

63 Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle were reviewing specifications on the toilet for Spacelab, and it is claimed that Jerry said "it seems in this case the sh*t is designed to hit the fan"

Posted by: Kindltot at November 13, 2021 10:20 PM (P9T5R)

64 Posted by: Legally Sufficient, Believing in America at November 13, 2021 10:18 PM (rwusL)

My dear LS, thank you so much for pointing that out, I have failed so miserably at my goal of being first on an ONT, I did not even bother to check the stats!

Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) - Lie back and think of that sweet graft! ~ at November 13, 2021 10:20 PM (hOUT3)

65 But, but, but....What about Global Warming? I thought this "snow" thing was a thing of the past?
HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!


There exists an organization called the Oregon Global Warming Commission (State-funded, of course).

In bad snow years, they put up a prominent announcement on their webpage saying that Mount Hood will be without snow in a few years. In good snow years, they quietly remove the announcement from the web page.

The stubborn refusal of Mount Hood to have reduced snowfalls due to gerbil warbeling has caused a lot of angst.

Some scientists (at Oregon State, I think) wrote a paper explaining that gerbil warbeling really was reducing snowfalls on Hood, but that this was being temporarily offset by a long-term snow cycle that is currently positive. When the snow cycle turns negative, then the hoped-for elimination of snow from Hood will rapidly occur.

I gave them points for creative thinking.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at November 13, 2021 10:21 PM (I2/tG)

66 Stellen Skarsgard is the new Baron Harkonnen. He's very brooding and grumbly. Opposite the theatrical fat-man from 1984.
Posted by: BourbonChicken

He was in a Norwegian movie called Cold Pursuit that was remade with Liam Nesson in the lead. It's awesome.

Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at November 13, 2021 10:21 PM (rz+/y)

67 64 Posted by: Legally Sufficient, Believing in America at November 13, 2021 10:18 PM (rwusL)

My dear LS, thank you so much for pointing that out, I have failed so miserably at my goal of being first on an ONT, I did not even bother to check the stats!

Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) - Lie back and think of that sweet graft! ~ at November 13, 2021 10:20 PM
Did you have a bad head this morning, my brother?

Posted by: Eromero at November 13, 2021 10:22 PM (0OP+5)

68 Has anyone seen the movie Leviathin ?

I want to watch, but not sure if it is good ?

Posted by: Hatari Somewhere on Ventura Highway at November 13, 2021 10:22 PM (WF/xn)

69 Boones Farm Strawberry Hill?

Finding a high school gal that was a fan, and good times were certain to follow.

Ahh, memories.

Posted by: LeftCoast Dawg at November 13, 2021 10:22 PM (pdM5I)

70 Telecommute from anywhere is a thing now, but it feels wrong for a state legislature to keep employing someone who is moving out of that state.

Posted by: PaleRider, cheerful clinger at November 13, 2021 10:22 PM (3cGpq)

71 Remember the good old days when people had dignity?

Posted by: nerdygirl at November 13, 2021 10:19 PM (+lVUW)


Funny, I would have sworn you are not that old!

Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) - Lie back and think of that sweet graft! ~ at November 13, 2021 10:22 PM (hOUT3)

72 Stellan Skarsgard is a solid actor. His IMDB page is extensive.

Posted by: Puddleglum at November 13, 2021 10:22 PM (sAmhv)

73 It goes without saying you should avoid talking politics, religion, or your thoughts on the COVID vaccine.

The best thing I can say about my siblings is that when we get together, we almost never talk about politics. My sisters and I are very conservative Trump supporters, and my brothers and nephews are either RINO's or liberals. There's no point in arguing politics, because we're of German ethnicity and neither side is going to budge. We never get into arguments on holidays.

Posted by: nerdygirl at November 13, 2021 10:22 PM (+lVUW)

74 I've heard our Transportation Secretary has space toilets throughout his house. I don't see what the attraction would be for a toilet with suction....

Posted by: OrangeEnt at November 13, 2021 10:23 PM (7bRMQ)

75 I gave them points for creative thinking.
Posted by: The ARC of History! at November 13, 2021 10:21 PM (I2/tG)
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A perfect example of moving the goalposts based on one's desired outcome.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at November 13, 2021 10:23 PM (K5n5d)

76 Your father was a wise man!

Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) - Lie back and think of that sweet graft! ~ at November 13, 2021 10:18 PM (hOUT3)

Well... He's literally a flag-burning leftist who is paying my ex's divorce lawyer (and several of the household bills) after she cheated and I left her.

But on drinking? Yes, the man is a genius.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider, #FJB. If you get it, you get it. at November 13, 2021 10:23 PM (cvNl1)

77 I always thought Boone's Farm Strawberry Hill smelled like ass. It must have been those high class ladies I was courtin' in my youth.

Posted by: Dr. Bone at November 13, 2021 10:23 PM (BPuaD)

78 Has anyone seen the movie Leviathin ?

I want to watch, but not sure if it is good ?
Posted by: Hatari Somewhere on Ventura Highway

With Peter Weller? It's worth a view.

Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at November 13, 2021 10:24 PM (rz+/y)

79 WTactualF happened to my First? I worked hard at that!

Posted by: mindful webworker - life socks at November 13, 2021 10:24 PM (6mKL7)

80
But on drinking? Yes, the man is a genius.
Posted by: Washington Nearsider, #FJB. If you get it, you get it. at November 13, 2021 10:23 PM (cvNl1

Hey ! WN, fuck that guy !

Posted by: Hatari Somewhere on Ventura Highway at November 13, 2021 10:25 PM (WF/xn)

81 But on drinking? Yes, the man is a genius.
Posted by: Washington Nearsider, #FJB. If you get it, you get it. at November 13, 2021 10:23 PM (cvNl1)


To be fair, "nobody" is perfect!

Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) - Lie back and think of that sweet graft! ~ at November 13, 2021 10:25 PM (hOUT3)

82 Close to 24 inches of snow here. My back hurts.

Posted by: Bosk at November 13, 2021 10:25 PM (yh68b)

83 WTactualF happened to my First? I worked hard at that!
Posted by: mindful webworker - life socks at November 13, 2021 10:24 PM (6mKL7)


Hah!

Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) - Lie back and think of that sweet graft! ~ at November 13, 2021 10:25 PM (hOUT3)

84 Posted by: Dr. Bone at November 13, 2021 10:23 PM (BPuaD)

Beaver ass. Hahahaha

Posted by: Hatari Somewhere on Ventura Highway at November 13, 2021 10:25 PM (WF/xn)

85 A perfect example of moving the goalposts based on one's desired outcome.

Next up, the eminent scientists will explain why there is more ice in the Arctic now than at this time in 2007. (Something that will never, ever, be reported in the mainstream media.)

Posted by: The ARC of History! at November 13, 2021 10:25 PM (I2/tG)

86 8 That moose that ran into the car...it just gets back up like it ain't no thang and runs off into the woods. Meantime, the driver probably was close to a heart attack...
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at November 13, 2021 10:04 PM (K5n5d)


There didn't seem to be much damage to the car. My brother in law has hit deer twice. He wasn't so lucky.

Posted by: nerdygirl at November 13, 2021 10:26 PM (+lVUW)

87 So the movie thread got me to go look up Jenny Agutter's movie career.

And...they are remaking one of her big hits, Equus. Of course. Starring...Daniel Radcliffe of course. Who...will be getting naked and rolling around in the hay. With some dude. Of course.

Out of all the universes in the multiverse why did I get stuck in this one?

Posted by: 18-1 at November 13, 2021 10:27 PM (ESjRY)

88 Exceptional music choices this evening, MisHum.

*tips hat*

Posted by: LeftCoast Dawg at November 13, 2021 10:27 PM (pdM5I)

89 Next up, the eminent scientists will explain why there is more ice in the Arctic now than at this time in 2007. (Something that will never, ever, be reported in the mainstream media.)
Posted by: The ARC of History! at November 13, 2021 10:25 PM (I2/tG)


Comrade, you are deviating from the approved party narrative, therefore, you must be lying!

Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) - Lie back and think of that sweet graft! ~ at November 13, 2021 10:27 PM (hOUT3)

90 No snow in Babylon DC yet. Chilly but nice. Going to golf on Monday. High 40s and sunny.

G'night.....

https://youtu.be/Zg-KJSv-2aE

Posted by: Puddleglum at November 13, 2021 10:27 PM (sAmhv)

91 79 WTactualF happened to my First? I worked hard at that!
Posted by: mindful webworker - life socks at November 13, 2021 10:24 PM (6mKL7)

Yes, you were 1st with a pithy comment.
I don't know what happened, I did not delete it.

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at November 13, 2021 10:28 PM (aA3+G)

92 It was #1 until it wasn't - repost but with sadz:

The waxing gibbous moon
shines through the light overcast.
The star - planet, whatever -
to the west of the moon, shines, too.

Through the silence of a chilly night,
in the west, the thunder of a jet.
A moonlit contrail crosses the sky.
I raise my spray bottle of vinegar.

mindful moonwatcher

Posted by: mindful moonwatcher at November 13, 2021 10:28 PM (6mKL7)

93 88 Exceptional music choices this evening, MisHum.

*tips hat*
Posted by: LeftCoast Dawg at November 13, 2021 10:27 PM (pdM5I)

Another happy customer! Yes......

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at November 13, 2021 10:28 PM (aA3+G)

94 91 79 WTactualF happened to my First? I worked hard at that!
Posted by: mindful webworker - life socks at November 13, 2021 10:24 PM (6mKL7)

Yes, you were 1st with a pithy comment.
I don't know what happened, I did not delete it.
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at November 13, 2021 10:28 PM (aA3+G)


My awesome powers ruled the day, or rather the ONT!

Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) - Lie back and think of that sweet graft! ~ at November 13, 2021 10:29 PM (hOUT3)

95 MW, look at it this way: you firsted so hard you actually became zero-th and popped out on the other end of Moron spacetime.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at November 13, 2021 10:29 PM (KqAki)

96 Thanks, MH, for that LGB clip. That odious man looking at his watch in Dover defines his "presidency."

Posted by: EveR at November 13, 2021 10:29 PM (MUpk6)

97 W, look at it this way: you firsted so hard you actually became zero-th and popped out on the other end of Moron spacetime.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at November 13, 2021 10:29 PM (KqAki)


I like the way you think!

Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) - Lie back and think of that sweet graft! ~ at November 13, 2021 10:30 PM (hOUT3)

98 That moose that ran into the car...it just gets back up like it ain't no thang and runs off into the woods. Meantime, the driver probably was close to a heart attack...
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at November 13, 2021 10:04 PM (K5n5d)
* * * *
Had a whitetail doe run into the side of my SUV, which was not moving at the time but stopped in the road to let the deer herd pass. Neither the doe nor the SUV were hurt in the encounter, and the doe ran off seemingly without injury.

Posted by: Legally Sufficient, Believing in America at November 13, 2021 10:30 PM (rwusL)

99 Hah!
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar


How much did you pay MH to delete my #1?

I demand a replay recount reparations consolation tootsie roll pop, at least.

Posted by: mindful on the warpath webworker at November 13, 2021 10:30 PM (6mKL7)

100 I pray both that his side effects are mild and as inconsequential as he claims they are for all the people he is forcing to be jabbed
Posted by: Kindltot at November 13, 2021 10:10 PM (P9T5R)

Galloping dick cancer FTW.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 13, 2021 10:30 PM (P3gRi)

101 But there was the Peppermint Schnapps Incident...
Posted by: San Franpsycho at November 13, 2021 10:09 PM (EZebt)


My dad liked his peppermint schnaaps. He insisted it was good for you stomach.

Posted by: nerdygirl at November 13, 2021 10:31 PM (+lVUW)

102 You said Jenny Agutter's hits ..... I read it as something else. My fault

Posted by: Hatari Somewhere on Ventura Highway at November 13, 2021 10:31 PM (WF/xn)

103 How much did you pay MH to delete my #1?

I demand a replay recount reparations consolation tootsie roll pop, at least.
Posted by: mindful on the warpath webworker at November 13, 2021 10:30 PM (6mKL7)


My good man, gentlemen do not discuss the details of back channel deals!

But oy, my bank account is hurting...

Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) - Lie back and think of that sweet graft! ~ at November 13, 2021 10:32 PM (hOUT3)

104 Stellan Skarsgard is a solid actor. His IMDB page is extensive.
----------------------
I can't believe he didn't win an Oscar for Mamma Mia...

Posted by: Norman Spiny at November 13, 2021 10:32 PM (yNb9y)

105 99 Hah!
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar

How much did you pay MH to delete my #1?

I demand a replay recount reparations consolation tootsie roll pop, at least.
Posted by: mindful on the warpath webworker at November 13, 2021 10:30 PM (6mKL7)

Those are some kind of words. I've been known to delete troll comments or some unwise words by regulars.

But, I would never delete an honestly obtained 1st.

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at November 13, 2021 10:32 PM (aA3+G)

106 Thanks for the ONT.

Strawberry Hill. Ever notice every decade seems to have it's Zima? Mike's Hard Lemonade. Those Henry's Hard sodas. I guess White Claw these days.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at November 13, 2021 10:33 PM (csEWM)

107 But there was the Peppermint Schnapps Incident...
Posted by: San Franpsycho at November 13, 2021 10:09 PM (EZebt)
* * * *
Mine was a Strawberry Dacquiri Encounter. Took years before I could look one in the face again... still makes my tummy queasy to think about it.

Posted by: Legally Sufficient, Believing in America at November 13, 2021 10:34 PM (rwusL)

108 Bartles and Jaymes wine coolers were popular, along with a chianti that came in a round straw covered bottle. The chianti wasn't that great but the bottle made a great candleholder; f the multi colored candles dripped down very artistically over the straw.

Posted by: Lirio100 at November 13, 2021 10:34 PM (uFOGo)

109 There's a player for the Longhorns named Bush. They are currently being beaten by the 1-8 Jayhawks. In Austin.

I doubt he's related but, you know. Bush.

Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at November 13, 2021 10:34 PM (rz+/y)

110 Now, off to read The Verge's article about those gadgets. These tech sites are ridiculously liberal in their worldview, so I'm not expecting much.
Posted by: Darrell Harris at November 13, 2021 10:13 PM (mdjgu)

Scanned it. Several failed smartphones, game boxes, and tablets. That's all.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 13, 2021 10:34 PM (P3gRi)

111 I guess White Claw these days.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at November 13, 2021 10:33 PM (csEWM)

White Claw is old Indian word for lousy firewater!

Posted by: Member of Some Tribe at November 13, 2021 10:34 PM (7bRMQ)

112 Remember the good old days when people had dignity?

Posted by: nerdygirl at November 13, 2021 10:19 PM (+lVUW)

Ah yes...and add shame to that and we might have a shot at a return to a civilized society!

By the way, she isn't gorgeous. She's just obese.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at November 13, 2021 10:34 PM (Q9lwr)

113 Strawberry Hill. Ever notice every decade seems to have it's Zima? Mike's Hard Lemonade. Those Henry's Hard sodas. I guess White Claw these days.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at November 13, 2021 10:33 PM (csEWM)

Red ripple
Night train
Thunderbird
Matteaus ( sp ) ?

Posted by: Hatari Somewhere on Ventura Highway at November 13, 2021 10:34 PM (WF/xn)

114 Champipple

Posted by: Warai-otoko at November 13, 2021 10:35 PM (KqAki)

115 But, I would never delete an honestly obtained 1st.
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at November 13, 2021 10:32 PM (aA3+G)


Unfortunately, my sense of honor compels me to admit that "mindful" was the true first, but apparently he is hated by Pixy, so he was disappeared!

Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) - Lie back and think of that sweet graft! ~ at November 13, 2021 10:35 PM (hOUT3)

116 The Genius Award reminds me of the misadventure of getting my mom's remains from FL to IN.
A certain airline based in ATL lost the shipping casket for a couple of days. My sisters and I thought it was just mom making a side trip. The funeral home was less... understanding.

Posted by: Winston, GOPe, not one dime, not one vote at November 13, 2021 10:35 PM (0CPkz)

117 Ok, that drunk driving detection stuff is bullshit and I hate it for political/philosophical reasons.

But let's just look at it from a practical standpoint. There is no way in ten million years that state and local governments would ever - ever - acquiesce to any measure that curtailed their income from DUIs. Not going to happen. It's a yuuuge, luxurious cash cow for them.

Unless, of course, auto companies were forced to give police realtime reporting, and that reporting could be used as a predicate for arrest or subpoena. Which, of course, would be part of the broad interpretation of the vague language in the bill.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at November 13, 2021 10:35 PM (/KPLX)

118 Howdy Mis Hum. Thanks for the ONT

Posted by: Doof at November 13, 2021 10:35 PM (mZUr4)

119 107 But there was the Peppermint Schnapps Incident...
Posted by: San Franpsycho at November 13, 2021 10:09 PM (EZebt)
* * * *
Mine was a Strawberry Dacquiri Encounter. Took years before I could look one in the face again... still makes my tummy queasy to think about it.
Posted by: Legally Sufficient, Believing in America at November 13, 2021 10:34 PM (rwusL)

Fires up the blender.............

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at November 13, 2021 10:36 PM (aA3+G)

120 Hi you're cute. Do you want to see my selection of iced MD 20 20 ?

I have a blanket

/
Posted by: Hatari Somewhere on Ventura Highway at November 13, 2021 10:10 PM (WF/xn)


All that pickup line needs is In-A-Gadda-Da-Veda playing in the background.

Posted by: nerdygirl at November 13, 2021 10:36 PM (+lVUW)

121 We need common sense casket-lowering-device side strap control! A new federal agency, even

Posted by: Count de Monet, Unvaccinated Kulak-American at November 13, 2021 10:36 PM (4I/2K)

122 Matteaus ( sp ) ?
Posted by: Hatari Somewhere on Ventura Highway at November 13, 2021 10:34 PM (WF/xn)


Mateus, but it is sort of a hazy memory...

Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) - Lie back and think of that sweet graft! ~ at November 13, 2021 10:36 PM (hOUT3)

123 118 Howdy Mis Hum. Thanks for the ONT
Posted by: Doof at November 13, 2021 10:35 PM (mZUr4)


Hello Mr. Doof.
You're welcome.

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at November 13, 2021 10:36 PM (aA3+G)

124 The funeral home was less... understanding.
Posted by: Winston, GOPe, not one dime, not one vote at November 13, 2021 10:35 PM (0CPkz)

We can't lose, Grandma!

Posted by: Warai-otoko and the importance of commas at November 13, 2021 10:36 PM (KqAki)

125 Spanada>Boone's Farm

Posted by: Mashed Potatoes on the Ceiling at November 13, 2021 10:37 PM (7bRMQ)

126 How many Skarsgard's are there?

Posted by: ghost of hallelujah at November 13, 2021 10:37 PM (sJHOI)

127 You said Jenny Agutter's hits ..... I read it as something else. My fault
Posted by: Hatari Somewhere on Ventura Highway at November 13, 2021 10:31 PM (WF/xn)
----
Don't feel bad. You were NOT the only one who misread it...

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at November 13, 2021 10:37 PM (K5n5d)

128 "The Vigil "
One of the finest BOC products.

Posted by: Million to one shot, Doc. at November 13, 2021 10:37 PM (JUcCg)

129 Posted by: Legally Sufficient, Believing in America at November 13, 2021 10:34 PM (rwusL)

Sake...meet Dildo. Dildo...meet sake.

A three day hangover. Something I did not think was possible.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at November 13, 2021 10:37 PM (Q9lwr)

130 120 Hi you're cute. Do you want to see my selection of iced MD 20 20 ?

I have a blanket

/
Posted by: Hatari Somewhere on Ventura Highway at November 13, 2021 10:10 PM (WF/xn)

All that pickup line needs is In-A-Gadda-Da-Veda playing in the background.
Posted by: nerdygirl at November 13, 2021 10:36 PM (+lVUW)


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UIVe-rZBcm4

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at November 13, 2021 10:37 PM (aA3+G)

131 How many Skarsgard's are there?
Posted by: ghost of hallelujah at November 13, 2021 10:37 PM (sJHOI)

The only famous ones i can think of are Stellan and Peter. Not sure if they're related. I don't think they are.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at November 13, 2021 10:38 PM (KqAki)

132 Fires up the blender.............
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at November 13, 2021 10:36 PM (aA3+G)
* * * *
*SNORT*

Posted by: Legally Sufficient, Believing in America at November 13, 2021 10:38 PM (rwusL)

133
All that pickup line needs is In-A-Gadda-Da-Veda playing in the background.
Posted by: nerdygirl at November 13, 2021 10:36 PM (+lVU

Don't you know that I love you baby ?

Posted by: Hatari Somewhere on Ventura Highway at November 13, 2021 10:38 PM (WF/xn)

134 Ever notice every decade seems to have it's Zima? Mike's Hard Lemonade. Those Henry's Hard sodas. I guess White Claw these days.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at November 13, 2021 10:33 PM (csEWM)


Son of Doof accurately described White Claw as tasting like flavored TV static

Posted by: Doof at November 13, 2021 10:38 PM (mZUr4)

135 How many Skarsgard's are there?
Posted by: ghost of hallelujah

One son was the lead in an HBO series called Generation Kill about the invasion of Iraq under W Bush. He was great and spoke with no discernable accent. Can't think of his first name. Was also the new Tarzan.

Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at November 13, 2021 10:39 PM (rz+/y)

136 Rumplemintz was a standard for pre-liquor in college. A bad memory is pre-gaming (my buddy always used Jagermeister) hard and then we decided to take a shot of the other guy's stuff to cap off.

I have only ever thrown up maybe 3 times from drinking. Men's bathroom sink. Fer you youngsters, if'n yer head starts spinning, do not stop moving. Do Not Sit Down.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at November 13, 2021 10:40 PM (csEWM)

137 Sake...meet Dildo. Dildo...meet sake.

A three day hangover. Something I did not think was possible.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at November 13, 2021 10:37 PM (Q9lwr)
* * * *
That sounds just awful!

Posted by: Legally Sufficient, Believing in America at November 13, 2021 10:40 PM (rwusL)

138 Close to 24 inches of snow here. My back hurts.
Posted by: Bosk at November 13, 2021 10:25 PM (yh68b)

These words make absolutely no sense to me. Is this Ice Station Zebra reporting in?

Posted by: Count de Monet, Unvaccinated Kulak-American at November 13, 2021 10:40 PM (4I/2K)

139 Son of Doof accurately described White Claw as tasting like flavored TV static
Posted by: Doof at November 13, 2021 10:38 PM (mZUr4)

Tastes like someone put a teaspoon of Rose in a glass of water

Posted by: Hatari Somewhere on Ventura Highway at November 13, 2021 10:41 PM (WF/xn)

140 if'n yer head starts spinning, do not stop moving. Do Not Sit Down.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at November 13, 2021 10:40 PM (csEWM)

Do not lie down under any circumstances, either. Instant horkfest....

Posted by: Warai-otoko at November 13, 2021 10:41 PM (KqAki)

141 Yesterday was Buck Dharma's birthday. Let's have a belated happy birthday for a rockstar who would be welcome here. Happy birthday, Buck!

Posted by: SFGoth at November 13, 2021 10:42 PM (KAi1n)

142 One son was the lead in an HBO series called Generation Kill about the invasion of Iraq under W Bush.
___

Never seen it.

Posted by: SMH while awaiting His return at November 13, 2021 10:42 PM (zGQui)

143 Mad Dog 20/20 was my unfortunate fortified wine of choice one fateful night in college when I made an exceedingly impolite crack about another guy's girlfriend. Blood from a punch in the nose does not blend well with the taste of Mad Dog.

Posted by: Schnorflepuppy at November 13, 2021 10:42 PM (Agr8U)

144 Close to 24 inches of snow here. My back hurts.
Posted by: Bosk at November 13, 2021 10:25 PM (yh68b)

These words make absolutely no sense to me. Is this Ice Station Zebra reporting in?
Posted by: Count de Monet, Unvaccinated Kulak-American at November 13, 2021 10:40 PM (4I/2K)


These words make no sense...

Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) - Lie back and think of that sweet graft! ~ at November 13, 2021 10:43 PM (hOUT3)

145 I've never seen the ghanaian dancing pallbearers drop a coffin.

Posted by: banana Dream at November 13, 2021 10:43 PM (yh2er)

146 Sake...meet Dildo. Dildo...meet sake?

Posted by: Japanese Gentleman at November 13, 2021 10:43 PM (td+wa)

147 A later incident where we got drunk during Little 500 on Dr. Pepper and Southern Comfort was also a nightmare. And while I did not throw up, if I had, it might not have been as bad.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at November 13, 2021 10:43 PM (csEWM)

148 Sake...meet Dildo. Dildo...meet sake.

A three day hangover. Something I did not think was possible.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at November 13, 2021 10:37 PM (Q9lwr)

Did the bed do somersaults instead of spinning?

After 36 hours of hangover I hope you had some hair of the dog.

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at November 13, 2021 10:43 PM (aA3+G)

149 A: Sangria! Southern Comfort! Sloe Gin Fizz!

Q: Name three gawd-awful drinks from the '70s

Posted by: Count de Monet, Unvaccinated Kulak-American at November 13, 2021 10:43 PM (4I/2K)

150 My wife gets mad when I drink the bottle of vermouth while making shrimp. Hahha

Posted by: Hatari Somewhere on Ventura Highway at November 13, 2021 10:44 PM (WF/xn)

151 Posted by: Count de Monet, Unvaccinated Kulak-American at November 13, 2021 10:43 PM (4I/2K)

Never go with the cheapest sangria...

Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) - Lie back and think of that sweet graft! ~ at November 13, 2021 10:44 PM (hOUT3)

152 I've seen Buck wield the Swiss cheese guitar a dozen times.
No one can touch his perfection.

Posted by: Million to one shot, Doc. at November 13, 2021 10:44 PM (JUcCg)

153 149 A: Sangria! Southern Comfort! Sloe Gin Fizz!

Q: Name three gawd-awful drinks from the '70s
Posted by: Count de Monet, Unvaccinated Kulak-American at November 13, 2021 10:43 PM (4I/2K)

I just imagined Southern Comfort mixed with Sangria.

*shudder*

Posted by: Aetius451AD at November 13, 2021 10:45 PM (csEWM)

154 These words make no sense...
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) - Lie back and think of that sweet graft! ~ at November 13, 2021 10:43 PM (hOUT3)

I don't get it.

Posted by: Count de Monet, Unvaccinated Kulak-American at November 13, 2021 10:45 PM (4I/2K)

155 Good evening, good people. a raw night here, we had an unusual event, a thunderstorm with real lightning earlier, there were 2 or 3 pods that moved through.

Very infrequent for this time of year. Right now there is a light steady breeze that absolutely cuts blowing. I wouldn't care to be exposed to it long.

Posted by: irongrampa at November 13, 2021 10:46 PM (KATBx)

156 Had a Moron friend call today, just to be sure that everything is okay (haven't been on during normal hours).

Everything is good - started working on Christmas presents, since things are going to be hectic around here with our first grandbaby due in 3-5 weeks!

Love to all - I'm still reading along, but my hands are busy with yarn, crochet hooks, and pompoms (everyone is getting cute winter scarves this year), so I'm not able to type much.

Moron friends are the best!

Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, Texas at November 13, 2021 10:46 PM (SRRAx)

157 A: Sangria! Southern Comfort! Sloe Gin Fizz!

Q: Name three gawd-awful drinks from the '70s
Posted by: Count de Monet, Unvaccinated Kulak-American at November 13, 2021 10:43 PM (4I/2K)
* * * *
Harvey Wallbanger!

Posted by: Legally Sufficient, Believing in America at November 13, 2021 10:46 PM (rwusL)

158 Fuzzy navel ?
Vodka gimlet
Sangria fizz

Posted by: Hatari Somewhere on Ventura Highway at November 13, 2021 10:46 PM (WF/xn)

159 It took me over a decade before I could drink sake again, after a 1995 Christmas party. I didn't have a 3-day hangover, but the 12 hours I spent recovering were absolutely miserable.

Posted by: PabloD at November 13, 2021 10:46 PM (mCus8)

160 Sake...meet Dildo. Dildo...meet sake?
Posted by: Japanese Gentleman at November 13, 2021 10:43 PM (td+wa)

"Hajimemashite" does not rhyme with "flight".

Posted by: Warai-otoko at November 13, 2021 10:46 PM (KqAki)

161 Gin is not for people who are allergic to Juniper.

One Gimlet makes my projectile vomit and shiver for the next day.

Posted by: Kindltot at November 13, 2021 10:46 PM (P9T5R)

162 Do not lie down under any circumstances, either. Instant horkfest....
Posted by: Warai-otoko at November 13, 2021 10:41 PM (KqAki)

Or go outside, lie face down in the cool snow, hork up that awful stuff, and then scatter a little snow over the puddle.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 13, 2021 10:46 PM (P3gRi)

163 >>> Strawberry Hill. Ever notice every decade seems to have it's Zima? Mike's Hard Lemonade. Those Henry's Hard sodas. I guess White Claw these days.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at November 13, 2021 10:33 PM (csEWM)

Red ripple Night train Thunderbird Matteaus ( sp ) ?
Posted by: Hatari Somewhere on Ventura Highway at November 13, 2021 10:34 PM (WF/xn)


Seeeeeagrams Golden Wine coolers

Posted by: Bruce Willis's melodic vocal chords at November 13, 2021 10:47 PM (yh2er)

164 Has anyone heard from creeper?

Posted by: SMH while awaiting His return at November 13, 2021 10:47 PM (zGQui)

165 Sometimes people are cool. Not just Horde people, but regular people.

I was selling beer at a football game today (we sold $45 k worth of beer in 3 hours, if that gives any indication of how busy it was). The company I work for allows only two beers per guest. So a husband and his wife were at the counter, and they both show me their IDs. The each request two beers, so I give them four beers in keeping with policy. The wife has two baskets of food in her hands, so the husband picks up the four beers, and they proceed away from the counter.

A "Alcohol Compliance Officer" from the company I work for spots this and goes berserk. He starts going off on me for selling four beers to one guy, I try to explain the situation, that the wife is there. Doesn't matter. He says. So I just "Yes sir" it....

Posted by: Bitter Clinger at November 13, 2021 10:47 PM (QCZEW)

166 164 Has anyone heard from creeper?
Posted by: SMH while awaiting His return at November 13, 2021 10:47 PM (zGQui)

Haven't seen her in a while. She doing all right?

Posted by: Aetius451AD at November 13, 2021 10:48 PM (csEWM)

167 161 Gin is not for people who are allergic to Juniper.

One Gimlet makes my projectile vomit and shiver for the next day.
Posted by: Kindltot at November 13, 2021 10:46 PM (P9T5R

Vodka gimlets are pretty tasty

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at November 13, 2021 10:48 PM (aA3+G)

168 Jack Daniels with Dr Pepper is solid

Posted by: Hatari Somewhere on Ventura Highway at November 13, 2021 10:48 PM (WF/xn)

169 He says. So I just "Yes sir" it....
Posted by: Bitter Clinger at November 13, 2021 10:47 PM (QCZEW)


A constant of the universe is a plethora of idiots!

Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) - Lie back and think of that sweet graft! ~ at November 13, 2021 10:48 PM (hOUT3)

170 A "Alcohol Compliance Officer" from the company I work for spots this and goes berserk. He starts going off on me for selling four beers to one guy, I try to explain the situation, that the wife is there. Doesn't matter. He says. So I just "Yes sir" it....
Posted by: Bitter Clinger at November 13, 2021 10:47 PM (QCZEW)

Bloodless Pedants are fun.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at November 13, 2021 10:48 PM (csEWM)

171 I think my family would would have laughed it off if there was such a casket mishap instead of shoving money at a lawyer.

Not 100% positive on that for all of us but yup, laugh it off. My mom had pre-arranged with Science Care before she died so no funeral, just memorial service. I did the leaflets myself and had the quote "Life is not about arriving at the grave in a well preserved body but skidding in sideways totally worn out exclaiming what a ride" Dad and sibs agreed that it was perfect.

Posted by: PaleRider, cheerful clinger at November 13, 2021 10:49 PM (3cGpq)

172 Haven't seen her in a while. She doing all right?
Posted by: Aetius451AD
___

That's what I'd like to know.

Missed her at the TxMoMee.

Posted by: SMH while awaiting His return at November 13, 2021 10:49 PM (zGQui)

173 You want to see Jenny Agutter's tits

You'll settle for some new starlet's honkers

You'll get Daniel Radcliffe's schlong

Posted by: 18-1 at November 13, 2021 10:49 PM (ESjRY)

174 I am drinking a vodka and tonic right now. Refreshing. But I am now out of tonic.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 13, 2021 10:50 PM (P3gRi)

175 4 beers ? Heh, that's just waiting before the appetizer. SMFH

Posted by: Hatari Somewhere on Ventura Highway at November 13, 2021 10:50 PM (WF/xn)

176 Three cans, 1 quart of any fruit juice your buddy at the mess hall can rip off. One largest you can afford after passing the hat jug wine. Everclear. Mix in clean vessel, like a desk side trash can. Marine Corps payday is Monday and here it is Saturday favorite way back when.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at November 13, 2021 10:51 PM (C1Lsn)

177 168 Jack Daniels with Dr Pepper is solid
Posted by: Hatari Somewhere on Ventura Highway at November 13, 2021 10:48 PM (WF/xn)

151 Rum with Mt. Dew was always fun..

Years ago Kool Aid made an apple flavor that was ok with vodka in a pinch.........

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at November 13, 2021 10:51 PM (aA3+G)

178 Toy Caldwell. 8 yrs difference from when my parents were born. The Juxtoposition (sp) i in music is astounding.

I have always liked the Marshall tucker band.

Posted by: Infidel at November 13, 2021 10:52 PM (aH0Li)

179 Speaking of morons to check on -- has Witch Doktor been around lately?

Posted by: Doof at November 13, 2021 10:53 PM (mZUr4)

180 PaleRider
We all thought it was funny. Mom's first flight we had to pour three martini's into her.
Once she got the hang of flying she rarely stopped. This was all after our dad had passed. Her taking a side trip was kind of cool.
It was the funeral director who was pissed off about it. A lawyer never occurred to any of us.

Posted by: Winston, GOPe, not one dime, not one vote at November 13, 2021 10:53 PM (0CPkz)

181 SecTrans' favorite thing is Coke and Mount Gay.

No idea what he drinks, though.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at November 13, 2021 10:53 PM (KqAki)

182 ....So the Alcohol Compliance Officer decides I'm just a rule breaker, a scofflaw of sorts (he's not entirely wrong, though I was following the policy in this instance).

So he keeps enlisting people in my line to attempt to order more than 2 beers.

But as each person comes up they say "Hey dude, that Alcohol Compliance guy is trying to get me to order four beers from you. F*ck him, you are killing it man. Give me two Miller Lites and throw $5 on for yourself as a tip." This happens like 5 or 6 times, Officer keeps testing, the people he enlists keep telling me he's trying to catch me, take a tip, too.

I love the spirit. It was basically "screw that guy, he's trying to trap you, that's chicken shit". Over and over. God love 'em.

Posted by: Bitter Clinger at November 13, 2021 10:54 PM (QCZEW)

183 I love the spirit. It was basically "screw that guy, he's trying to trap you, that's chicken shit". Over and over. God love 'em.
Posted by: Bitter Clinger at November 13, 2021 10:54 PM (QCZEW)

Be the Bluto in a world full of Niedermayers.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at November 13, 2021 10:55 PM (KqAki)

184 I love the spirit. It was basically "screw that guy, he's trying to trap you, that's chicken shit". Over and over. God love 'em.
Posted by: Bitter Clinger at November 13, 2021 10:54 PM (QCZEW)
* * * *
Beer-tender nullification FTW!

Posted by: Legally Sufficient, Believing in America at November 13, 2021 10:55 PM (rwusL)

185 The Verge is full of it. My Lumia Phone was one of the best phones I've ever had. It was made for adults, it had a clean design and worked great.
The problem was that Android and iPhone had the apps and Lumia could never catch up. I have an Android now. It's a nice one but it's still a piece of crap.

Posted by: 29Victor at November 13, 2021 10:55 PM (BJKQV)

186 SecTrans' favorite thing is Coke and Mount Gay.

No idea what he drinks, though.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at November 13, 2021 10:53 PM (KqAki)


As Larry the Cable Guy would say -- I don't care who you are, that's funny right there!!

Posted by: Doof at November 13, 2021 10:56 PM (mZUr4)

187 Son Alexander Skarsgard was on True Blood (Eric Northman). I really enjoyed the series.

Posted by: SFGoth at November 13, 2021 10:56 PM (KAi1n)

188 I love the spirit. It was basically "screw that guy, he's trying to trap you, that's chicken shit". Over and over. God love 'em.
Posted by: Bitter Clinger at November 13, 2021 10:54 PM (QCZEW)


Irish Democracy + a little "Let's Go Brandon!"

Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) - Lie back and think of that sweet graft! ~ at November 13, 2021 10:56 PM (hOUT3)

189 Kateurday ONT Compliance Pics

https://twitter.com/kbdabear/media

*scroll down

Posted by: kbdabear at November 13, 2021 10:56 PM (qAR6u)

190 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UIVe-rZBcm4
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at November 13, 2021 10:37 PM (aA3+G)


Cool. Every party I went to in college had that playing full blast.

Posted by: nerdygirl at November 13, 2021 10:56 PM (+lVUW)

191 Give them four beers, and when challenged say "what? I only sold them two. "

Posted by: Warai-otoko at November 13, 2021 10:57 PM (KqAki)

192 America somehow has gone from Frontier Spirit to National Karenism. And it is a f*cking nightmare.

Posted by: 18-1 at November 13, 2021 10:58 PM (ESjRY)

193 FistBump Winston. Maybe we are very distant cousins.

Posted by: PaleRider, cheerful clinger at November 13, 2021 10:58 PM (3cGpq)

194 Ever notice every decade seems to have it's Zima? Mike's Hard Lemonade. Those Henry's Hard sodas. I guess White Claw these days.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at November 13, 2021 10:33 PM (csEWM)


Okay. Here's my confession. I liked Zima.

Posted by: nerdygirl at November 13, 2021 10:58 PM (+lVUW)

195 Being not a democrat in these times is like having to play the part of Michael Bluth in Arrested Development.

"Thats it. Im outa here. Good luck finding someone else to run the family business. See you all when the first parent dies."
---Michael Bluth

Posted by: Theskepticalschnauzer aka Lonebadger at November 13, 2021 10:58 PM (lIDCz)

196 Posted by: 18-1 at November 13, 2021 10:58 PM (ESjRY)

But all we are asking is that all you comply...

in every thing we ask of you!

Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) - Lie back and think of that sweet graft! ~ at November 13, 2021 10:59 PM (hOUT3)

197 So it appears I have been pig ignorant about bourbon all these years since adopting Jim Beam primarily because Hank Williams, Jr. had it in many of his songs, and it is cheap.

The bourbon snobs on youtube seem to gleefully include it in their rankings of the 5 worst bourbons ever.

I must rethink this.

Posted by: Count de Monet, Unvaccinated Kulak-American at November 13, 2021 11:00 PM (4I/2K)

198 *waves to Hrothgar*

Posted by: SMH while awaiting His return at November 13, 2021 11:00 PM (zGQui)

199 PaleRider
I've told that story a few times. You learn quickly who has a sense of humor and who doesn't.
It tends to save time.

Posted by: Winston, GOPe, not one dime, not one vote at November 13, 2021 11:01 PM (0CPkz)

200 FUCK JOE BIDEN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Posted by: Drink Like Vikings at November 13, 2021 11:01 PM (audll)

201 Ever notice every decade seems to have it's Zima? Mike's Hard Lemonade. Those Henry's Hard sodas. I guess White Claw these days.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at November 13, 2021 10:33 PM (csEWM)


https://tinyurl.com/OldManZima

Posted by: Bitter Clinger at November 13, 2021 11:02 PM (QCZEW)

202 FUCK JOE BIDEN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Ok, but seriously who is this Brandon guy?

Posted by: Joe Biden at November 13, 2021 11:02 PM (ESjRY)

203 *waves to Hrothgar*
Posted by: SMH while awaiting His return at November 13, 2021 11:00 PM (zGQui)


Dear {{{SMH}}}
Hope all is well with you and yours!

Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) - Lie back and think of that sweet graft! ~ at November 13, 2021 11:03 PM (hOUT3)

204 The bourbon snobs on youtube seem to gleefully include it in their rankings of the 5 worst bourbons ever.

I must rethink this.
Posted by: Count de Monet, Unvaccinated Kulak-American at November 13, 2021 11:00 PM (4I/2K)

Eh, fuck those douchey hipsters. Drink what you like. Better is certainly out there, so find it and drink that too. Just don't share with the douchey hipsters.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at November 13, 2021 11:04 PM (KqAki)

205 State liquor Agents in Ohio had at least a hundred bullshit ways to shut down a bar. They would get pissed for one reason or another, concoct something, and shut down the place. Appeal, yeah, enjoy your drive to Columbus.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at November 13, 2021 11:04 PM (C1Lsn)

206 It's all good Hrothgar. : )

Wondering if we're gonna get rain or snow in our AO.

Posted by: SMH while awaiting His return at November 13, 2021 11:05 PM (zGQui)

207 Jitterbug smart phone 2 is a stupid piece of shit junk. AFAIC they're ALL garbage crap.

Posted by: irongrampa at November 13, 2021 11:06 PM (KATBx)

208 Count de Monet
There isn't anything wrong with Jack. I enjoy it and I have a pretty wide selection of bourbons at the moment. The fun is trying different brands to see what you like. Wine snobs are the worst but anyone who takes a supeior self righteous stance about anything lacks a certain set of human principles.

Posted by: Winston, GOPe, not one dime, not one vote at November 13, 2021 11:06 PM (0CPkz)

209 I ran around with a bunch of Greek kids in HS. First night I don't remember couldn't have been the Ouzo.

Nope.

The girl's name was Olympia though - I do remember that.

Good evening everyone.

Posted by: Tonypete at November 13, 2021 11:06 PM (mD/uy)

210 Both the Moose and the vehicle's occupants were lucky in that collision. What normally happens is much uglier for all involved.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at November 13, 2021 11:06 PM (nRMeC)

211 Posted by: SMH while awaiting His return at November 13, 2021 11:05 PM (zGQui)

Hope it is mild, whate'er comers your way!
I could not believe the windchill here today.

Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) - Lie back and think of that sweet graft! ~ at November 13, 2021 11:06 PM (hOUT3)

212 Evening all.
Wow what and ONT. Loved the Leon Russel song.
I remember drinking Boone's Farm in college but I think it was Apple. That and Mateus.

Posted by: sharon(willow's apprentice) at November 13, 2021 11:07 PM (Y+l9t)

213 (((SMH)))

I'm here. Just gone to lurking.

Posted by: creeper at November 13, 2021 11:08 PM (cTCuP)

214 Wine snobs are the worst but anyone who takes a superior self righteous stance about anything lacks a certain set of human principles.
Posted by: Winston, GOPe, not one dime, not one vote at November 13, 2021 11:06 PM (0CPkz)


Rules to live by!

Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) - Lie back and think of that sweet graft! ~ at November 13, 2021 11:08 PM (hOUT3)

215 I mean the rule is kind of stupid.

If the wife holds two baskets of nachos, while her husband holds four beers, it's reprehensible.

But if both husband and wife hold a basket of nachos and two beers as they walk back to their seats, it's super!

I mean who gives a shit if that makes it more difficult to navigate steps and squeeze down the aisles without spilling shit on themselves and other fans?

Posted by: Bitter Clinger at November 13, 2021 11:09 PM (QCZEW)

216 Most wine snobs I've met don't actually know anything about wine except the price.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at November 13, 2021 11:10 PM (KqAki)

217 SF Goth, I liked True Blood too. The casting was very good as the characters resembled the book descriptions.

Posted by: sharon(willow's apprentice) at November 13, 2021 11:10 PM (Y+l9t)

218 creeper. Good to seeya, and count me among those who missed you at the TxMoMeet!


Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX

Posted by: Jim at November 13, 2021 11:10 PM (QzJWU)

219 Apropos of nothing, except my listening preferences I will say that although I hate YouTube with a passion, they seem to offer some fantastic and coherently semi-curated music.

Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) - Lie back and think of that sweet graft! ~ at November 13, 2021 11:11 PM (hOUT3)

220 creeper!!!

We missed you in Corsicana!

So glad to see you here.

Posted by: SMH while awaiting His return at November 13, 2021 11:11 PM (zGQui)

221 Wondering if we're gonna get rain or snow in our AO.
Posted by: SMH while awaiting His return at November 13, 2021 11:05 PM (zGQui)

It was a beautiful day here; got up into the low 80's, I think. Saw a tramsit bus on University Drive in Mesa. Lighted display over the windshield read "Masks Required". LOL. Great way of getting the "transit hesitant" to ride your steenkin' bus, idiots. But no masks required at the gun show at the Mesa Civic Center.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 13, 2021 11:11 PM (P3gRi)

222 209 I ran around with a bunch of Greek kids in HS. First night I don't remember couldn't have been the Ouzo.

I like ouzo, but then I like licorice.

Posted by: nerdygirl at November 13, 2021 11:12 PM (+lVUW)

223
Off-Topic I suppose, but, has anyone else noticed that Russel Brand (of all people) seems to have been severely Red-Pilled? Here's a link to his channel: Russell Brand www.youtube.com/c/RussellBrand/videos

I'm thinking about these two YouTube videos that have appeared on my YouTube page, one dated yesterday, Nov 12, 2021:
https://tinyurl.com/3xrxd8e3 "Err... So You're SURE Trump Wasn't RIGHT About Russia Collusion??!"

and the predecessor (I think), dated Sep 23, 2021:
https://tinyurl.com/m39wwbte "So...Trump was RIGHT About Clinton & Russia Collusion!!"

He seems to have some issues with Jeffrey Epstein, Aug 16, 2021, but I can't find anything about Harvey Goldstein in the last 6 years. It seems like Russell has slowly realized that The Left has had him, and very many other people, bent-over for a number of years, and he now sees what they've been doing.

I wonder who's next.

Posted by: Arbalest at November 13, 2021 11:12 PM (FlRtG)

224 I like ouzo, i just don't like ouzo + time...

Posted by: Warai-otoko at November 13, 2021 11:12 PM (KqAki)

225 I mean who gives a shit if that makes it more difficult to navigate steps and squeeze down the aisles without spilling shit on themselves and other fans?
Posted by: Bitter Clinger at November 13, 2021 11:09 PM (QCZEW)


Comrade BC, you obviously do not understand that without rigorously enforced arbitrary rules we are but little better than animals!

Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) - Lie back and think of that sweet graft! ~ at November 13, 2021 11:13 PM (hOUT3)

226 I don't have to worry about ever becoming a wine snob. I can't drink the stuff unless its offshoot like mead. The tannin or something in wine from grapes hits like a kick to the gut. Beer or spirits (not neat) for me. Leaves more wine for the those that can enjoy it.

Posted by: PaleRider, cheerful clinger at November 13, 2021 11:13 PM (3cGpq)

227 Most of the wine snobs I've encountered have lived west of the Cascades in WA and OR.
Bourbon is to me, a much more honest drink.
For any non Floridians here, I'm not thank allah, most liquor stores will do tastings. A very handy way to sample good booze. Montana allows it at distilleries which is very nice. But, it is not lawful to purchase more than two bottles per person at a distillery. Liquor stores have no such limit.

Posted by: Winston, GOPe, not one dime, not one vote at November 13, 2021 11:14 PM (0CPkz)

228 Spectacular Santa Ana day, and it was the perfect balance down at Pt Loma - ocean influence enough that the air was almost cool, and some on-shore breeze. Longer-range visibility not what I'd hoped, good, but ground haze/pollution enough to make Catalina and the table-top mountain near Ensenada not visible.

Finally got to talk to the volunteer who runs the military history program, he says there may be expansion ahead (more $, some restoration). Coastal artillery installations dating to WWI but greatly expanded in WWII.

Replica sailing ship in the channel, looked like the kind Cabrilho used to "discover" this bay in 1542. Was just wondering if he faced any difficulties, being Portuguese, but working for Cortes/Spain under contract - seems kinda dicey given the politix and rivalry of the time.

Posted by: rhomboid at November 13, 2021 11:14 PM (OTzUX)

229 I am a witness that mindful webworker was first. I saw it with my own eyes. Unfortunately, I did not take a screen shot.

Posted by: RTW at November 13, 2021 11:14 PM (GJnvT)

230 Now every bourbon label has 5 or more different variants and strengths. Researching online at local spirits stores, both big box and small, there is also a definite lack of linear pricing between bottle sizes.

Pricing for 750ml - 1 ltr - 1.75 ltr should follow geometric logic (rubs steel bearings), but they don't. It's a madhouse!

I will need a spreadsheet to isolate the value mis-pricing buying opportunity.

Posted by: Count de Monet, Unvaccinated Kulak-American at November 13, 2021 11:15 PM (4I/2K)

231 So it appears I have been pig ignorant about bourbon all these years since adopting Jim Beam primarily because Hank Williams, Jr. had it in many of his songs, and it is cheap.

The bourbon snobs on youtube seem to gleefully include it in their rankings of the 5 worst bourbons ever.

I must rethink this.
Posted by: Count de Monet, Unvaccinated Kulak-American at November 13, 2021 11:00 PM (4I/2K)


Bourbon nerd here. Not a fan of Jim Beam (standard -- white label). But I do enjoy Jim Beam Black (aged longer) and Jim Beam Bonded (100 proof). Are either of them my favorite? Not even close. But so what? Doesn't make me right or wrong.

The best bourbon to me has 3 components. It has a flavor that YOU enjoy at a price that YOU are willing to pay and is available whenever YOU want it.

Posted by: Doof at November 13, 2021 11:15 PM (mZUr4)

232 RTW!

Posted by: SMH while awaiting His return at November 13, 2021 11:15 PM (zGQui)

233 I like ouzo, i just don't like ouzo + time...
Posted by: Warai-otoko at November 13, 2021 11:12 PM (KqAki)

I cannot stomach any Anise/licorice-flavored booze.

But my stomach can hurl it pretty well.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 13, 2021 11:15 PM (P3gRi)

234 A pox on the bourbon snobs. I'm fine with Jim Beam as a baseline sippin whiskey. Are there better? Of course.

But there's a whole lot of middle shelf bourbon that if decanted from a fancier bottle behind a more prestigious label, would fool most, if not all.

As said upthread. Sip what you like, and don't worry about the opinions of others. For that matter, I'll be thrilled if or when Tom Sims Bourbon makes it back to the shelves. 4 y/o, smooth as silk, and a 1.75 L out the door for $21. No need to spend twice that on a "prestige" bottle, just to impress.. exactly who?


Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX

Posted by: Jim at November 13, 2021 11:16 PM (QzJWU)

235 Years ago Kool Aid made an apple flavor that was ok with vodka in a pinch.........

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at November 13, 2021 10:51 PM (aA3+G

I have been known to mix green apple jolly rancher powder with vodka and ice.

Posted by: Hatari Somewhere on Ventura Highway at November 13, 2021 11:16 PM (WF/xn)

236 Residents of some parts of Los Angeles are expressing concern that they may have been exposed to radioactive dust particles after the U.S. Department of Energy demolished a building last month at a former nuclear testing site by using explosives.

Breitbart

Posted by: SMH while awaiting His return at November 13, 2021 11:16 PM (zGQui)

237 I am a witness that mindful webworker was first. I saw it with my own eyes. Unfortunately, I did not take a screen shot.
Posted by: RTW at November 13, 2021 11:14 PM (GJnvT)


You lie!

Trusting your own eyes, instead of the published record, is clear proof of your treachery!

Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) - Lie back and think of that sweet graft! ~ at November 13, 2021 11:17 PM (hOUT3)

238 Speaking of Sake....Iris and I went to dinner last Sunday at this great place called Hawkers. I'm a big sushi fan so pretty familiar with sake and know my limits. I had one bottle and when we got up to leave realized I was pretty tipsy for how much I drank.
The next day I mentioned to my son and he said that the alcohol content in Sake can very pretty wildly. I did not know that.

Posted by: sharon(willow's apprentice) at November 13, 2021 11:17 PM (Y+l9t)

239 Hey Jim!

Posted by: SMH while awaiting His return at November 13, 2021 11:17 PM (zGQui)

240 He seems to have some issues with Jeffrey Epstein, Aug 16, 2021

I'm surprised that one didn't wake up more people.

The FNM made a HUGE deal about Comet Pizza. Ha ha the rubes think a number of our elites are pedos? And that the law covers up for them? That's CRAZY!!!

And then we got to see Epstein, child wrangler for the stars, not kill himself to protect those stars. And the government basically just sort of shrugged and moved on.

Posted by: 18-1 at November 13, 2021 11:17 PM (ESjRY)

241 Thank you SMH, Jim and Aetius. Corsicana next year. I'll be glad to see you all.

Posted by: creeper at November 13, 2021 11:17 PM (cTCuP)

242 Continuing on to the next one after Boone's Farm there's a (1+) Red Neck Woman.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=82dDnv9zeLs

Posted by: Braenyard at November 13, 2021 11:17 PM (Xawmf)

243 Hi sharon!

Posted by: SMH while awaiting His return at November 13, 2021 11:18 PM (zGQui)

244 My sales were $12000 in 4 hours of service.

At an average cost of $14 a beer, I was selling 214 beers an hour, or 3.57 beers a minute for 4 hours.

Posted by: Bitter Clinger at November 13, 2021 11:18 PM (QCZEW)

245 Posted by: Bitter Clinger at November 13, 2021 11:18 PM (QCZEW)

BC, you are no slacker, that's for sure!

Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) - Lie back and think of that sweet graft! ~ at November 13, 2021 11:19 PM (hOUT3)

246 Amazing that in HS, we thought Lancer's and Maeteus was the good stuff.

Posted by: Tonypete at November 13, 2021 11:20 PM (mD/uy)

247 Residents of some parts of Los Angeles are expressing concern that they may have been exposed to radioactive dust particles after the U.S. Department of Energy demolished a building last month at a former nuclear testing site by using explosives.

Breitbart
Posted by: SMH while awaiting His return at November 13, 2021 11:16 PM (zGQui)

----------

Could be worse. It could have been the EPA.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at November 13, 2021 11:20 PM (VxC1e)

248 My sales were $12000 in 4 hours of service.

At an average cost of $14 a beer, I was selling 214 beers an hour, or 3.57 beers a minute for 4 hours.
Posted by: Bitter Clinger at November 13, 2021 11:18 PM (QCZEW)

Dude, at least convert it into hogsheads per fortnight so we can have some inkling of what you're talking about.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at November 13, 2021 11:20 PM (KqAki)

249 At an average cost of $14 a beer, I was selling 214 beers an hour, or 3.57 beers a minute for 4 hours.
Posted by: Bitter Clinger at November 13, 2021 11:18 PM (QCZEW)

Fourteen dollars a beer? Yikes. That's hockey game prices.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 13, 2021 11:21 PM (P3gRi)

250 Amazing that in HS, we thought Lancer's and Maeteus was the good stuff.

Posted by: Tonypete
__

I didn't smoke or drink until I joined the Army out of HS.

My parents put the fear of God in me.

Drill Sergeants, not so much.

Posted by: SMH while awaiting His return at November 13, 2021 11:21 PM (zGQui)

251 Gotta get those socks on the correct foots, though.
Posted by: mindful webworker - life socks at November 13, 2021 10:09 PM (6mKL7)

Or cross your ankles.

Posted by: GWB at November 13, 2021 11:21 PM (Gcsm/)

252 Residents of some parts of Los Angeles are expressing concern that they may have been exposed to radioactive dust particle

As long as they wear masks they'll be fine!

Posted by: Tony Fauci at November 13, 2021 11:22 PM (ESjRY)

253 Visiting a sake distillery is one of the things I want to do on my next visit to Japan. I've been there quite a bit, have intended to do this, but haven't gotten around to it. Have dropped by a few tasting rooms, but would like to something more extensive. Not really a sake guy overall, but I enjoy it when I'm there.

Sho-chu has been more my thing. Picked up a very nice on in the Nagasaki airport - need to see if I still have some. The little shopping area there had several different counters offering sho-chu tastings, so killing time before the flight was effortless.

Posted by: rhomboid at November 13, 2021 11:23 PM (OTzUX)

254 At $14 per beer, for that kind of coin, I could go to the sports bar, have two beers, and a hamburger, and tip the barkeep five bucks.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 13, 2021 11:23 PM (P3gRi)

255 This from the state that puts warning labels on the warning labels to warn you about possible carcinogens in your warning label.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at November 13, 2021 11:24 PM (KqAki)

256 I'm thinking a trip to Spec's or Total Wine is in order, looking for those tiny bottles, and setting up an extended taste test of bottom shelf, everyday bourbons. And one Tennessee whiskey that doesn't like to be called bourbon, even though it is one.

And/or, make to next year's TXMOME.

Posted by: Count de Monet, Unvaccinated Kulak-American at November 13, 2021 11:24 PM (4I/2K)

257 This from the state that puts warning labels on the warning labels to warn you about possible carcinogens in your warning label.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at November 13, 2021 11:24 PM (KqAki)



Do not eat warning labels if you are allergic to warning labels!

Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) - Lie back and think of that sweet graft! ~ at November 13, 2021 11:25 PM (hOUT3)

258 I can't tell the difference between expensive and cheap wine.

Of course I still remember being incredulous that I was supposed to spit out the wine at the one wine tasting I went to.

Posted by: 18-1 at November 13, 2021 11:26 PM (ESjRY)

259 Dude, at least convert it into hogsheads per fortnight so we can have some inkling of what you're talking about.

Given that I was selling 25 oz. cans, that's 214 hogsheads of beer per fortnight.

Posted by: Bitter Clinger at November 13, 2021 11:27 PM (QCZEW)

260 Do not eat warning labels if you are allergic to warning labels!

I wish someone had told me that before.

Posted by: Kamala Harris, gagging on something, and not what she normally gags on at November 13, 2021 11:27 PM (ESjRY)

261 Of course I still remember being incredulous that I was supposed to spit out the wine at the one wine tasting I went to.
Posted by: 18-1 at November 13, 2021 11:26 PM (ESjRY)

People who do that for any reason other than studying for their somm certification deserve to be dragged out into the street and shot.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at November 13, 2021 11:27 PM (KqAki)

262 I have been known to mix green apple jolly rancher powder with vodka and ice.
Posted by: Hatari Somewhere on Ventura Highway at November 13, 2021 11:16 PM (WF/xn)

Oh, that is wrong.

Posted by: Count de Monet, Unvaccinated Kulak-American at November 13, 2021 11:28 PM (4I/2K)

263 How many hogsheads could a hedgehog hog if a hedgehog could hog hogsheads?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 13, 2021 11:29 PM (P3gRi)

264 one of the provisions included a mandate for anti-drunk driving technology in new cars.

If you're looking or thinking now is a good time to buy. Spent the last days at the various build your truck sights.

I can build out a Super Duty (3/4 ton) Ford the way I want it cheaper than an XLT. I like the XL better - 2+K less than the Super Duty. I'll just buy my 18" wheels aftermarket.

Posted by: Braenyard at November 13, 2021 11:29 PM (Xawmf)

265
How much did you pay MH to delete my #1?
webworker at November 13, 2021 10:30 PM (6mKL7)

Those are some kind of words. I've been known to delete troll comments or some unwise words by regulars.
But, I would never delete an honestly obtained 1st.
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian

Whoa webworker! That's a huge slam on MH's integrity.

Why not just call his sister a whore?

Being first is sacred. Like Cloud Williams Holy Words. MH may be a sonofabitch. But damn.

Posted by: LeftCoast Dawg at November 13, 2021 11:29 PM (GCwZV)

266 How many hogsheads could a hedgehog hog if a hedgehog could hog hogsheads?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 13, 2021 11:29 PM (P3gRi)

Let's find out. Yo!

Posted by: Ron Jeremy at November 13, 2021 11:29 PM (4I/2K)

267 Enjoy the night good people, I am done!

Hrothgar out!

Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) - Lie back and think of that sweet graft! ~ at November 13, 2021 11:29 PM (hOUT3)

268 ..I'm thinking a trip to Spec's or Total Wine is in order, looking for those tiny bottles, and setting up an extended taste test of bottom shelf, everyday bourbons. And one Tennessee whiskey that doesn't like to be called bourbon, even though it is one. And/or, make to next year's TXMOME. Posted by: Count de Monet, Unvaccinated Kulak-American at November 13, 2021 11:24 PM (4I/2K)

I've got about 40 of those "Airline Bottles" up on top of the gun safe. Doing the same kind of tastings, in partnership with my USCG neighbor. One bottle will provide about two wee pours into the disposable plastic shot mini-glasses. Here's what we're doing. Sample no more than two varieties in a sitting. Take notes. Pint of water between varieties. Anymore than two samplings will begin to degrade the taste buds as to the nuances and subtleties.

Lastly? Go to Spec's, and get the Airline Bottle of "Fist Full Of Bourbon". I think you'll enjoy!

Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX

Posted by: Jim at November 13, 2021 11:29 PM (QzJWU)

269 Of course I still remember being incredulous that I was supposed to spit out the wine at the one wine tasting I went to.
Posted by: 18-1

Spit it out!!??
-- Veep Throat

Posted by: Tonypete at November 13, 2021 11:30 PM (mD/uy)

270 Hey LCD!

Posted by: SMH while awaiting His return at November 13, 2021 11:30 PM (zGQui)

271 going to try again.

Posted by: sharon(willow's apprentice) at November 13, 2021 11:30 PM (Y+l9t)

272 Niters Hrothgar.

Posted by: SMH while awaiting His return at November 13, 2021 11:31 PM (zGQui)

273 Off-Topic I suppose, but, has anyone else noticed that Russel Brand (of all people) seems to have been severely Red-Pilled? Here's a link to his channel: Russell Brand www.youtube.com/c/RussellBrand/videos

What's surprising is that there aren't more comedians and people from the entertainment industry questioning what liberalism has become. The desire to act as speech police and thought police is coming from liberals and the left. People from the entertainment industry are the ones who should be fighting it. But most of them are happy to be told what they are allowed to say.

Posted by: nerdygirl at November 13, 2021 11:31 PM (+lVUW)

274 I can build out a Super Duty (3/4 ton) Ford the way I want it cheaper than an XLT. I like the XL better - 2+K less than the Super Duty. I'll just buy my 18" wheels aftermarket.
Posted by: Braenyard at November 13, 2021 11:29 PM (Xawmf)


Makes a difference on the state tax (based on initial sales price) as well, in many states.

Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) - Lie back and think of that sweet graft! ~ at November 13, 2021 11:31 PM (hOUT3)

275 $20 to $30 is about right for 5 gallons of extract brewed beer. $14 a beer is .. well it's 2021

The coolest thing about Europe when I was stationed "over there" is the bars, at least the ones I went to, let anybody run a tab basically even if it's the first time you've been there, they don't know you from Adam. None of this running the wait staff back and forth for every damn beer.

They just make an "X" on your coaster when they bring a beer. Then you just give them the coaster when you go to leave, they add it all up and you pay the total.

Posted by: Common Tater at November 13, 2021 11:32 PM (KO4Hv)

276 Well, I am going to go to bed. Was up at O-dark thirty this morning, and the day has caught up with me, Night, Horde.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 13, 2021 11:32 PM (P3gRi)

277 That was weird. No matter what I typed, pixy said it was spam.
Just trying to give SMH a hug.
SMH, how's the family?

Posted by: sharon(willow's apprentice) at November 13, 2021 11:32 PM (Y+l9t)

278 Nite-nite SMH
this time I really mean it!

Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) - Lie back and think of that sweet graft! ~ at November 13, 2021 11:32 PM (hOUT3)

279 G'nite AOP.

Posted by: Tonypete at November 13, 2021 11:33 PM (mD/uy)

280 Go to Spec's, and get the Airline Bottle of "Fist Full Of Bourbon". I think you'll enjoy!

Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX
Posted by: Jim at November 13, 2021 11:29 PM (QzJWU)

Thanks, Jim. I will expand my taste horizons in corn mash (mostly) distilled products.

Posted by: Count de Monet, Unvaccinated Kulak-American at November 13, 2021 11:33 PM (4I/2K)

281 Wrapped up the late afternoon hike through the mountain mists. Didn't get lost which was a disappointment since I was looking forward to blasting away at trees, 3 shots at a time, for a couple of hours.

Re: Wine

I get my wine at a store called Grocery Outlet. They have nice selections of wine from around the world and it's dirt cheap. They show what the typical retail price would be for the bottle next to their price. Thinking this was just marketing. I did price research and found that they weren't lying on the typical retail price.

Posted by: Beartooth at November 13, 2021 11:34 PM (e/VZF)

282 sharon, family is fine. Will be seeing the girls next Saturday (oldest g-baby's birthday is the 19th).

Hub took off work Friday due to a pulled muscle in his back, so he's been taking it easy for the past two days.

Hopefully, we'll be able to go to church in the morning, weather permitting.

Posted by: SMH while awaiting His return at November 13, 2021 11:34 PM (zGQui)

283 I'm thinking a trip to Spec's or Total Wine is in order, looking for those tiny bottles, and setting up an extended taste test of bottom shelf, everyday bourbons. And one Tennessee whiskey that doesn't like to be called bourbon, even though it is one.

And/or, make to next year's TXMOME.
Posted by: Count de Monet, Unvaccinated Kulak-American at November 13, 2021 11:24 PM (4I/2K)


Minis are great for sampling bourbon. Especially if you can get to Kentucky. So much more variety at liquor stores in Kentucky.

Elsewhere, you should definitely be able to acquire Jim Beam (white label and Black), makers mark, wild turkey (regular and/or 101, Evan Williams.

Posted by: Doof at November 13, 2021 11:35 PM (mZUr4)

284 Count de Monet - and Jim SND - that is a great approach, limited only by the number of targeted brands that produce the airline-size bottlings. I've done that with a few bourbons, very cost-efficient approach.

Currently starting from zero in trying different sipping rums. No such luck there, on the small bottles. Should probably research and find a bar with a wide selection of the more specialized brands. So far have bought 2, quite different from each other.

Rum has either no or widely varying "standards" and regulations, so it's kind of chaos and you need to research particular bottles if you're looking for particular things (no sugar added, or solera or single-cask aged, or agricole vs. molassed-based).

Posted by: rhomboid at November 13, 2021 11:36 PM (OTzUX)

285 Well... He's literally a flag-burning leftist who is paying my ex's divorce lawyer (and several of the household bills) after she cheated and I left her.

But on drinking? Yes, the man is a genius.
Posted by: Washington Nearsider, #FJB. If you get it, you get it. at November 13, 2021 10:23 PM (cvNl1)

Whoa.

Posted by: WhyBanned at November 13, 2021 11:36 PM (ulaXh)

286 Warai, appreciate the sentiment (!), but when I've got an ambitious wine-tasting day ahead of me, such as happens up in the central coast area, sometimes I spit most of my sample. Attempting - usually without success - to preserve my palate, which always gets blasted after a while. Another benefit is less alcohol, for driving.

So there can be very practical - aimed at trying more wines - motivations for spitting.

Posted by: rhomboid at November 13, 2021 11:38 PM (OTzUX)

287 rhomboid. I can get you about a dozen different Airline Bottles of assorted Rums, here at the local Spec's.

Send me shipping info, and I'll get 'em on their way to you.

Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX

Posted by: Jim at November 13, 2021 11:39 PM (QzJWU)

288 SMH, I loved hearing about your interesting family. We all come from different backgrounds and histories and yet there is this fundamental agreement about what is important in life.

Posted by: sharon(willow's apprentice) at November 13, 2021 11:39 PM (Y+l9t)

289 "Whoa." - WhyBanned

Exactly! LOL

WTF? I hate scrolling back to research the context of a comment, so I'll just enjoy this wild snippet.

Posted by: rhomboid at November 13, 2021 11:41 PM (OTzUX)

290 ou want to see Jenny Agutter's tits

You'll settle for some new starlet's honkers

You'll get Daniel Radcliffe's schlong wand
Posted by: 18-1 at November 13, 2021 10:49 PM (ESjRY)

Posted by: BourbonChicken at November 13, 2021 11:42 PM (ybIRR)

291 That Russell Brand youtube vid is extraordinary, and not just for the sheer amount of glo'al stops he speaks with.

Posted by: SFGoth at November 13, 2021 11:43 PM (KAi1n)

292 First Female Army Sniper

https://valorguardians.com/blog/?p=119470

Posted by: SMH while awaiting His return at November 13, 2021 11:43 PM (zGQui)

293 lol sharon, thanks.

God willing, some of them will wise up before it's too late.

Posted by: SMH while awaiting His return at November 13, 2021 11:45 PM (zGQui)

294 {{{SMH}}}
* Respectful tip of the hat to Ex-Ex. *

Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at November 13, 2021 11:46 PM (u82oZ)

295 We just got back from a play at the local high school.

My wife liked it. You're a Good Man Charlie Brown.

Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at November 13, 2021 11:47 PM (u82oZ)

296 Bourbon nerd here. Not a fan of Jim Beam (standard -- white label). But I do enjoy Jim Beam Black (aged longer) and Jim Beam Bonded (100 proof). Are either of them my favorite? Not even close. But so what? Doesn't make me right or wrong.
The best bourbon to me has 3 components. It has a flavor that YOU enjoy at a price that YOU are willing to pay and is available whenever YOU want it.
Posted by: Doof at November 13, 2021 11:15 PM (mZUr

Riding in from Love Field with nurse rached with the gracious driver Gref, we stopped just outside Corsicana at a liquor store to select our contributions
nurse of course chose her Irish, but being in Texas, I looked at a wall of fine Texas labels I'd never seen before.
With the help of the clerk. I found an incredible bottle that was only $30.
We got to the ranch on Wednesday.
There was still a couple of shots left on Thursday morning.
Damn it was good. Most morons agreed.

Posted by: LeftCoast Dawg at November 13, 2021 11:48 PM (A+rex)

297 Salty!!

Hubby just went to bed, with a muscle relaxer.

Posted by: SMH while awaiting His return at November 13, 2021 11:49 PM (zGQui)

298 Brand didn't just take the red pill, he bought the manufacturing plant.

Posted by: SFGoth at November 13, 2021 11:51 PM (KAi1n)

299 226 I don't have to worry about ever becoming a wine snob. I can't drink the stuff unless its offshoot like mead. The tannin or something in wine from grapes hits like a kick to the gut. Beer or spirits (not neat) for me. Leaves more wine for the those that can enjoy it.
Posted by: PaleRider, cheerful clinger at November 13, 2021 11:13 PM (3cGpq)

Red wines and most Chardonnay undergo malolactic fermentation which produces compounds related to histamine. I enjoy white wine like Sauvignon blanc and Pinot Grigio that are done without the MLF. Not sure about the caps. Maybe the edit function is classy.

Posted by: WhyBanned at November 13, 2021 11:51 PM (ulaXh)

300 Prettygirl is still wearing Eau de Skunk purrfume on her face, but after her bath this afternoon (her first), the rest of her is soft and luxurious.

Posted by: SFGoth at November 13, 2021 11:53 PM (KAi1n)

301 Good Night everyone.
Sweet Dreams

Posted by: sharon(willow's apprentice) at November 13, 2021 11:54 PM (Y+l9t)

302 Horrifying...

MUST WATCH: Texas HHS DENIES Monoclonal Antibody Treatments For Whites - "If I Were Black or Hispanic Then I Would Qualify?" - Nurse: "Yep, That's Right"

https://tinyurl.com/ychperh6

Posted by: SMH while awaiting His return at November 13, 2021 11:55 PM (zGQui)

303 SMH

I just saw that. I'm sure he would appreciate some body warmth as well.

Hope he heals soon.

Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at November 13, 2021 11:55 PM (u82oZ)

304 re firs female Army sniper. I am sure she deserves it and she should recieve all plaudits. What I wonder is if the juice is worth the squeeze. Is it worth changing all US military norms for a very few people?

When they allowed women into the infantry forces, things changed. Even going through basic changed when the soldier next to you was a chick. And I won't get into the gay issue. In my day, which was not long ago, that alone was a no go.

I can see the idea that everyone that can hack it should have a chance. But for whatever reason, military standards have changed over the years. Back in the day,an infantryman had to carry 70 pounds of gear AND be able to carry his buddy out of a battle zone.

I have nothing against allowing people to compete for vary rare positions. But if people think the Army, and yes, the USMC, have not lowered many standards, then I don't know what to tell them.

BTW,. there are crazy good female soldiers in the Army and Marine Corps. The squared away Marine who handed me a folded flag years ago was a black female. She was legit and i am so happy she was given that duty.

Posted by: Quint at November 13, 2021 11:56 PM (Oy+3b)

305 Jim, many thanks, but actually I know that BevMo has many of them around here, and I've barely checked the better independents (there are some pretty good ones nearby). Also have actual airline friends - can ask them what they can "borrow".

And the even better news is that TotalWine is finally opening in SD - one sort of wonders what took so long (they've been up in Temecula for a while). They have a much, much broader and deeper serious rum inventory than BevMo, and I'd imagine their bourbon offerings are also extensive (BevMo's aren't bad, as far as my novice eye can tell).

I actually sort of know the BevMo regional manager through family connections, forgot to ask him at the last encounter (recent) what he thought of TotalWine finally entering this market.

Posted by: rhomboid at November 13, 2021 11:56 PM (OTzUX)

306 AC/DC (to keep on Pixy's good side ) and Marshall Tucker Band; pretty good lineup.

Evening, y'all.

Posted by: GnuBreed at November 13, 2021 11:57 PM (F0YaR)

307 SMH while awaiting His return

Well, my doctor and my wife know I have an anatomical feature commonly found on black men.

But there is actually only one human race, divided by single-nucleotide polymorphisms and culture. Mostly culture.

Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at November 13, 2021 11:57 PM (u82oZ)

308 We just got back from a play at the local high school.

My wife liked it. You're a Good Man Charlie Brown.
Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at November 13, 2021 11:47 PM (u82oZ)


Hey Salty! Nice that you support high school theater. Son of Doof is in a musical at his school this weekend. A medley/revue called "All Together Now". Not as enjoyable as a show with an actual story, but nice that they're doing full cast productions again.

Posted by: Doof at November 13, 2021 11:58 PM (mZUr4)

309 Well, my doctor and my wife know I have an anatomical feature commonly found on black men.

Posted by: NaCly Dog

I don't know what to say to this other than: You have my attention.

Posted by: Tonypete at November 13, 2021 11:59 PM (mD/uy)

310 Tonights philosophical question:

What if all the idiots in all the villages left their villages and formed their own village of idiots?

In that concentrated village of idiots, would putative US President Joe Biden or Canadian PM Justin Trudeau be the village idiot?

Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at November 14, 2021 12:00 AM (u82oZ)

311 Denying any American potentially life-saving treatment is never okay - Governor Abbott must immediately end this state-sponsored racism.

Posted by: SMH while awaiting His return at November 14, 2021 12:00 AM (zGQui)

312 Riding in from Love Field with nurse rached with the gracious driver Gref, we stopped just outside Corsicana at a liquor store to select our contributions
nurse of course chose her Irish, but being in Texas, I looked at a wall of fine Texas labels I'd never seen before.
With the help of the clerk. I found an incredible bottle that was only $30.
We got to the ranch on Wednesday.
There was still a couple of shots left on Thursday morning.
Damn it was good. Most morons agreed.
Posted by: LeftCoast Dawg at November 13, 2021 11:48 PM (A+rex)


Howdy LCD! Do you recall the name of what you bought??

Posted by: Doof at November 14, 2021 12:00 AM (mZUr4)

313 And Ixnay on onnes Bay arms Fay. I had a very unfortunate buried alive experience with that particular drink. Everyone was laughing but me.

Posted by: GnuBreed at November 14, 2021 12:00 AM (F0YaR)

314 Tonypete

I'm just going to leave that statement hanging free.

Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at November 14, 2021 12:01 AM (u82oZ)

315 And while I did not throw up, if I had, it might not have been as bad.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at November 13, 2021 10:43 PM (csEWM)


Oh dear Lord in heaven, throwing up a carbonated beverage is horrible. Though it doesn't last as long, IMO.

Posted by: GWB at November 14, 2021 12:01 AM (Gcsm/)

316 Well, my doctor and my wife know I have an anatomical feature commonly found on black men.

Posted by: NaCly Dog
___

Ummm...oookay.

Good for her, I guess?

Posted by: SMH while awaiting His return at November 14, 2021 12:01 AM (zGQui)

317 {{{ sharon(willow's apprentice)}}}

Good night. Sweet dreams.

Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at November 14, 2021 12:02 AM (u82oZ)

318 Niters, sharon.

Posted by: SMH while awaiting His return at November 14, 2021 12:02 AM (zGQui)

319 Posted by: SMH while awaiting His return at November 13, 2021 11:55 PM (zGQui)

Evil. Satanic. Jim Crow in reverse.

Fuck these people entirely.

Posted by: thathalfrican - The One at November 14, 2021 12:03 AM (YglAn)

320 Harvey Wallbanger!
Posted by: Legally Sufficient, Believing in America at November 13, 2021 10:46 PM (rwusL)


Or, as a guy who worked in the lumber yard called it, "Harry Floorwalker". He could NOT remember the name, but he knew what he liked.

Posted by: GWB at November 14, 2021 12:03 AM (Gcsm/)

321 Hey everybody. Hey ONT! Thanks MisHum!

The top photo reminds me:
"I found my thrill..."

Posted by: qdpsteve, Fats Domino fan at November 14, 2021 12:03 AM (L2ZTs)

322 thathalfrican, I recently found a pic of a woman (clothed) whom I thought was cute.

But... she was wearing a pentagram. Call me crazy, for me that's a huge turn-off. I'm not into women who *want* to go straight to hell.

Posted by: qdpsteve at November 14, 2021 12:04 AM (L2ZTs)

323 Evil. Satanic. Jim Crow in reverse.

Fuck these people entirely.
Posted by: thathalfrican
__

Yep.

Two wrongs do not make a right.

Racism is wrong, regardless of who is doing it.

Posted by: SMH while awaiting His return at November 14, 2021 12:04 AM (zGQui)

324 Horrifying...

MUST WATCH: Texas HHS DENIES Monoclonal Antibody Treatments For Whites - "If I Were Black or Hispanic Then I Would Qualify?" - Nurse: "Yep, That's Right"

https://tinyurl.com/ychperh6

Posted by: SMH while awaiting His return at November 13, 2021 11:55 PM (zGQui)

People have lost their damn minds.

Posted by: Count de Monet, Unvaccinated Kulak-American at November 14, 2021 12:05 AM (4I/2K)

325 qdp, for most people, going to Hell is easy.

Going to Heaven, much more difficult.

Posted by: SMH while awaiting His return at November 14, 2021 12:05 AM (zGQui)

326 What if all the idiots in all the villages left their villages and formed their own village of idiots?

They did NaCly. Unfortunately their new village is now known as the White House. :-P

Posted by: qdpsteve at November 14, 2021 12:05 AM (L2ZTs)

327 People have lost their damn minds.
Posted by: Count de Monet
___

Yep.

Posted by: SMH while awaiting His return at November 14, 2021 12:06 AM (zGQui)

328 SMH, yup.

It bugs me that people don't take the afterlife seriously, really. In fact I've often thought that would be an excellent theme for a novel or screenplay.

Posted by: qdpsteve at November 14, 2021 12:06 AM (L2ZTs)

329 274 I can build out a Super Duty (3/4 ton) Ford the way I want it cheaper than an XLT. I like the XL better - 2+K less than the Super Duty. I'll just buy my 18" wheels aftermarket.
Posted by: Braenyard at November 13, 2021 11:29 PM (Xawmf)

Makes a difference on the state tax (based on initial sales price) as well, in many states.
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) - Lie back and think of that sweet graft! ~ at November 13, 2021 11:31 PM (hOUT3)
-------------------

It's pre tax pricing from the company.
That Super Duty is a lot more truck, too much for my old kidneys or I would go for it.

Posted by: Braenyard at November 14, 2021 12:08 AM (Xawmf)

330 Doof

I've been a supporter of theater when my Mom started community theater when I was in 7th grade.

Did community theater myself for a few plays, even with my low talent level.

Today, a big high school like Manhattan has plays that are at the same level regional theater was 20 years ago.

Our small rural theater gets the few students not in Fall sports. Three years ago some football stars were in the fall play, which were scheduled around the playoff games. We have strivers in our school.

Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at November 14, 2021 12:08 AM (u82oZ)

331 Hello.

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at November 14, 2021 12:08 AM (OU+8W)

332 NaCly: I never did community theater.

I have however known a few people who were Drama Queens. :-)

Posted by: qdpsteve at November 14, 2021 12:09 AM (L2ZTs)

333 People who do that for any reason other than studying for their somm certification deserve to be dragged out into the street and shot.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at No

When you are tasting barrels first thing in the morning, I spit it out. I don't want to drink wine for breakfast.

Posted by: CaliGirl at November 14, 2021 12:09 AM (gyRx0)

334 Hi BeckoningChasm!
How are you doing, hun?

Posted by: SMH while awaiting His return at November 14, 2021 12:09 AM (zGQui)

335 Soviets had entire units of female snipers in WWII.

Rosa Shanina might have not been the only looker who was also quite deadly for the nyemetskiye fashistkiye zakhvatchiki (German fascist invaders), but she was both.

https://tinyurl.com/d2a25b24

Pavlichenko, who was more famous and had a Russian movie made about her, was portrayed by a beautiful actress, but was more average looking.

Posted by: rhomboid at November 14, 2021 12:09 AM (OTzUX)

336 SMH while awaiting His return

My doctor laughs every time I say that. He knows the truth, and it is not the obvious answer. But it breaks the ice.

Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at November 14, 2021 12:10 AM (u82oZ)

337 I like ouzo, but then I like licorice.
Posted by: nerdygirl at November 13, 2021 11:12 PM (+lVUW)


I like the good stuff that really tastes like licorice. Not like the candy now, but the real stuff.

Posted by: GWB at November 14, 2021 12:10 AM (Gcsm/)

338 Hey CaliGirl!
Have you had a sighting of the Princelings yet? :-)
I have heard things are *not* going well for them at all, and that in fact Prince Charles wants to go medieval on their royal asses once Her Majesty has passed from this realm.

Posted by: qdpsteve at November 14, 2021 12:10 AM (L2ZTs)

339 Mystery click - That's about me, isn't it?

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at November 14, 2021 12:10 AM (pbStR)

340
I am laughing my ass off -- this isn't funny, but it's the absolute absurdity of the situation. The foolishness of our elite.

Did you know there was a relatively low cost way we could have lowered the R(t) of Covid below 1, and killed the pandemic early on?

What is it? UV light sterilizers. Turns out the Covid virus is particularly vulnerable to certain UV wavelengths at intensities that are safe for public exposure.

All you needed to do was put these UV sterilizers in certain strategic public indoor spaces where the most spread was occuring (hospitals, health care, nursing homes, and a few other indoor settings), and you would have killed the damn pandemic right there.

All this wasted money and economic destruction was...unnecessary. This is real Science! of course.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion (Mzdiz) at November 14, 2021 12:10 AM (Mzdiz)

341 OK, I think I'm finally done with work for today.

What did I miss?

Posted by: Blanco Basura - moronhorde.com. Not insurgents, counterrevolutionaries. at November 14, 2021 12:11 AM (SchxB)

342 Pavlichenko, who was more famous and had a Russian movie made about her, was portrayed by a beautiful actress, but was more average looking.
Posted by: rhomboid
___

I have nothing but the utmost respect for the female Russian snipers.

If sniper school had been available when I was much younger, I'd have taken a shot at it.

Posted by: SMH while awaiting His return at November 14, 2021 12:11 AM (zGQui)

343 qdpsteve

So, you've met my wife?

Heeyo.

Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at November 14, 2021 12:11 AM (u82oZ)

344 If sniper school had been available when I was much younger, I'd have taken a shot at it.
Posted by: SMH while awaiting His return


ISWYDT

Posted by: qdpsteve at November 14, 2021 12:12 AM (L2ZTs)

345 My doctor laughs every time I say that. He knows the truth, and it is not the obvious answer. But it breaks the ice.
Posted by: NaCly Dog
___

LOL!

Don't ever change.

Posted by: SMH while awaiting His return at November 14, 2021 12:12 AM (zGQui)

346 lol qdp.

Posted by: SMH while awaiting His return at November 14, 2021 12:12 AM (zGQui)

347 NaCly, now do the golf swing and you've got your Johnny down cold ;-)

Posted by: qdpsteve at November 14, 2021 12:12 AM (L2ZTs)

348 SMH - Did you get the pic of the guys working on tracked vehicle?

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at November 14, 2021 12:13 AM (pbStR)

349 If sniper school had been available when I was much younger, I'd have taken a shot at it.
Posted by: SMH

ISWYDT.

Posted by: Tonypete at November 14, 2021 12:13 AM (mD/uy)

350 Hi, SMH. Doing okay. Actually had First World Problem today, when the...wow, sorry, typing it out seems really boring. Maybe I'll post it in CBD's thing on Sunday.

How are you doing? That's more important, really.

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at November 14, 2021 12:13 AM (OU+8W)

351
The covid virus is particularly susceptible to destruction by UVC radiation at 222 nm. It's very high energy, but is blocked by the top layer of human skin, and even the top layer of the eyes.

Utterly harmless to humans at the intensity needed to destroy the Covid virus. That wavelength blows up the virus like the Martians hearing Slim Whitman.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion (Mzdiz) at November 14, 2021 12:14 AM (Mzdiz)

352 I like 2 Gingers Irish whiskey. It's inexpensive and moderately good. It might taste like redhead.

Posted by: GWB at November 14, 2021 12:14 AM (Gcsm/)

353 I'm fine, BeckoningChasm. : )

Got the kittehs curled up beside me, and the hubby sleeping comfortably, courtesy of a muscle relaxer.

Not looking forward to the winter, but God will see us through.

Posted by: SMH while awaiting His return at November 14, 2021 12:15 AM (zGQui)

354 Salty the former actor - nice!!

Posted by: Doof at November 14, 2021 12:15 AM (mZUr4)

355 People have lost their damn minds.
Posted by: Count de Monet
___
Well, they weren't very bright to begin with.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at November 14, 2021 12:15 AM (ELgVT)

356 BeckoningChasm,

There are many people here concerned about your well-being.

And never forget, you are so loved.

Posted by: SMH while awaiting His return at November 14, 2021 12:16 AM (zGQui)

357 I have heard things are *not* going well for them at all, and that in fact Prince Charles wants to go medieval on their royal asses once Her Majesty has passed from this realm.
Posted by: qdpsteve at November

Hey qdp, how are you. No I haven't seen them or heard any good gossip. I did hear rumors a while ago that the Mrs was staying at the San Ysidro Ranch. Just gossip, my spy doesn't work there anymore.

Posted by: CaliGirl at November 14, 2021 12:17 AM (gyRx0)

358 qdpsteve

Didn't Heinlein do that afterlife theme in Job, a Comedy of Justice? And I seem to recall other SF short stories dealt with that theme.

Even James Blish's Black Easter and Day After Judgement touched on that.

Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at November 14, 2021 12:17 AM (u82oZ)

359 LOL, I'm nothing and no one. But I may be getting a cat (somewhat) soon, so I might be a person then. A Cat person. Which is still a person! (kicks rock).

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at November 14, 2021 12:18 AM (OU+8W)

360 BeckoningChasm

Aw, you have given us much enjoyment out of your stories.

But I do worry for you betimes.

Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at November 14, 2021 12:20 AM (u82oZ)

361 SMH, can I please share something with you frankly?

I very much respect that you're awaiting Christ's return. I'm a Christian and await it as well. I definitely believe it will happen, someday.

But... I've known too many people who use the prospect of the apocalypse, as an excuse to not do anything to improve their own lives, and/or to manipulate others. I used to know a woman who, during the Obama admin, was constantly predicting Jesus would return in just a few days. She also made it clear that if you didn't agree with her about anything (biblical or not), you were goin' ta hell!! ;-) (Including if you preferred Pepsi over Coke.)

I admit I'm at the point that whenever I hear anyone begin to talk about Christ's return, I get a nervous tic, wondering what they're either going to demand from me, or what their angle is.

I personally think it's extremely selfish of people, who won't do the heavy lifting in their lives to improve anything here on earth, to just yelp it doesn't matter because Jesus will be back soon. IMHO they want God to hit the big red RESET button in the sky and do all the hard work for them.

But I know you're not one of those people. :-)

Posted by: qdpsteve at November 14, 2021 12:20 AM (L2ZTs)

362 Three years ago some football stars were in the fall play, which were scheduled around the playoff games. We have strivers in our school.
Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at November 14, 2021 12:08 AM (u82oZ)
-------------------------

For the money the Track and Field coaches got together with the band and the drama department and put on an annual show.
Track and field were the producers; the band and drama worked together to do their part.

Filled the auditorium and made money for three under sponsored areas.

Posted by: Braenyard at November 14, 2021 12:20 AM (Xawmf)

363 Mike Hammer, MisHum sent it.
But I cannot open it.
Gmail will not let me open it.
Send it to me directly.
Click on my nic and send directly to my proton addy.






Posted by: Lisa J Copeland at November 14, 2021 12:21 AM (zGQui)

364 LOL, I'm nothing and no one. But I may be getting a cat (somewhat) soon, so I might be a person then. A Cat person. Which is still a person! (kicks rock).
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at November 14, 2021 12:18 AM (OU+8W)

You're a moron, a jolly good fellow. And so say all of us. Huzzah!

Posted by: Count de Monet, Unvaccinated Kulak-American at November 14, 2021 12:21 AM (4I/2K)

365 NaCly, I'll have to look those up. Thanks!

Posted by: qdpsteve at November 14, 2021 12:21 AM (L2ZTs)

366 Ummm..okay.

That sucks

Posted by: SMH - The War has been won, only the battles remain, as usual at November 14, 2021 12:21 AM (zGQui)

367 Doof

It was such a long time ago. Well, not as long as Vic.

Has anyone heard from Vic? He has had a tough time lately, or even since his wife left.

Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at November 14, 2021 12:22 AM (u82oZ)

368 Good evening all

I may have told this story before, apologies if so. My siblings, cousins, and I built the casket for my grandpa. It was a really nice way to express our love even after his death. I think it helped with the mourning process a bit, even though I'm still mourning. When it was close to done I got in and asked them to put the cover on. It smelt like pine and was dark and enveloping. I felt ok then with putting my grandfather's body there. After I was out of course. My grandma, who didn't know what I had done, stated that she would like to crawl in there with him.

The funeral home made sure it was securely closed. Not because of the story I just told but because that was there responsibility.

Im not going to delete this because it's written now but it is hard to judge if I'm being understood without being able to see facial expressions.

Hope everyone is having a good evening.

Posted by: AmericanKestrel at November 14, 2021 12:22 AM (IDhUW)

369 MUST WATCH: Texas HHS DENIES Monoclonal Antibody Treatments For Whites - "If I Were Black or Hispanic Then I Would Qualify?" - Nurse: "Yep, That's Right"

https://tinyurl.com/ychperh6

Posted by: SMH while awaiting His return at November 13, 2021 11:55 PM (zGQu

No hablo ingles. No problema, sabes?

Posted by: WhyBanned at November 14, 2021 12:23 AM (ulaXh)

370 Wait, people were worried about me? Um, thank you.

I have a story hopefully wrapping up soon (he said, as he had the last few months). Maybe the next movie thread.

Don't worry about me folks. I'll be fine until I'm not.

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at November 14, 2021 12:23 AM (OU+8W)

371 Halftime

Posted by: Skip at November 14, 2021 12:23 AM (2JoB8)

372 Laddie, Two Gingers is blended, ma be na go.

Posted by: Braenyard at November 14, 2021 12:24 AM (Xawmf)

373 Publius,
They knew in general that UV light killed Covid round about March 2020 or so. Same thing for temperature ranges--reproduces best about 50 F as the peak of the bell curve, ditto humidity levels.

We have witchdoctors in public health.

BTW, just came back from hospital and heart wards are full.

Posted by: whig at November 14, 2021 12:24 AM (9hXN1)

374 qdp,

As followers of Christ, we are called to continue to do His work and His will until He returns.

He may return in our lifetime, He may not. No one knows.

But in the meantime, we are not to be idle.

Posted by: SMH - The War has been won, only the battles remain, as usual at November 14, 2021 12:24 AM (zGQui)

375 SMH, I did *not* mean that you had to change your signature line!

"SMH, awaiting Christ's return" is 100% fine.

Posted by: qdpsteve at November 14, 2021 12:24 AM (L2ZTs)

376 Braenyard

The track coach here is really the conditioning coach for basketball. Winning is secondary.

Track ends, and the next Monday basketball practice starts.

Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at November 14, 2021 12:24 AM (u82oZ)

377 SMH, I agree 100%.

Posted by: qdpsteve at November 14, 2021 12:25 AM (L2ZTs)

378 Has anyone heard from Vic? He has had a tough time lately, or even since his wife left.

Posted by: NaCly Dog

He showed up with his links a week ago Saturday morning if I remember correctly.

Posted by: whig at November 14, 2021 12:25 AM (9hXN1)

379 {{{SMH}}}

You are a wonderful example for all us curmudgeons and rapscallions to look up to.

Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at November 14, 2021 12:26 AM (u82oZ)

380 Agreed, SMH is a definite treasure.

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at November 14, 2021 12:26 AM (OU+8W)

381 Im not going to delete this because it's written now but it is hard to judge if I'm being understood without being able to see facial expressions.
Posted by: AmericanKestrel

I think that is a great tribute to your grandpa. Nice.

Posted by: Tonypete at November 14, 2021 12:27 AM (mD/uy)

382 You're sweet, Salty.

You too, qdp.

Posted by: SMH while awaiting His return at November 14, 2021 12:27 AM (zGQui)

383 NaCly and Beckoning, hear hear

Posted by: qdpsteve at November 14, 2021 12:27 AM (L2ZTs)

384 SMH, ah shucks, thanks

Posted by: qdpsteve at November 14, 2021 12:28 AM (L2ZTs)

385 Signing off. Have get up early to feed the kiddies before church.

Posted by: Tonypete at November 14, 2021 12:28 AM (mD/uy)

386 Thank you, whig.

Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at November 14, 2021 12:28 AM (u82oZ)

387
All you needed to do was put these UV sterilizers in certain strategic public indoor spaces where the most spread was occuring (hospitals, health care, nursing homes, and a few other indoor settings), and you would have killed the damn pandemic right there.
~~~
I watched the endless briefings on covid during the two weeks to flatten the curve. My impression was that Trump was talking about injecting sunlight but it wasn't clear. We know how the media ran with it.

Posted by: AmericanKestrel at November 14, 2021 12:28 AM (IDhUW)

388 Welp, time to turn in. Lots of chores tomorrow.

Beauty sleep, for me, probably ended when I was two.

May you all have a wonderful night, with sweet dreams of salvation, redemption, and heaven.

Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at November 14, 2021 12:28 AM (u82oZ)

389 The covid virus is particularly susceptible to destruction by UVC radiation at 222 nm. It's very high energy, but is blocked by the top layer of human skin, and even the top layer of the eyes.

Utterly harmless to humans at the intensity needed to destroy the Covid virus. That wavelength blows up the virus like the Martians hearing Slim Whitman.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion (Mzdiz) at November 14, 2021 12:14 AM (Mzdiz)

Those UV robots also kill C diff in hospitals. Too bad our betters determined years ago that it is more important to provide free care to illegals and the indigent than to invest in life saving technology.

Posted by: WhyBanned at November 14, 2021 12:29 AM (ulaXh)

390 387 American Kestrel,
Some guy invented a process where you could project UV light directly into the lungs. Dunno what happened to it or side effects.

Posted by: whig at November 14, 2021 12:30 AM (9hXN1)

391 Niters Salty and TP. : )

Posted by: SMH while awaiting His return at November 14, 2021 12:30 AM (zGQui)

392 I like 2 Gingers Irish whiskey. It's inexpensive and moderately good. It might taste like redhead.
Posted by: GWB at November 14, 2021 12:14 AM (Gcsm/)

OK that's pretty funny - "might taste like redhead"!!

Posted by: Doof at November 14, 2021 12:30 AM (mZUr4)

393 @389 - UV Robots killing Cliff in hospitals! Damn, that's my next animation!

--oh wait, it's something non-apocalyptic. Darn it.

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at November 14, 2021 12:31 AM (OU+8W)

394
The beauty of this is that that 222 nm wavelength is the sweet spot. When those photons hit the Covid virus, they kill it dead, Jim, blow it up very efficiently.

And the top layers of our skin, the dead cells absorb this range well and it does not penetrate to living tissue below.

You don't even need to put in the HVAC, although that would be very efficient. Just hang such emitters from the ceilings and on the walls in the high-spread indoor spaces, and Covid is dead.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion (Mzdiz) at November 14, 2021 12:31 AM (Mzdiz)

395 Goodnight all, and thanks NaCly.

Posted by: qdpsteve at November 14, 2021 12:31 AM (L2ZTs)

396 And good night to you all. Listening to Myuu piano stuff on YouTube (great emotional stuff, though somewhat down). And then watching Jenny Nicholson talk about pop culture. She's my future ex-wife so be nice.

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at November 14, 2021 12:32 AM (OU+8W)

397 publius, what do you know about graphene oxide?

There are videos floating around that the jab contains this substance.

Posted by: SMH while awaiting His return at November 14, 2021 12:33 AM (zGQui)

398 Sniper skills are skills I would like to have. Think I'm too old for that now though.

Posted by: AmericanKestrel at November 14, 2021 12:34 AM (IDhUW)

399
The hospital where I had my knee replaced in 2019 was using the UV sterilizing robots. After a patient is discharged, the robot is sent in the room, doors and windows are closed, and that thing irradiates the hell out of every surface in the room.

The intensity is dangerous for humans -- you don't want to be exposed to the flux from that thing, and they've got all sorts of safety protocols to use it.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion (Mzdiz) at November 14, 2021 12:34 AM (Mzdiz)

400 Trump said to drink sunlight! Reeee!!

Posted by: Count de Monet, Unvaccinated Kulak-American at November 14, 2021 12:34 AM (4I/2K)

401 like 2 Gingers Irish whiskey. It's inexpensive and moderately good. It might taste like redhead.
Posted by: GWB at November 14, 2021 12:14 AM (Gcsm/)

OK that's pretty funny - "might taste like redhead"!!

Posted by: Doof at November 14, 2021 12:30 AM (mZUr4)

i liked the "moderately good" I am sure there are good Irish whiskeys. No doubt people like them. there is a lot Scotch that will compete vary well for the price. But everyone likes what they like. Personally the chance i will belly up to a bar, throw down cash and ask for Irish whiskey is about nil. The best ones charge a ton, and focus on offending no one.

Posted by: Quint at November 14, 2021 12:35 AM (Oy+3b)

402 Hello.
Posted by: BeckoningChasm

Buenos noches BC

Posted by: Sock Monkey * arbitrary and capricious at November 14, 2021 12:35 AM (q4LMg)

403 Good night tonypete and NaCly

Posted by: AmericanKestrel at November 14, 2021 12:36 AM (IDhUW)

404 Trump said to drink sunlight! Reeee!!

Sunlight makes plants grow. We use certain plants to make alcoholic beverages. So drinking sunlight, even if indirectly, is possible.

Posted by: Blanco Basura - moronhorde.com. Not insurgents, counterrevolutionaries. at November 14, 2021 12:37 AM (SchxB)

405 Howdy SMH

Posted by: Doof at November 14, 2021 12:38 AM (mZUr4)

406 publius. I've got a not eye safe UV light in the return air plenum of the interior air handler here in the house.

They're about $100, including transformer and mount, at most any HVAC supply house. And there is no such thing as "overkill" where bugs are concerned.

Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX

Posted by: Jim at November 14, 2021 12:38 AM (QzJWU)

407 Sniper skills are skills I would like to have. Think I'm too old for that now though.

Posted by: AmericanKestrel at November 14, 2021 12:34 AM (IDhUW)

people hate this because it offends their sensibilities. But a sniper team is made up of the shooter and the spotter. The spotter is of more value and is the head of the team. The shooter is the FNG,.

Posted by: Quint at November 14, 2021 12:38 AM (Oy+3b)

408 But in the meantime, we are not to be idle.
Posted by: SMH -

Excessively idling is a waste of resources and bad for the environment.

Posted by: Sock Monkey * arbitrary and capricious at November 14, 2021 12:39 AM (q4LMg)

409 Hey Doof!

Posted by: SMH while awaiting His return at November 14, 2021 12:39 AM (zGQui)

410 lol Sock Monkey.

Indeed.

Posted by: SMH while awaiting His return at November 14, 2021 12:40 AM (zGQui)

411 I feel like I'm drinking sunlight on a warm summer day. It's delicious and a warm breeze is like the cherry on top.

Posted by: AmericanKestrel at November 14, 2021 12:40 AM (IDhUW)

412
Trump said to drink sunlight! Reeee!!
Posted by: Count de Monet, Unvaccinated Kulak-American


He said Sunny D Light

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at November 14, 2021 12:41 AM (63Dwl)

413 If rhomboid is still around, pretty interesting argument who wanted to invade who referring to the historical debate over Russia and Germany in WWII. About 18000 words or so. Guy named Egbert Dijkstra and the revisionist thesis is based around the May 1941 Plan.

At Unz.com https://tinyurl.com/52bxf4hf

Posted by: whig at November 14, 2021 12:41 AM (9hXN1)

414 I feel like I'm drinking sunlight on a warm summer day. It's delicious and a warm breeze is like the cherry on top.
Posted by: AmericanKestrel
___

Yep.

And this time of the year in the midwest, I feel like I'm starving.

Posted by: SMH while awaiting His return at November 14, 2021 12:41 AM (zGQui)

415 Not sure if Red Army sniper units in WWII used spotters, at least all the time. I think it varied. IIRC "Enemy at the Gates"* had Zaitsev sometimes with, sometimes without, a spotter. But that was for close-range, urban engagements. I think spotters are more relevant as ranges extend out to "very far away".

The fine motor skills that, on average, are better in females, lend themselves to sniper responsibilities.

* a movie with many accurate, and many wildly inaccurate, elements - though the brutal, chaotic opening sequence is valuable for western audiences in conveying some of the intensity of the eastern front, even if certain elements are incorrect

Posted by: rhomboid at November 14, 2021 12:42 AM (OTzUX)

416 Living in Cali, Hawaii, Georgia, and TX, I got kinda spoiled.

Posted by: SMH while awaiting His return at November 14, 2021 12:42 AM (zGQui)

417 i liked the "moderately good" I am sure there are good Irish whiskeys. No doubt people like them. there is a lot Scotch that will compete vary well for the price. But everyone likes what they like. Personally the chance i will belly up to a bar, throw down cash and ask for Irish whiskey is about nil. The best ones charge a ton, and focus on offending no one.
Posted by: Quint at November 14, 2021 12:35 AM (Oy+3b)

Irish whiskey is just not my thing. I'm a bourbon guy. Not gonna trash Irish whiskey. I just prefer higher proof stuff and, to me, bourbon has fuller flavor. I think most Irish whiskey is simply not aged very long.

Posted by: Doof at November 14, 2021 12:42 AM (mZUr4)

418 I can't recall another major event that has been so subject to the amount of misinformation, disinformation and blatant lies as this shamdemic.

Right from the getgo.

Posted by: irongrampa at November 14, 2021 12:42 AM (KATBx)

419 Hey Doof! Didn't realize you were here. :-)

Posted by: qdpsteve at November 14, 2021 12:43 AM (L2ZTs)

420
The beauty of this is that that 222 nm wavelength is the sweet spot. When those photons hit the Covid virus, they kill it dead, Jim, blow it up very efficiently.
~~~
Do you know if this is what is used in the red light beds (similar to tanning beds but promoted for health benefits)?

Posted by: AmericanKestrel at November 14, 2021 12:43 AM (IDhUW)

421
That is the beauty of this. The one wavelength that is the most efficient at killing the Covid virus is one that is utterly safe for humans.

Oh, it's a high energy little photon that would do damage to your DNA if hit living cells, but the dead skin layer is essentially opaque to it. Same for the outer layer of your eyeballs. Opaque.

You can bathe in and look right at the source with no problems. Of course, long term would be a different story. You wouldn't want to risk bathing and staring at it for hours for years or something. But short term, no problem.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion (Mzdiz) at November 14, 2021 12:43 AM (Mzdiz)

422 ..people hate this because it offends their sensibilities. But a sniper team is made up of the shooter and the spotter. The spotter is of more value and is the head of the team. The shooter is the FNG. Posted by: Quint at November 14, 2021 12:38 AM (Oy+3b)

This, and both must also have developed absolutely superior skills in woodsmanship, rural and urban camoflauge, observation and note-taking, map drawing, land navigation and many other skills, besides.

The shooting part isn't the hard part of Sniper School. Everything else, IS.

Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX

Posted by: Jim at November 14, 2021 12:44 AM (QzJWU)

423 Cedars Sinai had a contract with the company to test a device that would emit UV light inside the body, I think to test a possible method of treatment lung diseases. IIRC the example given in a video was treatment of pneumonia.

Posted by: Lirio100 at November 14, 2021 12:45 AM (uFOGo)

424 SMH, you mean re warm weather year round?

I know when I finally leave CA I want to go someplace that's also warm year round. Sure I can live with a little really cold weather, but not sure whether I can adjust to someplace where it's freezing for weeks at a time.

Maybe I'm selling myself short, and there are so many places where it does freeze some of the year. I love, love, love Tahoe for instance.

Posted by: qdpsteve at November 14, 2021 12:45 AM (L2ZTs)

425 Being a SAW gunner, I didn't need a spotter.

Posted by: SMH while awaiting His return at November 14, 2021 12:45 AM (zGQui)

426 SMH - Resent the pic... Yahoo mail is pretty hinky, but maybe it made it...

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at November 14, 2021 12:45 AM (WD9ZA)

427 Jim, I imagine a lot of the challenge of sniping is filtering out *everything* you see, hear, feel and otherwise experience, to get the kill.

Also to stay unemotional, cold, rational and calculating.

Posted by: qdpsteve at November 14, 2021 12:46 AM (L2ZTs)

428 I feel like I'm drinking sunlight on a warm summer day. It's delicious and a warm breeze is like the cherry on top.
Posted by: AmericanKestrel at November 14, 2021 12:40 AM (IDhUW)

"drinking sunlight on a warm summer day" --

that's a good description for sipping a great bourbon!!

Posted by: Doof at November 14, 2021 12:46 AM (mZUr4)

429
The most efficient source of these 222 nm photons is the Krypton chloride excimer lamp:

https://en.wikipedia.org/
wiki/Excimer_lamp

Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion (Mzdiz) at November 14, 2021 12:46 AM (Mzdiz)

430 Back from watching some vid with Milady. Sometimes I wonder why we do it, but then there's a good bit we are glad we saw. Helps to have low expectations.


I do hope that everyone knows I was muchly jocularing about MisHum deleting my 1st. I'm sure his bribery prices are far above the level of most commenter wallets!


Did I miss a Creeper sighting? Hi, neighbor, if you're still lurky. Been missing you. I seem to recall the new anti-troll pixy changes were giving you trouble. Hope you don't let that stop you. How's your critters?

We need an NE Okla area MoMe (which I might even attend, despite being more reclusively paranoid than Beckoning Chasm) - but I'm not the one to organize it. I seem to see more Okla. commenters all the time. We'd need to get in touch with Sherry McEvil in Tulsa, long time no see. Dang, it's hard keeping up with everybody.

Posted by: mindful webworker is starting to fade fast for the night at November 14, 2021 12:47 AM (WavOX)

431 Hey Doof! Didn't realize you were here. :-)
Posted by: qdpsteve at November 14, 2021 12:43 AM (L2ZTs)

Howdy!

Posted by: Doof at November 14, 2021 12:47 AM (mZUr4)

432 qdp,

My childhood was spent in Cali (Bay Area/Long Beach).
Teens and early adulthood in Hawaii.
20s in Georgia.
30s in Texas and Iraq.
40s in Texas.
50s in the midwest.

Posted by: SMH while awaiting His return at November 14, 2021 12:47 AM (zGQui)

433 people hate this because it offends their sensibilities. But a sniper team is made up of the shooter and the spotter. The spotter is of more value and is the head of the team. The shooter is the FNG,.
~~~
What is the role of the spotter?

Posted by: AmericanKestrel at November 14, 2021 12:47 AM (IDhUW)

434 Sniper skills are skills I would like to have. Think I'm too old for that now though.

Posted by: AmericanKestrel

Stealth, extreme patience, the ability to maintain focus over long periods of time , discernment . Sounds a lot like sitting in my tree stand for hours on end because I know that big buck is in the neighborhood. Those skills actually improved with age. Hitting center mass at a 1000 + yards not so much.

Posted by: Sock Monkey * arbitrary and capricious at November 14, 2021 12:47 AM (q4LMg)

435 >> Do you know if this is what is used in the red light beds

I have no idea, but since that seems to be an infrared source, I doubt it. UV is the on the other end, the high energy end.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion (Mzdiz) at November 14, 2021 12:48 AM (Mzdiz)

436 SMH, nice tour! :-)
I bet the heat in Iraq was... not fun.

Posted by: qdpsteve at November 14, 2021 12:48 AM (L2ZTs)

437 LOLOL Mike Hammer!
Those guys are breaking tracks.

I was a turret mechanic, though I had to help the hull mechs on occasion, especially in 2003.

They're also using a cheater bar, which slides over the torque wrench.

Posted by: SMH while awaiting His return at November 14, 2021 12:51 AM (zGQui)

438 whig, thanks. Only time I visited Unz I got a fairly odd vibe, with faint aromas of schnapps and crematoria - BUT that was one lonely data point, long ago.

In any case, there's no doubt who got Dubya Dubya Two - in Europe - rolling, and it wasn't the short guy from Gori.

I suppose a counter-historical of relevance would be - would Hitler have taken Poland *without* previously conniving with Stalin to divvy it up? Though I think given all the actual known facts, answer is yes, without hesitation. USSR was in no position/condition to do anything about it, and that includes if the Wehrmacht had continued to the Soviet frontier. See Glanz if any doubt remains about that.

Given that Zhukov couldn't get Stalin to approve even minor changes in force dispositions until literally hours before Barbarossa began - and only on the strength of a particularly good line-crossing deserter from the German side with specific info on June 20 - this whole idea of a Soviet offensive westwards (with what objective? with what forces?) has always seemed a silly speculative bit of dust to me. At least in any relevant time frame.

Posted by: rhomboid at November 14, 2021 12:51 AM (OTzUX)

439 Living in Cali, Hawaii, Georgia, and TX, I got kinda spoiled
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Mmmm, you did get lots of sun. I hope you get some sunny winter days this winter. Not quite the same but it will help.

Posted by: AmericanKestrel at November 14, 2021 12:51 AM (IDhUW)

440 Fire photon torpedoes at the Covid, Mister Sulu.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at November 14, 2021 12:51 AM (63Dwl)

441 SMH, nice tour! :-)
I bet the heat in Iraq was... not fun.
Posted by: qdpsteve
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Wasn't as bad as NTC at Ft. Irwin.

The Mojave desert is no joke.

Posted by: SMH while awaiting His return at November 14, 2021 12:52 AM (zGQui)

442 SMH, I'm not far from the Mojave and I agree.

Posted by: qdpsteve at November 14, 2021 12:53 AM (L2ZTs)

443 Steve, DM had pix today of Meg and Harry reading to Afghan refugee kids, don't know where.

Posted by: EveR at November 14, 2021 12:53 AM (MUpk6)

444 That's where we'd train up prior to deploying to Iraq.

When troops from Ft. Hood, TX despises NTC at Ft Irwin and would rather go straight to Iraq than Cali, there's a problem.

Posted by: SMH while awaiting His return at November 14, 2021 12:55 AM (zGQui)

445 EveR, hmmm interesting.
I fear that as soon as the cameras left, so did Megs and Harry.

Posted by: qdpsteve at November 14, 2021 12:55 AM (L2ZTs)

446 Cedars Sinai had a contract with the company to test a device that would emit UV light inside the body, I think to test a possible method of treatment lung diseases. IIRC the example given in a video was treatment of pneumonia.
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I think this is what Trump was referring to.

Posted by: AmericanKestrel at November 14, 2021 12:55 AM (IDhUW)

447 Iraq was a dry heat, so there's that.

Posted by: SMH while awaiting His return at November 14, 2021 12:55 AM (zGQui)

448 SMH, wow.
OTOH, Death Valley is supposedly even hotter on a regular basis than than Iraq or Saudi.

Posted by: qdpsteve at November 14, 2021 12:56 AM (L2ZTs)

449 OTOH, Death Valley is supposedly even hotter on a regular basis than than Iraq or Saudi.
Posted by: qdpsteve
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It is.

Posted by: SMH while awaiting His return at November 14, 2021 12:57 AM (zGQui)

450 My wife is trying to guilt me into putting down the phone and filling the wood box in the back room. So far it hasn't fazed me.

Posted by: Sock Monkey * arbitrary and capricious at November 14, 2021 12:57 AM (q4LMg)

451 My childhood was spent in Cali (Bay Area/Long Beach).
Teens and early adulthood in Hawaii.
20s in Georgia.
30s in Texas and Iraq.
40s in Texas.
50s in the midwest.

Posted by: SMH while awaiting His return at November 14, 2021 12:47 AM (zGQui)

we are again in the 20s. My credit card expires in 2029. I hope I don't expire first.

ok, now I get it, this about ages. I was about to wonder if we had a hundred year old Horde member.

Posted by: Quint at November 14, 2021 12:57 AM (Oy+3b)

452 @ 447

Yeah, Iraq was a dry heat, but that desert gets wicked cold at night, so I'm told.

Posted by: irongrampa at November 14, 2021 12:57 AM (KATBx)

453 SMH, I'm not far from the Mojave and I agree.

Posted by: qdpsteve at November 14, 2021 12:53 AM (L2ZTs)

I love the Mojave.

Posted by: Quint at November 14, 2021 12:58 AM (Oy+3b)

454 Yeah, Iraq was a dry heat, but that desert gets wicked cold at night, so I'm told.
Posted by: irongrampa
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Yep, though not so much in the summer.

Posted by: SMH while awaiting His return at November 14, 2021 12:59 AM (zGQui)

455 North of Baghdad, it does get colder, especially near Mosul and Kirkuk.

Posted by: SMH while awaiting His return at November 14, 2021 12:59 AM (zGQui)

456 qdsteve. Buy this book: https://tinyurl.com/y2td6mkh

Carlos Hathcock, until the advent of Chris Kyle, was the foremost sniper in U.S. military history. Vietnam era, and his autobiography is very descriptive of the skill and of the art. And then, yes. Also read "American Sniper", the autobiography written by Chris Kyle and I forget his co-author.

A U.S. Sniper, regardless of branch of service, no matter HOW good they are with the rifle, will fail the course if they don't master the entire range of skills required. They've gotta be able to sneak into position over a distance of tens of miles, several days, and all without a bit of external support from "home base". And then make the shot, and get out and away.

Not every engagement is so intense, but enough are, that the standards are set THAT HIGH, and must remain there. Funny, I've got the woodsmanship and land navigation parts down, but I get squirrely on the distance shots out past 500~600 yards. More time with Weasel, is indicated.

Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX

Posted by: Jim at November 14, 2021 12:59 AM (QzJWU)

457 Quint, oh me too. And not just for the casinos. :-)

Posted by: qdpsteve at November 14, 2021 12:59 AM (L2ZTs)

458 My wife is trying to guilt me into putting down the phone and filling the wood box in the back room. So far it hasn't fazed me.
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You could get a blizzard dropping 6 feet of snow tonight and then you will be kicking yourself tomorrow.

Posted by: AmericanKestrel at November 14, 2021 12:59 AM (IDhUW)

459 "Iraq was a dry heat"

Hi there!

Posted by: Basra, in July at November 14, 2021 12:59 AM (OTzUX)

460 I love the Mojave.
Posted by: Quint
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I don't.

Posted by: SMH while awaiting His return at November 14, 2021 01:00 AM (zGQui)

461 Jim, thanks!

Posted by: qdpsteve at November 14, 2021 01:00 AM (L2ZTs)

462 South Texas is way hotter than Mexico. Everyone assumes Mexico is super hot, but South Texas will give it a run for its money.

Posted by: Quint at November 14, 2021 01:00 AM (Oy+3b)

463 Hi there!
Posted by: Basra, in July
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LOL!

Near the Persian gulf there.

I was much more inland (Bayji, Taji, Baghdad).

Posted by: SMH while awaiting His return at November 14, 2021 01:01 AM (zGQui)

464 LOLOL Mike Hammer!
Those guys are breaking tracks.
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Yeah, I knew they were doing track work, but, is that an Abrams?

As an aside, I do not recall the torque number for the rotor retaining nut on a Chinook but it was about a bazillion ft-lbs. and required a planetary drive torque wrench to get there.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at November 14, 2021 01:02 AM (WZ5i4)

465 Jim, maybe I'll look for that book at the library. The cost is a little high. :-)

Posted by: qdpsteve at November 14, 2021 01:02 AM (L2ZTs)

466 I was struck by how much Germany resembled Upstate New York (the area I was in near Stuttgart).

Even the weather.

Posted by: irongrampa at November 14, 2021 01:03 AM (KATBx)

467 Bagram AFB was about the same temperature as Fort Hood. I was annoyed by this when I flew back.

Posted by: BourbonChicken at November 14, 2021 01:05 AM (ybIRR)

468 irongrampa, yup.
I've also heard and read that the climate and general urban landscape of Israel is quite familiar-feeling to SoCal and Florida residents. It's just that everything is in Hebrew instead of English. :-)

Posted by: qdpsteve at November 14, 2021 01:05 AM (L2ZTs)

469 Good night grey box friends

Peace

Posted by: AmericanKestrel at November 14, 2021 01:05 AM (IDhUW)

470
Here's another good source, from Substack of course, that I've just stumbled onto, Steve Kirsch:

https://stevekirsch.substack.com/

Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion (Mzdiz) at November 14, 2021 01:05 AM (Mzdiz)

471 Yeah, I knew they were doing track work, but, is that an Abrams?
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It's an M88 Hercules recovery vehicle.

Posted by: SMH while awaiting His return at November 14, 2021 01:07 AM (WShuo)

472 Basically, a tow truck for tanks.

Posted by: SMH while awaiting His return at November 14, 2021 01:08 AM (WShuo)

473 LOL.
Just read that Starbucks, when they tried to franchise in Israel, was an utter failure. They all closed in a few years.

Posted by: qdpsteve at November 14, 2021 01:10 AM (L2ZTs)

474 Don't know if anyone read Wilber Smith's adventure books but he has passed on to the greatest adventure of them all.

Posted by: Braenard at November 14, 2021 01:11 AM (zSEC+)

475 Yawns win. Signing out. Y'all keep on being Morons.

Posted by: mindful webworker waving good-night at November 14, 2021 01:11 AM (WavOX)

476 G'night Mindful.

Posted by: qdpsteve at November 14, 2021 01:11 AM (L2ZTs)

477 Quint, oh me too. And not just for the casinos. :-)

Posted by: qdpsteve at November 14, 2021 12:59 AM (L2ZTs)

we used to camp there and drive through it. I can see were it might get old after a while. But as a kid, that was a place to explore, coyotes, all kinds of strange rocks to find,it was like a theme park but ten times better. So many memories are based on time and place. Good and bad,time and place matters imo.

Posted by: Quint at November 14, 2021 01:11 AM (Oy+3b)

478 Tagging out. Good night Hordelings!

Posted by: Doof at November 14, 2021 01:13 AM (mZUr4)

479 You could get a blizzard dropping 6 feet of snow tonight and then you will be kicking yourself tomorrow.
Posted by: AmericanKestrel

Woodshed is 15 ft from the back door so not much of a concern. The specific threats of what would happen if she got up at 430 and the wood box was empty did work. I've done my Pa chore for the evening.

Posted by: Sock Monkey * arbitrary and capricious at November 14, 2021 01:13 AM (q4LMg)

480
It's an M88 Hercules recovery vehicle.
Posted by: SMH
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Ah! That, of course, did not look like an Abrams front end. Pays to check with an expert.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at November 14, 2021 01:13 AM (L47aO)

481 California School Board Tells Newsome to "Get Bent, We're not Complying"

https://tinyurl.com/zj3mdnwt

Posted by: SMH while awaiting His return at November 14, 2021 01:14 AM (WShuo)

482 Quint, OMG yes.

When I was a teenager, my parents discovered a campground in San Diego, called Santa Fe.

It was *between* a freeway (I think I-5) and a still-being-built neighborhood; there was constant traffic noise; and they had a huge clubhouse that looked like a new house, with a game room, MsPacMan, a pool, and super-clean restrooms. It was like camping out at Motel 6 in the middle of the city.

I loved it, even though it was the polar opposite of "getting back to nature" a la Yosemite.

Posted by: qdpsteve at November 14, 2021 01:14 AM (L2ZTs)

483 Ah! That, of course, did not look like an Abrams front end. Pays to check with an expert.
Posted by: Mike Hammer
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lol

The spade kinda gives it away.

Posted by: SMH while awaiting His return at November 14, 2021 01:15 AM (WShuo)

484 SMH, yay!

Posted by: qdpsteve at November 14, 2021 01:15 AM (L2ZTs)

485 @472
The M88 just entered service at the start of my USAEUR tour. We saw them in Operation Wintershield.

Posted by: irongrampa at November 14, 2021 01:16 AM (KATBx)

486
I feel like a decrepit old man sometimes with this RA. I had to get a new damn battery for a tractor here. It's a 4DLT, specs say weighs 78.5 lbs with acid.

I can't handle one without help anymore. I needed one, the damn thing was dead as a doornail this morning and the battery charger couldn't handle that cold diesel. In warm weather, it could. But not know. So I said fuck it, if I can find one this afternoon, I'll replace it. I did.

Well, I go to the store, a NAPA store in Greenville that happened to have one in stock (all the main battery places are closed on Saturdays now). I get there, buy it, then ask the counter man where to back, and I'll help him get the old one out and the new one in.

Oh, no problem he says. He just picks up that brand new 4DLT like it's nothing, walks out to the parking lot really spry like, drops the new one in the truck, and picks up the old one and trots right back in.

*Sigh*. I'm useless, now.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion (Mzdiz) at November 14, 2021 01:17 AM (Mzdiz)

487 qdp,

Here in Illinois, there's a mask mandate for businesses and schools.

That may fly in Chicago and its suburbs, but here in southern IL, which is very rural and very red, there are more Pritzker Sucks signs than there are businesses complying with the mask mandates.

In my small town of 3500, no business here complies.

Posted by: SMH while awaiting His return at November 14, 2021 01:20 AM (WShuo)

488 The M88 just entered service at the start of my USAEUR tour. We saw them in Operation Wintershield.
Posted by: irongrampa
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I had a Herc in 2003, and I still miss it.

Posted by: SMH while awaiting His return at November 14, 2021 01:21 AM (WShuo)

489 Damn! I always miss the best parts of WW2 discussions.

Posted by: SFGoth at November 14, 2021 01:24 AM (KAi1n)

490 Damn! I always miss the best parts of WW2 discussions.
Posted by: SFGoth
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I'm not that old.

OIF vet here.

Posted by: SMH while awaiting His return at November 14, 2021 01:24 AM (WShuo)

491 183 I love the spirit. It was basically "screw that guy, he's trying to trap you, that's chicken shit". Over and over. God love 'em.
Posted by: Bitter Clinger at November 13, 2021 10:54 PM (QCZEW)

Be the Bluto in a world full of Niedermayers.

Everyone ...This!

Posted by: Giles Overreach at November 14, 2021 01:24 AM (czlzu)

492 Tis time. The sleepies have struck.

Goodnite, good people. Be safe and sleep well.

Posted by: irongrampa at November 14, 2021 01:30 AM (KATBx)

493 When I was commissioned in the Signal Corps in 1991, they were just beginning to field the new MSE (mobile subscriber equipment), aka "cell phones". I should've paid attention to the manufacturers of the stuff and invested in them.

Being a field signal platoon leader is easy. You make sure you have capable NCOs then let them do their jobs. Usually, my job was to interact with company and battalion, and play Sega-Genesis with the E-1 to E-4s. "Sir, we're nearly done setting up the shot. Why don't you go play NHL '95 with Pvt So-and-So?" A good butterbar doesn't reject such advice from a seasoned NCO. (Actually, by that summer camp, I was a 1LT.)

Posted by: SFGoth at November 14, 2021 01:31 AM (KAi1n)

494 I was a 31M (multichannel communication systems operator) from 1987-1989.

Hub fielded the MSE in Hawaii in the late 80s'early 90s.

Ft Gordon was fun when it came to AIT.

Posted by: SMH while awaiting His return at November 14, 2021 01:37 AM (WShuo)

495 Posted by: SFGoth at November 14, 2021 01:31 AM (KAi1n)

that is some funny shit SF. I am mainly a Civil War guy but i do branch out. In those days the signal corp could not have been more important. But I am not dumb, I know they have always mattered. The methods change but the goal remains.

Posted by: Quint at November 14, 2021 01:38 AM (Oy+3b)

496 For them as don't know what anM-88 looks like: http://www.military-today.com/engineering/m88_l1.jpg

Posted by: Mike Hammer, testing non-tinyurl link length at November 14, 2021 01:40 AM (GBHAb)

497 Not gonna lie, Ordnance was much more fun than Signal.

Posted by: SMH while awaiting His return at November 14, 2021 01:41 AM (WShuo)

498 Ft Gordon was fun when it came to AIT.
Posted by: SMH

Except when the A/C stopped working in the BOQ in June, and July, and August. Thankfully it only happened a few times. I slept in my car one night - damn building was a brick oven.

The "merit badges" I'm proudest of during my 12 year reserve time: my rank, my parachute badge, my expert rifle badge, and my award for highest PT score at SOBC (322).

Posted by: SFGoth at November 14, 2021 01:41 AM (KAi1n)

499 I miss my Herc and SAW...

Posted by: SMH while awaiting His return at November 14, 2021 01:41 AM (WShuo)

500 I was at Ft Gordon in the winter, so not so bad.

AIT at Aberdeen Proving Grounds in 2001-2002 was more difficult.

Posted by: SMH while awaiting His return at November 14, 2021 01:43 AM (WShuo)

501 Except when the A/C stopped working in the BOQ ...
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'BOQ'

Bwahahahahahahaha

Posted by: EM's in WWII wooden barracks at November 14, 2021 01:43 AM (GBHAb)

502 I'm proud that I got all my joes home in one piece from Iraq.

Posted by: SMH while awaiting His return at November 14, 2021 01:44 AM (WShuo)

503 'BOQ'

Bwahahahahahahaha

Posted by: EM's in WWII wooden barracks

They sacrificed so that future generations could have air-conditioned BOQs and you want to mock them???

Posted by: SFGoth at November 14, 2021 01:45 AM (KAi1n)

504 Posted by: EM's in WWII wooden barracks
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Tank Hill (Ft Jackson, 1987) FTW!

Posted by: SMH while awaiting His return at November 14, 2021 01:46 AM (WShuo)

505 They sacrificed so that future generations could have air-conditioned BOQs and you want to mock them???
Posted by: SFGoth
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Not mocking them, sir.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at November 14, 2021 01:46 AM (bk3Sg)

506 we are again in the 20s. My credit card expires in 2029. I hope I don't expire first.

ok, now I get it, this about ages. I was about to wonder if we had a hundred year old Horde member.

Posted by: Quint at November 14, 2021 12:57 AM (Oy+3b)

Possibly, my mom turned 103 last Sunday...an orphan, her mother died in the "real" pandemic of 1917-19. She's still here and wondering why. In her words..."It's a blessing and a challenge, why the hell am I still here?"

Posted by: Giles Overreach at November 14, 2021 01:46 AM (czlzu)

507 "It's a blessing and a challenge, why the hell am I still here?"
Posted by: Giles Overreach
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Your mom is awesome.

Posted by: SMH while awaiting His return at November 14, 2021 01:49 AM (WShuo)

508 I was at Ft Gordon in the winter, so not so bad.

AIT at Aberdeen Proving Grounds in 2001-2002 was more difficult.

Posted by: SMH while awaiting His return at November 14, 2021 01:43 AM (WShuo)

Winter survival school i Ft. Drum New York. They had these lake effect snows that would simply end you. One time it was not cold enough so we waded threw a foot or two of water just to go to chow.

I have tremendous respect for the 10nth Mountain. But that place I will always refer to as "The Shining". If you spent a Winter there, you would know what I mean.

The other funny thing was the px. It was booze, chips,and Playboys. I give them that much credit. They knew their customer and didn't F around.

Posted by: Quint at November 14, 2021 01:49 AM (Oy+3b)

509 ."It's a blessing and a challenge, why the hell am I still here?"
Posted by: Giles Overreach
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It's a question that we should all ask ourselves, every day.

The only answer I can find, is that we should be helpful, in some way, to others.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at November 14, 2021 01:49 AM (GBHAb)

510 It's a question that we should all ask ourselves, every day.
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I used to.

Now I'm like, "Okay Lord, what do you want me to do now?"

Posted by: SMH while awaiting His return at November 14, 2021 01:51 AM (WShuo)

511 Possibly, my mom turned 103 last Sunday...an orphan, her mother died in the "real" pandemic of 1917-19. She's still here and wondering why. In her words..."It's a blessing and a challenge, why the hell am I still here?"

Posted by: Giles Overreach at November 14, 2021 01:46 AM (czlzu)

we had an aunt we found later in life. I don't think she was a direct aunt.My mom was big into genealogy so there was that.ANyway,we found her for some reason.

This lady was very close to us,we certainly treated her like any other family member. She died at 106 years old.I am sure her longevity was because of the small town she lived in in Maryland. EVeryone wants the secret, but it is in plain site.

Posted by: Quint at November 14, 2021 01:55 AM (Oy+3b)

512 I spent 2 weeks at Ft. Drum in the Summer one AT. I think it was 1994. It was very pleasant, especially up at BN HQ where they had these huge, air-conditioned computer trucks.

Posted by: SFGoth at November 14, 2021 01:56 AM (KAi1n)

513 The other funny thing was the px. It was booze, chips,and Playboys. I give them that much credit. They knew their customer and didn't F around.
Posted by: Quint
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I got to Aberdeen a week after 9/11, so things were more than a little weird.
Learning to march in snow and on ice really sucked.
Finding out I was going to Ft. Hood afterward was a huge letdown.
Year after I got to Ft. Hood, off to Iraq.

Posted by: SMH while awaiting His return at November 14, 2021 01:57 AM (WShuo)

514 The Lord is really good at giving you what you want, good and hard.

Posted by: SMH while awaiting His return at November 14, 2021 01:58 AM (WShuo)

515 I will tell you an interesting thing about this lady. A,her husband died in the 50s,and for some reason,i ended up with his stuff.i need to get rid of it,i missed the poor guy by a few decades.

One thing she always said was she though God forgot her. She had seen husbands, kids, friends, and others pass but she was still there. She wondered if God forgot her.

Looking back,she was very lucky. She had an entire town that loved her and would do anything for her. I have seen with my own eyes that that is rare, and many have no one.

Posted by: Quint at November 14, 2021 01:59 AM (Oy+3b)

516 Quint,

God didn't forget her.

For some unfathomable reason, He targets some of us for some purpose we can't even discern.

Posted by: SMH while awaiting His return at November 14, 2021 02:01 AM (WShuo)

517 Learning to march in snow and on ice really sucked.
Finding out I was going to Ft. Hood afterward was a huge letdown.
Year after I got to Ft. Hood, off to Iraq.

Posted by: SMH while awaiting His return at November 14, 2021 01:57 AM (WShuo)

I love your stories SMH. And your service will always be appreciated here. Keep them up, i want to hear more.

Posted by: Quint at November 14, 2021 02:01 AM (Oy+3b)

518 510 It's a question that we should all ask ourselves, every day.
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I used to.

Now I'm like, "Okay Lord, what do you want me to do now?"



You got it folks! The Horde rocks.

Be well. Good night

Posted by: Giles Overreach at November 14, 2021 02:02 AM (czlzu)

519 DOJ indicted Bannon for 'contempt of Congress'?

Isn't that the jurisdiction of Congress itself?

Story sounds fishy, and/or inaccurate.

Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt at November 14, 2021 02:02 AM (ufFY8)

520
Nikki Manaj was right. Swollen balls are a big problem with the clot shots. From Steve Kirsch:

https://www.skirsch.com/covid/Nicki.pdf

Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion (Mzdiz) at November 14, 2021 02:03 AM (Mzdiz)

521 SMH, glad to hear you're in a slice of Real America :-)
Wish I could say the same, although OC nearby seems to still have a good independent streak. Went out to eat yesterday there, very few masks.

And on that note, goodnight all and thanks for the great chat.

Posted by: qdpsteve at November 14, 2021 02:05 AM (L2ZTs)

522 Quint,

I got kicked out of the Army the first time (1989) because I was a rebellious twenty-year-old who was more than a little pissed that the Army sent me back to Hawaii, a place where I grew up and my parents lived and I was trying to get away from.

Twelve years later, I went back into the Army to try and remove that blot on my record, and I was sent to Iraq three times between 2003-2009.

The Lord seems to give me what I want, very good, and very hard.

Posted by: SMH while awaiting His return at November 14, 2021 02:06 AM (WShuo)

523 Niters qdp.

People are gonna people, and they're slowly but surely getting fed up.

Posted by: SMH while awaiting His return at November 14, 2021 02:07 AM (WShuo)

524 Posting from the Verge?! - what a garbage tier website. Its Vox by an other name.

Posted by: Kent McCloud at November 14, 2021 02:09 AM (Vu1jV)

525 DOJ indicted Bannon for 'contempt of Congress'?
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All I have is contempt for Congress.

If that's a crime, come get me.

Posted by: SMH while awaiting His return at November 14, 2021 02:13 AM (WShuo)

526 Where Do We Go From Here? | Interview with Dr. David Jeremiah

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gY8_NNunaXI

Posted by: SMH while awaiting His return at November 14, 2021 02:15 AM (WShuo)

527 If that's a crime, come get me.
Posted by: SMH while awaiting His return at November 14, 2021 02:13 AM (WShuo)

Indeed, molon labe, MFers...

Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt at November 14, 2021 02:16 AM (ufFY8)

528 Hooah.

Posted by: SMH while awaiting His return at November 14, 2021 02:17 AM (WShuo)

529
Reading -- skimming over a lot -- of Kirsch's stuff he calculates this. The Smallpox vaccine was the most dangerous in terms of AEs vaccine ever released before.

But, it was sterilizing and conferred real immunity, and smallpox was deadly enough that the risk benefit strongly favored it, even with the high AEs.

Kirsch figures the ClotsShots are a mimimum, 800x times worse than the smallpox vaccine. 2 orders of magnitude, nearly 3.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion (Mzdiz) at November 14, 2021 02:17 AM (Mzdiz)

530 527 If that's a crime, come get me.
Posted by: SMH while awaiting His return at November 14, 2021 02:13 AM (WShuo)

Indeed, molon labe, MFers...

Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt at November 14, 2021 02:16 AM (ufFY

LOL, they can lick my non-vaxxed, non-swollen big balls...

Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt at November 14, 2021 02:17 AM (ufFY8)

531
Contempt of Congress should warrant a merit badge of some sort.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion (Mzdiz) at November 14, 2021 02:18 AM (Mzdiz)

532 I have respect for the offices, not the people who occupy those offices.

Posted by: SMH while awaiting His return at November 14, 2021 02:20 AM (WShuo)

533 The Lord is really good at giving you what you want, good and hard.
Posted by: SMH

The Lord gave me what I wanted even though I didn't know that I wanted it. He gave me what I needed, even though I didn't want it. Here I am now, blessed beyond anything I could have imagined. I no longer consider why I am here. He knows and that is sufficient. My only concern is whether I am being a good steward of His blessings.

Posted by: Sock Monkey * arbitrary and capricious at November 14, 2021 02:20 AM (q4LMg)

534 Sock,

I have two beautiful daughters and granddaughters, as well as an amazing man who became my husband...twice!

I feel very much blessed, though it took me almost 35 years to realize that.

Posted by: SMH while awaiting His return at November 14, 2021 02:22 AM (WShuo)

535 501 Except when the A/C stopped working in the BOQ ...
=========

'BOQ'

Bwahahahahahahaha

Posted by: EM's in WWII wooden barracks at November 14, 2021 01:43 AM (GBHAb)

That sounds more Chair Force than Army. Just sayin'. One of my next projects is UEPH. Army, not Air Force. Easy on the space and the amenities. Air Force is much more, um, cushie.

Posted by: tcn in AK, Hail to the Thief at November 14, 2021 02:23 AM (r9FP4)

536 lol tcn.

Posted by: SMH while awaiting His return at November 14, 2021 02:25 AM (WShuo)

537 tcn!
You need to read this!

Israel and the Church: An Israeli Examines God's Unfolding Plans for His Chosen Peoples Paperback - April 6, 2021

https://tinyurl.com/re47ye49

Posted by: SMH while awaiting His return at November 14, 2021 02:27 AM (WShuo)

538 *Sigh*. I'm useless, now.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion (Mzdiz) at November 14, 2021 01:17 AM (Mzdiz)

you are not useless. My mom was a Whos who in America,a basketball player, and top student at UT.She was diagnosed with severe RA about the time she graduated. Her life was amazing because she was the biggest fighter out there. I would legit compare her to anyone and that is not bias, it is reality.

RA sucks,but you have ways to help it. In her day they gave methotrexate and told them to eat egg whites. This lady lived for over 55 years after her diagnosis.i won't say it is good,but we are lucky that in this time there are new meds. I do wish you well. In no way do you don't matter. You matter a Hell of a lot.

Posted by: Quint at November 14, 2021 02:33 AM (Oy+3b)

539 publius, you're not useless.

Never think that.

Posted by: SMH while awaiting His return at November 14, 2021 02:34 AM (WShuo)

540
Thanks guys -- I'm just joking, really. Gallows humor of a sort. All in all, I'm doing pretty good. RA usually or in a large proportion gets in the hands and mangles them up pretty good over time.

While it's definitely in my hands, I've been spared that. I've got to watch it -- if I get to overzealous with using wrenches and hand tools, I'll pay for it over the next few days, but I've learned my limits.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion (Mzdiz) at November 14, 2021 02:39 AM (Mzdiz)

541 You matter a Hell of a lot.
Posted by: Quint

Wanted to post something articulate in response to that post Publius. This was all that was needed.

Posted by: Sock Monkey * arbitrary and capricious at November 14, 2021 02:39 AM (q4LMg)

542 A funny thing about our one hundred and six year old Aunt. A guy purchased her home with the goal that she could live in it the rest of her life with no worries. The guy would pay for any issues that came up, it was part of the contract.

The point was he put money up and planned to make some money back later on. It made her life easier because at this point, she didn't need to mess around. In know way was she enfeebled. She still had bacon and coffee every day. But that guy passed away long before she did. It is not funny,but life is funny. You do the best you can with the info you have.

Posted by: Quint at November 14, 2021 02:40 AM (Oy+3b)

543 The Lord seems to give me what I want, very good, and very hard.

Posted by: SMH while awaiting His return at November 14, 2021 02:06 AM (WShuo)

I recall your story SMH. Imo you dont' have to explain a damn thing. If you want to, that is ok.But I respect your service. We all respect it full stop. Crap, that you went back in says all I will ever need to know. You are a vet, and I promise you are appreciated.

Posted by: Quint at November 14, 2021 02:48 AM (Oy+3b)

544 publius and SMH are good people.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at November 14, 2021 03:00 AM (csEWM)

545 Pixy's up!

Posted by: m at November 14, 2021 03:02 AM (Y3SPi)

546 Been stuck in my head ever since I saw it mentioned on Insty a few hours ago:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TUOPvtVZwo8

You know, this might be one of those psychological illusion effects, but I could have sworn I heard a longer version which was more of a story song about a unit with a unit that gets pinned down and the machine gunner gets hit and the singer looks up to find the chaplain manning the gun.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at November 14, 2021 03:06 AM (csEWM)

547 Late to ONT here. We finally finished cleaning out Jules' folks apt. today, turned in the keys, what a relief, we are just both so tired we are brain dead.

J and her sister should sue this place for neglect, I've posted details before, but they just want closure. I'm of the opinion they should sue to prevent this from happening to others.

If anyone knows of neglect at Sierra Winds, Peoria AZ please let me know, that might change their minds.

This has been so hard on her, I feel so bad. Let's say the worst is over and better days are ahead.

Posted by: Farmer at November 14, 2021 03:49 AM (PzqA/)

548 Well done, Farmer!

Posted by: m at November 14, 2021 04:08 AM (Y3SPi)

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